Never stop fighting until you arrive FRIDAY at your destined place - that is, the JUNE 21, 2019 unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, CHANDIGARH work hard, and have perseverance VOL. XXIII, NO. 133 to realise the great life. PAGES 12 Rs. 2 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam YUGMARGYOUR REGION, YOUR PAPER 4 TDP RS members merge with BJP AGENCY NEW DELHI, JUN 20 Modi in Ranchi, Four of the six Telugu Desam Par- Amit Shah in ty members of Rajya Sabha Thurs- day joined the BJP and sought Rohtak today merger of the TDP Legislature NEW DELHI: With its eyes on Party with the saffron party. the forthcoming Assembly polls, Y S Chowdary, C M Ramesh, the BJP high command has ze- Garikapati Mohan Rao and T G roed in on two crucial states to Venkatesh met Rajya Sabha celebrate International Yoga Day Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu and hand- in politics of positivity and inclusive- on Friday. While Prime Minister ed him a letter of a resolution passed by ness," Nadda told a press conference in Narendra Modi will be in Jhark- the legislature party urging its merger. the presence of TDP MPs. hand, Union home minister Amit BJP's working president J P Nadda Their decision to back the BJP will Shah will be in Rohtak, Haryana. and leader of the BJP in Rajya Sabha give a boost to the saffron party in the The grand events in the states Thawarchand Gehlot also met Naidu upper house as the ruling National De- are being viewed as the “unoffi- and submitted a proposal from BJP pres- mocratic Alliance does not have a ma- cial” launch of the BJP’s election ident Amit Shah saying the party has no jority there yet. campaign there. objection to the merger of the TDP Leg- The TDP, which is led by former The Prime Minister will join the islature party with the BJP. Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chan- yoga session along with 18,000 Bus falls in deep gorge near Kullu Three of the four MPs later met drababu Naidu, also has three MPs in people, including chief minister Nadda and Gehlot at the party head- the Lok Sabha. The Rajya Sabha has a Raghubar Das, in Ranchi. The BJP chief will be flanked by quarters and joined the BJP. strength of 245 members and the BJP is Haryana chief minister Manohar "I assure them that the BJP believes the single largest party with 71 MPs. Lal Khattar in Rohtak. After a stellar performance by the BJP in both states in the recent Lok Sabha polls, where it won 11 of 14 seats in Jharkhand and all Prez bats for simultaneous 10 parliamentary seats in 32 killed, 31 injured Haryana, the local units are un- derstood to have been told to aim to win a two-thirds majority in the AGENCY polls, ban on triple talaq Assemblies. SHIMLA, JUN 20 Guv, CM express grief Modi offers condolence AGENCY Three more children As many as 32 people were killed while 31 Deeply saddened by the bus accident in Kul- over loss of lives NEW DELHI, JUN 20 New industrial policy die in Bihar, AES toll others injured as private bus carrying lu. Condolences to families of those who lost SHIMLA: Governor Acharya Devvrat and to be announced soon around 63 passengers fell into a deep gorge their lives. I hope the injured recover soon. Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur have ex- Noting that frequent elections in vari- touches 118 at Dayothmorh near Banjar area of Kullu Himachal Pradesh Govt is providing all pos- pressed deep grief over the private bus acci- ous parts of the country have impacted NEW DELHI : The government will soon district on Thursday evening. sible assistance that is required. dent that rolled in to a deep gorge near Ban- the pace and continuity of develop- announce a new industrial policy aimed Muzaffarpur : Three more chil- jar in Kullu district on Thursday evening. As at promoting growth of industries and dren suffering from Acute En- Superintendent of Police Kullu Shalni per the last reports received at the state ment, President Ram Nath Kovind on creation of jobs, President Ram Nath cephalitis Syndrome (AES) have Agnihotri confirmed that 20 passengers headquarters, more than 20 persons lost Thursday urged parliamentarians to se- Kovind said Thursday. died here since Wednesday died on the spot while five succumbed on Thakur orders inquiry their lives and around 25 sustained injuries riously consider the "development-ori- Addressing the joint sitting of both Hous- evening, taking the total number the way to hospital. in this accident. The Kullu district administra- ented" proposal of holding simultane- es of Parliament, the President said work As per reports available the bus was said to of deaths caused due to the out- Around 35 injured were rushed to hos- tion has expressed