# " 7 .*" '""(5'"8+" !5'"8+"8 !" %)*)%*+ $%&'( %&,( 2 3 * 2042 2 4 2 332 0* ! " # ""#$!#% %#%#% 303- 2*0 2 ),-3 4. 2*0 3 )) 33 2 #&#%%# )! %9 &: ; 2' ! ++' ## $ % &'# &(%)*(+ !, hree top Jaish-e- TMohammad (JeM) terror- ists, including a suspected mas- ! !" " " termind of Pulwama suicide ! ! " ! , " ' - $ bomb attack on a CRPF con- # %& !!'( " )*# # ! !" voy, were killed, and four Army '"" ' , * ' "' personnel, including a Major, +" " !"' $ and a J&K Head Constable '! ' attained martyrdom in a fierce ! !"! ! gunfight, which lasted about 18 , hours, in Pinglena area of %Q R '" !"! ( ! South Kashmir’s Pulwama dis- '"! ! trict on Monday. "' One of the top Jaish-e- " +'! Mohammad Commander '"( Abdul Rashid Ghazi, alias )" Kamran, an Afghan war veter- -!! )"" .+! an, who infiltrated into Jammu +'!" " ! / & Kashmir (J&K) in 2018, is *"' ! ! '"! ! ! !"! believed to have been neu- tralised in the operation, police 0 ' !" ! sources said. " " ! Under the seat-sharing for- Ghazi is believed to be !"! !( ! mula arrived at between the one of the masterminds of the " ( ! 1" two saffron alliance partners, February 14 suicide attack on "+!" the BJP will contest 25 Lok the CRPF convoy in Pulwama Sabha seats, while the Shiv " " ! " " ' () * ! ' "' ' ! 2+"' '! " !" and had trained the suicide +! +"! Sena will field candidates for bomber. ! ! !" ! " $ the remaining 23 LS seats. In Ghazi, a key aide of Jaish- !"! the State Assembly polls, the e-Mohammad’s Pakistan-based the area at different intervals. two parties will — after spar- chief Masood Azhar, was The martyred army per- ing some seats to other alliance responsible for recruiting, rad- sonnel have been identified as !"R$ constituents — contest equal icalising and training terrorists Major Vibhuti Shankar fter months of posturing number of seats. in the Kashmir Valley. Dhoundiyal, Hawaldar Sheo Aand covert hard bargain- At a joint news conference The second terrorist killed Ram, Sepoy Hari Singh and % ! # ! P “Pakistani military courts are military officers who are ing, the ruling BJP and Shiv addressing by the leaders of in the encounter has been Sepoy Ajay Kumar. Major are not independent and the part of the executive branch of Sena on Monday night came to both the parties, Maharashtra identified as Hilal Ahmed, a Dhoundiyal, who hailed from ! proceedings before them fall far the government and do not a formal undertaking between Chief Minister Devendra local Kashmiri bomb specialist. Dehradun, had married only short of national and interna- enjoy independence from the them on forging an alliance to Fadnavis made a formal At least nine security per- last year in April 2018. ""!" ! tional fair trial standards. military hierarchy,” Salve said. contest the forthcoming Lok announcement about the BJP- sonnel, including a Brigade Havaldar Ram (36) had “Judges of military courts Continued on Page 4 Sabha and State Assembly polls Sena seat-sharing pact for the Commander, a Lieutenant joined the Army in 2000 and charges of espionage. in Maharashtra, after taking Lok Sabha and Assembly polls, Colonel, and a Deputy hailed from Jhunjhunu, Ex-solicitor general Harish into account their “common in the presence of BJP’s nation- Inspector General of the Rajasthan. He is survived by his ndia on Monday tore through Salve, who represented India, ideology” and “nationalistic al president Amit Shah and Jammu & Kashmir Police, were wife and a son. Ithe “opaque proceedings” of said that a foreign detainee has outlook”. Shiv Sena president Uddhav injured in the gun battle which Sepoy Singh (26) belonged Pakistani military courts which the right to life, the right to a Little over a year after it Thackeray. erupted shortly after midnight, to Rewari in Haryana. He try civilians against the inter- fair trial and an impartial judi- had announced that it would “We have been together about 12 km from where a sui- joined the Army in 2011 and is national norms, saying the ciary. contest both the Lok Sabha and for over 25 years because of cide bomber belonging to the survived by his wife and son. judges, who tried Indian “However, Pakistan has Assembly on its own strength, our shared ideologies and Jaish-e-Mohammed drove his Sepoy Kumar hailed from national Kulbhushan Jadhav, sentenced 161 civilians to death the Shiv Sena came around to spirit of nationalism… In explosives laden vehicle into a village Bastikri in Meerut, are not required to have judicial in their military courts in strike a seat-sharing deal with 2014 Assembly polls, owing to CRPF bus last week, killing 40 UP. The 27-year-old had or legal training or even a law opaque proceedings in the last the BJP for both the Lok Sabha certain reasons we had split, jawans. joined the Army in 2012 and degree. two years,” Salve said. and State Assembly polls, in but later since the past near- One