PUBLISHED FROM Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, www.thesikhtimes.in Punjab, Chandigarh, The Sikh Times Jio Newspaper app Himachal and www.readwhere.com Jammu National Daily www.paperboy.com Vol. 12 No. 90 RNI NO. DELENG/2008/25465 New Delhi, Sunday, 18 August, 2019 [email protected] 9971359517 12 pages. `.2 Former AAP Minister Kapil PM Modi holds talks with Mishra joins BJP New Delhi, Aug 17 : Former minister in the Arvind Kejriwal government and his Bhutanese counterpart disqualified MLA Kapil Mishra along- with AAP women's wing chief Richa SPL CORRESPONDENT the people of Bhutan want to see the India-Bhutan friendship Pandey joined the BJP here on Saturday. Thimphu, Aug 17 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi held scale newer heights of success," the prime minister said. Waving The duo was welcomed by BJP national wide-ranging talks with his Bhutanese counterpart Lotay the Indian tricolour and the Bhutanese flags, people lined up vice president Shyam Jaju and Delhi unit Tshering on Saturday during which the two leaders discussed along the route from Paro to the capital city Thimphu to welcome president Manoj Tiwari at the party's steps to further expand the bilateral partnership across several Prime Minister Modi, who is in Bhutan on a two-day visit. Prime office on Pant Marg. "I welcome Kapil sectors. "Infusing new energy and trust in our close relationship. Minister Modi will also address young Bhutanese students at the Mishra and Richa Pandey into BJP and PM @narendramodi held delegation levels talk with prestigious Royal University of Bhutan. hope they will serve Delhi by following @PMBhutan Lyonchhen Dr. Lotay Tshering. Discussed steps to PM, Shah extend greetings to the policies of Prime Minister Narendra further expand our partnership across several sectors," Ministry Modi and philosophy of Deen Dayal of External Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted. Parsi community on Navroz Upadhyay and Syama Prasad Kumar said the MoUs exchange will take place at Simtoka New Delhi [India], Aug 17 : Navroz or Nowruz, marks the Dzong, built in 1629 by Shabdrung Namgyal, which functions as Mookerjee," Tiwari said. Delhi Assembly Iranian and Persian New year. The day is dedicated to the begin- a monastic and administrative centre and is one of the oldest Speaker Ram Niwas Goel earlier this ning of the spring and renewal of Nature and it is celebrated on month had disqualified Mishra under the dzongs in Bhutan. This is Modi's second visit to Bhutan and the the first day of the first month of the calendar followed by anti-defection law after he campaigned first since his re-election in May this year. Prime Minister Modi Zoroastrians. While Zoroastrians across the globe celebrated for the BJP during the Lok Sabha elec- also inspected a guard of honour during his ceremonial welcome New Year on March 21 this year, Parsis residing in India are cel- tions in May. Mishra, elected from at Tashichhodzong Palace, Bhutan. "Traditional Chipdrel pro- ebrating Navroz on August 17. On the auspicious occasion, Karawalnagar seat, has challenged his cession and welcome ceremony at the Tashichhodzong Palace Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and disqualification in Delhi High court. for PM @narendramodi before the audience with His Majesty the King of Bhutan. The ceremony Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Zubin Irani extended warm greetings to the Speculations over Mishra joining the BJP symbolises the purification of path along which the guests are led," Kumar tweeted. Earlier, Prime Parsi community and wished them a prosperous year filled with peace and joy. Wishing Parsi were making rounds since he started Minister Modi received a red-carpet welcome at the Paro airport where he was received by the community, Prime Minister said they have played a vital role in the development of the country. criticising the AAP supremo after being Bhutanese prime minister. "I am extremely grateful to @PMBhutan for welcoming me at the air- "Parsi New Year greetings! Our nation is proud to be home to the dynamic Parsi community that removed as a minister in May 2017. port. His gesture is deeply touching," Modi tweeted. "A memorable welcome in Bhutan! This is a has played a vital role in developing India. May the year ahead be full of happiness, good health Subsequently, he grew close to many land blessed with natural beauty and wonderful people. There is immense enthusiasm here and and prosperity. Navroz Mubarak," he tweeted. Delhi BJP leaders and often shared the stage with them at public events. Rajnath approves Committee to Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, J-K Hooda’s rally in Rohtak to send Governor Satya Pal Malik review defence procurement visit Arun Jaitley at AIIMS procedure to strengthen ‘Make in India’ New Delhi [India], Aug 17 : Bihar signals of his political course New Delhi [India], Aug 17 : Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and J-K Saturday approved the setting up of a Committee under the chairman- SIMMI KAUR BABBAR over to the BJP," he said. A senior state political stock. The Haryana unit of Governor Satya Pal Malik visited the All ship of Director General (Acquisition) to review the Defence New Delhi [India], Aug 17 : Former Congress leader, who spoke on the condi- Congress has seen intense factionalism India Institute of Medical Sciences Procurement Procedure (DPP) 2016 and Defence Procurement Manual Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh tion of anonymity, said that Hooda may be with differences between Hooda and (AIIMS) on Saturday to inquire about for- (DPM) 2009 to strengthen the 'Make in India' programme. The Hooda's 'Parivartan Maha Rally' at his facing pressure from some of his support- some senior state leaders including state mer Union Finance Minister Arun Committee will revise and align the procedures with the aim of ensuring home turf Rohtak on Sunday is being pro- ers but he will not leave the party. Sonia Congress chief Dr Ashok Tanwar. There Jaitley's health condition. The 66-year-old a seamless flow from asset acquisition to life cycle support. "The DPP jected by his supporters as a show of Gandhi's taking over as interim party chief was also a suggestion by Dr Tanwar that was admitted to the hospital on August 9 2016 and DPM 2009 have been due for revision. Aligning the procedures strength ahead of assembly polls and will has also apparently eased matters as those who had lost Lok Sabha polls should after he complained of weakness and pal- will ensure a seamless flow from asset acquisition to life cycle support be watched closely for the signals it sends Hooda became chief minister for the first not contest assembly polls. Asked about pitation. Earlier today, BSP Chief and strengthen the 'Make in India' initiative of the government," the about his plans. The rally, where no sen- time when she was the party chief. He had Hooda's rally, Dr Tanwar said: "The Mayawati, Union Minister Rajyavardhan Defence Ministry said in a statement. Apart from DG (Acq) 11 other ior party leader has been invited, has led to been picked over his rival Bhajan Lal. Congress is one, will remain one and will Singh Rathore, Air Chief Marshal members, not below the rank of joint secretary/major general equiva- speculation that Hooda could be thinking Hooda had attended the Independence win the assembly polls." Congress leaders Birender Singh Dhanoa, Bharatiya Janata lent, are part of this high-level committee. Terms of reference of the of charting an independent political Day event at the Congress headquarters are hopeful that if there is unity, the party Party (BJP) leader Satish Upadhyay and Committee include to -- revise the procedures as given in DPP 2016 and course. An aide of Hooda, who did not on August 15. For long, Hooda has been will be able to throw up a strong challenge Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi DPM 2009, so as to remove procedural bottlenecks and hasten defence want to be named, said that the "grand seeking a change in the state leadership in the assembly polls as the issues will be also paid a visit to Jaitley. Yesterday, acquisition. "Align and standardise the provisions in the DPP 2016 and rally" will sound poll bugle for the assem- but his demand has not been accepted by local. BJP, which is riding high after its President Ram Nath Kovind, Union DPM 2009, wherever applicable, to optimise life cycle support for equip- bly polls to oust the BJP government. He the Congress top brass. The rally is being unprecedented success in the Lok Sabha Ministers Amit Shah, Harsh Vardhan, ment. Simplify policy and procedures to facilitate greater participation of signalled unease over the delay in deci- seen as a signal by Hooda that he should polls, has already started its preparations Ashwini Choubey and Uttar Pradesh the Indian industry and develop robust defence industrial base," it added. sions by the Congress relating to organisa- be projected as the chief ministerial candi- for the assembly polls. Party chief Amit Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also paid The Committee will also examine and incorporate new concepts, such as tional changes and announcing commit- date and appointed as state unit chief. He Shah announced 'Mission 75' at a rally in a visit to check on the ailing BJP leader. life cycle costing, life cycle support, performance-based logistics, lease tees for poll preparations but said there is also keen to have a major say in the dis- Jind on Saturday and accused the Soon after Jaitley was admitted to AIIMS' contracting, codification and standardisation and to promote Indian start- was no plan of Hooda leaving the party. tribution of tickets. Hooda's son Congress of not repealing Article 370 over Intensive Care Unit (ICU) last week, ups and research and development Any other aspect which will con- "The poll preparations should have start- Deepender Hooda is also seen as a con- the past 70 years. He said Modi govern- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and tribute towards refining the acquisition process and support the 'Make in ed long back. So much time has been lost. tender for the post of PCC chief. Both the ment's decision to repeal Article 370, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh went to India' initiative, it said. The Committee has been given six months to Every person is worried. A line of action leaders lost the Lok Sabha election earlier which gave special powers to Jammu and check on Jaitley's health. submit its recommendations. should be drawn. We cannot give a walk this year, which led to some fall in their Kashmir, was a "milestone". Sonia Gandhi, other Cong No religion greater than Jaitley on life support; Nitish, public service: Adityanath Piyush Goyal, Abhishek Singhvi, leaders extend wishes on Navroz CORRESPONDENT ing their duties," he said, addressing Jyotiraditya visit AIIMS New Delhi [India], Aug 17 : On the occasion of Jamshedi Navroz, interim Congress Lucknow, Aug 17 : Observing that the promoted PCS Officers Association New Delhi, Aug 17 : Several politicians including Bihar President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday greeted the Zoroastrian Community and wished that "no religion is greater than the public members at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Union minister Piyush Goyal, the Parsi New Year brought in the spirit of happiness, peace, harmony and brotherhood. service", Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister here.. The chief minister, however, and Congress leaders Abhishek Singhvi and Jyotiraditya Navroz is dedicated to the beginning of the spring and renewal of nature and it is celebrat- Yogi Adityanath on Saturday sought to rued that despite the state government Scindia visited AIIMS here on Saturday to enquire about ed on the first day of the first month of the calendar fol- inspire government officials by his per- taking several measures favouring offi- the health condition of former finance minister Arun Jaitley lowed by Zoroastrians. While Zoroastrians across the sonal example to serve people, saying cials, many of them are not reciprocat- who has been put on life support system, sources said. globe celebrated New Year on March 21 this year, Parsis one is always remembered for doing ing to the government's favours with Others who visited the All India Institute of Medical residing in India are celebrating Navroz on August 17. good work. The chief minister, howev- dedicated service to the people. Many Sciences to enquire about his health are Union Health "Congress President, Sonia Gandhi greeted the er, also expressed annoyance over the officials do not come to office on time Minister Harsh Vardhan, BJP's Satish Upadhyay and Air Zoroastrian Community on the auspicious occasion of the bureaucratic work culture of reporting and many public complaints on the Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa. The 66-year-old Parsi New Year, Navroz. Every new beginning is the late for the duty and declaring problems chief minister's grievance redressal leader has been put on life support system and a multidis- chance to make most out of it, she added, while praying as "solved" even without taking pains to portal are often declared "solved" even ciplinary team of doctors is monitoring his condition, they that the coming year may further the spirit of happiness, know about it. "People always remem- without being read, he said. Enlisting said. BSP chief and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister peace, harmony and brotherhood," All India Congress ber officers who do good work. I work his government's pro-officer measures, Mayawati also visited the hospital. "I visited AIIMS today to Committee (AICC) said in a statement. Congress leader for 17-18 hours everyday. I will always the chief minister said his government enquire about the health condition of former finance and Rahul Gandhi took to the micro-blogging site Twitter and be remembered if I do good work," he is regularly according promotions to defence minister, and senior BJP leader Shri Arun Jaitley. I wrote: "Best wishes on the auspicious occasion of said, seeking to inspire the state's pro- the eligible ones. "Our government did met his family and consoled them and prayed to the Nowruz." Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan Sachin Pilot and Congress leader Jyotiraditya motee civil service officials. "There is not stop promotion of any officer and almighty that he recovers soon," Mayawati tweeted at 01.06 M. Scindia also extended their good wishes to Parsi community. Earlier in the day, Prime no greater religion than the public serv- employee. The government has also pm on Saturday. Vardhan had said on Friday, "Doctors at Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and Women and Child Development ice. Being directly connected with the changed many rules so that no employ- AIIMS are doing the best they can." President Ram Nath Minister Smriti Zubin Irani extended Navroz greetings to all. Navroz is predominantly cel- public, the promoted civil service offi- ee or officer is harassed anymore," Kovind, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and UP Chief ebrated in the Western and Central Asia, the Middle East, and the Balkans. It is a declared cers can solve the problems of the gen- Adityanath was quoted as saying in an Minister Yogi Adityanath had visited AIIMS on Friday to public holiday in many nations including Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, and Iraq. eral public in a better way by discharg- official statement. check on the leader's health. The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has not issued any bulletin on Jaitley's health condition since August 10. Jaitley was admit- ted on August 9 after he complained of breathlessness and Union Minister Harsimrat proposes to paint Sultanpur Lodhi white restlessness. In May this year, he was admitted to AIIMS for treatment. Jaitley, a lawyer by profession, had been an CORRESPONDENT into being with the blessings of Guru Sahab and she was confident important part in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Cabinet Sultanpur Lodhi (Punjab) [India], Aug 17 : Union Minister that the Pakistan government would complete it in time to facilitate in the BJP government's first term. Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Saturday mooted a proposal to paint 'darshan' of Sri Kartarpur Sahib to partake the blessings of Sri Guru Sultanpur Lodhi white on the occasion of 550th Parkash Purab of Sri Nanak Dev. Harsimrat also disclosed that the work on various projects Punjab CM approves 5 sports Guru Nanak Dev and said she would seek the help of the Sikh Sangat envisaged as part of Guru Sahab's commemorative celebrations was to make this possible. The Union Minister, who visited this town today proceeding at a fast pace. She said the Ministry of Housing and Urban persons for PIS Governing Council to take a review of the works undertaken by the Railways, said she Affairs was executing a heritage complex at Sultanpur Lodhi. Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Aug 17 : Punjab Chief wished that the holy city be painted white on the pattern of Anandpur Harsimrat said that an international seminar was also being organised Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday Sahib, which was painted white on the eve of the 350th-anniversary cel- in Delhi in October-November 2019 at a cost of Rs 5 crore. She said approved the names of five eminent sportspersons to be ebrations of the birth of the Khalsa. She appealed to the people to 100 other seminars would be organised across the country as part of made members of the Governing Council of Punjab wholeheartedly participate in Kar Sewa to make this possible. Earlier the celebrations besides a mobile digital exhibition, production of doc- Institute of Sports (PIS). All these sportspersons are she was briefed by senior Railways officials that all works related to the umentary and animation films and publication of books of life and from different disciplines of sports, an official statement Railways would be completed by October 25. Harsimrat reviewed teachings of Guru Sahab along with their translation into all major from the CM's office said on Saturday. They are hockey ongoing work including three under bridges and two foot over bridges besides work Indian languages. The minister said ten panoramas would be set up at places visited by player Harcharan Singh, athlete Gurmeet Kaur, Kabaddi being done to give a complete heritage facelift to the Sultanpur Lodhi railway station. Guru Nanak Dev including Kamrup, Puri, Rameshwaram, Nanded, Ujjain, Dwarka, player Hardeep Singh, cricketer Harbhajan Singh and When questioned whether souring of relations with Pakistan would have any bearing on Kashi, Kurukshetra, Nanakmata (Uttarakhand) and Martand. Commemorative coins and internationally acclaimed shooter Abhinav Bindra. completion and opening of the Kartarpur Corridor, Harsimrat said the corridor had come postage stamps will also be supplied to all missions abroad, the minister added. 2 New Delhi, Sunday, 18 August, 2019 DELHI / OTHERS THE SIKH TIMES Mayawati, Birender Singh Dhanoa, Nehru-Gandhi family has "brand equity": Adhir Chowdhury Abhishek Manu Singhvi others pay CORRESPONDENT member of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) - post. "The mixture of old and the new is good for the visit to Arun Jaitley at AIIMS Kolkata, Aug 17 : The leader of the Congress in Lok the highest decision-making body of the party - however, party. There may be difference of ideas but the goal is New Delhi [India], Aug 17 : Bahujan Samaj Party Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, has said it will be noted it would be tough for someone from outside the the same," he said. Chowdhury, a five-tme MP from the (BSP) chief Mayawati on Saturday arrived at All India tough for any leader from outside the Gandhi-Nehru Gandhi family to run the party. "It would indeed be diffi- Beharampore Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal, however, Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to inquire about family to run the party, as it has "brand equity". He also cult for someone from outside the Gandhi family to run conceded that the party needed to undertake measures former Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's health said the revival of the Congress largely depended on the the party. In politics, too, there is brand equity. If you for increased public acceptability. He said the political condition. The 66-year-old was admitted to the hospital weakening of regional parties that lack ideology, and look at the present BJP, without Narendra Modi and narrative, currently driven by the BJP's "communal after he complained of weakness and palpitation on claimed that the country was headed for "bipolar poli- Amit Shah, will it function smoothly? The answer is no. agenda", will change. "We need to increase our accept- August 9. Besides, former Union Minister Rajyavardhan tics". Chowdhury said only a party like the Congress, "In our Congress party, too, the Gandhi family is our ance. It is the Congress which is fighting against the BJP, Singh Rathore, Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh with its "strong" ideological mooring, and pan-India pres- brand equity. There is no harm in it. No one else in our both ideologically and politically. Right now the narrative Dhanoa, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Satish ence, can counter the "communal juggernaut" of the BJP. party has the charisma which they have. It is a hard real- of communal politics may seem dominant, but it won't be Upadhyay and Congress leader Abhishek Manu "The way regional parties are functioning, they will lose ity," he said. Sonia Gandhi, 72, was appointed the interim permanent. Things will change. There are more press- their importance in the days to come. Their losing Congress president barely 20 months after she had vol- ing issues like jobs, food, and livelihood," he said. importance means the nation will head towards bipolar untarily relinquished the post in favour of son Rahul, Chowdhury said abrogation of provisions of Article 370 politics. "When there is bipolar politics, we would again who refused to continue as the party chief after the granting special status to Jammu and Kashmir has set a come back to power. So, the future of the Congress is humiliating 2019 general election defeat. Chowdhury "dangerous example", and will lead to "greater interfer- bright," Chowdhury told PTI. Responding to a question, lauded Rahul Gandhi's decision of owning responsibility ence by the Centre" in governance of states. "The way he said regional parties lack ideological motivation and for the party's defeat, and said the "noble step" was Article 370 was abrogated is unprecedented and unde- mass support a national party like the Congress has. He worth emulating by other leaders. He said the result mocratic. We have seen UTs being converted into states said Sonia Gandhi was reluctant to helm the party once could have been different had Rahul Gandhi been but this is for the first time that a state has been turned again, but yielded to the request of senior Congress declared the joint opposition candidate for prime minis- into two union territories," he said. On the Congress functionaries when the organisation was facing a "crisis" tership, as the BJP had turned the general election into speaking in different voices about Article 370, after Rahul Gandhi's resignation. "Sonia Gandhi has led a presidential-style contest. While speaking about the Chowdhury said it was because the government rushed the party in times of crisis. It was due to her leadership alleged tussle between the Congress's old guard and the through the bills. "As this bill was brought in great in difficult times that the Congress was able to form the young leadership represented by Rahul Gandhi, he said, hurry, we didn't have time to discuss the matter within government twice in 2004 and 2009," Chowdhury said. the current party leadership was a mix of the old and the the party. So, there was confusion about the party's The Congress leader from West Bengal said while Sonia new. The party's old guard was said to have prevailed stand. But, once the CWC passed a resolution on the Gandhi heads the party as interim chief, efforts are upon the new in bringing Sonia Gandhi back to the helm, issue, there is absolutely no differences or confusion in underway to elect a new party president. Chowdhury, a while Rahul Gandhi insisted on a young leader for the the party," he added.

