AGENCYCHANDIGARH, FEB 2

Punjab Chief Minister Cap-tain Amarinder Singh on Sun-day ordered a magisterial in-quiry by Commissioner Ja-landhar into the escape ofthree prisoners from CentralJail Amritsar, and has also di-rected the Jail Minister to im-mediately suspend, pendinginquiry, all those responsiblefor prison security.

The escaped prisonershave been identified as Vishal(22), Gurpreet(34) and Jarnail

(25).A state-wide hunt has

been launched for the escapedprisoners, and the Chief Min-ister has also ordered ADGPJails to revamp prison securi-ty in the wake of the incident,which came to light around0320 hrs, less than two hoursafter the undertrial prisonersbroke their barrack and es-caped by scaling the innerand outer walls of the jail, asper the Closed Circuit Televi-sion(CCTV) footage of theprison.

Taking serious note of the

security lapse, the Chief Min-ister said prison securitywould be reviewed and fur-ther strengthened, not just inthis jail but in the othersacross the state too.

The prison guards werealerted about the escape bythe other inmates, who in-

cluded the brother of one ofthe escaped prisoners, accord-ing to initial reports. Therewas no evidence of outsidehelp, according to prelimi-nary investigations, whichsuggest that the trio hadplanned the escape on theirown.

Birth anniversary ofDayanand to becelebrated on 18CHANDIGARH: Hailing the ef-forts of the Arya Samaj in elimi-nating the societal evils, HaryanaChief Minister Mr. Manohar Lalsaid that Arya Samaj is not a‘Samaj’ but a movement. He said

that Jyanti of Ma-harishiDayanand, thefounder of AryaSamaj, would becelebrated allacross the stateon February 18,2020 in a befit-ting manner tomake the people

aware about his ideology.Mr. Manohar Lal was addressingpeople in the Arya Samaj's con-ference in Rohtak today. He paidhomage to Acharya Baldev andsaid that Acharya Baldev servedthe Arya Samaj movement andwas instrumental in spreading itsprinciples to all. He said that theArya Samaj has contributed innation building as the Samaj laysstress on removing social evilsbesides creating awareness inenvironmental protection, de-ad-diction, women education etc.

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Second Air Indiaplane evacuates 323 IndiansNEW DELHI: Amidst deadly coronavirus outbreak,the second Air India flight carrying 323 stranded In-dian nationals from China's virus-hit Wuhan citylanded at New Delhi on Sunday morning.India airlifted 323 Indians today from Wuhan as theWorld Health Organization (WHO) declared thedeadly coronavirus a global health emergency.The virus has killed over 300 people and infectedover 9,000 in China while two people from Keralahave tested positive for the virus in India.The second Air India special flight departed at0310 hrs (IST) from Wuhan and landed at NewDelhi airport around 0945 hrs.Seven Maldives citizens were also evacuated onthe same plane. "Deep gratitude to PM NarendraModi and EM Dr S Jaishankar. Special thanks toAmbassadors Vikram Misri and Sunjay Sudhir andtheir teams," Maldives Foreign Minister AbdullaShahi tweeted.

Kerala confirms secondcase of coronavirus THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: India on Sunday re-ported a second case of novel coronavirus with aperson from Kerala, who had returned from Chinarecently, testing positive, officials said.However, the Kerala Government said the statewas awaiting the results from the National Instituteof Virology (NIV) at Pune.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, FEB 2

The Delhi High Court on Sunday re-served its order on a plea filed by thecentral government and Tihar Jail au-thorities challenging the order of Pa-tiala House district court whichstayed the execution of the four con-victs in the Nirbhaya gang-rape andmurder case.

A single-judge bench of JusticeSuresh Kumar Kait reserved the or-der on the matter.

During the hearing, advocate APSingh, who is appearing for convictsPawan Gupta, Akshay Thakur andVinay Sharma, asked: "Why therewas a hurry to execute the death sen-tence in this case only ... Justice hur-ried is justice buried."

"They (convicts) belong to ruralareas and Dalit families. They cometo Delhi and get implicated. Mukeshand Ram Singh are Dalits. Both arebrothers who came from a rural partof Rajasthan. It is not convicts' fault.They cannot be made to bear brunt ofambiguity in the law," Singh told thecourt.

Senior advocate Rebecca John,appearing on behalf of convictMukesh, said that the "Centre hassought the setting aside of the orderof the Patiala House Court" when "an

earlier Delhi High Court order hasclearly said that any order of the trialcourt should be challenged in theSupreme Court only".

Earlier, Solicitor General TusharMehta, appearing on behalf of theCentre, alleged that the convictswere deliberately delaying the exe-cution, adding that any delay in deathsentence will have a dehumanisingeffect on the convicts.

A Delhi court last week stayedtill further orders the execution ofthe four convicts -- Akshay Thakur,Mukesh Singh, Pawan Gupta, andVinay Sharma -- which was earlierscheduled to take place on February1. The case pertains to the gang-rape and brutal murder of a 23-year-old paramedical student in a mov-ing bus on the night of December16, 2012, by six people, including ajuvenile, in Delhi. The woman haddied at a Singapore hospital a fewdays later.

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Amarinder orders magisterial inquiry intoescape of three prisoners from Amritsar jail

AGENCYKAITHAL, FEB 2

Six youths were killed afterthe SUV, in which they weretravelling in, fell into a drainon the Pundri-Dhand Road inthis district, police said onSunday.

According to police, ongetting information, a team ofPundri police rushed to thespot. The bodies of five couldbe located and all were takento civil hospital in Kaithalwhere all were declared asbrought dead by the doctors.However, the body of sixthvictim which could not be lo-cated last night was foundthis morning at some distancefrom the ill-fated Scorpio ve-hicle, thus taking the toll tosix.

The victims, all the sixfriends were returning after avisit to Haridwar, sourcessaid. The exact cause of theaccident could not be known,but it is suspected that the ve-hicle was hit by some othervehicle and pushed down tothe drain.

By using a JCB machine,the police brought out the ve-hicle from the accident spot.

Those killed have beenidentified as Deepak (19),

resident of Gagsina of Karnaldistrict, Kapil (21) of Bitmaravillage of Hisar, Driver Sunil(25) of Hansewal village ofFatehabad district, Ajay (23)Ramkesh (25) and Ankush(22) all three residents ofSoorewal village of Hisar dis-trict.

According to sources, de-ceased Deepak was a 12thclass student and youngestamong three siblings.

Kapil who was marriedabout three months ago wasyoungest among three broth-ers. Driver Sunil was eldestamong two brothers and a sis-ter and his Father had expiredfive years ago.

Ramkesh was agricultur-ist and his wife had expiredsometime back. Ankush wasBA part -1 student.

On a complaint lodged byRajesh, an uncle of deceasedAjay, police have registered acase and started investigation.

Six youths killed inPundri road accident

I, Jaswinder Singh Anand S/o Late I, Mehtab Singh S/O Gursharan I, Prabhjot Kaur D/o Parmjit I, Jaswinder Singh Anand S/o Sh. Baljit Singh Anand r/o H. No - Singh Garcha R/o Village Singh R/o Vill: Thikriwal Teh-Late Sh. Baljit Singh Anand r/o 196, Sector- 18A Chandigarh Barhampur District Ludhiana Khamano (Fatehgarh Sahib) H. No - 196, Sector- 18A declares that i have changed my have change my name to Mehtab changed my name to Prabhjot Chandigarh declares that i have minor daughter name from Aliza Singh Garcha. Concerned note Kaur Sidhu.changed my minor daughter to Aliza Anand. 98726 63372name from Alia to Alia Anand.

100019 I, Ranjeet Singh S/o Hari Singh I, Anuradha W/O Sanjay Garg 100019I, Jaswinder Singh Anand S/o (Mother: Sarbjeet Kaur) R/o R /O Samra la (Ludh iana ) Late Sh. Baljit Singh Anand r/o H. Haryou Khurd, Tehsil Patran Changed My Name After N o - 1 9 6 , S e c t o r - 1 8 A Distt Patiala Pb.(india) do here by Marriage Anuradha Garg.Chandigarh declares that i have declare that my Army No. 63372changed my minor daughter 15574542N, L/NK, Ranjeet I, Amandeep Bharaj W/O Jitin name from Pracika to Pracika Singh & Unit No. 112 Engineers Sethi R/O B-1-810/18M, Upkar Anand. Regiment (Ranchi). At the time of Nagar, Street No 10, Civil Lines

100019 my appointment, the date of birth L u d h i a n a C h a n g e N a m e I, Chander Bhushan Bijalwan of my mother Sarbjeet Kaur 's Amandeep Sethi. S/o Shri Pi t tamber Dutt Written as 01/05/1967 by mistake 63372Bijlawan R/o House No. 2588 in Army documents But her I Sukhdev Singh S/O Deshraj Sec tor 22C, Chandigarh correct DOB is 01/01/1969 which R/O Ward No 6, Tarn Taran, Declare that I am holder of is true and correct as her UID No. Tehsil & Distt Tarn Taran Have Passport No. H9093981 valid 5721-2776-2061 C h a n g e d M y N a m e To up to 21-01-2020, in my 98726 Dharminder Rajan.passport my name is mentioned I, Mehak W/o Souran Bansal R/o 63372Chander Bhushan, but my H.No. 60/14A, Shivpuri Mohalla I, Ranjeet Singh S/o Jagdish Correct & Full name is Chander Dhuri, Distt. Sangrur have Singh Village Khokhar Distt Bhushan Bijalwan. changed my name to Mehak Bathinda (Punjab) Now At 55

900027 Bansal. B l a c k b u r n S t r e e t R o p e s I, Esuru Rukmandra Reddy S/o 98726 Crossing 2760, Sydney NSW ESuru Krishna Murti Employed I, Sh. Rajeev Khatri S/o Sh. (Australia), Have Changed My as Sewadar At Govt. Smart Mohinder Singh R/o Vill Raipur, Name To Ran j ee t S ingh Sen.Sec School, Gaggo Bua P. O. Shahpur Turk, Tehsil and Bhullar.Tarn Taran R/o Adda Gaggo Bua Distt. Sonipat declare that I have 63372PO Sur Singh Tarn Taran have changed my name from Rajiv I, Jasbir Kaur W/o Charanjit Changed my name to Esuru Khatri to Rajeev Khatri. For all Singh Baran R/o Vill: Goh Teh-Rukmandra. future purposes. Khanna (Ludhiana) changed

72737 72779 my name to Jasbir Kaur Baran.I, Baljinder Kaur W/o jasvir I, Kulwinder Kaur W/o Gurtej 63372Singh R/o Kothe Singhu Ke, PO Singh Purewal R/o Village I, Simarjeet Kaur Brar W/O Gholia kalan, Distt Moga Have Shankar Tehsil Nakodar, Distt J agsee r S ingh S ran R /O Changed my name to Balbinder Jalandhar have changed my name Panjgrain Khurd (Moga) Have Kaur. f rom Kulwinder Kaur to C h a n g e d M y N a m e To

72737 Kulwinder Kaur Purewal. Simarjeet Kaur Sran (After I , M e e n a s p o u s e o f 100035 Marriage)No.14623518 N rank Hav. I, Manmeet Kaur D/o Gurtej 63372Naresh Kumar R/o. H.no.1464, Singh Purewal R/o Village I, Pargat Singh S/O Jarnail Gali no.7, Jagdambey colony Shankar, Tehsil Nakodar Distt. Singh R/O Rode (Moga) Have near shankaracharya mandir Jalandhar have changed my name Changed My Name To Pargat Amritsar Now at 6023 (I) Armed from Manmeet Kaur to Manmeet Singh Brar.Workshop Khasa Cantt Amritsar Kaur Purewal. 63372 declare that have Changed my 100035 I , S a r b a j e e t K a u r W / O name from Meena to Meena I, Gurmeet Kaur W/o Sukhwinder Bhupinder Singh R/O Bilaspur Kumari & in my army record my Singh Toor R/o Village Balkhandi (Moga) Have Changed My Dob is wrongly mentioned as (Moga) have changed my name to Name To Sarbjeet Kaur.17-07-1976 but my correct Dob Gurmeet Kaur Toor. 63372is 14-10-1973. vide affidavit 100020 I, Rajvinder Kaur Sangha W/o N o . A G 5 0 9 5 8 7 d a t e d I, hitherto known as Sukhmander Gurpreet Singh Mann R/o Vill: 24-01-2020 Singh Sandhu S/o Sajjan Singh Sangatpura (Moga) changed my

72737 R/o Vill: Killi Guda Makhu name to Rajvinder Kaur Mann.I, Swarnpreet Kaur Sangha D/o Fatehgarh Sabrah (Ferozepur) 63372 Major Singh R/o V.P.O Damru Punjab-142044, have changed I, Balwinder Singh S/o Jhirmal Khurd Distt Moga have changed my name shall hereafter be Singh R/o Vill: Kalia Wala my name Swarnpreet Kaur known as Sukhmander Singh. (Ferozepur) changed my name

98765 63372 to Balwinder Singh Sahota.I, Rajwinder Singh S/o Joginder I, Kajal D/O Mukesh Kumar R/O 63372 Singh Hari R/o Village Bugra, Vill Kakrala Kalan (Ludhiana) I, Ram Singh S/o Darshan Tehsil Dhuri, Distt. Sangrur Changed My Name Kajal Rani. Singh R/o Vill: Bahona (Moga) change my name to Rajwinder 63372 changed my name to Ram Singh Hari . Concern note. I, Sandeep Kaur Aujla W/o Baljot Chand.

