Two Pakistani terrorists of proscribed terror outfi t LeT were gunned down and one associate was arrested at Durgan Poshana area in Poonch in a joint operation launched by Jammu and Kashmir Police, AHMEDABAD l MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2020 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. GUJENG/2019/16208 l Vol 2 l Issue No. 20 Indian Army and CRPF.The slain terrorists have been identifi ed as Sajid and Bilal. DILEMMA OF CHOOSING BETWEEN LOYALISTS 2 PAKISTANI TERRORISTS 2 AK 47 Rifl es, one UBGL and one Thuraya Satphone P8 & DISSIDENTS THE BIGGEST IMPEDIMENT KILLED, 1 ASSOCIATE ARRESTED have been recovered from GEHLOT FACING IN CABINET EXPANSION! IN J-K’S POONCH their possession. OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD & LUCKNOW 16°C - 31°C www.fi rstindia.co.in | www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia | instagram.com/thefi rstindia GOVT GOES INTO A HUDDLE AS FARMERS GO ON 9-HR FAST TODAY UNION MINISTERS TOMAR & PARKASH MEET SHAH ON SUNDAY; DATE FOR NEXT ROUND OF TALKS SOON RAJ FARMERS MARCH TOWARDS DELHI Jaipur: Amid the ongoing demonstration against the farm laws, the farmers’ march from Rajasthan started on Sunday morning from Shahjahanpur, which is around 120 km from Delhi. The group of 800-900 are being led by Swaraj India chief Yogendra Yadav. Social activist Medha Patkar is also accompanying the group. Visuals showed farmers carrying placards and shouting slogans as they walked slowly down the highway. Tractors pulling tarpaulin-covered trailers, and fl anked by cars with banners waved out of the windows, were also seen. IN SUPPORT OF PUNJAB DIG (PRISONS) FARMERS, KEJRIWAL TENDERS RESIGNATION TO FAST TODAY Chandigarh: Punjab DIG (Prisons) Lakhminder New Delhi: Delhi Singh Jakhar on Sunday said he has resigned Chief Minister Arvind from the service in support of farmers. Jakhar Kejriwal said on Sunday said he tendered his resignation to state govt that he will be hold- on Saturday. In his resignation letter to Prin- ing a one-day fast on Security personnel stand guard as farmers block Rajasthan-Haryana border during their protest against farm laws, at NH 48 in Rewari district on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI cipal Secretary (Home), he wrote that he was Monday in support of himself a farmer. “I have always listened to my the protesting farmers. New Delhi: Union min- along with their ministe- Meanwhile, during a Kailash Choudhary on ready for discussion. conscience and now I earnestly feel that I should He also urged all AAP isters, including home rial colleague Piyush press conference, on Sunday said the govern- But the date has not stand by my brotherhood,” he wrote in his workers and support- minister Amit Shah, Goyal, had led the gov- Sunday, at the Delhi- ment will soon decide a been finalised.” The gov- resignation letter. ers to observe one-day Agri minister Narendra ernment’s negotiations Haryana Singhu Border date and call union lead- ernment will find “some fast in solidarity with Singh Tomar and minis- with the protesting farmer leader Gurnam ers for the next round of solution” to end the the farmers. Addressing ter of state for commerce farmers. Singh Chaduni an- talks. The government deadlock. “We have full DELHI-JAIPUR HIGHWAY a virtual press brief- and industry Som Both Tomar and nounced that heads of has made it clear that it confidence. In the next OPENS PARTIALLY ing, he said the Centre Parkash, went into a Parkash met the Union all farm unions will is ready for discussion meeting, the issue will New Delhi: Delhi-Jaipur highway was partially should immediately huddle on Sunday as home minister at his hold fast from 8 am till anytime. But the farmer be resolved,” he noted. opened after a three-hour closure that started as accept all demands of farmers, who have been house and it was not im- 5 pm on Monday. “Govt unions have said they Meanwhile, the Su- farmers began a tractor march from Shahjahan- the farmers who have camping at Delhi’s bor- mediately known what agencies have been would come for talks preme Court is sched- pur on the Rajasthan-Haryana border. A highway been protesting on ders to demand the re- transpired in the meet- stopping farmers from only if the laws are re- uled to hear on Decem- was opened as farmers removed blockade from Delhi’s borders for the peal of three contentious ing, even as the farmers’ reaching Delhi, our pro- pealed. Asked when the ber 16 a plea seeking a the Delhi-Noida border at Chilla. Thousands of past two weeks. He also laws, showed no sign to agitation in and around tests will continue till government will hold direction to authorities farmers on way to Delhi, meanwhile, reached asked BJP-ruled Centre relent. The ministers Delhi