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THURSDAYOCTOBER 31, 2019

CHANDIGARHVOL. XXIII, NO. 261

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If a man achieves victory over thisbody, who in the world can

exercise power over him? He whorules himself rules over the whole

world.

Vinoba Bhave

Impasse continues in Maharashtra

Civilian dies, 7others injured inPak shelling SRINAGAR: A civilian died andseven others were injured whenPakistani troops violated cease-fire and resorted to indiscriminatefiring and shelling at the Line ofControl (LoC) in Machil sector inthe frontier district of Kupwara onWednesday.Official sources told UNI thatPakistani troops fired mortarshells and resorted to indiscrimi-nate firing, targeting forwardArmy posts and civilian areas inMachil sector. 'Majority shells fellin the civilian areas,' they said,adding a person was killed andabout seven others were injured.

Parineeti completes her'homework' on way to meet

Saina Nehwal...PAGE 10

Shiva Thapa, Pooja Ranienter finals of

Olympic Test event...PAGE 12

Run for Unity on Patel’s birthanniversary

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Khattar meets PM NEW DELHI: Haryana ChiefMinister Manohar Lal Khattar onWednesday met Prime MinisterNarendra Modi here.Khattar, who took oath asHaryana's chief minister on Sun-day for the second consecutiveterm, had called on Vice Presi-dent M Venkaiah Naidu on Tues-day. BJP forged the post-poll al-liance with the JJP to form thegovernment after the former fellshort of six seats to cross themagic figure of 46.

INX case: Delhicourt sends PC tojudicial custody NEW DELHI: A Delhi court onWednesday sent former financeminister P Chidambaram to judi-cial custody till November 13 inthe INX Media money launderingcase. Special judge Ajay KumarKuhar dismissed the plea of theEnforcement Directorate for oneday custodial interrogation of Chi-dambaram. The court directed Ti-har authorities to provide Chi-dambaram with medicines, west-ern toilet, security and separatecell. It also said the senior Con-gress leader may be allowed tohave home-cooked food consid-ering his medical condition. Chi-dambaram was arrested by theCBI on August 21 in the INX Me-dia corruption case and is cur-rently in the ED custody in a re-lated money laundering matter.

AGENCYSRINAGAR, OCT 30

Terming Article 370 an internalissue of India, EU parliamentar-ians visiting Jammu and Kash-mir on Wednesday said theystand by the country in its fightagainst global terrorism

Addressing a press confer-ence on the last day of their two-day visit to the Valley, the groupof 23 members of European Par-liament also condemned thekilling of five labourers fromWest Bengal by terrorists onTuesday

"If we talk about Article 370it is India's internal matter. Whatconcerns us is terrorism which isa global menace and we shouldstand with India in fighting it.There was an unfortunate inci-dent of killing of five innocentlabourers by terrorists. We con-demn it," said Henri Malossefrom France.

He said the team got a brief-ing from the army and police aswell as young activists and ex-changed "ideas of peace".

Newton Dunn from the UKdescribed the visit, aimed at get-ting a first-hand assessment of

the situation after the revocationof the state's special status underArticle 370, as an "eye-opener"

"We belong to a place Eu-rope which is peaceful afteryears of fighting. And we wantto see India becoming the mostpeaceful country in the world.And for that we need to stand byIndia in its fight against globalterrorism. This visit has been aneye opener and we would defi-nitely advocate what we haveseen on ground zero," he told re-porters

The delegation is the firsthigh-level foreign visit to Kash-mir after the August 5 decisionof the Centre to revoke the state's

special status and bifurcate itinto two union territories, Jam-mu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.Wednesday is the last day ofJammu and Kashmir as a state.

According to MEP fromPoland Ryszard Czarnecki, "Theinternational media coverageseems biased".

"Once we go back to ourcountries we will inform them ofwhat we saw," he said.

Thierry Mariani, also fromFrance, told the media he hadbeen to India many times andthis visit was not to interfere inthe internal matter of India but toget a first hand knowledge of theground situation in Kashmir.

Article 370 internal issue, stand byIndia in fight against terror: EU MPsCondemn killing of five labourers in valley

Kashmir has all elementsto become most dynamicregions: EESC PresidentSRINAGAR: European Economicand Social Committee (EESC)President Henri Malosse onWednesday said that Kashmir hasall the elements to become one ofthe most dynamic regions of thecountry as India has reached avery high level of growth. Whileaddressing a presser with the Eu-ropean Union delegation on theirvisit to Jammu and Kashmir (J-K),the EESC President said, "Kash-mir has all elements to becomeone of the most dynamic regions ofIndia. India has reached a veryhigh level of growth. Kashmir, de-spite receiving subsidies, is back-ward because of the situation."Malosse also remarked on thefeedback he got from Kashmir say-ing, "All people we met have will totry and improve. The message wegot is that there's hope but we've torevive situation to support betterhealth conditions, communication,new projects of infrastructure andnew possibilities for education."Meanwhile, EU parliamentary dele-gation on Wednesday said that"terrorism" might be a cause be-hind the unrest in the valley.

AGENCYMUMBAI, OCT 30

Maharashtra Chief Minister DevendraFadnavis was on Wednesday re-elect-ed leader of the state BJP legislatureparty.

All the 105 newly-elected BJPMLAs were present at the meeting,where Union minister Narendra SinghTomar and party vice presidentAvinash Rai Khanna were present ascentral observers. The meeting washeld at Vidhan Bhawan in south Mum-bai. Tomar says no other name wasproposed at the BJP legislature partymeeting. A turban-clan Fadnavisthanked party MLAs for reposing faithin him and giving him another chanceto serve the state. He also thanked

Sena president Uddhav Thackeray.The meeting came in the backdrop ofthe power sharing tussle between theBJP and Shiv Sena after results of theOctober 21 Assembly elections weredeclared on October 24.

Fadnavis elected Maha BJPlegislature party leader

NCP, Cong will sit inOppn: Jayant PatilMUMBAI: Maharashtra NCP chiefJayant Patil on Wednesday said hisparty and its ally Congress will sit in theopposition in Maharashtra, as mandat-ed by people. Patil's comments cameamid talks of possibility of the NCPbacking the Shiv Sena in governmentformation, as the Uddhav Thackeray-led party's relationship with ally BJPseems to have strained over the issueof power sharing in the next state gov-ernment. "We have been asked to sitin the opposition by the people and wewill discharge that duty," Patil saidhere. Senior NCP leader Ajit Pawarsaid his party will highlight mistakescommitted by the government. "We willkeep a tab if the government is workingin the right direction. We will ensurethere is no injustice meted to any sec-tion of the society on the government'swatch," Pawar said, implying it will sit inthe opposition.On Tuesday, NCP chief spokespersonNawab Malik said the formation of analternative government can be given athought in case the BJP fails to proveits numbers on the floor of the state As-sembly.

AGENCYJAIPUR, OCT 30

The Rajasthan High Court onWednesday quashed a case againstPehlu Khan, who was lynched bycow vigilantes in April 2017, histwo sons and a truck driver for al-legedly illegally transporting cowsfor slaughter.

A single bench of JusticePankaj Bhandari quashed the caseunder Rajasthan Bovine AnimalsProtection Act and and the chargesheet against the four, saying there is no ev-idence to show that the cows were beingtransported for the purpose of slaughtering.

The petition was filed by the truck driv-er, Khan Mohammed, and the two sons ofPehlu Khan. It was contended by Advocate

Kapil Gupta, appearing for the ac-cused, that the criminal case was asheer misuse and abuse of theprocess of law since there was noevidence that the cows were beingtransported for illegal purposes.Gupta contended that the report ofmedical experts established thefact they were milch cows andcalves were only a month old.There was also a receipt from the

local animal selling market that the cowswere in fact purchased for rearing them indairy, the lawyer submitted.

HC quashes cattle smugglingcase against Pehlu Khan

AGENCYPANCHKULA, OCT 30

A local Enforcement Directorate SpecialCourt granted interim bail to senior Con-gress leaders Moti Lal Vora and formerHaryana chief minister Bhupinder SinghHooda in the Associated Journal Limited(AJL) plot allotment case.

The court granted interim bail to Voraand Hooda, who had applied for regular bail,till November 6 on surety of Rs five lakheach.

In 2005, then chief minister BhupinderSingh Hooda had allowed re-allotment ofplot number C-17 in Sector 6 of Panchkula

to the AJL. The Haryana Urban Develop-ment Authority (HUDA) had alloted the plotto AJL in 1982 but it was taken back in 1992as no construction was carried out on it in 10years. The appeal and revision filed by AJLagainst resumption of plot were also dis-missed by HUDA administrator andHaryana’s financial commissioner (town andcountry planning) in 1995 and 1996.

In October 2014, the state vigilance bu-reau had registered an FIR into alleged ir-regularities in the allotment and later thecase was transferred to the Central Bureau ofInvestigation (CBI). The Enforcement Di-rectorate had also filed a complaint in thecase for money laundering in August.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, OCT 30

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has rec-ommended gallantry medals for itssix personnel who were killed in achopper crash due to friendly fireover Srinagar on February 27, a dayafter the force hit a terrorist trainingcamp in Pakistan.

The helicopter Mi-17 V5, whichwas hit by an Indian missile, was be-ing flown by squadron leader Sid-dharth Vashisht with other pilotsquadron leader Ninad Mandvganealong with other crew including Ku-mar Pandey, sergeant VikrantSehrawat, corporals Deepak Pandeyand Pankaj Kumar.

"The two pilots have been recom-mended to be awarded the Vayu SenaMedal for Gallantry while the other four

crew of the chopper have been recom-mended for the Mention in Despatches,"IAF sources told a news agency. All thesix personnel have been recommended

for wartime gallantry medals as theywere flying during operations to carryout an operational task assigned tothem, they said.

The six personnel on board thechopper were killed after being hit bythe SPYDER air defence missile sys-tem in Budgam near Srinagar. In ad-dition to the six IAF personnel, acivilian was killed on the ground.Soon after taking over, the newly ap-pointed IAF chief had stated that theMi-17 chopper crash was a "big mis-take" on part of the air force. "Courtof Inquiry has completed and it wasour mistake as our missile had hit ourown chopper," Air Chief MarshalBhadauria had said. The helicopter

was shot down when Indian air defenceswere on high alert following the Febru-ary 26 airstrikes in which a terroristcamp was targetted in Pakistan.

AJL plot allotment case: Courtgrants bail to Hooda, Vora

IAF recommends gallantry awards for 6personnel killed in chopper crash

Dushyant tooperate from5th floorCHANDIGARH: Jannanayk Jan-ta Party (JJP) leader Dushyant

Chautala, DeputyChief Minister ofHaryana hasbeen allottedroom on the fifthfloor of theHaryana Secre-tariat. Chief Min-ister Manohar Lal

Khattar’s office will remain onFourth floor. Dushyant’s room isready and staff has been given tohim. He will start functioning fromhis office now.

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I, Lata W/o Sandeep Kumar I, Poonam w/o Ashwani I, Harinder Singh S/o S. I , Monkia Rani W/o I, Avneet Kaur Anand I, Ajay Devgan S/o Ram I, Bhupinder Singh S/O I, Mukhtiar Singh S/O Batra R/o House N.36, Hari Kumar Sahota r/o village Ajaib Singh VPO Jahangir Sandeep Verma VPO W/O Barjinder Singh Singh R/o Vill-Chack Kala J a g d e e p S i n g h R / O Nazar Singh, R/O Vpo Enclave , Mundi Kharar, (SAS Sharakpur tehsil Nakodar Distt Amritsar to Change Baloki Teh. Nakodar Distt. House No.9/135 Langer Singh Wala Teh./Dist. Sri Village Panjgrain Kalan Hathur, Tehsil Jagraon, Nagar- Mohali) have Changed district Jalandhar have name Harinder Sandha S/o Jalandhar have changed my Bazar Chowk Darbar Muktsar Sahib have changed (Faridkot) Have Changed Distt. Ludhiana Have my name as Lata Batra change my name from S. Aja ib S ingh Vpo name Monkia Rani to Sahib, Taran Taran Have my name Ajay Devgan to My Name To Bhupinder C h a n g e d M y N a m e

900019 Poonam to Poonam Sahota. Jahangir Distt Amritsar. Monkia Rani Verma Changed My Name To Ajay Singh Sidhu. Singh Brar. M u k h t i a r S i n g h To I, Suman Devi W/o Ravinder All note please. 72737 42778 Avneet Kaur. 63372 63372 M u k h t i a r S i n g h Kumar R/o Village Parwala. 100066 I, Amit Bhambri S/O I, Manjeet Singh Badhesha 63372 I, Tarannam Bharti W/O I, Jagjeet Singh Kainth Uppal(New Name)Tehsil Nilokheri Distt Karnal. Ravinderpal Singh S/o Narinder Kumar R/O H.no. S/o Sadhu Singh R/o H. No. I, Hardeep Singh S/O Prateek Vashisht R/O S / O K u l d e e p S i n g h 63372Have Changed My Name Chand Singh, R/o Kothe 18, Street No. 1-a, Palm 245, Benra Darwaja Dhuri Hardam Singh R/O House H.No.405, Street Kali Kani th Changed My I, Am Taranveer Kaur S/o Suman Rani To Suman Devi. My S u p u r a S i n g h Wa l e , Royale New Green Model Pind have changed my No.1182 St No.7 Hazi Rao, Khanna (Ludhiana) N a m e F r o m J a g j e e t Karam Singh Dhaliwal Correct Name is Suman Devi. In Mehma Sawai, (Bathinda) Town, Jalandhar, Have name to Manjeet Singh Rattan Bathinda Have Have Changed My Name Singh To Jagjeet Singh Vpo Lopon Dist Moga future. Make all Related. Have Change My Name Changed The Name Of My 98726 Changed My Name To To Tarannam Vashisht. Kain th In The Year M y C h a n g e d N a m e

100065 Ravinderpal Singh to Minor Son From Himanshu I, Gurmeet Kaur W/o Beant Hardeep Singh Brar. 63372 2008, At That Time I Taranveer Kaur Dhaliwal.Ravinderpal Singh Brar To Himanshu Bhambri. Singh Sidhu Phulka R/o 63372 I, Ashok Sachdeva S/O W a s R e s i d i n g A t 63372 S/o Chand Singh, All 72778 D a y a l p u r a M i r z a I, Gurdeep Kaur W/O R a m Wa d h a y a R / O H.No .2255 /B , S t r ee t I, Am Sukhraman Singh Concerned Note. I, Jasbir Kaur W/O Sohan (Bathinda) have changed Atma Singh R/O Waring H.No.1023, Disposa l No. 11 Janta Nagar, Gill S/o Karam Singh V.P.O

90004 Singh, R/O Vpo.sauna, my name to Gurmeet Kaur K h e r a ( S r i M u k t s a r Road, Harkrishan Nagar, Road, Ludhiana. Since Lopon Diste Moga My I, Parshant S/o Bhusan Raj Tehsil Nawanshahr (Sbs Sidhu Phulka. Sahib) Have Changed My Khanna (Ludhiana) Also Then, I Am Known As C h a n g e d N a m e R/o VPO. Tandwal, Tehsil Nagar)Have Changed My 10001 Name To Simerjeet Kaur. Known As Ashok Kumar, Jagjeet Singh Kainth. S u k h r a m a n S i n g h Barara, Distt Ambala Name Spelling From Jasbir I, Beant Singh S/o Gamdur 63372 Both Names Are Mine 63372 Dhaliwal.have changed my name Kaur To Jasvir Kaur. Singh R/o Dayalpura I, Amar Singh S/o Jarnail One And Same Person. I, Amarjit Kaur W/O 63372from Parshant to Parshant 72778 Mirza (Bathinda) have Singh R/o Kapure (Moga) 63372 Surjit Singh Brar R/O I, Diler Singh S/O Guljar Rana. I Hitherto Known As changed my name to Beant Changed Name Amarjeet I, Sudesh Kumari W/O Kotla Rai Ka (Moga) I Singh Vpo Gholia Khurd

78645 Manjit Auluck S/O Ram Singh Sidhu Phulka. Singh. Ashok Sachdeva R/O Have Changed My Name Teh Nihal Singh Wala I am Sushil Kumar alias Lubhaya, R/O H.no. 112, 10001 63372 H.No.1023, Disposa l To Amarjit Kaur Brar. D i s t r i c t M o g a M y Sushil Kumar Agarwal son G a l i N o . 6 , M a s t e r I, No. JC-247878Y Rank I, Lakhveer Singh S/o Road, Harkrishan Nagar, 63372 Changed Name Diler of Shri Chandu Lal, Mehinga Singh Colony, NB RIS Name SUDAGAR Gurmej Singh R/o Khosa Khanna (Ludhiana) Also Singh Dhillon.res iden t o f No .523 , Birring, Jalandhar Cantt.- KHAN presently serving in Kotla (Moga) Changed K n o w n A s S u d e s h I, Gurmail Singh S/O 63372 Badwali Gali, Jagadhri, 144005, Punjab, India, 18 CAV c/o 56 APO Name Lakhveer Singh Sachdeva, Both Names Kartar Singh R/O Mahla I, Ramandeep Kaur W/O Tehsil Jagadhri, District Have Changed My Name r e s i d e n t o f V I L L . Kaler. Are Mine One And Same Kalan (Moga) I Have Di le r S ingh Dhi l lon Ya m u n a n a g a r. B o t h And Shall Hereafter Be S U L T A N P U R P O 63372 Lady. C h a n g e d M y N a m e Vpo. Gholia Khurd Teh Sushil· Kumar and Sushil · Known As Manjit Singh. RANGIAN, TEH: DHURI, 63372 Gurmail Singh Brar. Nihal Singh Wala Distt. I, Mandeep Kaur Brar Kumar Agarwal are my 72778 D I S T T. S A N G R U R , I, Pawan Sachdeva S/O 63372 Moga Changed My Name W/o Sukhwinder Singh names and both the above I Hitherto Known As PUNJAB (address) have R a m Wa d h a y a R / O I, Amandeep Singh S/O R a m a n d e e p K a u r Malhi R/o Baghele Wala names are not other Karamjit Kaur W/O Bhajan changed my Daughter H.No.1016/21, Behind S u k h d e v S i n g h R / O Dhillon.(Moga) Changed Name people, I am known by Singh Saini, R/O H.no. name from BEBI to BABY Ajit Hospital, G.T. Road, Bhaloor (Moga) I Have 63372Mandeep Kaur Malhi both the above names. My 112, Street No. 1d, Near vide Affidavit dated 22 Khanna (Ludhiana) Also C h a n g e d M y N a m e (After Marriage).name is Sushil · Kumar in G u r u d w a r a S a h i b , October before Distt. Court Known As Pawan Kumar, Amandeep Singh Brar.63372all the documents. S h a l i m a r N a g a r , Sangrur (PB) (Name and Both Names Are Mine I, Jaspreet Singh S/o 63372

98765 H o s h i a r p u r - 1 4 6 0 0 1 , Place of the court). One And Same Person.Baldev Singh R/o Gali I, Balshinder Kaur W/O I, Renu Bala W/o Surinder Pun jab , Ind ia , Have 98726 63372 Jaspal Singh Brar R/O Putne Wali Nanaksar Kumar R/o.129-B, New Changed My Name And I, No. JC-247878Y Rank I, Neelam Kumari W/O Vpo Guri Sanghar (Sri Mohalla Jandiala Road Jawahar Nagar Batala Shall Hereafter Be Known NB RIS Name SUDAGAR Pawan Sachdeva R/O Muktsar Sahib) Have TarnTaran have changed Road Amritsar Have As Nand Kaur Saini. KHAN presently serving in H.No.1016/21, Behind Changed My Name To my name to Jaspreet changed my name after 72778 18 CAV c/o 56 APO Ajit Hospital, G.T. Road, Balshinder Kaur Brar.Singh Dhariwal.marriage to Kiran. Please I, Gurpreet Singh S/O r e s i d e n t o f V I L L . Khanna (Ludhiana) Also 63372 63372note it Harkanwal Singh R/O S U L T A N P U R P O Known As Neelam Rani, I , A n a y t u l l a h S / o I, Devinder Singh S/o