98726 Singh Bhangu R/o Vill: Jalanpur 63372I, Gursharan Singh S/o Gurdev Teh-Samrala (Ludhiana) changed I, Payal Khera D/O Kamal Singh R/o Village Barhampur my name to Sandeep Kaur Bhushan Khera Have Changed District Ludhiana have change Bhangu. My Name After Marriage Payal my name to Gursharan Singh 63372 Khera To Payal Joshi W/O Garcha. Concerned note. I, Resham Lal S/o Gurbachan Rishi Joshi R/O 17, Seth

98726 Chand R/o Vpo. Gumtala Teh- H u k a m C h a n d C o l o n y , Phillaur (Jalandhar) Pb, changed Jalandhar.

I, Jasjeet Kaur W/O Gursharan my name to Resham Lal Toora. 72778Singh Garcha R/O Village 63372 I, Hitherto Known As Sukha Barhampur District Ludhiana I, Kanta Devi W/o Resham Lal Singh S/O Santa Singh, R/o have change my name to Jasjeet Toora R/o Vpo. Gumtala Teh- Village Basti Amritsarian Di, Kaur Garcha. Concerned note Phillaur (Jalandhar) Pb, changed Ward No. 13, Vpo Tanda

98726 my name to Kanta Devi Toora. Urmar, Tehsil Dasuya, District I, Ekamjot Kaur D/O Gursharan 63372 Hoshiarpur-144204, Punjab, Singh Garcha R/O Village I, Sarabjit Kaur W/o Subeg Singh India, Have Changed My Name Barhampur District Ludhiana R/o Vill-Fatehabad Teh-Khadoor And Shall Hereafter Be Known have change my name to Sahib (Tarn Taran) changed my As Sukhdev Singh.E k a m j o t K a u r G a r c h a . name to Sarbjit Kaur. 72778Concerned note 63372 I, Hitherto Known As: Surjit

98726 Kaur W/O Joginder Singh, R/O I, Gagrinder Singh S/o Saroop Singh R/o Vpo. Saharan Majra Village: Ranipur Kamboan, Teh-Payal (Ludhiana) with two Tehsil; Phagwara, District:

Kapurthala-144403 (Punjab), names that is Gagrinder Singh Have Changed My Name And and Gagarinder Singh.Shall Hereafter Be Known As Jit 63372Kaur.I, Manpreet Singh S/O Gurmel

72778Singh R/O Mahesari (Moga) I , R u p i n d e r K a u r W / O Changed Name Manpreet Singh Jagpreet. Singh Hair R/O Sandhu.Sidhu Farm Kishangarh Road 63372 Kartarpur Distt Jalandhar I, Charanjeet Kaur W/O Manpreet Have Changed My Name From Singh Sandhu R/O Mahesari Rupinder Kaur. To Rupinder ( M o g a ) C h a n g e d N a m e Kaur Hair (Surname As. Hair Charanjeet Kaur Sandhu.& Given Name As Rupinder. 63372 Kaur)I, Manpreet Singh Sandhu R/O

72778Mahesari (Moga) Changed My Minor Daughter ’s Name Prabhnoor Kaur To Prabhnoor Kaur Sandhu.

63372I, Paramjit Singh S/O Babu Singh R/O VPO Hissowal Distt Ludhiana Have Changed My Name To Paramjit Singh

Takhar.63372

I , M a n d e e p S i n g h S / O Dharminder Singh R/O H:No 3644 Agwar Ladhai Jagraon Distt Ludhiana Have Changed My Name To Mandeep Singh Saggu.

63372I, Rajeev Kumar S/O Bimal Chaudhary R/O Vpo Threekey Distt Ludhiana Have Changed M y N a m e T o R a j e e v Chaudhary.

63372I, Harjit Kaur W/O Ranjit Singh Hans R/O Bank Colony Mandi Mullanpur Distt Ludhiana Have Changed My Name To Harjit Kaur Hans.

63372I, Raman Kumar S/o Suresh Kumar R/o Vpo. Sanghole Teh-Khamano (Fatehgarh Sahib) changed my name to Raman Rana.

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I ,K u lw inde r S ingh S /o B a k h s h e s h S i n g h V P O Badesron Tehsil Garhshankar Distt Hoshiarpur declare that my daughter Jasmeen Kaur is out of my control. I Disown her from my all movable and immovable properties. Any Body deal with her at there own risk.

900017I, Kuldip Singh s/o Surjit Singh Village Wahid Pur Tehsil Garhshankar Distt Hoshiarpur declare that i am resident of village Wahid Pur. Concerned please note it.

900017I, Joginder Singh S/O Shri Gangan Singh S/O Bhajan Singh R/O Pitho declare that my son Naib Singh alias Kala Singh is out of my control. So I disown with him from my m o v e a b l e / i m m o v e a b l e property. If anybody dealing with him at his/her own risk.

63372I, Makhan Singh S/o Mohinder Singh R/o Vill: Gohir Teh-Nakodar (Jalandhar) have changed my name from Makhan Singh to Makhan Singh Sanghera. Have changed my wife name Harpreet Kaur to Harpreet Kaur Sanghera. Have changed my minor daughter name Harsirat Kaur to Harsirat Kaur Sanghera.

63372I, hitherto known as Santosh W/o Ramesh Lal R/o H.No. 100 Raja Mohalla Nawanshahr Teh-Nawanshahr (SBS Nagar) Punjab-144514 duly submit that I would like to change my name to from Santosh to Santosh Bansal. It is certified that I have complied with other legal requirements in this connection.

63372I, Kulvir Singh, Son Of Tarlochan Singh, Holder Of Indian Passport No. P8083066, I s sued At Toronto , On 1 5 / 11 / 2 0 1 6 P e r m a n e n t Resident Of Vill. Diala PO. Saroya, Distt Nawanshahr, Punjab, India-144524, And Presently Residing At 7745 Netherwood Rd Mississauga, ON, Canada- L4T 3H3 Do Hereby Change My Name From Kulvir Singh To Kulvir Singh Bains, With Immediate Effect.

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LOST & FOUNDI, Harpreet Sohal W/o Vikram Sohal R/o Vill. Sohal PSOC Dhariwal Gurdaspur inform to the General Public that I have lost somewhere previous 2 original sale deed of my property measuring 6½ Mar la 162 .50 No. Khasra 91R4/2,7/2,8/1,3/2,4/3,12,14,15/1/1,16 Rakba Vasika No. 3039 Jild N o . 3 6 3 9 S a f a N o . 43DT15/10/2007 and 6 Marla Khasra 91R4 / 2,7 / 2,8/1, 3/2, 4/3,12/2,13,14,15/1/1,16,17,24 Vasika No. 4913 DT 28/2/2007 already logged in respect of lost of our said sale deed with community police Suvidha Centre Batala Distt. Gurdaspur any person dealing the use of said document would do it at their own risk/responsibility and the undersigned will not be responsible. If any person finds above said documents, he ,may informed accordingly to following persons ie. Ritesh JhunJhunWala 9888268000 Jaswinder Singh Dhillon 9855461823

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PUBLIC NOTICE It is brought to your notice that the Original Sale Deed No. 2965 dated 05.10.2011, executed in favour of Daljit Kaur W/o Jarnail Singh S/o Harbans Singh, regarding Land measuring 05 Marlas 05 Sarsahi, which is 50/7857 share of land measuring 43 Kanals 11 Marlas, comprised in Khasra No. 1930 (21-2), 1932 (22-11), Khewat/Khatuani No. 1205/2013, as per Jamabandi for the year 2010-2011, situated within the revenue limits of Muktsar-II, Tehsil & District Shri Muktsar Sahib and having boundaries (As per Title Deed) as under:-Front Side: 25’-4” Street 20’ Wide, Back Side: 25’-4” Raj Kumar Batra, One Side: 60’ Balraj Kumar, Second Side: 60’ Garg, currently owned by Mr. Harinderpal Singh S/o Karam Singh S/o Harnam Singh, is lost and not mortgaged with any Bank or Financial Institution, in that regard DDR bearing No. 48676/2020 dated 31.01.2020 has been got registered. Anybody having objection regarding mortgage of property with Magma Housing Finance Limited, Bathinda, may respond or raise objection within 7 Days, to R.P. Singh, Advocate, 75080-11581.

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3HARYANARich tributes paid to SurjewalaKAITHAL: Rich tributes were paid to former Haryana minister Shamsher Singh Surjewala ina “Shardhanjali Samaroh” held here on Sunday. Thousands of people from all walks of lifereached the venue to pay tributes to the departed leader who was also served as the HPCCchief, Rajya Sabha member and Kaithal MLA. Recollecting his long and eventful political ca-reer spanning over five decades, scores of speakers highlighted the qualities and vision ofSurjewala. While thanking the people for their moral support in this hour of grief, his son andsenior Congress leader and national media incharge Randeep Singh Surjewala said that hehimself and his family will remain indebted to the people for their love and affection. He saidthat his father came to Kaithal in 2005, contested on Congress party ticket, won and devotedhis all energy for the development of the area.YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Farmers disappointedwith budget: ButanaROHIT LAMSARTARAORI: Lalit Butana, senior Con-gress leader and former member ofHaryana Staff Selection Commission,said that the farmers did not feel any re-lief in the budget presented by the Fi-nance Minister. Neither the debts of thefarmers were waived nor the farmers gotany benefit. He said that this budget hasproved to be completely negative. Farm-ers have become disheartened by thisbudget instead of being happy. He wastalking to reporters in Taravadi. In theconversation, senior Congress leaderand former member of Haryana Staff Se-lection Commission Lalit Butana saidthat the budget presented by the centralgovernment is just a flop. Tax collector isshown

MSME disappointedwith budget: GuptaROHIT LAMSARTARAORI: Block head of HaryanaPradesh Vyapar Mandal, SheeshpalGupta said that the budget presented bythe Finance Minister has disappointedthe middle class people. He said that ex-emption in income tax slab is a com-mendable step. It could be increasedeven further. The budget has not takenany step towards increasing employmentand reducing inflation. Its youth werehopeful. Blocks head of HaryanaPradesh Vyapar Mandal, Shishpal Guptawas talking to reporters at TarawadiGrain Mandi.

Budget does notgive relief tocommon man: RanaROHIT LAMSARTARAORI: Congress state secretary Mu-nish Parvez Rana said that the budgetpresented by the central governmentand the finance minister has not givenany relief to the common man. It was ex-pected that the tax exemption from 2.50to five lakhs would be given but it hasnot been done so reduced. Apart fromthis, medical and footwear items alongwith furniture will become expensive.The budget has not been presented asexpected. The budget should have pro-vided more employment opportunities,which were not done at all. Congressstate secretary Munish Parvez Rana wastalking to journalists. During this, he in-formed that no concrete steps have beentaken in the budget to provide relief tothe farmers. Photo: - 03

Basant PanchamicelebratedVIVEK KUMAR RANAGHARAUNDA: Basant Utsav culturalceremony was organised on Saturday inthe Government College Gharaunda. Dr.Anuradha Punia was the chief guest/.The Principal Government Women’s Col-lege Karnal attended and praised thestudents who participated in the culturaldisciplines and explained in detail aboutthe importance of art in our lives. Princi-pal Dr. Lokesh Tyagi welcomed the ChiefGuest and boosted the morale of the stu-dents through his inspirational words.In this programme, students participatedin song, dance, speech competition ran-goli competition, instrumental playingand other types of genres. ProfessorGurnam Malik, Dr. Santosh Malik, Dr.Suresh Sharma and others were presenton the occasion.

Cleanlinesscampaign launchedVIVEK RANAGHARAUNDA: On behalf of Education,Health and Environment Society, acleanliness drive was carried out in thevillage Bajida Jattan of Gharaunda Vid-han Sabha with the villagers. On this oc-casion, former Director General of Pan-chayat Department and President of theinstitution BS Malik participated as theChief Guest in the cleanliness drive andthe cleanliness campaign was chaired byBrijesh Khanchi, an Australian NRI andsocial workers.

Members of LordValmiki Jan KalyanSangh thank CMMAIN PAL KASHYAPINDRI: Haryana's Minister of State,Manohar Lal Khatter has taken a big ad-venture and historical decision to distrib-ute 20 per cent reservation for Sched-uled Castes in equal proportion to 50 percent for SC-A, B-class children enrolledin educational institutions. The Chief Min-ister has not only given the children ofSC-A class who have been deprived ofreservation, the opportunity to moveahead in life but also to protect their fu-ture. Thank you so much. In future also,people of SCA class including Valmikisociety will give full support.

Meeting of Punjabimahasbha heldROHIT LAMSARTARAORI: A meeting of Punjabi SabhaNeelokheri was organised in PunjabiBhavan which was presided over byPrem Sachdeva, President of PunjabiSabha. General Secretary ShivnathKapoor said that the Punjabi Bhavan hasbeen completed in the city, for which thePunjabi Sabha is grateful to all the asso-ciates. He also thanked the Chief Minis-ter of the state Manohar Lal for his sup-port in the construction of the building. Itwas also decided in the meeting that ShriRam Katha would be organized in thebuilding soon. Gyan Sagar Sardana,Suraj Dua, Gyan Chand Arora, PurnaBhatia, Mahesh Sahni, Gulshan Katyal,Lokesh Sardana, Bishbar Lal Verma,Tarun Mahindra, Pradeep Katyal,Narayan Das Verma, Narayan Das Ver-ma, Ram Swaroop Chopra, Ved PrakashMany people including Kataria, AshokMalhotra, Deepak Sindhwani were pres-ent.

BUREAU CHANDIGARH, FEB 2

Haryana Transport Department carriedout a road safety drive in Panchkula to-day under which free helmets were giv-en to two-wheeler drivers and pillion rid-ers after challaning them under Section129 of the Motor Vehicles Act 1988.

While stating this here today, an of-ficial spokesperson of Transport Depart-ment said that the road safety drive wascarried out under the supervision ofTransport Commissioner, Dr. Satyavir

Singh Phulia from MDC lights point atPanchkula. He said that the helmets weredonated to the department by HaryanaVision Zero, an agency partnering withthe State Government in road safetymeasures.

He said that the operation led by Mr.Meenaxee Raj, Joint Transport Commis-sioner was accompanying the challaningparties at different seven locations nearMajri chowk, Sector 5, stadium lights,MDC lights in Panchkula. AdditionalDeputy Commissioner of Panchkula,Ms. Manita Malik was also present dur-

ing the drive. He said that the responseof the people was initially reluctant, butlater they were surprised and a womanwhose vehicle was challaned, while re-questing her anonymity supported theinitiative of the government and said thatit was a unique initiative of the govern-ment regarding road safety measures,She was given a free helmet after beingchallaned. He said that it was an uphilltask to convince people to start followingthe traffic rules but however, the drivewent successful after creating awarenessregarding road safety measures.

BUREAU CHANDIGARH, FEB 2

The impact of effective ‘parivi’ beingconducted by Haryana Police for en-suring speedy justice to rape victimsyielding positive results as the con-viction rate in the rape and sexual of-fences continues witnessing an up-ward trend in the State.

While stating this here today, Di-rector General of Police (DGP) MrManoj Yadava said that in the monthof January 2020, Police had securedconviction of 17 offenders booked un-der Protection of Children from Sexu-al Offences (POCSO) Act and IndianPenal Code (IPC). Of these, one con-vict awarded capital punishment, onesentenced life imprisonment, sixawarded 20 years imprisonment, sixgot 10 years imprisonment, one sen-tenced 7 years jail and one each of-

fender awarded 4 years and 2 yearsimprisonment respectively.

The DGP said that Police has notonly arresting rape accused within theearliest possible time after the reportof such heinous crime, but also secur-ing conviction of such offendersthrough concerted efforts, efficient in-vestigations and presentation of evi-

dences before the concerned courts.Our all out efforts resulted in corre-sponding improvement from prosecu-tion to early convictions of sex of-fenders, he added.

Yadava said that State govern-ment put in place a slew of meas-ures to improve security for womenand girls to prevent such heinouscrime. As a result of these, the num-ber of rapes and other sexual of-fences reported to the police hasalso been increasing, which showsthat victims feel more confident incoming forward to report the crimein police stations. At the same time,both the Centre and State govern-ments had also enacted laws thatprovided for tough punishment. Inaddition, setting up more fast-trackcourts also helpful to speed up thedelivery of justice to the victims, headded.

