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WORLD NATIONAL SPORTS US military parade ordered Jharkhand HC extends Lalu Ronaldo set for Serie A debut by Prez Trump postponed to Prasad Yadav’s provisional amid sombre backin Italy 2019 bail in fodder scam PAGE 8 PAGE 7 PAGE 9 Pak troops violate bids farewell to Vajpayee ceasefire along LoC in     Bhutan King Jigme Khesar &  % Namgyel Wangchuck, Afghan politician Hamid Karzai and Poonch sector India's top leadership, for- Bangladesh Foreign Minister eign dignitaries and the common Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali also   areas along the LoC, met the man mourned the death of Atal paid last respects to the leader.  %"!"% field commander and re- Bihari Vajpayee and bid an emo- Other political leaders at the fu- viewed the security situa- tional farewell to the former neral were Congress president The Pakistan Army vio- tion and operational pre- prime minister who was one of Rahul Gandhi, RSS chief Mohan lated the ceasefire tonight paredness of the Indian the most-loved leaders in decades Bhagwat, Congress leader by firing on the forward troops. and had acceptability across a di- Ghulam Nabi Azad, former posts along the Line of The Pakistani troops verse ideological spectrum. Jammu and Kashmir chief min- Control (LOC) in Poonch had violated the ceasefire in Chief ministers, opposition ister Mehbooba Mufti, BJP lead- district of Jammu and the Tangdhar sector in leaders, chiefs of Army, Navy ers Murli Manohar , SAD Kashmir, drawing retalia- Kupwara district last night, and Air Force, governors and a patriarch tion from the Indian Army. officials said. host of other dignitaries attended and Congress leader Raj Babbar. The Pakistani troops re- The ceasefire violation the funeral of Vajpayee at The country bid farewell to sorted to moderate firing on had taken place in the Rastriya Smriti Sthal, a pictur- its political icon amid a light driz- the forward posts along the Saedapora area, along the LoC in the Poonch sector, esque cremation site at the heart zle. Foster daughter Namita LoC, as the Pakistani troops defence sources said. The of the capital. Kaul Bhattacharya lit the pyre as opened fire at the Indian Indian troops guarding the President Ram Nath Kovind, cries of "Atal Bihari Amar Rahe" posts, they added. Advani, Defence Minister and Navy chief Admiral Sunil and Piyush Goval. Chief minis- border retaliated and the ex- Prime Minister , reverberated through the crema- The Indian Army retali- , External Lanba laid wreaths. Other atten- ters, including Adityanath, changes were on, they Vice President , tion site. Scores of people gath- ated in adequate measure, Affairs Minister , dees of the funeral included Nitish Kumar, Shivraj Singh added. Commander of the BJP president , for- ered at the Sthal to pay their re- triggering an intermittent Army chief General Bipin Home Minister , Chauhan and also Army's Northern exchange of fire between mer prime minister Manmohan spects to the tall leader, who was Rawat, Air Force chief Air Chief Union ministers Harsh Vardhan, attended the funeral. Command Lt Gen. Ranbir Singh, veteran politician L K  &!'&(  the two sides, the officials Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa , Foreign dignitaries such as Singh visited the forward #'&( 

Woman shot dead One killed in Governor reviews vacancies and recruitments Army jawan killed by Hizb militants in grenade attack in colleges and higher education institutions in encounter Pulwama cancies; 857 vacancies         are still pending selec- "!"%      by terrorists in tion. Gazetted posts in- "!"% clude Assistant An Army jawan was killed in an encounter    Professors, Librarians with militants in Kupwara district of A woman was shot dead by sus- and Physical Training Jammu and Kashmir today, the police said. pected militants of the Hizbul Pulwama    Instructors in Security forces launched a cordon and Mujahideen in Jammu and     Government Degree search operation at Kachloo village in Kashmir's Pulwama district to- "!"% Colleges; Assistant Handwara area of Kupwara district follow- day, police said. Shameema          Professors employed in ing information about presence of mili- Bano, a resident of Quil, was shot One person was killed and three were Government Colleges of tants there, a police official said. The offi- in the Drubgam area of injured today in a grenade attack by Governor N.N. Vohra Engineering and cial said as the security forces were carry- Pulwama, an official said. He terrorists on a police installation in chaired a meeting at the Technology and in ing out searches, the militants opened fire said the woman was rushed to a Awantipora area of Jammu and Raj Bhavan to review Ahmad Ganai; during 2014-18, 2357 va- Schools of Architecture. on them, resulting in injuries to one sol- '%&'&(  Kashmir's Pulwama district, police the status of vacancies Chairman Public cancies of sanctioned After extensive discus- dier. The injured jawan was evacuated to said. They lobbed a grenade towards and the pace of recruit- Service Commission, Mr gazette positions in the sions regarding the po- 92 Base Hospital of the Army here but he the main gate of the district police of- ments in the Higher Abdul Latief Deva; and Department had been re- tent factors which delay succumbed to injuries, the official said. The Over 2.81 lakh fice which missed the intended target Education Department. Commissioner Higher ferred to the the process of selections slain jawan was identified as Ram Babu and exploded by the road, a police of- pilgrims pay obeisance The meeting was attend- Education Department, Commission which had, by the Public Service Sahai. The operation was called off as secu- ficial said. Four civilians were in- ed by Advisor to Ms Sarita Chouhan. Ms till August 2018, made se- Commission (PSC) the rity forces found nothing incriminating at Amarnath jured in the grenade blast, the official Governor, Mr Khurshid Chouhan informed that lections to fill 1500 va-  '-)&')'&(  during the searches, the official said.     said, adding that one of the injured  %% later succumbed to injuries at a hos- pital. The deceased was identified as Over 2.81 lakh pilgrims have Abdul Ahad Panchoo (60). CEO initiates process of paid obeisance at the cave shrine Imran Khan elected as Pakistan's of Amarnath in south Kashmir revision, updation of till date, officials 4 drug peddlers said. "On the 51st day of the ongo- Panchayat Electoral Roll-2018 new prime minister ing Amarnath Yatra, 843 yatris      inviting claims and ob- paid obeisance at the holy cave," arrested with poppy     jections for revision of     lower house of Parliament are they said. Till date, 2,81,227  Panchayat Electoral #  % needed to form a government. -)'&(  in Kathua, Samba along with details of The voting was held in open Cricketer-turned politician The Election Authority Electoral Registration through division of members in     Imran Khan was elected as Four diagnostic  %% under Panchayati Raj Officers (EROs) different galleries designated Pakistan's new prime minister Act, 1989 (Chief Assistant Electoral for different candidates. The today after he defeated veteran labs sealed in J-K for Four drug peddlers were arrested to- Electoral Officer J&K) Registration Offices PPP lawmakers remained seat- politician Shahbaz Sharif in a day and over 14 kg of poppy was seized has initiated the (AEROs) and ed during the voting process. flouting norms one-sided election in the in Kathua and Samba districts of process of Revision and Panchayat Booth The Jamaat-i-Islami did not National Assembly. The elec-  %% Jammu and Kashmir, police said. Updation of Panchayat level Officers (PBLOs) take part in the voting. In a last- tion for the top post became just Police team intercepted a car at Electoral Roll- shall be available on ditch effort to pursue the PPP to The Jammu and Kashmir gov- a formality after the Pakistan Lakhanpur in Kathua district and 2018(w.r.t 01-01-2018) as the website of CEO J&K 96 votes, National Assembly vote for Sharif, senior PML-N ernment today sealed four unau- Peoples Party led by Bilawal seized 13.5 kg of poppy from the vehicle, qualifying date) as pre- (www.ceojk.nic.in) Speaker Asad Qaiser an- leader and former speaker Ayaz thorised diagnostic laboratories Bhutto Zardari with 54 seats ab- in which three persons were coming scribed in the rules gov- Date of Publication nounced. After the announce- Sadiq went to Bhutto's seat and in Rajouri district, an official stained from voting following a from Kashmir, were smuggling narcot- erning the conduct of of Draft Panchayat ment of the result, PML-N law- tried to convince him to change spokesperson said.\ The raids rift over Sharif's candidature. ic consignment to , a police offi- Panchayat Elections. Electoral Rolls is on 18- makers chanted slogans his decision to abstain from vot- were carried on the directions of Khan, 65, the chairman of the cer said. Police arrested all the three The Draft 08-2018 (Saturday), against Khan and protested in ing, sources said. Even Sharif Deputy Commissioner of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), accused and registered a case against Panchayat Electoral while Period for Filing the house. Khan will take the spoke to Bhutto to persuade  ',)'&(  secured 176 votes while his only them, he said, adding that they were Roll shall be published of Claims and oath tomorrow as Pakistan's him not to abstain. However, rival and the Pakistan Muslim identified as Inderjeet Singh, Baljeet on 18th August, 2018. Objections is on 22nd prime minister. A total of Bhutto excused himself from League-Nawaz chief Sharif got Two arrested with  ), '&(  The detailed public  '&(  172 votes in the 342-member  %)& &'&(  heroin in Miran Sahib  %%%#$ Police today claimed to have ar- Atal ji will live on in hearts and minds of every Indian: Modi rested two persons including a woman alongwith heroin in     when political instability at home Personally, Vajpayee was an ide- Miran Sahib. Police said that po- &  % and an uncertain global environment al, a guru, and role model who in- lice team established a naka had threatened to derail a still incipi- spired him deeply, he said. It was Paying his last respects to near Balole bridge in INder ent economic reforms process, he Vajpayee who entrusted him with re- Bharatiya stalwart Atal Nagar and they started checking said. sponsibilities both in Gujarat (as Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister .''&(  "He sowed the seeds of much of the chief minister) as well as at the na- Narendra Modi said he was an ex- economic success that we have expe- tional level, Modi said. "It was he who traordinary personality who will live rienced over the past two decades. called me one evening in October 2001 Criminal arrested with on in the hearts and minds of every For him, growth was a means to em- and told me to go to Gujarat as chief sharp edged weapon Indian. Modi said that no words can power the weakest and mainstream minister. When I told him that I had ever do justice to Vajpayee's "rich the marginalized. It's that vision that always worked in the organisation,  %%%#$ contribution to the making of our continues to drive our government's he said he was confident I would fulfil country". policy," the prime minister said. It people's expectations. The faith he Police today claimed to have ar- "People came from all parts of was 'Atalji' who prepared the founda- had in me was humbling." he said. rested an alleged criminal with India, from all sections of society pay tions of an India that is ready to take Hailing Vajpayee's term as prime

sharp edged weapon at RS Pura. K K tributes to an extraordinary person- on the mantle of global leadership in minister, Modi said India today is a Based on inputs, police said,

ality who made an extraordinary con- M M the 21st century, he said. Modi said he self-assured nation, brimming with they recovered caught an alleged Y Y tribution to the nation. India salutes irreversibly changed India's place in the energy of its youth and resolve of India had found a leader in Vajpayee compass and guiding spirit, provid-

criminal with a sharp edged C C you Atal Ji!," Modi tweeted today as the world by overcoming "the hesita- its people, eager for change and confi- weapon (toka) at a naka check- who was gifted in spirit, heart and ing vision, cohesion and direction to the former prime minister's mortal tion of our nation, the resistance of dent of achieving it, striving for clean ing near Bhagat Singh Chowk in mind. In times of turbulence and dis- his people, he said describing him. remains were consigned to flames the world and threat of isolation" to and responsive governance, building )!%!&$'&(  ruption, a nation is blessed to have a Vajpayee rescued the economy here. Earlier in a blog, Modi said make India a nuclear weapons power. +$"!'&(  leader who rises to become its moral from the morass of the mid-1990s, Glimpses of Future 2 Obituary JAMMU SATURDAY AUGUST 18, 2018 OBITUARY OBITUARY TENTH DAY KRIYA/UTHALA With profound grief & deep sorrow, With profound grief and sorrow, we in - With profound grief and sorrow, we in - With profound grief & sorrow we re - we inform sad demise of our Dear form about the sudden and untimely form the untimely and sad demise of our beloved father Sh Som Nath Bhat gret to inform you the sad demise of Smt. Reeta Kaul W/o Sh. R. K Kaul demise of our beloved Nancy Bhat (Master Ji) S/o Dina Nath Bhat originally our beloved Sh Bishamber Singh W/o Sh Triloki Nath Bhat R/o originally from Dewan Bagh resident of Ajas Bandipora Kashmir A/p Jamwal S/o Late Sh Balbir Singh Nowgam Anantnag at present Flat No Baramulla Kashmir, at present 3/75 H.No 56/C, Om Nagar Udhaywalla Jamwal who breathed his last on 8- Vikas lane Talab Tillo Jammu. TENTH 24, Block -G, Buta Nagar Jammu on Smt. Reeta Kaul Nancy Bhat Borhi, Jammu. Tenth Day Kriya will be Sh Som Nath Bhat 8-2018. Kriya will be performed on Sh Bishamber DAY KRIYA will be performed on 21st 15-08-2018. Mourning is being held performed on 23rd Aug 2018 at Muthi August 2018 (Tuesday) at Muthi at Community Hall No 1, Buta Nagar. Ghat Nr. Director of School Education 18-8-2018 from 12 Noon at our resi - Singh Jamwal Ghat, near Director of School Tenth Day Kirya will be performed at Office at 9 AM. dence H.No. 19A, Lane No. 12, Education Office at 8:30 am. Muthi Ghat near Directorate of GRIEF STRICKEN Greater Kailash, Jammu. Uthala will GRIEF STRICKEN School Education on Thursday the Smt Satya Bhat -Wife be performed on 18-8-2018 at 5 PM Son & Daughter-in-law Sh. R.K. Kaul (Husband) 23-08-2018 at 08.30 AM. at Gurudwara Sahib, Lane No. 10 Sanjay Bhat & Sanjana Bhat Bhabhi & Brother in Law GRIEF STRICKEN (Upper Side), Greater Kailash, Sh Triloki Nath Bhat -Husband Daughters & Son-in-laws Asha Kaul & Late Dr. O.N. Kaul Anjali Safaya & Raj Kumar Safaya Jammu. Smt Meena Wati Bhat -Mother-in-law Mrs. & Mr. P.K Kaul Manju Bhat & Sanjay Bhat GRIEF STRICKEN Mrs. & Mr. S.C Kaul Daughter & Son-in-law Pinki Raina & Rajesh Raina Smt Princy & Sh Rakesh Pandita Smt Uma Devi - Wife Mrs. & Mr. Suresh Kaul Jyoti Misri & Vicky Misri Son & Daughter-in-Law Daughter & Son in Law Sh Sunil Bhat -Son Mob: 7006901007, 9086031295 Sh Samvedan Singh & Smt Nitika Jamwal Anju & Sanjay Pandit. Ms Neeru Bhat -Daughter Ashu & Sonu Kapoor. Master Lakshu -Grand Son and Daughter & Son-in-Law Rashma & Amit Magazine. Samast Bhat Parivar of Nowgam Smt Anita Jamwal & Sh Randeep Manhas Bhat Parivar of Dialgam Son & Daughter in Law (Master at AITHEM High School) Rainas of Mantpora BARKHI Rahul & Rachna Kaul Brothers & Bhabies Kouls of Qazigund One year has passed since you Sister in Law Late Sh Jagdish Singh Jamwal & Smt Ashok Kumari Ph: 8803545896, 09910079829 Late. Dulari Kaul W/o Sh. P.N Kaul left us for eternal journey. Your Sh Jamwal & Smt Raksha Devi Vijay Kaul W/o Sh. Sevaji Kaul. memories are still fresh & your Sh Purshotam Singh Jamwal & Smt Updesh Kumari Rajni Bakaya W/o Sh. R.K. Bakaya. presence feel everywhere every Smt Kanta Devi & Gopal Singh Mankotia - Grand Children : Aryan, Mehak, Atharv, Sabhya time. It was saddest day of our life Sister & Brother-in-Law C/O M/S DURGA MEDICAL STORE PATOLI. KRIYA/UTHALA when you left us for heavenly Dr Minakshi Smt Shrista & Sh Rashpal Singh - M/S. DURGA TRADERS With profound grief and sorrow, abode. Your unforgettable sweet Saini Sister & Brother-in-Law 9906073711,9419133498,9596890711 we inform the sad and untimely memories, smiling face & noble Vrinda, Utkarsh & Lakshita - Grand Children demise of our beloved Smt qualities will remain with us Mob: 9018275957 Neelam Kumari ASO (Retd) KVS throughout our life. Barkhi of our W/o Dr. Naresh Kumar R/o Lane beloved Dr Minakshi Saini (KAS) KRIYA/UTHALA No. 24, Greater Kailash Jammu Smt Neelam shall be performed at our resi - Four years have passed away on 6-08-2018. KRIYA will be per - Kumari dence D/303 Sainik Colony FIFTH DAY since you left us for entire formed at our residence Lane No. Jammu (Sohagpur Wale) on 18- With profound grief and sorrow, Journey but still alive in our 24, Greater Kailash Jammu on 8-2018 (Saturday) at 12.00 Noon. we inform the sad demise of our Hearts. Your presence is felt in Saturday 18-08-2018 at 11.00 DEEply MISSED By: beloved Sh. Pran Nath Dogra every moment. Choubarsi of our A.M. UTHALA will be performed Parents (Painter) Son-in-law of Late Sh. beloved mother Late Smt Urmil Smt Urmil at Shri Lakshmi Naryan Mandir, Smt Neelam Saini & Moti Lal Saini (Retd. AEE) Amar Nath Sharma R/o Talab Gupta W/o Sh Girdhari Lal Gupta Gupta Gandhi Nagar, Jammu on Smt Parkasho & Sh Ram Krishan Saini -Nani-Nana Tillo Jammu. Fifth Day will be Sh. pran Nath on 18th Aug. (Saturday) at 12.00 Saturday 18-08-2018 Time: 3 Sister & Brother-in-law performed at Mahajan Dogra Noon at our residence 68/1, P.M. to 4 P.M. Smt Monika Saini & Sh Rahul Kotwal Community Hall, Lane No. 7, Nanak Nagar Jammu. GRIEF STRICKEN Arjun Saini & Gourav Saini -Brothers Talab Tillo, Jammu at 11 AM on DEEply MISSED aND REMEMBERED By : Dr. Naresh Kumar -Husband Miss Deep Novel Kour -Best Friend Saturday 18-Aug-2018. Sh Girdhari Lal Gupta -Husband LDO AH Deptt. (Retd) Mb.No. 94191-25525/9419202463 GRIEF STRICKEN Smt Raj Rani & Gupta -Jethani & Jeth Sh. Ankush & Smt Prinka Sh. Dharam Pal Sharma & Smt. Nirmal Sharma Daughters-in-law & Sons (Asstt. Manager, SBI) Sh. Dhevinder Sharma & Smt. Sheetal Sharma Sonia & Sandeep (Rinku) Dr. Ankur Slada Sh. Vinay Sharma & Smt. Jyoti Sharma Charu & Deepak (Deepu) Slada and Jagotra Family CHOUBARSI Sh. Vipen Sharma & Smt. Surekha Sharma Daughters & Sons-in-law Mobile : 94191-18238, 9596-683721 Four years have passed since M/s Jawala Dry Fruit Romi & Pali Gupta you left us for eternal journey. Shama & Naveen Gupta Raghunath Bazar, Jammu Your memories are still alive & Contact No: 9419192191, 7889796459 Nephews & Daughters-in-law your presence is felt everywhere. Ranju & Rakesh Gupta 10TH DAY & KRIYA Choubarsi of our beloved Late Sh Anita & Naresh Gupta With profound grief and sorrow, we Om Parkash Gupta S/o Late Sh Sh. Om parkash All Grand Daughters & Sons regret to inform the sad and sudden Hans Raj Gupta R/o H.No. 29, Gupta M/s Jai Durga Trading Co. demise of our beloved Sh. Om Rajinder Nagar, Canal Road, FIFTH DAY 39/A, Nehru Market Parkash Sharma Ji S/o Prabh Dayal Jammu shall be performed on With profound grief & sorrow, we M/s Deepak Trading Co. 60-C, Ware House (Trusttee and Founder Member of Saturday 18th August 2018 at inform the sad demise of Smt M/s IG Trader 36/A, Nehru Market Panch Shiv Mandir Sector 5/7, 12:00 Noon at Mahajan Hall, Tersam Kumari W/o Sh Kharati Trikuta Nagar) R/o House No. 132-P, Sh. Om parkash M/s Goutam Trading Co. Ware House Sharma Shalimar Road Jammu. Lal Gupta R/o Bishnah/ 5th Day M/s Karam Chand Suresh Kumar, Kanak Mandi Sector No. 5, Trikuta Nagar, Jammu. will be performed on 18-8- 2018 10TH DAY will be performed at our DEEply REMEMBERED By:- M/s Surya Medical Agencies, Kanak Mandi (Saturday) at Gorkha Mandir, Smt Tersam residence at 11.00 A.M. on Saturday Daughters-in-Law & Sons Ph. 9419189494, 9419260990, 9419185199 (18th-Aug-2018). KRIYA will be per - Smt Chanchala & Sh Tilak Raj Gupta Nanak Nagar at 10 AM. Kumari formed on 19th Aug. 2018 at our resi - Smt Sushma & Sh Kuldeep Raj Gupta GRIEF STRICKEN dence. “ALWAYS IN OUR HEARTS.” Smt & Sh Rajinder Gupta Vimla Gupta & Charanjit Lal Gupta GRIEF STRICKEN Daughters & Sons-in-Law Pushpa Gupta & Bansi Lal Gupta 10TH DAY KRIYA Mrs Savitri Sharma-Wife Smt Meenu & Sh Gupta Promila Gupta & Tilak Raj Gupta With profound grief & sorrow, we Lajja Sharma & Doulat Ram Badgotra- Smt Shruti & Sh Anil Kumar Gupta R K Departmental Store, Rampura inform the sad demise of our Sister & Brother-in-law Grand Children & Great Grand Children Bansi Lal Ravinder Kumar, Nanak Nagar beloved mother Smt Jagat Mohini Suman Sharma & Krishan Kishore Khajuria- M/s Om Prakash Kuldeep Raj, Jewel Chowk Sonu General Store, Nanak Nagar Daughter-in-law & Son Bhat, Widow of Late Shri Jagar Gugu Provision Store, Nanak Nagar Late Anju Sharma & Kiran Kishore Khajuria- M/s Jandyal Food Grade Industries, I.G.C Samba 9419190374, 9055181005, 9086284588 Nath Bhat of Diver Tral Kashmir, Daughter-in-law & Son M/s Jandyal Enterprises, Jammu presently at H.No. 100-A, Sector- Smt Jagat Renu Sharma & Pranav Kumar Khajuria- M/s Jandyal Provision Store, Bhagwati Nagar 4, Pamposh Colony, Janipur Mohini Bhat Daughter-in-law & Son M/s Jandyal Mobile Care, Jewel Chowk Jammu on 10-8- 2018. 10th Day Grand Children: Vasu, Gudia, Gourav, Dev & Danish Mob: 9419140114, 9018040114, 7889940765, Kriya will be performed on 19-8- Mob: 9906142616, 9906279805, 7780953684 7006642349, 9797576054 OBITUARY 2018 (Sunday) from 8.00 AM at “ALL KHAJURIA FAMILY” With profound grief and sorrow, Muthi Ghat Near Director of we regret to inform the sad de - School Education Jammu. mise of our beloved (Nanaji) Sh. GRIEF STRICKEN OBITUARY Bharat Bushan S/o Late Sh. Son & Daughter-in-Law TENTH DAY With profound grief and sorrow, Melaram Ji of Nagrota at present Sh Rakesh Bhat & Smt Rozy Bhat WITH PROFOUND GRIEF & we inform the sad and untimely (H.No. 76-D, Sect-1, Durga Sh. Bharat Smt Rani, Widow of Lt Shri Soom Nath Bhat - Devrani SORROW, WE REGRET TO IN - demise of our beloved mother Nagar, Jammu) on 10 Aug, 2018. Bushan Sh Ravinder Bhat & Smt Anju Bhat - FORM THE SAD DEMISE OF Smt. Payree (Uma Shori) W/o Lt. Tenth Day Kriya will be performed Son & Daughter-in-Law OUR BELOVED SH HAR DUTT Sh. Jagger Nath Bhat originally on 19th Aug, 2018 (Sunday) at Smt Sweety Pandit & Sh R N Pandit - SHARMA S/O LT. SH PADAM resident of Peth Kanihama Smt. payree 8:30 AM at Muthi Ghat near Daughter & Son-in-Law NABH SHARMA R/O F-367, SH HaR DUTT Magam at present H. No. 19, (Uma Shori) Directorate of School Education Smt Daizy & Sh Vinod Raina - LANE-6, SHAKTI NAGAR JAM - SHaRMa Lane-1, Shive Dass Colony Jammu. Daughter & Son-in-Law MU ON 10TH AUG. 2018. Tumol Mohar Anand Nagar Bohri GRIEF STRICKEN Smt Vineeta & Sh Opinder Pandita - TENTH DAY WILL BE PER - near Radha Krishan Mandir on Smt. Kalpana Sharma - Daughter Daughter & Son-in-Law FORMED ON 19TH AUG. 2018 11-8-2018. TENTH DAY KRIYA & Sh. Moti Lal Sharma - Son-in-law And Samast Bhat Parivaar (SUNDAY) AT 11 AM VISH - will be performed as on 20-8- Grand Children Mob : 0191-2533061, 9419237293 & 9086037293 WAKARMA SABHA, GURHA 2018 (Monday) at Muthi Ghat Deepak Sharma, Sharma MORH BAKSHI NAGAR JAM - near (DSEJ) at 8.00 A.M. Mob.No: 9419181686, 9596311335, 9469808815, MU. GRIEF STRICKEN 9797606672 GRIEF STRICKEN Sh. A.K. Bhat & Smt. Usha Bhat-(Son & D.I.L.) 13TH DAY/KRIYA Smt Amro Devi -Wife Sh. J.K. Bhat & Santosha Bhat-(Son & D.I.L.) With profound grief and sorrow Daughter & Son-in-law Smt. Girja Bhan W/o Sh. A.K. Bhan-(Daughter & S.I.L.) we regret to inform the sad de - Mrs Rama & Mr O P Sharma (AE) Smt. Basant W/o Sh. S.K. Kitchloo-(Daughter & S.I.L.) OBITUARY (9419134539) mise of Sh. Baldev Singh Jaswal Grand Children: Nisu, Rohit, Shail, Pooja, Ashish, With profound grief and sorrow Sons & Daughters-in-law (IAS) S/o Late Sh. Rajkumar Sheetal, Deepak, Anmol we regret to inform about the sad Mrs Anita & Mr Tilak Raj Sharma Shivdev Singh (IAS) R/o Ramkot Mobile No: 9899446431, 9469174074, demise of out beloved Smt Babli (9419193940) House, Panjtirthi, Jammu who left Sh. Baldev 7006366878, 9419806500 Pandita, Wife of Avtar Krishan Mrs Anjana & Mr Sanjeev Sharma (9906048257) for his heavenly abode on August Singh Jaswal Pandita erstwhile resident of Mrs Nisha & Rajesh Sharma (9419223022) 7, 2018. A simple, God fearing Irkumoo, Kokernag presently at Smt Babli man, loving husband, wonderful House No. 277, Anuradha pandita father & doting grandfather, his TENTH DAY Puram, Sector 2 Lane No 1, void will never be filled. KRIYA With profound grief and sorrow, Upper Barnai near Kangra Fort (13TH DAY)-18th Aug. 2018 OBITUARY we inform the sad demise of Sh. who left for her heavenly abode 11.00 A.M. onwards at our resi - With profound grief and deep sor - Bishan Dass Sharma S/o Lt. Sh. on August 11, 2018. The Tenth dence House No. 47, Ramkot row, we inform sad demise of our Kunj Lal R/o Moutlian Kalan Utter Day Kriya will be performed on House, Panjtirthi, Jammu. dear Smt. Shama Parimoo W/o Behni (Samba). Tenth Day will be 20/8/2018 (Monday) at 8 .00 am IN GRIEF aND pRayER: Late Shri Ashwani Kumar Parimoo performed on 18th of August, Sh. Bishan at Muthi Ghat near Directorate of Mrs. Kamala Jaswal (Wife) (Chief Engineer) originally resident 2018 (Saturday) at Vill. Moutlian Dass Sharma Scholl Education, Jammu. Vasuda & Tarun Dadoo (Daughter & Son in Law) of 126/ 127 Narsing Garh, Srinagar, Smt. Shama Kalan (Utter Behani). GRIEF STRICKEN: Shruti & Vikas Kohaal (Daughter & Son in Law) at present 12, Priya Darshani parimoo GRIEF STRICKEN Avtar Krishan Pandita (Husband) Sister & Brother-in-law Lanes, Patta Ploura, Jammu on Smt. Chanchla Devi - Wife Smt. Dulari & Sh P N Pandita (Aunty & Uncle) Mrs. Kaushal & S.P. Singh 9th. Aug. 2018. TENTH DAY KRIYA Mr. Ashwani Sharma - Son Smt. Lalita & Sh. C L Razdan Mrs. Suresh Jaswal & Family will be performed on 18th Aug. Smt. Surekha Sharma - Daughter-inlaw (Sister in-law & Brother-in-law) (W/o Late Prof. Brijender Singh Jaswal) 2018 at MuthiGhat, near Director of Divyanshi Sharma - Grand Daughter Smt. Vijay & Sh. B L Koul Vasundhara Singh & Adirath Singh School Education Office at 9 AM. Ayush Sharma - Grand Son (Sister-in-law & Brother-in-law) (D/o & S/o Late Kanwar Rameshwar Singh) GRIEF STRICKEN Daughters & Sons-in-law Sh. K L Pandita & Sh B K Pandita (Brother-in-laws) Grand Children Smt. Laxmi Shori Parimoo (Mother-in-law) Pinki & Romesh Sharma Smt. Sabita & Sh S K Pandita Shambhavi Kohaal, Adiraj Dadoo, Samast Parimoo, Raina, Kaul, Kilam and Hastu Babli & Som Dutt Sharma (Sister-in-law & Brother-in-Law) Saiysha Dadoo, Shivaansh Kohaal Parivars Shakti & Dwarka Nath Sharma Anshu & Amit Raina (Daughter & Son-in-law) Mob: 9419186128, 9811800360 Telephone: 0191-255588 9419260214, 7889548056 Nishu & Nipun Bhat (Daughter & Son-in-Law) K Glimpses of Future K M M

