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Hafiz Saeed Gets 10 Years in Jail in Two More Cases JAIPUR l FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2020 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 2 l Issue No. 164 SPILLOVER EFFECT: CENTRAL TEAMS RUSH DIGITAL INDIA CAMPAIGN, LAUNCHED TO HARYANA, RAJASTHAN, GUJARAT AND BY THE CENTRE IN YEAR 2015, HAS P3 MANIPUR WITH RISE IN DELHI COVID CASES BECOME A WAY OF LIFE: PM MODI P6 OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD & LUCKNOW 15°C - 25°C www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia 26/11 MASTERMIND CORONA FEAR STRIKES HAFIZ SAEED GETS 10 YEARS CAMEL FAIR IN JAIL IN TWO MORE CASES Saeed was arrested in July last year in connection with terror-financing cases New Delhi: Hafiz tion with terror-financ- Saeed, the mastermind PAK ACTS ing cases after interna- of the 26/11 Mumbai at- UNDER GLOBAL tional pressure built up tacks, has been sen- on Pakistan to come tenced to 10 years in two PRESSURE clean. terror cases by an anti- With pressure from He is being kept at terror court in Paki- the international Lahore’s high-security stan, news agency PTI community building Kot Lakhpat jail. reported. up, Pakistan has been The global terror fi- This was not the first trying to probe opera- nancing watchdog Fi- time that Hafiz Saeed, tions and functioning nancial Action Task chief of the Jamaat-ud- of the LeT, its chari- Force (FATF) is instru- Dawa, a front organisa- table wing JuD, and mental in pushing Paki- tion for the terror group its other branches, in stan to take measures Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), order to convince the against terrorists roam- was sentenced in a ter- Financial Action Task ing freely in Pakistan ror case by a Pakistani Force (FATF) that it is and using its territory court. In February, taking steps to check to carry out attacks in Hafiz Saeed and some terror financing. India. of his aides were con- Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed Pakistan’s counter- victed and sentenced to terrorism department 11 years in a terror-fi- quoted a court official Makki has been sen- He is also known as a had filed 41 cases nancing case. as saying. tenced to six-month im- “global terrorist” both against Jamaat-ud- “The anti-terrorism Hafiz Saeed and his prisonment. by the United Nations Dawa leaders and four court of Lahore on two aides - Zafar Iqbal Hafiz Saeed is wanted and the US, which put a cases against Hafiz Thursday sentenced and Yahya Mujahid - in India for planning $10 million bounty on Saeed have been decid- A camel-herder along with his camels returns after four leaders of Jamat- have been sentenced to the attack in Mumbai in his head. ed so far. The rest are authorities cancelled the annual Pushkar Fair due to the ud-Dawa, including its 10-and-a-half years 2008, when 10 terrorists Hafiz Saeed was ar- pending in several anti- coronavirus pandemic, at Pushkar on Thursday. chief Hafiz Saeed, in each, while his brother- killed 166 people and in- rested in Pakistan in terrorism courts across two more cases,” PTI in-law Abdul Rehman jured hundreds more. July last year in connec- Pakistan. Ram temple needs special stone, Haryana Home Report claims India conducted “pinpoint Min Anil Vij to take trial dose Raj to free wildlife sanctuary land of Covaxin today strikes’’ inside PoK, Army denies it later A preliminary New Delhi: The Army survey is being done had carried out “pin- 4 TERRORISTS KILLED, by team of revenue, pointed strikes” on ter- 11 AK RIFLES SEIZED ror launch pads inside An encounter between forest and mining Pakistan-occupied terrorists and security department officials Kashmir (PoK) in re- forces, which broke out in sponse to Pakistani the early hours of Thursday Jaipur/Ayodhya: The military’s unrelenting near Ban Toll Plaza in the district administration Ambala: Haryana Home efforts to push maxi- Nagrota area of Jammu in Rajasthan’s Bharat- Minister Anil Vij on mum number of terror- district, has ended, the pur is seeking the deno- Thursday said he has ists into India before police said. Four terrorists tification of part of a volunteered to take the the onset of harsh win- Arms and ammunitions recovered from four militants killed were neutralised by the trial dose of Covaxin, in an encounter at Nagrota Ban toll plaza in Jammu. wildlife sanctuary to al- India’s first indigenous ters, defence sources security forces, while one low the mining of a spe- Over one lakh cubic feet of Bansi Paharpur sandstone, coveted Covid-19 vaccine said on Thursday. Police constable sustained cial sandstone, much for its unique pink shade, has already been sourced. candidate. The minister Later, the Army said DDC POLLS WERE TARGET, SAYS IG JAMMU injuries during the sought after by builders there was no firing or operation. According to will take the trial dose Inspector General of Police, Jammu Zone said on Friday at 11 am at sources, the four terrorists including those