* + 7 , # $ 3 $ 3 3 %& ,0 12 -$-$" ,-./%! 0)1$21%3 ,!# ? 409:2; 1-O 9,,6291:,2:; , 9:2-1, 46+61-95 +9,26+124 52: :4 A @6 4:@4 4B20 :2+:2,1: +2"2:+ 2":44 944649 4+:21 +;4:22@(2;522 6 /<%% #, '=' >2 ! 4 2 # 3.'()( '!45)5 67 14 PQ Q Q R ! "R # . 0102 to give a new twist to the ongoing power tussle between he impasse between the his party and the Shiv Sena by Tsaffron alliance partners claiming that 45 newly elected over the sharing of power in Shiv Sena MLAs were in touch Maharashtra deepened on with the Chief Minister and Tuesday as Chief Minister wanted the formation of a saf- Devendra Fadnavis said that fron alliance Government in the BJP had not given any com- Maharashtra at the earliest. mitment to the Shiv Sena about “Forty five newly-elected sharing of the chief minister- Shiv Sena MLAs are in touch ship on a rotational basis and with Chief Minister and want that he would himself hold the the formation of a saffron CM’s post for the next five alliance Government in the years. State. They have been telling On a day when Fadnavis Devendra Fadnavis that they talked tough and called the are with the BJP, asking him to Shiv Sena’s bluff and said his do whatever is necessary to party had not given any under- form the Government and taking to the Sena about giving become the Chief Minister at to it the Chief Minister’s post the earliest,” Kakade said. for two and a half years, BJP’s Interacting with the media national president Amit Shah at his official residence “Varsha” formally cancelled his visit to here, Fadnavis said, “We had Mumbai scheduled for not given any undertaking to Wednesday to attend his party’s the BJP about our giving them legislature wing meeting called the Chief Minister’s post for to elect its leader and also to rotational basis, Uddhav can- Bhupendra Yadav were to Sena over the sharing of the two and a half years. Ahead of meet Shiv Sena president celled a meeting called by the attend the meeting from the chief minister’s post on a rota- the Lok Sabha polls, the Shiv ( ) * + ' ! , - " '" Uddhav Thackeray. senior saffron ally for power- BJP side, while Sena leaders tional basis, Uddhavji can- Sena had made a proposal Meanwhile, within hours sharing talks. Subhash Desai and Sanjay Raut celled the meeting,” a senior about its wanting the CM’s post " after Fadnavis denied that the “The meeting was sched- were to take part in it from our leader close to the Sena presi- for two and a half years. But, no (200134546+ BJP had given any commit- uled at 4 pm today (Tuesday). side. However, after denial by dent said. decision was taken in front of ' ( ment to the Shiv Sena over the Union Minister Prakash Fadnavis that the BJP had In a related development, me,” he said. mid complete shutdown in sharing of CM’s post on a Javadekar and party leader given any commitment to the BJP MP Sanjay Kakade sought Continued on Page 7 AKashmir and incidents of stone-pelting and firing by ) militants in certain parts of the Valley, the delegation of " (2001 According to initial European Union MPs arrived reports, the labourers were 44 5 in Srinagar on Tuesday for a t least five labourers hail- reported missing late in the first-hand assessment of the sit- Aing from Murshidabad in evening after which searches uation in Jammu & Kashmir West Bengal were massacred were conducted in the area. Riyadh: Prime Minister the Gulf Kingdom. During his following the revocation of the by terrorists in Katrasoo area According to preliminary Narendra Modi on Tuesday first visit in 2016, King Salman State’s special status under of South Kashmir’s Kulgam reports, these labourers were called on Saudi King Salman conferred Saudi’s highest civil- Article 370. However, of the 27 district on Tuesday evening. working as construction work- ! " ! bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and the ian award on him. The Crown MPs originally scheduled to One critically injured labour- ers and were staying with a ! two leaders exchanged views Prince visited India in February undertake the visit, four backed er was shifted to Srinagar later. local resident in the area. # on working closely together to 2019, giving a further fillip to out and returned to their Ironically, a 23-member According to police con- ! $ strengthen the bilateral ties. the bilateral ties. respective countries. delegation of MPs from trol room, Kulgam, “The five Before his meeting with the Saudi Arabia’s Energy The role of a Brussels- European Union was enjoying labourers killed in Katrasoo Saudi King, top Ministers of the Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin based woman lobbyist, who is the hospitality of the State area of Kulgam have been ! Gulf nation called on Prime Salman, Minister of Labour said to have organised the tour, administration in Srinagar identified as Mursaleem "#$%& Minister Modi and discussed and Social Development also came to the fore even as when the incident was report- Sheikh, Qamar Din, Rafiq # ways to further deepen bilateral Ahmad bin Sulaiman Alrajhi the Opposition termed the EU ed around 8.15 pm with the Sheikh, Nazim Ud Din Sheikh # ! ties in areas of energy, labour, and Environment, Water and delegation’s visit a “conducted recovery of bullet-ridden bod- and Rafiq-ul Shiekh.” # agriculture and water tech- Agriculture Minister tour” and continued to attack ies of the labourers. Since October 14, the ter- ! %&' nologies. Abdulrahman bin the Government for allowing Soon after, the entire area rorists have killed four truck ! “ A relationship reflecting Abdulmohsen Al-Fadley were the foreign delegation to visit was cordoned off and local drivers and one apple trader in !! centuries-old ties! Prime among the Ministers who the State but barring the coun- teams of Army and paramili- Sopore and Shopian districts. ! !$ Minister Narendra Modi was called on Prime Minister Modi try’s politicians. tary forces along with the State One brick kiln worker from warmly welcomed by Saudi in the Saudi capital on Tuesday. Reports said Indian-origin police were rushed to the spot Chattisgarh was killed by ter- '( ')!* King HM @KingSalman The Saudi energy Minister businesswoman Madi Sharma to track down the terrorists rorists in Nehama area of P( underlining a new dimension had a productive meeting with was behind the tour and it was behind the gruesome attack. Pulwama on October 16. ,,& ( ) ! * to our expanding relationship. the Prime Minister and the two her email to British +" His Majesty hosted a lunch in leaders “ talked about efforts to Conservative Party MP Chris sonnel deployed at a school in iting Jammu & Kashmir. “What # honour of Prime Minister,” improve energy cooperation Davies that led to the revelation. Drabgam area of Pulwama dis- I object to is that the MPs of ! Ministry of External Affairs ' ( $ ( .( / - ) ) - between the two nations,” the Sharma in her communication trict by firing six-seven rounds this country are not being (, Spokesman Raveesh Kumar " '" Prime Minister’s office tweeted. to Davies offered “prestigious on the troops. The school was allowed to go to Jammu & # %# said in a tweet. “ Adding even more ener- VIP meeting” with Prime serving as an examination cen- Kashmir.” - # # Prime Minister Modi gy to the India-Saudi Arabia Minister Narendra Modi and a tre. No one suffered any injury Congress leader Priyanka L arrived in Riyadh late on the high-profile financial sum- , an initiative of Saudi Crown friendship. I had an excellent visit to Kashmir. But Davies’ in the attack, police said. Gandhi Vadra said, “Allowing ! M Monday night on a two-day visit mit Future Investment Initiative, Prince Mohammed bin Salman. meeting with HRH Prince conditions to meet the local To give the visiting dele- European MPs to travel and L M$ to Saudi Arabia to participate in dubbed “ Davos in the desert” This is his second visit to Continued on Page 7 people and Indian press led to gation a first-hand account of intervene in Kashmir while his exit from the list of MPs the prevailing security situa- returning Indian MPs and lead- selected by Sharma’s firm tion, General Officer in ers from the airport itself. Such WESTT (Women Command of the Srinagar- unique nationalism it is.” ! Empowerment Think Tank), based 15 Corps Lt Gen KJS Terming the visit of EU which works in association with Dhillon briefed the EU MPs. MPs to J&K as a “PR exercise”, Delhi-based Women Economic According to official the National Conference said Forum. Sharma was also seen sources, “The delegation was such “stunts” are not the answer photographed with Prime also briefed about the role of to the situation in the region. Minister Modi on Monday Pakistan in fuelling terrorism “The visit of the selected +2-2312 Twelve months of that ban November 15 the same year. along with EU MPs delegation in Kashmir and the role of the EU MPs, largely of a particu- is a suspended sentence which “I am obviously extremely that went to Srinagar. Pakistan Army in pushing ter- lar ideology, is clearly a PR angladesh captain and will come into effect if Shakib sad to have been banned from As members of the delega- rorists into India.” Later, the exercise. It is ironical that Bworld number one ODI fails to comply with the the game I love, but I com- tion drove past heavily-guard- delegation went for a Shikara European MPs are visiting the all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan anti-corruption code of the pletely accept my sanction for ed streets of Srinagar, they ride on picturesque Dal Lake.