www.thesikhtimes.in The Sikh Times Jio Newspaper app www.readwhere.com National Daily www.paperboy.com Vol. 12 No. 94 RNI NO. DELENG/2008/25465 New , Thursday, 22 August, 2019 [email protected] 9971359517 12 pages. ‘.2 SC refuses urgent listing of Chidambaram's petition seeking protection from arrest SPL CORRESPONDENT there were some defects in the petition and the Registry had informed about it. When Sibal said the , Aug 21 : Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, who is facing threat of arrest, failed twice defects have been cured, the bench called Registrar (judicial) Surya Pratap Singh and enquired about the Wednesday to get immediate relief from the Supreme Court which refused to grant him urgent hearing defects. The Registrar said the defects have been cured "just now", and the petition will be placed before on his plea seeking protection from arrest in the INX media scam cases. the Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi for allocating it before an appropri- Chidambaram, who was home minister and finance minister in the UPA ate bench. At this, Sibal said that the matter cannot be listed today as the government from 2004-2014, has sought a stay on the Delhi High Court's CJI is sitting in the Constitution bench and will not rise before 4 pm. While Tuesday judgement dismissing his anticipatory bail plea and paving the the senior advocate was repeatedly insisting the matter be hear, the bench way for his arrest lodged by CBI and ED. His petition was first mentioned told him, "We have already directed the matter to be placed before CJI". by senior advocate Kapil Sibal on Wednesday morning before a bench, com- "Generally, the matters for listing are placed before the CJI in the evening prising Justices N V Ramana, M Shantanagoudar and Ajay Rastogi, which but in the morning we immediately refer it to CJI," the bench said. "It is not sent it for being placed before the CJI for his consideration to accord it our job, but the Registry has to take the step," the bench further said. urgent hearing. When the team of lawyers representing Chidambaram did When Sibal reminded the bench that in the past on the basis of oral men- not receive any information on urgent listing, Sibal once again mentioned it tioning protection from arrest has been granted to people, the bench said, before the same bench after it assembled post lunch. Sibal, flanked by other "we directed the Registry and it found that there were defects in the peti- senior advocates Vivek Tankha and Indira Jaising, told the bench that the tion". At the end of the hearing, Sibal said that Chidambaram was ready to investigating agencies have issued a look out notice against Chidambaram give an undertaking that he will not run away but the bench did not con- as if he is going to "run away". The top court said the defects in the petition sider the submission and concluded the brief hearing. In the morning, had been removed "just now" and it "cannot be listed for hearing today Mehta, appearing for the CBI and the ED, had told the bench that it was a itself". "Without listing of the petition, we cannot hear the matter," said the case of money laundering of "monumental magnitude". One of the law offi- bench. "Sorry Mr Sibal. We cannot hear the matter," the bench said when cers assisting Mehta said, "We are ready and fully prepared to oppose any he repeatedly asked for hearing the matter on Wednesday itself. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta opposed move by Chidambaram". Sibal told the apex court that Chidambaram's plea was dismissed by the Delhi the plea of Chidambaram for hearing the matter on oral mentioning saying that the papers are not with High Court on Tuesday. He said Chidambaram was granted protection from arrest for more than a year him. Just as the bench assembled in the post lunch session, Sibal said he was once again mentioning the in the INX case lodged by the CBI and ED. Sibal said the high court had also refused to grant any protec- matter for listing as he had not heard anything from the Registry about its listing. The bench told him that tion from arrest to Chidambaram to enable him to approach the apex court. Adityanath expands Court discharges Arvind council of ministers Army HQ reorganization: Kejriwal, his deputy and others Lucknow: Chief New Delhi, Aug 21 : A court here discharged Delhi Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday 206 officers sent to field Chief Minister , his deputy Manish expanded his council of ministers with SIMMI KAUR BABBAR under the COAS will have tri-servic- Sisodia and others on Wednesday in a case of allegedly 23 ministers taking oath at the Raj New Delhi: Defence Minister es representation. At present, the violating prohibitory orders and obstructing public ser- Bhavan. This is the first rejig of Rajnath Singh on Wednesday vigilance function for the COAS has vants during an agitation in 2014. Besides Kejriwal and Adityanath's council of ministers since approved the relocation of 206 Army multiple agencies and there is no Sisodia, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar he came to power in 2017. Four minis- officers from here to their original single point interface. An independ- Vishal also granted relief to other ters of state with independent charge field units as part of reorganization ent vigilance cell will be made func- (AAP) leaders, Kumar Vishwas, , Sanjay Singh were promoted as cabinet ministers, of the Army headquarters. The tional under COAS. The Additional and . Former AAP members Prashant while two new faces, Ram Naresh approval to relocate the officers, Director General (Vigilance) will be Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav and others were also Agnihotri and Kamla Rani Varun, joined apart from the creation of a separate placed directly under the COAS and granted the relief. "There does not exist sufficient evi- as cabinet ministers. Six ministers of vigilance cell under the Chief of the cell will have three officers not dence to take cognizance of the offence as alleged as well as sufficient grounds to proceed against state with independent charge were Army Staff (COAS), were among below the rank of a Colonel, drawn the accused persons. "Proceeding with this trial will be a futile exercise as the charge sheet lacks inducted. The two-and-a-half year-old the decisions approved by Singh on from each of the services. The cell even the prima facie evidence to proceed further," the court said. On September 7, 2018, the Delhi BJP ministry will also have 11 new min- the basis of an internal study con- to be formed under the VCOAS will police had filed a charge sheet against the accused persons, seeking their prosecution for various isters of state. Governor Anandiben ducted by the Army Headquarters. focus on human rights convention offences. According to the charge sheet, on January 21, 2014 the accused broke the barricades and Patel administered the oath of office in Besides, a unit will behttps://t.me/TowardsTomorrow formed under and values. It will be headed by an indulged in scuffle with the police and stone pelting in order to run towards Rail Bhawan, violating the presence of the chief minister. the Vice Chief of Army Staff officer not below the rank of Major the proclamation under section 144 (unlawful assembly) CrPC, which was in place at that time. Some (VCOAS) to focus entirely on issues General and will examine reports of policemen were injured in order to control them, the final report said. The police had filed the charge Ram Janambhoomi can’t be of human rights. The Army officers human rights abuses. A police offi- sheet against the accused for offences punishable under section 145 (Joining or continuing in unlaw- who will be relocated to their field cer of the rank of Superintendent or ful assembly), 147 (Punishment for rioting), 148 (Rioting, armed with deadly weapon), 149 (every shifted to some other place, units include three Major Generals, Senior Superintendent will be deput- member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object) and eight Brigadiers, nine Colonels and ed to this agency for investigative 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions) of the IPC. Ram Lalla’s counsel tells SC 186 Lt Colonels. The vigilance cell work. New Delhi, August 21 : Neither Nirmohi Akhara nor the Sunni Wakf Board can take Dronacharya Bhupender Dhawan & benefit of the legal principal of adverse pos- session to stake claim over the 2.77-acre dis- Yogi Adityanath inducts Pro-Olympia Mukesh Singh become puted land in Ayodhya, counsel for Ram Lalla told the Supreme Court on faces of Muscle & Strength India Wednesday as the deity claimed ownership 23 new ministers in Cabinet (MOHIT) over the entire piece of land. According to New Delhi : At a press conference held in Delhi the doctrine of adverse possession, a person CORRESPONDENT Ram Naresh Agnihotri, the remaining able representation in the council of on August 21, Mr. Praveen Chirania, Director, without having title of the property can Lucknow, August 21 : In what can four have been elevated. Those sworn ministers. A surprise development Muscle & Strength India, raised his voice about the become its owner on the ground of his pos- be termed as a near-total revamp of in as Ministers of State with was that names of Pankaj Singh, son genuineness of different health products manufac- session if the person having lawful title of the Yogi Adityanath government, 23 Independent charge are Kapil Dev, of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, tured/market- the property in question does not evict him new ministers were sworn in on Ashok Katehria, Neelkanth Tiwari, Vijay Bahadur Pathak, party General ed by various for 12 years. “Hindus have always asserted Wednesday at the Raj Bhawan by Ravindra Jaiswal, Shri Ram Chauhan Secretary and Ashish Patel (Apna companies all their right to worship at the birthplace and Governor Anandiben Patel. The and Satish Dwiwedi -- the latter had Dal) were dropped at the last minute. over the world. therefore it cannot be a case of adverse pos- newly inducted ministers include six defeated former Speaker Mata Prasad The dropping of Ministers including He said, "Three session. Adverse possession comes into Cabinet Ministers, six Ministers of Pandey in 2017. Neelkanth Tiwari, Chetan Chauhan, Swati Singh and years back we effect in the case of an alienable property State with Independent charge and 11 who has been given Independent Mukut Bihari Varma was also have made our and here the property, being the birthplace, Ministers of State. The most signifi- charge, and Ravindra Jaiswal both deferred, following a late night meet- presence in the assumes the character of the deity and cant aspect of Wednesday's reshuffle belong to Varanasi, which is Prime ing between the Chief Minister, party national market hence becomes inalienable,” senior counsel is that majority of the newly inducted Minister Narendra Modi's parliamen- state President Swatantra Dev Singh in order to provide genuine nutrition products to the CS Vaidyanathan, representing Ram Lalla, ministers are first-timers with almost tary constituency. The 11 Ministers of and Sangh leaders. The Yogi Council health conscious youth of the day. Our main aim is told a five-judge Bench headed by Chief no administrative experience. Yogi State are Anil Sharma, Mahesh Gupta, of Ministers had more than 20 vacan- to provide helping hand by providing multibrand Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi. On day nine Adityanath will face an uphill task in Anand Swarup Shukla, Vijay Kashyap, cies after some ministers were asked products loaded with verification certificates. Our of the hearing in the Ram Janm Bhoomi- making these ministers perform. Giriraj Singh Dharmesh, Lakhan to resign on Tuesday. These include stores are located in New Delhi, Gurugram, Noida, Babri Masjid case, Vaidyanathan said if an Four Ministers of State, who held Singh Rajput, Nilima Katiyar, Rajesh Agarwal who was the finance Jalgaon (Maharashtra) Bangalore, Rajasthan, ordinary temple was getting submerged Independent charge, have been pro- Chaudhary Udaybhan Singh, minister, Dharampal Singh (irriga- Rohtak (Haryana), Ghaziabad (UP), etc. etc. We are due to construction of a dam, devotees can moted as Cabinet Ministers. The Chandrika Prasad Upadhyaya, Rama tion), Anupama Jaiswal (Basic educa- pleased to announce that we are associating shift the idol to another place. “Ram Cabinet Ministers, who were sworn in Shankar Singh Patel and Ajit Singh tion) and Archana Pandey (mining). Dronacharya Bhupender Dhawan & Pro-Olympia Janambhoomi cannot be shifted to some are Mahendra Singh, Bhupendra Pal. Of the 23 new ministers inducted Earlier on Monday, Swatantra Dev Mukesh Singh, as the new faces of our company. other place. It’s unique and the sanctity and Chaudhary, Anil Rajbhar, Suresh -- six are Brahmins, four Thakurs, Singh (Transport) had quit the min- This association is bound to go a long way and prove the dignity are attached to this very place,” Rana, Kamal Rani and Ram Naresh three Vaishyas and 10 Dalits. Western istry after being appointed state BJP beneficial for the youth and others who are the con- Vaidyanathan contended. Agnihotri. Except for Kamal Rani and Uttar Pradesh has been given a size- president. sumers of nutrition products." Chidambaram paying for his misdeeds: BJP

CORRESPONDENT behest. They have powers to act independently," BJP spokesperson New Delhi, Aug 21 : The BJP on Wednesday took a jibe at Shahnawaz Hussain said. Chidambram appeared in the Congress Congress leader P Chidambaram, mocking him as "absconding revo- headquarters at a press conference later in evening. Taking a dig at lutionary of corruption" and saying that he was "paying for his mis- the former Union minister, BJP general secretary Kailash deeds", as probe agencies looked for him through the day after his Vijayvargiya said in a tweet that Chidambaram is paying for his mis- lawyers' attempt to get anticipatory bail for him from the Supreme deeds. He is a big lawyer but is unable to get bail, he said. The Court was in vain. With the CBI and the ED seeking his custody in a Congress has strongly backed Chidambaram, with money laundering case related to INX Media, senior BJP leader and accusing the government of using the ED, the CBI and sections of the Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi called the Congress leaders an media for his character assassination. Congress general secretary "absconding revolutionary of corruption" which, he added, had trig- Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said the party will continue to fight for truth gered a commotion in the Congress. "Does the Congress have deep no matter what the consequences and alleged that Chidambaram was bonding with corruption?" he wondered in a tweet. The BJP also being "hunted down". BJP IT department head Amit Malviya took a rejected the Congress's charge of vendetta levelled against the gov- dig at Priyanka over her support for the former Union minister. ernment over the action of probe agencies against Chidambaram, say- "Priyanka Vadra's support for P Chidambaram is quite natural. After ing it did not interfere in the investigation and he must face conse- all she has the experience of standing by Robert Vadra too, who is also quences for his deeds. "If he has done something fishy, he must face facing several investigations for serious economic offences," he tweet- consequences. Probe agencies do not work at the government's ed, in a reference to cases of alleged corruption against her husband. 2 New Delhi, Thursday, 22 August 2019 DELHI / OTHERS THE SIKH TIMES I miss working on 'Sacred ED notice to MNS chief: Uddhav says doesn't expect concrete Mumbai, Aug 21 : A day ahead of Raj Thackeray's scheduled Games': Radhika Apte appearance before the (ED) here in con- nection with an IL&FS probe, the MNS chief seems to have found Correspondent actor told PTI. Apte said she has not yet me. I did 'Padman', 'Andhadhun' and an unexpected support from his estranged cousin and Shiv Sena Mumbai, Aug 21 : Actor Radhika Apte started viewing the second season but will 'Baazaar'. "It feels great to receive the grat- president Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday. Sena is the ruling says she miss being part of her first Netflix soon "binge watch it". The actor is currently itude and the success for your hard work, partner of the BJP in the Central and Maharashtra governments. show "Sacred Games" where she got the on cloud nine after her 2018 thriller but I am also going to look ahead and not Raj has been summoned by the anti-money laundering agency in opportunity to play a "starkly" different "Aandhadhun" bagged three National dwell on the past. I would rather look for- connection with its probe into the alleged irregularities relating to character. The critically-acclaimed show, awards recently. Apte said the film's wins is ward to the coming months and my upcom- loans and equity investment worth over Rs 450 crore by IL&FS in which features Nawazuddin Siddiqui and a proof that the industry is on the right path ing releases," Apte said. The actor believes Kohinoor CTNL Infrastructure Company. The firm was founded Saif Ali Khan in the lead, recently returned of creating path breaking movies. "It feels that the industry's approach towards by former Maharashtra chief minister Manohar Joshi's son Unmesh, Raj Thackeray, and latter's close for its sophomore season to universal absolutely amazing. I feel blessed to be asso- women on and off the screen is certainly aide and builder Rajan Shirodkar to purchase and develop the land of the defunct Kohinoor Mill. Raj had praise. Apte, however, did not feature in the ciated with the film. The amount of appreci- changing for the better. "Today, the actress- reportedly exited from the company in 2008. Questionning of Unmesh has been going on at the Mumbai second season as her character, RAW agent ation we have got from the audience and the es are being offered meatier roles. You can office of the ED since August 19. "I do not expect any solid outcome from the inquiry," Uddhav told Anjali Mathur, was killed off towards the critics is unimaginable. That is why the see Alia Bhatt in 'Raazi', her character was reporters in a brief reply when asked about the ED's notice to Raj. Uddhav's comments assume signifi- end of first season. "I do miss working on National Award win is gratifying." She said so powerful and profound. Audiences are cance given that assembly elections in the state are round the corner. Earlier, Sena leader Sanjay Raut the show. I loved the character. I had a lot of the year 2018 was a memorable one for her recognising the efforts nevertheless and I had said Raj getting the notice should not be viewed through the prism of politics. Opposition parties in fun doing this starkly different role of Anjali as she got to act in films such as "Padman", believe this will only get better and better Maharashtra, including the Congress and the NCP, have rallied behind Raj, terming the ED move a Mathur. I knew that the show would be "Andhadhun", "Lust Stories" and "Baazaar". with time." Apte will be seen next in "The vendetta politics by the ruling BJP. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had said the BJP did- liked by the audience, it was the first Hindi "I can feel the love and appreciation. Life has Wedding Guest", a British-American movie n't have any role in the ED notice. Raj had held several rallies ahead of the Lok Sabha elections target- Netflix Original series and very different definitely changed; I'm getting better scripts with Dev Patel, and "Raat Akeli Hain" with ing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP-led government in Maharashtra. from the kind of content we saw before," the now. 2018 was a very memorable year for Nawazuddin Siddqui. Madras HC declines to grant interim relief to Kiran Bedi Correspondent September 4. Lakshminarayanan of the Congress had challenged the two communica- Chennai, Aug 21 : The Madras High Court on Wednesday declined to grant tions, elevating the powers of the Lt Governor. He cited instances of 'interference' in the any interim relief to Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi on her petition to stay the governments day-to-day affairs by the Lt Governor, forcing government officials to be in order of a single judge, restraining her from interfering in the day to day adminis- WhatsApp groups, interfering in financial matters, holding review meeting with officials, tration of the territorial government. The court said the elected government func- thereby bypassing the elected government. Allowing the plea, the single judge had tioning through a council of ministers could not be defeated by the acts of an observed that the elected government functioning through a council of ministers could administrator, who also functions under the provisions of the Constitution. Bedi not be defeated by the acts of an administrator, who also functions under the provisions moved the Court through her private secretary against the April 30, 2019 order of of the Constitution. The judge had held that the powers of the Lt Governor to act as an the single judge, Mahadevan, setting aside two communications of January 27, administrator are restricted and applicable only under certain circumstances. 