Singhvi also paid a visit to the former finance minister. Earlier on Friday, Union Ministers Amit Shah and Soldier killed in Pak firing Restrictions on movement of Harsh Vardhan, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and other seniors from the ministry visited along LoC in J-K's Rajouri AIIMS. Earlier in the evening, President Ram Nath people in Kashmir Valley eased Kovind and Minister of State for Health Ashwini Jammu, Aug 17 : An Army soldier was killed on Choubey had, too, visited the hospital to inquire about AGENCIES in movement of private vehicles in services to people. "The endeavour Saturday as Pakistan violated ceasefire by resorting to his condition. Soon after Jaitley was admitted to AIIMS' Srinagar, Aug 17 : Restrictions on the civil lines areas and other district is to make at least half of the mortar shelling and small arms firing on forward posts Intensive Care Unit (ICU) last week, Prime Minister the movement of people in the headquarters of the Valley, the offi- exchanges in the Valley functional by and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Kashmir Valley were eased on cials said, adding that some inter-dis- today evening and by tomorrow district, a defence spokesman said.The latest ceasefire went on to check on the ailing minister. The hospital has Saturday, with landline services trict cabs were also seen plying in evening, all of the exchanges, barring violation comes two days after Pakistan claimed that its not yet issued any bulletin on the leader's health. On restored in some areas of the city, Dalgate area of the summer capital. few in the vulnerable areas, would be four soldiers were killed in firing by Indian troops on August 10, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, on visiting even as stringent security arrange- Some shops in the civil lines area made functional," he said. Kansal their posts along the LoC. Lance Naik Sandeep Thapa him, was informed by the doctors that he is responding ments continued to be in place, offi- opened on Saturday morning, the said in Jammu region, landlines and (35), a resident of Dehradun, sustained fatal injuries in to the treatment and is stable. the Pakistani firing in Nowshera sector of Rajouri dis- cials said. They said the restrictions officials said. However, most of the mobile phone services are functional trict, the spokesman said. He said the unprovoked firing have been relaxed in 35 police station business establishments, including and mobile internet services with from across the border started at around 6.30 am, areas of Kashmir, while 17 telephone fuel stations, remained shut. some functionality in at least five dis- Article 370 had become prompting strong and effective retaliation by Indian exchanges have been made function- Addressing a press conference, gov- tricts have been restored. "The serv- Army guarding the border. The exchange of fire al out of the total 96 across the Valley. ernment spokesperson Rohit Kansal ices will be restored in other areas in shield for terrorists: Prasad The restrictions were eased on said the relaxations have been eased a calibrated manner," he said. The between the two sides was on when the last reports Nagpur, Aug 17 : Union ices authorities in Nagpur, Saturday morning to facilitate the out in 35 police station areas. "The government spokesperson said the were received, he said, adding the casualties suffered by Law Minister Ravi Shankar Maharashtra. "We should movement of government employees process of providing relaxation and primary schools across the Valley Pakistan in the retaliatory action was not known imme- Prasad said on Saturday that understand that it was a tem- towards their offices, the officials easing out of restrictions is already in will reopen on Monday and govern- diately. Last month, two Army personnel and a 10-day- Article 370, which gave spe- porary provision and said. Security forces continued to progress. Relaxation has been provid- ment offices will also be fully func- old baby were killed and several civilians injured in cial status to Jammu and removed in the interest of the remain deployed, while barricades ed in 35 police station areas across tional from then. On a question of heavy Pakistani shelling and firing in the twin districts of Kashmir, had become a plat- country," Prasad said. "We remained on the roads, but people the length and breadth of the Valley release of detained political leaders, Poonch and Rajouri in Jammu region. form to "shield" terrorists and always strive for protection of were allowed to move after checking and so far, there are no reports of any Kansal said such a decision would be their patrons. "The govern- the country and for the people their credentials, they said. The offi- untoward incident. The public trans- taken by local authorities based on ment's decision on Article 370 of Jammu and Kashmir. We cials said landline services were port is plying and we have encourag- the law and order situation in their Family of Dalit man was taken in the interest of the want Jammu and Kashmir to restored in some areas of the Valley ing reports of a lot of public move- respective areas. Kashmir was nation as well as the common progress." The Centre had on like Raj Bagh and Jawahar Nagar, but ment," Kansal said. On the restora- placed under a total clampdown on people of Jammu and August 5 announced abroga- remained suspended in most parts, tion of landline services, the govern- August 5, hours before the Centre who committed Kashmir," Prasad told tion of provisions of Article including the commercial hub of Lal ment spokesperson said out of the 96 announced abrogation of provisions reporters on the sidelines of 370 and decided to bifurcate Chowk, Press Enclave, and other exchanges in the Kashmir Valley, 17 of Article 370 that gave special status the inauguration of the 17th all the state into Union territories suicide stages dharna areas around it. There was increase are functional and providing landline to Jammu and Kashmir. Alwar, Aug 17 : The family of a Dalit man, who allegedly India meet of state legal serv- -- Jammu and Kashmir, and committed suicide after his son was beaten to death in Ladakh -- hours after Kashmir Rajasthan's Alwar district last month, refused to hand over his Dharmendra Pradhan was placed under a total clam- body for post-mortem and staged a dharna on Saturday Court grants bail to pdown. "Article 370 had demanding compensation and job for a member.Bharatiya become a platform to shield Janata Party leaders, who joined Ratiram Jatav's family mem- undertakes aerial survey terrorists and their patrons, bers in the protest at a health centre in Tapukada area, businessman in but we finished this. It is for demanded action against the police personnel for their the development of Kashmir," of flood-hit areas in Odisha Prasad said. "The Prevention alleged inaction in the investigation into the killing of the 60- CORRESPONDENT child in the affected areas. He had also year-old's son.Jatav's 28-year-old son, Harish, had sustained NPCC bribery case of Corruption Act, Prohibition New Delhi, Aug 17 : A Delhi court on Saturday granted Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Aug 17 interacted with the concerned Collectors serious head injuries after he was thrashed by a mob when of Child Marriage Act and law bail to a businessman, accused in a bribery case involving : Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural through video conferencing and asked his motorcycle hit a woman at Phalsa village in Tijara area on to stop manual scavenging senior officials of National Projects Construction Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan, on Saturday them about the requirements, the Chief July 16. He passed away at a Delhi hospital two days were not applicable there. Corporation (NPCC) Limited. Special judge Sanjay Garg conducted an aerial survey to take stock of Minister's Office (CMO) had said in a later.Alwar MP Mahant Balaknath met the family members Which Kashmir was this?" the granted relief to Anish Baid, the owner of Shree Gautam the loss and destruction in the flood-affect- statement. Earlier this week, Odisha minister asked. Prasad said of Jatav, who committed suicide on Thursday after consum- ed areas of Kalahandi, Boudh, Subarnapur Special Relief Commissioner Bishnupada ing a poisonous substance."The Additional SP (superinten- Construction Company, on furnishing a personal bond of Rs the administration in the state one lakh with one surety of the same amount. Appearing for and Balangir districts. Two BJP MPs Sethi had written to nine district Collectors would take a call on further dent of police) and circle officer should be removed from Basant Panda and SK Singh Deo from to submit an assessment report by August their present posting. The crime is increasing in Alwar, but Baid, advocate Vijay Aggarwal said his client was falsely measures after taking into the government is not serious," he told reporters.Former implicated in the case and that there was no evidence account the situation. BJP MLA Maman Singh said the post-mortem would be against him. The court had earlier granted bail to the com- allowed to be conducted only after the demands of the family pany's director Binod Singhi and employee Ramesh Kumar. were met. He said markets in Tapukada would also remain The CBI had arrested seven people for allegedly demanding closed as a mark of protest.Jaipur inspector general S a bribe of Rs 40 lakh for clearing bills pertaining to construc- Sengathir said the post-mortem could not be conducted and tion of BSF's border outposts. The court said the accused should not leave the country without its prior permission How the efforts were on to pacify the agitated family members. and cooperate with the investigation. Curbs in J-K being lifted to place gradually, says Union Minister CORRESPONDENT speaking at the inauguration of 21st Annual YMCA Kargil an Ad? Hyderabad, Aug 17 : The restrictions imposed in Victory Sports Festival, appreciated the YMCA, Greater Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of abrogation of Article Hyderabad, for organising the event in memory of Kargil 370 are being lifted gradually and the situation should be victory and the martyrs. Prime Minister Narendra Modi Call Kalahandi and Balangir, respectively, 17 (today) on the damage caused to public normal within a week, Union Minister of State for Home put the responsibility of development of Kargil in his joined Pradhan in his aerial survey. The properties due to recent flood and torren- 011-41509689 G Kishan Reddy said on Saturday. Precautionary meas- hands, he said. Low-speed (2G) mobile internet services three BJP leaders reviewed the undergo- tial rainfall in the state. The weather ures were being taken in view of provocative statements have been restored in five districts of Jammu region after 011-23315814 ing relief and restoration work in these dis- agency Skymet has predicted fair amount and others coming from Pakistan, he said. Kashmir situa- remaining suspended for a fortnight, officials said on tricts. On August 14, Odisha Chief of rainfall in Sundergarh, Keonjhar, tion is normal. Day to day, the situation is improving, Saturday. The mobile internet services were snapped Minister Naveen Patnaik had announced Mayurbhanj and Balasore on August 18 because we are taking all precautionary measures. 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NEWS BOX 4 arrested for This Independence-Day, most birds robbing clothing store manager were able to stay out of harm’s way Noida: Four men, accused of robbery, were arrested on GURUGRAM: It has for many years been an poles after I-Day celebrations, pose as much of Thursday night following a activity associated closely with Independence a hazard as those used on and in the lead-up to gunfight with Dadri police. Each Day but kite-flying has become a major cause August 15. “We have noticed that strings often of the arrested men had a bounty of of bird injuries, inflicted by the strings of kites. hang on trees and poles for months after Rs 25,000, said police. During the The culprit? Chinese manjha. Independence Day, which can injure many gunfight, two of the men received So dangerous is this synthetic fibre layered with more birds. That is the reason many cases of gunshot injuries. tiny glass shards (or other abrasive materials) string injuries keep pouring in even after The arrested men have been that it has led to serious injury – death, even – to Independence Day,” explained Kaavya identified as Rajive Sharma, unsuspecting passersby, both humans and Sharma, a birding enthusiast. Rahul Kashyap and Gaurav, all avians. “The horticulture department should remove natives of Bulandshahr, and This year on August 15, more than half-a-dozen strings from the trees and poles. Also, timely Lokesh from Dankaur. All of them birds were hurt after coming into contact with treatment should be provided to the birds – if are in their twenties.Police said kite strings. While two birds were admitted bringing an injured bird to hospital is not the men had robbed a clothing until Wednesday, three more were brought into possible, the bird should be given first aid store manager in Dadri earlier this Jain Bird Hospital, a charitable facility in immediately.” And, in case of bleeding, she month and had been absconding Jacobpura, on Thursday. All injured birds are added, the affected area could be treated with since then.“The accused were pigeons, from areas as far apart as Old Betadine or Tincture of Iodine.In 2017, the tracked after they were identified Gurugram, DLF Phase-3, Sector 14 and Sohna Delhi government banned the sale, in the CCTV footage of the Road, and as far away as Delhi.Ornithologists, manufacture, storage, supply and import of all robbery that had occurred on however, informed that the number of injured forms of ‘manja’, and allowed only kites made August 11 in which they had birds has actually gone down in comparison to from plain cotton threads to be flown. Since robbed a manager of a clothing last year. According to the Jain Bird Hospital, most of the illegal material lands up in store in Dadri of Rs 4,000 cash. instances of string injuries have declined by Gurugram, the city witnessed a sharp decline in They have also confessed of an about 60% to 70% this year; in 2018, there the supply of manjha.It’s not as if manjha skies far safer for birds. “While I don’t think these injuries are so another robbery in March this year were more than 15 such cases. “While we got cannot be procured on the sly, but Dr Kumar of severe, sometimes even not-so-severe injuries near Madhav farmhouse in which five birds admitted, the cases are not very Still, the injured birds, reveals Dr Kumar, have Jain Bird Hospital urges people not to use it at lead to wing loss and therefore it is difficult for they had shot at a man in order to severe,” pointed out Dr Raj Kumar of the ended up in hospital because they have lost all. And they are paying heed. A shopkeeper at the bird to fly. That makes them cage-bound for steal his laptop,” said Neeraj hospital. He believes that the ban on Chinese their feathers. “We are trying to put back wings Sadar Bazaar, in Old Gurugram, says he no their entire life.”Birders maintain that the Malik, the SHO of Dadri police manjha and an increase in awareness of the of pigeons with the help of surgery – we try our longer stocks any nylon or synthetic manjha. strings which remain suspended on trees and station. The police officer added dangers of this type of string have made the best to ensure 100% recovery,” he said, adding, that during the gunfight Gaurav and Lokesh got injured on their right legs and were rushed to a Ghaziabad: Minutes hospital while the other two were questioned. After Moderne, plans of 2 after phone call, cop shoots self Not happy with GHAZIABAD: A 45-year-old senior sub- societies under Noida lens inspector allegedly committed suicide by fee panel’s action: shooting himself in the head with his service Noida: Day after taking action against revolver on Friday morning, moments after he Parents commercial activities being carried out from had shouted at a person over the phone. space earmarked for convenience stores on Madhup Singh’s wife said she was preparing Noida: An umbrella organisation of Mahagun Moderne’s premises, the civil breakfast at their home in Kavi Nagar when her parents, All Noida School Parents department of Noida Authority has now started husband got a call and started shouting at a Association (ANSPA), said on scrutinising building plans of Pratik Wisteria, person on the other end. His wife said she had Friday it would take complaints Sector 77, and Antriksh Golf View II at Sector asked him about the matter, but he declined to on fee charged by at least four 78, to look for such violations.The Authority schools to the appellate fee speak. Singh, originally from Allahabad, was has started checking the blueprints to see if posted at Baleni police station in Baghpat. He regulation committee, claiming shopkeepers are taking advantage of that action taken by the district fee is survived by his second wife Abha and two convenience store spaces, meant for the children — son Raghav (7) and daughter regulation panel was not stringent society’s residents, and carrying out enough. The parents’ association Shakshi (12). Singh had lost his first wife to commercial activities to cater to the general cancer nine years ago, and had married her claimed that schools in Noida are public. Officials said plans of all new housing yet to comply with all provisions societies in Noida, particularly at 7x sectors cousin. Santosh Dixit, a family friend, said of the Fee Regulation Act and the would be scrutinised now.On Wednesday, Singh had visited his house around 6.30am clause under which schools are Authority officials had visited Mahagun from Bagpath while he was on his way to drop required to display their fee Moderne at Sector 78 and said a wall would be his son to school. “Around 7.30am, he returned structure in the public domain, as constructed in front of 80 road-facing home and took a shower. A few minutes later, well as the salaries of teachers, commercial shops that are on the complex just before has not been adopted by all premises. The step was taken after the buyers committing suicide, schools.The parents’ decision to lodged a complaint last year citing building he got a call and was approach the appellate fee panel plan violation.On Friday, a few officials who shouting over the came after district magistrate BN visited Mahagun Moderne to start work on the the wall. We have said that they would be given shops are being scrutinised now. If an original phone,” he said. Singh circulated a detailed report wall met with protest by shopkeepers. The a few days to start the work. Otherwise, we will building plan had space for convenience stores, Though Singh’s wife on action taken by the district fee officials left the spot after saying that the have to come back and initiate the the shops will have to cater to only the residents a s k e d h i m regulation committee (DFRC) builder should construct the wall as it was construction,” said Mukesh Vyas, senior of the respective society. If the original repeatedly the against 27 schools following a originally laid out in the main plan of the manager, civil department, Noida Authority. blueprint had space for commercial reason for his anger, meeting on August 3.“We have complex.“We have asked the builders to build “The plans of all housing societies that have establishments, that is another matter. given details of the action taken he declined to speak by DFRC in case of each school about it. The police that had been taken up for officer instead discussion. Fines have been SHO used friend for honey-trap, locked himself up in imposed on schools and fees another room. “After a few seconds, a gunshot rolled back. However, we are could be heard,” Dixit said. Neighbours broke taking a balanced approach. We pressured DCP with scribe’s help open the door and found Singh lying on the have told parents that the floor, oozing blood. academic session is only halfway SP (city) Shlok Kumar said the alleged suicide through and all violations will be GURUGRAM: Bhupani police station SHO why the DCP was being blackmailed. “The case officer, not wishing to be named. He added that took place around 8am, when Singh was Abdul Sahid had taken the help of a woman to is related to a senior police officer, so a special the SHO was infamous for getting his work rectified by end of this session. It getting ready for work. The officer did not may take some time for schools to lay a trap and make a video of her with investigation team (SIT) has been formed and done with the “patronage of a senior IPS Faridabad deputy police commissioner Vikram they are probing the case,” he said.The SIT, led officer” and also amassed disproportionate leave behind any note. “The reason for the comply with all the provisions of suicide was personal. However, investigations the Act. But, we will not allow Kapoor, after which the inspector started by ACP (crime) Anil Yadav, comprises Sector assets.In 2012, said the officer, when Sahid was blackmailing him, sources told TOI.