Haryana Police taking leadin punishing sex offenders17 accused convicted in January

Road safety drive held in Panchkula

GURMEET KASHYAPKARNAL, FEBRUARY 2

District President of theBharatiya Janata Party, Jag-mohan Anand said that therevolutionary writer lateMadanlal Kapoor was aperson of great personality.He always participatedheavily in social work andthrough his literature, heshowed a new path to thesociety. He will always beremembered among thepeople. His ideals havebeen embodied in his lifeby his son Bharat BhushanKapoor and following hisfootsteps, who is busyserving the society, saidJagmohan Anand today onthe first death anniversary ofthe revolutionary litterateurMadanlal Kapoor. He wasaddressing the people at Aap-ki Rasoi organized by SocialWelfare Committee at HansiChowk. During this time,thousands of people paid

tribute to Madanlal Kapoor.In his address, JagmohanAnand said that giving foodto thousands of people forjust Rs 10 every Sunday bythe committee is nothing lessthan a great virtue.

Free medical camp wasalso organised by Virk Hos-

pital. Kiran Kapoor, AnkitaKapoor, K.L. Sodhi, Mitra-pal, Surendra Aghi, Bhupin-dra Bhatia, Dr. Balbir SinghVirk, Sanjeev Sharma,Mahindra Chhabra, GaganKapoor and Mudit Kapoorwere also present on the oc-casion.

Madan Lal Kapoor willbe remembered for

social services: Anand

SHIV SHARMAKARNAL, FEBRUARY 2

Former Haryana Pradesh Con-gress President Ashok Tanwarhas said that the Congress highcommand has worked to elim-inate the trusted leaders of theteam of former Congress Pres-ident Rahul Gandhi. StatePresident Kumari Selja andformer Chief Minister Bhupin-der Singh Hooda are equallyresponsible for the Congress'sdefeat in the assembly elec-tions in the state. Both of themwrongly selected candidates inthe Congress after meeting theBJP. Describing the state in-charge of the Congress as sal-able goods, he said that howcould they did not have thepower to make Congress come topower.

Tanwar was speaking to re-porters in Karnal today. He accusedthe veteran Congress leaders ofhatching a conspiracy to thwartRahul Gandhi’s moves. He said

Congress leaders wanted to damageRahul’s reputation. They wantedhim finished politically. He said thatthe self-respecting leaders andworkers are in the Congress, whosedoors are strong in the Congress,their doors are open for them. It will

be started by organising Swabhi-maan Day programme in Karnal on16 February. On this day, thousandsof Congress leaders will reach Kar-nal and celebrate their birth day. Onthis day, he will announce his nextcampaign.

In response to a question, hesaid that on his way, the sales in-charge, while his state president,stuck the ballasts. He said that StatePresident Shailaja, former CM Bhu-pendra Singh Hooda worked withthe BJP to weaken the Congress.Hundreds of his workers were pres-ent in Karnal today. Everyone drewthe line about the division of Con-gress.

Tanwar to hold SwabhimanDay programme on Feb 16

Opposition will become the face ofthe public to get justice: He said thatfor the last six years, his colleaguesplayed the role of the opposition. Hewill fight against the feudal and anti-Dalit leaders of the Congress. Heaccused State President KumariSelja that he had compromised withthe anti-Dalit leaders to bring theDalits to glory.

Voluntary organisationscontribute significantly in

nation building: Narula

SARBJIT SINGHASSANDH, FEBRUARY 2

Congress senior youth leader and eminent social workerRupinder Narula said that social organisations are making sig-nificant contribution in the progress and betterment of the na-tion. He said that such organizations have helped in changingthe lives of people many times.

The Congress leader was speaking at a private palace onKarnal Marg in Narula Nagar at the 13th installation pro-gramme of JCI Assandh. He said that JCI has done excellentwork in the field against gender inequality, female feticide,along with strengthening the social brotherhood. He calledupon the newly elected executive to work against black jaun-dice and malnutrition and set up an investigation camp forwomen's health.

Voluntary blood donation camp heldSHIV SHARMAKARNAL: A Voluntary blood donation camp was organ-ised at Devgan Hospital on the birthday of India's emi-nent Gandhian, freedom fighter and social activist Rajku-mari Amrit Kaur. The camp was organised by DiyaSanstha and President's Police Medal, and NationalGold Medal winner Diamond Blood Donor and Environ-ment Watchman Dr. Ashok Kumar Verma. Dr. DeepakDevgan, president of the institution of Diya donatedblood for the 31st time in the camp. 84 units of bloodwere collected under the leadership of Dr. Deepak Dev-gan of Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Hospital'said that blood donation is a life donation programme and itis the biggest donation. Everyone should donate blood. He encouraged the youth. Dr. Ashok KumarVerma, who was awarded the President's Police Medal, appreciated the works of Dr. Deepak Dev-gan and said that he is constantly ready to help the needy. Dr. Verma said that this is his 266th volun-tary blood donation camp with Dr. Deepak Devgan, in which youth have participated in a big way andhave made 1,2206 blood units available to government blood funds. He said that youth need to applytheir power in the interest of society.

Rahgiri programmeorganisedSHIV SHARMAKARNAL: According to the instructionsof IG Bharti Arora of Karnal Range, inthe Rahgiri program organised by thedistrict police in Sector-12, was madeaware of the new traffic rules. DeputyDirector Suresh Punia and Traffic TauBalkar Singh gave the message to fol-low the traffic rules. A magnificent ran-goli was made on the response womanat the Rahgiri site. Tributes were paid tohim on the death anniversary ofKalpana Chawla through the stage.Apart from this, Krishna Kumar whocame from Neelokheri acted as SufiSat. Apart from these, various childrenperformed spectacular dances on manyPunjabi, Haryanvi and Rajasthanisongs.During this time games like gymnast,chess, kabaddi, badminton, archery,towing, cricket, shooting etc. were alsoorganized. Sushil Chhabra, Sanjay Ba-tra, Arun Sohi, Bhim Saini, Shiv Chan-dra, Ajay Kumar, Gurpreet Malli, BittuNirvana, Rajneesh Chopra, SurendraMarwaha, Manoj Four, Rajesh Pichau-lia, Sangeeta Sharma and Dr. Bir Singhetc. were present.

Every healthy personshould donate blood: MayorKARNAL: A blood donation camp wasorganised in Manav Seva Sangh to helpthe children suffering from Thalessemia.

Karnal Mayor Renubala Gupta attendedas the Chief Guest. Swami Prema-murthy, founder of Manav Seva Sangh,welcomed the mayor. Around 300 peo-ple applied to the camp. Of which 256people voluntarily donated blood. Theartists of Sur Sagar Kala Manch mes-merized everyone with their melodiousvoice.On this occasion Singla Motors direc-tors Ramesh Singla, Vijay Singla, Viren-dra Singla, Akhil Singla, Subham Singla,Gaurav Singla, Jitendra Garg, MukeshGupta, Sumit Kumar, Sheetal, Sunita,Anita, DD Sharma, Vinod Mangla,Baldev Khurana, Prem Khetrapal, Yash-pal, Ramesh Kashyap, Balvindra Sikka,Sushil Kumar, MC Dhiman, AjayVikram, Ankush Malik, Sudhir Nagpal,Sanjeev Bhatia, Balram, MukeshChoudhary from Red Cross Society ,Happy Singh, Lakshya Panchal, RajivWadhwa, Dinesh Aggarwal, VinodMishra, Munish Aggarwal, Vinod Bansalwere present.

Valmiki Public WelfareAssociation expressesgratitude to CMKARNAL: Bhagwan Valmiki PublicWelfare Association has expressedgratitude to the Haryana Chief Minis-ter Manohar Lal for his decision to dis-tribute the give reservation of Sched-uled Castes in equal proportion to 50-50 percent for admission of SC-A, Bclass children to educational institu-tions. Head of the institution RaghubirGhaghat said that the Chief Ministerhas taken a big adventure and histori-

cal decision. The Chief Minister hasnot only given the children of SC-Acategory who are deprived of reserva-tion, the opportunity to move ahead inlife but also to protect their future. Hesaid that soon the Chief Ministerwould be thanked by doing a statelevel programme in Karnal. SubedarJayaraj, Jaipal Chanalia, Sanjay,Vishal Chanalia, Jagdish Lohat, ManojShamgarh, Rajesh Vaid, SubhashBumbak, Roshan Lal Samra, Ram-phal Sauda, Subhash Chandra,Shyam Sundar, Sunil Bhumbhak etc.were present on the occasion.

Lord Shiva worshippedin Shri Ram templeSHIV SHARMAKARNAL: Bhole Baba was given aPanchamrit bath with milk, curd, ghee,honey and sugar in Shri Ram temple.Dinesh Sharma as Chief Yajaman ar-rived with his family. Bhole Baba wasdecorated in a grand form. Jyoti Munjaldrunken in the devotion of Bhole Baba,he becomes intoxicated and knowswhat happens. He sang Bhole Bhole.Anu Khattar also sang. Everyonecheered. Song in praise of Lord Shivawas recited. Havan Yagyna was organ-ised for world peace. Pandit Vinod Joshiand Pandit Harish Shastri performedHavan with chanting of mantras. MurariBatra, Pradhan Jagan Batra, TarsemGupta, KL Bhaskar, Kamlesh Kapoor,Dr. RK Sachdeva, Charanjit Arora,Chandra and SK Mittal were present onthe occasion.

‘Good budget foreducation will provideopportunity to all’ROHIT LAMSARTARAORI: People have expressedvarious reactions to the general budg-et. Someone is telling the generalbudget as good, then no one has de-scribed this budget as better. Peoplesay that 2020 general budget is goodfor middle class people. They will havemore money to spend. Also, they willbe able to fulfill their needs. Along withthis, tax exemption has been given tothe government employees. Which isbetter, but it needed to be increasedfurther. School operators also de-scribed the budget presented as betterfor education level.

Many provisions toimprove education:Sarbjit KaurTARAORI: Sarbjit Kaur, Principal of SiriGuru Tegh Bahadur Public School, saidthat in the general budget, many provi-sions have been made for early imple-mentation of new education policy,opening of new educational institutions,skill development program and improv-ing the quality of education. This step iscommendable. Such schemes shouldbe implemented soon to benefit the stu-dents as well as the younger genera-tion.

RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR

All of us are blessedwith the ability to per-ceive, or “tap” our

own inner voice at the drop ofa thought. The further we lis-ten to it, the more powerful itgets. The only downside is —

we don’ttend toheed to itssoundlesssonority asfrequentlyas we oughtto. Blame iton the rig-ors of liv-

ing, or lack of time, we aren’talways in sync with the“heartbeat” of our soul.

To cultivate and hone ourinner voice, or soul, is a vi-sion, or revelation — a long-awaited amplified purpose. Itnot only connects us to our di-vine essence, it also providesus with a sense of security inour journey through time. Thebest, or worst, part is we arehabitually “driven” to scanand explore our inner voice intimes of trouble. The more wepine for it, the more elusive itgets. Our inner voice is not anover-the-counter (OTC) prod-uct. It is an attribute, or facet,

that we are all endowed with— each with an understand-ing rooted to one’s own con-scious awareness, or essen-tiality. The more one is aware,the better it is to associatewith one’s inner voice. Whenyou reach the awarenessplateau, not flat terrain, yourinner voice envelops yourpsyche. It connects to whatphilosopher Plato called “di-vine frenzy,” or what modernpsychologists refer to as the“flow” principle — a sense ofinsight, or being in the zone,to meeting challenges withgood effect, or outcomes, andconfronting the interminablewinds of change.

Everything, including theevolution of our inner voice,hinges on such a foundationalprocess — the process ofseeking answers to questionsin life. Or, what may changeour lives for the better. Forsuch precepts to emerge, ittakes resolve, not just intent.When this happens, it leads towhat is called as the expan-sion process — a stage forgarnering new ideas, insights,or intuitive leaps, and usingthem for upgrading our lifeand resolve through time. Thetwo — foundation and expan-sion — processes are like till-ing the field, planting the seedand reaping the yield.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Union home minister Amit Shah has reportedly asked theDelhi police to take the “strictest” action against theyoung man who opened fire with a pistol at anti-CAA

protesters at Jamia when they were setting out for Rajghat onthe day of Mahatma Gandhi’s martyrdom on Thursday, and in-jured a student. It is unlikely Mr Shah will be taken at face val-ue. The shooter’s Facebook activity suggests he has long beenlinked to the RSS and its affiliates. After discharging a bulletfrom his gun, he appeared only a few yards away from themassed police force and seemed confident he will come to noharm. When a policeman at last apprehended him, the widelybeamed videos showed the shooter raised a slogan in favour ofthe Delhi police.

A widely shared view is that the gunman was planted byHindutva forces to do something sensational just days beforethe Delhi Assembly polls on February 8 to consolidate com-munal polarisation. A somewhat different but not wholly dis-similar view is that he, a self-confessed Hindutva nationalistwho was psyched up by propagandist videos (like many youngMuslims drawn to the current concept of jihad), fell an easyprey to Anurag Thakur’s outrageous provocation at a publicmeeting two days earlier when he instigated a Delhi electionrally to chant “shoot the traitors”, with those of a particularfaith being all but identified as such by a long list of BJP topleaders. Any propaganda-crazed Hindutva-oriented youth islikely to be dead certain he will come to no harm these days.Last month, one of the JNU attackers, a young woman who wasidentified though she too had her face covered, as an activist ofthe ABVP, the RSS' student body, is still roaming free. Otherattackers were found to be linked to the same group. But theonly FIR filed by the police was against Aishe Ghosh, leader ofthe students’ union who was attacked with a rod and had seri-ous injuries to her head. Such a police force is expected to beindulgent with criminals of the Hindutva variety.

All this is very well, but what of Mr Thakur? Is it enoughthat he was asked by the Election Commission to sit out thecampaign for a few days, now that his vulgar exhortation hasled to a shooting? Should criminal law not catch up with himfor being an accessory to an attempted murder? Probably noneof this will happen. After all, just after saying strict action willbe taken against the shooter, the Union home minister onThursday said the Delhi election was a battle between ShaheenBagh and those who taught Pakistan a lesson through a “surgi-cal strike”. The dumbest mind can't fail to see that anti-CAAprotesters are being singled out as being of one faith, thoughthis is a false pitch. The BJP has prepared a communal wicketand is playing every stroke in the book on it, not bothering withany other issue. This is a dangerous poll campaign.

EditorialIn Delhi, BJP is playing

a very dangerous game

The soundless sonorityof your inner voice The challenge of Budget

making is to take enoughfrom the 15 per cent of

the population (about 200 mil-lion, or 40 million households)liable for direct taxes withoutdissatisfying them too much— these are the ones you most-ly see on TV groaning, moan-ing and wanting more.

And to provide enough toblunt the edge of popular angerof the 60 per cent who makelittle more than subsistence interms of income — given theirproperty and tradeable skills.This covers around a popula-tion of 700-750 million people,or 150 million families. Thesepeople have largely been by-passed by the huge growthgains made since 1998. Thatmeans under the two NDA andtwo UPA terms.

