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MONDAYNOVEMBER 25, 2019

CHANDIGARHVOL. XXIV, NO. 284

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If you prick us do we not bleed? Ifyou tickle us do we not laugh? If

you poison us do we not die? Andif you wrong us shall we not

revenge?

William Shakespeare

AGENCYNEW DELHI, NOV 24

Prime Minister Narendra Modi onSunday said that he never had the de-sire of entering politics and neitherdid he thought about the opportunity.

In the 59th edition of monthly ra-dio address 'Mann Ki Baat', thePrime Minister spoke with variousmembers of the National CadetCorps on the occasion of NCC daythat is being celebrated on the fourthSunday of November.

He interacted with a number ofNCC cadets and took questions andsuggestions from them.

One such cadet, Hari GV, askedthe Prime Minister, "Had you notbeen a politician, what would you

have been?"On being asked this question,

Modi replied, "Every child goesthrough multiple phases in life.Sometimes one wants to become thisand that, but it is true that I never hadthe desire to enter the field of poli-

tics, and neither did I ever thoughtabout this."

Modi further stated that since heis now one of the prominent faces ofIndian politics, he is dedicated toworking for the welfare of the coun-try.

"The statement 'Where would Ihave been if I had not been here' hasnever entered my thought. WhereverI am, I should live life to the fullestand work ceaselessly for my countryday and night," he said.

The Prime Minister NarendraModi also launched the Fit IndiaSchool grading system in schoolsacross the country. The Fit IndiaSchool rankings have been dividedinto three categories -- The Fit IndiaSchools, which is the first level of

ranking, Fit India School (3 star) andFit India School (5 star).

The level of ranking will dependon how much importance the schoolgives to inculcating fitness among itsstudents and teachers, besides facili-ties available for fitness activities.

In his popular radio programme,Mann Ki Baat on Sunday, Modi said,"In the Fit India Movement, sched-ules have been drawn for rankingschools in accordance with fitness.The schools that achieve this rankingwill also be able to use the Fit Indialogo and flag." Explaining the rank-ing system, the Prime Minister said,"Schools can declare themselves asfit by visiting the Fit India portal. FitIndia three star and Fit India five starratings will also be given.

Naxals torch 9vehicles inDantewadaDANTEWADA : Naxals on Sun-day torched nine vehicles, includ-ing six dumpers and a JCB at theSP-3 plant area in Chhattisgarh'sDantewada area on Sunday.According to IG Bastar, P Sundar-raj, the Naxals dressed as farm-ers held all the drivers of vehiclesas hostages and torched the vehi-cles engaged in road constructionwork.The SP-3 plant area falls underthe Kirandul police station area.The vehicles allegedly belong toRatna Construction, and were in-volved in a new construction workat the SP-3 screening plant.Further investigation is underwayby the Kirandul police.

Police arrestDelhi man oncharges of bettingNEW DELHI: Delhi Police arrest-ed Dishant Malik, a bookie in-volved in betting here on Sunday.According to police, Malik was ar-rested red-handed while bettingon the cricket match between Nel-son Mandela Bay Giants and Dur-ban Heats in Mazansi SuperLeague, which is being played inSouth Africa."Local police staff of Maidan Garhipolice station raided Malik'shouse in south Delhi after receiv-ing specific intelligence on him.He receives bets through phoneand then he places the bets asper the betting rates," the policesaid in a statement.Adding that he had placed at least59 bets worth Rs 3.36 lakhs tillthe time of the raid, the police offi-cials said: "Seven mobile phones,including a Dabba phone which isbeing used for receiving rates,two laptops, one register havinghandwritten details, Wi-Fi router,set-top box, calculator, Laptopand mobile chargers have beenrecovered from his possession."

Fake notes of Rs 1 crface value seized,five arrestedSURAT: The city crime branchhas arrested five persons fromdifferent locations in Gujarat andseized from them fake currencynotes with a face value of over Rsone crore, police said on Sunday.While one of them was arrestedon Saturday, the others were heldon Sunday, police said.The Surat crime branch took thisaction based on a tip-off and total5,013 fake notes of Rs 2,000 de-nomination with Rs 1,00,26,000face value were seized during theoperation, they said.The officials on Saturday arrestedPratik Chodwadia from a farmhouse near Kamrej in the districtand recovered 203 fake notes ofRs 2,000 denomination from him.During his interrogation, he re-vealed the names of four others.Based on his information, the po-lice conducted a raid at a room inan under-construction Swami-narayan temple ashram in Ambavvillage of Kheda district and ar-rested the priest, identified asSwami Radharaman, they said.

Hunting in pack is key to India's success: Shastri

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Sandeep Singh flags offGita Mahotsav run

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Parents should enhancechildren's talent: Umashankar

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PM launches Fit India School grading system

I never had desire to enter politics: Modi

12th successive serieswin for Team India

AGENCYKOLKATA, NOV 24

An untested pink ball was not able to re-duce the glaring gulf between the twoteams as India bulldozed Bangladesh byan innings and 46 runs in their first everday-night Test to record their 12th homeseries win in a row. With Bangladesh re-suming their second innings at 152 forsix on day three and trailing India by 89

runs, it was simply a matter of time forthe home team to complete formalities.The Virat Kohli-led side eventuallycompleted the job in less than 50 min-utes for their fourth straight innings vic-tory, becoming the first team to achievethe feat. Barring Mushfiqur Rahim (74),Bangladesh batsmen were once againfound wanting against high quality pacebowling, folding up for 195 in 41.1overs. ..... MORE ON PAGE 8

AGENCYNEW DELHI, NOV 24

The Supreme Court on Sundayasked the Centre to place before iton Monday morning the letters ofMaharashtra Governor BhagatSingh Koshyari inviting Deven-dra Fadnavis and of the BJPleader staking his claim to formthe government in the state.

In an unprecedented hearingon a Sunday, the apex court, how-ever, did not grant any interim re-lief to the Shiv Sena, NCP andCongress combine to direct theFadnavis government to under-take floor test within 24 hoursand rather said that this issuewould be dealt with only after pe-rusing the two letters on Monday.

A three-judge bench headedby Justice N V Ramana said theplea of post-poll alliance, 'MahaVikas Aghadi', seeking a direc-tion to the governor to invitethem to form government underthe leadership of Shiv Sena chiefUddhav Thackeray would not beconsidered at present.

The bench, also comprisingJustices Ashok Bhushan and San-jiv Khanna, issued notices to theCentre, Maharashtra government,Chief Minister Devendra Fad-navis and Deputy Chief MinisterAjit Pawar on the plea filed by thecombine seeking quashing of the

governor's November 23 orderinviting the BJP leader to formgovernment.

"As adjudication of the issuesand also the interim prayerssought by the petitioners to con-duct floor test within 24 hours hasto be considered after perusingthe order of the governor as wellas the letters submitted by De-vendra Fadnavis even thoughnone appeared for the state gov-ernment, we request TusharMehta to produce those two let-ters by tomorrow morning at10.30 am when the matter will betaken up, so that appropriate or-der will be passed," the benchsaid.

Solicitor General TusharMehta, appearing for the Centre,

told the top court that he is will-ing to produce the relevantrecord, if necessary, from thegovernor also.

Senior advocates Kapil Sibal,who appeared for the Shiv Sena,said that the way President's rulewas revoked in the state at 5.17am was "bizarre" as no cabinetmeeting was held and it was notclear as to on what basis the gov-ernor recommended it.

He also questioned the wayFadnavis and Ajit Pawar weresworn-in as the chief minister anddeputy chief minister at 8 am,saying it was "shrouded with

mystery" and no documents wereavailable in public domain as tohow government was formed.

Sibal said that the combinehas the majority in the 288-mem-ber assembly and Fadnavisshould be asked to immediatelyshow his strength on the floor ofthe house. Senior advocate A MSinghvi, who represented theNCP and the Congress, said thatthe governor's decision to inviteFadnavis to form the governmentwas a "betrayal" and "annihila-tion of democracy" as 41 out of54 elected MLAs of NCP are notwith Ajit Pawar.

Apex court asks Centre to placeletters of Governor and FadnavisSibal challenges revocation of President Rule

Ajit Pawar’s statement false, noalliance with BJP: Sharad Pawar MUMBAI: Reacting sharply to newly sworn-in deputy chief minister of Ma-harashtra Ajit Pawar’s claim that he is still a partof the Nationalist Congress Party and that the“NCP- BJP alliance” will provide a stable govern-ment in Maharashtra, NCP chief Sharad Pawarhas said that his nephew’s statement is false,misleading and aimed at creating confusion anda false perception among people.“There is no question of forming an alliance with@BJP4Maharashtra. NCP has unanimously de-cided to ally with @ShivSena & @INCMaharash-tra to form the government. Shri Ajit Pawar’sstatement is false and misleading in order to create confusion and false per-ception among the people,” Pawar said in a tweet on Sunday evening. Earlier on Sunday, Ajit Pawar had said, that he is in the NCP and assertedthat his uncle and party chief Sharad Pawar is “our” leader.

AGENCYCHANDIGARH, NOV 24

The International Road Federation,(IRF), a Geneva based not-for-profitOrganization promoting the cause ofsafe roads and smart mobility world-wide, has shared its concern over thegrowing incidences of fatalroad accidents in India, particu-larly with regard to states ofPunjab and Haryana which ac-count for maximum road acci-dent deaths in the country, interms of severity of fatalitiesand injuries.

The IRF has urged theChief Ministers of Haryana andPunjab to join hands with theFederation in reducing deathsdue to road accidents in both thestates as both states account for oneof the highest road deaths in thecountry.

Haryana ranks 14th and Punjabranks 18th in number of fatal roadaccidents among top 20 states in thecountry with Uttar Pradesh toppingranking as per the road accidents re-port for the year 2018 released by theUnion Ministry of Road Transportand Highways (MoRTH).

"With 5,118 people being killedin 11,238 road accidents during theyear 2018, Haryana ranks 14th andwith 4,740 deaths in 6,428 road acci-dents Punjab ranks 18th among vari-ous states in the country. About 328people died in road accidents in Lud-hiana alone during the year 2018."Mr K K Kapila, President, Emeritus,

International Road federation (IRF),said in a statement here on Sunday.

"During the year 2018 a totalnumber 1.51 lakh people died of 4,67lakh road accidents and 4,69 lakh gotinjured as reported by the states andUnion territories in the country. TheUnion Territory of Chandigarh ac-

counted for 98 road accident deathsof 316 road accidents. Chandigarhhad 29th ranking in the country," hesaid.

As revealed by the MoRTH re-port, major reasons behind the fatalroad accidents include hit and run,wrong-side driving, collisions withparked vehicles, bad road conditions,speeding, not wearing helmetsamong others. As the report claims,speeding was one of the primary rea-sons for fatalities due to road acci-dents with 64.4 per cent share, whilewrong-side driving caused 5.8 percent deaths. Vehicles moving on thewrong side of roads have killed 24people every day on an average in2018 across the country, while acci-dents due to collisions with parkedvehicles resulted in 4,780 deaths.

AGENCYSANGRUR, NOV 24

At least eighteen unem-ployed teachers, includingwomen, were injured in aclash with police outsidethe house of Punjab Educa-tion Minister Vijay InderSingla in the city on Sun-day. Activists of ETT TETPass Union and B Ed TETPass Union jointly held aprotest outside the residenceof Education Minister here.The police said the protestersbroke the first barricade in-stalled there. The Police used

water to disperse the agita-tors when they tried to crossthe second barricade. Theagitators then pelted stoneson the police who used mildlathi-charge and tear gas todisperse them. Around 18activists, including women,were injured in the clashwith the police. Meanwhile,various other outfits, includ-ing Bharti Kisan Union(Ugrahan), Govt TeachersUnion, Vocational TeachersUnion among others, haveextended their support to theagitating unemployed teach-ers.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, NOV 24

President Ram Nath Kovindon Sunday suggested thatGovernors and LieutenantGovernors should make theirRaj Bhavans more interactiveand accessible to the commonpeople. During the 50th Con-ference of Governors atRashtrapati Bhavan here,President Kovind urged themto make conscious efforts todispel colonial-era publicperceptions of inaccessibilityto the Raj Bhavans.

"The President also madesuggestions to Governors tomake their respective RajBhavans more interactive andaccessible to ordinary peopleand representatives of differ-ent organs of the state," an of-ficial release said.

It further said: "While re-ferring to gubernatorial post

as having the colonial legacyof inaccessibility with com-mon people, he urged Gover-nors to make conscious ef-forts to connect with peopleand dispel any such percep-tion of Raj Bhavan being be-yond the reach of the people."

President Kovind saidthat the post of Governor isthe most important link in ourfederal system. Governorshave a role in ensuring bettercoordination between theCentre and the states.

The President said that itis the fundamental duty ofevery citizen to protect thenatural environment includ-ing water resources like for-est, lake and river.

Vice President MVenkaih Naidu, Prime Minis-ter Narendra Modi and Min-ister for Home Affairs AmitShah also addressed the con-cluding session.

AGENCYLUDHIANA, NOV 24

The Special Task Force (STF)have arrested five people, in-cluding a Punjab Police As-sistant Sub Inspector, fromtwo separate locations in thecity and recovered 500 gramopium and 530 gram heroinfrom them.

STF AIG Snehdeep Shar-ma told media on Sunday thatwhile acting on a secret infor-mation, the STF sleuths

stopped a car near ManjuCinema on old G T Road inthe city and arrested ASIJagjit Singh, Angrej Singhand one Lakhwinder Singhalias Mantu, a resident ofBathinda, and recovered 500

grams opium from them.During their interroga-

tion, the accused confessedthat they had bought the opi-um from Sirsa in Haryana tosupply the same in Ludhiana.

In another incident, STFnabbed two motorcycle-borne local youth Arun aliasAnu (27) and Nitish (29)from Moti Nagar area andseized 530 gram heroin fromthem. The AIG said the ac-cused have been booked un-der the NDPS Act.

18 unemployed teachers injuredin clash with Sangrur police ASI among 5 nabbed in Ludhiana,

530 gm heroin, opium seizedPrez urges Guvs tomake Raj Bhavans

more accessible

IRF urges Pb, Haryanagovts to join hands for

reducing mishaps

Deputy speakerin Hry likelytomorrow CHANDIGARH: A day-longsession of the Haryana assem-bly to commemorate the 70thanniversary of the adoption ofthe Constitution on November26 may also see the election ofthe deputy speaker.According to a tentative sched-ule released by the assemblysecretariat, the election of thedeputy speaker is likely.Panchkula BJP MLA GianChand Gupta was unanimouslyelected speaker of the assem-bly on November 4. His namewas proposed by chief ministerManohar Lal Khattar and sec-onded by deputy chief ministerDushyant Chautala of BJP allyJannayak Janta Party (JJP).

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PUBLIC NOTICEI, Surender Kumar S/o Sh. Muni Lal R/o Village Deeg, Shahabad Markanda District Kurukshetra declare that i am owner of plot having registry no 6905 dated 29-03-2001 and 10273 dated 18-03-2005, it has been misplaced near Kurukshetra railway station dated 20-11-2019 and complaint regarding the misplacement have been lodged in GRP Kurukshetra. The said property will be mortgaged with State Bank of India Parvati Vihar Kurukshetra. any body having objection regarding said property can contact to State Bank of India branch Parvati Vihar Kurukshetra within 7 days from publication of this advertisement. No claim shall be entertained

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PUBLIC NOTICE1- Regd rectification tatima deed no. 1755 dated 13-12-2016 as executed by Rameshwar Dass S/o Ami Chand GPA Holder of Nisha Rani. Rajni Bansal. Nitu Rani, Shivani Mittal Ds/o Rameshwar Dass in favour of Smt. Satish Kumari W/o Janki Ram Gupta in original.2. General power of Attorney No. 39 dated 23-02-2007 as executed by Nisha Rani, Rajni Bansal, Nitu Rani, Shivani Mittal Ds/o Rameshwar Dass in favour of Rameshwar Dass S/o Ami Chand, in original.3. Earlier sale deed No. 1223 dated 21-08-2002 regarding 2K-3-1/3M as executed by Jagpal Krishan S/o Nar Singh Dass and others in favour of Sheela Rani W/o Rameshwar Dass and Janki Ram Gupta S/o Basakhi Ram, in original.

