- / = "! (*-#"&! +!-#"&! !"#$ /00 120 3! %!!+ ! ( &&"" %)*+)$ , "#$%& '#$( 6) ) 4 5) ) 4 ) ) 8 4) 9 : ; 64) 57 !" % &' ( ) (*"'*+!,- !*.$< $ %'( $) '()*) (% ( % '+% operation that lasted for near- ly eight hours. M n a massive joint operation, Beginning its journey amid M! INational Disaster Response pouring rain, the Kolhapur- " Force (NDRF), Navy, Army bound Mahalaxmi Express — #$%& Q( and Air Force, on Saturday res- which had left Chhatrapati *+ ,-% . cued amid heavy rain as many Shivaji Terminus at 8.20am on " # M as 1,050 marooned passengers Friday — got stuck at Chimtoli & — including nine pregnant village near Vangani station. # women — from the Mumbai- “What made matters diffi- " M Kolhapur Mahalaxmi Express cult was the Ulhas river flow- " / " which remained stranded in ing in the vicinity was in spate. " & heavy floodwaters for more With tracks under knee-deep " + than 17 hours near Vangani, 69 water, the train could not pro- *0& km away from Mumbai. ceed further. The passengers on " The authorities used three board were safe, but the raising " #& helicopters — two Seaking of water levels on tracks became Navy, one Mi-17 of Air Force a cause for concern,” a senior " — and several inflatable boats Thane district official said. # for the first-of-its-kind rescue Turn to Page 6 P! $ % % & " 1 # R , P Q/ " / " # # n a big blow to the Jaish-e- " M " IMohammad (JeM) leader- M #2+ #2 ship in Kashmir Valley, a joint mid a heightened threat team of security forces early on Aperception ahead of the Saturday morning eliminated Independence Day and the a dreaded Pakistani terrorist, !" # turf war between terror groups, also an expert in making ! %"# the Centre has decided to Improvised Explosive Devices " 30 deploy 10,000 additional troops (IEDs), along with his accom- &! % on an “immediate basis” in plice in Bunbazar area of Meanwhile, an Indian Jammu & Kashmir. The addi- Shopian. Army jawan sacrificed his life ! ( ) tional deployment will serve The Pakistani terrorist, while foiling a desperate infil- !*# & M the twin agenda of strength- killed in the operation, has tration bid by heavily armed ening the counter-insurgent been identified as one of the terrorists in Machhal sector of # & %"# grid and maintaining law and top JeM Commanders Munna Kupwara district on Saturday. M! order situation in the Valley. Lahori (code name). The clinical operation in * &"%+ The Centre’s move has not According to police records, Shopian was conducted by the !+- # gone down well with former Kanwaria security will be Pakistan-based terror groups said they needed the addition- Munna Lahori was active in security forces after a gap of Chief Minister Mehbboba replaced by nine companies of like Lashkar-e-Tayyeba and al deployment in North the South Kashmir area for a almost three long weeks in !" % ( ( Mufti, who criticised it claim- the BSF. Jaish-e-Mohammad and Al Kashmir. “100 companies have long time and was also respon- South Kashmir, in view of the ing it has created a “fear psy- The security challenges in Qaeda Kashmir on the one side been airlifted and that’s what sible for recruiting fresh cadre ongoing Amarnath Yatra. +! "" + %!# chosis” among the people. the Valley have been aggravat- and the Islamic State on the we had asked for,” said Dilbag. in the terror outfit. Turn to Page 6 # %## ( "" The decision assumes sig- ed by a gang war between other. J&K DGP Dilbag Singh Turn to Page 6 nificance as it comes shortly !" after National Security Adviser " Ajit Doval’s two-day visit to the .%# Valley. Sources said he met #!% ( #! & senior officers and reviewed the - law and order situation in the State that’s still under Musa on May 23 when the have ordered the ground are hiding. “This may result in geted hiding place,” officials in $&! President’s Rule. response time of the security troops to desist from cor- the terrorists escaping but the the security establishment said. 03$3 In all, 50 additional com- forces after getting the tip-off doning the hamlet where security forces are Elaborating upon these panies of Central Reserve was less than 30 minutes. The the terrorist or terrorists determined to standard operating procedures & !30 ( Police Force (CRPF), 30 com- success rate against the terror- ensure that inno- now in force, officials said this # 3 panies from the SSB, and 10 ists too has increased with 23 cents are not has come about due to perfect companies each from the BSF ultras neutralised in 13 harmed