72737 V. p . o . P a t t i , D i s t t . RANGIAN, TEH: DHURI, Both Names Are Mine Mohammad Asharaf R/o G u r m a i l S i n g h R / o I, Sukhjider Singh S/o Hoshiarpur, Punjab - D I S T T. S A N G R U R , One And Same Lady. H.No. 539 W.No. 29 Baburi Chandauli Uttar Baldev Singh R/o Village 146104 Have Changed My PUNJAB (address) have 63372 N e a r K h a l s a G i r l s Pradesh-232102 changed Chakawali Dera Baba Name Gurpreet Singh To changed my Daughter I, Jaspal Kaur D/O Ram School Moga Teh-Moga my name to Anaytullah Nanak Distt Gurdaspur Singh Gurpreet name from BEBI to BABY Singh R/O Sbs College (Moga) changed my Siddique.Have Changed my name 72778 vide Affidavit dated 22 Road, Near Akali Flour name to Devinder Singh 63372from Sukhjider Singh to I, Ashok Kumar S/O October before Distt. Court Mill, Kotkapura (Faridkot) Panesar.I, Bajrang S/o Suresh Sukhjinder Singh. Please Amar Chand R/O Vill. Sangrur (PB) (Name and Have Changed My Name Kumar R/o H/N, Water 63372note it G a j j a r , T e h . Place of the court). To Jaspal Kaur Arora.Works Road Ward No 10 I, Manjeet Kaur W/o

72737 G a r h s h a n k a r , D i s t t . 98726 63372 K a l a n w a l i M a n d i Jodh Singh Chahal R/o I, Shiva D/o Yogesh H o s h i a r p u r , H a v e I, Satnam Singh S/o Mejar I , Navjot Kaur W/O V i l l : K a r y a l T e h -K a l a n w a l i S i r s a Khanna R/o.H.No.454, Changed My Name From Singh R/o Vpo. Thatha Khushpreet Singh Sandhu R/O D h a r a m k o t ( M o g a ) Haryana–125201 have Holy City, Mahal Sub Ashok Kumar To Ashok Kishan Singh Teh-Zira Village Mandwala (Fardikot) changed my name to changed my name to Urban Amritsar-143105 Kumar Bazarh (Ferozepur) changed my Have Changed My Name To Manjeet Kaur Chahal.Vishal Sharma.Punjab Have Changed 72778 name to Satnam Singh Navjot Kaur Sandhu.63372 63372 m y n a m e t o S h i v a I, Jagdish S/O. “Pakhar Sandhu. 63372 Khanna. Ram“R/O. V.p.o. Aiman 63372

72737 J a t t a n “ T e h . I , R a n u A r o r a W / O I, Harvinder Singh Pannu G a r h s h a n k a r “ D i s t t . Surinder Kumar R/O S / o D a l e e p S i n g h Hoshiarpur“( Pb.) Have H.No.52, Shanti Vihar, R/o.VPO Gharyala Tehsil Changed “My Name Tara Estate Abohar, Distt. Patti Tarn Taran Have F r o m “ J a g d i s h T o Fazilka(Pb) Have Changed Changed my name to “Jagdish Singh My Name To Renu Arora.Harvinder Singh. 72778 63372

72737 I, Kusum Kashyap D/o I, Shkila D/O Salam Din # B.K. Bhagat R/o 159- 91, Purana Qila, Ward No-A, Street No. 6. Guru 6, Malerkotla (Sangrur) H a r k r i s h a n N a g a r , Have Changed My Name Banga road Phagwara, Shkila Toor.Distt. KAPURTHALA 63372 have changed my name I, Sahil S/O Slamdeen Din to Kusum Bhagat. # 91, Purana Qila, Ward

42778 N o - 6 , M a l e r k o t l a (Sangrur) Have Changed

My Name Sahil Toor.63372

I, Palwinder Kumar S/o D e v R a j R / o Vi l l : Mubarkpur (SBS Nagar) changed my name to Palwinder Kumar Bali.

63372I, Kulwinder Kaur W/o S a r b j i t S i n g h R / o Mohalla Pahar Singh Rahon Teh-Nawanshahr (SBS Nagar) Pb, changed my name to Kulvinder Kaur.

63372I, Pooja Rani W/o Ranbir Khera R/o W.No. 09 L o h i a n K h a s Te h -Shahkot (Jalandhar) Pb, changed my name from Pooja Rani to Pooja Khera.

63372I, Charanjeet Singh S/O Kulwant Singh R/O House No.9/135 Langer Bazar Chowk Darbar Sahib, Taran Taran Have Changed My Name To Charanjit Singh.

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PUBLIC NOTICESI, Gurmeet Singh @ Gurmit Singh S/o Hardev Singh, R/o : H. no. 93 A, Himmat Nagar Colony, Nabha, Teh Nabha, Distt. Patiala (Punjab), that Gurmeet Singh and Gurmit Singh, both are my name or is one and the same person. That if in future any discrepancy arises I shall be liable and department will be free from all liabilities. Note this.

100069I, Piare Lal S/O Pokar Ram R/o.Bharti Office, B/S D.R.O Office Amritsar declare that my Son Sandeep (Wonder) is out of my control & he is not obedient to me. So I disinherited him from my all moveable/Immoveable property. From today me and my family member have no any kind of relation with him.

72737I, Gurdev Singh S/o Sh. Jarnail Singh R/o Village & Post Office Bajwara Kalan, Near Ashirbad School, Bajwara, Tehsil & Distt. Hoshiarpur, Punjab declare that In the Service Record of My son Parminder Singh my Birth date wrongly entered 19.08.1955 whereas correct Birth date is 15.11.1956. All concerned please note and corrected in all the records accordingly.

98765I, Paramjit Kaur W/o Sh. Gurdev Singh R/o Village & Post Office Bajwara Kalan, Near Ashirbad School, Bajwara, Tehsil & Distt. Hoshiarpur, Punjab declare that In the Service Record of My son Parminder Singh my Birth date wrongly entered 20.10.1958 whereas correct Birth date is 13.05.1961. All concerned please note and corrected in all the records accordingly

98765I, Barkat singh S/o Mangal Singh and Shushil Kaur W/O Barkat Singh R/o VPO Ramgarh Tehsil Bholath Distt Kapurthala, Declare that our son Sukhpal singh , His wife Neelam and their son Mandeep Singh and his wife Amandeep kaur is out of my & my Family Control. We disown whole family from our Moveable – immoveable properties. We will not responsible for any work of his or his family in Future. Please note

98748I, No. JC-509822F Sub Major Gurmit Singh S/o Khushi Singh R/o Vill: Zulafgarh Teh-Samrala (Ludhiana) Pb, India, declare that in my army record my twins children Bhupinder Singh and Kamaljeet Kaur DOB entered wrongly 25-07-2001. But my children correct DOB is 27-07-2002. So amended my children DOB from 25-07-2001 to 27-07-2002 in my army record.

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LOST & FOUNDI t i s no t i f i ed fo r t he information that my original qual i fy ing examinat ion certificate of main secondary examination of year March 2017 and Roll No. 2244315 issued by CBSE has been actually lost. name of the candidate Amanjot Kaur full address, Vill: Dhahan Teh-Banga SBS Nagar.

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3HARYANAPolitical parties suffered as a result of employees neglectSHIV SHARMAKARNAL: Haryana Roadways S.C., the Central Executive meeting of the Employees Committee was held at the office at KarnalBus Stand. The meeting was chaired by state general secretary Sandeep Kumar. It was said in the meeting that no political party gota clear majority in the assembly elections due to the neglect of roadways employees.Sandeep Kumar said that the employee was unhappy with the BJP government. The government did not formulate any concrete poli-cy in the interest of the employees. Scheduled Caste employees were not given reservation in promotion in Haryana and a largenumber of backlogs are still vacant. The BJP government had to face the wrath of scheduled caste employees. State Deputy ChiefManoj Indora said that the present government should fulfill the promises made in its manifesto soon. Pay scale should be given likePunjab, old pension policy should be restored. He said that the number of buses in the roadways fleet should be increased. The rawdrivers appointed in the year 2016 should be confirmed. The contractual practice of cleaning workers should be stopped and theirpermanent recruitment in the department. On this occasion, depot head prince Janjo, Sunil Shera, Jogindra Kutel, Sanjeev Basi,Sandeep Faridpur and Omprakash Rathi etc. were present.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2019

Run for Unity on Patel’sbirth anniversarySHIV SHARMAKARNAL: State in-chargeof Passenger Programme,O.P. Singh on Wednesdayreviewed the arrangementsregarding successfulevents of the Run for Unityprogramme with district ad-ministrative officialsthrough video conferencingfrom Chandigarh. He in-structed the officers that the Run for Unity programme to be held on31 October is inspired by patriotism, to ensure maximum participationof people. In the video conferencing, DSP Headquarters VirenderSingh said that a Run for Unity program will be organized at the localKarna Stadium at 6:30 AM on October 31 to mark the birth anniver-sary of Iron Man Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, a symbol of the unity of thecountry in which various types of cultural and patriotic activities will becarried out. Similarly, the health department officials were instructed toarrange the ambulance and team of doctors and the officials of theMunicipal Corporation for cleaning, colorful flags at the venue androute map.. DMC Dheeraj Kumar, District Education Officer, DistrictSports Officer, Inchez of Passenger Program, District Youth Coordina-tor of Nehru Yuva Kendra and officials of other departments were alsopresent in the meeting.

Modular Children's Play Cornerunder Amarut Scheme in full swingSHIV SHARMAKARNAL: The city will get 4 parks under the Amarut Scheme to main-tain the health of the future children of the country, such a park hasbeen named Modular Children's Play Corner. One of these parks hasbeen established near the Shiva temple in Sector-6. Work is going onin two other parks in Sector-13 and Shiv Colony and the process ofselection of site for the remaining one is underway. An amount of Rs20 lakh will be spent on each. Municipal Corporation CommissionerNishant Kumar Yadav said on Wednesday that such parks will beavailable for the children to play, in which sports equipment ie swingetc. will be installed as well as open air gym equipment as per their in-terest.. The solar system installed above the gazebo will meet thelighting requirements. He informed that Modular Children's Play Cor-ner has been established in Sector-6.

Vishwakarma Day celebrated KARNAL: Vishwakarma Day was celebrated with great pomp at Vish-wakarma Temple and Dharamshala Jundala Gate Karnal in whichmembers of the three societies participated vigorously. Havan Yagyawas done till 10 in the morning followed by Bhandara. On this occa-sion, Principal Rampal Dhiman, Secretary Ramkumar Panchal, Trea-surer Nagdev Jangra, Prem Chand Dhiman Rasulpur Khurd, MohanLal Dhiman, Charandas Dhiman, Kharaiti Lal, Jai Kumar Dhiman, Sa-heb Singh Dhiman, Harsarup Dhiman, Ravidutt Dhiman, Ajay KumarDhiman, Ishwar Dhiman, Joginder Dhiman, Ramesh Kumar Dhiman,Rajesh Jangra, Satish Panchal, Nitin Dhiman, Satbir Panchal, Rajen-dra Panchal, Uday Singh Panchal, Naresh Panchal, Ogendra Pan-chal, profit Singh Arya etc. were present.

Festival celebrated with deprived peopleKARNAL: Hindustan Scouts and Guides live in different parts of Kar-nal under the blessings of the Chief Conservator of Haryana, Gover-nor Satyadev Narayan Arya and under the guidance of State Secre-tary Naveen Jai Hind and leadership of District Secretary SiyaramShastri. Bhaiyuduj sweets were distributed among the poor people.District Basic Education Officer Rajpal said that scouts are indeed anintegral part of the society who always help the weaker section inevery possible way by taking special care of all classes, distributingsweets to the laborers on the auspicious occasion of Bhaiya Dooj andDiwali is a successful and a sacred example of social development,DOC when Anil Kumar Saini, DTC Shravan Singh and Scout MasterRajpal Verma, Asha, Ekta participated.

Dr Kashyap bids farewell to Kalpana Chawla collegeGURMEET KASHYAPKARNAL: Dr. SurendraKashyap, DirectorKalpana Chawla Govern-ment Medical College,Karnal, bid farewell to thecollege. Dr. SurendraKashyap has been ap-pointed Vice Chancellorof Atal Medical University,Himachal Pradesh and heattended the farewell cer-emony. Dr. Surendra Kashyap has been working as Director in Gov-ernment Medical College, Karnal since 2011. His tenure as directorwas highly successful. On this occasion Dr. Himanshu Madan, Dr. Vi-jay Pal, Mrs. Saroj and members of Non-Teachers Employees Wel-fare Association, Karnal were also included.

Workers will not run fan in the grain marketKARNAL: Workers have stopped running fans in Grain Market. Theworkers say that their health is deteriorating due to soil and pesticidedisease caused by the electric fan. Here the Bharatiya MazdoorSangh has met and supported this decision of the workers. The BMSmeeting was chaired by State Organization Minister Jung BahadurYadav. He said that the workers in Gheen's Grain mandi are facinghealth problems. Dirty dust coming out of the fan can prove fatal. In2017, six laborers were killed in Karnal's New Grainmandi due to thisreason. In the grain market of Karnal, laborers no longer run fans.Surindra Pradhan, Dilip Kumar, Arun Kumar, Shivji, Japanese, Ra-makant, Chandan, Jitendra, Naresh Kumar and Dilip were present onthe occasion.

MP, former MLA address workersSARBJEET SINGHASSANDH: Karnal MP Sanjay Bhatia and former MLA BakshishSingh Virk addressed the meeting of party officials today. They issuedguidelines to the functionaries for the workers' conference to be heldin Punjabi Dharamshala on Thursday.Bhatia and former MLA Virk saidthat the BJP has succeeded in forming the government for the secondtime in the state. He said that this success is the result of the govern-ment's working style without discrimination and the unwavering hardwork of the workers. Councillor Harish Sharma, Yuva Morcha Presi-dent Palvinder Sandhu, Seema Devi, Sanjay Duhan, Harpreet Singhand other activists were present on the occasion.Vandana Disodia appointed National ChiefAdvisor of Anti Corruption FoundationSHIV SHARMAKARNAL: While extendingthe national executive ofAnti Corruption Foundationof India, its national presi-dent, Narender Arora to-day appointed VandanaDisodia, HCS as NationalChief Adviser of foundationhere. While speaking onthe occasion Vandana Dis-odia said that she wouldmake all efforts to make public aware against corruption and anawareness campaign would also be launched soon at national level inthis regard. . Addressing the office bearers of foundation , Mr Naren-der Arora said that the foundation playing a vital role in spreadingawareness among public against corruption and without removing thisevil the development of country is not possible in true manners. Hesaid that special campaigns are being organized in colleges andschool to make students aware against corruption so that this evilwould be uprooted from society.

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YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2019

HMV organisedMathemania-2019JALANDHAR:The PG Mathematicsdepartment of Hans Raj Mahila MahaVidyalaya, Jalandhar organizedMathemania- 2019. Dr. Jitender Singh,dept. of Mathematics GNDU Amritsardelivered a lecture on Calculus fromNewton to Lebesgue. Principal Dr.Ajay Sareen and Head of thedepartment Mrs. Gagandeepwelcomed the resource personformally.. In poster presentation,Jaspreet and Manminder of B.Sc(Sem V) got first prize, Bhavya andShweta of B.Sc( Sem V) got secondprize, Poornima of B.Sc( Sem I) gotthird prize and Banita of B.Sc( Sem I)got consolation prize; whereas inMathematical Rangoli, Alka andNamrata of B.Sc( Sem V) got firstprize, Charanjeet and Kanvi of M.Sc(Sem I) got second prize, Aakriti andDiksha of B.Sc( Sem I) got third prizeand Kaveri and Ujala of B.Sc( Sem I),Gunjan and Anu of B.Sc( Sem V) gotconsolation prize.

Prize distribution function heldJALANDHAR: 4th Annual Prize Distribution Function was held at St Soldier Divine PublicSchool Khambra in which more than 85 students Hemraj,Gitanjali,Dikshit, Onkar,Mannat,Navreet, Lucky, Elisha,Divya,Muskan, Kritika wereawarded for their achievements in Academic ,Sportsand Culture field.

Alongwith Teachers Renuka,Preeti,Veena, AmandeepSingh,Deepika and Supportive Parents were alsoawarded by School Management.Students presentedStreet Play,Mime on the theme "Child Labour", Gidha,Bhangra, Classical dance.Vice Chairperson SangeetaChopra and Principal Rupinder Kaur gave their bless-ings to all winners.

HARISH KALRAROPAR, OCT 30

IIT Ropar successfully estab-lished state-of-the-art Na-tional Facility for AdditiveManufacturing in collabora-tion with General Electriccompany (GE). The facility,which is now fully opera-tional in the Mechanical En-gineering department of theinstitute, will be using high-pressure Cold-spray technol-ogy.

This facility has been pri-marily funded underUchchatar Avishkar Yojana(UAY) and FIST-DST, Gov-ernment of India. This cold-spray facility has the capabil-ity to provide working pres-sure of more than 50 bar at1000oC for repair, refurbish-

ment and component manu-facturing for several ad-vanced applications in powergeneration, aerospace, auto-mobile, bio-medical, textileand processing industries.Cold spray is an eco-friendlyand high rate production al-ternative to its various coun-terparts in the domains of ad-ditive manufacturing andcoating technology.

While briefing about thefacility and the technology,Prof. Harpreet Singh, Profes-sor and Dean (ICSR), IITRopar, who is Principal In-vestigator of this project,said, “Cold-spray has greatpotential to be used for ad-vanced manufacturing andsurface engineering applica-tions in context of the Indus-trial Internet trend.

North India gets its first‘Cold Spray’ Lab with IITRopar-GE collaborationFire in Zonal Office

of SBIRAM RESHAM SHARANBATHINDA: At around 5 am today, afire broke out in the upper floor of thezonal office on the local Amrik Singh

Road of StateBank of Indiawhich wasovercome aftertwo hours ofefforts by theteam of firebrigade.Significantly, thereis a record room

at the place where there was a fireand all the records were destroyed inthe fire. There was a significant loss tothe bank. Fire officer Kartar Chandsaid the cause of the fire was notknown. It is conceivable that thegeneral public keeps their money orother goods in the bank to securetheir property, but with this loss,people's trust is lost. Bank's assistantmanager US Gupta and police officerswere also present there.

RAJIV JAINCHANDIGARH, OCT 30

Showing zero tolerance towards themenace of pollution in the staterivers, the Monitoring Committeeconstituted by the National GreenTribunal on Wednesday asked theconcerned officers to pull up theirsocks otherwise face the music due tocomplacency on their part to take ef-fective measures to contain in a resultoriented manner.

The Committee also directed thePunjab Pollution Control Board(PPCB), Municipal CorporationsLudhiana and Jalandhar for strict sur-veillance and monitoring in the in-dustry prone areas to check the flowof untreated industrial and domesticeffluents besides launching a crack-down on erring industrial units,which were violating the pollutionnorms.

Reviewing the progress of imple-mentation of Action Plans for CleanRivers during its 7th meeting, theChairperson of the Monitoring Com-mittee, Justice Jasbir Singh (Retd.)referring to an issue, raised by the

renowned environmentalist BabaBalbir Singh Seechewal regarding550th Prakash Purb of Sri GuruNanak Dev Ji, directed the PPCB toensure that none of any kind of wasteis thrown into the historic Kali Bein.The Chairperson asserted that no lax-ity in this regard would be tolerated atany costs. Justice Jasbir Singh point-ed out that the Committee will be ini-tiating field visits soon to assess theground reality in different districts in-cluding Amritsar, Jalandhar and Lud-hiana etc. Fixing next meeting on De-

cember 11 to evaluate the action tak-en, the Chairperson also directed con-cerned officers to accomplish thetasks given to them in a stipulatedtime frame by achieving requisite re-sults. He also asked the depart-ments/agencies concerned to take ap-propriate action on the recommenda-tions and decisions made by theCommittee during its field visits dur-ing past couple of months.