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PUBLIC NOTICES I No.JC-404826Y Rank Sub Bhoodeo Prasad Sharma unit 19 Guards C/o 56 APO Tibri Cantt Gurdaspur, Punjab declare that my wife Asha Sharma date of birth was wrongly written as 10-01-1976. Read her correct date of birth as 05-06-1982 in my army record.

98728I, Sharat Kumar Sood S/o Raj Kumar Sood R/o H.No 418/14, Mohalla Kishanpura Moga declare that I am running a Chemist shop in the name of Shri Sheetla Distributor in 9, New town Moga. That Abhinav Sood S/o Yogesh Sood R/o Vedant Nagar Moga is working at my shop as a employee. if anybody deals with him they will be own risk. I shall not be responsible for any act or deed done by him.

90007No 4475993X- Hav Jaswinder Singh 15 Sikhli C/O 56 APO R/O Dhadhogal Teh.Dhuri Distt. Sangrur Declare That My Son’s Name Wrongly Recorded As Jaskiran Singh But His Correct Name Is Jaskaran Singh And Date Of Birth Wrongly Entered As 3.1.2003 But His Correct Date Of Birth Is 2.2.2003 For All Purposes.

63372I, Bawa Singh S/o Kunnda S i n g h R / o W . N o . 1 , G i d d e r b a h a , T e h s i l Gidderbaha (Sri Muktsar Sahib) do hereby declare that my son Rajan (Age 18 Years) was out of our control and falls in a bad company. So I evicted My Son Rajan from all my moveable and immoveable property. If any person will deal with Rajan, he will be himself responsible, I will not have any concern/relation with that.

63372I, Baldev Singh S/o Gurcharan Singh R/o VPO. Bija, Tehsil Khanna (Ludhiana) declare that my daughter Parminder Kaur is out of my control. I d i s o w n h e r f r o m m y m o v e a b l e / i m m o v e a b l e properties. I or my family member will not be responsible for her acts and conducts. She will be responsible for her good or bad deeds and dealings etc.

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I, hitherto known as Charanjit Due to some mistake name of I, Amit Khanna S/o Harjinder I, Sarbjit Kaur W/o Karmjeet I, Vishavdeep Singh S/o I, Jobanjeet Singh S/o Balkar I, Anka Luthra W/o Saurab Kaur Saran Alias Charanjeet my mother mentioned as Satya Singh R/o H.No.539/157-C Singh R/o Vill: Bhurthala Surinder Singh R/o Moh. Singh Vill. Jathoul P.O Dharna R/o. H.No.60, Gali Kaur W/O Dilbag Singh Devi and Date of birth ST.No.6 San tosh Nagar Mander (Sangrur) have changed Pandori Teh-Sultanpur Lodhi Bhusse Amr i t sa r have No.7, Shaheed Udham Singh residing at House No 55 Green 15/05/1955 in my service Shivpuri Ludhiana Changed my name to Sarbjeet Kaur. (Kapurthala) changed my Changed my name to jobanjit Colony near Bhadarkali parak Colony near Bathinda record .But her real name is Name Amit Kumar. 63372 name to Vishavdeep Singh Singh. Please note it Mandir Amritsar 143001 byepass Muktsar District Sri Satia and Date of birth 63372 I Aditya Kumar S/o Umesh Pannu.72737 have Changed my name to Muktsar Sahib PUNJAB 01/01/1953. No 4479640p I, Neeru Khanna W/o Amit Chandra R/o Gram Sahabganj, 63372Anka Dharna. Please note it152026 have changed my name L/N Prem Singh, Sikh Li Regt Kumar R/o H.No.539/157-C Merapur, Farrukhabad, Uttar I, Azab Kaur W/o Balwinder 72737 and shall hereafter be known as Center Fatehgarh (U.P) 209601 ST.No.6 San tosh Nagar Pradesh – 205302 Changed My Singh R/o Vpo. Jalalabad East Charanjit Kaur It was certified . Shivpuri Ludhiana Changed Name To Durgashankar. Distt.Moga Pb., India, changed

that I have complied with 98765 Name Neeru. 63372 my name to Ajaib Kaur.other legal requirements in Gurjeet Kaur Nangra W/o 63372 63372I, Deepak Insan S/o Chaman this connection Gurdial Singh VPO Kaheru, I, Rugvinder Jeet Singh S/o Lal R/o Bagha Purana (Moga) I, Balbir Singh S/O Baldev

100067 Teh. Malerkotla, Distt Sangrur Darshan Singh R/o Vill: Chhota have changed my name to Singh R/O H.No.427, Vill I, hitherto known as Rajvinder have changed my name Gurjit Landha Deep Nagar Dohara Deepak. Manuke, Moga Punjab Pin-Singh Sekhon S/O Sukhmander Kaur W/o Gurdial Singh VPO (Ludhiana) changed my name 63372 142045, Have Changed My Singh residing at VPO Malout Kaheru, Teh. Dhuri, Distt. to Ragwinder Jit Singh. Name To Balvir Singh.I, Chiman Lal Insan S/o Mangal District Sri Muktsar Sahib Sangrur 63372 63372Ram R/o Bagha Purana (Moga) PUNJAB 152107 have changed 98726 I, Parveen W/o Jagjiwan have changed my name to I, Mousmi Joshi W/O Amit my name and shall hereafter be I, Narinder kumar S/O kishor Sharma R/o H.No. 937 Block Chiman Lal. Sharma R/O Near Baba Jaffe known as Rajvinder Singh It was chand R/O V.P.O. Begowal Teh No. 3 Vishavkarma Road 63372 Shah, Mohalla Sunder Nagar, certified that I have complied Bholath Distt Kapurthala Doraha Teh-Payal (Ludhiana) I, Amrit Pal Alias Amrit Bansal Nakodar, Distt. Jalandhar, with other legal requirements in Have Changed My Name changed my name to Parveen S/O Bihari Bansal R/O #70, Punjab, India. I have changed this connection from Narinder kumar to Sharma. Ward No.1, Bhucho Mandi my name from Mousmi Joshi to

100067 Narinder pal. Please Note. Mousmi Sharma. 63372 (Bathinda) Declare That I I, Sartaj Singh S/O Harbans 98748 63372I, Devi Shia W/o Sukhdial Known As Both Names Amrit Singh residing at ho no 1/15 I, Parveen Bala W/o Subhash Sharma R/o H.No. 937 Block No. Pal Alias Amrit Bansal. I, Sukhjinder Singh S/o Karnail VPO Verka Abadi Tirath Chander, R/o. House No. 14, 3 Vishavkarma Road Doraha 63372 Singh R/o Vpo. Daulatpur Teh-Nagar District Amritsar Gali No. 3, Ajit Vihar, Phase-1, Teh-Payal (Ludhiana) changed I, Malkit Singh S/o Avtar Singh Nawanshahr (SBS Nagar) PUNJAB 143001 Have Dhilwan Road, Rama Mandi, my name to Devi Ichhia. R/o Vill: Bahiramke (Moga) I c h a n g e d m y n a m e a s changed the name my minor Jalandhar (Punjab), PIN : 63372 know by two names Malkit Sukhjinder Singh Thandi.son Japnam Singh Sadhar 144023, have changed my I, Jagjiwan Singh S/o Sukhdial Singh and Gurwinder Singh. 63372aged 13 years and he shall name Parveen Bala to Parveen Sharma R/o H.No. 937 Block No. 63372hereafter be known as Japnam kumari. 3 Vishavkarma Road Doraha Singh It was certified that I 72778 Teh-Payal (Ludhiana) changed have complied with other I, Goldi W/o Mohinder Partap my name to Jagjiwan Sharma.legal requirements in this Tiwari R/o Ram Basti (Sangrur) 63372Connection changed my name to Suman. I, Mandeep Kaur Sra W/O

100067 63372 Gurwinder Singh Dhatt R/O I, Beant Kaur Sidhu D/o Vpo Sheikhupura Distt Jagroop Singh R/o Sahour Ludhiana Have Changed My (Barnala) changed my name Name To Mandeep Kaur Dhatt.to Beant Kaur. 63372

63372 I, Kulwinder Kaur W/O Swaran I, Santokh Kumar S/O Kaku Singh Virk R/O Vpo Gailb Ram R/O Samrala ( Ludhiana) Kalan Tehsil Jagraon Distt Have Changed My Name Into Ludhiana Have Changed My Santokh Kumar Saini. Name To Kulwinder Kaur Virk.

63372 63372I , Juginder Kaur W/o I, Chamkaur Singh S/O Karnail Shingara Singh R/o Vill: Singh Dhaliwal R/O Lammi Mirpur Jattan Teh-SBS Nagar Patti Minian Distt Mogahave changed my name to Joginder C h a n g e d M y N a m e To Kaur. Chamkaur Singh Dhaliwal.

63372 63372I, Sukhwinder Kaur W/o I , Gurmeet Kaur W/O Gurjant Singh R/o Sant Nagar Chamkaur Singh Dhaliwal R/O M o g a C h a n g e d N a m e Lammi Patti Minian Distt Sukhwinder Kaur Brar. Mogahave Changed My Name

63372 To Gurmeet Kaur Dhaliwal.I, Vivek Bajaj S/o Dev Bajaj 63372R/o Subhash Colony Zira I, Manpreet Singh S/O Kartar (Ferozepur) Changed Name Singh R/O 6076 Street No 16, Viivek Dev Bajaj. Hargobind Nagar Ludhiana

63372 Changed Name Manpreet Singh Arora.

63372I, Ravneet Kaur W/O Manpreet Singh Arora R/O 6076 Street No 16, Hargobind Nagar Ludhiana Changed Name Ravneet Kaur Arora.

63372I , P r abh jo t S ingh S /O Manpreet Singh Arora R/O 6076 Street No 16 Hargobind Nagar Ludhiana Changed Name Prabhjot Singh Arora.

63372I, Paramveer Singh Batth S/O Charanjit Singh R/O Village Bathan PO Jitwal Kalan Ahmedgarh Sangrur Changed Name Paramveer Singh.

63372I, Karamjit Singh S/o Hari Singh R/o Vill: Bhurthala Mander (Sangrur) have changed my name to Karmjeet Singh.

63372I, Pritam Kaur W/o Hari Singh R/o Vill: Bhurthala Mander (Sangrur) have changed my name to Preetam Kaur.

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NATION NEW DELHI: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration on Sunday said that a High-Level committee has been constituted by competent authority to get suggestions from the student representatives on finding a solution to the hostel issues.A circular issued by the JNU said, "This is for the information of all concerned that a High-level committee has been formed by the competent authority to get suggestions from the student representatives on finding a solution to the hostel issues."

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BRIEFNEWS If violence continues, govt will

give befitting reply: RajnathMUZAFFARNAGAR (UP):A 24-year-old college student was allegedly abducted and raped in a moving car by a 26-year-old man with the act also being filmed by his friends in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district, police said on Sunday. New Mandi station house officer Sanjiv Kumar said the victim, who is a BSc student, was heading to college from her house on Saturday morning when she was waylaid on Bhopa Road by a car with Subodh and two of his friends in it. According to the complaint lodged by the girl’s uncle, she was abducted in the car by the accused and force-fed intoxicant at gunpoint.

AGENCY November 30. The defence minister had on PANDU (JHARKHAND), NOV 24 earlier occasions too urged the Naxalites to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday give up violence and come for talks, he said.warned Naxalites to abjure violence, saying a Recalling his meeting with council of befitting reply would be given if they did not do heads of government (CHG) of Shanghai so. Cooperat ion Organisat ion (SCO) in The warning comes in the wake of violence Tashkent early this month, the union by the left wing extremists in Latehar and minister said, the world is united to root out Palamau districts of Jharkhand since Friday, in terrorism and except Kashmir, no big terror which four policemen and two persons, attacks had occurred in the rest of the including a local BJP leader, were killed. country in the last five-and-a-half years.

"I have seen a couple of incidents happening Assembly elections in Jharkhand will be in Jharkhand. You should be rest assured that in five phases between November 30 and the BJP governments at the Centre and the state Bishrampur constituency. The rebels had December 20. Bishrampur is going for polls will not allow anybody use guns. also burnt down two earthmoving machines in the first phase and the BJP has fielded

A befitting reply will be given to them," in Lohardaga district. All the three districts state 's Health Minister Ramchandra Singh said at a poll meeting at Pandu under are set to go to polls in the first phase on Chandravanshi from the seat.

CAG flags irregularities in Mizoram tourism projectAIZAWL, NOV 24 report (DPR), architectural The Comptroller and Auditor designs and drawings and General of India has detected monitoring of the project "wasteful expenditure" to the i m p l e m e n t a t i o n t o t h e tune of Rs 2.41 crore by the consultancy firm in September Mizoram government for the 2013, more than a year before integrated development of eco- the Centre's nod for the tourism circuit project at programme, the CAG report Thenzawl in Serchhip district. said.

The CAG report said the An amount of Rs 2.41 crore, state tourism department had being first instalment of the cost awarded a contract to a Delhi- of the project, was released for based consultancy firm before preparatory works," the report getting approval of the project said, adding that the work was to from the Centre and extended be commissioned by November, "undue benefit" to the company. 2016. The state government, in

Union Ministry of Tourism March 2015, had appointed had accorded approval for the M i z o r a m T o u r i s m project at a cost of Rs 48.30 crore Development Author i ty in November 2014, according to (MTDA) as the implementing the report. The state government agency for the project and awarded the work relating to transferred the entire amount of preparation of detailed project Rs 2.41 crore to it.

College student abducted, raped in moving car

MATHURA :President Ram Nath Kovind will inaugurate a new block of the Ram Krishna Mission Charitable Hospital here, an official of the medical facility said on Sunday. Kovind will inaugurate the Sharda block on Thursday, he said. The new block will provide modern medical facilities to patients, including treatment for cancer, the official said. It will house two operation theatres and a chemotherapy ward, he said. With the addition of the Sharda block, the treatment of cancer and other fatal diseases here would become a reality , Swami Suprakashanand Mahraj, the secretary of the mission said.

President Kovind to inaugurate hospital block in Mathura

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3HARYANAS N Subramaniam honored with Tata AwardKARNAL: S N Subramaniam, CEO and MD of Larsen & Toubro, has been awarded theprestigious IIM-JRD Tata Award for Excellence for Corporate Leadership in the MetallurgicalIndustry. Recently, on the occasion of 57th National Metallurgists Day, Subramaniam, CEO &MD, L&T, received the award in the hands of Union Minister of Steel, Dharmendra Pradhan.The Indian Institute of Metals (IIM) launched the IIM-JRD Tata Award in the year 2007. Thisaward started by the Ministry of Steel and Mining is given every year on the occasion of Na-tional Metallurgical Day. Binay Kumar, Secretary, and Ruchika Chaudhary Govil, Joint Secre-tary, Ministry of Steel, IIM President, Dr. U Kamchimudli and General Secretary Kushal Sahaand other dignitaries were present on the occasion.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Arrear of 81.37 crrecovered byPower UtilityKARNAL: From January 1, 2019 to Oc-tober 31, 2019, arrear of Rs 81.30 crorewas recovered by the officials of the Vigi-lance Department of the Haryana PowerUtility. Office of Director General of Po-lice and Director Vigilance P.R. Dev saidthat to prevent power theft, any citizencan complain on toll free number -18001802124 from 9 am to 5 pm.He instructed the officials present in themeeting that the complaints received onthe mail id should be taken seriously. Heinstructed Additional Director in themeeting S.K. Chillar, Superintendent ofPolice Balwan Singh Rana, SE Iqbal thatall the Deputy Superintendents of Policeand Station Managers in the entire stateshould carry out intensive operationsagainst electricity and water theft.P.R. Dev said that power theft cannot beprevented only by law, for people willhave to motivate students and all sec-tions of the society in collaboration withthe engineers of the electricity depart-ment. He said that all sections of the so-ciety have to play the role of electricguard. He said that we are appealing tothe institutions of school education andhigher education to organise specialcamps to prevent power theft and to con-serve electricity. Youth Festival, NSS AndNCC cadets should also undertake JanJagran Abhiyan to conserve electricityunder social responsibility and youthcampaign. Superintendent of Police Bal-wan Singh Rana and Additional DirectorS.K. Chhillar played a special role.