Y 3 lOcal JAMMU SATURDAY AUGUST 18, 2018 Y C C Local Brief BJP General Secretary acting as extra constitutional authority Three days first-aid training to J&K traffic police personnels SS protests against Ram Madhav trying to invade into the domain of Governor, President: Harsh begins at redcross bhawan Jammu, Aug 17 And as regard the state - Jammu Aug 17 say that First-Aid is Article 35- A ment of Mr. Ram Madhav that very-very important Accusing Ram Madhav of Governor Rule shall be fol - There is a very fa - for all human beings to Jammu, Aug. 17 : attempting to encroach upon lowed by presidents Rule is mous proverb “A whatever age group, the powers of the Governor, equally contemptuous and STICH IN TIME caste/religion/area ( Bala Sahib Thackery) J&K Mr. Harsh Dev Singh JKNPP derogatory, remarked Singh. SAVES NINE” and to he/she belongs and if Unit today organizes a strong protest Chairman and Former He said that imposition of prove it worthy, the people acquire the ba - against article 35-A on the directions of Minister questioned the locus President Rule is again to be Indian Red Cross sic knowledge of First- State President of the party Dimpy of the BJP National General determined under Art 356 of Society, Jammu Aid, they themselves Kohli. Hundreds of Shiv Sainiks took Secretary in issuing state - the constitution which is the Regional Branch with can be helpful for self the guidance and sup - part in this protest demonstration and ments over subjects which fell prerogative of the president of as well as for others. port of the Divisional Incidentally, between it was lead by Dimpy Kohli & Ashwani under the exclusive domain of India. He said that the life of Commissioner who is April 2018 and 9th Gupta the working president, Vipin the Governor as Head of the proclamation under sec 92 be - also the Ex-officio August, 2018 in which Hindu the chairman and Rakesh kak State. He was referring to the ing six months there is no pro - Chairman of the 327 persons from differ - the General Secretary. On the occa - interview given by Mr. vision for its renewal and in Regional Branch of ent walks of life have sion, Sena leaders said that Article 35A Madhav to a news web portal which was the prerogative of tutional position on the sub - case a situation arises where IRCS is continuously been imparted training was not added to the Constitution by regarding continuation of sus - the Governor under sec 92 of ject was unambiguously clear its not conducive to restore or making its best efforts and Red Cross has fixed following the procedure prescribed for pension of Assembly, continu - the state constitution. He said that if no party or combination install democratic govt, the on - to cover all a goal of creating a big amendment of the Constitution of ation of Governor Rule and its that the Governor had to de - of parties was in a position to ly alternative is the invocation segments/sections of Work Force of Trained India under Article 368. Article 370 subsequent replacement by cide the issue in concurrence form the govt, the only option of Art 356 for which the procla - Society to learn about First-Aider more par - does not anywhere confer on the President Rule. He said that with the President of India in was to dissolve the Assembly. mation is to be issued by the the basic tit-bits of ticularly in and around President legislative or executive pow - Ram Madhav’s highly authori - terms of the mandate of sec 92 He said that even the apex president. Again it is for the First-Aid so that as and the 5 Km radius of ers so vast that he can amend the tative announcements of state constitution and a sim - court in a plethora of Election Commission to certi - when any medical ALC/IB of Jammu Constitution or perform the function of amounted to invasion into sov - ple officer bearer of a political Judgements and relying on fy whether the situation is con - emergency arises in Region. Dinesh Gupta, Parliament. It has been brought about ereign authority and autono - parity had no role in the Justice Sakaria Commission ducive for elections or not, any nook and corner of Secretary, Indian Red by the executive organ when actually my of Governor as the consti - process and could not over ride report laid down that suspen - maintained Singh. He said that the Region, the trained Cross Society inaugu - the right of amendment of the tutional head of the state. He the most sacrosanct enact - sion of Assembly can’t be al - Ram Madhav who has been un - First-Aider with the rated the training and Constitution lies with the legislative knowledge and confi - was addressing a press confer - ments of law. And how could lowed for indefinite period as duly medalling in the adminis - briefed the partici - organ. Besides carrying out many dence acquired during ence in Jammu today. While Ram Madhav state make such that would be violative of spir - trative functioning of the state pants about “WHAT modifications and changes, this order the training with RED CROSS SOCIETY Mr. Ram Madhav has been fid - authoritative statements that it of constitution besides must stop acting as extra con - 'added' a new "Article 35A" to the his/her presence of IS AND WHAT IT dling with the affairs of the the state Assembly shall con - paving the way for unethical stitutional authority and re - Constitution of India. Addition or dele - mind gives timely DOES’. The training state in the past as well, his re - tinue to remain in suspended moves in govt formation. The frain from making statements tion of an Article amounted to an First-Aid immediately was imparted by the Sr. marks over constitutional animation which too was to be issue however was to be decid - which are the exclusive pre - then and there i.e. in Consultants namely amendment to the Constitution which matters were wholly uncalled rogative of Governor or the decided by the Governor in ed by the Governor in the light the first GOLDEN Dr. Ranbhushan could be done only by Parliament as for and unwarranted. It was President of India. Mr. Gagan conformity with set proce - of existing position of law and HOUR which decreas - Singh, Sr. Anesthetist , per procedure laid down in Article 368. not for Mr. Ram Madhav to de - dures, constitutional provi - legal precedents and a political Partap Singh State Secretary es the mortality rate Dr. Rajinder Thappa, But, Article 35A was never presented cide the period of suspension sions and precedents, said office bearer could not issue JKNPP and Mr. Anoop Singh besides minimising the Sr. Consultant assisted before Parliament. Article 35A violates of Assembly and continuance Harsh. He pointed out that such directives on the subject, were also present in the press agony/suffering of the by Smt. Kanchan Devi the article 14 for the equality of the law. or otherwise of Governor Rule court rulings as well as consti - said Singh. conference. concerned. Needless to Sup. Pharmacist. If any woman form J&K Marries out - side her state all her rights in the state are ended as than she cannot but any land or claim any kind of benefit. They SMVDU Pays Condolence MPEJ condoles sad Vibodh appeals to declare 16 August as said while the Congress and the Kashmir centric NC, PDP were on the demise of former PM same page to issue threats of dire con - to Former Prime Minister National Peace Day in memory of Atal ji sequences in case the article 35-A was tinkered with, the BJP had been mak - Atal Bihari Vajpayee Atalji made only friends, no adversary : Vibodh ing statements to hoodwink the people Jammu Aug 17 over the sub-justice issue for mere po - Jammu Aug 17 staff and students offered litical interests. They accused all the their condolence to the The members of Movement for parties of whipping up the emotions to A condolence meet - departed souls and ob - Peace, Equality & Justice, in a press re - sway the people and create ripples so as ing was held at Shri Mata served silence. lease issued here, have expressed deep to sub-serve their petty political mo - Vaishno Devi University Also, it was declared grief & sorrow over the sad demise of tives. Lambasting the political parties (SMVDU), Katra at 10.00 that the academic and former Prime Minister Mr. Atal Bihari for issuing threatening statements am at Open Fountain administrative work Vajpayee, the first non-Congress leader over the fate of Article 35-A, Sena lead - Area for the former shall remain suspended to serve a full term in power and who or - ers divulged that such remarks not on - , to pay homage to the no - dered nuclear tests to make India a nu - ly made a contemptuous mockery of Late Sh. Atal Bihari ble soul. During his clear weapons power, died on the Hon’ble Court but were highly sedi - Vajpayee who passed tenure as the Prime Thursday. They said that India has lost tious in nature which should be seri - away yesterday at the Minister of India, Sh. a true nationalist, a respectable states - ously taken note of by the Governor ad - age of 93. Hon’ble Vice Atal Bihari Vajpayee man, a prolific writer, a great visionary ministration and union govt as well. Chancellor, Dr. Sanjeev captivated the nation and a world-class orator, who has in - Jain; Registrar Prof. V. with his charismatic per - spired generations. They said that the Army Conducts Rajouri 17-08-2018 clare 16 August as humanity, he added. K. Bhat, Deans and sonality and also his wit demise of Atal ji has created a vacuum, National Peace Day in his District Rajouri BJP Communal Harmony Meeting HoDs, faculty members, and oratory. which is very difficult to fill. The entire nation is memory. He said " Atalji President Dinesh Sharma In Poonch District saddened and shocked by made only friends and had also expressed sorrow and the desmise of Shri Atal Jammu: 17 Aug 2018 no adversary. MLC said said that the nation is Bihari Vajpyee. In order to "he was a leader with great gripped with sadness in Army organised an Amity meeting at BJP legal cell remembers vajpayee pay homage to former conviction and delivered the wake of Atal Ji death. Prime Minister, BJP his stand with utmost He said such humble lead - village Mendhar in Poonch district to - Department in his scintillating and thought- Rajouri city unit con - courage". Even under ers born once in a century day to enhance contact with AWAM provoking address dwelt in detail on various and have better understanding with ceived a condolence as - averse conditions and in - and continue to inspire the facets of the personal profile of Vajpayee Ji. people. The meeting was attended by a sembly and paid rich trib - ternational pressure Atal future genrations for cen - May it be his statesmanship, contribution to the large number of villagers to include the ute to the nobel soul at Dak ji firmly took his stand and turies. City President foreign affairs, peace initiatives in Kashmir or Sarpanch of the village, religious Bungalow Rajouri. conducted five Nuclear Vacky Dutt said " With the his unfolding of epoch-making, pro-poor devel - teachers and prominent members of Expressing pain and soli - Test in Pokhram in 1998, death of Atal ji an era came opmental programmes as Prime Minister, Sh. the society. The interaction aimed at darity, MLC Vibodh Gupta MLC stated. to an end and is an irre - Atal Bihari Vajpayee has left an indelible print spreading awareness amongst the local said that " Atal Bihari Speaking on the condo - placeable loss to the nation on the socio-political milieu of not only the population about the role of Army in Vajpyee shall always con - lence assembly Ex- Vice in general and for J&K in country but the entire world. nation building and welfare activities tinue to live in the heart of Chairman, state advisory particular". Mr. Ranjit Singh Jamwal, incharge of the being undertaken by the Army in the every Indian". His speech - board for dev. of PSP Sh. Prominent others who Jammu Aug 17: J&K BJP Law and Legal Affairs department al - region. The meeting also acts as an im - es, poems and legacy is a Kuldeep Raj Gupta said present on the occasion so called for emulating the ideals and principles portant forum for discussion on vari - rich encyclopedia for "Atal ji was a great leader were Bharat Vaid, Atam In a jam-packed function held at the J&K of the leader and try to conceptualize his vision ous activities that the Army could con - Indian leaders and schol - and always advocated Gupta Vijay Gupta,Kamal High Court Bar Room, Law And Legal Affairs of ‘Bharat’. Mr. Ravinder Gupta & Mr. L.K Moza duct in order to assist the locals in im - ars about "how to govern peace as the only viable so - Gupta, Ashwani Kochar, Department of BJP paid glowing tributes to the spoke on the occasion. proving their quality of life. The partic - the country", he added. lution to Kashmir's issue". Raja Rattan, Anju khullar, son of soil, Sh. Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The pro - Prominent among those who attended the ipants appreciated the work undertak - MLC recalled speech given He said nation will always Renu Gupta Koshal gupta, gramme was attended by a wide galaxy of occasion included Mr. Rajesh Thappa, Adarsh en by the Army especially in the areas by him at Governor's remember him as a expert Nishal Gupta, Nitish Chib, lawyers drawn from various sections of the so - Kumar, Abhishek Wazir, A. K. Shan, Pawan of empowering youth by means of vari - House in Lahore, poem re - diplomat, courageous Nishu Gupta, Vijay ciety from Jammu as well as surrounding sub - Kumar, Diwakar Sharma, Rohit Kapoor, R. S ous skill development courses. cited by him there "Jang leader and great poet. Atal Sharma, Jasvir Singh, urbs. Mr. Ranbir Singh Pathania MLA and con - Durswal, Abhishek Wazir, Amit Manhas, and a nhi hone denge" and ap - ji was a epitome of peace, Sharma,Sanjay venor J&K BJP Law and Legal Affairs wide spectrum of other lawyers. pealed government to de - development, security and Dutt and others. Water crisis loom large over Toph Sherkhania: Puneet Singh Jamwal JAMMU Aug 17, tempt was made to check the fault and set the system right. August 17, 2018: Jammu and Puneet Singh Jamwal as - Kashmir People’s Democratic serted that people of Toph Party (PDP) leader from Jammu Sherkhania have also held West Puneet Singh Jamwal to - demonstrations against PHE day asked Public Health authorities but he pursued Engineering (PHE) officials and them to calm down till the mat - engineers to look into crisis that ter is taken up with concerned are looming large over Toph pathetic and sign incompetence authorities. He assured the dep - Sherkhania area. He said that on the part of army of engineers utation that had called upon people are not getting regular engaged to provide people regu - him that matter will be taken water supply since past over a lar and clean potable water. up with concerned authorities week and even public taps have The PDP leader added that and regular potable water sup - gone dry. still worst is that people of ply assured. Expressing his grave con - Kachi Chawni and Panjtirthi He said that almost entire cern over irregular water sup - had also lodged complaints with old city and its outskirts are fac - ply in the area, he said that a del - PHE authorities asking them to ing acute water shortages that egation also met him today and check muddy and filthy water must be set right in days to raised their issues. Women and that s being supplied to homes come a many festivals are children, Puneet Singh Jamwal but even after a lapse of one year falling this month. He urged said are even today carrying K Governor N N Vohra to person - nothing has been done. People K water from a distance for their M ally intervene and ensure that now allow dirty water to drain M

Y daily chorus. In this 21st centu - out for ten minutes and then use people get uninterrupted and Y C ry people in city limits are being the clean water that comes dur - clean water supply during festi - School children of dewan devi pay tribute to the former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at a school in Jammu on Friday, C made to carry water in pots is ing the supply. However, no at - vals and thereafter. Glimpses of Future 4 lOcal JAMMU SATURDAY AUGUST 18, 2018 Vajpayee’s peace initiative Former Sena MP Governor congratulates SKUAST-K Rajabhau Godse dies team for being among winners of still reverberates: Puneet Nashik (Maha), Aug 17 (PTI) Former Shiv Sena member of parliament from Nashik in Singh Jamwal Rajabhau Godse died at a private hospital here this IIGP 2.0-University Challenge JAMMU, August 17, success stories. evening following a brief illness, SRINAGAR, AUGUST 17: Science and Technology, fended the proposal before sive function chaired by In his statement, Puneet Singh his family members said. Govt. of India had called a team of experts from IIT Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Expressing his condolences on Jamwal said Vajpayee’s decision to Godse (57) was elected to the Governor N.N.Vohra for an open competitive Bombay, representatives Minister, Science and the demise of Prime Minister Atal conduct nuclear tests at Pokhran, from Nashik con - has congratulated the call for India Innovation of the Lockheed martin- Technology at New Bihari Vajpayee, Jammu and economic reforms, building high - stituency in 1996. SKUAST-K team compris - Growth Programme, 2.0- TATA Trusts and a group on 02-08-2018. Kashmir People’s Democratic ways, connecting rivers, starting He had also been the city and ing Fallah Nazir of Delhi University Challenge. of industrialists on 29-06- Lauding the Party (PDP) leader from Jammu Sarv Shiksha Abhiyaan and most district unit chief of the Sena after Public School and Accordingly the team 2018 at IIT Bombay. The University for the achieve - West Puneet Singh Jamwal today importantly making efforts to build starting his political career as Mehvish Hameed, Msc. jointly conceived a project expert panellists appreci - ment, Governor urged said that Vajpayee had led his gov - cordial relations with Pakistan will Sarpanch of village Sansari in the district.He is survived by wife, son Agri Engineering, on “House Hold Waste ated and encouraged the Prof. Nazeer Ahmed, Vice ernment in giving India its best go down the history as India’s best SKUAST-K, for being se - and two daughters. Management” –an idea for two member students for Chancellor of SKUAST-K years of peace and prosperity. developing years. lected among top 15 win - developing a compact, the commitment of social to emphatically promote In his death the country lost a He added that his outreach to ners of the India easy to operate, efficient responsibility. research and innovation statesman, leader, poet, orator and Kashmir with a view of Insaniyat, Innovation Growth composter which shall The team received the in the University with em - Sultry weather conditions a great human being who gave Jhamooriyat and Kashmiriyat still Programme, 2.0- work under cold climate of citation and a cheque of phasis on finding solu - country many firsts which are still University Challenge. Kashmir. Rs. 10.00 lac on behalf of tions to local issues and reverberates and many leaders prevail in Delhi The Department of being counted as stepping stones of take a cue from it. These two students de - SKUAST-K at an impres - problems. , Aug 17 (PTI)

Sultry weather conditions pre - vailed in the national capital today Randomization of POs, CBI questions Ferozepur Range IG with the maximum temperature settling at 36.1 degrees Celsius, two Ferozepur, Aug 17 (PTI) till early morning. The in the case. Sharma to the CBI, notches above the season's aver - Polling Officers held at Kargil team had also gone to The CBI arrested a Dhillon said the ac - age. Delhiites woke up to a warm A CBI team ques - the IG's Patiala resi - middleman in cused were trying to in - and humid morning with the mer - tioned IG Ferozepur dence yesterday Ludhiana allegedly timidate him since he cury settling at 27.9 degrees Range here in connec - evening, they said. while he was receiving was the monitoring of - Celsius, one notch above the sea - tion with a complained Former SSP Shiv a bribe of Rs 10 lakh on ficer in the case "We son's average.Humidity oscillated filed by a former SSP, Kumar Sharma had re - behalf of the inspector will not allow the in - between 92 and 64 per cent. against whom he had cently filed the com - general, officials said. vestigations, which The weatherman has forecast ordered re-initiation of plaint against the IG al - The team took away are at a conclusive generally cloudy sky with the pos - action in an old case leging that a resident the relevant docu - stage, to be hampered sibility of light rain or thunder - pertaining to the al - of Ludhiana of alleged - ments related to the on - by such false com - showers tomorrow.The maximum leged harassment of a ly demanded bribe of going investigation be - plaints," he said.He and minimum temperatures are revenue official, Rs 22 lakh on behalf of ing conducted by the said the SIT was con - likely to hover around 35 and 28 de - agency sources said to - Dhillon to let him off SIT into the revenue of - ducting a probe on grees Celsius, respectively. day. the hook in the harass - ficial case which merit with all honesty, Yesterday, the minimum tem - A team of the cen - ment case. Sharma al - Dhillon was heading, based on facts that perature settled at 27.6 degrees tral investigative leged that he paid mon - the CBI sources said. emerged during the Celsius while the maximum tem - agency reached here ey to the Ludhiana res - Later, talking to re - course of investiga - perature recorded was 35.6 degrees last evening and ac - ident. He is the main porters today, Dhillon tion, all of which was Celsius. companied by the SSP accused in a nine-year- said attempts were to brought on record. Ferozepur, they went old case of alleged ha - sabotage the ongoing When contacted, to IG Gurinder Singh rassment and frame up investigations in the Mohan Singh Patwari Five dead in auto Dhillon's official resi - of revenue official case which was regis - said the CBI compliant dence here, the sources Mohan Singh Patwari. tered following a probe was lodged to put pres - rickshaw-truck KARGIL, AUGUST 17: through randomization. 27th of August while as said. The IG had recently by a senior IAS offi - sure on Dhillon who During the randomization, counting shall be held on The CBI sleuths ordered re-initiation of cer.Regarding the com - was conducting the collision in Kheda Deputy Commissioner POs and Polling Officers for 31st of August and the en - continued their probe action against Sharma plaint lodged by probe with honesty. Kargil, Vikas Kundal, today 258 polling stations spread tire poll process shall com - Anand (Guj), Aug 17 (PTI) supervised the randomiza - in 26 constituencies were fi - plete on 5th of September, tion of Presiding Officers nalized. 