“The SHO 30 inspector in-charge Vimal Rai, sub-inspector ASI in the crime branch, he had tampered with are underway. The body was sent for autopsy overcharging of fees and other and the reports are awaited,” Kumar said. He charges. We also urge parents to used one of his woman friends to make a video. Ravinder Kumar and sub-inspector Satish the investigation of a narcotics case and the then He was demanding Rs 2 crore from the DCP, Kumar. A ‘tainted’ past?Police sources told TOI inspector-general of Faridabad had added that the cops were trying to find out who take corrective steps. No one can Singh was talking to. escape the DFRC net,” Singh who was unable to arrange such the amount. He that the SHO and the local journalist are not new recommended his termination from the police said.The parents, however, hope pleaded but Sahid would abuse him over the to controversy.Sahid joined the police force 20 force on corruption charges. However, Sahid Singh had joined UP Police as a constable in DFRC would take stringent phone,” said a source privy to the case. years ago as a sipahi, a rank below constable. not only managed to save his job, but continued 2004 after his father, who was a sub-inspector, action against schools accused of To put more pressure, said sources, Sahid also His father used to work at the home of an IPS to get promoted.Malik, who single-handedly died. Singh had served in several police overcharging. “Barring a few, no influenced Satish Malik, a local reporter with officer who, on persistent requests from the runs his newspaper, was arrested in 2003 in outposts in Ghaziabad. When he was posted in school has displayed the exact Mazdoor Morcha who is now absconding, to former, helped Sahid secure a job in Haryana connection with the murder of an ASI. A few the GRP in Chandausi in 2015, his service salary structure of teachers, run a couple of articles two months ago making police. “Sahid worked with the traffic years ago, he was also booked in a cheating revolver was stolen and an inquiry was which leaves a huge gap in our certain accusations against the DCP. One of the department for some time during which he case.Vijay Kaushik, a Faridabad resident and conducted against him for alleged misconduct. understanding of the school’s stories alleged that Kapoor had close links with allegedly made a lot of money from corrupt former journalist who had filed the cheating His family believes Singh was denied a expenses. We are planning to take the liquor mafia.One of Kapoor’s family means. In 20 years of service, a sipahi can case against Malik, demanded that the probe promotion because of this. In October 2018, our complaint to the appellate members had told TOI that after the articles become ASI or at most, SI, with an into the DCP’s suicide should be handed over to Vijay Kumar, a sub-inspector posted in Kavi body,” said Yatendra Kasana, were published, Sahid acted as a ‘mediator’ extraordinary service record. But he got a central agency. “This is not just a case of Nagar police station, had committed suicide in president of ANSPA. between him and Malik. Faridabad police promoted out of the turn to become inspector simple suicide. It should be investigated by the his quarters by shooting himself in the head spokesperson Sube Singh did not elaborate on and was posted as SHO,” said a senior police CBI,” he said. with his service pistol. Single plot, multiple buyers: New software to Staffer’s body found hanging in Noida school red-flag NOIDA: A 36-year-old woman Rakesh informed the security in- balcony, used her stole to make a transactions working as a housekeeping staffer in charge of the school, following noose and hanged herself from the Ghaziabad: The district Delhi Public School in Sector 30 was which a search was launched. neem tree,” said Shwetabh Pandey, magistrate’s office is set to found hanging from a neem tree on Basanti was found hanging from a the circle officer. incorporate a software upgrade that will help prevent the campus on Thursday evening, neem tree. The officer added that the family was unscrupulous builders from hours after Independence Day Basanti’s family refused to buy the yet to file a police complaint. “We’ve selling single plots of land to celebrations. Police have ruled out argument that she committed not received any complaint from the multiple people.The new feature, murder, saying there were no which is to be used at the suicide. “She was cheerful in the family. However, we’re probing the registrar’s office, will red flag all external injuries on Basanti, who morning and showed no signs of matter from all angles,” he said.DPS dubious transactions related to lived with her husband and children depression or anxiety. We are principal Kamini Bhasin said the sale of land.Additionally, the in Nithari village. She had been shocked with her death. We management informed police soon stamp and registration department has been asked to working for the school for the past demand an impartial inquiry into after it came to know about the identify such people and inform six months. the case and help from the school incident. “ the police and the DM’s Basanti’s relatives and neighbours management for my children,” There were Independence Day office.Officials said that the registration department until now protested outside the school on said Rakesh. celebrations on the campus. was only concerned about the Saturday morning, demanding that Police ruled out murder and said the Everybody had gone home after that. stamp duty and did not pay heed the management pay them autopsy report mentioned hanging The security staff came to know about to the person or the title of the when she property getting registered. compensation. The family said they as cause of death. “A police team was the death only in the evening and suspected foul play, but was yet to file did not return home. “She was DM Ajay Shankar Pandey said, supposed to get back by 12pm but did immediately sent to the spot for since then, we have cooperated with “Multiple transactions by a single a police complaint even after 24 hours not reach home even in the evening. primary investigation and an autopsy the police. The incident is person will also be red-flagged by of the death. Basanti’s husband was also conducted. It mentioned unfortunate, we extend our support to the software. We have fixed the Rakesh, a daily wager, visited the We got worried and started looking responsibility of the department. for her,” said Rakesh. hanging as cause of death. It looks the family,” the principal said, adding school around 6pm on Thursday like the woman went to the first-floor that Basanti was a contractual worker. THE SIKH TIMES STATE New Delhi, Sunday, 18 August, 2019 4 NEWS BOX Rebel AAP Leader Kapil Mishra, Vitality of US-India ties key in determining whether China Disqualified By Delhi Speaker, Joins BJP succeeds in reshaping Asia: US State Department NEW DELHI: Former minister in the Arvind Kejriwal government and Both leaders also shared Sullivan said, “Together we’re seizing this J&K: Army jawan killed disqualified MLA Kapil Mishra along with their visions of a free opportunity by growing our 2+2 Dialogue, AAP women's wing chief Richa Pandey working together to counter the scourge of after Pakistan violates joined the Bharatiya Janata Party or BJP in and open Indo-Pacific terrorism, and maintaining freedom of Delhi today.The two leaders were navigation in the South China Sea.”China’s ceasefire along LoC in welcomed by BJP national vice president region and the best ways policies and actions in the South China Sea Shyam Jaju and Delhi unit president Manoj and the Indian Ocean featured prominently Nowshera sector Tiwari at the party's office on Pant Marg."I to advance US-India in discussions today, in which the US welcome Kapil Mishra and Richa Pandey Jammu At least one Army jawan was cooperation, with like- Deputy Secretary of State warned that killed after Pakistani troops violated into the BJP and hope they will serve Delhi China’s model of development is upending by following the policies of Prime Minister ceasefire Saturday by resorting to mortar minded partners, said the cooperative approach that has advanced shelling and firing of small arms along Narendra Modi and philosophy of Deen peace and prosperity throughout the region. Dayal Upadhyay and Syama Prasad the Line of Control(LoC) in Jammu and the US State Department “China’s policies & actions seek to rewire Mookerjee," Mr Tiwari said after Kashmir’s Nowshera sector of border and investment ties. Indo-Pacific to advance its own Rajouri district.The jawan was identified welcoming them.Delhi Assembly Speaker in a statement. as Lance Naik Sandeep Thapa, 35, who Ram Niwas Goel had disqualified Kapil Both leaders also shared their visions of a free interests.”But he added: “We can’t do this alone. We need like-minded partners.”In this hailed from Dehradun and had been in Mishra earlier this month under the anti- New DelhI Asserting that the vitality of US- and open Indo-Pacific region and the best backdrop, Sullivan clearly indicated that the service for 15 years.A defence ministry defection law after he campaigned for the India ties is critical to keep a check on ways to advance US-India cooperation, with vitality of US-India ties will ultimately help spokesperson Lt Colonel Devender BJP during the Lok Sabha elections in China’s actions to rewire Indo-Pacific for its like-minded partners, said the US State in keeping a check on China’s growing Anand here said Pakistan initiated the May.Mr Mishra, elected from Delhi's own interests, US Deputy Secretary of State Department in a statement.Sullivan also ceasefire violation around 6.30 am. The influence. “What we seek is a China that Karawalnagar seat, has challenged his John Sullivan Saturday said the two reiterated US Secretary of State Mike Indian army was “retaliating befittingly“, competes fairly in the rules-based order that disqualification in Delhi High countries’ bilateral relationship will Pompeo’s views during his recent speech at he added.The latest ceasefire has come has brought increased prosperity to so many court.Speculations over Mr Mishra joining determine whether Beijing ultimately the India Ideas Summit where he said the US after a lull of nearly 36 hours along the over so many decades. But we recognise we the BJP were making rounds since he succeeds in its effort, reported ANI. Sullivan and India have a unique opportunity to move LoC in Jammu division. Last time, started criticising Aam Aadmi Party chief can’t do this alone. That’s why the vitality of met External Affairs Minister forward together, for the good of both of our Pakistani troops had fired mortar shells Arvind Kejriwal after being removed as a U.S.-India partnership is such an important along the LoC in Poonch district’s Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in New Delhi peoples, the Indo-Pacific region, and the minister in M a y factor in determining whether China Krishna Ghati sector on Thursday. today where they discussed a range of issues, world. 2017.COMMENTSubsequently, he grew Highlighting the importance of growing the ultimately succeeds in reshaping Asia to its In retaliatory fire, the Indian army had including regional security, advancing peace inflicted heavy damage on the Pakistani close to many Delhi BJP leaders and often two-plus-two dialogue in the context of purposes. Leaders of both the United States shared the stage with them at public events. in Afghanistan, and expanding US-India trae side. Indo-Pacific security and South China Sea, and India recognise this,” he said. Kapil Mishra, Former Pregnant Woman, Minister In AAP Heavy Rain In Himachal Pradesh's Dharamshala, Husband Robbed In Government, To Join Schools, Colleges To Remain Shut Today Gurgaon By BJP Today Transgender NEW DELHI: Kapil Mishra, a former Dharamshala will continue to Persons: Police minister in Arvind Kejriwal's government, announced on Friday that he will be receive rainfall accompanied by a A case has been joining the BJP.Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel earlier this month had thunderstorm for the next two days. registered at Sector 50 disqualified Kapil Mishra under the anti- NEW DELHI: All educational institutions will police station and a defection law after he campaigned for the remain closed due to heavy rains in Dharamshala BJP during Lok Sabha elections in May."I district in Himachal Pradesh on special team has been am joining BJP tomorrow at 11 a.m.," Mr Saturday."Keeping in view the ongoing heavy formed to probe the Mishra said in a tweet.Top Delhi BJP rains and extreme climatic conditions across the leaders confirmed that Mr Mishra, once a district, I hereby declare holiday for schools and incident, the police said. close aide of Mr Kejriwal, will be joining educational institutions for today - August 17," the party. District Magistrate Rakesh Kumar Prajapati in an GURGAON: A group of A statement issued by the Delhi BJP said that order said.According to the India Meteorological transgender persons robbed a "some eminent personalities" will join the Department (IMD), the district will continue to pregnant woman and her husband party in presence of national vice president receive rainfall accompanied by a thunderstorm on Friday when they visited their Shyam Jaju and state unit president Manoj for the next two days.The minimum and home in Gurgaon's Sector 46 area Tiwari, at its office on Saturday. maximum temperatures are likely to hover on the pretext of offering them Speculation over Mr Mishra joining the BJP around 19 degrees Celcius and 27 degrees blessings, the police said.A case was making rounds since he started Celcius with humidity oscillating between 75 per has been registered at Sector 50 criticizing the AAP chief after being cent to 82 per cent. police station and a special team removed as a minister in May 2017. has been formed to probe the He grew close to many Delhi BJP leaders and incident, the police said."We have often shared the stage with them.His registered an FIR of robbery disqualification came into effect from Delhi Airport T2 will fast-track January 27 this year, when he shared the dias with Manoj Tiwari and then Union minister Vijay Goel against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), according to the order passengers without check-in luggage issued by the speaker.Two AAP MLAs Devender Sehrawat and Anil Bajpai who As per GMR, T2 sees at least 45,000 forth on the same day.” joined the BJP during Lok Sabha polls are also facing disqualification proceedings passengers daily, of which at least The facility is also expected to improve the on- under the anti-defection law.They had 13,000 passengers come without time performance of airlines.A GMR official claimed that they had not taken said, “At times, flights get delayed because under relevant sections of the IPC membership of the BJP, although they check-in luggage. of check-in, as those with hand baggage and and investigation is underway," were impressed with the policies of the check-in baggage are in the same queue. said Station House Officer Shahid prime minister. In a bid to ease the check-in process for This process will help reduce the delays.” Ahmed. domestic passengers who travel without In the police complaint, the woman check-in luggage, GMR-led Delhi 50-year-old cop shoots said that three transgender Delhi Woman, 25, Dies International Airport Limited (DIAL), in persons visited her house and collaboration with the CISF, has introduced himself in Delhi demanded money. She said her After She Jumps In ‘Express Security check-in’ facility at move. Once passengers enter T2, they can husband offered them Rs. 2,100 Terminal 2.“An area has been segregated for head straight to the Express Lane, and won’t New Delhi A 50-year-old head constable, but they demanded Rs. 21,000. Front Of Train At such passengers, with separate X-Ray have to spend time standing in queues with deployed at the Anand Vihar railway station, Even as they were negotiating the machines for their luggage and CISF security people carrying check-in luggage. allegedly committed suicide inside the police amount, one of the transgender personnel. From the entry gate of T2 to the “A month after the move, we will know exactly booth Friday. The officer, Naresh Panwar, Metro Station boarding gate now, it will take such persons allegedly snatched the how much time a passenger will save… it’s allegedly shot himself in the head using his wallet, containing Rs. 10,000, passengers five minutes. Earlier, it was taking especially crucial during peak hours,” said a service pistol.DCP (Railways) D K Gupta said, them 10-15 minutes,” a GMR official said. from her husband and fled, the GMR official.A dedicated area has been “Panwar reported for duty at 1.50 am. At 8.26 police said.The woman alleged As per GMR, T2 sees at least 45,000 passengers earmarked at the T2 entry point for the new am, a Railway Police Force personnel found that another transgender person daily, of which at least 13,000 passengers check-in facility, and the pre-embarkation him unconscious in a sitting position on the come without check-in luggage. Videh Kumar tried to snatch a gold chain worn security check will happen as soonas one cement slab… with blood on his head and his by her but she managed to save it Jaipuriar, CEO, DIAL, said, “We will enters T2, said an official. service pistol lying on the ground.”Gupta said gradually extend the facility to T1 and T3.” and raised an A GMR official said, “The facility first started at the post-mortem was conducted Friday and the alarm.COMMENTFearing they The Express Security check-in was inaugurated the Hyderabad airport in 2017. Passengers body was handed over to his family.“No foul may be caught by locals, the on Friday and GMR has deployed at least 15 play is suspected. We did not find a suicide note who will benefit from this are government transgender persons fled from the personnel at the four departure gates and and are investigating as to why he took this officials, businessmen and those attached to spot in a car, she told the police. inside T2 to educate passengers about the corporates… basically those who fly back and step,” NEW DELHI: A 25-year-old married woman from Delhi allegedly killed herself by jumping in front of a metro train at a Yellow Line station on Friday, officials Pune: As they try to assess what they said.The incident, which delayed the services on the busy corridor for some time, took place at Adarsh Nagar metro station in the morning, according to a lost, flood-hit farmers report d senior DMRC official.The woman, identified as Anita, got hit by the train that The farmers have of 7,847 cattle and bovine animals C o m m i s s i o n e r D e e p a k was going towards Vishwavidyalaya have died or been washed away Mhaisekar.Sangli district seems to Station from Jahangirpuri station."An started to report during the floods in Pune Division. have incurred the maximum loss in SDM inquiry has been ordered," a senior In addition, 1,065 sheep/goats and terms of livestock, with 4,359 cows police official said.The Yellow Line missing and dead 166 calves and donkeys have and buffaloes reported dead so far. connects Jahangirpuri station in northwest animals to the reportedly died or been washed As many as 500 sheep-goats and 80 Delhi to Huda City Centre in Gurgaon. away. This number may calves have also died in the "An information was received by police at at administration significantly increase in the days to district.In Kolhapur, 3,429 cows 7:25 am, and on verification it was found come as the administration is still and buffaloes, 300 sheep/goats and that one woman, later identified as Anita and the numbers trying to gather reports from the 50 calves have been reported dead and resident of Jahangirpuri, had that have emerged ground, said officials. by the farmers.Among the farmers committed suicide by jumping in front of a “The numbers about loss of livestock who lost their animals is Namdev running metro train at Adarsh Nagar Metro so far show that have started to trickle in now as the Madale, a resident of Borban Station," the senior police official said. damage to the surveys by revenue officials to village in Sangli’s Palus taluka. He said Anita was married to Dharmender determine loss of property have Madale was reportedly the only commenced. Earlier, our focus was resident who did not leave the since 2015 and they have two daughters, milk-producing Pune . aged three -and-a-half years and 8 months. As families in Sangli and the administration and the numbers largely on rescuing those stranded flooded village, while almost Kolhapur pick up pieces of their that have emerged so far show that "The body of the woman was shifted to Babu clusters of in the floods and providing them everyone else was evacuated by lives and try to rebuild their homes damage to the milk-producing relief. Since that work is not over, rescue teams. Madale lost two Jagjivan Ram Hospital and parents of the Kolhapur and after the recent floods, the reality of clusters of Kolhapur and Sangli is deceased have been informed about the the administration has started milch animals to the floods. loss of livestock has started to considerable.As per the number of incident. Further proceedings will be Sangli is surveys and distribution of ad-hoc “Two of my buffalos were washed surface. The farmers have started to dead livestock reported to the carried out as per the inquiry of the SDM," monetary help to the affected away in the flood. We could not do report missing and dead animals to Revenue department so far, a total he added. considerable. families,” said Divisional anything to save them. THE SIKH TIMES DELHI-NCR New Delhi, Sunday, 18 August, 2019 5

NEWS BOX Light Rain In Some Parts Of Delhi, Respite IMD predicts heavy rainfall in Kolkata for next 2 From Humid Weather NEW DELHI: Some parts of Delhi received light rains on Friday, giving respite to days; 4 dead, 19 injured due to lightning in Bengal people from the humid weather with prevailing overcast conditions. It was humid in the morning with the weatherman predicting light rains towards The MeT Department on Friday forecast the evening.Some parts of the city received light rains from 12.30 pm, a Meteorological heavy rain and thunderstorms with (MeT) Department official said."The lightning in south Bengal till Sunday.