Blood donationcamp in memory of 26/11 attackRAMAN WADHWABARARA: On behalf of Rashtriya Ja-gran Manch, a blood donation camp wasorganised at Lala Lajpat Rai BhawanBarara in collaboration with PNB Bankand HDFC Bank, in which JanmayakJanata Party's National Secretary UmaidKashyap was the chief guest. The teamof Ambala Cantonment Civil Hospital RajKumar collected 30 units of blood in thecamp. The headmistress honoured peo-ple who voluntarily donated blood in thecamp with a badge. This camp was or-ganised in the memory of the peoplekilled in the 26/11 attack, under the su-pervision of the stage chairman PraveenChauhan and Shamsher Singh.The Chief guest praised the work beingdone by the organisation. He said thatthese kinds of works help the society. Heappealed to the youths to take part insuch works. On this occasion, AmarinderSingh, the founder of the Manch and themembers welcomed the guests by givingthem a citation. Jagjit Kang, a reporterfor Jagmarg, was honored for the coura-geous task of extinguishing a fire in acollege canteen.Barara resident Tanu, Himani Vapanurencouraged blood donors to donateblood. On this occasion, BC Front Presi-dent Ram mehar Thakur, Urban HeadHarpal Kamboj, BC Cell Incharge Satbir,District President Surjit, Mullana PradhanMandeep Boparai, Sports Cell DistrictHead Shamsher Singh Thamber, DistrictHead Ravinder Singh, Ramesh Nama-sot, Harish Chawla, Ravindra Dheen,Tarun Kaushal, Manoj Sabharwal Baljin-dra, Satish Garg, Jangbir, Prince Bakshi,Ashok Kumar, Krishna Verma, Ramku-mar Bhatia Manch chief Lucky Barara,Balwant Mehta and others were present.

Inter-state cheatnabbed from KaithalKAITHAL: The district police have ar-rested a wanted inter-state cheat whohad exchanged the ATM cards of bankcustomers and had cheated two resi-dents of this district of Rs 50000 in 2018.Arrested Satyavan, a resident of Karnal,was facing trial in Haryana, HimachalPradesh, Delhi and Rajasthan courts forcheating bank customers by changingATM cards. He was also wanted by Delhipolice in a cheating case and had beendeclared a Proclaimed Offender (PO) bythe court.Delhi police have been informed aboutthe arrest of the accused.The police also recovered Rs 10,000cash and a car from the accused whowas produced in a court here on Sundayand sent to judicial custody.The Police PRO said Jaswinder Singh ofDussain village had lodged a complaintwith police in February 2018 in which healleged that on February 12 he had with-drawn cash from ATM of Punjab NationalBank in Pundri and the accused on thepretext of helping him exchanged hisATM card and later at night withdrew Rs25,000 from his account from an ATM inJind. Earlier, Satyavan along with hisbrother in-law Sunny had changed ATMcard of a customer from ICICI bank andlater withdrew Rs 25,000 from the ac-count of customer in the same fashionfrom PNB branch ATM In Pundri. Sunnyhad already been arrested in February2019.

71.69 lakh MT paddy arrived CHANDIGARH: More than 71.69 lakhmetric tonnes (MT) of paddy has so fararrived in Mandis of Haryana as com-pared to over 70.38 lakh MT of paddy ar-rived during the corresponding periodlast year.While stating this here today, aspokesman of Food, Civil Supplies andConsumer Affairs Department said thatout of the total arrival of paddy, govern-ment agencies had so far procured over63.95 lakh MT of paddy whereas the re-maining quantity of over 7.73 lakh MT ofpaddy was procured by the millers anddealers. He said that more than 34.85lakh MT of paddy have been purchasedby the Food, Civil Supplies and Con-sumer Affairs Department whereas, over19.76 lakh MT of paddy has been pro-cured by Hafed, over 9.28 lakh MT bythe Haryana Warehousing Corporationand 4,725 MT by the Food Corporationof India.

BUREAU KURUKSHETRA, NOV 24

Haryana Minister of State for Sportsand Youth Affairs Mr Sandeep Singhsaid that as a result of InternationalGita Mahotsav, Kurukshetra has madeits mark world over. In order to give anew identity to this “Dharmakshetra”,the State Government has given inter-national status to Gita Jayanti.

Sandeep Singh was speaking afterflagging off the International GitaMahotsav Run- 2019 (IGM Run-2019) organized by Kurukshetra De-velopment Board (KDB) and DistrictSports and Youth Affairs Departmentin view of the International Gita Ma-hotsav in Kurukshetra today.

He said that with a view to con-nect the common man especially theyoung generation with this festival,International Gita Mahotsav Run-2019 has been organized today. Hesaid that a policy would also beframed in the state to keep the youthhealthy and away from drugs.

The Minister said that under theguidance of Governor Mr SatyadeoArya and directions of Chief MinisterMr Manohar Lal, efforts are beingmade to make the International GitaMahotsav memorable. He said thatthis year Gita Mahotsav would be cel-ebrated with more grandeur addingthat Gita Mahotsav should be cele-brated as a festival by all people. Healso took this opportunity to call uponthe sports persons to stay away fromjunk food and mobile phones and ex-ercise regularly to keep themselveshealthy.

On this occasion, he honouredRinu Kumar of Meerut and Varsha ofHisar by presenting them cheque of

Rs 31,000 each on achieving first po-sition in the Men’s and Women’s cat-egory respectively in the Internation-al Gita Mahotsav Run- 2019 (IGMRun-2019). He also gave awaycheques of Rs 21,000 and Rs 11,000

to the winners of second and third po-sition respectively in both the Men’sand Women’s category.

MLA Thanesar Mr Subhash Sud-ha and noted Wrestler, Mr. YogeshwarDutt also spoke on this occasion.

Sandeep Singh flags offGita Mahotsav run

KURUKSHETRA, NOV 24

The Haryana Minister of State forSports and Youth Affairs, MrSandeep Singh said that from nowonward, checking would be con-ducted in all sports stadia’s in theState regarding the training beingimparted to the sports persons. Forthis, a special flying team would beconstituted.

Sandeep Singh was interactingwith the media persons after the In-ternational Gita Mahotsav Run-2019 (IGM Run-2019) organizedby Kurukshetra DevelopmentBoard at Purushotampura Bagh,Brahma Sarovar in Kurukshetra to-day.

He said that this special flyingteam would conduct surprise in-spections as per the training sched-ule and strict action would be takenagainst any trainer found to be ab-sent during this inspection. He saidthat orders have been issued to takeaction against two trainers of thestate on charge of dereliction induty.

The Minister said that Haryanais at first position in the country inthe field of sports and this achieve-

ment has been to be maintained al-ways.

Therefore, the State Govern-ment is working with utmost dedi-cation and commitment to hone upthe talent of sports persons of na-tional and international level aswell as at the grass root level.

Sandeep Singh said that sportsperson in the State would be im-parted training according to theprescribed schedule and no negli-gence would be tolerated in this re-gard. He said that all the trainerswould reach the playing field andnurseries on time and provide highlevel training to the players.

Flying squad to conduct visits in stadia’sto check training of sports persons

SHIV SHARMAROHTAK, NOV 24

BJP MP Dr. Arvind Sharmasaid that Chaudhary Chhotu-ram played an im-portant role in themaking of Indiawhich is a matter ofpride for all of us. Atthe same time, theMP said that Chaud-hary Chhoturam wasa true benefactor ofthe farmers and theworking class, whohad spent the entirestruggle. Apart fromthis, the MP said thathis effort is to ex-pand the metro firstto Sampla and thento Rohtak. For thisthe survey work hasbeen completed andthe people of the areaare happy about this.

On the birth an-niversary of Sir Chh-hoturam, Dr. ArvindSharma reached theChhoturam Museumin Sampla and of-fered flowers at thestatue of Choudhary Chhotu-ram. The MP also attendedseveral other events in thecity. Later talking to reportershe said that it is a matter ofpride for us that ChaudharyChhoturam was born in theland of Haryana and he wasone of the great social re-formers of the country whoplayed a key role in building

India. The MP said that thepath Chhoturam had shownfor the farmers has resulted inpolitical parties paying atten-tion to the farmers toeay.

Hansraj Numberdar, RajendraOhliyan, Sachin Ohliyan, Kr-ishna Kumar, Satbir, Abhi-nandan, Surendra Singh,Sachin Sampla, etc. werepresent on the occasion.

The MP said that Chaud-hary Chhoturam had imple-mented an effective law onSeptember 9, 1938, to getback the farmers' attached

land and he was the Messiahfor the farmers and the work-ing class. His contributioncan never be forgotten.

Plan for metro ex-tension to Sampla andRohtak

BJP MP Dr. ArvindSharma said that as soonas he became an MP, hediscussed about the ex-pansion of the Metrofrom Badshasa and thenBadli and Jhajjar to in-crease it and work is go-ing on fast for the exten-sion of the metro fromBahadurgarh to Samplaand after that a plan hasbeen made for the exten-sion of the metro to Ro-htak. He said that UnionMinister Hardeep Puriwas also consulted forthe expansion of themetro.

Ahir Regimentshould be formed

The MP said thatthere is an old demandfor formation of AhirRegiment and it has been

raised in the Lok Sabha also.He said that in each battle, thesoldiers of Ahirwal regionhave played an important roleand there are many martyrsfrom the Ahirwal region. Hesaid that he had also met theDefence Minister for the AhirRegiment and the minister as-sured them that it would beconsidered.

Ch Chhoturam playedimportant role in

making of India: Arvind

SHIV SHARMAKARNAL, NOVEMBER24

A meeting was organisedtoday under the chairman-ship of the National Presi-dent Narendra Arora ofAnti Corruption Founda-tion of India for the Nation-al Level Global GloryAward ceremony. Address-ing the press, NarendraArora said that the AntiCorruption Foundation ofIndia is working to raiseawareness to end corrup-tion. He said on December22, a nationwide grandevent of the Global GloryAward ceremony dedicated

to the anti-corruption cam-paign will be held at the Vi-vaan Resort in which TVand film actress RaginiKhanna will appear as acelebrity guest and will ho-nour the great personalitiesof different states of thecountry.

He said that on this oc-casion, such great personal-ities from different states of

the country will be honoredwith Global Glory Awards,who are doing excellentwork in various fields. Hesaid that on this occasion,the dignitaries working forawareness of eradication ofcorruption will also be giv-en special awards. He saidthat on this occasion, manyeminent personalities of thecountry will be present and

give a message for eradica-tion of corruption.

Arora said that the offi-cials and members of theAnti Corruption Founda-tion of India are raisingawareness of grassrootsawareness in all states tofight corruption. He saidthat Achiever can apply inany field for the GlobalGlory Award. NationalChief Director GurjitSingh, District PresidentKarnal Praveen Punia, Na-tional Directors BharatBhushan Ahuja and SatyamNagpal, State PRO RahulSharma, Kulwant Singhetc. were present on the oc-casion.

Great personalities to be honoredwith Global Glory Award

SHIV SHARMAKARNAL, NOVEMBER24

The annual festival of SantNikka Singh PublicSchools, dedicated toNishkam Education Ser-vice, concluded today. Inthe programme organized atModel Town Nirmal DhamSant Nikka Singh PublicSchool and in the event heldwith association of BrahmGiani Mahant Baba Ram Singh Ji Maharaj andSant Jodh Singh Ji Maharaj, Subhash Chandra,Executive Vice Chairman of Swachh BharatMission Haryana were present.

During this period, students of all threeschools presented programmes giving manyreligious, social and inspirational messages in-

cluding cleanliness service presentation. Onthis auspicious occasion, Maharaja honoredSubhash Chandra with a Siropa. Several dig-nitaries were present on this occasion from theSwachh Bharat Mission, including SubhashTrehan Ji, Director Dr. K L Dong, KL Narangand Professor Krishna Arora.

Annual function at SantNikka Singh Public School

SHIV SHARMAKARNAL, NOVEMBER 24

The annual festival was held at ShriRam Global School. DeeptiUmashankar, Principal Secretary,Women and Child Development Depart-ment and Commissioner of Ambala Di-vision attended the ceremony as theChief Guest. The programme was inau-gurated by lighting the lamp by the chiefguest. In the programme called Rang LaVista, the students of the school praisedLord Shiva and enchanted the peoplepresent. School students presented acolourful cultural whow. The presenta-tion by school children on Haryanvi Pun-jabi hip hop and old songs added to theatmosphere. Addressing the students andparents present on the occasion, DeeptiUmashankar said that today along witheducation in children, there should be

talent hidden in them. She said that thetalent of children comes to the forethrough the stage. On this occasion, stu-dents who excelled in the school werealso honoured by the chief guest. Chair-man of the school Surendra Kakkar andDirector Sandeep Kakkar presented amemento to the chief guest. Principal of

the school, Shivani Kandola, welcomedthe chief guest and other visiting parents.Former dignitaries including Shashi PalMehta, Congress leader Parag Gaba,Councilor Megha Bhandari, Sita Kakkar,Rajesh Kakkar, Samita Kakkar andRamesh Grover were present at theevent.

Parents should enhance children's talent: Umashankar

GURMEET KASHYAPKARNAL, NOV 24

The Sainik School Kunjpuraheld its annual old studentsconference today. Many oldstudents, several now in highpositions also came on this oc-casion were present.

They came to relive thesweet memories of their oldtime spent here as a student.They became nostalgic whilewatching the playgrounds inwhich they used to play andthe hostels in which they lived.During the annual function theoldest student is made thechief guest of the ceremony.LK General RK Hooda was

the chief guest this year.The programme was start-

ed by paying tribute to thebrave martyrs of SainikSchool Kunjpura, who laiddown their lives to protect themotherland. Thereafter, thePrincipal of the school,Colonel VD Chandola wel-comed the students at Sant

Kumar Stadium. This stadiumwhich was renovated by thestudents of the 'Golden Ju-bilee' session of the school at acost of Rs 17 lakh was reno-vated today. The renovated'Staff Room' at a cost of about4 lakh rupees was also inaugu-rated in collaboration with theold students of the Silver Ju-bilee session. A 'Gymnastics'and equestrian art were per-formed by current students. ADog show was presented byDog Squad team from Mad-huban of Haryana Police. Sci-ence, craft exhibition and self-made drone exhibition werealso organised by the currentstudents of the school.

Sainik School Kunjpura holdsold students meet

225th cycle drive rally to save environmentSHIV SHARMAKURUKSHETRA: Membersof Prerna Samithi Haryanaand Vasudhaiva Kutum-bakam Culture Service Di-mensions, who were involvedin the continuous awarenesscampaign for environmentalprotection, got together thismorning to take out the 225thCycle Drive EnvironmentSave Awareness Rally. Theyplanted Rudraksha trees inthe temple of Sector 7. Fa-mous industrialist and philan-thropist Jai Bhagwan Singla attended the plantation drive as the chief guest while the programmewas chaired by NCC officer Dr. Keval Krishna. Provincial chairman of the committee, Gold MedalistDiamond Blood Donor and Environment Watchman Dr. Ashok Kumar Verma said that to save the en-vironment today, more plants need to be planted. He said that we should use bicycles instead of carsto do small tasks of life so that the increasing number of vehicles on the roads can be reduced. Chiefguest on the occasion, Jayabhagwan Singla said that it is his resolve to plant more and more plantsof Rudraksha. He takes great pleasure in this plantation campaign. Dr. Keval Krishna said that he willcontinue this campaign continuously. Rajinikanth Saini, Kamal Saini, Neeraj and Ankit etc. were pres-ent on the occasion.

Officers, students to take oathto follow fundamental dutiesSHIV SHARMAKARNAL: On November 26, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary ofConstitution Day, students in all colleges and higher educational institu-tions, as well as government employees and officials, will be adminis-

tered a pledge to obey fundamental duties. Thisinformation was given by DC Vinay Pratap Singh.He informed that for the detailed information ofthe fundamental duties, events related to thisprogramme will be organised throughout theyear. In this event, students of all faculties study-ing in colleges and higher educational institutionsand students of law colleges will participate. Inconnection with the organiszation of the Constitu-tion Day, guidelines have been issued for organ-ising the programme to District Higher EducationOfficer-cum-Principal Pandit Chiranjilal Sharma

Government Postgraduate College. This programme will be celebratedin all higher educational institutions of the district. Students will also beshown live programmes related to the 70th anniversary of the Constitu-tion from the Central Hall of Parliament House. Besides seminars relatedto the subject will be organised by the enlightened persons of the districtand the experts in law. Screening of films will and documentaries will bearranged, highlighting the Constitution and its various provisions.

