VRGR '%&((!1#VCEB R BP A"'!#$#1!$"#0$"T utqBVQWBuxy( 2 4 B+ . 0)%7 %7 7 *' +*,-./0 :5 (%) **" ;2 : 4 0 /).0"1 ()*!+, -). /5$4<$!4+4!8 + $.$6 845</! !64!$53.4. $48 ?3. 6/8/84! .4<@$8* 4=#46$54 >$+$4/ !" 12 324.145-67 -480A $ %'( $) ". 83+ '()*) (% ( % '+% 3*$ operation that lasted for near- ly eight hours. M n a massive joint operation, Beginning its journey amid M! INational Disaster Response pouring rain, the Kolhapur- " Force (NDRF), Navy, Army bound Mahalaxmi Express — #$%& Q( and Air Force, on Saturday res- which had left Chhatrapati *+ ,-% . cued amid heavy rain as many Shivaji Terminus at 8.20am on " # M as 1,050 marooned passengers Friday — got stuck at Chimtoli & — including nine pregnant village near Vangani station. # women — from the Mumbai- “What made matters diffi- " M Kolhapur Mahalaxmi Express cult was the Ulhas river flow- " / " which remained stranded in ing in the vicinity was in spate. " & heavy floodwaters for more With tracks under knee-deep " + than 17 hours near Vangani, 69 water, the train could not pro- *0& km away from Mumbai. ceed further. The passengers on " The authorities used three board were safe, but the raising " #& helicopters — two Seaking of water levels on tracks became Navy, one Mi-17 of Air Force a cause for concern,” a senior " — and several inflatable boats Thane district official said. # for the first-of-its-kind rescue Turn to Page 4 P! $ % % & " 1 # R , P Q/ " / " # # 3 n a big blow to the Jaish-e- " M " 4".456$ IMohammad (JeM) leader- M #2+ #2 ship in Kashmir Valley, a joint mid a heightened threat team of security forces early on + Aperception ahead of the Saturday morning eliminated Independence Day and the a dreaded Pakistani terrorist, 0 turf war between terror groups, also an expert in making 8 the Centre has decided to Improvised Explosive Devices " 30 deploy 10,000 additional troops (IEDs), along with his accom- on an “immediate basis” in plice in Bunbazar area of Meanwhile, an Indian Jammu & Kashmir. The addi- Shopian. Army jawan sacrificed his life !+$ tional deployment will serve The Pakistani terrorist, while foiling a desperate infil- ) M the twin agenda of strength- killed in the operation, has tration bid by heavily armed ening the counter-insurgent been identified as one of the terrorists in Machhal sector of 0 grid and maintaining law and top JeM Commanders Munna Kupwara district on Saturday. M! order situation in the Valley. Lahori (code name). The clinical operation in ) The Centre’s move has not According to police records, Shopian was conducted by the %$ gone down well with former Kanwaria security will be Pakistan-based terror groups said they needed the addition- Munna Lahori was active in security forces after a gap of Chief Minister Mehbboba replaced by nine companies of like Lashkar-e-Tayyeba and al deployment in North the South Kashmir area for a almost three long weeks in ( Mufti, who criticised it claim- the BSF. Jaish-e-Mohammad and Al Kashmir. “100 companies have long time and was also respon- South Kashmir, in view of the ing it has created a “fear psy- The security challenges in Qaeda Kashmir on the one side been airlifted and that’s what sible for recruiting fresh cadre ongoing Amarnath Yatra. 0 chosis” among the people. the Valley have been aggravat- and the Islamic State on the we had asked for,” said Dilbag. in the terror outfit. Turn to Page 4 0 The decision assumes sig- ed by a gang war between other. J&K DGP Dilbag Singh Turn to Page 4 nificance as it comes shortly after National Security Adviser " Ajit Doval’s two-day visit to the 9 Valley. Sources said he met & senior officers and reviewed the - law and order situation in the State that’s still under Musa on May 23 when the have ordered the ground are hiding. “This may result in geted hiding place,” officials in $&! President’s Rule. response time of the security troops to desist from cor- the terrorists escaping but the the security establishment said. 03$3 In all, 50 additional com- forces after getting the tip-off doning the hamlet where security forces are Elaborating upon these panies of Central Reserve was less than 30 minutes. The the terrorist or terrorists determined to standard operating procedures & !30 ( Police Force (CRPF), 30 com- success rate against the terror- ensure that inno- now in force, officials said this # 3 panies from the SSB, and 