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Price : Rs. 2.00 VOL. 33 | NO. 226 RNI No. 43798/86 REGD. NO. : JM/JK 118/15 /17 Email: [email protected] epaper.glimpsesoffuture.com NATIONAL Jharkhand HC extends Lalu Prasad Yadav’s provisional bail in fodder scam PAGE 7 WORLD US military parade ordered by Prez Trump postponed to 2019 PAGE 8 SPORTS Ronaldo set for Serie A debut amid sombre backin Italy PAGE 9 JAMMU SATURDAY AUGUST , 18 2018 Daily news you can trust Woman shot dead by Hizb militants in Pulwama "!" % A woman was shot dead by sus- pected militants of the Hizbul Mujahideen in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district to- day, police said. Shameema Bano, a resident of Quil, was shot in the Drubgam area of Pulwama, an official said. He said the woman was rushed to a ’%& ’& ( Over 2.81 lakh pilgrims pay obeisance at Amarnath % % Over 2.81 lakh pilgrims have paid obeisance at the cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas till date, officials said. "On the 51st day of the ongo- ing Amarnath Yatra, 843 yatris paid obeisance at the holy cave," they said. Till date, 2,81,227 -) ’& ( C Y M K C Y M K C Y M K C Y M K & % India's top leadership, for- eign dignitaries and the common man mourned the death of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and bid an emo- tional farewell to the former prime minister who was one of the most-loved leaders in decades and had acceptability across a di- verse ideological spectrum. Chief ministers, opposition leaders, chiefs of Army, Navy and Air Force, governors and a host of other dignitaries attended the funeral of Vajpayee at Rastriya Smriti Sthal, a pictur- esque cremation site at the heart of the capital. President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, BJP president Amit Shah, for- mer prime minister Manmohan Singh, veteran politician L K Advani, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Army chief General Bipin Rawat, Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa and Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba laid wreaths. Other atten- dees of the funeral included Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Union ministers Harsh Vardhan, Ram Vilas Paswan, Shripad Naik and Piyush Goval. Chief minis- ters, including Yogi Adityanath, Nitish Kumar, Shivraj Singh Chauhan and Vijay Rupani also attended the funeral. Foreign dignitaries such as Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, Afghan politician Hamid Karzai and Bangladesh Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali also paid last respects to the leader. Other political leaders at the fu- neral were Congress president Rahul Gandhi, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, former Jammu and Kashmir chief min- ister Mehbooba Mufti, BJP lead- ers Murli Manohar Joshi, SAD patriarch Parkash Singh Badal and Congress leader Raj Babbar. The country bid farewell to its political icon amid a light driz- zle. Foster daughter Namita Kaul Bhattacharya lit the pyre as cries of "Atal Bihari Amar Rahe" reverberated through the crema- tion site. Scores of people gath- ered at the Sthal to pay their re- spects to the tall leader, who was &! ’& ( India bids farewell to Vajpayee %"!" % The Pakistan Army vio- lated the ceasefire tonight by firing on the forward posts along the Line of Control (LOC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, drawing retalia- tion from the Indian Army. The Pakistani troops re- sorted to moderate firing on the forward posts along the LoC in the Poonch sector, defence sources said. The Indian troops guarding the border retaliated and the ex- changes were on, they added. Commander of the Army's Northern Command Lt Gen. Ranbir Singh visited the forward areas along the LoC, met the field commander and re- viewed the security situa- tion and operational pre- paredness of the Indian troops. The Pakistani troops had violated the ceasefire in the Tangdhar sector in Kupwara district last night, officials said. The ceasefire violation had taken place in the Saedapora area, along the LoC, as the Pakistani troops opened fire at the Indian posts, they added. The Indian Army retali- ated in adequate measure, triggering an intermittent exchange of fire between the two sides, the officials # ’& ( Pak troops violate ceasefire along LoC in Poonch sector & % Paying his last respects to Bharatiya Janata Party stalwart Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was an ex- traordinary personality who will live on in the hearts and minds of every Indian. Modi said that no words can ever do justice to Vajpayee's "rich contribution to the making of our country". "People came from all parts of India, from all sections of society pay tributes to an extraordinary person- ality who made an extraordinary con- tribution to the nation. India salutes you Atal Ji!," Modi tweeted today as the former prime minister's mortal remains were consigned to flames here. Earlier in a blog, Modi said India had found a leader in Vajpayee who was gifted in spirit, heart and mind. In times of turbulence and dis- ruption, a nation is blessed to have a leader who rises to become its moral compass and guiding spirit, provid- ing vision, cohesion and direction to his people, he said describing him. Vajpayee rescued the economy from the morass of the mid-1990s, when political instability at home and an uncertain global environment had threatened to derail a still incipi- ent economic reforms process, he said. "He sowed the seeds of much of the economic success that we have expe- rienced over the past two decades. For him, growth was a means to em- power the weakest and mainstream the marginalized. It's that vision that continues to drive our government's policy," the prime minister said. It was 'Atalji' who prepared the founda- tions of an India that is ready to take on the mantle of global leadership in the 21st century, he said. Modi said he irreversibly changed India's place in the world by overcoming "the hesita- tion of our nation, the resistance of the world and threat of isolation" to make India a nuclear weapons power. Personally, Vajpayee was an ide- al, a guru, and role model who in- spired him deeply, he said. It was Vajpayee who entrusted him with re- sponsibilities both in Gujarat (as chief minister) as well as at the na- tional level, Modi said. "It was he who called me one evening in October 2001 and told me to go to Gujarat as chief minister. When I told him that I had always worked in the organisation, he said he was confident I would fulfil people's expectations. The faith he had in me was humbling." he said. Hailing Vajpayee's term as prime minister, Modi said India today is a self-assured nation, brimming with the energy of its youth and resolve of its people, eager for change and confi- dent of achieving it, striving for clean and responsive governance, building +$ "! ’& ( Atal ji will live on in hearts and minds of every Indian: Modi Governor N.N. Vohra chaired a meeting at the Raj Bhavan to review the status of vacancies and the pace of recruit- ments in the Higher Education Department. The meeting was attend- ed by Advisor to Governor, Mr Khurshid Ahmad Ganai; Chairman Public Service Commission, Mr Abdul Latief Deva; and Commissioner Higher Education Department, Ms Sarita Chouhan. Ms Chouhan informed that during 2014-18, 2357 va- cancies of sanctioned gazette positions in the Department had been re- ferred to the Commission which had, till August 2018, made se- lections to fill 1500 va- cancies; 857 vacancies are still pending selec- tion. Gazetted posts in- clude Assistant Professors, Librarians and Physical Training Instructors in Government Degree Colleges; Assistant Professors employed in Government Colleges of Engineering and Technology and in Schools of Architecture. After extensive discus- sions regarding the po- tent factors which delay the process of selections by the Public Service Commission (PSC) the ’-)&’) ’& ( Governor reviews vacancies and recruitments in colleges and higher education institutions The Election Authority under Panchayati Raj Act, 1989 (Chief Electoral Officer J&K) has initiated the process of Revision and Updation of Panchayat Electoral Roll- 2018(w.r.t 01-01-2018) as qualifying date) as pre- scribed in the rules gov- erning the conduct of Panchayat Elections. The Draft Panchayat Electoral Roll shall be published on 18th August, 2018. The detailed public inviting claims and ob- jections for revision of Panchayat Electoral along with details of Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) Assistant Electoral Registration Offices (AEROs) and Panchayat Booth level Officers (PBLOs) shall be available on the website of CEO J&K (www.ceojk.nic.in) Date of Publication of Draft Panchayat Electoral Rolls is on 18- 08-2018 (Saturday), while Period for Filing of Claims and Objections is on ’& ( # % Cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan was elected as Pakistan's new prime minister today after he defeated veteran politician Shahbaz Sharif in a one-sided election in the National Assembly. The elec- tion for the top post became just a formality after the Pakistan Peoples Party led by Bilawal Bhutto Zardari with 54 seats ab- stained from voting following a rift over Sharif's candidature. Khan, 65, the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), secured 176 votes while his only rival and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Sharif got 96 votes, National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser an- nounced. After the announce- ment of the result, PML-N law- makers chanted slogans against Khan and protested in the house. Khan will take the oath tomorrow as Pakistan's 22nd prime minister. A total of 172 votes in the 342-member lower house of Parliament are needed to form a government. The voting was held in open through division of members in different galleries designated for different candidates. The PPP lawmakers remained seat- ed during the voting process. The Jamaat-i-Islami did not take part in the voting. In a last- ditch effort to pursue the PPP to vote for Sharif, senior PML-N leader and former speaker Ayaz Sadiq went to Bhutto's seat and tried to convince him to change his decision to abstain from vot- ing, sources said. Even Sharif spoke to Bhutto to persuade him not to abstain. However, Bhutto excused himself from %)& & ’& ( Imran Khan elected as Pakistan's new prime minister CEO initiates process of revision, updation of Panchayat Electoral Roll-2018 "!" % An Army jawan was killed in an encounter with militants in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir today, the police said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation at Kachloo village in Handwara area of Kupwara district follow- ing information about presence of mili- tants there, a police official said. The offi- cial said as the security forces were carry- ing out searches, the militants opened fire on them, resulting in injuries to one sol- dier. The injured jawan was evacuated to 92 Base Hospital of the Army here but he succumbed to injuries, the official said. The slain jawan was identified as Ram Babu Sahai. The operation was called off as secu- rity forces found nothing incriminating during the searches, the official said. Army jawan killed in encounter "!" % One person was killed and three were injured today in a grenade attack by terrorists on a police installation in Awantipora area of Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said. They lobbed a grenade towards the main gate of the district police of- fice which missed the intended target and exploded by the road, a police of- ficial said. Four civilians were in- jured in the grenade blast, the official said, adding that one of the injured later succumbed to injuries at a hos- pital. The deceased was identified as Abdul Ahad Panchoo (60). One killed in grenade attack by terrorists in Pulwama 4 drug peddlers arrested with poppy in Kathua, Samba % % Four drug peddlers were arrested to- day and over 14 kg of poppy was seized in Kathua and Samba districts of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. Police team intercepted a car at Lakhanpur in Kathua district and seized 13.5 kg of poppy from the vehicle, in which three persons were coming from Kashmir, were smuggling narcot- ic consignment to Punjab, a police offi- cer said. Police arrested all the three accused and registered a case against them, he said, adding that they were identified as Inderjeet Singh, Baljeet ), ’& ( Four diagnostic labs sealed in J-K for flouting norms % % The Jammu and Kashmir gov- ernment today sealed four unau- thorised diagnostic laboratories in Rajouri district, an official spokesperson said.\ The raids were carried on the directions of Deputy Commissioner of ’,) ’& ( Two arrested with heroin in Miran Sahib % %%#$ Police today claimed to have ar- rested two persons including a woman alongwith heroin in Miran Sahib. 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India's top leadership, for-eign dignitaries and the commonman mourned the death of AtalBihari Vajpayee and bid an emo-tional farewell to the formerprime minister who was one ofthe most-loved leaders in decadesand had acceptability across a di-verse ideological spectrum.

Chief ministers, oppositionleaders, chiefs of Army, Navyand Air Force, governors and ahost of other dignitaries attendedthe funeral of Vajpayee atRastriya Smriti Sthal, a pictur-esque cremation site at the heartof the capital.

President Ram Nath Kovind,Prime Minister Narendra Modi,Vice President Venkaiah Naidu,BJP president Amit Shah, for-mer prime minister ManmohanSingh, veteran politician L K

Advani, Defence MinisterNirmala Sitharaman, ExternalAffairs Minister Sushma Swaraj,Army chief General BipinRawat, Air Force chief Air ChiefMarshal Birender Singh Dhanoa

and Navy chief Admiral SunilLanba laid wreaths. Other atten-dees of the funeral includedHome Minister Rajnath Singh,Union ministers Harsh Vardhan,Ram Vilas Paswan, Shripad Naik

and Piyush Goval. Chief minis-ters, including Yogi Adityanath,Nitish Kumar, Shivraj SinghChauhan and Vijay Rupani alsoattended the funeral.

Foreign dignitaries such as

Bhutan King Jigme KhesarNamgyel Wangchuck, Afghanpolitician Hamid Karzai andBangladesh Foreign MinisterAbul Hassan Mahmood Ali alsopaid last respects to the leader.Other political leaders at the fu-neral were Congress presidentRahul Gandhi, RSS chief MohanBhagwat, Congress leaderGhulam Nabi Azad, formerJammu and Kashmir chief min-ister Mehbooba Mufti, BJP lead-ers Murli Manohar Joshi, SADpatriarch Parkash Singh Badaland Congress leader Raj Babbar.

The country bid farewell toits political icon amid a light driz-zle. Foster daughter NamitaKaul Bhattacharya lit the pyre ascries of "Atal Bihari Amar Rahe"reverberated through the crema-tion site. Scores of people gath-ered at the Sthal to pay their re-spects to the tall leader, who was

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The Pakistan Army vio-lated the ceasefire tonightby firing on the forwardposts along the Line ofControl (LOC) in Poonchdistrict of Jammu andKashmir, drawing retalia-tion from the Indian Army.

The Pakistani troops re-sorted to moderate firing onthe forward posts along theLoC in the Poonch sector,defence sources said. TheIndian troops guarding theborder retaliated and the ex-changes were on, theyadded. Commander of theArmy's NorthernCommand Lt Gen. RanbirSingh visited the forward

areas along the LoC, met thefield commander and re-viewed the security situa-tion and operational pre-paredness of the Indiantroops.

The Pakistani troopshad violated the ceasefire inthe Tangdhar sector inKupwara district last night,officials said.

The ceasefire violationhad taken place in theSaedapora area, along theLoC, as the Pakistani troopsopened fire at the Indianposts, they added.

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Paying his last respects toBharatiya Janata Party stalwart AtalBihari Vajpayee, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi said he was an ex-traordinary personality who will liveon in the hearts and minds of everyIndian. Modi said that no words canever do justice to Vajpayee's "richcontribution to the making of ourcountry".

"People came from all parts ofIndia, from all sections of society paytributes to an extraordinary person-ality who made an extraordinary con-tribution to the nation. India salutesyou Atal Ji!," Modi tweeted today asthe former prime minister's mortalremains were consigned to flameshere. Earlier in a blog, Modi said

India had found a leader in Vajpayeewho was gifted in spirit, heart andmind. In times of turbulence and dis-ruption, a nation is blessed to have aleader who rises to become its moral

compass and guiding spirit, provid-ing vision, cohesion and direction tohis people, he said describing him.

Vajpayee rescued the economyfrom the morass of the mid-1990s,

when political instability at homeand an uncertain global environmenthad threatened to derail a still incipi-ent economic reforms process, hesaid.

"He sowed the seeds of much of theeconomic success that we have expe-rienced over the past two decades.For him, growth was a means to em-power the weakest and mainstreamthe marginalized. It's that vision thatcontinues to drive our government'spolicy," the prime minister said. Itwas 'Atalji' who prepared the founda-tions of an India that is ready to takeon the mantle of global leadership inthe 21st century, he said. Modi said heirreversibly changed India's place inthe world by overcoming "the hesita-tion of our nation, the resistance ofthe world and threat of isolation" tomake India a nuclear weapons power.

Personally, Vajpayee was an ide-al, a guru, and role model who in-spired him deeply, he said. It wasVajpayee who entrusted him with re-sponsibilities both in Gujarat (aschief minister) as well as at the na-tional level, Modi said. "It was he whocalled me one evening in October 2001and told me to go to Gujarat as chiefminister. When I told him that I hadalways worked in the organisation,he said he was confident I would fulfilpeople's expectations. The faith hehad in me was humbling." he said.Hailing Vajpayee's term as primeminister, Modi said India today is aself-assured nation, brimming withthe energy of its youth and resolve ofits people, eager for change and confi-dent of achieving it, striving for cleanand responsive governance, building

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Governor N.N. Vohrachaired a meeting at theRaj Bhavan to reviewthe status of vacanciesand the pace of recruit-ments in the HigherEducation Department.The meeting was attend-ed by Advisor toGovernor, Mr Khurshid

Ahmad Ganai;Chairman PublicService Commission, MrAbdul Latief Deva; andCommissioner HigherEducation Department,Ms Sarita Chouhan. MsChouhan informed that

during 2014-18, 2357 va-cancies of sanctionedgazette positions in theDepartment had been re-ferred to theCommission which had,till August 2018, made se-lections to fill 1500 va-

cancies; 857 vacanciesare still pending selec-tion. Gazetted posts in-clude AssistantProfessors, Librariansand Physical TrainingInstructors inGovernment DegreeColleges; AssistantProfessors employed inGovernment Colleges ofEngineering andTechnology and inSchools of Architecture.After extensive discus-sions regarding the po-tent factors which delaythe process of selectionsby the Public ServiceCommission (PSC) the

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The DraftPanchayat ElectoralRoll shall be publishedon 18th August, 2018.The detailed public

inviting claims and ob-jections for revision ofPanchayat Electoralalong with details ofElectoral RegistrationOfficers (EROs)Assistant ElectoralRegistration Offices(AEROs) and

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Cricketer-turned politicianImran Khan was elected asPakistan's new prime ministertoday after he defeated veteranpolitician Shahbaz Sharif in aone-sided election in theNational Assembly. The elec-tion for the top post became justa formality after the PakistanPeoples Party led by BilawalBhutto Zardari with 54 seats ab-stained from voting following arift over Sharif's candidature.Khan, 65, the chairman of thePakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI),secured 176 votes while his onlyrival and the Pakistan MuslimLeague-Nawaz chief Sharif got

96 votes, National AssemblySpeaker Asad Qaiser an-nounced. After the announce-ment of the result, PML-N law-makers chanted slogansagainst Khan and protested inthe house. Khan will take theoath tomorrow as Pakistan's22nd prime minister. A total of172 votes in the 342-member

lower house of Parliament areneeded to form a government.

The voting was held in openthrough division of members indifferent galleries designatedfor different candidates. ThePPP lawmakers remained seat-ed during the voting process.The Jamaat-i-Islami did nottake part in the voting. In a last-ditch effort to pursue the PPP tovote for Sharif, senior PML-Nleader and former speaker AyazSadiq went to Bhutto's seat andtried to convince him to changehis decision to abstain from vot-ing, sources said. Even Sharifspoke to Bhutto to persuadehim not to abstain. However,Bhutto excused himself from

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An Army jawan was killed in an encounterwith militants in Kupwara district ofJammu and Kashmir today, the police said.Security forces launched a cordon andsearch operation at Kachloo village inHandwara area of Kupwara district follow-ing information about presence of mili-tants there, a police official said. The offi-cial said as the security forces were carry-ing out searches, the militants opened fireon them, resulting in injuries to one sol-dier. The injured jawan was evacuated to92 Base Hospital of the Army here but hesuccumbed to injuries, the official said. Theslain jawan was identified as Ram BabuSahai. The operation was called off as secu-rity forces found nothing incriminatingduring the searches, the official said.

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JAMMU SATURDAY AUGUST 18, 2018Obituary2 Glimpses of Future

OBITUARYWith profound grief and sorrow,we regret to inform the sad de-mise of our beloved (Nanaji) Sh.Bharat Bushan S/o Late Sh.Melaram Ji of Nagrota at present(H.No. 76-D, Sect-1, DurgaNagar, Jammu) on 10 Aug, 2018.Tenth Day Kriya will be performedon 19th Aug, 2018 (Sunday) at8:30 AM at Muthi Ghat nearDirectorate of School EducationJammu.GRIEF STRICKENSmt. Kalpana Sharma - Daughter& Sh. Moti Lal Sharma - Son-in-lawGrand ChildrenDeepak Sharma, Ravi SharmaMob.No: 9419181686, 9596311335, 9469808815,9797606672

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10TH DAY KRIYAWith profound grief & sorrow, weinform the sad demise of ourbeloved mother Smt Jagat MohiniBhat, Widow of Late Shri JagarNath Bhat of Diver Tral Kashmir,presently at H.No. 100-A, Sector-4, Pamposh Colony, JanipurJammu on 10-8- 2018. 10th DayKriya will be performed on 19-8-2018 (Sunday) from 8.00 AM atMuthi Ghat Near Director ofSchool Education Jammu. GRIEF STRICKENSon & Daughter-in-LawSh Rakesh Bhat & Smt Rozy BhatSmt Rani, Widow of Lt Shri Soom Nath Bhat - DevraniSh Ravinder Bhat & Smt Anju Bhat - Son & Daughter-in-LawSmt Sweety Pandit & Sh R N Pandit - Daughter & Son-in-LawSmt Daizy & Sh Vinod Raina - Daughter & Son-in-LawSmt Vineeta & Sh Opinder Pandita - Daughter & Son-in-LawAnd Samast Bhat ParivaarMob : 0191-2533061, 9419237293 & 9086037293

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TENTH DAYWITH PROFOUND GRIEF &SORROW, WE REGRET TO IN-FORM THE SAD DEMISE OFOUR BELOVED SH HAR DUTTSHARMA S/O LT. SH PADAMNABH SHARMA R/O F-367,LANE-6, SHAKTI NAGAR JAM-MU ON 10TH AUG. 2018.TENTH DAY WILL BE PER-FORMED ON 19TH AUG. 2018(SUNDAY) AT 11 AM VISH-WAKARMA SABHA, GURHAMORH BAKSHI NAGAR JAM-MU.GRIEF STRICKENSmt Amro Devi -WifeDaughter & Son-in-lawMrs Rama & Mr O P Sharma (AE)(9419134539)Sons & Daughters-in-lawMrs Anita & Mr Tilak Raj Sharma(9419193940)Mrs Anjana & Mr Sanjeev Sharma (9906048257)Mrs Nisha & Rajesh Sharma (9419223022)

SH HaR DUTTSHaRMa

OBITUARYWith profound grief and sorrow,we inform the sad and untimelydemise of our beloved motherSmt. Payree (Uma Shori) W/o Lt.Sh. Jagger Nath Bhat originallyresident of Peth KanihamaMagam at present H. No. 19,Lane-1, Shive Dass ColonyTumol Mohar Anand Nagar Bohrinear Radha Krishan Mandir on11-8-2018. TENTH DAY KRIYAwill be performed as on 20-8-2018 (Monday) at Muthi Ghatnear (DSEJ) at 8.00 A.M.GRIEF STRICKENSh. A.K. Bhat & Smt. Usha Bhat-(Son & D.I.L.)Sh. J.K. Bhat & Santosha Bhat-(Son & D.I.L.)Smt. Girja Bhan W/o Sh. A.K. Bhan-(Daughter & S.I.L.)Smt. Basant W/o Sh. S.K. Kitchloo-(Daughter & S.I.L.)Grand Children: Nisu, Rohit, Shail, Pooja, Ashish,Sheetal, Deepak, AnmolMobile No: 9899446431, 9469174074,7006366878, 9419806500

Smt. payree(Uma Shori)

OBITUARYWith profound grief and deep sor-

row, we inform sad demise of our

dear Smt. Shama Parimoo W/o

Late Shri Ashwani Kumar Parimoo

(Chief Engineer) originally resident

of 126/ 127 Narsing Garh, Srinagar,

at present 12, Priya Darshani

Lanes, Patta Ploura, Jammu on

9th. Aug. 2018. TENTH DAY KRIYA

will be performed on 18th Aug.

2018 at MuthiGhat, near Director of

School Education Office at 9 AM.