It was also decided in the meet-ing that all the agencies involved inthe cause of preventing the state

rivers from pollutants would ensurethe timely submission of action takenreports otherwise the officer con-cerned be held accountable for inor-dinate delay. The Committee also in-structed the PPCB and MunicipalCorporation Ludhiana for expedi-tious commissioning and executionof Jamalpur, Bhattian I&II, Balloke-Iand II Sewerage Treatment Plants soas to plug the untreated inflow effec-tively.

NGT committee asks departments tocontrol river pollution effectively

Mayor Rajesh Kumar and other Councillors talk each others after MC Commissioner Kamal Kishor Yadav leave meeting at MC office in Chandigarh on Wednesday. Photo by: S. Sharma

Registration from Nov1 for Shri KartarpurSahib visitDALJEET AJNOHAHOSHIARPUR: DeputyCommissioner Esha Kalia informedthat devotees can get their registrationdone through the service centres inthe Hoshiarpur district for pilgrimageto Shri Kartarpur Sahib. She said thaton behalf of Punjab Government,registration for devotees going to ShriKartarpur Sahib Darshan in theservice centres of all districts of thestate is being started from November1. He said that registration in theservice centres is free. Isha Kaliainformed that forms will also be givenfree of cost in service centres. He saidthat for filling up the registration form,only Rs 20 per form fee will becollected, but if a devotee fills the formhimself or gets it filled from outsideand submits the form then no fee willbe charged from him. She said that ifany devotee needs any informationrelated to registration, then he cancontact on helpline number8283842323.

Only super SMS fitted combinescan harvest paddy crop: DC

LUDHIANA, OCT 30

Under the Mission Tandrust Punjab of the Punjab government andin a bid to save our environment, the state government is provid-ing subsidy to farmers on farm machinery for in-situ managementof paddy straw. This subsidy is being provided for purchasing Su-per SMS to be fitted on combine harvesters, happy seeder, zero tilldrill, paddy straw chopper, paddy straw multure, reversible hy-draulic MB plough etc. While providing information, DeputyCommissioner Mr Pradeep Kumar Agrawal informed that this sea-son, no combine harvester is being allowed to operate without theSuper SMS fitted on it. He said that if any person violates this rule,then strict legal action would be taken against the combine own-ers. Chief Agriculture Officer Ludhiana Mr Baldev Singh urgedthe farmers as well as the combine harvester owners to not violatethis rule. He further informed that in district Ludhiana, harvestingof paddy crop is done mainly by using combine harvesters. Andwhen Super SMS is fitted on the back side of combine, it chopsthe paddy straw into very small pieces, which makes it easier forother machines to operate in the fields.

JALANDHAR, OCT 30

The Deputy CommissionerVarinder Kumar Sharma askedthe Sub divisional Magistrates(SDMs) to keep a close vigil onthe functioning of the SewaKendras to ensure hassle-freeservices to the people.

Presiding over a meeting atDistrict Administrative Complextoday, Sharma told that SewaKendras have been opened bythe state government to facilitatethe people and any sort of laxityon their parts would not be toler-ated at any cost. He told that of-

ficials to carry out inspections oftheir working and the applica-tions receiving in the Kendrasmust be settled in a time-boundmanner without any inconven-ience to the people. DC said thatzero-tolerance policy would beadopted against any sort of inor-dinate delay by the SewaKendras and stern action wouldbe taken against management ofSewa Kendra. Sharma also di-rected the revenue officers to ac-cord top most priority to the col-lection of the pending recoveriesfor enhancing the revenue of thestate government.

DC asks SDMs to keep vigil overworking of sewa kendras

Lecture on Integrity – Away of life held at PU

CHANDIGARH, OCT 30

‘Integrity is doing right things even when no one iswatching’ said Justice (Retd.) Vinod Kumar Sharma,Hon’ble Lokpal Punjab while speaking on “Integri-ty – A way of life”, theme for lecture during Vigi-lance Awareness Week being celebrated at PanjabUniversity from 28 October-2 November, 2019 inline with the nation-wide initiative of the CentralVigilance Commission. Sharma expounded issuesconcerning corruption, especially concerning socie-ty in India. According to him strengthening of laws,effective enforcement and appointing of the right of-ficers would lead to increased transparency, ac-countability and integrity in the system. The visionto Integrity is possible only if we are able to prevent,resist, and hopefully reverse corrupt practices. Headded that integrity is built in us and one has to de-velop the character around this honestly and not lookfor shortcuts.

In his presidential address, the Officiating ViceChancellor and Dean of University Instructions,Prof. Shankarji Jha emphasized that today’s lecturetheme is central theme of Indian culture and cited anumber of ways in which probity and integrity in theworking of the University can be ensured.

NCC combined annualtraining camp at LPUJALANDHAR : 2 PB (G) BNconducted its combined annualtraining camp cum RDC LaunchCamp at Lovely ProfessionalUniversity, Phagwara from 21st Oct to30th Oct, 2019. Camp CommandantCol, Jasbir Singh said that 10instructors, 3 Associate NCC Officer’s& Care Taker Officer’s along withAdministrative Officer were also thepart of camp, 250 Senior Wing &Senior Division’s participated in thecamp including cadets from differentdistricts of Doaba region. A part fromthis, cadets from Doaba regionparticipated in Personality andCharacter Development capsule whichwas held on 24 Oct & 25 Oct 2019.

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YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2019

SGPC President calls on Chief MinisterSHIMLA: President, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee(SGPC), Sri Amritsar Sahib, Gobind Singh Longowal called on ChiefMinister Jai Ram Thakur here today. He extended invitation to the ChiefMinister to attend the celebrations being organised on the occasion of550th birth anniversary of Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji on 11th November,2019 at Gurdwara Sri Ber Sahib, Shri Guru Nanak Dev Stadium,Sultanpur Lodhi, District Kapurthala, Punjab.

Body of migrant womanrecovered from khul atKangra bypassKANGRA: Kangra police onWednesday recovered the body of a32-year-old migrant woman of Biharfrom a Khul on Kangra bypass road,police said here. Kangra SubDivisional Police Officer Sunil Ranatold UNI that the deceased womanhas been identified as Reena, aresident of Bihar who was living herewith her two children. He said herbody was found lying in a khul onKangra bypass in Jogipur panchayaton Wednesday. He said woman hadinjuries and was bleeding. The SDPOsaid the body was sent for thepostmortem and RFSL team alsoreached the spot for collecting forensicevidences. He said the victim wasliving separately from her husbandwho was working in Gujarat. Herfather-in-law was living in this townwhereas Reena was living with herchildren separately. Rana saidpreliminary investigation was indicatingthat cause of death may be a fall fromthe hillock near Kangra flour mill,however, police was working ondifferent angles to reach the actualcause of death. He said investigationunder section 174 CrPC was initiatedand the postmortem report wasawaited.

Punjabi folk artistGrewal performs in Baddi

SHANTI GAUTAMBADDI: Famous Punjabi folk artistKanwar Grewal performed in the firstVishwakarma Fair held in Baddi. Heperformed on `Na jaane maasta defleet, tumba meri jaan kudhe, tikta dole leen, Samane Howe yaar te nachnapainda hai. The audience sitting in thepandal were surprised when KanwarGrewal got off the stage and went inthe middle of the audience. He saidthat fear is the one who is a wrongperson and we artists earn a living onthe strength of these listeners and wehave no fear of the audience. KanwarGrewal in his address also appealedto the audience to stay away fromdrugs and respect parents, teachers,women and daughters. Earlier, localartists of the region also spent a lot oftime.

3 players selectedfrom Baddi forUnder-19 TaekwondocompetitionBADDI: State Level TaekwondoCompetition was organised by UnitHimachal of School GameFederation of India which wasorganized at Government SeniorChildren's School in DistrictHamirpur. In this competition, 5taekwondo players (Suraj Chauhan,Kundan Kumar, Abhishek Lama,Sanjay BM, Vishal Shrestha) of theLegends Martial Arts Academy wereselected from Baddi. The three-daystate level Taekwondo competitionwas attended by Taekwondo playersfrom all over Himachal Pradesh inwhich Suraj Chauhan from theLegends Martial Arts Academy inSolan won gold in the under-45 kgcategory, Kundan Kumar in theunder-49 kg weight category andVishal Shrestha won the gold medalin the over - 78 kg weightcategoryTaekwondo competition willbe held in Guwahati, Assam fromNovember 2 to 6. Players have left.

2 youth killed in Unacar accidentPREETI RANAUNA: Two youths were killed in atragic accident in village Takka underpolice station Una, while anotherman in a car was seriously injured.The injured were rushed to UnaHospital for treatment. The carsuddenly collided with the bridge inTakka. The accident happened dueto over speed. The deceased havebeen identified as Neeraj 23-year-oldson Yograj resident Nari andBhupinder Singh 24-year-old sonFakir Chand resident Nari Una. WhileManish son Mohan Lal, a resident ofthe car, a woman, were also injuredin the accident.

All out efforts to facilitate prospectiveentrepreneurs should be made: CM

SHIMLA, OCT 30

While presiding over themeeting to finalize thepreparations for ensuingGlobal Investors Meet-2019being organized atDharamshala on 7th and 8thNovember, Chief Minister JaiRam Thakur said that focusshould be laid on ensuringpersonal contact and liaisonwith investors so that MoUssigned by them could bematerialized at the earliest. Healso directed all thedepartments to adopt pro-active approach in expeditingthe progress of MoUs.

Chief Minister said that asmany as 566 Memorandum ofUnderstandings (MoUs) worthabout Rs. 81319 crore havingemployment potential to over1.50 lakh people were signedby the State Government invarious sectors with theprospective investors till date.He said that most of the MoUswere signed in industries,tourism and housing sectorswhich would not only provideemployment opportunities to

the youth of the State butwould also encourage them toadopt self-employmentventures.

Jai Ram Thakur asked allthe departments to make all outefforts to facilitate theprospective entrepreneurs sothat maximum investmentscould be attracted. He alsodirected to inform

entrepreneurs about thefacilities and incentives beingextended by the StateGovernment to the investors.

It was decided in themeeting that B2G meetingwould also be held with theChief Minister in tourism,housing and industries sectorsto have direct interaction withthe entrepreneurs of these

mega sectors.It was also decided that

local entrepreneurs should alsobe invited for this mega eventand their meetings should bearranged with foreign delegatesso that local investors couldalso be benefitted.

Chief Secretary Dr.Shrikant Baldi conducted theproceedings of the meeting andassured the Chief Minister thatconcerted efforts were beingmade for the success of theGlobal Investors Meet.

A presentation on proposedGlobal Investors Meet was alsopresented on the occasion.

Additional ChiefSecretaries Ram Subhag Singh,Nisha Singh, Manoj Kumar,R.D. Dhiman, Sanjay Gupta,Principal Secretaries OnkarSharma, J.C. Sharma, PrabodhSaxena, K.K. Pant, SecretariesDevesh Kumar, AmitabhAvasthi, Director Tourism,Yunus, Director IndustriesHans Raj Sharma, Director,LAC Kumud Singh, Membersof CII, Media Partner and othersenior officers were alsopresent in the meeting.

SHIMLA, OCT 30

A spokesperson of HigherEducation Department informedhere today that the dates for onlinestudents registration andsubmission of applications formon National Scholarship Portal(NSP) under the Centre and StateSponsored Scholarship Schemesfor year 2019-20 has beenextended. The scheme will beopen till 31st December, 2019whereas the Defective Verificationand Institute Verification will beopen till 15th January, 2020.

The Scholarship Schemesinclude Centrally Sponsored PostMatric scholarship scheme for SCstudents, Post Matric scholarshipscheme for ST students, PostMatric Scholarship Scheme forOBC students, CentrallySponsored Pre Matric ScholarshipScheme for SC students, PreMatric Scholarship Scheme for STstudents, Pre Matric ScholarshipScheme for OBC students, Dr.Ambedkar Post MatricScholarship for economicallybackward class (EBC) students.Similarly, other schemes includeState Sponsored Mukhya MantriProtsahan Yojana, State SponsoredMaharishi Balmiki ChatravritiYojana, Integrated Rural

Development Program (IRDP),Dr. Ambedkar MedhaviChatravriti Yojana for SC andOBC students, Thakur Sen NegiUtkrisht Chatravriti Yojana,Swami Vivekanand UtkrishtChatravriti Yojana, KalpanaChawla Chatravriti Yojana andState Sponsored Indira GandhiUtkrisht Chatravriti Yojana.

He said that NSP would notprovide any extension in dates foronline application submission.The Head of Institutions wouldhave to ensure that all eligiblestudents apply within a stipulatedtime period. For any queries orredressal of problems, studentscan contact on 0177-2653120-226and 0120-6619540 between 10AM and 5 PM.

Online registration for Centreand state sponsored scholarship

schemes open till 31st Dec

Tribal farmers given tipson horticulture crops

DINESH AGARWALSHIMLA, OCT 30

Regional Horticultural and TrainingStation, Mashobra organized a one-dayfield training programme for tribalfarmers of Kinnaur district at villageKilba under Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP)programme of All India NetworkProject (AINP) on agriculturalacarology. Dr Sangita Sharma,Principal Investigator of the schemerunning at RHR&TS, Mashobra alongwith Dr Pankaj Gupta( AssociateDirector) and Dr Neena Chauhan (FruitScientist) conducted the trainingprogramme on Integrated pestManagement of mites in temperate

fruits. During the programme, tribalfarmers were trained aboutidentification, nature of the damage andintegrated management of mites ofhorticultural crops. They were alsoeducated about the difference betweenharmful and beneficial insects. DrPankaj Gupta discussed the soil andfoliar diseases of horticultural cropsand emphasized on the safe and need-based use of pesticides to get high-quality fruit. Farmers were made awareof proper training and pruning of fruittrees and tips were given on high-density plantation. Panchayat Pradhan,an official from horticulture and publicrelation departments were also presentin the camp.

CS stresses onproviding safe, fearless

environment to girlsSHIMLA, OCT 30

Chief Secretary Dr Shrikant Baldi on Wednesdaysaid Saksham Gudiya Board, Himachal Pradesh,should frame guidelines for its functioning so thatvarious activities are undertaken to provide safeand fearless environment to girls in the state. The

Chief Secretary waspresiding over meeting ofSaksham Gudiya BoardHimachal Pradesh here. Hesaid the Board shouldinitially prepare threemonths plan for which fullcooperation will beprovided by the Stategovernment. Social Justice

and Empowerment, Home and Finance are thestakeholder departments in this initiative taken bythe government for safety of girls. In the meeting,nomination of non official members of the Board,hiring of office accommodation, creation andsanction of various posts for the office, providingpolice protection to Vice Chairperson while on tourand formation of guidelines were also discussed.

Preparations in full gear as J-K, Ladakh to become UTs todayNEW DELHI, OCT 30

Preparations are in full swing inJammu and Kashimr and Ladakh,as the two regions will be formallyaccorded the status of UnionTerritory on October 31. GirishChandra Murmu, a 1985-batchIndian Administrative Service(IAS) officer of Gujarat cadre willtake oath as the first LieutenantGovernor of Jammu and Kashmiron Thursday afternoon. Murmuserved as expenditure secretary atthe Centre before gettingappointed as Lieutenant Governorof Jammu and Kashmir. On thesame day, Radha Krishna Mathurwill be sworn-in as the first

Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh.Mathur, a retired 1977-batch IASofficer from Tripura cadre retiredas the Chief InformationCommissioner of India inNovember 2018. Chief Justice ofJammu and Kashmir High CourtGeeta Mittal will administer theoath to both Lieutenant Governors.According to sources, she will firstadminister the oath to LG Ladakhin the morning and then she willleave for Srinagar to administerMurmu's oath. From November 1,UT cadre officers deployed inDelhi, Goa, Arunachal Pradesh,Andaman and Nicobar areexpected to be transferred toJammu and Kashmir.

NC appeals for maintainingJ&K's statehood

JAMMU: The National Conference on Wednesdaymade a last-minute appeal to the Centre to shelvethe plan of bifurcating Jammu and Kashmir intounion territories and urged it to maintain thestatehood of the 200-year-old state. Two unionterritories -- Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh --will come into existence on Thursday. The NC alsorequested political parties, intellectuals,academicians, civil society, traders and transportersto come together and join hands with the party tomake a joint request to President Ram Nath Kovind,Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Parliament toretain Jammu and Kashmir as a state.

SDM releases new Bhajan of Anu ThakurANWAR HUSSAINNALAGARH, OCT 30

Singer Anu Thakur said that hehas inherited music and his fa-ther also performs Jagran. Shesaid that she is fond of singingsince childhood and she doesmodeling and has acted inmany videos. PolaramDhangawala heard her voiceand asked to sing this hymn toher to further enhance the tal-ent hidden within her, forwhich she thanked PolaramDhangawala. SDM NalagarhPrashanth Deesha said that the

region is not short of talent andhas achieved new heights inthe music and sports world

while, congratulating singerAnu Thakur and wishing himwell for his future life.

GAURAV GOELCHANDIGARH, OCT 30

Punjab Finance Minister ManpreetSingh Badal on Wednesday re-leased a Manual of Instructions ofNew Pension Scheme (NPS) atPunjab Bhawan here.

He said that this manual wouldbe very useful for subscribers,Drawing and Disbursing Officersand District Treasury Officers andthe departments as they may get allthe instructions at one place to dis-pose of the NPS matters expedi-tiously. An official spokespersonsaid that in the first Manual of NewPension Scheme, instructions andRegulations issued up to the year2018 have been complied. It hasbeen prepared in two Parts andwith 11 Chapters. He further said

that the Manual of NPS would beuploaded on Punjab Government'swebsite so that these instructionsmay be accessed by maximumnumber of employees. Notably,

Punjab Government has imple-mented the New Pension Schemefor its employees appointed on orafter 01.01.2004 and around 1.60lakh officials/employees are work-

ing under the New Pension Schemein the state. Principal Secretary Fi-nance Anirudh Tiwari and othersenior official were also present onthis occasion.

NEWS AT AGLANCE

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2019

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Manpreet Badal releases manual ofnew pension scheme instructions

95.59 LMT Paddy purchasedCHANDIGARH: The Government agencies and private millers have procured 9559397 metric tonnes of paddyin Punjab till October 29 while payment worth Rs. 10810.37 crore has been transferred to the accounts ofarthias/farmers by the government, rendering MSP benefits to 648359 farmers.

Disclosing this, an official spokesman of the Government of Punjab informed that out of the total procurementfrom various procurement centres in the State, the Government agencies procured 9478662 MT of paddy while80735 MT has been procured by the millers. PUNGRAIN has procured 3877998 tonnes, MARKFED 2489510tonnes and PUNSUP procured 1863927 tonnes while Punjab State Warehousing Corporation procured 1111616 MTpaddy. The Centre government agency FCI has procured 135611 MT paddy.

DAV college observesvigilance week

ABOHAR: The DAV College ofEducation here is observing “VigilanceAwareness Week 2019”, as directedby the Central Vigilance Commissionand Panjab University, to createawareness against the menace ofcorruption. The theme of VigilanceAwareness Week is “Integrity-A way oflife.” Integrity pledge was administeredto students and staff with objective toraise public awareness against thethreat posed by corruption and tomake citizens conscious of their rightto live in a corruption free society.Principal Dr Urmil Sethi said that everycitizen should be vigilant and committo highest standards of honesty andintegrity at all times and support thefight against corruption. “There is alsoarrangement of e-integrity pledgeonline for employees as well ascitizens towards integrity and ensuretheir commitment towards eradicatingcorruption, project incharge SureshMakkar said. B.Ed and ETT studentsparticipated in slogan writing, postermaking and cartooning competitions,their creations were warmlyappreciated.