Rahgiri programme held in KarnalGURMEET KASHYAPKARNAL: The Rahgiri programme was organised in Sector-12 here on behalf of the Karnal Police and Municipal Corpora-tion today. Peoplewere made awareabout World Door-darshan Day and vio-lence againstwomen. DMC of Mu-nicipal corpora-tionNigam DheerajKumar said that Do-ordarshan is a reflec-tion that entertainsand enlightens usalong with providing information about every event happeningin the society. He said that we should respect and protectwomen.Many laws have been made for women in the country. Theprogramme began with a bhajan sung by Lovepreet. After thatvarious artists and children performed in Rahgiri programmewith their productions. On this occasion, Bhim Singh Saini,Sanjay Batra, Ajay Kumar, Shubham Goyal, Priyanka Kathpal,Rajeshwari Randhawa, Manoj Four, Jasmer Lather, VinodSharma, Sangeeta Sharma, Lovekesh, Dharmendra, NidhiGupta, Dr. Pawan Itidi were present.

RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR

The philosopher Socratesbelieved that one shouldfind buoyancy in one’s

own beliefs without getting“swayed” by others. Well, thepoint is we just can’t learn if weare not open to other beliefs —yet, it is important that we formour own beliefs by viewing sit-

uations objec-tively, whilee l i m i n a t i n gmost of the prej-udices, or flakyemotions, andlooking at facts.

This premise is based on thereality construct. The more webelieve in oneself, the better ouremotional response and higherour purpose for self-awareness.It takes us to a better position toprocess our experiences of eachevent too, along with focusedfeelings that separate every sub-tle particle of our thoughtprocess, while enabling us to ex-pand our ideas and images ofour own self and of others. Suchparticles, or molecules, thatstructure our emotions corre-spond to our behaviour, focus,outlook and insight. Self-beliefis a veritable dynamo. It resideswithin and outside of our mind.

It activates and “sieves” ourideas and thoughts. It “coaches”us to look at things, as they are— not what they are presumedto be. It is all part of our mind’sinner voice — the well-in-grained element of our con-sciousness, or soul. Yet, for themost part, it is a parody that notall of us listen habitually to ourinner voice, or use our talents toeffectually “filter” our emotion-al baggage — especially forfeelings that we have not tack-led directly, or managed. Whythis happens is no scientific rid-dle. It is simple logic, primarilybecause most of us, at somepoint, have a lurking dread of re-jection — this goads us often toevade, or side-step, our priori-ties. Just look at the other side ofthings. When we pay attentionto our self-belief and allow it to

express itself we promptly ap-preciate our self-worth, or self-awareness — right from theword go. When we converselydon’t listen to, or postpone itscall, we hinder the prospect ofgetting closer to reality and pos-itivity. Self-belief is no “easy-come,” or “easy-go.” One oughtto make an earnest endeavour tounderstand its essence, also sub-tlety, and be ever receptive to itscause and effect. If one triggersa fragile feeling for oneself thatechoes low self-worth, onewould not feel allied to the idea.If one were to, likewise, nurtureand accept certain events in lifeas part of one’s purpose, being,or existence, their effort at hon-ing one’s self-belief would helpthem to “up” their ante vis-a-vistheir overt, or covert, talents —from the ground up.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The government in Parliament claimed that normalcy hadreturned to Kashmir. In the same breath, however, itclaimed that internet services were still banned and

would only be restored by depending on the security situation:“National security is above internet services,” Union homeminister Amit Shah told the Rajya Sabha. Ironically, the min-ister’s economy with the truth came while one of Parliament’sseniormost members, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minis-ter Farooq Abdullah, remains imprisoned in his house under thePublic Security Act and unable to attend Parliament to tell therest of India, and the world, of the government’s draconian, un-democratic and unpopular “normalcy” in the Valley. To add in-sult to injury, Dr Farooq was dumped onto a parliamentary pan-el on defence with, among others, terror accused and BhopalMP Pragya Singh Thakur — even if the panel serves a cere-monial function rather than an auditing one.

At the same time, the Supreme Court has asked the gov-ernment to address every question that has been raised on aclutch of petitions before it on the curbs imposed on the peopleof the Valley, now for the sixteenth week, from before the po-litical status of J&K was changed on August 5 with the revo-cation of autonomy through the evisceration of Article 370, andwith the bifurcation of the state into two Union territories. Theapex court, which many have accused of becoming an “execu-tive court” given its track record in the recent past of general-ly supporting executive decisions, whether they be on the titledispute in Ayodhya or matters of privacy and electronic intru-sion in citizens’ lives, was not at all indulgent of the petition-ers' contention that “sedation” of the Valley’s residents to “calmdown” the situation was “overkill”.

The court dismissed as “hyperbolic” all claims that therehad been a “clampdown” on the Valley, when it is just a se-mantic difference: the initial lockdown on the Valley eventual-ly became a shutdown by Kashmiris as an expression of theiropposition to New Delhi's unilateral alteration of their politicalbeing. In fact, the government told the court that newspapers inthe Valley (save one) have been regularly publishing, as an in-dication of normalcy; but that is only superficially correct.Read any newspaper in the Valley and you will see nothing butloud self-censorship.

At another point in the hearing, the bench referred to cross-border terrorism, echoing the home minister’s stand in Parlia-ment that the internet ban would continue keeping in view Pak-istan’s “activities” in the Valley. It is nothing but sophistry tokeep clubbing Kashmiri political grievance with Pakistan-sup-ported cross-border terrorism, but then one can hardly expectanything different from a party whose international agenda hasbeen to club terrorism together with Islam. It is sinister to robthe Kashmiri of agency and then justify it as a need to preventcross-border terrorism.

EditorialIs repression in J&K the

new ‘normal’?

Make an endeavour tounderstand self-belief

In the public discourse ofIndia there is an invisible— the elderly and the in-

firm. In the youth-focussedpolicy drive that obsesses usas a nation we tend to forgetour senior citizens. To reapthe benefit of our demograph-ic dividend the concentrationis mainly on the young andthe fulfillment of their ele-mentary requirements to en-hance national productivity.However, here are some num-bers that provide a realitycheck. As per the PopulationCensus of 2011 there arenearly 10.4 crore elderly per-sons (aged 60 years or above)in India; 5.3 crore femalesand 5.1 crore males. Accord-ing to a report released by theUnited Nations PopulationFund and Help Age India, thenumber of elderly persons isprojected to grow to 17.3crores by 2026. To put thesestatistics into perspective, thetotal population of France is6.7 crores, Britain another 6.7crores, Sweden is one croreand four lakhs andBangladesh is 16.3 crores.

As many as 71 per cent ofIndia's senior citizens residein rural areas while 29 percent live in urban areas al-most mirroring the rural ur-ban mix of our population.The old-age dependency ratiorose from 10.9 per cent in1961 to 14.2 per cent in 2011for the whole of India. Themost conjoint disabilityamong the aged persons is lo-comotor and visual disability.The state-wise break up ofour elderly population revealsthat Kerala has the maximumproportion of elderly peopleat 12.6 per cent of its popula-

tion followed by Goa at 11.2per cent and Tamil Nadu at10.4 per cent. All these fig-ures would have significantlygrown since the Census of2011.

Once upon a time, not toolong ago, the stretched familystructure ensured that seniorsresided not only with theirfamilies but even brothers,sisters, uncles and aunts inneighbouring homes. Every-one was close at hand for anypredicaments such as healthissues or even foreseen or un-foreseen bereavements. Thesocietal fabric was suitablyknitted and proper regard wasgiven to elders. This arrange-ment facilitated elders to leadrealistically content lives withbarely any anxiety as they hadthe conviction that somebodywould look after them as andwhen required. Wheneverthere were some health prob-lems for a senior, the entireextended family would runaround to attend to all their

necessities, rendering med-ical to personal assistance.With perfect understandingon caring and sharing the du-ties, the elders did not feel letdown or lonely.

With the fragmentation ofthe joint family organisationand the rise in the number ofnuclear families, elders in In-dia often find themselves leftalone, neglected and de-pressed even if they are resid-ing with either their childrenor even grandchildren. Thestrain and stresses of the con-temporary realm keep familymembers preoccupied withtheir own drudgery and edu-cation with hardly any time,and occasionally, even pro-clivity to spend time with theolder members of their fami-lies. For elderly people whoseoffspring have emigratedabroad, the situation is worse.Bereft of the presence of anyother person in the household,they try to while away theirtime with a few errands and

lonely walks until such timethat their failing health per-mits. With rising age comesreduced movement and badhealth confines them indoorswith only the idiot box forsolace. The conventional Indi-an ethos and the longstandingjoint family arrangement hadfor centuries played a cardinalrole in preserving the socio-economic well-being of ourgreying and greyed venerables.However, with swift transfor-mation in the societal milieuand the institutionalisation ofthe nuclear family frameworksin the past couple of decades,now elderly people have in-creasingly become vulnerableto emotional physical and fi-nancial insecurities. With thebulk of our populace being lessthan 30 years of age, the trialsand tribulations of our seniorcitizens have not been giventhoughtful deliberation. Livingsolitary is more often than notcited as the rationale for loneli-ness. Census 2011 delineates

that almost 15 million of ourageing citizens live all aloneand about to three-fourths ofthem are women. One out ofevery seven of our old folkslive in a home where there isnot one person below the ageof 60 years.

Loneliness does not, how-ever, and necessarily, stemfrom being unaccompanied orliving solitary. Even peopleliving alone can be whollycontent if they are organisedand have a routine of activitiesthat keep them occupied. Con-versely, you may be living withfamily or in the middle of peo-ple and still feel lonesome.This lonesomeness stems fromfeeling that no one cares foryou and you have no one toshower your affection on. Aperson begins to acquire nega-tive energy when there is noone to converse with. Academ-ic studies reveal that over 65per cent of old people are poorwith no sources of known in-come. A total of 35 per centstill have wealth, assets, re-serves, investments, bequestsand, above all, empathetickids. However, juxtaposedagainst the fact that India has apopulation of 100 million oldpeople and that the numberwill touch 324 million by 2050— equivalent to the populationof many nations, the lack of asocial security architecture be-comes galling. What is mostunfortunate is that notwith-standing their financial status,most elderly people face mal-treatment in one form or theother, according to a study re-leased to mark the United Na-tions’ World Elder AbuseAwareness Day observed onthe 15th of June each year.

4THE THERMOMETER OF SUCCESS IS

MERELY THE JEALOUSY OF THEMALCONTENTS.

SALVADOR DALI

THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE WHO WISH TO BELOVED THAN THERE ARE WHO ARE WILLING TO

LOVE.

NICOLAS CHAMFORT

SPIRITUALISM

STARS TALKSSeemaa Singh, Vedic as-

trologer known for heraccurate predictions of

winning BJP minister KirronKher, as well winning of Pun-

jab electionsby Congress. ARIES :- Youwant to doyour best.There arestrong hintsfrom some of

your planets that you maygetting more deeply involvedin a charitable venture.

Lucky Color :- Lotus pinkLucky No :- 1

TAURUS :- There's lightnessin the air today which hasbeen lacking over the last fewday. You'll find it easier to putserious long term issues to

one side and link up with peo-ple who are out to life.

Lucky Color :- Sky blueLucky No :- 3

GEMINI :- Your current be-haviour is strongly driven byyours belief's and thereare now indicationsthat you could be alittle too rigid.

Lucky Color :-Soft blue

Lucky No :- 17CANCER :- Ob-viously you need tostrike while the iron ishot, but whether that timeis now is questionable.

Lucky Color :- Blue of theSky

Lucky No :- 6LEO :- Family members orpeople you live with seem to

be playing an inhibiting role,perhaps cramping your style.However should you feel un-duly hemmed in by theirhabits and demands, thinkagain.

Lucky Color :- 18Lucky No :- Forest

greenVIRGO :- TheMoon's challengeto your sign isgently romantic,

but it also makes iseasier for you To

play the passive part-ner.

Lucky Color :- PeachLucky No :- 6

LIBRA :- Challenging plane-tary aspects caution you notto be reckless or extravagant.

Lucky Color :- Turquoise

Lucky No :- 11SCORPIO :- This is often avery powerful time of year foryou, but your long term cyclehave shifted slightly.

Lucky Color :- Earthybrown

Lucky No :- 15SAGITTARIUS :- You willno doubt enjoy spending timeat home, so hopefully circum-stances will permit if all is ina state of upheaval, or if youabsolutely must go to work,you should try to create acosy and domesticated at-mosphere you go.

Lucky Color :- SaffronLucky No :- 6

CAPRICORN :- Financialpressure seem to be closelyconnected to social commit-ments. It may be that you

have made promises which itwill be difficult to fulfil, inwhich case you may now beable to make a dignified exit.

Lucky Color :- Emeraldgreen

Lucky No :- 1AQUARIUS :- It is high timethat you stopped allowingother people to take you forgranted . you must recognize, though that if you have al-lowed yourself to be under-valued in the past.

Lucky Color :- Royal blueLucky No :- 20

PISCES :- The moon ex-tending its passionate role inyour chart , sensitizing youremotions and bringing outthose elements.Lucky Color :- Emerald green

Lucky No :- 4

Bring seniors back into policy discourse

Security in our part of theworld is a prestige issue.Our politicians, judges,

governors and generals takepride in having an escort dedi-cated to protecting them. Andthe bigger and flashier andmore ostentatious this escortthe better and more prestigious.

For a few individuals,however the security threat isreal and it is constant. IndiraGandhi was murdered 35years ago, on October 31,1984. Her 25-year-old body-guard Beant Singh shot herthree times with his 0.38 serv-ice revolver. After the PrimeMinister fell to the ground, theother bodyguard, 22-year-oldSatwant Singh, shot the de-fenceless 67-year-old grand-mother 30 times with his Stenmachine gun. Seven bullets hit

her abdomen, three her chestand one her heart. SoniaGandhi was home and accord-ing to press reports, on hearingthe gunshots Sonia ran downthe stairs screaming “Mum-my! Oh my god, mummy”.After this murder, the govern-ment formed the Special Pro-tection Group for Rajiv Gand-hi. This was modelled on theUS Secret Service, which wasset up in 1865, the year thatPresident Abraham Lincoln, avery divisive figure at thetime, was murdered. The USSecret Service protects thecurrent President and VicePresident and their families,and former Presidents andtheir families, but also majorfigures from Opposition par-ties. In 1991, Rajiv Gandhiwas murdered by a 17-year-

old girl at a rally in TamilNadu. She was wearing abomb with the explosive RDXand her detonation killed overa dozen people. I do not knowwhat the SPG was doing at thetime but if my memory servesme right, the responsibilitywas put on the martyredleader, saying he was fine withallowing people come close tohim. If there is a vulnerablefamily anywhere in the world,it is the Gandhis. In India thereis apparently no specific list ofpeople the SPG protects un-like the US Secret Service andit is up to the current govern-ment to decide who gets whatlevel of protection. Now theNarendra Modi governmenthas decided to take away theSPG protection from theGandhi family.

Self-belief is a veritable dynamo. It resideswithin and outside of our mind

The overnight coup thatcaught Maratha strong-man Sharad Pawar nap-

ping on Friday night as theBJP’s Machiavellian AmitShah put his plan into play, is-n’t the first time that Pawarhas been outmanouevred, out-flanked or outsmarted.

In his book, On MyTerms: From the Grassrootsand Corridors of Power, Na-tionalist Congress Party chiefSharad Pawar, a rising star inthe Congress of the earlynineties, squarely places theblame on Congress presidentSonia Gandhi for listening to“self-styled loyalists” in theCongress, for depriving himof prime ministership. Thesewere the backroom boys whohad called the shots in theparty through the Rajiv andIndira years.

The book — released inDecember 2015, some 24years after the assassinationof former prime minister Ra-jiv Gandhi in May 1991 —homes in on the time whenthe leadership stakes werethrown wide open after the re-cently widowed Sonia Gand-hi, despite pressure frommany of Rajiv's confidantes,showed little or no appetite intaking the top job; it wouldhave been hers for the taking.

Either way, it saw a num-ber of contenders includingthe Madhya Pradesh leaderArjun Singh throwing his hatinto the ring. But it was thepowerful young leader fromMaharashtra, the 52-year-oldPawar, who was clearly lead-ing the fray. He was generat-ing the most buzz with hiscause being actively promot-ed by his comrade in armsand Pune moneybags, Suresh

Kalmadi. In the book, MrPawar names Messrs ArjunSingh, M.L. Fotedar, R.K.Dhawan and V. George as themen who were behind themove to block him from be-ing named as leader of theCongress party, which wouldhave automatically seen himbecoming prime minister. Infact, it wasn’t Arjun Singh &Co at all who stopped Pawarfrom being picked for the topjob. While they may havewhispered in Sonia’s earsabout the dangers posed to theGandhi dynasty by a youngerman taking the top post, andwhich may have seen her lookaround for an older and moreexperienced hand, there wereother forces at work.