2017 and June 16, 2017 of the Home Ministry, elevating the powers of the admin- Challenging the order, the home ministry in its appeal said the single judge had erred in istrator. The Lt Governor contended that the single judge, while adjudicating the holding that the writ petitioner had locus standi to move such a plea. "The proceedings in matter, had gone beyond the scope of the petition, seeking impugned clarifications the writ petition are in the nature of clarification to the communication given by the Union with reference to the provisions of the act and rules governing the Union Territory home ministry to the government of Puducherry," it said. "When the government has not of Puducherry. The Home Ministry has already moved an appeal against the order questioned the communication as illegal, it is not open to a private individual to question of single judge. When the matter came up before the division bench, comprising Justices Vineet Kothari and C V the internal communication," it added. Bedi, in her appeal contended that while the scope of the petition was only to Karthikeyan, on Wednesday, it refused to grant any interim relief. The bench posted the matter for hearing on decide the validity of the communications issued by the home ministry, the single judge had proceeded to decide on September 4 by issuing notices to the original petitioner, Puducherry legislator K Lakshminarayanan, returnable by the supremacy of the Lt Governor and the state cabinet over the administration of the territory. In U-turn, Guj bhajan singer Chauhan denies joining BJP The Sikh Times Classified , Aug 21 : Barely two days after "joining" the ruling BJP in Gujarat, pop- NAME CHANGE ular bhajan singer Hemant Chauhan on Wednesday made a U-turn denying any associ- I, Anil Kumar Bansal S/o Gordhan I, AKHLAQ AHMAD / AKHLAQ I, Sanjay Chakerverty R/o H.No- ation with the saffron party and politics. However, the BJP said the singer only meant Dass R/o H.No. 167, Gali No. -6, AHMED S/O SHAKEEL AHMAD 56, Ram Vihar, Delhi-110092 have he cannot be a part of active politics and has issued a clarification on his stand due to Chattarpur Hills New Delhi - resident of H-4 HAMDARD changed my minor Daughters 110074, have changed my name NAGAR JAMIA HAMDARD name from Manika Chakarvarty to some "technical reasons". On August 19, as many as 20 artists and celebrities from to Anil Bansal for all purposes. DELHI 110062 have changed Manika Chakerverty for all future Gujarat, including Chauhan, joined the saffron party under its ongoing membership my name to AKHLAK AHMAD Purposes. enrollment drive. They were welcomed into the party fold by state BJP president Jitu I, Dinesh Goyal S/o Sh. Hari for all future purpose. Chand R/o-A-31, Pushpanjali I, Rajendra Prasad S/o Ganesh Vaghani at a function held at the party headquarter in Gandhinagar. The BJP had even Enclave, Pitampura, Delhi, I, GURMEET SINGH BATRA S/O Dutt Joshi R/o J3/75, 3rd Floor- released photographs and a press note saying Chauhan and 19 other artists have joined changed my minor Son'sc name HIMMAT SINGH resident of B-19 LHS, Khirki Extn., Malviya Nagar, from Satyam Goel to Satyam KIRTI NAGAR OPPOSITE Delhi-110017 have changed my the party. After the event, Chauhan told reporters that he and other artists had joined Goyal for all purposes. NAAMDHARI COLONY DELHI- name to Rajendra Joshi for all the BJP because "it works for welfare of the people and always gives respect to the 110015 have changed my minor future Purposes daughter name from AASHNI artist community". However, in a video message in Gujarati issued on Wednesday, I, SANGITA BEN U PRAJAPATI KAUR to AASHNI KAUR BATRA I, Deepti Chaudhary D/o Chauhan said an artist can never become part of a political party. "I wanthttps://t.me/TowardsTomorrow to clarify to W/O NO-15414570-F HAV PRA- for all future purpose. Rajendra Singh W/o Anil Sirohi people that I have not joined the BJP. Do not believe in rumours. I do not want to reduce JAPATI UPENDRA KUMAR R/O R/o A-379, Defence Enclave, SHAKTI SOCIETY, NEAR BAPA Sardhana Road, Kanker Khera, I, MINAKASHI AWASTHI W/O NO- Meerut, Uttar Pradesh-250001, my reputation by joining any political party. I am an artist and artists can never discrim- SITARAM MANDIR, MAGHIYA 14622664-F HAV BARJO MOHAN CHAR RASTA, PO-DHOLKA, have changed my name to Aditi inate among various parties. An artist belongs to everyone, not to any specific political R/O TARINI MANDIR, STREET Sirohi for all purposes. party. Please discard this misunderstanding that I have joined the BJP," he said. The DISTT-AHMEDABAD, (GUJRAT)- CHURIHARI PARA, BHAWANI 387810, have changed my name PATANA, DISTT-KALAHANDI, singer clarified he had attended the BJP event in his capacity as a "senior artist". "That from SANGITA BEN U PRAJAP- (ODISHA)-766001, have changed I, Tarun Deep Singh S/o Gurjeet function was about felicitating artists and I remained present as a senior artist only. I ATI to SANGEETA UPENDRA my name from MINAKASHI Singh Sahni R/o H.No. 741, KUMAR PRAJAPATI for all future AWASTHI to MINAKASHI PURO- Sector-22B, Gurgaon (Haryana) - had refused to contest elections five years back. It's not my cup of tea. I am a bhajan purpose. HIT for all future purpose. 122001, have changed my name singer and I can never be a full-time political worker," he added. However, state BJP to Tarundeep Singh Sahni for all Name Change I, ANJALI SAINI wife of RAHUL Purposes. spokesperson Bharat Pandya said Chauhan was only trying to suggest that he cannot I, Shakti Bir Gurudev S/o Sanjay SAINI resident of U-65, UPAD- be a part of active politics. "Chauhan has cited some technical reasons (while issuing HYAY BLOCK, SHAKARPUR, I, Rajinder Singh Rawat s/o Kumar Gurudev R/o Flat No. B-502, Jagdish Singh R/o A-137, Block-A, the clarification). What he is suggesting is that he does not want to be a part of active Tower-B, KW Sristhi, Raj Nagar, DELHI -110092 have changed my name from date 01-January- Baljit Vihar, Village Nithari, New Extention, Ghaziabad, UP. 201017, Delhi-110086, have changed my politics or contest the polls. The party respects and welcome his feelings," he said. have changed my name from Shakti Bir 2019 to RAJNI SAINI for all future purpose. name to Rajender Singh Rawat for Gurudev to Shakti Gurudev for all future all future Purposes Centre warns of strict action against hoarding of onion purpose. New Delhi, Aug 21 : The Centre on Wednesday warned of strict action against Name Change hoarding of onion amid supply disruption fears due to floods in parts of major growing I, Manju Devi W/o Sh. Ombir Chaudhary R/o 9/5159, East Old states of Maharashtra and Karnataka. The Department of Consumer Affairs (DoCA) Public Notice Public Notice Seelampur, Fatak Road, Gandhi reviewed the price situation of onion during a high-level meeting chaired by the My client Naresh Kumar Son The Public in Large it is inform Nagar, East Delhi, Delhi-110031, Secretary, DoCA, Avinash K Srivastava, here, an official release said. All the concerned of Shri H.R. Sharma R/o that Smt. Rajni Malik W/o Sh. have changed my name from stakeholders, including NAFED, NCCF, and Safal were present in the meeting. Parts of 65A, Gali No. 27, D Block, , Kamal Malik and Kamal Malik Manju Devi to Manju Chaudhary M.B.Extn. Badarpur, New S/o Late Sh. R.C. Malik both for all future purposes. How major onion producing states, including Maharashtra and Karnataka, are reeling under Delhi-110044 has disowned floods, raising fears disruption of supplies. "Onions for retailing by Safal is being made his sons namely Prince resident of 113, IInd Floor, BG Sharma @ Sunny and Kshitij Block, East Shalimar Bagh, Public Notice available at present from the government stock built under Price Stabilisation Fund Delhi-110088, have dis- (PSF)," said an official release after the meeting. It has also been decided that cap the Sharma @ Sachin from his We, Niranjan Lal S/o Late Sh. all moveable and immove- owned, debarred and disin- Umrao Singh, Age around 75 years retail price of onion at Safal (a Mother Dairy outlet) at Rs 23.90 per kg (for Grade A vari- able properties and also sev- herited his son namely Mr. and Mrs. Kamla Devi W/o Sh. ety). For this, Safal will continue to receive onions from the government buffer at the Niranjan Lal age around 73 years ered all relations with them. Ankit Malik and his wife name- both R/o I-6/54, Sector 16, Rohini, same rate at which it was offered on Wednesday, the release added. "The price situa- My clients will not be respon- ly Mrs. Sonaksh from all their Delhi have severed all their rela- sible for the acts and actions tions from our son namely Anil to place tion would be monitored regularly by the department for appropriate intervention. moveable & immovable prop- "Government will also consider strict action against hoarding and profiteering activities of his sons, if any body deals erties due to his/her bad con- Kumar S/o Niranjan Lal and Mrs. Public Notice with them. Kamla Devi R/o B-6/66, Sector 7, General public is hereby informed and evaluate the need for imposing a minimum export price (MEP) on onion if the sit- Ajit Singh Tomar duct and behaviour and sev- Rohini, Delhi alongwith our daugh- ered all relations from them as ter-in-law namely Anupama W/o that my client Sh. Kunjhi Lal Yadav uation so demands," the release said. Safal, the largest retail chain of fresh fruits and ,(Advocate), S/o Sh. Ramadhaar Yadav R/o vegetables in Delhi, has also been asked to double the quantity of its retailing opera- Ch. No.262, Lawyers Block, they are no more in our con- Anil Kumar D/o Sh. Sant Lal R/o I- Saket Court, trol. If anybody deals with 6/54, Sector 16, Rohini, Delhi and H.No. 3727, Katra, Dhoomi Mal, tions for onions. NAFED and NCCF were also directed to retail onions at prices similar our grand-son namely Dipesh S/o New Delhi-110017 them we and our all family Churiwalan, Chawari Bazaar, to that of Safal through their outlets and mobile vans. Anil Kumar and Anupama who is Delhi-110006, have severed all his members will not be responsi- also resident of I-6/54, Sector 16, an Ad? ble in any manner whatsoever Rohini, Delhi, as all three of them relations and ties from his Step-Son in future. are not in control of both of us. We namely Sh. Santosh Yadav and his DoNER Ministry plans to partially fund airport in Kohima (Niranjan Lal and Kamla Devi) wife both residing at H.No. 3727, henceforth, disown them from our Katra, Dhoomi Mal, Churiwalan, Correspondent development projects in the Northeast are put on a fast- Public Notice all movable and immovable proper- Notice is hereby given that I, ties whatsoever and wheresoever, Chawari Bazaar, Delhi-110006, Call New Delhi, Aug 21 : The DoNER Ministry has plans track and a follow-up is done on a regular basis to com- due to their contumacious disobe- Baljeet Singh Son of Mr. which we are in lawful and rightful to partially fund a Rs 6,000-crore proposed greenfield air- plete these projects within the stipulated timeline. The possession at present and in dience, atrocious and cruel behav- Darshan Singh Resident of port in Kohima, which could be the first in the Nagaland DoNER minister also conveyed keen desire of the central future, including the above men- ior towards my above named client House No. 41, Tilak Khand, tioned property. We henceforth and his family members and my 011-41509689 capital. 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Till 1.30 pm, river, some people were stuck at on the expressway when they about 92,824 cusec had reached Okhla Tilwara village. I have requested to were arrested.The arrested barrage. While a motor boat and an arrange a motor boat. We have to persons have confessed to have additional hand boat have been put on ensure the safety of all people,” said robbed over 20 people in the past standby, the administration also Singh.GB Nagar district magistrate B six months on the pretext of alerted the NDRF. N Singh said officials from various seeking help or lift.All the four — N K Lamba, executive engineer, district departments have been directed to Mehtab Yadilahi, Mohammad irrigation department, said, “If the work in coordination and with full Wasim, Samir Akhtar and situation continues, the floodwater preparedness. Mohammad Rizwaan — belong will enter the main village road in On Tuesday, additional DM (finance and Momnathal and Shafipur by revenue) MN Upadhyay and deputy to Muradnagar.SP (rural) Neeraj Wednesday. We will have to evacuate Kumar Jadaun told TOI that the DM (Sadar) Prasun Dwivedi inspected the village tomorrow.” Kambakshpur, Yakutpur and gang used to target luxury More than 9,000 inhabitants of half a Momnathal and distributed food and vehicles on the highway. “One of dozen villages neighbouring the ration to people whose huts are on the the gang member used to pose as a Yamuna floodplains, including river banks. “People are being alerted passenger and negotiated about Tilwara (in Dankaur block), Shafipur, by public announcements to reach the fare or destination with the Momnathal and Kambakshpur, have safer areas,” said Dwivedi. target. Just then other three been put on alert. Those staying near Lamba said the situation this year has members used to come and sit in the river bed — primarily farmers — been compounded with continuous the car as passengers. Once the have been asked to move past the showers. “We are also worried about target used to start driving Yamuna bandh. The administration the DFCCIL railway bridge towards the destination, the men has arranged over 500 sandbags in construction work near Kambakshpur. used to thrash after holding him case the bandh is cut with the water We expect that the congested water hostage at gunpoint,” he flow.The flood situation arose after 8 from that area might raise the level added.The city police had been on lakh cusec water was released from once it flows back into the stream,” he a lookout for the gang since a Hathni Kund dam from Haryana into said. month after receiving several complaints. On Monday evening, police received a tip-off about the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna gang’s movement. flats may cost beneficiaries “One of the gang member told police that the gang was looking Rs 2 lakh more for a target for the past four days, Rain likely after weekend, but they did not come across any Ghaziabad: The state government has given in- luxury vehicle on the stretch,” the principle approval to hike the cost of flats SP (rural) informed. under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (PMAY) A Renault KWID with registration from Rs 4.5 lakh to Rs 6.5 lakh, wherein the number UP13 BD1554, a torch, expect dry spell for 3 days beneficiary will bear the burden of the increase and two country-made pistols with two-live cartridges were also department.On Tuesday, the maximum in amount. Ghaziabad Development Authority recovered from the gang temperature was recorded at 35 degrees Celsius (GDA) vice-chairman Kanchan Verma, while members. and the minimum temperature was recorded at confirming this, said, “Till the time we receive 26 degrees Celsius. While no rainfall was the government order, nothing can be said Man kidnaps 3 recorded between 8.30am and 5.30pm on conclusively.”As of now, each flat under the Tuesday, only 0.3 mm rainfall was recorded scheme costs Rs 4.5 lakh, out of which Rs 1.5 children of before 8.30am. The humidity levels hovered lakh is given by the central government, Rs 1 between 89% and 55%.With a decline in lakh by the state and Rs 2 lakh by the employer rainfall, the air quality index (AQI) has beneficiary. increased to 57 (Satisfactory) on Monday from “Once the new rate becomes applicable, the Greater Noida: Three minors, 35 (Good) on Sunday. According to the SAFAR contribution of the state and central allegedly abducted by a dhaba governments will remain the same but the worker in Greater Noida were forecast, the AQI is likely to be between ‘good’ recovered from Delhi’s and ‘satisfactory’ levels for the next 48 hours. beneficiary will have to pay Rs 4 lakh,” GDA Nizamuddin railway station on Whereas, last week, the air quality remained in chief engineer VN Singh said. Tuesday evening.The children’s ‘Good’ level for most days.Last week, the AQI People with annual income less than Rs 3 lakh family members informed police https://t.me/TowardsTomorrow was recorded at 35 (Good) on Sunday, 66 per annum are eligible to buy PMAY flats that that they received a call from the missing kids who revealed that (Satisfactory) on Saturday, 38 (Good) on are 30 sqm, or 322 sq ft, in size. Singh said that the accused had abandoned them Friday, 51 (Satisfactory) on Thursday, 46 the new rate would not be applicable to flats at the railway station after (Good) on Wednesday, 34 (Good) on Tuesday, whose tenders have already been floated. keeping them in a moving train 54 (Satisfactory) on Monday, and 38 (Good) These include 856 flats in Madhuban- for almost three days. The last Sunday (August 11). According to the Bapudham, 288 in Niwari, 432 in Dasna and children are all aged between 12 SAFAR forecast, the city’s air quality might and 15 years. Meanwhile, police Gurgaon: The city is expected to witness a rise in last 48 hours.According to the Met department, 1,152 in Masuri. said the accused , identified as one the temperature, as the forecast suggests a dry the maximum temperature might go up further deteriorate further as rainfall, that generally Officials said initially the builders’ association Shahrukh Khan, is on the run. spell for the next three days.The maximum by two to three notches in the next 48 hours as clears the particulate matter in the lower had demanded an increase in the prices of One of the kids, a 15-year-old girl, temperature has increased to 35 degrees Celsius the monsoon trough has started shifting atmosphere, is not expected before affordable houses under PMAY. The said, “He had told us that he will on Tuesday from 32 degrees Celsius recorded towards the eastern states. “There is a forecast Saturday.The Met forecast for Wednesday government had agreed, but when show us many places and we will on Monday. Last weekend, the maximum of rain only in isolated areas in Delhi-NCR. states, “Generally cloudy sky with possibility development authorities across the state sought enjoy while roaming around the of very light rain and thundershowers at country.” The children said the temperature had dropped to 30 degrees Celsius. Light rain is expected only after Saturday and a similar increase since they are also accused gave them food but also However, it has increased by five notches in the Sunday now,” said an official from the Met isolated places. constructing flats under the scheme like private thrashed them whenever they developers, the approval was given a rethink. tried to protest. “When I refused Subsequently, a committee comprising to listen to him, he called my development authority officials from parents and told them that he is taking us to Bangalore. I made a Did GMC follow NGT order on waste, Ghaziabad, Lucknow and Kanpur and Awas fuss about it and asked my Vikas Parishad was formed to look into the siblings to not follow his orders. matter. Singh, who is a member of the He then changed trains and after a committee, said, “The panel had recommended day of travelling, I found myself parking? Commissioner to check a hike of Rs 2 lakh to the UP government citing in Delhi,” said the victim. She rates of such flats in various other states which then borrowed a phone and called the site and to assess as to whether the Zaidi told TOI.On the issue of waste disposal, Ghaziabad: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) Zaidi claimed that “there are two open air are in the range of Rs 5.5 lakh to 10 her maternal uncle and shared her has appointed a commissioner to ascertain the compliance of the order has been made or not.” location. Police said the accused The next date of hearing is on September 11.In garbage dumping yards in the township. lakh.”GDA, along with private developers, has worked at the Dhaba owned by level of compliance with its earlier order on “Garbage is dumped on a daily basis but it is not to build 36,000 flats by 2021 under PMAY — the father of one of the kids.