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XXIV, NO. 335, PAGES 12, RS. 2 YOUR REGION, YOUR PAPER HP CM directs to 78 lakh applications Rohit named '2019 Janhvi enjoys time identify MoUs for received for various ODI cricketer of the with friends, second ground schemes in year'; Virat Kohli shares adorable clip breaking Haryana: Rakesh wins ICC's 'Spirit of of getting a ceremony Gupta Cricket Award' piggyback ride PAGE 5PAGE 3 PAGE 12 PAGE 10 Abrogation of Article 370 a historic step: Army Chief AGENCY the charge as Chief of Army Staff occasion, the Army showcased AP Maheshwari NEW DELHI, JAN 15 ARMY DAY on December 31, succeeding Gen its military might and some of its Bipin Rawat who became the state-of-the-art assets at the ma- takes over as Calling abrogation of Article 370 out by the western neighbor (Pak- country's first Chief of Defence jestic Army Day parade at the a 'historic step', Army Chief Gen istan). 'Abrogation of Article 370 Staff (CDS). The Army Chief said Cariappa Parade Ground in Del- new CRPF DG Manoj Mukund Naravane on will help Jammu and Kashmir in- the soldiers are the strength of the hi Cantt. In-a-first for any NEW DELHI: IPS officer Anand Wednesday said that the move tegrate into the mainstream. The armed forces. India has 'zero-tol- woman officer, Captain Tania Prakash Maheshwari on would help in integrating Jammu historic step has disrupted proxy erance' for terrorism, he added. Sher Gill, an officer with Army’s Wednesday took over as the Di- and Kashmir into mainstream. war by our western neighbor,' The borders are strongly guarded Corps of Signals, led all-men rector General of Central Re- He also said that the step has Gen Naravane said in his first and that India is ready for any fu- contingents at the Army Day pa- serve Police Force here at Force disrupted the proxy war carried speech on Army Day. He assumed ture warfare, he added. On the rade. headquarters. The 1984 batch IPS officer of Ut- tar Pradesh Cadre took the charge of world's largest paramili- tary force from Indo-Tibetan Bor- der Police Chief SS Deswal who Delhi govt recommends was given the additional charge of CRPF following the superan- nuation of the then CRPF DG RR rejecting mercy plea Bhatnagar on January 31. Mr Maheshwari was handed over China demands discussion CRPF DG baton by Mr Deswal. of Nirbhaya convict He was also given guard of hon- our by the Force platoon. AGENCY He will remain CRPF DG till Feb- NEW DELHI, JANUARY 15 President urged to ruary, 2021. Prior to this assignment, Mr Ma- The Delhi Government on Wednes- reject petition heshwari was Special Secretary on Kashmir issue in UNSC day recommended rejecting the mer- Internal Security (SSIS) in the cy plea filed by Mukesh Singh, one Union Home Ministry. AGENCY of the four death row convicts in the NEW DELHI, JAN 15 Union ministers to 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and mur- Associate of Hizbul der case, and forwarded it to the LG China has demanded discussion visit Kashmir to at “lightning speed”, Deputy Chief terrorists nabbed on Kashmir during a closed-door Minister Manish Sisodia said. meeting of the UN Security spread awareness He said the recommendation on from Pulwama NEW DELHI: A group of Union NEW DELHI: Nirbhaya's mother SRINAGAR: An associate of ter- Council in New York on Wednes- the mercy petition of 32-year-old day, but the request is likely to be ministers will visit Jammu and Singh will now be sent to the Union Asha Devi on Wednesday requested rorists was arrested on Wednes- Kashmir later this month to spread President Ram Nath Kovind to sum- day from Awantipora area of Pul- rejected as other member coun- Home Ministry. marily reject the mercy petition of tries of the global organisation awareness about the positive im- The decision comes a day after wama district of Jammu and pact of abrogation of Article 370 death row convict in the Nirbhaya Kashmir, police said. are set to oppose it. provisions and the development Singh filed the plea. case, Mukesh Singh. Mukesh Singh, "Police in Awantipora arrested a The current move by China is measures taken by the govern- “We learnt that a petition has one of the four convicts in the gang- terrorist associate of proscribed third such attempt since August ment for the region, sources said been filed and we have recommend- rape and murder of paramedic stu- terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen, " when the special status granted to on Wednesday. The schedule for ed its rejection and sent it at light- dent in 2012, has informed the Delhi a police spokesman