New Delhi .The India Meteorological metropolis, and an equal number Department (IMD) has predicted from Purulia district. While 16 heavy rainfall and thunderstorm people were injured because of accompanied with lighting in West lightning strikes in Kolkata, Bengal besides other states across Purulia district accounted for three India. The MeT department has also more,” PTI quoted the state’s said that Kolkata is likely to be Disaster Management Minister lashed by torrential rain for the next Javed Ahmed Khan, as saying. two days. Several areas of the state “One of the deceased has been have been waterlogged. The identified as Subir Pal (34), who minimum temperature recorded at 8:30 am incessant rainfall has also affected was on a visit to the iconic was 26.6 degrees Celsius, normal for this flight movements and railway monument along with his wife and time of the year," a MeT official said. services in the state.On Friday, at two-year-old daughter to celebrate Humidity level was recorded at 81 per cent. least four persons were killed and 19 the latter’s birthday when It was a sultry day in Delhi on Thursday with others, were injured after lightning lightning struck them, he added. rains in parts of the national capital in the struck them amid heavy rain in the The incident happened around 3.45 morning."The maximum temperature state.“Four persons were killed and pm when they were waiting to her house. Sixteen others, who f o r e c a s t h e a v y r a i n a n d Under its influence, a low- settled at 34.8 degrees Celsius, a notch 19 others, including four outside the south gate of Victoria were standing under trees near the thunderstorms with lightning in pressure area is likely to form over above normal, while the minimum was Bangladesh nationals, were injured Memorial. Pal was rushed to the south gate of the monument were south Bengal till Sunday. “A West Bengal and neighbourhood recorded at 24.8 degrees Celsius, two on Friday after lightning struck nearby state-run SSKM Hospital injured due to lightning strike. cyclonic circulation extending up during the next 24 hours,” the IMD notches below normal," the official said, them amid heavy rain in different where he was declared brought Khan said that Paul’s wife, two- to 7.6 km above mean sea level lies has said.The metropolis received adding that the humidity levels oscillated parts of the city and West Bengal. dead.On the other hand, Aparna year-old daughter and the rest are over West Bengal and adjoining 99 mm rainfall between 2.30PM between 62 and 100 per cent. Two deaths due to lightning-related Mondal, 52, suffered a cardiac being treated at SSKM Hospital. B a n g l a d e s h t i l t i n g and 5.30PM on Friday, the Met incidents were reported from the arrest after lightning struck close The MeT Department on Friday southwestwards with height. Office said. Delhi Man On Two- Wheeler Dies After Pune city news: Members of theatre In Flood-Hit Chinese Kite String Vadodara, 35 Slits His Throat group allege harassment by cops Crocodiles Pune Members of a Mumbai-based who was searching Khan’s bed Rescued In Two NEW DELHI: A civil engineer died after theatre group have alleged that they allegedly told his senior, “There is his throat was slit by glass-coated manjha were targeted and harassed by police nothing here,” after which they left. Weeks or kite string in Delhi's Paschim Vihar area Thirty five crocodiles have been while he was going to a relative's place, in a Pune hotel because one of them Qissa Kothi was in Pune to perform its was a Muslim. latest play, Romeo Ravidas and rescued so far from various police said on Friday. parts of the city ever since After celebrating Raksha Bandhan on According to members of the Qissa Juliet Devi, which retells the William heavy rains battered the city Thursday, Manav Sharma, 28, and his two Kothi group, the incident took place Shakespeare classic with a and its surrounding areas over younger sisters were en route to Hari Nagar in the early hours of Thursday, when contemporary edge to highlight a fortnight ago, a forest on his scooter to meet their aunt, a senior Yash Khan and rest of the male issues of love and freedom. official said on Friday.The city officer said.When he was travelling on the members of the group were fast Deputy Commissioer of Police Smeeta and its adjoining areas had Paschim Vihar flyover, a Chinese manjha asleep in their room. Two police Patil of Pimpri-Chinchwad Police received nearly 500 mm of from a kite got entangled around Manav personnel rang the bell of their room, rainfall in a day till August 1 said, “Following the security alert morning, which had created a Sharma's neck and slit his throat. The cut they said. for Independence Day, several flood-like situation. Water was so deep that his windpipe was slashed “I opened the door and there was a hotels, lodges and other important from the overflowing and he fell before he could halt the scooter, policeman standing in front of me, along the affirmative, the policemen allegedly locations under all police stations in Pimpri Vishwamitri river entered the officer said.Manav Sharma was taken with the caretaker of the hotel and another entered the room and started to search Chinchwad commissionerate were checked several localities in the city, to a hospital where he was declared policeman. The first thing the policeman said through their belongings.He said the by police as preventive action. Nobody from bringing with it many brought dead. His two sisters escaped policeman asked for his ID, and asked how crocodiles.According to the unhurt. The man is a resident of Budh Vihar was, ‘Yash Khan kaun hai? Yash Khan tum any particular community was harassed. official, till August 8, around ho? (Who is Yash Khan? Are you Yash the men in the room know each another and These are random security checks due to and worked as a civil engineer with a why they were in Pune. Another policeman 22 crocodiles had been private builder, the officer said. Khan?)” said Khan.When Khan replied in security alerts on important occasions…” rescued. After that, at least 13 A case has been registered under sections of others were rescued from the Indian Penal Code, the police said. various parts of the city. The Delhi police has received 15 calls "Apart from the forest Amit Shah blows poll bugle in department, volunteers of relating to Chinese 'manjha' on Thursday NGOs working in the field of and eight people were injured. Seventeen wildlife and animal welfare, as cases have been registered under Section Haryana, seeks 2nd term for Khattar well as teams of NDRF are 188 of the IPC for using glass-coated kite involved in the task of safely string (manjha).According to a Supreme capturing and rescuing Court directive, there is a nationwide ban Chandigarh Union Home Minister and BJP instrumental” in helping BJP cross the mark of former rural development and panchayati raj crocodiles from parts of the on the procurement, sale and use of glass president Amit Shah Friday blew the poll bugle 300 seats in this year’s Lok Sabha polls , Shah and steel minister in the first term of the Modi city," Vadodara range forest powder-coated 'manjha' and other in Haryana as he urged the state to give the party predicted a two-thirds victory for the party in government is a grandson of peasant leader Sir officer (RFO), Nidhi Dave, dangerous kite strings. 75 plus seats in the ensuing Assembly elections the Assembly polls. “I know the ‘veer bhoomi’ Chhotu Ram. His wife Prem Lata is the BJP said."They had captured 22 so that Manohar Lal Khattar once again forms (land of the bravehearts) will bless both Modi ji MLA from Uchana Kalan Assembly crocodiles till August 8. After that they rescued another 13 the government.Assembly polls are due in and Khattar.”The Union Home Minister also constituency and son Brijendra Singh, a former crocodiles from different In Birthday Message, Haryana in October. The BJP, in the 2014 said that “good people” are welcome into the IAS officer, is the Lok Sabha MP from Hisar.In localities in the city, thereby elections, had won 47 seats in the 90-member party-fold. He was addressing a rally in Jind, the past few months in Haryana, several taking the total number of Arvind Kejriwal Says House.“Earlier, Haryana was known for shady considered as heartland of Haryana’s politics. opposition MLAs from the Indian National Lok crocodiles rescued to 35," she land deals. Selection to government jobs had Shah recalled his earlier visit to Haryana’s Jat Dal (INLD), the Congress, the Bahujan Samaj added.The Vishwamitri flows "Will Win 70 Seats In turned into a business. But Khattar eliminated it. heartland when Congress stalwart Birender Party and the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) have through the middle of the city In one term, he turned corruption into ‘bhoot Singh switched sides to the BJP ahead of the announced support for the ruling party.Shah and joins the Dhadhar river, kaal’ (past tense),” Shah said. also lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi on which passes through Delhi" 2014 Lok Sabha polls.“I had come here for the Vadodara district. It is “Khattar ended casteism. Earlier, jobs were given induction of Chaudhary sahib,” he said, adding scrapping of the special status for Jammu and believed the Vishwamitri and on the basis of caste. Development should not that the manner in which the leader fitted into Kashmir under Article 370 within 75 days of Dhadhar rivers are home to be undertaken on the basis of caste. Money used his new party had “disturbed” many coming to power in its second term, while the more than 250 crocodiles. to be exchanged for transfers,” Shah said, Congressmen. “I want to tell them don’t get previous Congress-led governments could not Some of the areas from where adding that a computerised mechanism for disturbed. Good people who join the BJP are do so in “72 years”. He blamed this on that the crocodiles were rescued transferring government employees in state is welcomed and respected,” he added.Friday’s party’s “vote-bank greed”.Abrogation of include Kalali village on the now in place.Shah said under Khattar, Haryana ‘Aastha’ rally was organised by Birender Singh, Article 370 and 35A is a big milestone for the outskirts of Vadodara, central has become a kerosene-free state. a prominent Jat leader who had joined the BJP unity and integrity of India and now there is no jail compound premises, Fatehgunj, Sayajigunj, Stating that “the people of Haryana were on August 16,2014 after ending his over four- impediment,” he said in his first public meeting Rajmahal Road and Akota, the decade association with the Congress.The after the government move. officials said.

NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said the Aam Aadmi Party or AAP will win all the 70 Chandigarh: UT Administration seats in the Assembly election next year as he lauded the contribution of his party workers on his birthday."I want to thank the AAP workers for their contribution celebrates I-day, awards students towards the party. In last assembly elections, we won 67 seats but this time Chandigarh The Chandigarh Harkishan Senior secondary School, we will win all 70 seats," Mr Kejriwal, Administration celebrated the 73rd Sector 40, secured the first position, NSS 51, said in his address to party workers Independence Day at Parade Ground, PLATOON, Punjab University got second who came to greet him on his Sector 17 in Chandigarh on Thursday, with position and NSS Boys, GMSSS, Sector birthday.The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Governor of Punjab and UT Administrator 38, got the third position.In the school registered a landslide victory in the last VP Singh Badnore as the Chief Guest of the band category, Institute of Blind, Sector Assembly election and won 67 out of the event.Following the unfurling of the 26 came first, whereas GMSSS-10 bagged 70 seats in Delhi.Prime Minister national flag, administrator Badnore the second position and Moti Ram Arya Narendra Modi wished the chief minister addressed the gathering and paid homage to Senior Secondary School, Sector 27, got good health and long life."Birthday the freedom fighters. Highlighting the the third position.In school student’s greetings to Delhi CM Shri achievements of the Chandigarh category, @ArvindKejriwal. Praying for his good administration, he said, hard work and Government Model Senior Secomndary health and long life," PM Modi efforts of the officers have aided the School-MHC, Manimajra came first, tweeted.Leader of Opposition in Delhi betterment of the city and fulfillment of whereas St Joseph’s Senior Secondary Vijender Gupta, his West Bengal diverse projects.During the event, School, Sector 4, got the second position counterpart Mamata Banerjee, former administrator Badnore awarded and GMSSS-23 got the third position. Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren commendation certificates to 21 persons, Ryan International School won the and BJP MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar, including employees of the Chandigarh consolation prize for the same.Manoj among others who greeted Kejriwal on Administration and the general public for Parida, Adviser to the Administrator, Arun their contributions in public service, art and Kumar Gupta, Home Secretary, Ajoy his birthday.Several Bollywood culture, social services and sports. Four celebrities, including directors Vivek Kumar Sinha, Finance Secretary, police personnel were also conferred the the overall best turn award in the parade, third. In the category of Home Guard/Fire Mandeep Singh Brar, Deputy Ranjan Agnihotri and Shirish Kunder, President’s Police Medal, whereas, 13 whereas Punjab Police bagged the second Brigade/Civil Defence, Chandigarh Home also wished Mr Kejriwal. Commissioner and other senior officers of police personnel were conferred the place and Chandigarh Police (male) came Guard received the first prize, Chandigarh the Chandigarh Administration and police "#HappyBirthdayAK you literally changed Administrator’s Police Medal for third. In the NCC contingents, Boys Army Fire Services second and Chandigarh Civil were also present at the function, along with Indian politics," Mr Agnihotri tweeted. distinguished and meritorious services. wing bagged the first position, Girls Army Defence secured the third position.Among the residents of the city. The Chandigarh Police IRB (female) bagged wing came second and Naval wing came scouts and guides, NSS Boys of Sri Guru THE SIKH TIMES EDITORIAL New Delhi, Sunday, 18 August, 2019 6 Inside Track: Hug vs slug International Tiger Day: We need The photo of Rahul Gandhi’s forced hug of a stiff and stunned Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Parliament could become part of the Congress’s campaign for 2019. The party new age Tiger champions wants to project the hug as representing its president’s way of demonstrating love and forgiveness, in contrast to the PM’s hate speeches mocking and haranguing the Gandhi The striped cat may not be Asia. Several other programmes are on the family. The Congress message is that Modi anvil.India needs a special mention. It is in a and the RSS are trapped in anger and hate looking down the barrel but leadership position on the tiger front which has led to a sense of fear and intolerance globally. As the custodian of maximum in the country. A senior Congress leader only a right balance tigers and tiger bearing habitats, India indulging in a bit of pop psychology analysed deserves all praise for its milestones. The the difference between the BJP/RSS and between conservation and Project Tiger, launched way back in 1973, Congress, observing that the former is development can secure its has grown to more than 50 reserves basically a patriarchal organisation that views amounting to almost 2.2% of the country’s women in only two categories: either as a future. We are a long way geographical area. The initiatives are many, goddess or a fallen woman. The Congress, and so are the lessons learnt. The highlights however, is largely female in its mindset. Even from achieving the include:Looking ahead if the men far outnumber the women, the ambitious target set in 2010 The battle is far from won and lot more thinking process is of a ‘Shiva Shakti’ concept, needs to happen to achieve ‘T X 2’. The not a separation of roles. The other point the of doubling the global tiger momentum generated through national Congress wants to emphasise is that while the actions and global support must sustain in PM listens to nobody, believing he always numbers by 2022. the face of economic growth agenda of the knows best, Rahul is keen to take the ritten by Rajesh Gopal and tiger range countries. The Key Performance conversation forward by listening to the views Mohnish KapoorThe world Indicators of the ongoing Global Tiger of all sections of society. commemorates Globa Tiger Day Recovery Program need adequate resources Dog has his Guess whose photo is on Rahul W on July 29. This occasion is as good an and more commitment. Donors with green Gandhi’s mobile screensaver? Not his mother, opportunity as any to take stock of the status mission need to support regional projects for his best friend or his party symbol. It is his pet regime. of the striped stalker in the wild. All tiger range countries have a tiger agenda only inter-governmental platform of tiger reducing the threat of trafficking, and dog Pidi, whom he made famous by tweeting range countries since 1993, has been addressing resource dependency of locals about him jocularly. Pidi, a Jack Russell, first At the St. Petersburg Tiger Summit in 2010, based on a National Action Plan. They share leaders of 13 tiger range countries resolved to certain overarching common issues of consolidating Tiger Action Plans of the range through gainful portfolios. came to public attention when former countries. It has forged viable partnerships The centrality of tiger agenda is an Congressman Himanta Biswa Sarma do more for the tiger and embarked on efforts concern such as poaching and habitat loss. to double its number in the wild, with a The other common and compelling agenda is with several like-minded organizations in ecological necessity for the sustainability of complained in 2016 that Gandhi was India and abroad — IUCN, WWF, WCT, WII, preoccupied feeding the dog biscuits instead popular slogan ‘T X 2’. The Global Tiger of growth. All the range countries face the our environ. An umbrella species, the tiger Initiative (GTI) program of the World Bank, challenge to balance the interests of IIFM, IFAW, WTI, WCS, USAID, World signifies the health of the ecosystem of discussing Assam politics before the state Bank, Clemson University. elections. Rahul describes his pet as being using its presence and convening ability, conservation and development. services which support life on the planet. good-looking, intelligent and charming. He brought global partners together to The global status of tiger continues to be a Several initiatives are underway to handhold The carbon locked up in tiger forests provide even proudly posted a video of Pidi’s party strengthen the tiger agenda. concern, threatened by the much-articulated range countries in their efforts to do more for a great adaptation to the threats of climate tricks. Pidi is acknowledged as the outstanding Over the years, the initiative has causatives. Broadly, four categories emerge in the wild tiger, especially in South and South- change.However, there is little convergence performer in his litter, all the siblings being the institutionalised itself as a separate entity in the context of tiger presence and status across East Asia. Cambodia has evinced a great and conversation. Business as usual and offspring of a Doon school chum’s pet Jack the form of the Global Tiger Initiative the range countries: forest with no tiger or interest in bringing back wild tigers; Myanmar working in silos continue. Carbon trading Russell. Some attribute Pidi’s special Council (GTIC), with its two arms – the prey, forest with few tigers and abnormal sex- is being assisted in shaping state of the art tiger hardly has kickstarted in tiger range intelligence to the fact that he has been trained Global Tiger Forum and the Global Snow ratio, empty forests, and depauperate land plan for Htamanthi Wildlife Sanctuary, one of countries, where it is required most. by Rahul’s SPG guards. Leopard Ecosystem Protection Program. mass devoid of forest with habitat their priority sites. GTF missions have Technology and innovations are many, but Hobson’s choice To evaluate where we are on tat path, let’s values.While we need country-specific functioned in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand few have species specific concerns. The age- Earlier this month, Road Transport and take a snapshot of efforts by India, custodian differentiated approaches, the tiger must be and Lao PDR on several thematic areas, old concept of GDP continues to dominate Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari deputed of more than 70% of the world’s wild tigrs, as secured at three basic levels: field formation, including tiger assessment. with negligible green accounting. The popular Marathi actor and writer Nana Patekar well as other tiger range countries.Sovereign national and international. Though a Within India, the GTF engagement along with limitations of Environmental Kuznet curve, to act as a go-between for a patch-up between effortsThough a collective responsibility of sovereign issue, international engagements partners in areas of Conservation Assured though understood by many, has not the BJP and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav the state and society, tiger is a sovereign between border countries are important for Tiger Standards (CA|TS), Security Audit of fostered advancement of green development Thackeray. Patekar sought to explain to issue. The tiger forests are state owned, evolving a common portfolio to address the Tiger Reserves, Management Planning etc. A with less polluting technology to save tiger Thackeray that if he cut ties with the BJP, the barring few exceptions. The state apparatus threat of trafficking. special High-Altitude project is ongoing with forests. Shiv Sena would be wiped out. Recent polls in has the mandate based on enabling policy The Global Tiger Forum (GTF), being the the IUCN’s support for appraisal of tiger the state have shown the Sena’s vote share status in High Altitude Ecosystems of South steadily declining. Thackeray’s caustic response was that his party would in any case be decimated if it continued with the BJP as Amit Shah has no respect for allies. Tough customer A section of the Congress is furious that a veteran like Kamal Nath should have publicly Out of my Mind: Lynch State displayed his eagerness to tie up with Mayawati’s BSP in Madhya Pradesh. By showing his hand so early in