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$ %'( $)   R                          been a top priority for the cur-   rent Government since it came nion Home Minister Amit to power in 2014, he said.   UShah on Saturday Decentralisation and devolu- informed the that tion of power have taken place Statehood will be given “at an in the Union Territory follow-    appropriate time” to Jammu & ing the revocation of Article Kashmir even as he reiterated 370, Shah said, noting that   that the Centre’s commitment panchayat elections saw over 51 is to bring peace and develop- per cent voting. Panchayats   ment “first” in the Union have been given administrative Territory. and financial powers for local nion Finance Minister Replying to the debate on development, something they UNirmala Sitharaman on J&K Re-organisation lacked earlier, he added. Saturday said the Union Budget (Amendment) Bill, which Now people chosen by the 2021-22 has set the pace for includes the AGMUT cadre in masses will rule J&K, not those aatmanirbhar and hit #$             !" the Jammu & Kashmir, Shah born to “kings and queens”, he hard at leader Rahul told the Lok Sabha that the said, attacking dynastic parties Gandhi for his “hum do, ture, raising allocation for have patience to listen to replies Modi Government’s top prior- in the region. Even our rivals humare do” barb saying he is healthcare capacity building on allegations levelled against ity is nothing but the develop- could not allege any wrongdo- becoming a “doomsday man” and development of agriculture the Government. ment of the region. ing in these polls which were for the country by constantly infrastructure, among others, “We need to recognise “You people are asking me conducted fairly and peaceful- insulting Constitutional func- which are expected to have a these two tendencies of the what happened after scrap- ly, he said. tionaries and creating fake nar- multiplier effect on the econo- Congress party... this makes it ping Article 370 in 17 months                   Work on two AIIMS in the ratives. my. clear that their belief in a while forgetting how three    !" region has begun, and the Replying to a debate on the With regards to increasing democratically elected families ruled the State for 70 Kashmir valley will be con- Union Budget in the Lok allocation for rural job guar- Parliamentary system is com- years!” said the Home Minister Narendra Modi Government is Premachandran. The Rajya do with Statehood, and Jammu nected to the railways by 2022, Sabha, the Finance Minister antee scheme, Sitharaman said pletely finished,” Sitharaman reiterating that the Statehood committed to bringing peace Sabha has already passed the & Kashmir will be accorded the the Union Home Minister said. said the challenges of the Covid the Government will allocate said. will be given in “appropriate and development in the region Bill. status at an appropriate time, He also gave assurance to the pandemic did not deter the more funds for Mahatma Responding to former time”. first,” said Shah. Taking a dig at Shah at one Shah reiterated. people of Jammu & Kashmir Government from Gandhi National Rural Congress president’s speech “You people don’t read the Slamming the Opposition point, Chowdhury said, “You He said the region’s Union that “no one will lose their undertaking reforms for main- Employment Guarantee on Thursday, during Bill properly. This is just about for objecting to the posting of claim all development in Territory status is temporary land”. The Government has taining long-term goals of the (MGNREGA) scheme for which he spoke about farm AGMUT Cadre inclusion in Hindu officer in Muslim-pop- Jammu & Kashmir has been and then took a swipe at the sufficient land for develop- country. 2021-22, if needed, as against laws but not on the Budget, she J&K and Ladakh. This Bill has ulated region, Shah said, “I am done by Narendra Modi. Please Congress and other parties — ment works, Shah said. “The reforms undertaken Budget estimate of 73,000 said, “He is probably becoming nothing to do with Statehood. amazed that you people are also claim Dal Lake was also which had backed Article 370 The Bill seeks to replace the will lay the path for India to crore. Hitting out at the a doomsday man for India.” You people during debate just now talking about secularism created by Modi,” said of the Constitution that gave Ordinance to merge the J&K become one of those fastest- Opposition, she said the The Minister said that the talk on Article 370. It is gone. but what kind of secularism is Chowdhury. special status to Jammu & cadre of civil services officer growing economies in the Government under Congress leader laid the “foun- It was only a temporary clause this?” The Home Minister also Kashmir — saying this was a with the Arunachal Pradesh, world, she said, adding the Prime Minister Narendra Modi dation” but did not speak about which you people kept for 70 He was replying to the slammed some Opposition temporary provision but they Goa, Mizoram Union Territory Budget has set the pace for “works for common people the Budget during the discus- years and now asking me when objections against the Bill members for their claim that continued with it for over 70 (AGMUT) cadre. Shah said the India to become aatmanirbhar”, and not for crony capitalists.” sion on it. the Statehood will be given raised by Opposition leaders the proposed law negates the years before the Modi Government expects that she said. In her sharp riposte to “I wanted to know from back. I am telling you the Adhir Ranjan Chaowdhury, hopes of the region getting Government annulled it in around 25,000 Government The Finance Minister said Rahul, she said the former the Congress why it took a U- Statehood will be given on an Assaduddin Owaisi, Manish back its erstwhile Statehood. August 2019. jobs will be created in J&K by the Budget has laid emphasis Congress chief was creating turn on the farm laws but no appropriate time. The Tewari and NK This legislation has nothing to Jammu & Kashmir has 2022. on increasing capital expendi- fake narratives but does not reply came,” she said. +  (      !" # #   $    )      *     !"#$% &'(            in India reported a decline in The World Bank report their income as a result of a road highlights the disproportionate        of SKM’s legal cell, said that a the police. Driving tractors, ndia has one of the worst traffic crash. The financial loss impact of a road crash on poor retired judge of the Supreme many of them reached the Red Iroad safety records in the for the poor amounted to more households that pushes them ha caracal, a medium size rotesting farmer unions on Court or high court should Fort and hoisted a religious flag world with a total of 1,50,000 than seven months’ household into a vicious cycle of poverty Twild cat with long black PSaturday demanded a high- probe the incidents to unravel there. fatalities and 4,50,000 injuries income, while it was equivalent and debt. It sheds light on the tufted ears, which is found in level judicial enquiry into the the “conspiracy” behind the At the press conference, in road accidents every year, to less than one month’s house- links between road crashes, some parts of Rajasthan and violence during the tractor January 26 violence and the another leader Ravinder Singh resulting in social-economic to 45 years. hold income for rich house- poverty, inequality, and vulner- Gujarat, has finally caught the rally in Delhi on January 26 alleged “false cases” against said that 122 farmers had so far losses equivalent to a shocking With the National Road holds. able road users in India. attention of the Government. and the alleged “false” cases the farmers. been arrested by Delhi 3.14 per cent of GDP every Safety Month underway, the As per the Road Accident The study interviewed Fearing that this species might slapped on the peasants. According to SKM leaders, Police in connection with 14 of year. World Bank in association with Report, 4,49,002 accidents took around 2,500 respondents, not survive for long, the Union Addressing a press confer- 16 farmers who had partici- the 44 FIRs, adding that SKM As per World Bank report the SaveLIFE Foundation, a place in the country during including 1,647 respondents Environment Ministry has now ence at the Singhu border, pated in the tractor parade are will provide legal and released by Union Minister for national non-Governmental 2019, leading to 1,51,113 deaths from low-income households, brought it into the ambit of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha lead- untraceable. In the Republic financial aid to all the arrested Road Transport and Highways organisation focused on road and 451,361 injuries. In per- 432 from high-income house- critically endangered species ers asked farmers who are get- Day violence, over 500 police farmers. Nitin Gadkari on Saturday, India safety, released the comprehen- centage terms, the number of holds and 420 truck drivers in programme for taking up its ting police notices not to personnel had been injured, The SKAM leaders claimed has one per cent of the world’s sive report on “Traffic Crash accidents decreased by 3.86 per the four selected States (Uttar conservation. appear before the force direct- while a protester had died. that “false” cases were being vehicles, but it accounts for 10 Injuries and Disabilities: The cent in 2019 as compared to Pradesh and Bihar representing With the inclusion of this ly and instead approach the On January 26, thousands slapped on farmers charging per cent of all road crash victims. Burden on Indian Society.” 2018, while accident-related Low-Capacity States and Tamil species from the cat family, legal cell constituted by the of protesting farmers who them with serious offences like And more alarming is the The study, released by deaths decreased by 0.20 per Nadu and Maharashtra repre- now there are a total 22 wildlife unions for any assistance. reached ITO from the dacoity and attempt to murder fact that 70 per cent of the fatal- Gadkari, reveals that more than cent and those injured decreased senting High-Capacity States) species, including snow leop- Kuldeep Singh, a member Ghazipur border clashed with to “harass” them. ities are in the age group of 18 75 per cent of poor households by 3.86 per cent. across urban and rural areas. ard, bustard (including flori- cans), dolphin, hangul, nilgiri tahr, marine turtles, dugongs to + )  name a few under recovery ,    - programme for critically- endangered species in the ( R  country. Though the International     Union for Conservation of Nature (ICUN) has not listed    these species as endangered as there is a huge population of he right to protest cannot caracal cats present in the Tbe anytime and every- African continent. In India, where”, the Supreme Court their number has gotten very said as it dismissed a plea low and hence they are con- seeking review of its verdict sidered endangered species. passed last year in which it They are a rare species of had held the occupation of the cat protected under public ways during the anti- Schedule I of Wildlife CAA protests at Shaheen (Protection) Act, 1972 found Bagh here was “not accept- only in Gujarat and Rajasthan. able” In fact, during the 2018 The top court said there tiger census conducted by the may be some spontaneous National Tiger Conservation protests but in case of pro- Authority (NTCA) just one longed dissent or protest, caracal was photocaptured only there cannot be continued in one camera trap from out of occupation of public place 150 camera traps locations for affecting the rights of others. the entire session in A bench of Justices Ranthambhore in Rajasthan. Sanjay Kishan Kaul, The location is situated in the Aniruddha Bose and north western part of Kirshna Murari said, “We Ranthambhore, this area is have perused the review peti- dominated with sparse vegeta- tion and record of the civil tion with thorny scrub, said an appeal and are convinced official from the NTCA. that the order of which Similarly an incident of review has been sought, does caracals attacking a man in not suffer from any error Mirzapur has been document- apparent warranting its ed by Bombay Natural History reconsideration”. Society in its book “Wild The bench, which has Animals of India” published in passed the order recently, 2004. said it has considered the The official said that the earlier judicial pronounce- National Board for Wildlife ments and recorded its (NBWL) in a meeting in opinion that “the January approved inclusion of Constitutional scheme the species in the recovery comes with a right to protest programme which will ensure and express dissent but with the species to have a separate an obligation to have certain conservation programme. duties”.      +,- ./.+       -. &/ ++P! 1 711 7 26N/8"1  OJ 2 A SAD UNNECESSARY DEATH +./8"2 5 7 1779  72 62  77121 1 12   7 2      :"  712  65 77    262  714 /+.' .  ;<=#= .1 2  7 2 5    2 0.=2112 1;5 7 15 7 2 113/8"O7/  227 01 / of the few movies from a list  7 7121 1 7   8 2 2 O7 4 1 751 126 5 26<7  5 2  of hundreds that are ingrained '662 1   26 </8" 27 7    6    < 712 7 6127 2 & (23! in our minds and will remain  68 2 2 O7 . 