2018 to elect 26 Councillor of Five persons were killed when (POs) and Polling Officers The 2nd phase of elec - the district for 4th General a speeding truck rammed into an at National Informatics tion training to the selected Election to the LAHDC, Air India holds board meeting auto rickshaw on Mahudha- Centre Baroo here for the officials will begin from Kargil. Kathlal road in Kheda district of Gujarat this morning, police said. conduct of Ladakh August 18, 2018. Assistant New Delhi, Aug 17 (PTI) would be utilised to reduce high-cost working cap - The truck driver fled from the Autonomous Hill It was said that for few Commissioner Kargil ital loans. spot abandoning the vehicle, said Development Council polling stations in Sonam Chosjor, Assistant Cash-strapped Air India's board met here to - As per reports, the ailing airline could seek a officials of Mahudha police sta - (LAHDC), Kargil Elections Zanaskar Sub Division, hel - Director Information day, amid the government considering a financial loan waiver. tion.Four passengers in the rick - 2018. icopter services will be put Kargil Abdul Ahad Bhat, package to help the carrier, sources said. At the end of March 2017, the national carrier shaw and its driver were killed in Around1300 employees in service for despatch and District Informatics Officer After the proposed strategic disinvestment of had a debt burden of over Rs 48,000 crore. Of this, it the accident.The passengers were of different departments the airline failed to take off, the government is owed Rs 17,360 crore to aircraft leasing compa - return of polling staff. It Kargil Iftikhar Hussain and from a village near Mahudha town have been selected as POs considering a proposal for equity infusion and nies. may be recalled here that other concerned were pres - of Kheda district. possible loan waiver to improve its finances. Earlier, Civil Aviation Secretary R N and Polling Officers polling will take place on ent on the occasion. The truck, coming from the op - The meeting is also the first after induction of Choubey said that the government would aim to posite direction, rammed into the leading industrialists -- ITC Chairman Y C make the airline competitive before making a rickshaw while overtaking anoth - Deveshwar and Aditya Birla Group Chairman fresh push towards the disinvestment proposal. er vehicle, police said.The de - Kumar Mangalam Birla -- as independent direc - "We would like to make sure that Air India re - ceased were identified as Farukh Bengal govt plans to add 2000MW in 5 yrs tors on the airline's board. mains competitive and its market share does not Chauhan (rickshaw driver), Nazir Sources said Deveshwar attended the meeting , Aug 17 (PTI) creased in West Bengal, Chattopadhyay go down, which may require capacity induction... Chauhan, Irshad Chauhan, Salim but Birla did not turn up. said at another programme earlier in the We will also ensure that sufficient delegation (of Bhathiyara and Yasin Bhathiyara. West Bengal, a power surplus state, was day. Details about discussions at the board meet - power) is given to the board of directors to decide planning to add 2000MW over the next five The number of industrial consumers ing could not be immediately ascertained. on operational matters," he had said. years, state Power Minister Sobhandeb has gone up from 78,074 in 2011 to 99,505 The Civil Aviation Ministry is in discussions Last month, the government sought Dalai Lama condoles Chattopadhyay said. now, proving that demand for power from with the Finance Ministry for a Rs 11,000 crore Parliament's nod for Rs 980 crore in supplemen - The old thermal units in the state would industries has increased, he said. bailout package for the ailing Air India. The tary grants towards equity infusion into the air - Vajpayee's demise, hails be gradually replaced by modern plants, Following the 'Power to Everyone' slo - bailout package that the ministry is working on line. Chattopadhyay said at the CII organised gan coined by Chief Minister Mamata his eloquent support to Energy Conclave 2018 here. Banerjee after coming to power in 2011, the "We have about 9000MW generation ca - number of domestic consumers of power Tibetan people pacity of our own and about 1000MW from (domestic) has also increased to 1.2 crore Swami Agnivesh thrashed outside Dharamsala, Aug 17 (PTI) central allocation. We will add another from 86 lakh in 2011, he said. 2000MW in the next five years," he said. "We can now say that with regards to in - Tibetan spiritual leader the It will include 1000MW of pump storage frastructure - roads, technical institutions, BJP office, files police complaint Dalai Lama has condoled the death power and 300MW of solar, Chattopadhyay power - Bengal is ready to extend all help to New Delhi August17: showed footage of Avnivesh, a of former prime minister Atal said adding that the pump storage project industry houses," Chattopadhyay said at a former Janata Party MP and a Bihari Vajpayee, saying he was an was waiting to get central assistance. programme of the Bengal National Social activist Swami prominent social activist known "eloquent" supporter of the Tibetan "When we came to power (in 2011), solar Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BNC - Agnivesh was on Friday abused for his work against bonded people and a "friend". capacity was merely at 1 MW and now, the CI). and thrashed outside the BJP labour, running and being In a letter to Vajpayee's foster solar capacity is around 200 MW. On the sidelines of the headquarters when he went chased by a group of people, be - daughter Namita Bhattacharya At least 300 MW of solar capacity will be programme, he said West Bengal is a there to pay tribute to former lieved to be Bharatiya Janata yesterday, the Dalai Lama said added in the next five years. Of this, around power-surplus state where the demand Prime Minister Atal Bihari Party workers, who later beat with his passing away, India has 20 solar projects with 10 MW of each will be does not cross the threshold limit of 8,500 Vajpayee, whose body was lying him up. lost an eminent national leader. coming up in the next three years," he said. MW daily. "We met regularly during the in state for people to pay hom - Delhi Police then whisked The minister said the state government On Bhangar sub-station project in course of his career and I contin - age.Soon after Agnivesh, 79, away Agnivesh to safety in a has been introducing latest technologies to South 24 Parganas where work was stopped ued to visit him at (his) home after went to the party office on Deen van.Supporters of Agnivesh lat - reduce transmission and distribution loss - by agitation by local people for over a year, him."When Agnivesh reached he retired. Shri Vajpayee was a tru - Dayal Upadhyay Marg here, a er gave a complaint against es and at the same time putting efforts to im - Chattopadhyay said "It is a Power Grid outside the BJP headquarters, a ly dedicated politician. With his group of persons started raising around 20 persons at the prove quality of power. Corporation project. Work for sub-station group of BJP workers stopped passing away, India has lost an em - slogans against him, asking him Parliament Street police station The number of electricity consumers in has started and all the complications have him and started pushing him inent national leader. His eloquent to go back. News channels and demanded security for both industrial and domestic sectors has in - now been resolved. back. support of the Tibetan people be - gan in the late 1950s. Since then, he regularly took Indian govern - ments to task in Parliament, prompting them to take a stronger Hasin Jahan loses maintenance litigation against husband Mohammed Shami stand on Tibet," he said. KOLKATA August 18: yet. Hasin is now planning to violence case against Shami, "I feel privileged to have known move to higher court. his mother, elder brother, sis - him and am honoured to have Estranged wife of Indian Earlier in April this year, ter and sister-in-law. Apart counted him as a friend," the spiri - tual leader added. pacer Mohammed Shami lost Hasin demanded a compensa - from the allegations of domes - He also offered his condolences the maintenance litigation on tion of Rs. 10 lakh per month tic violence and extra-marital to Vajpayee's relatives, friends and Friday. Shami's wife Hasin which meant 7 lakh for the affair, she had also alleged colleagues. Jahan had earlier demanded family and three lakh for their that the cricketer had taken Vajpayee, who served as Rs. 7 lakh per month as family daughter. money from a Pakistani India's prime minister three times, maintenance but Alipore Hasin Jahan had filed the woman named Alishba on the died at All India Institute of Court refused Hasin's claim. domestic violence case insistence of an England- Medical Sciences (AIIMS) hospital However, judge Neha against Shami, his mother, based businessman, in Delhi yesterday following pro - Sharma approved the mainte - elder brother, sister and sis - Mohammad Bhai. longed illness. He was 93. nance claim for their daugh - ter-in-law. The Board of Control for ter. Shami has been asked to Indian cricketer Cricket in India (BCCI), how - pay Rs. 80,000 per month for Mohammad Shami’s wife ever, cleared Shami's central the daughter. Hasin Jahan has demanded a contract after its anti-corrup - Dalit farmer Shami's advocate said that monthly compensation of Rs tion unit exonerated him of electrocuted in UP his client has been willing to 10 lakh per month for the in - corruption charges leveled by pay the daughter's mainte - terim period when the case is Jahan. Muzaffarnagar, Aug 17 (PTI) nance since the beginning. on. Hasin Jahan has demand - In March, Hasin Jahan Shami, however, refused to ed Rs 7 lakh as family mainte - had met West Bengal Chief A 55-year-old Dalit farmer was pay for his wife's maintenance nance while Rs three lakh per Minister Mamata Banerjee in electrocuted when he came in con - as she has started modeling month for the child. connection with the case. tact with a high-tension wire, po - decided to hear it on an urgent this year, Hasin demanded a and acting. According to the lawyer of Mamata had met the crick - lice said today. The deceased was basis. He said that the court compensation of Rs. 10 lakh Expressing confidence Hasin's advocated defend - the estranged wife of the eter's wife at the state identified as Sompal.The incident has also asked Shami to clari - per month which meant 7 lakh about winning the case, the ed her by saying she is trying Indian pacer, the court has un - Assembly for around 15 min - took place last evening at Sikri vil - fy his point for the family and three lakh lawyer confirmed that Hasin lage which comes under the juris - to revive her profession how - derstood the significance of utes and heard Jahan's com - immediately.Earlier in April for their daughter. Jahan has filed the domestic diction of Bhopa police station. ever it has not been started the litigation and has hence plaint against Shami. Glimpses of Future 5 lOcal JAMMU SATURDAY AUGUST 18 , 2018 Woman set afire in front of lover's house, dies 868 dead due to rains, floods Rourkela, Aug 17 (PTI)

A woman in her early 20s died of burn injuries after she was allegedly set afire in front of her boyfriend's house here today, police said. in 7 states during monsoon Locals found the woman engulfed in flames outside the house of her boyfriend, Amit Yadav, in New Delhi, Aug 17 (PTI) Bengal, while 274 have people have borne the Bondhamunda locality here this morning, police said. been injured in rain-relat - brunt of the rains and They shifted the woman to Ispat General Hospital As many as 868 people ed incidents in the states. floods, which have also hit where she succumbed to her injuries, said Bira Kishore have lost their lives, 247 of The deluge and rains crops in 27,600 hectares of Mallick of Bandhamunda police station, who is investi - them in Kerala, due to have hit 26 districts in land. gating the case.The family members of the woman have rains, floods and landslides Maharashtra, 23 in Assam, Altogether 14 teams of alleged that Amit and his parents set her on fire. Biranchi in seven states during the 23 in West Bengal, 14 in the National Disaster Nayak, father of the woman, lodged a complaint with the monsoon season so far, the Kerala, 13 in Uttar Pradesh, Response Force (NDRF), police in this regard.He claimed that his daughter, Asha Home Ministry said today. 11 in Nagaland and 10 in comprising 357 rescuers, Nayak and Amit were in a relationship for the last two According to the Home Gujarat. are engaged in rescue and years and both had decided to get married. However, for Ministry's National Nearly two lakh people relief operations in Assam, the last few days, Amit was trying to evade her and a few Emergency Response have been living in relief the NERC said. days back he refused to marry her.Mallick said Amit has been absconding since the incident occured while his par - Centre (NERC), 247 people camps in Kerala and 43 In West Bengal, 2.27 ents have been detained. have died in Kerala, where teams of National Disaster lakh people have been af - 2.11 lakh people in 14 dis - Response Force (NDRF) fected by the floods and tricts have been badly hit consisting of nearly 2,000 crops in 48,550 hectares by the rains and floods and rescuers and 163 boats have have been damaged. 3 children drown while taking over 32,500 hectares of been deployed in the state. In Uttar Pradesh, 1.74 crops damaged. The IAF has deployed lakh people are affected by bath in pond in Haryana As many as 191 people 23 helicopters and 11 trans - the monsoon rains which Ambala, Aug 17 (PTI) have died in Uttar Pradesh, port aircraft. Some of the life jackets and 1,300 gum - The Coast Guard has Engineering Task Forces have also damaged 33,855 183 people in West Bengal, aircraft are being flown in boots are being rushed to deployed 30 boats along (ETFs), 60 boats and 100 life hectares of crops. Three children drowned while taking bath in a pond 139 in Maharashtra, 52 in from Yelahanka Kerala today. It has flown with rescue teams, 300 life jackets. Nine NDRF teams are in Sontli village near Shahjadpur today, police said. Gujarat, 45 in Assam and 11 (Karnataka) and 16 sorties in last two days in jackets, seven life rafts and One unit of the deployed in Uttar Pradesh, The deceased were identified as Harpreet (10), in Nagaland. (Maharashtra). rescue operations and it 144 life buoys. Territorial Army has also eight in West Bengal, seven Sukhchain (12) and Gaurav (9), they said.Due to heavy A total of 33 people have The Indian Navy has will airdrop 1,600 food The Army has pressed been deployed in Kerala. in Gujarat, four in rainfall in the region, the water level had risen in the also been missing, 28 in deployed 51 boats along packets today. into service 10 columns, 10 In Assam, 11.45 lakh Maharashtra and one in pond. Some other children who were also taking bath in Kerala and five in West with diving teams and 1,000 Nagaland. the pond informed the villagers about the incident, the police said.The victims were rushed to a civil hospital here, here declared them brought dead.The bodies were Vajpayee called me Rasraj, handed over to their family members after postmortem, Jodhamal wins KCIS U-10 Soccer tourney the police added. says Pandit JAMMU, August 17: , Aug 17 (PTI) Jodhamal Public School won Three dead in wall collapse in the first of its kind Junior (under- The late Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a connoisseur of poet - 10 boys) Independence Day Chhattisgarh ry and music, was a fan of the 88-year-old Hindustani clas - Football Tournament, organised Raipur, Aug 17 (PTI) sical vocalist Pandit Jasraj and called him 'Rasraj' (King by KC International School (KCIS) of Rasas). Pandit Jasraj disclosed this during the launch on its campus, here. Three members of a family were killed after a wall col - of his authorised biography, "Rasraj: Pandit Jasraj" in In the title clash, Jodhamal de - lapsed on their house following heavy rains in the US recently, author Sunita Budhiraja said. feated the hosts KCIS 4-0 in well Chhattisgarhs Dhamtari district, police said today. "Pandit Jasraj told the audience that it was Atal ji played game. Earlier, in the semifi - The incident happened yesterday night in Kandel vil - who first called him Rasraj. That was the upadhi (title) nals of this two-day event, KCIS lage falling under Arjuni police station limits, the official that Pandit Jasraj loves most," she told PTI.Budhiraja trounced Heritage School 3-2 via added.The official said that there were seven people in he said Pandit , noted Indian classical tie-breaker while Jodhamal out - musician and 'Santoor' player told her that among all the house at the time of the incident of which three died and honours and titles Pandit Jasraj has received , 'Rasraj' is played GD Goenka School 3-0, four sustained injuries."Dharmi Sahu, a widow, was in the one he likes the most."Atal ji lives through through again via tie-breaker. Preliminary the house along with her mother, four children and the music of Pandit Jasraj and the title of my book," she round: Jodhamal Public School bt grandson. The wall of an old house adjacent to theirs col - said.While at the AIIMS, Vajpayee listened to old film Alexander Public School 8-0; lapsed," he said.He said that Sahu's mother Milo Bai (70), music and poetry on the AIR FM Gold radio station, she Heritage School bt Ashoka Higher her daughter Khileshwari (17) and grandson Vedant were said. The 534-page book has incidents and anecdotes from Secondary School 2-1. Education, University of Jammu, Vice Chairman of hosts KCIS, trapped under the debris and died instantly.Sahu, along Pandit Jasraj's life, from his tabla-playing days to his In all, six schools of the city Dr. Doud Iqbal Baba was chief Chaitanya Chowdhary also spoke with her three other children, sustained injuries and journey of becoming a renowned vocalist.The Mewati- took part in this tournament guest, who gave away the title tro - on the occasion and congratulated have been admitted to a local hospital, the official said, gharana music maestro was honoured with the Padma played on knock-out basis. In the phies and other individual prizes. both the finalist teams for their adding that the wall possibly caved in due to the rains.He Shri in 1975, the Padma Bhushan in 1990 and the Padma valedictory function, Director, He encouraged the young boys and competitive spirit. Principal of said that a case had been registered and further investiga - Vibhushan in 2000. Directorate of Sports and Physical appreciated the initiative on part KCIS, Subhendu Sarkar presented tions were underway. of the KCIS. the vote of thanks. Waterfall tragedy: six bodies Airlines not charging exorbitant fares: DGCA to HC recovered Shivpuri (MP), Aug 17 (PTI) New Delhi, Aug 17 (PTI) as "silent spectators" to the "arbitrary" fix - ed, DGCA in its affidavit said that airlines often charge more than 10 times the base ing of fares by the airlines. adopt a dynamic pricing mechanism in rate when there is a shortage of seats.In Bodies of six persons who had been swept away in wa - Civil aviation regulator, DGCA, today Denying the allegation, DGCA said in which prices are changed often depending support of his claim, he has referred to the ter near Sultangarh Waterfall in Shivpuri district of told the Delhi High Court that airlines in its affidavit that "change in air fares was on the day of a week, time of day, numbers incident of IndiGo airline cancelling a Madhya Pradesh were today recovered, a government of - the country are not charging fares that are dynamic". of days before the flight and other factors large number of its flights after some of its ficial said. "Efforts are on to find another three persons unlawful, discriminatory or exorbitant "Fare increase with increase in de - like number of seats and departure time. A320N aircraft were grounded due to en - who went missing on August 15 evening," district collec - and the ticket prices change according to mand for seats on any given flight and as a The regulator also said that "prevailing gine trouble. tor Shilpa Gupta told PTI. The waterfall is located near market forces. flight's available seat inventory diminish - airline practices with regard to the type of Misra has alleged that due to the can - the border of Gwalior district. The tragedy occurred on The Directorate General of Civil es, lower bucket fares consequently may fares offered and their charging method by cellation of these flights, IndiGo passen - Independence Day when merrymakers thronged the spot Aviation (DGCA) also told a bench of Chief no longer be available. private and government owned airlines gers had to book tickets at the last minute in large numbers on account of holiday. According to Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K "It is denied that air fares charged by are same and in line with practices fol - on other airlines at "exorbitant prices".He Gwalior district Superintendent of Police Navneet Rao that under the Aircraft Act it was not the airlines are unlawful and discrimina - lowed globally". The DGCA also said that has sought that airlines should not be al - Bhasin, nine people of from that district who were pic - empowered to make "financial regula - tory and that the respondents (DGCA and "petitioner's averments regarding charg - lowed to charge more than a justified hike nicking near the waterfall on August 15 went missing tions" with regard to air fares. the Centre) have shirked their responsibil - ing of exorbitant airfares by private air - in the advance booking fare. The petition - when there was a flash flood, Gupta said.The bodies of six The regulator took the stand in an affi - ity," the aviation regulator said while urg - lines have not been substantiated" as the er has said that capping of air fares or of them were fished out today, she added.There was a sud - davit filed in response to a PIL seeking cap - ing the court to dismiss the plea. The court prices charged by them do not exceed the guidelines to regulate them are necessary den surge in water following heavy rainfall upstream of ping of air fares charged by airlines in the took the affidavit, filed by advocate Anjana fare buckets (levels) displayed on their to ensure "greater transparency and ac - the waterfall which led to the tragedy, the collector said. country. The plea by consumer rights ac - Gosain, on record and listed the matter for website. countability" and "discourage profiteering Forty-five others who were stranded on rocks in the tivist Bejon K Misra has alleged that the further hearing on October 9. Misra in his plea has claimed that cap - and undue enrichment in the business of stream were rescued early yesterday morning. authorities, including DGCA, were acting Explaining how the fares are calculat - ping of air fares was necessary as airlines civil aviation". Maoist carrying reward on head surrenders in Malkangiri:Police Medical students demand CBI arrests man Flood alert in Theni, Madurai; annulment of bank guarantee clause for taking Rs 10 Malkangiri (Odisha), Aug 17 (PTI) Dharamshsala, August 17 (PTI) during his visit to Nurpur 8,410 people in relief camps A woman Maoist, who carried a reward of Rs one lakh on Wednesday.The HPMOA lakh bribe on on her head, has surrendered before the police in The Himachal Pradesh members demanded aboli - behalf of an IG of Chennai, Aug 17 (PTI) alert has been sounded Tiruchirappalli. Malkangiri district, the police said today. Medical Officers' tion of the mandatory bank now in Theni and Erode tops the list Nayana Khilo (19) of Sanyasiguda village surren - A flood alert has been Association (HPMOA) has guarantee of Rs 10 lakh say - Pb police Madurai districts, with 5875 people in 66 dered before Malkangigi SP Meena and BSF urged Chief Minister Jai ing most students belong to sounded in Theni and Revenue minister R B camps. DIG Virendra Singh last evening, a police official said. New Delhi, Aug 17 (PTI) Ram Thakur to repeal the humble backgrounds and Madurai districts of Udaya Kumar said. With Ministers are camp - Nayana had joined the outlawed CPI (Maoist) in 2016 mandatory Rs 10 lakh bank that they are finding it diffi - Tamil Nadu and people this, the alert has been is - ing in the districts to over - and worked in Gumma area under Malkangiri division of The CBI has arrested guarantee clause for stu - cult to pledge such a huge living along the banks of sued in 13 districts. see relief operations. the outfit, Meena said.She was on the wanted list of police a middleman while he dents taking up medical ed - amount. Singh said, "The the Cauvery and Bhavani People at Mayanur in State Disaster for her alleged involvement in at least four offensives, the was allegedly receiving a ucation. Speaking to PTI, difficulty in pledging the advised to move to safer Karur district have been Response Force person - SP said adding the woman would be rehabilitated accord - bribe of Rs 10 lakh on be - Press Secretary of HPMOA, bond money is leading to a places, even as over two advised to move to relief nel have been deployed ing to the surrender policy of the state government.The half of a Punjab police in - Kangra district, sense of anguish among the lakh cusecs of water was camps with authorities and inter-departmental woman decided to give up arms and return to the main - spector general posted in Harshvardhan Singh said students. This is taking a discharged from three expecting the discharge teams are on stand by as stream as she realised the futility of the violent approach Ferozepur, officials said the association representa - toll on their mental health dams, including Mettur. to touch three lakh cusecs well, he said. of the Maoists, he said. She will also get financial assis - today. The action was tives met the chief minister and studies. As many as 8,410 peo - tomorrow. As many as 8,410 peo - tance for building house, studies and training in a trade taken on the complaint of ple have been sheltered in "The 30,000 cusecs per ple have been sheltered in or a vocation of her liking, he said. a retired SSP of relief camps in Tamil second of additional dis - relief camps in Tamil J&K pROJECTS CONSTRUCTION CORpORaTION lTD. Vigilance Bureau Nadu in view of the heavy charge totalling 2 lakh Nadu in view of the heavy (a J&K State Govt. Undertaking) Patiala, Punjab. "It was inflow from Karnataka cusecs from Krishnaraja inflow from Karnataka J'khand HC extends Lalu's OFFICE OF DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER, MECHANICAL UNIT, JAMMU alleged that the com - reservoirs and combined Sagar and Kabini dams reservoirs and combined plainant was being false - discharge of over 2.30 lakh (in Karnataka) and com - discharge of over 2.30 Extension No 1 to Tender Notice provisional bail in fodder scam ly implicated in a case cusecs from Mettur, bined discharge from lakh cusecs from Mettur, Due to poor response, the critical dates of the be - registered against him, Bhavani Sagar and dams, including Bhavani Bhavani Sagar and , Aug 17 (PTI) low mentioned tender are extended as per schedule for which an SIT was Amara vathi dams, offi - and Amaravati, is expect - Amaravathi dams, offi - formed by IGP, The Jharkhand High Court extended today the provi - given below:- cials said today. ed to be about three lakh cials said today. Ferozepur. It was further With over 2.07 lakh cusecs which will reach A Erode report said sional bail of former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad, 1. E-NIT No MECH/J/NIT/16 of 2018-19 Dated: 26- alleged that the SIT had cusecs being released Mayanur check dam to - standing crop in about convicted in four fodder scam cases, till August 07-2018 for Supply, Installation, Testing and searched the house of the from the KRS reservoir morrow early morning," 300 hectares has been af - 27.Granting the extension of the provisional bail, the Commissioning of Fire hydrant, Fire detection complainant and seized and Kabini in Karnataka, the minister told re - fected due to flooding in bench of Justice Apresh Kumar Singh fixed August 24 as and Fire Alarm system for Auditorium at, Reasi. certain documents and inflow into the Mettur porters. the Cauvery and the date to hear the bail petition.Senior advocate The detail of e-NIT can be seen/downloaded from articles," a CBI dam stood at 1.70 lakh The minister request - Bhavani rivers. The loss Chitaranjan Sinha appeared for the RJD leader.The court the departmental website www.jktenders. gov.in and spokesperson said. He cusecs this morning. ed people living in low-ly - is being assessed by offi - had on August 10 extended the provisional bail till August uploaded up to Dt: 24-08-2018 up to 1400 hrs with said it was also alleged The water level in the ing areas and along the cials. 