Bhatia condoles demiseof Kamal Sharma

DALJIT AJNOHAHOSHIARPUR: While condoling thedemise of former state president ofBJP, Kamal Sharma , the District VicePresident , Suresh Bhatia said thatthe demise of Sharma ji was a big lossto party and a personal loss to him.Addressing the condolence meetinghe said that Mr Sharma was arespected personality not only inpolitics but in social life too. He addedthat Mr Sharma had done a lot forsetting up party cadre in Punjab andhe would always remain a source ofinspiration for coming generations. Theothers who were present there includeYashpal Sharma, Rajinder Moudgiland several BJP leaders and Workers.

Educational trip to IISER Mohali by S.Balbir Singh Centre for Sciences,Lyallpur Khalsa College

HARPEET SINGH LEHALJALANDHAR: An education trip for thestudents of B.Sc. and M.Sc. (LifeSciences and Biotechnology) wasorganized by S. Balbir Singh Centre forSciences to the Indian Institute of ScienceEducation and Research, (IISER) Mohali .College Principal Dr. Gurpinder SinghSamra gave the go ahead to the trip andinformed that the program was organizedwith the aim to provide a platform to thestudents ensuring their acquaintance withthe latest technologies in the area of lifesciences and biotechnology. Thestudents were shown a documentaryregarding the concept and the inception ofthe IISERs in India (in general) and IISERMohali in particular. Rakesh Kumar fromIISER Mohali led the students to variouslabs of IISER and helped themunderstand the working of variousadvanced instruments such as invertedand confocal microscope and alsoshowed the live cell imaging of the nervecells through the use of theseinstruments. FStudents wereaccompanied by faculty membersnamely, Dr. Gurpreet Singh, Coordinator,S. Balbir Singh Centre for Sciences alongwith Dr. Harsharan Singh and Prof. NavjotKaur from the Biotechnology Department.

Elderly woman run overby train in PhagwaraPHAGWARA: A 60-year-old labourerwas struck and killed by a train whenshe was crossing the railway trackshere on Wednesday, police said.Government Railway Police inchargeGurbhej Singh said Devanti Devi oflocal Chachoki colony was run over bya train between Mauli and Phagwararailway stations. "She was a labourerand was crossing the railway trackunmindful of the approaching train,"said the GRP official. The body washanded over to the family after post-mortem, he said.

VERMAGURDASPUR, OCT 30

Under the chairmanshipof Chief Minister PunjabCaptain AmarinderSingh, smart class roomsare being created by Ed-ucation Minister VijayInder Singla and Educa-tion Secretary KrishnanKumar to teach studentsof government schoolsthrough e-content.

Nearly 250 schoolshave been made smartby District Administra-tion Gurdaspur to teachstudents through e-con-tent to make the govern-ment schools of districtGurdasapur smart. Inwhich students are get-ting education throughe-content.

At the inauguration ofthe smart class room ofGovernment Senior Sec-ondary School Bariyar,District Guidance Coun-se lo r- cum-Sec re t a rysamarpan Society Gur-

daspur Parminder Singh,Deputy DEOLakhwinder Singh andDeputy DEO Suresh Sai-ni informed that underthe chairmanship ofDeputy commissioner ingovernment schools,L.E.D. Televisions arebeing given to studentsthrough e-content. Inwhich the schools arebeing made smart withthe help of local brother-hood and administrativeofficers and employeesof the district.

The e-content pre-pared by the Departmentof Education through

smart LED TV is becom-ing very good for teach-ing students. In future,students will enroll ingovernment schools, ex-cept private schools.

By which poor stu-dents will also get bettereducation. School Prin-cipal Ramanpreet Kaurthanked DC Vipul Ujjw-al, DEO Rakesh Bala,Deputy DEOLakhwinder Singh,Deputy DEO Suresh Sai-ni and Parminder SinghSaini for creating asmart class room. Stu-dents and teachers werepresent on this occasion.

SUMER GARGCHANDIGARH, OCT 30

The Forest Minister, S. Sad-hu Singh Dharamsot todayassured that the process toregularize the services ofthe daily wager labourers ofthe Forest Department cov-ered by the State Govern-ment policy would beginsoon.

In a meeting here todaywith the various employeeorganizations of the forestdepartment, S. Dharamsotsaid that the officials mustrelease the seniority list ofthe daily wagers by 31st ofDecember. He also directedthat the seniority list shouldbe finalized after invitingobjections from all the em-ployee organizations by30th November.

He further directed thescreening committee formedregarding the seniority list,to hold a special meeting in

the first week of Novemberand dispose off the pendingissues too. The minister fur-ther gave directions regard-ing the release of thesalaries of the daily wagelabourers pending since 2-3months and asked the offi-cials to ensure the timely re-lease of the same in future.He also reiterated that theother just demands of the or-ganizations would be metsoon.

Among other dignitariespresent on the occasion in-cluded the Additional ChiefSecretary Forests Dr.Roshan Sunkaria, PrincipalChief Conservator ofForests Mr. Jatinder Shar-ma, MD Punjab State ForestDevelopment CorporationMr. Harinder Singh Grewal,Conservator and ChairmanScreening Committee Nir-maljit Singh Randhawa andthe senior officers of the de-partment.

Just demands of dailywagers to be metsoon: Dharamsot

Anti-larva teamdetects 24 cases

JALANDHAR: As part of its drive against vector-bornediseases in the city, the anti-larva cell of the health depart-ment detected 24 dengue larva cases in various areas of thecity on Wednesday. Separate teams of anti-larva cell led byJaswinder Singh, Rajwinder Singh, Pradeep Kumar, PawanKumar, Amanpreet Singh, Gurwinder Singh, SukhjinderSingh, Sanjiv Kumar, Sher Singh, Raj Kumar and othersconducted the inspections in Dhilwan, New Rasila Nagar,Kaki Pind, Bajigar Mohalla, New Gautam Nagar, PhagwariMohalla and Avtar Nagar.

The teams visited 498 houses covered the population of2122 and checked 127 desert coolers and 550 waste con-tainers. Members of teams told the residents that the desertcoolers, containers could act as a breeding ground for themosquitoes to spread diseases like dengue, malaria, and oth-ers. They said that the drive was aimed at identifying vul-nerable places for producing the larva of mosquitoes.a

RAKESH SHARMAFARIDKOT, OCT 30

Gurudwara Sri NankanaSaheb, dedicated to On theoccasion of the 550thPrakash Utsav of Sri GuruNanak Dev Ji, the Interna-tional Nagar Kirtan startedfrom Pakistan after thenight rest in Faridkot un-der the leadership of theShri Guru Granth Sahib Jiand five loved ones left forGurdwara Jamni Sahab.

The Nagar Kirtan waswelcomed at BhaiGhanaiya Chowk byKushaldeep SinghDhillon, Punjab ChiefMinsiter’s political advi-

sor and Faridkot MLA C.Kushaldeep Singh Dhillonand Deputy CommissionerKumar Saurabh Raj, IASand thousands of people.They gave a rousing wel-come. On this occasion,the district police wel-comed the band of PunjabPolice with tunes andcheers. On this occasion,

Senior Police CaptainManjeet Singh Dhesi wasalso present.

On behalf of the ChiefMinister's political advisorand his religious wife,Madam Amanjot KaurDhillon, Deputy Commis-sioner and Senior PoliceCaptain, presented beauti-ful clothes to Guru Sahib

and took blessings fromGuru Sahib and offeredgoodness to Sarbat. Thou-sands of sangatas wel-comed the sacred CharanPaduka of Guru NanakDev Ji, and the sacredscriptures and rare signs ofGuru Sahban. On this oc-casion, resident of TilaBaba Farid Indrajit SinghKhalsa also registered hispresence and took bless-ings of Guru Ghar.

Flowers were show-ered on the devotees bythe International City Kir-tan Occasion Para Glider,and the jewellers of theirart were shown by the Gat-ka teams.

PRIT PAL SINGH JALANDHAR, OCT 30

Aiming to provide relief tothe people from traffic jams,Police and Civil Administra-tion on Wednesday held ameeting to find out the solu-tions to the traffic problemsbeing faced by the City resi-dents.

Presiding over a meeting ofDistrict Road Safety Com-mittee here at the District Ad-ministrative Complex, theDeputy CommissionerVarinder Kumar Sharma saidthat multi-pronged strategyfor dealing with this problemis being formulated rightfrom checking the overspeeding, illegal encroach-ments on roads, overloadingvehicles, drinking driving. Heasked transport department to

intensify the inspections ofthe school buses along withthe officials of child and de-velopment department. Headded that traffic signagesand marking of zebra lines,parking lines are going tostart soon under Smart CityProject.

Similarly, during the meet-ing, the traffic police said thatit has issued 1015 challans ofdrinking driving since Janu-ary 1, 2019. Prominentamongst present on the occa-sion included DCP NareshKumar Dogra, Sub Division-al Magistrates Rahul Sindhu,Amit Kumar Panchal, San-jeev Kumar Sharma, Jai InderSingh, Vineet Kumar, Assis-tant Commissioner Ms Sha-yari Malhotra, ADCP TrafficGagnesh Kumar, ACP TrafficHS Bhalla and others.

JALANDHAR, OCT 30

In a major initiative aimed at providing succour tothe farmers of flood-affected villages in the dis-trict, Shahkot Member of Legislative Assembly(MLA) Hardev Singh Ladi Sherowalia onWednesday initiated the distribution of around9006 quintals of high yielding varieties of wheatseeds to the food growers, free of cost in Nall Co-operative Society, Lohian block of the district.Addressing the gathering, Accompanied byShahkot SDM Sanjiv Kumar Sharma, MLA Hard-ev Singh Ladi Sherowalia said that this decisionhas been taken by the Punjab Chief Minister Cap-tain Amarinder Singh to extend a helping hand tothe farmers so that they could sow the crop duringthe upcoming Rabi season. He said that in totalaround 25,000 quintals of wheat seeds would besupplied to farmers in flood-affected villagesacross the state.

KULJEET SINGHJANDIALA GURU, OCT 30

The 22nd Sports Meet was in-augurated at St. Soldier EliteConvent School JandialaGuru. The sports fair will runfor two days on October 30and 31. The Chief Guest oftoday's sports fair Dr. ManjitSingh Chief Medical OfficerSewal Hospital Amritsar,Pramod Bhatia ChairmanSports Cell Punjab Especiallyreached on the occassion.

Kamal Kishore, Brij Aro-ra and Baldev Singh Gandhialso reached on thisevent.The school childrenwere divided into five housedaisies, Lotus, Panzi, Rose,Lily. It was conducted against

different sports. First of allthe children passed march.And saluted the chief guest.Subsequently, the school chil-dren lighted Mshal. The aer-obic and gymnastics duties ofthe little child played were allenchanting. School directorDr. Mangal Singh Kishan-puri, Principal AmarpreetKaur played with the chiefguests. The school directorMangal Singh Kishanpurispoke about the achievementsof the school's sports and en-couraged the children to takeup sports.

Chief guest Dr. ManjitSingh, Chief Medical Officer,Civil Hospital was very im-pressed with the activities ofthe children.

Guidelines for NPS to be uploaded on website soon

22nd sports meet of St. SoldierElite Convent School inaugurated

Smart class room inauguratedat Govt school Bariyar

Jalandhar police issue 1015challans of drinking driving

MLA Shahkot startsdistribution of wheat seeds

to flood-affected farmers

Political Advisor of CM, DC welcome International Nagar Kirtan

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YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2019

Amethi custodial death: Congress, SP slamYogi govtLUCKNOW: Congress and Samajwadi Party on Wednesday slammed the UttarPradesh government led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over death of a traderSatya Prakash Shukla in state police's custody, and demanded a high-level probeinto the matter. In a tweet targeting the state government on Wednesday,Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav wrote, 'The BJP government is tryingto suppress the angst of people due to custodial death of late Satya PrakashShukla. A fair probe should be conducted as family members of Shukla allegedthat he died due to third-degree torture by police, else the faith of public in thestate government will fade away.' UP Congress president Ajay Kumar Lallu tooannounced to launch a statewide agitation if, the government fails to punish theguilty policemen.

Security guardrobbed, 1 heldNEW DELHI: A 28-year-old man hasbeen arrested for allegedly robbing asecurity guard at knifepoint afterbeating him and later tying him in a bidto loot a factory where he worked inouter Delhi's Samaypur Badli, policesaid on Wednesday. Two policemenwere patrolling on a motorcycle late onMonday night when they heardsomeone squeaking in Libaspur. Theyfound a person with his hands, legsand mouth tied with nylon rope,copper wire and white clothrespectively, police said. After theperson, Ram Niwas Yadav, wasuntied, he told the police that he was asecurity guard of a copper meltingfactory, an officer said. According toYadav, four men robbed Rs 1,000 andother documents from him atknifepoint after beating him. Later, theytied him up, the officer said. When thepolice and the security guard reachedthe factory, its locks were found to bebroken, Deputy Commissioner ofPolice (Outer North) Gaurav Sharmasaid. On seeing the police, thesuspects tried to flee, but one of them,Sanjay Kumar, was nabbed, the policesaid. Efforts are on to nab his threeassociates who managed to escape.Lock cutter, knife and the truck usedby them for loading robbed articleswere recovered, the police said.

Man sentenced to 10-year imprisonmentfor killing wifeBALASORE: A 30-year-old man hasbeen sentenced to 10-year rigorousimprisonment by a court in Odisha'sBalasore district for killing his wife.District and Session Judge ofBalasore, Ram Shankar Hota, alsoimposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on SudhirDehuri on Tuesday. In the event ofnon-payment of the penalty amount,the convict will have to undergo jailterm for an additional six months, thecourt ordered. According to theprosecution, Dehuri of Sugo villagestabbed his wife Meena to death onOctober 7, 2015 evening when he wasin an inebriated state. The villagerscaught hold hold of him and handedhim over to the police while he wasattempting to runway.

Scuffle breaks outbetween customers, staffat Bhopal restaurantBHOPAL: A heated scuffle broke outbetween customers and staff at arestaurant in Bhopal, allegedly aftercustomers complained of poor qualityfood at the restaurant. In CCTVfootage from the restaurant, fewpeople can be seen throwing bottlesand breaking the restaurant property.In another part of the footage, therestaurant staff and some other peoplecan be seen engaged in a brawl.Following the incident, police was alsoinformed about a brawl at therestaurant, which arrived at theincident spot and initiated necessarylegal action. While speaking to a newsagency, Sanjay Sahu, ASP said, "Assoon as we received the information,our police staff was immediately sentto the restaurant. A clash occurredbetween the customers, waiters andother restaurant staff as the food gotdelayed. We have registered a caseagainst both the parties." However, arestaurant staffer accused that thecustomers misbehaved with thewomen staffer at the restaurant. "Thecustomers entered the restaurantkitchen and started beating the staff. Afew girls' staff tried to stop the fight butthe customers touched us in aninappropriate manner. They abusedand attacked the women staff as well.The customers were drunk," a womanstaffer at the restaurant said.

Now a biopic on LaluPrasad YadavBALLIA: It's the season of politicalbiopics and former Bihar chief ministerLalu Prasad Yadav is the latest leaderto get a film on his life. Titled "Lalten"on the symbol of his political partyRashtriya Janata Dal, the film will seeBhojpuri actor Yash Kumar play Yadavin the film. The movie, which will featuredifferent aspects of the political leader'slife in an interesting manner, isexpected to hit the screens in February."The film titled 'Lalten' (lantern) is likelyto release in February next year and itwill be based on his (Yadav) politicallife," Kumar told reporters on Tuesdayevening. Smriti Sinha will star in therole of Yadav's wife and former BiharCM Rabri Devi, the actor added. Thefilm has been shot in different parts ofBihar and Gujarat.

Delhi gasps for air asair quality continuesto be severeNew Delhi: Delhiites woke up toanother morning breathing in bad airas the ambient air quality continued tobe under the ' severe category' with anaverage index value of 416 onWednesday morning according to theCentral Pollution Control Board. Hazeand smoke continued to cover thenational capital and its surroundingareas of the NCR. The air qualityworsened post Diwali and increase inthe stubble burning in the northernstates of Haryana and Punjab. OnTuesday, Delhi Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal had appealed to the Haryanaand Punjab governments to takeconcrete steps towards saving thenational capital from the worseningbad air situation. People in the citycomplained of breathing trouble,overall uneasiness due to the denseair, itchy eyes and heavy head.

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Praful Patel rules out possibility ofgiving support to BJP or Shiv Sena

AGENCYMUMBAI, OCT 30

NCP leader Praful Patel onWednesday ruled out thepossibility of giving support toeither BJP or Shiv Sena in thestate and asserted that a tusslebetween the two parties overthe government formation isonly a "show-off".

"The atmosphere wasdifferent during 2014 Assemblypolls and is different now in2019. That time, all partieswere contesting elections ontheir own. But this time wefought elections with ouralliance partners and will goahead with them. NCP will notsupport BJP," he told reportershere.

He also stated that people'smandate for NCP is to sit in theopposition and BJP-Shiv Senashould sort out theirdifferences. "Whatever goingwith Shiv Sena and BJP is just

a show-off and they will formthe government. They shouldform the government. If theyhave differences then theyshould sort it out. We don'twant to speak to any of theparties. The people's mandate isfor us to sit in the Opposition. Ifthe situation changes, then wewill see," Patel added.

The BJP-Shiv Sena alliancewon an absolute majority in the

Maharashtra Assembly pollswith the former emerging as thesingle-largest party with 105seats. Shiv Sena bagged 56seats in the elections. Thealliance is yet to sort out theirdifferences over thegovernment formation in thestate.

After the polls, Shiv Sena isadamant about theimplementation of the 50:50

formula proposed by BJPduring the 2019 Lok Sabhapolls. The formula is arotational arrangement inwhich a Chief Minister fromeach party will split the five-year term equally.

Shiv Sena has got thesupport of at least fiveindependent MLAs includingPrahar Janshakti Party chiefBacchu Kadu, his party MLARajkumar Patel, AshishJaiswal, Narendra Bhondekarand Nationalist Congress Party(NCP)-backed independentMLA Shankarrao Gadakh.

Till now at least fiveIndependent MLAs includingChandrapur MLA KishorJorgewarJorgewar, Jan SurajyaShakti chief Vinay Kore,Mahesh Baldi, Vinod Agrawaland rebel BJP MLA Geeta Jainhave announced their supportto BJP, which emerged as thesingle largest party in therecently concluded polls.

UP on high alert aheadof Ayodhya verdict

LUCKNOW, OCT 30

Ahead of Supreme Court’s verdicton the Ayodhya issue, the securityand intelligence agencies have beenput on high alert in Uttar Pradesh,particularly in the religious cities.Sources here on Wednesday said theIntelligence Bureau (IB) has done areview of important religious placesin the state and special securityplans have been rolled out forAyodhya, Mathura and Kashi. Ateam of IB sleuths has also beenstationed in Ayodhya and acoordination meeting is also likelybetween the security agencies. Theleave of administrative officers inthe entire state have already beencancelled till November 30 as thehearing in the Ayodhya land disputecase in the Supreme Court hasended and the verdict is expectedwithin next fortnight. Section 144 ofthe CrPC have been promulgated inalmost all the 75 districts in thestate. A report from Ayodhya saidadditional forces have been soughtfor the security of the city before theverdict and the authorities haveidentified schools and colleges tohouse these forces. The verdict isexpected sometime in the secondweek of next month but beforeNovember 17 when the present

chief justice Ranjan Gogoi retires.The Supreme Court had on

October 16 concluded hearing inthe politically sensitive case of RamJanmbhoomi-Babri Masjid landdispute in Ayodhya and reserved thejudgment. The bench heard for 40days the arguments of the Hinduand the Muslim sides. A five-judgeConstitution bench, headed byChief Justice Ranjan Gogoi,granted three days to contestingparties to file written notes on'moulding of relief' or narrowingdown the issues on which the courtis required to adjudicate. The othermembers of the bench are justicesSA Bobde, DY Chandrachud,Ashok Bhushan and SA Nazeer.The protracted hearing in theAyodhya dispute had entered thecrucial final leg on October 14when the apex court resumedproceedings on the 38th day afterthe week-long Dussehra break.

