Prez, PM accept Capt invite for Sultanpur Lodhi event

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13 FOUR PARIS COPS STABBED TO DEATH WORLD ‘NEED TO REGULATE NET PLATFORMS’ BACK PAGE Two HDIL promoters held for cheating PMC Bank Mumbai: The Economic Offences Wing of the Mumbai police on Thursday arrested Rakesh Kumar Wadhawan and Sarang Wadhawan, promoters of Housing and Development Infrastructure Ltd (HDIL), for allegedly defrauding Punjab and Mumbai Co-operative Bank. Investigations suggest they may have submitted fake documents to obtain loans from the bank. TNS BJP names Trivedi, Dubey as nominees for RS bypolls New Delhi: The BJP on Thurs- day named its spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi and for- mer Lok Sabha MP Satish Dubey as the party’s Rajya Sabha candidates from UP and Bihar, respectively. The deaths of BJP stalwart Arun Jaitley and noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani, who was RJD MP from Bihar, necessitated the bypolls. The BJP enjoys major- ity in the two states. TNS RBI likely to cut policy rate today to boost economy Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India is likely to go for yet another rate cut on Friday, the fifth in a row, as inflation is within the comfort zone and the need to boost the econo- my is pressing. The RBI has already slashed repo rate four times consecutively this year amounting to 110 basis points in aggregate. RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das has hinted that benign inflation provides room for further monetary pol- icy easing. PAGE 12 IN BRIEF Aditi Tandon Tribune News Service New Delhi, October 3 President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Naren- dra Modi today accepted Punjab Government’s invite to attend the official celebra- tions of Guru Nanak’s 550th birth anniversary at Sultan- pur Lodhi in November. The acceptance was conveyed at meetings Punjab Chief Min- ister Amarinder Singh had with the President and PM today to apprise them of the events the state government had planned around the upcoming opening of the historic Kartarpur corri- dor connecting Dera Baba Nanak Gurdwara in Gurdaspur with Darbar Sahib Gurdwara on the Pakistani side. Former PM Manmohan Singh has also agreed to be part of the first continued on page 11 Prez, PM accept Capt invite for Sultanpur Lodhi event Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh interacts with former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Thursday. Manmohan to be part of 1st jatha to cross Kartarpur corridor Chandigarh, October 3 The President today appoint- ed Justice Ravi Shanker Jha of the Madhya Pradesh High Court as the Chief Jus- tice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office. Available information suggests he could be adminis- tered oath by the Governor on Saturday. Born on October 14, 1961, Jus- tice Jha was enrolled as advocate on Sep- tember 20, 1986. He practised on civil, rev- enue constitutional sides in the Madhya Pradesh continued on page 11 With ticket for 59 loyalists, Hooda gets lion’s share Sushil Manav Tribune News Service Chandigarh, October 3 Former CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda has got the lion’s share in the allotment of party tick- et for his loyalists for the Octo- ber 21 Assembly elections in Haryana with state Congress chief Kumari Selja getting the second largest share. Three seats were allotted to supporters of former state pres- ident Ashok Tanwar, who led a protest outside Congress presi- dent Sonia Gandhi’s residence in Delhi on Wednesday and a day later dissociated himself from all party poll panels. In his own Sirsa Lok Sabha seat com- prising nine Assembly seg- ments, only two Tanwar sup- porters — Hoshiari Lal Sharma from Sirsa and Shishpal Kehar- wala from Kalanwali — were accommodated. Tanwar failed to get ticket for his confidant Devender Babli from Tohana where Hooda’s man Paramvir Singh, a former MLA, has been nominated. A perusal of continued on page 11 edit: cong a divided house Bhanu P Lohumi Tribune News Service Shimla, October 3 With engineering courses los- ing sheen and students show- ing disinclination, around two-third seats, especially in private engineering colleges, are going begging in Himachal Pradesh. Of the total 3,241 seats, including 964 in government and 2,237 in private colleges, 63.9 per cent remain vacant. While six government engi- neering colleges saw 86 per cent intake with 830 out of 964 seats getting filled, there were barely any takers for courses offered by nine private colleges as only 14.3 per cent (320 out of 2,237) seats were filled. This, despite closure of two private colleges and a cut in number of seats in some other colleges. High fee structure approved by the government for mush- rooming private colleges and shrinking employment oppor- tunities are being blamed for poor intake. Trades such as electronic, electrical and auto- mobile, a rage till a few years ago, are no longer in the reck- oning. Fewer admissions also point to losing faith in private institutions. Himachal Pradesh Techni- cal University (HPTU), the main affiliating and regulato- ry body for institutions run- ning technical and profes- sional courses in the state, has made it clear to private continued on page 11 J&Kleaderstobefreed‘one by one’ Tribune News Service Jammu, October 3 Couple of days after the author- ities lifted restrictions on the movement of Jammu-based political leaders, the J&K Gov- ernment today said all detained Kashmiri leaders “will be released one by one after analy- sis of every individual”. “Be hopeful, all leaders (in Kashmir) will be set free one by one after proper analysis of every individual,” Farooq Khan, Adviser to J&K Gover- nor, told reporters on the side- lines of a function at Teacher’s Bhawan here. On October 1, the state administration lifted curbs on the movement of Jammu- based leaders of the National Conference (NC), Congress, Panthers Party and others, reportedly in view of the forth- coming elections to block development councils, which form second-tier of panchay- ats—on October 24. The elec- tions will be held on party basis. On Wednesday, Khan said the BDC elections were being held for elected panchayat members and not for detained political leaders. His reaction came after Opposi- tion parties slammed the administration for holding BDC elections on party basis at a time when their leaders were under detention. PILGRIMS WILL HAVE TO RETURN BY SUNSET Dera Baba Nanak: Even as India and Pak have yet to sort out sev- eral issues, including allowing a protocol officer to accompany pilgrims, there is a consensus on visiting hours. Pak says Kar- tarpur corridor will be opened from ‘Namaz-e-Fazr’ (sunrise) to ‘Namaz-e Maghrib’ (sunset). India has consented to it. PAGE 3 SGPC, GOI CELEBRATING TOGETHER: SAD SOURCES New Delhi: SAD sources said the SGPC too had invited the Presi- dent and PM, who had agreed to be part of the committee’s cele- brations. “SGPC and GoI are cel- ebrating the 550th Parkash Purb in partnership. All functions are being organised by SGPC. We welcome all Sikhs to be part of these,” sources said. TNS Dhaka, October 3 Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina received a sur- prise phone call from her Pak- istan counterpart Imran Khan, hours ahead of her visit to India, according to officials. Khan called Hasina amid his shrill anti-India cam- paign on the Kashmir issue after the Indian Gov- ernment revoked Jammu and Kashmir’s special sta- tus. He has been dialling up Muslim leaders around the world to drum up sup- port for Islamabad on the Kashmir issue. The two recently had a brief unofficial interaction during the OIC summit in Saudi Ara- bia. Hasina arrived in New Del- hi on Thursday on a four-day official visit to attend the India Economic Summit of the World Economic Forum. — PTI Union Home Minister Amit Shah inside a coach of semi-high speed Vande Bharat Express before flag-off ceremony in New Delhi on Thursday. PTI Ahead of India visit, Hasina gets Imran’s call Justice Ravi Shanker Jha KUMARI SELJA CAMP 12 SEATS KIRAN CHOUDHRY 5 SEATS ASHOK TANWAR 3 SEATS RS SURJEWALA 3 SEATS KULDEEP BISHNOI 3 SEATS 63.9% engg seats vacant in Himachal WHY FEW TAKERS Mushrooming of pvt institu- tions without assessing job opportunities High fee in pvt colleges, making investment higher than remuneration Employment rate less than students enrolled NEW DELHI-KATRA EXPRESS A GIFT TO J&K Article 370 gone, expect state to be one of the most developed within a decade. Amit Shah, HOME MINISTER BACK PAGE B’DESH PM TO RAISE NRC PAGE 11 PVT COLLEGES WORSE COLLEGES SEATS INTAKE INTAKE% GOVT (6) 964 830 86 PVT (9) 2,237 320 14.3 MAYANK SLAMS DOUBLE TON 215 RUNS 371 BALLS 4X23 6X6 M AYANK AGARWAL converted his maiden Test hundred into a double ton (215) as India declared first innings at 502/7 on second day of series opener at Visakhapatnam on Thursday Rohit (176) and Agarwal, with a 317-run stand, became the third Indian opening pair to stitch together a 300-run partnership in Test cricket. In reply, Proteas were struggling at 39/3 at stumps SPORT Justice Jha appointed CJ of Punjab & Haryana HC chandigarh | gurugram | jalandhar | bathinda | jammu | srinagar | vol. 3 no. 274 | 16 pages | ~5.00 | regd. no. chd/0006/2018-2020 established in 1881 | friday, october 4,2019 PC MOVES SC FOR BAIL, URGENT HEARING NATION / thetribunechd / thetribunechd www.tribuneindia.com

Transcript of Prez, PM accept Capt invite for Sultanpur Lodhi event

13FOUR PARIS COPS STABBED

TO DEATH WORLD lsquoNEED TO REGULATE NETPLATFORMSrsquo BACK PAGE

Two HDIL promoters heldfor cheating PMC BankMumbai The EconomicOffences Wing of the Mumbaipolice on Thursday arrestedRakesh Kumar Wadhawan andSarang Wadhawan promotersof Housing and DevelopmentInfrastructure Ltd (HDIL) forallegedly defrauding Punjaband Mumbai Co-operativeBank Investigations suggestthey may have submitted fakedocuments to obtain loansfrom the bank TNS

BJP names Trivedi Dubeyas nominees for RS bypolls New Delhi The BJP on Thurs-day named its spokespersonSudhanshu Trivedi and for-mer Lok Sabha MP SatishDubey as the partyrsquos RajyaSabha candidates from UPand Bihar respectively Thedeaths of BJP stalwart ArunJaitley and noted lawyer RamJethmalani who was RJD MPfrom Bihar necessitated thebypolls The BJP enjoys major-ity in the two states TNS

RBI likely to cut policy ratetoday to boost economy Mumbai The Reserve Bank ofIndia is likely to go for yetanother rate cut on Friday thefifth in a row as inflation iswithin the comfort zone andthe need to boost the econo-my is pressing The RBI hasalready slashed repo rate fourtimes consecutively this yearamounting to 110 basis pointsin aggregate RBI GovernorShaktikanta Das has hintedthat benign inflation providesroom for further monetary pol-icy easing PAGE 12

IN BRIEF

Aditi TandonTribune News Service

NewDelhi October 3President Ram Nath Kovindand Prime Minister Naren-dra Modi today acceptedPunjab Governmentrsquos inviteto attend the official celebra-tions of Guru Nanakrsquos 550thbirth anniversary at Sultan-pur Lodhi in November

The acceptance was conveyedat meetings Punjab Chief Min-ister Amarinder Singh had withthe President and PM today toapprise them of the events thestate government had plannedaround the upcoming openingof the historic Kartarpur corri-dor connecting Dera BabaNanak Gurdwara in Gurdaspurwith Darbar Sahib Gurdwara onthe Pakistani side Former PMManmohan Singh has alsoagreed to be part of the first

continued on page 11

Prez PM accept Capt invitefor Sultanpur Lodhi event

Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh interacts with formerPrime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Thursday

Manmohan to be part of 1st jatha to cross Kartarpur corridor

Chandigarh October 3The President today appoint-ed Justice RaviShanker Jha of theMadhya Pradesh HighCourt as the Chief Jus-tice of the Punjab andHaryana High Courtwith effect from thedate he assumes charge of hisoffice Available information

suggests he could be adminis-tered oath by the Governor on

Saturday Born onOctober 14 1961 Jus-tice Jha was enrolledas advocate on Sep-tember 20 1986 Hepractised on civil rev-enue constitutional

sides in the Madhya Pradeshcontinued on page 11

With ticket for 59 loyalists Hooda gets lionrsquos shareSushil ManavTribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3Former CM Bhupinder SinghHooda has got the lionrsquos sharein the allotment of party tick-et for his loyalists for the Octo-ber 21 Assembly elections inHaryana with state Congresschief Kumari Selja getting thesecond largest share

Three seats were allotted to

supporters of former state pres-ident Ashok Tanwar who led aprotest outside Congress presi-

dent Sonia Gandhirsquos residencein Delhi on Wednesday and aday later dissociated himself

from all party poll panels In hisown Sirsa Lok Sabha seat com-prising nine Assembly seg-

ments only two Tanwar sup-porters mdash Hoshiari Lal Sharmafrom Sirsa and Shishpal Kehar-wala from Kalanwali mdash wereaccommodated Tanwar failedto get ticket for his confidantDevender Babli from Tohanawhere Hoodarsquos man ParamvirSingh a former MLA hasbeen nominated A perusal of

continued on page 11edit cong a divided house

Bhanu P LohumiTribune News Service

Shimla October 3With engineering courses los-ing sheen and students show-ing disinclination aroundtwo-third seats especially inprivate engineering collegesare going begging inHimachal Pradesh Of thetotal 3241 seats including964 in government and 2237in private colleges 639 percent remain vacant

While six government engi-neering colleges saw 86 percent intake with 830 out of 964seats getting filled there werebarely any takers for coursesoffered by nine private collegesas only 143 per cent (320 out of2237) seats were filled Thisdespite closure of two privatecolleges and a cut in number ofseats in some other colleges

High fee structure approvedby the government for mush-rooming private colleges andshrinking employment oppor-tunities are being blamed forpoor intake Trades such aselectronic electrical and auto-mobile a rage till a few years

ago are no longer in the reck-oning Fewer admissions alsopoint to losing faith in privateinstitutions

Himachal Pradesh Techni-cal University (HPTU) themain affiliating and regulato-ry body for institutions run-ning technical and profes-sional courses in the statehas made it clear to private

continued on page 11

JampK leaders to be freed lsquoone by onersquoTribune News Service

Jammu October 3Couple of days after the author-ities lifted restrictions on themovement of Jammu-basedpolitical leaders the JampK Gov-ernment today said all detainedKashmiri leaders ldquowill bereleased one by one after analy-sis of every individualrdquo

ldquoBe hopeful all leaders (inKashmir) will be set free oneby one after proper analysisof every individualrdquo FarooqKhan Adviser to JampK Gover-nor told reporters on the side-lines of a function atTeacherrsquos Bhawan here

On October 1 the stateadministration lifted curbs onthe movement of Jammu-based leaders of the NationalConference (NC) CongressPanthers Party and othersreportedly in view of the forth-coming elections to blockdevelopment councils whichform second-tier of panchay-atsmdashon October 24 The elec-

tions will be held on party basisOn Wednesday Khan said

the BDC elections were beingheld for elected panchayatmembers and not fordetained political leaders His

reaction came after Opposi-tion parties slammed theadministration for holdingBDC elections on party basisat a time when their leaderswere under detention

PILGRIMS WILL HAVETO RETURN BY SUNSETDera Baba Nanak Even as Indiaand Pak have yet to sort out sev-eral issues including allowing aprotocol officer to accompanypilgrims there is a consensuson visiting hours Pak says Kar-tarpur corridor will be openedfrom lsquoNamaz-e-Fazrrsquo (sunrise) tolsquoNamaz-e Maghribrsquo (sunset)India has consented to it PAGE 3

SGPC GOI CELEBRATINGTOGETHER SAD SOURCESNew DelhiSAD sources said theSGPC too had invited the Presi-dent and PM who had agreed tobe part of the committeersquos cele-brations ldquoSGPC and GoI are cel-ebrating the 550th ParkashPurb in partnership All functionsare being organised by SGPCWe welcome all Sikhs to be partof theserdquo sources said TNS

Dhaka October 3Bangladesh Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina received a sur-prise phone call from her Pak-istan counterpart ImranKhan hours ahead of her visitto India according to officials

Khan called Hasina amidhis shrill anti-India cam-paign on the Kashmir

issue after the Indian Gov-ernment revoked Jammuand Kashmirrsquos special sta-tus He has been diallingup Muslim leaders aroundthe world to drum up sup-port for Islamabad on theKashmir issue

The two recently had a briefunofficial interaction duringthe OIC summit in Saudi Ara-bia Hasina arrived in New Del-hi on Thursday on a four-dayofficial visit to attend the IndiaEconomic Summit of theWorld Economic Forum mdashPTI

Union Home Minister Amit Shah inside a coach of semi-high speed VandeBharat Express before flag-off ceremony in New Delhi on Thursday PTI

Ahead of Indiavisit Hasinagets Imranrsquos call

Justice RaviShanker Jha

KUMARI SELJA CAMP12 SEATS

KIRAN CHOUDHRY 5 SEATS

ASHOK TANWAR3 SEATS

RS SURJEWALA3 SEATS

KULDEEP BISHNOI 3 SEATS

639 engg seatsvacant in Himachal

WHY FEW TAKERS Mushrooming of pvt institu-

tions without assessing job opportunities

High fee in pvt collegesmaking investment higherthan remuneration

Employment rate less thanstudents enrolled

NEW DELHI-KATRA EXPRESS A GIFT TO JampKArticle 370 gone expect state to be one of the most

developed within a decade Amit Shah HOME MINISTER BACK PAGE

BrsquoDESH PM TO RAISE NRC PAGE 11

PVT COLLEGES WORSECOLLEGES SEATS INTAKE INTAKEGOVT (6) 964 830 86PVT (9) 2237 320 143

MAYANK SLAMSDOUBLE TON

215RUNS

371BALLS4X236X6

MAYANK AGARWAL converted his maiden Test hundred into adouble ton (215) as India declared first innings at 5027 onsecond day of series opener at Visakhapatnam on Thursday

Rohit (176) and Agarwal with a 317-run stand became the thirdIndian opening pair to stitch together a 300-run partnership in Testcricket In reply Proteas were struggling at 393 at stumps SPORT

Justice Jha appointed CJof Punjab amp Haryana HC

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THE TRIBUNE02 JALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019PUNJAB

Aman SoodTribune News Service

Patiala October 3Punjab farmers continue toburn paddy residue despitedirections to the contrary Thedata of the last few daysshows a sixfold increase in thenumber of stubble-burningcases as compared to the cor-responding period last year

As compared to 25 farmfire cases recorded by thePunjab Pollution ControlBoard (PPCB) between Sep-tember 23 and October 1 in2018 nearly 159 incidentswere registered this year

Farmers in the state usual-ly burn the residue after har-vesting paddy in the autumnseason to clear their fields forsowing wheat Smoke fromPunjab travels up to Delhievery year leading to a spikein the pollution levels in theNCR region

With paddy procurementstarting from October 1 theair quality in Punjab is sureto take a hit It has alreadystarted deteriorating fromldquogoodrdquo to ldquosatisfactoryrdquo lev-el due to farm fires

The air quality index of thelast nine days shows that thepollution levels have gone upwith Amritsar registering 71RSPM (respirable suspend-ed particulate matter) Lud-hiana 72 Mandi Gobindgarh46 Patiala 45 Jalandhar 61

and Khanna 54While 0-50 microgram per

cubicmetre (microgmsup3) RSPM(respirable suspended par-ticulate matter) is consid-ered good 51-100 satisfacto-ry 101-200 moderate201-300 poor 301-400 verypoor and 401-500 severe

Kahan Singh Pannu Direc-tor Mission Tandarust saidthey had given 28000machines on subsidy last yearand released Rs 260 croreworth of subsidy for 26000new machines this yearldquoFarm fires have started early

since the crop was sown inadvance this yearrdquo he stated

Sources said the real prob-lem would arise after a fort-night when regular variety ofpaddy would be harvestedldquoThe current stubble-burn-ing incidents will not havemuch effect on Punjab orDelhirsquos air due to climateconditions but the situation

will change in the secondhalf of Octoberrdquo say experts

ldquoDue to heavy easterlywinds moving towards Pun-jab and Haryana all pollu-tants from fields will getpushed into Pakistan for thenext 10-15 days But towardsthe end of October wind pat-tern changes into north-westerly and air will flow

towards Delhirdquo they sayAir quality plummets

every year at the onset ofthe winter in NorthernIndia and stubble burningin the farm states of PunjabHaryana and western UttarPradesh is estimated toaccount for 20-30 per cent ofDelhirsquos fine particulate pol-lution or PM 25

Due to the short windowbetween the harvesting ofpaddy and the sowing ofwheat farmers clear theirfields by setting the leftoverpaddy straw afire

Farm fires up sixfold in nine days With paddy harvest picking up situation may get worse | 159 cases reported in a week

Aman SoodTribune News Service

Patiala October 3Opposing the governmentorders to impound combineharvester machines operat-ing without the super strawmanagement system(SMS) farmers today saidthe move would put anadditional burden on them

Farmer outfits say the deci-sion would add to their costof operation resulting inmore financial distress Theywarn of an agitation if farm-ers are not compensated

The Agriculture Depart-ment has ordered impound-ing of combines which arefound to be functioningwithout the super SMS Theuse of super SMS with com-bine harvester helps man-age crop residue The superSMS attached to the rear ofa combine chops and uni-formly spreads loose strawon the field With thismethod the farmers are notrequired to burn the straw

Kahan Singh PannuDirector Agriculture saysthey are taking steps toensure that such combinesare confiscated but farmersshould rather cooperateldquoThis year we have given asubsidy of over Rs 260 croreagainst 26000 applications

Those who applied for SMSare given 50 per cent sub-sidyrdquo he said adding thatstubble-burning is a dan-gerous trend and it is hightime that farm unions coop-erate with the governmentto curb the practice

Satnam S Behru chief ofConsortium of IndianFarmers Association saidldquoWe are not against ban onstubble-burning but thefarmers should be compen-sated at the rate of Rs 4000-5000 per acrerdquo

The state had placedorders for 14026

machines including hap-py seeders and super-straw management sys-tem last year ldquoThere isample machinery for farm-ers to desist from burningstubble The subsidy onthe machine is 50 per cent ifpurchased by an individualand 80 per cent if bought bycooperatives farmergroups and custom hiringcentresrdquo says Pannu

The Centre had in Marchlast year approved a budgetof Rs 695 crore to be spentin two financial years (2018-20) on straw management

Farmers fume at moveto impound combines

Ashok Kaura

Phagwara October 3In a setback to the BJPrsquos Phag-wara camp its three councillorsjoined the Congress here todayOm Parkash Bittu Vikki Soodand Tripta Sharma along withtheir supporters joined theCongress in presence of Pun-jab Cabinet Minister SunderSham Arora and former minis-ter Joginder Singh Maan

With this Congress candi-date Balwinder Singh Dhali-wal has got a shot in the arm

Of the BJP rebels TriptaSharma belongs to VijaySamplarsquos faction OmParkash Bittu wanted a BJPticket but he was miffedwhen the party announcedthe candidature of RajeshBagha Bittu has worked forUnion Minister Som Parkashas a personal assistant (PA)Later owing to some issueswith him Bittu had joinedthe camp of Vijay Sampla

At the event Congress lead-ers including block presidentSanjeev Bugga were alsopresent The Congress leadersclaimed that the majority ofthe Jain community led byMahinder Pal Jain was sup-

porting the partyIn another development

SAD leader Baljinder SinghThekedar who had filedpapers to contest electionsagainst BJP candidate RajeshBagha has finally withdrawnhis nomination SAD leadersincluding Jarnail Singh Wahid

(advocate) and Baldev SinghKhaira (MLA) succeeded inconvincing Thekedar Todaywas the last day to withdrawnominations A total of 16 can-didates including coveringmembers had filed nomina-tions and now only nine candi-dates are left in the fray

Three BJP councillorsjoin Cong in Phagwara

BAN GOES UP IN FLAMES A farmer burns paddy stubble at a village near Samana TRIBUNE PHOTO RAJESH SACHAR

Due to the short window between harvesting ofpaddy and sowing of wheat farmers clear their

fields by setting the leftover paddy straw afire

Say machines with straw management system too costly

ARHTIYASrsquo STRIKE FROM TOMORROWFatehgarh Sahib The district unit of Arhtiya AssociationPunjab on Thursday organised a dharna at grain marketSirhind to protest direct payment system to farmers RavinderSingh Cheema state president said the commission agentswould completely boycott the sale and purchase of every typeof produce Saturday onwards He said they would hold protestdharnas in all four Assembly constituencies where polling wasscheduled and submit memorandums to the authorities OC

Harshraj SinghTribune News Service

Ludhiana October 3Residents of Rampur villageunder Dakha constituencywhere the byelections are tobe held on October 21 aredependent on just oneldquosarkari nalkardquo (govern-ment handpump) both fordrinking and washing pur-poses This small village ispart of Kul Gehna villagepanchayat and located nearSutlej which is being pollut-ed by Buddha Nullah

As the upper groundwaterlevel was contaminated bythe highly polluted BuddhaNullah the government hadinstalled two handpumps atdifferent locations in the vil-lage 10 years ago One of the

lsquonalkarsquo hasnrsquot been in usefor five or six years as itswater is contaminated Thefunctional handpump whichlifts water from a depth of 250ft is in the village gurdwarawhere people can be seenstanding in queues to fetchwater every day Handpumpsin villagersrsquo houses are not inuse as these began spewingcontaminated water long ago

Already troubled by thedrug menace several vil-lages of Bet area (near Sutlej)in Dakha constituency havebeen facing a harrowing timedue to contamination

Villagers say several hepati-tis and cancer cases havebeen reported Governmenthandpumps have beeninstalled in nearby villagesincluding Talwandi NauAbad Kotli and Kul Gehna

Panchayat member SatpalSingh said ldquoNearly 250 vil-lagers of Rampur are depend-ent on only one handpump

Even the streets here havenrsquotbeen constructed There is nodrainage system The BuddhaNullah has polluted the

groundwater of many villagesrdquoJaspal Singh of Rampur vil-

lage said ldquoThe Sutlej bank isat a walking distance from our

village At a distance of nearly1 km from our village highlypolluted Buddha Nullahmeets and pollutes Sutlej Theblack-coloured water in theriver flows along Rampur vil-lage We want the governmentto ensure safe water supplyrdquo

ldquoThe situation is almost sim-ilar in Kotli where only onehandpump is available for 15-20 houses Sometimes thissarkari handpump also drawscontaminated water BothKotli and Rampur are parts ofthe Kul Gehna panchayatrdquosaid Tarsem Singh a pan-chayat member of Kul Gehna

Two government hand-pumps were installed in Tal-wandi Nau Abad of Bet areain Dakha constituencyreportedly seven years agoldquoLudhiana pollutes BuddhaNullah which further pol-

lutes the upper groundwaterin several villages We donrsquotuse private handpumps atour houses as these spewcontaminated water Thedirect water supply is avail-able in our village but thistoo is not satisfactory some-timesrdquo said Mahal Singh ofTalwandi Nau Abad

Residents of other villageswhere water is suppliedthrough pipes also complainedabout contaminated supplyBhupinderpal Singh Chawlasarpanch of Walipur Kalan vil-lage said ldquoThe water is sup-plied through pipes in our vil-lage but it is contaminatedrdquo

Residents say they expectthe future MLA to ensurepotable water supply inaffected villages and take upthe issue of polluted BuddhaNullah in the Assembly

Water unsafe Ludhiana village banks on sole handpump

Legal Correspondent

Ludhiana October 3Former state revenue min-ister Bikram SinghMajithia was cross-exam-ined partly by defencelawyers representing AAPleader Sanjay Singh (RajyaSabha MP) in connectionwith a defamation case

The cross-examinationprocess could not be com-pleted so it would continueon the next hearing

Judicial Magistrate EtuSodhi has adjourned thedefamation case till Octo-ber 22

Ex-Akali minister MaheshInder Singh Grewal wasalso present during thecourt proceedings He hasalready deposed againstSanjay Singh but he is yetto be cross-examined

In his complaint Majithiahad alleged that SanjaySingh made a false anddefamatory statementagainst him in a Moga rallyon September 9 2015 Hehad claimed that he wasunnecessarily being por-trayed as involved withdrug racketeers

Former ministerMajithia quizzed indefamation case

Saurabh MalikTribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3Just over a year after formerminister Tikshan Sood wassummoned by a Hoshiarpurcourt to face trial on a com-plaint alleging filing of a falseaffidavit under the provisionsof the Representation of Peo-ples Act and the Indian PenalCode the Punjab and HaryanaHigh Court today allowed hispetition for quashing theorders and the complaint

In his petition placedbefore Justice AnilKshetarpal of the HighCourt Sood through counselKS Dadwal had sought

quashing of complaint datedMarch 23 2018 under Sec-tions 171-G of the IPC deal-ing with a false statement inconnection with an electionand 125-A of the Representa-tion of Peoples Act on penal-ty for filing false affidavit

Directions were alsosought for quashing all sub-sequent proceedingsincluding summoning orderdated June 5 2018 passedby Hoshiarpur CJM andorder dated January 31whereby his revision peti-tion was dismissed

The criminal complaintwas filed by Satbir Singh onthe allegations that an affi-

davit dated January 15 2017was furnished by the peti-tioner at the time of filing hisnomination for election tothe Punjab Assembly

He mentioned that hisland at Patti village inHoshiarpur was worth Rs16 lakh but the same prop-erty was disclosed worth Rs60 lakh in an earlier affi-davit filed during the 2012Assembly elections

Dadwal contended therewas no intention to file a falseaffidavit It was only an inad-vertent typographical mis-take The land value was writ-ten as Rs 16 lakh instead ofRs 160 lakh

HC allows Tikshan Soodrsquosplea against summoning

Rajmeet Singh Tribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3Local Government MinisterBrahm Mohindra has writtena strongly-worded letter toChief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh against thelarge-scale transfers under-taken by top officials in thedepartment during his three-week absence from the officefor medical reasons

The issue of mass transfersin the department was high-lighted in these columns onThursday In the demi-officialletter the minister said the

transfers were not only illegalbut unethical and had evokedresentment among MLAs

The minister said thetransfer orders were issuedimmediately after his hospi-talisation on September 7This indicated a lack ofrespect for the norms of gov-ernance and violated thestanding orders he said

The ldquorules of businessrdquounder the standing ordersspecify that the powers vestwith the CM the minister in-charge and administrativesecretary regarding variousdecisions within the depart-ment including transfers

As per the prevailing stand-ing orders the minister cantransfer technocrats up to assis-

tant municipal engineers andothers having pay-scales of Aand B categories of civic bodiesand the administrative secre-tary can deal with establish-ment maters of official belowthe rank of SDOs having pay-scales of B category except thatof executive officers

Department officialshowever maintained that inmost of the cases additionalcharge had been given

Besides the Local Govern-ment Minister has sought areport on the issue from thePrincipal Secretary LocalGovernment by October 7

Mohindra writes to CM over transfers

The BJP councillors with Minister Sunder Sham Arora and Joginder SinghMaan after joining the Congress in Phagwara on Thursday TRIBUNE PHOTO

ASSEMBLYBYPOLL

CANDIDATES GET POLL SYMBOLSThe candidates of noted groups mdash Congress BJP BSP andAAP mdash have got their party symbols Charanjit Kumar of thePeoplersquos Party of Democrats has got fruit basket as pollsymbol The symbols of Paramjit (SAD-A) Sonu (Vishal Party ofIndia) Jarnail Nangal (Lok Insaaf Party) and Neetu(Independent) are truck stool letter box and bat respectively

BSP TO MEET ON CANDIDATE TOMORROW Jalandhar On the last day of withdrawal of papers neitherthe LIP candidate from Phagwara nor the BSPrsquosIndependently contesting worker from Dakha took back theirnomination This has resulted in a conflict between the twoalliance partners of the Punjab Democratic Alliance The BSPhas planned to hold a meeting in Ludhiana on October 5 tochalk out the next line of action in the current scenario TNS

IN BRIEF33 in fray for 4 segmentsChandigarh A total of 33 candi-dates remained in the fray for thefour Assembly constituencies vot-ing for which will be held on Octo-ber 21 On the last day of with-drawal of nomination papers onThursday three candidates with-drew their nominations Aspokesperson of the office ofChief Election Officer Punjab saidnine candidates were in the frayfor Phagwara six Mukerian 11Dakha and seven Jalalabad TNS

Cong state secy joins SADFatehgarh Sahib The Con-gressrsquos state secretary and chair-man of Rashtriya Valmiki SabhaKuldeep Sahota along with hissupporters joined the SAD hereon Thursday Welcoming Sahotainto the party fold SAD chiefSukhbir Singh Badal assuredhim that he would be accordedboth respect and responsibilityas per his political status in theparty He said the Congresswould become a desertedhouse very soon as all grass-roots level leaders were feelingsuffocated due to ldquoinsensitiverdquoattitude of its leadership OC

Seven left in fray in JalalabadFazilka Seven candidates wereleft in the fray after one nomineepulled out of the contest on thelast day of withdrawal ofnomination papers for theJalalabad bypoll on ThursdayAmong the candidates still in thefray was Congress rebel JagdeepGoldy Kamboj who did notwithdraw his nomination papersHowever his wife Sobia Kambojwho was his covering candidatewithdrew her papers OC

The transfers were not only illegal but unethicaland has evoked resentment among MLAs The orderswere issued on Sept 9 11 and 20 immediately after myhospitalisation on Sept 7 Brahm Mohindra LOCAL GOVERNMENT MINISTER

BIKRAM SINGH MAJITHIA

Villagers fill water from a handpump installed at the gurdwara in Rampur village PHOTO INDERJEET VERMA

POLL ISSUE

THE TRIBUNECHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 03PUNJAB

Tribune news Service

New Delhi October 3Chief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh today saidthe state government wasfully prepared to counter theresurgence of terror threatfrom Pakistan He said Pak-istan drone threat shouldnot be linked to the religiousoccasion of the 550th birthanniversary celebrations ofGuru Nanak Dev

The two could not be con-nected he told reporters herein response to questions dur-ing an informal chat Askedabout border tension in thelight of the recent recovery oftwo drones reportedly smug-gling arms from Pakistaninto Punjab the Chief Minis-ter said the issue had nothingto do with Kartarpur corridoropening to mark the 550thParkash Purb

Asked if the matter was dis-cussed with the Prime Minis-ter during a meeting todaythe CM said he met the PMonly to extend an invite for theGurpurb celebrations The

state government was dealingwith the matter and wasgeared to maintain law andorder in Punjab at any cost hesaid adding ldquoWe will notallow anyone to disturb thestatersquos peace and harmonyrdquo

Pakistan was trying to createdisharmony and disturbancein Punjab not just throughdrones but also through infil-tration and narco-terrorismCaptain Amarinder said ldquoWe

will not let that happen wehave no doubt that we are ful-ly equipped to deal withthemrdquo he added

In response to anotherquestion the CM said hehad asked the IAF and theBSF to heighten alert at theborder in view of the discov-ery of the drone infiltration

Meanwhile CaptAmarinder urged the Cen-tre to take up cannalisation

of the statersquos three easternrivers of the Indus WaterSystem as a national proj-ect In a proposal to the PMhe suggested constructionof high-speed economic cor-ridors on the 985-km-longriver embankments apartfrom river training worksflood protection measuresand lining of internal side-slopes of the Sutlej Raviand Beas

Drone threat mustnrsquot be linked with Gurpurb CMSays state fully prepared to counter any Pak bid to stoke terror

Tribune News Service

New Delhi October 3Chief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh on Thurs-day demanded moreresources for states to facili-tate their overall develop-ment He urged the Centreto resolve GST issues at theearliest to ensure that statesdid not suffer because ofdelayed release of payments

Pointing to numerousamendments introduced tothe GST Act the CM said itappeared that the Centrehad not thought throughthe new tax system beforeimplementing it

Punjab had been repeat-edly raising the issue ofdelayed GST payment withthe Centre but had gotnothing except deadlineshe added flaying the Cen-tre for holding up statesrsquoshare under GST

Addressing a session

ldquoUnion of Statesrdquo at India Eco-nomic Summit here and talk-ing informally to mediaper-sons later Capt Amarinderexpressed concern over thedwindling financial assistanceto states from the Centre

He observed that at onepoint the distribution offunds used to be in the ratioof 9010 which now hadgone down drastically Hecited the example of thepost-matric scholarship forSC students which Delhiwas earlier sponsoring butfrom which the Centre wasplanning to pull out The CMsaid he had taken up thisissue with the Centre

Flays Centre for holdingup statersquos GST payment

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh in New Delhi on Thursday PTI

Two members of the terror module being taken for a check-up atCivil Hospital in Amritsar on Thursday PHOTO VISHAL KUMAR

Tribune News Service

Amritsar October 3A local court today extend-ed the police remand of sev-en alleged members of ter-ror module of the KhalistanZindabad Force (KZF) bysix days

According to informationthe Stated Special OperationCell (SSOC) sought theextension of remand whilestating that certain membersof the terror module were yetto be arrested Sources in thecounter-intelligence wingsaid considering the pointraised by the police thecourt extended their policecustody till October 9

The SSOC reportedly toldthe court that they neededthe custody of KZF mem-bers to ascertain fundingroutes of the module besidesinvestigating their foreignlinks The sources said thepolice claimed it was tryingto locate more weaponswhich might have beensmuggled with the help ofdrones in the recent past

Earlier the terror modulemembers were brought tothe court amid heavy policesecurity cover Amongthose produced in the courtincluded Baba BalwantSingh Akashdeep Harbha-

jan Singh Balbir SinghMaan Singh Gurdev Singhand Shubhdeep Singh

Their eighth accompliceSajanpreet who was arrestedon Tuesday was sent to five-day custody on Wednesday

The sources said the policehad launched a manhunt forone of their accomplices whohad been evading arrest tillnow His name also figuredduring the interrogation ofShubhdeep Singh ldquoWe areclosing in on him and he isexpected to be arrested in aday or twordquo said a counter-intelligence official prefer-ring not to be named

On September 22 theSSOC claimed to have bust-ed a terror module andarrested Baba BalwantSingh Akashdeep SinghRandhawa HarbhajanSingh and Balbir Singh

7 KZF operativesin police custodytill October 9

Parvesh SharmaTribune News Service

Sangrur October 3Launched eight years agothe New Delhi-LudhianaShatabdi Express train willbecome history on Friday astoday the train made its lastjourney causing resentmentamong area residents whosaid the train was launchedto help unserved areas

Cabinet Minister VijayInder Singla who got thetrain started on November 42011 demanded that theCentral government shouldlaunch another train with-out withdrawing Shatabdi tocelebrate 550th ParkashPurb while Leader of Oppo-sition Harpal Singh Cheemasaid they had also written tothe Centre against with-drawal of Shatabdi

ldquoI have always travelled toDelhi on Shatabdi because

it was very comfortable andhad all required facilitiesLike me many othersavailed the services of thistrainrdquo said Babbu Ahuja alocal shopkeeper

Though the railwayauthorities say the Shatab-di has been withdrawn dueto low booking and anothersuperfast train will replaceit from Friday area resi-

dents demanded that theauthorities should haveextended the Shatabdi tillJalandhar and should havealso increased its stations

ldquoMainly it has been with-drawn due to low bookingsbecause it has few stationsto stop while new superexpress will have more sta-tions There will not be anyproblem as passengers will

get another train from Fri-dayrdquo said Jitendar KumarSangrur station master

Shatabdi used to depart fromNew Delhi at 7 am and reachLudhiana at noon and departedfrom Ludhiana at 440 pm andreached New Delhi at 10 pm

Initially it used to run ontwo days Later MP Singlatook the matter with thesenior railway authoritiesfollowing which it wasextended to all days on Sep-tember 8 2013

ldquoHad Union Minister Har-simrat Kaur Badal been seri-ous she would have gotlaunched another train underthe name of lsquoSarbat Da BhalaExpressrsquo (blessings for all)and not allowed the with-drawal of Shatabdi It showsSAD leaders only want to dopolitics and are non-seriousabout the development of thestaterdquo said Singla

Ludhiana Shatabdi makes last run

Tribune News Service

Moga October 3Deputy Mayor JarnailSingh allegedly injured ayouth by firing from his gunfollowing a dispute overconstruction of a passage toa local gurdwara at Dunekevillage on Thursday

The police have registered acase of an attempt to murderalong with other provisions ofthe IPC and the Arms Actagainst Jarnail Singh Pinder

Singh Jeeta Singh Ladduand Pammi at the Moga City-I police station

However no one has beenarrested so far The DeputyMayor is absconding afterthe incident

Jarnail Singh who waselected as an Independentcandidate in the last MC elec-tions is an Akali activistWith the support of Indepen-dents and some Akali coun-cilors Jarnail Singh waselected as Deputy Mayor

The injured youth hasbeen identified as 30-year-old Kulwant Singh aliasPappu son of MohinderSingh who is a member ofthe gurdwara managingcommittee

According to sources thegurdwara committee hadconstructed an 11-foot widestreet with interlockingtiles leading to the shrineBut Jarnail Singh wantedsome changes in the fixingof the interlocking tiles

Moga Dy Mayor among fourbooked for attempt to murder

ACCUSED REMANDED Mohali The Special CBI

Court on Thursdayremanded PalwinderSingh in 14-day judicialcustody in the murdercase of Chand Kaur wife offormer head of Namdharisect Satguru Jagjit Singh

Palwinder Singh who hasbeen in police custody sincearrest on September 26was produced in the court

Ravi DhaliwalTribune News Service

Dera Baba Nanak October 3A part of the $20 fee per pil-grim to be imposed by Pak-istan will be spent on provid-ing lunch to them duringtheir daylong stay at the Kar-tarpur shrine once the 46km-long corridor is opera-tionalised on November 9

Even as the two govern-ments are yet to sort out sever-al issues including allowing aprotocol officer to accompanythe devotees a consensus hasemerged on visiting hoursThe Pakistan Governmentsays the passage will beopened from lsquoNamaz-e-Fazrrsquo(sunrise) to Namaz-e Maghrib(sunset) The Indian authori-

ties have consented to it Pakistan will set up 76

immigration counters at theIntegrated Check Post ontheir side of the border Cab-inet Minister SS Randhawa

who is supervising corri-dorrsquos construction on behalfof the Punjab Governmentsaid the devotees and thoseaccompanying them will besegregated at a boom barrier

100 metres from the Inte-grated Check Post

ldquoDevotees who will notcross over will be allowed tomove to Darshan Sthalwhich is 600 metres away fora glimpse of the shrinethrough 10 long-range tele-scopes to be installed thererdquoRandhawa told The Tribune

The Land Ports Authorityof India will begin work oninstalling electrical and elec-tronic appliances and inter-nal landscaping on October15 ldquoThat done Customs andsecurity officials will beallowed to start workrdquo saidan officer

Jeetendra Singh vice-pres-ident Ceigall India Ltd thefirm constructing the pas-sage said the company hadalmost completed its workldquoWe have started the work toinstall signages laying offootpath tiles and medianplantationrdquo he said

Meanwhile a press confer-ence will be held by the Min-istry of Home Affairs at ZeroLine on October 5

Pilgrims will have to return by sunset

Work in progress at the corridor site at Dera Baba Nanak

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar October 3The Ministry of Railwayshas decided to rename theNew Delhi-Lohian Khas-New Delhi IntercityExpress as ldquoSarbat da Bha-la Expressrdquo The train hasbeen planned especiallyahead of the 550th ParkashPurb celebrations of GuruNanak Dev It will be arriv-ing at Sultanpur Lodhi forthe first time on Friday

Union Food ProcessingIndustries Minister Harsim-rat Kaur Badal todaythanked Union Minister Rail-way Minister Piyush Goyalfor the gesture The train willbe reportedly flagged off byHarsimrat Kaur from NewDelhi Railway Station on Fri-day at 630 am

The train would reach Sul-tanpur Lodhi at 238 pm thesame day where it would be

accorded a traditional wel-come Union Minister ofState for Railways Suresh CAngadi and Punjab minis-ters OP Soni and CharanjitChanni too would be pres-ent as the train starts backto Delhi in the evening

lsquoSarbat da BhalarsquoExpress from today

GURUrsquos550THBIRTH ANNIVERSARY

Capt Amarinderexpressed concernover the dwindling

financial assistance tostates from the Centre

PAK TO SET UP 76 IMMIGRATION COUNTERS The Pakistan Government says the passage will be openedfrom lsquoNamaz-e-Fazrrsquo (sunrise) to Namaz-e Maghrib (sunset)The Indian authorities have consented to it Pakistan will set up 76 immigration counters at the Inte-grated Check Post on their side of the border

All Sikhs rising abovethe party lines anddifferences be it religious orpolitical should share acommon stage to justify themessage of universalbrotherhood and humanityof the first Sikh Guru AkalTakht will intervene if theSGPC and govt fail toresolve thedifferencesGiani HarpreetSingh JATHEDARAKAL TAKHT

SINK DIFFERENCES TAKHT

The Shatabdi train was launched to help unserved areas in 2011

Chandigarh October 3The AAP has flayed the gov-ernment on the issue of drugssaying that it has failed to rootout the menace and has rathergiven a free hand to the drugmafia to call the shots In astatement Leader of Opposi-tion Harpal Singh Cheemaand core committee memberKuldip Singh Dhaliwal saidduring the past 15 days policeteams had been attacked bythe drug mafia in Majha Theysaid Captain AmarinderSingh had backtracked on thepromise of taming the drugmenace mdash TNS

AAP Drug mafiacalling the shots

THE TRIBUNE04 JALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019PUNJAB

Karam PrakashTribune News Service

Patiala October 3The Punjab Government hasadopted the updated ModelWelfare Scheme for regis-tered construction workers inthe state But ignoring theguidelines of the Union Min-istry of Labour and Employ-ment it has not shunned theexisting schemes therebydiluting the sole purpose ofthe said scheme

The new welfare schemereads ldquoAt the outset it ismade clear that the socialsecurity benefits of the Mod-el Welfare Scheme as men-tioned below will hold prece-dence over all the existingbenefits and that only aftermeeting these priorityexpenses any balance of thefund may be utilised for giv-ing additional benefits underSection 22(H) of the Actrdquo

The Supreme Court onMarch 19 2018 had saidldquoThe state governments andUTAs have framed haphaz-ardly a large number ofschemes allegedly for the

benefit of the constructionworkers The multiplicity ofschemes brings to mind theadage too many cooks spoilthe brothrdquo

Subsequently theSupreme Court had askedthe Union Labour Ministryfor a composite ModelScheme for constructionworkers Following theorders on October 30 2018the Central Governmentdirected all state govern-ments to strictly comply withthe Model Welfare Scheme

Under this scheme there

are supposed to be only sevenwelfare schemes for the bene-fit of the construction work-ers However the state willnow be implementing thescheme without shunning the10 existing ones thereby giv-ing more scope of corruption

The said model scheme wasexpected to curb the misuseand poor implementation oftoo many welfare schemes

It is pertinent to mentionthat fake registrations andvarious anomalies weredetected under the existingschemes in the first-ever

audit of the State LabourWelfare Board

Seemingly the new welfarescheme adopted by the stategovernment is old wine innew bottle say experts

The new Model WelfareScheme espoused by the Cen-tre was aimed at giving mini-mum basic social security ben-efits to maximum constructionworkers However the state bynot implementing the modelscheme in its letter and spirithas already diluted the pur-pose of the scheme

Meanwhile VK JanjuaPrincipal Secretary LabourDepartment said ldquoOnly aftergoing through the SupremeCourt orders and Centralministryrsquos guidelines wehave adopted the schemeThe decision to continue theexisting schemes was a col-lective one We have provi-sions to carry the existingschemes under the Actrdquo

Janjua claimed that stepswere being taken to curb themisuse of the schemes andgive benefits to actual con-struction workers

Govt adopts Central labourscheme old ones not scrappedIn 2018 SC ordered states to have 1 scheme for welfare of workers

The Model Welfare Scheme is aimed at giving minimum basicsocial security benefits to construction workers FILE PHOTO

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3The Punjab and HaryanaHigh Court today rejectedthe plea for protection topolluting brick-kiln ownerswho had failed transition oftheir functioning to the offi-cially mandated emissionstechnology

An official press releasesaid the Capt AmarinderSingh government hadissued orders directing thatall brick-kiln owners shouldconvert their polluting unitsto induced draft technologyby September 30 The gov-ernment had also issuedorders listing out penaltiesfor failure to shift to the newzig zag technology

Several brick-kiln ownershad approached the courtagainst the state govern-mentrsquos orders but a DivisionBench comprising ActingChief Justice Rajeev Sharmaand Justice HS Sidhu refusedto grant any relief to them

During October 1 hearingAdvocate General Atul Nandahad placed details of the gov-

ernmentrsquos orders arguingthat these were in compliancewith the guidelines of the Cen-tral Pollution Control Boardvarious circulars of the PunjabPollution Control Board aswell as orders passed by theNational Green Tribunal datedJanuary 22 2019

Additional Solicitor Gener-al Satya Pal Jain stated thatin view of the fact that morethan 30000 objections hadbeen received against thedraft notification dated Feb-ruary 25 one monthrsquos timeswould be required by theMinistry of EnvironmentForest and Climate Changefor which he requested timefrom the court Acceding tothe request the courtadjourned the matter toNovember 15

No court relief for polluting brick-kilns

VishavBhartiTribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3The State Commission forScheduled Castes has askedthe DGP to take actionagainst four senior officialswho allegedly denied justiceto a Dalit by November 14

The case pertains to Phag-wara where a Dalit VijayKumar blew the whistleagainst an illegal factory in2013 which had been report-edly polluting groundwater

This led to his implicationin two ldquofakerdquo cases by SPsHarkamaljit Singh Khakhand Manpreet Singh DhillonLater two more senior policeofficials including SP BalbirSingh Bhatti and AIGNaveen Saini also let downthe complainant

Commission memberGyan Chand Diwali saidthat it was clear case of aDalit youth being harassedfor fighting for a collectivecause of society

The case dates back to 2013when Vijay Kumar rangalarm bells that a factory mdashUpkar International mdash locat-ed near his house in Phag-wararsquos Basant Nagar had

been discharging effluent

into the groundwaterthrough a borewell Follow-ing this the Punjab Pollu-tion Control Board sealedthe factory

The complainant said facto-ry owner Puneet Miglani gota fake FIR lodged againsthim under Section 182 of theIPC for providing false infor-mation He said the then DSPHarkamaljit Singh connivedwith Miglani The FIR waslater quashed by the Punjaband Haryana High Court

Vijay Kumar had also givena separate complaint to theDIG Jalandhar Range onwhich an inquiry was con-ducted by DSP MukhwinderSingh who ldquorecommendedan FIR under the ScheduledCastes and Scheduled Tribes(Prevention of Atrocities)Actrdquo MeanwhileMukhwinder got transferred

but DSP Manpreet Singhwho replaced Mukhwindernot only closed the inquirybut also got a case lodgedagainst the complainant

Later the complainantapproached the CMrsquos officeas well as the National Com-mission for Scheduled Castesfollowing which the com-plaints were referred to SPBalbir Singh Bhatti who ldquosetaside the complaints and did-nrsquot call the victim even oncerdquo

As he again went to thecommission an inquiry wasconducted by AIG NaveenSaini who found the allega-tions valid but didnrsquot recom-mend action under theScheduled Castes and Sched-uled Tribes (Prevention ofAtrocities) Act He just rec-ommended action againstthe factory owner for provid-ing false information

Act against police officers forharassing Dalit SC panel

US exhibition to mark birthanniversary of Guru NanakChandigarh To mark the550th birth anniversary ofGuru Nanak the DelawarersquosSikh Awareness Coalition hasannounced to organise anexhibition on the first SikhGurursquos life on October 12Charanjeet Singh Minhas ofthe coalition said it would bethe first time that Delawarestate would see a public cele-bration an awareness and aneducational initiative aboutSikhs and Sikhism The eventis being hosted in the stategovernmentrsquos largest publiclibrary in Delaware TNS

Former mayor of Slough inBritain passes awayChandigarh Gurbachan SinghThind former Mayor of Sloughin the UK passed away onSeptember 24 He was 79Thind hailed from Rachhin vil-lage in Ludhiana Before mov-ing to the UK he served as aPA to the then Chief Minister ofPunjab Gurnam Singh in1960s Thindrsquos first politicalactivity in the UK was in late1960s when he was at theforefront of a campaign to con-vince the British Governmentto grant the right to Sikhs towear turbans on motorbikesLater in 1988 he became amember of the Labour Party inSlough where he became May-or in 199899 TNS

BRIEFLY

Deepkamal KaurTribune News Service

Jalandhar October 3The publicity hoardingsabout various schemes putup across the state recentlyby the government are flash-ing some astonishing figuresGoing by the figures 22crore of the statersquos nearly 3crore population has beencovered under the SehatBima Yojana which means73 per cent of the populationof Punjab is under its ambit

Another figure reads that137 crore beneficiaries arecovered under the Atta-Dalscheme which implies that asmany as 45 per cent Punjabishave annual family incomeless than Rs 60000 Officialssay their figures are very con-servative and well within theparameters defined by theCentral Government

Anindita Mitra DirectorPublic Relations and DirectorFood Supplies says ldquoTheCentre has frozen the limit ofnumber of beneficiaries ofthe scheme in Punjab to 141crore This is because thegovernment has fixed a limitof covering up to 54 per centrural population and upto 49per cent urban populationunder the scheme We canincorporate 4 lakh more ben-eficiaries under the schemerdquo

Officials said 36 lakh fami-lies of Punjab had been cov-ered under it ldquoWe have beencontinuously deleting unduebeneficiaries Our survey willend in Decemberrdquo Mitra said

Monty Sehgal a BJPleader asked ldquoThe figuresseem forged to appease themasses There cannot be somany families in Punjabwhich are thriving on lessthan Rs 5000 per month It

is a vote game Politiciansdo not realise that they aremaking the people depend-ent on them Votes neverget translated by freebiesMore importantly if it is aCentre-funded schemehow can the Punjab CMtake the entire creditrdquo

SAD MLA Pawan Tinuasked ldquoWhen our govern-ment left we had covered35 lakh families At that

time the Congress leaderswere saying that we haveexaggerated the figures andthe real beneficiariesshould be far less So theygot verification startedwhich is yet to be complet-ed Rather than doing anydeletion they added 1 lakhmore families So our standgets vindicatedrdquo

On figures related to SehatBima Yojana a public rela-

tions officer pointed outldquoWhen 36 lakh blue cardbeneficiaries have beenincluded 494 lakh J-formholding farmer families havebeen covered 28 lakh smallfarmers more than 238 lakhregistered constructionworkers 46000 small tradersand 4500 journalists havebeen covered it is obviouslylike getting almost the entirePunjab coveredrdquo

22 cr health insurance beneficiaries in state

If the figures mentioned on government billboards are to be believed almost the entire Punjab has been enrolled for the Sehat Bima Yojana TRIBUNE PHOTO SARABJIT SINGH

ATTA-DAL SCHEME The Centre has frozen

the number of Punjabbeneficiaries for Atta-Dalscheme to 141 crorecomprising 54 rural and49 urban population Wecan incorporate 4 lakhmore beneficiaries underthe schemeAnindita Mitra DIRECTOR FOOD SUPPLIES

lsquoFORGED FIGURESrsquoThe figures have been

forged to appease themasses There cannot beso many families earningless than ~5000 permonth If it is a Centre-funded scheme how canthe Punjab CM take thecreditrdquoMonty Sehgal BJPLEADER

Houston October 3 Thousands of people from allwalks of life turned out forthe day-long ceremonies hereon Wednesday to honourslain Indian-American policeofficer Sandeep Singh Dhali-wal who was shot dead onduty during a traffic stop

Dhaliwal 42 was the firstSikh sheriffrsquos deputy inHarris County with a popu-lation of over 10000 SikhsHe made national headlineswhen he was allowed togrow a beard and wear a tur-ban on the job

He was gunned down whileconducting a routine mid-daytraffic stop in northwest ofHouston on Friday

The fallen deputyrsquos funeralincluded processions a tradi-tional Sikh funeral and a lawenforcement funeral with a21-gun salute from fellow offi-cers and a helicopter flyover

As lsquoAmazing Gracersquo wasplayed on the bagpipesmembers of Harris CountySheriffrsquos Office (HCSO) fold-ed the American flag thatcovered his casket and Sher-iff Ed Gonzalez presented itto Dhaliwalrsquos widow whoclutched it to her heart

After final ceremonies from

the law enforcement memori-al service the Dhaliwal familyand members of HCSO head-ed to the Winford FuneralHome for a closed cremation

The procession route waslined with blue and whitesigns reading ldquoAlways in OurHeartsrdquo and ldquoIn LovingMemory of Deputy Dhaliwalrdquo

People had posted customyard signs billboards andflowers all along the route andin the neighbourhood

At the service SimratpalSingh a US Army Captainflanked by other members ofthe Sikh community in mili-tary service describedDhaliwal as ldquohumble fear-

less not dissuaded by nega-tivityrdquo ldquoOur lion may begone physically but his lega-cy of selfless service and ofbreaking down barriers willcontinue to liverdquo he said

Senator Ted Cruz R-Texasspeaking before thousandsduring the Sikh part of theceremony addressed Dhaliw-

alrsquos wife and three children insaying the community ldquosup-ports you and lifts you uprdquoldquoWe are grateful for yourfatherrsquos service and his sacri-fice and his legacyrdquo Cruz said

Dhaliwal the father ofthree joined the force 10years back and was thestatersquos first law enforcementofficer to receive permissionto wear a religious turban andbeard while on duty

Commissioner Adrian Gar-cia who hired Dhaliwal 10years ago said the stadiumfull of people and thedeputyrsquos celebration of lifewas ldquofit for a kingrdquo As headdressed Dhaliwalrsquos fatherhe said ldquoBaba you raised agood man You raised himwith a heart of gold It isunfair that a father shouldoutlive his sonrdquo Lt Gov DanPatrick said he doesnrsquot nor-mally speak at public funer-als but he was honoured to beinvited to speak at Dhaliw-alrsquos funeral

New Jersey Attorney Gen-eral Gurbir Grewal thenationrsquos first Sikh statersquosattorney general said Dhali-wal ldquoinspired an entire gener-ation of Sikhsrdquo to join publicservice mdash PTI

Thousands attend US Sikh police officerrsquos funeral

Tribune News Service

Amritsar October 3Sikh preachers and intellectu-als from various countriestoday approached Akal Takhtto submit a complaint againstRanjit Singh Dhadrianwalealleging that he used obnox-ious terminology in the contextof Guru Gobind Singh and MaiBhago in his discourses

On the friction between theSGPC and state governmentover joint celebrations ofupcoming 550th birthanniversary of Guru NanakDev Giani Harpreet Singhsaid Akal Takht could inter-vene if needed

Reacting over complaintagainst Dhadrianwale andother preachers the officiat-ing Jathedar assured the com-plainants that he would takeup the issue with five highpriests He said there weremany preachers like Dhadri-anwale who had allegedlybeen giving speeches beyondthe Gurbani which ended upcreating confusion among theSikh community

PreachersapproachTakht againstDhadrianwale

An honour guard escorts the casket of Harris County Sheriffrsquos Deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal for hisfuneral at Berry Center in Cypress Texas US on Wednesday APPTI

IMPLICATED FOR HIGHLIGHTING ANOMALY In 2013 the Punjab Pollution Control Board sealed a factory

after one Vijay Kumar accused it of discharging effluent intothe groundwater near his house in Phagwara

The factory owner filed an FIR against Vijay for providingwrong information which was investigated but a few seniorcops didnrsquot conduct an impartial proberdquo

Later the FIR was quashed by the High Court

Saurabh MalikTribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3When an ASI with the PunjabPolice went to stay with hiscousinrsquos son a medical stu-dent there was no way hecould have realised that itwas his last night He wasfound murdered next morn-ing More than seven yearsafter the incident the Punjaband Haryana High Court hasupheld the conviction andlife sentence awarded to themedical student

The case before the Benchof Acting Chief Justice RajivSharma and Justice HarinderSingh Sidhu has its genesisin a complaint by victim ASIBaldev Singhrsquos son Manjin-der Singh

A student of diploma incomputer at Guru NanakDev University at Amritsarhe deposed that his fatherrsquoscousin Manjit Kaur wasresiding in America Her sonJeewan Singh Sidhu wasMBBS student at AmritsarMedical College

He went to pick up hisfather on March 2 2012 fromAmritsar bus stand upon hisreturn from Chandigarh Hisfather told him that he had

received a call from hiscousin Manjit Kaur that herson Jeewan Singh was creat-ing problem

Jeewan Singh should beleft at Nawanshahr andBaldev Singh should coun-sel him by staying with himfor the night He brought hisfather Baldev Singh to thehouse in Ranjit Avenuewhere Jeewan Singhresided as a tenant

He went to his house Buthis father stayed with Jee-wan Singh The next day hereceived a telephonic callthat a taxi had come to thehouse He tried to contact hisfather on the phone but hisphone was not reachable Hewent to the house andnoticed blood in the room

He called a neighbour whoalong with another personcame on the spot They laterfound the body of his fatherlying in the bathroom

Speaking for the BenchActing Chief Justice Sharmaasserted the appellant hadtaken the plea of mental dis-order schizophrenia In suchcases the court was to seethe mental status of theaccused at the time of com-mission of the offence

He added that the plea ofinsanity was not available tothe appellant He knew whathe was doing From the cir-cumstances which precededattended and followed thecrime it could not be said thatthe appellant was sufferingfrom unsoundness of mind

HC upholds life term tomedico for coprsquos murder

NOT UPGRADED The state government hadasked brick-kiln owners toshift to new technology bySeptember 30 Penaltieswere ordered for failureagainst which tradersmoved HC but got no relief

COUNSELLING SESSION TURNED FATALASI Baldev Singhs cousin ManjitKaur who resides in America hadinformed the former in March 2012that her son Jeewan Singh Sidhu anMBBS student had been creatingtrouble In order to counsel JeewanBaldev decided to stay with him for anight but the accused murdered the latter Though the appel-lant claimed that he suffered from schizophrenia mental dis-order Acting Chief Justice Sharma asserted that in such cas-es the court is to see the mental status of the accused at thetime of commission of the offence

05HARYANA ELECTIONS2019THE TRIBUNE

GURUGRAM | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019

Court Notice

HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARHRA-CR-112-CII-2007 in FAO-913-2009

Date of hearing 29102019(A)

Ms BCC Rice Mills amp Ors

Appellants

Vs

Punjab State Warehousing Corporation and Ors

Respondents

Appeal Us 37 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996

Notice to

1 Ms BCC Rice Mills amp Exports Private Limited Village

Jogi Cheema Post Office Qadian District Gurdaspur

through its Director Parminder Singh Cheema son of

Harbhajan Singh resident of Jogi Cheema Post Office

Qadian Tehsil Batala District Gurdaspur

2 Gagandeep Singh Son of Surinder Singh resident of

House No 15703B-II Mohali District Ropar

3 Parminder Singh Cheema son of Harbhajan Singh

Residence of Village Jogi Cheema Post Office Qadian

Tehsil Batala District Gurdaspur

In the above titled appeal the respondent(s)

defendant(s) could not be served in ordinary process It is

ordered that the respondent(s)defendant(s) should

appear in person or through counsel on 29102019 at

1000 am

For details logon to wwwhighcourtgovinDPRPbC7337

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POLL BUZZ Day to go political bigwigsamong 475 file nominations Ministers Abhimanyu Ram Bilas Congrsquos Surjewala Bishnoi INLDrsquos Abhay submit papers

Yamunanagar BJP nationalspokesperson Syed Shah-nawaz Hussain on Thursdayclaimed that the Congresswould draw a blank in the elec-tions and would not be able toopen its account ldquoThe BJP willset a record It has set a goal of75 seats but it seems that theparty will win more seats Thegovernment has done tremen-dous developmentrdquo he said TNS

BJP will set a recordclaims Shahnawaz

Panipat Bharat SinghChhokkar state president ofthe Loktantra Suraksha Party(LSP) and candidate fromSamalkha has decided to notcontest the Assembly electionand has also decided to quitthe party Chhokkar said theBJP candidate was from his vil-lage Chulkana and the voteswould get divided thatrsquos whyhe decided to quit TNS

LSP state presidentresigns from party

Kaithal Due to a large crowdof supporters of Congressleader Randeep Singh Surje-wala who filed his nomina-tion papers on Thursday thetraffic near the Geeta Bhawanin the town remained disrupt-ed for hours Residents havedemanded that no politicalactivity should be allowed bythe administration in thevicinity of Geeta Bhawanwhich is located in the centreof the town OC

Residents faceinconvenience

Chandigarh State Con-gress chief Kumari Seljalaunched her social mediacampaign called ldquoHaryanaKi Baat Selja ke saathrdquouploading its first episodeon Thursday The campaignwill invite voter queriesaround a range of socialpolitical and governanceissues which Selja will per-sonally answer TNS

lsquoHaryana ki Baathelliprsquolaunched by Selja

Pradeep SharmaTribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3Political bigwigs a majorityof them from the ruling BJPfiled their nomination papersfor the October 21 HaryanaAssembly elections today asthe saffron party lined up itsbig guns as a show ofstrength on the penultimateday of filing nominations

Meanwhile Joint ChiefElectoral Officer Inder Jeetsaid on the fourth day of fil-ing nomination papers 475nomination papers were filedby the candidates across thestate October 4 is the last dayof filing nominations

Several state ministersincluding Ram Bilas Shar-ma Capt Abhimanyu OPDhankar Manish GroverKrishan Panwar KrishanKumar Bedi and BanwariLal besides state BJP chiefSubhash Barala andHaryana Assembly SpeakerKanwar Pal Gujjar wereprominent among thosewho filed their nomination

papers todayAmong the notable Con-

gress candidates AICC com-munication in charge Ran-deep Surjewala filednomination papers fromKaithal while former ministerBB Batra filed nominationsfrom Rohtak and ChiranjeevRao son of former ministerAjay Yadav filed papers from

Rewari Abhay Chautala ofthe INLD also filed nomina-tions from Ellenabad

In a morale booster for thecontesting candidates theBJP deputed over a dozenUnion ministers and seniorleaders including SmritiIrani Shahnawaz HussainHarshvardhan SanjeevBaliyan RK Singh Rao

Inderjit Singh Krishan PalGurjar and Rattan LalKataria to accompany themfor filing nomination papers

The Chief Minister criss-crossed the state accompany-ing two Cabinet colleaguesRam Bilas Sharma and CaptAbhimnayu who are seek-ing re-election from Mahen-dragarh and Narnaud

Congress leader Kuldeep Bishnoi files nomination from Adampur in Hisar Agriculture Minister Om Prakash Dhankar files papers in Jhajjar TRIBUNE PHOTOS

~10092 cr Total assets~521 croreMovable assets~4882 croreImmovable assets~473 lakh Cash in hand ~4030 croreUnsecured loans He owns Audi Q7 Audi A6

BMW Tata Safari and atractor His wife owns aMercedes and an Innova

His wife owns jewelleryworth ~169 crore

KULDEEP BISHNOI CONGRESS Adampur

WEALTH DECLARED

~6263 cr Total assets

~268 croreMovableassets~3573 croreImmovableassets

~865 lakh Cash in hand

ASSETS IN 2014 ELECTIONS

~1074 croreMovable assets

~30 crore Immovableassets

ABHAY CHAUTALAINLD Ellenabad

~835 cr Total assets The 71-year-old leader is alaw graduate from PunjabUniversity in 1989 52 lakh Movable assets This included ~3-lakh cashin hand bank deposits of~14 lakh and 20-gm goldworth ~80000 ~315crore Immovable assets This includes self-acquiredassets worth ~26 crore andinherited assets of ~55 lakh

RAM BILAS SHARMABJP Mahendragarh Rohtak Veteran Congress

leader Bhupinder SinghHooda who was slated tofile his nomination from theGarhi Sampla-Kiloi Assem-bly constituency in Rohtakdistrict on Thursday willnow file the papers on Fri-day Hooda also chairmanof the partyrsquos election man-agement committee had toattend a meeting in NewDelhi on Thursday TNS

HOODA DEFERSFILING PAPERS

Mahendragarh Chief Min-ister Manohar Lal Khattaron Thursday said more than20 strong contenders werevying for the BJP ticket inevery segment He said allcontenders could not getthe ticket yet they stood bythe party He was address-ing a gathering after Educa-tion Minister Ram BilasSharma filed his nominationfrom Mahendragarh TNS

HAD 20 CONTENDERSFOR EACH TICKET CM

Aditi TandonTribune News Service

NewDelhi October 3A day after openly revoltingagainst the party and protest-ing outside the residence ofCongress president SoniaGandhi former state chiefAshok Tanwar on Thursdayquit all election committeesand said he would work onlyas a primary member

Signalling a deepening fac-tional war Tanwar wrote ascathing letter to Sonia say-ing the Congress had beenreduced to the party of for-mer Chief Minister Bhupin-der Singh Hooda

ldquoUnfortunately it feels likethe Congress has beenhijacked by an individualand even senior leaders ofthe AICC are insensitivetowards state Congressbecoming Hooda CongressrdquoTanwar wrote to Sonia

Tanwar a former presidentof the Indian Youth Congressand NSUI jolted party pre-paredness in Haryana bycompletely distancing fromthe poll process Asked if hewould campaign for the partyhe said ldquoI will see who needsme how muchrdquo

In another marker that hissupporters could contest asIndependents the formerstate unit chief said ldquoIf some-one wants to contest as anIndependent what can I doIt is up to themrdquo

Tanwar remained defiantabout his public revolt out-side Soniarsquos residence onWednesday saying he hadbeen left with no optionldquoWhat other platform wasavailable for our workers toraise their voice I only artic-ulated their concerns That isnot indiscipline I did notassault anyonerdquo Tanwar said

He lamented the fact thatpeople who had ldquosabotagedrdquo

Congress interests in thestate ldquowere now calling theshotsrdquo ldquoThese people areselling ticketsrdquo he wrote inhis letter to Sonia

In a veiled attack on HoodaTanwar said though he wasaccused of not creating anorganisation the fact was thathe was never allowed to func-tion ldquoIt is a matter of studyfor all of you that despite theabsence of an organisationwe managed to raise the Con-gress vote share in Haryanaby 6 per cent over the last LokSabha poll and 85 per cent

over the last state poll We didthis in the face of a massivenon-cooperation movementagainst usrdquo he said

Tanwar also took swipes atpolitical families sayingldquoIn Haryana there arepolitical gharanas which donot want ordinary people torise in politicsrdquo

The former state chief seemedto leave his future options opensaying ldquoWhat I have told youtoday is the reality of todayThere are still 18 or 19 days leftfor elections Let us see whatturn time and politics takerdquo

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3 The Jannayak Janta Party(JJP) released its fourth fifthand sixth lists of 43 candi-dates today with DushyantChautala contesting fromUchana Kalan and his motherNaina from Badhra

Dushyant contested fromUchana Kalan in 2014 butlost to BJPrsquos Prem Lata wifeof former Union ministerBirender Singh by a marginof 7480 votes This time hewould face Prem Lata again

Naina Chautala who won in2014 from Dabwali which washer husband Ajay Chautalarsquosconstituency will be contest-ing this time from BadhraShe will face former CM Ban-si Lalrsquos son Ranbir Mahen-dra who is contesting on Con-gress ticket Sources in theJJP said that as the Indian

National Lok Dal (INLD) hadfielded Sita Ram from Dab-wali a two-time MLA from theseat she shifted to Badhra

Also among the nominees isdismissed BSF jawan TejBahadur Yadav who will con-test against CM Manohar LalKhattar from Karnal OP Sihaga long-time associate of AjayChautala will contest fromEllenabad against INLD secre-tary general Abhay Chautala

So far the JJP has releasedthe names of 85 candidatesThe party is yet to nominateDushyantrsquos brother Digvijay

JJP names 43 moreDushyant to againface MLA Prem Lata Naina to contest from Badhra

Dushyant Chautala

Tanwar quits all Cong poll panelsIn scathing letter to Sonia writes state unit is Hoodarsquos party

Ashok Tanwar in New Delhi on Thursday MANAS RANJAN BHUI

New Delhi October 3The Congress on Thursdaydeclared candidates for sixpending seats in HaryanaBhupinder Singh Hooda andstate unit chief Kumari Seljagot an equal share of nomina-tions for their loyalists

In Fatehabad the Congressfielded Hooda-preferredPrahlad Singh Gillankherawho had lost the last time Oth-er Hooda loyalists in the list areMewa Singh from Ladwa andBishan Lal Saini from Radaur

In Ambala CantonmentVenu Agarwal was fielded jet-tisoning proposal to field Nir-mal Singhrsquos daughter ChitraSarwara Selja was opposedto Chitrarsquos candidatureShamsher Virk will contestfrom Assandh and BhupenderGangua from Barwala mdash TNS

Cong declares6 more names

Usual process followed says Selja Dismissing Ashok Tanwarrsquos allegations of ticket sale bythe party and denial of nominations to genuine candi-dates Haryana Congress president Kumari Selja toldreporters on Thursday that the Congress had followedthe ticket distribution process and system as it alwaysdoes Reacting to Seljarsquos comments Tanwar said ldquoWhatsystem was followed What system is the state chieftalking of In fact the eligibility criteria we suggestedwas disregardedrdquo Tanwar said

THE TRIBUNE06 GURUGRAM | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019DELHI

I Paidi Swapna wife of 15490138NLD Gopi Paidi resident ofIbrahimbad Fareedpeta EtcherlaSrikakulam Andhra Pradesh is herebydeclares that my acutal date of birth is05 June 1992 (CL19091719)

I Sachin so Late Jai Ram Dass roVillage Tagra Hakimpur Kalka DisttPanchkula (Haryana) have changedmy name Sachin to Sachin Goyal(CL19091812)

I Swarnjit Singh so Harmel SinghLitt ro VPO Burj Littan (Raikot)Ludhiana changed name SwarnjitSingh Litt (CL19091688)

I Amit Kumar so Mohinder Singhro Village Kailash Karnal havechanged my name to Amit Poswal(CL19091685)

I Tarlok Kapoor so Joginder Lalro HNo 2509 Phase-I DugriLudhiana have changed my name toTarlok Kumar (CL19091659)

I Reshma Devi wo Jagjit Singh ro HNo 374 Milk Colony DhanasChandigarh have changed my name toSuman (CL19091344)

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Chandigarh Sector 44-D MIGthird floor Well maintained Registry Contact 93161-12756(CL19091733)

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Chandigarh one kanal ground withbasement extraordinary built cornerNorth East facing central Sector 450 Cr 98720-05875(CL19091554)

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Chandigarh 8 marla triple amp 5marla both Sector 22-C Suitable forbuilders Contact 98141-12887(CL19091549)

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PROPERTY FOR SALE

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Urgently competent teachersrequired for Akal Academy RampurNarotampur (Tarn Taran) for General TGT English Maths Art ampCraft and Librarian Fluency inEnglish is must EligibilityGraduation or Post Graduation inrequired stream BEd DEIEd orETT is mandatory Salary 12000 to20000 Walk in interview AkalAcademy Rampur Narotampur PostOffice Jalabad Tehsil Kadoor SahibDistt Tarn Taran on 07102019 10am to 2 pm Contact (98759-87451)aarampurnarotampurakalacademyacin (CL19091643)

St Soldier Law College Jalandhar-144011 Requires Principal on regular basis Qualifications and salaryas per GNDU UGC BCI normsCandidates below 65 years and retired as Professors AssociateProfessors can also apply Send one copy of application to DeanCollege Development CouncilGNDU Amritsar Interestedcandidates may apply within 21 daysto Chairman Phone 98140-648810181-2690088 98151-58269(CL19091875)

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SITUATION VACANT

(Uo 5 Rule 20 CPC)In the Court of

Sh Lalit Kumar SinglaDistrict Judge (FC)

BarnalaKamaljeet Kaur

VersusManmohan Singh

CNR NoPBBR01-001498-2019Next Date 29102019

Publication issued toManmohan SinghFather Bhagwant Singh ro

Tapa Teh Tapa Distt Barnalanow ro Australia through itsPower of Attorney BhagwanSingh so Diwan Singh roNear Yash Hospital Tapa TehTapa Distt Barnala BarnalaPunjab

In above titled case thedefendant(s)respondent(s)could not be served It isordered that defendant(s)respondent(s) should appear inperson or through counsel on29102019 at 1000 am

For details logon tohttpshighcourtchdgovintrs=district_noticeampdistrict=

barnalaDated this day of 01012019

Sd-District Judge (FC)

CL19091165 Barnala

COURT NOTICE

I Ashok Kumar so Sh Harbans Lalro 15 St 5A Namdev RoadBathinda have changed my nameAshok Kumar Singla In future usethis name in my all documents(CL19091941)

I Amar Nath so Mangu Ram ro Village Gill PO Urmar TehDasuya (Hoshiarpur) Punjab havechanged my name to Amar SinghPlease note (CL19091913)

We Mrs and Mr Subhash ChanderSethi ro 85 Dyal Singh ColonyKarnal declare that our son Nikhil Sethi is out of our control we debar him from our moveable and immoveable property anybodydeal with him will do so at their own risk and responsibility(CL19091887)

I No 15477504N DFR Vinod Kumar A so Ayyapan V 70 AR CO 56 APO declare that in my Army service record my wifersquos namewrongly entered as Shreevidhya KV correct name is Shreevidya KVAll concerned plz note(CL19091873)

I Surjit Singh Army No 10198525KRank Sep resident of Vill amp POJalalpura Teh amp Distt AmritsarPunjab-143601 in my Army record my daughterrsquos name was wronglyentered as Kirenjit Kaur instead of hercorrect name is Kiranjit Kaur(CL19091858)

I Jagsir Singh so Teja Singh Resi -Khudi Kalan Tehsil amp District -Barnala that my daughter RamanpreetKaur in the school record of BVMInternational School that her realname Gurmanjot Kaur RamanpreetKaur or Gurmanjot Kaur both aresame person Please note(CL19091842)

I Budumuru Divya wife of15495511M LD S Vasa RaoGurugubelli resident of Kotta ValasaThogaram AmadalavalasaSrikakulam Andhra Pradesh is hereby declared that my actual Date of Birth is 14 May 1998(CL19091751)

It is notified for the information thatmy original qualifying examinationcertificate of main SecondaryExamination of year 2016 and RollNo 2263610 issued by CBSE hasbeen actually lost Name of candidatesSonia Kaushal do Baljit KumarVillage Pahlewal Tehsil GarhshankarDistt Hoshiarpur Punjab(CL19091748)

I Promila Devi spouse of No8034204W Hav Kushab Kumar VPO Basantpur Teh Sarkaghat Distt Mandi HP changed my namefrom Promila Devi to Pramila Devi vide affidavit 13AA 437996dated 1102019 before Executive Magistrate Sarkaghat(CL19091597)

PUBLIC NOTICES

(Uo 5 Rule 20 CPC)In the Court of

Ms Roopa Dhaliwal PCSAdditional Civil Judge Sr Division Nangal

CNR No PBROB0-001423-2019

Next Date- 21102019Pyaro Devi and others

VersusGeneral Public

Publication issued toGeneral PublicSuit for declaration to the effectthat Ram Sukh so Durga RoVill Mehlwan Teh-Nangal hasdisappeared and missing since2011 and presumed to be deadand plaintiffs are the only legalheirs of Ram Sukh

In above titled case thedefendant(s)respondent(s)could not be served It isordered that defendant(s)respondent(s) should appear inperson or through counsel on21102019 at 1000 am

For details logon to httpshighcourtchdgovintrs=district_noticeampdistrict=rupnagar

Dated this day of 26092019Sd- Additional Civil Judge

Sr Division NangalCL19091610

(Uo 5 Rule 20 CPC)In the Court of

Sh Ranjit Kumar JainPrincipal Judge of

Family Court Garhshankar

Sarla Kumari (age 32 years) wifeof late Ram Ral son of SukhchainRam resident of village ParsowalTehsil Garhshankar DistrictHoshiarpur at present residing atvillage Adamwal Tehsil andDistt Hoshiarpur

PlaintiffVersus

General PublicRespondent

Petition Under Section 8 of theHindu Minority andGuardianship Act

CNR No PBHOF3-000473-2019

Next Date- 04012020Publcation issued toGeneral Public

In above titled petition thedefendant(s)respondent(s) couldnot be served It is ordered thatdefendant(s) respondent(s)should appear in person orthrough counsel on 04012020 at1000 am

For details logon to httpshighcourtchdgovintrs=

district_noticeampdistrict=hoshiarpur

Dated this day of 21092019Sd- Principal Judge of

Family Court CL19091565 Garhshankar

(UO 5 Rule 20 CPC)In the Court of

Shri Ravinder Singh RanaCivil Judge

Junior Division-3Ferozepur

Oriental Bank of CommerceVs

Kashmir SinghCNR No

PBFZ02-000120-2019Next Date 31102019

Publication issued toGursahib Singh FatherSukhdev Singh ro V KamalaBodla Post OfficeMallawala Tehsil and DistrictFerozepur

In above titled case thedefendant(s)respondent(s)could not be served It isordered that defendant(s)respondent(s) should appearin person or through counselon 31102019 at 1000 am For details logon tohttpshighcourtchdgovintrs=district_noticeampdistrict=

ferozepurDated this day of 25092019

Sd- Civil JudgeJunior Division-3

CL19091523 Ferozepur

(Uo 5 Rule 20 CPC)In the Court of

Sh Rakesh Kumar SharmaAddl Principal Judge

Family CourtJagraon

Petition US 8 of Guardianand Wards Act for Permissionto sell the property

Gurwinder SinghVersus

General PublicCNR No

PBLDF3-001249-2019Notice to

General PublicIn above title case the

Petitioner Gurwinder Singh soAlbel Singh filed a petitionunder Section Guardain andWards Act for permission tosell the property of TaranvirSingh so Gurwinder Singh thedefendant General Public couldnot be served It is ordered thatdefendant General Publicshould appear in person orthrough counsel on 26112019at 10 am

For details logon tohttpshighcourtchdgovintrs=district_noticeampdistrict=

ludhianaDated this day of 25092019

Sd-Addl Principal Judge

Family CourtCL19091469 Jagraon

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Re-compute lawexam results HCNew Delhi October 3 The Delhi High Court hasaccepted the challenge tonine out of 15 questionsasked in the Delhi JudicialServices (Preliminary)examinations and directedthe Registrar General to re-compute and publish theupdated result by October 4

The court said apart fromplacing the list of additionaleligible candidates on thewebsite by 6 pm on Fridaythe court administrationwould communicate themby both SMS and email ofbeing qualified for writingthe Mains exam

The court was hearing abatch of petitions by lawgraduates aspiring to bejudicial officers challeng-ing the correctness of theanswer keys to some of thequestions in the DelhiJudicial Services (Prelimi-nary) Exams which wereheld on September 22

A Bench of Justices SMuralidhar and TalwantSingh declined the prayer ofthe petitioners to postpone thedate of Mains exams that is

October 12-13 as the court hasto adhere to the deadline giv-en by it to the Supreme Court

It directed that results ofthe 353 candidates alreadydeclared eligible to appearin the DJS (Mains) Examsin terms of the list pub-lished on the courtrsquos web-site on September 26 areleft undisturbed

This time the court dis-pensed with the publishing ofthe answer keys prior to thedeclaration of the result mdash PTI

Regarding the answer keyswhich had been found tobe erroneous the admin-istration would proceed toapply the correctanswer keys asdecided by the courtand recompute the resultsin accordance with theapplicable rules

The court dispensed thepublishing of the answerkeys prior to the declarationof the result to adhere tothe deadline of completingthe entire examination

Act againstbuildings sansfire safety Court

Erroneous answer sheets

NewDelhi October 3 The Delhi High Court hasdirected the AAP governmenthere its fire department andmunicipal authorities to takeaction against buildings includ-ing sealing them for lackingfire safety measures

A Bench of Chief JusticeDN Patel and Justice C HariShankar issued the directionwhile disposing a PIL seek-ing sealing of two buildingsin the Azadpur commercialcomplex for alleged non-com-pliance of fire safety normsThe court disposed off the peti-tion after the North DelhiMunicipal Corporation filedan affidavit stating that both ofthe buildings were issued firesafety certificates on June 14

As the petition had alsosought sealing of all otherbuildings in the city whichwere not complying with firesafety norms the Bench saidthat ldquoas and when any build-ing is lacking in fire safetymeasures action shall be ini-tiated by the respondents(authorities) in accordancewith law rules regulationsand government policiesapplicable to the facts of thecase as early as possible andpracticablerdquo mdash PTI

New Delhi October 3 Security has been beefedup across the Capital afterpolice received intelligenceinputs on a possible terrorstrike a senior police offi-cial said on Thursday

Raids are being conductedby the Special Cell of the Del-hi Police at several locationsacross the city after the intel-ligence inputs suggested thatthree to four members of aterror outfit may have infil-trated into the city he said

Meanwhile the Delhi Policehas also intensified patrollingand picketing in several areasacross the Capital

According to police raidswere conducted at over twodozens locations across the cityto nab the suspects from theirpossible hideouts includingplaces like Okhla ZafrabadNajafgarh Seemapuri NewUsmanpurSeelampur Pahar-ganj and areas of South Delhiand have questioned numer-ous peoplemdash PTI

The police checks commuters in New Delhi on Thursday TRIBUNE PHOTO

NewDelhi October 3 The Delhi Government willopen a ldquoSports Universityrdquoin the Capital Chief Minis-ter Arvind Kejriwal saidhere on Thursday Address-ing a press conference Kejri-wal with his deputy ManishSisodia by his side said a Billin this regard was approvedby the Cabinet on Thursdayand it would be sent to Lieu-tenant Governor (LG) AnilBaijal for approval

After that the Bill would betabled in the Assembly he saidThe Chief Minister said theldquoSports Universityrdquo wouldcome up on a 90-acre land inthe Mundka area

According to the Aam Aad-mi Party (AAP) governmentin the Capital the DelhiSports University (DSU) Billgrants the university theright to establish constituentschools and colleges

The main aim of the uni-versity would be to groomthe students who wouldexcel in various sports inschool the government said

The CM said earlier asportsperson used to beuncertain about his futuresjust for the fact that if he wasnot able to establish a careerin sports he would just becalled a school pass out

ldquoA sportsperson would notget a job because every jobrequires at least a gradua-tion degree to get throughThe sports university willgrant you a degree in sportssuch as cricket and hockey

ldquoA passionate sportspersoncan now devote all of histime to playing andexcelling in sportsrdquo he said

A sportspersonrsquos gradua-tion post-graduation and doc-torate degrees will be in thesubjects of sports Kejriwalsaid adding that he couldshow his degrees whereverrequired Giving an exampleKejriwal said a sportspersoncould also appear in the civilservices examination becausehe would be considered a grad-uate after getting the degree

Sisodia said most of thestudents had to compromisewhen it came to sports tokeep up with their perform-ance in the main subjectsldquoSome of the students Iknow are pursuing theirgraduation from SOL tomanage sports and studiesboththe share of jobsunder the sports quota isalso limited ldquoWe are hopingto eradicate that uncertaintyfrom the minds ofsportspersonsrdquo the deputychief minister said mdash PTI

Cabinet approves setting upof lsquoSports Universityrsquo Kejriwal

CM Arvind Kejriwal with his deputy Manish Sisodia at a pressmeet in New Delhi on Thursday TRIBUNE PHOTO MUKESH AGGARWAL

The Delhi Sports Uni-versity (DSU) Bill grantsthe university the rightto establish constituentschools and colleges

The sports universityBill aims to groom thestudents who wish toexcel in various sports

It also defines theadministrative and legalstructure of the univer-sity Several expertswould be involved atvarious stages to designand give a definitestructure to the curricu-lum of the courses

DELHI SPORTS UNIVERSITY BILL

3 held for burglaryNew Delhi October 3 A domestic help her hus-band and an accomplicehave been arrested in con-nection with a burglary at ahouse in southeast DelhirsquosLajpat Nagar area thepolice said on Thursday

The accused were identi-fied as Fatima (34) her hus-band Mohmood (37) bothresidents of Sarai KaleKhan and MohammadZakir (35) resident ofTaimoor Nagar they said

According to the policethe two men conspiredand planned to targetvacant houses during day-time while Fatima whoworked as domestic helpin the residential areas ofLajpat Nagar conductedrecce and passed informa-tion to them

On September 29 policesaid they received a com-plaint about theft of ~50lakhs diamond and goldjewellery along with expen-sive wrist watch and othervaluable articles from ahouse at National Parkarea Lajpat Nagar and acase was registered at AmarColony police station

The accused were seen ina CCTV footage leaving thespot in an e-rickshaw aftercommitting the burglarythe police said

On Tuesday a raid wasconducted at TaimoorNagar and Sarai Kale Khanareas and the accused werearrested said Deputy Com-missioner of Police (South-east) Chinmoy Biswal Lat-er Fatima was also arrested

in connection with the inci-dent the officer said

Stolen cash amounting to~3191 lakh gold and dia-mond jewellery laptopmobile e-rickshaw andtools were recovered fromthem the officer added

Mahmood and Zakir werepreviously involved in sev-eral cases of burglaries andtheft Both were arrested inMarch in connection with asimilar burglary incidentand released from jail inAugust mdash PTI

The arrested persons with theDelhi Police TRIBUNE PHOTO

MODUS OPERANDIThe two men conspiredand planned to targetvacant houses during day-time while Fatima whoworked as domestic helpin the residential areas ofLajpat Nagar conductedrecce and passed infor-mation to them

Rain brings down mercury in DelhiNewDelhi October 3 Heavy rains lashed severalparts of the Capital onThursday evening bringingdown the mercury level offi-cials said Delhi recorded 352mm rainfall at 830 PM andthe temperature was record-ed at 216 degree Celsius asenior MeT official said

According to the meteorolog-ical department the maximumtemperature recorded at 530PM was 348 degree Celsius anotch above the normal andthe minimum 238 degrees Cel-sius two notches above nor-

mal Humidity levels oscillat-ed between 83 and 55 per cent

Flight operations at Delhi Air-

port had to be suspended for 24minutes in the evening due toextremely heavy rains mdash PTI

Heavy rains in New Delhi on Thursday MANAS RANJAN BHUI

New Delhi October 3 The over 42 km-long GreyLine of Delhi Metro whichwill connect Najafgarh tothe rapid transit networkfor the first time will beopened for services on Fri-day officials said mdash PTI

Metrorsquos Grey Lineto open today

Terror alert Securitybeefed up in Capital

THE TRIBUNEJALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 07NATION

Tribune News Service

NewDelhi October 3Terming his continuing incar-ceration as a ldquoform of punish-mentrdquo senior Congress leaderP Chidambaram on Thursdaymoved the Supreme Court for regular bail in a corruptioncase registered by the CBI in connection with theINX Media scam

Senior counsel Kapil Sibalmentioned his petition chal-lenging the Delhi HighCourtrsquos September 30 ver-dict denying him bail forurgent listing before aBench headed by Justice NVRamana He sought urgenthearing of Chidambaramrsquosbail plea on Friday as the topcourt wonrsquot be functioningthe next week

Justice Ramana howeversaid the matter would beplaced before Chief Justiceof India Ranjan Gogoi forassigning it to an appropri-ate Bench Later he was pro-duced before a Special JudgeAjay Kumar Kuhar whoremanded him to judicialcustody till October 17

In his bail plea the formerFinance Minister contendedthat liberty of an individualcannot be denied on the basis

of ldquoanonymous and unveri-fied allegationsrdquo He also cit-ed his ldquofrailrdquo health as aground for bail and said hewas not ldquoaccustomedrdquo to foodgiven to him in the jail andhas lost 4 kg weight duringhis judicial custody The Spe-

cial Court allowed him homecooked food inside jail once aday as an exception

Arrested by the CBI inAugust in the INX Media cor-ruption case the senior Con-gress leader has been lodged inTihar Jail since September 5

He was arrested on August21 from his Jor Bagh resi-dence in the capital The CBIhad registered an FIR on May15 2017 alleging irregularitiesin the Foreign InvestmentPromotion Board (FIPB)clearance granted to the INXMedia group for receivingoverseas funds of Rs 305 crorein 2007 during his tenure asFinance Minister

ldquoBail is the rule jail is theexception Arrest and custodyare a humiliation and socialstigma The prosecutionseems to think that prolongedjudicial custody is a punish-ment they can impose on thePetitioner Courts shouldfrown upon the attempt of theprosecution to use judicialcustody as a kind of pre-trialpunishmentrdquo Chidambaramsaid in his plea

He also denied the HC find-ing that INX Mediarsquos formerpromoters Indrani and PeterMukerjea had met him andldquoillegal gratificationrdquo was paid

PC moves SC for bail seeks urgent hearingDelhi court extends his judicial custody till Oct 17

lsquoBEING HUMILIATEDrsquoArrest and custody

are ahumiliationand socialstigma Theprosecution

seems to think thatprolonged judicial custodyis a punishment they canimpose on the petitioner P Chidambaram FORMER UNION MINISTER

Tribune News Service

NewDelhi October 3The Supreme Court on Thurs-day pulled up the Odisha Gov-ernment for demolishing his-toric lsquomuttsrsquo aroundJagannath Temple in Puriand asked it to consult stake-holders before going aheadwith the demolition drive

A three-judge Bench saidthe state must preserve thehistoric structures around thetemple The Bench said thelsquomuttrsquo mdash where first SikhGuru Nanak Dev had stayedmdash should not be demolished

ldquoYou cannot destroy every-thing These small temples

and mutts are providinglivelihood to a number ofpeople since centuriesrdquo saidthe Bench ndash which is seizedof a PIL filed by Mrinalini

Padhi highlighting theproblems faced by devoteesand their alleged exploita-tion by Sevaks

The Bench asked the

Odisha Government to con-sult Hindu seers such asShankaracharya and otherstakeholders before demol-ishing structures around

the Jagannath Temple Asdirected by the Bench ami-cus curiae and senior coun-sel Ranjit Kumar submit-ted his report after visitingthe temple and recom-mended compensation foraffected persons

However the Bench askedfor a fresh report on theaffected persons from thestate government and postedthe matter for further hear-ing on October 22

The state administration haslaunched a demolition drive inPuri for the creation of a her-itage corridor within 75 metresof the lsquoMeghnad Prachirrsquo ofJagannath Temple

Donrsquot raze mutt where Guru Nanak stayed SC Asks Odisha Govt to consult stakeholders before going ahead with demolition drive

Strong proof of structurebeneath mosque inAyodhya Hindu parties NewDelhi October 3 Hindu parties asserted in theSupreme Court on Thursdaythat claims of the Muslimside over the 277 acre land inthe Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid title disputewere belied by the excavatedmaterial which suggestedexistence of a ldquomassive struc-turerdquo beneath the demol-ished mosque

The counsel for deity RamLalla said the excavatedmaterials are a ldquoproofbeyond doubtrdquo about theexistence of the structurebeneath the demolishedmosque in Ayodhya whilerebutting the claim of Mus-lim parties about the exis-tence of an Islamic structure

The counsel stated that fromthe pillar bases artefacts cir-cular shrine intersectingbrickbat walls found in exca-vation an inference can bedrawn that the massive struc-ture was a temple and not anyIslamic structure

A five-judge Constitutionbench headed by CJI RanjanGogoi was told by senior advo-cate C S Vaidyanathan appear-ing for deity Ram Lalla thatcontention of the Muslim par-ties about a structure beneaththe disputed site being anidgah wall or an Islamic struc-

ture was not correct ldquoFirst their case was that

there was no structure at allSecondly they said it was anIslamic structure or an idgahwall We say that it was a tem-ple which was demolished andthe pillar bases found duringexcavation also suggest to thiseffectrdquo Vaidyanathan said

ldquoThat there was a massivestructure beneath is a proofbeyond doubtrdquo he said Senioradvocate Rajeev Dhavanappearing for Muslim partiessaid that as per the Archaeo-logical Survey of India report there is no conclusiveproof or findings of destructionof a temple mdash PTI

PUNJAB CM HADWRITTEN TO STATE

The Punjab CM had written tohis Odisha counterpart tostop demolition of ManguMutt believed to have beenvisited by Guru Nanak Dev

Set up in 1615 by BhaiAlmast a Sikh preacher andhead of Dhuari of the UdasiSect the Mangu Mutt wasalso visited by Guru TeghBahadur in 1670

Court grants divorce toINX Media ex-promoters

A family court on Thurs-day granted divorce to INX Mediarsquos formerpromoters Indrani andPeter Mukerjea

The divorce was amicableand the court was satis-fied that it was a fit casefor dissolution of the 17-year-old marriageIndranirsquos lawyer said

Historic mutts around Jagannath Temple being demolished

Tribune News Service

Mumbai October 3Shiv Sena leader AadityaThackeray today filed hisnomination for the Maha-rashtra Assembly electionsfrom the Worli constituencyHis parents Uddhav andRashmi Thackeray alongwith hundreds of partyworkers accompanied him

Aaditya is the first mem-ber of the Thackeray totake the plunge into elec-toral politics

The 29-year-old embarkedon a massive roadshow atWorli this morning andarrived at the Election Com-missionrsquos office Before hit-ting the road he posted pho-tos of himself praying beforethe picture of party founderand grandfather Bal Thack-eray on social media

Before leaving thehouse he received a callfrom Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis wish-ing him all the best

Speaking to mediapersonsafter filing his nominationpapers Aaditya refused tosay whether he was Senarsquoschief ministerial candidate

ldquoI am not running afterany post I am here to workfor Maharashtra and thecountry I feel the chief min-ister of Maharashtra is acommon man I am also acommon manrdquo he said

Senarsquos Aaditya filespapers from Worli

Pune October 3A day after the RepublicanParty of India (Athawale)fielded Deepak Nikalje thebrother of jailed underworlddon Chhota Rajan fromPhaltan in Satara district theparty on Thursday changedits candidate from the seat inwestern Maharashtra

Instead of Nikalje localleader Digambar Agawanewill contest from the seatsenior RPI leader and Maha-rashtra minister AvinashMahatekar said

The RPI (A) is an ally of theBJP The RPI led by Unionminister Ramdas Athawalehas been given six seats aspart of the seat-sharing dealbetween the BJP Shiv Sena

and other smaller allies forthe October 21 Assemblyelections

Athawale announced thecandidates includingNikalje in Mumbai onWednesday Agawane who isa local RPI (A) leader hasbeen announced as the par-tys candidate from Phaltansaid Mahatekar He saidAgawane will contest theelection on BJPs lotus sym-bol Mahatekar said thoughNikalje was from Phaltan henever lived there Mean-while RPI workers fromPune decided to stay awayfrom the BJPs poll campaignto protest against the Dalitparty not getting any Assem-bly seat in the city mdash PTI

Chhota Rajanrsquos brotherreplaced as candidate

Tribune News Service

Lucknow October 3Defying party diktat BSPrsquosShravasti MLA Aslam Rainiattended the ongoing 36-hourspecial Assembly session tomark the 150th birth anniver-sary of Mahatma Gandhitoday He is the eighth Oppo-sition legislator to attend thesession in defiance of theCongress Samajwadi Partyand BSP leadershipsrsquo diktatto their legislators to stayaway from the session

Besides Raini BSP MLAfrom Purwa (Unnao) AnilSingh and BSP MLC BrijeshSingh Princu attended the ses-sion on Wednesday evening

Sources say the session had

virtually triggered a revolt inthe BSP It was pointed outthat the partyrsquos entire Saha-ranpur unit has joined theBJP en bloc The GangohAssembly segment of Saha-ranpur has a bypoll sched-uled for October 21 A senior

BSP MLA expressed appre-hension of many more partyMLAs attending the sessionin defiance of the party chiefMayawatirsquos directive

Earlier four legislatorsfrom the Samajwadi Partyhad rebelled against its deci-

sion to participate in the ses-sion They included HardoiMLA Nitin Agarwal and MLCRavi Shankar Singh PappuMLCs Shatrudha Prakashand Madhukar Jaitley senttheir written speeches to theChairman requesting him itmake these part of the pro-ceedings Despite protests byBJP members the Chairmanobliged the duo

The Congress also facedldquobetrayalrdquo when Rae Bareli(Sadar) MLA Aditi Singhdelivered a speech in theAssembly on Wednesday

Sources say the legislatorswho have defied theirrespective party line toattend the session are likelyto join the BJP soon

Oppn MLAs defy diktat attend HouseTribune News Service

Lucknow October 3The Uttar Pradesh Govern-ment today charged suspend-ed BRD Medical CollegeGorakhpur paediatrician DrKafeel Khan of wrongly claim-ing to have got a clean chit inthe death of infants during theAugust 2019 oxygen shortage

Principal Secretary (MedicalEducation) Rajneesh Dubeclaimed the probe was stillcontinuing against Dr KafeelKhan on seven points Afterthe death of infants at theBRD Medical College investi-gations found three doctorsguilty They have been sus-pended and are facing depart-mental probes he said

Dube claimed Dr KafeelKhan had been publicisingthe probe report in the mediain a wrong manner as theprobe against him was still onand he had been given noclean chit Dr Kafeel Khanhad defended himself sayingthe probe had absolved him onthree counts related to the

incident at the BRD MedicalCollege on August 10 11 and12 2017 during which timearound 70 infants died due tothe shortage of oxygen supply

ldquoAs I was not the decisionmaker I was obviously notinvolved in administrativedecisions as regards pur-chase of oxygenrdquo he claimed

No clean chit to Dr Kafeel UP

But counsel forMuslims says thereis no such finding in

the ASI report tosupport the claim

Tribune News Service

NewDelhi October 3The Supreme Court onThursday reserved its verdicton petitions challenging the2018 amendments to theSCST Act 1989 but made itclear that anticipatory bailcould be granted in such mat-ter if the courts feel that noprima facie case is made out

The 2018 amendments toThe Scheduled Castes andTribes (Prevention of Atroci-ties) Act 1989 that had nulli-fied the directions in its ver-

dict last year on March 20diluting the provisions ofarrest under the law

A Bench headed by JusticeArun Mishra which had onOctober 1 recalled two of thedirections passed last year bya two-judge Bench and

restored stringent position ofthe Act said it did not intentto dilute the law ldquoWe are notdiluting these provisions Weare not striking them downThese provisions will standas it was earlierrdquo it said

In its October 1 verdict thetop court restored the earlierposition of the law by recallingtwo directions in the Marchlast year verdict which provid-ed no absolute bar on grant ofanticipatory bail and priorinquiry before effecting arrestof public servant and privateindividual under the Act

Wonrsquot dilute SCST Act Top courtlsquoPROVISIONS WILL STAYrsquo

We are not dilutingthese provisions We arenot striking them downThese provisions will standA Supreme Court Bench

Mumbai October 3 Fissures in the city Congressover the ticket distributionfor the Maharashtra Assem-bly polls are wide open withits former chief Sanjay Niru-pam declaring on Thursdaythat he would not take part inthe partyrsquos campaign afterthe name he had recom-mended was ldquorejectedrdquo

The former MP also saidthe way the partyrsquos leader-ship was behaving with himthe time to say good bye tothe party was ldquonot far awayrdquo

ldquoIt seems Congress doesnrsquotwant my services anymore Ihad recommended just onename in Mumbai for Assem-bly election Heard that even

that has been rejected As Ihad told the leadership earli-er in that case I will not par-ticipate in poll campaign Itrsquosmy final decisionrdquo Nirupamsaid on Twitter without nam-ing any of the city leaders

Nirupam also did not specifythe name of the contender hewas pushing for ldquoI hope that

the day has not yet come to saygood bye to party But the wayleadership is behaving withme it doesnrsquot seem far awayrdquohe said in another tweet

Nirupam was replaced asthe city Congress chief aheadof the Lok Sabha polls inMarch this year followingcomplaints by a section of par-ty leaders that he functionedin ldquounilateralrdquo manner

Former Union MinisterMilind Deora had replacedNirupam However Deorahad resigned from the postlast month following the par-tyrsquos debacle in the generalelections The party could notwin even a single seat out ofthe six in Mumbai mdash PTI

Setback for Maharashtra CongNirupam refuses to campaign

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray with his son Aaditya afterthe former filed his nomination from Worli seat in Mumbai PTI

Declares assets worth~1605 cr including

~1036-cr bankdeposits and a BMW

car worth ~65 lakh

Thane October 3 NCP president Sharad Pawarsaid on Thursday the rulingBJP has no solutions to burn-ing problems in Maharashtralike farmer suicide anddrought and hence it is rais-ing emotional issues such asArticle 370 and Ram templein the campaign for the Octo-ber 21 Assembly elections

Targeting the BJP-led NDAgovernment he said centralagencies like the ED and CBIare being used to harass polit-ical opponents He was talk-ing to reporters after partici-pating in a rally organsiedafter filing of nomination byNCP candidate and sittingMLA Jitendra Awhad from

the Mumbra-Kalwa segmentAsked about the SupremeCourt ruling with regard toCM Devendra Fadnavisrsquos2014 poll affidavit Pawar saidthe matter was sub-judice but

he should have given detailsof criminal cases against him

Two days ago the SupremeCourt had set aside the Bom-bay High Court order whichgave Fadnavis a clean chit in a

case of suppression of criminalmatters in the 2014 poll affi-davit He said the BJP has nosolutions to burning problemsin the state like farmer suicidesand drought mdash PTI

BJP evading burning issues alleges Pawar

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on way to file the nomination of Jintendra Awhad from Mumbra-Kalwa in Thane PTI

lsquoI AM NOT REQUIREDrsquoIt seems Congress

doesnrsquot want my services Ihad recommended justone name in Mumbai forthe elections Heard thateven that has beenrejected Sanjay Nirupam CONGRESS

Tribune News Service

Lucknow October 3Former Union Minister Chin-mayanandrsquos judicial custodyin the case of alleged rape ofa Shahjahanpur law studenthas been extended by 14days His hearing took placethrough video-conferencingin the court of the Shahja-hanpur Chief Judicial Magis-trate on Thursday The dateof his next hearing has beenfixed for October 16

The SIT probing the casehas sought permission fromthe court to get the voicesamples of Chinmayanand(72) and the rape survivorwhich would be heard on Fri-day Speaking to reportersChinmayanandrsquos counselOm Singh said that after theexpiry of the 14-day judicialcustody his client wasexpected to appear before thecourt but he could not do sodue to security reasons

However another lawyerPuja Singh claimed thatdue to a rapidly worseningglaucoma Chinmayanandrsquoseye-sight was worseningcausing him acute pain inthe eye She said that shealso pleaded before thecourt that as Chinmayanandwas a former Union Minis-ter he should be given lsquoArsquoclass facilities in jail

Meanwhile activistsbelonging to an organisationcalled ldquoJanata ki Awaazrsquostaged a dharna outside theShahjahanpur Collectoratedemanding the lodging of acase against Chinmayanandunder IPC Section 376

Chinmayanandrsquosjudicial custodyup by 14 days

PARESH RAWAL APOLOGISESFormer BJP MP and actorParesh Rawal has apologisedto Dr Kafeel Khan for hisderogatory tweet against himtwo years ago After the BRDMedical College tragedy Raw-al had described Dr Kafeel asa ldquohero in the eyes of the everactive termite clanrdquo

36-HR SHOW CM Yogi Adityanath at the special Assembly session PTI

THE TRIBUNE08 CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 OPINION

Trumprsquos trial begins now

Fleecing students Reference to the news report lsquoPayRs 35000 clear pending exams atPunjabi varsityrsquo (October 3) uni-versities in Punjab appear to becompeting with one another tocollect money from studentsunder one garb or the other Lastmonth Guru Nanak Dev Univer-sity Amritsar offered a specialchance to students to clear theirpending exams at a cost of Rs25000 Not lagging behind Pun-jabi University has now come outwith its scheme In view of GuruNanakrsquos 550th birth anniversarythe universities should haveoffered this chance as a goodwillmeasure Students from margin-alised sections cannot afford topay hefty fee Universities shouldcurtail their wasteful and avoid-able expenditure

NK GOSAIN BATHINDA

Canrsquot bank on it Reports of malpractices and fraudsin the banking system are becom-ing frequent (editorial lsquoBanksneed better systemsrsquo October 3)It seems there are no properchecks monitoring and account-ing procedures The siphoning offof public money is an offenceagainst the common people Thegovernment and the RBI should

tighten supervision People arelosing faith in banks Remedialmeasures must be initiated to safe-guard savings and restore the trustin our banks Also the culpritsshould be punished

SUBHASH VAID NEW DELHI

Mahatmarsquos teachings The carefully worded editoriallsquoCherry-picking Gandhirsquo (Octo-ber 2) rightly calls upon Indiansto come out of the dark cell ofmajoritarianism and work whole-heartedly for a united secularIndia where everybody may beable to live and breathe freely Letthe Hindu-Muslim unity the cruxof the Mahatmarsquos teachings behonestly preserved at all costs Itis the real face of India andshould not be sacrificed at thealtar of Hindutva

CHANDER PRAKASH RAHI PATIALA

No lsquohonourrsquo in this There was recently the shockingnews of a young couple havingbeen shot dead by the girlrsquos broth-er apparently because she hadmarried against her parentsrsquowishes A similar incident hadbeen reported from the same vil-lage some time back All such cas-es get the halo of lsquohonourrsquokillings It may have had some

meaning a few centuries back butin the present-day society it hasabsolutely no relevance Thesekillings have no justification whenwe talk of giving our girls a fairchance at life Such parents andfamily members who kill theirchildren in such a barbaric fashionshould be given exemplary pun-ishment and publicised

AIR CMDE MANMOHAN SINGH (RETD)MOHALI

NRC back in news Reference to the editorial lsquoNRCimbrogliorsquo (October 3) NRC is inthe news again The Home Minis-terrsquos statement is partial and par-tisan He is ready to provideaccommodation to believers ofany faith but not Muslims Cer-tain norms are meant for every-one and everyone has a right tolive with reference to suicides fol-lowing NRC exercise

SANKALP OJHA MADHYA PRADESH

Take a broad view Apropos lsquoNRC imbrogliorsquo (Octo-ber 3) day by day NRC is taking acommunal shape The dilemma isto find parameters on which aperson could be considered arefugee Some are committingsuicide in fear of losing citizen-ship The Modi government

should take everything into con-sideration and not simply dis-miss the comments of the Opposi-tion Only then will the sloganlsquoSabka saath sabka vikasrsquobecome worthwhile

ARPANA CHAUDHARY AMRITSAR

Teachersrsquo transfers The prevailing disparities intransfers of teachers have causedhindrance in teaching and schoolactivities VIPs are enjoying perksas common teachers curse theirluck A transparent transfer policyproved successful in Haryana andUP There should be no bias Aftertwo-three years everyone runsafter politicians for a convenienttransfer When a policy is framedeverybody will have to go to theassigned place

SAROJ BANYAL HAMIRPUR

For the love of Urdu Apropos the editorial lsquoLet Urduflourishrsquo (October 1) it is importantto highlight the significance ofUrdu It is the most beautiful lan-guage and to call it a foreign lan-guage is tantamount to a great dis-service to the language Ratherserious efforts should be made tointroduce Urdu in school curricu-lum at a suitable stage

SANTOSH JAMWAL HAMIRPUR

Gursharan Singh

I LIVE in Ludhiana and on manyoccasions have visited the ChristianMedical College amp Hospital

(CMCampH) for treatment of self orattending to a relative or friend Onethought always comes to mind whatmade Edith Mary Brown come hereand alleviate the miseries of people byestablishing a hospital mdash over 125 yearsago CMCampH has remained a premiermedical institution not only in Punjabbut also the entire North No doctor isallowed private practice and only thecommitted ones serve the institution

Though there has been a landmarkprogress in the development of infra-structure in the form of buildings andequipment not a single brick was

added to the church building whichcontinues to serve the purpose well

As we celebrate the 550th birthanniversary of Guru Nanak immac-ulate planning and arrangements arebeing made for nagar kirtan langarshabad kirtan etc Quintals of flow-ers will be used during various cere-monies apart from impressive deco-rations involving huge expenditureAll political parties and also religiousbodies are set to take credit for vari-ous events including the opening ofthe Kartarpur corridor There is noth-ing wrong in doing so but some-where we seem to have forgotten thereal message of the Guru

Guru Nanak preached simplicity andlaid emphasis on observing honesty inwhatever one does He was not in

favour of any ostentatious show Heworked for the poor and underprivi-leged He was all for education whichhe thought would help one to be ofsome use to others (vidya veechari tanparupkari) Can our leaders both polit-ical and religious think of doing some-thing more meaningful forhumankind Can we think of opening550 hospitals 550 schools and collegesand an equal number of de-addictioncentres to save our youth and guidethem to live a purposeful life AkalTakht is the highest temporal seat ofthe Sikhs and any verdict issued fromthere is binding on the Sikh communi-ty It should issue certain diktats to takesociety out of perennial social evils

Punjabis including Sikhs areknown to organise lavish parties on

weddings where liquor flows likewater and non-vegetarian food isserved It has become a status symbolThere are some who can afford thislavish and avoidable expendituremany more are compelled to do itunder pressure as a face-saving exer-cise It is not uncommon that some-times they may have to part with aprecious piece of agricultural land ortake substantial loans Subsequentlythis financial burden emerges as amajor reason for farm suicides

A message from Akal Takht to banlavish parties serving of liquor andnon-vegetarian food and to restrictthe number of baratis to say 20may save many lives Will it not bethe best way to celebrate theGurursquos birth anniversary

POLITICAL SCIENTIST

SUBSTANTIAL parts of ourworld have been captured byright-wing populists and inter-estingly all such leaders have a

great deal in common One they con-temptuously dismiss institutions asembodiments of privilege a nuisanceat best and irrelevant at worst Twopopulists forge a national constituencyunmediated by institutions organisa-tions or the opposition Three theyrepresent themselves as targets of con-spiracies fashioned by an elite that hasbecome corrupt moribund and irrele-vant Four populist leaders refuse toplay by rules of the game Whether it isTrump or Modi they have no hesita-tion in uttering statements that theirpredecessors would deem improperThey are simply unpredictable

President Trump is the quintessen-tial populist leader he disdains politi-cal proprieties His presidency hasbeen ridden by controversy since dayone random dismissal of importantofficials wilful decisions and opendistribution of benefits to his ownfamily Ever since the Democrats tookover the House of Representatives inJanuary 2019 the Congress has beenpulverised The Republican-con-trolled Senate has blocked every pieceof progressive legislation passed bythe House It is not therefore surpris-ing that in September the Speaker ofthe House of Representatives NancyPelosi announced that an impeach-ment inquiry would be initiatedagainst the President He had report-edly requested his counterpart in theUkraine to lsquodig up dirtrsquo on Joe Bidena possible Democrat contender for the2020 presidential elections Does ask-ing a foreign power to intervene inelections warrant impeachment

Historians suggest that members of

the Constitutional Convention that metin Philadelphia in 1787 to draw up theAmerican constitution were unhappywith the authority vested in the Presi-dent In accordance with doctrines ofchecks and balances the Congress wasgiven the power to impeach the Presi-dent in cases of lsquotreason bribery or oth-er high crimes and misdemeanorsrsquoThis provision which was in keepingwith the spirit of British constitutionaland legal practice is not meant to pun-ish the incumbent of the White Housemerely to remove him from office Theprocess is cumbersome The House ofRepresentatives has to pass Articles ofImpeachment or a list of charges by amajority vote The case then goes to theSenate which is convened as a judici-ary to hear arguments from both sidesThe removal of the President requires atwo-thirds majority

It was feared as one of the foundersof the American constitution acceptedin a piece in Federalist No 65 thatimpeachment will ignite political pas-sions harness animosities partialitiesand influence and divide the countryThe process might prove more harm-ful than any decision on innocence orguilt Alexander Hamilton was pre-scient Impeachment proceedings

have been launched against two Pres-idents mdash Andrew Johnson in 1868 andBill Clinton in 1998 The former tookover the presidency after the assassi-nation of President Abraham Lincolnduring the civil war in 1868 He is con-sidered a racist because he openlysupported the cause of White South-erners and opposed the civil rights ofliberated Afro-Americans He wasimpeached on a technical issue thatof vetoing a law passed by the Con-gress In the Senate his impeachmentwas defeated by one vote

Impeachment proceedings were ini-tiated against Clinton following alle-gations that he had lied to the SpecialProsecutor about his sexual relation-ship with a White House intern Hewas under oath The move failedbecause it could not secure a two-thirds majority in the Senate Clin-tonrsquos case is controversial expertsargue that a President cannot beimpeached for personal wrongdoingthat may not reflect on public affairs

The only President against whomimpeachment proceedings would havebeen successful is Richard Nixon Hehowever resigned within two years ofhis second term In July 1974 28 out of38 members of the House of Represen-

tatives judiciary committee voted toimpeach him Members of his own par-ty affirmed that they would voteagainst him On August 5 the prover-bial lsquosmoking gunrsquo established that hehad covered the break into the head-quarters of the Democratic Party atWatergate by his campaign committeeduring the 1972 presidential pollsNixon was aware that the Senate wouldvote for his dismissal He resigned Ifimpeachment had succeeded it wouldhave established the superiority of theCongress over the executive

Today Democrats have left no stoneunturned to impeach the President forserious abuse of power Trump tweetsconspiracy theories and appeals to hisconstituency He also threatens to findthe whistleblower These two extreme-ly irresponsible statements can possi-bly add to the list of offences chartedout in the Articles of Impeachment

Hamiltonrsquos foreboding thatimpeachment would divide popularopinion and split the country ratherthan successfully remove the Presi-dent from power has come true Everfaithful to their vocation survey agen-cies have rushed to the American peo-ple for their opinion the Presidentrsquosmen rush to television studios to pleadthat their boss is being victimised thePresident tweets that this is a conspir-acy and Democrats claim that a robustcase exists for impeaching Trump

Even if the House of Representa-tives votes for impeachment it isdebatable whether the move will passthe Senate which controlled by theRepublicans backs the President atleast to date More significantlyTrump has a significant base amongconservative voters and the ruralheartland On October 1 he tweeted anelectoral map dominated by his colourred mdash lsquoTry and impeach thisrsquo he chal-lenged Perceive the irony The pop-ulist leader scorns institutions andaddresses the lsquopeoplersquo Therefore hecan present himself as a casualty ofintrigues even though he is the mostpowerful man on earth Nothing workslike sentimental narratives of victim-hood Trump might emerge as a mar-tyr as a hostage of entrenched powernot quite smelling of roses but still

Letters to the Editor typed in double space should not exceed the 200-word limit These should be cogently written and can be sent by e-mail to Letterstribunemailcom

thought for the dayExperience has already shown that the impeachment the

constitution has provided is not even a scarecrow mdash Thomas Jefferson

NOT SIMPLE Despite opposition President Trump has a significant baseamong conservative voters and the rural heartland

THE TRIBUNEestablished in 1881

Stuck with plasticMass movement needed to reduce its use

THE government has finally woken up to the menace of single-useplastic though it has stopped short of announcing a blanket banSuch plastic commonly used for packaging and carrying goods

is disposable but its indiscriminate disposal has been wreaking havocon the environment Even as PM Narendra Modi is envisioning anIndia free of single-use plastic by 2022 the onus is on various stake-holders right from the industry to the consumer to decrease (andeventually stop) its consumption and popularise alternatives such aspaper and jute The prevailing economic slowdown and the prospectof more job losses have prevented the NDA government characteristi-cally not known for restraint and moderation from rushing into aknee-jerk decision As of now single-use plastic will not be allowedinside national monuments and within 100 metres of their boundary

The national focus on generating public awareness about the boon-turned-bane is a welcome move The imposition of bans and fines hasoften proved counter-productive due to lax enforcement and wide-spread non-cooperation Old habits die hard A behavioural change canhappen only if a mass movement sweeps the country It is imperativeto break the demand-and-supply cycle Himachal Pradesh has takenthe lead by deciding to buy-back non-recyclable plastic waste and sin-gle-use plastic at a minimum support price of Rs 75 per kg Such incen-tives can go a long way in curbing the availability of the eco-unfriendlymaterial Installing plastic disposal machines at railway stations andother public places is also a step in the right direction

Converting toxic waste into something productive is anotherchallenge Indian Oil Corporation plans to employ its refinery oper-ations to turn single-use plastic waste into specialised bitumen thatcan be utilised for the construction of roads and highways Moresuch out-of-the-box ideas are needed India can even draw inspira-tion from an unexpected quarter Rwanda According to a report ofthe UN Environment Programme the African country mdash once rav-aged by civil war and genocide mdash has become one of the cleanestcountries on the planet due to its proactive campaign against single-use plastic Where therersquos a will therersquos a plastic-free way

Congress a divided houseParty in disarray ahead of Haryana elections

NOTHING unites Congressmen more than the sight of electoralvictory while political wilderness brings to the fore bickeringin the rank and file The five years in opposition in Haryana

seem to have done the party little good with factionalism out in theopen Earlier it was state unit chief Ashok Tanwar who was in the fir-ing line after the party lost all 10 seats in the Lok Sabha elections Theroles have now been reversed with Tanwar training guns at former CMBhupinder Singh Hooda and state unit president Kumari Selja accus-ing them of selling the party ticket Tanwar took his fight to Delhiprotesting outside Sonia Gandhirsquos residence and asking to be relievedof all poll panels The rivalry spilled over after Selja was made thestate president and Hooda the chief of the election management com-mittee A video went viral allegedly to embarrass the party a daybefore Hooda is slated to file his nomination

Tanwar is known to be close to Rahul Gandhi and with the latter step-ping aside after the loss in the Lok Sabha elections his replacement wasonly a matter of time His fight for tickets for his loyalists is natural Butthe party apparently wishes to throw its weight behind the old guard tohave a go at the BJP in the Assembly elections

The Congress was known for strong regional satraps Like VirbhadraSingh in HP and Capt Amarinder Singh in Punjab the partyrsquos decisionprobably is dictated by the prospect of facing a resurgent BJP With Sel-ja in the saddle the Congress has tried to offset the possible loss of Dalitvotes by Tanwarrsquos replacement A lsquohuman bombrsquo cost Rajiv Gandhi hislife and Tanwar should be circumspect in using the term howeverinnocuous the context might be even as his grievance should be lookedinto His next course of action is awaited but the party itself should beseen as fighting the BJP and not amongst itself

Democrats leaving no stone unturned to impeach US President for abuse of power

NEERA CHANDHOKE

on this day100 years ago

General AmnestyELSEWHERE will be found the account of an interview which theHonrsquoble Mr SN Banerjea gave to an Associated Press representative onhis arrival at Bombay It is pleasing to note the optimistic ring about MrBanerjearsquos views He said that the Indian situation in England to-day wasfar more encouraging and satisfactory than it had ever been within hisrecollection He referred with pardonable pride to the share the Moderateparty had in bringing this happy consumption As regards the Punjabaffairs mdash a subject in which we in the Punjab are particularly interested mdashMr Banerjea said that his deputation had several informal conferenceswith Mr Montagu during which they had urged the grant of a generalamnesty and the appointment of an independent Commission of EnquiryWhile we regret that in the matter of the Enquiry Committee thesuggestion of the moderate deputation has been considerably whittleddown we do hope Mr Montagu will see his ways to advise His Majesty togrant a general amnesty in all political cases

The ldquoEnglishmanrdquo and OurselvesREFERRING to certain remarks that appeared in a recent issue of this journalquestioning the right and authority of Sir Uma Hayat Khan to speak in thename of the people of Punjab the Englishman writes--ldquoIt is a very politicalminded device to brag of the glories of the soldier but to refuse him voice in theconcerns of the peoplerdquo Even a writer in the Englishman might have beenexpected to know the difference between questioning a manrsquos representativecharacter and refusing him a voice in the concerns of the people

lahore saturday october 4 1919

letters to the editor

Celebrate with 550 hospitals schools

Trump scorns institutions and addresses the lsquopeoplersquo Hecan therefore present himself as a casualty of intrigues

THE TRIBUNECHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 09OPED

AT Chinarsquos National DayParade on October 1 the mili-tary might of the Peoplersquos Lib-eration Army (PLA) in full dis-

play was watched closely by the worldThe commander-in-chief of the PLA XiJinping inspected the parade which fea-tured 15000 troops 160 aircraft and 600pieces of equipment

What caught the attention of dis-cerning observers were the new mis-siles which are a part of the 2016-raised rocket force (PeoplersquosLiberation Army Rocket ForcePLARF) The Dongfeng DF-41 Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)with a range of 15000 km travelling atseven km per second approximatespeed Mach 20 (Mach is the speed ofsound) and 500 meters accuracy theDongfeng DF-100 hypersonic cruisemissile and the Dongfeng DF-17medium range ballistic missile fittedwith Hypersonic Glide Vehicle (HGV)mdash DF-ZF mdash with a range of 2000 km

While western analysts focused onDF-41 ICBM which would play a crit-ical role in strategic counterbalancedeterrence and in winning war forIndia the DF-100 and DF-17 fittedwith HGV mdash DF-ZF mdash should be acause of concern Hypersonic mis-siles will be the new disruptive game-changing technology in this centurywhich would mdash between India andChina mdash replace nuclear deterrence

with non-nuclear deterrence reshapethe rules of conventional war-fight-ing and transform geopolitics Onlythree countries mdash the US Russia andChina mdash have made credible stridesin procuring harnessing and exploiting this technology

Hypersonic missiles are radically dif-ferent from ballistic and cruise missilesBallistic missiles boosted by powerfulrocket engines leave the atmosphere(the dividing altitude between atmos-phere and space is 100 km) to enterspace reach the apogee and then re-enter atmosphere to hit the designatedtarget These missiles follow a definedelliptical trajectory which helps theBallistic Missile Defence (BMD) sys-tem to intercept and neutralise theirwarhead before it causes damage TheUS since over four decades has invest-ed heavily in BMD systems Inspiredby it India too has invested in indige-nous BMD since 2000

Cruise missiles stay within theatmosphere fly at low altitude toevade ground-based radars and arepowered and guided throughout theflight in a defined near-flat trajectoryuntil its designated target Cruise mis-siles powered by air-breathing jetengines have sub-sonic speeds exceptIndiarsquos BrahMos missile which pow-ered by ramjet engine has a superson-ic speed of Mach 3 To defeat cruisemissiles there are technologies likethe Russian S-400 Air Defence MissileSystem (ADMS) amongst others

Hypersonic cruise missiles with twopeculiarities are a class apart Onethey have speed upwards of Mach 5 mdashtheir kinetic energy (derived frommotion) itself is enough to destroyhardened and underground facilities

Two they fly at low altitudes thoughhigher than cruise missiles and aredifficult to detect by terrestrial or

land-based radars because of theirability to change course rapidlyUnlike ballistic and cruise missileswhich follow a defined trajectoryhypersonic missiles are highlymanoeuvrable thereby giving very lit-tle reaction time to the opponent tojudge which target is being hit Thisdelayed detection makes timelyresponse extremely difficult

HGV are fitted on ballistic missilerocket engines like DF-17 DF-21 DF-26 and even DF-41 ICBM and boostedAfter a certain boost phase the HGVdetaches itself from the rocket andglides towards its target 2000 kmaway in a wayward rather than adefined low flight trajectory

Senior officials from Raytheon Com-pany of the US recently told thiswriter at an international air show thatmeeting the hypersonic cruise missilechallenge would require new sensorsfor early detection Since terrestrial

sensors alone would not work theneed would be to have a mix of space-based and terrestrial sensors Theentire hypersonic missile defencearchitecture they said would requirehuge investments patience technolo-gy and technical expertise

Given the new missilersquos characteris-tics the DF-100 and DF-17 with HGVin PLA inventory would be a powerfulasymmetric capability For instance itwould be a national humiliation if theHGV were to hit and destroy Indiarsquosaircraft carrier Since India mdash familiarwith PLArsquos nuclear weapons invento-ry mdash is unlikely to raise the stakesChinarsquos new deterrence as well as dis-ruptive war-fighting capability wouldreside in its useable non-nuclear HGVIndiarsquos nuclear weapons purportedlydelivered by its submarines Agniseries ballistic missiles and aircraftwould on the other hand be rendereduseless against China

Such a possibility deserves an urgentreview both of Indiarsquos nuclear deter-rence against China and the indigenousBMD which despite the infusion ofhuge funds has unfortunately notdemonstrated satisfactory results In2011 the then Defence Research andDevelopment Organisation (DRDO)chief VK Saraswat had spelt out thetimelines to this writer for the accom-plishment of the BMD programme Hehad said that by 2013 phase one of theproject which involved successful inter-ception of hostile missiles with 2000-kmrange would be achieved Phase two ofthe programme which required neutral-isation of 5000-km range ballistic mis-siles would be done by 2015 the sameyear when the ballistic missile shieldwould become available for impreg-nable defence of the capital city of Delhiand major metropolises The purchaseof five units or regiments of Russian S-400 ADMS in 2016 is evidence thatSaraswat was doing kite-flying

Even the military should take itsportion of the blame Many DRDO sci-entists have told me that the militaryleadership unable to find or under-stand operational employment ofhypersonic missiles has shown littleinterest in their presentations WithPLA having showcased these missilesthe Defence Minister ought to take thebull by the horns A way forward is toseek Russian cooperation through thesuccessful BrahMos supersonic cruisemissile programme Given that Brah-Mos is Indiarsquos most successfuldefence programme has consistentlymet its timelines has been acceptedby the three defence services and hasgenerated employment and wealth itcould be the ideal vehicle for thedevelopment of hypersonic cruisemissiles and strengthening bilateralrelations between India and Russia

CUTTING EDGE Hypersonic missiles will be the new disruptive game-changing technology in this century

With the Peoplersquos LiberationArmy having showcased

hypersonic missiles Indiaought to take the bull by thehorns A way forward is toseek Russian cooperation

through the successfulBrahMos supersonic cruise

missile programme It could be the ideal vehicle

for the development ofhypersonic cruise missiles

and strengthening bilateral relations

THE world was taken by surpriseon September 14 when thelargest Saudi oil processingplant at Abqaiq was hit by a

lsquoswarmrsquo of around 25 drones and somecruise missiles launched by the Houthirebels in Yemen one of the poorestcountries in the world The attackscaused extensive damage to the plantknocking out 60 per cent of the Saudi oilproduction and triggering a 20 per centspike in oil prices And the worldrsquosattention was thus suddenly focused onYemen and the Houthis an Islamic Zai-di Shia political and armed movementwhich has been fighting a lsquoforgottenrsquowar against Saudi Arabia and the UAEfor more than four years

The Yemeni war began in March 2015when Saudi forces invaded the countryto intervene in what was essentially adomestic dispute between the Houthisand the government of PresidentAbdrabbuh Mansur Hadi The Saudisinvaded Yemen because they viewedthe Houthis as Iranian proxies both ofthem being Shia The Houthis defeatedthe forces loyal to Hadi and capturedSanarsquoa the countryrsquos capital in Sep-tember 2014 In January 2015 Hadiresigned and later fled to Saudi Arabiawhere he presently lives in exile

The Saudi decision to invade Yemenwas taken by Mohammad bin Salman(MbS) the present Crown Prince of Sau-di Arabia To attack Yemen the Saudismobilised a coalition that included theUAE Egypt Jordan Morocco SudanKuwait Qatar and Bahrain But essen-tially it was the Saudi and Emirati

forces that were involved in the inva-sion which was also supported by theUS and the UK They providedweapons logistical support and target-ing information to the Saudis

The Wahhabi Saudis wanted a gov-ernment in Yemen that was not con-trolled by the Zaidi Shia HouthisThey also wanted to control Yemenrsquosoil and a pipeline from their oilfieldsto a harbour in Yemen which wouldhave enabled them to avoid the Iran-dominated Strait of Hormuz

The Saudis and the Emiratis expecteda quick victory against the Houthis whowere a rag-tag bunch of fighters withoutan organised army or sophisticatedweapons However they were highlymotivated agile innovative and knew

the terrain well The Saudis and theEmiratis on the other hand were poorfighters accustomed to the comforts oflife They could not match the Houthison the ground and soon resorted toindiscriminate bombing from the airkilling thousands of civilians

According to reliable estimatesaround 2 lakh Yemenis have died in thefighting including 1 lakh childrenunder the age of five from famine and acholera epidemic On some occasionsinternational aid was prevented fromreaching the Yemeni people by blockad-ing of the ports by the Saudis and theirallies And notably the self-styled glob-al lsquocustodiansrsquo of human rights werecomplicit in this genocidal war For thisreason it became a lsquoforgottenrsquo war

receiving very little media coverage TheUnited Nations has called it the biggesthumanitarian crisis on the planet

However the situation began tochange in May 2019 when the Houthislaunched drone attacks against someSaudi oil facilities That was followedon August 17 by a multiple droneattack on Shaybah a massive Saudi oiland gas field which is around 1200 kmfrom Houthi-controlled territory inYemen The drone attacks demonstrat-ed the vulnerability of the Saudi oilinfrastructure to the attacks by theHouthis and the range of their dronesand missiles Neither the Saudis northe Americans currently have any mis-sile or air defence systems that canoffer protection against such attacks

It is clear that drones have been agame-changer in Yemen One experthas called them ldquothe most disruptivemilitary technology yet conceivedrdquoThey are cheap costing only a few mil-lion dollars compared to the Saudiarsenal costing hundreds of billions ofdollars The Houthis are now makingtheir own drones based on Iraniandesigns and technical advice They arealso probably importing drones andcruise missiles from Iran

The Saudis have suffered anotherreversal in Yemen Their major ally theUAE pulled out of the war a few monthsago when the port of Aden in the Southfell to the Southern Transitional Coun-cil a separatist group backed by theUAE This has infuriated the Saudis butthey have not been able to do much

The Saudis and the Americans have

blamed Iran for the September 14attack on Abqaiq instead of the Houthiswho have claimed responsibility for itIran has denied any role in the attackThe US is unlikely to attack Iran but ifit does it could set the whole regionon fire That could adversely affectalmost seven million people of Indianorigin who work in the Gulf and remitbillions of dollars to India

On September 20 the US announcedthat it was sending troops and more mis-sile defence systems such as Patriot andTHAAD (Terminal High Altitude AreaDefence ) to Saudi Arabia However theyare unlikely to be effective against low-flying drones which can only be stoppedby short-range Russian systems such asPantsyr-S1 and the BUK-2 which theRussians have used to defend their basein Syria against similar attacks

On September 28 the Houthis dealtanother blow to the Saudis by launch-ing a ground attack within Saudi terri-tory near Najran in which three Saudibrigades were defeated and hundredsof soldiers were either killed woundedor captured The operation demonstrat-ed that Saudi Arabia was vulnerable toair and ground attack by the Houthis

The asymmetrical warfare fought bythe Houthis appears to have broughtSaudi Arabia to its knees The WallStreet Journal reported on August 28that the Trump administration waspreparing to initiate negotiations withthe Houthis to end the war in Yemen Itremains to be seen when or if that hap-pens But one thing is clear The war inYemen is no longer lsquoforgottenrsquo

