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www.dailyworld.in Arora to continue as Punjab dailypick DGP, Karan A Singh, Kang international frontrunners for the CS post Turkey suspends Tejvir Singh to be posted as PS to CM; high-level Gurkirat will be Special PS to CM diplomatic DW Bureau / CHANDIGARH the DGP of the State. Arora had ear- lier served as the State Intelligence relations with Additional Chief Secretary Chief, and the Punjab Vigilance Netherlands 09 (Investment Promotion) Karan A Chief. While Arora was planning Singh and a 1983-batch IAS offi- to go on a Central deputation, he cer, N S Kang are the frontrunners has been asked to withdraw his for the post of Chief Secretary of request for the Central deputation Kal K Korff Punjab, it is learnt. Sources said and instead serve the . Director General of Police Suresh Some of the officers, such as NS US planning Arora will continue to be the State Kalsi, Sanjay Kumar, KAP Sinha, A to take out police chief after a green signal Venu Prasad are also likely to be from the -designate given an important role in the new North Korea’s Capt . government. Former IAS officer They said Tejvir Singh, a Suresh Kumar, who retired last year Dictator 06 1994-batch IAS officer, is all set to from the post of Additional Chief be appointed Principal Secretary Secretary in the Punjab govern- Punjab Congress president Captain Amarinder Singh after meeting Congress Vice-president at his residence in New Delhi on to the Chief Minister as soon as he ment, is set to play an important Tuesday. / T. Narayan returns to Punjab. Tejvir is pres- role in the Punjab government. 1st BJP-led govt ently posted as Deputy Director in Kumar, who is known to be an up- LBSNAA, Mussoorie, on deputation right and a very professional officer to be sworn in with the Centre. He is due to come and has been very close to Capt back to his parent cadre by March Amarinder Singh, had earlier served Manipur today Manpreet, Navjot, Tripat to 31. Tejvir had served as Deputy as his Principal Secretary during Commissioner of for almost his previous tenure as the Chief Imphal The first BJP-led government in Ma- five years during the previous Capt Minister. Former Chief Secretary nipur will be sworn-in on wednesday when N Amarinder Singh government. KR Lakhanpal, is also likely to get a Biren Singh is administered the oath of office be in Amarinder’s Cabinet Gurkirat Kirpal Singh, Managing role in the functioning of the State and secrecy by Governor Najma Heptulla. Director of Markfed, will be posted government. Heptulla on Tuesday invited Singh, who Congress high Capt Amarinder Singh returned from Congress and won the election from the as Special Principal Secretary to the was unanimously elected the leader of the Delhi on Tuesday afternoon after getting Bathinda Urban seat. Chief Minister, sources said. Before 21-member BJP legislature party yesterday, command clears the the list of ministers cleared from the Brahm Mohindra who has been elected being appointed Managing Director to form the government. Congress high command. from the Patiala (Rural) constituency, is of Markfed, Gurkirat was serving Nanda The invitation to Singh came on a day when list of legislators who The other leaders who would be a former minister and has held impor- as special principal secretary to four members of the Naga People's Front, an inducted in the Punjab Cabinet are: tant portfolios in his earlier terms as a the CM in the frontrunner NDA ally, met the Governor and declared their will be sworn in on Fatehgarh Churian MLA Tripat Rajinder minister. Brahm Mohindra is a five-time government. for the post support to BJP for government formation. Singh Bajwa, Dinanagar MLA Aruna MLA and was a strong candidate for a Meanwhile, MP Singh was ap- Raj Bhavan sources said the swearing-in Thursday Chaudhary, Malerkotla MLA Razia Sul- ministerial berth. With several senior pointed Secretary–cum-OSD to the of Punjab AG would take place at one PM tomorrow. tana, Kapurthala MLA Rana Gurjit Singh, leaders, including former chief minister Chief Minister on Tuesday. Supreme Court lawyer On being asked about how many ministers DW Bureau / CHANDIGARH and Chamkaur Sahib legislator Charanjit , former CLP leader Sources said the Chief Minister and Capt Amarinder Singh’s will take oath along with the Chief Minister, Singh Channi. Sunil Jakhar and former minister Jagmo- designate, Capt Amarinder will take confidant Atul Nanda is the BJP sources here said it was yet to be worked Former Finance Minister Manpreet Initially, the Congress has decided to han Singh Kang losing the 2017 polls, his own time in deciding the post- frontrunner for the post of out. "However, It will be a small ministry and Singh Badal, cricketer-turned-politician induct only eight ministers and expand the job of Capt Amarinder Singh has ings and the decision regarding a Advocate General of Pun- it will have representation from other allies," , and Brahm Mohindra the Cabinet with the inclusion of some become easier in selecting the members major reshuffle in the State govern- jab. An in-principle decision the sources said. "Four NPF MLAs met the are among the eight Congress legisla- more leaders, many of them young lead- of his Cabinet. ment would take place after March to this effect has been taken Governor and extended their support to the tors who would be sworn-in as Punjab ers, after the Budget session which is While senior vice-president and for- 18. Capt Amarinder will take oath regarding his appointment BJP for government formation," a Raj Bhavan Cabinet ministers along with the Chief expected to be held in June or July. mer finance minister Lal Singh did not as the Chief Minister of Punjab on as the AG even as two other source told PTI. The BJP has claimed support Minister-designate, Capt Amarinder earlier served get the ticket this time, former PWD March 16. contenders -- top criminal of 32 MLAs in the 60-member assembly. A Singh at Punjab Raj Bhawan on Thursday. as the