THE TIMES OF INDIA, PANAJI - GOA MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 2021 TIMES NATION 7 Lanka navy arrests 9 India works to Pak tries to impede 26/11 attacks trial induct Russia Amid Show Of Terror Clampdown, Islamabad Ignores Delhi’s Bid To Facilitate Witness Testimony Indian fishermen, S-400 systems AP Sachin.Parashar Pak violates ceasefire in J&K sectors ment to murder, attempted [email protected] @timesgroup.com murder, planning and exe- cuting the 2008 attacks. Pa- damages their nets New Delhi: Undeterred by akistani troops violated ceasefire by resorting to unprovoked New Delhi: In the middle of Pmortar shelling and firing on forward posts and villages in kistan hasn’t booked Saeed, the threat of US sanctions, In- Islamabad’s apparent different sectors along the Line of Control (LoC) and the described by India as the Rameswaram : The Sri Vaiko slams Lanka dia is going full steam ahead clampdown on UN designat- International Border (IB) in Rajouri, Poonch and Kathua districts mastermind, saying there Lankan Navy has arrested with its induction plan for the ed terrorists, the Mumbai at- of Jammu & Kashmir, officials said on Sunday. However, there was isn’t enough evidence nine Indian fishermen and over Jaffna memorial advanced S-400 Triumf sur- tacks trial in Pakistan seems against him. seized one mechanised boat face-to-air missile systems no immediate report of any damage on the Indian side, they said. DMK chief and MP Vaiko to have hit another road- “At about 3 pm, Pakistan (Army) initiated unprovoked ceasefire Lakhvi got bail in 2015 af- for allegedly fishing in that from Russia. Ahead of the de- block with the Imran Khan ter the prosecution failed to country's waters, besides da- Mon Sunday strongly liveries beginning in Septem- violation by firing with small arms and shelling mortars along the condemned the demolition of government not responding LoC in Nowshera sector of Rajouri district. present evidence against maging fishing nets in a sep- ber-October, a large IAF team to India’s offer to host a judi- him before the court. The arate incident, officials said the Mullivaikkal War will be leaving for Russia later Indian Army retaliates befittingly,” a defence spokesman said. memorial at Jaffna University cial commission for examin- PLAIN HOGWASH: With indi- LeT commander has now here on Sunday. this month. The officials said the shelling between the two sides was campus in Sri Lanka. “I ing witnesses in Mumbai. viduals like Zaki-ur-Rehman been arrested and sentenced The fishermen were ar- All five mobile squadrons continuing when last reports were received. The officials said deplore the government Official sources said Pa- Lakhvi (above) and Hafiz Saeed to 15 years in jail for terror fi- rested near Neduntheevu on of the S-400 air defence sys- Pakistan Army also resorted to mortar shelling in Balakote, which launched its troops, kistan had ignored India’s still not brought to justice for nancing but this has nothing Saturday, Fisheries depart- tems, under the $5.43 billion Digwar and Kirni sectors along the LoC in Poonch district. AGENCIES paramilitary forces to bid to facilitate the ques- their role in the Mumbai attacks, to do with his role in the 26/11 ment officials said, adding (Rs 40,000 crore) contract in- demolish the memorial tioning of the remaining 27 India has described as farcical attacks. The US asked Pakis- that one boat was also seized ked with Russia in October erected within the premises witnesses in the case either recent actions by Pakistan kistan to prosecute Pakista- witnesses saying that they tan on Saturday to hold Lakh- by the Lankan navy. 2018, will be progressively de- of Jaffna University in the through video conferenc- against designated terrorists ni-American David Headley could be intimidated by In- vi accountable for his invol- In a separate incident, the livered by April 2023. The ing or by sending a team to for his role in the Mumbai at- dian authorities while they vement in the 26/11attacks. Lankan navy personnel alleg- memory of thousands of highly-automated S-400s, examine them. Pakistan judicial commission after tacks. With individuals like are examined. Pakistan is currently un- edly damaged fishing nets in Tamils killed in the genocide,” which can detect, track and de- has instead chosen to attri- Pakistan approached India Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi The Mumbai trial was der pressure from global ter- 20 mechanised boats near Vaiko said. "They can stroy hostile strategic bom- bute the delay in trial to In- saying the witnesses needed and Hafiz Saeed still not initiated after Pakistan in ror watchdog FATF to dem- Katchatheevu on Saturday, demolish the memorial but bers, jets, spy planes, missiles dia’s refusal to send wit- to testify within 90 days as brought to justice for their 2009 arrested seven men said onstrate “effective imple- the officials added. They also cannot erase the memory and drones at a range of 380 km, nesses to Pakistan. Previ- per a court directive. This role in the Mumbai attacks, to be directly involved in the mentation” of targeted fi- allegedly hurled stones and from our mind," he added. ANI will be “suitably positioned in ously, the trial was affected had raised hopes of some India has described as farci- terror attack. Apart from nancial sanctions against all bottles on the the Indian fish- the western, northern and by frequent change of judg- progress in the 11-year-old cal recent actions against Lakhvi, Abdul Wajid, Maz- UN 1267 and 1373 designated ermen, they said. Fisher- distress to the fishermen. eastern sectors” to cater for es and prosecutors. trial that has been marred by these designated interna- har Iqbal, Hamas Sadie, Sha- terrorists and those acting men's association representa- Meanwhile, the fishermen op- threats from both China and As first reported by TOI repeated transfer of judges tional terrorists. Pakistan hid Jameel Riaz, Jamil for or on their behalf. The Pa- tive Sesuraja rued the acts of erating mechanised boats de- Pakistan, defence ministry on August 18 last year, the and prosecution lawyers. In- has also refused to allow Ahmed and Younis Anjum ris-based FATF will review the Sri Lankan Navy, saying cided to strike work indefi- sources said. government offered to host a dia had later also asked Pa- video conferencing with are facing charges of abet- Pakistan’s case next month. damage to equipment caused nitely from Monday. AGENCIES An initial team of almost 100 officers and airmen will leave for Russia in the last week of Ja- nuary for training in oper- NDRF likely to get UN tag of ations and maintenance of the Daily Covid toll drops 4k migratory birds die “massive” S-400 systems. “A sec- ond IAF team will follow after a int’l disaster response force few months. With the deliveries in HP as Maha orders New Delhi: India could soon The authorisation will be beginning this September-Oc- be a part of the United Na- done by the Switzerland-head- tober, the first S-400 squadron below 200 after 227 days tions (UN) mandated inter- quartered INSARAG (or the should become operational by ANI national disaster rescue op- International Search and Res- end-2021or early-2022,” a source Amit.Bhattacharya culling of its poultry erations as the country's fed- cue Advisory Group) which is said on Sunday. PTI @timesgroup.com eral contingency force, a network of more than 90 The S-400, which will “revo- NDRF, is expected to obtain a countries and organisations lutionise India’s air defence ca- ndia recorded 161 deaths globally recognised standar- under the UN umbrella to deal pabilities”, will have missiles from Covid-19 on Sunday, disation later this year, a top with urban search and rescue with interception ranges of 120, Ithe first time in nearly sev- ranking official has said. related issues. AGENCIES 200, 250 and 380 km. en-and-a-half months (227 days) that the daily toll from the pandemic had fallen be- low 200, even as fatalities dur- Centre seeks ing the week declined by 14% ‘Will retrieve Kalapani as compared with the previ- ous seven days. reports from The last time the country- from India through talks’ wide daily death toll was re- FEAR OF NEW STRAIN: Passengers undergo Covid tests as they A worker sprays disinfectant in an enclosure of Assam State Zoo zoos of 7 states corded below 200 was on May arrive from the UK at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru in the wake of avian influenza outbreak in Guwahati on Sunday TNN & AGENCIES to reclaim Nepali territories 28 last year. Fatalities report- TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: Even as he reac- after Indian military forces ed on Sunday were the lowest was the narrowest decline in ported daily tolls in single di- TIMES