NIRAJ SRIVASTAVAFORMER AMBASSADOR

The Houthis an IslamicZaidi Shia political and

armed movement active inYemen have been fightinga war against Saudi Arabiaand the UAE for more thanfour years The Saudis and

the Americans have blamedIran for the Sept 14 attackon the Saudi oil processing

plant at Abqaiq eventhough the Houthis haveclaimed responsibility for

it Drones have been a tipping point in the

Yemeni war

Drones and the lsquoforgottenrsquo war in Yemen

LIVING BY THE GUN The asymmetrical warfare fought by the Houthis appears to have brought Saudi Arabia to its knees

PRAVIN SAWHNEYSTRATEGIC AFFAIRS EXPERT

Chinarsquos new missile is a wake-up call for India

su do ku calendar forecast

YESTERDAYrsquoS SOLUTION

OCTOBER 4 2019 FRIDAY

Vikrami Samvat 2076

Shaka Samvat 1941

Ashwin Shaka 12

Ashwin Parvishte 18

Hijari 1441

Shukla Paksh Tithi 6 up to 935 am

Soubha Yoga up to 1154 pm

Jyeshtha Nakshatra up to 1219 pm

Moon enters Sagittarius sign 1219 pm

YESTERDAYrsquoS SOLUTIONAcross 1 Burlesque 8 Nerve 9 History 10 Risque 11 In vain 12 Grandeur 15 As it were18 Chubby 20 Artist 21 Rostrum 22 Curio 23 Make senseDown 2 Union 3 Lethal 4 Strangle 5 Ensign 6 Croquet 7 Celebrity 11 Imbalance 13Anecdote 14 Jitters 16 Wisdom 17 Subtle 19 Blues

ACROSS1 Not of central

importance (8)5 Homeless child (4)9 Restrict (5)10 Appropriate or fitting (25)11 Confront

consequences (435)13 Originator (6)14 To aid (6)17 Reveal (525)20 Newly enlisted soldier (7)21 Of high birth (5)22 Rudely brief (4)23 Highway robbery (8)

DOWN1 Acting gently (4)2 Unrestrained (7)3 Eventually (2343)4 Dismount (6)6 South American

mountains (5)7 Savagery (8)8 Charged with a task (12)12 Rough and uncultured (8)15 Hold in check (7)16 Shakespearean

heroine (6)18 Become liable to (5)19 Resist attempts at (4)

quick crossword

V HARD

1 3 7 6 5 9 8 2 4

9 2 4 3 8 1 7 5 6

8 5 6 7 4 2 9 3 1

3 9 2 5 1 4 6 7 8

6 4 8 9 2 7 3 1 5

5 7 1 8 3 6 2 4 9

7 6 5 4 9 3 1 8 2

4 1 9 2 7 8 5 6 3

2 8 3 1 6 5 4 9 7

7 1 5

9 3 5

4 8

6 8 7

8 2

9 6 4

1 9

7 9 8

2 4 6

Sunny Partly Cloudy Cloudy Rainy Foggy

CITY MAX MINChandigarh 31 21New Delhi 34 24PUNJAB

Amritsar 32 22Bathinda 32 23Jalandhar 32 21Ludhiana 31 21HARYANA

Bhiwani 34 23Hisar 34 22Sirsa 32 25HIMACHAL PRADESH

Dharamsala 26 16Manali 20 08Shimla 21 12JAMMU amp KASHMIRJammu 32 21Leh ------ -----Srinagar 23 11UTTARAKHAND Dehradun 31 19Mussoorie 22 12

SUNSET FRIDAY 1804 HRSSUNRISE SATURDAY 0618 HRS

TEMPERATURE IN OC

THE TRIBUNE10 CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019JampKHP

Arun JoshiTribune News Service

Srinagar October 3Kashmiris displayed theirextraordinary sense of collec-tive responsibility in savingtheir Vale from the repeat ofthe 2016-like situation or evenworse There were all chancesof it becoming one had theyprotested in streets andclashed with troopers

ldquoThey thought we wouldtake to the streets and pelttroopers with stones to engi-neer mayhem We did notallow that to happenrdquo BilalAhmad a university stu-dent spoke in a maturedfashion rather than onebursting with emotions

Everyone in the establish-ment here who is from out-side the Vale admires thehigh sense of the politicalconsciousness and intelli-gence of Kashmiris ldquoTheyare politically alive and intel-ligent people perhaps thekind of which we may notfind in any other part of thecountryrdquo commented an offi-cer who has been here forover past three decades

And when the troops hadstarted landing in huge num-bers in Kashmir in the lastweek of July Kashmir wasagog with rumours whichlater turned out to be truethat something big was in theoffing The common percep-tion was that it would not begood for people of Kashmirwhich was seeded in theirmind by politicians now seenas relics of a goneby era

While the authorities arecrediting themselves havingplanned measures in such amanner that ensured thatnothing would go wrongKashmiris have their ownstory to tell of their restraintand reasonableness Theypreferred to avoid confronta-tion and clashes on thestreets is the narrative thatdemonstrates that they arenot suffering from the senseof defeat with which some

nationalistic media is por-traying them after the scrap-ping of Article 370 and 35A

Kashmiris are intelligentThey claim that they haveshown to the entire worldhow adversity can be con-verted into a virtue Hadthey indulged in clashestheir argument of loss ofpolitical identity wouldhave been neutralised

They had factored in somekind of onslaught on theirspecial status under Article370 and Article 35A Theyknew that confrontationwould mean catastropheThis dreadful thought wasbased on rumours likeldquoanything can happenrdquo ifthe streets were to eruptThey did not oblige thetrouble-makers

The body language of thetroopers with assault riflesslung on their shouldersmade it clear that they didnrsquotwant any trouble around Thetrouble had its consequencesThe mere presence of thetroops had a meaning thatconfrontation would be metwith harsher consequences

A teenager Asif Dar

admitted that the thingswere ldquoharshrdquo but therecould have been harsherconsequences had thesecurity arrangementsthat were put in place notbeen there ldquoThe authori-ties had their way we hadours but the main thingis that we didnrsquot courttrouble and smear ourland with bloodrdquo

ldquoThis was a preventivemeasurerdquo the governmentofficials have repeated it adnauseam They had drawntheir lessons as theyclaimed from the 2016unrest In hindsight the twosituations have no parallelKashmir had erupted in2016 after the killing of mil-itant commander BurhanWani who had weaponisedsocial media and no oneknew about his fatal enduntil it happened on July 82016 Thereafter it was aspontaneous reaction

This time the governmenthad anticipated cascades ofbacklash It had taken all pre-ventive measures fromarrests of political leaders tochronic stone throwers busi-

nessmen and anyone whohad caused trouble in thepast or had the potential to doso It was linked to the deci-sion on August 5 The prepa-rations had been made muchbefore the ldquoDecision dayrdquo ofscrapping the special statusof Jammu and Kashmir

Massive protests and theinitial killing of at least 20youngsters in the first fewhours set a cycle in motionof the clashes and casualtiesin 2016 That cycle of vio-lence halted after Kashmirhad reeled under coerciveshutdown for three monthsand the casualty figure stag-gered close to 100

Tourists fled and so did pil-grims in 2016 but no one hadasked them to pack off andgo This time the things wereplanned much beforendash thegovernment ordered the pil-grims and tourists to leave atthe earliest on August 2 atleast a fortnight before thescheduled conclusion of theAmarnath pilgrimage

The ubiquitous presence oftroops inspired scare Kash-miris chose pragmatism thistime They for too had learnttheir lessons from 2016 it waspointless to take to the streetsand fulfil the designs of ene-mies of Kashmir who wantedmore graves Pakistan isexactly looking for this kindof bloodbath in the Valley

Troopers did not usetheir guns was one factorbut the Kashmiris also didnot offer them theextreme provocation to doso And when they saw thewhole of the Indian nationcelebrating the August 5decision they understoodthe consequences of stand-ing up to the Indian mightand mood They appliedtheir common sense not tothrow their land in the spi-ralling bloodshed That iswhere they succeeded in sav-ing their land and fellowKashmiris from the troublethat could have visited them

lsquoWe saved our land from catastrophersquo

TURNING ADVERSITY INTO VIRTUE When the troops had

started landing in hugenumbers in Kashmir in thelast week of July Kashmirwas agog with rumourswhich later turned out tobe true that somethingbig was in the offing

Kashmiris claim that theyhave shown to the worldhow adversity can be con-verted into a virtue Hadthey indulged in clashestheir argument of loss ofpolitical identity wouldhave been neutralised

Tribune News Service

Srinagar October 3On Tuesday when AatiyaAyoubrsquos mother read a newsitem in a local daily about theopening of schools after twomonths she had alreadydecided not to send herdaughter to the school owingto the continuous tense situa-tion in Kashmir whichmarked 60 days on Thursday

Aatiya is a Class X studentShe has submitted the formfor her annual exams butdoesnrsquot know whether theexams will be held She is yetto complete the syllabus atthe school where her last classwas held before August 3

ldquoOur education seems tobe over There is still silenceand shutdown it is not safefor us to go to school in sucha situationrdquo she told TheTribune at her home in Sri-nagar where she is prepar-ing the assignments provid-ed to her by the school ldquoIam not able to concentrateit is a very difficult situationfor all studentsrdquo she said

The Divisional Commis-sioner Kashmir Baseer

Ahmad Khan announced theopening of schools up to ClassXII from Thursday but whilea few schools had opened thestudents continued to remainaway from classes disobeyingthe governmentrsquos order It isfor the second time sinceAugust 19 that the govern-ment announced opening of schools but the students stayed away

The government has alsoannounced opening ofinstitutes of higher educa-tion from October 9 but itseems unlikely that stu-dents will attend the class-es as the communication

and internet clampdowncontinues in Kashmir

Many parents continueto raise safety issues ofstudents and haverestrained from sendingthem to schools ldquoWe willnot send our children toschools There is no publictransport and everythingis shut How can studentsas young as 4 5 and 6 yearsof age go to schools Whatwill they do if a stone hitsthem or something hap-pens Who will inform uswhen the phones are not workingrdquo asked Rosy Jan a mother

Few schools reopen inValley no students yet

The empty classroom of a government college in Srinagar AMIN WAR

Majid Jahangir amp Ishfaq TantaryTribune News Service

Srinagar October 3Relatives of at least 12detainees in the Valley whohave been booked under thestringent Public Safety Act(PSA) have knocked on thedoors of the JampK High Courtclaiming they are minors

In all 12 habeas corpus peti-tions have been filed in theSrinagar wing of JampK HighCourt Six among the youths

are 18 two are 17 and 16 andone is 15 years of age theirfamilies said In their peti-tions the families have most-ly submitted school certi-fies before the court insupport of the claim ofthe detainees

The first two habeascorpus petitions claimingthat the detainees wereminors and booked underthe PSA which allows deten-tion without any trial up totwo years was submitted on

August 27 by residents ofSrinagar and Anantnag

The Juvenile Justice Com-mittee of the JampK High Courtin a report submitted beforethe Supreme Court had said

144 children aged betweennine and 17 were detained

between August 5 and Sep-tember 23 and of them 142had been released The reportsaid the children weredetained for causing minorinjuries and creating law andorder problem ldquoIn certain reg-

ular habeas corpus petitionschallenging regular detentionorders passed by district mag-istrates against them underthe PSA the detainees haveclaimed to be juveniles When-ever such petitions come upbefore the different benches ofthe court the court is directedto hold an inquiry to ascertainthe factum of age and if thedetainee is found to be a juve-nile appropriate orders inaccordance with law would fol-lowrdquo the report had said

Kin of 12 detained lsquominorsrsquo move HC

Tribune News Service

Srinagar October 3As normal business activitycontinued to remain sus-pended for the 60th daytoday after the abrogation ofArticle 370 the KashmirChamber of Commerce andIndustries said the Valleyrsquoseconomy had been dentedby around Rs 10000 croreduring this period

The businessmen saidtheir problems had beencompounded due to thelack of mobile and internetfacilities as they wereunable to file returns thatwould lead to bigger issuesin the future ldquoAs per ourestimates we have suf-fered losses between Rs8000 crore and Rs10000crore during the past twomonths All sectors havebeen badly hit and themobile and internet gaghas added to our woesrdquochamber president SheikhAshiq told The Tribune

ldquoDue to the internet gagwe have not been able to filereturns and we fear this willlead to lots of problems forus later These are practicalissues and on top of thatthere is no clarity from thegovernmentrdquo he said

Lost ~10000 crduring lockdownsays industry

Parents reluctant to send wards owing to tension

Ambika SharmaTribune News Service

Solan October 3The BJP is in for a majortrouble in Pachhad as DayalPyari a sitting zila parishadmember refused to with-draw her nominationpapers after her supportersforced her against takingthe decision this morning

The development has leftthe ruling party embarrassedas its senior leaders wereconfident of placating her

Pyari who met Chief Min-ister Jai Ram Thakur inShimla yesterday hadalmost made up her mind towithdraw from the contestbut this was not accepted byher family and supporters

Her husband Prithvi Singhand her father-in-law said noother candidate was accept-able to the people She

deserved ticket and wouldcontest as an Independent

Dayal Pyari talking to medi-apersons said though she wastorn between the party andthe supporters she would payheed to latter and said shewould begin campaigningafter paying obeisance at theJatoli temple here

She reiterated that herfight was not against the par-ty but against the dictatorial

attitude of a few leaders ofher area and claimed that shewould emerge victorious

She was taken into a carby her supporters towardsSirmaur before she couldbe poached by BJP leadersShe began her campaigninglater in the day

The BJP got a partial reliefas its senior leaders man-aged to pacify rebel AshishSikta who withdrew his

nomination He howeverencountered strong resent-ment from his supporters atRajgarh where Sikta firstheld a meeting and thenwithdrew his nomination

BJP state president Sat-pal Satti ministers Mahin-der Thakur and SureshBhardwaj who were camp-ing at Rajgarh held day-long consultations to chalkout a strategy for the poll

Reena Kashyap who wasthe BJPrsquos official nomineewill face a tough challengefrom Dayal Pyari who hasfound overwhelming sup-port of the people

The development has elat-ed the Congress though itremains to be seen if its candi-date GR Musafir will gain inthe three-cornered contest asthe party is solely banking onthe factionalism in the BJP

BJP rebel firm on contesting as IndependentIn Pachhad partial relief for saffron party as Sikta withdraws nomination papers

ASSEMBLYBYPOLLS

Dayal Pyari (in yellow shawl) with her supporters outside a hotel in Solan on Thursday TRIBUNE PHOTO

SUPPORTERSrsquo PRESSURE Dayal Pyari who met Chief

Minister Jai Ram Thakur inShimla on Wednesday hadalmost made up her mind towithdraw from the contest butthis was not accepted by herfamily and supporters

Her husband and father-in-law said she deserved aticket but since denied shewould contest as an Independent

Taken in a car by her sup-porters towards Sirmaurshe began her campaigninglater in the day on Thursday

Lalit MohanTribune News Service

Dharamsala October 3Sudhir Sharma AICC secre-tary and former minister isunlikely to join the Congresscampaign in his home con-stituency Dharamsala for theOctober 21 byelection

Sudhir who refused to con-test the byelections just twodays before the last date of fil-ing of nomination papers hasnot arrived in Dharamsala todate He did not come toDharamsala when theyoung Congress leaderVijay Inder Karan who hasreplaced him filed his nom-ination papers on Septem-ber 30 Sudhirrsquos suddenrefusal to contest despitethe Congress high com-mand telling him to be inpoll fray is like an unsolvedriddle for many senior Con-gress leaders

A senior leader said AICCchief Sonia Gandhi evenafter the approval of the can-didature of Vijay Inder Karanasked senior leaders to talk toSudhir if he can change hismind and contest HoweverSudhir remained adamantagainst contesting he said

When contacted on phonetoday Sudhir said that he wasnot joining the Congresscampaign as he was sufferingfrom gastroenteritis ldquoI willreturn home after 4 to 5 daysbut whether or not I will jointhe campaign will depend onmy healthrdquo he said

With Sudhir almost declin-ing to join the campaign theissue of infighting in the stateCongress has come to fore

Just days before announc-ing his refusal to contest theDharamsala byelection Sud-hir had openly demanded theresignation of the acting pres-ident of state Youth Congressfor holding programmeswithout his approval andspeaking out against him Avernacular paper insteadreported that Sudhir hadsought HPCC chief KuldeepRathorersquos resignation

Congrsquos Sudhir may not campaign

Rajiv Mahajan

Nurpur October 3With drug trafficking in the inter-state border areasof lower Kangra districtcomprising Nurpur andIndora subdivisions risingthe state government hasturned a ldquoblind eyerdquo to theNurpur de-addiction-cum-rehabilitation centre

Set up during the previousCongress regime and inau-gurated by then CM Virb-hadra Singh on January 122017 the centre is run by theKangra district Red Cross

Society The skeleton staffhere has failed to run thecentre effectively

Surprisingly the centrehas no doctor or psychia-

trist As per informationthe centre is run by just aproject coordinator a coun-selor a pharmacist and asafai karamchari The

recent suicide by a 64-year-old man addicted to alcoholhas now put a questionmark on the safety ofinmates and the staff

deployed at the centre Asthere is no watchman or asecurity guard it is fearedthat such unsavory inci-dents can recur

Set up in the OBC hostelbuilding the centre canadmit 10 addicts at a timebut its full capacity couldnever be used for want ofrequisite staff Centre incharge-cum-project coordi-nator Amit Kumar admittedthat the centre was unableto admit more than fiveaddicts at a time and thewaiting list of addicts hadalways been quite long

ldquoThe working environ-ment is unsafe too as thestaff is always under threatof being attacked by theinmates who turn aggres-sive on being denied syn-thetic drugs or intoxi-cantsrdquo he said

As the centre is locatednear the border of PunjabHimachal Pradesh and Jam-mu amp Kashmir where drugtrafficking is on the risedespite registration of casesunder the NDPS Act thedemand for better facilitiesand more staff has been gain-ing momentum

Nurpur de-addiction centre a victim of admn apathyHas no doctor | Run by Kangra Red Cross Society NGOs want Health Department to take it over

Just 4 employees Set up during the Congressregime and inaugurated bythen CM Virbhadra Singh onJanuary 12 2017 the centre isrun by just a project coordina-tor a counselor a pharmacistand a safari karamchari Set up in the OBC hostelbuilding the centre can admit10 addicts at a time but its fullcapacity could never be used

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3A Special CBI Court todayissued notice to the CBI onthe bail applications filed bythree accused in the Kotkhaicustodial death case

The court asked the CBI tofile a reply on the bail applica-tions filed by former KotkhaiSHO Rajinder Singh (33)head constable RafeeMohammad (38) and consta-ble Ranjeet Steta (32) by Octo-ber 9 the next date of hearing

In the applications it was

stated that there was no evi-dence on record to connectthe accused with the allegedcustodial death of Suraj

It was also mentioned thatthree co-accused IGPZahur H Zaidi SP DW NegiTheog DSP Manoj Joshihad been granted bailAccording to the prosecu-tion a minor girl was alleged-ly raped and murdered inHalaila forests of Shimla dis-trict on July 4 2017 The vic-timrsquos body was found lying inHalaila forests near Mahasuon July 6 2017

Kotkhai case Copsfile bail pleas in court

As of now I am not campaigning forthe party as I am suffering fromgastroenteritis I will return home (toDharamsala) after 4-5 days but whetheror not I will join the campaign inDharamsala will depend on myhealth Sudhir Sharma CONGRESS LEADER

WHAT INFURIATED FORMER MINISTER Sudhir Sharmarsquos supporters alleged that while former

minister was preparing to contest elections leaders ofthe HPCC called other Congress leaders from Dharam-sala and asked them to apply for ticket

This infuriated Sudhir who decided against contesting They alleged that the former minister was also not join-

ing the party campaign as the current party leadershiphad tried to belittle him in his own constituency

lsquoSUFFERING FROM GASTROENTERITISrsquo

THE TRIBUNEJALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 11NATION

HIMACHAL PRADESH

NOTICE INVITING E-PROCUREMENT BID

Executive Engineer IampPH Division Dharampur Bharari on behalf of Governorof Himachal Pradesh invites the online Lump Sum contract bids on turnkey basisfrom the eligible bidders of Indian Entity through online bidding system on or before 17102019 at 1700 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs) on the sitehttpshptendersgovin

1 KEY DATES SHALL BE AS UNDER-

The tender forms and other detailed conditions can be downloaded from thewebsite wwwhpiphorg or from office above Executive Engineer up to datespecified above

Executive EngineerIampPH Division Dharampur Bharari

a Date of Online publication 0110 2019

b Downloading of e-bidDocuments

From 01102019 at 1800 Hrs IST (GMT + 530Hrs) to 17102019 at 1700 Hrs IST (GMT +530 Hrs)

c Date of submission of e-bid From 01102019 at 1800 Hrs IST (GMT + 530Hrs) to 17102019 at 1700 Hrs IST (GMT +530 Hrs)

d Physical Submission of Original Bid Security (in case ofoffline deposit of Bid security)

Up to 1100 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs) on18102019

e Date of opening of bids

1) Cover-1 Eligibility Criteria On 18102019 at 1230 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs)

2) Cover-2 Technical bid Shall be intimated separately

3) Cover-3 Financial Bid Shall be intimated separately

f Site Visit Between 1100 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs) dated10102019 to 1700 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs)dated 11102019 alongwith the AssistantEngineerconcerned Junior Engineer IampPHSub-Division TihraDharampur

SrNo

Description EstimatedCost

BidSecurity

Time Cost ofBid

1 Engineering Procurement Construction Testing Commissioning Trial Run of various components of LWSS to Rakhoh Cholthra Awahdevi Tihra and its adjoining villages in Tehsil Dharampur District Mandi (HP) under Jal Jeevan Mission (Har Ghar Nal Se Jal ) in single package on ldquoturn-key job basisrdquo including trial run defect and liability period as 3 months after physical completion of all components scheme including SOP connection as certified by Engineer-in-Charge of the entire scheme

Rupees 21667344-

Rupees 249200-

Ninemonths(includingallseasonsbutexcludingtrial runperiod of 3 months)

Rupees2500-

2 Engineering procurement construction testing commissioning trial run of various components of LWSS to PC habitation of Kot Dhawali and Bahri Rathoun and Chakyana in Tehsil Dharampur District Mandi HP under Jal Jeevan Mission (Har Ghar Ko Nal se Jal) in single package on ldquoTurn-key job basisrdquo including trial amp testing run defect and liability period as 03 months after physical completion of all components of the scheme including SOP connection as certified by Engineer-in-Charge of the entire scheme

Rupees 21134606-

Rupees 243900-

Ninemonths(includingallseasonsbutexcludingtrial runperiod of03months)

Rupees2500-

DPRHP2324

HIMACHAL PRADESH

IPH DEPARTMENT

NOTICE INVITING TENDERShort terms sealed item rate tenders on form 6 amp 8 are hereby invited by the undersigned on behalf of

Governor of Himachal Pradesh for the following works from the approved and eligible contractors so as to

reach in this office on or before 10102019 at 300 PM and will be opened on the same day at 33000 PM

in the presence of intending contractors or their authorized representatives in this office The tender form can

be had from this office against cash payment (Non-Refundable) on or before 09102019 The earnest money

in the shape of National Saving CertificateTime deposits Accounts Saving Accounts in any of the Post

OfficeBank in Himachal Pradesh duly pledged in favour of the Executive Engineer I amp PH Division Chamba

must accompany each tender Conditional tenders and tenders received without earnest money will be

summarily rejected The offer of the tenders shall be kept open for 120 days The Executive Engineer IPH

Division Chamba reserves the right to reject the tenders without assigning any reasons

SrNo

Name of work Estimatedcost

Earnestmoney

TimeLimit

Cost oftender form

1 Providing WSS to left out Habitation under census villageUdaipur Khas amp Saru in GP Udaipur Tehsil amp DisttChamba HP (SH- CO Rwall with cement concrete1510 for Sedimentation tank RHS)

313313- 6266- ThreeMonths

250-

Terms amp Conditions- 1 Before offering the rates the terms and conditions attached with the schedule of

quantity may be gone through carefully 2 Conditional tenders without earnest money will outrightly be

rejected3 The contractor shall enclose enlistmentrenewal order with his application for obtaining the tender

documents 4Latest income tax and sale tax clearance certificate as well as Pan No must be attached with

the application failing which the documents will not be issued to those contractors The contractor shall

produce registration of labour license from the competent authority under Contract Act 1970 failing which no

tender shall be issued to him

Note- No tender forms will be issued to those contractors who have not completed the work within the

stipulated period and having more than two works in hand under this Division

Executive Engineer

I amp PH Division ChambaNO-IPH-CBA-GA-G-Tender2019-7334-7384 Dated 200919 DPRHP2326

Himachal Pradesh IPH Department

SHORT TERM NOTICE INVITING TENDERThe Executive Engineer IPH Division Keylong (HP) invites tender on behalf of Governor of Himachal Pradesh from approved

eligible contractors for the following works through Online Process-

The tender forms and other detailed conditions can be downloaded from the portal httphptendersgovin up to 500 PM 14102019

HIM SUCHNA AVAM JAN SAMPARKExecutive Engineer IPH Division Keylong

JobNo

Name of Work EstimatedCost

EarnestMoney

Time ofcompletion

1 Special Repair of FIS Chimret in GP Chimret Distt Lahaul Spiti (HP) (SH- Co CClining and Retaining wall)

744756- 14900- One Work-ing Season

2 Providing WSS to PC Habitation of Jobrang Rape Rashil in GP Jobrang Distt Lahaulamp Spiti (HP) (SH- PF MS Tank 270 litrs capacity 2 Nos Laying Jointing amp TestingHDPE pipe of 50mm Dia at RD 0 to 5240 and Provision of Parta Cutting= 100 Rmt)

927536- 18600- Six Months

3 Augmentation of WSS to Village Gohrma in GP Gohrma Distt LampS (HP) (SH- PFMS Tank 270ltrs Co Storage tank 20000 ltrs capacity Co Stand Post 5 NosLaying Jointing and Testing HDPE pipe of 50mm dia at RD 0 to 110 (Ai to Bi) RD0 to 50 (A to B) 32mm dia at RD 50 to 500 (B to C) Double layer RD 0 to 1250 (Ato C) 20mm dia at for (distribution System) at various Rds Co Barbed wire fencingaround Stank and Co Crate work around Intakes and Co Nallah Crossing)

1419471- 28400 Six Months

4 Providing Flood Protection Work to Rubling in GP Tingret Distt LampS (HP) (SH-Crate work at RD 0 to 107)

2949252- 52000- Six Months

Date of submission of e-tender From 02102019 at 0500 PM to14102019 at 0500 PM

Physical submission of tender documents Up to 1100 AM 15102019

Date of opening of Eligibility Criteria 15102019 at 1130 AM

DPRHP2330

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CHANDIGARH ADMINISTRATION

ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Press e-TENDER NOTICEPercentage rate e-tenders are invited under two bid system by the Executive Engineer Electrical Division No 2 on behalf

of President of India from the eligible enlisted firms class A and B enlisted with the Chandigarh AdministrationMunicipalCorporation ChdCPWDState PWDs of Punjab amp Haryana and Himachal Pradesh and their board amp Corporation having validElectrical Contractor License issued by any Govt Deptt of StatesCentre for the execution of following work can bedownloadedUploaded from the website at httpwwwetenderschdnicin

SrNo

NIT No Name of work amp Location

Est

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tote

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Ear

nes

tm

on

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Per

iod

of

co

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and timefor online

submissionof tender

Time ampdate of

opening oftender

01 E219189 Mtc of NRB at Chandigarh (Repair of defective elec-trical accessories at various School under SDE E4Chandigarh) R

s5

441

44-

Rs

1090

0-

03M

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0230 pm

11102019at

0300 pm

Executive Engineer Electrical Divn No 2 Chandigarh

TENDER NOTICE No 06 Date 1102019

On behalf of the Governor of Punjab Executive EngineerConstruction Division PWD BampR Br Fazilka invites bids fromeligible bidders enlisted under road works category with PWDBampR BrDetail terms and conditions of notice inviting bids refer to ourwebsite wwweprocpunjabgovinCorrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerConstn Divn PWD BampR Br Fazilka(On behalf of Governor of Punjab)DPRPbD6792

New Delhi October 3As many as five judges of theSupreme Court have recusedfrom hearing activist GautamNavlakharsquos petition challeng-ing the Bombay High CourtrsquosSeptember 13 order rejectinghis plea for quashing of an FIRin connection with the Bhima-Koregaon violence case

After Chief Justice ofIndia Ranjan Gogoi Jus-tice NV Ramana Justice RSubhash Reddy and Jus-tice BR Gavai Justice SRavindra Bhat became thefifth judge to recuse onThursday from hearing thecase of Navlakhamdashone ofthe five activists arrestedin the case

Others arrested in the caseare Varavara Rao Arun Fer-reira Vernon Gonsalves andSudha Bharadwaj Theyhave been booked underprovisions of the UnlawfulActivities Prevention Act(UAPA) and the IndianPenal Code

Justice S Ravindra Bhat ofthe Supreme Court on Thurs-day became the fifth judge torecuse himself CJI Gogoi hasassigned the matter to aBench headed by JusticeArun Mishra which will takeit up on Friday

As Navlakharsquos petitioncame up for hearing before athree-judge Bench headed byJustice Arun Mishra JusticeBhat who was on the Benchalong with Justice VineetSaran recused himself fromhearing the case mdash TNS

Tribune News Service

NewDelhi October 3Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasi-na today arrived here on afour-day visit during whichboth sides will attempt to takethe focus away from theNational Register of Citizens(NRC) by discussing some oldproblems that have croppedup as well as exploring com-mon links in transport watersharing and projects on Indi-an line of credit

Bangladesh Foreign MinisterAK Abdul Momen had toldmedia in Dhaka that Hasinawould discuss a number ofbilateral issues includingkilling of Bangladeshis by BSFand a framework pact on com-mon rivers including Teestawith PM Narendra Modi onSaturday She was chief guestat the Country Strategy Dia-logue of the World EconomicForum today She will attend an

interactive session with selectIndian CEOs followed by inau-guration of India-BangladeshBusiness Forum on Friday Shewill hold talks with Modi andcall on President Ram NathKovind on Saturday

Momen said the two sideswould discuss increased con-

nectivity through rivers searail road and air overall tradeand commerce among others

Foreign Secretary ShahidulHoque told newspersons thatimport of Indian arms undera $500 million line of creditand the NRC issue would alsobe discussed

Hasina to raise NRCPrez PM accept Capt invitefrom page 1

group of pilgrims the PunjabCM will lead through the cor-ridor when it opens The CMhowever clarified neither henor the ex-PM would travel toPakistan for the formal open-ing of the corridor They wereonly going to the Sikh shrineon the other side ldquoas pil-grimsrdquo The Pakistan govern-ment had recentlyannounced it would inviteManmohan for the corridorinauguration but the ex-PMrsquos office denied knowl-edge of any such invitation

Todayrsquos developments arecrucial in the light of ongo-ing political one-upmanshipbetween Congress-led Pun-jab Government and theAkalis over marking the his-toric event

Capt Amarinderrsquos move tosecure President and PMrsquospresence at the state functionare bound to put pressure on

the Akalis to come on boardAsked about SGPCrsquos cele-

bration plans CMrsquosspokesman said ldquoThe CM hasrepeatedly said the SGPC as areligious body is free to organ-ise celebrations in gurdwarasand the official celebrationswill be marked by the stategovernment The CM hasrepeatedly urged all-partyunity and will lead an all-partygroup through the corridorrdquo

State government sourcesadded they were not aware ifthe SGPC would send a paral-lel jatha through the corridor

Pakistan recentlyannounced that the corridorwould be opened for IndianSikh pilgrims on November 9However the final date is stillbeing worked out between thetwo countries and the PunjabGovernmentrsquos official eventwill be planned accordingly

Capt Amarinder mean-while shared official pro-

gramme of his governmentrsquosevents with the President andPM ldquoThe CM has urged bothto participate in the corridoropening at Dera Baba Nanakand the main programme atSultanpur Lodhirdquo the CMOspokesman said

Capt Amarinder also urgedPMrsquos intervention to allow a21-mebmer all-party jatha tovisit Sri Nankana Sahib thebirth place of the first Gurubesides bringing a nagar kir-tan to Sultanpur Lodhi viaAmritsar (Wagah)

In a separate letter to Minis-ter of External Affairs S Jais-hankar the CM has soughtformal clearance for theNankana Sahib delegationvisit and the nagar kirtan

The Punjab Governmentplans various celebrationsbetween November 5 and 15and will hold an all-party meetat Sultanpur Lodhi onNovember 1

from page 1

the list of 84 candidatesreleased by the Congress lateWednesday night and for theremaining six seats on Thurs-day shows that nearly 70 percent seats have been allottedto Hoodarsquos confidants

Of the 90 candidates giventhe party ticket at least 59 areHooda loyalists 12 are said tobe close to Kumari Selja fiveare believed to KiranChoudhry loyalists and threeeach are believed to be fromthe Kuldeep Bishnoi RandeepSurjewala and Tanwar camps

Hooda has had his support-ers fielded in all nine Assem-bly segments comprising theSonepat parliamentary seatthat he contested in May

But in the nine Assemblyseats under Kumari Seljarsquostraditional Ambala Lok Sabhaseat only one Hooda support-er mdash former HPCC chief PhoolChand Mullanarsquos son VarunChaudhary mdash has been nomi-nated for the Mullana seat

Hoodarsquos supporters havebeen fielded in eight of the nineAssembly segments in Karnalfour of the nine segments inKurukshetra Of the nineseats in BhiwanindashMahendra-garh at least four have goneto Hoodarsquos men The HisarUchana Narnaund and Han-si seats too have gone to hissupporters Adampur Nalwaand Hisar have been allottedto Kuldeep Bishnoirsquos menUklana and Barwala toKumari Seljarsquos loyalists andBawani Khera to KiranChoudhryrsquos camp

Of the nine Assembly seg-ments comprising TanwarrsquosSirsa Lok Sabha seat Dab-wali Tohana Ratia Ellenabadand Fatehabad have gone toHoodarsquos supporters Narwanacandidate Vidya Rani is con-sidered close to Randeep Sur-jewala while Sirsa and Kalan-wali nominees Hoshiari LalSharma and Shishpal Kehar-wala are Tanwar loyalists

Former minister Capt AjayYadav has managed the partyticket for his son ChiranjeevRao from Rewari

With ticket

639 engg seats vacantfrom page 1

institutions that mere physicalinfrastructure is not enoughand that qualified and well-paid faculty are mandatory forrunning engineering coursesRather than reduce the num-ber of seats the governmenthas lowered merit andallowed admissions throughHP Combined Entrance Testand Class 12 examinationmerit defeating the very pur-pose of ensuring quality edu-cation and uniformity instandards say sources

Private colleges charge

between Rs 45000 and Rs57000 per semester for BTechcompared to Rs 30000 in gov-ernment colleges ldquoStudentsare shying away from engi-neering courses as there areno jobs even after spendingRs 4 lakh to Rs 5 lakhrdquo saysSuresh who left the courseafter two semestersThere is a clear shift towardstraditional arts commercescience and managementcourses as 100 per cent seatshave been filled ldquoGovern-ment jobs are still the top pri-ority for students as their

focus is on preparation forcompetitive examinationsrdquosays Prof Sikender KumarVice-Chancellor HimachalPradesh University

Mismatch between enrol-ment and employment ratedue to opening of privateinstitutions without assessingemployment opportunities isalso leading to low intakeFurther high investment inengineering courses as com-pared to average remunera-tion after passing out is caus-ing aversion to engineeringcourses say sources

Justice Jha

5th SC judgerecuses fromKoregaonactivistrsquos case

4-day visit Connectivity trade energy ties top agenda

from page 1

High Court at Jabalpurbefore his elevation to the HCas permanent judge on Feb-ruary 2 2007

The President after con-sultation with the CJI alsotransferred Justice Pulig-oru Venkata Sanjay Kumara Judge of the TelanganaHC to the Punjab andHaryana HC He has beenasked to assume charge byOctober 17 mdash TNS

Justice LN Swamy ChiefJustice of HP High Court

Justice Ajai Lamba CJ ofGauhati High Court

Justice Indrajit Mahanty isChief Justice in Rsthan

Justice A Mani Kumar is CJof Kerala High Court

Justice JK MaheshwariChief Justice of Andhra HC

Justice AK Goswami ChiefJustice of Sikkim HC

Justices BiswanathSommader PV SanjayKumar and Vivek Agarwalof Calcutta Telangana andMadhya Pradesh HCsposted to HCs of AllahabadPunjab and Haryana andAllahabad respectively

OTHER JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS

JUSTICE KURESHI FAILS TO FIGURE ON LISTJustice Akil Kureshi recommended by SC Collegium for appoint-ment as Tripura HC CJ last month doesnrsquot figure on the list Earli-er Centre had refused to appoint him as CJ of MP High Court

Union Minister of State Sushri Debasree Chaudhuri receivesBangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi on Thursday PTI

THE TRIBUNE CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019

12|BUSINESS GOLD

~39115New Delhi

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~47580New Delhi

USD EURO POUND JPY YUAN CAD AUD SGD HKD~7089 ~7803 ~8808 ~067 ~993 ~5324 ~4774 ~5147 ~905

No SE (BampR)NIT-581 Dt 031019

MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONJALANDHAR LOCAL GOVT DEPTT PUNJABNOTICE INVITING e-TENDERS

(CIVIL WORKS)eprocpunjabgovin

E-tender No MCJ (BampR) 2019-2012

Municipal Corporation Jalandhar invites e-tenders onTwo Bid system for the CivilHorticultureBuilding worksmentioned at wwweprocpunjabgovin from thecontractors enlisted with Municipal Corporation Jalandhar ampCo-op LC Societies (Registered in Punjab State) Time totime instructions issued by GovtCVO will be followed forbidding as well as execution of works All the bidders shouldcomply with the latest instructions issued vide notificationNo 765279-radicΔ1(5)4342 Dt 02102014 amp 5822018-2lg41892 Dt 02082018

Date and Time Schedule for LC SocietiesAgencies

Other terms amp conditions can be seen at E-tenderWebsite eprocpunjabgovin

Sd- Superintending Engineer

SrNo

Last Date of onlinesubmission of

Bidding document

Opening ofTechnical Bid

Opening ofFinancial Bid

1 10102019 up to 1700 hrs

11102019 at 1100 hrs

14102019 at 1100 hrs

DI-91904

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJABPWD BampR BRANCH

NOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDSTENDER NOTICE NO 18-21 DATED 01-10-2019

On behalf of Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer ConstructionDivision PWD BampR Br Rupnagar invites bids for below mentioned worksfrom eligible bidders enlisted under All road works category withPWD (BampR) for the works approved under his jurisdiction as detailed inthe following table The bidders may submit bids for any or all of thefollowing Work(s)-

For detailed terms and conditions refer to websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin

from 091019

Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerConstruction DivisionPWD BampR Br Rupnagar

SrNo

Name of Work Head

1 Special Repair of Bharatgarh-to Kakrala Soban MajraRoad upto HP Border (including five years maintenance)in Distt Rupnagar

3054

2 Special Repair of Bharatgarh-Kakrala to Nawan Graonupto HP Border (including five years maintenance) inDistt Rupnagar

3054

3 Special Repair of Bharatgarh-to Nalagarh Road upto HPBorder (including five years maintenance) in Distt Rupnagar

3054

4 Periodical Repair of Ropar Circular Road (ODR-08) (includingfive years maintenance) in Distt Rupnagar

3054

DPRPbD6797

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

RURAL DEVELOPMENT amp PANCHAYATS DEPARTMENTNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Tender Notice No PRDP201932 Date 011019

Authority- Executive Engineer Panchayati Raj PW (CampM)Division Patiala

Name of Work-

Date of opening of bid- 11102019

For detail terms and conditions of notice inviting bids refer towebsite wwweprocpunjabgovin

Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerPanchayati Raj PW Division Patiala

SrNo

Description of Work 1 EMD2 Tender fee (in Rs)

Cost ofWork

1 Renovation amp Allied Works ofPond at Village Devinagar SawaiSingh Wala Block BhunerheriDistt Patiala

1) Rs 37890-2) Rs 5000

Rs1894500-

DPRPbD6803

Punjab Water Supply andSewerage Board

NOTICE INVITING Recall of e-TENDERS (2019-20)eprocpunjabgovin

Recall E-Tender Notice No 02 Date 30092019

On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer Punjab WS amp Sewerage BoardChandigarh Executive Engineer Punjab WS amp Sewerage Division No 2Amritsar invites online Lump Sump and percentage basis tenders from theapproved Contractorfirms and eligible Co-operative L amp C Societies who fulfillthe eligible criteria as per DNIT for the work mentioned below-

Important Dates are as under- For tender at Sr No 12

1 Period of availability of tender Online shall be Up to 10102019 up to 100 PM

2 Last Date amp Time for online submission ofBids shall be 10102019 at up to 300 PM

3 Date and Time for Opening of Tenchical bids shall be 11102019 at 300 PM

For tender at Sr No 3

Up to 23102019 up to 100 PM23102019 at up to 300 PM24102019 at 300 PM

For detailed terms and conditions refer to website eprocpunjabgovin

Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd-Executive EngineerPb WS amp Sew Divn No 2AmritsarDPRPbD6800

SrNo

Name of the Work BidSecurityEarnestMoney(Rs inLacs)

Cost ofDocu-ment

Tenderfee

(Rs)

Periodof

Comp-letion

Esti-matedCost(in

Lacs)

1 DNIT for Construction of Main PumpingStation (14 MLD) Tarn Taran (Zone No1) complete machinery amp Balance workof IPS (11 MLD) complete machinery etcand all other works contingent theretordquo

345000- 100- 5Months

17209Lacs

2 DNIT for ldquosurvey soil testing designsupply and construction instcomissioning of 4 mld STP at Analabased on any suitable sustainableand proven technology including otherappurtenant works on turnkey basisas per DNIT including operation ampmaintenance for a period of 60months after stabilization period of 3months or morerdquo

800000- 1000- 9Months

LumpSump

3 Detailed Project Report for ProvidingWater Supply Sewerage amp SewageTreatment Plant at Jandiala Guru DisttAmritsar (Under PIDB)

8050- 100- 1 Month 402Lacs

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJABPWD BampR BRANCH

NOTICE INVITING ON-LINE BIDSTENDER NOTICE NO 22-23 DATED 01-10-2019On behalf of Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer ConstructionDivision PWD BampR Br Rupnagar invites bids for below mentionedworks from eligible bidders enlisted under All road works categorywith PWD (BampR) for the works approved under his jurisdiction asdetailed in the following table The bidders may submit bids for any or allof the following Work(s)Sr No Name of Work Head

1 Special Repair of Sri Anandpur Sahib to Sri Naina Devi road (ODR-12) (including Five years maintenance) in Distt Rupangar

5054

2 Special Repair of 4-Lane Ropar Bye Pass (including Five yearsmaintenance) in Distt Rupangar

5054

For detailed terms and conditions refer to websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin from 09-10-19Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive Engineer Construction Division PWD BampR Br RupnagarDPRPbD6802

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJABPWD BampR BRANCH

Tender Notice No 41 Dated 03102019Executive Engineer Central Works Division PWD BampR BranchMohali invites bids from eligible bidders for below mentionedwork For detail terms and conditions of the notice inviting bidrefer to wwweprocpunjabgovin wef 09102019Corrigendum if any will be issued on website onlyWork Construction of Both Side Approaches amp Service

Roads of Railway Under Bridge (RUB) on levelCrossing No 24-B on Sirhind-Nangal Dam Amb-Andaura Section in Morinda Town

Sd- Executive EngineerCentral Works DivisionMohali DPRPbD6801

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

PWD BampR BRANCHNOTICE RE-INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No 07 Date 03102019

On behalf of the Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer Construction DivisionPWD BampR Br Patiala invites re-bids from eligible bidders for detailed in thefollowing table The bids shall be on the percentage rate basis The bidders maysubmit bids for any or all of the following Works

2 For Sr No 1 Period of availability of Tender onlineDate amp Time of onlinebid submission and Date amp time of opening of bids are as given below-

For detailed terms and conditions of the notice inviting bids refer to ourwebsite httpeprocpunjabgovin

Corrigendum If any will be issued on website only

Sd- (Er Navin Kumar) Executive EngineerConst Divn PWD BampR Branch PatialaM No 98783-60786DPRPbD6799

SrNo

Name ofProjectWork(s)

BidSecurityEarnestMoney

Cost ofdocumenttender fee

(Rs)

Periodof

comp-letion

Approxvalue of the

ProjectWork

1 2 3 4 5 6

1

Special Repair ofGovt Primary School Gajewas Teh SamanaDistt Patiala

36000- 5000-6

Months1804 Lacs

Availability of tenderonline for bidding

Last date amp timefor online

submission of bids

Date amp Time of opening oftender

From To Technical Bid Financial Bid

04102019 1000 am

11102019 0400 pm

11102019400 pm

141020191100 am

To be inti-mated later on

WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION DEPARTMENTNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No Dated

On behalf of Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer Water Supply ampSanitation Division No 1 Amritsar invites bid from eligible bidders for theProject detailed in the following table

For detailed terms and conditions refer to website httpeprocpunjabgovin

CorrigendumAddendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerWater Supply amp Sanitation Division No 1 Amritsar

DNIT No Date

I Project Description Name of Work Construction of SewerageTreatment Plant based on any suitablesustainable amp Proven Technology IncludingOampM of STP for 60 Months afterCommissioning of Village Budha Theh AbadiBeas and Abadi Gurunanakpura BlockRayya District Amritsar (NABARD-XIV)

II Bid SecurityEarnest Money

Rs As per approved Bid

III Cost of DocumentTenderFee Processing Fee

Rs 1000- Rs As per Website

IV Period of Completion 15 Months Including 3 Months of Stabilizationperiod

V Period of Availability ofTender online

From 07102019 Time 1000 am to07112019 Time 1700 pm

VI Pre-Bid Meeting Date andVenue

Date 22102019 Time 1200 pmVenue HOD Office Phase 2 Mohali

VII Last date amp time for onlinesubmission of bids shall be

Dated 07112019 Time 1700 pm

VIII Tender opening Date amp time Date 08112019 Time 1430 pm

DPRPbD6794

LUDHIANA IMPROVEMENT TRUSTFeroze Gandhi Market Ludhiana ndash 141001

e-mail ldh_It_2009yahoocoin

Ph- 0161-5255405

e-Tender NoticeNIT No 09e-TenderSELG-IT Ludhiana2019-20The Ludhiana Improvement Trust Ludhiana invites online bids for 10 Nos

development works -

Online availability of Tenders for bidding- 04102019 onwards

Closing Date amp Time For Serial No 1 to 7 10102019 up to 0200 pmFor Serial No 8 amp 9 17102019 up to 0200 pmFor Serial No 10 24102019 up to 0200 pm

Opening Date amp Time For Serial No 1 to 7 10102019 at 0300 pmFor Serial No 8 amp 9 17102019 at to 0300 pmFor Serial No 10 24102019 at 0300 pm

For details logon to wwweprocpunjabgovin

Note Any corrigendum(s) to the tender notice shall be published on the aboveWebsite only

Sd- Superintending EngineerImprovement Trust

LUDHIANADPRPbD6804

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

WATER SUPPLY amp SANITATION DEPARTMENT PUNJABNOTICE INVITING E-TENDERS

Bid No 11233 Date 300919

On behalf of the Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer WaterSupply amp Sanitation Division No 1 Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar invitesbids from eligible bidders for the works detail in the following table Thebidders may submit bids for any or all of the following works-

For detailed terms and conditions of the notice inviting Tender referto website httpseprocpunjabgovin wef 04102019

1 The bid documentTerms amp Condtions are available online and bidsare to be submitted online through e-procurement portalhttpeprocpunjabgovin only Bids submitted otherwise will not beaccepted

2 Rectificationextension of timeCorrigendum if any will be uploaded onwebsite wwweprocpunjabgovin amp will not be advertised in newspapers

Sd- Executive EngineerWS amp Sanitation Division No 1 SAS Nagar

SrNo

Name of Works I) Estimated CostII) Earnest MoneyIII) Tender Fee

(in Rs)

Important DatesTime

i) Sale of Tenderdocument

ii) Last Date and Time forSubmission of Bids

iii) Date and Time ofOpening of TechnicalBids

1 PROVIDING ESTATE ampINTERNAL WATERSUPPLY SANITARYINSTALLATION ANDFLOORING amp DADO INIT BLOCK AT GOVTCOLLEGE SECTOR-56 SAS NAGAR

i) Rs 1786904-

ii) Rs 35750-

iii) 1000-

i) 04102019 at 1800 hrs

ii) 14102019 at 1600 hrs

iii) 15102019 at 1100 hrs

DPRPbD6796

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OFFICE OF THE CANTONMENT BOARDJALANDHAR CANTT

INVITING TENDER NOTICE

INVITING E-TENDER FOR PROVIDING TEACHING STAFFFOR CANTONMENT BOARD SCHOOLS AND SILVER OAKPUBLIC SCHOOL UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THECANTONMENT BOARD JALANDHAR

Online e-tenders are invited through CPP e-procurement portalhttpeprocuregovin by the Cantonment Board Jalandhar Cantt fromreputed experienced contractorservice provider for providing teaching staff for Cantonment Board Schools and Silver Oak Public SchoolJalandhar Cantt

Starting date for downloading of Tender documents 27092019

Last date for submission of online tender 17102019

Full notice of tender is available on Central Public Procurement Portal websiteie httpeprocuregovin

Chief Executive Officer

Cantonment Board JalandharDI-91800

BSE

198543810687

NSE

459011314

Vijay C RoyTribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3Fearing loss to small andmarginal farmers dairycooperatives in Punjab andHaryana have expressedreservation over the inclu-sion of dairy products in theRegional ComprehensiveEconomic Partnership(RCEP) pact

The cooperatives appre-hend that import of cheapermilk and dairy productswould adversely hit thelivelihood of lakhs of farm-ers in the two states withimporters and traders dom-inating the market

The government is con-templating finalising theRCEP a trade block whichincludes the 10-countryASEAN China IndiaJapan South Korea Aus-tralia and New Zealandby the end of this year

New Zealand and Aus-tralia particularly are nego-tiating very hard withIndia to reduce duty ondairy products so that theycan get an access to Indiawhich is the worlds largestmarket of dairy products

ldquoThe signing of theRCEP will be a big blow tothe dairy farmers as itwould lead to reduction inthe procurement price ofmilk from farmers due tocheap imported milk pow-der from New Zealandsaid Karnail Singh a dairyfarmer from Amritsar

Dairy cooperatives feelthat procurement pricewould come down drastical-ly if imports are allowedthrough the RCEP as therewould be no tariff barrier

ldquoWe fears that cheaperimports will have repercus-sions across the value chainsAs imports will be cheapermany traders will startimporting cheap dairy prod-ucts virtually putting farmersout of the professionrdquo said asenior official from Milkfed

The average daily pro-duction of milk in thesetwo states is around 460lakh litres As far as Punjabis concerned the daily pro-

duction is around 307 lakhlitres Out of the total milkproduced in rural andsemi-urban areas 50 percent is marketable surplusOf this surplus aroundhalf of the milk sold is han-dled by the organised sec-tor comprising dairy coop-eratives such as MilkfedsVerka and private dairycompanies and the rest bythe unorganised sector

Similarly in Haryana thedaily production is 156 lakhlitres Out of the total pro-duction 70 per cent of themilk is self-consumed byfarmers and the remaining30 per cent is marketable

surplus Further around 39lakh litres (25 per cent) arebeing handled by HaryanaDairy Development Cooper-ative Federation Ltd Therest of the quantity is beingprocessed by private dairyprocessors and sweet shops

Dairy cooperatives in theirrepresentation to the min-istry apprehend that cheap-er imports will push India toremain dependant onimports for dairy products

ldquoMilk producers andprocessors have made pres-entation to the Centre pro-jecting repercussions andrequesting it not to includemilk productsrdquo said SSKohli CGM Vita

The farmers apprehendthe step would halvedairy farmersrsquo income asthey will be forced toleave farming

ILLUSTRATION SANDEEP JOSHI

Fiscal tie-up deal has PunjabHaryana dairy firms worriedCooperatives fear import of cheaper milk will affect farmers

MILK PRODUCTION IN TWO STATESState Daily produce Marketable surplusPunjab 307 lakh litres 50Haryana 156 lakh litres 30

Onion prices fall to ~30kg after export banNewDelhi October 3Onion prices have started cool-ing down in both retail andwholesale markets in someparts of the country after thegovernment banned exports ofthe key kitchen staple andimposed stock limits ontraders Union Minister RamVilas Paswan said on Thursday

Retail onion prices whichwere ruling at Rs 60-70 per kg

for the past few weeks in thenational capital and some oth-er parts of the country

declined to below Rs 60 per kgon Thursday as per trade data

Onion prices declined to

below the Rs 30 per kg levelat Lasalgaon in MaharashtraAsiarsquos largest wholesale mar-ket for the bulb crop after thegovernment banned itsexport and imposed stocklimit on traders

ldquoWe have to take care of theinterest of both farmers andconsumers Prices of onionhave started declining after webanned exportrdquo he said mdash TNS

Mumbai October 3The Reserve Bank of India(RBI) is likely to go for yetanother rate cut on Fridaythe fifth in a row as inflationis within the comfort zoneand the need to boost theeconomy is pressing

RBI Governor ShaktikantaDas has already hinted thatbenign inflation providesroom for further monetarypolicy easing while space forfiscal space is limited

The government hasannounced a series of meas-ures including steepest cut incorporate tax rollback ofenhanced surcharge on theForeign Portfolio Investorsamong others to jump-startgrowth which hit a six-year lowof 5 per cent during the firstquarter of the current fiscal

The six-member monetarypolicy committee (MPC) isscheduled to announce thefourth bi-monthly monetarypolicy for 2019-20 on Fridayafter a three-day meeting

There was no meeting ofthe panel on October 2 onaccount of Mahatma GandhiJayanti The bank hasalready slashed repo ratefour times consecutively thisyear amounting to 110 basispoints in aggregate

At its last meeting in Augustthe MPC reduced the bench-mark lending rate by anunusual 35 basis points to 540per cent The upcoming MPCmeeting comes in the backdropof RBIrsquos mandate to banks to

link their loan products to anexternal benchmark like reporate for the faster transmissionof reduction in policy rates toborrowers from October 1

Ahead of the meeting theDas-headed Financial Stabil-ity and Development Council(FSDC) sub-committee tookstock of the prevailing macro-economic situation

Earlier the RBI Governorhad said the government hadlittle fiscal space giving hopethat the bank may providemore monetary stimulus toprop up the economy The gov-ernmentrsquos fiscal space hasbeen squeezed on account ofcut in the rates of corporate taxas well as lowering of the GSTrate on various goods Rev-enue collection too has beenbelow the Budget estimates

Experts are of the opinionthat another rate cut is on thecards as the governmentrsquoshands are tied and the onusof taking initiatives now restswith the central bank mdash PTI

RBI may cut policy rateto give economy a pushTo announce bi-monthly monetary plan today

REPO RATE ALREADYSLASHED FOUR TIMES The RBI has already

slashed repo rate fourtimes consecutively thisyear amounting to 110basis points in aggregate

At its last meeting themonetary policy commit-tee had reduced thebenchmark lending rateby an unusual 35 basispoints to 540 per cent

New Delhi October 3The government will keepthe reform momentum goingwith more such announce-ments in the future to bringback the economy on a high-er growth track thoughissues related with productiv-ity efficiency persist NITIAayog CEO Amitabh Kantsaid on Thursday

Going back to 2005 and tillnow close to about 300 mil-lion people have been pulledout of poverty In the last fiveyears the economy hasgrown at about 75 per cent

Indias growth was about 81per cent in the last quarter of2017-18 and fell to 5 per cent inthe June quarter of 2019-20Kant said at the World Eco-nomic Forums India Econom-ic Summit-CII event here

ldquoAnd since then both theRBI and the governmenthave taken a series of meas-ures to takeIndia backto a highgrowth tra-jectoryrdquo hesaid mdash PTI

Many morereforms inoffing Kant

We still have 25000 tonne of onion in ourstock We are asking state governments totake it and supply at ~2390 per kg in theirstates and ensure prices are stable

Ram Vilas Paswan CONSUMER AFFAIRS MINISTER

STATES ASKED TO COLLECT STOCK

THE TRIBUNECHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 13WORLD

GLOBE TROT

Emirati US Russian astronauts return to EarthALMATY A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three astronautsincluding an Emirati who became the first Arab to reachthe International Space Station returned to Earth Thurs-day Footage broadcast by Russias space agency showedthe Soyuz MS-12 capsule carrying Hazzaa al-Mansoori ofthe United Arab Emirates NASA astronaut Nick Hagueand Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin touch downat 1059 GMT on the steppes of Kazakhstan AFP

Russian man sues Apple for lsquoturning him gayrsquo MOSCOW A Russian man has filed a lawsuit against Apple formoral harm claiming that an iPhone app had turned himgay according to a copy of the complaint The man filed suitin a Moscow court asking for one million rubles ($15000)after an incident this summer in which a cryptocurrencycalled lsquoGayCoinrsquo was delivered via a smartphone apprather than the Bitcoin he had ordered ldquoApple pushed metowards homosexuality through manipulation Thechanges have caused me moral and mental harmrdquo he saidApplersquos representatives in Russia did not immediatelyrespond to AFPrsquos request for comment AFP

NZ mosque attacker drops bid to move trialWELLINGTON Gunman Brenton Tarrant the man accused ofmurdering 51 Muslim worshippers in Marchs NewZealand mosque attack on Thursdaydropped a bid to move his trial from the citywhere the massacre occurred The HighCourt held a pre-trial hearing inChristchurch in which judge CameronMander announced at the beginning ofproceedings that the defence haddecided not to pursue the applica-tion His trial will begin on June2 next year in Christchurch AP

FIRST EMIRATI TO REACH ISS Russian space agencyrescue team members and United Arab Emiratesspecialists carry Emirati astronaut Hazzaa al-Mansoorishortly after the landing of the Russian Soyuz MS-12 spacecapsule about 150 km south-east of the Kazakh town ofDzhezkazgan on Thursday AFP

Pak Taliban urge US to resume Afghan talksIslamabad October 3Pakistan on Thursday askedthe Taliban to grasp theopportunity and resume talkswith the US for an early andpeaceful resolution of the con-flict in Afghanistan sayingwar is not a solution as topleaders of the militant groupmet Foreign Minister ShahMahmood Qureshi here

A high-level Taliban dele-gation met Qureshi as partof a push to revive theAfghan peace processstalled after US PresidentDonald Trump abruptlydeclared the talks with therebel group ldquodeadrdquo

The Foreign Office said in astatement that a delegationof the Taliban Political Com-mission (TPC) called onQureshi The delegation wasled by the head of TPC MullaAbdul Ghani Baradar andincluded senior members ofthe commission

ldquoWhile appreciating Tal-

ibanrsquos serious engagementin the peace process heunderscored the need to takethese efforts to their logicalconclusionrdquo Qureshi said

Trump stunned the worldwhen he suddenly declared

that the Afghan peace talkswith the Taliban wereldquodeadrdquo following killing onan American soldier

Qureshi said ldquoPakistan hasmaintained for several yearsthat there is no military solu-

tion to the complex situationin Afghanistan An inclusivepeace and reconciliationprocess involving all sec-tions of the Afghan societywas the only practical wayforwardrdquo mdash PTI

US ENVOY LIKELY TOMEET DELEGATION

Sources said the talksbetween Foreign MinisterSM Qureshi and theTaliban went on for morethan one and a halfhours ISI chief Lt GenFaiz Hameed was alsopresent in the meeting

US special envoy toAfghanistan ZalmayKhalilzad is also inPakistan to discuss therevival of the peace talksHe may also meet theTaliban delegation

Pakistan has maintained for several years that there is no military solution to the complexsituation in Afghanistan A peace process is the only way forward Mahmood Qureshi PAK FOREIGN MINISTER

Foreign Minister SM Qureshi (C) receives members of the Talibandelegation at the Pakistan Foreign Ministry in Islamabad AFP

Paris October 3 A man wielding a knifestabbed and killed four offi-cers at the police headquar-ters in the heart of centralParis on Thursday beforebeing shot dead

Sources told AFP theattacker was shot dead bypolice in the courtyard ofthe building where he wasemployed The man workedin an administrative capac-ity but it was not immedi-ately clear what his precisework role was

Interior MinisterChristophe Castaner who was

due to visit Turkey later onThursday postponed his tripto visit the scene of the attack

ldquoPeople were runningeverywhere there was cryingeverywhererdquo said Emery Sia-mandi an interpreter whowas in the building when theattack happened

Investigators suspect aworkplace dispute sparkedthe deadliest attack onpolice in France in yearssources said

The Paris prosecutor is atthe scene but anti-terroragencies have not beeninvolved at this stage mdash AFP

Four Paris copsstabbed to death

A police vehicle drives toward Paris police headquartersfollowing alleged stabbing by a co-worker on Thursday AFP

London October 3 UK Prime Minister BorisJohnson on Thursday saidhe has made a ldquogenuineattempt to bridge thechasmrdquo in order to get afresh Brexit deal with theEU as he appealed to MPs inthe House of Commons tosupport his proposals

Johnson told MPs that hisproposals mdash which wouldsee Northern Ireland stay inthe European single marketfor goods but leave the cus-toms union mdash were a ldquocom-promiserdquo He has main-tained that the UK will

leave the EU on October 31with or without a deal

The UK government isnow hoping to begin a peri-od of intense negotiationswith the aim of reaching afinal agreement at an EU

summit on October 17ldquoThis government has

moved our proposals dorepresent a compromiseand I hope that the Housecan now come together inthe national interestbehind this new dealrdquoJohnson told MPs

The backstop is the con-troversial ldquoinsurance poli-cyrdquo that is meant to keep afree-flowing border on theisland of Ireland but whichcritics including Johnsonfear could trap the UK inEU trading rules indefi-nitely mdash IANS

Accept Brexit planBoris tells MPsJerusalem October 3 Israel swore in its newlyelected parliament onThursday for what could bea very short term after thecountrys second inconclu-sive election of the year leftit with no new governmenton the horizon

The typically festive eventwas marked mostly byuncertainty as the two maincandidates for prime minis-ter sniped at each other overwho should lead the country

It also came in parallel toPrime Minister BenjaminNetanyahus high-profile

pre-indictment hearing oncorruption charges whichhave threatened to end hispolitical career and con-tributed to the currentparalysis of the countryspolitical system

Neither Netanyahu norhis chief rival Benny Gantzhas been able to build a par-liamentary majority withtheir natural allies Theynow depend on each otherfor a unity government asthe only likely alternative toan unprecedented thirdelection in less than a year

ldquoThe right thing for the

citizens of Israel especiallyat this time is for the primeminister to be busy workingfor them and not preoccu-pied with indictmentsrdquoGantz said

ldquoI call upon Netanyahu Donot barricade yourself in yourposition We will take thereins from here and lead thecountry for the good of thecitizensrdquo For thesake of unity Gantzrsquos deputyYair Lapid announced hewas forgoing a previousarrangement to share thepremiership should theycome to power mdash AP

No govt yet Israel swears in MPs

PM Boris Johnson in House AFP

PUNJAB WATER SUPPLY amp SEWERAGE BOARDNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No ETENDERPWSSDHOSHIARPUREE201954 of 2019 Date 03102019On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer PWSSB Chandigarh The Executive Engineer Punjab Water Supply amp Sewerage Division Hoshiarpur re-invite bids due to non-submission ofbids from the eligible bidders for the work detailed below-

2 Important dates are as under-i) Period of availability of tender online shall be From 03102019 to 13102019 up to 500 pmii) Pre-bid Meeting 07102019 at 1100 amiii) Last date amp time for online submission of bid shall be 13102019 up to 500 pmiv) Date amp time of opening of Technical Bid 14102019 at 0100 pm

SrNo

Name of the Work EarnestMoney

Cost of Document Tender processing Fee Period ofCompletion

Approx Valueof the work

1 Construction of STP 400 MLD at Balachaur Town Rs 800 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

2 Construction of STP 200 MLD at Hariana Town Rs 500 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

3 Construction of STP 300 MLD at Rahon Town Rs 700 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

4 Construction of STP 300 MLD at Garhshankar Town Rs 700 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

Note (i) The dates given above are for both eligible LampC Societies amp Contractors(ii) For detailed terms and conditions refer to website httpeprocpunjabgovin(iii) If any corrigendum issued will be loaded and seen at website httpeprocpunjabgovin Sd- Executive Engineer PWSSD HSPDPRPbC6790

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PUNJAB WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGEDIVISION GURDASPUR

RE-TENDERING No 10 of 2019-20 (3rd time)httpseprocpunjabgovin

On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer Pb WS amp Sew Board ChandigarhExecutive Engineer Pb WS amp Sew Division Gurdaspur The E-tenderingNotice No 10 issued vide this office endst 4006-78 dt 17092019 are herebyrecalled due to reason that No bidders participate received for each of the belowtender Now these tender will be opened as per detail given below-

Important dates are as under

Period of availability of tender online shall be 04102019 from 200 PM

Last date and time for online submission of bid 10102019 upto 500 PMshall be

Date and time of opening of Technical Bid 11102019 at 200 PM

1 Note- The dates given above for above tenders are for LampC societiesfor detailed terms and conditions refer to websitehttpseprocpunjabgovin

2 Corrigendumaddendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerPunjab WS amp Sew Division Gurdaspur

SrNo

Description of work EarnestMoney(Rs)

Cost ofdocument

TenderFee (Rs)

Periodof

comp-letion

ApproxValue of

thework

1 Providing amp Fixing laying Jointingcutting testing of RCC NP3 300mm idPipe and construction of smallscreening chamber room providingand supply installation of motor pumpset sludge pump set repair of MPSand STP and Complete all otherworks as per site Dera Baba NanakGurdaspur District Gurdaspur

2DNITcost Rs

68580-

Rs 100- 4months

Rs 3429

lac

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PUNJAB WATER SUPPLY amp SEWERAGE BOARDNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No E-TENDERPWSSDHOSHIARPUREE201953 of 2019 Date 3102019

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On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer PWSSB Chandigarh TheExecutive Engineer Punjab Water Supply amp Sewerage Division Hoshiarpurreinvite the bids due to non-submission of bids from the eligible bidders for thework detailed below-

2 Important dates are as under

i) Period of availability of tender from 03102019 to17102019 uponline shall be to 500 pm

ii) Last date amp time for online submission 17102019 up to 500 pmof bid shall be

iii) Date amp time of opening of Technical Bid 18102019 at 100 pm

Note- (i) The dates given above are both for eligible LampC Societies andContractors

(ii) For detailed terms and condtions refer to websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin

(iii) If any corrigendum issued will be loaded amp seen at websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin

Sd- Executive Engineer

Punjab WS amp Sew Division Hoshiarpur

SrNo

Name of the work EarnestMoney

Cost ofDocument

TenderProcessing

Fee

Periodof

Comp-letion

ApproxValueof theWork

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Rs2000-

1002360 6 Months15 Days

Lumpsum

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NOTICE INVITING E-TENDER

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system (Technical and Financial bid) for the following works from theregistered LampC Co-op Societies and from the enlisted Govt contractors firms

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Sd- Corporation Engineer Municipal Corporation SAS Nagar

SrNo

Last date of online submissionof bidding document

Time and Date of Opening of tender

1 22102019 till 1200 23102019 till 1200

SrNo

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(in Lac)

EMD (in Rs)

Processingfee (in Rs)

Timeperiod

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236 472000- 5900- 3

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4871 97420- 5748- 3

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3539 70780- 4176- 3

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THE TRIBUNE14 JALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019SPORT

Visakhapatnam October 3Indiarsquos opening batsmanMayank Agarwal convertedhis maiden Test hundred intoa double century as the hometeam declared for 5027before the hostsrsquo spinnersmade early inroads into theSouth African batting orderAfter Rohit Sharmarsquos poten-tially career-defining 176 inhis first innings as a Testopener it was Agarwalrsquos turnto dominate the bowlers asthe 28-year-old made 215before the hosts declared onDay 2 of the first Test

Ravichandran Ashwin andRavindra Jadeja then got inon the act by dismissingSouth Africa opener AidenMarkram No 3 Theunis deBruyn and nightwatchmanDane Piedt to leave the tour-ing side reeling at 393 atstumps In a worrying signfor South Africa who lost 0-3 on their last trip to India in2015 a few deliveries keptlow on a pitch already offer-ing turn for the spinners

Cheap lossesIndia lost Cheteshwar Pujaracaptain Virat Kohli andAjinkya Rahane cheaply inthe second session but stillmanaged to put an imposingfirst-innings total on theboard Playing only his fifthTest Agarwal who had a pre-vious highest score of 77drove South African spinspearhead Keshav Maharajfor two runs to long off andthrew his hands in the airafter bringing up his double

hundred Starting the day on202 without loss Indiarsquosopeners treated SouthAfricarsquos bowlers with thesame disdain they showed onthe rain-interrupted openingday Visiting captain Faf duPlessis packed his fielders onone side of the wicket butboth Rohit and Agarwalscored almost at will tamingthe spinners by employingboth conventional andreverse sweep shots

South Africa looked des-perately short of ideas inthe face of the battingonslaught Rohit and Agar-wal stitched together astand of 317 Rohit was outstumped to KeshavMaharaj Dropped on 126 byQuinton de Kock off seamerVernon Philander Rohit hitMaharaj for his sixth sixand followed it up with afour but the left-arm bowlerspun the next one past hisforward defence and thewicketkeeper whipped thebails off Philanderremoved Pujara for six withthe first delivery of the sec-ond session while Kohliwho made 20 offered atame return catch to debu-tant all-rounder SenuranMuthusamy Karnatakabatsman Agarwal who hit23 fours and six sixes in hisknock added 53 for thethird wicket with Kohli anda further 54 for the fourthwith Rahane (15) before heholed out off a tame full tossfrom part-time spinnerDean Elgar mdash Reuters

Visakhapatnam October 3 Featuring in only his fifth Testmatch Mayank Agarwalbecame the fourth Indian bats-man to convert his maidencentury into a double hundredand the Karnataka opener iselated over his performanceSpeaking after the match adelighted Agarwal said ldquoI amextremely happy It is a feelingI canrsquot describe Glad that Icould make my maiden hun-dred into a doublerdquo

ldquoI am happy with the wayI played I am batting welland if we can keep battingtogether like this upfront itwill be great for the teamrdquohe added ldquoIf Rohit and Ican keep contributing tomake 450-500 every time itwill be very tough for theopposition I would be lyingif I say that you only have tothink about your own gameAt times you feel that youare playing well and cantake a chance but thatrsquosnot how it works You haveto be patient We had a greatpartnership to lay the foun-dation and get to 300 runsrdquo

Agarwal also praisedRohitrsquos 176-run knock as theMumbai right-handersilenced all his critics whohad questioned his role as aTest opener ldquoThe way he(Rohit) dominated the spin-ners was great to seerdquo Agar-wal said ldquoInitially the pitchdid do a bit with the new ballbut when the sun came outit got better and better As weapproached lunch on Day 2the ball started keeping lowIt started spinning by teaand it is great signs for usrdquo

Didnrsquot bow badly Rohit andAgarwal were good MaharajSouth African spinners didnot bowl badly and it was thesheer brilliance of RohitSharma and Mayank Agarw-al that has taken the gameaway from the visitors leadProteas spinner KeshavMaharaj said ldquoI wouldnrsquotsay they bowled poorly I per-sonally judge if someonecomes down the wicket andhits you itrsquos not a bad ball Ifyou are getting hit from thecrease if you are getting cutthen itrsquos a different storyrdquosaid Maharaj ldquoPiedt wasunlucky Mayank playedsuperbly well and so didRohit Literally everythingthey wanted to do paid off itwas their dayrdquo he saidIndiawon the toss and had no hes-itation in batting first ldquoI sup-pose the toss does play a partbecause you want the bestpossible conditions to bowlfor the spinners but havingsaid that we could have beena little bit better at timeswhen we did bowl But I sup-pose the toss does play alarge factor in terms of theoutcome of the gamerdquo saidMaharaj mdash Agencies

SURATIndian women seal serieswith 5-wkt win over SAThe Indian womenrsquos cricketteam produced anotherauthoritative performance tocomfortably defeat SouthAfrica by five wickets in thefifth T20I taking an unassail-able 3-0 lead in the six-matchseries With two games beingcompletely washed out theseries was extended from fiveto six matches and India need-ed to win on the day to sealthe series Off-spinner DeeptiSharma (219) and left-armspinnner Radha Yadav (323)restricted the Proteas womento 988 Brief Scores SA 988(Wolvaardt 17 Radha 323Deepti 219) India 995 (Har-manpreet 34 Ismail 219)

BENGALURURoger Binny electedpresident of KSCAFormer India cricketer RogerBinny and his team sweptthe Karnataka State CricketKarnataka State CricketAssociation elections Mean-while the Odisha CricketAssociation nominated taint-ed and jailed former supre-mo Asirbad Beherarsquos sonSanjay Behera as its repre-sentative at the BCCI AGM onOctober 23 Sanjay hasrecently been elected secre-tary of the association as hisfather who has been arrest-ed by CBI for his active con-nection with a chit-fundscam voted from jail

LONDONStokes wins playersrsquo awardafter World Cup heroicsBen Stokes has been votedthe Professional CricketersrsquoAssociation playersrsquo Player ofthe Year after starring in Eng-landrsquos maiden World Cup winand repeating his heroics dur-ing the Ashes series Stokeswill play for Northern Super-chargers in the new Hundredformat tournament with theLeeds-based franchise snap-ping up all-rounder ahead ofJoe Root and Jonny Bairstow

JAIPURJampK beat Railways by fourwkts in Hazare TrophyParvez Rasool hammered anunbeaten 118 to power Jamp Kto a four-wicket win over Rail-ways in their Vijay HazareGroup C matchBrief scores Railways 2856in 50 overs (D Mor 70 A Ghosh64 K Sharma 40 U Nazir353) JampK 2876 in 491 overs(P Rasool 118 SS Pundir 38 HSangwan 366) mdash AGENCIES

BRIEFLY lsquoHope I Rohitcontributebig for teamin future toorsquo

Deepankar ShardaTribune News Service

mumbai october 3In a first India will host pre-season National BasketballAssociation (NBA) matchesbetween Sacramento Kingsand Indiana Pacers here onOctober 4 and 5 The two-daycontest is a bid to populariseNBA and basketball in India

Sacramento Kingsrsquo own-er Vivek Ranadive is thedriving force behind NBAmaking its debut in hishometown Mumbai ldquoThegame here in Mumbai willallow NBA to open theirinterest for the next 10years India would be hav-ing more arenas moreplayers and more coachesto promote the sport NBAhas a long association withIndia but this is the righttime to push it ahead in abig wayrdquo said Ranadive aMumbai-born Americanbusinessman ldquoNBA com-missioner Adam Silver wasof the view that these games

are must to attract the Indi-an youth towards the sportI think in coming years bas-ketball would be the second-most popular sport in IndiaIt will be difficult to replacecricket but basketball andIndia are meant to betogether I just hope NBAturns the fortune of Indianyoungsters in a big wayrdquo

added Ranadive Sacramen-to Kings coach Luke Waltonsaid the players are excitedto play in Mumbai ldquoIt was akind of rest day today andthe players were asked justto sweat a bit The pre-sea-son games are equallyimportant as the major tour-namentsrdquo said Walton

NBA makes India debut asKings take on Pacers in Mumbai

Kultar Malikelected HCApresidentNew Delhi October 3Kultar Malik was namedpresident of the HaryanaCricket Association (HCA)after the results of the elec-tions for the officebearerswere declared here today

Mrinal Ojha was appoint-ed secretary and MahenderSingh was named the treas-urer All the three office-bearers are outgoing BCCItreasurer AnirudhChaudhryrsquos loyalists

While four members ofthe Apex Council wereappointed two memberswill be player representa-tives and another one willbe from the CAG It is learntthat the association hascommunicated the result ofthe election to the BCCI aswell as the Amicus CuriaeThe HCA has also writtenback to the CoA after thecommittee sent in a com-munication at 1am on Octo-ber 2 that an officebearer ofthe HCA should meet theCoA on October 3 mdash IANS

India beat Belgium end tour on highAntwerp October 3The Indian menrsquos hockeyteam outclassed reigningworld and European Cham-pions Belgium 5-1 in thefifth and final match tomaintain a hundred percent record in their tour ofBelgium

World No 5 India won alltheir five matches duringthe tour beating Belgium 2-0 in the opening match andregistering 6-1 and 5-1 winsover Spain in the next twogames before finishing offtheir tour with two morewins (2-1 and 5-1)

In the fifth match Sim-ranjeet Singh (7th) LalitKumar Upadhyay (35th)Vivek Sagar Prasad (36th)Harmanpreet Singh (42nd)and Ramandeep Singh(43rd) scored one goal eachto earn a scintillating victo-ry for the Indian team

India produced a stun-ning move in the 7thminute to take the leadthrough forward Simran-jeet Belgium forced acomeback but their penaltycorner was saved by Kris-

han Pathak in the 9thminute helping India tomaintain their one-goaladvantage at the first break

The second quarter sawworld No 2 Belgium winback-to-back penalty cor-ners in the 16th minute butPathak made sure thatthere was no damage Bel-gium tried hard to score anequaliser but some resolutedefending saw India taketheir lead into the half-timebreak

Attack modeThe visitors started thethird quarter with anattacking intent and wererewarded immediatelywith Lalit Kumar Upad-hyay bagging his first goalof the match in the 35thminute to extend Indiarsquoslead to 2-0 YoungsterVivek Sagar Prasad (36th)also registered his nameon the scoresheet as heproduced a crafty finish tobeat the Belgian goalkeep-

er The 38th minute sawBelgium win a penalty cor-ner but PR Sreejeshrsquos div-ing save kept the score 3-0in Indiarsquos favour Howevera brilliant strike fromAlexander Hendrickxmade it 3-1 in the 39thminute

Double blowIndia scored twice in twominutes just before the endof the third quarter to extendtheir lead to 5-1 Indiarsquosfourth goal was scored bydragflicker HarmanpreetSingh who converted apenalty corner in the 42ndminute while the fifth goalcame through RamandeepSingh who scored in the43rd minute mdash PTI

FIRST TESTINDIA VS SOUTH AFRICA

STAR SPORTS 930AMGOLF WOMENrsquoS INDIAN OPEN

DSPORT 1230PM

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TODAY ON TV

INDIA (Overnight 2020)

M Agarwal c Piedt b Elgar 215R Sharma st de Kock b Maharaj 176C Pujara b Philander 6V Kohli campb Muthusamy 20A Rahane c Bavuma b Maharaj 15R Jadeja not out 30H Vihari c Elgar b Maharaj 10W Saha c Muthusamy b Piedt 21R Ashwin not out 1Extras (B-4 LB-1 NB-2 W-1) 8Total (7 wickets decl 136 overs) 502Fall of wickets 1-317 2-324 3-377 4-431 5-436 6-457 7-494BowlingVernon Philander 22-4-68-1Kagiso Rabada 24-7-66-0

Keshav Maharaj 55-6-189-3Dane Piedt 19-1-107-1Senuran Muthusamy 15-1-63-1Dean Elgar 1-0-4-1

SOUTH AFRICAD Elgar not out 27A Markram b Ashwin 5T de Bruyn c Saha b Ashwin 4D Piedt b Jadeja 0T Bavuma not out 2Extras (LB-1) 1Total (3 wickets 20 overs) 39BowlingIshant Sharma 2-0-8-0Mohammed Shami 2-2-0-0Ravichandran Ashwin 8-4-9-2Ravindra Jadeja 8-1-21-1

Harmanpreet Singh and Ramandeep Singh both scored forIndia against Belgium HOCKEY INDIA

Double the troubleSouth Africa 393 at stumps onDay 2 after Agarwalrsquos double tonprops India to 5027 declared

SCOREBOARD

391Runs accumulated byIndia openers mdash215 by

Agarwal and 176 by Rohit mdash is thethird highest in a Test innings Thehighest is 404 by Vinoo Mankad(231) and Pankaj Roy (173)against New Zealand in 1956

0Bigger partnerships for any wick-et for India vs SA than the open-

ing stand between Rohit and Agarw-al The previous best was 268between Sehwag and Dravid for thesecond wicket in Chennai in 2008

4Indians who con-verted their maid-

en Test century into a200-plus scoreincluding MayankAgarwal Dilip Sarde-sai (200) VinodKambli (224) andKarun Nair (303)are the other three tohave done so

86TH Indian bats-man mdash Mayank

Agarwal mdash to score ahundred in Tests The28-year-old whomade his debut vsAustralia in Mel-bourne in December2018 took eightinnings to register hismaiden Test century

9TH First-Classcentury and

third double-tonfor Agarwalincluding atriple-ton Hehas convertedsix of his nineFirst-Class hun-dreds into 150-plus scores

12Sixes hit by Indiaopeners mdash six each

for Rohit and Agarwal mdashis the most by openersfor any team in a Testinnings There has beenonly one Test inningswhen India batsmenhave hit more sixes mdash 15vs SL at Brabourne Stadi-um in Mumbai in 2009

3RD Indian opening pair mdash Rohitand Agarwal mdash to share a 300-

run partnership in Test cricketRohit and Agarwal achieved thefeat with a stand of 317 runs OtherIndian opening pairs to share a300-plus partnership in Test cricketare Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy(413 runs vs NZ in 1956) andSehwag and Dravid (410 runs vsPak in 2006)

Vinayak PadmadeoTribune News Service

New Delhi October 3The Professional WrestlingLeague owners Pro Sporti-fy have sent a notice to theWrestling Federation ofIndia (WFI) for ldquobreach ofagreementrdquo

In a letter addressed toWFI president Brij BhushanSharan Singh the rightsholders have raised theirobjection to what they see asa gross oversight by thesports body to sanction thelaunch of a rival league Zee

Kushti Dangal whichaccording to Pro Sportifywas malicious ldquohellipThelaunch of the said ZeeKushti Dangal was held on23rd September 2019 at NewDelhi What is even moresurprising is that the launchevent was not only attendedby you but you also partici-pated in the press confer-ence with Mr Mukund Cairethe COO of ZEEL Further-more in the press confer-ence you made a statementthat both Pro WrestlingLeague and Zee Kushti Dan-

gal can coexist You also stat-ed that Zee Kushti Dangaland Pro Wrestling Leaguehave different formats andscoperdquo the notice sent bythe legal head of Pro Sporti-fy Dinesh Bant said

ldquoWe have analysed the for-mat of Zee Kushti Dangaland compared it to the ProWrestling League there is nodifference between the for-mats of the two tournamentsAs such it appears that beingconscious of the fact that itsactions clearly tantamount tobreach of the agreement theWFI has attempted to camou-flage this blatant breach bychanging the nomenclatureof the league being launchedby ZEEL That the ZeeKushti Dangal is the same asthe Pro Wrestling League is

evident from the fact that MrCaire of ZEEL referred to ZeeKushti Dangal as thelsquo Leaguersquo several times dur-ing the press conferenceThis makes it evidently clearthat while the proposed tour-nament is in the league for-mat it has only been namedlsquoDangalrsquo to circumvent theexclusivity rights retained byPro Sportifyrdquo it added

Pro Sportify Private Limit-ed had signed a 15-year con-tract with the WFI and it cit-ed clause 94 of thecommercial rights agree-

ment to cite the violationsWFI president Singh wasunavailable for commentsHowever it is understoodthat the body was unper-turbed with the developmentas it feels it was in a strongbargaining position shouldthe matter go to the courts

Interestingly the WFI hadserved the rights holder a ter-mination notice in 2016 forseveral violations includingnon-payment of rights feeand delayed payments madeto both wrestlers and techni-cal staff

Dangal over league rights PWL organisers send notice to WFIThe WFI has attemptedto camouflage this

blatant breach by changingthe nomenclature of theleague being launched byZEEL mdash Dinesh Bant PRO SPORTIFY LEGAL HEAD

Marvin Bagley of the Sacramento Kings shoots during Apractice session in Mumbai NBA

RESULTIndia 5 Simranjeet Singh(7th) Lalit Kumar Upad-hyay (35th) Vivek SagarPrasad (36th) Harman-preet Singh (42nd) andRamandeep Singh (43rd)

Belgium 1 AlexanderHendrickx (39th)

Mayank Agarwal celebratesafter scoring his maiden doublecentury on Day 2 PTI

Doha October 3

Grant Holloway of the UnitedStates blazed to his firstWorld Championships 110-mhurdles title last night in adramatic race in whichdefending champion OmarMcLeod fell

The 21-year-old Hollowaywho came into the champi-onships with the seasonrsquosfastest run of 1298 secondssmoothly glided through 10hurdles to cross the line in1310 five-hundredths of asecond ahead of SergeyShubenkov

Favourite to defend his titleJamaican McLeod came outof the starting blocks fast buthis race quickly turned souras he knocked down hurdlesand tumbled to the trackbefore reaching the finishline McLeod said he had felta hamstring strain in thewarm-up and thought itwould go away ldquoI was readyto go I showed up readyrdquoMcLeod said ldquoI put myself inthe very best situation todefend my titlerdquo Capitalisingon McLeodrsquos fallShubenkov the 2015 worldchampion took his secondconsecutive world silver witha technically sound run of1315 seconds

Holloway and Shubenkovsaid they had no idea thatchaos was unfolding inneighbouring lanes

ldquoIn the replay I saw that onefell down Another was cele-bratingrdquo said Shubenkov ldquoIthought to myself lsquoI missed

everythingrsquordquo

Asher-Smith grabs goldDina Asher-Smith seized hergolden opportunity to win the200 metres becoming thefirst British woman to claim aglobal sprint title With manyof the top medal contenderspulling out or skipping theevent Asher-Smith provedthe class act in the field pow-ering home in a nationalrecord 2188 seconds to addgold to the silver she won in

the 100m ldquoYoursquore only thefavourite if you go out andperform how people expectyou to and I was reallyfocused on putting together agood racerdquo said Asher-Smith

The once mighty UnitedStates who had been a non-factor in the womenrsquos sprintsin Doha also benefited fromthe scratches as BrittanyBrown grabbed the silver in2222 Switzerlandrsquos MujingaKambundji grabbed bronze

The fight for medals was

blown wide open when someof sprintingrsquos biggest nameswithdrew during the earlierrounds The race was missingthe reigning world andOlympics champions inDutchwoman Dafne Schip-pers and Jamaicarsquos ElaineThompson who withdrewdue to injuries ShaunaeMiller-Uibo of Bahamasowner of the fastest time thisseason elected to race the400m only due to schedulingissues

The world 100m championShelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce andbronze medallist Marie-JoseeTa Lou scratched because ofsoreness from earlier raceswhile Nigeriarsquos BlessingOkagbare who had run thethird fastest time this seasonwas disqualified in her heat

None of that mattered toAsher-Smith blasted out ofthe blocks and was in com-mand coming off the bendbefore cruising to victory

ldquoI made sure that Iremained focusrdquo said Asher-Smith

Shot putter Toor fails toqualify for final round Asian champion TejinderPal Singh Toor failed toqualify for the final roundof the shot put eventdespite producing his sea-sons best effort The 24-year-old Toor finishedeighth in the qualificationround and 18th overall outof the 34 competitors with abest throw of 2043m fromhis three attempts Thosewho touched 2090m or atleast 12 best performerswere to make it to the final

Toor opened with a 2043mthrow bettering his earlierseasons best of 2036m butfouled in his next attemptIn the third attempt Toorcould only come up with a1955m effort to crash out ofthe championship TomasWalsh of New Zealand ledthe finalists with a throw of2192 m mdash Agencies

Great Grant HeistHolloway gets 100m hurdles gold as McLeod falls

THE TRIBUNEJALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 15SPORT

A lone spectator in a stand at the China Open on Thursday AFP

ANNEXURE-A

PRESS NOPRESS NOTICETICEThe Executive Engineer IPH Division Thunag invites tender on behalf ofGovernor of Himachal Pradesh from approved eligible contractor for thefollowing work(s) through e-tendering process-

Name of Work Augmentation of various water supply scheme of GPTandi Saroa Tharjoon Mushrani Bassi Devdhar Kharsi and KotlaKhanula in Gohar Block Tehsil Chachyot District Mandi (HP) (SH-Construction of Jack well type river intake 240 MLD Water TreatmentPlants (16 hours capacity) Providing Laying Jointing and Testing ofGravity Mains Rising mains and distribution system Pump houses StageI II amp III at various locations SE of pumping machinery MBRs and SRsat various locations including trail run period for three months (90 days)on full designed discharge and defect liability period for six months)

Estimated Cost - Rs 222662321-Earnest Money - Rs 2227000-Cost of Tender document - Rs 2500-Time Limit - 24 Months

Schedule of tendering-

The tender document can be downloaded from departmental websiteie wwwhpiphorg wef 4-10-2019 at 1000 AM upto 24-10-2019at 500 PM

Executive EngineerIampPH Division ThunagDistt Mandi

HIM SUCHANA AVAM JAN SAMPARK

1 Site Visit From 7-10-2019 to 15-10-2019 between10 AM to 5 PM except on holidays

2 Pre Bid Meeting date 16-10-2019 at 300 PM in the office ofEngineer-in-Chief IampPH Department JalShakti Bhawan Tutti Kandi Shimla (HP)

3 Bid Submission start date 4-10-2019 at 1000 AM

4 Bid Submission end date 24-10-2019 at 500 PM

5 Earnest Money DepositCost of Tender form if notsubmitted online

25-10-2019 upto 1100 AM

6 Opening of Eligibilitycriteria (Cover-I)

25-10-2019 at 1230 PM

7 Opening of Technical Bid(Cover-II)

Date and place to be notifiedseparately

8 Opening of Financial bid(Cover-III)

Date and place to be notifiedseparately

DPRHP2327

OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL

ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE GOVT INSTITUTE OFENGINEERING amp TECHNOLOGY

PRAGATI NAGAR DISTT SHIMLA (HP) ndash 171202NOTICE INVITING TENDER

(Tender No ABVGIETSTRTender2019-20- 01)Sealed tenders are invited from the eligible manufacturers

Firmsauthorized dealers for the procurement of Machinery ampequipmentsTools etc for the polytechnic labs such as ECElabs CSE labs Mechanical Labs etc as per specifications andterms amp conditions given in the tender document The tenderform can be downloaded from our websitehttpwwwabvgietorg or can be collected from this instituteon any working day from 1000 AM to 0500 PM at a cost ofRs 500- at the counter and Rs 600- if desired by Regd Postper set and Vendor using downloaded Tender Documents shallrequire to submit DD for Rs 500- which is non-refundable infavour of the Principal ABVGIET Pragatinagar Distt Shimla(HP) which shall be submitted alongwith the tender Completetender document along with earnest money and tender cost (asshown in the document) will be received up to 200 PM on30102019 and tender will be opened same day at 0300 PMin the presence of biddersrepresentative who wish to bepresent The tender submitted after the date amp time mentionedabove will not be considered

The Principal reserves the right to cancel the tender withoutassigning any reason thereof

Sd- PrincipalAtal Bihari Vajpayee

Govt Institute of Engg amp TechnologyPragatinagar Distt Shimla (HP)-171202

DPRHP2332

NOTICE INVITING TENDERS

Bid Ref No TBS(DMP)ESSTTIRL2019 (etenders)

TB Sanatorium Dharampur Distt Solan (HP) hereby invites bidsfrom eligible and qualified bidders for

Construction Testing Commissioning and Validation ofTB Containment Laboratory and Associated Works onlsquoTurnkey Basisrsquo under RNTCP with Supply and Installationof Two Class-II A2 BSC with Thimble Canopy and with TwoOnline UPS

Bidders can download the bid documents with all details fromthe website httpwwwhptendersgovin

For any queries bidders may contact the office of the Senior MedicalSuperintendent TB Sanatorium Dharampur Distt Solan HimachalPradesh from 1100 am to 0400 pm on all working days

Senior Medical SuperintendentHP Govt TB Sanatorium DharampurEmail stdchprntcporgPhone No 01792-264022DPRHP400

Beijing Andy Murrayexpressed disappointmentabout crowds at the ChinaOpen tennis where some ofthe best players in the worldhave competed in front ofswathes of empty seats

ldquoI think as the tournamentgoes on you tend to get bet-ter crowds towards the endof the weekrdquo said MurrayldquoLast couple of days in

terms of atmosphere itrsquosbeen not as good as youwould likerdquo

The three-time GrandSlam champion praised thetournament as a whole butsaid ldquoI donrsquot know if Irsquomcomplaining about it but Irsquodlike it to be bigger crowdsand nicer atmospheres Thatnormally comes as the weekgoes onrdquo mdash AFP

Murray disappointed by lack of China fans

Osaka October 3Fiji finally found their feet atthe Rugby World Cup with adominant 45-10 victory overGeorgia on Thursday as theirjet-heeled backs tore theirPool D rivals apart in a seven-try rout at a rain-drenchedHanazono Rugby Stadium

Winger Semi Radradrascored twice and made threeothers as the Pacific islandersrebounded from defeats toAustralia and Uruguay to gettheir first win in Japan

While their upset loss toUruguay has all but put paidto their hopes of reaching thequarter-finals Fiji are now inpole position to finish thirdand qualify for the 2023 WorldCup

Ireland edge RussiaKobe Ireland began to puttheir World Cup back on trackafter the shock loss to Japanbut it took them over an hourto secure a bonus point andstrengthen their quarterfinalchances in an unconvincing35-0 win over a stubborn Rus-sia Ireland just need to beatSamoa to reach the last-eightbut the fact Joe Schmidtrsquosside struggled to put awaysuch a limited team will do lit-tle for fansrsquo waning hopes ofreaching a first semifinal

Only a commanding win

would have sufficed with theshock in Shizuoka still rever-berating around the tourna-ment and it looked on thecards when Rob Kearneywho scored in the 62-12thrashing of Russia in the2011 World Cup toucheddown after 90 seconds

Sexton who was not riskedagainst Japan due to a thighinjury appeared to have Ire-land rushing towards thebonus point when his text-book 13th-minute dinkthrough was carried over byflanker Peter OrsquoMahony forjust his second try in 62 tests

Yet Russia who belied theirlowly standing by givingJapan a fright remained com-petitive with Ramil Gaisinrsquossmart kicking helping to keepIreland at bay for another 20minutes mdash Agencies

Fiji crush GeorgiaRussia fight Ireland

Los Angeles October 3Alberto Salazar pushed him-self to the brink and beyondas an athlete and preachedthe same philosophy as acoach to distance runningstars But the 61-year-oldCuban-born Americanrsquos willto win finally went too faraccording to the US Anti-Dop-ing Agency (USADA) whichhas banned him for four yearsfor multiple doping viola-tions Salazar has been amajor figure in American ath-letics for four decades Hewon the 1980 1981 and 1982New York Marathons and the1982 Boston Marathon andlater coached such stars asBritainrsquos Mo Farah the 2012and 2016 Olympics championat 5000 and 10000 metres

Salazar arrived in the Unit-ed States as a toddler Hisfather was a friend of FidelCastro who fought alongside

him in the revolution but lat-er opposed the Communistgovernment The familymoved to suburban Bostonwhere Salazar won a statecross country crown in 1975He helped the University ofOregon capture the US colle-giate cross country title in1977 taking national collegeindividual honours the fol-lowing year

Olympics dreamsIn 1980 Salazar qualified forthe US Olympics team at10000m but the Americansboycotted the Moscow Gamesand Salazar tackled a newchallenge the marathon Hequickly conquered the 262-mile (42195km) event At 22Salazar won his marathondebut in New York then set acareer-best of 2hrs 8mins13secs to defend his title

In 1982 he took New York

and claimed his only BostonMarathon title in what wasdubbed the ldquoDuel in the Sunrdquowith Dick Beardsley Afterbesting Beardsley in a sprintfinish a dehydrated Salazarcollapsed Salazar finished15th in the marathon at the1984 Los Angeles Olympicsthen trained and competeduntil retiring in the mid-1990s when he began mov-ing into coaching joiningwith Nike to form the Oregon

Project in 2001 to train dis-tance runners

Big namesThe program includes Dono-van Brazier mdash who won the800m world title Monday asnews of Salazarrsquos ban explod-ed into the athletics scene mdashand Sifan Hassan who wonthe womenrsquos 10000m worldcrown two days earlier

Stripped of his credentialsat the World Championships

in Doha Salazar has vowed tofight the ban which washanded down for violationsincluding trafficking testos-terone tampering with theathlete doping controlprocess and using bannedinfusion techniques

A four-year ban was alsoissued to Dr Jeffrey Brownwho was a physician fornumerous Nike Oregon ath-letes and a paid consultanton performance enhance-

ment for the Project part ofa scheme to manipulatetestosterone levels withouttesting positive

ldquoWhile acting in connec-tion with the Nike OregonProject Mr Salazar and DrBrown demonstrated thatwinning was more importantthan the health and wellbe-ing of the athletes they weresworn to protectrdquo USADAchief executive Travis TTygart said mdash Agencies

Morsquos super-coach Salazarrsquos road to disgrace

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Grant Holloway of the US wins the 100m hurldles gold even as defending champion OmarMcleod of Jamaica falls APPTI

Alberto Salazar hugs Galen Rupp of USA and Mo Farah after the5000m final at the 2011 World Championships FILEAFP

Two of his trainees won goldmedals at Doha World Crsquoships Steve Magness who spent 18 months as Salazarrsquos assis-

tant coach in the project before leaving shortly before theLondon Olympics spoke out as a whistleblower whenBBCrsquos Panorama and ProPublica investigated doping alle-gations around Salazar in 2015 Testimonies from variousfigures alleged micro-dosing of testosterone among othersuspicious actions Salazar denied wrongdoing Mo Farahstuck with him and won another golden double at the Riode Janeiro Olympics in 2016 But doping allegationsnagged Farah left Salazar in October 2017 The USADAcase against Salazar and Brown went to the American Arbi-tration Association with hearings conducted in May andJune 2018 setting the stage for the arbitration rulingshanded down Monday

How the star coach was caught in the net

Beijing October 3Fourth seed Naomi Osaka beatAmerican Alison Riske 6-4 6-0in the China Open here todayto set up a quarterfinal clashwith US Open champion Bian-ca Andreescu (in picture)

Osaka who won the PanPacific Open in Japan lastmonth converted five of eightbreak points and won the final10 games in a row to wrap upthe contest in 73 minutes mdash herseventh consecutive win in the

Asian swingCanadarsquos fifth-seeded

Andreescu cruisedpast American

qualifierJennifer

Brady with a 6-1 6-3 win Bradyfaced 11 break points of whichfour were converted by theCanadian who advanced in 67minutes Defending championCaroline Wozniacki also wentthrough to the quarter-finals instraight sets with a 7-5 6-4 winover Czech Republicrsquos Kateri-na Siniakova

Goffin in Japan quarterfinalsTokyo David Goffin of Bel-gium advanced to the JapanOpen quarterfinals aftersqueezing by Canadarsquos DenisShapovalov 7-6(75) 7-6(72)today Goffin will now faceChung Hyeon of South Koreawho pulled an upset victoryagainst sixth-seed Marin Cilic6-4 3-6 6-1

World No 1 Novak Djokovicreturning from a shoulderinjury is scheduled to playFrench fifth-seed Lucas Pouilleon Friday mdash Agencies

Osaka vs BiancaOsaka vs Bianca

Russiarsquos Viktor Gresev IrelandrsquosDave Kilcoyne fight it out AFP

RUGBY WORLD CUP

LONDONEngland call Abraham andTomori drop Alli and LingardEngland dropped Dele Alli andJesse Lingard but called upChelsea youngsters TammyAbraham and Fikayo Tomori in a25-man squad on Thursday foraway Euro 2020 qualifiersagainst the Czech Republic andBulgaria Striker Abrahamturned 22 on Wednesday cele-brating in style with the openerin his clubrsquos 2-1 ChampionsLeague victory at Lille and isthe leading English goalscorerin the Premier League

MADRIDReal host Granada inunlikely top of table clashReal Madrid host Granada in anunlikely first versus secondclash in La Liga on Saturday asthey look to ease the pressureon coach Zinedine Zidane In atopsy-turvy start to the seasonReal who sit one point ahead ofthe Andalusians at the top of LaLiga on 15 points tried thepatience of the demandingBernabeu crowd in midweekneeding two second half goalsto secure a Champions Leaguedraw against Club Brugges Theresult leaves the 13-times Euro-pean champions bottom of theirgroup after two games Thedraw came on the back of lastSaturdayrsquos drab stalemate withneighbours Atletico and coachZidane says his side need to bemore focused on the task athand mdash AGENCIES

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THE TRIBUNE16 GURUGRAM | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019BACK PAGE

Printed and published by Rajesh Ramachandran for The Tribune Trust Printed at The Tribune Press Plot No 123 Sector 37 Pace City-1 GurugramPublished at The Tribune Sector 29-C ChandigarhRNI No CHAENG201772605 Copyright copy The Tribune Trust All rights reservedTelephones 0124-22100332210044Circulation 0172-2670419 Advertisement 0172-2670256 257Editor Rajesh RamachandranEditor for purpose of PRB Act 1867

SanjayKhuranaTribune News Service

Katra October 3Union Home Minister AmitShah today flagged off theDelhi-Katra Vande BharatExpress from the New Delhirailway station calling it a ldquobiggiftrdquo for Jammu and Kash-mirrsquos development He saidwith Article 370 the ldquobiggestroadblockrdquo in growth gonethe state would be one of themost developed regions of thecountry within a decade

ldquoDelhi-Katra Vande BharatExpress is a gift for Jammuand Kashmirrsquos developmentand for promoting religioustourismrdquo the Union HomeMinister who was accompa-nied by Union Railway Minis-ter Piyush Goyal and UnionMinisters Jitendra Singh andDr Harsh Vardhan said

The Railways has alreadyopened bookings for the trainthat will start commercialoperations from October 5The minimum fare for NewDelhi to Katra travel in chaircar is Rs 1630 while itrsquos Rs3015 for executive chair car

The train will run on allweek days except Tuesdayand will cut the travel timebetween Delhi and Katra to

eight hours from 12-14 hoursearlier to traverse a distanceof 655 km It will depart fromthe New Delhi at 6 am andreach Katra at 2 pm It willreturn the same day fromKatra at 3 pm and reach NewDelhi at 11 pm

Railway officials said the

train would run at a maxi-mum speed of 130 kmph withthree stops at Ambala CanttLudhiana and Jammu Tawi

The decision to run thetrain was taken following thesuccess of the Vande BharatExpress plying between NewDelhi and Varanasi which

was flagged by Prime Minis-ter Narendra Modi on Febru-ary 15 this year

The Integral Coach Factory(ICF) has made changes tothe existing design of thetrain ldquoTo avoid damage dueto stray cattle the train hasbeen equipped with a sturdy

aluminium nose cover Andto guard the window shieldsagainst stone-pelting a spe-cial film has been providedrdquoa Railway official said

More space has been pro-vided to store meals for pas-sengers Besides changes inthe exterior and interior the

ICF has added a slew of mod-ern features like adjustableseats improved wash basinsautomatic doors wi-fi andinfotainment system

ldquoThe Railways will connectthe country from Kashmir toKanyakumari before August15 2022rdquo said Goyal

Shah flags off Delhi-Katra train calls it gift to JampK

The Vande Bharat Express train at New Delhi station prior to its flag-off ceremony on Thursday TRIBUNE PHOTO

CHAIR CAR

~1630 6 times a week 4 hrs travel time cut 6 am departure time from Delhi 2 pm arrival time at Katra 3 pm departure from Katra 11 pm arrival at New Delhi 130 kmph speed halts at Ambala

Cantt Ludhiana amp Jammu Tawi Will run on all weekdays

except Tuesday

Manufactured in a record time of15 years at a cost of

~97 CROREPlastic bottle crushers | Huge pantry |Revolving seats | Automatic doors |

WiFi | Sliding foot-steps

EXECUTIVECHAIR CAR

~3015

TICKET FARE

RECORD TIME

MODERN FEATURES

Jammu jail to have inmate calling system Jammu Kerala native Jatan lodged in a jail in Jammuheard the voice of his wife and minor daughter for thefirst time in nearly four years - thanks to the authoritiesintroducing a first-of-its-kind prison inmate callingsystem which allows prisoners to make long-distancecalls He is facing charges under the NDPS Act Theprison got the facility along with modern interview roomson Bapus 150th birth anniversary PTI

Domestic help held for theft at ministerrsquos houseMumbai A 25-year-old domestic servant has beenarrested for allegedly committing theft at Union RailwayMinister Piyush Goyals house here the police saidAccused Vishnu Kumar who hails from Delhi was alsobooked under the IT Act for allegedly sharing info from acomputer in the house with unidentified persons He wasarrested from the national capital and brought here onWednesday a police official said PTI

By the way

New Delhi October 3Fake news is more dangerousthan paid news and there is aneed for the government andthe media to combat it jointlyInformation and Broadcast-ing Minister PrakashJavadekar said today

The government would how-ever not take any step curbingthe media freedom he said

But there should be somekind of regulation on over-the-top (OTT) platforms as was thecase for films print and elec-tronic media he said

OTT platforms include newsportals and ldquostreamersrdquo suchas Hotstar Netflix and Ama-zon Prime Video which areaccessible over the Internet

He said several mainstreammedia outlets had conveyed tothe government that there wasno level-playing field with OTTplatforms being unregulated

The Press Council of Indiatakes care of the printmedia the News Broadcast-

ers Association (NBA) mon-itors news channels theAdvertising StandardsCouncil of India is for adver-tising while the CentralBoard of Film Certification(CBFC) takes care of filmshe said ldquoHowever there isnothing to regulate OTTplatformsrdquo he said mdash PTI

Need to regulate contenton Net platforms Minister

Tribune News Service

New Delhi October 3The Trump-Modi bonhomieat Houston and New Yorkcould not translate into a tradeagreement during US Com-merce Secretary Wilbur Rossrsquoongoing visit to India

Ross also gave the impres-sion that US President DonaldTrumprsquos presence at ldquoHowdyModirdquo event was a favour to theNew Delhi administration andmade it clear this physical prox-imity between the two leadersdid not dispel the WhiteHousersquos impression that Indianeeded to dismantle barriersthat made its tariff among thehighest in the world

Ross also made it clear thatdespite its reservations aboutthe security aspect the US

was not trying to force India towalk away from 5G technolo-gy by Chinese companies

Speaking on the sidelines ofan international meet that wasalso attended by Ross Com-merce Minister Piyush Goyalruled out any change in Indiarsquos

stand on e-commerce in order toprotect livelihood of 12-13 croreIndians dependent on retail

The new rules bar foreign e-commerce companies fromselling products via firms inwhich they have an equityinterest and also from makingdeals with sellers to sell exclu-sively on their platforms

India and the US have beenindulging in a low-intensitytrade warfare The US hasremoved India from availing ofduty-free exports worth $56 bil-lion under the generalised sys-tem of preferences (GSP)scheme and both have imposedhigher tariffs on 28 of theirproducts In an interview Rossreportedly indicated the UScould look at partial restorationof the GSP withdrawal in agrand bargain for a trade deal

No trade deal despiteTrump-PM bonhomie Luxembourg October 3

Facebook on Wednesdaywas dealt a major blow inthe EUrsquos top court whichruled that national courts inEurope can order onlineplatforms to remove defam-atory content worldwide

The decision will be seenas a victory for EuropeanUnion regulators who wantUS tech giants to meettightened European stan-dards over hate speech andoffensive content

Last week the same courtdecided that Google was notlegally compelled to applythe EUrsquos strict ldquoright to beforgottenrdquo rules globally in avictory for the search giant

In a closely watched judg-ment the European Courtof Justice said EU law ldquodoesnot precluderdquo courts fromordering ldquothe removal ofinformation or to blockaccess worldwiderdquo a state-ment said mdash AFP

Legal blow toFacebook overhate speech

DIGITAL SPIN Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad unveilsa lsquodigital charkharsquo to mark the 150th birth anniversary ofMahatma Gandhi in New Delhi on Thursday PTI

US Commerce Secy says India must dismantle barriers

Washington October 3 A nuclear war between Indiaand Pakistan could in lessthan a week kill 50-125 millionpeople more than the deathtoll during all six years ofWorld War II and lead to glob-al climate catastrophe accord-ing to researchers in the US

A study by researchersfrom the University of Col-orado Boulder and RutgersUniversity examined howsuch a hypothetical futureconflict would have conse-quences that could rippleacross the globe

Today India and Pakistan

each have about 150 nuclearwarheads at their disposaland that number is expectedto climb to more than 200 by2025 the researchers saidamid recent tensions betweenthe nuclear-armed neighboursover Kashmir after Indiarevoked JampKrsquos special status

ldquoAn India-Pakistan warcould double the normaldeath rate in the worldrdquosaid Brian Toon a professorat the University of Col-orado Boulder ldquoThis is awar that would have noprecedent in human experi-encerdquo Toon said mdash PTI

There are regularfeature films coming onOTT mdash good bad andugly There is nocertification body for OTTplatforms and likewisenews portals also Prakash Javadekar UNION MINISTER

lsquoNO CERTIFICATION BODYrsquo

This is a sensitive

subject and we will continueto protect them E-commerce is a platform totrade on not forpredatorypricing andmuscle power Piyush Goyal COMMERCE MINISTER

E-COMMERCE POLICYUNCHANGED INDIA

Indo-Pak nuke war mayleave 125 m dead Study

THE TRIBUNE02 JALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019PUNJAB

Aman SoodTribune News Service

Patiala October 3Punjab farmers continue toburn paddy residue despitedirections to the contrary Thedata of the last few daysshows a sixfold increase in thenumber of stubble-burningcases as compared to the cor-responding period last year

As compared to 25 farmfire cases recorded by thePunjab Pollution ControlBoard (PPCB) between Sep-tember 23 and October 1 in2018 nearly 159 incidentswere registered this year

Farmers in the state usual-ly burn the residue after har-vesting paddy in the autumnseason to clear their fields forsowing wheat Smoke fromPunjab travels up to Delhievery year leading to a spikein the pollution levels in theNCR region

With paddy procurementstarting from October 1 theair quality in Punjab is sureto take a hit It has alreadystarted deteriorating fromldquogoodrdquo to ldquosatisfactoryrdquo lev-el due to farm fires

The air quality index of thelast nine days shows that thepollution levels have gone upwith Amritsar registering 71RSPM (respirable suspend-ed particulate matter) Lud-hiana 72 Mandi Gobindgarh46 Patiala 45 Jalandhar 61

and Khanna 54While 0-50 microgram per

cubicmetre (microgmsup3) RSPM(respirable suspended par-ticulate matter) is consid-ered good 51-100 satisfacto-ry 101-200 moderate201-300 poor 301-400 verypoor and 401-500 severe

Kahan Singh Pannu Direc-tor Mission Tandarust saidthey had given 28000machines on subsidy last yearand released Rs 260 croreworth of subsidy for 26000new machines this yearldquoFarm fires have started early

since the crop was sown inadvance this yearrdquo he stated

Sources said the real prob-lem would arise after a fort-night when regular variety ofpaddy would be harvestedldquoThe current stubble-burn-ing incidents will not havemuch effect on Punjab orDelhirsquos air due to climateconditions but the situation

will change in the secondhalf of Octoberrdquo say experts

ldquoDue to heavy easterlywinds moving towards Pun-jab and Haryana all pollu-tants from fields will getpushed into Pakistan for thenext 10-15 days But towardsthe end of October wind pat-tern changes into north-westerly and air will flow

towards Delhirdquo they sayAir quality plummets

every year at the onset ofthe winter in NorthernIndia and stubble burningin the farm states of PunjabHaryana and western UttarPradesh is estimated toaccount for 20-30 per cent ofDelhirsquos fine particulate pol-lution or PM 25

Due to the short windowbetween the harvesting ofpaddy and the sowing ofwheat farmers clear theirfields by setting the leftoverpaddy straw afire

Farm fires up sixfold in nine days With paddy harvest picking up situation may get worse | 159 cases reported in a week

Aman SoodTribune News Service

Patiala October 3Opposing the governmentorders to impound combineharvester machines operat-ing without the super strawmanagement system(SMS) farmers today saidthe move would put anadditional burden on them

Farmer outfits say the deci-sion would add to their costof operation resulting inmore financial distress Theywarn of an agitation if farm-ers are not compensated

The Agriculture Depart-ment has ordered impound-ing of combines which arefound to be functioningwithout the super SMS Theuse of super SMS with com-bine harvester helps man-age crop residue The superSMS attached to the rear ofa combine chops and uni-formly spreads loose strawon the field With thismethod the farmers are notrequired to burn the straw

Kahan Singh PannuDirector Agriculture saysthey are taking steps toensure that such combinesare confiscated but farmersshould rather cooperateldquoThis year we have given asubsidy of over Rs 260 croreagainst 26000 applications

Those who applied for SMSare given 50 per cent sub-sidyrdquo he said adding thatstubble-burning is a dan-gerous trend and it is hightime that farm unions coop-erate with the governmentto curb the practice

Satnam S Behru chief ofConsortium of IndianFarmers Association saidldquoWe are not against ban onstubble-burning but thefarmers should be compen-sated at the rate of Rs 4000-5000 per acrerdquo

The state had placedorders for 14026

machines including hap-py seeders and super-straw management sys-tem last year ldquoThere isample machinery for farm-ers to desist from burningstubble The subsidy onthe machine is 50 per cent ifpurchased by an individualand 80 per cent if bought bycooperatives farmergroups and custom hiringcentresrdquo says Pannu

The Centre had in Marchlast year approved a budgetof Rs 695 crore to be spentin two financial years (2018-20) on straw management

Farmers fume at moveto impound combines

Ashok Kaura

Phagwara October 3In a setback to the BJPrsquos Phag-wara camp its three councillorsjoined the Congress here todayOm Parkash Bittu Vikki Soodand Tripta Sharma along withtheir supporters joined theCongress in presence of Pun-jab Cabinet Minister SunderSham Arora and former minis-ter Joginder Singh Maan

With this Congress candi-date Balwinder Singh Dhali-wal has got a shot in the arm

Of the BJP rebels TriptaSharma belongs to VijaySamplarsquos faction OmParkash Bittu wanted a BJPticket but he was miffedwhen the party announcedthe candidature of RajeshBagha Bittu has worked forUnion Minister Som Parkashas a personal assistant (PA)Later owing to some issueswith him Bittu had joinedthe camp of Vijay Sampla

At the event Congress lead-ers including block presidentSanjeev Bugga were alsopresent The Congress leadersclaimed that the majority ofthe Jain community led byMahinder Pal Jain was sup-

porting the partyIn another development

SAD leader Baljinder SinghThekedar who had filedpapers to contest electionsagainst BJP candidate RajeshBagha has finally withdrawnhis nomination SAD leadersincluding Jarnail Singh Wahid

(advocate) and Baldev SinghKhaira (MLA) succeeded inconvincing Thekedar Todaywas the last day to withdrawnominations A total of 16 can-didates including coveringmembers had filed nomina-tions and now only nine candi-dates are left in the fray

Three BJP councillorsjoin Cong in Phagwara

BAN GOES UP IN FLAMES A farmer burns paddy stubble at a village near Samana TRIBUNE PHOTO RAJESH SACHAR

Due to the short window between harvesting ofpaddy and sowing of wheat farmers clear their

fields by setting the leftover paddy straw afire

Say machines with straw management system too costly

ARHTIYASrsquo STRIKE FROM TOMORROWFatehgarh Sahib The district unit of Arhtiya AssociationPunjab on Thursday organised a dharna at grain marketSirhind to protest direct payment system to farmers RavinderSingh Cheema state president said the commission agentswould completely boycott the sale and purchase of every typeof produce Saturday onwards He said they would hold protestdharnas in all four Assembly constituencies where polling wasscheduled and submit memorandums to the authorities OC

Harshraj SinghTribune News Service

Ludhiana October 3Residents of Rampur villageunder Dakha constituencywhere the byelections are tobe held on October 21 aredependent on just oneldquosarkari nalkardquo (govern-ment handpump) both fordrinking and washing pur-poses This small village ispart of Kul Gehna villagepanchayat and located nearSutlej which is being pollut-ed by Buddha Nullah

As the upper groundwaterlevel was contaminated bythe highly polluted BuddhaNullah the government hadinstalled two handpumps atdifferent locations in the vil-lage 10 years ago One of the

lsquonalkarsquo hasnrsquot been in usefor five or six years as itswater is contaminated Thefunctional handpump whichlifts water from a depth of 250ft is in the village gurdwarawhere people can be seenstanding in queues to fetchwater every day Handpumpsin villagersrsquo houses are not inuse as these began spewingcontaminated water long ago

Already troubled by thedrug menace several vil-lages of Bet area (near Sutlej)in Dakha constituency havebeen facing a harrowing timedue to contamination

Villagers say several hepati-tis and cancer cases havebeen reported Governmenthandpumps have beeninstalled in nearby villagesincluding Talwandi NauAbad Kotli and Kul Gehna

Panchayat member SatpalSingh said ldquoNearly 250 vil-lagers of Rampur are depend-ent on only one handpump

Even the streets here havenrsquotbeen constructed There is nodrainage system The BuddhaNullah has polluted the

groundwater of many villagesrdquoJaspal Singh of Rampur vil-

lage said ldquoThe Sutlej bank isat a walking distance from our

village At a distance of nearly1 km from our village highlypolluted Buddha Nullahmeets and pollutes Sutlej Theblack-coloured water in theriver flows along Rampur vil-lage We want the governmentto ensure safe water supplyrdquo

ldquoThe situation is almost sim-ilar in Kotli where only onehandpump is available for 15-20 houses Sometimes thissarkari handpump also drawscontaminated water BothKotli and Rampur are parts ofthe Kul Gehna panchayatrdquosaid Tarsem Singh a pan-chayat member of Kul Gehna

Two government hand-pumps were installed in Tal-wandi Nau Abad of Bet areain Dakha constituencyreportedly seven years agoldquoLudhiana pollutes BuddhaNullah which further pol-

lutes the upper groundwaterin several villages We donrsquotuse private handpumps atour houses as these spewcontaminated water Thedirect water supply is avail-able in our village but thistoo is not satisfactory some-timesrdquo said Mahal Singh ofTalwandi Nau Abad

Residents of other villageswhere water is suppliedthrough pipes also complainedabout contaminated supplyBhupinderpal Singh Chawlasarpanch of Walipur Kalan vil-lage said ldquoThe water is sup-plied through pipes in our vil-lage but it is contaminatedrdquo

Residents say they expectthe future MLA to ensurepotable water supply inaffected villages and take upthe issue of polluted BuddhaNullah in the Assembly

Water unsafe Ludhiana village banks on sole handpump

Legal Correspondent

Ludhiana October 3Former state revenue min-ister Bikram SinghMajithia was cross-exam-ined partly by defencelawyers representing AAPleader Sanjay Singh (RajyaSabha MP) in connectionwith a defamation case

The cross-examinationprocess could not be com-pleted so it would continueon the next hearing

Judicial Magistrate EtuSodhi has adjourned thedefamation case till Octo-ber 22

Ex-Akali minister MaheshInder Singh Grewal wasalso present during thecourt proceedings He hasalready deposed againstSanjay Singh but he is yetto be cross-examined

In his complaint Majithiahad alleged that SanjaySingh made a false anddefamatory statementagainst him in a Moga rallyon September 9 2015 Hehad claimed that he wasunnecessarily being por-trayed as involved withdrug racketeers

Former ministerMajithia quizzed indefamation case

Saurabh MalikTribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3Just over a year after formerminister Tikshan Sood wassummoned by a Hoshiarpurcourt to face trial on a com-plaint alleging filing of a falseaffidavit under the provisionsof the Representation of Peo-ples Act and the Indian PenalCode the Punjab and HaryanaHigh Court today allowed hispetition for quashing theorders and the complaint

In his petition placedbefore Justice AnilKshetarpal of the HighCourt Sood through counselKS Dadwal had sought

quashing of complaint datedMarch 23 2018 under Sec-tions 171-G of the IPC deal-ing with a false statement inconnection with an electionand 125-A of the Representa-tion of Peoples Act on penal-ty for filing false affidavit

Directions were alsosought for quashing all sub-sequent proceedingsincluding summoning orderdated June 5 2018 passedby Hoshiarpur CJM andorder dated January 31whereby his revision peti-tion was dismissed

The criminal complaintwas filed by Satbir Singh onthe allegations that an affi-

davit dated January 15 2017was furnished by the peti-tioner at the time of filing hisnomination for election tothe Punjab Assembly

He mentioned that hisland at Patti village inHoshiarpur was worth Rs16 lakh but the same prop-erty was disclosed worth Rs60 lakh in an earlier affi-davit filed during the 2012Assembly elections

Dadwal contended therewas no intention to file a falseaffidavit It was only an inad-vertent typographical mis-take The land value was writ-ten as Rs 16 lakh instead ofRs 160 lakh

HC allows Tikshan Soodrsquosplea against summoning

Rajmeet Singh Tribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3Local Government MinisterBrahm Mohindra has writtena strongly-worded letter toChief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh against thelarge-scale transfers under-taken by top officials in thedepartment during his three-week absence from the officefor medical reasons

The issue of mass transfersin the department was high-lighted in these columns onThursday In the demi-officialletter the minister said the

transfers were not only illegalbut unethical and had evokedresentment among MLAs

The minister said thetransfer orders were issuedimmediately after his hospi-talisation on September 7This indicated a lack ofrespect for the norms of gov-ernance and violated thestanding orders he said

The ldquorules of businessrdquounder the standing ordersspecify that the powers vestwith the CM the minister in-charge and administrativesecretary regarding variousdecisions within the depart-ment including transfers

As per the prevailing stand-ing orders the minister cantransfer technocrats up to assis-

tant municipal engineers andothers having pay-scales of Aand B categories of civic bodiesand the administrative secre-tary can deal with establish-ment maters of official belowthe rank of SDOs having pay-scales of B category except thatof executive officers

Department officialshowever maintained that inmost of the cases additionalcharge had been given

Besides the Local Govern-ment Minister has sought areport on the issue from thePrincipal Secretary LocalGovernment by October 7

Mohindra writes to CM over transfers

The BJP councillors with Minister Sunder Sham Arora and Joginder SinghMaan after joining the Congress in Phagwara on Thursday TRIBUNE PHOTO

ASSEMBLYBYPOLL

CANDIDATES GET POLL SYMBOLSThe candidates of noted groups mdash Congress BJP BSP andAAP mdash have got their party symbols Charanjit Kumar of thePeoplersquos Party of Democrats has got fruit basket as pollsymbol The symbols of Paramjit (SAD-A) Sonu (Vishal Party ofIndia) Jarnail Nangal (Lok Insaaf Party) and Neetu(Independent) are truck stool letter box and bat respectively

BSP TO MEET ON CANDIDATE TOMORROW Jalandhar On the last day of withdrawal of papers neitherthe LIP candidate from Phagwara nor the BSPrsquosIndependently contesting worker from Dakha took back theirnomination This has resulted in a conflict between the twoalliance partners of the Punjab Democratic Alliance The BSPhas planned to hold a meeting in Ludhiana on October 5 tochalk out the next line of action in the current scenario TNS

IN BRIEF33 in fray for 4 segmentsChandigarh A total of 33 candi-dates remained in the fray for thefour Assembly constituencies vot-ing for which will be held on Octo-ber 21 On the last day of with-drawal of nomination papers onThursday three candidates with-drew their nominations Aspokesperson of the office ofChief Election Officer Punjab saidnine candidates were in the frayfor Phagwara six Mukerian 11Dakha and seven Jalalabad TNS

Cong state secy joins SADFatehgarh Sahib The Con-gressrsquos state secretary and chair-man of Rashtriya Valmiki SabhaKuldeep Sahota along with hissupporters joined the SAD hereon Thursday Welcoming Sahotainto the party fold SAD chiefSukhbir Singh Badal assuredhim that he would be accordedboth respect and responsibilityas per his political status in theparty He said the Congresswould become a desertedhouse very soon as all grass-roots level leaders were feelingsuffocated due to ldquoinsensitiverdquoattitude of its leadership OC

Seven left in fray in JalalabadFazilka Seven candidates wereleft in the fray after one nomineepulled out of the contest on thelast day of withdrawal ofnomination papers for theJalalabad bypoll on ThursdayAmong the candidates still in thefray was Congress rebel JagdeepGoldy Kamboj who did notwithdraw his nomination papersHowever his wife Sobia Kambojwho was his covering candidatewithdrew her papers OC

The transfers were not only illegal but unethicaland has evoked resentment among MLAs The orderswere issued on Sept 9 11 and 20 immediately after myhospitalisation on Sept 7 Brahm Mohindra LOCAL GOVERNMENT MINISTER

BIKRAM SINGH MAJITHIA

Villagers fill water from a handpump installed at the gurdwara in Rampur village PHOTO INDERJEET VERMA

POLL ISSUE

THE TRIBUNECHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 03PUNJAB

Tribune news Service

New Delhi October 3Chief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh today saidthe state government wasfully prepared to counter theresurgence of terror threatfrom Pakistan He said Pak-istan drone threat shouldnot be linked to the religiousoccasion of the 550th birthanniversary celebrations ofGuru Nanak Dev

The two could not be con-nected he told reporters herein response to questions dur-ing an informal chat Askedabout border tension in thelight of the recent recovery oftwo drones reportedly smug-gling arms from Pakistaninto Punjab the Chief Minis-ter said the issue had nothingto do with Kartarpur corridoropening to mark the 550thParkash Purb

Asked if the matter was dis-cussed with the Prime Minis-ter during a meeting todaythe CM said he met the PMonly to extend an invite for theGurpurb celebrations The

state government was dealingwith the matter and wasgeared to maintain law andorder in Punjab at any cost hesaid adding ldquoWe will notallow anyone to disturb thestatersquos peace and harmonyrdquo

Pakistan was trying to createdisharmony and disturbancein Punjab not just throughdrones but also through infil-tration and narco-terrorismCaptain Amarinder said ldquoWe

will not let that happen wehave no doubt that we are ful-ly equipped to deal withthemrdquo he added

In response to anotherquestion the CM said hehad asked the IAF and theBSF to heighten alert at theborder in view of the discov-ery of the drone infiltration

Meanwhile CaptAmarinder urged the Cen-tre to take up cannalisation

of the statersquos three easternrivers of the Indus WaterSystem as a national proj-ect In a proposal to the PMhe suggested constructionof high-speed economic cor-ridors on the 985-km-longriver embankments apartfrom river training worksflood protection measuresand lining of internal side-slopes of the Sutlej Raviand Beas

Drone threat mustnrsquot be linked with Gurpurb CMSays state fully prepared to counter any Pak bid to stoke terror

Tribune News Service

New Delhi October 3Chief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh on Thurs-day demanded moreresources for states to facili-tate their overall develop-ment He urged the Centreto resolve GST issues at theearliest to ensure that statesdid not suffer because ofdelayed release of payments

Pointing to numerousamendments introduced tothe GST Act the CM said itappeared that the Centrehad not thought throughthe new tax system beforeimplementing it

Punjab had been repeat-edly raising the issue ofdelayed GST payment withthe Centre but had gotnothing except deadlineshe added flaying the Cen-tre for holding up statesrsquoshare under GST

Addressing a session

ldquoUnion of Statesrdquo at India Eco-nomic Summit here and talk-ing informally to mediaper-sons later Capt Amarinderexpressed concern over thedwindling financial assistanceto states from the Centre

He observed that at onepoint the distribution offunds used to be in the ratioof 9010 which now hadgone down drastically Hecited the example of thepost-matric scholarship forSC students which Delhiwas earlier sponsoring butfrom which the Centre wasplanning to pull out The CMsaid he had taken up thisissue with the Centre

Flays Centre for holdingup statersquos GST payment

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh in New Delhi on Thursday PTI

Two members of the terror module being taken for a check-up atCivil Hospital in Amritsar on Thursday PHOTO VISHAL KUMAR

Tribune News Service

Amritsar October 3A local court today extend-ed the police remand of sev-en alleged members of ter-ror module of the KhalistanZindabad Force (KZF) bysix days

According to informationthe Stated Special OperationCell (SSOC) sought theextension of remand whilestating that certain membersof the terror module were yetto be arrested Sources in thecounter-intelligence wingsaid considering the pointraised by the police thecourt extended their policecustody till October 9

The SSOC reportedly toldthe court that they neededthe custody of KZF mem-bers to ascertain fundingroutes of the module besidesinvestigating their foreignlinks The sources said thepolice claimed it was tryingto locate more weaponswhich might have beensmuggled with the help ofdrones in the recent past

Earlier the terror modulemembers were brought tothe court amid heavy policesecurity cover Amongthose produced in the courtincluded Baba BalwantSingh Akashdeep Harbha-

jan Singh Balbir SinghMaan Singh Gurdev Singhand Shubhdeep Singh

Their eighth accompliceSajanpreet who was arrestedon Tuesday was sent to five-day custody on Wednesday

The sources said the policehad launched a manhunt forone of their accomplices whohad been evading arrest tillnow His name also figuredduring the interrogation ofShubhdeep Singh ldquoWe areclosing in on him and he isexpected to be arrested in aday or twordquo said a counter-intelligence official prefer-ring not to be named

On September 22 theSSOC claimed to have bust-ed a terror module andarrested Baba BalwantSingh Akashdeep SinghRandhawa HarbhajanSingh and Balbir Singh

7 KZF operativesin police custodytill October 9

Parvesh SharmaTribune News Service

Sangrur October 3Launched eight years agothe New Delhi-LudhianaShatabdi Express train willbecome history on Friday astoday the train made its lastjourney causing resentmentamong area residents whosaid the train was launchedto help unserved areas

Cabinet Minister VijayInder Singla who got thetrain started on November 42011 demanded that theCentral government shouldlaunch another train with-out withdrawing Shatabdi tocelebrate 550th ParkashPurb while Leader of Oppo-sition Harpal Singh Cheemasaid they had also written tothe Centre against with-drawal of Shatabdi

ldquoI have always travelled toDelhi on Shatabdi because

it was very comfortable andhad all required facilitiesLike me many othersavailed the services of thistrainrdquo said Babbu Ahuja alocal shopkeeper

Though the railwayauthorities say the Shatab-di has been withdrawn dueto low booking and anothersuperfast train will replaceit from Friday area resi-

dents demanded that theauthorities should haveextended the Shatabdi tillJalandhar and should havealso increased its stations

ldquoMainly it has been with-drawn due to low bookingsbecause it has few stationsto stop while new superexpress will have more sta-tions There will not be anyproblem as passengers will

get another train from Fri-dayrdquo said Jitendar KumarSangrur station master

Shatabdi used to depart fromNew Delhi at 7 am and reachLudhiana at noon and departedfrom Ludhiana at 440 pm andreached New Delhi at 10 pm

Initially it used to run ontwo days Later MP Singlatook the matter with thesenior railway authoritiesfollowing which it wasextended to all days on Sep-tember 8 2013

ldquoHad Union Minister Har-simrat Kaur Badal been seri-ous she would have gotlaunched another train underthe name of lsquoSarbat Da BhalaExpressrsquo (blessings for all)and not allowed the with-drawal of Shatabdi It showsSAD leaders only want to dopolitics and are non-seriousabout the development of thestaterdquo said Singla

Ludhiana Shatabdi makes last run

Tribune News Service

Moga October 3Deputy Mayor JarnailSingh allegedly injured ayouth by firing from his gunfollowing a dispute overconstruction of a passage toa local gurdwara at Dunekevillage on Thursday

The police have registered acase of an attempt to murderalong with other provisions ofthe IPC and the Arms Actagainst Jarnail Singh Pinder

Singh Jeeta Singh Ladduand Pammi at the Moga City-I police station

However no one has beenarrested so far The DeputyMayor is absconding afterthe incident

Jarnail Singh who waselected as an Independentcandidate in the last MC elec-tions is an Akali activistWith the support of Indepen-dents and some Akali coun-cilors Jarnail Singh waselected as Deputy Mayor

The injured youth hasbeen identified as 30-year-old Kulwant Singh aliasPappu son of MohinderSingh who is a member ofthe gurdwara managingcommittee

According to sources thegurdwara committee hadconstructed an 11-foot widestreet with interlockingtiles leading to the shrineBut Jarnail Singh wantedsome changes in the fixingof the interlocking tiles

Moga Dy Mayor among fourbooked for attempt to murder

ACCUSED REMANDED Mohali The Special CBI

Court on Thursdayremanded PalwinderSingh in 14-day judicialcustody in the murdercase of Chand Kaur wife offormer head of Namdharisect Satguru Jagjit Singh

Palwinder Singh who hasbeen in police custody sincearrest on September 26was produced in the court

Ravi DhaliwalTribune News Service

Dera Baba Nanak October 3A part of the $20 fee per pil-grim to be imposed by Pak-istan will be spent on provid-ing lunch to them duringtheir daylong stay at the Kar-tarpur shrine once the 46km-long corridor is opera-tionalised on November 9

Even as the two govern-ments are yet to sort out sever-al issues including allowing aprotocol officer to accompanythe devotees a consensus hasemerged on visiting hoursThe Pakistan Governmentsays the passage will beopened from lsquoNamaz-e-Fazrrsquo(sunrise) to Namaz-e Maghrib(sunset) The Indian authori-

ties have consented to it Pakistan will set up 76

immigration counters at theIntegrated Check Post ontheir side of the border Cab-inet Minister SS Randhawa

who is supervising corri-dorrsquos construction on behalfof the Punjab Governmentsaid the devotees and thoseaccompanying them will besegregated at a boom barrier

100 metres from the Inte-grated Check Post

ldquoDevotees who will notcross over will be allowed tomove to Darshan Sthalwhich is 600 metres away fora glimpse of the shrinethrough 10 long-range tele-scopes to be installed thererdquoRandhawa told The Tribune

The Land Ports Authorityof India will begin work oninstalling electrical and elec-tronic appliances and inter-nal landscaping on October15 ldquoThat done Customs andsecurity officials will beallowed to start workrdquo saidan officer

Jeetendra Singh vice-pres-ident Ceigall India Ltd thefirm constructing the pas-sage said the company hadalmost completed its workldquoWe have started the work toinstall signages laying offootpath tiles and medianplantationrdquo he said

Meanwhile a press confer-ence will be held by the Min-istry of Home Affairs at ZeroLine on October 5

