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' 2 RNI Regn. No. CHHENG/2012/42718, Postal Reg. No. - RYP DN/34/2013-2015 ,!%$#*-. 34345 63(78 34&9,+ 782%8 30O9:9:4-26250 4585685003 /86-202 $62;25605)0(205 05%28%0(2$22 !5+ 6# 99 <0 2 0 / 01/1234 1 !! "#$%&'$ #$ () % ! "$% !& 0*234(0 52/623 Haryana, 25.01 lakh hectare are under wheat cultivation. he hailstorm and rainfall As per latest Agriculture Tthat lashed Punjab, Ministry’s data, sowing of win- Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, ter or rabi crops, an indicator Uttarakhand and Himachal of the pace of farm activities, is Pradesh on Tuesday may dam- down by nearly 5 per cent com- age the ongoing standing rabi pared to last year. A significant crops, including wheat culti- fall in sowing in Gujarat, vation. The national Capital Maharashtra, West Bengal and was also whipped by severe Rajasthan has affected wheat hailstorm and downpour since and other crops, bringing the early on Tuesday. overall area under rabi crops According to Agriculture down by nearly 5 per cent to Ministry officials, while the 588 lakh hectares. The total production of wheat and other area cultivated in the corre- rabi crops was expected to sponding week in 2017-18 was come down this year as the around 618 lakh hectare. sowing area has reduced as Rabi cultivation data compared to that of the last released by the Agriculture year, the hailstorm will further Ministry showed the area damage the rabi crops. under rice is about 21.5 per “However, it is too early to cent lower than the same peri- estimate the damage from hail- od last year due to a drop in storm. The State Government’s rice cultivation in Tamil Nadu Agriculture Department will and Andhra Pradesh. Despite assess the damage and inform favoured conditions for the the Ministry,” said officials. rabi crops, wheat cultivation, The India Meteorological on the other hand, reported a Department (IMD) has pre- Rain lashed the plains balls at one another. 2.5-per cent deficit as com- dicted widespread rainfall, hail- while higher reaches of Director of the Punjab pared to last year. As against an storm with gusty wind and Kashmir witnessed fresh snow- Agriculture Department Jasbir area of around 304 lakh hectare ! " # ! $ snowfall along with heavy rain- fall for the second day. The Singh Bains advised wheat sown in 2017-18, the area # % &%' fall over Jammu & Kashmir, snowfall and rain blocked the growers to not let rainwater under wheat cultivation is Himachal Pradesh and 300-km long Srinagar-Jammu stagnate in the field as it could around 296 lakh hectare, main- in 2017-18, the pulse has been Uttarakhand on Wednesday. national highway. The flight be harmful to the crop. ly because of drop in sowing in grown only in 95 lakh hectare The IMD said rain and operations at the airport here Naseeb Singh, a farmer drought-hit Maharashtra and so far. Coarse cereals, too, are '&- P thunderstorm will continue on were also affected. Four flights from Jind district, said rain at Gujarat, as well as West Bengal. faring badly, with an overall Wednesday in northern and were cancelled and 11 delayed this time will help in contain- There is nearly a 10 per drop in area of nearly northwest parts of the country due to poor visibility. The ing the fungal disease yellow cent drop in the sowing of 14 per cent. due to intense western distur- Himachal Pradesh capital and rust, but hailstorm will destroy gram, a major pulse crop of the The area under jowar cul- - bance bearing down on North picturesque Manali and crop. Wheat is the main rabi season. This deficit has pulled tivation at 24.6 lakh hectare is West India and cyclonic circu- Dalhousie on Tuesday wit- crop in Punjab and is grown in down the overall pulses area by around 19 per cent lower than + 50,0 During the retaliatory action, national body for journalists, lation developed over nessed more snow that snapped over 35 lakh hectare area in the over 5.5 per cent. As compared the 30.27 lakh hectare last three ultras were killed. called upon the Indian author- Afghanistan and Central road links, however tourists State, also known as the food to the 157.8-lakh hectare cov- year; maize is down by 9.5 per hree Hizbul Mujahideen Inspector General of Police ities to conduct a thorough Pakistan. made merry by hurling snow- bowl of the country. In ered in the corresponding week cent to 14 lakh hectare. Tterrorists including younger (Kashmir range) Swayam investigation into the pellet brother of a serving Indian Prakash Pani said the security firing at journalists. Police Service (IPS) officer forces conducted “two good” Taking to social network- ! were killed in an encounter with operations in Budgam and ing site Twitter, the RSF said the &! '( security forces in Shirmal vil- Pulwama district on two con- security forces’ violence’ against lage of south Kashmir’s Shopian secutive days. “These were dif- Kashmiri photojournalists is district on Tuesday. ficult operations to conduct. ‘unacceptable.’ The encounter took place They (terrorists) were hiding in “Unacceptable violence by *+,- #$ a day after three ultras were open area,” Pani said. #India’s security forces against gunned down in a similar A large number of protest- photojournalists covering a gun- operation in Hapatnar area of ers gathered around the fight in the south,” RSF tweeted. central district Budgam. encounter site in a bid to ham- “We call on #indian Clashes erupted at the site of per the operation and help authorities to conduct a thor- 52/623 Varanasi: Prime Minister environment. the encounter resulting to terrorists escape. Reports also ough investigation on this bla- Narendra Modi on Tuesday Taking a swipe at the injuries to several persons said that four journalists were tant attack on press freedom. ith controversy erupting referred to former premier Congress over the issue of cor- including four journalists. hospitalised after they suffered #JournalismIsNotACrime,” it Wover allegations made by Rajiv Gandhi’s remarks on cor- ruption, Modi said it got to A police spokesman said pellet injuries while covering tweeted. a self-proclaimed cyber expert ruption in the country to attack know about the disease, that the operation was carried the gunfight. They received pel- Meanwhile, former Chief who alleged Electronic Voting the Congress, saying the party acknowledged the disease, but out on the basis of “credible lets on face, neck and other Minister Omar Abdullah con- Machines (EVMs) can be that ruled for years did noth- neither thought about it, nor inputs about the presence of body parts. Police said six demned assault on journalists hacked and the 2014 Lok Sabha ing to stop the “loot”, while his did anything in the direction of terrorists” that followed a cor- security personnel were also covering the encounter. polls were rigged, the Election Government put an end to it curing the ailment. don and search operation injured in the clashes. Commenting on the inci- Commission on Tuesday filed and transferred about “Many people here would jointly by police and security “Only five cases of injuries dent, Kashmir Video Journalist a complaint with the Delhi 5,80,000 crore directly to the have heard what a former forces in the area. were reported and three of Association (KVJA) in a state- Police, asking it to register an people under various schemes. Prime Minister had said about Security sources said that them were discharged after ment said that this has become FIR against him for his false Without naming Gandhi, corruption. He had said that one of the slain terrorists was preliminary medical attention. a routine that journalists while claims which, it said, can “cre- he alluded to the former Prime the money that the Central identified as Shamsul Haq Separately six security force performing their professional ate fear” in voters’ minds. Minister’s remarks that only 15 Government sends, only 15 per Mengnoo, a resident of Draggad personnel injured during the duties are either being thrashed In its complaint to the paise of 1 reaches the masses cent of that reaches the people. village in Shopian district. clashes have been discharged or showered with pellets. Deputy Commissioner of and said Congress If one rupee is send from Mengnoo was pursuing bache- after medical attention,” police The KVJA appealed to the Police (New Delhi District), the Governments over the years did Delhi, only 15 paise reaches the lors course in Unani Medicine said in a statement. Governor and the DGP to ini- poll panel asked police to inves- nothing to stop the “leakage”. villages, 85 paise disappear,” and Surgery (BUMS) at a The authorities snapped tiate strict action against those tigate the matter “promptly” for Addressing NRIs and & $ ( & ) Modi said, alluding to Gandhi’s Government college here before mobile internet services in the who were involved in Shirmal violation of certain sections of Indian-origin people at the # * + , % &%' remarks. joining militancy. Belonging to district, apparently to stop mobil- incident. the Indian Penal Code dealing inauguration of the 15th “The party that ruled the a well-off family of orchardists, isation of people in the area. “It has been reported that with spreading rumour to Pravasi Bharatiya Divas con- changed the perception that others. Chief Ministers of UP, country for so many years had his elder brother Inamul Haq is The Shopian encounter the journalists were delivering alarm the public and other pro- vention in his parliamentary India cannot change, he said in Haryana and Uttarakhand — given the system to the coun- a 2012 batch IPS officer, present- took place a day after three local their professional duties during visions of related laws.

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