the game, Nath around the state so they can get their has made a shrewd player like Mayawati all I think the favourites in important posts. Members the more determined to strike a hard bargain. of the local ruling party know they have She insists the Congress share its seats with the Honourable BSP in its strongholds such as Rajasthan, immunity from prosecution. MLAs and Maharashtra, Gujarat, Punjab and Karnataka MPs behave like local rajas. In UP, just for the Lok Sabha elections. However, Supreme Court recently, an MLA was implicated in a Congress persons in these states are reluctant rape case which also led to the death of to part with seats for Mayawati in a pre-poll has got it wrong the rape victim’s father as he was alliance next year. They feel the tie-up is only bullied. When justice will be done is feasible if Mayawati, in exchange, allots at least 10 seats in her bastion of UP to the about lynching. anyone’s guess. We have a broken Congress. They point out that earlier alliances judiciary at the local levels to add to the with the BSP in UP ended up with the It is not the lack politically manipulated police. Congress getting the short end of the stick. Sometimes the arrogance of the Mayawati stole the Congress’s Dalit vote for perpetrators of such action matches its all time and they do not want a repeat of laws but a performance in other states. Those who are heinousness. In Kathua there has been opposed to being generous towards Mayawati lack of will to no apology or remorse but one of those in the interests of Opposition unity point out involved in the protests backing the that she herself has generally been unfriendly enforce the law accused has launched a Jammu regional towards the Congress. In Punjab, she movement. Obviously, that would bring conspired with the Akali Dal to put up BSP the police totally under political control. candidates who cut into the Congress vote which is the during the Assembly elections. In Haryana, None of these problems is amenable to a she has reached an agreement with an old solution by the Centre issuing an enemy of the Congress, Chautala’s INLD, and issue. advisory or passing a law. The Congress now she is talking independently to Congress has demanded that a Supreme Court a BJP government in the state is an open allies Sharad Pawar in Maharashtra and lack of will to enforce the law which is the judge review the problem. That will I think the Honourable Supreme Court invitation to beat up and/or kill Muslims. Tejashwi Yadav in Bihar.Honour code broken issue. The lackadaisical attitude of the produce a readable report but no more. The chapter on Modi in Karan Thapar’s very has got it wrong about lynching. The The issue may be cows as in Alwar or just Alwar police towards the victim of The fact is that in many parts of India, readable new book Devil’s Advocate: The problem is not that we need more laws an inter-religious marriage as in lynching shows that as far as they were especially its Hindi heartland, the State Untold Story has many senior members of the to be passed at the Centre. Nor does Ghaziabad. There may be rumours that a Modi government red-faced. The author concerned, getting the cows back under has broken down. Not as a body for the announcement by the Home family, invariably Muslim, is eating or quotes private conversations with Narendra protection was more important than to spending public money — on cancelling Minister of convening a Group of storing beef in their house. Any excuse Modi, Amit Shah, Arun Jaitley, Prakash look after the half dead Muslim man under farmers’ loans, starting infrastructure Ministers (a sure sign of indecision will do. Social media help recruit an Javadekar, Sambit Patra and Nripendra Misra, their care. projects, declaring new reservations etc. asas well as Pavan Varma, the JD(U) during the UPA) inspire much instant mob, who get their thrills from State-level policing has been a scandal for The State does not function to maintain spokesperson. Varma tweeted that it was confidence. This is not a problem beating up Muslim men. decades, especially in the Hindi belt. law and order in an impartial way. unethical to quote off-the-record remarks, which has a top-down solution. The occurrence of these cases is local and which in any case were total embellishments Under the Samajwadi Party in UP or the The challenge is to restore good Lynching is not so much a nation-wide confined to the BIMARU states. Law and of the truth. Thapar was not contrite, RJD in Bihar, criminals were highly governance, making police independent problem as a Hindi belt one. It is to do order is a state subject. We have perfectly responding that Varma was having a senior placed in politics, kidnapping and of local political authority, rebuilding moment. The author offered no explanation, with the feeling among many Hindus, adequate laws in the IPC to deal with the extortion were rife. Each new party in the judiciary at the local level, to however, for violating the basic code of some but not all with Parivar ties, that problem. It is not the lack of laws but a journalism. power in UP starts by transferring police reinvent the local State. It won’t happen. Across the Aisle: Debate, questions, but no answers 17. The Minister of Industry, Tamil Nadu, told the state On Friday, July 20, the government reluctantly agreed to a days of a dirigiste economy. The government seems to have credit to industry has been about 1 per cent in most months, debate on a motion of no-confidence, the first such motion legislature that, in 2017-18, 50,000 SMEs had closed discovered the virtues of control, import substitution, price and sometimes even going into negative territory. The down and 500,000 jobs had been lost in his state due to in the four years and two months of the Narendra Modi control, quantitative restrictions, non-tariff barriers, worst sufferers of credit denial are the small and medium government. demonetisation.Q. What is the outlook on inflation? A. retrospective taxation, and punitive laws. enterprises.Q. Why is credit growth sluggish? A. Credit Wholesale inflation in June was 5.8 per cent, the highest in Numerous questions were raised by the members. Like Q. Why are there no signs of recovery yet? A. Because, Gross growth requires banks to be in good shape. The RBI’s more than four and a half years. The consumer price you, I waited for the answers, especially on questions Fixed Capital Formation (the investment ratio) has steeply Financial Stability Report states that, in March 2018, the inflation was 5 per cent in June, and may rise. RBI raised concerning the economy. What the country got by way of declined from 31.3 per cent of GDP in 2013-14 and has Gross Non Performing Assets ratio of banks had climbed to the policy rate in June and may do so again in August. answers from the Prime Minister (in those 90-odd minutes) remained stagnant in the last four years at about 28.5 per cent. 11.6 per cent of their advances, up from 10.2 per cent in Q. What has the government done to relieve agricultural was more Congress-bashing, more repetition of tiresome Q. How is ‘Industry’, especially manufacturing, doing? A. September 2017. The government’s muddled response to phrases (main kaamdar hoon), more recitals from official distress? A. Nothing. The Economic Survey 2018 The Index of Industrial Production was a low 2.6 per cent the banking crisis is to simply put more taxpayers’ money authored by Dr Arvind Subramanian admitted that real handouts, and more self-congratulation (I am a partner of between December 2016 and October 2017. There were some into the banks or to sell a nearly bankrupt bank (IDBI) to the poor in their sorrows, I am a partner of the youth in their agricultural incomes have been stagnant since 2014. The signs of revival between November 2017 and February 2018. LIC.Q. What is the position of investment? A. In 2017-18, unanimous view among farmers’ organisations as well as dreams….).The questions are being asked across the However, in March, April and May, the growth rate faltered announcement of new investment projects declined by 38.4 length and breadth of the country. Hence, I ask them in this noted farm scientists and economists (such as Dr M S again — 4.6 per cent, 4.8 per cent , and 3.2 per cent, per cent and completion of new projects declined by 26.8 Swaminathan and Dr Ashok Gulati) is that the recent essay (and also offer what would have been truthful respectively. The slowdown is primarily in manufacturing. per cent from the previous year. Foreign direct investment answers).Economy in a Mess announcement of increases in MSP was a jumla and, Low Investment, No Jobs was also down by 15 per cent.Q. Are jobs being created? A. absent coverage beyond paddy, wheat and cotton and Q. In terms of economic growth, which was the worst year Q. Did the decline in growth rate come as a surprise? A. No, No. The Centre for Monitoring of Indian Economy reported absent procurement in many states, it would not benefit of the Modi government and why? A. 2017-18, because the because growth depends upon credit, and growth in bank that the number of persons employed in 2017-18 was 406.2 the majority of farmers. government has given up on reforms and gone back to the million — lower than the 406.7 million employed in 2016- THE SIKH TIMES CAREER New Delhi, Sunday, 18 August, 2019 7 Master of Medicine FormakolojistFormakolojist According to global management consulting firm McKinsey & Co's Studies, Indian Pharmaceutical Industry in 2020 may reach 45 billion U.S. dollars. The terms of this sector in the coming days will be the option plethora of jobs in the field. Growth will look fantastic in all, however, Dreams of is considered the hottest field pharmacology. Research and Development work Pharmacologists work primarily is to Indian Aviation is the world's Medicine Research and Testing. They are ninth-largest industry. 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It’s going to be hard will want any incident to happen, London England pacer Olly Stone will not be India Tennis Association (AITA) to find a neutral venue.The so I’m sure they will give it their able to participate in the ongoing Ashes as and International Tennis problem with getting a neutral best shot.What would be the most he has been ruled out for the remaining of Federation (ITF) have been venue is that it’s getting very close troublesome thing for the players the season following a recurring back exchanging letters regarding to the match. Normally, teams will at the moment?If it was me, and injury. India’s upcoming Davis Cup tie in go there a week in advance to get I’m sure the boys feel the same Stone originally suffered from a partial stress Pakistan, without coming to any in some practice. Time’s running way, there’s a lot of uncertainty, fracture to his left lower back on the West agreement. AITA is pushing for out. It’s not going to be easy for the which is the last thing you need. Indies tour early this year and was ruled out the tie to be held at a neutral venue, ITF or anybody to find another One day, the tie is going to be in for a significant period of time. while ITF asserts Pakistan’s venue. In my opinion, you can Pakistan, next day they’re thinking He then returned to competitive action in security arrangements are good write all the letters you want, but about a neutral venue. That must early July and was handed his Test debut in enough. At a time when political this match is going to be played in be really irritating and annoying the one-off Test against Ireland, where he tension between the two countries Islamabad. Unless the situation for the players. A month before the took three wickets in the first innings at is on the rise, former Davis Cup gets even worse, which hopefully match, nothing is settled. I think Lord's. The fast bowler was then named in non-playing captain Anand it will not. uncertainty about where they’re the Ashes squad but was released after not Amritraj talks to The Indian My personal view is that wherever going to play is going to be very Express on the possibilities. winnable match for us, surely we whether this match is going to be they play, the tennis itself is going unsettling. That’s probably the making the playing XI for the first Test at can’t lose to them. Both (Qureshi played. The lady who probably hardest part.That was the first time Edgbaston which England lost by 251 runs. What do you make of India’s to be one-sided, at the most it’ll be chances in this tie?Pakistan was an and Aqeel Khan) are well past their knows nothing, has never been to 4-1, not much closer. The players Vijay (Amritraj) and I played However, last week, the 25-year-old easier choice, tennis-wise. prime, and we’ve got Prajnesh Pakistan or ndia, it’s absolutely will just have to get past the doubles together in Davis Cup. aggravated the injury in training and was They’ve got nobody else, just Gunneswaran and Ramkumar amazing. Really.I think they (ITF) security stuff, put their minds at The Pakistan team then was pretty ruled out of the ongoing Lord's Test. Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, who is Ramanathan. The match shouldn’t should take a trip there and then ease and focus on the tennis. I hope good since all three guys used to "We're obviously gutted to lose him," BBC playing doubles on the tour. I be any problem for India, we decide if it’s safe enough. we eventually play this tie because play on the circuit. This took place Sport quoted Paul Farbrace, sports director figured they’re going to be playing should be able to roll them over. Do you feel the ITF might allow the we don’t want to be suspended or in Kuala Lumpur.When you play of Warwickshire, as saying. on grass because that’s Pakistan’s But now it’s more about the tie at a neutral venue eventually?I fall out of the Group. We don’t at a neutral venue, of course, the "Olly had such a fantastic season in 2018 and best chance. They beat South outside factors than the tennis don’t think the ITF is going to want that. But I’m positive crowds are not going to be very looked set to play an important role for Korea over there, I don’t know itself.(Justine Albert, ITF budge, and the Pakistanis would Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) great. But you have to get the England as well as ourselves this summer how they pulled that off, but they Executive Director) is the one obviously want to play at home. will make all the positive matches done. I’m not sure how after making his Test debut just two weeks managed it. But this is definitely a who’s going to be in control of Also the tie is coming up in less arrangements. I don’t think they they decided the venue. ago."With Olly's season having ended prematurely, he will now work our medical and strength and conditioning teams to get Underdog day afternoon: Need time to think: Eoin Morgan if he stronger and fitter than ever," he added. Saatwiksairaj-Chirag outwit Without Lionel Messi, world champions for India’s will lead England in 2021 World T20 Barcelona lose first biggest doubles title Eoin Morgan was at Lord's on Friday and league opener in 10 Mumbai The biggest trick pulled by Saatwiksairaj Rankireddy against the Chinese pairing of Li Jun Hui and Liu Yu Chen was was commemorated years in convincing the world champions that a devil lurked round the during the Lunch corner. When all he did was throw shadows in the mirror and befuddle them both with the imminent threat of a big game he break of the second kept devilishly locked up.When the unseeded Saatwik and Ashes Test by England Chirag Shetty upset the third-seeded Chinese to win India’s biggest men’s doubles title at the Thailand Super 500, the 21-19, and Wales Cricket 18-21, 21-18 score held so many little deceptions that this Board chairman Colin became a subtle outwitting, not quite the savage flexing of power.The Chinese were stumped in the opening game when Graves. the Indians literally scored off jabs while threatening to unveil the power-punches. These were proper tappers – returns of London Eoin Morgan said on Friday serves, or in slightly more prolonged affairs, the third shot. Madrid Barcelona lost its opening Spanish that his future as England's limited Saatwiksairaj, the big-built man known for his firepower from overs captain is subject to how he league match for the first time in a decade on the back, actually parked himself at the net – keen to not exert Friday, falling at Athletic Bilbao 1-0 as recovers from a back injury he his sore shoulder, while Chirag (who is no mug on the steep suffered during the World Cup, even commemorated during the Lunch I can have that time to physically get Antoine Griezmann couldn’t make up for attack) manned the back.Saatwik’s reputation for bazooka break of the second Ashes Test by fit and guarantee that it's not an Lionel Messi’s absence.Veteran striker indicating that he is considering smashes is so overwhelming that no one – certainly not the stepping down from the skipper's England and Wales Cricket Board injury risk between this year and Aritz Aduriz scored from a spectacular Chinese – saw the bird pecks poking at their defence from the overhead kick a minute after coming off the post. chairman Colin Graves. "I need next, and then I'll be able to make a front.With a mix of crafty short serves and angled returns, bench in the 88th minute, handing Morgan suffered a back spasm during more time to think, that's the honest call on that." Saatwik won the short, snappy points while not backing out Barcelona the loss after 10 straight opening England's match against the West answer," Morgan told Test Match Morgan has been playing for league wins. from the flat exchanges. The game stayed so hypnotically Special when asked if he would lead Middlesex in the T20 Blast after a focused on the mid-court with attacks seeking to dissect down Indies during their triumphant Griezmann, Barcelona’s biggest offseason World Cup campaign and had to England into the T20 World Cup in two-week break following the signing, was held scoreless in his the middle that Li-Liu could not have anticipated Saatwik’s 2021. "It's a big decision, a big World Cup. He admitted that while flick serve – a looping goofball of a shuttle that floated to the leave the field in Southampton. His competitive debut after joining from rivals training throughout the tournament commitment. Given the injury that I he "absolutely" wants to lead the Atletico Madrid for 120 million euros ($133 back and gave Indians the 20-18 game point. Shetty would then went through in the World Cup, I team next year, he felt "physically kiss his racquet frame a point later and curl one towards Liu who was limited after that. Morgan was million). It was a lackluster performance for at Lord's on Friday and was need time to get fully fit."I actually and mentally cooked" after the France forward whose only significant could only net it back. need the season to end pretty soon so World Cup. scoring chance came with a header in the final minutes.“The ball didn’t go in, and in the end that’s what matters the most,” Steve Smith revolutionises Griezmann said. “We have to keep working In Ravi Shastri, they trust hard to improve and to rebound as soon as the art of leaving balls in possible.” Mumbai The decision to give Ravi strong point in their press conference to Test cricket Shastri a second term as the coach was announce him as the coach. Though Indian women start with always a no-brainer especially after Kapil did say that the CAC didn’t take Steve Smith is revolutionising shouldering arms in Test Virat Kohli’s public endorsement of Kohli’s opinion before they arrived at cricket and taking it to a whole new level. On a rain- 2-1 win over Japan in him prior to the team’s departure to their decision. “No. If we had taken his West Indies. Mike Hesson, former New decision, then we would have had to affected day three of the Lord’s Test which saw only Olympic test event Zealand coach, was the strongest take the entire team’s as well. We didn’t 24.1 overs being bowled, Smith gave the crowd some contender but he would have been a ask anyone.”Though India didn’t win entertainment, not with his strokeplay but his unorthodox style of leaving the ball. left-field choice and Indian cricket and he will tell me something that the world cup and stumbled in a Test probably isn’t quite ready for one. The doesn’t need to be done.The series in England – a tour that could There have been players like Rahul Dravid, Jacques real question is what drives the pair’s contribution he has made is that have gone much better had they got Kallis and others who watched the ball closely to get partnership? What makes them tick and making people believe that they belong their team combinations and decisions used to the bounce and swing but there has never been beat in unison? We don’t have to to this level, because at a time when we at the toss right. However, they did win second-guess as Kohli had made it a historic Test series in Australia, apart someone like Smith. The 30-year-old hops, shuffles, all went through the difficult period, gets behind the line of the ball, gets his bat across and clear last November just before the tour 2014 for me, and for a lot of other from winning Tests in England and of Australia.Asked about the South Africa. They reached the semi- even turns around to face the wicketkeeper after players Shikhar Dhawan in 2015 , to be leaving the ball.Cricket experts must be looking for a perception that Shastri is the coach able to come out of that shell, I can final of the world cup though because he is a ‘yes man’ to him, Kohli vouch for that, to bring the best out of considering the strong bowling attack, term to describe this particular art of leaving the ball TOKYO: The Indian women's hockey said he was baffled. “It’s the most the players, he is the most important it has to be seen as par performance from former Australian captain as he makes the dot team started its campaign in the Olympic bizarre thing that I have heard – about factor,” Kohli had said.It wasn’t a only. The injury to Shikar Dhawan hurt balls a joy to watch for the audience. England test event with a resilient 2-1 victory over him saying yes all the time. I don’t surprise then that Kapil Dev, a member the team but the lack of plan B, and in Cricket’s Facebook page even made a video out of his hosts Japan on Saturday.India took an think there is anyone who has said no to of Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) particular the middle-order problems, me more than him in Indian cricket, could have been ironed out before the unique leave compilation.Twitterati had their fun early lead through their penalty corner along with Anshuman Gaekwad and explaining Smith’s batting, few cricketers were honestly. Because he is the one guy I Shanta Rangaswamy, mentioned showpiece tournament. Overall, specialist, Gurjit Kaur, in the