& ( B- ". /4 $ % !$4 $ % !"#$% >%@$ #./#/0 )#*+%,- .#*1,2 -).!: $ -1 :19 O((2-1( + 1:92(( 21 1- 2 (9 1+- E2 : 9 9 9 -29 9 +19 9O(- 92 9 D 8?@A <?@ D()"%%. 3# 4 +: # !8 0 >+<&>=A >@; ! "#$" administrative jurisdiction and “challenges” Beijing’s ndia on Thursday launched sovereignty. % & Ia strong counter to China’s China had earlier objected objection to the bifurcation of to the revocation of special sta- Jammu & Kashmir into two tus to the State of Jammu & Union Territories, which came Kashmir and formation of into existence at midnight. Ladakh as UT, saying some of Asking China to refrain the area involved Chinese ter- from commenting on matters ritory. Moreover, the latest !"#R internal to India, New Delhi round of objection by Beijing charged Beijing with illegally came even though the Kashmir acquiring Indian territories issue did not figure in the sec- from Pakistan Occupied ond informal summit in Kashmir (POK) under the so- Chennai between Chinese gainst the backdrop of rev- called China-Pakistan bound- President Xi Jinping’s and Aelations about WhatsApp’s ary agreement of 1963. Prime Minister Narendra Modi privacy breach, the Centre on New Delhi’s rebuff came on October 11-12. Thursday set a November 4 ! "! $ after Beijing on Thursday Taking exception to the ! deadline for the Facebook- ! %$ expressed reservations about Chinese objection, External owned messaging giant to $!L$%! $ creation of Union Territory of Affairs Ministry spokesperson does not expect other countries large tract of area in the Union explain the breach and list out $ " M Ladakh saying it was “unlaw- Raveesh Kumar said the J&K to comment on such matters. Territories of Jammu & ( " the measures that have been ())!+ ful and void”, “includes” some reorganisation is entirely India’s India also said China con- Kashmir, and Ladakh. taken to safeguard privacy of $ ")! of China’s territory into its internal affair and the nation tinues to be in occupation of a Continued on Page 4 millions of Indians. At the !! " !!% same time, the Centre rejected -!)! ! % ) *+, allegations of its involvement in !%% $$) ! the snooping and termed the " )!! R " charges as “attempts to malign )$!!! -. the Government of India” and !%%!+ “completely misleading.” ! %%! %! &012 3' Information Technology ./% ! ! " # ++2 making it part of India. Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad !!$ ! Girish Chandra Murmu in on Thursday said, “The $ !)!! ay one of the bifurcation of Jammu & Kashmir and Radha Government of India is con- Dthe erstwhile State of Krishna Mathur in Ladakh cerned at the breach of priva- Major General of the Jammu & Kashmir into two stepped into history as the cy of citizens of India on the are completely misleading.” AIndian Army is likely to Union Territories of Jammu & first Lieutenant Governors of messaging platform WhatsApp. With Congress’ chief face court martial for alleged- Kashmir and Ladakh present- the new Union Territories as We have asked WhatsApp to spokesperson Randeep ly sending pornographic video ed a contrasting picture as the entire nation celebrated explain the kind of breach Surjewala accusing the Modi clips and obscene messages to both Jammu and Ladakh the birth anniversary of coun- and what it is doing to safe- Government of using services National Cadet Corps (NCC) regions witnessed celebrations try’s first Home Minister Sardar guard the privacy of millions of of Israeli spyware Pegasus to girl cadets on their mobile while normal life remained Vallabhbhai Patel, who is cred- Indian citizens.” snoop the WhatsApp commu- phones. The case pertains to paralysed in different parts of ited for merger of over 560 Union Home Ministry offi- nications of Indian journalists 2017-2018 when the senior Kashmir amid continuous States into the Union of India. cials said, “Some statements and human rights activists and officer was posted in Gujarat. shutdown since August 5. Jammu & Kashmir High have appeared based on reports urging the Supreme Court to A Court of Inquiry (CoI) The new UTs came into Court Chief Justice Gita Mittal in media, regarding breach of hold the Centre accountable was ordered into the matter existence 72 years after then administered the oath of office privacy of Indian citizens on over the issue, Prasad retaliat- after the NCC girls complained ruler Maharaja Hari Singh exe- to the new appointees, first in WhatsApp. These attempts to ed by indirectly attacking the against the officer. cuted the Instrument of Leh and then later in Srinagar. malign the Government of Congress’ first family. Continued on Page 4 Accession on October 26, 1947, Continued on Page 4 India for the reported breach Continued on Page 4 ! " # 4 # 5 5 !! # 04 !4" 4 # !./ % $%&'(($&()P " ).! ((+ (!%! " ife expectancy of people )'(-./ -)- :+! ) living in the Indo-Gangetic '0+1-+#+ +2+ $8 $% $ &' ( L New Delhi: * + , #- . Plain has reduced by up to +30- Half of India’s ado- $% !.