civilian, believed to be is survived by his wife and a India’s plea at the International standards line with its insistence that the ly five years we have been in the house owner, where these son. International Court of Justice require that military courts seat-sharing for both the polls the ruling alliance in terrorists had taken shelter, Their mortal remains were came as the top UN court like all courts must be inde- be linked so that there is no Maharashtra and at the cen- was also killed in the day-long flown for the last rites to their began a four-day public hear- pendent, impartial and com- misunderstanding between tre,” Expressing his happiness operations. native places, where they would ing in the case of Jadhav, 48, petent, and must respect min- P them in the run-up to the over the renewed alliance Sporadic incidents of stone be laid to rest with full military who was sentenced to death by imum guarantees of fairness, he P !" Assembly polls and that the between the BJP and Sena,” pelting were also reported from honours. a Pakistani military court on said. # ! ! $ %! & issues raised by it are addressed. Fadnavis said. $ P ' )) " Senapati 3 24 ,2-2 0# 3- further stated 3 3 that it was anic)0*03. 0# 02 only after the Pgripped the animal went residents of *-2*-- 4 out he raised Palaspalli, )* . 3 )), an alarm and Bhimatangi informed oth- and nearby ) 25 ers about the localities in the - 0*. 3 . presence of city after a the leopard. 3 24 leopard was * 2 2 0# “When I nar- reportedly 02 # 2)-3 rated the he Federation of All Odisha " spotted in the entire inci- TTraders’ Association’s area on Sunday 03.6 4-- dent, others (FAOTA) bandh on Monday # " #$ %' night. 0# *0 2. did not believe protesting the attack on CRPF The visuals me. It was Jawans in Pulwama of Jammu of the animal 2. 3 33. only after they and Kashmir received over- entering the 2 3* saw the CCTV whelming response throughout ) compound of a footage, they the State. # house at believed me,” Notably, the FAOTA Palaspalli were captured in he added. extended its support to the CCTV cameras. City DFO Ashok Mishra nine-hour countrywide trade In rural areas too, the stand with the Government for The leopard entered the said, “Sighting of leopard in bandh called by the bandh was successful as traders unity and security of the nation premises of the house after Bhubaneswar is quite unusual. Confederation of All India voluntarily supported the and the security forces. We had scaling the boundary wall of It could have strayed from the Traders (CAIT) from 7 am to bandh and downed the shutters given a bandh call, to which the airport, said a resident, Chandaka forest and we are 4 pm as a mark of respect to the of their establishments. the members responded vol- Bankanidhi Senapati. sending a team to the spot.” 49 martyred CRPF jawans. However, petrol pumps untarily and made it a big suc- “I was talking over phone Latest reports said a 25- Shops and other business and medicine shops were cess. when the leopard entered our member Forest Department establishments in major cities excluded from the ambit of the The Cuttack Chamber of campus at around 11 pm yes- team rushed to the spot and and towns like Bhubaneswar, bandh. However, many petrol Commerce has decided to pro- terday. I panicked as the wild launched a search operation in Cuttack, Rourkela, Sambalpur, pumps also remained closed vide an assistance of Rs 50,000 animal was just a few metere Palaspalli and Bhimatangi try- Brahmapur, Balangir and other during the bandh period. each to the families of two mar- away from where I was stand- ing to trace the animal and cap- places remained closed due to FAOTA general secretary tyred jawans of Odisha Manoj ing,” said Senapati. ture it. the bandh. Sudhakar Panda said, “We Behera and Prasanna Sahoo. *+ ""#$!#%($#) "%#%) *+,-.*+ O#P O%P -./ ! ""#$%& " ! %%' " !( %)*+ ! '"! !" 3 24 '" !" he paddy '"! ! Tprocurement process at mandis 2-* % across the State # " " 2-* would continue he Gangadhar Meher - even after TUniversity (GMU) here overnment offices in February 28, would introduce two new GSambalpur which were which was earlier courses, ‘Sambalpuri’ studies of the academic session. The closed during the agitation by scheduled as the and ‘Happiness’ studies, from Happiness course would help lawyers of the District Bar last date for the the next academic session. The people lead a happy life which Association since September 5 purpose. In a let- decision was taken in its is slowly at stake due to sever- last year would open from ter, the Food Syndicate meeting. al daily stresses and strains. Tuesday. A decision in this Supplies and Happiness studies would As for the Sambalpuri regard was taken at the gener- Consumer be the first of its kind in studies, the course would al council meeting of the bar # Welfare Odisha.