Pilgrims will have to return by sunset

Work in progress at the corridor site at Dera Baba Nanak

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar October 3The Ministry of Railwayshas decided to rename theNew Delhi-Lohian Khas-New Delhi IntercityExpress as ldquoSarbat da Bha-la Expressrdquo The train hasbeen planned especiallyahead of the 550th ParkashPurb celebrations of GuruNanak Dev It will be arriv-ing at Sultanpur Lodhi forthe first time on Friday

Union Food ProcessingIndustries Minister Harsim-rat Kaur Badal todaythanked Union Minister Rail-way Minister Piyush Goyalfor the gesture The train willbe reportedly flagged off byHarsimrat Kaur from NewDelhi Railway Station on Fri-day at 630 am

The train would reach Sul-tanpur Lodhi at 238 pm thesame day where it would be

accorded a traditional wel-come Union Minister ofState for Railways Suresh CAngadi and Punjab minis-ters OP Soni and CharanjitChanni too would be pres-ent as the train starts backto Delhi in the evening

lsquoSarbat da BhalarsquoExpress from today

GURUrsquos550THBIRTH ANNIVERSARY

Capt Amarinderexpressed concernover the dwindling

financial assistance tostates from the Centre

PAK TO SET UP 76 IMMIGRATION COUNTERS The Pakistan Government says the passage will be openedfrom lsquoNamaz-e-Fazrrsquo (sunrise) to Namaz-e Maghrib (sunset)The Indian authorities have consented to it Pakistan will set up 76 immigration counters at the Inte-grated Check Post on their side of the border

All Sikhs rising abovethe party lines anddifferences be it religious orpolitical should share acommon stage to justify themessage of universalbrotherhood and humanityof the first Sikh Guru AkalTakht will intervene if theSGPC and govt fail toresolve thedifferencesGiani HarpreetSingh JATHEDARAKAL TAKHT

SINK DIFFERENCES TAKHT

The Shatabdi train was launched to help unserved areas in 2011

Chandigarh October 3The AAP has flayed the gov-ernment on the issue of drugssaying that it has failed to rootout the menace and has rathergiven a free hand to the drugmafia to call the shots In astatement Leader of Opposi-tion Harpal Singh Cheemaand core committee memberKuldip Singh Dhaliwal saidduring the past 15 days policeteams had been attacked bythe drug mafia in Majha Theysaid Captain AmarinderSingh had backtracked on thepromise of taming the drugmenace mdash TNS

AAP Drug mafiacalling the shots

THE TRIBUNE04 JALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019PUNJAB

Karam PrakashTribune News Service

Patiala October 3The Punjab Government hasadopted the updated ModelWelfare Scheme for regis-tered construction workers inthe state But ignoring theguidelines of the Union Min-istry of Labour and Employ-ment it has not shunned theexisting schemes therebydiluting the sole purpose ofthe said scheme

The new welfare schemereads ldquoAt the outset it ismade clear that the socialsecurity benefits of the Mod-el Welfare Scheme as men-tioned below will hold prece-dence over all the existingbenefits and that only aftermeeting these priorityexpenses any balance of thefund may be utilised for giv-ing additional benefits underSection 22(H) of the Actrdquo

The Supreme Court onMarch 19 2018 had saidldquoThe state governments andUTAs have framed haphaz-ardly a large number ofschemes allegedly for the

benefit of the constructionworkers The multiplicity ofschemes brings to mind theadage too many cooks spoilthe brothrdquo

Subsequently theSupreme Court had askedthe Union Labour Ministryfor a composite ModelScheme for constructionworkers Following theorders on October 30 2018the Central Governmentdirected all state govern-ments to strictly comply withthe Model Welfare Scheme

Under this scheme there

are supposed to be only sevenwelfare schemes for the bene-fit of the construction work-ers However the state willnow be implementing thescheme without shunning the10 existing ones thereby giv-ing more scope of corruption

The said model scheme wasexpected to curb the misuseand poor implementation oftoo many welfare schemes

It is pertinent to mentionthat fake registrations andvarious anomalies weredetected under the existingschemes in the first-ever

audit of the State LabourWelfare Board

Seemingly the new welfarescheme adopted by the stategovernment is old wine innew bottle say experts

The new Model WelfareScheme espoused by the Cen-tre was aimed at giving mini-mum basic social security ben-efits to maximum constructionworkers However the state bynot implementing the modelscheme in its letter and spirithas already diluted the pur-pose of the scheme

Meanwhile VK JanjuaPrincipal Secretary LabourDepartment said ldquoOnly aftergoing through the SupremeCourt orders and Centralministryrsquos guidelines wehave adopted the schemeThe decision to continue theexisting schemes was a col-lective one We have provi-sions to carry the existingschemes under the Actrdquo

Janjua claimed that stepswere being taken to curb themisuse of the schemes andgive benefits to actual con-struction workers

Govt adopts Central labourscheme old ones not scrappedIn 2018 SC ordered states to have 1 scheme for welfare of workers

The Model Welfare Scheme is aimed at giving minimum basicsocial security benefits to construction workers FILE PHOTO

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3The Punjab and HaryanaHigh Court today rejectedthe plea for protection topolluting brick-kiln ownerswho had failed transition oftheir functioning to the offi-cially mandated emissionstechnology

An official press releasesaid the Capt AmarinderSingh government hadissued orders directing thatall brick-kiln owners shouldconvert their polluting unitsto induced draft technologyby September 30 The gov-ernment had also issuedorders listing out penaltiesfor failure to shift to the newzig zag technology

Several brick-kiln ownershad approached the courtagainst the state govern-mentrsquos orders but a DivisionBench comprising ActingChief Justice Rajeev Sharmaand Justice HS Sidhu refusedto grant any relief to them

During October 1 hearingAdvocate General Atul Nandahad placed details of the gov-

ernmentrsquos orders arguingthat these were in compliancewith the guidelines of the Cen-tral Pollution Control Boardvarious circulars of the PunjabPollution Control Board aswell as orders passed by theNational Green Tribunal datedJanuary 22 2019

Additional Solicitor Gener-al Satya Pal Jain stated thatin view of the fact that morethan 30000 objections hadbeen received against thedraft notification dated Feb-ruary 25 one monthrsquos timeswould be required by theMinistry of EnvironmentForest and Climate Changefor which he requested timefrom the court Acceding tothe request the courtadjourned the matter toNovember 15

No court relief for polluting brick-kilns

VishavBhartiTribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3The State Commission forScheduled Castes has askedthe DGP to take actionagainst four senior officialswho allegedly denied justiceto a Dalit by November 14

The case pertains to Phag-wara where a Dalit VijayKumar blew the whistleagainst an illegal factory in2013 which had been report-edly polluting groundwater

This led to his implicationin two ldquofakerdquo cases by SPsHarkamaljit Singh Khakhand Manpreet Singh DhillonLater two more senior policeofficials including SP BalbirSingh Bhatti and AIGNaveen Saini also let downthe complainant

Commission memberGyan Chand Diwali saidthat it was clear case of aDalit youth being harassedfor fighting for a collectivecause of society

The case dates back to 2013when Vijay Kumar rangalarm bells that a factory mdashUpkar International mdash locat-ed near his house in Phag-wararsquos Basant Nagar had

been discharging effluent

into the groundwaterthrough a borewell Follow-ing this the Punjab Pollu-tion Control Board sealedthe factory

The complainant said facto-ry owner Puneet Miglani gota fake FIR lodged againsthim under Section 182 of theIPC for providing false infor-mation He said the then DSPHarkamaljit Singh connivedwith Miglani The FIR waslater quashed by the Punjaband Haryana High Court

Vijay Kumar had also givena separate complaint to theDIG Jalandhar Range onwhich an inquiry was con-ducted by DSP MukhwinderSingh who ldquorecommendedan FIR under the ScheduledCastes and Scheduled Tribes(Prevention of Atrocities)Actrdquo MeanwhileMukhwinder got transferred

but DSP Manpreet Singhwho replaced Mukhwindernot only closed the inquirybut also got a case lodgedagainst the complainant

Later the complainantapproached the CMrsquos officeas well as the National Com-mission for Scheduled Castesfollowing which the com-plaints were referred to SPBalbir Singh Bhatti who ldquosetaside the complaints and did-nrsquot call the victim even oncerdquo

As he again went to thecommission an inquiry wasconducted by AIG NaveenSaini who found the allega-tions valid but didnrsquot recom-mend action under theScheduled Castes and Sched-uled Tribes (Prevention ofAtrocities) Act He just rec-ommended action againstthe factory owner for provid-ing false information

Act against police officers forharassing Dalit SC panel

US exhibition to mark birthanniversary of Guru NanakChandigarh To mark the550th birth anniversary ofGuru Nanak the DelawarersquosSikh Awareness Coalition hasannounced to organise anexhibition on the first SikhGurursquos life on October 12Charanjeet Singh Minhas ofthe coalition said it would bethe first time that Delawarestate would see a public cele-bration an awareness and aneducational initiative aboutSikhs and Sikhism The eventis being hosted in the stategovernmentrsquos largest publiclibrary in Delaware TNS

Former mayor of Slough inBritain passes awayChandigarh Gurbachan SinghThind former Mayor of Sloughin the UK passed away onSeptember 24 He was 79Thind hailed from Rachhin vil-lage in Ludhiana Before mov-ing to the UK he served as aPA to the then Chief Minister ofPunjab Gurnam Singh in1960s Thindrsquos first politicalactivity in the UK was in late1960s when he was at theforefront of a campaign to con-vince the British Governmentto grant the right to Sikhs towear turbans on motorbikesLater in 1988 he became amember of the Labour Party inSlough where he became May-or in 199899 TNS

BRIEFLY

Deepkamal KaurTribune News Service

Jalandhar October 3The publicity hoardingsabout various schemes putup across the state recentlyby the government are flash-ing some astonishing figuresGoing by the figures 22crore of the statersquos nearly 3crore population has beencovered under the SehatBima Yojana which means73 per cent of the populationof Punjab is under its ambit

Another figure reads that137 crore beneficiaries arecovered under the Atta-Dalscheme which implies that asmany as 45 per cent Punjabishave annual family incomeless than Rs 60000 Officialssay their figures are very con-servative and well within theparameters defined by theCentral Government

Anindita Mitra DirectorPublic Relations and DirectorFood Supplies says ldquoTheCentre has frozen the limit ofnumber of beneficiaries ofthe scheme in Punjab to 141crore This is because thegovernment has fixed a limitof covering up to 54 per centrural population and upto 49per cent urban populationunder the scheme We canincorporate 4 lakh more ben-eficiaries under the schemerdquo

Officials said 36 lakh fami-lies of Punjab had been cov-ered under it ldquoWe have beencontinuously deleting unduebeneficiaries Our survey willend in Decemberrdquo Mitra said

Monty Sehgal a BJPleader asked ldquoThe figuresseem forged to appease themasses There cannot be somany families in Punjabwhich are thriving on lessthan Rs 5000 per month It

is a vote game Politiciansdo not realise that they aremaking the people depend-ent on them Votes neverget translated by freebiesMore importantly if it is aCentre-funded schemehow can the Punjab CMtake the entire creditrdquo

SAD MLA Pawan Tinuasked ldquoWhen our govern-ment left we had covered35 lakh families At that

time the Congress leaderswere saying that we haveexaggerated the figures andthe real beneficiariesshould be far less So theygot verification startedwhich is yet to be complet-ed Rather than doing anydeletion they added 1 lakhmore families So our standgets vindicatedrdquo

On figures related to SehatBima Yojana a public rela-

tions officer pointed outldquoWhen 36 lakh blue cardbeneficiaries have beenincluded 494 lakh J-formholding farmer families havebeen covered 28 lakh smallfarmers more than 238 lakhregistered constructionworkers 46000 small tradersand 4500 journalists havebeen covered it is obviouslylike getting almost the entirePunjab coveredrdquo

22 cr health insurance beneficiaries in state

If the figures mentioned on government billboards are to be believed almost the entire Punjab has been enrolled for the Sehat Bima Yojana TRIBUNE PHOTO SARABJIT SINGH

ATTA-DAL SCHEME The Centre has frozen

the number of Punjabbeneficiaries for Atta-Dalscheme to 141 crorecomprising 54 rural and49 urban population Wecan incorporate 4 lakhmore beneficiaries underthe schemeAnindita Mitra DIRECTOR FOOD SUPPLIES

lsquoFORGED FIGURESrsquoThe figures have been

forged to appease themasses There cannot beso many families earningless than ~5000 permonth If it is a Centre-funded scheme how canthe Punjab CM take thecreditrdquoMonty Sehgal BJPLEADER

Houston October 3 Thousands of people from allwalks of life turned out forthe day-long ceremonies hereon Wednesday to honourslain Indian-American policeofficer Sandeep Singh Dhali-wal who was shot dead onduty during a traffic stop

Dhaliwal 42 was the firstSikh sheriffrsquos deputy inHarris County with a popu-lation of over 10000 SikhsHe made national headlineswhen he was allowed togrow a beard and wear a tur-ban on the job

He was gunned down whileconducting a routine mid-daytraffic stop in northwest ofHouston on Friday

The fallen deputyrsquos funeralincluded processions a tradi-tional Sikh funeral and a lawenforcement funeral with a21-gun salute from fellow offi-cers and a helicopter flyover

As lsquoAmazing Gracersquo wasplayed on the bagpipesmembers of Harris CountySheriffrsquos Office (HCSO) fold-ed the American flag thatcovered his casket and Sher-iff Ed Gonzalez presented itto Dhaliwalrsquos widow whoclutched it to her heart

After final ceremonies from

the law enforcement memori-al service the Dhaliwal familyand members of HCSO head-ed to the Winford FuneralHome for a closed cremation

The procession route waslined with blue and whitesigns reading ldquoAlways in OurHeartsrdquo and ldquoIn LovingMemory of Deputy Dhaliwalrdquo

People had posted customyard signs billboards andflowers all along the route andin the neighbourhood

At the service SimratpalSingh a US Army Captainflanked by other members ofthe Sikh community in mili-tary service describedDhaliwal as ldquohumble fear-

less not dissuaded by nega-tivityrdquo ldquoOur lion may begone physically but his lega-cy of selfless service and ofbreaking down barriers willcontinue to liverdquo he said

Senator Ted Cruz R-Texasspeaking before thousandsduring the Sikh part of theceremony addressed Dhaliw-

alrsquos wife and three children insaying the community ldquosup-ports you and lifts you uprdquoldquoWe are grateful for yourfatherrsquos service and his sacri-fice and his legacyrdquo Cruz said

Dhaliwal the father ofthree joined the force 10years back and was thestatersquos first law enforcementofficer to receive permissionto wear a religious turban andbeard while on duty

Commissioner Adrian Gar-cia who hired Dhaliwal 10years ago said the stadiumfull of people and thedeputyrsquos celebration of lifewas ldquofit for a kingrdquo As headdressed Dhaliwalrsquos fatherhe said ldquoBaba you raised agood man You raised himwith a heart of gold It isunfair that a father shouldoutlive his sonrdquo Lt Gov DanPatrick said he doesnrsquot nor-mally speak at public funer-als but he was honoured to beinvited to speak at Dhaliw-alrsquos funeral

New Jersey Attorney Gen-eral Gurbir Grewal thenationrsquos first Sikh statersquosattorney general said Dhali-wal ldquoinspired an entire gener-ation of Sikhsrdquo to join publicservice mdash PTI

Thousands attend US Sikh police officerrsquos funeral

Tribune News Service

Amritsar October 3Sikh preachers and intellectu-als from various countriestoday approached Akal Takhtto submit a complaint againstRanjit Singh Dhadrianwalealleging that he used obnox-ious terminology in the contextof Guru Gobind Singh and MaiBhago in his discourses

On the friction between theSGPC and state governmentover joint celebrations ofupcoming 550th birthanniversary of Guru NanakDev Giani Harpreet Singhsaid Akal Takht could inter-vene if needed

Reacting over complaintagainst Dhadrianwale andother preachers the officiat-ing Jathedar assured the com-plainants that he would takeup the issue with five highpriests He said there weremany preachers like Dhadri-anwale who had allegedlybeen giving speeches beyondthe Gurbani which ended upcreating confusion among theSikh community

PreachersapproachTakht againstDhadrianwale

An honour guard escorts the casket of Harris County Sheriffrsquos Deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal for hisfuneral at Berry Center in Cypress Texas US on Wednesday APPTI

IMPLICATED FOR HIGHLIGHTING ANOMALY In 2013 the Punjab Pollution Control Board sealed a factory

after one Vijay Kumar accused it of discharging effluent intothe groundwater near his house in Phagwara

The factory owner filed an FIR against Vijay for providingwrong information which was investigated but a few seniorcops didnrsquot conduct an impartial proberdquo

Later the FIR was quashed by the High Court

Saurabh MalikTribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3When an ASI with the PunjabPolice went to stay with hiscousinrsquos son a medical stu-dent there was no way hecould have realised that itwas his last night He wasfound murdered next morn-ing More than seven yearsafter the incident the Punjaband Haryana High Court hasupheld the conviction andlife sentence awarded to themedical student

The case before the Benchof Acting Chief Justice RajivSharma and Justice HarinderSingh Sidhu has its genesisin a complaint by victim ASIBaldev Singhrsquos son Manjin-der Singh

A student of diploma incomputer at Guru NanakDev University at Amritsarhe deposed that his fatherrsquoscousin Manjit Kaur wasresiding in America Her sonJeewan Singh Sidhu wasMBBS student at AmritsarMedical College

He went to pick up hisfather on March 2 2012 fromAmritsar bus stand upon hisreturn from Chandigarh Hisfather told him that he had

received a call from hiscousin Manjit Kaur that herson Jeewan Singh was creat-ing problem

Jeewan Singh should beleft at Nawanshahr andBaldev Singh should coun-sel him by staying with himfor the night He brought hisfather Baldev Singh to thehouse in Ranjit Avenuewhere Jeewan Singhresided as a tenant

He went to his house Buthis father stayed with Jee-wan Singh The next day hereceived a telephonic callthat a taxi had come to thehouse He tried to contact hisfather on the phone but hisphone was not reachable Hewent to the house andnoticed blood in the room

He called a neighbour whoalong with another personcame on the spot They laterfound the body of his fatherlying in the bathroom

Speaking for the BenchActing Chief Justice Sharmaasserted the appellant hadtaken the plea of mental dis-order schizophrenia In suchcases the court was to seethe mental status of theaccused at the time of com-mission of the offence

He added that the plea ofinsanity was not available tothe appellant He knew whathe was doing From the cir-cumstances which precededattended and followed thecrime it could not be said thatthe appellant was sufferingfrom unsoundness of mind

HC upholds life term tomedico for coprsquos murder

NOT UPGRADED The state government hadasked brick-kiln owners toshift to new technology bySeptember 30 Penaltieswere ordered for failureagainst which tradersmoved HC but got no relief

COUNSELLING SESSION TURNED FATALASI Baldev Singhs cousin ManjitKaur who resides in America hadinformed the former in March 2012that her son Jeewan Singh Sidhu anMBBS student had been creatingtrouble In order to counsel JeewanBaldev decided to stay with him for anight but the accused murdered the latter Though the appel-lant claimed that he suffered from schizophrenia mental dis-order Acting Chief Justice Sharma asserted that in such cas-es the court is to see the mental status of the accused at thetime of commission of the offence

05HARYANA ELECTIONS2019THE TRIBUNE

GURUGRAM | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019

Court Notice

HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARHRA-CR-112-CII-2007 in FAO-913-2009

Date of hearing 29102019(A)

Ms BCC Rice Mills amp Ors

Appellants

Vs

Punjab State Warehousing Corporation and Ors

Respondents

Appeal Us 37 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996

Notice to

1 Ms BCC Rice Mills amp Exports Private Limited Village

Jogi Cheema Post Office Qadian District Gurdaspur

through its Director Parminder Singh Cheema son of

Harbhajan Singh resident of Jogi Cheema Post Office

Qadian Tehsil Batala District Gurdaspur

2 Gagandeep Singh Son of Surinder Singh resident of

House No 15703B-II Mohali District Ropar

3 Parminder Singh Cheema son of Harbhajan Singh

Residence of Village Jogi Cheema Post Office Qadian

Tehsil Batala District Gurdaspur

In the above titled appeal the respondent(s)

defendant(s) could not be served in ordinary process It is

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appear in person or through counsel on 29102019 at

1000 am

For details logon to wwwhighcourtgovinDPRPbC7337

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POLL BUZZ Day to go political bigwigsamong 475 file nominations Ministers Abhimanyu Ram Bilas Congrsquos Surjewala Bishnoi INLDrsquos Abhay submit papers

Yamunanagar BJP nationalspokesperson Syed Shah-nawaz Hussain on Thursdayclaimed that the Congresswould draw a blank in the elec-tions and would not be able toopen its account ldquoThe BJP willset a record It has set a goal of75 seats but it seems that theparty will win more seats Thegovernment has done tremen-dous developmentrdquo he said TNS

BJP will set a recordclaims Shahnawaz

Panipat Bharat SinghChhokkar state president ofthe Loktantra Suraksha Party(LSP) and candidate fromSamalkha has decided to notcontest the Assembly electionand has also decided to quitthe party Chhokkar said theBJP candidate was from his vil-lage Chulkana and the voteswould get divided thatrsquos whyhe decided to quit TNS

LSP state presidentresigns from party

Kaithal Due to a large crowdof supporters of Congressleader Randeep Singh Surje-wala who filed his nomina-tion papers on Thursday thetraffic near the Geeta Bhawanin the town remained disrupt-ed for hours Residents havedemanded that no politicalactivity should be allowed bythe administration in thevicinity of Geeta Bhawanwhich is located in the centreof the town OC

Residents faceinconvenience

Chandigarh State Con-gress chief Kumari Seljalaunched her social mediacampaign called ldquoHaryanaKi Baat Selja ke saathrdquouploading its first episodeon Thursday The campaignwill invite voter queriesaround a range of socialpolitical and governanceissues which Selja will per-sonally answer TNS

lsquoHaryana ki Baathelliprsquolaunched by Selja

Pradeep SharmaTribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3Political bigwigs a majorityof them from the ruling BJPfiled their nomination papersfor the October 21 HaryanaAssembly elections today asthe saffron party lined up itsbig guns as a show ofstrength on the penultimateday of filing nominations

Meanwhile Joint ChiefElectoral Officer Inder Jeetsaid on the fourth day of fil-ing nomination papers 475nomination papers were filedby the candidates across thestate October 4 is the last dayof filing nominations

Several state ministersincluding Ram Bilas Shar-ma Capt Abhimanyu OPDhankar Manish GroverKrishan Panwar KrishanKumar Bedi and BanwariLal besides state BJP chiefSubhash Barala andHaryana Assembly SpeakerKanwar Pal Gujjar wereprominent among thosewho filed their nomination

papers todayAmong the notable Con-

gress candidates AICC com-munication in charge Ran-deep Surjewala filednomination papers fromKaithal while former ministerBB Batra filed nominationsfrom Rohtak and ChiranjeevRao son of former ministerAjay Yadav filed papers from

Rewari Abhay Chautala ofthe INLD also filed nomina-tions from Ellenabad

In a morale booster for thecontesting candidates theBJP deputed over a dozenUnion ministers and seniorleaders including SmritiIrani Shahnawaz HussainHarshvardhan SanjeevBaliyan RK Singh Rao

Inderjit Singh Krishan PalGurjar and Rattan LalKataria to accompany themfor filing nomination papers

The Chief Minister criss-crossed the state accompany-ing two Cabinet colleaguesRam Bilas Sharma and CaptAbhimnayu who are seek-ing re-election from Mahen-dragarh and Narnaud

Congress leader Kuldeep Bishnoi files nomination from Adampur in Hisar Agriculture Minister Om Prakash Dhankar files papers in Jhajjar TRIBUNE PHOTOS

~10092 cr Total assets~521 croreMovable assets~4882 croreImmovable assets~473 lakh Cash in hand ~4030 croreUnsecured loans He owns Audi Q7 Audi A6

BMW Tata Safari and atractor His wife owns aMercedes and an Innova

His wife owns jewelleryworth ~169 crore

KULDEEP BISHNOI CONGRESS Adampur

WEALTH DECLARED

~6263 cr Total assets

~268 croreMovableassets~3573 croreImmovableassets

~865 lakh Cash in hand

ASSETS IN 2014 ELECTIONS

~1074 croreMovable assets

~30 crore Immovableassets

ABHAY CHAUTALAINLD Ellenabad

~835 cr Total assets The 71-year-old leader is alaw graduate from PunjabUniversity in 1989 52 lakh Movable assets This included ~3-lakh cashin hand bank deposits of~14 lakh and 20-gm goldworth ~80000 ~315crore Immovable assets This includes self-acquiredassets worth ~26 crore andinherited assets of ~55 lakh

RAM BILAS SHARMABJP Mahendragarh Rohtak Veteran Congress

leader Bhupinder SinghHooda who was slated tofile his nomination from theGarhi Sampla-Kiloi Assem-bly constituency in Rohtakdistrict on Thursday willnow file the papers on Fri-day Hooda also chairmanof the partyrsquos election man-agement committee had toattend a meeting in NewDelhi on Thursday TNS

HOODA DEFERSFILING PAPERS

Mahendragarh Chief Min-ister Manohar Lal Khattaron Thursday said more than20 strong contenders werevying for the BJP ticket inevery segment He said allcontenders could not getthe ticket yet they stood bythe party He was address-ing a gathering after Educa-tion Minister Ram BilasSharma filed his nominationfrom Mahendragarh TNS

HAD 20 CONTENDERSFOR EACH TICKET CM

Aditi TandonTribune News Service

NewDelhi October 3A day after openly revoltingagainst the party and protest-ing outside the residence ofCongress president SoniaGandhi former state chiefAshok Tanwar on Thursdayquit all election committeesand said he would work onlyas a primary member

Signalling a deepening fac-tional war Tanwar wrote ascathing letter to Sonia say-ing the Congress had beenreduced to the party of for-mer Chief Minister Bhupin-der Singh Hooda

ldquoUnfortunately it feels likethe Congress has beenhijacked by an individualand even senior leaders ofthe AICC are insensitivetowards state Congressbecoming Hooda CongressrdquoTanwar wrote to Sonia

Tanwar a former presidentof the Indian Youth Congressand NSUI jolted party pre-paredness in Haryana bycompletely distancing fromthe poll process Asked if hewould campaign for the partyhe said ldquoI will see who needsme how muchrdquo

In another marker that hissupporters could contest asIndependents the formerstate unit chief said ldquoIf some-one wants to contest as anIndependent what can I doIt is up to themrdquo

Tanwar remained defiantabout his public revolt out-side Soniarsquos residence onWednesday saying he hadbeen left with no optionldquoWhat other platform wasavailable for our workers toraise their voice I only artic-ulated their concerns That isnot indiscipline I did notassault anyonerdquo Tanwar said

He lamented the fact thatpeople who had ldquosabotagedrdquo

Congress interests in thestate ldquowere now calling theshotsrdquo ldquoThese people areselling ticketsrdquo he wrote inhis letter to Sonia

In a veiled attack on HoodaTanwar said though he wasaccused of not creating anorganisation the fact was thathe was never allowed to func-tion ldquoIt is a matter of studyfor all of you that despite theabsence of an organisationwe managed to raise the Con-gress vote share in Haryanaby 6 per cent over the last LokSabha poll and 85 per cent

over the last state poll We didthis in the face of a massivenon-cooperation movementagainst usrdquo he said

Tanwar also took swipes atpolitical families sayingldquoIn Haryana there arepolitical gharanas which donot want ordinary people torise in politicsrdquo

The former state chief seemedto leave his future options opensaying ldquoWhat I have told youtoday is the reality of todayThere are still 18 or 19 days leftfor elections Let us see whatturn time and politics takerdquo

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3 The Jannayak Janta Party(JJP) released its fourth fifthand sixth lists of 43 candi-dates today with DushyantChautala contesting fromUchana Kalan and his motherNaina from Badhra

Dushyant contested fromUchana Kalan in 2014 butlost to BJPrsquos Prem Lata wifeof former Union ministerBirender Singh by a marginof 7480 votes This time hewould face Prem Lata again

Naina Chautala who won in2014 from Dabwali which washer husband Ajay Chautalarsquosconstituency will be contest-ing this time from BadhraShe will face former CM Ban-si Lalrsquos son Ranbir Mahen-dra who is contesting on Con-gress ticket Sources in theJJP said that as the Indian

National Lok Dal (INLD) hadfielded Sita Ram from Dab-wali a two-time MLA from theseat she shifted to Badhra

Also among the nominees isdismissed BSF jawan TejBahadur Yadav who will con-test against CM Manohar LalKhattar from Karnal OP Sihaga long-time associate of AjayChautala will contest fromEllenabad against INLD secre-tary general Abhay Chautala

So far the JJP has releasedthe names of 85 candidatesThe party is yet to nominateDushyantrsquos brother Digvijay

JJP names 43 moreDushyant to againface MLA Prem Lata Naina to contest from Badhra

Dushyant Chautala

Tanwar quits all Cong poll panelsIn scathing letter to Sonia writes state unit is Hoodarsquos party

Ashok Tanwar in New Delhi on Thursday MANAS RANJAN BHUI

New Delhi October 3The Congress on Thursdaydeclared candidates for sixpending seats in HaryanaBhupinder Singh Hooda andstate unit chief Kumari Seljagot an equal share of nomina-tions for their loyalists

In Fatehabad the Congressfielded Hooda-preferredPrahlad Singh Gillankherawho had lost the last time Oth-er Hooda loyalists in the list areMewa Singh from Ladwa andBishan Lal Saini from Radaur

In Ambala CantonmentVenu Agarwal was fielded jet-tisoning proposal to field Nir-mal Singhrsquos daughter ChitraSarwara Selja was opposedto Chitrarsquos candidatureShamsher Virk will contestfrom Assandh and BhupenderGangua from Barwala mdash TNS

Cong declares6 more names

Usual process followed says Selja Dismissing Ashok Tanwarrsquos allegations of ticket sale bythe party and denial of nominations to genuine candi-dates Haryana Congress president Kumari Selja toldreporters on Thursday that the Congress had followedthe ticket distribution process and system as it alwaysdoes Reacting to Seljarsquos comments Tanwar said ldquoWhatsystem was followed What system is the state chieftalking of In fact the eligibility criteria we suggestedwas disregardedrdquo Tanwar said

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(Uo 5 Rule 20 CPC)In the Court of

Sh Lalit Kumar SinglaDistrict Judge (FC)

BarnalaKamaljeet Kaur

VersusManmohan Singh

CNR NoPBBR01-001498-2019Next Date 29102019

Publication issued toManmohan SinghFather Bhagwant Singh ro

Tapa Teh Tapa Distt Barnalanow ro Australia through itsPower of Attorney BhagwanSingh so Diwan Singh roNear Yash Hospital Tapa TehTapa Distt Barnala BarnalaPunjab

In above titled case thedefendant(s)respondent(s)could not be served It isordered that defendant(s)respondent(s) should appear inperson or through counsel on29102019 at 1000 am

For details logon tohttpshighcourtchdgovintrs=district_noticeampdistrict=

barnalaDated this day of 01012019

Sd-District Judge (FC)

CL19091165 Barnala

COURT NOTICE

I Ashok Kumar so Sh Harbans Lalro 15 St 5A Namdev RoadBathinda have changed my nameAshok Kumar Singla In future usethis name in my all documents(CL19091941)

I Amar Nath so Mangu Ram ro Village Gill PO Urmar TehDasuya (Hoshiarpur) Punjab havechanged my name to Amar SinghPlease note (CL19091913)

We Mrs and Mr Subhash ChanderSethi ro 85 Dyal Singh ColonyKarnal declare that our son Nikhil Sethi is out of our control we debar him from our moveable and immoveable property anybodydeal with him will do so at their own risk and responsibility(CL19091887)

I No 15477504N DFR Vinod Kumar A so Ayyapan V 70 AR CO 56 APO declare that in my Army service record my wifersquos namewrongly entered as Shreevidhya KV correct name is Shreevidya KVAll concerned plz note(CL19091873)

I Surjit Singh Army No 10198525KRank Sep resident of Vill amp POJalalpura Teh amp Distt AmritsarPunjab-143601 in my Army record my daughterrsquos name was wronglyentered as Kirenjit Kaur instead of hercorrect name is Kiranjit Kaur(CL19091858)

I Jagsir Singh so Teja Singh Resi -Khudi Kalan Tehsil amp District -Barnala that my daughter RamanpreetKaur in the school record of BVMInternational School that her realname Gurmanjot Kaur RamanpreetKaur or Gurmanjot Kaur both aresame person Please note(CL19091842)

I Budumuru Divya wife of15495511M LD S Vasa RaoGurugubelli resident of Kotta ValasaThogaram AmadalavalasaSrikakulam Andhra Pradesh is hereby declared that my actual Date of Birth is 14 May 1998(CL19091751)

It is notified for the information thatmy original qualifying examinationcertificate of main SecondaryExamination of year 2016 and RollNo 2263610 issued by CBSE hasbeen actually lost Name of candidatesSonia Kaushal do Baljit KumarVillage Pahlewal Tehsil GarhshankarDistt Hoshiarpur Punjab(CL19091748)

I Promila Devi spouse of No8034204W Hav Kushab Kumar VPO Basantpur Teh Sarkaghat Distt Mandi HP changed my namefrom Promila Devi to Pramila Devi vide affidavit 13AA 437996dated 1102019 before Executive Magistrate Sarkaghat(CL19091597)

PUBLIC NOTICES

(Uo 5 Rule 20 CPC)In the Court of

Ms Roopa Dhaliwal PCSAdditional Civil Judge Sr Division Nangal

CNR No PBROB0-001423-2019

Next Date- 21102019Pyaro Devi and others

VersusGeneral Public

Publication issued toGeneral PublicSuit for declaration to the effectthat Ram Sukh so Durga RoVill Mehlwan Teh-Nangal hasdisappeared and missing since2011 and presumed to be deadand plaintiffs are the only legalheirs of Ram Sukh

In above titled case thedefendant(s)respondent(s)could not be served It isordered that defendant(s)respondent(s) should appear inperson or through counsel on21102019 at 1000 am

For details logon to httpshighcourtchdgovintrs=district_noticeampdistrict=rupnagar

Dated this day of 26092019Sd- Additional Civil Judge

Sr Division NangalCL19091610

(Uo 5 Rule 20 CPC)In the Court of

Sh Ranjit Kumar JainPrincipal Judge of

Family Court Garhshankar

Sarla Kumari (age 32 years) wifeof late Ram Ral son of SukhchainRam resident of village ParsowalTehsil Garhshankar DistrictHoshiarpur at present residing atvillage Adamwal Tehsil andDistt Hoshiarpur

PlaintiffVersus

General PublicRespondent

Petition Under Section 8 of theHindu Minority andGuardianship Act

CNR No PBHOF3-000473-2019

Next Date- 04012020Publcation issued toGeneral Public

In above titled petition thedefendant(s)respondent(s) couldnot be served It is ordered thatdefendant(s) respondent(s)should appear in person orthrough counsel on 04012020 at1000 am

For details logon to httpshighcourtchdgovintrs=

district_noticeampdistrict=hoshiarpur

Dated this day of 21092019Sd- Principal Judge of

Family Court CL19091565 Garhshankar

(UO 5 Rule 20 CPC)In the Court of

Shri Ravinder Singh RanaCivil Judge

Junior Division-3Ferozepur

Oriental Bank of CommerceVs

Kashmir SinghCNR No

PBFZ02-000120-2019Next Date 31102019

Publication issued toGursahib Singh FatherSukhdev Singh ro V KamalaBodla Post OfficeMallawala Tehsil and DistrictFerozepur

In above titled case thedefendant(s)respondent(s)could not be served It isordered that defendant(s)respondent(s) should appearin person or through counselon 31102019 at 1000 am For details logon tohttpshighcourtchdgovintrs=district_noticeampdistrict=

ferozepurDated this day of 25092019

Sd- Civil JudgeJunior Division-3

CL19091523 Ferozepur

(Uo 5 Rule 20 CPC)In the Court of

Sh Rakesh Kumar SharmaAddl Principal Judge

Family CourtJagraon

Petition US 8 of Guardianand Wards Act for Permissionto sell the property

Gurwinder SinghVersus

General PublicCNR No

PBLDF3-001249-2019Notice to

General PublicIn above title case the

Petitioner Gurwinder Singh soAlbel Singh filed a petitionunder Section Guardain andWards Act for permission tosell the property of TaranvirSingh so Gurwinder Singh thedefendant General Public couldnot be served It is ordered thatdefendant General Publicshould appear in person orthrough counsel on 26112019at 10 am

For details logon tohttpshighcourtchdgovintrs=district_noticeampdistrict=

ludhianaDated this day of 25092019

Sd-Addl Principal Judge

Family CourtCL19091469 Jagraon

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Re-compute lawexam results HCNew Delhi October 3 The Delhi High Court hasaccepted the challenge tonine out of 15 questionsasked in the Delhi JudicialServices (Preliminary)examinations and directedthe Registrar General to re-compute and publish theupdated result by October 4

The court said apart fromplacing the list of additionaleligible candidates on thewebsite by 6 pm on Fridaythe court administrationwould communicate themby both SMS and email ofbeing qualified for writingthe Mains exam

The court was hearing abatch of petitions by lawgraduates aspiring to bejudicial officers challeng-ing the correctness of theanswer keys to some of thequestions in the DelhiJudicial Services (Prelimi-nary) Exams which wereheld on September 22

A Bench of Justices SMuralidhar and TalwantSingh declined the prayer ofthe petitioners to postpone thedate of Mains exams that is

October 12-13 as the court hasto adhere to the deadline giv-en by it to the Supreme Court

It directed that results ofthe 353 candidates alreadydeclared eligible to appearin the DJS (Mains) Examsin terms of the list pub-lished on the courtrsquos web-site on September 26 areleft undisturbed

This time the court dis-pensed with the publishing ofthe answer keys prior to thedeclaration of the result mdash PTI

Regarding the answer keyswhich had been found tobe erroneous the admin-istration would proceed toapply the correctanswer keys asdecided by the courtand recompute the resultsin accordance with theapplicable rules

The court dispensed thepublishing of the answerkeys prior to the declarationof the result to adhere tothe deadline of completingthe entire examination

Act againstbuildings sansfire safety Court

Erroneous answer sheets

NewDelhi October 3 The Delhi High Court hasdirected the AAP governmenthere its fire department andmunicipal authorities to takeaction against buildings includ-ing sealing them for lackingfire safety measures

A Bench of Chief JusticeDN Patel and Justice C HariShankar issued the directionwhile disposing a PIL seek-ing sealing of two buildingsin the Azadpur commercialcomplex for alleged non-com-pliance of fire safety normsThe court disposed off the peti-tion after the North DelhiMunicipal Corporation filedan affidavit stating that both ofthe buildings were issued firesafety certificates on June 14

As the petition had alsosought sealing of all otherbuildings in the city whichwere not complying with firesafety norms the Bench saidthat ldquoas and when any build-ing is lacking in fire safetymeasures action shall be ini-tiated by the respondents(authorities) in accordancewith law rules regulationsand government policiesapplicable to the facts of thecase as early as possible andpracticablerdquo mdash PTI

New Delhi October 3 Security has been beefedup across the Capital afterpolice received intelligenceinputs on a possible terrorstrike a senior police offi-cial said on Thursday

Raids are being conductedby the Special Cell of the Del-hi Police at several locationsacross the city after the intel-ligence inputs suggested thatthree to four members of aterror outfit may have infil-trated into the city he said

Meanwhile the Delhi Policehas also intensified patrollingand picketing in several areasacross the Capital

According to police raidswere conducted at over twodozens locations across the cityto nab the suspects from theirpossible hideouts includingplaces like Okhla ZafrabadNajafgarh Seemapuri NewUsmanpurSeelampur Pahar-ganj and areas of South Delhiand have questioned numer-ous peoplemdash PTI

The police checks commuters in New Delhi on Thursday TRIBUNE PHOTO

NewDelhi October 3 The Delhi Government willopen a ldquoSports Universityrdquoin the Capital Chief Minis-ter Arvind Kejriwal saidhere on Thursday Address-ing a press conference Kejri-wal with his deputy ManishSisodia by his side said a Billin this regard was approvedby the Cabinet on Thursdayand it would be sent to Lieu-tenant Governor (LG) AnilBaijal for approval

After that the Bill would betabled in the Assembly he saidThe Chief Minister said theldquoSports Universityrdquo wouldcome up on a 90-acre land inthe Mundka area

According to the Aam Aad-mi Party (AAP) governmentin the Capital the DelhiSports University (DSU) Billgrants the university theright to establish constituentschools and colleges

The main aim of the uni-versity would be to groomthe students who wouldexcel in various sports inschool the government said

The CM said earlier asportsperson used to beuncertain about his futuresjust for the fact that if he wasnot able to establish a careerin sports he would just becalled a school pass out

ldquoA sportsperson would notget a job because every jobrequires at least a gradua-tion degree to get throughThe sports university willgrant you a degree in sportssuch as cricket and hockey

ldquoA passionate sportspersoncan now devote all of histime to playing andexcelling in sportsrdquo he said

A sportspersonrsquos gradua-tion post-graduation and doc-torate degrees will be in thesubjects of sports Kejriwalsaid adding that he couldshow his degrees whereverrequired Giving an exampleKejriwal said a sportspersoncould also appear in the civilservices examination becausehe would be considered a grad-uate after getting the degree

Sisodia said most of thestudents had to compromisewhen it came to sports tokeep up with their perform-ance in the main subjectsldquoSome of the students Iknow are pursuing theirgraduation from SOL tomanage sports and studiesboththe share of jobsunder the sports quota isalso limited ldquoWe are hopingto eradicate that uncertaintyfrom the minds ofsportspersonsrdquo the deputychief minister said mdash PTI

Cabinet approves setting upof lsquoSports Universityrsquo Kejriwal

CM Arvind Kejriwal with his deputy Manish Sisodia at a pressmeet in New Delhi on Thursday TRIBUNE PHOTO MUKESH AGGARWAL

The Delhi Sports Uni-versity (DSU) Bill grantsthe university the rightto establish constituentschools and colleges

The sports universityBill aims to groom thestudents who wish toexcel in various sports

It also defines theadministrative and legalstructure of the univer-sity Several expertswould be involved atvarious stages to designand give a definitestructure to the curricu-lum of the courses

DELHI SPORTS UNIVERSITY BILL

3 held for burglaryNew Delhi October 3 A domestic help her hus-band and an accomplicehave been arrested in con-nection with a burglary at ahouse in southeast DelhirsquosLajpat Nagar area thepolice said on Thursday

The accused were identi-fied as Fatima (34) her hus-band Mohmood (37) bothresidents of Sarai KaleKhan and MohammadZakir (35) resident ofTaimoor Nagar they said

According to the policethe two men conspiredand planned to targetvacant houses during day-time while Fatima whoworked as domestic helpin the residential areas ofLajpat Nagar conductedrecce and passed informa-tion to them

On September 29 policesaid they received a com-plaint about theft of ~50lakhs diamond and goldjewellery along with expen-sive wrist watch and othervaluable articles from ahouse at National Parkarea Lajpat Nagar and acase was registered at AmarColony police station

The accused were seen ina CCTV footage leaving thespot in an e-rickshaw aftercommitting the burglarythe police said

On Tuesday a raid wasconducted at TaimoorNagar and Sarai Kale Khanareas and the accused werearrested said Deputy Com-missioner of Police (South-east) Chinmoy Biswal Lat-er Fatima was also arrested

in connection with the inci-dent the officer said

Stolen cash amounting to~3191 lakh gold and dia-mond jewellery laptopmobile e-rickshaw andtools were recovered fromthem the officer added

Mahmood and Zakir werepreviously involved in sev-eral cases of burglaries andtheft Both were arrested inMarch in connection with asimilar burglary incidentand released from jail inAugust mdash PTI

The arrested persons with theDelhi Police TRIBUNE PHOTO

MODUS OPERANDIThe two men conspiredand planned to targetvacant houses during day-time while Fatima whoworked as domestic helpin the residential areas ofLajpat Nagar conductedrecce and passed infor-mation to them

Rain brings down mercury in DelhiNewDelhi October 3 Heavy rains lashed severalparts of the Capital onThursday evening bringingdown the mercury level offi-cials said Delhi recorded 352mm rainfall at 830 PM andthe temperature was record-ed at 216 degree Celsius asenior MeT official said

According to the meteorolog-ical department the maximumtemperature recorded at 530PM was 348 degree Celsius anotch above the normal andthe minimum 238 degrees Cel-sius two notches above nor-

mal Humidity levels oscillat-ed between 83 and 55 per cent

Flight operations at Delhi Air-

port had to be suspended for 24minutes in the evening due toextremely heavy rains mdash PTI

Heavy rains in New Delhi on Thursday MANAS RANJAN BHUI

New Delhi October 3 The over 42 km-long GreyLine of Delhi Metro whichwill connect Najafgarh tothe rapid transit networkfor the first time will beopened for services on Fri-day officials said mdash PTI

Metrorsquos Grey Lineto open today

Terror alert Securitybeefed up in Capital

THE TRIBUNEJALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 07NATION

Tribune News Service

NewDelhi October 3Terming his continuing incar-ceration as a ldquoform of punish-mentrdquo senior Congress leaderP Chidambaram on Thursdaymoved the Supreme Court for regular bail in a corruptioncase registered by the CBI in connection with theINX Media scam

Senior counsel Kapil Sibalmentioned his petition chal-lenging the Delhi HighCourtrsquos September 30 ver-dict denying him bail forurgent listing before aBench headed by Justice NVRamana He sought urgenthearing of Chidambaramrsquosbail plea on Friday as the topcourt wonrsquot be functioningthe next week

Justice Ramana howeversaid the matter would beplaced before Chief Justiceof India Ranjan Gogoi forassigning it to an appropri-ate Bench Later he was pro-duced before a Special JudgeAjay Kumar Kuhar whoremanded him to judicialcustody till October 17

In his bail plea the formerFinance Minister contendedthat liberty of an individualcannot be denied on the basis

of ldquoanonymous and unveri-fied allegationsrdquo He also cit-ed his ldquofrailrdquo health as aground for bail and said hewas not ldquoaccustomedrdquo to foodgiven to him in the jail andhas lost 4 kg weight duringhis judicial custody The Spe-

cial Court allowed him homecooked food inside jail once aday as an exception

Arrested by the CBI inAugust in the INX Media cor-ruption case the senior Con-gress leader has been lodged inTihar Jail since September 5

He was arrested on August21 from his Jor Bagh resi-dence in the capital The CBIhad registered an FIR on May15 2017 alleging irregularitiesin the Foreign InvestmentPromotion Board (FIPB)clearance granted to the INXMedia group for receivingoverseas funds of Rs 305 crorein 2007 during his tenure asFinance Minister

ldquoBail is the rule jail is theexception Arrest and custodyare a humiliation and socialstigma The prosecutionseems to think that prolongedjudicial custody is a punish-ment they can impose on thePetitioner Courts shouldfrown upon the attempt of theprosecution to use judicialcustody as a kind of pre-trialpunishmentrdquo Chidambaramsaid in his plea

He also denied the HC find-ing that INX Mediarsquos formerpromoters Indrani and PeterMukerjea had met him andldquoillegal gratificationrdquo was paid

PC moves SC for bail seeks urgent hearingDelhi court extends his judicial custody till Oct 17

lsquoBEING HUMILIATEDrsquoArrest and custody

are ahumiliationand socialstigma Theprosecution

seems to think thatprolonged judicial custodyis a punishment they canimpose on the petitioner P Chidambaram FORMER UNION MINISTER

Tribune News Service

NewDelhi October 3The Supreme Court on Thurs-day pulled up the Odisha Gov-ernment for demolishing his-toric lsquomuttsrsquo aroundJagannath Temple in Puriand asked it to consult stake-holders before going aheadwith the demolition drive

A three-judge Bench saidthe state must preserve thehistoric structures around thetemple The Bench said thelsquomuttrsquo mdash where first SikhGuru Nanak Dev had stayedmdash should not be demolished

ldquoYou cannot destroy every-thing These small temples

and mutts are providinglivelihood to a number ofpeople since centuriesrdquo saidthe Bench ndash which is seizedof a PIL filed by Mrinalini

Padhi highlighting theproblems faced by devoteesand their alleged exploita-tion by Sevaks

The Bench asked the

Odisha Government to con-sult Hindu seers such asShankaracharya and otherstakeholders before demol-ishing structures around

the Jagannath Temple Asdirected by the Bench ami-cus curiae and senior coun-sel Ranjit Kumar submit-ted his report after visitingthe temple and recom-mended compensation foraffected persons

However the Bench askedfor a fresh report on theaffected persons from thestate government and postedthe matter for further hear-ing on October 22

The state administration haslaunched a demolition drive inPuri for the creation of a her-itage corridor within 75 metresof the lsquoMeghnad Prachirrsquo ofJagannath Temple

Donrsquot raze mutt where Guru Nanak stayed SC Asks Odisha Govt to consult stakeholders before going ahead with demolition drive

Strong proof of structurebeneath mosque inAyodhya Hindu parties NewDelhi October 3 Hindu parties asserted in theSupreme Court on Thursdaythat claims of the Muslimside over the 277 acre land inthe Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid title disputewere belied by the excavatedmaterial which suggestedexistence of a ldquomassive struc-turerdquo beneath the demol-ished mosque

The counsel for deity RamLalla said the excavatedmaterials are a ldquoproofbeyond doubtrdquo about theexistence of the structurebeneath the demolishedmosque in Ayodhya whilerebutting the claim of Mus-lim parties about the exis-tence of an Islamic structure

The counsel stated that fromthe pillar bases artefacts cir-cular shrine intersectingbrickbat walls found in exca-vation an inference can bedrawn that the massive struc-ture was a temple and not anyIslamic structure

A five-judge Constitutionbench headed by CJI RanjanGogoi was told by senior advo-cate C S Vaidyanathan appear-ing for deity Ram Lalla thatcontention of the Muslim par-ties about a structure beneaththe disputed site being anidgah wall or an Islamic struc-

ture was not correct ldquoFirst their case was that

there was no structure at allSecondly they said it was anIslamic structure or an idgahwall We say that it was a tem-ple which was demolished andthe pillar bases found duringexcavation also suggest to thiseffectrdquo Vaidyanathan said

ldquoThat there was a massivestructure beneath is a proofbeyond doubtrdquo he said Senioradvocate Rajeev Dhavanappearing for Muslim partiessaid that as per the Archaeo-logical Survey of India report there is no conclusiveproof or findings of destructionof a temple mdash PTI

PUNJAB CM HADWRITTEN TO STATE

The Punjab CM had written tohis Odisha counterpart tostop demolition of ManguMutt believed to have beenvisited by Guru Nanak Dev

Set up in 1615 by BhaiAlmast a Sikh preacher andhead of Dhuari of the UdasiSect the Mangu Mutt wasalso visited by Guru TeghBahadur in 1670

Court grants divorce toINX Media ex-promoters

A family court on Thurs-day granted divorce to INX Mediarsquos formerpromoters Indrani andPeter Mukerjea

The divorce was amicableand the court was satis-fied that it was a fit casefor dissolution of the 17-year-old marriageIndranirsquos lawyer said

Historic mutts around Jagannath Temple being demolished

Tribune News Service

Mumbai October 3Shiv Sena leader AadityaThackeray today filed hisnomination for the Maha-rashtra Assembly electionsfrom the Worli constituencyHis parents Uddhav andRashmi Thackeray alongwith hundreds of partyworkers accompanied him

Aaditya is the first mem-ber of the Thackeray totake the plunge into elec-toral politics

The 29-year-old embarkedon a massive roadshow atWorli this morning andarrived at the Election Com-missionrsquos office Before hit-ting the road he posted pho-tos of himself praying beforethe picture of party founderand grandfather Bal Thack-eray on social media

Before leaving thehouse he received a callfrom Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis wish-ing him all the best

Speaking to mediapersonsafter filing his nominationpapers Aaditya refused tosay whether he was Senarsquoschief ministerial candidate

ldquoI am not running afterany post I am here to workfor Maharashtra and thecountry I feel the chief min-ister of Maharashtra is acommon man I am also acommon manrdquo he said

Senarsquos Aaditya filespapers from Worli

Pune October 3A day after the RepublicanParty of India (Athawale)fielded Deepak Nikalje thebrother of jailed underworlddon Chhota Rajan fromPhaltan in Satara district theparty on Thursday changedits candidate from the seat inwestern Maharashtra

Instead of Nikalje localleader Digambar Agawanewill contest from the seatsenior RPI leader and Maha-rashtra minister AvinashMahatekar said

The RPI (A) is an ally of theBJP The RPI led by Unionminister Ramdas Athawalehas been given six seats aspart of the seat-sharing dealbetween the BJP Shiv Sena

and other smaller allies forthe October 21 Assemblyelections

Athawale announced thecandidates includingNikalje in Mumbai onWednesday Agawane who isa local RPI (A) leader hasbeen announced as the par-tys candidate from Phaltansaid Mahatekar He saidAgawane will contest theelection on BJPs lotus sym-bol Mahatekar said thoughNikalje was from Phaltan henever lived there Mean-while RPI workers fromPune decided to stay awayfrom the BJPs poll campaignto protest against the Dalitparty not getting any Assem-bly seat in the city mdash PTI

Chhota Rajanrsquos brotherreplaced as candidate

Tribune News Service

Lucknow October 3Defying party diktat BSPrsquosShravasti MLA Aslam Rainiattended the ongoing 36-hourspecial Assembly session tomark the 150th birth anniver-sary of Mahatma Gandhitoday He is the eighth Oppo-sition legislator to attend thesession in defiance of theCongress Samajwadi Partyand BSP leadershipsrsquo diktatto their legislators to stayaway from the session

Besides Raini BSP MLAfrom Purwa (Unnao) AnilSingh and BSP MLC BrijeshSingh Princu attended the ses-sion on Wednesday evening

Sources say the session had

virtually triggered a revolt inthe BSP It was pointed outthat the partyrsquos entire Saha-ranpur unit has joined theBJP en bloc The GangohAssembly segment of Saha-ranpur has a bypoll sched-uled for October 21 A senior

BSP MLA expressed appre-hension of many more partyMLAs attending the sessionin defiance of the party chiefMayawatirsquos directive

Earlier four legislatorsfrom the Samajwadi Partyhad rebelled against its deci-

sion to participate in the ses-sion They included HardoiMLA Nitin Agarwal and MLCRavi Shankar Singh PappuMLCs Shatrudha Prakashand Madhukar Jaitley senttheir written speeches to theChairman requesting him itmake these part of the pro-ceedings Despite protests byBJP members the Chairmanobliged the duo

The Congress also facedldquobetrayalrdquo when Rae Bareli(Sadar) MLA Aditi Singhdelivered a speech in theAssembly on Wednesday

Sources say the legislatorswho have defied theirrespective party line toattend the session are likelyto join the BJP soon

Oppn MLAs defy diktat attend HouseTribune News Service

Lucknow October 3The Uttar Pradesh Govern-ment today charged suspend-ed BRD Medical CollegeGorakhpur paediatrician DrKafeel Khan of wrongly claim-ing to have got a clean chit inthe death of infants during theAugust 2019 oxygen shortage

Principal Secretary (MedicalEducation) Rajneesh Dubeclaimed the probe was stillcontinuing against Dr KafeelKhan on seven points Afterthe death of infants at theBRD Medical College investi-gations found three doctorsguilty They have been sus-pended and are facing depart-mental probes he said

Dube claimed Dr KafeelKhan had been publicisingthe probe report in the mediain a wrong manner as theprobe against him was still onand he had been given noclean chit Dr Kafeel Khanhad defended himself sayingthe probe had absolved him onthree counts related to the

incident at the BRD MedicalCollege on August 10 11 and12 2017 during which timearound 70 infants died due tothe shortage of oxygen supply

ldquoAs I was not the decisionmaker I was obviously notinvolved in administrativedecisions as regards pur-chase of oxygenrdquo he claimed

No clean chit to Dr Kafeel UP

But counsel forMuslims says thereis no such finding in

the ASI report tosupport the claim

Tribune News Service

NewDelhi October 3The Supreme Court onThursday reserved its verdicton petitions challenging the2018 amendments to theSCST Act 1989 but made itclear that anticipatory bailcould be granted in such mat-ter if the courts feel that noprima facie case is made out

The 2018 amendments toThe Scheduled Castes andTribes (Prevention of Atroci-ties) Act 1989 that had nulli-fied the directions in its ver-

dict last year on March 20diluting the provisions ofarrest under the law

A Bench headed by JusticeArun Mishra which had onOctober 1 recalled two of thedirections passed last year bya two-judge Bench and

restored stringent position ofthe Act said it did not intentto dilute the law ldquoWe are notdiluting these provisions Weare not striking them downThese provisions will standas it was earlierrdquo it said

In its October 1 verdict thetop court restored the earlierposition of the law by recallingtwo directions in the Marchlast year verdict which provid-ed no absolute bar on grant ofanticipatory bail and priorinquiry before effecting arrestof public servant and privateindividual under the Act

Wonrsquot dilute SCST Act Top courtlsquoPROVISIONS WILL STAYrsquo

We are not dilutingthese provisions We arenot striking them downThese provisions will standA Supreme Court Bench

Mumbai October 3 Fissures in the city Congressover the ticket distributionfor the Maharashtra Assem-bly polls are wide open withits former chief Sanjay Niru-pam declaring on Thursdaythat he would not take part inthe partyrsquos campaign afterthe name he had recom-mended was ldquorejectedrdquo

The former MP also saidthe way the partyrsquos leader-ship was behaving with himthe time to say good bye tothe party was ldquonot far awayrdquo

ldquoIt seems Congress doesnrsquotwant my services anymore Ihad recommended just onename in Mumbai for Assem-bly election Heard that even

that has been rejected As Ihad told the leadership earli-er in that case I will not par-ticipate in poll campaign Itrsquosmy final decisionrdquo Nirupamsaid on Twitter without nam-ing any of the city leaders

Nirupam also did not specifythe name of the contender hewas pushing for ldquoI hope that

the day has not yet come to saygood bye to party But the wayleadership is behaving withme it doesnrsquot seem far awayrdquohe said in another tweet

Nirupam was replaced asthe city Congress chief aheadof the Lok Sabha polls inMarch this year followingcomplaints by a section of par-ty leaders that he functionedin ldquounilateralrdquo manner

Former Union MinisterMilind Deora had replacedNirupam However Deorahad resigned from the postlast month following the par-tyrsquos debacle in the generalelections The party could notwin even a single seat out ofthe six in Mumbai mdash PTI

Setback for Maharashtra CongNirupam refuses to campaign

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray with his son Aaditya afterthe former filed his nomination from Worli seat in Mumbai PTI

Declares assets worth~1605 cr including

~1036-cr bankdeposits and a BMW

car worth ~65 lakh

Thane October 3 NCP president Sharad Pawarsaid on Thursday the rulingBJP has no solutions to burn-ing problems in Maharashtralike farmer suicide anddrought and hence it is rais-ing emotional issues such asArticle 370 and Ram templein the campaign for the Octo-ber 21 Assembly elections

Targeting the BJP-led NDAgovernment he said centralagencies like the ED and CBIare being used to harass polit-ical opponents He was talk-ing to reporters after partici-pating in a rally organsiedafter filing of nomination byNCP candidate and sittingMLA Jitendra Awhad from

the Mumbra-Kalwa segmentAsked about the SupremeCourt ruling with regard toCM Devendra Fadnavisrsquos2014 poll affidavit Pawar saidthe matter was sub-judice but

he should have given detailsof criminal cases against him

Two days ago the SupremeCourt had set aside the Bom-bay High Court order whichgave Fadnavis a clean chit in a

case of suppression of criminalmatters in the 2014 poll affi-davit He said the BJP has nosolutions to burning problemsin the state like farmer suicidesand drought mdash PTI

BJP evading burning issues alleges Pawar

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on way to file the nomination of Jintendra Awhad from Mumbra-Kalwa in Thane PTI

lsquoI AM NOT REQUIREDrsquoIt seems Congress

doesnrsquot want my services Ihad recommended justone name in Mumbai forthe elections Heard thateven that has beenrejected Sanjay Nirupam CONGRESS

Tribune News Service

Lucknow October 3Former Union Minister Chin-mayanandrsquos judicial custodyin the case of alleged rape ofa Shahjahanpur law studenthas been extended by 14days His hearing took placethrough video-conferencingin the court of the Shahja-hanpur Chief Judicial Magis-trate on Thursday The dateof his next hearing has beenfixed for October 16

The SIT probing the casehas sought permission fromthe court to get the voicesamples of Chinmayanand(72) and the rape survivorwhich would be heard on Fri-day Speaking to reportersChinmayanandrsquos counselOm Singh said that after theexpiry of the 14-day judicialcustody his client wasexpected to appear before thecourt but he could not do sodue to security reasons

However another lawyerPuja Singh claimed thatdue to a rapidly worseningglaucoma Chinmayanandrsquoseye-sight was worseningcausing him acute pain inthe eye She said that shealso pleaded before thecourt that as Chinmayanandwas a former Union Minis-ter he should be given lsquoArsquoclass facilities in jail

Meanwhile activistsbelonging to an organisationcalled ldquoJanata ki Awaazrsquostaged a dharna outside theShahjahanpur Collectoratedemanding the lodging of acase against Chinmayanandunder IPC Section 376

Chinmayanandrsquosjudicial custodyup by 14 days

PARESH RAWAL APOLOGISESFormer BJP MP and actorParesh Rawal has apologisedto Dr Kafeel Khan for hisderogatory tweet against himtwo years ago After the BRDMedical College tragedy Raw-al had described Dr Kafeel asa ldquohero in the eyes of the everactive termite clanrdquo

36-HR SHOW CM Yogi Adityanath at the special Assembly session PTI

THE TRIBUNE08 CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 OPINION

Trumprsquos trial begins now

Fleecing students Reference to the news report lsquoPayRs 35000 clear pending exams atPunjabi varsityrsquo (October 3) uni-versities in Punjab appear to becompeting with one another tocollect money from studentsunder one garb or the other Lastmonth Guru Nanak Dev Univer-sity Amritsar offered a specialchance to students to clear theirpending exams at a cost of Rs25000 Not lagging behind Pun-jabi University has now come outwith its scheme In view of GuruNanakrsquos 550th birth anniversarythe universities should haveoffered this chance as a goodwillmeasure Students from margin-alised sections cannot afford topay hefty fee Universities shouldcurtail their wasteful and avoid-able expenditure

NK GOSAIN BATHINDA

Canrsquot bank on it Reports of malpractices and fraudsin the banking system are becom-ing frequent (editorial lsquoBanksneed better systemsrsquo October 3)It seems there are no properchecks monitoring and account-ing procedures The siphoning offof public money is an offenceagainst the common people Thegovernment and the RBI should

tighten supervision People arelosing faith in banks Remedialmeasures must be initiated to safe-guard savings and restore the trustin our banks Also the culpritsshould be punished

SUBHASH VAID NEW DELHI

Mahatmarsquos teachings The carefully worded editoriallsquoCherry-picking Gandhirsquo (Octo-ber 2) rightly calls upon Indiansto come out of the dark cell ofmajoritarianism and work whole-heartedly for a united secularIndia where everybody may beable to live and breathe freely Letthe Hindu-Muslim unity the cruxof the Mahatmarsquos teachings behonestly preserved at all costs Itis the real face of India andshould not be sacrificed at thealtar of Hindutva

CHANDER PRAKASH RAHI PATIALA

No lsquohonourrsquo in this There was recently the shockingnews of a young couple havingbeen shot dead by the girlrsquos broth-er apparently because she hadmarried against her parentsrsquowishes A similar incident hadbeen reported from the same vil-lage some time back All such cas-es get the halo of lsquohonourrsquokillings It may have had some

meaning a few centuries back butin the present-day society it hasabsolutely no relevance Thesekillings have no justification whenwe talk of giving our girls a fairchance at life Such parents andfamily members who kill theirchildren in such a barbaric fashionshould be given exemplary pun-ishment and publicised

AIR CMDE MANMOHAN SINGH (RETD)MOHALI

NRC back in news Reference to the editorial lsquoNRCimbrogliorsquo (October 3) NRC is inthe news again The Home Minis-terrsquos statement is partial and par-tisan He is ready to provideaccommodation to believers ofany faith but not Muslims Cer-tain norms are meant for every-one and everyone has a right tolive with reference to suicides fol-lowing NRC exercise

SANKALP OJHA MADHYA PRADESH

Take a broad view Apropos lsquoNRC imbrogliorsquo (Octo-ber 3) day by day NRC is taking acommunal shape The dilemma isto find parameters on which aperson could be considered arefugee Some are committingsuicide in fear of losing citizen-ship The Modi government

should take everything into con-sideration and not simply dis-miss the comments of the Opposi-tion Only then will the sloganlsquoSabka saath sabka vikasrsquobecome worthwhile

ARPANA CHAUDHARY AMRITSAR

Teachersrsquo transfers The prevailing disparities intransfers of teachers have causedhindrance in teaching and schoolactivities VIPs are enjoying perksas common teachers curse theirluck A transparent transfer policyproved successful in Haryana andUP There should be no bias Aftertwo-three years everyone runsafter politicians for a convenienttransfer When a policy is framedeverybody will have to go to theassigned place

SAROJ BANYAL HAMIRPUR

For the love of Urdu Apropos the editorial lsquoLet Urduflourishrsquo (October 1) it is importantto highlight the significance ofUrdu It is the most beautiful lan-guage and to call it a foreign lan-guage is tantamount to a great dis-service to the language Ratherserious efforts should be made tointroduce Urdu in school curricu-lum at a suitable stage

SANTOSH JAMWAL HAMIRPUR

Gursharan Singh

I LIVE in Ludhiana and on manyoccasions have visited the ChristianMedical College amp Hospital

(CMCampH) for treatment of self orattending to a relative or friend Onethought always comes to mind whatmade Edith Mary Brown come hereand alleviate the miseries of people byestablishing a hospital mdash over 125 yearsago CMCampH has remained a premiermedical institution not only in Punjabbut also the entire North No doctor isallowed private practice and only thecommitted ones serve the institution

Though there has been a landmarkprogress in the development of infra-structure in the form of buildings andequipment not a single brick was

added to the church building whichcontinues to serve the purpose well

As we celebrate the 550th birthanniversary of Guru Nanak immac-ulate planning and arrangements arebeing made for nagar kirtan langarshabad kirtan etc Quintals of flow-ers will be used during various cere-monies apart from impressive deco-rations involving huge expenditureAll political parties and also religiousbodies are set to take credit for vari-ous events including the opening ofthe Kartarpur corridor There is noth-ing wrong in doing so but some-where we seem to have forgotten thereal message of the Guru

Guru Nanak preached simplicity andlaid emphasis on observing honesty inwhatever one does He was not in

favour of any ostentatious show Heworked for the poor and underprivi-leged He was all for education whichhe thought would help one to be ofsome use to others (vidya veechari tanparupkari) Can our leaders both polit-ical and religious think of doing some-thing more meaningful forhumankind Can we think of opening550 hospitals 550 schools and collegesand an equal number of de-addictioncentres to save our youth and guidethem to live a purposeful life AkalTakht is the highest temporal seat ofthe Sikhs and any verdict issued fromthere is binding on the Sikh communi-ty It should issue certain diktats to takesociety out of perennial social evils

Punjabis including Sikhs areknown to organise lavish parties on

weddings where liquor flows likewater and non-vegetarian food isserved It has become a status symbolThere are some who can afford thislavish and avoidable expendituremany more are compelled to do itunder pressure as a face-saving exer-cise It is not uncommon that some-times they may have to part with aprecious piece of agricultural land ortake substantial loans Subsequentlythis financial burden emerges as amajor reason for farm suicides

A message from Akal Takht to banlavish parties serving of liquor andnon-vegetarian food and to restrictthe number of baratis to say 20may save many lives Will it not bethe best way to celebrate theGurursquos birth anniversary

POLITICAL SCIENTIST

SUBSTANTIAL parts of ourworld have been captured byright-wing populists and inter-estingly all such leaders have a

great deal in common One they con-temptuously dismiss institutions asembodiments of privilege a nuisanceat best and irrelevant at worst Twopopulists forge a national constituencyunmediated by institutions organisa-tions or the opposition Three theyrepresent themselves as targets of con-spiracies fashioned by an elite that hasbecome corrupt moribund and irrele-vant Four populist leaders refuse toplay by rules of the game Whether it isTrump or Modi they have no hesita-tion in uttering statements that theirpredecessors would deem improperThey are simply unpredictable

President Trump is the quintessen-tial populist leader he disdains politi-cal proprieties His presidency hasbeen ridden by controversy since dayone random dismissal of importantofficials wilful decisions and opendistribution of benefits to his ownfamily Ever since the Democrats tookover the House of Representatives inJanuary 2019 the Congress has beenpulverised The Republican-con-trolled Senate has blocked every pieceof progressive legislation passed bythe House It is not therefore surpris-ing that in September the Speaker ofthe House of Representatives NancyPelosi announced that an impeach-ment inquiry would be initiatedagainst the President He had report-edly requested his counterpart in theUkraine to lsquodig up dirtrsquo on Joe Bidena possible Democrat contender for the2020 presidential elections Does ask-ing a foreign power to intervene inelections warrant impeachment

Historians suggest that members of

the Constitutional Convention that metin Philadelphia in 1787 to draw up theAmerican constitution were unhappywith the authority vested in the Presi-dent In accordance with doctrines ofchecks and balances the Congress wasgiven the power to impeach the Presi-dent in cases of lsquotreason bribery or oth-er high crimes and misdemeanorsrsquoThis provision which was in keepingwith the spirit of British constitutionaland legal practice is not meant to pun-ish the incumbent of the White Housemerely to remove him from office Theprocess is cumbersome The House ofRepresentatives has to pass Articles ofImpeachment or a list of charges by amajority vote The case then goes to theSenate which is convened as a judici-ary to hear arguments from both sidesThe removal of the President requires atwo-thirds majority

It was feared as one of the foundersof the American constitution acceptedin a piece in Federalist No 65 thatimpeachment will ignite political pas-sions harness animosities partialitiesand influence and divide the countryThe process might prove more harm-ful than any decision on innocence orguilt Alexander Hamilton was pre-scient Impeachment proceedings

have been launched against two Pres-idents mdash Andrew Johnson in 1868 andBill Clinton in 1998 The former tookover the presidency after the assassi-nation of President Abraham Lincolnduring the civil war in 1868 He is con-sidered a racist because he openlysupported the cause of White South-erners and opposed the civil rights ofliberated Afro-Americans He wasimpeached on a technical issue thatof vetoing a law passed by the Con-gress In the Senate his impeachmentwas defeated by one vote

Impeachment proceedings were ini-tiated against Clinton following alle-gations that he had lied to the SpecialProsecutor about his sexual relation-ship with a White House intern Hewas under oath The move failedbecause it could not secure a two-thirds majority in the Senate Clin-tonrsquos case is controversial expertsargue that a President cannot beimpeached for personal wrongdoingthat may not reflect on public affairs

The only President against whomimpeachment proceedings would havebeen successful is Richard Nixon Hehowever resigned within two years ofhis second term In July 1974 28 out of38 members of the House of Represen-

tatives judiciary committee voted toimpeach him Members of his own par-ty affirmed that they would voteagainst him On August 5 the prover-bial lsquosmoking gunrsquo established that hehad covered the break into the head-quarters of the Democratic Party atWatergate by his campaign committeeduring the 1972 presidential pollsNixon was aware that the Senate wouldvote for his dismissal He resigned Ifimpeachment had succeeded it wouldhave established the superiority of theCongress over the executive

Today Democrats have left no stoneunturned to impeach the President forserious abuse of power Trump tweetsconspiracy theories and appeals to hisconstituency He also threatens to findthe whistleblower These two extreme-ly irresponsible statements can possi-bly add to the list of offences chartedout in the Articles of Impeachment

Hamiltonrsquos foreboding thatimpeachment would divide popularopinion and split the country ratherthan successfully remove the Presi-dent from power has come true Everfaithful to their vocation survey agen-cies have rushed to the American peo-ple for their opinion the Presidentrsquosmen rush to television studios to pleadthat their boss is being victimised thePresident tweets that this is a conspir-acy and Democrats claim that a robustcase exists for impeaching Trump

Even if the House of Representa-tives votes for impeachment it isdebatable whether the move will passthe Senate which controlled by theRepublicans backs the President atleast to date More significantlyTrump has a significant base amongconservative voters and the ruralheartland On October 1 he tweeted anelectoral map dominated by his colourred mdash lsquoTry and impeach thisrsquo he chal-lenged Perceive the irony The pop-ulist leader scorns institutions andaddresses the lsquopeoplersquo Therefore hecan present himself as a casualty ofintrigues even though he is the mostpowerful man on earth Nothing workslike sentimental narratives of victim-hood Trump might emerge as a mar-tyr as a hostage of entrenched powernot quite smelling of roses but still

Letters to the Editor typed in double space should not exceed the 200-word limit These should be cogently written and can be sent by e-mail to Letterstribunemailcom

thought for the dayExperience has already shown that the impeachment the

constitution has provided is not even a scarecrow mdash Thomas Jefferson

NOT SIMPLE Despite opposition President Trump has a significant baseamong conservative voters and the rural heartland

THE TRIBUNEestablished in 1881

Stuck with plasticMass movement needed to reduce its use

THE government has finally woken up to the menace of single-useplastic though it has stopped short of announcing a blanket banSuch plastic commonly used for packaging and carrying goods

is disposable but its indiscriminate disposal has been wreaking havocon the environment Even as PM Narendra Modi is envisioning anIndia free of single-use plastic by 2022 the onus is on various stake-holders right from the industry to the consumer to decrease (andeventually stop) its consumption and popularise alternatives such aspaper and jute The prevailing economic slowdown and the prospectof more job losses have prevented the NDA government characteristi-cally not known for restraint and moderation from rushing into aknee-jerk decision As of now single-use plastic will not be allowedinside national monuments and within 100 metres of their boundary

The national focus on generating public awareness about the boon-turned-bane is a welcome move The imposition of bans and fines hasoften proved counter-productive due to lax enforcement and wide-spread non-cooperation Old habits die hard A behavioural change canhappen only if a mass movement sweeps the country It is imperativeto break the demand-and-supply cycle Himachal Pradesh has takenthe lead by deciding to buy-back non-recyclable plastic waste and sin-gle-use plastic at a minimum support price of Rs 75 per kg Such incen-tives can go a long way in curbing the availability of the eco-unfriendlymaterial Installing plastic disposal machines at railway stations andother public places is also a step in the right direction

Converting toxic waste into something productive is anotherchallenge Indian Oil Corporation plans to employ its refinery oper-ations to turn single-use plastic waste into specialised bitumen thatcan be utilised for the construction of roads and highways Moresuch out-of-the-box ideas are needed India can even draw inspira-tion from an unexpected quarter Rwanda According to a report ofthe UN Environment Programme the African country mdash once rav-aged by civil war and genocide mdash has become one of the cleanestcountries on the planet due to its proactive campaign against single-use plastic Where therersquos a will therersquos a plastic-free way

Congress a divided houseParty in disarray ahead of Haryana elections

NOTHING unites Congressmen more than the sight of electoralvictory while political wilderness brings to the fore bickeringin the rank and file The five years in opposition in Haryana

seem to have done the party little good with factionalism out in theopen Earlier it was state unit chief Ashok Tanwar who was in the fir-ing line after the party lost all 10 seats in the Lok Sabha elections Theroles have now been reversed with Tanwar training guns at former CMBhupinder Singh Hooda and state unit president Kumari Selja accus-ing them of selling the party ticket Tanwar took his fight to Delhiprotesting outside Sonia Gandhirsquos residence and asking to be relievedof all poll panels The rivalry spilled over after Selja was made thestate president and Hooda the chief of the election management com-mittee A video went viral allegedly to embarrass the party a daybefore Hooda is slated to file his nomination

Tanwar is known to be close to Rahul Gandhi and with the latter step-ping aside after the loss in the Lok Sabha elections his replacement wasonly a matter of time His fight for tickets for his loyalists is natural Butthe party apparently wishes to throw its weight behind the old guard tohave a go at the BJP in the Assembly elections

The Congress was known for strong regional satraps Like VirbhadraSingh in HP and Capt Amarinder Singh in Punjab the partyrsquos decisionprobably is dictated by the prospect of facing a resurgent BJP With Sel-ja in the saddle the Congress has tried to offset the possible loss of Dalitvotes by Tanwarrsquos replacement A lsquohuman bombrsquo cost Rajiv Gandhi hislife and Tanwar should be circumspect in using the term howeverinnocuous the context might be even as his grievance should be lookedinto His next course of action is awaited but the party itself should beseen as fighting the BJP and not amongst itself

Democrats leaving no stone unturned to impeach US President for abuse of power

NEERA CHANDHOKE

on this day100 years ago

General AmnestyELSEWHERE will be found the account of an interview which theHonrsquoble Mr SN Banerjea gave to an Associated Press representative onhis arrival at Bombay It is pleasing to note the optimistic ring about MrBanerjearsquos views He said that the Indian situation in England to-day wasfar more encouraging and satisfactory than it had ever been within hisrecollection He referred with pardonable pride to the share the Moderateparty had in bringing this happy consumption As regards the Punjabaffairs mdash a subject in which we in the Punjab are particularly interested mdashMr Banerjea said that his deputation had several informal conferenceswith Mr Montagu during which they had urged the grant of a generalamnesty and the appointment of an independent Commission of EnquiryWhile we regret that in the matter of the Enquiry Committee thesuggestion of the moderate deputation has been considerably whittleddown we do hope Mr Montagu will see his ways to advise His Majesty togrant a general amnesty in all political cases

The ldquoEnglishmanrdquo and OurselvesREFERRING to certain remarks that appeared in a recent issue of this journalquestioning the right and authority of Sir Uma Hayat Khan to speak in thename of the people of Punjab the Englishman writes--ldquoIt is a very politicalminded device to brag of the glories of the soldier but to refuse him voice in theconcerns of the peoplerdquo Even a writer in the Englishman might have beenexpected to know the difference between questioning a manrsquos representativecharacter and refusing him a voice in the concerns of the people

lahore saturday october 4 1919

letters to the editor

Celebrate with 550 hospitals schools

Trump scorns institutions and addresses the lsquopeoplersquo Hecan therefore present himself as a casualty of intrigues

THE TRIBUNECHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 09OPED

AT Chinarsquos National DayParade on October 1 the mili-tary might of the Peoplersquos Lib-eration Army (PLA) in full dis-

play was watched closely by the worldThe commander-in-chief of the PLA XiJinping inspected the parade which fea-tured 15000 troops 160 aircraft and 600pieces of equipment

What caught the attention of dis-cerning observers were the new mis-siles which are a part of the 2016-raised rocket force (PeoplersquosLiberation Army Rocket ForcePLARF) The Dongfeng DF-41 Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)with a range of 15000 km travelling atseven km per second approximatespeed Mach 20 (Mach is the speed ofsound) and 500 meters accuracy theDongfeng DF-100 hypersonic cruisemissile and the Dongfeng DF-17medium range ballistic missile fittedwith Hypersonic Glide Vehicle (HGV)mdash DF-ZF mdash with a range of 2000 km

While western analysts focused onDF-41 ICBM which would play a crit-ical role in strategic counterbalancedeterrence and in winning war forIndia the DF-100 and DF-17 fittedwith HGV mdash DF-ZF mdash should be acause of concern Hypersonic mis-siles will be the new disruptive game-changing technology in this centurywhich would mdash between India andChina mdash replace nuclear deterrence

with non-nuclear deterrence reshapethe rules of conventional war-fight-ing and transform geopolitics Onlythree countries mdash the US Russia andChina mdash have made credible stridesin procuring harnessing and exploiting this technology

Hypersonic missiles are radically dif-ferent from ballistic and cruise missilesBallistic missiles boosted by powerfulrocket engines leave the atmosphere(the dividing altitude between atmos-phere and space is 100 km) to enterspace reach the apogee and then re-enter atmosphere to hit the designatedtarget These missiles follow a definedelliptical trajectory which helps theBallistic Missile Defence (BMD) sys-tem to intercept and neutralise theirwarhead before it causes damage TheUS since over four decades has invest-ed heavily in BMD systems Inspiredby it India too has invested in indige-nous BMD since 2000

Cruise missiles stay within theatmosphere fly at low altitude toevade ground-based radars and arepowered and guided throughout theflight in a defined near-flat trajectoryuntil its designated target Cruise mis-siles powered by air-breathing jetengines have sub-sonic speeds exceptIndiarsquos BrahMos missile which pow-ered by ramjet engine has a superson-ic speed of Mach 3 To defeat cruisemissiles there are technologies likethe Russian S-400 Air Defence MissileSystem (ADMS) amongst others

Hypersonic cruise missiles with twopeculiarities are a class apart Onethey have speed upwards of Mach 5 mdashtheir kinetic energy (derived frommotion) itself is enough to destroyhardened and underground facilities

Two they fly at low altitudes thoughhigher than cruise missiles and aredifficult to detect by terrestrial or

land-based radars because of theirability to change course rapidlyUnlike ballistic and cruise missileswhich follow a defined trajectoryhypersonic missiles are highlymanoeuvrable thereby giving very lit-tle reaction time to the opponent tojudge which target is being hit Thisdelayed detection makes timelyresponse extremely difficult

HGV are fitted on ballistic missilerocket engines like DF-17 DF-21 DF-26 and even DF-41 ICBM and boostedAfter a certain boost phase the HGVdetaches itself from the rocket andglides towards its target 2000 kmaway in a wayward rather than adefined low flight trajectory

Senior officials from Raytheon Com-pany of the US recently told thiswriter at an international air show thatmeeting the hypersonic cruise missilechallenge would require new sensorsfor early detection Since terrestrial

sensors alone would not work theneed would be to have a mix of space-based and terrestrial sensors Theentire hypersonic missile defencearchitecture they said would requirehuge investments patience technolo-gy and technical expertise

Given the new missilersquos characteris-tics the DF-100 and DF-17 with HGVin PLA inventory would be a powerfulasymmetric capability For instance itwould be a national humiliation if theHGV were to hit and destroy Indiarsquosaircraft carrier Since India mdash familiarwith PLArsquos nuclear weapons invento-ry mdash is unlikely to raise the stakesChinarsquos new deterrence as well as dis-ruptive war-fighting capability wouldreside in its useable non-nuclear HGVIndiarsquos nuclear weapons purportedlydelivered by its submarines Agniseries ballistic missiles and aircraftwould on the other hand be rendereduseless against China

Such a possibility deserves an urgentreview both of Indiarsquos nuclear deter-rence against China and the indigenousBMD which despite the infusion ofhuge funds has unfortunately notdemonstrated satisfactory results In2011 the then Defence Research andDevelopment Organisation (DRDO)chief VK Saraswat had spelt out thetimelines to this writer for the accom-plishment of the BMD programme Hehad said that by 2013 phase one of theproject which involved successful inter-ception of hostile missiles with 2000-kmrange would be achieved Phase two ofthe programme which required neutral-isation of 5000-km range ballistic mis-siles would be done by 2015 the sameyear when the ballistic missile shieldwould become available for impreg-nable defence of the capital city of Delhiand major metropolises The purchaseof five units or regiments of Russian S-400 ADMS in 2016 is evidence thatSaraswat was doing kite-flying

Even the military should take itsportion of the blame Many DRDO sci-entists have told me that the militaryleadership unable to find or under-stand operational employment ofhypersonic missiles has shown littleinterest in their presentations WithPLA having showcased these missilesthe Defence Minister ought to take thebull by the horns A way forward is toseek Russian cooperation through thesuccessful BrahMos supersonic cruisemissile programme Given that Brah-Mos is Indiarsquos most successfuldefence programme has consistentlymet its timelines has been acceptedby the three defence services and hasgenerated employment and wealth itcould be the ideal vehicle for thedevelopment of hypersonic cruisemissiles and strengthening bilateralrelations between India and Russia

CUTTING EDGE Hypersonic missiles will be the new disruptive game-changing technology in this century

With the Peoplersquos LiberationArmy having showcased

hypersonic missiles Indiaought to take the bull by thehorns A way forward is toseek Russian cooperation

through the successfulBrahMos supersonic cruise

missile programme It could be the ideal vehicle

for the development ofhypersonic cruise missiles

and strengthening bilateral relations

THE world was taken by surpriseon September 14 when thelargest Saudi oil processingplant at Abqaiq was hit by a

lsquoswarmrsquo of around 25 drones and somecruise missiles launched by the Houthirebels in Yemen one of the poorestcountries in the world The attackscaused extensive damage to the plantknocking out 60 per cent of the Saudi oilproduction and triggering a 20 per centspike in oil prices And the worldrsquosattention was thus suddenly focused onYemen and the Houthis an Islamic Zai-di Shia political and armed movementwhich has been fighting a lsquoforgottenrsquowar against Saudi Arabia and the UAEfor more than four years

The Yemeni war began in March 2015when Saudi forces invaded the countryto intervene in what was essentially adomestic dispute between the Houthisand the government of PresidentAbdrabbuh Mansur Hadi The Saudisinvaded Yemen because they viewedthe Houthis as Iranian proxies both ofthem being Shia The Houthis defeatedthe forces loyal to Hadi and capturedSanarsquoa the countryrsquos capital in Sep-tember 2014 In January 2015 Hadiresigned and later fled to Saudi Arabiawhere he presently lives in exile

The Saudi decision to invade Yemenwas taken by Mohammad bin Salman(MbS) the present Crown Prince of Sau-di Arabia To attack Yemen the Saudismobilised a coalition that included theUAE Egypt Jordan Morocco SudanKuwait Qatar and Bahrain But essen-tially it was the Saudi and Emirati

forces that were involved in the inva-sion which was also supported by theUS and the UK They providedweapons logistical support and target-ing information to the Saudis

The Wahhabi Saudis wanted a gov-ernment in Yemen that was not con-trolled by the Zaidi Shia HouthisThey also wanted to control Yemenrsquosoil and a pipeline from their oilfieldsto a harbour in Yemen which wouldhave enabled them to avoid the Iran-dominated Strait of Hormuz

The Saudis and the Emiratis expecteda quick victory against the Houthis whowere a rag-tag bunch of fighters withoutan organised army or sophisticatedweapons However they were highlymotivated agile innovative and knew

the terrain well The Saudis and theEmiratis on the other hand were poorfighters accustomed to the comforts oflife They could not match the Houthison the ground and soon resorted toindiscriminate bombing from the airkilling thousands of civilians

According to reliable estimatesaround 2 lakh Yemenis have died in thefighting including 1 lakh childrenunder the age of five from famine and acholera epidemic On some occasionsinternational aid was prevented fromreaching the Yemeni people by blockad-ing of the ports by the Saudis and theirallies And notably the self-styled glob-al lsquocustodiansrsquo of human rights werecomplicit in this genocidal war For thisreason it became a lsquoforgottenrsquo war

receiving very little media coverage TheUnited Nations has called it the biggesthumanitarian crisis on the planet

However the situation began tochange in May 2019 when the Houthislaunched drone attacks against someSaudi oil facilities That was followedon August 17 by a multiple droneattack on Shaybah a massive Saudi oiland gas field which is around 1200 kmfrom Houthi-controlled territory inYemen The drone attacks demonstrat-ed the vulnerability of the Saudi oilinfrastructure to the attacks by theHouthis and the range of their dronesand missiles Neither the Saudis northe Americans currently have any mis-sile or air defence systems that canoffer protection against such attacks

It is clear that drones have been agame-changer in Yemen One experthas called them ldquothe most disruptivemilitary technology yet conceivedrdquoThey are cheap costing only a few mil-lion dollars compared to the Saudiarsenal costing hundreds of billions ofdollars The Houthis are now makingtheir own drones based on Iraniandesigns and technical advice They arealso probably importing drones andcruise missiles from Iran

The Saudis have suffered anotherreversal in Yemen Their major ally theUAE pulled out of the war a few monthsago when the port of Aden in the Southfell to the Southern Transitional Coun-cil a separatist group backed by theUAE This has infuriated the Saudis butthey have not been able to do much

The Saudis and the Americans have

blamed Iran for the September 14attack on Abqaiq instead of the Houthiswho have claimed responsibility for itIran has denied any role in the attackThe US is unlikely to attack Iran but ifit does it could set the whole regionon fire That could adversely affectalmost seven million people of Indianorigin who work in the Gulf and remitbillions of dollars to India

On September 20 the US announcedthat it was sending troops and more mis-sile defence systems such as Patriot andTHAAD (Terminal High Altitude AreaDefence ) to Saudi Arabia However theyare unlikely to be effective against low-flying drones which can only be stoppedby short-range Russian systems such asPantsyr-S1 and the BUK-2 which theRussians have used to defend their basein Syria against similar attacks

On September 28 the Houthis dealtanother blow to the Saudis by launch-ing a ground attack within Saudi terri-tory near Najran in which three Saudibrigades were defeated and hundredsof soldiers were either killed woundedor captured The operation demonstrat-ed that Saudi Arabia was vulnerable toair and ground attack by the Houthis

The asymmetrical warfare fought bythe Houthis appears to have broughtSaudi Arabia to its knees The WallStreet Journal reported on August 28that the Trump administration waspreparing to initiate negotiations withthe Houthis to end the war in Yemen Itremains to be seen when or if that hap-pens But one thing is clear The war inYemen is no longer lsquoforgottenrsquo

NIRAJ SRIVASTAVAFORMER AMBASSADOR

The Houthis an IslamicZaidi Shia political and

armed movement active inYemen have been fightinga war against Saudi Arabiaand the UAE for more thanfour years The Saudis and

the Americans have blamedIran for the Sept 14 attackon the Saudi oil processing

plant at Abqaiq eventhough the Houthis haveclaimed responsibility for

it Drones have been a tipping point in the

Yemeni war

Drones and the lsquoforgottenrsquo war in Yemen

LIVING BY THE GUN The asymmetrical warfare fought by the Houthis appears to have brought Saudi Arabia to its knees

PRAVIN SAWHNEYSTRATEGIC AFFAIRS EXPERT

Chinarsquos new missile is a wake-up call for India

su do ku calendar forecast

YESTERDAYrsquoS SOLUTION

OCTOBER 4 2019 FRIDAY

Vikrami Samvat 2076

Shaka Samvat 1941

Ashwin Shaka 12

Ashwin Parvishte 18

Hijari 1441

Shukla Paksh Tithi 6 up to 935 am

Soubha Yoga up to 1154 pm

Jyeshtha Nakshatra up to 1219 pm

Moon enters Sagittarius sign 1219 pm

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CITY MAX MINChandigarh 31 21New Delhi 34 24PUNJAB

Amritsar 32 22Bathinda 32 23Jalandhar 32 21Ludhiana 31 21HARYANA

Bhiwani 34 23Hisar 34 22Sirsa 32 25HIMACHAL PRADESH

Dharamsala 26 16Manali 20 08Shimla 21 12JAMMU amp KASHMIRJammu 32 21Leh ------ -----Srinagar 23 11UTTARAKHAND Dehradun 31 19Mussoorie 22 12

SUNSET FRIDAY 1804 HRSSUNRISE SATURDAY 0618 HRS

TEMPERATURE IN OC

THE TRIBUNE10 CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019JampKHP

Arun JoshiTribune News Service

Srinagar October 3Kashmiris displayed theirextraordinary sense of collec-tive responsibility in savingtheir Vale from the repeat ofthe 2016-like situation or evenworse There were all chancesof it becoming one had theyprotested in streets andclashed with troopers

ldquoThey thought we wouldtake to the streets and pelttroopers with stones to engi-neer mayhem We did notallow that to happenrdquo BilalAhmad a university stu-dent spoke in a maturedfashion rather than onebursting with emotions

Everyone in the establish-ment here who is from out-side the Vale admires thehigh sense of the politicalconsciousness and intelli-gence of Kashmiris ldquoTheyare politically alive and intel-ligent people perhaps thekind of which we may notfind in any other part of thecountryrdquo commented an offi-cer who has been here forover past three decades

And when the troops hadstarted landing in huge num-bers in Kashmir in the lastweek of July Kashmir wasagog with rumours whichlater turned out to be truethat something big was in theoffing The common percep-tion was that it would not begood for people of Kashmirwhich was seeded in theirmind by politicians now seenas relics of a goneby era

While the authorities arecrediting themselves havingplanned measures in such amanner that ensured thatnothing would go wrongKashmiris have their ownstory to tell of their restraintand reasonableness Theypreferred to avoid confronta-tion and clashes on thestreets is the narrative thatdemonstrates that they arenot suffering from the senseof defeat with which some

nationalistic media is por-traying them after the scrap-ping of Article 370 and 35A

Kashmiris are intelligentThey claim that they haveshown to the entire worldhow adversity can be con-verted into a virtue Hadthey indulged in clashestheir argument of loss ofpolitical identity wouldhave been neutralised

They had factored in somekind of onslaught on theirspecial status under Article370 and Article 35A Theyknew that confrontationwould mean catastropheThis dreadful thought wasbased on rumours likeldquoanything can happenrdquo ifthe streets were to eruptThey did not oblige thetrouble-makers

The body language of thetroopers with assault riflesslung on their shouldersmade it clear that they didnrsquotwant any trouble around Thetrouble had its consequencesThe mere presence of thetroops had a meaning thatconfrontation would be metwith harsher consequences

A teenager Asif Dar

admitted that the thingswere ldquoharshrdquo but therecould have been harsherconsequences had thesecurity arrangementsthat were put in place notbeen there ldquoThe authori-ties had their way we hadours but the main thingis that we didnrsquot courttrouble and smear ourland with bloodrdquo

ldquoThis was a preventivemeasurerdquo the governmentofficials have repeated it adnauseam They had drawntheir lessons as theyclaimed from the 2016unrest In hindsight the twosituations have no parallelKashmir had erupted in2016 after the killing of mil-itant commander BurhanWani who had weaponisedsocial media and no oneknew about his fatal enduntil it happened on July 82016 Thereafter it was aspontaneous reaction

This time the governmenthad anticipated cascades ofbacklash It had taken all pre-ventive measures fromarrests of political leaders tochronic stone throwers busi-

nessmen and anyone whohad caused trouble in thepast or had the potential to doso It was linked to the deci-sion on August 5 The prepa-rations had been made muchbefore the ldquoDecision dayrdquo ofscrapping the special statusof Jammu and Kashmir

Massive protests and theinitial killing of at least 20youngsters in the first fewhours set a cycle in motionof the clashes and casualtiesin 2016 That cycle of vio-lence halted after Kashmirhad reeled under coerciveshutdown for three monthsand the casualty figure stag-gered close to 100

Tourists fled and so did pil-grims in 2016 but no one hadasked them to pack off andgo This time the things wereplanned much beforendash thegovernment ordered the pil-grims and tourists to leave atthe earliest on August 2 atleast a fortnight before thescheduled conclusion of theAmarnath pilgrimage

The ubiquitous presence oftroops inspired scare Kash-miris chose pragmatism thistime They for too had learnttheir lessons from 2016 it waspointless to take to the streetsand fulfil the designs of ene-mies of Kashmir who wantedmore graves Pakistan isexactly looking for this kindof bloodbath in the Valley

Troopers did not usetheir guns was one factorbut the Kashmiris also didnot offer them theextreme provocation to doso And when they saw thewhole of the Indian nationcelebrating the August 5decision they understoodthe consequences of stand-ing up to the Indian mightand mood They appliedtheir common sense not tothrow their land in the spi-ralling bloodshed That iswhere they succeeded in sav-ing their land and fellowKashmiris from the troublethat could have visited them

lsquoWe saved our land from catastrophersquo

TURNING ADVERSITY INTO VIRTUE When the troops had

started landing in hugenumbers in Kashmir in thelast week of July Kashmirwas agog with rumourswhich later turned out tobe true that somethingbig was in the offing

Kashmiris claim that theyhave shown to the worldhow adversity can be con-verted into a virtue Hadthey indulged in clashestheir argument of loss ofpolitical identity wouldhave been neutralised

Tribune News Service

Srinagar October 3On Tuesday when AatiyaAyoubrsquos mother read a newsitem in a local daily about theopening of schools after twomonths she had alreadydecided not to send herdaughter to the school owingto the continuous tense situa-tion in Kashmir whichmarked 60 days on Thursday

Aatiya is a Class X studentShe has submitted the formfor her annual exams butdoesnrsquot know whether theexams will be held She is yetto complete the syllabus atthe school where her last classwas held before August 3

ldquoOur education seems tobe over There is still silenceand shutdown it is not safefor us to go to school in sucha situationrdquo she told TheTribune at her home in Sri-nagar where she is prepar-ing the assignments provid-ed to her by the school ldquoIam not able to concentrateit is a very difficult situationfor all studentsrdquo she said

The Divisional Commis-sioner Kashmir Baseer

Ahmad Khan announced theopening of schools up to ClassXII from Thursday but whilea few schools had opened thestudents continued to remainaway from classes disobeyingthe governmentrsquos order It isfor the second time sinceAugust 19 that the govern-ment announced opening of schools but the students stayed away

The government has alsoannounced opening ofinstitutes of higher educa-tion from October 9 but itseems unlikely that stu-dents will attend the class-es as the communication

and internet clampdowncontinues in Kashmir

Many parents continueto raise safety issues ofstudents and haverestrained from sendingthem to schools ldquoWe willnot send our children toschools There is no publictransport and everythingis shut How can studentsas young as 4 5 and 6 yearsof age go to schools Whatwill they do if a stone hitsthem or something hap-pens Who will inform uswhen the phones are not workingrdquo asked Rosy Jan a mother

Few schools reopen inValley no students yet

The empty classroom of a government college in Srinagar AMIN WAR

Majid Jahangir amp Ishfaq TantaryTribune News Service

Srinagar October 3Relatives of at least 12detainees in the Valley whohave been booked under thestringent Public Safety Act(PSA) have knocked on thedoors of the JampK High Courtclaiming they are minors

In all 12 habeas corpus peti-tions have been filed in theSrinagar wing of JampK HighCourt Six among the youths

are 18 two are 17 and 16 andone is 15 years of age theirfamilies said In their peti-tions the families have most-ly submitted school certi-fies before the court insupport of the claim ofthe detainees

The first two habeascorpus petitions claimingthat the detainees wereminors and booked underthe PSA which allows deten-tion without any trial up totwo years was submitted on

August 27 by residents ofSrinagar and Anantnag

The Juvenile Justice Com-mittee of the JampK High Courtin a report submitted beforethe Supreme Court had said

144 children aged betweennine and 17 were detained

between August 5 and Sep-tember 23 and of them 142had been released The reportsaid the children weredetained for causing minorinjuries and creating law andorder problem ldquoIn certain reg-

ular habeas corpus petitionschallenging regular detentionorders passed by district mag-istrates against them underthe PSA the detainees haveclaimed to be juveniles When-ever such petitions come upbefore the different benches ofthe court the court is directedto hold an inquiry to ascertainthe factum of age and if thedetainee is found to be a juve-nile appropriate orders inaccordance with law would fol-lowrdquo the report had said

Kin of 12 detained lsquominorsrsquo move HC

Tribune News Service

Srinagar October 3As normal business activitycontinued to remain sus-pended for the 60th daytoday after the abrogation ofArticle 370 the KashmirChamber of Commerce andIndustries said the Valleyrsquoseconomy had been dentedby around Rs 10000 croreduring this period

The businessmen saidtheir problems had beencompounded due to thelack of mobile and internetfacilities as they wereunable to file returns thatwould lead to bigger issuesin the future ldquoAs per ourestimates we have suf-fered losses between Rs8000 crore and Rs10000crore during the past twomonths All sectors havebeen badly hit and themobile and internet gaghas added to our woesrdquochamber president SheikhAshiq told The Tribune

ldquoDue to the internet gagwe have not been able to filereturns and we fear this willlead to lots of problems forus later These are practicalissues and on top of thatthere is no clarity from thegovernmentrdquo he said

Lost ~10000 crduring lockdownsays industry

Parents reluctant to send wards owing to tension

Ambika SharmaTribune News Service

Solan October 3The BJP is in for a majortrouble in Pachhad as DayalPyari a sitting zila parishadmember refused to with-draw her nominationpapers after her supportersforced her against takingthe decision this morning

The development has leftthe ruling party embarrassedas its senior leaders wereconfident of placating her

Pyari who met Chief Min-ister Jai Ram Thakur inShimla yesterday hadalmost made up her mind towithdraw from the contestbut this was not accepted byher family and supporters

Her husband Prithvi Singhand her father-in-law said noother candidate was accept-able to the people She

deserved ticket and wouldcontest as an Independent

Dayal Pyari talking to medi-apersons said though she wastorn between the party andthe supporters she would payheed to latter and said shewould begin campaigningafter paying obeisance at theJatoli temple here

She reiterated that herfight was not against the par-ty but against the dictatorial

attitude of a few leaders ofher area and claimed that shewould emerge victorious

She was taken into a carby her supporters towardsSirmaur before she couldbe poached by BJP leadersShe began her campaigninglater in the day

The BJP got a partial reliefas its senior leaders man-aged to pacify rebel AshishSikta who withdrew his

nomination He howeverencountered strong resent-ment from his supporters atRajgarh where Sikta firstheld a meeting and thenwithdrew his nomination

BJP state president Sat-pal Satti ministers Mahin-der Thakur and SureshBhardwaj who were camp-ing at Rajgarh held day-long consultations to chalkout a strategy for the poll

Reena Kashyap who wasthe BJPrsquos official nomineewill face a tough challengefrom Dayal Pyari who hasfound overwhelming sup-port of the people

The development has elat-ed the Congress though itremains to be seen if its candi-date GR Musafir will gain inthe three-cornered contest asthe party is solely banking onthe factionalism in the BJP

BJP rebel firm on contesting as IndependentIn Pachhad partial relief for saffron party as Sikta withdraws nomination papers

ASSEMBLYBYPOLLS

Dayal Pyari (in yellow shawl) with her supporters outside a hotel in Solan on Thursday TRIBUNE PHOTO

SUPPORTERSrsquo PRESSURE Dayal Pyari who met Chief

Minister Jai Ram Thakur inShimla on Wednesday hadalmost made up her mind towithdraw from the contest butthis was not accepted by herfamily and supporters

Her husband and father-in-law said she deserved aticket but since denied shewould contest as an Independent

Taken in a car by her sup-porters towards Sirmaurshe began her campaigninglater in the day on Thursday

Lalit MohanTribune News Service

Dharamsala October 3Sudhir Sharma AICC secre-tary and former minister isunlikely to join the Congresscampaign in his home con-stituency Dharamsala for theOctober 21 byelection

Sudhir who refused to con-test the byelections just twodays before the last date of fil-ing of nomination papers hasnot arrived in Dharamsala todate He did not come toDharamsala when theyoung Congress leaderVijay Inder Karan who hasreplaced him filed his nom-ination papers on Septem-ber 30 Sudhirrsquos suddenrefusal to contest despitethe Congress high com-mand telling him to be inpoll fray is like an unsolvedriddle for many senior Con-gress leaders

A senior leader said AICCchief Sonia Gandhi evenafter the approval of the can-didature of Vijay Inder Karanasked senior leaders to talk toSudhir if he can change hismind and contest HoweverSudhir remained adamantagainst contesting he said

When contacted on phonetoday Sudhir said that he wasnot joining the Congresscampaign as he was sufferingfrom gastroenteritis ldquoI willreturn home after 4 to 5 daysbut whether or not I will jointhe campaign will depend onmy healthrdquo he said

With Sudhir almost declin-ing to join the campaign theissue of infighting in the stateCongress has come to fore

Just days before announc-ing his refusal to contest theDharamsala byelection Sud-hir had openly demanded theresignation of the acting pres-ident of state Youth Congressfor holding programmeswithout his approval andspeaking out against him Avernacular paper insteadreported that Sudhir hadsought HPCC chief KuldeepRathorersquos resignation

Congrsquos Sudhir may not campaign

Rajiv Mahajan

Nurpur October 3With drug trafficking in the inter-state border areasof lower Kangra districtcomprising Nurpur andIndora subdivisions risingthe state government hasturned a ldquoblind eyerdquo to theNurpur de-addiction-cum-rehabilitation centre

Set up during the previousCongress regime and inau-gurated by then CM Virb-hadra Singh on January 122017 the centre is run by theKangra district Red Cross

Society The skeleton staffhere has failed to run thecentre effectively

Surprisingly the centrehas no doctor or psychia-

trist As per informationthe centre is run by just aproject coordinator a coun-selor a pharmacist and asafai karamchari The

recent suicide by a 64-year-old man addicted to alcoholhas now put a questionmark on the safety ofinmates and the staff

deployed at the centre Asthere is no watchman or asecurity guard it is fearedthat such unsavory inci-dents can recur

Set up in the OBC hostelbuilding the centre canadmit 10 addicts at a timebut its full capacity couldnever be used for want ofrequisite staff Centre incharge-cum-project coordi-nator Amit Kumar admittedthat the centre was unableto admit more than fiveaddicts at a time and thewaiting list of addicts hadalways been quite long

ldquoThe working environ-ment is unsafe too as thestaff is always under threatof being attacked by theinmates who turn aggres-sive on being denied syn-thetic drugs or intoxi-cantsrdquo he said

As the centre is locatednear the border of PunjabHimachal Pradesh and Jam-mu amp Kashmir where drugtrafficking is on the risedespite registration of casesunder the NDPS Act thedemand for better facilitiesand more staff has been gain-ing momentum

Nurpur de-addiction centre a victim of admn apathyHas no doctor | Run by Kangra Red Cross Society NGOs want Health Department to take it over

Just 4 employees Set up during the Congressregime and inaugurated bythen CM Virbhadra Singh onJanuary 12 2017 the centre isrun by just a project coordina-tor a counselor a pharmacistand a safari karamchari Set up in the OBC hostelbuilding the centre can admit10 addicts at a time but its fullcapacity could never be used

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3A Special CBI Court todayissued notice to the CBI onthe bail applications filed bythree accused in the Kotkhaicustodial death case

The court asked the CBI tofile a reply on the bail applica-tions filed by former KotkhaiSHO Rajinder Singh (33)head constable RafeeMohammad (38) and consta-ble Ranjeet Steta (32) by Octo-ber 9 the next date of hearing

In the applications it was

stated that there was no evi-dence on record to connectthe accused with the allegedcustodial death of Suraj

It was also mentioned thatthree co-accused IGPZahur H Zaidi SP DW NegiTheog DSP Manoj Joshihad been granted bailAccording to the prosecu-tion a minor girl was alleged-ly raped and murdered inHalaila forests of Shimla dis-trict on July 4 2017 The vic-timrsquos body was found lying inHalaila forests near Mahasuon July 6 2017

Kotkhai case Copsfile bail pleas in court

As of now I am not campaigning forthe party as I am suffering fromgastroenteritis I will return home (toDharamsala) after 4-5 days but whetheror not I will join the campaign inDharamsala will depend on myhealth Sudhir Sharma CONGRESS LEADER

WHAT INFURIATED FORMER MINISTER Sudhir Sharmarsquos supporters alleged that while former

minister was preparing to contest elections leaders ofthe HPCC called other Congress leaders from Dharam-sala and asked them to apply for ticket

This infuriated Sudhir who decided against contesting They alleged that the former minister was also not join-

ing the party campaign as the current party leadershiphad tried to belittle him in his own constituency

lsquoSUFFERING FROM GASTROENTERITISrsquo

THE TRIBUNEJALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 11NATION

HIMACHAL PRADESH

NOTICE INVITING E-PROCUREMENT BID

Executive Engineer IampPH Division Dharampur Bharari on behalf of Governorof Himachal Pradesh invites the online Lump Sum contract bids on turnkey basisfrom the eligible bidders of Indian Entity through online bidding system on or before 17102019 at 1700 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs) on the sitehttpshptendersgovin

1 KEY DATES SHALL BE AS UNDER-

The tender forms and other detailed conditions can be downloaded from thewebsite wwwhpiphorg or from office above Executive Engineer up to datespecified above

Executive EngineerIampPH Division Dharampur Bharari

a Date of Online publication 0110 2019

b Downloading of e-bidDocuments

From 01102019 at 1800 Hrs IST (GMT + 530Hrs) to 17102019 at 1700 Hrs IST (GMT +530 Hrs)

c Date of submission of e-bid From 01102019 at 1800 Hrs IST (GMT + 530Hrs) to 17102019 at 1700 Hrs IST (GMT +530 Hrs)

d Physical Submission of Original Bid Security (in case ofoffline deposit of Bid security)

Up to 1100 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs) on18102019

e Date of opening of bids

1) Cover-1 Eligibility Criteria On 18102019 at 1230 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs)

2) Cover-2 Technical bid Shall be intimated separately

3) Cover-3 Financial Bid Shall be intimated separately

f Site Visit Between 1100 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs) dated10102019 to 1700 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs)dated 11102019 alongwith the AssistantEngineerconcerned Junior Engineer IampPHSub-Division TihraDharampur

SrNo

Description EstimatedCost

BidSecurity

Time Cost ofBid

1 Engineering Procurement Construction Testing Commissioning Trial Run of various components of LWSS to Rakhoh Cholthra Awahdevi Tihra and its adjoining villages in Tehsil Dharampur District Mandi (HP) under Jal Jeevan Mission (Har Ghar Nal Se Jal ) in single package on ldquoturn-key job basisrdquo including trial run defect and liability period as 3 months after physical completion of all components scheme including SOP connection as certified by Engineer-in-Charge of the entire scheme

Rupees 21667344-

Rupees 249200-

Ninemonths(includingallseasonsbutexcludingtrial runperiod of 3 months)

Rupees2500-

2 Engineering procurement construction testing commissioning trial run of various components of LWSS to PC habitation of Kot Dhawali and Bahri Rathoun and Chakyana in Tehsil Dharampur District Mandi HP under Jal Jeevan Mission (Har Ghar Ko Nal se Jal) in single package on ldquoTurn-key job basisrdquo including trial amp testing run defect and liability period as 03 months after physical completion of all components of the scheme including SOP connection as certified by Engineer-in-Charge of the entire scheme

Rupees 21134606-

Rupees 243900-

Ninemonths(includingallseasonsbutexcludingtrial runperiod of03months)

Rupees2500-

DPRHP2324

HIMACHAL PRADESH

IPH DEPARTMENT

NOTICE INVITING TENDERShort terms sealed item rate tenders on form 6 amp 8 are hereby invited by the undersigned on behalf of

Governor of Himachal Pradesh for the following works from the approved and eligible contractors so as to

reach in this office on or before 10102019 at 300 PM and will be opened on the same day at 33000 PM

in the presence of intending contractors or their authorized representatives in this office The tender form can

be had from this office against cash payment (Non-Refundable) on or before 09102019 The earnest money

in the shape of National Saving CertificateTime deposits Accounts Saving Accounts in any of the Post

OfficeBank in Himachal Pradesh duly pledged in favour of the Executive Engineer I amp PH Division Chamba

must accompany each tender Conditional tenders and tenders received without earnest money will be

summarily rejected The offer of the tenders shall be kept open for 120 days The Executive Engineer IPH

Division Chamba reserves the right to reject the tenders without assigning any reasons

SrNo

Name of work Estimatedcost

Earnestmoney

TimeLimit

Cost oftender form

1 Providing WSS to left out Habitation under census villageUdaipur Khas amp Saru in GP Udaipur Tehsil amp DisttChamba HP (SH- CO Rwall with cement concrete1510 for Sedimentation tank RHS)

313313- 6266- ThreeMonths

250-

Terms amp Conditions- 1 Before offering the rates the terms and conditions attached with the schedule of

quantity may be gone through carefully 2 Conditional tenders without earnest money will outrightly be

rejected3 The contractor shall enclose enlistmentrenewal order with his application for obtaining the tender

documents 4Latest income tax and sale tax clearance certificate as well as Pan No must be attached with

the application failing which the documents will not be issued to those contractors The contractor shall

produce registration of labour license from the competent authority under Contract Act 1970 failing which no

tender shall be issued to him

Note- No tender forms will be issued to those contractors who have not completed the work within the

stipulated period and having more than two works in hand under this Division

Executive Engineer

I amp PH Division ChambaNO-IPH-CBA-GA-G-Tender2019-7334-7384 Dated 200919 DPRHP2326

Himachal Pradesh IPH Department

SHORT TERM NOTICE INVITING TENDERThe Executive Engineer IPH Division Keylong (HP) invites tender on behalf of Governor of Himachal Pradesh from approved

eligible contractors for the following works through Online Process-

The tender forms and other detailed conditions can be downloaded from the portal httphptendersgovin up to 500 PM 14102019

HIM SUCHNA AVAM JAN SAMPARKExecutive Engineer IPH Division Keylong

JobNo

Name of Work EstimatedCost

EarnestMoney

Time ofcompletion

1 Special Repair of FIS Chimret in GP Chimret Distt Lahaul Spiti (HP) (SH- Co CClining and Retaining wall)

744756- 14900- One Work-ing Season

2 Providing WSS to PC Habitation of Jobrang Rape Rashil in GP Jobrang Distt Lahaulamp Spiti (HP) (SH- PF MS Tank 270 litrs capacity 2 Nos Laying Jointing amp TestingHDPE pipe of 50mm Dia at RD 0 to 5240 and Provision of Parta Cutting= 100 Rmt)

927536- 18600- Six Months

3 Augmentation of WSS to Village Gohrma in GP Gohrma Distt LampS (HP) (SH- PFMS Tank 270ltrs Co Storage tank 20000 ltrs capacity Co Stand Post 5 NosLaying Jointing and Testing HDPE pipe of 50mm dia at RD 0 to 110 (Ai to Bi) RD0 to 50 (A to B) 32mm dia at RD 50 to 500 (B to C) Double layer RD 0 to 1250 (Ato C) 20mm dia at for (distribution System) at various Rds Co Barbed wire fencingaround Stank and Co Crate work around Intakes and Co Nallah Crossing)

1419471- 28400 Six Months

4 Providing Flood Protection Work to Rubling in GP Tingret Distt LampS (HP) (SH-Crate work at RD 0 to 107)

2949252- 52000- Six Months

Date of submission of e-tender From 02102019 at 0500 PM to14102019 at 0500 PM

Physical submission of tender documents Up to 1100 AM 15102019

Date of opening of Eligibility Criteria 15102019 at 1130 AM

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CHANDIGARH ADMINISTRATION

ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Press e-TENDER NOTICEPercentage rate e-tenders are invited under two bid system by the Executive Engineer Electrical Division No 2 on behalf

of President of India from the eligible enlisted firms class A and B enlisted with the Chandigarh AdministrationMunicipalCorporation ChdCPWDState PWDs of Punjab amp Haryana and Himachal Pradesh and their board amp Corporation having validElectrical Contractor License issued by any Govt Deptt of StatesCentre for the execution of following work can bedownloadedUploaded from the website at httpwwwetenderschdnicin

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01 E219189 Mtc of NRB at Chandigarh (Repair of defective elec-trical accessories at various School under SDE E4Chandigarh) R

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Executive Engineer Electrical Divn No 2 Chandigarh

TENDER NOTICE No 06 Date 1102019

On behalf of the Governor of Punjab Executive EngineerConstruction Division PWD BampR Br Fazilka invites bids fromeligible bidders enlisted under road works category with PWDBampR BrDetail terms and conditions of notice inviting bids refer to ourwebsite wwweprocpunjabgovinCorrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerConstn Divn PWD BampR Br Fazilka(On behalf of Governor of Punjab)DPRPbD6792

New Delhi October 3As many as five judges of theSupreme Court have recusedfrom hearing activist GautamNavlakharsquos petition challeng-ing the Bombay High CourtrsquosSeptember 13 order rejectinghis plea for quashing of an FIRin connection with the Bhima-Koregaon violence case

After Chief Justice ofIndia Ranjan Gogoi Jus-tice NV Ramana Justice RSubhash Reddy and Jus-tice BR Gavai Justice SRavindra Bhat became thefifth judge to recuse onThursday from hearing thecase of Navlakhamdashone ofthe five activists arrestedin the case

Others arrested in the caseare Varavara Rao Arun Fer-reira Vernon Gonsalves andSudha Bharadwaj Theyhave been booked underprovisions of the UnlawfulActivities Prevention Act(UAPA) and the IndianPenal Code

Justice S Ravindra Bhat ofthe Supreme Court on Thurs-day became the fifth judge torecuse himself CJI Gogoi hasassigned the matter to aBench headed by JusticeArun Mishra which will takeit up on Friday

As Navlakharsquos petitioncame up for hearing before athree-judge Bench headed byJustice Arun Mishra JusticeBhat who was on the Benchalong with Justice VineetSaran recused himself fromhearing the case mdash TNS

Tribune News Service

NewDelhi October 3Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasi-na today arrived here on afour-day visit during whichboth sides will attempt to takethe focus away from theNational Register of Citizens(NRC) by discussing some oldproblems that have croppedup as well as exploring com-mon links in transport watersharing and projects on Indi-an line of credit

Bangladesh Foreign MinisterAK Abdul Momen had toldmedia in Dhaka that Hasinawould discuss a number ofbilateral issues includingkilling of Bangladeshis by BSFand a framework pact on com-mon rivers including Teestawith PM Narendra Modi onSaturday She was chief guestat the Country Strategy Dia-logue of the World EconomicForum today She will attend an

interactive session with selectIndian CEOs followed by inau-guration of India-BangladeshBusiness Forum on Friday Shewill hold talks with Modi andcall on President Ram NathKovind on Saturday

Momen said the two sideswould discuss increased con-

nectivity through rivers searail road and air overall tradeand commerce among others

Foreign Secretary ShahidulHoque told newspersons thatimport of Indian arms undera $500 million line of creditand the NRC issue would alsobe discussed

Hasina to raise NRCPrez PM accept Capt invitefrom page 1

group of pilgrims the PunjabCM will lead through the cor-ridor when it opens The CMhowever clarified neither henor the ex-PM would travel toPakistan for the formal open-ing of the corridor They wereonly going to the Sikh shrineon the other side ldquoas pil-grimsrdquo The Pakistan govern-ment had recentlyannounced it would inviteManmohan for the corridorinauguration but the ex-PMrsquos office denied knowl-edge of any such invitation

Todayrsquos developments arecrucial in the light of ongo-ing political one-upmanshipbetween Congress-led Pun-jab Government and theAkalis over marking the his-toric event

Capt Amarinderrsquos move tosecure President and PMrsquospresence at the state functionare bound to put pressure on

the Akalis to come on boardAsked about SGPCrsquos cele-

bration plans CMrsquosspokesman said ldquoThe CM hasrepeatedly said the SGPC as areligious body is free to organ-ise celebrations in gurdwarasand the official celebrationswill be marked by the stategovernment The CM hasrepeatedly urged all-partyunity and will lead an all-partygroup through the corridorrdquo

State government sourcesadded they were not aware ifthe SGPC would send a paral-lel jatha through the corridor

Pakistan recentlyannounced that the corridorwould be opened for IndianSikh pilgrims on November 9However the final date is stillbeing worked out between thetwo countries and the PunjabGovernmentrsquos official eventwill be planned accordingly

Capt Amarinder mean-while shared official pro-

gramme of his governmentrsquosevents with the President andPM ldquoThe CM has urged bothto participate in the corridoropening at Dera Baba Nanakand the main programme atSultanpur Lodhirdquo the CMOspokesman said

Capt Amarinder also urgedPMrsquos intervention to allow a21-mebmer all-party jatha tovisit Sri Nankana Sahib thebirth place of the first Gurubesides bringing a nagar kir-tan to Sultanpur Lodhi viaAmritsar (Wagah)

In a separate letter to Minis-ter of External Affairs S Jais-hankar the CM has soughtformal clearance for theNankana Sahib delegationvisit and the nagar kirtan

The Punjab Governmentplans various celebrationsbetween November 5 and 15and will hold an all-party meetat Sultanpur Lodhi onNovember 1

from page 1

the list of 84 candidatesreleased by the Congress lateWednesday night and for theremaining six seats on Thurs-day shows that nearly 70 percent seats have been allottedto Hoodarsquos confidants

Of the 90 candidates giventhe party ticket at least 59 areHooda loyalists 12 are said tobe close to Kumari Selja fiveare believed to KiranChoudhry loyalists and threeeach are believed to be fromthe Kuldeep Bishnoi RandeepSurjewala and Tanwar camps

Hooda has had his support-ers fielded in all nine Assem-bly segments comprising theSonepat parliamentary seatthat he contested in May

But in the nine Assemblyseats under Kumari Seljarsquostraditional Ambala Lok Sabhaseat only one Hooda support-er mdash former HPCC chief PhoolChand Mullanarsquos son VarunChaudhary mdash has been nomi-nated for the Mullana seat

Hoodarsquos supporters havebeen fielded in eight of the nineAssembly segments in Karnalfour of the nine segments inKurukshetra Of the nineseats in BhiwanindashMahendra-garh at least four have goneto Hoodarsquos men The HisarUchana Narnaund and Han-si seats too have gone to hissupporters Adampur Nalwaand Hisar have been allottedto Kuldeep Bishnoirsquos menUklana and Barwala toKumari Seljarsquos loyalists andBawani Khera to KiranChoudhryrsquos camp

Of the nine Assembly seg-ments comprising TanwarrsquosSirsa Lok Sabha seat Dab-wali Tohana Ratia Ellenabadand Fatehabad have gone toHoodarsquos supporters Narwanacandidate Vidya Rani is con-sidered close to Randeep Sur-jewala while Sirsa and Kalan-wali nominees Hoshiari LalSharma and Shishpal Kehar-wala are Tanwar loyalists

Former minister Capt AjayYadav has managed the partyticket for his son ChiranjeevRao from Rewari

With ticket

639 engg seats vacantfrom page 1

institutions that mere physicalinfrastructure is not enoughand that qualified and well-paid faculty are mandatory forrunning engineering coursesRather than reduce the num-ber of seats the governmenthas lowered merit andallowed admissions throughHP Combined Entrance Testand Class 12 examinationmerit defeating the very pur-pose of ensuring quality edu-cation and uniformity instandards say sources

Private colleges charge

between Rs 45000 and Rs57000 per semester for BTechcompared to Rs 30000 in gov-ernment colleges ldquoStudentsare shying away from engi-neering courses as there areno jobs even after spendingRs 4 lakh to Rs 5 lakhrdquo saysSuresh who left the courseafter two semestersThere is a clear shift towardstraditional arts commercescience and managementcourses as 100 per cent seatshave been filled ldquoGovern-ment jobs are still the top pri-ority for students as their

focus is on preparation forcompetitive examinationsrdquosays Prof Sikender KumarVice-Chancellor HimachalPradesh University

Mismatch between enrol-ment and employment ratedue to opening of privateinstitutions without assessingemployment opportunities isalso leading to low intakeFurther high investment inengineering courses as com-pared to average remunera-tion after passing out is caus-ing aversion to engineeringcourses say sources

Justice Jha

5th SC judgerecuses fromKoregaonactivistrsquos case

4-day visit Connectivity trade energy ties top agenda

from page 1

High Court at Jabalpurbefore his elevation to the HCas permanent judge on Feb-ruary 2 2007

The President after con-sultation with the CJI alsotransferred Justice Pulig-oru Venkata Sanjay Kumara Judge of the TelanganaHC to the Punjab andHaryana HC He has beenasked to assume charge byOctober 17 mdash TNS

Justice LN Swamy ChiefJustice of HP High Court

Justice Ajai Lamba CJ ofGauhati High Court

Justice Indrajit Mahanty isChief Justice in Rsthan

Justice A Mani Kumar is CJof Kerala High Court

Justice JK MaheshwariChief Justice of Andhra HC

Justice AK Goswami ChiefJustice of Sikkim HC

Justices BiswanathSommader PV SanjayKumar and Vivek Agarwalof Calcutta Telangana andMadhya Pradesh HCsposted to HCs of AllahabadPunjab and Haryana andAllahabad respectively

OTHER JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS

JUSTICE KURESHI FAILS TO FIGURE ON LISTJustice Akil Kureshi recommended by SC Collegium for appoint-ment as Tripura HC CJ last month doesnrsquot figure on the list Earli-er Centre had refused to appoint him as CJ of MP High Court

Union Minister of State Sushri Debasree Chaudhuri receivesBangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi on Thursday PTI

THE TRIBUNE CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019

12|BUSINESS GOLD

~39115New Delhi

SILVER

~47580New Delhi

USD EURO POUND JPY YUAN CAD AUD SGD HKD~7089 ~7803 ~8808 ~067 ~993 ~5324 ~4774 ~5147 ~905

No SE (BampR)NIT-581 Dt 031019

MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONJALANDHAR LOCAL GOVT DEPTT PUNJABNOTICE INVITING e-TENDERS

(CIVIL WORKS)eprocpunjabgovin

E-tender No MCJ (BampR) 2019-2012

Municipal Corporation Jalandhar invites e-tenders onTwo Bid system for the CivilHorticultureBuilding worksmentioned at wwweprocpunjabgovin from thecontractors enlisted with Municipal Corporation Jalandhar ampCo-op LC Societies (Registered in Punjab State) Time totime instructions issued by GovtCVO will be followed forbidding as well as execution of works All the bidders shouldcomply with the latest instructions issued vide notificationNo 765279-radicΔ1(5)4342 Dt 02102014 amp 5822018-2lg41892 Dt 02082018

Date and Time Schedule for LC SocietiesAgencies

Other terms amp conditions can be seen at E-tenderWebsite eprocpunjabgovin

Sd- Superintending Engineer

SrNo

Last Date of onlinesubmission of

Bidding document

Opening ofTechnical Bid

Opening ofFinancial Bid

1 10102019 up to 1700 hrs

11102019 at 1100 hrs

14102019 at 1100 hrs

DI-91904

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJABPWD BampR BRANCH

NOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDSTENDER NOTICE NO 18-21 DATED 01-10-2019

On behalf of Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer ConstructionDivision PWD BampR Br Rupnagar invites bids for below mentioned worksfrom eligible bidders enlisted under All road works category withPWD (BampR) for the works approved under his jurisdiction as detailed inthe following table The bidders may submit bids for any or all of thefollowing Work(s)-

For detailed terms and conditions refer to websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin

from 091019

Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerConstruction DivisionPWD BampR Br Rupnagar

SrNo

Name of Work Head

1 Special Repair of Bharatgarh-to Kakrala Soban MajraRoad upto HP Border (including five years maintenance)in Distt Rupnagar

3054

2 Special Repair of Bharatgarh-Kakrala to Nawan Graonupto HP Border (including five years maintenance) inDistt Rupnagar

3054

3 Special Repair of Bharatgarh-to Nalagarh Road upto HPBorder (including five years maintenance) in Distt Rupnagar

3054

4 Periodical Repair of Ropar Circular Road (ODR-08) (includingfive years maintenance) in Distt Rupnagar

3054

DPRPbD6797

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

RURAL DEVELOPMENT amp PANCHAYATS DEPARTMENTNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Tender Notice No PRDP201932 Date 011019

Authority- Executive Engineer Panchayati Raj PW (CampM)Division Patiala

Name of Work-

Date of opening of bid- 11102019

For detail terms and conditions of notice inviting bids refer towebsite wwweprocpunjabgovin

Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerPanchayati Raj PW Division Patiala

SrNo

Description of Work 1 EMD2 Tender fee (in Rs)

Cost ofWork

1 Renovation amp Allied Works ofPond at Village Devinagar SawaiSingh Wala Block BhunerheriDistt Patiala

1) Rs 37890-2) Rs 5000

Rs1894500-

DPRPbD6803

Punjab Water Supply andSewerage Board

NOTICE INVITING Recall of e-TENDERS (2019-20)eprocpunjabgovin

Recall E-Tender Notice No 02 Date 30092019

On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer Punjab WS amp Sewerage BoardChandigarh Executive Engineer Punjab WS amp Sewerage Division No 2Amritsar invites online Lump Sump and percentage basis tenders from theapproved Contractorfirms and eligible Co-operative L amp C Societies who fulfillthe eligible criteria as per DNIT for the work mentioned below-

Important Dates are as under- For tender at Sr No 12

1 Period of availability of tender Online shall be Up to 10102019 up to 100 PM

2 Last Date amp Time for online submission ofBids shall be 10102019 at up to 300 PM

3 Date and Time for Opening of Tenchical bids shall be 11102019 at 300 PM

For tender at Sr No 3

Up to 23102019 up to 100 PM23102019 at up to 300 PM24102019 at 300 PM

For detailed terms and conditions refer to website eprocpunjabgovin

Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd-Executive EngineerPb WS amp Sew Divn No 2AmritsarDPRPbD6800

SrNo

Name of the Work BidSecurityEarnestMoney(Rs inLacs)

Cost ofDocu-ment

Tenderfee

(Rs)

Periodof

Comp-letion

Esti-matedCost(in

Lacs)

1 DNIT for Construction of Main PumpingStation (14 MLD) Tarn Taran (Zone No1) complete machinery amp Balance workof IPS (11 MLD) complete machinery etcand all other works contingent theretordquo

345000- 100- 5Months

17209Lacs

2 DNIT for ldquosurvey soil testing designsupply and construction instcomissioning of 4 mld STP at Analabased on any suitable sustainableand proven technology including otherappurtenant works on turnkey basisas per DNIT including operation ampmaintenance for a period of 60months after stabilization period of 3months or morerdquo

800000- 1000- 9Months

LumpSump

3 Detailed Project Report for ProvidingWater Supply Sewerage amp SewageTreatment Plant at Jandiala Guru DisttAmritsar (Under PIDB)

8050- 100- 1 Month 402Lacs

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJABPWD BampR BRANCH

NOTICE INVITING ON-LINE BIDSTENDER NOTICE NO 22-23 DATED 01-10-2019On behalf of Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer ConstructionDivision PWD BampR Br Rupnagar invites bids for below mentionedworks from eligible bidders enlisted under All road works categorywith PWD (BampR) for the works approved under his jurisdiction asdetailed in the following table The bidders may submit bids for any or allof the following Work(s)Sr No Name of Work Head

1 Special Repair of Sri Anandpur Sahib to Sri Naina Devi road (ODR-12) (including Five years maintenance) in Distt Rupangar

5054

2 Special Repair of 4-Lane Ropar Bye Pass (including Five yearsmaintenance) in Distt Rupangar

5054

For detailed terms and conditions refer to websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin from 09-10-19Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive Engineer Construction Division PWD BampR Br RupnagarDPRPbD6802

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJABPWD BampR BRANCH

Tender Notice No 41 Dated 03102019Executive Engineer Central Works Division PWD BampR BranchMohali invites bids from eligible bidders for below mentionedwork For detail terms and conditions of the notice inviting bidrefer to wwweprocpunjabgovin wef 09102019Corrigendum if any will be issued on website onlyWork Construction of Both Side Approaches amp Service

Roads of Railway Under Bridge (RUB) on levelCrossing No 24-B on Sirhind-Nangal Dam Amb-Andaura Section in Morinda Town

Sd- Executive EngineerCentral Works DivisionMohali DPRPbD6801

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

PWD BampR BRANCHNOTICE RE-INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No 07 Date 03102019

On behalf of the Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer Construction DivisionPWD BampR Br Patiala invites re-bids from eligible bidders for detailed in thefollowing table The bids shall be on the percentage rate basis The bidders maysubmit bids for any or all of the following Works

2 For Sr No 1 Period of availability of Tender onlineDate amp Time of onlinebid submission and Date amp time of opening of bids are as given below-

For detailed terms and conditions of the notice inviting bids refer to ourwebsite httpeprocpunjabgovin

Corrigendum If any will be issued on website only

Sd- (Er Navin Kumar) Executive EngineerConst Divn PWD BampR Branch PatialaM No 98783-60786DPRPbD6799

SrNo

Name ofProjectWork(s)

BidSecurityEarnestMoney

Cost ofdocumenttender fee

(Rs)

Periodof

comp-letion

Approxvalue of the

ProjectWork

1 2 3 4 5 6

1

Special Repair ofGovt Primary School Gajewas Teh SamanaDistt Patiala

36000- 5000-6

Months1804 Lacs

Availability of tenderonline for bidding

Last date amp timefor online

submission of bids

Date amp Time of opening oftender

From To Technical Bid Financial Bid

04102019 1000 am

11102019 0400 pm

11102019400 pm

141020191100 am

To be inti-mated later on

WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION DEPARTMENTNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No Dated

On behalf of Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer Water Supply ampSanitation Division No 1 Amritsar invites bid from eligible bidders for theProject detailed in the following table

For detailed terms and conditions refer to website httpeprocpunjabgovin

CorrigendumAddendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerWater Supply amp Sanitation Division No 1 Amritsar

DNIT No Date

I Project Description Name of Work Construction of SewerageTreatment Plant based on any suitablesustainable amp Proven Technology IncludingOampM of STP for 60 Months afterCommissioning of Village Budha Theh AbadiBeas and Abadi Gurunanakpura BlockRayya District Amritsar (NABARD-XIV)

II Bid SecurityEarnest Money

Rs As per approved Bid

III Cost of DocumentTenderFee Processing Fee

Rs 1000- Rs As per Website

IV Period of Completion 15 Months Including 3 Months of Stabilizationperiod

V Period of Availability ofTender online

From 07102019 Time 1000 am to07112019 Time 1700 pm

VI Pre-Bid Meeting Date andVenue

Date 22102019 Time 1200 pmVenue HOD Office Phase 2 Mohali

VII Last date amp time for onlinesubmission of bids shall be

Dated 07112019 Time 1700 pm

VIII Tender opening Date amp time Date 08112019 Time 1430 pm

DPRPbD6794

LUDHIANA IMPROVEMENT TRUSTFeroze Gandhi Market Ludhiana ndash 141001

e-mail ldh_It_2009yahoocoin

Ph- 0161-5255405

e-Tender NoticeNIT No 09e-TenderSELG-IT Ludhiana2019-20The Ludhiana Improvement Trust Ludhiana invites online bids for 10 Nos

development works -

Online availability of Tenders for bidding- 04102019 onwards

Closing Date amp Time For Serial No 1 to 7 10102019 up to 0200 pmFor Serial No 8 amp 9 17102019 up to 0200 pmFor Serial No 10 24102019 up to 0200 pm

Opening Date amp Time For Serial No 1 to 7 10102019 at 0300 pmFor Serial No 8 amp 9 17102019 at to 0300 pmFor Serial No 10 24102019 at 0300 pm

For details logon to wwweprocpunjabgovin

Note Any corrigendum(s) to the tender notice shall be published on the aboveWebsite only