finance minister in the Parkash minister and state Congress president It is learnt that DGP Arora, a lawyer and former Advocate BJP delegation had met the Governor on Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi Singh Badal government and had later Partap Singh Bajwa did not contest the 1982-batch IPS officer, had met the General RS Cheema and Sunday with 21 party MLAs besides four of who has given the green signal to all the resigned from the Shiromani to Assembly elections, and thus he cannot Chief Minister-designate on Sunday APS Deol have also been in NPP, and one legislator each of LJP, TMC and names will also attend the swearing-in form his own party, the Punjab People be inducted as a minister in the Capt in the afternoon and he was con- the fray, sources said. / DW / Congress. / PTI / ceremony. Party (PPP). He subsequently joined the Amarinder’s Cabinet. veyed that he will continue to be dailyheadlines

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Washington US President research -- a Washington DC China responds Trump gives Donald Trump has reportedly based think-tank -- before given CIA necessary authorisa- Obama changed his policy and cautiously tion to carry out drone strikes only authorised the Department to G4 nation’s CIA authority against terror groups, a move of Defence to carry out drone that could have implications strikes, CIA's drone strikes were offer to give to carry out for Pakistan. mostly used in Pakistan. up veto This is a change from the It has resulted in the death policies of the previous Obama of at least 1,904 people and Beijing China on Tuesday called ’s former defence minister Manohar Parikar (C) attends a ceremony where he took the oath of office drone strikes as the Chief Minister of Goa, next to (BJP) president Amit Shah (R), at Raj Bhavan Administration under which the figure could be as high as for a “package solution” accom- in Dona Paula on March 14, 2017. / AFP the Department of Defence was 3,114, US scholars Peter Bergen modating “concerns and inter- authorised to carry out such and David Sterman wrote in ests” of all parties to reform the strikes and the CIA used drones CNN on January 21, a day after UN Security Council after India to gather intelligence informa- Trump was sworn in as the US along with other G4 nations of- Parrikar takes oath as Goa CM; tion, The Wall Street Journal re- President. fered to initially forgo veto powers ported, citing unnamed sources. US drone strikes were halted to secure a permanent seat on the to prove majority on Thursday The White House and the CIA in the last eight months of the world body’s top organ. have so far not responded to the Obama Administration. In a guarded reaction to the Panaji , majority on the floor of the claim to form the coalition news report. In recent weeks, top Penta- G4 countries’ offer, Chinese For- who quit as Defence Minister, assembly on March 16. government on Sunday, According to the daily, Trump gon generals have expressed eign Ministry spokesperson Hua was on Tuesday sworn in as The decks for his swearing- following which he got an gave such an authorisation to concerns over the continued Chunying said China supports UN chief minister of Goa to head a in were cleared after a bench invite from Governor Mridula the CIA not long after he visited presence of terrorist safe havens Security Council (UNSC) reform coalition government of local headed by Chief Justice J S Sinha to prove majority in its headquarters on January 21. in Pakistan. and maintains that developing allies and Independents, three Khehar refused to grant the House. "The Trump administration CIA drone strikes were quite countries should have more rep- days after the BJP ended up stay on the Congress’ plea and At a function held at the is also giving the military more successful in elimination of high resentation and voice. second behind the Congress ordered a floor test. Raj Bhavan, the governor ad- authority to conduct operations profile terrorists from the safe “Security Council reform con- in a fractured mandate. The bench directed that the ministered the oath of office on its own without first getting a havens of Pakistan. cerns issues like membership cat- Earlier in the day, the Con- assembly session be called and secrecy to Parrikar along sign off from the Pentagon or the "Under Obama, the drone war egories, regional representation, gress suffered a setback in the at 11 AM on March 16 exclu- with nine MLAs including two White House," the report said. in Pakistan reached its height, veto power,” Hua said. She was Supreme Court which refused sively for holding of the floor members of the BJP, three The report said Trump's un- and Trump, should he choose responding to a question related to stay 61-year-old Parrikar’s test after swearing-in of the of the Goa Forward Party, expected decision to give the to do so, can easily bring that to a joint statement delivered by swearing-in ceremony as members. two of the Maharashtrawadi CIA the strike authority created war back," the two American India’s Permanent Representative sought by the party. Parrikar returned to Goa Gomantak Party (MGP) and ferment inside the US govern- scholars said and had predicted to the UN Syed Akbaruddin on According to the directions as the chief minister for the as many Independents. ment within days of his visit, as that Trump may well escalate March 7 at an inter-governmental of the apex court, Parrikar, fourth time, though he could Addressing reporters later, US military officials scrambled the drone war in Pakistan and negotiations meeting of the G4 who claimed to have support not complete full terms in his Parrikar exuded confidence to respond to the new directive. there is not much to stop him if nations -- India, Brazil, Germany of 21 MLAs including 13 of earlier stints. that his government will last According to New America's he chooses to do so. / PTI / and Japan. / PTI / the BJP, will have to prove He had formally staked its full term. / PTI /