20 on medical grounds. that the bribe was being The high court had on May 11 granted six weeks pro - date of opening of tender on 27-08-2018 at 1200 Hrs. dam stood at 120.24 feet banks to cooperate with Bhavani town near demanded from the com - against the full level of 120 officials and move to re - Erode is facing inunda - visional bail to the RJD supremo on medical grounds and However all other terms and conditions of the NIT plainant for diluting the feet, officials said, adding, lief centres.The 8410 peo - tion and the famo us Sri again extended it till August 14.Prasad has been convict - shall remain the same. case and for returning 1.70 lakh cusecs was being ple have been accommo - Sangameswarar shrine is ed in four cases of the multi-crore rupees fodder scam.The Er. K.K. padotra the seized ocuments and discharged. Following dated in 96 relief camps in surrounded by water. cases relate to illegal withdrawal of money from govern - Deputy General Manager articles. On getting in - heavy inflow and dis - Namakkal, Erode, Similarly, 400 houses ment treasuries in different districts for the animal hus - JKpCC ltd. Mechanical Unit puts about the planned charge from the Periyar Kanyakumari, Karur, at Kodumudi are facing bandry department in undivided Bihar in the 1990s when transaction. and Vaigai dams, a flood DIp/J-2294-p/18 Jammu Dharmapuri and threat of being inundated. the Rashtriya Janata Dal was in power in the state. Glimpses of Future 6 Edit/OpiniOn JAMMU SATURDAY AUGUST 18, 2018 Glimpses of Future Neglected Jammu Tourism A statesman and an orator By : MANVeNDRA SINGh the Jana Sangh, brought him in contact ourism in Jammu has always remained neglected by with Syama Prasad Mookerjee. The polit - the successive governments. If developed properly Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a large- ical graph was only upwards from there, TJammu region has a vast potential for the tourism hearted leader, always civil and never bringing him appreciation from India’s and Jammu region will become a tourist destination like afraid to take tough decisions for India. first Prime Minister, , Kashmir. In the past attempts were made by the previous governments to promote some tourism projects in Jammu, Barmer had suffered devastating floods who prophesied that one day Vajpayee but they also become the victim of official apathy after for - in 2006, and as the MP representing the would lead the country. But before he be - mation of BJP-PDP coalition government in the State. One constituency, I was involved in relief op - came Prime Minister, Vajpayee cut his of the prestigious Jammu Lake Project started by the erations. , as Defence teeth as India’s first non-Congress Congress-NC Government was shelved midway, if complet - Minister in the United Progressive External Affairs Minister (1977-79) in the ed shall have proved a prestigious tourism destination for Alliance government, had accompanied Janata Party government, and provided the tourists visiting Vaishno Devi. The scrapping of the ar - Sonia Gandhi, then Congress president, a glimpse of his future direction. tificial lake project on the Tawi by the PDP-BJP govern - for a survey to take stock of the opera - By the time he became Foreign ment has again brought to the fore neglected tourism infra - tions. A district administration briefing Minister, Pakistan had been defeated in structure projects in the Jammu region. The projects have was planned in Barmer for them, and as missed several deadlines and faced inordinate delay due to war, divided into two, and was headed for red tape and slow pace of work by successive governments. soon as they arrived Ms. Gandhi told me, another round of military rule. Despite This is despite the fact that the special task force for Jammu in earshot of mediapersons, “Your MLA all that, he launched persistent efforts constituted in 2010 had recommended that tourism promo - has behaved very badly with me.” with Pakistan, beginning with a visit to tion schemes should be completed on the fast track to gener - Unaware of what had happened, I never - the neighbouring country. This was to re - ate employment and make the Jammu region a tourist hub. theless apologised with folded hands “on main the foreign policy theme through The slow pace of work is hampering growth of the sector as behalf of everyone”, including the MLA, his tenure as Prime Minister. It drew visitors skip the region during their visit to the state. who like me belonged to the Bharatiya from a realisation that India would never Several tourism projects initiated in last ten years have not Janata Party (BJP). That little apology persona often cloaked. There were two ‘Golden Quadrilateral’ and the expan - be able to earn its place under the sun un - been completed so far. These are Mubarak Mandi-Bahu made it to a tiny news story, which in decisions that he took during his prime sion of other highways undertaken on less it made peace with Pakistan. But do - Fort ropeway, beautification of Mubarak Mandi palace, Buddhist heritage site at Ambran, temple complex at turn reached Atal Bihari Vajpayee, then ministership (1998-2004) that helped his watch as Prime Minister, it is the ing business with Pakistan was never Purmandal, Gharana wetland development and ‘gandola’ already in retirement from politics. He change India completely; they still define PMGSY that has completely altered the easy. After the bitter rhetoric of the 1998 at Patnitop. Jammu has faced systematic neglect over the sent me a thank you message, the first India today. In taking them he demon - lives of farmers in India’s far-flung vil - nuclear tests, there was the euphoria of decades especially with regards to exploitation of its im - and only one I received from him, “for strated the willingness to take the bull by lages and hamlets. For the first time they the bus journey to Lahore in 1999. A little- mense tourism potential which is easily shadowed by the maintaining Indian traditions, culture the horns. On May 11, 1998, India began a came to be connected to markets through known fact about the bus trip is that as it beauty and aura of Kashmir Valley. Jammu's tourism sec - and our dignity”. A dignified man It was two-stage series of nuclear tests that a motorable road, thus bypassing middle - crossed the Radcliffe Line at Wagah, the tor is a story of great disappointment. No spot has been de - this civility and dignity that marked changed the way the world perceived de - men who had always controlled access. Border Security Force was playing Daler veloped so far that could qualify for being called a spot Vajpayee’s life and politics, and which cision-making in New Delhi. To top it off, Till date, it remains India’s only pure da - Mehndi’s Punjabi pop hit ‘Sade naal ra - where the tourists have all facilities. The fact of the matter seems completely at odds with the pre - de facto nuclearisation was claimed as a ta-driven scheme, unalterable by politi - hoge to aish karoge’ (If you stay with us, is that all the beautiful places all over Jammu region, some vailing political culture of today. His en - of them in the mountains of Kishtwar, Doda, Ramban, policy, giving nightmares to economists cal pressure. Both decisions were game- you’ll do well). Obviously it was a mes - Rajouri, Poonch, Udhampur and Reasi, and others in dis - dearing manner, display of affection and and policymakers. Vajpayee had fac - changers for India. sage lost on Pakistan, which thereafter tricts like Kathua, Jammu and Samba, find no mention on quality of giving earned him respect all tored it all in, including the likely course Early recognition responded with the intrusions in Kargil the tourism map of the State. The State Government had around, including from the Opposition. of Pakistan’s reactive tests and the effect Vajpayee’s birth in Gwalior on that led to a brief but bitter war that sum - been saying it time and again that it wanted to develop all His easy manner was reflected in his of sanctions on both countries, before December 25, 1924 to Krishna Devi and mer. Vajpayee held his nerve and didn’t the tourist spots across the State. But that is not the case. ready smile and a wink, and it kept de - giving the green signal. From that mo - Krishna Bihari Vajpayee, and his subse - waver despite adverse military condi - This is clear that the State Government lacks tourism poli - bates from escalating into confrontation. ment, the global attitude towards India quent upbringing and education are well tions in the early days. Eventually India cy. If Katra is booming with pilgrims; there are more than His mannerisms, including his long began to change, and it defined India’s documented. His early influences from won a military victory as well global 50,000 pilgrims daily visiting the Shrine of Shri Mata pauses, were easy to interpret as earnest. rise. The second decision has changed Arya Samaj and then the Rashtriya goodwill, a rare double achievement. Vaishno Devi. They are pilgrims and even for them there Yet, he would not shirk from the toughest India internally it was the launch of the Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) are just as Years later, I was the first Indian journal - hardly is any facility by the Tourism Department. The en - tire show there is being managed by Shri Mata Vaishno decisions — in calls he took for India, he Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana well known. His full-time commitment to ist to meet Nawaz Sharif, who had been Devi Shrine Board, the Tourism Department is absent, as revealed the steel in him that his amiable (PMGSY). Unlike the much celebrated the RSS, and subsequent secondment to A statesman on Page 7 are its facilities. It has done nothing for Shiv Khori, another pilgrimage centre that is coming up in Reasi district. Simply by constituting the Tourism authorities or holding once or twice a year one or two festivals is not going to at - tract tourists nor create facilities. It was during the tenure India: Independent but not free of former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Ghulam Nabi Azad that some attention was paid to some of the areas By : AJOy KUMAR dependence in 1947. in the region. Bhaderwah was developed into a full fledged Fast forward to today, what used to be tourist spot, having an unmatched beauty and grandeur. Even as India celebrated its 72nd the primary medium to speak truth to But even that project was not taken to its logical conclusion. Independence day this week, a glance at power, has now been badgered by the pres - The road connectivity is poor and there are no lodging facil - the current state of media regulation will ent Government into something unrecog - ities whatsoever, even the arrangements for Kailash yatra reveal how Press freedom is constrained nisable. While there is an environment of are highly inadequate. So where is the tourism policy for in small and large ways. This week, India fear and trepidation in the country, which Jammu region. The people of Jammu have a lot of expecta - tions from the Governor’s administration and it is hoped celebrated its 72nd anniversary of inde - stems from the top, there are a few exam - that Governor shall pay personal attention towards the pendence. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on ples that are disconcerting. Of these, the tourism sector of the region. the midnight of August 15, 1947, spoke resignation of Punya Prasun Bajpai from words befitting the occasion when he said, ABP News is fresh and possibly most trou - “At the stroke of the midnight hour, when bling. Reasons for Bajpai’s resignation are the world sleeps, India will awake to life frighteningly Orwellian. In a letter House deities or working angels? and freedom.” Pandit Nehru in his immor - penned by him, he explained the events tal words clearly recognised the intrinsic leading up to his resignation. As the host link between independence and freedom. of Master Stroke, prime-time news tele - This month, however, ironically threw in cast on ABP News, Bajpai hosted the news, tragic juxtaposition the lack of freedom in exposing the heights that this independent India. Since this week led up Government has gone to from preventing try to reduce references to Prime Minister mobs that act without reason or fear. to the anniversary of India’s independ - the truth from coming out. Modi and limit his appearance on the The problem is that the Prime ence, I went back to examine the role of For example, the news coverage in news when discussing failings of the Minister is at the centre of this approach media during the freedom struggle. The Chhattisgarh, where Master Stroke re - Government. This all-out offensive unfor - towards the Press. Recently, I was a pan - British introduced some horribly restric - ported that a woman farmer, during her tunately but almost inevitably led to the elist on a news channel along with a tive laws, which limited the freedom of the video interaction with Prime Minister resignation of Bajpai from ABP. When spokesperson of the BJP and the questions Press, including the Vernacular Press Modi, had been tutored to make false faced with the might of the entire were: Why Prime Minister Modi has not Act, 1878, through which the British claims that her income had doubled. The Government for reporting on its failings, yet held a single Press conference in four Government aimed to establish an iron- report showed how, in fact, her condition it seemed there was little else that he could years? For all the allegations that the BJP like grip over vernacular publications had in reality become worse. Almost im - do. This, of course, is not the only exam - threw at for being a like Amrita Bazar Patrika, and required mediately, the BJP jumped to discredit the ple. In general, the current environment silent Prime Minister, Modiji and the BJP By : MeGhA JAIN 2014). The intensity and such publications to ensure that nothing channel and Master Stroke. What was in India is one of hate and polarisation. would do well to remember that the for - magnitude of ‘gender con - was written against them. This was also even more bizarre and terrifying was the Where intellectualism is treated with dis - mer Prime Minister did three Press con - It is difficult to undo the flicts’ vary demographical - the time when publications like Amrita disturbance in ABP’s satellite link, which dain and accountability as an attack. The ferences in New Delhi and always took deep-rooted decadal condi - ly across the globe. Bazar Patrika were heroes. The Press was conveniently started acting up during the Government in power has nurtured this questions from journalists on his trips tioning when it comes to Unfortunately, supporting an amplifying voice of the rising whispers exact time that Master Stroke was telecast environment and the message is clear: Go abroad. When faced with this question, gender disparity, particu - statistics confirm that against an evil empire. The Press by re - and returned to normal after the show had against the BJP Government and face the the response by the BJP spokesperson was larly in a society as conser - Indian society has wit - porting on horrifying incidents of misgov - finished. This ‘disturbance’ allegedly con - wrath of the powerful. The problem is that as per the script, breaking into a mono - vative and regressive as nessed complete marginali - ernance, like the treatment of indigo farm - tinued for days. Simultaneously, advertis - when you create such an environment, logue about the greatness of the supreme ours. But we must keep try - sation of the female strata ers and by disseminating the message of ers stopped their ads to ABP, allegedly due you open doors you cannot shut. Whether leader, saying that “Modiji is loved by all”, ing, say Megha Jain & in all fields. This despite Mahatma Gandhi and co, helped provide to pressure from outside entities. This was it’s the vile attacks by trolls on various “Modiji talks to everyone” etc. I feared Aishwarya Nagpal. The proven researches on their the much-needed tailwind to the Indian coupled with other restrictions on jour - prominent journalists or the attacks out that the spokesperson was just moments ever-changing space for ur - power and capacities in freedom movement, leading up to our in - nalistic freedom, such as instructions to in the open on Umair Khalid or the lynch India on Page 7 ban anthropology entails creating a prosperous fu - mixed experiences of sig - ture economy via Gross nificant discrimination for Domestic Product (GDP) the female strata in the and productivity push. A long march since freedom ‘public’ sphere of political Additionally, the gender gatherings, religious per - gap in labour workforce formance and economic ex - has crucial macro-econom - By : SALMAN ANeeS SOz (Damodar, Hirakud and Bhakra-Nangal) change. The study of gen - ic inferences as well. that had an irrigation capacity 70% more der disparity has captured Women in development The Partition and the bloodletting than that of the Grand Coulee (in the U.S. a focal place in the debate of a critical analysis: There is that accompanied our Independence took state of Washington), which was at that sociology in a new era. The prodigious evidence that up much of the energy of our founders. An time the largest irrigation system in the gravity of the issue is so se - the effect of economic opinion piece by an unnamed Indian offi - world. The breathtaking ambition of such vere that it has reserved a growth on gender inequali - cial in the October 1952 issue of Foreign an irrigation system at a time of deep un - place in the Indian ty is inadequate and inco - Affairs magazine describes the challenge: certainties and insecurities is a marvel in Economic Survey (2017-18). herent (Kabeer 2016, Duflo “In its [Partition’s] wake came the im - itself. Be that is it may, our founders were Ironically, women’s mobil - 2012). Even revised contem - mense task of organising, within a few visionary and understood the need for ity is still controlled and re- porary discussions about weeks, the movement of no less than balanced development. While today we negotiated in many soci - the new wealth of various 6,000,000 refugees, of improvising keenly observe the ups and downs of the eties, except their confined nations contain the crucial arrangements for their immediate relief, Index of Industrial Production (IIP), India roles to dispense domestic role of women of Indian so - and devising plans for their permanent imported 90% of industrial goods around duties. Traditional ideolo - ciety. Besides, many re - resettlement and rehabilitation. When the time of Independence. The Five-Year gy behind the ‘protected en - searchers have established was a ‘refugee problem’ of this magnitude Plans that many mock today helped vironment’ actually in - the demand-side barriers set before an untried government in the India’s industrial sector grow by an aver - tends to suppress their in - as to how this section is of - very first days of its existence and solved age of 7% over the 1950-65 period. The de - dividual temperament. As ten loomed to gain from with equal expedition and success?” cline under the British was being re - per a recent World Bank re - ‘economic development’ There was no significant foreign assis - versed even as the basic building blocks of port, India and China are (equitable access to jobs, tance to deal with a refugee crisis that was a new socioeconomic order were being the only two nations in the skills development, and second in scale only to that generated by put in place. In the 50 years before world where infant mortal - fair earnings). Though em - World War II. While presenting the first Independence, India’s GDP growth aver - ity rate for females is still ployment of women is seen Budget of independent India on aged about 0.9% per annum. During the higher than males even in as a vital aspect attached to November 26, 1947, Finance Minister R.K. first three Five-Year Plans, it averaged the 21st century. What is their respective independ - Shanmukham Chetty noted that the im - 4%. In 2018, we can say that 4% was low gender? In sociological and ence, there are missing mediate impact of the Partition’s “tragic 1943, which claimed three million lives, of Indians lived, were “preoccupied, with and that our founders were ineffective. feminist thought, gender links in connecting the na - developments has been to divert the atten - was still fresh in memory. In his maiden the production of food”. Galbraith noted Who in the year 1900 could imagine that indicates the cultural con - tion’s growth with female tion of the Government almost complete - budget speech, Chetty noted that India’s that “Indian economic life as a whole” India would grow at 4% a year over a 15- stitution comprising no - labour force participation. ly from normal activities”. A difficult “food position has continued to cause was mostly about food production. To ad - year stretch? In those 15 years (1950-1965), tions, perceptions and As proposed by Sarker start. The Partition was an unwanted ad - grave anxiety both to the Provincial dress inadequate food production, our India’s average GDP per capita growth premises concerning femi - (2006), Women in dition to an already full plate of immense Governments and the Central first government focussed on expanding rate was almost 20 times that achieved ninity and masculinity and Development (WID) ap - problems. Most of India’s 350 million peo - Government”. Writing in 1958, more than India’s irrigation capacity. Chester during the 1900-47 time period. Building the ways in which these proach that emerged in the ple then lived in staggering poverty. One 10 years after Independence, the econo - Bowles, an American diplomat, noted in blocks. Yes, Prime Minister Narendra ideologies maintain gen - 1960s with an emphasis on of the biggest problems was that of food, or mist was of the an opinion piece that India embarked on Modi can call today’s IITs “India’s instru - the lack thereof. The Bengal famine of dered identities (Mishra, House on Page 7 view that India’s villages, where over 80% creating three large dam systems A long march on Page 7

Printed, published and owned by Prem Nath Sharma, Printed at Glimpses of Future Press 63 Padha Street, Purani Mandi, Jammu. Chief Editor Prem Nath Sharma, Associate Editor : Rajiv Sharma, Ph. 2546079, Fax 0191-2547240, RNI NO. 43798/86, email : [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Glimpses of Future 7 natiOnal JAMMU SATURDAY AUGUST 18, 2018 Vajpayee mixed with RSS Additional police deployment at ideology like sugar in milk: Sena bridge to ease traffic Mumbai, Aug 17 (PTI) Panaji, Aug 17 (PTI) "Two platoons of IRB have been General of Police Muktesh Chandar, deployed. Police have issued detailed Principal Secretary to CM P Shiv Sena today said The Goa government has deployed instructions to field formations for Krishnamurthy, accompanied by traf - former prime minister two platoons of the state police's India continuous monitoring of traffic situ - fic police and PWD officials, visited Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a Reserve Battalion to decongest a sec - ation," a senior Chief Minister's Office both sides of the bridge," the official true 'swayamsevak' (vol - tion of the national highway connect - official told PTI today. said.He claimed that since the deploy - unteer) of the RSS who ing the North and South districts of He claimed that since the deploy - ment of the two IRB platoons at the mixed with the organisa - the state, a senior official said today. ment of the two IRB platoons at the site, traffic had been moving smoothly tion's ideology like "sugar Heavy traffic jams have been wit - site, traffic had been moving smoothly on the highway.The official informed dissolves in milk" and his nessed for the past few days at on the highway. that the state PWD department had Hinduta ideology was nev - Agassaim village on the national The official said that, as instruct - been directed to construct a slipway er hidden. highway near Zuari bridge, about 15 ed by Chief Minister Manohar from Cortalim junction at the south of An editorial in the kilometres from here, the official said. Parrikar who is currently in the the Zuari bridge to ease the flow of Sena mouthpiece The issue had drawn protests from United States for a medical check-up, traffic moving towards Margao. also said Vajpayee honest - political parties as well as people who senior state officials had visited the "Traffic police has been directed to ly tried to build relations had missed their flights as the high - site of the traffic bottleneck. deploy additional manpower to en - with Pakistan, but even a way is the sole access road for people "As per the instructions of the sure lane driving and regulate smooth gentleman like him was be - of North Goa to the international air - chief minister, Chief Secretary movement of traffic," the official trayed by the neighbour - port. Sharma, Director added. ing nation. It further recalled that Vajpayee once said in the US that he may not be the Contn. on Page 6 ...... prime minister tomorrow, but nobody could take result, he had to keep is - Vajpayee's death as end of that "people with different away his right of being a sues like Ram temple and an era, the BJP's long- mindsets and different A statesman ...... swayamsevak, referring to uniform civil code aside, it standing ally said that af - faces" came together and his association with the said. Vajpayee died yester - ter Mahatma Gandhi, formed the alliance.As Prime Minister of Pakistan during the Kargil war, Vajpayee will ultimately be remembered for his ora - Rashtriya Swayamsevak day at the age of 93 after a Pandit Nehru and Netaji prime minister, Vajpayee when he was in exile in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He said: tory, the skill with which he summoned the apt word out Sangh (RSS). prolonged illness. Subhash Chandra Bose, built trust among farmers “Mr. Vajpayee is justified in feeling let down, we did let of nowhere, his longish silences that would be suddenly Vajpayee's Referring to a Goa Vajpayee was the most fa - and increased their agri - him down.” Quietly purposeful The humiliation at the broken by a beautifully worded sentence. His resignation ideology was never hidden, speech made by Vajpayee mous cultural produce, it said. end of the year in 1999, with the hijack of an Indian speech of 1996 in the Lok Sabha stands out, as does his the Sena said. in 2002, the