C M C M Y B Y B Page 5 National Sensex, Nifty fall for 2nd day as rising US bond yields Page 8 Glamour Lifestyle, open air may have Jacqueline Fernandez shares rattle global investors kept coronavirus at bay in glimpses from the last day villages: Vice President Naidu Page 7 Business of shoot of Bachchan Pandey The HaSrd Newhs With Saoft Toudch ow Vol . 18 No. 55 JaMMu , SaTuRDaY, MaRCH 06, 2021 Page 12 Rs.2/- RNI. No. JKENG/2006/17367 website: www.theshadow.in Postal Reg. No. JK-316/17 Lt Governor chairs preparatory meeting of India on track to achieving climate goals: PM “Azaadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav"- India@75 for New Delhi, Mar 5: year to cut vehicular pol - 2030. On behavioural Prime Minister Naren - lution. India, he said, is changes, Modi cited exam - celebrating 75 years of Independence dra Modi on Friday said working to increase the ples such as people em - the country is on track to share of natural gas, bracing LED bulbs, volun - Calls for grand celebrations with great enthusiasm & zeal across J&K achieving its climate which is environment tarily giving up LPG Jammu, Mar 5: goals well before the tar - friendly and less pollut - subsidy, increased cook - Lieutenant Governor, get date as it switches over ing, in the energy basket ing gas coverage and af - Manoj Sinha today to energy-efficient medi - from the current 6 per fordable transportation chaired a high level ums and uses waste to cent to 15 per cent by 2030. initiatives. The Prime preparatory meeting of generate energy. He also mentioned of re - Minister noted that over “Azaadi Ka Amrut Ma - Speaking after accept - cently launched National the last seven years, In - hotsav’’- India@75 for cel - ing the 2021 CERAWeek Hydrogen Mission and eq - dia's forest cover has ebrating 75 years of Inde - Global Energy & Environ - uitable and decentralized grown significantly, the pendence of India, at the ment Leadership Award model of solar energy gen - population of lions, tigers, Civil Secretariat here. for his commitment to en - his government for sus - emission, modern tech - eration. India is well on leopards and waterfowls Birth places of freedom Administrative Secre - and variety of activities ergy sustainability and tainable energy usage. niques of irrigation as track to achieve its Paris has grown. These, he said, fighters and martyrs viz taries to organize various over 75 weeks prior to In - the environment, Modi While the target of mix - well as reducing the use of agreement targets well be - are great indicators of pos - Brigadier Rajinder Singh commemoration activi - dependence Day 2022, to said climate change and ing 20 per cent ethanol has pesticides with greater fore the target date of itive behavioural (Village Bagoona, ties to mark the begin - observe the 75th year of calamity are major chal - been advanced to 2025, awareness of improving 2030," he said. changes. Accepting the Samba), Maqbool Sher - ning of Azaadi Ka Amrut Independence. The Lt lenges facing the world. 5,000 compressed bio-gas soil health has greatly India has maintained award, he said, "It is with wani (Baramulla Town) Mahotsav. Instructions Governor also called for Both are interlinked, plants will be set up to helped, he said. The share that it is not a polluter and great humility that I ac - were selected for mega were also issued for hold - identifying Aadarsh pan - and one way to fight them turn municipal and agri - of non-fossil sources in In - cause of climate change cept the CERAWeek curtain-raiser events on ing Cultural Exhibitions chayats and Aadarsh is through policies, laws, culture waste into energy, dia's installed capacity of and has voluntarily com - Global Energy and Envi - 12th March. Calling for and Programs, Khadi Ex - Blocks, 75 each, on set pa - rules and orders, and the he said. While switch over electricity has grown to 38 mitted to reducing green - ronment Leadership grand celebrations with hibitions, Shikara rallies rameters. Involve elected other is bringing behav - to energy-efficient LED per cent and the nation house gas emission inten - Award. I dedicate this great enthusiasm & high in Dal Lake, Seminars, public representatives, ioural change, he said, bulbs has helped save 38 adopted Bharat-VI emis - sity of its GDP by 33-35 per award to the people of our zeal across J&K, the Lt Cyclothon/Cycle Rallies, youth, school students, listing measures taken by million tonnes of carbon sion norms in April last cent below 2005 levels by Condt on page 10 Governor directed the Yoga Camps, Bike Rallies Condt on page 10 News Brief Vehicles used for militant High petrol, diesel prices burden on consumers; Government takes a major Militants trigger IED activities being seized in J&K, in Pulwama, tax cut should be joint call of Centre, states: FM step to free up 255 ultras killed Madhya Pradesh and