Strength does not come from FRIDAY physical capacity. It comes from OCTOBER 11, 2019 an indomitable will. CHANDIGARH VOL. XXIII, NO. 242 Mahatma Gandhi PAGES 12 Rs. 2 YUGMARGYOUR REGION, YOUR PAPER Mayank powers India to CEC Arora assures free, fair and Always wanted to raise the bar ofaction films in India: 273/3 on day one transparent polling Hrithik Roshan ...PAGE 12 .... PAGE 3 ...PAGE 10 Pak takes U-turn on All eyes on Modi-Xi talks Kartarpur, says no fix Trade deficit, boundary issue date for inauguration Austrian Handke, Pole Tokarczuk win likely to be discussed in meet Nobel prizes for File Photo AGENCY Nations (Asean) and its six FTA partners literature NEW DELHI, OCT 10 China, India, Japan, South Korea, Australia STOCKHOLM: Austria's Peter and New Zealand. Handke won the 2019 Nobel All eyes are on the two-day Informal Summit Commerce Minister Goyal will be in Prize for Literature, and the post- between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangkok for the RCEP ministerial meet. poned 2018 award went to Polish Chinese President Xi Jinping starting Friday With regard to hosting President Xi in author Olga Tokarczuk, the Chennai and Mahabalipuram when both Tamil Nadu, sources said Prime Minister Swedish Academy said on Thursday. leaders are expected to hold serious parleys Modi has been generally in favour of taking Handke won the 2019 prize for on Indo Pacific, terrorism and possibly also foreign dignitaries outside the national capi- "for an influential work that with take up concerns over a massive trade imbal- tal to showcase other parts of India and se- linguistic ingenuity has explored ance and the mega RCEP trade deal. lection of Tamil Nadu is also being seen from the periphery and the specificity Mr Modi and President Xi will be meet- that perspective. of human experience," the Acad- ing next in Bangkok on the sidelines of the Mahabalipuram is a World Heritage Site emy said in a statement. East Asia and ASEAN summit from October listed in 1984 according to officials here, the The 2018 prize, delayed by one 31- November 4. historic occasion will thus befittingly project AGENCY the corridor will be open on the occa- year after a sexual assault scan- The meeting will come within 15 days of the tourism potentials of Mahabalipuram in ISLAMABAD, OCTOBER 10 sion of the 550th birth anniversary of dal rocked the award-giving the Informal summit. The Bangkok meeting particular and also of Tamil Nadu. the Sikh spiritual leader on November Academy, went to Tokarczuk for will be the fourth this year between Xi-Modi Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami Pakistan on Thursday said no date has 12. The proposed corridor will connect "for a narrative imagination that and the seventh interaction between the two has urged the people of Tamil Nadu to accord been fixed so far for the inauguration of Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur with Dera with encyclopaedic passion rep- since Wuhan in April 2018. a grand welcome to President Jinping. 'The the much-awaited Kartarpur corridor, Baba Nanak shrine in Gurdaspur district resents the crossing of bound- Besides the trade talks, the two leaders Indian pharmaceuticals face resistance in talks to be held between Modi and Xi in Ma- even as it assured that it will be open of Punjab and facilitate visa-free move- aries as a form of life." are expected to take a call for the next round Chinese markets on various grounds. habalipuram will elevate the stature of Tamil “on time” on the occasion of the 550th ment of Indian pilgrims, who will have of Special Representative-level talks aimed The bilateral trade between the two Nadu in world level,' he said in a statement. birth anniversary of Sikh faith founder to just obtain a permit to visit Kartarpur at boundary resolution. neighbours touched a historic high of USD Sources said on his way to Mahabalipu- Guru Nanak Dev next month. The state- Sahib, which was established in 1522 CEO orders The Special Representative talks that in- 95.54 billion in 2018 but the trade deficit is ram from Chennai, the visiting dignitary will ment came nearly a month after a senior by Guru Nanak Dev. Pakistan is build- volves NSA Ajit Doval was put on hold in China’s favour and it rose to USD 57.86 get glimpses of several events at various official heading the corridor project an- ing the corridor from the Indian border enquiry against against the backdrop of China’s tough stance billion. points such as Karakattam and drums near nounced that Pakistan will allow Indian to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, DC Sirmaur for on Kashmir after August 5. Mr Modi has held meeting on RCEP Saidapet court. Sikh pilgrims to visit the holy Kartarpur while the other part from Dera Baba India is keen for higher market access for trade issue with senior ministers on Monday The unique Karakattam team from Sahib from November 9. Addressing a Nanak in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district up MCC 'violation' exporting products. China has been import- while Union Home Minister Amit Shah held Madurai will also perform while a team of weekly press briefing here, Foreign Of- to the border will be constructed by In- SHIMLA: Chief Electoral Officer ing rice and sugar from India following a a separate meeting last week with Finance drum artistes will welcome the Chinese Pres- fice spokesman Mohammad Faisal said, dia. On September 16, during a maiden on Thursday ordered Divisional special request from Prime Minister Modi. Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and External ident in Kandanchavadi with Nadaswaram, “Work on the Karatarpur corridor will visit of Pakistani and foreign journalists Commissioner enquiry against China exports mostly finished goods Affairs Dr S Jaishankar besides Commerce Oyilattam and Karakattam in Thiruvadan- be completed on time as committed by to the proposed Kartarpur Corridor in Deputy Commissioner Sirmaur such as electronics, electrical equipment, Minister Piyush Goyal on the matter. thai. the Prime Minister (Imran Khan). It will Narowal, some 125 km from Lahore, on the complaint of Congress plastic, organic chemicals and fertilisers The RCEP is a proposed free-trade According to sources, folk artistes would be inaugurated on time, but I can’t give the project director, Atif Majid, said 86 party for violating Model Code of while India exports commodities such as tea, agreement (FTA) between the 10-member also perform near Chennai Airport on Friday any date for its opening as no date has per cent of the work on the corridor has Conduct for Pachhad bypoll coffee, spices, stones and minerals. states of the Association of Southeast Asian afternoon when Xi Jinping arrives. been fixed so far.” He assured that been completed . Special Officer on Duty attached with State Election Department Neeraj Sharma told UNI that on a complaint received from Con- gress state unit, Chief Electoral Ex-Ranbaxy promoter Rahul Gandhi pleads not guilty Officer Devesh Kumar ordered enquiry by Divisional Commis- sioner Shimla Rajeev Sharma against Deputy Commissioner Shivinder Singh arrested in Modi surname remark case Sirmaur and District Electoral Of- ficer Dr Raj Krishan Pruthi (IAS), who would submit the report af- AGENCY SURAT, OCT 10 by the court whether he accept to remain present during the next hearing ter the probe with immediate ef- NEW DELHI, OCT 10 the charges, levelled against on that date. During the last hearing in fect. Congress leader Rahul him by BJP legislator from July, the cout had granted Gandhi ex- Former promoter of Ranbaxy Gandhi on Thursday ap- Surat-West, Purnesh Modi. emption from personal appearance for pharmaceuticals Shivinder peared before a magisterial After Gandhi's plea was that hearing and fixed October 10 as the Shekhawat flags off Singh was arrested on Thurs- court and pleaded not guilty recorded, his lawyers moved an next date of hearing. In his complaint, the day by Delhi Police’s Eco- in a criminal defamation application seeking a perma- BJP legislator had alleged the Congress rafting expedition to nomic Offences Wing case filed against him for nent exemption from personal leader had defamed the entire Modi com- (EOW). his "why do all thieves appearance in the next hear- munity with his remarks, made during raise awareness on In December 2018, Reli- share the Modi surname" re- ings. After Modi's lawyers the Lok Sabha campaign this year. The gare Enterprises Ltd (REL) marks. raised objection to the exemp- court, while admitting the suit, had held Ganga rejuvenation subsidiary Religare Finvest Gandhi appeared before the court of tion plea, the court said it will decide on that there was a prima facie case of crim- DEVPRAYAG: Union Minister for (RFL) had lodged a criminal Chief Judicial Magistrate B H Kapadia the plea on December 10. inal defamation against the Lok Sabha Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh complaint with the Econom- here and pleaded not guilty when asked The court said Gandhi is not required member from Wayanad. Shekhawat on Thursday flagged ic Offences Wing of the Del- off the rafting expedition called 'Ganga Aamantran Abhiyan' or hi Police against promoters `Ganga Calling Campaign', which Malvinder Mohan Singh and has been organised by the Na- Shivinder Mohan Singh. IT raids Karnataka ex- Three Kashmir-based tional Mission for Clean Ganga. The complaint also The month-long river rafting ex- named REL ex-CMD Sunil REL was controlled by began after they squandered deputy CM Parameshwara pedition between Devprayag in Godhwani, among other di- the warring Singh brothers over Rs 22,500 crore in just a politicians released Uttarakhand and Ganga Sagar in rectors, for cheating, fraud until February 2018. decade. The decade saw For- NEW DELHI, OCT 10 West Bengal is to create aware- and misappropriation of Post their exit from the tis and Religare come under ness on water conservation.