“It solid waste disposal and illegal parking in his contempt plea, Kaushambi resident SA Zaidi has claimed that with two open dumping cleared frequently and this is something that 13,500 in 2018-19, 18,000 in 2019-2020 and seems the accused too the Kaushambi township.This comes in the wake residents face everyday.”However, a GMC children in a train going towards yards and close to dozen parking spots, “the 4,500 in 2020-21. It will require GDA to spend of a contempt plea filed by a Kaushambi official said, “We had ensured full compliance south India. He dropped them resident claiming the green court’s earlier order Kaushambi township is in throes of civic at least Rs 2,400 crore, which the development back after he exhausted all his mess”.“A petition was filed in NGT in 2018 with NGT’s 2018 order and had even cancelled agency says is “very difficult” given the funds. We are trying to track him was not complied with by authorities. The parking leases of five vendors after the order, Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation (GMC), and the court had then goaded the GMC and the paucity of funds.Singh said, “The actual cost of down,” said Ashok Kumar, the so to say that there is no compliance on our part building a flat is over Rs 7 lakh, where land is investigation officer in the case. however, argued that it had followed the NGT’s district administration into taking action, as a result of which the corporation had cancelled would not be correct.”“Anyway, we will offer provided free of cost and Rs 10 lakh where land order in letter and spirit.Faced with full cooperation to the court-appointed contradictory statements, the court said, ‘In parking leases of about five vendors but now is needed to be bought. GDA would need 60 Petrol price hike there are more than 14 illegal parking areas,” commissioner whenever she chooses to visit acres for constructing the flats. So far, no flats such a situation, we deem it proper to appoint a the township for inspection,” he added. worries Noida court commissioner so as to have the update of under PMAY have been delivered.” traders Noida: After the fuel price hike on Monday evening, the business Overloaded trucks on RTA radar, drive on and trading community has expressed concerns saying that Gurgaon: The Regional Transport Rs 1,000 per extra tonne. Moreover, the new rates could affect their operative costs.On Tuesday, Authority (RTA) has generated revenue overloading of passengers will now petrol prices stood at Rs 73.79 a of Rs 75 lakh so far in August by issuing invite a penalty of Rs 1,000 per extra litre in Noida. It was Rs 71.44 on challans to overloaded trucks. passenger as per the Motor Vehicles Monday. The current diesel price On Tuesday, RTA secretary Mohammad (Amendment) Bill, 2019. is Rs 65.40 per litre. In the Imran Raza conducted surprise The RTA had issued a total of 2,477 Capital, petrol prices were inspections and issued challans to 14 challans in the 2018-19 fiscal year and slashed to Rs 71.84 per litre, as trucks at Vatika Chowk for generated a revenue of Rs 8.45 crore. against Rs 71.91 earlier. Diesel became cheaper by 8 paise and overloading. “A surprise inspection While, the revenue generated in the now costs Rs 65.18 a litre. Earlier was conducted on Tuesday and I found 2017-18 was Rs 3.36 crore and a total of the price was Rs 65.26. In Noida, 14 overloaded vehicles at Vatika 1,294 challans were issued. According the price was affected by the Chowk. The challans were issued to the to the data of the last five years of increase in Value Added Tax tune of Rs 6.81 lakh,” Raza told TOI. overloading challans, the RTA, (VAT) on both petrol and diesel. Moreover, he said, the Authority has Gurgaon, issued the highest number of Members of the business been conducting checks and issuing challans for overloading in 2016-17 community said the change in rates could affect the bottom challans to overloaded vehicles on when the department issued a total of lines.“Business and trade have regular basis, however, the department 4,700 challans, generating revenue of slowed down due to low sales plans to step it up further. Rs 7.86 crore. In 2015-16, the RTA, volume. The hike will add to the According to the Motor Vehicles Gurgaon, issued a total of 3,322 operative costs. It will increase (Amendment) Bill, 2019, now the challans and generated revenue of Rs the cost of transportation. We are overloaded vehicles would attract a 6.62 crore and the number of challans worried about the government’s decision,” said Sushil Kumar penalty of Rs 20,000 and Rs 2,000 per was 3,687 in 2014-15 and the revenue Jain, the convenor, Delhi, NCR, extra tonne. Earlier, the penalty for of Rs 4.39 crore was generated by of the Confederation of All India overloaded vehicles was Rs 2,000 and issuing challans to overloaded trucks. Traders.l THE SIKH TIMES STATE New Delhi, Thursday, 22 August 2019 4 NEWS BOX My Father's Eyes Missing": Kolkata Man Work in Pune’s defence production units Complains To Morgue KOLKATA: The authorities of a state-run comes to a halt as thousands join strike hospital in Kolkata on Tuesday ordered an investigation following a complaint that the eyes of a body kept in the morgue were Nearly 82,000 civilian Maharashtra, including three in Pune, the missing when it was handed over to the strike was 100 per cent successful. Even family, officials said.Sambhunath Das, 69, workers across India go many officers spontaneously joined the had suffered head injuries after falling on strike.” said an office-bearer from one of the the road on Sunday. He was declared dead on month-long strike to unions.On Tuesday, a group of on arrival at the RG Kar Medical College representatives of the BPMS met activist and Hospital."When the body was handed protest proposed in Ralegan Siddhi and briefed over to us after the post-mortem him about their concerns. Senior political examination, we found that my father's ‘corporatisation’. leaders are expected to meet the workers eyes were missing. When we enquired, participating in the strike in Khadki on some employees of the morgue said his Pune AS nearly 7,000 workers from the three Wednesday, said union leaders. eyes were gouged out by rats," said key defence manufacturing units in Pune The main product of AFK is 5.56 mm INSAS Sushanta, the man's son.He informed the joined defence civilians workers across the Ammunition developed by Defence matter in writing to the authorities that set country against the proposed Research and Development Organisation up a three-member panel to look into the ‘corporatisation’ of ordnance factories, the and produced by the factory. The facility also matter, hospital officials production in these units came to a complete produces many other small arms said.COMMENTThe issue had created a halt from Tuesday morning. At the gates of ammunition, mortar bombs, commotion at the hospital premises as Mr the three factories in Pune, several officers detonators, power cartridges, igniters, squibs Susanta demanded an explanation from the and sporting ammunition. It produces authorities on Monday. spontaneously joined the striking workers in the protests. fillings of bombs, missile warheads, Nearly 82,000 civilian workers from 41 ammunition shells, demolition explosives, were organised by the labour unions at the affiliated to Indian National Trade Union 27-Year-Old Man ordnance factories across India started the various propellants and liquid fuels used in factory gates, where local police had Congress (INTUC) of Indian National month-long strike from Tuesday. missiles like Prithvi and Naval missiles, deployed personnel as a precautionary Congress and Bhartiya Pratiraksha Mazdoor Commits Suicide At Almost all civilian workers from the various plastic explosives, hand grenades measure.The civilian workers participating Sangh (BPMS), which is the part of the and detonators.This factory produces Tagore Garden Metro Ammunition Factory in Khadki, the High in the strike are from the All India Defence Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) of the Explosives Factory in Khadki and the illuminating ammunition, signalling Employees’ Federation (AIDEF) affiliated Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). ammunition, smoke ammunition, and life- Station In Delhi Ordnance Factory in Dehu Road in Pune to Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) of Some key organisations of officers from the began the strike at the respective factory saving munitions like buoyant smokes and Communist Party of India, Indian National ordnance factories have declared moral flares. gates from 7 am on Tuesday. Protest meets Defence Workers’ Federation (INDWF) support for the strike. “In the 10 factories in Opposition BJP Patient Dies After Ambulance Door Got Writes To Delhi Stuck For 10 Minutes In Hyderabad Speaker, Seeks

HYDERABAD: The door of an ambulance him emergency care, the patient was Discussion On NEW DELHI: A 27-year-old man being stuck may have cost the life of a already dead," said Ravi, a paramedic committed suicide by leaning over the patient in Hyderabad. He was suspected to with the ambulance.Mr Mazhar, who Article 370 tracks of a metro station in New Delhi and have suffered a cardiac arrest and needed tried desperately to save Anand's life, NEW DELHI: Opposition BJP allowing a speeding train to hit his head, the emergency care.Anand, a carpenter, was said the 108 ambulance did arrive on members in the Delhi Assembly police said.Rahul, a resident of Najafgarh, travelling on the MMTS train from Hitech time and the staff did try their best, but have requested Speaker Ram was seen committing the act in a CCTV City in Hyderabad when he apparently cast doubts on the vehicle's footage, that has now gone viral on social Niwas Goel to dedicate a day in media websites, from the Tagore Garden suffered a heart attack and collapsed. Co- maintenance.3 COMMENTS"All of us the upcoming Monsoon Session metro station.The police have confirmed passengers reacted fast and called his tried to help the patient. We were for discussion on scrapping of that the video is from the incident, which family members, the 108 ambulance massaging his hands and legs. provisions of Article 370 in happened around 11 pm on August 16 on service and also the police.As soon as the Medical students who came by also tried Jammu and Kashmir.On August Delhi Metro's Blue Line.The man, in the train arrived at Malakpet station, a co- to pump his chest to ensure heartbeat 5, the Centre revoked Jammu footage, was seen loitering in one corner of passenger Syed Mazhar and his friends continues. But if the vehicle is going to and Kashmir's special status the platform, waiting for the train. As soon quickly carried Anand from the train be poorly maintained and emergency under Article 370 and bifurcated as the train approaches, he throws himself towards the waiting ambulance. However, injections needed in such situations is it into two Union Territories -- over the platform, spreading his arms and the door of the ambulance was stuck for vehicle, the patient was suspected to have not available, the purpose is defeated. I Jammu and Kashmir and head over the tracks, before being run over. nearly 10 minutes, eyewitnesses said. dead. appeal to the Chief Minister to look into Ladakh.In a letter signed by BJP "Around 11 pm on Friday, police received a By the time the doorhttps://t.me/TowardsTomorrow was forced open by those "It is true that the door was stuck for a few this," Mr Mazhar said. MLAs Om Prakash Sharma, call that a person was trapped between a Manjinder Singh Sirsa and train and the platform at the Tagore Garden around and Anand was shifted inside the minutes, but by the time we tried to give metro station," a senior police officer said. Jagdish Pradhan, Leader of "The body has been sent to the DDU Opposition Vijender Gupta mortuary for post-mortem. Proceedings demanded that a resolution be under section 174 of the CrPc are Delhi Gets 25 New Buses Equipped passed in support of the Centre's underway."The Blue Line connects policy on Jammu and Dwarka in southwest Delhi to Electronic Kashmir.A message should go City in Noida.On the same day, a 25-year- old married woman had also allegedly committed suicide by jumping in front of a With CCTV Cameras, Panic Buttons moving train at the Adarsh Nagar metro station on the Yellow Line. buses were added to the public transport system. But, in the coming seven-eight months, Bombay HC: Will 3,000 new buses will be delivered," Mr Kejriwal said at the inauguration decide if compensation ceremony.The 25 new buses are equipped with hydraulic lifts for differently-abled commuters, should be paid to kin of besides CCTV cameras, GPS, and panic buttons.The second batch of 125 standard floor out not just across India but also those who died in Hotel buses will be rolled out in September, Mr to the world that the people of Kejriwal said. The entire fleet of 1,000 buses the national capital are together City Kinara fire will be delivered by January next year.The for the unity and integrity of the vehicles will add to the fleet of 1,679 buses Mumbai country, Mr Gupta said in his THE BOMBAY High Court on under the cluster scheme of Delhi Integrated letter to Mr Goel on Tuesday said that it will decide whether Multi Modal Transit System (DIMTS).Roll out compensation should be paid to the Monday.The Monsoon Session of first batch of 385 e-buses is expected in of the Delhi Assembly is families of the eight persons who had February 2020. The remaining 615 e buses will lost their lives in a blaze at Kurla’s Hotel be procured in next phases, a government scheduled to start on August 22. City Kinara in 2015. It also said that it official said.The tenders for 1000 low floor air It will conclude on August will take a call on whether BMC can be 26.COMMENTDuring the held liable for the incident. conditioned buses for Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) have been floated, he said. session, legislators of the ruling A fire on the mezzanine floor of the hotel’s Aam Aadmi Party are likely to restaurant on October 16, 2015 had 2 COMMENTSThe government is also moving to introduce 1,000 low floor air conditioned discuss the Delhi government's killed eight persons, seven of whom move to regularise unauthorised were undergraduate students of Don NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind government.The Chief Minister said that in buses under the cluster scheme. The contract of Bosco Institute of Technology. The fire Kejriwal on Tuesday flagged off the first batch next seven to eight months, 3,000 new buses, 650 Low Floor buses has already been awarded colonies, proposed free travel had broken out while they were all of 25 new buses of the 1,000 standard floor ones including 1,000 e-buses, will be rolled out in by the transport department and will for women in buses and metro having lunch at the restaurant, killing to be procured in a phases by the Delhi the city."In the last seven-eight years, no new start from January 2020, he added. and free electricity for up to 200 them within minutes.A bench of Justice units, among others. Akil Kureshi and Justice S J Kathawalla said, “We will consider whether compensation should be paid to the families of the victims and liability can be attached to BMC for negligence, Pimpri police, civic body pass the buck on which may have resulted into unfortunate incident.” The court posted the matter for September 17. It was hearing a petition filed by the noise pollution from Ganesh mandals families of the victims against an order of the Lokayukta, which had dismissed P u n e .The Pimpri- will abide by the court PCMC and police should clarify their plea seeking a probe, observing Meanwhile, the Chinchwad Police and the order. We will not take whether they support noise that a compensation of Rs 1 lakh each Pimpri-Chinchwad action,” he said, adding pollution or are against it. “These has already been paid to them. Pimpri- Municipal Corporation the civic body gives two authorities can’t shun their The petition stated that while the seem to be passing the buck permission for such responsibilities,” he said. restaurant did not have a no objection Chinchwad when it comes to Ganesh mandals, and it should Advocate Sachin Godambe said there certificate from the fire department, the mandals adding to noise act in the matter.When is no High Court ruling that says BMC granted it a health licence and police have pollution by practising approached for noise from any musical instrument other approvals to operate the restaurant. “dhol tasha” right along comment, PCMC can cross dangerous limits. “ Unauthorised construction was also said they will prominent roads and executive engineer The Ganesh mandal volunteers use carried out on the premises, it highways.Ahead of the Sanjay Kulkarni traditional musical instruments and claimed.The petitioners have claimed take action Ganesh festival next said,”PCMC does not these are played in residential areas. that the incident was a result of month, several mandal give any permission. The decibel level should not cross negligence on part of the restaurant against any volunteers have started This issue relates to noise 40 to 50 mark. However, the mandal owner and the BMC.The counsel for the their practice sessions — of pollution and the police petitioners told the court that if the Ganesh mandal pollution. Instead of practising on volunteers ensure their decibels loudly beating traditional musical open grounds or by the riverside, should take action in the matter.” He cross the 100 mark, which is against restaurant was operating without proper instruments. In Pimpri-Chinchwad, said he was not aware of any high permission, it was the duty of BMC that forcibly the volunteers prefer busy rules,” he said.Meanwhile, the the Pune-Mumbai highway seems roads.When contacted, Pimpri- court ruling regarding the practice Pimpri-Chinchwad police said they inspectors to shut it down.In the to be their favourite spot.The session of mandal volunteers. “As previous hearing, the BMC advocate seeks "vargani" Chinchwad Police Commissioner R will take action against any Ganesh had told the court that files related to the sessions are held right along busy K Padmanabhan said they will not far as we know, the High Court mandal that forcibly seeks NOC was missing and specified the or donation roads and during evening hours, take action in the matter because of rulings have been strict about “vargani” or donation from citizens. licence department’s mechanism to when citizens are already hassled a High Court ruling. “The High controlling noise pollution.”Civic “We will book them under extortion grant permissions. from citizens. by traffic chaos and high level of Court has ruled in this matter…We activist Shridhar Chalkha said the charge,” said Padmanabhan. THE SIKH TIMES EDITORIAL New Delhi, Thursday, 22 August 2019 6 Editorial It is not appropriate to operate Kashmir from New Delhi The Reserve Bank by demolishing the political wall between Delhi-Srinagar. he BJP-led NDA government has divided the state of mixed with each other and also intersect each other. campaign has got public support then it is impossible to Governor's Jammu and Kashmir and re-established its relations Therefore, the meaning of independence is different for curb it. Success can be achieved only by winning the Twith the Indian Union. With this exercise, she has each section. hearts of people. If you cannot break the link between the entered a dark area whose shadow is going to challenge Increase in terrorist activities general public and the separatists, then separatism and statement on the the resilience of the Indian nation state. The first thing was From the time of independence, there have been flag bearers emphasis takes hold. the constitutional side. The process ignores some of the of Indian Union like and Political wall between Delhi and Srinagar constitutional aspects with the neglect of the original spirit National Conference i.e. NC in Kashmir Valley. Over The decisive phase in the long fight against separatism in country's economy of Article 3 and the abolition of Article 370. Before the time, political factions like People's Democratic Party ie Punjab came only when the elected government came to merger of the Indian Union, Jammu and Kashmir was PDP also joined it. In the 1990s, all the leaders and power in 1992. On the same lines, the government is governed by its constitution adopted in 1939. The system activists of mainstream parties were put to death during currently in talks to end decades of separatism in is a seal of remained in place until the state adopted its constitution. the period of tremendous increase in terrorist activities, Nagaland. It is not fair that Kashmir should be operated According to the seventh paragraph of the merger treaty but these parties still remained adamant. directly from New Delhi by demolishing the political wall that Maharaja Hari Singh had also signed, the Indian Faith in democratic system between Delhi and Srinagar. economic doubt. Union cannot impose such a thing on the state even in Fear of terrorist knock in Kashmir future. Now it has to be seen from the strategic point of view as An integral part of India well. Pakistan has become relevant again not only in his statement by Reserve Bank Governor Although many princely states had made similar Kashmir, but across the region. The US now needs Shaktikanta Das is a seal of suspicion that the agreements, the situation in Jammu and Kashmir became Pakistan more than ever to make its agreement with Teconomy is slowing down.] However, while very complicated due to conflict with Pakistan. That is the Taliban successful. Meanwhile, Iran is also hot. In referring to the deep and external challenges of the why the Constituent Assembly made a special provision such a situation, Pakistan will be at the center of economy, he also said that people should be tuned The in the form of Article 370 on 17 October 1949, going America's plans. In the event of a compromise place should look forward to opportunities, but it will beyond the Treaty of Merger to give a new horizon to between the US and the Taliban, the possibility of a happen only when they are getting better online on the Kashmir's relations with the Indian Union. On October terrorist knock in Kashmir will also deepen. IS is also economy front. 