Indirect taxes involve abigger population cohort con-sidering that the consumer fi-nally pays the GST. Thus, evena matchbox results in tax rev-enues. The GST course hasbeen set and mercifully the fi-nance ministry doesn’t havetoo much discretion in tinker-ing to favour some and punishothers.

The challenge for the gov-ernment was very clear. It wasto create jobs, and stimulateconsumption to kickstart thevirtuous economic cycle ofhigher growth, higher savings,higher revenues and higher in-vestments. The most signifi-cant cause for the decline ofgrowth has been the decline incapital investment. It was 39.8per cent of GDP in 2010 and is

now a good 11 per cent lower.Clearly, without an increase ofcapital investment, one cannothope for more industrialisationand hence higher growth. Theimmediate task therefore is ob-vious. The government needsto step up investment in infra-structure to create demand forcore sectors like cement, steel,building materials, power, etc,and create the millions of jobsneeded each year to absorb the12 million people joining thelabour force each year.

Since 2014, under theNDAgovernment, the increasein rural wages worked out to4.7 per cent in nominal termsand a mere 0.5 per cent in realterms after netting out inflationof 4.2 per cent. In comparison,for the same month of the pre-ceding five years (2009 to2013), when the UPA was inpower, nominal rural wagesgrew by an annual average ofabout 17.8 per cent. While CPIinflation for agricultural work-ers, too, averaged 11.1 per

cent, the real growth in wageswas still higher at 6.7 per centa year. Wage increase hasfrozen due to oversupplybrought up by low job creation.Job creation is at a 45-year low.That is the essential problem,which besets a youthful coun-try, in which almost 65 per centof the population is below theage of 30.

So quite clearly, we need-ed a plan to kick off growthonce again. At the tail end ofher inordinately long speech,finance minister NirmalaSitharaman made a passingreference to targeting a nomi-nal GDP growth of 10 per cent.Consider this: the nominalGDP growth now is 6.08 percent. So how do you get an in-crease of four per cent in nom-inal GDP growth? Clearly, itcalls for a far greater input byway of capital expenditure. ABudget is about the ways andmeans to achieve larger eco-nomic goals. The 2020-21Budget envisages `22.99 lakh

crores of revenue receipts,`30.42 lakh crores as expendi-ture, leaving it with a fiscaldeficit of 3.8 per cent. It meansthat the government expects toincrease revenues by a littleover `3 lakh crores. Similarly,expenditure is going to in-crease by a similar `3 lakhcrores. At the same time, the fi-nance minister expects capitalexpenditure to increase by 21per cent. The Central capitalexpenditure in 2019-20 was`3.36 lakh crores. Thus, we caninfer that this year capital ex-penditure will increase byabout `60,000 crores. Now re-late this to the `103 lakh croresfor the Infra Pipeline an-nounced by the finance minis-ter late last year. Of this,schemes amounting to about`23 lakh crores were an-nounced. But for this the newBudget provides a meagre`22,000 crores. This is still toolittle, and too late. What wewere looking towards was agrand plan to announce howthis huge sum is to be realised.There was not a word about itin her long speech of two hoursand 40 minutes.

The speech was repletewith minute details like `100crores for the G-20 summit,which India will host next year,but not before she fondly al-luded to how Prime MinisterNarendra Modi will now takethe top 20 global economies tonew heights. Like George W.Bush had announced “missionaccomplished” after occupy-ing Iraq, Ms Sitharaman pro-claimed that Swachchh Bharat

was a great success, whileevery street corner and openmaidan in the country tells usanother story. So she an-nounced just ̀ 12,000 crores forit this year.

Elsewhere, she announcedspecial schemes for 100 water-stressed districts, while an-nouncing 20 lakh solar pumps.The irony should not be missedhere. Most of the water-stressed districts are so due tothe uncontrolled exploitationof subterranean water re-sources. Clearly, the biggertask is to replenish the under-ground water resources. ThePM had broadly spoken abouta national water-harvestingscheme, but there was no allot-ment for it in this Budget. Butshe did make an exciting an-nouncement.

Ms Sitharaman said thegovernment had promised toprovide piped water to allhouseholds in the country en-tailing an expenditure of `3.36lakh crores. This was a rare in-stance of the government of-fering to puts its money whereits mouth was.

Added to this, the govern-ment has to promise to deliverall this with a most expensivepublic administration (11.4 percent of GDP), and an almostdefunct delivery system. Ama-jority of government employ-ees — over 25 million — arethe bedrock of the direct taxes-paying cohort. So, in effect, agood part of the direct taxesthat are realised by the govern-ment are from those who arepaid by it.

4KITES RISE HIGHEST AGAINST THE

WIND - NOT WITH IT.

WINSTON CHURCHILL

I WONDER WHAT FOOL IT WAS THAT FIRST IN-VENTED KISSING.

JONATHAN SWIFT

SPIRITUALISM

STARS TALKSSeemaa Singh, As-

trologer and Vastu Ex-pert known for her ac-

curate predictions of winningBJP minister Kirron Kher, as

well winningof Punjabelections byCongress. Shehas deliveredmany lectureson astrologyin India as

well as abroad. ARIES :- Although you maystill be feeling slightly per-turbed by recent clashes athome or at work, there ismuch that you can do to en-sure that good feeling is re-stored sooner rather than lat-er.

Lucky Color :-Orange

Lucky No:-2TAURUS :- There still seemsto be solid support comingfrom the helpful relationshipbetween the Sun and Venus,your ruler. Lucky Color :-Voilet

Lucky No:-4GEMINI:- If col-leagues and asso-ciates have beenattempting to dis-courage you fromtaking the plungeor accepting atempting offer, the rea-son is not because theywish to hold you back, butthat events have left them be-hind.

Lucky Color :-BlueLucky No:-7

CANCER :- Make the most

of all those deep, colorful andtransformative experienceswhich are taking place in yourpersonal life and partnerships. Lucky Color :-Orange

Lucky No:-9LEO :- Taking a short-

term perspective oncurrent trends, itseems clear thatlady luck is smil-ing on you.

Lucky Color :-Purple

Lucky No:-4VIRGO :- You're in an

ambitious mood, anxious todo your best and eager to takefirst place. Much depends onyour general approach to part-nerships.

Lucky Color:-GreenLucky No :-3

LIBRA :- Jupiter is playing abeneficial role in the activesector of your solar chart, andhas been for some time.

Lucky Color :-HazelLucky No:-6

SCORPIO:- Some peopleare undoubtedly well- dis-posed towards you. Othersare not.

Lucky Color :-RedLucky No:-9

SAGITTARIUS :- TheMoon's relationships withyour house of marriage is awelcome sign that relation-ships will move to a highestlevel.

Lucky Color :-PinkLucky No:-1

CAPRICORN :- There isstill a chance that sensational

planetary aspects will fireyour imagination and enableyou to make enormousstrides.

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Lucky Color :-PinkLucky No :-7

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in view of the need to dealwith what can only be de-scribed.Lucky Color :-Regal Purple

Lucky No:- 5

Sitharaman Budget: Long inform, short in content

It’s a credible balancing actby a pragmatic FM

Finance minister NirmalaSitharaman has present-ed a focused, bold, prag-

matic and growth-orientedBudget which has attempted acredible balancing act be-tween scripting a blueprintfor sustaining the growth mo-mentum in the Indian econo-my on the one hand, whiletaking up issues of social in-clusion on the other.

Being embedded in thethree major themes — aspira-tional India, economic devel-opment and a caring society— the Budget reflects thegovernment’s commitmenttowards satisfying the aspira-tions of the common man

even while striving to revivegrowth in the economy.Moreover, it contains far-reaching and comprehensiveprovisions which are an-chored in the social andmacroeconomic reality of thecountry. No doubt, it will findresonance among the hopesand aspirations of key stake-holders in the economy.

In fact, the finance minis-ter has been proactively mak-ing bold Budget-like an-nouncements in the last fewmonths to stimulate invest-ment and promote inclusivegrowth. Examples include re-duction of the corporate taxrate, removal of enhanced

surcharge on FPIs, provisionof additional depreciation tothe automotive industry, bankrecapitalisation, a package forhousing and exports, amongothers. The Budget marks anongoing process than a one-off approach towards takingour development journey for-ward. The Budget has adopt-ed just the right approach forcatalysing growth with socialinclusion. It has provisionswhich cover almost all sec-tions of society. The financeminister has taken path-breaking measures towardsimproving agricultural pro-ductivity and doubling farm-ers’ income.

All of us are blessed with the ability to perceive, or“tap” our own inner voice at the drop of a thought

Old white men telling uswhat to do. Old brownmen pontificating on

our purpose in the world, ifany. Self-important youngjerks joining in. And theWomen of Patriarchy, thosehandmaidens of mansplain-ing, parroting the same pre-posterous message. It doesn’tmatter who does it, it grateslike the word itself. Becausemansplaining is onomatopoe-ic, embodying its meaningperfectly in the heavy-handedviolence of its sound.

Its bludgeoning thud alsogives me a sense of déja vu,because I’ve been here be-fore. Not only beingmansplained to (who amongstus hasn't had that pleasure?),but on my Sherwood Forestsoapbox telling y’all about it.Writing about mansplainingand more seven years ago fora popular column, and for thebook Memoirs of My Bodythat followed, I hadn't antici-pated that we'd be agonisingover it still, and with greaterurgency than before. Becausethese seven years have sprungupon us a new-old mansplain-ing vocabulary, with new-oldposter boys spreading it forth.

Yet, “chill”. Not becauseyou should roll over, but be-cause this happy-hippie usageis now part of the Mansplain-er-in-chief, Donald Trump’sspiteful arsenal, and shouldfill you with icy horror. In-

censed by Greta Thunberg'simpassioned crusade againstclimate change and his BullyBoys’ Club’s remorseless re-source-stripping of this planet(as well as her pipping him tothe post of Time Magazine’sPerson of the Year 2019!), theseptuagenarian lashed out atthe young activist, orderingher to go instead to “an old-fashioned movie, and chill”.And despite his disparage-ment of her at the World Eco-nomic Forum in Davos againlast month, she hasn’t rolledover, nor should we. Because,as Bangladesh drowns,Antarctica melts and Aus-tralia burns, killing a billionbeautiful creatures, EmperorGluteus Maximus' squawks

and tweets, which we’d dis-missed as comedy gold, con-tinue to fire up millionsagainst the good sense thatmight save us.

Merely a minion in com-parison, but nauseating never-theless, British actor Lau-rence Fox, of the inbred Foxacting family, insisted onBBC that even if, contrary tohis own belief, Sikh soldiershad played a part in WorldWar I, their casting in the Os-car nominated film 1917 was“forced” and “incongruous”.Nearly nothing could be in-congruous in post-BrexitBritain, so wildly has it goneoff the rails, but to hear athousand racist slugs shriekfrom under their prehistoric

rocks in support of this outra-geous opinion still beggaredbelief. Britons, unsurprisinglymainly women, did speak upto put Laurence in his place,but the actor remained res-olutely foxed. Well, PO-HAto you, Larrykins!

You wouldn’t think thisinnocuous cereal could soundoffensive till it is shouted inyour face. I may not be a fanof what’s called “chire” inBengal, having grown upwith folks who liked it moistand mashed with on-the-turnbananas, but never in mywildest imaginings (of whichvery little is about chire) did Ithink it could become a toolin the hands of the divisive.Yet politician Kailash Vijay-

vargiya saw in this humblestaple a manifestation of ‘oth-erness’; a not-eating-North-Indian-roti-ness. He claimedthat the poha-eating habits ofpoor Bengali migrants inBengaluru marked them outas undesirable aliens aka. ille-gal Bangladeshis, when all itis, is a measure of impecuni-ty.

This, of course, is just onein a long list of boxes youmust tick to be a bonafideBharatvashi, known nowa-days as theCAA/NRC/NPR/Poha Test.Otherwise, you are necessari-ly “anti-national”; thatfavourite word of nitpickingaunty-nationals and the craftyuncles who pull their strings.Anti-nationals number in themillions, including those withan aversion to having Hindirammed down their throats,native tongue as it is of only asection of India, or those whopossess a healthy scepticismabout the tall tales of our tech-nological derring-do in Vedictimes that are now being ped-dled as fact. And while Pohais beginning to smell a lot likebratwurst before the SecondWorld War (another war inwhich millions of Indian sol-diers fought and died for theworld, Larrypops), it ain’tnew.

In the mid-eighties, mymiddle school Sanskritteacher made me stand out-

side the classroom every dayfor being “obharotiyo”, be-cause my accent was Ameri-can and my Sanskrit non-ex-istent, having spent much ofmy childhood abroad. And if Iwasn't being humiliated forthe whole school to see, sheensured I stayed in after classto write a hundred clumsylines on the blackboard in this(undoubtedly sophisticatedbut) defunct tongue. Other“aliens” like Muslims, dalits,Christians, idealistic students,dogged journalists, MANYnonconforming women, andother defenders of India’s civ-il liberties and the right to dif-fer, are subjected to muchworse. Especially assault, in-carceration and assassination.Especially now.

Yet the writing's been onthe wall for decades. Wecringed at the cries of “JaiShri Ram” from atop the de-molished mosque in Ayodhyain 1992 but plugged our earstill they faded. We found our-selves at odds with the self-congratulatory “India shin-ing” polemic that surfaced atthe start of this new millenni-um. Some paid no heed,whilst others felt pushed outby the rising tide of insularity.But in recent years, evenacross the oceans, we canhear the blows that bludgeondissenters, the bullets thatobliterate the likes of GauriLankesh.

New poster boys of an old vocabularyYou wouldn’t think this innocuous cereal could

sound offensive till it is shouted in your face

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Janmanch in Nalagarh now on Feb 12ANWAR HUSSAINVBThe state government has changed the date of Janmanch slated to be heldon February 9 and will now will be held on February 12. This information wasgiven by Deputy Commissioner Solan KCy Chaman here today. It will be held atthe Government Senior Secondary School Bagheri in Nalagarh Assemblyconstituency. He said that Janmanch will be headed by Urban Development,Town Planning and Housing Minister Sarveen Chaudhary. The Jan Manch willstart at 10.00 am. KC Chaman said that special attention will be given to theproblems of Gram Panchayat Bagheri, Berchha, Khillian, Gholowal, Mastanpur,Karsoli, Joghon, Kashmirpur, Baruna and Jagatpur of Nalagarh developmentblock in this public forum.

Gautam praisesUnion Budget

SHANTI GAUTAMBADDI: Former treasurer of DistrictBilaspur BJP Prem Gautam haspraised the budget presented byFinance Ministr today. Gautamdescribeds budget as budget for allsections of society. Prem Gautam saidthat every section has been taken careof in this budget. Great care has alsobeen taken to get employment in thecountry. This budget is a forward-looking budget for the country naelysecurity of the country, education andhealth for all. This budget will take thecountry forward in the coming times,he added.