Sd- Superintending EngineerImprovement Trust

LUDHIANADPRPbD6804

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

WATER SUPPLY amp SANITATION DEPARTMENT PUNJABNOTICE INVITING E-TENDERS

Bid No 11233 Date 300919

On behalf of the Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer WaterSupply amp Sanitation Division No 1 Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar invitesbids from eligible bidders for the works detail in the following table Thebidders may submit bids for any or all of the following works-

For detailed terms and conditions of the notice inviting Tender referto website httpseprocpunjabgovin wef 04102019

1 The bid documentTerms amp Condtions are available online and bidsare to be submitted online through e-procurement portalhttpeprocpunjabgovin only Bids submitted otherwise will not beaccepted

2 Rectificationextension of timeCorrigendum if any will be uploaded onwebsite wwweprocpunjabgovin amp will not be advertised in newspapers

Sd- Executive EngineerWS amp Sanitation Division No 1 SAS Nagar

SrNo

Name of Works I) Estimated CostII) Earnest MoneyIII) Tender Fee

(in Rs)

Important DatesTime

i) Sale of Tenderdocument

ii) Last Date and Time forSubmission of Bids

iii) Date and Time ofOpening of TechnicalBids

1 PROVIDING ESTATE ampINTERNAL WATERSUPPLY SANITARYINSTALLATION ANDFLOORING amp DADO INIT BLOCK AT GOVTCOLLEGE SECTOR-56 SAS NAGAR

i) Rs 1786904-

ii) Rs 35750-

iii) 1000-

i) 04102019 at 1800 hrs

ii) 14102019 at 1600 hrs

iii) 15102019 at 1100 hrs

DPRPbD6796

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ੀ1I ਯ੨੦ਜਜ਼੨ਸ੪੨DPRPBD6788

OFFICE OF THE CANTONMENT BOARDJALANDHAR CANTT

INVITING TENDER NOTICE

INVITING E-TENDER FOR PROVIDING TEACHING STAFFFOR CANTONMENT BOARD SCHOOLS AND SILVER OAKPUBLIC SCHOOL UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THECANTONMENT BOARD JALANDHAR

Online e-tenders are invited through CPP e-procurement portalhttpeprocuregovin by the Cantonment Board Jalandhar Cantt fromreputed experienced contractorservice provider for providing teaching staff for Cantonment Board Schools and Silver Oak Public SchoolJalandhar Cantt

Starting date for downloading of Tender documents 27092019

Last date for submission of online tender 17102019

Full notice of tender is available on Central Public Procurement Portal websiteie httpeprocuregovin

Chief Executive Officer

Cantonment Board JalandharDI-91800

BSE

198543810687

NSE

459011314

Vijay C RoyTribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3Fearing loss to small andmarginal farmers dairycooperatives in Punjab andHaryana have expressedreservation over the inclu-sion of dairy products in theRegional ComprehensiveEconomic Partnership(RCEP) pact

The cooperatives appre-hend that import of cheapermilk and dairy productswould adversely hit thelivelihood of lakhs of farm-ers in the two states withimporters and traders dom-inating the market

The government is con-templating finalising theRCEP a trade block whichincludes the 10-countryASEAN China IndiaJapan South Korea Aus-tralia and New Zealandby the end of this year

New Zealand and Aus-tralia particularly are nego-tiating very hard withIndia to reduce duty ondairy products so that theycan get an access to Indiawhich is the worlds largestmarket of dairy products

ldquoThe signing of theRCEP will be a big blow tothe dairy farmers as itwould lead to reduction inthe procurement price ofmilk from farmers due tocheap imported milk pow-der from New Zealandsaid Karnail Singh a dairyfarmer from Amritsar

Dairy cooperatives feelthat procurement pricewould come down drastical-ly if imports are allowedthrough the RCEP as therewould be no tariff barrier

ldquoWe fears that cheaperimports will have repercus-sions across the value chainsAs imports will be cheapermany traders will startimporting cheap dairy prod-ucts virtually putting farmersout of the professionrdquo said asenior official from Milkfed

The average daily pro-duction of milk in thesetwo states is around 460lakh litres As far as Punjabis concerned the daily pro-

duction is around 307 lakhlitres Out of the total milkproduced in rural andsemi-urban areas 50 percent is marketable surplusOf this surplus aroundhalf of the milk sold is han-dled by the organised sec-tor comprising dairy coop-eratives such as MilkfedsVerka and private dairycompanies and the rest bythe unorganised sector

Similarly in Haryana thedaily production is 156 lakhlitres Out of the total pro-duction 70 per cent of themilk is self-consumed byfarmers and the remaining30 per cent is marketable

surplus Further around 39lakh litres (25 per cent) arebeing handled by HaryanaDairy Development Cooper-ative Federation Ltd Therest of the quantity is beingprocessed by private dairyprocessors and sweet shops

Dairy cooperatives in theirrepresentation to the min-istry apprehend that cheap-er imports will push India toremain dependant onimports for dairy products

ldquoMilk producers andprocessors have made pres-entation to the Centre pro-jecting repercussions andrequesting it not to includemilk productsrdquo said SSKohli CGM Vita

The farmers apprehendthe step would halvedairy farmersrsquo income asthey will be forced toleave farming

ILLUSTRATION SANDEEP JOSHI

Fiscal tie-up deal has PunjabHaryana dairy firms worriedCooperatives fear import of cheaper milk will affect farmers

MILK PRODUCTION IN TWO STATESState Daily produce Marketable surplusPunjab 307 lakh litres 50Haryana 156 lakh litres 30

Onion prices fall to ~30kg after export banNewDelhi October 3Onion prices have started cool-ing down in both retail andwholesale markets in someparts of the country after thegovernment banned exports ofthe key kitchen staple andimposed stock limits ontraders Union Minister RamVilas Paswan said on Thursday

Retail onion prices whichwere ruling at Rs 60-70 per kg

for the past few weeks in thenational capital and some oth-er parts of the country

declined to below Rs 60 per kgon Thursday as per trade data

Onion prices declined to

below the Rs 30 per kg levelat Lasalgaon in MaharashtraAsiarsquos largest wholesale mar-ket for the bulb crop after thegovernment banned itsexport and imposed stocklimit on traders

ldquoWe have to take care of theinterest of both farmers andconsumers Prices of onionhave started declining after webanned exportrdquo he said mdash TNS

Mumbai October 3The Reserve Bank of India(RBI) is likely to go for yetanother rate cut on Fridaythe fifth in a row as inflationis within the comfort zoneand the need to boost theeconomy is pressing

RBI Governor ShaktikantaDas has already hinted thatbenign inflation providesroom for further monetarypolicy easing while space forfiscal space is limited

The government hasannounced a series of meas-ures including steepest cut incorporate tax rollback ofenhanced surcharge on theForeign Portfolio Investorsamong others to jump-startgrowth which hit a six-year lowof 5 per cent during the firstquarter of the current fiscal

The six-member monetarypolicy committee (MPC) isscheduled to announce thefourth bi-monthly monetarypolicy for 2019-20 on Fridayafter a three-day meeting

There was no meeting ofthe panel on October 2 onaccount of Mahatma GandhiJayanti The bank hasalready slashed repo ratefour times consecutively thisyear amounting to 110 basispoints in aggregate

At its last meeting in Augustthe MPC reduced the bench-mark lending rate by anunusual 35 basis points to 540per cent The upcoming MPCmeeting comes in the backdropof RBIrsquos mandate to banks to

link their loan products to anexternal benchmark like reporate for the faster transmissionof reduction in policy rates toborrowers from October 1

Ahead of the meeting theDas-headed Financial Stabil-ity and Development Council(FSDC) sub-committee tookstock of the prevailing macro-economic situation

Earlier the RBI Governorhad said the government hadlittle fiscal space giving hopethat the bank may providemore monetary stimulus toprop up the economy The gov-ernmentrsquos fiscal space hasbeen squeezed on account ofcut in the rates of corporate taxas well as lowering of the GSTrate on various goods Rev-enue collection too has beenbelow the Budget estimates

Experts are of the opinionthat another rate cut is on thecards as the governmentrsquoshands are tied and the onusof taking initiatives now restswith the central bank mdash PTI

RBI may cut policy rateto give economy a pushTo announce bi-monthly monetary plan today

REPO RATE ALREADYSLASHED FOUR TIMES The RBI has already

slashed repo rate fourtimes consecutively thisyear amounting to 110basis points in aggregate

At its last meeting themonetary policy commit-tee had reduced thebenchmark lending rateby an unusual 35 basispoints to 540 per cent

New Delhi October 3The government will keepthe reform momentum goingwith more such announce-ments in the future to bringback the economy on a high-er growth track thoughissues related with productiv-ity efficiency persist NITIAayog CEO Amitabh Kantsaid on Thursday

Going back to 2005 and tillnow close to about 300 mil-lion people have been pulledout of poverty In the last fiveyears the economy hasgrown at about 75 per cent

Indias growth was about 81per cent in the last quarter of2017-18 and fell to 5 per cent inthe June quarter of 2019-20Kant said at the World Eco-nomic Forums India Econom-ic Summit-CII event here

ldquoAnd since then both theRBI and the governmenthave taken a series of meas-ures to takeIndia backto a highgrowth tra-jectoryrdquo hesaid mdash PTI

Many morereforms inoffing Kant

We still have 25000 tonne of onion in ourstock We are asking state governments totake it and supply at ~2390 per kg in theirstates and ensure prices are stable

Ram Vilas Paswan CONSUMER AFFAIRS MINISTER

STATES ASKED TO COLLECT STOCK

THE TRIBUNECHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 13WORLD

GLOBE TROT

Emirati US Russian astronauts return to EarthALMATY A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three astronautsincluding an Emirati who became the first Arab to reachthe International Space Station returned to Earth Thurs-day Footage broadcast by Russias space agency showedthe Soyuz MS-12 capsule carrying Hazzaa al-Mansoori ofthe United Arab Emirates NASA astronaut Nick Hagueand Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin touch downat 1059 GMT on the steppes of Kazakhstan AFP

Russian man sues Apple for lsquoturning him gayrsquo MOSCOW A Russian man has filed a lawsuit against Apple formoral harm claiming that an iPhone app had turned himgay according to a copy of the complaint The man filed suitin a Moscow court asking for one million rubles ($15000)after an incident this summer in which a cryptocurrencycalled lsquoGayCoinrsquo was delivered via a smartphone apprather than the Bitcoin he had ordered ldquoApple pushed metowards homosexuality through manipulation Thechanges have caused me moral and mental harmrdquo he saidApplersquos representatives in Russia did not immediatelyrespond to AFPrsquos request for comment AFP

NZ mosque attacker drops bid to move trialWELLINGTON Gunman Brenton Tarrant the man accused ofmurdering 51 Muslim worshippers in Marchs NewZealand mosque attack on Thursdaydropped a bid to move his trial from the citywhere the massacre occurred The HighCourt held a pre-trial hearing inChristchurch in which judge CameronMander announced at the beginning ofproceedings that the defence haddecided not to pursue the applica-tion His trial will begin on June2 next year in Christchurch AP

FIRST EMIRATI TO REACH ISS Russian space agencyrescue team members and United Arab Emiratesspecialists carry Emirati astronaut Hazzaa al-Mansoorishortly after the landing of the Russian Soyuz MS-12 spacecapsule about 150 km south-east of the Kazakh town ofDzhezkazgan on Thursday AFP

Pak Taliban urge US to resume Afghan talksIslamabad October 3Pakistan on Thursday askedthe Taliban to grasp theopportunity and resume talkswith the US for an early andpeaceful resolution of the con-flict in Afghanistan sayingwar is not a solution as topleaders of the militant groupmet Foreign Minister ShahMahmood Qureshi here

A high-level Taliban dele-gation met Qureshi as partof a push to revive theAfghan peace processstalled after US PresidentDonald Trump abruptlydeclared the talks with therebel group ldquodeadrdquo

The Foreign Office said in astatement that a delegationof the Taliban Political Com-mission (TPC) called onQureshi The delegation wasled by the head of TPC MullaAbdul Ghani Baradar andincluded senior members ofthe commission

ldquoWhile appreciating Tal-

ibanrsquos serious engagementin the peace process heunderscored the need to takethese efforts to their logicalconclusionrdquo Qureshi said

Trump stunned the worldwhen he suddenly declared

that the Afghan peace talkswith the Taliban wereldquodeadrdquo following killing onan American soldier

Qureshi said ldquoPakistan hasmaintained for several yearsthat there is no military solu-

tion to the complex situationin Afghanistan An inclusivepeace and reconciliationprocess involving all sec-tions of the Afghan societywas the only practical wayforwardrdquo mdash PTI

US ENVOY LIKELY TOMEET DELEGATION

Sources said the talksbetween Foreign MinisterSM Qureshi and theTaliban went on for morethan one and a halfhours ISI chief Lt GenFaiz Hameed was alsopresent in the meeting

US special envoy toAfghanistan ZalmayKhalilzad is also inPakistan to discuss therevival of the peace talksHe may also meet theTaliban delegation

Pakistan has maintained for several years that there is no military solution to the complexsituation in Afghanistan A peace process is the only way forward Mahmood Qureshi PAK FOREIGN MINISTER

Foreign Minister SM Qureshi (C) receives members of the Talibandelegation at the Pakistan Foreign Ministry in Islamabad AFP

Paris October 3 A man wielding a knifestabbed and killed four offi-cers at the police headquar-ters in the heart of centralParis on Thursday beforebeing shot dead

Sources told AFP theattacker was shot dead bypolice in the courtyard ofthe building where he wasemployed The man workedin an administrative capac-ity but it was not immedi-ately clear what his precisework role was

Interior MinisterChristophe Castaner who was

due to visit Turkey later onThursday postponed his tripto visit the scene of the attack

ldquoPeople were runningeverywhere there was cryingeverywhererdquo said Emery Sia-mandi an interpreter whowas in the building when theattack happened

Investigators suspect aworkplace dispute sparkedthe deadliest attack onpolice in France in yearssources said

The Paris prosecutor is atthe scene but anti-terroragencies have not beeninvolved at this stage mdash AFP

Four Paris copsstabbed to death

A police vehicle drives toward Paris police headquartersfollowing alleged stabbing by a co-worker on Thursday AFP

London October 3 UK Prime Minister BorisJohnson on Thursday saidhe has made a ldquogenuineattempt to bridge thechasmrdquo in order to get afresh Brexit deal with theEU as he appealed to MPs inthe House of Commons tosupport his proposals

Johnson told MPs that hisproposals mdash which wouldsee Northern Ireland stay inthe European single marketfor goods but leave the cus-toms union mdash were a ldquocom-promiserdquo He has main-tained that the UK will

leave the EU on October 31with or without a deal

The UK government isnow hoping to begin a peri-od of intense negotiationswith the aim of reaching afinal agreement at an EU

summit on October 17ldquoThis government has

moved our proposals dorepresent a compromiseand I hope that the Housecan now come together inthe national interestbehind this new dealrdquoJohnson told MPs

The backstop is the con-troversial ldquoinsurance poli-cyrdquo that is meant to keep afree-flowing border on theisland of Ireland but whichcritics including Johnsonfear could trap the UK inEU trading rules indefi-nitely mdash IANS

Accept Brexit planBoris tells MPsJerusalem October 3 Israel swore in its newlyelected parliament onThursday for what could bea very short term after thecountrys second inconclu-sive election of the year leftit with no new governmenton the horizon

The typically festive eventwas marked mostly byuncertainty as the two maincandidates for prime minis-ter sniped at each other overwho should lead the country

It also came in parallel toPrime Minister BenjaminNetanyahus high-profile

pre-indictment hearing oncorruption charges whichhave threatened to end hispolitical career and con-tributed to the currentparalysis of the countryspolitical system

Neither Netanyahu norhis chief rival Benny Gantzhas been able to build a par-liamentary majority withtheir natural allies Theynow depend on each otherfor a unity government asthe only likely alternative toan unprecedented thirdelection in less than a year

ldquoThe right thing for the

citizens of Israel especiallyat this time is for the primeminister to be busy workingfor them and not preoccu-pied with indictmentsrdquoGantz said

ldquoI call upon Netanyahu Donot barricade yourself in yourposition We will take thereins from here and lead thecountry for the good of thecitizensrdquo For thesake of unity Gantzrsquos deputyYair Lapid announced hewas forgoing a previousarrangement to share thepremiership should theycome to power mdash AP

No govt yet Israel swears in MPs

PM Boris Johnson in House AFP

PUNJAB WATER SUPPLY amp SEWERAGE BOARDNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No ETENDERPWSSDHOSHIARPUREE201954 of 2019 Date 03102019On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer PWSSB Chandigarh The Executive Engineer Punjab Water Supply amp Sewerage Division Hoshiarpur re-invite bids due to non-submission ofbids from the eligible bidders for the work detailed below-

2 Important dates are as under-i) Period of availability of tender online shall be From 03102019 to 13102019 up to 500 pmii) Pre-bid Meeting 07102019 at 1100 amiii) Last date amp time for online submission of bid shall be 13102019 up to 500 pmiv) Date amp time of opening of Technical Bid 14102019 at 0100 pm

SrNo

Name of the Work EarnestMoney

Cost of Document Tender processing Fee Period ofCompletion

Approx Valueof the work

1 Construction of STP 400 MLD at Balachaur Town Rs 800 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

2 Construction of STP 200 MLD at Hariana Town Rs 500 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

3 Construction of STP 300 MLD at Rahon Town Rs 700 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

4 Construction of STP 300 MLD at Garhshankar Town Rs 700 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

Note (i) The dates given above are for both eligible LampC Societies amp Contractors(ii) For detailed terms and conditions refer to website httpeprocpunjabgovin(iii) If any corrigendum issued will be loaded and seen at website httpeprocpunjabgovin Sd- Executive Engineer PWSSD HSPDPRPbC6790

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ੀ1ਭ੨ਸਭਜਜ਼੨ਯ੨ਭ ੪ ੀ੨ਭਗ਼੨DPRPbC7362

PUNJAB WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGEDIVISION GURDASPUR

RE-TENDERING No 10 of 2019-20 (3rd time)httpseprocpunjabgovin

On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer Pb WS amp Sew Board ChandigarhExecutive Engineer Pb WS amp Sew Division Gurdaspur The E-tenderingNotice No 10 issued vide this office endst 4006-78 dt 17092019 are herebyrecalled due to reason that No bidders participate received for each of the belowtender Now these tender will be opened as per detail given below-

Important dates are as under

Period of availability of tender online shall be 04102019 from 200 PM

Last date and time for online submission of bid 10102019 upto 500 PMshall be

Date and time of opening of Technical Bid 11102019 at 200 PM

1 Note- The dates given above for above tenders are for LampC societiesfor detailed terms and conditions refer to websitehttpseprocpunjabgovin

2 Corrigendumaddendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerPunjab WS amp Sew Division Gurdaspur

SrNo

Description of work EarnestMoney(Rs)

Cost ofdocument

TenderFee (Rs)

Periodof

comp-letion

ApproxValue of

thework

1 Providing amp Fixing laying Jointingcutting testing of RCC NP3 300mm idPipe and construction of smallscreening chamber room providingand supply installation of motor pumpset sludge pump set repair of MPSand STP and Complete all otherworks as per site Dera Baba NanakGurdaspur District Gurdaspur

2DNITcost Rs

68580-

Rs 100- 4months

Rs 3429

lac

DPRPbD6791

PUNJAB WATER SUPPLY amp SEWERAGE BOARDNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No E-TENDERPWSSDHOSHIARPUREE201953 of 2019 Date 3102019

httpeprocpunjabgovin

On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer PWSSB Chandigarh TheExecutive Engineer Punjab Water Supply amp Sewerage Division Hoshiarpurreinvite the bids due to non-submission of bids from the eligible bidders for thework detailed below-

2 Important dates are as under

i) Period of availability of tender from 03102019 to17102019 uponline shall be to 500 pm

ii) Last date amp time for online submission 17102019 up to 500 pmof bid shall be

iii) Date amp time of opening of Technical Bid 18102019 at 100 pm

Note- (i) The dates given above are both for eligible LampC Societies andContractors

(ii) For detailed terms and condtions refer to websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin

(iii) If any corrigendum issued will be loaded amp seen at websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin

Sd- Executive Engineer

Punjab WS amp Sew Division Hoshiarpur

SrNo

Name of the work EarnestMoney

Cost ofDocument

TenderProcessing

Fee

Periodof

Comp-letion

ApproxValueof theWork

3 Amtc Reserve Stock Hoshiarpurfor the year 2019-20 at HSP ldquoSupplyof One No Chowkidar to Watch ampWard Reserve Stock Hoshiarpurrdquowef 15092019 to 31032020

Rs2000-

1002360 6 Months15 Days

Lumpsum

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ਜ਼੨ ੦ਸਾ੨ਾ੦ਯਸਭਞ੮੨

੨ਝ੦ਜਮ IਵਭਸਙIਭ੦੧ਯਗ਼ਸੜਜI੨ਝਟਭ੨ਾਵੀਯ ਜਙਞਙਜ੨I੨੭੪ਯ੨ਗ਼੨ੜIਠ੨ਙ ਆਗ਼ਾIਭਜਙI੭ਭ੨੪ਟਜਟTemporar+੪ਞ ੪੪ਟI੨I੨ ਜ਼੨੦I੭ਵਝਗ਼ਜਙ੨ਮਙI੦270320423੮੦6022੭ਸਭਭ੦੨ 0ੜ345ਜ਼ਾਭ੪੮ਮੀ00 ੨੦ਯI੭ਮਸ ਙਭ੨੭ਠI੨I੨ ਜ਼੨੦ ਜ਼ਾਭ੪ ੮ਮੀ00 ੨੦ਯI੭ਮਠਗ਼੪ੜਭ੪ ਗ਼ਟਜਙ੨ਮਙI੭ਵ I੦290320423 I ੦Iਸਾ੨ਾ੨I੭ਵੀ੨ਜ੨ ਗ਼ਾIਭਜਙI੭ਭ੨੪ਟਜਟTemporar+੪ਞ ਸ੨ਭਸਯ

ੀ1ਞਭਭ੦੮੨ਸ+੭lt ੦ਿਸਾ੨ਾ੦ਯDPRPbD6805

MUNICIPAL CORPORATION SAS NAGAR (MOHALI) DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT PUNJAB

(MUNICIPAL BHAWAN SECTOR 68 SAS NAGAR)

NOTICE INVITING E-TENDER

No 2148 Dt 031019Commissioner on behalf of MC SAS Nagar invites e-tenders on two bid

system (Technical and Financial bid) for the following works from theregistered LampC Co-op Societies and from the enlisted Govt contractors firms

Date and time schedule

For participating in the above e-tendering process the contractorsshall have to get themselves registered withwwweprocpunjabgovin and get user Id and password class-3digital signature is mandatory to participate in the e-tendering(a) Interested bidders can purchase the tender document online from

website wwweprocpunjabgovin NIT and terms and conditionsare being uploaded at the website (wwweprocpunjabgovin)

(b) Bidders shall attach scanned copies of all the papers ie scannedcopies of certificatedocuments as required in terms and condition

(c) CorrigendumAddendumcorrections if any will be posted in thewebsite

(d) Bidders should note that online tenders will be only submitted atthe aforesaid website wwweprocpunjabgovin as per thedetailsinstructions uploaded therein

(e) If at the time of submission of E-Tenders any error occurs due totechnical reasons of the website Municipal Corporation SASNagar will not be responsible

Sd- Corporation Engineer Municipal Corporation SAS Nagar

SrNo

Last date of online submissionof bidding document

Time and Date of Opening of tender

1 22102019 till 1200 23102019 till 1200

SrNo

Name of the work EstimatedCost

(in Lac)

EMD (in Rs)

Processingfee (in Rs)

Timeperiod

1 Laying 40 mm thick BC roadfrom Sec-48C MC limit toBawa White House lights

236 472000- 5900- 3

2 RC estimate forbeautification andupgradation of road fromChandigarh entry to IISERin MC SAS Nagar

4871 97420- 5748- 3

3 RC estimate PL ofBitummious Concrete ondifferent roads of Inds areaPhase-1 5 amp Inds areaPhase-8 in MC SAS Nagar

3539 70780- 4176- 3

DPRPbC7356

THE TRIBUNE14 JALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019SPORT

Visakhapatnam October 3Indiarsquos opening batsmanMayank Agarwal convertedhis maiden Test hundred intoa double century as the hometeam declared for 5027before the hostsrsquo spinnersmade early inroads into theSouth African batting orderAfter Rohit Sharmarsquos poten-tially career-defining 176 inhis first innings as a Testopener it was Agarwalrsquos turnto dominate the bowlers asthe 28-year-old made 215before the hosts declared onDay 2 of the first Test

Ravichandran Ashwin andRavindra Jadeja then got inon the act by dismissingSouth Africa opener AidenMarkram No 3 Theunis deBruyn and nightwatchmanDane Piedt to leave the tour-ing side reeling at 393 atstumps In a worrying signfor South Africa who lost 0-3 on their last trip to India in2015 a few deliveries keptlow on a pitch already offer-ing turn for the spinners

Cheap lossesIndia lost Cheteshwar Pujaracaptain Virat Kohli andAjinkya Rahane cheaply inthe second session but stillmanaged to put an imposingfirst-innings total on theboard Playing only his fifthTest Agarwal who had a pre-vious highest score of 77drove South African spinspearhead Keshav Maharajfor two runs to long off andthrew his hands in the airafter bringing up his double

hundred Starting the day on202 without loss Indiarsquosopeners treated SouthAfricarsquos bowlers with thesame disdain they showed onthe rain-interrupted openingday Visiting captain Faf duPlessis packed his fielders onone side of the wicket butboth Rohit and Agarwalscored almost at will tamingthe spinners by employingboth conventional andreverse sweep shots

South Africa looked des-perately short of ideas inthe face of the battingonslaught Rohit and Agar-wal stitched together astand of 317 Rohit was outstumped to KeshavMaharaj Dropped on 126 byQuinton de Kock off seamerVernon Philander Rohit hitMaharaj for his sixth sixand followed it up with afour but the left-arm bowlerspun the next one past hisforward defence and thewicketkeeper whipped thebails off Philanderremoved Pujara for six withthe first delivery of the sec-ond session while Kohliwho made 20 offered atame return catch to debu-tant all-rounder SenuranMuthusamy Karnatakabatsman Agarwal who hit23 fours and six sixes in hisknock added 53 for thethird wicket with Kohli anda further 54 for the fourthwith Rahane (15) before heholed out off a tame full tossfrom part-time spinnerDean Elgar mdash Reuters

Visakhapatnam October 3 Featuring in only his fifth Testmatch Mayank Agarwalbecame the fourth Indian bats-man to convert his maidencentury into a double hundredand the Karnataka opener iselated over his performanceSpeaking after the match adelighted Agarwal said ldquoI amextremely happy It is a feelingI canrsquot describe Glad that Icould make my maiden hun-dred into a doublerdquo

ldquoI am happy with the wayI played I am batting welland if we can keep battingtogether like this upfront itwill be great for the teamrdquohe added ldquoIf Rohit and Ican keep contributing tomake 450-500 every time itwill be very tough for theopposition I would be lyingif I say that you only have tothink about your own gameAt times you feel that youare playing well and cantake a chance but thatrsquosnot how it works You haveto be patient We had a greatpartnership to lay the foun-dation and get to 300 runsrdquo

Agarwal also praisedRohitrsquos 176-run knock as theMumbai right-handersilenced all his critics whohad questioned his role as aTest opener ldquoThe way he(Rohit) dominated the spin-ners was great to seerdquo Agar-wal said ldquoInitially the pitchdid do a bit with the new ballbut when the sun came outit got better and better As weapproached lunch on Day 2the ball started keeping lowIt started spinning by teaand it is great signs for usrdquo

Didnrsquot bow badly Rohit andAgarwal were good MaharajSouth African spinners didnot bowl badly and it was thesheer brilliance of RohitSharma and Mayank Agarw-al that has taken the gameaway from the visitors leadProteas spinner KeshavMaharaj said ldquoI wouldnrsquotsay they bowled poorly I per-sonally judge if someonecomes down the wicket andhits you itrsquos not a bad ball Ifyou are getting hit from thecrease if you are getting cutthen itrsquos a different storyrdquosaid Maharaj ldquoPiedt wasunlucky Mayank playedsuperbly well and so didRohit Literally everythingthey wanted to do paid off itwas their dayrdquo he saidIndiawon the toss and had no hes-itation in batting first ldquoI sup-pose the toss does play a partbecause you want the bestpossible conditions to bowlfor the spinners but havingsaid that we could have beena little bit better at timeswhen we did bowl But I sup-pose the toss does play alarge factor in terms of theoutcome of the gamerdquo saidMaharaj mdash Agencies

SURATIndian women seal serieswith 5-wkt win over SAThe Indian womenrsquos cricketteam produced anotherauthoritative performance tocomfortably defeat SouthAfrica by five wickets in thefifth T20I taking an unassail-able 3-0 lead in the six-matchseries With two games beingcompletely washed out theseries was extended from fiveto six matches and India need-ed to win on the day to sealthe series Off-spinner DeeptiSharma (219) and left-armspinnner Radha Yadav (323)restricted the Proteas womento 988 Brief Scores SA 988(Wolvaardt 17 Radha 323Deepti 219) India 995 (Har-manpreet 34 Ismail 219)

BENGALURURoger Binny electedpresident of KSCAFormer India cricketer RogerBinny and his team sweptthe Karnataka State CricketKarnataka State CricketAssociation elections Mean-while the Odisha CricketAssociation nominated taint-ed and jailed former supre-mo Asirbad Beherarsquos sonSanjay Behera as its repre-sentative at the BCCI AGM onOctober 23 Sanjay hasrecently been elected secre-tary of the association as hisfather who has been arrest-ed by CBI for his active con-nection with a chit-fundscam voted from jail

LONDONStokes wins playersrsquo awardafter World Cup heroicsBen Stokes has been votedthe Professional CricketersrsquoAssociation playersrsquo Player ofthe Year after starring in Eng-landrsquos maiden World Cup winand repeating his heroics dur-ing the Ashes series Stokeswill play for Northern Super-chargers in the new Hundredformat tournament with theLeeds-based franchise snap-ping up all-rounder ahead ofJoe Root and Jonny Bairstow

JAIPURJampK beat Railways by fourwkts in Hazare TrophyParvez Rasool hammered anunbeaten 118 to power Jamp Kto a four-wicket win over Rail-ways in their Vijay HazareGroup C matchBrief scores Railways 2856in 50 overs (D Mor 70 A Ghosh64 K Sharma 40 U Nazir353) JampK 2876 in 491 overs(P Rasool 118 SS Pundir 38 HSangwan 366) mdash AGENCIES

BRIEFLY lsquoHope I Rohitcontributebig for teamin future toorsquo

Deepankar ShardaTribune News Service

mumbai october 3In a first India will host pre-season National BasketballAssociation (NBA) matchesbetween Sacramento Kingsand Indiana Pacers here onOctober 4 and 5 The two-daycontest is a bid to populariseNBA and basketball in India

Sacramento Kingsrsquo own-er Vivek Ranadive is thedriving force behind NBAmaking its debut in hishometown Mumbai ldquoThegame here in Mumbai willallow NBA to open theirinterest for the next 10years India would be hav-ing more arenas moreplayers and more coachesto promote the sport NBAhas a long association withIndia but this is the righttime to push it ahead in abig wayrdquo said Ranadive aMumbai-born Americanbusinessman ldquoNBA com-missioner Adam Silver wasof the view that these games

are must to attract the Indi-an youth towards the sportI think in coming years bas-ketball would be the second-most popular sport in IndiaIt will be difficult to replacecricket but basketball andIndia are meant to betogether I just hope NBAturns the fortune of Indianyoungsters in a big wayrdquo

added Ranadive Sacramen-to Kings coach Luke Waltonsaid the players are excitedto play in Mumbai ldquoIt was akind of rest day today andthe players were asked justto sweat a bit The pre-sea-son games are equallyimportant as the major tour-namentsrdquo said Walton

NBA makes India debut asKings take on Pacers in Mumbai

Kultar Malikelected HCApresidentNew Delhi October 3Kultar Malik was namedpresident of the HaryanaCricket Association (HCA)after the results of the elec-tions for the officebearerswere declared here today

Mrinal Ojha was appoint-ed secretary and MahenderSingh was named the treas-urer All the three office-bearers are outgoing BCCItreasurer AnirudhChaudhryrsquos loyalists

While four members ofthe Apex Council wereappointed two memberswill be player representa-tives and another one willbe from the CAG It is learntthat the association hascommunicated the result ofthe election to the BCCI aswell as the Amicus CuriaeThe HCA has also writtenback to the CoA after thecommittee sent in a com-munication at 1am on Octo-ber 2 that an officebearer ofthe HCA should meet theCoA on October 3 mdash IANS

India beat Belgium end tour on highAntwerp October 3The Indian menrsquos hockeyteam outclassed reigningworld and European Cham-pions Belgium 5-1 in thefifth and final match tomaintain a hundred percent record in their tour ofBelgium

World No 5 India won alltheir five matches duringthe tour beating Belgium 2-0 in the opening match andregistering 6-1 and 5-1 winsover Spain in the next twogames before finishing offtheir tour with two morewins (2-1 and 5-1)

In the fifth match Sim-ranjeet Singh (7th) LalitKumar Upadhyay (35th)Vivek Sagar Prasad (36th)Harmanpreet Singh (42nd)and Ramandeep Singh(43rd) scored one goal eachto earn a scintillating victo-ry for the Indian team

India produced a stun-ning move in the 7thminute to take the leadthrough forward Simran-jeet Belgium forced acomeback but their penaltycorner was saved by Kris-

han Pathak in the 9thminute helping India tomaintain their one-goaladvantage at the first break

The second quarter sawworld No 2 Belgium winback-to-back penalty cor-ners in the 16th minute butPathak made sure thatthere was no damage Bel-gium tried hard to score anequaliser but some resolutedefending saw India taketheir lead into the half-timebreak

Attack modeThe visitors started thethird quarter with anattacking intent and wererewarded immediatelywith Lalit Kumar Upad-hyay bagging his first goalof the match in the 35thminute to extend Indiarsquoslead to 2-0 YoungsterVivek Sagar Prasad (36th)also registered his nameon the scoresheet as heproduced a crafty finish tobeat the Belgian goalkeep-

er The 38th minute sawBelgium win a penalty cor-ner but PR Sreejeshrsquos div-ing save kept the score 3-0in Indiarsquos favour Howevera brilliant strike fromAlexander Hendrickxmade it 3-1 in the 39thminute

Double blowIndia scored twice in twominutes just before the endof the third quarter to extendtheir lead to 5-1 Indiarsquosfourth goal was scored bydragflicker HarmanpreetSingh who converted apenalty corner in the 42ndminute while the fifth goalcame through RamandeepSingh who scored in the43rd minute mdash PTI

FIRST TESTINDIA VS SOUTH AFRICA

STAR SPORTS 930AMGOLF WOMENrsquoS INDIAN OPEN

DSPORT 1230PM

ATHLETICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPSSTAR SPORTS 1030PM

PRO KABADDI LEAGUESTAR SPORTS 730PM

TODAY ON TV

INDIA (Overnight 2020)

M Agarwal c Piedt b Elgar 215R Sharma st de Kock b Maharaj 176C Pujara b Philander 6V Kohli campb Muthusamy 20A Rahane c Bavuma b Maharaj 15R Jadeja not out 30H Vihari c Elgar b Maharaj 10W Saha c Muthusamy b Piedt 21R Ashwin not out 1Extras (B-4 LB-1 NB-2 W-1) 8Total (7 wickets decl 136 overs) 502Fall of wickets 1-317 2-324 3-377 4-431 5-436 6-457 7-494BowlingVernon Philander 22-4-68-1Kagiso Rabada 24-7-66-0

Keshav Maharaj 55-6-189-3Dane Piedt 19-1-107-1Senuran Muthusamy 15-1-63-1Dean Elgar 1-0-4-1

SOUTH AFRICAD Elgar not out 27A Markram b Ashwin 5T de Bruyn c Saha b Ashwin 4D Piedt b Jadeja 0T Bavuma not out 2Extras (LB-1) 1Total (3 wickets 20 overs) 39BowlingIshant Sharma 2-0-8-0Mohammed Shami 2-2-0-0Ravichandran Ashwin 8-4-9-2Ravindra Jadeja 8-1-21-1

Harmanpreet Singh and Ramandeep Singh both scored forIndia against Belgium HOCKEY INDIA

Double the troubleSouth Africa 393 at stumps onDay 2 after Agarwalrsquos double tonprops India to 5027 declared

SCOREBOARD

391Runs accumulated byIndia openers mdash215 by

Agarwal and 176 by Rohit mdash is thethird highest in a Test innings Thehighest is 404 by Vinoo Mankad(231) and Pankaj Roy (173)against New Zealand in 1956

0Bigger partnerships for any wick-et for India vs SA than the open-

ing stand between Rohit and Agarw-al The previous best was 268between Sehwag and Dravid for thesecond wicket in Chennai in 2008

4Indians who con-verted their maid-

en Test century into a200-plus scoreincluding MayankAgarwal Dilip Sarde-sai (200) VinodKambli (224) andKarun Nair (303)are the other three tohave done so

86TH Indian bats-man mdash Mayank

Agarwal mdash to score ahundred in Tests The28-year-old whomade his debut vsAustralia in Mel-bourne in December2018 took eightinnings to register hismaiden Test century

9TH First-Classcentury and

third double-tonfor Agarwalincluding atriple-ton Hehas convertedsix of his nineFirst-Class hun-dreds into 150-plus scores

12Sixes hit by Indiaopeners mdash six each

for Rohit and Agarwal mdashis the most by openersfor any team in a Testinnings There has beenonly one Test inningswhen India batsmenhave hit more sixes mdash 15vs SL at Brabourne Stadi-um in Mumbai in 2009

3RD Indian opening pair mdash Rohitand Agarwal mdash to share a 300-

run partnership in Test cricketRohit and Agarwal achieved thefeat with a stand of 317 runs OtherIndian opening pairs to share a300-plus partnership in Test cricketare Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy(413 runs vs NZ in 1956) andSehwag and Dravid (410 runs vsPak in 2006)

Vinayak PadmadeoTribune News Service

New Delhi October 3The Professional WrestlingLeague owners Pro Sporti-fy have sent a notice to theWrestling Federation ofIndia (WFI) for ldquobreach ofagreementrdquo

In a letter addressed toWFI president Brij BhushanSharan Singh the rightsholders have raised theirobjection to what they see asa gross oversight by thesports body to sanction thelaunch of a rival league Zee

Kushti Dangal whichaccording to Pro Sportifywas malicious ldquohellipThelaunch of the said ZeeKushti Dangal was held on23rd September 2019 at NewDelhi What is even moresurprising is that the launchevent was not only attendedby you but you also partici-pated in the press confer-ence with Mr Mukund Cairethe COO of ZEEL Further-more in the press confer-ence you made a statementthat both Pro WrestlingLeague and Zee Kushti Dan-

gal can coexist You also stat-ed that Zee Kushti Dangaland Pro Wrestling Leaguehave different formats andscoperdquo the notice sent bythe legal head of Pro Sporti-fy Dinesh Bant said

ldquoWe have analysed the for-mat of Zee Kushti Dangaland compared it to the ProWrestling League there is nodifference between the for-mats of the two tournamentsAs such it appears that beingconscious of the fact that itsactions clearly tantamount tobreach of the agreement theWFI has attempted to camou-flage this blatant breach bychanging the nomenclatureof the league being launchedby ZEEL That the ZeeKushti Dangal is the same asthe Pro Wrestling League is

evident from the fact that MrCaire of ZEEL referred to ZeeKushti Dangal as thelsquo Leaguersquo several times dur-ing the press conferenceThis makes it evidently clearthat while the proposed tour-nament is in the league for-mat it has only been namedlsquoDangalrsquo to circumvent theexclusivity rights retained byPro Sportifyrdquo it added

Pro Sportify Private Limit-ed had signed a 15-year con-tract with the WFI and it cit-ed clause 94 of thecommercial rights agree-

ment to cite the violationsWFI president Singh wasunavailable for commentsHowever it is understoodthat the body was unper-turbed with the developmentas it feels it was in a strongbargaining position shouldthe matter go to the courts

Interestingly the WFI hadserved the rights holder a ter-mination notice in 2016 forseveral violations includingnon-payment of rights feeand delayed payments madeto both wrestlers and techni-cal staff

Dangal over league rights PWL organisers send notice to WFIThe WFI has attemptedto camouflage this

blatant breach by changingthe nomenclature of theleague being launched byZEEL mdash Dinesh Bant PRO SPORTIFY LEGAL HEAD

Marvin Bagley of the Sacramento Kings shoots during Apractice session in Mumbai NBA

RESULTIndia 5 Simranjeet Singh(7th) Lalit Kumar Upad-hyay (35th) Vivek SagarPrasad (36th) Harman-preet Singh (42nd) andRamandeep Singh (43rd)

Belgium 1 AlexanderHendrickx (39th)

Mayank Agarwal celebratesafter scoring his maiden doublecentury on Day 2 PTI

Doha October 3

Grant Holloway of the UnitedStates blazed to his firstWorld Championships 110-mhurdles title last night in adramatic race in whichdefending champion OmarMcLeod fell

The 21-year-old Hollowaywho came into the champi-onships with the seasonrsquosfastest run of 1298 secondssmoothly glided through 10hurdles to cross the line in1310 five-hundredths of asecond ahead of SergeyShubenkov

Favourite to defend his titleJamaican McLeod came outof the starting blocks fast buthis race quickly turned souras he knocked down hurdlesand tumbled to the trackbefore reaching the finishline McLeod said he had felta hamstring strain in thewarm-up and thought itwould go away ldquoI was readyto go I showed up readyrdquoMcLeod said ldquoI put myself inthe very best situation todefend my titlerdquo Capitalisingon McLeodrsquos fallShubenkov the 2015 worldchampion took his secondconsecutive world silver witha technically sound run of1315 seconds

Holloway and Shubenkovsaid they had no idea thatchaos was unfolding inneighbouring lanes

ldquoIn the replay I saw that onefell down Another was cele-bratingrdquo said Shubenkov ldquoIthought to myself lsquoI missed

everythingrsquordquo

Asher-Smith grabs goldDina Asher-Smith seized hergolden opportunity to win the200 metres becoming thefirst British woman to claim aglobal sprint title With manyof the top medal contenderspulling out or skipping theevent Asher-Smith provedthe class act in the field pow-ering home in a nationalrecord 2188 seconds to addgold to the silver she won in

the 100m ldquoYoursquore only thefavourite if you go out andperform how people expectyou to and I was reallyfocused on putting together agood racerdquo said Asher-Smith

The once mighty UnitedStates who had been a non-factor in the womenrsquos sprintsin Doha also benefited fromthe scratches as BrittanyBrown grabbed the silver in2222 Switzerlandrsquos MujingaKambundji grabbed bronze

The fight for medals was

blown wide open when someof sprintingrsquos biggest nameswithdrew during the earlierrounds The race was missingthe reigning world andOlympics champions inDutchwoman Dafne Schip-pers and Jamaicarsquos ElaineThompson who withdrewdue to injuries ShaunaeMiller-Uibo of Bahamasowner of the fastest time thisseason elected to race the400m only due to schedulingissues

The world 100m championShelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce andbronze medallist Marie-JoseeTa Lou scratched because ofsoreness from earlier raceswhile Nigeriarsquos BlessingOkagbare who had run thethird fastest time this seasonwas disqualified in her heat

None of that mattered toAsher-Smith blasted out ofthe blocks and was in com-mand coming off the bendbefore cruising to victory

ldquoI made sure that Iremained focusrdquo said Asher-Smith

Shot putter Toor fails toqualify for final round Asian champion TejinderPal Singh Toor failed toqualify for the final roundof the shot put eventdespite producing his sea-sons best effort The 24-year-old Toor finishedeighth in the qualificationround and 18th overall outof the 34 competitors with abest throw of 2043m fromhis three attempts Thosewho touched 2090m or atleast 12 best performerswere to make it to the final

Toor opened with a 2043mthrow bettering his earlierseasons best of 2036m butfouled in his next attemptIn the third attempt Toorcould only come up with a1955m effort to crash out ofthe championship TomasWalsh of New Zealand ledthe finalists with a throw of2192 m mdash Agencies

Great Grant HeistHolloway gets 100m hurdles gold as McLeod falls

THE TRIBUNEJALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 15SPORT

A lone spectator in a stand at the China Open on Thursday AFP

ANNEXURE-A

PRESS NOPRESS NOTICETICEThe Executive Engineer IPH Division Thunag invites tender on behalf ofGovernor of Himachal Pradesh from approved eligible contractor for thefollowing work(s) through e-tendering process-

Name of Work Augmentation of various water supply scheme of GPTandi Saroa Tharjoon Mushrani Bassi Devdhar Kharsi and KotlaKhanula in Gohar Block Tehsil Chachyot District Mandi (HP) (SH-Construction of Jack well type river intake 240 MLD Water TreatmentPlants (16 hours capacity) Providing Laying Jointing and Testing ofGravity Mains Rising mains and distribution system Pump houses StageI II amp III at various locations SE of pumping machinery MBRs and SRsat various locations including trail run period for three months (90 days)on full designed discharge and defect liability period for six months)

Estimated Cost - Rs 222662321-Earnest Money - Rs 2227000-Cost of Tender document - Rs 2500-Time Limit - 24 Months

Schedule of tendering-

The tender document can be downloaded from departmental websiteie wwwhpiphorg wef 4-10-2019 at 1000 AM upto 24-10-2019at 500 PM

Executive EngineerIampPH Division ThunagDistt Mandi

HIM SUCHANA AVAM JAN SAMPARK

1 Site Visit From 7-10-2019 to 15-10-2019 between10 AM to 5 PM except on holidays

2 Pre Bid Meeting date 16-10-2019 at 300 PM in the office ofEngineer-in-Chief IampPH Department JalShakti Bhawan Tutti Kandi Shimla (HP)

3 Bid Submission start date 4-10-2019 at 1000 AM

4 Bid Submission end date 24-10-2019 at 500 PM

5 Earnest Money DepositCost of Tender form if notsubmitted online

25-10-2019 upto 1100 AM

6 Opening of Eligibilitycriteria (Cover-I)

25-10-2019 at 1230 PM

7 Opening of Technical Bid(Cover-II)

Date and place to be notifiedseparately

8 Opening of Financial bid(Cover-III)

Date and place to be notifiedseparately

DPRHP2327

OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL

ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE GOVT INSTITUTE OFENGINEERING amp TECHNOLOGY

PRAGATI NAGAR DISTT SHIMLA (HP) ndash 171202NOTICE INVITING TENDER

(Tender No ABVGIETSTRTender2019-20- 01)Sealed tenders are invited from the eligible manufacturers

Firmsauthorized dealers for the procurement of Machinery ampequipmentsTools etc for the polytechnic labs such as ECElabs CSE labs Mechanical Labs etc as per specifications andterms amp conditions given in the tender document The tenderform can be downloaded from our websitehttpwwwabvgietorg or can be collected from this instituteon any working day from 1000 AM to 0500 PM at a cost ofRs 500- at the counter and Rs 600- if desired by Regd Postper set and Vendor using downloaded Tender Documents shallrequire to submit DD for Rs 500- which is non-refundable infavour of the Principal ABVGIET Pragatinagar Distt Shimla(HP) which shall be submitted alongwith the tender Completetender document along with earnest money and tender cost (asshown in the document) will be received up to 200 PM on30102019 and tender will be opened same day at 0300 PMin the presence of biddersrepresentative who wish to bepresent The tender submitted after the date amp time mentionedabove will not be considered

The Principal reserves the right to cancel the tender withoutassigning any reason thereof

Sd- PrincipalAtal Bihari Vajpayee

Govt Institute of Engg amp TechnologyPragatinagar Distt Shimla (HP)-171202

DPRHP2332

NOTICE INVITING TENDERS

Bid Ref No TBS(DMP)ESSTTIRL2019 (etenders)

TB Sanatorium Dharampur Distt Solan (HP) hereby invites bidsfrom eligible and qualified bidders for

Construction Testing Commissioning and Validation ofTB Containment Laboratory and Associated Works onlsquoTurnkey Basisrsquo under RNTCP with Supply and Installationof Two Class-II A2 BSC with Thimble Canopy and with TwoOnline UPS

Bidders can download the bid documents with all details fromthe website httpwwwhptendersgovin

For any queries bidders may contact the office of the Senior MedicalSuperintendent TB Sanatorium Dharampur Distt Solan HimachalPradesh from 1100 am to 0400 pm on all working days

Senior Medical SuperintendentHP Govt TB Sanatorium DharampurEmail stdchprntcporgPhone No 01792-264022DPRHP400

Beijing Andy Murrayexpressed disappointmentabout crowds at the ChinaOpen tennis where some ofthe best players in the worldhave competed in front ofswathes of empty seats

ldquoI think as the tournamentgoes on you tend to get bet-ter crowds towards the endof the weekrdquo said MurrayldquoLast couple of days in

terms of atmosphere itrsquosbeen not as good as youwould likerdquo

The three-time GrandSlam champion praised thetournament as a whole butsaid ldquoI donrsquot know if Irsquomcomplaining about it but Irsquodlike it to be bigger crowdsand nicer atmospheres Thatnormally comes as the weekgoes onrdquo mdash AFP

Murray disappointed by lack of China fans

Osaka October 3Fiji finally found their feet atthe Rugby World Cup with adominant 45-10 victory overGeorgia on Thursday as theirjet-heeled backs tore theirPool D rivals apart in a seven-try rout at a rain-drenchedHanazono Rugby Stadium

Winger Semi Radradrascored twice and made threeothers as the Pacific islandersrebounded from defeats toAustralia and Uruguay to gettheir first win in Japan

While their upset loss toUruguay has all but put paidto their hopes of reaching thequarter-finals Fiji are now inpole position to finish thirdand qualify for the 2023 WorldCup

Ireland edge RussiaKobe Ireland began to puttheir World Cup back on trackafter the shock loss to Japanbut it took them over an hourto secure a bonus point andstrengthen their quarterfinalchances in an unconvincing35-0 win over a stubborn Rus-sia Ireland just need to beatSamoa to reach the last-eightbut the fact Joe Schmidtrsquosside struggled to put awaysuch a limited team will do lit-tle for fansrsquo waning hopes ofreaching a first semifinal

Only a commanding win

would have sufficed with theshock in Shizuoka still rever-berating around the tourna-ment and it looked on thecards when Rob Kearneywho scored in the 62-12thrashing of Russia in the2011 World Cup toucheddown after 90 seconds

Sexton who was not riskedagainst Japan due to a thighinjury appeared to have Ire-land rushing towards thebonus point when his text-book 13th-minute dinkthrough was carried over byflanker Peter OrsquoMahony forjust his second try in 62 tests

Yet Russia who belied theirlowly standing by givingJapan a fright remained com-petitive with Ramil Gaisinrsquossmart kicking helping to keepIreland at bay for another 20minutes mdash Agencies

Fiji crush GeorgiaRussia fight Ireland

Los Angeles October 3Alberto Salazar pushed him-self to the brink and beyondas an athlete and preachedthe same philosophy as acoach to distance runningstars But the 61-year-oldCuban-born Americanrsquos willto win finally went too faraccording to the US Anti-Dop-ing Agency (USADA) whichhas banned him for four yearsfor multiple doping viola-tions Salazar has been amajor figure in American ath-letics for four decades Hewon the 1980 1981 and 1982New York Marathons and the1982 Boston Marathon andlater coached such stars asBritainrsquos Mo Farah the 2012and 2016 Olympics championat 5000 and 10000 metres

Salazar arrived in the Unit-ed States as a toddler Hisfather was a friend of FidelCastro who fought alongside

him in the revolution but lat-er opposed the Communistgovernment The familymoved to suburban Bostonwhere Salazar won a statecross country crown in 1975He helped the University ofOregon capture the US colle-giate cross country title in1977 taking national collegeindividual honours the fol-lowing year

Olympics dreamsIn 1980 Salazar qualified forthe US Olympics team at10000m but the Americansboycotted the Moscow Gamesand Salazar tackled a newchallenge the marathon Hequickly conquered the 262-mile (42195km) event At 22Salazar won his marathondebut in New York then set acareer-best of 2hrs 8mins13secs to defend his title

In 1982 he took New York

and claimed his only BostonMarathon title in what wasdubbed the ldquoDuel in the Sunrdquowith Dick Beardsley Afterbesting Beardsley in a sprintfinish a dehydrated Salazarcollapsed Salazar finished15th in the marathon at the1984 Los Angeles Olympicsthen trained and competeduntil retiring in the mid-1990s when he began mov-ing into coaching joiningwith Nike to form the Oregon

Project in 2001 to train dis-tance runners

Big namesThe program includes Dono-van Brazier mdash who won the800m world title Monday asnews of Salazarrsquos ban explod-ed into the athletics scene mdashand Sifan Hassan who wonthe womenrsquos 10000m worldcrown two days earlier

Stripped of his credentialsat the World Championships

in Doha Salazar has vowed tofight the ban which washanded down for violationsincluding trafficking testos-terone tampering with theathlete doping controlprocess and using bannedinfusion techniques

A four-year ban was alsoissued to Dr Jeffrey Brownwho was a physician fornumerous Nike Oregon ath-letes and a paid consultanton performance enhance-

ment for the Project part ofa scheme to manipulatetestosterone levels withouttesting positive

ldquoWhile acting in connec-tion with the Nike OregonProject Mr Salazar and DrBrown demonstrated thatwinning was more importantthan the health and wellbe-ing of the athletes they weresworn to protectrdquo USADAchief executive Travis TTygart said mdash Agencies

Morsquos super-coach Salazarrsquos road to disgrace

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Grant Holloway of the US wins the 100m hurldles gold even as defending champion OmarMcleod of Jamaica falls APPTI

Alberto Salazar hugs Galen Rupp of USA and Mo Farah after the5000m final at the 2011 World Championships FILEAFP

Two of his trainees won goldmedals at Doha World Crsquoships Steve Magness who spent 18 months as Salazarrsquos assis-

tant coach in the project before leaving shortly before theLondon Olympics spoke out as a whistleblower whenBBCrsquos Panorama and ProPublica investigated doping alle-gations around Salazar in 2015 Testimonies from variousfigures alleged micro-dosing of testosterone among othersuspicious actions Salazar denied wrongdoing Mo Farahstuck with him and won another golden double at the Riode Janeiro Olympics in 2016 But doping allegationsnagged Farah left Salazar in October 2017 The USADAcase against Salazar and Brown went to the American Arbi-tration Association with hearings conducted in May andJune 2018 setting the stage for the arbitration rulingshanded down Monday

How the star coach was caught in the net

Beijing October 3Fourth seed Naomi Osaka beatAmerican Alison Riske 6-4 6-0in the China Open here todayto set up a quarterfinal clashwith US Open champion Bian-ca Andreescu (in picture)

Osaka who won the PanPacific Open in Japan lastmonth converted five of eightbreak points and won the final10 games in a row to wrap upthe contest in 73 minutes mdash herseventh consecutive win in the

Asian swingCanadarsquos fifth-seeded

Andreescu cruisedpast American

qualifierJennifer

Brady with a 6-1 6-3 win Bradyfaced 11 break points of whichfour were converted by theCanadian who advanced in 67minutes Defending championCaroline Wozniacki also wentthrough to the quarter-finals instraight sets with a 7-5 6-4 winover Czech Republicrsquos Kateri-na Siniakova

Goffin in Japan quarterfinalsTokyo David Goffin of Bel-gium advanced to the JapanOpen quarterfinals aftersqueezing by Canadarsquos DenisShapovalov 7-6(75) 7-6(72)today Goffin will now faceChung Hyeon of South Koreawho pulled an upset victoryagainst sixth-seed Marin Cilic6-4 3-6 6-1

World No 1 Novak Djokovicreturning from a shoulderinjury is scheduled to playFrench fifth-seed Lucas Pouilleon Friday mdash Agencies

Osaka vs BiancaOsaka vs Bianca

Russiarsquos Viktor Gresev IrelandrsquosDave Kilcoyne fight it out AFP

RUGBY WORLD CUP

LONDONEngland call Abraham andTomori drop Alli and LingardEngland dropped Dele Alli andJesse Lingard but called upChelsea youngsters TammyAbraham and Fikayo Tomori in a25-man squad on Thursday foraway Euro 2020 qualifiersagainst the Czech Republic andBulgaria Striker Abrahamturned 22 on Wednesday cele-brating in style with the openerin his clubrsquos 2-1 ChampionsLeague victory at Lille and isthe leading English goalscorerin the Premier League

MADRIDReal host Granada inunlikely top of table clashReal Madrid host Granada in anunlikely first versus secondclash in La Liga on Saturday asthey look to ease the pressureon coach Zinedine Zidane In atopsy-turvy start to the seasonReal who sit one point ahead ofthe Andalusians at the top of LaLiga on 15 points tried thepatience of the demandingBernabeu crowd in midweekneeding two second half goalsto secure a Champions Leaguedraw against Club Brugges Theresult leaves the 13-times Euro-pean champions bottom of theirgroup after two games Thedraw came on the back of lastSaturdayrsquos drab stalemate withneighbours Atletico and coachZidane says his side need to bemore focused on the task athand mdash AGENCIES

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THE TRIBUNE16 GURUGRAM | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019BACK PAGE

Printed and published by Rajesh Ramachandran for The Tribune Trust Printed at The Tribune Press Plot No 123 Sector 37 Pace City-1 GurugramPublished at The Tribune Sector 29-C ChandigarhRNI No CHAENG201772605 Copyright copy The Tribune Trust All rights reservedTelephones 0124-22100332210044Circulation 0172-2670419 Advertisement 0172-2670256 257Editor Rajesh RamachandranEditor for purpose of PRB Act 1867

SanjayKhuranaTribune News Service

Katra October 3Union Home Minister AmitShah today flagged off theDelhi-Katra Vande BharatExpress from the New Delhirailway station calling it a ldquobiggiftrdquo for Jammu and Kash-mirrsquos development He saidwith Article 370 the ldquobiggestroadblockrdquo in growth gonethe state would be one of themost developed regions of thecountry within a decade

ldquoDelhi-Katra Vande BharatExpress is a gift for Jammuand Kashmirrsquos developmentand for promoting religioustourismrdquo the Union HomeMinister who was accompa-nied by Union Railway Minis-ter Piyush Goyal and UnionMinisters Jitendra Singh andDr Harsh Vardhan said

The Railways has alreadyopened bookings for the trainthat will start commercialoperations from October 5The minimum fare for NewDelhi to Katra travel in chaircar is Rs 1630 while itrsquos Rs3015 for executive chair car

The train will run on allweek days except Tuesdayand will cut the travel timebetween Delhi and Katra to

eight hours from 12-14 hoursearlier to traverse a distanceof 655 km It will depart fromthe New Delhi at 6 am andreach Katra at 2 pm It willreturn the same day fromKatra at 3 pm and reach NewDelhi at 11 pm

Railway officials said the

train would run at a maxi-mum speed of 130 kmph withthree stops at Ambala CanttLudhiana and Jammu Tawi

The decision to run thetrain was taken following thesuccess of the Vande BharatExpress plying between NewDelhi and Varanasi which

was flagged by Prime Minis-ter Narendra Modi on Febru-ary 15 this year

The Integral Coach Factory(ICF) has made changes tothe existing design of thetrain ldquoTo avoid damage dueto stray cattle the train hasbeen equipped with a sturdy

aluminium nose cover Andto guard the window shieldsagainst stone-pelting a spe-cial film has been providedrdquoa Railway official said

More space has been pro-vided to store meals for pas-sengers Besides changes inthe exterior and interior the

ICF has added a slew of mod-ern features like adjustableseats improved wash basinsautomatic doors wi-fi andinfotainment system

ldquoThe Railways will connectthe country from Kashmir toKanyakumari before August15 2022rdquo said Goyal

Shah flags off Delhi-Katra train calls it gift to JampK

The Vande Bharat Express train at New Delhi station prior to its flag-off ceremony on Thursday TRIBUNE PHOTO

CHAIR CAR

~1630 6 times a week 4 hrs travel time cut 6 am departure time from Delhi 2 pm arrival time at Katra 3 pm departure from Katra 11 pm arrival at New Delhi 130 kmph speed halts at Ambala

Cantt Ludhiana amp Jammu Tawi Will run on all weekdays

except Tuesday

Manufactured in a record time of15 years at a cost of

~97 CROREPlastic bottle crushers | Huge pantry |Revolving seats | Automatic doors |

WiFi | Sliding foot-steps

EXECUTIVECHAIR CAR

~3015

TICKET FARE

RECORD TIME

MODERN FEATURES

Jammu jail to have inmate calling system Jammu Kerala native Jatan lodged in a jail in Jammuheard the voice of his wife and minor daughter for thefirst time in nearly four years - thanks to the authoritiesintroducing a first-of-its-kind prison inmate callingsystem which allows prisoners to make long-distancecalls He is facing charges under the NDPS Act Theprison got the facility along with modern interview roomson Bapus 150th birth anniversary PTI

Domestic help held for theft at ministerrsquos houseMumbai A 25-year-old domestic servant has beenarrested for allegedly committing theft at Union RailwayMinister Piyush Goyals house here the police saidAccused Vishnu Kumar who hails from Delhi was alsobooked under the IT Act for allegedly sharing info from acomputer in the house with unidentified persons He wasarrested from the national capital and brought here onWednesday a police official said PTI

By the way

New Delhi October 3Fake news is more dangerousthan paid news and there is aneed for the government andthe media to combat it jointlyInformation and Broadcast-ing Minister PrakashJavadekar said today

The government would how-ever not take any step curbingthe media freedom he said

But there should be somekind of regulation on over-the-top (OTT) platforms as was thecase for films print and elec-tronic media he said

OTT platforms include newsportals and ldquostreamersrdquo suchas Hotstar Netflix and Ama-zon Prime Video which areaccessible over the Internet

He said several mainstreammedia outlets had conveyed tothe government that there wasno level-playing field with OTTplatforms being unregulated

The Press Council of Indiatakes care of the printmedia the News Broadcast-

ers Association (NBA) mon-itors news channels theAdvertising StandardsCouncil of India is for adver-tising while the CentralBoard of Film Certification(CBFC) takes care of filmshe said ldquoHowever there isnothing to regulate OTTplatformsrdquo he said mdash PTI

Need to regulate contenton Net platforms Minister

Tribune News Service

New Delhi October 3The Trump-Modi bonhomieat Houston and New Yorkcould not translate into a tradeagreement during US Com-merce Secretary Wilbur Rossrsquoongoing visit to India

Ross also gave the impres-sion that US President DonaldTrumprsquos presence at ldquoHowdyModirdquo event was a favour to theNew Delhi administration andmade it clear this physical prox-imity between the two leadersdid not dispel the WhiteHousersquos impression that Indianeeded to dismantle barriersthat made its tariff among thehighest in the world

Ross also made it clear thatdespite its reservations aboutthe security aspect the US

was not trying to force India towalk away from 5G technolo-gy by Chinese companies

Speaking on the sidelines ofan international meet that wasalso attended by Ross Com-merce Minister Piyush Goyalruled out any change in Indiarsquos

stand on e-commerce in order toprotect livelihood of 12-13 croreIndians dependent on retail

The new rules bar foreign e-commerce companies fromselling products via firms inwhich they have an equityinterest and also from makingdeals with sellers to sell exclu-sively on their platforms

India and the US have beenindulging in a low-intensitytrade warfare The US hasremoved India from availing ofduty-free exports worth $56 bil-lion under the generalised sys-tem of preferences (GSP)scheme and both have imposedhigher tariffs on 28 of theirproducts In an interview Rossreportedly indicated the UScould look at partial restorationof the GSP withdrawal in agrand bargain for a trade deal

No trade deal despiteTrump-PM bonhomie Luxembourg October 3

Facebook on Wednesdaywas dealt a major blow inthe EUrsquos top court whichruled that national courts inEurope can order onlineplatforms to remove defam-atory content worldwide

The decision will be seenas a victory for EuropeanUnion regulators who wantUS tech giants to meettightened European stan-dards over hate speech andoffensive content

Last week the same courtdecided that Google was notlegally compelled to applythe EUrsquos strict ldquoright to beforgottenrdquo rules globally in avictory for the search giant

In a closely watched judg-ment the European Courtof Justice said EU law ldquodoesnot precluderdquo courts fromordering ldquothe removal ofinformation or to blockaccess worldwiderdquo a state-ment said mdash AFP

Legal blow toFacebook overhate speech

DIGITAL SPIN Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad unveilsa lsquodigital charkharsquo to mark the 150th birth anniversary ofMahatma Gandhi in New Delhi on Thursday PTI

US Commerce Secy says India must dismantle barriers

Washington October 3 A nuclear war between Indiaand Pakistan could in lessthan a week kill 50-125 millionpeople more than the deathtoll during all six years ofWorld War II and lead to glob-al climate catastrophe accord-ing to researchers in the US

A study by researchersfrom the University of Col-orado Boulder and RutgersUniversity examined howsuch a hypothetical futureconflict would have conse-quences that could rippleacross the globe

Today India and Pakistan

each have about 150 nuclearwarheads at their disposaland that number is expectedto climb to more than 200 by2025 the researchers saidamid recent tensions betweenthe nuclear-armed neighboursover Kashmir after Indiarevoked JampKrsquos special status

ldquoAn India-Pakistan warcould double the normaldeath rate in the worldrdquosaid Brian Toon a professorat the University of Col-orado Boulder ldquoThis is awar that would have noprecedent in human experi-encerdquo Toon said mdash PTI

There are regularfeature films coming onOTT mdash good bad andugly There is nocertification body for OTTplatforms and likewisenews portals also Prakash Javadekar UNION MINISTER

lsquoNO CERTIFICATION BODYrsquo

This is a sensitive

subject and we will continueto protect them E-commerce is a platform totrade on not forpredatorypricing andmuscle power Piyush Goyal COMMERCE MINISTER

E-COMMERCE POLICYUNCHANGED INDIA

Indo-Pak nuke war mayleave 125 m dead Study

THE TRIBUNECHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 03PUNJAB

Tribune news Service

New Delhi October 3Chief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh today saidthe state government wasfully prepared to counter theresurgence of terror threatfrom Pakistan He said Pak-istan drone threat shouldnot be linked to the religiousoccasion of the 550th birthanniversary celebrations ofGuru Nanak Dev

The two could not be con-nected he told reporters herein response to questions dur-ing an informal chat Askedabout border tension in thelight of the recent recovery oftwo drones reportedly smug-gling arms from Pakistaninto Punjab the Chief Minis-ter said the issue had nothingto do with Kartarpur corridoropening to mark the 550thParkash Purb

Asked if the matter was dis-cussed with the Prime Minis-ter during a meeting todaythe CM said he met the PMonly to extend an invite for theGurpurb celebrations The

state government was dealingwith the matter and wasgeared to maintain law andorder in Punjab at any cost hesaid adding ldquoWe will notallow anyone to disturb thestatersquos peace and harmonyrdquo

Pakistan was trying to createdisharmony and disturbancein Punjab not just throughdrones but also through infil-tration and narco-terrorismCaptain Amarinder said ldquoWe

will not let that happen wehave no doubt that we are ful-ly equipped to deal withthemrdquo he added

In response to anotherquestion the CM said hehad asked the IAF and theBSF to heighten alert at theborder in view of the discov-ery of the drone infiltration

Meanwhile CaptAmarinder urged the Cen-tre to take up cannalisation

of the statersquos three easternrivers of the Indus WaterSystem as a national proj-ect In a proposal to the PMhe suggested constructionof high-speed economic cor-ridors on the 985-km-longriver embankments apartfrom river training worksflood protection measuresand lining of internal side-slopes of the Sutlej Raviand Beas

Drone threat mustnrsquot be linked with Gurpurb CMSays state fully prepared to counter any Pak bid to stoke terror

Tribune News Service

New Delhi October 3Chief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh on Thurs-day demanded moreresources for states to facili-tate their overall develop-ment He urged the Centreto resolve GST issues at theearliest to ensure that statesdid not suffer because ofdelayed release of payments

Pointing to numerousamendments introduced tothe GST Act the CM said itappeared that the Centrehad not thought throughthe new tax system beforeimplementing it

Punjab had been repeat-edly raising the issue ofdelayed GST payment withthe Centre but had gotnothing except deadlineshe added flaying the Cen-tre for holding up statesrsquoshare under GST

Addressing a session

ldquoUnion of Statesrdquo at India Eco-nomic Summit here and talk-ing informally to mediaper-sons later Capt Amarinderexpressed concern over thedwindling financial assistanceto states from the Centre

He observed that at onepoint the distribution offunds used to be in the ratioof 9010 which now hadgone down drastically Hecited the example of thepost-matric scholarship forSC students which Delhiwas earlier sponsoring butfrom which the Centre wasplanning to pull out The CMsaid he had taken up thisissue with the Centre

Flays Centre for holdingup statersquos GST payment

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh in New Delhi on Thursday PTI

Two members of the terror module being taken for a check-up atCivil Hospital in Amritsar on Thursday PHOTO VISHAL KUMAR

Tribune News Service

Amritsar October 3A local court today extend-ed the police remand of sev-en alleged members of ter-ror module of the KhalistanZindabad Force (KZF) bysix days

According to informationthe Stated Special OperationCell (SSOC) sought theextension of remand whilestating that certain membersof the terror module were yetto be arrested Sources in thecounter-intelligence wingsaid considering the pointraised by the police thecourt extended their policecustody till October 9

The SSOC reportedly toldthe court that they neededthe custody of KZF mem-bers to ascertain fundingroutes of the module besidesinvestigating their foreignlinks The sources said thepolice claimed it was tryingto locate more weaponswhich might have beensmuggled with the help ofdrones in the recent past

Earlier the terror modulemembers were brought tothe court amid heavy policesecurity cover Amongthose produced in the courtincluded Baba BalwantSingh Akashdeep Harbha-

jan Singh Balbir SinghMaan Singh Gurdev Singhand Shubhdeep Singh

Their eighth accompliceSajanpreet who was arrestedon Tuesday was sent to five-day custody on Wednesday

The sources said the policehad launched a manhunt forone of their accomplices whohad been evading arrest tillnow His name also figuredduring the interrogation ofShubhdeep Singh ldquoWe areclosing in on him and he isexpected to be arrested in aday or twordquo said a counter-intelligence official prefer-ring not to be named

On September 22 theSSOC claimed to have bust-ed a terror module andarrested Baba BalwantSingh Akashdeep SinghRandhawa HarbhajanSingh and Balbir Singh

7 KZF operativesin police custodytill October 9

Parvesh SharmaTribune News Service

Sangrur October 3Launched eight years agothe New Delhi-LudhianaShatabdi Express train willbecome history on Friday astoday the train made its lastjourney causing resentmentamong area residents whosaid the train was launchedto help unserved areas

Cabinet Minister VijayInder Singla who got thetrain started on November 42011 demanded that theCentral government shouldlaunch another train with-out withdrawing Shatabdi tocelebrate 550th ParkashPurb while Leader of Oppo-sition Harpal Singh Cheemasaid they had also written tothe Centre against with-drawal of Shatabdi

ldquoI have always travelled toDelhi on Shatabdi because

it was very comfortable andhad all required facilitiesLike me many othersavailed the services of thistrainrdquo said Babbu Ahuja alocal shopkeeper

Though the railwayauthorities say the Shatab-di has been withdrawn dueto low booking and anothersuperfast train will replaceit from Friday area resi-

dents demanded that theauthorities should haveextended the Shatabdi tillJalandhar and should havealso increased its stations

ldquoMainly it has been with-drawn due to low bookingsbecause it has few stationsto stop while new superexpress will have more sta-tions There will not be anyproblem as passengers will

get another train from Fri-dayrdquo said Jitendar KumarSangrur station master

Shatabdi used to depart fromNew Delhi at 7 am and reachLudhiana at noon and departedfrom Ludhiana at 440 pm andreached New Delhi at 10 pm

Initially it used to run ontwo days Later MP Singlatook the matter with thesenior railway authoritiesfollowing which it wasextended to all days on Sep-tember 8 2013

ldquoHad Union Minister Har-simrat Kaur Badal been seri-ous she would have gotlaunched another train underthe name of lsquoSarbat Da BhalaExpressrsquo (blessings for all)and not allowed the with-drawal of Shatabdi It showsSAD leaders only want to dopolitics and are non-seriousabout the development of thestaterdquo said Singla

Ludhiana Shatabdi makes last run

Tribune News Service

Moga October 3Deputy Mayor JarnailSingh allegedly injured ayouth by firing from his gunfollowing a dispute overconstruction of a passage toa local gurdwara at Dunekevillage on Thursday

The police have registered acase of an attempt to murderalong with other provisions ofthe IPC and the Arms Actagainst Jarnail Singh Pinder

Singh Jeeta Singh Ladduand Pammi at the Moga City-I police station

However no one has beenarrested so far The DeputyMayor is absconding afterthe incident

Jarnail Singh who waselected as an Independentcandidate in the last MC elec-tions is an Akali activistWith the support of Indepen-dents and some Akali coun-cilors Jarnail Singh waselected as Deputy Mayor

The injured youth hasbeen identified as 30-year-old Kulwant Singh aliasPappu son of MohinderSingh who is a member ofthe gurdwara managingcommittee

According to sources thegurdwara committee hadconstructed an 11-foot widestreet with interlockingtiles leading to the shrineBut Jarnail Singh wantedsome changes in the fixingof the interlocking tiles

Moga Dy Mayor among fourbooked for attempt to murder

ACCUSED REMANDED Mohali The Special CBI

Court on Thursdayremanded PalwinderSingh in 14-day judicialcustody in the murdercase of Chand Kaur wife offormer head of Namdharisect Satguru Jagjit Singh

Palwinder Singh who hasbeen in police custody sincearrest on September 26was produced in the court

Ravi DhaliwalTribune News Service

Dera Baba Nanak October 3A part of the $20 fee per pil-grim to be imposed by Pak-istan will be spent on provid-ing lunch to them duringtheir daylong stay at the Kar-tarpur shrine once the 46km-long corridor is opera-tionalised on November 9

Even as the two govern-ments are yet to sort out sever-al issues including allowing aprotocol officer to accompanythe devotees a consensus hasemerged on visiting hoursThe Pakistan Governmentsays the passage will beopened from lsquoNamaz-e-Fazrrsquo(sunrise) to Namaz-e Maghrib(sunset) The Indian authori-

ties have consented to it Pakistan will set up 76

immigration counters at theIntegrated Check Post ontheir side of the border Cab-inet Minister SS Randhawa

who is supervising corri-dorrsquos construction on behalfof the Punjab Governmentsaid the devotees and thoseaccompanying them will besegregated at a boom barrier

100 metres from the Inte-grated Check Post

ldquoDevotees who will notcross over will be allowed tomove to Darshan Sthalwhich is 600 metres away fora glimpse of the shrinethrough 10 long-range tele-scopes to be installed thererdquoRandhawa told The Tribune

The Land Ports Authorityof India will begin work oninstalling electrical and elec-tronic appliances and inter-nal landscaping on October15 ldquoThat done Customs andsecurity officials will beallowed to start workrdquo saidan officer

Jeetendra Singh vice-pres-ident Ceigall India Ltd thefirm constructing the pas-sage said the company hadalmost completed its workldquoWe have started the work toinstall signages laying offootpath tiles and medianplantationrdquo he said

Meanwhile a press confer-ence will be held by the Min-istry of Home Affairs at ZeroLine on October 5

Pilgrims will have to return by sunset

Work in progress at the corridor site at Dera Baba Nanak

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar October 3The Ministry of Railwayshas decided to rename theNew Delhi-Lohian Khas-New Delhi IntercityExpress as ldquoSarbat da Bha-la Expressrdquo The train hasbeen planned especiallyahead of the 550th ParkashPurb celebrations of GuruNanak Dev It will be arriv-ing at Sultanpur Lodhi forthe first time on Friday

Union Food ProcessingIndustries Minister Harsim-rat Kaur Badal todaythanked Union Minister Rail-way Minister Piyush Goyalfor the gesture The train willbe reportedly flagged off byHarsimrat Kaur from NewDelhi Railway Station on Fri-day at 630 am

The train would reach Sul-tanpur Lodhi at 238 pm thesame day where it would be

accorded a traditional wel-come Union Minister ofState for Railways Suresh CAngadi and Punjab minis-ters OP Soni and CharanjitChanni too would be pres-ent as the train starts backto Delhi in the evening

lsquoSarbat da BhalarsquoExpress from today

GURUrsquos550THBIRTH ANNIVERSARY

Capt Amarinderexpressed concernover the dwindling

financial assistance tostates from the Centre

PAK TO SET UP 76 IMMIGRATION COUNTERS The Pakistan Government says the passage will be openedfrom lsquoNamaz-e-Fazrrsquo (sunrise) to Namaz-e Maghrib (sunset)The Indian authorities have consented to it Pakistan will set up 76 immigration counters at the Inte-grated Check Post on their side of the border

All Sikhs rising abovethe party lines anddifferences be it religious orpolitical should share acommon stage to justify themessage of universalbrotherhood and humanityof the first Sikh Guru AkalTakht will intervene if theSGPC and govt fail toresolve thedifferencesGiani HarpreetSingh JATHEDARAKAL TAKHT

SINK DIFFERENCES TAKHT

The Shatabdi train was launched to help unserved areas in 2011

Chandigarh October 3The AAP has flayed the gov-ernment on the issue of drugssaying that it has failed to rootout the menace and has rathergiven a free hand to the drugmafia to call the shots In astatement Leader of Opposi-tion Harpal Singh Cheemaand core committee memberKuldip Singh Dhaliwal saidduring the past 15 days policeteams had been attacked bythe drug mafia in Majha Theysaid Captain AmarinderSingh had backtracked on thepromise of taming the drugmenace mdash TNS

AAP Drug mafiacalling the shots

THE TRIBUNE04 JALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019PUNJAB

Karam PrakashTribune News Service

Patiala October 3The Punjab Government hasadopted the updated ModelWelfare Scheme for regis-tered construction workers inthe state But ignoring theguidelines of the Union Min-istry of Labour and Employ-ment it has not shunned theexisting schemes therebydiluting the sole purpose ofthe said scheme

The new welfare schemereads ldquoAt the outset it ismade clear that the socialsecurity benefits of the Mod-el Welfare Scheme as men-tioned below will hold prece-dence over all the existingbenefits and that only aftermeeting these priorityexpenses any balance of thefund may be utilised for giv-ing additional benefits underSection 22(H) of the Actrdquo

The Supreme Court onMarch 19 2018 had saidldquoThe state governments andUTAs have framed haphaz-ardly a large number ofschemes allegedly for the

benefit of the constructionworkers The multiplicity ofschemes brings to mind theadage too many cooks spoilthe brothrdquo

Subsequently theSupreme Court had askedthe Union Labour Ministryfor a composite ModelScheme for constructionworkers Following theorders on October 30 2018the Central Governmentdirected all state govern-ments to strictly comply withthe Model Welfare Scheme

Under this scheme there

are supposed to be only sevenwelfare schemes for the bene-fit of the construction work-ers However the state willnow be implementing thescheme without shunning the10 existing ones thereby giv-ing more scope of corruption

The said model scheme wasexpected to curb the misuseand poor implementation oftoo many welfare schemes

It is pertinent to mentionthat fake registrations andvarious anomalies weredetected under the existingschemes in the first-ever

audit of the State LabourWelfare Board

Seemingly the new welfarescheme adopted by the stategovernment is old wine innew bottle say experts

The new Model WelfareScheme espoused by the Cen-tre was aimed at giving mini-mum basic social security ben-efits to maximum constructionworkers However the state bynot implementing the modelscheme in its letter and spirithas already diluted the pur-pose of the scheme

Meanwhile VK JanjuaPrincipal Secretary LabourDepartment said ldquoOnly aftergoing through the SupremeCourt orders and Centralministryrsquos guidelines wehave adopted the schemeThe decision to continue theexisting schemes was a col-lective one We have provi-sions to carry the existingschemes under the Actrdquo

Janjua claimed that stepswere being taken to curb themisuse of the schemes andgive benefits to actual con-struction workers

Govt adopts Central labourscheme old ones not scrappedIn 2018 SC ordered states to have 1 scheme for welfare of workers

The Model Welfare Scheme is aimed at giving minimum basicsocial security benefits to construction workers FILE PHOTO

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3The Punjab and HaryanaHigh Court today rejectedthe plea for protection topolluting brick-kiln ownerswho had failed transition oftheir functioning to the offi-cially mandated emissionstechnology

An official press releasesaid the Capt AmarinderSingh government hadissued orders directing thatall brick-kiln owners shouldconvert their polluting unitsto induced draft technologyby September 30 The gov-ernment had also issuedorders listing out penaltiesfor failure to shift to the newzig zag technology

Several brick-kiln ownershad approached the courtagainst the state govern-mentrsquos orders but a DivisionBench comprising ActingChief Justice Rajeev Sharmaand Justice HS Sidhu refusedto grant any relief to them

During October 1 hearingAdvocate General Atul Nandahad placed details of the gov-

ernmentrsquos orders arguingthat these were in compliancewith the guidelines of the Cen-tral Pollution Control Boardvarious circulars of the PunjabPollution Control Board aswell as orders passed by theNational Green Tribunal datedJanuary 22 2019

Additional Solicitor Gener-al Satya Pal Jain stated thatin view of the fact that morethan 30000 objections hadbeen received against thedraft notification dated Feb-ruary 25 one monthrsquos timeswould be required by theMinistry of EnvironmentForest and Climate Changefor which he requested timefrom the court Acceding tothe request the courtadjourned the matter toNovember 15

No court relief for polluting brick-kilns

VishavBhartiTribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3The State Commission forScheduled Castes has askedthe DGP to take actionagainst four senior officialswho allegedly denied justiceto a Dalit by November 14

The case pertains to Phag-wara where a Dalit VijayKumar blew the whistleagainst an illegal factory in2013 which had been report-edly polluting groundwater

This led to his implicationin two ldquofakerdquo cases by SPsHarkamaljit Singh Khakhand Manpreet Singh DhillonLater two more senior policeofficials including SP BalbirSingh Bhatti and AIGNaveen Saini also let downthe complainant

Commission memberGyan Chand Diwali saidthat it was clear case of aDalit youth being harassedfor fighting for a collectivecause of society

The case dates back to 2013when Vijay Kumar rangalarm bells that a factory mdashUpkar International mdash locat-ed near his house in Phag-wararsquos Basant Nagar had

been discharging effluent

into the groundwaterthrough a borewell Follow-ing this the Punjab Pollu-tion Control Board sealedthe factory

The complainant said facto-ry owner Puneet Miglani gota fake FIR lodged againsthim under Section 182 of theIPC for providing false infor-mation He said the then DSPHarkamaljit Singh connivedwith Miglani The FIR waslater quashed by the Punjaband Haryana High Court

Vijay Kumar had also givena separate complaint to theDIG Jalandhar Range onwhich an inquiry was con-ducted by DSP MukhwinderSingh who ldquorecommendedan FIR under the ScheduledCastes and Scheduled Tribes(Prevention of Atrocities)Actrdquo MeanwhileMukhwinder got transferred

but DSP Manpreet Singhwho replaced Mukhwindernot only closed the inquirybut also got a case lodgedagainst the complainant

Later the complainantapproached the CMrsquos officeas well as the National Com-mission for Scheduled Castesfollowing which the com-plaints were referred to SPBalbir Singh Bhatti who ldquosetaside the complaints and did-nrsquot call the victim even oncerdquo

As he again went to thecommission an inquiry wasconducted by AIG NaveenSaini who found the allega-tions valid but didnrsquot recom-mend action under theScheduled Castes and Sched-uled Tribes (Prevention ofAtrocities) Act He just rec-ommended action againstthe factory owner for provid-ing false information

Act against police officers forharassing Dalit SC panel

US exhibition to mark birthanniversary of Guru NanakChandigarh To mark the550th birth anniversary ofGuru Nanak the DelawarersquosSikh Awareness Coalition hasannounced to organise anexhibition on the first SikhGurursquos life on October 12Charanjeet Singh Minhas ofthe coalition said it would bethe first time that Delawarestate would see a public cele-bration an awareness and aneducational initiative aboutSikhs and Sikhism The eventis being hosted in the stategovernmentrsquos largest publiclibrary in Delaware TNS

Former mayor of Slough inBritain passes awayChandigarh Gurbachan SinghThind former Mayor of Sloughin the UK passed away onSeptember 24 He was 79Thind hailed from Rachhin vil-lage in Ludhiana Before mov-ing to the UK he served as aPA to the then Chief Minister ofPunjab Gurnam Singh in1960s Thindrsquos first politicalactivity in the UK was in late1960s when he was at theforefront of a campaign to con-vince the British Governmentto grant the right to Sikhs towear turbans on motorbikesLater in 1988 he became amember of the Labour Party inSlough where he became May-or in 199899 TNS

BRIEFLY

Deepkamal KaurTribune News Service

Jalandhar October 3The publicity hoardingsabout various schemes putup across the state recentlyby the government are flash-ing some astonishing figuresGoing by the figures 22crore of the statersquos nearly 3crore population has beencovered under the SehatBima Yojana which means73 per cent of the populationof Punjab is under its ambit

Another figure reads that137 crore beneficiaries arecovered under the Atta-Dalscheme which implies that asmany as 45 per cent Punjabishave annual family incomeless than Rs 60000 Officialssay their figures are very con-servative and well within theparameters defined by theCentral Government

Anindita Mitra DirectorPublic Relations and DirectorFood Supplies says ldquoTheCentre has frozen the limit ofnumber of beneficiaries ofthe scheme in Punjab to 141crore This is because thegovernment has fixed a limitof covering up to 54 per centrural population and upto 49per cent urban populationunder the scheme We canincorporate 4 lakh more ben-eficiaries under the schemerdquo

Officials said 36 lakh fami-lies of Punjab had been cov-ered under it ldquoWe have beencontinuously deleting unduebeneficiaries Our survey willend in Decemberrdquo Mitra said

Monty Sehgal a BJPleader asked ldquoThe figuresseem forged to appease themasses There cannot be somany families in Punjabwhich are thriving on lessthan Rs 5000 per month It

is a vote game Politiciansdo not realise that they aremaking the people depend-ent on them Votes neverget translated by freebiesMore importantly if it is aCentre-funded schemehow can the Punjab CMtake the entire creditrdquo

SAD MLA Pawan Tinuasked ldquoWhen our govern-ment left we had covered35 lakh families At that

time the Congress leaderswere saying that we haveexaggerated the figures andthe real beneficiariesshould be far less So theygot verification startedwhich is yet to be complet-ed Rather than doing anydeletion they added 1 lakhmore families So our standgets vindicatedrdquo

On figures related to SehatBima Yojana a public rela-

tions officer pointed outldquoWhen 36 lakh blue cardbeneficiaries have beenincluded 494 lakh J-formholding farmer families havebeen covered 28 lakh smallfarmers more than 238 lakhregistered constructionworkers 46000 small tradersand 4500 journalists havebeen covered it is obviouslylike getting almost the entirePunjab coveredrdquo

22 cr health insurance beneficiaries in state

If the figures mentioned on government billboards are to be believed almost the entire Punjab has been enrolled for the Sehat Bima Yojana TRIBUNE PHOTO SARABJIT SINGH

ATTA-DAL SCHEME The Centre has frozen

the number of Punjabbeneficiaries for Atta-Dalscheme to 141 crorecomprising 54 rural and49 urban population Wecan incorporate 4 lakhmore beneficiaries underthe schemeAnindita Mitra DIRECTOR FOOD SUPPLIES

lsquoFORGED FIGURESrsquoThe figures have been

forged to appease themasses There cannot beso many families earningless than ~5000 permonth If it is a Centre-funded scheme how canthe Punjab CM take thecreditrdquoMonty Sehgal BJPLEADER

Houston October 3 Thousands of people from allwalks of life turned out forthe day-long ceremonies hereon Wednesday to honourslain Indian-American policeofficer Sandeep Singh Dhali-wal who was shot dead onduty during a traffic stop

Dhaliwal 42 was the firstSikh sheriffrsquos deputy inHarris County with a popu-lation of over 10000 SikhsHe made national headlineswhen he was allowed togrow a beard and wear a tur-ban on the job

He was gunned down whileconducting a routine mid-daytraffic stop in northwest ofHouston on Friday

The fallen deputyrsquos funeralincluded processions a tradi-tional Sikh funeral and a lawenforcement funeral with a21-gun salute from fellow offi-cers and a helicopter flyover

As lsquoAmazing Gracersquo wasplayed on the bagpipesmembers of Harris CountySheriffrsquos Office (HCSO) fold-ed the American flag thatcovered his casket and Sher-iff Ed Gonzalez presented itto Dhaliwalrsquos widow whoclutched it to her heart

After final ceremonies from

the law enforcement memori-al service the Dhaliwal familyand members of HCSO head-ed to the Winford FuneralHome for a closed cremation

The procession route waslined with blue and whitesigns reading ldquoAlways in OurHeartsrdquo and ldquoIn LovingMemory of Deputy Dhaliwalrdquo

People had posted customyard signs billboards andflowers all along the route andin the neighbourhood

At the service SimratpalSingh a US Army Captainflanked by other members ofthe Sikh community in mili-tary service describedDhaliwal as ldquohumble fear-

less not dissuaded by nega-tivityrdquo ldquoOur lion may begone physically but his lega-cy of selfless service and ofbreaking down barriers willcontinue to liverdquo he said

Senator Ted Cruz R-Texasspeaking before thousandsduring the Sikh part of theceremony addressed Dhaliw-

alrsquos wife and three children insaying the community ldquosup-ports you and lifts you uprdquoldquoWe are grateful for yourfatherrsquos service and his sacri-fice and his legacyrdquo Cruz said

Dhaliwal the father ofthree joined the force 10years back and was thestatersquos first law enforcementofficer to receive permissionto wear a religious turban andbeard while on duty

Commissioner Adrian Gar-cia who hired Dhaliwal 10years ago said the stadiumfull of people and thedeputyrsquos celebration of lifewas ldquofit for a kingrdquo As headdressed Dhaliwalrsquos fatherhe said ldquoBaba you raised agood man You raised himwith a heart of gold It isunfair that a father shouldoutlive his sonrdquo Lt Gov DanPatrick said he doesnrsquot nor-mally speak at public funer-als but he was honoured to beinvited to speak at Dhaliw-alrsquos funeral

New Jersey Attorney Gen-eral Gurbir Grewal thenationrsquos first Sikh statersquosattorney general said Dhali-wal ldquoinspired an entire gener-ation of Sikhsrdquo to join publicservice mdash PTI

Thousands attend US Sikh police officerrsquos funeral

Tribune News Service

Amritsar October 3Sikh preachers and intellectu-als from various countriestoday approached Akal Takhtto submit a complaint againstRanjit Singh Dhadrianwalealleging that he used obnox-ious terminology in the contextof Guru Gobind Singh and MaiBhago in his discourses

On the friction between theSGPC and state governmentover joint celebrations ofupcoming 550th birthanniversary of Guru NanakDev Giani Harpreet Singhsaid Akal Takht could inter-vene if needed

Reacting over complaintagainst Dhadrianwale andother preachers the officiat-ing Jathedar assured the com-plainants that he would takeup the issue with five highpriests He said there weremany preachers like Dhadri-anwale who had allegedlybeen giving speeches beyondthe Gurbani which ended upcreating confusion among theSikh community

PreachersapproachTakht againstDhadrianwale

An honour guard escorts the casket of Harris County Sheriffrsquos Deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal for hisfuneral at Berry Center in Cypress Texas US on Wednesday APPTI

IMPLICATED FOR HIGHLIGHTING ANOMALY In 2013 the Punjab Pollution Control Board sealed a factory

after one Vijay Kumar accused it of discharging effluent intothe groundwater near his house in Phagwara

The factory owner filed an FIR against Vijay for providingwrong information which was investigated but a few seniorcops didnrsquot conduct an impartial proberdquo

Later the FIR was quashed by the High Court

Saurabh MalikTribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3When an ASI with the PunjabPolice went to stay with hiscousinrsquos son a medical stu-dent there was no way hecould have realised that itwas his last night He wasfound murdered next morn-ing More than seven yearsafter the incident the Punjaband Haryana High Court hasupheld the conviction andlife sentence awarded to themedical student

The case before the Benchof Acting Chief Justice RajivSharma and Justice HarinderSingh Sidhu has its genesisin a complaint by victim ASIBaldev Singhrsquos son Manjin-der Singh

A student of diploma incomputer at Guru NanakDev University at Amritsarhe deposed that his fatherrsquoscousin Manjit Kaur wasresiding in America Her sonJeewan Singh Sidhu wasMBBS student at AmritsarMedical College

He went to pick up hisfather on March 2 2012 fromAmritsar bus stand upon hisreturn from Chandigarh Hisfather told him that he had

received a call from hiscousin Manjit Kaur that herson Jeewan Singh was creat-ing problem

Jeewan Singh should beleft at Nawanshahr andBaldev Singh should coun-sel him by staying with himfor the night He brought hisfather Baldev Singh to thehouse in Ranjit Avenuewhere Jeewan Singhresided as a tenant

He went to his house Buthis father stayed with Jee-wan Singh The next day hereceived a telephonic callthat a taxi had come to thehouse He tried to contact hisfather on the phone but hisphone was not reachable Hewent to the house andnoticed blood in the room

He called a neighbour whoalong with another personcame on the spot They laterfound the body of his fatherlying in the bathroom

Speaking for the BenchActing Chief Justice Sharmaasserted the appellant hadtaken the plea of mental dis-order schizophrenia In suchcases the court was to seethe mental status of theaccused at the time of com-mission of the offence

He added that the plea ofinsanity was not available tothe appellant He knew whathe was doing From the cir-cumstances which precededattended and followed thecrime it could not be said thatthe appellant was sufferingfrom unsoundness of mind

HC upholds life term tomedico for coprsquos murder

NOT UPGRADED The state government hadasked brick-kiln owners toshift to new technology bySeptember 30 Penaltieswere ordered for failureagainst which tradersmoved HC but got no relief

COUNSELLING SESSION TURNED FATALASI Baldev Singhs cousin ManjitKaur who resides in America hadinformed the former in March 2012that her son Jeewan Singh Sidhu anMBBS student had been creatingtrouble In order to counsel JeewanBaldev decided to stay with him for anight but the accused murdered the latter Though the appel-lant claimed that he suffered from schizophrenia mental dis-order Acting Chief Justice Sharma asserted that in such cas-es the court is to see the mental status of the accused at thetime of commission of the offence

05HARYANA ELECTIONS2019THE TRIBUNE

GURUGRAM | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019

Court Notice

HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARHRA-CR-112-CII-2007 in FAO-913-2009

Date of hearing 29102019(A)

Ms BCC Rice Mills amp Ors

Appellants

Vs

Punjab State Warehousing Corporation and Ors

Respondents

Appeal Us 37 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996

Notice to

1 Ms BCC Rice Mills amp Exports Private Limited Village

Jogi Cheema Post Office Qadian District Gurdaspur

through its Director Parminder Singh Cheema son of

Harbhajan Singh resident of Jogi Cheema Post Office

Qadian Tehsil Batala District Gurdaspur

2 Gagandeep Singh Son of Surinder Singh resident of

House No 15703B-II Mohali District Ropar

3 Parminder Singh Cheema son of Harbhajan Singh

Residence of Village Jogi Cheema Post Office Qadian

Tehsil Batala District Gurdaspur

In the above titled appeal the respondent(s)

defendant(s) could not be served in ordinary process It is

ordered that the respondent(s)defendant(s) should

appear in person or through counsel on 29102019 at

1000 am

For details logon to wwwhighcourtgovinDPRPbC7337

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ADMISSION NOTICEApplications are invited for admission to the 112 4-Months Postgraduate Certificate

in the Teaching of English (PGCTE) a blended Teacher-Training Course whichcommences on 18 November 2019 and concludes on 28 March 2020 The lsquoFace-to Facersquo part of the course is from 18 November 2019 to 20 February 2020 at RIEand the Online part of the course will be from 24 February 2020 to 28 March2020 The Online part will be done from the place of work or residence

Eligibility Candidates with MA (English) or BEd (With Teaching ofEnglish)

Age Below 55 years for In-service teachers and below 45 yearsfor Teachers-to-be

Stipend For Government School Teachers only during lsquoFace-to-Facersquo Part of course

Rs 190- PM for participants from Chandigarh Rs 300- PM for participants from Punjab Haryana

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MAHARAJA AGRASEN MEDICAL COLLEGEAGROHA (HISAR) HARYANA ndash 125047

E-Tender Notice for Operating Microscope amp Endoscopy Camera

E-Tender is invited for purchase of Operating Microscope amp Endoscopy Camera System

for ENT Department of Maharaja Agrasen Medical College Agroha (Hisar) Details may

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POLL BUZZ Day to go political bigwigsamong 475 file nominations Ministers Abhimanyu Ram Bilas Congrsquos Surjewala Bishnoi INLDrsquos Abhay submit papers

Yamunanagar BJP nationalspokesperson Syed Shah-nawaz Hussain on Thursdayclaimed that the Congresswould draw a blank in the elec-tions and would not be able toopen its account ldquoThe BJP willset a record It has set a goal of75 seats but it seems that theparty will win more seats Thegovernment has done tremen-dous developmentrdquo he said TNS

BJP will set a recordclaims Shahnawaz

Panipat Bharat SinghChhokkar state president ofthe Loktantra Suraksha Party(LSP) and candidate fromSamalkha has decided to notcontest the Assembly electionand has also decided to quitthe party Chhokkar said theBJP candidate was from his vil-lage Chulkana and the voteswould get divided thatrsquos whyhe decided to quit TNS

LSP state presidentresigns from party

Kaithal Due to a large crowdof supporters of Congressleader Randeep Singh Surje-wala who filed his nomina-tion papers on Thursday thetraffic near the Geeta Bhawanin the town remained disrupt-ed for hours Residents havedemanded that no politicalactivity should be allowed bythe administration in thevicinity of Geeta Bhawanwhich is located in the centreof the town OC

Residents faceinconvenience

Chandigarh State Con-gress chief Kumari Seljalaunched her social mediacampaign called ldquoHaryanaKi Baat Selja ke saathrdquouploading its first episodeon Thursday The campaignwill invite voter queriesaround a range of socialpolitical and governanceissues which Selja will per-sonally answer TNS

lsquoHaryana ki Baathelliprsquolaunched by Selja

Pradeep SharmaTribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3Political bigwigs a majorityof them from the ruling BJPfiled their nomination papersfor the October 21 HaryanaAssembly elections today asthe saffron party lined up itsbig guns as a show ofstrength on the penultimateday of filing nominations

Meanwhile Joint ChiefElectoral Officer Inder Jeetsaid on the fourth day of fil-ing nomination papers 475nomination papers were filedby the candidates across thestate October 4 is the last dayof filing nominations

Several state ministersincluding Ram Bilas Shar-ma Capt Abhimanyu OPDhankar Manish GroverKrishan Panwar KrishanKumar Bedi and BanwariLal besides state BJP chiefSubhash Barala andHaryana Assembly SpeakerKanwar Pal Gujjar wereprominent among thosewho filed their nomination

papers todayAmong the notable Con-

gress candidates AICC com-munication in charge Ran-deep Surjewala filednomination papers fromKaithal while former ministerBB Batra filed nominationsfrom Rohtak and ChiranjeevRao son of former ministerAjay Yadav filed papers from

Rewari Abhay Chautala ofthe INLD also filed nomina-tions from Ellenabad

In a morale booster for thecontesting candidates theBJP deputed over a dozenUnion ministers and seniorleaders including SmritiIrani Shahnawaz HussainHarshvardhan SanjeevBaliyan RK Singh Rao

Inderjit Singh Krishan PalGurjar and Rattan LalKataria to accompany themfor filing nomination papers

The Chief Minister criss-crossed the state accompany-ing two Cabinet colleaguesRam Bilas Sharma and CaptAbhimnayu who are seek-ing re-election from Mahen-dragarh and Narnaud

Congress leader Kuldeep Bishnoi files nomination from Adampur in Hisar Agriculture Minister Om Prakash Dhankar files papers in Jhajjar TRIBUNE PHOTOS

~10092 cr Total assets~521 croreMovable assets~4882 croreImmovable assets~473 lakh Cash in hand ~4030 croreUnsecured loans He owns Audi Q7 Audi A6

BMW Tata Safari and atractor His wife owns aMercedes and an Innova

His wife owns jewelleryworth ~169 crore

KULDEEP BISHNOI CONGRESS Adampur

WEALTH DECLARED

~6263 cr Total assets

~268 croreMovableassets~3573 croreImmovableassets

~865 lakh Cash in hand

ASSETS IN 2014 ELECTIONS

~1074 croreMovable assets

~30 crore Immovableassets

ABHAY CHAUTALAINLD Ellenabad

~835 cr Total assets The 71-year-old leader is alaw graduate from PunjabUniversity in 1989 52 lakh Movable assets This included ~3-lakh cashin hand bank deposits of~14 lakh and 20-gm goldworth ~80000 ~315crore Immovable assets This includes self-acquiredassets worth ~26 crore andinherited assets of ~55 lakh

RAM BILAS SHARMABJP Mahendragarh Rohtak Veteran Congress

leader Bhupinder SinghHooda who was slated tofile his nomination from theGarhi Sampla-Kiloi Assem-bly constituency in Rohtakdistrict on Thursday willnow file the papers on Fri-day Hooda also chairmanof the partyrsquos election man-agement committee had toattend a meeting in NewDelhi on Thursday TNS

HOODA DEFERSFILING PAPERS

Mahendragarh Chief Min-ister Manohar Lal Khattaron Thursday said more than20 strong contenders werevying for the BJP ticket inevery segment He said allcontenders could not getthe ticket yet they stood bythe party He was address-ing a gathering after Educa-tion Minister Ram BilasSharma filed his nominationfrom Mahendragarh TNS

HAD 20 CONTENDERSFOR EACH TICKET CM

Aditi TandonTribune News Service

NewDelhi October 3A day after openly revoltingagainst the party and protest-ing outside the residence ofCongress president SoniaGandhi former state chiefAshok Tanwar on Thursdayquit all election committeesand said he would work onlyas a primary member

Signalling a deepening fac-tional war Tanwar wrote ascathing letter to Sonia say-ing the Congress had beenreduced to the party of for-mer Chief Minister Bhupin-der Singh Hooda

ldquoUnfortunately it feels likethe Congress has beenhijacked by an individualand even senior leaders ofthe AICC are insensitivetowards state Congressbecoming Hooda CongressrdquoTanwar wrote to Sonia

Tanwar a former presidentof the Indian Youth Congressand NSUI jolted party pre-paredness in Haryana bycompletely distancing fromthe poll process Asked if hewould campaign for the partyhe said ldquoI will see who needsme how muchrdquo

In another marker that hissupporters could contest asIndependents the formerstate unit chief said ldquoIf some-one wants to contest as anIndependent what can I doIt is up to themrdquo

Tanwar remained defiantabout his public revolt out-side Soniarsquos residence onWednesday saying he hadbeen left with no optionldquoWhat other platform wasavailable for our workers toraise their voice I only artic-ulated their concerns That isnot indiscipline I did notassault anyonerdquo Tanwar said

He lamented the fact thatpeople who had ldquosabotagedrdquo

Congress interests in thestate ldquowere now calling theshotsrdquo ldquoThese people areselling ticketsrdquo he wrote inhis letter to Sonia

In a veiled attack on HoodaTanwar said though he wasaccused of not creating anorganisation the fact was thathe was never allowed to func-tion ldquoIt is a matter of studyfor all of you that despite theabsence of an organisationwe managed to raise the Con-gress vote share in Haryanaby 6 per cent over the last LokSabha poll and 85 per cent

over the last state poll We didthis in the face of a massivenon-cooperation movementagainst usrdquo he said

Tanwar also took swipes atpolitical families sayingldquoIn Haryana there arepolitical gharanas which donot want ordinary people torise in politicsrdquo

The former state chief seemedto leave his future options opensaying ldquoWhat I have told youtoday is the reality of todayThere are still 18 or 19 days leftfor elections Let us see whatturn time and politics takerdquo

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3 The Jannayak Janta Party(JJP) released its fourth fifthand sixth lists of 43 candi-dates today with DushyantChautala contesting fromUchana Kalan and his motherNaina from Badhra

Dushyant contested fromUchana Kalan in 2014 butlost to BJPrsquos Prem Lata wifeof former Union ministerBirender Singh by a marginof 7480 votes This time hewould face Prem Lata again

Naina Chautala who won in2014 from Dabwali which washer husband Ajay Chautalarsquosconstituency will be contest-ing this time from BadhraShe will face former CM Ban-si Lalrsquos son Ranbir Mahen-dra who is contesting on Con-gress ticket Sources in theJJP said that as the Indian

National Lok Dal (INLD) hadfielded Sita Ram from Dab-wali a two-time MLA from theseat she shifted to Badhra

Also among the nominees isdismissed BSF jawan TejBahadur Yadav who will con-test against CM Manohar LalKhattar from Karnal OP Sihaga long-time associate of AjayChautala will contest fromEllenabad against INLD secre-tary general Abhay Chautala

So far the JJP has releasedthe names of 85 candidatesThe party is yet to nominateDushyantrsquos brother Digvijay

JJP names 43 moreDushyant to againface MLA Prem Lata Naina to contest from Badhra

Dushyant Chautala

Tanwar quits all Cong poll panelsIn scathing letter to Sonia writes state unit is Hoodarsquos party

Ashok Tanwar in New Delhi on Thursday MANAS RANJAN BHUI

New Delhi October 3The Congress on Thursdaydeclared candidates for sixpending seats in HaryanaBhupinder Singh Hooda andstate unit chief Kumari Seljagot an equal share of nomina-tions for their loyalists

In Fatehabad the Congressfielded Hooda-preferredPrahlad Singh Gillankherawho had lost the last time Oth-er Hooda loyalists in the list areMewa Singh from Ladwa andBishan Lal Saini from Radaur

In Ambala CantonmentVenu Agarwal was fielded jet-tisoning proposal to field Nir-mal Singhrsquos daughter ChitraSarwara Selja was opposedto Chitrarsquos candidatureShamsher Virk will contestfrom Assandh and BhupenderGangua from Barwala mdash TNS

Cong declares6 more names

Usual process followed says Selja Dismissing Ashok Tanwarrsquos allegations of ticket sale bythe party and denial of nominations to genuine candi-dates Haryana Congress president Kumari Selja toldreporters on Thursday that the Congress had followedthe ticket distribution process and system as it alwaysdoes Reacting to Seljarsquos comments Tanwar said ldquoWhatsystem was followed What system is the state chieftalking of In fact the eligibility criteria we suggestedwas disregardedrdquo Tanwar said

THE TRIBUNE06 GURUGRAM | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019DELHI

I Paidi Swapna wife of 15490138NLD Gopi Paidi resident ofIbrahimbad Fareedpeta EtcherlaSrikakulam Andhra Pradesh is herebydeclares that my acutal date of birth is05 June 1992 (CL19091719)

I Sachin so Late Jai Ram Dass roVillage Tagra Hakimpur Kalka DisttPanchkula (Haryana) have changedmy name Sachin to Sachin Goyal(CL19091812)

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SITUATION VACANT

(Uo 5 Rule 20 CPC)In the Court of

Sh Lalit Kumar SinglaDistrict Judge (FC)

BarnalaKamaljeet Kaur

VersusManmohan Singh

CNR NoPBBR01-001498-2019Next Date 29102019

Publication issued toManmohan SinghFather Bhagwant Singh ro

Tapa Teh Tapa Distt Barnalanow ro Australia through itsPower of Attorney BhagwanSingh so Diwan Singh roNear Yash Hospital Tapa TehTapa Distt Barnala BarnalaPunjab

In above titled case thedefendant(s)respondent(s)could not be served It isordered that defendant(s)respondent(s) should appear inperson or through counsel on29102019 at 1000 am

For details logon tohttpshighcourtchdgovintrs=district_noticeampdistrict=

barnalaDated this day of 01012019

Sd-District Judge (FC)

CL19091165 Barnala

COURT NOTICE

I Ashok Kumar so Sh Harbans Lalro 15 St 5A Namdev RoadBathinda have changed my nameAshok Kumar Singla In future usethis name in my all documents(CL19091941)

I Amar Nath so Mangu Ram ro Village Gill PO Urmar TehDasuya (Hoshiarpur) Punjab havechanged my name to Amar SinghPlease note (CL19091913)

We Mrs and Mr Subhash ChanderSethi ro 85 Dyal Singh ColonyKarnal declare that our son Nikhil Sethi is out of our control we debar him from our moveable and immoveable property anybodydeal with him will do so at their own risk and responsibility(CL19091887)

I No 15477504N DFR Vinod Kumar A so Ayyapan V 70 AR CO 56 APO declare that in my Army service record my wifersquos namewrongly entered as Shreevidhya KV correct name is Shreevidya KVAll concerned plz note(CL19091873)

I Surjit Singh Army No 10198525KRank Sep resident of Vill amp POJalalpura Teh amp Distt AmritsarPunjab-143601 in my Army record my daughterrsquos name was wronglyentered as Kirenjit Kaur instead of hercorrect name is Kiranjit Kaur(CL19091858)

I Jagsir Singh so Teja Singh Resi -Khudi Kalan Tehsil amp District -Barnala that my daughter RamanpreetKaur in the school record of BVMInternational School that her realname Gurmanjot Kaur RamanpreetKaur or Gurmanjot Kaur both aresame person Please note(CL19091842)

I Budumuru Divya wife of15495511M LD S Vasa RaoGurugubelli resident of Kotta ValasaThogaram AmadalavalasaSrikakulam Andhra Pradesh is hereby declared that my actual Date of Birth is 14 May 1998(CL19091751)

It is notified for the information thatmy original qualifying examinationcertificate of main SecondaryExamination of year 2016 and RollNo 2263610 issued by CBSE hasbeen actually lost Name of candidatesSonia Kaushal do Baljit KumarVillage Pahlewal Tehsil GarhshankarDistt Hoshiarpur Punjab(CL19091748)

I Promila Devi spouse of No8034204W Hav Kushab Kumar VPO Basantpur Teh Sarkaghat Distt Mandi HP changed my namefrom Promila Devi to Pramila Devi vide affidavit 13AA 437996dated 1102019 before Executive Magistrate Sarkaghat(CL19091597)

PUBLIC NOTICES

(Uo 5 Rule 20 CPC)In the Court of

Ms Roopa Dhaliwal PCSAdditional Civil Judge Sr Division Nangal

CNR No PBROB0-001423-2019

Next Date- 21102019Pyaro Devi and others

VersusGeneral Public

Publication issued toGeneral PublicSuit for declaration to the effectthat Ram Sukh so Durga RoVill Mehlwan Teh-Nangal hasdisappeared and missing since2011 and presumed to be deadand plaintiffs are the only legalheirs of Ram Sukh

In above titled case thedefendant(s)respondent(s)could not be served It isordered that defendant(s)respondent(s) should appear inperson or through counsel on21102019 at 1000 am

For details logon to httpshighcourtchdgovintrs=district_noticeampdistrict=rupnagar

Dated this day of 26092019Sd- Additional Civil Judge

Sr Division NangalCL19091610

(Uo 5 Rule 20 CPC)In the Court of

Sh Ranjit Kumar JainPrincipal Judge of

Family Court Garhshankar

Sarla Kumari (age 32 years) wifeof late Ram Ral son of SukhchainRam resident of village ParsowalTehsil Garhshankar DistrictHoshiarpur at present residing atvillage Adamwal Tehsil andDistt Hoshiarpur

PlaintiffVersus

General PublicRespondent

Petition Under Section 8 of theHindu Minority andGuardianship Act

CNR No PBHOF3-000473-2019

Next Date- 04012020Publcation issued toGeneral Public

In above titled petition thedefendant(s)respondent(s) couldnot be served It is ordered thatdefendant(s) respondent(s)should appear in person orthrough counsel on 04012020 at1000 am

For details logon to httpshighcourtchdgovintrs=

district_noticeampdistrict=hoshiarpur

Dated this day of 21092019Sd- Principal Judge of

Family Court CL19091565 Garhshankar

(UO 5 Rule 20 CPC)In the Court of

Shri Ravinder Singh RanaCivil Judge

Junior Division-3Ferozepur

Oriental Bank of CommerceVs

Kashmir SinghCNR No

PBFZ02-000120-2019Next Date 31102019

Publication issued toGursahib Singh FatherSukhdev Singh ro V KamalaBodla Post OfficeMallawala Tehsil and DistrictFerozepur

In above titled case thedefendant(s)respondent(s)could not be served It isordered that defendant(s)respondent(s) should appearin person or through counselon 31102019 at 1000 am For details logon tohttpshighcourtchdgovintrs=district_noticeampdistrict=

ferozepurDated this day of 25092019

Sd- Civil JudgeJunior Division-3

CL19091523 Ferozepur

(Uo 5 Rule 20 CPC)In the Court of

Sh Rakesh Kumar SharmaAddl Principal Judge

Family CourtJagraon

Petition US 8 of Guardianand Wards Act for Permissionto sell the property

Gurwinder SinghVersus

General PublicCNR No

PBLDF3-001249-2019Notice to

General PublicIn above title case the

Petitioner Gurwinder Singh soAlbel Singh filed a petitionunder Section Guardain andWards Act for permission tosell the property of TaranvirSingh so Gurwinder Singh thedefendant General Public couldnot be served It is ordered thatdefendant General Publicshould appear in person orthrough counsel on 26112019at 10 am

For details logon tohttpshighcourtchdgovintrs=district_noticeampdistrict=

ludhianaDated this day of 25092019

Sd-Addl Principal Judge

Family CourtCL19091469 Jagraon

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Re-compute lawexam results HCNew Delhi October 3 The Delhi High Court hasaccepted the challenge tonine out of 15 questionsasked in the Delhi JudicialServices (Preliminary)examinations and directedthe Registrar General to re-compute and publish theupdated result by October 4

The court said apart fromplacing the list of additionaleligible candidates on thewebsite by 6 pm on Fridaythe court administrationwould communicate themby both SMS and email ofbeing qualified for writingthe Mains exam

The court was hearing abatch of petitions by lawgraduates aspiring to bejudicial officers challeng-ing the correctness of theanswer keys to some of thequestions in the DelhiJudicial Services (Prelimi-nary) Exams which wereheld on September 22

A Bench of Justices SMuralidhar and TalwantSingh declined the prayer ofthe petitioners to postpone thedate of Mains exams that is

October 12-13 as the court hasto adhere to the deadline giv-en by it to the Supreme Court

It directed that results ofthe 353 candidates alreadydeclared eligible to appearin the DJS (Mains) Examsin terms of the list pub-lished on the courtrsquos web-site on September 26 areleft undisturbed

This time the court dis-pensed with the publishing ofthe answer keys prior to thedeclaration of the result mdash PTI

Regarding the answer keyswhich had been found tobe erroneous the admin-istration would proceed toapply the correctanswer keys asdecided by the courtand recompute the resultsin accordance with theapplicable rules

The court dispensed thepublishing of the answerkeys prior to the declarationof the result to adhere tothe deadline of completingthe entire examination

Act againstbuildings sansfire safety Court

Erroneous answer sheets

NewDelhi October 3 The Delhi High Court hasdirected the AAP governmenthere its fire department andmunicipal authorities to takeaction against buildings includ-ing sealing them for lackingfire safety measures

A Bench of Chief JusticeDN Patel and Justice C HariShankar issued the directionwhile disposing a PIL seek-ing sealing of two buildingsin the Azadpur commercialcomplex for alleged non-com-pliance of fire safety normsThe court disposed off the peti-tion after the North DelhiMunicipal Corporation filedan affidavit stating that both ofthe buildings were issued firesafety certificates on June 14

As the petition had alsosought sealing of all otherbuildings in the city whichwere not complying with firesafety norms the Bench saidthat ldquoas and when any build-ing is lacking in fire safetymeasures action shall be ini-tiated by the respondents(authorities) in accordancewith law rules regulationsand government policiesapplicable to the facts of thecase as early as possible andpracticablerdquo mdash PTI

New Delhi October 3 Security has been beefedup across the Capital afterpolice received intelligenceinputs on a possible terrorstrike a senior police offi-cial said on Thursday

Raids are being conductedby the Special Cell of the Del-hi Police at several locationsacross the city after the intel-ligence inputs suggested thatthree to four members of aterror outfit may have infil-trated into the city he said

Meanwhile the Delhi Policehas also intensified patrollingand picketing in several areasacross the Capital

According to police raidswere conducted at over twodozens locations across the cityto nab the suspects from theirpossible hideouts includingplaces like Okhla ZafrabadNajafgarh Seemapuri NewUsmanpurSeelampur Pahar-ganj and areas of South Delhiand have questioned numer-ous peoplemdash PTI

The police checks commuters in New Delhi on Thursday TRIBUNE PHOTO

NewDelhi October 3 The Delhi Government willopen a ldquoSports Universityrdquoin the Capital Chief Minis-ter Arvind Kejriwal saidhere on Thursday Address-ing a press conference Kejri-wal with his deputy ManishSisodia by his side said a Billin this regard was approvedby the Cabinet on Thursdayand it would be sent to Lieu-tenant Governor (LG) AnilBaijal for approval

After that the Bill would betabled in the Assembly he saidThe Chief Minister said theldquoSports Universityrdquo wouldcome up on a 90-acre land inthe Mundka area

According to the Aam Aad-mi Party (AAP) governmentin the Capital the DelhiSports University (DSU) Billgrants the university theright to establish constituentschools and colleges

The main aim of the uni-versity would be to groomthe students who wouldexcel in various sports inschool the government said

The CM said earlier asportsperson used to beuncertain about his futuresjust for the fact that if he wasnot able to establish a careerin sports he would just becalled a school pass out

ldquoA sportsperson would notget a job because every jobrequires at least a gradua-tion degree to get throughThe sports university willgrant you a degree in sportssuch as cricket and hockey

ldquoA passionate sportspersoncan now devote all of histime to playing andexcelling in sportsrdquo he said

A sportspersonrsquos gradua-tion post-graduation and doc-torate degrees will be in thesubjects of sports Kejriwalsaid adding that he couldshow his degrees whereverrequired Giving an exampleKejriwal said a sportspersoncould also appear in the civilservices examination becausehe would be considered a grad-uate after getting the degree

Sisodia said most of thestudents had to compromisewhen it came to sports tokeep up with their perform-ance in the main subjectsldquoSome of the students Iknow are pursuing theirgraduation from SOL tomanage sports and studiesboththe share of jobsunder the sports quota isalso limited ldquoWe are hopingto eradicate that uncertaintyfrom the minds ofsportspersonsrdquo the deputychief minister said mdash PTI

Cabinet approves setting upof lsquoSports Universityrsquo Kejriwal

CM Arvind Kejriwal with his deputy Manish Sisodia at a pressmeet in New Delhi on Thursday TRIBUNE PHOTO MUKESH AGGARWAL

The Delhi Sports Uni-versity (DSU) Bill grantsthe university the rightto establish constituentschools and colleges

The sports universityBill aims to groom thestudents who wish toexcel in various sports

It also defines theadministrative and legalstructure of the univer-sity Several expertswould be involved atvarious stages to designand give a definitestructure to the curricu-lum of the courses

DELHI SPORTS UNIVERSITY BILL

3 held for burglaryNew Delhi October 3 A domestic help her hus-band and an accomplicehave been arrested in con-nection with a burglary at ahouse in southeast DelhirsquosLajpat Nagar area thepolice said on Thursday

The accused were identi-fied as Fatima (34) her hus-band Mohmood (37) bothresidents of Sarai KaleKhan and MohammadZakir (35) resident ofTaimoor Nagar they said

According to the policethe two men conspiredand planned to targetvacant houses during day-time while Fatima whoworked as domestic helpin the residential areas ofLajpat Nagar conductedrecce and passed informa-tion to them

On September 29 policesaid they received a com-plaint about theft of ~50lakhs diamond and goldjewellery along with expen-sive wrist watch and othervaluable articles from ahouse at National Parkarea Lajpat Nagar and acase was registered at AmarColony police station

The accused were seen ina CCTV footage leaving thespot in an e-rickshaw aftercommitting the burglarythe police said

On Tuesday a raid wasconducted at TaimoorNagar and Sarai Kale Khanareas and the accused werearrested said Deputy Com-missioner of Police (South-east) Chinmoy Biswal Lat-er Fatima was also arrested

in connection with the inci-dent the officer said

Stolen cash amounting to~3191 lakh gold and dia-mond jewellery laptopmobile e-rickshaw andtools were recovered fromthem the officer added

Mahmood and Zakir werepreviously involved in sev-eral cases of burglaries andtheft Both were arrested inMarch in connection with asimilar burglary incidentand released from jail inAugust mdash PTI

The arrested persons with theDelhi Police TRIBUNE PHOTO

MODUS OPERANDIThe two men conspiredand planned to targetvacant houses during day-time while Fatima whoworked as domestic helpin the residential areas ofLajpat Nagar conductedrecce and passed infor-mation to them

Rain brings down mercury in DelhiNewDelhi October 3 Heavy rains lashed severalparts of the Capital onThursday evening bringingdown the mercury level offi-cials said Delhi recorded 352mm rainfall at 830 PM andthe temperature was record-ed at 216 degree Celsius asenior MeT official said

According to the meteorolog-ical department the maximumtemperature recorded at 530PM was 348 degree Celsius anotch above the normal andthe minimum 238 degrees Cel-sius two notches above nor-

mal Humidity levels oscillat-ed between 83 and 55 per cent

Flight operations at Delhi Air-

port had to be suspended for 24minutes in the evening due toextremely heavy rains mdash PTI

Heavy rains in New Delhi on Thursday MANAS RANJAN BHUI

New Delhi October 3 The over 42 km-long GreyLine of Delhi Metro whichwill connect Najafgarh tothe rapid transit networkfor the first time will beopened for services on Fri-day officials said mdash PTI

Metrorsquos Grey Lineto open today

Terror alert Securitybeefed up in Capital

THE TRIBUNEJALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 07NATION

Tribune News Service

NewDelhi October 3Terming his continuing incar-ceration as a ldquoform of punish-mentrdquo senior Congress leaderP Chidambaram on Thursdaymoved the Supreme Court for regular bail in a corruptioncase registered by the CBI in connection with theINX Media scam

Senior counsel Kapil Sibalmentioned his petition chal-lenging the Delhi HighCourtrsquos September 30 ver-dict denying him bail forurgent listing before aBench headed by Justice NVRamana He sought urgenthearing of Chidambaramrsquosbail plea on Friday as the topcourt wonrsquot be functioningthe next week

Justice Ramana howeversaid the matter would beplaced before Chief Justiceof India Ranjan Gogoi forassigning it to an appropri-ate Bench Later he was pro-duced before a Special JudgeAjay Kumar Kuhar whoremanded him to judicialcustody till October 17

In his bail plea the formerFinance Minister contendedthat liberty of an individualcannot be denied on the basis

of ldquoanonymous and unveri-fied allegationsrdquo He also cit-ed his ldquofrailrdquo health as aground for bail and said hewas not ldquoaccustomedrdquo to foodgiven to him in the jail andhas lost 4 kg weight duringhis judicial custody The Spe-

cial Court allowed him homecooked food inside jail once aday as an exception

Arrested by the CBI inAugust in the INX Media cor-ruption case the senior Con-gress leader has been lodged inTihar Jail since September 5

He was arrested on August21 from his Jor Bagh resi-dence in the capital The CBIhad registered an FIR on May15 2017 alleging irregularitiesin the Foreign InvestmentPromotion Board (FIPB)clearance granted to the INXMedia group for receivingoverseas funds of Rs 305 crorein 2007 during his tenure asFinance Minister

ldquoBail is the rule jail is theexception Arrest and custodyare a humiliation and socialstigma The prosecutionseems to think that prolongedjudicial custody is a punish-ment they can impose on thePetitioner Courts shouldfrown upon the attempt of theprosecution to use judicialcustody as a kind of pre-trialpunishmentrdquo Chidambaramsaid in his plea

He also denied the HC find-ing that INX Mediarsquos formerpromoters Indrani and PeterMukerjea had met him andldquoillegal gratificationrdquo was paid

PC moves SC for bail seeks urgent hearingDelhi court extends his judicial custody till Oct 17

lsquoBEING HUMILIATEDrsquoArrest and custody

are ahumiliationand socialstigma Theprosecution

seems to think thatprolonged judicial custodyis a punishment they canimpose on the petitioner P Chidambaram FORMER UNION MINISTER

Tribune News Service

NewDelhi October 3The Supreme Court on Thurs-day pulled up the Odisha Gov-ernment for demolishing his-toric lsquomuttsrsquo aroundJagannath Temple in Puriand asked it to consult stake-holders before going aheadwith the demolition drive

A three-judge Bench saidthe state must preserve thehistoric structures around thetemple The Bench said thelsquomuttrsquo mdash where first SikhGuru Nanak Dev had stayedmdash should not be demolished

ldquoYou cannot destroy every-thing These small temples

and mutts are providinglivelihood to a number ofpeople since centuriesrdquo saidthe Bench ndash which is seizedof a PIL filed by Mrinalini

Padhi highlighting theproblems faced by devoteesand their alleged exploita-tion by Sevaks

The Bench asked the

Odisha Government to con-sult Hindu seers such asShankaracharya and otherstakeholders before demol-ishing structures around

the Jagannath Temple Asdirected by the Bench ami-cus curiae and senior coun-sel Ranjit Kumar submit-ted his report after visitingthe temple and recom-mended compensation foraffected persons

However the Bench askedfor a fresh report on theaffected persons from thestate government and postedthe matter for further hear-ing on October 22

The state administration haslaunched a demolition drive inPuri for the creation of a her-itage corridor within 75 metresof the lsquoMeghnad Prachirrsquo ofJagannath Temple

Donrsquot raze mutt where Guru Nanak stayed SC Asks Odisha Govt to consult stakeholders before going ahead with demolition drive

Strong proof of structurebeneath mosque inAyodhya Hindu parties NewDelhi October 3 Hindu parties asserted in theSupreme Court on Thursdaythat claims of the Muslimside over the 277 acre land inthe Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid title disputewere belied by the excavatedmaterial which suggestedexistence of a ldquomassive struc-turerdquo beneath the demol-ished mosque

The counsel for deity RamLalla said the excavatedmaterials are a ldquoproofbeyond doubtrdquo about theexistence of the structurebeneath the demolishedmosque in Ayodhya whilerebutting the claim of Mus-lim parties about the exis-tence of an Islamic structure

The counsel stated that fromthe pillar bases artefacts cir-cular shrine intersectingbrickbat walls found in exca-vation an inference can bedrawn that the massive struc-ture was a temple and not anyIslamic structure

A five-judge Constitutionbench headed by CJI RanjanGogoi was told by senior advo-cate C S Vaidyanathan appear-ing for deity Ram Lalla thatcontention of the Muslim par-ties about a structure beneaththe disputed site being anidgah wall or an Islamic struc-

ture was not correct ldquoFirst their case was that

there was no structure at allSecondly they said it was anIslamic structure or an idgahwall We say that it was a tem-ple which was demolished andthe pillar bases found duringexcavation also suggest to thiseffectrdquo Vaidyanathan said

ldquoThat there was a massivestructure beneath is a proofbeyond doubtrdquo he said Senioradvocate Rajeev Dhavanappearing for Muslim partiessaid that as per the Archaeo-logical Survey of India report there is no conclusiveproof or findings of destructionof a temple mdash PTI

PUNJAB CM HADWRITTEN TO STATE

The Punjab CM had written tohis Odisha counterpart tostop demolition of ManguMutt believed to have beenvisited by Guru Nanak Dev

Set up in 1615 by BhaiAlmast a Sikh preacher andhead of Dhuari of the UdasiSect the Mangu Mutt wasalso visited by Guru TeghBahadur in 1670

Court grants divorce toINX Media ex-promoters

A family court on Thurs-day granted divorce to INX Mediarsquos formerpromoters Indrani andPeter Mukerjea

The divorce was amicableand the court was satis-fied that it was a fit casefor dissolution of the 17-year-old marriageIndranirsquos lawyer said

Historic mutts around Jagannath Temple being demolished

Tribune News Service

Mumbai October 3Shiv Sena leader AadityaThackeray today filed hisnomination for the Maha-rashtra Assembly electionsfrom the Worli constituencyHis parents Uddhav andRashmi Thackeray alongwith hundreds of partyworkers accompanied him

Aaditya is the first mem-ber of the Thackeray totake the plunge into elec-toral politics

The 29-year-old embarkedon a massive roadshow atWorli this morning andarrived at the Election Com-missionrsquos office Before hit-ting the road he posted pho-tos of himself praying beforethe picture of party founderand grandfather Bal Thack-eray on social media

Before leaving thehouse he received a callfrom Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis wish-ing him all the best

Speaking to mediapersonsafter filing his nominationpapers Aaditya refused tosay whether he was Senarsquoschief ministerial candidate

ldquoI am not running afterany post I am here to workfor Maharashtra and thecountry I feel the chief min-ister of Maharashtra is acommon man I am also acommon manrdquo he said

Senarsquos Aaditya filespapers from Worli

Pune October 3A day after the RepublicanParty of India (Athawale)fielded Deepak Nikalje thebrother of jailed underworlddon Chhota Rajan fromPhaltan in Satara district theparty on Thursday changedits candidate from the seat inwestern Maharashtra

Instead of Nikalje localleader Digambar Agawanewill contest from the seatsenior RPI leader and Maha-rashtra minister AvinashMahatekar said

The RPI (A) is an ally of theBJP The RPI led by Unionminister Ramdas Athawalehas been given six seats aspart of the seat-sharing dealbetween the BJP Shiv Sena

and other smaller allies forthe October 21 Assemblyelections

Athawale announced thecandidates includingNikalje in Mumbai onWednesday Agawane who isa local RPI (A) leader hasbeen announced as the par-tys candidate from Phaltansaid Mahatekar He saidAgawane will contest theelection on BJPs lotus sym-bol Mahatekar said thoughNikalje was from Phaltan henever lived there Mean-while RPI workers fromPune decided to stay awayfrom the BJPs poll campaignto protest against the Dalitparty not getting any Assem-bly seat in the city mdash PTI

Chhota Rajanrsquos brotherreplaced as candidate

Tribune News Service

Lucknow October 3Defying party diktat BSPrsquosShravasti MLA Aslam Rainiattended the ongoing 36-hourspecial Assembly session tomark the 150th birth anniver-sary of Mahatma Gandhitoday He is the eighth Oppo-sition legislator to attend thesession in defiance of theCongress Samajwadi Partyand BSP leadershipsrsquo diktatto their legislators to stayaway from the session

Besides Raini BSP MLAfrom Purwa (Unnao) AnilSingh and BSP MLC BrijeshSingh Princu attended the ses-sion on Wednesday evening

Sources say the session had

virtually triggered a revolt inthe BSP It was pointed outthat the partyrsquos entire Saha-ranpur unit has joined theBJP en bloc The GangohAssembly segment of Saha-ranpur has a bypoll sched-uled for October 21 A senior

BSP MLA expressed appre-hension of many more partyMLAs attending the sessionin defiance of the party chiefMayawatirsquos directive

Earlier four legislatorsfrom the Samajwadi Partyhad rebelled against its deci-

sion to participate in the ses-sion They included HardoiMLA Nitin Agarwal and MLCRavi Shankar Singh PappuMLCs Shatrudha Prakashand Madhukar Jaitley senttheir written speeches to theChairman requesting him itmake these part of the pro-ceedings Despite protests byBJP members the Chairmanobliged the duo

The Congress also facedldquobetrayalrdquo when Rae Bareli(Sadar) MLA Aditi Singhdelivered a speech in theAssembly on Wednesday

Sources say the legislatorswho have defied theirrespective party line toattend the session are likelyto join the BJP soon

Oppn MLAs defy diktat attend HouseTribune News Service

Lucknow October 3The Uttar Pradesh Govern-ment today charged suspend-ed BRD Medical CollegeGorakhpur paediatrician DrKafeel Khan of wrongly claim-ing to have got a clean chit inthe death of infants during theAugust 2019 oxygen shortage

Principal Secretary (MedicalEducation) Rajneesh Dubeclaimed the probe was stillcontinuing against Dr KafeelKhan on seven points Afterthe death of infants at theBRD Medical College investi-gations found three doctorsguilty They have been sus-pended and are facing depart-mental probes he said

Dube claimed Dr KafeelKhan had been publicisingthe probe report in the mediain a wrong manner as theprobe against him was still onand he had been given noclean chit Dr Kafeel Khanhad defended himself sayingthe probe had absolved him onthree counts related to the

incident at the BRD MedicalCollege on August 10 11 and12 2017 during which timearound 70 infants died due tothe shortage of oxygen supply

ldquoAs I was not the decisionmaker I was obviously notinvolved in administrativedecisions as regards pur-chase of oxygenrdquo he claimed

No clean chit to Dr Kafeel UP

But counsel forMuslims says thereis no such finding in

the ASI report tosupport the claim

Tribune News Service

NewDelhi October 3The Supreme Court onThursday reserved its verdicton petitions challenging the2018 amendments to theSCST Act 1989 but made itclear that anticipatory bailcould be granted in such mat-ter if the courts feel that noprima facie case is made out

The 2018 amendments toThe Scheduled Castes andTribes (Prevention of Atroci-ties) Act 1989 that had nulli-fied the directions in its ver-

dict last year on March 20diluting the provisions ofarrest under the law

A Bench headed by JusticeArun Mishra which had onOctober 1 recalled two of thedirections passed last year bya two-judge Bench and

restored stringent position ofthe Act said it did not intentto dilute the law ldquoWe are notdiluting these provisions Weare not striking them downThese provisions will standas it was earlierrdquo it said

In its October 1 verdict thetop court restored the earlierposition of the law by recallingtwo directions in the Marchlast year verdict which provid-ed no absolute bar on grant ofanticipatory bail and priorinquiry before effecting arrestof public servant and privateindividual under the Act

Wonrsquot dilute SCST Act Top courtlsquoPROVISIONS WILL STAYrsquo

We are not dilutingthese provisions We arenot striking them downThese provisions will standA Supreme Court Bench

Mumbai October 3 Fissures in the city Congressover the ticket distributionfor the Maharashtra Assem-bly polls are wide open withits former chief Sanjay Niru-pam declaring on Thursdaythat he would not take part inthe partyrsquos campaign afterthe name he had recom-mended was ldquorejectedrdquo