31, 1951, an elected Constituent Assembly was formed eyeing here. Instead of isolating Kashmiris at such a The difficulty is that there are more such reports these for the permanent integration of Jammu and Kashmir with point, the government needs to take them along. days which indicate that the Indian economy is going India. It remained in existence till November 17, 1956 Preparations for annexation of Pak occupied to enter a recession.] With economic growth data, where the Constitution approved by it came into force on Kashmir stock market condition, declining investment and November 26, 1957. Article three of this constitution India's case involving the withdrawal of Pakistan- declining industrial production If there is a declining linked the state in India as indivisible and said that it occupied Kashmir and northern parts rests entirely on would be an integral part of India. the Treaty of Merger and the two resolutions of Two slices of Jammu and Kashmir Parliament. According to Article Four of the Jammu Now when the government has divided the state into two and Kashmir Constitution, 'according to the parts, what will happen to the constitution of undivided sovereignty of the ruler of the state, it includes all those Jammu and Kashmir? No one can neutralize that areas which remained part of it till August 15, 1947.' constitution. Then there is no provision for self-abolition Similarly, the same is the essence of the two in this constitution consisting of 12 parts and 147 articles. During this period, between 1996 and 2019, there were four resolutions of 1994 and 2012 that the partition The Even the Indian Parliament cannot repeal it, because it assembly and seven Lok Sabha elections in the state. This only unfinished agenda of the US is to take back parts of was also created by an elected Constituent Assembly on expressed his faith in the Indian democratic system. The Jammu and Kashmir which Pakistan has illegally the lines of the Indian Constitution. If anyone argues that bifurcation of the state has ended the prospects for both the occupied and also transferred to China. this constitution was abolished along with the bifurcation regional parties NC and PDP in a way. The political Control over all parts of Jammu and Kashmir of the state, then this argument can also be given so mainstream of Kashmir suddenly disappeared. It is also Ending the original Jammu and Kashmir state also makes strongly that in such a situation the relationship between ironic that three former Chief Ministers of the state, Dr. these claims suspicious. Now in any bilateral or India and Jammu and Kashmir should reach the same Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti multilateral dialogue, India will not be able to claim that it point where the merger At the time of the treaty. have been placed under house arrest. Mehbooba Mufti has wants control of all parts of Jammu and Kashmir as per the Four streams in Kashmir politics been a BJP alliance partner till recently. Dismissing the merger treaty. The Modi government's move on Jammu Let us examine the darker scenario on the political front. If political mainstream in this way will see very serious and Kashmir has also weakened India's stand on we talk about 1947, then a large section of Kashmir was consequences in the future. international forums. That is why during the Lok Sabha supportive of autonomy, self-government, independence Must win people's hearts debate I told the Home Minister that there is a 'Fifty and merger with Pakistan. There are four streams in Now the dark scenario related to security should be Shades of Gray' situation between Black and White in sale of cars and other vehicles, then it is the doubt that Kashmir politics even today. These currents are also doubts are moving forward. It is natural for the discussed. There is a belief in this that if a separatist Jammu and Kashmir. common people to be apprehensive. It is true that the Modi government is considering giving some concession-relief to the industry, but that alone will not be enough. It also needs to see that Rethinking water governance strategies industrial-business connectivity can pick up pace. Of course, this will happen when the demand for different ndia’s ‘water crisis’ took over social media recently. counts: one, there is an absence of critical engagement or water availability. items increases. It is That India’s cities are running out of water, coupled institutional accountability; two, a deeper hypocrisy Here, we certainly don’t mean to say that India can continue � Government clear that the I with Chennai’s drinking water woes, made the ‘crisis’ surrounds the discourse on water governance in India. If with the present ways of water management. We also government will have viral, raisinghttps://t.me/TowardsTomorrow questions about the quality of the discourse there is a crisis, where is the crisis and what is the nature of cannot remain in a state of denial that a crisis is not in the policymakers to take some such and choice of water governance strategies in India. If there the crisis? making. However, certain steps need to be taken to ensure measures which will is a water crisis, what is the nature of the crisis? Where is For instance, what does the report mean when it says that a more useful and productive discourse about water must be provide relief to the the crisis prevalent? And how do we deal with it? “cities [are] running out of groundwater”? Does it mean governance challenges. common man and he Usually, a delayed monsoon or a drought, combined with that cities will not have groundwater reserves to meet their First, India needs to reconsider the institutional processes proactive to should be free from compelling images of parched lands and queues for water drinking water demand? If yes, this is not news. for dissemination of knowledge about water this mentality that in in urban areas raise an alarm in the minds of the resource management. There is a certain amount of prevent the view of the difficult public. Similarly, episodes of inter-State river danger inherent in the casual manner in which times to come, there is water disputes catch public attention. However, knowledge about water resources is legitimised and recession from a need to save money. this time, it was somewhat different. Videos and consumed, particularly in these days of ‘viral’ deepening, and The policy makers of news reports claiming that Indian cities are information. the government running out of groundwater went viral. These news Second, we need to recognise the the crisis is not as also ensure should be proactive to items could not have gained the traction but for the much of scarcity as of delivery. The challenge is to prevent the suspicion fact that they relied on a 2018 report of India’s own ensure an adequate access to quality water, more so that how the from deepening and Niti Aayog, which was titled ‘Composite Water in urban areas where inequities over space and time also ensure that the Management Index: A tool for water are acute. We need to also realise that with the share of participation of management.’ country’s rapid urbanisation, demand cannot be manufacturing investment in GDP Zombie statistics met by groundwater reserves alone. For instance, increases. Despite Later, thanks to yet another series of tweets by according to the Delhi Jal Board estimates, in GDP Make in India, this Joanna Slater of The Washington Post, the ‘crisis groundwater meets just 10% of Delhi’s drinking share is still around 15 bogey’ lost some of its sheen. Ms. Slater water needs. The rest is met by surface water increases? percent. Similarly, the investigated the “zombie statistics” in the Niti sources, most of it transported from outside Delhi. front of X also needs Aayog report, especially the piece of information The urban needs, which underpin much reporting to be strengthened. Of that said: “21 major cities are expected to run out of Second, if the report means that the crisis lies in the on ‘water crises’, need to be met by robust long-term course, there is a dire need to give priority to groundwater as soon as 2020, affecting [nearly] 100 depletion of groundwater levels in cities below safe planning and preparation for droughts and other development of rural infrastructure along with million people.” Her perseverance led to an eventual rechargeable levels, then this is also not unknown. For contingencies. housing and road construction projects. This will also conclusion that there was no credible evidence for this almost two decades, the Central Ground Water Board Responsibility lies with States increase employment opportunities and the wheel of assessment. (CGWB) has been reporting on the increasing number of Finally, we need to reconsider our approaches to water the economy will gain momentum. To be fair to Niti Aayog, its projection was only a means to over-exploited blocks across India, the ‘dark’ category governance. We must recognise that the fulcrum of change The government will not only have to get to the bottom an end goal: leveraging some action from the Indian blocks. The recent annual book of CGWB has reported and action is with the States. For long, water resource of the reasons for the lack of investment, but also have States. The report’s central goal was to propose a tool, an 1,034 units, out of the 6,584 units it monitors, as over- departments in States have continued to follow the to address them. The decline in private investment is index, to monitor the States’ water resource management exploited. If this is the ‘crisis’, then we have had it for conventional approaches of supply augmentation. The not a good sign. The Governor of the Reserve Bank strategies and provide the necessary course-shift, beyond long. What has this not received enough attention? Is it challenge is that of reorienting themselves towards said that it is true that positive attitude plays a big role. supply augmentation approaches. The report may have because these zones are not in cities? deploying strategies of demand management, It would be better if the government also understands had a lofty goal of promoting ‘cooperative and Just to be sure how critical the ‘crisis’ is, CGWB’s 2013 conservation and regulation. the importance of this role. Therefore it is necessary, competitive federalism’ but was, in reality, a desperate estimates say that the groundwater development in India The Centre has to work with States towards an institutional because many steps taken through the general budget move to engage with the States, in the absence of any is just about 62% of the utilisable groundwater reserves. change for the necessary course-shift. The Finance have served to disappoint investors. There is also a fact substantive leverage to influence their approaches to Similarly, a recent report by the Central Water Minister, in her budget, repeatedly stated that the that even before the bank gets out of trouble, the water resources management. This also underscored that Commission, prepared in collaboration with the Indian government will work with States to address India’s situation may be even more adverse due to the crisis of the fulcrum of any course correction lies with States. Space Research Organisation (ISRO), asserted that India national water security challenges. Let us hope that the IWFS. Yet, what baffles us is the question: Just how did such is not yet in “water scarcity condition”. But it is certainly government intends to strengthen federal governance of ‘zombie statistics’ gain traction? This is disturbing on two in a “water-stressed condition”, with reducing per capita water resources towards long-term water security. 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ames not only keep children fit but also play an should not be limited to yourself, but consider it as the hard work. Children should be told that if you fail at Gymnast Deepa Karmakar made history at the 2016 Rio important role in making their life efficient and victory of the team. In real life we ??need to work with some point in your life, then you should not stop, but Olympics when she performed the dangerous Produnova Gorderly. If children are guided properly during people as a team and thus accept the difference of views should get up and try till success is achieved. vault (also known as 'the vault of death' in gymnastics). the game, apart from entertainment, they can learn many when working towards a common goal. Self awareness Only five people of the world including Deepa Karmakar important things related to life which people often Hard work and The game gives children have succeeded in it till date. After this victory, Deepa experience in middle age. While being a part of a game, perseverance an opportunity to said in an interview that if you want to achieve children can be taught that if you fail once, then you There is nothing in life that understand their something in life and you feel that you can do it, then you should try again and again to succeed. If you have made can be easily found and who limitations and also to should not be afraid to take risks. If Deepa had not up your mind to win your goal, then no power in the can explain this thing better to know their strengths and stepped out of her comfort zone on that day and would world can stop you. Today in this article, we will tell you children than sports? He has a weaknesses. During the not have taken the risk, she would not have been named some important things that can be taught to children famous story about the hard game, they understand in the World Champion today. If we should also tell this during sports. work of Indian athlete Milkha how far they can carry to the children. Strong relationship with the team Singh. He says "I will not stop themselves and when they Giving up is not an answer No matter what the game is, it consists of two or more until I fill the bucket with my should stop looking at the During the game, the coach of the team tells the children teams. Every child playing is also a part of one or the sweat and reach my goal. For beauty of time. Children that if we are part of a team and going to the field you feel other team. In such a situation, when the game starts, this, if I fail a thousand times, I should be told that they that we are weaker than the front, then we should not give here the child plays not for himself but for the team. You will not give up. Rather I will should apply this same rule up (give up) at any cost, but the last You should give your may come from any city, but when you become part of a fall and learn the lesson. Until in their real life as well. best performance by the moment. team, you play to win not your own but your team. That they reach their goal ". Apart from Milkha Singh, by Nobody knows this better than us. Therefore, we should Regardless of the difficult situation in the game, is, the win here is not for the ego but for the team. The giving examples of the hard work and perseverance of work towards our strengths while correcting our champions never give up. Similarly, we need to be firm same thing should be told by connecting children with many other national and international players, children weaknesses. Also, given the urgency of time, we should and honest in our personal life too. It is not that life will personal life that if you grow up to be a part of a team in can be told that the medal or prize in their hands is not take our next step. always go our way. There are ups and downs in life. the office or anywhere, then the intention of winning just the result of 1 day's play but their years behind it. Is Taking risks in life Therefore, we should also move with the times. THE SIKH TIMES NATIONAL New Delhi, Thursday, 22 August 2019 5 NEWS BOX PMC’s pothole problem: As Pune residents complain, Unprecedented rainfall in August in civic body claims only 3,532 exist Pune Barraged with criticism and complaints Pune: 1,000 pc surplus on some days over the large number of potholes that have popped up across the city this monsoon, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has This August is turning out to be one rainfall events globally, and the claimed that the number of potholes on city �The data, provided of the wettest months during rainfall during this monsoon roads is barely over 3,500, and most of them monsoon since 2015, as 1,204 season over India has been have been repaired. by the office of meteorological stations have unusually high,” added After the issue was raised by corporator Rafiq recorded rainfall of more than 11.5 Srivastava.During August, there Sheikh in the PMC general body meeting, Climate Research cm and another 272 were days when some states like the civic administration, in a written reply, meteorological stations have Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala said a total of 3,532 potholes were reported Division at the recorded over 20.4 cm, both for a and Karnataka, along with some till the end of July, and most of them have period of 24 hours, in this month. areas in West Bengal, Madhya been repaired. The maximum number of India The data, provided by the office of Pradesh and Odisha, recorded potholes — 814 — was reported in the Climate Research Division at the surplus rainfall amounting up to jurisdiction of Hadapsar-Mundhwa ward India Meteorological Department 1,000 per cent than normal office, while Dhole-Patil ward office area Meteorological (IMD), Pune, shows that most of (daily).Similarly, data suggests had the fewest potholes — 25. these stations are located along the that July also saw some heavy The civic body said a total of 2,611 potholes Department (IMD), west coast, northeast and north spells, with 914 stations recording