5. 7   1  5 77   2661126 5 264 (2(3! there forever. @1 116<1 116A" 12 15 2 51 7 @ 1132   2   6 15<   7 7 $& 53! 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tate Disaster Response Force S(SDRF) personnel headed by commandant Navneet Bhullar reached the lake on the Rishiganga river on Saturday. It was ascertained that a steady stream of clear water is flowing and that presently there is no danger posed by the lake formed by debris of the disas- ter which occurred nearly a week ago on Sunday. However, with the government not taking any chances, the SDRF has developed a manual early warn- ing system from Pang to Tapovan. One team each of the SDRF has been posted at Pang, Raini and Tapovan. Equipped with binoculars, satellite phones and public address systems, the SDRF & (   )"  *          $             teams will raise the alarm and     ,    alert people in nearby villages and the area upto Joshimath in case of any emergency situation. '!'!.R<#%# The Uttarakhand State 8*900$$ :;< /' '8 Disaster Management Authority (USDMA) additional CEO and "!8"."!( SDRF DIG, Ridhim Agrawal informed that the SDRF teams are '   maintaining communication $$      '''!." consistently via satellite phones. The teams will immediately pro- ' vide information in case there is  !"   (P'&& department reporting 44 fresh "!8"& case there is any rise in the level cases of the disease. The of water. #"$ %& & "#  department also reported the /"'*  In such a situation, it would '&    death of two patients from the take between five to seven min- disease which increased the !'R%49 utes to make people leave the  & Tripathi said that a total of 2046 death toll to 1,680 in the State. areas near the river. In the next  & vaccine sessions have so far The authorities discharged 47 few days, an early warning system    been held in the State. patients from different hospi- will be set up in the disaster affect- He said that 4,543 front line tals of the state following their Tehri reported two patients ed areas. workers and 379 health care recovery on Saturday. each. No new case of the dis- The system will alert the  ") workers were vaccinated on A total of 93,060 patients ease was reported from six dis- public via siren in case the water Saturday. In Haridwar 20 vac- have recovered from the dis- tricts on Saturday. These dis- level reaches the danger mark. n the ongoing vaccination cine sessions were held on the ease in the state so far and the tricts are Bageshwar, Chamoli, Meanwhile, Garhwal com- Idrive in Uttarakhand which day in which 1454 frontline recovery percentage is now at Champawat, Pauri, missioner Ravinath Raman held got started on January 16, a workers and 346 health work- 96.17. Two patients of the dis- Rudraprayag and Uttarkashi. a meeting with officials con- total of 1,08,774 healthcare ers were vaccinated while 786 ease were reported dead at The state now has only 637 cerned to review the progress in workers and frontline workers frontline workers were vacci- Sushila Tiwari government active patients of the disease. rescue and relief efforts in the dis- have so far received the vaccine nated in Dehradun in 15 ses- hospital, Haldwani on Saturday. Haridwar district is at the top aster affected areas. He directed jabs. A total of 31,860 frontline sions. In Udham Singh Nagar, The health department of the table of active cases of the that officials that keeping safety and 76,914 health workers have 348 frontline workers were reported 12 patients each of disease with 125 patients. in mind, the search and rescue received the dose of vaccine in vaccinated in 15 sessions while Covid-19 from Dehradun and Nainital has 89, Almora 82, operation should be speeded up. issues being faced in the rescue ject barrage. cleared of debris. Drilling has also the state. On Saturday 4,922 in Nainital 471 frontline work- Haridwar on Saturday. In Udham Singh Nagar 59, Seeking information from operation. He said that the res- The NTPC general manag- been commenced and in about beneficiaries were vaccinated in ers were vaccinated in nine ses- Nainital eight patients were Bageshwar 54, Dehradun 49, the various departments and cue team should not take risk at er informed that about 136 10 to 12 hours, the actual situa- 108 vaccine sessions held in dif- sions. reported, while five patients Pithoragarh 46, Pauri 31, forces about the efforts, he also the vulnerable spot of the metres of the tunnel in which tion inside the tunnel might ferent parts of the state. Meanwhile the number of surfaced in Udham Singh Chamoli 28, Tehri 26, sought information about the Tapovan-Vishnugad power pro- persons were trapped has been possibly be known. The Chief Operations patients of Covid-19 increased Nagar district on the day. Rudraprayag 19, Champawat Officer (COO) of state Covid- to 96,766 in the State on Pithoragarh reported three 15 and Uttarkashi 14 active   19 control room, Dr Abhishek Saturday with the state health patients while Almora and cases of the disease. *( 1 $        75     1  127 =  =     ") police, Nilesh Anand Bharne parts recovered so far have and other identification marks informed that the local police, been kept for identification at on the bodies are being pho- 15(126   ") Dehradun at 1145 hours to issued by the Ministry of Civil ith search and rescue SDRF, fire service and FSL community health centres in tographed to help in the iden- arrive in Pantnagar at 1230 Aviation. Wworks continuing in the personnel are continuing Joshimath, Karnprayag and tification. lliance Air, a wholly owned hours. Required precautionary area affected by the disaster on search, rescue, relief and DNA the district hospital in In the disaster affected area Asubsidiary of Air India Flight 9I 646 will depart measures are being taken with- February 7 in Chamoli district, sampling works in the disaster Gopeshwar. of Chamoli, 100 personnel of the Limited has announced that it from Pantnagarat 1300 hours in the aircraft as well at the time the death toll has remained 38 affected areas. The committee formed SDRF personnel, 176 of will recommence daily flight and arrive in Dehradun at of check-in, boarding and while 166 persons are still Of the total of 204 persons for proper disposal of the NDRF, 425 of the ITBP, one operations from Delhi to 1350 hours further departing arrival at the destination. “The missing. Efforts are continuing reported missing in the disas- bodies has so far conducted team of the SSB, 125 personnel Pantnagar via Dehradun and from Dehradun at 1420 hours aircrafts are being rigorously to reach between 25 to 35 per- ter, the bodies of 38 have been the funeral of 24 bodies and 11 of the armed forces, two army back from February 16. The to arrive in Delhi at 1520 disinfected after each flight to sons stuck in a tunnel of the recovered so far from different body parts will all religious medical teams along with two &&  airline will be deploying its 70 hours. eliminate any risk of contagion. Tapovan-Vishnugad power locations. While 13 bodies rites. ambulances, six medical teams    seater ATR 72 aircraft on the Meanwhile, Alliance Air It is the constant endeavor of project with more than 115 have been identified, 25 bod- The police are also oper- of the state health department, route. has also categorically held that Alliance Air to soar higher in metres of the tunnel being ies are yet to be identified. A ating a control room at the four experts of the ITDA, 16 fire  * Flight 9I 645 will depart the airline is strictly adhering the spirit of serving the nation cleared of the debris. Drilling total of 14 first information headquarters which can be service personnel and others & +& from Delhi at 0950 hours and to all government guidelines and connecting India and work has also been started in reports have been lodged in reached at 0135-2712685 and concerned are involved in arrive in Dehradun at 1055 and is following all the standard beyond," Alliance Air sources the tunnel. However, debris in the Joshimath Kotwali regard- 9411112958. search, rescue, relief and other  hours further departing from operating procedures (SOPs) said. the form of sludge resulting in ing the missing persons. At the In addition to this, the related efforts. *, $   backflow is continuing to pose same time, 19 body parts have Uttarakhand police is also in On Saturday, an airforce   a hindrance in clearing of the been found at various loca- touch with the police of states helicopter brought three pro-   >  tunnel. tions in Chamoli. Observing regarding the list of missing fessors from Indian Institute of   & 6   $ Meanwhile, the DIG (Law all the guidelines for DNA persons and identification of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, three   $  and Order) and chief sampling and preservation, bodies recovered. scientists of DRDO and one  ") spokesman of Uttarakhand the bodies and human body The ornaments, tattoos SDRF jawan to the disaster site. ?   fter a gap of eleven months,    *  Athe surgical processes and  ") operations would resume at the P        4 biggest hospital of the state in the      he State meteorological government sector, the Tcentre has forecast the pos- Government Doon Medical sibility of very light to light   5 6  College (GDMC) hospital from  ") '/" rain/snowfall especially in the / )0)1  February 15. The Principal of higher altitude regions of three the college, Dr Ashutosh Sayana he Aam Adami Party !S)' ! districts. There is possibility of 7 took a meeting with the head of T(AAP) leader Ravindra very light to light rain (upto departments on Saturday and Jugran has expressed deep '!.. "!. one centimetre)/ snowfall (upto 3  $   directed them to start operations concern about delay in the ' ! 10 centimetres) in Chamoli,  ") Questions would be asked from Monday. He said that the rescue operations in Chamoli Uttarkashi and Pithoragarh will encourage more adventure when the areas which our doctors and staff members of all disaster. In a statement he said '"(/!" districts-especially in the high  ") lovers to visit and explore lunging himself into the brave soldiers captured get the departments have made the that even after six days of the !"/!"' ! altitude regions on February 14, Uttarakhand.” Praging battle between the vacated,’’ he said. Rawat said necessary preparations. The disaster, 166 people are still 15 and 16. Dry weather is like- ith the aim to promote Elaborating more about it, Congress and BJP over the that defence experts Lt General decision would help the patients missing and the biggest con- M'/N! ly to prevail in the remaining Wadventure tourism in the XSO co-founder Raj Kapoor agreement reached between (Retd) Mohan Bhandari too of Surgery, orthopaedics, gynae- cern is the safety of the 30-35 districts on Sunday. Moderate state, Uttarakhand Tourism said “Being a 20-year-old India and China in Pangong has said that China should be cology, ophthalmology and labourers who are said to be  ' & to dense fog is likely to occur Development Board (UTDB) organisation we run extreme- lake area of eastern Ladakh, asked to withdraw from the ENT. trapped inside a tunnel. in some parts of Haridwar and in collaboration with Xtreme ly popular annual motorsport former Chief Minister Harish Depsang area where it has It is worth mentioning here Jugran said that the place .!"