The former MP also saidthe way the partyrsquos leader-ship was behaving with himthe time to say good bye tothe party was ldquonot far awayrdquo

ldquoIt seems Congress doesnrsquotwant my services anymore Ihad recommended just onename in Mumbai for Assem-bly election Heard that even

that has been rejected As Ihad told the leadership earli-er in that case I will not par-ticipate in poll campaign Itrsquosmy final decisionrdquo Nirupamsaid on Twitter without nam-ing any of the city leaders

Nirupam also did not specifythe name of the contender hewas pushing for ldquoI hope that

the day has not yet come to saygood bye to party But the wayleadership is behaving withme it doesnrsquot seem far awayrdquohe said in another tweet

Nirupam was replaced asthe city Congress chief aheadof the Lok Sabha polls inMarch this year followingcomplaints by a section of par-ty leaders that he functionedin ldquounilateralrdquo manner

Former Union MinisterMilind Deora had replacedNirupam However Deorahad resigned from the postlast month following the par-tyrsquos debacle in the generalelections The party could notwin even a single seat out ofthe six in Mumbai mdash PTI

Setback for Maharashtra CongNirupam refuses to campaign

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray with his son Aaditya afterthe former filed his nomination from Worli seat in Mumbai PTI

Declares assets worth~1605 cr including

~1036-cr bankdeposits and a BMW

car worth ~65 lakh

Thane October 3 NCP president Sharad Pawarsaid on Thursday the rulingBJP has no solutions to burn-ing problems in Maharashtralike farmer suicide anddrought and hence it is rais-ing emotional issues such asArticle 370 and Ram templein the campaign for the Octo-ber 21 Assembly elections

Targeting the BJP-led NDAgovernment he said centralagencies like the ED and CBIare being used to harass polit-ical opponents He was talk-ing to reporters after partici-pating in a rally organsiedafter filing of nomination byNCP candidate and sittingMLA Jitendra Awhad from

the Mumbra-Kalwa segmentAsked about the SupremeCourt ruling with regard toCM Devendra Fadnavisrsquos2014 poll affidavit Pawar saidthe matter was sub-judice but

he should have given detailsof criminal cases against him

Two days ago the SupremeCourt had set aside the Bom-bay High Court order whichgave Fadnavis a clean chit in a

case of suppression of criminalmatters in the 2014 poll affi-davit He said the BJP has nosolutions to burning problemsin the state like farmer suicidesand drought mdash PTI

BJP evading burning issues alleges Pawar

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on way to file the nomination of Jintendra Awhad from Mumbra-Kalwa in Thane PTI

lsquoI AM NOT REQUIREDrsquoIt seems Congress

doesnrsquot want my services Ihad recommended justone name in Mumbai forthe elections Heard thateven that has beenrejected Sanjay Nirupam CONGRESS

Tribune News Service

Lucknow October 3Former Union Minister Chin-mayanandrsquos judicial custodyin the case of alleged rape ofa Shahjahanpur law studenthas been extended by 14days His hearing took placethrough video-conferencingin the court of the Shahja-hanpur Chief Judicial Magis-trate on Thursday The dateof his next hearing has beenfixed for October 16

The SIT probing the casehas sought permission fromthe court to get the voicesamples of Chinmayanand(72) and the rape survivorwhich would be heard on Fri-day Speaking to reportersChinmayanandrsquos counselOm Singh said that after theexpiry of the 14-day judicialcustody his client wasexpected to appear before thecourt but he could not do sodue to security reasons

However another lawyerPuja Singh claimed thatdue to a rapidly worseningglaucoma Chinmayanandrsquoseye-sight was worseningcausing him acute pain inthe eye She said that shealso pleaded before thecourt that as Chinmayanandwas a former Union Minis-ter he should be given lsquoArsquoclass facilities in jail

Meanwhile activistsbelonging to an organisationcalled ldquoJanata ki Awaazrsquostaged a dharna outside theShahjahanpur Collectoratedemanding the lodging of acase against Chinmayanandunder IPC Section 376

Chinmayanandrsquosjudicial custodyup by 14 days

PARESH RAWAL APOLOGISESFormer BJP MP and actorParesh Rawal has apologisedto Dr Kafeel Khan for hisderogatory tweet against himtwo years ago After the BRDMedical College tragedy Raw-al had described Dr Kafeel asa ldquohero in the eyes of the everactive termite clanrdquo

36-HR SHOW CM Yogi Adityanath at the special Assembly session PTI

THE TRIBUNE08 CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 OPINION

Trumprsquos trial begins now

Fleecing students Reference to the news report lsquoPayRs 35000 clear pending exams atPunjabi varsityrsquo (October 3) uni-versities in Punjab appear to becompeting with one another tocollect money from studentsunder one garb or the other Lastmonth Guru Nanak Dev Univer-sity Amritsar offered a specialchance to students to clear theirpending exams at a cost of Rs25000 Not lagging behind Pun-jabi University has now come outwith its scheme In view of GuruNanakrsquos 550th birth anniversarythe universities should haveoffered this chance as a goodwillmeasure Students from margin-alised sections cannot afford topay hefty fee Universities shouldcurtail their wasteful and avoid-able expenditure

NK GOSAIN BATHINDA

Canrsquot bank on it Reports of malpractices and fraudsin the banking system are becom-ing frequent (editorial lsquoBanksneed better systemsrsquo October 3)It seems there are no properchecks monitoring and account-ing procedures The siphoning offof public money is an offenceagainst the common people Thegovernment and the RBI should

tighten supervision People arelosing faith in banks Remedialmeasures must be initiated to safe-guard savings and restore the trustin our banks Also the culpritsshould be punished

SUBHASH VAID NEW DELHI

Mahatmarsquos teachings The carefully worded editoriallsquoCherry-picking Gandhirsquo (Octo-ber 2) rightly calls upon Indiansto come out of the dark cell ofmajoritarianism and work whole-heartedly for a united secularIndia where everybody may beable to live and breathe freely Letthe Hindu-Muslim unity the cruxof the Mahatmarsquos teachings behonestly preserved at all costs Itis the real face of India andshould not be sacrificed at thealtar of Hindutva

CHANDER PRAKASH RAHI PATIALA

No lsquohonourrsquo in this There was recently the shockingnews of a young couple havingbeen shot dead by the girlrsquos broth-er apparently because she hadmarried against her parentsrsquowishes A similar incident hadbeen reported from the same vil-lage some time back All such cas-es get the halo of lsquohonourrsquokillings It may have had some

meaning a few centuries back butin the present-day society it hasabsolutely no relevance Thesekillings have no justification whenwe talk of giving our girls a fairchance at life Such parents andfamily members who kill theirchildren in such a barbaric fashionshould be given exemplary pun-ishment and publicised

AIR CMDE MANMOHAN SINGH (RETD)MOHALI

NRC back in news Reference to the editorial lsquoNRCimbrogliorsquo (October 3) NRC is inthe news again The Home Minis-terrsquos statement is partial and par-tisan He is ready to provideaccommodation to believers ofany faith but not Muslims Cer-tain norms are meant for every-one and everyone has a right tolive with reference to suicides fol-lowing NRC exercise

SANKALP OJHA MADHYA PRADESH

Take a broad view Apropos lsquoNRC imbrogliorsquo (Octo-ber 3) day by day NRC is taking acommunal shape The dilemma isto find parameters on which aperson could be considered arefugee Some are committingsuicide in fear of losing citizen-ship The Modi government

should take everything into con-sideration and not simply dis-miss the comments of the Opposi-tion Only then will the sloganlsquoSabka saath sabka vikasrsquobecome worthwhile

ARPANA CHAUDHARY AMRITSAR

Teachersrsquo transfers The prevailing disparities intransfers of teachers have causedhindrance in teaching and schoolactivities VIPs are enjoying perksas common teachers curse theirluck A transparent transfer policyproved successful in Haryana andUP There should be no bias Aftertwo-three years everyone runsafter politicians for a convenienttransfer When a policy is framedeverybody will have to go to theassigned place

SAROJ BANYAL HAMIRPUR

For the love of Urdu Apropos the editorial lsquoLet Urduflourishrsquo (October 1) it is importantto highlight the significance ofUrdu It is the most beautiful lan-guage and to call it a foreign lan-guage is tantamount to a great dis-service to the language Ratherserious efforts should be made tointroduce Urdu in school curricu-lum at a suitable stage

SANTOSH JAMWAL HAMIRPUR

Gursharan Singh

I LIVE in Ludhiana and on manyoccasions have visited the ChristianMedical College amp Hospital

(CMCampH) for treatment of self orattending to a relative or friend Onethought always comes to mind whatmade Edith Mary Brown come hereand alleviate the miseries of people byestablishing a hospital mdash over 125 yearsago CMCampH has remained a premiermedical institution not only in Punjabbut also the entire North No doctor isallowed private practice and only thecommitted ones serve the institution

Though there has been a landmarkprogress in the development of infra-structure in the form of buildings andequipment not a single brick was

added to the church building whichcontinues to serve the purpose well

As we celebrate the 550th birthanniversary of Guru Nanak immac-ulate planning and arrangements arebeing made for nagar kirtan langarshabad kirtan etc Quintals of flow-ers will be used during various cere-monies apart from impressive deco-rations involving huge expenditureAll political parties and also religiousbodies are set to take credit for vari-ous events including the opening ofthe Kartarpur corridor There is noth-ing wrong in doing so but some-where we seem to have forgotten thereal message of the Guru

Guru Nanak preached simplicity andlaid emphasis on observing honesty inwhatever one does He was not in

favour of any ostentatious show Heworked for the poor and underprivi-leged He was all for education whichhe thought would help one to be ofsome use to others (vidya veechari tanparupkari) Can our leaders both polit-ical and religious think of doing some-thing more meaningful forhumankind Can we think of opening550 hospitals 550 schools and collegesand an equal number of de-addictioncentres to save our youth and guidethem to live a purposeful life AkalTakht is the highest temporal seat ofthe Sikhs and any verdict issued fromthere is binding on the Sikh communi-ty It should issue certain diktats to takesociety out of perennial social evils

Punjabis including Sikhs areknown to organise lavish parties on

weddings where liquor flows likewater and non-vegetarian food isserved It has become a status symbolThere are some who can afford thislavish and avoidable expendituremany more are compelled to do itunder pressure as a face-saving exer-cise It is not uncommon that some-times they may have to part with aprecious piece of agricultural land ortake substantial loans Subsequentlythis financial burden emerges as amajor reason for farm suicides

A message from Akal Takht to banlavish parties serving of liquor andnon-vegetarian food and to restrictthe number of baratis to say 20may save many lives Will it not bethe best way to celebrate theGurursquos birth anniversary

POLITICAL SCIENTIST

SUBSTANTIAL parts of ourworld have been captured byright-wing populists and inter-estingly all such leaders have a

great deal in common One they con-temptuously dismiss institutions asembodiments of privilege a nuisanceat best and irrelevant at worst Twopopulists forge a national constituencyunmediated by institutions organisa-tions or the opposition Three theyrepresent themselves as targets of con-spiracies fashioned by an elite that hasbecome corrupt moribund and irrele-vant Four populist leaders refuse toplay by rules of the game Whether it isTrump or Modi they have no hesita-tion in uttering statements that theirpredecessors would deem improperThey are simply unpredictable

President Trump is the quintessen-tial populist leader he disdains politi-cal proprieties His presidency hasbeen ridden by controversy since dayone random dismissal of importantofficials wilful decisions and opendistribution of benefits to his ownfamily Ever since the Democrats tookover the House of Representatives inJanuary 2019 the Congress has beenpulverised The Republican-con-trolled Senate has blocked every pieceof progressive legislation passed bythe House It is not therefore surpris-ing that in September the Speaker ofthe House of Representatives NancyPelosi announced that an impeach-ment inquiry would be initiatedagainst the President He had report-edly requested his counterpart in theUkraine to lsquodig up dirtrsquo on Joe Bidena possible Democrat contender for the2020 presidential elections Does ask-ing a foreign power to intervene inelections warrant impeachment

Historians suggest that members of

the Constitutional Convention that metin Philadelphia in 1787 to draw up theAmerican constitution were unhappywith the authority vested in the Presi-dent In accordance with doctrines ofchecks and balances the Congress wasgiven the power to impeach the Presi-dent in cases of lsquotreason bribery or oth-er high crimes and misdemeanorsrsquoThis provision which was in keepingwith the spirit of British constitutionaland legal practice is not meant to pun-ish the incumbent of the White Housemerely to remove him from office Theprocess is cumbersome The House ofRepresentatives has to pass Articles ofImpeachment or a list of charges by amajority vote The case then goes to theSenate which is convened as a judici-ary to hear arguments from both sidesThe removal of the President requires atwo-thirds majority

It was feared as one of the foundersof the American constitution acceptedin a piece in Federalist No 65 thatimpeachment will ignite political pas-sions harness animosities partialitiesand influence and divide the countryThe process might prove more harm-ful than any decision on innocence orguilt Alexander Hamilton was pre-scient Impeachment proceedings

have been launched against two Pres-idents mdash Andrew Johnson in 1868 andBill Clinton in 1998 The former tookover the presidency after the assassi-nation of President Abraham Lincolnduring the civil war in 1868 He is con-sidered a racist because he openlysupported the cause of White South-erners and opposed the civil rights ofliberated Afro-Americans He wasimpeached on a technical issue thatof vetoing a law passed by the Con-gress In the Senate his impeachmentwas defeated by one vote

Impeachment proceedings were ini-tiated against Clinton following alle-gations that he had lied to the SpecialProsecutor about his sexual relation-ship with a White House intern Hewas under oath The move failedbecause it could not secure a two-thirds majority in the Senate Clin-tonrsquos case is controversial expertsargue that a President cannot beimpeached for personal wrongdoingthat may not reflect on public affairs

The only President against whomimpeachment proceedings would havebeen successful is Richard Nixon Hehowever resigned within two years ofhis second term In July 1974 28 out of38 members of the House of Represen-

tatives judiciary committee voted toimpeach him Members of his own par-ty affirmed that they would voteagainst him On August 5 the prover-bial lsquosmoking gunrsquo established that hehad covered the break into the head-quarters of the Democratic Party atWatergate by his campaign committeeduring the 1972 presidential pollsNixon was aware that the Senate wouldvote for his dismissal He resigned Ifimpeachment had succeeded it wouldhave established the superiority of theCongress over the executive

Today Democrats have left no stoneunturned to impeach the President forserious abuse of power Trump tweetsconspiracy theories and appeals to hisconstituency He also threatens to findthe whistleblower These two extreme-ly irresponsible statements can possi-bly add to the list of offences chartedout in the Articles of Impeachment

Hamiltonrsquos foreboding thatimpeachment would divide popularopinion and split the country ratherthan successfully remove the Presi-dent from power has come true Everfaithful to their vocation survey agen-cies have rushed to the American peo-ple for their opinion the Presidentrsquosmen rush to television studios to pleadthat their boss is being victimised thePresident tweets that this is a conspir-acy and Democrats claim that a robustcase exists for impeaching Trump

Even if the House of Representa-tives votes for impeachment it isdebatable whether the move will passthe Senate which controlled by theRepublicans backs the President atleast to date More significantlyTrump has a significant base amongconservative voters and the ruralheartland On October 1 he tweeted anelectoral map dominated by his colourred mdash lsquoTry and impeach thisrsquo he chal-lenged Perceive the irony The pop-ulist leader scorns institutions andaddresses the lsquopeoplersquo Therefore hecan present himself as a casualty ofintrigues even though he is the mostpowerful man on earth Nothing workslike sentimental narratives of victim-hood Trump might emerge as a mar-tyr as a hostage of entrenched powernot quite smelling of roses but still

Letters to the Editor typed in double space should not exceed the 200-word limit These should be cogently written and can be sent by e-mail to Letterstribunemailcom

thought for the dayExperience has already shown that the impeachment the

constitution has provided is not even a scarecrow mdash Thomas Jefferson

NOT SIMPLE Despite opposition President Trump has a significant baseamong conservative voters and the rural heartland

THE TRIBUNEestablished in 1881

Stuck with plasticMass movement needed to reduce its use

THE government has finally woken up to the menace of single-useplastic though it has stopped short of announcing a blanket banSuch plastic commonly used for packaging and carrying goods

is disposable but its indiscriminate disposal has been wreaking havocon the environment Even as PM Narendra Modi is envisioning anIndia free of single-use plastic by 2022 the onus is on various stake-holders right from the industry to the consumer to decrease (andeventually stop) its consumption and popularise alternatives such aspaper and jute The prevailing economic slowdown and the prospectof more job losses have prevented the NDA government characteristi-cally not known for restraint and moderation from rushing into aknee-jerk decision As of now single-use plastic will not be allowedinside national monuments and within 100 metres of their boundary

The national focus on generating public awareness about the boon-turned-bane is a welcome move The imposition of bans and fines hasoften proved counter-productive due to lax enforcement and wide-spread non-cooperation Old habits die hard A behavioural change canhappen only if a mass movement sweeps the country It is imperativeto break the demand-and-supply cycle Himachal Pradesh has takenthe lead by deciding to buy-back non-recyclable plastic waste and sin-gle-use plastic at a minimum support price of Rs 75 per kg Such incen-tives can go a long way in curbing the availability of the eco-unfriendlymaterial Installing plastic disposal machines at railway stations andother public places is also a step in the right direction

Converting toxic waste into something productive is anotherchallenge Indian Oil Corporation plans to employ its refinery oper-ations to turn single-use plastic waste into specialised bitumen thatcan be utilised for the construction of roads and highways Moresuch out-of-the-box ideas are needed India can even draw inspira-tion from an unexpected quarter Rwanda According to a report ofthe UN Environment Programme the African country mdash once rav-aged by civil war and genocide mdash has become one of the cleanestcountries on the planet due to its proactive campaign against single-use plastic Where therersquos a will therersquos a plastic-free way

Congress a divided houseParty in disarray ahead of Haryana elections

NOTHING unites Congressmen more than the sight of electoralvictory while political wilderness brings to the fore bickeringin the rank and file The five years in opposition in Haryana

seem to have done the party little good with factionalism out in theopen Earlier it was state unit chief Ashok Tanwar who was in the fir-ing line after the party lost all 10 seats in the Lok Sabha elections Theroles have now been reversed with Tanwar training guns at former CMBhupinder Singh Hooda and state unit president Kumari Selja accus-ing them of selling the party ticket Tanwar took his fight to Delhiprotesting outside Sonia Gandhirsquos residence and asking to be relievedof all poll panels The rivalry spilled over after Selja was made thestate president and Hooda the chief of the election management com-mittee A video went viral allegedly to embarrass the party a daybefore Hooda is slated to file his nomination

Tanwar is known to be close to Rahul Gandhi and with the latter step-ping aside after the loss in the Lok Sabha elections his replacement wasonly a matter of time His fight for tickets for his loyalists is natural Butthe party apparently wishes to throw its weight behind the old guard tohave a go at the BJP in the Assembly elections

The Congress was known for strong regional satraps Like VirbhadraSingh in HP and Capt Amarinder Singh in Punjab the partyrsquos decisionprobably is dictated by the prospect of facing a resurgent BJP With Sel-ja in the saddle the Congress has tried to offset the possible loss of Dalitvotes by Tanwarrsquos replacement A lsquohuman bombrsquo cost Rajiv Gandhi hislife and Tanwar should be circumspect in using the term howeverinnocuous the context might be even as his grievance should be lookedinto His next course of action is awaited but the party itself should beseen as fighting the BJP and not amongst itself

Democrats leaving no stone unturned to impeach US President for abuse of power

NEERA CHANDHOKE

on this day100 years ago

General AmnestyELSEWHERE will be found the account of an interview which theHonrsquoble Mr SN Banerjea gave to an Associated Press representative onhis arrival at Bombay It is pleasing to note the optimistic ring about MrBanerjearsquos views He said that the Indian situation in England to-day wasfar more encouraging and satisfactory than it had ever been within hisrecollection He referred with pardonable pride to the share the Moderateparty had in bringing this happy consumption As regards the Punjabaffairs mdash a subject in which we in the Punjab are particularly interested mdashMr Banerjea said that his deputation had several informal conferenceswith Mr Montagu during which they had urged the grant of a generalamnesty and the appointment of an independent Commission of EnquiryWhile we regret that in the matter of the Enquiry Committee thesuggestion of the moderate deputation has been considerably whittleddown we do hope Mr Montagu will see his ways to advise His Majesty togrant a general amnesty in all political cases

The ldquoEnglishmanrdquo and OurselvesREFERRING to certain remarks that appeared in a recent issue of this journalquestioning the right and authority of Sir Uma Hayat Khan to speak in thename of the people of Punjab the Englishman writes--ldquoIt is a very politicalminded device to brag of the glories of the soldier but to refuse him voice in theconcerns of the peoplerdquo Even a writer in the Englishman might have beenexpected to know the difference between questioning a manrsquos representativecharacter and refusing him a voice in the concerns of the people

lahore saturday october 4 1919

letters to the editor

Celebrate with 550 hospitals schools

Trump scorns institutions and addresses the lsquopeoplersquo Hecan therefore present himself as a casualty of intrigues

THE TRIBUNECHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 09OPED

AT Chinarsquos National DayParade on October 1 the mili-tary might of the Peoplersquos Lib-eration Army (PLA) in full dis-

play was watched closely by the worldThe commander-in-chief of the PLA XiJinping inspected the parade which fea-tured 15000 troops 160 aircraft and 600pieces of equipment

What caught the attention of dis-cerning observers were the new mis-siles which are a part of the 2016-raised rocket force (PeoplersquosLiberation Army Rocket ForcePLARF) The Dongfeng DF-41 Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)with a range of 15000 km travelling atseven km per second approximatespeed Mach 20 (Mach is the speed ofsound) and 500 meters accuracy theDongfeng DF-100 hypersonic cruisemissile and the Dongfeng DF-17medium range ballistic missile fittedwith Hypersonic Glide Vehicle (HGV)mdash DF-ZF mdash with a range of 2000 km

While western analysts focused onDF-41 ICBM which would play a crit-ical role in strategic counterbalancedeterrence and in winning war forIndia the DF-100 and DF-17 fittedwith HGV mdash DF-ZF mdash should be acause of concern Hypersonic mis-siles will be the new disruptive game-changing technology in this centurywhich would mdash between India andChina mdash replace nuclear deterrence

with non-nuclear deterrence reshapethe rules of conventional war-fight-ing and transform geopolitics Onlythree countries mdash the US Russia andChina mdash have made credible stridesin procuring harnessing and exploiting this technology

Hypersonic missiles are radically dif-ferent from ballistic and cruise missilesBallistic missiles boosted by powerfulrocket engines leave the atmosphere(the dividing altitude between atmos-phere and space is 100 km) to enterspace reach the apogee and then re-enter atmosphere to hit the designatedtarget These missiles follow a definedelliptical trajectory which helps theBallistic Missile Defence (BMD) sys-tem to intercept and neutralise theirwarhead before it causes damage TheUS since over four decades has invest-ed heavily in BMD systems Inspiredby it India too has invested in indige-nous BMD since 2000

Cruise missiles stay within theatmosphere fly at low altitude toevade ground-based radars and arepowered and guided throughout theflight in a defined near-flat trajectoryuntil its designated target Cruise mis-siles powered by air-breathing jetengines have sub-sonic speeds exceptIndiarsquos BrahMos missile which pow-ered by ramjet engine has a superson-ic speed of Mach 3 To defeat cruisemissiles there are technologies likethe Russian S-400 Air Defence MissileSystem (ADMS) amongst others

Hypersonic cruise missiles with twopeculiarities are a class apart Onethey have speed upwards of Mach 5 mdashtheir kinetic energy (derived frommotion) itself is enough to destroyhardened and underground facilities

Two they fly at low altitudes thoughhigher than cruise missiles and aredifficult to detect by terrestrial or

land-based radars because of theirability to change course rapidlyUnlike ballistic and cruise missileswhich follow a defined trajectoryhypersonic missiles are highlymanoeuvrable thereby giving very lit-tle reaction time to the opponent tojudge which target is being hit Thisdelayed detection makes timelyresponse extremely difficult

HGV are fitted on ballistic missilerocket engines like DF-17 DF-21 DF-26 and even DF-41 ICBM and boostedAfter a certain boost phase the HGVdetaches itself from the rocket andglides towards its target 2000 kmaway in a wayward rather than adefined low flight trajectory

Senior officials from Raytheon Com-pany of the US recently told thiswriter at an international air show thatmeeting the hypersonic cruise missilechallenge would require new sensorsfor early detection Since terrestrial

sensors alone would not work theneed would be to have a mix of space-based and terrestrial sensors Theentire hypersonic missile defencearchitecture they said would requirehuge investments patience technolo-gy and technical expertise

Given the new missilersquos characteris-tics the DF-100 and DF-17 with HGVin PLA inventory would be a powerfulasymmetric capability For instance itwould be a national humiliation if theHGV were to hit and destroy Indiarsquosaircraft carrier Since India mdash familiarwith PLArsquos nuclear weapons invento-ry mdash is unlikely to raise the stakesChinarsquos new deterrence as well as dis-ruptive war-fighting capability wouldreside in its useable non-nuclear HGVIndiarsquos nuclear weapons purportedlydelivered by its submarines Agniseries ballistic missiles and aircraftwould on the other hand be rendereduseless against China

Such a possibility deserves an urgentreview both of Indiarsquos nuclear deter-rence against China and the indigenousBMD which despite the infusion ofhuge funds has unfortunately notdemonstrated satisfactory results In2011 the then Defence Research andDevelopment Organisation (DRDO)chief VK Saraswat had spelt out thetimelines to this writer for the accom-plishment of the BMD programme Hehad said that by 2013 phase one of theproject which involved successful inter-ception of hostile missiles with 2000-kmrange would be achieved Phase two ofthe programme which required neutral-isation of 5000-km range ballistic mis-siles would be done by 2015 the sameyear when the ballistic missile shieldwould become available for impreg-nable defence of the capital city of Delhiand major metropolises The purchaseof five units or regiments of Russian S-400 ADMS in 2016 is evidence thatSaraswat was doing kite-flying

Even the military should take itsportion of the blame Many DRDO sci-entists have told me that the militaryleadership unable to find or under-stand operational employment ofhypersonic missiles has shown littleinterest in their presentations WithPLA having showcased these missilesthe Defence Minister ought to take thebull by the horns A way forward is toseek Russian cooperation through thesuccessful BrahMos supersonic cruisemissile programme Given that Brah-Mos is Indiarsquos most successfuldefence programme has consistentlymet its timelines has been acceptedby the three defence services and hasgenerated employment and wealth itcould be the ideal vehicle for thedevelopment of hypersonic cruisemissiles and strengthening bilateralrelations between India and Russia

CUTTING EDGE Hypersonic missiles will be the new disruptive game-changing technology in this century

With the Peoplersquos LiberationArmy having showcased

hypersonic missiles Indiaought to take the bull by thehorns A way forward is toseek Russian cooperation

through the successfulBrahMos supersonic cruise

missile programme It could be the ideal vehicle

for the development ofhypersonic cruise missiles

and strengthening bilateral relations

THE world was taken by surpriseon September 14 when thelargest Saudi oil processingplant at Abqaiq was hit by a

lsquoswarmrsquo of around 25 drones and somecruise missiles launched by the Houthirebels in Yemen one of the poorestcountries in the world The attackscaused extensive damage to the plantknocking out 60 per cent of the Saudi oilproduction and triggering a 20 per centspike in oil prices And the worldrsquosattention was thus suddenly focused onYemen and the Houthis an Islamic Zai-di Shia political and armed movementwhich has been fighting a lsquoforgottenrsquowar against Saudi Arabia and the UAEfor more than four years

The Yemeni war began in March 2015when Saudi forces invaded the countryto intervene in what was essentially adomestic dispute between the Houthisand the government of PresidentAbdrabbuh Mansur Hadi The Saudisinvaded Yemen because they viewedthe Houthis as Iranian proxies both ofthem being Shia The Houthis defeatedthe forces loyal to Hadi and capturedSanarsquoa the countryrsquos capital in Sep-tember 2014 In January 2015 Hadiresigned and later fled to Saudi Arabiawhere he presently lives in exile

The Saudi decision to invade Yemenwas taken by Mohammad bin Salman(MbS) the present Crown Prince of Sau-di Arabia To attack Yemen the Saudismobilised a coalition that included theUAE Egypt Jordan Morocco SudanKuwait Qatar and Bahrain But essen-tially it was the Saudi and Emirati

forces that were involved in the inva-sion which was also supported by theUS and the UK They providedweapons logistical support and target-ing information to the Saudis

The Wahhabi Saudis wanted a gov-ernment in Yemen that was not con-trolled by the Zaidi Shia HouthisThey also wanted to control Yemenrsquosoil and a pipeline from their oilfieldsto a harbour in Yemen which wouldhave enabled them to avoid the Iran-dominated Strait of Hormuz

The Saudis and the Emiratis expecteda quick victory against the Houthis whowere a rag-tag bunch of fighters withoutan organised army or sophisticatedweapons However they were highlymotivated agile innovative and knew

the terrain well The Saudis and theEmiratis on the other hand were poorfighters accustomed to the comforts oflife They could not match the Houthison the ground and soon resorted toindiscriminate bombing from the airkilling thousands of civilians

According to reliable estimatesaround 2 lakh Yemenis have died in thefighting including 1 lakh childrenunder the age of five from famine and acholera epidemic On some occasionsinternational aid was prevented fromreaching the Yemeni people by blockad-ing of the ports by the Saudis and theirallies And notably the self-styled glob-al lsquocustodiansrsquo of human rights werecomplicit in this genocidal war For thisreason it became a lsquoforgottenrsquo war

receiving very little media coverage TheUnited Nations has called it the biggesthumanitarian crisis on the planet

However the situation began tochange in May 2019 when the Houthislaunched drone attacks against someSaudi oil facilities That was followedon August 17 by a multiple droneattack on Shaybah a massive Saudi oiland gas field which is around 1200 kmfrom Houthi-controlled territory inYemen The drone attacks demonstrat-ed the vulnerability of the Saudi oilinfrastructure to the attacks by theHouthis and the range of their dronesand missiles Neither the Saudis northe Americans currently have any mis-sile or air defence systems that canoffer protection against such attacks

It is clear that drones have been agame-changer in Yemen One experthas called them ldquothe most disruptivemilitary technology yet conceivedrdquoThey are cheap costing only a few mil-lion dollars compared to the Saudiarsenal costing hundreds of billions ofdollars The Houthis are now makingtheir own drones based on Iraniandesigns and technical advice They arealso probably importing drones andcruise missiles from Iran

The Saudis have suffered anotherreversal in Yemen Their major ally theUAE pulled out of the war a few monthsago when the port of Aden in the Southfell to the Southern Transitional Coun-cil a separatist group backed by theUAE This has infuriated the Saudis butthey have not been able to do much

The Saudis and the Americans have

blamed Iran for the September 14attack on Abqaiq instead of the Houthiswho have claimed responsibility for itIran has denied any role in the attackThe US is unlikely to attack Iran but ifit does it could set the whole regionon fire That could adversely affectalmost seven million people of Indianorigin who work in the Gulf and remitbillions of dollars to India

On September 20 the US announcedthat it was sending troops and more mis-sile defence systems such as Patriot andTHAAD (Terminal High Altitude AreaDefence ) to Saudi Arabia However theyare unlikely to be effective against low-flying drones which can only be stoppedby short-range Russian systems such asPantsyr-S1 and the BUK-2 which theRussians have used to defend their basein Syria against similar attacks

On September 28 the Houthis dealtanother blow to the Saudis by launch-ing a ground attack within Saudi terri-tory near Najran in which three Saudibrigades were defeated and hundredsof soldiers were either killed woundedor captured The operation demonstrat-ed that Saudi Arabia was vulnerable toair and ground attack by the Houthis

The asymmetrical warfare fought bythe Houthis appears to have broughtSaudi Arabia to its knees The WallStreet Journal reported on August 28that the Trump administration waspreparing to initiate negotiations withthe Houthis to end the war in Yemen Itremains to be seen when or if that hap-pens But one thing is clear The war inYemen is no longer lsquoforgottenrsquo

NIRAJ SRIVASTAVAFORMER AMBASSADOR

The Houthis an IslamicZaidi Shia political and

armed movement active inYemen have been fightinga war against Saudi Arabiaand the UAE for more thanfour years The Saudis and

the Americans have blamedIran for the Sept 14 attackon the Saudi oil processing

plant at Abqaiq eventhough the Houthis haveclaimed responsibility for

it Drones have been a tipping point in the

Yemeni war

Drones and the lsquoforgottenrsquo war in Yemen

LIVING BY THE GUN The asymmetrical warfare fought by the Houthis appears to have brought Saudi Arabia to its knees

PRAVIN SAWHNEYSTRATEGIC AFFAIRS EXPERT

Chinarsquos new missile is a wake-up call for India

su do ku calendar forecast

YESTERDAYrsquoS SOLUTION

OCTOBER 4 2019 FRIDAY

Vikrami Samvat 2076

Shaka Samvat 1941

Ashwin Shaka 12

Ashwin Parvishte 18

Hijari 1441

Shukla Paksh Tithi 6 up to 935 am

Soubha Yoga up to 1154 pm

Jyeshtha Nakshatra up to 1219 pm

Moon enters Sagittarius sign 1219 pm

YESTERDAYrsquoS SOLUTIONAcross 1 Burlesque 8 Nerve 9 History 10 Risque 11 In vain 12 Grandeur 15 As it were18 Chubby 20 Artist 21 Rostrum 22 Curio 23 Make senseDown 2 Union 3 Lethal 4 Strangle 5 Ensign 6 Croquet 7 Celebrity 11 Imbalance 13Anecdote 14 Jitters 16 Wisdom 17 Subtle 19 Blues

ACROSS1 Not of central

importance (8)5 Homeless child (4)9 Restrict (5)10 Appropriate or fitting (25)11 Confront

consequences (435)13 Originator (6)14 To aid (6)17 Reveal (525)20 Newly enlisted soldier (7)21 Of high birth (5)22 Rudely brief (4)23 Highway robbery (8)

DOWN1 Acting gently (4)2 Unrestrained (7)3 Eventually (2343)4 Dismount (6)6 South American

mountains (5)7 Savagery (8)8 Charged with a task (12)12 Rough and uncultured (8)15 Hold in check (7)16 Shakespearean

heroine (6)18 Become liable to (5)19 Resist attempts at (4)

quick crossword

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9 2 4 3 8 1 7 5 6

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3 9 2 5 1 4 6 7 8

6 4 8 9 2 7 3 1 5

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CITY MAX MINChandigarh 31 21New Delhi 34 24PUNJAB

Amritsar 32 22Bathinda 32 23Jalandhar 32 21Ludhiana 31 21HARYANA

Bhiwani 34 23Hisar 34 22Sirsa 32 25HIMACHAL PRADESH

Dharamsala 26 16Manali 20 08Shimla 21 12JAMMU amp KASHMIRJammu 32 21Leh ------ -----Srinagar 23 11UTTARAKHAND Dehradun 31 19Mussoorie 22 12

SUNSET FRIDAY 1804 HRSSUNRISE SATURDAY 0618 HRS

TEMPERATURE IN OC

THE TRIBUNE10 CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019JampKHP

Arun JoshiTribune News Service

Srinagar October 3Kashmiris displayed theirextraordinary sense of collec-tive responsibility in savingtheir Vale from the repeat ofthe 2016-like situation or evenworse There were all chancesof it becoming one had theyprotested in streets andclashed with troopers

ldquoThey thought we wouldtake to the streets and pelttroopers with stones to engi-neer mayhem We did notallow that to happenrdquo BilalAhmad a university stu-dent spoke in a maturedfashion rather than onebursting with emotions

Everyone in the establish-ment here who is from out-side the Vale admires thehigh sense of the politicalconsciousness and intelli-gence of Kashmiris ldquoTheyare politically alive and intel-ligent people perhaps thekind of which we may notfind in any other part of thecountryrdquo commented an offi-cer who has been here forover past three decades

And when the troops hadstarted landing in huge num-bers in Kashmir in the lastweek of July Kashmir wasagog with rumours whichlater turned out to be truethat something big was in theoffing The common percep-tion was that it would not begood for people of Kashmirwhich was seeded in theirmind by politicians now seenas relics of a goneby era

While the authorities arecrediting themselves havingplanned measures in such amanner that ensured thatnothing would go wrongKashmiris have their ownstory to tell of their restraintand reasonableness Theypreferred to avoid confronta-tion and clashes on thestreets is the narrative thatdemonstrates that they arenot suffering from the senseof defeat with which some

nationalistic media is por-traying them after the scrap-ping of Article 370 and 35A

Kashmiris are intelligentThey claim that they haveshown to the entire worldhow adversity can be con-verted into a virtue Hadthey indulged in clashestheir argument of loss ofpolitical identity wouldhave been neutralised

They had factored in somekind of onslaught on theirspecial status under Article370 and Article 35A Theyknew that confrontationwould mean catastropheThis dreadful thought wasbased on rumours likeldquoanything can happenrdquo ifthe streets were to eruptThey did not oblige thetrouble-makers

The body language of thetroopers with assault riflesslung on their shouldersmade it clear that they didnrsquotwant any trouble around Thetrouble had its consequencesThe mere presence of thetroops had a meaning thatconfrontation would be metwith harsher consequences

A teenager Asif Dar

admitted that the thingswere ldquoharshrdquo but therecould have been harsherconsequences had thesecurity arrangementsthat were put in place notbeen there ldquoThe authori-ties had their way we hadours but the main thingis that we didnrsquot courttrouble and smear ourland with bloodrdquo

ldquoThis was a preventivemeasurerdquo the governmentofficials have repeated it adnauseam They had drawntheir lessons as theyclaimed from the 2016unrest In hindsight the twosituations have no parallelKashmir had erupted in2016 after the killing of mil-itant commander BurhanWani who had weaponisedsocial media and no oneknew about his fatal enduntil it happened on July 82016 Thereafter it was aspontaneous reaction

This time the governmenthad anticipated cascades ofbacklash It had taken all pre-ventive measures fromarrests of political leaders tochronic stone throwers busi-

nessmen and anyone whohad caused trouble in thepast or had the potential to doso It was linked to the deci-sion on August 5 The prepa-rations had been made muchbefore the ldquoDecision dayrdquo ofscrapping the special statusof Jammu and Kashmir

Massive protests and theinitial killing of at least 20youngsters in the first fewhours set a cycle in motionof the clashes and casualtiesin 2016 That cycle of vio-lence halted after Kashmirhad reeled under coerciveshutdown for three monthsand the casualty figure stag-gered close to 100

Tourists fled and so did pil-grims in 2016 but no one hadasked them to pack off andgo This time the things wereplanned much beforendash thegovernment ordered the pil-grims and tourists to leave atthe earliest on August 2 atleast a fortnight before thescheduled conclusion of theAmarnath pilgrimage

The ubiquitous presence oftroops inspired scare Kash-miris chose pragmatism thistime They for too had learnttheir lessons from 2016 it waspointless to take to the streetsand fulfil the designs of ene-mies of Kashmir who wantedmore graves Pakistan isexactly looking for this kindof bloodbath in the Valley

Troopers did not usetheir guns was one factorbut the Kashmiris also didnot offer them theextreme provocation to doso And when they saw thewhole of the Indian nationcelebrating the August 5decision they understoodthe consequences of stand-ing up to the Indian mightand mood They appliedtheir common sense not tothrow their land in the spi-ralling bloodshed That iswhere they succeeded in sav-ing their land and fellowKashmiris from the troublethat could have visited them

lsquoWe saved our land from catastrophersquo

TURNING ADVERSITY INTO VIRTUE When the troops had

started landing in hugenumbers in Kashmir in thelast week of July Kashmirwas agog with rumourswhich later turned out tobe true that somethingbig was in the offing

Kashmiris claim that theyhave shown to the worldhow adversity can be con-verted into a virtue Hadthey indulged in clashestheir argument of loss ofpolitical identity wouldhave been neutralised

Tribune News Service

Srinagar October 3On Tuesday when AatiyaAyoubrsquos mother read a newsitem in a local daily about theopening of schools after twomonths she had alreadydecided not to send herdaughter to the school owingto the continuous tense situa-tion in Kashmir whichmarked 60 days on Thursday

Aatiya is a Class X studentShe has submitted the formfor her annual exams butdoesnrsquot know whether theexams will be held She is yetto complete the syllabus atthe school where her last classwas held before August 3

ldquoOur education seems tobe over There is still silenceand shutdown it is not safefor us to go to school in sucha situationrdquo she told TheTribune at her home in Sri-nagar where she is prepar-ing the assignments provid-ed to her by the school ldquoIam not able to concentrateit is a very difficult situationfor all studentsrdquo she said

The Divisional Commis-sioner Kashmir Baseer

Ahmad Khan announced theopening of schools up to ClassXII from Thursday but whilea few schools had opened thestudents continued to remainaway from classes disobeyingthe governmentrsquos order It isfor the second time sinceAugust 19 that the govern-ment announced opening of schools but the students stayed away

The government has alsoannounced opening ofinstitutes of higher educa-tion from October 9 but itseems unlikely that stu-dents will attend the class-es as the communication

and internet clampdowncontinues in Kashmir

Many parents continueto raise safety issues ofstudents and haverestrained from sendingthem to schools ldquoWe willnot send our children toschools There is no publictransport and everythingis shut How can studentsas young as 4 5 and 6 yearsof age go to schools Whatwill they do if a stone hitsthem or something hap-pens Who will inform uswhen the phones are not workingrdquo asked Rosy Jan a mother

Few schools reopen inValley no students yet

The empty classroom of a government college in Srinagar AMIN WAR

Majid Jahangir amp Ishfaq TantaryTribune News Service

Srinagar October 3Relatives of at least 12detainees in the Valley whohave been booked under thestringent Public Safety Act(PSA) have knocked on thedoors of the JampK High Courtclaiming they are minors

In all 12 habeas corpus peti-tions have been filed in theSrinagar wing of JampK HighCourt Six among the youths

are 18 two are 17 and 16 andone is 15 years of age theirfamilies said In their peti-tions the families have most-ly submitted school certi-fies before the court insupport of the claim ofthe detainees

The first two habeascorpus petitions claimingthat the detainees wereminors and booked underthe PSA which allows deten-tion without any trial up totwo years was submitted on

August 27 by residents ofSrinagar and Anantnag

The Juvenile Justice Com-mittee of the JampK High Courtin a report submitted beforethe Supreme Court had said

144 children aged betweennine and 17 were detained

between August 5 and Sep-tember 23 and of them 142had been released The reportsaid the children weredetained for causing minorinjuries and creating law andorder problem ldquoIn certain reg-

ular habeas corpus petitionschallenging regular detentionorders passed by district mag-istrates against them underthe PSA the detainees haveclaimed to be juveniles When-ever such petitions come upbefore the different benches ofthe court the court is directedto hold an inquiry to ascertainthe factum of age and if thedetainee is found to be a juve-nile appropriate orders inaccordance with law would fol-lowrdquo the report had said

Kin of 12 detained lsquominorsrsquo move HC

Tribune News Service

Srinagar October 3As normal business activitycontinued to remain sus-pended for the 60th daytoday after the abrogation ofArticle 370 the KashmirChamber of Commerce andIndustries said the Valleyrsquoseconomy had been dentedby around Rs 10000 croreduring this period

The businessmen saidtheir problems had beencompounded due to thelack of mobile and internetfacilities as they wereunable to file returns thatwould lead to bigger issuesin the future ldquoAs per ourestimates we have suf-fered losses between Rs8000 crore and Rs10000crore during the past twomonths All sectors havebeen badly hit and themobile and internet gaghas added to our woesrdquochamber president SheikhAshiq told The Tribune

ldquoDue to the internet gagwe have not been able to filereturns and we fear this willlead to lots of problems forus later These are practicalissues and on top of thatthere is no clarity from thegovernmentrdquo he said

Lost ~10000 crduring lockdownsays industry

Parents reluctant to send wards owing to tension

Ambika SharmaTribune News Service

Solan October 3The BJP is in for a majortrouble in Pachhad as DayalPyari a sitting zila parishadmember refused to with-draw her nominationpapers after her supportersforced her against takingthe decision this morning

The development has leftthe ruling party embarrassedas its senior leaders wereconfident of placating her

Pyari who met Chief Min-ister Jai Ram Thakur inShimla yesterday hadalmost made up her mind towithdraw from the contestbut this was not accepted byher family and supporters

Her husband Prithvi Singhand her father-in-law said noother candidate was accept-able to the people She

deserved ticket and wouldcontest as an Independent

Dayal Pyari talking to medi-apersons said though she wastorn between the party andthe supporters she would payheed to latter and said shewould begin campaigningafter paying obeisance at theJatoli temple here

She reiterated that herfight was not against the par-ty but against the dictatorial

attitude of a few leaders ofher area and claimed that shewould emerge victorious

She was taken into a carby her supporters towardsSirmaur before she couldbe poached by BJP leadersShe began her campaigninglater in the day

The BJP got a partial reliefas its senior leaders man-aged to pacify rebel AshishSikta who withdrew his

nomination He howeverencountered strong resent-ment from his supporters atRajgarh where Sikta firstheld a meeting and thenwithdrew his nomination

BJP state president Sat-pal Satti ministers Mahin-der Thakur and SureshBhardwaj who were camp-ing at Rajgarh held day-long consultations to chalkout a strategy for the poll

Reena Kashyap who wasthe BJPrsquos official nomineewill face a tough challengefrom Dayal Pyari who hasfound overwhelming sup-port of the people

The development has elat-ed the Congress though itremains to be seen if its candi-date GR Musafir will gain inthe three-cornered contest asthe party is solely banking onthe factionalism in the BJP

BJP rebel firm on contesting as IndependentIn Pachhad partial relief for saffron party as Sikta withdraws nomination papers

ASSEMBLYBYPOLLS

Dayal Pyari (in yellow shawl) with her supporters outside a hotel in Solan on Thursday TRIBUNE PHOTO

SUPPORTERSrsquo PRESSURE Dayal Pyari who met Chief

Minister Jai Ram Thakur inShimla on Wednesday hadalmost made up her mind towithdraw from the contest butthis was not accepted by herfamily and supporters

Her husband and father-in-law said she deserved aticket but since denied shewould contest as an Independent

Taken in a car by her sup-porters towards Sirmaurshe began her campaigninglater in the day on Thursday

Lalit MohanTribune News Service

Dharamsala October 3Sudhir Sharma AICC secre-tary and former minister isunlikely to join the Congresscampaign in his home con-stituency Dharamsala for theOctober 21 byelection

Sudhir who refused to con-test the byelections just twodays before the last date of fil-ing of nomination papers hasnot arrived in Dharamsala todate He did not come toDharamsala when theyoung Congress leaderVijay Inder Karan who hasreplaced him filed his nom-ination papers on Septem-ber 30 Sudhirrsquos suddenrefusal to contest despitethe Congress high com-mand telling him to be inpoll fray is like an unsolvedriddle for many senior Con-gress leaders

A senior leader said AICCchief Sonia Gandhi evenafter the approval of the can-didature of Vijay Inder Karanasked senior leaders to talk toSudhir if he can change hismind and contest HoweverSudhir remained adamantagainst contesting he said

When contacted on phonetoday Sudhir said that he wasnot joining the Congresscampaign as he was sufferingfrom gastroenteritis ldquoI willreturn home after 4 to 5 daysbut whether or not I will jointhe campaign will depend onmy healthrdquo he said

With Sudhir almost declin-ing to join the campaign theissue of infighting in the stateCongress has come to fore

Just days before announc-ing his refusal to contest theDharamsala byelection Sud-hir had openly demanded theresignation of the acting pres-ident of state Youth Congressfor holding programmeswithout his approval andspeaking out against him Avernacular paper insteadreported that Sudhir hadsought HPCC chief KuldeepRathorersquos resignation

Congrsquos Sudhir may not campaign

Rajiv Mahajan

Nurpur October 3With drug trafficking in the inter-state border areasof lower Kangra districtcomprising Nurpur andIndora subdivisions risingthe state government hasturned a ldquoblind eyerdquo to theNurpur de-addiction-cum-rehabilitation centre

Set up during the previousCongress regime and inau-gurated by then CM Virb-hadra Singh on January 122017 the centre is run by theKangra district Red Cross

Society The skeleton staffhere has failed to run thecentre effectively

Surprisingly the centrehas no doctor or psychia-

trist As per informationthe centre is run by just aproject coordinator a coun-selor a pharmacist and asafai karamchari The

recent suicide by a 64-year-old man addicted to alcoholhas now put a questionmark on the safety ofinmates and the staff

deployed at the centre Asthere is no watchman or asecurity guard it is fearedthat such unsavory inci-dents can recur

Set up in the OBC hostelbuilding the centre canadmit 10 addicts at a timebut its full capacity couldnever be used for want ofrequisite staff Centre incharge-cum-project coordi-nator Amit Kumar admittedthat the centre was unableto admit more than fiveaddicts at a time and thewaiting list of addicts hadalways been quite long

ldquoThe working environ-ment is unsafe too as thestaff is always under threatof being attacked by theinmates who turn aggres-sive on being denied syn-thetic drugs or intoxi-cantsrdquo he said

As the centre is locatednear the border of PunjabHimachal Pradesh and Jam-mu amp Kashmir where drugtrafficking is on the risedespite registration of casesunder the NDPS Act thedemand for better facilitiesand more staff has been gain-ing momentum

Nurpur de-addiction centre a victim of admn apathyHas no doctor | Run by Kangra Red Cross Society NGOs want Health Department to take it over

Just 4 employees Set up during the Congressregime and inaugurated bythen CM Virbhadra Singh onJanuary 12 2017 the centre isrun by just a project coordina-tor a counselor a pharmacistand a safari karamchari Set up in the OBC hostelbuilding the centre can admit10 addicts at a time but its fullcapacity could never be used

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3A Special CBI Court todayissued notice to the CBI onthe bail applications filed bythree accused in the Kotkhaicustodial death case

The court asked the CBI tofile a reply on the bail applica-tions filed by former KotkhaiSHO Rajinder Singh (33)head constable RafeeMohammad (38) and consta-ble Ranjeet Steta (32) by Octo-ber 9 the next date of hearing

In the applications it was

stated that there was no evi-dence on record to connectthe accused with the allegedcustodial death of Suraj

It was also mentioned thatthree co-accused IGPZahur H Zaidi SP DW NegiTheog DSP Manoj Joshihad been granted bailAccording to the prosecu-tion a minor girl was alleged-ly raped and murdered inHalaila forests of Shimla dis-trict on July 4 2017 The vic-timrsquos body was found lying inHalaila forests near Mahasuon July 6 2017

Kotkhai case Copsfile bail pleas in court

As of now I am not campaigning forthe party as I am suffering fromgastroenteritis I will return home (toDharamsala) after 4-5 days but whetheror not I will join the campaign inDharamsala will depend on myhealth Sudhir Sharma CONGRESS LEADER

WHAT INFURIATED FORMER MINISTER Sudhir Sharmarsquos supporters alleged that while former

minister was preparing to contest elections leaders ofthe HPCC called other Congress leaders from Dharam-sala and asked them to apply for ticket

This infuriated Sudhir who decided against contesting They alleged that the former minister was also not join-

ing the party campaign as the current party leadershiphad tried to belittle him in his own constituency

lsquoSUFFERING FROM GASTROENTERITISrsquo

THE TRIBUNEJALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 11NATION

HIMACHAL PRADESH

NOTICE INVITING E-PROCUREMENT BID

Executive Engineer IampPH Division Dharampur Bharari on behalf of Governorof Himachal Pradesh invites the online Lump Sum contract bids on turnkey basisfrom the eligible bidders of Indian Entity through online bidding system on or before 17102019 at 1700 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs) on the sitehttpshptendersgovin

1 KEY DATES SHALL BE AS UNDER-

The tender forms and other detailed conditions can be downloaded from thewebsite wwwhpiphorg or from office above Executive Engineer up to datespecified above

Executive EngineerIampPH Division Dharampur Bharari

a Date of Online publication 0110 2019

b Downloading of e-bidDocuments

From 01102019 at 1800 Hrs IST (GMT + 530Hrs) to 17102019 at 1700 Hrs IST (GMT +530 Hrs)

c Date of submission of e-bid From 01102019 at 1800 Hrs IST (GMT + 530Hrs) to 17102019 at 1700 Hrs IST (GMT +530 Hrs)

d Physical Submission of Original Bid Security (in case ofoffline deposit of Bid security)

Up to 1100 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs) on18102019

e Date of opening of bids

1) Cover-1 Eligibility Criteria On 18102019 at 1230 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs)

2) Cover-2 Technical bid Shall be intimated separately

3) Cover-3 Financial Bid Shall be intimated separately

f Site Visit Between 1100 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs) dated10102019 to 1700 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs)dated 11102019 alongwith the AssistantEngineerconcerned Junior Engineer IampPHSub-Division TihraDharampur

SrNo

Description EstimatedCost

BidSecurity

Time Cost ofBid

1 Engineering Procurement Construction Testing Commissioning Trial Run of various components of LWSS to Rakhoh Cholthra Awahdevi Tihra and its adjoining villages in Tehsil Dharampur District Mandi (HP) under Jal Jeevan Mission (Har Ghar Nal Se Jal ) in single package on ldquoturn-key job basisrdquo including trial run defect and liability period as 3 months after physical completion of all components scheme including SOP connection as certified by Engineer-in-Charge of the entire scheme

Rupees 21667344-

Rupees 249200-

Ninemonths(includingallseasonsbutexcludingtrial runperiod of 3 months)

Rupees2500-

2 Engineering procurement construction testing commissioning trial run of various components of LWSS to PC habitation of Kot Dhawali and Bahri Rathoun and Chakyana in Tehsil Dharampur District Mandi HP under Jal Jeevan Mission (Har Ghar Ko Nal se Jal) in single package on ldquoTurn-key job basisrdquo including trial amp testing run defect and liability period as 03 months after physical completion of all components of the scheme including SOP connection as certified by Engineer-in-Charge of the entire scheme

Rupees 21134606-

Rupees 243900-

Ninemonths(includingallseasonsbutexcludingtrial runperiod of03months)

Rupees2500-

DPRHP2324

HIMACHAL PRADESH

IPH DEPARTMENT

NOTICE INVITING TENDERShort terms sealed item rate tenders on form 6 amp 8 are hereby invited by the undersigned on behalf of

Governor of Himachal Pradesh for the following works from the approved and eligible contractors so as to

reach in this office on or before 10102019 at 300 PM and will be opened on the same day at 33000 PM

in the presence of intending contractors or their authorized representatives in this office The tender form can

be had from this office against cash payment (Non-Refundable) on or before 09102019 The earnest money

in the shape of National Saving CertificateTime deposits Accounts Saving Accounts in any of the Post

OfficeBank in Himachal Pradesh duly pledged in favour of the Executive Engineer I amp PH Division Chamba

must accompany each tender Conditional tenders and tenders received without earnest money will be

summarily rejected The offer of the tenders shall be kept open for 120 days The Executive Engineer IPH

Division Chamba reserves the right to reject the tenders without assigning any reasons

SrNo

Name of work Estimatedcost

Earnestmoney

TimeLimit

Cost oftender form

1 Providing WSS to left out Habitation under census villageUdaipur Khas amp Saru in GP Udaipur Tehsil amp DisttChamba HP (SH- CO Rwall with cement concrete1510 for Sedimentation tank RHS)

313313- 6266- ThreeMonths

250-

Terms amp Conditions- 1 Before offering the rates the terms and conditions attached with the schedule of

quantity may be gone through carefully 2 Conditional tenders without earnest money will outrightly be

rejected3 The contractor shall enclose enlistmentrenewal order with his application for obtaining the tender

documents 4Latest income tax and sale tax clearance certificate as well as Pan No must be attached with

the application failing which the documents will not be issued to those contractors The contractor shall

produce registration of labour license from the competent authority under Contract Act 1970 failing which no

tender shall be issued to him

Note- No tender forms will be issued to those contractors who have not completed the work within the

stipulated period and having more than two works in hand under this Division

Executive Engineer

I amp PH Division ChambaNO-IPH-CBA-GA-G-Tender2019-7334-7384 Dated 200919 DPRHP2326

Himachal Pradesh IPH Department

SHORT TERM NOTICE INVITING TENDERThe Executive Engineer IPH Division Keylong (HP) invites tender on behalf of Governor of Himachal Pradesh from approved

eligible contractors for the following works through Online Process-

The tender forms and other detailed conditions can be downloaded from the portal httphptendersgovin up to 500 PM 14102019

HIM SUCHNA AVAM JAN SAMPARKExecutive Engineer IPH Division Keylong

JobNo

Name of Work EstimatedCost

EarnestMoney

Time ofcompletion

1 Special Repair of FIS Chimret in GP Chimret Distt Lahaul Spiti (HP) (SH- Co CClining and Retaining wall)

744756- 14900- One Work-ing Season

2 Providing WSS to PC Habitation of Jobrang Rape Rashil in GP Jobrang Distt Lahaulamp Spiti (HP) (SH- PF MS Tank 270 litrs capacity 2 Nos Laying Jointing amp TestingHDPE pipe of 50mm Dia at RD 0 to 5240 and Provision of Parta Cutting= 100 Rmt)

927536- 18600- Six Months

3 Augmentation of WSS to Village Gohrma in GP Gohrma Distt LampS (HP) (SH- PFMS Tank 270ltrs Co Storage tank 20000 ltrs capacity Co Stand Post 5 NosLaying Jointing and Testing HDPE pipe of 50mm dia at RD 0 to 110 (Ai to Bi) RD0 to 50 (A to B) 32mm dia at RD 50 to 500 (B to C) Double layer RD 0 to 1250 (Ato C) 20mm dia at for (distribution System) at various Rds Co Barbed wire fencingaround Stank and Co Crate work around Intakes and Co Nallah Crossing)

1419471- 28400 Six Months

4 Providing Flood Protection Work to Rubling in GP Tingret Distt LampS (HP) (SH-Crate work at RD 0 to 107)

2949252- 52000- Six Months

Date of submission of e-tender From 02102019 at 0500 PM to14102019 at 0500 PM

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CHANDIGARH ADMINISTRATION

ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Press e-TENDER NOTICEPercentage rate e-tenders are invited under two bid system by the Executive Engineer Electrical Division No 2 on behalf

of President of India from the eligible enlisted firms class A and B enlisted with the Chandigarh AdministrationMunicipalCorporation ChdCPWDState PWDs of Punjab amp Haryana and Himachal Pradesh and their board amp Corporation having validElectrical Contractor License issued by any Govt Deptt of StatesCentre for the execution of following work can bedownloadedUploaded from the website at httpwwwetenderschdnicin

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TENDER NOTICE No 06 Date 1102019

On behalf of the Governor of Punjab Executive EngineerConstruction Division PWD BampR Br Fazilka invites bids fromeligible bidders enlisted under road works category with PWDBampR BrDetail terms and conditions of notice inviting bids refer to ourwebsite wwweprocpunjabgovinCorrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerConstn Divn PWD BampR Br Fazilka(On behalf of Governor of Punjab)DPRPbD6792

New Delhi October 3As many as five judges of theSupreme Court have recusedfrom hearing activist GautamNavlakharsquos petition challeng-ing the Bombay High CourtrsquosSeptember 13 order rejectinghis plea for quashing of an FIRin connection with the Bhima-Koregaon violence case

After Chief Justice ofIndia Ranjan Gogoi Jus-tice NV Ramana Justice RSubhash Reddy and Jus-tice BR Gavai Justice SRavindra Bhat became thefifth judge to recuse onThursday from hearing thecase of Navlakhamdashone ofthe five activists arrestedin the case

Others arrested in the caseare Varavara Rao Arun Fer-reira Vernon Gonsalves andSudha Bharadwaj Theyhave been booked underprovisions of the UnlawfulActivities Prevention Act(UAPA) and the IndianPenal Code

Justice S Ravindra Bhat ofthe Supreme Court on Thurs-day became the fifth judge torecuse himself CJI Gogoi hasassigned the matter to aBench headed by JusticeArun Mishra which will takeit up on Friday

As Navlakharsquos petitioncame up for hearing before athree-judge Bench headed byJustice Arun Mishra JusticeBhat who was on the Benchalong with Justice VineetSaran recused himself fromhearing the case mdash TNS

Tribune News Service

NewDelhi October 3Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasi-na today arrived here on afour-day visit during whichboth sides will attempt to takethe focus away from theNational Register of Citizens(NRC) by discussing some oldproblems that have croppedup as well as exploring com-mon links in transport watersharing and projects on Indi-an line of credit

Bangladesh Foreign MinisterAK Abdul Momen had toldmedia in Dhaka that Hasinawould discuss a number ofbilateral issues includingkilling of Bangladeshis by BSFand a framework pact on com-mon rivers including Teestawith PM Narendra Modi onSaturday She was chief guestat the Country Strategy Dia-logue of the World EconomicForum today She will attend an

interactive session with selectIndian CEOs followed by inau-guration of India-BangladeshBusiness Forum on Friday Shewill hold talks with Modi andcall on President Ram NathKovind on Saturday

Momen said the two sideswould discuss increased con-

nectivity through rivers searail road and air overall tradeand commerce among others

Foreign Secretary ShahidulHoque told newspersons thatimport of Indian arms undera $500 million line of creditand the NRC issue would alsobe discussed

Hasina to raise NRCPrez PM accept Capt invitefrom page 1

group of pilgrims the PunjabCM will lead through the cor-ridor when it opens The CMhowever clarified neither henor the ex-PM would travel toPakistan for the formal open-ing of the corridor They wereonly going to the Sikh shrineon the other side ldquoas pil-grimsrdquo The Pakistan govern-ment had recentlyannounced it would inviteManmohan for the corridorinauguration but the ex-PMrsquos office denied knowl-edge of any such invitation

Todayrsquos developments arecrucial in the light of ongo-ing political one-upmanshipbetween Congress-led Pun-jab Government and theAkalis over marking the his-toric event

Capt Amarinderrsquos move tosecure President and PMrsquospresence at the state functionare bound to put pressure on

the Akalis to come on boardAsked about SGPCrsquos cele-

bration plans CMrsquosspokesman said ldquoThe CM hasrepeatedly said the SGPC as areligious body is free to organ-ise celebrations in gurdwarasand the official celebrationswill be marked by the stategovernment The CM hasrepeatedly urged all-partyunity and will lead an all-partygroup through the corridorrdquo

State government sourcesadded they were not aware ifthe SGPC would send a paral-lel jatha through the corridor

Pakistan recentlyannounced that the corridorwould be opened for IndianSikh pilgrims on November 9However the final date is stillbeing worked out between thetwo countries and the PunjabGovernmentrsquos official eventwill be planned accordingly

Capt Amarinder mean-while shared official pro-

gramme of his governmentrsquosevents with the President andPM ldquoThe CM has urged bothto participate in the corridoropening at Dera Baba Nanakand the main programme atSultanpur Lodhirdquo the CMOspokesman said

Capt Amarinder also urgedPMrsquos intervention to allow a21-mebmer all-party jatha tovisit Sri Nankana Sahib thebirth place of the first Gurubesides bringing a nagar kir-tan to Sultanpur Lodhi viaAmritsar (Wagah)

In a separate letter to Minis-ter of External Affairs S Jais-hankar the CM has soughtformal clearance for theNankana Sahib delegationvisit and the nagar kirtan

The Punjab Governmentplans various celebrationsbetween November 5 and 15and will hold an all-party meetat Sultanpur Lodhi onNovember 1

from page 1

the list of 84 candidatesreleased by the Congress lateWednesday night and for theremaining six seats on Thurs-day shows that nearly 70 percent seats have been allottedto Hoodarsquos confidants

Of the 90 candidates giventhe party ticket at least 59 areHooda loyalists 12 are said tobe close to Kumari Selja fiveare believed to KiranChoudhry loyalists and threeeach are believed to be fromthe Kuldeep Bishnoi RandeepSurjewala and Tanwar camps

Hooda has had his support-ers fielded in all nine Assem-bly segments comprising theSonepat parliamentary seatthat he contested in May

But in the nine Assemblyseats under Kumari Seljarsquostraditional Ambala Lok Sabhaseat only one Hooda support-er mdash former HPCC chief PhoolChand Mullanarsquos son VarunChaudhary mdash has been nomi-nated for the Mullana seat

Hoodarsquos supporters havebeen fielded in eight of the nineAssembly segments in Karnalfour of the nine segments inKurukshetra Of the nineseats in BhiwanindashMahendra-garh at least four have goneto Hoodarsquos men The HisarUchana Narnaund and Han-si seats too have gone to hissupporters Adampur Nalwaand Hisar have been allottedto Kuldeep Bishnoirsquos menUklana and Barwala toKumari Seljarsquos loyalists andBawani Khera to KiranChoudhryrsquos camp

Of the nine Assembly seg-ments comprising TanwarrsquosSirsa Lok Sabha seat Dab-wali Tohana Ratia Ellenabadand Fatehabad have gone toHoodarsquos supporters Narwanacandidate Vidya Rani is con-sidered close to Randeep Sur-jewala while Sirsa and Kalan-wali nominees Hoshiari LalSharma and Shishpal Kehar-wala are Tanwar loyalists

Former minister Capt AjayYadav has managed the partyticket for his son ChiranjeevRao from Rewari

With ticket

639 engg seats vacantfrom page 1

institutions that mere physicalinfrastructure is not enoughand that qualified and well-paid faculty are mandatory forrunning engineering coursesRather than reduce the num-ber of seats the governmenthas lowered merit andallowed admissions throughHP Combined Entrance Testand Class 12 examinationmerit defeating the very pur-pose of ensuring quality edu-cation and uniformity instandards say sources

Private colleges charge

between Rs 45000 and Rs57000 per semester for BTechcompared to Rs 30000 in gov-ernment colleges ldquoStudentsare shying away from engi-neering courses as there areno jobs even after spendingRs 4 lakh to Rs 5 lakhrdquo saysSuresh who left the courseafter two semestersThere is a clear shift towardstraditional arts commercescience and managementcourses as 100 per cent seatshave been filled ldquoGovern-ment jobs are still the top pri-ority for students as their

focus is on preparation forcompetitive examinationsrdquosays Prof Sikender KumarVice-Chancellor HimachalPradesh University

Mismatch between enrol-ment and employment ratedue to opening of privateinstitutions without assessingemployment opportunities isalso leading to low intakeFurther high investment inengineering courses as com-pared to average remunera-tion after passing out is caus-ing aversion to engineeringcourses say sources

Justice Jha

5th SC judgerecuses fromKoregaonactivistrsquos case

4-day visit Connectivity trade energy ties top agenda

from page 1

High Court at Jabalpurbefore his elevation to the HCas permanent judge on Feb-ruary 2 2007

The President after con-sultation with the CJI alsotransferred Justice Pulig-oru Venkata Sanjay Kumara Judge of the TelanganaHC to the Punjab andHaryana HC He has beenasked to assume charge byOctober 17 mdash TNS

Justice LN Swamy ChiefJustice of HP High Court

Justice Ajai Lamba CJ ofGauhati High Court

Justice Indrajit Mahanty isChief Justice in Rsthan

Justice A Mani Kumar is CJof Kerala High Court

Justice JK MaheshwariChief Justice of Andhra HC

Justice AK Goswami ChiefJustice of Sikkim HC

Justices BiswanathSommader PV SanjayKumar and Vivek Agarwalof Calcutta Telangana andMadhya Pradesh HCsposted to HCs of AllahabadPunjab and Haryana andAllahabad respectively

OTHER JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS

JUSTICE KURESHI FAILS TO FIGURE ON LISTJustice Akil Kureshi recommended by SC Collegium for appoint-ment as Tripura HC CJ last month doesnrsquot figure on the list Earli-er Centre had refused to appoint him as CJ of MP High Court

Union Minister of State Sushri Debasree Chaudhuri receivesBangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi on Thursday PTI

THE TRIBUNE CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019

12|BUSINESS GOLD

~39115New Delhi

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~47580New Delhi

USD EURO POUND JPY YUAN CAD AUD SGD HKD~7089 ~7803 ~8808 ~067 ~993 ~5324 ~4774 ~5147 ~905

No SE (BampR)NIT-581 Dt 031019

MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONJALANDHAR LOCAL GOVT DEPTT PUNJABNOTICE INVITING e-TENDERS

(CIVIL WORKS)eprocpunjabgovin

E-tender No MCJ (BampR) 2019-2012

Municipal Corporation Jalandhar invites e-tenders onTwo Bid system for the CivilHorticultureBuilding worksmentioned at wwweprocpunjabgovin from thecontractors enlisted with Municipal Corporation Jalandhar ampCo-op LC Societies (Registered in Punjab State) Time totime instructions issued by GovtCVO will be followed forbidding as well as execution of works All the bidders shouldcomply with the latest instructions issued vide notificationNo 765279-radicΔ1(5)4342 Dt 02102014 amp 5822018-2lg41892 Dt 02082018

Date and Time Schedule for LC SocietiesAgencies

Other terms amp conditions can be seen at E-tenderWebsite eprocpunjabgovin

Sd- Superintending Engineer

SrNo

Last Date of onlinesubmission of

Bidding document

Opening ofTechnical Bid

Opening ofFinancial Bid

1 10102019 up to 1700 hrs

11102019 at 1100 hrs

14102019 at 1100 hrs

DI-91904

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJABPWD BampR BRANCH

NOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDSTENDER NOTICE NO 18-21 DATED 01-10-2019

On behalf of Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer ConstructionDivision PWD BampR Br Rupnagar invites bids for below mentioned worksfrom eligible bidders enlisted under All road works category withPWD (BampR) for the works approved under his jurisdiction as detailed inthe following table The bidders may submit bids for any or all of thefollowing Work(s)-

For detailed terms and conditions refer to websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin

from 091019

Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerConstruction DivisionPWD BampR Br Rupnagar

SrNo

Name of Work Head

1 Special Repair of Bharatgarh-to Kakrala Soban MajraRoad upto HP Border (including five years maintenance)in Distt Rupnagar

3054

2 Special Repair of Bharatgarh-Kakrala to Nawan Graonupto HP Border (including five years maintenance) inDistt Rupnagar

3054

3 Special Repair of Bharatgarh-to Nalagarh Road upto HPBorder (including five years maintenance) in Distt Rupnagar

3054

4 Periodical Repair of Ropar Circular Road (ODR-08) (includingfive years maintenance) in Distt Rupnagar

3054

DPRPbD6797

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

RURAL DEVELOPMENT amp PANCHAYATS DEPARTMENTNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Tender Notice No PRDP201932 Date 011019

Authority- Executive Engineer Panchayati Raj PW (CampM)Division Patiala

Name of Work-

Date of opening of bid- 11102019

For detail terms and conditions of notice inviting bids refer towebsite wwweprocpunjabgovin

Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerPanchayati Raj PW Division Patiala

SrNo

Description of Work 1 EMD2 Tender fee (in Rs)

Cost ofWork

1 Renovation amp Allied Works ofPond at Village Devinagar SawaiSingh Wala Block BhunerheriDistt Patiala

1) Rs 37890-2) Rs 5000

Rs1894500-

DPRPbD6803

Punjab Water Supply andSewerage Board

NOTICE INVITING Recall of e-TENDERS (2019-20)eprocpunjabgovin

Recall E-Tender Notice No 02 Date 30092019

On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer Punjab WS amp Sewerage BoardChandigarh Executive Engineer Punjab WS amp Sewerage Division No 2Amritsar invites online Lump Sump and percentage basis tenders from theapproved Contractorfirms and eligible Co-operative L amp C Societies who fulfillthe eligible criteria as per DNIT for the work mentioned below-

Important Dates are as under- For tender at Sr No 12

1 Period of availability of tender Online shall be Up to 10102019 up to 100 PM

2 Last Date amp Time for online submission ofBids shall be 10102019 at up to 300 PM

3 Date and Time for Opening of Tenchical bids shall be 11102019 at 300 PM

For tender at Sr No 3

Up to 23102019 up to 100 PM23102019 at up to 300 PM24102019 at 300 PM

For detailed terms and conditions refer to website eprocpunjabgovin

Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd-Executive EngineerPb WS amp Sew Divn No 2AmritsarDPRPbD6800

SrNo

Name of the Work BidSecurityEarnestMoney(Rs inLacs)

Cost ofDocu-ment

Tenderfee

(Rs)

Periodof

Comp-letion

Esti-matedCost(in

Lacs)

1 DNIT for Construction of Main PumpingStation (14 MLD) Tarn Taran (Zone No1) complete machinery amp Balance workof IPS (11 MLD) complete machinery etcand all other works contingent theretordquo

345000- 100- 5Months

17209Lacs

2 DNIT for ldquosurvey soil testing designsupply and construction instcomissioning of 4 mld STP at Analabased on any suitable sustainableand proven technology including otherappurtenant works on turnkey basisas per DNIT including operation ampmaintenance for a period of 60months after stabilization period of 3months or morerdquo

800000- 1000- 9Months

LumpSump

3 Detailed Project Report for ProvidingWater Supply Sewerage amp SewageTreatment Plant at Jandiala Guru DisttAmritsar (Under PIDB)

8050- 100- 1 Month 402Lacs

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJABPWD BampR BRANCH

NOTICE INVITING ON-LINE BIDSTENDER NOTICE NO 22-23 DATED 01-10-2019On behalf of Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer ConstructionDivision PWD BampR Br Rupnagar invites bids for below mentionedworks from eligible bidders enlisted under All road works categorywith PWD (BampR) for the works approved under his jurisdiction asdetailed in the following table The bidders may submit bids for any or allof the following Work(s)Sr No Name of Work Head

1 Special Repair of Sri Anandpur Sahib to Sri Naina Devi road (ODR-12) (including Five years maintenance) in Distt Rupangar

5054

2 Special Repair of 4-Lane Ropar Bye Pass (including Five yearsmaintenance) in Distt Rupangar

5054

For detailed terms and conditions refer to websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin from 09-10-19Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive Engineer Construction Division PWD BampR Br RupnagarDPRPbD6802

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJABPWD BampR BRANCH

Tender Notice No 41 Dated 03102019Executive Engineer Central Works Division PWD BampR BranchMohali invites bids from eligible bidders for below mentionedwork For detail terms and conditions of the notice inviting bidrefer to wwweprocpunjabgovin wef 09102019Corrigendum if any will be issued on website onlyWork Construction of Both Side Approaches amp Service

Roads of Railway Under Bridge (RUB) on levelCrossing No 24-B on Sirhind-Nangal Dam Amb-Andaura Section in Morinda Town

Sd- Executive EngineerCentral Works DivisionMohali DPRPbD6801

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

PWD BampR BRANCHNOTICE RE-INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No 07 Date 03102019

On behalf of the Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer Construction DivisionPWD BampR Br Patiala invites re-bids from eligible bidders for detailed in thefollowing table The bids shall be on the percentage rate basis The bidders maysubmit bids for any or all of the following Works

2 For Sr No 1 Period of availability of Tender onlineDate amp Time of onlinebid submission and Date amp time of opening of bids are as given below-

For detailed terms and conditions of the notice inviting bids refer to ourwebsite httpeprocpunjabgovin

Corrigendum If any will be issued on website only

Sd- (Er Navin Kumar) Executive EngineerConst Divn PWD BampR Branch PatialaM No 98783-60786DPRPbD6799

SrNo

Name ofProjectWork(s)

BidSecurityEarnestMoney

Cost ofdocumenttender fee

(Rs)

Periodof

comp-letion

Approxvalue of the

ProjectWork

1 2 3 4 5 6

1

Special Repair ofGovt Primary School Gajewas Teh SamanaDistt Patiala

36000- 5000-6

Months1804 Lacs

Availability of tenderonline for bidding

Last date amp timefor online

submission of bids

Date amp Time of opening oftender

From To Technical Bid Financial Bid

04102019 1000 am

11102019 0400 pm

11102019400 pm

141020191100 am

To be inti-mated later on

WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION DEPARTMENTNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No Dated

On behalf of Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer Water Supply ampSanitation Division No 1 Amritsar invites bid from eligible bidders for theProject detailed in the following table

For detailed terms and conditions refer to website httpeprocpunjabgovin

CorrigendumAddendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerWater Supply amp Sanitation Division No 1 Amritsar

DNIT No Date

I Project Description Name of Work Construction of SewerageTreatment Plant based on any suitablesustainable amp Proven Technology IncludingOampM of STP for 60 Months afterCommissioning of Village Budha Theh AbadiBeas and Abadi Gurunanakpura BlockRayya District Amritsar (NABARD-XIV)

II Bid SecurityEarnest Money

Rs As per approved Bid

III Cost of DocumentTenderFee Processing Fee

Rs 1000- Rs As per Website

IV Period of Completion 15 Months Including 3 Months of Stabilizationperiod

V Period of Availability ofTender online

From 07102019 Time 1000 am to07112019 Time 1700 pm

VI Pre-Bid Meeting Date andVenue

Date 22102019 Time 1200 pmVenue HOD Office Phase 2 Mohali

VII Last date amp time for onlinesubmission of bids shall be

Dated 07112019 Time 1700 pm

VIII Tender opening Date amp time Date 08112019 Time 1430 pm

DPRPbD6794

LUDHIANA IMPROVEMENT TRUSTFeroze Gandhi Market Ludhiana ndash 141001

e-mail ldh_It_2009yahoocoin

Ph- 0161-5255405

e-Tender NoticeNIT No 09e-TenderSELG-IT Ludhiana2019-20The Ludhiana Improvement Trust Ludhiana invites online bids for 10 Nos

development works -

Online availability of Tenders for bidding- 04102019 onwards

Closing Date amp Time For Serial No 1 to 7 10102019 up to 0200 pmFor Serial No 8 amp 9 17102019 up to 0200 pmFor Serial No 10 24102019 up to 0200 pm

Opening Date amp Time For Serial No 1 to 7 10102019 at 0300 pmFor Serial No 8 amp 9 17102019 at to 0300 pmFor Serial No 10 24102019 at 0300 pm

For details logon to wwweprocpunjabgovin

Note Any corrigendum(s) to the tender notice shall be published on the aboveWebsite only

Sd- Superintending EngineerImprovement Trust

LUDHIANADPRPbD6804

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

WATER SUPPLY amp SANITATION DEPARTMENT PUNJABNOTICE INVITING E-TENDERS

Bid No 11233 Date 300919

On behalf of the Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer WaterSupply amp Sanitation Division No 1 Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar invitesbids from eligible bidders for the works detail in the following table Thebidders may submit bids for any or all of the following works-

For detailed terms and conditions of the notice inviting Tender referto website httpseprocpunjabgovin wef 04102019

1 The bid documentTerms amp Condtions are available online and bidsare to be submitted online through e-procurement portalhttpeprocpunjabgovin only Bids submitted otherwise will not beaccepted

2 Rectificationextension of timeCorrigendum if any will be uploaded onwebsite wwweprocpunjabgovin amp will not be advertised in newspapers

Sd- Executive EngineerWS amp Sanitation Division No 1 SAS Nagar

SrNo

Name of Works I) Estimated CostII) Earnest MoneyIII) Tender Fee

(in Rs)

Important DatesTime

i) Sale of Tenderdocument

ii) Last Date and Time forSubmission of Bids

iii) Date and Time ofOpening of TechnicalBids

1 PROVIDING ESTATE ampINTERNAL WATERSUPPLY SANITARYINSTALLATION ANDFLOORING amp DADO INIT BLOCK AT GOVTCOLLEGE SECTOR-56 SAS NAGAR

i) Rs 1786904-

ii) Rs 35750-

iii) 1000-

i) 04102019 at 1800 hrs

ii) 14102019 at 1600 hrs

iii) 15102019 at 1100 hrs

DPRPbD6796

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ੀ1I ਯ੨੦ਜਜ਼੨ਸ੪੨DPRPBD6788

OFFICE OF THE CANTONMENT BOARDJALANDHAR CANTT

INVITING TENDER NOTICE

INVITING E-TENDER FOR PROVIDING TEACHING STAFFFOR CANTONMENT BOARD SCHOOLS AND SILVER OAKPUBLIC SCHOOL UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THECANTONMENT BOARD JALANDHAR

Online e-tenders are invited through CPP e-procurement portalhttpeprocuregovin by the Cantonment Board Jalandhar Cantt fromreputed experienced contractorservice provider for providing teaching staff for Cantonment Board Schools and Silver Oak Public SchoolJalandhar Cantt

Starting date for downloading of Tender documents 27092019

Last date for submission of online tender 17102019

Full notice of tender is available on Central Public Procurement Portal websiteie httpeprocuregovin

Chief Executive Officer

Cantonment Board JalandharDI-91800

BSE

198543810687

NSE

459011314

Vijay C RoyTribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3Fearing loss to small andmarginal farmers dairycooperatives in Punjab andHaryana have expressedreservation over the inclu-sion of dairy products in theRegional ComprehensiveEconomic Partnership(RCEP) pact

The cooperatives appre-hend that import of cheapermilk and dairy productswould adversely hit thelivelihood of lakhs of farm-ers in the two states withimporters and traders dom-inating the market

The government is con-templating finalising theRCEP a trade block whichincludes the 10-countryASEAN China IndiaJapan South Korea Aus-tralia and New Zealandby the end of this year

New Zealand and Aus-tralia particularly are nego-tiating very hard withIndia to reduce duty ondairy products so that theycan get an access to Indiawhich is the worlds largestmarket of dairy products

ldquoThe signing of theRCEP will be a big blow tothe dairy farmers as itwould lead to reduction inthe procurement price ofmilk from farmers due tocheap imported milk pow-der from New Zealandsaid Karnail Singh a dairyfarmer from Amritsar

Dairy cooperatives feelthat procurement pricewould come down drastical-ly if imports are allowedthrough the RCEP as therewould be no tariff barrier

ldquoWe fears that cheaperimports will have repercus-sions across the value chainsAs imports will be cheapermany traders will startimporting cheap dairy prod-ucts virtually putting farmersout of the professionrdquo said asenior official from Milkfed

The average daily pro-duction of milk in thesetwo states is around 460lakh litres As far as Punjabis concerned the daily pro-

duction is around 307 lakhlitres Out of the total milkproduced in rural andsemi-urban areas 50 percent is marketable surplusOf this surplus aroundhalf of the milk sold is han-dled by the organised sec-tor comprising dairy coop-eratives such as MilkfedsVerka and private dairycompanies and the rest bythe unorganised sector

Similarly in Haryana thedaily production is 156 lakhlitres Out of the total pro-duction 70 per cent of themilk is self-consumed byfarmers and the remaining30 per cent is marketable

surplus Further around 39lakh litres (25 per cent) arebeing handled by HaryanaDairy Development Cooper-ative Federation Ltd Therest of the quantity is beingprocessed by private dairyprocessors and sweet shops

Dairy cooperatives in theirrepresentation to the min-istry apprehend that cheap-er imports will push India toremain dependant onimports for dairy products

ldquoMilk producers andprocessors have made pres-entation to the Centre pro-jecting repercussions andrequesting it not to includemilk productsrdquo said SSKohli CGM Vita

The farmers apprehendthe step would halvedairy farmersrsquo income asthey will be forced toleave farming

ILLUSTRATION SANDEEP JOSHI

Fiscal tie-up deal has PunjabHaryana dairy firms worriedCooperatives fear import of cheaper milk will affect farmers

MILK PRODUCTION IN TWO STATESState Daily produce Marketable surplusPunjab 307 lakh litres 50Haryana 156 lakh litres 30

Onion prices fall to ~30kg after export banNewDelhi October 3Onion prices have started cool-ing down in both retail andwholesale markets in someparts of the country after thegovernment banned exports ofthe key kitchen staple andimposed stock limits ontraders Union Minister RamVilas Paswan said on Thursday

Retail onion prices whichwere ruling at Rs 60-70 per kg

for the past few weeks in thenational capital and some oth-er parts of the country

declined to below Rs 60 per kgon Thursday as per trade data

Onion prices declined to

below the Rs 30 per kg levelat Lasalgaon in MaharashtraAsiarsquos largest wholesale mar-ket for the bulb crop after thegovernment banned itsexport and imposed stocklimit on traders

ldquoWe have to take care of theinterest of both farmers andconsumers Prices of onionhave started declining after webanned exportrdquo he said mdash TNS

Mumbai October 3The Reserve Bank of India(RBI) is likely to go for yetanother rate cut on Fridaythe fifth in a row as inflationis within the comfort zoneand the need to boost theeconomy is pressing

RBI Governor ShaktikantaDas has already hinted thatbenign inflation providesroom for further monetarypolicy easing while space forfiscal space is limited

The government hasannounced a series of meas-ures including steepest cut incorporate tax rollback ofenhanced surcharge on theForeign Portfolio Investorsamong others to jump-startgrowth which hit a six-year lowof 5 per cent during the firstquarter of the current fiscal

The six-member monetarypolicy committee (MPC) isscheduled to announce thefourth bi-monthly monetarypolicy for 2019-20 on Fridayafter a three-day meeting

There was no meeting ofthe panel on October 2 onaccount of Mahatma GandhiJayanti The bank hasalready slashed repo ratefour times consecutively thisyear amounting to 110 basispoints in aggregate

At its last meeting in Augustthe MPC reduced the bench-mark lending rate by anunusual 35 basis points to 540per cent The upcoming MPCmeeting comes in the backdropof RBIrsquos mandate to banks to

link their loan products to anexternal benchmark like reporate for the faster transmissionof reduction in policy rates toborrowers from October 1

Ahead of the meeting theDas-headed Financial Stabil-ity and Development Council(FSDC) sub-committee tookstock of the prevailing macro-economic situation

Earlier the RBI Governorhad said the government hadlittle fiscal space giving hopethat the bank may providemore monetary stimulus toprop up the economy The gov-ernmentrsquos fiscal space hasbeen squeezed on account ofcut in the rates of corporate taxas well as lowering of the GSTrate on various goods Rev-enue collection too has beenbelow the Budget estimates

Experts are of the opinionthat another rate cut is on thecards as the governmentrsquoshands are tied and the onusof taking initiatives now restswith the central bank mdash PTI

RBI may cut policy rateto give economy a pushTo announce bi-monthly monetary plan today

REPO RATE ALREADYSLASHED FOUR TIMES The RBI has already

slashed repo rate fourtimes consecutively thisyear amounting to 110basis points in aggregate

At its last meeting themonetary policy commit-tee had reduced thebenchmark lending rateby an unusual 35 basispoints to 540 per cent

New Delhi October 3The government will keepthe reform momentum goingwith more such announce-ments in the future to bringback the economy on a high-er growth track thoughissues related with productiv-ity efficiency persist NITIAayog CEO Amitabh Kantsaid on Thursday

Going back to 2005 and tillnow close to about 300 mil-lion people have been pulledout of poverty In the last fiveyears the economy hasgrown at about 75 per cent

Indias growth was about 81per cent in the last quarter of2017-18 and fell to 5 per cent inthe June quarter of 2019-20Kant said at the World Eco-nomic Forums India Econom-ic Summit-CII event here

ldquoAnd since then both theRBI and the governmenthave taken a series of meas-ures to takeIndia backto a highgrowth tra-jectoryrdquo hesaid mdash PTI

Many morereforms inoffing Kant

We still have 25000 tonne of onion in ourstock We are asking state governments totake it and supply at ~2390 per kg in theirstates and ensure prices are stable

Ram Vilas Paswan CONSUMER AFFAIRS MINISTER

STATES ASKED TO COLLECT STOCK

THE TRIBUNECHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 13WORLD

GLOBE TROT

Emirati US Russian astronauts return to EarthALMATY A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three astronautsincluding an Emirati who became the first Arab to reachthe International Space Station returned to Earth Thurs-day Footage broadcast by Russias space agency showedthe Soyuz MS-12 capsule carrying Hazzaa al-Mansoori ofthe United Arab Emirates NASA astronaut Nick Hagueand Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin touch downat 1059 GMT on the steppes of Kazakhstan AFP

Russian man sues Apple for lsquoturning him gayrsquo MOSCOW A Russian man has filed a lawsuit against Apple formoral harm claiming that an iPhone app had turned himgay according to a copy of the complaint The man filed suitin a Moscow court asking for one million rubles ($15000)after an incident this summer in which a cryptocurrencycalled lsquoGayCoinrsquo was delivered via a smartphone apprather than the Bitcoin he had ordered ldquoApple pushed metowards homosexuality through manipulation Thechanges have caused me moral and mental harmrdquo he saidApplersquos representatives in Russia did not immediatelyrespond to AFPrsquos request for comment AFP

NZ mosque attacker drops bid to move trialWELLINGTON Gunman Brenton Tarrant the man accused ofmurdering 51 Muslim worshippers in Marchs NewZealand mosque attack on Thursdaydropped a bid to move his trial from the citywhere the massacre occurred The HighCourt held a pre-trial hearing inChristchurch in which judge CameronMander announced at the beginning ofproceedings that the defence haddecided not to pursue the applica-tion His trial will begin on June2 next year in Christchurch AP

FIRST EMIRATI TO REACH ISS Russian space agencyrescue team members and United Arab Emiratesspecialists carry Emirati astronaut Hazzaa al-Mansoorishortly after the landing of the Russian Soyuz MS-12 spacecapsule about 150 km south-east of the Kazakh town ofDzhezkazgan on Thursday AFP

Pak Taliban urge US to resume Afghan talksIslamabad October 3Pakistan on Thursday askedthe Taliban to grasp theopportunity and resume talkswith the US for an early andpeaceful resolution of the con-flict in Afghanistan sayingwar is not a solution as topleaders of the militant groupmet Foreign Minister ShahMahmood Qureshi here

A high-level Taliban dele-gation met Qureshi as partof a push to revive theAfghan peace processstalled after US PresidentDonald Trump abruptlydeclared the talks with therebel group ldquodeadrdquo

The Foreign Office said in astatement that a delegationof the Taliban Political Com-mission (TPC) called onQureshi The delegation wasled by the head of TPC MullaAbdul Ghani Baradar andincluded senior members ofthe commission

ldquoWhile appreciating Tal-

ibanrsquos serious engagementin the peace process heunderscored the need to takethese efforts to their logicalconclusionrdquo Qureshi said

Trump stunned the worldwhen he suddenly declared

that the Afghan peace talkswith the Taliban wereldquodeadrdquo following killing onan American soldier

Qureshi said ldquoPakistan hasmaintained for several yearsthat there is no military solu-

tion to the complex situationin Afghanistan An inclusivepeace and reconciliationprocess involving all sec-tions of the Afghan societywas the only practical wayforwardrdquo mdash PTI

US ENVOY LIKELY TOMEET DELEGATION

Sources said the talksbetween Foreign MinisterSM Qureshi and theTaliban went on for morethan one and a halfhours ISI chief Lt GenFaiz Hameed was alsopresent in the meeting

US special envoy toAfghanistan ZalmayKhalilzad is also inPakistan to discuss therevival of the peace talksHe may also meet theTaliban delegation

Pakistan has maintained for several years that there is no military solution to the complexsituation in Afghanistan A peace process is the only way forward Mahmood Qureshi PAK FOREIGN MINISTER

Foreign Minister SM Qureshi (C) receives members of the Talibandelegation at the Pakistan Foreign Ministry in Islamabad AFP

Paris October 3 A man wielding a knifestabbed and killed four offi-cers at the police headquar-ters in the heart of centralParis on Thursday beforebeing shot dead

Sources told AFP theattacker was shot dead bypolice in the courtyard ofthe building where he wasemployed The man workedin an administrative capac-ity but it was not immedi-ately clear what his precisework role was

Interior MinisterChristophe Castaner who was

due to visit Turkey later onThursday postponed his tripto visit the scene of the attack

ldquoPeople were runningeverywhere there was cryingeverywhererdquo said Emery Sia-mandi an interpreter whowas in the building when theattack happened

Investigators suspect aworkplace dispute sparkedthe deadliest attack onpolice in France in yearssources said

The Paris prosecutor is atthe scene but anti-terroragencies have not beeninvolved at this stage mdash AFP

Four Paris copsstabbed to death

A police vehicle drives toward Paris police headquartersfollowing alleged stabbing by a co-worker on Thursday AFP

London October 3 UK Prime Minister BorisJohnson on Thursday saidhe has made a ldquogenuineattempt to bridge thechasmrdquo in order to get afresh Brexit deal with theEU as he appealed to MPs inthe House of Commons tosupport his proposals

Johnson told MPs that hisproposals mdash which wouldsee Northern Ireland stay inthe European single marketfor goods but leave the cus-toms union mdash were a ldquocom-promiserdquo He has main-tained that the UK will

leave the EU on October 31with or without a deal

The UK government isnow hoping to begin a peri-od of intense negotiationswith the aim of reaching afinal agreement at an EU

summit on October 17ldquoThis government has

moved our proposals dorepresent a compromiseand I hope that the Housecan now come together inthe national interestbehind this new dealrdquoJohnson told MPs

The backstop is the con-troversial ldquoinsurance poli-cyrdquo that is meant to keep afree-flowing border on theisland of Ireland but whichcritics including Johnsonfear could trap the UK inEU trading rules indefi-nitely mdash IANS

Accept Brexit planBoris tells MPsJerusalem October 3 Israel swore in its newlyelected parliament onThursday for what could bea very short term after thecountrys second inconclu-sive election of the year leftit with no new governmenton the horizon

The typically festive eventwas marked mostly byuncertainty as the two maincandidates for prime minis-ter sniped at each other overwho should lead the country

It also came in parallel toPrime Minister BenjaminNetanyahus high-profile

pre-indictment hearing oncorruption charges whichhave threatened to end hispolitical career and con-tributed to the currentparalysis of the countryspolitical system

Neither Netanyahu norhis chief rival Benny Gantzhas been able to build a par-liamentary majority withtheir natural allies Theynow depend on each otherfor a unity government asthe only likely alternative toan unprecedented thirdelection in less than a year

ldquoThe right thing for the

citizens of Israel especiallyat this time is for the primeminister to be busy workingfor them and not preoccu-pied with indictmentsrdquoGantz said

ldquoI call upon Netanyahu Donot barricade yourself in yourposition We will take thereins from here and lead thecountry for the good of thecitizensrdquo For thesake of unity Gantzrsquos deputyYair Lapid announced hewas forgoing a previousarrangement to share thepremiership should theycome to power mdash AP

No govt yet Israel swears in MPs

PM Boris Johnson in House AFP

PUNJAB WATER SUPPLY amp SEWERAGE BOARDNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No ETENDERPWSSDHOSHIARPUREE201954 of 2019 Date 03102019On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer PWSSB Chandigarh The Executive Engineer Punjab Water Supply amp Sewerage Division Hoshiarpur re-invite bids due to non-submission ofbids from the eligible bidders for the work detailed below-

2 Important dates are as under-i) Period of availability of tender online shall be From 03102019 to 13102019 up to 500 pmii) Pre-bid Meeting 07102019 at 1100 amiii) Last date amp time for online submission of bid shall be 13102019 up to 500 pmiv) Date amp time of opening of Technical Bid 14102019 at 0100 pm

SrNo

Name of the Work EarnestMoney

Cost of Document Tender processing Fee Period ofCompletion

Approx Valueof the work

1 Construction of STP 400 MLD at Balachaur Town Rs 800 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

2 Construction of STP 200 MLD at Hariana Town Rs 500 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

3 Construction of STP 300 MLD at Rahon Town Rs 700 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

4 Construction of STP 300 MLD at Garhshankar Town Rs 700 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

Note (i) The dates given above are for both eligible LampC Societies amp Contractors(ii) For detailed terms and conditions refer to website httpeprocpunjabgovin(iii) If any corrigendum issued will be loaded and seen at website httpeprocpunjabgovin Sd- Executive Engineer PWSSD HSPDPRPbC6790

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ੀ1ਭ੨ਸਭਜਜ਼੨ਯ੨ਭ ੪ ੀ੨ਭਗ਼੨DPRPbC7362

PUNJAB WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGEDIVISION GURDASPUR

RE-TENDERING No 10 of 2019-20 (3rd time)httpseprocpunjabgovin

On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer Pb WS amp Sew Board ChandigarhExecutive Engineer Pb WS amp Sew Division Gurdaspur The E-tenderingNotice No 10 issued vide this office endst 4006-78 dt 17092019 are herebyrecalled due to reason that No bidders participate received for each of the belowtender Now these tender will be opened as per detail given below-

Important dates are as under

Period of availability of tender online shall be 04102019 from 200 PM

Last date and time for online submission of bid 10102019 upto 500 PMshall be

Date and time of opening of Technical Bid 11102019 at 200 PM

1 Note- The dates given above for above tenders are for LampC societiesfor detailed terms and conditions refer to websitehttpseprocpunjabgovin

2 Corrigendumaddendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerPunjab WS amp Sew Division Gurdaspur

SrNo

Description of work EarnestMoney(Rs)

Cost ofdocument

TenderFee (Rs)

Periodof

comp-letion

ApproxValue of

thework

1 Providing amp Fixing laying Jointingcutting testing of RCC NP3 300mm idPipe and construction of smallscreening chamber room providingand supply installation of motor pumpset sludge pump set repair of MPSand STP and Complete all otherworks as per site Dera Baba NanakGurdaspur District Gurdaspur

2DNITcost Rs

68580-

Rs 100- 4months

Rs 3429

lac

DPRPbD6791

PUNJAB WATER SUPPLY amp SEWERAGE BOARDNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No E-TENDERPWSSDHOSHIARPUREE201953 of 2019 Date 3102019

httpeprocpunjabgovin

On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer PWSSB Chandigarh TheExecutive Engineer Punjab Water Supply amp Sewerage Division Hoshiarpurreinvite the bids due to non-submission of bids from the eligible bidders for thework detailed below-

2 Important dates are as under

i) Period of availability of tender from 03102019 to17102019 uponline shall be to 500 pm

ii) Last date amp time for online submission 17102019 up to 500 pmof bid shall be

iii) Date amp time of opening of Technical Bid 18102019 at 100 pm

Note- (i) The dates given above are both for eligible LampC Societies andContractors

(ii) For detailed terms and condtions refer to websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin

(iii) If any corrigendum issued will be loaded amp seen at websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin

Sd- Executive Engineer

Punjab WS amp Sew Division Hoshiarpur

SrNo

Name of the work EarnestMoney

Cost ofDocument

TenderProcessing

Fee

Periodof

Comp-letion

ApproxValueof theWork

3 Amtc Reserve Stock Hoshiarpurfor the year 2019-20 at HSP ldquoSupplyof One No Chowkidar to Watch ampWard Reserve Stock Hoshiarpurrdquowef 15092019 to 31032020

Rs2000-

1002360 6 Months15 Days

Lumpsum

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ਜ਼੨ ੦ਸਾ੨ਾ੦ਯਸਭਞ੮੨

੨ਝ੦ਜਮ IਵਭਸਙIਭ੦੧ਯਗ਼ਸੜਜI੨ਝਟਭ੨ਾਵੀਯ ਜਙਞਙਜ੨I੨੭੪ਯ੨ਗ਼੨ੜIਠ੨ਙ ਆਗ਼ਾIਭਜਙI੭ਭ੨੪ਟਜਟTemporar+੪ਞ ੪੪ਟI੨I੨ ਜ਼੨੦I੭ਵਝਗ਼ਜਙ੨ਮਙI੦270320423੮੦6022੭ਸਭਭ੦੨ 0ੜ345ਜ਼ਾਭ੪੮ਮੀ00 ੨੦ਯI੭ਮਸ ਙਭ੨੭ਠI੨I੨ ਜ਼੨੦ ਜ਼ਾਭ੪ ੮ਮੀ00 ੨੦ਯI੭ਮਠਗ਼੪ੜਭ੪ ਗ਼ਟਜਙ੨ਮਙI੭ਵ I੦290320423 I ੦Iਸਾ੨ਾ੨I੭ਵੀ੨ਜ੨ ਗ਼ਾIਭਜਙI੭ਭ੨੪ਟਜਟTemporar+੪ਞ ਸ੨ਭਸਯ

ੀ1ਞਭਭ੦੮੨ਸ+੭lt ੦ਿਸਾ੨ਾ੦ਯDPRPbD6805

MUNICIPAL CORPORATION SAS NAGAR (MOHALI) DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT PUNJAB

(MUNICIPAL BHAWAN SECTOR 68 SAS NAGAR)

NOTICE INVITING E-TENDER

No 2148 Dt 031019Commissioner on behalf of MC SAS Nagar invites e-tenders on two bid

system (Technical and Financial bid) for the following works from theregistered LampC Co-op Societies and from the enlisted Govt contractors firms

Date and time schedule

For participating in the above e-tendering process the contractorsshall have to get themselves registered withwwweprocpunjabgovin and get user Id and password class-3digital signature is mandatory to participate in the e-tendering(a) Interested bidders can purchase the tender document online from

website wwweprocpunjabgovin NIT and terms and conditionsare being uploaded at the website (wwweprocpunjabgovin)

(b) Bidders shall attach scanned copies of all the papers ie scannedcopies of certificatedocuments as required in terms and condition

(c) CorrigendumAddendumcorrections if any will be posted in thewebsite

(d) Bidders should note that online tenders will be only submitted atthe aforesaid website wwweprocpunjabgovin as per thedetailsinstructions uploaded therein

(e) If at the time of submission of E-Tenders any error occurs due totechnical reasons of the website Municipal Corporation SASNagar will not be responsible

Sd- Corporation Engineer Municipal Corporation SAS Nagar

SrNo

Last date of online submissionof bidding document

Time and Date of Opening of tender

1 22102019 till 1200 23102019 till 1200

SrNo

Name of the work EstimatedCost

(in Lac)

EMD (in Rs)

Processingfee (in Rs)

Timeperiod

1 Laying 40 mm thick BC roadfrom Sec-48C MC limit toBawa White House lights

236 472000- 5900- 3

2 RC estimate forbeautification andupgradation of road fromChandigarh entry to IISERin MC SAS Nagar

4871 97420- 5748- 3

3 RC estimate PL ofBitummious Concrete ondifferent roads of Inds areaPhase-1 5 amp Inds areaPhase-8 in MC SAS Nagar

3539 70780- 4176- 3

DPRPbC7356

THE TRIBUNE14 JALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019SPORT

Visakhapatnam October 3Indiarsquos opening batsmanMayank Agarwal convertedhis maiden Test hundred intoa double century as the hometeam declared for 5027before the hostsrsquo spinnersmade early inroads into theSouth African batting orderAfter Rohit Sharmarsquos poten-tially career-defining 176 inhis first innings as a Testopener it was Agarwalrsquos turnto dominate the bowlers asthe 28-year-old made 215before the hosts declared onDay 2 of the first Test

Ravichandran Ashwin andRavindra Jadeja then got inon the act by dismissingSouth Africa opener AidenMarkram No 3 Theunis deBruyn and nightwatchmanDane Piedt to leave the tour-ing side reeling at 393 atstumps In a worrying signfor South Africa who lost 0-3 on their last trip to India in2015 a few deliveries keptlow on a pitch already offer-ing turn for the spinners

Cheap lossesIndia lost Cheteshwar Pujaracaptain Virat Kohli andAjinkya Rahane cheaply inthe second session but stillmanaged to put an imposingfirst-innings total on theboard Playing only his fifthTest Agarwal who had a pre-vious highest score of 77drove South African spinspearhead Keshav Maharajfor two runs to long off andthrew his hands in the airafter bringing up his double

hundred Starting the day on202 without loss Indiarsquosopeners treated SouthAfricarsquos bowlers with thesame disdain they showed onthe rain-interrupted openingday Visiting captain Faf duPlessis packed his fielders onone side of the wicket butboth Rohit and Agarwalscored almost at will tamingthe spinners by employingboth conventional andreverse sweep shots

South Africa looked des-perately short of ideas inthe face of the battingonslaught Rohit and Agar-wal stitched together astand of 317 Rohit was outstumped to KeshavMaharaj Dropped on 126 byQuinton de Kock off seamerVernon Philander Rohit hitMaharaj for his sixth sixand followed it up with afour but the left-arm bowlerspun the next one past hisforward defence and thewicketkeeper whipped thebails off Philanderremoved Pujara for six withthe first delivery of the sec-ond session while Kohliwho made 20 offered atame return catch to debu-tant all-rounder SenuranMuthusamy Karnatakabatsman Agarwal who hit23 fours and six sixes in hisknock added 53 for thethird wicket with Kohli anda further 54 for the fourthwith Rahane (15) before heholed out off a tame full tossfrom part-time spinnerDean Elgar mdash Reuters

Visakhapatnam October 3 Featuring in only his fifth Testmatch Mayank Agarwalbecame the fourth Indian bats-man to convert his maidencentury into a double hundredand the Karnataka opener iselated over his performanceSpeaking after the match adelighted Agarwal said ldquoI amextremely happy It is a feelingI canrsquot describe Glad that Icould make my maiden hun-dred into a doublerdquo

ldquoI am happy with the wayI played I am batting welland if we can keep battingtogether like this upfront itwill be great for the teamrdquohe added ldquoIf Rohit and Ican keep contributing tomake 450-500 every time itwill be very tough for theopposition I would be lyingif I say that you only have tothink about your own gameAt times you feel that youare playing well and cantake a chance but thatrsquosnot how it works You haveto be patient We had a greatpartnership to lay the foun-dation and get to 300 runsrdquo

Agarwal also praisedRohitrsquos 176-run knock as theMumbai right-handersilenced all his critics whohad questioned his role as aTest opener ldquoThe way he(Rohit) dominated the spin-ners was great to seerdquo Agar-wal said ldquoInitially the pitchdid do a bit with the new ballbut when the sun came outit got better and better As weapproached lunch on Day 2the ball started keeping lowIt started spinning by teaand it is great signs for usrdquo

Didnrsquot bow badly Rohit andAgarwal were good MaharajSouth African spinners didnot bowl badly and it was thesheer brilliance of RohitSharma and Mayank Agarw-al that has taken the gameaway from the visitors leadProteas spinner KeshavMaharaj said ldquoI wouldnrsquotsay they bowled poorly I per-sonally judge if someonecomes down the wicket andhits you itrsquos not a bad ball Ifyou are getting hit from thecrease if you are getting cutthen itrsquos a different storyrdquosaid Maharaj ldquoPiedt wasunlucky Mayank playedsuperbly well and so didRohit Literally everythingthey wanted to do paid off itwas their dayrdquo he saidIndiawon the toss and had no hes-itation in batting first ldquoI sup-pose the toss does play a partbecause you want the bestpossible conditions to bowlfor the spinners but havingsaid that we could have beena little bit better at timeswhen we did bowl But I sup-pose the toss does play alarge factor in terms of theoutcome of the gamerdquo saidMaharaj mdash Agencies

SURATIndian women seal serieswith 5-wkt win over SAThe Indian womenrsquos cricketteam produced anotherauthoritative performance tocomfortably defeat SouthAfrica by five wickets in thefifth T20I taking an unassail-able 3-0 lead in the six-matchseries With two games beingcompletely washed out theseries was extended from fiveto six matches and India need-ed to win on the day to sealthe series Off-spinner DeeptiSharma (219) and left-armspinnner Radha Yadav (323)restricted the Proteas womento 988 Brief Scores SA 988(Wolvaardt 17 Radha 323Deepti 219) India 995 (Har-manpreet 34 Ismail 219)

BENGALURURoger Binny electedpresident of KSCAFormer India cricketer RogerBinny and his team sweptthe Karnataka State CricketKarnataka State CricketAssociation elections Mean-while the Odisha CricketAssociation nominated taint-ed and jailed former supre-mo Asirbad Beherarsquos sonSanjay Behera as its repre-sentative at the BCCI AGM onOctober 23 Sanjay hasrecently been elected secre-tary of the association as hisfather who has been arrest-ed by CBI for his active con-nection with a chit-fundscam voted from jail

LONDONStokes wins playersrsquo awardafter World Cup heroicsBen Stokes has been votedthe Professional CricketersrsquoAssociation playersrsquo Player ofthe Year after starring in Eng-landrsquos maiden World Cup winand repeating his heroics dur-ing the Ashes series Stokeswill play for Northern Super-chargers in the new Hundredformat tournament with theLeeds-based franchise snap-ping up all-rounder ahead ofJoe Root and Jonny Bairstow

JAIPURJampK beat Railways by fourwkts in Hazare TrophyParvez Rasool hammered anunbeaten 118 to power Jamp Kto a four-wicket win over Rail-ways in their Vijay HazareGroup C matchBrief scores Railways 2856in 50 overs (D Mor 70 A Ghosh64 K Sharma 40 U Nazir353) JampK 2876 in 491 overs(P Rasool 118 SS Pundir 38 HSangwan 366) mdash AGENCIES

BRIEFLY lsquoHope I Rohitcontributebig for teamin future toorsquo

Deepankar ShardaTribune News Service

mumbai october 3In a first India will host pre-season National BasketballAssociation (NBA) matchesbetween Sacramento Kingsand Indiana Pacers here onOctober 4 and 5 The two-daycontest is a bid to populariseNBA and basketball in India

Sacramento Kingsrsquo own-er Vivek Ranadive is thedriving force behind NBAmaking its debut in hishometown Mumbai ldquoThegame here in Mumbai willallow NBA to open theirinterest for the next 10years India would be hav-ing more arenas moreplayers and more coachesto promote the sport NBAhas a long association withIndia but this is the righttime to push it ahead in abig wayrdquo said Ranadive aMumbai-born Americanbusinessman ldquoNBA com-missioner Adam Silver wasof the view that these games

are must to attract the Indi-an youth towards the sportI think in coming years bas-ketball would be the second-most popular sport in IndiaIt will be difficult to replacecricket but basketball andIndia are meant to betogether I just hope NBAturns the fortune of Indianyoungsters in a big wayrdquo

added Ranadive Sacramen-to Kings coach Luke Waltonsaid the players are excitedto play in Mumbai ldquoIt was akind of rest day today andthe players were asked justto sweat a bit The pre-sea-son games are equallyimportant as the major tour-namentsrdquo said Walton

NBA makes India debut asKings take on Pacers in Mumbai

Kultar Malikelected HCApresidentNew Delhi October 3Kultar Malik was namedpresident of the HaryanaCricket Association (HCA)after the results of the elec-tions for the officebearerswere declared here today

Mrinal Ojha was appoint-ed secretary and MahenderSingh was named the treas-urer All the three office-bearers are outgoing BCCItreasurer AnirudhChaudhryrsquos loyalists

While four members ofthe Apex Council wereappointed two memberswill be player representa-tives and another one willbe from the CAG It is learntthat the association hascommunicated the result ofthe election to the BCCI aswell as the Amicus CuriaeThe HCA has also writtenback to the CoA after thecommittee sent in a com-munication at 1am on Octo-ber 2 that an officebearer ofthe HCA should meet theCoA on October 3 mdash IANS

India beat Belgium end tour on highAntwerp October 3The Indian menrsquos hockeyteam outclassed reigningworld and European Cham-pions Belgium 5-1 in thefifth and final match tomaintain a hundred percent record in their tour ofBelgium

World No 5 India won alltheir five matches duringthe tour beating Belgium 2-0 in the opening match andregistering 6-1 and 5-1 winsover Spain in the next twogames before finishing offtheir tour with two morewins (2-1 and 5-1)

In the fifth match Sim-ranjeet Singh (7th) LalitKumar Upadhyay (35th)Vivek Sagar Prasad (36th)Harmanpreet Singh (42nd)and Ramandeep Singh(43rd) scored one goal eachto earn a scintillating victo-ry for the Indian team

India produced a stun-ning move in the 7thminute to take the leadthrough forward Simran-jeet Belgium forced acomeback but their penaltycorner was saved by Kris-

han Pathak in the 9thminute helping India tomaintain their one-goaladvantage at the first break

The second quarter sawworld No 2 Belgium winback-to-back penalty cor-ners in the 16th minute butPathak made sure thatthere was no damage Bel-gium tried hard to score anequaliser but some resolutedefending saw India taketheir lead into the half-timebreak

Attack modeThe visitors started thethird quarter with anattacking intent and wererewarded immediatelywith Lalit Kumar Upad-hyay bagging his first goalof the match in the 35thminute to extend Indiarsquoslead to 2-0 YoungsterVivek Sagar Prasad (36th)also registered his nameon the scoresheet as heproduced a crafty finish tobeat the Belgian goalkeep-

er The 38th minute sawBelgium win a penalty cor-ner but PR Sreejeshrsquos div-ing save kept the score 3-0in Indiarsquos favour Howevera brilliant strike fromAlexander Hendrickxmade it 3-1 in the 39thminute

Double blowIndia scored twice in twominutes just before the endof the third quarter to extendtheir lead to 5-1 Indiarsquosfourth goal was scored bydragflicker HarmanpreetSingh who converted apenalty corner in the 42ndminute while the fifth goalcame through RamandeepSingh who scored in the43rd minute mdash PTI

FIRST TESTINDIA VS SOUTH AFRICA

STAR SPORTS 930AMGOLF WOMENrsquoS INDIAN OPEN

DSPORT 1230PM

ATHLETICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPSSTAR SPORTS 1030PM

PRO KABADDI LEAGUESTAR SPORTS 730PM

TODAY ON TV

INDIA (Overnight 2020)

M Agarwal c Piedt b Elgar 215R Sharma st de Kock b Maharaj 176C Pujara b Philander 6V Kohli campb Muthusamy 20A Rahane c Bavuma b Maharaj 15R Jadeja not out 30H Vihari c Elgar b Maharaj 10W Saha c Muthusamy b Piedt 21R Ashwin not out 1Extras (B-4 LB-1 NB-2 W-1) 8Total (7 wickets decl 136 overs) 502Fall of wickets 1-317 2-324 3-377 4-431 5-436 6-457 7-494BowlingVernon Philander 22-4-68-1Kagiso Rabada 24-7-66-0

Keshav Maharaj 55-6-189-3Dane Piedt 19-1-107-1Senuran Muthusamy 15-1-63-1Dean Elgar 1-0-4-1

SOUTH AFRICAD Elgar not out 27A Markram b Ashwin 5T de Bruyn c Saha b Ashwin 4D Piedt b Jadeja 0T Bavuma not out 2Extras (LB-1) 1Total (3 wickets 20 overs) 39BowlingIshant Sharma 2-0-8-0Mohammed Shami 2-2-0-0Ravichandran Ashwin 8-4-9-2Ravindra Jadeja 8-1-21-1

Harmanpreet Singh and Ramandeep Singh both scored forIndia against Belgium HOCKEY INDIA

Double the troubleSouth Africa 393 at stumps onDay 2 after Agarwalrsquos double tonprops India to 5027 declared

SCOREBOARD

391Runs accumulated byIndia openers mdash215 by

Agarwal and 176 by Rohit mdash is thethird highest in a Test innings Thehighest is 404 by Vinoo Mankad(231) and Pankaj Roy (173)against New Zealand in 1956

0Bigger partnerships for any wick-et for India vs SA than the open-

ing stand between Rohit and Agarw-al The previous best was 268between Sehwag and Dravid for thesecond wicket in Chennai in 2008

4Indians who con-verted their maid-

en Test century into a200-plus scoreincluding MayankAgarwal Dilip Sarde-sai (200) VinodKambli (224) andKarun Nair (303)are the other three tohave done so

86TH Indian bats-man mdash Mayank

Agarwal mdash to score ahundred in Tests The28-year-old whomade his debut vsAustralia in Mel-bourne in December2018 took eightinnings to register hismaiden Test century

9TH First-Classcentury and

third double-tonfor Agarwalincluding atriple-ton Hehas convertedsix of his nineFirst-Class hun-dreds into 150-plus scores

12Sixes hit by Indiaopeners mdash six each

for Rohit and Agarwal mdashis the most by openersfor any team in a Testinnings There has beenonly one Test inningswhen India batsmenhave hit more sixes mdash 15vs SL at Brabourne Stadi-um in Mumbai in 2009

3RD Indian opening pair mdash Rohitand Agarwal mdash to share a 300-

run partnership in Test cricketRohit and Agarwal achieved thefeat with a stand of 317 runs OtherIndian opening pairs to share a300-plus partnership in Test cricketare Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy(413 runs vs NZ in 1956) andSehwag and Dravid (410 runs vsPak in 2006)

Vinayak PadmadeoTribune News Service

New Delhi October 3The Professional WrestlingLeague owners Pro Sporti-fy have sent a notice to theWrestling Federation ofIndia (WFI) for ldquobreach ofagreementrdquo

In a letter addressed toWFI president Brij BhushanSharan Singh the rightsholders have raised theirobjection to what they see asa gross oversight by thesports body to sanction thelaunch of a rival league Zee

Kushti Dangal whichaccording to Pro Sportifywas malicious ldquohellipThelaunch of the said ZeeKushti Dangal was held on23rd September 2019 at NewDelhi What is even moresurprising is that the launchevent was not only attendedby you but you also partici-pated in the press confer-ence with Mr Mukund Cairethe COO of ZEEL Further-more in the press confer-ence you made a statementthat both Pro WrestlingLeague and Zee Kushti Dan-

gal can coexist You also stat-ed that Zee Kushti Dangaland Pro Wrestling Leaguehave different formats andscoperdquo the notice sent bythe legal head of Pro Sporti-fy Dinesh Bant said

ldquoWe have analysed the for-mat of Zee Kushti Dangaland compared it to the ProWrestling League there is nodifference between the for-mats of the two tournamentsAs such it appears that beingconscious of the fact that itsactions clearly tantamount tobreach of the agreement theWFI has attempted to camou-flage this blatant breach bychanging the nomenclatureof the league being launchedby ZEEL That the ZeeKushti Dangal is the same asthe Pro Wrestling League is

evident from the fact that MrCaire of ZEEL referred to ZeeKushti Dangal as thelsquo Leaguersquo several times dur-ing the press conferenceThis makes it evidently clearthat while the proposed tour-nament is in the league for-mat it has only been namedlsquoDangalrsquo to circumvent theexclusivity rights retained byPro Sportifyrdquo it added

Pro Sportify Private Limit-ed had signed a 15-year con-tract with the WFI and it cit-ed clause 94 of thecommercial rights agree-

ment to cite the violationsWFI president Singh wasunavailable for commentsHowever it is understoodthat the body was unper-turbed with the developmentas it feels it was in a strongbargaining position shouldthe matter go to the courts

Interestingly the WFI hadserved the rights holder a ter-mination notice in 2016 forseveral violations includingnon-payment of rights feeand delayed payments madeto both wrestlers and techni-cal staff

Dangal over league rights PWL organisers send notice to WFIThe WFI has attemptedto camouflage this

blatant breach by changingthe nomenclature of theleague being launched byZEEL mdash Dinesh Bant PRO SPORTIFY LEGAL HEAD

Marvin Bagley of the Sacramento Kings shoots during Apractice session in Mumbai NBA

RESULTIndia 5 Simranjeet Singh(7th) Lalit Kumar Upad-hyay (35th) Vivek SagarPrasad (36th) Harman-preet Singh (42nd) andRamandeep Singh (43rd)

Belgium 1 AlexanderHendrickx (39th)

Mayank Agarwal celebratesafter scoring his maiden doublecentury on Day 2 PTI

Doha October 3

Grant Holloway of the UnitedStates blazed to his firstWorld Championships 110-mhurdles title last night in adramatic race in whichdefending champion OmarMcLeod fell

The 21-year-old Hollowaywho came into the champi-onships with the seasonrsquosfastest run of 1298 secondssmoothly glided through 10hurdles to cross the line in1310 five-hundredths of asecond ahead of SergeyShubenkov

Favourite to defend his titleJamaican McLeod came outof the starting blocks fast buthis race quickly turned souras he knocked down hurdlesand tumbled to the trackbefore reaching the finishline McLeod said he had felta hamstring strain in thewarm-up and thought itwould go away ldquoI was readyto go I showed up readyrdquoMcLeod said ldquoI put myself inthe very best situation todefend my titlerdquo Capitalisingon McLeodrsquos fallShubenkov the 2015 worldchampion took his secondconsecutive world silver witha technically sound run of1315 seconds

Holloway and Shubenkovsaid they had no idea thatchaos was unfolding inneighbouring lanes

ldquoIn the replay I saw that onefell down Another was cele-bratingrdquo said Shubenkov ldquoIthought to myself lsquoI missed

everythingrsquordquo

Asher-Smith grabs goldDina Asher-Smith seized hergolden opportunity to win the200 metres becoming thefirst British woman to claim aglobal sprint title With manyof the top medal contenderspulling out or skipping theevent Asher-Smith provedthe class act in the field pow-ering home in a nationalrecord 2188 seconds to addgold to the silver she won in

the 100m ldquoYoursquore only thefavourite if you go out andperform how people expectyou to and I was reallyfocused on putting together agood racerdquo said Asher-Smith

The once mighty UnitedStates who had been a non-factor in the womenrsquos sprintsin Doha also benefited fromthe scratches as BrittanyBrown grabbed the silver in2222 Switzerlandrsquos MujingaKambundji grabbed bronze

The fight for medals was

blown wide open when someof sprintingrsquos biggest nameswithdrew during the earlierrounds The race was missingthe reigning world andOlympics champions inDutchwoman Dafne Schip-pers and Jamaicarsquos ElaineThompson who withdrewdue to injuries ShaunaeMiller-Uibo of Bahamasowner of the fastest time thisseason elected to race the400m only due to schedulingissues

The world 100m championShelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce andbronze medallist Marie-JoseeTa Lou scratched because ofsoreness from earlier raceswhile Nigeriarsquos BlessingOkagbare who had run thethird fastest time this seasonwas disqualified in her heat

None of that mattered toAsher-Smith blasted out ofthe blocks and was in com-mand coming off the bendbefore cruising to victory

ldquoI made sure that Iremained focusrdquo said Asher-Smith

Shot putter Toor fails toqualify for final round Asian champion TejinderPal Singh Toor failed toqualify for the final roundof the shot put eventdespite producing his sea-sons best effort The 24-year-old Toor finishedeighth in the qualificationround and 18th overall outof the 34 competitors with abest throw of 2043m fromhis three attempts Thosewho touched 2090m or atleast 12 best performerswere to make it to the final

Toor opened with a 2043mthrow bettering his earlierseasons best of 2036m butfouled in his next attemptIn the third attempt Toorcould only come up with a1955m effort to crash out ofthe championship TomasWalsh of New Zealand ledthe finalists with a throw of2192 m mdash Agencies

Great Grant HeistHolloway gets 100m hurdles gold as McLeod falls

THE TRIBUNEJALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 15SPORT

A lone spectator in a stand at the China Open on Thursday AFP

ANNEXURE-A

PRESS NOPRESS NOTICETICEThe Executive Engineer IPH Division Thunag invites tender on behalf ofGovernor of Himachal Pradesh from approved eligible contractor for thefollowing work(s) through e-tendering process-

Name of Work Augmentation of various water supply scheme of GPTandi Saroa Tharjoon Mushrani Bassi Devdhar Kharsi and KotlaKhanula in Gohar Block Tehsil Chachyot District Mandi (HP) (SH-Construction of Jack well type river intake 240 MLD Water TreatmentPlants (16 hours capacity) Providing Laying Jointing and Testing ofGravity Mains Rising mains and distribution system Pump houses StageI II amp III at various locations SE of pumping machinery MBRs and SRsat various locations including trail run period for three months (90 days)on full designed discharge and defect liability period for six months)

Estimated Cost - Rs 222662321-Earnest Money - Rs 2227000-Cost of Tender document - Rs 2500-Time Limit - 24 Months

Schedule of tendering-

The tender document can be downloaded from departmental websiteie wwwhpiphorg wef 4-10-2019 at 1000 AM upto 24-10-2019at 500 PM

Executive EngineerIampPH Division ThunagDistt Mandi

HIM SUCHANA AVAM JAN SAMPARK

1 Site Visit From 7-10-2019 to 15-10-2019 between10 AM to 5 PM except on holidays

2 Pre Bid Meeting date 16-10-2019 at 300 PM in the office ofEngineer-in-Chief IampPH Department JalShakti Bhawan Tutti Kandi Shimla (HP)

3 Bid Submission start date 4-10-2019 at 1000 AM

4 Bid Submission end date 24-10-2019 at 500 PM

5 Earnest Money DepositCost of Tender form if notsubmitted online

25-10-2019 upto 1100 AM

6 Opening of Eligibilitycriteria (Cover-I)

25-10-2019 at 1230 PM

7 Opening of Technical Bid(Cover-II)

Date and place to be notifiedseparately

8 Opening of Financial bid(Cover-III)

Date and place to be notifiedseparately

DPRHP2327

OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL

ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE GOVT INSTITUTE OFENGINEERING amp TECHNOLOGY

PRAGATI NAGAR DISTT SHIMLA (HP) ndash 171202NOTICE INVITING TENDER

(Tender No ABVGIETSTRTender2019-20- 01)Sealed tenders are invited from the eligible manufacturers

Firmsauthorized dealers for the procurement of Machinery ampequipmentsTools etc for the polytechnic labs such as ECElabs CSE labs Mechanical Labs etc as per specifications andterms amp conditions given in the tender document The tenderform can be downloaded from our websitehttpwwwabvgietorg or can be collected from this instituteon any working day from 1000 AM to 0500 PM at a cost ofRs 500- at the counter and Rs 600- if desired by Regd Postper set and Vendor using downloaded Tender Documents shallrequire to submit DD for Rs 500- which is non-refundable infavour of the Principal ABVGIET Pragatinagar Distt Shimla(HP) which shall be submitted alongwith the tender Completetender document along with earnest money and tender cost (asshown in the document) will be received up to 200 PM on30102019 and tender will be opened same day at 0300 PMin the presence of biddersrepresentative who wish to bepresent The tender submitted after the date amp time mentionedabove will not be considered

The Principal reserves the right to cancel the tender withoutassigning any reason thereof

Sd- PrincipalAtal Bihari Vajpayee

Govt Institute of Engg amp TechnologyPragatinagar Distt Shimla (HP)-171202

DPRHP2332

NOTICE INVITING TENDERS

Bid Ref No TBS(DMP)ESSTTIRL2019 (etenders)

TB Sanatorium Dharampur Distt Solan (HP) hereby invites bidsfrom eligible and qualified bidders for

Construction Testing Commissioning and Validation ofTB Containment Laboratory and Associated Works onlsquoTurnkey Basisrsquo under RNTCP with Supply and Installationof Two Class-II A2 BSC with Thimble Canopy and with TwoOnline UPS

Bidders can download the bid documents with all details fromthe website httpwwwhptendersgovin

For any queries bidders may contact the office of the Senior MedicalSuperintendent TB Sanatorium Dharampur Distt Solan HimachalPradesh from 1100 am to 0400 pm on all working days

Senior Medical SuperintendentHP Govt TB Sanatorium DharampurEmail stdchprntcporgPhone No 01792-264022DPRHP400

Beijing Andy Murrayexpressed disappointmentabout crowds at the ChinaOpen tennis where some ofthe best players in the worldhave competed in front ofswathes of empty seats

ldquoI think as the tournamentgoes on you tend to get bet-ter crowds towards the endof the weekrdquo said MurrayldquoLast couple of days in

terms of atmosphere itrsquosbeen not as good as youwould likerdquo

The three-time GrandSlam champion praised thetournament as a whole butsaid ldquoI donrsquot know if Irsquomcomplaining about it but Irsquodlike it to be bigger crowdsand nicer atmospheres Thatnormally comes as the weekgoes onrdquo mdash AFP

Murray disappointed by lack of China fans

Osaka October 3Fiji finally found their feet atthe Rugby World Cup with adominant 45-10 victory overGeorgia on Thursday as theirjet-heeled backs tore theirPool D rivals apart in a seven-try rout at a rain-drenchedHanazono Rugby Stadium

Winger Semi Radradrascored twice and made threeothers as the Pacific islandersrebounded from defeats toAustralia and Uruguay to gettheir first win in Japan

While their upset loss toUruguay has all but put paidto their hopes of reaching thequarter-finals Fiji are now inpole position to finish thirdand qualify for the 2023 WorldCup

Ireland edge RussiaKobe Ireland began to puttheir World Cup back on trackafter the shock loss to Japanbut it took them over an hourto secure a bonus point andstrengthen their quarterfinalchances in an unconvincing35-0 win over a stubborn Rus-sia Ireland just need to beatSamoa to reach the last-eightbut the fact Joe Schmidtrsquosside struggled to put awaysuch a limited team will do lit-tle for fansrsquo waning hopes ofreaching a first semifinal

Only a commanding win

would have sufficed with theshock in Shizuoka still rever-berating around the tourna-ment and it looked on thecards when Rob Kearneywho scored in the 62-12thrashing of Russia in the2011 World Cup toucheddown after 90 seconds

Sexton who was not riskedagainst Japan due to a thighinjury appeared to have Ire-land rushing towards thebonus point when his text-book 13th-minute dinkthrough was carried over byflanker Peter OrsquoMahony forjust his second try in 62 tests

Yet Russia who belied theirlowly standing by givingJapan a fright remained com-petitive with Ramil Gaisinrsquossmart kicking helping to keepIreland at bay for another 20minutes mdash Agencies

Fiji crush GeorgiaRussia fight Ireland

Los Angeles October 3Alberto Salazar pushed him-self to the brink and beyondas an athlete and preachedthe same philosophy as acoach to distance runningstars But the 61-year-oldCuban-born Americanrsquos willto win finally went too faraccording to the US Anti-Dop-ing Agency (USADA) whichhas banned him for four yearsfor multiple doping viola-tions Salazar has been amajor figure in American ath-letics for four decades Hewon the 1980 1981 and 1982New York Marathons and the1982 Boston Marathon andlater coached such stars asBritainrsquos Mo Farah the 2012and 2016 Olympics championat 5000 and 10000 metres

Salazar arrived in the Unit-ed States as a toddler Hisfather was a friend of FidelCastro who fought alongside

him in the revolution but lat-er opposed the Communistgovernment The familymoved to suburban Bostonwhere Salazar won a statecross country crown in 1975He helped the University ofOregon capture the US colle-giate cross country title in1977 taking national collegeindividual honours the fol-lowing year

Olympics dreamsIn 1980 Salazar qualified forthe US Olympics team at10000m but the Americansboycotted the Moscow Gamesand Salazar tackled a newchallenge the marathon Hequickly conquered the 262-mile (42195km) event At 22Salazar won his marathondebut in New York then set acareer-best of 2hrs 8mins13secs to defend his title

In 1982 he took New York

and claimed his only BostonMarathon title in what wasdubbed the ldquoDuel in the Sunrdquowith Dick Beardsley Afterbesting Beardsley in a sprintfinish a dehydrated Salazarcollapsed Salazar finished15th in the marathon at the1984 Los Angeles Olympicsthen trained and competeduntil retiring in the mid-1990s when he began mov-ing into coaching joiningwith Nike to form the Oregon

Project in 2001 to train dis-tance runners

Big namesThe program includes Dono-van Brazier mdash who won the800m world title Monday asnews of Salazarrsquos ban explod-ed into the athletics scene mdashand Sifan Hassan who wonthe womenrsquos 10000m worldcrown two days earlier

Stripped of his credentialsat the World Championships

in Doha Salazar has vowed tofight the ban which washanded down for violationsincluding trafficking testos-terone tampering with theathlete doping controlprocess and using bannedinfusion techniques

A four-year ban was alsoissued to Dr Jeffrey Brownwho was a physician fornumerous Nike Oregon ath-letes and a paid consultanton performance enhance-

ment for the Project part ofa scheme to manipulatetestosterone levels withouttesting positive

ldquoWhile acting in connec-tion with the Nike OregonProject Mr Salazar and DrBrown demonstrated thatwinning was more importantthan the health and wellbe-ing of the athletes they weresworn to protectrdquo USADAchief executive Travis TTygart said mdash Agencies

Morsquos super-coach Salazarrsquos road to disgrace

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Grant Holloway of the US wins the 100m hurldles gold even as defending champion OmarMcleod of Jamaica falls APPTI

Alberto Salazar hugs Galen Rupp of USA and Mo Farah after the5000m final at the 2011 World Championships FILEAFP

Two of his trainees won goldmedals at Doha World Crsquoships Steve Magness who spent 18 months as Salazarrsquos assis-

tant coach in the project before leaving shortly before theLondon Olympics spoke out as a whistleblower whenBBCrsquos Panorama and ProPublica investigated doping alle-gations around Salazar in 2015 Testimonies from variousfigures alleged micro-dosing of testosterone among othersuspicious actions Salazar denied wrongdoing Mo Farahstuck with him and won another golden double at the Riode Janeiro Olympics in 2016 But doping allegationsnagged Farah left Salazar in October 2017 The USADAcase against Salazar and Brown went to the American Arbi-tration Association with hearings conducted in May andJune 2018 setting the stage for the arbitration rulingshanded down Monday

How the star coach was caught in the net

Beijing October 3Fourth seed Naomi Osaka beatAmerican Alison Riske 6-4 6-0in the China Open here todayto set up a quarterfinal clashwith US Open champion Bian-ca Andreescu (in picture)

Osaka who won the PanPacific Open in Japan lastmonth converted five of eightbreak points and won the final10 games in a row to wrap upthe contest in 73 minutes mdash herseventh consecutive win in the

Asian swingCanadarsquos fifth-seeded

Andreescu cruisedpast American

qualifierJennifer

Brady with a 6-1 6-3 win Bradyfaced 11 break points of whichfour were converted by theCanadian who advanced in 67minutes Defending championCaroline Wozniacki also wentthrough to the quarter-finals instraight sets with a 7-5 6-4 winover Czech Republicrsquos Kateri-na Siniakova

Goffin in Japan quarterfinalsTokyo David Goffin of Bel-gium advanced to the JapanOpen quarterfinals aftersqueezing by Canadarsquos DenisShapovalov 7-6(75) 7-6(72)today Goffin will now faceChung Hyeon of South Koreawho pulled an upset victoryagainst sixth-seed Marin Cilic6-4 3-6 6-1

World No 1 Novak Djokovicreturning from a shoulderinjury is scheduled to playFrench fifth-seed Lucas Pouilleon Friday mdash Agencies

Osaka vs BiancaOsaka vs Bianca

Russiarsquos Viktor Gresev IrelandrsquosDave Kilcoyne fight it out AFP

RUGBY WORLD CUP

LONDONEngland call Abraham andTomori drop Alli and LingardEngland dropped Dele Alli andJesse Lingard but called upChelsea youngsters TammyAbraham and Fikayo Tomori in a25-man squad on Thursday foraway Euro 2020 qualifiersagainst the Czech Republic andBulgaria Striker Abrahamturned 22 on Wednesday cele-brating in style with the openerin his clubrsquos 2-1 ChampionsLeague victory at Lille and isthe leading English goalscorerin the Premier League