Says public gave us mandate to sit in opposition

Rahul Gandhi leaves for abroad ahead ofCongress' protests on economic slowdownNEW DELHI, OCT 30

Former Congress PresidentRahul Gandhi on Mondayleft for abroad, days aheadof his party's plannedprotests against the Centralgovernment on the economicslowdown in the country.

According to sources,the Congress leader's visit isscheduled for a week and hewill come back to India inthe first week of Novemberand will join the protestthen.

The Congress will hold35 press conferencesbetween November 1 and 8,and will also hold protestsfrom November 5 to 15 tohighlight the country'scurrent economic situation.

Senior party leaders will

address these pressconferences from November5 to 15 from district to statelevel and a major show hasbeen planned in Delhi whereother opposition parties havealso been invited.

All India CongressCommittee (AICC) general

secretary KC Venugopal in astatement, on October 23,had said that protests wouldbe organised in districts andstate capitals, which wouldbe culminating in a massiveprogramme in the nationalcapital.

"It may be recalled that

the decision in this regardwas taken at the meetingheaded by Congresspresident Sonia Gandhi withsenior leaders, party officebearers and Incharges,Congress CMs and PCCpresidents and CLP leaderson 12/13 September, but theearlier schedule of theprogramme slated betweenOctober 15 to October 25had to be postponed becauseof the just-concludedassembly elections," readthe statement.

Earlier in the first weekof October, Gandhi had goneout of the country while theparty was campaigning inHaryana and MaharashtraAssembly Polls. However,he addressed rallies in bothstates.

KOLKATA, OCT 30

West Bengal GovernorJagdeep Dhankhar and ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjee onWednesday condemned thekillings of five workers fromthe state's Murshidabaddistrict in Jammu andKashmir. Extending hiscondolences, GovernorDhankhar appealed to thestate government and NGOsto help the kin of thed e c e a s e d ."@MamataOfficial. In deeppain and sadness, I condemnthe wanton killing byterrorists in J&K of workersfrom Murshidabad. Thiscowardly and dastardly act isby enemies of humanity. Weneed to shun violence. Appealto Government and NGOs to

extend help to bereavedfamilies," he tweeted.Expressing her shock andgrief, Mamata Banerjee hadearlier tweeted that all helpwill be extended to thefamilies of the deceased. "Weare shocked and deeplysaddened at the brutal killingsin Kashmir. Five workersfrom Murshidabad lost their

lives. Words will not takeaway the grief of the familiesof the deceased. All help willbe extended to the families inthis tragic situation,"Banerjee tweeted. Fivelabourers Murshidabaddistrict, were killed in a terrorattack in Jammu andKashmir's Kulgam district onTuesday.

Bengal Guv, CM condemn killingsof Bengali labourers in J&K

NEW DELHI, OCT 30

The central government on Wednesdaytold Delhi High Court that the Ministryof Women and Child Development hasinitiated the consultation process withstakeholders to discuss the uniform agefor marriage for both men and women.The submission was made before adivision bench of Justices DN Patel andJustice C Harishankar hearing publicinterest litigation (PIL) seeking uniformage for marriage. The counsel, appearingfor the center, informed the court thatwhile an affidavit has not been filed, theinstructions from the Ministry of Womenand Child Development states that theyhave initiated the consultation processwith the stakeholders. "The Ministry isin the process of consultation with thestakeholders in the matter foramendment in the Prohibition of ChildMarriage Act, 2006," WCD Ministrysaid in a short response. The counsel alsosought that the Ministry of Law andJustice be made a party to the matter as

many acts have to be reformed. "As theprayer relates to marriage laws asprovided under 'The Indian ChristianMarriage Act, 1872', 'The Parsi Marriageand Divorce Act, 1936,' 'The HinduMarriage Act, 1955', 'The SpecialMarriage Act, 1954,' which fall withinthe purview of Ministry of law andJustice as per the Government of India(Allocation of Business) Rules, theCGSC may be requested to seekcomments from Ministry of Law an; andJustice so that a unified response couldbe prepared on behalf of the Governmentof India," the ministry added.

WCD Ministry initiates consultationto discuss uniform age for marriage

PM to pay tributes to Sardar Patelat 'Statue of Unity' on Oct 31

NEW DELHI, OCT 30

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will paytributes to Iron Man of India SardarVallabhbhai Patel at the Statue of Unity,Kevadiya in Gujarat on the occasion ofSardar's birth anniversary, on October31. Prime Minister Modi will alsoparticipate at the Ekta Diwas Parade,visit the Technology Demonstration Siteand later interact with Civil ServiceProbationers at Kevadiya, according to a

Prime Minister's Office statement hereon Wednesday. Since 2014, October 31is observed as National Unity Day andpeople from all walks of life participatein the 'Run For Unity'. In his Mann KiBaat Programme on October 27, thePrime Minister urged people toparticipate in large numbers in the 'RunFor Unity' towards One Goal – 'EkBharat Shreshth Bharat'. 'October 31every year since 2014 has beencelebrated as 'National Unity Day'.

Naidu attacks govt for replacing tricolourpattern with party colours on govt building

ANANTAPURAM, OCT 30

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief NChandrababu Naidu on Wednesdaylashed out at YSR Congress Party(YSRCP) government for replacingthe national flag tricolour pattern ona government building with YSRCPcolours here.

"I have never seen our NationalTricolour being utterly disrespectedlike this! @ysjagan's governmentmust apologise for this shocking,abominable act of replacing tricolourwith YSRC party colours," Naidutweeted.

A village secretariat atTammidipalli village inAmarapuram Mandal ofAnantapuram district had thenational flag painted on one wall.Now, it has been replaced withYSRCP colours. This has gone viral.

TDP national general secretaryNara Lokesh tweeted: "This is the

patriotism of YSRCP leaders. This istheir respect for national flag. Howshamelessly they are paintingnational flag with YSRCP flagcolours. Tomorrow they may unfurlYSRCP flag in place of the nationalflag. YS Jagan Ji, you are not leavingeven graveyards, at least respect thenational flag."

BJP spokesperson Lanka

Dinakar told ANI: "So far, we haveseen YSRCP colours painted onbuildings, schools, graveyards,village secretariats. It is the first timewe have seen that they are nothesitating to change the colours ofnational flag that existed on agovernment structure. Theseregional parties of dynasty naturehave no national interest, nor anyrespect for colours of the flag. It getsproved after observing the incidentof changing the colours of a buildingthat has national flag colours, withtheir party colours."

"Even public money is misusedfor this purpose. For last one month,Andhra Pradesh BJP is holdingSankalp yatra with the national flag,across the state. Meanwhile YSJaganmohan Reddy led YSRCPgovernment is painting their partycolours on the colours of the nationalflag on a government structure," headded.

Gondar welcomed inTaraori Grain Market

ROHIT LAMSARTARAORI, OCT 30

Neelokheri MLA Dharampal Gondar said that the public gave alot of respect to him. He said that the public is the actual MLAof the constituency.There will be no lack of development in light.Ignoring in the case of development will also not be tolerated atall. MLA Dharampal Gondar was talking to journalists duringthe Thanksgiving visit at Taravari grain market. Earlier,Dharampal Gondar was welcomed in Tarawari Anaj Mandi.Youth leaders Amit Bansal, Anurag Jain, Sushil Garg, andseveral artisans. Balkrishna Tripathi, Naresh Sharma, youthleaders Amit Bansal, Sushil Garg, Anurag Jain, RupindraMishra, Councilor Sethi Panchal, Councilor Amit Lamba,Councilor Prem Pradhan were present on the occasion.

Farmers angry with non-purchase of PR paddy

MAIN PAL KASHYAPINDRI, OCT 30

Fury is growing among farmers due to non-purchase ofPR paddy in the grain market of Indri for last ten days.The farmers said that they are on the verge of ruin. If thisis the condition, then the farmers will be forced to launchan agitation against the government. The farmers say thaton Tuesday, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khatter gave astatement that every single grain of farmer's paddy willbe purchased but despite that the market will also beOfficially, no written orders came to the authorities andneither did the procurement of paddy in the mandi start,the farmer is upset with his expenses and householdexpenses.

RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR

The philosopher Aristotle,who is regarded as the fa-ther of psychology,

thought of the mind as a dis-tinct entity endowed with col-lective active and passive abil-ities that permitted expansivethinking and moral, upright be-haviour. In contemporarythought, Aristotle’s philosophy

of the mindand its inter-pretation alignjust as striking-ly for activeand passivemind dualism,including its

nature of progression in logicalthinking. In other words, thenew potential reality of Aristo-tle’s “old” metaphysics pro-vides a sublime (re)construc-tion of the mind-body “con-nect” than what was earlierthought to be less implicit insuch philosophical contexts.

Our mind isn’t just a thing.It is more than a heightened as-pect of our being. It is also atangible, yet intangible, motiffor understanding our beingthrough our soul — from theinside out. It rejoices theessence of life from its depths;it connects us to the outwardrealm of our being too. Ourmind mirrors our values and

beliefs, including the essenceof our existence. It articulatesour principles; it connects us tothe universe in a manner born.What you are is what you arewith your mind. When youcomprehend your mind, notjust in full measure, but alsosubstantially in its expanse,you begin to experience yourcomplete being as also yourempathy with and through it.

Most of us tend to imbibethe nourishing inner wisdom ofour mind, not so much whenthe going is good, but duringdifficult times. This isn’t theright thing to do. It’s only whenyou listen to the innermostfacet of your mind in either cir-cumstance, you reach a higherplane and savour each momentof your life. You’ll also, in sodoing, become fully mindful of

oneself and the cosmos — thehub and nucleus of our being.This leads us to a state of syn-chronous serenity from whereyou will be able to face life andits vicissitudes with amplifiedequanimity. The more openyou are with your mind, themore progressive you will be— so much so, that all the mo-notonous, also irrelevant, con-figurations of life’s realitieswill not upset the applecart ofyour essential inner and outercore, the keynote of one’s exis-tence. It’s aptly said that ourmind is, at times, a baboon. Themoment you unfetter such anatural “mischief-maker” inyour psyche, it could goad youto dance to your wonky, un-mindful jingle. You’ll nowprod yourself with negativegusto.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2019

The Kashmir Valley’s residents may wonder why theNarendra Modi government bothered sending a group ofmembers of the European Parliament (MEPs) to Srina-

gar on Tuesday if the MEPs wouldn’t be allowed to meet ordi-nary folk, and merely take shikara rides on Dal Lake, and at-tend a military briefing. The likely truth is that the handpickedMEPs (it must be stressed that it was not a European Parlia-ment delegation) got their crucial briefing and imparting of theofficial line in New Delhi on Monday. Srinagar was just for thejoyride and to grab the dateline.

The exercise was shabby from the start. An NGO no onehas heard of played host. And yet, the vice-president of India,the PM, the external affairs minister and the national securityadviser fawned on this gaggle of foreigners, whose distin-guishing feature was that they mostly belong to far-right par-ties (subscribing to ideologies that discriminate on the basis ofreligion or colour) and were not above cadging a trip to pictur-esque Kashmir. It will be interesting to see on what octave theysing their paean of praise. It is not even clear if the NGO inquestion had the wherewithal to host 27 European guests. Is it,then, an RSS or BJP front which hobnobs with like-minded en-tities internationally — a sort of Ultra-Right International? Itmay be interesting to probe the NGO and its other activities.

Of the 27 MEPs invited, four declined to go to Kashmirwith the rest of the group. They apparently asked to be permit-ted to meet people more generally in the Valley and steer awayfrom the guided tour in a limited way, and weren’t allowed todo so. This must be the ultimate ignominy for the government.

New Delhi has been made to look small by the US, Europeand the UN who have raised questions in public more than onceabout the shocking goings-on since August 5, when J&K’s con-stitutional status was revoked, all mainstream politicianslocked up, and a communications and media gag imposed onthe Valley. The government was getting marginalised in publicperception — its only supporters being a clutch of police statesin West Asia. But to come out of the hole that it dug for itself,did it need this? Whose bright idea was it? And who are the realfunders? The questions are pertinent.

The vulgarity of the show put on for a few Europeans as amark of supplication flags a few points: The MEPs were notpermitted to meet any of the jailed politicians in the Valley;they were not even allowed to meet sitting Kashmir MPs; andthat New Delhi feted a few European politicians in the Valleywhile having earlier turned back Indian political leaders andMPs, including a former J&K chief minister. A prominent BJPMP, Dr Subramanian Swamy, has said that the visit of theMEPs “lacked a moral basis”.

EditorialEuro MPs in Srinagarwas a sorry spectacle

Disengage the ‘troublemaker’in your mind

Most of us tend to imbibe the nourishing inner wisdom of our mind,not so much when the going is good, but during difficult times

8THE MAN WHO INTERPRETS NATURE IS

ALWAYS HELD IN GREAT HONOR.

ZORA NEALE HURSTON

WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE A NONCONFORMISTLIKE EVERYBODY ELSE?

JAMES THURBER

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:- Thefact that theMoon is in alively moodshould be suf-ficient to per-suade you that

other people are on your side. Lucky Color :- Light green

Lucky No :- 17TAURUS:- You'll soon behitting a more energeticphase---if such a thing werepossible----so keep your eyeon the long-term picture andgo the whole hog when deal-

ing with anything connectedwith broader interests andambitions.

Lucky Color :-Turquoise

Lucky No :- 4GEMINI :-There's nodoubt thatyou'll be ableto get impor-tant projectsoff the ground,this week.

Lucky Color :-Rose

Lucky No :- 1CANCER :- This is certain tobe an action packed week andyour determination to bringan uncertain phase to an endshould be successful. Lucky Color :- Bottle green

Lucky No :- 8LEO :- Travel plans, newprojects and adventures arewell starred, although Mars

imminent change of po-sition means that you

have very little timeleft to finalizearrangements.

Lucky Color :-Peach

Lucky No :- 6VIRGO :- Recent

planetary patternshave undoubtedly

helped you again your in-dependence in one area, butmay have made you increas-ingly reliant on partners in an-other.

Lucky Color :- Baby pinkLucky No :- 11

LIBRA :- You must accept

what takes place now as a sig-nal to settle rifts or disagree-ments with partners and closecompanions.

Lucky Color :- VioletLucky No :- 9

SCORPIO :- Several planetsare now aligned with the ear-ly regions of your sign, arous-ing a spirit of argument anddebate.

Lucky Color :- LavenderLucky No :- 5

SAGITTARIUS :- This iswithout a doubt one of themost confusing and exactingperiods of the year for youand for many people in yoursocial circle.

Lucky Color :- Dark RedLucky No :- 18

CAPRICORN :- Althoughpartners have been bringing a

little light in your life, youmay often have felt that justthe opposite was true . Oftenit has seemed that you havebeen bowed down by person-al responsibilities.

Lucky Color :- CrimsonLucky No :- 15

AQUARIUS :- Events atwork may have made you re-gret others at their word. Yet,within a few day Mercurywill have adopted a positionwhich allows you to put yourideas across with poetic flair. Lucky Color :- Bottle green

Lucky No :- 3PISCES :- Recent lunartwists and turns have done agreat deal to establish yoursocial confidence.

Lucky Color :- MaroonLucky No :- 6

5G tech will pave way for newapplications, services & solutionsThe fifth generation of

mobile communicationi.e. 5G is not going to

be a mere traditional upgra-dation of Internet speedsfrom the already available4G mobile communicationtechnology. But it is expect-ed to be the key to unlockingthe future wave of disruptiveinnovation in a digital econ-omy. Known to propel theInternet of Things (IoT), andbe a catalyst for a world ofinterconnected devices, 5Gis set to upscale the impact ofdigital technology drivenproducts and services on avariety of stakeholders, inmultifaceted ways. Some ofthem, we do not even know

today, but will happen to-morrow due to ingenuity andneed. Therefore, we need towelcome it in India as well.

Looking at the history ofthe telecom sector, everytransition from 1G till 4Gmobile communicationbrought with it various bene-fits.

This evolution not onlymarked a growth in mobiletechnology, but also demon-strated how the technologyunderwent a shift in terms ofits utility functions. It wasaround two decades ago thatmobile Internet was intro-duced through 2G. Despitethe breakthrough, it servedlimited purposes due to its

various capacity constraints.It was 3G which gave athrust to the development ofmobile apps, such as for ur-ban mobility, instant digitalcommunication, e-com-merce, mobile banking, etc.This was especially benefi-cial for developing countriessuch as India, which hadmissed the bus for adoptingfixed line broadband servic-es. 4G bolstered these usecases, with its advanced ca-pabilities in terms of betterspeed and reduced latency,thereby opening the doors tohigh definition (HD) videostreaming and communica-tion, along with many otherdata driven use cases.

Vendetta politics by Pakleaders a repeat of history

Nawaz Sharif’s illnessmanaged to overshad-ow the Azadi march

temporarily. The bail in quicksuccession from two highcourts — the Islamabad highcourt only granted bail tillyesterday when the casewould be heard again — hasbeen a source of relief formany concerned about hishealth and safety, as well asabout the political system be-ing driven by vengeance.

The post-2008 configura-tion offered a chance to moveahead. But this was not to be;it all went downhill from themoment Pervez Musharrafwas tried for treason. Thesplit it caused between thePML-N and the establish-ment was the beginning ofthe fight we are now caughtin the middle of. But it wouldbe an oversimplification tosay that this treason trial wastriggered simply by the angerand personal vendetta ofNawaz Sharif.

History is rarely as sim-ple as that. The processkicked off earlier — in the ef-fort to remove Musharraf,who by 2006 had become aliability for players withinand without. And so, beganthe process of demonisinghim; he (along with his poli-cies) was painted as thesource of all evil and all thatwas wrong in Pakistan. And itwas convenient for everyoneto buy into this because itthen appeared that his re-moval was the only hin-

drance to elections anddemocracy. From the privati-sation of the Steel Mills to theremoval of the Chief Justiceto the operation in Balochis-tan to the militancy in tribalareas, he was the villain of alltales and the only one behindall the dark deeds.

And dark they all were;for by then it had becomekosher to criticise and ques-tion any policy of his regimeincluding the Lal Masjid op-eration. State decisions werereduced to individual actions(and even criminal acts) inthe hysteria. And now in thepresent dispensation, ImranKhan and the establishmentare behaving no differently.

But he too is not operat-ing alone. Alongside arethose who have their ownagenda against Sharif as wellas the ill-equipped institu-

tions being used to curb cor-ruption.

However, in the process,each time we do nothingmore than turn the justicesystem into a vengeful cam-paign and flawed politiciansinto heroes and saviours. Atthe same time, institutionsare further weakened as thosewho have held the highestpositions are hounded andvilified.

There is a reason moremature democracies are re-luctant to punish their officeholders — for they realise itsadverse impact on the officesthemselves.

But as pointed out earlier,this streak of vengeancedoesn’t just stop with trialsand prison terms. It creepsover to policies; hence, it’snot enough to send Mushar-raf home without reversing

policy decisions because theytoo become equally illegiti-mate, regardless of the costsinvolved. For example, thecampaign against Musharrafbegan with the Steel Mills de-cision, the sale of which wasdeclared void.

Reko Diq’s agreementtoo was reversed — at greatcost — by those who fol-lowed Musharraf and whilewe condemn it furiously nowfew are willing to realise thatthe policy reversal was partlymade easy because of ourhabit of demonising leaders.Once they have been tarredas villains, their policies areeasy to dismiss or overturntoo. But the cost of these pol-icy reverses are rarely everseen as a cost of our politicalblundering.

A recent article in theNews argued that our consis-

tent efforts to sensationaliseexcessive profits charged bythe IPPs has convincedeveryone of the wrongdoinginvolved but somehow it hasnot convinced the investorsof the attractiveness of theenergy sector.