(@!)' Udham Singh Nagar districts. Sports Organisation (XSO) will events. This year we have Rawat has said that questions made its base. that the GDMC hospital was inside the tunnel where the ')" The provisional state capital be organising the Drive Ver. decided to come to would be asked if our brave sol- He said that it appears that converted into a dedicated labourers are trapped is defi- Dehradun is forecast to expe- 2.O Subzero Expedition Uttarakhand with our team. diers would vacate the posi- BJP leaders have special love for Covid hospital in March 2020 cient in oxygen and the work- '@!)"" rience mainly clear to partly Uttarakhand car rally from The drive will commence from tions which they captured by Jawaharlal Nehru as they are and only Covid-19 patients were ers engaged to rescue them "'"// cloudy sky on Sunday with the February 14 to 24 in the state. Delhi on February 14 and will showing exemplary valour and raising questions on the 1962 admitted and treated here. In have not succeeded in remov- maximum and minimum tem- Commenting on the same, reach Rishikesh on February courage. war. Rawat said that China view of the reduction in the ing the debris and reaching up peratures likely to be about 25 Tourism Minister Satpal 15. The 15 vehicles will move Rawat took to social media stabbed India in back in 1962 number of Covid-19 cases the to them. by breaking down of the degrees Celsius and 10 degrees Maharaaz said, “Adventure to Guptkashi on February 16 to attack the Union govern- and that time India was not hospital is now moving ahead in The AAP leader also ques- machines involved in rescue. Celsius respectively. The max- tourism is rapidly coming up in and 17. Next, the drive will ment on the issue. He said that militarily strong but now we are the direction of restoring all its tioned the officers of National He said that the biggest con- imum and minimum temper- the state and we are glad that move to Kausani on February when Congress leader Rahul strong. services. The hospital authorities Thermal Power Corporation cern is about the relatives of atures recorded at other places adventure enthusiasts are con- 18 and then to Munsyari on Gandhi questioned the need for The Congress leader con- started OPDs in the month of (NTPC) who initially the missing who from the on Saturday were 24.8 degrees sidering Uttarakhand as one of February 19 and 20. On withdrawing our troops from ceded that Nehru was December and from February 1, informed about a tunnel last six days are running from Celsius and 10.6 degrees the ideal destinations in the February 21 the cars will trav- strategically important Finger deceived by China but the In-house Patients (IPD) where the labourers were pillar to post in the hope of Celsius respectively in world.” el to Binsar and then to Corbett -4 area, the ‘bombardment reminded that it was Nehru were admitted. trapped and when the rescue safety of their near and dear Dehradun, 25.6 and 7.3 in Tourism secretary Dilip national park on February 22 team’ of BJP led by its who made up such a military The hospital would contin- team started its operation it ones but the way the rescue Pantnagar, 17.2 degrees Celsius Jawalkar said, “UTDB is com- and 23. We are thrilled to President J P Nadda unleashed build-up due to which India ue to provide treatment of was realised that no work work is going on, they are dis- and 6.3 degrees Celsius in mitted to organise and promote explore the beautiful state and an attack. “You take the shield was able to defeat Pakistan Covid-19 patients. Separate facil- was going on this tunnel. appointed as with each pass- Mukteshwar and 17.2 degrees adventure-based expeditions. are looking forward to a jour- of the army for attacking us. and is today in a position to ities for Covid and Non Covid Jugran said that the rescue ing day their hopes are getting Celsius and 7.6 degrees Celsius We are sure that these activities ney of a lifetime.” We are proud of our army. stand up to China. patients would be provided. operations are being hindered dimmer. respectively in New Tehri.      +,- ./.+   %

  '     5 $ (-85 $      /        and 160 respectively. employees have also been ties had canvassed vigorously candidates. The BJP leaders The spokesperson said it deputed. Around 19,000 police during the campaigning for the and candidates had faced farm-   0   +   has set up 4,102 polling stations personnel have been deputed to civic body elections in the state ers' protest during campaign-      and out of which, 1,708 have conduct free and fair elections, which will see assembly polls ing with the saffron party   *" Moga and 109 municipal coun- been declared as sensitive and said the spokesperson. next year. Several Punjab min- accusing the Congress of $$     Delhi campaign's call for cils and nagar panchayats in the 861 as hypersensitive, adding There are 20,49,777 male, isters including Manpreet unleashing “hooliganism” in Delhiites to step forward and day before the civic body state will be held on February that every voter who enters the 18,65,354 female and 149 trans- Singh Badal and Balbir Singh the guise of farmers. Several he first week of the Kejriwal share their experiences of Apolls in Punjab, the State 14 from 8 am till 4 pm. polling station before 4 pm will gender voters, totalling Sidhu had canvassed for the senior AAP leaders including TGovernment's Switch Delhi switching to EVs under Election Commission said that A total of 9,222 candidates have the right to vote. The 39,15,280 registered voters in Congress nominees. The SAD Raghav Chadha had held road- electric vehicle campaign #DilliKeGreenWarrior initia- all arrangements are in place are in the fray for 2,302 wards. counting of votes will take the state of Punjab for the civic and the BJP are fighting these shows in several parts of the focusing on electric two-wheel- tive, following are the stories of for the elections on Sunday. Out of the total candidates, place on February 17. elections. A total of 30 IAS or elections separately after the state and had sought votes for ers has garnered enthusiastic four Delhiites who have An official spokesperson of 2,832 are contesting as inde- The State Election PCS officers have been deput- former walked out of the the nominees of the main support from the public and switched to electric two-wheel- the State Election Commission pendents, 2,037 are of the rul- Commission has also ed as observers to conduct National Democratic Alliance opposition party in Punjab. industry alike as people have ers after the implementation of said that voting for elections to ing Congress and 1,569 of the announced February 14 and 17 free and fair elections, said the over the farm laws issue last The Opposition had accused started switching to electric Delhi EV Policy. eight municipal corporations of Akali Dal. The number of can- as dry days. Around 7,000 spokesperson. In these elec- year. the Congress of “misusing” two-wheelers in large numbers. Owing to the Chief Abohar, Bathinda, Batala, didates of the Bharatiya Janata Electronic Voting Machines tions, 50 per cent of seats have SAD chief Sukhbir Singh the government machinery to Since the launch of Delhi Minister’s leadership in pro- Kapurthala, Mohali, Party, the (EVMs) have been deployed for been reserved for women. Badal and other party leaders win these polls, a charge denied EV policy in August 2020, 630 moting zero-emission vehi- Hoshiarpur, Pathankot and and the BSP are 1,003, 1,606 voting. A total of 25,010 All the main political par- campaigned for their party by the ruling party. new two-wheelers have been cles, many EV two-wheeler registered and more are being companies have decided to registered every day, the Delhi aggressively launch new vehi- government said in a statement. cle models in Delhi. Praising 12#  +        The first week of the Switch the Delhi government’s initia- Delhi campaign focused on tive, Rajiv Bajaj, MD of Bajaj generating awareness on the Auto, said, “The comprehen-  ()  $      *" benefits of EV two-wheelers sive, pragmatic and progressive along with the benefits offered EV policy of the Delhi gov- aryana Chief Minister under the Delhi EV policy for ernment inspired us at Bajaj   *" HManohar Lal Khattar on those who want to make the Auto to accelerate our plan to Saturday said the present State switch from ICE (Internal scale up our iconic electric our more people suc- Government is farmer friend- Combustion Engine) vehicles Chetak as also to introduce Fcumbed to the coronavirus ly and will always work in favor to electric. electric avatars of our market in Punjab, bringing the death of the farmers, adding that Transport Minister Kailash leading 3 wheelers. We look toll to 5,694, while 261 fresh farmers are our brothers and as Gahlot said, “Since the launch forward to working vigorous- cases pushed the infection aware citizens, they should of Delhi EV policy, 630 new EV ly with the Delhi government count to 176,064 on Saturday, study everything, if there is any two-wheelers have been regis- to further the cause of a clean- according to a medical bulletin. shortcomings, then they should tered and more are being reg- er tomorrow for the city of Meanwhile, 57 health come forward to discuss the istered every day. Analysis by Delhi.” workers were vaccinated sec- same with the State RMI India reveals that subsi- Tarun Mehta, Co-founder ond dose on Saturday. A total Government. dies provided on electric two and CEO, Ather Energy said, of 2372 health workers and Addressing the gathering at wheelers under Delhi EV pol- “The Delhi Government has frontline workers were vacci- the foundation stone laying icy have made the upfront been rolling out progressive nated on the day in the State, 9< ceremony of Institute of purchase price comparable to policies for the adoption of said Health official, adding Business Management and top selling petrol two wheelers. electric vehicles. The Switch EV that 1, 03, 725 health workers '  Agripreneurship at Daultabad, But the real saving is in oper- campaign should revive con- and frontline workers have Gurugram district, ating cost. sumer interest about electric been fascinated so far in the  *" Chief Minister again reit- By switching to electric vehicles in the city. We have State. erated that the MSP system will Speaking about the insti- and manure timely and at a farmers’ and this does not have two wheeler, an individual can seen great response across As per bulletin, there are Chandigarh: Chandigarh on remain unchanged. Taking a tute, the Chief Minister said good price in the markets so a parallel anywhere in the have monthly savings of launch markets for the Ather 2335 active COVID-19 cases in Saturday reported 17 new coro- dig at the opposition parties, he that this would be unique in that he can become prosperous. country. Whether it is about approximately INR 1850 and 450X and we will open our the state, as of now, the bulletin navirus cases on Saturday, tak- said that the job of the oppo- Haryana and through this The Chief Minister said purchasing crops or giving fair INR 1650 compared to petrol experience centre, another said. SBS Nagar reported 82, ing the infection count to sition parties is always to crit- Institution, there will be ample that to meet the needs of Delhi prices for crops, the state gov- scooter and petrol bike respec- space in Delhi in the next few Ludhiana 30 cases, SAS Nagar 21,220, according to a medical icize the government's work, opportunities for sale and man- NCR, the farmer should ernment is leaving no stone tively.” weeks.” Many other EV two- 19, Kapurthala and Hoshiarpur bulletin. One Covid-19 related but while criticizing they agement of the agricultural increase production of veg- unturned for the welfare of the The environmental bene- wheeler companies such as 18, Jalandhar and Amritsar 17 death took place and the death should also know their limits. products. etables, fruits, flowers, milk, farmers'. fits upon switching to Delhi are Hero Electric, Okinawa and among fresh cases witnessed in toll stands at 345. As per bul- He said that opposition “At present the cultivation fisheries, milk products etc. He MLA, Badshahpur and significant. Gahlot said, "An TVS have already launched the State. letin, there are 123 active cases parties including Congress are area is getting smaller and in informed that ‘Haryana Kisan Chairman, Haryana Agro average electric two wheeler several vehicle models in The recovery count rose to as of now. A total of 35 patients doing politics on the protest such a situation we have to look Kalyan Pradhikaran’, has been Industries Corporation, provides a lifetime savings of Delhi.” 1,68,035 as 221 more patients were discharged after they being held on the three for the ways to earn more set up in the State so as to Gurugram, Rakesh 1.98 tonnes of carbon emis- Switch Delhi is an eight- were discharged after recover- recovered from infection, tak- Agriculture Laws. Congress profit by adopting new tech- ensure that the benefit of the Daulatabad, Additional Chief sions as compared to an aver- week mass awareness cam- ing from the infection, the ing the overall recoveries to wanted to implement these nology or to do cultivation in agriculture related schemes Secretary, Agriculture and age petrol two wheelers. To put paign by the Delhi Government bulletin said. Five critical 20,752, the bulletin said. A total bills, as during their tenure, a scientific manner," he said. being implemented through Farmers’ Welfare Department, it simply, we need roughly 11 to sensitize each and every COVID-19 patients are on of 2,33,067 samples have been they had also discussed these Khattar said that plans are different departments reaches Devender Singh, Vice trees to sequester 1.98 tonnes Delhiite about the benefits of ventilator support while 93 are taken for testing so far and of laws. The Chief Minister said being made as per the market the farmers. Chancellor, Chaudhary Charan of CO2. We can save our envi- switching to EVs to the envi- on oxygen support, it said. A them, 2,10,904 have tested neg- that there are 17 lakh farmers requirements and efforts are Agriculture and Farmers’ Singh Haryana Agricultural ronment by making this switch ronment as well as to make total of 47,09,119 samples have ative while reports of 81 sam- in Haryana and the State being made by the State Welfare Minister, J.P Dalal said University, Professor Samar and we owe this to our future them aware of the incentives been collected for testing so far ples were awaited, it added. Government has to formulate Government to track every that the Haryana Government Singh were present on the generations." and infrastructure being devel- in the state, it said. SR schemes for all. farmer so that he receives seeds is working for the welfare of occasion. Responding to Switch oped under Delhi’s EV policy.     " :3$ 3&!

