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#. -./ !"# 003 /0$122 40$25 3- , #" !"#$ "%&#'%( 5#6"(% & %& ! 5!#5%5##" !,# ) #)# *+ %! " ,& 5# &#789 "#& "# %" &# )#" "#% 6"#5#$ '#6## . &. +01 01 2#3 / .# $%&' () (*+'*,*,-. "/ CEO women on Wanderlust; he added. Samil Malhotra, Turin Union Minister Nitin wonder of the yore and a Marketing were other partici- Gadkari suggested the stake- Aland of contemporary fas- pants at the summit. holders in the sector to adopt cination, India holds enor- The conference was divid- three basic formulas — the PPP mous potential for both domes- ed in five different panels, the model, fast environment clear- tic and foreign tourists who first being ‘Dekho apna desh’. ances, and innovative ideas, have little explored its incred- This was moderated by The besides a strong political will. ible diversity for want of pro- Pioneer Editor-in-Chief Dr Gadkari said his Ministry motion and infrastructure. This Chandan Mitra and addressed is working on 22 green corri- was the focal point of a day- by Tourism Minister and chief dors, a dedicated Mumbai- long conference — The Pioneer guest Prahlad Patel. Delhi Expressway, and direct Exotica Tourism Summit — Union Minister for Road, road connectivity to where speakers, including Transport and Highways Nitin Mansarovar. These will help in Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari, Gadkari was guest of honour at growth and generation of Prahlad Patel and Piyush Goyal another panel discussion titled employment in the tourism on Wednesday showcased “Highway to heaven”. Dr Mitra sector, Gadkari said, adding India as a dream tourist desti- was the moderator. India under the dynamic lead- nation. Minister of Railways ership of Prime Minister Besides Punjab Cabinet Piyush Goyal spoke on the Narendra Modi is on the path Minister for Tourism & theme “Deep into India’s heart” of being a “Tourism Giant.” Cultural Affairs Charanjit in conversation with Dr Mitra. Gadkari said tourism has Singh Channi, filmmaker In a speech heard with great employment potential Bharat Bala, fashion designer rapt attention, Prahlad Patel, and this is the way forward to Ritu Beri, IATO president Minister of State (independent eradicate poverty from the Pronab Sarkar, Air India ex- charge) for Culture and 0 country. CMD Ashwini Lohani, Harkrit Tourism, talked about involve- ! " $ ! Continued on Page 7 Ahluwalia of Citrus Country ment of all the stakeholders, Related reports on P5 Foundation; Seema Bhat, vice including the Centre and State past. “Had it been, we would president of the Ecotourism Governments, hotels, tour have witnessed tremendous Society of India; Anil Chadha operators and locals, for the progress in the North-East of ITC Hotel; Abu Sufiya of growth of tourism in the coun- region where connectivity was Delhi Tourism; Mandip Singh try. He said that by next five never taken seriously. More Soin, founder ibex expedition; years, the Government aims to P * * ! - - - 0 1 than monetary benefits, it is the Subhash Goyal, tourism policy double the domestic tourist ! " $ ! positive perception towards expert; Raveen Singh footfall. the tourism that matters. With Ahluwalia, Patiala Foundation “We all are responsible for individually promote it. All speaking at the Pioneer Exotica Patel was of the view that our holistic approach, we aim Chief; Amar Nath of Neemrana the growth of the tourism sec- the sectors should come togeth- Tourism Summit 2020 here the tourism has never been to double our domestic tourist Hotels; Sumitra Sernapathy, tor and an individual cannot er for its growth,” he said while on Thursday. given its due importance in the footfall within next five years,” ing of First Information Bagh with security personnel Reports (FIR) against alleged not allowing anyone to come wo days after the clashes in hate speeches by three out. The blackened walls of a TNorth-east Delhi, which Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) mazaar in the locality spoke claimed 27 lives, including a leaders in connection with the volumes of the violence the day Delhi Police Head Constable, CAA violence and convey by before. the situation remained tense Thursday. The three BJP lead- After two days of mobs but under control with heavy ers are — Kapil Mishra, Anurag marauding the streets, looting presence of the security forces Thakur and Parvesh Verma. shops and setting property on in the riots-affected areas. On day three of the trou- fire, there was uneasy quiet in A few incidents of violence ble, the death toll rose from 13 the locality on Wednesday. were reported in some other on Tuesday to 24 on However, in Gokulpuri, places, including Joharpuri area Wednesday. “The death toll has smoke darkened the skies with in northeastern part of Delhi risen to 27,” GTB Hospital rioters setting on fire shops. bordering Uttar Pradesh, with Medical Superintendent Sunil Their livelihoods lost with their shops set ablaze and the body Kumar said. shops looted