%! 6 seven years due to poor air lescents (10 to 19 years) — $! / ) unity pledge” on National sidered to be the world’s tallest quality, a new study of the almost 63 million girls and 81 $ ! Unity Day and affirmed that statue, as flower petals were region from 1998-2016 has million boys — are either short $% ! $ raising the role of Sardar inspired by Patel, his showered on it from above by said and underlined that pol- or bony or overweight and ! "$ )4 7 PVallabhbhai Patel, the first Government was working for an Indian Air Force helicopter. lution is nearly three-times obese, as per the findings of a Home Minister of the country, the “emotional, economic and He also addressed young IAS deadlier in north India as com- report on adolescents released "8!4 #8 in national integration, Prime constitutional integration” of officers at a separate function pared to rest of the country. in a high-level meeting at the 1!8 !19! Minister Narendra Modi on the country. “Over 40,000 peo- in Kevadiya called “Aarambh”. More than 480 million NITI Aayog, together with Thursday defended the new ple lost their lives in three While inaugurating the people or about 40 per cent of UNICEF India on Thursday. ) " )!-! ) system in Jammu & Kashmir decades of terrorism,” he said, New Delhi Police headquarters, India’s population, reside in the was about twice as high as the years,” the study said. It said Over 80 per cent of adolescents .);)!)"! and Ladakh which emerged adding it was Patel’s inspiration Union Home Minister Amit seven States and union territo- rest of the country, a new analy- pollution is nearly three times also suffer from “hidden 2 !!$. following scrapping of Article which made him take the deci- Shah said internal security is ries comprising the bulk of the sis of the Air Quality Life Index deadlier in north India as com- hunger” i.e. the deficiency of one -/! ! 370 only bred separatism and sion to revoke Article 370. the top priority of the Indo-Gangetic Plain region of (AQLI) produced by the Energy pared to rest of the country. or more micronutrients such as . !) terrorism in the State. Sardar Patel’s birth anniver- Government, emphasising sev- north India namely Bihar, Policy Institute at the University In comparison, lower con- iron, folate, zinc, vitamin A, vit- . Attending a function at sary is celebrated as ‘Rashtriya eral steps have been taken to Chandigarh, Delhi, Haryana, of Chicago (EPIC) said. centrations of pollution in the amin B12 and vitamin D, said !)!! the Statue of Unity in Kevadiya, Ekta Diwas’ (National Unity ensure it, including improving Punjab, UP, and West Bengal. “By 2016, a 72 per cent rest of the country are allowing the report “Adolescents, Diets ).)! 4 !2 Gujarat, on Patel’s 144th birth Day) since 2014. The Prime vigil along borders and crack- From 1998-2016, the Indo- increase in pollution in the residents to live longer than and Nutrition: Growing Well in !!6)!)"!! anniversary, Modi led the gath- Minister offered floral trib- ing down on fake notes. Gangetic Plain region experi- region further shortened the those in the Indo-Gangetic a Changing World”. )$ !6 ering in taking the “national utes to the Statue of Unity, con- Continued on Page 4 enced particulate pollution that lives of residents by 3.4 to 7.1 Plain, the study said. Detailed report on P5 L )" )-/! ! . !) <= " %% %$! ' % )!!M4 $ 54! 44 ed to attract tourists. !:$&+;<= According to sources, this ' .$/;) he Public Works plan is Delhi Lieutenant 345/$ 6(!6!)%!!! Department (PWD) has Governor (L-G) Anil Baijal’s pet % )!"$) T !! )$) $.6$)6())!6)!6 % planned to take travelers back project as he himself inspected )!4 88/ $.6 )$. to the grandeur of the Mughal the sites. “The Agha Khan (!%/>?6<@A" era by redesigning the entire Trust which is also situated )! +) 1 2(:9!!! area starting from Bhogal fly- around the Nizamuddin area ( ! .)! 9.6 !!!" over on Mathura Road to the came up with a request to )%)!! enior Communist leader $!4 >& heritage sites, Nizamuddin beautify the area, following Sand veteran CPI parliamen- Dargah, Humayun Tomb, which the L-G visited the site tarian Gurudas Dasgupta died # " Khan-e-Khana tomb, Sundar and directed the PWD officials after prolonged illness at his 0 1" Nursery, Neela Gumbad and to carry on the project,” said a South Kolkata residence on #L 8!M6 Agha Khan Trust. senior official, adding that the Thursday. He was 83 and is sur- ! ))!/ The PWD has submitted trust also provided a sample of vived by his wife Jayashri ($6.""! an actionable plan to the Delhi the re-development plan. Dasgupta and a daughter. cancer for quite some time.” %$$.$ Government for re-developing “The idea is ‘pedestriani- ings, central verge with green- thick fine chisel dressed sand water fountains are also on the Dasgupta, a former MP Though he continued to be a L$ )!M "" $ the 1.8 kilometre long stretch sation’ and de-congestion of ery,” said the official.