were repaired in June and July, and it spent India regions.The heavy more than 11.5 cm in 24 hours. It Pune, shows that cover.Though IMD maintains a has been very weak, the rainfall also suggests that July saw the over Rs 52 lakh for the repair work. But, downpour that started at the very dense network of more than amounts recorded have remained said the PMC, more potholes surfaced all beginning of August over Kerala, highest number of meteorological 9,000 meteorological stations all above normal. We can’t attribute stations reporting such heavy over the city due to heavy rain in the first most of these Karnataka, Maharashtra and over India, the present figures are reasons to any one phenomenon week of August.The PMC has an online Gujarat led to severe flooding and rainfall.The All India rainfall (as from the real-time rainfall data that could have caused such heavy on August 20) suggests that the facility where local residents can register stations are triggered landslides. After that, generated from close to 3,500 spells. This simply suggests how their complaints. While as many as 5,785 monsoon activity shifted north and country has recorded 30.8 per cent stations.However, meteoroogists complex the monsoon system is,” surplus rainfall in August alone. complaints have been registered on road located along the led to extremely heavy spells over are still to investigate the possible AK Srivastava, head of the Rajasthan, Punjab, Himachal Of this, rainfall over South conditions, not all of them are about reasons for such unprecedented Climate Research Division, told Peninsula is surplus by 78.3 per potholes. The civic body also received west coast, Pradesh and Uttarakhand last rainfall over such a vast landmass. The Indian Express.However, weekend.West Bengal, Odisha cent, followed by central India (57 complaints about dumping of debris, “We need to study in-depth and weather scientists confirmed that per cent), northwest India (9.4 per and Madhya Pradesh also many of these downpours were damaged stormwater drains and damaged northeast and experienced heavy rain last week, understand these heavy rainfall cent).The country’s rainfall for the footpaths.Water supply across Pune will be events. Though the ongoing triggered due to convective overall season, till August 20, is 2 with the monsoon drenching close activity, locally. “Many studies cut off on Thursday as the Pune Municipal north India regions. to 80 per cent of India’s land monsoon pulse in the last two days per cent above normal. Corporation (PMC) has to carry out urgent have indicated a rise in extreme maintenance and repair work at all its pumping and water purification units. “There is need for urgent repair and PMC to begin maintenance work at Parvati water works, Maharashtra: Sharad Pawar meets CM, programme for the raw water pumping station, Vadgaon water works, Cantonment water works, sterilisation and SNDT-Warje water works and the New Holkar pumping station. The water supply seeks more relief for flood-affected areas vaccination of for the entire city will be cut off on Thursday,” said Sanjay More, public A delegation of senior NCP leaders stray cats relations officer of PMC. from Western Maharashtra, led by Already struggling to check the party chief Sharad Pawar, demanded menace of stray dogs and pigs Chandigarh ‘conceived’ relief from the government for flood- in the city, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) now has an as capital city of affected people. additional responsibility of control stray cat population. Punjab: Advocate Mumbai A delegation of senior NCP leaders Following a direction from the from Western Maharashtra, led by party chief Urban Development Sharad Pawar, met Chief Minister Devendra Department, the civic General Fadnavis on Monday to discuss the flood administration has now Chandigarh PUNJAB Advocate General situation in the region and demanded further proposed to start a sterilisation Atul Nanda on Tuesday argued before the relief from the government for flood-affected and vaccination programme people. for stray cats, on the lines of Punjab and Haryana High Court that stray dogs.“The state Chandigarh was “conceived” and “In Kolhapur, Sangli,https://t.me/TowardsTomorrow Satara districts and other government has directed PMC “perceived” as the capital city of Punjab in areas, heavy rain and floods caused to immediately implement the response to the query asking the states to unprecedented conditions in villages along programme of sterilisation and clarify whether there existed a notification the rivers. While visiting these areas, the vaccination of stray cats and declaring Chandigarh, a Union Territory, as submit a report within a the capital of Punjab and Haryana flood victims presented their concerns. I had promised them that I would meet the CM and month,” Rubal Agarwal, states.Submitting that Chandigarh despite Additional Municipal being a Union Territory is also a part of apprise him of their demands. Accordingly, I Commissioner, has said in the Punjab, Nanda before a division bench relied along with senior party leaders met him and proposal.It also said that on the minutes of the meeting with the submitted a statement of various demands of private, non-government Viceroy of India dating back to 1947 — the the flood victims,” Pawar said. organisations could be 22nd Miscellaneous Meeting of the Viceroy provided private places in held on 20th July 1947 — the Capital of different parts of the city for Punjab (Development and Regulation) Act, setting up pounds where stray 1952, and Punjab Re-Organisation Act, dogs and cats could be 1966, to buttress his assertion. How does Panchkula Civil sterilised and vaccinated. The Haryana government on Tuesday sought The proposal also said that NGOs more time to address the court on the issue. could implement the Earlier, the Advocate Generals of both the programme for PMC by states were asked to clarify the position Hospital dispose of its waste? catching and transporting stray pertaining to Chandigarh by the court. The animals to the pounds and issue has been raised in an aspiring judicial releasing them back after the officer’s case who is a resident of Panchkula Panchkula Civil Hospital produces of waste every month. It operates at a site in medical procedures.PMC had Chandigarh with SC category. There is no 400 kilos of waste on an average in a day and Sector 12 and processes the waste at a cost of proposed to purchase 11 dog- cadre of judicial officers in Chandigarh. about 12,000 kilos in a month. More than half of Rs 4 per kg.The bio-medical waste colleted catching vehicles and had Since he is not being considered under the it is bio-medical waste.“The waste that we get is from the hospital is taken to Barwala in made a budgetary provision of SC category of either states, the counsel disposed of by two companies. While, a private Haryana by Ess Kay Hygiene, which has a Rs 1.2 crore. A portion of this representing the judicial officer had argued company Shuddh Sustainable Solutions handles treatment plant there. The company collects outlay meant for purchase of that he can be considered under SC general waste, another private firm Ess Kay the bio-medical wastes from the city’s other vehicles, Agarwal said, would reservation in Punjab or Haryana since be used to implement the Chandigarh was the capital of Punjab and Hygiene processes the bio-medical waste. We hospitals too.According to officials, the sterilisation and vaccination Haryana. used to produce almost 200-300kgs of waste hospital is taking steps to ensure that the wet programme. The civic earlier, but the amount has significantly risen, waste is composted in the hospital premises administration also plans to with the increase in the number of beds in the and turned into manure. The hospital also purchase 25 trap cages and 75 Don’t release excess hospital from 100 to 300. We also have more installed two compost bins for in-house wet holding cages for advanced medicare facilities such as MRIs and cent of the total, wet waste, which amounts to 40 waste management on July 30. Following which implementing the programme, water into Ghaggar: Cath labs that produces waste,” says Dr Neeraj, per cent of the total general waste and hazardous the staff of the hospital was trained to carry out she said.In June, the state who oversees the waste management process of waste, which comprises 5 to 10 per cent of the the composting.The hospital’s bio-medical government had directed all the Mohali DC to his the hospital.The hospital’s general waste is total waste. Shuddh Sustainable Solutions, waste is being managed by Ess Kay Hygiene for civic bodies to initiate action divided into various sub-categories, including which has recently been given the charge of several years, however, the hospital’s general against the menace of stray cats Panchkula counterpart re-cyclable waste (including cardboards and managing the hospital’s general waste, is a start- wet waste was collected by the Panchkula MC under their jurisdiction within glass, among others), which comprises 50 per up, which is equipped to process upto 10 tonnes earlier. two months. Tamil Nadu sets three-month deadline for building owners to install rainwater harvesting structures Chennai Amid the ongoing water for this program; the local bodies initiative so there won’t be a water water-scarcity we faced, it’s the Mohali MOHALI DEPUTY Commissioner Girish Dayalan on Tuesday wrote a letter to crisis and declining ground-water will issue notices the owners of scarcity in future,” Velumani responsibility of every citizen to his counterpart in Panchkula requesting him levels in Tamil Nadu, the state these buildings within a said.Jayaram Venkatesan of install RWH on their premises,” not to release excessive water from administration has directed all the week.”According to the minister, Arappor Iyakkam, a civil-rights Venkatesan said.Agricultural Kaushalya Dam into Ghaggar river. The DC government, commercial, 14 corporations (including NGO, says the government should Engineer X Britto Raj from asked the Panchkula administration to educational and residential Chennai), 122 municipalities, 528 raise awareness about this Dindigul said: “In every premises release the water in a phased manner so that complexes to set up state- Town Panchayaths, and 12,524 initiative. “The government depending on the size of the area, the low-lying areas along Ghaggar do not approved rainwater harvesting Village Panchayaths were should set up call centers where one to maximum four structures of flood.Speaking to Chandigarh Newsline, (RWH) structures on their building surveyed in the state. The people can clear their doubts; they rainwater harvesting pit below DC Girish Dayalan said that he wrote to the premises within three months. The government had found that close maintenance. However, residents should create all these logistics g r o u n d - l e v e l h a s t o b e Panchkula DC asking him not to release the government warned that building to 5 lakh buildings in the state do of 60, 461 buildings in Chennai and Infrastructure without which implemented. It has to be four water as it could flood areas in Mohali, owners failing to adhere to the not have rainwater harvesting Corporation have not installed this cannot happen within three meters in length, three meters in Patiala and Sangrur districts.“More than a order will be liable for legal action. systems.In Chennai, 2.35 lakh harvesting systems on their months,” he said.He added that a breadth and five feet in depth. It month of monsoon season is left. In case of Speaking at a review meeting at the buildings were surveyed for premises. They have been building completion certificate is has to be filled with boulders for heavy rain in the catchment area of the dam, Greater Chennai Corporation, the compliance to the 2003 order and instructed by corporation officials provided by the Chennai three feet and for another one and there will a sudden release of large amount also to verify whether the RWH to install them before October.The Metropolitan Development half feet, they have to fill 40 MM of water into Ghaggar river which can Minister for Rural Development and Municipal Administration, SP structure has been built in minister added that in 528 town Authority (CMDA) only if it has a Jalli (Sett) and the remaining half- create havoc in downstream villages,” the Panchayaths, 14,000 government DC mentioned in his letter.The DC said that Velumani said, “All the buildings accordance to the norms rainwater harvesting structure. “In space can be left as it is. Also, the including Chennai Corporation, prescribed by the corporation. Of buildings, 2,412 lakh residential an existing building, the residents pit should be set-up six feet away he also requested the Panchkula complexes and 2.34 Industrial and administration to release a sustained commercial complexes, these, 1.36 lakh buildings were can set up an RWH structure by from the existing bore well and in amount of water at this stage so that water industries, educational found to have installed the commercial complexes the having just a pipeline from the the Chennai condition, 1200 level gradually comes down without institutions, and residential harvesting systems alongside rainwater harvesting structure will roof-top and connecting it to the square feet household should have adversely affecting downstream areas. complexes should set-up rain- 3,850 new buildings.Rainwater be set up. “People are aware of recharge pit. A rainwater filter one RWH structure and close to The DC added that the Kaushalya dam has a water harvesting structure on their harvesting structures had already rainwater harvesting. We had should be attached to the pipeline 2400 square feet households storage capacity of 478.10 metres and at premises area within three months. been installed in 37,131 buildings already started this process, now which will eradicate the dust should ideally have two RWH present the maximum level is maintained. We have organized a committee in the city which need we are fast-tracking it. We invite particles. Given the amount of structure set-up,” he said everyone to contribute to this THE SIKH TIMES TRAVEL New Delhi, Thursday, 22 August 2019 7

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Head to the office, but it's off Changi Jetty on an irregular closed and no amount of hammering schedule. helps. The boomerang-shaped granite island - There's an emergency number taped has metres of trekking roads and to the door. Pound on the guest room campable beaches. It's here that the that still has a light on and explain your national bird, Oriental Pied Hornbill, predicament. The number is wrong and lives in its natural habitat, as does the though friendly, the guests don't have a wild boar. bed to spare for you. If order and urbanity makes you - The communal shower room is the nervous, Ubin will cater you an only shelter. Retrieve luggage from adventure. Only if you are stoically boat. Only now notice the board that foolish enough to follow these says, 'Danger. Do not climb aboard'. instructions: - The fear of being discovered is - Arrive at dusk to Changi Jetty so that greater in the shower rooms, but the you have no co-passenger on the gate is closer. Not for trespassers the bumboat and have to hire it. Instead of luxury of sleep. Bolt at dawn. SD 2.5, you now pay SD 30 for the - At the first 'hut', get out your shawl ride. and go to sleep on the parapet. Don't - Forget to withdraw mind the twittering cyclists. They slept money on the in a warm, dry bed. mainland, so that - The walk back takes you around the every thought of island and to the little town where most making it to the of the 100 inhabitants of the island live. morning is presided You can rent a cycle for SD8, but by the lightness of miserliness is the theme for the trip. your wallet. Get a Coke and stake a seat on the next - Plan your trip in the boat out. rains which makes You've had enough of the curated c a m p i n g wilderness and enough of the curated impossible, urbanity. Solace is the airport. especially since How to cope in Ubin - Changi Village https://t.me/TowardsTomorrow you carry no gear in has ATMs, food courts and provision your prissy little stores. You can camp and fish here. stroller luggage. - Try the sugarcane juice with plum; - Wait till it is dark also, the pickled plums from Chinese to realise that you convinience stores. which was then a little Allu Arjun regards Vizag as We talk to a few popular calling in this port city. "I sit on the beach for a couple known fisherman's village his lucky charm. "All my denizens of the Port City to used to work as a character of hours and life would be — Waltair. Old towns like films that were shot in Vizag find out why Visakhapatnam artiste and assistant director okay again," he says. Ananthapur, Bejawada, (Arya, Bunny, is called 'the City of Destiny' in Hyderabad. But I found Venkat Bothsa, an artist Guntur, Machilipatnam, Desamuduru, Julayi, Vizag's tryst with destiny VisakhapatnamVisakhapatnam my true calling only after from the city says, "There's and Rajamundry, had precedes the formation of Parugu, etc.) were not a very big art scene in greater credentials at that moving to this beautiful India by over 100 years, superhits. Vizag is my lucky Vizag. But even if you drive time since they were much city," he says. going back to 1844! Sir mascot. I shot for Arya at for ten minutes in any more accomplished "The tranquil atmosphere in Arthur Cotton, the legendary The city of destiny Kailasagri, the hilltop park direction, you come across educational, cultural and Vizag gives you the right British general and engineer with panoramic sea view. such scenic beauty, that it business centers. The whole unit enjoyed fillip to excel in your career. spent two years in Waltair, I enjoy a great freedom in gives you a beautiful recovering from a 'jungle "Dr CR Reddy took the shooting in the serene background for your work.' bold decision because he atmosphere with greenery, my profession if I'm in this fever' that haunted him city and my institute is the He further speaks about the throughout his stay in the believed this was the city of fresh breeze and beautiful scope of art. "There's a lot the future. However, his hills all around. We also first acting school in Vizag. tropics. Even in his illness, Think it has something to do of scope. The government he developed the Groynes in vision of the city was very shot the film in the adjacent has also allotted the different from the picturesque valleys, which with the air in the city," says the sea, which helped break Satyanand. Tollywood Nandagiri Kala Gramam, the waves and control burgeoning industrial hub boast of beautiful flora, which is a 5-acre land and megapolis that it is on laterite hillocks and a superstars like Pawan erosion. He also redesigned Kalyan, Prabhas, Mahesh which has residential and rebuilt St John's Church course to become. He pleasing landscape. Parugu, studios for various artists to envisaged that this Bunny, Desamuduru and Babu, Ravi Teja, etc have all and drew plans for a port in learnt their first lessons in work in." Pop singer Smitha the city. fisherman's village would Julayi were also shot on the of Hairabba Hai fame, who become the intellectual long and vast stretches of acting at his acting school. It was the iconic former Vice recently opened a spa in the capital of the state," says A the seashore ( beach road) in Music director and Chancellor of Andhra city talks about the scope of Prasanna Kumar, director, Vizag. This is a popular spot entrepreneur Ramana University, Dr CR Reddy fashion and beauty in the Centre for Policy Studies. for filmmakers as one can Gogula says it's the diversity who is credited with coining city. She says, "People of But then destiny as they see the sprawling beaches, that sets the city apart. "For the phrase 'City of Destiny' Vizag have developed a say, has its own plans and Hussain, the legendary mountain stands for splendid monuments, me, the city is about the in the 1930s. He was the city through various taste for fashion. The last the Port city today is district collector and permanence, tradition and ancient shrines, all along ocean and it has sown all the instrumental in relocating forms — be it education, time when I came down, I ranked among the fastest former ambassador to the values. A dialectical process the road," shares Allu seeds of my creativity and it the Andhra University, music, acting, art and has taught me to dare to be saw that especially women growing cities in the world. USA who popularised the is taking place in this sculpture. Some of these Arjun. are into affordable fashion which was located in phrase, for he rightly beautiful city, shaping its different. There is so much Bejawada to the port city Later on, it was Dr Abid popular faces from Vizag Renowned acting teacher and it immediately struck believed that it was only a destiny over the years." Satyanand, who set up his diversity in the city that it who've made it big, share allows people to be my mind that I have to give matter of time before Ever since, in various their thoughts about this City acting school in Vizag as them something from my Vizag realised its destiny amounts, little bits of suggested by Megastar themselves. I remember of Destiny has in store for the many afternoons when I was end and I opened up my spa of becoming one of the recognition have come in to world. Chiranjeevi, found his here." greatest cities in India, down and out I would go and says A Prasanna Kumar, who has been living here for the last 58 years. "I moved to Vizag in 1954 from Machilipatnam. The city was then called 'India in a Microcosm'. It is perhaps, the only city in the country which has had no history of communal clashes or caste conflicts. There is no narrowness of thinking. It allows outsiders to come and merge seamlessly with the human chain. The city is blessed with tremendous natural splendor and resources," he adds. Legendary chief Justice, late PV Rajamannar's description of Vizag captures the essence of the city. "Nestled between the sea on one side and a mountain on the other, the city is unlike any other. The sea stands for dynamism, change and adventure and the THE SIKH TIMES TRAVEL New Delhi, Thursday, 22 August 2019 8