GRIEF STRICKEN

Smt. Laxmi Shori Parimoo (Mother-in-law)

Samast Parimoo, Raina, Kaul, Kilam and Hastu

Parivars

Telephone: 0191-255588

Smt. Shamaparimoo

13TH DAY/KRIYAWith profound grief and sorrowwe regret to inform the sad de-mise of Sh. Baldev Singh Jaswal(IAS) S/o Late Sh. RajkumarShivdev Singh (IAS) R/o RamkotHouse, Panjtirthi, Jammu who leftfor his heavenly abode on August7, 2018. A simple, God fearingman, loving husband, wonderfulfather & doting grandfather, hisvoid will never be filled. KRIYA(13TH DAY)-18th Aug. 201811.00 A.M. onwards at our resi-dence House No. 47, RamkotHouse, Panjtirthi, Jammu.IN GRIEF aND pRayER:Mrs. Kamala Jaswal (Wife)Vasuda & Tarun Dadoo (Daughter & Son in Law)Shruti & Vikas Kohaal (Daughter & Son in Law)Sister & Brother-in-lawMrs. Kaushal & S.P. SinghMrs. Suresh Jaswal & Family(W/o Late Prof. Brijender Singh Jaswal)Vasundhara Singh & Adirath Singh(D/o & S/o Late Kanwar Rameshwar Singh)Grand ChildrenShambhavi Kohaal, Adiraj Dadoo,Saiysha Dadoo, Shivaansh KohaalMob: 9419186128, 9811800360

Sh. BaldevSingh Jaswal

TENTH DAYWith profound grief and sorrow,we inform the sad demise of Sh.Bishan Dass Sharma S/o Lt. Sh.Kunj Lal R/o Moutlian Kalan UtterBehni (Samba). Tenth Day will beperformed on 18th of August,2018 (Saturday) at Vill. MoutlianKalan (Utter Behani).GRIEF STRICKENSmt. Chanchla Devi - WifeMr. Ashwani Sharma - SonSmt. Surekha Sharma - Daughter-inlawDivyanshi Sharma - Grand DaughterAyush Sharma - Grand SonDaughters & Sons-in-lawPinki & Romesh SharmaBabli & Som Dutt SharmaShakti & Dwarka Nath Sharma9419260214, 7889548056

Sh. BishanDass Sharma

OBITUARYWith profound grief and sorrowwe regret to inform about the saddemise of out beloved Smt BabliPandita, Wife of Avtar KrishanPandita erstwhile resident ofIrkumoo, Kokernag presently atHouse No. 277, AnuradhaPuram, Sector 2 Lane No 1,Upper Barnai near Kangra Fortwho left for her heavenly abodeon August 11, 2018. The TenthDay Kriya will be performed on20/8/2018 (Monday) at 8 .00 amat Muthi Ghat near Directorate ofScholl Education, Jammu.GRIEF STRICKEN:Avtar Krishan Pandita (Husband)Smt. Dulari & Sh P N Pandita (Aunty & Uncle)Smt. Lalita & Sh. C L Razdan (Sister in-law & Brother-in-law)Smt. Vijay & Sh. B L Koul (Sister-in-law & Brother-in-law)Sh. K L Pandita & Sh B K Pandita (Brother-in-laws)Smt. Sabita & Sh S K Pandita (Sister-in-law & Brother-in-Law)Anshu & Amit Raina (Daughter & Son-in-law)Nishu & Nipun Bhat (Daughter & Son-in-Law)

Smt Bablipandita

FIFTH DAYWith profound grief & sorrow, weinform the sad demise of SmtTersam Kumari W/o Sh KharatiLal Gupta R/o Bishnah/ 5th Daywill be performed on 18-8- 2018(Saturday) at Gorkha Mandir,Nanak Nagar at 10 AM. GRIEF STRICKENVimla Gupta & Charanjit Lal GuptaPushpa Gupta & Bansi Lal GuptaPromila Gupta & Tilak Raj GuptaR K Departmental Store, RampuraBansi Lal Ravinder Kumar, Nanak NagarSonu General Store, Nanak NagarGugu Provision Store, Nanak Nagar9419190374, 9055181005, 9086284588

Smt TersamKumari

FIFTH DAYWith profound grief and sorrow,we inform the sad demise of ourbeloved Sh. Pran Nath Dogra(Painter) Son-in-law of Late Sh.Amar Nath Sharma R/o TalabTillo Jammu. Fifth Day will beperformed at MahajanCommunity Hall, Lane No. 7,Talab Tillo, Jammu at 11 AM onSaturday 18-Aug-2018.GRIEF STRICKENSh. Dharam Pal Sharma & Smt. Nirmal SharmaSh. Dhevinder Sharma & Smt. Sheetal SharmaSh. Vinay Sharma & Smt. Jyoti SharmaSh. Vipen Sharma & Smt. Surekha SharmaM/s Jawala Dry FruitRaghunath Bazar, JammuContact No: 9419192191, 7889796459

Sh. pran NathDogra

CHOUBARSIFour years have passed sinceyou left us for eternal journey.Your memories are still alive &your presence is felt everywhere.Choubarsi of our beloved Late ShOm Parkash Gupta S/o Late ShHans Raj Gupta R/o H.No. 29,Rajinder Nagar, Canal Road,Jammu shall be performed onSaturday 18th August 2018 at12:00 Noon at Mahajan Hall,Shalimar Road Jammu.DEEply REMEMBERED By:-Daughters-in-Law & SonsSmt Chanchala & Sh Tilak Raj GuptaSmt Sushma & Sh Kuldeep Raj GuptaSmt Madhu & Sh Rajinder GuptaDaughters & Sons-in-LawSmt Meenu & Sh Ashok Kumar GuptaSmt Shruti & Sh Anil Kumar GuptaGrand Children & Great Grand ChildrenM/s Om Prakash Kuldeep Raj, Jewel ChowkM/s Jandyal Food Grade Industries, I.G.C SambaM/s Jandyal Enterprises, JammuM/s Jandyal Provision Store, Bhagwati NagarM/s Jandyal Mobile Care, Jewel ChowkMob: 9419140114, 9018040114, 7889940765,7006642349, 9797576054

Sh. Om parkashGupta

10TH DAY & KRIYAWith profound grief and sorrow, we

regret to inform the sad and sudden

demise of our beloved Sh. Om

Parkash Sharma Ji S/o Prabh Dayal

(Trusttee and Founder Member of

Panch Shiv Mandir Sector 5/7,

Trikuta Nagar) R/o House No. 132-P,

Sector No. 5, Trikuta Nagar, Jammu.

10TH DAY will be performed at our

residence at 11.00 A.M. on Saturday

(18th-Aug-2018). KRIYA will be per-

formed on 19th Aug. 2018 at our resi-

dence. “ALWAYS IN OUR HEARTS.”

GRIEF STRICKEN

Mrs Savitri Sharma-Wife

Lajja Sharma & Doulat Ram Badgotra-

Sister & Brother-in-law

Suman Sharma & Krishan Kishore Khajuria-

Daughter-in-law & Son

Late Anju Sharma & Kiran Kishore Khajuria-

Daughter-in-law & Son

Renu Sharma & Pranav Kumar Khajuria-

Daughter-in-law & Son

Grand Children: Vasu, Gudia, Gourav, Dev & Danish

Mob: 9906142616, 9906279805, 7780953684

“ALL KHAJURIA FAMILY”

Sh. Om parkashSharma

BARKHIOne year has passed since youleft us for eternal journey. Yourmemories are still fresh & yourpresence feel everywhere everytime. It was saddest day of our lifewhen you left us for heavenlyabode. Your unforgettable sweetmemories, smiling face & noblequalities will remain with usthroughout our life. Barkhi of ourbeloved Dr Minakshi Saini (KAS)shall be performed at our resi-dence D/303 Sainik ColonyJammu (Sohagpur Wale) on 18-8-2018 (Saturday) at 12.00 Noon.DEEply MISSED By:ParentsSmt Neelam Saini & Moti Lal Saini (Retd. AEE)Smt Parkasho & Sh Ram Krishan Saini -Nani-NanaSister & Brother-in-lawSmt Monika Saini & Sh Rahul KotwalArjun Saini & Gourav Saini -BrothersMiss Deep Novel Kour -Best FriendMb.No. 94191-25525/9419202463

Dr MinakshiSaini

KRIYA/UTHALAWith profound grief and sorrow,we inform the sad and untimelydemise of our beloved SmtNeelam Kumari ASO (Retd) KVSW/o Dr. Naresh Kumar R/o LaneNo. 24, Greater Kailash Jammuon 6-08-2018. KRIYA will be per-formed at our residence Lane No.24, Greater Kailash Jammu onSaturday 18-08-2018 at 11.00A.M. UTHALA will be performedat Shri Lakshmi Naryan Mandir,Gandhi Nagar, Jammu onSaturday 18-08-2018 Time: 3P.M. to 4 P.M.GRIEF STRICKENDr. Naresh Kumar -HusbandLDO AH Deptt. (Retd)Sh. Ankush & Smt Prinka(Asstt. Manager, SBI)Dr. Ankur SladaSlada and Jagotra FamilyMobile : 94191-18238, 9596-683721

Smt NeelamKumari

KRIYA/UTHALAWith profound grief & sorrow we re-gret to inform you the sad demise ofour beloved Sh Bishamber SinghJamwal S/o Late Sh Balbir SinghJamwal who breathed his last on 8-8-2018. Kriya will be performed on18-8-2018 from 12 Noon at our resi-dence H.No. 19A, Lane No. 12,Greater Kailash, Jammu. Uthala willbe performed on 18-8-2018 at 5 PMat Gurudwara Sahib, Lane No. 10(Upper Side), Greater Kailash,Jammu.GRIEF STRICKENSmt Uma Devi - WifeSon & Daughter-in-LawSh Samvedan Singh & Smt Nitika JamwalDaughter & Son-in-LawSmt Anita Jamwal & Sh Randeep Manhas(Master at AITHEM High School)Brothers & BhabiesLate Sh Jagdish Singh Jamwal & Smt Ashok KumariSh Kirpal Singh Jamwal & Smt Raksha DeviSh Purshotam Singh Jamwal & Smt Updesh KumariSmt Kanta Devi & Gopal Singh Mankotia - Sister & Brother-in-LawSmt Shrista & Sh Rashpal Singh - Sister & Brother-in-LawVrinda, Utkarsh & Lakshita - Grand ChildrenMob: 9018275957

Sh BishamberSingh Jamwal

KRIYA/UTHALAFour years have passed awaysince you left us for entireJourney but still alive in ourHearts. Your presence is felt inevery moment. Choubarsi of ourbeloved mother Late Smt UrmilGupta W/o Sh Girdhari Lal Guptaon 18th Aug. (Saturday) at 12.00Noon at our residence 68/1,Nanak Nagar Jammu.DEEply MISSED aND REMEMBERED By :Sh Girdhari Lal Gupta -HusbandSmt Raj Rani & Yash Pal Gupta -Jethani & JethDaughters-in-law & SonsSonia & Sandeep (Rinku)Charu & Deepak (Deepu)Daughters & Sons-in-lawRomi & Pali GuptaShama & Naveen GuptaNephews & Daughters-in-lawRanju & Rakesh GuptaAnita & Naresh GuptaAll Grand Daughters & SonsM/s Jai Durga Trading Co. 39/A, Nehru MarketM/s Deepak Trading Co. 60-C, Ware HouseM/s IG Trader 36/A, Nehru MarketM/s Goutam Trading Co. Ware HouseM/s Karam Chand Suresh Kumar, Kanak MandiM/s Surya Medical Agencies, Kanak MandiPh. 9419189494, 9419260990, 9419185199

Smt UrmilGupta

OBITUARYWith profound grief & deep sorrow,

we inform sad demise of our Dear

Smt. Reeta Kaul W/o Sh. R. K Kaul

originally from Dewan Bagh

Baramulla Kashmir, at present 3/75

Vikas lane Talab Tillo Jammu. TENTH

DAY KRIYA will be performed on 21st

August 2018 (Tuesday) at Muthi

Ghat, near Director of School

Education Office at 8:30 am.

GRIEF STRICKEN

Sh. R.K. Kaul (Husband)

Bhabhi & Brother in Law

Asha Kaul & Late Dr. O.N. Kaul

Mrs. & Mr. P.K Kaul

Mrs. & Mr. S.C Kaul

Mrs. & Mr. Suresh Kaul

Daughter & Son in Law

Anju & Sanjay Pandit.

Ashu & Sonu Kapoor.

Rashma & Amit Magazine.

Son & Daughter in Law

Rahul & Rachna Kaul

Sister in Law

Late. Dulari Kaul W/o Sh. P.N Kaul

Vijay Kaul W/o Sh. Sevaji Kaul.

Rajni Bakaya W/o Sh. R.K. Bakaya.

Grand Children : Aryan, Mehak, Atharv, Sabhya

C/O M/S DURGA MEDICAL STORE PATOLI.

M/S. DURGA TRADERS

9906073711,9419133498,9596890711

Smt. Reeta Kaul

OBITUARYWith profound grief and sorrow, we in-form about the sudden and untimelydemise of our beloved Nancy BhatW/o Sh Triloki Nath Bhat R/oNowgam Anantnag at present Flat No24, Block -G, Buta Nagar Jammu on15-08-2018. Mourning is being heldat Community Hall No 1, Buta Nagar.Tenth Day Kirya will be performed atMuthi Ghat near Directorate ofSchool Education on Thursday the23-08-2018 at 08.30 AM.GRIEF STRICKENSh Triloki Nath Bhat -HusbandSmt Meena Wati Bhat -Mother-in-lawDaughter & Son-in-lawSmt Princy & Sh Rakesh PanditaSh Sunil Bhat -SonMs Neeru Bhat -DaughterMaster Lakshu -Grand Son andSamast Bhat Parivar of NowgamBhat Parivar of DialgamRainas of MantporaKouls of QazigundPh: 8803545896, 09910079829

Nancy Bhat

TENTH DAYWith profound grief and sorrow, we in-form the untimely and sad demise of ourbeloved father Sh Som Nath Bhat(Master Ji) S/o Dina Nath Bhat originallyresident of Ajas Bandipora Kashmir A/pH.No 56/C, Om Nagar UdhaywallaBorhi, Jammu. Tenth Day Kriya will beperformed on 23rd Aug 2018 at MuthiGhat Nr. Director of School EducationOffice at 9 AM.GRIEF STRICKENSmt Satya Bhat -WifeSon & Daughter-in-lawSanjay Bhat & Sanjana BhatDaughters & Son-in-lawsAnjali Safaya & Raj Kumar SafayaManju Bhat & Sanjay BhatPinki Raina & Rajesh RainaJyoti Misri & Vicky MisriMob: 7006901007, 9086031295

Sh Som Nath Bhat

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JAMMU SATURDAY AUGUST 18, 2018lOcal3 Glimpses of Future

SS protests againstArticle 35- A Jammu, Aug. 17 :

Shiv Sena ( Bala Sahib Thackery) J&KUnit today organizes a strong protestagainst article 35-A on the directions ofState President of the party DimpyKohli. Hundreds of Shiv Sainiks tookpart in this protest demonstration andit was lead by Dimpy Kohli & AshwaniGupta the working president, VipinHindu the chairman and Rakesh kakthe General Secretary. On the occa-sion, Sena leaders said that Article 35Awas not added to the Constitution byfollowing the procedure prescribed foramendment of the Constitution ofIndia under Article 368. Article 370does not anywhere confer on thePresident legislative or executive pow-ers so vast that he can amend theConstitution or perform the function ofParliament. It has been brought aboutby the executive organ when actuallythe right of amendment of theConstitution lies with the legislativeorgan. Besides carrying out manymodifications and changes, this order'added' a new "Article 35A" to theConstitution of India. Addition or dele-tion of an Article amounted to anamendment to the Constitution whichcould be done only by Parliament asper procedure laid down in Article 368.But, Article 35A was never presentedbefore Parliament. Article 35A violatesthe article 14 for the equality of the law.If any woman form J&K Marries out-side her state all her rights in the stateare ended as than she cannot but anyland or claim any kind of benefit. Theysaid while the Congress and theKashmir centric NC, PDP were on thesame page to issue threats of dire con-sequences in case the article 35-A wastinkered with, the BJP had been mak-ing statements to hoodwink the peopleover the sub-justice issue for mere po-litical interests. They accused all theparties of whipping up the emotions tosway the people and create ripples so asto sub-serve their petty political mo-tives. Lambasting the political partiesfor issuing threatening statementsover the fate of Article 35-A, Sena lead-ers divulged that such remarks not on-ly made a contemptuous mockery ofthe Hon’ble Court but were highly sedi-tious in nature which should be seri-ously taken note of by the Governor ad-ministration and union govt as well.

Army Conducts Communal Harmony MeetingIn Poonch DistrictJammu: 17 Aug 2018

Army organised an Amity meeting atvillage Mendhar in Poonch district to-day to enhance contact with AWAMand have better understanding withpeople. The meeting was attended by alarge number of villagers to include theSarpanch of the village, religiousteachers and prominent members ofthe society. The interaction aimed atspreading awareness amongst the localpopulation about the role of Army innation building and welfare activitiesbeing undertaken by the Army in theregion. The meeting also acts as an im-portant forum for discussion on vari-ous activities that the Army could con-duct in order to assist the locals in im-proving their quality of life. The partic-ipants appreciated the work undertak-en by the Army especially in the areasof empowering youth by means of vari-ous skill development courses.

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Jammu, Aug 17

Accusing Ram Madhav ofattempting to encroach uponthe powers of the Governor,Mr. Harsh Dev Singh JKNPPChairman and FormerMinister questioned the locusof the BJP National GeneralSecretary in issuing state-ments over subjects which fellunder the exclusive domain ofthe Governor as Head of theState. He was referring to theinterview given by Mr.Madhav to a news web portalregarding continuation of sus-pension of Assembly, continu-ation of Governor Rule and itssubsequent replacement byPresident Rule. He said thatRam Madhav’s highly authori-tative announcementsamounted to invasion into sov-ereign authority and autono-my of Governor as the consti-tutional head of the state. Hewas addressing a press confer-ence in Jammu today. WhileMr. Ram Madhav has been fid-dling with the affairs of thestate in the past as well, his re-marks over constitutionalmatters were wholly uncalledfor and unwarranted. It wasnot for Mr. Ram Madhav to de-cide the period of suspensionof Assembly and continuanceor otherwise of Governor Rule

which was the prerogative ofthe Governor under sec 92 ofthe state constitution. He saidthat the Governor had to de-cide the issue in concurrencewith the President of India interms of the mandate of sec 92of state constitution and a sim-ple officer bearer of a politicalparity had no role in theprocess and could not over ridethe most sacrosanct enact-ments of law. And how couldRam Madhav state make suchauthoritative statements thatthe state Assembly shall con-tinue to remain in suspendedanimation which too was to bedecided by the Governor inconformity with set proce-dures, constitutional provi-sions and precedents, saidHarsh. He pointed out thatcourt rulings as well as consti-

tutional position on the sub-ject was unambiguously clearthat if no party or combinationof parties was in a position toform the govt, the only optionwas to dissolve the Assembly.He said that even the apexcourt in a plethora ofJudgements and relying onJustice Sakaria Commissionreport laid down that suspen-sion of Assembly can’t be al-lowed for indefinite period asthat would be violative of spir-it of constitution besidespaving the way for unethicalmoves in govt formation. Theissue however was to be decid-ed by the Governor in the lightof existing position of law andlegal precedents and a politicaloffice bearer could not issuesuch directives on the subject,said Singh.

And as regard the state-ment of Mr. Ram Madhav thatGovernor Rule shall be fol-lowed by presidents Rule isequally contemptuous andderogatory, remarked Singh.He said that imposition ofPresident Rule is again to bedetermined under Art 356 ofthe constitution which is theprerogative of the president ofIndia. He said that the life ofproclamation under sec 92 be-ing six months there is no pro-vision for its renewal and incase a situation arises whereits not conducive to restore orinstall democratic govt, the on-ly alternative is the invocationof Art 356 for which the procla-mation is to be issued by thepresident. Again it is for theElection Commission to certi-fy whether the situation is con-ducive for elections or not,maintained Singh. He said thatRam Madhav who has been un-duly medalling in the adminis-trative functioning of the statemust stop acting as extra con-stitutional authority and re-frain from making statementswhich are the exclusive pre-rogative of Governor or thePresident of India. Mr. GaganPartap Singh State SecretaryJKNPP and Mr. Anoop Singhwere also present in the pressconference.

BJP General Secretary acting as extra constitutional authorityRam Madhav trying to invade into the domain of Governor, President: Harsh

JAMMU Aug 17,

August 17, 2018: Jammu andKashmir People’s DemocraticParty (PDP) leader from JammuWest Puneet Singh Jamwal to-day asked Public HealthEngineering (PHE) officials andengineers to look into crisis thatare looming large over TophSherkhania area. He said thatpeople are not getting regularwater supply since past over aweek and even public taps havegone dry.

Expressing his grave con-cern over irregular water sup-ply in the area, he said that a del-egation also met him today andraised their issues. Women andchildren, Puneet Singh Jamwalsaid are even today carryingwater from a distance for theirdaily chorus. In this 21st centu-ry people in city limits are beingmade to carry water in pots is

pathetic and sign incompetenceon the part of army of engineersengaged to provide people regu-lar and clean potable water.

The PDP leader added thatstill worst is that people ofKachi Chawni and Panjtirthihad also lodged complaints withPHE authorities asking them tocheck muddy and filthy waterthat s being supplied to homesbut even after a lapse of one yearnothing has been done. Peoplenow allow dirty water to drainout for ten minutes and then usethe clean water that comes dur-ing the supply. However, no at-

tempt was made to check thefault and set the system right.

Puneet Singh Jamwal as-serted that people of TophSherkhania have also helddemonstrations against PHEauthorities but he pursuedthem to calm down till the mat-ter is taken up with concernedauthorities. He assured the dep-utation that had called uponhim that matter will be takenup with concerned authoritiesand regular potable water sup-ply assured.

He said that almost entireold city and its outskirts are fac-ing acute water shortages thatmust be set right in days tocome a many festivals arefalling this month. He urgedGovernor N N Vohra to person-ally intervene and ensure thatpeople get uninterrupted andclean water supply during festi-vals and thereafter.

Water crisis loom large over TophSherkhania: Puneet Singh Jamwal

School children of dewan devi pay tribute to the former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at a school in Jammu on Friday,

Rajouri 17-08-2018

The entire nation issaddened and shocked bythe desmise of Shri AtalBihari Vajpyee. In order topay homage to formerPrime Minister, BJPRajouri city unit con-ceived a condolence as-sembly and paid rich trib-ute to the nobel soul at DakBungalow Rajouri.Expressing pain and soli-darity, MLC Vibodh Guptasaid that " Atal BihariVajpyee shall always con-tinue to live in the heart ofevery Indian". His speech-es, poems and legacy is arich encyclopedia forIndian leaders and schol-ars about "how to governthe country", he added.MLC recalled speech givenby him at Governor'sHouse in Lahore, poem re-cited by him there "Jangnhi hone denge" and ap-pealed government to de-

clare 16 August asNational Peace Day in hismemory. He said " Ataljimade only friends and hadno adversary. MLC said"he was a leader with greatconviction and deliveredhis stand with utmostcourage". Even underaverse conditions and in-ternational pressure Atalji firmly took his stand andconducted five NuclearTest in Pokhram in 1998,MLC stated.

Speaking on the condo-lence assembly Ex- ViceChairman, state advisoryboard for dev. of PSP Sh.Kuldeep Raj Gupta said"Atal ji was a great leaderand always advocatedpeace as the only viable so-lution to Kashmir's issue".He said nation will alwaysremember him as a expertdiplomat, courageousleader and great poet. Atalji was a epitome of peace,development, security and

humanity, he added.District Rajouri BJPPresident Dinesh Sharmaalso expressed sorrow andsaid that the nation isgripped with sadness inthe wake of Atal Ji death.He said such humble lead-ers born once in a centuryand continue to inspire thefuture genrations for cen-turies. City PresidentVacky Dutt said " With thedeath of Atal ji an era cameto an end and is an irre-placeable loss to the nationin general and for J&K inparticular".

Prominent others whopresent on the occasionwere Bharat Vaid, AtamGupta Vijay Gupta,KamalGupta, Ashwani Kochar,Raja Rattan, Anju khullar,Renu Gupta Koshal gupta,Nishal Gupta, Nitish Chib,Nishu Gupta, VijaySharma, Jasvir Singh,Rekha Sharma,SanjayDutt and others.

Vibodh appeals to declare 16 August asNational Peace Day in memory of Atal jiAtalji made only friends, no adversary : Vibodh

Jammu Aug 17:

In a jam-packed function held at the J&KHigh Court Bar Room, Law And Legal AffairsDepartment of BJP paid glowing tributes to theson of soil, Sh. Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The pro-gramme was attended by a wide galaxy oflawyers drawn from various sections of the so-ciety from Jammu as well as surrounding sub-urbs. Mr. Ranbir Singh Pathania MLA and con-venor J&K BJP Law and Legal Affairs

Department in his scintillating and thought-provoking address dwelt in detail on variousfacets of the personal profile of Vajpayee Ji.May it be his statesmanship, contribution to theforeign affairs, peace initiatives in Kashmir orhis unfolding of epoch-making, pro-poor devel-opmental programmes as Prime Minister, Sh.Atal Bihari Vajpayee has left an indelible printon the socio-political milieu of not only thecountry but the entire world.