entered its 18th our demands are met,” the next round of meet- to immediately remove the Rewari border of Haryana, where the police to shun “arrogance” were accompanied by day with the protesters said farmer leader Shiv ing, Chaudhary told the farmers who are blocked both sides of the Delhi-Jaipur highway and scrap the laws as BJP leaders from Pun- threatening to block the Kumar Kakka. PTI, “The meeting will protesting at several to stop them from entering the state. demanded by agitating jab. Tomar and Parkash, Delhi-Jaipur highway. Union Minister be called soon. We are border points Turn to P6 farmers. BJP prez Nadda Yogi’s farmers’ outreach: BJP dumps its PM leads nation in paying tributes to tests positive coalition partner victims of 2001 Parliament attack for Covid-19 Who will blink first? in Assam New Delhi: Bharatiya M Tariq Khan Guwahati: The BJP on New Delhi: Prime Min- Janata Party (BJP) na- Sunday virtually ister Narendra Modi, tional president Jagat Lucknow: Offense is dumped one of its coali- Home Minister Amit Prakash the best defense. And tion partners in Assam, Shah and Defence Min- Nadda nobody knows this bet- the BPF, and picked up a ister Rajnath Singh on has tested ter than UP Chief Min- new ally to gain major- Sunday paid tributes to positive ister Yogi Adityanath, ity and rule the Bodo- those who lost their for the who put the Opposition land Territorial Council lives in 2001 Parliament novel cor- parties stoking farm- (BTC), a self-governing Yogi Adityanath attack. onavirus. ers’ unrest in Western body in the Bodo-domi- Vice President M Taking to Twitter, UP on the back foot by nated areas of the state. Venkaiah Naidu, Lok Nadda said he is in launching a blitzkrieg cus from Gorakhpur in The Bodoland People’s Sabha Speaker Om Bir- home isolation as per of development and in- Purvanchal (Eastern), Front (BPF), which has la and Leader of Oppo- coronavirus protocol frastructure projects on where the UP CM spent three ministers in the sition in Rajya Sabha and is in good health. Sunday in Meerut. three-days, last week, to Sarbananda Sonowal-led Ghulam Nabi Azad also The BJP chief also ap- After launching 29 Paschim (Western) UP coalition government in paid tributes on the oc- pealed to people who projects in Ghaziabad, is being viewed as a the state, has emerged as casion. “Paid floral trib- came in contact with the UP CM laid founda- move to woo farmers’ on the single-largest party utes to the brave mar- him recently to get test- tion stones of a whop- the warpath over new in the just concluded tyrs who laid down Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with Vice President M.Venkaiah Naidu, Lok Sabha Speaker Om ed for the infection. ping 88 projects includ- farm laws. Emphasising BTC polls, winning 17 their lives while pro- Birla, Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Arjun Ram Meghwal and others pays homage to “Observing the ini- ing on Sunday in that every penny (sugar- seats in the 40-member tecting our Turn to P6 martyrs who lost their lives in 2001 Parliament attack, in New Delhi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI tial symptoms Turn to P6 Meerut. The shift in fo- cane dues) Turn to P6 body. Turn to P6 24X7 RTGS transaction Fire NOCs go online to give faceless service: CM Vijay Rupani facility to start PORTAL FOR THE SERVICE TO fire safety officers on- online and practical services and issue them from today: RBI line and builders/devel- training, which will fire NOC. LAUNCHED ON JANUARY 26 opers will have to sub- be organized by the The decision comes Mumbai: The Reserve mit the fire NOC while urban local bodies. at a time when fire Bank of India (RBI) Gov- First India Bureau online. This move to a filing building plans to Later, they will have NOC renewal is as low ernor Shaktikanta Das faceless, hassle-free avail Building Use cer- to clear exams, after as 20-23% and urban on Sunday said Real Time Gandhinagar: Two service will begin on tificate. which they will be en- local bodies don’t Gross Settlement (RTGS) months after the state January 26. While According to the rolled as fire safety have enough staff to facility in the country announced that pro- making the announce- announcement, all officers. conduct studies and will become operational fessional youth will ment, Rupani reiter- engineers, who have This list of enrolled get the renewals. from 12.30 am on Monday be empanelled as fire ated that engineers additional qualifica- fire safety officers will Random surveys are (December 14). consultants and they with fire safety crash tions in disaster man- be made public so that done when major fire “RTGS facility be- will give consultancy courses will be em- agement or fire safety they can be hired by accidents occur.