Leela symbols, Vaishnava Dwarpal, and pictures Though it is still an offbeat bearing resemblance to the famous erotic work as in the Khajuraho Temple. The mandapa which originally bore destination, there are several A guide to stone pillars is now in ruins. tourist places in Chhattisgarh. The Budh Vihar The Budh Vihar was unearthed in 2003 and houses a well-developed capital Raipur has statue of Buddha, with Padmapani on either side. It is some of the most advanced believed to have been constructed during the time of Somanvansi king, Teevardeo and continued to stay in infrastructure, as well as the most use until the rule of his grandson Mahashivgupta Balarjun in 7th to 8th century AD. Perhaps the most hospitable and polite people you interesting aspect of this ruin is the entry gate to the can meet anywhere in the temple. The beautiful carvings here depict plenty of scenes from Buddha's life, including love, matrimony, country. Chhattisgarh stands friendship and other ties. This emphasis confirms the influence of Buddhism in Sirpur. The northern and apart in its practices, social rituals southern arms of this space were used as dwelling and its diverse tribal culture and chambers. SirpurSirpur Ancient marketplace lifestyle. Sirpur, only 84 km from Laxman Temple The ancient marketplace is an impressive set of ruins Surang Tila and other ruins Dating back to 625-650 AD, the Laxman Temple in that are spread over an area of 250 sq m along the river Raipur, is a hidden town from the Sirpur is one of the most famous structures in the city. It Mahanadi. This place was believed to be the centre of all The enormous temple of Surang Tila was unearthed in is believed to be one of the best examples of brick past. This fascinating town has a 2005-06. The temple premises covers a vast area and the commercial and trading life of the era. The excavations temples in India and is dedicated to Lord Vishnu. The have revealed that some shops have connecting main temple stands tall, elevated by a flight of 37 steep intricate carvings on the exterior of the temple make it deep archaeological significance limestone steps.https://t.me/TowardsTomorrow It is believed to have been hit by a underground channels, which may imply that the shop special. These designs include Lord Vishnu, Krishna owners had more than one shop. There are places which as well as a connection to devastating earthquake around the 12th century AD, and the steps still bear the visual repercussions of this suggest that goods were kept covered in these Buddhism. Residing quietly by the calamity. depressions to guard against natural weathering. The The temple was built by Mahasivagupta Balarjun in main artefacts unearthed from here indicate that this Mahanadi River, Sirpur has seventh century AD and has been constructed in the market was used mainly by coppersmiths, goldsmiths, ironsmiths and potters. archaeological ruins from the fifth panchayatan style of temple architecture, with the main temple in the centre and four temples in the Street food to the eighth centuries. There is corner. The main temple has five sanctums, four of Street food is busy but organised in Chhattisgarh. Even which had four different types of Shiva lingas for though the samosas are believed to be mouth-wateringly evidence of the Chinese traveller, worship, respectively coloured white, red, yellow delicious here, the bhajiyas or the pakoras definitely and black. The remaining sanctum contains a deserve more of the attention. With the traditional cup of Hiuen Tsang exploring this town, Ganesh idol. The 32-pillared mandapa holds these chai, the breakfast here usually comprises kachoris, and more recently in 2013, it was five sanctums. The complex area has three tantric mirchi bhajis, dal ka wada and onion bhajiyas. To satisfy temples in a platform, dedicated to Brahma, Vishnu your sweet tooth, pick a warm jalebi and you will not graciously visited by His Holiness and Shiva. The entry gate was believed to be located regret it. Sirpur is essentially dominated by a straight near the river flowing adjacent to the temple. This road with major sights located on either side. The city's the Dalai Lama. was a practice that was started in the temples of main street food hub is on the junction of the road that Sirpur, and thereafter, spread to other parts of the turns towards Budh Vihar and Laxman Temple. country. That moment is finally here. You've checked the weather forecast, carefully planned your travel stops and even A day of museum-hopping Don’t let rains ruin your packed three different pairs of swimwear. You get up in the A rainy day is actually a message from the universe, urging morning, ready for another day at the beach, and it's you to tick off all your indoor activities. A soggy and raining. All your travel plans seem ridiculous as drenched message, but a message nonetheless. Head to the threatening black clouds cover the sky. Take heart, all is not museums that have made your list for an afternoon of lost. Here are a few tips to salvage your rain-ruined learning. In countries like Italy, many of the best art is found vacation. in churches rather than museums. These give you a Accept the rains fascinating insight into the local religion and culture. A rainy day might be a far cry from the sandy, sun-kissed Credit: ThinkStock Photos vacation you were hoping for, but wet weather can be truly Do as the locals do beautiful. Local waterfalls will be at their best, and a few For the locals, life almost always goes on even when things things can be as exhilarating as a muddy, barefoot hike get wet. Take this opportunity to ditch the tourist traps and VacationVacation through the jungle. Find a great vantage point where you find out where the city's residents hang out during rainy can sit back, coffee in hand, and just watch the rain come days. This would set you up for lots of fun and insightful thundering down. The stormier the weather, the more interactions in pubs and local restaurants. Even if you only spectacular it is. have a tenuous grasp of the local language, you'll be Storm out impurities A trip to the spa might be one of the only things on your to-do list that doesn't require a rain-check. A lot of countries have traditional cures and treatments that are not only soothing but also a lot cheaper than what you'll find back home. Sign up for a day- long retreat at your favourite spa and chase away your rainy day blues with a facial and a mineral scrub. If possible, book a massage in a covered outdoor cabana. You'll reach new levels of Zen during a hot stone massage while listening to the pitter- patter of rain around you. Consider unique experiences like Iceland's geothermal spas, where it's nice and toasty even if the surprised how friendly and accommodating people can be. weather is awful. You might just end up discovering an under-the-radar concert or a hole-in-the-wall eatery that no tourist's ever Credit: ThinkStock Photos heard of. Chase the sun Go to the beach anyway! Check the weather conditions, pull out your trusty map and Throw caution—and raincoats—to the wind and head to the find the closest area with less intense rain. Pack your bags beach you were planning to go to, regardless of the rain. As and drive off into the sunset—this is your chance to be a long as the water is a manageable temperature and the true explorer, travelling with the excitement of having no conditions okay to swim, being on the beach in the rain is expectations. You may discover a small beach with just actually quite fun. Splash along with the raindrops and take enough sunshine for a picnic, or a small town that's perfect a walk on wet sand—there is no reason a little bit of rain for a daytime stroll away from the rains. should put a damper on your beach fun. THE SIKH TIMES WORLD New Delhi, Thursday, 22 August 2019 9 NEWS BOX 2 Tourists Took Sand From Italy "You Prepare For War": How US Firm Beach As Souvenir. Now Tried Escaping Trump's China Tariffs They Face Jail HONG KONG: When Larry Sloven agent for sporting goods retailer the list.Nor were some Capstone levies.Smart furniture, if made in Even as Sloven grew more optimistic, heard last year that U.S. tariffs Dick's.He joined Capstone in 2012 to prototypes that Sloven sees as the China, would take a hit.Soon after, a the urgency to leave China seemed to Add sand theft to the list of crimes threatened his China electronics manage its network of Chinese future of the company: "smart survey by Amcham China, which abate as 2019 began.Trump and that could land tourists in trouble business, he knew that setting up shop m a n u f a c t u r e r s f r o m H o n g furniture" like a mirror that doubles as represents U.S. businesses, showed President Xi Jinping of China had in Italy.According to local media, elsewhere would be a slog rather than Kong.Rising labour costs and tighter a touchscreen with internet access.But that a third of its members were declared a cautious truce at a Group of two French tourists were charged an adventure.The 70-year-old had regulations in China had already led his instinct was that U.S.-China ties planning to shift the sourcing of 20 summit in Buenos Aires, and it last week with stealing nearly 90 spent half his life building supply him to consider moving the business were taking a turn for the worse components or assemble some goods seemed to be holding. Officials on pounds of sand from Chia beach, chains in southern China to produce elsewhere in Asia. But the trade war "You don't know what's coming next outside of China.Sloven's efforts in both sides were suggesting a deal on the southern coast of Sardinia. goods for big-box U.S. retailers. But forced his hand.Through dozens of in China," he said.He set his sights on Thailand appeared to have paid off. before a March deadline, and the The visitors reportedly filled 14 he had never reshuffled one on short interviews and phone, Whatsapp and Thailand as the site of a possible After numerous meetings, he found a threat of tariffs rising to 25% seemed bottles with sand and tried to notice, with tariffs hanging over his email exchanges over a year, Reuters second production base. Sourcing raw furniture factory and an assembler distant.But Sloven was sticking to his drive onto a France-bound ferry head."It is the hardest thing I've ever documented Sloven's quest to uproot materials locally was difficult, but at outside Bangkok that could help plan."I don't think there's going to be a in Porto Torres when they were had to do in all my 30 years in the his supply chain operation, an effort least they carried no import duties. him.Both had international experience trade war, but that doesn't change discovered by Italy's Guardia di business," said Sloven, president of entai ling many close calls , Setting up a business entity in and were expanding to meet things," he said at the time. Finanza.The Corriere Della Sera Capstone International HK Ltd, a bureaucratic headaches - and some Thailand was also cheap and fast, and increasing demand from U.S. firms. Moving SlowlyThe March deadline newspaper said the tourists division of Florida-based Capstone good luck.Sloven is just one of some of the work could be And while smart furniture was new to passed, but tariffs remained claimed they were just trying to Companies. thousands of entrepreneurs who have subcontracted.A U.S. trade official in them, they were confident they could unchanged. That gave Sloven take back a vacation souvenir and "You've got packaging, assembling, been forced by the trade war to upend Thailand introduced him to various pull it off and were ready to invest. The breathing room.He scheduled a series didn't realize they were breaking auditing, labour, overheads, their business operations in China in local companies who could help."I companies cannot be named because of pilot runs to test how well the Thai a law on the Mediterranean components, logistics, the biggest supply chain shift in a will be able to make products in of non-disclosure agreements.After a factory handled assembly. He also island. They face between one transportation," he said. "I went from generation.Companies like Capstone Thailand," Sloven said at the end of site visit in February, Sloven ordered needed to prepare for audits of labour and six years in prison, according first gear to fourth gear very quickly." contribute over $200 billion in U.S. last summer. But, he added, "it's not components for his smart mirror to be rights and environmental standards to media reports. Officials with Sloven, a native of Long Island, New purchases of China-made electronics going to be easy."In September, U.S. shipped to Thailand. By mid-March, that U.S. retailers require.He the police force could not be York, cut his teeth in Asia in the 1970s and machinery annually.Due President Donald Trump gave him an Capstone engineers were showing the estimated that would take at least reached Tuesday.A law that went sourcing lighting products from Japan. DilligenceWhen Washington imposed even better reason to move.The total factory how to put them together."I'm another six months."I'm going to start into effect in August 2017 made it the first tariffs in July 2018, value of U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods not concerned," Sloven said in moving on a small scale because illegal to take sand, pebbles or He then moved to Taiwan and then Capstone's core products, such as was expanded from $50 billion to February. "I'm giving him the they're not going to be able to just do it seashells from Sardinian mainland China, making and sourcing battery-powered LED bulbs and $250 billion, putting Capstone's LED information step by step," he said, immediately," Sloven said. "As much beaches, the BBC reported at the electrical products for AT&T and motion-activated lighting, were not on products in the crosshairs of 10% referring to his Thai partner. as they say. time, noting that some of the sand Duracell, before becoming a buying was being sold on eBay. Offenders could face fines of up US Approves to 3,000 euros, or $3,330 at today's exchange rate. Last year, No complete withdrawal from authorities slapped a tourist Possible $8 Billion visiting from the United Fighter Jet Sale To Kingdom with a fine of more than Afghanistan: Donald Trump 1,000 euros for taking sand. Taiwan: Pentagon While the French tourists WASHINGTON: President easily.Trump said, right now, the 13,000 people right now. NATO apparently said they were not WASHINGTON: The US State Department has Donald Trump has indicated that US is negotiating with the has some troops there too, by the aware of the rule against taking approved a possible $8 billion sale of F-16 fighter jets there will not be complete Afghan government and with way. We are having good sand, the Guardian says signs to Taiwan, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency withdrawal of American forces the Taliban. "We will see what discussions. We'll see what warn that it is forbidden and that said on Tuesday in an official notification to from Afghanistan, stating the US happens from it, what's coming happens," he said. "vigilantes" keep watch at Congress.The sale being considered would be for 66 have to "have a presence" in the from it," he said."The Taliban The United States, he said, is not beaches."What may seem like a aircraft, 75 General Electric Co engines, as well as war-torn country."We will would like to stop fighting really fighting. It is almost more small regulation at first sight is a other systems, the agency said in a statement. It said always have intelligence, and us...They've lost a lot. But we'll of a police force over there. "It's the sale serves US national, economic and security serious matter in Sardinia," we'll always have somebody see what happens," he been so many years. We are like Germany's embassy in Rome interests and would help Taiwan maintain a credible there," Trump told reporters at said.Afghanistan, he said is a defence.China has already denounced the widely a police force. We are not warned in a Facebook post in his Oval Office on Tuesday. tough place."The Soviet Union supposed to be a police force," August 2018, because "tourists discussed sale, one of the biggest yet by the United We are bringing some of our States to Taiwan, which Beijing considers a renegade He was responding to questions on became Russia because of he added.Trump reiterated that take tons of sand, stones and the ongoing peace talks with the troops back. But we have to have Afghanistan. That's what this war is not be nuclear. "We province. It has warned of unspecified a presence," Trump said ruling shells every year as a souvenir "countermeasures."Senate Foreign Relations Taliban in Afghanistan. Trump happened. Very simple. They could win that war in a week if from the island. This is a said he would like to look at out a complete withdrawal of became Russia because of we wanted to fight it. Committee Chairman Jim Risch, a Republican, has troops from Afghanistan.He was significant environmental welcomed the proposed sale of the Lockheed Martin various alternatives."One of the Afghanistan. Somebody would But I'm not looking to kill 10 damage and is therefore alternatives is going on right asked, "Could we be back to say, Oh, well, would Russia go million people. I'm not looking Corp F-16 jets."These fighters are critical to where we were pre-9/11 with the prohibited by law."The measure improving Taiwan's ability to defend its sovereign now. We're talking about a plan in? I said, If they want, let them. I to kill 10 million Afghans, is just one way popular airspace, which is under increasinghttps://t.me/TowardsTomorrow pressure from the — I don't know whether or not Taliban in complete and total think they tried that before, because that's what would have destinations are trying to counter People's Republic of China," he said in a recent the plan is going to be acceptable control of Afghanistan?" however. Didn't work out too to happen, and I'm not looking to the damage caused by crowds of statement.