MADRIDReal host Granada inunlikely top of table clashReal Madrid host Granada in anunlikely first versus secondclash in La Liga on Saturday asthey look to ease the pressureon coach Zinedine Zidane In atopsy-turvy start to the seasonReal who sit one point ahead ofthe Andalusians at the top of LaLiga on 15 points tried thepatience of the demandingBernabeu crowd in midweekneeding two second half goalsto secure a Champions Leaguedraw against Club Brugges Theresult leaves the 13-times Euro-pean champions bottom of theirgroup after two games Thedraw came on the back of lastSaturdayrsquos drab stalemate withneighbours Atletico and coachZidane says his side need to bemore focused on the task athand mdash AGENCIES

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Printed and published by Rajesh Ramachandran for The Tribune Trust Printed at The Tribune Press Plot No 123 Sector 37 Pace City-1 GurugramPublished at The Tribune Sector 29-C ChandigarhRNI No CHAENG201772605 Copyright copy The Tribune Trust All rights reservedTelephones 0124-22100332210044Circulation 0172-2670419 Advertisement 0172-2670256 257Editor Rajesh RamachandranEditor for purpose of PRB Act 1867

SanjayKhuranaTribune News Service

Katra October 3Union Home Minister AmitShah today flagged off theDelhi-Katra Vande BharatExpress from the New Delhirailway station calling it a ldquobiggiftrdquo for Jammu and Kash-mirrsquos development He saidwith Article 370 the ldquobiggestroadblockrdquo in growth gonethe state would be one of themost developed regions of thecountry within a decade

ldquoDelhi-Katra Vande BharatExpress is a gift for Jammuand Kashmirrsquos developmentand for promoting religioustourismrdquo the Union HomeMinister who was accompa-nied by Union Railway Minis-ter Piyush Goyal and UnionMinisters Jitendra Singh andDr Harsh Vardhan said

The Railways has alreadyopened bookings for the trainthat will start commercialoperations from October 5The minimum fare for NewDelhi to Katra travel in chaircar is Rs 1630 while itrsquos Rs3015 for executive chair car

The train will run on allweek days except Tuesdayand will cut the travel timebetween Delhi and Katra to

eight hours from 12-14 hoursearlier to traverse a distanceof 655 km It will depart fromthe New Delhi at 6 am andreach Katra at 2 pm It willreturn the same day fromKatra at 3 pm and reach NewDelhi at 11 pm

Railway officials said the

train would run at a maxi-mum speed of 130 kmph withthree stops at Ambala CanttLudhiana and Jammu Tawi

The decision to run thetrain was taken following thesuccess of the Vande BharatExpress plying between NewDelhi and Varanasi which

was flagged by Prime Minis-ter Narendra Modi on Febru-ary 15 this year

The Integral Coach Factory(ICF) has made changes tothe existing design of thetrain ldquoTo avoid damage dueto stray cattle the train hasbeen equipped with a sturdy

aluminium nose cover Andto guard the window shieldsagainst stone-pelting a spe-cial film has been providedrdquoa Railway official said

More space has been pro-vided to store meals for pas-sengers Besides changes inthe exterior and interior the

ICF has added a slew of mod-ern features like adjustableseats improved wash basinsautomatic doors wi-fi andinfotainment system

ldquoThe Railways will connectthe country from Kashmir toKanyakumari before August15 2022rdquo said Goyal

Shah flags off Delhi-Katra train calls it gift to JampK

The Vande Bharat Express train at New Delhi station prior to its flag-off ceremony on Thursday TRIBUNE PHOTO

CHAIR CAR

~1630 6 times a week 4 hrs travel time cut 6 am departure time from Delhi 2 pm arrival time at Katra 3 pm departure from Katra 11 pm arrival at New Delhi 130 kmph speed halts at Ambala

Cantt Ludhiana amp Jammu Tawi Will run on all weekdays

except Tuesday

Manufactured in a record time of15 years at a cost of

~97 CROREPlastic bottle crushers | Huge pantry |Revolving seats | Automatic doors |

WiFi | Sliding foot-steps

EXECUTIVECHAIR CAR

~3015

TICKET FARE

RECORD TIME

MODERN FEATURES

Jammu jail to have inmate calling system Jammu Kerala native Jatan lodged in a jail in Jammuheard the voice of his wife and minor daughter for thefirst time in nearly four years - thanks to the authoritiesintroducing a first-of-its-kind prison inmate callingsystem which allows prisoners to make long-distancecalls He is facing charges under the NDPS Act Theprison got the facility along with modern interview roomson Bapus 150th birth anniversary PTI

Domestic help held for theft at ministerrsquos houseMumbai A 25-year-old domestic servant has beenarrested for allegedly committing theft at Union RailwayMinister Piyush Goyals house here the police saidAccused Vishnu Kumar who hails from Delhi was alsobooked under the IT Act for allegedly sharing info from acomputer in the house with unidentified persons He wasarrested from the national capital and brought here onWednesday a police official said PTI

By the way

New Delhi October 3Fake news is more dangerousthan paid news and there is aneed for the government andthe media to combat it jointlyInformation and Broadcast-ing Minister PrakashJavadekar said today

The government would how-ever not take any step curbingthe media freedom he said

But there should be somekind of regulation on over-the-top (OTT) platforms as was thecase for films print and elec-tronic media he said

OTT platforms include newsportals and ldquostreamersrdquo suchas Hotstar Netflix and Ama-zon Prime Video which areaccessible over the Internet

He said several mainstreammedia outlets had conveyed tothe government that there wasno level-playing field with OTTplatforms being unregulated

The Press Council of Indiatakes care of the printmedia the News Broadcast-

ers Association (NBA) mon-itors news channels theAdvertising StandardsCouncil of India is for adver-tising while the CentralBoard of Film Certification(CBFC) takes care of filmshe said ldquoHowever there isnothing to regulate OTTplatformsrdquo he said mdash PTI

Need to regulate contenton Net platforms Minister

Tribune News Service

New Delhi October 3The Trump-Modi bonhomieat Houston and New Yorkcould not translate into a tradeagreement during US Com-merce Secretary Wilbur Rossrsquoongoing visit to India

Ross also gave the impres-sion that US President DonaldTrumprsquos presence at ldquoHowdyModirdquo event was a favour to theNew Delhi administration andmade it clear this physical prox-imity between the two leadersdid not dispel the WhiteHousersquos impression that Indianeeded to dismantle barriersthat made its tariff among thehighest in the world

Ross also made it clear thatdespite its reservations aboutthe security aspect the US

was not trying to force India towalk away from 5G technolo-gy by Chinese companies

Speaking on the sidelines ofan international meet that wasalso attended by Ross Com-merce Minister Piyush Goyalruled out any change in Indiarsquos

stand on e-commerce in order toprotect livelihood of 12-13 croreIndians dependent on retail

The new rules bar foreign e-commerce companies fromselling products via firms inwhich they have an equityinterest and also from makingdeals with sellers to sell exclu-sively on their platforms

India and the US have beenindulging in a low-intensitytrade warfare The US hasremoved India from availing ofduty-free exports worth $56 bil-lion under the generalised sys-tem of preferences (GSP)scheme and both have imposedhigher tariffs on 28 of theirproducts In an interview Rossreportedly indicated the UScould look at partial restorationof the GSP withdrawal in agrand bargain for a trade deal

No trade deal despiteTrump-PM bonhomie Luxembourg October 3

Facebook on Wednesdaywas dealt a major blow inthe EUrsquos top court whichruled that national courts inEurope can order onlineplatforms to remove defam-atory content worldwide

The decision will be seenas a victory for EuropeanUnion regulators who wantUS tech giants to meettightened European stan-dards over hate speech andoffensive content

Last week the same courtdecided that Google was notlegally compelled to applythe EUrsquos strict ldquoright to beforgottenrdquo rules globally in avictory for the search giant

In a closely watched judg-ment the European Courtof Justice said EU law ldquodoesnot precluderdquo courts fromordering ldquothe removal ofinformation or to blockaccess worldwiderdquo a state-ment said mdash AFP

Legal blow toFacebook overhate speech

DIGITAL SPIN Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad unveilsa lsquodigital charkharsquo to mark the 150th birth anniversary ofMahatma Gandhi in New Delhi on Thursday PTI

US Commerce Secy says India must dismantle barriers

Washington October 3 A nuclear war between Indiaand Pakistan could in lessthan a week kill 50-125 millionpeople more than the deathtoll during all six years ofWorld War II and lead to glob-al climate catastrophe accord-ing to researchers in the US

A study by researchersfrom the University of Col-orado Boulder and RutgersUniversity examined howsuch a hypothetical futureconflict would have conse-quences that could rippleacross the globe

Today India and Pakistan

each have about 150 nuclearwarheads at their disposaland that number is expectedto climb to more than 200 by2025 the researchers saidamid recent tensions betweenthe nuclear-armed neighboursover Kashmir after Indiarevoked JampKrsquos special status

ldquoAn India-Pakistan warcould double the normaldeath rate in the worldrdquosaid Brian Toon a professorat the University of Col-orado Boulder ldquoThis is awar that would have noprecedent in human experi-encerdquo Toon said mdash PTI

There are regularfeature films coming onOTT mdash good bad andugly There is nocertification body for OTTplatforms and likewisenews portals also Prakash Javadekar UNION MINISTER

lsquoNO CERTIFICATION BODYrsquo

This is a sensitive

subject and we will continueto protect them E-commerce is a platform totrade on not forpredatorypricing andmuscle power Piyush Goyal COMMERCE MINISTER

E-COMMERCE POLICYUNCHANGED INDIA

Indo-Pak nuke war mayleave 125 m dead Study

THE TRIBUNE04 JALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019PUNJAB

Karam PrakashTribune News Service

Patiala October 3The Punjab Government hasadopted the updated ModelWelfare Scheme for regis-tered construction workers inthe state But ignoring theguidelines of the Union Min-istry of Labour and Employ-ment it has not shunned theexisting schemes therebydiluting the sole purpose ofthe said scheme

The new welfare schemereads ldquoAt the outset it ismade clear that the socialsecurity benefits of the Mod-el Welfare Scheme as men-tioned below will hold prece-dence over all the existingbenefits and that only aftermeeting these priorityexpenses any balance of thefund may be utilised for giv-ing additional benefits underSection 22(H) of the Actrdquo

The Supreme Court onMarch 19 2018 had saidldquoThe state governments andUTAs have framed haphaz-ardly a large number ofschemes allegedly for the

benefit of the constructionworkers The multiplicity ofschemes brings to mind theadage too many cooks spoilthe brothrdquo

Subsequently theSupreme Court had askedthe Union Labour Ministryfor a composite ModelScheme for constructionworkers Following theorders on October 30 2018the Central Governmentdirected all state govern-ments to strictly comply withthe Model Welfare Scheme

Under this scheme there

are supposed to be only sevenwelfare schemes for the bene-fit of the construction work-ers However the state willnow be implementing thescheme without shunning the10 existing ones thereby giv-ing more scope of corruption

The said model scheme wasexpected to curb the misuseand poor implementation oftoo many welfare schemes

It is pertinent to mentionthat fake registrations andvarious anomalies weredetected under the existingschemes in the first-ever

audit of the State LabourWelfare Board

Seemingly the new welfarescheme adopted by the stategovernment is old wine innew bottle say experts

The new Model WelfareScheme espoused by the Cen-tre was aimed at giving mini-mum basic social security ben-efits to maximum constructionworkers However the state bynot implementing the modelscheme in its letter and spirithas already diluted the pur-pose of the scheme

Meanwhile VK JanjuaPrincipal Secretary LabourDepartment said ldquoOnly aftergoing through the SupremeCourt orders and Centralministryrsquos guidelines wehave adopted the schemeThe decision to continue theexisting schemes was a col-lective one We have provi-sions to carry the existingschemes under the Actrdquo

Janjua claimed that stepswere being taken to curb themisuse of the schemes andgive benefits to actual con-struction workers

Govt adopts Central labourscheme old ones not scrappedIn 2018 SC ordered states to have 1 scheme for welfare of workers

The Model Welfare Scheme is aimed at giving minimum basicsocial security benefits to construction workers FILE PHOTO

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3The Punjab and HaryanaHigh Court today rejectedthe plea for protection topolluting brick-kiln ownerswho had failed transition oftheir functioning to the offi-cially mandated emissionstechnology

An official press releasesaid the Capt AmarinderSingh government hadissued orders directing thatall brick-kiln owners shouldconvert their polluting unitsto induced draft technologyby September 30 The gov-ernment had also issuedorders listing out penaltiesfor failure to shift to the newzig zag technology

Several brick-kiln ownershad approached the courtagainst the state govern-mentrsquos orders but a DivisionBench comprising ActingChief Justice Rajeev Sharmaand Justice HS Sidhu refusedto grant any relief to them

During October 1 hearingAdvocate General Atul Nandahad placed details of the gov-

ernmentrsquos orders arguingthat these were in compliancewith the guidelines of the Cen-tral Pollution Control Boardvarious circulars of the PunjabPollution Control Board aswell as orders passed by theNational Green Tribunal datedJanuary 22 2019

Additional Solicitor Gener-al Satya Pal Jain stated thatin view of the fact that morethan 30000 objections hadbeen received against thedraft notification dated Feb-ruary 25 one monthrsquos timeswould be required by theMinistry of EnvironmentForest and Climate Changefor which he requested timefrom the court Acceding tothe request the courtadjourned the matter toNovember 15

No court relief for polluting brick-kilns

VishavBhartiTribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3The State Commission forScheduled Castes has askedthe DGP to take actionagainst four senior officialswho allegedly denied justiceto a Dalit by November 14

The case pertains to Phag-wara where a Dalit VijayKumar blew the whistleagainst an illegal factory in2013 which had been report-edly polluting groundwater

This led to his implicationin two ldquofakerdquo cases by SPsHarkamaljit Singh Khakhand Manpreet Singh DhillonLater two more senior policeofficials including SP BalbirSingh Bhatti and AIGNaveen Saini also let downthe complainant

Commission memberGyan Chand Diwali saidthat it was clear case of aDalit youth being harassedfor fighting for a collectivecause of society

The case dates back to 2013when Vijay Kumar rangalarm bells that a factory mdashUpkar International mdash locat-ed near his house in Phag-wararsquos Basant Nagar had

been discharging effluent

into the groundwaterthrough a borewell Follow-ing this the Punjab Pollu-tion Control Board sealedthe factory

The complainant said facto-ry owner Puneet Miglani gota fake FIR lodged againsthim under Section 182 of theIPC for providing false infor-mation He said the then DSPHarkamaljit Singh connivedwith Miglani The FIR waslater quashed by the Punjaband Haryana High Court

Vijay Kumar had also givena separate complaint to theDIG Jalandhar Range onwhich an inquiry was con-ducted by DSP MukhwinderSingh who ldquorecommendedan FIR under the ScheduledCastes and Scheduled Tribes(Prevention of Atrocities)Actrdquo MeanwhileMukhwinder got transferred

but DSP Manpreet Singhwho replaced Mukhwindernot only closed the inquirybut also got a case lodgedagainst the complainant

Later the complainantapproached the CMrsquos officeas well as the National Com-mission for Scheduled Castesfollowing which the com-plaints were referred to SPBalbir Singh Bhatti who ldquosetaside the complaints and did-nrsquot call the victim even oncerdquo

As he again went to thecommission an inquiry wasconducted by AIG NaveenSaini who found the allega-tions valid but didnrsquot recom-mend action under theScheduled Castes and Sched-uled Tribes (Prevention ofAtrocities) Act He just rec-ommended action againstthe factory owner for provid-ing false information

Act against police officers forharassing Dalit SC panel

US exhibition to mark birthanniversary of Guru NanakChandigarh To mark the550th birth anniversary ofGuru Nanak the DelawarersquosSikh Awareness Coalition hasannounced to organise anexhibition on the first SikhGurursquos life on October 12Charanjeet Singh Minhas ofthe coalition said it would bethe first time that Delawarestate would see a public cele-bration an awareness and aneducational initiative aboutSikhs and Sikhism The eventis being hosted in the stategovernmentrsquos largest publiclibrary in Delaware TNS

Former mayor of Slough inBritain passes awayChandigarh Gurbachan SinghThind former Mayor of Sloughin the UK passed away onSeptember 24 He was 79Thind hailed from Rachhin vil-lage in Ludhiana Before mov-ing to the UK he served as aPA to the then Chief Minister ofPunjab Gurnam Singh in1960s Thindrsquos first politicalactivity in the UK was in late1960s when he was at theforefront of a campaign to con-vince the British Governmentto grant the right to Sikhs towear turbans on motorbikesLater in 1988 he became amember of the Labour Party inSlough where he became May-or in 199899 TNS

BRIEFLY

Deepkamal KaurTribune News Service

Jalandhar October 3The publicity hoardingsabout various schemes putup across the state recentlyby the government are flash-ing some astonishing figuresGoing by the figures 22crore of the statersquos nearly 3crore population has beencovered under the SehatBima Yojana which means73 per cent of the populationof Punjab is under its ambit

Another figure reads that137 crore beneficiaries arecovered under the Atta-Dalscheme which implies that asmany as 45 per cent Punjabishave annual family incomeless than Rs 60000 Officialssay their figures are very con-servative and well within theparameters defined by theCentral Government

Anindita Mitra DirectorPublic Relations and DirectorFood Supplies says ldquoTheCentre has frozen the limit ofnumber of beneficiaries ofthe scheme in Punjab to 141crore This is because thegovernment has fixed a limitof covering up to 54 per centrural population and upto 49per cent urban populationunder the scheme We canincorporate 4 lakh more ben-eficiaries under the schemerdquo

Officials said 36 lakh fami-lies of Punjab had been cov-ered under it ldquoWe have beencontinuously deleting unduebeneficiaries Our survey willend in Decemberrdquo Mitra said

Monty Sehgal a BJPleader asked ldquoThe figuresseem forged to appease themasses There cannot be somany families in Punjabwhich are thriving on lessthan Rs 5000 per month It

is a vote game Politiciansdo not realise that they aremaking the people depend-ent on them Votes neverget translated by freebiesMore importantly if it is aCentre-funded schemehow can the Punjab CMtake the entire creditrdquo

SAD MLA Pawan Tinuasked ldquoWhen our govern-ment left we had covered35 lakh families At that

time the Congress leaderswere saying that we haveexaggerated the figures andthe real beneficiariesshould be far less So theygot verification startedwhich is yet to be complet-ed Rather than doing anydeletion they added 1 lakhmore families So our standgets vindicatedrdquo

On figures related to SehatBima Yojana a public rela-

tions officer pointed outldquoWhen 36 lakh blue cardbeneficiaries have beenincluded 494 lakh J-formholding farmer families havebeen covered 28 lakh smallfarmers more than 238 lakhregistered constructionworkers 46000 small tradersand 4500 journalists havebeen covered it is obviouslylike getting almost the entirePunjab coveredrdquo

22 cr health insurance beneficiaries in state

If the figures mentioned on government billboards are to be believed almost the entire Punjab has been enrolled for the Sehat Bima Yojana TRIBUNE PHOTO SARABJIT SINGH

ATTA-DAL SCHEME The Centre has frozen

the number of Punjabbeneficiaries for Atta-Dalscheme to 141 crorecomprising 54 rural and49 urban population Wecan incorporate 4 lakhmore beneficiaries underthe schemeAnindita Mitra DIRECTOR FOOD SUPPLIES

lsquoFORGED FIGURESrsquoThe figures have been

forged to appease themasses There cannot beso many families earningless than ~5000 permonth If it is a Centre-funded scheme how canthe Punjab CM take thecreditrdquoMonty Sehgal BJPLEADER

Houston October 3 Thousands of people from allwalks of life turned out forthe day-long ceremonies hereon Wednesday to honourslain Indian-American policeofficer Sandeep Singh Dhali-wal who was shot dead onduty during a traffic stop

Dhaliwal 42 was the firstSikh sheriffrsquos deputy inHarris County with a popu-lation of over 10000 SikhsHe made national headlineswhen he was allowed togrow a beard and wear a tur-ban on the job

He was gunned down whileconducting a routine mid-daytraffic stop in northwest ofHouston on Friday

The fallen deputyrsquos funeralincluded processions a tradi-tional Sikh funeral and a lawenforcement funeral with a21-gun salute from fellow offi-cers and a helicopter flyover

As lsquoAmazing Gracersquo wasplayed on the bagpipesmembers of Harris CountySheriffrsquos Office (HCSO) fold-ed the American flag thatcovered his casket and Sher-iff Ed Gonzalez presented itto Dhaliwalrsquos widow whoclutched it to her heart

After final ceremonies from

the law enforcement memori-al service the Dhaliwal familyand members of HCSO head-ed to the Winford FuneralHome for a closed cremation

The procession route waslined with blue and whitesigns reading ldquoAlways in OurHeartsrdquo and ldquoIn LovingMemory of Deputy Dhaliwalrdquo

People had posted customyard signs billboards andflowers all along the route andin the neighbourhood

At the service SimratpalSingh a US Army Captainflanked by other members ofthe Sikh community in mili-tary service describedDhaliwal as ldquohumble fear-

less not dissuaded by nega-tivityrdquo ldquoOur lion may begone physically but his lega-cy of selfless service and ofbreaking down barriers willcontinue to liverdquo he said

Senator Ted Cruz R-Texasspeaking before thousandsduring the Sikh part of theceremony addressed Dhaliw-

alrsquos wife and three children insaying the community ldquosup-ports you and lifts you uprdquoldquoWe are grateful for yourfatherrsquos service and his sacri-fice and his legacyrdquo Cruz said

Dhaliwal the father ofthree joined the force 10years back and was thestatersquos first law enforcementofficer to receive permissionto wear a religious turban andbeard while on duty

Commissioner Adrian Gar-cia who hired Dhaliwal 10years ago said the stadiumfull of people and thedeputyrsquos celebration of lifewas ldquofit for a kingrdquo As headdressed Dhaliwalrsquos fatherhe said ldquoBaba you raised agood man You raised himwith a heart of gold It isunfair that a father shouldoutlive his sonrdquo Lt Gov DanPatrick said he doesnrsquot nor-mally speak at public funer-als but he was honoured to beinvited to speak at Dhaliw-alrsquos funeral

New Jersey Attorney Gen-eral Gurbir Grewal thenationrsquos first Sikh statersquosattorney general said Dhali-wal ldquoinspired an entire gener-ation of Sikhsrdquo to join publicservice mdash PTI

Thousands attend US Sikh police officerrsquos funeral

Tribune News Service

Amritsar October 3Sikh preachers and intellectu-als from various countriestoday approached Akal Takhtto submit a complaint againstRanjit Singh Dhadrianwalealleging that he used obnox-ious terminology in the contextof Guru Gobind Singh and MaiBhago in his discourses

On the friction between theSGPC and state governmentover joint celebrations ofupcoming 550th birthanniversary of Guru NanakDev Giani Harpreet Singhsaid Akal Takht could inter-vene if needed

Reacting over complaintagainst Dhadrianwale andother preachers the officiat-ing Jathedar assured the com-plainants that he would takeup the issue with five highpriests He said there weremany preachers like Dhadri-anwale who had allegedlybeen giving speeches beyondthe Gurbani which ended upcreating confusion among theSikh community

PreachersapproachTakht againstDhadrianwale

An honour guard escorts the casket of Harris County Sheriffrsquos Deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal for hisfuneral at Berry Center in Cypress Texas US on Wednesday APPTI

IMPLICATED FOR HIGHLIGHTING ANOMALY In 2013 the Punjab Pollution Control Board sealed a factory

after one Vijay Kumar accused it of discharging effluent intothe groundwater near his house in Phagwara

The factory owner filed an FIR against Vijay for providingwrong information which was investigated but a few seniorcops didnrsquot conduct an impartial proberdquo

Later the FIR was quashed by the High Court

Saurabh MalikTribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3When an ASI with the PunjabPolice went to stay with hiscousinrsquos son a medical stu-dent there was no way hecould have realised that itwas his last night He wasfound murdered next morn-ing More than seven yearsafter the incident the Punjaband Haryana High Court hasupheld the conviction andlife sentence awarded to themedical student

The case before the Benchof Acting Chief Justice RajivSharma and Justice HarinderSingh Sidhu has its genesisin a complaint by victim ASIBaldev Singhrsquos son Manjin-der Singh

A student of diploma incomputer at Guru NanakDev University at Amritsarhe deposed that his fatherrsquoscousin Manjit Kaur wasresiding in America Her sonJeewan Singh Sidhu wasMBBS student at AmritsarMedical College

He went to pick up hisfather on March 2 2012 fromAmritsar bus stand upon hisreturn from Chandigarh Hisfather told him that he had

received a call from hiscousin Manjit Kaur that herson Jeewan Singh was creat-ing problem

Jeewan Singh should beleft at Nawanshahr andBaldev Singh should coun-sel him by staying with himfor the night He brought hisfather Baldev Singh to thehouse in Ranjit Avenuewhere Jeewan Singhresided as a tenant

He went to his house Buthis father stayed with Jee-wan Singh The next day hereceived a telephonic callthat a taxi had come to thehouse He tried to contact hisfather on the phone but hisphone was not reachable Hewent to the house andnoticed blood in the room

He called a neighbour whoalong with another personcame on the spot They laterfound the body of his fatherlying in the bathroom

Speaking for the BenchActing Chief Justice Sharmaasserted the appellant hadtaken the plea of mental dis-order schizophrenia In suchcases the court was to seethe mental status of theaccused at the time of com-mission of the offence

He added that the plea ofinsanity was not available tothe appellant He knew whathe was doing From the cir-cumstances which precededattended and followed thecrime it could not be said thatthe appellant was sufferingfrom unsoundness of mind

HC upholds life term tomedico for coprsquos murder

NOT UPGRADED The state government hadasked brick-kiln owners toshift to new technology bySeptember 30 Penaltieswere ordered for failureagainst which tradersmoved HC but got no relief

COUNSELLING SESSION TURNED FATALASI Baldev Singhs cousin ManjitKaur who resides in America hadinformed the former in March 2012that her son Jeewan Singh Sidhu anMBBS student had been creatingtrouble In order to counsel JeewanBaldev decided to stay with him for anight but the accused murdered the latter Though the appel-lant claimed that he suffered from schizophrenia mental dis-order Acting Chief Justice Sharma asserted that in such cas-es the court is to see the mental status of the accused at thetime of commission of the offence

05HARYANA ELECTIONS2019THE TRIBUNE

GURUGRAM | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019

Court Notice

HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARHRA-CR-112-CII-2007 in FAO-913-2009

Date of hearing 29102019(A)

Ms BCC Rice Mills amp Ors

Appellants

Vs

Punjab State Warehousing Corporation and Ors

Respondents

Appeal Us 37 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996

Notice to

1 Ms BCC Rice Mills amp Exports Private Limited Village

Jogi Cheema Post Office Qadian District Gurdaspur

through its Director Parminder Singh Cheema son of

Harbhajan Singh resident of Jogi Cheema Post Office

Qadian Tehsil Batala District Gurdaspur

2 Gagandeep Singh Son of Surinder Singh resident of

House No 15703B-II Mohali District Ropar

3 Parminder Singh Cheema son of Harbhajan Singh

Residence of Village Jogi Cheema Post Office Qadian

Tehsil Batala District Gurdaspur

In the above titled appeal the respondent(s)

defendant(s) could not be served in ordinary process It is

ordered that the respondent(s)defendant(s) should

appear in person or through counsel on 29102019 at

1000 am

For details logon to wwwhighcourtgovinDPRPbC7337

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Eligibility Candidates with MA (English) or BEd (With Teaching ofEnglish)

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MAHARAJA AGRASEN MEDICAL COLLEGEAGROHA (HISAR) HARYANA ndash 125047

E-Tender Notice for Operating Microscope amp Endoscopy Camera

E-Tender is invited for purchase of Operating Microscope amp Endoscopy Camera System

for ENT Department of Maharaja Agrasen Medical College Agroha (Hisar) Details may

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POLL BUZZ Day to go political bigwigsamong 475 file nominations Ministers Abhimanyu Ram Bilas Congrsquos Surjewala Bishnoi INLDrsquos Abhay submit papers

Yamunanagar BJP nationalspokesperson Syed Shah-nawaz Hussain on Thursdayclaimed that the Congresswould draw a blank in the elec-tions and would not be able toopen its account ldquoThe BJP willset a record It has set a goal of75 seats but it seems that theparty will win more seats Thegovernment has done tremen-dous developmentrdquo he said TNS

BJP will set a recordclaims Shahnawaz

Panipat Bharat SinghChhokkar state president ofthe Loktantra Suraksha Party(LSP) and candidate fromSamalkha has decided to notcontest the Assembly electionand has also decided to quitthe party Chhokkar said theBJP candidate was from his vil-lage Chulkana and the voteswould get divided thatrsquos whyhe decided to quit TNS

LSP state presidentresigns from party

Kaithal Due to a large crowdof supporters of Congressleader Randeep Singh Surje-wala who filed his nomina-tion papers on Thursday thetraffic near the Geeta Bhawanin the town remained disrupt-ed for hours Residents havedemanded that no politicalactivity should be allowed bythe administration in thevicinity of Geeta Bhawanwhich is located in the centreof the town OC

Residents faceinconvenience

Chandigarh State Con-gress chief Kumari Seljalaunched her social mediacampaign called ldquoHaryanaKi Baat Selja ke saathrdquouploading its first episodeon Thursday The campaignwill invite voter queriesaround a range of socialpolitical and governanceissues which Selja will per-sonally answer TNS

lsquoHaryana ki Baathelliprsquolaunched by Selja

Pradeep SharmaTribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3Political bigwigs a majorityof them from the ruling BJPfiled their nomination papersfor the October 21 HaryanaAssembly elections today asthe saffron party lined up itsbig guns as a show ofstrength on the penultimateday of filing nominations

Meanwhile Joint ChiefElectoral Officer Inder Jeetsaid on the fourth day of fil-ing nomination papers 475nomination papers were filedby the candidates across thestate October 4 is the last dayof filing nominations

Several state ministersincluding Ram Bilas Shar-ma Capt Abhimanyu OPDhankar Manish GroverKrishan Panwar KrishanKumar Bedi and BanwariLal besides state BJP chiefSubhash Barala andHaryana Assembly SpeakerKanwar Pal Gujjar wereprominent among thosewho filed their nomination

papers todayAmong the notable Con-

gress candidates AICC com-munication in charge Ran-deep Surjewala filednomination papers fromKaithal while former ministerBB Batra filed nominationsfrom Rohtak and ChiranjeevRao son of former ministerAjay Yadav filed papers from

Rewari Abhay Chautala ofthe INLD also filed nomina-tions from Ellenabad

In a morale booster for thecontesting candidates theBJP deputed over a dozenUnion ministers and seniorleaders including SmritiIrani Shahnawaz HussainHarshvardhan SanjeevBaliyan RK Singh Rao

Inderjit Singh Krishan PalGurjar and Rattan LalKataria to accompany themfor filing nomination papers

The Chief Minister criss-crossed the state accompany-ing two Cabinet colleaguesRam Bilas Sharma and CaptAbhimnayu who are seek-ing re-election from Mahen-dragarh and Narnaud

Congress leader Kuldeep Bishnoi files nomination from Adampur in Hisar Agriculture Minister Om Prakash Dhankar files papers in Jhajjar TRIBUNE PHOTOS

~10092 cr Total assets~521 croreMovable assets~4882 croreImmovable assets~473 lakh Cash in hand ~4030 croreUnsecured loans He owns Audi Q7 Audi A6

BMW Tata Safari and atractor His wife owns aMercedes and an Innova

His wife owns jewelleryworth ~169 crore

KULDEEP BISHNOI CONGRESS Adampur

WEALTH DECLARED

~6263 cr Total assets

~268 croreMovableassets~3573 croreImmovableassets

~865 lakh Cash in hand

ASSETS IN 2014 ELECTIONS

~1074 croreMovable assets

~30 crore Immovableassets

ABHAY CHAUTALAINLD Ellenabad

~835 cr Total assets The 71-year-old leader is alaw graduate from PunjabUniversity in 1989 52 lakh Movable assets This included ~3-lakh cashin hand bank deposits of~14 lakh and 20-gm goldworth ~80000 ~315crore Immovable assets This includes self-acquiredassets worth ~26 crore andinherited assets of ~55 lakh

RAM BILAS SHARMABJP Mahendragarh Rohtak Veteran Congress

leader Bhupinder SinghHooda who was slated tofile his nomination from theGarhi Sampla-Kiloi Assem-bly constituency in Rohtakdistrict on Thursday willnow file the papers on Fri-day Hooda also chairmanof the partyrsquos election man-agement committee had toattend a meeting in NewDelhi on Thursday TNS

HOODA DEFERSFILING PAPERS

Mahendragarh Chief Min-ister Manohar Lal Khattaron Thursday said more than20 strong contenders werevying for the BJP ticket inevery segment He said allcontenders could not getthe ticket yet they stood bythe party He was address-ing a gathering after Educa-tion Minister Ram BilasSharma filed his nominationfrom Mahendragarh TNS

HAD 20 CONTENDERSFOR EACH TICKET CM

Aditi TandonTribune News Service

NewDelhi October 3A day after openly revoltingagainst the party and protest-ing outside the residence ofCongress president SoniaGandhi former state chiefAshok Tanwar on Thursdayquit all election committeesand said he would work onlyas a primary member

Signalling a deepening fac-tional war Tanwar wrote ascathing letter to Sonia say-ing the Congress had beenreduced to the party of for-mer Chief Minister Bhupin-der Singh Hooda

ldquoUnfortunately it feels likethe Congress has beenhijacked by an individualand even senior leaders ofthe AICC are insensitivetowards state Congressbecoming Hooda CongressrdquoTanwar wrote to Sonia

Tanwar a former presidentof the Indian Youth Congressand NSUI jolted party pre-paredness in Haryana bycompletely distancing fromthe poll process Asked if hewould campaign for the partyhe said ldquoI will see who needsme how muchrdquo

In another marker that hissupporters could contest asIndependents the formerstate unit chief said ldquoIf some-one wants to contest as anIndependent what can I doIt is up to themrdquo

Tanwar remained defiantabout his public revolt out-side Soniarsquos residence onWednesday saying he hadbeen left with no optionldquoWhat other platform wasavailable for our workers toraise their voice I only artic-ulated their concerns That isnot indiscipline I did notassault anyonerdquo Tanwar said

He lamented the fact thatpeople who had ldquosabotagedrdquo

Congress interests in thestate ldquowere now calling theshotsrdquo ldquoThese people areselling ticketsrdquo he wrote inhis letter to Sonia

In a veiled attack on HoodaTanwar said though he wasaccused of not creating anorganisation the fact was thathe was never allowed to func-tion ldquoIt is a matter of studyfor all of you that despite theabsence of an organisationwe managed to raise the Con-gress vote share in Haryanaby 6 per cent over the last LokSabha poll and 85 per cent

over the last state poll We didthis in the face of a massivenon-cooperation movementagainst usrdquo he said

Tanwar also took swipes atpolitical families sayingldquoIn Haryana there arepolitical gharanas which donot want ordinary people torise in politicsrdquo

The former state chief seemedto leave his future options opensaying ldquoWhat I have told youtoday is the reality of todayThere are still 18 or 19 days leftfor elections Let us see whatturn time and politics takerdquo

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3 The Jannayak Janta Party(JJP) released its fourth fifthand sixth lists of 43 candi-dates today with DushyantChautala contesting fromUchana Kalan and his motherNaina from Badhra

Dushyant contested fromUchana Kalan in 2014 butlost to BJPrsquos Prem Lata wifeof former Union ministerBirender Singh by a marginof 7480 votes This time hewould face Prem Lata again

Naina Chautala who won in2014 from Dabwali which washer husband Ajay Chautalarsquosconstituency will be contest-ing this time from BadhraShe will face former CM Ban-si Lalrsquos son Ranbir Mahen-dra who is contesting on Con-gress ticket Sources in theJJP said that as the Indian

National Lok Dal (INLD) hadfielded Sita Ram from Dab-wali a two-time MLA from theseat she shifted to Badhra

Also among the nominees isdismissed BSF jawan TejBahadur Yadav who will con-test against CM Manohar LalKhattar from Karnal OP Sihaga long-time associate of AjayChautala will contest fromEllenabad against INLD secre-tary general Abhay Chautala

So far the JJP has releasedthe names of 85 candidatesThe party is yet to nominateDushyantrsquos brother Digvijay

JJP names 43 moreDushyant to againface MLA Prem Lata Naina to contest from Badhra

Dushyant Chautala

Tanwar quits all Cong poll panelsIn scathing letter to Sonia writes state unit is Hoodarsquos party

Ashok Tanwar in New Delhi on Thursday MANAS RANJAN BHUI

New Delhi October 3The Congress on Thursdaydeclared candidates for sixpending seats in HaryanaBhupinder Singh Hooda andstate unit chief Kumari Seljagot an equal share of nomina-tions for their loyalists

In Fatehabad the Congressfielded Hooda-preferredPrahlad Singh Gillankherawho had lost the last time Oth-er Hooda loyalists in the list areMewa Singh from Ladwa andBishan Lal Saini from Radaur

In Ambala CantonmentVenu Agarwal was fielded jet-tisoning proposal to field Nir-mal Singhrsquos daughter ChitraSarwara Selja was opposedto Chitrarsquos candidatureShamsher Virk will contestfrom Assandh and BhupenderGangua from Barwala mdash TNS

Cong declares6 more names

Usual process followed says Selja Dismissing Ashok Tanwarrsquos allegations of ticket sale bythe party and denial of nominations to genuine candi-dates Haryana Congress president Kumari Selja toldreporters on Thursday that the Congress had followedthe ticket distribution process and system as it alwaysdoes Reacting to Seljarsquos comments Tanwar said ldquoWhatsystem was followed What system is the state chieftalking of In fact the eligibility criteria we suggestedwas disregardedrdquo Tanwar said

THE TRIBUNE06 GURUGRAM | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019DELHI

I Paidi Swapna wife of 15490138NLD Gopi Paidi resident ofIbrahimbad Fareedpeta EtcherlaSrikakulam Andhra Pradesh is herebydeclares that my acutal date of birth is05 June 1992 (CL19091719)

I Sachin so Late Jai Ram Dass roVillage Tagra Hakimpur Kalka DisttPanchkula (Haryana) have changedmy name Sachin to Sachin Goyal(CL19091812)

I Swarnjit Singh so Harmel SinghLitt ro VPO Burj Littan (Raikot)Ludhiana changed name SwarnjitSingh Litt (CL19091688)

I Amit Kumar so Mohinder Singhro Village Kailash Karnal havechanged my name to Amit Poswal(CL19091685)

I Tarlok Kapoor so Joginder Lalro HNo 2509 Phase-I DugriLudhiana have changed my name toTarlok Kumar (CL19091659)

I Reshma Devi wo Jagjit Singh ro HNo 374 Milk Colony DhanasChandigarh have changed my name toSuman (CL19091344)

PUBLIC NOTICES

Chandigarh Sector 44-D MIGthird floor Well maintained Registry Contact 93161-12756(CL19091733)

FLAT FOR SALE

Chandigarh one kanal ground withbasement extraordinary built cornerNorth East facing central Sector 450 Cr 98720-05875(CL19091554)

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PROPERTY FOR SALE

For sale newly constructed 7 marlatop floor in Sector 35 Chandigarhproperty dealers please excuseGenuine buyers please contactbetween 6 to 9 pm 97791-70944(CL19091152)

FOR SALE

Lifeline Superspeciality HospitalZirakpur offers worldrsquos best heart Bypass Surgery 125000- all inclusive Vascular ThoracicSurgery Angiography 7999-Angioplasty 70000- For appointment Call 98141-04203(CL19088422)

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Urgently competent teachersrequired for Akal Academy RampurNarotampur (Tarn Taran) for General TGT English Maths Art ampCraft and Librarian Fluency inEnglish is must EligibilityGraduation or Post Graduation inrequired stream BEd DEIEd orETT is mandatory Salary 12000 to20000 Walk in interview AkalAcademy Rampur Narotampur PostOffice Jalabad Tehsil Kadoor SahibDistt Tarn Taran on 07102019 10am to 2 pm Contact (98759-87451)aarampurnarotampurakalacademyacin (CL19091643)

St Soldier Law College Jalandhar-144011 Requires Principal on regular basis Qualifications and salaryas per GNDU UGC BCI normsCandidates below 65 years and retired as Professors AssociateProfessors can also apply Send one copy of application to DeanCollege Development CouncilGNDU Amritsar Interestedcandidates may apply within 21 daysto Chairman Phone 98140-648810181-2690088 98151-58269(CL19091875)

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Required Pharmacist forPharmaceuticals Company atPanchkula only Haryana PharmacyCounsel registered 98766-20808(CL19091607)

SITUATION VACANT

(Uo 5 Rule 20 CPC)In the Court of

Sh Lalit Kumar SinglaDistrict Judge (FC)

BarnalaKamaljeet Kaur

VersusManmohan Singh

CNR NoPBBR01-001498-2019Next Date 29102019

Publication issued toManmohan SinghFather Bhagwant Singh ro

Tapa Teh Tapa Distt Barnalanow ro Australia through itsPower of Attorney BhagwanSingh so Diwan Singh roNear Yash Hospital Tapa TehTapa Distt Barnala BarnalaPunjab

In above titled case thedefendant(s)respondent(s)could not be served It isordered that defendant(s)respondent(s) should appear inperson or through counsel on29102019 at 1000 am

For details logon tohttpshighcourtchdgovintrs=district_noticeampdistrict=

barnalaDated this day of 01012019

Sd-District Judge (FC)

CL19091165 Barnala

COURT NOTICE

I Ashok Kumar so Sh Harbans Lalro 15 St 5A Namdev RoadBathinda have changed my nameAshok Kumar Singla In future usethis name in my all documents(CL19091941)

I Amar Nath so Mangu Ram ro Village Gill PO Urmar TehDasuya (Hoshiarpur) Punjab havechanged my name to Amar SinghPlease note (CL19091913)

We Mrs and Mr Subhash ChanderSethi ro 85 Dyal Singh ColonyKarnal declare that our son Nikhil Sethi is out of our control we debar him from our moveable and immoveable property anybodydeal with him will do so at their own risk and responsibility(CL19091887)

I No 15477504N DFR Vinod Kumar A so Ayyapan V 70 AR CO 56 APO declare that in my Army service record my wifersquos namewrongly entered as Shreevidhya KV correct name is Shreevidya KVAll concerned plz note(CL19091873)

I Surjit Singh Army No 10198525KRank Sep resident of Vill amp POJalalpura Teh amp Distt AmritsarPunjab-143601 in my Army record my daughterrsquos name was wronglyentered as Kirenjit Kaur instead of hercorrect name is Kiranjit Kaur(CL19091858)

I Jagsir Singh so Teja Singh Resi -Khudi Kalan Tehsil amp District -Barnala that my daughter RamanpreetKaur in the school record of BVMInternational School that her realname Gurmanjot Kaur RamanpreetKaur or Gurmanjot Kaur both aresame person Please note(CL19091842)

I Budumuru Divya wife of15495511M LD S Vasa RaoGurugubelli resident of Kotta ValasaThogaram AmadalavalasaSrikakulam Andhra Pradesh is hereby declared that my actual Date of Birth is 14 May 1998(CL19091751)

It is notified for the information thatmy original qualifying examinationcertificate of main SecondaryExamination of year 2016 and RollNo 2263610 issued by CBSE hasbeen actually lost Name of candidatesSonia Kaushal do Baljit KumarVillage Pahlewal Tehsil GarhshankarDistt Hoshiarpur Punjab(CL19091748)

I Promila Devi spouse of No8034204W Hav Kushab Kumar VPO Basantpur Teh Sarkaghat Distt Mandi HP changed my namefrom Promila Devi to Pramila Devi vide affidavit 13AA 437996dated 1102019 before Executive Magistrate Sarkaghat(CL19091597)

PUBLIC NOTICES

(Uo 5 Rule 20 CPC)In the Court of

Ms Roopa Dhaliwal PCSAdditional Civil Judge Sr Division Nangal

CNR No PBROB0-001423-2019

Next Date- 21102019Pyaro Devi and others

VersusGeneral Public

Publication issued toGeneral PublicSuit for declaration to the effectthat Ram Sukh so Durga RoVill Mehlwan Teh-Nangal hasdisappeared and missing since2011 and presumed to be deadand plaintiffs are the only legalheirs of Ram Sukh

In above titled case thedefendant(s)respondent(s)could not be served It isordered that defendant(s)respondent(s) should appear inperson or through counsel on21102019 at 1000 am

For details logon to httpshighcourtchdgovintrs=district_noticeampdistrict=rupnagar

Dated this day of 26092019Sd- Additional Civil Judge

Sr Division NangalCL19091610

(Uo 5 Rule 20 CPC)In the Court of

Sh Ranjit Kumar JainPrincipal Judge of

Family Court Garhshankar

Sarla Kumari (age 32 years) wifeof late Ram Ral son of SukhchainRam resident of village ParsowalTehsil Garhshankar DistrictHoshiarpur at present residing atvillage Adamwal Tehsil andDistt Hoshiarpur

PlaintiffVersus

General PublicRespondent

Petition Under Section 8 of theHindu Minority andGuardianship Act

CNR No PBHOF3-000473-2019

Next Date- 04012020Publcation issued toGeneral Public

In above titled petition thedefendant(s)respondent(s) couldnot be served It is ordered thatdefendant(s) respondent(s)should appear in person orthrough counsel on 04012020 at1000 am

For details logon to httpshighcourtchdgovintrs=

district_noticeampdistrict=hoshiarpur

Dated this day of 21092019Sd- Principal Judge of

Family Court CL19091565 Garhshankar

(UO 5 Rule 20 CPC)In the Court of

Shri Ravinder Singh RanaCivil Judge

Junior Division-3Ferozepur

Oriental Bank of CommerceVs

Kashmir SinghCNR No

PBFZ02-000120-2019Next Date 31102019

Publication issued toGursahib Singh FatherSukhdev Singh ro V KamalaBodla Post OfficeMallawala Tehsil and DistrictFerozepur

In above titled case thedefendant(s)respondent(s)could not be served It isordered that defendant(s)respondent(s) should appearin person or through counselon 31102019 at 1000 am For details logon tohttpshighcourtchdgovintrs=district_noticeampdistrict=

ferozepurDated this day of 25092019

Sd- Civil JudgeJunior Division-3

CL19091523 Ferozepur

(Uo 5 Rule 20 CPC)In the Court of

Sh Rakesh Kumar SharmaAddl Principal Judge

Family CourtJagraon

Petition US 8 of Guardianand Wards Act for Permissionto sell the property

Gurwinder SinghVersus

General PublicCNR No

PBLDF3-001249-2019Notice to

General PublicIn above title case the

Petitioner Gurwinder Singh soAlbel Singh filed a petitionunder Section Guardain andWards Act for permission tosell the property of TaranvirSingh so Gurwinder Singh thedefendant General Public couldnot be served It is ordered thatdefendant General Publicshould appear in person orthrough counsel on 26112019at 10 am

For details logon tohttpshighcourtchdgovintrs=district_noticeampdistrict=

ludhianaDated this day of 25092019

Sd-Addl Principal Judge

Family CourtCL19091469 Jagraon

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Re-compute lawexam results HCNew Delhi October 3 The Delhi High Court hasaccepted the challenge tonine out of 15 questionsasked in the Delhi JudicialServices (Preliminary)examinations and directedthe Registrar General to re-compute and publish theupdated result by October 4

The court said apart fromplacing the list of additionaleligible candidates on thewebsite by 6 pm on Fridaythe court administrationwould communicate themby both SMS and email ofbeing qualified for writingthe Mains exam

The court was hearing abatch of petitions by lawgraduates aspiring to bejudicial officers challeng-ing the correctness of theanswer keys to some of thequestions in the DelhiJudicial Services (Prelimi-nary) Exams which wereheld on September 22

A Bench of Justices SMuralidhar and TalwantSingh declined the prayer ofthe petitioners to postpone thedate of Mains exams that is

October 12-13 as the court hasto adhere to the deadline giv-en by it to the Supreme Court

It directed that results ofthe 353 candidates alreadydeclared eligible to appearin the DJS (Mains) Examsin terms of the list pub-lished on the courtrsquos web-site on September 26 areleft undisturbed

This time the court dis-pensed with the publishing ofthe answer keys prior to thedeclaration of the result mdash PTI

Regarding the answer keyswhich had been found tobe erroneous the admin-istration would proceed toapply the correctanswer keys asdecided by the courtand recompute the resultsin accordance with theapplicable rules

The court dispensed thepublishing of the answerkeys prior to the declarationof the result to adhere tothe deadline of completingthe entire examination

Act againstbuildings sansfire safety Court

Erroneous answer sheets

NewDelhi October 3 The Delhi High Court hasdirected the AAP governmenthere its fire department andmunicipal authorities to takeaction against buildings includ-ing sealing them for lackingfire safety measures

A Bench of Chief JusticeDN Patel and Justice C HariShankar issued the directionwhile disposing a PIL seek-ing sealing of two buildingsin the Azadpur commercialcomplex for alleged non-com-pliance of fire safety normsThe court disposed off the peti-tion after the North DelhiMunicipal Corporation filedan affidavit stating that both ofthe buildings were issued firesafety certificates on June 14

As the petition had alsosought sealing of all otherbuildings in the city whichwere not complying with firesafety norms the Bench saidthat ldquoas and when any build-ing is lacking in fire safetymeasures action shall be ini-tiated by the respondents(authorities) in accordancewith law rules regulationsand government policiesapplicable to the facts of thecase as early as possible andpracticablerdquo mdash PTI

New Delhi October 3 Security has been beefedup across the Capital afterpolice received intelligenceinputs on a possible terrorstrike a senior police offi-cial said on Thursday

Raids are being conductedby the Special Cell of the Del-hi Police at several locationsacross the city after the intel-ligence inputs suggested thatthree to four members of aterror outfit may have infil-trated into the city he said

Meanwhile the Delhi Policehas also intensified patrollingand picketing in several areasacross the Capital

According to police raidswere conducted at over twodozens locations across the cityto nab the suspects from theirpossible hideouts includingplaces like Okhla ZafrabadNajafgarh Seemapuri NewUsmanpurSeelampur Pahar-ganj and areas of South Delhiand have questioned numer-ous peoplemdash PTI

The police checks commuters in New Delhi on Thursday TRIBUNE PHOTO

NewDelhi October 3 The Delhi Government willopen a ldquoSports Universityrdquoin the Capital Chief Minis-ter Arvind Kejriwal saidhere on Thursday Address-ing a press conference Kejri-wal with his deputy ManishSisodia by his side said a Billin this regard was approvedby the Cabinet on Thursdayand it would be sent to Lieu-tenant Governor (LG) AnilBaijal for approval

After that the Bill would betabled in the Assembly he saidThe Chief Minister said theldquoSports Universityrdquo wouldcome up on a 90-acre land inthe Mundka area

According to the Aam Aad-mi Party (AAP) governmentin the Capital the DelhiSports University (DSU) Billgrants the university theright to establish constituentschools and colleges

The main aim of the uni-versity would be to groomthe students who wouldexcel in various sports inschool the government said

The CM said earlier asportsperson used to beuncertain about his futuresjust for the fact that if he wasnot able to establish a careerin sports he would just becalled a school pass out

ldquoA sportsperson would notget a job because every jobrequires at least a gradua-tion degree to get throughThe sports university willgrant you a degree in sportssuch as cricket and hockey

ldquoA passionate sportspersoncan now devote all of histime to playing andexcelling in sportsrdquo he said

A sportspersonrsquos gradua-tion post-graduation and doc-torate degrees will be in thesubjects of sports Kejriwalsaid adding that he couldshow his degrees whereverrequired Giving an exampleKejriwal said a sportspersoncould also appear in the civilservices examination becausehe would be considered a grad-uate after getting the degree

Sisodia said most of thestudents had to compromisewhen it came to sports tokeep up with their perform-ance in the main subjectsldquoSome of the students Iknow are pursuing theirgraduation from SOL tomanage sports and studiesboththe share of jobsunder the sports quota isalso limited ldquoWe are hopingto eradicate that uncertaintyfrom the minds ofsportspersonsrdquo the deputychief minister said mdash PTI

Cabinet approves setting upof lsquoSports Universityrsquo Kejriwal

CM Arvind Kejriwal with his deputy Manish Sisodia at a pressmeet in New Delhi on Thursday TRIBUNE PHOTO MUKESH AGGARWAL

The Delhi Sports Uni-versity (DSU) Bill grantsthe university the rightto establish constituentschools and colleges

The sports universityBill aims to groom thestudents who wish toexcel in various sports

It also defines theadministrative and legalstructure of the univer-sity Several expertswould be involved atvarious stages to designand give a definitestructure to the curricu-lum of the courses

DELHI SPORTS UNIVERSITY BILL

3 held for burglaryNew Delhi October 3 A domestic help her hus-band and an accomplicehave been arrested in con-nection with a burglary at ahouse in southeast DelhirsquosLajpat Nagar area thepolice said on Thursday

The accused were identi-fied as Fatima (34) her hus-band Mohmood (37) bothresidents of Sarai KaleKhan and MohammadZakir (35) resident ofTaimoor Nagar they said

According to the policethe two men conspiredand planned to targetvacant houses during day-time while Fatima whoworked as domestic helpin the residential areas ofLajpat Nagar conductedrecce and passed informa-tion to them

On September 29 policesaid they received a com-plaint about theft of ~50lakhs diamond and goldjewellery along with expen-sive wrist watch and othervaluable articles from ahouse at National Parkarea Lajpat Nagar and acase was registered at AmarColony police station

The accused were seen ina CCTV footage leaving thespot in an e-rickshaw aftercommitting the burglarythe police said

On Tuesday a raid wasconducted at TaimoorNagar and Sarai Kale Khanareas and the accused werearrested said Deputy Com-missioner of Police (South-east) Chinmoy Biswal Lat-er Fatima was also arrested

in connection with the inci-dent the officer said

Stolen cash amounting to~3191 lakh gold and dia-mond jewellery laptopmobile e-rickshaw andtools were recovered fromthem the officer added

Mahmood and Zakir werepreviously involved in sev-eral cases of burglaries andtheft Both were arrested inMarch in connection with asimilar burglary incidentand released from jail inAugust mdash PTI

The arrested persons with theDelhi Police TRIBUNE PHOTO

MODUS OPERANDIThe two men conspiredand planned to targetvacant houses during day-time while Fatima whoworked as domestic helpin the residential areas ofLajpat Nagar conductedrecce and passed infor-mation to them

Rain brings down mercury in DelhiNewDelhi October 3 Heavy rains lashed severalparts of the Capital onThursday evening bringingdown the mercury level offi-cials said Delhi recorded 352mm rainfall at 830 PM andthe temperature was record-ed at 216 degree Celsius asenior MeT official said

According to the meteorolog-ical department the maximumtemperature recorded at 530PM was 348 degree Celsius anotch above the normal andthe minimum 238 degrees Cel-sius two notches above nor-

mal Humidity levels oscillat-ed between 83 and 55 per cent

Flight operations at Delhi Air-

port had to be suspended for 24minutes in the evening due toextremely heavy rains mdash PTI

Heavy rains in New Delhi on Thursday MANAS RANJAN BHUI

New Delhi October 3 The over 42 km-long GreyLine of Delhi Metro whichwill connect Najafgarh tothe rapid transit networkfor the first time will beopened for services on Fri-day officials said mdash PTI

Metrorsquos Grey Lineto open today

Terror alert Securitybeefed up in Capital

THE TRIBUNEJALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 07NATION

Tribune News Service

NewDelhi October 3Terming his continuing incar-ceration as a ldquoform of punish-mentrdquo senior Congress leaderP Chidambaram on Thursdaymoved the Supreme Court for regular bail in a corruptioncase registered by the CBI in connection with theINX Media scam

Senior counsel Kapil Sibalmentioned his petition chal-lenging the Delhi HighCourtrsquos September 30 ver-dict denying him bail forurgent listing before aBench headed by Justice NVRamana He sought urgenthearing of Chidambaramrsquosbail plea on Friday as the topcourt wonrsquot be functioningthe next week

Justice Ramana howeversaid the matter would beplaced before Chief Justiceof India Ranjan Gogoi forassigning it to an appropri-ate Bench Later he was pro-duced before a Special JudgeAjay Kumar Kuhar whoremanded him to judicialcustody till October 17

In his bail plea the formerFinance Minister contendedthat liberty of an individualcannot be denied on the basis

of ldquoanonymous and unveri-fied allegationsrdquo He also cit-ed his ldquofrailrdquo health as aground for bail and said hewas not ldquoaccustomedrdquo to foodgiven to him in the jail andhas lost 4 kg weight duringhis judicial custody The Spe-

cial Court allowed him homecooked food inside jail once aday as an exception

Arrested by the CBI inAugust in the INX Media cor-ruption case the senior Con-gress leader has been lodged inTihar Jail since September 5

He was arrested on August21 from his Jor Bagh resi-dence in the capital The CBIhad registered an FIR on May15 2017 alleging irregularitiesin the Foreign InvestmentPromotion Board (FIPB)clearance granted to the INXMedia group for receivingoverseas funds of Rs 305 crorein 2007 during his tenure asFinance Minister

ldquoBail is the rule jail is theexception Arrest and custodyare a humiliation and socialstigma The prosecutionseems to think that prolongedjudicial custody is a punish-ment they can impose on thePetitioner Courts shouldfrown upon the attempt of theprosecution to use judicialcustody as a kind of pre-trialpunishmentrdquo Chidambaramsaid in his plea

He also denied the HC find-ing that INX Mediarsquos formerpromoters Indrani and PeterMukerjea had met him andldquoillegal gratificationrdquo was paid

PC moves SC for bail seeks urgent hearingDelhi court extends his judicial custody till Oct 17

lsquoBEING HUMILIATEDrsquoArrest and custody

are ahumiliationand socialstigma Theprosecution

seems to think thatprolonged judicial custodyis a punishment they canimpose on the petitioner P Chidambaram FORMER UNION MINISTER

Tribune News Service

NewDelhi October 3The Supreme Court on Thurs-day pulled up the Odisha Gov-ernment for demolishing his-toric lsquomuttsrsquo aroundJagannath Temple in Puriand asked it to consult stake-holders before going aheadwith the demolition drive

A three-judge Bench saidthe state must preserve thehistoric structures around thetemple The Bench said thelsquomuttrsquo mdash where first SikhGuru Nanak Dev had stayedmdash should not be demolished

ldquoYou cannot destroy every-thing These small temples

and mutts are providinglivelihood to a number ofpeople since centuriesrdquo saidthe Bench ndash which is seizedof a PIL filed by Mrinalini

Padhi highlighting theproblems faced by devoteesand their alleged exploita-tion by Sevaks

The Bench asked the

Odisha Government to con-sult Hindu seers such asShankaracharya and otherstakeholders before demol-ishing structures around

the Jagannath Temple Asdirected by the Bench ami-cus curiae and senior coun-sel Ranjit Kumar submit-ted his report after visitingthe temple and recom-mended compensation foraffected persons

However the Bench askedfor a fresh report on theaffected persons from thestate government and postedthe matter for further hear-ing on October 22

The state administration haslaunched a demolition drive inPuri for the creation of a her-itage corridor within 75 metresof the lsquoMeghnad Prachirrsquo ofJagannath Temple

Donrsquot raze mutt where Guru Nanak stayed SC Asks Odisha Govt to consult stakeholders before going ahead with demolition drive

Strong proof of structurebeneath mosque inAyodhya Hindu parties NewDelhi October 3 Hindu parties asserted in theSupreme Court on Thursdaythat claims of the Muslimside over the 277 acre land inthe Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid title disputewere belied by the excavatedmaterial which suggestedexistence of a ldquomassive struc-turerdquo beneath the demol-ished mosque

The counsel for deity RamLalla said the excavatedmaterials are a ldquoproofbeyond doubtrdquo about theexistence of the structurebeneath the demolishedmosque in Ayodhya whilerebutting the claim of Mus-lim parties about the exis-tence of an Islamic structure

The counsel stated that fromthe pillar bases artefacts cir-cular shrine intersectingbrickbat walls found in exca-vation an inference can bedrawn that the massive struc-ture was a temple and not anyIslamic structure

A five-judge Constitutionbench headed by CJI RanjanGogoi was told by senior advo-cate C S Vaidyanathan appear-ing for deity Ram Lalla thatcontention of the Muslim par-ties about a structure beneaththe disputed site being anidgah wall or an Islamic struc-

ture was not correct ldquoFirst their case was that

there was no structure at allSecondly they said it was anIslamic structure or an idgahwall We say that it was a tem-ple which was demolished andthe pillar bases found duringexcavation also suggest to thiseffectrdquo Vaidyanathan said

ldquoThat there was a massivestructure beneath is a proofbeyond doubtrdquo he said Senioradvocate Rajeev Dhavanappearing for Muslim partiessaid that as per the Archaeo-logical Survey of India report there is no conclusiveproof or findings of destructionof a temple mdash PTI

PUNJAB CM HADWRITTEN TO STATE

The Punjab CM had written tohis Odisha counterpart tostop demolition of ManguMutt believed to have beenvisited by Guru Nanak Dev

Set up in 1615 by BhaiAlmast a Sikh preacher andhead of Dhuari of the UdasiSect the Mangu Mutt wasalso visited by Guru TeghBahadur in 1670

Court grants divorce toINX Media ex-promoters

A family court on Thurs-day granted divorce to INX Mediarsquos formerpromoters Indrani andPeter Mukerjea

The divorce was amicableand the court was satis-fied that it was a fit casefor dissolution of the 17-year-old marriageIndranirsquos lawyer said

Historic mutts around Jagannath Temple being demolished

Tribune News Service

Mumbai October 3Shiv Sena leader AadityaThackeray today filed hisnomination for the Maha-rashtra Assembly electionsfrom the Worli constituencyHis parents Uddhav andRashmi Thackeray alongwith hundreds of partyworkers accompanied him

Aaditya is the first mem-ber of the Thackeray totake the plunge into elec-toral politics

The 29-year-old embarkedon a massive roadshow atWorli this morning andarrived at the Election Com-missionrsquos office Before hit-ting the road he posted pho-tos of himself praying beforethe picture of party founderand grandfather Bal Thack-eray on social media

Before leaving thehouse he received a callfrom Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis wish-ing him all the best

Speaking to mediapersonsafter filing his nominationpapers Aaditya refused tosay whether he was Senarsquoschief ministerial candidate

ldquoI am not running afterany post I am here to workfor Maharashtra and thecountry I feel the chief min-ister of Maharashtra is acommon man I am also acommon manrdquo he said

Senarsquos Aaditya filespapers from Worli

Pune October 3A day after the RepublicanParty of India (Athawale)fielded Deepak Nikalje thebrother of jailed underworlddon Chhota Rajan fromPhaltan in Satara district theparty on Thursday changedits candidate from the seat inwestern Maharashtra

Instead of Nikalje localleader Digambar Agawanewill contest from the seatsenior RPI leader and Maha-rashtra minister AvinashMahatekar said

The RPI (A) is an ally of theBJP The RPI led by Unionminister Ramdas Athawalehas been given six seats aspart of the seat-sharing dealbetween the BJP Shiv Sena

and other smaller allies forthe October 21 Assemblyelections

Athawale announced thecandidates includingNikalje in Mumbai onWednesday Agawane who isa local RPI (A) leader hasbeen announced as the par-tys candidate from Phaltansaid Mahatekar He saidAgawane will contest theelection on BJPs lotus sym-bol Mahatekar said thoughNikalje was from Phaltan henever lived there Mean-while RPI workers fromPune decided to stay awayfrom the BJPs poll campaignto protest against the Dalitparty not getting any Assem-bly seat in the city mdash PTI

Chhota Rajanrsquos brotherreplaced as candidate

Tribune News Service

Lucknow October 3Defying party diktat BSPrsquosShravasti MLA Aslam Rainiattended the ongoing 36-hourspecial Assembly session tomark the 150th birth anniver-sary of Mahatma Gandhitoday He is the eighth Oppo-sition legislator to attend thesession in defiance of theCongress Samajwadi Partyand BSP leadershipsrsquo diktatto their legislators to stayaway from the session

Besides Raini BSP MLAfrom Purwa (Unnao) AnilSingh and BSP MLC BrijeshSingh Princu attended the ses-sion on Wednesday evening

Sources say the session had

virtually triggered a revolt inthe BSP It was pointed outthat the partyrsquos entire Saha-ranpur unit has joined theBJP en bloc The GangohAssembly segment of Saha-ranpur has a bypoll sched-uled for October 21 A senior

BSP MLA expressed appre-hension of many more partyMLAs attending the sessionin defiance of the party chiefMayawatirsquos directive

Earlier four legislatorsfrom the Samajwadi Partyhad rebelled against its deci-

sion to participate in the ses-sion They included HardoiMLA Nitin Agarwal and MLCRavi Shankar Singh PappuMLCs Shatrudha Prakashand Madhukar Jaitley senttheir written speeches to theChairman requesting him itmake these part of the pro-ceedings Despite protests byBJP members the Chairmanobliged the duo

The Congress also facedldquobetrayalrdquo when Rae Bareli(Sadar) MLA Aditi Singhdelivered a speech in theAssembly on Wednesday

Sources say the legislatorswho have defied theirrespective party line toattend the session are likelyto join the BJP soon

Oppn MLAs defy diktat attend HouseTribune News Service

Lucknow October 3The Uttar Pradesh Govern-ment today charged suspend-ed BRD Medical CollegeGorakhpur paediatrician DrKafeel Khan of wrongly claim-ing to have got a clean chit inthe death of infants during theAugust 2019 oxygen shortage

Principal Secretary (MedicalEducation) Rajneesh Dubeclaimed the probe was stillcontinuing against Dr KafeelKhan on seven points Afterthe death of infants at theBRD Medical College investi-gations found three doctorsguilty They have been sus-pended and are facing depart-mental probes he said

Dube claimed Dr KafeelKhan had been publicisingthe probe report in the mediain a wrong manner as theprobe against him was still onand he had been given noclean chit Dr Kafeel Khanhad defended himself sayingthe probe had absolved him onthree counts related to the

incident at the BRD MedicalCollege on August 10 11 and12 2017 during which timearound 70 infants died due tothe shortage of oxygen supply

ldquoAs I was not the decisionmaker I was obviously notinvolved in administrativedecisions as regards pur-chase of oxygenrdquo he claimed

No clean chit to Dr Kafeel UP

But counsel forMuslims says thereis no such finding in

the ASI report tosupport the claim

Tribune News Service

NewDelhi October 3The Supreme Court onThursday reserved its verdicton petitions challenging the2018 amendments to theSCST Act 1989 but made itclear that anticipatory bailcould be granted in such mat-ter if the courts feel that noprima facie case is made out

The 2018 amendments toThe Scheduled Castes andTribes (Prevention of Atroci-ties) Act 1989 that had nulli-fied the directions in its ver-

dict last year on March 20diluting the provisions ofarrest under the law

A Bench headed by JusticeArun Mishra which had onOctober 1 recalled two of thedirections passed last year bya two-judge Bench and

restored stringent position ofthe Act said it did not intentto dilute the law ldquoWe are notdiluting these provisions Weare not striking them downThese provisions will standas it was earlierrdquo it said

In its October 1 verdict thetop court restored the earlierposition of the law by recallingtwo directions in the Marchlast year verdict which provid-ed no absolute bar on grant ofanticipatory bail and priorinquiry before effecting arrestof public servant and privateindividual under the Act

Wonrsquot dilute SCST Act Top courtlsquoPROVISIONS WILL STAYrsquo

We are not dilutingthese provisions We arenot striking them downThese provisions will standA Supreme Court Bench

Mumbai October 3 Fissures in the city Congressover the ticket distributionfor the Maharashtra Assem-bly polls are wide open withits former chief Sanjay Niru-pam declaring on Thursdaythat he would not take part inthe partyrsquos campaign afterthe name he had recom-mended was ldquorejectedrdquo

The former MP also saidthe way the partyrsquos leader-ship was behaving with himthe time to say good bye tothe party was ldquonot far awayrdquo

ldquoIt seems Congress doesnrsquotwant my services anymore Ihad recommended just onename in Mumbai for Assem-bly election Heard that even

that has been rejected As Ihad told the leadership earli-er in that case I will not par-ticipate in poll campaign Itrsquosmy final decisionrdquo Nirupamsaid on Twitter without nam-ing any of the city leaders

Nirupam also did not specifythe name of the contender hewas pushing for ldquoI hope that

the day has not yet come to saygood bye to party But the wayleadership is behaving withme it doesnrsquot seem far awayrdquohe said in another tweet

Nirupam was replaced asthe city Congress chief aheadof the Lok Sabha polls inMarch this year followingcomplaints by a section of par-ty leaders that he functionedin ldquounilateralrdquo manner

Former Union MinisterMilind Deora had replacedNirupam However Deorahad resigned from the postlast month following the par-tyrsquos debacle in the generalelections The party could notwin even a single seat out ofthe six in Mumbai mdash PTI

Setback for Maharashtra CongNirupam refuses to campaign

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray with his son Aaditya afterthe former filed his nomination from Worli seat in Mumbai PTI

Declares assets worth~1605 cr including

~1036-cr bankdeposits and a BMW

car worth ~65 lakh

Thane October 3 NCP president Sharad Pawarsaid on Thursday the rulingBJP has no solutions to burn-ing problems in Maharashtralike farmer suicide anddrought and hence it is rais-ing emotional issues such asArticle 370 and Ram templein the campaign for the Octo-ber 21 Assembly elections

Targeting the BJP-led NDAgovernment he said centralagencies like the ED and CBIare being used to harass polit-ical opponents He was talk-ing to reporters after partici-pating in a rally organsiedafter filing of nomination byNCP candidate and sittingMLA Jitendra Awhad from

the Mumbra-Kalwa segmentAsked about the SupremeCourt ruling with regard toCM Devendra Fadnavisrsquos2014 poll affidavit Pawar saidthe matter was sub-judice but

he should have given detailsof criminal cases against him

Two days ago the SupremeCourt had set aside the Bom-bay High Court order whichgave Fadnavis a clean chit in a

case of suppression of criminalmatters in the 2014 poll affi-davit He said the BJP has nosolutions to burning problemsin the state like farmer suicidesand drought mdash PTI

BJP evading burning issues alleges Pawar

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on way to file the nomination of Jintendra Awhad from Mumbra-Kalwa in Thane PTI

lsquoI AM NOT REQUIREDrsquoIt seems Congress

doesnrsquot want my services Ihad recommended justone name in Mumbai forthe elections Heard thateven that has beenrejected Sanjay Nirupam CONGRESS

Tribune News Service

Lucknow October 3Former Union Minister Chin-mayanandrsquos judicial custodyin the case of alleged rape ofa Shahjahanpur law studenthas been extended by 14days His hearing took placethrough video-conferencingin the court of the Shahja-hanpur Chief Judicial Magis-trate on Thursday The dateof his next hearing has beenfixed for October 16

The SIT probing the casehas sought permission fromthe court to get the voicesamples of Chinmayanand(72) and the rape survivorwhich would be heard on Fri-day Speaking to reportersChinmayanandrsquos counselOm Singh said that after theexpiry of the 14-day judicialcustody his client wasexpected to appear before thecourt but he could not do sodue to security reasons

However another lawyerPuja Singh claimed thatdue to a rapidly worseningglaucoma Chinmayanandrsquoseye-sight was worseningcausing him acute pain inthe eye She said that shealso pleaded before thecourt that as Chinmayanandwas a former Union Minis-ter he should be given lsquoArsquoclass facilities in jail

Meanwhile activistsbelonging to an organisationcalled ldquoJanata ki Awaazrsquostaged a dharna outside theShahjahanpur Collectoratedemanding the lodging of acase against Chinmayanandunder IPC Section 376

Chinmayanandrsquosjudicial custodyup by 14 days

PARESH RAWAL APOLOGISESFormer BJP MP and actorParesh Rawal has apologisedto Dr Kafeel Khan for hisderogatory tweet against himtwo years ago After the BRDMedical College tragedy Raw-al had described Dr Kafeel asa ldquohero in the eyes of the everactive termite clanrdquo

36-HR SHOW CM Yogi Adityanath at the special Assembly session PTI

THE TRIBUNE08 CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 OPINION

Trumprsquos trial begins now

Fleecing students Reference to the news report lsquoPayRs 35000 clear pending exams atPunjabi varsityrsquo (October 3) uni-versities in Punjab appear to becompeting with one another tocollect money from studentsunder one garb or the other Lastmonth Guru Nanak Dev Univer-sity Amritsar offered a specialchance to students to clear theirpending exams at a cost of Rs25000 Not lagging behind Pun-jabi University has now come outwith its scheme In view of GuruNanakrsquos 550th birth anniversarythe universities should haveoffered this chance as a goodwillmeasure Students from margin-alised sections cannot afford topay hefty fee Universities shouldcurtail their wasteful and avoid-able expenditure

NK GOSAIN BATHINDA

Canrsquot bank on it Reports of malpractices and fraudsin the banking system are becom-ing frequent (editorial lsquoBanksneed better systemsrsquo October 3)It seems there are no properchecks monitoring and account-ing procedures The siphoning offof public money is an offenceagainst the common people Thegovernment and the RBI should

tighten supervision People arelosing faith in banks Remedialmeasures must be initiated to safe-guard savings and restore the trustin our banks Also the culpritsshould be punished

SUBHASH VAID NEW DELHI

Mahatmarsquos teachings The carefully worded editoriallsquoCherry-picking Gandhirsquo (Octo-ber 2) rightly calls upon Indiansto come out of the dark cell ofmajoritarianism and work whole-heartedly for a united secularIndia where everybody may beable to live and breathe freely Letthe Hindu-Muslim unity the cruxof the Mahatmarsquos teachings behonestly preserved at all costs Itis the real face of India andshould not be sacrificed at thealtar of Hindutva

CHANDER PRAKASH RAHI PATIALA

No lsquohonourrsquo in this There was recently the shockingnews of a young couple havingbeen shot dead by the girlrsquos broth-er apparently because she hadmarried against her parentsrsquowishes A similar incident hadbeen reported from the same vil-lage some time back All such cas-es get the halo of lsquohonourrsquokillings It may have had some

meaning a few centuries back butin the present-day society it hasabsolutely no relevance Thesekillings have no justification whenwe talk of giving our girls a fairchance at life Such parents andfamily members who kill theirchildren in such a barbaric fashionshould be given exemplary pun-ishment and publicised

AIR CMDE MANMOHAN SINGH (RETD)MOHALI

NRC back in news Reference to the editorial lsquoNRCimbrogliorsquo (October 3) NRC is inthe news again The Home Minis-terrsquos statement is partial and par-tisan He is ready to provideaccommodation to believers ofany faith but not Muslims Cer-tain norms are meant for every-one and everyone has a right tolive with reference to suicides fol-lowing NRC exercise

SANKALP OJHA MADHYA PRADESH

Take a broad view Apropos lsquoNRC imbrogliorsquo (Octo-ber 3) day by day NRC is taking acommunal shape The dilemma isto find parameters on which aperson could be considered arefugee Some are committingsuicide in fear of losing citizen-ship The Modi government

should take everything into con-sideration and not simply dis-miss the comments of the Opposi-tion Only then will the sloganlsquoSabka saath sabka vikasrsquobecome worthwhile

ARPANA CHAUDHARY AMRITSAR

Teachersrsquo transfers The prevailing disparities intransfers of teachers have causedhindrance in teaching and schoolactivities VIPs are enjoying perksas common teachers curse theirluck A transparent transfer policyproved successful in Haryana andUP There should be no bias Aftertwo-three years everyone runsafter politicians for a convenienttransfer When a policy is framedeverybody will have to go to theassigned place

SAROJ BANYAL HAMIRPUR

For the love of Urdu Apropos the editorial lsquoLet Urduflourishrsquo (October 1) it is importantto highlight the significance ofUrdu It is the most beautiful lan-guage and to call it a foreign lan-guage is tantamount to a great dis-service to the language Ratherserious efforts should be made tointroduce Urdu in school curricu-lum at a suitable stage

SANTOSH JAMWAL HAMIRPUR

Gursharan Singh

I LIVE in Ludhiana and on manyoccasions have visited the ChristianMedical College amp Hospital

(CMCampH) for treatment of self orattending to a relative or friend Onethought always comes to mind whatmade Edith Mary Brown come hereand alleviate the miseries of people byestablishing a hospital mdash over 125 yearsago CMCampH has remained a premiermedical institution not only in Punjabbut also the entire North No doctor isallowed private practice and only thecommitted ones serve the institution

Though there has been a landmarkprogress in the development of infra-structure in the form of buildings andequipment not a single brick was

added to the church building whichcontinues to serve the purpose well

As we celebrate the 550th birthanniversary of Guru Nanak immac-ulate planning and arrangements arebeing made for nagar kirtan langarshabad kirtan etc Quintals of flow-ers will be used during various cere-monies apart from impressive deco-rations involving huge expenditureAll political parties and also religiousbodies are set to take credit for vari-ous events including the opening ofthe Kartarpur corridor There is noth-ing wrong in doing so but some-where we seem to have forgotten thereal message of the Guru

Guru Nanak preached simplicity andlaid emphasis on observing honesty inwhatever one does He was not in

favour of any ostentatious show Heworked for the poor and underprivi-leged He was all for education whichhe thought would help one to be ofsome use to others (vidya veechari tanparupkari) Can our leaders both polit-ical and religious think of doing some-thing more meaningful forhumankind Can we think of opening550 hospitals 550 schools and collegesand an equal number of de-addictioncentres to save our youth and guidethem to live a purposeful life AkalTakht is the highest temporal seat ofthe Sikhs and any verdict issued fromthere is binding on the Sikh communi-ty It should issue certain diktats to takesociety out of perennial social evils

Punjabis including Sikhs areknown to organise lavish parties on

weddings where liquor flows likewater and non-vegetarian food isserved It has become a status symbolThere are some who can afford thislavish and avoidable expendituremany more are compelled to do itunder pressure as a face-saving exer-cise It is not uncommon that some-times they may have to part with aprecious piece of agricultural land ortake substantial loans Subsequentlythis financial burden emerges as amajor reason for farm suicides

A message from Akal Takht to banlavish parties serving of liquor andnon-vegetarian food and to restrictthe number of baratis to say 20may save many lives Will it not bethe best way to celebrate theGurursquos birth anniversary

POLITICAL SCIENTIST

SUBSTANTIAL parts of ourworld have been captured byright-wing populists and inter-estingly all such leaders have a

great deal in common One they con-temptuously dismiss institutions asembodiments of privilege a nuisanceat best and irrelevant at worst Twopopulists forge a national constituencyunmediated by institutions organisa-tions or the opposition Three theyrepresent themselves as targets of con-spiracies fashioned by an elite that hasbecome corrupt moribund and irrele-vant Four populist leaders refuse toplay by rules of the game Whether it isTrump or Modi they have no hesita-tion in uttering statements that theirpredecessors would deem improperThey are simply unpredictable

President Trump is the quintessen-tial populist leader he disdains politi-cal proprieties His presidency hasbeen ridden by controversy since dayone random dismissal of importantofficials wilful decisions and opendistribution of benefits to his ownfamily Ever since the Democrats tookover the House of Representatives inJanuary 2019 the Congress has beenpulverised The Republican-con-trolled Senate has blocked every pieceof progressive legislation passed bythe House It is not therefore surpris-ing that in September the Speaker ofthe House of Representatives NancyPelosi announced that an impeach-ment inquiry would be initiatedagainst the President He had report-edly requested his counterpart in theUkraine to lsquodig up dirtrsquo on Joe Bidena possible Democrat contender for the2020 presidential elections Does ask-ing a foreign power to intervene inelections warrant impeachment

Historians suggest that members of

the Constitutional Convention that metin Philadelphia in 1787 to draw up theAmerican constitution were unhappywith the authority vested in the Presi-dent In accordance with doctrines ofchecks and balances the Congress wasgiven the power to impeach the Presi-dent in cases of lsquotreason bribery or oth-er high crimes and misdemeanorsrsquoThis provision which was in keepingwith the spirit of British constitutionaland legal practice is not meant to pun-ish the incumbent of the White Housemerely to remove him from office Theprocess is cumbersome The House ofRepresentatives has to pass Articles ofImpeachment or a list of charges by amajority vote The case then goes to theSenate which is convened as a judici-ary to hear arguments from both sidesThe removal of the President requires atwo-thirds majority

It was feared as one of the foundersof the American constitution acceptedin a piece in Federalist No 65 thatimpeachment will ignite political pas-sions harness animosities partialitiesand influence and divide the countryThe process might prove more harm-ful than any decision on innocence orguilt Alexander Hamilton was pre-scient Impeachment proceedings

have been launched against two Pres-idents mdash Andrew Johnson in 1868 andBill Clinton in 1998 The former tookover the presidency after the assassi-nation of President Abraham Lincolnduring the civil war in 1868 He is con-sidered a racist because he openlysupported the cause of White South-erners and opposed the civil rights ofliberated Afro-Americans He wasimpeached on a technical issue thatof vetoing a law passed by the Con-gress In the Senate his impeachmentwas defeated by one vote

Impeachment proceedings were ini-tiated against Clinton following alle-gations that he had lied to the SpecialProsecutor about his sexual relation-ship with a White House intern Hewas under oath The move failedbecause it could not secure a two-thirds majority in the Senate Clin-tonrsquos case is controversial expertsargue that a President cannot beimpeached for personal wrongdoingthat may not reflect on public affairs

The only President against whomimpeachment proceedings would havebeen successful is Richard Nixon Hehowever resigned within two years ofhis second term In July 1974 28 out of38 members of the House of Represen-

tatives judiciary committee voted toimpeach him Members of his own par-ty affirmed that they would voteagainst him On August 5 the prover-bial lsquosmoking gunrsquo established that hehad covered the break into the head-quarters of the Democratic Party atWatergate by his campaign committeeduring the 1972 presidential pollsNixon was aware that the Senate wouldvote for his dismissal He resigned Ifimpeachment had succeeded it wouldhave established the superiority of theCongress over the executive

Today Democrats have left no stoneunturned to impeach the President forserious abuse of power Trump tweetsconspiracy theories and appeals to hisconstituency He also threatens to findthe whistleblower These two extreme-ly irresponsible statements can possi-bly add to the list of offences chartedout in the Articles of Impeachment

Hamiltonrsquos foreboding thatimpeachment would divide popularopinion and split the country ratherthan successfully remove the Presi-dent from power has come true Everfaithful to their vocation survey agen-cies have rushed to the American peo-ple for their opinion the Presidentrsquosmen rush to television studios to pleadthat their boss is being victimised thePresident tweets that this is a conspir-acy and Democrats claim that a robustcase exists for impeaching Trump

Even if the House of Representa-tives votes for impeachment it isdebatable whether the move will passthe Senate which controlled by theRepublicans backs the President atleast to date More significantlyTrump has a significant base amongconservative voters and the ruralheartland On October 1 he tweeted anelectoral map dominated by his colourred mdash lsquoTry and impeach thisrsquo he chal-lenged Perceive the irony The pop-ulist leader scorns institutions andaddresses the lsquopeoplersquo Therefore hecan present himself as a casualty ofintrigues even though he is the mostpowerful man on earth Nothing workslike sentimental narratives of victim-hood Trump might emerge as a mar-tyr as a hostage of entrenched powernot quite smelling of roses but still

Letters to the Editor typed in double space should not exceed the 200-word limit These should be cogently written and can be sent by e-mail to Letterstribunemailcom

thought for the dayExperience has already shown that the impeachment the

constitution has provided is not even a scarecrow mdash Thomas Jefferson

NOT SIMPLE Despite opposition President Trump has a significant baseamong conservative voters and the rural heartland

THE TRIBUNEestablished in 1881

Stuck with plasticMass movement needed to reduce its use

THE government has finally woken up to the menace of single-useplastic though it has stopped short of announcing a blanket banSuch plastic commonly used for packaging and carrying goods

is disposable but its indiscriminate disposal has been wreaking havocon the environment Even as PM Narendra Modi is envisioning anIndia free of single-use plastic by 2022 the onus is on various stake-holders right from the industry to the consumer to decrease (andeventually stop) its consumption and popularise alternatives such aspaper and jute The prevailing economic slowdown and the prospectof more job losses have prevented the NDA government characteristi-cally not known for restraint and moderation from rushing into aknee-jerk decision As of now single-use plastic will not be allowedinside national monuments and within 100 metres of their boundary

The national focus on generating public awareness about the boon-turned-bane is a welcome move The imposition of bans and fines hasoften proved counter-productive due to lax enforcement and wide-spread non-cooperation Old habits die hard A behavioural change canhappen only if a mass movement sweeps the country It is imperativeto break the demand-and-supply cycle Himachal Pradesh has takenthe lead by deciding to buy-back non-recyclable plastic waste and sin-gle-use plastic at a minimum support price of Rs 75 per kg Such incen-tives can go a long way in curbing the availability of the eco-unfriendlymaterial Installing plastic disposal machines at railway stations andother public places is also a step in the right direction

Converting toxic waste into something productive is anotherchallenge Indian Oil Corporation plans to employ its refinery oper-ations to turn single-use plastic waste into specialised bitumen thatcan be utilised for the construction of roads and highways Moresuch out-of-the-box ideas are needed India can even draw inspira-tion from an unexpected quarter Rwanda According to a report ofthe UN Environment Programme the African country mdash once rav-aged by civil war and genocide mdash has become one of the cleanestcountries on the planet due to its proactive campaign against single-use plastic Where therersquos a will therersquos a plastic-free way

Congress a divided houseParty in disarray ahead of Haryana elections

NOTHING unites Congressmen more than the sight of electoralvictory while political wilderness brings to the fore bickeringin the rank and file The five years in opposition in Haryana

seem to have done the party little good with factionalism out in theopen Earlier it was state unit chief Ashok Tanwar who was in the fir-ing line after the party lost all 10 seats in the Lok Sabha elections Theroles have now been reversed with Tanwar training guns at former CMBhupinder Singh Hooda and state unit president Kumari Selja accus-ing them of selling the party ticket Tanwar took his fight to Delhiprotesting outside Sonia Gandhirsquos residence and asking to be relievedof all poll panels The rivalry spilled over after Selja was made thestate president and Hooda the chief of the election management com-mittee A video went viral allegedly to embarrass the party a daybefore Hooda is slated to file his nomination

Tanwar is known to be close to Rahul Gandhi and with the latter step-ping aside after the loss in the Lok Sabha elections his replacement wasonly a matter of time His fight for tickets for his loyalists is natural Butthe party apparently wishes to throw its weight behind the old guard tohave a go at the BJP in the Assembly elections

The Congress was known for strong regional satraps Like VirbhadraSingh in HP and Capt Amarinder Singh in Punjab the partyrsquos decisionprobably is dictated by the prospect of facing a resurgent BJP With Sel-ja in the saddle the Congress has tried to offset the possible loss of Dalitvotes by Tanwarrsquos replacement A lsquohuman bombrsquo cost Rajiv Gandhi hislife and Tanwar should be circumspect in using the term howeverinnocuous the context might be even as his grievance should be lookedinto His next course of action is awaited but the party itself should beseen as fighting the BJP and not amongst itself

Democrats leaving no stone unturned to impeach US President for abuse of power

NEERA CHANDHOKE

on this day100 years ago

General AmnestyELSEWHERE will be found the account of an interview which theHonrsquoble Mr SN Banerjea gave to an Associated Press representative onhis arrival at Bombay It is pleasing to note the optimistic ring about MrBanerjearsquos views He said that the Indian situation in England to-day wasfar more encouraging and satisfactory than it had ever been within hisrecollection He referred with pardonable pride to the share the Moderateparty had in bringing this happy consumption As regards the Punjabaffairs mdash a subject in which we in the Punjab are particularly interested mdashMr Banerjea said that his deputation had several informal conferenceswith Mr Montagu during which they had urged the grant of a generalamnesty and the appointment of an independent Commission of EnquiryWhile we regret that in the matter of the Enquiry Committee thesuggestion of the moderate deputation has been considerably whittleddown we do hope Mr Montagu will see his ways to advise His Majesty togrant a general amnesty in all political cases

The ldquoEnglishmanrdquo and OurselvesREFERRING to certain remarks that appeared in a recent issue of this journalquestioning the right and authority of Sir Uma Hayat Khan to speak in thename of the people of Punjab the Englishman writes--ldquoIt is a very politicalminded device to brag of the glories of the soldier but to refuse him voice in theconcerns of the peoplerdquo Even a writer in the Englishman might have beenexpected to know the difference between questioning a manrsquos representativecharacter and refusing him a voice in the concerns of the people

lahore saturday october 4 1919

letters to the editor

Celebrate with 550 hospitals schools

Trump scorns institutions and addresses the lsquopeoplersquo Hecan therefore present himself as a casualty of intrigues

THE TRIBUNECHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 09OPED

AT Chinarsquos National DayParade on October 1 the mili-tary might of the Peoplersquos Lib-eration Army (PLA) in full dis-

play was watched closely by the worldThe commander-in-chief of the PLA XiJinping inspected the parade which fea-tured 15000 troops 160 aircraft and 600pieces of equipment

What caught the attention of dis-cerning observers were the new mis-siles which are a part of the 2016-raised rocket force (PeoplersquosLiberation Army Rocket ForcePLARF) The Dongfeng DF-41 Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)with a range of 15000 km travelling atseven km per second approximatespeed Mach 20 (Mach is the speed ofsound) and 500 meters accuracy theDongfeng DF-100 hypersonic cruisemissile and the Dongfeng DF-17medium range ballistic missile fittedwith Hypersonic Glide Vehicle (HGV)mdash DF-ZF mdash with a range of 2000 km

While western analysts focused onDF-41 ICBM which would play a crit-ical role in strategic counterbalancedeterrence and in winning war forIndia the DF-100 and DF-17 fittedwith HGV mdash DF-ZF mdash should be acause of concern Hypersonic mis-siles will be the new disruptive game-changing technology in this centurywhich would mdash between India andChina mdash replace nuclear deterrence

with non-nuclear deterrence reshapethe rules of conventional war-fight-ing and transform geopolitics Onlythree countries mdash the US Russia andChina mdash have made credible stridesin procuring harnessing and exploiting this technology

Hypersonic missiles are radically dif-ferent from ballistic and cruise missilesBallistic missiles boosted by powerfulrocket engines leave the atmosphere(the dividing altitude between atmos-phere and space is 100 km) to enterspace reach the apogee and then re-enter atmosphere to hit the designatedtarget These missiles follow a definedelliptical trajectory which helps theBallistic Missile Defence (BMD) sys-tem to intercept and neutralise theirwarhead before it causes damage TheUS since over four decades has invest-ed heavily in BMD systems Inspiredby it India too has invested in indige-nous BMD since 2000

Cruise missiles stay within theatmosphere fly at low altitude toevade ground-based radars and arepowered and guided throughout theflight in a defined near-flat trajectoryuntil its designated target Cruise mis-siles powered by air-breathing jetengines have sub-sonic speeds exceptIndiarsquos BrahMos missile which pow-ered by ramjet engine has a superson-ic speed of Mach 3 To defeat cruisemissiles there are technologies likethe Russian S-400 Air Defence MissileSystem (ADMS) amongst others

Hypersonic cruise missiles with twopeculiarities are a class apart Onethey have speed upwards of Mach 5 mdashtheir kinetic energy (derived frommotion) itself is enough to destroyhardened and underground facilities

Two they fly at low altitudes thoughhigher than cruise missiles and aredifficult to detect by terrestrial or

land-based radars because of theirability to change course rapidlyUnlike ballistic and cruise missileswhich follow a defined trajectoryhypersonic missiles are highlymanoeuvrable thereby giving very lit-tle reaction time to the opponent tojudge which target is being hit Thisdelayed detection makes timelyresponse extremely difficult

HGV are fitted on ballistic missilerocket engines like DF-17 DF-21 DF-26 and even DF-41 ICBM and boostedAfter a certain boost phase the HGVdetaches itself from the rocket andglides towards its target 2000 kmaway in a wayward rather than adefined low flight trajectory

Senior officials from Raytheon Com-pany of the US recently told thiswriter at an international air show thatmeeting the hypersonic cruise missilechallenge would require new sensorsfor early detection Since terrestrial

sensors alone would not work theneed would be to have a mix of space-based and terrestrial sensors Theentire hypersonic missile defencearchitecture they said would requirehuge investments patience technolo-gy and technical expertise

Given the new missilersquos characteris-tics the DF-100 and DF-17 with HGVin PLA inventory would be a powerfulasymmetric capability For instance itwould be a national humiliation if theHGV were to hit and destroy Indiarsquosaircraft carrier Since India mdash familiarwith PLArsquos nuclear weapons invento-ry mdash is unlikely to raise the stakesChinarsquos new deterrence as well as dis-ruptive war-fighting capability wouldreside in its useable non-nuclear HGVIndiarsquos nuclear weapons purportedlydelivered by its submarines Agniseries ballistic missiles and aircraftwould on the other hand be rendereduseless against China

Such a possibility deserves an urgentreview both of Indiarsquos nuclear deter-rence against China and the indigenousBMD which despite the infusion ofhuge funds has unfortunately notdemonstrated satisfactory results In2011 the then Defence Research andDevelopment Organisation (DRDO)chief VK Saraswat had spelt out thetimelines to this writer for the accom-plishment of the BMD programme Hehad said that by 2013 phase one of theproject which involved successful inter-ception of hostile missiles with 2000-kmrange would be achieved Phase two ofthe programme which required neutral-isation of 5000-km range ballistic mis-siles would be done by 2015 the sameyear when the ballistic missile shieldwould become available for impreg-nable defence of the capital city of Delhiand major metropolises The purchaseof five units or regiments of Russian S-400 ADMS in 2016 is evidence thatSaraswat was doing kite-flying

Even the military should take itsportion of the blame Many DRDO sci-entists have told me that the militaryleadership unable to find or under-stand operational employment ofhypersonic missiles has shown littleinterest in their presentations WithPLA having showcased these missilesthe Defence Minister ought to take thebull by the horns A way forward is toseek Russian cooperation through thesuccessful BrahMos supersonic cruisemissile programme Given that Brah-Mos is Indiarsquos most successfuldefence programme has consistentlymet its timelines has been acceptedby the three defence services and hasgenerated employment and wealth itcould be the ideal vehicle for thedevelopment of hypersonic cruisemissiles and strengthening bilateralrelations between India and Russia

CUTTING EDGE Hypersonic missiles will be the new disruptive game-changing technology in this century

With the Peoplersquos LiberationArmy having showcased

hypersonic missiles Indiaought to take the bull by thehorns A way forward is toseek Russian cooperation

through the successfulBrahMos supersonic cruise

missile programme It could be the ideal vehicle

for the development ofhypersonic cruise missiles

and strengthening bilateral relations

THE world was taken by surpriseon September 14 when thelargest Saudi oil processingplant at Abqaiq was hit by a

lsquoswarmrsquo of around 25 drones and somecruise missiles launched by the Houthirebels in Yemen one of the poorestcountries in the world The attackscaused extensive damage to the plantknocking out 60 per cent of the Saudi oilproduction and triggering a 20 per centspike in oil prices And the worldrsquosattention was thus suddenly focused onYemen and the Houthis an Islamic Zai-di Shia political and armed movementwhich has been fighting a lsquoforgottenrsquowar against Saudi Arabia and the UAEfor more than four years

The Yemeni war began in March 2015when Saudi forces invaded the countryto intervene in what was essentially adomestic dispute between the Houthisand the government of PresidentAbdrabbuh Mansur Hadi The Saudisinvaded Yemen because they viewedthe Houthis as Iranian proxies both ofthem being Shia The Houthis defeatedthe forces loyal to Hadi and capturedSanarsquoa the countryrsquos capital in Sep-tember 2014 In January 2015 Hadiresigned and later fled to Saudi Arabiawhere he presently lives in exile

The Saudi decision to invade Yemenwas taken by Mohammad bin Salman(MbS) the present Crown Prince of Sau-di Arabia To attack Yemen the Saudismobilised a coalition that included theUAE Egypt Jordan Morocco SudanKuwait Qatar and Bahrain But essen-tially it was the Saudi and Emirati

forces that were involved in the inva-sion which was also supported by theUS and the UK They providedweapons logistical support and target-ing information to the Saudis

The Wahhabi Saudis wanted a gov-ernment in Yemen that was not con-trolled by the Zaidi Shia HouthisThey also wanted to control Yemenrsquosoil and a pipeline from their oilfieldsto a harbour in Yemen which wouldhave enabled them to avoid the Iran-dominated Strait of Hormuz

The Saudis and the Emiratis expecteda quick victory against the Houthis whowere a rag-tag bunch of fighters withoutan organised army or sophisticatedweapons However they were highlymotivated agile innovative and knew

the terrain well The Saudis and theEmiratis on the other hand were poorfighters accustomed to the comforts oflife They could not match the Houthison the ground and soon resorted toindiscriminate bombing from the airkilling thousands of civilians

According to reliable estimatesaround 2 lakh Yemenis have died in thefighting including 1 lakh childrenunder the age of five from famine and acholera epidemic On some occasionsinternational aid was prevented fromreaching the Yemeni people by blockad-ing of the ports by the Saudis and theirallies And notably the self-styled glob-al lsquocustodiansrsquo of human rights werecomplicit in this genocidal war For thisreason it became a lsquoforgottenrsquo war

receiving very little media coverage TheUnited Nations has called it the biggesthumanitarian crisis on the planet

However the situation began tochange in May 2019 when the Houthislaunched drone attacks against someSaudi oil facilities That was followedon August 17 by a multiple droneattack on Shaybah a massive Saudi oiland gas field which is around 1200 kmfrom Houthi-controlled territory inYemen The drone attacks demonstrat-ed the vulnerability of the Saudi oilinfrastructure to the attacks by theHouthis and the range of their dronesand missiles Neither the Saudis northe Americans currently have any mis-sile or air defence systems that canoffer protection against such attacks

It is clear that drones have been agame-changer in Yemen One experthas called them ldquothe most disruptivemilitary technology yet conceivedrdquoThey are cheap costing only a few mil-lion dollars compared to the Saudiarsenal costing hundreds of billions ofdollars The Houthis are now makingtheir own drones based on Iraniandesigns and technical advice They arealso probably importing drones andcruise missiles from Iran

The Saudis have suffered anotherreversal in Yemen Their major ally theUAE pulled out of the war a few monthsago when the port of Aden in the Southfell to the Southern Transitional Coun-cil a separatist group backed by theUAE This has infuriated the Saudis butthey have not been able to do much

The Saudis and the Americans have

blamed Iran for the September 14attack on Abqaiq instead of the Houthiswho have claimed responsibility for itIran has denied any role in the attackThe US is unlikely to attack Iran but ifit does it could set the whole regionon fire That could adversely affectalmost seven million people of Indianorigin who work in the Gulf and remitbillions of dollars to India

On September 20 the US announcedthat it was sending troops and more mis-sile defence systems such as Patriot andTHAAD (Terminal High Altitude AreaDefence ) to Saudi Arabia However theyare unlikely to be effective against low-flying drones which can only be stoppedby short-range Russian systems such asPantsyr-S1 and the BUK-2 which theRussians have used to defend their basein Syria against similar attacks

On September 28 the Houthis dealtanother blow to the Saudis by launch-ing a ground attack within Saudi terri-tory near Najran in which three Saudibrigades were defeated and hundredsof soldiers were either killed woundedor captured The operation demonstrat-ed that Saudi Arabia was vulnerable toair and ground attack by the Houthis

The asymmetrical warfare fought bythe Houthis appears to have broughtSaudi Arabia to its knees The WallStreet Journal reported on August 28that the Trump administration waspreparing to initiate negotiations withthe Houthis to end the war in Yemen Itremains to be seen when or if that hap-pens But one thing is clear The war inYemen is no longer lsquoforgottenrsquo

NIRAJ SRIVASTAVAFORMER AMBASSADOR

The Houthis an IslamicZaidi Shia political and

armed movement active inYemen have been fightinga war against Saudi Arabiaand the UAE for more thanfour years The Saudis and

the Americans have blamedIran for the Sept 14 attackon the Saudi oil processing

plant at Abqaiq eventhough the Houthis haveclaimed responsibility for

it Drones have been a tipping point in the

Yemeni war

Drones and the lsquoforgottenrsquo war in Yemen

LIVING BY THE GUN The asymmetrical warfare fought by the Houthis appears to have brought Saudi Arabia to its knees

PRAVIN SAWHNEYSTRATEGIC AFFAIRS EXPERT

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Moon enters Sagittarius sign 1219 pm

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CITY MAX MINChandigarh 31 21New Delhi 34 24PUNJAB

Amritsar 32 22Bathinda 32 23Jalandhar 32 21Ludhiana 31 21HARYANA

Bhiwani 34 23Hisar 34 22Sirsa 32 25HIMACHAL PRADESH

Dharamsala 26 16Manali 20 08Shimla 21 12JAMMU amp KASHMIRJammu 32 21Leh ------ -----Srinagar 23 11UTTARAKHAND Dehradun 31 19Mussoorie 22 12

SUNSET FRIDAY 1804 HRSSUNRISE SATURDAY 0618 HRS

TEMPERATURE IN OC

THE TRIBUNE10 CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019JampKHP

Arun JoshiTribune News Service

Srinagar October 3Kashmiris displayed theirextraordinary sense of collec-tive responsibility in savingtheir Vale from the repeat ofthe 2016-like situation or evenworse There were all chancesof it becoming one had theyprotested in streets andclashed with troopers

ldquoThey thought we wouldtake to the streets and pelttroopers with stones to engi-neer mayhem We did notallow that to happenrdquo BilalAhmad a university stu-dent spoke in a maturedfashion rather than onebursting with emotions

Everyone in the establish-ment here who is from out-side the Vale admires thehigh sense of the politicalconsciousness and intelli-gence of Kashmiris ldquoTheyare politically alive and intel-ligent people perhaps thekind of which we may notfind in any other part of thecountryrdquo commented an offi-cer who has been here forover past three decades

And when the troops hadstarted landing in huge num-bers in Kashmir in the lastweek of July Kashmir wasagog with rumours whichlater turned out to be truethat something big was in theoffing The common percep-tion was that it would not begood for people of Kashmirwhich was seeded in theirmind by politicians now seenas relics of a goneby era

While the authorities arecrediting themselves havingplanned measures in such amanner that ensured thatnothing would go wrongKashmiris have their ownstory to tell of their restraintand reasonableness Theypreferred to avoid confronta-tion and clashes on thestreets is the narrative thatdemonstrates that they arenot suffering from the senseof defeat with which some

nationalistic media is por-traying them after the scrap-ping of Article 370 and 35A

Kashmiris are intelligentThey claim that they haveshown to the entire worldhow adversity can be con-verted into a virtue Hadthey indulged in clashestheir argument of loss ofpolitical identity wouldhave been neutralised

They had factored in somekind of onslaught on theirspecial status under Article370 and Article 35A Theyknew that confrontationwould mean catastropheThis dreadful thought wasbased on rumours likeldquoanything can happenrdquo ifthe streets were to eruptThey did not oblige thetrouble-makers

The body language of thetroopers with assault riflesslung on their shouldersmade it clear that they didnrsquotwant any trouble around Thetrouble had its consequencesThe mere presence of thetroops had a meaning thatconfrontation would be metwith harsher consequences

A teenager Asif Dar

admitted that the thingswere ldquoharshrdquo but therecould have been harsherconsequences had thesecurity arrangementsthat were put in place notbeen there ldquoThe authori-ties had their way we hadours but the main thingis that we didnrsquot courttrouble and smear ourland with bloodrdquo

ldquoThis was a preventivemeasurerdquo the governmentofficials have repeated it adnauseam They had drawntheir lessons as theyclaimed from the 2016unrest In hindsight the twosituations have no parallelKashmir had erupted in2016 after the killing of mil-itant commander BurhanWani who had weaponisedsocial media and no oneknew about his fatal enduntil it happened on July 82016 Thereafter it was aspontaneous reaction

This time the governmenthad anticipated cascades ofbacklash It had taken all pre-ventive measures fromarrests of political leaders tochronic stone throwers busi-

nessmen and anyone whohad caused trouble in thepast or had the potential to doso It was linked to the deci-sion on August 5 The prepa-rations had been made muchbefore the ldquoDecision dayrdquo ofscrapping the special statusof Jammu and Kashmir

Massive protests and theinitial killing of at least 20youngsters in the first fewhours set a cycle in motionof the clashes and casualtiesin 2016 That cycle of vio-lence halted after Kashmirhad reeled under coerciveshutdown for three monthsand the casualty figure stag-gered close to 100

Tourists fled and so did pil-grims in 2016 but no one hadasked them to pack off andgo This time the things wereplanned much beforendash thegovernment ordered the pil-grims and tourists to leave atthe earliest on August 2 atleast a fortnight before thescheduled conclusion of theAmarnath pilgrimage

The ubiquitous presence oftroops inspired scare Kash-miris chose pragmatism thistime They for too had learnttheir lessons from 2016 it waspointless to take to the streetsand fulfil the designs of ene-mies of Kashmir who wantedmore graves Pakistan isexactly looking for this kindof bloodbath in the Valley

Troopers did not usetheir guns was one factorbut the Kashmiris also didnot offer them theextreme provocation to doso And when they saw thewhole of the Indian nationcelebrating the August 5decision they understoodthe consequences of stand-ing up to the Indian mightand mood They appliedtheir common sense not tothrow their land in the spi-ralling bloodshed That iswhere they succeeded in sav-ing their land and fellowKashmiris from the troublethat could have visited them

lsquoWe saved our land from catastrophersquo

TURNING ADVERSITY INTO VIRTUE When the troops had

started landing in hugenumbers in Kashmir in thelast week of July Kashmirwas agog with rumourswhich later turned out tobe true that somethingbig was in the offing

Kashmiris claim that theyhave shown to the worldhow adversity can be con-verted into a virtue Hadthey indulged in clashestheir argument of loss ofpolitical identity wouldhave been neutralised

Tribune News Service

Srinagar October 3On Tuesday when AatiyaAyoubrsquos mother read a newsitem in a local daily about theopening of schools after twomonths she had alreadydecided not to send herdaughter to the school owingto the continuous tense situa-tion in Kashmir whichmarked 60 days on Thursday

Aatiya is a Class X studentShe has submitted the formfor her annual exams butdoesnrsquot know whether theexams will be held She is yetto complete the syllabus atthe school where her last classwas held before August 3

ldquoOur education seems tobe over There is still silenceand shutdown it is not safefor us to go to school in sucha situationrdquo she told TheTribune at her home in Sri-nagar where she is prepar-ing the assignments provid-ed to her by the school ldquoIam not able to concentrateit is a very difficult situationfor all studentsrdquo she said

The Divisional Commis-sioner Kashmir Baseer

Ahmad Khan announced theopening of schools up to ClassXII from Thursday but whilea few schools had opened thestudents continued to remainaway from classes disobeyingthe governmentrsquos order It isfor the second time sinceAugust 19 that the govern-ment announced opening of schools but the students stayed away

The government has alsoannounced opening ofinstitutes of higher educa-tion from October 9 but itseems unlikely that stu-dents will attend the class-es as the communication

and internet clampdowncontinues in Kashmir

Many parents continueto raise safety issues ofstudents and haverestrained from sendingthem to schools ldquoWe willnot send our children toschools There is no publictransport and everythingis shut How can studentsas young as 4 5 and 6 yearsof age go to schools Whatwill they do if a stone hitsthem or something hap-pens Who will inform uswhen the phones are not workingrdquo asked Rosy Jan a mother

Few schools reopen inValley no students yet

The empty classroom of a government college in Srinagar AMIN WAR

Majid Jahangir amp Ishfaq TantaryTribune News Service

Srinagar October 3Relatives of at least 12detainees in the Valley whohave been booked under thestringent Public Safety Act(PSA) have knocked on thedoors of the JampK High Courtclaiming they are minors

In all 12 habeas corpus peti-tions have been filed in theSrinagar wing of JampK HighCourt Six among the youths

are 18 two are 17 and 16 andone is 15 years of age theirfamilies said In their peti-tions the families have most-ly submitted school certi-fies before the court insupport of the claim ofthe detainees

The first two habeascorpus petitions claimingthat the detainees wereminors and booked underthe PSA which allows deten-tion without any trial up totwo years was submitted on

August 27 by residents ofSrinagar and Anantnag

The Juvenile Justice Com-mittee of the JampK High Courtin a report submitted beforethe Supreme Court had said

144 children aged betweennine and 17 were detained

between August 5 and Sep-tember 23 and of them 142had been released The reportsaid the children weredetained for causing minorinjuries and creating law andorder problem ldquoIn certain reg-

ular habeas corpus petitionschallenging regular detentionorders passed by district mag-istrates against them underthe PSA the detainees haveclaimed to be juveniles When-ever such petitions come upbefore the different benches ofthe court the court is directedto hold an inquiry to ascertainthe factum of age and if thedetainee is found to be a juve-nile appropriate orders inaccordance with law would fol-lowrdquo the report had said

Kin of 12 detained lsquominorsrsquo move HC

Tribune News Service

Srinagar October 3As normal business activitycontinued to remain sus-pended for the 60th daytoday after the abrogation ofArticle 370 the KashmirChamber of Commerce andIndustries said the Valleyrsquoseconomy had been dentedby around Rs 10000 croreduring this period

The businessmen saidtheir problems had beencompounded due to thelack of mobile and internetfacilities as they wereunable to file returns thatwould lead to bigger issuesin the future ldquoAs per ourestimates we have suf-fered losses between Rs8000 crore and Rs10000crore during the past twomonths All sectors havebeen badly hit and themobile and internet gaghas added to our woesrdquochamber president SheikhAshiq told The Tribune

ldquoDue to the internet gagwe have not been able to filereturns and we fear this willlead to lots of problems forus later These are practicalissues and on top of thatthere is no clarity from thegovernmentrdquo he said

Lost ~10000 crduring lockdownsays industry

Parents reluctant to send wards owing to tension

Ambika SharmaTribune News Service

Solan October 3The BJP is in for a majortrouble in Pachhad as DayalPyari a sitting zila parishadmember refused to with-draw her nominationpapers after her supportersforced her against takingthe decision this morning

The development has leftthe ruling party embarrassedas its senior leaders wereconfident of placating her

Pyari who met Chief Min-ister Jai Ram Thakur inShimla yesterday hadalmost made up her mind towithdraw from the contestbut this was not accepted byher family and supporters

Her husband Prithvi Singhand her father-in-law said noother candidate was accept-able to the people She

deserved ticket and wouldcontest as an Independent

Dayal Pyari talking to medi-apersons said though she wastorn between the party andthe supporters she would payheed to latter and said shewould begin campaigningafter paying obeisance at theJatoli temple here

She reiterated that herfight was not against the par-ty but against the dictatorial

attitude of a few leaders ofher area and claimed that shewould emerge victorious

She was taken into a carby her supporters towardsSirmaur before she couldbe poached by BJP leadersShe began her campaigninglater in the day

The BJP got a partial reliefas its senior leaders man-aged to pacify rebel AshishSikta who withdrew his

nomination He howeverencountered strong resent-ment from his supporters atRajgarh where Sikta firstheld a meeting and thenwithdrew his nomination

BJP state president Sat-pal Satti ministers Mahin-der Thakur and SureshBhardwaj who were camp-ing at Rajgarh held day-long consultations to chalkout a strategy for the poll

Reena Kashyap who wasthe BJPrsquos official nomineewill face a tough challengefrom Dayal Pyari who hasfound overwhelming sup-port of the people

The development has elat-ed the Congress though itremains to be seen if its candi-date GR Musafir will gain inthe three-cornered contest asthe party is solely banking onthe factionalism in the BJP

BJP rebel firm on contesting as IndependentIn Pachhad partial relief for saffron party as Sikta withdraws nomination papers

ASSEMBLYBYPOLLS

Dayal Pyari (in yellow shawl) with her supporters outside a hotel in Solan on Thursday TRIBUNE PHOTO

SUPPORTERSrsquo PRESSURE Dayal Pyari who met Chief

Minister Jai Ram Thakur inShimla on Wednesday hadalmost made up her mind towithdraw from the contest butthis was not accepted by herfamily and supporters

Her husband and father-in-law said she deserved aticket but since denied shewould contest as an Independent

Taken in a car by her sup-porters towards Sirmaurshe began her campaigninglater in the day on Thursday

Lalit MohanTribune News Service

Dharamsala October 3Sudhir Sharma AICC secre-tary and former minister isunlikely to join the Congresscampaign in his home con-stituency Dharamsala for theOctober 21 byelection

Sudhir who refused to con-test the byelections just twodays before the last date of fil-ing of nomination papers hasnot arrived in Dharamsala todate He did not come toDharamsala when theyoung Congress leaderVijay Inder Karan who hasreplaced him filed his nom-ination papers on Septem-ber 30 Sudhirrsquos suddenrefusal to contest despitethe Congress high com-mand telling him to be inpoll fray is like an unsolvedriddle for many senior Con-gress leaders

A senior leader said AICCchief Sonia Gandhi evenafter the approval of the can-didature of Vijay Inder Karanasked senior leaders to talk toSudhir if he can change hismind and contest HoweverSudhir remained adamantagainst contesting he said

When contacted on phonetoday Sudhir said that he wasnot joining the Congresscampaign as he was sufferingfrom gastroenteritis ldquoI willreturn home after 4 to 5 daysbut whether or not I will jointhe campaign will depend onmy healthrdquo he said

With Sudhir almost declin-ing to join the campaign theissue of infighting in the stateCongress has come to fore

Just days before announc-ing his refusal to contest theDharamsala byelection Sud-hir had openly demanded theresignation of the acting pres-ident of state Youth Congressfor holding programmeswithout his approval andspeaking out against him Avernacular paper insteadreported that Sudhir hadsought HPCC chief KuldeepRathorersquos resignation

Congrsquos Sudhir may not campaign

Rajiv Mahajan

Nurpur October 3With drug trafficking in the inter-state border areasof lower Kangra districtcomprising Nurpur andIndora subdivisions risingthe state government hasturned a ldquoblind eyerdquo to theNurpur de-addiction-cum-rehabilitation centre

Set up during the previousCongress regime and inau-gurated by then CM Virb-hadra Singh on January 122017 the centre is run by theKangra district Red Cross

Society The skeleton staffhere has failed to run thecentre effectively

Surprisingly the centrehas no doctor or psychia-

trist As per informationthe centre is run by just aproject coordinator a coun-selor a pharmacist and asafai karamchari The

recent suicide by a 64-year-old man addicted to alcoholhas now put a questionmark on the safety ofinmates and the staff

deployed at the centre Asthere is no watchman or asecurity guard it is fearedthat such unsavory inci-dents can recur

Set up in the OBC hostelbuilding the centre canadmit 10 addicts at a timebut its full capacity couldnever be used for want ofrequisite staff Centre incharge-cum-project coordi-nator Amit Kumar admittedthat the centre was unableto admit more than fiveaddicts at a time and thewaiting list of addicts hadalways been quite long

ldquoThe working environ-ment is unsafe too as thestaff is always under threatof being attacked by theinmates who turn aggres-sive on being denied syn-thetic drugs or intoxi-cantsrdquo he said

As the centre is locatednear the border of PunjabHimachal Pradesh and Jam-mu amp Kashmir where drugtrafficking is on the risedespite registration of casesunder the NDPS Act thedemand for better facilitiesand more staff has been gain-ing momentum

Nurpur de-addiction centre a victim of admn apathyHas no doctor | Run by Kangra Red Cross Society NGOs want Health Department to take it over

Just 4 employees Set up during the Congressregime and inaugurated bythen CM Virbhadra Singh onJanuary 12 2017 the centre isrun by just a project coordina-tor a counselor a pharmacistand a safari karamchari Set up in the OBC hostelbuilding the centre can admit10 addicts at a time but its fullcapacity could never be used

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3A Special CBI Court todayissued notice to the CBI onthe bail applications filed bythree accused in the Kotkhaicustodial death case

The court asked the CBI tofile a reply on the bail applica-tions filed by former KotkhaiSHO Rajinder Singh (33)head constable RafeeMohammad (38) and consta-ble Ranjeet Steta (32) by Octo-ber 9 the next date of hearing

In the applications it was

stated that there was no evi-dence on record to connectthe accused with the allegedcustodial death of Suraj

It was also mentioned thatthree co-accused IGPZahur H Zaidi SP DW NegiTheog DSP Manoj Joshihad been granted bailAccording to the prosecu-tion a minor girl was alleged-ly raped and murdered inHalaila forests of Shimla dis-trict on July 4 2017 The vic-timrsquos body was found lying inHalaila forests near Mahasuon July 6 2017

Kotkhai case Copsfile bail pleas in court

As of now I am not campaigning forthe party as I am suffering fromgastroenteritis I will return home (toDharamsala) after 4-5 days but whetheror not I will join the campaign inDharamsala will depend on myhealth Sudhir Sharma CONGRESS LEADER

WHAT INFURIATED FORMER MINISTER Sudhir Sharmarsquos supporters alleged that while former

minister was preparing to contest elections leaders ofthe HPCC called other Congress leaders from Dharam-sala and asked them to apply for ticket

This infuriated Sudhir who decided against contesting They alleged that the former minister was also not join-

ing the party campaign as the current party leadershiphad tried to belittle him in his own constituency

lsquoSUFFERING FROM GASTROENTERITISrsquo

THE TRIBUNEJALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 11NATION

HIMACHAL PRADESH

NOTICE INVITING E-PROCUREMENT BID

Executive Engineer IampPH Division Dharampur Bharari on behalf of Governorof Himachal Pradesh invites the online Lump Sum contract bids on turnkey basisfrom the eligible bidders of Indian Entity through online bidding system on or before 17102019 at 1700 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs) on the sitehttpshptendersgovin

1 KEY DATES SHALL BE AS UNDER-

The tender forms and other detailed conditions can be downloaded from thewebsite wwwhpiphorg or from office above Executive Engineer up to datespecified above

Executive EngineerIampPH Division Dharampur Bharari

a Date of Online publication 0110 2019

b Downloading of e-bidDocuments

From 01102019 at 1800 Hrs IST (GMT + 530Hrs) to 17102019 at 1700 Hrs IST (GMT +530 Hrs)

c Date of submission of e-bid From 01102019 at 1800 Hrs IST (GMT + 530Hrs) to 17102019 at 1700 Hrs IST (GMT +530 Hrs)

d Physical Submission of Original Bid Security (in case ofoffline deposit of Bid security)

Up to 1100 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs) on18102019

e Date of opening of bids

1) Cover-1 Eligibility Criteria On 18102019 at 1230 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs)

2) Cover-2 Technical bid Shall be intimated separately

3) Cover-3 Financial Bid Shall be intimated separately

f Site Visit Between 1100 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs) dated10102019 to 1700 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs)dated 11102019 alongwith the AssistantEngineerconcerned Junior Engineer IampPHSub-Division TihraDharampur

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Description EstimatedCost

BidSecurity

Time Cost ofBid

1 Engineering Procurement Construction Testing Commissioning Trial Run of various components of LWSS to Rakhoh Cholthra Awahdevi Tihra and its adjoining villages in Tehsil Dharampur District Mandi (HP) under Jal Jeevan Mission (Har Ghar Nal Se Jal ) in single package on ldquoturn-key job basisrdquo including trial run defect and liability period as 3 months after physical completion of all components scheme including SOP connection as certified by Engineer-in-Charge of the entire scheme

Rupees 21667344-

Rupees 249200-

Ninemonths(includingallseasonsbutexcludingtrial runperiod of 3 months)

Rupees2500-

2 Engineering procurement construction testing commissioning trial run of various components of LWSS to PC habitation of Kot Dhawali and Bahri Rathoun and Chakyana in Tehsil Dharampur District Mandi HP under Jal Jeevan Mission (Har Ghar Ko Nal se Jal) in single package on ldquoTurn-key job basisrdquo including trial amp testing run defect and liability period as 03 months after physical completion of all components of the scheme including SOP connection as certified by Engineer-in-Charge of the entire scheme

Rupees 21134606-

Rupees 243900-

Ninemonths(includingallseasonsbutexcludingtrial runperiod of03months)

Rupees2500-

DPRHP2324

HIMACHAL PRADESH

IPH DEPARTMENT

NOTICE INVITING TENDERShort terms sealed item rate tenders on form 6 amp 8 are hereby invited by the undersigned on behalf of

Governor of Himachal Pradesh for the following works from the approved and eligible contractors so as to

reach in this office on or before 10102019 at 300 PM and will be opened on the same day at 33000 PM

in the presence of intending contractors or their authorized representatives in this office The tender form can

be had from this office against cash payment (Non-Refundable) on or before 09102019 The earnest money

in the shape of National Saving CertificateTime deposits Accounts Saving Accounts in any of the Post

OfficeBank in Himachal Pradesh duly pledged in favour of the Executive Engineer I amp PH Division Chamba

must accompany each tender Conditional tenders and tenders received without earnest money will be

summarily rejected The offer of the tenders shall be kept open for 120 days The Executive Engineer IPH

Division Chamba reserves the right to reject the tenders without assigning any reasons

SrNo

Name of work Estimatedcost

Earnestmoney

TimeLimit

Cost oftender form

1 Providing WSS to left out Habitation under census villageUdaipur Khas amp Saru in GP Udaipur Tehsil amp DisttChamba HP (SH- CO Rwall with cement concrete1510 for Sedimentation tank RHS)

313313- 6266- ThreeMonths

250-

Terms amp Conditions- 1 Before offering the rates the terms and conditions attached with the schedule of

quantity may be gone through carefully 2 Conditional tenders without earnest money will outrightly be

rejected3 The contractor shall enclose enlistmentrenewal order with his application for obtaining the tender

documents 4Latest income tax and sale tax clearance certificate as well as Pan No must be attached with

the application failing which the documents will not be issued to those contractors The contractor shall

produce registration of labour license from the competent authority under Contract Act 1970 failing which no

tender shall be issued to him

Note- No tender forms will be issued to those contractors who have not completed the work within the

stipulated period and having more than two works in hand under this Division

Executive Engineer

I amp PH Division ChambaNO-IPH-CBA-GA-G-Tender2019-7334-7384 Dated 200919 DPRHP2326

Himachal Pradesh IPH Department

SHORT TERM NOTICE INVITING TENDERThe Executive Engineer IPH Division Keylong (HP) invites tender on behalf of Governor of Himachal Pradesh from approved

eligible contractors for the following works through Online Process-

The tender forms and other detailed conditions can be downloaded from the portal httphptendersgovin up to 500 PM 14102019

HIM SUCHNA AVAM JAN SAMPARKExecutive Engineer IPH Division Keylong

JobNo

Name of Work EstimatedCost

EarnestMoney

Time ofcompletion

1 Special Repair of FIS Chimret in GP Chimret Distt Lahaul Spiti (HP) (SH- Co CClining and Retaining wall)

744756- 14900- One Work-ing Season

2 Providing WSS to PC Habitation of Jobrang Rape Rashil in GP Jobrang Distt Lahaulamp Spiti (HP) (SH- PF MS Tank 270 litrs capacity 2 Nos Laying Jointing amp TestingHDPE pipe of 50mm Dia at RD 0 to 5240 and Provision of Parta Cutting= 100 Rmt)

927536- 18600- Six Months

3 Augmentation of WSS to Village Gohrma in GP Gohrma Distt LampS (HP) (SH- PFMS Tank 270ltrs Co Storage tank 20000 ltrs capacity Co Stand Post 5 NosLaying Jointing and Testing HDPE pipe of 50mm dia at RD 0 to 110 (Ai to Bi) RD0 to 50 (A to B) 32mm dia at RD 50 to 500 (B to C) Double layer RD 0 to 1250 (Ato C) 20mm dia at for (distribution System) at various Rds Co Barbed wire fencingaround Stank and Co Crate work around Intakes and Co Nallah Crossing)

1419471- 28400 Six Months

4 Providing Flood Protection Work to Rubling in GP Tingret Distt LampS (HP) (SH-Crate work at RD 0 to 107)

2949252- 52000- Six Months

Date of submission of e-tender From 02102019 at 0500 PM to14102019 at 0500 PM

Physical submission of tender documents Up to 1100 AM 15102019

Date of opening of Eligibility Criteria 15102019 at 1130 AM

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COQGO2336 ()

CHANDIGARH ADMINISTRATION

ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Press e-TENDER NOTICEPercentage rate e-tenders are invited under two bid system by the Executive Engineer Electrical Division No 2 on behalf

of President of India from the eligible enlisted firms class A and B enlisted with the Chandigarh AdministrationMunicipalCorporation ChdCPWDState PWDs of Punjab amp Haryana and Himachal Pradesh and their board amp Corporation having validElectrical Contractor License issued by any Govt Deptt of StatesCentre for the execution of following work can bedownloadedUploaded from the website at httpwwwetenderschdnicin

SrNo

NIT No Name of work amp Location

Est

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ut

tote

nd

er

Ear

nes

tm

on

ey

Per

iod

of

co

mp

leti

on Last date

and timefor online

submissionof tender

Time ampdate of

opening oftender

01 E219189 Mtc of NRB at Chandigarh (Repair of defective elec-trical accessories at various School under SDE E4Chandigarh) R

s5

441

44-

Rs

1090

0-

03M

onth

s 11102019up to

0230 pm

11102019at

0300 pm

Executive Engineer Electrical Divn No 2 Chandigarh

TENDER NOTICE No 06 Date 1102019

On behalf of the Governor of Punjab Executive EngineerConstruction Division PWD BampR Br Fazilka invites bids fromeligible bidders enlisted under road works category with PWDBampR BrDetail terms and conditions of notice inviting bids refer to ourwebsite wwweprocpunjabgovinCorrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerConstn Divn PWD BampR Br Fazilka(On behalf of Governor of Punjab)DPRPbD6792

New Delhi October 3As many as five judges of theSupreme Court have recusedfrom hearing activist GautamNavlakharsquos petition challeng-ing the Bombay High CourtrsquosSeptember 13 order rejectinghis plea for quashing of an FIRin connection with the Bhima-Koregaon violence case

After Chief Justice ofIndia Ranjan Gogoi Jus-tice NV Ramana Justice RSubhash Reddy and Jus-tice BR Gavai Justice SRavindra Bhat became thefifth judge to recuse onThursday from hearing thecase of Navlakhamdashone ofthe five activists arrestedin the case

Others arrested in the caseare Varavara Rao Arun Fer-reira Vernon Gonsalves andSudha Bharadwaj Theyhave been booked underprovisions of the UnlawfulActivities Prevention Act(UAPA) and the IndianPenal Code

Justice S Ravindra Bhat ofthe Supreme Court on Thurs-day became the fifth judge torecuse himself CJI Gogoi hasassigned the matter to aBench headed by JusticeArun Mishra which will takeit up on Friday

As Navlakharsquos petitioncame up for hearing before athree-judge Bench headed byJustice Arun Mishra JusticeBhat who was on the Benchalong with Justice VineetSaran recused himself fromhearing the case mdash TNS

Tribune News Service

NewDelhi October 3Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasi-na today arrived here on afour-day visit during whichboth sides will attempt to takethe focus away from theNational Register of Citizens(NRC) by discussing some oldproblems that have croppedup as well as exploring com-mon links in transport watersharing and projects on Indi-an line of credit

Bangladesh Foreign MinisterAK Abdul Momen had toldmedia in Dhaka that Hasinawould discuss a number ofbilateral issues includingkilling of Bangladeshis by BSFand a framework pact on com-mon rivers including Teestawith PM Narendra Modi onSaturday She was chief guestat the Country Strategy Dia-logue of the World EconomicForum today She will attend an

interactive session with selectIndian CEOs followed by inau-guration of India-BangladeshBusiness Forum on Friday Shewill hold talks with Modi andcall on President Ram NathKovind on Saturday

Momen said the two sideswould discuss increased con-

nectivity through rivers searail road and air overall tradeand commerce among others

Foreign Secretary ShahidulHoque told newspersons thatimport of Indian arms undera $500 million line of creditand the NRC issue would alsobe discussed

Hasina to raise NRCPrez PM accept Capt invitefrom page 1

group of pilgrims the PunjabCM will lead through the cor-ridor when it opens The CMhowever clarified neither henor the ex-PM would travel toPakistan for the formal open-ing of the corridor They wereonly going to the Sikh shrineon the other side ldquoas pil-grimsrdquo The Pakistan govern-ment had recentlyannounced it would inviteManmohan for the corridorinauguration but the ex-PMrsquos office denied knowl-edge of any such invitation

Todayrsquos developments arecrucial in the light of ongo-ing political one-upmanshipbetween Congress-led Pun-jab Government and theAkalis over marking the his-toric event

Capt Amarinderrsquos move tosecure President and PMrsquospresence at the state functionare bound to put pressure on

the Akalis to come on boardAsked about SGPCrsquos cele-

bration plans CMrsquosspokesman said ldquoThe CM hasrepeatedly said the SGPC as areligious body is free to organ-ise celebrations in gurdwarasand the official celebrationswill be marked by the stategovernment The CM hasrepeatedly urged all-partyunity and will lead an all-partygroup through the corridorrdquo

State government sourcesadded they were not aware ifthe SGPC would send a paral-lel jatha through the corridor

Pakistan recentlyannounced that the corridorwould be opened for IndianSikh pilgrims on November 9However the final date is stillbeing worked out between thetwo countries and the PunjabGovernmentrsquos official eventwill be planned accordingly

Capt Amarinder mean-while shared official pro-

gramme of his governmentrsquosevents with the President andPM ldquoThe CM has urged bothto participate in the corridoropening at Dera Baba Nanakand the main programme atSultanpur Lodhirdquo the CMOspokesman said

Capt Amarinder also urgedPMrsquos intervention to allow a21-mebmer all-party jatha tovisit Sri Nankana Sahib thebirth place of the first Gurubesides bringing a nagar kir-tan to Sultanpur Lodhi viaAmritsar (Wagah)

In a separate letter to Minis-ter of External Affairs S Jais-hankar the CM has soughtformal clearance for theNankana Sahib delegationvisit and the nagar kirtan

The Punjab Governmentplans various celebrationsbetween November 5 and 15and will hold an all-party meetat Sultanpur Lodhi onNovember 1

from page 1

the list of 84 candidatesreleased by the Congress lateWednesday night and for theremaining six seats on Thurs-day shows that nearly 70 percent seats have been allottedto Hoodarsquos confidants

Of the 90 candidates giventhe party ticket at least 59 areHooda loyalists 12 are said tobe close to Kumari Selja fiveare believed to KiranChoudhry loyalists and threeeach are believed to be fromthe Kuldeep Bishnoi RandeepSurjewala and Tanwar camps

Hooda has had his support-ers fielded in all nine Assem-bly segments comprising theSonepat parliamentary seatthat he contested in May

But in the nine Assemblyseats under Kumari Seljarsquostraditional Ambala Lok Sabhaseat only one Hooda support-er mdash former HPCC chief PhoolChand Mullanarsquos son VarunChaudhary mdash has been nomi-nated for the Mullana seat

Hoodarsquos supporters havebeen fielded in eight of the nineAssembly segments in Karnalfour of the nine segments inKurukshetra Of the nineseats in BhiwanindashMahendra-garh at least four have goneto Hoodarsquos men The HisarUchana Narnaund and Han-si seats too have gone to hissupporters Adampur Nalwaand Hisar have been allottedto Kuldeep Bishnoirsquos menUklana and Barwala toKumari Seljarsquos loyalists andBawani Khera to KiranChoudhryrsquos camp

Of the nine Assembly seg-ments comprising TanwarrsquosSirsa Lok Sabha seat Dab-wali Tohana Ratia Ellenabadand Fatehabad have gone toHoodarsquos supporters Narwanacandidate Vidya Rani is con-sidered close to Randeep Sur-jewala while Sirsa and Kalan-wali nominees Hoshiari LalSharma and Shishpal Kehar-wala are Tanwar loyalists

Former minister Capt AjayYadav has managed the partyticket for his son ChiranjeevRao from Rewari

With ticket

639 engg seats vacantfrom page 1

institutions that mere physicalinfrastructure is not enoughand that qualified and well-paid faculty are mandatory forrunning engineering coursesRather than reduce the num-ber of seats the governmenthas lowered merit andallowed admissions throughHP Combined Entrance Testand Class 12 examinationmerit defeating the very pur-pose of ensuring quality edu-cation and uniformity instandards say sources

Private colleges charge

between Rs 45000 and Rs57000 per semester for BTechcompared to Rs 30000 in gov-ernment colleges ldquoStudentsare shying away from engi-neering courses as there areno jobs even after spendingRs 4 lakh to Rs 5 lakhrdquo saysSuresh who left the courseafter two semestersThere is a clear shift towardstraditional arts commercescience and managementcourses as 100 per cent seatshave been filled ldquoGovern-ment jobs are still the top pri-ority for students as their

focus is on preparation forcompetitive examinationsrdquosays Prof Sikender KumarVice-Chancellor HimachalPradesh University

Mismatch between enrol-ment and employment ratedue to opening of privateinstitutions without assessingemployment opportunities isalso leading to low intakeFurther high investment inengineering courses as com-pared to average remunera-tion after passing out is caus-ing aversion to engineeringcourses say sources

Justice Jha

5th SC judgerecuses fromKoregaonactivistrsquos case

4-day visit Connectivity trade energy ties top agenda

from page 1

High Court at Jabalpurbefore his elevation to the HCas permanent judge on Feb-ruary 2 2007

The President after con-sultation with the CJI alsotransferred Justice Pulig-oru Venkata Sanjay Kumara Judge of the TelanganaHC to the Punjab andHaryana HC He has beenasked to assume charge byOctober 17 mdash TNS

Justice LN Swamy ChiefJustice of HP High Court

Justice Ajai Lamba CJ ofGauhati High Court

Justice Indrajit Mahanty isChief Justice in Rsthan

Justice A Mani Kumar is CJof Kerala High Court

Justice JK MaheshwariChief Justice of Andhra HC

Justice AK Goswami ChiefJustice of Sikkim HC

Justices BiswanathSommader PV SanjayKumar and Vivek Agarwalof Calcutta Telangana andMadhya Pradesh HCsposted to HCs of AllahabadPunjab and Haryana andAllahabad respectively

OTHER JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS

JUSTICE KURESHI FAILS TO FIGURE ON LISTJustice Akil Kureshi recommended by SC Collegium for appoint-ment as Tripura HC CJ last month doesnrsquot figure on the list Earli-er Centre had refused to appoint him as CJ of MP High Court