said. Jammu and Kashmir under Arti- The closed-door meeting of French sources said this has been the visit of the ministers to the ning speed to the LG. There will be High Court that his mercy petition is The arrested person has been cle 370 of the Constitution was the UNSC has been called to dis- stated on several occasions, and union territories of Jammu and no delay from our side, we can as- pending before the Lieutenant Gover- identified as Jahangir Ahmad scrapped by the government, and cuss an issue relating to Mali, an it will continued to be reiterated Kashmir is likely to be finalised at a sure you that,” he said in response to nor of Delhi and the President of India Parray of Gulsahanpora in Tral the state was bifurcated into two African country and China has to partners in the UN Security meeting of the Union Council of a question. and he should be given a minimum area of the district. "As per police union territories. made a request to discuss the Council. Ministers on January 17. The Delhi High Court on 14 days notice between the rejection records, he has been assisting French diplomatic sources Kashmir issue under the agenda This is the third time, China, Wednesday declined to entertain of his mercy petition and scheduled the active terrorists of proscribed said France has noted the request of "Any Other Business Points". Pakistan's 'all-weather ally', has Singh’s plea against the death war- date of execution. outfit Hizbul Mujahideen operat- of a UNSC member to raise the Asserting that France's posi- demanded discussion on the K's special status. However, the rant issued by a trial court and gave ing in the areas of Gulsahanpora, Seer, Pasoona, Wagad, Larow, Kashmir issue once again in the tion has not changed and it is Kashmir issue. meeting did not yielded desired him the liberty to challenge it in ses- Lurgam, Mongahama and other powerful body and it is going to very clear that the Kashmir issue In August, China pushed for results for China as the member- sions court. there was no error in the trial court’s areas of Tral," the spokesman oppose it like it did on a previous must be settled bilaterally (be- a UNSC meeting on Kashmir af- states maintained that India's Bench of Justices Manmohan January 7 order issuing the death said. occasion. tween India and Pakistan), ter the government scrapped J- move was an internal issue. and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal said warrant against him. Bank unions call two-day strike Soldier dies, 5 rescued after snow from January 31 Khattar holds awareness campaign KOLKATA: Bank unions on Wednesday called for a two-day avalanche hit post in Kupwara nationwide strike on January 31 over CAA, lashes out at Congress and February 1 after talks over AGENCY wage revision failed to make SRINAGAR, JAN 15 VIJAYANT SHARMA without thinking good or bad. He further headway with the Indian Banks' PANIPAT, JAN 15 added that Modi govt at centre is work- Association (IBA). A soldier was killed while five others ing for the welfare of everyone and that’s The United Forum of Bank were rescued after a snow avalanche hit State level awareness campaign led by why people elected it again. The other Unions (UFBU), which repre- a forward post in Tangdhar sector in the CM , Manohar Lal Khattar was taken prominent personalities who attend sents nine trade unions, said frontier district of Kupwara last night, of- out in support of the Citizenship Amend- awareness campaign include BJP they will also hold a three-day ficial sources said on Wednesday. ment Bill here on Wednesday. Many Haryana in-charge Anil Jain, State Pres- strike from March 11-13. With this, six soldiers and five civil- BJP ministers, MPs and MLAs attended ident Subhash Barala, Education Minis- "From April 1, we have decided ians, including three members of a fami- it. While taking a dig at Congress Chief ter Kanwarpal Gurjar, Transport Minister to go on an indefinite strike," ly, were killed and several dozen houses, Minister said that some people in Con- Moolchand Sharma, Minister of State UFBU state convenor Siddartha Khan told a news agency. cowsheds and other structures were dam- gress are also in support of CAA but they Kamlesh Dhanda, Sports Minister UFBU is seeking at least a 15- aged so far in the snow avalanches in do not have the courage to speak in front here for whole the life but sing songs in Sandeep Singh, Karnal MP Sanjay Bha- per cent hike, but the IBA has Kashmir valley during the past 36 hours. launched rescue operation, adding all the of their own leadership. praise of another country.