' ( !"#$!%&'( 456%$!%&'(& !"#$%&'( */*/0 )*+,-. *1-2 / + ) *+ ,-. 0) 1 ! " # ""#$!#% %#%#% , +,, *+ + 23 #&#%%# 5 27 8-- 9 :!6 5 ((!" ) * +,)+-%&. %'/ Q R he said. “We have one issue, was established in 1522 by of Sikh pilgrims from both which is Kashmir. Humans Guru Nanak Dev. Khan said India and Pakistan who were have reached the Moon. Which India and Pakistan need more present at the ceremony. issue can’t be solved? Cannot steps like this (Kartarpur Praising Sidhu’s effort for we solve one issue? We only Corridor) for peace in the peace between the two coun- need determined leadership South Asian region. tries, Khan said he had become on both sides. There is no issue “The happiness I see in you very popular in Pakistan and if which cannot be resolved,” he today, if I were to explain to my he ran in elections here, he said and reiterated that if India Muslim brother and sisters, is would win. “I hope we do not moves one step forward, that imagine that you are stand- have to wait till Sidhu becomes Pakistan will take two steps for- ing 4-km outside Medina (a Wazir-e-Azam (prime minis- ward. city in Saudi Arabia where the ter)... I want good relationship political parties were for “strong The much-awaited Prophet is buried) and cannot with India. People want peace,” and civilised” ties with India. “I Kartarpur Corridor will con- go in, and you are then given he said. n the occasion of the am telling you, the Prime nect Darbar Sahib in Pakistan’s the chance to go. That is the The Kartarpur Corridor is Ogroundbreaking ceremony Minister of Pakistan, the ruling Kartarpur — the final resting happiness I see here,” he said. expected to be completed with- for the historic Kartarpur party, other political parties and place of Sikh faith’s founder He assured the Sikh com- in six months. Thousands of Corridor on Wednesday, armed forces are on one Guru Nanak Dev — with Dera munity that facilities at Sikh devotees from India visit Pakistan Prime Minister Imran page...We want to move ahead. Baba Nanak shrine in India’s Kartarpur Sahib will be even Pakistan every year to celebrate Khan pitched for “strong and We want a civilised relationship Gurdaspur district and facili- better for the 550th birth cele- the birth anniversary of Guru civilised” relationship with with India,” Khan said. tate visa-free movement of brations of Guru Nanak Dev Nanak. India had proposed India but asserted that they There have been “mistakes Indian Sikh pilgrims, who will next year. “We will keep the corridor to Pakistan around have “one issue, which is on both sides” and the two have to just obtain a permit to improving the Kartarpur dar- 20 years back. Kashmir”. There was a need for sides should not live in the past, visit Kartarpur Sahib, which bar for you,” he told thousands Continued on Page 4 “showing strength, will and determination” by the leader- ship of the two countries to resolve all issues, Khan said and emphasised that both countries are nuclear armed and “only a foolish individual can think under its control. one can win a nuclear war”. Meanwhile, a day after However, Khan didn’t Pakistan said it will invite mention terrorism in his Prime Minister Narendra Modi address at the event, attended for the SAARC summit, India by Indian Union Ministers — on Wednesday rejected it say- Harsimrat Kaur Badal and ing there will be no dialogue '( )' % Hardeep Singh Puri — and unless Pakistan desists from $ ' Punjab State Minister Navjot terrorist activities against India. Singh Sindhu among others. Making this point, External Eyebrows were raised on Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Wednesday when a prominent said the Kartarpur corridor ! "#$ pro-Khalistan separatist leader eacting strongly to Pakistan initiative was not linked to the was seen shaking hands with RPrime Minister Imran dialogue process with the Pakistan Army chief General Khan raising the issue of neighbouring country. Qamar Javed Bajwa during the Jammu & Kashmir during the Reiterating New Delhi’s ceremony. When asked, a inauguration ceremony of stand on resumption of dia- % & Pakistani official said Gopal Kartarpur corridor on ! " # logue, Sushma said at a Press Singh Chawla is a senior leader Wednesday, India termed it as $ % conference in Hyderabad, of Pakistan Sikh Gurudwara “deeply regrettable” and assert- “That invitation has already seater Lockheed Constellation Prabhandak Committee and he ed that he chose to politicise a been given. But, we are not aircraft purchased by Air India is invited to all events involv- pious moment. responding to it positively. wenty five years after his International took off from ing the Sikh community. The Ministry of External long pending demand of the The MEA also said Because, as I said, that unless Tdemise, a work detailing Mumbai to London marking While