! # !"# $%&!!'(%!)*+,!"# RNI Regn. No. CHHENG/2012/42718, Postal Reg. No. - RYP DN/34/2013-2015 >%?$ $%&$&' ($)*+ &,-$&. 6*,%!#)A ' 6 A1 O//56/ /1 // 5 6 /1 15 1 61 5 1 515 1O/6 165 / 1 1 5! 8A% ?@8 D! /* &" "!322%!&",% +5 # !8 0 >+;&><@ >;:A&& . /0 ($P0 $ administrative jurisdiction and “challenges” Beijing’s sover- ndia on Thursday launched eignty. Ia strong counter to China’s China had earlier objected objection to the bifurcation of to the revocation of special sta- ( Jammu & Kashmir into two tus to the State of Jammu & Union Territories, which came Kashmir and formation of into existence at midnight. Ladakh as UT, saying some of Asking China to refrain the area involved Chinese ter- from commenting on matters ritory. internal to India, New Delhi Moreover, the latest round charged Beijing with illegally of objection by Beijing came acquiring Indian territories even though the Kashmir issue from Pakistan Occupied did not figure in the second Kashmir (POK) under the so- informal summit in Chennai called China-Pakistan bound- between Chinese President Xi ary agreement of 1963. Jinping’s and Prime Minister New Delhi’s rebuff came Narendra Modi on October 11- *$ * ( after Beijing on Thursday 12. ! expressed reservations about Taking exception to the creation of Union Territory of Chinese objection, External internal affair and the nation tinues to be in occupation of a 55 ! 1 61 mind a month ago to go with Ladakh saying it was “unlaw- Affairs Ministry spokesperson does not expect other countries large tract of area in the Union ! " Mandal for the post of new chief ful and void”, “includes” some Raveesh Kumar said the J&K to comment on such matters. Territories of Jammu & fter weeks of hectic lobbying, secretary, maintained a complete of China’s territory into its reorganisation is entirely India’s India also said China con- Kashmir, and Ladakh. Afinally, the State got a new suspense till last day about the face for the post of chief secre- new CS. Mandal has a tag of a # $%& tary (CS) on Thursday. The hyper active IAS officer who 1987-batch IAS officer RP knows tricks to act in accordance R " Mandal outsmarted his potential with incumbent government to '( rival, CK Khaitan, to become the speed up development. 11th CS of the mineral-rich Sources say that Khaitan *+,- . State. was reportedly infamous for ! " # 1947, making it part of India. Mandal is considered close taking credit for everything Girish Chandra Murmu in to Chief Minister Bhupesh while doing literally nothing. He ay one of the bifurcation Jammu & Kashmir and Radha Baghel but his reputation as an made several attempts in recent Dof the erstwhile State of Krishna Mathur in Ladakh able administrator and sharp- weeks to grab Baghel’s eyeball at Major General of the Jammu & Kashmir into two stepped into history as the first brain bureaucrat turned the public debates and workshops AIndian Army is likely to Union Territories of Jammu Lieutenant Governors of the table in his favour. The State has organised by private think tanks face court martial for alleged- & Kashmir and Ladakh pre- new Union territories as the high hopes from Mandal to or individuals either in ly sending pornographic sented a contrasting picture as entire nation celebrated the speed up development works Chhattisgarh or in Delhi, which video clips and obscene mes- both Jammu and Ladakh birth anniversary of coun- and unlock the stalled infra- was reportedly disapproved by sages to National Cadet Corps regions witnessed celebrations try’s first Home Minister structure-related projects in the chief minister. (NCC) girl cadets on their while normal life remained Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, who poverty-hit and leftist insur- Highly placed sources mobile phones. The case per- paralysed in different parts of is credited for merger of over gency-hit regions. claimed that a former chief sec- tains to 2017-2018 when the Kashmir amid continuous 560 States into the Union of Khaitan who had exhausted retary who presently holds con- senior officer was posted in shutdown since August 5. India. his almost all potential contacts siderable clout in Baghel gov- Gujarat. The new UTs came into Jammu & Kashmir High within and outside the state to ernment, was dead against A court of inquiry (CoI) existence 72 years after then Court Chief Justice Gita Mittal become chief secretary, has been Khaitan becoming CS and his was ordered into the matter ruler Maharaja Hari Singh administered the oath of office shifted to Bilaspur as Chairman opinion was also said to be a key after the NCC girls com- executed the Instrument of to the new appointees, first in of the Revenue Board. factor in appointment of the new plained against the officer. Accession on October 26, Leh and then later in Srinagar. Baghel who had made up his CS. 4 " 4 5 ! " # !# 04 ! 6 $%&'(($&()P # )!#",!%! ((+ 2#!'3' !%!" 2 #'% ife expectancy of people )'(-./ -)- #'*%),23 '!