Sena said he personality.Crediting "Seeing the condition of Airlines plane to Kandahar, was followed by another at - Srinagar address of April 2003 in which he held out the Except for Shiv Sena tried hard to bring Vajpayee for formation of farmers today, and a wave tempt to forge peace with Pakistan at the Agra Summit in hand of friendship to Pakistan and which led to a sus - and Akali Dal, nobody else Muslims into the main - the National Democratic of their suicides, one re - July 2001. In between, in 2000, Vajpayee didn’t hesitate to tained peace process. The 1996 speech had drama, an - was ready to support his stream but his patience Alliance, the editorial said members Vajpayee's pro- let Pakistan know what he was about. Unknown to most, guish, integrity, hope, and sincerity that seeped through Hindutva ideology and as a ran out. Terming that it was because of him farmer policies," it added. though it is murmured about occasionally and was even every word, every phrase. It remains a benchmark in hinted at in the Pakistani media at that time, there was a speech-making, all of this before the era of PR speech- devastating strike across the Line of Control (LoC) that writers and social media platforms to take things viral. lasted the longest, and till now accounts for the most casu - His speech went viral by the oldest known medium, word Two Jharkhand alties ever on the other side. All that the Indian raiding of mouth. His command of words will always set him Moved 4,000 people to safety, party left behind as evidence was an HMT watch, show - apart from other leaders. And nothing more so than his cops suspended for ing India time. Troops manning India’s posts said at the poetry. A couplet of his found pride of place in the BJP demanding bribe 51 teams in Kerala: NDRF time that they had lost count of the number of ambulance central office for the longest time. In translation: “With a sirens wailing across the LoC. Behind Vajpayee’s cheru - small mind you cannot become great/ with a small heart New Delhi, Aug 17 (PTI) ment in Kerala. Operations are still go - hazaribag (Jharkhand), Aug 17 bic, charming exterior, there was indeed a spine, and he you cannot stand tall.” It was a dictum he heeded by liv - ing on," he said. (PTI) could take, and handle, ruthless policy decisions. ing and governing with a broad mind and a big heart. The NDRF said today it has moved The rescue and evacuations opera - Two police officers more than 4,000 people to safer places and tions by the NDRF entered its ninth day have been suspended here rescued another 44 from flooded areas in today. House ...... for allegedly taking a Kerala during the past nine days, even as The spokesperson said despite heavy bribe of Rs 50,000 from the its personnel struggle to reach remote ar - rains and unfavourable weather, every the need to include them in the development mix was women into conventional finance is thwarting. owner of a sand-laden trac - eas cut off due to landslides. effort was being made by NDRF respon - able to harness their true potential in order to achieve Move towards gender equality: It implies that women tor, a senior officer said. Kerala has been severely hit by mon - ders to "access and reach" every person equality for women in socio-economic and political plat - and men are on equal footing in terms of core functioning Assistant Sub-Inspector soon rains and rivers and dam reservoirs in distress. forms. As per the World Bank report (2012), though global (education, health, and nutrition) as well as for genera - Sanjay Yadav and the offi - are overflowing, inundating a large part A total of 173 people have died in the female labour participation rate has improved from 50.2 tion of livelihood. Greater gender equality can boost eco - cer-in-charge of of the state. At least 100 people died yes - state since the second spell of monsoon per cent in 1980 to 51.8 per cent in 2009 (resulting in nar - nomic productivity and improve development outcomes Barkagaon police station, terday in rain-related incidents, State fury began on August 8. rowing gender differential from 32 per cent to 26 per cent), for the next generation. This is rather an intrinsic than an Suman Kumar, were sus - Disaster Management Authority offi - Prime Minister Narendra Modi will there still exists substantial under-utilisation and misal - instrumental goal, explicitly valued as an end in itself pended yesterday evening cials said in Thiruvananthapuram. reach Kerala tonight after the funeral of location of women’s skills and talents. Regrettably, sup - than being an instrument for achieving other goals. with immediate effect fol - A National Disaster Response Force former prime minister Atal Bihari ply-side constraints (particularly those associated with Current statistics on India’s Gender Inequality Index lowing a probe into a com - spokesperson said in New Delhi that its Vajpayee. He will undertake an aerial fertility, marriage, and child-rearing) dominate the forti - (given by World Economic Forum) show we are at the plaint filed by the tractor 51 teams, out of the total 53 deployed, are survey of flood-hit areas tomorrow. tude of a female’s workforce involvement. Recent reports 131st spot, which is undoubtedly very low. It would be owner, SP Mayur Patel operating on the ground. Two more The National Crisis Management on economic well-being indicate direct linkage where the anybody’s guess that India needs to make progress to - Kanhaiyall said."In his teams will reach Kerala soon, he added. Committee, the apex body to handle well-being of an economy could be a natural driver of fe - wards gender equity, towards attaining economic well- complaint, the tractor "So far, over 4,319 persons have been emergency situations, also met for the male workforce participation. U-shaped linkage: A U- being. Gender disparities remain even as countries devel - owner alleged that the evacuated and 44 people have been res - second time today and directed agencies shaped hypothesis simply reveals the linkage between op, which call for sustained and focussed public action. Barkagaon OC and the ASI cued by our teams since their deploy - to mobilise additional resources. the economic growth and women labour force participa - As gender equality evolves, development proceeds. The seized his vehicle by force tion. It is proposed that women labour force participation struggle for parity is far from over. According to the on August 12 even when he rates first decline and then increase as the country fos - OECD Employment Outlook 2017, though gender gaps in had all valid papers. The ters. Women labour force input is a principal driver as the labour market and educational attainment across complainant also said that Pb Food Safety Teams conducts raids in a number well as a key outcome of economic growth and develop - emerging economies have shrunk, progress is still un - officers released his vehi - ment. Therefore, participation rates necessarily reflect a even with India being counted among the countries expe - cle only after receiving the of districts, huge quantity of spurious milk seized country’s potential to advance more rapidly. As per the riencing no change in the gender participation gap at a International Labour Organisation (ILO), India ranks 121 high level. Way forward: As per the recent World Bank re - money," Kanhaiyall stat - , Aug 17 (PTI) ed.Sub-Divisional Police out of 131 nations in Female Labour Force Participation port, the explosion of impressive attempts to increase Officer KK Mahato, on the (FLFP), which is the worst in the world. According to evi - women’s political participation, gender disparities have Huge quantities of spurious milk, milk products and other food items were dence from various studies, it was also established that remained deep and persistent in India despite promising instructions of the SP, car - seized following raids conducted by Food Safety Teams at a number of places in ried out a probe into the al - increasing women workforce contribution causes in - economic growth prospects. It compels synchronised so - Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Mansa and Patiala districts of Punjab, officials said today. come disparities to lower down. On the contrary, the com - cial policies and long-term steps to challenge a socially- legations, leading to the Following a tip-off, a raid was conducted at a cheese manufacturing unit in suspension of Kumar and position of transfers from rural to urban areas primarily embedded problem like gender inequality. Women work Samrala village of Ludhiana district yesterday, and a huge quantity of spurious Yadav."In his complaint, is male-dominated and thereby leaves lower women’s participation avenues to decent jobs are elementary and milk and milk products were seized, K S Pannu, Commissioner, Food and Drugs the tractor owner alleged work involvement. Global stance: By international stan - indispensable constituents of a sustainable development Administration, Punjab said here. that the Barkagaon OC dards, women’s labour force participation in India re - approach. Substantial research has revealed that capital - "When the Food Safety Team reached there, the premises of the house (from and the ASI seized his ve - mains low and it is much lower than that of men. The ising women’s complete economic potential is critical for where the unit was being run) was locked from outside but the workers were work - hicle by force on August 12 same has dropped from 33.8 per cent in 2000 to 26.8 per cent increased productivity and economic growth. In addi - ing inside. With the support of locals the lock was opened. even when he had all valid in 2015 while male labour force participation saw a jump tion, mitigating gender barriers to decent work is essen - "The entire operation lasted for about four hours. Apart from spurious milk papers. "Mahato submit - from 66.2 per cent in 2000 to 73.2 per cent in 2015, thereby tial to stimulate women’s economic empowerment. The and milk products 90 litres of palm oil, five quintal of ghee, 13 bags of 25 kg capacity ted his inquiry report on averaging to a substantial gender gap of around 46.4 per current scenario calls for an immediate stringent policy of skimmed milk powder and other items were seized," the officer was quoted as August 16, following cent in 2015. This downward trend has been largely eluci - involvement to take care of several aspects like aware - saying in a release."When the Food Safety Team reached there, the premises of the which action was taken dated by increasing urbanisation and structural transfor - ness on female education and training programmes, sim - against the two erring offi - house (from where the unit was being run) was locked from outside but the work - mation: As households progressed from rural to urban ar - plifying the burden of household chores, greater well-be - cers," the SP said, adding ers were working inside. In another raid which was conducted in the early this eas, husbands moved out of the agricultural sector, ensur - ing of women with private sector work opportunities in that any further action in morning in Jalandhar, nearly 200 kg curd and 800 kg spurious ghee was seized, ing a disengagement of females from the labour force (ex - industries et al. There has to be a provision for fair rule the case will be initiated Pannu said, adding similar inspections were also carried out at Mansa and hibiting women’s increased involvement in domestic du - applicability, irrespective of the gender (like equal pay only after a detailed inves - Rajpura, where samples of milk and milk products were collected. ties). The predominance of traditional views of women’s for equal work). A pivotal carrier of economic growth tigation. "All the samples have been sent for lab analysis," he said. role within households further confines their prospects over the past century is the increased and extended role of to participate in paid work and entrepreneurial activi - women. Empowering half of the prospective workspace ties. In addition, women are profoundly exemplified in could have sizeable demographic paybacks beyond just the informal economy where their vulnerability to ex - endorsing gender equalit y. The process is not easy at all. It is Vedanta's plant in Tuticorin: NGT will ploitation is usually high and they have the slightest for - difficult to undo the deep-rooted decadal conditioning, particu - mal protection. Further, evidence on broader inclusion of larly in a society as co nservative and regressive as ours. decide the matter, says SC A long march ...... New Delhi, Aug 17 (PTI) findings," the bench said. cal". and injuries to several ment of transformation” but he fails to express a sin - had been electrified already. For those of us who want The green tribunal Sundaram said the others, after which then cere debt of gratitude to those who founded IITs. We can de - India to become truly great, developing an understanding The Supreme Court had on August 9 allowed matter was already listed chief minister J bate the quality of education in India but must also keep in of where India came from is essential. Otherwise, with the today refused to entertain Vedanta to enter its ad - for hearing before the Jayalalithaa had ordered mind that when India became free, the literacy rate was benefit of hindsight, we can mindlessly criticise past ef - Tamil Nadu government's ministrative unit inside NGT on August 20. its closure. just 12%. The current government takes victory laps after forts and be distracted from our current context. After all, plea against the National its Sterlite copper plant, The counsel appear - The company had ap - reportedly electrifying 18,000 villages even as it white - with all of the knowledge and expertise available in 21st Green Tribunal's order al - observing that no envi - ing for Tamil Nadu raised pealed to the NGT which washes the fact that when independent India was born, on - century India, the current PM ended up enacting a disas - lowing mining major ronmental damage would the issue of maintainabili - had overturned the gov - ly 0.2% were electrified. By the time Manmohan Singh trous economic policy of demonetisation that his predeces - Vedanta access to the ad - be caused by allowing ac - ty of plea filed by Vedanta ernment's order. The state passed the baton to Prime Minister Modi, 97% of villages sor described as “organised loot and legalised plunder”. ministrative unit inside cess to the administrative before the NGT. had moved the Supreme its closed Sterlite copper section. The state govern - In its August 9 order, Court against it and the plant at Tuticorin and ment had challenged the the NGT had said that the case is still pending. India ...... asked the NGT to "finally NGT's order in the apex plant would remain The Supreme Court decide" the matter. court. During the hearing closed and the company had then ordered the com - away from breaking into a Modi! Modi! Modi! chant. I reality reflect this sentiment and why then is the A bench comprising today, senior advocate C would not have access to pany to pay Rs 100 crore as don’t blame the BJP spokesperson though. What can you Government dead against news channels showing refer - Justices R F Nariman and A Sundaram, appearing its production unit and di - compensation for pollut - do when you don’t have an answer to this simple ques - ences to Prime Minister Modi when policies of the Indu Malhotra said that for Vedanta, told the apex rected the district magis - ing the environment. tion? The fact is that Prime Minister Modi believes in one- Government fail? This is especially strange because the the NGT would hear the court that the state has trate to ensure this. Following the latest sided conversations, whether it’s his monologues or face of the Prime Minister is on every scheme and he an - matter on merits and also suppressed facts before The Tamil Nadu gov - protests and police firing, Mann ki Baat, the conversation has to be filtered so that it nounces almost all major policies of the Government. It on the issue of maintain - the apex court. He said ernment had on May 28 or - the plant was closed on doesn’t hurt the image of the Prime Minister. This be - seems that India is stuck with a Prime Minister who ironi - ability raised by the state that "spate of orders" were dered the state pollution March 27. cause the BJP is aware that this carefully built image cally loves the limelight but shies away from criticism government. passed against the compa - control board to seal and After Sterlite an - stands on a house of cards, one where a single that comes with it. It is tragic, then, when you look at the "We may clarify that ny by the state without is - "permanently" close the nounced its plans to ex - unfiltered/unedited question to the Prime Minister is state of the country today and its similarities with NGT may continue to suing it show cause no - mining group's copper pand Tuticorin plant, vil - enough to make the entire house fall. Inevitably, criticism Orwell’s seminal novel, 1984. In it, Orwell, describes how hear the matter on merits tices. "Without any no - plant following violent lagers around it started of the Government regarding the state of the Press today information management was the primary system of con - and finally decide the tice, I (Vedanta) was shut. protests over pollution fresh protests that contin - is met with wilful ignorance. In the alternate universe trol employed by the authoritarian regime to keep its sub - matter on maintainabili - There are 67 industries in concerns. ued for over 100 days, cul - that the BJP resides, everything seems hunky-dory. But it jects subjugated. We must not forget that a free, independ - ty also. It is open for the the industrial complex. 14 Sterlite's factory had minating in the May 22 po - surely doesn’t feel that way, does it? And facts bare this ent Press is an antidote against such authoritarianism. state to argue on main - of them are hazardous made headlines in March lice firing on protestors disconnect. On the world Press freedom index, for exam - Therefore, though India is celebrating its 72nd independ - tainability after which plants," he said while 2013 when a gas leak led to that claimed 13 lives and ple, India ranks lower than Haiti, Niger and Sierra Leone. ence day, I am sad to say that it’s surely starting to feel a the tribunal will give its terming the issue "politi - the death of one person left scores injured. If the state of the Press is so great, why doesn’t the ground lot like 1984. Glimpses of Future 8 intErnatiOnal JAMMU SATURDAY AUGUST 18, 2018 Turkey will respond if US imposes US military parade ordered by more sanctions: Minister PReSS TRUST OF INDIA Prez Trump postponed to 2019 ISTANBUL, AUG 17 Turkey today threat - PReSS TRUST OF INDIA February. But a US official gave a new estimate ened to respond if the wAShINGTON, AUG 17 of USD 92 million, media reports said. United States levied fur - A memo when the plan was first mooted said ther sanctions over the de - A multimillion-dollar military parade no tanks would be used so as not to damage the tention of an American planned by US President Donald Trump through roads of Washington. The Pentagon said the mil - pastor, which has sparked the streets of Washington DC in November has itary would march from the White House to the a diplomatic standoff and been postponed until 2019, the Department of Capitol, and the parade would feature a "heavy battered the Turkish cur - Defense has announced. President Trump, also air component at the end". The focus was to be on rency. "We've already re - the commander-in-chief of the US military, got the work of US military veterans through the sponded based on the the idea of holding the grand parade while view - ages, starting with the American Revolutionary World Trade Organisation ing France's Bastille Day Parade in July 2017 War. The US had a military parade in 1991 fol - rules and will continue to along with French President Emmanuel lowing the end of its successful campaign to do so," Trade Minister Macron. He had said the US could "top it". The force Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's troops out Ruhsar Pekcan was quoted parade was originally conceived to mark the of Kuwait. Meanwhile, The American Legion, as saying by the state-run centenary of the end of World War I, on the nation's largest wartime veterans service or - Anadolu news agency. November 11. "The Department of Defense and ganisation, reacted to reports that the parade Washington had warned White House have been planning a parade to ho - could cost tens of millions more than originally yesterday that it would im - week traded at well over day that the next spiral of nour America's military veterans and commem - expected by saying the money would be better pose more sanctions unless seven to the dollar, was at tit-for-tat sanctions was orate the centennial of World War I," said Col. spent in other ways. "The American Legion ap - pastor Andrew Brunson, 5.8 against the dollar and coming soon, in a sign of a Rob Manning. "We originally targeted preciates that our President wants to show in a described by US President 6.7 against euro today. Last deepening spat. Trump November 10, 2018 for this event but have now dramatic fashion our nation's support for our Donald Trump as a week, Trump tweeted that prefaced Mnuchin's re - agreed to explore opportunities in 2019," he said troops," American Legion national commander "hostage", was released. his administration was marks by saying that in a statement. The news about the parade's post - Denise Rohan said in a statement. "However, Brunson's detention since doubling aluminium and Turkey had not been a very ponement came amid reports that the event until such time as we can celebrate victory in the October 2016 on terror-re - steel tariffs for Turkey, and good friend to America. could cost about USD 90 million - more than War on Terrorism and bring our military home, lated charges has soured in response Ankara Referring to Brunson, three times the original estimate. The parade's we think the parade money would be better relations between the two sharply hiked tariffs on Trump said: "They have a budget director had offered an estimate of be - spent fully funding the Department of Veteran NATO allies, sending the some US products. US great Christian pastor tween USD 10 million and USD 30 million when Affairs and giving our troops and their families Turkish lira into a tailspin. Treasury Secretary Steven there, he's a very innocent the White House announced its request in the best care possible," Rohan said. The lira, which earlier this Mnuchin suggested yester - man." Hacky hack hack' : Australia teen Pilgrims descend on Mecca for 'smart hajj' PReSS TRUST OF INDIA Every Muslim is required to com - the "stoning of the devil". Eid al- world's most restrictive countries. breaches Apple's secure network MeCCA, AUG 17 plete the hajj at least once in their Adha also includes the slaughter of It also comes more than a year lifetime if they have the means to sheep, with the meat distributed to into the worst political crisis to grip PReSS TRUST OF INDIA Two million Muslims gather in do so. Many were visibly moved to Muslims in need. The ritual sym - the Gulf, pitting regional heavy - SyDNey, AUG 17 Saudi Arabia this week for the hajj be so close to Islam's holiest site -- bolises Abraham's willingness to weights Saudi Arabia and Qatar as the annual pilgrimage becomes the Kaaba, a black masonry cube in sacrifice his son, Ishmael, on the or - against one another. Saudi Arabia - A schoolboy who increasingly hi-tech with apps to the centre of Mecca's Grand der of God. - the world's largest exporter of oil -- "dreamed" of working for help the faithful navigate Islam's Mosque. "I feel as light as a feather," The hajj presents the Saudi au - and its allies accuse Qatar of cosy - Apple hacked the firm's holiest sites. This year the hajj said Senegalese Fame Diouf, who thorities with major logistical chal - ing up to both Sunni Islamist ex - computer systems, comes with the ultra-conservative travelled from Amsterdam. lenges. The Pew Research Center tremists and Shiite Iran, Riyadh's Australian media has re - kingdom witnessing an unprece - Laughing, she recounted the story says the number of Muslims in the greatest rival. They have cut all ties ported, although the tech gi - dented pace of change, finally end - of how she couldn't stop crying near world is expected to rise from 1.8 with Qatar and banned all flights to ant said today no customer ing a ban on women driving while the Kaaba. "This was my dream billion in 2015 to three billion in and from Doha. Qatar denies the data was compromised. The remaining firm in the face of any from childhood," said Raja Amjad 2060. This year, the Saudis have charges. Qatari pilgrims are still Children's Court of Victoria and reported the incident to raided the boy's home last dissent. One of the five pillars of the Hussein, who made the trip to launched a "smart hajj" initiative, permitted into Saudi Arabia for ha - was told the teenager broke law enforcement". The year and found hacking world's fastest-growing religion, Mecca from Pakistan. "I can't ex - with apps to help pilgrims with jj. Iranian pilgrims are also in at - into Apple's mainframe -- a firm, which earlier this files and instructions saved the hajj is expected to draw two mil - plain. I have no words," the 40-year- everything from travel plans to tendance this year. Tehran had large, powerful data pro - month became the first pri - in a folder called "hacky lion people from around the globe old told AFP. "For many Muslims medical care. Asefny, for example, temporarily suspended sending its cessing system -- from his vate-sector company to sur - hack hack". "Two Apple lap - this year. By yesterday, more than this is the big, the biggest, dream of is an app launched by Saudi citizens to hajj following a 2015 home in the suburbs of pass USD 1 trillion in mar - tops were seized and the se - 1.6 million people had already ar - life, to see Kaaba and pray for your - Arabia's Red Crescent to help pil - stampede that left around 2,300 pil - Melbourne and down - ket value, said it wanted "to rial numbers matched the rived in Saudi Arabia