citing example of Affairs said J&K is an “integral Sikh community to develop Pakistan must fulfill its inter- and until Pakistan the visionary zeal and far- India’s arrival in the global France and Germany who and inalienable” part of India. Kartarpur corridor by making national obligations and take stops terrorist activities in sighted leadership qualities of aviation map. fought several wars and are “It is deeply regrettable that the unwarranted reference to effective and credible action to India, there will be no dialogue JRD Tata, the former chief of “Over the years, Air India now living in peace with each Prime Minister of Pakistan Jammu & Kashmir, which is an stop providing shelter and all and we will not participate in the Tata Group, will hit book developed a fine reputation other, Khan said his chose to politicise the pious integral and inalienable part of kind of support to cross-border SAARC.” shelves on Friday. for its high-class on-board ser- Government, the Army and all occasion meant to realise the India,” the Ministry said. terrorism from territories Continued on Page 4 It was on November 29, vice that was talked about with 1993, JRD Tata, Jeh to friends admiration and envy by its and close associates, breathed global competitiors. In the his last at the age of 89. He is 1950s, when British Airways ! R $ the one who should be introduced a jet service that cut described as a legend. It may ing a revenue of US$ 100 bil- a few hours off the trip, pas- sound sad, but the work is also lion. But what makes the vol- sengers still preferred to fly by Q% ! R& an elegy to Air India, the air- ume unique is his description Air India’s slower propeller-dri- line launched, nurtured and of how the policy makers ven aircraft, simply because of took care of by JRD. goofed up the opportunities the way they were pampered The Tata Group: From offered by the Tatas, especial- on-board. Air India’s finest he Sambalpur Bar by 4 paise. he Government plans to Torchbearers to Trailblazers is ly JRD, make India the numero service probably was on its TAssociation would hold a The fare for ordinary buses Tappoint an Officer on an account by Shashank Shah, uno in global aviation industry. transatlantic flights, where it ‘Mahabandh’ (a wide-scale us fares across the State would now be 70 paise per km Special Duty (OSD) of a fellow and project director at JRD, who was the first took great pleasure in stealing strike) for two days on Bwere on Wednesday as against 72 paise per km ear- Director General rank officer Harvard University’s South Indian to acquire a commercial passengers away from its Thursday and Friday to press reduced by two to four paise lier while the fare for express in the CBI if the Supreme Asia Institute. Shah has nar- pilot licence in the country, had American and European com- for establishment of a perma- per kilometre under the auto- buses has been slashed to 73 Court decides for a further rated how the Tata Group a passion for flying and he petitors. Long before Singapore nent Bench of the Orissa High matic fare revision mechanism paise from 75 paise. probe against incumbent Alok emerged as India’s largest and launched the Tata Airlines in Airlines created an icon of its Court in the western region of ties and social organisations following reduction of diesel After the reduction in the Verma against whom the CVC most globalised business con- April 1932. The company ‘Singapore girl’ in her silk the State. have extended their support to price three days ago. fare, deluxe category buses has recorded “very uncompli- glomerate known for its prod- excelled in the market with saronh-kebaya, Air India had Notably, lawyers have been the bar association. Students of According to a notification would now charge Rs 1.01 per mentary” findings with regard ucts ranging from salt, soft- profits shooting up from Rs made an icon of its air-host- on a cease-work agitation since law colleges have also joined issued by the State Transport km as against Rs 1.05 earlier; to allegations of corruption. ware, cars, communications, 66,000 to Rs 6 lakh in five years. esses in their exotic silk saris,” September 5. On Monday, they the ongoing agitation. Commissioner, the fare for and commuters travelling in Sources said the move is housing, hospitality, steel and The Tata Sons established Air writes Shah. had closed Government offices “The Mahabandh will be ordinary and express buses AC deluxe buses would have to being mulled amid a policy gold with over 100 companies India International in October The passing of the Air in the town as a mark of held for 48 hours with support has been reduced by 2 paise per pay Rs 1.23 instead of Rs 1.27 paralysis in the CBI that is now offering products and services 1947 for onternational air ser- Corporation Act 1953 by the protest.