  *" MLAs of the State. regarding the ongoing farmers' required amendments. I am Their suggestions and their agitation, Khattar said, “the hopeful that soon the issue 9&'($$& '/ aryana Chief Minister expectations regarding the Central Government is clearly would be resolved", he said. HManohar Lal Khattar held development of their areas of the view that the three The MPs who participated   *" a pre-Budget meeting with the would be incorporated in the Agricultural laws are for the in the meeting include Rattan '   2 /1      2  MPs of the state at the resi- State Budget, he said. benefit of the farmers and will Lal Kataria, Union Minister of ukhwinder, the main dence of Ambala MP and Addressing media persons certainly boost the economic State for Social Justice and Saccused in the murder of 7 6<57   7 21  26 Union Minister of State for Jal after the meeting, the chief prosperity of the agricultural Empowerment Krishan Pal five people at a wrestling acad- Shakti and Social Justice and minister said that during the sector. Some people are protest- Gurjar, Arvind Kumar Sharma, emy (akhara) in Haryana's     2 7    7622  Empowerment, Rattan Lal pre-Budget meeting, various incorporated in the upcoming ing just for the sake of protest Dharambir Singh, Ramesh Rohtak was on Saturday arrest- 2 12   4'  /1  < 12 Kataria in New Delhi and said discussions were held with the State Budget. Besides this, and it also shows their vested Chander Kaushik, Nayab Singh ed from Samaypur Badli by the like previous year, this year too, MPs regarding their require- discussions were also held with political intent. However, if Saini, Sanjay Bhatia, Brijendra Delhi Police in a joint operation  5 5 71    2 /1  < the State Budget would be pre- ments and expectations for MPs regarding increasing through positive dialogue, any Singh and Sunita Duggal. Rajy with Haryana Police, officials pared and presented after hold- the development of their Haryana's participation in the amendment in these laws is Sabha MPs, Lt Gen Dr DP Vats said. 7 6 626 2 2   1 121  ing discussions and seeking respective Constituencies. Union Budget, informed the required, then the Central (Retd.), Dushyant Gautam and "He would be produced in 7 6 262   7 65 suggestions from public repre- The suggestions given by Chief Minister. Government is and will always Ram Chander Jangra were also court and then handed over to sentatives including MPs and the MPs would definitely be Responding to queries be ready for making the present. the Haryana police," said a senior police officer. The were injured in the crime. Sharma said. However, the SP Haryana Police were tailing the Earlier the Haryana Police said he is not in a position to @6 : 1:   7 accused, himself a wrestling had announced a reward of Rs tell the motive of the crime. “It O   A B        P coach and there were inputs 1 lakh for the prime suspect is a matter of investigation,” he that he was hiding in the Sukhwinder and also consti- said, adding that no eyewitness 12 21  Chandigarh: Afraid of losing "The Centre has made these  +10 walking out of the alliance on the national Capital. The Delhi tuted a Special Investigation has come forward as of now. the vote bank owing to the legislations. Either the govern- 3+1 farmers' issue and 'clinging to Police, along with members of Team. “As per the feedback we   12< much delay in resolving the issue ment should resolve this issue or )1+0+1 power'. the Haryana Police, succeeded Superintendent of Police got, there should be more eye- of those farmers protesting all the 10 Lok Sabha MPs from 1'67 In an alliance, the JJP in identifying the location of Rahul Sharma earlier told the witnesses there,” he said. On 1 5 27 7 against the Centre's three agri- Haryana or all the 5 Rajya 5810 1+19 extended support to the BJP, the accused and finally arrest- reporters in Rohtak that the the number of bullets fired, cultural laws, the BJP-led coali- Sabha members resign who :00113+ which had won 40 seats, six ed him. main accused, Sukhvinder, had Sharma said, “The post-   *" tion partner JJP's leader Ajay have endorsed these laws," he +1 short of the majority mark. Coach Manoj Malik, his been working as a wrestling mortem of the dead is going on. Chautala on Saturday said that said. day one that the problem can be The JJP -- a defector of the wife Sakshi Malik and three coach at the college's gymna- Anything can be said about the pset with the prospect of withdrawing the Haryana gov- Without mincing words, resolved only by talks. Farmers state's once prominent regional other wrestlers were allegedly sium. After receiving some number of bullet injuries only Ureceiving her wedding ernment's support "will not the senior Chautala, who is on had started with certain issues outfit gunned down at an akhara on complaints, Manoj Malik had after the post-mortem. Before guests at her residence in a serve any purpose". parole from Tihar Jail the teach- and clarifications have been (INLD), is primarily a rural Jat- Friday evening by wrestling terminated his services, said this, it will be very difficult to water-logged area, a Faridabad His reaction came after he ers' recruitment case, clarified, "I given by the Agriculture centric party with the farmers as coach Sukhwinder in a fit of Sharma. “Prima facie, because say how many shots were fired.” woman took to Twitter to was asked whether Deputy Chief had said this earlier too that I Minister Narendra Singh Tomar. its core vote bank. The Jat, a rage over his suspension from of this grudge, he (Sukhvinder) Sharma said Sukhvinder, a apprise Haryana Chief Minister Minister Dushyant Chautala would not take a minute." Prime Minister Narendra Modi dominant farming community, the job. Police said the pre- committed the crime,” said resident of Gohana, did not Manohar Lal Khattar of her and other Ministers from the Responding to the resigna- has said that the government is comprises 28 per cent of the liminary investigation indicat- Sharma. have any licensed weapon. It is predicament and the problem (JJP) will tion of Indian National Lok Dal's ready to resolve the issue. If peo- state's population. ed that Manoj had got The SP said as per available being investigated by the col- disappeared in a jiffy. resign from the BJP lone legislator and his elder ple are still not satisfied, then The current strength of the Sukhwinder terminated from information as of now, there lege authorities whether The Social Media Government as the pressure brother Abhay Singh Chautala's what can be done. They should 90-member Assembly is 88 the job on a complaint. was only one accused but he Sukhvinder was given appoint- Grievance Tracker (SMGT) was mounting on withdrawing resignation from the state go and hold discussions with the members with the resignation of The dead include Manoj, a also did not rule out the pos- ment in written or on contract. team of the Haryana govern- the support of the farm laws. assembly in protest against the government. There can be solu- INLD's Abhay Chautala and resident of Saragthala village in sibility of the involvement of “We are collecting documents. ment immediately forwarded "Dushyant's resignation is farm laws, Ajay Chautala said, tions only when both sides bend disqualification of Congress' Sonepat, his wife Sakshi, Pooja, some other people. Police are Whether he was conveyed in the would-be bride’s tweet to lying in my pocket and I can give "No purpose is served with his a little." Pradeep Chaudhary after he wrestling coach Satish Kumar collecting evidence from the written about his termination relevant authorities and the it immediately if it serves any resignation." The JJP has been facing crit- was sentenced to three-year and Pradeep Malik. Sakshi's crime scene and the CCTV of services or was communi- problem was taken care of purpose," he told the media. "I have been saying from icism within the party for not imprisonment. IANS three-year-old son and Amarjit footage is also being collected, cated verbally,” the SP said. immediately, days before her scheduled marriage on February 16, an official state- *  16 17     ment said on Saturday. -./ &,0'1* Khattar’s IT Consultant Dhruv Majumdar said 7 77  2 7112 Faridabad’s Parvatiya Colony   ( informed the Governor about the his- resident Kamini’s wedding was torical background of Barog station and be prepared for stopping and scheduled to be held on imachal Governor Bandaru also about Colonel Barog and British $$    *O @ maintenance of these buses, all February 16. But she was upset HDattatraya on Saturday enjoyed a officer Harrington. these points are mentioned in with the prospect of receiving rail car journey from Shimla to Kalka The Governor also enquired of the haziabad Municipal the DPR in a series, said offi- her guests at her residence in a with family members. During the jour- Nails Token Instrument system, with GCorporation is going to cial. water-logged area and she ney, he also stayed for a short period at the help of which the train runs. He said start electric buses service in “The bus route has been raised her concerns on Twitter Barog and visited the railway station and the Shimla-Kalka railway track was an the city very soon. The kept from Noida to Ghaziabad on February 10, said received information about this his- international heritage and was truly a Corporation has sent a also to Noida City Center. A Majumdar. In fact, she had spe- torical station. center of attraction. He expressed sat- detailed project report (DPR) charging station is also being cially created an account on the Governor and Lady Governor isfaction over the cleanliness and main- of Rs 27 crore to the Uttar built in the Vijayanagar to social networking site to tweet Vasantha Bandaru were welcomed at tenance of Barog railway station. He Pradesh government to build charge batteries of electric in this regard, he added. Barog by Station Superintendent said that this station should be further a bus shelter. buses. Earlier it was planned to While speaking to media Dharam Dutt Upadhyay. The Governor developed and additional facilities The approval of DPR will be built at Hindon Vihar in persons later, Kamini's moth- visited the office building and tunnel should be provided so that more and be received by the first fort- Meerut Tiraha but in view of er too expressed gratitude to and with keen interest attained knowl- more tourists could visit this place and night of March and these traffic problems place has the chief minister for the quick edge regarding the same. This office which would also give a further boost buses will be run on 10 routes been shifted to Vijayanagar,” action. building was built in 1902. Upadhyay to the tourism activities in the State. in the city, 52 bus shelters will he said.      +,- ./.+ ' 2