Mr. Ranjit Singh Jamwal, incharge of theJ&K BJP Law and Legal Affairs department al-so called for emulating the ideals and principlesof the leader and try to conceptualize his visionof ‘Bharat’. Mr. Ravinder Gupta & Mr. L.K Mozaspoke on the occasion.

Prominent among those who attended theoccasion included Mr. Rajesh Thappa, AdarshKumar, Abhishek Wazir, A. K. Shan, PawanKumar, Diwakar Sharma, Rohit Kapoor, R. SDurswal, Abhishek Wazir, Amit Manhas, and awide spectrum of other lawyers.

Jammu Aug 17

The members of Movement forPeace, Equality & Justice, in a press re-lease issued here, have expressed deepgrief & sorrow over the sad demise offormer Prime Minister Mr. Atal BihariVajpayee, the first non-Congress leaderto serve a full term in power and who or-dered nuclear tests to make India a nu-clear weapons power, died onThursday. They said that India has losta true nationalist, a respectable states-man, a prolific writer, a great visionaryand a world-class orator, who has in-spired generations. They said that thedemise of Atal ji has created a vacuum,which is very difficult to fill.

MPEJ condoles saddemise of former PMAtal Bihari Vajpayee

Jammu Aug 17

A condolence meet-ing was held at Shri MataVaishno Devi University(SMVDU), Katra at 10.00am at Open FountainArea for the formerPrime Minister of India,Late Sh. Atal BihariVajpayee who passedaway yesterday at theage of 93. Hon’ble ViceChancellor, Dr. SanjeevJain; Registrar Prof. V.K. Bhat, Deans andHoDs, faculty members,

staff and students offeredtheir condolence to thedeparted souls and ob-served silence.

Also, it was declaredthat the academic andadministrative workshall remain suspendedto pay homage to the no-ble soul. During histenure as the PrimeMinister of India, Sh.Atal Bihari Vajpayeecaptivated the nationwith his charismatic per-sonality and also his witand oratory.

BJP legal cell remembers vajpayee

Jammu Aug 17

There is a very fa-mous proverb “ASTICH IN TIMESAVES NINE” and toprove it worthy, theIndian Red CrossSociety, JammuRegional Branch withthe guidance and sup-port of the DivisionalCommissioner who isalso the Ex-officioChairman of theRegional Branch ofIRCS is continuouslymaking its best effortsto cover allsegments/sections ofSociety to learn aboutthe basic tit-bits ofFirst-Aid so that as andwhen any medicalemergency arises inany nook and corner ofthe Region, the trainedFirst-Aider with theknowledge and confi-dence acquired duringthe training withhis/her presence ofmind gives timelyFirst-Aid immediatelythen and there i.e. inthe first GOLDENHOUR which decreas-es the mortality ratebesides minimising theagony/suffering of theconcerned. Needless to

say that First-Aid isvery-very importantfor all human beings towhatever age group,caste/religion/areahe/she belongs and ifpeople acquire the ba-sic knowledge of First-Aid, they themselvescan be helpful for selfas well as for others.Incidentally, betweenApril 2018 and 9thAugust, 2018 in which327 persons from differ-ent walks of life havebeen imparted trainingand Red Cross has fixeda goal of creating a bigWork Force of TrainedFirst-Aider more par-ticularly in and aroundthe 5 Km radius ofALC/IB of JammuRegion. Dinesh Gupta,Secretary, Indian RedCross Society inaugu-rated the training andbriefed the partici-pants about “WHATRED CROSS SOCIETYIS AND WHAT ITDOES’. The trainingwas imparted by the Sr.Consultants namelyDr. RanbhushanSingh, Sr. Anesthetist ,Dr. Rajinder Thappa,Sr. Consultant assistedby Smt. Kanchan DeviSup. Pharmacist.

Three days first-aid training to J&K traffic police personnelsbegins at redcross bhawan

SMVDU Pays Condolenceto Former Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee

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JAMMU, August 17,

Expressing his condolences onthe demise of Prime Minister AtalBihari Vajpayee, Jammu andKashmir People’s DemocraticParty (PDP) leader from JammuWest Puneet Singh Jamwal todaysaid that Vajpayee had led his gov-ernment in giving India its bestyears of peace and prosperity.

In his death the country lost astatesman, leader, poet, orator anda great human being who gavecountry many firsts which are stillbeing counted as stepping stones of

success stories.In his statement, Puneet Singh

Jamwal said Vajpayee’s decision toconduct nuclear tests at Pokhran,economic reforms, building high-ways, connecting rivers, startingSarv Shiksha Abhiyaan and mostimportantly making efforts to buildcordial relations with Pakistan willgo down the history as India’s bestdeveloping years.

He added that his outreach toKashmir with a view of Insaniyat,Jhamooriyat and Kashmiriyat stillreverberates and many leaderstake a cue from it.

KARGIL, AUGUST 17:

Deputy CommissionerKargil, Vikas Kundal, todaysupervised the randomiza-tion of Presiding Officers(POs) and Polling Officersat National InformaticsCentre Baroo here for theconduct of LadakhAutonomous HillDevelopment Council(LAHDC), Kargil Elections2018.

Around1300 employeesof different departmentshave been selected as POsand Polling Officers

through randomization.During the randomization,POs and Polling Officers for258 polling stations spreadin 26 constituencies were fi-nalized.

The 2nd phase of elec-tion training to the selectedofficials will begin fromAugust 18, 2018.

It was said that for fewpolling stations inZanaskar Sub Division, hel-icopter services will be putin service for despatch andreturn of polling staff. Itmay be recalled here thatpolling will take place on

27th of August while ascounting shall be held on31st of August and the en-tire poll process shall com-plete on 5th of September,2018 to elect 26 Councillor ofthe district for 4th GeneralElection to the LAHDC,Kargil.

AssistantCommissioner KargilSonam Chosjor, AssistantDirector InformationKargil Abdul Ahad Bhat,District Informatics OfficerKargil Iftikhar Hussain andother concerned were pres-ent on the occasion.

Randomization of POs,Polling Officers held at Kargil

SRINAGAR, AUGUST 17:

Governor N.N.Vohrahas congratulated theSKUAST-K team compris-ing Fallah Nazir of DelhiPublic School andMehvish Hameed, Msc.Agri Engineering,SKUAST-K, for being se-lected among top 15 win-ners of the IndiaInnovation GrowthProgramme, 2.0-University Challenge.

The Department of

Science and Technology,Govt. of India had calledfor an open competitivecall for India InnovationGrowth Programme, 2.0-University Challenge.Accordingly the teamjointly conceived a projecton “House Hold WasteManagement” –an idea fordeveloping a compact,easy to operate, efficientcomposter which shallwork under cold climate ofKashmir.

These two students de-

fended the proposal beforea team of experts from IITBombay, representativesof the Lockheed martin-TATA Trusts and a groupof industrialists on 29-06-2018 at IIT Bombay. Theexpert panellists appreci-ated and encouraged thetwo member students forthe commitment of socialresponsibility.

The team received thecitation and a cheque ofRs. 10.00 lac on behalf ofSKUAST-K at an impres-

sive function chaired byDr. Harsh Vardhan, UnionMinister, Science andTechnology at New Delhion 02-08-2018.

Lauding theUniversity for the achieve-ment, Governor urgedProf. Nazeer Ahmed, ViceChancellor of SKUAST-Kto emphatically promoteresearch and innovationin the University with em-phasis on finding solu-tions to local issues andproblems.

Governor congratulates SKUAST-Kteam for being among winners ofIIGP 2.0-University Challenge

Vajpayee’s peace initiativestill reverberates: PuneetSingh Jamwal

Ferozepur, Aug 17 (PTI)

A CBI team ques-tioned IG FerozepurRange here in connec-tion with a complainedfiled by a former SSP,against whom he hadordered re-initiation ofaction in an old casepertaining to the al-leged harassment of arevenue official,agency sources said to-day.

A team of the cen-tral investigativeagency reached herelast evening and ac-companied by the SSPFerozepur, they wentto IG Gurinder SinghDhillon's official resi-dence here, the sourcessaid.

The CBI sleuthscontinued their probe

till early morning. Theteam had also gone tothe IG's Patiala resi-dence yesterdayevening, they said.

Former SSP ShivKumar Sharma had re-cently filed the com-plaint against the IG al-leging that a residentof Ludhiana of alleged-ly demanded bribe ofRs 22 lakh on behalf ofDhillon to let him offthe hook in the harass-ment case. Sharma al-leged that he paid mon-ey to the Ludhiana res-ident. He is the mainaccused in a nine-year-old case of alleged ha-rassment and frame upof revenue officialMohan Singh Patwari.

The IG had recentlyordered re-initiation ofaction against Sharma

in the case.The CBI arrested a

middleman inLudhiana allegedlywhile he was receivinga bribe of Rs 10 lakh onbehalf of the inspectorgeneral, officials said.The team took awaythe relevant docu-ments related to the on-going investigation be-ing conducted by theSIT into the revenue of-ficial case whichDhillon was heading,the CBI sources said.

Later, talking to re-porters today, Dhillonsaid attempts were tosabotage the ongoinginvestigations in thecase which was regis-tered following a probeby a senior IAS offi-cer.Regarding the com-plaint lodged by

Sharma to the CBI,Dhillon said the ac-cused were trying to in-timidate him since hewas the monitoring of-ficer in the case "Wewill not allow the in-vestigations, whichare at a conclusivestage, to be hamperedby such false com-plaints," he said.Hesaid the SIT was con-ducting a probe onmerit with all honesty,based on facts thatemerged during thecourse of investiga-tion, all of which wasbrought on record.

When contacted,Mohan Singh Patwarisaid the CBI compliantwas lodged to put pres-sure on Dhillon whowas conducting theprobe with honesty.

CBI questions Ferozepur Range IG

Former Sena MPRajabhau Godse diesNashik (Maha), Aug 17 (PTI)

Former Shiv Sena member ofparliament from Nashik inMaharashtra Rajabhau Godse diedat a private hospital here thisevening following a brief illness,his family members said.

Godse (57) was elected to theLok Sabha from Nashik con-stituency in 1996.

He had also been the city anddistrict unit chief of the Sena afterstarting his political career asSarpanch of village Sansari in thedistrict.He is survived by wife, sonand two daughters.

Sultry weather conditionsprevail in DelhiNew Delhi, Aug 17 (PTI)

Sultry weather conditions pre-vailed in the national capital todaywith the maximum temperaturesettling at 36.1 degrees Celsius, twonotches above the season's aver-age. Delhiites woke up to a warmand humid morning with the mer-cury settling at 27.9 degreesCelsius, one notch above the sea-son's average.Humidity oscillatedbetween 92 and 64 per cent.

The weatherman has forecastgenerally cloudy sky with the pos-sibility of light rain or thunder-showers tomorrow.The maximumand minimum temperatures arelikely to hover around 35 and 28 de-grees Celsius, respectively.

Yesterday, the minimum tem-perature settled at 27.6 degreesCelsius while the maximum tem-perature recorded was 35.6 degreesCelsius.

Five dead in autorickshaw-truckcollision in KhedaAnand (Guj), Aug 17 (PTI)

Five persons were killed whena speeding truck rammed into anauto rickshaw on Mahudha-Kathlal road in Kheda district ofGujarat this morning, police said.

The truck driver fled from thespot abandoning the vehicle, saidofficials of Mahudha police sta-tion.Four passengers in the rick-shaw and its driver were killed inthe accident.The passengers werefrom a village near Mahudha townof Kheda district.

The truck, coming from the op-posite direction, rammed into therickshaw while overtaking anoth-er vehicle, police said.The de-ceased were identified as FarukhChauhan (rickshaw driver), NazirChauhan, Irshad Chauhan, SalimBhathiyara and Yasin Bhathiyara.

Dalai Lama condolesVajpayee's demise, hailshis eloquent support toTibetan peopleDharamsala, Aug 17 (PTI)

Tibetan spiritual leader theDalai Lama has condoled the deathof former prime minister AtalBihari Vajpayee, saying he was an"eloquent" supporter of the Tibetanpeople and a "friend".

In a letter to Vajpayee's fosterdaughter Namita Bhattacharyayesterday, the Dalai Lama saidwith his passing away, India haslost an eminent national leader.

"We met regularly during thecourse of his career and I contin-ued to visit him at (his) home afterhe retired. Shri Vajpayee was a tru-ly dedicated politician. With hispassing away, India has lost an em-inent national leader. His eloquentsupport of the Tibetan people be-gan in the late 1950s. Since then, heregularly took Indian govern-ments to task in Parliament,prompting them to take a strongerstand on Tibet," he said.

"I feel privileged to have knownhim and am honoured to havecounted him as a friend," the spiri-tual leader added.

He also offered his condolencesto Vajpayee's relatives, friends andcolleagues.

Vajpayee, who served asIndia's prime minister three times,died at All India Institute ofMedical Sciences (AIIMS) hospitalin Delhi yesterday following pro-longed illness. He was 93.

Dalit farmerelectrocuted in UPMuzaffarnagar, Aug 17 (PTI)

A 55-year-old Dalit farmer waselectrocuted when he came in con-tact with a high-tension wire, po-lice said today. The deceased wasidentified as Sompal.The incidenttook place last evening at Sikri vil-lage which comes under the juris-diction of Bhopa police station.

New Delhi, Aug 17 (PTI)

Cash-strapped Air India's board met here to-day, amid the government considering a financialpackage to help the carrier, sources said.

After the proposed strategic disinvestment ofthe airline failed to take off, the government isconsidering a proposal for equity infusion andpossible loan waiver to improve its finances.

The meeting is also the first after induction ofleading industrialists -- ITC Chairman Y CDeveshwar and Aditya Birla Group ChairmanKumar Mangalam Birla -- as independent direc-tors on the airline's board.

Sources said Deveshwar attended the meetingbut Birla did not turn up.

Details about discussions at the board meet-ing could not be immediately ascertained.

The Civil Aviation Ministry is in discussionswith the Finance Ministry for a Rs 11,000 crorebailout package for the ailing Air India. Thebailout package that the ministry is working on

would be utilised to reduce high-cost working cap-ital loans.

As per reports, the ailing airline could seek aloan waiver.

At the end of March 2017, the national carrierhad a debt burden of over Rs 48,000 crore. Of this, itowed Rs 17,360 crore to aircraft leasing compa-nies.

Earlier, Civil Aviation Secretary R NChoubey said that the government would aim tomake the airline competitive before making afresh push towards the disinvestment proposal.

"We would like to make sure that Air India re-mains competitive and its market share does notgo down, which may require capacity induction...We will also ensure that sufficient delegation (ofpower) is given to the board of directors to decideon operational matters," he had said.

Last month, the government soughtParliament's nod for Rs 980 crore in supplemen-tary grants towards equity infusion into the air-line.

Air India holds board meeting

Kolkata, Aug 17 (PTI)

West Bengal, a power surplus state, wasplanning to add 2000MW over the next fiveyears, state Power Minister SobhandebChattopadhyay said.

The old thermal units in the state wouldbe gradually replaced by modern plants,Chattopadhyay said at the CII organisedEnergy Conclave 2018 here.

"We have about 9000MW generation ca-pacity of our own and about 1000MW fromcentral allocation. We will add another2000MW in the next five years," he said.

It will include 1000MW of pump storagepower and 300MW of solar, Chattopadhyaysaid adding that the pump storage projectwas waiting to get central assistance.

"When we came to power (in 2011), solarcapacity was merely at 1 MW and now, thesolar capacity is around 200 MW.

At least 300 MW of solar capacity will beadded in the next five years. Of this, around20 solar projects with 10 MW of each will becoming up in the next three years," he said.

The minister said the state governmenthas been introducing latest technologies toreduce transmission and distribution loss-es and at the same time putting efforts to im-prove quality of power.

The number of electricity consumers inboth industrial and domestic sectors has in-

creased in West Bengal, Chattopadhyaysaid at another programme earlier in theday.

The number of industrial consumershas gone up from 78,074 in 2011 to 99,505now, proving that demand for power fromindustries has increased, he said.

Following the 'Power to Everyone' slo-gan coined by Chief Minister MamataBanerjee after coming to power in 2011, thenumber of domestic consumers of power(domestic) has also increased to 1.2 crorefrom 86 lakh in 2011, he said.

"We can now say that with regards to in-frastructure - roads, technical institutions,power - Bengal is ready to extend all help toindustry houses," Chattopadhyay said at aprogramme of the Bengal NationalChamber of Commerce and Industry (BNC-CI).

On the sidelines of theprogramme, he said West Bengal is a

power-surplus state where the demanddoes not cross the threshold limit of 8,500MW daily.

On Bhangar sub-station project inSouth 24 Parganas where work was stoppedby agitation by local people for over a year,Chattopadhyay said "It is a Power GridCorporation project. Work for sub-stationhas started and all the complications havenow been resolved.

Bengal govt plans to add 2000MW in 5 yrs

New Delhi August17:

Social activist SwamiAgnivesh was on Friday abusedand thrashed outside the BJPheadquarters when he wentthere to pay tribute to formerPrime Minister Atal BihariVajpayee, whose body was lyingin state for people to pay hom-age.Soon after Agnivesh, 79,went to the party office on DeenDayal Upadhyay Marg here, agroup of persons started raisingslogans against him, asking himto go back. News channels

showed footage of Avnivesh, aformer Janata Party MP and aprominent social activist knownfor his work against bondedlabour, running and beingchased by a group of people, be-lieved to be Bharatiya JanataParty workers, who later beathim up.

Delhi Police then whiskedaway Agnivesh to safety in avan.Supporters of Agnivesh lat-er gave a complaint againstaround 20 persons at theParliament Street police stationand demanded security for

him."When Agnivesh reachedoutside the BJP headquarters, agroup of BJP workers stoppedhim and started pushing himback.

Swami Agnivesh thrashed outsideBJP office, files police complaint

KOLKATA August 18:

Estranged wife of Indianpacer Mohammed Shami lostthe maintenance litigation onFriday. Shami's wife HasinJahan had earlier demandedRs. 7 lakh per month as familymaintenance but AliporeCourt refused Hasin's claim.

However, judge NehaSharma approved the mainte-nance claim for their daugh-ter. Shami has been asked topay Rs. 80,000 per month forthe daughter.

Shami's advocate said thathis client has been willing topay the daughter's mainte-nance since the beginning.Shami, however, refused topay for his wife's maintenanceas she has started modelingand acting.

Hasin's advocated defend-ed her by saying she is tryingto revive her profession how-ever it has not been started

yet. Hasin is now planning tomove to higher court.

Earlier in April this year,Hasin demanded a compensa-tion of Rs. 10 lakh per monthwhich meant 7 lakh for thefamily and three lakh for theirdaughter.

Hasin Jahan had filed thedomestic violence caseagainst Shami, his mother,elder brother, sister and sis-ter-in-law.

Indian cricketerMohammad Shami’s wifeHasin Jahan has demanded amonthly compensation of Rs10 lakh per month for the in-terim period when the case ison. Hasin Jahan has demand-ed Rs 7 lakh as family mainte-nance while Rs three lakh permonth for the child.

According to the lawyer ofthe estranged wife of theIndian pacer, the court has un-derstood the significance ofthe litigation and has hence

decided to hear it on an urgentbasis. He said that the courthas also asked Shami to clari-fy his pointimmediately.Earlier in April

this year, Hasin demanded acompensation of Rs. 10 lakhper month which meant 7 lakhfor the family and three lakhfor their daughter.

Expressing confidenceabout winning the case, thelawyer confirmed that HasinJahan has filed the domestic

violence case against Shami,his mother, elder brother, sis-ter and sister-in-law. Apartfrom the allegations of domes-tic violence and extra-maritalaffair, she had also allegedthat the cricketer had takenmoney from a Pakistaniwoman named Alishba on theinsistence of an England-based businessman,Mohammad Bhai.

The Board of Control forCricket in India (BCCI), how-ever, cleared Shami's centralcontract after its anti-corrup-tion unit exonerated him ofcorruption charges leveled byJahan.

In March, Hasin Jahanhad met West Bengal ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjee inconnection with the case.

Mamata had met the crick-eter's wife at the stateAssembly for around 15 min-utes and heard Jahan's com-plaint against Shami.

Hasin Jahan loses maintenance litigation against husband Mohammed Shami

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J&K pROJECTS CONSTRUCTION CORpORaTION lTD.(a J&K State Govt. Undertaking)

OFFICE OF DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER, MECHANICAL UNIT, JAMMU

Extension No 1 to Tender Notice

Due to poor response, the critical dates of the be-

low mentioned tender are extended as per schedule

given below:-

1. E-NIT No MECH/J/NIT/16 of 2018-19 Dated: 26-

07-2018 for Supply, Installation, Testing and

Commissioning of Fire hydrant, Fire detection

and Fire Alarm system for Auditorium at, Reasi.

The detail of e-NIT can be seen/downloaded from

the departmental website www.jktenders. gov.in and

uploaded up to Dt: 24-08-2018 up to 1400 hrs with

date of opening of tender on 27-08-2018 at 1200 Hrs.

However all other terms and conditions of the NIT

shall remain the same.

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Deputy General Manager

JKpCC ltd. Mechanical Unit

JammuDIp/J-2294-p/18

Woman set afire in front oflover's house, diesRourkela, Aug 17 (PTI)

A woman in her early 20s died of burn injuries aftershe was allegedly set afire in front of her boyfriend'shouse here today, police said.

Locals found the woman engulfed in flames outsidethe house of her boyfriend, Amit Yadav, inBondhamunda locality here this morning, police said.

They shifted the woman to Ispat General Hospitalwhere she succumbed to her injuries, said Bira KishoreMallick of Bandhamunda police station, who is investi-gating the case.The family members of the woman havealleged that Amit and his parents set her on fire. BiranchiNayak, father of the woman, lodged a complaint with thepolice in this regard.He claimed that his daughter, AshaNayak and Amit were in a relationship for the last twoyears and both had decided to get married. However, forthe last few days, Amit was trying to evade her and a fewdays back he refused to marry her.Mallick said Amit hasbeen absconding since the incident occured while his par-ents have been detained.

3 children drown while takingbath in pond in HaryanaAmbala, Aug 17 (PTI)

Three children drowned while taking bath in a pondin Sontli village near Shahjadpur today, police said.

The deceased were identified as Harpreet (10),Sukhchain (12) and Gaurav (9), they said.Due to heavyrainfall in the region, the water level had risen in thepond. Some other children who were also taking bath inthe pond informed the villagers about the incident, thepolice said.The victims were rushed to a civil hospitalhere, here declared them brought dead.The bodies werehanded over to their family members after postmortem,the police added.

Three dead in wall collapse inChhattisgarhRaipur, Aug 17 (PTI)

Three members of a family were killed after a wall col-lapsed on their house following heavy rains inChhattisgarhs Dhamtari district, police said today.

The incident happened yesterday night in Kandel vil-lage falling under Arjuni police station limits, the officialadded.The official said that there were seven people in hehouse at the time of the incident of which three died andfour sustained injuries."Dharmi Sahu, a widow, was inthe house along with her mother, four children andgrandson. The wall of an old house adjacent to theirs col-lapsed," he said.He said that Sahu's mother Milo Bai (70),her daughter Khileshwari (17) and grandson Vedant weretrapped under the debris and died instantly.Sahu, alongwith her three other children, sustained injuries andhave been admitted to a local hospital, the official said,adding that the wall possibly caved in due to the rains.Hesaid that a case had been registered and further investiga-tions were underway.

Waterfall tragedy: six bodiesrecoveredShivpuri (MP), Aug 17 (PTI)

Bodies of six persons who had been swept away in wa-ter near Sultangarh Waterfall in Shivpuri district ofMadhya Pradesh were today recovered, a government of-ficial said. "Efforts are on to find another three personswho went missing on August 15 evening," district collec-tor Shilpa Gupta told PTI. The waterfall is located nearthe border of Gwalior district. The tragedy occurred onIndependence Day when merrymakers thronged the spotin large numbers on account of holiday. According toGwalior district Superintendent of Police NavneetBhasin, nine people of from that district who were pic-nicking near the waterfall on August 15 went missingwhen there was a flash flood, Gupta said.The bodies of sixof them were fished out today, she added.There was a sud-den surge in water following heavy rainfall upstream ofthe waterfall which led to the tragedy, the collector said.Forty-five others who were stranded on rocks in thestream were rescued early yesterday morning.