&' living in the Indo-Gangetic '0+1-+#+ +2+ "'%*2'& "!%!!- $% $ &' ( L New Delhi: 3&# !&#" * + , #- . Plain has reduced by up to +30- Half of India’s ado- seven years due to poor air lescents (10 to 19 years) — &'))'3& “national unity pledge” on Statue of Unity, considered to quality, a new study of the almost 63 million girls and 81 !!# ')"%!!- National Unity Day and be the world’s tallest statue, as region from 1998-2016 has million boys — are either short )!#",!%!2#!'!%%,") raising the role of Sardar affirmed that inspired by Patel, flower petals were showered on said and underlined that pol- or bony or overweight and PVallabhbhai Patel, the first his Government was working it from above by an Indian Air lution is nearly three-times obese, as per the findings of a "8!4 #8 Home Minister of the country, for the “emotional, economic Force helicopter. He also deadlier in north India as com- report on adolescents released 1!8 !19! in national integration, Prime and constitutional integration” addressed young IAS officers at pared to rest of the country. in a high-level meeting at the "!'"% Minister Narendra Modi on of the country. “Over 40,000 a separate function in Kevadiya More than 480 million NITI Aayog, together with 5'* '3 *#!&6 #!) *) Thursday defended the new people lost their lives in three called “Aarambh”. people or about 40 per cent of UNICEF India on Thursday. ,)*%7"!*#*3"#'%) system in Jammu & Kashmir decades of terrorism,” he said, While inaugurating the India’s population, reside in the was about twice as high as the years,” the study said. It said Over 80 per cent of adolescents "%##,%" and Ladakh which emerged adding it was Patel’s inspiration New Delhi Police headquar- seven States and union territo- rest of the country, a new analy- pollution is nearly three times also suffer from “hidden 6"!#"")!'%")!# following scrapping of Article which made him take the deci- ters, Union Home Minister ries comprising the bulk of the sis of the Air Quality Life Index deadlier in north India as com- hunger” i.e. the deficiency of one ',%!"!'#*) !" 370 only bred separatism and sion to revoke Article 370. Amit Shah said internal secu- Indo-Gangetic Plain region of (AQLI) produced by the Energy pared to rest of the country. or more micronutrients such as 5'!','"%%'! terrorism in the State. Sardar Patel’s birth rity is the top priority of the north India namely Bihar, Policy Institute at the University In comparison, lower con- iron, folate, zinc, vitamin A, vit- &'#*%" "&&##' )!" Attending a function at the anniversary is celebrated as Government, emphasising sev- Chandigarh, Delhi, Haryana, of Chicago (EPIC) said. centrations of pollution in the amin B12 and vitamin D, said "!'"%*%,*#" ")" Statue of Unity in Kevadiya, ‘Rashtriya Ekta Diwas’ eral steps have been taken to Punjab, UP, and West Bengal. “By 2016, a 72 per cent rest of the country are allowing the report “Adolescents, Diets !#")) ##''&&"#!''3 Gujarat, on Patel’s 144th birth (National Unity Day) since ensure it, including improving From 1998-2016, the Indo- increase in pollution in the residents to live longer than and Nutrition: Growing Well in 89###!''3 - anniversary, Modi led the 2014. The Prime Minister vigil along borders and crack- Gangetic Plain region experi- region further shortened the those in the Indo-Gangetic a Changing World”. *#*3#"!)"!!# *) gathering in taking the offered floral tributes to the ing down on fake notes. enced particulate pollution that lives of residents by 3.4 to 7.1 Plain, the study said. Detailed report on P5 ! ")"&"#-)%! )' *%8-L5'* 3'*)" 6"!#"")!'%")!# ',%!"!'#*) !&%;<'3 !"5'!'")" "22 '2 !" )!# )* !!#&"#M area, following which the L-G visited the site and directed the 64! 44 he Public Works PWD officials to carry on the !5$&+:;< TDepartment (PWD) has project,” said a senior official ' ,&" 7*! envisaged a plan to take trav- adding that the trust also pro- !"#!#"!%%&' ) *"*',-!"*))!" "-/*) * # -"" *#- !)-/#-#* 2"##)!# elers back to the grandeur of vided a sample of the re- "00""',-%" *,") 2 !'*#%!3!!)* ! " % ")'* #)" the Mughal era by redesigning development plan. &!&* "%#% *"% the entire area starting from Officials said the 1.8 km /#2")"9>-;?@"3 /'#"!%%,*#) 1)"),!- "") /A) "%1# #%"#) Bhogal flyover from Mathura stretch from Bhogal Flyover to "*%"2* #")#' enior Communist leader and Road to the heritage sites, Neela Gumbad (Sabz Burj) Sveteran CPI parliamentarian !! # "#3' ! )! Nizamuddin Dargah, will be redesigned with fancy Gurudas Dasgupta died after !#" Humayun Tomb, Khan-e- curved stones. prolonged illness at his South Khana tomb, Sundar Nursery, “The idea is ‘pedestriani- Kolkata residence on Thursday. " 5 # Neela Gumbad and Agha Khan sation’ and de-congestion of He was 83 and is survived by his !44 !=: Trust. these stretch, as currently traf- wife Jayashri Dasgupta and a said, “Shri Gurudas Dasgupta Ji ' %"#8;2'2% The PWD has submitted fic jams are witnessed, besides daughter.