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The Conference (NC), and the / the special status, 370 and formal meeting will take place Congress to form a coalition 4 ' 35A,” he added. soon regarding the formation Government. ' Mehbooba wrote to the of a Government in the State as The order for dissolution of ( Governor, “Since I am present- all the three parties are reach- Assembly came hours after / / - O' ly in Srinagar, it would not be ing a consensus,” Mir said. former Chief Minister / "- ' possible for me to call on you “All secular parties have Mehbooba Mufti, in her capac- ! =>: immediately and this is to keep come together for the bigger ity as the president of single #? you informed that we would be interest of State and public. For !" largest party with 29 legislators, ,4',' L M seeking your convenience saving Constitution, may it be wrote to Malik to convey that shortly to stake the claim for Article 370 and 35A, we have # - her party would stake claim for *& : L M forming a Government.” to rise above party lines espe- the Government formation :- O' O " The State is under cially when eminent dangers with the support of the NC and Governor’s rule since June 19, are bigger,” he said. $ “ISI has masterminded this the Congress. a day after Mehbooba-led The formation of “grand attack...It is using our men as In a separate letter to the Constitution of Jammu & The dissolution of the mation were going on among coalition Government was alliance” of the PDP-NC- %& touts. The grenade has POF Governor, Sajjad Gani Lone of Kashmir dissolving the Assembly culminated the polit- the NC, the PDP and the sacked following the with- Congress took the formal shape mark, made with know-how of People’s Conference (PC) too Legislative Assembly,” ical drama that unfolded on Congress. Senior PDP leader drawal of support from the BJP. a day after senior PDP leader Austria’s Arges,” said Capt staked claim to form a Governor’s Principal Secretary Wednesday afternoon after and former Finance Minister The Governor’s rule is com- and Lok Sabha member from # % Amarinder. Government. Lone, whose PC Umang Narula said in an order. news broke that the PDP would Altaf Bukhari told reporters in peting its six months on north Kashmir Muzaffar “Bikramjit Singh, who was has two legislators in the Mehbooba earlier took to be embracing its arch-rival NC Srinagar that around 60 legis- December 19, which would Hussian Beigh hinted at for- the biker and attacked the gate- Assembly, claimed that he has her twitter handle saying, to form a coalition lators were supporting their have necessitate implementa- mation of a “third front” com- ! '&!4 (/!0& keeper, has been arrested by the the support of 26 BJP legisla- “Have been trying to send this Government to keep the BJP at move and negotiations were on tion of President rule. prising the BJP, Lone’s PC and police. We are on to the second tors and 18 others, referring to letter to Raj Bhavan. Strangely bay and safeguard the special to give a proper shape to the Governor Malik had PDP’s rebel legislators. Even as he Amritsar blast was trig- person and it is just a question possible dissenters of the PDP. the fax is not received. Tried to status of the embattled State. Government formation. already hinted that he would Beigh did not announce quit- Tgred by Pakistan’s ISI- of time,” said Capt Amarinder “The Governor, Jammu & contact HE Governor on The surprising develop- Bukhari said the alliance not allow any Government ting the PDP, he openly criti- backed terrorists who planted adding that he has admitted the Kashmir, Satya Pal Malik, has phone. Not available. Hope ments began unfolding on has been formed to protect the formation in the State through cised several decisions of the the grenade — brought from crime and disclosed that he is passed an order in exercise of you see it @jandkgovernor.” Wednesday morning when special status of Jammu & “backdoor dealings” and also party, including the decision to across the border — with working for the Khalistan the powers conferred upon “Sending the letter also by Congress leader Gulam Nabi Kashmir, Article 370 and hinted at conduct of Assembly boycott the municipal and pan- Pakistan Ordinance Factory Liberation Force (KLF). him by Clause (b) of sub-sec- mail,” Mehbooba wrote in Azad confirmed in New Delhi Article 35A. “We have to keep elections. However, last week chayat polls in the State. mark under a tree at a gather- The HG 84 grenade, com- tion (2) of Section 53 of the another tweet. that talks on Government for- communal forces at bay. To he had indicated State Continued on Page 4 ing at Adliwal’s Nirankari monly used by Pakistan against Bhawan on Sunday. This and our Army in Kashmir, was used much more was revealed by in the attack. This type of grenade Punjab Chief Minister Capt is filled with small pellets and is ! ## ' Amarinder Singh on very destructive and has effective P Wednesday following the arrest range of 30 meter radius. $ of one of the two suspects in While Bikramjit is just 26- -!