Maoist carrying reward on headsurrenders in Malkangiri:PoliceMalkangiri (Odisha), Aug 17 (PTI)

A woman Maoist, who carried a reward of Rs one lakhon her head, has surrendered before the police inMalkangiri district, the police said today.

Nayana Khilo (19) of Sanyasiguda village surren-dered before Malkangigi SP Jagmohan Meena and BSFDIG Virendra Singh last evening, a police official said.

Nayana had joined the outlawed CPI (Maoist) in 2016and worked in Gumma area under Malkangiri division ofthe outfit, Meena said.She was on the wanted list of policefor her alleged involvement in at least four offensives, theSP said adding the woman would be rehabilitated accord-ing to the surrender policy of the state government.Thewoman decided to give up arms and return to the main-stream as she realised the futility of the violent approachof the Maoists, he said. She will also get financial assis-tance for building house, studies and training in a tradeor a vocation of her liking, he said.

J'khand HC extends Lalu'sprovisional bail in fodder scamRanchi, Aug 17 (PTI)

The Jharkhand High Court extended today the provi-sional bail of former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad,convicted in four fodder scam cases, till August27.Granting the extension of the provisional bail, thebench of Justice Apresh Kumar Singh fixed August 24 asthe date to hear the bail petition.Senior advocateChitaranjan Sinha appeared for the RJD leader.The courthad on August 10 extended the provisional bail till August20 on medical grounds.

The high court had on May 11 granted six weeks pro-visional bail to the RJD supremo on medical grounds andagain extended it till August 14.Prasad has been convict-ed in four cases of the multi-crore rupees fodder scam.Thecases relate to illegal withdrawal of money from govern-ment treasuries in different districts for the animal hus-bandry department in undivided Bihar in the 1990s whenthe Rashtriya Janata Dal was in power in the state.

New Delhi, Aug 17 (PTI)

As many as 868 peoplehave lost their lives, 247 ofthem in Kerala, due torains, floods and landslidesin seven states during themonsoon season so far, theHome Ministry said today.

According to the HomeMinistry's NationalEmergency ResponseCentre (NERC), 247 peoplehave died in Kerala, where2.11 lakh people in 14 dis-tricts have been badly hitby the rains and floods andover 32,500 hectares ofcrops damaged.

As many as 191 peoplehave died in Uttar Pradesh,183 people in West Bengal,139 in Maharashtra, 52 inGujarat, 45 in Assam and 11in Nagaland.

A total of 33 people havealso been missing, 28 inKerala and five in West

Bengal, while 274 havebeen injured in rain-relat-ed incidents in the states.

The deluge and rainshave hit 26 districts inMaharashtra, 23 in Assam,23 in West Bengal, 14 inKerala, 13 in Uttar Pradesh,11 in Nagaland and 10 inGujarat.

Nearly two lakh peoplehave been living in reliefcamps in Kerala and 43teams of National DisasterResponse Force (NDRF)consisting of nearly 2,000rescuers and 163 boats havebeen deployed in the state.

The IAF has deployed23 helicopters and 11 trans-port aircraft. Some of theaircraft are being flown infrom Yelahanka(Karnataka) and Nagpur(Maharashtra).

The Indian Navy hasdeployed 51 boats alongwith diving teams and 1,000

life jackets and 1,300 gum-boots are being rushed toKerala today. It has flown16 sorties in last two days inrescue operations and itwill airdrop 1,600 foodpackets today.

The Coast Guard hasdeployed 30 boats alongwith rescue teams, 300 lifejackets, seven life rafts and144 life buoys.

The Army has pressedinto service 10 columns, 10

Engineering Task Forces(ETFs), 60 boats and 100 lifejackets.

One unit of theTerritorial Army has alsobeen deployed in Kerala.

In Assam, 11.45 lakh

people have borne thebrunt of the rains andfloods, which have also hitcrops in 27,600 hectares ofland.

Altogether 14 teams ofthe National DisasterResponse Force (NDRF),comprising 357 rescuers,are engaged in rescue andrelief operations in Assam,the NERC said.

In West Bengal, 2.27lakh people have been af-fected by the floods andcrops in 48,550 hectareshave been damaged.

In Uttar Pradesh, 1.74lakh people are affected bythe monsoon rains whichhave also damaged 33,855hectares of crops.

Nine NDRF teams aredeployed in Uttar Pradesh,eight in West Bengal, sevenin Gujarat, four inMaharashtra and one inNagaland.

868 dead due to rains, floodsin 7 states during monsoon

Chennai, Aug 17 (PTI)

A flood alert has beensounded in Theni andMadurai districts ofTamil Nadu and peopleliving along the banks ofthe Cauvery and Bhavaniadvised to move to saferplaces, even as over twolakh cusecs of water wasdischarged from threedams, including Mettur.

As many as 8,410 peo-ple have been sheltered inrelief camps in TamilNadu in view of the heavyinflow from Karnatakareservoirs and combineddischarge of over 2.30 lakhcusecs from Mettur,Bhavani Sagar andAmaravathi dams, offi-cials said today.

With over 2.07 lakhcusecs being releasedfrom the KRS reservoirand Kabini in Karnataka,inflow into the Metturdam stood at 1.70 lakhcusecs this morning.

The water level in thedam stood at 120.24 feetagainst the full level of 120feet, officials said, adding,1.70 lakh cusecs was beingdischarged. Followingheavy inflow and dis-charge from the Periyarand Vaigai dams, a flood

alert has been soundednow in Theni andMadurai districts,Revenue minister R BUdaya Kumar said. Withthis, the alert has been is-sued in 13 districts.

People at Mayanur inKarur district have beenadvised to move to reliefcamps with authoritiesexpecting the dischargeto touch three lakh cusecstomorrow.

"The 30,000 cusecs persecond of additional dis-charge totalling 2 lakhcusecs from KrishnarajaSagar and Kabini dams(in Karnataka) and com-bined discharge fromdams, including Bhavaniand Amaravati, is expect-ed to be about three lakhcusecs which will reachMayanur check dam to-morrow early morning,"the minister told re-porters.

The minister request-ed people living in low-ly-ing areas and along thebanks to cooperate withofficials and move to re-lief centres.The 8410 peo-ple have been accommo-dated in 96 relief camps inNamakkal, Erode,Kanyakumari, Karur,Dharmapuri and

Tiruchirappalli.Erode tops the list

with 5875 people in 66camps.

Ministers are camp-ing in the districts to over-see relief operations.

State DisasterResponse Force person-nel have been deployedand inter-departmentalteams are on stand by aswell, he said.

As many as 8,410 peo-ple have been sheltered inrelief camps in TamilNadu in view of the heavyinflow from Karnatakareservoirs and combineddischarge of over 2.30lakh cusecs from Mettur,Bhavani Sagar andAmaravathi dams, offi-cials said today.

A Erode report saidstanding crop in about300 hectares has been af-fected due to flooding inthe Cauvery andBhavani rivers. The lossis being assessed by offi-cials.

Bhavani town nearErode is facing inunda-tion and the famous SriSangameswarar shrine issurrounded by water.

Similarly, 400 housesat Kodumudi are facingthreat of being inundated.

Flood alert in Theni, Madurai;8,410 people in relief camps

JAMMU, August 17:

Jodhamal Public School wonthe first of its kind Junior (under-10 boys) Independence DayFootball Tournament, organisedby KC International School (KCIS)on its campus, here.

In the title clash, Jodhamal de-feated the hosts KCIS 4-0 in wellplayed game. Earlier, in the semifi-nals of this two-day event, KCIStrounced Heritage School 3-2 viatie-breaker while Jodhamal out-played GD Goenka School 3-0,again via tie-breaker. Preliminaryround: Jodhamal Public School btAlexander Public School 8-0;Heritage School bt Ashoka HigherSecondary School 2-1.

In all, six schools of the citytook part in this tournamentplayed on knock-out basis. In thevaledictory function, Director,Directorate of Sports and Physical

Education, University of Jammu,Dr. Doud Iqbal Baba was chiefguest, who gave away the title tro-phies and other individual prizes.He encouraged the young boys andappreciated the initiative on partof the KCIS.

Vice Chairman of hosts KCIS,Chaitanya Chowdhary also spokeon the occasion and congratulatedboth the finalist teams for theircompetitive spirit. Principal ofKCIS, Subhendu Sarkar presentedthe vote of thanks.

Jodhamal wins KCIS U-10 Soccer tourney

New Delhi, Aug 17 (PTI)

Civil aviation regulator, DGCA, todaytold the Delhi High Court that airlines inthe country are not charging fares that areunlawful, discriminatory or exorbitantand the ticket prices change according tomarket forces.

The Directorate General of CivilAviation (DGCA) also told a bench of ChiefJustice Rajendra Menon and Justice V KRao that under the Aircraft Act it was notempowered to make "financial regula-tions" with regard to air fares.

The regulator took the stand in an affi-davit filed in response to a PIL seeking cap-ping of air fares charged by airlines in thecountry. The plea by consumer rights ac-tivist Bejon K Misra has alleged that theauthorities, including DGCA, were acting

as "silent spectators" to the "arbitrary" fix-ing of fares by the airlines.

Denying the allegation, DGCA said inits affidavit that "change in air fares wasdynamic".

"Fare increase with increase in de-mand for seats on any given flight and as aflight's available seat inventory diminish-es, lower bucket fares consequently mayno longer be available.

"It is denied that air fares charged bythe airlines are unlawful and discrimina-tory and that the respondents (DGCA andthe Centre) have shirked their responsibil-ity," the aviation regulator said while urg-ing the court to dismiss the plea. The courttook the affidavit, filed by advocate AnjanaGosain, on record and listed the matter forfurther hearing on October 9.

Explaining how the fares are calculat-

ed, DGCA in its affidavit said that airlinesadopt a dynamic pricing mechanism inwhich prices are changed often dependingon the day of a week, time of day, numbersof days before the flight and other factorslike number of seats and departure time.The regulator also said that "prevailingairline practices with regard to the type offares offered and their charging method byprivate and government owned airlinesare same and in line with practices fol-lowed globally". The DGCA also said that"petitioner's averments regarding charg-ing of exorbitant airfares by private air-lines have not been substantiated" as theprices charged by them do not exceed thefare buckets (levels) displayed on theirwebsite.

Misra in his plea has claimed that cap-ping of air fares was necessary as airlines

often charge more than 10 times the baserate when there is a shortage of seats.Insupport of his claim, he has referred to theincident of IndiGo airline cancelling alarge number of its flights after some of itsA320N aircraft were grounded due to en-gine trouble.

Misra has alleged that due to the can-cellation of these flights, IndiGo passen-gers had to book tickets at the last minuteon other airlines at "exorbitant prices".Hehas sought that airlines should not be al-lowed to charge more than a justified hikein the advance booking fare. The petition-er has said that capping of air fares orguidelines to regulate them are necessaryto ensure "greater transparency and ac-countability" and "discourage profiteeringand undue enrichment in the business ofcivil aviation".

Airlines not charging exorbitant fares: DGCA to HC

Dharamshsala, August 17 (PTI)

The Himachal PradeshMedical Officers'Association (HPMOA) hasurged Chief Minister JaiRam Thakur to repeal themandatory Rs 10 lakh bankguarantee clause for stu-dents taking up medical ed-ucation. Speaking to PTI,Press Secretary of HPMOA,Kangra district,Harshvardhan Singh saidthe association representa-tives met the chief minister

during his visit to Nurpuron Wednesday.The HPMOAmembers demanded aboli-tion of the mandatory bankguarantee of Rs 10 lakh say-ing most students belong tohumble backgrounds andthat they are finding it diffi-cult to pledge such a hugeamount. Singh said, "Thedifficulty in pledging thebond money is leading to asense of anguish among thestudents. This is taking atoll on their mental healthand studies.

CBI arrests manfor taking Rs 10lakh bribe on behalf of an IG ofPb policeNew Delhi, Aug 17 (PTI)

The CBI has arresteda middleman while hewas allegedly receiving abribe of Rs 10 lakh on be-half of a Punjab police in-spector general posted inFerozepur, officials saidtoday. The action wastaken on the complaint ofa retired SSP ofVigilance BureauPatiala, Punjab. "It wasalleged that the com-plainant was being false-ly implicated in a caseregistered against him,for which an SIT wasformed by IGP,Ferozepur. It was furtheralleged that the SIT hadsearched the house of thecomplainant and seizedcertain documents andarticles," a CBIspokesperson said. Hesaid it was also allegedthat the bribe was beingdemanded from the com-plainant for diluting thecase and for returningthe seized ocuments andarticles. On getting in-puts about the plannedtransaction.

Vajpayee called me Rasraj,says Pandit Jasraj

Mumbai, Aug 17 (PTI)

The late Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a connoisseur of poet-ry and music, was a fan of the 88-year-old Hindustani clas-sical vocalist Pandit Jasraj and called him 'Rasraj' (Kingof Rasas). Pandit Jasraj disclosed this during the launchof his authorised biography, "Rasraj: Pandit Jasraj" inthe US recently, author Sunita Budhiraja said.

"Pandit Jasraj told the audience that it was Atal jiwho first called him Rasraj. That was the upadhi (title)that Pandit Jasraj loves most," she told PTI.Budhirajasaid Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, noted Indian classicalmusician and 'Santoor' player told her that among all thehonours and titles Pandit Jasraj has received , 'Rasraj' isthe one he likes the most."Atal ji lives through throughthe music of Pandit Jasraj and the title of my book," shesaid.While at the AIIMS, Vajpayee listened to old filmmusic and poetry on the AIR FM Gold radio station, shesaid. The 534-page book has incidents and anecdotes fromPandit Jasraj's life, from his tabla-playing days to hisjourney of becoming a renowned vocalist.The Mewati-gharana music maestro was honoured with the PadmaShri in 1975, the Padma Bhushan in 1990 and the PadmaVibhushan in 2000.

Medical students demand annulment of bank guarantee clause

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Glimpses of Future

By : MANVeNDRA SINGh

Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a large-hearted leader, always civil and neverafraid to take tough decisions for India.Barmer had suffered devastating floodsin 2006, and as the MP representing theconstituency, I was involved in relief op-erations. Pranab Mukherjee, as DefenceMinister in the United ProgressiveAlliance government, had accompaniedSonia Gandhi, then Congress president,for a survey to take stock of the opera-tions. A district administration briefingwas planned in Barmer for them, and assoon as they arrived Ms. Gandhi told me,in earshot of mediapersons, “Your MLAhas behaved very badly with me.”Unaware of what had happened, I never-theless apologised with folded hands “onbehalf of everyone”, including the MLA,who like me belonged to the BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP). That little apologymade it to a tiny news story, which inturn reached Atal Bihari Vajpayee, thenalready in retirement from politics. Hesent me a thank you message, the firstand only one I received from him, “formaintaining Indian traditions, cultureand our dignity”. A dignified man It wasthis civility and dignity that markedVajpayee’s life and politics, and whichseems completely at odds with the pre-vailing political culture of today. His en-dearing manner, display of affection andquality of giving earned him respect allaround, including from the Opposition.His easy manner was reflected in hisready smile and a wink, and it kept de-bates from escalating into confrontation.His mannerisms, including his longpauses, were easy to interpret as earnest.Yet, he would not shirk from the toughestdecisions — in calls he took for India, herevealed the steel in him that his amiable

persona often cloaked. There were twodecisions that he took during his primeministership (1998-2004) that helpedchange India completely; they still defineIndia today. In taking them he demon-strated the willingness to take the bull bythe horns. On May 11, 1998, India began atwo-stage series of nuclear tests thatchanged the way the world perceived de-cision-making in New Delhi. To top it off,de facto nuclearisation was claimed as apolicy, giving nightmares to economistsand policymakers. Vajpayee had fac-tored it all in, including the likely courseof Pakistan’s reactive tests and the effectof sanctions on both countries, beforegiving the green signal. From that mo-ment, the global attitude towards Indiabegan to change, and it defined India’srise. The second decision has changedIndia internally it was the launch of thePradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana(PMGSY). Unlike the much celebrated

‘Golden Quadrilateral’ and the expan-sion of other highways undertaken onhis watch as Prime Minister, it is thePMGSY that has completely altered thelives of farmers in India’s far-flung vil-lages and hamlets. For the first time theycame to be connected to markets througha motorable road, thus bypassing middle-men who had always controlled access.Till date, it remains India’s only pure da-ta-driven scheme, unalterable by politi-cal pressure. Both decisions were game-changers for India.

Early recognitionVajpayee’s birth in Gwalior on

December 25, 1924 to Krishna Devi andKrishna Bihari Vajpayee, and his subse-quent upbringing and education are welldocumented. His early influences fromArya Samaj and then the RashtriyaSwayamsevak Sangh (RSS) are just aswell known. His full-time commitment tothe RSS, and subsequent secondment to

the Jana Sangh, brought him in contactwith Syama Prasad Mookerjee. The polit-ical graph was only upwards from there,bringing him appreciation from India’sfirst Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru,who prophesied that one day Vajpayeewould lead the country. But before he be-came Prime Minister, Vajpayee cut histeeth as India’s first non-CongressExternal Affairs Minister (1977-79) in theJanata Party government, and provideda glimpse of his future direction.

By the time he became ForeignMinister, Pakistan had been defeated inwar, divided into two, and was headed foranother round of military rule. Despiteall that, he launched persistent effortswith Pakistan, beginning with a visit tothe neighbouring country. This was to re-main the foreign policy theme throughhis tenure as Prime Minister. It drewfrom a realisation that India would neverbe able to earn its place under the sun un-less it made peace with Pakistan. But do-ing business with Pakistan was nevereasy. After the bitter rhetoric of the 1998nuclear tests, there was the euphoria ofthe bus journey to Lahore in 1999. A little-known fact about the bus trip is that as itcrossed the Radcliffe Line at Wagah, theBorder Security Force was playing DalerMehndi’s Punjabi pop hit ‘Sade naal ra-hoge to aish karoge’ (If you stay with us,you’ll do well). Obviously it was a mes-sage lost on Pakistan, which thereafterresponded with the intrusions in Kargilthat led to a brief but bitter war that sum-mer. Vajpayee held his nerve and didn’twaver despite adverse military condi-tions in the early days. Eventually Indiawon a military victory as well globalgoodwill, a rare double achievement.Years later, I was the first Indian journal-ist to meet Nawaz Sharif, who had been

By : AJOy KUMAR

Even as India celebrated its 72ndIndependence day this week, a glance atthe current state of media regulation willreveal how Press freedom is constrainedin small and large ways. This week, Indiacelebrated its 72nd anniversary of inde-pendence. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru onthe midnight of August 15, 1947, spokewords befitting the occasion when he said,“At the stroke of the midnight hour, whenthe world sleeps, India will awake to lifeand freedom.” Pandit Nehru in his immor-tal words clearly recognised the intrinsiclink between independence and freedom.This month, however, ironically threw intragic juxtaposition the lack of freedom inindependent India. Since this week led upto the anniversary of India’s independ-ence, I went back to examine the role ofmedia during the freedom struggle. TheBritish introduced some horribly restric-tive laws, which limited the freedom of thePress, including the Vernacular PressAct, 1878, through which the BritishGovernment aimed to establish an iron-like grip over vernacular publicationslike Amrita Bazar Patrika, and requiredsuch publications to ensure that nothingwas written against them. This was alsothe time when publications like AmritaBazar Patrika were heroes. The Press wasan amplifying voice of the rising whispersagainst an evil empire. The Press by re-porting on horrifying incidents of misgov-ernance, like the treatment of indigo farm-ers and by disseminating the message ofMahatma Gandhi and co, helped providethe much-needed tailwind to the Indianfreedom movement, leading up to our in-

dependence in 1947.Fast forward to today, what used to be

the primary medium to speak truth topower, has now been badgered by the pres-ent Government into something unrecog-nisable. While there is an environment offear and trepidation in the country, whichstems from the top, there are a few exam-ples that are disconcerting. Of these, theresignation of Punya Prasun Bajpai fromABP News is fresh and possibly most trou-bling. Reasons for Bajpai’s resignation arefrighteningly Orwellian. In a letterpenned by him, he explained the eventsleading up to his resignation. As the hostof Master Stroke, prime-time news tele-cast on ABP News, Bajpai hosted the news,exposing the heights that thisGovernment has gone to from preventingthe truth from coming out.

For example, the news coverage inChhattisgarh, where Master Stroke re-ported that a woman farmer, during hervideo interaction with Prime MinisterModi, had been tutored to make falseclaims that her income had doubled. Thereport showed how, in fact, her conditionhad in reality become worse. Almost im-mediately, the BJP jumped to discredit thechannel and Master Stroke. What waseven more bizarre and terrifying was thedisturbance in ABP’s satellite link, whichconveniently started acting up during theexact time that Master Stroke was telecastand returned to normal after the show hadfinished. This ‘disturbance’ allegedly con-tinued for days. Simultaneously, advertis-ers stopped their ads to ABP, allegedly dueto pressure from outside entities. This wascoupled with other restrictions on jour-nalistic freedom, such as instructions to

try to reduce references to Prime MinisterModi and limit his appearance on thenews when discussing failings of theGovernment. This all-out offensive unfor-tunately but almost inevitably led to theresignation of Bajpai from ABP. Whenfaced with the might of the entireGovernment for reporting on its failings,it seemed there was little else that he coulddo. This, of course, is not the only exam-ple. In general, the current environmentin India is one of hate and polarisation.Where intellectualism is treated with dis-dain and accountability as an attack. TheGovernment in power has nurtured thisenvironment and the message is clear: Goagainst the BJP Government and face thewrath of the powerful. The problem is thatwhen you create such an environment,you open doors you cannot shut. Whetherit’s the vile attacks by trolls on variousprominent journalists or the attacks outin the open on Umair Khalid or the lynch

mobs that act without reason or fear.The problem is that the Prime

Minister is at the centre of this approachtowards the Press. Recently, I was a pan-elist on a news channel along with aspokesperson of the BJP and the questionswere: Why Prime Minister Modi has notyet held a single Press conference in fouryears? For all the allegations that the BJPthrew at Manmohan Singh for being asilent Prime Minister, Modiji and the BJPwould do well to remember that the for-mer Prime Minister did three Press con-ferences in New Delhi and always tookquestions from journalists on his tripsabroad. When faced with this question,the response by the BJP spokesperson wasas per the script, breaking into a mono-logue about the greatness of the supremeleader, saying that “Modiji is loved by all”,“Modiji talks to everyone” etc. I fearedthat the spokesperson was just moments

By : SALMAN ANeeS SOz

The Partition and the bloodlettingthat accompanied our Independence tookup much of the energy of our founders. Anopinion piece by an unnamed Indian offi-cial in the October 1952 issue of ForeignAffairs magazine describes the challenge:“In its [Partition’s] wake came the im-mense task of organising, within a fewweeks, the movement of no less than6,000,000 refugees, of improvisingarrangements for their immediate relief,and devising plans for their permanentresettlement and rehabilitation. Whenwas a ‘refugee problem’ of this magnitudeset before an untried government in thevery first days of its existence and solvedwith equal expedition and success?”There was no significant foreign assis-tance to deal with a refugee crisis that wassecond in scale only to that generated byWorld War II. While presenting the firstBudget of independent India onNovember 26, 1947, Finance Minister R.K.Shanmukham Chetty noted that the im-mediate impact of the Partition’s “tragicdevelopments has been to divert the atten-tion of the Government almost complete-ly from normal activities”. A difficultstart. The Partition was an unwanted ad-dition to an already full plate of immenseproblems. Most of India’s 350 million peo-ple then lived in staggering poverty. Oneof the biggest problems was that of food, orthe lack thereof. The Bengal famine of

1943, which claimed three million lives,was still fresh in memory. In his maidenbudget speech, Chetty noted that India’s“food position has continued to causegrave anxiety both to the ProvincialGovernments and the CentralGovernment”. Writing in 1958, more than10 years after Independence, the econo-mist John Kenneth Galbraith was of theview that India’s villages, where over 80%

of Indians lived, were “preoccupied, withthe production of food”. Galbraith notedthat “Indian economic life as a whole”was mostly about food production. To ad-dress inadequate food production, ourfirst government focussed on expandingIndia’s irrigation capacity. ChesterBowles, an American diplomat, noted inan opinion piece that India embarked oncreating three large dam systems

(Damodar, Hirakud and Bhakra-Nangal)that had an irrigation capacity 70% morethan that of the Grand Coulee (in the U.S.state of Washington), which was at thattime the largest irrigation system in theworld. The breathtaking ambition of suchan irrigation system at a time of deep un-certainties and insecurities is a marvel initself. Be that is it may, our founders werevisionary and understood the need forbalanced development. While today wekeenly observe the ups and downs of theIndex of Industrial Production (IIP), Indiaimported 90% of industrial goods aroundthe time of Independence. The Five-YearPlans that many mock today helpedIndia’s industrial sector grow by an aver-age of 7% over the 1950-65 period. The de-cline under the British was being re-versed even as the basic building blocks ofa new socioeconomic order were beingput in place. In the 50 years beforeIndependence, India’s GDP growth aver-aged about 0.9% per annum. During thefirst three Five-Year Plans, it averaged4%. In 2018, we can say that 4% was lowand that our founders were ineffective.Who in the year 1900 could imagine thatIndia would grow at 4% a year over a 15-year stretch? In those 15 years (1950-1965),India’s average GDP per capita growthrate was almost 20 times that achievedduring the 1900-47 time period. Buildingblocks. Yes, Prime Minister NarendraModi can call today’s IITs “India’s instru-

A statesman and an orator

India: Independent but not free

A long march since freedom

By : MeGhA JAIN

It is difficult to undo thedeep-rooted decadal condi-tioning when it comes togender disparity, particu-larly in a society as conser-vative and regressive asours. But we must keep try-ing, say Megha Jain &Aishwarya Nagpal. Theever-changing space for ur-ban anthropology entailsmixed experiences of sig-nificant discrimination forthe female strata in the‘public’ sphere of politicalgatherings, religious per-formance and economic ex-change. The study of gen-der disparity has captureda focal place in the debate ofsociology in a new era. Thegravity of the issue is so se-vere that it has reserved aplace in the IndianEconomic Survey (2017-18).Ironically, women’s mobil-ity is still controlled and re-negotiated in many soci-eties, except their confinedroles to dispense domesticduties. Traditional ideolo-gy behind the ‘protected en-vironment’ actually in-tends to suppress their in-dividual temperament. Asper a recent World Bank re-port, India and China arethe only two nations in theworld where infant mortal-ity rate for females is stillhigher than males even inthe 21st century. What isgender? In sociological andfeminist thought, genderindicates the cultural con-stitution comprising no-tions, perceptions andpremises concerning femi-ninity and masculinity andthe ways in which theseideologies maintain gen-dered identities (Mishra,

2014). The intensity andmagnitude of ‘gender con-flicts’ vary demographical-ly across the globe.Unfortunately, supportingstatistics confirm thatIndian society has wit-nessed complete marginali-sation of the female stratain all fields. This despiteproven researches on theirpower and capacities increating a prosperous fu-ture economy via GrossDomestic Product (GDP)and productivity push.Additionally, the gendergap in labour workforcehas crucial macro-econom-ic inferences as well.