Union Minister of State Sushri Debasree Chaudhuri receivesBangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi on Thursday PTI

THE TRIBUNE CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019

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~39115New Delhi

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~47580New Delhi

USD EURO POUND JPY YUAN CAD AUD SGD HKD~7089 ~7803 ~8808 ~067 ~993 ~5324 ~4774 ~5147 ~905

No SE (BampR)NIT-581 Dt 031019

MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONJALANDHAR LOCAL GOVT DEPTT PUNJABNOTICE INVITING e-TENDERS

(CIVIL WORKS)eprocpunjabgovin

E-tender No MCJ (BampR) 2019-2012

Municipal Corporation Jalandhar invites e-tenders onTwo Bid system for the CivilHorticultureBuilding worksmentioned at wwweprocpunjabgovin from thecontractors enlisted with Municipal Corporation Jalandhar ampCo-op LC Societies (Registered in Punjab State) Time totime instructions issued by GovtCVO will be followed forbidding as well as execution of works All the bidders shouldcomply with the latest instructions issued vide notificationNo 765279-radicΔ1(5)4342 Dt 02102014 amp 5822018-2lg41892 Dt 02082018

Date and Time Schedule for LC SocietiesAgencies

Other terms amp conditions can be seen at E-tenderWebsite eprocpunjabgovin

Sd- Superintending Engineer

SrNo

Last Date of onlinesubmission of

Bidding document

Opening ofTechnical Bid

Opening ofFinancial Bid

1 10102019 up to 1700 hrs

11102019 at 1100 hrs

14102019 at 1100 hrs

DI-91904

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJABPWD BampR BRANCH

NOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDSTENDER NOTICE NO 18-21 DATED 01-10-2019

On behalf of Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer ConstructionDivision PWD BampR Br Rupnagar invites bids for below mentioned worksfrom eligible bidders enlisted under All road works category withPWD (BampR) for the works approved under his jurisdiction as detailed inthe following table The bidders may submit bids for any or all of thefollowing Work(s)-

For detailed terms and conditions refer to websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin

from 091019

Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerConstruction DivisionPWD BampR Br Rupnagar

SrNo

Name of Work Head

1 Special Repair of Bharatgarh-to Kakrala Soban MajraRoad upto HP Border (including five years maintenance)in Distt Rupnagar

3054

2 Special Repair of Bharatgarh-Kakrala to Nawan Graonupto HP Border (including five years maintenance) inDistt Rupnagar

3054

3 Special Repair of Bharatgarh-to Nalagarh Road upto HPBorder (including five years maintenance) in Distt Rupnagar

3054

4 Periodical Repair of Ropar Circular Road (ODR-08) (includingfive years maintenance) in Distt Rupnagar

3054

DPRPbD6797

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

RURAL DEVELOPMENT amp PANCHAYATS DEPARTMENTNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Tender Notice No PRDP201932 Date 011019

Authority- Executive Engineer Panchayati Raj PW (CampM)Division Patiala

Name of Work-

Date of opening of bid- 11102019

For detail terms and conditions of notice inviting bids refer towebsite wwweprocpunjabgovin

Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerPanchayati Raj PW Division Patiala

SrNo

Description of Work 1 EMD2 Tender fee (in Rs)

Cost ofWork

1 Renovation amp Allied Works ofPond at Village Devinagar SawaiSingh Wala Block BhunerheriDistt Patiala

1) Rs 37890-2) Rs 5000

Rs1894500-

DPRPbD6803

Punjab Water Supply andSewerage Board

NOTICE INVITING Recall of e-TENDERS (2019-20)eprocpunjabgovin

Recall E-Tender Notice No 02 Date 30092019

On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer Punjab WS amp Sewerage BoardChandigarh Executive Engineer Punjab WS amp Sewerage Division No 2Amritsar invites online Lump Sump and percentage basis tenders from theapproved Contractorfirms and eligible Co-operative L amp C Societies who fulfillthe eligible criteria as per DNIT for the work mentioned below-

Important Dates are as under- For tender at Sr No 12

1 Period of availability of tender Online shall be Up to 10102019 up to 100 PM

2 Last Date amp Time for online submission ofBids shall be 10102019 at up to 300 PM

3 Date and Time for Opening of Tenchical bids shall be 11102019 at 300 PM

For tender at Sr No 3

Up to 23102019 up to 100 PM23102019 at up to 300 PM24102019 at 300 PM

For detailed terms and conditions refer to website eprocpunjabgovin

Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd-Executive EngineerPb WS amp Sew Divn No 2AmritsarDPRPbD6800

SrNo

Name of the Work BidSecurityEarnestMoney(Rs inLacs)

Cost ofDocu-ment

Tenderfee

(Rs)

Periodof

Comp-letion

Esti-matedCost(in

Lacs)

1 DNIT for Construction of Main PumpingStation (14 MLD) Tarn Taran (Zone No1) complete machinery amp Balance workof IPS (11 MLD) complete machinery etcand all other works contingent theretordquo

345000- 100- 5Months

17209Lacs

2 DNIT for ldquosurvey soil testing designsupply and construction instcomissioning of 4 mld STP at Analabased on any suitable sustainableand proven technology including otherappurtenant works on turnkey basisas per DNIT including operation ampmaintenance for a period of 60months after stabilization period of 3months or morerdquo

800000- 1000- 9Months

LumpSump

3 Detailed Project Report for ProvidingWater Supply Sewerage amp SewageTreatment Plant at Jandiala Guru DisttAmritsar (Under PIDB)

8050- 100- 1 Month 402Lacs

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJABPWD BampR BRANCH

NOTICE INVITING ON-LINE BIDSTENDER NOTICE NO 22-23 DATED 01-10-2019On behalf of Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer ConstructionDivision PWD BampR Br Rupnagar invites bids for below mentionedworks from eligible bidders enlisted under All road works categorywith PWD (BampR) for the works approved under his jurisdiction asdetailed in the following table The bidders may submit bids for any or allof the following Work(s)Sr No Name of Work Head

1 Special Repair of Sri Anandpur Sahib to Sri Naina Devi road (ODR-12) (including Five years maintenance) in Distt Rupangar

5054

2 Special Repair of 4-Lane Ropar Bye Pass (including Five yearsmaintenance) in Distt Rupangar

5054

For detailed terms and conditions refer to websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin from 09-10-19Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive Engineer Construction Division PWD BampR Br RupnagarDPRPbD6802

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJABPWD BampR BRANCH

Tender Notice No 41 Dated 03102019Executive Engineer Central Works Division PWD BampR BranchMohali invites bids from eligible bidders for below mentionedwork For detail terms and conditions of the notice inviting bidrefer to wwweprocpunjabgovin wef 09102019Corrigendum if any will be issued on website onlyWork Construction of Both Side Approaches amp Service

Roads of Railway Under Bridge (RUB) on levelCrossing No 24-B on Sirhind-Nangal Dam Amb-Andaura Section in Morinda Town

Sd- Executive EngineerCentral Works DivisionMohali DPRPbD6801

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

PWD BampR BRANCHNOTICE RE-INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No 07 Date 03102019

On behalf of the Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer Construction DivisionPWD BampR Br Patiala invites re-bids from eligible bidders for detailed in thefollowing table The bids shall be on the percentage rate basis The bidders maysubmit bids for any or all of the following Works

2 For Sr No 1 Period of availability of Tender onlineDate amp Time of onlinebid submission and Date amp time of opening of bids are as given below-

For detailed terms and conditions of the notice inviting bids refer to ourwebsite httpeprocpunjabgovin

Corrigendum If any will be issued on website only

Sd- (Er Navin Kumar) Executive EngineerConst Divn PWD BampR Branch PatialaM No 98783-60786DPRPbD6799

SrNo

Name ofProjectWork(s)

BidSecurityEarnestMoney

Cost ofdocumenttender fee

(Rs)

Periodof

comp-letion

Approxvalue of the

ProjectWork

1 2 3 4 5 6

1

Special Repair ofGovt Primary School Gajewas Teh SamanaDistt Patiala

36000- 5000-6

Months1804 Lacs

Availability of tenderonline for bidding

Last date amp timefor online

submission of bids

Date amp Time of opening oftender

From To Technical Bid Financial Bid

04102019 1000 am

11102019 0400 pm

11102019400 pm

141020191100 am

To be inti-mated later on

WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION DEPARTMENTNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No Dated

On behalf of Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer Water Supply ampSanitation Division No 1 Amritsar invites bid from eligible bidders for theProject detailed in the following table

For detailed terms and conditions refer to website httpeprocpunjabgovin

CorrigendumAddendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerWater Supply amp Sanitation Division No 1 Amritsar

DNIT No Date

I Project Description Name of Work Construction of SewerageTreatment Plant based on any suitablesustainable amp Proven Technology IncludingOampM of STP for 60 Months afterCommissioning of Village Budha Theh AbadiBeas and Abadi Gurunanakpura BlockRayya District Amritsar (NABARD-XIV)

II Bid SecurityEarnest Money

Rs As per approved Bid

III Cost of DocumentTenderFee Processing Fee

Rs 1000- Rs As per Website

IV Period of Completion 15 Months Including 3 Months of Stabilizationperiod

V Period of Availability ofTender online

From 07102019 Time 1000 am to07112019 Time 1700 pm

VI Pre-Bid Meeting Date andVenue

Date 22102019 Time 1200 pmVenue HOD Office Phase 2 Mohali

VII Last date amp time for onlinesubmission of bids shall be

Dated 07112019 Time 1700 pm

VIII Tender opening Date amp time Date 08112019 Time 1430 pm

DPRPbD6794

LUDHIANA IMPROVEMENT TRUSTFeroze Gandhi Market Ludhiana ndash 141001

e-mail ldh_It_2009yahoocoin

Ph- 0161-5255405

e-Tender NoticeNIT No 09e-TenderSELG-IT Ludhiana2019-20The Ludhiana Improvement Trust Ludhiana invites online bids for 10 Nos

development works -

Online availability of Tenders for bidding- 04102019 onwards

Closing Date amp Time For Serial No 1 to 7 10102019 up to 0200 pmFor Serial No 8 amp 9 17102019 up to 0200 pmFor Serial No 10 24102019 up to 0200 pm

Opening Date amp Time For Serial No 1 to 7 10102019 at 0300 pmFor Serial No 8 amp 9 17102019 at to 0300 pmFor Serial No 10 24102019 at 0300 pm

For details logon to wwweprocpunjabgovin

Note Any corrigendum(s) to the tender notice shall be published on the aboveWebsite only

Sd- Superintending EngineerImprovement Trust

LUDHIANADPRPbD6804

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

WATER SUPPLY amp SANITATION DEPARTMENT PUNJABNOTICE INVITING E-TENDERS

Bid No 11233 Date 300919

On behalf of the Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer WaterSupply amp Sanitation Division No 1 Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar invitesbids from eligible bidders for the works detail in the following table Thebidders may submit bids for any or all of the following works-

For detailed terms and conditions of the notice inviting Tender referto website httpseprocpunjabgovin wef 04102019

1 The bid documentTerms amp Condtions are available online and bidsare to be submitted online through e-procurement portalhttpeprocpunjabgovin only Bids submitted otherwise will not beaccepted

2 Rectificationextension of timeCorrigendum if any will be uploaded onwebsite wwweprocpunjabgovin amp will not be advertised in newspapers

Sd- Executive EngineerWS amp Sanitation Division No 1 SAS Nagar

SrNo

Name of Works I) Estimated CostII) Earnest MoneyIII) Tender Fee

(in Rs)

Important DatesTime

i) Sale of Tenderdocument

ii) Last Date and Time forSubmission of Bids

iii) Date and Time ofOpening of TechnicalBids

1 PROVIDING ESTATE ampINTERNAL WATERSUPPLY SANITARYINSTALLATION ANDFLOORING amp DADO INIT BLOCK AT GOVTCOLLEGE SECTOR-56 SAS NAGAR

i) Rs 1786904-

ii) Rs 35750-

iii) 1000-

i) 04102019 at 1800 hrs

ii) 14102019 at 1600 hrs

iii) 15102019 at 1100 hrs

DPRPbD6796

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OFFICE OF THE CANTONMENT BOARDJALANDHAR CANTT

INVITING TENDER NOTICE

INVITING E-TENDER FOR PROVIDING TEACHING STAFFFOR CANTONMENT BOARD SCHOOLS AND SILVER OAKPUBLIC SCHOOL UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THECANTONMENT BOARD JALANDHAR

Online e-tenders are invited through CPP e-procurement portalhttpeprocuregovin by the Cantonment Board Jalandhar Cantt fromreputed experienced contractorservice provider for providing teaching staff for Cantonment Board Schools and Silver Oak Public SchoolJalandhar Cantt

Starting date for downloading of Tender documents 27092019

Last date for submission of online tender 17102019

Full notice of tender is available on Central Public Procurement Portal websiteie httpeprocuregovin

Chief Executive Officer

Cantonment Board JalandharDI-91800

BSE

198543810687

NSE

459011314

Vijay C RoyTribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3Fearing loss to small andmarginal farmers dairycooperatives in Punjab andHaryana have expressedreservation over the inclu-sion of dairy products in theRegional ComprehensiveEconomic Partnership(RCEP) pact

The cooperatives appre-hend that import of cheapermilk and dairy productswould adversely hit thelivelihood of lakhs of farm-ers in the two states withimporters and traders dom-inating the market

The government is con-templating finalising theRCEP a trade block whichincludes the 10-countryASEAN China IndiaJapan South Korea Aus-tralia and New Zealandby the end of this year

New Zealand and Aus-tralia particularly are nego-tiating very hard withIndia to reduce duty ondairy products so that theycan get an access to Indiawhich is the worlds largestmarket of dairy products

ldquoThe signing of theRCEP will be a big blow tothe dairy farmers as itwould lead to reduction inthe procurement price ofmilk from farmers due tocheap imported milk pow-der from New Zealandsaid Karnail Singh a dairyfarmer from Amritsar

Dairy cooperatives feelthat procurement pricewould come down drastical-ly if imports are allowedthrough the RCEP as therewould be no tariff barrier

ldquoWe fears that cheaperimports will have repercus-sions across the value chainsAs imports will be cheapermany traders will startimporting cheap dairy prod-ucts virtually putting farmersout of the professionrdquo said asenior official from Milkfed

The average daily pro-duction of milk in thesetwo states is around 460lakh litres As far as Punjabis concerned the daily pro-

duction is around 307 lakhlitres Out of the total milkproduced in rural andsemi-urban areas 50 percent is marketable surplusOf this surplus aroundhalf of the milk sold is han-dled by the organised sec-tor comprising dairy coop-eratives such as MilkfedsVerka and private dairycompanies and the rest bythe unorganised sector

Similarly in Haryana thedaily production is 156 lakhlitres Out of the total pro-duction 70 per cent of themilk is self-consumed byfarmers and the remaining30 per cent is marketable

surplus Further around 39lakh litres (25 per cent) arebeing handled by HaryanaDairy Development Cooper-ative Federation Ltd Therest of the quantity is beingprocessed by private dairyprocessors and sweet shops

Dairy cooperatives in theirrepresentation to the min-istry apprehend that cheap-er imports will push India toremain dependant onimports for dairy products

ldquoMilk producers andprocessors have made pres-entation to the Centre pro-jecting repercussions andrequesting it not to includemilk productsrdquo said SSKohli CGM Vita

The farmers apprehendthe step would halvedairy farmersrsquo income asthey will be forced toleave farming

ILLUSTRATION SANDEEP JOSHI

Fiscal tie-up deal has PunjabHaryana dairy firms worriedCooperatives fear import of cheaper milk will affect farmers

MILK PRODUCTION IN TWO STATESState Daily produce Marketable surplusPunjab 307 lakh litres 50Haryana 156 lakh litres 30

Onion prices fall to ~30kg after export banNewDelhi October 3Onion prices have started cool-ing down in both retail andwholesale markets in someparts of the country after thegovernment banned exports ofthe key kitchen staple andimposed stock limits ontraders Union Minister RamVilas Paswan said on Thursday

Retail onion prices whichwere ruling at Rs 60-70 per kg

for the past few weeks in thenational capital and some oth-er parts of the country

declined to below Rs 60 per kgon Thursday as per trade data

Onion prices declined to

below the Rs 30 per kg levelat Lasalgaon in MaharashtraAsiarsquos largest wholesale mar-ket for the bulb crop after thegovernment banned itsexport and imposed stocklimit on traders

ldquoWe have to take care of theinterest of both farmers andconsumers Prices of onionhave started declining after webanned exportrdquo he said mdash TNS

Mumbai October 3The Reserve Bank of India(RBI) is likely to go for yetanother rate cut on Fridaythe fifth in a row as inflationis within the comfort zoneand the need to boost theeconomy is pressing

RBI Governor ShaktikantaDas has already hinted thatbenign inflation providesroom for further monetarypolicy easing while space forfiscal space is limited

The government hasannounced a series of meas-ures including steepest cut incorporate tax rollback ofenhanced surcharge on theForeign Portfolio Investorsamong others to jump-startgrowth which hit a six-year lowof 5 per cent during the firstquarter of the current fiscal

The six-member monetarypolicy committee (MPC) isscheduled to announce thefourth bi-monthly monetarypolicy for 2019-20 on Fridayafter a three-day meeting

There was no meeting ofthe panel on October 2 onaccount of Mahatma GandhiJayanti The bank hasalready slashed repo ratefour times consecutively thisyear amounting to 110 basispoints in aggregate

At its last meeting in Augustthe MPC reduced the bench-mark lending rate by anunusual 35 basis points to 540per cent The upcoming MPCmeeting comes in the backdropof RBIrsquos mandate to banks to

link their loan products to anexternal benchmark like reporate for the faster transmissionof reduction in policy rates toborrowers from October 1

Ahead of the meeting theDas-headed Financial Stabil-ity and Development Council(FSDC) sub-committee tookstock of the prevailing macro-economic situation

Earlier the RBI Governorhad said the government hadlittle fiscal space giving hopethat the bank may providemore monetary stimulus toprop up the economy The gov-ernmentrsquos fiscal space hasbeen squeezed on account ofcut in the rates of corporate taxas well as lowering of the GSTrate on various goods Rev-enue collection too has beenbelow the Budget estimates

Experts are of the opinionthat another rate cut is on thecards as the governmentrsquoshands are tied and the onusof taking initiatives now restswith the central bank mdash PTI

RBI may cut policy rateto give economy a pushTo announce bi-monthly monetary plan today

REPO RATE ALREADYSLASHED FOUR TIMES The RBI has already

slashed repo rate fourtimes consecutively thisyear amounting to 110basis points in aggregate

At its last meeting themonetary policy commit-tee had reduced thebenchmark lending rateby an unusual 35 basispoints to 540 per cent

New Delhi October 3The government will keepthe reform momentum goingwith more such announce-ments in the future to bringback the economy on a high-er growth track thoughissues related with productiv-ity efficiency persist NITIAayog CEO Amitabh Kantsaid on Thursday

Going back to 2005 and tillnow close to about 300 mil-lion people have been pulledout of poverty In the last fiveyears the economy hasgrown at about 75 per cent

Indias growth was about 81per cent in the last quarter of2017-18 and fell to 5 per cent inthe June quarter of 2019-20Kant said at the World Eco-nomic Forums India Econom-ic Summit-CII event here

ldquoAnd since then both theRBI and the governmenthave taken a series of meas-ures to takeIndia backto a highgrowth tra-jectoryrdquo hesaid mdash PTI

Many morereforms inoffing Kant

We still have 25000 tonne of onion in ourstock We are asking state governments totake it and supply at ~2390 per kg in theirstates and ensure prices are stable

Ram Vilas Paswan CONSUMER AFFAIRS MINISTER

STATES ASKED TO COLLECT STOCK

THE TRIBUNECHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 13WORLD

GLOBE TROT

Emirati US Russian astronauts return to EarthALMATY A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three astronautsincluding an Emirati who became the first Arab to reachthe International Space Station returned to Earth Thurs-day Footage broadcast by Russias space agency showedthe Soyuz MS-12 capsule carrying Hazzaa al-Mansoori ofthe United Arab Emirates NASA astronaut Nick Hagueand Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin touch downat 1059 GMT on the steppes of Kazakhstan AFP

Russian man sues Apple for lsquoturning him gayrsquo MOSCOW A Russian man has filed a lawsuit against Apple formoral harm claiming that an iPhone app had turned himgay according to a copy of the complaint The man filed suitin a Moscow court asking for one million rubles ($15000)after an incident this summer in which a cryptocurrencycalled lsquoGayCoinrsquo was delivered via a smartphone apprather than the Bitcoin he had ordered ldquoApple pushed metowards homosexuality through manipulation Thechanges have caused me moral and mental harmrdquo he saidApplersquos representatives in Russia did not immediatelyrespond to AFPrsquos request for comment AFP

NZ mosque attacker drops bid to move trialWELLINGTON Gunman Brenton Tarrant the man accused ofmurdering 51 Muslim worshippers in Marchs NewZealand mosque attack on Thursdaydropped a bid to move his trial from the citywhere the massacre occurred The HighCourt held a pre-trial hearing inChristchurch in which judge CameronMander announced at the beginning ofproceedings that the defence haddecided not to pursue the applica-tion His trial will begin on June2 next year in Christchurch AP

FIRST EMIRATI TO REACH ISS Russian space agencyrescue team members and United Arab Emiratesspecialists carry Emirati astronaut Hazzaa al-Mansoorishortly after the landing of the Russian Soyuz MS-12 spacecapsule about 150 km south-east of the Kazakh town ofDzhezkazgan on Thursday AFP

Pak Taliban urge US to resume Afghan talksIslamabad October 3Pakistan on Thursday askedthe Taliban to grasp theopportunity and resume talkswith the US for an early andpeaceful resolution of the con-flict in Afghanistan sayingwar is not a solution as topleaders of the militant groupmet Foreign Minister ShahMahmood Qureshi here

A high-level Taliban dele-gation met Qureshi as partof a push to revive theAfghan peace processstalled after US PresidentDonald Trump abruptlydeclared the talks with therebel group ldquodeadrdquo

The Foreign Office said in astatement that a delegationof the Taliban Political Com-mission (TPC) called onQureshi The delegation wasled by the head of TPC MullaAbdul Ghani Baradar andincluded senior members ofthe commission

ldquoWhile appreciating Tal-

ibanrsquos serious engagementin the peace process heunderscored the need to takethese efforts to their logicalconclusionrdquo Qureshi said

Trump stunned the worldwhen he suddenly declared

that the Afghan peace talkswith the Taliban wereldquodeadrdquo following killing onan American soldier

Qureshi said ldquoPakistan hasmaintained for several yearsthat there is no military solu-

tion to the complex situationin Afghanistan An inclusivepeace and reconciliationprocess involving all sec-tions of the Afghan societywas the only practical wayforwardrdquo mdash PTI

US ENVOY LIKELY TOMEET DELEGATION

Sources said the talksbetween Foreign MinisterSM Qureshi and theTaliban went on for morethan one and a halfhours ISI chief Lt GenFaiz Hameed was alsopresent in the meeting

US special envoy toAfghanistan ZalmayKhalilzad is also inPakistan to discuss therevival of the peace talksHe may also meet theTaliban delegation

Pakistan has maintained for several years that there is no military solution to the complexsituation in Afghanistan A peace process is the only way forward Mahmood Qureshi PAK FOREIGN MINISTER

Foreign Minister SM Qureshi (C) receives members of the Talibandelegation at the Pakistan Foreign Ministry in Islamabad AFP

Paris October 3 A man wielding a knifestabbed and killed four offi-cers at the police headquar-ters in the heart of centralParis on Thursday beforebeing shot dead

Sources told AFP theattacker was shot dead bypolice in the courtyard ofthe building where he wasemployed The man workedin an administrative capac-ity but it was not immedi-ately clear what his precisework role was

Interior MinisterChristophe Castaner who was

due to visit Turkey later onThursday postponed his tripto visit the scene of the attack

ldquoPeople were runningeverywhere there was cryingeverywhererdquo said Emery Sia-mandi an interpreter whowas in the building when theattack happened

Investigators suspect aworkplace dispute sparkedthe deadliest attack onpolice in France in yearssources said

The Paris prosecutor is atthe scene but anti-terroragencies have not beeninvolved at this stage mdash AFP

Four Paris copsstabbed to death

A police vehicle drives toward Paris police headquartersfollowing alleged stabbing by a co-worker on Thursday AFP

London October 3 UK Prime Minister BorisJohnson on Thursday saidhe has made a ldquogenuineattempt to bridge thechasmrdquo in order to get afresh Brexit deal with theEU as he appealed to MPs inthe House of Commons tosupport his proposals

Johnson told MPs that hisproposals mdash which wouldsee Northern Ireland stay inthe European single marketfor goods but leave the cus-toms union mdash were a ldquocom-promiserdquo He has main-tained that the UK will

leave the EU on October 31with or without a deal

The UK government isnow hoping to begin a peri-od of intense negotiationswith the aim of reaching afinal agreement at an EU

summit on October 17ldquoThis government has

moved our proposals dorepresent a compromiseand I hope that the Housecan now come together inthe national interestbehind this new dealrdquoJohnson told MPs

The backstop is the con-troversial ldquoinsurance poli-cyrdquo that is meant to keep afree-flowing border on theisland of Ireland but whichcritics including Johnsonfear could trap the UK inEU trading rules indefi-nitely mdash IANS

Accept Brexit planBoris tells MPsJerusalem October 3 Israel swore in its newlyelected parliament onThursday for what could bea very short term after thecountrys second inconclu-sive election of the year leftit with no new governmenton the horizon

The typically festive eventwas marked mostly byuncertainty as the two maincandidates for prime minis-ter sniped at each other overwho should lead the country

It also came in parallel toPrime Minister BenjaminNetanyahus high-profile

pre-indictment hearing oncorruption charges whichhave threatened to end hispolitical career and con-tributed to the currentparalysis of the countryspolitical system

Neither Netanyahu norhis chief rival Benny Gantzhas been able to build a par-liamentary majority withtheir natural allies Theynow depend on each otherfor a unity government asthe only likely alternative toan unprecedented thirdelection in less than a year

ldquoThe right thing for the

citizens of Israel especiallyat this time is for the primeminister to be busy workingfor them and not preoccu-pied with indictmentsrdquoGantz said

ldquoI call upon Netanyahu Donot barricade yourself in yourposition We will take thereins from here and lead thecountry for the good of thecitizensrdquo For thesake of unity Gantzrsquos deputyYair Lapid announced hewas forgoing a previousarrangement to share thepremiership should theycome to power mdash AP

No govt yet Israel swears in MPs

PM Boris Johnson in House AFP

PUNJAB WATER SUPPLY amp SEWERAGE BOARDNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No ETENDERPWSSDHOSHIARPUREE201954 of 2019 Date 03102019On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer PWSSB Chandigarh The Executive Engineer Punjab Water Supply amp Sewerage Division Hoshiarpur re-invite bids due to non-submission ofbids from the eligible bidders for the work detailed below-

2 Important dates are as under-i) Period of availability of tender online shall be From 03102019 to 13102019 up to 500 pmii) Pre-bid Meeting 07102019 at 1100 amiii) Last date amp time for online submission of bid shall be 13102019 up to 500 pmiv) Date amp time of opening of Technical Bid 14102019 at 0100 pm

SrNo

Name of the Work EarnestMoney

Cost of Document Tender processing Fee Period ofCompletion

Approx Valueof the work

1 Construction of STP 400 MLD at Balachaur Town Rs 800 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

2 Construction of STP 200 MLD at Hariana Town Rs 500 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

3 Construction of STP 300 MLD at Rahon Town Rs 700 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

4 Construction of STP 300 MLD at Garhshankar Town Rs 700 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

Note (i) The dates given above are for both eligible LampC Societies amp Contractors(ii) For detailed terms and conditions refer to website httpeprocpunjabgovin(iii) If any corrigendum issued will be loaded and seen at website httpeprocpunjabgovin Sd- Executive Engineer PWSSD HSPDPRPbC6790

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PUNJAB WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGEDIVISION GURDASPUR

RE-TENDERING No 10 of 2019-20 (3rd time)httpseprocpunjabgovin

On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer Pb WS amp Sew Board ChandigarhExecutive Engineer Pb WS amp Sew Division Gurdaspur The E-tenderingNotice No 10 issued vide this office endst 4006-78 dt 17092019 are herebyrecalled due to reason that No bidders participate received for each of the belowtender Now these tender will be opened as per detail given below-

Important dates are as under

Period of availability of tender online shall be 04102019 from 200 PM

Last date and time for online submission of bid 10102019 upto 500 PMshall be

Date and time of opening of Technical Bid 11102019 at 200 PM

1 Note- The dates given above for above tenders are for LampC societiesfor detailed terms and conditions refer to websitehttpseprocpunjabgovin

2 Corrigendumaddendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerPunjab WS amp Sew Division Gurdaspur

SrNo

Description of work EarnestMoney(Rs)

Cost ofdocument

TenderFee (Rs)

Periodof

comp-letion

ApproxValue of

thework

1 Providing amp Fixing laying Jointingcutting testing of RCC NP3 300mm idPipe and construction of smallscreening chamber room providingand supply installation of motor pumpset sludge pump set repair of MPSand STP and Complete all otherworks as per site Dera Baba NanakGurdaspur District Gurdaspur

2DNITcost Rs

68580-

Rs 100- 4months

Rs 3429

lac

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PUNJAB WATER SUPPLY amp SEWERAGE BOARDNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No E-TENDERPWSSDHOSHIARPUREE201953 of 2019 Date 3102019

httpeprocpunjabgovin

On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer PWSSB Chandigarh TheExecutive Engineer Punjab Water Supply amp Sewerage Division Hoshiarpurreinvite the bids due to non-submission of bids from the eligible bidders for thework detailed below-

2 Important dates are as under

i) Period of availability of tender from 03102019 to17102019 uponline shall be to 500 pm

ii) Last date amp time for online submission 17102019 up to 500 pmof bid shall be

iii) Date amp time of opening of Technical Bid 18102019 at 100 pm

Note- (i) The dates given above are both for eligible LampC Societies andContractors

(ii) For detailed terms and condtions refer to websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin

(iii) If any corrigendum issued will be loaded amp seen at websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin

Sd- Executive Engineer

Punjab WS amp Sew Division Hoshiarpur

SrNo

Name of the work EarnestMoney

Cost ofDocument

TenderProcessing

Fee

Periodof

Comp-letion

ApproxValueof theWork

3 Amtc Reserve Stock Hoshiarpurfor the year 2019-20 at HSP ldquoSupplyof One No Chowkidar to Watch ampWard Reserve Stock Hoshiarpurrdquowef 15092019 to 31032020

Rs2000-

1002360 6 Months15 Days

Lumpsum

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MUNICIPAL CORPORATION SAS NAGAR (MOHALI) DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT PUNJAB

(MUNICIPAL BHAWAN SECTOR 68 SAS NAGAR)

NOTICE INVITING E-TENDER

No 2148 Dt 031019Commissioner on behalf of MC SAS Nagar invites e-tenders on two bid

system (Technical and Financial bid) for the following works from theregistered LampC Co-op Societies and from the enlisted Govt contractors firms

Date and time schedule

For participating in the above e-tendering process the contractorsshall have to get themselves registered withwwweprocpunjabgovin and get user Id and password class-3digital signature is mandatory to participate in the e-tendering(a) Interested bidders can purchase the tender document online from

website wwweprocpunjabgovin NIT and terms and conditionsare being uploaded at the website (wwweprocpunjabgovin)

(b) Bidders shall attach scanned copies of all the papers ie scannedcopies of certificatedocuments as required in terms and condition

(c) CorrigendumAddendumcorrections if any will be posted in thewebsite

(d) Bidders should note that online tenders will be only submitted atthe aforesaid website wwweprocpunjabgovin as per thedetailsinstructions uploaded therein

(e) If at the time of submission of E-Tenders any error occurs due totechnical reasons of the website Municipal Corporation SASNagar will not be responsible

Sd- Corporation Engineer Municipal Corporation SAS Nagar

SrNo

Last date of online submissionof bidding document

Time and Date of Opening of tender

1 22102019 till 1200 23102019 till 1200

SrNo

Name of the work EstimatedCost

(in Lac)

EMD (in Rs)

Processingfee (in Rs)

Timeperiod

1 Laying 40 mm thick BC roadfrom Sec-48C MC limit toBawa White House lights

236 472000- 5900- 3

2 RC estimate forbeautification andupgradation of road fromChandigarh entry to IISERin MC SAS Nagar

4871 97420- 5748- 3

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3539 70780- 4176- 3

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THE TRIBUNE14 JALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019SPORT

Visakhapatnam October 3Indiarsquos opening batsmanMayank Agarwal convertedhis maiden Test hundred intoa double century as the hometeam declared for 5027before the hostsrsquo spinnersmade early inroads into theSouth African batting orderAfter Rohit Sharmarsquos poten-tially career-defining 176 inhis first innings as a Testopener it was Agarwalrsquos turnto dominate the bowlers asthe 28-year-old made 215before the hosts declared onDay 2 of the first Test

Ravichandran Ashwin andRavindra Jadeja then got inon the act by dismissingSouth Africa opener AidenMarkram No 3 Theunis deBruyn and nightwatchmanDane Piedt to leave the tour-ing side reeling at 393 atstumps In a worrying signfor South Africa who lost 0-3 on their last trip to India in2015 a few deliveries keptlow on a pitch already offer-ing turn for the spinners

Cheap lossesIndia lost Cheteshwar Pujaracaptain Virat Kohli andAjinkya Rahane cheaply inthe second session but stillmanaged to put an imposingfirst-innings total on theboard Playing only his fifthTest Agarwal who had a pre-vious highest score of 77drove South African spinspearhead Keshav Maharajfor two runs to long off andthrew his hands in the airafter bringing up his double

hundred Starting the day on202 without loss Indiarsquosopeners treated SouthAfricarsquos bowlers with thesame disdain they showed onthe rain-interrupted openingday Visiting captain Faf duPlessis packed his fielders onone side of the wicket butboth Rohit and Agarwalscored almost at will tamingthe spinners by employingboth conventional andreverse sweep shots

South Africa looked des-perately short of ideas inthe face of the battingonslaught Rohit and Agar-wal stitched together astand of 317 Rohit was outstumped to KeshavMaharaj Dropped on 126 byQuinton de Kock off seamerVernon Philander Rohit hitMaharaj for his sixth sixand followed it up with afour but the left-arm bowlerspun the next one past hisforward defence and thewicketkeeper whipped thebails off Philanderremoved Pujara for six withthe first delivery of the sec-ond session while Kohliwho made 20 offered atame return catch to debu-tant all-rounder SenuranMuthusamy Karnatakabatsman Agarwal who hit23 fours and six sixes in hisknock added 53 for thethird wicket with Kohli anda further 54 for the fourthwith Rahane (15) before heholed out off a tame full tossfrom part-time spinnerDean Elgar mdash Reuters

Visakhapatnam October 3 Featuring in only his fifth Testmatch Mayank Agarwalbecame the fourth Indian bats-man to convert his maidencentury into a double hundredand the Karnataka opener iselated over his performanceSpeaking after the match adelighted Agarwal said ldquoI amextremely happy It is a feelingI canrsquot describe Glad that Icould make my maiden hun-dred into a doublerdquo

ldquoI am happy with the wayI played I am batting welland if we can keep battingtogether like this upfront itwill be great for the teamrdquohe added ldquoIf Rohit and Ican keep contributing tomake 450-500 every time itwill be very tough for theopposition I would be lyingif I say that you only have tothink about your own gameAt times you feel that youare playing well and cantake a chance but thatrsquosnot how it works You haveto be patient We had a greatpartnership to lay the foun-dation and get to 300 runsrdquo

Agarwal also praisedRohitrsquos 176-run knock as theMumbai right-handersilenced all his critics whohad questioned his role as aTest opener ldquoThe way he(Rohit) dominated the spin-ners was great to seerdquo Agar-wal said ldquoInitially the pitchdid do a bit with the new ballbut when the sun came outit got better and better As weapproached lunch on Day 2the ball started keeping lowIt started spinning by teaand it is great signs for usrdquo

Didnrsquot bow badly Rohit andAgarwal were good MaharajSouth African spinners didnot bowl badly and it was thesheer brilliance of RohitSharma and Mayank Agarw-al that has taken the gameaway from the visitors leadProteas spinner KeshavMaharaj said ldquoI wouldnrsquotsay they bowled poorly I per-sonally judge if someonecomes down the wicket andhits you itrsquos not a bad ball Ifyou are getting hit from thecrease if you are getting cutthen itrsquos a different storyrdquosaid Maharaj ldquoPiedt wasunlucky Mayank playedsuperbly well and so didRohit Literally everythingthey wanted to do paid off itwas their dayrdquo he saidIndiawon the toss and had no hes-itation in batting first ldquoI sup-pose the toss does play a partbecause you want the bestpossible conditions to bowlfor the spinners but havingsaid that we could have beena little bit better at timeswhen we did bowl But I sup-pose the toss does play alarge factor in terms of theoutcome of the gamerdquo saidMaharaj mdash Agencies

SURATIndian women seal serieswith 5-wkt win over SAThe Indian womenrsquos cricketteam produced anotherauthoritative performance tocomfortably defeat SouthAfrica by five wickets in thefifth T20I taking an unassail-able 3-0 lead in the six-matchseries With two games beingcompletely washed out theseries was extended from fiveto six matches and India need-ed to win on the day to sealthe series Off-spinner DeeptiSharma (219) and left-armspinnner Radha Yadav (323)restricted the Proteas womento 988 Brief Scores SA 988(Wolvaardt 17 Radha 323Deepti 219) India 995 (Har-manpreet 34 Ismail 219)

BENGALURURoger Binny electedpresident of KSCAFormer India cricketer RogerBinny and his team sweptthe Karnataka State CricketKarnataka State CricketAssociation elections Mean-while the Odisha CricketAssociation nominated taint-ed and jailed former supre-mo Asirbad Beherarsquos sonSanjay Behera as its repre-sentative at the BCCI AGM onOctober 23 Sanjay hasrecently been elected secre-tary of the association as hisfather who has been arrest-ed by CBI for his active con-nection with a chit-fundscam voted from jail

LONDONStokes wins playersrsquo awardafter World Cup heroicsBen Stokes has been votedthe Professional CricketersrsquoAssociation playersrsquo Player ofthe Year after starring in Eng-landrsquos maiden World Cup winand repeating his heroics dur-ing the Ashes series Stokeswill play for Northern Super-chargers in the new Hundredformat tournament with theLeeds-based franchise snap-ping up all-rounder ahead ofJoe Root and Jonny Bairstow

JAIPURJampK beat Railways by fourwkts in Hazare TrophyParvez Rasool hammered anunbeaten 118 to power Jamp Kto a four-wicket win over Rail-ways in their Vijay HazareGroup C matchBrief scores Railways 2856in 50 overs (D Mor 70 A Ghosh64 K Sharma 40 U Nazir353) JampK 2876 in 491 overs(P Rasool 118 SS Pundir 38 HSangwan 366) mdash AGENCIES

BRIEFLY lsquoHope I Rohitcontributebig for teamin future toorsquo

Deepankar ShardaTribune News Service

mumbai october 3In a first India will host pre-season National BasketballAssociation (NBA) matchesbetween Sacramento Kingsand Indiana Pacers here onOctober 4 and 5 The two-daycontest is a bid to populariseNBA and basketball in India

Sacramento Kingsrsquo own-er Vivek Ranadive is thedriving force behind NBAmaking its debut in hishometown Mumbai ldquoThegame here in Mumbai willallow NBA to open theirinterest for the next 10years India would be hav-ing more arenas moreplayers and more coachesto promote the sport NBAhas a long association withIndia but this is the righttime to push it ahead in abig wayrdquo said Ranadive aMumbai-born Americanbusinessman ldquoNBA com-missioner Adam Silver wasof the view that these games

are must to attract the Indi-an youth towards the sportI think in coming years bas-ketball would be the second-most popular sport in IndiaIt will be difficult to replacecricket but basketball andIndia are meant to betogether I just hope NBAturns the fortune of Indianyoungsters in a big wayrdquo

added Ranadive Sacramen-to Kings coach Luke Waltonsaid the players are excitedto play in Mumbai ldquoIt was akind of rest day today andthe players were asked justto sweat a bit The pre-sea-son games are equallyimportant as the major tour-namentsrdquo said Walton

NBA makes India debut asKings take on Pacers in Mumbai

Kultar Malikelected HCApresidentNew Delhi October 3Kultar Malik was namedpresident of the HaryanaCricket Association (HCA)after the results of the elec-tions for the officebearerswere declared here today

Mrinal Ojha was appoint-ed secretary and MahenderSingh was named the treas-urer All the three office-bearers are outgoing BCCItreasurer AnirudhChaudhryrsquos loyalists

While four members ofthe Apex Council wereappointed two memberswill be player representa-tives and another one willbe from the CAG It is learntthat the association hascommunicated the result ofthe election to the BCCI aswell as the Amicus CuriaeThe HCA has also writtenback to the CoA after thecommittee sent in a com-munication at 1am on Octo-ber 2 that an officebearer ofthe HCA should meet theCoA on October 3 mdash IANS

India beat Belgium end tour on highAntwerp October 3The Indian menrsquos hockeyteam outclassed reigningworld and European Cham-pions Belgium 5-1 in thefifth and final match tomaintain a hundred percent record in their tour ofBelgium

World No 5 India won alltheir five matches duringthe tour beating Belgium 2-0 in the opening match andregistering 6-1 and 5-1 winsover Spain in the next twogames before finishing offtheir tour with two morewins (2-1 and 5-1)

In the fifth match Sim-ranjeet Singh (7th) LalitKumar Upadhyay (35th)Vivek Sagar Prasad (36th)Harmanpreet Singh (42nd)and Ramandeep Singh(43rd) scored one goal eachto earn a scintillating victo-ry for the Indian team

India produced a stun-ning move in the 7thminute to take the leadthrough forward Simran-jeet Belgium forced acomeback but their penaltycorner was saved by Kris-

han Pathak in the 9thminute helping India tomaintain their one-goaladvantage at the first break

The second quarter sawworld No 2 Belgium winback-to-back penalty cor-ners in the 16th minute butPathak made sure thatthere was no damage Bel-gium tried hard to score anequaliser but some resolutedefending saw India taketheir lead into the half-timebreak

Attack modeThe visitors started thethird quarter with anattacking intent and wererewarded immediatelywith Lalit Kumar Upad-hyay bagging his first goalof the match in the 35thminute to extend Indiarsquoslead to 2-0 YoungsterVivek Sagar Prasad (36th)also registered his nameon the scoresheet as heproduced a crafty finish tobeat the Belgian goalkeep-

er The 38th minute sawBelgium win a penalty cor-ner but PR Sreejeshrsquos div-ing save kept the score 3-0in Indiarsquos favour Howevera brilliant strike fromAlexander Hendrickxmade it 3-1 in the 39thminute

Double blowIndia scored twice in twominutes just before the endof the third quarter to extendtheir lead to 5-1 Indiarsquosfourth goal was scored bydragflicker HarmanpreetSingh who converted apenalty corner in the 42ndminute while the fifth goalcame through RamandeepSingh who scored in the43rd minute mdash PTI

FIRST TESTINDIA VS SOUTH AFRICA

STAR SPORTS 930AMGOLF WOMENrsquoS INDIAN OPEN

DSPORT 1230PM

ATHLETICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPSSTAR SPORTS 1030PM

PRO KABADDI LEAGUESTAR SPORTS 730PM

TODAY ON TV

INDIA (Overnight 2020)

M Agarwal c Piedt b Elgar 215R Sharma st de Kock b Maharaj 176C Pujara b Philander 6V Kohli campb Muthusamy 20A Rahane c Bavuma b Maharaj 15R Jadeja not out 30H Vihari c Elgar b Maharaj 10W Saha c Muthusamy b Piedt 21R Ashwin not out 1Extras (B-4 LB-1 NB-2 W-1) 8Total (7 wickets decl 136 overs) 502Fall of wickets 1-317 2-324 3-377 4-431 5-436 6-457 7-494BowlingVernon Philander 22-4-68-1Kagiso Rabada 24-7-66-0

Keshav Maharaj 55-6-189-3Dane Piedt 19-1-107-1Senuran Muthusamy 15-1-63-1Dean Elgar 1-0-4-1

SOUTH AFRICAD Elgar not out 27A Markram b Ashwin 5T de Bruyn c Saha b Ashwin 4D Piedt b Jadeja 0T Bavuma not out 2Extras (LB-1) 1Total (3 wickets 20 overs) 39BowlingIshant Sharma 2-0-8-0Mohammed Shami 2-2-0-0Ravichandran Ashwin 8-4-9-2Ravindra Jadeja 8-1-21-1

Harmanpreet Singh and Ramandeep Singh both scored forIndia against Belgium HOCKEY INDIA

Double the troubleSouth Africa 393 at stumps onDay 2 after Agarwalrsquos double tonprops India to 5027 declared

SCOREBOARD

391Runs accumulated byIndia openers mdash215 by

Agarwal and 176 by Rohit mdash is thethird highest in a Test innings Thehighest is 404 by Vinoo Mankad(231) and Pankaj Roy (173)against New Zealand in 1956

0Bigger partnerships for any wick-et for India vs SA than the open-

ing stand between Rohit and Agarw-al The previous best was 268between Sehwag and Dravid for thesecond wicket in Chennai in 2008

4Indians who con-verted their maid-

en Test century into a200-plus scoreincluding MayankAgarwal Dilip Sarde-sai (200) VinodKambli (224) andKarun Nair (303)are the other three tohave done so

86TH Indian bats-man mdash Mayank

Agarwal mdash to score ahundred in Tests The28-year-old whomade his debut vsAustralia in Mel-bourne in December2018 took eightinnings to register hismaiden Test century

9TH First-Classcentury and

third double-tonfor Agarwalincluding atriple-ton Hehas convertedsix of his nineFirst-Class hun-dreds into 150-plus scores

12Sixes hit by Indiaopeners mdash six each

for Rohit and Agarwal mdashis the most by openersfor any team in a Testinnings There has beenonly one Test inningswhen India batsmenhave hit more sixes mdash 15vs SL at Brabourne Stadi-um in Mumbai in 2009

3RD Indian opening pair mdash Rohitand Agarwal mdash to share a 300-

run partnership in Test cricketRohit and Agarwal achieved thefeat with a stand of 317 runs OtherIndian opening pairs to share a300-plus partnership in Test cricketare Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy(413 runs vs NZ in 1956) andSehwag and Dravid (410 runs vsPak in 2006)

Vinayak PadmadeoTribune News Service

New Delhi October 3The Professional WrestlingLeague owners Pro Sporti-fy have sent a notice to theWrestling Federation ofIndia (WFI) for ldquobreach ofagreementrdquo

In a letter addressed toWFI president Brij BhushanSharan Singh the rightsholders have raised theirobjection to what they see asa gross oversight by thesports body to sanction thelaunch of a rival league Zee

Kushti Dangal whichaccording to Pro Sportifywas malicious ldquohellipThelaunch of the said ZeeKushti Dangal was held on23rd September 2019 at NewDelhi What is even moresurprising is that the launchevent was not only attendedby you but you also partici-pated in the press confer-ence with Mr Mukund Cairethe COO of ZEEL Further-more in the press confer-ence you made a statementthat both Pro WrestlingLeague and Zee Kushti Dan-

gal can coexist You also stat-ed that Zee Kushti Dangaland Pro Wrestling Leaguehave different formats andscoperdquo the notice sent bythe legal head of Pro Sporti-fy Dinesh Bant said

ldquoWe have analysed the for-mat of Zee Kushti Dangaland compared it to the ProWrestling League there is nodifference between the for-mats of the two tournamentsAs such it appears that beingconscious of the fact that itsactions clearly tantamount tobreach of the agreement theWFI has attempted to camou-flage this blatant breach bychanging the nomenclatureof the league being launchedby ZEEL That the ZeeKushti Dangal is the same asthe Pro Wrestling League is

evident from the fact that MrCaire of ZEEL referred to ZeeKushti Dangal as thelsquo Leaguersquo several times dur-ing the press conferenceThis makes it evidently clearthat while the proposed tour-nament is in the league for-mat it has only been namedlsquoDangalrsquo to circumvent theexclusivity rights retained byPro Sportifyrdquo it added

Pro Sportify Private Limit-ed had signed a 15-year con-tract with the WFI and it cit-ed clause 94 of thecommercial rights agree-

ment to cite the violationsWFI president Singh wasunavailable for commentsHowever it is understoodthat the body was unper-turbed with the developmentas it feels it was in a strongbargaining position shouldthe matter go to the courts

Interestingly the WFI hadserved the rights holder a ter-mination notice in 2016 forseveral violations includingnon-payment of rights feeand delayed payments madeto both wrestlers and techni-cal staff

Dangal over league rights PWL organisers send notice to WFIThe WFI has attemptedto camouflage this

blatant breach by changingthe nomenclature of theleague being launched byZEEL mdash Dinesh Bant PRO SPORTIFY LEGAL HEAD

Marvin Bagley of the Sacramento Kings shoots during Apractice session in Mumbai NBA

RESULTIndia 5 Simranjeet Singh(7th) Lalit Kumar Upad-hyay (35th) Vivek SagarPrasad (36th) Harman-preet Singh (42nd) andRamandeep Singh (43rd)

Belgium 1 AlexanderHendrickx (39th)

Mayank Agarwal celebratesafter scoring his maiden doublecentury on Day 2 PTI

Doha October 3

Grant Holloway of the UnitedStates blazed to his firstWorld Championships 110-mhurdles title last night in adramatic race in whichdefending champion OmarMcLeod fell

The 21-year-old Hollowaywho came into the champi-onships with the seasonrsquosfastest run of 1298 secondssmoothly glided through 10hurdles to cross the line in1310 five-hundredths of asecond ahead of SergeyShubenkov

Favourite to defend his titleJamaican McLeod came outof the starting blocks fast buthis race quickly turned souras he knocked down hurdlesand tumbled to the trackbefore reaching the finishline McLeod said he had felta hamstring strain in thewarm-up and thought itwould go away ldquoI was readyto go I showed up readyrdquoMcLeod said ldquoI put myself inthe very best situation todefend my titlerdquo Capitalisingon McLeodrsquos fallShubenkov the 2015 worldchampion took his secondconsecutive world silver witha technically sound run of1315 seconds

Holloway and Shubenkovsaid they had no idea thatchaos was unfolding inneighbouring lanes

ldquoIn the replay I saw that onefell down Another was cele-bratingrdquo said Shubenkov ldquoIthought to myself lsquoI missed

everythingrsquordquo

Asher-Smith grabs goldDina Asher-Smith seized hergolden opportunity to win the200 metres becoming thefirst British woman to claim aglobal sprint title With manyof the top medal contenderspulling out or skipping theevent Asher-Smith provedthe class act in the field pow-ering home in a nationalrecord 2188 seconds to addgold to the silver she won in

the 100m ldquoYoursquore only thefavourite if you go out andperform how people expectyou to and I was reallyfocused on putting together agood racerdquo said Asher-Smith

The once mighty UnitedStates who had been a non-factor in the womenrsquos sprintsin Doha also benefited fromthe scratches as BrittanyBrown grabbed the silver in2222 Switzerlandrsquos MujingaKambundji grabbed bronze

The fight for medals was

blown wide open when someof sprintingrsquos biggest nameswithdrew during the earlierrounds The race was missingthe reigning world andOlympics champions inDutchwoman Dafne Schip-pers and Jamaicarsquos ElaineThompson who withdrewdue to injuries ShaunaeMiller-Uibo of Bahamasowner of the fastest time thisseason elected to race the400m only due to schedulingissues

The world 100m championShelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce andbronze medallist Marie-JoseeTa Lou scratched because ofsoreness from earlier raceswhile Nigeriarsquos BlessingOkagbare who had run thethird fastest time this seasonwas disqualified in her heat

None of that mattered toAsher-Smith blasted out ofthe blocks and was in com-mand coming off the bendbefore cruising to victory

ldquoI made sure that Iremained focusrdquo said Asher-Smith

Shot putter Toor fails toqualify for final round Asian champion TejinderPal Singh Toor failed toqualify for the final roundof the shot put eventdespite producing his sea-sons best effort The 24-year-old Toor finishedeighth in the qualificationround and 18th overall outof the 34 competitors with abest throw of 2043m fromhis three attempts Thosewho touched 2090m or atleast 12 best performerswere to make it to the final

Toor opened with a 2043mthrow bettering his earlierseasons best of 2036m butfouled in his next attemptIn the third attempt Toorcould only come up with a1955m effort to crash out ofthe championship TomasWalsh of New Zealand ledthe finalists with a throw of2192 m mdash Agencies

Great Grant HeistHolloway gets 100m hurdles gold as McLeod falls

THE TRIBUNEJALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 15SPORT

A lone spectator in a stand at the China Open on Thursday AFP

ANNEXURE-A

PRESS NOPRESS NOTICETICEThe Executive Engineer IPH Division Thunag invites tender on behalf ofGovernor of Himachal Pradesh from approved eligible contractor for thefollowing work(s) through e-tendering process-

Name of Work Augmentation of various water supply scheme of GPTandi Saroa Tharjoon Mushrani Bassi Devdhar Kharsi and KotlaKhanula in Gohar Block Tehsil Chachyot District Mandi (HP) (SH-Construction of Jack well type river intake 240 MLD Water TreatmentPlants (16 hours capacity) Providing Laying Jointing and Testing ofGravity Mains Rising mains and distribution system Pump houses StageI II amp III at various locations SE of pumping machinery MBRs and SRsat various locations including trail run period for three months (90 days)on full designed discharge and defect liability period for six months)

Estimated Cost - Rs 222662321-Earnest Money - Rs 2227000-Cost of Tender document - Rs 2500-Time Limit - 24 Months

Schedule of tendering-

The tender document can be downloaded from departmental websiteie wwwhpiphorg wef 4-10-2019 at 1000 AM upto 24-10-2019at 500 PM

Executive EngineerIampPH Division ThunagDistt Mandi

HIM SUCHANA AVAM JAN SAMPARK

1 Site Visit From 7-10-2019 to 15-10-2019 between10 AM to 5 PM except on holidays

2 Pre Bid Meeting date 16-10-2019 at 300 PM in the office ofEngineer-in-Chief IampPH Department JalShakti Bhawan Tutti Kandi Shimla (HP)

3 Bid Submission start date 4-10-2019 at 1000 AM

4 Bid Submission end date 24-10-2019 at 500 PM

5 Earnest Money DepositCost of Tender form if notsubmitted online

25-10-2019 upto 1100 AM

6 Opening of Eligibilitycriteria (Cover-I)

25-10-2019 at 1230 PM

7 Opening of Technical Bid(Cover-II)

Date and place to be notifiedseparately

8 Opening of Financial bid(Cover-III)

Date and place to be notifiedseparately

DPRHP2327

OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL

ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE GOVT INSTITUTE OFENGINEERING amp TECHNOLOGY

PRAGATI NAGAR DISTT SHIMLA (HP) ndash 171202NOTICE INVITING TENDER

(Tender No ABVGIETSTRTender2019-20- 01)Sealed tenders are invited from the eligible manufacturers

Firmsauthorized dealers for the procurement of Machinery ampequipmentsTools etc for the polytechnic labs such as ECElabs CSE labs Mechanical Labs etc as per specifications andterms amp conditions given in the tender document The tenderform can be downloaded from our websitehttpwwwabvgietorg or can be collected from this instituteon any working day from 1000 AM to 0500 PM at a cost ofRs 500- at the counter and Rs 600- if desired by Regd Postper set and Vendor using downloaded Tender Documents shallrequire to submit DD for Rs 500- which is non-refundable infavour of the Principal ABVGIET Pragatinagar Distt Shimla(HP) which shall be submitted alongwith the tender Completetender document along with earnest money and tender cost (asshown in the document) will be received up to 200 PM on30102019 and tender will be opened same day at 0300 PMin the presence of biddersrepresentative who wish to bepresent The tender submitted after the date amp time mentionedabove will not be considered

The Principal reserves the right to cancel the tender withoutassigning any reason thereof

Sd- PrincipalAtal Bihari Vajpayee

Govt Institute of Engg amp TechnologyPragatinagar Distt Shimla (HP)-171202

DPRHP2332

NOTICE INVITING TENDERS

Bid Ref No TBS(DMP)ESSTTIRL2019 (etenders)

TB Sanatorium Dharampur Distt Solan (HP) hereby invites bidsfrom eligible and qualified bidders for

Construction Testing Commissioning and Validation ofTB Containment Laboratory and Associated Works onlsquoTurnkey Basisrsquo under RNTCP with Supply and Installationof Two Class-II A2 BSC with Thimble Canopy and with TwoOnline UPS

Bidders can download the bid documents with all details fromthe website httpwwwhptendersgovin

For any queries bidders may contact the office of the Senior MedicalSuperintendent TB Sanatorium Dharampur Distt Solan HimachalPradesh from 1100 am to 0400 pm on all working days

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Beijing Andy Murrayexpressed disappointmentabout crowds at the ChinaOpen tennis where some ofthe best players in the worldhave competed in front ofswathes of empty seats

ldquoI think as the tournamentgoes on you tend to get bet-ter crowds towards the endof the weekrdquo said MurrayldquoLast couple of days in

terms of atmosphere itrsquosbeen not as good as youwould likerdquo

The three-time GrandSlam champion praised thetournament as a whole butsaid ldquoI donrsquot know if Irsquomcomplaining about it but Irsquodlike it to be bigger crowdsand nicer atmospheres Thatnormally comes as the weekgoes onrdquo mdash AFP

Murray disappointed by lack of China fans

Osaka October 3Fiji finally found their feet atthe Rugby World Cup with adominant 45-10 victory overGeorgia on Thursday as theirjet-heeled backs tore theirPool D rivals apart in a seven-try rout at a rain-drenchedHanazono Rugby Stadium

Winger Semi Radradrascored twice and made threeothers as the Pacific islandersrebounded from defeats toAustralia and Uruguay to gettheir first win in Japan

While their upset loss toUruguay has all but put paidto their hopes of reaching thequarter-finals Fiji are now inpole position to finish thirdand qualify for the 2023 WorldCup

Ireland edge RussiaKobe Ireland began to puttheir World Cup back on trackafter the shock loss to Japanbut it took them over an hourto secure a bonus point andstrengthen their quarterfinalchances in an unconvincing35-0 win over a stubborn Rus-sia Ireland just need to beatSamoa to reach the last-eightbut the fact Joe Schmidtrsquosside struggled to put awaysuch a limited team will do lit-tle for fansrsquo waning hopes ofreaching a first semifinal

Only a commanding win

would have sufficed with theshock in Shizuoka still rever-berating around the tourna-ment and it looked on thecards when Rob Kearneywho scored in the 62-12thrashing of Russia in the2011 World Cup toucheddown after 90 seconds

Sexton who was not riskedagainst Japan due to a thighinjury appeared to have Ire-land rushing towards thebonus point when his text-book 13th-minute dinkthrough was carried over byflanker Peter OrsquoMahony forjust his second try in 62 tests

Yet Russia who belied theirlowly standing by givingJapan a fright remained com-petitive with Ramil Gaisinrsquossmart kicking helping to keepIreland at bay for another 20minutes mdash Agencies

Fiji crush GeorgiaRussia fight Ireland

Los Angeles October 3Alberto Salazar pushed him-self to the brink and beyondas an athlete and preachedthe same philosophy as acoach to distance runningstars But the 61-year-oldCuban-born Americanrsquos willto win finally went too faraccording to the US Anti-Dop-ing Agency (USADA) whichhas banned him for four yearsfor multiple doping viola-tions Salazar has been amajor figure in American ath-letics for four decades Hewon the 1980 1981 and 1982New York Marathons and the1982 Boston Marathon andlater coached such stars asBritainrsquos Mo Farah the 2012and 2016 Olympics championat 5000 and 10000 metres

Salazar arrived in the Unit-ed States as a toddler Hisfather was a friend of FidelCastro who fought alongside

him in the revolution but lat-er opposed the Communistgovernment The familymoved to suburban Bostonwhere Salazar won a statecross country crown in 1975He helped the University ofOregon capture the US colle-giate cross country title in1977 taking national collegeindividual honours the fol-lowing year

Olympics dreamsIn 1980 Salazar qualified forthe US Olympics team at10000m but the Americansboycotted the Moscow Gamesand Salazar tackled a newchallenge the marathon Hequickly conquered the 262-mile (42195km) event At 22Salazar won his marathondebut in New York then set acareer-best of 2hrs 8mins13secs to defend his title

In 1982 he took New York

and claimed his only BostonMarathon title in what wasdubbed the ldquoDuel in the Sunrdquowith Dick Beardsley Afterbesting Beardsley in a sprintfinish a dehydrated Salazarcollapsed Salazar finished15th in the marathon at the1984 Los Angeles Olympicsthen trained and competeduntil retiring in the mid-1990s when he began mov-ing into coaching joiningwith Nike to form the Oregon

Project in 2001 to train dis-tance runners

Big namesThe program includes Dono-van Brazier mdash who won the800m world title Monday asnews of Salazarrsquos ban explod-ed into the athletics scene mdashand Sifan Hassan who wonthe womenrsquos 10000m worldcrown two days earlier

Stripped of his credentialsat the World Championships

in Doha Salazar has vowed tofight the ban which washanded down for violationsincluding trafficking testos-terone tampering with theathlete doping controlprocess and using bannedinfusion techniques

A four-year ban was alsoissued to Dr Jeffrey Brownwho was a physician fornumerous Nike Oregon ath-letes and a paid consultanton performance enhance-

ment for the Project part ofa scheme to manipulatetestosterone levels withouttesting positive

ldquoWhile acting in connec-tion with the Nike OregonProject Mr Salazar and DrBrown demonstrated thatwinning was more importantthan the health and wellbe-ing of the athletes they weresworn to protectrdquo USADAchief executive Travis TTygart said mdash Agencies

Morsquos super-coach Salazarrsquos road to disgrace

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Grant Holloway of the US wins the 100m hurldles gold even as defending champion OmarMcleod of Jamaica falls APPTI

Alberto Salazar hugs Galen Rupp of USA and Mo Farah after the5000m final at the 2011 World Championships FILEAFP

Two of his trainees won goldmedals at Doha World Crsquoships Steve Magness who spent 18 months as Salazarrsquos assis-

tant coach in the project before leaving shortly before theLondon Olympics spoke out as a whistleblower whenBBCrsquos Panorama and ProPublica investigated doping alle-gations around Salazar in 2015 Testimonies from variousfigures alleged micro-dosing of testosterone among othersuspicious actions Salazar denied wrongdoing Mo Farahstuck with him and won another golden double at the Riode Janeiro Olympics in 2016 But doping allegationsnagged Farah left Salazar in October 2017 The USADAcase against Salazar and Brown went to the American Arbi-tration Association with hearings conducted in May andJune 2018 setting the stage for the arbitration rulingshanded down Monday

How the star coach was caught in the net

Beijing October 3Fourth seed Naomi Osaka beatAmerican Alison Riske 6-4 6-0in the China Open here todayto set up a quarterfinal clashwith US Open champion Bian-ca Andreescu (in picture)

Osaka who won the PanPacific Open in Japan lastmonth converted five of eightbreak points and won the final10 games in a row to wrap upthe contest in 73 minutes mdash herseventh consecutive win in the

Asian swingCanadarsquos fifth-seeded

Andreescu cruisedpast American

qualifierJennifer

Brady with a 6-1 6-3 win Bradyfaced 11 break points of whichfour were converted by theCanadian who advanced in 67minutes Defending championCaroline Wozniacki also wentthrough to the quarter-finals instraight sets with a 7-5 6-4 winover Czech Republicrsquos Kateri-na Siniakova

Goffin in Japan quarterfinalsTokyo David Goffin of Bel-gium advanced to the JapanOpen quarterfinals aftersqueezing by Canadarsquos DenisShapovalov 7-6(75) 7-6(72)today Goffin will now faceChung Hyeon of South Koreawho pulled an upset victoryagainst sixth-seed Marin Cilic6-4 3-6 6-1

World No 1 Novak Djokovicreturning from a shoulderinjury is scheduled to playFrench fifth-seed Lucas Pouilleon Friday mdash Agencies

Osaka vs BiancaOsaka vs Bianca

Russiarsquos Viktor Gresev IrelandrsquosDave Kilcoyne fight it out AFP

RUGBY WORLD CUP

LONDONEngland call Abraham andTomori drop Alli and LingardEngland dropped Dele Alli andJesse Lingard but called upChelsea youngsters TammyAbraham and Fikayo Tomori in a25-man squad on Thursday foraway Euro 2020 qualifiersagainst the Czech Republic andBulgaria Striker Abrahamturned 22 on Wednesday cele-brating in style with the openerin his clubrsquos 2-1 ChampionsLeague victory at Lille and isthe leading English goalscorerin the Premier League

MADRIDReal host Granada inunlikely top of table clashReal Madrid host Granada in anunlikely first versus secondclash in La Liga on Saturday asthey look to ease the pressureon coach Zinedine Zidane In atopsy-turvy start to the seasonReal who sit one point ahead ofthe Andalusians at the top of LaLiga on 15 points tried thepatience of the demandingBernabeu crowd in midweekneeding two second half goalsto secure a Champions Leaguedraw against Club Brugges Theresult leaves the 13-times Euro-pean champions bottom of theirgroup after two games Thedraw came on the back of lastSaturdayrsquos drab stalemate withneighbours Atletico and coachZidane says his side need to bemore focused on the task athand mdash AGENCIES

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THE TRIBUNE16 GURUGRAM | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019BACK PAGE

Printed and published by Rajesh Ramachandran for The Tribune Trust Printed at The Tribune Press Plot No 123 Sector 37 Pace City-1 GurugramPublished at The Tribune Sector 29-C ChandigarhRNI No CHAENG201772605 Copyright copy The Tribune Trust All rights reservedTelephones 0124-22100332210044Circulation 0172-2670419 Advertisement 0172-2670256 257Editor Rajesh RamachandranEditor for purpose of PRB Act 1867

SanjayKhuranaTribune News Service

Katra October 3Union Home Minister AmitShah today flagged off theDelhi-Katra Vande BharatExpress from the New Delhirailway station calling it a ldquobiggiftrdquo for Jammu and Kash-mirrsquos development He saidwith Article 370 the ldquobiggestroadblockrdquo in growth gonethe state would be one of themost developed regions of thecountry within a decade

ldquoDelhi-Katra Vande BharatExpress is a gift for Jammuand Kashmirrsquos developmentand for promoting religioustourismrdquo the Union HomeMinister who was accompa-nied by Union Railway Minis-ter Piyush Goyal and UnionMinisters Jitendra Singh andDr Harsh Vardhan said

The Railways has alreadyopened bookings for the trainthat will start commercialoperations from October 5The minimum fare for NewDelhi to Katra travel in chaircar is Rs 1630 while itrsquos Rs3015 for executive chair car

The train will run on allweek days except Tuesdayand will cut the travel timebetween Delhi and Katra to

eight hours from 12-14 hoursearlier to traverse a distanceof 655 km It will depart fromthe New Delhi at 6 am andreach Katra at 2 pm It willreturn the same day fromKatra at 3 pm and reach NewDelhi at 11 pm

Railway officials said the

train would run at a maxi-mum speed of 130 kmph withthree stops at Ambala CanttLudhiana and Jammu Tawi

The decision to run thetrain was taken following thesuccess of the Vande BharatExpress plying between NewDelhi and Varanasi which

was flagged by Prime Minis-ter Narendra Modi on Febru-ary 15 this year

The Integral Coach Factory(ICF) has made changes tothe existing design of thetrain ldquoTo avoid damage dueto stray cattle the train hasbeen equipped with a sturdy

aluminium nose cover Andto guard the window shieldsagainst stone-pelting a spe-cial film has been providedrdquoa Railway official said

More space has been pro-vided to store meals for pas-sengers Besides changes inthe exterior and interior the

ICF has added a slew of mod-ern features like adjustableseats improved wash basinsautomatic doors wi-fi andinfotainment system

ldquoThe Railways will connectthe country from Kashmir toKanyakumari before August15 2022rdquo said Goyal

Shah flags off Delhi-Katra train calls it gift to JampK

The Vande Bharat Express train at New Delhi station prior to its flag-off ceremony on Thursday TRIBUNE PHOTO

CHAIR CAR

~1630 6 times a week 4 hrs travel time cut 6 am departure time from Delhi 2 pm arrival time at Katra 3 pm departure from Katra 11 pm arrival at New Delhi 130 kmph speed halts at Ambala

Cantt Ludhiana amp Jammu Tawi Will run on all weekdays

except Tuesday

Manufactured in a record time of15 years at a cost of

~97 CROREPlastic bottle crushers | Huge pantry |Revolving seats | Automatic doors |

WiFi | Sliding foot-steps

EXECUTIVECHAIR CAR

~3015

TICKET FARE

RECORD TIME

MODERN FEATURES

Jammu jail to have inmate calling system Jammu Kerala native Jatan lodged in a jail in Jammuheard the voice of his wife and minor daughter for thefirst time in nearly four years - thanks to the authoritiesintroducing a first-of-its-kind prison inmate callingsystem which allows prisoners to make long-distancecalls He is facing charges under the NDPS Act Theprison got the facility along with modern interview roomson Bapus 150th birth anniversary PTI

Domestic help held for theft at ministerrsquos houseMumbai A 25-year-old domestic servant has beenarrested for allegedly committing theft at Union RailwayMinister Piyush Goyals house here the police saidAccused Vishnu Kumar who hails from Delhi was alsobooked under the IT Act for allegedly sharing info from acomputer in the house with unidentified persons He wasarrested from the national capital and brought here onWednesday a police official said PTI

By the way

New Delhi October 3Fake news is more dangerousthan paid news and there is aneed for the government andthe media to combat it jointlyInformation and Broadcast-ing Minister PrakashJavadekar said today

The government would how-ever not take any step curbingthe media freedom he said

But there should be somekind of regulation on over-the-top (OTT) platforms as was thecase for films print and elec-tronic media he said

OTT platforms include newsportals and ldquostreamersrdquo suchas Hotstar Netflix and Ama-zon Prime Video which areaccessible over the Internet

He said several mainstreammedia outlets had conveyed tothe government that there wasno level-playing field with OTTplatforms being unregulated

The Press Council of Indiatakes care of the printmedia the News Broadcast-

ers Association (NBA) mon-itors news channels theAdvertising StandardsCouncil of India is for adver-tising while the CentralBoard of Film Certification(CBFC) takes care of filmshe said ldquoHowever there isnothing to regulate OTTplatformsrdquo he said mdash PTI

Need to regulate contenton Net platforms Minister

Tribune News Service

New Delhi October 3The Trump-Modi bonhomieat Houston and New Yorkcould not translate into a tradeagreement during US Com-merce Secretary Wilbur Rossrsquoongoing visit to India

Ross also gave the impres-sion that US President DonaldTrumprsquos presence at ldquoHowdyModirdquo event was a favour to theNew Delhi administration andmade it clear this physical prox-imity between the two leadersdid not dispel the WhiteHousersquos impression that Indianeeded to dismantle barriersthat made its tariff among thehighest in the world

Ross also made it clear thatdespite its reservations aboutthe security aspect the US

was not trying to force India towalk away from 5G technolo-gy by Chinese companies

Speaking on the sidelines ofan international meet that wasalso attended by Ross Com-merce Minister Piyush Goyalruled out any change in Indiarsquos

stand on e-commerce in order toprotect livelihood of 12-13 croreIndians dependent on retail

The new rules bar foreign e-commerce companies fromselling products via firms inwhich they have an equityinterest and also from makingdeals with sellers to sell exclu-sively on their platforms

India and the US have beenindulging in a low-intensitytrade warfare The US hasremoved India from availing ofduty-free exports worth $56 bil-lion under the generalised sys-tem of preferences (GSP)scheme and both have imposedhigher tariffs on 28 of theirproducts In an interview Rossreportedly indicated the UScould look at partial restorationof the GSP withdrawal in agrand bargain for a trade deal

No trade deal despiteTrump-PM bonhomie Luxembourg October 3

Facebook on Wednesdaywas dealt a major blow inthe EUrsquos top court whichruled that national courts inEurope can order onlineplatforms to remove defam-atory content worldwide

The decision will be seenas a victory for EuropeanUnion regulators who wantUS tech giants to meettightened European stan-dards over hate speech andoffensive content

Last week the same courtdecided that Google was notlegally compelled to applythe EUrsquos strict ldquoright to beforgottenrdquo rules globally in avictory for the search giant

In a closely watched judg-ment the European Courtof Justice said EU law ldquodoesnot precluderdquo courts fromordering ldquothe removal ofinformation or to blockaccess worldwiderdquo a state-ment said mdash AFP

Legal blow toFacebook overhate speech

DIGITAL SPIN Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad unveilsa lsquodigital charkharsquo to mark the 150th birth anniversary ofMahatma Gandhi in New Delhi on Thursday PTI

US Commerce Secy says India must dismantle barriers

Washington October 3 A nuclear war between Indiaand Pakistan could in lessthan a week kill 50-125 millionpeople more than the deathtoll during all six years ofWorld War II and lead to glob-al climate catastrophe accord-ing to researchers in the US

A study by researchersfrom the University of Col-orado Boulder and RutgersUniversity examined howsuch a hypothetical futureconflict would have conse-quences that could rippleacross the globe

Today India and Pakistan

each have about 150 nuclearwarheads at their disposaland that number is expectedto climb to more than 200 by2025 the researchers saidamid recent tensions betweenthe nuclear-armed neighboursover Kashmir after Indiarevoked JampKrsquos special status

ldquoAn India-Pakistan warcould double the normaldeath rate in the worldrdquosaid Brian Toon a professorat the University of Col-orado Boulder ldquoThis is awar that would have noprecedent in human experi-encerdquo Toon said mdash PTI

There are regularfeature films coming onOTT mdash good bad andugly There is nocertification body for OTTplatforms and likewisenews portals also Prakash Javadekar UNION MINISTER

lsquoNO CERTIFICATION BODYrsquo

This is a sensitive

subject and we will continueto protect them E-commerce is a platform totrade on not forpredatorypricing andmuscle power Piyush Goyal COMMERCE MINISTER

E-COMMERCE POLICYUNCHANGED INDIA

Indo-Pak nuke war mayleave 125 m dead Study

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POLL BUZZ Day to go political bigwigsamong 475 file nominations Ministers Abhimanyu Ram Bilas Congrsquos Surjewala Bishnoi INLDrsquos Abhay submit papers

Yamunanagar BJP nationalspokesperson Syed Shah-nawaz Hussain on Thursdayclaimed that the Congresswould draw a blank in the elec-tions and would not be able toopen its account ldquoThe BJP willset a record It has set a goal of75 seats but it seems that theparty will win more seats Thegovernment has done tremen-dous developmentrdquo he said TNS

BJP will set a recordclaims Shahnawaz

Panipat Bharat SinghChhokkar state president ofthe Loktantra Suraksha Party(LSP) and candidate fromSamalkha has decided to notcontest the Assembly electionand has also decided to quitthe party Chhokkar said theBJP candidate was from his vil-lage Chulkana and the voteswould get divided thatrsquos whyhe decided to quit TNS

LSP state presidentresigns from party

Kaithal Due to a large crowdof supporters of Congressleader Randeep Singh Surje-wala who filed his nomina-tion papers on Thursday thetraffic near the Geeta Bhawanin the town remained disrupt-ed for hours Residents havedemanded that no politicalactivity should be allowed bythe administration in thevicinity of Geeta Bhawanwhich is located in the centreof the town OC

Residents faceinconvenience

Chandigarh State Con-gress chief Kumari Seljalaunched her social mediacampaign called ldquoHaryanaKi Baat Selja ke saathrdquouploading its first episodeon Thursday The campaignwill invite voter queriesaround a range of socialpolitical and governanceissues which Selja will per-sonally answer TNS

lsquoHaryana ki Baathelliprsquolaunched by Selja

Pradeep SharmaTribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3Political bigwigs a majorityof them from the ruling BJPfiled their nomination papersfor the October 21 HaryanaAssembly elections today asthe saffron party lined up itsbig guns as a show ofstrength on the penultimateday of filing nominations

Meanwhile Joint ChiefElectoral Officer Inder Jeetsaid on the fourth day of fil-ing nomination papers 475nomination papers were filedby the candidates across thestate October 4 is the last dayof filing nominations

Several state ministersincluding Ram Bilas Shar-ma Capt Abhimanyu OPDhankar Manish GroverKrishan Panwar KrishanKumar Bedi and BanwariLal besides state BJP chiefSubhash Barala andHaryana Assembly SpeakerKanwar Pal Gujjar wereprominent among thosewho filed their nomination

papers todayAmong the notable Con-

gress candidates AICC com-munication in charge Ran-deep Surjewala filednomination papers fromKaithal while former ministerBB Batra filed nominationsfrom Rohtak and ChiranjeevRao son of former ministerAjay Yadav filed papers from

Rewari Abhay Chautala ofthe INLD also filed nomina-tions from Ellenabad

In a morale booster for thecontesting candidates theBJP deputed over a dozenUnion ministers and seniorleaders including SmritiIrani Shahnawaz HussainHarshvardhan SanjeevBaliyan RK Singh Rao

Inderjit Singh Krishan PalGurjar and Rattan LalKataria to accompany themfor filing nomination papers

The Chief Minister criss-crossed the state accompany-ing two Cabinet colleaguesRam Bilas Sharma and CaptAbhimnayu who are seek-ing re-election from Mahen-dragarh and Narnaud

Congress leader Kuldeep Bishnoi files nomination from Adampur in Hisar Agriculture Minister Om Prakash Dhankar files papers in Jhajjar TRIBUNE PHOTOS

~10092 cr Total assets~521 croreMovable assets~4882 croreImmovable assets~473 lakh Cash in hand ~4030 croreUnsecured loans He owns Audi Q7 Audi A6

BMW Tata Safari and atractor His wife owns aMercedes and an Innova

His wife owns jewelleryworth ~169 crore

KULDEEP BISHNOI CONGRESS Adampur

WEALTH DECLARED

~6263 cr Total assets

~268 croreMovableassets~3573 croreImmovableassets

~865 lakh Cash in hand

ASSETS IN 2014 ELECTIONS

~1074 croreMovable assets

~30 crore Immovableassets

ABHAY CHAUTALAINLD Ellenabad

~835 cr Total assets The 71-year-old leader is alaw graduate from PunjabUniversity in 1989 52 lakh Movable assets This included ~3-lakh cashin hand bank deposits of~14 lakh and 20-gm goldworth ~80000 ~315crore Immovable assets This includes self-acquiredassets worth ~26 crore andinherited assets of ~55 lakh

RAM BILAS SHARMABJP Mahendragarh Rohtak Veteran Congress

leader Bhupinder SinghHooda who was slated tofile his nomination from theGarhi Sampla-Kiloi Assem-bly constituency in Rohtakdistrict on Thursday willnow file the papers on Fri-day Hooda also chairmanof the partyrsquos election man-agement committee had toattend a meeting in NewDelhi on Thursday TNS

HOODA DEFERSFILING PAPERS

Mahendragarh Chief Min-ister Manohar Lal Khattaron Thursday said more than20 strong contenders werevying for the BJP ticket inevery segment He said allcontenders could not getthe ticket yet they stood bythe party He was address-ing a gathering after Educa-tion Minister Ram BilasSharma filed his nominationfrom Mahendragarh TNS

HAD 20 CONTENDERSFOR EACH TICKET CM

Aditi TandonTribune News Service

NewDelhi October 3A day after openly revoltingagainst the party and protest-ing outside the residence ofCongress president SoniaGandhi former state chiefAshok Tanwar on Thursdayquit all election committeesand said he would work onlyas a primary member

Signalling a deepening fac-tional war Tanwar wrote ascathing letter to Sonia say-ing the Congress had beenreduced to the party of for-mer Chief Minister Bhupin-der Singh Hooda

ldquoUnfortunately it feels likethe Congress has beenhijacked by an individualand even senior leaders ofthe AICC are insensitivetowards state Congressbecoming Hooda CongressrdquoTanwar wrote to Sonia

Tanwar a former presidentof the Indian Youth Congressand NSUI jolted party pre-paredness in Haryana bycompletely distancing fromthe poll process Asked if hewould campaign for the partyhe said ldquoI will see who needsme how muchrdquo

In another marker that hissupporters could contest asIndependents the formerstate unit chief said ldquoIf some-one wants to contest as anIndependent what can I doIt is up to themrdquo

Tanwar remained defiantabout his public revolt out-side Soniarsquos residence onWednesday saying he hadbeen left with no optionldquoWhat other platform wasavailable for our workers toraise their voice I only artic-ulated their concerns That isnot indiscipline I did notassault anyonerdquo Tanwar said

He lamented the fact thatpeople who had ldquosabotagedrdquo

Congress interests in thestate ldquowere now calling theshotsrdquo ldquoThese people areselling ticketsrdquo he wrote inhis letter to Sonia

In a veiled attack on HoodaTanwar said though he wasaccused of not creating anorganisation the fact was thathe was never allowed to func-tion ldquoIt is a matter of studyfor all of you that despite theabsence of an organisationwe managed to raise the Con-gress vote share in Haryanaby 6 per cent over the last LokSabha poll and 85 per cent

over the last state poll We didthis in the face of a massivenon-cooperation movementagainst usrdquo he said

Tanwar also took swipes atpolitical families sayingldquoIn Haryana there arepolitical gharanas which donot want ordinary people torise in politicsrdquo

The former state chief seemedto leave his future options opensaying ldquoWhat I have told youtoday is the reality of todayThere are still 18 or 19 days leftfor elections Let us see whatturn time and politics takerdquo

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3 The Jannayak Janta Party(JJP) released its fourth fifthand sixth lists of 43 candi-dates today with DushyantChautala contesting fromUchana Kalan and his motherNaina from Badhra

Dushyant contested fromUchana Kalan in 2014 butlost to BJPrsquos Prem Lata wifeof former Union ministerBirender Singh by a marginof 7480 votes This time hewould face Prem Lata again

Naina Chautala who won in2014 from Dabwali which washer husband Ajay Chautalarsquosconstituency will be contest-ing this time from BadhraShe will face former CM Ban-si Lalrsquos son Ranbir Mahen-dra who is contesting on Con-gress ticket Sources in theJJP said that as the Indian

National Lok Dal (INLD) hadfielded Sita Ram from Dab-wali a two-time MLA from theseat she shifted to Badhra

Also among the nominees isdismissed BSF jawan TejBahadur Yadav who will con-test against CM Manohar LalKhattar from Karnal OP Sihaga long-time associate of AjayChautala will contest fromEllenabad against INLD secre-tary general Abhay Chautala

So far the JJP has releasedthe names of 85 candidatesThe party is yet to nominateDushyantrsquos brother Digvijay

JJP names 43 moreDushyant to againface MLA Prem Lata Naina to contest from Badhra

Dushyant Chautala

Tanwar quits all Cong poll panelsIn scathing letter to Sonia writes state unit is Hoodarsquos party

Ashok Tanwar in New Delhi on Thursday MANAS RANJAN BHUI

New Delhi October 3The Congress on Thursdaydeclared candidates for sixpending seats in HaryanaBhupinder Singh Hooda andstate unit chief Kumari Seljagot an equal share of nomina-tions for their loyalists

In Fatehabad the Congressfielded Hooda-preferredPrahlad Singh Gillankherawho had lost the last time Oth-er Hooda loyalists in the list areMewa Singh from Ladwa andBishan Lal Saini from Radaur

In Ambala CantonmentVenu Agarwal was fielded jet-tisoning proposal to field Nir-mal Singhrsquos daughter ChitraSarwara Selja was opposedto Chitrarsquos candidatureShamsher Virk will contestfrom Assandh and BhupenderGangua from Barwala mdash TNS

Cong declares6 more names

Usual process followed says Selja Dismissing Ashok Tanwarrsquos allegations of ticket sale bythe party and denial of nominations to genuine candi-dates Haryana Congress president Kumari Selja toldreporters on Thursday that the Congress had followedthe ticket distribution process and system as it alwaysdoes Reacting to Seljarsquos comments Tanwar said ldquoWhatsystem was followed What system is the state chieftalking of In fact the eligibility criteria we suggestedwas disregardedrdquo Tanwar said

THE TRIBUNE06 GURUGRAM | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019DELHI

I Paidi Swapna wife of 15490138NLD Gopi Paidi resident ofIbrahimbad Fareedpeta EtcherlaSrikakulam Andhra Pradesh is herebydeclares that my acutal date of birth is05 June 1992 (CL19091719)

I Sachin so Late Jai Ram Dass roVillage Tagra Hakimpur Kalka DisttPanchkula (Haryana) have changedmy name Sachin to Sachin Goyal(CL19091812)

I Swarnjit Singh so Harmel SinghLitt ro VPO Burj Littan (Raikot)Ludhiana changed name SwarnjitSingh Litt (CL19091688)

I Amit Kumar so Mohinder Singhro Village Kailash Karnal havechanged my name to Amit Poswal(CL19091685)

I Tarlok Kapoor so Joginder Lalro HNo 2509 Phase-I DugriLudhiana have changed my name toTarlok Kumar (CL19091659)

I Reshma Devi wo Jagjit Singh ro HNo 374 Milk Colony DhanasChandigarh have changed my name toSuman (CL19091344)

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FLAT FOR SALE

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PROPERTY FOR SALE

For sale newly constructed 7 marlatop floor in Sector 35 Chandigarhproperty dealers please excuseGenuine buyers please contactbetween 6 to 9 pm 97791-70944(CL19091152)

FOR SALE

Lifeline Superspeciality HospitalZirakpur offers worldrsquos best heart Bypass Surgery 125000- all inclusive Vascular ThoracicSurgery Angiography 7999-Angioplasty 70000- For appointment Call 98141-04203(CL19088422)

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SITUATION VACANT

(Uo 5 Rule 20 CPC)In the Court of

Sh Lalit Kumar SinglaDistrict Judge (FC)

BarnalaKamaljeet Kaur

VersusManmohan Singh

CNR NoPBBR01-001498-2019Next Date 29102019

Publication issued toManmohan SinghFather Bhagwant Singh ro

Tapa Teh Tapa Distt Barnalanow ro Australia through itsPower of Attorney BhagwanSingh so Diwan Singh roNear Yash Hospital Tapa TehTapa Distt Barnala BarnalaPunjab

In above titled case thedefendant(s)respondent(s)could not be served It isordered that defendant(s)respondent(s) should appear inperson or through counsel on29102019 at 1000 am

For details logon tohttpshighcourtchdgovintrs=district_noticeampdistrict=

barnalaDated this day of 01012019

Sd-District Judge (FC)

CL19091165 Barnala

COURT NOTICE

I Ashok Kumar so Sh Harbans Lalro 15 St 5A Namdev RoadBathinda have changed my nameAshok Kumar Singla In future usethis name in my all documents(CL19091941)

I Amar Nath so Mangu Ram ro Village Gill PO Urmar TehDasuya (Hoshiarpur) Punjab havechanged my name to Amar SinghPlease note (CL19091913)

We Mrs and Mr Subhash ChanderSethi ro 85 Dyal Singh ColonyKarnal declare that our son Nikhil Sethi is out of our control we debar him from our moveable and immoveable property anybodydeal with him will do so at their own risk and responsibility(CL19091887)

I No 15477504N DFR Vinod Kumar A so Ayyapan V 70 AR CO 56 APO declare that in my Army service record my wifersquos namewrongly entered as Shreevidhya KV correct name is Shreevidya KVAll concerned plz note(CL19091873)

I Surjit Singh Army No 10198525KRank Sep resident of Vill amp POJalalpura Teh amp Distt AmritsarPunjab-143601 in my Army record my daughterrsquos name was wronglyentered as Kirenjit Kaur instead of hercorrect name is Kiranjit Kaur(CL19091858)

I Jagsir Singh so Teja Singh Resi -Khudi Kalan Tehsil amp District -Barnala that my daughter RamanpreetKaur in the school record of BVMInternational School that her realname Gurmanjot Kaur RamanpreetKaur or Gurmanjot Kaur both aresame person Please note(CL19091842)

I Budumuru Divya wife of15495511M LD S Vasa RaoGurugubelli resident of Kotta ValasaThogaram AmadalavalasaSrikakulam Andhra Pradesh is hereby declared that my actual Date of Birth is 14 May 1998(CL19091751)

It is notified for the information thatmy original qualifying examinationcertificate of main SecondaryExamination of year 2016 and RollNo 2263610 issued by CBSE hasbeen actually lost Name of candidatesSonia Kaushal do Baljit KumarVillage Pahlewal Tehsil GarhshankarDistt Hoshiarpur Punjab(CL19091748)

I Promila Devi spouse of No8034204W Hav Kushab Kumar VPO Basantpur Teh Sarkaghat Distt Mandi HP changed my namefrom Promila Devi to Pramila Devi vide affidavit 13AA 437996dated 1102019 before Executive Magistrate Sarkaghat(CL19091597)

PUBLIC NOTICES

(Uo 5 Rule 20 CPC)In the Court of

Ms Roopa Dhaliwal PCSAdditional Civil Judge Sr Division Nangal

CNR No PBROB0-001423-2019

Next Date- 21102019Pyaro Devi and others

VersusGeneral Public

Publication issued toGeneral PublicSuit for declaration to the effectthat Ram Sukh so Durga RoVill Mehlwan Teh-Nangal hasdisappeared and missing since2011 and presumed to be deadand plaintiffs are the only legalheirs of Ram Sukh

In above titled case thedefendant(s)respondent(s)could not be served It isordered that defendant(s)respondent(s) should appear inperson or through counsel on21102019 at 1000 am

For details logon to httpshighcourtchdgovintrs=district_noticeampdistrict=rupnagar

Dated this day of 26092019Sd- Additional Civil Judge

Sr Division NangalCL19091610

(Uo 5 Rule 20 CPC)In the Court of

Sh Ranjit Kumar JainPrincipal Judge of

Family Court Garhshankar

Sarla Kumari (age 32 years) wifeof late Ram Ral son of SukhchainRam resident of village ParsowalTehsil Garhshankar DistrictHoshiarpur at present residing atvillage Adamwal Tehsil andDistt Hoshiarpur

PlaintiffVersus

General PublicRespondent

Petition Under Section 8 of theHindu Minority andGuardianship Act

CNR No PBHOF3-000473-2019

Next Date- 04012020Publcation issued toGeneral Public

In above titled petition thedefendant(s)respondent(s) couldnot be served It is ordered thatdefendant(s) respondent(s)should appear in person orthrough counsel on 04012020 at1000 am

For details logon to httpshighcourtchdgovintrs=

district_noticeampdistrict=hoshiarpur

Dated this day of 21092019Sd- Principal Judge of

Family Court CL19091565 Garhshankar

(UO 5 Rule 20 CPC)In the Court of

Shri Ravinder Singh RanaCivil Judge

Junior Division-3Ferozepur

Oriental Bank of CommerceVs

Kashmir SinghCNR No

PBFZ02-000120-2019Next Date 31102019

Publication issued toGursahib Singh FatherSukhdev Singh ro V KamalaBodla Post OfficeMallawala Tehsil and DistrictFerozepur

In above titled case thedefendant(s)respondent(s)could not be served It isordered that defendant(s)respondent(s) should appearin person or through counselon 31102019 at 1000 am For details logon tohttpshighcourtchdgovintrs=district_noticeampdistrict=

ferozepurDated this day of 25092019

Sd- Civil JudgeJunior Division-3

CL19091523 Ferozepur

(Uo 5 Rule 20 CPC)In the Court of

Sh Rakesh Kumar SharmaAddl Principal Judge

Family CourtJagraon

Petition US 8 of Guardianand Wards Act for Permissionto sell the property

Gurwinder SinghVersus

General PublicCNR No

PBLDF3-001249-2019Notice to

General PublicIn above title case the

Petitioner Gurwinder Singh soAlbel Singh filed a petitionunder Section Guardain andWards Act for permission tosell the property of TaranvirSingh so Gurwinder Singh thedefendant General Public couldnot be served It is ordered thatdefendant General Publicshould appear in person orthrough counsel on 26112019at 10 am

For details logon tohttpshighcourtchdgovintrs=district_noticeampdistrict=

ludhianaDated this day of 25092019

Sd-Addl Principal Judge

Family CourtCL19091469 Jagraon

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Re-compute lawexam results HCNew Delhi October 3 The Delhi High Court hasaccepted the challenge tonine out of 15 questionsasked in the Delhi JudicialServices (Preliminary)examinations and directedthe Registrar General to re-compute and publish theupdated result by October 4

The court said apart fromplacing the list of additionaleligible candidates on thewebsite by 6 pm on Fridaythe court administrationwould communicate themby both SMS and email ofbeing qualified for writingthe Mains exam

The court was hearing abatch of petitions by lawgraduates aspiring to bejudicial officers challeng-ing the correctness of theanswer keys to some of thequestions in the DelhiJudicial Services (Prelimi-nary) Exams which wereheld on September 22

A Bench of Justices SMuralidhar and TalwantSingh declined the prayer ofthe petitioners to postpone thedate of Mains exams that is

October 12-13 as the court hasto adhere to the deadline giv-en by it to the Supreme Court

It directed that results ofthe 353 candidates alreadydeclared eligible to appearin the DJS (Mains) Examsin terms of the list pub-lished on the courtrsquos web-site on September 26 areleft undisturbed

This time the court dis-pensed with the publishing ofthe answer keys prior to thedeclaration of the result mdash PTI

Regarding the answer keyswhich had been found tobe erroneous the admin-istration would proceed toapply the correctanswer keys asdecided by the courtand recompute the resultsin accordance with theapplicable rules

The court dispensed thepublishing of the answerkeys prior to the declarationof the result to adhere tothe deadline of completingthe entire examination

Act againstbuildings sansfire safety Court

Erroneous answer sheets

NewDelhi October 3 The Delhi High Court hasdirected the AAP governmenthere its fire department andmunicipal authorities to takeaction against buildings includ-ing sealing them for lackingfire safety measures

A Bench of Chief JusticeDN Patel and Justice C HariShankar issued the directionwhile disposing a PIL seek-ing sealing of two buildingsin the Azadpur commercialcomplex for alleged non-com-pliance of fire safety normsThe court disposed off the peti-tion after the North DelhiMunicipal Corporation filedan affidavit stating that both ofthe buildings were issued firesafety certificates on June 14

As the petition had alsosought sealing of all otherbuildings in the city whichwere not complying with firesafety norms the Bench saidthat ldquoas and when any build-ing is lacking in fire safetymeasures action shall be ini-tiated by the respondents(authorities) in accordancewith law rules regulationsand government policiesapplicable to the facts of thecase as early as possible andpracticablerdquo mdash PTI

New Delhi October 3 Security has been beefedup across the Capital afterpolice received intelligenceinputs on a possible terrorstrike a senior police offi-cial said on Thursday

Raids are being conductedby the Special Cell of the Del-hi Police at several locationsacross the city after the intel-ligence inputs suggested thatthree to four members of aterror outfit may have infil-trated into the city he said

Meanwhile the Delhi Policehas also intensified patrollingand picketing in several areasacross the Capital

According to police raidswere conducted at over twodozens locations across the cityto nab the suspects from theirpossible hideouts includingplaces like Okhla ZafrabadNajafgarh Seemapuri NewUsmanpurSeelampur Pahar-ganj and areas of South Delhiand have questioned numer-ous peoplemdash PTI

The police checks commuters in New Delhi on Thursday TRIBUNE PHOTO

NewDelhi October 3 The Delhi Government willopen a ldquoSports Universityrdquoin the Capital Chief Minis-ter Arvind Kejriwal saidhere on Thursday Address-ing a press conference Kejri-wal with his deputy ManishSisodia by his side said a Billin this regard was approvedby the Cabinet on Thursdayand it would be sent to Lieu-tenant Governor (LG) AnilBaijal for approval

After that the Bill would betabled in the Assembly he saidThe Chief Minister said theldquoSports Universityrdquo wouldcome up on a 90-acre land inthe Mundka area

According to the Aam Aad-mi Party (AAP) governmentin the Capital the DelhiSports University (DSU) Billgrants the university theright to establish constituentschools and colleges

The main aim of the uni-versity would be to groomthe students who wouldexcel in various sports inschool the government said

The CM said earlier asportsperson used to beuncertain about his futuresjust for the fact that if he wasnot able to establish a careerin sports he would just becalled a school pass out

ldquoA sportsperson would notget a job because every jobrequires at least a gradua-tion degree to get throughThe sports university willgrant you a degree in sportssuch as cricket and hockey

ldquoA passionate sportspersoncan now devote all of histime to playing andexcelling in sportsrdquo he said

A sportspersonrsquos gradua-tion post-graduation and doc-torate degrees will be in thesubjects of sports Kejriwalsaid adding that he couldshow his degrees whereverrequired Giving an exampleKejriwal said a sportspersoncould also appear in the civilservices examination becausehe would be considered a grad-uate after getting the degree

Sisodia said most of thestudents had to compromisewhen it came to sports tokeep up with their perform-ance in the main subjectsldquoSome of the students Iknow are pursuing theirgraduation from SOL tomanage sports and studiesboththe share of jobsunder the sports quota isalso limited ldquoWe are hopingto eradicate that uncertaintyfrom the minds ofsportspersonsrdquo the deputychief minister said mdash PTI

Cabinet approves setting upof lsquoSports Universityrsquo Kejriwal

CM Arvind Kejriwal with his deputy Manish Sisodia at a pressmeet in New Delhi on Thursday TRIBUNE PHOTO MUKESH AGGARWAL

The Delhi Sports Uni-versity (DSU) Bill grantsthe university the rightto establish constituentschools and colleges

The sports universityBill aims to groom thestudents who wish toexcel in various sports

It also defines theadministrative and legalstructure of the univer-sity Several expertswould be involved atvarious stages to designand give a definitestructure to the curricu-lum of the courses

DELHI SPORTS UNIVERSITY BILL

3 held for burglaryNew Delhi October 3 A domestic help her hus-band and an accomplicehave been arrested in con-nection with a burglary at ahouse in southeast DelhirsquosLajpat Nagar area thepolice said on Thursday

The accused were identi-fied as Fatima (34) her hus-band Mohmood (37) bothresidents of Sarai KaleKhan and MohammadZakir (35) resident ofTaimoor Nagar they said

According to the policethe two men conspiredand planned to targetvacant houses during day-time while Fatima whoworked as domestic helpin the residential areas ofLajpat Nagar conductedrecce and passed informa-tion to them

On September 29 policesaid they received a com-plaint about theft of ~50lakhs diamond and goldjewellery along with expen-sive wrist watch and othervaluable articles from ahouse at National Parkarea Lajpat Nagar and acase was registered at AmarColony police station

The accused were seen ina CCTV footage leaving thespot in an e-rickshaw aftercommitting the burglarythe police said

On Tuesday a raid wasconducted at TaimoorNagar and Sarai Kale Khanareas and the accused werearrested said Deputy Com-missioner of Police (South-east) Chinmoy Biswal Lat-er Fatima was also arrested

in connection with the inci-dent the officer said

Stolen cash amounting to~3191 lakh gold and dia-mond jewellery laptopmobile e-rickshaw andtools were recovered fromthem the officer added

Mahmood and Zakir werepreviously involved in sev-eral cases of burglaries andtheft Both were arrested inMarch in connection with asimilar burglary incidentand released from jail inAugust mdash PTI

The arrested persons with theDelhi Police TRIBUNE PHOTO

MODUS OPERANDIThe two men conspiredand planned to targetvacant houses during day-time while Fatima whoworked as domestic helpin the residential areas ofLajpat Nagar conductedrecce and passed infor-mation to them

Rain brings down mercury in DelhiNewDelhi October 3 Heavy rains lashed severalparts of the Capital onThursday evening bringingdown the mercury level offi-cials said Delhi recorded 352mm rainfall at 830 PM andthe temperature was record-ed at 216 degree Celsius asenior MeT official said

According to the meteorolog-ical department the maximumtemperature recorded at 530PM was 348 degree Celsius anotch above the normal andthe minimum 238 degrees Cel-sius two notches above nor-

mal Humidity levels oscillat-ed between 83 and 55 per cent

Flight operations at Delhi Air-

port had to be suspended for 24minutes in the evening due toextremely heavy rains mdash PTI

Heavy rains in New Delhi on Thursday MANAS RANJAN BHUI

New Delhi October 3 The over 42 km-long GreyLine of Delhi Metro whichwill connect Najafgarh tothe rapid transit networkfor the first time will beopened for services on Fri-day officials said mdash PTI

Metrorsquos Grey Lineto open today

Terror alert Securitybeefed up in Capital

THE TRIBUNEJALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 07NATION

Tribune News Service

NewDelhi October 3Terming his continuing incar-ceration as a ldquoform of punish-mentrdquo senior Congress leaderP Chidambaram on Thursdaymoved the Supreme Court for regular bail in a corruptioncase registered by the CBI in connection with theINX Media scam

Senior counsel Kapil Sibalmentioned his petition chal-lenging the Delhi HighCourtrsquos September 30 ver-dict denying him bail forurgent listing before aBench headed by Justice NVRamana He sought urgenthearing of Chidambaramrsquosbail plea on Friday as the topcourt wonrsquot be functioningthe next week

Justice Ramana howeversaid the matter would beplaced before Chief Justiceof India Ranjan Gogoi forassigning it to an appropri-ate Bench Later he was pro-duced before a Special JudgeAjay Kumar Kuhar whoremanded him to judicialcustody till October 17

In his bail plea the formerFinance Minister contendedthat liberty of an individualcannot be denied on the basis

of ldquoanonymous and unveri-fied allegationsrdquo He also cit-ed his ldquofrailrdquo health as aground for bail and said hewas not ldquoaccustomedrdquo to foodgiven to him in the jail andhas lost 4 kg weight duringhis judicial custody The Spe-

cial Court allowed him homecooked food inside jail once aday as an exception

Arrested by the CBI inAugust in the INX Media cor-ruption case the senior Con-gress leader has been lodged inTihar Jail since September 5

He was arrested on August21 from his Jor Bagh resi-dence in the capital The CBIhad registered an FIR on May15 2017 alleging irregularitiesin the Foreign InvestmentPromotion Board (FIPB)clearance granted to the INXMedia group for receivingoverseas funds of Rs 305 crorein 2007 during his tenure asFinance Minister

ldquoBail is the rule jail is theexception Arrest and custodyare a humiliation and socialstigma The prosecutionseems to think that prolongedjudicial custody is a punish-ment they can impose on thePetitioner Courts shouldfrown upon the attempt of theprosecution to use judicialcustody as a kind of pre-trialpunishmentrdquo Chidambaramsaid in his plea

He also denied the HC find-ing that INX Mediarsquos formerpromoters Indrani and PeterMukerjea had met him andldquoillegal gratificationrdquo was paid

PC moves SC for bail seeks urgent hearingDelhi court extends his judicial custody till Oct 17

lsquoBEING HUMILIATEDrsquoArrest and custody

are ahumiliationand socialstigma Theprosecution

seems to think thatprolonged judicial custodyis a punishment they canimpose on the petitioner P Chidambaram FORMER UNION MINISTER

Tribune News Service

NewDelhi October 3The Supreme Court on Thurs-day pulled up the Odisha Gov-ernment for demolishing his-toric lsquomuttsrsquo aroundJagannath Temple in Puriand asked it to consult stake-holders before going aheadwith the demolition drive

A three-judge Bench saidthe state must preserve thehistoric structures around thetemple The Bench said thelsquomuttrsquo mdash where first SikhGuru Nanak Dev had stayedmdash should not be demolished

ldquoYou cannot destroy every-thing These small temples

and mutts are providinglivelihood to a number ofpeople since centuriesrdquo saidthe Bench ndash which is seizedof a PIL filed by Mrinalini

Padhi highlighting theproblems faced by devoteesand their alleged exploita-tion by Sevaks

The Bench asked the

Odisha Government to con-sult Hindu seers such asShankaracharya and otherstakeholders before demol-ishing structures around

the Jagannath Temple Asdirected by the Bench ami-cus curiae and senior coun-sel Ranjit Kumar submit-ted his report after visitingthe temple and recom-mended compensation foraffected persons

However the Bench askedfor a fresh report on theaffected persons from thestate government and postedthe matter for further hear-ing on October 22

The state administration haslaunched a demolition drive inPuri for the creation of a her-itage corridor within 75 metresof the lsquoMeghnad Prachirrsquo ofJagannath Temple

Donrsquot raze mutt where Guru Nanak stayed SC Asks Odisha Govt to consult stakeholders before going ahead with demolition drive

Strong proof of structurebeneath mosque inAyodhya Hindu parties NewDelhi October 3 Hindu parties asserted in theSupreme Court on Thursdaythat claims of the Muslimside over the 277 acre land inthe Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid title disputewere belied by the excavatedmaterial which suggestedexistence of a ldquomassive struc-turerdquo beneath the demol-ished mosque

The counsel for deity RamLalla said the excavatedmaterials are a ldquoproofbeyond doubtrdquo about theexistence of the structurebeneath the demolishedmosque in Ayodhya whilerebutting the claim of Mus-lim parties about the exis-tence of an Islamic structure

The counsel stated that fromthe pillar bases artefacts cir-cular shrine intersectingbrickbat walls found in exca-vation an inference can bedrawn that the massive struc-ture was a temple and not anyIslamic structure

A five-judge Constitutionbench headed by CJI RanjanGogoi was told by senior advo-cate C S Vaidyanathan appear-ing for deity Ram Lalla thatcontention of the Muslim par-ties about a structure beneaththe disputed site being anidgah wall or an Islamic struc-

ture was not correct ldquoFirst their case was that

there was no structure at allSecondly they said it was anIslamic structure or an idgahwall We say that it was a tem-ple which was demolished andthe pillar bases found duringexcavation also suggest to thiseffectrdquo Vaidyanathan said

ldquoThat there was a massivestructure beneath is a proofbeyond doubtrdquo he said Senioradvocate Rajeev Dhavanappearing for Muslim partiessaid that as per the Archaeo-logical Survey of India report there is no conclusiveproof or findings of destructionof a temple mdash PTI

PUNJAB CM HADWRITTEN TO STATE

The Punjab CM had written tohis Odisha counterpart tostop demolition of ManguMutt believed to have beenvisited by Guru Nanak Dev

Set up in 1615 by BhaiAlmast a Sikh preacher andhead of Dhuari of the UdasiSect the Mangu Mutt wasalso visited by Guru TeghBahadur in 1670

Court grants divorce toINX Media ex-promoters

A family court on Thurs-day granted divorce to INX Mediarsquos formerpromoters Indrani andPeter Mukerjea

The divorce was amicableand the court was satis-fied that it was a fit casefor dissolution of the 17-year-old marriageIndranirsquos lawyer said

Historic mutts around Jagannath Temple being demolished

Tribune News Service

Mumbai October 3Shiv Sena leader AadityaThackeray today filed hisnomination for the Maha-rashtra Assembly electionsfrom the Worli constituencyHis parents Uddhav andRashmi Thackeray alongwith hundreds of partyworkers accompanied him

Aaditya is the first mem-ber of the Thackeray totake the plunge into elec-toral politics

The 29-year-old embarkedon a massive roadshow atWorli this morning andarrived at the Election Com-missionrsquos office Before hit-ting the road he posted pho-tos of himself praying beforethe picture of party founderand grandfather Bal Thack-eray on social media

Before leaving thehouse he received a callfrom Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis wish-ing him all the best

Speaking to mediapersonsafter filing his nominationpapers Aaditya refused tosay whether he was Senarsquoschief ministerial candidate

ldquoI am not running afterany post I am here to workfor Maharashtra and thecountry I feel the chief min-ister of Maharashtra is acommon man I am also acommon manrdquo he said

Senarsquos Aaditya filespapers from Worli

Pune October 3A day after the RepublicanParty of India (Athawale)fielded Deepak Nikalje thebrother of jailed underworlddon Chhota Rajan fromPhaltan in Satara district theparty on Thursday changedits candidate from the seat inwestern Maharashtra

Instead of Nikalje localleader Digambar Agawanewill contest from the seatsenior RPI leader and Maha-rashtra minister AvinashMahatekar said

The RPI (A) is an ally of theBJP The RPI led by Unionminister Ramdas Athawalehas been given six seats aspart of the seat-sharing dealbetween the BJP Shiv Sena

and other smaller allies forthe October 21 Assemblyelections

Athawale announced thecandidates includingNikalje in Mumbai onWednesday Agawane who isa local RPI (A) leader hasbeen announced as the par-tys candidate from Phaltansaid Mahatekar He saidAgawane will contest theelection on BJPs lotus sym-bol Mahatekar said thoughNikalje was from Phaltan henever lived there Mean-while RPI workers fromPune decided to stay awayfrom the BJPs poll campaignto protest against the Dalitparty not getting any Assem-bly seat in the city mdash PTI

Chhota Rajanrsquos brotherreplaced as candidate

Tribune News Service

Lucknow October 3Defying party diktat BSPrsquosShravasti MLA Aslam Rainiattended the ongoing 36-hourspecial Assembly session tomark the 150th birth anniver-sary of Mahatma Gandhitoday He is the eighth Oppo-sition legislator to attend thesession in defiance of theCongress Samajwadi Partyand BSP leadershipsrsquo diktatto their legislators to stayaway from the session

Besides Raini BSP MLAfrom Purwa (Unnao) AnilSingh and BSP MLC BrijeshSingh Princu attended the ses-sion on Wednesday evening

Sources say the session had

virtually triggered a revolt inthe BSP It was pointed outthat the partyrsquos entire Saha-ranpur unit has joined theBJP en bloc The GangohAssembly segment of Saha-ranpur has a bypoll sched-uled for October 21 A senior

BSP MLA expressed appre-hension of many more partyMLAs attending the sessionin defiance of the party chiefMayawatirsquos directive

Earlier four legislatorsfrom the Samajwadi Partyhad rebelled against its deci-

sion to participate in the ses-sion They included HardoiMLA Nitin Agarwal and MLCRavi Shankar Singh PappuMLCs Shatrudha Prakashand Madhukar Jaitley senttheir written speeches to theChairman requesting him itmake these part of the pro-ceedings Despite protests byBJP members the Chairmanobliged the duo

The Congress also facedldquobetrayalrdquo when Rae Bareli(Sadar) MLA Aditi Singhdelivered a speech in theAssembly on Wednesday

Sources say the legislatorswho have defied theirrespective party line toattend the session are likelyto join the BJP soon

Oppn MLAs defy diktat attend HouseTribune News Service

Lucknow October 3The Uttar Pradesh Govern-ment today charged suspend-ed BRD Medical CollegeGorakhpur paediatrician DrKafeel Khan of wrongly claim-ing to have got a clean chit inthe death of infants during theAugust 2019 oxygen shortage

Principal Secretary (MedicalEducation) Rajneesh Dubeclaimed the probe was stillcontinuing against Dr KafeelKhan on seven points Afterthe death of infants at theBRD Medical College investi-gations found three doctorsguilty They have been sus-pended and are facing depart-mental probes he said

Dube claimed Dr KafeelKhan had been publicisingthe probe report in the mediain a wrong manner as theprobe against him was still onand he had been given noclean chit Dr Kafeel Khanhad defended himself sayingthe probe had absolved him onthree counts related to the

incident at the BRD MedicalCollege on August 10 11 and12 2017 during which timearound 70 infants died due tothe shortage of oxygen supply

ldquoAs I was not the decisionmaker I was obviously notinvolved in administrativedecisions as regards pur-chase of oxygenrdquo he claimed

No clean chit to Dr Kafeel UP

But counsel forMuslims says thereis no such finding in

the ASI report tosupport the claim

Tribune News Service

NewDelhi October 3The Supreme Court onThursday reserved its verdicton petitions challenging the2018 amendments to theSCST Act 1989 but made itclear that anticipatory bailcould be granted in such mat-ter if the courts feel that noprima facie case is made out

The 2018 amendments toThe Scheduled Castes andTribes (Prevention of Atroci-ties) Act 1989 that had nulli-fied the directions in its ver-

dict last year on March 20diluting the provisions ofarrest under the law

A Bench headed by JusticeArun Mishra which had onOctober 1 recalled two of thedirections passed last year bya two-judge Bench and

restored stringent position ofthe Act said it did not intentto dilute the law ldquoWe are notdiluting these provisions Weare not striking them downThese provisions will standas it was earlierrdquo it said

In its October 1 verdict thetop court restored the earlierposition of the law by recallingtwo directions in the Marchlast year verdict which provid-ed no absolute bar on grant ofanticipatory bail and priorinquiry before effecting arrestof public servant and privateindividual under the Act

Wonrsquot dilute SCST Act Top courtlsquoPROVISIONS WILL STAYrsquo

We are not dilutingthese provisions We arenot striking them downThese provisions will standA Supreme Court Bench

Mumbai October 3 Fissures in the city Congressover the ticket distributionfor the Maharashtra Assem-bly polls are wide open withits former chief Sanjay Niru-pam declaring on Thursdaythat he would not take part inthe partyrsquos campaign afterthe name he had recom-mended was ldquorejectedrdquo

The former MP also saidthe way the partyrsquos leader-ship was behaving with himthe time to say good bye tothe party was ldquonot far awayrdquo

ldquoIt seems Congress doesnrsquotwant my services anymore Ihad recommended just onename in Mumbai for Assem-bly election Heard that even

that has been rejected As Ihad told the leadership earli-er in that case I will not par-ticipate in poll campaign Itrsquosmy final decisionrdquo Nirupamsaid on Twitter without nam-ing any of the city leaders

Nirupam also did not specifythe name of the contender hewas pushing for ldquoI hope that

the day has not yet come to saygood bye to party But the wayleadership is behaving withme it doesnrsquot seem far awayrdquohe said in another tweet

Nirupam was replaced asthe city Congress chief aheadof the Lok Sabha polls inMarch this year followingcomplaints by a section of par-ty leaders that he functionedin ldquounilateralrdquo manner

Former Union MinisterMilind Deora had replacedNirupam However Deorahad resigned from the postlast month following the par-tyrsquos debacle in the generalelections The party could notwin even a single seat out ofthe six in Mumbai mdash PTI

Setback for Maharashtra CongNirupam refuses to campaign

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray with his son Aaditya afterthe former filed his nomination from Worli seat in Mumbai PTI

Declares assets worth~1605 cr including

~1036-cr bankdeposits and a BMW

car worth ~65 lakh

Thane October 3 NCP president Sharad Pawarsaid on Thursday the rulingBJP has no solutions to burn-ing problems in Maharashtralike farmer suicide anddrought and hence it is rais-ing emotional issues such asArticle 370 and Ram templein the campaign for the Octo-ber 21 Assembly elections

Targeting the BJP-led NDAgovernment he said centralagencies like the ED and CBIare being used to harass polit-ical opponents He was talk-ing to reporters after partici-pating in a rally organsiedafter filing of nomination byNCP candidate and sittingMLA Jitendra Awhad from

the Mumbra-Kalwa segmentAsked about the SupremeCourt ruling with regard toCM Devendra Fadnavisrsquos2014 poll affidavit Pawar saidthe matter was sub-judice but

he should have given detailsof criminal cases against him

Two days ago the SupremeCourt had set aside the Bom-bay High Court order whichgave Fadnavis a clean chit in a

case of suppression of criminalmatters in the 2014 poll affi-davit He said the BJP has nosolutions to burning problemsin the state like farmer suicidesand drought mdash PTI

BJP evading burning issues alleges Pawar

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on way to file the nomination of Jintendra Awhad from Mumbra-Kalwa in Thane PTI

lsquoI AM NOT REQUIREDrsquoIt seems Congress

doesnrsquot want my services Ihad recommended justone name in Mumbai forthe elections Heard thateven that has beenrejected Sanjay Nirupam CONGRESS

Tribune News Service

Lucknow October 3Former Union Minister Chin-mayanandrsquos judicial custodyin the case of alleged rape ofa Shahjahanpur law studenthas been extended by 14days His hearing took placethrough video-conferencingin the court of the Shahja-hanpur Chief Judicial Magis-trate on Thursday The dateof his next hearing has beenfixed for October 16

The SIT probing the casehas sought permission fromthe court to get the voicesamples of Chinmayanand(72) and the rape survivorwhich would be heard on Fri-day Speaking to reportersChinmayanandrsquos counselOm Singh said that after theexpiry of the 14-day judicialcustody his client wasexpected to appear before thecourt but he could not do sodue to security reasons

However another lawyerPuja Singh claimed thatdue to a rapidly worseningglaucoma Chinmayanandrsquoseye-sight was worseningcausing him acute pain inthe eye She said that shealso pleaded before thecourt that as Chinmayanandwas a former Union Minis-ter he should be given lsquoArsquoclass facilities in jail

Meanwhile activistsbelonging to an organisationcalled ldquoJanata ki Awaazrsquostaged a dharna outside theShahjahanpur Collectoratedemanding the lodging of acase against Chinmayanandunder IPC Section 376

Chinmayanandrsquosjudicial custodyup by 14 days

PARESH RAWAL APOLOGISESFormer BJP MP and actorParesh Rawal has apologisedto Dr Kafeel Khan for hisderogatory tweet against himtwo years ago After the BRDMedical College tragedy Raw-al had described Dr Kafeel asa ldquohero in the eyes of the everactive termite clanrdquo

36-HR SHOW CM Yogi Adityanath at the special Assembly session PTI

THE TRIBUNE08 CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 OPINION

Trumprsquos trial begins now

Fleecing students Reference to the news report lsquoPayRs 35000 clear pending exams atPunjabi varsityrsquo (October 3) uni-versities in Punjab appear to becompeting with one another tocollect money from studentsunder one garb or the other Lastmonth Guru Nanak Dev Univer-sity Amritsar offered a specialchance to students to clear theirpending exams at a cost of Rs25000 Not lagging behind Pun-jabi University has now come outwith its scheme In view of GuruNanakrsquos 550th birth anniversarythe universities should haveoffered this chance as a goodwillmeasure Students from margin-alised sections cannot afford topay hefty fee Universities shouldcurtail their wasteful and avoid-able expenditure

NK GOSAIN BATHINDA

Canrsquot bank on it Reports of malpractices and fraudsin the banking system are becom-ing frequent (editorial lsquoBanksneed better systemsrsquo October 3)It seems there are no properchecks monitoring and account-ing procedures The siphoning offof public money is an offenceagainst the common people Thegovernment and the RBI should

tighten supervision People arelosing faith in banks Remedialmeasures must be initiated to safe-guard savings and restore the trustin our banks Also the culpritsshould be punished

SUBHASH VAID NEW DELHI

Mahatmarsquos teachings The carefully worded editoriallsquoCherry-picking Gandhirsquo (Octo-ber 2) rightly calls upon Indiansto come out of the dark cell ofmajoritarianism and work whole-heartedly for a united secularIndia where everybody may beable to live and breathe freely Letthe Hindu-Muslim unity the cruxof the Mahatmarsquos teachings behonestly preserved at all costs Itis the real face of India andshould not be sacrificed at thealtar of Hindutva

CHANDER PRAKASH RAHI PATIALA

No lsquohonourrsquo in this There was recently the shockingnews of a young couple havingbeen shot dead by the girlrsquos broth-er apparently because she hadmarried against her parentsrsquowishes A similar incident hadbeen reported from the same vil-lage some time back All such cas-es get the halo of lsquohonourrsquokillings It may have had some

meaning a few centuries back butin the present-day society it hasabsolutely no relevance Thesekillings have no justification whenwe talk of giving our girls a fairchance at life Such parents andfamily members who kill theirchildren in such a barbaric fashionshould be given exemplary pun-ishment and publicised

AIR CMDE MANMOHAN SINGH (RETD)MOHALI

NRC back in news Reference to the editorial lsquoNRCimbrogliorsquo (October 3) NRC is inthe news again The Home Minis-terrsquos statement is partial and par-tisan He is ready to provideaccommodation to believers ofany faith but not Muslims Cer-tain norms are meant for every-one and everyone has a right tolive with reference to suicides fol-lowing NRC exercise

SANKALP OJHA MADHYA PRADESH

Take a broad view Apropos lsquoNRC imbrogliorsquo (Octo-ber 3) day by day NRC is taking acommunal shape The dilemma isto find parameters on which aperson could be considered arefugee Some are committingsuicide in fear of losing citizen-ship The Modi government

should take everything into con-sideration and not simply dis-miss the comments of the Opposi-tion Only then will the sloganlsquoSabka saath sabka vikasrsquobecome worthwhile

ARPANA CHAUDHARY AMRITSAR

Teachersrsquo transfers The prevailing disparities intransfers of teachers have causedhindrance in teaching and schoolactivities VIPs are enjoying perksas common teachers curse theirluck A transparent transfer policyproved successful in Haryana andUP There should be no bias Aftertwo-three years everyone runsafter politicians for a convenienttransfer When a policy is framedeverybody will have to go to theassigned place

SAROJ BANYAL HAMIRPUR

For the love of Urdu Apropos the editorial lsquoLet Urduflourishrsquo (October 1) it is importantto highlight the significance ofUrdu It is the most beautiful lan-guage and to call it a foreign lan-guage is tantamount to a great dis-service to the language Ratherserious efforts should be made tointroduce Urdu in school curricu-lum at a suitable stage

SANTOSH JAMWAL HAMIRPUR

Gursharan Singh

I LIVE in Ludhiana and on manyoccasions have visited the ChristianMedical College amp Hospital

(CMCampH) for treatment of self orattending to a relative or friend Onethought always comes to mind whatmade Edith Mary Brown come hereand alleviate the miseries of people byestablishing a hospital mdash over 125 yearsago CMCampH has remained a premiermedical institution not only in Punjabbut also the entire North No doctor isallowed private practice and only thecommitted ones serve the institution

Though there has been a landmarkprogress in the development of infra-structure in the form of buildings andequipment not a single brick was

added to the church building whichcontinues to serve the purpose well

As we celebrate the 550th birthanniversary of Guru Nanak immac-ulate planning and arrangements arebeing made for nagar kirtan langarshabad kirtan etc Quintals of flow-ers will be used during various cere-monies apart from impressive deco-rations involving huge expenditureAll political parties and also religiousbodies are set to take credit for vari-ous events including the opening ofthe Kartarpur corridor There is noth-ing wrong in doing so but some-where we seem to have forgotten thereal message of the Guru

Guru Nanak preached simplicity andlaid emphasis on observing honesty inwhatever one does He was not in

favour of any ostentatious show Heworked for the poor and underprivi-leged He was all for education whichhe thought would help one to be ofsome use to others (vidya veechari tanparupkari) Can our leaders both polit-ical and religious think of doing some-thing more meaningful forhumankind Can we think of opening550 hospitals 550 schools and collegesand an equal number of de-addictioncentres to save our youth and guidethem to live a purposeful life AkalTakht is the highest temporal seat ofthe Sikhs and any verdict issued fromthere is binding on the Sikh communi-ty It should issue certain diktats to takesociety out of perennial social evils

Punjabis including Sikhs areknown to organise lavish parties on

weddings where liquor flows likewater and non-vegetarian food isserved It has become a status symbolThere are some who can afford thislavish and avoidable expendituremany more are compelled to do itunder pressure as a face-saving exer-cise It is not uncommon that some-times they may have to part with aprecious piece of agricultural land ortake substantial loans Subsequentlythis financial burden emerges as amajor reason for farm suicides

A message from Akal Takht to banlavish parties serving of liquor andnon-vegetarian food and to restrictthe number of baratis to say 20may save many lives Will it not bethe best way to celebrate theGurursquos birth anniversary

POLITICAL SCIENTIST

SUBSTANTIAL parts of ourworld have been captured byright-wing populists and inter-estingly all such leaders have a

great deal in common One they con-temptuously dismiss institutions asembodiments of privilege a nuisanceat best and irrelevant at worst Twopopulists forge a national constituencyunmediated by institutions organisa-tions or the opposition Three theyrepresent themselves as targets of con-spiracies fashioned by an elite that hasbecome corrupt moribund and irrele-vant Four populist leaders refuse toplay by rules of the game Whether it isTrump or Modi they have no hesita-tion in uttering statements that theirpredecessors would deem improperThey are simply unpredictable

President Trump is the quintessen-tial populist leader he disdains politi-cal proprieties His presidency hasbeen ridden by controversy since dayone random dismissal of importantofficials wilful decisions and opendistribution of benefits to his ownfamily Ever since the Democrats tookover the House of Representatives inJanuary 2019 the Congress has beenpulverised The Republican-con-trolled Senate has blocked every pieceof progressive legislation passed bythe House It is not therefore surpris-ing that in September the Speaker ofthe House of Representatives NancyPelosi announced that an impeach-ment inquiry would be initiatedagainst the President He had report-edly requested his counterpart in theUkraine to lsquodig up dirtrsquo on Joe Bidena possible Democrat contender for the2020 presidential elections Does ask-ing a foreign power to intervene inelections warrant impeachment

Historians suggest that members of

the Constitutional Convention that metin Philadelphia in 1787 to draw up theAmerican constitution were unhappywith the authority vested in the Presi-dent In accordance with doctrines ofchecks and balances the Congress wasgiven the power to impeach the Presi-dent in cases of lsquotreason bribery or oth-er high crimes and misdemeanorsrsquoThis provision which was in keepingwith the spirit of British constitutionaland legal practice is not meant to pun-ish the incumbent of the White Housemerely to remove him from office Theprocess is cumbersome The House ofRepresentatives has to pass Articles ofImpeachment or a list of charges by amajority vote The case then goes to theSenate which is convened as a judici-ary to hear arguments from both sidesThe removal of the President requires atwo-thirds majority

It was feared as one of the foundersof the American constitution acceptedin a piece in Federalist No 65 thatimpeachment will ignite political pas-sions harness animosities partialitiesand influence and divide the countryThe process might prove more harm-ful than any decision on innocence orguilt Alexander Hamilton was pre-scient Impeachment proceedings

have been launched against two Pres-idents mdash Andrew Johnson in 1868 andBill Clinton in 1998 The former tookover the presidency after the assassi-nation of President Abraham Lincolnduring the civil war in 1868 He is con-sidered a racist because he openlysupported the cause of White South-erners and opposed the civil rights ofliberated Afro-Americans He wasimpeached on a technical issue thatof vetoing a law passed by the Con-gress In the Senate his impeachmentwas defeated by one vote

Impeachment proceedings were ini-tiated against Clinton following alle-gations that he had lied to the SpecialProsecutor about his sexual relation-ship with a White House intern Hewas under oath The move failedbecause it could not secure a two-thirds majority in the Senate Clin-tonrsquos case is controversial expertsargue that a President cannot beimpeached for personal wrongdoingthat may not reflect on public affairs

The only President against whomimpeachment proceedings would havebeen successful is Richard Nixon Hehowever resigned within two years ofhis second term In July 1974 28 out of38 members of the House of Represen-

tatives judiciary committee voted toimpeach him Members of his own par-ty affirmed that they would voteagainst him On August 5 the prover-bial lsquosmoking gunrsquo established that hehad covered the break into the head-quarters of the Democratic Party atWatergate by his campaign committeeduring the 1972 presidential pollsNixon was aware that the Senate wouldvote for his dismissal He resigned Ifimpeachment had succeeded it wouldhave established the superiority of theCongress over the executive

Today Democrats have left no stoneunturned to impeach the President forserious abuse of power Trump tweetsconspiracy theories and appeals to hisconstituency He also threatens to findthe whistleblower These two extreme-ly irresponsible statements can possi-bly add to the list of offences chartedout in the Articles of Impeachment

Hamiltonrsquos foreboding thatimpeachment would divide popularopinion and split the country ratherthan successfully remove the Presi-dent from power has come true Everfaithful to their vocation survey agen-cies have rushed to the American peo-ple for their opinion the Presidentrsquosmen rush to television studios to pleadthat their boss is being victimised thePresident tweets that this is a conspir-acy and Democrats claim that a robustcase exists for impeaching Trump

Even if the House of Representa-tives votes for impeachment it isdebatable whether the move will passthe Senate which controlled by theRepublicans backs the President atleast to date More significantlyTrump has a significant base amongconservative voters and the ruralheartland On October 1 he tweeted anelectoral map dominated by his colourred mdash lsquoTry and impeach thisrsquo he chal-lenged Perceive the irony The pop-ulist leader scorns institutions andaddresses the lsquopeoplersquo Therefore hecan present himself as a casualty ofintrigues even though he is the mostpowerful man on earth Nothing workslike sentimental narratives of victim-hood Trump might emerge as a mar-tyr as a hostage of entrenched powernot quite smelling of roses but still

Letters to the Editor typed in double space should not exceed the 200-word limit These should be cogently written and can be sent by e-mail to Letterstribunemailcom

thought for the dayExperience has already shown that the impeachment the

constitution has provided is not even a scarecrow mdash Thomas Jefferson

NOT SIMPLE Despite opposition President Trump has a significant baseamong conservative voters and the rural heartland

THE TRIBUNEestablished in 1881

Stuck with plasticMass movement needed to reduce its use

THE government has finally woken up to the menace of single-useplastic though it has stopped short of announcing a blanket banSuch plastic commonly used for packaging and carrying goods

is disposable but its indiscriminate disposal has been wreaking havocon the environment Even as PM Narendra Modi is envisioning anIndia free of single-use plastic by 2022 the onus is on various stake-holders right from the industry to the consumer to decrease (andeventually stop) its consumption and popularise alternatives such aspaper and jute The prevailing economic slowdown and the prospectof more job losses have prevented the NDA government characteristi-cally not known for restraint and moderation from rushing into aknee-jerk decision As of now single-use plastic will not be allowedinside national monuments and within 100 metres of their boundary

The national focus on generating public awareness about the boon-turned-bane is a welcome move The imposition of bans and fines hasoften proved counter-productive due to lax enforcement and wide-spread non-cooperation Old habits die hard A behavioural change canhappen only if a mass movement sweeps the country It is imperativeto break the demand-and-supply cycle Himachal Pradesh has takenthe lead by deciding to buy-back non-recyclable plastic waste and sin-gle-use plastic at a minimum support price of Rs 75 per kg Such incen-tives can go a long way in curbing the availability of the eco-unfriendlymaterial Installing plastic disposal machines at railway stations andother public places is also a step in the right direction

Converting toxic waste into something productive is anotherchallenge Indian Oil Corporation plans to employ its refinery oper-ations to turn single-use plastic waste into specialised bitumen thatcan be utilised for the construction of roads and highways Moresuch out-of-the-box ideas are needed India can even draw inspira-tion from an unexpected quarter Rwanda According to a report ofthe UN Environment Programme the African country mdash once rav-aged by civil war and genocide mdash has become one of the cleanestcountries on the planet due to its proactive campaign against single-use plastic Where therersquos a will therersquos a plastic-free way

Congress a divided houseParty in disarray ahead of Haryana elections

NOTHING unites Congressmen more than the sight of electoralvictory while political wilderness brings to the fore bickeringin the rank and file The five years in opposition in Haryana

seem to have done the party little good with factionalism out in theopen Earlier it was state unit chief Ashok Tanwar who was in the fir-ing line after the party lost all 10 seats in the Lok Sabha elections Theroles have now been reversed with Tanwar training guns at former CMBhupinder Singh Hooda and state unit president Kumari Selja accus-ing them of selling the party ticket Tanwar took his fight to Delhiprotesting outside Sonia Gandhirsquos residence and asking to be relievedof all poll panels The rivalry spilled over after Selja was made thestate president and Hooda the chief of the election management com-mittee A video went viral allegedly to embarrass the party a daybefore Hooda is slated to file his nomination

Tanwar is known to be close to Rahul Gandhi and with the latter step-ping aside after the loss in the Lok Sabha elections his replacement wasonly a matter of time His fight for tickets for his loyalists is natural Butthe party apparently wishes to throw its weight behind the old guard tohave a go at the BJP in the Assembly elections

The Congress was known for strong regional satraps Like VirbhadraSingh in HP and Capt Amarinder Singh in Punjab the partyrsquos decisionprobably is dictated by the prospect of facing a resurgent BJP With Sel-ja in the saddle the Congress has tried to offset the possible loss of Dalitvotes by Tanwarrsquos replacement A lsquohuman bombrsquo cost Rajiv Gandhi hislife and Tanwar should be circumspect in using the term howeverinnocuous the context might be even as his grievance should be lookedinto His next course of action is awaited but the party itself should beseen as fighting the BJP and not amongst itself

Democrats leaving no stone unturned to impeach US President for abuse of power

NEERA CHANDHOKE

on this day100 years ago

General AmnestyELSEWHERE will be found the account of an interview which theHonrsquoble Mr SN Banerjea gave to an Associated Press representative onhis arrival at Bombay It is pleasing to note the optimistic ring about MrBanerjearsquos views He said that the Indian situation in England to-day wasfar more encouraging and satisfactory than it had ever been within hisrecollection He referred with pardonable pride to the share the Moderateparty had in bringing this happy consumption As regards the Punjabaffairs mdash a subject in which we in the Punjab are particularly interested mdashMr Banerjea said that his deputation had several informal conferenceswith Mr Montagu during which they had urged the grant of a generalamnesty and the appointment of an independent Commission of EnquiryWhile we regret that in the matter of the Enquiry Committee thesuggestion of the moderate deputation has been considerably whittleddown we do hope Mr Montagu will see his ways to advise His Majesty togrant a general amnesty in all political cases

The ldquoEnglishmanrdquo and OurselvesREFERRING to certain remarks that appeared in a recent issue of this journalquestioning the right and authority of Sir Uma Hayat Khan to speak in thename of the people of Punjab the Englishman writes--ldquoIt is a very politicalminded device to brag of the glories of the soldier but to refuse him voice in theconcerns of the peoplerdquo Even a writer in the Englishman might have beenexpected to know the difference between questioning a manrsquos representativecharacter and refusing him a voice in the concerns of the people

lahore saturday october 4 1919

letters to the editor

Celebrate with 550 hospitals schools

Trump scorns institutions and addresses the lsquopeoplersquo Hecan therefore present himself as a casualty of intrigues

THE TRIBUNECHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 09OPED

AT Chinarsquos National DayParade on October 1 the mili-tary might of the Peoplersquos Lib-eration Army (PLA) in full dis-

play was watched closely by the worldThe commander-in-chief of the PLA XiJinping inspected the parade which fea-tured 15000 troops 160 aircraft and 600pieces of equipment