ninth can speak to and get an honest opinion despite some stereotyping and public impressed by the ‘entertaining’ leaves as well: minute, but the hosts equalised in the 16th “communication” thrice as Shastri’s minute as Aki Mitsuhashi scored a field goal.However, Gurjit stepped up again in the 35th minute to convert yet another penalty corner, which turned out to be the La Liga: Aduriz stunner helps Athletic Bilbao decisive goal in the match. The Indians started the match with an aggressive intent, and had a few opportunities in the opening 10 minutes. beat Messi-less Barcelona on opening day Both the teams, playing with 16 players as per the Olympic Games guidelines, made Aritz Aduriz scored from a a right calf injury, and he couldn't cross by Ander Capa. The cross went over swift and timely substitutions throughout count on Luis Suárez either after the the Barcelona defenders and Aduriz reached spectacular overhead kick Uruguay striker had to be replaced in high with his right foot to send the ball into the match, and it was in the 16th minute the first half because of an apparent the far corner and ignite the crowd of more that Japan's substitution worked for them. a minute after coming off muscle injury at San Mamés than 47,000 at San Mamés. The 29-year-old Mitsuhashi combined well Stadium.Philippe Coutinho couldn't "Football is so beautiful sometimes because of with her teammates before drawing the bench in the 88th play because of a pending move to things like this. It gives you chances like parity.With majority of the attacks minute, handing Bayern Munich on a loan, but this," said Aduriz, a former Spain coming from the Indian team, the youngster Frenkie de Jong made his international. "It will be impossible not to Japanese sat back and looked to attack on Barcelona the loss after 10 competitive debut with the Catalan miss this. I'm just incredibly happy to be able the counter.The teams have played each club after joining from to choose how I'm ending my career, and to straight opening league Ajax.Barcelona had most of the other frequently in the past couple of be able to do it at the place that I love the significant chances, being denied by most." years, which showed on the field as they wins. signing, was held scoreless in his the woodwork a few times, including Barcelona's last setback in a Spanish league understood each other's tactics well, and with a shot by Suárez just before he had to be Madrid (Spain Barcelona lost its opening competitive debut after joining from rival opener was in 2008, a 1-0 defeat at it meant that the teams went into the half- Atlético Madrid for 120 million euros ($133 replaced."We weren't ourselves," Barcelona Numancia in Pep Guardiola's coaching time break level at 1-1. Spanish league match for the first time in a defender Gerard Pique said. "It happens. We decade on Friday, falling at Athletic Bilbao million). It was a lackluster performance for debut with the Catalan club.Real Madrid, The third quarter saw India ominate the the France forward whose only significant are coming off a preseason, we have a lot of trying to rebound from one of its worst 1-0 as Antoine Griezmann couldn't make up new players in the team. This will be good initial few minutes, and winning for Lionel Messi's Veteran striker Aritz scoring chance came with a header in the seasons in the last decade, opens at Celta final minutes."The ball didn't go in, and in for us going forward, it's better to lose now Vigo on Saturday without new signing Eden themselves another penalty corner in the Aduriz scored from a spectacular overhead than in the end of the season."The match 35th minute. A moment of magic from kick a minute after coming off the bench in the end that's what matters the most," Hazard because of a left thigh injury.Atlético Griezmann said. "We have to keep working seemed headed to a draw when the 38-year- Madrid, runner-up the last two seasons, hosts Gurjit saw India regain their one-goal the 88th minute, handing Barcelona the loss old Aduriz, in his final season before retiring, after 10 straight opening league wins. hard to improve and to rebound as soon as Getafe on Sunday without Griezmann but advantage as the 23-year-old smashed the possible."Griezmann didn't have Messi by came off the bench and scored with his with 19-year-old Portuguese sensation João ball into the back of the net. Griezmann, Barcelona's biggest offseason his side because the Argentina star is nursing amazing overhead kick from a right-flank Félix likely in the squad. THE SIKH TIMES WORLD New Delhi, Sunday, 18 August, 2019 9 NEWS BOX Pirates Kidnap Eight Crew Mystery Lung Illness Linked To Vaping. Members In Raid On German Ship Nearly 100 Cases Suspected In US State and federal health officials are linked to e-cigarette use" was reported has cared for four teens with the that produces an aerosol from a liquid BERLIN: Pirates have kidnapped investigating almost 100 cases of among adolescents and young adults in illness, ages 16 to 18.In the past that users can inhale via a mouthpiece. eight crew members of a mysterious lung illnesses linked to recent weeks. In a call Friday with state month, the teenagers presented with Millions of Americans use e- German-owned ship in a raid on vaping and e-cigarette use in 14 states, health authorities, CDC officials said symptoms that appeared manageable cigarettes, with the greatest use among the vessel off the coast of many of them involving teens and they were probing 94 possible cases in and consistent with a viral infection - young adults. In 2018, more than 3.6 Cameroon, the Hamburg-based young adults. A large number of those 14 states.To date, there is no consistent shortness of breath, coughing, fever million U.S. middle- and high-school company that owns the ship said stricken ill have been hospitalized, evidence that an infectious disease is and abdominal discomfort, Chapman students said they had used e-cigarettes on Friday. with some in intensive care and on the culprit, CDC spokeswoman Kathy said. But the teens continued to in the past 30 days, according to the MC-Schiffahrt said in a statement ventilators.At least 31 cases have been Harben said. While some of the cases deteriorate despite treatment, CDC. on its website that it had confirmed as of Friday, state officials appear similar, officials said they don't including antibiotics and oxygen A National Academies of Sciences, assembled an emergency team said, and dozens more are under know whether the illnesses are leading brand, Juul, said it is support. Some of the teens suffered Engineering and Medicine report in and was cooperating with local investigation. Medical authorities say associated with the e-cigarette devices respiratory failure, requiring the use of January found that while e-cigarettes authorities in the West African monitoring the reports of illnesses and it is unclear whether patients will fully themselves, or with specific has "robust safety monitoring systems ventilators, she said.Chapman said are less harmful than conventional country to deal with the incident, recover.Officials are warning ingredients or contaminants inhaled physicians eventually made the cigarettes, which produce a raft of which happened late on in place."Gregory Conley, president of clinicians and the public to be on alert through them. Health officials have the American Vaping Association, a connection tovaping-associated acute toxic substances when burned, they Wednesday.COMMENTIt said for what they describe as a severe and said patients have described vaping a lung injury. When the patients were the ship, the MarMalaita, had 12 group which advocates for vaping still pose health risks. Among potentially dangerous lung injury. variety of substances, including products, said that each month, about treated with steroids, among other nonsmoking adolescents and young crew members on board at the Symptoms include difficulty nicotine, marijuana-based products therapies, they showed improvement. time of the abduction. 10 million adults vape nicotine without adults, the report said, "their adverse breathing, shortness of breath or chest and do-it-yourself "home brews." major issues. "It appears much more Clinicians don't know whether the effects clearly warrant concern," pain before hospitalization. Health Underscoring the growing level of likely that the products causing lung patients will suffer long-term among them "moderate evidence for Starvation Likely officials said patients have also concern, CDC officials say they are damage are amateur-made street vapes consequences, she said."These cases increased cough and wheeze" and reported fever, cough, vomiting and notifying health-care systems and containing THC or illegal drugs, not are extremely complex to diagnose, as increased incidence of asthma.But Killed Irish Teen diarrhea. clinicians across the country about the nicotine," he argued.But health symptoms can mimic a common many medical authorities believe there The Centers for Disease Control and illnesses and what to watch for. State authorities are not at all sure that is infection yet can lead to severe isn't sufficient data to know their full In Malaysia, No Prevention said Friday that officials health departments have also issued correct."We haven't had that kind of complications and extended effects, especially on young people. are working with health departments in warnings.E-cigarettes have grown in history with vaping to be able to assure hospitalization," Chapman said. Dylan Nelson, of Burlington, Sign Of Foul at least five states with confirmed cases popularity over the past decade despite anyone - teens included - that this is a "Medical attention is essential. Wisconsin, who has asthma and has - California, Illinois, Indiana, little research on their long-term safe practice," said Emily Chapman, Respiratory conditions can continue to been vaping for about a year, was Minnesota and Wisconsin - to effects. In recent years, health chief medical officer at Children's decline without proper treatment." hospitalized with pneumonia last Play: Cops determine the cause of the condition authorities have warned of an epidemic Minnesota, a health system E-cigarettes are a diverse group of month after he started having trouble after "a cluster of pulmonary illnesses of vaping by underage teenagers. The headquartered in Minneapolis, which products containing a heating element breathing. SEREMBAN: A Franco-Irish teen who disappeared from a Malaysian resort likely starved Sydney Stabbing Suspect Suffers and died of internal bleeding From Mental Illness: Lawyer US Congresswoman Rejects after about a week in the jungle, with no immediate sign of foul play, police said Thursday. There was no indication that 15- Israel's Offer To Visit West Bank year-old Nora Quoirin, who had WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM humanitarian grounds.The Israel as part of her request to initial ban sparked an outcry learning difficulties, was : US congresswoman Rashida Michigan congresswoman Israel's Foreign Ministry. among Democrats in the U.S. abducted or sexually assaulted, Tlaib on Friday rejected an offer rejected the offer, however. Trump criticized Tlaib for opting Congress, who have largely been they said, announcing the results by Israel to let her travel to the "I can't allow the State of Israel to not to travel to Israel after she strong supporters of Israel, of an autopsy.But the lawyer of West Bank, the latest twist in a take away that light by was permitted to visit only her raising concerns about straining her family, who believe she may dispute drawing Donald Trump humiliating me & use my love grandmother."As soon as she the two nations' relationship as have been abducted, said it was and Benjamin Netanyahu for my sity to bow down to their was granted permission, she Netanyahu aligns himself ever too early to rule out a criminal together against US Democrats oppressive & racist policies," g r a n d s t a n d e d & l o u d l y more closely with Trump. element in the case.Her ahead of elections in both Tlaib tweeted, using the word proclaimed she would not visit House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and unclothed body was discovered countries.Tlaib, a Democrat in sity to refer to her grandmother. Israel," Trump wrote on Twitter Senate Democratic Leader Tuesday in a ravine in dense the US House of Representatives "Silencing me & treating me like a on Friday evening. "Could this Chuck Schumer have strongly jungle following a 10-day hunt A man accused of killing a young Australian woman who has been critical of Israeli criminal is not what she wants possibly have been a setup? backed US aid to Israel, which involving hundreds of people, and wounding another in a stabbing rampage in policy towards the Palestinians, for me. It would kill a piece of Israel acted appropriately!"Tlaib totals $3.8 billion annually, but helicopters and sniffer dogs. downtown Sydney this week suffers from mental said she would not visit her me. I have decided that visiting and Omar have voiced support both called on Israel to reverse illness, providing grounds for defence against murder family there because the Israeli my grandmother under these for the pro-Palestinian Boycott, the ban on their fellow She went missing from the Dusun government had imposed Resort, not far from Kuala charges, his lawyer said on Saturday. oppressive conditions stands Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Democrats on Thursday. The police charged the 20-year-old man on Friday with "oppressive conditions" to against everything I believe in-- movement which opposes the US Representative Steny Hoyer, Lumpur, on August 4, a day after humiliate her.She had planned to Israeli occupation and policies checking in for a holiday with her murder, attempted murder and common assault in fighting against racism, the second-most powerful relation with the death of Michaela Dunn, 24, and the make an official visit to Israel oppression & injustice," she toward Palestinians in the West Democrat in the House, said London-based family.Speaking stabbing and wounding of a 41-year-old woman. On along with fellow Democratic said.Israel's Interior Ministry Bank and Gaza. BDS backers Israel's demands for Tlaib to visit after the post-mortem Saturday, the suspect faced the court briefly where his congresswoman Ilhan Omar of said it had received a letter from can be denied entry to Israel by her grandmother were examination, Negeri Sembilan lawyer asked the court to make a recommendation Minnesota.Israeli Prime Tlaib on Thursday seeking law.Israeli Interior Minister unacceptable."Not only was this state police chief Mohamad Mat that his client be provided health care while in the Minister Netanyahu, under permission to visit her family in Aryeh Deri, who approved request disrespectful of Rep. Yusop told reporters the teen justice systemThe suspect has been remanded in public pressure from Republican the West Bank village of Beit Ur Tlaib's visit request, blasted her Tlaib but of the United States suffered "bleeding in her custody and is to face the court again on Monday. "He President Trump, on Thursday Al-Fauqa, and it granted her decision not to come."It turns out Congress as well," Hoyer said in intestines due to not eating" as is going through a very difficult situation at this said he would not allow the pair request.Tlaib did not outline that it was a provocation to a statement on Friday. "This well as "extreme stress".The time," lawyer Zemarai Khatiz told to make their trip. On Friday, what the conditions imposed on embarrass Israel. Her hatred for matter is a self-inflicted wound schoolgirl is believed to have reporters.COMMENT Israel said it would allow Tlaib to her visit were. Israeli media Israel overcomes her love for her by one of America's closest died two to three days before her "In relation to the allegations, he will be defending the visit family in the Israel- reported that she had agreed not grandmother," he wrote on allies, one of our closest friends, body was found, he said."For the charges on the grounds of mental illness." occupied West Bank on to promote boycotts against Twitter.BAN OUTCRYThe and a vibrant democracy." time being, there is no suspicion of foul play," he said. There were "some scratches on her Under Fire For Its Treatment Of Pregnant body" after days in the rainforest, Vladimir Putin awards Russia's top medal to pilots but nothing suspicious, he said. "The parents can claimher body." Athletes, Nike Changes Policy Police had classified her Having faced increased scrutiny disappearance as a missing who saved 233 passengers in crash landing regarding its treatment of pregnant experience, who have been scared to persons case.But the family's athletes, Nike is changing its policy let their employer know that they MOSCOW: to guarantee a pregnant athlete's pay started a family," Felix said in a French lawyer, Charles Morel, Russian President where Ural Airlines has its training phone interview this summer. "I was told AFP that "at this stage for the Vladimir Putin on Friday bestowed centre. "I saw the cornfield in front and bonuses cannot be cut over the 18-month period covering eight just blown away with those different family, it is premature to rule out top state honours on two pilots for of me...I tried to minimise our stories, the different people coming a criminal element."We need to courage and heroism after they safely vertical speed to ensure a soft months before an athlete's due date through 10 months after. Under to me. I think there's definitely a wait to find out all the results landed a packed passenger plane in a landing." Murzin was receiving shared experience there, and I think from the autopsy to know more." Nike's previous policy, which had cornfield near Moscow as its engines treatment for a bruised chest in been updated in 2018, according to a there's power in coming together, Her body was airlifted by were failing. Russians have said it was hospital on Friday, the RIA news spokesman, that period had lasted 12 power of the collective. I think the helicopter out of the ravine -- a miracle that no one was killed when agency reported. Russia`s natural months."Female athletes and their more voices that come out, you about 2.5 kilometres (1.5 miles) the Ural Airlines Airbus 321 struck a resources watchdog said late on representatives will begin receiving know, change is happening." from the resort -- and transported flock of gulls on Thursday, disrupting Thursday it had identified an written confirmation reaffirming In a form letter intended for athletes to hospital in Seremban town its engines and forcing it to land less International Airport carrying 233 illegal rubbish dump roughly two Nike's official pregnancy policy for and agents dated Aug. 12 that where her relatives identified it. people to Simferopol in Crimea. More elite athletes," a Nike spokesperson circulated on social media, Nike than two minutes after it took kilometres from Zhukovsky Executive Vice President of Global Medics conducted a long autopsy off.Putin, in a decree published on the than 70 passengers were treated for International, which is southeast of wrote in an email. "In addition to our Wednesday, starting in the injuries following the emergency 2018 policy standardizing our Sports Marketing John Slusher said Kremlin`s website, handed captain Moscow, as being the possible home Nike's new policy will be inserted morning and only finishing late landing but nobody was killed. "I did approach across all sports to ensure at night, as a media pack waited Damir Yusupov and co-pilot Georgy of the birds which caused the no female athlete is adversely into current contracts.Nike came Murzin Russia`s highest state award - what I had to do," said Yusupov who emergency landing. Officials from the under fire this spring after several outside the hospital for news. guided the Airbus down. "I saved the impacted financially for pregnancy, the Hero of Russia. He granted the watchdog and the ecology ministry the policy has now been expanded to high-profile athletes denounced how Order of Courage, another top state plane, the passengers, the crew. I think were due to check the site as well as cover 18 months.""I can't tell you the Nike and other apparel companies Starvation Likely award, to five flight attendants. The that was the only decision. I don`t others nearby, RIA news agency number of women who have reached treated them financially after plane took off from Zhukovsky think I`m a hero." "I wasn`t scared," reported. out, who have encouraged me, who becoming pregnant. Tennis star Killed Irish Teen he told reporters in Yekaterinburg have been through a similar Serena Williams said. In Malaysia, No Sign Of Foul Donald Trump asks Imran Khan to resolve Play: Cops WASHINGTON Thousands of issues via bilateral talks with India travellers at US airports faced delays late on Friday because of an nationwide outage of US United States President's offer to clear that this is not on the table said that Kashmir is India's Customs and Border Protection's mediate between India and anymore," he added.Meanwhile, internal matter and the Narendra (CBP) processing systems, Pakistan over the Kashmir issue China and Pakistan's attempt to Modi government's move to scrap officials said.CBP said in a is off the table with Donald rake up Kashmir issue at the Article 370 that gave special statement the outage was temporary and "officers continue Trump asking Islamabad to United Nations found no support status to Jammu and Kashmir has to process international resolve issues bilaterally with at the closed-door United Nations no external ramifications.Last travellers using alternative New Delhi. Pakistan Prime Security Council consultative month, US President Donald procedures until systems are Minister Imran Khan had called meet, which was called to discuss Trump, during a press brief with back online.Travellers at some ports of entry are experiencing President Trump on Friday ahead India's move to scrap the special Khan in the White House, longer than usual wait times. A of the United Nations Security status of Jammu and Kashmir claimed said that PM Modi had Customs spokeswoman could Council (UNSC) consultation nearly two weeks back. asked him to mediate on Kashmir not offer an estimate on when the meeting to discuss the country's The UNSC consultative meeting issue during their meet on the system would be back up and running. The computer issue is foreign minister SM Qureshi's was called at the request of China, sidelines of Osaka G20 Summit. not impacting departures.JFK letter on Kashmir.A statement which took up the letter written by He offered his help to mediate on Airport in New York said on from White House Deputy press Pakistani Foreign Minister earlier the Kashmir issue.This was Twitter that "the Customs secretary Hogan Gidley said, this week in the aftermath of New dismissed by India with External computer system is down "The President conveyed the Delhi's decision to abrogate Affairs Minister Jaishankar nationwide." The agents are Indian envoy to the United States mediate on Jammu and Kashmir importance of India and Pakistan Article 370 that gave special saying all bilateral issues between processing people Harsh Vardhan Shringla's is dependent on both India and manually.People at various US reducing tensions through status to Jammu and Kashmir.In a the two nations are governed by interview to a private US channel Pakistan accepting it." airports posted videos on social bilateral dialogue regarding the major snub to Pakistan, India's Simla and Lahore agreements stating, "President Trump has media sites of lengthy lines at situation in Jammu and Kashmir." "Since India has not accepted the permanent representative to the under which no third party processing checkpoints and. made it very clear that his offer to The development comes amid offer of mediation, he has made it United Nations Syed Akbaruddin mediation will be allowed. THE SIKH TIMES BUSINESS New Delhi, Sunday, 18 August, 2019 10