NEWS NETWORK poultry farms. A control hed out to India saying he started to station there fol- since 151 deaths officially re- cases in six weeks. gits on Sunday, with only Ker- room has also been set up New Delhi: With seven wanted to be a real friend, Ne- lowing the India-China war corded on May 25. By comparison, the previ- ala continuing to report a imachal Pradesh on and a helpline set up so that states confirming outbreak pal PM K P Oli on Sunday in 1962. After the India-Chi- Fresh Covid cases too ous week (December 28-Janu- high number of deaths at 23. Sunday reported any suspicious bird death of Avian Influenza, the Cen- said Nepal will "retrieve" Ka- na war, an Indian Army bat- dipped on Sunday, when just ary 3) had seen a 13% fall, with There were 19 deaths in Ben- H4,000-odd migratory can be immediately report- tral Zoo Authority (CZA) on lapani, Limpiyadhura and talion is stationed in Kalapa- 16,513 infections were detect- fresh cases nearly 20,000 less gal and 13 in Uttar Pradesh. bird deaths due to suspect- ed. Gujarat added to the ca- Sunday directed zoo manage- Lipulekh from India through ni that Nepal has been claim- ed in the country, as com- than in the week before. For the first time in over ed avian flu while Maha- sualty count, with a sprin- ments across the country to diplomatic dialogue. ing as its territory,” pared with more than 18,000 The weekly death toll, seven months, Bengaluru re- rashtra ordered selective kling of bird deaths being submit daily reports to it till Speaking in the he added. on each of the last three days. however, fell 14% with 1,509 fa- ported zero deaths due to Co- culling of poultry, based on reported in Kutch, Rajkot, their area is declared free National Assembly, Oli, however, un- New cases of the virus talities reported in the last vid-19 on Sunday. The last growing evidence that the Gir-Somnath and Vadoda- from the disease. Oli also confirmed derscored that ties continued to decline in the seven days, some 240 less than time the city had reported nil virus may be spreading fas- ra. The Gujarat govern- In the backdrop of confir- his foreign minister between the two country for the ninth straight the previous week's count of deaths was on June 7. Only ter than initially feared ment announced the clo- mation of Avian Influenza in Pradeep Gyawali's countries had im- week. However, the fall ap- 1,748. The sharp drop in Mysuru and Tumakuru through domestic birds as sure of four bird sanctuar- Red Jungle Fowl in the Kan- visit to India on Janu- proved dramatically pears to be slowing down both deaths on Sunday was mainly among the state’s 30 districts well as wintering species. ies and the avian sections of pur Zoological Park, the CZA ary 14 and said the in the past few in numbers and percentages. on account of Maharashtra reported a death each. Several states that host all zoos in the state. also sent the zoo an action plan talks will also focus on the months. "We are working to India reported 126,043 fresh reporting 34 fatalities, down Delhi reported 399 new migratory birds deployed Common resident spe- for monitoring and surveil- border issue that damaged deepen ties with India based cases in the current week (Ja- from 57 recorded in the state cases of the virus, lower than rapid-response teams to cies as well as wild birds lance, advising it to maintain bilateral ties last year. on sovereign equality. In nuary 4-10), some 6,700 less on the previous day. Southern the count in Mumbai (657). keep a hawk's eye on their continued to sporadically strict hygiene protocols in all "We will hold diplomatic fact, we want to deepen the than the count in the previous states such as Karnataka (2), However, Mumbai reported habitats after carcasses drop dead in 13 districts aviaries. It said all droppings talks with India and our for- relationship with India in week translating to a 5% drop Andhra Pradesh (1), Tamil five fatalities as compared piled up in Himachal, Guja- across Rajasthan, where must be collected, disinfected eign minister is also going to the true sense and we should in cases week on week. This Nadu (7) and Telangana (2) re- with 12 in the national capital. rat, Rajasthan. Officials in the first few cases had been and disposed of appropriately. India,” he said. “Today, we not hesitate to raise our is- Himachal said 4,020 migra- detected less than a couple “All water bodies