-&9 /  $A5#$4 A    $     " $               3 (   ;"5        fter holding meetings with manders of the two countries, Aa number of stakeholders the defence ministry said on engaged in the agriculture sec- Friday. filed chargesheet against six tor including Amul, ITC and The statement by the min- Hizb-ul-Mujahideen terror- Farmer Producer istry came hours after Congress ists for their role in this Organisations (FPOs), the leader Rahul Gandhi alleged attack. Supreme Court-appointed that the Government has The accused Naveed expert committee is likely to “ceded” Indian territory to Mushtaq Shah alias Naveed reach out to protesting farmer China and raised questions Babu is a former constable of unions to take their viewpoints over the agreement on the dis- Jammu and Kashmir police. over the three farm legislations. engagement process.   He had decamped with arms Top sources said that the com- The ministry also dubbed and ammunition in 2017, mittee is expected to invite agi- as “categorically false” the asser- he National Investigation when he was posted as a tating farmers for discussion &&   off, militaries of Indian and tion that Indian territory is up TAgency (NIA) on guard in FCI, Budgam. After after next week. The protesting agrarian laws but also gave sug- China reached an agreement to Finger 4 in the Pangong Tso Saturday filed a supplemen- deserting the force he had farmers under the banner of    & gestions to improve the imple- he parliamentary standing on disengagement in the north area, adding the permanent tary chargesheet against Hizb- joined the terrorist group Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM)  3 mentation of the laws. Tcommittee on defence and south banks of Pangong posts of both sides in the area ul-Mujahideen terrorist Hizb-ul-Mujahideen and - has refused to talk to the com-   The Committee has held intends to visit the Galwan lake that mandates both sides are “longstanding and well- Naveed Mushtaq Shah, alias became an active terrorist, the mittee -continue to protest at   nine rounds of deliberations Valley and the Pangong lake in to cease forward deployment of established”. Naveed Babu, before the NIA said. Delhi’s borders - Tikri, Singhu, with stakeholders engaged the eastern Ladakh region troops in a “phased, coordi- “India has not conceded Special NIA Court, Jammu “Investigation has estab- and Ghazipur for over 80 days.  45.67 directly or indirectly in the which has been witness to a nated and verifiable” manner. any territory as a result of this under various Ranbir Penal lished that accused Naveed On the other hand, BJP    & agriculture sector so far. The violent stand-off between the On Thursday, Defence agreement. On the contrary, it Code sections and Explosive Mushtaq Shah was actively MP Subramanian Swamy took   & three-member committee has troops of India and China, Minister Rajnath Singh made has enforced observance and Substances Act besides involved in the planning and to Twitter on Saturday to crit-     been holding consultations sources said. a detailed statement in respect for LAC and prevent- Kashmir Public Property execution of the attack on the icise the Centre’s treatment of  with stakeholders, both online However, it may seek the Parliament on the disengage- ed any unilateral change in the (Prevention of Damage) Act CRPF convoy in Banihal the farmers’ agitation saying the and in person. permission of the Government ment pact. status quo,” the ministry said in and Unlawful Activities along with other terrorists farmers’ agitation may soon The SKM has planned six before visiting the strategical- According to the agree- the strongly-worded statement. (Prevention) Act. Riyaz Ahmed Naikoo, Rayees become an international issue with 12 farmers’ unions and mahapanchayats or mega gath- ly-located areas, they said. ment, China has to pull back its The MEA also said the two The case relates to an Ahmed Khan and Dr. as human rights groups plan to Farm Produce Organisations’ erings of farmers over two The 30-member commit- troops to east of Finger 8 areas countries have agreed to con- attack on the CRPF convoy at Saifullah Mir who were sub- approach the International (FPOs) and representatives of weeks as part of its efforts to tee, chaired by senior BJP in the northern bank while the vene the 10th round of senior Tethar, Banihal, Ramban dis- sequently killed in encounters Labour Organisation of the 18 State and Union Territories add more numbers to the leader and former Union Indian personnel will be based commanders meeting within trict in Jammu and Kashmir with security forces,” it said. United Nations. He further of agriculture departments and protest sites. On Friday, maha- Minister Jual Oram and of at their permanent base at 48 hours after complete disen- by a terrorist who had explod- The deceased terrorists alleged that Chinese media are sought their feedback over the panchayats were held in which Congress leader Rahul Dhan Singh Thapa Post near gagement in the Pangong Lake ed an explosive-laden Santro Sahil Abdullah Bhat, Adil distorting the farmers’ agita- farm legislations in the past two Moradabad in UP and Gandhi is a member, intends to Finger 3 in the region. area to address the remaining car on March 30, 2019 with Bashir Sheikh and Zubair tion. “Our I&B Ministry should days. Bahadurgarh in Haryana. visit the eastern Ladakh region Similar action will take issues, and added that no date the intention of killing secu- Ahmed Wani were actively see that it is effectively coun- The three-member panel Three mahapanchayats will be in the last week of May or June, place on the south bank of the has been set for Working rity personnel and waging involved in preparation of tered since Chinese media has interacted with a large organised in Sri Ganganagar, the sources said on Friday. lake as well, Singh said. Mechanism for Consultation war against the Government the explosives that went into influence in our neighbour- number of farmer unions, Hanumangarh and Seeker in The decision to visit these India has not “conceded” and Coordination (WMCC) on of India. the making of the IED. hood is considerable now,” he farmer producer organisations Rajasthan on February 18, 19 areas was taken in the panel’’s any territory to China by firm- India-China border affairs. In this regard, a case FIR Charges have been abated tweeted. (FPOs) as well as senior offi- and 23 respectively. Besides, latest meeting, they said. ing up an agreement on the dis- The agreement on disen- No 39/2019 dated March 30, against the deceased terrorists “The agitating farmers cials of state agriculture mar- one mahapanchayat will be Gandhi did not attend it. engagement process in gagement in the north and 2019 was registered at Police involved in the conspiracy. groups have been given invita- keting boards and private man- organised in Sirsa in Haryana The panel’’s visit to the Line Pangong Tso in eastern south banks of Pangong lake Station Banihal, Ramban. The Charges have been tions in the past but they dis to understand their points on February 22 to decide the of Actual Control (LAC) Ladakh, and other outstanding mandates both Chinese and NIA re-registered the case as framed by the NIA Court refused. Now, the committee of view on the contentious further course of the agitation. depends on the approval from “problems” including in Indian sides to “cease” for- RC-3/2019/NIA/JMU on against the six accused will again try to reach out the farm laws. According to the At present, the talks between the government, the sources Depsang, Hot Springs ad Gogra ward deployment of troops in April 15, 2019 and took over chargesheeted earlier. agitating farmers to seek their agriculture ministry, during the Union Government and the added. will be taken up at the upcom- a “phased, coordinated and the investigation of the case. Further trial is continu- view points, “sources said. The discussion, they not only gave farmers’ unions have come to After a nine-month stand- ing talks between military com- verifiable” manner. The agency had earlier ing, it added. committee has held meeting their frank views about the a standstill. <

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Fellowship (MGNF) pro- partnered with Kerala Institute skilling,” Skill Development shared from a Punjabi-lan- Previously, the Oversight gramme in all the districts of of Local Administration to and Entrepreneurship Minister guage online platform and Board had undertaken five the country. conduct capacity building pro- Mahendra Nath Pandey said. contained insinuations against cases, including one from India So far the programme grammes for district officials SANKALP (Skills Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh wherein a user had called for was working across 69 districts, from Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Acquisition and Knowledge (RSS) and Prime Minister violence against French and the ministry “is now Puducherry and Lakshadweep. Awareness for Livelihood Narendra Modi. 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Procurement operations clocked a net profit of 240 cr Pantnagar, in Uttarakhand paise per litre and diesel by 36 the national capital. of seed cotton (Kapas) under for the 3rd quarter ended Dec from Delhi via Dehradun from paise a litre, according to a price Kharif marketing year MSP are going on smoothly 2020. The net profit has jumped February 16, the airline has notification of state-owned fuel starts from October. “In the across many states. “Till by 123% over the previous said. retailers.This took petrol price ongoing Kharif Marketing February 12, a quantity of quarter of current fiscal, which The airline will be deploy- to an all-time high of 88.414 Season (KMS) 2020-21, 91,35,211 cotton bales valuing was 107 cr.The net profit for ing its 70-seater ATR 72 aircraft a litre in Delhi while diesel rate Government continues to pro- Rs 26,643.55 crore has been the nine months ended Dec to operate the route, Alliance climbed to 78.74.In Mumbai, cure Kharif 2020-21 crops at procured benefitting 18,90,736 2020 has grown more than Air said in a late night release petrol price soared to 94.93 MSP from farmers as per exist- farmers,” it said. ten-fold to 364 crore as against on Friday. per litre and diesel price jumped ing MSP schemes, as was done Thousands of farmers, 35 cr in corresponding period According to the airline, its to record 85.70 a litre.In 5 days in previous seasons,” an official especially from Punjab, of last year. The total income in flight 9I-645 will depart Delhi this week, price has gone up by statement said. Haryana and parts of Uttar Q3 of FY21 witnessed sub- at 9.50 am and arrive in 1.51 per litre for petrol while The government has pur- Pradesh, are protesting at stantial growth, clocking 2,415 Dehradun at 10.55 am, from diesel rate has risen by 1.56 a chased 638.57 lakh tonne till Delhi’s borders for over two cr compared to 2,137 cr in Q3 where it will depart for litre.The relentless hike in prices February 12, up 16.25 per cent months seeking repeal of the of FY20. On sales front, the net Pantnagar at 11.45 am and has been criticised by the oppo- from 549.30 lakh tonne in the three new farm legislations, sales of alumina hydrate for Q3 arrive there at 12.30 pm. sition parties, including corresponding period of the introduced by the Centre last of FY21 was 3.44 lakh tonnes The return flight 9I-646 Congress that has demanded an previous marketing year. year, saying those are pro-cor- compared to 3.33 lakh tonnes will depart Pantnagar at 1 pm immediate cut in taxes to ease “About 91.69 lakh farmers porate and can weaken the achieved in the corresponding for Dehradun, where it will the burden on the common have already been benefitted mandi system. period of last year. arrive at 1.50 pm. man. 6(  &*, $  &