NEWS BOX SpiceJet to launch 12 FM says talks on helping economy new domestic flights from October continue, won't comment on timeline New Delhi: Budget passenger carrier SpiceJet on Friday said it will launch 12 new domestic flights effective from the Sitharaman says govt heard concerns of five sectors; does not seem too convinced on issue of subsidising gold imports first week of October 2019.According to the airline, all the new flights will be Ahmedabad Finance Minister The finance minister was in operational daily and the airline will deploy Nirmala Sitharaman, under Ahmedabad on Friday for a joint Adani finds mine- its Boeing 737-800 aircraft on all these pressure to announce measures to session with officials of the routes.The airline will introduce daily non- revive the slowing economy, said income tax department, central development contracts more stop flight between Delhi and Aurangabad on Friday that officials of her goods and services tax (CGST) from October 8. ministry were in discussions with and customs department of the Prime Minister’s Office Gujarat. With the first being held promising than tradinga It will also enhance its operations with (PMO), and the government in Ahmedabad, the minister is set Mumbai Adani Group built its fortunes by starting additional frequencies on the Delhi- would reveal the remedial steps to hold a series of such meetings Kolkata and Delhi-Bengaluru routes. as a commodity trading company. But, Adani once finalised. in tier-II cities like Mysore, Enterprises — the flagship company of the three- The latest flight additions comes after a “We met the Prime Minister on Guwahati, Pune and Kanpur, decade-old trading group — now sees mine- massive domestic sector expansion by the Thursday and we shall meet again. along with metros, among development contracts as more promising than airline. Starting from April 1, SpiceJet has It is not the right time to talk about others. Sitharaman will interact trading.“As we grew, we also looked at how to best announced 142 new flights which include any road map or stimulus package with tax officials, tax utilise our capabilities. Our mine development and 78 connecting Mumbai, 30 connecting because discussions are still on practitioners and taxpayers.With operation (MDO) business is growing faster than Delhi and 12 flights between Mumbai and between the (finance) ministry similar joint sessions to be held trading,” said Jugeshinder Singh, chief financial Delhi.At present, SpiceJet operates 550 and the PMO. When we are ready in other cities, the finance officer, Adani Enterprises. He expected the minister intends to reiterate average daily flights to 62 destinations, to reveal anything, we will do so,” need to subsidise it further. company’s bulk handling to be higher from the she told the media here.Elaborating on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s views MDO contracts, compared to trading.In 2006, including 52 domestic and 10 international “Gold, like crude oil import and certain ones. her ministry’s meeting with five groups, on respecting and facilitating wealth Adani Enterprises was awarded its first MDO including banks, industries, SMEs, the electronics, is also not a product which creators.“As the Prime Minister says, we contract. At present, Adani Enterprises is India’s financial and automobile sectors, we have in this country. Every gold that should respect and facilitate wealth largest MDO operator. The company has one fully PSBs may ease credit Sitharaman said their issues had been we buy is imported. For something that is creators. Officials should also have the operational MDO; two more MDOs have started heard by the government. “We are now not available in this country and the facility of faceless information gathering and another seven are under development. “One of access to automobile analysing what steps need to be taken. quantum of foreign exchange we pay for and discussions with tax assessees the seven will start operations in the next financial Soon, we will respond,” she said. it, do we need to look at what we want to through technology so that assesses do year,” Singh said.According to the firm’s dealers to boost sales pay and do I subsidise such a thing?” the not have to be summoned in person. presentation, washed coal dispatch volume during On the issue of the gems and jewellery finance minister said. sector seeking relief in gold imports, Through these sessions, we also want to the June 2019 quarter was at 2.4 million tonnes New Delhi In a bid to arrest the slump in the Sitharaman also said black money was automotive and ancillary sector and boost Sitharaman said given the amount of reach out to taxpayers to inform them from its mining and services division. Volume “coming back” and that properties were about this technology and address issues sales of motor vehicles, the Narendra Modi foreign exchange spent on the from its integrated coal management or coal commodity, one needed to look at the “being confiscated and making it go in that they are facing with relevant trading was at 18.5 MMT in the same quarter. government could instruct state-owned the market”. officials,” she said. banks to ease credit conditions and repayment thresholds to automobile dealerships. Banks looking to reduce their Now, start-ups can issue shares exposure to the troubled industry have Gold ETFs: Investors bet big on the safe haven asset been demanding 25 per cent collateral for inventory financing. with differential voting rights Mumbai As the global economic "with central banks becoming The decision by banks followed a few cases New Delhi Start-ups and technology requirement of distributable profits scenario remains subdued and significant buyers of gold instead of defaults by automobile dealers. This companies will be able to issue shares for three years for a company to be trade tensions remain volatile, of sellers and with producers no proposal, along with other measures to with differential voting rights (DVRs) eligible to issue shares with DVRs. investors have bet big on the safe longer forward-selling their boost specific sectors and the overall with the government amending the “These amendments are certainly a haven of gold-backed exchange production, the only potential economy, was discussed in meetings on Companies Act provisions to help welcome step. This will surely help traded funds (ETF). source of physical supply over Independence Day ... entrepreneurs retain control even as promoters, especially start- ups, in According to data from the World the last eight years has come they raise equity capital from global raising capital without diluting their Gold Council (WGC), globally from the physical gold ETFs". investors.The ministry of corporate control over the company,” said investors poured about $2.6 Since their introduction in 2004, Jet Airways creditors' ETFs have become significant affairs (MCA) has raised the existing Ankit Singhi, partner, Corporate billion into gold-backed ETFs in silver through the various ETFs cap of 26 per cent of the total post Professionals.The MCA statement July, the highest monthly players in physical gold markets. which we believe will be the Over an uninterrupted eight-year claims balloon to Rs issue paid up equity share capital to 74 said the initiative was in response to investment since March Western investment community's per cent of total voting power in requests from innovative tech 2013.The Gold Exchange Traded stretch, physical gold ETFs respect of shares with DVRs of a companies and start-ups and “to vehicle of choice," the Goehring accumulated 2,600 tonnes of gold 30,558 cr as revival Funds (ETFs) are simple & Rozencwajg report said. "In the company.Such shares have rights strengthen the hands of Indian investment products that by the end of 2012, the report disproportionate to their economic companies and their promoters who last several months, physical said.The report showed that after hopes fade combine the flexibility of stock accumulation has indeed ownership. In June, the Securities and have lately been identified by deep investment and the simplicity of the 2008 financial crisis, most of Exchange Board of India (Sebi) had pocketed investors worldwide for developed in both gold and silver the inflows into the physical gold Claims submitted by creditors against Jet gold investments. As per a report physical ETFs."The report noted Airways have shot up from Rs 24,000 crore issued a framework for filing shares acquisition of controlling stake in by natural resources investing ETFs came from investment with DVRs.“Indian promoters have them to gain access to the cutting that ETF gold holdings are now firms and hedge funds. It a month ago to Rs 30,558 crore now, company, Goehring & approaching their old highs making hopes of any revival of the defunct had to cede control of companies, edge innovation and technology Rozencwajg, the Gold ETF bull observed that while buying gold which have prospects of becoming development being undertaken by reached back in 2012.The same in the 1970s was complicated as airline dimmer. This comes after Etihad run to continue for the phenomenon of rise in valuation Unicorns, due to the requirements of them.” The government has also foreseeable time. one had to either buy gold futures, Airways, which holds 24 per cent in Jet, raising capital through issue of equity upped the time period within which of gold ETFs can be witnessed in said on Monday that it did not submit an "This (gold) bull market will be physical coins or bars, or gold to foreign investors,” an MCA Employee Stock Options can be India as value of the ETFs on the equities, the gold ETFs have expression of interest (EoI) for the airline statement said.Another key change issued by start-ups to promoters or driven by Western investors, we NSE have risen since April 1 in due to unresolved issues pertaining to its should start to see robust physical made buying gold extremely brought about is the removal of the directors holding over 10 per cent of contrast to the subdued Nifty50 accessible. liabilities. equity shares. accumulations of both gold and index.The report further said that, Jet, so far, has received two EoIs, one from Panama-based Avantulo Group and the No-first-use nuke policy will other from Russian fund Treasury RA State-run oil firms to deliver petrol at Creator. Anil Agarwal’s Volcan depend on 'circumstances' Investments had submitted an EoI last Saturday, but ... in future: Rajnath doorstep, expand diesel service Amtek Auto heads for Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday New Delhi The state-run oil marketing diesel is currently available in 35 likely to touch 163 million tonne (mt) liquidation; NCLAT clears said that India follows 'no first use' policy companies (OMCs) — Indian Oil cities — with IOC availing the by 2030. The consumption of diesel regarding nuclear weapons but said what Corporation (IOC), Bharat Petroleum service in 15, BPCL in 13 and HPCL in the country was seen at 83.52 mt in the way for the process would happen in future will depend on Corporation (BPCL) and Hindustan in seven. The fuel delivery scheme FY19, up 3 per cent from 81.073 mt "circumstances". "On the question of Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) — mainly targets consumers that buy in during FY18. On the other hand, nuclear policy, till today, we have a policy are planning to expand doorstep bulk. According to the norms, demand of petrol may increase to of no-first-use. What happens in future, will delivery of diesel to 20 more cities, customers ordering more than 2,500 around 49 mt by 2030. This was 28.28 depend on circumstances," he told ANI after and introduce home delivery of petrol litres should have a PESO mt in FY19, up 8 per cent from 26.174 paying homage to late prime minister Atal by the next quarter.The companies licence.Licences for fuel delivery in mt during the previous financial year. Bihari Vajpayee at the site where the plan to have at least 500 doorstep fuel four cities by IOC, 10 by BPCL and Looking at this growth, the OMCs had country conducted its second nuclear tests delivery vehicles by the end of this six by HPCL are expected soon. during the regime of the NDA government invited bids to allocate fuel retail in 1998."In Pokhran, India emerged as a financial year (FY20).“The response Based on the data available with outlets across 78,500 locations in the nuclear power. Despite all restraints, Atal ji to doorstep delivery of fuel is very OMCs, doorstep delivery of diesel in country and had received responses gave permission for the nuclear test. India good and we are trying to expand this areas with more industrial activities from dealers in 95 per cent of the was listed among those countries which by factoring in both safety and like Navi Mumbai has touched over locations.Of this, letters of intent have nuclear power. I paid homage to Atal ji regulation,” HPCL Chairman and 150 kilo litre per month. Other major have been provided to 9,100 outlets New Delhi The National Company Law Managing Director M K Surana told cities with the facility include Jorhat, Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Friday on his first death anniversary here," Singh so far. The addition of outlets will asked the Chandigarh Bench of the NCLT said.The nuclear test was conducted in May the media last week.Though Chennai, Bengaluru, Delhi and more than double the number of fuel to proceed with the liquidation of Amtek 1998 in Pokhran during the Vajpayee companies currently have clearance Udaipur. Fuel is delivered to pumps in India from 64,976 reported Auto in accordance with law, saying there government. After India acquired the only for diesel, the Petroleum and customers with the help of small in June. Of this, 27,800 outlets are run remained no approved resolution plan for Explosives Safety Organisation vehicles with dispensing machines by market leader IOC, followed by the company despite the passage of the nuclear power, it adopted a nuclear doctrine, which declared a 'no first use' (PESO) is expected to give clearance attached to it.Based on an 15,471 by HPCL and 14,903 by statutory period of 270 days. for petrol soon, he added.According International Energy Agency “As we have noted that more than 270 days (NFU) policy. BPCL. have been completed much earlier and no to official data, doorstep delivery of estimate, India’s diesel demand is case is made out to exclude any period, we hold that the adjudicating authority has no other option but to pass order of liquidation,” a two-judge Bench, headed A Recession Will Come. How Bad Will It Be? by Chairperson Justice S J Mukhopadhaya, said. On average, after around recessions, the stock index has been a fiscally induced recession. Amtek Auto has a debt of Rs 12,603 crore. two quarters of a slashed in half. In others it only The present unrest in the markets The liquidation value of its assets was slipped a few percentage points - appears rooted in President Donald determined at Rs 4,119 crore.The NCLT downturn, the stock market the kind of loss that can be reversed Trump's trade war with China. had initiated the Corporate Insolvency also begins to recover with a few good days or weeks.Jobs There's little recent precedent for a Resolution Process (CIRP) against the auto self-inflicted recession caused by components maker on July 24, 2017. On following a haircut of about take longer to bounce back - unemployment tends to rise for 15 protectionist trade policy, with one July 25, 2018, the adjudicating authority 7 per cent. approved Liberty House’s Rs 4,025-crore or 16 months before the labor notable exception. The Smoot- resolution plan, which included an upfront But despite this week's warning signs, market bottoms out. The Hawley tariffs, passed in 1930, didn't payment of Rs 3,225 crore and a fresh we have little idea when. It could be unemployment rate increases about cause the Great Depression, but they infusion of Rs 500 crore for stabilising and imminent, or the economy could chug 2.4 percentage points, on average, probably made it greater. improving operations.However, when the along until the heat death of the over that time. The effect has Smoot-Hawley also happens to be committee of creditors (CoC) and the universe or, as we might call it, the ranged from a five-point jump the most recent time U.S. tariffs were resolution professional (RP) of Amtek Greatest Depression.How bad will during the Great Recession to a as high as those now levied or Auto moved applications for the the next recession be? two-point rise in the recessions threatened against China, according implementation of the resolution plan, beginning in 1961 and 2001.So for to Chad Bown and Eva (Yiwen) Liberty House backtracked, citing “blatant Prognostications vary, and we don't have great data on future events. But most Americans who might Zhang of the Peterson Institute for discrepancies in the condition of There have been 11 recessions says we're in a recession after the remember the Great Recession International Economics.It's hard to machineries, valuations, and we've got plenty on what happened in since World War II. On average, economy has contracted for two representations made in the information the past, and we can look there for painfully, the next recession, if it know what will finally end this they lasted 11.1 months, according straight quarters. Indeed, averages follows a more average path, could expansion. It could be a death by a memorandum and valuation clues.About 4 crore US adults haven't to the official scorekeepers at the show the economy typically reports”.Following this, the RP and the seen a single recession during their feel mild.In February, Goldman million cuts - tariffs, slowing global CoC had approached the NCLT with a plea National Bureau of Economic shrinks about 1.4 per cent over two Sachs Research analysts sorted a economy, a hangover from the working lives. Almost as many, Research. The shortest was over in quarters before growth resumes. to extend the CIRP period beyond 270 days including most millennials, have seen century of US recessions into five Trump-tax-cut sugar high, a slowing just 6 months (1980) and is often On average, after around two and sought to restart the bidding process. only one since they turned 18. That categories. Three of them, industry, labor market. If it's this slow decline, counted alongside a follow-up quarters of a downturn, the stock The lenders and the RP had sought more recession, the devastating Great oil prices and inflation, appear less that might end up feeling like a recession in 1981-1982, while the market also begins to recover time to make another attempt for a fresh Recession from December 2007 to likely today, the analysts shallow recession, with a small rise longest lasted 18 months (2007- following a haircut of about 7 per bidding process rather than forcing Amtek June 2009, was (hopefully) not write.Hatzius noted on Thursday in unemployment and a volatile but Auto into liquidation on account of “fraud” 2009).NBER's standards are cent (based on the monthly average representative. that the recent budget deal had not terrorizing decline in stock committed by Liberty House. complicated, but a rule of thumb value of the S&P 500). In the worst significantly diminished the risk of values. THE SIKH TIMES CAREER New Delhi, Sunday, 18 August, 2019 11