for the pil - self and the whole Muslim nation." grims request emergency medical grims dead, including hundreds of loaded 90GB of secure files, assure our customers that serial numbers of the de - grimage, which runs from Sunday No matter their race or nationality, attention. Authorities are able to Iranians. Saudi Arabia has drawn The Age reported late yes - at no point during this inci - vices which accessed the in - to Friday. Thousands could be seen for every pilgrim hajj begins with locate those in need through the harsh criticism for a crackdown on terday. The boy, then aged dent was their personal da - ternal systems," a prosecu - arriving in Mecca, with groups "ihram", the donning of an all- app. political dissent since the appoint - 16, accessed the system mul - ta compromised". An inter - tor was reported as saying. from different countries wearing white outfit. For men, this is a The Saudi hajj ministry also ment last year of Crown Prince tiple times over a year as he national investigation was A mobile phone and hard distinct colours to set them apart. seamless tunic worn over baggy runs the Manasikana app, which Mohammed bin Salman, whose was a fan of Apple and had launched after the discov - drive were also seized Some pilgrims pushed their eld - pants; for women, a loose dress provides translation for pilgrims modernisation campaign has "dreamed of" working for ery involving the FBI and whose IP address matched erly relatives on wheelchairs while with only the face and hands ex - who do not speak Arabic or grabbed headlines around the the US firm, the newspaper the Australian Federal those detected in the others stopped to call family mem - posed. English. The 2018 pilgrimage world. More than a dozen women's said, citing his lawyer. Police, The Age reported. breaches, he added. The bers back home on video chat or Pilgrims then perform rituals comes amid a widening crackdown rights campaigners were detained Apple said in a state - The federal police said it teen has pleaded guilty and buy ice cream as temperatures around the Kaaba and on the on political dissent in Saudi and accused of undermining na - ment today that its teams could not comment on the the case is due to return to soared above 40 degrees Celsius Mount Arafat plain east of Mecca. Arabia, an absolute monarchy ag - tional security and collaborating "discovered the unautho - case as it is still before the court for his sentencing (104 Fahrenheit). For many, it is The hajj ends with Eid al-Adha, a gressively pursuing a campaign to with enemies of the state in recent rised access, contained it, court. The Age said police next month. their first time away from home. three-day feast which starts with clean up its image as one of the weeks. Sikh man stabbed to China sacks regional officials death in his store in US as vaccine scandal mounts PReSS TRUST OF INDIA tacked in his work place. PReSS TRUST OF INDIA company in question, New yORK, AUG 17 Civil rights organisa - BeIJING, AUG 17 Changchun Changsheng tion the Sikh Coalition, in Biotechnology in the north - A Sikh man has been a Facebook post, expressed China's Communist east province of Jilin, has stabbed to death at his condolences to Singh's Party has sacked a dozen been arrested along with 14 store in the US state of New family, friends and local provincial and local offi - other people in connection Jersey, the third incident community. Jeet cials and vowed to punish a with the scandal. The first targeting the minority Singh, a visiting scholar at pharmaceutical firm over a political casualties fell yes - Sikh community in the New York University's vaccine scandal that in - terday as a dozen officials country in three weeks. Center for Religion and flamed public fears over the were removed from office, Terlok Singh was discov - Media and a Senior safety of domestically pro - including Jilin's deputy ered dead by his cousin Religion Fellow for the duced drugs. The govern - governor Jin Yuhui, accord - yesterday in his store with Sikh Coalition, tweeted ment has been struggling to ing to the official Xinhua an apparent stab wound in about Singh's tragic death, shore up public confidence news agency. the chest. saying "this is the third at - in the pharmaceutical sec - Jin was in charge of The motive behind the tack on a Sikh in the last tor following the revelation monitoring the safety of killing was not immediate - three weeks. So tired of all last month that a major food and pharmaceuticals. ly known. Singh, described this sadness." On August 6 Chinese manufacturer of The decision to sack him as a very kind person, is in Manteca, California, 71- rabies vaccines was found was made at a meeting of the survived by his wife and year-old Sahib Singh was to have fabricated records ruling Communist Party's brutally attacked by children who live in India. and was ordered to cease elite seven-member stand - He owned the store to sup - Tyrone McAllister and a production. The govern - ing committee, led by port his family. His family juvenile when the elderly ment has said the suspect President Xi Jinping. closed the store as a deeply- man went on a morning rabies vaccines did not en - "Those who break the law saddened community walk. McAllister, who is ter the market but the case and jeopardise public safe - watched in horror. The this son of a local police provoked unusually strong ty, notably in the matter of news report said Singh ran chief, and the juvenile outrage online from con - vaccines and medicines, his store for at least six were charged with at - A supporter of pop star Kyagulanyi Ssentamu is detained following a demonstration in the Kamwokya area of Kampala, Uganda. Supporters were sumers fed up with recur - should be severely pun - years and a neighbour said tempted robbery, elder demonstrating in support of pop singer and prominent critic of Uganda's government Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, whose stage name is Bobi wine, who was ring product-safety scan - ished," Xinhua reported, he should not have had to abuse and assault with a charged with unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition in a military court for his alleged role in clashes in which the longtime president's mo - dals, particularly in the worry about being at - deadly weapon. citing the meeting's conclu - torcade was attacked by people throwing stones. drug sector. The CEO of the sions. Trump team predicts an economic boom, defying most analysts PReSS TRUST OF INDIA The US economy grew for seven straight February will gradually slow along with eco - a speed limit. First, over time, the economy can nually in 2020 a level Tannenbaum calls "ab - wAShINGTON, AUG 17 years under President Barack Obama before nomic growth. Most also say the Fed's continu - grow only as fast as the size of its workforce. Yet solutely frightening". Such high deficits re - Trump took office early last year. Since then, ing interest rate hikes, combined with the trade the vast baby boom generation is retiring. quire large-scale government borrowing. Such Is the latest pickup in US economic growth it's stayed steady, and the job market has re - conflicts Trump has sparked with most of What's more, the administration is seeking to additional borrowing typically sends interest destined to slow in the years ahead as most ana - mained strong. The stock market is also near - America's trading partners, could also limit limit immigration, which would reduce the rates up and makes it harder for businesses to lysts say? Or, as the Trump administration in - ing an all-time high, a sign of confidence about growth. "Economists are incredibly hopeful number of available workers. borrow, spend and expand. On top of that risk, sists, i s the economy on the cusp of an explosive corporate profits. Economic growth has picked that the White House is right," said Carl During the longest US expansion, from 1991 the Trump administration's tariffs, which are boom that will reward Americans and defy those ex - up this year, having reached a four-year high of Tannenbaum, chief economist of Northern Trust. through 2001, the working-age population grew meant to force countries to trade on terms more pectations? Yesterday, President Donald T rump's 4.1 per cent at an annual rate last quarter. Job "Unfortunately, most economic analysis and past an average of 1.2 per cent a year. Yet from 2008 favourable to the U S, could devolve into a trade war chief economic adviser made his case for the gains are also running at a slightly faster pace historical patterns suggest that we're in the through 2017, it expanded an average of just 0.5 that would imperil economic growth. What's more, a boom. Calling mainstream predictions "pure than in 2017. Most analysts see the economy middle of a sugar rush that will wear off." per cent annually. A second factor is the growth global econom ic slowdown, stemming from fac - nonsense", Larry Kudlow declared that the ex - growing a solid 3 per cent this year a potential Economists have generally forecast that the of worker productivity the amount of output tors beyon d the administration's control, perhaps pansion already the second-longest on record is political asset for Trump and the Republican pace of annual economic growth will slip to per hour worked which has fallen by half in the among troubled emerging economies, would likely merely in its "early innings". "The single Party, especially with the approach of about 2.5 per cent in 2019 and then less in the decade since the Great Recession, from a 2.7 per spill over to the United States. Scott Anderson, biggest event, be it political or otherwise, this November's congressional elections. Yet it's subsequent years. cent average rate to 1.3 per cent. Even if the chief economist at Bank of the West, noted that year is an economic boom that most people hard to find any outside mainstream econo - Even within the government, the leading economy did accelerate unexpectedly, the Fed the USD 1.5 trillion worth of tax cuts that will thought would be impossible to generate," mists who would agree with Kudlow's assertion forecasts are more sober. The Fed expects would then likely raise rates faster to avert a take effect over the next decade were supposed Kudlow said at a Cabinet meeting, speaking at that the Trump administration can accelerate growth to slip to 2.4 per cent in 2019 and 2 per pickup in inflation and cause the expansion to to spur companies to make additional invest - the president's request and looking directly at or even sustain that growth rate. Analysts gen - cent in 2020. The Congressional Budget Office slow. In addition, the tax cuts and government ments in machinery, vehicles and other tech - him. "Not a rise. Not a blip." "People may dis - erally expect that the benefits from Trump's tax said this week that growth would likely slow to spending that are helping boost economic nology that would lift worker productivity. But agree with me," Kudlow continued, "but I'm say - cuts and an additional USD 300 billion in gov - 1.7 per cent in 2020. Tannenbaum noted that the growth for now have swollen the budget deficit, the pace of equipment spending has fallen since ing this, we are just in the early stages". ernment spending that he signed into law in economy faces two trends that essentially act as which is expected to surpass USD 1 trillion an - the end of last year. Glimpses of Future 9 SpOrtS JAMMU SATURDAY AUGUST 18, 2018 Desperate India set for reshuffle in do-or-die Test Nottingham, Aug 17 (PTI) dy glovework meant that favour. Meanwhile, England have a Karthik was seen giving catch - Thus, there is every chance big selection headache on their Shaken by abject surrender ing practice to Pant, who also that India could opt for their hands. Ben Stokes' re-assimila - in the first two Tests, a desper - spend considerable time batting third different opening pairing tion in the squad has gone off ate India are expected to ring in at the nets. of Dhawan and KL Rahul in as smoothly, and after spending a slew of changes as they aim at Being hailed as Mahendra many Tests, the middle order the past week away, he went redemption against a rampag - Singh Dhoni's successor, Pant's will be untouched. Especially through rigorous batting and ing England in a do-or-die third entry into the squad happened with Kohli regaining fitness, bowling sessions on Thursday. Test, starting tomorrow. after three half-centuries in the Karun Nair still isn't seen to be He got a decent reception For Indian team, the Trent two first-class matches against active during practice sessions. from a sizeable fan gathering Bridge Test will be their last England Lions. It was the case in Birmingham ahead of the game, but how the chance to save the series after Despite a triple hundred and London, as well as in crowd reacts to his presence in being outplayed in the first two and a healthy first-class aver - Nottingham, and playing an ex - the game on Saturday could be a Test matches -- by 31 runs age of 54 plus, it will still be bap - tra specialist batsman is not in worry for the team manage - Edgbaston and innings and 159 tism by fire for the Roorkee- the management's immediate ment. runs at the Lord's. born youngster. He will be fac - plans as yet. Teams: Down 0-2 with only five and ing Messrs Jimmy Anderson, If it so transpires, Umesh India: Virat Kohli (c), half days of competitive cricket Stuart Broad, Chris Woakes Yadav will once again be un - Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, in all, skipper Virat Kohli and and Sam Curran, ready to make lucky to miss out, for the team KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, coach Ravi Shastri will be aim - life miserable for him just like management will be eager to get Ajinkya Rahane, Dinesh In that aspect atleast, there Root. average of 12.8 is tough to ig - ing to get the team combination they have done with his illustri - their best possible combination Karthik (wk), Rishabh Pant, is some good news. Jasprit This is where the hard part nore, but for a batsman of his right having bungled at the ous seniors. out on the field. Karun Nair, Hardik Pandya, R Bumrah is fit again; begins for India. Having admit - calibre, the team management Lord's.As a result, India will If Pant's Test debut has gen - The pitch at Trent Bridge Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin and ted their mistake in picking two could still afford another play their 38th combination in erated a lot of interest, there is a bore a different look than 2014, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Hardik Pandya have recovered spinners at Lord's, it is about chance given that India need to as many matches that skipper prayer on every fan's lips that when these two teams met here. Umesh Yadav, Shardul Thakur, completely from their hand in - time skipper Kohli and coach win this game. Kohli had led. skipper Kohli gets fit enough to India scored 457 and 391/9 decl Mohammed Shami, Jasprit juries suffered while batting at Shastri hit upon the optimal At the same time however, it The most awaited change wield the willow. in two innings on a flat surface, Bumrah. Lords, and skipper Kohli has team combination. brings Shikhar Dhawan back will be 20-year-old Rishabh It is the impact of the last de - as England had scored 496 England: Joe Root (c), more or less recovered from his Nevertheless, there are into contention. He averages Pant's imminent Test debut re - feat in swing-friendly condi - whilst batting once and the Alastair Cook, Keaton back problems. bound to be changes in the play - 17.75 against South Africa and placing a horribly out-of-form tions across just over six ses - match petered out to a draw. Jennings, Jonny Bairstow, Jos Never has an injury in - ing eleven for some vital mem - England in two Tests this year, Dinesh Karthik, who might well sions that is still hurting the The forecast for this third Buttler, Oliver Pope, Moeen Ali, voked so much interest since bers of the squad are now seem - and his overall average in have played his last interna - Indian camp. Throughout the Test is of decent cloud cover Adil Rashid, Jamie Porter, Sam 's tennis el - ingly bereft of confidence. England is 20.12 (four Tests). In tional game in the longest for - week, they have been left pick - through the first four days, and Curran, James Anderson, bow. Kohli's condition seemed Murali Vijay, for example, these two instances, he has mat. ing up the pieces, mostly in if the Indian team takes into Stuart Broad, Chris Woakes, to have improved a lot and as he has scored only 128 runs in 10 scored at a strike-rate of 68.93 With scores of 0, 20, 1 & 0 in terms of re-evaluating fitness of consideration, they would sure - Ben Stokes. Match starts at: 3.30 had maintained, he will be out overseas Test innings against and 57.29, respectively, which four innings coupled with shod - their key players. ly opt for just the lone spinner. pm IST. there at the toss alongside Joe South Africa and England. An could once again go in his Sidhu arrives in Pak to attend Reality check awaits as India eye Khan's oath taking ceremony Asiad glory after topsy-turvy build-up Lahore, Aug 17 (PTI) passed away yesterday, al - Jakarta, Aug 17 (PTI) file is only expected to rise should she a historic place in the world cup so talked about peace be - finish on the podium in Jakarta. semifinals but the Rani Rampal-led Indian cricketer- tween the two countries. A trial by fire for the youngsters There is no denying the fact that she side is expected to fare better and im - turned-politician Navjot Quoting late Vajpayee, and a battle to stay relevant for some will among the favourites at the prove upon its bronze-medal show in Singh Sidhu today arrived he said, If there is a fire at a ageing superstars but above all, the Games in Jakarta. Incheon.At the shooting ranges of here to attend the swearing- neighbour's house we get 18th Asian Games will be a reality India's track-and-field stars have Palembang, Manu will hold cen - in ceremony of his friend the heat of it. check for India's athletes after the historically done well at the Asiad, trestage and given her form, it would Imran Khan as Pakistan's Talking about the quali - Commonwealth Games high. delivering 282 medals so far, 74 of be a surprise if she lets the spotlight prime minister. ties of Khan, the former The build-up has been signature them gold. And it is not expected to be shift anywhere else. The boxing are - Wearing a blue suit and cricketer said: "I have seen chaos with complaints and even any different this time. na will have some strong Indian pres - a pink turban, Sidhu ar - Khan converting his weak - court cases about selection matters, On to the badminton court where ence too with the likes of Vikas rived Lahore via the Wagah nesses into his strength. I usual controversies over the size of PV Sindhu would be hoping to break Krishan, Shiva Thapa and the fast- border from where he will wish Imran becomes a sym - the contingent which came to 804 -- her final jinx. But once again a strong rising Gaurav Solanki presenting travel to Islamabad to at - bol of prosperity (for his athletes and officials combined, and field will stand in the way given that India's men's challenge. Among the tend Khan's oath-taking country). not to forget, the credentials of the shuttlers from traditional power- women, world silver-medallist ceremony scheduled for to - Replying to a query on travelling officials. But as has been centres China, Thailand, and Japan Sarjubala Devi will be a medal morrow. the gift he has brought for the case with Indian sports for the will be in action.Saina Nehwal's grit hope.The tennis contingent is al - Sidhu used his usual po - the former Pakistan Test past several decades, the athletes and ability to bring her A game to the ready grappling with the kind of dra - etic expression while inter - captain, Sidhu said: I have He said he has brought adding sportsmen and would try to ensure that focus re - table on the big stage can never be ma that has become its trademark at acting with reporters. brought a Kashmiri shawl "a message of love" to artistes help bringing the mains firmly on the results once the discounted but it remains to be seen every major event. Welcoming the for Khan sahib. Pakistan as a goodwill am - people of two sides closer. competition gets underway after the how her body responds to what has The last-minute pull-out by "change" in Pakistan's Earlier this week, for - bassador of India. Hindustan jeevay, customary opening ceremony here been a gruelling season so far.Along Leander Paes for not getting a "spe - democracy with the elec - mer Indian cricketers Sunil I have come here not as Pakistan jeevay, he chant - tomorrow.There was quite literally a with K Srikkanth and HS Prannoy, cialist" men's doubles partner means tion of Khan as prime min - Gavaskar and Kapil Dev a politician but as a friend. I ed while reading a verse. gold rush at Gold Coast CWG where they are among those expected to that coach-cum-captain Zeeshan Ali ister, he said Khan should whom Khan had invited on have come here to take part Sidhu said former India notched up their second best contribute to India's medal tally. has to re-work combinations in come forward in peace ini - his swearing-in had de - in the happiness of my Indian prime minister Atal medal tally of all time. India can also hope for a good men's and mixed doubles.How this tiative between the two clined the invitation citing friend (Imran), he said, Bihari Vajpayee, who But most athletes and their show on the wrestling mat where the move by the veteran star affects the neighbours. personal engagements. coaches have already acknowledged inf-rom duo of Bajrang Punia and campaign will be interesting to that the Asiad is going to be a differ - Vinesh Phogat are being seen as see.In the absence of world champion ent ball game given the presence of sure-shot medal hopes.Punia not on - Mirabai Chanu, India's challenge powerhouses such as China, Japan ly won a gold at CWG but also has weakened in weightlifting. Monsoon Scooter Rally shifted and Korea.However, that has damp - emerged champion at Tbilisi Grand In Table Tennis, Manika Batra ened neither the excitement nor the Prix and Yasar Dogu International in would be aiming for an encore of her expectations.India had equalled the run-up to the Jakarta Games. golden run at the CWG but it would from Navi Mumbai to Nashik their best performance in terms of However, it's redemption time be easier said than done given medals won in the 2014 Asiad with a for a few struggling stars. Olympic Chinese and Japanese presence in Mumbai, Aug 17 PTI) conduct it. We tried to hold it in even better this time.Among the other total of 57, including 11 gold, and the medallists Sushil Kumar and Sakshi the draw. Among the men Veteran A Panvel (Navi Mumbai), but due to top riders will be former champions contingent of 572 athletes this time Malik are not in the best of form. Sharath Kamal would be the one to The 29th JK Tyre Monsoon some circumstances which I dont Avtar Singh (2011), Muzzafar Ali would be hoping to better that. Sushil recently lost his first bout in watch out for again. Scooter Rally has attracted 35 riders, want to reveal it could not be held (2013) and Syed Asif Ali (2016), Karani The contenders range from a a 16- four years at the Tbilisi GP in Dipa Karmakar would be contin - including multiple time former cham - there," said Karani.Karani said JK said.According to the organisers, the year-old schoolgirl from Haryana in Georgia and Sakshi failed to reach uing her spirited return from injury pions Manjeet Singh Bassan and Tyres and TVS Racing then came to slushy conditions expected during the Manu Bhaker (shooting) to the the medal round at Yasar Dogu in in the gymnastics arena and it would Shamim Khan, apart from last years the organisers' rescue and said the monsoon season will again make the proven-but-struggling Sushil Kumar Istanbul.Their reputations are at be interesting what she attempts on winner Venkatesh Shetty. event should not be scrapped as it was rally a challenging one. "We are excit - (wrestling) to the in-form and consis - stake and nothing less than a gold the vault. The event, normally held in July, a unique race earmarked only for ed to be part of this unique rally. We tently rising to new heights, Neeraj will be able to redeem those.The There will be some interesting has been put off to August 25 and in - scooters and they will underwrite the look forward to the riders making a Chopra (Javelin Throw). men's hockey team will be aiming for sports to track too in pencak silat, an stead of Navi Mumbai, it will be held expenses to some extent. "We will cov - huge splash in wet and slushy condi - Then there are the likes of Hima a gold and a direct entry into the 2020 Indonesian indigenous martial arts in Nashik, about 200km from here, in er the rest of the expenses on our tions that is the charm of the Monsoon Das, a sprint sensation who has Tokyo Olympics. The team, which re - form, and bridge. India will be there association with the Nashik own," he added.Riders from Mumbai, Scooter Rally," said JK Motorsport's raised hopes by becoming the first cently ended runner-up to Australia to contest but medal prospects are Automotive Sports Association, said Nashik, Kolhapur, Bhopal and Indore Sanjay Sharma.Besides trophies and Indian woman to claim a world at the Champions Trophy, does not not too clear. Shrikant Karani of event organisers will be seen in action in the race which cash prizes, JK Tyre will be giving championships gold, albeit in the un - have many tough nuts to crack and it In all, close to 11,000 athletes from Sportscraft at a media meet here last will also see two women riders - Nidhi away two scooter tyres each to the der-20 competition.The daughter of a will only be a disaster if it returns 45 countries will be in action at the evening. "Our regular sponsor pulled Shukla and Priya Gala.Gala, who did first three overall winners, the best rice farmer in Assam has captured without gold. Games, which will conclude on out and it was a nightmare on how to well in last years rally, vowed to do first timer and the best lady rider. the nation's imagination and her pro - The women's team missed out on September 2.