Sometime in late June af-ter election results were an-nounced, weeks after Rajiv’sassassination, Suresh Kalma-di, prime mover behind the

“Pawar for Prime Minister”campaign, was already host-ing a grand Congress victoryparty, to which all of Delhihad gravitated. Anybody whowas anybody was there. Win-ners and losers, wannabesand, of course, journalists.

Mr Kalmadi, whom onehad badgered with call aftercall for access to Mr Pawaronce one had heard he was acontender, had said he wouldarrange an interview with the“prime-minister-designate”that very night. And whenSharad Pawar, arrived,flanked by armed guards, tot-ing Uzi machine guns, exud-ing confidence and lookingevery inch the leader of thenew India, he was followedby a surprise visitor, an oldfriend from Karnataka. MrGundu Rao, who had servedas chief minister of the south-ern state in the early eighties,

guffawed out loud when I toldhim what I was doing there.Offering to take me to thehouse where “everything thatshould happen will happen”,he said, “Take it from me,Sharad Pawar is not going tobe prime minister, don’t evenbother interviewing him.”

Barely an hour later, wewere sitting in the home of aman who cannot be named,but who, as a senior memberof the outgoing ChandraShekhar government, wasprivy to information on everypolitician.

As the night progressed,he would make several callsto various powerbrokers onthe way forward, includingthe godman Chandraswami.His final call was to MrKalmadi’s home on his land-line when he demanded thatMr Pawar come on the line. Isat and watched as the man,

slowly and methodically de-stroyed Mr Pawar’s chancesof ever becoming prime min-ister of the country. He toldSharad Pawar that he mustwithdraw his candidature thatvery night or face the em-barassment of inside secretsspilling out as he read outshocking details of deals fromfile after file.

This man and the lateChandraswami had alreadyhomed in on their candidatefor prime minister — P.V.Narasimha Rao.

That very night, MrPawar announced he waswithdrawing his candidature,and by the next morning, theparty named Narasimha Raoas their prime ministerial can-didate. Mr Pawar would goon to become the defenceminister in the NarasimhaRao government. But fewknow how close he came to

leading the post-Gandhi Con-gress government or who wasreally responsible for pullingthe rug from under him. MrPawar himself would be hesi-tant about ever calling out hisnemesis, who continues, tothis day, to be one of the Con-gress party’s most virulentcritics.

Mr Pawar’s second bid tobecome prime minister wentawry when he launched acampaign against SoniaGandhi’s foreign origins aftershe helmed the party’s victo-ry and came close to takingover, and then baulked atmoving into Race CourseRoad as the country resonatedto Pawar's “anti-foreigner atthe helm” campaign. Soniawould go on, within days, toname Manmohan Singh asthe prime minister, whowould in turn, be re-elected toa second term.

Another close one as power eludes PawarKalmadi, whom one had badgeredwith call after call for access to Pawaronce one had heard he was acontender, had said he wouldarrange an interview with the“prime-minister-designate” that verynight. And when Sharad Pawar,arrived, flanked by armed guards,toting Uzi machine guns, exudingconfidence and looking every inchthe leader of the new India, he wasfollowed by a surprise visitor, an oldfriend from Karnataka.

Modi should reinstate SPG cover to Gandhis

NEWS AT AGLANCE

Srinagar-Jammu highway reopens for one-waytraffic after 18 hoursSRINAGAR: Traffic on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway, the only all weatherroad connecting Kashmir valley with the rest of the country, was resumed afterremaining suspended for 18 hours due to landslides and shooting stones.Meanwhile, the historic 86-km-long Mughal road, linking Shopian in south Kashmirwith Rajouri and Poonch in Jammu region, remained closed due to heavy snowfallsince November 6. Traffic on Srinagar-Jammu national highway was closed onFriday night following landslides between Ramban and Ramsu, a traffic policeofficial told UNI. However, he said the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI)and Beacon, responsible for widening and maintaining the highway, have pressedinto service sophisticated machines and men to put through the highway.

Lobbying for cabinetberth begins

ASHOK KUMAR ARYACHAMBA: Lobbying for Cabinet berthin BJP-led Himachal governmentwhich expansion is expected any time.The cabinet is currently running is avacancy two seats. Two ministers areexpected to be removed on the basisof their non-performance. With this, 4new ministers can be included in thecabinet of Jai Ram Thakur. There is alot of discussion in the corridors ofChamba district about the expansionof the cabinet is going as one MLAcan get seat from Chamba ( 5 seats).Vikram Singh Jariyal is considered tobe a front runner for Cabinet berth.

Bashir Mohammadarrested for thefts

BADDI: The Baddi police havearrested Bashir Mohammad whocarried out the many thiefts andwanted in various cases. AccusedBashir Mohammad is from Shitalpur invillage Panchayat Haripur Sandolinear Baddi. 8 cases registered againsthim in various cases and sections.

Highway connectingLadakh with Kashmirremains closedSRINAGAR: The national highway, theonly road connecting Union Territory (UT)of Ladakh with Kashmir valley, remainedclosed for the fourth day on Sunday dueto heavy snowfall and avalanches.Meanwhile, majority of the truckers andpassengers who got stranded at differentplaces on Zojila pass were rescued andtaken to safer places. The Srinagar-Lehnational highway is still closed though theBorder Roads Organisation (BRO) hasalready started snow clearanceoperation, officials told UNI. However,frequent avalanches at several placesand fresh snowfall during the past 24hours, was hampering snow clearanceoperation. The snow gets frozen duringthe night when the minimum temperaturedrops to below freezing point with theresult the road becomes slippery, theysaid. It will take more than 48 hours toput through the highway, they said,adding traffic will be allowed only whenthe weather improves and accumulatedsnow is cleared. Officials said about largenumber of trucks got struck at differentplaces on Zojila pass, the mostavalanche prone area on the highway.The highway, the only road connectingLadakh with Kashmir, used to remainclosed in the past for six months duringwinter due to below freezing temperatureand accumulation of snow sinceNovember 1 every year. However, for thepast few years due to efforts of the localadministration and BRO, highway nowremains open in the month of Decemberalso till there is heavy snowfall. Earlier,the Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir,was taking decision to close the highwayfor winter months. However, sinceLadakh has now become anindependent Union Territory (UT),decision to close or reopen the highwaywill have to be taken by administration inUT Ladakh and Kashmir.

11 mobile phonesrecovered from politicalprisoners in SrinagarSRINAGAR: At least 11 mobile phoneswere recovered from the politicalprisoners detained in old block of MLAhostel which has been turned into asub-jail in Srinagar. Over two dozenpolitical leaders, including formerministers and MLAs who weredetained hours before abrogatingspecial status of J&K on August 5,were shifted from a hotel to MLA hostelin Srinagar on Sunday. The authoritieshave ordered an inquiry into how themobile phones were taken inside theheavily guarded MLA hostel, officialsources said. They said during asurprise checking of rooms where thepolitical prisoners are lodged onSaturday, eleven mobile phones wererecovered. However, some seniorpoliticians detained in the sub jailresisted and did not allow search oftheir rooms. The administration hasturned 35 rooms of old block MLAhostel into sub jail. Five rooms are forsecurity personnel of the jail. In thepast also mobile phones and othergadgets were recovered duringsurprise checking in Baramulla, Kathuaand Srinagar jails from the detenues.Over 31 leaders from different politicalparties, including National Conference(NC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)and Peoples Conference, weredetained and kept at Centaur Hotelsince Centre scrapped Article 370 andArticle 35 A, besides dividing the stateinto two Union Territories -- J&K andLadakh. However, they were recentlyshifted to MLA hostel after attractingcriticism over the Rs 2.65 crore billincurred to keep the ‘prisoners’ in theIndian Tourism DevelopmentCorporation (ITDC)-owned CentaurHotel since August 5.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2019

We should follow teachingsof Guru Nanak Ji: Jai Ram

AGENCYUNA, NOV 24

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakurtoday joined the celebration ofthe 550th Prakash Purb of SriGuru Nanak Dev Ji atGurudwara Sahib Kila BabaBedi Sahib in Una today. Whileaddressing the congregation onthe occasion, Chief Ministersaid that Guru Nanak Dev jisays that everything happens byGod’s Grace, so rest assuredthat God knows better what isright or wrong for us. He saidthat in Sikhism, the god isomnipresent, shapeless,timeless, and sightless.(Nirankar, akar, alakh).Sikhism stresses that, beforecreation there was God, andbecause of His will (Hukam),the Illusion (maya ofattachment and enticement)came into being, he added. JaiRam Thakur said thataccording to the Guru’sdoctrine, the victory of truthwas not dependent on ending orsuppressing falsehood but instanding firmly by truth. That iswhy Guru Nanak Dev ji exhortsthat to stick to truth and to

remain on the side of truthwhen it was necessary, headded. Chief Minister said thathe was fortunate to have beenpart of the celebrations on theoccasion of 550th Prakash Parvat Shimla as well as SultanpurLodhi in Punjab. He said thatthe teaching of Guru NanakDev Ji were even more relevanttoday. He said that Guru Jitaught us to work for theupliftment and betterment ofthe society. He said that GuruNanak Dev also spoke ofrespecting their own religion,but at the same time respectingthe religion of others as well.Jai Ram Thakur said that effortswould also be made to restorethe Gurudwara Sahib. Hedirected the districtadministration to improve theroad and path leading to thishistoric Gurudwara Sahib. Healso announced Rs15 lakh forimprovement this road. Earlier,the Chief Minister laidfoundation of building of ITIUna to be constructed at a costof Rs 11.05 crore. He laidfoundation stone ofconstruction of EVM/VVPATWarehouse Una to be

Attends 550th Prakash Purb celebration at Gurudwara Kila Baba Bedi Sahib in Una

Participates in ‘Naval BhorSamaroh’ at Jalandhar

SHIMLA: Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur today participatedin the ‘Naval Bhor Samaroh’ Samaroh of Divya Jyoti JagritiSansthan, Nurmahal at Jalandhar today. Earlier, the ChiefMinister visited the ‘Kamdhenu Gaushala’ and performed ‘GauPuja’. He also appreciated the efforts of the Sansthan toconserve and promote indigenous breed of cattle. Minister ofState for Finance and Corporate Affairs Anurag Singh Thakur,Minister of State For Commerce and Industries Som Prakash,Former Union Minister of State Parneet Kaur, Minister SadhuSingh, Sangathan Mantri Pawan Rana, Vijay Sampla, HardayalSingh were present on the occasion among others.

DINESH AGARWALSHIMLA, NOV 24

Governor Bandaru Dattatraya saidthat the draft of New EducationPolicy, 2019 was a step taken in theright direction which not only catersto the demand of the present times,but was also future-oriented as perthe of the young population of India.He was addressing a meeting of thesub-committee organized in thecontext of 'New Education Policy -Higher Education' during theGovernor's Conference atRashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi,today. He appreciated features ofresearch development, innovationand use of new technology of thispolicy and preserving local andregional languages and the culture.The Governor said that India was inthe Population Dividend Phase andhas 62.5 percent of its population inthe age group of 15 to 35 years whichwas ever increasing and would be atthe peak around 2036 when it wouldreach approximately 65 percent ascompared with other countries whereit was decreasing. He said that thedemographic dividend would befully realized only when India wouldbe able to provide universal quality

education to its population. Hestressed on the need to provide skillsto meet global challenges and creategainful employment opportunitiesfor the youth. He said that new jobopportunities in future would bebased on new skills and it wasnecessary that our education systemshould be designed as per the futureperspective. Dattatraya said thatHimachal Pradesh State HigherEducation Council has beenestablished by the State Governmentto ensure the quality of highereducation. He added that the statewas doing well in Sarva ShikshaAbhiyan (SSA), RashtriyaMadhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan(RMSA) and Rashtriya UchchatarShiksha Abhiyan (RUSA). He saidthat the state was also a pioneer in thefield of education, especially inelementary education. He said thatalong with technical education, thebalance of education based oncharacter building and moral valuesshould be inculcated in the students.He hoped that the new educationpolicy would develop a newconsciousness of nationalism alongwith overall development of childrenand they would be able to contributeto the development of the nation.

New education policy futureoriented: HP Governor

All India NumberdarAssociation meeting held

ANWAR HUSSAINNALAGARH, NOV 24

The meeting of the officebearers of the All IndiaNumberdar Association washeld in Chandigarh, whichwas presided over byPradhan Bhagat Ram

Chaudhary. All the stateofficials reached the meetingand the All India NumberdarsAssociation also stronglyopposed the injustice beingdone by the government onthe issue of stubble burningin Haryana and Punjab. Hesaid numberdars are not

given proper treatment overthe stubble burning. Thismeeting was attended byVice President All IndiaNumber Parminder Singh,Satnam Singh GeneralSecretary, Angrez Singh,Ram Singh Mirzapur,Organization secretary IlamSingh Chauhan, MediaIncharge Jaswinder Thakur,Chief Advisor Naresh LalChaudhary, Treasurer GurjitSingh Gill, Media InchargeAlam Singh, Ramji Sharma,Karamchand Principal Dr.Krishna Anwar Khan,Surendra Chaudhary, RamlalChaudhary, Chief of All IndiaNumberdar AssociationBhupendra Singh Gill werehonored with garlands.

HP: Three killed, eight injuredin separate road accidents

SHIMLA, NOV 24

Three person were killed and eight otherssustained injuries in the separate road accidents inKangra and Una district of Himachal Pradesh,police sources confirmed.

Police Chief of Kangra district, VimukatRanjan confirmed that mishap occurred Pathiyar -Malan road under Kangra district when fivepersons traveling in a car, which went undercontrolled and hit a parafit claimed two lives andthree injured. The deceased identified as VipinKumar resident of Majhaitallli village and AvinashKumar of Hatawas village. The accident was sofatal that wreckage of car spilled apart after theimpact.

In another accident in Una district, one persondied and five others were injured. Police ChiefDivisional Una, Divakar Sharma confirmed that acar hit a motor bike near Tahliwal petrol pumpkilling a youth riding the bike. Deceased identifiedJagmoh Singh resident of Nangal Kalan of Unadistrict. Five persons riding the pickup injuredunder police station Una at Sumurkalan when aLorry hit them. All the five injured were rushed toCivil hospital Nangal, he added.

Special campaign on preventionof drug abuse kicked off

SHANTI GAUTAMBADDI, NOV 24

HPVHA socialorganization Subharabhtoday organised specialcampaign to makestudents aware about drugaddiction in 4 schools ofB a d d i - B a r o t i w a l a–Nalagarh (BBN) throughcounseling. Volunteers ofthe organization told at theRavama Pathshala policestation that this programmeis being organized in aseries of different activitiesbeing organized under thisambitious campaign tokeep every section of thesociety away from drugs.This programme startedfrom November 15 toDecember 15. In e event,3000 children from about20 schools in Baddi was

informed about adverseeffect in the body, mindand soul in which NinaSharma, Yogita, Gurmeet,Zeenat of the institutionwill also play the leadroles. He said thatintoxication is an evilwhich destroys our entirelife. The person sufferingfrom addiction becomes aburden on the societyalong with the family. Theyounger generation suffers

from addiction the most.To rid these victims of drugaddiction, the governmentruns a drug de-addictioncampaign, attempts to curbalcohol and gutkha. Peopleuse drugs such as alcohol,ganja, brown sugar,cocaine and smack whichare not good for health. Aperson addicted becomesobsessed with society andhis social activity becomeszero, yet he does not give

up addiction. Smokingcauses lung cancer, whilecocaine, hashish, opiumwork to increaseexcitement in people,which promotes crime andillegal activities in society.By using these intoxicants,the person goes into a madand dormant state.Consumption of tobaccocauses tuberculosis,pneumonia and respiratorydiseases. Neena Sharma,in-charge of the socialorganization, said that thiscampaign will continue infuture. Subhash Chand,Principal of RawamaPathshala police station,thanked the inauguralinstitution for carrying outthe campaign. The event isbeing supported by theinternational organizationSave the Child.