apprehension that the ous elections to Lok Sabha and state as- is underway in full earnest to transform be overloaded and most of the passengers break to 118, the district adminis- pital in Banjar and Kullu. Many among death toll can go up as the relief and rescue semblies. He also wished that triple ta- India into a global manufacturing hub. were college students, who were returning tration said Thursday. While two them are said to be in critical condition. Ca- operations were still going on. laq system should be eradicated from "Keeping in view Industry 4.0, a new in- home after taking admission in college. The deaths were reported from the sualty may rise, the SP said. In his condolence message, the Governor society. dustrial policy will be announced shortly," villagers immediately rushed to the site and SKMCH hospital -- raising the toll prayed to the Almighty to give peace to the he said. The gorge is 500 ft deep. Two rescue brought passengers out from the ill-fated bus. His remarks came a day after Prime at the government healthcare fa- departed souls and strength to the bereaved teams have rushed to the spot and along Around 31 injured were brought to nearby Minister Narendra Modi held a brain cility to 97 -- another child died at family members to bear this irreparable loss. with locals to evacuate the remaining, the hospital. The state transport Minister Govind storming session with heads of 21 po- privately-owned Kejriwal hospital, Expressing grief over the accident, Chief SP said. The location where accident took Singh Thakur has ordered an inquiry into the litical parties on holding simultaneous 'One Nation Simultaneous Elections' is where the total number of casual- Minister Jai Ram Thakur said that he was place is about 50 km away from district incident. polls. the need of the hour, which would fa- ties has reached 20. headquarter Kullu and around 250 km from saddened to hear about the loss of many After the meeting, the prime minis- cilitate accelerated development, there- One death was reported from state capital Shimla. precious lives in this tragic mishap. He has ter announced setting up a committee to by benefiting our countrymen. East Champaran district two days conveyed his deepest sympathies to the be- ago. The bus was enroute to Garagushani ministration has handed over immediate re- give time-bound suggestions on vari- With such a system in place, all po- area from Aut of Banjar. lief of Rs 50,000 to the injured. The ex-gra- reaved families and prayed for eternal peace ous issues related to the proposal of litical parties, according to their re- The total number of AES cases to the departed souls. He also wished registered since June 1 was 398 Critically injured persons were refereed tia relief to the next of deceased to be re- speedy recovery to those injured in the acci- 'one nation, one election'. spective ideologies, will be able to bet- at the SKMCH and 154 at Kejriw- to District Hospital Kullu. The deceased leased after their identification, an official dent. Addressing the joint sitting of both ter utilise their energy towards devel- al hospital, according to figures could not be identified yet. The district ad- said. Houses of Parliament, Kovind said, " opment and public welfare." provided by the district adminis- tration. All 13 bodies of Sacked cop Sanjiv Bhatt gets life crashed AN-32 sentence in custodial death case India refutes Pak media reports on talks aircraft recovered AGENCY relations with all nations in South Asia," the two countries. NEW DELHI: The Indian Air Force AGENCY another case of falsely implicating a man for NEW DELHI, JUNE 20 External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Besides, Kumar noted that India (IAF) has recovered the bodies of JAMNAGAR, JUN 20 alleged possession of drugs. Raveesh Kumar said on Thursday. wrote the letter "under an established all 13 people who died in an AN- He was suspended from the In- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has writ- "The letter said that a terror and vio- democratic protocol of replying to con- 32 crash on June 3 near Mechuka A court in Gujarat on Thursday dian Police Service in 2011 and ten a letter to his Pakistani counterpart lence-free environment is necessary for gratulatory messages." in Arunachal Pradesh. The recovery of bodies had been sentenced sacked IPS officer sacked by the Ministry of Home Af- Imran Khan earlier this month respond- normal and cooperative relationship with "Pakistan Prime Minister Imran hampered over the past one week Sanjiv Bhatt to life imprisonment fairs in August 2015 for 'unautho- ing to his congratulatory message but In- the countries. We only reiterated our Khan was also given a reply.