Serena thinking of slain sister Ronaldo set for Serie A debut amid sombre backin Italy shortly before lopsided loss Milan, Aug 17 teams Sampdoria and Khedira said he was eager 91 points for a league run - Los Angels, Aug 17 Genoa who had been due to to play alongside Ronaldo ner-up, Maurizio Sarri exit - Cristiano Ronaldo will open their campaigns again, and forget his own ed the club for Chelsea with Tennis great Serena Williams tells Time make his much-anticipated against Fiorentina and AC dire World Cup campaign Italian Carlo Ancelotti Magazine in a cover story published Thursday that Serie A debut for Juventus Milan. But all other games where Germany crashed making his return to Serie shortly before the worst defeat of her career she who open their campaign will go ahead starting on out in the group stage."I A for the first time in nearly learned the killer of her sister Yetunde Price had been for an eighth straight Saturday -- the day of the 38 can't wait to start the new a decade. paroled. The 23-time Grand Slam champion was Italian league title on victims' funerals -- with last season, and it's also fantas - The much-travelled stunned 6-1, 6-0 by Britain's Johanna Konta on July 31 Saturday against a sombre season's top two teams tic to be able to play with Italian arrives in Naples in San Jose, California. backdrop of a country in Juventus and Napoli in ac - Ronaldo again after the boasting three Champions The defeat marked the first time in 928 profession - mourning following the tion. time we shared together at League trophies from his al matches that Williams failed to win more than one Genoa bridge disaster. A minute's silence will Real Madrid," Khedira said spells with AC Milan and game. At the time she spoke of having "so many things The five-time Ballon be held before each match on Instagram."Despite the Real Madrid, and a Premier on my mind" without elaborating. d'Or winner was the star with the players taking to excitement for the new sea - League title from his two- But in a wide-ranging interview with Time, she signing of the summer sea - the pitch wearing black son though, this was one of year stint at Chelsea. said that 10 minutes before she took the court she son arriving amid great armbands.Much is expect - the most difficult summers Eusebio di Francesco's learned via Instagram that Robert Edward Maxfield, pomp and ceremony follow - ed of Ronaldo's presence in of my career."After a good Roma -- third last season -- the man convicted of killing Price in a drive-by shoot - ing a 100 million euro (USD the Italian league this sea - season at Juventus in travel to Torino with Inter ing in 2003, had been released from prison earlier in 117 million) deal from Real son after the low of Italy which I scored nine goals, I Milan, who also qualified the year after serving 12 years of a 15-year sentence. Madrid. But it could be a missing out on qualifying played my two worst games for the Champions League "I couldn't shake it out of my mind," she said. "No low-key start for the 33- for the World Cup in at the World Cup and it was visiting Sassuolo on matter what, my sister is not coming back for good be - year-old Portuguese super - Russia. awful." As Ronaldo takes Sunday, as Bologna and havior. It's unfair that she'll never have an opportuni - star against minnows "He's going to raise the centre stage at his new SPAL, who both survived at ty to hug me." Chievo in Verona's Stadio level of the championship," team the surprise could be the death last season going In discussing Maxfield, Williams noted biblical Bentegodi on Saturday on a said Italian football legend in defence with Andrea head to head in a bid to start passages on forgiveness, but admitted "I'm not there day of national mourning Dino Zoff."Everyone can Barzagli and new signing the season on a positive yet." "I want to forgive," she said. for the victims of the benefit. With Ronaldo all Joao Cancelo vying for the note. Emre Can and Khedira since the days of Argentine "I have to get there. I'll be there." Price had three Morandi bridge tradegy in eyes will be on us and Serie role of right-back. Among the newcomers, alongside Miralem Pjanic star Diego Maradona in children who were aged 11, nine and five when she the north-western port city. A can regain ground. His World Cup winner Parma return to the top and Juan Cuadrado. 1987 and 1990 after pushing died."It was hard because all I think about is her kids, The emotional impact purchase will result in the Blaise Matuidi has just re - flight only three years after - Ancelotti return - Juventus to the line last and what they mean to me. And how much I love of the disaster has led to the arrival of other big names turned to action, and coach being declared bankrupt, Napoli turn back to season. them," Williams said. postponement of Serie A to Serie A." Massimiliano Allegri could hosting Udinese in their their quest for a first title After claiming a record games involving local Midfielder Sami play new midfield signing first game. Glimpses of Future 10 EntErtainmEnt JAMMU SATURDAY AUGUST 18, 2018 Kerala floods: Esha Gupta BARC Report, Week 32, 2018: Yeh Rishta Kya donates her day’s earning to Ssharad Malhotra reacts on Divyanka Tripathi’s emotional outburst on CM’s Distress Relief Fund Kehlata Hai takes a huge jump while Yeh Hai Mohabbatein makes a comeback on the list Juzzbaatt: Yes, I have made mistakes

Divyanka Tripathi and Ssharad While BARC reports Chali London has made it sixth position this week 12.9 million impressions Malhotra’s split was one of the most shocking regularly come on to the top 10 list for the first with 7.2 million impres - each. Zee Anmol’s breakups of the TV industry. Though it has Thursday, this week the time. While Ishq Subhan sions. Following it is Kumkum Bhagya is on the been years, the breakup gets talked about list was delayed by a day Allah has seen a dip, Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah fourth spot this week with every now and then. A month before, due to the Independence Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah at the seventh 12.6 million impressions. Divyanka was on Rajeev Khandelwal’s Day holiday. And the wait Chashmah is soaring high. spot with 6.5 million im - Star Plus’ Yeh Rishta Kya Juzzbaatt where she broke down talking was difficult. While noth - Ishqbaaaz, Qayamat Ki pressions. Shakti – Astitva Kehlata Hai has seen a about her split with the Kasam actor. She said ing major happened last RAAT, Bepannaah – has Ke Ehsaas Ki has also huge jump on this list also that she was distraught and it felt like life had week, it was a lull before recorded improved viewer - climbed the ladder this and got the fifth spot with ended for her. Bombay Times, in an interview the storm. This week the ship. And Naagin 3 does it week and grabs the eighth 11.5 million impressions. with Ssharad asked him about his reaction on entire list has gone again. The show stays con - spot with 5.9 million im - Dance Deewane has Divyanka’s emotional outburst. He told the through a revamp and boy stant at the first spot with pressions. Ishq Subhan grabbed the sixth spot with publication, “There’s not much I can say ex - it is way too surprising! 9.6 million impressions. Allah has seen a huge fall, 10.9 million impressions. cept that it was a beautiful relationship. But While many shows have Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata bagging the ninth spot this Following it is Kullfi when the word ‘marriage’ popped up, I devel - gone missing from the list, Hai takes a huge jump and week with 5.6 million im - Kumarr Bajewala at the oped cold feet. It was a long time ago and I was Yeh Hai Mohabbatein has bags the second position pressions. Krishna Chali seventh spot with 10.4 mil - quite immature. One gradually matures with made a comeback on the with 8.3 million impres - London is on the top 10 list lion impressions. Taarak time and experience. Yes, I have made mis - top 20 list after a long time. sions. Kumkum Bhagya for the first time in the Mehta Ka Ooltah takes. As human beings, we all make mis - On the other hand, Yeh rises to the third position tenth place with 5.4 million Chashmah grabbed the takes. I realise that now but unfortunately, it’s Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai with 7.9 million impres - impressions. eighth position with 9.1 five years down the line. I should have re - makers have have toppled sions. Kundali Bhagya sees Naagin 3 continues to million impressions. Ishq alised it then, but no hard feelings. We have Kundali and Kumkum a major drop this week and be favourite pan India and Subhan Allah and SAB both moved on. She looks very happy and I Bhagya from their posi - bags the fourth position is on the first spot with 15.2 TV’s Taarak Mehta Ka wish her the very best.” The actor was asked if tions and bagged the sec - with 7.7 million impres - million impressions. Ooltah Chashmah com - exes could be friends. He said, “Surely. Why ond spot. Though it failed sions. Dance Deewane falls Following it is Zee TV’s pleted the list by getting can’t exes be friends? Not immediately maybe, to take the first spot, it this week and grabs the Kumkum Bhagya and the ninth and the tenth but after a certain amount of time.” Post his proved to be tough compe - fifth spot with 7.4 million Kundali Bhagya at the sec - spot respectively with 8.9 split from Divyanka, he began dating Pooja tition for Naagin 3. impressions. Kullfi ond and the third spot re - and 8.8 million impres - Bisht. However, his relationship ended Surprisingly, Krishna Kumarr Bajewala is on the spectively with 13.1 and sions each. around six months back. Angad Bedi opens up about Neha Dhupia’s pregnancy Anisha Padukone opens up about feeling “helpless” during sister Deepika rumours and the social-media trolling Padukone’s struggle with depression lies were in attendance and Bollywood apparently had no clue. Which is believable considering the reactions that came their way from industry pals. The couple, after the hush-hush nuptial, then took off to America for a short honeymoon-cum- It is about time we all came together to help the work trip and have been inseparable beautiful state of Kerala, which has been facing since then. But amidst all the ‘What? massive floods for the past 10 days. Taking the ini - wow!’ comments that flooded their so - tiative, Esha Gupta has stepped up. The Baadshaho cial media posts, there were a few re - actress took to her Instagram page and posted a marks that were borderline bullying. video in which she is appealing her fans to make do - In fact, it became a field day for trolls nations to the Chief Minister’s Distress Relief who couldn’t digest the age-gap be - Fund. She talks about the dire situation in the state tween both. And just when that and reasserts that we all must have someone stuck stopped, pregnancy rumours about there with no food, no clean water and no electrici - Neha Dhupia kicked up a storm on so - ty. She reveals that she has had no contact with her cial media. And honestly, hubby agent, who is stuck there, since the past few days. Angad Bedi has had enough of it. The actress also reveals that she has donated her In an interview with Hindustan one day’s earning to the relief fund. We hope more Times, Angad has finally opened up people join Esha in this noble cause. In her post, about the same and the incessant Esha wrote, “I urge you to donate money food trolling that followed. He said, “We clothes whatever you can in your own way, no one feel if one has been given a platform to needs to know how much and what, lend a helping interact with others openly, it should hand because you can. Kerala needs us, humanity not be misused. If you want to have a needs us. They are right now cut off from the world critical viewpoint, please put for - with no one other way but choppers reaching out ward, that’s understandable. But if for supplies. Let’s stand together.” Earlier, actor you want to pass nasty comments, I Sidharth also urged people to take part in the won’t take it as a husband. If you have Kerala Donation Challenge. He posted a screen - nothing nice to say, then don’t say at shot, where it is revealed that he has donated Rs 10 all.” However, the couple is taking all lakh for the relief. We are sure after seeing this of it with a pinch of salt and is enjoy - more celebs will come forward to help Kerala and ing the marital bliss the way one its people. More than a dozen helicopters, hundreds should. When asked about how it feels of defence personnel, NDRF teams and ordinary to be married, he said, “It’s a rosy fishermen with their motorboats launched a mas - Angad Bedi and Neha Dhupia got married in a private ceremony phase and she asks me everyday what sive rescue operation in Kerala as rains subsided. took everyone by surprise when they earlier. Only close friends and fami - I want to have for dinner.” Not Shahid Kapoor, but Mira will choose the name of their second baby and they’re ‘open to suggestions’! Got any? It’s no news that Shahid the baby yet. In fact, we are open Kapoor and Mira Kapoor are to all suggestions. Misha’s name expecting their second baby was Shahid’s selection. So, this after Misha. In fact, there’s time, I might get to select the been a lot of buzz this time name.” She also opened up about around, courtesy Mira’s chic things that she plans to ensure maternity fashion and the around Misha. “This time I al - Deepika Padukone set a benchmark as to how celebs fact that she is glowing more ready have a toddler around and should become role models when she opened up about her than ever. We have said this keeping a balance between the struggle with depression. In a moving interview with a news earlier- motherhood looks one you have and the one that’s on channel, she poured her heart out. Later, she established an good on Mira but the way she its way is very important. NGO Live, Laugh, Love foundation to help people struggling is juggling being a hands-on Everything changes and you with mental health issues and raise awareness about the mother to their tiny-tot and don’t want that the one who has same. Today, her sister, Anisha Padukone has given her ac - prepping to be the same to been the apple of your eyes for so count of how she felt during that time. Talking to News 18, another is awe-inspiring. long and feels that she’s the centre Anisha opened up and said, “Honestly, it was difficult for me Talking about prepping, of your world to feel neglected and as I had very little idea about mental illness and the role of a Mira is not alien to the dos ignored. That is very important,” caregiver. Coping with mental illness affects both the individ - and don’ts of pregnancy and she added. Shahid and Mira tied uals and members of their immediate family. There was not probably it’ll pretty much be the knot on July 7, 2015. Since much information available where I could learn and equip the same with better care then, the couple has never shied myself to be of help. There were times when I felt helpless. and precautions. However, away from social media PDA and Fortunately for us, my mother noticed something was wrong. there is one thing that is their fans love their posts togeth - We then approached a counsellor who is also a very close fam - about to change this time er. It is also reported that Shasha ily friend and things worked out. Recently in June, Deepika around. Apparently, after has sorted his work diary in order had posted a heartfelt note after the suicides of Kate Spade and Shahid named Misha, it is to spend maximum time with Anthony Bourdain. “Depression today is a growing epidemic, Mira’s turn to pick a name Mira during her final pregnancy yet there is so much stigma attached to it that individuals are for baby no 2. In an interview days and he will extend his pater - obtained dissuaded from seeking help. Asking someone to just to Zoom, she said, “We nity leave after the arrival of the “snap out of it” is the equivalent of telling someone with a bro - haven’t decided the name of new baby. ken leg to continue walking,” Deepika wrote. Glimpses of Future 11 lOcal JAMMU SATURDAY AUGUST 18, 2018 BJP reminisces former Prime CONTD FROM PAGE 1 minorities. India PTI spokesman Faisal Javed told the media yester - cremated with full state honours. Vajpayee, 93, died day that preparations are going on for the oath taking Minister, Bharat Ratna, Atal ji at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) ceremony of Khan. here last evening after a prolonged illness.Amid sultry Javed said that Khan will wear a black sherwani on Pays rich tributes in “Sharadhanjali Sabha” weather conditions, thousands of people walked along the occasion. The ceremony will be held at the President the over seven km-long route with some showering House and President Mamnoon Hussain will adminis - Jammu Aug 17: that Atal ji will be remem - petals at the carriage. Heavy security was deployed ter the oath to the premier. The ceremony will be kept bered for the countless cen - along the route of the procession. During the proces - Mourning the ir - simple. turies to come. He said that sion, people chanted slogans like "Atal Bihari Amar reparable loss of the Khan's government will be the third consecutive Atal ji was a friend of Nation, Society and espe - Rahe" as Vajpayee's cortege made its way from the BJP democratic government in Pakistan since 2008 when everyone and foe of none, cially BJP, enforced by the headquarters to the cremation ground. military ruler General Pervez Musharraf announced who was admired even heavenly departure of the Last night, Vajpayee's body was taken to his official elections after serving as president from 2001 to 2008 fol - among the persons with beloved former Prime residence on Krishna Menon Marg from AIIMS where lowing a bloodless coup in 1999. differing ideologies. Minister of India, Bharat he was admitted in June. Harinder Gupta, The PPP formed the government in 2008, followed by Ratna, Late Sh. Atal Bihari Police have made elaborate security arrangements Parmod Kapahi, Dr. D. K. the PML-N led by jailed former prime minister Nawaz Vajpayee ji, the State head - for the funeral procession, officials said. Manyal, Rajeev Charak, Sharif in 2013. quarter of J&K BJP re - Arun Gupta, Dr. Narinder Pakistan's powerful military has ruled the country mained thronged by the Singh, Yudhvir Sethi, through various coups for nearly half of the country's prominent leaders to the Aseem Gupta, Sanjay Pak history since independence in 1947. Even during the ground level activists as said.The firing stopped at 5 am today, they said, Baru, Rajinder Sharma, civilian rule, the generals have wielded enormous pow - well as the common mass - adding that there was no report of any casualty on ei - Praduman Singh, Dalip[ er, setting the agenda for the country's foreign and secu - es throughout the day on ther side. Parihar, Brig. Anil Gupta, rity policies. Friday Whole day, bur - S. S. Bijral, Dr. Suresh dened by the feeling of ex - thoughts while speaking added that this is the end of Ajay Magotra, Tahir treme loss and pain, sitting their heart out were BJP an era. Choudhary, Tilak Raj Governor at the hallway, all re - Atal ji State General Secretary Ashok Kaul painted the Gupta, Arvind Gupta, Governor gave the following directions: (i) mained glued to the televi - future of inclusion and opportunity for all Indians. (Org.) Ashok Kaul, former extraordinary life sketch Jaidev Rajwal, Dr. Pardeep Chairman Deva will draw up a prioritised list of the or - sion screen at party head - "We engage the world as equals and in peace, and we Union Minister Chaman of Atalji while throwing Mahotra, Surinder der in which recruitments to various posts shall be fi - quarter, not willing to miss speak for principles and support the aspirations of oth - Lal Gupta, former lights on his life events es - Choudhary, Rakesh nalised by the PSC, considering the urgency of timely even a fraction of last sight ers. We are on the path that Atalji wanted us to take. He Ministers Sat Sharma, pecially those associated Mahajan, Suresh Sharma, filling posts for the five new Medical Colleges; (ii) to en - while the Godly soul sets was ahead of the times, because he had a deep sense of Abdul Ghani Kohli, Bali with the Jammu & Purnima Sharma, Rajni sure that there are no delays in the concerned on the final path. Later, in history, and he could peer into the soul of India from his Bhagat, Satish Sharma, Kashmir. He said that Atal Sethi, Kulbhushan Administrative Secretary promptly replying to any the evening, after the final grasp of our civilizational ethos," he said. Vajpayee Suresh Jamwal, S. ji will always remain alive Mohtra, Bharat Bhushan, query raised by PSC in regard to equivalence of varied rights and rituals of the transformed five decades of India's estrangement with Varinderjit Singh and in the soul of “Bharat”. He Karan Sharma, Baldev stalwart at Delhi, J&K BJP qualifications, all such references shall henceforth set - Chander Mohan Sharma. said that Atal ji was a “Yug Billawaria, Ayodhya the USA into an enduring strategic partnership in the organized “Sharadhanjali tled by an empowered Committee, chaired by Chief BJP State President, Purush”, great poet, states - Gupta, Omi Khajuria, course of five years, the prime minister said, adding Sabha” at its state head - Secretary, which shall comprise Administrative Ravinder Raina, who was man, mentor of millions. Chandji Bhat, Naresh that he also steered India to deep friendship with a new quarter, Trikuta Nagar, Secretaries of Higher Education Department, Health at Delhi to attend the final He was such a magician of Sharma, N. D. Rajwal, post-Soviet Russia through a strategic partnership in Jammu in the tender mem - and Medical Education Department, Agriculture rights, termed Atal ji as the words, who with his sim - Surinder Sharma, Prof. 2000. ories of the great patriarch Department, General Administration Department, ARI tallest leader of the time. plicity, got his signature Varinder Gupta, Dr. "I had the privilege of accompanying him on a visit of BJP, who laid the strong & Trainings Department and Law Department. This He said that this is a huge imprinted on the heart of Nirmal Kamal, Subhash to Russia in November 2001 when we concluded a sister foundation of “Jana Committee : (a) shall examine all cases involving issues loss for our Nation and every single Indian. Sat Jandyal, Bawa Sharma, province agreement between Gujarat and Astrakhan." Sangha” to the present day regarding equivalence of Degrees (particularly in the added that although, today Sharma expressing deep Sheila Handoo, Lalit Moza, he said. “”. Atal ji is no more in this shock, said that today the Adv. Hunar Gupta, Adv. context of new and emerging disciplines) and their rele - Prominent faces of Modi said Vajpayee made the boldest move for peace world but he shall remain country has lost an excep - Bhanu Partap Jasrotia, vance to the post for which selections are required to be J&K BJP expressed their with China in an effort to overcome the burdens of a dif - alive in the hearts, breath tional soul, who was true to Subhash Gupta were made; (b) shall take into account the general norms of feelings, love and emotions ficult past by establishing the mechanism of Special and blood of all Indians. the core of heart, winning amongst the other promi - equivalence of Degrees which are adopted by premier for the great soul in limited Representatives for boundary talks. This is irreparable loss, everyone with love. He nent faces who remem - higher education