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" # # the social media, including " will meet again after 48 hours $ $!! % Twitter, Facebook and # to review the withdrawal ! & WhatsApp besides others, were process, Rajnath said. free to criticise the tion. Please follow the Officials said the two eyeball to eyeball confrontation sides will cease their forward Government. Constitution of India and the armies were monitoring the since May last year when the deployments in a phased, coor- However, fake news and law of the land (otherwise we withdrawal of tanks and troops first face-off took place at the dinated and verified manner in content fanning trouble will not will be very strict),” he said. from the south and north Pangong Tso. Moreover, both these areas, he said. ! ( ) $ $ be tolerated and the On Wednesday, his banks of the Pangong lake the sides amassed tanks and The Defence Minister !! "( ( ! ) Government will take strict Ministry had expressed dis- through drones and satellite artillery guns closer to the assured the House that India action, he said. This came a pleasure at Twitter for failing to imagery. They also said the LAC as tension grew following has not conceded anything in the North Bank area to east the outstanding issues were Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu day after his Ministry rebuked remove all of the over 1,100 local commanders of the two the bloody brawl at the Galwan while entering into the disen- of Finger 8. Reciprocally, the addressed in the future military did not allow. He said this issue Twitter for not complying with accounts and posts it alleged armies were already in regular valley on June 15. Twenty gagement process, adding there Indian troops will be based at and diplomatic level parley. pertained to national security its orders to take down inflam- spread misinformation about touch for the last few weeks to Indian Army personnel includ- are “some outstanding issues” their permanent base at Dhan “These are mutual and rec- and talks between the two matory contents. the widespread protests by commence the pullback and ing the commanding officer with regard to deployment and Singh Thapa Post near Finger iprocal steps and any structures countries were still on. Enunciating the farmers against new agricul- this exercise will continue in were killed in the incident. patrolling at some other points 3,” he said. that had been built by both Therefore, it will not be appro- Government’s stand on the tural laws. future too. Meanwhile, Rajnath in his along the LAC in eastern “A similar action would be sides since April 2020 in both priate to seek clarifications, he issue, Prasad said social media Prasad said the social They admitted this was statement on the present situ- Ladakh. taken in the South Bank area by North and South Bank area will ruled. platforms cannot give differ- media companies took imme- the first step in the long process ation in Ladakh said in the “It has also been agreed to both sides. These are mutual be removed and the landforms The mutual withdrawal of ential treatment while han- diate action when riots broke in breaking the impasse lasting Rajya Sabha, “I am happy to convene the next meeting of and reciprocal steps and any will be restored. It has also been tanks and infantry combat dling problems on Capitol Hill out at Capitol Hill in more than 10 months and said inform the House today that as the senior commanders with- structures that had been built agreed to have a temporary vehicles from heights on the and the Red Fort. Washington but ignored simi- the mutually acceptable disen- a result of our well thought out in 48 hours after the complete by both sides since April 2020 moratorium on military activ- southern bank of the Pangong The Government, he said, lar action when farm bill pro- gagement at the lake was a con- approach and sustained talks disengagement in the Pangong in both north and south bank ities by both sides in the North Tso began on Wednesday a was committed to freedom of testers ran riot at Red Fort on fidence building measure to with the Chinese side, we have Lake area so as to address and area will be removed,” Singh Bank, including patrolling to fortnight after the Corps media and rights of individu- Republic Day. This double restore peace at the Line of now been able to reach an resolve all other remaining said. the traditional areas,” the Commanders of the two armies als, but it was equally con- standard would not work here, Actual Control (LAC) in agreement on disengagement issues,” he said. He also informed the Defence Minister said. agreed on January 24 to push cerned about safety, security, he said, flagging inflammato- Eastern Ladakh. in the north and south bank of Giving details of the pact, Elders that for the time being Later, some Congress for an early disengagement of and law and order in the coun- ry content, especially those More than one lakh troops the Pangong Lake.” the Minister said, “The Chinese patrolling by both the armies in members tried to seek clarifi- their frontline troops from the try. “Please don’t spread enmi- with the hashtag of Modi plan- from both the sides were in an As per the agreement, both side will keep its troop presence that area will not take place till cations from Rajnath but flashpoints. ty, violence and misinforma- ning farmers’ genocide. !"#$"% Bengaluru-Kolkata, Bhopal- Hyderabad); 3,900 to 13,000 s much time has elapsed (Varanasi-Jaipur, Ahmedabad- Asince the rescue mission Kolkata, Bengaluru-Bhopal); started to save the over 30 peo- !"# 5,000 to 16,900 (Agartala- he minimum temperature ple trapped inside Tapovan Delhi, Bengaluru-Jaipur, Tin most parts of the State is tunnel in Chamoli district fol- $ %!" Chandigarh-Hyderabad, likely to witness a gradual rise lowing a flash flood caused by Srinagar, Bengaluru-Chennai, Chennai-Lucknow); 6,100 to in the next few days, said the glacier burst, the rescue agen- Bhopal-Mumbai among others 20,400 (Ahmedabad- Regional Office of the IMD cies have changed their strat- — the minimum fare has been Guwahati, Bengaluru- here on Thursday. egy with focus on providing he Ministry of Civil increased from 2,000 to Chandigarh, Chennai- IMD Regional Director life-saving system, possibly to TAviation (MoCA) on 2,200 and the maximum fare Guwahati, Delhi-Kochi ); HR Biswas said that due to the pump oxygen, into the blocked Thursday allowed airlines to from 6,000 to 7,800. 7,200 to 24,200 rising tendency in minimum tunnel. charge 10-30 per cent more for For longer duration flight (Coimbatore-Delhi, Delhi- temperature (night tempera- Rescue agencies on domestic flights with immedi- time between 180 and 210 Thiruvananthapuram). ture), mercury is likely to rise Thursday began drilling ate effect while extending its minutes for routes such as Till date, the lower and by 3 to 4 degree Celsius at through the hardened debris in earlier decision of allowing Coimbatore-Delhi, Delhi- upper limits for these bands many places in the State in the the choked tunnel, rather than airlines to deploy up to 80 per Thiruvananthapuram, and Port were 2,500 - 7,500;3,000 - next four to five just shifting mounds of silt and cent of their pre-Covid domes- Blair-Delhi, the minimum fare 9,000; 3,500 - 10,000; days.“Maximum temperature is sludge heaped there by the tic capacity till March 31, 2021. has increased from 6,500 to 4,500 - 13,000; 5,500 - also likely to rise by 1 to 2 sudden flood. The minimum fare on all 7,200 while the maximum 15,700 and 6,500 - 18,600, degree Celius during the peri- In the meanwhile, the res- seven sectors has been fare from 18,600 to 24,200. respectively. od,” said Biswas. cue operation was stalled increased by 10 per cent and The subsequent bands are The airfare band has been The present temperature briefly on Thursday when the the maximum fares are up by for flights with durations of 40- revised upwards now as the trend shows that most parts of Dhauliganga river began 30 per cent. The price capping 60 minutes, 60-90 minutes, price of jet fuel has risen sig- the continue to remain 2 to 3 swelling again. was put on domestic flight 90-120 minutes, 120-150 min- nificantly since last May when degree Celsius below the nor- Rescue workers at the % # operators to keep the ticket utes, 150-180 minutes and 180- the fares were set. mal, said the weatherman. Tapovan site scrambled to safe- prices in check due to the lim- 210 minutes. The fresh lower The summer schedule While forecast says that dry ty, pulling their heavy machin- small teams to the rescue site Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel another body in Gauchar on ited number of flights.

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