Follow us on: facebook.com/dailypioneer RNI No.2016/1957, REGD NO. SSP/LW/NP-34/2019-21 @TheDailyPioneer instagram.com/dailypioneer/ Established 1864 OPINION 8 Published From WORLD 13 SPORT 15 DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL SHATTERING PAK BESTOWS MBS WITH INDIA SHOULDN'T PLAY PAK BHUBANESWAR RANCHI RAIPUR NATIONAL STUPOR HIGHEST CIVILIAN AWARD IN WC: HARBHAJAN CHANDIGARH DEHRADUN Late City Vol. 155 Issue 48 LUCKNOW, TUESDAY FEBRUARY 19, 2019; PAGES 16 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable BAYERN BRACE FOR KLOPP REUNION} } 16 SPORT www.dailypioneer.com Pulwama mastermind eliminated Major among 4 Army men, J&K cop martyred in gunfight; 3 top JeM ultras killed MOHIT KANDHARI n JAMMU SALIENT POINTS hree top Jaish-e- *The slain Abdul Rashid Ghazi TMohammad (JeM) terror- alias Kamran, an Afghan war ists, including a suspected mas- veteran, is believed to be one of termind of Pulwama suicide the masterminds of the BJP president Amit Shah flanked by Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray and bomb attack on a CRPF con- February 14 attack on CRPF Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis during the announcement of an voy, were killed, and four Army convoy alliance between the Shiv Sena and the BJP for the Lok Sabha and the Assembly personnel, including a Major, *He was responsible for polls, in Mumbai on Monday PTI and a J&K Head Constable recruiting, radicalising and attained martyrdom in a fierce training terrorists in the Kashmir gunfight, which lasted about 18 Valley hours, in Pinglena area of *The second terrorist killed in the For ‘ideology’ South Kashmir’s Pulwama dis- encounter has been identified as trict on Monday. Hilal Ahmed, a local Kashmiri One of the top Jaish-e- bomb specialist Mohammad Commander Abdul Rashid Ghazi, alias *A Brigade Commander sake, BJP, Sena Kamran, an Afghan war veter- Lieutenant Colonel and a Deputy an, who infiltrated into Jammu Inspector General of the J&K & Kashmir (J&K) in 2018, is Police were hurt in the believed to have been neu- encounter with the terrorists ink poll pact tralised in the operation, police *One civilian, believed to be the sources said. house owner, where these BJP to fight on 25 Under the seat-sharing for- Ghazi is believed to be terrorists had taken shelter, was mula arrived at between the one of the masterminds of the also killed in the day-long two saffron partners, the BJP February 14 suicide attack on operations LS seats, Sena on will contest 25 Lok Sabha seats, the CRPF convoy in Pulwama * while the Shiv Sena will field Flames rise from the house where the mastermind of Feb 14 Lethpora suicide car bomb attack, along with three other terrorists, were said to be hiding, during an Sporadic incidents of stone and had trained the suicide pelting were reported 23; in Assembly candidates for the remaining 23 bomber. encounter with the security forces in Pinglena area of Pulwama district in south Kashmir on Monday PTI LS seats in Maharashtra. In the Ghazi, a key aide of Jaish- election 50:50 State Assembly polls, the two e-Mohammad’s Pakistan-based the area at intervals. parties will — after sparing chief Masood Azhar, was The martyred Army men TN RAGHUNATHA n MUMBAI some seats to other alliance responsible for recruiting, rad- have been identified as Major constituents — contest equal icalising and training terrorists Vibhuti Shankar Dhoundiyal, India exposes Pak’s Jadhav trial lies fter months of posturing number of seats. in the Kashmir Valley. Hawaldar Sheo Ram, Sepoy Aand covert hard bargain- At a joint news conference The second terrorist killed Hari Singh and Sepoy Ajay Harish Salve urges ICJ to annul Jadhav’s death “Pakistani military courts are military officers who are ing, the ruling BJP and the Shiv addressed by the leaders of in the encounter has been Kumar. Major Dhoundiyal, are not independent and the part of the executive branch of Sena on Monday night came to both the parties, Maharashtra identified as Hilal Ahmed, a who hailed from Dehradun, sentence as Pak Military court fails to satisfy proceedings before them fall far the government and do not a formal undertaking between Chief Minister Devendra local Kashmiri bomb specialist. was married in April 2018. short of national and interna- enjoy independence from the them on forging an alliance to Fadnavis made a formal At least nine security per- Havaldar Sheo Ram (36) even minimum standards of judicial process tional fair trial standards. military hierarchy,” Salve said. contest the forthcoming Lok announcement about the BJP- sonnel, including a Brigade had joined the Army in 2000 “Judges of military courts Continued on Page 6 Sabha and the State Assembly Sena seat-sharing pact for the Commander, a Lieutenant and hailed from Jhunjhunu, PTI n THE HAGUE charges of espionage. polls in Maharashtra, after