during synergy between the Army, " and ITBP will be deployed. encounters in June alone there- the firefight or Central Reserve Police Force Sources said the troops are he synergy between the by proving the effectiveness of when they (CRPF), the local police and 0 ! being airlifted from various Tsecurity forces in Jammu & these measures. are closing intelligence agencies. parts of the country for deploy- Kashmir is at an all-time high. Also, with a view to cause in on to On the response time, they $&! ment in Jammu & Kashmir. In This is resulting in reduction of minimum trouble to the locals, the tar- said vastly improved coordi- / an order issued by the CRPF, reaction time in carrying out the fire services has been co- nation between all the stake- the nodal force for operations anti-terrorist operations and opted to douse fire in the holders in the counter-insur- # & 4 in the Valley, the paramilitary ensuring that there is no col- houses damaged during the fire gency grid has seen anti-ter- 4$ $&! said out of the 50 companies of lateral damage. fight. In fact, to ensure that rorist operations launched only the CRPF being moved to the The biggest example of ordinary citizens are not incon- on the basis of hard and real State, nine deployed in Delhi the co-ordination is the neu- venienced during the opera- time intelligence. Q # for Parliament duty and tralisation of top militant Zakir tion, the local commanders Turn to Page 6 # & ( # # ,& ( # 1 0 # 64 over 65,000 crore will be All roads connecting with Chairman Naresh Trehan, # M ! laid. These projects are expect- the venue have been repaired HCL Group founder- # M nion Home Minister Amit ed to generate 2.5 lakh jobs. and flower pots have been Chairman Shiv Nadar, 6 UShah will inaugurate Uttar These projects were placed on road dividers. PepsiCo India President & 0 30 Pradesh government’s second announced at the UP Besides, roadside CEO Ahmed El Sheikh, Tata # n a curious turn of events, the groundbreaking ceremony of Investors’ Summit held in encroachments have been Sons Chairman IEnforcement Directorate has projects worth 65,000 crore Lucknow in February last year cleared and elaborate security Chandrashekharan, Samsung # # arrested Hyderabad-based in Lucknow on Sunday. during which the Yogi has been made for the guests. India President & CEO HC # businessman Sana Satish Babu, The memoranda of under- Adityanath government signed Union Home Minister Hong, Adani Group Chairman # the complainant whose allega- standing (MoUs) for these 1,047 MoUs for investments Amit Shah’s participation and Managing Director tions triggered a war among the money laundering case but projects were signed during totalling 4.68 lakh crore. highlights the political signif- Gautam Adani and Torrent # CBI top brass last year, in con- with the latest development, he the UP Investors’ Summit held A number of top indus- icance of the event as he is also Group Chairman Sudhir # nection with a money-laun- becomes an accused. in Lucknow in February last trialists are to grace the occa- the Bharatiya Janata Party Mehta. dering probe against contro- Babu was arrested late on year. sion and the state govern- national president. The projects lined up for " ( versial meat exporter Moin Friday night under the provi- The state capital has been ment has accorded them the Nine government depart- laying of foundation stones at ## Qureshi and others. sions of the Prevention of decked up like a bride for the status of state guests. ments have been assigned the the second groundbreaking Babu was grilled for a few Money Laundering Act ceremony which will be held Industrial Development task of looking after guests. A ceremony relate to different + hours and was taken into cus- (PMLA) as he was “not coop- at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan. Minister Satish Mahana said in total of 200 VIPs are expected sectors, including electronics, ( tody as he was “not cooperat- erating” in the probe, officials On Saturday evening, Lucknow on Saturday that to turn up for the event along infrastructure, food processing " ing” in the probe. Following said. Chief minister Yogi arrangements for the smooth with 11 VVIPs. and textiles. & Babu’s complaint, the CBI His links with Qureshi, an Adityanath hosted a dinner for conduct of the second ground- Among industrialists The companies and indus- # headed by Alok Verma then accused in a CBI and ED case, the corporate honchos, breaking ceremony had