Former CPS NeerajBharti gives Rs 5,000 toAstha for treatmentANIL THAKURDHARAMSHALA: The campaignraised by the media to help Aastha, agirl from a poor family, has paid off. Inthis virtue, the sociable and soft-spoken former CPS Neeraj Bharti hasalso put forward his hands and sentan amount of Rs 5000 for the 11-year-old Aastha for treatment. FormerCPS Neeraj Bharti said that everypossible help would be given to thegirl child. He said that he will also talkin this regard at PGI Chandigarh.Neeraj Bharti said that Astha will betreated. Dr. Gagandeep domnated Rs 1,000, Abhishek Soni hasdeposited Rs 1000 in the account forthe treatment of faith.

NUJ condemnsmisbehavior withjournalistBADDI: National Union of JournalistsIndia Himachal strongly condemnedthe misconduct by the CantonmentCouncil officer and staff withSubathu's journalist. The statepresident of the unit, Ranesh Rana,said that this misbehavior with thejournalist will not be tolerated at all. Ifthe said officer and employee do notapologize, strict action should be takenagainst them.

Flight operations inJammu hit due todense fogJAMMU: Dense fog enveloped the cityon Sunday, hitting flight operations atJammu airport. Two flights werecancelled and seven rescheduledbetween 9 am and 12.30 pm due topoor visibility, officials said. However,the operations resumed later in theday. The minimum temperature inJammu settled at 5.6 degrees Celsius,around 3 notches below the normal,the Meteorological Department said.Snow-bound Bhaderwah in Dodadistrict was the coldest place inJammu region with a low of minus 2.3degrees Celsius against the previousnight's minus 0.7 degrees Celsius.Katra, the base camp for the pilgrimsvisiting the Vaishno Devi shrine inReasi district, recorded a low of 5.1degrees Celsius, the department said.

Do not spread fake news,shape future with rightinformation: JU VC to youthJAMMU: Focusing on the prime duty ofthe youth nowadays to share and re-share news that comes to them, ViceChancellor University of Jammu, ProfManoj K Dhar has asked them toshape their future and of nation as well,they should not spread fake news butonly the right information to thepeople.“It lies in the hands of youth tomould and reshape the future,” said theVice Chancellor while addressing aseminar on ‘Misinformation a Menace’at University of Jammu organized byIndia First Foundation in collaborationwith IIMC and TENNetworks. He saidthat only few people are aware aboutthe menace of fake news and thosewho know must take the responsibilityof educating others about its dangers.He also said, “if everybody takes theresponsibility of ensuring that fakenews is kept out of their circles and callit out if and when they come across it.”The VC further spoke about the spreadof false information on platforms suchas Facebook and WhatsApp and othersocial media applications and the threatthey pose to society.

Drug peddlerarrested in JammuJAMMU: A drug peddler, facing eightcases under the Narcotic Drugs andPsychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act,was arrested here, a police said onSunday. Surinder Singh alias 'Shantuwas arrested and 10.5 grams of heroinwas seized from him possessionduring a raid at Chatha area on theoutskirts of the city late on Saturday,the official said. Singh, a resident oflower Gadigarh, is facing four cases atSatwari police station, two at GandhiNagar police station and one caseeach in Channi and Janipur policestation. A fresh case has been lodgedagainst Singh under the NDPS Act atthe Satwari police station, the officialsaid. Meanwhile, two more drugpeddlers -- Rakesh Kumar and VinodSingh -- were arrested during achecking drive at Dandyal.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Surajkund Mela will promotetourism in Himachal: Jai Ram

AGENCYSHIMLA, FEB 2

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakursaid, at the inaugural functionof Surajkund InternationalCraft Mela-2020, Himachalwas participating as a 'ThemeState' in this biggest craft fair ofthe World which has providedan opportunity to highlight art,cultural and tourism at widerlevel. It will also help inproviding new identity to theproducts of Himachal at globallevel. President Ram NathKovind today inauguratedSurajkund International CraftMela-2020 and Chief MinisterJai Ram Thakur was present onthe occasion. Chief MinisterHaryana Manohar Lal Khattarwas also present on theoccasion. Chief Minister saidthat domestic and foreigntourists will get informationabout diverse culture of thestate through this InternationalCraft Fair and it has also givenhonour to the artisans ofhandicraft and handloom of theState. Jai Ram Thakur said thatthe aim of Himachal Pradeshparticipating in this fair was toproject the state from tourismpoint of view and provide aplatform to the handicraft,handloom, fruits products, tea,honey, metal craft and cuisine

at International level. He saidthat helicopter service has beenstarted from Chandigarh toShimla to facilitate tourists andother visitors and these flightswere being operated fromChandigarh to Shimla, Shimlato Kullu and Shimla toDharamshala under 'Uddan'scheme. Chief Minister saidthat Himachal government hasgiven priority to theconstruction of helipads andexpansion of all three existingairports in the state to attracttourists. He said thatmemorandum ofunderstanding (MoU) had beensigned on 15th January, 2020with Indian Airport Authorityfor proposed Greenfield airportat Nagchala in Mandi district.

He said that Himachalgovernment was giving specialemphasis for development oftourism sector. In order topromote adventure tourisminfrastructure development wasgiven priority for paragliding atBir-Billing in Kangra district.Apart from it, Janjehli of Mandidistrict for eco-tourism,Chanshal of Shimla district forskiing and Pong, Larji andTattapani water bodies wereselected and adequate fundshave been approved for thedevelopment of tourism relatedinfrastructure in these areas.

Hails Union Budget 2020-21SHIMLA: Chief Minister JaiRam Thakur has hailed theUnion Budget 2020-21 byterming it an historicdocument that revolvesaround three ideas ofAspirational India, EconomicDevelopment and CaringSociety. He said that thebudget was aimed to addresshopes and aspirations of allthe sections of the society. JaiRam Thakur also hailed theproposal of 16 actionableplans to enhance the incomeof the farmers. He said thatsince 90 percent populationof Himachal Pradesh reside

in rural areas with agricultureas their main avocation, theseplans would go a long way instrengthening economy of thefarming community of theState. He said that thisambitious plan would notonly ensure the upliftment ofrural areas but also ensuresocio-economic developmentof farmers, unemployedyouth and common man.Chief Minister said that thebudget was an attempt toensure faith of masses bywinning their confidence byway of all rounddevelopment.

DINESH AGARWALSHIMLA, FEB 2

Health and Family WelfareMinister Vipin Singh Parmar toldhere today that families which werenot covered under AyushmanBharat Scheme are covered underHimcare Scheme in the State. Hesaid that with a view to provide freehealth care services to the people ofthe state registrations under thisscheme was again restarted since1st January, 2020 and it will bedone up to 31st March, 2020.

He said that under this scheme18,852 applications have beenregistered in the month of January,this year which include 15,442 new

applications and 3,410 renewapplications. He said that inBilaspur district 1265, 747 inChamba, 1,851 in Hamirpur, 5,748in Kangra, 205 in Kinnaur, 956 inKullu, 14 in Lahaul and Spiti,2,377 in Mandi, 1,773 in Shimla,1520 in Sirmaur, 1,457 in Solanand 939 applications wereregistered in Una district inJanuary, 2020.

He said that under this schemeall eligible families were providedfree treatment in registeredhospitals in the state. He said thatregistered families were providedfree treatment both in governmenthospitals and registered privatehospitals.

18,852 applicationsregistered underHimcare scheme

Four more detained J-Kpolitical leaders released

SRINAGAR, FEB 2

Three National Conference (NC)leaders Abdul Majeed Larmi,Ghulam Nabi Bhat and Dr MohdShafi, who were detained after theabrogation of Article 370, were onSunday released from MLA Hostelin Srinagar.

Another leader Mohd YusufBhat was also released. The fourreleased leaders were detained inthe MLA hostel in Srinagar sinceAugust 5. Recently, on January 16,

five Jammu and Kashmir politicalleaders who were detained after theabrogation of Article 370 were alsoreleased.

On January 10, as part of themove to progressively releasedetainees in Jammu and Kashmir,the government revoked thedetention warrants of 26 personsdetained under the Public SafetyAct (PSA).

Last year in December, someJammu and Kashmir leaders whowere detained were released.

Unsuccessful attempt tobreak the ATM

JYOTI SYALAMB, FEB 2

An unsuccessful attempt has been made to breakthe ATM machine of SBI branch located on AmbUna road in Kaswa Amb of Chintpurni assemblyconstituency under district Una. On the complaintof the bank management, the police have

registered a caseand startedinvestigation. Theincident occurredaround 4 am whenan unknownvehicle, whichwas going fromUna towardsM u b a r i k p u r ,stopped at theATM of SBIbranch, about 200meters from AmbChowk and ayoung man cameand tried tor e m o v e A T M

cover but could not succeed. CCTV footageshowed the young man's face, but some part of herface is covered. This was second such incident.The police have been started investigation of boththe cases and they claim that the accused will soonbe caught by the police.

DC Sandeep Kumar releasesbook ‘Mera Bharat Mahan’

PANKAJ KATANAUNA, FEB 2

Deputy CommissionerSandeep Kumar visitedfreedom fighter and notedlitterateur Satyamitra Bakshi'Arya' who was recuperating atNanda Hospital and wishedhim a speedy recovery. On thisoccasion, he also released thebook `Mera Bharat Mahan’composed by SatyamitraBakshi. He said thatSatyamitra Bakshi Arya is atrue social worker whodevoted his entire life to theservice of the people. DC esaid that Satyamitra Bakshihas also played an important

role in the Indian freedomstruggle and during thefreedom struggle he also wentto jail many a times. He saidthat the message given bySatyamitra Bakshi through thisbook would be meaningfulonly when every person of thesociety stood up for thepreservation of ancient Indianculture. Freedom fighterSatyamitra Bakshi Arya saidthat the book Mera BharatMahan contains the life ofsaints, goddesses, freedomfighters and their images. Dr.SK Nanda, Surendra Kapila,Dr. PL Nanda, Prince Rajput,RS Jaswal were present on theoccasion.

DC meets bed-ridden Bishan DasPREETI RANAUNA, FEB 2

District Collector UnaSandeep Kumar today metBishan Das at his house inWard No 1 who got be-riddenafter an accident. DCappreciated theencouragement of BishanDas and assured his twodaughters to give all possiblehelp in their studies. BishanDas has applied for theconstruction of the house andis currently living in oneroom with the whole family.District Collector hasdirected the BDO Una that

required amount for houseconstruction should bereleased soon.Kalpavrikshapresident Ajay Thakur,

Rajendra Chaudhary, UnaJanhit Morcha presidentRajiv Bhanot were alsopresent.

Corona Virus: Press surveillance teams on24X7 jobs, Div Com to district authorities

SRINAGAR, JAN 2

Divisional CommissionerKashmir Baseer AhmadKhan on Sunday asked thedistrict authorities to presssurveillance teams on 24X7jobs to keep a close watch onCoronavirus disease andadvised that multi-prongedstrategy, includingdeployment of screeningteams with doctors at blocklevel, besides roping inASHA workers, should beadopted. Meanwhile,Government MedicalColleges (GMC), Srinagarhas set up 26 beds, S KInstitute of Medical Sciences(SKIMS) 25 in Srinagardistrict. Directorate of HealthServices Kashmir (DHSK)has kept 52 beds availableacross Kashmir Divisionwith isolation wards andventilators in each hospitaland Public Health Centres(PHCs). Besides, VTM kits,personal protection gears anddedicated staff of

Microbiologist have alsobeen kept in ready mode. TheGMC has stored 11,500 triplelayer, 7000 N-95 maskswhile as SKIMS has stored10,000 N-95. Moreover, twolakh triple layer masks wouldreach valley within a day.

Khan, while chairing ameeting on Saturday, saidthat DivisionalAdministration is geared tomeet any exigency in case ofCoronavirus outbreak. Hedirected DeputyCommissioners (DCs) andOfficers of HealthInstitutions to generate massawareness regarding the

symptoms and preventivemethods to tackleCoronavirus disease acrossvalley, if detected. ''MasjidImams, Panchs, Sarpanchs,doctors, police and mediashould be roped in todisseminate health advisoryto the public regarding theCoronavirus disease,'' theDiv Com further directed. Heasked the concerned tomaintain a travel inventory ofstudents, businessmen andtraders in each district, fromDecember 01, 2019 whohave been travelling to Chinaand other reportedly infectedcountries.

Barring Gurez; roads to far flung,remote areas reopen in Kashmir

SRINAGAR, FEB 2

Barring border town of Gurez, roadsto dozens of far flung and remoteareas, including those near the Lineof Control (LoC), were reopened onSunday after remaining closed for20 days due to accumulation ofseveral feet of snow in northKashmir.

However, 167 passengersstranded in Bandipora and Gurezwere airlifted in special sorties totheir respective destinations.

'Traffic has been restored onKupwara-Keran and Kupwara-

Machil roads after clearing severalfeet of snow,' an official of PoliceControl Room (PCR), Kupwara,told UNI. He said snow clearanceoperation was taken up on war footand several feet of snow was clearedto put through traffic on Kupwara-

Machil road. 'Road leading to Keranhas been cleared of snow till Daadbridge. Still 12 km road to theborder town is to be cleared ofseveral feet of snow,' he added.

Meanwhile, traffic was plyingnormally on Kupwara-Karnah road,which was reopened on Friday afterremaining closed for two days dueto snowfall.

Razdan pass, connecting Gurez,Neeru and dozens of other areas nearLoC with district headquartersBandipora, remained closed due toaccumulation of about 12 feet ofsnow at several places.

BY VISHAL BHARTIJAMMU, FEB 2

Despite World HealthOrganisation declaring outbreakof coronavirus a global healthemergency, threat is loominglarge in parts of Jammu andKashmir as till yet, the UnionTerritory has “no policy” todispose of dead animals, primarycarrier of the virus.

Reliable sources here toldUNI that highly contagiouscoronavirus, is found in animalsespecially dogs and the peoplehaving pets are advised to get theanimals vaccinated from time totime. “We don’t have a plannedpolicy to dispose off deadanimals in Jammu and Kashmir

and this is the reason, often wefind such animals in garbagedumps, along river banks,roadsides. Many dogs die in roadaccidents but thereafter notdisposed off,” sources said.

The new strain ofcoronavirus — 2019-nCoV —was first detected in the Chinesecity of Wuhan, located in theHubei province, in December,which has claimed more than 304lives. The death toll in Chinafrom the new coronavirusreached 213 on Friday, withoverall cases worldwide risingrapidly in an outbreak that theWorld Health Organization(WHO) declared a global healthemergency. The infection spreadsthrough sneezing, feces,

secretions and even through skinof the dogs, cats and otheranimals and these animals shouldbe disposed properly to preventan epidemic,” sources in theVeterinary Hospital told UNI and

added, “barring pet dogs (that toofew), many people dispose ofdead canines in open, whichposes threat of spreadingepidemic if left unchecked.”