institutions in the country and na - but touching words. Those In many ways, he was the inspiration for, and even which even the time is not said that nobody can take bered the departed soul tional level education regulatory authorities; (c) shall who expressed their pioneer of, his government's Neighbourhood First poli - capable to heal, he said and the place of Atal ji. He said with wet eyes. decide all cases within thirty days of the references re - cy, Modi said. "He (Vajpayee) was unwavering in his ceived from the PSC; (iii) delays in the selection process support as an opposition leader towards Bangladesh's of the Commission also take place for want of timely liberation. He went to Lahore in search of peace. With clarifications in regard to reserved, non-reserved and persistence and optimism that was his nature, he con - other categories of posts by indenting departments; in Natrang’s 4th Theatre Festival tinued to search for peace and heal the wounds in all such cases it shall be the personal responsibility of Jammu and Kashmir," Modi wrote. the concerned Administrative Secretary to reply to the But, he was resolute in winning the Kargil War, and reference received from the Commission within ten when terror attack hit Parliament, he made the world working days. Recalling the decision taken a few days commencing from 20th August, 2018 recognize the true nature and source of cross-border earlier to provide secretarial strength to the PSC to visi - terrorism against India, the prime minister said. bly speed up the pace of its selection processes, Modi described Vajpayee as an orator without paral - Jammu 17th August, of August, 2018 Gulzar’s June, 2018 featuring plays well and won apprecia - Governor noted that cases had come to his notice where lel who could switch from "disarming humour to a lofty ‘Kharaashein’ will be pre - , and 'Romeo Juliet 'Aap tion in Russia, Germany, the concerned Administrative Departments are respon - Natrang is going to or - vision" with ease, with a rare ability to connect with sented under the direction Hamaare Hain Kaun, U.K., Singapore, Turkey, sible for considerable delay in informing the PSC about ganise 4th Theatre people naturally, to stir them to self-belief and to a high - of Rahul Singh. On 3rd day 'Mata Ki Kahani' and Hungary, Poland, and the details of vacancies arising in the ensuing calendar Festival of the year from er cause. of the festival on 22nd of 'Ghumayee' under the di - UAE and thus established year. Governor also discussed these delays with Chief 20th August, 2018 at Sharply perceptive, he could summarise the most August, 2018, Balwant rection of Aarushi a globally acknowledged Secretary who shall now be taking quarterly review Abhinav Theatre Jammu. complex issues and discussions in a single sentence or Thakur’s highly ac - Thakur Rana and brand calledNATRANG. meetings with Chairman PSC to ensure against any Giving details Natrang question, Modi said. claimed Children play Balwant Thakur. The With over 6000 pro - pending issue resulting in thwarting the selection Director Balwant Thakur "For those of us who knew him, he was first the ‘Mere Hisse Ki dhoop third theatre festival was grammes and events and process. shared details in a press rarest of human beings who touched and inspired Kahan hai will be show - organised between 18th to participation in over 250 It was further decided that Commissioner Higher conference at Natrang everyone he met. He was compassionate to the core, cased. The festival will 21st July, 2018 in which National/International Education shall undertake a fortnightly review of va - Studio Theatre, Jammu. generous in spirit, warm beyond measure and kind to a conclude on 23rd of ‘Kauva Chala Hans Ki festivals Natrang estab - cancies at all levels in the Higher Education sector and Accompanied by senior fault. He was deeply respectful of others and gifted with August, 2018 with the all- Chaal, ‘Na Teri Na Meri’, lished itself as one of the personally ensure that there is no pending issue which functionaries of Natrang a rare sense of humour that he often turned upon him - time super comedy play ‘Fandi’ and 'A Mid most happening theatre can delay the PSC’s selection process. viz Anil Tickoo, Sanjeev self," Modi said. ‘Saiyan Bhaye Kotwal’ Summer Nights Dream’ group of the country Gupta, Neeraj Kant and written by Vasant Sabnis were featured. Balwant which has many firsts to Rahul Singh, Director and directed by Balwant Thakur further informed its credit including hold - Women Natrang Balwant Thakur that Natrang was estab - ing of the longest weekly Thakur. 4 Drug hospital where doctors declared her dead. A police informed that in connec - lished on 15th May, 1983 theatre series of the coun - Kumar and Gurjeet Singh, all resident of In connection with spokesman said banned militant outfit Hizbul tion with the celebrations with the presentation of try entitled 'Sunday Hoshiarpur (Punjab). Further investigation into the the commemoration of 35 Mujahideen was behind the killing of the woman. of 35 glorious years of years of Natrang, Natrang two unique short plays Theatre' and having the case is underway, he said. Natrang, the organisation has already successfully Neeli Jheel' and 'Nanhen longest surviving contem - This is the second poppy seizure made by the Kathua is organising a 4 day the - organised three festivals Kandhey Pair' at porary plays of the coun - police in two consecutive days. Over atre festival every month featuring four plays each. Abhinav Theatre Jammu. try like 'Bawa Jitto, In another incident, police intercepted today one yatris have had the 'darshan' of the 'shivling' at the and 4th festival is starting The first festival was or - Natrang through the self - Ghumayee, Mere Hisse Ki person during patrolling on suspicious grounds in holy cave, they said. The yatra was resumed from from 20th of August featur - ganised between 15th to less contribution of thou - Dhoop Kahan Hai and Aap Kothey area of Samba district, he said. During frisking, Jammu yesterday after three-day long suspension due ing four theatre produc - 18th May, 2018 featuring sands of its associates, Hamaare Hain Kaun. This 1 kg and 100 g of poppy was recovered from him, he said. to the closure of the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, tions by different directors 'Bawa Jitto', 'Twelfth brought the J&K theatre organization has been The accused person has been identified as Harnam the officials said. The 60-day annual yatra commenced of Natrang. The festival Night', Kasak' and 'Mind to the National and highly instrumental in Dass of Vijaypur (Samba). He was arrested on the spot from the twin tracks of Baltal in Ganderbal and will open with Natrang’s Games' under the direc - International limelight giving a new cultural and and contraband was also seized from him, he said. A Pahalgam in Anantnag districts of the valley on June 28 most celebrated play tion of Balwant Thakur, and its highly acclaimed intellectual identity to case has been registered in Vijaypur police station and and is scheduled to conclude on August 26 coinciding ‘Mahabhoj’ written by Aarushi Thakur Rana, plays vibrated the theatre this part of the country investigation is underway, the officer said. with the 'Raksha Bandhan' festival. Mannu Bhandari on 20th Rahul Singh and Sumeet world and proudly trav - and has creditably revolu - of August, 2018 under the Sharma respectively. The elled the whole length and tionized the cultural life of direction of Balwant second festival was organ - breadth of the country the place through its out of CEO Four Thakur at 6 pm at Abhinav ised between 19th to 22nd and also crossed the the world cultural and Rajouri Mohammad Aijaz Asad after complaints Theatre, Jammu. On 21st boundaries of India as artistic initiatives. 18-08-2018 to 27-08-2018 (Monday). Similarly, Special were received from various quarters about labs employ - Camp Days is on 19-08-2018 (Sunday) and 25-08-2018 ing unqualified staff and giving wrong diagnostic re - (Saturday), while Disposal of Claims and Objections is sults, thereby risking lives of patients, he said. A joint from 28-08-2018 to 04-09-2018, Publication of Final team of officials from the revenue and health depart - NSF tribute of 109th Death Anniversary Panchayat Electoral Roll-2018 is 11-09-2018. ments raided 17 diagnostic and clinical labs in Rajouri town and Manjakote area under the supervision of chief medical officer Dr Suresh Gupta, he added. During the of Madan Lal Dhingra Imran Khan raids, four labs were found violating the norms of the voting, they added. Sharif, the 66-year-old younger Nursing Homes and Clinical Establishment Act, the Jammu: Aug 17 occasion, Ankush Abrol Dr Vikas Sharma State Madan Lai Dhingra de - brother of jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, spokesperson said. All the four labs were immediately appreciated the efforts of President NSF said that clared unremorsefully that served as the chief minister of the politically crucial National Secular sealed and action was initiated against them under the NSF members to come for - Madan Lai Dhingra was his act was "a humble re - Punjab province from 2013 to 2018. He became PML-N Forum (NSF), organized a rules, he said. warded and organized born in Punjab. He went to venge for the inhuman programmed in University president after his elder brother was barred from hold - these function. He said that London in 1906 to study en - hangings and transporta - Campus and on the Death ing the top party position and public posts. During the the real tributes to the mar - gineering. It was in Britain tion of patriotic Indians". anniversary of Madan Lal voting, Khan received support of smaller parties includ - tyrs would be eradicating that he came in contact He was sentenced to death Two Dhingra who laid his life ing Muttahida Quami Movement with seven seats, of vehicles. During the checking of vehicles, police evil prevailing in the socie - with revolutionary nation - and died on the gallows at for the country. Amid slo - Balochistan Awami Party five, Balochistan National said, they intercepted an alto-K-10 bearing registration ty like drug addiction, fe - alists such as Shyamji the Pentonville Prison, gans “Madan Lal Dhingra” Party four, Pakistan Muslim League three, Grand number JK19-3435 for checking. Police said the car was male feticide and dowry. Krishna Verma and V. D. London on August 17, 1909 “inqulaab Zindabad” Democratic Alliance three, Awami Muslim League and on its way to RS Pura from Jammu. During checking, He exhorted the youth to Savarkar. Influenced by at the age of 26 years. ‘Bharat Mata ki jai” and Jamori Watan Party one seat each. they recovered 85 grams of heroin from the vehicle and refrain from drugs and in - their thoughts, he became Pushpinder Singh they paid tributes to Earlier, PML-N lawmakers including Sharif arrived arrested both the persons including the woman. The ar - toxicants. involved in Indian revolu - State Vice-President NSF, Madan Lal Dhingra and in the National Assembly wearing black armbands to rested persons have been identified as Tosick Hussain Abrol throw light life of tionary activities in also speak on the occasion, garlanded the portraits of protest against alleged "rigging" of the votes during the of Bibrota in Raj Garh in Ramban and Laila Khalid. A martyr Madan Lal Britain. He participated in said that Thirty-one years the son of soil. Ankush July 25 general elections. Dhingra was born on the activities of the Indian later Udham Singh fol - case in this regard has been registered against them un - Abrol member working Sharif and Khan greeted each other and shook February 18, 1883 at Home Rule Society, the lowed the same path and der FIR Number FIR Number 116 of 2018 under section committee Jammu hands prior to the start of the session. Amritsar in a very rich Abhinava Bharata and the was executed on July 31, 8/21/22 NDPS Act at Police Station Miran Sahib. Kashmir Cricket Earlier this week, PTI's nominees for Speaker and family. His father, Dr Ditta India House. In July, 1909 1940 under almost similar Association (JKCA), Ex- Deputy Speaker secured 176 and 183 votes respectively. Mal, retired as the he assassinated Sir circumstances. Pardeep member BCCI was the The PTI emerged as the single largest party with 116 Government Civil Surgeon William Curzon Wyllie, an Sharma University Unit Criminal chief guest and Dr. Vikas seats in July 25 elections. Its number increased to 125 af - RS Pura. The arrested person has been identified as and had twenty-one houses Advisor to the Secretary of President was delivered Sharma State President ter nine independent members joined it and final tally Ankush Mehra alias Anku resident of of RS Pura. He in Katra Sher Singh and State of India, at a gather - the welcome address; NSF, presided over the reached 158 after it was allotted 28 out of 60 seats re - has been booked under FIR Number 104 of 2018 under six bunglaws on G.T. Road. ing in the Imperial Anshu Sharma was deliv - function.Speaking on the served for women and five out of 10 seats reserved for section 4/25 of Arm Act at police station RS Pura. Speaking on the occasion Institute. During his trial, ering the vote of thanks. C Y M K Court on Friday extended ,-.')#)** -+ )!"(/+'& )**!&!&+& !) *+'(/ '% +'')%)()!%%!&!*+)+$!      aia Bhattacharya Lama Dalai the Thursday, Namita Vajpayee’s foster daughter “eloquent” supporter of the Vajpayee, saying he was an prime minister Atal Bihari former of death the doled con- has Lama Dalai the Dharamsala August17,     !%%#$     er h bi petition. bail the hear to date the as 24 August Apresh Kumar Singh fixed al bail, the bench of Justice extension of the provision- the Granting 27. August four fodder scam cases, till Lalu Prasad, convicted in minister chief Bihar mer the provisional bail of for- fin” I a etr to letter a a and In “friend”. people Tibetan describing him as an outstanding politi- outstanding an as him describing mer prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, eir advocate Senior in h md pt-raig contribu- path-breaking made who cian tions. Vajpayee, one of India’s most charis- tions to the development of bilateral rela- matic leaders and inspirational orators, inspirational and leaders matic eh. h Frin iity ad n a in said Ministry Foreign New The in Delhi. 93 of age the at Thursday died ttmn, Vjae i a outstanding an is “Vajpayee statement, raig otiuin t te develop- the to contributions breaking path- made has and India in politician et f ioIda rltos. The relations”. Sino-Indian of ment n pol ad o h rltvs of relatives the to and people and government Indian the to death his over Chinese side expressed deep condolences Vajpayee, the ministry said in the state- the in said ministry the Vajpayee, odlne esg, h mnsr said. ministry the message, condolence ment to PTI. Premier Li Keqiang has sent a boundary dispute. Representative mechanism to resolve the during 2003 in China visited Vajpayee which the two countries set up the Special eloquent support to Tibetan people Tibetan to support eloquent Dalai Lama condoles Vajpayee’s demise, hails his hails demise, Vajpayee’s condoles Lama Dalai China ties: Sino-India to contributions breaking path- made Vajpayee Jharkhand HCextends Prasad Lalu Yadav’s scam provisional bailinfodder !%%#$  China on Friday paid homage to for- to homage paid Friday on China h Jakad High Jharkhand The Tibetan Tibetan spiritual leader htrna Sna ap- peared for the RJD leader. Sinha Chitaranjan The court had on August on had court The e t vst i a (his) at him visit to ued contin- I and career his of regularly during the course met “We leader. national eminent an lost has India said with his passing away, Says 324 Killed, Over 2LakhDisplaced Kerala Floods: CMPinarayi Vijayan the three services, besides the of damaged.Personnel crops of hectares 32,500 over and ainl iatr Response Disaster National floods, and rains the by hit in 14 districts have been badly people 2,11,000 over (NERC), Emergency National Response Centre Ministry's the Home to Vijayan.According Pinarayi minister chief ed floods and landslides," tweet- rains, to due lives their lost have people 324 as many "As standstill. a to state coastal Kerala and have brought the across havoc wreak to tinue    % Unprecedented rains con- 10 10 extended the provision- medical grounds. on The high 20 August till bail al His His eloquent support of the an eminent national leader. his With politician. cated dedi- truly a was Vajpayee home after he retired. Shri el rvlgd o have to privileged feel stronger stand on Tibet,” a he said. “I in take prompting to them task Parliament, to ernments gov- Indian took regularly he then, Since 1950s. late Tibetan people began in the passing away, India has lost eaa he Minister flood situation in the state. He Chief discuss to Vijayan Pinarayi Kerala to Prime Minister Modi spoke shifted to safety.On Thursday and morning, were copters boats heli- defence by up winched by cessible elderly trapped in places inac- ing women, children and the includ- islands. people, of Hundreds into turned that have villages in marooned those and world, the of rest blocking roads and cutting down them off the crashing rooftops, came hills where highlands on stranded ple gantic task of evacuating peo- Force (NDRF) resumed the gi- eia gons and grounds medical bail to the RJD supremo on provisional weeks six ed court had on May 11 grant- der scam. The cases relate the multi-crore rupees fod- of cases four in convicted till it August 14. Prasad has been extended again when the Rashtriya Janata divided Bihar in the 1990s bandry department in un- hus- animal the for tricts treasuries in different dis- government from money of withdrawal illegal to ing prolonged illness. follow- yesterday Delhi in hospital (AIIMS) Sciences All at died minister times, three prime India’s as served colleagues. who relatives, Vajpayee, and friends Vajpayee’s to condolences his fered of- also He added. leader spiritual the friend,” a as oured to have counted him hon- am and him known ni Isiue f Medical of Institute India  Kerala floods: Navy floods: Kerala woman from Aluvafrom woman pregnant evacuate to rescue courageous attempts of the Navy . loted by Cdr Vijay Verma. A spokesperson ed to a hospital where around 2 pm she gave Navy The Aluva. reached the in spot at around 8 am on Friday, village her from Sajita Jabeel, 25, was rescued by the Navy her from woman pregnant a evacuate birth to a boy. The naval operation was pi- condition. A few hours later she was airlift- her assess to down lowered was doctor a could receive further medical assistance. she that so hospital maternity a to house lief operations in flood-hit Kerala, helped pressed into service for the rescue and re- &  %%#$ h Ida Nv, hc hs been has which Navy, Indian The been distributed among them. lage. Food and dry ration have stranded people from the vil- 16 rescued has team the far, district.So Idukki Kerala's fected Manjumala village in village Manjumala fected flood-af- the to shifted been relief team from Vandiperiyar has and rescue Coast Guard's Indian The well. as Idukki districts for tomorrow except and Ernakulam for sounded Kerala, been has read A Kasaragod. of tricts dis- 13 in sounded was alert red a state.Meanwhile, the across operations relief and Ministry to step up the rescue Defence the asked also had Treasury respectively. Deoghar Dumka the and Treasury the to related On cases in convicted was he 2018. the February 23 and March 19, 24, on to January Treasury related Chaibasa case again convicted in another former was minister chief Bihar The Treasury. case scam fodder first the eae t te Chaibasa the to related in convicted was he 2013, 30, September On state. the in power in was Dal Earlier Earlier this morning, five village. Valiyakadu from citizens Malampuzha's senior and 100 people including children around rescued and bridge Army the also built a 35-feet long Moreover, Alappuzha. and Thrissur, Ernakulam, Kozhikode, Pathamithitta, o sfr lc at place safer a to teams evacuated 926 persons NDRF operations. Thursday, on Earlier relief and cue helicopters to scale up the res- boats, and tional manpower, Disaster been tasked to mobilise addi- National Response Force (NDRF) have and ece operations.Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard rescue and relief continued sured to scale up assistance and en- Committee (NCMC) was the held of National Crisis meeting Management a in Kerala, situation floods vailing osnn b te a. On Thursday, in view day. of the pre- the by worsening is which situation flood the erations in the state owing to massive rescue and relief op- landslide in the state. and flooding causing days, incessant rain today. since past few there witnessing been has Kerala reach to ed erations. 35 teams are expect- were deployed for rescue op- and Thiruvananthapuram Force) reached Response (National NDRF Disaster of units The Centre has launched &  %%#$     adi assassination Rajiv Gandhi Minister former Prime in convicts the in October a plea by one of hear would it said today n ai Nd b a by Nadu Tamil in 21, 1991 at Sriperumbudur hind the murder. The MD- Disciplinary be- conspiracy into MA) Monitoring Agency (MD- Multi CBI-led the by probe of case, regarding the status ef wr as kle in killed also were self, ers, including Dhanu her- oth- Fourteen rally. poll a at Dhanu, as identified bomber, suicide woman May of night the on tion Rajiv Gandhi’s assassina- larger the conspiracy behind investigating been has 1998, in up set MA, n wih a claimed had which ing first case of suicide bomb- sination was perhaps the the blast. Gandhi’s assas- utc M Jain C Inquiry of M Commission of Justice recommendations the on established was leader. he MDMA, which high-profile a of life the rm B RW and mat- The agencies. other RAW Revenue Intelligence IB, and from officers comprises of and is headed by a CBI official aspect assassination, Gandhi’s spiracy con- the probed had that utcs ajn Gogoi, Ranjan Justices for up hearing before a bench of came today ter convict’s plea in October in pleaconvict’s hear toSupremeCourt case: Rajiv Gandhi assassination Gandhi Rajiv h Spee Court Supreme The JAMMU SATURDAYAUGUST18,2018 hear it,” the bench said, bench the it,” hear M Joseph. “Wewillhave to K and Sinha Navin MA, in its report filed in filed report its in MA, MD- The MDMA. the by probe the the of completion till term jail his of court seeking suspension apex the moved earlier G serving life sentence, had is A who 45, October. Perarivalan, in ing case the hear- for listed be would that adding oe f h pros re- persons where the of Lanka, some Sri ing various countries, includ- Letters to issued were Rogatory and open still was probe that said had earlier, court apex the The court had asked the asked had court The his conviction in the case. 11, 1999 verdict upholding seeking recall of the May missed Perarivalan’s plea dis- had court top the 14, were residing. On March quired to be investigated Sri Lanka for examining of a letter rogatory sent to report with regard to the status a file to MDMA e a dneos prece- “dangerous a set sion of their sentence will nation case, saying remis- the Rajiv Gandhi assassi- in convicts seven lease ernment’s proposal to re- with the concur Tamil Nadu gov- not does it that court apex the told had Centre the 10, August on ecently jail. Colombo in alias Suren, who is lodged one of the accused Nixon tional ramifications”. dent” and have “interna-     



    



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