within are facing difficulties to get sues of genuine concerns tory birds, 86 crows and two of weeks ago. Poultry farms the zoo should be monitored back our land because Nepa- with India,” Oli said in his egrets had died in Kangra, have been spared so far. and artificial water bodies li rulers never made efforts address on Sunday. Hosp where babies died in blaze Mandi, Bilaspur and Sir- Samples from all the af- may be drained… Bird ex- maur districts. fected states have been sent change programmes (both na- Crows and other com- to the ICAR-National Insti- tional and international may mon bird species continued tute of High Security Ani- be stopped until further no- lacked fire-fighting systems: RTI to drop dead in Uttar Pra- mal Disease in Bhopal for tice). Entry points of migrato- desh, too, amid fears that tests to find out if avian flu ry birds to be strictly moni- Anjaya.Anparthi bird-inhabited wetlands is the culprit. The institute @timesgroup.com Wilful negligence will be penalized: CM tored. Aviary enclosures may spread across the state has already confirmed the be disinfected and all keepers hief minister Uddhav Thackeray said the government will could quickly become a presence of the virus in sev- Nagpur: Information ob- in the sections may be in- Cnot make anyone a scapegoat in the district general source of infection. Dudh- eral migratory Bar-headed structed to follow disinfection tained under the RTI Act has hospital administration over the fire tragedy, but warned that if wa National Park, home to geese found dead in the revealed that Bhandara dis- protocol and use PPE kits it turns out in the probe that the fir was a result of negligence, over 400 species of birds, is Pong dam of Himachal's which may be destroyed as per trict general hospital, includ- no one would be spared, reports Sarfaraz Ahmed. Addressing under "strict watch", forest Kangra on January 4. In ing its Sick Neonatal Care Unit standard protocols,” said the the media at the district general hospital, the CM also said he department official said. Nagpur, 40 parrots and five CZA. The states which have, (SNCU) where 10 babies died in has now entrusted the responsibility of the probe to Nagpur UP's first two confirmed pigeons were found dead a fire on Saturday, does not so far, reported confirmed divisional commissioner, Sanjeev Kumar. The decision cases of avian flu were at with symptoms of avian flu cases of Avian Influenza in- have fire detection, preventive rendered Dr Sadhana Tayade, the chairperson of the probe Kanpur zoo. at Kondhali on Saturday. and extinguishing systems. clude Kerala, Rajasthan, panel, nominal as she will now report to the divisional In Meerut, rapid re- Around 15 egrets and 11 Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Funds were sought for these commissioner. Dr Tayade’s appointment as panel head had sponse teams have been crows had dropped dead in five years after the SNCU struc- Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat come under the scanner, as she allegedly sat on the Rs 1.41crore formed to keep an eye on Thane and Beed. and Uttar Pradesh. ture was brought into use. proposal for installing fire safety equipment at the hospital. TNN Bhandara Municipal Council officials and the state PWD confirmed the SNCU al- Funds for fire systems were ant, who was also Bhandara so lacked an occupancy certif- not sought in the plan submit- district guardian minister, in- Back from leave, Navy sailor icate, which was mandatory ted to the state government in augurated the building in the for the structure to be used. 2012-13. Rs 1.92 crore was sanc- presence of the then MP, Nana As per information provid- tioned under the National Ru- Patole, who is now Speaker. ed by PWD officials, the ad- ral Health Mission (NRHM). A social activist from Bhan- found dead onboard warship ministration of the district Accordingly, PWD construct- dara, Vikas Madankar, told Rajtilak Naik general hospital had proposed ed the building and handed it TOI, “The district civil surgeon V Narayan & to construct a ground+2-floor over to the district general on October 24, 2018 informed Mateen Hafeez TNN building comprising the hospital in August 2015. In Sep- me under the RTI Act that the SNCU as an extension to the tember 2015, the then public hospital lacked smoke and fire Mumbai: A 22-year-old Navy existing hospital building. health