Women in developmenta critical analysis: There isprodigious evidence thatthe effect of economicgrowth on gender inequali-ty is inadequate and inco-herent (Kabeer 2016, Duflo2012). Even revised contem-porary discussions aboutthe new wealth of variousnations contain the crucialrole of women of Indian so-ciety. Besides, many re-searchers have establishedthe demand-side barriersas to how this section is of-ten loomed to gain from‘economic development’(equitable access to jobs,skills development, andfair earnings). Though em-ployment of women is seenas a vital aspect attached totheir respective independ-ence, there are missinglinks in connecting the na-tion’s growth with femalelabour force participation.As proposed by Sarker(2006), Women inDevelopment (WID) ap-proach that emerged in the1960s with an emphasis on

House deities or working angels?

Tourism in Jammu has always remained neglected bythe successive governments. If developed properlyJammu region has a vast potential for the tourism

and Jammu region will become a tourist destination likeKashmir. In the past attempts were made by the previousgovernments to promote some tourism projects in Jammu,but they also become the victim of official apathy after for-mation of BJP-PDP coalition government in the State. Oneof the prestigious Jammu Lake Project started by theCongress-NC Government was shelved midway, if complet-ed shall have proved a prestigious tourism destination forthe tourists visiting Vaishno Devi. The scrapping of the ar-tificial lake project on the Tawi by the PDP-BJP govern-ment has again brought to the fore neglected tourism infra-structure projects in the Jammu region. The projects havemissed several deadlines and faced inordinate delay due tored tape and slow pace of work by successive governments.This is despite the fact that the special task force for Jammuconstituted in 2010 had recommended that tourism promo-tion schemes should be completed on the fast track to gener-ate employment and make the Jammu region a tourist hub.The slow pace of work is hampering growth of the sector asvisitors skip the region during their visit to the state.Several tourism projects initiated in last ten years have notbeen completed so far. These are Mubarak Mandi-BahuFort ropeway, beautification of Mubarak Mandi palace,Buddhist heritage site at Ambran, temple complex atPurmandal, Gharana wetland development and ‘gandola’at Patnitop. Jammu has faced systematic neglect over thedecades especially with regards to exploitation of its im-mense tourism potential which is easily shadowed by thebeauty and aura of Kashmir Valley. Jammu's tourism sec-tor is a story of great disappointment. No spot has been de-veloped so far that could qualify for being called a spotwhere the tourists have all facilities. The fact of the matteris that all the beautiful places all over Jammu region, someof them in the mountains of Kishtwar, Doda, Ramban,Rajouri, Poonch, Udhampur and Reasi, and others in dis-tricts like Kathua, Jammu and Samba, find no mention onthe tourism map of the State. The State Government hadbeen saying it time and again that it wanted to develop allthe tourist spots across the State. But that is not the case.This is clear that the State Government lacks tourism poli-cy. If Katra is booming with pilgrims; there are more than50,000 pilgrims daily visiting the Shrine of Shri MataVaishno Devi. They are pilgrims and even for them therehardly is any facility by the Tourism Department. The en-tire show there is being managed by Shri Mata VaishnoDevi Shrine Board, the Tourism Department is absent, asare its facilities. It has done nothing for Shiv Khori, anotherpilgrimage centre that is coming up in Reasi district.Simply by constituting the Tourism authorities or holdingonce or twice a year one or two festivals is not going to at-tract tourists nor create facilities. It was during the tenureof former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir GhulamNabi Azad that some attention was paid to some of the areasin the region. Bhaderwah was developed into a full fledgedtourist spot, having an unmatched beauty and grandeur.But even that project was not taken to its logical conclusion.The road connectivity is poor and there are no lodging facil-ities whatsoever, even the arrangements for Kailash yatraare highly inadequate. So where is the tourism policy forJammu region. The people of Jammu have a lot of expecta-tions from the Governor’s administration and it is hopedthat Governor shall pay personal attention towards thetourism sector of the region.

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Mumbai, Aug 17 (PTI)

Shiv Sena today saidformer prime ministerAtal Bihari Vajpayee was atrue 'swayamsevak' (vol-unteer) of the RSS whomixed with the organisa-tion's ideology like "sugardissolves in milk" and hisHinduta ideology was nev-er hidden.

An editorial in theSena mouthpiece Saamanaalso said Vajpayee honest-ly tried to build relationswith Pakistan, but even agentleman like him was be-trayed by the neighbour-ing nation.

It further recalled thatVajpayee once said in theUS that he may not be theprime minister tomorrow,but nobody could takeaway his right of being aswayamsevak, referring tohis association with theRashtriya SwayamsevakSangh (RSS).

Vajpayee's Hindutvaideology was never hidden,the Sena said.

Except for Shiv Senaand Akali Dal, nobody elsewas ready to support hisHindutva ideology and as a

result, he had to keep is-sues like Ram temple anduniform civil code aside, itsaid. Vajpayee died yester-day at the age of 93 after aprolonged illness.

Referring to a Goaspeech made by Vajpayeein 2002, the Sena said hetried hard to bringMuslims into the main-stream but his patienceran out. Terming

Vajpayee's death as end ofan era, the BJP's long-standing ally said that af-ter Mahatma Gandhi,Pandit Nehru and NetajiSubhash Chandra Bose,Vajpayee was the most fa-mouspersonality.CreditingVajpayee for formation ofthe National DemocraticAlliance, the editorial saidthat it was because of him

that "people with differentmindsets and differentfaces" came together andformed the alliance.Asprime minister, Vajpayeebuilt trust among farmersand increased their agri-cultural produce, it said."Seeing the condition offarmers today, and a waveof their suicides, one re-members Vajpayee's pro-farmer policies," it added.

Vajpayee mixed with RSS ideology like sugar in milk: Sena

Panaji, Aug 17 (PTI)

The Goa government has deployedtwo platoons of the state police's IndiaReserve Battalion to decongest a sec-tion of the national highway connect-ing the North and South districts ofthe state, a senior official said today.

Heavy traffic jams have been wit-nessed for the past few days atAgassaim village on the nationalhighway near Zuari bridge, about 15kilometres from here, the official said.

The issue had drawn protests frompolitical parties as well as people whohad missed their flights as the high-way is the sole access road for peopleof North Goa to the international air-port.

"Two platoons of IRB have beendeployed. Police have issued detailedinstructions to field formations forcontinuous monitoring of traffic situ-ation," a senior Chief Minister's Officeofficial told PTI today.

He claimed that since the deploy-ment of the two IRB platoons at thesite, traffic had been moving smoothlyon the highway.

The official said that, as instruct-ed by Chief Minister ManoharParrikar who is currently in theUnited States for a medical check-up,senior state officials had visited thesite of the traffic bottleneck.

"As per the instructions of thechief minister, Chief SecretaryDharmendra Sharma, Director

General of Police Muktesh Chandar,Principal Secretary to CM PKrishnamurthy, accompanied by traf-fic police and PWD officials, visitedboth sides of the bridge," the officialsaid.He claimed that since the deploy-ment of the two IRB platoons at thesite, traffic had been moving smoothlyon the highway.The official informedthat the state PWD department hadbeen directed to construct a slipwayfrom Cortalim junction at the south ofthe Zuari bridge to ease the flow oftraffic moving towards Margao.

"Traffic police has been directed todeploy additional manpower to en-sure lane driving and regulate smoothmovement of traffic," the officialadded.

Additional police deployment atGoa bridge to ease traffic

New Delhi, Aug 17 (PTI)

The NDRF said today it has movedmore than 4,000 people to safer places andrescued another 44 from flooded areas inKerala during the past nine days, even asits personnel struggle to reach remote ar-eas cut off due to landslides.

Kerala has been severely hit by mon-soon rains and rivers and dam reservoirsare overflowing, inundating a large partof the state. At least 100 people died yes-terday in rain-related incidents, StateDisaster Management Authority offi-cials said in Thiruvananthapuram.

A National Disaster Response Forcespokesperson said in New Delhi that its51 teams, out of the total 53 deployed, areoperating on the ground. Two moreteams will reach Kerala soon, he added.

"So far, over 4,319 persons have beenevacuated and 44 people have been res-cued by our teams since their deploy-

ment in Kerala. Operations are still go-ing on," he said.

The rescue and evacuations opera-tions by the NDRF entered its ninth daytoday.

The spokesperson said despite heavyrains and unfavourable weather, everyeffort was being made by NDRF respon-ders to "access and reach" every personin distress.

A total of 173 people have died in thestate since the second spell of monsoonfury began on August 8.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi willreach Kerala tonight after the funeral offormer prime minister Atal BihariVajpayee. He will undertake an aerialsurvey of flood-hit areas tomorrow.

The National Crisis ManagementCommittee, the apex body to handleemergency situations, also met for thesecond time today and directed agenciesto mobilise additional resources.

Moved 4,000 people to safety,51 teams in Kerala: NDRF

New Delhi, Aug 17 (PTI)

The Supreme Courttoday refused to entertainTamil Nadu government'splea against the NationalGreen Tribunal's order al-lowing mining majorVedanta access to the ad-ministrative unit insideits closed Sterlite copperplant at Tuticorin andasked the NGT to "finallydecide" the matter.

A bench comprisingJustices R F Nariman andIndu Malhotra said thatthe NGT would hear thematter on merits and alsoon the issue of maintain-ability raised by the stategovernment.

"We may clarify thatNGT may continue tohear the matter on meritsand finally decide thematter on maintainabili-ty also. It is open for thestate to argue on main-tainability after whichthe tribunal will give its

findings," the bench said.The green tribunal

had on August 9 allowedVedanta to enter its ad-ministrative unit insideits Sterlite copper plant,observing that no envi-ronmental damage wouldbe caused by allowing ac-cess to the administrativesection. The state govern-ment had challenged theNGT's order in the apexcourt. During the hearingtoday, senior advocate CA Sundaram, appearingfor Vedanta, told the apexcourt that the state hassuppressed facts beforethe apex court. He saidthat "spate of orders" werepassed against the compa-ny by the state without is-suing it show cause no-tices. "Without any no-tice, I (Vedanta) was shut.There are 67 industries inthe industrial complex. 14of them are hazardousplants," he said whileterming the issue "politi-

cal".Sundaram said the

matter was already listedfor hearing before theNGT on August 20.

The counsel appear-ing for Tamil Nadu raisedthe issue of maintainabili-ty of plea filed by Vedantabefore the NGT.

In its August 9 order,the NGT had said that theplant would remainclosed and the companywould not have access toits production unit and di-rected the district magis-trate to ensure this.

The Tamil Nadu gov-ernment had on May 28 or-dered the state pollutioncontrol board to seal and"permanently" close themining group's copperplant following violentprotests over pollutionconcerns.

Sterlite's factory hadmade headlines in March2013 when a gas leak led tothe death of one person

and injuries to severalothers, after which thenchief minister JJayalalithaa had orderedits closure.

The company had ap-pealed to the NGT whichhad overturned the gov-ernment's order. The statehad moved the SupremeCourt against it and thecase is still pending.

The Supreme Courthad then ordered the com-pany to pay Rs 100 crore ascompensation for pollut-ing the environment.

Following the latestprotests and police firing,the plant was closed onMarch 27.

After Sterlite an-nounced its plans to ex-pand Tuticorin plant, vil-lagers around it startedfresh protests that contin-ued for over 100 days, cul-minating in the May 22 po-lice firing on protestorsthat claimed 13 lives andleft scores injured.

Vedanta's plant in Tuticorin: NGT willdecide the matter, says SC

Pb Food Safety Teams conducts raids in a numberof districts, huge quantity of spurious milk seizedChandigarh, Aug 17 (PTI)

Huge quantities of spurious milk, milk products and other food items wereseized following raids conducted by Food Safety Teams at a number of places inLudhiana, Jalandhar, Mansa and Patiala districts of Punjab, officials said today.

Following a tip-off, a raid was conducted at a cheese manufacturing unit inSamrala village of Ludhiana district yesterday, and a huge quantity of spuriousmilk and milk products were seized, K S Pannu, Commissioner, Food and DrugsAdministration, Punjab said here.

"When the Food Safety Team reached there, the premises of the house (fromwhere the unit was being run) was locked from outside but the workers were work-ing inside. With the support of locals the lock was opened.

"The entire operation lasted for about four hours. Apart from spurious milkand milk products 90 litres of palm oil, five quintal of ghee, 13 bags of 25 kg capacityof skimmed milk powder and other items were seized," the officer was quoted assaying in a release."When the Food Safety Team reached there, the premises of thehouse (from where the unit was being run) was locked from outside but the work-ers were working inside. In another raid which was conducted in the early thismorning in Jalandhar, nearly 200 kg curd and 800 kg spurious ghee was seized,Pannu said, adding similar inspections were also carried out at Mansa andRajpura, where samples of milk and milk products were collected.

"All the samples have been sent for lab analysis," he said.

Two Jharkhandcops suspended fordemanding bribehazaribag (Jharkhand), Aug 17

(PTI)

Two police officershave been suspended herefor allegedly taking abribe of Rs 50,000 from theowner of a sand-laden trac-tor, a senior officer said.Assistant Sub-InspectorSanjay Yadav and the offi-cer-in-charge ofBarkagaon police station,Suman Kumar, were sus-pended yesterday eveningwith immediate effect fol-lowing a probe into a com-plaint filed by the tractorowner, SP Mayur PatelKanhaiyall said."In hiscomplaint, the tractorowner alleged that theBarkagaon OC and the ASIseized his vehicle by forceon August 12 even when hehad all valid papers. Thecomplainant also said thatofficers released his vehi-cle only after receiving themoney," Kanhaiyall stat-ed.Sub-Divisional PoliceOfficer KK Mahato, on theinstructions of the SP, car-ried out a probe into the al-legations, leading to thesuspension of Kumar andYadav."In his complaint,the tractor owner allegedthat the Barkagaon OCand the ASI seized his ve-hicle by force on August 12even when he had all validpapers. "Mahato submit-ted his inquiry report onAugust 16, followingwhich action was takenagainst the two erring offi-cers," the SP said, addingthat any further action inthe case will be initiatedonly after a detailed inves-tigation.

away from breaking into a Modi! Modi! Modi! chant. Idon’t blame the BJP spokesperson though. What can youdo when you don’t have an answer to this simple ques-tion? The fact is that Prime Minister Modi believes in one-sided conversations, whether it’s his monologues orMann ki Baat, the conversation has to be filtered so that itdoesn’t hurt the image of the Prime Minister. This be-cause the BJP is aware that this carefully built imagestands on a house of cards, one where a singleunfiltered/unedited question to the Prime Minister isenough to make the entire house fall. Inevitably, criticismof the Government regarding the state of the Press todayis met with wilful ignorance. In the alternate universethat the BJP resides, everything seems hunky-dory. But itsurely doesn’t feel that way, does it? And facts bare thisdisconnect. On the world Press freedom index, for exam-ple, India ranks lower than Haiti, Niger and Sierra Leone.If the state of the Press is so great, why doesn’t the ground

reality reflect this sentiment and why then is theGovernment dead against news channels showing refer-ences to Prime Minister Modi when policies of theGovernment fail? This is especially strange because theface of the Prime Minister is on every scheme and he an-nounces almost all major policies of the Government. Itseems that India is stuck with a Prime Minister who ironi-cally loves the limelight but shies away from criticismthat comes with it. It is tragic, then, when you look at thestate of the country today and its similarities withOrwell’s seminal novel, 1984. In it, Orwell, describes howinformation management was the primary system of con-trol employed by the authoritarian regime to keep its sub-jects subjugated. We must not forget that a free, independ-ent Press is an antidote against such authoritarianism.Therefore, though India is celebrating its 72nd independ-ence day, I am sad to say that it’s surely starting to feel alot like 1984.

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Prime Minister of Pakistan during the Kargil war,when he was in exile in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He said:“Mr. Vajpayee is justified in feeling let down, we did lethim down.” Quietly purposeful The humiliation at theend of the year in 1999, with the hijack of an IndianAirlines plane to Kandahar, was followed by another at-tempt to forge peace with Pakistan at the Agra Summit inJuly 2001. In between, in 2000, Vajpayee didn’t hesitate tolet Pakistan know what he was about. Unknown to most,though it is murmured about occasionally and was evenhinted at in the Pakistani media at that time, there was adevastating strike across the Line of Control (LoC) thatlasted the longest, and till now accounts for the most casu-alties ever on the other side. All that the Indian raidingparty left behind as evidence was an HMT watch, show-ing India time. Troops manning India’s posts said at thetime that they had lost count of the number of ambulancesirens wailing across the LoC. Behind Vajpayee’s cheru-bic, charming exterior, there was indeed a spine, and hecould take, and handle, ruthless policy decisions.

Vajpayee will ultimately be remembered for his ora-tory, the skill with which he summoned the apt word outof nowhere, his longish silences that would be suddenlybroken by a beautifully worded sentence. His resignationspeech of 1996 in the Lok Sabha stands out, as does hisSrinagar address of April 2003 in which he held out thehand of friendship to Pakistan and which led to a sus-tained peace process. The 1996 speech had drama, an-guish, integrity, hope, and sincerity that seeped throughevery word, every phrase. It remains a benchmark inspeech-making, all of this before the era of PR speech-writers and social media platforms to take things viral.His speech went viral by the oldest known medium, wordof mouth. His command of words will always set himapart from other leaders. And nothing more so than hispoetry. A couplet of his found pride of place in the BJPcentral office for the longest time. In translation: “With asmall mind you cannot become great/ with a small heartyou cannot stand tall.” It was a dictum he heeded by liv-ing and governing with a broad mind and a big heart.

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ment of transformation” but he fails to express a sin-cere debt of gratitude to those who founded IITs. We can de-bate the quality of education in India but must also keep inmind that when India became free, the literacy rate wasjust 12%. The current government takes victory laps afterreportedly electrifying 18,000 villages even as it white-washes the fact that when independent India was born, on-ly 0.2% were electrified. By the time Manmohan Singhpassed the baton to Prime Minister Modi, 97% of villages

had been electrified already. For those of us who wantIndia to become truly great, developing an understandingof where India came from is essential. Otherwise, with thebenefit of hindsight, we can mindlessly criticise past ef-forts and be distracted from our current context. After all,with all of the knowledge and expertise available in 21stcentury India, the current PM ended up enacting a disas-trous economic policy of demonetisation that his predeces-sor described as “organised loot and legalised plunder”.

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the need to include them in the development mix wasable to harness their true potential in order to achieveequality for women in socio-economic and political plat-forms. As per the World Bank report (2012), though globalfemale labour participation rate has improved from 50.2per cent in 1980 to 51.8 per cent in 2009 (resulting in nar-rowing gender differential from 32 per cent to 26 per cent),there still exists substantial under-utilisation and misal-location of women’s skills and talents. Regrettably, sup-ply-side constraints (particularly those associated withfertility, marriage, and child-rearing) dominate the forti-tude of a female’s workforce involvement. Recent reportson economic well-being indicate direct linkage where thewell-being of an economy could be a natural driver of fe-male workforce participation. U-shaped linkage: A U-shaped hypothesis simply reveals the linkage betweenthe economic growth and women labour force participa-tion. It is proposed that women labour force participationrates first decline and then increase as the country fos-ters. Women labour force input is a principal driver aswell as a key outcome of economic growth and develop-ment. Therefore, participation rates necessarily reflect acountry’s potential to advance more rapidly. As per theInternational Labour Organisation (ILO), India ranks 121out of 131 nations in Female Labour Force Participation(FLFP), which is the worst in the world. According to evi-dence from various studies, it was also established thatincreasing women workforce contribution causes in-come disparities to lower down. On the contrary, the com-position of transfers from rural to urban areas primarilyis male-dominated and thereby leaves lower women’swork involvement. Global stance: By international stan-dards, women’s labour force participation in India re-mains low and it is much lower than that of men. Thesame has dropped from 33.8 per cent in 2000 to 26.8 per centin 2015 while male labour force participation saw a jumpfrom 66.2 per cent in 2000 to 73.2 per cent in 2015, therebyaveraging to a substantial gender gap of around 46.4 percent in 2015. This downward trend has been largely eluci-dated by increasing urbanisation and structural transfor-mation: As households progressed from rural to urban ar-eas, husbands moved out of the agricultural sector, ensur-ing a disengagement of females from the labour force (ex-hibiting women’s increased involvement in domestic du-ties). The predominance of traditional views of women’srole within households further confines their prospectsto participate in paid work and entrepreneurial activi-ties. In addition, women are profoundly exemplified inthe informal economy where their vulnerability to ex-ploitation is usually high and they have the slightest for-mal protection. Further, evidence on broader inclusion of

women into conventional finance is thwarting.Move towards gender equality: It implies that women

and men are on equal footing in terms of core functioning(education, health, and nutrition) as well as for genera-tion of livelihood. Greater gender equality can boost eco-nomic productivity and improve development outcomesfor the next generation. This is rather an intrinsic than aninstrumental goal, explicitly valued as an end in itselfthan being an instrument for achieving other goals.Current statistics on India’s Gender Inequality Index(given by World Economic Forum) show we are at the131st spot, which is undoubtedly very low. It would beanybody’s guess that India needs to make progress to-wards gender equity, towards attaining economic well-being. Gender disparities remain even as countries devel-op, which call for sustained and focussed public action.As gender equality evolves, development proceeds. Thestruggle for parity is far from over. According to theOECD Employment Outlook 2017, though gender gaps inthe labour market and educational attainment acrossemerging economies have shrunk, progress is still un-even with India being counted among the countries expe-riencing no change in the gender participation gap at ahigh level. Way forward: As per the recent World Bank re-port, the explosion of impressive attempts to increasewomen’s political participation, gender disparities haveremained deep and persistent in India despite promisingeconomic growth prospects. It compels synchronised so-cial policies and long-term steps to challenge a socially-embedded problem like gender inequality. Women workparticipation avenues to decent jobs are elementary andindispensable constituents of a sustainable developmentapproach. Substantial research has revealed that capital-ising women’s complete economic potential is critical forincreased productivity and economic growth. In addi-tion, mitigating gender barriers to decent work is essen-tial to stimulate women’s economic empowerment. Thecurrent scenario calls for an immediate stringent policyinvolvement to take care of several aspects like aware-ness on female education and training programmes, sim-plifying the burden of household chores, greater well-be-ing of women with private sector work opportunities inindustries et al. There has to be a provision for fair ruleapplicability, irrespective of the gender (like equal payfor equal work). A pivotal carrier of economic growthover the past century is the increased and extended role ofwomen. Empowering half of the prospective workspacecould have sizeable demographic paybacks beyond justendorsing gender equality. The process is not easy at all. It isdifficult to undo the deep-rooted decadal conditioning, particu-larly in a society as conservative and regressive as ours.