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So we had a good few train- thoughts.” tear from days two and three.” attack he faced, the seventh one would be at the (1 55 6 662  1  R#< 712 ing sessions before today and According to Rohit, sweep is a The Hit-Man didn’t want to rate top of the list.  22 <2R; trained according to what were sup- percentage shot, which takes the any of his hundreds even though he On a hot Saturday, Rohit did two things at one 371Q1 215 ' 7 7< 1 posed to expect today,” he said. condition of the pitch out of the would know in his heart that this go.   15 27 7 =2227K 77 “When you play on turning equation. “Sweep shot is something would be the top most among his Firstly, he put India in a commanding posi- $63 15  72  =#9' 7   27 pitches where you have to be pro- that you know can frustrate a bowler seven three-figure marks. tion on a track which was way more difficult for 7   < 26  17 4 2  7 =2227< active and you can’t be reactive. if you are playing that very well. If “I am not going to rate any of batting than he made it look with 18 fours and two 1<Q1     79%4< 7 2  74 Getting on top of the bowler and you play that shot, there is not much my knocks because every knock sixes in his 231-ball knock. making sure you are ahead of him. that the bowler can do from there or comes under different kind of pres- Secondly, he put all the naysayers in their place Little adjustment based on that. pitch can do from there. sure and this came under different by scoring runs when it mattered the most. a classical off-spinner’s delivery from Moeen — “If it’s turning, then how much “It was a percentage shot to play circumstances. Joe Root was marvellous with his sweep shot flighted outside the off-stump and enticing him of it... Things like that before mak- as he was bowling outside off- “I am not the person to rate any during the first Test but Rohit was simply mag- to go for a cover drive only to find his defence ing decisions on shot selection,” the stump and lbw doesn’t come to play. of my knocks. Little disappointed to nificent with his execution on a doubly difficult breached. white ball vice-captain said. Only an odd ball he was bowling on get out like that but happy that team track on which he gave England spinner Moeen If Rohit played those sweeps in a regal man- Moeen Ali had troubled the the wicket where I wanted to use my is in a good position,” he said. Ali (26-3-112-3) a lesson in controlled aggression. ner, Rahane was no less classy in his drives — the The way Rohit put a big front-foot stride out- front and back-foot punches off the pacers and side the off-stump to sweep deliveries off both those lovely cut shots off the spinners were delight- Moeen and Jack Leach (26-2-78-2) will not be for- ful to watch. gotten by all who were fortunate to witness the Call it irony, Rahane chose a wrong delivery innings. from Moeen for playing the sweep and Rohit’s defence was spectacularly solid and was bowled in the process. %  $(% offence as assured as a safe house. He hit nine boundaries in a half- ) *+&,  Knowing fully well that the track would start century that came after a barren run   -  + 7 6 crumbling with the passage of play, Rohit attacked of seven innings. 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  However, the visitors appeared to clarify that they were appealing for a 83( $(((R ngland spinner Jack Leach, who catch off the glove and not the bat. Efound himself at the receiving end Seeing the replays on the big screen, of a third umpiring error on the open- Root was left unimpressed and the skip-    ing day of the second Test, compared per also raised the matter with the on- the DRS to football’s Video Assistant field umpires. Chaudhary turned down jinkya Rahane has always Referee (VAR), saying it is “still contro- that too. Amade himself counted versial”. Rahane was, however, dismissed by when the team has been in England were on Saturday left frus- Moeen Ali before he could capitalise on testing situation which is a tes- trated and their captain Joe Root miffed the lifeline. timony to his class as a bats- after a blunder by Anil Chaudhary On the stumping decision against man, feels second Test centu- denied them the wicket of India vice- Rohit Sharma, which also did not go in rion Rohit Sharma. captain Ajinkya Rahane after a DRS their favour, Leach said it was touch and Rohit and vice-captain review. go. Rahane added 162 runs for the “We were trying to get the third “Well Ben (Foakes) didn’t say it’s fourth wickets as India scored umpire to roll it through, they were definitely out, he wasn’t sure about that 300 for 6 at stumps on the first checking the LBW, we knew that would one. And then when we saw, we were day of the second Test. have been not out. We were just trying hoping... It was touch and go,” he said. “Ajinkya, he is one of our to get them looking at what happened Leach added, “They said they were over of the day when a Leach delivery Asked about his thoughts on how top players. He has done after the ball hit the pad. checking it, then the LBW picture kissed Rahane’s gloves on the way to the the day panned out, Leach said it was extremely well and played “It is a bit like the VAR today, still came up, we were saying no, no. We forward short-leg fielder Ollie Pope. a hard outing but felt they were still in some crucial knocks (over controversial, (but) it is what it is,” Leach wanted to check the other one. I got the As England appealed for a catch off the game. the years). He has time and told reporters at the end of the day’s play. impression that they hadn’t checked it. the gloves, it was turned down by the “It was a hard-fought day, we had again shown that when the batsmen who are currently runs because already the The Decision Review System (DRS) “There is nothing I can do about it, on-field umpire before Chaudhary also to be patient throughout. We got a cou- team needs a batsman to stand batting (Rishabh) Pant and rough patches have been cre- referral, which they had lost after at that time I was angry but to get rejected the review thinking that the ball ple of wickets towards the end and it was up, he has done that many Axar (Patel), make as many ated.” Rahane was adjudged not out by the Rahane’s wicket in the next over made had landed outside the leg-stump and good. With the new ball tomorrow times,” Rohit was all praise for third umpire, was later restored to things little easier.” that the visitors had appealed for an morning, we can get a couple of wick- his fellow Mumbaikar, who England as per ICC playing conditions. The incident took place in the 75th LBW. ets quickly and get back. scored 67 on the day. No doubt their stand was 7  G   crucial in the context of the match and Rohit acknowl-    -'-.      edged that.       45 “Three wickets had fell before lunch and at the time    myself on this wicket. The key  Q Liton and Mehidy shared with the wicket of Liton, and he came to bat, it was crucial was to use good footwork,” a 126-run stand for the sev- Bangladesh collapsed after his for us to build a partnership. he strategy was to make Rahane said after the opening angladesh’s spinners shared enth wicket to reduce the dismissal, losing its last four We have seen many times, TEngland bowl to India’s day’s play. Bthe early wickets to stop first-innings deficit. wickets for 15 runs. when the team need runs, he strengths, said home vice-cap- “We had the strategy (on West Indies taking complete Cornwall strengthened But the spinners brought (Rahane) has shown his bats- tain Ajinkya Rahane on the sweep), we did discuss the control of the second and West Indies’ position by dis- the hosts back on track, bowl- manship and made runs in Saturday, quite pleased that game plan on this, and want- final Test on Saturday. missing both of the overnight ing with a tight line and length. difficult times,” added Rohit. his and Rohit Sharma’s plan of ed to make them bowl to our West Indies reached 41-3 batsmen, Mushfiqur and Offspinner Nayeem Hasan Rohit was slightly using the sweep shot to good strengths, good that the plans in its second innings at stumps Mohammad Mithun, after broke through in the fourth annoyed that there were even effect worked out just as they came off. on day three for a lead of 154 Bangladesh resumed on 105-4. over, dismissing West Indies talks about Rahane’s form had envisioned on day one of “I thought the first 20-30 runs. Cornwall had Mithun captain Kraigg Brathwaite (6) since he didn’t get runs in the second Test. balls were important. Then Nkrumah Bonner (8) and caught by captain Kraigg after video review. seven successive innings. Having registered 1 and 0 you get an idea on the pace and nightwatchman Jomel Brathwaite on 15. Mushfiqur Offspinner Mehidy Hasan “I don’t understand why in the series-opener, Rahane the bounce, you’re never in on Warrican (2) are at the crease. brought up his 22nd Test 50, then spun one sharply to these talks take place? But, found form with a 67-run this wicket, so it was important Offspinner Rahkeem pushing Cornwall’s delivery remove Shayne Moseley (7) for anyway, his knock was very knock, while Rohit shone the to be positive,” he added. Cornwall earlier helped West toward mid-on for a single. his 100th test wicket. Left-arm important for the team at brightest among Indians with At stumps, Rishabh Pant Indies take a 113-run first But he was dismissed by spinner Taijul Islam grabbed that point and our partnership an effort of 161, which includ- was batting on 33 and giving innings lead, claiming 5-74 as Cornwall soon after while try- the wicket of John Campbell, was also necessary for the ed some mesmerising stroke- him company at the other end Bangladesh was bowled out for ing to play a reverse sweep who scored 18 off 48. team and we took the team to play. was debutant Axar Patel on 5. 296 in reply to West Indies’ shot. “I think if we can dismiss a comfortable position till The two added 162 runs Rahane felt anything above 409. It was Cornwall’s second West Indies appeared set them for 150-200, we can cre- tea, because I believe 350 will for the fourth wicket. 350 in the first innings on this five-for in Test cricket.  6 5     C8   H  "AA for a big lead but Liton and ate the opportunity of winning be a good score on this wick- “We knew that it was going track will be a challenging task “The wicket gave me some Mehidy resisted. the match,” Mehidy Hasan et,” added Rohit. to turn from day one, obvious- for the opposition batsmen. bounce, some of the ball spun. lunch so that we can set a rea- Liton Das was the top- Liton brought up his sev- said. Rohit expects Rishabh ly (it was) good to win the toss. “Another 50-60 runs from I just had to work with that,” sonable target for Bangladesh.” scorer for Bangladesh with 71 enth test 50 with a fierce cut “Still anything closer to Pant and Axar Patel to bat as Rohit said it was important to here will be good, Rishabh is Cornwall said. 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For the consumer who We see snack time as our break from the rou- On a national level, Postcard seeks diversity, the shelf must incor- tine. A source of momentary happiness. We (www.thePostcard.in) helps in discovering porate local flavours which change in sync also see snacks as a complement or substitute local flavours of snacks, sweets and pickles best to with the seasons. Similarly, the health food for nourishment. These findings are direct or across geographies with a promise of authen- respond section must have options for vegans, gluten- obvious. And therefore, they are very signifi- ticity, quality and service. There are region- to this need. For allergies, calorie-conscious folks, elders, chil- cant insights into the changing focussed options such as example, there is an emphasis on dren, office-goers etc. The one generic nature of our lives. 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n 2005, India facilitated the his- toric Peace Agreement between the Maoists and the Seven Party Alliance in Nepal, ending a decade-long war waged against Nepal’sI centuries-old monarchy. A 5,042467 decade and a half later, Nepal and India hit the lowest point despite the two countries share close socio-cultur- al, political, economic, and strategic hidden push for a Hindu Rashtra in ties. Similarly, Karan Singh, who had Nepal backfired on India. India cannot successfully convinced King deny that its shortfalls are due to Gyanendra to accept the people’s short-sighted strategic interests and demand and pave the way for democ- lack of promised deliveries to Nepal. racy in 2006; visit by the Foreign For instance, in 2016, the Eminent Secretary S. Jaishankar to Kathmandu Persons Group (EPG) was formed to at the eleventh hour to convince the revise the 1950 Treaty and smoothen Nepal Government to accommodate border management. Still, five years the demands of Madhesis, was termed since its formation, the final report of as the ‘wrong advice.’ What led Nepal the EPG continues to dust in the to shift from ‘special relations’ with Prime Minister’s Office. Nepal also India to ‘conditional relations’ and waits for India to exchange the demon- forge strategic ties with China? etised Indian currency stuck with the Many such questions seek an Nepal Rashtra Bank. answer as one begins to unfurl the In contrast, the “Chinese have Roti-Beti relations between India and acted purely on national interest”. Nepal amidst ongoing India-Nepal There has been no compromise on fiasco. China’s security concerns looming The book entitled The Backfire in from a critical border between Tibet Nepal: How India Lost Plot to China by and Nepal. From cracking down the US-based Nepali journalist Sanjay 2008 free-Tibet movement to the sign- Upadhya helps find these answers. The ing of Mutual Assistance Treaty in book provides a detailed account of Criminal Matters in 2019, and Nepal’s Nepal-India relations in the last fifteen unequivocal support to ‘One China years. In his previous books, Nepal and Policy’, China has shown an uncom- the Geo-Strategic Rivalry Between promised bargain in Nepal. On the China and India from Routledge in other hand, India continues to misread 2012, and The Raj Lives: India in Nepal how Beijing sees Nepal — both in from Vitasta in 2008, Upadhya had terms of China’s visions of the past and carried ground-breaking works on the future. This complicates the core India’s colonial past and its impact on trilateral challenge: ensuring that Nepal, and Nepal’s geo-strategic loca- Nepal is not sucked deeper into the tion between two Asian giants. Unlike Sino-Indian vortex, only to be scorned his previous research works, The for aggravating the Asian giants’ Backfire in Nepal is a journalistic rivalry. account of Nepal-India relations focus- As the events unfold between India ing on China’s diplomatic and strategic cism was a beneficial ‘New Nepal’ President, Prime Minister, and Chief of Parliament, Oli was seen taking a and Nepal, the book could not have success in Nepal in recent years. China. the Nepal Army, allowing the former moderate view of India. However, it been timelier. The book becomes a Divided into seven chapters, the Between 2005 to 2020, Nepal has to make public appearances in these changed very soon after he reiterated must-read for policymakers, journal- book provides a timeline of events in forged new transit, trade, security and offices and advise on administrative Kalapani, Lipulekh as Nepalese territo- ists, researchers intending to know India-Nepal relations beginning with strategic ties including Belt and Road and political matters. Millions of mili- ries, and relocated Ayodhya in Nepal. recent developments in India-Nepal the 2006 peace-building process in Initiative and first-ever Joint-Military tary assistance from China have helped On the other hand, despite a tur- relations as it covers history and the Nepal which was officially overlooked exercises with China. Chinese invest- Beijing buy diplomatic immunity to its bulent relationship, India’s humanitari- most recent events. That said, the book by the United Nations Mission in ment in Nepal accounts for more than citizens involved in scamming, phish- an assistance to Nepal helps ease the falls short on the analytical front. The Nepal to facilitate inclusion of the for- sixty per cent of the total Foreign ing, and trafficking in Nepal. tensions. Noteworthy, India was the author has also avoided dealing with mer Maoist fighters into the Nepal Direct Investment in Nepal, which was While previous administrations in first country to reach on the ground dates which makes the reader seek dig- Army, their arms surrender and peace- once topped by India until 2014. Nepal strike a balance between India after a major earthquake had hit Nepal ital support that breaks the rhythm. ful conduct of first Constituent China’s annual aid to Nepal had also and China including Prachanda who in 2015. India has also supplied a mil- Overall, unlike history books, the Assembly elections in 2008. In the sec- reached USD 128 from a meagre USD stood as a staunch critic of alleged lion doses of Covid-19 vaccine and books’ language keeps the momentum ond chapter Provisional Posturing, the 20-24 million in the past decade. The Indian ‘expansionism’ since 1950, KP other medical assistance including for a reader until a few scattered pages author has beautifully portrayed the number of high-level visits from China Oli has used India’s 2015 unofficial medicines, ambulances, and medical of the last chapter: All in Mind, often free-Tibet movement of 2008, which to Nepal including President Xi’s in border blockade to his advantage in appliances. However, India continues repeating the arguments. The book is got China worried as it hosted world October 2019 amidst border row evoking ultra-nationalism based on 2 6:  to misread Nepal’s political develop- pocket friendly and most recent athletes for the Beijing Olympics. The between India and Nepal over anti-India manoeuvrings. Oli also ments. additions to the literature in India- unconditional support from a new Kalapani and Lipulekh, have provided holds India accountable for his ouster -7 /  Prime Minister Modi’s 2014 visit Nepal relations with a focus on China Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Kamala China with an ultra-edge in the politi- in 2016 from the Government, and  -   after seventeen years gap by an Indian factor. Dahal alias Prachanda in cracking cal and foreign affairs of Nepal. Most with his present tenure, he continues 819$ Prime Minister to Nepal helped India The reviewer is ICSSR Doctoral down on the protesters and arrest of importantly, the Chinese Ambassador to be revengeful. Meanwhile, post- “dispel many traditional Nepalese mis- Fellow, School of International Studies, Tibetan refugees amidst global criti- to Nepal has direct hotlines with the December 13 dissolution of the (! @A) givings about India policy”, but the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) 9> /       ?118@? @ 2@ 7O7!    * M .  / 7715  27 7 ?*16>965 -619< - *6169?@81(?9= 7 3 11 5  7 66 1  12  71   2  13 7< 7 "J'))"  ( %' %2(% ani Basu’s Shwet Patharer Thala (A (2 2: 2%( - ;<< Plate of White Marble) has in its three decades since publication got 7!8 :R7 7   2 <   B deeply embedded within the Bengali  23 6 26  64@15 6 6  67215 12 26 2:262 reader’s psyche. 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Many who would have been  52  2< 2 7Q 7" 2 < introduced to this story through the 67    7 61  7 26 6 57 movie featuring a sterling performance 2 1 13 3 6 6 7  113 by Aparna Sen as the widowed Bandana, -:7  2 2627 7   52 4 would nonetheless do well to read the 22(>&($5 book because the layers of the story with its depths and nuances are not always $ 8+?/8985< 618 captured in the language of celluloid.  ? &5&$!@), 6561=89?1 Bandana is married to the elder son .6.>8 - Abhimanyu of the well-to-do A 1?61=89?1 Bhattacharjee family of Shyambazar in have to bother about any restriction. dante who eventually raises her voice in Question) and the nonconformist Memorial could be seen like some mys- /18 north Kolkata but early in the plot the They were reserved for the women and Bandana’s support. But there is no easy Bandana of this novel, and examine how terious, celestial presence in the dis- %= $ 8 2% husband dies of heart attack. It is inter- women alone.’ resolution of Bandana’s woes at her in- these portraits of liberated women tance.’  2%( - .<< esting to note that in the movie it is a car The first knock on the edifice of laws’ till the appearance of an uncle, the reflect each other across the corridors of But most of all you read this book to *E@4Q44  2 < 6 6  accident which kills him and there are this stultifying tradition comes from nomad-like Somnath babu, who takes Bengali fiction. marvel at the many roles a strong 7 62  17 11  177  other such departures from Basu’s origi- her son Abhiroop, still a child, who her away from the Bhattacharjees. Calcutta, from the decaying splen- woman like Bandana plays as she juggles 1 6<  2 1  7   7 12 14 nal plot. Immediately after the husband’s suffers convulsions and the doctor Still, back at her own home, things dour of the ‘north’ to a ‘south’ of between mother, daughter-in-law,   7<2 17 6 7<127 2 2 < death the weight of patriarchy, personi- makes it clear that his mother’s sudden won’t be easy as with the kindly uncle’s Hindustani classical music concerts and oppressed widow, and finally an emo- 267 1  :2:  1 1 1 6 fied here by the father-in-law and the transformation into a white-sari clad passing and Abhiroop’s coming of age, busy flowing streets is also a character in tional connect with her son’s art teacher  51 4!  5 < 22157 acquiescing members of the joint family ascetic is the cause. Despite their reluc- new tensions begin to simmer which the background of this finely crafted Sudipto Sarkar. Which of these will 12   2 7<*E 2 6 26  2 of her in-laws, come to bear upon her. tance, her in-laws have to relent and might very well tear her apart. Bani Basu novel and often you want to linger and redeem which will break her apart or is  6 2 6   7  467 7 : Bandana is pushed into a life of forced make some concessions in allowing her develops her characters with love and a enjoy the passing scenery — the passage it some totally new calling, a wider street  7  721 12 71 I < austerity and abnegation where she has to wear a coloured sari but soon new kind of academic rigour which would of time itself, as the river of the narrative that will finally let her discover herself  615  1   <2 6 6 : 21 to wear white saris, live like an ascetic situations bring the clash with ortho- appeal to students of literature while draws you along: behind many masks? This engaging   16<526< 51 127<2  < and have frugal meals on the floor from doxy out in the open. pleasing the seeker of a good story. It is ‘The concert came to an end after novel has some answers which speak to 127172 77<51  <71   26 a plate of white marble. In the carefully woven plot appear also not difficult to draw a line connect- the Bhairavi Thumri. It was past mid- our time as it did to the one it so bril- 127 2 4@22 1  *EO7 The customs of this prejudiced other characters like Mili and Koli, two ing Tagore’s powerful protagonist Mrinal night. The roads were empty but well-Iit. liantly evokes. 27 12 5 77  7 267  155 26 12712  <' . 7 household are revealed at the beginning sisters-in-law of which the former of Streer Patra (A Wife’s Letter), The sky above was full of stars. Bandana The writer is the author of The 2  77  11 21   2  5 74 when the author writes, ‘The men of the becomes a conduit for the widow’s Saratchandra’s equally uncompromising had never seen Kolkata looking so beau- Butterfly Effect (Niyogi) and other works house, the ruler class that is, did not oppression while Koli is more of a confi- heroine Kamal in Sesh Prosno (The Final tiful. The huge silhouette of the Victoria of fiction and translation       uvitiut    !  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injiang has become an Mandatory Birth Control: The XAchilles hill for China. CCP’s Campaign to Suppress The indigenous Uighur people Uighur Birth Rates in Xinjiang” of this western province, the released by the Jamestown largest of the administrative Foundation, based in regions of the People’s Republic Washington in June 2020, says, of China (PRC), have had the “Natural population growth in history of discord with the Xinjiang has declined dramat- authorities in Beijing as the ically; growth rates fell by 84 strategically located Xinjiang per cent in the two largest  + borders with eight countries - Uighur prefectures between ++@1++3 Mongolia, Russia, Kazakhstan, 2015 and 2018 and declined Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, further in several minority 3180? Afghanistan, Pakistan and regions in 2019. In 2020, one 111+1 India. Uighur region set an unprece- Uighurs are the Turkic- dented near-zero birth-rate @1+?8=+:+3 speaking Muslims and Islam is target: a mere 1.05 per mile, 1#+ an important part of their life compared to 19.66 per mile in and identity. Importantly, they 2018. This was intended to be +0883+3 regard themselves as cultural- achieved through family plan- 0?111# ly and ethnically closer to the ning work.” people of Central Asia than the It has been found that ?+1 people of mainland China and intrauterine contraceptive 0+1 are one of largely persecuted devices (IUD), sterilisations 1+%:+3 Muslim minorities in Xinjiang, and forced family separations including Kazakhs, Uzbeks, came into force since a sweep- 0@?1 Kyrgyz, and Hui. Though ing crackdown started in the +0?