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Peace is the beauty of life. It is sunshine. It is the smile of a child, the WEDNESDAY love of a mother, the joy of a father, the JULY 31, 2019 togetherness of a family. It is the CHANDIGARH advancement of man, the victory of a VOL. XXIII, NO. 173 just cause, the triumph of truth. PAGES 12 Rs. 2 Menachem Begin YUGMARGYOUR REGION, YOUR PAPER Anushka Sharma goes Team selection row: spunky in black for latest Eye donation centres to be set Manjrekar disagrees with magazine cover up in all districts Gavaskar’s view ...PAGE 10 ... PAGE 3 ...PAGE 12 First online transfer order issued in Pb BUREAU CHANDIGARH, JULY 30: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Prithvi Shaw Amarinder Singh on Tuesday issued the first transfer orders for teachers un- fails dope test, der the new Transfer Policy with the click of a button, ensuring total trans- banned for parency in the system. Under the new policy of the De- eight months partment of School Education, ap- proved by the Cabinet in January this year notified in June, all transfers of teaching staff are now being done only online, with no human intervention, thus ending the widespread corruption reported in the matter of such trans- fers. tailed criteria laid down to decide The Chief Minister said his gov- claims against the transfers. These cri- ernment planned to extend the policy teria include the length of service, age, to other departments, thus ushering in marks for special categories like fe- total transparency in their systems too. males, widow, divorcee, unmarried fe- NEW DELHI, JUL 30 Advent of a new era With the computer-driven system, males, differently abled persons, per- there was no scope for any bias or prej- sons suffering from debilitating disor- Talented India opener Prithvi udice, and the process was designed to ders, couple cases. Apart from this, 90 Shaw was on Tuesday award performance, he added. marks have been provided, out of the banned from all forms of A total of 11063 applications were total 250, for performance of the cricket for a period of eight received for transfer, of which orders teachers, thus making the system total- months after failing a dope in the case of 4551 were successfully ly performance-based. This includes test, the BCCI said. issued while 6506 could not be enter- the results of the teachers, perform- A BCCI release said tained in the first round, an official ance as per the Annual Confidential Shaw had "inadvertently in- RS okays Triple talaq spokesperson disclosed after the on- Report etc. Another 15 marks have gested a prohibited sub- line transfer orders by the Chief Min- been provided in case the teacher en- stance, which can be com- ister. Schools have been divided into rolls his/her wards in a Government monly found in cough five zones for this purpose, with de- school. syrups". Shaw's suspension is ret- rospective in nature, starting from March 16 and ending on Soldier killed in ceasefire November 15. bill in third attempt Apart from Shaw, two other cricketers -- Akshay violation by Pakistan Dullarwar and Divya Gajraj - "An archaic and medieval practice has finally been confined to the - were also suspended for the dustbin of history! Parliament abolishes Triple Talaq and corrects a JAMMU, JULY 30 was reported around 1:30 pm. Pakistan same offence. Shaw had pro- had also violated ceasefire in Shahpur vided a urine sample as part historical wrong done to Muslim women. This is a victory of gender 34-year-old Naik Krishan Lal lost his sector in Poonch on Monday afternoon. of the BCCI's anti-doping life in ceasefire violation by Pakistan Firing by small arms and shelling with testing programme during the justice and will further equality in society. India rejoices today!" along the Line of Control mortars was reported along Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on (LoC) in Sunderbani sector of the LoC in Shahpur around February 22, 2019 in Indore. – PM Modi Rajouri district of Jammu and 12:15 pm. Indian Army had His sample was subsequently Kashmir on Tuesday. Two retaliated to the unprovoked tested and found to contain AGENCY reason for the downfall of the party. Pakistani soldiers were killed firing yesterday. A day be- terbutaline. NEW DELHI, JUL 30 Ghulam Nabi terms it as The law, he said, was not being brought in retaliatory action by Indian fore on Sunday, a 10-day-old 'politically motivated' due to the Supreme Court ruling of 2017 de- Army in Tangdhar-Keran sec- baby that was injured in Parliament on Tuesday approved the bill claring talaq-e-biddat, commonly referred tor along the LoC. heavy shelling by Pakistani Hry revises HRA that makes instant triple talaq a criminal of- NEW DELHI: Senior to as instant triple talaq, unconstitutional. Naik, a resident of Gha- troops in