“The department is already

injecting corona vaccination todogs and from past few days,after an alert was sounded, theexercise has been intensified,”they said and added that animalsespecially the dogs can causerabies, hepatitis, influenza,leptospirosis, viral/fungalinfections, skin and corona. “Thegovernment should have afacility of crematories (a furnacewhere a corpse can be burnedand reduced to ashes) tocompletely dispose off deadanimals like it happens in metrocities,” they said and added thatin case if any animal is buried,hydrated lime and salt shouldalso be mixed to completelydecomposes the carcass.“Jammu Municipal Corporation

has established one house inRoop Nagar locality where thestray animals like cattle, dogs,cats, pigs are looked after but themore important is that how theyare disposed off after deaths,”they said. Sources further saidthat in dogs, Canine EntericCoronavirus Vaccine is injectedand the disease is found in dogsless than six weeks of age. “It hasnot been possible to reproducethe infection experimentally,unless immunosuppressive dosesof glucocorticoids areadministered,” they said.Municipal Veterinary Officer, DrZaffar Iqbal told UNI, “we haveanimal disposing facility butonly within the municipallimits.”

Coronavirus: Threat looms large in J&K as it lacks policy to dispose-off dead animals

Budget assatisfactory foreducational sector ofcountry: Dr. Samra

HARPREET SINGH LEHALJALANDHAR: As a noted educationistof the region, Dr. Gurpinder SinghSamra, Principal Lyallpur KhalsaCollege, Jalandhar gave his reactionon the annual financial budgetpresented by the Government of India.Dr. Samra described this budget assatisfactory for the educational sectorof the country. Principal Dr. Samralauded the amount of Rs. 99,300 Cr.announced for the educational sectorwhich is Rs 400 Cr. more than theprevious budget along with theprovision of Rs 3000 Cr for Skill Indiaproject. The new provision of OnlineDegree Courses as framed by theNIRF and the proposed set up of 150higher education institutions from theyear 2021, as per the Study in Indiaproject were also highlighted as thekey points of the Union budget. DrSamra urged the government of Indiato introduce FDI into the educationalset up so as to prevent thecommercialization of the same. Heappreciated the decision by toincrease the insurance amount onfixed deposits in banks from Rs 1 Lakhto 5 Lakh whilst lauding the decision tokeep 15,500 Cr Rupees for theSwachch Bharat campaign.

HMV student wins silvermedal in Inter UnivBasketball Championship

JALANDHAR: Neha, a student ofHans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalayarepresented GNDU Basketball team inAll India inter university Basketballchampionship which was held atD.C.R.U.S.T Murthal Sonipat. Nehawon silver medal in this championshipand team also qualified for Khelo Indiauniversity games 2020. Principal Prof.Dr. Ajay Sareen congratulated Neha,Coach P.S. Nijjar, Sports coordinatorHarmeet Kaur. On the occasion facultymembers of physical education deptt.,Ramandeep Kaur and Sandeep Kaurwere also present.

New branch of Dreamland Internationalinaugurated

MAMOON RASHIDMALERKOTLA: Bhai Gobind SinghLongowal president SGPCinaugurated new Branch of DreamlandInternational, giving information to themedia Baljit Singh and ParshantKumar said that the company has itshead office in Barnala and serving forlast many years and now it has startednew branch in Malerkotla for besteducation of students of the area, theysaid that the institute will provideIELTS, PTE training and will helpstudents to study in abroad, theyfurther said that Gurpreet Singh fromChandigarh, and entire team ofdreamland along with other reputedguests attended the function.

Lovely Academystudents clear JEEMains Exam-2020with high percentileJALANDHAR: Among many othersuccessful students, three students ofLovely Academy Rohan Rana (93 %),Jasleen Makkar (91%) and Hiya Battu(89%) have cleared JEE Mains Exam-2020 with excellent scores. A studentof Army Public School (JalandharCantt), Rohan has been gettingcoaching from the Academy since his10th class. He is from Non-Medicalstream and prepared for JEECompetition and CBSE BoardExaminations as well. Similarly,Jasleen makkar, a student of AryaModel Sr. Sec School (Phagwara).

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Girls win 3 silver in yogaABOHAR. Sakshi, Bhawna and Sneha ofGopichand Arya Mahila College have wonsilver medals in yoga at the Open NationalYoga Sports Tournament that was recentlyorganised at Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh.Principal Dr Rekha Sood Handa, whilefelicitating the winners today said that Punjabteam was escorted by coach Jaidev Yogi to thetournament held at Char Dham Trust complexin Ujjain. The GAMC girls were declaredrunners-up in the age group of 18 to 35 yr.

Sukhbir's praise of Union Budget caseof sheer sycophancy: Amarinder

Says SAD chief so blinded by his love for BJPAGENCYCHANDIGARH, FEB 2

Ridiculing Sukhbir Badal’sremarks welcoming the UnionBudget 2020-21 as pro-farmerand pro-poor, Punjab ChiefMinister Captain AmarinderSingh on Sunday termed it acase of brazen sycophancy withnothing to substantiate the tallclaims of the Akali chief. TheChief Minister wondered whatSukhbir had found to bepositive for the farmers in thebudget, which even agricultureexperts and farmer bodies hadrejected as totally bereft of anyinitiative to save the agrariansector. While the BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP) was blindedby power and could not see theproblems faced by the farmers,the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)president was apparently soblinded by his sycophant lovefor the ruling party that hecould see nothing wrong intheir actions, said CaptainAmarinder. Despite havingthree ministers in the UnionCabinet from the state, the BJP-Akali combine have failed tosecure a debt relief scheme forthe farmers, who continue toreel under massive debtburdens, not just in Punjab butacross the country, the ChiefMinister remarked.Questioning Sukhbir’s reactionhailing the Rs 15 lakh crore

budgetary allocation for theagriculture sector, CaptainAmarinder asked how the Akalileader thought the mere 10%increase over last year foragriculture and allied sectors tobe sufficient to tackle the gravecrisis faced by the debt-riddenfarmers. With this measlyallocation, which comesnowhere near meeting theneeds of the farmers, how doesSukhbir hope to see thefarmers’ income gettingdoubled in the next two years,he asked. And without farmeruplift, there was no possibilityof rural consumption going up,which would naturally scuttleeconomic growth even further,said the Chief Minister.Sukhbir’s refusal toacknowledge and admit thatthere is a serious crisis prevailingin the agriculture sector issymptomatic of the Akalis’totally non-alienation from the

grassroots, which, along withtheir greed, was the root cause oftheir political demise in Punjab,the Chief Minister said. “Howelse can one explain Sukhbir’scomplete failure to accept thathis own state’s farmers arecrying for help, which only thecentral government canprovide?” he asked. CaptainAmarinder said that while hisgovernment was doing its best inPunjab, a holistic nationalpolicy, encompassing debtwaiver, MSP for all crops anddiversification etc was the onlylong-term solution to theproblem. Nothing has,unfortunately, been proposed inthe budget to encourage cropdiversification, despite the factthat buffer stocks of food grainsare already putting the states andfarmers under extreme stress, hepointed out. Further, said theChief Minister, there wasnothing in the budget to ensure

the procurement of alternativeMSP crops, which was critical topromoting diversification andbreaking the vicious wheat-paddy cycle that alone couldalleviate the farmers’ woes andboost their income. Even thelandless farmers had beencompletely ignored in thebudget, that offers nothing torectify the hugely flawed cropinsurance scheme, whichPunjab did not find workable orbeneficial, pointed out theChief Minister. What is more,under the garb of changes in theincentive scheme for chemicalfertiliser, the Government ofIndia seemed to be gettingready to introduce DBT forurea, which Punjab had alreadyopposed as it will put thefarmers under the burden ofunnecessary paper work for theuse of 25 lac tonnes of ureaannually. It will also add thefinancial stress of meeting andservicing requirements of morecash credit for fertilizer to payproducing companies upfront,he added. As for the changes inAPMC and Contracts Act,Punjab had alreadyimplemented the same, with allfarmers in the state havingKisan Credit Cards, observedthe Chief Minister, noting thatthe SAD chief seemed to becompletely clueless about anyof these developments in hisown state.

PPCC chief questions roleof Punjab representatives

in Union BudgetGAURAV GOELCHANDIGARH, FEB 2

Reacting over the Union Budget thatwas presented on Saturday, PunjabPradesh Congress Committee chiefSunil Jakhar said that the anti-Punjabface of the Modi government onceagain stays exposed. The Unioncabinet has got three ministers fromPunjab but they failed in getting anymajor allocation earmarked for thestate that faced fiscal debts due to10-yr long SAD BJP misrule. Arethey in New Delhi only to protecttheir own berths in the cabinet, heasked? Jakhar said that Centralgovernment had ignored state govt’srequest to make provision for fundsto celebrate Guru Teg Bahadur Ji’s400-year Gurpurb. Earlier the GoIdid not help Punjab in celebrating SriGuru Nanak Dev Ji's 550th birthanniversary. The budget presented inthe Parliament by the Modigovernment, missed plans toimprove the condition of farmers,labourer and other weaker sections,no attempt has been made to bail outeconomic slowdown, he said.

Jakhar said that the country wasreeling under severe economic crisisat present but there was no policy orintention to address these issues inthe Budget. Rural India has been leftunattended. Only flimsy talks wereoffered for the farmers, they havenothing to cheer about.

“To improve the economy, focusshould be on rural India. By giving aboost to the income of the ruralpopulation, purchase power can beincreased which further enhancessales of the products, benefit the

industry, create more jobopportunities, rise in tax collectionsand the country can progress as awhole. But the Modi governmentwas showering concessions only onthe big entrepreneurs, this willneither increase production, norreduce unemployment or recession,PPCC president claimed.

He said that the BJP governmenthad proved that poor and rural Indiais not on its agenda. MGNREGAscheme had made a big contributionto the development and incomegrowth in rural India, but the Modigovernment has not given anypriority to this program ofemployment generation for unskilledworkers and infrastructuredevelopment of our villages. It wasthe MGNREGA only whichprovides jobs to rural people andboost the economy, Jakhar added.Criticising the plan to sellgovernment stake in a profit-driveninstitution like LIC, Jakhar said thatthe BJP was running the governmentby selling assets. The governmentshould give a modest waiver indirect taxes, closing the otherexemptions will bring the situationback to the same stage.

Mechanisation in sugarcane cultivation specificallyin planting, harvesting is need of hour: Randhawa

SUMER GARGCHANDIGARH, FEB 2

“Mechanisation in sugarcanecultivation specifically inplanting and harvesting isneed of the hour in view ofthe labour problem as well asto get higher yield.” Theviews were expressed heretoday by the PunjabCooperation Minister S.Sukhjinder Singh Randhawaafter inaugurating theexhibition regarding latesttechniques in sugarcanecultivation andmodernisation of sugar millsat VSI, Pune in the presenceof Ex Union Minister andPresident VSI Sharad Pawar.

The exhibition regardinglatest technologicaldevelopments in sugarcanecultivation andmodernization of sugar

industry was held on thesidelines of the three day 2ndInternational Conferenceheld at Vasantdada SugarInstitute, Pune.

Randhawa appriciatedthe efforts being made byPawar for raising theeconomic standard of thesugarcane farmers. Heexpressed his desire thatPunjab and Maharashtra

should jointly make effortsfor welfare of sugarcanegrowers and approachGovernment of India toprovide special incentives forsugarcane farmers to adoptdrip irrigation,mechanization in planting &harvesting of sugarcanewhich will not only help inthe conservation of water butwould also come in handy for

the farmers to overcomelabour shortage.

Expressing his views, S.Randhawa said that there isdire need to make efforts toincrease per acre yield ofsugarcane to augment theincome of farmers and allconcerned States shouldmake joint efforts for thesame. He also sought specialassistance from Governmentof India for modernization ofsugar industry so as to turnthese in to sugar complexesproducing various byproducts like Ethanol, BioCNG, Cogeneration of Power& Bio Fertilizers etc whichwill not only help sugar millsto become viable fromfinancial point of view butalso save the colossal amountof money being spent onimport of crude oil in thecountry.

Jalandhar- Talwan road tobe completed by July 31: DCPRITPAL SINGHJALANDHAR, FEB 2

In a major relief to commuters, theDeputy Commissioner JalandharVarinder Kumar Sharma has ordered theimmediate starting of work onconstruction of 29.36 km stretch fromJalandhar-Jandiala- Nurmahal-Talwanto be completed by July 31, this year.

The construction of this one ofmajor road of the district will give hugerelief to the commuters traveling on theroad. The construction will be in full-swing after a week as mercury will getup from the earlier days.

Divulging the details, The Deputycommissioner Varinder Kumar Sharmasaid that this stretch of 29.36 km hasbeen widened from 5-meter to 7 meter.

He said that the Punjab Governmenthad sanctioned Rs 17.17 crore and thework was allotted to a Kapurthala basedprivate firm.

Sharma said that the commuterswere facing a lot of difficulties due to

potholes but now the construction workwill be over by July 31 and this willfacilitate the travellers. DeputyCommissioner said the constructionwork will be monitored regularly by thedistrict administration through SDMs sothat the project progress at the fast paceand work gets completed. He said thatthe Punjab Government is committed toensure for developing the roadinfrastructure in the state.

SDO Mr Jaspreet Singh said that itwould also help to reduce the trafficload on GT road as the people will havean optional road for smooth ride fromJalandhar to Phillaur via this stretch.

SARWANQADIAN, FEB 2

A third annual function wasorganized in the saint warriorsschool accredited from theICSE board located in thenearby village of Basrawan.The Cabinet Minister PunjabTripat Rajinder Singh Bajwawas the the Chief guest of thefunction to honor the brilliantstudents. Apart from him, Dr.Shyam Sundar, Principal ofEducation College,Hoshiarpur, was present as aspecial guest. Culturalprogram was presented by thestudents of the school whichincluded special programsrelated to action song ,choreography, mime, gidda,bhangra, ghatka, and

patriotism for theremembrance of the martyrs.All the parents and guestspresent during the program gotmesmerized. Director of theschool, Pratap Singh Pawarwelcomed the Chief Guest andthe annual report of the schoolwas read by PrincipalParamvir Singh. On thisoccasion, the Cabinet MinisterTripat Rajinder singh Bajwahonored the students who havebrought laurels to the school.

Addressing on the occasion,Minister Bajwa said thateducation plays a vital role ingiving the right direction to thelife of the student and theteachers who shape the futureof this country deserve praise.He congratulated the studentsand the school administratorsfor their outstandingperformance and inspired thestudents to reach theirdestination by working hard inthe future.