Ma - no injury reported Srinagar, Mar 5: harashtra and is at an all- vacancies for promotions Srinagar, Mar 5: Five vehicles which were used for time high elsewhere in GAD revises circular for promotions while Militants on Friday evening trig - militant activities in the Union Terri - the country, is made up of gered an Improvised Explosive De - tory of Jammu and Kashmir are being protecting interest of reserved categories C M central and state taxes. C M vice (IED) in south Kashmir district seized under the Unlawful Activities Taxes make up for about the interim directions Y B Jammu, Mar 5: Y B of Pulwama, official sources said. Prevention Act (UAPA), and 255 ultras 56 per cent of the record The Government today passed in SLPs viz. Mo - They said panic gripped Dangar - were killed and 299 arrested, a police high diesel rates. Sithara - issued circular instruc - hammad Haneef Lone, pora in Pulwama when militants spokesman said Friday evening. He man, who had increased tions aimed at proper im - Vinod Kumar Bhagat detonated a low intensity IED near a said in exercise of power conferred by central excise duty on plementation of reserva - and Nasib Singh cases, shop. However, there was no report section 25 of UAPA, Jammu and Kash - petrol and diesel by a tion rules and bringing by the Supreme Court. of any loss of life or injury in the mir Police Headquarters has accorded record margin last year to clarity in the procedures Noticing that the reser - blast, sound of which was heard in permission for seizure of five vehicles mop up gains arising being followed by the de - vation rules and the in - to restrict the militant activities in the C M the entire area. Security forces im - New Delhi, Mar 5: make that happen should from international oil partments/Departmental structions issued on the C M mediately cordoned off the entire Union Territory (UT). He said following Y B Finance Minister Nir - be a joint call of the cen - prices plunging to a two- Promotion Committees subject were resulting in Y B area and started Cordon and Search the due procedures of the law the Police mala Sitharaman on Fri - tral and state govern - decade low, remained while making promo - utilization of two reser - Operation (CASO), they said, has accorded sanction for seizure of day acknowledged that ments. As much as 60 per non-committal on taking tions. These instructions vation roster points for a adding details are awaited. four vehicles which include one, consumers have a case for cent of the retail price of the first step to cut central have been issued to am - single candidate and as Mahindra Bolero, one Auto load car - petrol and diesel prices to petrol, which has shot taxes to give relief to con - plify the advisory earlier such adversely affecting rier, one Eon Car, oneTavera and a be brought down but said above Rs 100-mark in sumers. For consumers, issued by the Govern - the career prospects of Police takes action Condt on page 10 Condt on page 10 Condt on page 10 against traffic, COTPA a reduction in taxes to some places in Rajasthan, ment in furtherance of violations in Srinagar US condemns terrorists who Clashes erupt in Srinagar over house arrest Implementation of directions of Lieutenant Governor Srinagar, Mar 4: As many as 109 people were chal - seek to infiltrate across LoC of Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Nitishwar Kumar chairs weekly review meetings laned for traffic violations while 60 Washington, Mar 5: Srinagar, Mar 5: ing. Supporters of the Seeks inputs for widening the reach and ambit of Block Diwas across UT others were fined for violating Ciga - The US has condemned terrorists Clashes broke out in Mirwaiz initially held rettes and Other Tobacco Products who seek to infiltrate across the Line of Srinagar on Friday as protests on the Jamia Jammu, Mar 5: Act (COTPA) in the summer capi - Control (LoC) between India and Pak - supporters of moderate Masjid compound in Principal Secretary to tal, Srinagar. A police spokesperson istan, calling on all the parties to reduce Hurriyat Conference Nowhatta area, but they Lieutenant Governor, Ni - said that police acted tough on the tensions along the frontiers by return - chairman Mirwaiz Umar poured into the roads af - tishwar Kumar today violations of Motor Vehicle Act and ing to the 2003 ceasefire commitments Farooq pelted stones at ter the congregational chaired a series of meet - COTPA in Srinagar. “Different po - between the two countries. The com - security forces to protest prayers concluded, the ing to assess the progress lice teams registered 109 challans ments by the State Department the separatist leader's officials said. Earlier in being made on the imple - against people who violated traffic spokesperson Ned Price followed a joint house arrest since Au - the day, the Hurriyat mentation of directions of rules,” he said.