Not a single investor hasreinvested under a followingenergy policy offered by alater government. If the prof-its were all that great, whatkept them from reinvestingfor a second whirlwind?Could it be the demonising ofthe policymaker? But whohas time for such boringquestions when we can em-broider tales of evil withnasty villains who must bepunished? Unlike whatGeorge Santayana said, Pak-istanis are condemned to re-peat history because they re-fuse to forget the past.

The meteoric rise and vi-olent demise of AbuBakr al-Baghdadi, head

of the egregious Islamic State(ISIS), who attained notorietyas the world’s most viciousIslamist villain, is destined toremain an enduring mysterydespite the incredible hypeabout the manner of his death.

His death might havebeen described in consider-able detail by US PresidentDonald Trump, who has takencredit for ridding the world ofan obvious evil, but the cir-cumstances of his rise fromobscurity to the head of an Is-lamic “caliphate” createdwith the help of invisibleforces and formidable mili-tary capabilities will remain amatter of conjecture. So willthe timing of his killing andhow US special forces man-aged to penetrate a hostileISIS-controlled area,hemmed in all sides by sever-al military powers.

The world will neverknow for sure which powerssecretly supported al-Baghda-di, hoisted him onto the cen-trestage in the strife-torn Mid-dle East, funded his consider-able military operations orprovided his fighters routes ofingress into Syria and Iraq.

He will merely be reviledand quickly cast into the dust-bin of history heaped with in-famous figures such asOsama bin Laden, SaddamHussain, Muammar Gaddafi

and others. Millions will nowsigh in relief, especially thosewhose lives were torn asunderby the depredations of Bagh-dadi’s ISIS, which controlledmuch of Iraq and Syria forseveral years. Hundreds ofthousands of Syrians andIraqis have been killed, dis-placed or tortured by his fa-natical forces. The extent ofhis barbarity has horrifiedmost Muslims and fuelled Is-lamophobia across the world.

To be sure, his death in aUS military raid on his com-pound in Idlib in northernSyria is a matter of rejoicing.One can even empathise withPresident Trump’s relishwhen he declared: “Abu Bakral-Baghdadi is dead… Hedied like a dog, he died like acoward, he was whimpering,screaming and crying.”

The US forces were ap-parently led to Baghdadi’shideout by the Kurdish-con-trolled Syrian DemocraticForces (SDF). An SDF under-cover operative who penetrat-ed the ISIS leader’s securitystole his underwear, whichwas used to determine hisDNA print.

Once identified and locat-ed, a US military team, alongwith a military dog (made fa-mous by President Trump’srepeated mentions of a “beau-tiful dog”), were sent in toeliminate him. Baghdadi, ac-cording to President Trump,was chased down a tunnelwhere he apparently detonat-ed a suicide vest he was wear-ing, killing himself and threeof his children. The UnitedStates can now wash its handsoff the disagreeable al-Bagh-

dadi affair, withdraw its mili-tary from Syria and call theentire Syrian episode a mis-take.

Yet, the US-led interven-tion in Syria, which saw therise of al-Baghdadi and his Is-lamic caliphate, will continueto dissonate for years tocome. The US in the ultimateanalysis was responsible forunleashing, or at the least, en-couraging jihad in Syria in or-der to destroy the Bashar al-Assad regime, which wasconsidered hostile to Westerninterests in West Asia.

This was a repeat of USpolicy in Afghanistan duringthe 1980s, when the Afghanjihad was created to counterthe Soviet occupation of thatcountry. Numerous radical Is-lamist Afghan groups wereestablished with the help ofPakistan’s Inter-Services In-telligence (ISI) directorate tobe trained in arms and dis-patched across the border.

The Soviets were ulti-mately defeated by theAfghan mujahideen, aided inno small measure by the so-phisticated and vast quantitiesof arms provided by the Unit-ed States and Saudi Arabia.However, the Mujahideenvictory set in motion a cycleof unending warfare inAfghanistan, which continuesto this day and which inciden-tally has caused the deaths ofthousands of American com-batants. A similar dynamic is

inevitable in the Syria-Iraq re-gion where the destruction orweakening of existingregimes has released compet-ing forces, invited outside in-tervention and added the in-fluence of radical Islam. This,most strategists will acknowl-edge, is a cocktail for catas-trophe.

A number of analystshave suspected but neverproved Washington’s com-plicity in aiding the ISIS in itsinitial days. The main enemyat that time was the Syrianregime of Bashar al-Assad,which was considered hostileto most US allies in West Asiaincluding Israel, Turkey andthe Arab monarchies of SaudiArabia and Qatar. The de-struction of the Assad regimewas an avowed aim of the USand its allies.

It is widely believed thata number of countries mas-sively aided the ISIS and al-Baghdadi because they wereviewed as staunch Sunnisbest suited to bring down thehated Assad regime of theAlawites (a Muslim sect clos-er to the Shias than the Sun-nis). Turkey covertly sup-ported the ISIS and other ji-hadists for two reasons: one,because it despised the Assadregime and two, because ithoped the jihadists wouldalso consume the hated Kur-dish fighters in Syria andIraq. Several Western com-mentators have written about

the covert support given byWest Asian powers to ISISand how Washington was ful-ly aware of what was goingon. One article in the Inde-pendent quoted a leaked 2014US state department memowhich admitted Saudi Arabia,Qatar (as well as Turkey andPakistan) were supportingISIS and other jihadi groupsin the region.

“At the time, the US gov-ernment was not admittingthat Saudi Arabia and its Sun-ni allies were supporting ISISand al-Qaeda-type move-ments. But in the leakedmemo, which says that itdraws on ‘Western intelli-gence, US intelligence andsources in the region’ there isno ambivalence about who isbacking ISIS, which at thetime of writing was butcher-ing and raping Yazidi vil-lagers and slaughtering cap-tured Iraqi and Syrian sol-diers”, the article added.

Turkey has offered —and continues to do so — freepassage to jihadists in Syria,opposes any attack on the lastremaining ISIS stronghold ofIdlib and has stepped up ef-forts to exterminate Kurdishgroups, who are bitter oppo-nents of the jihadists. Today,the very Assad regime whichwas accused by the Westernpowers of being an unmiti-gated evil, has emerged as thesole sane regime in the re-gion.

Baghdadi, ISIS and US: The mystery to endureThe US forces were apparently led to Baghdadi’s hideout by the

Kurdish-controlled Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)

But as pointed out earlier, this streak ofvengeance doesn’t just stop with trialsand prison terms. It creeps over topolicies; hence, it’s not enough to sendMusharraf home without reversingpolicy decisions because they toobecome equally illegitimate, regardlessof the costs involved. For example, thecampaign against Musharraf beganwith the Steel Mills decision, the sale ofwhich was declared void.

What Causes Winter AllergiesWinter allergies are allergiesthat occur during the colder

months. People spend most of thetime indoors due to the colder andharsher temperature outside and it in-creases their exposure to indoor aller-gens [1] . According to the AmericanAcademy of Allergy, Asthma, and Im-munology, the most common indoorallergens include airborne dust parti-cles, dust mites, indoor mould, petdander (skin flakes that carry pro-teins) and cockroach droppings. Dustmites - They thrive in a warm anddamp environment and they are most-ly found in bedding, carpets, and fur-niture [2] . Pet dander - It is the deadskin flakes that get into householddust and stick to many surfaces likebeds, carpets and upholstery [3] . In-door mould - The damp weather out-side can promote mould growth indark and moist areas like bathrooms,basements, and under sinks [4] .

How To Distinguish Whether YouHave A Winter Allergy Or Cold

Winter allergy occurs when thebody releases histamine that createsan inflammatory response to aller-

gens. It can happen at any time of theyear and the symptoms might last upto several days. On the other hand,cold occurs due to the transmission ofvirus which can spread through tinydroplets in the air when someone in-fected sneezes, coughs or talk. Coldcan happen at any time of the year andthe symptoms could last up to severaldays to two weeks [7] . Diagnosis OfWinter Allergies If the allergic symp-toms last more than a week, consult adoctor. The doctor will ask you aboutyour symptoms and may do a skin

test. The test checks for imme-diate allergic reactions to asmany as 40 different substancesat once and identifies the aller-gies caused either by pollen, petdander, dust mites or mould.Skin injection test is also donethrough the use of a needlewhich has a small amount of al-lergen extract and is injectedinto the skin on your arm. Thearea is then examined for 15minutes for signs of an allergicreaction. Treatment Of WinterAllergies Winter allergies canbe treated at home. Here are

some of the treatment procedures.Over-the-counter allergy medications- Antihistamines like cetirizine or fex-ofenadine can bring relief from aller-gy symptoms effectively. Nasal irri-gation treatment - It works by sendingclean, distilled water through yournasal passages to remove all the aller-gens [8] . Immunotherapy - TheAmerican Academy of Allergy, Asth-ma and Immunology suggests that ifyou have a pet allergy, you can con-sider immunotherapy. It works bybuilding your body's immunity while

e x p o s i n gyou to verys m a l lamounts ofallergens[9] . Nasalsprays -N a s a lsprays likef l u t i c a s -one andt r i a m c i -nolone canbring relieffrom thewinter allergysymptoms likea runny or itchynose. It works byblocking the ef-fects of histamine, achemical released bythe immune system dur-ing an allergy attack [10] .Prevention Of Winter Aller-gies Use a humidifier to reducemoisture inside the house. The hu-midity level should be around 30 to50%.

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McDowell’s No.1 partneredwith renowned musicians for its next songCHANDIGARH : Mc Dowell’s No.1Soda Yaari Jam Originals, has alwaysbeen an enabler of strong bonds offriendship with fascinating stories ofyaari that are brought alive throughmusic. After the massive success of itslatest originals “Apni Yaari” by SANAMand “Yaarder Shonge-The FestiveSong” by Sunidhi Chauhan and Anu-pam Roy, McDowell’s No.1 Yaari JamOriginals has partnered withrenowned musicians TanishkBagchi,DarshanRavaland JonitaGandhi to release its next originalsong Yaari Ka Circle. The new musicaltrack celebrates the spirit of festivitiesand encourages everyone to celebratethese moments with yaars rather thanbeing confined in their homes. Theoriginal featuring the trio has beenwritten and composed by the ace mu-sician Tanishk Bagchi. The inspiringtrack is soulful, lively and full of emo-tions. Themusic video has been creat-ed and produced by McDowell’s No. 1Soda in collaboration with HungamaDigital Media Entertainment.With thisoriginal, Tanishk Bagchi, DarshanRaval and Jonita Gandhi, relive thefer-vorof what it meant to celebrate thefestivities together with the wholecommunity. Celebration meant puttingup beautiful lamps and lights, decorat-ing homes with rangolis, exchanginggifts with family and friends, invitingfriends and neighbors and celebratingit together.

RLG Clean to GreenCampaign Aims to Touchover 1 Million Individuals LUDHIANA: Reverse Logistics Group(RLG), a leading global serviceprovider of comprehensive reverse lo-gistics solutions announced thelaunch of the second innings of itsflagship campaign ‘Clean to Green’ inIndia. The campaign is aimed at creat-ing awareness and sensitizing con-sumers on responsible disposal ofelectronics and safe practices for recy-cling by partnering with responsible or-ganizations. RLG’s Clean to Greencampaign saw great success in its firstinnings in FY 2018-19; when825events were organized in 26 cities and4 union territories, touching approxi-mately 10,02,802individuals. In FY2019-20, the Clean to Green cam-paign seeks to advancethe awarenessamongst masses and educate con-sumers to responsibly dispose of elec-tronic waste by tapping 38 citiesacross 27 states and 5 union territo-ries, covering 1245 schools, 56RWAs, 10 Office Clusters, 33 Col-leges, 72 informal sector units, and 50bulk consumers and retailers. Speak-ing about the second year of theClean to Green campaign, Ms. Radhi-ka Kalia, Managing Director, RLG In-dia said, “We were encouraged by thesuccessful role out of the flagshipcampaign last year.

Tanishk Bagchi, DarshanRaval & Jonita Gandhi lightup this festive season likeno other with Yaari Ka CircleLUDHIANA/JALANDHAR: McDow-ell’s No.1 Soda Yaari Jam Originals,has always been an enabler of strongbonds of friendship with fascinatingstories of yaari that are brought alivethrough music. After the massive suc-cess of its latest originals “Apni Yaari”by SANAM and “Yaarder Shonge-TheFestive Song” by Sunidhi Chauhanand Anupam Roy, McDowell’s No.1Yaari Jam Originals has partneredwith renowned musicians TanishkBagchi, Darshan Raval and JonitaGandhi to release its next originalsong Yaari Ka Circle. The new musicaltrack celebrates the spirit of festivitiesand encourages everyone to celebratethese moments with yaars rather thanbeing confined in their homes. Withthis original, Tanishk Bagchi, DarshanRaval and Jonita Gandhi, relive thefervor of what it meant to celebrate thefestivities together with the wholecommunity. Celebration meant puttingup beautiful lamps and lights, decorat-ing homes with rangolis, exchanginggifts with family and friends, invitingfriends and neighbors and celebratingit together.

Etihad Airways Shares the light CHANDIGARH : In the week leading up to Di-wali, guests flying Etihad Airways had a surprise instore for them at the Abu Dhabi Airport. Markingone of the India’s biggest festivals, the national air-line of the United Arab Emirates, celebrated with anact of sharing, inspired by the timeless tradition ofexchanging gifts and sweets this season. At the air-line’s home, Etihad Airways presented guests withits ‘Share the Light’ Diwali box at the immigrationcounters, check in counters and arrival area of theAbu Dhabi Airport. This unconventional festive box,featuring the traditional ‘laddoos’ was designed tolight up when the ‘mithai’ was shared, thus encour-aging guests to share the sweets with family, friends,fellow travellers and even a stranger. Diwali, the In-dian festival of lights, is widely celebrated across thecountry and sees millions attend prayers and eventsduring the five-day festival. Completing 15 years ofservice to India and having over thousands of Indiantravellers arriving in Abu Dhabi daily, the airlinechose to make each guest feel closer to home by cel-ebrating their most loved festival. Since launchingoperations to the Indian sub-continent in September2004, Etihad Airways has carried more than 16.5million passengers on its Indian routes. Today, theairline operates 159 return flights per week betweenAbu Dhabi and 10 key Indian gateways - Ahmed-abad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Cochin, Delhi, Hyder-abad, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Mumbai and Thiru-vananthapuram - and through its Abu Dhabi hub, theairline connects each of these gateways to interna-tional destinations throughout the Middle East, Eu-rope, the Americas, and Africa.

UPS largest aircraft makes itsfirst landing at IGIA

CHANDIGARH: UPS announced the routing of itslatest freighter aircrafts to India, from its fleet of Boe-ing 747 – 400 /-8 and Boeing 767 at Indira Gandhi In-ternational Airport (IGIA), Delhi. Businesses in NorthIndia will gain faster access to markets in the west,with extended pick up time, later commercial clear-ance and shorter time in transit to capitalize ongrowth opportunities in Europe and United States.The flights will similarly support imports from Asia dueto its origin in Shenzhen via Bangkok before landinginto Delhi. UPS’s goal is to increase business efficien-cy and make the global marketplace more accessiblefor Indian customers. UPS’s largest aircraft - the Boe-ing 747-8F freighter received a ceremonial welcomefrom Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) for itsfirst landing in the city. This plane is part of UPS’s in-vestment of adding 10 million pounds of new lift ca-pacity globally – the largest current expansion by anycarrier.UPS has already taken delivery of 18 of 49new aircraft previously announced and will receivethe remainder by 2022.

Amway India Strengthens itsConsumer Durable Category CHANDIGARH: Amway India, the country’s largest direct sellingcompany[2], announced the launch of Atmosphere Mini™– indoorair purifier. Amway, the makers of Atmosphere™- the world’s largestselling home air treatment products[3], has developed AtmosphereMini™ which is equipped with better than HEPA[4] grade filter tocapture particles as small as 0.0024 microns with a single pass effi-ciency of 99.99%[5]. Atmosphere Mini™ comes with the Allergy UKSeal of Approval, making it one of the very few air purifiers to be cer-tified to remove over 100 contaminants identified by Allergy UK ascommon triggers of allergies.

CHANDIGARH: Celebrities have tobarter their personal life in exchange forall the limelight they get. But whilecelebrity stalking makes the news, farmore frequently it's those living normallives -- women and men both -- who arevictims of being cyber stalked or physi-cally stalked.MX Player, India’s leadingstreaming platform has now broughtviewers a spine chilling take on stalkingwith its first psychological thriller, AnMX Original Series – Hello Mini. The se-ries makes you experience exactly whathappens when a voiceless, nameless andfaceless stranger intrudes in your life.Supporting the cause, SwaraBhasker, ac-tress andtroll destroyer, right wing baiter,and liberal hysteric speaks up about herstalking incident and how she dealt withit.“I think the experience of being stalkedis one of the scariest things that can hap-pen to a person in their lives. I had a stalk-er in college once and I was surprised to

see how nervous, scared and uncomfort-able he made me. He would just keep fol-lowing me and staring at me from a slightdistance. Everywhere I went, every time Ilooked up - there he was. He would justceaselessly be lurking in my line of vi-sion- non-stop. And actually,I had no rea-son to fear because our university was su-per safe for women and my parents livedon campus - so at a rational level I knew Iwas safe. But that's the thing with stalk-ing- it can turn your safest spaces into sin-ister seeming, fearful ones. One day thestalker showed up at my house at 6am andconfronted my parents and asked for meand said he was in love with me. My par-ents were quite taken aback as well butsent him off politely. Finally,I decided toget over my fear and confront him. I actu-ally walked up to him and told him I needto talk to him. I said whatever he is doingis freaking me out completely and that heneeds to stop!

Swara Bhasker says Hello to her stalker Grado from House of OCMunveiled new festive range

AMRITSAR : Grado, the new age brand, from theHouse of OCM unveiled its latest range of fabrics forthis festival season. Along with the whopping 5000SKUs for the Festive & Winter collection;beautifulblends in fine 140s wool blends, engineered fabrics an-dombres have been launched in the newly launched col-lection.

There are myriad colorsavailable from the classic shadeslike blacks, blues, greys and browns to the more experimental&vibrant colors like reds, yellows, purples and a range ofsober and evergreen pastel shades. The brand has ensured tocater interest of all age-groups with its uniquely curated fes-tive offering.

Expressing his enthusiasm about the latest collection offabrics, Mr. Vikram Mahaldar, Managing Director, OCM,says "Grado is an innovatorin the fabric industry. The com-pany has dedicated many years in bringing the differentstylesand creating trends for all consumer segments. Thisfestive& winter season,with this unique collection we prom-ise to spoil our customers with an enhanced bouquet ofproducts.

Capgemini Sets up DigitalAcademy to Empower Youth andAugment Digital Skillsets

CHANDIGARH : Capgemini today launched its Digital In-clusion initiative in Noida comprising of the LEAP (Liveli-hood Education through Action against Poverty) DigitalAcademy to drive employability for marginalized youth. Theprogram is aimed to reintegrate a wide range of people frommarginalized backgrounds and to train excluded popula-tions to use the best digital tools and facilitate their integra-tion within the society of today and tomorrow. The DigitalAcademy was launched by Lucie Taurines, Digital InclusionLead-Group, Capgemini; Atul Kulshreshtha, Vice President& Head of Business Services (India) & CBS, Capgemini;Anurag Pratap, Head of CSR - India, Capgemini and Mon-isha Banerjee, CEO, Anudip Foundation for Social Welfarein the presence of leaders from Capgemini India LeadershipTeam.The LEAP (Livelihood Education through Action againstPoverty) Digital Academy is one of Capgemini's flagshipDigital Inclusion programs aimed at providing employabilityskills. Capgemini has partnered with Anudip Foundation forSocial Welfare to implement the program. The beneficiariesof the initiative include disadvantaged youth in the agegroup of 18-25 years who are NEET (not in education, em-ployment or training), and under-represented groups fromsociety. The candidates will be trained in skills such as .net,coding, data analytics, graphic designing, Java, and SQL,which corresponds to the requirements of the IT job market.Additionally, soft skills will be imparted to the participants toensure they are job ready. The Digital Academy in Noidawill have 25 - 30 candidates as part of the first batch.Capgemini aims to train more than 18,000 youths in over 20academies across 11 Indian cities in three years under theLEAP Digital Academy program.

Maharaja Whiteline introduces 3new premium variants of"Ultramax" Mixer Grinder LUDHIANA: Maharaja Whiteline has intro-duced 3 new premium variants of "Ultamax"Mixer Grinder.Launched in unique superior de-sign with chrome finishing for the first time inMaharaja Whiteline MG category with a sturdybody for long-lasting performance.The fancy ro-tary knob comes with 3 speeds to meet youreveryday mixing and grinding need. It is the first Product in MW with an advancedventilation system which enables superior cool-ing for long lasting motor performance. The1000W variant comes withcopper motor forbetter performance. Other features include un-breakable stainless steel jars with flow breakersfor efficient grinding even with toughest ingredi-entsincluding spices like turmeric, lentils, etc.and make chutneys on a go. It ensures all in-gredients are blended with perfection to savorthe authentic and natural flavors of the food. Italso has unique super sharp blades that createcyclonic movement inside the jar for extremeblending. Maharaja Whiteline Ultramax comeswith 3 variants"Ultramax DLX, Ultramax Elite,Ultramax HD". It includes a chutney jar, a dryjar, a wet jar and a blending jar with fruit filter.

CHANDIGARH: HDFC Bank Ltd. was ho-noured by the Ministry of Corporate Affairsat the 1st National Corporate Social Re-sponsibility (CSR) Awards. The bank re-ceived an Honourable Mention for its con-tribution to the National Priority Schemes inAgriculture and Rural Development cate-gories. These initiatives are part of HDFCBank Parivartan, the umbrella for all socialinitiatives at the bank. “We are humbled bythis recognition of the efforts made underParivartan,” said Ms.Ashima Bhat, GroupHead – CSR, HDFC Bank.“At HDFC Bank,we believe that for India to achieve sustainable andinclusive growth, our villages must grow in tandemwith cities. In rural India, where agriculture is still amajor source of livelihood, we are looking at bring-ing about holistic change through HRDP. We are cre-ating an ecosystem to improve the overall economicand social conditions in line with the government’sAdarsh Gaon Abhiyan initiative,” she added. Insti-tuted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs to recog-nize India Inc.’s contribution in the area of Corpo-rate Social Responsibility (CSR) to achieve inclu-sive growth and sustainable development, the Na-tional CSR Award is the highest recognition in the

domain by the Government of India. Out of 528companies that participated,the jury finalized 19winners and 19 honourable mentions across the threeaward categories. HDFC Bank ‘Parivartan’ has touched over 54 mil-lion lives across India. One of its flagship pro-grammes, known as Holistic Rural DevelopmentProgramme (HRDP), was recognised at the event.HRDP seeks to better village life by focussing onimprovements in 5 key areas of: 1) Education 2)Skills Training and Livelihood Enhancement 3) Nat-ural Resources Management 4) Water and Sanitation5) Financial Literacy and Inclusion.

HDFC Bank Parivartan honouredat National CSR Awards 2018

CHANDIGARH: Winter season sig-nals the onset of one of the prettiesttimes of the year. However, blusterywinds accompanied by heavy down-pour play havoc with routine life dur-ing this season. But not anymore, asFenesta Building Systems (Fenesta),a division of US $ 1.2 bn DCM Shri-ram Group, has launched a completenew and high-tech range of uPVCwindows and doors to tackle extremeweather conditions and meet thechanging needs of Indian con-sumers. Speaking about Fenesta’snew range, Ms. Susmita Nag, Headof Sales and Marketing at FenestaBuilding Systems, said, “Fenesta is committed tocontinuously evolving its product range. It’s a mat-ter of great pride for the company that its latest of-fering boast of an even better sound, air and wa-ter proofing compared to its existing range, be-sides providing several unique features like an in-built vision control function (in Switch Glass Win-dows).” The latest range includes improvised ver-sion of uPVC windows which provide complete in-

sulation from Rain, Wind, Noise and Temperature.It blocks cold waves, heavy rains and withstandhigh-velocity winds of up to 245 kmph without rat-tling the window panes, which makes them idealfor high rise buildings and heavy monsoon areas.Being made up of uPVC (Unplasticized Poly VinylChloride), which is a non-conductor and does nottransmit heat, these windows offer exceptionalnatural insulation to any building from all weatherextremities.

New High-Tech Fenesta Launches UseFenesta Windows And Doors”

Winter allergy occurs whenthe body releaseshistamine that creates aninflammatory response toallergens. It can happen atany time of the year andthe symptoms might lastup to several days.

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Winter Allergies: Causes,Symptoms, Treatment AndHow To Prevent Them

Sunny Leone tofeature in musical

Broadway 'Abhimanyu'Sunny Leone is all set to perform in Indian

classical dance show in Broadway style,"Abhimanyu", choreographed by Sandeep

Mahavir. Touted as "one of its kind play","Abhimanyu" combines Kathak and hip-hop into angrand dance show.

"I love experimenting with the work I do andthis time I am learning Kathak with a blend of hip-hop. When Sandeep came to me with the concept, I

was taken aback since the concept is unconventional. Iam ecstatic to be a part of it," Leone said in a statement.

Mahavir said "Abhimanyu" chronicles the journey of adancer, shown through different authentic dance forms andmusic. "The unique element of the musical is that thecontent part and storyline is very convincing and relatable.The artistes are real-life masters of their art forms and notjust actors imitating it.

"The music score is completely original and no covertracks are used. Without Sunny Leone this wouldn't havebeen possible because no one else could do justice to thecharacter," Mahavir added.

The musical Broadway would first flag off inAhmedabad and would be taken forward as a global tour.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2019

Not only she has proved her acting prowessbut Parineeti Chopra is one hard-workinggirl of which her latest Instagram post is

proof! The actor seemed quite literally on the edgeof her seat as she jetted off to Hyderabad onWednesday for a rendezvous with the shuttler SainaNehwal, whose role she is set to essay in theupcoming biopic. Parineeti shared a still of hercaptured in the flight, where she is seen engrossedin reading something from a notebook.

Captioning the picture she wrote, "Doing myhomework before I reach." Going by the post, itseems the 'Jabariya Jodi' star is leaving no stoneunturned to bring out Sania on screen. Most likely,Parineeti is preparing for an interview with thebadminton player which she hinted with#100QuestionsReady at the end of her post.

She has recently wrapped up filming for the'The Girl on The Train' and has been sweating it outon the ground for the forthcoming biopic onNehwal. Opening about working first time togetheronscreen with sister, Parineeti said, "Thisrelationship of Anna and Else in 'Frozen 2' is exactlywhat Mimi Didi and I share - it's a unique and strongbond that I have with my sister, Priyanka Chopra."Directed by Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck, the filmwill hit big screens on November 22.

Selena Gomez is blessed to havefriends like Taylor Swift in herlife as it has helped her to get

through rough times.Recently, she burst into tears while

talking about her new hit single, "LoseYou to Love Me" sharing her feelings

about her friendship with Taylor.Selena while talking about her best

friend forever, said "[Taylor] wasfrustrated when I was frustrated, shewas sad when I was sad, but morethan anything, my friends stood bymy side. When I think they visiblysaw me in so much pain, they didn't

want it for me, but they, sorry, theynever stopped loving me,"

Reported CNN.While fighting back her tears

the 'Kiss and tell' crooner added,"And I played her the song and I

played it with her mom anddad and I showed her the

video and her mom andTaylor started crying, andit wasn't because thesong was emotional, it

was just because thefirst thing they said

to me was 'We'reso happy that

you're here.'After seeingall of that,this is sucha coolm o m e n t ,and that's a

huge thing forme." Gomez released the song last

week. The lyrics include areference to a toxic relationship

that some listeners theorizedto mean by her ex-boyfriend, Justin Bieber.

Bieber and Gomezhad a thunderousrelationship with manybreakups over the pastseveral years. Mostrecently they hadsplit in March of2018 and Bieberbegan publiclydating HaileyBaldwin just twomonths later.Bieber and

Baldwin helda wedding

ceremonye a r l i e rt h i smonth.

Selena Gomez bursts intotears while sharing

feelings about friendshipwith Taylor Swift

Ananya Panday celebrates birthdayon 'Pati, Patni Aur Woh' sets

Chintu Tyagi aka Kartik Aaryan surprised his 'Pati, PatniAur Woh' co-star Ananya Panday with a delectablechocolate cake on the film's sets a day before she rang

in her 21st birthday!With just a few members of the film's crew, which

included co-actor Bhumi Pednekar, Kartik, in a clip shared onhis Instagram story, can be heard teasing the 'Student of theYear 2' debutant on the low people turn out for her cake-cutting.

However, Ananya didn't seem to lower her spirits andcheerfully added, "It's my birthday!"

The three will be seen sharing screen space for the firsttime together where Bhumi will play Kartik's on-screen wifeand Ananya will be seen as the other woman!

Apart from the trio, 'Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety' actor SunnySingh has also joined the film's cast. Kartik announced thenews on Instagram earlier this month.

Directed by Mudassar Aziz, the film is an adaptation ofthe 1978 drama of the same name, which featured SanjeevKumar, Vidya Sinha and Ranjeeta Kaur in the lead roles.

The original one revolved around a married coupleRanjeet (Sanjeev) and Sharda (Vidya) and how things changeafter he gets involved with his secretary Nirmala (Ranjeeta).

The upcoming remake is set to hit big screens onDecember 6 this year.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui wins big at 2019Cardiff International Film Festival

Sacred Games' actor NawazuddinSiddiqui has been bestowed withthe Golden Dragon Award at this

year's Cardiff International Film Festivalin the UK.

The actor on Tuesday extended aword of thanks to UK politician andcounsel general of Wales, MickAntoniw, for presenting him with theaward at this year's festival.

"Thank You Mr. Mick Antoniw, theCounsel General of Wales, UK &"Cardiff International Film Festival" forbestowing me with the prestigiousGolden Dragon Award," Nawaz tweeted.

Cardiff Festival which commencedon Thursday, October 24, and ended onSunday, October 27, also honouredveteran Hollywood actor Judi Denchwith the Lifetime Achievement Award.

The 'Gangs of Wasseypur' actor alsocongratulated Dench writing,"Congratulations #DameJudiDench on

receiving the Lifetime Achievementaward."

Moreover, the actor was also part ofthe festival's official jury along withIndian TV actor Divyanka TripathiDahiya among others.

On the work front, he has recentlyappeared in the Netflix series 'SacredGames' opposite Saif Ali Khan.Meanwhile, the actor is also awaitingthe release of his forthcoming quirkycomedy 'Motichoor Chakhnachoor'where he will be seen depicting hisromantic side opposite Athiya Shetty.

The film also stars Vibha Chibber,Navni Parihar, Vivek Mishra, KarunaPandey, Sanjeev Vats, Abhishek Rawat,Sapna Sand and Usha Nagar in pivotalroles.

The Debamitra Biswal-directorial isproduced by Rajesh Bhatia and KiranBhatia and will hit the theatres onNovember 15 this year.

'Lucifer' to have two-partfinal season: Tom Ellis

The fifth and finalseason of "Lucifer"will be split into two

halves, star of the show TomEllis has revealed. Ellis, whostars as the eponymous fallenangel in the show based onthe DC Comics character,shared the news on singerKelly Clarkson's new talkshow. Clarkson was visitingthe sets of the series with hermother and sister, who arepassionate "Lucifer" fans."Season five of 'Lucifer' isgoing to be split into twohalves. Netflix is going todrop eight episodes, there'sgoing to be a little break, andthen they're going to dropanother eight moreepisodes," Ellis says in a clipfrom "The Kelly ClarksonShow". Last season of the

show ended with Luciferback on the throne of Hell.The series also stars LaurenGerman, Lesley-Ann Brandt,Kevin Alejandro, ScarlettEstevez, DB Woodside, andRachael Harris. "Lucifer"was renewed for a finalseason by Netflix in June.The streamer later added sixepisodes, increasing the finalcount to 16.

'Game of Thrones' toreturn with a prequel

It is good news for 'Game ofThrones' fans as the serieswill be back with a prequel.

The prequel series of tenepisodes called 'House of theDragon' has been ordered byHBO. Set 300 years before theevents of 'Game of Thrones,' itwill tell the story of HouseTargaryen. George R.R.Martin co-created the serieswith Ryan Condal. Sapochnikand Condal will serve as co-showrunners and will also

serve as executive producersalong with Martin and VinceGerardis, reported Variety.This series will markSapochnik's first project aspart of an HBO overall dealwhere he will develop andproduce content for both HBOand HBO Max. He hasdirected six episodes of 'GoT'"The 'Game of Thrones'universe is so rich withstories," said Casey Bloys,president of HBOprogramming. "We lookforward to exploring theorigins of House Targaryenand the earlier days ofWesteros along with Miguel,Ryan, and George," Caseyadded. The announcementwas made on Tuesday as partof WarnerMedia's HBO Maxpresentation.

Parineeti along with"mini didi" Priyanka

Chopra is all set to lendtheir voices to Anna andElsa in the Hindi version

of Disney's 'Frozen 2'.

Parineeticompletes her'homework' onway to meet Saina Nehwal

NEWS AT AGLANCE

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Japan: Toll in heavyrains, floods risen to 12TOKYO: The death toll in floodscaused by heavy rainfall in Japan hasrisen to 12, while one more person isstill missing, national media reportedon Wednesday. According to the NHKbroadcaster, 11 people died in theChiba Prefecture, while one more inthe Fukushima Prefecture. North andnortheastern parts of Japan were hitby heavy rainfall on Friday. Some2,000 people were evacuated from thedisaster area, while dozens ofthousands more receivedrecommendations to leave theirhomes. The disaster also causednumerous flight cancellations anddelays.

Shooting in Californialeaves three dead,nine injuredCALIFORNIA : A shooting incidenttook place in the Long Beach area ofCalifornia on Tuesday night (localtime), claiming the lives of threepeople and injuring nine others. "At10:44 pm, firefighters responded toshooting at a residence on the 2700block of 7th Street. An MCI wasdeclared with a total of 12 patients.Three confirmed fatalities (adultmales), nine patients transported tolocal area hospitals," Long BeachFire Department wrote on Twitter.According to CNN, the injured wererushed to the local hospital soonafter the police and paramedicsarrived at the site. No information isavailable of any possible suspect.This shooting episode comes daysafter a similar incident was reportedon Thursday in Miami's Cutler Bay,Florida.

Pak releases coin tocommemorate 550thbirth anniversary ofBaba Guru NanakISLAMABAD: The government ofPakistan on Tuesday released a newcoin to commemorate the 550thanniversary of Baba Guru Nanak. Thecoin worth Pakistan Rupees 50 will beavailable at the Kartarpur Sahib alongwith a postal stamp worth PKR 8 tothe travelling pilgrims, Dunya Newsreported. Meanwhile, India on Tuesdayshared a list of 575 pilgrims scheduledto attend the inaugural 'jatha' toGurudwara Kartarpur Sahib throughthe Kartarpur corridor in Pakistan. Thefirst group of pilgrims from India isexpected to depart for theneighbouring country on November 9.India had, on October 24, signed anagreement with Pakistan on themodalities for operationalisingKartarpur Sahib corridor, paving theway for its inauguration ahead of thebirth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev.Islamabad will levy USD 20 as aservice charge on each Indian, whowill visit Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, theshrine of Guru Nanak Dev in Pakistan.The corridor connects Dera BabaNanak shrine in Gurdaspur in India toDarbar Sahib Gurdwara in Kartarpur,Pakistan.

Russia: Earthquake ofmagnitude 5.1 hitsKamchatka PeninsulaKAMCHATKA : A 5.1 magnitudeearthquake struck off the coast of theKamchatka Peninsula in the RussianFar East on Wednesday, the regionalbranch of the Geophysical Survey ofthe Russian Academy of Sciences (GSRAS) told Sputnik. "The epicentre waslocated at the depth of 54 kilometers[over 33 miles], 120 kilometers east ofthe Ust-Kamchatsk settlement, whichlies in the eastern coast of thepeninsula. The seismic incident had a5.1 magnitude," a GS RASspokesperson said. According to thecurrent information, local residents didnot feel the earthquake, and there hasbeen no damage or casualties causedby it. No tsunami alert has beenissued. Kamchatka is located in aseismically active zone known as theRing of Fire and regularly suffers fromearthquakes. The eastern coast of thepeninsula lies along the border ofthree tectonic plates - Okhotsk, Pacificand North American ones - with thelatter two moving toward the first one,which increases the seismic activity inthe region.

Hindustan Zincreports 15 pc jump inQ2 profit Rs 2,081 crNEW DELHI: Hindustan Zinc, India'slargest and the world's second largestzinc-lead miner, said on Tuesday itsprofit moved up 14.7 per cent year-on-year at Rs 2,081 crore during Julyto September from Rs 1,815 crore inthe same quarter of last year.However, the revenue fell 5.2 percent to Rs 4,461 crore compared withRs 4,707 crore in the same quarterlast year. The company said itsproduction in first half of current fiscalyear was hit by geotechnical issuesat S K mine. Mined coal and refinedmetal production in the second half isexpected to be higher on account ofthe continued ramp-up ofunderground mines. Hindustan Zinc isa subsidiary of Vedanta Ltd whichowns 64.9 per cent stake while thegovernment retains a 29.54 per centstake. Its fully integrated zincoperations currently hold 78 per centmarket share in the country's primaryzinc industry.The company is among top 10 silverproducers globally with an annualcapacity of 600 tonnes.

UK's General Election to be held on Dec 12LONDON: UK is all set to have a December 12 General Election after MPsvoted for it to finally resolve their Brexit deadlock. On Tuesday night, BorisJohnson won his fourth bid to go to the polls by 438 to 20, as quoted by theGaurdian. This would be the first December poll since 1923. If the House ofLords approves the decision, as expected within this week, the Parliamentwould be dissolved by next Wednesday for a campaign of five weeks. MrJohnson hopes the election will give him a fresh mandate for his Brexit dealand break the current deadlock in Parliament, which has led to the UK's exitfrom the EU. The prime minister told his Conservative Party colleagues it wastime for the country to "come together to get Brexit done". "It'll be a toughelection and we are going to do the best we can," he added.

Sensex closes above 40,000 mark,Nifty PSU bank gains 3.7 per cent

AGENCYMUMBAI, OCT 30

The last hour of trading atbourses pulled equity indicesoff the day's high but ended inpositive terrain with Sensexclosing above 40,000-mark forthe first time since July 5.

Positive sentimentprevailed in the market asinvestors across the globeawaited for the decision of USFederal Reserve's on interestrates later in the day.

At home, the upbeat moodalso stemmed reports that thedividend distribution tax maybe scrapped shortly.

The BSE S&P Sensexclosed 220 points or 0.5 percent higher at 40,052 while theNifty 50 edged higher by 57points to 11,844.

Sectoral indices at theNational Stock Exchange weremixed with Nifty PSU bank upby 3.7 per cent, IT by 1.4 percent and FMCG by one percent. Among stocks, energymajor GAIL was a prominent

winner with gains of 6.3 percent at Rs 133.80. IndianOiltoo showed gains of 1.9 percent after Prime MinisterNarendra Modi said a dayearlier that India will invest100 billion dollars in oil andgas infrastructure to meetenergy needs of an economythat is being targeted to nearlydouble in five years. Thecountry's largest lender StateBank of India edged higher by3.4 per cent to Rs 290.40 pershare. Besides, TataConsultancy Services, ITC,Nestle India, Bharti Airtel andEicher Motors showed modestprofits. However, BhartiInfratel closed 5.2 per centlower after witnessing gainsduring the morning session.Yes Bank, Cipla, Maruti andBritannia too closed in the red.

Meanwhile, Asian stockmarkets traded in the negativezone as the prospect of a ratecut by the US Fed wascountered by worries that theUS-China first-stage tradedeal could be delayed.

AGENCYNEW YORK, OCT 30

As the United States and 22 othercountries at the United Nationscalled out China for the persecutionof Uighurs Muslims, Beijing onTuesday said Washington raising theissue is not "helpful" to resolve thematter pertaining to the trade.

The Uighurs are a majority in theXinjiang province, situated in thewestern part of China and isofficially designated as anautonomous region.

Many international human rightsorganisations have accused China ofcracking down on the Uighurs bysending them to mass detentioncamps, interfering in their religiousactivities and sending the minoritycommunity to undergo some form offorceful re-education orindoctrination.

In August, a United Nationshuman rights panel had expressedgrave concerns that there werecredible reports that China is holdinga million Uighur Muslims in massdetention camps in Xinjiangprovince.

Britain UN Ambassador KarenPierce delivered a joint statement atthe UN General Assembly last monthon behalf of 23 states including theUS, Australia, Canada, France,Germany, Japan, The Netherlands,

New Zealand, Norway and Sweden."We call on the Chinese

government to uphold its nationallaws and international obligationsand commitments to respect humanrights, including freedom of religionor belief, in Xinjiang and acrossChina," Pierce said.

The countries asked China toimmediately implementrecommendations by the independentUN experts on the situation inXinjiang including "by refrainingfrom the arbitrary detention ofUighurs and members of otherMuslim communities."

This joint condemnation by thecountries have prompted China's UNAmbassador Zhang Jun "It's hard toimagine that on the one hand, you aretrying to seek to have a trade deal, onthe other hand you are making use ofany issues, especially human rightsissues, to blame the others,"Whilethere had been "progress" in tradetalks, Zhang noted the US criticismof China's actions in Xinjiang.

China warns US over raisingUighurs issue in UN

Modi-Merkel have good relations, can hold discussion on many issues: German envoyAGENCYNEW DELHI, OCT 30

German Chancellor AngelaMerkel, who is visiting Indialater this week, might discussKashmir issue with PrimeMinister Narendra Modi, saidBerlin envoy Walter L Linderon Wednesday.

India is hosting Merkel for athree-day visit. She is here toparticipate in the 5th BiennialIndo-German Inter-governmental consultations(IGC).

The German Chancellorwill be heading the delegationof 12 ministers.

Speaking to ANI, Lindersaid, "She will be accompaniedby 12 ministers. They representalmost all our ministries. Topicsare from artificial intelligenceto agriculture to economicissues.... There's a lot of thingsthey can talk about."

When asked about whetherMerkel will discuss the issue ofKashmir with Modi, theGerman Ambassador to Indiasaid, "The two leaders... Theyhave a very good relationship.They can talk about any topicthat is put on the table. I don'twant to anticipate what they aregoing to talk about."

Merkel last visited India in

October 2015. It is her first visitto India after the abrogation ofArticle 370, which gave specialstatus to Jammu and Kashmir.

According to the Ministryof External Affairs, during theIGC, the two sides will discussthe deepening of cooperation in

traditional sectors such astransport, skill development,and energy, and explorepossibilities for cooperation innewer areas like green urbanmobility and ArtificialIntelligence (AI).

Modi and Merkel will alsoexchange views on regional andglobal matters of mutualinterest. Both leaders will havea separate engagement withCEOs and business leaders ofboth countries, the statementsaid. The German Chancellor isalso expected to call onPresident Ram Nath Kovind.

"India and Germany haveestablished a strategic

partnership that is characterizedby a high degree of trust andmutual understanding. The twoleaders have regularlyinteracted on the sidelines ofmultilateral meetings. Germanyis a leading trade andinvestment partner," thestatement said.

Last month, Merkel had metModi on the sidelines of the74th session of the UnitedNations General Assembly inNew York. The two leaders heldwide-ranging dialogues onseveral issues. In April last year,Modi made a brief stopover inBerlin and met Merkel after hisvisit to Sweden and Britain.

AGENCYSYDNEY, OCT 30

Hundreds of koalas arefeared to have burned todeath in an out-of-controlbushfire on Australia’s eastcoast, wildlife authoritiessaid Wednesday.

A bushfire believed tohave been sparked by alightning strike on Saturdaysome 400 kilometres (248miles) north of Sydney hasravaged an area of over 2,000hectares (4,942 acres) withauthorities battling to bring itunder control.

Wildlife rescuers innorthern New South Walesstate hold grave fears for a“very rare” population ofhundreds of koalas living inthe fire zone.

“The special importanceof those koalas is that theyare very genetically diverse,”Sue Ashton, president of thePort Macquarie Koala

Hospital, told AFP.Her fears are that

“hundreds” in the knownkoala breeding area “haveperished in the fire”.

“It’s a national tragedybecause this koala populationis so unique,” she added.

Land clearing anddevelopment over time hasmeant a loss of habitat for thetree-dwelling koalas, leadingto less connectivity betweenpopulations, increased

inbreeding and reducedgenetic diversity of themarsupial.

More than 70 firescontinue to burn across thestate of New South Wales,which has been battlingsevere drought.

Authorities sayconditions are easing nearPort Macquarie, where largeair tankers are being used tobattle the out-of-controlblaze.

“The fire will continue toburn throughout the night,however there are significantresources in the areaprotecting properties,” NewSouth Wales Rural FireService said in their latestupdate.

Ashton said wildlifevolunteers would joinfirefighters in the area eitherThursday or Friday to assessthe scale of loss and begin arescue operation for thesurviving koalas.

“What happens to a koalain a fire is that they climb upto the top of the tree and theycurl up into a little ball. If thefire goes through quickly andjust singes their fur, they arefine the fur will grow back,”she said.

But if the fire intensifiesand continues to burn up thetree “they’ll perish”, sheadded. “So we won’t reallyknow until we get in thereand start to look.”

Hundreds of rare koalas feareddead in Australia bushfire

Graphite India Q2 net profit fallsby 83 pc to Rs 185 crore

KOLKATA: Graphite India on Wednesday reported 83 percent fall in its profit">consolidated net profit at Rs 185 crorein the quarter ending September quarter due to lowerrealisations. The graphite electrode manufacturer had aprofit of Rs 1,113 crore in the year-ago quarter. At the sametime, revenue dropped by 62 per cent at Rs 882 crore versusRs 2,345 crore. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciationand amortisation (EBITDA) was down by over 91 per centat Rs 140 crore while EBITDA margin slipped by 15.8 percent. "Lower volumes, realisation and increase in averageneedle coke cost has impacted the sales and margins ascompared to the same period last year," Graphite India saidin a statement.

NEW DELHI, OCT 30

The Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has imposed amonetary penalty of Rs 1crore on Bandhan BankLimited.

"The Reserve Bank ofIndia (RBI) has, by an orderdated October 29, 2019,imposed a monetary penaltyof Rs 1 crore on BandhanBank Limited for non-compliance with theguidelines on promoterholding contained in'Guidelines for Licensing ofNew Banks in Private Sector'dated February 22, 2013(licensing guidelines) readwith the conditions imposedby RBI in exercise of powersunder section 22 of theBanking Regulation Act,1949 (the Act) at the time ofissuing

banking licence to thebank," read a statement bythe RBI. This penalty hasbeen imposed in exercise ofpowers vested in RBI underthe provisions of Section47A (1)(c) read with Section46 (4)(i) of the Act, takinginto account the defaultcommitted by the bank incomplying with the licensingguidelines and conditions,the statement added.

RBI stated that thisaction is based on thedeficiencies in regulatorycompliance and is not

intended to pronounce uponthe validity of anytransaction or agreemententered into by the bank.

In terms of the licensingguidelines read with thelicensing conditions, thebank was required to bringdown the shareholding of itsnon-operative financialholding company in the bankin excess of 40 per cent of thetotal paid-up equity capital to40 per cent within three yearsfrom the date ofcommencement of businessof the bank.

However, as the bankfailed to comply with the saidlicensing guidelines, a notice(SCN) was issued to the bankadvising it to show cause asto why penalty should not beimposed for non-compliancewith the said licensingguidelines, RBI stated.

RBI imposes monetary penaltyon Bandhan Bank Limited

US woman leading robberygang gets 37-year jail term

WASHINGTON, OCT 30

An American woman, who led a gang ofrobbers, has been sentenced to 37 yearsin prison on the charge of conductingarmed home invasions of familiesspecifically of Asian and Indian ancestryacross the United States. Chaka Castro(44) of Houston, Texas, was sentencedon Monday by US District Court JudgeLaurie J Michelson of the EasternDistrict of Michigan. After a five-weektrial, Castro was convicted of one countof Racketeer Influenced and CorruptOrganisations (RICO) conspiracy, fourcounts of assault with a dangerousweapon in aid of racketeering and fourcounts of use of a firearm during and inrelation to a crime of violence.According to evidence presented duringthe trial, Castro and her accomplicescommitted a string of home invasions inGeorgia, New York, Ohio, Michigan andTexas from 2011 to 2014. The leader ofthe gang was Castro. She would makelists of robbery targets in various statesaround the county, specifically familiesof Asian and Indian ancestry, and thenassign accomplices to carry out armedrobberies of these families within their

homes, the Department of Justice said.Once Castro assigned a crew to aparticular area, members of the groupwould travel to that location, conductsurveillance and execute the robberies.Noting that the crews followed aparticular mode of operation in each ofthe robberies, the Department of Justicesaid they took disguise with clothing andbandanas so that robbery victims wouldhave difficulty in identifying them. Theywould openly carry and brandishfirearms to gain control of the victimsand then immediately corral the victims,including children, into one location inthe home. At least one robber would thenrestrain the victims with duct tape, asanother would ransack the home insearch of cash, jewellery and electronicsto steal.

Ramco Cements Q2 profitmoves up to Rs 1,332 cr

CHENNAI, OCT 30

Ramco Cements, the fifth largest cement producerin India, said on Wednesday its consolidatedrevenue in the second quarter of current fiscal yearmoved up to Rs 1,332 crore from Rs 1,196 crore inthe corresponding period of last year.

The profit after tax too moved up to Rs 172crore from Rs 120 crore despite finance costsgoing up to Rs 15 crore from Rs 13 crore in thesame period. Earnings before interest, tax,depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA)increased to Rs 308 crore in Q2 FY20 from Rs 259crore in Q2 FY19. Ramco sold 27.24 lakh tonnesof cement during July to September compared to24.69 lakh tonnes in the same period of last year.

"The company is making continuous efforts tooptimise the supply chain efficiency," it said in astatement. "It has been constantly focussing onvarious cost reduction initiatives and improvingproductivity while maintaining the highest qualitystandards." Ramco said the second unit cementgrinding plant at Kolaghat in West Bengal startedcommercial production last month, doubling thecapacity to two million tonnes per annum. Theremaining on-going capacity expansionprogramme is progressing as per schedule but forthe delays due to extended monsoon.

Petronet LNG Q2 profit up 90pc on lower tax to Rs 1,089 crMUMBAI, OCT 30

Petronet LNG Ltd hasreported 90 per cent jump inits net profit at Rs 1,089crore during the July toSeptember quarter comparedto Rs 573 crore in the sameperiod of the previous fiscalyear.

Improved margins andlower tax outgo added to thespurt in the profitability ofthe country's biggestimporter of liquefied naturalgas (LNG). However, therevenue from operationsslipped to Rs 9,361 crorefrom Rs 10,745 crore in Q2FY19.

"The company elected toexercise the option of thelower tax rate of 25.17 percent announced last monthby the government," saidPetronet in a statement.

"Accordingly, the netdeferred tax liabilities as on

June 30 last year and theestimate of tax expense forthe quarter have beenremeasured. The resultantimpact of Rs 376 crore ondeferred tax liabilities and Rs70 crore respectivelypertaining to the previousquarter have been recognisedin the current quarter," itadded.

Petronet said its board ofdirectors approved a specialinterim dividend of Rs 5.50per share for the currentfiscal 2019-20.

Formed as a joint ventureby the government to importLNG and set up LNGterminals in the country, itinvolves India's leading oiland natural gas industryplayers. Petronet's promotersare GAIL India Ltd, Oil andNatural Gas Corporation(ONGC), IndianOilCorporation and BharatPetroleum Corporation.

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TALKSLisa Keightleyappointed Englandwomen's team coachLONDON: England Cricket Boardon Wednesday appointed formerAustralian batter Lisa Keightley asthe head coach of the women'steam.Keightley is currently the coach ofPerth Scorchers in the Women's BigBash LeagueThe former Australia cricketer, whobecame the first woman to smash acentury at Lord's in 1998, has be-come England Women's first full-time female head coach.Acknowledging the development,Keightley said: "I'm massively excit-ed. It's a huge opportunity. It's ateam full of world-class players andto be given the chance to work withsome of the players who I workedwith a few years ago is really excit-ing. I can't wait to get started andsee where we can get to.""England are the current 50-overWorld Champions and they made itto the final of the last ICC Women'sT20 World Cup. They're a very com-petitive side and they wouldn't be inbig matches like that if they didn'thave a really strong group of play-ers who can perform on the bigstage. I'm really looking forward togetting underway and helping theteam progress," she added.Keightley has featured in 82 ODIsfor Australia and has scored 2630runs with an average of 39.84.

Pakistan womendefeat Bangladeshby 28 runsLAHORE: Pakistan women defeat-ed Bangladesh by 28 runs in thethird T20I and sealed the three-match series 3-0 at Gaddafi Stadi-um here on Wednesday.Chasing a target of 118 runs,Bangladesh got off to the worst pos-sible start as both openers Shami-ma Sultana (1) and Sharmin Akhter(1) were sent back to the pavilion inthe second over.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2019

AGENCYLONDON, OCT 30

Suspended for failing to reportmultiple corrupt approaches,Bangladesh captain and top all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan hasstepped down from the WorldCricket Committee of the MCC-- the custodians of the game'slaws.

The 32-year-old Shakib wason Tuesday banned for twoyears, one year of it suspended,for failing to report approachesby suspected Indian bookieDeepak Aggarwal to the ICC'sAnti-Corruption Unit.

The suspensionrules the all-rounderout of next month'saway series against In-dia, and the IPL and theT20 World Cup nextyear.

" . . . M a r y l e b o n eCricket Club (MCC)can today confirm thatAl Hasan has steppeddown from his involve-ment with the MCCWorld Cricket commit-tee," the club stated in apress release.

Shakib acceptedcharges of breachingthe ICC Anti-Corrup-tion Code and thereforedoes not have the rightto appeal against thepunishment, whichcould have been a max-imum of five years.

Shakib joined theMCC World Cricketcommittee in October2017, and attendedmeetings in both Syd-ney and Bengaluru.

The MCC World Cricketcommittee comprises current

and former international crick-eters and umpires from acrossthe globe and meets twice year-

ly to discuss the prevalent issuesin the game.

Shakib quits MCC worldcricket committee

Hoping for your comeback like a champion:Mushfiqur Rahim to ShakibNEW DELHI: As Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is allset to miss cricketing action due to a ban enforced by InternationalCricket Council (ICC), his team's wicket-keeper batsman Mush-fiqur Rahim has expressed solidarity with the cricketer and said heis hoping for Shakib's come back like a champion.Rahim posted a picture with Shakib on Instagram and captionedthe post as: "Age level.. international... over 18 years of playingcricket together... very sad to even think about playing without youon the field. Hoping that you come back soon like a champ. Youalways have my support and the whole of Bangladesh. Staystrong In Sha Allah".

AGENCYTOKYO, OCT 30

Former world bronze-winner ShivaThapa (63kg) advanced to the finalwith a hard-fought triumph alongwith Pooja Rani (75kg) but twoother Indians ended with bronzemedals after losing their openingbouts at the Olympic Test event forboxing here on Wednesday.

In the morning session of thesemifinals, Thapa, a four-timeAsian medallist who claimed histhird national title earlier thismonth, defeated Japan's DaisukeNarimatsu in a split verdict.

Rani, a former Asian Gamesbronze-medallist, got the better ofBrazil's Beatriz Soares in a unani-mous decision. Rani had won a sil-ver medal at the Asian Champi-onships earlier this year.

However, former junior worldchampion Nikhat Zareen (51kg)and Vahlimpuia (75kg), in themen's draw, lost their respectivesemifinal bouts to end with bronzemedals.

Both the pugilists had made thelast-four stage without any prelim-inary contest owing to the smallsize of their respective draws.

Zareen lost in a split decision toJapan's Sana Kawano, whileVahlimpuia was also beaten by alocal favourite in Yuito Moriwakibut in a unanimous call by thejudges.

The remaining three Indianboxers in fray -- Asian silver-medallist Sumit Sangwan (91kg),Ashish (69kg), and Simranjeet Kaur (60kg) -- willfight their semifinal bouts in theevening session.

Shiva Thapa, Pooja Rani enterfinals of Olympic Test event

Ravinder enters final ofU-23 World Wrestling

NEW DELHI, OCT 30

Ravinder confirmed India’s first medal from the UWW Under-23World Championships 2019 as he made it to the final of 61kg inBudapest, Hungary on Tuesday.

The 22-year-old put up a commanding display to pin seniorEuropean champion Arsen Harutyunan of Armenia to storm intothe final with a 4-3 win. Earlier, he had notched up a 12-1 win overHungary’s Marcell Budai Kovacs in his opening bout and then fol-lowed it up with an 11-0 demolition of 2019 Russian NationalFreestyle Wrestling Championships bronze medallist DinislamTakhtarov in the quarter-finals.

The Sonipat grappler, who won gold at the South Asian Gamesin 2016 and also a bronze at the Cadet Asian Championships in2014, will be aiming for the biggest achievement of his careerwhen he takes on Kyrgyzstan’s Ulukbek Zholdoshbekov in thesummit showdown that is scheduled to take place at 2230 hrstonight.

In 74kg, Gaurav Baliyan will get another chance to take amedal after he made it to repechage, where he faces Brady GaryBerge of US at 1500 hrs.

The women will also begin their challenge on Wednesday. Inthe 50kg category, 10th seeded Jyoti will take on Yafremenka ofBelarus, while Pooja Yadav has a tough opener in 59kg as shefaces the top seed Kennett of Canada. Rani Rana in 55kg andSuman in 68kg will start their campaign from the qualifiers. Whilethe former takes on USA’s Parrish, the latter has China’s Wang inher opening bout.

Ganguly meets Dravidto discuss roadmap to

improve NCANEW DELHI, OCT 30

BCCI president Sourav Gan-guly on Wednesday met NCAhead Rahul Dravid to chalk outa roadmap for the improve-ment of the academy, Indiancricket's biggest feeder line formany years.

The long-time former Indiateammates discussed theirplans for the academy withGanguly also giving his inputs.

The former India skipper, who took over the BCCI's reins lastweek, also visited the proposed land where the new NCA facility issupposed to come up. BCCI had signed a 25-acre deal with the Kar-nataka government in May and now it has got an additional 15 acresof land from the government for setting up the Centre of Excellencenear the Bengaluru international airport. The NCA, which was sup-posed to be the supply line of Indian cricket, has actually become a re-habilitation centre, which even Ganguly acknowledged after takingover. It is currently situated adjacent to the Chinnaswamy Stadium andthe BCCI has been trying for alternate location to set up the NCAwithstate-of-the-art facilities. The land allocated for the construction of thenew facility is near the Kempegowda International Airport in De-vanahalli and is likely to accommodate three grounds, apart from in-door nets, administrative buildings, and the hostels. Many former play-ers including VVS Laxman and India head coach Ravi Shastri are ex-pecting a quick revival of the NCA and have high expectations. fromthe celebrated duo of Ganguly and Dravid.