Punjab youth developmentboard, SBI organise marathonLUDHIANA, FEB 2

In view of checking theproblem of drugs in thesociety, the State Bank ofIndia (SBI) and PunjabYouth DevelopmentBoard has taken theinitiative where theywould sensitise theyounger generation aboutthe drug menace. A 5kilometre run against drugabuse was flagged offfrom Guru NanakStadium, Ludhiana today.This run was flagged offby Sukhwinder SinghBindra, Chairman, PunjabYouth DevelopmentBoard, Rajeev Kumar

Arora, General ManagerSBI, LHO Chandigarh andPranay Ranjan Dwivedi,Deputy General Manager,Ludhiana. ADCP DeepakPareek, CO ITBPLudhiana Sudesh KumarDrall, Gurpreet Kaur RMSBI Region-I Ludhianaand Rajinder Kaushal RMSBI Region-II Ludhianawere also present on theoccasion. The marathon

passed through theFountain Chowk, AartiChowk, Bhai WalaChowk, Bharat NagarChowk and culminated inGuru Nanak Stadium.Rajeev Arora, GeneralManager SBI, whileaddressing the participantsmotivated and appealedthe youth to remain awayfrom the drug abuse. Atthe same time, Regional

Manager of SBI, LudhianaRegion-I, Gurpreet Kaur,extended vote of thanks tothe Police Authorities,District Administrationand all the participants fortheir active support toraise awareness againstdrug abuse and making theevent a grand success.

Sukhwinder SinghBindra said that the CaptAmarinder Singh ledPunjab government iscommitted for the welfareof the youth of state andthat is why, severalwelfare schemes such asGhar Ghar Rozgar etchave been started forthem.

Scholarship test organised at Berry's Global Discovery School PRITPAL SINGHSHAHKOT, FEB 2

The second Subash Chandra BerryMemorial Scholarship Test was held atBerry's Global Discovery SchoolMalsian. The test was organized by theSchool's Chairman Dr. Parveen Berry inthe memory of his father S.C Berry. Thisscholarship test was organized under theleadership of Trustee Ram Murti,Principal Vandana Dhawan, GeneralManager Ijya Dutt and Admin OfficerTejpal Singh. In this Scholarship Test,111 students from different schools gavetheir exam. This scholarship test was

conducted keeping in view the differentcategories from class 6 to 12. The resultsof this exam will be announced in the

next week. Students who will hold 1st,2nd and 3rd position will be awardedwith cash prizes.

2-day workshop on 'Aestheticsof Botany' concludes at MCM

ISHA UPADHYAYCHANDIGARH, FEB 2

A two day Rashtriya Ucchatar ShikshaAbhiyan (RUSA) sponsored workshopcum lecture series on 'Aesthetics ofBotany' culminated at Mehr ChandMahajan DAV College for Women heretoday. Organized by the BotanyDepartment of the college, the workshopwitnessed enthusiastic participation of 40students. On the first day, Dr. BharatiThakur and Dr. Puja Sharma, Assistant

Professors cum Scientists, Dr. Y.S. ParmarUniversity of Horticulture and Forestry(Dr.YSPUHF), Nauni, Solan deliveredengaging lectures on lawn establishmentand management, terrariums, bonsais, dryflower making, their preservation anduses, adding colour to landscapes andidentification of landscape plants. On thesecond day, Professor cum Scientist Dr.J.S.Wazir from Regional HorticulturalResearch and Training Station, Mashobra,Shimla, gave practical insight into theconcepts of container gardening.

The third annual function washeld at St Warriors School

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YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2020

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Newborn girl found abandonedMUMBAI: A newborn girl was found abandoned outside a shop in suburban Kurla in thewee hours on January 30, police said on Sunday.The newborn was spotted by the shop owner on Thursday morning who informed thepolice, an official said, adding that she was rushed to a hospital in Kurla.The official said a man, believed to a local resident, was captured on CCTV cameraskeeping the girl on the steps of the shop before hurriedly leaving the spot.Senior Kurla police station inspector Dattatray Shinde said a case was registered undersection 317 (exposure and abandonment of children under 12 years, by parent or personhaving care of it) of the Indian Penal Code against an unidentified person. The girl isdoing fine, he said.

Children made awareabout migratory birds

KULWINDER BHATIANANGAL: On the occasion of Nangalbecoming an international wetland, aprogramme dedicated to WorldWetland Day was organized by JagritiSanstha on the banks of Nangal Laketoday. On the occasion, environmentallovers Dr. Sanjeev Gautam PrabhatBhatti Darshan Kumar visited the laketold the children about birds and theywere also distributed posters aboutWetland. Due to its becoming aRamsar site, tourism will also increasehere to see foreign birds and theexpansion and development ofWetland will also increase on thisoccasion. The lovers demanded thatthe Wildlife Department and theGovernment of Punjab discontinue theEngine Boate running in the lake as itcauses a lot of sound pollution.

Singer Sidhu MooseWala and MankiratAulakh booked

JIWAN SINGHMANSA: The Mansa Police hasregistered a case against Punjabi singersShubhdeep Singh Sidhu known as SidhuMoose Wala and Mankirat Aulakh forpropagating violence through a video clipuploaded on social media. SSP MansaNarender Bhargav said that a FIR wasregistered at Sadar Police Station Mansau/s 294 (sings, recites or utters anyobscene song), 504(intentional insult withintent to provoke breach of peace) and149(unlawful assembly) against the duolast night. A complaint had been filed inthis regard. Bhargav said that preliminaryinquires had revealed that that clip/songwas recorded at village Mussa disttMansa at the residence of Moosewalaby him and his associates. Subsequently,the clip of the song was uploaded onYou Tube, Tik Tok, Facebook and othersocial media sites. The song was foundto propagate cult of violence and gunculture. Bhargav said, Moosewala’ssong, , ‘Pakhia pakhia pakhia, gun wichpanj golia...’(Pakhia Pakhia Pakhia thereare five bullets in the gun... ) evidentiallypropagates violence and gun culture.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, FEB 2

The government on Sunday issueda clarification on the newdefinition of NRI, stating that "incase of an Indian citizen, whobecomes deemed resident of Indiaunder this proposed provision(Finance Bill 2020) shall not betaxed in the country unless it isderived from an Indian business orprofession." The government hasalso stated that "necessaryclarification if required shall beincorporated in the relevantprovision of the law." "The newprovision is not intended to includein tax net those Indian citizens who

are bonafide workers in othercountries," said the government.

The government further said:"In some section of the media, the

new provision is being interpretedto create an impression that thoseIndians who are bonafide workersin other countries, including in theMiddle East, and who are not liableto tax in these countries will betaxed in India on the income thatthey have earned there. Thisinterpretation is not correct." TheFinance Bill, 2020 has proposedthat an Indian citizen shall bedeemed to be resident in India if heis not liable to be taxed in anycountry or jurisdiction. "This is ananti-abuse provision since it isnoticed that some Indian citizensshift their stay in low or no taxjurisdiction to avoid payment oftax in India," the government said.

Govt clarifies on new definitionof NRI under Finance Bill 2020

Dhol Master :Pardeep SinghHARPREET SINGH LEHALJALANDHAR: Happiness in the worldis uncompleted till the Drum will notplayed and Famous Dhol Master ofPunjab i.e. Pardeep Singh does thehappiness four times double, we talk

about the Dholmaster PardeepSingh. PardeepSingh’s passionfor drummingwas from hischildhood andhe began tostudy drummingfrom the famousdrum master.Pardeep Singhbecame thefamous as Dhol

master. Pardeep Singh and these dayshis names is called with due respectamong the Dhol master. PardeepSingh took birth from the wedlock ofAvtar Kaur and father Sukhpal Singhat their house Vill.Dallewal, Jalandhar(Punjab) Pardeep Singh hasperformed at stage with reputed artistof the Punjab and reputed organizationgave honour as Dhol master. We wishthat he won every heart from his skillas usual and achieve tremendoussuccess in his life.

Visitors during Chandigarh Bird Club is organised an exhibition of bird photos at Sukhna Lake on World Wetland Day in Chandigarh on Sunday.

Dholki MasterPrabhjit SinghJALANDHAR: Prabhjit Singh alwaysbelieved that he was born for music.This belief moulded him into one of themost renowned masters of percussion.He developed a fetish for playingDholki at a very early stage in life.Prabhjit Singh took birth from the

wedlock ofMother SimarjitKaur and HisFather Name isSukhwderSingh.PrabhjitSingh Lived inVillage AujlaTeh.PhillaurDistt. JalandharPunjab.. As achild, he would

follow Various Artists in local festivalsand functions and watch them playDholki and this is how he learnt thebasics.Practising on a ‘Dholaki’.AfterSchool Education He met with SeniorArtist and persons who played dholkiand he has been given direction bythem and he has made his differentidentity. Prabhjit Singh played Dholkialso during functions, in marriages,andfestivals. He wished to establish histalent as a musician on a global level.He has shared the stages with ManySingers, and various otherlegends.Prabhjit Singh's story is a trueinspiration to all the dreamers whotravel a long way to discover theirextraordinary expertise.

NEW DELHI, FEB 2

Ahead of Delhi polls,Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)leader Tejashwi Yadav onSunday held a roadshow inDwarka Sector 1 along withparty candidate Nirmal KumarSingh, who is contesting fromPalam Assembly constituency.Standing atop an open whitecoloured jeep, Yadav wavedand greeted the people.Supporters hailing the RJD-Congress coalition were seencarrying Congress and RJDflags. RJD and Congress haveforged an alliance for the DelhiAssembly polls and as per theagreement the former had got

four seats to contest. RJDcandidate Pramod Tyagi willcontest from Burari, whileMohd Riyazuddin Khan hasbeen fielded from Kirari. Theparty has given the ticket toShakti Kumar Bishnoi fromUttam Nagar and NirmalKumar Singh from the PalamAssembly constituencies,respectively. Assemblyelections will be held in Delhion February 8 to decide whowill rule the national capital forthe next five years with theruling AAP making adetermined bid to return topower and the BJP seeking tohave a chief minister in the cityafter 20 years.

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadavholds roadshow in Dwarka

Various hindu organization take partin mass awakening march led bydistrict president Parminder Gill

VERMAGURDASPUR, FEB 2

People were made aware of the CAA by various Hin-du organizations led by BJP district president Par-minder Gill in a flag march in favor of the CAA. Theslogan was raised in favor of the CAA, holding theflag of India's pride in the hands . On this occasion,Block president Jogindrapal Bhutto, Gourav Rajputpresident sports wing Punjab,senior BJP leader Dr.Kamaljyoti, women wing president Kulwinder Kaur,senior BJP leader Kashmir Singh Rajput, general sec-retary Ashwini Verma were also present. Speaking onthe occasion, Parminder Gill said that the people ofthe country prefer the Narinder Modi-led governmentand due to the decisions taken by them, BJP has gota majority in the country for the second time. Everycitizen today is feeling safe from external and inter-nal attacks because of the historical decisions takenby him. Speaking on the occasion, genral secretaryAshwani Verma said that the decision taken in favorof the CAA is important for the brothers who are be-ing persecuted in other countries and not harmful tocitizen living within the country.

Prez inaugurates new global centreof Shri Rama Chandra Mission

HYDERABAD, FEB 2

President Ram Nath Kovindinaugurated the new globalheadquarters -"Kanha ShantiVanam-of Shri Rama ChandraMission in Rangareddydistrict of Telangana onSunday. Addressing a vastgathering of people, he saidhe was happy to be here onthe auspicious occasion of thebirth anniversary of veneratedLalaji Maharaj, Adi Guru ofShri Ram Chandra Mission."This is also a joyousoccasion to celebrate the 75thanniversary of the founding of

Shri Ram Chandra Mission. Iam glad to note that theMission has become a strongspiritual force with presencein more than 150 countriesacross the globe".

Kovind recalled reading a

book dedicated to Chariji’sbirth anniversary that whenrespected Chariji joined theMission in 1964, theparticipation of Abhyasis inthe Basant celebrations wasonly about 40.

Villagers protestagainst construction

of railway crossing

KULBHUSHAN GARGGIDDERBAHAV, FEB 2

Residents of village Daula lo-cated on Giddarbaha-Bathin-da rail section protestedagainst the site of the railwaycrossing proposed for con-struction by the railways.Giving information aboutthis, Jaskaran Singh, JagseerSingh, Gurlabh Singh, Gurse-wak Singh, Kahan Singh,Dhanwant Singh, Sukhman-der Singh, Sukhjit Singh,Jagdeep Singh, GurdasSingh, Kulwant Singh,Bhupindar Singh, BaldevSingh and Gurmail Singh saitthat in his village Daula, there

are two railway crossings C-16 and C-17. Whereas therailway says that they cannotkeep two crossings in one vil-lage and you should keeponly one crossing. So the rail-ways closed the C-17 cross-ing. Now the gram panchayatDaula has passed a resolutionon its own level to construct anew gate between crossingno. C-16 and 17, whereas thevillagers want the above saidtwo crossings to be contin-ued as before. While talkingwith the village sarpanchRanjeet Kaur, she said thatcrossing no. C-17 is about100 years old and is in themiddle of the village.

BJP's Anantkumar Hegdecalls Gandhi's freedom

struggle a 'drama'BENGALURU, FEB 2

Former Union minister andBJP MP Anantkumar Hegdeis in the news again for thewrong reasons, this time forattacking Mahatma Gandhiand calling the freedomstruggle led by him a"drama". He also questionedas to how "such people"come to be called 'Mahatma'in India. While addressing apublic event in Bengaluru onSaturday, the Lok Sabha MPfrom Uttara Kannada said theentire freedom movementwas "staged with the consentand support of the British".

"None of these so-calledleaders were beaten up by thecops even once. Theirindependence movement wasone big drama. It was staged

by these leaders with theapproval of the British. Itwas not a genuine fight. Itwas an adjustment freedomstruggle," he said. The seniorBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)leader also termed MahatmaGandhi's hunger strikes andsatyagraha a "drama".

"People supportingCongress keep saying thatIndia got independencebecause of the fast unto deathand satyagraha. This is nottrue. The British did notleave the country because ofsatyagraha," he said.

"Britishers gaveindependence out offrustration. My blood boilswhen I read history. Suchpeople become Mahatma inour country," Hegde said inhis concluding statement.

Arya school annual function organisedVIKAS VERMADHURI, FEB 2

Arya Senior Secondary School, Dhuricelebrated its annual prize distributionfunction. The programme commenced with thelighting of the ceremonial lamp by the chiefguest Makhan Lal Goyal, Mahasha PartigyaPal and Satish Kumar. Principal Neeru Jindalpresented the annual report of the school andsaid that the institution is dedicated to all rounddevelopment of the student. President R.P.

Sharma, Manager Varinder Arya and Ram PalArya,Vikas Sharma awarded the meritoriousstudents. The students presented dance,choreography, folk song, play, Giddha andBhangra in the cultural programme.

MANPREET SINGH KATHPALMALOU, FEB 2

Basant Panchami celebrated under theleadership of Principal Neeru Bathla atSD Senior Secondary School. It wasstarted with worship of GoddessSaraswati. Children enjoyed kite-flyingand distributed Prasad. Principal NeeruBathla said that on this special day ofBasant Panchami, Goddess Saraswati,the Goddess of Knowledge, was born,due to which Goddess Saraswati isworshiped on Basant Panchami. She saidthat on this day people wear Basanticolored clothes and fly Basanti kites.Vice Principal Saroj Asija, primary head

Vinod Chhabra, and associate teacherswere present on the occasion.