&# the blast case. year-old, Avtar is 32, and “both Within 72 hours of the were not trained. They did % blast that took three lives and what they have been told to do. ' left 20 others injured, the They were the first timers”. '&!4 (/!0& Punjab Police solved the case At the same time, Chief " ! by identifying the two attack- Minister ruled out any religious + 4;1 ;-&( opular Bollywood actor ers, and arresting one of them motivation behind the attack, PAkshay Kumar was ques- from Loharka village in while described Amritsar ed by Union Minister tioned by a Punjab Police spe- Amritsar’s Raja Sansi. attack on Nirankari Bhawan as ! " LUpendra Kushwaha, NDA cial investigation team (SIT) on The attackers have been “purely terrorist act”. #$ partner RLSP is all set to walk Wednesday in connection with identified as Bikramjit Singh of “There was no communal ! out of the Modi Government an alleged deal mediated by Dhariwal village under Raja business in this. It was purely and join hands with Sharad him between jailed Dera Sansi police station, who was a terrorist act. These people " !" Yadav’s newly outfit Loktantrik Sachha Sauda chief Gurmeet arrested on early Wednesday were easy targets...They just Janta Dal (LJD) next month. Ram Rahim and former Punjab morning from near Loharka wanted to disturb Punjab’s ! # The Congress is in touch with Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir village in the area, and anoth- peace. After seeing that previ- ! the RJD in Bihar to get Singh Badal. er as Avtar Singh of Chak ous attack on RSS leaders could "#& 4;1 ;-&( Kuswaha “respectable” number Sources said the question- Mishri Khan village in Lopoke, not do anything in the State, '()*+, - ./ of seats to change side. ing began around 9.45 a.m. and Ajnala in Amritsar. they are now going in for large n the absence of two top CBI Sources said leaders of was video recorded. Declaring that the second scale killings,” he said. * Iofficers, agency Director both the Congress and the Akshay, who landed at the assailant would soon be arrest- Rubbishing the rumours 0 1 Alok Verma and Special RJD are engaged for the seat- Chandigarh international air- ed, the Chief Minister minced regarding the arrest of the sec- L M Director Rakesh Asthana, both sharing talks even as the BJP three Members of Parliament. port on a chartered flight from no words to say that the attack ond accused by the evening, LM benched by the Government and the JD(U) indicated they For past few months, Mumbai earlier in the day, drove was masterminded by Pak- DGP Suresh Arora told The " last month, probes into sever- will not spare more than two Kushwaha has been sending straight to the high-security based Inter Services Pioneer that efforts are being al high-profile cases of the seats to the RLSP. signals of leaving the NDA over Continued on Page 4 Intelligence (ISI) with the “sole made to apprehend him. ! $ agency involving bribery and Currently the RLSP has seat-sharing issue. (Detailed report on Pg 3) aim to disturb Punjab’s peace”. Continued on Page 4 P special crimes have virtually %"# * been halted. The registration of cases has also steeply declined !4 in the last one month. , 5 4 O Besides Verma and Asthana, Additional Director #8 AK Sharma has also been vir- agency. 5 tually made ineffective follow- The Supreme Court has #" " owing to “recent regulatory cash management standards scheme, who withdraw subsi- ing the shake-up as he has been barred Rao from taking any guidelines for ATMs hardware and the Cassette Swap method dies in form of cash through 1 " given the charge of inconse- major policy decision in the ' %" and software upgrades, recent of loading cash,” CATMi ATMs, may find their neigh- quential Multi-Disciplinary pendency of Verma’s petition mandates on cash manage- Director V Balasubramanian bourhood ATM shut,” the && &&! Monitoring Agency (MDMA) challenging his forced leave.