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A multimillion-dollar military paradeplanned by US President Donald Trump throughthe streets of Washington DC in November hasbeen postponed until 2019, the Department ofDefense has announced. President Trump, alsothe commander-in-chief of the US military, gotthe idea of holding the grand parade while view-ing France's Bastille Day Parade in July 2017along with French President EmmanuelMacron. He had said the US could "top it". Theparade was originally conceived to mark thecentenary of the end of World War I, onNovember 11. "The Department of Defense andWhite House have been planning a parade to ho-nour America's military veterans and commem-orate the centennial of World War I," said Col.Rob Manning. "We originally targetedNovember 10, 2018 for this event but have nowagreed to explore opportunities in 2019," he saidin a statement. The news about the parade's post-ponement came amid reports that the eventcould cost about USD 90 million - more thanthree times the original estimate. The parade'sbudget director had offered an estimate of be-tween USD 10 million and USD 30 million whenthe White House announced its request in

February. But a US official gave a new estimateof USD 92 million, media reports said.

A memo when the plan was first mooted saidno tanks would be used so as not to damage theroads of Washington. The Pentagon said the mil-itary would march from the White House to theCapitol, and the parade would feature a "heavyair component at the end". The focus was to be onthe work of US military veterans through theages, starting with the American RevolutionaryWar. The US had a military parade in 1991 fol-lowing the end of its successful campaign toforce Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's troops outof Kuwait. Meanwhile, The American Legion,the nation's largest wartime veterans service or-ganisation, reacted to reports that the paradecould cost tens of millions more than originallyexpected by saying the money would be betterspent in other ways. "The American Legion ap-preciates that our President wants to show in adramatic fashion our nation's support for ourtroops," American Legion national commanderDenise Rohan said in a statement. "However,until such time as we can celebrate victory in theWar on Terrorism and bring our military home,we think the parade money would be betterspent fully funding the Department of VeteranAffairs and giving our troops and their familiesthe best care possible," Rohan said.

US military parade ordered byPrez Trump postponed to 2019 PReSS TRUST OF INDIA

ISTANBUL, AUG 17

Turkey today threat-ened to respond if theUnited States levied fur-ther sanctions over the de-tention of an Americanpastor, which has sparkeda diplomatic standoff andbattered the Turkish cur-rency. "We've already re-sponded based on theWorld Trade Organisationrules and will continue todo so," Trade MinisterRuhsar Pekcan was quotedas saying by the state-runAnadolu news agency.Washington had warnedyesterday that it would im-pose more sanctions unlesspastor Andrew Brunson,described by US PresidentDonald Trump as a"hostage", was released.Brunson's detention sinceOctober 2016 on terror-re-lated charges has souredrelations between the twoNATO allies, sending theTurkish lira into a tailspin.The lira, which earlier this

week traded at well overseven to the dollar, was at5.8 against the dollar and6.7 against euro today. Lastweek, Trump tweeted thathis administration wasdoubling aluminium andsteel tariffs for Turkey, andin response Ankarasharply hiked tariffs onsome US products. USTreasury Secretary StevenMnuchin suggested yester-

day that the next spiral oftit-for-tat sanctions wascoming soon, in a sign of adeepening spat. Trumpprefaced Mnuchin's re-marks by saying thatTurkey had not been a verygood friend to America.Referring to Brunson,Trump said: "They have agreat Christian pastorthere, he's a very innocentman."

Turkey will respond if US imposesmore sanctions: Minister

PReSS TRUST OF INDIASyDNey, AUG 17

A schoolboy who"dreamed" of working forApple hacked the firm'scomputer systems,Australian media has re-ported, although the tech gi-ant said today no customerdata was compromised. TheChildren's Court of Victoriawas told the teenager brokeinto Apple's mainframe -- alarge, powerful data pro-cessing system -- from hishome in the suburbs ofMelbourne and down-loaded 90GB of secure files,The Age reported late yes-terday. The boy, then aged16, accessed the system mul-tiple times over a year as hewas a fan of Apple and had"dreamed of" working forthe US firm, the newspapersaid, citing his lawyer.

Apple said in a state-ment today that its teams"discovered the unautho-rised access, contained it,

and reported the incident tolaw enforcement". Thefirm, which earlier thismonth became the first pri-vate-sector company to sur-pass USD 1 trillion in mar-ket value, said it wanted "toassure our customers thatat no point during this inci-dent was their personal da-ta compromised". An inter-national investigation waslaunched after the discov-ery involving the FBI andthe Australian FederalPolice, The Age reported.The federal police said itcould not comment on thecase as it is still before thecourt. The Age said police

raided the boy's home lastyear and found hackingfiles and instructions savedin a folder called "hackyhack hack". "Two Apple lap-tops were seized and the se-rial numbers matched theserial numbers of the de-vices which accessed the in-ternal systems," a prosecu-tor was reported as saying.A mobile phone and harddrive were also seizedwhose IP address matchedthose detected in thebreaches, he added. Theteen has pleaded guilty andthe case is due to return tocourt for his sentencingnext month.

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MeCCA, AUG 17

Two million Muslims gather inSaudi Arabia this week for the hajjas the annual pilgrimage becomesincreasingly hi-tech with apps tohelp the faithful navigate Islam'sholiest sites. This year the hajjcomes with the ultra-conservativekingdom witnessing an unprece-dented pace of change, finally end-ing a ban on women driving whileremaining firm in the face of anydissent. One of the five pillars of theworld's fastest-growing religion,the hajj is expected to draw two mil-lion people from around the globethis year. By yesterday, more than1.6 million people had already ar-rived in Saudi Arabia for the pil-grimage, which runs from Sundayto Friday. Thousands could be seenarriving in Mecca, with groupsfrom different countries wearingdistinct colours to set them apart.

Some pilgrims pushed their eld-erly relatives on wheelchairs whileothers stopped to call family mem-bers back home on video chat orbuy ice cream as temperaturessoared above 40 degrees Celsius(104 Fahrenheit). For many, it istheir first time away from home.

Every Muslim is required to com-plete the hajj at least once in theirlifetime if they have the means todo so. Many were visibly moved tobe so close to Islam's holiest site --the Kaaba, a black masonry cube inthe centre of Mecca's GrandMosque. "I feel as light as a feather,"said Senegalese Fame Diouf, whotravelled from Amsterdam.Laughing, she recounted the storyof how she couldn't stop crying nearthe Kaaba. "This was my dreamfrom childhood," said Raja AmjadHussein, who made the trip toMecca from Pakistan. "I can't ex-plain. I have no words," the 40-year-old told AFP. "For many Muslimsthis is the big, the biggest, dream oflife, to see Kaaba and pray for your-self and the whole Muslim nation."No matter their race or nationality,for every pilgrim hajj begins with"ihram", the donning of an all-white outfit. For men, this is aseamless tunic worn over baggypants; for women, a loose dresswith only the face and hands ex-posed.

Pilgrims then perform ritualsaround the Kaaba and on theMount Arafat plain east of Mecca.The hajj ends with Eid al-Adha, athree-day feast which starts with

the "stoning of the devil". Eid al-Adha also includes the slaughter ofsheep, with the meat distributed toMuslims in need. The ritual sym-bolises Abraham's willingness tosacrifice his son, Ishmael, on the or-der of God.

The hajj presents the Saudi au-thorities with major logistical chal-lenges. The Pew Research Centersays the number of Muslims in theworld is expected to rise from 1.8billion in 2015 to three billion in2060. This year, the Saudis havelaunched a "smart hajj" initiative,with apps to help pilgrims witheverything from travel plans tomedical care. Asefny, for example,is an app launched by SaudiArabia's Red Crescent to help pil-grims request emergency medicalattention. Authorities are able tolocate those in need through theapp.

The Saudi hajj ministry alsoruns the Manasikana app, whichprovides translation for pilgrimswho do not speak Arabic orEnglish. The 2018 pilgrimagecomes amid a widening crackdownon political dissent in SaudiArabia, an absolute monarchy ag-gressively pursuing a campaign toclean up its image as one of the

world's most restrictive countries. It also comes more than a year

into the worst political crisis to gripthe Gulf, pitting regional heavy-weights Saudi Arabia and Qataragainst one another. Saudi Arabia -- the world's largest exporter of oil --and its allies accuse Qatar of cosy-ing up to both Sunni Islamist ex-tremists and Shiite Iran, Riyadh'sgreatest rival. They have cut all tieswith Qatar and banned all flights toand from Doha. Qatar denies thecharges. Qatari pilgrims are stillpermitted into Saudi Arabia for ha-jj. Iranian pilgrims are also in at-tendance this year. Tehran hadtemporarily suspended sending itscitizens to hajj following a 2015stampede that left around 2,300 pil-grims dead, including hundreds ofIranians. Saudi Arabia has drawnharsh criticism for a crackdown onpolitical dissent since the appoint-ment last year of Crown PrinceMohammed bin Salman, whosemodernisation campaign hasgrabbed headlines around theworld. More than a dozen women'srights campaigners were detainedand accused of undermining na-tional security and collaboratingwith enemies of the state in recentweeks.

Pilgrims descend on Mecca for 'smart hajj'

A supporter of pop star Kyagulanyi Ssentamu is detained following a demonstration in the Kamwokya area of Kampala, Uganda. Supporters were

demonstrating in support of pop singer and prominent critic of Uganda's government Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, whose stage name is Bobi wine, who was

charged with unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition in a military court for his alleged role in clashes in which the longtime president's mo-

torcade was attacked by people throwing stones.

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Is the latest pickup in US economic growthdestined to slow in the years ahead as most ana-lysts say? Or, as the Trump administration in-sists, is the economy on the cusp of an explosiveboom that will reward Americans and defy those ex-pectations? Yesterday, President Donald Trump'schief economic adviser made his case for theboom. Calling mainstream predictions "purenonsense", Larry Kudlow declared that the ex-pansion already the second-longest on record ismerely in its "early innings". "The singlebiggest event, be it political or otherwise, thisyear is an economic boom that most peoplethought would be impossible to generate,"Kudlow said at a Cabinet meeting, speaking atthe president's request and looking directly athim. "Not a rise. Not a blip." "People may dis-agree with me," Kudlow continued, "but I'm say-ing this, we are just in the early stages".

The US economy grew for seven straightyears under President Barack Obama beforeTrump took office early last year. Since then,it's stayed steady, and the job market has re-mained strong. The stock market is also near-ing an all-time high, a sign of confidence aboutcorporate profits. Economic growth has pickedup this year, having reached a four-year high of4.1 per cent at an annual rate last quarter. Jobgains are also running at a slightly faster pacethan in 2017. Most analysts see the economygrowing a solid 3 per cent this year a potentialpolitical asset for Trump and the RepublicanParty, especially with the approach ofNovember's congressional elections. Yet it'shard to find any outside mainstream econo-mists who would agree with Kudlow's assertionthat the Trump administration can accelerateor even sustain that growth rate. Analysts gen-erally expect that the benefits from Trump's taxcuts and an additional USD 300 billion in gov-ernment spending that he signed into law in

February will gradually slow along with eco-nomic growth. Most also say the Fed's continu-ing interest rate hikes, combined with the tradeconflicts Trump has sparked with most ofAmerica's trading partners, could also limitgrowth. "Economists are incredibly hopefulthat the White House is right," said CarlTannenbaum, chief economist of Northern Trust."Unfortunately, most economic analysis and pasthistorical patterns suggest that we're in themiddle of a sugar rush that will wear off."Economists have generally forecast that thepace of annual economic growth will slip toabout 2.5 per cent in 2019 and then less in thesubsequent years.

Even within the government, the leadingforecasts are more sober. The Fed expectsgrowth to slip to 2.4 per cent in 2019 and 2 percent in 2020. The Congressional Budget Officesaid this week that growth would likely slow to1.7 per cent in 2020. Tannenbaum noted that theeconomy faces two trends that essentially act as

a speed limit. First, over time, the economy cangrow only as fast as the size of its workforce. Yetthe vast baby boom generation is retiring.What's more, the administration is seeking tolimit immigration, which would reduce thenumber of available workers.

During the longest US expansion, from 1991through 2001, the working-age population grewan average of 1.2 per cent a year. Yet from 2008through 2017, it expanded an average of just 0.5per cent annually. A second factor is the growthof worker productivity the amount of outputper hour worked which has fallen by half in thedecade since the Great Recession, from a 2.7 percent average rate to 1.3 per cent. Even if theeconomy did accelerate unexpectedly, the Fedwould then likely raise rates faster to avert apickup in inflation and cause the expansion toslow. In addition, the tax cuts and governmentspending that are helping boost economicgrowth for now have swollen the budget deficit,which is expected to surpass USD 1 trillion an-

nually in 2020 a level Tannenbaum calls "ab-solutely frightening". Such high deficits re-quire large-scale government borrowing. Suchadditional borrowing typically sends interestrates up and makes it harder for businesses toborrow, spend and expand. On top of that risk,the Trump administration's tariffs, which aremeant to force countries to trade on terms morefavourable to the US, could devolve into a trade warthat would imperil economic growth. What's more, aglobal economic slowdown, stemming from fac-tors beyond the administration's control, perhapsamong troubled emerging economies, would likelyspill over to the United States. Scott Anderson,chief economist at Bank of the West, noted thatthe USD 1.5 trillion worth of tax cuts that willtake effect over the next decade were supposedto spur companies to make additional invest-ments in machinery, vehicles and other tech-nology that would lift worker productivity. Butthe pace of equipment spending has fallen sincethe end of last year.

Trump team predicts an economic boom, defying most analysts

PReSS TRUST OF INDIANew yORK, AUG 17

A Sikh man has beenstabbed to death at hisstore in the US state of NewJersey, the third incidenttargeting the minoritySikh community in thecountry in three weeks.Terlok Singh was discov-ered dead by his cousinyesterday in his store withan apparent stab wound inthe chest.

The motive behind thekilling was not immediate-ly known. Singh, describedas a very kind person, issurvived by his wife andchildren who live in India.He owned the store to sup-port his family. His familyclosed the store as a deeply-saddened communitywatched in horror. Thenews report said Singh ranhis store for at least sixyears and a neighbour saidhe should not have had toworry about being at-

tacked in his work place.Civil rights organisa-

tion the Sikh Coalition, ina Facebook post, expressedcondolences to Singh'sfamily, friends and localcommunity. Simran JeetSingh, a visiting scholar atNew York University'sCenter for Religion andMedia and a SeniorReligion Fellow for theSikh Coalition, tweetedabout Singh's tragic death,saying "this is the third at-tack on a Sikh in the lastthree weeks. So tired of allthis sadness." On August 6in Manteca, California, 71-year-old Sahib Singh wasbrutally attacked byTyrone McAllister and ajuvenile when the elderlyman went on a morningwalk. McAllister, who isthis son of a local policechief, and the juvenilewere charged with at-tempted robbery, elderabuse and assault with adeadly weapon.

Sikh man stabbed todeath in his store in US

PReSS TRUST OF INDIABeIJING, AUG 17

China's CommunistParty has sacked a dozenprovincial and local offi-cials and vowed to punish apharmaceutical firm over avaccine scandal that in-flamed public fears over thesafety of domestically pro-duced drugs. The govern-ment has been struggling toshore up public confidencein the pharmaceutical sec-tor following the revelationlast month that a majorChinese manufacturer ofrabies vaccines was foundto have fabricated recordsand was ordered to ceaseproduction. The govern-ment has said the suspectrabies vaccines did not en-ter the market but the caseprovoked unusually strongoutrage online from con-sumers fed up with recur-ring product-safety scan-dals, particularly in thedrug sector. The CEO of the

company in question,Changchun ChangshengBiotechnology in the north-east province of Jilin, hasbeen arrested along with 14other people in connectionwith the scandal. The firstpolitical casualties fell yes-terday as a dozen officialswere removed from office,including Jilin's deputygovernor Jin Yuhui, accord-ing to the official Xinhuanews agency.

Jin was in charge ofmonitoring the safety offood and pharmaceuticals.The decision to sack himwas made at a meeting of theruling Communist Party'selite seven-member stand-ing committee, led byPresident Xi Jinping."Those who break the lawand jeopardise public safe-ty, notably in the matter ofvaccines and medicines,should be severely pun-ished," Xinhua reported,citing the meeting's conclu-sions.

China sacks regional officialsas vaccine scandal mounts

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Nottingham, Aug 17 (PTI)

Shaken by abject surrenderin the first two Tests, a desper-ate India are expected to ring ina slew of changes as they aim atredemption against a rampag-ing England in a do-or-die thirdTest, starting tomorrow.

For Indian team, the TrentBridge Test will be their lastchance to save the series afterbeing outplayed in the first twoTest matches -- by 31 runsEdgbaston and innings and 159runs at the Lord's.

Down 0-2 with only five andhalf days of competitive cricketin all, skipper Virat Kohli andcoach Ravi Shastri will be aim-ing to get the team combinationright having bungled at theLord's.As a result, India willplay their 38th combination inas many matches that skipperKohli had led.

The most awaited changewill be 20-year-old RishabhPant's imminent Test debut re-placing a horribly out-of-formDinesh Karthik, who might wellhave played his last interna-tional game in the longest for-mat.

With scores of 0, 20, 1 & 0 infour innings coupled with shod-

dy glovework meant thatKarthik was seen giving catch-ing practice to Pant, who alsospend considerable time battingat the nets.

Being hailed as MahendraSingh Dhoni's successor, Pant'sentry into the squad happenedafter three half-centuries in thetwo first-class matches againstEngland Lions.

Despite a triple hundredand a healthy first-class aver-age of 54 plus, it will still be bap-tism by fire for the Roorkee-born youngster. He will be fac-ing Messrs Jimmy Anderson,Stuart Broad, Chris Woakesand Sam Curran, ready to makelife miserable for him just likethey have done with his illustri-ous seniors.

If Pant's Test debut has gen-erated a lot of interest, there is aprayer on every fan's lips thatskipper Kohli gets fit enough towield the willow.

It is the impact of the last de-feat in swing-friendly condi-tions across just over six ses-sions that is still hurting theIndian camp. Throughout theweek, they have been left pick-ing up the pieces, mostly interms of re-evaluating fitness oftheir key players.

In that aspect atleast, thereis some good news. JaspritBumrah is fit again;Ravichandran Ashwin andHardik Pandya have recoveredcompletely from their hand in-juries suffered while batting atLords, and skipper Kohli hasmore or less recovered from hisback problems.

Never has an injury in-voked so much interest sinceSachin Tendulkar's tennis el-bow. Kohli's condition seemedto have improved a lot and as hehad maintained, he will be outthere at the toss alongside Joe

Root.This is where the hard part

begins for India. Having admit-ted their mistake in picking twospinners at Lord's, it is abouttime skipper Kohli and coachShastri hit upon the optimalteam combination.

Nevertheless, there arebound to be changes in the play-ing eleven for some vital mem-bers of the squad are now seem-ingly bereft of confidence.

Murali Vijay, for example,has scored only 128 runs in 10overseas Test innings againstSouth Africa and England. An

average of 12.8 is tough to ig-nore, but for a batsman of hiscalibre, the team managementcould still afford anotherchance given that India need towin this game.

At the same time however, itbrings Shikhar Dhawan backinto contention. He averages17.75 against South Africa andEngland in two Tests this year,and his overall average inEngland is 20.12 (four Tests). Inthese two instances, he hasscored at a strike-rate of 68.93and 57.29, respectively, whichcould once again go in his

favour.Thus, there is every chance

that India could opt for theirthird different opening pairingof Dhawan and KL Rahul in asmany Tests, the middle orderwill be untouched. Especiallywith Kohli regaining fitness,Karun Nair still isn't seen to beactive during practice sessions.It was the case in Birminghamand London, as well as inNottingham, and playing an ex-tra specialist batsman is not inthe management's immediateplans as yet.

If it so transpires, UmeshYadav will once again be un-lucky to miss out, for the teammanagement will be eager to gettheir best possible combinationout on the field.

The pitch at Trent Bridgebore a different look than 2014,when these two teams met here.India scored 457 and 391/9 declin two innings on a flat surface,as England had scored 496whilst batting once and thematch petered out to a draw.

The forecast for this thirdTest is of decent cloud coverthrough the first four days, andif the Indian team takes intoconsideration, they would sure-ly opt for just the lone spinner.

Meanwhile, England have abig selection headache on theirhands. Ben Stokes' re-assimila-tion in the squad has gone offsmoothly, and after spendingthe past week away, he wentthrough rigorous batting andbowling sessions on Thursday.

He got a decent receptionfrom a sizeable fan gatheringahead of the game, but how thecrowd reacts to his presence inthe game on Saturday could be aworry for the team manage-ment.

Teams: India: Virat Kohli (c),

Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay,KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara,Ajinkya Rahane, DineshKarthik (wk), Rishabh Pant,Karun Nair, Hardik Pandya, RAshwin, Ravindra Jadeja,Kuldeep Yadav, Ishant Sharma,Umesh Yadav, Shardul Thakur,Mohammed Shami, JaspritBumrah.

England: Joe Root (c),Alastair Cook, KeatonJennings, Jonny Bairstow, JosButtler, Oliver Pope, Moeen Ali,Adil Rashid, Jamie Porter, SamCurran, James Anderson,Stuart Broad, Chris Woakes,Ben Stokes. Match starts at: 3.30pm IST.

Desperate India set for reshuffle in do-or-die Test

Lahore, Aug 17 (PTI)

Indian cricketer-turned-politician NavjotSingh Sidhu today arrivedhere to attend the swearing-in ceremony of his friendImran Khan as Pakistan'sprime minister.

Wearing a blue suit anda pink turban, Sidhu ar-rived Lahore via the Wagahborder from where he willtravel to Islamabad to at-tend Khan's oath-takingceremony scheduled for to-morrow.

Sidhu used his usual po-etic expression while inter-acting with reporters.

Welcoming the"change" in Pakistan'sdemocracy with the elec-tion of Khan as prime min-ister, he said Khan shouldcome forward in peace ini-tiative between the twoneighbours.

He said he has brought"a message of love" toPakistan as a goodwill am-bassador of India.

I have come here not asa politician but as a friend. Ihave come here to take partin the happiness of myfriend (Imran), he said,

adding sportsmen andartistes help bringing thepeople of two sides closer.

Hindustan jeevay,Pakistan jeevay, he chant-ed while reading a verse.

Sidhu said formerIndian prime minister AtalBihari Vajpayee, who

passed away yesterday, al-so talked about peace be-tween the two countries.

Quoting late Vajpayee,he said, If there is a fire at aneighbour's house we getthe heat of it.

Talking about the quali-ties of Khan, the formercricketer said: "I have seenKhan converting his weak-nesses into his strength. Iwish Imran becomes a sym-bol of prosperity (for hiscountry).

Replying to a query onthe gift he has brought forthe former Pakistan Testcaptain, Sidhu said: I havebrought a Kashmiri shawlfor Khan sahib.

Earlier this week, for-mer Indian cricketers SunilGavaskar and Kapil Devwhom Khan had invited onhis swearing-in had de-clined the invitation citingpersonal engagements.

Sidhu arrives in Pak to attendKhan's oath taking ceremony

Jakarta, Aug 17 (PTI)

A trial by fire for the youngstersand a battle to stay relevant for someageing superstars but above all, the18th Asian Games will be a realitycheck for India's athletes after theCommonwealth Games high.

The build-up has been signaturechaos with complaints and evencourt cases about selection matters,usual controversies over the size ofthe contingent which came to 804 --athletes and officials combined, andnot to forget, the credentials of thetravelling officials. But as has beenthe case with Indian sports for thepast several decades, the athleteswould try to ensure that focus re-mains firmly on the results once thecompetition gets underway after thecustomary opening ceremony heretomorrow.There was quite literally agold rush at Gold Coast CWG whereIndia notched up their second bestmedal tally of all time.

But most athletes and theircoaches have already acknowledgedthat the Asiad is going to be a differ-ent ball game given the presence ofpowerhouses such as China, Japanand Korea.However, that has damp-ened neither the excitement nor theexpectations.India had equalledtheir best performance in terms ofmedals won in the 2014 Asiad with atotal of 57, including 11 gold, and thecontingent of 572 athletes this timewould be hoping to better that.

The contenders range from a a 16-year-old schoolgirl from Haryana inManu Bhaker (shooting) to theproven-but-struggling Sushil Kumar(wrestling) to the in-form and consis-tently rising to new heights, NeerajChopra (Javelin Throw).

Then there are the likes of HimaDas, a sprint sensation who hasraised hopes by becoming the firstIndian woman to claim a worldchampionships gold, albeit in the un-der-20 competition.The daughter of arice farmer in Assam has capturedthe nation's imagination and her pro-

file is only expected to rise should shefinish on the podium in Jakarta.There is no denying the fact that shewill among the favourites at theGames in Jakarta.

India's track-and-field stars havehistorically done well at the Asiad,delivering 282 medals so far, 74 ofthem gold. And it is not expected to beany different this time.

On to the badminton court wherePV Sindhu would be hoping to breakher final jinx. But once again a strongfield will stand in the way given thatshuttlers from traditional power-centres China, Thailand, and Japanwill be in action.Saina Nehwal's gritand ability to bring her A game to thetable on the big stage can never bediscounted but it remains to be seenhow her body responds to what hasbeen a gruelling season so far.Alongwith K Srikkanth and HS Prannoy,they are among those expected tocontribute to India's medal tally.

India can also hope for a goodshow on the wrestling mat where theinf-rom duo of Bajrang Punia andVinesh Phogat are being seen assure-shot medal hopes.Punia not on-ly won a gold at CWG but alsoemerged champion at Tbilisi GrandPrix and Yasar Dogu International inthe run-up to the Jakarta Games.

However, it's redemption timefor a few struggling stars. Olympicmedallists Sushil Kumar and SakshiMalik are not in the best of form.Sushil recently lost his first bout infour years at the Tbilisi GP inGeorgia and Sakshi failed to reachthe medal round at Yasar Dogu inIstanbul.Their reputations are atstake and nothing less than a goldwill be able to redeem those.Themen's hockey team will be aiming fora gold and a direct entry into the 2020Tokyo Olympics. The team, which re-cently ended runner-up to Australiaat the Champions Trophy, does nothave many tough nuts to crack and itwill only be a disaster if it returnswithout gold.

The women's team missed out on

a historic place in the world cupsemifinals but the Rani Rampal-ledside is expected to fare better and im-prove upon its bronze-medal show inIncheon.At the shooting ranges ofPalembang, Manu will hold cen-trestage and given her form, it wouldbe a surprise if she lets the spotlightshift anywhere else. The boxing are-na will have some strong Indian pres-ence too with the likes of VikasKrishan, Shiva Thapa and the fast-rising Gaurav Solanki presentingIndia's men's challenge. Among thewomen, world silver-medallistSarjubala Devi will be a medalhope.The tennis contingent is al-ready grappling with the kind of dra-ma that has become its trademark atevery major event.

The last-minute pull-out byLeander Paes for not getting a "spe-cialist" men's doubles partner meansthat coach-cum-captain Zeeshan Alihas to re-work combinations inmen's and mixed doubles.How thismove by the veteran star affects thecampaign will be interesting tosee.In the absence of world championMirabai Chanu, India's challengehas weakened in weightlifting.

In Table Tennis, Manika Batrawould be aiming for an encore of hergolden run at the CWG but it wouldbe easier said than done givenChinese and Japanese presence inthe draw. Among the men Veteran ASharath Kamal would be the one towatch out for again.

Dipa Karmakar would be contin-uing her spirited return from injuryin the gymnastics arena and it wouldbe interesting what she attempts onthe vault.

There will be some interestingsports to track too in pencak silat, anIndonesian indigenous martial artsform, and bridge. India will be thereto contest but medal prospects arenot too clear.

In all, close to 11,000 athletes from45 countries will be in action at theGames, which will conclude onSeptember 2.

Reality check awaits as India eyeAsiad glory after topsy-turvy build-up

Milan, Aug 17

Cristiano Ronaldo willmake his much-anticipatedSerie A debut for Juventuswho open their campaignfor an eighth straightItalian league title onSaturday against a sombrebackdrop of a country inmourning following theGenoa bridge disaster.

The five-time Ballond'Or winner was the starsigning of the summer sea-son arriving amid greatpomp and ceremony follow-ing a 100 million euro (USD117 million) deal from RealMadrid. But it could be alow-key start for the 33-year-old Portuguese super-star against minnowsChievo in Verona's StadioBentegodi on Saturday on aday of national mourningfor the victims of theMorandi bridge tradegy inthe north-western port city.

The emotional impactof the disaster has led to thepostponement of Serie Agames involving local

teams Sampdoria andGenoa who had been due toopen their campaignsagainst Fiorentina and ACMilan. But all other gameswill go ahead starting onSaturday -- the day of the 38victims' funerals -- with lastseason's top two teamsJuventus and Napoli in ac-tion.

A minute's silence willbe held before each matchwith the players taking tothe pitch wearing blackarmbands.Much is expect-ed of Ronaldo's presence inthe Italian league this sea-son after the low of Italymissing out on qualifyingfor the World Cup inRussia.

"He's going to raise thelevel of the championship,"said Italian football legendDino Zoff."Everyone canbenefit. With Ronaldo alleyes will be on us and SerieA can regain ground. Hispurchase will result in thearrival of other big namesto Serie A."

Midfielder Sami

Khedira said he was eagerto play alongside Ronaldoagain, and forget his owndire World Cup campaignwhere Germany crashedout in the group stage."Ican't wait to start the newseason, and it's also fantas-tic to be able to play withRonaldo again after thetime we shared together atReal Madrid," Khedira saidon Instagram."Despite theexcitement for the new sea-son though, this was one ofthe most difficult summersof my career."After a goodseason at Juventus inwhich I scored nine goals, Iplayed my two worst gamesat the World Cup and it wasawful." As Ronaldo takescentre stage at his newteam the surprise could bein defence with AndreaBarzagli and new signingJoao Cancelo vying for therole of right-back.

World Cup winnerBlaise Matuidi has just re-turned to action, and coachMassimiliano Allegri couldplay new midfield signing

Emre Can and Khediraalongside Miralem Pjanicand Juan Cuadrado.

- Ancelotti return - Napoli turn back to

their quest for a first title

since the days of Argentinestar Diego Maradona in1987 and 1990 after pushingJuventus to the line lastseason.

After claiming a record

91 points for a league run-ner-up, Maurizio Sarri exit-ed the club for Chelsea withItalian Carlo Ancelottimaking his return to SerieA for the first time in nearlya decade.

The much-travelledItalian arrives in Naplesboasting three ChampionsLeague trophies from hisspells with AC Milan andReal Madrid, and a PremierLeague title from his two-year stint at Chelsea.

Eusebio di Francesco'sRoma -- third last season --travel to Torino with InterMilan, who also qualifiedfor the Champions Leaguevisiting Sassuolo onSunday, as Bologna andSPAL, who both survived atthe death last season goinghead to head in a bid to startthe season on a positivenote.

Among the newcomers,Parma return to the topflight only three years afterbeing declared bankrupt,hosting Udinese in theirfirst game.

Ronaldo set for Serie A debut amid sombre backin Italy

Mumbai, Aug 17 PTI)

The 29th JK Tyre MonsoonScooter Rally has attracted 35 riders,including multiple time former cham-pions Manjeet Singh Bassan andShamim Khan, apart from last yearswinner Venkatesh Shetty.

The event, normally held in July,has been put off to August 25 and in-stead of Navi Mumbai, it will be heldin Nashik, about 200km from here, inassociation with the NashikAutomotive Sports Association, saidShrikant Karani of event organisersSportscraft at a media meet here lastevening. "Our regular sponsor pulledout and it was a nightmare on how to

conduct it. We tried to hold it inPanvel (Navi Mumbai), but due tosome circumstances which I dontwant to reveal it could not be heldthere," said Karani.Karani said JKTyres and TVS Racing then came tothe organisers' rescue and said theevent should not be scrapped as it wasa unique race earmarked only forscooters and they will underwrite theexpenses to some extent. "We will cov-er the rest of the expenses on ourown," he added.Riders from Mumbai,Nashik, Kolhapur, Bhopal and Indorewill be seen in action in the race whichwill also see two women riders - NidhiShukla and Priya Gala.Gala, who didwell in last years rally, vowed to do

even better this time.Among the othertop riders will be former championsAvtar Singh (2011), Muzzafar Ali(2013) and Syed Asif Ali (2016), Karanisaid.According to the organisers, theslushy conditions expected during themonsoon season will again make therally a challenging one. "We are excit-ed to be part of this unique rally. Welook forward to the riders making ahuge splash in wet and slushy condi-tions that is the charm of the MonsoonScooter Rally," said JK Motorsport'sSanjay Sharma.Besides trophies andcash prizes, JK Tyre will be givingaway two scooter tyres each to thefirst three overall winners, the bestfirst timer and the best lady rider.

Monsoon Scooter Rally shiftedfrom Navi Mumbai to Nashik

Serena thinking of slain sistershortly before lopsided lossLos Angels, Aug 17

Tennis great Serena Williams tells TimeMagazine in a cover story published Thursday thatshortly before the worst defeat of her career shelearned the killer of her sister Yetunde Price had beenparoled. The 23-time Grand Slam champion wasstunned 6-1, 6-0 by Britain's Johanna Konta on July 31in San Jose, California.

The defeat marked the first time in 928 profession-al matches that Williams failed to win more than onegame. At the time she spoke of having "so many thingson my mind" without elaborating.

But in a wide-ranging interview with Time, shesaid that 10 minutes before she took the court shelearned via Instagram that Robert Edward Maxfield,the man convicted of killing Price in a drive-by shoot-ing in 2003, had been released from prison earlier inthe year after serving 12 years of a 15-year sentence.

"I couldn't shake it out of my mind," she said. "Nomatter what, my sister is not coming back for good be-havior. It's unfair that she'll never have an opportuni-ty to hug me."

In discussing Maxfield, Williams noted biblicalpassages on forgiveness, but admitted "I'm not thereyet." "I want to forgive," she said.

"I have to get there. I'll be there." Price had threechildren who were aged 11, nine and five when shedied."It was hard because all I think about is her kids,and what they mean to me. And how much I lovethem," Williams said.

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BARC Report, Week 32, 2018: Yeh Rishta KyaKehlata Hai takes a huge jump while Yeh HaiMohabbatein makes a comeback on the list

Angad Bedi opens up about Neha Dhupia’s pregnancyrumours and the social-media trolling

Kerala floods: Esha Gupta donates her day’s earning toCM’s Distress Relief Fund

Ssharad Malhotra reacts on DivyankaTripathi’s emotional outburst on

Juzzbaatt: Yes, I have made mistakes

Not Shahid Kapoor, but Mira will choose the name of theirsecond baby and they’re ‘open to suggestions’! Got any?

Anisha Padukone opens up about feeling“helpless” during sister Deepika

Padukone’s struggle with depression

It’s no news that ShahidKapoor and Mira Kapoor areexpecting their second babyafter Misha. In fact, there’sbeen a lot of buzz this timearound, courtesy Mira’s chicmaternity fashion and thefact that she is glowing morethan ever. We have said thisearlier- motherhood looksgood on Mira but the way sheis juggling being a hands-onmother to their tiny-tot andprepping to be the same toanother is awe-inspiring.Talking about prepping,Mira is not alien to the dosand don’ts of pregnancy andprobably it’ll pretty much bethe same with better careand precautions. However,there is one thing that isabout to change this timearound. Apparently, afterShahid named Misha, it isMira’s turn to pick a namefor baby no 2. In an interviewto Zoom, she said, “Wehaven’t decided the name of

the baby yet. In fact, we are opento all suggestions. Misha’s namewas Shahid’s selection. So, thistime, I might get to select thename.” She also opened up aboutthings that she plans to ensurearound Misha. “This time I al-ready have a toddler around andkeeping a balance between theone you have and the one that’s onits way is very important.Everything changes and youdon’t want that the one who hasbeen the apple of your eyes for solong and feels that she’s the centreof your world to feel neglected andignored. That is very important,”she added. Shahid and Mira tiedthe knot on July 7, 2015. Sincethen, the couple has never shiedaway from social media PDA andtheir fans love their posts togeth-er. It is also reported that Shashahas sorted his work diary in orderto spend maximum time withMira during her final pregnancydays and he will extend his pater-nity leave after the arrival of thenew baby.

Divyanka Tripathi and SsharadMalhotra’s split was one of the most shockingbreakups of the TV industry. Though it hasbeen years, the breakup gets talked aboutevery now and then. A month before,Divyanka was on Rajeev Khandelwal’sJuzzbaatt where she broke down talkingabout her split with the Kasam actor. She saidthat she was distraught and it felt like life hadended for her. Bombay Times, in an interviewwith Ssharad asked him about his reaction onDivyanka’s emotional outburst. He told thepublication, “There’s not much I can say ex-cept that it was a beautiful relationship. Butwhen the word ‘marriage’ popped up, I devel-oped cold feet. It was a long time ago and I wasquite immature. One gradually matures withtime and experience. Yes, I have made mis-takes. As human beings, we all make mis-takes. I realise that now but unfortunately, it’sfive years down the line. I should have re-alised it then, but no hard feelings. We haveboth moved on. She looks very happy and Iwish her the very best.” The actor was asked ifexes could be friends. He said, “Surely. Whycan’t exes be friends? Not immediately maybe,but after a certain amount of time.” Post hissplit from Divyanka, he began dating PoojaBisht. However, his relationship endedaround six months back.

Deepika Padukone set a benchmark as to how celebsshould become role models when she opened up about herstruggle with depression. In a moving interview with a newschannel, she poured her heart out. Later, she established anNGO Live, Laugh, Love foundation to help people strugglingwith mental health issues and raise awareness about thesame. Today, her sister, Anisha Padukone has given her ac-count of how she felt during that time. Talking to News 18,Anisha opened up and said, “Honestly, it was difficult for meas I had very little idea about mental illness and the role of acaregiver. Coping with mental illness affects both the individ-uals and members of their immediate family. There was notmuch information available where I could learn and equipmyself to be of help. There were times when I felt helpless.Fortunately for us, my mother noticed something was wrong.We then approached a counsellor who is also a very close fam-ily friend and things worked out. Recently in June, Deepikahad posted a heartfelt note after the suicides of Kate Spade andAnthony Bourdain. “Depression today is a growing epidemic,yet there is so much stigma attached to it that individuals areobtained dissuaded from seeking help. Asking someone to just“snap out of it” is the equivalent of telling someone with a bro-ken leg to continue walking,” Deepika wrote.

While BARC reportsregularly come onThursday, this week thelist was delayed by a daydue to the IndependenceDay holiday. And the waitwas difficult. While noth-ing major happened lastweek, it was a lull beforethe storm. This week theentire list has gonethrough a revamp and boyit is way too surprising!While many shows havegone missing from the list,Yeh Hai Mohabbatein hasmade a comeback on thetop 20 list after a long time.On the other hand, YehRishta Kya Kehlata Haimakers have have toppledKundali and KumkumBhagya from their posi-tions and bagged the sec-ond spot. Though it failedto take the first spot, itproved to be tough compe-tition for Naagin 3.Surprisingly, Krishna

Chali London has made itto the top 10 list for the firsttime. While Ishq SubhanAllah has seen a dip,Taarak Mehta Ka OoltahChashmah is soaring high.Ishqbaaaz, Qayamat KiRAAT, Bepannaah – hasrecorded improved viewer-ship. And Naagin 3 does itagain. The show stays con-stant at the first spot with9.6 million impressions.Yeh Rishta Kya KehlataHai takes a huge jump andbags the second positionwith 8.3 million impres-sions. Kumkum Bhagyarises to the third positionwith 7.9 million impres-sions. Kundali Bhagya seesa major drop this week andbags the fourth positionwith 7.7 million impres-sions. Dance Deewane fallsthis week and grabs thefifth spot with 7.4 millionimpressions. KullfiKumarr Bajewala is on the

sixth position this weekwith 7.2 million impres-sions. Following it isTaarak Mehta Ka OoltahChashmah at the seventhspot with 6.5 million im-pressions. Shakti – AstitvaKe Ehsaas Ki has alsoclimbed the ladder thisweek and grabs the eighthspot with 5.9 million im-pressions. Ishq SubhanAllah has seen a huge fall,bagging the ninth spot thisweek with 5.6 million im-pressions. Krishna ChaliLondon is on the top 10 listfor the first time in thetenth place with 5.4 millionimpressions.

Naagin 3 continues tobe favourite pan India andis on the first spot with 15.2million impressions.Following it is Zee TV’sKumkum Bhagya andKundali Bhagya at the sec-ond and the third spot re-spectively with 13.1 and

12.9 million impressionseach. Zee Anmol’sKumkum Bhagya is on thefourth spot this week with12.6 million impressions.Star Plus’ Yeh Rishta KyaKehlata Hai has seen ahuge jump on this list alsoand got the fifth spot with11.5 million impressions.Dance Deewane hasgrabbed the sixth spot with10.9 million impressions.Following it is KullfiKumarr Bajewala at theseventh spot with 10.4 mil-lion impressions. TaarakMehta Ka OoltahChashmah grabbed theeighth position with 9.1million impressions. IshqSubhan Allah and SABTV’s Taarak Mehta KaOoltah Chashmah com-pleted the list by gettingthe ninth and the tenthspot respectively with 8.9and 8.8 million impres-sions each.

Angad Bedi and Neha Dhupiatook everyone by surprise when they

got married in a private ceremonyearlier. Only close friends and fami-

lies were in attendance andBollywood apparently had no clue.Which is believable considering thereactions that came their way fromindustry pals. The couple, after thehush-hush nuptial, then took off toAmerica for a short honeymoon-cum-work trip and have been inseparablesince then. But amidst all the ‘What?wow!’ comments that flooded their so-cial media posts, there were a few re-marks that were borderline bullying.In fact, it became a field day for trollswho couldn’t digest the age-gap be-tween both. And just when thatstopped, pregnancy rumours aboutNeha Dhupia kicked up a storm on so-cial media. And honestly, hubbyAngad Bedi has had enough of it.

In an interview with HindustanTimes, Angad has finally opened upabout the same and the incessanttrolling that followed. He said, “Wefeel if one has been given a platform tointeract with others openly, it shouldnot be misused. If you want to have acritical viewpoint, please put for-ward, that’s understandable. But ifyou want to pass nasty comments, Iwon’t take it as a husband. If you havenothing nice to say, then don’t say atall.” However, the couple is taking allof it with a pinch of salt and is enjoy-ing the marital bliss the way oneshould. When asked about how it feelsto be married, he said, “It’s a rosyphase and she asks me everyday whatI want to have for dinner.”

It is about time we all came together to help thebeautiful state of Kerala, which has been facingmassive floods for the past 10 days. Taking the ini-tiative, Esha Gupta has stepped up. The Baadshahoactress took to her Instagram page and posted avideo in which she is appealing her fans to make do-nations to the Chief Minister’s Distress ReliefFund. She talks about the dire situation in the stateand reasserts that we all must have someone stuckthere with no food, no clean water and no electrici-ty. She reveals that she has had no contact with heragent, who is stuck there, since the past few days.The actress also reveals that she has donated herone day’s earning to the relief fund. We hope morepeople join Esha in this noble cause. In her post,Esha wrote, “I urge you to donate money foodclothes whatever you can in your own way, no oneneeds to know how much and what, lend a helpinghand because you can. Kerala needs us, humanityneeds us. They are right now cut off from the worldwith no one other way but choppers reaching outfor supplies. Let’s stand together.” Earlier, actorSidharth also urged people to take part in theKerala Donation Challenge. He posted a screen-shot, where it is revealed that he has donated Rs 10lakh for the relief. We are sure after seeing thismore celebs will come forward to help Kerala andits people. More than a dozen helicopters, hundredsof defence personnel, NDRF teams and ordinaryfishermen with their motorboats launched a mas-sive rescue operation in Kerala as rains subsided.

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cremated with full state honours. Vajpayee, 93, diedat the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)here last evening after a prolonged illness.Amid sultryweather conditions, thousands of people walked alongthe over seven km-long route with some showeringpetals at the carriage. Heavy security was deployedalong the route of the procession. During the proces-sion, people chanted slogans like "Atal Bihari AmarRahe" as Vajpayee's cortege made its way from the BJPheadquarters to the cremation ground.

Last night, Vajpayee's body was taken to his officialresidence on Krishna Menon Marg from AIIMS wherehe was admitted in June.

Police have made elaborate security arrangementsfor the funeral procession, officials said.

Pak said.The firing stopped at 5 am today, they said,

adding that there was no report of any casualty on ei-ther side.

Governor Governor gave the following directions: (i)

Chairman Deva will draw up a prioritised list of the or-der in which recruitments to various posts shall be fi-nalised by the PSC, considering the urgency of timelyfilling posts for the five new Medical Colleges; (ii) to en-sure that there are no delays in the concernedAdministrative Secretary promptly replying to anyquery raised by PSC in regard to equivalence of variedqualifications, all such references shall henceforth set-tled by an empowered Committee, chaired by ChiefSecretary, which shall comprise AdministrativeSecretaries of Higher Education Department, Healthand Medical Education Department, AgricultureDepartment, General Administration Department, ARI& Trainings Department and Law Department. ThisCommittee : (a) shall examine all cases involving issuesregarding equivalence of Degrees (particularly in thecontext of new and emerging disciplines) and their rele-vance to the post for which selections are required to bemade; (b) shall take into account the general norms ofequivalence of Degrees which are adopted by premierhigher education institutions in the country and na-tional level education regulatory authorities; (c) shalldecide all cases within thirty days of the references re-ceived from the PSC; (iii) delays in the selection processof the Commission also take place for want of timelyclarifications in regard to reserved, non-reserved andother categories of posts by indenting departments; inall such cases it shall be the personal responsibility ofthe concerned Administrative Secretary to reply to thereference received from the Commission within tenworking days. Recalling the decision taken a few daysearlier to provide secretarial strength to the PSC to visi-bly speed up the pace of its selection processes,Governor noted that cases had come to his notice wherethe concerned Administrative Departments are respon-sible for considerable delay in informing the PSC aboutthe details of vacancies arising in the ensuing calendaryear. Governor also discussed these delays with ChiefSecretary who shall now be taking quarterly reviewmeetings with Chairman PSC to ensure against anypending issue resulting in thwarting the selectionprocess.

It was further decided that Commissioner HigherEducation shall undertake a fortnightly review of va-cancies at all levels in the Higher Education sector andpersonally ensure that there is no pending issue whichcan delay the PSC’s selection process.

4 Drug Kumar and Gurjeet Singh, all resident of

Hoshiarpur (Punjab). Further investigation into thecase is underway, he said.

This is the second poppy seizure made by the Kathuapolice in two consecutive days.

In another incident, police intercepted today oneperson during patrolling on suspicious grounds inKothey area of Samba district, he said. During frisking,1 kg and 100 g of poppy was recovered from him, he said.

The accused person has been identified as HarnamDass of Vijaypur (Samba). He was arrested on the spotand contraband was also seized from him, he said. Acase has been registered in Vijaypur police station andinvestigation is underway, the officer said.

CEO 18-08-2018 to 27-08-2018 (Monday). Similarly, Special

Camp Days is on 19-08-2018 (Sunday) and 25-08-2018(Saturday), while Disposal of Claims and Objections isfrom 28-08-2018 to 04-09-2018, Publication of FinalPanchayat Electoral Roll-2018 is 11-09-2018.