10 $ ists too has increased with 23 cents are not has come about due to perfect companies each from the BSF 4".456$73 ultras neutralised in 13 harmed during synergy between the Army, " and ITBP will be deployed. encounters in June alone there- the firefight or Central Reserve Police Force Sources said the troops are he synergy between the by proving the effectiveness of when they (CRPF), the local police and 0 ! being airlifted from various Tsecurity forces in Jammu & these measures. are closing intelligence agencies. parts of the country for deploy- Kashmir is at an all-time high. Also, with a view to cause in on to On the response time, they $&! ment in Jammu & Kashmir. In This is resulting in reduction of minimum trouble to the locals, the tar- said vastly improved coordi- / an order issued by the CRPF, reaction time in carrying out the fire services has been co- nation between all the stake- the nodal force for operations anti-terrorist operations and opted to douse fire in the holders in the counter-insur- # & 4 in the Valley, the paramilitary ensuring that there is no col- houses damaged during the fire gency grid has seen anti-ter- 4$ $&! said out of the 50 companies of lateral damage. fight. In fact, to ensure that rorist operations launched only the CRPF being moved to the The biggest example of ordinary citizens are not incon- on the basis of hard and real State, nine deployed in Delhi the co-ordination is the neu- venienced during the opera- time intelligence. Q # for Parliament duty and tralisation of top militant Zakir tion, the local commanders Turn to Page 4 # & ( # # !" #$% P ( # 1 & # 4".456$ 4".456$ # M #'$ & O # M he high-powered GST n a suspected case of marital ! 6 4".456$ TCouncil on Saturday decid- Idiscord turning fatal, a 0 30 ed to reduce the tax rate on newly-wed couple and the " ##$ # n a curious turn of events, the electric vehicles (EVs) to 5 per man’s mother were found hang- % IEnforcement Directorate has cent from the existing 12 per ing in their residence inside the # # arrested Hyderabad-based cent, a move aimed at acceler- IIT campus in South Delhi on # businessman Sana Satish Babu, ating the adoption of eco- Friday night. # the complainant whose allega- friendly mobility solutions. Gulshan Das, 35, — a !"# ( tions triggered a war among the money laundering case but The new Goods and senior lab assistant in IIT’s ( ) # CBI top brass last year, in con- with the latest development, he Services Tax (GST) rate on EVs bio-chemistry department — # nection with a money-laun- becomes an accused. will be effective from August 1, was found hanging from an O* dering probe against contro- Babu was arrested late on the Finance Ministry said in a overhead rod in the corridor, ( % " ( versial meat exporter Moin Friday night under the provi- statement after the 36th meet- while his wife Sunita and his ## Qureshi and others. sions of the Prevention of ing of the GST Council. mother Kanta were found , Babu was grilled for a few Money Laundering Act Additionally, the tax rate hanging in two bedroom of - & P + hours and was taken into cus- (PMLA) as he was “not coop- on chargers or charging sta- their residence, police said on $%& ' + ( tody as he was “not cooperat- erating” in the probe, officials tions for EVs has been slashed Saturday. assault her. She had also alleged ,+-. ) " ing” in the probe. Following said. from 18 per cent to 5 per cent. The couple married in that he had demanded dowry /O* & Babu’s complaint, the CBI His links with Qureshi, an The council also approved February 2019 and had no from her family, police said. *$ # headed by Alok Verma then accused in a CBI and ED case, GST exemption for hiring of children. It was second mar- Police suspect the couple 0 ( had registered a criminal FIR as also in certain financial electric buses (of carrying riage for both of them, police might have fought on Friday on charges of corruption transactions, are suspected to capacity of more than 12 pas- said. A domestic violence com- night following which the three ( ( against its former special direc- be dubious by the agency sengers) by local authorities plaint was filed against Das by family members took the + Q! tor Rakesh Asthana last year. which will be probed during his from August 1, the statement his wife merely two months extreme step. No suicide note 2( 789: