CORONAVIRUS CASES IN INDIA REACH 74 - Glimpses Of ...

CYMK

CYMK

CYMK

VOL. 36 | NO.71 | REGD. NO. : JM/JK 118/15 /17 | E-mail : [email protected] |www.glimpsesoffuture.com | Price : Rs. 2.00 ��

��

��"!��#��)%��&��""�� !��!&�$��"��

�� &"��%��$'�� $��%��$' #��'$"#��!��!%��

��$�%�&$��"(&�%&$"!�� #$��!��!��"!�$��"!��!��

��"$"!�(�$'%�'#��&��#�$%"!%�'!��$%'$(��!��!��&�%&��#"%�&�(��

JAMMU,FRIDAY, MARCH 13 , 2020

CYMK

��+��# !��(��

*96�4@C@?2G:CFD�42D6D� :?� �?5:2C@D6�E@��@?�*9FCD52J�27E6C��7C6D9

42D6D� H6C6� C6A@CE65� 7C@>� D6G6C2=DE2E6D�� :?4=F5:?8� ?:?6� 7C@>#292C29EC2��+?:@?�962=E9�>:?:DECJD2:5�� 2D� E96��6=9:� 8@G6C?>6?E� 56�4=2C65��%,��2?�6A:56>:4�2?5

2??@F?465�D9FEE:?8�5@H?�@7�D49@@=D�4@==686D�2?5�4:?6>2�92==D�E:==�#2C49��

�D� E96� �6?EC6� 2?5� E96� DE2E6DC2>A65�FA�E96:C�677@CED�E@�E24<=6�?@G�

6=�4@C@?2G:CFD��H9:49�92D�4=2:>65�2E=62DE��=:G6D�8=@32==J�2?5�27764E65?62C=J� � �� &C:>6� #:?:DE6C$2C6?5C2�#@5:�2D<65�E96�4@F?ECJ�>6?�?@E�E@�A2?:4�2?5�2DD6CE65�E92EE96�8@G6C?>6?E�H2D�7F==J�G:8:=2?E

�A2CE�7C@>�5:C64E:?8�E96�+?:@?>:?:DE6CD�?@E�E@�EC2G6=�23C@25�:?�E96FA4@>:?8� 52JD�� #@5:� 2=D@� FC865A6@A=6�E@�2G@:5�?@?�6DD6?E:2=�EC2G6=�D2J:?8��H6� 42?� 3C62<� E96� 492:?� @7DAC625� 2?5� 6?DFC6� D276EJ� @7� 2==� 3J2G@:5:?8�=2C86�82E96C:?8D�

��52J�27E6C�:E�DFDA6?565�2==�G:D2D�6I46AE�2�76H�42E68@C:6D�DF49�2D�5:A=@�>2E:4�2?5�6>A=@J>6?E��E:==��AC:=��E96�8@G6C?>6?E�2=D@�2??@F?465�E92EE9C66�A=2?6D�H:==�36�D6?E�:?�E96�?6IEE9C66� 52JD� E@� 3C:?8� 324<� �?5:2?DDEC2?565� :?� �C2?��@?6�@7� E96�H@CDE4@C@?2G:CFD�9:E�4@F?ECJ

�D<:?8�A6@A=6�?@E�E@�A2?:4��E96+?:@?�962=E9�>:?:DECJ�D2:5�?@�4@>�>F?:EJ�EC2?D>:DD:@?�@7�E96�G:CFD�92D366?� @3D6CG65� 2?5� E96C6� 92D� @?=J366?�42D6D�@7�=@42=�EC2?D>:DD:@?�D@72C

-:E9�E96�?@G6=�4@C@?2G:CFD�36:?8564=2C65�2�A2?56>:4�3J�E96�-@C=5�62=E9� %C82?:D2E:@?�� (2>2?� (�2?82<965<2C�� E96� 9625� @7� E96

�A:56>:@=@8J� 2?5� �@>>F?:423=6�:D62D6D��2�5:G:D:@?�@7�E96��?5:2?�@F?4:=� @7� #65:42=� (6D62C49��#(��D2:5�6G6?�E9@F89�E96�G:CFD�:D5:77:4F=E�E@�:D@=2E6��D4:6?E:DED�2E�E96$2E:@?2=� �?DE:EFE6� @7� ,:C@=@8J� :?&F?6�92G6�366?�DF446DD7F=�:?�7:?5:?823@FE��:D@=2E6D��3FE�56G6=@A:?8�2G244:?6�H:==�E2<6�2E�=62DE�@?6�2?5�2�92=7�E@�EH@�J62CD

*96�E@E2=�?F>36C�@7��A2E:6?ED:?��?5:2�:?4=F56D��E2=:2?D�2?5�@?6�2?25:2?�*96�7:8FC6�:D�:?4=FD:G6�@7E9C66�A2E:6?ED�7C@>�!6C2=2�H9@�H6C65:D492C865�=2DE�>@?E9�7@==@H:?8�C6�4@G6CJ

�:G:?8�2�DE2E6�H:D6�3C62<FA��E96>:?:DECJ�D2:5��6=9:�C6A@CE65�D:I�A@D:�E:G6� 42D6D� 2?5� +EE2C� &C256D9� ��!2C?2E2<2� 92D� 7@FC� 42D6D�#292C2D9EC2��2?5�"252<9�E9C66

(2;2DE92?�� *6=2?82?2�� *2>:=$25F�� 2>>F�2?5�!2D9>:C��?59C2&C256D9�2?5�&F?;23�92G6�C6A@CE65@?6�42D6�6249�!6C2=2�92D�C64@C565��42D6D��:?4=F5:?8�E9C66�A2E:6?ED�H9@H6C6�5:D492C865�=2DE�>@?E9

"2G� �882CH2=�� E96� @:?E)64C6E2CJ�:?�E96�>:?:DECJ��D2:5��A6@A=6�H9@�42>6�:?�4@?E24E�H:E9

��&%�'��

CORONAVIRUS CASES IN INDIA REACH 74�6=9:�8@GE�2??@F?46D�D9FEE:?8�5@H?�@7�D49@@=D��4@==686D��4:?6>2�92==D

A vendor waits for customers at his chicken shop at Mahim in Mumbai. Chicken prices have dropped to Rs 40-5-/kg from Rs120/kg after coronavirus scare.

��+��# !��(��

�?� :?E6C?2E:@?2==2HJ6CD��3@5J�92D�HC:E�E6?�2�=6EE6C�E@�&C6D:56?E(2>�$2E9�!@G:?5�C2:D�:?8� 4@?46C?D� @G6C� E96�92DEJ�564:D:@?��@7�E968@G6C?>6?E�E@�EC2?D76C FDE:46� )� #FC2=:592C7C@>� E96� �6=9:� �:89�@FCE�E@�E96�&F?;23�2?5�2CJ2?2��:89��@FCE

FDE:46�#FC2=:592CH2D� EC2?D76CC65� E@� E96&F?;23� 2?5� �2CJ2?2�:89��@FCE�@?�E96�?:89E@7��63CF2CJ� ��2�52J�27�E6C� 96� 925� AF==65� FA�6=9:�&@=:46�7@C�72:=:?8E@�C68:DE6C��(D�282:?DEE9C66�� &�=6256CD�7@C�2=�=6865=J� 8:G:?8� 92E6DA66496D� 29625� @7� E964@>>F?2=� C:@ED� :??@CE962DE��6=9:

�*96� �?E6C?2E:@?2=�2C� �DD@4:2E:@?�D�F>2?�(:89ED��?DE:EFE6��(��92D�:DDF65�2?@A6?�=6EE6C�E@�&C6D:56?E(2>� $2E9� !@G:?5� @7�?5:2�� FC8:?8� 9:>� E@

E2<6�24E:@?�282:?DE�E9692DEJ�564:D:@?�>256�:?�63CF2CJ� � ��E@�EC2?D�76C� FDE:46�)�#FC2=:592C7C@>� E96� �6=9:� �:89�@FCE�E@�E96�&F?;23�2?5�2CJ2?2� �:89� �@FCE��D2:5�E96�=6EE6C�D:8?65�3J@77:46�362C6CD�@7�E96�32C3@5J

�*9:D� F?FDF2==JAC@>AE� EC2?D76C� 2E� 2E:>6�@7�2=2C>:?8�D@4:2=F?C6DE� C2:D6D� 4@?46C?D@7�A@E6?E:2=�F?56C>:?�:?8�@7�E96�:?56A6?56?46@7�E96�;F5:4:2CJ�:?��?5:2*96�C:89E�@7�E96�;F5:4:�2CJ�E@�9@=5�E96�8@G6C?�>6?E�E@�244@F?E�:D�7F?�52>6?E2=�E@�E96�CF=6�@7=2H��2?5�E96C6�D9@F=5�36?@� C6AC:>2?5� 7@C� 2;F586� FD:?8� 9:D� :?56�A6?56?E�G@:46��E96�C6�=62D6�D2:5

*96� ��(�� :D� 2?@C82?:D2E:@?�@7�=2HJ6CDH@C<:?8�E@�AC@>@E6�2?5AC@E64E� 9F>2?� C:89ED2?5� E96� :?56A6?56?46@7� E96� =682=� AC@76DD:@?H@C=5H:56��:E�D2:5

International Bar body writes to Prezagainst 'hasty' transferof Delhi HC judge

KashmirUniversitysuspendsclasses tillMarch 31 ��(!%��(��(��

!2D9>:C� +?:G6CD:EJ� @?*9FCD52J� 2??@F?465� DFD�A6?D:@?�@7�2==�4=2DD6D�7@C�E96C6DE� @7�#2C49�2D� 2�AC642F�E:@?2CJ�>62DFC6�E@�AC6G6?EE96� DAC625�@7�?@G6=� 4@C@?�2G:CFD�5:D62D6��E�:D�?@E:7:657@C� E96� :?7@C>2E:@?� @7� 2==4@?46C?65� E92E� E96� 4=2DD�H@C<� 2E� E96� +?:G6CD:EJ� @7!2D9>:C�:?4=F5:?8�:ED�>2:?42>AFD�2?5�2==�@E96C�D2E6=�=:E6�42>AFD6D�D92==� C6>2:?DFDA6?565�H:E9�67764E�7C@>#2C49�� E@�#2C49�� 2D� 2� AC642FE:@?2CJ>62DFC6�:?�G:6H�@7�E96�A2?�56>:4� �%,��@C@?2G:CFD�� 2� G2CD:EJDA@<6DA6CD@?� D2:5� *96>@G6�4@>6D�2�52J�27E6C�E96 2>>F� 2?5� !2D9>:C� 25�>:?:DEC2E:@?�D9FE�5@H?�2==D49@@=D��4@==686D�2?5�AC:G2E6EF:E:@?�46?EC6D�:?�G:6H�@7�E96C:D:?8� ?F>36C� @7� A@D:E:G642D6D�@7�4@C@?2G:CFD�:?�E964@F?ECJ

��+��# !��(��

)6?:@C�962=E9�>:?:DECJ@77:4:2=D�D2:5�@?�*9FCD52JE92E�:E�H:==�E2<6�2C@F?5�@?6�2?5�2�92=7�E@�EH@�J62CD�7@C�?5:2�E@�56G6=@A�2�G244:?67@C�?@G6=�4@C@?2G:CFD�6G6?H:E9�6IA65:E65�4=:?:42=�EC:�2=D�*96�?@G6=�4@C@?2G:CFD

92D�27764E65��A6@A=6�:?�E964@F?ECJ��:?4=F5:?8��7@C�6:8?�?2E:@?2=D�*96��27764E�65�7@C6:8?�?2E:@?2=D�:?4=F56��E2=:2?D�2?5�2��2?25:2?A2E:6?E�(2>2?�(�2?82<965<2C��9625�@7�E96�A:56>:@=@8J�2?5�@>>F?:423=6��:D62D6D��:G:D:@?�@7��#(D2:5�E96�$2E:@?2=��?DE:EFE6

@7�,:C@=@8J�:?�&F?6�92D�366?DF446DD7F=�:?�:D@=2E:?8�E96G:CFD��*96C6�2C6�EH@�H2JD�@78@:?8�7@C�G244:?6�AC6A2C2�E:@?�%?6�:D�6:E96C�J@F�=@@<2E�E96�D6BF6?46D�@7�E96�86?6H9:49�E96?�>2J�=625�E@�56�G6=@A>6?E�@7�2?E:3@5:6D��@CJ@F�24EF2==J�92G6�E96�DEC2:?2?5�E96?�J@F�ECJ�E@�56G6=@A�2G244:?6�H9:49�:D�2=H2JD�2?

62D:6C�@AE:@?��96�D2:5��@C@?2G:CFD�:D�5:77:4F=E

E@�:D@=2E6��FE�E96�677@CED�@7D4:6?E:DED�@7�$2E:@?2=�?DE:EFE6�@7�,:C@=@8J��$�,�&F?6�92G6�366?�DF446DD7F=2?5�23@FE��:D@=2E6D�@74@C@?2G:CFD�2C6�2G2:=23=6H9:49�:D�2�AC:>6�C6BF:D:E67@C�5@:?8�2?J�<:?5�@7�C6�D62C49�C6=2E65�E@�G:CFD6D

�G6?�H:E9�6IA65:E65�4=:?:42=EC:2=D�2?5�2AAC@G2=D��:E�H:==E2<6�2C@F?5�@?6�2?5�2�92=7E@�EH@�J62CD�E@�56G6=@A�2G244:?6��2?82<965<2C�2D�D6CE65

*96�@77:4:2=�D2:5�E96�?5:2?�8@G6C?>6?E�92D>256�� =23@C2E@C:6D�7F?4�E:@?2=�7@C�E6DE:?8�D2>A=6D��

��!##�)�"��&%�'��

Will take one-and-a-half to two years for India todevelop vaccine for COVID-19: Health Ministry

��+��# !��(� ��

&2C=:2>6?E� @?� *9FCD52JA2DD65�2>6?5>6?ED�E@�E96�:?�D@=G6?4J� =2H� E92E� H:==� 96=AC:?8�76?46�DF446DD7F=�3:556CD@7�:?D@=G6?E�4@>A2?:6D�7C@>C:D<�@7� 4C:>:?2=�AC@4665:?8D7@C� @776?46D� 4@>>:EE65� 3JAC6G:@FD�AC@>@E6CD

*96� �?D@=G6?4J� 2?5�2?<CFAE4J� �@56��>6?5>6?E��:==�� H2DA2DD65�3J�G@:46�G@E6�:?�(2;J2)2392��E�H2D�2AAC@G65�3J�"@<)2392�@?�#2C49��

*96��:==�C6A=246D�2?�@C5:�?2?46�(6A=J:?8�E@�2�D9@CE�56�32E6� @?� E96� �:==�� :?2?46#:?:DE6C�$:C>2=2�):E92C2>2?

D2:5� 2>6?5>6?ED� 2C6� DJ?4H:E9�E:>6�2?5�2=D@�2596C6�E@�2)FAC6>6��@FCE�@C56C�:?�L=6E�E6C�2?5�DA:C:EM

*96�#:?:DE6C�D2:5�?665�7@C2>6?5>6?E�:?�E96��2C@D63642FD6�@7�L492?8:?8�C6BF:C6�>6?EM� 2?5� LC6BF:C6>6?E� @77:?6�EF?:?8M�E96�=2H�2D�D6G6C2=#&D�H2?E65�E@�<?@H�H9J�E968@G6C?>6?E�H2D�3C:?8:?8� :?D@�>2?J�2>6?5>6?ED�E@�2�?6H=2H

)EC6DD:?8�E92E�E96�8@G6C?�>6?E�:D�LG6CJ�C6DA@?D:G6M�2?592D�366?�E2=<:?8�E@�E96�:?5FD�ECJ�� D96� 2DDFC65� E96� �@FD6E92E�2>6?5>6?ED�E@�E96��2C6�2C6�?@E�36:?8�LF?E9:?<:?8�=J�5@?6M�*96��H9:49�42>6:?E@�7@C46�:?� ��92D�2=C625J

366?�2>6?565�E9C:46#D� ):E92C2>2?� D2:5� E96

8@G6C?>6?E�H2D�E2<:?8�42C6�@7E96� :?E6C6DE� @7� 9@>6� 3FJ6CD2?5�E96�C6BF:C6>6?E�@7�>:?:�>F>�?F>36C�@7�9@>6�3FJ6CD:?�E96��92D�366?�:?4=F565E@� 2G@:5� L7C:G@=@FD� =:E:82�E:@?DM� *96� �:==� D66<D� E@� C6�>@G6�3@EE=6?64<D�2?5�DEC62>�=:?6�E96�4@CA@C2E6�:?D@=G6?4JC6D@=FE:@?�AC@46DD��E�2:>D�E@AC@G:56� AC@E64E:@?� E@� ?6H@H?6CD� @7� 2� =@2?� 5672F=E6C4@>A2?J�282:?DE�AC@D64FE:@?7@C�>:D5665D�@7�AC6G:@FD�@H?�6CD

*96�=2E6DE�492?86D�A6CE2:?E@�G2C:@FD�D64E:@?D�@7�E96��2D� H6==� 2D� :?EC@5F4E:@?� @7� 2?6H�D64E:@?

Parliament passes amendments to Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code Bill, 2020

��%! �#��$$*��(� ��

*96�2CE6C:2=� ��<> 2>>F�)C:?282C� ?2�E:@?2=�9:89H2J��E96�@?=J2==�H62E96C�C@25�=:?<:?8!2D9>:C�H:E9�E96�C6DE�@7E96�4@F?ECJ��H2D�4=@D65@?�*9FCD52J�2>:5�7C6D9D?@H72==�2?5�=2?5D=:56D2E� D6G6C2=� A=246D� :?(2>32?� 2?5+592>AFC�5:DEC:4ED��@7�7:4:2=D�D2:5

*96C6�H2D�@G6C?:89ED?@H72==� 2E� 2H292C*F??6=��H9:49�D6CG6D�2D2� 82E6H2J� E@� !2D9>:CG2==6J��H9:=6�C2:?D�EC:8�86C65� >F=E:A=6� =2?5�

D=:56D�2=@?8�!96C:�36=E:?� +592>AFC� 5:DEC:4E2?5� �2?:92=�(2>32?DEC6E49�@G6C?:89E��92>�A6C:?8� 677@CED� @7� 62C=JC6DE@C2E:@?�@7�E96�9:89�H2J��E96�@77:4:2=D�D2:5

,69:4F=2C�EC277:4�@?E96� 9:89H2J� H2D� DFD�A6?565� @?� *9FCD52J>@C?:?8� 7C@>� 2>>F27E6C�D?@H72==�2?5�=2?5�D=:56D� E92E� =67E� @G6C��G69:4=6D�DEC2?56536EH66?� (2>32?��2?:92=�� +592>AFC� 2>>F�2?5�!2E9F2�5:D�EC:4ED�*H@�ECF4<D�H6C62=D@�9:E�3J�E96�=2?5D=:56D42FD:?8�52>286�E@�E96

��$$*�&%�'��

Jammu-Srinagar NH closeddue to snowfall, landslides

��$$*��(� ��

�?� 2� &F3=:4� �?E6C6DE":E:82E:@?��&�"��E:E=65��?<FC)92C>2� 2?5� )E2E6� @7� �!2?5�%E96CD�492==6?8:?8�E96 2>>F�2?5�!2D9>:C�)E2E6"2?5D� �,6DE:?8� @7%H?6CD9:A� E@� E96%44FA2?ED�� 4E�� H9:49� :DA@AF=2C=J�<?@H?�2D�N(@D9?:�4E� 2?5� 2=D@� D66<:?8� ��&C@36��:G:D:@?��6?49�@7E96� �!� �:89� �@FCE� 2>>F�-:?8��4@>AC:D:?8�9:67� FDE:46� �:E2� #:EE2=2?5� �:CDE� &F:D?6� F586 FDE:46�(2;6D9��:?52=�27E6C962C:?8��5G��?<FC�)92C>2

7:I65�#2C49� �� 2=D@�5:C64E65�C6DA@?56?ED�E@4@>A=J�H:E9��FE9@C:E:6D�E@4@>A=J�H:E9�E96�5:C64E:@?DA2DD65� 3J� E9:D� �@FCE� @?�63CF2CJ� �� -96?E96�&�"��2>6�FA�7@C�962C�:?8�� %3D6CG65� E92E)6G6C2=�5:C64E:@?D�>256�3JFD� 3J� @C56C� 52E65� �E9� @7�63CF2CJ�� :?� &�"$@�� %-&$@D�� 2?5&�"� $@� �� 92G6� ?@E366?�4@>A=:65�H:E9��7FC�E96C�5:C64E65�E92E�E96�5:C64�E:@?D�:DDF65�G:56�@C56C�52E�65��636CF2CJ� �� 92G6E@� 36� 4@>A=:65� 3J� E96)64C6E2CJ�� (6G6?F6

�6A2CE>6?E��@>>:DD:@?6C)64C6E2CJ��6A2CE>6?E�@7��?7@C>2E:@?2?5� �C@2542DE:?8� 2?5�6AFEJ� �@>>:DD:@?6C� 2>>FH96C63J� �:G:D:@?�6?49�5:C64E65�2FE9@C:E:6DE@�67764E�2�42=4F=2E:@?�@7�E96G2=F6� @7� E96� AF3=:4� =2?5H9:49�92D�G6DE65�:?�E96�6?�4C@2496CD��=:DE�H96C6@7�92D366?� 7FC?:D965� 367@C6� FD-6�H@F=5�2=D@�=:<6�E@�36�:?�7@C>65�@7�E96�5:G:D:@?�@7�E96=2?5�:?�E6C>D�@7�:ED�4=2DD:7:�42E:@?�2D�FC32?��CFC2=��7@C6DE=2?5�@C�@7�2?J�@E96C�?2EFC6�� D2:5� � �� 7FCE96C� @3�D6CG65�E92E�@FC�2EE6?E:@?�2=�D@� DE2?5� 5C2H?� E@� C6A@CE

52E65��E9��63CF2CJ�� AF3=:D965�:?�E96�L�FD:?6DD)E2?52C5M� � 42AE:@?65� 2DL�==682=�6?EC:6D�@?��24C6D@7�7@C6DE�2?5�DE2E6�=2?5�56�E64E65�:?� 2>>FM��A6CFD2=@7�E96�C6A@CE�D9@HD�E92E�E96�6AFEJ� �@>>:DD:@?6C� 2>>F�92D�F?62CE965�E96:==682=�6?EC:6D�@?�E96�7@C6DE2?5� E96�)E2E6� =2?5�@?��24C6D� 2?5� EH@� A=246D� :? 2>>F�*96�>2EE6C�C682C5�:?8� 6I2>:?2E:@?� @7� :==682=6?EC:6D� :D� DE:==� 8@:?8� @?�� :C64E65� E96� �6AFEJ�@>>:DD:@?6C�� 2>>FD92==�6?DFC6�E92E�6?BF:C:6D:?�E@�2==�DF49�6?EC:6D�:D�

��)&� ��(�&%�'��

DB to hear PIL seeking CBI probe inRoshni Scam on March 18

��+��# !��(� ��

*96� 8@G6C?>6?E� :D4=62C:?8�E96�564<D�7@C�7:==:?8FA�>@C6�E92?��8@G�6C?>6?E�G242?4:6D��+?:@?#:?:DE6C�@7�)E2E6� :E6?5C2):?89� :?7@C>65� E96�(2;J2)2392�@?�*9FCD52J

�?�2�HC:EE6?�C6A=J� E@�2BF6CJ�� E96� #:?:DE6C� :?�7@C>65� E92E� 5FC:?8� �� E9C66�C64CF:E:?8�286?�4:6D� ?2>6=J�� E96� +?:@?&F3=:4�)6CG:46��@>>:DD:@?�+&)�� )E277� )6=64E:@?�@>>:DD:@?��))��2?5�E96(2:=H2J� (64CF:E>6?E

�@2C5D��((�D��92G6�>256C64@>>6?52E:@?D� 7@C� C6�4CF:E>6?E� E@� 2� E@E2=� @7��A@DED

�:G:?8�E96�3C62<�FA�@7E96D6� G242?4:6D�� E96#:?:DE6C�D�C6A=J�DE2E65�E92E��G242?4:6D�:?�E96�+&�)��G242?4:6D�:?�E96))��2?5��G242?4:6D:?�E96�((�D�H:==�36�7:==65�FA

�6D:56D��E96�))��((�D��6A2CE>6?E� @7� &@DED� 2?5#:?:DECJ� @7� �676?46� 92G64@>>6?465�E96�AC@46DD�7@C7:==:?8� FA� @7� 255:E:@?2=��G242?E�A@DED

��==#:?:DEC:6D�6A2CE>6?ED�@7�@G6C?>6?E�@7��?5:2�92G6366?� 25G:D65� E@� E2<6� 25�G2?46�24E:@?�7@C�C6A@CE:?8G242?4J� A@D:E:@?� H:E9� C6�DA64E�E@�5:C64E�C64CF:E>6?E

��(��A@DED�E@�E96�4@?46C?65C64CF:E>6?E� 286?4:6D� :6E96�+&)��2?5�))��6E4�7@C7:==:?8�FA�@7�DF49�G242?4:6D:?�2�E:>6=J�>2??6C

��?� 2?F2CJ� � �� 2==#:?:DEC:6D�6A2CE>6?ED�@7�6?EC2=��@G6C?>6?E� 92G6366?�C6BF6DE65�E@�E2<6�E:>63@F?5�24E:@?�E@�7:==�E96�6I�:DE:?8�G242?4:6D� :?�E96�C6�DA64E:G6#:?:DEC:6D�6A2CE>6?ED2?5�E96:C�2EE24965DF3@C�5:?2E6� @77:46D�� D2:5� E96#:?:DE6C�D�C6A=J

*96�D64@?5�A92D6�@7�E96�F586E� D6DD:@?� @7&2C=:2>6?E�3682?�@?�#2C49 �2?5�H:==�4@?4=F56�@?��AC:=��&2C=:2>6?E�D��F586E�D6D�D:@?� 3682?� @?� 2?F2CJ� ��2?5� H2D� 25;@FC?65� @?�63CF2CJ��

Over 4.75l govt vacancies to be filled soon: Union Minister

��

*96� 2>>F� 2?5� !2D9>:C� &@=:46�@FD:?8� �@CA@C2E:@?� 92D� :?:E:2E65� E96AC@46DD�@7�6�E6?56C:?8�2?5�D92==�36�6I64FE�:?8�2==�E96�56G6=@A>6?E�H@C<D�2DD:8?65�E@E96� �@CA@C2E:@?� E9C@F89� E96� 6�E6?56C:?8AC@46DD

*96�DE6A�92D�366?�E2<6?�:?�4@>A=:2?46H:E9�E96��:?2?46��6A2CE>6?E�5:C64E:@?D�E92E4:G:=� H@C<D� @7� E96� �@CA@C2E:@?D�FE@?@>@FD��@5:6D�:?4=F5:?8� �!�&@=:46�@FD:?8��@CA@C2E:@?�92G6�E@�36�6I64FE65E9C@F89�EC2?DA2C6?E�3:55:?8�AC@46DD

�44@C5:?8=J�� E96� &@=:46� �@FD:?8�@CA@C2E:@?�E@@�F?56CE@@<�2�56E2:=65�6I6C�4:D6�2?5�92D�DH:E4965�@G6C�E@�6�E6?56C:?8H:E9�C682C5�E@�2==�E96�H@C<D�:?4=F5:?8�@?8@�:?8�AC@;64ED�H@CE9�(D�� 4C@C6

)2G:?8D�@7�E96�@C56C�@7��92G6�366?H:E?6DD65�:?�D@>6�@7�E96�H@C<D�E92E�92G6366?�6�E6?56C65�3J�&��H9:49�:?5:42E6�E96=:<6=:9@@5�@7�9F86�D2G:?8D�E@�E96�:?56?E:?8�6A2CE>6?ED�@G6C?>6?E�6I496BF6C��E9FD2==@H:?8�>@C6�56G6=@A>6?E�H@C<D�E@�36�F?�56CE2<6?�H:E9:?�E96�D2>6�C6D@FC46D

Police HousingCorp to executedev works throughe-tendering

JAMMU fRIDAY MARCH 13, 2020Obituary2Glimpses of Future

KRIYA/UTHALAWith profound grief and sorrow, weinform the sad demise of ourbeloved Smt. Raj Uppal W/o Lt. Col(Rtd.) M R Uppal R/o H. No. 339Shastri Nagar, Jammu. KRIYA willbe performed at our residence at11 A.M. on 14th March 2020(Saturday). UTHALA/RASAM PA-GRI will be performed at ARYASAMAJ MANDIR GANDHI NA-GAR JAMMU at 4.30 P.M. on 14thMarch 2020 (Saturday).GRIEF STRICKENLt. Col (Rtd.) M R Uppal-HusbandSon & Daughter-in-law Sister-in-lawEr. Naveen Uppal & Anjali Rani Smt Raj Dulari Nargotra W/o Lt Jyoti Prakash NargotraEr. Raman Uppal & Vibha Uppal(Ex. En) (Kendriya Vidyalaya)Daughter & Son-in-lawSmt. Renu Amla & Shri Tarun AmlaGrand ChildrensEr. Abhishek, Er. Anchita, Er. Akanksha, ArhitaUppal’s Family+91 9419140184, +91 9419285453+ 91 8082124470

Smt. Raj Uppal

10TH DAY/KRIYAWith profound grief and sorrow, weinform the sad demise of ourbeloved father Sh Nanak ChandBhardwaj S/o Lt. Sh Kirpa Ram(Chanunta wale) . Tenth Day andKriya will be performed at BharatNagar Udhampur on 14th of March2020 (Saturday) at 12 Noon.GRIEF STRICKENSons & Daughter-in-lawsSh Babu Ram Bhardwaj & Smt Geeta DeviSh Shiv Kumar Bhardwaj & Smt Neelam KumariSh Ashok Kumar Bhardwaj & Smt Tara DeviDaughters & Son-in-lawsLate Smt Vijay Kumar & Sh Amar ChandLate Smt Krishna Devi & Lt. Sh Rattan ChandSmt Sheela Devi & Sh Ram DassSmt Leela Devi & Sh Ram ChandSmt Durgu Devi -BhabhiAll Grand ChildrenAll Bhardwaj FamilyContact No. 9906350955, 9419210546, 9469367776

Sh Nanak ChandBhardwaj

BARKHIA part of us went with you. In life weloved you dearly. And we will loveyou forever no matter where youare. It is very difficult to live withoutyou. In our hearts you hold a placeno one ever fill. Barkhi of ourbeloved Late Sh Ashok Arora R/oHouse No 33, Ward No 4, AdarshColony, Udhampur will be per-formed on 15th of March 2020(Wednesday) at 10.00 AM at ourresidence.GRIEF STRICKENSmt Meenakshi Gupta -Wife[Bank Manager (JCC Bank)]Son & Daughter-in-lawMr Rahul Arora & Mrs Prerna AroraMr Rohit Arora -SonSh Shiv Kumar Arora -BrotherSh V.K Sachdeva & Smt Sunita Sachdeva -Brother & BhabiSh Surinder Arora & Smt Suman Arora -Brother & BhabiNayra Arora, Suvi Gupta -Grand ChildrenMobile No: 9419984866, 9419160588, 7006970617,7006013586

Sh Ashok Arora

10TH DAYWith profound grief and sorrow, we in-form the sad demise of Sh. Mohan LalThusoo S/o Late Sh. Kashi NathThusoo, originally resident of ZaindarMohalla Srinagar, presently at D7/45Sector 15 Rohini-New Delhi on 6thMarch 2020. TENTH DAY KRIYA willbe performed at Canal Ghat, nearBadli-Telephone Exchange Sector 18Rohini on Sunday 15th March 2020 at9.30 A.M.GRIEF STRICKENMrs Veena Ji Thusoo-WifeMrs Khema Wali-SisterMrs Usha Ji & Mr M K Thusoo-Bhabi & BrotherMrs Tosha & Mr A K Bhat-Sister & Brother-in-lawMrs Ashu & Mr P L Thusoo-Bhabi & BrotherMrs Pammi & Mr Dhruv Thusoo-Bhabi & BrotherDr Deepa & Mr Brijender Thusoo-Daughter-in-law & SonMrs Bharti & Dr Anil Kaul-Daughter & Son-in-lawMrs Pooja & Mr Muneesh Thusu-Daughter-in-law & SonVanshee, Aditya, Harsh, Ishan & Ira-Grand ChildrenPh: 9953099945/7006402045/9910077702

Sh. Mohan LalThusoo

OBITUARYWith profound grief, we inform sad de-

mise of our beloved mother Smt Ratna

Koul R/o 326, Aashirwad Enclave, 104-

Patparganj, I.P Extension, Delhi -92.

The 10th Day will be performed on 16th

of March 2020 (Monday) at Gang

Nahar, Muradnagar Distt. Ghaziabad

(U.P) at 10 AM.

GRIEF STRICKENSmt Veena Ji & Pyare Lal Koul

Smt Ratna Ji & Tej Krishan Koul

Smt Babli & Ashok Koul

Smt Meenakshi & Ramesh Koul

Smt Santosh & Shiv Kumar Koul

Smt Usha & Ashok Dhar

Smt Rita & Tej Dhar

Grand Children: Kouls, Dhars, Channas, Bangroos & All Near

& Dear ones.

Contact no: 9999799717, 9891301961, 9419135566

Smt Ratna Koul

KRIYA/UTHALAWith profound grief and sorrow weregret to inform you about the saddemise of our beloved Smt PrimlaGupta (Guddo) W/o Late Sh RattanLal Gupta on 03-03-2020 (R/oLambi Gali, Udhampur). KRIYA willbe performed on 15-03-2020,Sunday at Devika Ghat,Udhampur. UTHALA on 16-03-2020, Monday, at 4 pm at AryaSamaj Mandir, UdhampurGRIEF STRICKENDaughter in law & SonMrs Sneh Gupta & Mr Sanjeev Gupta (Shotu)Grandson: SarthakDaughter & Son in lawMrs Monika Gupta & Mr Suresh GuptaJeth & JethaniSh Chuni Lal Gupta & Smt Geeta DeviAND ALL FAMILY MEMBERSPh. 8493030559, 7006361310, 9149428796, 7006807951

Smt Primla Gupta

KRIYA/UTHALAWith profound grief and sorrow, weinform the sudden & sad demise ofour beloved Smt. Kamla KotwalD/o Late Sh. Shiv Lal Kotwal(Advocate) R/o 262/2 ChanniHimmat Jammu on 2nd March2020. Kriya will be performed on14th March (Saturday) from 9 AMonwards at our residence 262/2Channi Himmat. Uthala will also beperformed on 14th March(Saturday) 2020 at Panch Mandir,Channi Himmat Time 4 PM to 5 PmGRIEF STRICKENProf. (Dr.) D.R. Kotwal- HusbandDaughter in Law & SonsShilpa & Dr Sundeep KotwalAnjana & Jaideep KotwalDaughter & Son in LawDr. Amrita & Sumeet Puri (S.E.)Bhabies & BrothersTripta & R.P. Kotwal Major General (Retd.)Bala & Prof. SC KotwalSushma & RC Kotwal (CE Retd.)Anju & Dr. BC Kotwal (USA)Suman & Shyam Kotwal CA (USA)Sadhana & Dr. Ajay Kotwal (USA)Anu & Satish Kotwal Engineer (USA)Manjula & Arvind Kotwal (USA)Vijay Kanwar & Hemlata Kotwal (USA)- SistersShakuntla & Mulk Raj Kotwal (SE Retd.)- Devrani & DevarGrand Children's: Shivang, Shantanu, Pradyut,Prabhav & ShoubhitContact No. 9419617126, 9419239069

Smt. KamlaKotwal

OBITUARYWITH PROFOUND GRIEF AND SOR-

ROW IT IS TO INFORM WITH HEAVY

HEART ABOUT THE SUDDEN DE-

MISE OF OUR RESPECTED SH. SA-

ROOP NATH BHAT ORIGINAL RESI-

DENT OF GUND GUSHI KUPWARA,

AT PRESENT LANE NO.18, BLOCK

NO.85 JAGTI COLONY'/ VAISHALI

GHAZIABAD ON 09-03- 2020 (MON-

DAY). TENTH DAY KRIYA WILL BE

PERFORMED ON 18TH MARCH,

WEDNESDAY 2020 AT GANGA NA-

HER , MORADNAGAR, (U.P) WHILE

SHOK SABHA (ASSEMBLY) WILL BE

HELD AT OUR RESIDENCE AT PLOT

NO. 470, SECTOR 4, VAISHALI,

GHAZIABAD AT 11.30 AM

GRIEF STRICKEN

SMT. SHANTA JI BHAT - WIFE

SH SUNIL BHAT AND SMT SUNEETA -

SON AND DAUGHTER IN LAW

MRS. AND MR MOHAN LAL BHAT -

BROTHER AND BHABI

MRS. AND MR BUSHAN LAL BHAT -

BROTHER AND BHABI

SMT ANEETA AND SH SANJAY PANDITA. -

DAUGHTER AND SON IN LAW

SMT JAGRITI AND SH VIKAS RAINA -

DAUGHTER AND SON IN LAW

AND SAMAST BHAT'S, PANDITA'S, RAINAS

SH. SAROOPNATH BHAT

OBITUARYWith profound grief and sorrow weinform the sad demise of ourbeloved mother SMT. JAI KISHORITICKOO W/o Sh. Jagan NathTickoo R/o Khajuria MohallaPaloura, Jammu on 10-03-2020.The TENTH DAY KRIYA will beperformed on 19-03-2020(Thursday) at Akhnoor Ghat. AS-SEMBLY of TENTH DAY will beheld at our residence i.e. Palouraat 11.30 A.M.GRIEF STRICKENJagan Nath Tickoo-HusbandSmt. Sanju Tickoo & Sh. Sunil Tickoo-Daughter-in-law & SonSmt. Jolly Tickoo & Sh. Ajay Tickoo-Daughter-in-law & SonSmt. Sangeeta Pandita & Sh. Raj Kumar Pandita-Daughter & Son-in-lawSamast Tickoo FamilyPh: 9906271683/9858945993/7006505393

SMT. JAI KISHORITICKOO

10TH DAY/KRIYA/UTHALAWith profound grief and sorrow, we in-

form the sad demise of our beloved Sh.

Surinder Kumar Rallan S/o Late Sh.

Kundan Lal R/o 164, Ram Mandir

Lane, Shastri Nagar, Jammu on 5th

Mar 2020. 10TH DAY will be performed

on 14th Mar 20 (Saturday) at 10 AM at

our residence. KRIYA will be per-

formed on 15th Mar 20 (Sunday) at 12

noon at our residence.

UTHALA/RASAM PAGRI will be per-

formed on 16th Mar 20 (Monday) from

4 - 5 p.m at Ram Mandir, Shastri

Nagar, Jammu.

GRIEF STRICKENSmt Sanjog Rallan (Wife)

Sons & Daughters-in-Law

Ravinder & Neelam Rallan

Rajvinder & Ekta Rallan

Rahul & Mehak Rallan

Daughters & Sons-in-Law

Nandini & Anil Puri

Ragni & Vipul Goindi

Prof Alpana Vohra

Rekha

Grand Children : Dhananjay, Bhavya, Arya, Yuvraj, Prerna,

Purva, Kshitij & Lakshay Vohra, Handa, Tandon

Gupta & Salaria Families

Contact No’s- 9796003005/8803502164/9419229640

Sh. SurinderKumar Rallan

10TH DAY/RASAM PAGRIWith profound grief and sorrow, we in-

form the sad demise of our beloved

Smt. Vijay Laxmi W/o Sh. Yash Paul

Spolia R/o W. No.3, Karan Nagar

Kathua, who left for heavenly abode on

4-03-2020 Wednesday. 10TH DAY will

be performed on 13.03.2020 (Friday)

at 10.00 A.M. at our residence. KRIYA

will be performed on 14-03-2020 at our

residence at 11.00 A.M. RASAM PA-

GRI will be performed on 16-03-2020

at residence.

GRIEF STRICKENYash Paul Spolia-Husband

Pankaj Spolia & Romi-Son & Daughter-in-law

Deepak Spolia & Anuradha-

Son & Daughter-in-law

Bhopinder Sharma & Minakshi-

Son-in-law & Daughter

Rakesh Sharma & Anuradha-

Son-in-law & Daughter

Contact: 9797364719, 9797636420, 9070444719

Smt. Vijay Laxmi

10TH DAY KRIYAWith profound grief and sorrow,we inform the sad demise of ourbeloved mother Smt. DulariRazdan W/o Lt. Sh. R.K.Razdan originally resident ofRawalpora Srinagar and atpresent 59 Ashoka EnclavePhase-III Faridabad. TENTHDAY KRIYA will be performedon 16 March 2020 at Palla GhatBye Pass Road Faridabad.GRIEF STRICKENDaughters-in-law & SonsShashi & Anil RazdanAnita & Viky RazdanMob: +919312606144, +919811159117

Smt. DulariRazdan

10TH DAY KRIYAWith profound grief and sorrow, we in-

form the sad demise of our beloved fa-

ther Sh. Prithvi Nath Pandit S/o Late

Pandit Vasudev R/o Chak-e-Vessu

Anantnag Kmr. presently at H. No. 273,

Lane No. 05 Colonel’s Colony Talab

Tillo Jammu on 07-03- 2020. 10TH

DAY KRIYA shall be performed at

Akhnoor Ghat on 16th March 2020 fol-

lowed by Assembly at Muthi Ghat near

Directorate of School Education

Jammu at 11.30 A.M.

GRIEF STRICKENSmt. Shantaji Koul-Sister

Smt. Phoolaji & M.L. Pandit-Bhabi & Brother

Rajni & Ravi Raj Pandit-Daughter-in-law & Son

Kamlesh Warikoo-Son-in-law

Girja Raina & Ashok Raina-Daughter & Son-in-law

Kiran & Anil Zutshi-Daughter & Son-in-law

Basanti & Satish Kangan-Daughter & Son-in-law

Smt. & Sh. Sudesh Raina-Daughter-in-law & Nephew

Sunita & Rakesh Pandit-Daughter-in-law & Son

Meenakshi & Rakesh Bazaz-Daughter & Son-in-law

Khushbu & Mohit Bhat-Grand Daughter & Son-in-law

Grand Children: Arshu, Kanav, Shivam, Ashutosh, Dimple,

Mohit, Shehaj, Shrihul, Akash and Anchal

Cell No: 9419114190

Sh. Prithvi NathPandit

Press TrusT of IndIanew delhi March 12

The CBI has arrested aDeputy General Manager ofNBCC for allegedly receiv-ing a bribe of Rs 2.30 lakhfrom a company working tocomplete projects underthe Prime Minister GraminSadak Yojna in Shillong, of-ficials said Thursday. It isalleged that Sagir Ahmed,Deputy General Manager ofNavratna government en-terprise NBCC, had alleged-ly demanded Rs 80,000 forthree roads Rs 25,000 eachplus Rs 5,000 built by JCInfra Corporation, they

said. Ahmed allegedly re-peatedly demanded thebribe from JC Infra promoterSubhash Jhunjhunwala. Thelatter assured him that hewas sending Rs 2.30 lakh inan envelop through an em-ployee, the officials said.The bribe amount includedRs 80,000 demanded byAhmed and Rs 1.50 lakh forclearance of other billsworth Rs 54 lakh, they said.The agency arrested Ahmedand Jhunjhunwala in thecase and carried out search-es at their offices and resi-dential premises inUdaipur, Agartala, Panveland Shillong.

CBI arrests NBCC DGM forreceiving Rs 2.30 lakh bribe

Press TrusT of IndIanew delhi Mar 12

The Delhi governmenton Thursday declared coro-navirus an epidemic andannounced that all schools,colleges and cinema halls inthe national capital will re-main shut till March 31. Thedecision was taken at ahigh-level meeting attend-ed by Delhi Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal, LG AnilBaijal and top governmentofficials. "The city govern-ment has declared coron-

avirus an epidemic,"Kejriwal said. He said disin-

fecting all public places, in-cluding government andprivate offices and shop-ping malls has been madecompulsory. The nationalcapital has so far recordedsix cases of coronavirus.The number of coronaviruspatients in the country hasrisen to 73 with 13 fresh cas-es, including nine fromMaharahtra and one eachfrom Delhi, Ladakh andUttar Pradesh as well as oneforeign national, the UnionHealth Ministry said onThursday.

Coronavirus : Schools, colleges, cinemahalls shut in Delhi till March 31

Press TrusT of IndIaMumbai Mar 12

The country's largestlender State Bank of India onThursday said it has receivedapproval to buy Rs 7,250 croreworth of shares in crisis-hitYes Bank. "The executivecommittee of central boardat its meeting held on March11 accorded approval forpurchase of 725 crore sharesin Yes Bank at a price of Rs10 per share subject to allregulatory approvals," SBIsaid in a regulatory filing.

SBI gets approvalto invest Rs 7,250cr in Yes Bank

��!!)��&��,�!�&�� 3 �� LOCAL

Army OrganisesCommunalHarmony MeetingIn Rajouri District��

�>9E�;>3-:5F10�-:��95@E�911@5:3�-@�B588-31(->7A:05�5:�&-6;A>5��5?@>5/@��(41�911@5:3C-?�-@@1:010�.E�-�8->31�:A9.1>�;2�B588-31>?�@;5:/8A01�@41�'-><-:/4�;2�@41�B588-31��>18535;A?@1-/41>?�-:0�<>;95:1:@�919.1>?�;2�@41�?;�/51@E��(41�5:@1>-/@5;:�C-?�-5910�-@�?<>1-05:3-C->1:1??� -9;:3?@� @41� 8;/-8� <;<A8-@5;:-.;A@�@41�>;81�;2��>9E�5:�:-@5;:�.A5805:3�-:0C182->1�-/@5B5@51?�.15:3�A:01>@-71:�.E�@41�>9E�-:0�'@-@1��1:@>-8��;B1>:91:@�5:�@41>135;:��(41�911@5:3�5?�-:�59<;>@-:@�2;>A92;>�05?/A??5;:�;:�B->5;A?�C182->1�-/@5B5@51?@4-@�@41��>9E�/;A80�/;:0A/@�5:�;>01>�@;�-??5?@@41�8;/-8?�5:�59<>;B5:3�@415>�=A-85@E�;2�8521��:-005@5;:��@41�3-@41>5:3�C-?�-8?;�5:2;>910-.;A@�@41�<>1/-A@5;:�@;�.1�@-71:�@;�@-/781�#*��@4>;A34��;J?�-:0��;:@J?�;:�@41?A.61/@� -:0� 9-5:@-5:5:3� 4E351:1� -:0'-:5@-@5;:��(41�<->@5/5<-:@?�-<<>1/5-@10�@41C;>7�A:01>@-71:�.E�@41��>9E�1?<1/5-88E�5:@41�->1-?�2;>�19<;C1>5:3�E;A@4�.E�91-:?�;2B->5;A?�?7588�01B18;<91:@�/;A>?1?�

Fortis and Aryansorganized World KidneyDay at Aryans Campus��

��1-8@4�@-87�;:�-C->1:1??�;:�05-.1@1?��E<1>@1:?5;:��4>;:5/�750:1E�05?1-?1?�-�0-E.12;>1�+;>80��50:1E��-E�C-?�4180�-@��>E-:?�:?@5@A@1� ;2� "A>?5:3�� &-6<A>-�� "1->�4-:053->4��>��'A:58��A9->��!'�'A>31>E��;:?A8@-:@� (>-:?<8-:@�� ;>@5?� �;?<5@-8�!;4-85�C-?�@41�3A1?@�?<1-71>�;:�@41�;//-?5;:�(41�?1??5;:�C-?�-@@1:010�.E�@41�?@A01:@?�-:0?@-22� ;2� �"!�� "!�� $4->9-/E�� $4->9-/E�1@/��(41�@4191�;2�@41�?1??5;:�C-?H�50:1E��1-8@4�2;>��B1>E;:1��B1>EC41>1�G2>;9�$>1B1:@5;:�@;��1@1/@5;:�-:0��[email protected]�//1??�@;��->1I��>��'A:58��A9->�.>51210�-.;A@@41�C;>75:3��2A:/@5;:�-:0�/;99;:�05?1-?1?�;2@41�750:1E?��+4581�5:@1>-/@5:3�C5@4�@41�?@A�01:@?�� 41� @-8710� -.;A@� B->5;A?� .-0� 1-@5:34-.5@?� 81-05:3� @;�750:1E�05?1-?1?� 8571� /;:�?A9<@5;:�;2�<>;/1??10��9;052510�;>�-8@1>102;;0��@;;�9A/4�?-8@��?C11@�5:�051@��-8/;4;8�?9;75:3��8-/7�;2�?811<��8-/7�;2�1D1>/5?1��4;805:3<11��81??�C-@1>�5:@-71�1@/��>��'A:58�2A>@41>�?-50@4-@�5:�9-D59A9�/-?1?��@41�<-@51:@?�4-B5:3750:1E�05?1-?1?�5:B5@1�;@41>�05?1-?1?�8571�4E�<1>@1:?5;:��05-.1@1?��E<1>@1:?5;:�91-:?4534�.8;;0�<>1??A>1�5:�C45/4�A:41-8@4E�750�:1E?�2-58�@;�1D/>1@1�1D@>-�-9;A:@�;2�?;05A92>;9�@41�.;0E�>1?A8@5:3�5:�4534�?;05A9�/;:�/1:@>-@5;:�-:0�1D@>-/188A8->�28A50�/;:/1:@>-�@5;:�C45/4�81-0�@;�4534�.8;;0�<>1??A>1�

��

�";C�@4-@��;>;:-B5>A?�4-?�.11:�01�/8->10� -� <-:0195/� .E�+;>80� �1-8@4#>3-:5?-@5;:��+�#��):5;:�(1>>5@;>E;2� �-99A�-:0��-?495>�9A?@� <A@� 5:<8-/1�?@>5/@�91-?A>1?�@;�/;:@-5:�5@�.E�-8891-:?��(4;A34�?/4;;8?�-:0�/;88131?�.1�?501?�9;B51�@41-@>1?�4-B1�.11:�/8;?10�5:@41�)(��9;>1�5?�>1=A5>10�@;�.1�0;:1�@;<>1B1:@�?<>1-0�;2�@45?�B5>A?��(45?�C-??@-@10�.E��D1/A@5B1�!19.1>��4->-@5E-�-:-@-�$->@E��$��&-9-:�'A>5�C4;�-0010�@4-@�9->>5-31?�-:0�;@41>�?;�/5-8�1B1:@?�->1�?@588�/;:@5:A5:3�@;�@-71<8-/1� 5:� �-99A� -:0�-?495>�!;>1;B1>��<1;<81�->1�/;:@5:A�5:3�@;�A::1/1??->58E�/>;C0�<8-/1?�8571�A?�'@-:0�-:0�&-58C-E�'@-@5;:��(41�-0�95:5?@>-@5;:�:110?�@;�.1�-�85@@81�?@>5/@-:0�?4;A80�-88;C�;:8E�@41�<-??1:31>?�@;9;B1� ;:�C4581� ?@;<<5:3� ;@41>?� 2>;9/>;C05:3�?A/4�->1-?��&-9-:�'A>5��C4581

-<<>1/5-@5:3�@41�<>1<->10:1??�;2�41-8@4-A@4;>5@51?� 5:� 01-85:3� C5@4� <-@51:@??4;C5:3�?E9<@;9?�;2��;>;:-B5>A?�;>[email protected]?410�/-?1?��?-50�@4-@�:;C�5@�5?�@41@A>:�;2�/;99;:1>?�@;�/;�;<1>-@1�C5@43;B1>:91:@�-31:/51?�-:0�<>1B1:@�2A>�@41>�?<>1-0�;2�@41�B5>A?��!->>5-31?�[email protected]�3-@41>5:3?�->1�/;:@5:A5:3�@;�4-<<1:�?;/5-8�911@5:3?�->1�@-75:3�<8-/1��-:0<8-/1?�8571�.A??@-:0?��>-58C-E�?@-@5;:?�?4;<<5:3�9-88?�-:0�>1?@-A>-:@?�->1�.1�5:3�/>;C010��&-9-:�'A>5�A>310�<1;<81

@;�/;;<1>-@1�C5@4�-095:5?@>-@5;:�-:0@-71�1B1>E�<;??5.81�91-?A>1�@;�418<�2534@@45?�<-:0195/��1�-8?;�A>310�<1;<81�:;@@;�<-:5/�-:0�?@;<�4;->05:3�?-:5@5?1>?�2-/1�9-?7?�-:0�;@41>�->@5/81?�;2�/81-:85�:1??�-?�@41�?-91�9A?@�.1�-B-58-.81�5:1B1>E�4;A?14;80��&-9-:�'A>5�-8?;�A>3104;@1851>?�-:0�>1?@-A>-:@1A>?�@;�1:?A>14E351:1�5:�@415>�75@/41:?�-:0�?A>>;A:0�5:3?��1�A>310�-095:5?@>-@5;:�@;�9-5:�@-5:�/81-:85:1??�-:0�4E351:1�5:�-88�<A.85/<8-/1?�C4581�1:?A>5:3�@4-@�<1;<81�>1�9-5:� /-89� -:0� 0;:�@� A::1/1??->58E/>;C0�<8-/1?�8571�4;?<5@-8?��25:-:/5-8�5:�?@5@A@5;:?�-:0�?;/5-8�<8-/1?��1?<1/5-88E9->>5-31� 4-88?� -:0� 9->71@?�� &-9-:'A>5�-8?;�A>310�<1;<81�@;�9-71�?A>1�@4-@-:E;:1�C5@4�?E9<@;9?�;2�/;>;:-B5>A?8571�/;A34�-:0�.>1-@481??:1??�?4;A80�B5?5@�-�0;/@;>��$1;<81�9A?@�-B;50�A::1/�1??->E�@>-B18�-?�C188�-?�@>E�?@-E5:3�5:�0;;>?�-:0�0;�@415>�>;A@5:1�C;>7�/;9�2;>@-.8E�C5@4;A@�<-:5/��41�-0010�

J&K doing well to fight Coronavirus, People mustcooperate with administration: Raman Suri

��

�19-:05:3� @41� @>-:?21>� ;25:B1?@53-@5;:?� 5:� @41� 5:2-9;A?2;;03>-5:?�?/-9�;2�&�'�$A>-�@;�>591��>-:/4�-:0�/;:25?/-@5;:�;2@41�<>;<1>@E�;2�-.?/;:05:3�.A?5�:1??91:�C4;�<8-E10�2>-A0�C5@4@41�<;;>�2->91>?��!>��->?4��1B'5:34� �4-5>9-:� ��"$$� @;0-E8-9.-?@10�@41�8;/-8�-095:5?@>-�@5;:� 2;>� @415>� 5:05221>1:/1� -:005?>13->0�2;>�-<<>141:05:3�@41/A8<>5@?�5:B;8B10�5:�@41�9-??5B12>-A0�;2�3->3-:@A-:�<>;<;>@5;:?5:B;8B5:3�<;;>�.;>01>�->1-�-3>5�/A8@A>-85?@?��1�C-?�-00>1??5:3�-<>1??�/;:21>1:/1�5:��-99A�@;�0-E�

�00>1??5:3� @41� 9105-� <1>�?;:?��!>��->?4��1B�'5:34�?-50@4-@�@41�<;;>�2->91>?�;2�&�'�$A>-�'A/41@3->4��&-93->4��5?4:-4-:0��74:;;>�4-0�.11:�>;..10�;2@415>�<>;0A/1�.E�-�C188�7:5@�9-25-C45/4�:11010�@;�.1�.A?@10�-@�@411->851?@��1�?-50�@4-@�01?<5@1�@41/;:@5:A10� <>;@1?@?� ;2� @41� -3�3>51B10�2->91>?�2;>�@>-/5:3�@41-.?/;:05:3�.A?5:1??9-:��:;�-/�

@5;:�4-0�.11:�@-71:�.E�@41�-0�95:5?@>-@5;:��1�?-50�@4-@�2->9�1>?�/8-5910�@;�4-B1�.11:�>;..10;2� @415>� 2;;03>-5:?� C;>@4� ;B1>4A:0>10�/>;>1?�.A@�@41�<;85/1�-0�95:5?@>-@5;:�4-0�2-5810�@;�-<<>1�41:0�@41�/A8<>5@?��1�?-50�@4-@:;@�;:8E�C-?�@41�/-?1�>1=A5>10�@;.1�4-:010�;B1>�@;��>591��>-:/4-?�01?5>10�.E�@41�-33>51B10�2->9�1>?�.A@�@41�/A8<>5@?�:11010�@;�.101/8->10�-?�<>;/8-5910�;221:0�1>?�� 1� /-8810� 2;>� /;:25?/-@5;:-:0�?15FA>1�;2�@41�<>;<1>@E�;2�@412>-A0?@1>?�-:0�5@?�05?<;?-8�?;�-?

@;�?-@5?2E�@41�/8-59?�;2�-35@-@5:32->91>?��1� >13>1@@10� @4-@� 01�?<5@1�-??A>-:/1�;2�@41��5B5?5;:-8�;995??5;:1>��-99A�9-01�@;@41�01813-@5;:�;2�-221/@10�2->9�1>?�8-?@�9;:@4�@;�4-:0�;B1>�5:�B1?@53-@5;:?�@;��>591��>-:/4��:;-/@5;:� 4-0� .11:� 5:5@5-@10� @4A?/>1-@5:3� 4A31� >1?1:@91:@-9;:3?@�@41�-221/@10�2->91>?��1/-A@5;:10�@;�341>-;�@41��5B58�-:0$;85/1�-095:5?@>-@5;:�5:�/-?1�@415:B1?@53-@5;:?�@4>;A34��C1>1:;@� 5:5@5-@10� 599105-@18E� -:0-.?/;:05:3�/A8<>5@?�-<<>141:0�

10�-:0�.>;A34@�@;�.;;7�-@�@41�1->�851?@��->.4-6-:�'5:34�-:0�'4�$->-965@�>1<>1?1:@-@5B1?�;2�@41-33>51B10�2->91>?�>1B1-810�@4-@H@41� ?-50� ;221:01>?� 4-B1� .11:>A::5:3� @415>� 25>9?� A:01>� @41:-91�-:0�?@E81�;2�!'��?4;7-(>-01>?� �:@1>:-@5;:-8� �-@@81�110� @4>;A34� <>;<>51@;>� ';:A�A<@-�';�"5>-:6-:��-??��A<@--:0�!'�&-71?4�&5/1�!588��$5:05'->;/4-:� (14?58� &�'� $A>-��5?@>5/@��-99A��

(41� ?-50� 25>9?� /;881/@10$-00E�-:0�C41-@�2>;9�4A:0>10?;2�2->91>?�;:�@41�-??A>-:/1�@4-@@41E�C;A80�.1�<-50�>19A:1>-@5B1<>5/1?� 2;>� @415>� <>;0A/1�� (412->91>?�C1>1� 8A>10�.E�@41�?-5025>9?� ;<1>-@5:3� @415>� .A?5:1??@4>;A34� ';:A� �A<@-�� '4-?45�A<@-�';�"5>-:6-:��-??��A<@--:0� �;A>-B� �A<@-� ';� $A>-:�4-:0�-88�>1?501:@?�;2�&�'�$A>-��5?@>5/@��-99A��@;�01<;?5@�@415>$-00E�-:0�C41-@�0A>5:3��-:0��;:�@41�<>;95?1�@4-@@41E� C;A80� .1� -<<>;<>5-@18E/;9<1:?-@10�-@�>-@1?�45341>�@4-:@4;?1�<>1B-585:3�5:�@41�8;/-8�9->�

71@��&18E5:3�;:�@41�<>;95?1�;2�@41?-50�.A?5:1??9-:��@41�2->91>?�;2B->5;A?�B588-31?�;2�@41�-2;>1?-50(14?58?�01<;?5@10�@415>�<>;0A/1C5@4�@419�;:8E�@;�05?/;B1>�-@�-8-@1>� ?@-31� @4-@� @41E� 4-0� .11:/41-@10��(41�?-50�.A?5:1??91:4-0� :;@� ;:8E� 2-5810� @;� <-E� @41<>5/1�;2� @41� 2;;03>-5:?�.A@� @419-5:�-//A?10�4-0�-.?/;:010�-:0@415>� C41>1-.;A@?� C1>1� :;@7:;C:��@�5?�.15:3�>1<;>@10�@4-@@41?1�;221:01>?�4-0�812@�@41�/;A:�@>E�-?�C188�C45/4�:11010�0A1�-@�@1:@5;:� ;2� -A@4;>5@51?� /;:�/1>:10I�� H!>�� &-@@-:� -8�4;A04->E� ?-50� @4-@� ?1B1>-8/;9<8-5:@?� C1>1� >135?@1>10-3-5:?@� @41� ?-50� 2>-A0?@1>?� 2;>>;..5:3�@41�<;;>��5:0531:@�2->9�1>?�.A@�;2�:;�-B-58��:��&�C-?>135?@1>10�A:01>�?1/��$��.E@41�&�'�$A>-�<;85/1�-:0�?;91�;2@41� -//A?10� 1:8->310� ;:� .-58C5@4;A@� 5:@1>>;3-@5:3� @419� ;>4;805:3�-�?1>5;A?�5:B1?@53-@5;:�5:B51C� ;2� @41� ;221:01>?� 1:6;E5:3<-@>;:-31�;2�@41�8;/-8�-095:5?�@>-@5;:� 5:� B51C�;2� @415>�9A?/81-:0�9;:1E�<;C1>��

Hold Crime Branch probe into R.S Pura foodgrains scam: Harsh

��"��

�5?@>5/@� �1B18;<91:@�;995??5;:1>� 75?4@C->�&-65:01>�'5:34�(->-�@;0-E�/;:�B1:10� -�911@5:3� ;2� ;225/1>?� ;241-8@4� -:0� ��'� 01<->@91:@41>1�-@��#225/1��5?4@C->�-:0@;;7� -� ?@;/7� ;2� <>1<->-@;>EC;>7?� @;� @-/781� @41� �;>;:-@4>1-@�-@�@41�3>;A:0�81B18��005�@5;:-8� �5?@>5/@� �1B18;<91:@�;995??5;:1>� 75?4@C->!;4-99-0� �-:512!-857��005@5;:-8� �1<A@E�;995??5;:1>�75?4@C->��$-C-:$->54->��'+#��5?4@C->�(->5=%-F5��4512� !105/-8� #225/1>75?4@C->� �>�� &� '� !-:4-?� �!105/-8� 'A<1>5:@1:01:@� ��75?4@C->��>��(->5=�$->B11F��E�!#��>��!;40��->50��A@@��$8-::5:3��#225/1�!A:5?4�7A�9->�-9;:3��;@41>?�C1>1�<>1?1:@5:� @41� 911@5:3�� A>5:3� @41

911@5:3� �� -?710� @41� �4512!105/-8�#225/1>��5?4@C->�@;�A?18;A0?<1-71>?�-:0�0>A9�.1-@5:3-?�-�9105A9�;2�10A/-@5:3�<1;<81-.;A@�<>1B-585:3�@4>1-@�;2�/;>;�:-�B5>A?�5:�-88��1-8@4��8;/7?�;2�5?@>5/@� �5?4@C->�� A>5:3� @41911@5:3�41�-8?;�@;;7�'@;/7�;2�1?�@-.85?491:@� ;2� 5?;8-@5;:C->0?�4;91�=A->-:@5:1?��-B-58�-.585@E�;2�9-?7?��1??1:@5-8�9105�/5:1?�� -C->1:1??� 31:1>-@5;:<>;3>-991?��-:0�?1:?5@5F-@5;:;2�?@-22�-9;:3�;@41>?��2A>�@41>�05>1/@10� @41��!#�@;�/;:�

0A/@� 2>1=A1:@� 5:?<1/@5;:?� -@<A.85/�<8-/1?�?A/4�-?�.A?�?@-:0?��;@18?�-:0�;@41>�<8-/1?�;2�?;/5-83-@41>5:3?� -:0� 10A/-@1� @419-??1?� -.;A@� <>;.819� ;2?<>1-05:3� �#*�� 1?501?$#��'� -:0� �!#� 75?4@C->C1>1�-?710�@;�/;;>05:-@1�@415>122;>@?�2;>�01??595:-@5:3��-C->1�:1??�-.;A@��#*��-9;:3�@419-??1?�5:/8A05:3�<1;<81�85B5:35:�>A>-8�->1-?�@4>;A34��'��?��:3-:C->5�+;>71>?��:3-:C-05�18<1>?�-:0�;@41>�3>-??�>;;@�81B�18�2A:/@5;:->51?�

��

��$� �-:5<A>� !-:0-8$>1?501:@� &-B11?4� !1:35-::;A:/10��-:5<A>�!-:0-8@1-9� 5:� /;:?A8@-@5;:� C5@4��$� �� $>1?501:@&-B5:01>� &-5:-�� 1:1>-8'1/>1@->E� �#>3�� ?4;7�;A8��;>91>��$�$>1?501:@�� ;>91>� !5:5?@1>� '-@'4->9-� �� 5?@>5/@$>1?501:@� �-99A� +1?@!A:5?4��4-6A>5-�-:0�;@41>?1:5;>�81-01>?�;2�@41�<->@E��:� 5:@>;0A/@;>E� 911@5:3C-?�/;:0A/@10�C5@4�-88�@41:1C8E�181/@10�;225/1�.1->1>?;2� �5?@>5/@� -:0�!-:0-8� 5:C45/4�:1C�-??53:91:@?�;2@41�<->@E�C1>1�4-:010�;B1>@;�@419��(41�<>;3>-9�C-?<>1?5010�;B1>�.E�'-@�'4->9-��5:�<>1?1:/1�;2�!A:5?4�4-6A>5-�� '@-@1� !-458-!;>/4-� $>1?501:@� '-:65@-�;3>-�� '-:3-@4-:� !-:@>5!;4-:�'5:34�&-:-�-:0�;@4�1>?��)</;95:3�<>;3>-9�;2<->@E�H�-:@-��->.->I�-@�-88�5?@>5/@?� 5:� �� C-?� -8?;05?/A??10�0A>5:3�@41�911@�5:3��'<1-75:3�;:�@41�;//-�?5;:�'-@�'4->9-�/;:3>-@A�8-@10�@41�:1C�;225/1�.1->1>?-:0� -?710� @419� @;� 1D4;>@@419?18B1?� @;� C;>7� 2;>

?@>1:3@41:5:3�;2�;>3-:5F-�@5;:�-@�3>-??�>;;@�81B18��1-8?;� ?@-@10� @4-@�!$�&-6E-'-.4-� '4-9?41>� '5:34!-:4-?�4-?�.11:�35B1:�@41>1?<;:?5.585@E� ;2� 4;805:3�-:@-� �->.->� 5:� �-99A+1?@� -:0� <>;3>-9?� 4-B1.11:�/4-8710�;A@�5:�B->5;A?C->0?�C41>1�!$�C588�>1-/4;A@�@;�9-??1?�-:0�C588�85?@1:-:0�?;8B1�@415>�3>51B-:/1?��1� -8?;� -<<1-810� @41� -/�@5B5?@?�@;�9-71�@41�<>;3>-9-� .53� ?A//1??� -:0� 1:?A>1@4-@�9-D59A9�<1;<81�C5@431:A5:1�3>51B-:/1?�/;91�@;@41�C117�8;:3��->.->�C45/45?� 3;5:3� @;� ?@->@� 2>;9'-@A>0-E�;:��@4�!->/4�-:0C588� /A895:-@1� ;:� ��?@!->/4�� #:7->� '5:34�

'4C1@-� �;@C-8�� A8B5>'5:34�� &-71?4� '1@45��11<-7� �A9->� 4-B1� .11::;95:-@10�-?�!-:0-8�*5/1�$>1?501:@?��'-:6-E��4-@�-:0'-:311@-�*1>9-�4-B1�.11::;95:-@10� -?� !-:0-8�1:1>-8� '1/>1@->51?�!A:5?4�'4->9-��*57-?��-85�"11>A�'143-8��-@5:��A<@-4-B1� .11:� :;95:-@10� -?!-:0-8� '1/>1@->51?�� -85@ A@4>-�4-?�.11:�:;95:-@10-?� !-:0-8� (>1-?A>1>� -:0�:A>-04-��A<@-�4-?�.11::;95:-@10� -?� !-:0-8�005@5;:-8� (>1-?A>1>�� >�&-6-@� '4->9-�� >�� &-B5�A9->�'4->9-��4-B1�.11::;95:-@10� -?� !-:0-8'<;71?<1>?;:?�� ;<-8(4-7A>��4-?�.11:�:;95:-@�

10� -?� !-:0-8� !105-'1/>1@->E� -:0� !11:-�-9C-8�4-?�.11:�:;95:-@�10� -?� !-:0-8� �005@5;:-8!105-� '1/>1@->E�� '-:6-E�-7?45�4-?�.11:�:;95:-@10-?��!-:0-8�#225/1�'1/>1@->E-:0�#9�$->7-?4�4-?�.11::;95:-@10� � -?� !-:0-8�005@5;:-8�#225/1�'1/>1@->E�'-:011<� �;3>-� 4-?� .11::;95:-@10�-?�!-:0-8�';/5-8!105-��:/4->31�-:0�'45B-9!-3;@>-�4-?�.11:�:;95:-@�10� -?� !-:0-8� �005@5;:-8';/5-8� !105-� �:/4->31��-:-B��A<@-�4-?�.11:�:;9�5:-@10�-?�$A.85/5@E�'1/>1@->E-:0�&-91?4��A<@-�4-?�.11::;95:-@10� -?� !-:0-8�005@5;:-8� $A.85/5@E'1/>1@->E�� !-:0-8

BJP leaders chalk out strategy for JantaDarbar programs in Jammu West

NPP’s callNPP holding Secretariat meetingon March 14 in Jammu,Foundation Day celebration��

(41�'1/>1@->5-@�;2��"$$�5?�4;805:3�-:�A>31:@�911@5:3�;2@41�'@-@1�'1/>1@->5-@�5:�/;::1/@5;:�C5@4�@41�/181.>-@5;:�;2<->@EJ?� �@4��;A:0-@5;:��-E�;:�!->/4�� 5:��-99A�(41�<->@EJ?�A>31:@�'1/>1@->5-@�911@5:3�5?�.15:3�/;:B1:10�-2�@1>� 05?/A??5;:� ;2� @41� ?1:5;>� 81-01>?45<� ;2� �-99A� -:0�-?495>��4-5>9-:�'4>5��->?4��1B�'5:34�-:0�$>1?501:@�'4>5�-8C-:@�'5:34�!-:7;@5-�C1>1�-9;:3�@4;?1�C4;�C1>1�/;:�?A8@10�-:0�@41�9-@@1>�C-?�-8?;�05?/A??10�C5@4�@41�?1:5;>919.1>?�;2�@41�'1/>1@->5-@�5:/8A05:3�*5/1�$>1?501:@?��'4>5$�� -:6A�� !;40�� =.-8� �4;A04->E�� !-?;;0� �:0>-.5��1:1>-8�'1/>1@->51?�5:/8A05:3�'4>5�,-?4<-8��A:0-8��!?��:5@-(4-7A>��!>?��!-:6A�'5:34��!-=.;;8�!-857�-:0�'@-@1��0B5?;>�'4>5��-:?5� -8�'4->9-��0B;/-@1�-:0�;@41>?��(45?�C-?�-3>110.E�-88�919.1>?�;2�@41�'1/>1@->5-@�@;�4-B1�-:�A>31:@�911@5:3�;2@41�<->@EJ?�?1/>1@->5-@�5:�/;::1/@5;:�C5@4�4;805:3��;A:0-@5;:�-E�/181.>-@5;:�-@��-99A�-?�@41�9-@@1>�5?�;2�-:�A>31:@�-:059<;>@-:@��(41��4512�$-@>;:�;2�@41�$->@E��$>;2��459�'5:34�-8�?;�@-8710�@;�@41��4-5>9-:�-:0�@41�$>1?501:@�-9;:3�;@41>?-:0�-<<>1/5-@10�@41�01/5?5;:�;2�@41�'1/>1@->5-@��(41�$-:@41>?$->@E�?4-88�.1�4;805:3�-:�A>31:@�911@5:3�;2�'1/>1@->5-@�;:!->/4��-@�$-:@41>?�$->@E��1-0=A->@1>?�@;�25:-85F1@41�B1:A1�5:�@41�/4-:31�?5@A-@5;:�.1/-A?1�;2��;>;:-�B5>A?/>51?�-88�;B1>�@41�C;>80��(41�'1/>1@->5-@�?4-88�01/501�@41�:1CB1:A1��@591�-:0�?4;>@�-31:0-�5:/8A05:3�@41�$-:@41>?�$->@E181/@5;:�2;>�@41��4-5>9-:�-:0�@41�$>1?501:@�-?�@41�181/@5;:?C45/4�C1>1�0A1�;:�!->/4�� /;A80�:;@�.1�/->>510�;[email protected]/-A?1�;2�@41��;>;:-�B5>A?�@A>9;58�-:0�@41�<>;<;?10�181/@5;:2;>�@41��4-5>9-:�-:0�@41�$>1?501:@�5?�:;@�<;??5.81��(41�9-�6;>5@E�;2�@41�01813-@1?�-:0�@41�181/@5B1�919.1>?�->1�:;@�?A>1�@;.1�<->@5/5<-@5:3�2>;9�05221>1:@�<->@?�;2�@41�?@-@1�;2��-99A-:0��-?495>��(41�181/@;>-@1?�5:�@41�?@-@1�<->@E�181/@5;:�->1?/-@@1>10�5:�-88�@41��05?@>5/@?�;2�;80�?@-@1�;2��-99A�-:0�-?495>�C45/4�5:/8A010� -0-74�-8?;�

Kishtwar administration to use loudspeakers anddrum beating to educate people about COVID-19

��

#:�@41�5:?@>A/@5;:?��;2!?�� B:E� -B-?-�� '�;995??5;:1>�� -99A!A:5/5<-8� �;><;>-@5;:� �A:01>� ?A<1>B5?5;:� ;2� '4��?45?4��A9->��A<@-��'�;5:@� �;995??5;:1>��09�� @41� 1:2;>/191:@?@-22� 810� .E� �4512�:2;>/191:@� #225/1>��:2;>/191:@� #225/1>� 01�9;85?410� @4>11� :;J?� ;2?4;<?� ;C:10� .E� �2@457->�A??-5:� ';�� "5?->�A??-5:��-8A��4;A04->E';��.0A88-4-��4;A04->E-@� �4-::5� &-9-� C45/44-B1�.11:�.A58@�A:-A@4;�>5?018E�C5@4;A@�@41�<1>95?�?5;:�;2��-99A�!A:5/5<-8�;><;>-@5;:�� (41� -/@5;:

4-?�.11:�@-71:�A:01>�?1/�@5;:�� ;2��/;:@>;8�;2.A5805:3� ?1<->-@5;:� �/@��C5@4�@41�-/@5B1�-??5?�@-:/1��;�;<1>-@5;:�<>;�B5010� .E� '@-@5;:� �;A?1#225/1>� �-4A� �;>@� ��:/4->31� $;85/1� $;?@"->C-8�� -99A�� (41�-99A� !A:5/5<-8

�;><;>-@5;:� >1=A1?@?� @4131:1>-8� <A.85/� @;� >12>-5:2>;9� /;:?@>A/@5:3� 58813-8/;:?@>A/@5;:?�@;�-B;50�<1�:-8�-/@5;:�C45/4�9-E�81-0@;�?1-85:3019;85@5;:�;2�58�813-8�/;:?@>A/@5;:?�-:0�-8�C-E?� 31@� E;A>� �A5805:3<8-:?�-<<>;B10�.E��#��;2�!��

� ��"��'"��$#��!�"��$��#�� "

��

+5@4� -:� -59� @;� /;:�?@>A/@5B18E� 1:3-31� @41E;A:3� 31:1>-@5;:� ;2��;0-�5?@>5/@�@4>;A34�10A/-@5;:�19<8;E91:@� -:0� -C->1�:1??��>9E�;>3-:5F10�-�9;�@5B-@5;:-8� 81/@A>1� 2;>� "��/-01@?� @;� 6;5:� �>910�;>/1?��(41�81/@A>1�C-?�;>�3-:5F10� -@� �;B@� �5341>'1/;:0->E� '/4;;8�� 4-@��5?@>5/@��;0-��-@@1:010�.E�� ;E?�� 5>8?� -:0� �(1-/41>?�

(41� 9;@5B-@5;:-8� 81/�@A>1�-8?;�18-.;>-@10�;:�-B�

1:A1?� -B-58-.81� 2;>� "��-01@?�@;�6;5:��:05-:��>910�;>/1?��(41�81/@A>1�/;B1>10<>;/10A>1�2;>�6;5:5:3�'-5:57'/4;;8?� -:0� &-?4@>5E-!585@->E�'/4;;8��(41�5:@1>�-/@5B1� ?1??5;:� >1/15B10;B1>C41895:3�>1?<;:?1�.E/-01@?�C4;�?11910�5:=A5?5�@5B1� -:0� 1:@4A?5-?@5/� >1�3->05:3�-095??5;:�5:�'-5:57'/4;;8?�� 41� ?@A01:@?� -:0@1-/41>?� >1=A1?@10� @4-@?A/4�81/@A>1?�.1�/;:0A/@10>13A8->8E� @;� 9;@5B-@1� ?@A�01:@?�-:0�<>;B501�3A50-:/1>13->05:3�@41�8-@1?@�5:�-/-�0195/�C;>80��

��

(41� �;B1>:91:@� @;0-E5:2;>910�@4-@�� @>-B1881>?-:0�<1>?;:?�5:�/;:@-/@�C5@4?A?<1/@10� /-?1?� 4-B1� .11:1:85?@10�2;>�?A>B1588-:/1�-:0�?;�2->��;:8E�;:1�/-?1�4-?�@1?@�10� <;?5@5B1� 5:� �-99A� -:0�-?495>�� //;>05:3� @;� @410-58E�!105-��A881@5:�;:�:;B18/;>;:-B5>A?� ��#*��<1>?;:?�4-B1�.11:�71<@A:01>� 4;91� =A->-:@5:1C4581� -?� �� ->1� 5:� 4;?<5@-8=A->-:@5:1��$1>?;:?�C4;�->1A:01>� 4;91� ?A>B1588-:/1?@-:0�-@��C4581�-?��<1>�?;:?� 4-B1� /;9<81@10� @415>��0-E�?A>B1588-:/1�<1>5;0��A>@41>�� @41� �A881@5:� ?-50@4-@� �� ?-9<81?� 4-B1� .11:?1:@�2;>�@1?@5:3��;2�C45/4��

@1?@10�-?�:13-@5B1�-:0�;:8E;:1�/-?1�4-?�@1?@10�<;?5@5B1�?;�2->�C4581�-?�>1<;>@?�;2��/-?1?�->1�-C-5@10�@588�!->/4�� ?� <1>� @41� 8-@1?@@>-B18�-0B5?;>E�5??A10�.E�@41�1:@>-8��;B1>:91:@��-88�5:�/;95:3� 5:@1>:-@5;:-8� @>-B�1881>?�� 5:/8A05:3� �:05-:"-@5;:-8?�� ->>5B5:3� 2>;9�;>4-B5:3�B5?5@10��45:-�

Indian Army MotivatesYouth To Join Armed Forces

��!��%�!$"�$ ��#�� !"��"�$��!�"$!%��

��#�"#�� "�#�%�

��

Studies Continue at GDCUdhampur throughDevika Cloud Platform��

'@A051?� ?4-88� /;:@5:A1� -@� �;B@��13>11��;88131�)04-9<A>�@4>;A34�@415:?@5@A@5;:J?�#:85:1� 1->:5:3�$;>@-8�?;@4-@�?@A01:@?�0;�:;@�?A221>�0A1�@;�A:�-B;50-.81� /5>/A9?@-:/1?�� ?@-@10$>5:/5<-8�;2�@41��;88131�$>;2��>��"A@-:�A9->�&1?A@>-�-@�-�$>1??��;:21>1:/14180�-@�@41�/;88131��1�?-50�@4-@�@41�/;8�8131�4-?�.11:�-@�@41�2;>12>;:@�;2�5:@>;0A/�5:3�8-@1?@�@1/4:;8;3E�-5010�@1-/45:3�-:081->:5:3� 2;>� 5@?� ?@A01:@?� 2>;9� @591� @;@591��@�5?�<1>@5:1:@�@;�91:@5;:�41>1�@4-@4-B5:3� <>1B5;A?8E� 8-A:/410� @41� 25>?@*5>@A-8��8-??>;;9�-:0�-�:A9.1>�;2�?9->@/8-??>;;9?�5:�@41�/;88131��;:��1.>A->E�� C;>@4E� '1/>1@->E� @;��5341>�0A/-@5;:��.��(-8-@�$->B1F�&;4188-�4-05:-A31>-@10� @41� �;88131J?� #:85:1 1->:5:3�$;>@-8�@5@810�

JAMMU, fRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2020lOcal4Glimpses of Future

KIsHTWar, MarCH 12:

To acquaint, sensitizeand mobilize the peopleabout Swachhta Pakhwada,District Child ProtectionUnit and Mahila ShaktiKendra Kishtwar today onthe directions of DistrictChild Protection Officer andIncharge ProgrammeOfficer (ICDS), Tariq ParvezQazi organized awarenessprogramme in the Juggis(slums) of Shakti NagarKishtwar.

The programme wereaimed at intensifying aware-ness generation on the im-portance of SwachhtaPakwadha which aims atmaking India OpenDefecation free, MakingIndian Clean and Green andchanging the mindset of thecommon masses about tak-ing an imitative to work forcleanliness of neighborhoodand surroundings.

In this regard, People re-siding in Juggis (slums) ofShakti Nagar area weremade aware about personalhygiene, community sanita-tion and use of latrines.

During the programme,Protection Officer (Non

Institutional Care ), ICPSKishtwar, Touseef IqbalButt urged all the people totake it as their personal re-sponsibility to keep theirsurroundings neat andclean. He asked them toaware the women and chil-dren about the importanceof cleanliness. Cleanlinessshould be a part of a habitand routine. There is a needto take big steps for this ma-jor change.

Meanwhile, Legal cumProbationary Officer, ICPS

Kishtwar, Basharat Nazirmotivated the participantsto implement Swachhta inday to day life on regular ba-sis without restricting to aparticular day or place.

On the occasion, DistrictCoordinators of MahilaShakti Kendra Kishtwar,Hina Jaan and Shanu Ranisaid that cleanliness is thebest way to keep a bodyhealthy. They also said thatthe people of this area needto be healthy and goodhealth will only happen

when there is cleanliness.It is pertinent to men-

tion here that the partici-pants were also sensitizedabout the coronavirus andpeople were asked not toshake hands or hug eachother.

The children includingtheir parents were alsoasked to wash their handsfrequently and to report todoctors if they feel unwell.They were also told to main-tain high standards of hy-giene at home.

ICPS, MSK Kishtwar spreadawareness on Swachta

Pakhwada and Coronavirus JaMMu, MarCH 12:

The Government today

issued show-cause notice to

seven officials who were

working on a probation peri-

od in different departments

for violation of service con-

duct rules.

According to a GAD or-

der, the probationers who

were appointed under

Jammu and Kashmir Special

Recruitment Rules 2015 no-

tified under SRO-202 of 2015

reportedly participated in

frequent protests at public

spaces and denounced the

terms and conditions of serv-

ice as contained in the Rules

and Jammu and Kashmir

Government Employees

(Conduct) Rules, 1971.

The order states that, in

exercise of the powers con-

ferred by Rule 21 of the

Jammu and Kashmir Civil

Service (Classification,

Control & Appeal) Rules,

1956 the Appointing

Authority, at its discretion,

may suspend the probation

of a probationer and that a

probationer can be dis-

charged from service at any

time before the expiry of the

prescribed period of proba-

tion without having recourse

to regular inquiry and the

provisions of Article 311 of

the Constitution are per se

not applicable to a probation-

er.

Accordingly, show-cause

notice was issued to Muneer

Hussain, Junior Engineer

JPDCL, Dr. Arif Hussain,

LDC Durbukh Leh, Sanjeev

Singh, Medical Officer PHC

Budhal Rajouri, Dr. Shafeen

Majeed Koul, Medical Officer

PHC Jandrah Jammu, S.

Amandeep Singh, Patwari,

Office of Deputy

Commissioner Jammu, and

Amir Tariq, Junior Assistant

GAD.

The probationers have

been asked to explain why

their period of probation may

not be terminated and they

be not immediately dis-

charged from the service.

They have been directed

to send their replies to the

show-cause notice to the of-

fice of Deputy Secretary,

GAD within a period of 7

days failing which it shall be

presumed that they have

nothing to say in the matter

and action as warranted un-

der rules shall be taken with-

out any further notice.

Police HousingCorporation toexecute dev worksthrough e-tenderingJaMMu, MarCH 12:

The Jammu and Kashmir PoliceHousing Corporation has initiated theprocess of e-tendering and shall be execut-ing all the development works assigned tothe Corporation through the e-tenderingprocess. The step has been taken in com-pliance with the finance Department di-rections that civil works of theCorporations/ Autonomous Bodies in-cluding J&K Police Housing Corporationhave to be executed through transparentbidding process. Accordingly, the PoliceHousing Corporation too undertook a de-tailed exercise and has switched over to e-tendering with regard to all the works in-cluding ongoing projects worth Rs. 372.00crore. Savings of the order of 30% havebeen witnessed in some of the works thathave been e-tendered by PHC, which indi-cate the likelihood of huge savings to theindenting Departments/Government ex-chequer, thus allowing more developmentworks to be undertaken within the sameresources.

DLSA organizesplantation drive atBHSS BatmaloosrInaGar, MarCH 12:

Government Boys Higher SecondarySchool (BHSS) Batamaloo, Srinagar in col-laboration with District Legal AuthoritySrinagar and Urban forest Departmentheld a plantation drive in the Institution,here today. Secretary, District LegalAuthority Srinagar (DLSA), Syed Adnan,DfO, Urban forest Department, Mr.Zaman and Principal BHSS Batamaloo,Syed Shaheela were present on this occa-sion. Staff members and a sizable numberof students of the institution participatedin the plantation drive. Speaking on the oc-casion Syed Adnan said that under the in-structions of Chief Justice of Jammu andKashmir (UT) special plantation drive hasbeen initiated in different schools of thedistrict. He said that every citizen shouldplant at least one tree to preserve the envi-ronment.

SMC Commissionertours Qammarabad,adjoining areassrInaGar, MarCH 12:

Commissioner Srinagar MunicipalCorporation Mr. Gazanfar Ali conductedan extensive tour to Qammarabad,Qammarwari, Tawheedabad and its ad-joining areas. He was accompanied by theofficers of the corporation. Enroute,Commissioner interacted with several del-egations who apprised him about variousdevelopmental issues including dysfunc-tional street lights, clogged drains and potholed link roads.

The Commissioner issued on spot di-rections to the concerned officers for disil-tation and clearing of choked drains, in-stallation of street lights and intense fumi-gation of the sorrundings and public build-ings in view of CoronaVirus threat.Meanwhile, the Health Officer SMC, Dr.Qazi Javid Ahmad was directed to ensurefumigation operation in the area. TheCommissioner SMC advised the residentsof the Srinagar City to coordinate with theSMC staff to keep the City neat and cleanbesides taking care of advisory issued bythe Corporation to prevent the spread ofdeadly COVID-19.

Health DepttUdhampur organizestraining programmeregarding CoronavirusudHaMPur, MarCH- 12:-

A District level training programmewas organized by Health departmentUdhampur for Officers/Officials regardingNoval Corona Virus under the chairman-ship of Chief Medical Officer, Dr. K.CDogra in the Office Complex here today.Around 105 participants participated inthe training event on the occasion. Duringthe training programme, State level train-ers imparted training to the participantsabout the Noval Corona virus. Among oth-ers, District Health Officers, Mohd Yaseen,BMOs, Dr. Vinod Gupta Physician, Dr.Nitika Pathalogist, Supervisory staffHealth workers, and private practionerswere present on the occasion.

Awareness campaignregarding COVID-19held at AgricultureComplex LalmandisrInaGar, MarCH 12:

Department of Agriculture Kashmirtoday launched an awareness campaign inview of COVID-19 pandemic at Lalmandi,Srinagar. Director Agriculture Kashmir,Altaf Aijaz Andrabi gave a brief account re-garding different preventive measures tocombat the infection.

doda, MarCH 12-

In order to promoteand recognize the culinaryskills in the cook cumhelpers working underMDM scheme in SchoolEducation Departmentand on the directions ofMission Director MDM ShArun Manhas, a districtlevel competition of Cookcum helper was orgnisedat Doda wherein 10 Cooks

cum helpers from 10Educational Zones ofDoda participated.

During theCompetition all the partic-ipants prepared varioustypes of dishes enlisted inthe MDM menu for whichthe experts from healthdepartment evaluate allthe preparations.

On the occasion, prizeswere also distributedamong the first three win-

ners. Cook from the Dodazone got first prize and wasawarded with the cashprize of Rs. 5000 whileas2nd prize was bagged byCook from Ghat Zone whogot cash prize of Rs. 3000.

ADC Doda Kishori LalSharma was the chiefguest on the occasion.CEO Doda and DEPODoda along with all ZEOswere present during theprogram.

KIsHTWar, MarCH 12:

District Administration Kishtwarhas decided to involve and train grass-root level health workers to educatepeople about COVID-19.

District DevelopmentCommissioner, Rajinder Singh Taraasked the Chief Medical Officer to trainand sensitize health workers at blocklevel by March 15 and submit a reportin this regard on daily basis.

The DDC was chairing a meeting ofofficers of health and ICDS departmentconvened to took stock of measuresbeing taken to tackle the Corona threatat the ground level.

Besides, Project Officer, ICDS andCMO were asked to coordinate their ef-forts for dessiminating awarenessabout COVID-19 among the masses in-cluding people living in rural areasthrough ASHAs, Anganwari Workers,Anganwadi Helpers and other grassroot level functionaries. He asked forholding trainings and orientation pro-grammes for these grassroot levelfunctionaries.

He further asked to use loudspeak-ers and drum for educating peopleabout prevailing threat of Corona Virusin all Health Blocks of DistrictKishtwar.

During the meeting, the DDC alsotook stock of establishment of isolationwards, home quarantines and avail-ability of masks, essential medicines,

awareness generation programmesand sensitization of staff, among oth-ers.

The DDC further directed the CMOto conduct frequent inspections atpublic places, such as bus stands,Hotels and other places of social gath-erings and educate the masses aboutproblem of spreading COVID 19.

The meeting was also attended byAdditional District DevelopmentCommissioner, Mohammad HaniefMalik; Additional DeputyCommissioner, Pawan Parihar;DSWO, Tariq Qazi; Chief MedicalOfficer Dr. R S Manhas; MedicalSuperintendent DH, Dr. TariqParveez; Dy CMO Dr. Mohammad

farid Butt; AD Planning, MunishKumar among others.

Later, the DDC convened a meetingwith hoteliers and reviewed status ofthe precautionary measures taken bythem to prevent the spread of theCOVID-19.

He asked all the hoteliers to scruti-nize the self-declaration forms of everyvisiting person on daily basis and alsonote down the preliminary health sta-tus of each and every guest and reportthe health authorities, if anyone isfound with suspected symptoms.

He further directed them to main-tain proper sanitation and hygiene inand around their hotels to avoid thechances of spreading this epidemic.

COVID-19: Kishtwar admin to involve grassrootlevel workers for spreading awareness

Govt issues show-causenotice to 7 SRO-202 officials for breach ofservice conduct rules

Education deptt organises district level cookingcompetition under Mid day Meal scheme

JaMMu, MarCH 12:

J&K Pollution ControlBoard Jammu conducted aPublic Hearing at PanchayatGhar, Kishenpur Manwal,District Jammu. The PublicHearing was conducted as apart of the EnvironmentalClearance process under EIAfor Mining of Minor Minerals(River Bed Mining) Project atTawi River DownstreamRailway Bridge, KishenpurManwal for four numbers ofBlocks. These Blocks are7(1/7), 8(1/8), 3(1/3) atVillage Kishenpur and 5(1/5)situated at village Bathuna.The panel for said publichearing was comprised ofSDM Chowki Choura ChandKishore Sharma, DivisionalOfficer, J&K PCB JammuNorth Arshad Nazir Malik,representative of the DistrictMagistrate, Jammu, repre-sentative of RegionalDirector, J&K PCB Jammu.

The EnvironmentalManagement Plan preparedfor mining of minerals fromthe said blocks was explainedto the general public by theEnvironmental Consultantrepresenting the ProjectProponent Nagar Singh

Choudhary. It was followedby detailed public discus-sions and expression of opin-ions on various aspects of theplan. A large number ofqueries were answered on thespot by the ProjectConsultant. All the issuesraised were patiently heardand recorded in detail. Theentire proceedings were alsovideo graphed for onwardsubmission to the appropri-ate authority i.e. State levelEnvironmental impact as-sessment authority(SEIAA).The panel for saidpublic hearing was com-prised of SDM ChowkiChoura Chand KishoreSharma, Divisional Officer,J&K PCB Jammu NorthArshad Nazir Malik, repre-sentative of the DistrictMagistrate, Jammu, repre-sentative of RegionalDirector, J&K PCB Jammu.

The Public Hearing wasattended by a large number ofpeople including Sarpanchesand Panches of adjoiningPanchayats, prominent citi-zens and residents of VillageKishenpur, Manwal, Bathunaand adjoining areas besidesofficials of Geology & MiningDepartment.

JKPCB conducts public hear-ing at Kishenpur, Manwal

reasI, MarCH 12:

Handicrafts Departmenttoday organised an awarenesscamp at village Tote of blockBhomag in which large num-ber of people belonging fromTote, Devigarh, Phagori andsurrounding remote areas at-tended the camp. AssistantDirector Handicrafts NDVerma and HandicraftsTraining Officer OP Sharmabriefed the public about vari-ous schemes of the department

available for benefit of themasses. During the day longdeliberations, the number ofartisans and locals from the ad-joining villages were madeaware about measures that canbe adopted by artisans to earn adecent income.

Speaking on the occasion,the officers called upon the ar-tisans and local people to bene-fit from various centrally spon-sored schemes and others runby the UT government. Thecamp was attended by the offi-

cials of various departmentsand PRI members as well. PRImembers and other prominentcitizens of the area also ad-dressed the gathering andthanked DDDC, Reasi and theDirectorate of Handicrafts toaccord their sanction for open-ing of a Staple EmbroideryTraining Centre. At the train-ing centre, 25 trainees will un-dergo one year training coursein staple embroidery craft ses-sion 2020-21 commencingfrom the 1st of April 2020

Handicrafts Department organisesawareness camp at Tote

GanderBaL, MarCH 12:

A meeting cum awareness programme re-garding “Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) was or-ganized by District Legal Services Authority(DLSA), Ganderbal under the directions andguidance of its Chairman Pr. District & sessionsJudge Mohammad Yousuf Wani today in theConference Hall of District Court ComplexGanderbal.

The programme was aimed to sensitize andaware the Judicial officers, Staff members of

Courts and Advocates regarding the preventivemeasures concerning the COVID-19 pandemicand also for taking the measures for ensuringsmooth business of the courts.

Besides Chairman DLSA, Pr. District & ses-sions Judge Ganderbal, Mohammad YousufWani, Secretary DLSA Sajad Ur Rehman,President Bar Association Ganderbal,Administrative Officer, and Medical Expert Dr.Syed Zahid Medical Officer, members of the Barand Staff-members of all courts participated inthe meeting cum awareness programme.

(COVID-19)

DLSA Ganderbal organize awarenessprogramme on Corona Virus

JAMMU, fRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2020lOcal /natiOnal5 Glimpses of Future

OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER PH.E. MECHANICAL DIVISION UDHAMPUR

NOTICE INVITING TENDERFor and on behalf of Lt. Governor of Jammu and Kashmir UT, sealed tenders affixed with Rs.6/- revenue stamps valid for

90 days invited from reputed firms / SSI units registered with DIC, having GSTIN and PAN nos. for below mentioned

works so as to reach the office of the tender receiving/opening authority on or before due date up to 2:00 PM. The tenders

shall be opened on the same day or any other day convenient to tender opening authority in presence of tenderers who

may like to be present. The tender opening authority reserves the right to accept or reject any / all tenders in full or part

without assigning any reason thereof. Any tender received in this Office after due date and time shall not be accepted.

Sl Particulars NIT No. Due on Last date of Earnest Tender Receiving

sale of tender Money Authority

document.

1. Major repair to 100 KVA electric 170 of 30-03-2020 28-03-2020 2% XEN PHE Mech.

transformer installed at pumping 07-03-2020 Division Udhampur

station Chamara Pangal.

2. Recapitalization of 5000 GPH x 171 of 30-03-2020 28-03-2020 2% XEN PHE Mech.

250 meter head HC pump set 07-03-2020 Division Udhampur

installed at pumping station Ritti

Barta stage-1st

3. Repair to 5000 GPH x 250 meter 172 of 30-03-2020 28-03-2020 2% XEN PHE Mech.

head HC pump sets installed at 07-03-2020 Division Udhampur

pumping station Tote stage-0

and stage-1st

4. Replacement of wornout electro- 173 of 30-03-2020 28-03-2020 2% XEN PHE Mech.

mechanical components at WSS 07-03-2020 Division Udhampur

Salal, Salal Kotli and Tote.

The tenders document containing scope of work, terms and conditions and technical specifications can be had form the

Office of the undersigned against cash payment of Rs.100/- (non-refundable) for each set of tender documents.

(Er. B.R. Makhnotra)Executive EngineerPHE Mech. Division

UdhampurDIP/J-15005/19

BandIPora, MarCH 12:

Deputy Commissioner(DC) Bandipora, ShahbazAhmad Mirza took stock ofmeasures put in place toprevent the spread ofCoronavirus in the district,here today.

The meeting was at-tended by Tehsildars andBlock DevelopmentOfficers, heading the BlockLevel Surveillance teams,constituted to ensurescreening of suspectedcases and bringing it to thenotice of administrationfor further course of ac-tion. On the occasion, DCBandipora stressed uponthe officers to play a proac-tive role in the campaignby educating people in

their respective areasabout the novel Coronavirus, asking them to iden-tify all such persons whohave a travel history fromthe affected regions orcountries and share the de-tails with administrationon daily basis on thehelpline numbers of con-trol room.

Meeting was informedthat the teams have al-ready been mobilized intheir respective areas andare reporting to the controlroom on regular basis.

It was informed that 71surveillance teams com-prise of Revenue officialsat block level along withrepresentatives of HealthDepartment andAnganwari workers have

been constituted in thedistrict while five RapidResponse Teams have alsobeen constituted that re-port to District LevelSurveillance team. TheCorona surveillance teamcompiles the reports fromblock level teams on dailybasis.

Meanwhile, ControlRooms have also been set-up at district and block lev-els in the district under thesupervision of ACRBandipora which will befunctional 24×7.

Deputy Commissionerhas appealed people whohave returned from affect-ed countries includingItaly, Iran and Korea tocontact helpline number9419010752 and

01957225024 for theirown safety.

Earlier the District ad-ministration also held asensitization program forPanchayat representativesas part of its efforts to-wards disseminating thenecessary information tothe field staff about thedeadly Corona virus.

On the occasion, a de-tailed discussion on thesubject was held whereinexperts briefed the partici-pants about the variouspreventive measures thatneed to be taken.

Experts urged the peo-ple to adopt all prescribedpreventive measures andcooperate with the author-ities to avert any eventuali-ty from this count.

DC Bandipora reviews arrangementsto counter COVID-19

Conducts sensitization program for Panchs, SarpanchsBudGaM, MarCH 12:

District Legal Service Authority(DLSA), Budgam today held aware-ness cum sensitization programmeto prevent the spread of pandemiccorona virus at district court complexBudgam.

The programme was presidedover by District Sessions andPrincipal Judge, Chairman DLSA,Raja Shujaat Ali. Speaking on occa-sion, Chairman DLSA said that thereis no need to panic instead every per-son must follow the prescribed meas-ures and guidelines to contain spreadof the disease. He urged the employ-ees and advocates to ensure properhand wash hygiene and followWHO’s course of action in order toprevent getting affected as courts arevisited by large number of peopleevery day.

On the occasion, District HealthOfficer, AG Raina spoke threadbareon the covid-19 and explained symp-toms, preventive measures, treat-ment, source of disease, quarantine

treatment, risk factors, testing andscreening of suspected. Dr Raina alsogave brief details on measures takenby the health department in Budgamviza viz quarantine facilities and iso-lation wards for the suspected per-sons. He said that 80 bed facility forquarantine of suspected has been es-tablished in the district and till date41 persons having travel history ofIran and China have been quaran-tined at these isolation wards.

Munsiff Judge, Secretary DLSATabasum Qadir Parray during her in-augural address said that there wasurgent need of awareness about thedisease as many local residents havereturned from affected countries.She said that more such sensitizationprogrammes will be held in the dis-trict by DLSA to creating awarenessregarding the infection. On the occa-sion, DLSA Budgam also distributedmasks and pamphlets among thestaff and visiting persons. The pro-gramme was attended by court staff,advocates and Para Legal Volunteers(PLVs) of District Budgam.

Covid-19

DLSA Budgam holds sensitizationprogramme, distributes pamphlets,

masks among employees

EmploymentDepartment sensitizesun-organized workersabout PMSYMsaMBa, MarCH 12:

Employment Department Sambatoday organized a programme forupgradation of skill of un-organizedworker at Deon Panchayat ofPurmandal Block in co-ordinationwith Krishi Vigyan Kendra Samba.While addressing the farmer, SeniorScientist KVK Samba Sanjay Khajuriaasked them to grow traditional plant &focused mainly on medicinal plant cul-tivation. He made them aware aboutthe latest technique in the field of me-dicinal plant cultivation. He stressedupon them to form village Self HelpGroup and to grow the Aloe Vera plantsto enhance their livelihood. Anotherresource person from KVK SambaSourav Gupta discussed regarding pestmanagement during the crop seasonand benefit of apiculture. AssistantDirector Employment also made thefarmers aware about their registrationas un-organized worker and benefit ofthe PMSYM Scheme. Among PRIsmember, Lamberdar & farmer of thearea attended the programme. Later,registration forms and pamphlets re-garding PMSYM Scheme were distrib-uted among the participating farmer.

BandIPora, MarCH 12:

Deputy Commissioner (DC)Bandipora, Shahbaz AhmadMirza handed over Gudda GuddiBoards to the PanchayatSupervisors that will be installedin every Panchayat to record thesex ratio.

On the occasion DeputyCommissioner Bandipora inter-acted with the Supervisors andAnganwari workers and urgedthem to maintain the GuddaGuddi Board to record error freesex ratio at village level besidesasking them to maintain growthchart so that the growth of chil-dren is recorded to identify mal-nutrition and stunted growth.

He said the Gudda Guddiboards will be available in all 803ICDS centers of the district andweighting machines have alreadybeen provided to every Anganwari

center to record height and weightof every child on monthly basis.

While discussing the impor-tance of maintaining a growthchart, he said that it will help intracking the growth of a child andaddressing need for supplement.

The meeting also deliberatedupon the recording of PanchayatDevelopment Index (PDI) thataims to capture movement in de-velopment at grass root level withhealth of children as an importantparameter besides Nutrition,Education, Agriculture and alliedsectors, skill and self-employ-ment, financial inclusion and ba-sic infrastructure.

Additional DeputyCommissioner Bandipora ZahoorAhmad Mir, Joint DirectorPlanning Imtiyaz Ahmad andDistrict Social Welfare OfficerAltaf Hussain were also present onthe occasion.

DC Bandipora hands over GuddaGuddi Boards to Anganwari CentresAims at recording error-free Sex ratio at

village level

Weekly Live “Phone-in-Call” ProgrammeSpeedy redressal of public

grievances to be toppriority: DDC Pulwama

PuLWaMa, MarCH 12:

District DevelopmentCommissioner Pulwama Dr RaghavLanger today said that quick redressal ofpublic grievances and improving publicservice delivery system is his top priori-ty. He made these remarks while receiv-ing the phone calls during Weekly live“Phone-in-Call” Programme in presenceof ADC’s Pulwama ,Tral & Awantiporaand all District Officers and other con-cerned officials at Meeting Hall DC officeComplex Pulwama. During the pro-gramme scores of callers registered theirgrievances and sought redressal. On theoccasion DDC asked heads of the depart-ments to look into the issues and de-mands raised by the people during theprogramme. He also sought the details ofaction taken on grievances raised duringprevious programs by the departments.

GDC Beerwahorganizes Skypeconference withGSAC Aranthamgi,Tamil NaduBudGaM, MarCH 12:

Government Degree College (GDC),Beerwah organized a student skype con-ference with Govt. S&A CollegeAranthamgi, Pudukkottai, Tamil Naduon March 10, at Conference Room, DCOffice, Budgam. During the conferencestudents from both colleges interactedwith each other and exchanged informa-tion about five core aspects of state, UTcommon greetings in local language, in-troduction of colleges, history, land-scape and beauty, and life style. Studentsfrom both colleges expressed happinessand experience of learning from the con-ference. This was first time for studentsof both colleges to have such a virtualconference and know other states, UT’ssocio-economic, historical and culturalaspects. The conference was organizedunder EBSB Abhiyan of the Govt. ofIndia. Under this Abhiyan J&K is pairedwith Tamil Nadu, and DGC Beerwah ispaired with GSAC Aranthamgi andGASC Thiruvennainallur. The collegeEBSB club consists of around 12 staffmembers and 40 students. The objectiveof EBSB Abhiyan is to understand andcelebrate diversity of India through ex-change of information on culture, tradi-tion, history and life style, learningpaired states, UTs basic language, trans-lation of prominent books, celebratingfestivals and exposure visits of staff andstudents.

172-kanal prime JDAland retrievedJaMMu, MarCH 12:

Jammu Development Authority to-day conducted a fencing drive and re-trieved its 112 kanal prime land near GolfCourse Sidhra and another 60- Kanalnear ring road at Village Bhalwal. Theoperation was carried out jointly byEnforcement Wing of JDA and DistrictAdministration, Jammu and PoliceAuthorities. The operation was conduct-ed under the supervision of DirectorLand Management, JDA, PuneetSharma. Additional DeputyCommissioner, Jammu, GhanshamSingh accompanied the team asMagistrate to resolve emergent law andorder issues. Meanwhile, JDA authori-ties have warned the public at large andland mafia/ encroachers in particular todesist from disposing of the JDA landotherwise strict action shall also be takenagainst them at their own cost and in fu-ture such type of operation shall contin-ue to secure and retrieve every inch ofJDA land.

doda, MarCH 12:

District DevelopmentCommissioner, Dr Sagar DDoifode today flagged offtwo awareness vehiclesfrom district headquartersto disseminate more infor-mation regarding preven-tive measures that need tobe taken into account totackle Corona Virus at grassroot level.

Besides others CMO DrMushtaq Ahmed Shah, DE-PO Ayaz Mughal, and otherofficials of health and edu-cation department werepresent during the pro-gram.

DDC informed thatthese awareness vans havebeen designated for Dodaand Ghat block to aware thepeople about the variouspreventive measures whichshall be followed in letterand spirit so that the spreadof the Corona Virus can becontained in the district. He

added that four awarenessvans will be flagged off fromAssar, Thathri, Gandoh andBhaderwah tomorrow.Moreover DDC said thatthrough these awarenessvans wide publicity of con-trol room numbers will begiven besides voice clipswill be played regardingpreventive measures. Heappealed the people to in-form the administration if

any individual in their lo-cality have any abroad trav-el history or to the affectedcountries, so that immedi-ate and necessary action inthis regard will done. Thenumbers of the 24×7 con-trol room are 18001807122toll free, 9906320997 mo-bile number. Meanwhile,chairing another sensitiza-tion program organised forconstituted surveillance

committee's of the district,DDC directed the officers tovisit their designated areas,disseminate informationabout preventive measuresto the people, identify theindividuals in their areaswho have foreign travel his-tory if any and to report thedistrict administration im-mediately, so that neces-sary action will be initiatedwithout any delay.

DDC Doda flags off awareness Van's regardingCorona Virus prevention

JaMMu, MarCH 12:

Advisor to Lt. Governor, KKSharma today called for speedingup pace of various developmentalworks undertaken by the Jammuand Kashmir Project ConstructionCorporation (JKPCC).

Chairing 96th Board ofDirectors Meeting of JKPCC heretoday, the Advisor called for theimproving the financial health ofthe corporation to make it a profitdriven utility of Jammu andKashmir.

financial Commissionerfinance Arun Kumar Mehta;Commissioner Secretary Roads &Building (R&B), Khurshid AhmadShah; Director General PlanningSahibzada Bilal Chief EngineersJammu, Kashmir, Desh RajBhagat, Sami Arif, ExecutiveDirector JKPCC, N D Khawaja andother senior officers were presentin the meeting. The Advisor askedJKPCC authorities to strike a judi-cious balance between the incomeand expenditure by taking neces-sary corrective measures for min-imising the administrative ex-penses and increasing income. Hesaid instead of looking towardsthe Government for contracts, theCorporation must join variouscompetitive biddings for expand-ing the ambit of its functioning sothat it becomes one of the leadingconstruction agencies of the UTbesides increasing its quantum ofrevenue.

Underlining the need for en-suring the usage of quality materi-al in the works, the Advisor saidthe quality of works and timelycompletion of projects should bethe benchmark of theCorporation. He said the delay in

completion of works is putting anunnecessary financial burden onthe exchequer of the Corporationand called for arresting this ten-dency.

Later, the Advisor also chaired173rd BoD meeting of Jammu andKashmir Minerals Limited whichwas attended by financialCommissioner finance ArunMehta, Commissioner SecretaryIndustries MK Dwivedi, DirectorGeneral Planning Sahibzada Bilal,Director Geology and MiningVikas Sharma, ManagingDirector JK Minerals VikramGupta and other senior officers.

The Advisor while calling forbroadening the activities of JKMinerals said that it can emerge asone of the most profit making cor-porations besides also providingthe quality material to the differ-ent government departments forexecution of their projects. Hesaid that Jammu and Kashmir hasa vast wealth of minerals and theonus lies on the corporation forensuring its proper extraction andmarketing.

While complimenting the cor-poration for increasing the rev-enue generation, the Advisor saidthat it can effectively emerge asone of the major players con-tributing to the economy of theunion territory besides also in-creasing employability of the peo-ple of the area.

The Advisor was also briefedabout the activities being under-taken by the corporation in itsfunctional projects/mines whichincludes sapphire mines, gypsummines at Assar and Ramban, coalmines at Kalakot Rajouri andReasi and lime stone quarry atPulwama.

BOD meetings of JKPCC, JKML

Advisor Sharma directs JKPCC tospeed up developmental works

Directs JK Minerals to broaden its area of activity

KuPWara, MarCH 12:

The DistrictDevelopment Commissioner(DDC), Kupwara, AnshulGarg inaugurated fish SaleCentre, constructed at a costof Rs 35.60 lakh, here today.

The Additional DeputyCommissioner (ADC), NazirAhmad Lone, AssistantDirector fisheries, AbdulAhad Mir, ChairmanMunicipal CommitteeKupwara, Reyaz Ahmad Mir,field functionaries of the de-partment, fish growers andother concerned were pres-ent at the inaugural ceremo-ny.

On the occasion, the DDCwas informed that Rs.24 lakhhave been incurred on the ex-ecution of building, fundedby Rashtriya Kissan VikasYojna(RKVY) while Rs.11.60lakh were funded by theDistrict Administration forestablishment of fish SaleCentre.

for the preservation offresh fish, a TransportationTank costing Rs 4.43 lakh hasbeen imported fromDenmark.

Speaking on the occa-sion, the DDC directed theconcerned officers to main-tain proper hygiene at thesale centre.

DDC Kupwara inauguratesFish Sale Centre

GanderBaL, MarCH 12:

The J&K forestDepartment organized aMega plantation pro-gramme under initiative“Green J&K Drive” atSainik School hillock inManasbal Ganderbal.During the drive around10, 000 Saplings of differ-ent varieties were plantedon 7 hectares of landwhich witnessed partici-pation forest officials,school management andcivil society members.

The drive was initiated byPCCf J&K, Dr MohitGera, in presence of ChiefConservator of forestsKashmir, farooq Gillaniand other senior officersof forest department.The programme was or-ganised by Sindh forestDivision Ganderbal. DrMohit Gera while ad-dressing the gatheringsaid that tree plantation isthe most important toboost environmental pro-tection measures. On theoccasion.

Green J&K Drive

Forest Deptt organizesmega plantation drive atSainik School Manasbal

JAMMU fRIDAY MARCH 13, 2020Edit/OpiniOnGlimpses of Future

Printed, published and owned by Prem Nath Sharma, Printed at Glimpses of Future Press 63 Padha Street, Purani Mandi, Jammu. Chief Editor Prem Nath Sharma, Associate Editor : Rajiv Sharma, Ph. 2546079, Fax 0191-2547240, RNI NO. 43798/86, email : [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

China’s tainted Corona

A new beginning

A COVID-19 control plan made simpleBy : T. JaCoB JoHn

The country needs a dedicateddisaster management operation,with the Prime Minister at thehelm. The COVID-19 outbreak isnot yet an epidemic in India as oftoday. from what is happeningglobally, a huge epidemic, an ava-lanche, growing bigger week afterweek, is predictable. Today it is acrisis looming on the horizon, buttomorrow it may turn out to be adisaster of unprecedented propor-tions. The track record Culturallywe are always optimistic; we do notreact fast as most problems, evenoutbreaks, have a tendency to set-tle down. So far we have stoicallyconfronted all the new and resur-gent communicable diseases thatappeared in recent decades. Wehave shown surge capacity of crisismanagement during the 2018Nipah epidemic in Kerala. We han-dled the Severe Acute RespiratorySyndrome (SARS) scare of 2003extremely efficiently. The 2009pandemic influenza H1N1 was alsoconfronted reasonably well. Ourweakness in dealing with seasonalinfluenza is embarrassing: there isno national policy to control sea-sonal flu. We ignore the high fludeath rates reported annually. Wemanage short-term crisis very wellbut not long-term disease control— like running a short sprint butwith no stamina to go on running amarathon. from early februarythe reality of a very unusual SARSCOVID-19 epidemic was known toall Health Ministry officers. In ear-

ly January only China was knownto have the coronavirus, but todaymore than 100 countries are affect-ed. That speed is about the same asthat of the pandemic influenzaH1N1 of 2009. What comes firstThe onerous responsibility of con-fronting SARS COVID-19 does notrest with the Union HealthSecretary who is the administra-tive head of the Ministry of Healthand family Welfare. It does notrest with the Director of theNational Centre for DiseaseControl (NCDC) unless specificallyempowered; The NCDC functionswell only when smaller problemserupt in various States. TheDirector General of HealthServices (DGHS) could be the per-son, but epidemic control is more

than health-care service. TheDGHS has limited executive pow-ers and there is no competent pub-lic health infrastructure under theDirectorate. The job of theDepartment of Health Researchand the Indian Council of MedicalResearch (ICMR) under the uni-fied command of the SecretaryDepartment of Health Research-cum-DG ICMR, is to research allquestions identified by the DGHSand the Director of the NCDC. Wedo need research but priority num-ber one is the control of the epi-demic. The Minister for Health is akey person but this epidemic ismore than a medical problem.Many ministries such as those oftravel, tourism, industry, educa-tion, economics, railways and local

governments are all being affected.So this disease avalanche requiresresponses of unprecedentedspeed, spread and magnitude. Allofficials listed above have a hun-dred and one things on their mindsall the time. India needs a dedicat-ed disaster management operationfor this epidemic. The one personwho can, and must, take immedi-ate responsibility and manage thecrisis the best possible way is noneother than the Prime Ministerhimself. The Prime Ministershould declare a national emer-gency and establish a ‘war-ma-chinery’, with a ‘task force’ of thebest experts in the country, ofproven capability and track recordagainst communicable diseases.

The war room should have allnecessary facilities and should runa 24-hour control room. The sup-port of the Ministers of all the rele-vant Ministries and their officersshould be accessible to the taskforce. The job of the task forceought to have one goal: manage theepidemic, to minimise the spreadand damage of the virus, and tomitigate the sufferings of all peopleeverywhere. Once the task forcedesigns a strategy with tactics, theMinistry of Health as well as allMinistries must implement them.The terms of reference of the taskforce must include the design ofimmediate, short-term, medium-term and long-term responses.The absence of such an empoweredagency has had serious repercus-sions. The slip-ups International

By : anIL GuPTa

With the promise of acknowl-edging the awam as the real stake-holders, the newly-floated JKAP ismaking a big departure from theprevailing cult of personality-dri-ven politics. March 7, 2020 will beflagged as a very significant date inthe short history of the newly-formed Union Territory (UT) ofJammu and Kashmir (J&K). Onthis day, the first major politicaldevelopment took place post thereorganisation of the erstwhileState, announced on August 5,2019 with the abrogation of Article370. A new political entity, theJammu Kashmir Apni Party(JKAP), was launched formally.The intransigent attitude of the“Gupkar gang” to accept the newreality that separatism and terror-ism would be things of the past aswould dynastic rule had brought toa standstill political activity, theheartbeat of democracy. The indif-ference shown by the Kashmiris to-wards the Gupkar Gang had notonly taken them by surprise but al-so conveyed a message that thepeople in Kashmir are fed up withopportunistic parties borderingseparatism. The people were hop-ing for a new leadership to fill thepolitical vacuum thus created.They were hoping that the old or-

der would give place to a realistregime. However, complexities ofKashmiri politics prevented thatfrom happening. In that scenario,the initiative was seized by a groupof old politicians, who were willingto accept the new reality and moveaway from soft separatism.Unfortunately, the new entitycomprises rejects of the old order.This is significant considering theadministration’s attempt to de-volve power to grassroot leader-ship through development ofPanchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs)has failed to yield the desired re-sults due to various reasons.Though the BJP continued to raiseissues of public interest, the peoplewere feeling the lack of a viable al-ternative. Thus, the formation ofthe JKAP, drawing from thePeoples Democratic Party (PDP)and the National Conference (NC)under the stewardship of ex-PDPMinister Altaf Bukhari, has raisedsome hope, if not generate reassur-ance. On the face of it, the new par-ty is an amalgamation of leaderswho have parted ways with the par-ties led by the intransigent GupkarGang. The biggest sufferers are thedisintegrated PDP and the sinkingSonia Congress. A sangam (conflu-ence) of differing ideologies, be-liefs and loyalties, the JKAP has yetto come out with a clear-cut ideolo-

gy which would guide its futurecourse and survival, since no polit-ical party can survive merely withthe assurance of raising the cur-rent issues faced by the awam inthe changed scenario.Nonetheless, it is a very bold moveunder the present circumstances,though it could turn into as muchof a puppet as the NC or the PDP.The easiest way for it would be topass the buck without carrying outany introspection within its ownhouse. The new party has an ad-vantage to begin with but it would

need political acumen, personalsacrifices and matured leadershipto turn this advantage into a suc-cessful combination with wide ac-ceptance. It would need to avoidbeing labelled as yet anotherKashmir-centric party by adoptinga holistic approach and risingabove regional and religious con-siderations. It appears to be aHerculean task going by the pres-ent composition of the party be-cause most of the heavyweights be-long to Kashmir and the leaders

By : CLaude arPI

While the contagious phase ofCOVID-19 may ebb and the commu-nist regime may deny the PLA’s role inthe battle, the world may not see it inthe same light as before. The suddenapparition of Coronavirus on theworld stage was unexpected forChinese watchers. However, it isbound to have deeper implicationsthan the Tiananmen massacre for thefuture of the Middle Kingdom. Even ifthe situation stabilises in the next fewmonths, or by the end of the year, thecommunity of nations may not see itin the same light. Undoubtedly, therole of the People’s Liberation Army(PLA) will continue to be discussed forlong after the contagious phase ofCOVID-19 is behind us. from day one,a PLA unit, the Joint LogisticsSupport force (JLSf), has been at thecentrestage of what the communistparty of China called the “people’swar” against the “demon” virus.

When I say day one, it meansnearly two months after the deadlyvirus surfaced in Wuhan. The com-munist authorities were lax betweenDecember 1, 2019, when The Lancet’sepidemiological retrospective investi-gation showed the first confirmedcase with symptoms of the novelCoronavirus pneumonia, and January23, 2020, when the JLSf troops firstarrived on the scene. But what is

JLSf? The body was created onJanuary 11, 2016, as part of ChinesePresident Xi Jinping’s in-depth mili-tary reform measure. According toXinhua, the JLSf “comprises the sup-port forces for inventory and ware-housing, medical services, transport,force projection, oil pipelines, engi-neering and construction manage-ment, reserve assets management andprocurement.” Coincidentally, it isbased in Wuhan. The first task givento the JLSf of the Central MilitaryCommission (CMC) was to build the

Huoshenshan Hospital, an emer-gency speciality field facility that ac-commodates 1,000 beds. Believe it ornot, it was constructed in just eightdays. At first, 450 Army personnelwere flown in to Wuhan. They werejoined in by 1,400 military medicalstaff on february 3 and 2,600 addi-tional medical personnel from thearmed forces on february 13. Todaymore than 10,000 troops (includingthe militia also serving under theCMC) have been deployed. Thoughthe Generals were probably reluctant

in the beginning, it became clearer tothe Communist leadership in Beijingthat only the PLA could save China.On January 29, Xi, who is also theCMC Chairman, had to personally in-tervene to exhort the military to savethe nation. And the party. He orderedthe military to win the battle, empha-sising the importance of “keeping inmind the purpose and carrying theburdens.” He exhorted the troops “tokeep the original spirit,” adding, “OurArmy is a child soldier of the people,breathing with the people, sharing thesame fate and connecting hearts.” ThePLA had to face its own problems. Thecrew of the Type 054A multi-rolefrigate, Changzho, carrying anti-sub-marine missiles had to be quaran-tined. The Navy admitted the fear ofan outbreak and the captain of thefrigate, Yu Song Qiu, and a number ofsailors were placed on lockdown.Shore leave rules for crew membersaboard the Shandong were tightenedto prevent the spread of COVID-19 onChina’s second aircraft carrier. By theend of January, there were 54 de-clared cases of virus in Sanya inHainan Island where the Shandong isbased. At the same time, the CMCstarted regulating the relations be-tween the PLA and the civilians:Thirteen forms of activities werebanned, including receivingmoney/securities and asking non-

China’s tainted on Page 7

A COVID on Page 7

A new beginning on Page 7

Glimpses of FutureESTABLISHED IN 1986

Fear in MaharashtraGovernment never become unstable, they are made

unstable. In Indian politics toppling of governments

with the help of dissidents is a normal course. The tur-

moil in Madhya Pradesh politics is a recent example.

Some people made comments on social media that after

MP it will be the tern of Maharashtra but Shiv Sena as-

sured that the Maharashtra power equations are unique

and the "Madhya Pradesh virus" will not afflict

Maharashtra. Referring to the political crisis gripping

the Congress government in adjoining Madhya

Pradesh, Sena said that the Bharatiya Janata Party's

similar operation was foiled 100 days ago in

Maharashtra. "At that time, the Maha Vikas Aghadi per-

formed a 'bypass operation' and saved Maharashtra.

The statement was against the backdrop of the 80-

hours long two-man government of the then Chief

Minister Devendra fadnavis and Deputy CM Ajit

Pawar. A couple of days after it collapsed as BJP was un-

sure of proving its majority on the floor, the Shiv Sena-

Nationalist Congress Party-Congress MVA alliance gov-

ernment was sworn-in with Sena's Uddhav Thackeray

as the chief minister on November 28 last year. NCP na-

tional Spokesperson and Minority Affairs Minister

Nawab Malik says that the MVA is "not interested in ini-

tiating the defections game" since it has ample numbers

in the Maharashtra legislature. However, in a veiled

warning, he reiterated that many legislators from Sena-

NCP-Congress - who had defected to the BJP ahead of

the October 2019 elections - are keen on 'ghar-wapasi'

to their respective parties. State Congress President and

Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat asserted that the

MVA government in the state is stable, and all three al-

lies will foil any coup attempts by the BJP with complete

coordination. Dismissing all speculation, an aide of

Thackeray said that the "MVA government is function-

ing smoothly" and there is no cause for any worries in

the wake of the Madhya Pradesh scenario. Since

Sunday, Maharashtra political circles are agog with

speculation whether a similar political coup is being

planned in the state around Gudi Padva, as claimed by

several Opposition BJP leaders. Currently, the MVA is

comfortably ensconced with 170 legislators, BJP 105,

and the remaining 13 belong to other parties in the 288-

member assembly. To continue with the reforms in

electoral process, this is the time that a rule should be

passed where an elected member who contested on a

party ticket should be barred from changing party dur-

ing his tenure as a member.

H I S T O R Y T H I S D AY

1938 : Germany annexes AustriaOn March 12, 1938, German troops march into Austria to annex the

German-speaking nation for the Third Reich. In early 1938, Austrian Nazisconspired for the second time in four years to seize the Austrian governmentby force and unite their nation with Nazi Germany. Austrian ChancellorKurt von Schuschnigg, learning of the conspiracy, met with Nazi leaderAdolf Hitler in the hopes of reasserting his country’s independence but wasinstead bullied into naming several top Austrian Nazis to his cabinet. OnMarch 9, Schuschnigg called a national vote to resolve the questionofAnschluss, or “annexation,” once and for all. Before the plebiscite couldtake place, however, Schuschnigg gave in to pressure from Hitler and re-

Just another Scindia

It’s unlikely that Jyotiraditya will get something more from the BJPthan what the Congress denied. Is he just a token? At one level, nothingunexpected has really happened in the Congress. The young Turks, nownot so young, are looking to give their political careers some individualpurpose as the borrowed legacy of an institution called the Congress isfast ebbing away. Directionless without peer representation, and a leaderwho has quit the game a long time ago, they feel wasted and helpless withthe old guard continuing their stubborn ways of what is right and wrong.Jyotiraditya Scindia’s resignation is just a summary of all that ails theCongress, where the young leaders want to keep the party’s nationalistideology, passion and legacy alive but are dispirited for lack of recogni-tion or being “too good” in outshining the Gandhi scions themselves. It isalso but expected of the ruling BJP to claim the spoils of war, especially ifthat happens to be harvesting the peels of the shell the Congress has be-come. In this case, Scindia is the prize pick of the BJP, simply because heand his father before him had been part of the inner circle of the Gandhis

Just another on Page 7

1938 on Page 7

JAMMU fRIDAY MARCH 13 , 2020natiOnal7 Glimpses of Future

military organisations/individuals to provide money orcommodities. Corrupt officers were warned: No illicit en-richment would be permitted. Probably sensing the lack ofenthusiasm on the part of the PLA to participate in the riskyoperations, the CMC opened a life insurance scheme forthose personnel going to the “frontline.” It further declaredthat those, who would die combating the virus, would benamed “martyr” by the Chinese State. But the real challengefor the JLSf was to control the spread of the virus in Wuhan,which is the strategic hub for the defence industry — it hasmore than 350 research centres and industrial institutes aswell as 1,700 hi-tech enterprises covering aerospace, satel-lites, rocketry and biotechnology. The future of all these in-stitutions remained undecided. According to Xinhua, Chinahad to postpone its military recruitment drive, scheduled forthe first half of this year to support the country’s epidemicprevention and control work. Wu Qian, the spokesperson forthe Ministry of National Defence, asserted: “Approved by theState Council and the CMC, the postponed conscription willbe combined with that of the second half, which will run fromAugust 1 to September 30.” Though Wu said that the overallannual recruitment targets would remain unchanged, ex-perts believe that the PLA could be badly affected. This wasalso the time when an enigmatic personage appeared on thescene. Chen Wei, a 53-year-old leading Chinese epidemiolo-gist and a Major-General in PLA, is known for developing theworld’s first gene-based vaccine on Ebola in 2014. She wasalso apparently involved in combating the SARS outbreak.According to the International Business Times, the contro-

versial Major-General injected herself and her six-memberteam with an untested Coronavirus vaccine. She has createdquite a stir on Weibo by her radical approach, especially aftershe was posted in the Wuhan lab from where the COVID-19strain could have escaped (the Chinese authorities deniedthis). Was this just a gesture to prove her loyalty to ChairmanXi? Just a month ago, Chen had taken over the controversialWuhan lab, originally a civilian research lab, partly fundedby the french Government. When he visited the research fa-cilities in february 2017, Bernard Cazeneuve, the thenfrench Prime Minister, declared: “france is proud and hap-py to have contributed to the construction of the first P4 highbio-safety laboratory in China. …This cutting-edge tool con-stitutes a central element in the achievement of the 2004 in-ter-governmental agreement on franco-Chinese coopera-tion in the prevention and fight against emerging infectiousdiseases.” Something obviously went wrong. for India, it isimportant to analyse the implications of the PLA’s involve-ment in the battle against the virus. Will the JLSf emergestronger? Can the PLA become a threat to the party, just incase the “people’s war” against the “virus” is won by theArmy? Will it re-emerge stronger despite Xi’s efforts to re-strict the Army’s influence? What will be the implications forthe PLA’s preparedness on the borders with India? It may betoo early to answer these questions but even though PLA ac-tivities on the Tibetan plateau have reduced due to the out-break, intrusions were reported recently from Naku-la,south of the watershed in Northern Sikkim, a border said tobe “settled” by China. It is quite ominous.

China’s tainted ..............................................................

1938 .......................................................signed on March 11. In his resignation address, under coer-cion from the Nazis, he pleaded with Austrian forces not toresist a German “advance” into the country.

The next day, March 12, Hitler accompanied Germantroops into Austria, where enthusiastic crowds met them.Hitler appointed a new Nazi government, and on March 13

the Anschluss was proclaimed. Austria existed as a federalstate of Germany until the end of World War II, when theAllied powers declared the Anschluss void and reestab-lished an independent Austria. Schuschnigg, who hadbeen imprisoned soon after resigning, was released in1945.

who have joined from Jammu do not enjoy the same sta-tus. Most of the ex-legislators have their own pockets ofinfluence and hence will ensure the party’s penetrationamong the awam. The party has chosen a few issues on apriority basis and flagged them to be raised on behalf ofthe people. However, these will serve no purpose exceptto keep the people amused temporarily. The reversion toStatehood, which is on the top of the agenda, is a non-is-sue as it has been repeatedly said that the existingarrangement is temporary with a view to fighting terror-ism, separatism and widespread corruption. Both thePrime Minister and the Home Minister, architects of thereorganisation, have assured the nation on more thanone occasion that statehood would be restored as soon asnormalcy is achieved. To keep its promise alive, theUnion Government has ensured separate awards by the14th and 15th National finance Commissions for J&Kand Ladakh UTs, as a departure from the routine prac-tice of combined awards to the Home Ministry in respectof the UTs. Negotiating the domicile laws for people ofthe UT could be controversial and tricky for it. The peo-ple fear that such a move will further curtail employmentopportunities for the youth of the UT and lead to a demo-graphic disruption in the Valley. Their apprehensionswere further fuelled by the fact that the J&K High Courton December 31, 2019 invited applications from acrossthe country for filling 33 vacant non-gazetted posts.Thankfully, the notification was cancelled afterOpposition parties in Jammu slammed the move andpressed for enactment of laws for safeguarding the inter-ests of the local youths. Though the notification has beenwithdrawn by the Government for the time being, theCentre is reportedly examining other options for open-ing up employment opportunities, land ownershiprights and seats in institutions of higher education, in-cluding professional colleges, for non-Kashmiris. This issimilar to what has been done in other States likeHimachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and otherNortheastern states, which are covered under Article 371of the Constitution. fortunately, the party has not set itseyes on early elections and has given adequate hints of itnot expecting the elections to be held in the next one totwo years, till the process of fresh delimitation is com-pleted. The fact that the party admits to the need formeeting “rational aspirations” of the people, without

promising them the “moon and the stars”, sounds goodbut one only hopes that it sticks to its promise in letterand spirit. The bane of J&K politics has been the “wadakhilafi” (broken promises) made by the Gupkar Gang,that led to the disillusionment of the youth and was oneof the causes of the emergence of the “gun culture” inKashmir. With the promise of acknowledging the awamas the real stakeholders, the newly-floated party is mak-ing a big departure from the prevailing cult of personali-ty-driven politics. Another noble thought, but one thatneeds to be watched as the days go by, since actions willspeak louder than words. Altaf Bukhari in his press con-ference also mentioned the Jammu & Kashmir Bank andit being “converted into sub-office of the Anti-Corruption Bureau.” Here one wonders if the business-man in him has overshadowed the righteous politicianimage that he perceives to build. The people are elated bythe fact that the Jammu & Kashmir Bank has been savedfrom becoming a personal fiefdom of the Gupkar Gangand is now being reformed to become a true bank of thepeople. They want the corrupt to be exposed, nepotismand favouritism prevailing in the bank to end and for theawam be the real beneficiary. Bukhari and his party willhave to come out with a clear stand on this. The major is-sue left with the party immediately is to focus on devel-opment and the economic well-being of the UT. It isheartening that Bukhari has chosen to draw inspirationfrom Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad, whose tenure at thehelm of the State’s affairs can undoubtedly be termed asthe golden era of economic development. Bakshi not on-ly avoided discriminatory politics but also did not allowthe rise of fundamentalists in the Valley by encouragingand promoting the Sufi culture. One can just hope thatthe JKAP rises to those ideals and works for the return ofpeace, harmony and co-existence, the hallmark of theBakshi era. The party must come out with its vision doc-ument at the earliest and formulate a clear road map foreconomic revival with alternatives and options ratherthan sheer rhetoric. Bukhari and his team will do well toremember that there is always resistance to any transi-tion and change management should form the JKAP’skey strategy. Neither should he allow himself to be usedas a mouthpiece and implementer of Delhi. His integra-tionist ways should not result in a trust deficit all overagain.

A new beginning ...........................................................

airports were instructed by the Ministry concerned toscreen all passengers arriving from China. That was fineand towards January-end and early-february, two indi-viduals returning from Wuhan, China, to Kerala weredetected to be infected with “severe acute respiratorysyndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)”. The time to es-tablish a national agency such as the task force to advisethe government on all necessary interventions was im-mediately thereafter. A 24-hour control room shouldhave been operational by the second week of february.The infection was rapidly expanding in various coun-tries. Shortly thereafter some 24 countries outsideChina, Hong Kong and Macau were known to be infect-ed. When was Italy identified as a potential source ofvirus in travellers? On february 20, the following coun-tries had reported over 20 infections: Japan, Thailand,Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. Italy was not in

that list. The next day Italy had 20 cases; thereafter thedaily numbers were 79, 155, 229 and 322. Italy was iden-tified as a potential source for screening of air travellersonly on March 1. On february 29 a family travelling fromItaly to Kerala did not fall within the screening net. Thatflaw resulted in a cluster of cases in Kerala Italy shouldhave been identified as a potential source on february22 when the number of cases jumped from 20 to 79. Allexisting agencies and officers have many responsibili-ties. An agency exclusively for managing a constant andcontinuous watch on all developments biomedical andsociological and to recommend remedial and contain-ment measures is essential in order to face this epidem-ic. Public education must be technically correct andtimely. Only one agency should be the source of all infor-mation; the cacophony prevalent now must be curbed.The ball is in the Prime Minister’s court.

A COVID-19 ......................................................................

Contn. from Page 6 .................................................................................

Press TrusT of IndIaMumbai, Mar 12

Days after Jyotiraditya Scindiaquit the Congress amid a rebellion inMadhya Pradesh by his supporters, theShiv Sena said the Uddhav Thackeray-ledgovernment in Maharashtra is "strongand impregnable". An editorial inSena mouthpiece 'Saamana' onThursday also criticised the Congressfor neglecting the aspirations of itsyouth leaders. It also said the BJP inMaharashtra should stop "daydream-ing", and remember that just like theunexpected political drama in thewestern state a few months ago, a"shock experiment" can take place inMadhya Pradesh. former Union min-ister Scindia quit the Congress on

Tuesday along with 22 MLAs inMadhya Pradesh, putting the 14-month-old Kamal Nath-led govern-ment in deep crisis. He joined the BJPon Wednesday and slammed theCongress for "denying reality" and"not acknowledging" new thoughtsand new leadership. He has also beennamed as BJP's Rajya Sabha candidatefrom Madhya Pradesh. Commenting onthese political developments, the ShivSena criticised the Congress for ne-glecting the aspirations of its youthleaders, saying even though KamalNath and Digvijaya Singh are at the"helm" of the Madhya PradeshCongress, it was not necessary to com-pletely sideline a leader like Scindia.Hitting out at the BJP, it said duringthe Lok Sabha elections last year, the

saffron party used its full mightto de-feat Scindia, but now it has welcomedhim into its fold with "open arms"."Kamal Nath is also a shrewd and dar-ing politician and will not give up easi-ly. Just like the unexpected politicaldrama in Maharashtra, a shock exper-iment can take place in MadhyaPradesh," the Marathi daily said. It fur-ther said the Shiv Sena-led MaharashtraVikas Aghadi government is "stong andimpregnable". "There is no room foreven a rogue ant to go out or come in,"it said. The Congress lost the LokSabha elections in Rajasthan andMadhya Pradesh under the leader-ship of Ashok Gehlot and Kamal Nath,respectively, the Sena pointed out."When seniors fail, the young leader-ship should be encouraged. This is not

happening and that is why (Rajasthandeputy chief minister) Sachin Pilotand Gehlot are at loggerheads. If thematter is not resolved, it is believedthat Rajasthan may go the MadhyaPradesh way," it claimed. It noted thateight months ago, Scindia criticised theBJP, calling it a "murderer of democra-cy" after the Congress- JD(S) coalitiongovernment in Karnataka was top-pled. "fifteen days ago, he criticisedBJP leaders for making hate speechesand now after joining the BJP, he saysCongress is not the party it used to beearlier," it said. "What were Scindia'sdemands the state MP unit presi-dent's post or the Rajya sabha ticket?Both were denied to him. If at leastone demand was accepted, this situa-tion wouldn't have arisen.

Maharashtra govt strong, impregnable : Sena on rebellion in MP

Press TrusT of IndIanew delhi, Mar 12

JyotiradityaScindia, who joined theBJP on Thursday, criti-cised the Congress say-ing that the party is notthe same as it used to beand is far removed fromreality. Addressing apress conference at theBJP headquarters afterbeing inducted into theparty by its president JPNadda, Scindia hailedPrime MinisterNarendra Modi's lead-ership and said thecountry's future is se-cure in his hands.Talking about hisdecades-old association

with the Congress,Scindia said he was hurtand distressed as he wasnot being able to servethe people in that party.Attacking the Congressgovernment in MadhyaPradesh, he said thedream which he alongwith his former col-leagues saw for MadhyaPradesh has been shat-tered in 18 months. "Iwould like to thank BJPchief Nadda, PrimeMinister Modi andHome Minister AmitShah for inviting me in-to the BJP family," hesaid, adding that theyhad given him a plat-form to serve the peo-ple.

Congress not the same as it used to be, farremoved from reality: Jyotiraditya Scindia

Press TrusT of IndIa

Coimbatore, Mar 12 : Inview of the prevailing com-munal tension for the lastone week, the ongoing anti-CAA protest 'Shaheen BaghCoimbatore' was onThursday suspended for aweek, police said. Nearly2,000 people, belonging toMuslim community, havebeen on protest against theCitizenship AmendmentAct (CAA) near here seekingto repeal the Act for the last22 days.

The city has been wit-nessing communal tensionfrom March 5, following theattack on Hindu Munnanidistrict secretaryMadukkarai Anand. Sincethen there had been a boutof violence like hurling

petrol bomb at mosquesand the Hindu Munnani of-fice, and attacks on SDPIand RSS workers, resultingin deployment of over 1,000police personnel across thecity. Tamil Nadu DGP J KTripathi, who had arrivedhere on Wednesday, re-viewed the situation withthe senior police officials inthe district and asked totake concrete steps to pre-vent the incident from tak-ing a larger dimension.Considering the situation,the anti-CAA protest in thecity has been withdrawntemporarily, the policeadded.

and were the cushion around their leadership of the par-ty. The visible impact of a Congress jolted by a trusted in-sider is far greater than any game of numbers. frankly,the BJP really did not need Scindia as badly as the latterneeded the party. His aunts, Vasundhara andYashodhara, and grandmother Vijayraje Scindia, had de-livered enough in their very influential capacities. So atanother level, it is Scindia’s unchanged net worth that isunexpected. He doesn’t get much in the tradeoff, certain-ly nothing that makes him look like he is starting over.for ideological loyalty is not party loyalty and a man, whoclaims he has a hold on his former royal subjects, couldhave easily floated his own unit. But by switching over tothe BJP, which he had sharply criticised over the Delhi ri-ots fairly recently and changing his ideology after 18 longyears, something that his father Madhavrao resisted for alifetime, he surely looks like an opportunist. Besides,Scindia Jr is also encashing his family lineage to be of rel-evance to the BJP and is not casting away his dynasticmantle, something that the Gandhis are always accusedof. Undoubtedly, he worked assiduously to shore up theCongress’ fortunes in Madhya Pradesh during theAssembly elections in 2018 and has reportedly beenmiffed at not being gifted chief ministership. But onecannot ignore that for all his claimed sway over theGwalior belt, he lost his home turf of Guna in the LokSabha elections. Besides, loyalist party MLAs, who quitthe party with him, aren’t keen on joining the BJP in aleap of faith. They would have if he had floated an inde-pendent State outfit perhaps, something that otheryoung but dejected leaders in the Congress, like SachinPilot in Rajasthan, are rumoured to be contemplating. Afresh start gets endorsement more easily than jaded de-fection plots. The BJP, which has an ideological reso-nance across Madhya Pradesh, a State which continues

to be the crucible of Hindutva and where its long-rangegrassroots warrior Shivraj Singh Chouhan scripted a suc-cess story for 13 long years, is not humouring Scindia’sroyal lineage either. All he gets is a Rajya Sabha member-ship and a Union Ministry, something which makes hismove look like personal aggrandisement than a crusadeor revolt. The BJP has too many strongmen that it cannotafford to upset for want of a poster boy and won’t be risk-ing its dynamics in a sure shot heartland bastion. Theparty may have lost the Assembly elections of 2018 but iswithin snapping distance of power with 107 legislators inthe 230-member House. The Congress has 120 MLAsand assuming all its 21 MLAs are gone, will dip to 104,making government formation a skilled and institution-alised game of horse-trading. This wafer-thin anxietywas the reason that the Congress went on the backfoot ineffecting a generational change in State leadership andbrought in old warhorse Kamal Nath as the ChiefMinister, who managed numbers and survival. This is al-so one of the reasons why the BJP, despite having theedge, has moved its MLAs to a hotel in faraway Gurugramwhile the Congress has parked its own in Jaipur. Scindiasaid the Congress is “living in denial” but probably, he is,too, in the process over-selling his chances. The biggercasualty is undoubtedly the Congress itself. No matterwho wins what round, the fact is, it is dependent on theage-old structure of self-serving fiefdoms belonging to itshawks, who have passed on timely interests earned to theruling first family and claimed to have ownership onwhat works for the party. Scindia’s trigger could very wellencourage its disenchanted brigade, who, unlike Rahuland Priyanka Gandhi, have no space for growth to bleedout as well. The biggest casualty is politics itself, return-ing to the age-old ways of manipulation and deceit ratherthan just relying on a transparent verdict.

Just another .................................................................

Contn. from Page 6 ...................................................................

Anti-CAA stir suspended inwake of communal tension

Maha legislators allowed tokeep driver at govt expensesPress TrusT of IndIaMumbai, Mar 12

Members of the Maharashtra Legislature will now be al-lowed to keep a driver at government expenses. ThestateAssembly on Thursdayamended the MaharashtraLegislatureMembers' Salaries and Allowances Act to pro-vide the facility to the lawmakers. As per the amended Act,every member shall be entitled to the free of charge serviceof a driver. The demand was recently made by BJP MLASudhir Mungantiwar during the ongoing budget session ofthe Assembly. Parliamentary AffairsMinister Anil Parab,who introduced a Bill to amend the Actin the Lower House,said the existing Act does not provide the facility of a driver-to members of the state Legislature. The demandwas madeby the members and the government decided to accept it, hesaid. Accordingly, membersmay appoint any person, pos-sessing a valid driving licenseand who has not attained theage of 60 years, as a driver, the minister said. The driver willreceive a fixed salary per month, as may be specified in theorder. Parab said it has been decided that currently, thedriver will be paid a fixed salary ofRs 15,000 per month.

Rajasthan: Panchayat samitiofficial held taking bribePress TrusT of IndIaJaipur, Mar 12

A technical assistant of the Pahadi Panchayat Samiti ofBharatpur district was arrested for allegedly taking a bribeof Rs 30,000 by a team of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, anofficial said. The accused, M D Khan, had demanded thebribe from one Iqbal, a former sarpanch, for an officialwork. After the verification of the complaint, a trap was laidand the accused was held while taking the bribe of Rs30,000 in his office.

Press TrusT of IndIaChennai, Mar 12

Superstar Rajinikanth onThursday clarified that henever aspired to become theCM of Tamil Nadu and saidhis plans for politics includedifferent heads for hisprospective party and a possi-ble government headed by it.In his first official press con-ference since December 31,2017, when he announced totake the political plunge, theveteran star also said he plannedto appoint as CM, an educatedyouth who was compassion-ate and had self-respect. Witha two-leadership system forparty and the government, theformer would act as an "opposi-tion" to highlight issues andwould not even hesitate to"remove", apparently thehead of the government, if itfails to perform, he said. Hisprospective party would focuson including a substantialamount of youngsters in the agegroup of below 45 years whilethe rest would comprise re-tired judges and IAS and IPSofficials among others.

Never aspiredto become

Chief Ministerof TN: Rajini

JAMMU,fRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2020wOrld8 Glimpses of Future

Hong Kong, Mar 12

Equities and oil pricesfell through the floor againon Thursday after DonaldTrump banned all travelfrom Europe to the US for amonth to fight the coron-avirus, ramping up fearsthe global economy will ca-reen into recession.

As the disease showedno signs of abating, claim-ing more lives and infectingmore people around theworld, the US presidentsaid in a rare address to thenation that the ban wouldbe in place for 30 days.

The news came after theWorld Health Organizationofficially labelled the out-break a pandemic and hitout at "alarming levels ofinaction" for its spread.

Asian equity markets,already deep in the red inreaction to the WHO an-nouncement, cratered afterTrump's address.

Tokyo dropped morethan five per cent, whileHong Kong finished themorning down 3.8 per centand Sydney collapsed al-most seven percent, withBangkok around eight percent down.

Seoul, Wellington,Mumbai and Taipei wereoff more than four per cent,with Singapore and Jakartashedding more than threeper cent.

Shanghai eased 1.3 percent.

The Japanese yen, a keyhaven in times of crisis and

economic turmoil, jumpedmore than one per centagainst the dollar.

"Travel restrictionsequal slower global eco-nomic activity, so if youneed any more coaxing tosell... after a massively neg-ative signal from trading inUS markets it just fell inyour lap," said AxiCorp'sStephen Innes.

The losses followed an-other brutal session onWall Street, with wave afterwave of bad news, includingHilton withdrawing itsearnings forecast andBoeing saying it would sus-pend most hiring and over-time pay.

The Dow fell into a bearmarket having lost morethan 20 per cent since itsrecent high, and futurespointed on Thursday to an-other rout in New York andEurope.

The coronavirus out-break has left virtually nosector untouched, thoughtravel and tourism havebeen particularly hard-hitas countries institute travelbans and quarantine re-quirements, with Italy in acountry-wide lockdown.

The number of casesacross the globe has risen tomore than 124,000 with4,500 deaths, including ajump in fatalities particu-larly in Iran and Italy, ac-cording to an AfP tally.

In announcing theEurope ban -- which ex-cludes Britain -- Trumpsaid the continent had seen

a surge in new cases be-cause governments failedto stop travel from China,where the COVID-19 epi-demic began.

Crucially, he said theprohibitions would also"apply to the tremendousamount of trade and cargo,"and "various other things aswe get approval".

Oil prices were alsohammered, with both maincontracts falling around sixpercent. The oil market wasalready under pressure af-ter Saudi Arabia and Gulfpartner UAE stepped up aprice war with plans toflood the global markets.

"We are now staring atthe whole world going intoa lockdown," VandanaHari, of Vanda Insights,said. "Oil demand can beexpected to crash throughthe floor and all previous

projections on oil con-sumption are now out thedoor."

The Saudi move was thelatest escalation of a fightamong oil producers afterRussia balked at an OPEC-backed plan to cut produc-tion in response to lost de-mand because of the coron-avirus.

"The virus itself contin-ues to spread in Europe andthe US, meaning more ex-tensive containment meas-ures are likely, which willweigh further on globalgrowth," said TapasStrickland, senior analystat National Australia Bank.

"Markets are crying outfor a co-ordinated responseto COVID-19 headwindsand a lack of concrete USpolicy action is rattlingmarkets," he said. Trump'saddress included several

measures intended to easethe financial burden partic-ularly for small business,including payroll tax reliefand deferred tax payments.But he did not unveil anylarge-scale tax cuts, whichOANDA's Jefrey Halleysaid "has probably disap-pointed markets more thananything". Katrina Ell, sen-ior Asia-Pacific economistat Moody's Analytics, saidthe overall economic toll ofthe crisis has yet to be de-termined ."While a healthepidemic typically brings astrong revival in activity af-ter containment, theCOVID-19 outbreak has notreached that point, and theeconomic toll has in-creased," she said in a note."The economic cost of thevirus to the global economywill ultimately be deter-mined by the length of timetaken to contain it and thenumber of infections." Thebloodbath across globaltrading floors has come de-spite a raft of measures bygovernments worth tens ofbillions of dollars to offsetthe impact of the disease,while central banks will becalled upon to cut alreadylow interest rates and intro-duce other fiscal measures.German Chancellor AngelaMerkel has said she will do"whatever is necessary" tohelp the economy, while theEuropean Central Bank isto hold a policy meeting lat-er in the day at which it isunder pressure to open upthe taps.

Stocks, crude hammered as TrumpEurope ban fans recession fears

By K J M VarMaBeijing, Mar 12 (PTI)

The coronavirus cases continue to dropsharply in China which has reported 11 newfatalities, taking the death toll to 3,169,while in the worst-hit Wuhan, the con-firmed cases for the first time dropped tosingle digit with eight new infections, amida surge in "imported COVID-19 cases" inthe country.

China's National Health Commission,(NHC) said on Thursday it received reportsof 15 new confirmed cases of novel coron-avirus and 11 deaths on the Chinese main-land on Wednesday.

However, there is a surge in total num-ber of "imported COVID-19 cases" (peoplearriving from abroad) which rose to 85 onWednesday, the state-run Xinhua newsagency reported on Thursday.

As of Wednesday, a total of 80,793 con-firmed cases of the COVID-19 had been re-ported on the mainland, and 3,169 peoplehad died of the disease.

Among the new deaths, 10 were inHubei Province and its capital Wuhan andone in Shaanxi province, it said.

In Hubei province and Wuhan, whereover 50 million people are still under lock-down, the coronavirus cases, for the firsttime, dropped to a single digit. Wuhan re-ported eight cases on Wednesday, it said.

The latest report by the local healthcommission brought the total confirmedCOVID-19 cases in the hard-hit province to67,781.

As of Wednesday, Hubei had seen nonew confirmed COVID-19 cases for sevenconsecutive days in its 16 cities and prefec-tures outside Wuhan.

Among the 12,769 hospitalised pa-tients, 3,453 were still in severe conditionand another 727 in critical condition inWuhan.

The Chinese mainland reported sevennew confirmed cases of the COVID-19 onWednesday outside Hubei Province, theNHC said.

Of them, six cases - three in Guangdong,two in Gansu and one in Henan - were im-ported from outside (foreigners and localscoming from abroad) into the Chinesemainland. The total number of importedCOVID-19 cases on the mainland rose to 85as of Wednesday.Capital Beijing on

Wednesday reported no new confirmedcases, but five new suspected cases amongforeigners, including two from Italy, onefrom Britain and Spain each, according toBeijing Municipal Health Commission.

As of Wednesday, a total of 435 con-firmed cases had been reported in Beijing,including eight deaths.

The deadly coronavirus virus that firstoriginated in the Chinese city of Wuhan inDecember last year has claimed over 4,500lives and infected more than 124,000 peo-ple across 107 countries and territories. TheWorld Health Organization (WHO) onWednesday characterised the COVID-19outbreak as a "pandemic" as the virusspreads increasingly worldwide.

"We have therefore made the assess-ment that COVID-19 can be characterizedas a pandemic," WHO Director-GeneralTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told re-porters in Geneva.

Tedros said the WHO was "deeply con-cerned both by the alarming levels of spreadand severity, as well as by the alarming lev-els of inaction."

He urged the international communityto take urgent and aggressive action to con-tain the pandemic, the report said.

"We have never before seen a pandemicsparked by a coronavirus. And we have nev-er before seen a pandemic that can be con-trolled at the same time," Tedros said,stressing "all countries can still change thecourse of this pandemic."

While the coronavirus cases declinedsharply in China, the cases of infection havebeen rising rapidly in Europe and otherparts of the world, with Italy being the hard-est-hit country.

The total number of confirmed cases inItaly had surged past 12,000 as ofWednesday, despite its drastic measure oflocking down the entire country.

Michael Ryan, executive director of theWHO's health emergencies programme,has said the pandemic "is a characterisationor description of the situation." He deniedthat such a move would trigger anythingother than more aggressive and intensiveaction. The WHO has made many internaland external consultations in assessing theuse of the word "pandemic" as a characteri-sation of COVID-19, he added, warningagainst the danger of using the word tomake people give up rather than act.

Coronavirus cases to single-digitin Wuhan, China reports rise in

'imported cases'

Workers from a servpro disaster recovery team wearing protective suits and respirators are given supplies as they line up be-

fore entering the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Washington, to begin cleaning and disinfecting the facility.

By LaLIT K JHaWashington, Mar 12 (PTI)

In an unprecedentedmove, President DonaldTrump announced the USwill suspend all passengertravel from Europe, exceptthe UK, on friday for thenext 30 days to stop thespread of coronavirus pan-demic that has claimed over4,500 lives, including 37 inAmerica, and sent globalmarkets into a tailspin.

In a televised address tothe nation from his OvalOffice in the White Houseon Wednesday, PresidentTrump said the new restric-tions will come into effectfrom friday midnight andthere will be exemptions forAmericans returning to theUS after undergoing multi-ple screenings.

"To keep new casesfrom entering our shores,we will be suspending alltravel from Europe. Thenew rules will go into effectfriday at midnight," hesaid.

Trump said theEuropean Union had"failed to take the same pre-cautions" as his adminis-tration had implemented tocontain the coronavirusoutbreak.

The president said hewas monitoring the situa-tion in China and South

Korea, and asked citizens tosuspend all non-essentialtravels. He urged them toadopt best hygiene, washtheir hands and stay awayfrom large gatherings to re-duce the chance of infec-tion.

"This is not a financialcrisis. This is just a tempo-rary moment in time thatwe will overcome as a na-tion and a world," Trumpsaid.

"We are marshallingthe full power of the federalgovernment and the privatesector to protect theAmerican people," he said.

Global stocks and oilplunged immediately afterTrump's announcement,triggering a flurry of panicselling that sent Americanstock futures into a tailspin.

Dow (INDU) futuresplunged more than 1,100points, or 4.73 per cent.S&P 500 (SPX) futures fell4.6 per cent and Nasdaq(COMP) futures were down5 per cent, and Japan'sNikkei and Australia'sS&P/ASX 200 down morethan 4 per cent.

Oil prices, whichcrashed at the start of thisweek on the prospect of aprice war between SaudiArabia and Russia, plungedabout six per cent onThursday.

International bench-

mark Brent crude was down6.6 per cent at USD 33.43 abarrel, while US markerWest Texas Intermediatefell the same degree to USD30.81.

The president an-nounced that his adminis-tration will begin extendingloans to small businesseswho will be affected by thecoronavirus slowdown.

He was askew for pay-roll tax relief and said sometax filings will be delayed tohelp provide extra liquidity."We are all in this together.We must put politics aside,stop the partisanship, andunify together as one nationand one family. As historyhas proven time and timeagain, Americans alwaysrise to the challenge andovercome adversity,"Trump said. "Our future re-mains brighter than anyonecan imagine. Acting withcompassion and love, wewill heal the sick, care forthose in need, help our fel-low citizens, and emergefrom this challengestronger and more unifiedthan ever before," he said."We have the best economy,the most advanced health-care, and the most talenteddoctors, scientists, and re-searchers anywhere in theworld," Trump said, assert-ing that no nation is moreprepared or more resilient

than the US. The presidentsaid he took the decision tosuspend travel from Europeto the US after consultingwith top government healthprofessionals, to protect allcitizens from the coron-avirus. The deadly virusthat first originated in theChinese city of Wuhan inDecember last year hasclaimed over 4,500 livesand infected more than124,000 people across 107countries and territories.The World HealthOrganisation (WHO) char-acterised the outbreak as apandemic on Wednesday.China remains the hardest-hit with over 80,000 infec-tions and 3,000 deathswhile 37 people have diedand 1,300 infected in theUS. Over a dozen States inthe US have declared a stateof emergency with citiesand counties announcing totake sweeping measures tocontain the spread of thecoronavirus.

The US StateDepartment on Wednesdayadvised Americans to re-consider foreign travel inview of the coronaviruspandemic. "TheDepartment of State advis-es US citizens to reconsidertravel abroad due to theglobal impact of COVID-19," as the illness is known,it said in a statement.

Trump suspends travel from Europe to USfor 30 days amid coronavirus outbreak

Philippine leaderto undergo'precautionary'virus testManila, Mar 12

Philippine President RodrigoDuterte will be tested for the newcoronavirus, his spokesman said onThursday, as two key governmentbuildings were being disinfectedover an exposure scare. ThePhilippines has seen a jump thisweek in cases, including people whorecently attended events withSenate lawmakers and governmentofficials, potentially exposing them.In response, the Senate building andPhilippine central bank were under-going cleaning, and several officialsannounced they would isolate them-selves as a precaution.

Duterte, who at 74 is in a vulner-able age group for the virus, will betested because he has been in regu-lar contact with some of those offi-cials. "It is just prudent for us to takeprecautionary measures in compli-ance with the advice of our health of-ficials," said presidentialspokesman Salvador Panelo, addinghe too was to be tested. Duterte'shealth has been a recurring source ofspeculation in the Philippines sincein 2016 he became the oldest personelected as the country's president.finance Secretary SonnyDominguez and central bank headBenjamin Diokno were two of the of-ficials who were isolating them-selves. The Philippines has a rela-tively small number of confirmedcases compared to hotspots likeChina and Italy, but its tally hasrisen from 24 to 49 since Monday.Health authorities also announcedthe nation's second death, the firstsince an infected Chinese touristdied last month.

Two US, oneBritish personnelkilled in Iraqrocket attack:officialsWashington Mar 12:

Two American personnel andone from Britain were killed andabout a dozen people were woundedwhen 18 small rockets hit Iraq`s Tajimilitary camp north of Baghdad onWednesday, US officials toldReuters, speaking on condition ofanonymity. The officials, who cau-tioned the death toll may rise giventhe severity of some of the injuries,said it was too soon to assign blame.Any indication that Iran-backedmilitia were responsible could sparka new round of confrontation be-tween the United States and Iran.

Washington, Mar 12

There's one thingthe Trump administra-tion wants Americansto remember about thecoronavirus pandemic:It carries the "Made inChina" label.

Trump administra-tion officials, on the de-fensive about their ownhandling of the virus,have repeatedly re-minded people that thevirus started in Wuhan,a city in China's Hubeiprovince, withSecretary of State MikePompeo referring to itas the "Wuhan coron-avirus." PresidentDonald Trump's na-tional security adviser,Robert O'Brien, wenteven further onWednesday.

"Unfortunately,rather than using bestpractices, this outbreakin Wuhan was coveredup," O'Brien said at theHeritage foundation, aconservative-leaningthink tank inWashington. "There'slots of open-source re-porting from China,from Chinese nationals,that the doctors in-volved were either si-lenced or put in isola-tion, or that sort ofthing, so that the word

of this virus could notget out. It probably costthe world communitytwo months." O'Briensaid that if expertswould have had thosetwo months to getahead of the spread ofthe virus, "I think wecould have dramaticallycurtailed what hap-pened both in Chinaand what's now hap-pening across theworld." O'Brien's re-marks seemed to beaimed at countering adisinformation cam-paign that Sen MarcoRubio, R-fla., saysChina's CommunistParty is waging toblame the US for thevirus so it can dampendiscontent in China,distract from true infec-tion rates and "save faceinternationally." "TheChinese military portalXilu.com recently pub-lished an article base-lessly claiming that thevirus is 'a biochemicalweapon produced bythe US to target China,'"Rubio wrote. China,however, says it is help-ing the internationalcommunity battle thevirus. UN AmbassadorZhang Jun told re-porters at UN head-quarters in New Yorkthat Beijing is working

closely with other coun-tries and have providedmedical supplies to na-tions, including Korea,Japan and Italy. "Weare sending medicalteams to countries thatneed that, and we willdo whatever to join theinternational commu-nity to fight this virus ...because we have onlyone world, we need tojoin hands, we need toshow solidarity." Rubioclaims that besidesChina, disinformationis coming from Russiaand Iran, the hardest-hit country in theMiddle East. "In Qom,ground zero of Iran'scoronavirus outbreak, aprominent cleric ac-cused the United Statesof introducing the virus'to damage (the city's)culture and honor,'"Rubio wrote. WhileTrump has laudedChinese President XiJinping's work to re-spond to the virus,Trump himself has re-ferred to China'sCoronavirus situation."Trump has been criti-cised for playing downthe virus, contradictinghis own public healthofficials and concen-trating more on the eco-nomic fallout from theoutbreak.

Trump officials emphasise thatcoronavirus 'Made in China'

spOrts9 Glimpses of Future

JAMMU,fRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2020

Foreign playersnot available forIPL till April 15 dueto fresh visarestrictionsnew delhi, Mar 11 (PTI)

No foreign player will be avail-

able for this year's IPL till April 15

due to visa restrictions imposed by

the government to contain the novel

coronavirus threat, a top BCCI

source told PTI on Thursday, cast-

ing fresh doubts on the fate of the

event. "The foreign players who play

in the IPL come under the Business

Visa category. As per the govern-

ment's directive, they can't come till

April 15," a BCCI source told PTI on

conditions of anonymity.

The government issued fresh

advisory with a ban on all existing

foreign visas, except a few cate-

gories like diplomatic and employ-

ment, till April 15 in the wake of new

positive cases of novel coronavirus

in the country. India has reported

60 positive cases in the outbreak

which has led to over 4,000 deaths

globally. The fate of the IPL itself

will be decided on March 14 at the

event's Governing Council meeting

in Mumbai. "All decisions will be

taken by the GC in Mumbai," the

source said. Having the IPL, starting

March 29, played in empty stadiums

is an option being explored.

Ex-girlfriend ofFloyd Mayweatherfound deadLos angeles, Mar 12

Josie Harris, an ex-girlfriend of

floyd Mayweather who had three

children with the former champion

boxer, has been found dead at her

suburban Los Angeles home, au-

thorities have said. Los Angeles

County Sheriff Alex Villanueva told

KABC-TV that 40-year-old Josie

Lynn Harris was the mother of three

of Mayweather's children.

She was found dead in a vehicle

in the driveway of her apparent

home in Valencia north of Los

Angeles on Tuesday

evening.Sheriff's deputies were in-

vestigating the death, which was

first reported by TMZ, with the

celebrity news website reporting

foul play was not suspected. In 2010

Mayweather was accused of assault-

ing Harris and threatening two of

their children during an argument.

He admitted hitting Harris and

twisting her arm, eventually plead-

ing guilty to a reduced domestic vio-

lence charge and serving two

months in jail.

After Mayweather told an inter-

viewer that he was simply trying to

restrain Harris, who was on drugs

during the incident, Harris sued

him for defamation in 2015.

RSWS matches tohe played behindclose doorsMumbai, Mar 12

The matches of the Road Safety

World Series, featuring greats such

as Sachin Tendulkar and Brian

Lara, will now be held closed doors

in view of the Coronavirus threat in

Maharastra. The organisers have al-

so cancelled the matches which

were to be played at the MCA

Stadium in Gahunje in Pune and re-

located them to the DY Patil

Stadium in Navi Mumbai."As a con-

sequence of the ongoing health

emergency in the country, all stake

holders of the Road Safety World

Series have decided that all remain-

ing matches of the Road Safety

World Series will be played behind

closed doors at the DY Patil Stadium

starting March 13 when South

Africa Legends take on Sri Lanka

Legends in a revised schedule," a

media statement issued in the mid-

night stated. Maharashtra reported

10 cases of Coronavirus on

Wednesday."Due to the outbreak of

COVID-19 and the escalating num-

ber of cases in Maharashtra, the or-

ganising committee unanimously

agreed that the third leg of the

Series, which was scheduled to be

held in Pune from March 14 to 20,

2020, be relocated to DY Patil stadi-

um and played behind closed doors

along with the remaining games at

the same venue and the final," it

added.

In Brief

new delhi Mar 12:

The Sports Ministry hasmade it very clear to theBoard of Control for Cricketin India (BCCI) along withother national federationsthat any event that has to beheld amid the coronavirusoutbreak will have to be be-hind closed doors.

The diktat clearly meansthat if the board has to holdthe Indian Premier League, ithas to be without publicgathering.

Union Sports SecretaryRadhey Shyam Julaniya hasmade it clear that if a sportsevent is unavoidable and hasto be organised, it should bedone ensuring there is nopublic gathering.

"All national federations,including the BCCI, have

been told to adhere to theguidelines and advisory is-sued by the ministry ofhealth and public welfare.We have also told them toavoid any public gatheringand if a sporting event has tobe organised, it should bedone without gathering ofpeople.

"It is the state govern-ment who has to manage thecrowd and who have thepower under the epidemicdiseases act (Epidemic Act of1897). If it is unavoidableand it has to be organised,then they should do it with-out collecting the crowd," hepointed.This clearly is an in-dication for the BCCI that ifthey do go ahead with theIPL, it has to be behindclosed doors. When contact-ed, a BCCI official said that

the decision of the centralgovernment needs to be ad-hered to."The BCCI will takethe best possible course ofaction in the interest of thegame, the players, the fansand the league. The circum-stances are changing and theboard doesn't really havecontrol over the situation.The IPL Governing Council ismeeting in Mumbai onSaturday and have to take acall keeping in mind the dik-tat handed by the centralgovernment," a BCCI officialtold IANS.

The central governmenton Wednesday suspended allvisas, barring a few cate-gories like diplomatic andemployment, in an attemptto prevent the spread of coro-navirus as cases across thecountry rose over 70.

When contacted, an offi-cial of an IPL franchise saidthat it was important that theBCCI also keeps the franchis-es in the loop in the currentcircumstance."We havecome to a scenario whereinwe get to hear of develop-ments from the media ratherthan the board. All stake-holders should be kept inloop with regards to the deci-sions being taken. If theSports Ministry has alreadymade it clear that there canbe no public gatheringaround sporting events, thenit is very clear that the IPLhas to be held either behindclosed doors or be deferred.Don't think the second is anoption as such getting for-eign players post the originalwindow will be an issue," theofficial said.

If unavoidable, IPL should be heldbehind closed doors, says govt

rajkot Mar 12:

Anustup Majumdar put onanother inspiring show to holdfort on the fourth day and keepBengal in the hunt for the all-im-portant first-innings lead in thefinal of the Ranji Trophy en-counter against Saurashtra.

Majumdar followed on thefootsteps of Sudip Chatterjee(81) and Wriddhiman Saha (64)to hit a resilient unbeaten 58 off134 balls with Arnab Nandi (28off 82 balls) as Bengal ended theday on 354/6, trailing by 71 runswith four wickets in the bag.Saha and Chatterjee started onan overnight total of 134/4 andthe pair saw Bengal through toLunch. Dharmendrasinh Jadejafinally gave Saurashtra thebreakthrough in the eighth overof the second session asChatterjee got an inside edge

which went to the pad and thento the fielder at short leg. He hadfaced 241 balls during his stay inthe middle. Eight overs later,Saha fell to Prerak Mankad andSaurashtra finally had two newbatsmen at the crease. ShahbazAhmed failed to rise to the chal-lenge and fell to Chetan Sakariyaan over before Tea andSaurasthrra went into the breaksmelling a first-innings lead.But Majumdar and Nandi shutthe door on Saurashtra after thatand saw Bengal through toStumps. The pair have put up 91runs for the sixth wicket andhave been constantly egged onby the Bengal dressing room.Brief Scores: Saurashtra 425(Arpit Vasavda 106, CheteshwarPujara 66; Akash Deep 4/98) vsBengal 354/6 (Sudip Chatterjee81, Wriddhiman Saha 64;Prerak Mankad 2/45)

Ranji Trophy final: ResilientBengal stay in hunt for 1st

innings lead

spectators wait for the start of the first odI cricket match between India and south africa, which has been delayed due to rains, at HPCa sta-

dium in dharamshala.

Mumbai Mar 12:

Brushing aside any doubts sur-rounding him after a break fromcricket, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, in anew commercial ahead of the IndianPremier League, has played it cool inhis typical fashion.Chennai SuperKings (CSK) skipper Dhoni is widelyregarded as one of the best captainsto have played the game with twoWorld Cup and three IPL titles. Butmany have been wondering if "TheThala" can still lead from the front,

especially since he has been out ofaction since the ODI World Cup inJuly 2019.In a new TVC launched byStar Sports and BCCI, Dhoni shutsdown his detractors with poise. Thecommercial shows a couple laughingat a meme on "Thala" Dhoni in anaircraft, only to see him noticingthem from the next seat, completelyundeterred. Dhoni calmly puts onhis headphones, but not beforecheekily commenting about thenoise around him. fan banter whichinspired the #KhelBolega campaignwas launched by Star Sports in tan-dem with the BCCI recently. Dhonihas been the cynosure of all eyes dur-ing CSK's training camp ahead oftheir IPL season opener against de-fending champions Mumbai Indiansat the Wankhede Stadium on March29.On Saturday, CSK tweeted a pic-ture of Dhoni with the wicketkeep-er's gloves with the caption, "I see icyeyes."In his absence from the Indianteam, Rishabh Pant and K.L. Rahulhave taken up the wicketkeepingrole. Dhoni last played for India inthe semifinal of the 2019 World Cupagainst New Zealand .

MS Dhoni plays it cool amidfan banter ahead of IPL 2020

Los angeles, Mar 12

Sport across the UnitedStates and Canada wasgripped by coronavirus fears,with the NBA suspending itsseason after a Utah Jazz playertested positive for COVID-19.

The NBA's move followeda dramatic last-minute post-ponement of Utah's scheduledgame against the Thunder inOklahoma City, league offi-cials taking action after delib-erating during the day howbest to proceed in the face ofthe outbreak.

"The NBA is suspendinggame play following the con-clusion of tonight's schedule ofgames until further notice,"the league said.

"The NBA will use this hia-tus to determine next steps formoving forward in regard tothe coronavirus pandemic."

The move came days afterthe Indian Wells tennis tour-nament in California becamethe first high-profile casualtyof the crisis.

Mounting concern overthe possible spread of COVID-19 also prompted Canadianauthorities to cancel theWorld figure SkatingChampionships, which were

due to take place in Montrealfrom March 16-22.

The decision came afterescalating anxiety about thepotential for unchecked trans-mission of the virus amongfans attending sportingevents.

Shortly after the NBA's de-cision, the NHL said it wouldupdate the status of its seasonon Thursday.

"The National HockeyLeague is aware of the NBA'sdecision tonight to indefinite-ly suspend its season due to aplayer testing positive for thecoronavirus," the NHL said ina statement.

"The NHL is continuing toconsult with medical expertsand is evaluating the options.We expect to have a furtherupdate (Thursday)."

Pending league-wide ac-tion, the NHL's San JoseSharks said they would playthe three home games remain-ing this month without fans af-ter a ban on mass gatherings inSanta Clara County inCalifornia.

The Santa Clara Countyedict also forced the postpone-ment of a March 21 MajorLeague Soccer game betweenthe San Jose Earthquakes and

Sporting Kansas City.The NHL's Columbus Blue

Jackets said they would hostthe Pittsburgh Penguins onThursday behind closed doorsafter an order banning massgatherings in Ohio, set to bethe first major professionalsports event to be played in anempty arena.

The San francisco Giantsbaseball team said a plannedpre-season game against the

Oakland Athletics on March24 would be rescheduled.

In Washington state, au-thorities announced a ban onall gatherings of more than250 people in three countiesuntil at least the end of March,including the area which cov-ers Seattle. - 'More aggressiveposition' - "It is clear that ourstate needs a more vigorousand more comprehensive andmore aggressive position if we

are going to slow the spread ofthis epidemic," Washingtongovernor Jay Inslee said. TheMLS's Seattle Sounders latersaid a game against fC Dallason March 21 had been post-poned. The Seattle Marinersbaseball team said they wouldseek to reschedule the club'sopening home games of the2020 season, which had beenset for late March. Meanwhile,the wildly popular climax tothe US college basketball sea-son -- "March Madness" -- willbe played in virtually fan-freearenas after the NCAA said on-ly relatives and essential per-sonnel would be allowed atgames.

"I have made the decisionto conduct our upcomingchampionship events, includ-ing the Division I men's andwomen's basketball tourna-ments, with only essentialstaff and limited family atten-dance," National CollegiateAthletic Association (NCAA)president Mark Emmert said.

The NCAA took the un-precedented move after con-sulting public health officials.

Anthony fauci, head of theNational Institute of Allergyand Infectious Diseases, told aUS Congressional panel in

that the agency believed anylarge gatherings of people rep-resented a risk of COVID-19spreading.

"We would recommendthat there not be large crowds.If that means not having anypeople in the audience, as theNBA plays, so be it," faucisaid. "Anything that has largecrowd is something that wouldgive the risk to spread." JohnsHopkins University's coron-avirus tracker put the numberof known US cases at around1,300, with 36 dead.

Golf's US PGA Tour saidWednesday it has no plans topostpone its schedule, butadded it has not ruled any-thing out either. The PlayersChampionship tournament isset to start on Thursday.

"The PlayersChampionship will continueas scheduled, although we willabsolutely continue to reviewrecommendations from theCenters for Disease Control,World Health Organizationand local health administra-tions," the statement said."Players in the field have beennotified to be prepared to playround 1, as scheduled." TheTour said it would provide afurther update on Thursday.

NBA shut down, fans shut out as coronavirus hits US sport

sydney Mar 12

Australia are all set to tourBangladesh for a two-matchTest series in June this year,the Bangladesh Cricket Board(BCB) has confirmed. The twosides will first take on each oth-er in the opening match fromJune 11 at Zohur AhmedChowdhury Stadium inChattogram. Australia andBangladesh will play the sec-ond Test, beginning June 19 atSher-e-Bangla NationalCricket Stadium in Dhaka. TheTest series will be theAustralian men's cricketteam's third visit toBangladesh this year. They hadpreviously visited the country

for a two-match series in thelongest format of the game in2017, the International CricketCouncil (ICC) official websitereported. Bangladesh arescheduled to play againstAustralia following their re-turn from England, where theformer side are set to faceIreland in three-match ODI se-ries and four T20Is in May.Bangladesh are also slated tohost Pakistan in an ODI andtwo Tests, beginning April 1 atNational Stadium in Karachi.

Australia, on the otherhand, will face New Zealand ina three-match ODI series andas many T20Is from March 13before their tour ofBangladesh.

Australia to tour Bangladeshfor Test series in June Mumbai Mar 12:

Insisting that Indians are not badplayers of short-ball, Test vice-captainAjinkya Rahane on Wednesday said theteam's bad run in New Zealand was largelydue to the wind factor. Rahane, who hadscores of 46, 29 (in Wellington) and 7, 9 (inChristchurch), said the criticism that theydo not play short-ball well, does not holdany merit.

"People are speaking too much about it(short balls). If you see Melbourne in-nings, we have dominated. We all playshort-balls well. One game doesn't makeyou bad player of short ball. I don't thinkwe have to make too much fuss aboutshort-balls, we have been playing them re-ally well in different formats," Rahane saidin Mumbai. "They (New Zealand bowlers)used the breeze factor very well because inNew Zealand it was biggest factor, cuttingthe angle and pace. We have to stay fo-

cused and positive and the next series is inAustralia and there is a long way to go,looking forward to that."

Rahane was referring to the 2018Melbourne Test against Australia, whichIndia won by 137 runs. Cheteshwar Pujarahad scored a hundred, while Virat Kohli,Mayank Agarwal and Rohit Sharma hadstuck half-centuries in the first-innings.Personally if you see my Melbourne in-nings against Australia, I was counter-at-tacking and played short-ball wells. It isimportant to learn what went wrong play-ing short balls in New Zealand. As long as Iam on that path to improve, if next timethe opposition come and bowl short ballsat me and if I feel like hitting it, I'll hit," hesaid. "We have really done a good job in thelast three-four years. Now TestChampionship has started. In this jour-ney, you are going to win and lose somematches," he added. Rahane also said thathe was not overtly worried about his own

poor run. "I am not too much worriedabout that and I am not going too muchdeep in that. Test Championship is allabout one match and one series at a time,one match at a time because points are in-volved, because one bad game or two badgames will not make us bad team," Rahanesaid. "We learnt a lot from New Zealandseries, they played well. As a team, there issome learning as batting and bowlingunit."

Rahane, who has scored 4,203 runs,also dwelt on the importance of havingshadow tours. He, however, stressed thatthe pitches during the shadow toursshould be the same as they are in interna-tional games.

"It is important to have a shadow tourbecause you get to know the conditionswell. The only thing I feel is the wicketsthat we get in shadow games are complete-ly different than what we get in interna-tional games," he said.

Ajinkya Rahane says Team India not bad against short ball

JAMMU fRIDAY MARCH 13, 2020EntErtainmEnt10 Glimpses of Future

Angrezi Medium director Homi Adajania on IrrfanKhan's comeback: A legend doesn't comeback

Bigg Boss 13: Paras Chhabra avoided Akanksha Puri's attemptto reach him; says, 'There is no point in clarifying anything'

Happy Birthday Shreya Ghoshal: Here’s acute throwback to the time when little Shreya

enthralled everyone with her talentThrowback Thursday: When ThalaivarRajinikanth and Thalapathy Vijay come

together to create an iconic frame

Despite Baaghi 3's dominance, Taapsee Pannu's Thappadcontinues its strong run at the box office

Insta-Stalker Alert: AngreziMedium actress Radhika Madanproves she is the new fashionista

Taapsee Pannu'sThappad remains unaffectedby Tiger Shroff's Baaghi 3 asthe hard-hitting drama con-tinues its strong run at thebox office. The AnubhavSinha directorial venturewitnessed a boost in the col-lections due to the Holi festi-val and raked in 1.54 croreyesterday at the ticket win-dows. Thappad now standswith the grand total of Rs30.53 crore and is expectedto close around Rs 35 croreby the end of its third week-end. filmmaker AnubhavSinha, who is overwhelmedby all the love recently said,"The last time I started get-ting thousands of good wordswas after the release of‘Article 15'. I ran away toGulmarg, to the mountainswhere there was no network!I get scared of such lovewhere people come out of thetheatre and say, 'this is the

best work of Anubav Sinha tilldate'. I feel the pressure and won-der what will I do next. Now Ithink I cannot deliver anythingthat is average." He furtheradded, "It is not easy to deliver agood film and take the expecta-tion of the audience one levelhigher every time. I am over-whelmed and pressured. I cannotdeal with so much love! Thankyou so much (to the audience) butI want to disappear!" Apart fromTaapsee, audience have alsopraised the performance of PavailGulati, who played the husbandof the female protagonist Amrita,played by Taapsee Pannu.Talking about his best takeawayfrom the film he said, "I think thebiggest lesson that I have learntthrough the process of filming‘Thappad' is, not hurting the dig-nity of the other person in a rela-tionship, and that means in anyrelationship be it with parents,childhood friends, girlfriend orpeople who genuinely care."

Whenever we talk about fandom andcrazy fan following in the south industry,the superstars whose names come in ourmind are Thalaivar Rajinikanth,Thalapathy Vijay, Thala Ajith and Prabhas.These biggies enjoy an insane fan followingeven on social media, and despite not beingactive on the digital platforms, we see evena small announcement related to them be-coming the top trend on Twitter. And now,we will show an old pic, which turned out tobe an iconic frame as we see Thalapathyand Thalaivar in one frame with their smil-ing faces. This picture is a treat for all thefans and all cinema lovers. The megastarshave not shared screen space together inany film and we wish the duo signs a bigfilm, which will definitely become an all-time blockbuster right from its announce-ment. Meanwhile, Thalapathy Vijay is cur-rently gearing up for the release of Master,which is set to hit the screens in April. Thefilm is directed by Kaithi helmer LokeshKanagaraj and also stars Vijay Sethupathiand Malavika Mohanan in key roles.

Radhika Madan is one of the most talented new actressesin the industry today. She began her career with the televi-sion show, Meri Aashiqui Tumse Hi, opposite Shakti Arora,gained recognition for her performance and soon becameone of the top actresses on TV. Not many though thatRadhika Madan is not only a good actress, but also an amaz-ing dancer. Before entering into acting, Radhika was a danceinstructor in Delhi. In 2018, she made her Bollywood debutwith Pataakha, followed by Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota. Theactress is now all set for the release of her third film, AngreziMedium, where she will be seen alongside Irrfan Khan andKareena Kapoor Khan. The trailer and songs of the film havealready caught on and earned appreciation for Radhika.With Angrezi Medium releasing tomorrow, we thought ofstalking Radhika Madam’s Instagram handle, and boy, doesshe ace the fashion game like a boss!

Homi Adajania put hisfilm, Angrezi Medium, onhold only for Irrfan Khan.The actor was diagnosedwith a neuroendocrine tu-mour in 2018 and under-went treatment for the samefor a year and a half. Duringthe shoot of the film, therewere good days and bad daysas the actor was undergoingtreatment, however, he suc-

cessfully completed theshoot of the film. Tomorrow,the film will release andIrrfan Khan's wait will beworth it. Angrezi Mediumhas received rave reviewsfrom the critics already andit is up to the audience to de-cide the fate of the film.Meanwhile, when HomiAdajania was asked aboutIrrfan's comeback, he put

forth a strong statement andsaid, "A legend doesn’t comeback. He’s always there."The director further men-tioned that he had decided tomake this film with Irrfan ornot make it at all. While themaking of the movie, Irrfanwas undergoing treatment,so there would be good daysand bad days. There was anuncertainty about his energy

levels, considering how diffi-cult shoots can be. I did puteverything on hold and de-cided to wait for him to makethis. Dinoo (Dinesh Vijan,producer) and I were veryclear that Angrezi Mediumwould be made with Irrfan on-ly. And I took the risk, knowingthat it would be an experi-ence that my crew and Iwould cherish," he told here.

Paras Chhabra's relationship withAkanksha Puri was going through arough patch before Bigg Boss 13. He

tried to break up with the actress butshe refused to do so. And since, Parashimself did not want negativity in his

life, the Splitsvilla 5 winner did notcall it quits with her. However, nowafter Bigg Boss 13, they have endedtheir relationship on an ugly note.Akanksha Puri and Paras got involvedin mud-slinging and that's the leastthey could have done. Nevertheless,everything is over between them andParas has even blocked Akanksha onWhatsApp. However, Akanksha triedgetting in touch with Paras Chhabraafter Bigg Boss 13 but he finds nopoint in clarifying anything.

In an interview with News 18, hesaid, "Akanksha tried to contact meafter I came out of Bigg Boss, but Ihave been busy from the very next daywith my new show Mujhse ShaadiKaroge. Also, there is no point in clar-ifying anything now so it is better thatwe break-up. I want to remove the tat-too of her name on my hand but havebeen busy with the show." The actorfurther spoke about his thought ofbreaking up with Akanksha beforedoing Bigg Boss 13. "My relationshipwith Akanksha was going through arough phase and it would have endedanytime. When I was offered theshow, during a fight she told me that‘now that you have got this show, soyou will leave me’. As I was coming forthe show I did not want to do anythingnegative (break-up) in my life so I leftit on hold. Also, I told her that ‘if I get agirl on the show, I will move on."

It’s Shreya Ghoshal’s birthday today. Thesinger with one of the most melodious voices everclocks 36 years. At the age of 16, Shreya not onlywon over the whole country with her brilliantsinging skills, but also made a place in everyone’sheart with her kind nature and magnetic charm.Shreya began training in music at the tender age of4. She was accompanied by her mother on the tan-pura and usually sang Bengali songs. Shreya begantraining in classical music at the age of 6, under thetutelage of the Late Kalyanji Virji Shah and later,the Late Mukta Bhide in Mumbai. On her specialday today, we have found a rare video of teenageShreya that we thought of sharing with y’all. Howshe won over the audience with her musical talent,leaving senior talented musicians baffled, is whatthe video is all about. In the video, Shreya is seencrooning to Alka Yagnik and Kumar Sanu’s roman-tic track, Odhli Chunariya from the Salman Khanand Kajol starrer, Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya.

The music of this evergreen number was givenby Himesh Reshammiya while the lyrics werepenned by Sameer. In an earlier interview, ShreyaGhoshal had opened up on the recreation of music.“Recreations are okay if you do a couple of them,but now, if every other song is a recreation, it ispretty sad. I feel that even the audiences feel it.They want to listen to new songs and they are feel-ing, ‘Okay, this song we have already heard, andnow there is a new beat on it.’ Some of the recre-ations are done smartly where there is a new colourto it, and there is a completely new take to it.However, some of them are just about re-doing apopular song,” Shreya told an online entertain-ment portal.

��!!)��&��,�!�&�� 11 �� LOCAL

CRONAVIRUS @41?1��5:21/@10�<1;<81�C1>1�A:01>�>53;>;A?�;.?1>B-�

@5;:�C4581�;B1>� ��<1;<81�-/>;??�@41�/;A:@>E�C1>1�A:�01>�/;99A:5@E�?A>B1588-:/1��!1-:C4581��@41��1845�3;B1>:�91:@�01/8->10�/;>;:-B5>A?�-:�1<50195/�-:0�?-50�-88�@4;?1?/4;;8?�-:0�/;88131?�C41>1�1D-9?�->1�;B1>�?4;A80�.1�?4A@0;C:�-?�-8?;�/5:19-�4-88?�@588�!->/4� ��(41�01/5?5;:�C-?@-71:� -@� -� 4534�81B18�911@5:3� -@@1:010� .E��1845� �4512!5:5?@1>��>B5:0��16>5C-8�� :58��-56-8�-:0�@;<�3;B1>:�91:@�;225/5-8?��5?5:21/@5:3�-88�<A.85/�<8-/1?��5:/8A05:3�3;B�1>:91:@�-:0�<>5B-@1�;225/1?�-:0�?4;<<5:3�9-88?�4-?�.11:9-01�/;9<A8?;>E��16>5C-8�?-50��#:�5@?�<->@��0121:/1�95:�5?@>E�4-?�?1@�A<�?1B1:�9;>1�=A->-:@5:1�2-/585@51?��1?<1/5-88E2;>��:05-:�/5@5F1:?�.15:3�.>;A34@�@;�.-/7�2>;9�@41�/;>;:�-B5>A?�45@�/;A:@>51?��-:�;225/5-8�?-50��(41�2-/585@51?�4-B1.11:�?1@�A<�-@��-5?-891>��'A>-@3-04��4-:?5��;04<A>��1;8-85��;87-@-�-:0��41::-5��(41��>9E�5?�-8>1-0E�;<1>-@�5:3� -� =A->-:@5:1� 2-/585@E� 5:�!-:1?->� C4581� @41� ;:1� 5:�5:0;:��:1->��4-F5-.-0��5?�.15:3�;<1>-@10�.E�@41�-5>�2;>/1��??1>@5:3�@4-@�@41�2;/A?�5?�;:�<>1B1:@5B1�-<<>;-/4��-:0�-0�1=A-@1� @1?@5:3� 2-/585@51?� 4-B1� .11:� 9-01� -B-58-.81��33->C-8�?-50��:05-�<>1?1:@8E�4-?�->;A:0��8-74�@1?@5:3�75@?-:0�9;>1�@1?@5:3�75@?�4-B1�.11:�;>01>10��.;A@�1B-/A-@5;:91-?A>1?�A:01>@-71:�?;�2->��33->C-8�?-50�@588�:;C��:05-4-?�1B-/A-@10��<1;<81�2>;9�@41�/;>;:-B5>A?�-221/@10/;A:@>51?�#2�@41?1��C1>1��:05-:?�-:0��.18;:310�@;05221>1:@� :-@5;:-85@51?� 5:/8A05:3� 2>;9� @41� !-805B1?�!E-:9->��-:38-01?4��45:-��@41�)'��!-0-3-?/->��'>5 -:7-��"1<-8��';A@4��2>5/-�-:0�$1>A��41�?-50��33->C-8?-50�@41�3;B1>:91:@�4-?�9-01��8-.;>-@;>51?�2A:/@5;:-82;>�@1?@5:3�?-9<81?�C4581��8-.?�4-B1�.11:�01?53:-@10�2;>418<5:3�5:�?-9<81�/;881/@5;:�@;�1:4-:/1�05-3:;?5?�-:0�01�@1/@5;:�/-<-/5@E�;2�@41�05?1-?1��(41�41-8@4�;225/5-8?�-8?;�?-50@4-@��:05-�?�122;>@?�@;�01-8�C5@4�/;>;:-B5>A?�->1�5:�/;:?;�:-:/1�C5@4�+�#�-:0�@41�2;/A?�5?�;:�<>1B1:@5B1�-<<>;-/4�(41�3;B1>:91:@�4-?�?@1<<10�A<�B5358�-:0�2;88;C5:3�-�?@>;:3/;:@-/@�@>-/5:3�?E?@19�@;�1:?A>1�-:E;:1�C4;�4-?�/;91�5:@;A/4�C5@4� @41� 5:21/@10� ->1� :;@�95??10� ;A@�� @41E� ?-50�-005:3�@588�:;C��<1;<81�4-B1�.11:�?/>11:10�-@� 01?53:-@10�-5><;>@?�5:��:05-��?710�C41@41>�4534�@19<1>-�@A>1�7588?�@41�/;>;:-B5>A?��;225/5-8?�?-50�@41>1�C-?�:;�?@A0E;>�1B501:/1�@588�:;C�@;�?A331?@�@4-@��?�@41�/;:@-35;A?�05?�1-?1�C5@4�28A�8571�?E9<@;9?�?<>1-0�-/>;??�@41�38;.1��@41/-.5:1@�?1/>1@->E�;:�+10:1?0-E�?-50�?@-@1?�-:0�):5;:(1>>5@;>51?�?4;A80�5:B;71�<>;B5?5;:?�;2�?1/@5;:��;2�@41�<50195/��5?1-?1?��/@��?;�@4-@�-88�-0B5?;>51?�5??A10.E�@41�):5;:�41-8@4�95:5?@>E�-:0�?@-@1�3;B1>:91:@?�->11:2;>/1-.81��!1-:C4581��@41��D@1>:-8��22-5>?�!5:5?@>E�4-?-0B5?10�-3-5:?@�4;805:3�@45?�E1->�?��$ �105@5;:�5:�C-71�;2@41�/;>;:-B5>A?�?/->1��.A@�812@�5@�@;�@41�;>3-:5?1>?�@;�@-71�-25:-8�/-88�;:�5@��(45?�C-?�?@-@10�.E�!��005@5;:-8�'1/>1@->E�-99A�&-B5�C4;�4-?�.11:�-<<;5:@10�-?�@41�:;0-8�;225/1>@;�/;;>05:-@1�122;>@?�@;�01-8�C5@4�@41�/;>;:-B5>A?�;A@.>1-7��:05-�4-?�?A?<1:010�-88�B5?-?��1D/1<@�2;>�-�21C�/-@13;>51??A/4�-?�05<8;9-@5/�-:0�19<8;E91:@��@588��<>58��5:�-�.50�@;/;:@-5:�@41�?<>1-0�;2�>1?<5>-@;>E�B5>A?��-//;>05:3�@;�-�>1�B5?10�@>-B18�-0B5?;>E��*5?-�2>11�@>-B18�2-/585@E�3>-:@10�@;#B1>?1-?��5@5F1:?45<�;2��:05-��#��/->0�4;801>?�5?�-8?;71<@�5:�-.1E-:/1�@588��<>58��-//;>05:3�@;�@41�-0B5?;>E�5?�?A10�;:�+10:1?0-E��@�?-50��-:E�2;>153:�:-@5;:-8�C4;�5:�@1:0?�@;�@>-B18�@;��:05-�2;>�/;9<1885:3�>1-?;:�9-E�/;:@-/@@41�:1->1?@��:05-:�!5??5;:�-:0�@4-@�-88�5:/;95:3�@>-B1881>?�5:/8A05:3��:05-:�:-@5;:-8?��->>5B5:3�2>;9�;>�4-B5:3�B5?5@10�45:-��@-8E��>-:��&1<A.85/�;2��;>1-��>-:/1��'<-5:�-:0�1>9-:E�-2@1>��1.>A->E��C588�.1�=A->-:@5:10�2;>�-�95:5�9A9��0-E?��33->C-8�?-50�@41�3;B1>:91:@�4-?�9-01��8-.;>-@;>51?�2A:/@5;:-8�2;>�@1?@5:3�?-9<81?�C4581��8-.?4-B1�.11:�01?53:-@10�2;>�418<5:3�5:�?-9<81�/;881/@5;:�@;1:4-:/1�05-3:;?5?�-:0�01@1/@5;:�/-<-/5@E�;2�@41�05?1-?1�(41�41-8@4�;225/5-8?�-8?;�?-50�@4-@��:05-�?�122;>@?�@;�01-8�C5@4/;>;:-B5>A?�->1�5:�/;:?;:-:/1�C5@4�+�#�-:0�@41�2;/A?�5?;:�<>1B1:@5B1�-<<>;-/4��(41�3;B1>:91:@�4-?�?@1<<10�A<B5358�-:0�2;88;C5:3�-�?@>;:3�/;:@-/@�@>-/5:3�?E?@19�@;�1:�?A>1�-:E;:1�C4;�4-?�/;91�5:�@;A/4�C5@4�@41�5:21/@10�->1:;@�95??10�;A@��@41E�?-50��-005:3�@588�:;C��<1;<814-B1�.11:�?/>11:10�-@� �01?53:-@10�-5><;>@?�5:��:05-��?710�C41@41>�4534�@19<1>-@A>1�7588?�@41�/;>;:-B5>A?��;225�/5-8?�?-50�@41>1�C-?�:;�?@A0E�;>�1B501:/1�@588�:;C�@;�?A331?@@4-@��?�@41�/;:@-35;A?�05?1-?1�C5@4�28A�8571�?E9<@;9??<>1-0� -/>;??� @41� 38;.1�� @41� /-.5:1@� ?1/>1@->E� ;:+10:1?0-E�?-50�?@-@1?�-:0�):5;:�(1>>5@;>51?�?4;A80�5:�B;71�<>;B5?5;:?�;2�?1/@5;:��;2�@41��<50195/��5?1-?1?��/@��?;�@4-@�-88�-0B5?;>51?�5??A10�.E�@41�):5;:�41-8@4�95:�5?@>E�-:0�?@-@1�3;B1>:91:@?�->1�1:2;>/1-.81��!1-:C4581�@41��D@1>:-8��22-5>?�!5:5?@>E�4-?�-0B5?10�-3-5:?@�4;805:3@45?�E1->�?��$ �105@5;:�5:�C-71�;2�@41�/;>;:-B5>A?�?/->1��.A@812@�5@�@;�@41�;>3-:5?1>?�@;�@-71�-�25:-8�/-88�;:�5@��(45?�C-?�?@-@�10�.E�!��005@5;:-8�'1/>1@->E��-99A�&-B5�C4;�4-?.11:�-<<;5:@10�-?�@41�:;0-8�;225/1>�@;�/;;>05:-@1�122;>@?�@;01-8�C5@4�@41�/;>;:-B5>A?�;A@.>1-7��:05-�4-?�?A?<1:010-88�B5?-?��1D/1<@�2;>�-�21C�/-@13;>51?�?A/4�-?�05<8;9-@5/�-:019<8;E91:@��@588��<>58��5:�-�.50�@;�/;:@-5:�@41�?<>1-0�;2>1?<5>-@;>E�B5>A?��-//;>05:3�@;�-�>1B5?10�@>-B18�-0B5?;>E�*5?-�2>11�@>-B18�2-/585@E�3>-:@10�@;�#B1>?1-?��5@5F1:?45<�;2�:05-��#��/->0�4;801>?�5?�-8?;�71<@�5:�-.1E-:/1�@588��<>58��-//;>05:3�@;�@41�-0B5?;>E�5??A10�;:�+10:1?0-E��@�?-50�-:E�2;>153:�:-@5;:-8�C4;�5:@1:0?�@;�@>-B18�@;��:05-�2;>�/;9�<1885:3�>1-?;:�9-E�/;:@-/@�@41�:1->1?@��:05-:�!5??5;:�-:0@4-@�-88�5:/;95:3�@>-B1881>?��5:/8A05:3��:05-:�:-@5;:-8?��->�>5B5:3�2>;9�;>�4-B5:3�B5?5@10��45:-��@-8E��>-:��&1<A.85/�;2�;>1-��>-:/1��'<-5:�-:0��1>9-:E�-2@1>��1.>A->E��C588.1�=A->-:@5:10�2;>�-�95:59A9��0-E?�

DB to hear 1221/@10�1D<105@5;A?8E�-:0�@41��1<A@E��;995??5;:1>�

�-99A�?4-88�1:?A>1�@4-@�?@>5/@�-/@5;:�5?�@-71:�-3-5:?@�@41<A.85/�-:0�<>5B-@1�<1>?;:�C4;�->1�>1?<;:?5.81�2;>�@41?1�1:�@>51?��2A>@41>�05>1/@10��1<A@E��;995??5;:1>��-99A@;�0>-C�@41�85?@�;2�@41�.1:125/5->51?�;2�?A/4�2-71�1:@>51?�-?C188�-?�@41�<1>?;:?�C4;�C1>1�<8-/10�5:�@41�<;?5@5;:?�;2�-A�@4;>5@E�>1?<;:?5.585@E��C41:�?A/4�2-71�1:@>51?�C1>1�1221/@10

5:�@41�>1B1:A1�>1/;>0?��2A>@41>�05>1/@10�@4-@�-88�?@1<?2;>�>1/;B1>5:3�@41�8-:0�C45/4�9-E�4-B1�.11:�58813-88E�1:�/>;-/410�<>195?10�;:�?A/4�2-71�1:@>51?�?4-88�.1� @-71:2;>@4C5@4�-:0�25810�-�>1<;>@�5:�@45?�>13->0��2A>@41>�?1175:2;>9-@5;:�-?�@;�C41@41>�@41>1�4-?�.11:�-:E�8135?8-@5;:?5958->� @;� @41� �-99A� -:0��-?495>� -:0?� �*1?@5:3� ;2#C:1>?45<�@;�@41�#//A<-:@?��/@��1:-/@10�.E�@41�1:@>-8��;B1>:91:@�;>�-:E�;@41>�8135?8-@A>1�5:��:05-��;<EC41>1;2�?4-88�.1�<8-/10�.12;>1�A?�.E�@41��/;A:?18�2;>�@41<->@51?��2A>@41>�05>1/@10�@4-@�'1/>1@->E��;->0�;2'/4;;8� �0A/-@5;:�� -99A�� '1/>1@->E�� &1B1:A1�1<->@91:@��5B5?5;:-8��;995??5;:1>��-99A��$>5:/5<-8��4512� �;:?1>B-@;>� ;2� �;>1?@?�� C1>1� @;� ?A.95@� >1<;>@?C41>1.E��05>1/@10�-�/;<E�;2�1:@5>1�<-<1>�.;;7�5:/8A05:3@41�C>5@�<1@5@5;:�-:0�-88�@41�?@-@A?�>1<;>@?�;:�>1/;>0�.19-01�-B-58-.81�@;�@41��5B5?5;:-8��;995??5;:1>��-99A�-?C188�-?�@41�$>5:/5<-8��4512��;:?1>B-@;>�;2��;>1?@?��(41E?4-88�?/>A@5:5F1�@41�1:@5>1�>1/;>0?�-:0�-�>1<;>@�.1�?A.95@�@10�@;�A?�-2@1>�/->12A8�-:0�/;9<81@1�?/>A@5:E��:;@�;:8E�@41/;A>@� >1/;>0� -:0� ?@-@A?� >1<;>@?� .A@� -8?;� @41� >181B-:@>1/;>0?�-:0�0;/A91:@?��(41?1�;225/1>?�?4-88�/-A?1�-�<4E?5�/-8�5:?<1/@5;:�;2�@41�8-:0�@;�.1�A:01>@-71:�-:0��52�:1/1?�?->E��2>1?4�019->/-@5;:�.1�/;:0A/@10�.E�-:�;225/1>�:;@�.1�8;C�@41�>-:7�;2��1<A@E��;995??5;:1>��+5@4�>13->0�@;�<->-�3>-<4�";��;2�;A>�;>01>�0-@10��@4�;2��1.>A->E��!>��:7A>�'4->9-��4-0�.>;A34@�@;�;A>�:;@5/1�@41�<>-E1>9-01�5:��!$�";��5:�$� �";��<>-E5:3�2;>�-��5:=A5>E�5:@;�@41�1:@5>1�9-@@1>��@�5?�<;5:@10�;A@�@4-@�@41�;9<@>;881>�-:0��A05@;>��1:1>-8�;2��:05-�4-0�>1<;>@10@4-@�59<8191:@-@5;:�;2�@41�&;?4:5�'/4191�4-?�>1?A8@10�5:-�8;??�;B1>�&A<11?�(C1:@E��5B1�(4;A?-:0��>;>1?�@;�@41<A.85/�1D/41=A1>��;.?1>B10�@4-@��?�>1/;>010�;:��@4�1.>A->E��C1�8;;7�5:@;�@45?�9-@@1>�-2@1>�@41�?@-@A?�>1�<;>@?�5:�@1>9?�;2�@45?�;>01>�->1�<8-/10�.12;>1�A?�1221/@10�1D�<105@5;A?8E�-:0�@41��1<A@E��;995??5;:1>��-99A�?4-881:?A>1�@4-@�?@>5/@�-/@5;:�5?�@-71:�-3-5:?@�@41�<A.85/�-:0�<>5�B-@1�<1>?;:�C4;�->1�>1?<;:?5.81�2;>�@41?1�1:@>51?��2A>�@41>�05>1/@10��1<A@E��;995??5;:1>��-99A�@;�0>-C�@4185?@�;2�@41�.1:125/5->51?�;2�?A/4�2-71�1:@>51?�-?�C188�-?�@41<1>?;:?�C4;�C1>1�<8-/10�5:�@41�<;?5@5;:?�;2�-A@4;>5@E�>1�?<;:?5.585@E��C41:�?A/4�2-71�1:@>51?�C1>1�1221/@10�5:�@41>1B1:A1�>1/;>0?��2A>@41>�05>1/@10�@4-@�-88�?@1<?�2;>�>1�/;B1>5:3� @41� 8-:0� C45/4� 9-E� 4-B1� .11:� 58813-88E� 1:�/>;-/410�<>195?10�;:�?A/4�2-71�1:@>51?�?4-88�.1� @-71:2;>@4C5@4�-:0�25810�-�>1<;>@�5:�@45?�>13->0��2A>@41>�?1175:2;>9-@5;:�-?�@;�C41@41>�@41>1�4-?�.11:�-:E�8135?8-@5;:?5958->� @;� @41� �-99A� -:0��-?495>� -:0?� �*1?@5:3� ;2#C:1>?45<�@;�@41�#//A<-:@?��/@��1:-/@10�.E�@41�1:@>-8��;B1>:91:@�;>�-:E�;@41>�8135?8-@A>1�5:��:05-��;<EC41>1;2�?4-88�.1�<8-/10�.12;>1�A?�.E�@41��/;A:?18�2;>�@41<->@51?��2A>@41>�05>1/@10�@4-@�'1/>1@->E��;->0�;2'/4;;8� �0A/-@5;:�� -99A�� '1/>1@->E�� &1B1:A1�1<->@91:@��5B5?5;:-8��;995??5;:1>��-99A��$>5:/5<-8��4512� �;:?1>B-@;>� ;2� �;>1?@?�� C1>1� @;� ?A.95@� >1<;>@?C41>1.E��05>1/@10�-�/;<E�;2�1:@5>1�<-<1>�.;;7�5:/8A05:3@41�C>5@�<1@5@5;:�-:0�-88�@41�?@-@A?�>1<;>@?�;:�>1/;>0�.19-01�-B-58-.81�@;�@41��5B5?5;:-8��;995??5;:1>��-99A�-?C188�-?�@41�$>5:/5<-8��4512��;:?1>B-@;>�;2��;>1?@?��(41E?4-88�?/>A@5:5F1�@41�1:@5>1�>1/;>0?�-:0�-�>1<;>@�.1�?A.95@�@10�@;�A?�-2@1>�/->12A8�-:0�/;9<81@1�?/>A@5:E��:;@�;:8E�@41/;A>@� >1/;>0� -:0� ?@-@A?� >1<;>@?� .A@� -8?;� @41� >181B-:@>1/;>0?�-:0�0;/A91:@?��(41?1�;225/1>?�?4-88�/-A?1�-�<4E?5�/-8�5:?<1/@5;:�;2�@41�8-:0�@;�.1�A:01>@-71:�-:0��52�:1/1?�?->E��2>1?4�019->/-@5;:�.1�/;:0A/@10�.E�-:�;225/1>�:;@�.1�8;C�@41�>-:7�;2��1<A@E��;995??5;:1>��+5@4�>13->0�@;�<->-�3>-<4�";��;2�;A>�;>01>�0-@10��@4�;2��1.>A->E��!>��:7A>�'4->9-��4-0�.>;A34@�@;�;A>�:;@5/1�@41�<>-E1>9-01�5:��!$�";��5:�$� �";��<>-E5:3�2;>�-��5:=A5>E�5:@;�@41�1:@5>1�9-@@1>��@�5?�<;5:@10�;A@�@4-@�@41�;9<@>;881>�-:0��A05@;>��1:1>-8�;2��:05-�4-0�>1<;>@10@4-@�59<8191:@-@5;:�;2�@41�&;?4:5�'/4191�4-?�>1?A8@10�5:-�8;??�;B1>�&A<11?�(C1:@E��5B1�(4;A?-:0��>;>1?�@;�@41<A.85/�1D/41=A1>��;.?1>B10�@4-@��?�>1/;>010�;:��@4�1.>A->E��C1�8;;7�5:@;�@45?�9-@@1>�-2@1>�@41�?@-@A?�>1�<;>@?�5:�@1>9?�;2�@45?�;>01>�->1�<8-/10�.12;>1�A?��"��

Will take C4581��8-.?�4-B1�.11:�01?53:-@10�2;>�418<5:3�5:�?-9�

<81�/;881/@5;:�2;>��#*��@;�1:4-:/1�/-<-/5@E�2;>�05-3�:;?5?�-:0�01@1/@5;:�;2�@41�05?1-?1��+1�4-B1�->;A:0��8-74@1?@5:3�75@?�-:0�-005@5;:-8�75@?�4-B1�.11:�;>01>10��-:;@41>41-8@4� 95:5?@>E� ;225/5-8� ?-50�� (41� 41-8@4� 95:5?@>E� ;:(4A>?0-E�-?710�<1;<81�:;@�@;�<-:5/�5:�@41�C-71�;2�5:/>1-?�5:3�:A9.1>�;2�/;>;:-B5>A?�/-?1?�5:�@41�/;A:@>E�?-E5:3�@412;/A?�5?�;:�<>1B1:@5B1�-<<>;-/4�-:0�@41>1�->1�-01=A-@1�2-�/585@51?�-B-58-.81�2;>�@1?@5:3��@�?-50�@41>1�5?�:;�5:?@-:/1�;2-:E�/;99A:5@E�@>-:?95??5;:��-005:3�@41>1�4-?�.11:�;:8E8;/-8�@>-:?95??5;:�C4581��8-.?�4-B1�.11:�01?53:-@10�2;>418<5:3�5:�?-9<81�/;881/@5;:�2;>��#*��@;�1:4-:/1�/-�<-/5@E�2;>�05-3:;?5?�-:0�01@1/@5;:�;2�@41�05?1-?1��+1�4-B1->;A:0��8-74�@1?@5:3�75@?�-:0�-005@5;:-8�75@?�4-B1�.11:�;>�01>10��-:;@41>�41-8@4�95:5?@>E�;225/5-8�?-50��(41�41-8@495:5?@>E�;:�(4A>?0-E�-?710�<1;<81�:;@�@;�<-:5/�5:�@41�C-71;2�5:/>1-?5:3�:A9.1>�;2�/;>;:-B5>A?�/-?1?�5:�@41�/;A:@>E?-E5:3�@41�2;/A?�5?�;:�<>1B1:@5B1�-<<>;-/4�-:0�@41>1�->1-01=A-@1�2-/585@51?�-B-58-.81�2;>�@1?@5:3��@�?-50�@41>1�5?�:;5:?@-:/1�;2�-:E�/;99A:5@E�@>-:?95??5;:��-005:3�@41>1�4-?.11:�;:8E�8;/-8�@>-:?95??5;:�

Jammu B145/81?��@41E�?-50��!1:�-:0�9-/45:1>E�->1�-@�C;>7�@;

/81->�@41�4534C-E�;2�?:;C�-:0�8-:0?8501?�-:0�9-71�5@�:-B5�3-.81��@41E�?-50�C4581�-005:3�@4-@�>-5:?�->1�?@588�@>5331>5:32A>@41>�8-:0?8501?��B145/81?��@41E�?-50��!1:�-:0�9-/45:1>E->1�-@�C;>7�@;�/81->�@41�4534C-E�;2�?:;C�-:0�8-:0?8501?�-:09-71�5@�:-B53-.81��@41E�?-50�C4581�-005:3�@4-@�>-5:?�->1�?@588@>5331>5:3�2A>@41>�8-:0?8501?��B145/81?��@41E�?-50��!1:�-:09-/45:1>E�->1�-@�C;>7�@;�/81->�@41�4534C-E�;2�?:;C�-:08-:0?8501?�-:0�9-71�5@�:-B53-.81��@41E�?-50�C4581�-005:3@4-@�>-5:?�->1�?@588�@>5331>5:3�2A>@41>�8-:0?8501?�

CONTD FROM PAGE 1

��

�;>91>�!5:5?@1>�-:01D�! �� !� �� 6-@?4-@>A'5:34� B5?5@10'A049-4-01B� -:0� @;;7?@;/7� ;2� B->5;A?� 2-/585@51?.15:3�<>;B5010�@;�@41�<58�3>59?� .1?501?� 4;805:3@4>1-0.->1�05?/A??5;:?�;:59<>;B5:3�1D5?@5:3�10525/1-@�@41�45348E�>1B1>10�'4;;8$-:1?4C->�(19<81��9-7�5:3�@45?�<8-/1�-�9A?@�B5?5@<583>59-31� ?5@1� C45/4� 5?85718E� @;� 1D<1>51:/1� 4A312;;@2-88�;2�01B;@11?�0A>5:3@41� 1:?A5:3� "-B>-@>-?��6-@?4-@>A�C-?� -//;9<-�:510� .E� �A:C->-:5� &5@A'5:34� -:0� (>A?@11� ��4->9->@4�(>A?@�&-:B56-E'5:34��(-875:3�C5@4�/->1�@-71>?� -.;A@� 2-/585@51?� @;/-@1>�@;�@41�.A>31;:5:3�01�9-:0?� ;2� <583>59?��6-@?4-@>A�'5:34�-??1>@10@4-@�<>1<->5:3�@41�:1/1?�?->E�5:2>-?@>A/@A>1�5?�B5@-8@;�1:?A>1�@4-@�>185-.81�2-�/585@51?� C1>1� <>;B5010� @;@41� <583>59?� B5?5@5:3� @45?-:/51:@�?5@1�.1851B10�@;�.19;>1�@4-:� �E1->?�;80-:0� -0;>:10� .E� :-@A>1J?/4->9�-:0�?<5>5@A-8�=A5:�@1??1:/1�C41>1�->@�-:0�->�/45@1/@A>1� 3-8;>1�� 2@1>31@@5:3�25>?@4-:0�5:2;>9-�

@5;:�-.;A@�@41�5:2>-?@>A/�@A>1� -B-58-.81� 2>;9�4->9->@4�(>A?@�;225/5-8?��6-@?4-@>A� 05?/8;?10� @41>;-09-<�2;>�A<852@5:3�@411D5?@5:3�10525/1� @;� 1:?A>1/;:B1:51:/1� -:0� 1-?1� @;@41� B5?5@5:3� <583>59?� .1�?501?�9-75:3�@45?�?<;@�-?25>?@�/4;5/1�;2�:-@A>1�8;B1>?@;�.;;?@�@41�8;/-8�1/;:;9E-:0� 2;>@52E� @;A>5?9<>;?<1/@?�� ->851>��6-@?4-@>A�C1:@�>;A:0�@41@19<81�/;9<81D�-:0�5??A10;:� @41�?<;@�:1/1??->E�05�>1/@5;:?� >13->05:3� >1�=A5>10�>1<-5>?�-:0�2-/1852@;2�@41�@19<81��1�05>1/@10@41�9-:-3191:@�@;�1:?A>1

-88� ->>-:3191:@?� 2;>� @41B5?5@5:3� <583>59?� ?;� @4-@@41E�9-E�:;@�2-/1�-:E�5:�/;:B1:51:/1��1�>1B51C10->>-:3191:@?� 5:� B51C� ;22;>@4/;95:3� �4-5@>-"-B>-@>5� �1?@5B-8� -:0� 05�>1/@10� 2;>� 9-75:3� -01�=A-@1�->>-:3191:@?�2;>�@41A</;95:3�21?@5B-8?��1�-8�?;� 05?/A??10� ?1/A>5@E�.;->05:3��8;035:3��<;@-.81C-@1>��181/@>5/5@E��->>-:31�91:@?�.15:3�9-01�2;>�@41/;:B1:51:/1� ;2� @41� 01B;�@11?��00>1??5:3�-�3-@41>�5:3�� 6-@?4-@>A� -8?;� -<�<1-810�@;�@41�3;B1>:91:@@;� /;9<81@1� @41� ;:3;5:301B18;<91:@� C;>7?� 2;>

9-75:3�4-??81�2>11�6;A>:1E;2�<583>59?�@;�@45?�1:/4-:@�5:3� <583>59-31� ?5@1�'@>1??5:3� ;:� @41� :110� @;9-71� @41� A</;95:3� >185�35;A?�1B1:@?�-�3>1-@�-@@>-/�@5;:�2;>�@41�<1;<81��'5:34-?710� @41� ;225/5-8?� ;2� @41�4->9->@4�(>A?@�@;�/4-87�;A@� /-<@5B-@5:3� <>;�3>-991?�C5@45:�@41�-B-58�-.81�>1?;A>/1?�@;�9-71�@41B5?5@�;2�01B;@11?�-�919;�>-.81�;:1�?;�@4-@�@41E�/-:-/@� -?� -9.-??-0;>?� @;?<>1-0� -:0� 45348534@� @419E?@5/5?9� -:0� >18535;A??53:525/-:/1� /;::1/@10C5@4�@41�<8-/1�A<�@;�<8-/1?2->�-:0�C501�

��#"��#!$�!�%��&"��#��"��!��#�$��%�#��#�#�� !��"

��"��

(;�-/=A-5:@��?1:?5�@5F1� -:0� 9;.585F1� @41<1;<81�-.;A@�'C-/44@-$-74C-0-�� 5?@>5/@�4580� $>;@1/@5;:� ):5@-:0� !-458-� '4-7@5�1:0>-��5?4@C->�@;0-E;:� @41� 05>1/@5;:?� ;2�5?@>5/@� �4580$>;@1/@5;:�#225/1>�-:0�:/4->31� $>;3>-991#225/1>� ��'�� !>(->5=� $->B1F� %-F5��'��;>3-:5F10�-C->1�:1??�<>;3>-991�5:�@41�A335?� �?8A9?�� ;2'4-7@5�"-3->��5?4@C->�

(41� <>;3>-991C1>1�-5910�-@�5:@1:?5�2E5:3�-C->1:1??�31:1>�-@5;:� ;:� @41� 59<;>�@-:/1� ;2� 'C-/44@-$-7C-04-�C45/4� -59?-@�9-75:3� �:05-�#<1:�121/-@5;:� �>11�!-75:3� �:05-:� �81-:-:0��>11:�-:0�/4-:3�5:3�@41�95:0?1@�;2� @41/;99;:�9-??1?�-.;A@@-75:3� -:� 5:5@-@5B1� @;C;>7�2;>�/81-:85:1??�;2

:1534.;>4;;0�-:0�?A>�>;A:05:3?�� :� @45?� >1�3->0��$1;<81�>1?505:3�5:�A335?� �?8A9?�� ;2'4-7@5�"-3->�->1-�C1>19-01�-C->1�-.;A@�<1>�?;:-8�4E351:1��/;99A�:5@E�?-:5@-@5;:�-:0�A?1;2�8-@>5:1?��A>5:3�@41<>;3>-991��$>;@1/@5;:#225/1>� �";:�:?@5@A@5;:-8� �->1� ��$'� �5?4@C->�(;A?112� �=.-8� �A@@A>310�-88�@41�<1;<81�@;@-71�5@�-?�@415>�<1>?;:-8>1?<;:?5.585@E� @;� 711<@415>�?A>>;A:05:3?�:1-@-:0� /81-:��1� -?710@419� @;� -C->1� @41C;91:� -:0� /45801>:?-.;A@�@41�59<;>@-:/1�;2/81-:85:1??��81-:85:1???4;A80� .1� -� <->@� ;2� -4-.5@� -:0� >;A@5:1�(41>1�5?�-�:110�@;�@-71.53�?@1<?�2;>�@45?�9-6;>/4-:31�!1-:C4581� 13-8� /A9$>;.-@5;:->E� #225/1>��$'� �5?4@C->��-?4->-@�"-F5>�9;@5B-@�10� @41� <->@5/5<-:@?� @;

59<8191:@�'C-/44@-�5:0-E�@;�0-E�8521�;:�>13A�8->� .-?5?� C5@4;A@� >1�?@>5/@5:3�@;�-�<->@5/A8->0-E�;>�<8-/1��#:�@41�;/�/-?5;:� �� 5?@>5/@�;;>05:-@;>?�;2�!-458-'4-7@5� �1:0>1�5?4@C->��5:-� �--:-:0� '4-:A� &-:5� ?-50@4-@� /81-:85:1??� 5?� @41.1?@�C-E�@;�711<�-�.;0E41-8@4E��(41E�-8?;�?-50@4-@� @41� <1;<81� ;2� @45?->1-�:110�@;�.1�41-8@4E-:0�3;;0�41-8@4�C588�;:�8E�4-<<1:�C41:�@41>1�5?/81-:85:1??��@�5?�<1>@5�:1:@� @;� 91:@5;:� 41>1@4-@� @41� <->@5/5<-:@?C1>1� -8?;� ?1:?5@5F10-.;A@� @41� /;>;:-B5>A?-:0�-?7?�<1;<81�:;@�@;?4-71�4-:0?�;>�4A3�1-/4;@41>��(41�/4580>1:�5:�/8A05:3� @415>� <->1:@?->1�-8?;�-?710�@;�C-?4@415>� 4-:0?� 2>1=A1:@8E-:0�@;�>1<;>@�0;/@;>?�52@41E� 2118� A:C188�� (41E->1�-8?;�@;80�@;�9-5:@-5:4534� ?@-:0->0?� ;2� 4E�351:1�-@�4;91�

ICPS ,MSK Kishtwar spread awareness on Swachta Pakhwadaand Coronavirus

��

�4-5><1>?;:� "-@5;:-8�;995??5;:�2;>�$>;@1/@5;:;2��4580�&534@?��"�$�&��$>5E-:7� �-:;;:3;� @;0-E/;:B1:10�-:�5:@1>�01<->@�91:@�/A9G/;:?A8@-@5;:911@5:3�41>1�@;�>1B51C�@41/4580�<>;@1/@5;:�91-?A>1?.15:3�@-71:�5:��-99A�-:0�-?495>��(41�911@5:3�C-?-@@1:010�.E��;995??5;:1>'1/>1@->E� '/4;;8�0A/-@5;:� -:0� ';/5-8+182->1� �5>01?4� �A9->��5>1/@;>� �1:1>-8� ';/5-8+182->1� �-99A�-?495>&54-:-� �-@;;8� -:0&A74?-:-� �-:5�� !5??5;:�5>1/@;>��$'�'4-.:-9'4-4� �-9585�� !-:-35:3�5>1/@;>'�'(#��!5:;>5@E��+;91:� �4580�1B18;<91:@� (->5=� �85�$>;61/@��5>1/@;>�'-9-3>-'457?4-� -:0� !50�0-E!1-8?� �>�� >A:� �A9->!-:4-?�� !19.1>'1/>1@->E� "�$�&� &A<-85�-:1>611�'5:34��(1/4:5/-8#225/1>?� -:0� ;@41>� /;:�/1>:10�-@@1:010�@41�911@�5:3�

�A031� �-99A� -:0�-?495>� �534� �;A>@��A?@5/1� �85� !;4-99-0!-3>1E�� C4;� 5?� -8?;�4-5>9-:� �� A?@5/1�AB1:581� �;995@@11�� -8?;-@@1:010� @41�911@5:3� B5-B501;� /;:21>1:/5:3�� (41911@5:3�C-?�.>51210�5:�01�

@-58� -.;A@� @41� <>;/1??-0;<@10�.E�@41��$'�5:�2-�/585@-@5:3� 59<8191:@-@5;:;2��4580�&534@?�-:0�<>1B1:�@5;:�;2�/>591?�-3-5:?@�/458�0>1:��@� C-?� ?-50� @4-@�5?@>5/@� �4580� $>;@1/@5;:):5@?�� 4580� +182->1�;995@@11?� -:0��AB1:581�A?@5/1��;->0?�4-B1�.11:[email protected]?410� 5:� -88� @41� �05?@>5/@?� ;2� �-99A� -:0�-?495>�

(41� 911@5:3� 4180� -@4>1-0.->1� >1B51C� ;2� 59�<8191:@-@5;:� ;2� B->5;A?8-C?�>18-@10� @;�/4580�<>;�@1/@5;:�-:0�=A-85@E�;2�:A@>5�@5;:�.15:3�<>;B5010�@;�/458�0>1:�5:��:3-:C-05�/1:@>1?�(41�911@5:3�-8?;�1D<8;>10C-E?�@;�.>5:3�;A@�;2�?/4;;8/4580>1:�5:@;�9-5:?@>1-910A/-@5;:��->851>��A?@5/1�85� !A4-99-0� !-3>1E8-50� 19<4-?5?� ;:� @-75:3

<>1B1:@5;:� -:0� /A>-@5B191-?A>1?�@;�?@;<�@41�0>A3-.A?1�5:��-:0�/-8810�2;>-0;<@5:3�/-<-/5@E�.A5805:391-?A>1?�@;�01-8�C5@4�@4191:-/1�

�A>5:3�@41�911@5:3��>1�4-.585@-@5;:�;2�/4580>1:�-2�21/@10�.E�0>A3�-.A?1�-:0B5/@59?� ;2� ?1DA-8� -??-A8@C-?� 05?/A??10� 5:� 01@-58��;995??5;:1>� '1/>1@->E�5>01?4��A9->��;:�@41�;/�/-?5;:��?-50�@4-@�@41�<4E?5�/-8�-A05@�;2�-88�@41��;91?A:01>� @41� -135?� ;2� ';/5-8+182->1�?4-88�.1�/;:0A/@10C5@45:�-�9;:@4�@;�<>;B501.1@@1>� 2-/585@51?� @;� @41� 5:�9-@1?�

�00>1??5:3� @41� 911@�5:3�� 4-5><1>?;:� "�$�&19<4-?5F10�;:�@41�:110�2;>/;:B1>31:/1�.1@C11:�85:101<->@91:@?� C5@4� ';/5-8+182->1��1<->@91:@�@;�;.�

@-5:�@41�9-D59A9�;A@<A@2>;9� @41� ?/4191?� A:01>@41�/4580�<>;@1/@5;:�?1>B5/�1?�

�1� -?710� @41� '/4;;8�0A/-@5;:��1<->@91:@�@;59<8191:@�B->5;A?�<;85/51?2;>9A8-@10�.E�@41��1:@>-8�;B1>:91:@�-:0�2;88;C�@41'@-:0->0� #<1>-@5;:$>;/10A>1� �'#$�� -?� 8-500;C:� ;:� @41� C1.� ?5@1� ;2"-@5;:-8� �;995??5;:� 2;>$>;@1/@5;:�;2��4580�&534@?�

�1�-8?;�>1/;991:01059<8191:@-@5;:�;2�?/4;;8?-21@E�3A50185:1?��/;:?@5@A�@5;:�;2�!105/-8��;->0�2;>05?-.585@51?��<>1B1:@5B1�-:0/A>-@5B1� 41-8@4� <>;�3>-991?�C5@4�/>1-@5;:�;22-/585@51?� 5:� @41�4;?<5@-8?�-:0� /4580�2>51:08E� <;85/1-@@5@A01�-@�<;85/1�?@-@5;:?@4>;A34;A@� @41� �-99A-:0��-?495>�

��! �!"��!�%��&"�� !�#��#��"$!�"��

AP HC hauls upDGP for detentionof TDP chief��!��

(41� �:04>-� $>-01?4� �534�;A>@�;:�(4A>?0-E�<A8810�A<�?@-@1�5>1/@;>� �1:1>-8� ;2� $;85/1�-9;0->� �-A@-9� '-C-:3� ;B1>@41�(18A3A��1?-9�$->@E�<>1?501:@"� �4-:0>-.-.A� "-50A�?� 01@1:�@5;:�-@�@41�*5?-74-<-@:-9�-5><;>@;:��1.>A->E��-2@1>�@-75:3�4595:@;� <>1B1:@5B1� /A?@;0E�� 5B5?5;:��1:/4��41-010�.E��4512�A?@5/1��!-41?4C->5��9-01�@41��$� >1-0� ;A@� ?1/@5;:� �� >$�-:0�=A1?@5;:10�'-C-:3�C4E�41050�:;@� @-71� 05?/5<85:->E� -/@5;:-3-5:?@�45?�?A.;>05:-@1�;225/1>?�(41��$�-<<1->10�5:�<1>?;:�;:@41� ?A99;:?� ;2� @41� /;A>@� 2;>41->5:3�-�<1@5@5;:�25810�.E�2;>91>! ��(�'>-B-:��A9->�/4-881:35:3@41�58813-8�01@1:@5;:�;2�@41�(�$/4512�5:�@41�-5><;>@�C41:�41�C1:@@;�-@@1:0�-�?1>51?�;2�<>;3>-991?5:�@41�05?@>5/@��&1-0�;A@�'1/@5;:��>$��+4E�050�E;A�:;@�@-71-:E� -/@5;:� -3-5:?@� @41*5?-74-<-@:-9�<;85/1�;225/5-8?��@41�/;A>@�-?710�@41��$�

�@�-8?;�=A1?@5;:10�52�41�?A<�<;>@10� 45?� ?A.;>05:-@1� ;225/1>?C41:�@41E�B5;8-@10�@41�8-C�

��"��

�:05-�?� 2-/@;>E� ;A@<A@?4;C10�-�9->35:-8�>5?1�5:�-:A->E��C4581�>1@-58�5:28-�@5;:�1-?10�@;�-�@C;�9;:@48;C�5:��1.>A->E��<-B5:3�@41C-E�2;>�&��@;�/A@�5:@1>1?@>-@1�@;�.;;?@�@41�1/;:;9E@4-@�9-E� .1� 8;?5:3� ?@1-90A1�@;�@41�/;>;:-B5>A?�;A@�.>1-7�� (41� �:01D� ;2�:0A?@>5-8�$>;0A/@5;:��$�3>1C� .E� �� <1>� /1:@� 5:�-:A->E�-3-5:?@��<1>�/1:@-� E1->� .-/7�� 05?<8-E5:39;01>-@1�3>11:�?4;;@?��;2�25/5-8� 0-@-� >181-?10� ;:(4A>?0-E�?4;C10�

//;>05:3� @;� @41� 0-@-2>;9� @41� "-@5;:-8'@-@5?@5/-8�#225/1��"'#��@419-:A2-/@A>5:3�?1/@;>�;A@�<A@�3>1C�.E��<1>�/1:@�-?/;9<->10�C5@4�-�>5?1�;2�� <1>�/1:@�5:�@41�/;>>1?<;:�05:3� 9;:@4� -� E1->� -3;��;C1B1>�� 3;5:3� 2;>C->0�@41��1.>A->E�2-/@;>E�;A@<A@9-E�.1�59<-/@10�-?�?1B1>-85:0A?@>51?�?A/4�-?�-A@;9;�.581?�� @1/4:;8;3E��<4->9--:0�2-?45;:�4-B1�?;91�1D�<;?A>1� @;� 59<;>@?� ;2� >-C-:0�5:@1>9105-@1�9-@1>5-8?2>;9��45:-��&1@-58�5:28-@5;:1-?10� @;� �� <1>� /1:@� 5:�1.>A->E�� 2>;9� �� <1>/1:@�5:�@41�<>1B5;A?�9;:@4�

.A@� >19-5:10� -.;B1� @41&1?1>B1��-:7�;2��:05-�?�@->�31@�.-:0�;2��<1>�/1:@��<8A?;>� 95:A?� �� <1>� /1:@�!-:A2-/@A>5:3�� C45/4� 5?@41� 8->31?@� /;9<;:1:@� ;2��$� 4-B5:3� �� <1>� /1:@C1534@�� /;:@5:A1?� @;� .10;C:��@�3>1C�-@��<1>�/1:@5:� �-:A->E��-:0� 6A?@� �<1>�/1:@�2;>�@41�25>?@��9;:@4?�;2�/A>>1:@�25?/-8��?<1>� A?1�.-?10� /8-??525/-�@5;:��;A@�;2�?5D�?1/@;>?�2;A>��:-918E�/-<5@-8�3;;0?��5:�2>-?@>A/@A>1/;:?@>A/@5;:3;;0?��/;:?A91>�0A>-.81?-:0� /;:?A91>� :;:�0A>-.81?��>1/;>010�:13-�@5B1� 3>;C@4� 5:� �-:A->E

�� $�� 5:28-@5;:� 5:�1.>A->E� >1B1>?10� ?5D9;:@4?�;2�5:/>1-?5:3�@>1:09-5:8E� 0A1� @;� .-?1� 1221/@-:0� ?1=A1:@5-8� 01/85:1� 5:2;;0�<>5/1�5:28-@5;:�-?�C188-?� -� 05<� 5:� @>-:?<;>@� -:0/;99A:5/-@5;:� 5:28-@5;:��;>1�5:28-@5;:��-�91-?A>1�;2019-:0�/;:05@5;:?� 5:� @411/;:;9E��-8?;�>1B1>?10�-2�@1>� 5:/>1-?5:3� 2;>� @4>119;:@4?�-:0�/-91�5:�-@��<1>� /1:@� 5:� �1.>A->E��1@C11:�%�� ,�� -:0�% �,�� /;>1� 5:28-@5;:� 01�/85:10�@;� ��<1>�/1:@�2>;9�� <1>� /1:@� -:0� ��$3>;C@4�01/85:10�@;��<1>/1:@�2>;9��<1>�/1:@�

��"��&"��!��!�"��#��"�"

�##+��(��.��#�(��

CYMK

CYMK

CYMK

One more person tests positive forcoronavirus in Ladakh�� (��

%?6�>@C6�A6CD@?�H:E9�EC2G6=�9:DE@CJ�E@��C2?�E6DE65A@D:E:G6�7@C�4@C@?2G:CFD�:?�"252<9�@?�*9FCD52J�E2<:?8�E96�E@E2=�?F>36C�@7�42D6D�:?�E96�F?:@?�E6CC:�E@CJ�E@�E9C66��2�D6?:@C�8@G6C?>6?E�@77:4:2=�D2:5��:D72>:=J�>6>36CD�92G6�366?�>@G65�E@�E96�:D@=2E:@?46?EC6�2E��62CE��@F?52E:@?��@DA:E2=�96C6�� E96JD2:5�*96�>2?�H2D�A2CE�@7�2�8C@FA�E92E�925�8@?6�E@�C2?�@?�2�A:=8C:>286�"2DE�H66<��EH@�A6CD@?D�E6DE65A@D:E:G6�7@C�E96�4@?E28:@FD�G:CFD�:?�E96�F?:@?�E6CC:�E@CJ��==�E96�A2E:6?ED�36=@?8�E@��9FD9@E��@?8>22C62�H96C6�A6@A=6�7C@>�2�A:=8C:>286�7C@>��C2?�925C6EFC?65�324<�=2DE�>@?E9�*96�2C62�92D�366?�4@C�5@?65�@77�2?5�2==�6DD6?E:2=�DFAA=:6D�2C6�36:?8�AC@�G:565�E@�E96�G:==286CD�3J�E96�F?:@?�E6CC:E@CJ�25>:?�:DEC2E:@?��E96�@77:4:2=�D2:5�&*��

Rs 1,909 crore of Himachalgovt, public stuck in YesBank: CM Jai Ram Thakur� !$#��(� ��

#@C6� E92?� (D� �� 4C@C6� 36=@?8:?8� E@� E96�:>2492=�&C256D9�8@G6C?>6?E�2?5�E96�AF3=:4�:DDEF4<�:?�E96�4C:D:D�9:E�.6D��2?<��9:67�#:?:DE6C� 2:(2>�*92<FC�:?7@C>65�E96�,:592?�)2392�*9FCD52J*96�>@?6J�:?4=F56D�(D��4C@C6�@7�EH@�DE2E6�4@@A�6C2E:G6�32?<D��?�2�DE2E6>6?E�27E6C�E96�BF6DE:@?9@FC�5FC:?8�E96�@?8@:?8��F586E�)6DD:@?��*92<FCD2:5��L�D�@?�#2C49��(D��4C@C6�@7�E96�8@G6C?�>6?E�2?5�E96�A6@A=6�2C6�56A@D:E65�:?�?62C=J�� 244@F?ED� @7� .6D� �2?<OD� ?:?6� 3C2?496D� =@42E6524C@DD��:>2492=�(6D:56?ED�2?5�E96�DE2E6�8@G6C?�>6?E�:?G6DE65�9:89�2>@F?ED�:?�E96�32?<�@H:?8�@E96�9:89�:?E6C6DE�C2E6D�36:?8�@776C65�M�D2:5�*92<FC�:G:?8�2�56E2:=D��*92<FC�D2:5�2E�=62DE�(D�� 4C@C692D�366?�56A@D:E65�3J�8@G6C?>6?E�@H?65�F?:ED�:?4=F5:?8�(D��4C@C6�2?5�(D�� 4C@C6�3J�E96��&)E2E6� �@@A6C2E:G6� �2?<� 2?5� !2?8C2� �6?EC2=�@@A6C2E:G6� �2?<�� C6DA64E:G6=J� �92C2>D92=2)>2CE��:EJ�":>:E65�92D�2�56A@D:E�@7�(D��4C@C6H9:=6�E96��&��?7C2DECF4EFC6��6G6=@A>6?E��@2C592D� 2� 56A@D:E� @7� (D� �� 4C@C6� *96� �&� &@H6C*C2?D>:DD:@?��@CA@C2E:@?�":>:E65�92D�2�56A@D:E�@72C@F?5�(D� ��4C@C6��96�D2:5*92<FCOD�DE2E6>6?E42>6�2�52J�27E6C�"6256C�@7�%AA@D:E:@?�#F<6D9�8?:9@EC:� BF6DE:@?65� H96E96C� D@>6� :?7=F6?E:2=A6CD@?�H2D�AC@>@E:?8�E96�AC:G2E6�32?<�:?�8@G6C?�>6?E�@H?65�6?E:E:6D�L*96�:?G6DE>6?E�:?�E96�32?<H2D�>256�5F6�E@�2EEC24E:G6�:?E6C6DE�C2E6D��2?5�E9:DAC24E:46�92D�366?�AC6G2=6?E�7@C�2�=@?8�E:>6��G6?367@C6��646>36C�� 5FC:?8�E96��@?8C6DDE6?FC6��2?�2>@F?E�@7�2C@F?5�(D��4C@C6�H2D:?G6DE65�:?�E96�32?<�M�*92<FC�D2:5�@?�*9FCD52J*92<FC�D2:5�E96�+?:@?�8@G6C?>6?E�H2D�>2<:?8�67�7@CED�E@�C6G:G6�.6D��2?<�*96��6?EC6�92D�2AA@:?E65)��OD�7@C>6C�49:67�7:?2?46�@77:46C�2D�E96�32?<OD�25�>:?:DEC2E@C�L*96�)��42??@E�C65F46�:ED�9@=5:?8�:?E96�32?<�36=@H� ��A6C�46?E�7@C�2E�=62DE�E9C66�J62CD*96�(��92D�2DDFC65�2==�:?G6DE@CD�E92E�E96:C�56�A@D:ED�2C6�D276�2?5�H:E9:?�2�H66<��E96�)��H:==�4@>6FA�H:E9�2�A@=:4J�E@�=625�.6D��2?<�@FE�@7�E9:D�4C:D:D�M96� D2:5� (676CC:?8� E@� *96� �?D@=G6?4J� 2?5�2?<CFAE4J��@56��>6?5>6?E��:==�� A2DD65:?�E96�(2;J2�)2392�@?�*9FCD52J��*92<FC�D2:5�E92E�:EH:==�96=A�D@=G6�AC@3=6>D�C6=2E65�E@�?@?�A6C7@C>:?82DD6ED325�=@2?D�L*96��6?EC6�:D�E2<:?8�DE6AD�7@C�D6�4FC:?8�E96�H6=72C6�@7�:?G6DE@CD�-6�>FDE�D965�2==762C�2?5�>2:?E2:?�A2E:6?46�M�96�D2:5�(6>2C<�@?&C:J2?<2�DAFCD�3:4<6C:?8��7E6C�C625:?8�9:D�DE2E6�>6?E��*92<FC�244FD65�E96�+&��C68:>6�@7�4C@?J42A:E2=:D>�2?5�8:G:?8�F?5F6�36?67:ED�E@�4@>A2?:6DDF49�2D�,@527@?6�2?5��"�*92<FC�7FCE96C�DE2E65E92E��8?:9@EC:�2D<65�H9:49�:?7=F6?E:2=�A6CD@?�925AC@>@E65�.6D��2?<�:?�E96�DE2E6�L��H2?E�E@�E6==�E92E�@?8C6DD�=6256C�&C:J2?<2��2?59:�,25C2�925�D@=596C�=2E6�72E96C�(2;:G��2?59:OD�A2:?E:?8�E@�.6D��2?<7@F?56C� (2?2� !2A@@C� 7@C� (D� � 4C@C6�M� 96� D2:5�?E6CG6?:?8��8?:9@EC:�D2:5�E96��#�D9@F=5�2=D@�E6==E@�H9@>�E96�AC:>6�>:?:DE6COD�6IA6?D:G6�DF:E�925366?�D@=5�L-9@�3@F89E�#@5:OD�DF:E�7@C�(D��4C@C6�-96C6�5:5�$:C2G�#@5:�8@��D�E96�(D��4C@C67C@>�E96�DE2E6�=J:?8�:?�.6D��2?<�D276�M�"2E6C�A2CE:4�:A2E:?8�:?�E96�5:D4FDD:@?�@?�E96�DE2E6��F586E��D6?:@C�@?8C6DD�=68:D=2E@C��D92�!F>2C:�D2:5��L*96��#D9@F=5� ?@E� 92G6� =6G6==65� 2==682E:@?D� 282:?DE&C:J2?<2�2D�:E�:D�?@E�AC@A6C�E@�5@�D@�282:?DE�2�A6CD@?H9@�:D�?@E�6G6?�2�>6>36C�@7�E96��@FD6M��68:??:?8E96� 5:D4FDD:@?� @?� E96� �F586E� @?� -65?6D52J��8?:9@EC:�925�D2:5�.6D��2?<�925�366?�724:?8�2�4C:D:D7@C�E96�A2DE�@?6�J62C�L-9J�5:5�E96�DE2E6�8@G6C?�>6?E�:?DE:EFE:@?D�?@E�>2<6�2?J�677@CE�E@�H:E95C2HE96�2>@F?E�7C@>�.6D��2?<�M�96�925�2D<65

��+��# !��(��

*96� (6D6CG6� �2?<� @7�?5:2� �(�� 92D� 2D<65DE2E6�8@G6C?>6?ED�?@E�E@EC2?D76C�E96:C�56A@D:ED�@FE@7� AC:G2E6� D64E@C� 32?<DD2J:?8� 2AAC696?D:@?D23@FE� E96� D276EJ� @7� 56�A@D:ED� :?� AC:G2E6� =6?56CD2C6�9:89=J�>:DA=2465��?�2=6EE6C�HC:EE6?�E@�49:67�D64�C6E2C:6D� @7� 2==� DE2E6D�� E9646?EC2=�32?<�D2:5�>@G:?856A@D:ED�@FE�@7�AC:G2E6�D64�E@C�32?<D�4@F=5�92G6�:>�A=:42E:@?D�7@C�32?<:?8�2?57:?2?4:2=� D64E@C� DE23:=:EJ*96� =6EE6C� 42>6� 27E6C� C6�A@CED�DF886DE65�E92E�D@>6DE2E6� 8@G6C?>6?ED� 92G625G:D65�8@G6C?>6?E�3@5�:6D�2?5�@E96C�6?E:E:6D�F?�56C� E96:C� ;FC:D5:4E:@?� E@EC2?D76C� E96:C� 7F?5D�96=5

H:E9�AC:G2E6�D64E@C�32?<DE@� AF3=:4� D64E@C� =6?56CD*9:D� 7@==@HD� E96� 4C:D:D� 2E.6D� �2?<� H96C6� E96� (��92D�DFA6CD6565�E96�32?<�D3@2C5�2?5�A=2465�C6DEC:4�E:@?D�@?�H:E95C2H2=D��-6DEC@?8=J�36=:6G6�E92E�DF492�>@G6�42?�92G6�32?<:?82?5�7:?2?4:2=�D64E@C�DE23:=�:EJ�:>A=:42E:@?D��E96�(��HC@E6� �-6� 766=� E92E� 2A�AC696?D:@?�@?� E96� D276EJ

@7�56A@D:ED�:?�AC:G2E6�D64�E@C� 32?<D� :D� 9:89=J� >:D�A=2465�2?5�H:==�?@E�36� :?E96�:?E6C6DE�@7�DE23:=:EJ�@7E96� 7:?2?4:2=� DJDE6>� :?86?6C2=� 2?5� E96� 32?<:?8DJDE6>� :?� A2CE:4F=2C�� EC6BF6DE65� DE2E6� 8@G6C?�>6?ED� E@� C64@?D:56C� 2?J564:D:@?�E96J�>:89E�92G6E2<6?�:?�E9:D�C682C5�@C�2C6:?� E96� AC@46DD� @7� E2<:?8DF49� 564:D:@?� �*96

(6D6CG6� �2?<� 92D� 256�BF2E6�A@H6CD� E@� C68F=2E62?5�DFA6CG:D6�E96�AC:G2E6D64E@C�32?<D�2?5�3J�FD:?8E96D6� A@H6CD�� :E� 92D� 6?�DFC65�E92E�E96�56A@D:E@CD�>@?6J� :D� 6?E:C6=J� D276��E96� =6EE6C� D2:5� *96� (��D2:5�E96�C6D@=FE:@?�@7�H62<AC:G2E6�D64E@C�32?<D�:?�E96A2DE� 92D� 366?� 5@?6� :?� 2>2??6C� E92E� E96� 56A@D:�E@CD�2C6�?@E�AFE�E@�=@DD��E:D�AC64:D6=J�H:E9�2�G:6H�E@C6E2:?:?8�56A@D:E@CD��4@?�7:56?46� :?� AC:G2E6� D64E@C32?<D�2?5�>:E:82E:?8�E96:C92C5D9:A� E92E�� 27E6C� E96:>A@D:E:@?�@7�2�>@C2E@C:�F>�@?�.6D��2?<�"E5�� E96(��92D�5C2H?�FA�2�5C27ED496>6�H:E9@FE�2?J�56=2J2?5�H6�2C6�>2<:?8�6G6CJ677@CE�E@�6IA65:E6�E96�7:?2=�:D2E:@?�@7�E96�D496>6��:E25565

RBI asks state govts not to move depositsout of pvt banks; says money is safe

��*$��!��(��

*96� CFA66� D=:5� 3J� ��A2:D6� E@� 2� 7C6D9� ��>@?E9=@H� @7� �� AC@G:D:@?2=�282:?DE�E96�+)�4FCC6?4J�@?*9FCD52J�5F6�E@�DEC@?8�5@=�=2C� 56>2?5� 2D� :?G6DE@CDACF?65� C:D<:6C� 36ED� 2>:54@C@?2G:CFD�A2?56>:4�72?�?:?8�C646DD:@?�762CD��?5:2?6BF:EJ� >2C<6ED� DF776C:?8E96:C�H@CDE�D:?8=6�52J�=@DD6D2?5� DE@4<� :?5:46D� D=:AA:?8:?E@�362C�E6CC:E@CJ�2=D@�9:EE96�CFA66�D6?E:>6?E

�E�E96�:?E6C32?<�7@C6:8?6I492?86�>2C<6E��E96�CFA66H2D� EC25:?8� 5@H?� 3J� ��A2:D6�2E�� :?�E96�4=@D:?8D6DD:@?� *96� =@42=� F?:E@A6?65� =@H6C� 2E� �� 282:?DE� =2DE� 4=@D6�@7� ��2?5�76==�7FCE96C�3J�� A2:D6

E@� �� 27E6C� E96� -@C=5�62=E9� %C82?:K2E:@?� 56�4=2C65�E96�?6H�4@C@?2G:CFD��%,�� 2� A2?56>:4�@==@H:?8� E96� -�%� 2?�?@F?46>6?E��+)�&C6D:56?E�@?2=5� *CF>A� DFDA6?5652==�EC2G6=�7C@>��FC@A6��6I�4=F5:?8�E96�+!��E@�E96�+)�7@CE96�?6IE��52JD�E@�DE@A�E96DAC625�@7�E96�G:CFD�*96�+)C624E:@?�C2>A65�FA�762CD�@7H@C=5H:56� C646DD:@?�

5C@H?:?8� E96� 5@==2C� 2?54CF56� @:=� �C6?E� 4CF56� 7F�EFC6D��E96�8=@32=�@:=�36?49�>2C<�� 76==��A6C�46?E� E@+)�� A6C� 32CC6=�@C6:8?� :?DE:EFE:@?2=� :?�G6DE@CD��D��C6>2:?65�?6ED6==6CD� :?� E96� 42A:E2=�>2C�<6ED�� 2D� E96J� D@=5� D92C6DH@CE9�(D��4C@C6�@?-65?6D52J�� 2D� A6C� AC@G:�D:@?2=� 52E2� *96� (6D6CG6�2?<�2=D@�2??@F?465�>62D�

FC6D� :?4=F5:?8� +)� 5@==2C3FJD6==�DH2AD�@7�+)�� 3:=�=:@?�E@�:?7FD6�=:BF:5:EJ�:?�E967@C6I�>2C<6ED�2?5�>66E�5@=�=2C� 56>2?5� �44@C5:?8� E@>2C<6E� 52E2�� 7@C6:8?� :?�G6DE@CD�92G6�H:E95C6H�>@C6E92?�(D� ��4C@C6�7C@>�?5:2?� 42A:E2=� >2C<6ED� :?E9:D� >@?E9� D@� 72C� �7E6C?@D65:G:?8� @G6C� �� A@:?ED�@?�24C@DD�E96�3@2C5D6==:?8�� E96� ��D92C6� �)�)6?D6I� 4=@D65� �� A@:?ED�@C��A6C�46?E�=@H6C2E�� ":<6H:D6��E963C@256C�$)��$:7EJ�82G6�FAE96� �� =6G6=�� D=F>A:?8�� A@:?ED� @C��A6C46?E� E@� 4=@D6� 2E� ��*9:D�H2D� E96� 3:886DE� 5C@A7@C� E96�36?49>2C<D� :?�23�D@=FE6�E6C>D��64=:AD:?8�E96:CAC6G:@FD�C64@C5�@?6�52J�72==@?�#@?52J��#2C49��

Rupee sinks to fresh 17-month low amid marketmeltdown, continued forex outflows

��+��# !��(��

�@?8C6DD�=6256C�(29F=��2?59:@?� *9FCD52J� D2:5� J@E:C25:EJ2)4:?5:2� 7@C8@E� 9:D� :56@=@8J� 2D� 96H2D�2AAC696?D:G6�23@FE�9:D�A@=:E:�42=�7FEFC6�2?5�E92E�96�H@F=5�?@E�86EC6DA64E�:?�E96�� &�*2=<:?8�23@FE

)4:?5:2�D�>@G6�E@�E96�� &�6?5:?89:D� =@?8� 2DD@4:2E:@?� H:E9� E96�@?8C6DD��2?59:�D2:5�E96C6�:D�2�5:7�76C6?46� 36EH66?� H92E� )4:?5:2� :DD2J:?8�2?5�H92E�:D�:?�9:D�962CE

�2?59:�E@=5�C6A@CE6CD�@FED:56&2C=:2>6?E�E92E�)4:?5:2�H2D�2?�@=57C:6?5�@7�9:D�2?5�925�7@C8@EE6?�9:D:56@=@8J� 2D� 96�H2D� 2AAC696?D:G623@FE�9:D�A@=:E:42=�7FEFC6

)4:?5:2�H@F=5�?@E�86E�C6DA64E�:?E96�� &��?@C�H@F=5�96�766=�D2E:D7:65E96C6�� E96� 7@C>6C� �@?8C6DD� 49:67D2:5

�� 52J� 27E6C� BF:EE:?8� E96�@?8C6DD��)4:?5:2�;@:?65�E96�CF=:?8�92C2E:J2� 2?2E2� &2CEJ� �� &�� @?-65?6D52J�:?�E96�AC6D6?46�@7�:EDAC6D:56?E� &�$2552�2?5�D=2>>659:D�7@C>6C�A2CEJ�7@C��56?J:?8�C62=:�EJ��2?5��?@E�24<?@H=658:?8��?6HE9@F89ED�2?5�?6H�=6256CD9:A

)4:?5:2�92D�366?�?2>65�2D�E96� &�D�(2;J2�)2392�42?5:52E6�7C@>#259J2�&C256D9

Scindia forgot his ideology as he was apprehensive abouthis political future: Rahul

��$$*��(� ��

��:G:D:@?� �6?49� @7� E96� �!�:89��@FCE� � 2>>F�-:?8�� 4@>�AC:D:?8��9:67� FDE:46��:E2�#:EE2=�2?5�:CDE�&F:D?6� F586� FDE:46�(2;6D9�:?52=�:?�E96�@A6?�4@FCE�E@52J�C6:E�6C2E65�:ED�62C=:6C�5:C64E:@?D�:DDF65@?�#2C49�� 3J�5:C64E:?8��DE�55:E:@?2=�)6DD:@?D� F586��)A64:2= F586��?E:��@CCFAE:@?��2C2>F==2E@� 7:=6� E96� 52E6�H:D6� DF>>2CJ� @7AC@4665:?8D�:?�2�E23F=2C�7@C>�42C�C:65�@FE�D:?46�E96�7:=:?8�@7�E96�492=�=2?�:6�)6AE6>36C�� E@�E:==52E6�:?�42D6��(�$@�� &),%!�E:E=65�)E2E6�,D�#693@@3��B32=�� %CD� �:?72>@FD� �F=>2C8� =2?5D42>�

�7E6C�962C:?8��5G@42E6�)96:<9)92<66=� �9>65� H:E9� �5G@42E6D(29F=�(2:?2��)FAC:J2��9@F92?�2?5#@95�/F=<2C?2:?��9@H592CJ�2A�A62C:?8� 7@C� E96� A6E:E:@?6C� :?� E96>F49� AF3=:4:K65� &F3=:4� �?E6C6DE":E:82E:@?��&�"�$@�� 9:89�=:89E:?8�@C82?:K65�=2?5�8C233:?8�3JE96� &@=:E:4:2?D�� &@=:46� %77:46CD��FC62F4C2ED� :?� =628F6� H:E9� =2?5>27:2��E96��:G:D:@?��6?49�9625653J��9:67� FDE:46��:E2�#:EE2=�2=D@�5:�

C64E65� �?E:��@CCFAE:@?� �FC62F� 2>>F�2D�H6==�2D��?E:��@CCFAE:@?�FC62F��!2D9>:C�E@�A=246�367@C6�E96�@FCE�E96�4FCC6?E�DE2EFD�@7��(D0�� (D� C68:DE6C65� :?� &)� ,% �?@H��2?5��(D�:?�&)�,%!�?@H��1�C6=2E65�H:E9�C682C5�E@(@D9?:�"2?5�)42>�:?5:42E:?8�E96C6�:?�E96�DE286�@7�:?G6DE:82E:@?�2?5�2=D@E@�2AAC:D6�E96��@FCE�:?�9@H�>2?J42D6D�E96�492==2?D�92G6�366?�7:=652?5�:7�492==2?D�92G6�366?�7:=65�E96?H92E�:D�E96�DE2EFD�@7�E96�42D6D�367@C6E96�EC:2=�4@FCED�*96�D2:5�:?7@C>2�E:@?� 92D� 2=D@� 366?� DF>>@?65� :?E23F=2C�7@C>

-96?�E9:D�>F49�AF3=:4:K65�&�"282:?DE� =2?5� >27:2� 42>6� FA� 7@C962C:?8��5G@42E6�))��9>65�5C6HE96�2EE6?E:@?�@7�E96��:G:D:@?��6?49E@H2C5D�E96�=2DE�DE2EFD�C6A@CE�7:=653J�))&�� 2>>F�H96C6:?�E96�6?�E:C6�DE2EFD�@7��(D�C68:DE6C65�H:E9C682C5�E@�(@D9?:�"2?5�)42>�H2D�:?�5:42E65��5G@42E6��9>65�A@:?E65@FE�E92E�E96C6�:D�?@�9625H2J�:?��($@� �� &)� ,%!� �:?72>@FD�F=>2C8�=2?5�D42>��2D�492==2?�:?E96�D2:5�42D6�H2D�7:=65�3J�,%!�@?)6AE6>36C�� 2?5�E96�DFA�A=6>6?E2CJ� 492==2?� H2D� 7:=65� @?

)6AE6>36C�� 5G@42E6� ))� �9>65� 7FCE96C

DF3>:EE65�E92E�E96C6�2C6�9:89�AC@7:=6 ��244FD65�:?��F=>2C8�=2?5�D42>:?4=F5:?8�#693@@3��B32=��)��E96E96?� �:G:D:@?2=� �@>>:DD:@?6C!2D9>:C�� 2D66C� �9>65� !92?��)�� E96� E96?� �6AFEJ�@>>:DD:@?6C�� 2C2>F==2� 2?5AC6D6?E=J��:G:D:@?2=��@>>:DD:@?6C�!2D9>:C��2C@@B��9>65�)929�E96E96?� �55:E:@?2=� �6AFEJ�@>>:DD:@?6C��2C2>F==2�2?5�E@A�@E6=:6CD�@7�!2D9>:C�,2==6J�?2>6=J#FD9E2B��9>65��92J2��#FD9E2B�9>65� �FCK2�� #2?K@@C� �9>65�FCK2�2?5�@E96CD��6�7FCE96C�DF3�>:EE65�E92E�2=>@DE��J62CD�92G66=2AD65�D:?46�E96�7:=:?8�@7�E96�492=�=2?�3FE�E96�2C8F>6?ED�@?�7C2>:?8�@7492C865:D492C86� 92G6� ?@E� 366?4@?4=F565�:?�E96��@FCE�@7�)A64:2= F586��?E:��@CCFAE:@?��2C2>F==2

�5G@42E6� ))� �9>65� G696�>6?E=J� 2C8F65� E92E� 62C=:6C� E96�:G:D:@?��6?49�@7� �!��:89��@FCE�)C:?282C�-:?8��@?��646>36C�� :?� &�"� $@�� E:E=65#@92>>25�(27:B�/2C82C�,D�)E2E6@7� �!��%CD�:DDF65�5:C64E:@?D�E@�E96EC:2=�4@FCE�2E��2C2>F==2�E@�6IA65:�

E:@FD=J�564:56�E96�42D6�@?�E96�BF6D�E:@?�@7�492C865:D492C86

�5G@42E6� ))� �9>65� 7FCE96CDF3>:EE65� E92E� FDE:46� #!�2?;FC2� �D:?46� (6E:C65�� @7� �!�:89� �@FCE� �)C:?282C� -:?8�� @?%4E@36C�� :?� 42D6� E:E=65#693@@3��B32=�,D�)E2E6�@7� �!��%CD�925�2=D@�:DDF65�5:C64E:@?D�E@�E96EC:2=� 4@FCE� E@� 962C� 2C8F>6?ED� @?492C86� 2?5�5:D492C86� E2<:?8� :?E@4@?D:56C2E:@?�E96�C64@C5D�AC@5F465367@C6� E96� �:89� �@FCE� 3J� E96,:8:=2?46�%C82?:K2E:@?�2?5�C6A@CE:?� E96� 7:?2=� 7@C>�2?5�244@C5�5F64@?D:56C2E:@?� E@� E96�HC:EE6?�DF3�>:DD:@?D�2?5�@C2=�2C8F>6?ED�E92E>2J�36�7:=65�2?5�25G2?465�3J�E964@F?D6=�7@C�E96�A2CE:6D

�5G@42E6��9>65�7FCE96C�DF3�>:EE65�E92E��:G:D:@?��6?49�@7� �!�:89� �@FCE� � 2>>F�-:?8�� E96?962565� 3J� FDE:46� �=@<� �C2596�D:?46� EC2?D76CC65� E@� !2C?2E2<2�:89��@FCE��@?��AC:=�� :?�&�"E:E=65�)96:<9�#@95�)927:��?C�,D+?:@?�@7��?5:2��%CD�2=D@�H9:=6�5:D�A@D:?8� @7� 2AA=:42E:@?� �#&$@� ��5:C64E65�E96�EC:2=�4@FCE2E��2C2>F==2�E@�E2<6�DE6AD�7@C�4@>�A=6E:@?�@7�E96�EC:2=�6IA65:E:@FD=J��6

7FCE96C�DF3>:EE65�E92E�56DA:E6�42E6�8@C:4C6A62E65�5:C64E:@?D�7C@>�E96�:G:D:@?��6?49�� E96� EC:2=� 4@FCE�2E�2C2>F==2�92D�?@E�366?�23=6�E@�7:�?2=:K6�E96�AC@4665:?8D�@?�E96�BF6D�E:@?� @7� 492C865:D492C86� 2?5� E964@?E:?F@FD�56=2J�:?�E96�5:DA@D2=�@7E96�42D6�:D�725:?8�2H2J�E96�4@?7:�56?46�@7�E96�A6@A=6�:?�E96�25>:?:D�EC2E:@?�@7� ;FDE:46��:G:D:@?��6?49962565�3J��9:67� FDE:46��:E2�#:EE2=2=D@�:DDF65�?@E:46D�:?�2?�2AA=:42E:@?7:=65� 3J� E96� A6E:E:@?6C� D66<:?8BF2D9>6?E� @7� @C56C$@�� '�(%)�$��52E65� F?6�� H96C63J�E96E96?� �:DEC:4E� �@==64E@C� 2>>F�:C56D9� !F>2C� ):?89� ��)�� 9254@?76CC65�@H?6CD9:A�C:89ED�F?56C(@D9?:�H:E9�C682C5�E@�=2?5�>62DFC�:?8��!2?2=D�� #2C=2D�4@>AC:D65:?�!92DC2�$@��D:EF2E65�2E�,:==286�66=:��#2C3=6�#2C<6E�� 2>>F�:?72G@FC�@7�2�9:89�AC@7:=6�3FD:?6DD�>2?� @7� 2>>F� 2?5� 2=D@� D66<:?8BF2D9>6?E� @7� $@� %3;64E:@?�6CE:7:42E6� 362C:?8$@,�&) �� 52E65 2?F2CJ�� :DDF65�3J�E96�E96?,:46��92:CA6CD@?� �� )2C:E2�9@F92?��)��

�+"#�(��"�$��)��#

DB directs Trial Court to file date-wise summary of court proceedings

�(!%��(��(� ��

$6H=J� 2AA@:?E65�6?6C2=� %77:46C�@>>2?5:?8� ��%�� @7!2D9>:C� 32D65� �9:?2C�@CAD��":6FE6?2?E��6?6C2=��)�(2;F�@?�*9FCD52J�>256�2?2AA62=� E@� E9@D6� LH9@� 92G6E2<6?� FA� G:@=6?46M� E@� L86E324<�E@�E96�?@C>2=�A2E9M

"E��6?��)�(2;F�H9@�2D�DF>65�E96�4@>>2?5�@7�E96DEC2E68:42==J�=@42E65��9:?2C�@CAD� 2D� E96� ��E9� �@CAD�@>>2?56C�@?�#2C49��H2D255C6DD:?8� DEF56?ED� 7C@>$@CE9� !2D9>:COD� !FAH2C25:DEC:4E� H9@� 925� C6EFC?657C@>�42A24:EJ�3F:=5:?8�E@FCE@��92?5:82C9�H9:49�H2D�@C�82?:D65�3J�E96�2C>J

L��H@F=5�2=D@�=:<6�E@�>2<62�D>2==�2AA62=�E@�E9@D6�A6@�A=6�H9@�92G6�E2<6?�FA�G:@�=6?46��E@�86E�324<�E@�E96�?@C�>2=�A2E9�3642FD6�:?�>J�@H?F?56CDE2E:?8� G:@=6?46� 92D

?@E�E2<6?�FD�2?JH96C6�M�96D2:5� L&=62D6� 2D<� J@FCD6=7H96C6�92D�E96�G:@=6?46�E2<6?J@F��*92E�:D�E96�@?=J�2AA62=��H@F=5�=:<6�E@�>2<6M)2J:?8E92E�E96�2C>J�92D�2�>2?52E62=@?8�E96�":?6�@7��@?EC@=�2?5E96�9:?E6C=2?5��E96��%��7FC�E96C�D2:5��L�==��H@F=5�=:<6�E@5@�:D�2DDFC6�6G6CJ3@5J�E92EH6�H:==�5@�E9:D�;@3�:?�2�AC@76D�D:@?2=� >2??6C� 2?5� 6?DFC6E92E� E96C6� :D� >:?:>F>� :?�4@?G6?:6?46�E@�A@AF=2E:@?�:?86?6C2=M

"2E6C� E2=<:?8� E@� >65:2A6CD@?D�� "E� �6?� �)� (2;F

D2:5�E96�@E96C�D:560&2<:DE2?14@?E:?F6� E@�>2<6� L:?7:=EC2�E:@?�2EE6>AEDM�@?�E96�":?6�@7�@?EC@=0"%�1�L�G6?�:7�:E�:DD?@H� E96C6�� H6� 86E� :?AFEDE92E�E96J0&2<:DE2?1�>2<6�E962EE6>AED�M� 96� D2:5� %?� E962C>JOD� 677@CED� E@� AC6G6?EDAC625� @7� 4@C@?2G:CFD�� E96�%�� 2=D@� D2:5� E92E� 6G6CJ2C>J�A6CD@?2=�4@>:?8�7C@>@FED:56� 2C6� 4964<65� 2E� E96EC2?D:E�42>AD�:?�G2==6J�L�?JA6CD@?� DFDA64E65� @7� DJ>A�E@>D�=:<6�4@C@?2G:CFD�H:==�36AFE�F?56C�@3D6CG2E:@?�M�96D2:5

Kashmir: GOC appeals ‘those whohave taken up violence to come back’

��'*(��(� ��

*H@�DEF56?ED�7C@>��>C2G2E:�5:DEC:4E2C6�DEC2?565�:?�#:=2?��E2=J��27E6C�FA�E@��?5:2?D�H6C6�2==6865=J�?@E�2==@H65�E@�7=J324<�E@�$6H��6=9:�@?��:C��?5:2�7=:89E��@?�#2C49��2�52J�367@C6�E96�8@G6C?�>6?E�2??@F?465�2�4=2>A5@H?�E@�562=�H:E9E96��%,��A2?56>:4

&C2?2G�,2:C2=6�7C@>��>C2G2E:�4:EJ�2?5)FC2;��F?56=6�7C@>��492=AFC�E@H?��3@E9DEF5J:?8�:?��E2=J��925�3@@<65�E:4<6ED�@?�E967=:89E� D4965F=65� E@� E2<6� @77� 2E� �� A>� @?#2C49��244@C5:?8�E@�E96:C�A2C6?ED��@A2=,2:C2=6�2?5�)9J2>��F?56=6��C6DA64E:G6=JL*96�7=:89E�H2D�C6D4965F=65�7@C��A>��FE=2E6C�E96J�H6C6�E@=5�E96J�42?OE�3@2C5�E967=:89E�2D�E96�8@G6C?>6?E�925�2??@F?465C6DEC:4E:@?D�@?�EC2G6=6CDO�6?ECJ�:?E@��?5:2*96J�H6C6�DFCAC:D65�2D�E96J�925�?@�:?7@C�>2E:@?�23@FE�DF49�2?�2??@F?46>6?E�-6=2E6C�82E96C65�E96�8@G6C?>6?E�>256�E962??@F?46>6?E�@?�#2C49��J6E�E96J�H6C65:D2==@H65�E@�E2<6�E96�7=:89E�2�52J�62C=:6C�M�@A2=� ,2:C2=6�� AC:?4:A2=� @7� 2� 4@==686� 2E�25?6C2��E@=5�*96��?5:2?��IAC6DD�L�==�E96A2DD6?86CD�H6C6�=2E6C�E2<6?�E@�2�?62C3J�8F�CF5H2C2��H96C6�E96J�H6C6�2==@H65�E@�DE2J@?=J� ��9@FCD�*96C6�:D�?@�4=2C:EJ�J6E�@?H92E� H:==� 92AA6?� ?6IE�M� ,2:C2=6� D2:5�

255:?8��LH6�2C6�E@=5�2�E62>�@7��?5:2?�5@4�E@CD�:D�C6249:?8�E96C6�E@�96=A��?5:2?�?2�E:@?2=DM

&C2?2G�;@:?65�2�A@DE8C25F2E:@?�4@FCD6:?�C:D<�>:E:82E:@?�:?�4:G:=�6?8:?66C:?8�:?�E2=J�@?��63CF2CJ� ��L�=2DD6D�DE2CE65�@?#2C49��FE�E96�DEF56?ED�H6C6�E@=5�E92E5F6�E@�E96�@FE3C62<�@7�4@C@?2G:CFD�E96J�42?2EE6?5�4=2DD6D�@?=:?6�)@��&C2?2G�H2?E65�E@C6EFC?� 9@>6� 2?5� 2EE6?5� @?=:?6� 4=2DD6D7C@>� 96C6�M� ,2:C2=6� D2:5� )FC2;OD� 72E96CD2:5��L#J�D@?�:D�:?��E2=J�7@C�E96�A2DE�E9C66J62CD� 2?5� :D� 5@:?8��2496=@C� @7��C2A9:4�6D:8?�:?�2?:>2E:@?��6�H2D�E@�C6EFC?�:? F=J�27E6C�9:D�7:?2=�6I2>��J�96�564:565�E@C6EFC?� 62C=J� 27E6C� E96� 4@C@?2G:CFD� @FE�3C62<��7764E65�@C�?@E�27764E65��H6�H2?E@FC�49:=5C6?�324<�H:E9�FDM�,2:C2=6�2?5�F?56=6� 92G6� D6?E� 2?� )%)� E@� �>C2G2E:�?56A6?56?E�#&�$2G?66E�(2?2�D66<:?896=A�E@�2CC2?86�E96:C�D@?DO�C6EFC?�E@��?5:22E� E96� 62C=:6DE� *2=<:?8� E@� *96� �?5:2?�IAC6DD� 7C@>� #:=2?�� &C2?2G� D2:5�� L-692G6�366?�2D<65�3J��?5:2?�6>32DDJ�@77:�4:2=D� 96C6� E@� EC2G6=� E@� 2� A=246� 42==65�C6>@?2��H9:49�:D�23@FE�� <>�7C@>�96C6�FE�H6�42?OE�EC2G6=�2D�E96��E2=:2?�8@G6C?�>6?E�92D�@C56C65�2�4=2>A5@H?�@?�EC2G6=-6�2C6�?@E�DFC6�:7�E96�@77:4:2=D�E96>D6=G6D2C6�8@:?8�E@�C6249�FDM

Amid coronavirus outbreak, two students fromMaharashtra’s Amravati stranded in Milan

Jyotiraditya Scindia meets Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at his residence in New Delhi. Scindia on March 11joined the BJP.

CORONAVIRUS CASES IN INDIA REACH 74 - Glimpses Of ...

Documents

Transcript of CORONAVIRUS CASES IN INDIA REACH 74 - Glimpses Of ...