Imran Khan voting, they added. Sharif, the 66-year-old younger

brother of jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif,served as the chief minister of the politically crucialPunjab province from 2013 to 2018. He became PML-Npresident after his elder brother was barred from hold-ing the top party position and public posts. During thevoting, Khan received support of smaller parties includ-ing Muttahida Quami Movement with seven seats,Balochistan Awami Party five, Balochistan NationalParty four, Pakistan Muslim League three, GrandDemocratic Alliance three, Awami Muslim League andJamori Watan Party one seat each.

Earlier, PML-N lawmakers including Sharif arrivedin the National Assembly wearing black armbands toprotest against alleged "rigging" of the votes during theJuly 25 general elections.

Sharif and Khan greeted each other and shookhands prior to the start of the session.

Earlier this week, PTI's nominees for Speaker andDeputy Speaker secured 176 and 183 votes respectively.

The PTI emerged as the single largest party with 116seats in July 25 elections. Its number increased to 125 af-ter nine independent members joined it and final tallyreached 158 after it was allotted 28 out of 60 seats re-served for women and five out of 10 seats reserved for

minorities. PTI spokesman Faisal Javed told the media yester-

day that preparations are going on for the oath takingceremony of Khan.

Javed said that Khan will wear a black sherwani onthe occasion. The ceremony will be held at the PresidentHouse and President Mamnoon Hussain will adminis-ter the oath to the premier. The ceremony will be keptsimple.

Khan's government will be the third consecutivedemocratic government in Pakistan since 2008 whenmilitary ruler General Pervez Musharraf announcedelections after serving as president from 2001 to 2008 fol-lowing a bloodless coup in 1999.

The PPP formed the government in 2008, followed bythe PML-N led by jailed former prime minister NawazSharif in 2013.

Pakistan's powerful military has ruled the countrythrough various coups for nearly half of the country'shistory since independence in 1947. Even during thecivilian rule, the generals have wielded enormous pow-er, setting the agenda for the country's foreign and secu-rity policies.

Atal ji future of inclusion and opportunity for all Indians.

"We engage the world as equals and in peace, and wespeak for principles and support the aspirations of oth-ers. We are on the path that Atalji wanted us to take. Hewas ahead of the times, because he had a deep sense ofhistory, and he could peer into the soul of India from hisgrasp of our civilizational ethos," he said. Vajpayeetransformed five decades of India's estrangement withthe USA into an enduring strategic partnership in thecourse of five years, the prime minister said, addingthat he also steered India to deep friendship with a newpost-Soviet Russia through a strategic partnership in2000.

"I had the privilege of accompanying him on a visitto Russia in November 2001 when we concluded a sisterprovince agreement between Gujarat and Astrakhan."he said.

Modi said Vajpayee made the boldest move for peacewith China in an effort to overcome the burdens of a dif-ficult past by establishing the mechanism of SpecialRepresentatives for boundary talks.

In many ways, he was the inspiration for, and evenpioneer of, his government's Neighbourhood First poli-cy, Modi said. "He (Vajpayee) was unwavering in hissupport as an opposition leader towards Bangladesh'sliberation. He went to Lahore in search of peace. Withpersistence and optimism that was his nature, he con-tinued to search for peace and heal the wounds inJammu and Kashmir," Modi wrote.

But, he was resolute in winning the Kargil War, andwhen terror attack hit Parliament, he made the worldrecognize the true nature and source of cross-borderterrorism against India, the prime minister said.

Modi described Vajpayee as an orator without paral-lel who could switch from "disarming humour to a loftyvision" with ease, with a rare ability to connect withpeople naturally, to stir them to self-belief and to a high-er cause.

Sharply perceptive, he could summarise the mostcomplex issues and discussions in a single sentence orquestion, Modi said.

"For those of us who knew him, he was first therarest of human beings who touched and inspiredeveryone he met. He was compassionate to the core,generous in spirit, warm beyond measure and kind to afault. He was deeply respectful of others and gifted witha rare sense of humour that he often turned upon him-self," Modi said.

Women hospital where doctors declared her dead. A police

spokesman said banned militant outfit HizbulMujahideen was behind the killing of the woman.

Over yatris have had the 'darshan' of the 'shivling' at the

holy cave, they said. The yatra was resumed fromJammu yesterday after three-day long suspension dueto the closure of the Jammu-Srinagar national highway,the officials said. The 60-day annual yatra commencedfrom the twin tracks of Baltal in Ganderbal andPahalgam in Anantnag districts of the valley on June 28and is scheduled to conclude on August 26 coincidingwith the 'Raksha Bandhan' festival.

Four Rajouri Mohammad Aijaz Asad after complaints

were received from various quarters about labs employ-ing unqualified staff and giving wrong diagnostic re-sults, thereby risking lives of patients, he said. A jointteam of officials from the revenue and health depart-ments raided 17 diagnostic and clinical labs in Rajouritown and Manjakote area under the supervision of chiefmedical officer Dr Suresh Gupta, he added. During theraids, four labs were found violating the norms of theNursing Homes and Clinical Establishment Act, thespokesperson said. All the four labs were immediatelysealed and action was initiated against them under therules, he said.

Two of vehicles. During the checking of vehicles, police

said, they intercepted an alto-K-10 bearing registrationnumber JK19-3435 for checking. Police said the car wason its way to RS Pura from Jammu. During checking,they recovered 85 grams of heroin from the vehicle andarrested both the persons including the woman. The ar-rested persons have been identified as Tosick Hussainof Bibrota in Raj Garh in Ramban and Laila Khalid. Acase in this regard has been registered against them un-der FIR Number FIR Number 116 of 2018 under section8/21/22 NDPS Act at Police Station Miran Sahib.

Criminal RS Pura. The arrested person has been identified as

Ankush Mehra alias Anku resident of of RS Pura. Hehas been booked under FIR Number 104 of 2018 undersection 4/25 of Arm Act at police station RS Pura.

Jammu: Aug 17

National SecularForum (NSF), organized aprogrammed in UniversityCampus and on the Deathanniversary of Madan LalDhingra who laid his lifefor the country. Amid slo-gans “Madan Lal Dhingra”“inqulaab Zindabad”‘Bharat Mata ki jai” andthey paid tributes toMadan Lal Dhingra andgarlanded the portraits ofthe son of soil. AnkushAbrol member workingcommittee JammuKashmir CricketAssociation (JKCA), Ex-member BCCI was thechief guest and Dr. VikasSharma State PresidentNSF, presided over thefunction.Speaking on the

occasion, Ankush Abrolappreciated the efforts ofNSF members to come for-warded and organizedthese function. He said thatthe real tributes to the mar-tyrs would be eradicatingevil prevailing in the socie-ty like drug addiction, fe-male feticide and dowry.He exhorted the youth torefrain from drugs and in-toxicants.

Abrol throw light life ofmartyr Madan LalDhingra was born onFebruary 18, 1883 atAmritsar in a very richfamily. His father, Dr DittaMal, retired as theGovernment Civil Surgeonand had twenty-one housesin Katra Sher Singh andsix bunglaws on G.T. Road.Speaking on the occasion

Dr Vikas Sharma StatePresident NSF said thatMadan Lai Dhingra wasborn in Punjab. He went toLondon in 1906 to study en-gineering. It was in Britainthat he came in contactwith revolutionary nation-alists such as ShyamjiKrishna Verma and V. D.Savarkar. Influenced bytheir thoughts, he becameinvolved in Indian revolu-tionary activities inBritain. He participated inthe activities of the IndianHome Rule Society, theAbhinava Bharata and theIndia House. In July, 1909he assassinated SirWilliam Curzon Wyllie, anAdvisor to the Secretary ofState of India, at a gather-ing in the ImperialInstitute. During his trial,

Madan Lai Dhingra de-clared unremorsefully thathis act was "a humble re-venge for the inhumanhangings and transporta-tion of patriotic Indians".He was sentenced to deathand died on the gallows atthe Pentonville Prison,London on August 17, 1909at the age of 26 years.

Pushpinder SinghState Vice-President NSF,also speak on the occasion,said that Thirty-one yearslater Udham Singh fol-lowed the same path andwas executed on July 31,1940 under almost similarcircumstances. PardeepSharma University UnitPresident was deliveredthe welcome address;Anshu Sharma was deliv-ering the vote of thanks.

NSF tribute of 109th Death Anniversaryof Madan Lal Dhingra

Jammu Aug 17:

Mourning the ir-reparable loss of theNation, Society and espe-cially BJP, enforced by theheavenly departure of thebeloved former PrimeMinister of India, BharatRatna, Late Sh. Atal BihariVajpayee ji, the State head-quarter of J&K BJP re-mained thronged by theprominent leaders to theground level activists aswell as the common mass-es throughout the day onFriday Whole day, bur-dened by the feeling of ex-treme loss and pain, sittingat the hallway, all re-mained glued to the televi-sion screen at party head-quarter, not willing to misseven a fraction of last sightwhile the Godly soul setson the final path. Later, inthe evening, after the finalrights and rituals of thestalwart at Delhi, J&K BJPorganized “SharadhanjaliSabha” at its state head-quarter, Trikuta Nagar,Jammu in the tender mem-ories of the great patriarchof BJP, who laid the strongfoundation of “JanaSangha” to the present day“Bharatiya Janata Party”.

Prominent faces ofJ&K BJP expressed theirfeelings, love and emotionsfor the great soul in limitedbut touching words. Thosewho expressed their

thoughts while speakingtheir heart out were BJPState General Secretary(Org.) Ashok Kaul, formerUnion Minister ChamanLal Gupta, formerMinisters Sat Sharma,Abdul Ghani Kohli, BaliBhagat, Satish Sharma,Suresh Jamwal, S.Varinderjit Singh andChander Mohan Sharma.BJP State President,Ravinder Raina, who wasat Delhi to attend the finalrights, termed Atal ji as thetallest leader of the time.He said that this is a hugeloss for our Nation andadded that although, todayAtal ji is no more in thisworld but he shall remainalive in the hearts, breathand blood of all Indians.This is irreparable loss,which even the time is notcapable to heal, he said and

added that this is the end ofan era.

Ashok Kaul painted theextraordinary life sketchof Atalji while throwinglights on his life events es-pecially those associatedwith the Jammu &Kashmir. He said that Atalji will always remain alivein the soul of “Bharat”. Hesaid that Atal ji was a “YugPurush”, great poet, states-man, mentor of millions.He was such a magician ofwords, who with his sim-plicity, got his signatureimprinted on the heart ofevery single Indian. SatSharma expressing deepshock, said that today thecountry has lost an excep-tional soul, who was true tothe core of heart, winningeveryone with love. Hesaid that nobody can takethe place of Atal ji. He said

that Atal ji will be remem-bered for the countless cen-turies to come. He said thatAtal ji was a friend ofeveryone and foe of none,who was admired evenamong the persons withdiffering ideologies.

Harinder Gupta,Parmod Kapahi, Dr. D. K.Manyal, Rajeev Charak,Arun Gupta, Dr. NarinderSingh, Yudhvir Sethi,Aseem Gupta, SanjayBaru, Rajinder Sharma,Praduman Singh, Dalip[Parihar, Brig. Anil Gupta,S. S. Bijral, Dr. SureshAjay Magotra, TahirChoudhary, Tilak RajGupta, Arvind Gupta,Jaidev Rajwal, Dr. PardeepMahotra, SurinderChoudhary, RakeshMahajan, Suresh Sharma,Purnima Sharma, RajniSethi, KulbhushanMohtra, Bharat Bhushan,Karan Sharma, BaldevBillawaria, AyodhyaGupta, Omi Khajuria,Chandji Bhat, NareshSharma, N. D. Rajwal,Surinder Sharma, Prof.Varinder Gupta, Dr.Nirmal Kamal, SubhashJandyal, Bawa Sharma,Sheila Handoo, Lalit Moza,Adv. Hunar Gupta, Adv.Bhanu Partap Jasrotia,Subhash Gupta wereamongst the other promi-nent faces who remem-bered the departed soulwith wet eyes.

BJP reminisces former PrimeMinister, Bharat Ratna, Atal jiPays rich tributes in “Sharadhanjali Sabha”

Jammu 17th August,

Natrang is going to or-ganise 4th TheatreFestival of the year from20th August, 2018 atAbhinav Theatre Jammu.Giving details NatrangDirector Balwant Thakurshared details in a pressconference at NatrangStudio Theatre, Jammu.Accompanied by seniorfunctionaries of Natrangviz Anil Tickoo, SanjeevGupta, Neeraj Kant andRahul Singh, DirectorNatrang Balwant Thakurinformed that in connec-tion with the celebrationsof 35 glorious years ofNatrang, the organisationis organising a 4 day the-atre festival every monthand 4th festival is startingfrom 20th of August featur-ing four theatre produc-tions by different directorsof Natrang. The festivalwill open with Natrang’smost celebrated play‘Mahabhoj’ written byMannu Bhandari on 20thof August, 2018 under thedirection of BalwantThakur at 6 pm at AbhinavTheatre, Jammu. On 21st

of August, 2018 Gulzar’s‘Kharaashein’ will be pre-sented under the directionof Rahul Singh. On 3rd dayof the festival on 22nd ofAugust, 2018, BalwantThakur’s highly ac-claimed Children play‘Mere Hisse Ki dhoopKahan hai will be show-cased. The festival willconclude on 23rd ofAugust, 2018 with the all-time super comedy play‘Saiyan Bhaye Kotwal’written by Vasant Sabnisand directed by BalwantThakur.

In connection withthe commemoration of 35years of Natrang, Natranghas already successfullyorganised three festivalsfeaturing four plays each.The first festival was or-ganised between 15th to18th May, 2018 featuring'Bawa Jitto', 'TwelfthNight', Kasak' and 'MindGames' under the direc-tion of Balwant Thakur,Aarushi Thakur Rana,Rahul Singh and SumeetSharma respectively. Thesecond festival was organ-ised between 19th to 22nd

June, 2018 featuring plays, and 'Romeo Juliet 'AapHamaare Hain Kaun,'Mata Ki Kahani' and'Ghumayee' under the di-rection of AarushiThakur Rana andBalwant Thakur. Thethird theatre festival wasorganised between 18th to21st July, 2018 in which‘Kauva Chala Hans KiChaal, ‘Na Teri Na Meri’,‘Fandi’ and 'A MidSummer Nights Dream’were featured. BalwantThakur further informedthat Natrang was estab-lished on 15th May, 1983with the presentation oftwo unique short playsNeeli Jheel' and 'NanhenKandhey Pair' atAbhinav Theatre Jammu.Natrang through the self-less contribution of thou-sands of its associates,brought the J&K theatreto the National andInternational limelightand its highly acclaimedplays vibrated the theatreworld and proudly trav-elled the whole length andbreadth of the countryand also crossed theboundaries of India as

well and won apprecia-tion in Russia, Germany,U.K., Singapore, Turkey,Hungary, Poland, andUAE and thus establisheda globally acknowledgedbrand calledNATRANG.With over 6000 pro-grammes and events andparticipation in over 250National/Internationalfestivals Natrang estab-lished itself as one of themost happening theatregroup of the countrywhich has many firsts toits credit including hold-ing of the longest weeklytheatre series of the coun-try entitled 'SundayTheatre' and having thelongest surviving contem-porary plays of the coun-try like 'Bawa Jitto,Ghumayee, Mere Hisse KiDhoop Kahan Hai and AapHamaare Hain Kaun. Thisorganization has beenhighly instrumental ingiving a new cultural andintellectual identity tothis part of the countryand has creditably revolu-tionized the cultural life ofthe place through its out ofthe world cultural andartistic initiatives.

Natrang’s 4th Theatre Festival commencing from 20th August, 2018

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Unprecedented rains con-tinue to wreak havoc acrossKerala and have brought thecoastal state to a standstill."As many as 324 people havelost their lives due to rains,floods and landslides," tweet-ed chief minister PinarayiVijayan.According to theHome Ministry's NationalEmergency Response Centre(NERC), over 2,11,000 peoplein 14 districts have been badlyhit by the rains and floods,and over 32,500 hectares ofcrops damaged.Personnel ofthe three services, besides theNational Disaster Response

Force (NDRF) resumed the gi-gantic task of evacuating peo-ple stranded on rooftops,highlands where hills camecrashing down blockingroads and cutting them off therest of the world, and thosemarooned in villages thathave turned into islands.Hundreds of people, includ-ing women, children and theelderly trapped in places inac-cessible by boats werewinched up by defence heli-copters and shifted tosafety.On Thursday morning,Prime Minister Modi spoke toKerala Chief MinisterPinarayi Vijayan to discussflood situation in the state. He

had also asked the DefenceMinistry to step up the rescueand relief operations acrossthe state.Meanwhile, a redalert was sounded in 13 dis-tricts of Kerala, exceptKasaragod. A read has beensounded for Ernakulam andIdukki districts for tomorrowas well. The Indian CoastGuard's rescue and reliefteam from Vandiperiyar hasbeen shifted to the flood-af-fected Manjumala village inKerala's Idukki district.Sofar, the team has rescued 16stranded people from the vil-lage. Food and dry ration havebeen distributed among them.

Earlier this morning, five

units of NDRF (NationalDisaster Response Force)reachedThiruvananthapuram andwere deployed for rescue op-erations. 35 teams are expect-ed to reach there today.Kerala has been witnessingincessant rain since past fewdays, causing flooding andlandslide in the state.

The Centre has launchedmassive rescue and relief op-erations in the state owing tothe flood situation which isworsening by the day. OnThursday, in view of the pre-vailing floods situation inKerala, a meeting of theNational Crisis ManagementCommittee (NCMC) was heldto scale up assistance and en-sured continued relief andrescue operations.Army,Navy, Air Force, Coast Guardand National DisasterResponse Force (NDRF) havebeen tasked to mobilise addi-tional manpower, boats, andhelicopters to scale up the res-cue and relief operations.Earlier on Thursday, NDRFteams evacuated 926 personsto a safer place atPathamithitta, Kozhikode,Ernakulam, Thrissur, andAlappuzha. Moreover, theArmy also built a 35-feet longbridge and rescued around100 people including childrenand senior citizens fromMalampuzha's Valiyakaduvillage.

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The Supreme Courttoday said it would hearin October a plea by one ofthe convicts in formerPrime Minister RajivGandhi assassinationcase, regarding the statusof probe by the CBI-ledMulti DisciplinaryMonitoring Agency (MD-MA) into conspiracy be-hind the murder. The MD-MA, set up in 1998, hasbeen investigating thelarger conspiracy behindRajiv Gandhi’s assassina-tion on the night of May21, 1991 at Sriperumbudurin Tamil Nadu by awoman suicide bomber,identified as Dhanu, at apoll rally. Fourteen oth-ers, including Dhanu her-self, were also killed inthe blast. Gandhi’s assas-sination was perhaps thefirst case of suicide bomb-ing which had claimedthe life of a high-profileleader. he MDMA, whichwas established on therecommendations ofJustice M C JainCommission of Inquirythat had probed the con-spiracy aspect ofGandhi’s assassination,is headed by a CBI officialand comprises officersfrom IB, RAW andRevenue Intelligence andother agencies. The mat-ter today came up forhearing before a bench ofJustices Ranjan Gogoi,

Navin Sinha and K MJoseph. “We will have tohear it,” the bench said,adding that the casewould be listed for hear-ing in October. A GPerarivalan, 45, who isserving life sentence, hadearlier moved the apexcourt seeking suspensionof his jail term till thecompletion of the probeby the MDMA. The MD-MA, in its report filed inthe apex court earlier,had said that probe wasstill open and LettersRogatory were issued tovarious countries, includ-ing Sri Lanka, wheresome of the persons re-quired to be investigatedwere residing. On March14, the top court had dis-missed Perarivalan’s pleaseeking recall of the May11, 1999 verdict upholdinghis conviction in the case.The court had asked theMDMA to file a reportwith regard to the statusof a letter rogatory sent toSri Lanka for examiningone of the accused Nixonalias Suren, who is lodgedin Colombo jail. ecentlyon August 10, the Centrehad told the apex courtthat it does not concurwith the Tamil Nadu gov-ernment’s proposal to re-lease seven convicts inthe Rajiv Gandhi assassi-nation case, saying remis-sion of their sentence willset a “dangerous prece-dent” and have “interna-tional ramifications”.

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The Jharkhand HighCourt on Friday extendedthe provisional bail of for-mer Bihar chief ministerLalu Prasad, convicted infour fodder scam cases, tillAugust 27. Granting theextension of the provision-al bail, the bench of JusticeApresh Kumar Singh fixedAugust 24 as the date tohear the bail petition.Senior advocate

Chitaranjan Sinha ap-peared for the RJD leader.The court had on August

10 extended the provision-al bail till August 20 onmedical grounds. The high

court had on May 11 grant-ed six weeks provisionalbail to the RJD supremo onmedical grounds andagain extended it tillAugust 14. Prasad has beenconvicted in four cases ofthe multi-crore rupees fod-der scam. The cases relateto illegal withdrawal ofmoney from governmenttreasuries in different dis-tricts for the animal hus-bandry department in un-divided Bihar in the 1990swhen the Rashtriya Janata

Dal was in power in thestate. On September 30,2013, he was convicted inthe first fodder scam caserelated to the ChaibasaTreasury. The formerBihar chief minister wasagain convicted in anothercase related to theChaibasa Treasury onJanuary 24, 2018. OnFebruary 23 and March 19,he was convicted in casesrelated to the DeogharTreasury and the DumkaTreasury respectively.

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Tibetan spiritual leaderthe Dalai Lama has con-doled the death of formerprime minister Atal BihariVajpayee, saying he was an“eloquent” supporter of theTibetan people and a“friend”. In a letter toVajpayee’s foster daughterNamita BhattacharyaThursday, the Dalai Lama

said with his passing away,India has lost an eminentnational leader. “We metregularly during the courseof his career and I contin-ued to visit him at (his)

home after he retired. ShriVajpayee was a truly dedi-cated politician. With hispassing away, India has lostan eminent national leader.His eloquent support of theTibetan people began in thelate 1950s. Since then, heregularly took Indian gov-ernments to task inParliament, promptingthem to take a strongerstand on Tibet,” he said. “Ifeel privileged to have

known him and am hon-oured to have counted himas a friend,” the spiritualleader added. He also of-fered his condolences toVajpayee’s relatives,friends and colleagues.Vajpayee, who served asIndia’s prime ministerthree times, died at AllIndia Institute of MedicalSciences (AIIMS) hospitalin Delhi yesterday follow-ing prolonged illness.

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China on Friday paid homage to for-mer prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee,describing him as an outstanding politi-cian who made path-breaking contribu-tions to the development of bilateral rela-tions. Vajpayee, one of India’s most charis-matic leaders and inspirational orators,died Thursday at the age of 93 in NewDelhi. The Foreign Ministry said in astatement, “Vajpayee is an outstandingpolitician in India and has made path-breaking contributions to the develop-ment of Sino-Indian relations”. TheChinese side expressed deep condolencesover his death to the Indian governmentand people and to the relatives ofVajpayee, the ministry said in the state-ment to PTI. Premier Li Keqiang has sent acondolence message, the ministry said.Vajpayee visited China in 2003 duringwhich the two countries set up the SpecialRepresentative mechanism to resolve theboundary dispute.

Vajpayee made path-breakingcontributions toSino-India ties: China

Rajiv Gandhi assassinationcase: Supreme Court to hearconvict’s plea in October

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The Indian Navy, which has beenpressed into service for the rescue and re-lief operations in flood-hit Kerala, helpedevacuate a pregnant woman from herhouse to a maternity hospital so that shecould receive further medical assistance.Sajita Jabeel, 25, was rescued by the Navyfrom her village in Aluva. The Navyreached the spot at around 8 am on Friday,a doctor was lowered down to assess hercondition. A few hours later she was airlift-ed to a hospital where around 2 pm she gavebirth to a boy. The naval operation was pi-loted by Cdr Vijay Verma. A spokespersonof the Navy .

Kerala floods: Navyattempts courageous rescueto evacuate pregnantwoman from Aluva

Dalai Lama condoles Vajpayee’s demise, hails hiseloquent support to Tibetan people

Jharkhand HC extends Lalu Prasad Yadav’s provisional bail in fodder scam


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