SHANTI GAUTAMBADDI, NOV 24

The council has been in the process of pro-viding illegal water connections from the gov-ernment borewell in the Dussehra ground ofHousing Board Phase III. The Urban Devel-opment Department had decided to cut allthese connections. This issue was prominentfigured in the Jan Manch on which the citycouncil saved its skin by eradicating the dis-ease of a decade old. Significantly, water isused for the ground from the governmentborewell installed in Dussehra ground of WardNine of Baddi. During this time of Congresspeople had made dozens of water connections

by themselves. They get 24 hours of watersupply whereas Himuda provides three timewater to the entire housing board. People whohave taken connections from here by follow-ing the rules and laws, they are also keepinghundreds of tenants and earning lakhs of ru-pees from it and the Municipal Council has topay a huge bill of electricity from Borwell.Housing Board Welfare Society Phase-III,Himuda Welfare Association and HariomYoga Society Baddi raised the matter in JanManch in Barotiwala in August. The citycouncil had made preparations to raise all theissues raised in the public forum. First, the citycouncil broke the illegal ramps built on theAmaravati-Phase-III.

'Punjabi should be given 2nd language status'PREETI RANAUNA, NOV 24

Chief Minister Jairam Thakur saidthat Himachal Pradesh will find amiddle way to give Punjabi asecond language status.

He said that for this, it will bediscussed with Baba Sarvjot SinghBedi. CM was speaking on Sundayduring the 550th Prakashotsavceremony of Shri Guru Nanak DevJi.

Thakur urged people to followthe path shown by Sri Guru NanakDev Ji. He said that Guruji'seducation is relevant even todayand people should follow theireducation and try to take the

society forward by preservingculture.

CM said that the fort of UnaBaba Bedi Sahib is a historicalsite, it needs to be maintained onthe lines of heritage. He said thatthis religious heritage needs to begroomed more.

The CM said that the conditionof the access road to this historical

site is very poor. He alsoannounced Rs 15 lakh for the roadconstruction.

Earlier, Baba Sarvjot SinghBedi, a descendant of Shri GuruNanak Dev Ji, made someproposals and handed over CM.During the ceremony, MP fromHamirpur parliamentaryconstituency Anurag Thakur saidthat efforts are being made toconnect all religious places withUna by train. Anurag said that asdirect train has been arranged fromUna to Nanded Sahib, efforts willbe made to start a direct train fromUna to Amritsar on the same lines.BJP state president Satpal SinghSatti also addressed.

Nagar Council disconnectsillegal water connections

Students from HP schoolsparticipate in MCQ test

KANGRA, NOV 24

Few thousand students fromClass IX to XII from dozensof schools of Kangra andMandi districts of HimachalPradesh on Sundayparticipated in MultipleChoice Question (MCQ)Competition organised byVivekananda Kendra,Kanyakumari branch Kangraa spiritually oriented servicemission in order to preparethese students for nationallevel competitions.

The day was observed as‘Sadhna Diwas’ to celebratethe birthday of EaknathRenaday founder ofVivekananda Kendra.Vivekananda Sharma,spokesman of local unit ofVivekananda Kendra, toldUNI that MCQ competitionis being organised to sharpen

the intellect of the studentsbesides imparting them atraining how to face nationallevel competitions to shapetheir future. He said thiscompetition is a tool to bringthem closer to their culturalroots and national ethos. Hesaid the bilingual questionpaper in Hindi and Englishcarrying 200 questions ofmultifarious nature arereplied in two hours by thestudents on OMR sheets.

He said the examinationswere conducted at a numberof centers in government andprivate schools in Kangraand Mandi districts. Thesecenters included GAV Seniorsecondary school Kangra,Rainbow International schoolNagrota Bagwan, DAVSenior Secondary SchoolPalampur, Govt. SeniorSecondary School and Govt.

Degree College Lad Bharolin Mandi district, New EraPublic School Chattri,Draman and Dronacharyaand Scholar’s InternationalSchool Gurkhari.

He said the responsefrom the students wasencouraging. Nearly 413students from 13 private andgovernment schools locatedin remote areas of Mandidistrict participated in MCQat Lad Bharol Center.

At Lad Bharol after theexamination, 413 studentsand 32 lecturers of differentschools and Govt. DegreeCollege attended SadhnaDiwas and Ashok KumarShsangathak VivekanandaKendra Uttar Prant includingDelhi shed light on the lifeand teachings of SwamiVivekananda and Eak Nath JiRanade.

Monthly meeting of VishwaHindu Parishad organized

PREETI RANAUNA, NOV 24

Monthly meeting of VishwaHindu Parishad was held onUna under chairmanship ofDistrict President NirmalSingh Thakur, in whichorganizing secrtary NeerajSharma attended as theChief speaker. The mainobjective of this meeting isto created interest alongwith the think-tankcampaign. Work done by theVishwa Hindu Parishad inthe district Una in the last 3

months was reviewed, andstrategy was prepared forcoming months. NeerajSharma said that cases ofreligious conversion areincreasing in HimachalPradesh which can prove tobe a danger in the state. Hesaid that we have asked ourworkers at every block levelto take such a matter ofreligious conversionseriously. Work of Ramtemple construction inAyodhya can be started onthe occasion of the festivalof Ram Naumi, he added.

HMV holds workshopon 'Scaling NewHorizons a LibraryAutomation'

HARPREET SINGH LEHALJALANDHAR: In order to equipthemselves with technical skills thelibrary staff of Hans Raj Mahila MahaVidyalaya organized a workshop on‘Scaling New Horizons a LibraryAutomation’ under the motivation ofPrincipal Prof. Dr. Ajay Sareen andthe canopy of IQAC. The resourceperson S.S. Das from Softlink Asia,Delhi was offered a warm welcome byPrincipal Dr. Ajay Sareen, NavroopKaur, Dr. Ekta Khosla, Harpreet Singhand Amarjit Khanna. S.S. Dasdelivered information based lecture onthe Fundamentals of LibraryManagement, catalogue and Reportsthrough Power Point presentation.

Silent march to createawareness aboutChandigarh's air quality

CHANDIGARH: Students of BanyanTree School Chandigarh organised aSilent March on 24th November, 2019to create awareness in thecommunity about Chandigarh's airquality deteriorating. Students fromGrade III to IX took part in it. Theywanted to create awareness in thecommunity that we need to takeresponsibility for our actions toensure that we give the clean air toour children which we grew upbreathing. The children carriedposters and wore masks to conveytheir message. The students went tothe markets in Panchkula, Zirakpur,Mohali and the neighbouring housingSocieties to spread the message.

DAV (B.Ed) College winstrophy in PU Athletic meet

RAJ SADOSHABOHAR: By clinching 34 medals theteam of DAV College of Education,Abohar has won trophy in Athletics inthe Annual Inter College Athletic Meetorganised by Panjab University foreducational colleges beating around 25colleges. Principal Dr. Urmil Sethifelicitated the winners. Ramandeep wasadjudged best athlete. The team won19 gold, 11 silver and 4 bronze medalsin different athletic events. Dr. Sethicongratulated Sports in-charge DaljitSingh and budding sports stars forbringing the laurels to the college thathas completed 51 successful years ofillustrious service in the field of sports.

Light and soundpageant 'SatguruNanak Pargatya' heldMOHALI: St. Soldier InternationalSchool, Mohali showcased a grandmultimedia light and sound show‘Satguru Nanak Pargatya’ on the life ofGuru Nanak Dev ji at its Campus . Itwas a mesmerizing presentation onthe life and philosophy of GuruNanak by the students of Classes IIIto V. A humble and befitting tributewas paid to the first guru,disseminating his messages andteachings including ‘Work Hard,Chant God’s name and share theearnings’, strengthening the ethos ofunity, peace, brotherhood.

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Power sector employees to boycott work on Jan 8 againstprivatisation moveCHANDIGARH: The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) in its federal executive meetingdecided that the power engineers across the country would resort to a one-day work boycott onJanuary 8, 2020 to protest and oppose the move of the central government to introduce multipleprivate supply licenses. The one day nation-wide strike/work boycott will be under the banner of theNational Coordination Committee of Electricity Employees and Engineers (NCCOEEE), a broad basedumbrella organization of 1.5 million power workers and engineers working in power sector of India. Itwas decided to go on a flash strike, in the event that the proposed amendment bill is introduced in theParliament during the winter session. The federal executive was addressed by Chairman ShailendraDubey, Secretary General P Rathnakar Rao, K Ashok Rao and delegates from Maharashtra, MadhyaPradesh, Chhattisagadh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Karnataka, UP, Punjab, Haryana and J&K.

Congress holds protestagainst Modi govt

BJP becomes biggest threat to Indian economy: AshuGAURAV GOELLUDHIANA, NOV 24

Punjab Food, Civil Supplies &Consumer Affairs MinisterBharat Bhushan Ashu todayaccused the Bharatiya JantaParty (BJP) led Uniongovernment of being thebiggest threat for the Indianeconomy. He alleged that theUnion government is wilfullyignoring the interests of thegovernment departments/institutions and is insteadpromoting big corporatehouses. Besides, the BJP hascaused huge damage to thebackbone of Indian economyby implementing GST anddemonetisation, due to whichthe residents are suffering.

He said this whileaddressing a block-leveldharna organised by the BlockLudhiana-2 of the Congressparty against the Uniongovernment opposite VerkaMilk Plant, here today.

He said that the UPAgovernment under theleadership of former primeminister Dr Manmohan Singh

had worked hard to stabilisethe Indian economy. But eversince the BJP led NDA formedgovernment at centre, it hasdestabilised the Indianeconomy to an extent that itwould take ages to stabilise it.

Bharat Bhushan Ashuaccused the Uniongovernment of providingundue benefit to a select bigcorporate houses andexperimenting with theeconomy. He alleged thatillegal benefits of more thanRs 130,000 crores have been

provided to the selectcorporate houses by the Uniongovernment. He alleged thatgovernment institutions suchas BSNL, Indian Oil, BPCLetc are being targeted wilfullyby the Union government sothat the select corporatehouses are benefitted. Hestated that if these institutionsshut down, lakhs of workerswould become jobless. Heinformed that Prime MinisterNarendra Modi had promised2 crore jobs for unemployedeach year, while on the other

hand, he is formulating suchpolicies that the alreadyemployed in governmentsector are finding it difficult tosave their jobs. Prominentamong those present on theoccasion included LudhianaImprovement Trust ChairmanRaman Balasubramaniam,District Congress Committee(Urban) President AshwaniSharma, Pankaj Kaka, HariSingh Brar, Dilraj Singh (allcouncillors), block presidentRupesh Jindal, Inderjit SinghIndi, besides several others.

Sangrur industrialists callon Preneet Kaur, seeksolution for problems

SUMER GARGSUNAM, NOV. 24

A deputation of Sangrur DistrictIndustrial Chamber(SDIC), Sangrurwhich mainly includes MP Singh,Bharat Bhushan, Munish Soni underthe leadership of it's district PresidentGhanshayam Kansal met Parneet KaurCongress Lok Sabha member ofParliament (MP) from Patialaconstituency & wife of Chief Ministerof Punjab Capt. Amarinder Singh atPatiala.

The Industrialists apprised the MPregarding the day to day problemsbeing faced by the Industrialists ofPunjab as the center government hadannounced various incentives to theIndustrialists of the adjoining hilly

states, due to which the Industry fromthe Punjab is shifting in theseincentives availabling States.

Deputationists also allegded thatthe GST Council of India is alsoamending it's laws in routine & thenew format for the amendments are notavailable on the net, causing very muchinconvenience in the filling of theirGST returns. Deputationists weredemanding incentives to theIndustrialists of Punjab on the patternof hilly states & the GST Councilframe permanent laws, avoidfrequently changes in it's Act untill orunless it updates it's survers.

The MP assured the deputationiststhat she would raise their voice inParliament & also before the GSTCouncil.

Director Sports expresses satisfaction over ongoingarrangements after visiting seven districts

CHANDIGARH, NOV 24

After visiting variousdistricts in regard theInternational KabaddiTournament 2019, theDirector of Sports, SanjayPopli, has expressedsatisfaction over the ongoingwork and announced that allthe arrangements will becompleted well before thetime.

Informing about the visitof all the districts i.e.

Kapurthala, Amritsar,Ferozepur, Bathinda, Patiala,Roop Nagar and Gurdaspur,Popley said that the work isgoing on war footing for theKabaddi Tournament and itwill be completed before thetournament begins. MrPopley has visited all thevenues and personallyinspected the kabaddigrounds. He also held thereview meetings withdifferent officers in thesedistricts. Director Sports

informed that nine teams areparticipating in thetournament. To under takethe arrangements of eachdistrict, venue committeesunder the chairmanship ofDeputy Commissioners ofthe districts have beenformed which are working tocomplete all thearrangements. Popley saidthat stadiums are beingrenovated, repaired, beside,the arrangement of lights andback-up generators.

According to Mr Popley,special attention is being paidto the seating area andparking outside the stadiums.He said that as per the wishesof Sports Minister RanaGurmeet Singh Sodhi, thistournament will be madememorable and it will bededicated to Sri Guru NanakDev Ji's 550th Prakash Purb.

He was accompanied byDeputy Director SportsKartar Singh during his visitsto all these districts.

Annual Sports Day held at GuruAmar Dass Public School

HARPREET SINGH LEHALJALANDHAR, NOV 24

Annual Sports Day(2019-20) wasOrganised at Guru Amar Dass PublicSchool, Model Town, Jalandhar.President S. Ajit Singh Sethi presidedover the function as the ‘chief guest of theDay’. Director Principal HarminderjitKaur Chawla, Principal Navneet KaurKukreja and all the members of schoolstaff welcomed him by presenting him abouquet. On this occasion members ofthe School Managing Committee S.Mohinderjit Singh, S. Kawaljit Singh

Kochhar, S. Surjit Singh Arora, Dr. H.MHuria, S. Kultaran Singh Anand, S. HSBhasin, S.Tejdeep Singh Sethi and S.Gagandeep Singh Sethi were alsopresent. Chief Guest S. Ajit Singh Sethiand all the members of the SchoolManaging Committee gave away medalsand trophies to the winners.

Bogus billing fraud busted in MuktsarPhysical verification reveals over 9000 bags short of alleged purchaseCHANDIGARH, NOV 24

Claiming that the vigilance team ofFood and Civil Supplies Departmentis leaving no stone unearth to checkthe recycling of out of State paddy inthe local markets, Bharat BhushanAshu, Food and Civil SuppliesMinister Punjab informed that thesurprise check on Friday in aSheller premises in Muktsar hasunearthed a bogus billing fraud bythe mill owner. Giving details, hesaid that the officers of thedepartment suspected M/s. RKVishal Rice and General Mills,Bariwala, District Muktsar of shadydeal. The raid in the sheller and thesubsequent physical verificationrevealed that the owner had shownpurchases made from local mandis

in his record without actually havingdone so. In fact, the stock was foundshort of over 9000 bags of paddywhich were shown allegedlypurchased from local mandis.

According to the record 83303bags (each 37.5 kg) amounting to3123 tonnes of paddy was stored inthe mill till November 23. But, onthe spot only 74281 bags with 2785tonnes of paddy were found

revealing shortage of 9022 bags(each 37.5 kg) (338 tonnes) of paddyat the mill.

Besides bogus billing, the teamof inspection officers found emptybags of out of state paddy includingthose from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.This brought to fore the fact that themiller had shown the paddy in hissheller by bogus billing from themarket, while the paddy had notactually come to the mill and themiller was completing its requisitestock of the paddy by procuringcheap paddy from other states.

Further investigation is on,informed the Minister and said thataction has been recommended on themill under different sections of thecustom milling policy 2019-20 andother applicable laws.