tak- Lok Sabha and the Assembly Colonel, and a Deputy Rajasthan. He is survived by his Ex-solicitor general Harish ing into account their “com- polls, in the presence of BJP’s Inspector General of the wife and a son. ndia on Monday tore through Salve, who represented India, mon ideology” and “national- national president Amit Shah Jammu & Kashmir Police, were Sepoy Singh (26) belonged Ithe “opaque proceedings” of said that a foreign detainee has istic outlook”. and Shiv Sena president injured in the gunbattle which to Rewari in Haryana. He Pakistani military courts which the right to life, the right to a A little over a year after it Uddhav Thackeray. erupted shortly after midnight, joined the Army in 2011 and is try civilians against the inter- fair trial and an impartial judi- had announced that it would “We have been together for about 12 km from where a sui- survived by his wife and son. national norms, saying the ciary. contest both the Lok Sabha and over 25 years because of our cide bomber belonging to the Sepoy Kumar hailed from judges, who tried Indian “However, Pakistan has Assembly on its own strength, shared ideologies and spirit of Jaish-e-Mohammed drove his village Bastikri in Meerut, Uttar national Kulbhushan Jadhav, sentenced 161 civilians to death the Shiv Sena came around to nationalism… In 2014 explosives laden vehicle into Pradesh. The 27-year-old are not required to have judicial in their military courts in strike a seat-sharing deal with Assembly polls, owing to cer- the CRPF bus last week, killing Kumar had joined the Army in or legal training or even a law opaque proceedings in the last the BJP for both the Lok Sabha tain reasons we had split, but 44 jawans. 2012 and is survived by his wife degree. two years,” Salve said. and the State Assembly polls, in later since the past nearly five One civilian, believed to be and a son. India’s plea at the International standards line with its insistence that the years we have been in the rul- the house owner, where these Their mortal remains were International Court of Justice require that military courts seat-sharing for both the polls ing alliance in Maharashtra terrorists had taken shelter, flown for the last rites to their came as the top UN court like all courts must be inde- be linked so that there is no and at the Centre,” Fadnavis was also killed in the day-long native places, where they would began a four-day public hear- pendent, impartial and com- misunderstanding between said, expressing his happiness operations. be laid to rest with full military ing in the case of Jadhav, 48, petent, and must respect min- Pakistan’s Attorney General Anwar Mansoor Khan, right, greets Deepak Mittal, the them in the run-up to the over the renewed alliance Sporadic incidents of stone honours. who was sentenced to death by imum guarantees of fairness, he Joint Secretary of India’s Foreign Ministry, as he presents oral arguments at the Assembly polls and that the between the BJP and the Sena. pelting were also reported from Continued on Page 6 a Pakistani military court on said. International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands on Monday AP issues raised by it are addressed. Continued on Page 6 CAPSULE Modi to visit DON’T EXPECT MIRACLE RBI to pay `28K crore as FROM ME: PRIYANKA Varanasi today New Delhi: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Varanasi: Prime Minister told party workers from Uttar interim dividend to Govt Narendra Modi will visit his Lok Pradesh’s Bundelkhand region Sabha constituency Varanasi that they should not expect a PTI n NEW DELHI extant economic capital frame- the Act or which are usually pro- on Tuesday, where he will “miracle” from her and the work, the Board decided to vided by bankers, the balance of address a public meeting and party’s performance depends on he Reserve Bank will pay an transfer an interim surplus of the profits shall be paid to the inaugurate and lay the founda- its booth-level organisation. Tinterim dividend of `28,000 `280 billion to the Central central Government.” tion stones of projects worth Rs crore to the Government, a move Government for the half-year As per the Budget docu- 2,900 crore, BJP leaders said. 30 HOTELS IN KAROL BAGH that will help the Centre keep fis- ended December 31, 2018,” the ment, the Government expects Modi will also visit the LOSE CIVIC LICENCE cal deficit in check. central bank said in a statement. `82,911.56 crore as dividend/ Sant Ravidas temple on the New Delhi: Days after the Delhi The announcement on RBI had given `30,663 crore surplus of RBI, nationalised occasion of Ravidas Jayanti and Government cancelled fire safety Monday came after the bank’s as dividend to the Government banks and financial institutions lay the foundation stone of certificates of several hotels in Central Board meeting, which in 2017-18.