SATURDAY www.thestatesman.com FIND US ONLINE 10 AUGUST Scan this with your smartphone 2019 twitter.com/TheStatesmanLtd facebook.com/thestatesman1875 Pages 16+4 |`5|LC KOLKATA | NEW DELHI | SILIGURI | BHUBANESWAR VICE PRESIDENT UNCERTAINTY HK CHIEF WARNS BCCI FINALLY BATS FOR CODE OF NOT GOOD FOR OF ECONOMIC COMES CONDUCT FOR MPS CONGRESS DOWNTURN UNDER NADA P6 P9 P12 P16 WEATHER After Samjhauta, Kashmir curbs eased J&K, Ladakh Pakistan to Generally cloudy sky. Strong surface winds suspend Thar during the day. The maximum and UTs to come into Express service minimum temperatures would be around 34 and 27 degrees Celsius respectively. ISLAMABAD, 9 AUGUST RAINFALL: 00.9 MM for Friday prayers being on 31 Oct Pakistan on Friday anno- RELATIVE HUMIDITY Prohibitory orders withdrawn in Jammu; schools, colleges to reopen unced that it will sus- Max.84% Min.67% PRESS TRUST OF INDIA pend the Thar Express TEMPERATURE SNS & PTI NEW DELHI, 9 AUGUST 2ND BIRTH train service with India Max: 34.0°C (0) Min: 28.4°C (1) SRINAGAR/JAMMU, 9 AUGUST ‘SITUATION NORMAL’ which links the two coun- SUN RISES SUN SETS President Ram Nath Kovind tries across the Rajasthan 05:48 hrs 19:06 hrs fter being con- With no unto- on Friday gave assent to a JAMMU & border, a day after it MOON RISES MOON SETS fined to their ward incident, legislation for bifurcation KASHMIR stopped the Samjhauta 15:12 hrs 01:56 hrs homes for days, the situation, of Jammu and Kashmir, and Express following its deci- LADAKH people in Kash- as of now, was two Union Territories ~ sion to downgrade bilat- mirA offered Friday prayers Jammu and Kashmir, and eral ties. reported to be in their local mosques as fine in Srina- Ladakh ~ will come into Minister for Railways THUMBNAILS restrictions were eased for gar city and existence on 31 October. Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on the purpose, officials said, south Kash- Parliament had earlier Friday announced the deci- adding the Valley was large- mir, officials this week given its nod to � President Ram sion to suspend the services ly peaceful barring minor said. Minor the legislation for bifurcating Nath Kovind on Fri- of Thar Express and said that incidents of stone pelting incidents of the state, a bold and far- day gave assent to the last train would leave in the apple-town of Sopore stone pelting reaching decision that the legislation for for India late Friday night, in north Kashmir. were reported seeks to redraw the map and bifurcation of the official APP news agency People, who have been from Sopore future of a region at the cen- Jammu and Kashmir reported. virtually been kept indoors town tre of a protracted militancy � Prime Minister “As long as I am the because of heavy security movement. Narendra Modi, in a Railways Minister, the ser- deployment in the wake of � The clampdown in � On Friday, people � The decision to The President has given televised address to vices of Thar and Samjhau- removal of special status for Kashmir was imposed were allowed to go to ease the restrictions assent to the Jammu and the nation on Thurs- ta Express would remain Jammu and Kashmir and on Monday, hours mosques in their lo- was taken after NSA Kashmir Reorganisation day, sought to assu- suspended,” he was quot- bifurcation of the state, before the Centre calities without being Ajit Doval directed Act, 2019, a home ministry age the concerns of ed as saying. were allowed to go to revoked J&K's special subjected to question- authorities to ensure official said. “In exercise of the people saying The Thar Express has be- mosques in their localities status and split it into ing by security per- that no Kashmiris are the powers conferred by Jammu and Kashmir en running between Jodh- without being questioned two Union territories sonnel harassed clause (a) of section 2 of the will not remain a pur's Bhagat ki Kothi stati- by security personnel. Jammu and Kashmir Reor- Union Territory for on to Karachi every Friday long. With no untoward inci- ganisation Act, 2019 (34 of night since services res- dent, the situation, as of now, 2019), the Central Gov- umed on February 18, 2006 was reported to be fine in Yechury, D Raja detained at airport ernment hereby appoints ry of Jammu and Kashmir after a 41-year suspension. Srinagar city and south STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE stopped Congress leader unwell”.The party strong- the 31st day of October, will have a legislature like Ahmed said 133 km Kashmir, the officials said, JAMMU, 9 AUGUST Ghulam Nabi Azad at the ly protested "this illegal 2019, as the appointed Puducherry and Ladakh new track was built with the but added that reports from Srinagar airport and sent detention." It said deten- day for the purposes of the will be a UT like Chandi- cost of Rs 13 billion for all areas are yet to arrive. Communist Party of India him back to Delhi. tion of its leader "shows said Act,” a home ministry garh, without legislature. Thar Express and now the Jaitley in AIIMS ICU: Former Finance Minister The Jammu district (Marxist) leader Sitaram The CPI(M) said in a the authoritarian face of notification said. In both UTs, key sub- track would be used for Thar Arun Jaitley was admitted to the AIIMS in administration on Friday Yechury and CPI leader D tweet that Yechury has the Government”. Three days after the jects such as law and order coal project. Delhi on Friday after he complained of withdrew prohibitory orders Raja were on Friday being detained at Srinagar Prior to his departure, far-reaching decision to will be with the Centre. Since its resumption, the breathlessness and restlessness. He is under- under CrPC Section 144 "detained" at the Srinagar Airport and was not Yechury had tweeted that abrogate the special sta- The UT of Jammu and Thar Express has been going treatment in the Intensive Care Unit imposed here on August 5 airport when they landed allowed to move anywhere he and Raja were flying on tus given to Jammu and Kashmir will have a Lieu- popular with people visit- under the supervision of a multidisciplinary in view of the Centre abro- there amid security clam- despite “informing the the 9.55 am IndiGo flight Kashmir under Article 370 tenant Governor and the ing families across the team of doctors. The AIIMS, in a statement, gating constitutional pro- pdown in the valley fol- administration about his to meet comrade Yousuf and bifurcate the state, maximum strength of its Rajasthan border, and for said, Arun Jaitley was admitted to AIIMS visions that accorded spe- lowing scrapping of the visit to meet CPI(M) for- Tarigami and other party Prime Minister Narendra assembly will be of 107 Pakistani Hindus who plan today morning. He is currently undergoing cial status to Jammu and Article 370. The authori- mer MLA Mohammad members in Jammu and Modi, in a televised address which will be enhanced to to migrate to India. treatment in the Intensive Care Unit under Kashmir. ties had on Thursday Yousuf Tarigami who is Kashmir. to the nation on Thursday, 114 after a delimitation The Samjhauta Express the supervision of a multidisciplinary team of According to the order sought to assuage con- exercise. Twenty-four seats was held up at Wagah on doctors. At present, he is haemodynamically issued by Jammu District cerns of the people saying of the Assembly will con- Thursday for some time by stable. P6 Magistrate Sushma August 10. km from Srinagar, but was to offer Friday prayers in Jammu and Kashmir will tinue to remain vacant as Pakistan authorities, citing Chauhan, all schools, col- The officials said there contained immediately local mosques, the offi- not remain a Union Ter- they fall under Pakistan- security concerns. An Indi- Rahul speaks to PM: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi leges and academic insti- were minor incidents of and the crowd dispersed. cials said, as security forces ritory for long. occupied Kashmir (PoK). an locomotive then brought on Friday spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi tutions may resume their stone pelting in Sopore Restrictions were eased were put on high alert According to the legis- The UT of Ladakh will the train to its side of the on the flood situation in Kerala and sought assis- functioning normally from town of north Kashmir, 50 to allow people in Kashmir across the Valley. lation, the Union Territo- have Kargil and Leh districts. border. PTI tance for those affected in the State, including in his constituency Wayanad. Gandhi called Modi and asked for relief and assistance to those affected. Spoke to the Prime Minister seeking all possible assistance for the people severely affected by Heavy rains lash Kerala; death toll at 28 the floods and landslides in the state, especially in Pakistan must Wayanad. The PM has assured to provide any STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE padi, Wayanad where a assistance required to mitigate the effects of the TPURAM, 9 AUGUST huge landslide occurred, accept new disaster, Gandhi tweeted from his Wayanad MP and one more team is on twitter handle. Unabated heavy rains lashed the way to Wayanad. The Kerala with a fury on Friday area has been cut off as there reality: India DMK wins Vellore LS seat: In a nail biting finish, too, triggering landslides and is no connectivity. Accord- DMK's D M Kathir Anand on Friday won the Vel- floods in many parts of the ing to latest reports, three STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE lore Lok Sabha segment defeating his nearest state. Kerala chief minister bodies have been recovered NEW DELHI, 9 AUGUST rival, AIADMK's ally A C Shanmugam, by a nar- Pinarayi Vijayan said 28 from the area.