Do you feel awkward ReportingReporting toto aa reporting to a younger boss? A new Younger generation is Boss?Boss? trying to allay sailing once they have succeeded in doing so. they did not expect this from such a young guy. As long as a manager is good at his job, But the team saw this and it increased their your fears by manages his team well and is willing to learn confidence in me too." from others, he usually earns the respect of With over 65% of India's population under 30, employees. "I used to make sure I did my it almost seems natural that younger people asking, "What's homework before we met prospective clients," are increasingly taking up managerial says Saurabh. "We had all the answers to their roles.The great news is that their colleagues questions and that would stump them because don't see this as a threat or a disadvantage. age got to do Age, it seems, is just a number, after all. with it?" Innovation apart, fast proliferating startups have 5 office etiquette tips another side effect -younger bosses. This shift in status quo does give rise to a certain anxiety. In a that will make your traditionally hierarchy-friendly country, does this tipping of balance change things at the workplace? According to the recent 2015 TimesJobs Leadership Survey, over 60 per cent entry-to-mid level employees say they would Workplace better like to have young bosses. This, however, is in contrast to 80 per cent senior professionals, who Saurabh Agarwal was already an entrepreneur made no differ ence to me that they were younger after 20 years of experience, would prefer older when it hadn't even become cool to become bosses. The question of age seems to have left than me. In my mind, there is no bias for either Working in open-plan offices comes with its one. He started Unify Facility Management in younger or older bosses. I learned from them, like India Inc in a bind, but it is strangely the young 2009 and was only 26 at the time. Today, Unify share of hassles. entrepreneurs and business managers who I would from any boss. Conversely, they took my You get to hear chatter from other departments is one of the biggest housekeeping service opinion on things just like they took opinions themselves are offering a solution. providers for corporate and commercial and may have an air-conditioning system that THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT from other colleagues who were their age." leaves your part of the office with Arctic facilities in the country. In a business that had RESPECT YOUR JUNIORS For startups and companies that are concerned little to do with new technologies, Saurabh temperatures while everyone else is quite with newer technologies, the media and the The situation at a senior management level proves comfortable. While you may not be able to shush was surrounded by older experts. "Even when to be even more age-agnostic. While junior-to- internet, young bosses often prove to be a huge I started taking interviews, I made sure I didn't people all the time and have no control over advantage. At 23, Rega Jha is Editor, Buzzfeed mid level functions involve a lot of personal temperature control, there are other courtesies sound bossy.These people were more reviews and feedback, working with younger India, and she leads a team of people where you can observe at work to keep the inter- leftover water. experienced than me. They had worked in the bosses when you are a part of senior management almost everyone is older than her. "For an departmental peace. DON'T HANG AROUND IN THE RESTROOM industry for 20 years and seen and done things is all about doing things together. "At a senior internet company," she says, "there is a DON'T CROWD THE WATER COOLER The ladies' loo is another favourite spot for women to I hadn't. I told them I needed them for this management level, it's all about collective premium on being young. We have an inherent Most people chat at the office water cooler so chit-chat in between work. But make sure you don't venture to succeed. They had the expertise I responsibility," says 63-year-old Tapan Bose, advantage because we grew up with this didn't and I did not even try to hide this fact." that they can get a break from their workstations hijack the space in front of the sink or block the door technology. Older people in their 30s and 40s who is currently retired and working on contract The respondents to this article made it clear with the SP Jain Institute as a Project Advisor. In and perhaps have a chinwag about office politics. while you're chatting away. This way, you don't cause will walk up to my team in office and ask, `Hey, that most employees in the country value skills That's all very well, but the moment you see that inconvenience to other people who may want to dash what do you kids think of this?' So age does not the past, he has worked in senior management far more than age. Rahul Sharma, for instance, positions with a few IT multinational companies someone else is in line to use the cooler, you in and out. come with any negative connotations at work." joined the Teach For India Fellowship in 2013 should make way for them so that they can use it FILL UP THE PRINTER While youngsters may be better equipped to where he had to report to a CEO younger than to teach students of low-income him.He does, however, add, "It wasn't like I had to and head back to their desks. Sometimes, different departments have to share a tackle new age jobs, young bosses are not schools.Because the average age of people EMPTY YOUR GLASS common a printer. So if you're sending a printout, you complacent enough to be oblivious to the lack of take permission for anything. Important decisions working in the NGO fell within the mid-20s were mostly taken as a group and the whole If your office doesn't have disposable cups at the should first make sure that there's enough paper in experience that comes with their age. In fact, spectrum, only a handful of people were older water cooler, chances are there will be a tumbler the printer. Otherwise, you could be holding up because they are so keenly aware of this fact, process was objective-driven, based on than Rahul. for everyone to use. For starters, don't fill the someone else's print in the queue. they constantly try to learn from older responsibility and accountability, so age had At 40, Rahul was 10-15 years older than the entire tumbler if you know you aren't going to WAIT TO ENTER THE LIFT colleagues. In her tenure with Buzzfeed, Rega nothing to do with it." Program Managers he reported to during the finish it — that's just being plain eco-friendly. If It's a common sight to see people standing right in has been conscious of her age and thus In today's competitive world, it's not that easy to two years he spent there. "Even though I was you do have leftover water in the tumbler, empty it front of the lift waiting for it to open and then bump into respectful of employees with more experience, be at the top and employees across the spectrum older than my Program Managers, they had realise this. While younger bosses have to work a before putting it back in its place — especially if the people getting out of it when they enter. Let even going out of her way to ask them for tips more experience than me in the education and advice. Their own failures and successes little harder than their older counterparts in order you've just had hot water. After all, you wouldn't whoever is already in the lift exit it and then enter. It's field," says Rahul, who had left his cushy to earn trust and credibility, it's often smooth want someone else getting scalded with your only polite. have helped provide her a priceless map. corporate job to engineer soci etal change. "It TWO-WAY STREET OF EDUCATION is seen in poor light. "It would be whether you are using it just advisable that the candidate like that or are frustrated - it shows employees in a bad light. Dos and don'ts for your job application figures out who he is applying to 5 things to avoid � and address the mail to the Never hide things at your work HR professionals point concerned person, making the place. It is good to be Resources - South Asia, Looking unprofessional transparent in your out common mistakes SAS Institute (India) Pvt application personalized. And made by those applying one should never make the communications. That way, you Ltd. Rao adds that have nothing to hide and your for their job, providing a freshers need to mistake of applying to multiple Coming across as unprofessional is the last list of dos and don'ts. companies by adding several communication with your highlight their thing one would want to be. Here are some tips colleagues and your seniors Many argue that educational email ids in the BCC as it's seen academies fails to as unprofessional," says Rao. A that can help you avoid the same: remains unaffected. qualifications, technical � Do not run away from prepare fresh graduates in skills and their college suitable salutation in such emails communication etiquette, could be `Dear Sir', `Dear HR � Have you heard of the responsibilities. A responsible projects in their resume. than words, you should still employee is not only the most necessary in the "If you've done an Manager' or `Dear Hiring 'expectation hurts' phrase? mind your words. Do not use corporate world. It is thus Manager'. That is exactly what would be sought after, but also tends to be internship, you need to bad words at work place - more successful at his/her a task for some of them to mention your exact role On a different note, the email id termed as optimism bias or even get employed as job created to send your resume being unrealistically work. On the and learning from it in contrary, do not interviews require one to your resume," adds Rao, could also affect your chances of optimistic. Assuming present his or her skills, getting short-listed. "If an that there is a lesser overpromise, too, if who feels that grammar you cannot while conducting oneself in a resume for consideration. But and punctuation cannot be employer receives a resume from chance for one to be at certain manner. To address when you're a fresher, your an id like risk than others leads accomplish it. compromised in one's CV. "A cover � Leering could make these concerns, we list mistakes resume may not be your biggest letter is also a must and it should [email protected], the them to believe that made my first-time job strength. So what do you do? reaction it would receive is they can afford to be you look like a creep briefly summarize the candidate's and interactions aspirants and how they can be "A mistake freshers make in their skills and the kind of role they're obvious," laughs Ashish Arora, more laidback and they corrected. resume is, since there's little to Managing Director, HR Anexi often start taking the with those from the looking for, along with a reason for opposite sex - Email etiquette speak of in terms of professional applying for the role and choice of Pvt Ltd, who recommends short safe route. This could So, you've heard about a achievement, they litter it with and straightforward email ids make one look become difficult. company," says Rao. You'll be in the radar suitable job, managed to details about their family and How one addresses the person with a subject line clearly unprofessional. procure the employer's email id their hobbies,"says Srinivas Rao drawing attention to the role � Words matter. While for all the wrong receiving the resume is vital too. A reasons, of course. and decided to shoot off your Katkoor, Director Human "Hi" followed by the person's name being applied for. actions speak louder 12 New Delhi, Sunday, 18 August, 2019 NATIONAL THE SIKH TIMES

Lance Naik Sandeep Thapa martyred in Former finance minister Arun Jaitley remains critical; ceasefire violation by Pakistan in J&K's several ministers to visit him at AIIMS on Saturday Nowshera SRINAGAR: Lance Naik Sandeep Thapa NEW DELHI: A string of senior medical bulletin by AIIMS, mentor and strongest supporter of justice was martyred in unprovoked ceasefire political leaders Friday visited the former minister is under for 1984 Sikh Genocide victims. Millions violation by Pakistani troops in Nowshera former finance minister Arun the supervision of a team like me are praying for his well-being and sector, Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri on Jaitley who continued to remain in a comprising multidisciplinary good health." Jaitley, who held several Saturday. Pakistan resorted to firing at around 6:30 am, firing small arms and critical condition and is currently on doctors, adding that “he is important portfolios in Atal Bihari shelling with mortars. Indian Army is life support at All India Institute of haemodynamically stable”. Vajpayee and Narendra Modi retaliating befittingly.Pakistan has Medical Science (AIIMS) Delhi. The hospital has not issued any governments, has not been keeping well increased the instances of `ceasefire His heart and lungs are not medical bulletin on Jaitley's for some time. He did not even contest the violations` in the past few days. functioning normally, sources told health after August 9. Leaders 2019 Lok Sabha election citing health Dehradun-based Thapa joined the Indian Zee News. President Ram Nath from several parties took to reasons. In February, Piyush Goyal had to Army 15 years ago. The 35-year old Kovind, Home Minister Amit Shah, social media, expressing present the interim budget as Jaitley was sustained fatal injuries during the ceasefire Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, concern on Jaitley's health. in the US for treatment. violation. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi "My thoughts and prayers with After NDA government retained power Adityanath and several other Union @arunjaitley who is in critical after the Lok Sabha elections, Jaitley country's premier hospital after he GoAir flight to Bangkok ministers visited AIIMS to inquire about condition. Hoping for a speedy wrote to Prime Minister Modi, saying he complained of weakness and palpitation Jaitley's health throughout Friday. recovery," tweeted Congress' Abhishek would not take up any makes U-turn to Delhi on August 9 and has since been Several other ministers will visit him at Singhvi.Shiromani Akali Dal leader responsibility/portfolio in the undergoing treatment in the intensive the hospital around 10 am, sources added. Manjinder S Sirsa tweeted, "I am at a loss government due to his deteriorating as crew forgets care unit (ICU). According to an earlier navigation charts The 66-year-old was admitted to the of words. @arunjaitley Ji has been my health condition. High alert at Hindon Airbase; schools inside premises shut, security stepped up PM Modi reaches New Delhi: The Hindon Air Force Day celebrations. Intelligence Station has been put under high agencies have already warned of alert following security concerns. terror threats emanating from Bhutan on two-day Three schools, that function across the border. within the premises of the Hindon There have also been reports of visit, accorded with airbase, have also been asked to several terrorists waiting in remain closed in the wake of the Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir along security threat. Security has been the Line of Control to get the Guard of Honour New Delhi: Budget carrier GoAir`s Delhi- stepped by in the area.The Hindon opportunity to enter the Indian Bangkok flight made a mid-air turn back to Air Force Station plays a key role territory. According to sources in the capital as the aircraft operating the in ensuring the safety and security the intelligence agencies, service was not equipped with mandatory of Delhi and National Capital Region area on the whole. the terrorists might even take the navigational charts, the airline said on Gujarat route to enter India.In Friday.The GoAir A320neo aircraft -- VT Sources have told Zee News that the students as well as faculty members of July, one man was arrested for entering WJA -- with 146 passengers on board landed order for stepping up security came the schools has been prohibited for the restricted area of the Hindon Air back in New Delhi after the crew realised from the Indian Air Force headquarters. Saturday by the authorities. Force Station. The man was later that the required approach and navigation Search has also been launched to look The fresh threat comes even as the identified as Mukesh. A case under charts for Bangkok had not been put in place for any suspect within the force. national capital is on high alert in the relevant sections of the law was on board the aircraft before departure. All There are two Kendriya Vidyalaya and wake of prevailing situation in Jammu registered against him at the Sahibabad aircraft are equipped with these charts for one Air Force School within the and Kashmir following the abrogation police station. navigational purposes at airports. This premises of the airbase. Entry of of Article 370, and the Independence particular aircraft was recently delivered to GoAir and normally dedicated to operating within India on domestic routes," a GoAir New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in spokesperson said. Bhutan on Saturday on a two-day visit during which he is scheduled to hold bilateral talks with the top leadership of the country. Prime Minister of Bhutan Lotay Tsering gave a Bihar MLA Anant red-carpet welcome to PM Modi at the Paro International Airport, after which he was accorded with Guard of Singh's arrest imminent, Honour on his arrival in Thimphu.In a video tweeted by Spokesperson of Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) charged under UAPA Raveesh Kumar, throngs of Bhutanese people could be seen standing on the side of the road to greet PM Modi.This after recovery of AK-47 is PM Modi's second visit to Bhutan and the first visit after his re-election in the Lok Sabha polls 2019. The visit has NEW DELHI: Bihar MLA Anant Singh, been termed as 'highly important' by PM Modi who will who is facing arrest following the recovery hold talks with the host nation’s leadership on a series of of AK-47 and grenades from his premises, issues, including economic and development cooperation, has been charged under the provisions of the hydropower cooperation and people-to-people-ties, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said. (UAPA), which was recently amended by PM Modi took to Twitter to thank his Bhutanese counterpart Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA and said, "Reached Bhutan a short while ago, marking the government at the Centre.A case was start of an important visit. I am extremely grateful to registered against the MLA at the Barh area @PMBhutan for welcoming me at the airport. His gesture of Bihar under Arms Act, Explosive Act and is deeply touching."On day one of his visit, the PM will Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.In the have an audience with the Bhutanese King, or the 'Druk wake of this development, Anant Singh’s Gyalpo', Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck at the Dzong arrest seems eminent as the offences and also hold delegation-level talks with Bhutan PM registered against him do not have the Tsering. PM Modi is expected to sign at least 10 MoUs in provision of an anticipatory bail. Additional fields like education amongst others. Five inaugurations Superintendent of Police Lipi Singh will are also expected to take place, including the much-talked lead the investigation against the MLA. about Mangdechhu hydroelectric power plant and the In a raid at the residence of Anant Singh, the ISRO-built earth station in Thimphu.Calling India-Bhutan authorities had recovered AK-47 and relationship an important pillar of the government's grenades, following which the case was 'Neighbourhood First' policy, PM Modi said in a pre- registered. Singh has, however, claimed departure statement said, "I am confident that my visit will innocence, saying he’s being framed The Minister of State for Housing & Urban Affairs, Civil Aviation (Independent Charge) and Commerce & Industry, Shri promote our time-tested and valued friendship with Bhutan because he contested elections. Hardeep Singh Puri meeting the Chief Minister of Karnataka, Shri B.S. Yediyurappa, in New Delhi and consolidate it further for the prosperous future and progress of the people of both our countries." Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday night ordered a high alert across the High alert in Punjab after heavy rain state, after the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a forecast of heavy rainfall in the forecast, IMD issues warning for Himachal state in the next two days. The Indira Gandhi International Airport in the Punjab Chief Minister Captain occurring throughout Friday. national capital has introduced a new facility at IMD, in its Saturday weather bulletin said its Terminal 2 for passengers travelling without Amarinder Singh on Friday night that the monsoon trough was passing check-in luggage. A new Express Check-in ordered a high alert across the through Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar facility has been launched at the terminal for state, after the India Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, those who travel light. Meteorological Department (IMD) West Bengal, and Bangladesh and heavy to On its official page on social networking site very heavy rain and thunderstorms were Facebook, the Delhi Airport released a video issued a forecast of heavy rainfall likely over Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, introducing and describing the facility launched in the state in the next two days. Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, at Terminal 2.The facility can be availed by all Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan and Andhra the passengers who are travelling only with cabin Amritsar: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Pradesh. baggage. The first thing a passenger needs to do Amarinder Singh on Friday night ordered a The IMD has predicted rainfall with is get his/her boarding pass printed from the high alert across the state, after the India heightened intensity on Saturday in parts kiosks installed at the airport.One needs to first Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a of Himachal Pradesh. An orange warning, select the airline and then enter the PNR number forecast of heavy rainfall in the state in the which detonates the likelihood of in the kiosk. Following this, the option to print next two days.All the Deputy conditions that could impact lives the boarding pass appears on the kiosk. Commissioners (DC) have been directed to significantly, has been issued for the entire Once the boarding pass is obtained, the passengers stay vigilant in view of the IMD's state. A red warning alert has been issued can proceed to a new corridor, which is dedicated prediction, and ensure the safety and for several districts ig Himachal Pradesh security of the people in case of any including Una, Bilaspur, Hamirpur, to those travelling without check-in baggage. untoward situation arising from the heavy Chamba, Kangra and Mandi districts for The corridor leads directly to the security check rainfall.Punjab chief minister also August 17 and for Kangra, Shimla, Solan area.This saves considerable amount of time for instructed field officers of Revenue, and Mandi districts on August 18 the passengers, who earlier had to stand in a in the state, news agency ANI quoted Bhakra dam. queue along with those travelling with check-in Drainage, Health, Food, and Animal officials as saying.The step was taken after As torrential downpour is preicted in the next (Sunday). A red warning alert implies the Husbandry Departments to stay on alert and likelihood of heavy to very heavy rainfall baggage. They needed to go all the way to the the level of the water reservoir reached 48 hours, the officers have been asked by airline counters to obtain their boarding passes to be ready with an action plan for relief and 1,674 feet, just below its maximum the state CM to not leave their headquarters. which could impact lives severely. rehabilitation works as and when needed. The weather department issues colour-coded after furnishing identity cards.Kiosks for capacity of 1682 feet. According to reports, 50,000 cusecs of water was released from printing boarding passes have, however, already On Friday, The Bhakra Beas Management the authorities had asked people living near Bhakra dam as excess water had to be warnings to alert the people ahead of severe Board (BBMB) opened all the four flood Sutlej river and low-lying areas of or hazardous weather, which could been in place at Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi released from the reservoir following the International Airprot. But there was never a gates of the Bhakra Dam to flush out excess Jalandhar district to remain on alert after unrelenting rains in the hilly regions of potentially cause "damage, widespread water, which increased water level in rivers 55,000 cusecs water was released from disruption or danger to life". dedicated Express check-in corridor for the Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh passengers travelling light.