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PAGE 3 ...PAGE 12 NSA reviews situation in Valley No faith in CBI for Bargari Intensify anti-militancy investigations: Amarinder operations in JK: Doval AGENCY No by-polls in SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 26 Karnataka till SC National Security Advisor Ajit Doval Says will continue to oppose agency in court chaired a high-level meeting here on order: EC Thursday and directed security officials BUREAU to intensify anti-militancy operations NEW DELHI: The Election Com- Biotechnology Incubator mission on Thursday told the CHANDIGARH, SEPT 26 and work towards improving the life of Supreme Court that it will defer Mohali notified common people in Jammu and Kashmir, assembly by-polls in Karnataka Asserting that the state had no faith in the officials said. till the Supreme Court takes a CBI in the matter of the Bargari sacrilege as State Agency Doval, who returned to the national decision on the plea of 17 dis- case probe, Punjab Chief Minister Captain capital after arriving here on Wednes- Amarinder Singh on Thursday declared that CHANDIGARH: Punjab government has no- day, held a series of meetings with secu- qualified MLAs. tified Punjab Biotechnology Incubator (PBTI) The three-judge bench of the his government would not, at any cost, al- Mohali as ‘State Agency’, which would pro- rity officials and bureaucrats during apex court, headed by Justice N low the Badals to prevent the investigations vide Analytical Services in Agriculture, Food, which he made it clear that common V Ramana which was hearing from going back to the Punjab Police. Water and Environment sectors to all govern- people should be able to exercise their the petition filed by 17 disquali- Even as the state government formally ment departments including boards, corpora- daily routine without any fear from ter- fied Karnataka MLAs, deferred contested, in court, the CBI’s decision to tions, societies and cooperatives. rorist groups, they said. their plea to October 22. hand over the Bargari investigation to a Stating this here on Thursday, an official This is his second visit after the In their petition, the MLAs re- Special Investigation Team (SIT), the Chief spokesperson said that with the notification Centre abrogated provisions of Article quested for an interim order as Minister said the CBI, clearly acting under of PBTI as State Agency it would conduct an- 370 in the state on August 5 and bifur- the then speaker Ramesh Kumar pressure from the central government at the alytical services for environmental monitoring cated it into Union Territories of Jammu had disqualified them and de- behest of the Badals, was quite obviously including water, effluents, air, hazardous and Kashmir, and Ladakh, which will barred them from being a mem- trying to stop the probe from going forward. waste, solid waste, noise, weather, bio-bur- come into being on October 31 with the is no collateral damage to civilians or ber of the legislative assembly in den, macro and micro nutrient profiling of soil its present term. The decision to hand over the case to a new the Vidhan Sabha to withdraw the case from swearing-in ceremony of first Lt Gover- their property, they said, adding that the SIT three months after it had filed a closure CBI. Since she claimed to be a vociferous and irrigation water, food adulterants, food nors. move comes after reports that terrorists report in court was a clear ploy to delay the protector of Sikh rights and sentiments, she authenticity, microbiological analysis, DNA During the meeting, the National had been intimidating civilians and ap- probe and stop the state government from should prove her credibility by fighting fingerprinting/sequencing, virus indexing, Security Advisor (NSA) reviewed the ple growers and enforcing civilian cur- Man kills 6-yr- taking over. His government, said Captain within the central government to get the pesticides, drug residues, nutritional profiling developmental schemes for people and few. Amarinder, would continue to oppose the Bargari case back to the Punjab Police for a vitamins, minerals, amino acids, fatty acids asked officials for their speedy imple- The NSA had camped for 11 days in old daughter CBI in the court and will also fight, at all fair probe, he added. The CBI had exposed and sugars etc. mentation, which includes providing the Valley after the Centre announced its KURUKSHETRA: A six-year-old levels, for getting the case back to the state. itself to be totally partisan and unfair in the best health care, shipment of apple box- decision to withdraw the special status girl was allegedly strangled to “We will not let anyone get away with entire affair, said Captain Amarinder, point- of the Badals, which negates any possibili- es out of the Kashmir Valley, among oth- of Jammu and Kashmir. death by her father in a village cheating the people of Punjab out of their ing out that despite repeated pleas and ef- ty of a fair and thorough probe into the case, er things. During that period, Doval had en- here, police said on Thursday. due justice,” he declared. The Chief Minis- forts from the state government in the wake said the Chief Minister, adding that justice The NSA also reviewed the security sured that there was no violence in the According to SHO, Ladwa, In- ter also came down heavily on the Akali of the closure report, the national agency can now only be meted out if the state po- situation and directed the officials to in- aftermath of the government’s decision. spector Om Parkash, a murder leadership, particularly Union Minister had failed to return the case files to Punjab lice investigates the matter. “For three tensify anti-militancy operations and The NSA has been monitoring the case was registered on Thursday Harsimrat Kaur Badal, saying she should Police. The failure was clearly deliberate years, they (CBI) failed to make any head- target key terrorists operating in certain situation in the state on a day-to-day ba- against Jasbir Singh, a resident either persuade the Centre to send the case and mischievous, so that the agency could way in the case despite all the powers and parts of the Valley, the officials said. sis to ensure flawless coordination be- of Dabkhera village, based on a back to the state or should resign. He re- buy time to divert the case to the new SIT, means at their disposal, and then filed a clo- However, Doval cautioned that tween all arms of the security forces in complaint filed by his wife Harjin- der Kaur. Kaur alleged that minded her that her party (Shiromani Akali for its eventual burial, he added. The CBI sure report without completing the investi- while operating against militancy, ef- the hinterland as well as along the Line Singh, who works as a daily wa- Dal) was part of the unanimous decision of has been acting entirely under the influence gation. forts should be made to ensure that there of Control (LoC). ger at farms, killed his only child Sumit on Wednesday night. She said her husband used to get irritated whenever she asked him to pay for their daughter's Modi, NZ PM discuss international terrorism school fees. The SHO said the motive of the AGENCY partner. PM @narendramodi held talks murder is not yet clear and police NEW YORK, SEPT 26 with New Zealand PM @jacindaardern are investigating the matter. at #UNGA underlining that strong com- The accused is absconding. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi on monalities and shared values between the body was sent to a government Wednesday (local time) met his New two countries have provided a solid hospital here for post-mortem, Zealand counterpart Jacinda Ardern on bedrock for relations to flourish." the SHO said. the sidelines of 74th United Nations Both sides also reviewed the state of General Assembly session here and dis- bilateral relations and discussed steps to cussed a variety of matters including in- intensify political, economic, defence, Court to hear law ternational terrorism. security and people to people relations. During the meeting, the leaders dis- "They recalled their earlier meeting student's bail cussed global and regional issues of mu- in November 2017 in Manila and noted plea on Sep 30 tual interest, including the issue of inter- that following the visit of former Prime national terrorism and appreciated the Minister of New Zealand to India in Oc- SHAHJANHANPUR : A Shah- convergence of views on this matter, the tober 2016, new institutional mecha- janhanpur court on Thursday de- Indian Ministry of External Affairs said nisms have been instituted, which has cided to hear on September 30 the bail plea of a woman law stu- in a press release. Spokesperson of MEA Raveesh Kumar substantially enhanced the bilateral rela- dent arrested for allegedly trying 19 dead as heavy rains Taking to Twitter, Official said:" Reinforcing ties with an important tionship," read the release. to extort Rs 5 crore from BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand, held on charges of sexually ex- ploiting her. District Judge Ram Babu Shar- wreak havoc in Pune Tanwar boycotts UN accepts Pak request ma slated September 30 to hear the student's bail application, AGENCY assistance needed.