@1?? administratively, the region, region in the later part of 2016. known as Xinjiang Uighur Thus, Xinjiang has become +=+:+3@1+? Autonomous Region (XUAR), a draconian police state. The ++81 + is autonomous like the Tibet local witnesses account of Autonomous Region (TAR), its intrusive state interference of +11?+3 administrative control is pure- the state into the reproductive 031@8 ly in the hands of the Central autonomy of the Uighurs and Government. There are Uighur other minority groups in the 13+ minorities also in China’s XUAR. And this kind of a prac- neighbouring countries such as tice has become ubiquitous Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and across the region. The Uighurs Kazakhstan. And some of Islamic terror in this restive Islamic practices like fewer And China, denies all such alle- third, stability in the region is for the XUAR, has dramatical- feel that one fine day all will be Uighurs are living in Australia. province. In the name of fight- mosques and religious schools. gations raised either by foreign critical to the safe rolling out of ly enhanced the security appa- exterminated from their home- The historic ties between ing terror, the Communist Even the Government depart- governments or prominent the signature project of Xi’s ratus of the province. land. Xinjiang and Beijing have been State is creating complete para- ments in Xinjiang have banned human rights groups. China prestigious Belt and Road There has been a wide- Recently, a legal opinion troublesome since the begin- noia among the locals. But the Muslim civil servants from has often blamed the East Initiative (BRI) or One Belt ranging international cam- has been published in Britain. ning of its accession to the many say that the ethnic ten- observing fasting during Turkestan Islamic Movement One Road (OBOR); strategic paign against Beijing for mas- And it has also clearly claimed PRC. The region had inter- sion brewing in Xinjiang is due Ramzan. A report published by (ETIM) and its followers for all crossroad for trade and invest- sive violations of human rights that Beijing is carrying out the mittent autonomy and occa- to economic and cultural fac- the Amnesty International stat- sorts of violence and sepa- ment in Central and South of the Uighur Muslims in this crime of genocide against the sional independence before it tors long aided by the author- ed that the authorities crimi- ratist activities carried out both Asia, West Asia and further to western province. Washington Uighur Muslim people. Thus became an integral part of ities in the mainland. nalised what they labelled “ille- in Xinjiang and in other parts entire Europe. has officially declared that international pressure is China in 1949. However, an The gargantuan develop- gal religious” and “separatist of China. In 2013, a car However, much more than China is committing genocide mounting against China today. East Turkistan State was ment projects propelled by activities” and clamped down ploughed into a crowd and all these, at the moment and and crime against humanity on Will Xi regime listen to all ,"," declared before 1949, but it Beijing, both to eradicate on “peaceful expressions of burst into flames in the historic even for future, Xinjiang is sit- the Uighur Muslims. these? Of course not, for now. could not sustain and finally, poverty and to attract huge for- cultural identity”. Tiananmen Square in Beijing. uated on the border areas of Just before Joe Biden took However, the best such con- the region had to be merged eign direct investment (FDI), This aptly demonstrates Even incidents of mass stab- India’s Ladakh region. The up the reins of the Presidential certed effort must come from with the PRC, then under the have brought a bunch of young how Beijing has come up with bing in Kunming and Yunnan eastern part of Ladakh became office, then Secretary of State international organisations iron rule of legendary Mao and technically qualified Han severe measures both to control Province in the past accompa- a disputed area between both Mike Pompeo said, “This geno- such as the UN, top human Zedong. But then a major fil- migrants from eastern parts of the assertion of the Uighur nied by killing of dozens by India and China since the cide is going on…and we are rights agencies and all the big lip to the separatist movement China to the XUAR. And the identity and to change the suspected Uighur separatists occupation of Aksai Chin in witnessing the systematic Western nations. came after the breakdown of central administrative author- demographic structure of the and their agents have alerted 1962 by the latter. And today, attempt to destroy Uighurs by China’s growth is not detri- the Union of Soviet Socialist ities have specifically promot- province. Beijing to spread a reign of ter- India’s border conflict with the Chinese Party State. Since mental to the global economy, Republics (USSR) in the 1990s. ed the Hans so as to attract With the coming of Xi ror over Xinjiang. China that has been continu- at least March 2017, the local but it must be ensured that it Also, these movements more of them to the Xinjiang Jinping to power in 2012, the In fact, the separatists’ ing in eastern Ladakh almost authorities dramatically esca- stays in the international arena received an indirect support province. This has fast changed state agencies in connivance killing spree has spilled out of for a year has made the XUAR lated their decades long cam- a law-abiding nation. The from the rise of independent the demographic scenario of with Chinese Communist Xinjiang today. And this has more strategically important, paign of repression against Uighurs must be saved from Muslim States across the the region. At the same time, Party (CCP) officials are fast fast becoming a serious con- than the TAR, for Beijing. Uighur Muslims and mem- physical elimination at best by Central Asian region. With the commercial and cultural making the province a fortress. cern for both the CCP and the So from this, it can safely bers of other ethnic and reli- the Chinese state. They all massive crackdown from the activities of the Uighurs have In this process, the central Chinese state. be said that the political boss- gious minority groups, includ- have the right to live the way Chinese State, the separatist been systematically curtailed by government is making several Therefore, this province es in the Communist Party may ing ethnic Kazakhs and ethnic they want. Their basic rights movement and its leaders could the Chinese State. This has vocational training centres in of China is on the top agenda tighten the security and mobil- Kyrgyz.” and freedoms must be restored hardly make an impact on the fuelled tension between the the name of maintaining skilled of both the domestic and for- ity of people in Xinjiang more The veracity and the scale and respected by Beijing. Else status of the province. local Uighurs and the Han workshops for the local eign security agencies. The than ever. of these intensive atrocities more resistance will grow for Why the XUAR is again migrants. Further the author- Uighurs. But many activists reasons are: first, the constant Interestingly, China has have confirmed as reported by sure from the Uighur commu- turning into a boiling point for ities have gradually increased across the globe say these are resistance coming from the been trying to impose strict the locals and some of the nity. China? surveillance and control over like concentration camps for local Uighurs; second, Islamic security control across research organisations of glob- Today, the Chinese state is religious activities by imposing torturing the Uighurs and pun- extremism that is gaining Xinjiang. Since 2016, Chen al repute. In a report called (The writer is an expert on all out to prevent the growth of draconian restrictions on ishing the erring elements. ground around the region; Quanguo, the Party Secretary “Sterilizations, IUDs, and international affairs) .1.* 8@   @ *      ,

uslims’ political behav- The entry of the damaging- reported after Independence. Miour varies across India. It duo Owaisi and Abbas Siddiqui The two-and-a-half crore P81+ customarily consolidates itself will surely create confusion Muslims of West Bengal, whose with the “secular” parties wher- among Muslim voters who ancestors happily rejected two %+3?+ ever the political race is direct- have significant influence on nations theory and chose to live % P ly between the secular and near about 100-110 seats in India, have equally and non-secular narratives. together in the State. Most admirably contributed to @+3 However, in States with more extensive districts are nation building. 01 multifaceted political compe- Murshidabad, Malda, Birbhum, Therefore, it is the pru- tition, they appear divided 24 Parganas, Dinajpur, dential and democratic respon- 331 + among political parties for a Bardawan and Nadia. sibility of every ruling party, be ?0@3++ variety of local or class interests. This is worth noting that it in the State or at the Centre, As far as the Muslims of Nadia is the place chosen by the to ensure the safety and secu- ?1?+8+ West Bengal are concerned, BJP to launch its Statewide rity of the Muslims of the 0+350 they have always played an Rath Yatra to gather public sup- State, as they have been doing instrumental and significant port. They perhaps know the for so long. Owaisi’s foray, first 1# role as voters. The Congress, importance of the regions in Maharashtra, then Bihar 50 the Communist parties and the where minority votes can sub- and now in Bengal, has worried ?1+? TMC have always earned con- stantially help Mamata’s TMC. the Opposition heavily as he siderable political and upright Muslims constitute 27 per paved the way for the BJP by +810+8 support of Muslims. cent of the population in the dividing minority votes in )1+0++ Since Muslims’ condition State and division of Muslim Maharashtra and Bihar. was quite backward economi- votes will consequently help the On the other hand, quitting  cally, politically and educa- BJP. On the other hand, the AIMIM to join the TMC, tionally, they expected consid- AIMIM’s aggressive minority Sheik Abdul Kalam, former erable sustenance from the politics will certainly suit the West Bengal acting president of establishment of all time. BJP’s aggressive Hindutva nar- AIMIM, shows the beginning According to the Sachar rative. This is why some so- of the confusions among Committee report in 2006 on called secular parties accuse Muslims of Bengal. the social, economic and edu- Owaisi of being “agent of BJP” This is just the beginning. cational status of Muslims in Scheduled Tribes in all spheres the minorities either in Bengal among themselves due to per- once again as Asaduddin and “vote katua”. The presence In fact, Bengal is most likely to the country Bengal was placed of developmental programmes. or anywhere else in the coun- sonal and political interests Owaisi and prominent Bengali of the damaging-duo is more witness a fierce battle in the in the category of “worst” per- In fact, both the try, initiated by any ruling par- have resulted in creating an Muslim leader Abbas Siddiqui likely to prove the political Assembly elections due in forming States. Muslims are Communists and the TMC, ties, have been termed as atmosphere of fear among have established an under- strategist Prashant Kishore’s April-May 2021. Additionally, largely deprived of the process though hesitantly and mutely, Muslim appeasement. Muslims that paved the way for standing to go together in the anticipation wrong where he Muslim votes will certainly be of economic development and tried to work on the Muslim’s For the deteriorated con- the political parties to treat State elections. strongly emphasised to retrain decisive in the formation of its benefits. upliftment to some extent so as dition of Muslims not only in them as mere vote bank. It is noteworthy that the the BJP to less than three-digit Government in West Bengal. Furthermore, according to not to be accused of “Muslim Bengal but also in other States In the present scenario, Muslim vote bank played an numbers. 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