Experts present rare eye surgerycases at city’s first Eye Film Festival

ISHA UPADHYAYCHANDIGARH, NOV 24

City’s first Eye FilmFestival (CME) was held atHotel Mountview, Sector 10here to impart ContinuingMedical Education (CME)to over 120 eye specialistsdrawn from all over thecountry. The CMEorganized by ChandigarhCornea Centre (CCC)attracted eminent as well asyoung ophthalmologistsfrom the public sector,corporate sector as well asstandalone eye clinics. ProfJagat Ram, DirectorPGIMER Chandigarh wasthe chief guest who laudedthe work done by Dr AshokSharma in the field ofcorneal grafting andrendering eye care to thecommunity, whileinaugurating the event Dr.Jagat Ram also presented aunique video filmdemonstrating cataractsurgery in children withcongenital eye

malformation. Earlier, Dr.R Kumar senior eyespecialist and PresidentSPEAK India, welcomedthe chief guest, guests ofhonour Dr. Sudhank Bhartifrom Delhi and Dr PrateepVyas from Indore, otherguests and delegates on thebehalf of ChandigarhCornea Centre (CCC).While welcoming the guestshe exhorted the doctors tomake medical servicesethical and affordable forthe community. Dr. Bhartipresented how to performsafe cataract surgery in

complicated cases. Dr.Vyas, a well-knownglaucoma specialistdemonstrated how to fix theproblems after glaucomasurgery. Dr. Ashok Sharma,Director, ChandigarhCornea Centre (CCC)demonstrated themanagement of Descemet’smembrane detachment, acomplication of cataractsurgery. Other prominentophthalmologists from theregion, who participated inCME included Dr. M RDogra, Dr. Arun Jain, Dr. BS Bhaura, Dr. S S Pandav,Dr. Suresh Gupta, Dr. GSDhami, Dr. Rohit OmPrakash, Dr. GursatinderSingh and many others. Theparticipants took part inactive discussion andquestion-answer session.One session was dedicatedto video film competitionfor young ophthalmologists,where cash prize wasawarded to the winner. Dr.Simar Rajan won the saidcompetition.

Punjab Diwali Bumper erases financialworries of rubber factory labourer

Vinod Kumar wins 2nd prize of Rs 20 LacCHANDIGARH, NOV 24

Sometimes a slightest thingcan change the direction oflife, and the same hashappened in the life of VinodKumar, a labourer at a RubberFactory in Jalandhar, as hebecame a Lakhpati overnightwinning the second prize ofRs 20 lakh in Punjab StateMaa Lakshmi Diwali PoojaBumper- 2019. Vinod Kumar,hailed from Gonda district ofUttar Pradesh, has been livingin Jalandhar since 1989.Father of three sons and adaughter, Vinod Kumar saidthat he could not believe his

eyes as he matched his ticketnumber with the winningticket number A-111864. Hehas submitted his claim for theprize money and the PunjabState Lotteries Departmentofficials assured him that thepayment would be made at the

earliest. Feeling extremelyhappy Vinod Kumar said hecould not have imaginedwinning such a big amount inthe wildest dreams, but thishas been made possible by thePunjab State Diwali Bumper.Expressing faith in the fair andtransparent manner in whichthe state government hadconducted the draw, VinodKumar said with the prizemoney he would be able totide over the financialproblems his family wasfacing. Notably, the draw ofthe bumper was announced onNovember 1, 2019 atLudhiana.

M and M Public Schoolstudents get first position

SUNAM NOV 24

An English ExtemporeCompetition was organizedunder "Sahodaya Sangrur" atlocal Rosemary PublicSchool Sunam, in whichstudents from about 18schools all over the districtSangrur took part in thiscompetition.

Simranpreet Kaur a ninthclass student of M and MPublic School got firstposition. In this competitionthe students had to express

their views on a topic withoutany supporting material. Thewon student had showed herskill.

On this occasion,Principal of the schoolChamandeep Kaur whilecongratulating the children,wished them for their brightfuture. Students should keepparticipating in suchcompetitions as they getconfidence and explore newthings for the improvementthrough practice andexperience, she added.

Government schoolcomes in limelight for

unique art infrastructure

PRITPAL SINGHJALANDHAR, NOV 24

With its state of art infrastructure governmentprimary school at village Mustafapur nearKartarpur has emerged as a lighthouse forimparting quality education to the students forensuring their overall development of personality.The well maintained school with its eye-catchinginfra structure distinguishes it from the otherschools in the region. The aesthetically paintedwalls of the schools not only have slogansimprinted on it but the basics of maths, English andPunjabi have been colorfully displayed so thatstudents could be made to understand these basicseffectively and simply. Not only has this but inorder to inculcate reading habit amongst thestudents from the tender age the teachers havemade a separate Reading Room where books as perthe interests of the primary students have been kept.Students from the primary classes are made to visitand spend time in the reading room once in a dayso that they could go through these books.

Major Singh took over Charge as SHO,Police Station Sunam. He succeededJahan Singh. Photo by Sumer Garg.

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Former MP chief minister Kailash Joshi diesBHOPAL: Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister and senior BJP leader Kailash Joshi died at aprivate hospital here on Sunday after prolonged illness, a family member said. He was 90. "Hebreathed his last at the Bansal Hospital here," his son and former state minister Deepak Joshi toldnews agency. The former CM is survived by three sons and three daughters. His wife died a fewmonths back, a source said.

The last rites will be performed on Monday at his ancestral town Hatpipalya in Dewas district,former BJP MP Alok Sanjar said. Senior BJP leader and former state chief minister Shivraj SinghChouhan reached the hospital soon after getting information about Joshi's death.

Born on July 14, 1929, Joshi, who was called as the 'saint of politics', served as the state's chiefminister from 1977 to 1978. He was MLA for eight terms and also served as member of both theRajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha.

‘Super Seeder’ manufactured byDasmesh group is in high demand:Giani Amar Singh

MAMOON RASHIDMALERKOTLA: Delegations fromchina Cambodia, Vietnam and Nepallead by Dr. Jaskarn Singh Mahal, Dr.Gursahib Singh and Dr. Baldev Singhfrom PAU reached Dasmeshindustries to know about the newlymanufactured machine named "SuperSeeder" that helps a farmer to mix thewaste of the paddy in the soil andthere is not any need to burn thewaste, Giani Amar Singh Managingdirector of Dasmesh Group said thatafter reaping the crop with the smscombine super seeder is used andfarmer can start sowing the wheatdirectly and there is no need to burnthe stubble as it mixes in the soil withthe help of said machine, he furthersaid that the machine is tested byministry of Agriculture government ofIndia, the machine is inspected by Dr.Algusundram DG Agriculture, K.KSingh ADG, ICAR Delhi, Rajiv SinghDirector, ADARI Ludhiana.

Annual function organised inSaint Francis Convent School

KULJIT SINGH JANDIALA GURU: Kindergartensection of the St.Francis Conventschool today celebrated its annualfunction. Chief guest for the functionwas Rev Fr. Jose Puthenpura and ProfDr. Jaspal Singh , Principal Khalsacollege for Law, Amritsar graced theoccasion. Many theme based vibrantand colorful dances were presented bythe students. The principal - Sr. Jeenaapprised the parents about the effortsand achievements of the school.

NEW DELHI, NOV 24

JDU general secretary PavanVerma said here on Sundaythat BJP and Ajit Pawarshould prove their majorityon the floor of the Maharash-tra Assembly at the earliestbecause any delay in floortest might increase thechances of "horse-trading" oflegislators.

"In Maharashtra, the needis that BJP and NCP shouldprove the majority on thefloor of the Assembly or tryto prove it because any delayin floor test will increase thechances of horse-trading,"said Verma.

The Supreme Court onSunday heard a joint plea byNCP-Shiv Sena-Congressagainst BJP-led Maharashtragovernment and issued no-tices to the state government,Chief Minister DevendraFadnavis, his deputy AjitPawar and the Centre, askingthem to present before it therelevant documents and let-ters of support from MLAs by10 am tomorrow.

At a time when delibera-tions among Congress, NCPand Shiv Sena on the forma-tion of a non-BJP government

in the state had seeminglyreached the final stage, theBJP formed the governmentin a surprise development onSaturday morning when De-vendra Fadnavis took oath forthe second consecutive termas the state Chief Minister,with NCP's Ajit Pawar as hisDeputy Chief Minister.

The BJP won 105 seats inthe 288-member assemblyfollowed by Shiv Sena 56,NCP 54 and Congress 44.

The Nationalist CongressParty (NCP) late on Saturdaymoved 44 MLAs to the Re-naissance Hotel here on Sat-urday.

Delay in floor test will lead to'horse-trading' in Maharashtra:

JDU Pavan VermaAGENCYMUMBAI, NOV 24

NCP leader Ajit Pawar, whowas on Saturday sworn in asthe deputy chief minister ofMaharashtra, returned to hisprivate residence nearChurchgate here in the earlyhours of Sunday and latermet his supporters and someparty leaders.

The 60-year-old legisla-tor, who created a flutter instate politics by rebellingagainst the NCP and joininghands with the BJP, spentSaturday at his brother'shome in Mumbai even as hisuncle and NCP chief SharadPawar attended a meetingwhere most of the partyMLAs were present.

After returning home,Ajit Pawar met some of hissupporters here, sourcessaid. NCP leader DilipWalse Patil also met AjitPawar at the latter's resi-dence, they said. Ajit Pawarwon the last month's Assem-bly polls from Baramati seatwith the highest margin of1.65 lakh votes. Meanwhile,a meeting of BJP legislatorsis slated in Mumbai on Sun-day, a day after DevendraFadnavis was sworn in as

the chief minister again. TheNCP, Congress and ShivSena are trying to ensuretheir MLAs are not poached.In the 288-member state As-sembly, the BJP governmentwill have to prove that it hasthe backing of 145 legisla-tors. There has been no offi-cial confirmation on reportsthat the governor has askedFadnavis to prove his major-ity in the Assembly by No-vember 30. In a stunningturn of events, Fadnavis onSaturday returned as chiefminister propped up by AjitPawar, who was made hisdeputy, just hours after thenew alliance of Shiv Sena,the NCP and the Congressreached a consensus that

Sena chief Uddhav Thacker-ay will be their chief minis-terial candidate. Fadnavisand Ajit Pawar were swornin by Governor BhagatSingh Koshyari at a hushhush ceremony here, leadingto lifting of the President'srule in the state. Ajit Pawar'svolte face created fissures inthe NCP, whose chiefSharad Pawar distanced

himself from his nephew'sdramatic action, saying thedecision to back Fadnaviswas his personal choice andnot that of the party. On Sat-urday evening, the NCP re-moved Ajit Pawar as the par-ty's legislature unit head,saying his move was not inline with the party's policies.The BJP and the Sena,which fought the last

month's Assembly polls inan alliance, secured a com-fortable majority by winning105 and 56 seats respective-ly. The Sena, however,broke its three-decade-longties with the BJP after thelatter declined to share thechief minister's post. TheCongress and the NCP, bothpre-poll allies, won 44 and54 seats respectively.

Ajit Pawar returns home, meets supporters

Truck driver arrested with illicitliquor worth Rs 32 lakhGHAZIABAD : The Uttar PradeshExcise Department along with theSahibabad police on Sunday arresteda person and seized a truck from hispossession carrying illicit liquor worthRs 32 lakh. The arrested driveridentified as Sukhdev Singh is aresident of Punjab's Gurdaspur.Speaking to a news agency, RakeshMishra, CO, Sahibabad, said, "Todaymorning, we nabbed a truck whichcontained nearly 655 boxes of illicitliquor, which was being transportedfrom Ludhiana in Punjab to variousdistricts of Uttar Pradesh."Mishra further stated that the policeacted after receiving a tip-off about thepresence of illicit liquor at locations forselling. Currently, all attempts to nabthe main culprits of this liquorsmuggling case are underway. "We aretrying to nab all the persons involved inthe case," he said. A case under theNarcotics, Drugs and PsychotropicSubstances Act has been registeredagainst the accused.

BBMB organizes'Rajbhasha prizedistribution' function

CHANDIGARH:BBMB organized'Rajbhasha Prize Distribution' functionand 'HasyaKaviSammelan'at theauditorium of Govt. College forWomen, Sector-42, Chandigarh on22.11.2019. Function was started bylightning of Deepshikha by Sh. D. K.Sharma, Chairman, BBMB. Prior tothis, 'Hindi Month' was organized byBBMB in Board Secretariat,Chandigarh from 1st September, 2019to 29th September, 2019. During themonthfour competitions viz a viz HindiNibandh&AnuvadPratiyogita, HindiShabdGyanPratiyogita, Hindi TankanPratiyogita andHindi Noting & DraftingPratiyogitawere organized. During the function, winners ofcompetitions were awarded. Besidesthis, award was also given to 27employees for their outstanding work inHindi during the year 2018-19.

Govt extends ban on Bodoinsurgent group NDFBNEW DELHI: The Centre hasextended the ban on Assam-basedBodo insurgent group NDFB for fivemore years for its involvement in aseries of violent activities, includingkillings, extortion and for joining handswith anti-India forces.In a notification,the Home Ministry said the NationalDemocratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB)has been indulging in illegal andviolent activities intending to disrupt thesovereignty and territorial integrity ofIndia in furtherance of its objective ofachieving a separate Bodoland. "Now,therefore, in exercise of the powersconferred by sub-section (1) of section3 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention)Act, 1967 (37 of 1967), the centralgovernment hereby declares theNational Democratic Front ofBodoland, along with all its groups.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, NOV 24

India and China are at loggerheadsover the legacy of one of the oldestsystems of traditional medicine,known as Sowa-Rigpa, which hassimilarities with Ayurveda.

India has sought recognition ofthe ancient medicinal tradition as its"intangible cultural heritage", aclaim contested by China at a glob-al forum, sources said.

Sowa-Rigpa is a traditional Ti-betan system of medicine practisedin India's Himalayan belt. It is pop-ular in Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh,West Bengal's Darjeeling, Hi-machal Pradesh and the Union Ter-ritory of Ladakh.

"India has approached the UN-ESCO seeking enlisting of theSowa Rigpa as its 'intangible cul-tural heritage'. China has raised ob-jection to it," an official said.

An Indian delegation is stronglypushing the country's applicationbased on detailed documents and ev-idence provided by the AYUSHMinistry which has been workingclosely with the Ministry of External

Affairs on the matter, officials said.The move comes in the backdrop ofthe Modi government promoting thetraditional medicine system, one ofthe oldest surviving medicine sys-tems in the world. The Union Cabi-net on November 20 approved the

setting up of the National Institutefor Sowa-Rigpa (NISR) in Leh as anautonomous organization. This isperhaps one of the first decisionstaken by the Union Cabinet onLadakh's development after it be-came a Union Territory on October

31 following the bifurcation of Jam-mu and Kashmir. The theory andpractices of Sowa Rigpa are similarto that of Ayurveda and include afew principles of the traditional Chi-nese system of medicine.

The fundamental text book'Rgyud-Bzi' of Sowa Rigpa is be-lieved to have been taught by Bud-dha himself and is closely linkedwith Buddhist philosophy.

The establishment of the NISRas an autonomous body under theMinistry of AYUSH has been ap-proved at an estimated cost of Rs47.25 crore. According to an official,setting up of NISR would provide animpetus to the revival of Sowa-Rig-pa in the Indian sub-continent andprovide opportunities for students ofthe traditional medicinal system notonly in India but also from othercountries. It will be an autonomousnational institute under the Ministryof AYUSH with the mandate of un-dertaking interdisciplinary educationand research programmes in Sowa-Rigpa in collaboration with premiernational and international institutesand facilitate integration of differentsystems of medicine.

Will wait for SC's decision, want Fadnavisto resign, says NCP leader Malik

MUMBAI: NationalistCongress Party (NCP)leader Nawab Malik onSunday said that he willwait for the SupremeCourt's decision on the pleafiled by NCP, Shiv Senaand Congress against BJP-lead government formationin the state.

Speaking to media,Malik said, "SupremeCourt will have a hearingtomorrow now. We arewaiting for the top court'sdecision. This Maharashtragovernment is formed onthe basis of false papers.Yesterday, we were notable to contact our fiveMLAs but three of them

came back today. By today,all of them will be back.""This government has nomajority. We want Deven-dra ji to give resignationand if not then we will de-feat them in Vidhan Sabha.They don't have the major-ity to prove. This is the

government that does nothave numbers. It is betterFadnavis should resign,"he added.

The Supreme Courthas issued notices to theMaharashtra government,state Chief Minister De-vendra Fadnavis, hisdeputy Ajit Pawar and theCentre, and asked for rele-vant documents and lettersof support from MLAs by10 am tomorrow.

The top court whilehearing the NCP-Sena-Congress plea against BJP-led government formationin the state said appropriateorders will be passed to-morrow.

India, China spar over legacy of medicinal system

VERMAGURDASPUR, NOV 24

After the struggle of lastfew days, finally after theformation of BJP govern-ment in Maharashtra andfadanvees was made ChiefMinister in Maharashtra,BJP leader Dr. Kamaljyotimet the election in-chargeof Maharashtra and BJPNational Vice PresidentAvinash Rai Khanna to hisoffice to Congratulate himfor this success.