and their children of an IB staffer found in a drain Calling the situation in in a state of panic after wit- near Maujpur with multiple North-east Delhi alarming, nessing the bloodshed, many stab wounds on his body. As Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal people were seen leaving their police conducted flag marches said the Army should be called homes. Among them was a and security personnel spread in as police is “unable” to family that promised to be out across the northeastern establish control. back, but said they did not edge of national Capital in a bid Shops and schools were know when. to quell the violence raging closed and many streets desert- “Of the 24 killed since since Monday, Prime Minister ed with police making Monday, four were brought to Narendra Modi in his first & (&)&$ ! * announcements that none the hospital from the LNJP reaction to the event appealed + *! " , should venture out of their Hospital,” a senior GTB for peace and brotherhood. homes. There was heavy Hospital official said. More than 200 people have of Delhi. Police and other Police Commissioner Amulya professionally and to check deployment of force in Chand Continued on Page 7 ! " $ ! been reported to be injured in agencies are working on the Patnaik and newly-appointed incidents of violence in north- riots between the pro and anti- ground to ensure peace and Special Commissioner (Law east Delhi. The apex court Citizen Amendment Act normalcy.” and Order) SN Shrivastava. lashed out at the law enforcing ')) (CAA) groups, which took The task of bringing the sit- Shrivastava is believed to agencies for allowing the insti- ) place in Maujpur, Gokulpuri, uation under control was given have been handpicked by the gators of violence to get away ,- Gautampuri, Jafrabad, Shiv to National Security Adviser Ministry of Home Affairs and said they should act inde- Vihar, Bhajanpura, Seelampur, Ajit Doval. “What has hap- (MHA) after current police pendently as per law without '% Kardampuri and Chand Bagh pened has happened. Inshallah, chief Patnaik faced flak for fail- waiting for somebody’s nod. 78 areas in North-east Delhi. there will be complete peace ing to curb the spiraling vio- “If somebody makes an Asserting that it was here,” Doval said as he walked lence against the backdrop of inflammatory remark, police important that calm was through the mostly mixed US President Donald Trump’s has to take action,” it said. he body of an officer of the %& ! denied by the court in three cases against Khan and sug- restored at the earliest, Modi neighbourhoods of North-east visit, sources said. On Wednesday, the Delhi TIntelligence Bureau (IB) separate cases related to gested that it was political wrote on Twitter, “Had an Delhi and met locals. Meanwhile, the Supreme High Court also directed the was found in a drain in Chand n a major setback to Abdullah’s date-of-birth cer- vendetta. “The SP doesn’t con- extensive review on the situa- On Tuesday, he undertook Court scolded the Delhi Police Delhi Police to take conscious Bagh, one of the areas worst-hit ISamajwadi Party, its MP from tificates, PAN cards and pass- sider any action taken in tion prevailing in various parts a late night tour with Delhi on Wednesday for failing to act decision with respect to lodg- by the communal violence that Rampur Azam Khan, his wife port. revenge appropriate. has rocked North-east Delhi, and SP legislator Tazeen Fatma, Rampur SP Santosh Kumar Governments can’t run on bias,” on Wednesday. The officer and son and former MLA Mishra said, “They have been the party tweeted in Hindi. Q R identified as Ankit Sharma, a Abdullah Azam were on sent to judicial custody till “The Samajwadi Party also resident of the area, was work- Wednesday sent to seven-day March 2 in connection with a trusts the judicial process. We #$% &'( ing as an IB security assistant. judicial custody in connection case pertaining to a forged have faith in court, we will get ) ) % Sharma’s father Devendra, with Abdullah’s fake birth cer- birth certificate of Azam Khan’s justice,” it added. who also works with the IB, tificate. A Rampur court had son Abdullah. The latter On the other hand, the + said Ankit returned home declared the trio as ‘absconders’ allegedly gave a wrong date of Bharatiya Janata Party welcomed around 5.30 pm on Tuesday and issued non-bailable war- birth while filing his nomina- the development. “Azam Khan ed in the case. The matter will and soon left home to assess rants against them after they tion papers for Assembly elec- did politics for himself only. It be heard further on Thursday. the situation outside. “When he failed to appear before it. tions.” was for exploitation of the poor. he Supreme Court on Earlier, when the High didn’t return, we started look- Khan and his family were Several cases have been We welcome the court decision TWednesday pulled up the Court asked Solicitor General ing for him.

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