S.D. School celebratesBasant Panchami

Thieves target wrestling arena

KULBHUSHAN GARGGIDDERBAHA: In Giddarbaha, thieves are constantlycarrying out theft incidents. On January 26, at the crematiionground at Peori road, Giddarbaha, where some unknownthieves had stolen fire wood which was kept by a family forthe last rites of the deceased. Last night in the same cremationgorund , the thieves broke the lock of the room of wrestlingarena (akhada) which was running there and stole ghee andother items from there. Giving information about this,Mahavir Kushti Akhada Club, Fatehpal Singh and TikkaSingh Kingra said that thief broke the lock of the akhada roomin the cremation ground last night.

Former Mayor GurbakshSingh Zaildar dies

DHARAM PAL PUNNIJAITU, FEB 2

Former mayor of Municipal Committee Jaitu Gurbaksh SinghZaildar (75 yrs) died due to old age ailment. He had won theMunicipal Committee elections in 1977 and had become

mayor of Jaitu town during 1977 to 1982.His tenure is known as honesty and manyemployment had been given to the youth inhis term. He is survived by a son and adaughter. Mantar Singh Brar Ex MLA,Yadwinder Singh Zaildar President ofNagar Council Jaitu, Bir Devinder Singh,Pawan Goyal Chairman Planning boardFaridkot, Ajy Pal Singh Brar, Dr Mukesh

Goyal, Kikar Singh Dhillon,Sharnjit Singh Sharni, NarinderPal Sharma, RajinderPal Sharma Pspl, Satpal expressedcondolences with the family.

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Indian womenlose to Australiain T20 tri-seriesCANBERRA: Indian women suf-fered a four-wicket loss against themighty Australia after a disappoint-ing batting performance in their sec-ond match of the T20 tri-series hereon Sunday.India struggled to 103 for nine in 20overs after being asked to bat. Thevisiting team's bowlers did well tostretch the game till the penultimateover but there were not enough runson the board.Elysse Perry was the undisputedstar of the game, picking up threewickets in one before before making49 off 47 balls in Australia's chase.India had beaten England in thetournament opener while Australiahad lost to England in a Super Overfinish on Saturday, leaving all threeteams with a win each."Our lower order definitely needs tobat a lot better, especially when thetop-order doesn't get runs. However,really appreciate the performance ofthe bowlers," said India skipper Har-manpreet Kaur at the post-matchpresentation.India next play against England atthe Junction Oval in Melbourne onFebruary 7.Barring opener Smriti Mandhana(35) and Harmanpreet (28), Indianbatters showed complete lack of ap-plication on a pitch offering extrabounce.

Some of stuff Firminodoes is madness, saysHendersonLEEDS: After a win over Southamp-ton, Liverpool's Jordan Hendersonhas hailed his teammate RobertoFirmino, saying that 'some of thestuff he does is madness'."Some of the stuff he does is mad-ness really. But he's another out-standing player for us and it was an-other big performance from him,"Goal.com quoted Henderson assaying."Especially in the second half,everyone puts in a really good per-formance. We're just really delightedto get the three points, especiallygoing into the break now," headded.Liverpool secured a 4-0 win overSouthampton in Premier League onSaturday. Firmino completed amemorable hat-trick of assists,which helped his side dominate theopponents.With this victory, Liverpool has takena 22-point lead at the top of the Pre-mier League table. The club will nowtake on Norwich City in the leagueon February 15.

Indian shooting teamis best in world:Anjum MoudgilNEW DELHI: World Championshipssilver medallist Anjum Moudgil is ex-pecting a good performance fromthe Indian shooting team, which shecalls the best in the world, at TokyoOlympics.When asked about the expectationsfrom the team in Tokyo, the 26-year-old sounded optimistic."Our shooting team is the best in theworld. I am really happy that I ampart of this team. This team is reallygood at the world level. My team-mates are breaking records andwinning medals," said Moudgil."I am sure the results in the upcom-ing tournaments will be really good.I am expecting a good performanceby the entire shooting contingent atthe Olympics."India has seen a host of youngshooters make their mark on theworld stage since the last Olympicsin 2016. Moudgil expressed that sheis happy to see how the youngstershave capitalised on the availabilityof facilities and good coaches in In-dia."With the availability of equipmentand good coaches, it's really goodto see how the youngsters are tak-ing up shooting and they are doingreally well.

Halep donates USD20,000 to Australiabushfire relief fundNEW DELHI: Romanian tennisplayer Simona Halep has donatedUSD 20,000 to Australia bushfire re-lief fund after the completion of theAustralian Open">Australian Openon Saturday. Halep took to Twitterand wrote on Sunday, "Happy to an-nounce that I have donated a totalof $20,000 to the bushfire relieffund. I'll be on my best behaviourfrom now on, promise. @darrenc-ahill #Aces4BushfireRelief #Au-sOpen." Former world number onefaced a semifinal exit at the handsof Spain's Garbine Muguruza in theAustralian Open">Australian Open.Before taking part in the competitionshe committed to donate USD 200for every time she threw a tantrumat her coach Darren Cahill. "Wellguys, you know I love Australia, butyou also know I don't hit too manyaces.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2020

AGENCYNEW DELHI, JAN FEB 2

American tennis player Sofia Kenin iselated after winning the AustralianOpen women's singles title, termingthe victory as "dream came true."

Kenin took to Twitter and de-scribed her career journey incredible.She also thanked fans and supportersfor coming out in numbers to watchher play during the tournament.

"WOW!! My dream came true! It'sbeen an incredible journey for me toget to where I am today holdingDaphne. Thank you everyone for be-ing there with me every single match,for supporting me, this means every-thing to me. Feel so special in this gor-geous Jason Grech dress!" Kenintweeted.

Kenin on Saturday lifted her maid-en Gland Slam title after defeatingSpain's Garbine Muguruza in the finalof the Australian Open. The 21-year-old overcame Muguruza 4-6, 6-2, 6-2at Rod Laver Arena in the finals of thetournament.

Kenin became the youngest Aus-tralian Open women's singles champi-on in 12 years. The two-times Grandslam winner Muguruza played aggres-sive tennis and did not allow theAmerican to get any momentum, tak-ing the set 6-4.

However, Kenin bounced back inthe second set with a terrific display oftennis skills and won the set 6-2.Kenin dominated the Spanish star inthe third set and outclassed Muguruza6-2.

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Kenin becamethe youngestAustralian Open

women's singleschampion in 12 years.The two-times Grandslam winner Mugu-ruza played aggres-sive tennis and didnot allow the Ameri-can to get any mo-mentum, taking theset 6-4.

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AGENCYMOUNT MAUNGANUI, FEB 2

India choked New Zealand yet again to turnit around for a seven-run win in the fifth T20International, giving them a rare 5-0 serieswhitewash in the shortest format here onSunday.

The Indian pacers, led by ever-reliableJasprit Bumrah, shared seven wicketsamong them for 25 runs in match-changing7.2 overs to restrict the Kiwis to 156 for ninewhile defending 163 for three.

Bumrah conceded just 12 runs in hisfour overs and got rid of three batsmen,bowling block-hole deliveries during deathovers.

India's total was built around stand-inskipper Rohit Sharma' 60-run knock afterthey elected to bat.

Tim Seifert (50) and Ross Taylor (53)kept the Black Caps in hunt for a consola-tion win but the hosts again fell near the fin-ish line. This is only third time that Indiahave whitewashed opponents in away T20series and first time in a five-match rubber.India had blanked the West Indies 3-0 in2019 and beat Australia 3-0 in 2016.

New Zealand got off to a poor start and

were quickly reduced to 17 for three in thefourth over. Bumrah had Martin Guptill (2)lbw, and Sundar bowled Colin Munro (15).Tom Bruce's run-out didn't help the situationeither.

Taylor and Seifert came together at thatjuncture, putting on 99 runs for the fourthwicket, raising vision of an improbable win.

Seifert reached his half-century off 29balls, including five fours and three sixes.while Taylor got to his half-century in 42balls. He hit five fours and two sixes.

They took 34 runs off Shivam Dube inthe 10th over, after which KL Rahul, wholed in absence of inured Rohit Sharma, hadto take corrective measures. He broughtback his frontline pacers and they bothetched out wickets.

Navdeep Saini (2-23) dismissed Seifertand then Bumrah bowled Daryl Mitchell (2)with a searing yorker. New Zealand's chasewas all but over when Mitchell Santner (6)holed out of Shardul Thakur (2-38) andManish Pandey held a fine running catch atlong on. Ish Sodhi smacked 16 off 10 ballsto provide some fireworks at the end but itwas not enough. Earlier, Rohit, batting atnumber three, was retired hurt after injuringhis left calf whilst hitting a six and walked

off the field in discomfort. He faced 41 ballsand hit three fours as well as three sixes. Vi-rat Kohli was expectedly rested, with Rohitcoming in, and it was the only change forIndia from Wellington. Rishabh Pant wasignored once again.

For New Zealand, Kane Williamsondidn't recover on time and Tim Southee ledthe side once again. Despite Rohit's return,Sanju Samson (2) continued to open the in-nings and it didn't work again. Yet anotheropportunity went abegging as he hit straightto extra cover and was out for two runs.

KL Rahul (45) and Rohit added 88 runsfor the second wicket, providing vital mo-mentum to the Indian innings. The in-formduo dominated the Black Caps' attack andput on 50 off just 35 balls. Rahul hit fourfours and two sixes in his 33-ball stay. Hefell in the 12th over against the run of playand finished with 224 runs in the series, themost for an Indian batsman in any bilateralT20I series. Sharma scored his 25th T20Ihalf-century off 35 balls. He looked to ac-celerate but then injured himself in the 17thover and retired. The loss of both Rahul andSharma impacted the Indian innings, andthey lost all momentum on a slowing wick-et.

WHITEWASHIndia crush New Zealand,

win T20 series by 5-0

Rohit becomes eighthIndian to score 14,000international runs

MOUNT MAUNGANUI : Rohit Sharma on Sunday became the eighth Indi-an batsman to score 14,000 international runs across different formats ofthe game. He achieved the feat against New Zealand in the ongoing fifthand final T20I of the five-match series here at the Bay Oval.Apart from Rohit, Mohammad Azharuddin (15,593) Virender Sehwag(17,253), MS Dhoni (17,266), Sourav Ganguly (18,575), Virat Kohli(21,788), Rahul Dravid (24,208) and Sachin Tendulkar (34,357) are the oth-er Indian batsman to score more than 14,000 international runs. In the on-going series against the Kiwis, Rohit had completed 10,000 runs as anopening batsman. Tendulkar has the record for scoring most internationalruns after registering 34,357 runs across formats. In the ongoing match, In-dia won the toss and opted to bat first. The side made just one change asRohit Sharma came back into the side in place of Virat Kohli. India leadsthe series 4-0 and if the side manages to win the last match, they will be-come the first team to whitewash their opponent in a five-match T20I series.

Rahul becomes highest run-getter in series

MOUNT MAUNGANUI : Wicket-keeper batsman KL Rahul on Sunday be-came the most run-getter for India in bilateral T20I series.Rahul played a knock of 45 runs to register the most number of runs for anIndian individual batsman in a bilateral series. In the five-match series,Rahul smashed a total of 224 runs including two half-centuries.Earlier, the record was held by skipper Virat Kohli for scoring 199 runsagainst Australia in three T20Is in 2016. He also amassed 183 runs againstWest Indies in the three-match series in 2019.The 27-year-old had come in as Rishabh Pant's replacement in the secondODI against Australia last month. Pant had to miss the match after sufferinga concussion in the first game. Since then, Rahul has impressed with thebat and his glovework behind the stumps.India standby skipper Rohit Sharma for the final T20I has retired hurt aftersuffering a calf injury. He accumulated 60 runs studded with three fours andthree sixes. The opener became the most fifty-plus scorer in the shortestformat of the game with 21 fifties and four centuries.

Samson fails to impress againMOUNT MAUNGANUI : With all eyes on the top-order batsman, SanjuSamson on Sunday failed to impress for a second time in a row as he wasdismissed for just two runs in the on-going fifth T20I against New Zealandhere at the Bay Oval on Sunday.Samson managed to play just fiveballs and was sent back to the pavil-ion in the second over of the inningsby Scott Kuggeleijn.The right-handed batsman managedto score just eight runs in the fourthT20I against the Kiwis while in thematch against Sri Lanka earlier thisyear, Samson scored just six runsfrom two balls. Last year, the Indianteam management had faced all-round criticism for not giving Samson a chance in the playing XI despite in-cluding him in the squad.In the ongoing match, India won the toss and opted to bat first. The sidemade just one change as Rohit Sharma came back into the side in place ofVirat Kohli.

AGENCYMELBOURNE, FEB 2

The Serbian tennis star No-vak Djokovic defeatedAustria's Dominic Thiemon Sunday in a five-setthriller to win his eighthAustralian Open title.

In a marathon final thatlasted almost for fourhours, Djokovic beatThiem 6-4, 4-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 at Rod Laver Arena.

With this win, The Ser-bian has taken his GrandSlam tally to 17. OnlyRoger Federer (20) andRafael Nadal (19) havewon more Grand Slam ti-

tles in the tennis history.Djokovic was the clear

favourite to win the titleand kicked off the matchwith an easy victory in thefirst set. However, Thiemwith an aim to clinch hisfirst Grand Slam titlebounced back and took thesecond and third set.

The Serbian kept hisnerves and found hisrhythm back as he out-classed the Austrian in thefourth set 6-3, taking thematch in the decider.

In the fifth set,Djokovic rose to the occa-sion and sealed the matchin his favour.

AGENCYCHRISTCHURCH, FEB 2

Shubman Gill is expected to retain hisplace in India's Test squad after scoringan unbeaten 204 for the A team in thedrawn four-day game against NewZealand A here on Friday.

Resuming the day four at 127 fortwo, India A went on to make 448 forthree in their second innings with Gillscoring his second double century on anaway tour (the first one came in West In-dies last year). Also amongst the runswere Priyank Panchal (115 off 164) andTest regular Hanuma Vihari, who stayedunbeaten alongside Gill on 100 off 113balls. Gill's 279-ball effort comprised 22boundaries and four sixes. Vihari'squickfire century comprised 11 foursand three sixes. He and Gill shared anunbeaten 222-run stand for the fourthwicket. It was a much improved battingeffort from India A as the pitch eased out

at the Hagley Oval. The team, captainedby Vihari, made 216 in the first inningsin which Gill was the top-scorer with 83.In response, New Zealand A hadamassed 562 for seven before declaringthe innings. Mayank Agarwal, who willopen alongside Rohit Sharma in the two-Test series against New Zealand laterthis month, had a forgettable outing inthe game as he got out for a duck.

Gill smashes double centuryahead of NZ Test series Djokovic lifts 8th Australian Open

title, defeats Thiem in five-set battle

Dream came true: Sofia after lifting Australian Open