He said that the BJP isa party of very introspec-tive and well-known lead-ers, due to the policies ofBJP the public again elect-ed Narendra Modi as primeminister. He said that in

most of the 29 states of thewhole of India, the BJP'sflag is unfurling. He saidthat in Maharashtra, De-vendr Fadnavis of BJP hasbeen made the Chief Min-ister, but one thing is clearthat in Maharashtra too, noother contenders other thanBJP could show his power,

due to which the Governorasked Bjp to form govern-ment. He said that BJP willwin with a big lead in theupcoming Punjab electionsalso and Narendra Modi'smagic will also work inPunjab. Other BJP leaderswere also present with himon this occasion.

Kamaljyoti congratulates Khanna onformation of BJP govt in Maharashtra

GURDASPUR, NOV 24

In the District AthleticsChampionships being held inSangrur on Sunday, the stu-dents of Cheema PublicSchool Kishankot have wontheir school name in the area.

The school's chairmanAmarinder Singh Cheemaand Principal Parveen Shar-ma congratulated the winningstudents and DP E teacher RajKumar. She said that thepromising student of theschool, Harmanpreet Singh,

secured first place in the 110meter Hurdle race and secondin the 400 meter Hurdle race.And selected for the nationallevel games.

In the coming days, thesaid student will go to play atthe national level. Speakingon the occasion, the chairmanof the school said that the stu-dent is like raw clay, whichthe teacher has an importantrole in carving a correctshape, so all students and par-ents should respect the teach-ers.

Kishankot's student Harmanpreetselected for national sportsFormer Left Front minister

Kshiti Goswami dies at 77KOLKATA, NOV 24

Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) general secretary and formerWest Bengal minister Kshiti Goswami died at a private hospital inChennai due to old age- related illness on Sunday morning, familysources said. He was 77 and is survived by his wife and daughter.Apart from age-related illness, Goswami wasalso suffering from a lung infection for whichhe was admitted to the Chennai hospital wherehe breathed his last, the family sources said.The leader of the RSP, a constituent of the LeftFront, served as the state PWD minister formore than two decades -- since the late eightiestill 2011, when the regime was voted out ofpower. He was also the state secretary of theRSP for a few years since 2012. Goswami was elected the party'sgeneral secretary last year during its national conference. Baptisedinto politics in the early sixties, he was also the state secretary ofthe RSP's student wing -- All India Progressive Students' Union.Although an important member of the Left Front, Goswami nevershied away from criticising the erstwhile dispensation in the stateover some of its policies.

Crime Branch chiefcaught taking

bribe of Rs 50,000RAKESH SHARMAFARIDKOT, NOV 24

According to the informationreceived, Rakesh Khanna hadcomplained to the VigilanceDepartment that investigation was sgoing on against him for cheating Rs11 lakh for sending a person abroad.The head of the crime branch isdemanding a bribe of Rs 50,000from him. Vigilance's DSP AshwiniKumar said that on the basis of acomplaint made by Rakesh Khanna,Vakil Singh was arrested and Rs50,000 was recovered from him.Vigilance has registered a caseagainst this officer under thePrevention of Corruption Act.Vigilance officials said that the headof the crime branch would beproduced in court tomorrow. He saidthat this officer will also bequestioned in other cases of bribery.

Kabaddi tournament’sposter released

DHARAM PAL PUNNIJAITU, NOV 24

A kabaddi tournament willbe organised on Nov 27 to29 at village Ukandwalatehsil Jiatu. Regarding thiscompetition, a posterreleased by Sant Rishi Ramadministrator of Mata AmarKaur Charitable TrustChaina road Jaitu today. Onthis occasion Sant RishiRam giving blessing toorganisers and said games

are keep fit your health andif you have good health youare richest person of theworld. In this tournament75, 65, 58 , and 45kgweighted player's canparticipate and Final matchwill be played onNovember 29. Prize Money31000 and 21000 rupeeswill be given to first and2nd position holders. Bestplayer's and team will behonoured with trophy andcups.

`Kirat karo, naam japo, vand chhako’message digital museum kicks off

DALJIT AJNOHAHOSHIARPUR, NOV 24

The Digital Museum, which wasopened for the people at the RoshanGround Hoshiarpur dedicated to the550th Prakash Parv of Sri GuruNanak Dev Ji by the Government ofPunjab, has left for the next stoptoday. The digital museum, whichopened from 7 am to 5.30 pm from21 November to 23 November,created a reverent atmosphere in thecity.There was a wave ofaccompaniments in the DigitalMuseum set up in Roshan Groundand thousands of Sangat made theirpresence in the Digital Museumfrom morning to evening. A largenumber of school children reachedout to Guru Sahib, chanted thename and knew the message of

Vand Chhako. The modern waywith which the message ofhumanity and brotherhood of SriGuru Nanak Dev was presented bythe state government. DC IshaKalia said that the Digital Museumdedicated to the 550th Prakash Parv

of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji hascreated history on behalf of thePunjab Government, because alarge number of Sangat learnedabout the biography and teachingsof Guru Sahib through moderntechnology.

Women protestagainst liquor shop

in RameswaramRAMESWARAM, NOV 24

Fiercely criticising a proposal to open a liquor shopin Akkalmadam, local women on Sunday launched aprotest in Rameshwaram on Sunday. Speaking to anews agency, a woman protester said, "We havealready given a representation to the Governor onthe proposed wine shop which is likely to open inAkkalmadam area. We are strongly against theproposal of the shop. It will be dangerous for thevillagers and the women in particular.

Anti-social elements could also play amischievous role." She also alleged that manyresidents were storing liquor bottles in their homesand were selling it for profits. "Here, the sale ofliquor has become like a cottage industry wherepeople store bottles in their house and sell them forprofit. This is pity on our government that instead ofestablishing educational institutions and doingwelfare activities, they are opening more and moreliquor shops," she added. The agitated protestershave demanded that alcohol shops should not beallowed in the area.

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Saina Nehwal pullsout of PremierBadminton League

NEW DELHI; Shuttler Saina Nehw-al on Sunday announced that shewould not be participating in the up-coming fifth edition of Premier Bad-minton League (PBL).She revealed that she has not beenwell throughout the year as pancre-atitis and injuries have troubled herso she would like to take some timeoff the game."Hey everyone, I won't be part of thePBL Season 5 . I haven't been wellmost part of the year due to pancre-atitis and injuries and I would like totake time during the PBL to preparebetter . I want to say sorry to all myfans and I hope to be part of thenext season of PBL," Nehwal tweet-ed.The 29-year-old was last seen in ac-tion in the Hong Kong Open whereshe had to face a first-round exitfrom the tournament after losing toChina's Cai Yan Yan 13-21, 20-22.World number nine Nehwal has hada troubled run in this year as shehas now faced exits from a tourna-ment in the first round five times.Earlier this year, Cai Yan Yan hadknocked out Nehwal in the firstround of the China Open.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2019

AGENCYNEW DELHI, NOV 24

Women's ODI skipper Mithali Raj onSunday thanked BCCI presidentSourav Ganguly for felicitating her onthe first day of the ongoing day-nightTest between India and Bangladeshand said it was a humbling experienceto share the stage with greats of thegame.

Mithali shared the video of felici-tation on her Twitter account and cap-tioned the post as: "First pink ball testmatch. Humbling experience to be ho-noured alongside fellow greats of thegame. A big thank you to BCCI andBCCI president @SGanguly99 forthis honour".

After the conclusion of play on

day one at Eden Gardens, varioussportsperson including Jhulan Goswa-mi, Mithali, tennis star Sania Mirza,BWF World Championships gold-medalist PV Sindhu, and boxing greatMC Mary Kom were felicitated.

Earlier this year, Mithali had be-come the first women cricketer tocomplete 20 years in internationalcricket.

So far, she has played 204 ODImatches and has smashed 6731 runs atan astonishing average of 51.38.

The 36-year-old cricketer has alsoplayed 89 T20Is and has amassed2364 runs.

During the tea break on the firstday of the Test, many legends wereseen taking a lap of honour at theEden Gardens.

Among the men's cricketers,Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid,Kapil Dev, Anil Kumble, Krishna-machari Srikkanth, Dilip Vengsarkarand Mohammad Azharuddin took alap around the 'Mecca of Indian crick-et' and were seen waving around theground.

On day two of the match, five-time world chess championViswanathan Anand and currentchampion Magnus Carlsen rang thebell of Eden Gardens to start the pro-ceedings in the ongoing pink-ballTest. India is just four wickets awayfrom wrapping the match and winningthe series against Bangladesh 2-0.

Bangladesh ended day two at ascore of 152/6, still trailing India by89 runs.

Humbling experience to get felicitated alongside greats: Mithali

SHORT

TALKS

AGENCYKOLKATA, NOV 24

If the Indian bowling unit has developed intoa lethal and most feared one, it'sprecisely because the bowlershave learnt to hunt in a pack,head coach Ravi Shastri said onSunday.

On the back of a high qualitypace attack, India crushedBangladesh by an innings and 46runs in the historic Day/Night torecord a 12th home series win onthe trot.

The trio of Ishant Sharma(9/78), Umesh Yadav (8/82) andMohammed Shami, who picked up two wick-ets in the first innings, spit fire with the pinkball to demolish Bangladesh in little more thantwo days.

"The discipline and the hunger to win (isthere). They understand how important it is tosupport one another and bowl as a unit. That'swhen you create pressure and that's when

things happen. They know they arearguably the best side in theworld," Shastri said after India'scomprehensive victory at EdenGardens.

"We are bowling as a unit andyou feel proud as an Indian sittingoutside and seeing men at work insuch a professional manner. It hastaken time. I think in the last 15months they played a lot of cricketin foreign territory and that's howthey learnt," Shastri said. In recent

times, India twice travelled to West Indies,winning and 2-0 on both the occasions (Octo-ber 2018, August 2019) and also triumphed 2-1 on the Australia soil in December 2018.

AGENCYKOLKATA, NOV 24

Iconic Eden Gardens givesIndia to savour a cricketinghistory - the first day-nightpink ball Test play- whereskipper Virat Kohli led fromthe front with a century andhis pace duo - Umesh and Is-hant - then bundledBangladesh poorly to win byan innings and 46 runs tri-umps inside three days Newrecords unfolded in past twoand half days as 31-year-oldVirat Kohli becomes firstcricketer in this continent tohave scored (136), his 27thTest ton, and quickest captainto have scored over 5000 runsand euqualled Assuie greatRicky Ponting's 41st centuryas the skipper in all forms ofcricket. This is the 7th win ina row for Team India. Theybreak their previous record of6 straight wins.

They also become the

first team to win four Tests ina row by an innings margin.Virat brigade defeatedBangladesh by an innings and130 run at Inbdore, MP, lastweek. Recently India beatSouth Africa by innings and137 runs, Pune, and again atby innings and 202 runs,Ranchi, a world record in-deed. After 31-year-old rightarmed pacer Ishant Sharmabroke the spine of the visitorsat Eden with 4/39 on Satur-day, 32-year-old pacer UmeshYadav folded Bangla's sec-ond innings within 50mintues of play today. Hisyesterday's 2/40 tunred 5/53.Shamra, however was thehighest wicket taker with tal-ly 9/61 and Yadav's 8/82. Re-maining two wickets weretaken by Md Shami.Bangladesh Batsman Mamd-hulla, who was retired hurtfor hamstring at 39, couldnot bat in the second innings.

In fact Bangladesh will

have to ponder if they couldstand the five-day Test playwith their presence strength.However, kudos toBangladesh Cricket Boardthat it readily agreed to playpink ball day and night testafter Indian cricket boardchief Sourav Ganguly of-fered them to play such gameto attract more spectators.Eden Gardens also recordedover 50,000 fans on Fridayand Saturday in the Test,which is losing fans aroundthe world. The visiting sidebegan the day with 152//6 in32.3 overs were folded 195in 41.1 overs. Yafav struck inhis first ball of the day takingEbadat Hosain (0) out forcatch by Virat Kohli and thenAl Amin Hossain (21),caught by W Saha andovernight batstman Mush-fiqur Rahim (74), who added15 runs today. All wickets ofthe day were taken by Yadav.

Pacers take just 47 minutes to complete formalityPink ball test: India beat Bangladesh by innings and 46 runs

Hunting in pack is key toIndia's success: Shastri

Virat Kohli becomes firstIndian captain to win sevensuccessive Test matchesKOLKATA: Virat Kohli on Sunday became the first Indianskipper to win seven successive Test matches.He achieved the feat as India defeated Bangladesh by aninnings and 46 runs on day three of the day-night Test hereat Eden Gardens.With this win in the second Test, Kohli surpassed MS Dhonito record the most number of successive Test wins.Under Dhoni, India had registered sixth successive victo-ries in the longest format of the game in 2013.This pink-ball Test also helped in creating another recordfor India as they became the first side ever to win four con-secutive Tests by a margin of an innings.This win over Bangladesh is India's second victory in whichspinners did not take a single wicket in the game.The last time it happened was in 2018 against South Africa.With this win, India won the two-match series againstBangladesh 2-0 and has consolidated its position at the topof World Test Championship (WTC) standings with 360points from seven matches.This is India's fifth consecutive Test series win and 12thhome series win.

AGENCYKOLKATA, NOV 24

Emerging triumphant in the mental bat-tles that Test cricket throws began in theera of Sourav Ganguly and the currentIndian side has taken it forward withsheer hard work and self belief, skipperVirat Kohli said on Sunday.

India completed a dominating 2-0 se-ries win against Bangladesh after record-ing an innings and 46 runs victory overthe visitors in their maiden pink ball Test.

The hosts had won the first Test byan innings and 130 runs in Indore.

With the win, India cruised to their12th consecutive Test series victory athome and also consolidating their posi-tion at the top of the World Test Champi-onship table.

"Test cricket is a mental battle. We'velearnt to stand up - it all started fromDada's (Sourav Ganguly) team. The be-lief is key and to be honest we've worked

hard, and reaping the rewards of it,"Kohli said at the presentation ceremony,when asked abut his side's dominatingrun in the longest format.

India's fast bowling unit has been intremendous form. In the absence of theinjured Jasprit Bumrah, the pace trio ofIshant Sharma, Mohammed Shami and

Umesh Yadav grabbed all Bangladeshwickets on offer in the second Test.

Skipper Kohli said the success of thepace unit at home, which has traditional-ly been a breeding ground for spinners, isbecause now the speedsters are armedwith the belief that they can do well inany condition.

"It's similar to when we play in othercountries, it's about the belief. The waythese guys are bowling they can pickwickets anywhere. Even the spinners, it'sabout believing they can pick wicketsoverseas. We're in the right frame ofmind to capitalise on the opportunitiesand we're enjoying it." Kohli also ap-plauded the fans for packed house on allthree days of the match. "Amazing, thenumbers have only gotten better. We did-n't think so many people will turn up to-day as we know the game will end earli-er. This crowd sets the right kind of ex-ample. To reiterate the point of Test cen-tres, this is a great example."

KOLKATA, NOV 24

After facing a 2-0 defeat against India inthe two-match Test series, Bangladeshskipper Mominul Haque on Sunday saidthat he would not give any excuse forthe team's loss as the side was not ableto perform well.

His remarks came after side's lossby an innings and 46 runs in the day-night Test here at the Eden Gardens.

"There is no reason to give excuses,I won't give any excuse, as a team wewere not able to perform well and wewere not able to stay at the crease for along time. We batted in a disappointingmanner. India has one of the best bowl-ing attacks in the world, they understandhow to execute their skills and they havea good sense of reading the match situa-tion", Mominul told reporters after theend of the day-night Test.

"It is a disappointing result and ob-viously you feel bad when you are notable to win. From this series, we canlearn a lot. Team-wise, everyone would

take a learning curve and from the nextseries, they will come out better. Bothtechnical and tactical aspects need to bebetter in our side," he added.

Bangladesh had lost the services ofboth Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbalbefore the series against India.

Shakib had been banned by theICC's ACU for two years with one yearbeing suspended for not reporting amatch-fixing offer while Tamim optedout of the tour due to personal reasons.

"Obviously, we missed Shakib andTamim. Just because we lost, we shouldnot give the excuse that both of theseplayers were not here.

Won't give any excuse, were not ableto perform well: Mominul Haque It all started with Dada's team,

Kohli on India's Test success