6 01 "&$7 $7 7 -./$%-"01234 +(,%,+%- 0+)1 &(+./ 1" < 30344 @5/3353/353 =/33<45 0/44=35 514 3/' 3 >3 ' 53 >3 '514/0/' 0/</30'53 '3'1' 30%' 0/'03 >0/' 0?@>0 84 +$,9:--" :9 8 / " ' ! ! 1&'&(&15 1&6 3/0/4 efence Minister Rajnath 3/0/4 DSingh on Thursday informed Parliament that India ndia on Thursday warned and China have started disen- ITwitter and others of strict gaging their troops from the action for failure to crack- Pangong Tso (lake) in Ladakh down on content inciting and assured that India did not disharmony and posing threat concede anything while agree- to national security. These plat- ing for mutual withdrawal. forms were also told to adhere He also said the pullback to the Constitution and laws of started after several rounds of the land. talks at the military and diplo- Making this clear in the matic levels between the two Rajya Sabha, Information sides over the last few months. Technology Minister Ravi The two Corps Commanders Shankar Prasad, however, said will meet again after 48 hours ! "! the social media, including # to review the withdrawal # $&! #& Twitter, Facebook and &! process, Rajnath said. WhatsApp besides others, were #& Officials said the two eyeball to eyeball confrontation sides will cease their forward free to criticise the armies were monitoring the since May last year when the deployments in a phased, coor- Government. “Please don’t spread enmi- withdrawal of tanks and troops first face-off took place at the dinated and verified manner in However, fake news and ty, violence and misinforma- from the south and north Pangong Tso. Moreover, both these areas, he said. '( content fanning trouble will not tion. Please follow the banks of the Pangong lake the sides amassed tanks and The Defence Minister ' )' (# be tolerated and the Constitution of India and the through drones and satellite artillery guns closer to the assured the House that India Government will take strict law of the land (otherwise we imagery. They also said the LAC as tension grew following has not conceded anything in the North Bank area to east the outstanding issues were Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu action, he said. This came a will be very strict),” he local commanders of the two the bloody brawl at the Galwan while entering into the disen- of Finger 8. Reciprocally, the addressed in the future military did not allow. He said this issue day after his Ministry rebuked said. armies were already in regular valley on June 15. Twenty gagement process, adding there Indian troops will be based at and diplomatic level parley. pertained to national security Twitter for not complying with On Wednesday, his touch for the last few weeks to Indian Army personnel includ- are “some outstanding issues” their permanent base at Dhan “These are mutual and rec- and talks between the two its orders to take down inflam- Ministry had expressed dis- commence the pullback and ing the commanding officer with regard to deployment and Singh Thapa Post near Finger iprocal steps and any structures countries were still on. matory contents. pleasure at Twitter for failing to this exercise will continue in were killed in the incident. patrolling at some other points 3,” he said. that had been built by both Therefore, it will not be appro- Enunciating the remove all of the over 1,100 future too. Meanwhile, Rajnath in his along the LAC in eastern “A similar action would be sides since April 2020 in both priate to seek clarifications, he Government’s stand on the accounts and posts it alleged They admitted this was statement on the present situ- Ladakh. taken in the South Bank area by North and South Bank area will ruled. issue, Prasad said social media spread misinformation about the first step in the long process ation in Ladakh said in the “It has also been agreed to both sides. These are mutual be removed and the landforms The mutual withdrawal of platforms cannot give differ- the widespread protests by in breaking the impasse lasting Rajya Sabha, “I am happy to convene the next meeting of and reciprocal steps and any will be restored. It has also been tanks and infantry combat ential treatment while han- farmers against new agricul- more than 10 months and said inform the House today that as the senior commanders with- structures that had been built agreed to have a temporary vehicles from heights on the dling problems on Capitol Hill tural laws. the mutually acceptable disen- a result of our well thought out in 48 hours after the complete by both sides since April 2020 moratorium on military activ- southern bank of the Pangong and the Red Fort. Prasad said the social gagement at the lake was a con- approach and sustained talks disengagement in the Pangong in