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NO.: DL(S)-01/3420/2015-17 PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 12, ISSUE 99 | Tuesday, 11 April 2017 | New Delhi | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS qNIFTY 9181.45 (-16.85) qSENSEX 29,575.74 (-130.87) pDOW JONES 20,712.94 (+56.84) pNASDAQ 5,902.84 (+25.03) pRUPEE/DOLLAR 64.56 (-0.28) qRUPEE/EURO 68.42 (-0.20) qGOLD/10GM 29,290.00 (-10.00) pSILVER/K 41,800.00 (+50.00) THREE FARMERS BILL TO REFORM NO AGREEMENT ‘HALF GIRLFRIEND STRIP IN FRONT TRANSPORT STOPS INDIA FROM MIGHT START DEBATE OF PM’S SECTOR PASSED BY USING ANY ENERGY ON KNOWING ONE’S OFFICE PG3 LOK SABHA PG7 SOURCE: GOYAL PG13 LANGUAGE’ PG16 All liquor shops across ANGRY INDIA TELLS PAK AFTER IT SENTENCES KULBHUSHAN JADHAV TO DEATH MP to be shut down in phases: Chouhan Jadhav’s death sentence MPOST BUREAU BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh is headed towards is ‘premeditated murder’ total prohibition as Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced that all liquor shops MPOST BUREAU would be closed across the state in a phased » India summons Pak High Commissioner, manner. “Alcohol prohibition will be imple- NEW DELHI: The government NDA top guns meet to mented in the entire state by closing all liquor on Monday summoned Pakistan strongly-worded demarche issued shops in a phased manner,” Chouhan said while High Commissioner Abdul Basit addressing a programme at village Neemkhera after reports emerged that alleged » Jadhav was arrested on March 3 last year formulate Prez poll strategy (Heerapur) of Narsinghpur district on Sunday. Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav had This programme was organised during the been sentenced to death by the » Pak had released a confessional video MPOST BUREAU its choice for the President’s ongoing river conservation awareness campaign Pakistani military. elections due in July. ‘Namami Devi Narmade - Narmada Seva Yatra.’ Foreign secretary S Jaishan- » India's repeated requests for consular NEW DELHI: A meeting Sources, however, insisted “In the first phase, the state government kar ordered Basit’s presence and of NDA’s top leaders, led by that this was not on the agenda closed all the shops falling within a radius of five issued a demarche stating that the access to Jadhav went unheeded Prime Minister Narendra of the meeting. kilometers from the banks of river Narmada on proceedings that led to Jadhav’s Modi, was held on Monday This is only the second either side. In the next phase, the liquor shops sentencing are farcical. evening as the ruling alliance meeting of top NDA lead- would not be allowed to open in residential “The proceedings that have led Earlier on Monday, Pakistan’s According to the ISPR state- The Pakistan Army had put up a show of strength ers since the alliance stormed localities, near educational institutes or reli- to the sentence against Shri Jadhav powerful army chief approved the ment, Jadhav, a Commander in the released a “confessional video” of ahead of elections to the post to power in 2014 and could gious places,” he said. Chouhan reiterated that are farcical in the absence of any execution of alleged Indian spy Indian Navy, “confessed” before Jadhav after his arrest. of the President and Vice result in smoothing over any a de-addiction drive would also be launched in credible evidence against him. It Kulbhushan Jadhav after a military a Magistrate and the court that India has acknowledged that President. differences between the BJP the state soon. During past one month, several is significant that our High Com- court found him guilty of “involve- he was “tasked by RAW to plan, Jadhav served with the navy but Leaders of 33 BJP allies, and many of its small allies, protests against liquor shops have been reported mission was not even informed ment in espionage and sabotage coordinate and organise espio- denied he has any connection with including the new friends some of whom have often from across the state. that Shri Jadhav was being brought activities” against the country. nage/sabotage activities aiming to the government. “The individual it has won over in Goa and complained about lack of On April 5, the protesters had burnt two to trial,” the Ministry of External The death sentence to Jadhav, destabilise and wage war against has no link with government since north-east states, attended communication. vehicles and damaged four others in Bareli town Affairs said in the demarche. 