minister, Deepak Saw- alarms.” sailor was found dead with bullet injury onboard the Brahmaputra-class frigate, INS Betwa, that was an- Enter politics, chored at the Naval Dock NREGA demand early on Sunday. His service our leader: Fans rifle was found near his body. Colaba police have filed goes upward again urge Rajini an accidental death report. File photo of INS Betwa and INS Talwar at Marmagao Port in Goa They suspect it to be a case of Subodh.Ghildiyal trends of past decade when No- [email protected] suicide, though no note has “Choudhary was found sailor, Akhilesh Yadav, was @timesgroup.com vember marked a dip in work been found. dead due to a bullet injury in found dead with a bullet inju- done from earlier months. It Chennai: Enthusiastic fans of Ramesh Choudhary, post- the morning hours of Sun- ry at INS Angre naval base. New Delhi: MGNREGA in was in sharp contrast to earli- Rajinikanth held a well-at- ed as an electrical artificer day. His service issue rifle He has shot himself with his December generated three er years when work has shown tended rally at Valluvar Kot- (Power) 5, had returned from was found next to him,” a de- INSAS rifle while on duty. crore more persondays than to peak till May before starting tam in Chennai to urge the ac- leave two days ago and was fence spokesperson told TOI. The reason behind the sus- in November 2020, putting to fall till October and then re- tor to reconsider his decision posted on the ship anchored “The matter is under investi- pected suicide was unclear. the job scheme back on an up- viving again in November, and take the plunge into poli- at the Lion’s Gate for the last gation by the police with the INS Betwa is the same ward graph after few months with the rise lasting till March. tics. The rally, which was orga- six days. Sources said that assistance of naval author- warship that had ‘slipped of relatively stable numbers The annual post-October nized without the official con- his colleagues did not notice ities. A board of inquiry has from her dock blocks’, tilted and suggesting that it may spike is because of the end of sent of Rajini Makkal Man- anything amiss in his beha- been initiated to know the and then crashed flat on her once again test the govern- farm season which diverts job dram (RMM) and against its viour. On Sunday morning, reason that triggered him to left (port) side while being un- ment with the demand. hands from fields to MGNRE- advice, attracted a few thou- when Choudhary did not end his life.” docked during a maintenance The flagship scheme GA work sites. The December sand fans who converged from turn up for attendance, his The unmarried sailor, refit on December 5, 2016. Two widely credited with rescu- results appear to suggest that various parts of the state. colleagues looked for him who had just returned to the sailors were crushed to death, ing the rural poor during the post-farm season has set in The slogan “Va Thalaiva and found him in a cabin ship post leave, hailed from while 14 others escaped with massive job loss in the pan- MGNREGA, albeit a month Arasiyalukku; Va Va Thalai- with a bullet injury, said a po- Jodhpur, the spokesperson minor injuries in the inci- demic year notched 25.1crore later, sending the rural poor va” (Enter politics, our lead- lice officer. His rifle was ly- said. Choudhary’s parents dent. Action was taken persondays in December as back to the job scheme in er) rent the air at the rally ing next to him, he added. and sister have been in- against three senior officers against around 22.2 crore in search of work. The fall in that lasted a few hours. On The colleagues informed Co- formed about the incident. in 2019, for dereliction of duty November. The spike in the work done in November 2020 December 29, in a statement, laba police and Choudhary This is the second case of a based on findings of a board last month of 2020 is signifi- led many to wonder if the job Rajinikanth said he would was taken to J J Hospital, Navy sailor ending his life in of inquiry which carried out cant because the job scheme scheme had the further capaci- not launch a political party, where he was declared the last 14 months. On Novem- a detailed investigation into appeared to be defying the ty for upward movement. citing his health condition. brought dead. ber 14, 2019, a 25-year-old Navy the incident.
Pak Tries to Impede 26/11 Attacks Trial