con- but much more is need- be put in place as the ceasefire violation that it was possible they were planning a big Civil Hospital, Ambala are likely from the UN- structing the Ram tem- ed. There were con- temple comes up – along the Line of Con- attack and targeting the upcoming District Cantt under the supervi- designated terror group ple in Ayodhya. cerns in Ayodhya that switching over to a less- trol (LoC) on Thursday. Development Council (DDC) elections in the sion of doctors. Among JeM. Mukesh Singh, IG, Thousands of tonnes supplies of this stone er grade of stone would Referring to recent Union territory. The DDC elections will be all the vaccine candi- Jammu Zone also informed of the pink sandstone with a unique pink hue have caused problems. dates, Bharat Biotech’s attempts of cross-bor- conducted in Jammu and Kashmir in eight that the kind of seizure mined in Bharatpur’s would dry up. The Dholpur variant Covaxin is the only one der terrorism, the phases between November 28 and December 19, from the encounter site is Bansi Paharpur have Since blocks of this is said to be no match to which is undergoing sources said the “deep and counting will take place on December 22. been sourced for the sandstone had already the Bansi Paharpur Phase III trials. state” in Pakistan tried “unprecedented”. temple over the years, been carved – ready to stone. Turn to P6 to manage Turn to P6 BIHAR MIN, FACING PROBE, QUITS CHIEF MINISTER WRITES LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER Congress leader HOURS AFTER TAKING CHARGE AK Antony, wife GEHLOT SEEKS JAPANESE LOAN TO test positive for Patna: Bihar Educa- tion Minister Mewalal coronavirus Choudhary Thursday COUNTER WATER SCARCITY IN STATE resigned three days after taking oath amid Naresh Sharma loan of Rs 1163.2 crore. the screening committee allegations of corrup- In his letter to PM of the department on tion. He submitted Jaipur: The state gov- Modi, Gehlot has said June 11, 2020. his resignation after ernment has started that the Rajiv Gandhi The Chief Minister New Delhi: Former informed that the State meeting Chief Minister sections 409, 420, 467, special efforts to get Lift Canal Phase III plan Union Defence Minister Nitish Kumar. Bihar’s 468, 471 and 120B. loan for the long pend- needs to be executed Government has also and senior Congress main Opposition RJD He was suspended ing Rajiv Gandhi Lift quickly for the supply of submitted a detailed ac- leader AK Antony has been attacking the from the party for a Canal III Phase Plan for clean drinking water in tion plan report (DPR) and his wife Elizabeth Chief Minister for ap- while after jibes from supply of drinking wa- Jodhpur, Phalodi, Bila- of this drinking water Antony have tested pointing Choudhary as the BJP, which was in ter to 5 cities and 2104 ra, Pipar City and Sam- scheme to the Union COVID-19 positive. AK the Education Minister. the opposition at the villages in the western dari towns and 2104 vil- Housing and Urban Af- Antony’s son Anil K An- The case pertains to time. “An accusation region of the state in- lages in the desert re- fairs Ministry while of- tony shared the news Choudhary’s tenure as is proven only when a cluding Jodhpur. gion. For this, the state ficials of the state gov- through social media vice-chancellor of Bihar chargesheet is filed or For this, Chief Minis- government had submit- ernment are in constant on Thursday and said Agriculture University a court gives an order ter Ashok Gehlot has ted an online application contact with the offi- his parents’ condition at Sabaur in Bhagalpur. and neither of the two written a letter to Prime to the Economic Affairs cials of the concerned is stable. The duo is He and about 50 others is there to prove the Minister Narendra Department of the Un- ministries of the cen- undergoing treatment had been first booked allegations against me,” Modi urging the Japa- ion Finance Ministry on tral government in this at the AIIMS in the in 2017 under IPC said Choudhary. nese institution JICA March 6, 2020, which has matter. In this regard, national capital. for early approval of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot also been approved by Turn to P6 RAJASTHAN www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia JAIPUR | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2020 02 THREE DEAD Will implement schemes in Improve sanitation system in EMPLOYEES NAMED IN IT effective manner: Dr Sahdev walled city : Mayor Munesh TRANSFERS Yunus Gesawat She also inspected the Heritage municipal corporation headquarters Nagaur: In Nagaur Zila First India Bureau Parishad elections, Con- Bharat Dixit gress candidate from Jaipur: 1001 employees ward 43 Dr Sahdev Jaipur: Mayor of of the income tax de- Choudhary said that he Jaipur Heritage munic- partment were trans- will get the schemes re- ipal corporation ferred in Rajasthan on lated to the development Munesh Gurjar on Thursday.
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