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Fox to me. Maybe it's not going to be "Well, that's what we have to well," he told the do that," he said."It is a war that tourists as the number of News on Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump acceptable to them. But we are watch," Trump responded. reporters.Trump said the US is has been going on for almost 19 travelers around the globe notified Congress of the sale last week. talking. We have good talks And if the Taliban were "really looking at different things and years now, and, frankly, it's increases and cities and Pompeo told Fox News the sale was "consistent with going, and we'll see what right" in what they're saying, options in Afghanistan."We've ridiculous. But, with that being attractions increasingly find past US policy" and that the United States was happens.This is more than other they would stop that from been there for 18 years. It's said, it's a dangerous place, and themselves overwhelmed. "simply following through on the commitments Presidents have done," he happening, because they could ridiculous. We have taken it we have to always keep an eye we've made to all of the parties." said."We have brought it down. stop that from happening very down a notch. We're at about on it," Trump said. 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She affiliation with George Mason. executive director of safety and shows funded by the social or wondered how to hide in a glass immediately reached out to s y s t e m For some, that reference to Stanly emergency management at George network and other on-demand office, according to accounts on colleagues and didn't hear back for a would be tested the day before College was an indicator the message Mason, sent an email to campus online content.California-based social media platforms and few minutes, until one responded that students move in. "It's still a pretty was some kind of technical glitch. shortly before noon about the error. Facebook has launched an array interviews.Six minutes later, another she had told a student worker to egregious error," she said."There are Others didn't get that far, responding to Environmental Health and Safety of initiatives to support or bolster message came through: It had been a barricade herself in an office. Kirker so many people that work at Mason the stark wording to run, hide or fight. Office authorities are working with journalism in recent years as false alarm.No one at the university saw messages on library Slack who were at Virginia Tech when that Some people wrote angrily on social the university's emergency social media has been under in northern Virginia sent the message, channels about students crowding happened," Kirker said, referring to media, pleading with the university notification system providers to intense pressure to avoid university spokesman Michael into a bathroom and trying to lock the the 2007 mass shooting when a not to traumatize people.False alarms determine how the alert was sent and becoming a tool to spread Sandler said. "It was inadvertently door, and one from an employee who student gunned down 32 people have been reported at other to prevent future incidents, he wrote misinformation."Working with sent by a software vendor that said her mother had called her in tears before killing himself. "I can't even universities this year, but John in the email. The message seems to news industry to get Facebook's handles our emergency notification because she saw the alert. imagine what it would be like to see Vinson, president of the International have been triggered by an automated News Tab right is our goal and system."The false alarm, coming in Then, Kirker saw, with relief, that there those messages, after that."The initial Association of Campus Law process linked to a test conducted by focus this year," Brown said the days before fall semester begins, had never been a threat.Kirker said it warning had a second sentence that Enforcement Administrators, an the emergency notification system earlier this month in a tweet. rattled the campus. Move-in day is makes sense the emergency alert increased the confusion: "This is a organization representing more than vendor, he wrote. THE SIKH TIMES BUSINESS New Delhi, Thursday, 22 August 2019 10 NEWS BOX Delhi to Mumbai in 10 hours: Indian Railways Oil Price Rises Above $60 A Barrel Mark to increase Rajdhani Express train speed to After A Week As US Inventories Drop 160 kmph focus as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo New Delhi: Passengers travelling between Brent crude had gained 32 said on Tuesday that the United States would Delhi-Mumbai on Rajdhani train can reach cents, or 0.50 per cent, to $60.35 take every action it can to prevent an Iranian their destination faster than earlier. Western tanker in the Mediterranean from delivering Railways has confirmed that the travel time a barrel by 9:33 am, after settling oil to Syria in contravention of US on the Delhi-Mumbai route will be reduced 0.5 per cent higher on Tuesday. sanctions.Oil prices were also buoyed by by over 5 hours since Rajdhani train speed data showing lower exports in June from will be hiked from 130 kmh to 160 kmh.By Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil increasing the speed the travel time SINGAPORE: Brent crude oil futures - the exporter.Saudi Arabia plans to keep its crude between Delhi-Mumbai will be reduced to global benchmark for crude oil - rose above exports below 7 million barrels per day (bpd) 10 hours as compared to the current 15.5 $60 a barrel for the first time in over a week in August and September despite strong hours.“After approval of the Central Govt, on Wednesday after a data report showed a demand from customers, to bring the market Mumbai - Delhi route will be upgraded to larger-than-expected drop in US crude back to balance, a Saudi oil official told run Rajdhani Express at 160 kmph to cut inventories, but ongoing worries about a the travel time to nearly 10 hrs, under Reuters earlier this month.But uncertainty possible global recession capped gains. over the global economic outlook amid the #MissionRaftaar,” the Western Railways Brent crude had gained 32 cents, or 0.50 per has tweeted.In a bid to reduce travel time, US-China trade war capped gains in the oil cent, to $60.35 a barrel by 0403 GMT (9:33 markets."The trade-related tug of war in the the Indian Railways, under its 100-day am in India), after settling 0.5 per cent higher action plan, envisaged reducing the travel oil market will probably extend until we get time on the Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi- on Tuesday.US crude was up 25 cents, or some semblance of clarity from the next Howrah routes. 0.45 per cent, at $56.38 a barrel. round of US-China trade discussion," ‘Mission Raftaar’ was first announced in the US crude oil stocks fell by 3.5 million barrels Stephen Innes, managing partner, VM Railway Budget 2016-17. The mission in the week to August 16, data from industry Markets, said in a note.Traders are also envisages a target of doubling of average group American Petroleum Institute (API) awaiting this week's US central bank's speed of freight trains and increasing the showed on Tuesday. Analysts polled by news OANDA in New York.Inventory numbers restrictions being extended, we should see annual Jackson Hole seminar, where average speed of all non-suburban agency Reuters had expected a fall of 1.9 from the government's Energy Information US refiners ... struggle to fill the void from substantive comments from Federal Reserve passenger trains by 25 kmph in the next 5 million barrels."Crude prices should see Administration (EIA) are due at 1430 GMT lowered shipments from Mexico and Chief Jerome Powell are years. support from a bullish API stockpile report on Wednesday, and will be more closely Venezuela," he said, referring to Canadian expected.COMMENT"The biggest risk to Principal routes that were identified for that could signal the largest Cushing draw watched than usual given the nearing of the province of Alberta extending mandatory crude prices is if Powell disappoints at raising of speed under Mission Raftaar since February 2018, if the EIA validates it," end of peak US driving season, analysts curtailments on crude production by an extra Jackson Hole and doesn't signal more easing comprised six routes on Golden said Edward Moya, senior market analyst at said."With Canadian heavy crude year.Tensions in the Middle East remained in will be coming," said OANDA's Mr Moya. Quadrilateral and diagonals namely, Delhi – Mumbai, Delhi – Howrah, Howrah- Chennai, Chennai – Mumbai, Delhi – Chennai and Howrah – Mumbai. Cos can match dynamic mkt No relief for P Chidambaram, SC bench These six routes carry 58% of freight traffic and 52% of coaching traffic with a share of says approach CJI for stay on arrest only 16% of the network. Golden demands with lean processes Quadrilaterals and its Diagonal routes have NEW DELHI: The word ‘lean’ in an company-wide initiative and New Delhi: In further blow overseas funds to the tune of been prioritized for replacement of loco organisational context is instantly people-led, so HR plays an hauled short distance passenger trains by associated with large manufacturing to former finance minister Rs 305 crore in 2007, during important role in driving the P Chidambaram, the Chidambaram`s tenure as the MEMUs/DEMUs having better companies. Although lean strategies concept.The what and the how of Supreme Court refused to finance minister. Karti acceleration and deceleration were first designed and used by lean designDesigning workflows characteristics for fast pickup and braking. put a stay on the senior Chidambaram has also been manufacturing setups, today these around the lean concept involves Congress leader's arrest in probed by the CBI for Markets open flat to strategies can be used by any identifying and eliminating INX media case after his allegedly taking money to company to improve at every level. unnecessary elements. These anticipatory bail plea was facilitate the FIPB clearance Lean strategies are now being elements could be material, time or refused by the High Court. to INX Media in 2007.The negative, Nifty holds on positioned as a way of thinking for any step in the workflow/process Justice Ramanna, hearing ED had registered a PMLA companies in any industry. that is redundant. For example, an the petition filed by Chidambaram remained (Prevention of Money to 11,000 Every year, businesses lose an HR requisition process may get Chidambaram has referred the Laundering Act) case based on estimated 20-30% in revenue due to untraceable for the a team of both complicated when there is lack of case to the Chief Justice of India. the agencies.The probe agencies FIR by the CBI and alleged that inefficiencies in work processes. communication between the HR The SC bench has directed irregularities took place in the Using ‘lean’ strategies to analyse are still clueless about the and individual departments. This Chidambaram to approach CJI whereabouts of Chidambaram. FIPB clearance to INX Media. workflows from a customer will lead to additional steps of for a stay on his CBI had registered an perspective is very useful in Chidambaram and his son Karti seeking meetings with HR arrest.Chidambaram's bail plea Chidambaram are being probed Enforcement Case Information identifying areas of improvement. It personnel and approvals, which can was rejected by the Delhi High by ED and in the INX Media Report (ECIR), the ED's is also a game changer in an economy lead to wastage of time.So, the Court on Tuesday. The case.On May 15, 2017, the CBI equivalent of a police FIR, that is slowing down.https://t.me/TowardsTomorrow Lean processes essence of workflow redesign lies Enforcement Directorate (ED) had registered an FIR in the case against the accused named in a help in designing workflows in simplifying processes to make and the Central Bureau of alleging irregularities in the CBI complaint, including Karti according to market demand, so them more efficient, without Investigation (CBI), probing the Foreign Investment Promotion Chidambaram, INX Media and New Delhi: Markets opened marginally companies can be resilient. compromising on the expected case, reached his house hours Board (FIPB) clearance granted its directors Peter and Indrani lower for the second day on Wednesday Implementing lean processes is a outcome. after to arrest him. But to the INX Media for receiving Mukerjea. though the Nifty managed to hold on to 11,000 amid losses led by metal, auto, Banks do not report most FMCG and banking sector, tracking global cues.The BSE Sensex fell 22.07 points or MCA orders probe against CG Power, 0.059 percent to 37,311.02 in early trade cybercrimes, says top cop while the NSE Nifty fell 14.30 points or 0.13 percent to 11,002.70. Mumbai: Banks tend to not report most Among Asian peers MSCI`s broadest index cybersecurity-related incidents faced by them to inspection report to be ready soon of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan law enforcement agencies, nor do they share New Delhi: CG Power and Industrial dithered either side of flat after three information about breach attempts. As a result, Solutions is under the lens of the Ministry straight days of gains. Japan`s Nikkei investigators haven’t been able to fully equip of Corporate Affairs (MCA), which has slipped 0.4 percent, while Shanghai blue themselves to handle and mitigate such cases. ordered an inspection into the affairs of the chips lost -0.1 percent. Faring a bit better According to Maharashtra Police special IGP company, said a senior government were E-Mini futures for the S&P 500, official.The probe was triggered after which added 0.25 percent, while (cyber) Brijesh Singh, cyber criminals are auditors of the power equipment maker EUROSTOXX 50 futures edged up 0.1 gradually targeting banks’ infrastructure rather resigned a few months ago.“The percent, a Reuters report said. than customers, and the incidents occur regularly. inspection report will be ready soon and “In the West, there is a lot of interaction between appropriate action will be taken,” the Walmart revives talks banks and law enforcement agencies. However, senior government official added. here there is no reporting of incidents….there After convening a board meeting that ran with Tatas to boost its should also be a common threat-sharing platform, into the wee hours of the morning, the so that banks can learn from each other,” Singh company announced that it will restate retail play said at the Ficci-IBA summit here. He added that, earnings after discovering “suspect, while new technology is being adopted by banks at unauthorised and undisclosed” a rapid pace, security is often an afterthought. “It is transactions.The office of the MCA’s MUMBAI: Days after Reliance Industries regional director, western region, is in chairman Mukesh Ambani announced strong morally wrong to blame customers for their charge of the probe. According to reports, investor interest for his retail business and stupidity. There is a need to be secure by design,” auditors of the company resigned on April plans to induct a global partner in his venture, he said, adding that banks could partner with the 27, 2018, on its request, following the a deal is in the works between India’s largest police to train youngsters to monitor risks and advice of its overseas loan arrangers to conglomerate — the Tata Group — and the handle threats.Bankers said that typically such recruit top auditors.An audit committee of of the group.Thapar, the founder of Industrial Solutions.His stake in world’s largest retailer, Walmart. incidents are shared within the industry. However, the company flagged off unauthorised Avantha Group, demerged the consumer Crompton Greaves Consumer, which also Walmart executives have held meetings with they are through informal channels. ICICI Bank transactions by certain employees of the business in face of financial troubles, houses the brand, was sold to private Tata brass to stitch an alliance, which could company leading to an understatement of which became Crompton Greaves equity (PE) funds Advent International include a joint venture between the Arkansas- chief information security officer Ganesh A R said, “Being regulated entities, it (sharing) is not easy. not only the company’s liabilities but also Consumer Electricals, and the erstwhile and Temasek Holdings for Rs 2,000 crore headquartered company and Tata Sons. Both advances to related and unrelated parties Crompton Greaves became CG Power and in 2015. want to accelerate their omni-channel or multi-channel retail play in the world’s sixth- largest economy, even as rivals Reliance and Amazon are said to be in talks for a similar partnership.Consumer retail is one of the Will do best to mediate: Trump to take up growth engines of the Tata Group and the conglomerate has been consolidating its presence on this front (it has merged Tata Chemicals’ packaged food business with its beverage unit). The vertical, which started Kashmir with PM Modi at G7 Summit with the setting up of Tata Oil Mills Company (Tomco) in 1917, is today spread across India has made it clear to the reactions from Pakistan. situation. I spoke to Prime Minister multiple companies — Tata Consumer India has categorically told the Khan yesterday also with Prime Products (includes Starbucks), Titan, Infiniti US that Kashmir was a international community that the Minister Modi. They're both friends Retail (Croma), Tata Unistore (Tata CLiQ), bilateral issue between India scrapping of Article 370 of the of mine. They're great people. Voltas, Trent (Westside, Star Bazaar) and Constitution to revoke the special Tata Industries (Tata Smart Foodz). The and Pakistan and there was They're great people, and they love alliance with Walmart will be with the no role for a third party status of Jammu and Kashmir was their country," Trump said.Trump holding company, said sources.Walmart, an internal matter and also advised said the tensed situation also has a lot which entered India through a wholesale Washington US President Donald Pakistan to accept the reality. to do with religion."It's a joint venture with Bharti Enterprises in 2007 Trump on Tuesday said he would Trump said that there are complicated situation. A lot has to do and subsequently bought out its Indian discuss the tense situation in Kashmir "tremendous problems" between with religion. Religion is a partner in 2013, made its big move last year with Indian Prime Minister Narendra the two countries and offered to do complicated subject," he said.Trump by acquiring a 77% stake in India’s largest Modi when they meet at the G7 the best, including mediate or said that the subcontinent is having online retailer Flipkart for $16 billion. Summit in France during this anything."I will do the best I can to these talks for hundreds (sic) of Sources said if the US company wants to weekend."I will be with Prime mediate or do something. (I have) scale up its India business model and years, even under different names, leverage its $16-billion investment in Minister Modi. I'll be with him over great relationship with both of he said responding to a question on Flipkart, it will need a local player with a the weekend in France. I think, we are them, but they (India and Pakistan) Kashmir, which he said is a very strong offline presence, something Tata helping (resolve the tense) situation are not exactly friends at this complicated place.You have the brings to the table. The way forward for (between India and Pakistan), Trump moment," Trump said.New Delhi Hindus. And you have the Muslims. players is to have a hybrid online-to-offline told reporters in the Oval Office of the has made it clear to the US that I wouldn't say they get along so format. A Walmart spokesperson said, “As a White House.The development came tensions after India revoked the abrogated provisions of Article 370 Kashmir was a bilateral issue great. That's what you have right policy, we don’t comment on market a day after Trump spoke separately to special status of Jammu and of the Constitution to withdraw between India and Pakistan and now, he said adding that the two speculation.”Foreign multi-brand retailers Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir's special there was no role for a third countries haven't got along for a long can hold 51% in a joint venture with the his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan Tensions between India and status and bifurcated it into two Indian government’s approval. "Frankly, it's a very explosive time. in his bid to ease fresh Indo-Pak Pakistan spiked after India Union Territories, evoking strong THE SIKH TIMES SPORTS New Delhi, Thursday, 22 August 2019 11 NEWS BOX Canada’s Ravinderpal In Indian wrestling, Sushil Kumar the only constant New Delhi Sushil Kumar’s aura can latter done with their bouts, nor groaning o r s o m e younger “The idea was not to overexert in who Singh breaks Ricky you go out and tell everyone Sushil easily be t h i n g and won the two bouts (first com- said we will also reach with reference to Sushil measured by the decibels left injured. Perhaps plaints. When he steps on the and his eventful Jitender’s mouth during a Ponting’s 14-year-old a possible b e a t m e . Yo u w i l l b e generat- controversial.”Sushil realises he is against clinch. brother. He respects me and even this record on debut ed when he lunges for a redux was on the mind Vinod 3-0) on the basis of mat, all eyes are on competition.” Sushil added: you,” said Sushil, of the famous).”Errant it may have been, take- Sushil. And the show. And he believes there after winning the selection trials (if his oppo- Canada’s Ravinderpal Singh created history down or evades one. It can organisers, who are experience and awareness. Sushil India’s nents “Eyepokes are never deliberate. touches on Sunday by recording the highest score by told off those but the aforementioned eyepoke greatest wrestler knows people who try to my feet whenever we “This was the direction. I a batsman on T20I debut breaking the perhaps be better measured by the seated on latch on to his and coach Vinod played it off had to 74kg World Championship compete, record of former Australia cricketer Ricky the floor to relocate to did come at the right like that well.“When I left home today, name to and not genuflect and These things happen in Ponting that stood for more than 14 years. time for pin-drop silence during the rest of the get their minutes of fame. going-through-the- wrestling,” meet,” says Sushil, adding an oft- Ravinderpal also became the first-ever stands above.“That is the thing. Sushil, who motions, the car had just turned, and we saw “I control the bout. Winning a selection trials at batsman to score a century on T20I debut. looked in need of a the bout. Unlike during mean Parveen Rana… After the g e t t i n g - t Capital’s KD concede the bout, that is). During He scored 101 runs from 48 deliveries other Did anything happen in the last breather h e - j o b - d o n e 2-3 people, saying, ‘hum bhi said Sushil, who had repeatedly repeated anec- including six fours and 10 sixes. after a quick start. There contests, the specta- aa wondering ‘Man, who all am I fuming at the dote to drive the wrestling bout is an art Ponting scored an unbeaten 98 in the first- tors aren’t trials? I am on the mat. It’s were “rough tactics” of last trial, entire India knows too.”After a Jadhav Indoor Hall on Tuesday. his ever T20I against New Zealand on February flashes of brilliance and shuffling around, his approach.You win by 10 points or rahe hain 4-2 win in the final bout against apologised after 17, 2005. He is followed by Australia’s there’s no wrestling. There was so much agili- (We are also coming)’. going to be responsible the incident to the point home. “I was with David Warner (89), Canada’s Hiral Patel ty. Like during the two singlecatching up to do for Sushil. And both also alleged that name. I coach disappointing Asian Games “Aate aate (88) and Kuwait’s Adnan Idrees (79). on the sidelines. crowd,” said Sushil. “It’s only don’t lose my cool. by two, a win is a win,” said kareeb 25-30 gaadiya national champion On the other hand, the Canada batsman scored leg takedowns. But the 36-yearNo joyous Vinod. After a while, we met more people Jitender, point that a senior wrestler called it against Cayman Islands who made their laughter from wrestlers natural… now one can now?”)The colourful aside is in Sushil also Vinod in an elevator, and his shoe campaign T20I debut as a team in the first match of call it love old has slowed down considerably jammed his thumb in Jitender too is like a last year, Sushil returned saath me ho li. ICC T20 World Cup Men’s qualifiers at Sandys Parish in Bermuda. Canada played their first T20I after 2014.The 30-year-old helped his team post 196 first. In reply, Cayman Islands could only manage to score 112 for 7 in 20 overs losing the match by a huge margin of 84 runs.Ravinderpal recently featured in as well. He featured in Yuvraj Singh-led Toronto Nationals. However, he went through a rough patch scoring just 54 runs from seven innings including two back-to-back ducks. The number four batsman was ecstatic by his achievement on a that he described ‘tough’ to bat on early in the innings. The Toronto Nationals batsman got to his century with a six over long-on before losing his wicket on the next delivery. 10-man Ajax struggles to draw in Champions League qualifying Zurich Champions League semifinalist Ajax faces a fight to qualify for this season’s group stage after drawing at Cypriot team APOEL Nicosia 0-0 in the first leg of their playoff on Tuesday.Ajax started strongly but APOEL came close to winning the game in the last half hour, with Andrija Pavlovic heading against the bar and Ajax goalkeeper Andre Onana forced to make excellent saves. Ajax played the last 10 minutes with 10 men after right back Noussair Mazraoui was sent off in the 80th minute for a second yellow card.“We gave the ball away too easily and we must improve next week,” Ajax forward and Dusan Tadic said. “I expect the same compact defensive zone from APOELhttps://t.me/TowardsTomorrow in the second game. But we need to play much better in the second leg.” The four-time European champion has to play qualifying because of the relatively low UEFA ranking of the Dutch league, which it won last season. Ajax scraped through the previous round of qualifying, beating Greek side PAOK Thessaloniki 5-4 on aggregate. Also, Czech club Slavia Prague is on target to reach the group stage for the first time in 12 years after beating CFR Cluj 1-0 away in their first leg. Lukas Masopust scored from a corner in the first half.Romanian champion Cluj saw Mario Rondon hit the woodwork and Billel Omrani’s penalty saved. It’s been six years since a Romanian club last reached the group stage. Calls for action from Twitter after Paul Pogba gets racist abuse

London. Manchester United defender Harry Maguire called on social media companies to require users to verify their identities after teammate Paul Pogba was targeted on Twitter with racial abuse. Racially offensive tweets about Pogba were posted after his penalty kick was saved in United’s 1-1 draw at Wolverhampton Wanderers in the English Premier League on Monday.The 20-time English champions said they “encourage social media companies to take action in these cases” and Maguire offered a solution. “Every account that is opened should be verified by a passport/driving license. Stop these pathetic trolls making numerous accounts to abuse people,” Maguire tweeted on Tuesday.Former United defender Phil Neville, who coaches the England women’s team, called for a six-month boycott of social media companies, saying he had “lost total faith.” Twitter said it “permanently suspended a series of accounts” for sending racist abuse to players.“This is a societal issue and requires a societal response,” Twitter said in a statement. “We continue to liaise closely with our partners to identify meaningful solutions to this unacceptable behavior _ both offline and on.” THE SIKH TIMES NATIONAL New Delhi, Thursday, 22 August 2019 12 23 MLAs take oath as ministers as CM Yogi Priyanka Gandhi Vadra claims Chidambaram targeted Adityanath expands UP cabinet Lucknow: Twenty three MLAs were for speaking truth, says ‘will continue to fight’ inducted as new ministers in the Uttar Pradesh government as Chief Minister Yogi While Chidambaram continued to Adityanath expanded his cabinet on was being “shamefully hunted minister accused the government of Wednesday.Out of the 23, six of them have remain untraceable despite down”.According to the indulging in vendetta in all its been given the rank of cabinet ministers in Congress general secretary, the actions.Pointing thatChidambaram’s what was the first reshuffle of the Yogi repeated searches by CBI sleuths former home minister was being name was not even mentioned in the Adityanath-led BJP government in the since Tuesday night, Priyanka targeted because “he unhesitantly FIR, he tweeted, “I condemn the state.Mahendra Singh, Bhupendra Singh speaks truth to power and action of CBI against Chidambaram Choudhary, Ram Naresh Agnihotri, Suresh alleged that he was being exposes the failures of his in a case where he is not mentioned in Rana, Anil Rajbhar and Kamla Rani. “shamefully hunted down”. government”.Taking to the FIR nor is there any evidence (Ministers with Independent Charge) microblogging site Twitter, she against him. It is sheer Political Neel Kanth Tiwari, Kapil Dev Agarwal, said, “An extremely qualified Vendetta.”This comes ahead of a Satish Dwivedi, Ashok Kataria, Ram New Delhi:Congress general secretary and respected member of the Rajya hearing in the Supreme Court on an Chouhan and Raveendra Jaiswal. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday Sabha, @PChidambaram_IN ji has appeal filed by Chidambaram, Anil Sharma, Mahendra Gupta, Anand rallied behind former Union minister and served our nation with loyalty for seeking protection from arrest. His Swarup Shukla, Vijay Kashyap, Giraj Singh him and will continue to fight for the truth senior party leader P Chidambaram, who decades including as Finance Minister & anticipatory bail plea was earlier rejected Dharmesh, Lakhan Singh Rajput, Neelima is facing arrest by the Central Bureau of no matter what the consequences are,” she Katiyar, Ch Uday Bhan Singh, Chandrika Home Minister. He unhesitatingly speaks added.Veteran Congress leader Digvijaya by the Delhi High Court. On Wednesday Investigation (CBI) in connection with truth to power and exposes the failures of morning, a three-member CBI team had Prasad Upadhyay, Ramshankar Singh Patel INX Media case.While Chidambaram Singh also hit out at the CBI over the issue and Ajit Singh Pal. this government…”“…but the truth is reached Chidambaram's residence in the continued to remain untraceable despite and alleged that the reason behind the inconvenient to cowards so he is being action was political vendetta. Tweeting in national capital, but the Congress leader repeated searches by CBI sleuths since shamefully hunted down. We stand by was not found at his home. Why fly 44-year-old jets Tuesday night, Priyanka alleged that he Hindi, the former Madhya Pradesh chief when old cars not on road: IAF chief BS After Priyanka, Rahul Gandhi comes out in support of Bangladesh backs Dhanoa Chidambaram, says Modi govt using CBI and ED New Delhi: After Priyanka Gandhi support of Chidambaram. Hitting out matter what the consequences are”. India, says abrogation New Delhi: Indian Air Force chief BS Dhanoa Vadra, her brother and former at the central agencies, she alleged Veteran Congress leader Digvijaya on Tuesday questioned why India is flying Congress president Rahul Gandhi on that the former finance minister was aircraft that are over four decades old when Singh also hit out at the CBI over the of Article 370 from J&K Wednesday came out in support of being “shamefully hunted dwn”. issue and alleged that the reason no one drives even cars of that vintage. Air former Union minister and senior According to the Congress general behind the action was political Chief Marshal Dhanoa was referring to the party leader P Chidambaram, who is secretary, the former home minister vendetta. He tweeted, “I condemn the an 'internal issue' MiG-21 fighter aircraft that had been facing arrest in connection with the was being targeted because “he action of CBI against Chidambaram inducted into the force in 1973-74. INX Media case.Taking to unhesitantly speaks truth to power in a case where he is not mentioned in "The fifth-generation fighters are a reality and microblogging site Twitter, the and exposes the failures of his the FIR nor is there any evidence the next generation fighters are already on Gandhi scion accused Prime Minister government”.She tweeted, “An against him. It is sheer Political the drawing board. Can we afford a victory Narendra Modi-led NDA extremely qualified and respected Vendetta.”This comes even as with such losses? If there is no war, we government of “disgraceful misuse member of the Rajya Sabha, Chidambaram awaits protection cannot wait for indigenous technology to of power”. According to the former @PChidambaram_IN ji has served from arrest from the Supreme Court. replace obsolete war fighting equipment. Congress chief, agencies like the our nation with loyalty for decades His plea was referred by a top court "Neither will it be prudent to import every Enforcement Directorate and the including as Finance Minister & bench to the Chief Justice of India defence equipment from abroad. Today, I Central Bureau of Investigation Home Minister. He unhesitatingly earlier on Wednesday. Following can still fly the MiG 21 MF aircraft which is (CBI) were being used by the Modi speaks truth to power and exposes the this, the CBI filed a caveat in the almost 44 years old. I`m sure none of you government to “character failures of this government… court, asking it to hear their side are driving a car of that vintage," he said. assassinate” Chidambaram.Before “…but the truth is inconvenient to before taking any decision on Dhanoa made the statement on India`s Rahul, his sister and Congress cowards so he is being shamefully Chidambaram’s plea. A lookout obsolete fleet of fighter aircraft in the general secretary Priyanka Gandhi hunted down. We stand by him and notice has also been issued against Vadra had voiced her opinion in NEW DELHI: After the United Kingdom and France, presence of Defence Minister Rajnath will continue to fight for the truth no the senior Congress leader. now Bangladesh has called the abrogation of Article Singh at a seminar on indigenisation of the 370 that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir IAF held here."Having said that, it is an internal matter of India. Dhaka has called for the because over a period of time we have indigenised many of the sub-assemblies and resolution of all bilateral issues between Indian and innovated and have done import Pakistan through dialogue.''Bangladesh maintains substitution of many components that have https://t.me/TowardsTomorrow that the abrogation of Article 370 by the Indian gone out of manufacture across the world," Government is an internal issue of India. Bangladesh he added. has always advocated, as a matter of principle, that maintaining regional peace and stability, as well as, Non-reusable plastic development should be a priority for all countries,” an official statement said. bottles banned in Earlier, the UK and France had backed India and called for talks between the two nuclear-powered Asian Parliament complex neighbours.In a conversation between Prime New Delhi: The Lok Sabha Secretariat has Minister Narendra Modi and British PM Boris banned the use of "non-reusable plastic Johnson on Tuesday afternoon, both sides discussed water bottles and other plastic items" within the ongoing India-Pakistan tensions, with the latter the Parliament House Complex from calling for dialogue to resolve the issue.A UK Tuesday. According to a circular, the staff of government statement said, "The Prime Minister and the secretariat and other allied agencies working in the Parliament House Complex Prime Minister Modi discussed the current situation have been asked to comply with the in Kashmir. The Prime Minister made clear that the directions.They have also been advised to UK views the issue of Kashmir is one for India and use environment-friendly or biodegradable Pakistan to resolve bilaterally. He underlined the bags and materials. The circular was issued importance of resolving issues through dialogue." on Monday and the information conveyed to the media on Tuesday.Prime Minister Both the leaders will be present at the G7 Summit that Narendra Modi, in his address to the nation will take place in France over the weekend and on this Independence Day, had urged people "ahead of the G7, Prime Minister Johnson and Prime to make the country free of single-use plastic Minister Modi have agreed on the importance of and suggested that the first big step in this working together to tackle climate change and other direction should be taken on October 2, the The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi and the President of the Republic of Zambia, Mr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu, threats to biodiversity", the UK government readout 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. at the delegation level talks, at Hyderabad House, in New Delhi added. Babulal Gaur, former MP chief minister and Violating traffic rules to get costlier from senior BJP leader, dies in Bhopal September as new norms come into effect and Rs 5,000. And if caught for According to sources, as many as 63 drunken driving, one needs to cough clauses of the Act, which correspond up a hefty fine of Rs 10,000. to increase in penalty/fine for traffic rule violation, will be brought into Chidambaram is behaving effect on September 1, 2019. like Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi by not cooperating New Delhi: Violating traffic rules is set to get costlier with the amended with probe agencies: BJP provisions of the Motor Vehicles NEW DELHI: BJP national BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh's former chief minister coming into effect from September spokesperson GVL Narsimha on and BJP leader Babulal Gaur died in Bhopal on 1, 2019. According to sources, as Wednesday said that senior Wednesday morning. He was 89.According to news Congress leader and former Union many as 63 clauses of the Act, which agency ANI, Gaur died at the Narmada Hospital in correspond to increase in Minister P Chidambaram is penalty/fine for traffic rule behaving like fugitive businessmen Bhopal. He was not keeping well for some time. Gaur violation, will be brought into effect authorities will attract a minimum driving is also set to get costlier, Vijay Mallya and Nirav Modi by was admitted to a hospital last week after his blood penalty of Rs 2,000.And if you have with fine up to Rs 1,000. not cooperating with the central starting next month. probe agencies in connection with pressure dropped and since then he was in a critical As per the amended Act, a fine of Rs forgotten your license at home, it The penalty is being increased even an alleged corruption case probe conditionThe 89-year-old BJP leader was put on a 10,000 will be imposed if one fails would cost you dearly. The fine for for two-wheeler riders. If one rides a involving him linked to the INX ventilator at the Narmada Hospital here.Gaur served to give way to emergency vehicles. driving without license is Rs 5,000. two-wheeler without wearing a Media.Commenting on the recent developments in the case, Narsimha as the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh from August The same fine will be imposed if a Driving without a copy of insurance helmet, a fine of Rs 1,000 would be 2004 to November 2005.MP Chief Minister Kamal will also invite a fine of Rs 2,000. levied.Ride-hailing aggregators can said, ''Chidambaram was given a driver is driving despite being free-hand by the Gandhi family to Heavier penalty will also be levied on be fined up to Rs 1 lakh for violating Nath had visited him earlier and his office had tweeted disqualified.The fine for violating go ahead in the INX Media case. By on Wednesday, "Former Chief Minister Babulal Gaur traffic rules has also been revised. t h o s e d r i v i n g b e y o n d t h e driving licensing conditions and Rs not cooperating with the central As of now, the fine in such cases is permissible speed limit. As per the 20,000 for overloading of vehicles. agencies, the senior Congress is reported to be unwell. Enquired about his heath. I Rs 100 and with the new provisions, bill, over-speeding would invite The fine for rash driving has also been leader is behaving like Nirav Modi wish, may god heal them soon."Former Chief penalty between Rs 1,000 – Rs revised and a violator would have to and Vijay Mallya. No one will be Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan too wished for Gaur's it has been revised to Rs 500. spared.'' Disobedience of the orders of 2,000. Not wearing a seat belt while pay an amount between Rs 1,000 fast recovery.