the Poonch sector fence, after the contentious legislation was Congress leader Ghu- "I am a minister of Narendra Modi gov- griya village in Akhnoor, was killed af- between 5 pm and 10 pm had died from lam Nabi Azad on Tues- for employees passed by Rajya Sabha following non- day strongly opposed ernment and not Rajiv Gandhi govern- ter Pakistan started heavy shelling this its injuries at a Poonch hospital late on CHANDIGARH: Haryana gov- aligned BJD extending support and NDA the Triple Talaq Bill in ment," he said citing the Shah afternoon. Heavy shelling in Tanghdar Sunday night. ernment on Tuesday issued or- constituents JD-U and AIADMK walking Rajya Sabha and Bano case of 1986. ders to revise the House Rent Al- out. termed it "politically moti- He said he cannot leave lowance for its eligible employ- Lok Sabha had passed the Muslim vated". in lurch women who have ees with effect from August 1 as Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) "This law is politically been divorced by triple talaq per the recommendations of the Bill last week and with Rajya Sabha now motivated, so minorities are occupied in via WhatsApp or other such 7th Pay Commission. Finance approving it, the practice of instant divorce fighting amongst themselves. Husband and means. When Muslim world Minister Captain Abhimanyu said by Muslim men will be punishable by jail wife will hire lawyers against each other. is trying to reform, why can't that the state government has is- term of up to three years. Land will be sold in order to pay lawyers," a democracy do the same, he sued these orders in compliance The Upper House passed the bill by 99 Azad said. said. Trying to shed anti- of announcement of Chief Minis- votes in favour and 84 against it. "By the time jail term will be over, they will be Muslim image, he said his ter Manohar Lal Khattar. He said It earlier rejected an opposition spon- bankrupt. When they will come out of jail, party gave the nation a Presi- that according to the census of sored motion to send the bill to a Rajya Sab- they will either commit suicide or become da- dent from the same commu- 2011, the employees of the state ha Select Committee with 100 votes against coits and thieves. That is the intention of your nity. On opposition charge of government posted in various it as compared to 84 in favour. Bill," he added. targeting Muslims, he said cities and towns will be given the While BJD supported the legislation, Union Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Ab- BJP may be getting a little revised House Rent Allowance. bas Naqvi said that the central government He said that cities and towns hav- JD-U and AIADMK walked out, lowering is bringing the law on triple talaq for the so- less votes from the communi- ing population 50 lakh and above the majority mark which normally stands at cial, financial and constitutional empower- ty but it considers them very are covered in the X category and 121. The ruling NDA has 107 members in ment of Muslim women in the country. much a part of the country the employees posted in such the 242-member Rajya Sabha. and works on the principle of cities will get 24 per cent of House The NDA was also helped by the ab- 'sabka saath, sabka vikas, Rent Allowance subject to mini- sence of some members of SP and BSP as sabka vishwas'. Prasad said mum of Rs 5,400. Similarly, he well as those of Telangana Rashtra Samithi tions that ban dowry and multiple marriages the bill should not be seen said that cities having population 5 (TRS) and YSR-Congress. by Hindu men to justify the three-year jail through a political prism as it lakh and above, but less than 50 The same strategy had helped the gov- term for Muslim men practices triple talaq. is a matter of humanity, lakh have been covered in the Y ernment push through the contentious To Leader of the Opposition Ghulam woman empowerment and category and the employees post- amendment to the Right To Information Nabi Azad, who termed the bill as a politi- gender equality. "More than ed in such cities will get 16 per (RTI) Act last week despite lacking num- cally motivated move to destroy Muslim 20 Islamic nations have regu- cent of House Rent Allowance bers in the Upper House. households with domestic fights, the minis- lated triple talaq," he said. subject to minimum of Rs 3,600. Once granted assent by the President, ter said the Congress leader should think of Azad said the opposition has He said that cities with population the bill will replace an ordinance promul- why his party could never win majority fol- been forced to vote against less than five lakh have been cov- gated last on February 21 to the same effect lowing the peak of 400-plus seats it won in the bill after the government ered in the Z category and the employees posted in such cities as the bill.