46, was confirmed by army chief Pakistan by impeding the efforts his premature retirement from the meeting after its presi- Its allies from Bihar, of Raisen district when Excise Department was The strongly-worded demarche Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa after of Law Enforcement Agencies for Indian Navy,” the External Affairs dent Amit Shah reached out including Union Ministers trying to shift the liquor shops from a highway further said that if the due course the Field General Court Martial restoring peace in Balochistan and Ministry had said in a statement to them. Ramvilas Paswan and Upen- to a local residential colony. of law is not observed in the case, (FGCM) found him guilty of “all Karachi.” in March last year. Shiv Sena chief Uddhav dra Kushwaha besides Jitan Earlier on April 3, BJP MLA from Indore-1, India will regard Jadhav’s execu- the charges”, said the military’s Jadhav was “arrested” on India had demanded Con- Thackeray, who has often Ram Manjhi, from Uttar Sudarshan Gupta had demanded total liquor tion as murder in the first degree. media wing Inter-Services Public March 3 last year by Pakistani sular access to Jadhav, but Pakistan flayed the saffron party and Pradesh, including Union prohibition in the state while extending support “If this sentence against an Relations (ISPR). security forces in the restive Balo- repeatedly denied Indian officials Andhra Pradesh Chief Min- Minister Anupriya Patel and to the agitation against the opening of liquor Indian citizen, awarded without “The spy has been tried chistan province after he report- access to him. ister Chandrababu Naidu Om Rajbhar, besides a host of shop. Besides, protests were also reported from observing basic norms of law and through Field General Court Mar- edly entered from Iran. Pakistan The ISPR statement, how- were among the high pro- allies from Kerala, Tamil Nadu several parts of the state including Indore, Sagar, justice, is carried out, the Gov- tial under Pakistan Army Act and has alleged that Jadhav was “a serv- ever, said Jadhav, alias Hussein file NDA allies who attended and other states are believed Burhanpur, Chhatarpur, Vidisha, Narsinghpur, ernment and people of India will awarded death sentence,” it said ing officer” in the Indian Navy and Mubarak Patel, was “provided the meeting. The BJP sources to have attended the meeting. Satna, Morena, Dewas and some other towns regard it as a case of premeditated and added that the FGCM found deputed to the Research and Anal- with defending officer as per legal said the meeting was a show Former Punjab Chief Minis- during last one month. murder,” it stated. Jadhav “guilty of all the charges.” ysis Wing (R&AW). provisions”. of strength of the ruling alli- ter and Akali stalwart Parkash ance as well as an exercise in Singh Badal also attended, the DUES WORTH `10,469 CRORE PENDING WITH CENTRE taking stock of the national sources said. No poor shall be Anantnag bypoll political scene. It is also believed that the The meeting assumed sig- allies agreed to fight the 2019 denied his subsidy deferred, will be nificance as the saffron party Lok Sabha polls under the rights at all. Be very Mamata meets PM, seeks will need the support of its leadership of Prime Minister held on May 25 allies to push a candidate of Narendra Modi. clear about that early release of central funds MAMATA TAKES THE LEAD RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD SIMONTINI BHATTACHARJEE 16 Opposition parties urge In today’s NEW DELHI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee paper on Monday met Prime Minister EC to revert to paper ballots Narendra Modi seeking early release of funds to the tune of OUR CORRESPONDENT VVPAT (paper trail of voting) ... Rs 10,000 crore due to the state and ballot paper in 50 per cent CITY under various centrally spon- MPOST BUREAU NEW DELHI: Sixteen Oppo- constituencies each for elec- WOMEN WANT LIQUOR SHOPS SHUT 4 sored schemes. sition parties on Monday tions in Gujarat and Himachal In the nearly half-an-hour- NEW DELHI: A day after violence in urged the Election Commis- Pradesh slated later this year. NATION long meeting in the morning, Srinagar killed eight civilians and injured sion to revert to the paper bal- It may be mentioned Mamata also raised the loan several others, the Election Commission lot system, claiming the faith that Bengal Chief Minister DESERTED NRI WOMAN SEEKS HELP 6 waiver issue with the PM while on Monday deferred the bypoll for the of the people in the EVMs has Mamata Banerjee who was discussing the state’s debt situ- Anantnag seat till May 25. It was earlier “eroded”. in Delhi took the initiative to EDIT ation. Drawing the PM’s atten- scheduled to be held on April 12. Earlier, Representatives of par- unite opposition parties on US-RUSSIA STANDOFF ON SYRIA 8 tion to the problems arising out Mehbooba Mufti’s brother and PDP can- ties including Congress, BSP, the EVM issue. “I had written of lack of funds, she said dues Advani, with whom she has Centre has finally decided to didate from Anantnag, Tasaduq Mufti DMK, Trinamool Congress a book in 2006 on the issue INTERNATIONAL worth Rs 10,469.01 crore were always shared a good equation.