both north and south bank ities by both sides in the North Tso began on Wednesday a The Government, he said, media companies took imme- fidence building measure to with the Chinese side, we have Lake area so as to address and area will be removed,” Singh Bank, including patrolling to fortnight after the Corps was committed to freedom of diate action when riots broke restore peace at the Line of now been able to reach an resolve all other remaining said. the traditional areas,” the Commanders of the two armies media and rights of individu- out at Capitol Hill in Actual Control (LAC) in agreement on disengagement issues,” he said. He also informed the Defence Minister said. agreed on January 24 to push als, but it was equally con- Washington but ignored simi- Eastern Ladakh. in the north and south bank of Giving details of the pact, Elders that for the time being Later, some Congress for an early disengagement of cerned about safety, security, lar action when farm bill pro- More than one lakh troops the Pangong Lake.” the Minister said, “The Chinese patrolling by both the armies in members tried to seek clarifi- their frontline troops from the and law and order in the coun- testers ran riot at Red Fort on from both the sides were in an As per the agreement, both side will keep its troop presence that area will not take place till cations from Rajnath but flashpoints. try. Republic Day. +#, ! ! * /' 5 !" # n an encounter with Naxals Iin Lugupahari, two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) (Ahmedabad-Chandigarh, jawans were injured on Bengaluru-Kolkata, Bhopal- Wednesday night about 9:30 Hyderabad); 3,900 to 13,000 " pm. Police seized arms and (Varanasi-Jaipur, Ahmedabad- ammunition from the spot, !"# Kolkata, Bengaluru-Bhopal); $ said SP, Bokaro Chandan 5,000 to 16,900 (Agartala- Kumar Jha. $ %!" Delhi, Bengaluru-Jaipur, The encounter took place Chandigarh-Hyderabad, ! in the forest near Lugupahari * 3/0/4 Srinagar, Bengaluru-Chennai, Chennai-Lucknow); 6,100 to " "$% forest area near Tutijharna Bhopal-Mumbai among others 20,400 (Ahmedabad- % " under Gomia block in Bokaro he Ministry of Civil — the minimum fare has been Guwahati, Bengaluru- district about 50 km east of dis- TAviation (MoCA) on increased from 2,000 to Chandigarh, Chennai- " trict headquarter and 120 km Thursday allowed airlines to 2,200 and the maximum fare Guwahati, Delhi-Kochi ); "& from the State capital when a charge 10-30 per cent more for from 6,000 to 7,800. 7,200 to 24,200 joint team of CRPF and domestic flights with immedi- For longer duration flight (Coimbatore-Delhi, Delhi- " ' $ District police, SAT and # ! ate effect while extending its time between 180 and 210 Thiruvananthapuram). Jharkhand Jaguar was out on ! !! #, ! earlier decision of allowing minutes for routes such as Till date, the lower and &'()& an anti-Naxal operation, Jha " &! # &! # airlines to deploy up to 80 per Coimbatore-Delhi, Delhi- upper limits for these bands said. cent of their pre-Covid domes- Thiruvananthapuram, and Port were 2,500 - 7,500;3,000 - " "$% ()*( He said the patrolling team, security forces retaliated. one CRPF jawan has been shot who were trying to flee might tic capacity till March 31, 2021. Blair-Delhi, the minimum fare 9,000; 3,500 - 10,000; comprising around 50 personnel "While one CRPF jawan in the stomach and the other in have sustained injuries,” said The minimum fare on all has increased from 6,500 to 4,500 - 13,000; 5,500 - of the CRPF, the District police, identified as Satyendra Singh the chest. At the same time, the SP. seven sectors has been 7,200 while the maximum 15,700 and 6,500 - 18,600, SAT and Jharkhand Jaguar forces injured seriously in the incident several Naxals have also been The security forces recov- increased by 10 per cent and fare from 18,600 to 24,200. respectively. +)," had launched the operation on while Vishnu Singh got minor reported injured. The injured ered a rifle made in Belgium, the maximum fares are up by The subsequent bands are The airfare band has been " "-*. Wednesday night in the interi- injured," he said. Naxals have escaped leaving 15 cartridges with magazine, 30 per cent. The price capping for flights with durations of 40- revised upwards now as the "/ $ ors of Gomia and Jageshwar Reinforcement has been their weapons. sleeping bags, water bottles, was put on domestic flight 60 minutes, 60-90 minutes, price of jet fuel has risen sig- Bihar police station areas. rushed; soon after incident to According to police offi- blankets, mats, literature operators to keep the ticket 90-120 minutes, 120-150 min- nificantly since last May when On Wednesday night the spot and efforts are on to cials, a massive search oper- besides other things.