What caught the attention of dis-cerning observers were the new mis-siles which are a part of the 2016-raised rocket force (PeoplersquosLiberation Army Rocket ForcePLARF) The Dongfeng DF-41 Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)with a range of 15000 km travelling atseven km per second approximatespeed Mach 20 (Mach is the speed ofsound) and 500 meters accuracy theDongfeng DF-100 hypersonic cruisemissile and the Dongfeng DF-17medium range ballistic missile fittedwith Hypersonic Glide Vehicle (HGV)mdash DF-ZF mdash with a range of 2000 km

While western analysts focused onDF-41 ICBM which would play a crit-ical role in strategic counterbalancedeterrence and in winning war forIndia the DF-100 and DF-17 fittedwith HGV mdash DF-ZF mdash should be acause of concern Hypersonic mis-siles will be the new disruptive game-changing technology in this centurywhich would mdash between India andChina mdash replace nuclear deterrence

with non-nuclear deterrence reshapethe rules of conventional war-fight-ing and transform geopolitics Onlythree countries mdash the US Russia andChina mdash have made credible stridesin procuring harnessing and exploiting this technology

Hypersonic missiles are radically dif-ferent from ballistic and cruise missilesBallistic missiles boosted by powerfulrocket engines leave the atmosphere(the dividing altitude between atmos-phere and space is 100 km) to enterspace reach the apogee and then re-enter atmosphere to hit the designatedtarget These missiles follow a definedelliptical trajectory which helps theBallistic Missile Defence (BMD) sys-tem to intercept and neutralise theirwarhead before it causes damage TheUS since over four decades has invest-ed heavily in BMD systems Inspiredby it India too has invested in indige-nous BMD since 2000

Cruise missiles stay within theatmosphere fly at low altitude toevade ground-based radars and arepowered and guided throughout theflight in a defined near-flat trajectoryuntil its designated target Cruise mis-siles powered by air-breathing jetengines have sub-sonic speeds exceptIndiarsquos BrahMos missile which pow-ered by ramjet engine has a superson-ic speed of Mach 3 To defeat cruisemissiles there are technologies likethe Russian S-400 Air Defence MissileSystem (ADMS) amongst others

Hypersonic cruise missiles with twopeculiarities are a class apart Onethey have speed upwards of Mach 5 mdashtheir kinetic energy (derived frommotion) itself is enough to destroyhardened and underground facilities

Two they fly at low altitudes thoughhigher than cruise missiles and aredifficult to detect by terrestrial or

land-based radars because of theirability to change course rapidlyUnlike ballistic and cruise missileswhich follow a defined trajectoryhypersonic missiles are highlymanoeuvrable thereby giving very lit-tle reaction time to the opponent tojudge which target is being hit Thisdelayed detection makes timelyresponse extremely difficult

HGV are fitted on ballistic missilerocket engines like DF-17 DF-21 DF-26 and even DF-41 ICBM and boostedAfter a certain boost phase the HGVdetaches itself from the rocket andglides towards its target 2000 kmaway in a wayward rather than adefined low flight trajectory

Senior officials from Raytheon Com-pany of the US recently told thiswriter at an international air show thatmeeting the hypersonic cruise missilechallenge would require new sensorsfor early detection Since terrestrial

sensors alone would not work theneed would be to have a mix of space-based and terrestrial sensors Theentire hypersonic missile defencearchitecture they said would requirehuge investments patience technolo-gy and technical expertise

Given the new missilersquos characteris-tics the DF-100 and DF-17 with HGVin PLA inventory would be a powerfulasymmetric capability For instance itwould be a national humiliation if theHGV were to hit and destroy Indiarsquosaircraft carrier Since India mdash familiarwith PLArsquos nuclear weapons invento-ry mdash is unlikely to raise the stakesChinarsquos new deterrence as well as dis-ruptive war-fighting capability wouldreside in its useable non-nuclear HGVIndiarsquos nuclear weapons purportedlydelivered by its submarines Agniseries ballistic missiles and aircraftwould on the other hand be rendereduseless against China

Such a possibility deserves an urgentreview both of Indiarsquos nuclear deter-rence against China and the indigenousBMD which despite the infusion ofhuge funds has unfortunately notdemonstrated satisfactory results In2011 the then Defence Research andDevelopment Organisation (DRDO)chief VK Saraswat had spelt out thetimelines to this writer for the accom-plishment of the BMD programme Hehad said that by 2013 phase one of theproject which involved successful inter-ception of hostile missiles with 2000-kmrange would be achieved Phase two ofthe programme which required neutral-isation of 5000-km range ballistic mis-siles would be done by 2015 the sameyear when the ballistic missile shieldwould become available for impreg-nable defence of the capital city of Delhiand major metropolises The purchaseof five units or regiments of Russian S-400 ADMS in 2016 is evidence thatSaraswat was doing kite-flying

Even the military should take itsportion of the blame Many DRDO sci-entists have told me that the militaryleadership unable to find or under-stand operational employment ofhypersonic missiles has shown littleinterest in their presentations WithPLA having showcased these missilesthe Defence Minister ought to take thebull by the horns A way forward is toseek Russian cooperation through thesuccessful BrahMos supersonic cruisemissile programme Given that Brah-Mos is Indiarsquos most successfuldefence programme has consistentlymet its timelines has been acceptedby the three defence services and hasgenerated employment and wealth itcould be the ideal vehicle for thedevelopment of hypersonic cruisemissiles and strengthening bilateralrelations between India and Russia

CUTTING EDGE Hypersonic missiles will be the new disruptive game-changing technology in this century

With the Peoplersquos LiberationArmy having showcased

hypersonic missiles Indiaought to take the bull by thehorns A way forward is toseek Russian cooperation

through the successfulBrahMos supersonic cruise

missile programme It could be the ideal vehicle

for the development ofhypersonic cruise missiles

and strengthening bilateral relations

THE world was taken by surpriseon September 14 when thelargest Saudi oil processingplant at Abqaiq was hit by a

lsquoswarmrsquo of around 25 drones and somecruise missiles launched by the Houthirebels in Yemen one of the poorestcountries in the world The attackscaused extensive damage to the plantknocking out 60 per cent of the Saudi oilproduction and triggering a 20 per centspike in oil prices And the worldrsquosattention was thus suddenly focused onYemen and the Houthis an Islamic Zai-di Shia political and armed movementwhich has been fighting a lsquoforgottenrsquowar against Saudi Arabia and the UAEfor more than four years

The Yemeni war began in March 2015when Saudi forces invaded the countryto intervene in what was essentially adomestic dispute between the Houthisand the government of PresidentAbdrabbuh Mansur Hadi The Saudisinvaded Yemen because they viewedthe Houthis as Iranian proxies both ofthem being Shia The Houthis defeatedthe forces loyal to Hadi and capturedSanarsquoa the countryrsquos capital in Sep-tember 2014 In January 2015 Hadiresigned and later fled to Saudi Arabiawhere he presently lives in exile

The Saudi decision to invade Yemenwas taken by Mohammad bin Salman(MbS) the present Crown Prince of Sau-di Arabia To attack Yemen the Saudismobilised a coalition that included theUAE Egypt Jordan Morocco SudanKuwait Qatar and Bahrain But essen-tially it was the Saudi and Emirati

forces that were involved in the inva-sion which was also supported by theUS and the UK They providedweapons logistical support and target-ing information to the Saudis

The Wahhabi Saudis wanted a gov-ernment in Yemen that was not con-trolled by the Zaidi Shia HouthisThey also wanted to control Yemenrsquosoil and a pipeline from their oilfieldsto a harbour in Yemen which wouldhave enabled them to avoid the Iran-dominated Strait of Hormuz

The Saudis and the Emiratis expecteda quick victory against the Houthis whowere a rag-tag bunch of fighters withoutan organised army or sophisticatedweapons However they were highlymotivated agile innovative and knew

the terrain well The Saudis and theEmiratis on the other hand were poorfighters accustomed to the comforts oflife They could not match the Houthison the ground and soon resorted toindiscriminate bombing from the airkilling thousands of civilians

According to reliable estimatesaround 2 lakh Yemenis have died in thefighting including 1 lakh childrenunder the age of five from famine and acholera epidemic On some occasionsinternational aid was prevented fromreaching the Yemeni people by blockad-ing of the ports by the Saudis and theirallies And notably the self-styled glob-al lsquocustodiansrsquo of human rights werecomplicit in this genocidal war For thisreason it became a lsquoforgottenrsquo war

receiving very little media coverage TheUnited Nations has called it the biggesthumanitarian crisis on the planet

However the situation began tochange in May 2019 when the Houthislaunched drone attacks against someSaudi oil facilities That was followedon August 17 by a multiple droneattack on Shaybah a massive Saudi oiland gas field which is around 1200 kmfrom Houthi-controlled territory inYemen The drone attacks demonstrat-ed the vulnerability of the Saudi oilinfrastructure to the attacks by theHouthis and the range of their dronesand missiles Neither the Saudis northe Americans currently have any mis-sile or air defence systems that canoffer protection against such attacks

It is clear that drones have been agame-changer in Yemen One experthas called them ldquothe most disruptivemilitary technology yet conceivedrdquoThey are cheap costing only a few mil-lion dollars compared to the Saudiarsenal costing hundreds of billions ofdollars The Houthis are now makingtheir own drones based on Iraniandesigns and technical advice They arealso probably importing drones andcruise missiles from Iran

The Saudis have suffered anotherreversal in Yemen Their major ally theUAE pulled out of the war a few monthsago when the port of Aden in the Southfell to the Southern Transitional Coun-cil a separatist group backed by theUAE This has infuriated the Saudis butthey have not been able to do much

The Saudis and the Americans have

blamed Iran for the September 14attack on Abqaiq instead of the Houthiswho have claimed responsibility for itIran has denied any role in the attackThe US is unlikely to attack Iran but ifit does it could set the whole regionon fire That could adversely affectalmost seven million people of Indianorigin who work in the Gulf and remitbillions of dollars to India

On September 20 the US announcedthat it was sending troops and more mis-sile defence systems such as Patriot andTHAAD (Terminal High Altitude AreaDefence ) to Saudi Arabia However theyare unlikely to be effective against low-flying drones which can only be stoppedby short-range Russian systems such asPantsyr-S1 and the BUK-2 which theRussians have used to defend their basein Syria against similar attacks

On September 28 the Houthis dealtanother blow to the Saudis by launch-ing a ground attack within Saudi terri-tory near Najran in which three Saudibrigades were defeated and hundredsof soldiers were either killed woundedor captured The operation demonstrat-ed that Saudi Arabia was vulnerable toair and ground attack by the Houthis

The asymmetrical warfare fought bythe Houthis appears to have broughtSaudi Arabia to its knees The WallStreet Journal reported on August 28that the Trump administration waspreparing to initiate negotiations withthe Houthis to end the war in Yemen Itremains to be seen when or if that hap-pens But one thing is clear The war inYemen is no longer lsquoforgottenrsquo

NIRAJ SRIVASTAVAFORMER AMBASSADOR

The Houthis an IslamicZaidi Shia political and

armed movement active inYemen have been fightinga war against Saudi Arabiaand the UAE for more thanfour years The Saudis and

the Americans have blamedIran for the Sept 14 attackon the Saudi oil processing

plant at Abqaiq eventhough the Houthis haveclaimed responsibility for

it Drones have been a tipping point in the

Yemeni war

Drones and the lsquoforgottenrsquo war in Yemen

LIVING BY THE GUN The asymmetrical warfare fought by the Houthis appears to have brought Saudi Arabia to its knees

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CITY MAX MINChandigarh 31 21New Delhi 34 24PUNJAB

Amritsar 32 22Bathinda 32 23Jalandhar 32 21Ludhiana 31 21HARYANA

Bhiwani 34 23Hisar 34 22Sirsa 32 25HIMACHAL PRADESH

Dharamsala 26 16Manali 20 08Shimla 21 12JAMMU amp KASHMIRJammu 32 21Leh ------ -----Srinagar 23 11UTTARAKHAND Dehradun 31 19Mussoorie 22 12

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THE TRIBUNE10 CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019JampKHP

Arun JoshiTribune News Service

Srinagar October 3Kashmiris displayed theirextraordinary sense of collec-tive responsibility in savingtheir Vale from the repeat ofthe 2016-like situation or evenworse There were all chancesof it becoming one had theyprotested in streets andclashed with troopers

ldquoThey thought we wouldtake to the streets and pelttroopers with stones to engi-neer mayhem We did notallow that to happenrdquo BilalAhmad a university stu-dent spoke in a maturedfashion rather than onebursting with emotions

Everyone in the establish-ment here who is from out-side the Vale admires thehigh sense of the politicalconsciousness and intelli-gence of Kashmiris ldquoTheyare politically alive and intel-ligent people perhaps thekind of which we may notfind in any other part of thecountryrdquo commented an offi-cer who has been here forover past three decades

And when the troops hadstarted landing in huge num-bers in Kashmir in the lastweek of July Kashmir wasagog with rumours whichlater turned out to be truethat something big was in theoffing The common percep-tion was that it would not begood for people of Kashmirwhich was seeded in theirmind by politicians now seenas relics of a goneby era

While the authorities arecrediting themselves havingplanned measures in such amanner that ensured thatnothing would go wrongKashmiris have their ownstory to tell of their restraintand reasonableness Theypreferred to avoid confronta-tion and clashes on thestreets is the narrative thatdemonstrates that they arenot suffering from the senseof defeat with which some

nationalistic media is por-traying them after the scrap-ping of Article 370 and 35A

Kashmiris are intelligentThey claim that they haveshown to the entire worldhow adversity can be con-verted into a virtue Hadthey indulged in clashestheir argument of loss ofpolitical identity wouldhave been neutralised

They had factored in somekind of onslaught on theirspecial status under Article370 and Article 35A Theyknew that confrontationwould mean catastropheThis dreadful thought wasbased on rumours likeldquoanything can happenrdquo ifthe streets were to eruptThey did not oblige thetrouble-makers

The body language of thetroopers with assault riflesslung on their shouldersmade it clear that they didnrsquotwant any trouble around Thetrouble had its consequencesThe mere presence of thetroops had a meaning thatconfrontation would be metwith harsher consequences

A teenager Asif Dar

admitted that the thingswere ldquoharshrdquo but therecould have been harsherconsequences had thesecurity arrangementsthat were put in place notbeen there ldquoThe authori-ties had their way we hadours but the main thingis that we didnrsquot courttrouble and smear ourland with bloodrdquo

ldquoThis was a preventivemeasurerdquo the governmentofficials have repeated it adnauseam They had drawntheir lessons as theyclaimed from the 2016unrest In hindsight the twosituations have no parallelKashmir had erupted in2016 after the killing of mil-itant commander BurhanWani who had weaponisedsocial media and no oneknew about his fatal enduntil it happened on July 82016 Thereafter it was aspontaneous reaction

This time the governmenthad anticipated cascades ofbacklash It had taken all pre-ventive measures fromarrests of political leaders tochronic stone throwers busi-

nessmen and anyone whohad caused trouble in thepast or had the potential to doso It was linked to the deci-sion on August 5 The prepa-rations had been made muchbefore the ldquoDecision dayrdquo ofscrapping the special statusof Jammu and Kashmir

Massive protests and theinitial killing of at least 20youngsters in the first fewhours set a cycle in motionof the clashes and casualtiesin 2016 That cycle of vio-lence halted after Kashmirhad reeled under coerciveshutdown for three monthsand the casualty figure stag-gered close to 100

Tourists fled and so did pil-grims in 2016 but no one hadasked them to pack off andgo This time the things wereplanned much beforendash thegovernment ordered the pil-grims and tourists to leave atthe earliest on August 2 atleast a fortnight before thescheduled conclusion of theAmarnath pilgrimage

The ubiquitous presence oftroops inspired scare Kash-miris chose pragmatism thistime They for too had learnttheir lessons from 2016 it waspointless to take to the streetsand fulfil the designs of ene-mies of Kashmir who wantedmore graves Pakistan isexactly looking for this kindof bloodbath in the Valley

Troopers did not usetheir guns was one factorbut the Kashmiris also didnot offer them theextreme provocation to doso And when they saw thewhole of the Indian nationcelebrating the August 5decision they understoodthe consequences of stand-ing up to the Indian mightand mood They appliedtheir common sense not tothrow their land in the spi-ralling bloodshed That iswhere they succeeded in sav-ing their land and fellowKashmiris from the troublethat could have visited them

lsquoWe saved our land from catastrophersquo

TURNING ADVERSITY INTO VIRTUE When the troops had

started landing in hugenumbers in Kashmir in thelast week of July Kashmirwas agog with rumourswhich later turned out tobe true that somethingbig was in the offing

Kashmiris claim that theyhave shown to the worldhow adversity can be con-verted into a virtue Hadthey indulged in clashestheir argument of loss ofpolitical identity wouldhave been neutralised

Tribune News Service

Srinagar October 3On Tuesday when AatiyaAyoubrsquos mother read a newsitem in a local daily about theopening of schools after twomonths she had alreadydecided not to send herdaughter to the school owingto the continuous tense situa-tion in Kashmir whichmarked 60 days on Thursday

Aatiya is a Class X studentShe has submitted the formfor her annual exams butdoesnrsquot know whether theexams will be held She is yetto complete the syllabus atthe school where her last classwas held before August 3

ldquoOur education seems tobe over There is still silenceand shutdown it is not safefor us to go to school in sucha situationrdquo she told TheTribune at her home in Sri-nagar where she is prepar-ing the assignments provid-ed to her by the school ldquoIam not able to concentrateit is a very difficult situationfor all studentsrdquo she said

The Divisional Commis-sioner Kashmir Baseer

Ahmad Khan announced theopening of schools up to ClassXII from Thursday but whilea few schools had opened thestudents continued to remainaway from classes disobeyingthe governmentrsquos order It isfor the second time sinceAugust 19 that the govern-ment announced opening of schools but the students stayed away

The government has alsoannounced opening ofinstitutes of higher educa-tion from October 9 but itseems unlikely that stu-dents will attend the class-es as the communication

and internet clampdowncontinues in Kashmir

Many parents continueto raise safety issues ofstudents and haverestrained from sendingthem to schools ldquoWe willnot send our children toschools There is no publictransport and everythingis shut How can studentsas young as 4 5 and 6 yearsof age go to schools Whatwill they do if a stone hitsthem or something hap-pens Who will inform uswhen the phones are not workingrdquo asked Rosy Jan a mother

Few schools reopen inValley no students yet

The empty classroom of a government college in Srinagar AMIN WAR

Majid Jahangir amp Ishfaq TantaryTribune News Service

Srinagar October 3Relatives of at least 12detainees in the Valley whohave been booked under thestringent Public Safety Act(PSA) have knocked on thedoors of the JampK High Courtclaiming they are minors

In all 12 habeas corpus peti-tions have been filed in theSrinagar wing of JampK HighCourt Six among the youths

are 18 two are 17 and 16 andone is 15 years of age theirfamilies said In their peti-tions the families have most-ly submitted school certi-fies before the court insupport of the claim ofthe detainees

The first two habeascorpus petitions claimingthat the detainees wereminors and booked underthe PSA which allows deten-tion without any trial up totwo years was submitted on

August 27 by residents ofSrinagar and Anantnag

The Juvenile Justice Com-mittee of the JampK High Courtin a report submitted beforethe Supreme Court had said

144 children aged betweennine and 17 were detained

between August 5 and Sep-tember 23 and of them 142had been released The reportsaid the children weredetained for causing minorinjuries and creating law andorder problem ldquoIn certain reg-

ular habeas corpus petitionschallenging regular detentionorders passed by district mag-istrates against them underthe PSA the detainees haveclaimed to be juveniles When-ever such petitions come upbefore the different benches ofthe court the court is directedto hold an inquiry to ascertainthe factum of age and if thedetainee is found to be a juve-nile appropriate orders inaccordance with law would fol-lowrdquo the report had said

Kin of 12 detained lsquominorsrsquo move HC

Tribune News Service

Srinagar October 3As normal business activitycontinued to remain sus-pended for the 60th daytoday after the abrogation ofArticle 370 the KashmirChamber of Commerce andIndustries said the Valleyrsquoseconomy had been dentedby around Rs 10000 croreduring this period

The businessmen saidtheir problems had beencompounded due to thelack of mobile and internetfacilities as they wereunable to file returns thatwould lead to bigger issuesin the future ldquoAs per ourestimates we have suf-fered losses between Rs8000 crore and Rs10000crore during the past twomonths All sectors havebeen badly hit and themobile and internet gaghas added to our woesrdquochamber president SheikhAshiq told The Tribune

ldquoDue to the internet gagwe have not been able to filereturns and we fear this willlead to lots of problems forus later These are practicalissues and on top of thatthere is no clarity from thegovernmentrdquo he said

Lost ~10000 crduring lockdownsays industry

Parents reluctant to send wards owing to tension

Ambika SharmaTribune News Service

Solan October 3The BJP is in for a majortrouble in Pachhad as DayalPyari a sitting zila parishadmember refused to with-draw her nominationpapers after her supportersforced her against takingthe decision this morning

The development has leftthe ruling party embarrassedas its senior leaders wereconfident of placating her

Pyari who met Chief Min-ister Jai Ram Thakur inShimla yesterday hadalmost made up her mind towithdraw from the contestbut this was not accepted byher family and supporters

Her husband Prithvi Singhand her father-in-law said noother candidate was accept-able to the people She

deserved ticket and wouldcontest as an Independent

Dayal Pyari talking to medi-apersons said though she wastorn between the party andthe supporters she would payheed to latter and said shewould begin campaigningafter paying obeisance at theJatoli temple here

She reiterated that herfight was not against the par-ty but against the dictatorial

attitude of a few leaders ofher area and claimed that shewould emerge victorious

She was taken into a carby her supporters towardsSirmaur before she couldbe poached by BJP leadersShe began her campaigninglater in the day

The BJP got a partial reliefas its senior leaders man-aged to pacify rebel AshishSikta who withdrew his

nomination He howeverencountered strong resent-ment from his supporters atRajgarh where Sikta firstheld a meeting and thenwithdrew his nomination

BJP state president Sat-pal Satti ministers Mahin-der Thakur and SureshBhardwaj who were camp-ing at Rajgarh held day-long consultations to chalkout a strategy for the poll

Reena Kashyap who wasthe BJPrsquos official nomineewill face a tough challengefrom Dayal Pyari who hasfound overwhelming sup-port of the people

The development has elat-ed the Congress though itremains to be seen if its candi-date GR Musafir will gain inthe three-cornered contest asthe party is solely banking onthe factionalism in the BJP

BJP rebel firm on contesting as IndependentIn Pachhad partial relief for saffron party as Sikta withdraws nomination papers

ASSEMBLYBYPOLLS

Dayal Pyari (in yellow shawl) with her supporters outside a hotel in Solan on Thursday TRIBUNE PHOTO

SUPPORTERSrsquo PRESSURE Dayal Pyari who met Chief

Minister Jai Ram Thakur inShimla on Wednesday hadalmost made up her mind towithdraw from the contest butthis was not accepted by herfamily and supporters

Her husband and father-in-law said she deserved aticket but since denied shewould contest as an Independent

Taken in a car by her sup-porters towards Sirmaurshe began her campaigninglater in the day on Thursday

Lalit MohanTribune News Service

Dharamsala October 3Sudhir Sharma AICC secre-tary and former minister isunlikely to join the Congresscampaign in his home con-stituency Dharamsala for theOctober 21 byelection

Sudhir who refused to con-test the byelections just twodays before the last date of fil-ing of nomination papers hasnot arrived in Dharamsala todate He did not come toDharamsala when theyoung Congress leaderVijay Inder Karan who hasreplaced him filed his nom-ination papers on Septem-ber 30 Sudhirrsquos suddenrefusal to contest despitethe Congress high com-mand telling him to be inpoll fray is like an unsolvedriddle for many senior Con-gress leaders

A senior leader said AICCchief Sonia Gandhi evenafter the approval of the can-didature of Vijay Inder Karanasked senior leaders to talk toSudhir if he can change hismind and contest HoweverSudhir remained adamantagainst contesting he said

When contacted on phonetoday Sudhir said that he wasnot joining the Congresscampaign as he was sufferingfrom gastroenteritis ldquoI willreturn home after 4 to 5 daysbut whether or not I will jointhe campaign will depend onmy healthrdquo he said

With Sudhir almost declin-ing to join the campaign theissue of infighting in the stateCongress has come to fore

Just days before announc-ing his refusal to contest theDharamsala byelection Sud-hir had openly demanded theresignation of the acting pres-ident of state Youth Congressfor holding programmeswithout his approval andspeaking out against him Avernacular paper insteadreported that Sudhir hadsought HPCC chief KuldeepRathorersquos resignation

Congrsquos Sudhir may not campaign

Rajiv Mahajan

Nurpur October 3With drug trafficking in the inter-state border areasof lower Kangra districtcomprising Nurpur andIndora subdivisions risingthe state government hasturned a ldquoblind eyerdquo to theNurpur de-addiction-cum-rehabilitation centre

Set up during the previousCongress regime and inau-gurated by then CM Virb-hadra Singh on January 122017 the centre is run by theKangra district Red Cross

Society The skeleton staffhere has failed to run thecentre effectively

Surprisingly the centrehas no doctor or psychia-

trist As per informationthe centre is run by just aproject coordinator a coun-selor a pharmacist and asafai karamchari The

recent suicide by a 64-year-old man addicted to alcoholhas now put a questionmark on the safety ofinmates and the staff

deployed at the centre Asthere is no watchman or asecurity guard it is fearedthat such unsavory inci-dents can recur

Set up in the OBC hostelbuilding the centre canadmit 10 addicts at a timebut its full capacity couldnever be used for want ofrequisite staff Centre incharge-cum-project coordi-nator Amit Kumar admittedthat the centre was unableto admit more than fiveaddicts at a time and thewaiting list of addicts hadalways been quite long

ldquoThe working environ-ment is unsafe too as thestaff is always under threatof being attacked by theinmates who turn aggres-sive on being denied syn-thetic drugs or intoxi-cantsrdquo he said

As the centre is locatednear the border of PunjabHimachal Pradesh and Jam-mu amp Kashmir where drugtrafficking is on the risedespite registration of casesunder the NDPS Act thedemand for better facilitiesand more staff has been gain-ing momentum

Nurpur de-addiction centre a victim of admn apathyHas no doctor | Run by Kangra Red Cross Society NGOs want Health Department to take it over

Just 4 employees Set up during the Congressregime and inaugurated bythen CM Virbhadra Singh onJanuary 12 2017 the centre isrun by just a project coordina-tor a counselor a pharmacistand a safari karamchari Set up in the OBC hostelbuilding the centre can admit10 addicts at a time but its fullcapacity could never be used

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3A Special CBI Court todayissued notice to the CBI onthe bail applications filed bythree accused in the Kotkhaicustodial death case

The court asked the CBI tofile a reply on the bail applica-tions filed by former KotkhaiSHO Rajinder Singh (33)head constable RafeeMohammad (38) and consta-ble Ranjeet Steta (32) by Octo-ber 9 the next date of hearing

In the applications it was

stated that there was no evi-dence on record to connectthe accused with the allegedcustodial death of Suraj

It was also mentioned thatthree co-accused IGPZahur H Zaidi SP DW NegiTheog DSP Manoj Joshihad been granted bailAccording to the prosecu-tion a minor girl was alleged-ly raped and murdered inHalaila forests of Shimla dis-trict on July 4 2017 The vic-timrsquos body was found lying inHalaila forests near Mahasuon July 6 2017

Kotkhai case Copsfile bail pleas in court

As of now I am not campaigning forthe party as I am suffering fromgastroenteritis I will return home (toDharamsala) after 4-5 days but whetheror not I will join the campaign inDharamsala will depend on myhealth Sudhir Sharma CONGRESS LEADER

WHAT INFURIATED FORMER MINISTER Sudhir Sharmarsquos supporters alleged that while former

minister was preparing to contest elections leaders ofthe HPCC called other Congress leaders from Dharam-sala and asked them to apply for ticket

This infuriated Sudhir who decided against contesting They alleged that the former minister was also not join-

ing the party campaign as the current party leadershiphad tried to belittle him in his own constituency

lsquoSUFFERING FROM GASTROENTERITISrsquo

THE TRIBUNEJALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 11NATION

HIMACHAL PRADESH

NOTICE INVITING E-PROCUREMENT BID

Executive Engineer IampPH Division Dharampur Bharari on behalf of Governorof Himachal Pradesh invites the online Lump Sum contract bids on turnkey basisfrom the eligible bidders of Indian Entity through online bidding system on or before 17102019 at 1700 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs) on the sitehttpshptendersgovin

1 KEY DATES SHALL BE AS UNDER-

The tender forms and other detailed conditions can be downloaded from thewebsite wwwhpiphorg or from office above Executive Engineer up to datespecified above

Executive EngineerIampPH Division Dharampur Bharari

a Date of Online publication 0110 2019

b Downloading of e-bidDocuments

From 01102019 at 1800 Hrs IST (GMT + 530Hrs) to 17102019 at 1700 Hrs IST (GMT +530 Hrs)

c Date of submission of e-bid From 01102019 at 1800 Hrs IST (GMT + 530Hrs) to 17102019 at 1700 Hrs IST (GMT +530 Hrs)

d Physical Submission of Original Bid Security (in case ofoffline deposit of Bid security)

Up to 1100 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs) on18102019

e Date of opening of bids

1) Cover-1 Eligibility Criteria On 18102019 at 1230 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs)

2) Cover-2 Technical bid Shall be intimated separately

3) Cover-3 Financial Bid Shall be intimated separately

f Site Visit Between 1100 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs) dated10102019 to 1700 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs)dated 11102019 alongwith the AssistantEngineerconcerned Junior Engineer IampPHSub-Division TihraDharampur

SrNo

Description EstimatedCost

BidSecurity

Time Cost ofBid

1 Engineering Procurement Construction Testing Commissioning Trial Run of various components of LWSS to Rakhoh Cholthra Awahdevi Tihra and its adjoining villages in Tehsil Dharampur District Mandi (HP) under Jal Jeevan Mission (Har Ghar Nal Se Jal ) in single package on ldquoturn-key job basisrdquo including trial run defect and liability period as 3 months after physical completion of all components scheme including SOP connection as certified by Engineer-in-Charge of the entire scheme

Rupees 21667344-

Rupees 249200-

Ninemonths(includingallseasonsbutexcludingtrial runperiod of 3 months)

Rupees2500-

2 Engineering procurement construction testing commissioning trial run of various components of LWSS to PC habitation of Kot Dhawali and Bahri Rathoun and Chakyana in Tehsil Dharampur District Mandi HP under Jal Jeevan Mission (Har Ghar Ko Nal se Jal) in single package on ldquoTurn-key job basisrdquo including trial amp testing run defect and liability period as 03 months after physical completion of all components of the scheme including SOP connection as certified by Engineer-in-Charge of the entire scheme

Rupees 21134606-

Rupees 243900-

Ninemonths(includingallseasonsbutexcludingtrial runperiod of03months)

Rupees2500-

DPRHP2324

HIMACHAL PRADESH

IPH DEPARTMENT

NOTICE INVITING TENDERShort terms sealed item rate tenders on form 6 amp 8 are hereby invited by the undersigned on behalf of

Governor of Himachal Pradesh for the following works from the approved and eligible contractors so as to

reach in this office on or before 10102019 at 300 PM and will be opened on the same day at 33000 PM

in the presence of intending contractors or their authorized representatives in this office The tender form can

be had from this office against cash payment (Non-Refundable) on or before 09102019 The earnest money

in the shape of National Saving CertificateTime deposits Accounts Saving Accounts in any of the Post

OfficeBank in Himachal Pradesh duly pledged in favour of the Executive Engineer I amp PH Division Chamba

must accompany each tender Conditional tenders and tenders received without earnest money will be

summarily rejected The offer of the tenders shall be kept open for 120 days The Executive Engineer IPH

Division Chamba reserves the right to reject the tenders without assigning any reasons

SrNo

Name of work Estimatedcost

Earnestmoney

TimeLimit

Cost oftender form

1 Providing WSS to left out Habitation under census villageUdaipur Khas amp Saru in GP Udaipur Tehsil amp DisttChamba HP (SH- CO Rwall with cement concrete1510 for Sedimentation tank RHS)

313313- 6266- ThreeMonths

250-

Terms amp Conditions- 1 Before offering the rates the terms and conditions attached with the schedule of

quantity may be gone through carefully 2 Conditional tenders without earnest money will outrightly be

rejected3 The contractor shall enclose enlistmentrenewal order with his application for obtaining the tender

documents 4Latest income tax and sale tax clearance certificate as well as Pan No must be attached with

the application failing which the documents will not be issued to those contractors The contractor shall

produce registration of labour license from the competent authority under Contract Act 1970 failing which no

tender shall be issued to him

Note- No tender forms will be issued to those contractors who have not completed the work within the

stipulated period and having more than two works in hand under this Division

Executive Engineer

I amp PH Division ChambaNO-IPH-CBA-GA-G-Tender2019-7334-7384 Dated 200919 DPRHP2326

Himachal Pradesh IPH Department

SHORT TERM NOTICE INVITING TENDERThe Executive Engineer IPH Division Keylong (HP) invites tender on behalf of Governor of Himachal Pradesh from approved

eligible contractors for the following works through Online Process-

The tender forms and other detailed conditions can be downloaded from the portal httphptendersgovin up to 500 PM 14102019

HIM SUCHNA AVAM JAN SAMPARKExecutive Engineer IPH Division Keylong

JobNo

Name of Work EstimatedCost

EarnestMoney

Time ofcompletion

1 Special Repair of FIS Chimret in GP Chimret Distt Lahaul Spiti (HP) (SH- Co CClining and Retaining wall)

744756- 14900- One Work-ing Season

2 Providing WSS to PC Habitation of Jobrang Rape Rashil in GP Jobrang Distt Lahaulamp Spiti (HP) (SH- PF MS Tank 270 litrs capacity 2 Nos Laying Jointing amp TestingHDPE pipe of 50mm Dia at RD 0 to 5240 and Provision of Parta Cutting= 100 Rmt)

927536- 18600- Six Months

3 Augmentation of WSS to Village Gohrma in GP Gohrma Distt LampS (HP) (SH- PFMS Tank 270ltrs Co Storage tank 20000 ltrs capacity Co Stand Post 5 NosLaying Jointing and Testing HDPE pipe of 50mm dia at RD 0 to 110 (Ai to Bi) RD0 to 50 (A to B) 32mm dia at RD 50 to 500 (B to C) Double layer RD 0 to 1250 (Ato C) 20mm dia at for (distribution System) at various Rds Co Barbed wire fencingaround Stank and Co Crate work around Intakes and Co Nallah Crossing)

1419471- 28400 Six Months

4 Providing Flood Protection Work to Rubling in GP Tingret Distt LampS (HP) (SH-Crate work at RD 0 to 107)

2949252- 52000- Six Months

Date of submission of e-tender From 02102019 at 0500 PM to14102019 at 0500 PM

Physical submission of tender documents Up to 1100 AM 15102019

Date of opening of Eligibility Criteria 15102019 at 1130 AM

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CHANDIGARH ADMINISTRATION

ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Press e-TENDER NOTICEPercentage rate e-tenders are invited under two bid system by the Executive Engineer Electrical Division No 2 on behalf

of President of India from the eligible enlisted firms class A and B enlisted with the Chandigarh AdministrationMunicipalCorporation ChdCPWDState PWDs of Punjab amp Haryana and Himachal Pradesh and their board amp Corporation having validElectrical Contractor License issued by any Govt Deptt of StatesCentre for the execution of following work can bedownloadedUploaded from the website at httpwwwetenderschdnicin

SrNo

NIT No Name of work amp Location

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Per

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and timefor online

submissionof tender

Time ampdate of

opening oftender

01 E219189 Mtc of NRB at Chandigarh (Repair of defective elec-trical accessories at various School under SDE E4Chandigarh) R

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441

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Executive Engineer Electrical Divn No 2 Chandigarh

TENDER NOTICE No 06 Date 1102019

On behalf of the Governor of Punjab Executive EngineerConstruction Division PWD BampR Br Fazilka invites bids fromeligible bidders enlisted under road works category with PWDBampR BrDetail terms and conditions of notice inviting bids refer to ourwebsite wwweprocpunjabgovinCorrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerConstn Divn PWD BampR Br Fazilka(On behalf of Governor of Punjab)DPRPbD6792

New Delhi October 3As many as five judges of theSupreme Court have recusedfrom hearing activist GautamNavlakharsquos petition challeng-ing the Bombay High CourtrsquosSeptember 13 order rejectinghis plea for quashing of an FIRin connection with the Bhima-Koregaon violence case

After Chief Justice ofIndia Ranjan Gogoi Jus-tice NV Ramana Justice RSubhash Reddy and Jus-tice BR Gavai Justice SRavindra Bhat became thefifth judge to recuse onThursday from hearing thecase of Navlakhamdashone ofthe five activists arrestedin the case

Others arrested in the caseare Varavara Rao Arun Fer-reira Vernon Gonsalves andSudha Bharadwaj Theyhave been booked underprovisions of the UnlawfulActivities Prevention Act(UAPA) and the IndianPenal Code

Justice S Ravindra Bhat ofthe Supreme Court on Thurs-day became the fifth judge torecuse himself CJI Gogoi hasassigned the matter to aBench headed by JusticeArun Mishra which will takeit up on Friday

As Navlakharsquos petitioncame up for hearing before athree-judge Bench headed byJustice Arun Mishra JusticeBhat who was on the Benchalong with Justice VineetSaran recused himself fromhearing the case mdash TNS

Tribune News Service

NewDelhi October 3Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasi-na today arrived here on afour-day visit during whichboth sides will attempt to takethe focus away from theNational Register of Citizens(NRC) by discussing some oldproblems that have croppedup as well as exploring com-mon links in transport watersharing and projects on Indi-an line of credit

Bangladesh Foreign MinisterAK Abdul Momen had toldmedia in Dhaka that Hasinawould discuss a number ofbilateral issues includingkilling of Bangladeshis by BSFand a framework pact on com-mon rivers including Teestawith PM Narendra Modi onSaturday She was chief guestat the Country Strategy Dia-logue of the World EconomicForum today She will attend an

interactive session with selectIndian CEOs followed by inau-guration of India-BangladeshBusiness Forum on Friday Shewill hold talks with Modi andcall on President Ram NathKovind on Saturday

Momen said the two sideswould discuss increased con-

nectivity through rivers searail road and air overall tradeand commerce among others

Foreign Secretary ShahidulHoque told newspersons thatimport of Indian arms undera $500 million line of creditand the NRC issue would alsobe discussed

Hasina to raise NRCPrez PM accept Capt invitefrom page 1

group of pilgrims the PunjabCM will lead through the cor-ridor when it opens The CMhowever clarified neither henor the ex-PM would travel toPakistan for the formal open-ing of the corridor They wereonly going to the Sikh shrineon the other side ldquoas pil-grimsrdquo The Pakistan govern-ment had recentlyannounced it would inviteManmohan for the corridorinauguration but the ex-PMrsquos office denied knowl-edge of any such invitation

Todayrsquos developments arecrucial in the light of ongo-ing political one-upmanshipbetween Congress-led Pun-jab Government and theAkalis over marking the his-toric event

Capt Amarinderrsquos move tosecure President and PMrsquospresence at the state functionare bound to put pressure on

the Akalis to come on boardAsked about SGPCrsquos cele-

bration plans CMrsquosspokesman said ldquoThe CM hasrepeatedly said the SGPC as areligious body is free to organ-ise celebrations in gurdwarasand the official celebrationswill be marked by the stategovernment The CM hasrepeatedly urged all-partyunity and will lead an all-partygroup through the corridorrdquo

State government sourcesadded they were not aware ifthe SGPC would send a paral-lel jatha through the corridor

Pakistan recentlyannounced that the corridorwould be opened for IndianSikh pilgrims on November 9However the final date is stillbeing worked out between thetwo countries and the PunjabGovernmentrsquos official eventwill be planned accordingly

Capt Amarinder mean-while shared official pro-

gramme of his governmentrsquosevents with the President andPM ldquoThe CM has urged bothto participate in the corridoropening at Dera Baba Nanakand the main programme atSultanpur Lodhirdquo the CMOspokesman said

Capt Amarinder also urgedPMrsquos intervention to allow a21-mebmer all-party jatha tovisit Sri Nankana Sahib thebirth place of the first Gurubesides bringing a nagar kir-tan to Sultanpur Lodhi viaAmritsar (Wagah)

In a separate letter to Minis-ter of External Affairs S Jais-hankar the CM has soughtformal clearance for theNankana Sahib delegationvisit and the nagar kirtan

The Punjab Governmentplans various celebrationsbetween November 5 and 15and will hold an all-party meetat Sultanpur Lodhi onNovember 1

from page 1

the list of 84 candidatesreleased by the Congress lateWednesday night and for theremaining six seats on Thurs-day shows that nearly 70 percent seats have been allottedto Hoodarsquos confidants

Of the 90 candidates giventhe party ticket at least 59 areHooda loyalists 12 are said tobe close to Kumari Selja fiveare believed to KiranChoudhry loyalists and threeeach are believed to be fromthe Kuldeep Bishnoi RandeepSurjewala and Tanwar camps

Hooda has had his support-ers fielded in all nine Assem-bly segments comprising theSonepat parliamentary seatthat he contested in May

But in the nine Assemblyseats under Kumari Seljarsquostraditional Ambala Lok Sabhaseat only one Hooda support-er mdash former HPCC chief PhoolChand Mullanarsquos son VarunChaudhary mdash has been nomi-nated for the Mullana seat

Hoodarsquos supporters havebeen fielded in eight of the nineAssembly segments in Karnalfour of the nine segments inKurukshetra Of the nineseats in BhiwanindashMahendra-garh at least four have goneto Hoodarsquos men The HisarUchana Narnaund and Han-si seats too have gone to hissupporters Adampur Nalwaand Hisar have been allottedto Kuldeep Bishnoirsquos menUklana and Barwala toKumari Seljarsquos loyalists andBawani Khera to KiranChoudhryrsquos camp

Of the nine Assembly seg-ments comprising TanwarrsquosSirsa Lok Sabha seat Dab-wali Tohana Ratia Ellenabadand Fatehabad have gone toHoodarsquos supporters Narwanacandidate Vidya Rani is con-sidered close to Randeep Sur-jewala while Sirsa and Kalan-wali nominees Hoshiari LalSharma and Shishpal Kehar-wala are Tanwar loyalists

Former minister Capt AjayYadav has managed the partyticket for his son ChiranjeevRao from Rewari

With ticket

639 engg seats vacantfrom page 1

institutions that mere physicalinfrastructure is not enoughand that qualified and well-paid faculty are mandatory forrunning engineering coursesRather than reduce the num-ber of seats the governmenthas lowered merit andallowed admissions throughHP Combined Entrance Testand Class 12 examinationmerit defeating the very pur-pose of ensuring quality edu-cation and uniformity instandards say sources

Private colleges charge

between Rs 45000 and Rs57000 per semester for BTechcompared to Rs 30000 in gov-ernment colleges ldquoStudentsare shying away from engi-neering courses as there areno jobs even after spendingRs 4 lakh to Rs 5 lakhrdquo saysSuresh who left the courseafter two semestersThere is a clear shift towardstraditional arts commercescience and managementcourses as 100 per cent seatshave been filled ldquoGovern-ment jobs are still the top pri-ority for students as their

focus is on preparation forcompetitive examinationsrdquosays Prof Sikender KumarVice-Chancellor HimachalPradesh University

Mismatch between enrol-ment and employment ratedue to opening of privateinstitutions without assessingemployment opportunities isalso leading to low intakeFurther high investment inengineering courses as com-pared to average remunera-tion after passing out is caus-ing aversion to engineeringcourses say sources

Justice Jha

5th SC judgerecuses fromKoregaonactivistrsquos case

4-day visit Connectivity trade energy ties top agenda

from page 1

High Court at Jabalpurbefore his elevation to the HCas permanent judge on Feb-ruary 2 2007

The President after con-sultation with the CJI alsotransferred Justice Pulig-oru Venkata Sanjay Kumara Judge of the TelanganaHC to the Punjab andHaryana HC He has beenasked to assume charge byOctober 17 mdash TNS

Justice LN Swamy ChiefJustice of HP High Court

Justice Ajai Lamba CJ ofGauhati High Court

Justice Indrajit Mahanty isChief Justice in Rsthan

Justice A Mani Kumar is CJof Kerala High Court

Justice JK MaheshwariChief Justice of Andhra HC

Justice AK Goswami ChiefJustice of Sikkim HC

Justices BiswanathSommader PV SanjayKumar and Vivek Agarwalof Calcutta Telangana andMadhya Pradesh HCsposted to HCs of AllahabadPunjab and Haryana andAllahabad respectively

OTHER JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS

JUSTICE KURESHI FAILS TO FIGURE ON LISTJustice Akil Kureshi recommended by SC Collegium for appoint-ment as Tripura HC CJ last month doesnrsquot figure on the list Earli-er Centre had refused to appoint him as CJ of MP High Court

Union Minister of State Sushri Debasree Chaudhuri receivesBangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi on Thursday PTI

THE TRIBUNE CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019

12|BUSINESS GOLD

~39115New Delhi

SILVER

~47580New Delhi

USD EURO POUND JPY YUAN CAD AUD SGD HKD~7089 ~7803 ~8808 ~067 ~993 ~5324 ~4774 ~5147 ~905

No SE (BampR)NIT-581 Dt 031019

MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONJALANDHAR LOCAL GOVT DEPTT PUNJABNOTICE INVITING e-TENDERS

(CIVIL WORKS)eprocpunjabgovin

E-tender No MCJ (BampR) 2019-2012

Municipal Corporation Jalandhar invites e-tenders onTwo Bid system for the CivilHorticultureBuilding worksmentioned at wwweprocpunjabgovin from thecontractors enlisted with Municipal Corporation Jalandhar ampCo-op LC Societies (Registered in Punjab State) Time totime instructions issued by GovtCVO will be followed forbidding as well as execution of works All the bidders shouldcomply with the latest instructions issued vide notificationNo 765279-radicΔ1(5)4342 Dt 02102014 amp 5822018-2lg41892 Dt 02082018

Date and Time Schedule for LC SocietiesAgencies

Other terms amp conditions can be seen at E-tenderWebsite eprocpunjabgovin

Sd- Superintending Engineer

SrNo

Last Date of onlinesubmission of

Bidding document

Opening ofTechnical Bid

Opening ofFinancial Bid

1 10102019 up to 1700 hrs

11102019 at 1100 hrs

14102019 at 1100 hrs

DI-91904

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJABPWD BampR BRANCH

NOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDSTENDER NOTICE NO 18-21 DATED 01-10-2019

On behalf of Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer ConstructionDivision PWD BampR Br Rupnagar invites bids for below mentioned worksfrom eligible bidders enlisted under All road works category withPWD (BampR) for the works approved under his jurisdiction as detailed inthe following table The bidders may submit bids for any or all of thefollowing Work(s)-

For detailed terms and conditions refer to websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin

from 091019

Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerConstruction DivisionPWD BampR Br Rupnagar

SrNo

Name of Work Head

1 Special Repair of Bharatgarh-to Kakrala Soban MajraRoad upto HP Border (including five years maintenance)in Distt Rupnagar

3054

2 Special Repair of Bharatgarh-Kakrala to Nawan Graonupto HP Border (including five years maintenance) inDistt Rupnagar

3054

3 Special Repair of Bharatgarh-to Nalagarh Road upto HPBorder (including five years maintenance) in Distt Rupnagar

3054

4 Periodical Repair of Ropar Circular Road (ODR-08) (includingfive years maintenance) in Distt Rupnagar

3054

DPRPbD6797

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

RURAL DEVELOPMENT amp PANCHAYATS DEPARTMENTNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Tender Notice No PRDP201932 Date 011019

Authority- Executive Engineer Panchayati Raj PW (CampM)Division Patiala

Name of Work-

Date of opening of bid- 11102019

For detail terms and conditions of notice inviting bids refer towebsite wwweprocpunjabgovin

Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerPanchayati Raj PW Division Patiala

SrNo

Description of Work 1 EMD2 Tender fee (in Rs)

Cost ofWork

1 Renovation amp Allied Works ofPond at Village Devinagar SawaiSingh Wala Block BhunerheriDistt Patiala

1) Rs 37890-2) Rs 5000

Rs1894500-

DPRPbD6803

Punjab Water Supply andSewerage Board

NOTICE INVITING Recall of e-TENDERS (2019-20)eprocpunjabgovin

Recall E-Tender Notice No 02 Date 30092019

On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer Punjab WS amp Sewerage BoardChandigarh Executive Engineer Punjab WS amp Sewerage Division No 2Amritsar invites online Lump Sump and percentage basis tenders from theapproved Contractorfirms and eligible Co-operative L amp C Societies who fulfillthe eligible criteria as per DNIT for the work mentioned below-

Important Dates are as under- For tender at Sr No 12

1 Period of availability of tender Online shall be Up to 10102019 up to 100 PM

2 Last Date amp Time for online submission ofBids shall be 10102019 at up to 300 PM

3 Date and Time for Opening of Tenchical bids shall be 11102019 at 300 PM

For tender at Sr No 3

Up to 23102019 up to 100 PM23102019 at up to 300 PM24102019 at 300 PM

For detailed terms and conditions refer to website eprocpunjabgovin

Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd-Executive EngineerPb WS amp Sew Divn No 2AmritsarDPRPbD6800

SrNo

Name of the Work BidSecurityEarnestMoney(Rs inLacs)

Cost ofDocu-ment

Tenderfee

(Rs)

Periodof

Comp-letion

Esti-matedCost(in

Lacs)

1 DNIT for Construction of Main PumpingStation (14 MLD) Tarn Taran (Zone No1) complete machinery amp Balance workof IPS (11 MLD) complete machinery etcand all other works contingent theretordquo

345000- 100- 5Months

17209Lacs

2 DNIT for ldquosurvey soil testing designsupply and construction instcomissioning of 4 mld STP at Analabased on any suitable sustainableand proven technology including otherappurtenant works on turnkey basisas per DNIT including operation ampmaintenance for a period of 60months after stabilization period of 3months or morerdquo

800000- 1000- 9Months

LumpSump

3 Detailed Project Report for ProvidingWater Supply Sewerage amp SewageTreatment Plant at Jandiala Guru DisttAmritsar (Under PIDB)

8050- 100- 1 Month 402Lacs

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJABPWD BampR BRANCH

NOTICE INVITING ON-LINE BIDSTENDER NOTICE NO 22-23 DATED 01-10-2019On behalf of Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer ConstructionDivision PWD BampR Br Rupnagar invites bids for below mentionedworks from eligible bidders enlisted under All road works categorywith PWD (BampR) for the works approved under his jurisdiction asdetailed in the following table The bidders may submit bids for any or allof the following Work(s)Sr No Name of Work Head

1 Special Repair of Sri Anandpur Sahib to Sri Naina Devi road (ODR-12) (including Five years maintenance) in Distt Rupangar

5054

2 Special Repair of 4-Lane Ropar Bye Pass (including Five yearsmaintenance) in Distt Rupangar

5054

For detailed terms and conditions refer to websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin from 09-10-19Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive Engineer Construction Division PWD BampR Br RupnagarDPRPbD6802

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJABPWD BampR BRANCH

Tender Notice No 41 Dated 03102019Executive Engineer Central Works Division PWD BampR BranchMohali invites bids from eligible bidders for below mentionedwork For detail terms and conditions of the notice inviting bidrefer to wwweprocpunjabgovin wef 09102019Corrigendum if any will be issued on website onlyWork Construction of Both Side Approaches amp Service

Roads of Railway Under Bridge (RUB) on levelCrossing No 24-B on Sirhind-Nangal Dam Amb-Andaura Section in Morinda Town

Sd- Executive EngineerCentral Works DivisionMohali DPRPbD6801

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

PWD BampR BRANCHNOTICE RE-INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No 07 Date 03102019

On behalf of the Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer Construction DivisionPWD BampR Br Patiala invites re-bids from eligible bidders for detailed in thefollowing table The bids shall be on the percentage rate basis The bidders maysubmit bids for any or all of the following Works

2 For Sr No 1 Period of availability of Tender onlineDate amp Time of onlinebid submission and Date amp time of opening of bids are as given below-

For detailed terms and conditions of the notice inviting bids refer to ourwebsite httpeprocpunjabgovin

Corrigendum If any will be issued on website only

Sd- (Er Navin Kumar) Executive EngineerConst Divn PWD BampR Branch PatialaM No 98783-60786DPRPbD6799

SrNo

Name ofProjectWork(s)

BidSecurityEarnestMoney

Cost ofdocumenttender fee

(Rs)

Periodof

comp-letion

Approxvalue of the

ProjectWork

1 2 3 4 5 6

1

Special Repair ofGovt Primary School Gajewas Teh SamanaDistt Patiala

36000- 5000-6

Months1804 Lacs

Availability of tenderonline for bidding

Last date amp timefor online

submission of bids

Date amp Time of opening oftender

From To Technical Bid Financial Bid

04102019 1000 am

11102019 0400 pm

11102019400 pm

141020191100 am

To be inti-mated later on

WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION DEPARTMENTNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No Dated

On behalf of Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer Water Supply ampSanitation Division No 1 Amritsar invites bid from eligible bidders for theProject detailed in the following table

For detailed terms and conditions refer to website httpeprocpunjabgovin

CorrigendumAddendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerWater Supply amp Sanitation Division No 1 Amritsar

DNIT No Date

I Project Description Name of Work Construction of SewerageTreatment Plant based on any suitablesustainable amp Proven Technology IncludingOampM of STP for 60 Months afterCommissioning of Village Budha Theh AbadiBeas and Abadi Gurunanakpura BlockRayya District Amritsar (NABARD-XIV)

II Bid SecurityEarnest Money

Rs As per approved Bid

III Cost of DocumentTenderFee Processing Fee

Rs 1000- Rs As per Website

IV Period of Completion 15 Months Including 3 Months of Stabilizationperiod

V Period of Availability ofTender online

From 07102019 Time 1000 am to07112019 Time 1700 pm

VI Pre-Bid Meeting Date andVenue

Date 22102019 Time 1200 pmVenue HOD Office Phase 2 Mohali

VII Last date amp time for onlinesubmission of bids shall be

Dated 07112019 Time 1700 pm

VIII Tender opening Date amp time Date 08112019 Time 1430 pm

DPRPbD6794

LUDHIANA IMPROVEMENT TRUSTFeroze Gandhi Market Ludhiana ndash 141001

e-mail ldh_It_2009yahoocoin

Ph- 0161-5255405

e-Tender NoticeNIT No 09e-TenderSELG-IT Ludhiana2019-20The Ludhiana Improvement Trust Ludhiana invites online bids for 10 Nos

development works -

Online availability of Tenders for bidding- 04102019 onwards

Closing Date amp Time For Serial No 1 to 7 10102019 up to 0200 pmFor Serial No 8 amp 9 17102019 up to 0200 pmFor Serial No 10 24102019 up to 0200 pm

Opening Date amp Time For Serial No 1 to 7 10102019 at 0300 pmFor Serial No 8 amp 9 17102019 at to 0300 pmFor Serial No 10 24102019 at 0300 pm

For details logon to wwweprocpunjabgovin

Note Any corrigendum(s) to the tender notice shall be published on the aboveWebsite only

Sd- Superintending EngineerImprovement Trust

LUDHIANADPRPbD6804

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

WATER SUPPLY amp SANITATION DEPARTMENT PUNJABNOTICE INVITING E-TENDERS

Bid No 11233 Date 300919

On behalf of the Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer WaterSupply amp Sanitation Division No 1 Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar invitesbids from eligible bidders for the works detail in the following table Thebidders may submit bids for any or all of the following works-

For detailed terms and conditions of the notice inviting Tender referto website httpseprocpunjabgovin wef 04102019

1 The bid documentTerms amp Condtions are available online and bidsare to be submitted online through e-procurement portalhttpeprocpunjabgovin only Bids submitted otherwise will not beaccepted

2 Rectificationextension of timeCorrigendum if any will be uploaded onwebsite wwweprocpunjabgovin amp will not be advertised in newspapers

Sd- Executive EngineerWS amp Sanitation Division No 1 SAS Nagar

SrNo

Name of Works I) Estimated CostII) Earnest MoneyIII) Tender Fee

(in Rs)

Important DatesTime

i) Sale of Tenderdocument

ii) Last Date and Time forSubmission of Bids

iii) Date and Time ofOpening of TechnicalBids

1 PROVIDING ESTATE ampINTERNAL WATERSUPPLY SANITARYINSTALLATION ANDFLOORING amp DADO INIT BLOCK AT GOVTCOLLEGE SECTOR-56 SAS NAGAR

i) Rs 1786904-

ii) Rs 35750-

iii) 1000-

i) 04102019 at 1800 hrs

ii) 14102019 at 1600 hrs

iii) 15102019 at 1100 hrs

DPRPbD6796

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ੀ1I ਯ੨੦ਜਜ਼੨ਸ੪੨DPRPBD6788

OFFICE OF THE CANTONMENT BOARDJALANDHAR CANTT

INVITING TENDER NOTICE

INVITING E-TENDER FOR PROVIDING TEACHING STAFFFOR CANTONMENT BOARD SCHOOLS AND SILVER OAKPUBLIC SCHOOL UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THECANTONMENT BOARD JALANDHAR

Online e-tenders are invited through CPP e-procurement portalhttpeprocuregovin by the Cantonment Board Jalandhar Cantt fromreputed experienced contractorservice provider for providing teaching staff for Cantonment Board Schools and Silver Oak Public SchoolJalandhar Cantt

Starting date for downloading of Tender documents 27092019

Last date for submission of online tender 17102019

Full notice of tender is available on Central Public Procurement Portal websiteie httpeprocuregovin

Chief Executive Officer

Cantonment Board JalandharDI-91800

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Vijay C RoyTribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3Fearing loss to small andmarginal farmers dairycooperatives in Punjab andHaryana have expressedreservation over the inclu-sion of dairy products in theRegional ComprehensiveEconomic Partnership(RCEP) pact

The cooperatives appre-hend that import of cheapermilk and dairy productswould adversely hit thelivelihood of lakhs of farm-ers in the two states withimporters and traders dom-inating the market

The government is con-templating finalising theRCEP a trade block whichincludes the 10-countryASEAN China IndiaJapan South Korea Aus-tralia and New Zealandby the end of this year

New Zealand and Aus-tralia particularly are nego-tiating very hard withIndia to reduce duty ondairy products so that theycan get an access to Indiawhich is the worlds largestmarket of dairy products

ldquoThe signing of theRCEP will be a big blow tothe dairy farmers as itwould lead to reduction inthe procurement price ofmilk from farmers due tocheap imported milk pow-der from New Zealandsaid Karnail Singh a dairyfarmer from Amritsar

Dairy cooperatives feelthat procurement pricewould come down drastical-ly if imports are allowedthrough the RCEP as therewould be no tariff barrier

ldquoWe fears that cheaperimports will have repercus-sions across the value chainsAs imports will be cheapermany traders will startimporting cheap dairy prod-ucts virtually putting farmersout of the professionrdquo said asenior official from Milkfed

The average daily pro-duction of milk in thesetwo states is around 460lakh litres As far as Punjabis concerned the daily pro-

duction is around 307 lakhlitres Out of the total milkproduced in rural andsemi-urban areas 50 percent is marketable surplusOf this surplus aroundhalf of the milk sold is han-dled by the organised sec-tor comprising dairy coop-eratives such as MilkfedsVerka and private dairycompanies and the rest bythe unorganised sector

Similarly in Haryana thedaily production is 156 lakhlitres Out of the total pro-duction 70 per cent of themilk is self-consumed byfarmers and the remaining30 per cent is marketable

surplus Further around 39lakh litres (25 per cent) arebeing handled by HaryanaDairy Development Cooper-ative Federation Ltd Therest of the quantity is beingprocessed by private dairyprocessors and sweet shops

Dairy cooperatives in theirrepresentation to the min-istry apprehend that cheap-er imports will push India toremain dependant onimports for dairy products

ldquoMilk producers andprocessors have made pres-entation to the Centre pro-jecting repercussions andrequesting it not to includemilk productsrdquo said SSKohli CGM Vita

The farmers apprehendthe step would halvedairy farmersrsquo income asthey will be forced toleave farming

ILLUSTRATION SANDEEP JOSHI

Fiscal tie-up deal has PunjabHaryana dairy firms worriedCooperatives fear import of cheaper milk will affect farmers

MILK PRODUCTION IN TWO STATESState Daily produce Marketable surplusPunjab 307 lakh litres 50Haryana 156 lakh litres 30

Onion prices fall to ~30kg after export banNewDelhi October 3Onion prices have started cool-ing down in both retail andwholesale markets in someparts of the country after thegovernment banned exports ofthe key kitchen staple andimposed stock limits ontraders Union Minister RamVilas Paswan said on Thursday

Retail onion prices whichwere ruling at Rs 60-70 per kg

for the past few weeks in thenational capital and some oth-er parts of the country

declined to below Rs 60 per kgon Thursday as per trade data

Onion prices declined to

below the Rs 30 per kg levelat Lasalgaon in MaharashtraAsiarsquos largest wholesale mar-ket for the bulb crop after thegovernment banned itsexport and imposed stocklimit on traders

ldquoWe have to take care of theinterest of both farmers andconsumers Prices of onionhave started declining after webanned exportrdquo he said mdash TNS

Mumbai October 3The Reserve Bank of India(RBI) is likely to go for yetanother rate cut on Fridaythe fifth in a row as inflationis within the comfort zoneand the need to boost theeconomy is pressing

RBI Governor ShaktikantaDas has already hinted thatbenign inflation providesroom for further monetarypolicy easing while space forfiscal space is limited

The government hasannounced a series of meas-ures including steepest cut incorporate tax rollback ofenhanced surcharge on theForeign Portfolio Investorsamong others to jump-startgrowth which hit a six-year lowof 5 per cent during the firstquarter of the current fiscal

The six-member monetarypolicy committee (MPC) isscheduled to announce thefourth bi-monthly monetarypolicy for 2019-20 on Fridayafter a three-day meeting

There was no meeting ofthe panel on October 2 onaccount of Mahatma GandhiJayanti The bank hasalready slashed repo ratefour times consecutively thisyear amounting to 110 basispoints in aggregate

At its last meeting in Augustthe MPC reduced the bench-mark lending rate by anunusual 35 basis points to 540per cent The upcoming MPCmeeting comes in the backdropof RBIrsquos mandate to banks to

link their loan products to anexternal benchmark like reporate for the faster transmissionof reduction in policy rates toborrowers from October 1

Ahead of the meeting theDas-headed Financial Stabil-ity and Development Council(FSDC) sub-committee tookstock of the prevailing macro-economic situation

Earlier the RBI Governorhad said the government hadlittle fiscal space giving hopethat the bank may providemore monetary stimulus toprop up the economy The gov-ernmentrsquos fiscal space hasbeen squeezed on account ofcut in the rates of corporate taxas well as lowering of the GSTrate on various goods Rev-enue collection too has beenbelow the Budget estimates

Experts are of the opinionthat another rate cut is on thecards as the governmentrsquoshands are tied and the onusof taking initiatives now restswith the central bank mdash PTI

RBI may cut policy rateto give economy a pushTo announce bi-monthly monetary plan today

REPO RATE ALREADYSLASHED FOUR TIMES The RBI has already

slashed repo rate fourtimes consecutively thisyear amounting to 110basis points in aggregate

At its last meeting themonetary policy commit-tee had reduced thebenchmark lending rateby an unusual 35 basispoints to 540 per cent

New Delhi October 3The government will keepthe reform momentum goingwith more such announce-ments in the future to bringback the economy on a high-er growth track thoughissues related with productiv-ity efficiency persist NITIAayog CEO Amitabh Kantsaid on Thursday

Going back to 2005 and tillnow close to about 300 mil-lion people have been pulledout of poverty In the last fiveyears the economy hasgrown at about 75 per cent

Indias growth was about 81per cent in the last quarter of2017-18 and fell to 5 per cent inthe June quarter of 2019-20Kant said at the World Eco-nomic Forums India Econom-ic Summit-CII event here

ldquoAnd since then both theRBI and the governmenthave taken a series of meas-ures to takeIndia backto a highgrowth tra-jectoryrdquo hesaid mdash PTI

Many morereforms inoffing Kant

We still have 25000 tonne of onion in ourstock We are asking state governments totake it and supply at ~2390 per kg in theirstates and ensure prices are stable

Ram Vilas Paswan CONSUMER AFFAIRS MINISTER

STATES ASKED TO COLLECT STOCK

THE TRIBUNECHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 13WORLD

GLOBE TROT

Emirati US Russian astronauts return to EarthALMATY A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three astronautsincluding an Emirati who became the first Arab to reachthe International Space Station returned to Earth Thurs-day Footage broadcast by Russias space agency showedthe Soyuz MS-12 capsule carrying Hazzaa al-Mansoori ofthe United Arab Emirates NASA astronaut Nick Hagueand Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin touch downat 1059 GMT on the steppes of Kazakhstan AFP

Russian man sues Apple for lsquoturning him gayrsquo MOSCOW A Russian man has filed a lawsuit against Apple formoral harm claiming that an iPhone app had turned himgay according to a copy of the complaint The man filed suitin a Moscow court asking for one million rubles ($15000)after an incident this summer in which a cryptocurrencycalled lsquoGayCoinrsquo was delivered via a smartphone apprather than the Bitcoin he had ordered ldquoApple pushed metowards homosexuality through manipulation Thechanges have caused me moral and mental harmrdquo he saidApplersquos representatives in Russia did not immediatelyrespond to AFPrsquos request for comment AFP

NZ mosque attacker drops bid to move trialWELLINGTON Gunman Brenton Tarrant the man accused ofmurdering 51 Muslim worshippers in Marchs NewZealand mosque attack on Thursdaydropped a bid to move his trial from the citywhere the massacre occurred The HighCourt held a pre-trial hearing inChristchurch in which judge CameronMander announced at the beginning ofproceedings that the defence haddecided not to pursue the applica-tion His trial will begin on June2 next year in Christchurch AP

FIRST EMIRATI TO REACH ISS Russian space agencyrescue team members and United Arab Emiratesspecialists carry Emirati astronaut Hazzaa al-Mansoorishortly after the landing of the Russian Soyuz MS-12 spacecapsule about 150 km south-east of the Kazakh town ofDzhezkazgan on Thursday AFP

Pak Taliban urge US to resume Afghan talksIslamabad October 3Pakistan on Thursday askedthe Taliban to grasp theopportunity and resume talkswith the US for an early andpeaceful resolution of the con-flict in Afghanistan sayingwar is not a solution as topleaders of the militant groupmet Foreign Minister ShahMahmood Qureshi here

A high-level Taliban dele-gation met Qureshi as partof a push to revive theAfghan peace processstalled after US PresidentDonald Trump abruptlydeclared the talks with therebel group ldquodeadrdquo

The Foreign Office said in astatement that a delegationof the Taliban Political Com-mission (TPC) called onQureshi The delegation wasled by the head of TPC MullaAbdul Ghani Baradar andincluded senior members ofthe commission

ldquoWhile appreciating Tal-

ibanrsquos serious engagementin the peace process heunderscored the need to takethese efforts to their logicalconclusionrdquo Qureshi said

Trump stunned the worldwhen he suddenly declared

that the Afghan peace talkswith the Taliban wereldquodeadrdquo following killing onan American soldier

Qureshi said ldquoPakistan hasmaintained for several yearsthat there is no military solu-

tion to the complex situationin Afghanistan An inclusivepeace and reconciliationprocess involving all sec-tions of the Afghan societywas the only practical wayforwardrdquo mdash PTI

US ENVOY LIKELY TOMEET DELEGATION

Sources said the talksbetween Foreign MinisterSM Qureshi and theTaliban went on for morethan one and a halfhours ISI chief Lt GenFaiz Hameed was alsopresent in the meeting

US special envoy toAfghanistan ZalmayKhalilzad is also inPakistan to discuss therevival of the peace talksHe may also meet theTaliban delegation

Pakistan has maintained for several years that there is no military solution to the complexsituation in Afghanistan A peace process is the only way forward Mahmood Qureshi PAK FOREIGN MINISTER

Foreign Minister SM Qureshi (C) receives members of the Talibandelegation at the Pakistan Foreign Ministry in Islamabad AFP

Paris October 3 A man wielding a knifestabbed and killed four offi-cers at the police headquar-ters in the heart of centralParis on Thursday beforebeing shot dead

Sources told AFP theattacker was shot dead bypolice in the courtyard ofthe building where he wasemployed The man workedin an administrative capac-ity but it was not immedi-ately clear what his precisework role was

Interior MinisterChristophe Castaner who was

due to visit Turkey later onThursday postponed his tripto visit the scene of the attack

ldquoPeople were runningeverywhere there was cryingeverywhererdquo said Emery Sia-mandi an interpreter whowas in the building when theattack happened

Investigators suspect aworkplace dispute sparkedthe deadliest attack onpolice in France in yearssources said

The Paris prosecutor is atthe scene but anti-terroragencies have not beeninvolved at this stage mdash AFP

Four Paris copsstabbed to death

A police vehicle drives toward Paris police headquartersfollowing alleged stabbing by a co-worker on Thursday AFP

London October 3 UK Prime Minister BorisJohnson on Thursday saidhe has made a ldquogenuineattempt to bridge thechasmrdquo in order to get afresh Brexit deal with theEU as he appealed to MPs inthe House of Commons tosupport his proposals

Johnson told MPs that hisproposals mdash which wouldsee Northern Ireland stay inthe European single marketfor goods but leave the cus-toms union mdash were a ldquocom-promiserdquo He has main-tained that the UK will

leave the EU on October 31with or without a deal

The UK government isnow hoping to begin a peri-od of intense negotiationswith the aim of reaching afinal agreement at an EU

summit on October 17ldquoThis government has

moved our proposals dorepresent a compromiseand I hope that the Housecan now come together inthe national interestbehind this new dealrdquoJohnson told MPs

The backstop is the con-troversial ldquoinsurance poli-cyrdquo that is meant to keep afree-flowing border on theisland of Ireland but whichcritics including Johnsonfear could trap the UK inEU trading rules indefi-nitely mdash IANS

Accept Brexit planBoris tells MPsJerusalem October 3 Israel swore in its newlyelected parliament onThursday for what could bea very short term after thecountrys second inconclu-sive election of the year leftit with no new governmenton the horizon

The typically festive eventwas marked mostly byuncertainty as the two maincandidates for prime minis-ter sniped at each other overwho should lead the country

It also came in parallel toPrime Minister BenjaminNetanyahus high-profile

pre-indictment hearing oncorruption charges whichhave threatened to end hispolitical career and con-tributed to the currentparalysis of the countryspolitical system

Neither Netanyahu norhis chief rival Benny Gantzhas been able to build a par-liamentary majority withtheir natural allies Theynow depend on each otherfor a unity government asthe only likely alternative toan unprecedented thirdelection in less than a year

ldquoThe right thing for the

citizens of Israel especiallyat this time is for the primeminister to be busy workingfor them and not preoccu-pied with indictmentsrdquoGantz said

ldquoI call upon Netanyahu Donot barricade yourself in yourposition We will take thereins from here and lead thecountry for the good of thecitizensrdquo For thesake of unity Gantzrsquos deputyYair Lapid announced hewas forgoing a previousarrangement to share thepremiership should theycome to power mdash AP

No govt yet Israel swears in MPs

PM Boris Johnson in House AFP

PUNJAB WATER SUPPLY amp SEWERAGE BOARDNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No ETENDERPWSSDHOSHIARPUREE201954 of 2019 Date 03102019On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer PWSSB Chandigarh The Executive Engineer Punjab Water Supply amp Sewerage Division Hoshiarpur re-invite bids due to non-submission ofbids from the eligible bidders for the work detailed below-

2 Important dates are as under-i) Period of availability of tender online shall be From 03102019 to 13102019 up to 500 pmii) Pre-bid Meeting 07102019 at 1100 amiii) Last date amp time for online submission of bid shall be 13102019 up to 500 pmiv) Date amp time of opening of Technical Bid 14102019 at 0100 pm

SrNo

Name of the Work EarnestMoney

Cost of Document Tender processing Fee Period ofCompletion

Approx Valueof the work

1 Construction of STP 400 MLD at Balachaur Town Rs 800 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

2 Construction of STP 200 MLD at Hariana Town Rs 500 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

3 Construction of STP 300 MLD at Rahon Town Rs 700 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

4 Construction of STP 300 MLD at Garhshankar Town Rs 700 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

Note (i) The dates given above are for both eligible LampC Societies amp Contractors(ii) For detailed terms and conditions refer to website httpeprocpunjabgovin(iii) If any corrigendum issued will be loaded and seen at website httpeprocpunjabgovin Sd- Executive Engineer PWSSD HSPDPRPbC6790

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ੀ1ਭ੨ਸਭਜਜ਼੨ਯ੨ਭ ੪ ੀ੨ਭਗ਼੨DPRPbC7362

PUNJAB WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGEDIVISION GURDASPUR

RE-TENDERING No 10 of 2019-20 (3rd time)httpseprocpunjabgovin

On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer Pb WS amp Sew Board ChandigarhExecutive Engineer Pb WS amp Sew Division Gurdaspur The E-tenderingNotice No 10 issued vide this office endst 4006-78 dt 17092019 are herebyrecalled due to reason that No bidders participate received for each of the belowtender Now these tender will be opened as per detail given below-

Important dates are as under

Period of availability of tender online shall be 04102019 from 200 PM

Last date and time for online submission of bid 10102019 upto 500 PMshall be

Date and time of opening of Technical Bid 11102019 at 200 PM

1 Note- The dates given above for above tenders are for LampC societiesfor detailed terms and conditions refer to websitehttpseprocpunjabgovin

2 Corrigendumaddendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerPunjab WS amp Sew Division Gurdaspur

SrNo

Description of work EarnestMoney(Rs)

Cost ofdocument

TenderFee (Rs)

Periodof

comp-letion

ApproxValue of

thework

1 Providing amp Fixing laying Jointingcutting testing of RCC NP3 300mm idPipe and construction of smallscreening chamber room providingand supply installation of motor pumpset sludge pump set repair of MPSand STP and Complete all otherworks as per site Dera Baba NanakGurdaspur District Gurdaspur

2DNITcost Rs

68580-

Rs 100- 4months

Rs 3429

lac

DPRPbD6791

PUNJAB WATER SUPPLY amp SEWERAGE BOARDNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No E-TENDERPWSSDHOSHIARPUREE201953 of 2019 Date 3102019

httpeprocpunjabgovin

On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer PWSSB Chandigarh TheExecutive Engineer Punjab Water Supply amp Sewerage Division Hoshiarpurreinvite the bids due to non-submission of bids from the eligible bidders for thework detailed below-

2 Important dates are as under

i) Period of availability of tender from 03102019 to17102019 uponline shall be to 500 pm

ii) Last date amp time for online submission 17102019 up to 500 pmof bid shall be

iii) Date amp time of opening of Technical Bid 18102019 at 100 pm

Note- (i) The dates given above are both for eligible LampC Societies andContractors

(ii) For detailed terms and condtions refer to websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin

(iii) If any corrigendum issued will be loaded amp seen at websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin

Sd- Executive Engineer

Punjab WS amp Sew Division Hoshiarpur

SrNo

Name of the work EarnestMoney

Cost ofDocument

TenderProcessing

Fee

Periodof

Comp-letion

ApproxValueof theWork

3 Amtc Reserve Stock Hoshiarpurfor the year 2019-20 at HSP ldquoSupplyof One No Chowkidar to Watch ampWard Reserve Stock Hoshiarpurrdquowef 15092019 to 31032020

Rs2000-

1002360 6 Months15 Days

Lumpsum

DPRPbC7353

ਜ਼੨ ੦ਸਾ੨ਾ੦ਯਸਭਞ੮੨

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ੀ1ਞਭਭ੦੮੨ਸ+੭lt ੦ਿਸਾ੨ਾ੦ਯDPRPbD6805

MUNICIPAL CORPORATION SAS NAGAR (MOHALI) DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT PUNJAB

(MUNICIPAL BHAWAN SECTOR 68 SAS NAGAR)

NOTICE INVITING E-TENDER

No 2148 Dt 031019Commissioner on behalf of MC SAS Nagar invites e-tenders on two bid

system (Technical and Financial bid) for the following works from theregistered LampC Co-op Societies and from the enlisted Govt contractors firms

Date and time schedule

For participating in the above e-tendering process the contractorsshall have to get themselves registered withwwweprocpunjabgovin and get user Id and password class-3digital signature is mandatory to participate in the e-tendering(a) Interested bidders can purchase the tender document online from

website wwweprocpunjabgovin NIT and terms and conditionsare being uploaded at the website (wwweprocpunjabgovin)

(b) Bidders shall attach scanned copies of all the papers ie scannedcopies of certificatedocuments as required in terms and condition

(c) CorrigendumAddendumcorrections if any will be posted in thewebsite

(d) Bidders should note that online tenders will be only submitted atthe aforesaid website wwweprocpunjabgovin as per thedetailsinstructions uploaded therein

(e) If at the time of submission of E-Tenders any error occurs due totechnical reasons of the website Municipal Corporation SASNagar will not be responsible

Sd- Corporation Engineer Municipal Corporation SAS Nagar

SrNo

Last date of online submissionof bidding document

Time and Date of Opening of tender

1 22102019 till 1200 23102019 till 1200

SrNo

Name of the work EstimatedCost

(in Lac)

EMD (in Rs)

Processingfee (in Rs)

Timeperiod

1 Laying 40 mm thick BC roadfrom Sec-48C MC limit toBawa White House lights

236 472000- 5900- 3

2 RC estimate forbeautification andupgradation of road fromChandigarh entry to IISERin MC SAS Nagar

4871 97420- 5748- 3

3 RC estimate PL ofBitummious Concrete ondifferent roads of Inds areaPhase-1 5 amp Inds areaPhase-8 in MC SAS Nagar

3539 70780- 4176- 3

DPRPbC7356

THE TRIBUNE14 JALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019SPORT

Visakhapatnam October 3Indiarsquos opening batsmanMayank Agarwal convertedhis maiden Test hundred intoa double century as the hometeam declared for 5027before the hostsrsquo spinnersmade early inroads into theSouth African batting orderAfter Rohit Sharmarsquos poten-tially career-defining 176 inhis first innings as a Testopener it was Agarwalrsquos turnto dominate the bowlers asthe 28-year-old made 215before the hosts declared onDay 2 of the first Test

Ravichandran Ashwin andRavindra Jadeja then got inon the act by dismissingSouth Africa opener AidenMarkram No 3 Theunis deBruyn and nightwatchmanDane Piedt to leave the tour-ing side reeling at 393 atstumps In a worrying signfor South Africa who lost 0-3 on their last trip to India in2015 a few deliveries keptlow on a pitch already offer-ing turn for the spinners

Cheap lossesIndia lost Cheteshwar Pujaracaptain Virat Kohli andAjinkya Rahane cheaply inthe second session but stillmanaged to put an imposingfirst-innings total on theboard Playing only his fifthTest Agarwal who had a pre-vious highest score of 77drove South African spinspearhead Keshav Maharajfor two runs to long off andthrew his hands in the airafter bringing up his double

hundred Starting the day on202 without loss Indiarsquosopeners treated SouthAfricarsquos bowlers with thesame disdain they showed onthe rain-interrupted openingday Visiting captain Faf duPlessis packed his fielders onone side of the wicket butboth Rohit and Agarwalscored almost at will tamingthe spinners by employingboth conventional andreverse sweep shots

South Africa looked des-perately short of ideas inthe face of the battingonslaught Rohit and Agar-wal stitched together astand of 317 Rohit was outstumped to KeshavMaharaj Dropped on 126 byQuinton de Kock off seamerVernon Philander Rohit hitMaharaj for his sixth sixand followed it up with afour but the left-arm bowlerspun the next one past hisforward defence and thewicketkeeper whipped thebails off Philanderremoved Pujara for six withthe first delivery of the sec-ond session while Kohliwho made 20 offered atame return catch to debu-tant all-rounder SenuranMuthusamy Karnatakabatsman Agarwal who hit23 fours and six sixes in hisknock added 53 for thethird wicket with Kohli anda further 54 for the fourthwith Rahane (15) before heholed out off a tame full tossfrom part-time spinnerDean Elgar mdash Reuters

Visakhapatnam October 3 Featuring in only his fifth Testmatch Mayank Agarwalbecame the fourth Indian bats-man to convert his maidencentury into a double hundredand the Karnataka opener iselated over his performanceSpeaking after the match adelighted Agarwal said ldquoI amextremely happy It is a feelingI canrsquot describe Glad that Icould make my maiden hun-dred into a doublerdquo

ldquoI am happy with the wayI played I am batting welland if we can keep battingtogether like this upfront itwill be great for the teamrdquohe added ldquoIf Rohit and Ican keep contributing tomake 450-500 every time itwill be very tough for theopposition I would be lyingif I say that you only have tothink about your own gameAt times you feel that youare playing well and cantake a chance but thatrsquosnot how it works You haveto be patient We had a greatpartnership to lay the foun-dation and get to 300 runsrdquo

Agarwal also praisedRohitrsquos 176-run knock as theMumbai right-handersilenced all his critics whohad questioned his role as aTest opener ldquoThe way he(Rohit) dominated the spin-ners was great to seerdquo Agar-wal said ldquoInitially the pitchdid do a bit with the new ballbut when the sun came outit got better and better As weapproached lunch on Day 2the ball started keeping lowIt started spinning by teaand it is great signs for usrdquo

Didnrsquot bow badly Rohit andAgarwal were good MaharajSouth African spinners didnot bowl badly and it was thesheer brilliance of RohitSharma and Mayank Agarw-al that has taken the gameaway from the visitors leadProteas spinner KeshavMaharaj said ldquoI wouldnrsquotsay they bowled poorly I per-sonally judge if someonecomes down the wicket andhits you itrsquos not a bad ball Ifyou are getting hit from thecrease if you are getting cutthen itrsquos a different storyrdquosaid Maharaj ldquoPiedt wasunlucky Mayank playedsuperbly well and so didRohit Literally everythingthey wanted to do paid off itwas their dayrdquo he saidIndiawon the toss and had no hes-itation in batting first ldquoI sup-pose the toss does play a partbecause you want the bestpossible conditions to bowlfor the spinners but havingsaid that we could have beena little bit better at timeswhen we did bowl But I sup-pose the toss does play alarge factor in terms of theoutcome of the gamerdquo saidMaharaj mdash Agencies

SURATIndian women seal serieswith 5-wkt win over SAThe Indian womenrsquos cricketteam produced anotherauthoritative performance tocomfortably defeat SouthAfrica by five wickets in thefifth T20I taking an unassail-able 3-0 lead in the six-matchseries With two games beingcompletely washed out theseries was extended from fiveto six matches and India need-ed to win on the day to sealthe series Off-spinner DeeptiSharma (219) and left-armspinnner Radha Yadav (323)restricted the Proteas womento 988 Brief Scores SA 988(Wolvaardt 17 Radha 323Deepti 219) India 995 (Har-manpreet 34 Ismail 219)

BENGALURURoger Binny electedpresident of KSCAFormer India cricketer RogerBinny and his team sweptthe Karnataka State CricketKarnataka State CricketAssociation elections Mean-while the Odisha CricketAssociation nominated taint-ed and jailed former supre-mo Asirbad Beherarsquos sonSanjay Behera as its repre-sentative at the BCCI AGM onOctober 23 Sanjay hasrecently been elected secre-tary of the association as hisfather who has been arrest-ed by CBI for his active con-nection with a chit-fundscam voted from jail

LONDONStokes wins playersrsquo awardafter World Cup heroicsBen Stokes has been votedthe Professional CricketersrsquoAssociation playersrsquo Player ofthe Year after starring in Eng-landrsquos maiden World Cup winand repeating his heroics dur-ing the Ashes series Stokeswill play for Northern Super-chargers in the new Hundredformat tournament with theLeeds-based franchise snap-ping up all-rounder ahead ofJoe Root and Jonny Bairstow

JAIPURJampK beat Railways by fourwkts in Hazare TrophyParvez Rasool hammered anunbeaten 118 to power Jamp Kto a four-wicket win over Rail-ways in their Vijay HazareGroup C matchBrief scores Railways 2856in 50 overs (D Mor 70 A Ghosh64 K Sharma 40 U Nazir353) JampK 2876 in 491 overs(P Rasool 118 SS Pundir 38 HSangwan 366) mdash AGENCIES

BRIEFLY lsquoHope I Rohitcontributebig for teamin future toorsquo

Deepankar ShardaTribune News Service

mumbai october 3In a first India will host pre-season National BasketballAssociation (NBA) matchesbetween Sacramento Kingsand Indiana Pacers here onOctober 4 and 5 The two-daycontest is a bid to populariseNBA and basketball in India

Sacramento Kingsrsquo own-er Vivek Ranadive is thedriving force behind NBAmaking its debut in hishometown Mumbai ldquoThegame here in Mumbai willallow NBA to open theirinterest for the next 10years India would be hav-ing more arenas moreplayers and more coachesto promote the sport NBAhas a long association withIndia but this is the righttime to push it ahead in abig wayrdquo said Ranadive aMumbai-born Americanbusinessman ldquoNBA com-missioner Adam Silver wasof the view that these games

are must to attract the Indi-an youth towards the sportI think in coming years bas-ketball would be the second-most popular sport in IndiaIt will be difficult to replacecricket but basketball andIndia are meant to betogether I just hope NBAturns the fortune of Indianyoungsters in a big wayrdquo

added Ranadive Sacramen-to Kings coach Luke Waltonsaid the players are excitedto play in Mumbai ldquoIt was akind of rest day today andthe players were asked justto sweat a bit The pre-sea-son games are equallyimportant as the major tour-namentsrdquo said Walton

NBA makes India debut asKings take on Pacers in Mumbai

Kultar Malikelected HCApresidentNew Delhi October 3Kultar Malik was namedpresident of the HaryanaCricket Association (HCA)after the results of the elec-tions for the officebearerswere declared here today

Mrinal Ojha was appoint-ed secretary and MahenderSingh was named the treas-urer All the three office-bearers are outgoing BCCItreasurer AnirudhChaudhryrsquos loyalists

While four members ofthe Apex Council wereappointed two memberswill be player representa-tives and another one willbe from the CAG It is learntthat the association hascommunicated the result ofthe election to the BCCI aswell as the Amicus CuriaeThe HCA has also writtenback to the CoA after thecommittee sent in a com-munication at 1am on Octo-ber 2 that an officebearer ofthe HCA should meet theCoA on October 3 mdash IANS

India beat Belgium end tour on highAntwerp October 3The Indian menrsquos hockeyteam outclassed reigningworld and European Cham-pions Belgium 5-1 in thefifth and final match tomaintain a hundred percent record in their tour ofBelgium

World No 5 India won alltheir five matches duringthe tour beating Belgium 2-0 in the opening match andregistering 6-1 and 5-1 winsover Spain in the next twogames before finishing offtheir tour with two morewins (2-1 and 5-1)

In the fifth match Sim-ranjeet Singh (7th) LalitKumar Upadhyay (35th)Vivek Sagar Prasad (36th)Harmanpreet Singh (42nd)and Ramandeep Singh(43rd) scored one goal eachto earn a scintillating victo-ry for the Indian team

India produced a stun-ning move in the 7thminute to take the leadthrough forward Simran-jeet Belgium forced acomeback but their penaltycorner was saved by Kris-

han Pathak in the 9thminute helping India tomaintain their one-goaladvantage at the first break

The second quarter sawworld No 2 Belgium winback-to-back penalty cor-ners in the 16th minute butPathak made sure thatthere was no damage Bel-gium tried hard to score anequaliser but some resolutedefending saw India taketheir lead into the half-timebreak

Attack modeThe visitors started thethird quarter with anattacking intent and wererewarded immediatelywith Lalit Kumar Upad-hyay bagging his first goalof the match in the 35thminute to extend Indiarsquoslead to 2-0 YoungsterVivek Sagar Prasad (36th)also registered his nameon the scoresheet as heproduced a crafty finish tobeat the Belgian goalkeep-

er The 38th minute sawBelgium win a penalty cor-ner but PR Sreejeshrsquos div-ing save kept the score 3-0in Indiarsquos favour Howevera brilliant strike fromAlexander Hendrickxmade it 3-1 in the 39thminute

Double blowIndia scored twice in twominutes just before the endof the third quarter to extendtheir lead to 5-1 Indiarsquosfourth goal was scored bydragflicker HarmanpreetSingh who converted apenalty corner in the 42ndminute while the fifth goalcame through RamandeepSingh who scored in the43rd minute mdash PTI

FIRST TESTINDIA VS SOUTH AFRICA

STAR SPORTS 930AMGOLF WOMENrsquoS INDIAN OPEN

DSPORT 1230PM

ATHLETICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPSSTAR SPORTS 1030PM

PRO KABADDI LEAGUESTAR SPORTS 730PM

TODAY ON TV

INDIA (Overnight 2020)

M Agarwal c Piedt b Elgar 215R Sharma st de Kock b Maharaj 176C Pujara b Philander 6V Kohli campb Muthusamy 20A Rahane c Bavuma b Maharaj 15R Jadeja not out 30H Vihari c Elgar b Maharaj 10W Saha c Muthusamy b Piedt 21R Ashwin not out 1Extras (B-4 LB-1 NB-2 W-1) 8Total (7 wickets decl 136 overs) 502Fall of wickets 1-317 2-324 3-377 4-431 5-436 6-457 7-494BowlingVernon Philander 22-4-68-1Kagiso Rabada 24-7-66-0

Keshav Maharaj 55-6-189-3Dane Piedt 19-1-107-1Senuran Muthusamy 15-1-63-1Dean Elgar 1-0-4-1

SOUTH AFRICAD Elgar not out 27A Markram b Ashwin 5T de Bruyn c Saha b Ashwin 4D Piedt b Jadeja 0T Bavuma not out 2Extras (LB-1) 1Total (3 wickets 20 overs) 39BowlingIshant Sharma 2-0-8-0Mohammed Shami 2-2-0-0Ravichandran Ashwin 8-4-9-2Ravindra Jadeja 8-1-21-1

Harmanpreet Singh and Ramandeep Singh both scored forIndia against Belgium HOCKEY INDIA

Double the troubleSouth Africa 393 at stumps onDay 2 after Agarwalrsquos double tonprops India to 5027 declared

SCOREBOARD

391Runs accumulated byIndia openers mdash215 by

Agarwal and 176 by Rohit mdash is thethird highest in a Test innings Thehighest is 404 by Vinoo Mankad(231) and Pankaj Roy (173)against New Zealand in 1956

0Bigger partnerships for any wick-et for India vs SA than the open-

ing stand between Rohit and Agarw-al The previous best was 268between Sehwag and Dravid for thesecond wicket in Chennai in 2008

4Indians who con-verted their maid-

en Test century into a200-plus scoreincluding MayankAgarwal Dilip Sarde-sai (200) VinodKambli (224) andKarun Nair (303)are the other three tohave done so

86TH Indian bats-man mdash Mayank

Agarwal mdash to score ahundred in Tests The28-year-old whomade his debut vsAustralia in Mel-bourne in December2018 took eightinnings to register hismaiden Test century

9TH First-Classcentury and

third double-tonfor Agarwalincluding atriple-ton Hehas convertedsix of his nineFirst-Class hun-dreds into 150-plus scores

12Sixes hit by Indiaopeners mdash six each

for Rohit and Agarwal mdashis the most by openersfor any team in a Testinnings There has beenonly one Test inningswhen India batsmenhave hit more sixes mdash 15vs SL at Brabourne Stadi-um in Mumbai in 2009

3RD Indian opening pair mdash Rohitand Agarwal mdash to share a 300-

run partnership in Test cricketRohit and Agarwal achieved thefeat with a stand of 317 runs OtherIndian opening pairs to share a300-plus partnership in Test cricketare Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy(413 runs vs NZ in 1956) andSehwag and Dravid (410 runs vsPak in 2006)

Vinayak PadmadeoTribune News Service

New Delhi October 3The Professional WrestlingLeague owners Pro Sporti-fy have sent a notice to theWrestling Federation ofIndia (WFI) for ldquobreach ofagreementrdquo

In a letter addressed toWFI president Brij BhushanSharan Singh the rightsholders have raised theirobjection to what they see asa gross oversight by thesports body to sanction thelaunch of a rival league Zee

Kushti Dangal whichaccording to Pro Sportifywas malicious ldquohellipThelaunch of the said ZeeKushti Dangal was held on23rd September 2019 at NewDelhi What is even moresurprising is that the launchevent was not only attendedby you but you also partici-pated in the press confer-ence with Mr Mukund Cairethe COO of ZEEL Further-more in the press confer-ence you made a statementthat both Pro WrestlingLeague and Zee Kushti Dan-

gal can coexist You also stat-ed that Zee Kushti Dangaland Pro Wrestling Leaguehave different formats andscoperdquo the notice sent bythe legal head of Pro Sporti-fy Dinesh Bant said

ldquoWe have analysed the for-mat of Zee Kushti Dangaland compared it to the ProWrestling League there is nodifference between the for-mats of the two tournamentsAs such it appears that beingconscious of the fact that itsactions clearly tantamount tobreach of the agreement theWFI has attempted to camou-flage this blatant breach bychanging the nomenclatureof the league being launchedby ZEEL That the ZeeKushti Dangal is the same asthe Pro Wrestling League is

evident from the fact that MrCaire of ZEEL referred to ZeeKushti Dangal as thelsquo Leaguersquo several times dur-ing the press conferenceThis makes it evidently clearthat while the proposed tour-nament is in the league for-mat it has only been namedlsquoDangalrsquo to circumvent theexclusivity rights retained byPro Sportifyrdquo it added

Pro Sportify Private Limit-ed had signed a 15-year con-tract with the WFI and it cit-ed clause 94 of thecommercial rights agree-

ment to cite the violationsWFI president Singh wasunavailable for commentsHowever it is understoodthat the body was unper-turbed with the developmentas it feels it was in a strongbargaining position shouldthe matter go to the courts

Interestingly the WFI hadserved the rights holder a ter-mination notice in 2016 forseveral violations includingnon-payment of rights feeand delayed payments madeto both wrestlers and techni-cal staff

Dangal over league rights PWL organisers send notice to WFIThe WFI has attemptedto camouflage this

blatant breach by changingthe nomenclature of theleague being launched byZEEL mdash Dinesh Bant PRO SPORTIFY LEGAL HEAD

Marvin Bagley of the Sacramento Kings shoots during Apractice session in Mumbai NBA

RESULTIndia 5 Simranjeet Singh(7th) Lalit Kumar Upad-hyay (35th) Vivek SagarPrasad (36th) Harman-preet Singh (42nd) andRamandeep Singh (43rd)

Belgium 1 AlexanderHendrickx (39th)

Mayank Agarwal celebratesafter scoring his maiden doublecentury on Day 2 PTI

Doha October 3

Grant Holloway of the UnitedStates blazed to his firstWorld Championships 110-mhurdles title last night in adramatic race in whichdefending champion OmarMcLeod fell

The 21-year-old Hollowaywho came into the champi-onships with the seasonrsquosfastest run of 1298 secondssmoothly glided through 10hurdles to cross the line in1310 five-hundredths of asecond ahead of SergeyShubenkov

Favourite to defend his titleJamaican McLeod came outof the starting blocks fast buthis race quickly turned souras he knocked down hurdlesand tumbled to the trackbefore reaching the finishline McLeod said he had felta hamstring strain in thewarm-up and thought itwould go away ldquoI was readyto go I showed up readyrdquoMcLeod said ldquoI put myself inthe very best situation todefend my titlerdquo Capitalisingon McLeodrsquos fallShubenkov the 2015 worldchampion took his secondconsecutive world silver witha technically sound run of1315 seconds

Holloway and Shubenkovsaid they had no idea thatchaos was unfolding inneighbouring lanes

ldquoIn the replay I saw that onefell down Another was cele-bratingrdquo said Shubenkov ldquoIthought to myself lsquoI missed

everythingrsquordquo

Asher-Smith grabs goldDina Asher-Smith seized hergolden opportunity to win the200 metres becoming thefirst British woman to claim aglobal sprint title With manyof the top medal contenderspulling out or skipping theevent Asher-Smith provedthe class act in the field pow-ering home in a nationalrecord 2188 seconds to addgold to the silver she won in

the 100m ldquoYoursquore only thefavourite if you go out andperform how people expectyou to and I was reallyfocused on putting together agood racerdquo said Asher-Smith

The once mighty UnitedStates who had been a non-factor in the womenrsquos sprintsin Doha also benefited fromthe scratches as BrittanyBrown grabbed the silver in2222 Switzerlandrsquos MujingaKambundji grabbed bronze

The fight for medals was

blown wide open when someof sprintingrsquos biggest nameswithdrew during the earlierrounds The race was missingthe reigning world andOlympics champions inDutchwoman Dafne Schip-pers and Jamaicarsquos ElaineThompson who withdrewdue to injuries ShaunaeMiller-Uibo of Bahamasowner of the fastest time thisseason elected to race the400m only due to schedulingissues

The world 100m championShelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce andbronze medallist Marie-JoseeTa Lou scratched because ofsoreness from earlier raceswhile Nigeriarsquos BlessingOkagbare who had run thethird fastest time this seasonwas disqualified in her heat

None of that mattered toAsher-Smith blasted out ofthe blocks and was in com-mand coming off the bendbefore cruising to victory

ldquoI made sure that Iremained focusrdquo said Asher-Smith

Shot putter Toor fails toqualify for final round Asian champion TejinderPal Singh Toor failed toqualify for the final roundof the shot put eventdespite producing his sea-sons best effort The 24-year-old Toor finishedeighth in the qualificationround and 18th overall outof the 34 competitors with abest throw of 2043m fromhis three attempts Thosewho touched 2090m or atleast 12 best performerswere to make it to the final

Toor opened with a 2043mthrow bettering his earlierseasons best of 2036m butfouled in his next attemptIn the third attempt Toorcould only come up with a1955m effort to crash out ofthe championship TomasWalsh of New Zealand ledthe finalists with a throw of2192 m mdash Agencies

Great Grant HeistHolloway gets 100m hurdles gold as McLeod falls

THE TRIBUNEJALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 15SPORT

A lone spectator in a stand at the China Open on Thursday AFP

ANNEXURE-A

PRESS NOPRESS NOTICETICEThe Executive Engineer IPH Division Thunag invites tender on behalf ofGovernor of Himachal Pradesh from approved eligible contractor for thefollowing work(s) through e-tendering process-

Name of Work Augmentation of various water supply scheme of GPTandi Saroa Tharjoon Mushrani Bassi Devdhar Kharsi and KotlaKhanula in Gohar Block Tehsil Chachyot District Mandi (HP) (SH-Construction of Jack well type river intake 240 MLD Water TreatmentPlants (16 hours capacity) Providing Laying Jointing and Testing ofGravity Mains Rising mains and distribution system Pump houses StageI II amp III at various locations SE of pumping machinery MBRs and SRsat various locations including trail run period for three months (90 days)on full designed discharge and defect liability period for six months)

Estimated Cost - Rs 222662321-Earnest Money - Rs 2227000-Cost of Tender document - Rs 2500-Time Limit - 24 Months

Schedule of tendering-

The tender document can be downloaded from departmental websiteie wwwhpiphorg wef 4-10-2019 at 1000 AM upto 24-10-2019at 500 PM

Executive EngineerIampPH Division ThunagDistt Mandi

HIM SUCHANA AVAM JAN SAMPARK

1 Site Visit From 7-10-2019 to 15-10-2019 between10 AM to 5 PM except on holidays

2 Pre Bid Meeting date 16-10-2019 at 300 PM in the office ofEngineer-in-Chief IampPH Department JalShakti Bhawan Tutti Kandi Shimla (HP)

3 Bid Submission start date 4-10-2019 at 1000 AM

4 Bid Submission end date 24-10-2019 at 500 PM

5 Earnest Money DepositCost of Tender form if notsubmitted online

25-10-2019 upto 1100 AM

6 Opening of Eligibilitycriteria (Cover-I)

25-10-2019 at 1230 PM

7 Opening of Technical Bid(Cover-II)

Date and place to be notifiedseparately

8 Opening of Financial bid(Cover-III)

Date and place to be notifiedseparately

DPRHP2327

OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL

ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE GOVT INSTITUTE OFENGINEERING amp TECHNOLOGY

PRAGATI NAGAR DISTT SHIMLA (HP) ndash 171202NOTICE INVITING TENDER

(Tender No ABVGIETSTRTender2019-20- 01)Sealed tenders are invited from the eligible manufacturers

Firmsauthorized dealers for the procurement of Machinery ampequipmentsTools etc for the polytechnic labs such as ECElabs CSE labs Mechanical Labs etc as per specifications andterms amp conditions given in the tender document The tenderform can be downloaded from our websitehttpwwwabvgietorg or can be collected from this instituteon any working day from 1000 AM to 0500 PM at a cost ofRs 500- at the counter and Rs 600- if desired by Regd Postper set and Vendor using downloaded Tender Documents shallrequire to submit DD for Rs 500- which is non-refundable infavour of the Principal ABVGIET Pragatinagar Distt Shimla(HP) which shall be submitted alongwith the tender Completetender document along with earnest money and tender cost (asshown in the document) will be received up to 200 PM on30102019 and tender will be opened same day at 0300 PMin the presence of biddersrepresentative who wish to bepresent The tender submitted after the date amp time mentionedabove will not be considered

The Principal reserves the right to cancel the tender withoutassigning any reason thereof

Sd- PrincipalAtal Bihari Vajpayee

Govt Institute of Engg amp TechnologyPragatinagar Distt Shimla (HP)-171202

DPRHP2332

NOTICE INVITING TENDERS

Bid Ref No TBS(DMP)ESSTTIRL2019 (etenders)

TB Sanatorium Dharampur Distt Solan (HP) hereby invites bidsfrom eligible and qualified bidders for

Construction Testing Commissioning and Validation ofTB Containment Laboratory and Associated Works onlsquoTurnkey Basisrsquo under RNTCP with Supply and Installationof Two Class-II A2 BSC with Thimble Canopy and with TwoOnline UPS

Bidders can download the bid documents with all details fromthe website httpwwwhptendersgovin

For any queries bidders may contact the office of the Senior MedicalSuperintendent TB Sanatorium Dharampur Distt Solan HimachalPradesh from 1100 am to 0400 pm on all working days

Senior Medical SuperintendentHP Govt TB Sanatorium DharampurEmail stdchprntcporgPhone No 01792-264022DPRHP400

Beijing Andy Murrayexpressed disappointmentabout crowds at the ChinaOpen tennis where some ofthe best players in the worldhave competed in front ofswathes of empty seats

ldquoI think as the tournamentgoes on you tend to get bet-ter crowds towards the endof the weekrdquo said MurrayldquoLast couple of days in

terms of atmosphere itrsquosbeen not as good as youwould likerdquo

The three-time GrandSlam champion praised thetournament as a whole butsaid ldquoI donrsquot know if Irsquomcomplaining about it but Irsquodlike it to be bigger crowdsand nicer atmospheres Thatnormally comes as the weekgoes onrdquo mdash AFP

Murray disappointed by lack of China fans

Osaka October 3Fiji finally found their feet atthe Rugby World Cup with adominant 45-10 victory overGeorgia on Thursday as theirjet-heeled backs tore theirPool D rivals apart in a seven-try rout at a rain-drenchedHanazono Rugby Stadium

Winger Semi Radradrascored twice and made threeothers as the Pacific islandersrebounded from defeats toAustralia and Uruguay to gettheir first win in Japan

While their upset loss toUruguay has all but put paidto their hopes of reaching thequarter-finals Fiji are now inpole position to finish thirdand qualify for the 2023 WorldCup

Ireland edge RussiaKobe Ireland began to puttheir World Cup back on trackafter the shock loss to Japanbut it took them over an hourto secure a bonus point andstrengthen their quarterfinalchances in an unconvincing35-0 win over a stubborn Rus-sia Ireland just need to beatSamoa to reach the last-eightbut the fact Joe Schmidtrsquosside struggled to put awaysuch a limited team will do lit-tle for fansrsquo waning hopes ofreaching a first semifinal

Only a commanding win

would have sufficed with theshock in Shizuoka still rever-berating around the tourna-ment and it looked on thecards when Rob Kearneywho scored in the 62-12thrashing of Russia in the2011 World Cup toucheddown after 90 seconds

Sexton who was not riskedagainst Japan due to a thighinjury appeared to have Ire-land rushing towards thebonus point when his text-book 13th-minute dinkthrough was carried over byflanker Peter OrsquoMahony forjust his second try in 62 tests

Yet Russia who belied theirlowly standing by givingJapan a fright remained com-petitive with Ramil Gaisinrsquossmart kicking helping to keepIreland at bay for another 20minutes mdash Agencies

Fiji crush GeorgiaRussia fight Ireland

Los Angeles October 3Alberto Salazar pushed him-self to the brink and beyondas an athlete and preachedthe same philosophy as acoach to distance runningstars But the 61-year-oldCuban-born Americanrsquos willto win finally went too faraccording to the US Anti-Dop-ing Agency (USADA) whichhas banned him for four yearsfor multiple doping viola-tions Salazar has been amajor figure in American ath-letics for four decades Hewon the 1980 1981 and 1982New York Marathons and the1982 Boston Marathon andlater coached such stars asBritainrsquos Mo Farah the 2012and 2016 Olympics championat 5000 and 10000 metres

Salazar arrived in the Unit-ed States as a toddler Hisfather was a friend of FidelCastro who fought alongside

him in the revolution but lat-er opposed the Communistgovernment The familymoved to suburban Bostonwhere Salazar won a statecross country crown in 1975He helped the University ofOregon capture the US colle-giate cross country title in1977 taking national collegeindividual honours the fol-lowing year

Olympics dreamsIn 1980 Salazar qualified forthe US Olympics team at10000m but the Americansboycotted the Moscow Gamesand Salazar tackled a newchallenge the marathon Hequickly conquered the 262-mile (42195km) event At 22Salazar won his marathondebut in New York then set acareer-best of 2hrs 8mins13secs to defend his title

In 1982 he took New York

and claimed his only BostonMarathon title in what wasdubbed the ldquoDuel in the Sunrdquowith Dick Beardsley Afterbesting Beardsley in a sprintfinish a dehydrated Salazarcollapsed Salazar finished15th in the marathon at the1984 Los Angeles Olympicsthen trained and competeduntil retiring in the mid-1990s when he began mov-ing into coaching joiningwith Nike to form the Oregon

Project in 2001 to train dis-tance runners

Big namesThe program includes Dono-van Brazier mdash who won the800m world title Monday asnews of Salazarrsquos ban explod-ed into the athletics scene mdashand Sifan Hassan who wonthe womenrsquos 10000m worldcrown two days earlier

Stripped of his credentialsat the World Championships

in Doha Salazar has vowed tofight the ban which washanded down for violationsincluding trafficking testos-terone tampering with theathlete doping controlprocess and using bannedinfusion techniques

A four-year ban was alsoissued to Dr Jeffrey Brownwho was a physician fornumerous Nike Oregon ath-letes and a paid consultanton performance enhance-

ment for the Project part ofa scheme to manipulatetestosterone levels withouttesting positive

ldquoWhile acting in connec-tion with the Nike OregonProject Mr Salazar and DrBrown demonstrated thatwinning was more importantthan the health and wellbe-ing of the athletes they weresworn to protectrdquo USADAchief executive Travis TTygart said mdash Agencies

Morsquos super-coach Salazarrsquos road to disgrace

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Grant Holloway of the US wins the 100m hurldles gold even as defending champion OmarMcleod of Jamaica falls APPTI

Alberto Salazar hugs Galen Rupp of USA and Mo Farah after the5000m final at the 2011 World Championships FILEAFP

Two of his trainees won goldmedals at Doha World Crsquoships Steve Magness who spent 18 months as Salazarrsquos assis-

tant coach in the project before leaving shortly before theLondon Olympics spoke out as a whistleblower whenBBCrsquos Panorama and ProPublica investigated doping alle-gations around Salazar in 2015 Testimonies from variousfigures alleged micro-dosing of testosterone among othersuspicious actions Salazar denied wrongdoing Mo Farahstuck with him and won another golden double at the Riode Janeiro Olympics in 2016 But doping allegationsnagged Farah left Salazar in October 2017 The USADAcase against Salazar and Brown went to the American Arbi-tration Association with hearings conducted in May andJune 2018 setting the stage for the arbitration rulingshanded down Monday

How the star coach was caught in the net

Beijing October 3Fourth seed Naomi Osaka beatAmerican Alison Riske 6-4 6-0in the China Open here todayto set up a quarterfinal clashwith US Open champion Bian-ca Andreescu (in picture)

Osaka who won the PanPacific Open in Japan lastmonth converted five of eightbreak points and won the final10 games in a row to wrap upthe contest in 73 minutes mdash herseventh consecutive win in the

Asian swingCanadarsquos fifth-seeded

Andreescu cruisedpast American

qualifierJennifer

Brady with a 6-1 6-3 win Bradyfaced 11 break points of whichfour were converted by theCanadian who advanced in 67minutes Defending championCaroline Wozniacki also wentthrough to the quarter-finals instraight sets with a 7-5 6-4 winover Czech Republicrsquos Kateri-na Siniakova

Goffin in Japan quarterfinalsTokyo David Goffin of Bel-gium advanced to the JapanOpen quarterfinals aftersqueezing by Canadarsquos DenisShapovalov 7-6(75) 7-6(72)today Goffin will now faceChung Hyeon of South Koreawho pulled an upset victoryagainst sixth-seed Marin Cilic6-4 3-6 6-1

World No 1 Novak Djokovicreturning from a shoulderinjury is scheduled to playFrench fifth-seed Lucas Pouilleon Friday mdash Agencies

Osaka vs BiancaOsaka vs Bianca

Russiarsquos Viktor Gresev IrelandrsquosDave Kilcoyne fight it out AFP

RUGBY WORLD CUP

LONDONEngland call Abraham andTomori drop Alli and LingardEngland dropped Dele Alli andJesse Lingard but called upChelsea youngsters TammyAbraham and Fikayo Tomori in a25-man squad on Thursday foraway Euro 2020 qualifiersagainst the Czech Republic andBulgaria Striker Abrahamturned 22 on Wednesday cele-brating in style with the openerin his clubrsquos 2-1 ChampionsLeague victory at Lille and isthe leading English goalscorerin the Premier League

MADRIDReal host Granada inunlikely top of table clashReal Madrid host Granada in anunlikely first versus secondclash in La Liga on Saturday asthey look to ease the pressureon coach Zinedine Zidane In atopsy-turvy start to the seasonReal who sit one point ahead ofthe Andalusians at the top of LaLiga on 15 points tried thepatience of the demandingBernabeu crowd in midweekneeding two second half goalsto secure a Champions Leaguedraw against Club Brugges Theresult leaves the 13-times Euro-pean champions bottom of theirgroup after two games Thedraw came on the back of lastSaturdayrsquos drab stalemate withneighbours Atletico and coachZidane says his side need to bemore focused on the task athand mdash AGENCIES

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THE TRIBUNE16 GURUGRAM | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019BACK PAGE

Printed and published by Rajesh Ramachandran for The Tribune Trust Printed at The Tribune Press Plot No 123 Sector 37 Pace City-1 GurugramPublished at The Tribune Sector 29-C ChandigarhRNI No CHAENG201772605 Copyright copy The Tribune Trust All rights reservedTelephones 0124-22100332210044Circulation 0172-2670419 Advertisement 0172-2670256 257Editor Rajesh RamachandranEditor for purpose of PRB Act 1867

SanjayKhuranaTribune News Service

Katra October 3Union Home Minister AmitShah today flagged off theDelhi-Katra Vande BharatExpress from the New Delhirailway station calling it a ldquobiggiftrdquo for Jammu and Kash-mirrsquos development He saidwith Article 370 the ldquobiggestroadblockrdquo in growth gonethe state would be one of themost developed regions of thecountry within a decade

ldquoDelhi-Katra Vande BharatExpress is a gift for Jammuand Kashmirrsquos developmentand for promoting religioustourismrdquo the Union HomeMinister who was accompa-nied by Union Railway Minis-ter Piyush Goyal and UnionMinisters Jitendra Singh andDr Harsh Vardhan said

The Railways has alreadyopened bookings for the trainthat will start commercialoperations from October 5The minimum fare for NewDelhi to Katra travel in chaircar is Rs 1630 while itrsquos Rs3015 for executive chair car

The train will run on allweek days except Tuesdayand will cut the travel timebetween Delhi and Katra to

eight hours from 12-14 hoursearlier to traverse a distanceof 655 km It will depart fromthe New Delhi at 6 am andreach Katra at 2 pm It willreturn the same day fromKatra at 3 pm and reach NewDelhi at 11 pm

Railway officials said the

train would run at a maxi-mum speed of 130 kmph withthree stops at Ambala CanttLudhiana and Jammu Tawi

The decision to run thetrain was taken following thesuccess of the Vande BharatExpress plying between NewDelhi and Varanasi which

was flagged by Prime Minis-ter Narendra Modi on Febru-ary 15 this year

The Integral Coach Factory(ICF) has made changes tothe existing design of thetrain ldquoTo avoid damage dueto stray cattle the train hasbeen equipped with a sturdy

aluminium nose cover Andto guard the window shieldsagainst stone-pelting a spe-cial film has been providedrdquoa Railway official said

More space has been pro-vided to store meals for pas-sengers Besides changes inthe exterior and interior the

ICF has added a slew of mod-ern features like adjustableseats improved wash basinsautomatic doors wi-fi andinfotainment system

ldquoThe Railways will connectthe country from Kashmir toKanyakumari before August15 2022rdquo said Goyal

Shah flags off Delhi-Katra train calls it gift to JampK

The Vande Bharat Express train at New Delhi station prior to its flag-off ceremony on Thursday TRIBUNE PHOTO

CHAIR CAR

~1630 6 times a week 4 hrs travel time cut 6 am departure time from Delhi 2 pm arrival time at Katra 3 pm departure from Katra 11 pm arrival at New Delhi 130 kmph speed halts at Ambala

Cantt Ludhiana amp Jammu Tawi Will run on all weekdays

except Tuesday

Manufactured in a record time of15 years at a cost of

~97 CROREPlastic bottle crushers | Huge pantry |Revolving seats | Automatic doors |

WiFi | Sliding foot-steps

EXECUTIVECHAIR CAR

~3015

TICKET FARE

RECORD TIME

MODERN FEATURES

Jammu jail to have inmate calling system Jammu Kerala native Jatan lodged in a jail in Jammuheard the voice of his wife and minor daughter for thefirst time in nearly four years - thanks to the authoritiesintroducing a first-of-its-kind prison inmate callingsystem which allows prisoners to make long-distancecalls He is facing charges under the NDPS Act Theprison got the facility along with modern interview roomson Bapus 150th birth anniversary PTI

Domestic help held for theft at ministerrsquos houseMumbai A 25-year-old domestic servant has beenarrested for allegedly committing theft at Union RailwayMinister Piyush Goyals house here the police saidAccused Vishnu Kumar who hails from Delhi was alsobooked under the IT Act for allegedly sharing info from acomputer in the house with unidentified persons He wasarrested from the national capital and brought here onWednesday a police official said PTI

By the way

New Delhi October 3Fake news is more dangerousthan paid news and there is aneed for the government andthe media to combat it jointlyInformation and Broadcast-ing Minister PrakashJavadekar said today

The government would how-ever not take any step curbingthe media freedom he said

But there should be somekind of regulation on over-the-top (OTT) platforms as was thecase for films print and elec-tronic media he said

OTT platforms include newsportals and ldquostreamersrdquo suchas Hotstar Netflix and Ama-zon Prime Video which areaccessible over the Internet

He said several mainstreammedia outlets had conveyed tothe government that there wasno level-playing field with OTTplatforms being unregulated

The Press Council of Indiatakes care of the printmedia the News Broadcast-

ers Association (NBA) mon-itors news channels theAdvertising StandardsCouncil of India is for adver-tising while the CentralBoard of Film Certification(CBFC) takes care of filmshe said ldquoHowever there isnothing to regulate OTTplatformsrdquo he said mdash PTI

Need to regulate contenton Net platforms Minister

Tribune News Service

New Delhi October 3The Trump-Modi bonhomieat Houston and New Yorkcould not translate into a tradeagreement during US Com-merce Secretary Wilbur Rossrsquoongoing visit to India

Ross also gave the impres-sion that US President DonaldTrumprsquos presence at ldquoHowdyModirdquo event was a favour to theNew Delhi administration andmade it clear this physical prox-imity between the two leadersdid not dispel the WhiteHousersquos impression that Indianeeded to dismantle barriersthat made its tariff among thehighest in the world

Ross also made it clear thatdespite its reservations aboutthe security aspect the US

was not trying to force India towalk away from 5G technolo-gy by Chinese companies

Speaking on the sidelines ofan international meet that wasalso attended by Ross Com-merce Minister Piyush Goyalruled out any change in Indiarsquos

stand on e-commerce in order toprotect livelihood of 12-13 croreIndians dependent on retail

The new rules bar foreign e-commerce companies fromselling products via firms inwhich they have an equityinterest and also from makingdeals with sellers to sell exclu-sively on their platforms

India and the US have beenindulging in a low-intensitytrade warfare The US hasremoved India from availing ofduty-free exports worth $56 bil-lion under the generalised sys-tem of preferences (GSP)scheme and both have imposedhigher tariffs on 28 of theirproducts In an interview Rossreportedly indicated the UScould look at partial restorationof the GSP withdrawal in agrand bargain for a trade deal

No trade deal despiteTrump-PM bonhomie Luxembourg October 3

Facebook on Wednesdaywas dealt a major blow inthe EUrsquos top court whichruled that national courts inEurope can order onlineplatforms to remove defam-atory content worldwide

The decision will be seenas a victory for EuropeanUnion regulators who wantUS tech giants to meettightened European stan-dards over hate speech andoffensive content

Last week the same courtdecided that Google was notlegally compelled to applythe EUrsquos strict ldquoright to beforgottenrdquo rules globally in avictory for the search giant

In a closely watched judg-ment the European Courtof Justice said EU law ldquodoesnot precluderdquo courts fromordering ldquothe removal ofinformation or to blockaccess worldwiderdquo a state-ment said mdash AFP

Legal blow toFacebook overhate speech

DIGITAL SPIN Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad unveilsa lsquodigital charkharsquo to mark the 150th birth anniversary ofMahatma Gandhi in New Delhi on Thursday PTI

US Commerce Secy says India must dismantle barriers

Washington October 3 A nuclear war between Indiaand Pakistan could in lessthan a week kill 50-125 millionpeople more than the deathtoll during all six years ofWorld War II and lead to glob-al climate catastrophe accord-ing to researchers in the US

A study by researchersfrom the University of Col-orado Boulder and RutgersUniversity examined howsuch a hypothetical futureconflict would have conse-quences that could rippleacross the globe

Today India and Pakistan

each have about 150 nuclearwarheads at their disposaland that number is expectedto climb to more than 200 by2025 the researchers saidamid recent tensions betweenthe nuclear-armed neighboursover Kashmir after Indiarevoked JampKrsquos special status

ldquoAn India-Pakistan warcould double the normaldeath rate in the worldrdquosaid Brian Toon a professorat the University of Col-orado Boulder ldquoThis is awar that would have noprecedent in human experi-encerdquo Toon said mdash PTI

There are regularfeature films coming onOTT mdash good bad andugly There is nocertification body for OTTplatforms and likewisenews portals also Prakash Javadekar UNION MINISTER

lsquoNO CERTIFICATION BODYrsquo

This is a sensitive

subject and we will continueto protect them E-commerce is a platform totrade on not forpredatorypricing andmuscle power Piyush Goyal COMMERCE MINISTER

E-COMMERCE POLICYUNCHANGED INDIA

Indo-Pak nuke war mayleave 125 m dead Study

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I Paidi Swapna wife of 15490138NLD Gopi Paidi resident ofIbrahimbad Fareedpeta EtcherlaSrikakulam Andhra Pradesh is herebydeclares that my acutal date of birth is05 June 1992 (CL19091719)

I Sachin so Late Jai Ram Dass roVillage Tagra Hakimpur Kalka DisttPanchkula (Haryana) have changedmy name Sachin to Sachin Goyal(CL19091812)

I Swarnjit Singh so Harmel SinghLitt ro VPO Burj Littan (Raikot)Ludhiana changed name SwarnjitSingh Litt (CL19091688)

I Amit Kumar so Mohinder Singhro Village Kailash Karnal havechanged my name to Amit Poswal(CL19091685)

I Tarlok Kapoor so Joginder Lalro HNo 2509 Phase-I DugriLudhiana have changed my name toTarlok Kumar (CL19091659)

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Chandigarh Sector 44-D MIGthird floor Well maintained Registry Contact 93161-12756(CL19091733)

FLAT FOR SALE

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PROPERTY FOR SALE

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ADMISSION GUIDANCE

Urgently competent teachersrequired for Akal Academy RampurNarotampur (Tarn Taran) for General TGT English Maths Art ampCraft and Librarian Fluency inEnglish is must EligibilityGraduation or Post Graduation inrequired stream BEd DEIEd orETT is mandatory Salary 12000 to20000 Walk in interview AkalAcademy Rampur Narotampur PostOffice Jalabad Tehsil Kadoor SahibDistt Tarn Taran on 07102019 10am to 2 pm Contact (98759-87451)aarampurnarotampurakalacademyacin (CL19091643)

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SITUATION VACANT

(Uo 5 Rule 20 CPC)In the Court of

Sh Lalit Kumar SinglaDistrict Judge (FC)

BarnalaKamaljeet Kaur

VersusManmohan Singh

CNR NoPBBR01-001498-2019Next Date 29102019

Publication issued toManmohan SinghFather Bhagwant Singh ro

Tapa Teh Tapa Distt Barnalanow ro Australia through itsPower of Attorney BhagwanSingh so Diwan Singh roNear Yash Hospital Tapa TehTapa Distt Barnala BarnalaPunjab

In above titled case thedefendant(s)respondent(s)could not be served It isordered that defendant(s)respondent(s) should appear inperson or through counsel on29102019 at 1000 am

For details logon tohttpshighcourtchdgovintrs=district_noticeampdistrict=

barnalaDated this day of 01012019

Sd-District Judge (FC)

CL19091165 Barnala

COURT NOTICE

I Ashok Kumar so Sh Harbans Lalro 15 St 5A Namdev RoadBathinda have changed my nameAshok Kumar Singla In future usethis name in my all documents(CL19091941)

I Amar Nath so Mangu Ram ro Village Gill PO Urmar TehDasuya (Hoshiarpur) Punjab havechanged my name to Amar SinghPlease note (CL19091913)

We Mrs and Mr Subhash ChanderSethi ro 85 Dyal Singh ColonyKarnal declare that our son Nikhil Sethi is out of our control we debar him from our moveable and immoveable property anybodydeal with him will do so at their own risk and responsibility(CL19091887)

I No 15477504N DFR Vinod Kumar A so Ayyapan V 70 AR CO 56 APO declare that in my Army service record my wifersquos namewrongly entered as Shreevidhya KV correct name is Shreevidya KVAll concerned plz note(CL19091873)

I Surjit Singh Army No 10198525KRank Sep resident of Vill amp POJalalpura Teh amp Distt AmritsarPunjab-143601 in my Army record my daughterrsquos name was wronglyentered as Kirenjit Kaur instead of hercorrect name is Kiranjit Kaur(CL19091858)

I Jagsir Singh so Teja Singh Resi -Khudi Kalan Tehsil amp District -Barnala that my daughter RamanpreetKaur in the school record of BVMInternational School that her realname Gurmanjot Kaur RamanpreetKaur or Gurmanjot Kaur both aresame person Please note(CL19091842)

I Budumuru Divya wife of15495511M LD S Vasa RaoGurugubelli resident of Kotta ValasaThogaram AmadalavalasaSrikakulam Andhra Pradesh is hereby declared that my actual Date of Birth is 14 May 1998(CL19091751)

It is notified for the information thatmy original qualifying examinationcertificate of main SecondaryExamination of year 2016 and RollNo 2263610 issued by CBSE hasbeen actually lost Name of candidatesSonia Kaushal do Baljit KumarVillage Pahlewal Tehsil GarhshankarDistt Hoshiarpur Punjab(CL19091748)

I Promila Devi spouse of No8034204W Hav Kushab Kumar VPO Basantpur Teh Sarkaghat Distt Mandi HP changed my namefrom Promila Devi to Pramila Devi vide affidavit 13AA 437996dated 1102019 before Executive Magistrate Sarkaghat(CL19091597)

PUBLIC NOTICES

(Uo 5 Rule 20 CPC)In the Court of

Ms Roopa Dhaliwal PCSAdditional Civil Judge Sr Division Nangal

CNR No PBROB0-001423-2019

Next Date- 21102019Pyaro Devi and others

VersusGeneral Public

Publication issued toGeneral PublicSuit for declaration to the effectthat Ram Sukh so Durga RoVill Mehlwan Teh-Nangal hasdisappeared and missing since2011 and presumed to be deadand plaintiffs are the only legalheirs of Ram Sukh

In above titled case thedefendant(s)respondent(s)could not be served It isordered that defendant(s)respondent(s) should appear inperson or through counsel on21102019 at 1000 am

For details logon to httpshighcourtchdgovintrs=district_noticeampdistrict=rupnagar

Dated this day of 26092019Sd- Additional Civil Judge

Sr Division NangalCL19091610

(Uo 5 Rule 20 CPC)In the Court of

Sh Ranjit Kumar JainPrincipal Judge of

Family Court Garhshankar

Sarla Kumari (age 32 years) wifeof late Ram Ral son of SukhchainRam resident of village ParsowalTehsil Garhshankar DistrictHoshiarpur at present residing atvillage Adamwal Tehsil andDistt Hoshiarpur

PlaintiffVersus

General PublicRespondent

Petition Under Section 8 of theHindu Minority andGuardianship Act

CNR No PBHOF3-000473-2019

Next Date- 04012020Publcation issued toGeneral Public

In above titled petition thedefendant(s)respondent(s) couldnot be served It is ordered thatdefendant(s) respondent(s)should appear in person orthrough counsel on 04012020 at1000 am

For details logon to httpshighcourtchdgovintrs=

district_noticeampdistrict=hoshiarpur

Dated this day of 21092019Sd- Principal Judge of

Family Court CL19091565 Garhshankar

(UO 5 Rule 20 CPC)In the Court of

Shri Ravinder Singh RanaCivil Judge

Junior Division-3Ferozepur

Oriental Bank of CommerceVs

Kashmir SinghCNR No

PBFZ02-000120-2019Next Date 31102019

Publication issued toGursahib Singh FatherSukhdev Singh ro V KamalaBodla Post OfficeMallawala Tehsil and DistrictFerozepur

In above titled case thedefendant(s)respondent(s)could not be served It isordered that defendant(s)respondent(s) should appearin person or through counselon 31102019 at 1000 am For details logon tohttpshighcourtchdgovintrs=district_noticeampdistrict=

ferozepurDated this day of 25092019

Sd- Civil JudgeJunior Division-3

CL19091523 Ferozepur

(Uo 5 Rule 20 CPC)In the Court of

Sh Rakesh Kumar SharmaAddl Principal Judge

Family CourtJagraon

Petition US 8 of Guardianand Wards Act for Permissionto sell the property

Gurwinder SinghVersus

General PublicCNR No

PBLDF3-001249-2019Notice to

General PublicIn above title case the

Petitioner Gurwinder Singh soAlbel Singh filed a petitionunder Section Guardain andWards Act for permission tosell the property of TaranvirSingh so Gurwinder Singh thedefendant General Public couldnot be served It is ordered thatdefendant General Publicshould appear in person orthrough counsel on 26112019at 10 am

For details logon tohttpshighcourtchdgovintrs=district_noticeampdistrict=

ludhianaDated this day of 25092019

Sd-Addl Principal Judge

Family CourtCL19091469 Jagraon

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Re-compute lawexam results HCNew Delhi October 3 The Delhi High Court hasaccepted the challenge tonine out of 15 questionsasked in the Delhi JudicialServices (Preliminary)examinations and directedthe Registrar General to re-compute and publish theupdated result by October 4

The court said apart fromplacing the list of additionaleligible candidates on thewebsite by 6 pm on Fridaythe court administrationwould communicate themby both SMS and email ofbeing qualified for writingthe Mains exam

The court was hearing abatch of petitions by lawgraduates aspiring to bejudicial officers challeng-ing the correctness of theanswer keys to some of thequestions in the DelhiJudicial Services (Prelimi-nary) Exams which wereheld on September 22

A Bench of Justices SMuralidhar and TalwantSingh declined the prayer ofthe petitioners to postpone thedate of Mains exams that is

October 12-13 as the court hasto adhere to the deadline giv-en by it to the Supreme Court

It directed that results ofthe 353 candidates alreadydeclared eligible to appearin the DJS (Mains) Examsin terms of the list pub-lished on the courtrsquos web-site on September 26 areleft undisturbed

This time the court dis-pensed with the publishing ofthe answer keys prior to thedeclaration of the result mdash PTI

Regarding the answer keyswhich had been found tobe erroneous the admin-istration would proceed toapply the correctanswer keys asdecided by the courtand recompute the resultsin accordance with theapplicable rules

The court dispensed thepublishing of the answerkeys prior to the declarationof the result to adhere tothe deadline of completingthe entire examination

Act againstbuildings sansfire safety Court

Erroneous answer sheets

NewDelhi October 3 The Delhi High Court hasdirected the AAP governmenthere its fire department andmunicipal authorities to takeaction against buildings includ-ing sealing them for lackingfire safety measures

A Bench of Chief JusticeDN Patel and Justice C HariShankar issued the directionwhile disposing a PIL seek-ing sealing of two buildingsin the Azadpur commercialcomplex for alleged non-com-pliance of fire safety normsThe court disposed off the peti-tion after the North DelhiMunicipal Corporation filedan affidavit stating that both ofthe buildings were issued firesafety certificates on June 14

As the petition had alsosought sealing of all otherbuildings in the city whichwere not complying with firesafety norms the Bench saidthat ldquoas and when any build-ing is lacking in fire safetymeasures action shall be ini-tiated by the respondents(authorities) in accordancewith law rules regulationsand government policiesapplicable to the facts of thecase as early as possible andpracticablerdquo mdash PTI

New Delhi October 3 Security has been beefedup across the Capital afterpolice received intelligenceinputs on a possible terrorstrike a senior police offi-cial said on Thursday

Raids are being conductedby the Special Cell of the Del-hi Police at several locationsacross the city after the intel-ligence inputs suggested thatthree to four members of aterror outfit may have infil-trated into the city he said

Meanwhile the Delhi Policehas also intensified patrollingand picketing in several areasacross the Capital

According to police raidswere conducted at over twodozens locations across the cityto nab the suspects from theirpossible hideouts includingplaces like Okhla ZafrabadNajafgarh Seemapuri NewUsmanpurSeelampur Pahar-ganj and areas of South Delhiand have questioned numer-ous peoplemdash PTI

The police checks commuters in New Delhi on Thursday TRIBUNE PHOTO

NewDelhi October 3 The Delhi Government willopen a ldquoSports Universityrdquoin the Capital Chief Minis-ter Arvind Kejriwal saidhere on Thursday Address-ing a press conference Kejri-wal with his deputy ManishSisodia by his side said a Billin this regard was approvedby the Cabinet on Thursdayand it would be sent to Lieu-tenant Governor (LG) AnilBaijal for approval

After that the Bill would betabled in the Assembly he saidThe Chief Minister said theldquoSports Universityrdquo wouldcome up on a 90-acre land inthe Mundka area

According to the Aam Aad-mi Party (AAP) governmentin the Capital the DelhiSports University (DSU) Billgrants the university theright to establish constituentschools and colleges

The main aim of the uni-versity would be to groomthe students who wouldexcel in various sports inschool the government said

The CM said earlier asportsperson used to beuncertain about his futuresjust for the fact that if he wasnot able to establish a careerin sports he would just becalled a school pass out

ldquoA sportsperson would notget a job because every jobrequires at least a gradua-tion degree to get throughThe sports university willgrant you a degree in sportssuch as cricket and hockey

ldquoA passionate sportspersoncan now devote all of histime to playing andexcelling in sportsrdquo he said

A sportspersonrsquos gradua-tion post-graduation and doc-torate degrees will be in thesubjects of sports Kejriwalsaid adding that he couldshow his degrees whereverrequired Giving an exampleKejriwal said a sportspersoncould also appear in the civilservices examination becausehe would be considered a grad-uate after getting the degree

Sisodia said most of thestudents had to compromisewhen it came to sports tokeep up with their perform-ance in the main subjectsldquoSome of the students Iknow are pursuing theirgraduation from SOL tomanage sports and studiesboththe share of jobsunder the sports quota isalso limited ldquoWe are hopingto eradicate that uncertaintyfrom the minds ofsportspersonsrdquo the deputychief minister said mdash PTI

Cabinet approves setting upof lsquoSports Universityrsquo Kejriwal

CM Arvind Kejriwal with his deputy Manish Sisodia at a pressmeet in New Delhi on Thursday TRIBUNE PHOTO MUKESH AGGARWAL

The Delhi Sports Uni-versity (DSU) Bill grantsthe university the rightto establish constituentschools and colleges

The sports universityBill aims to groom thestudents who wish toexcel in various sports

It also defines theadministrative and legalstructure of the univer-sity Several expertswould be involved atvarious stages to designand give a definitestructure to the curricu-lum of the courses

DELHI SPORTS UNIVERSITY BILL

3 held for burglaryNew Delhi October 3 A domestic help her hus-band and an accomplicehave been arrested in con-nection with a burglary at ahouse in southeast DelhirsquosLajpat Nagar area thepolice said on Thursday

The accused were identi-fied as Fatima (34) her hus-band Mohmood (37) bothresidents of Sarai KaleKhan and MohammadZakir (35) resident ofTaimoor Nagar they said

According to the policethe two men conspiredand planned to targetvacant houses during day-time while Fatima whoworked as domestic helpin the residential areas ofLajpat Nagar conductedrecce and passed informa-tion to them

On September 29 policesaid they received a com-plaint about theft of ~50lakhs diamond and goldjewellery along with expen-sive wrist watch and othervaluable articles from ahouse at National Parkarea Lajpat Nagar and acase was registered at AmarColony police station

The accused were seen ina CCTV footage leaving thespot in an e-rickshaw aftercommitting the burglarythe police said

On Tuesday a raid wasconducted at TaimoorNagar and Sarai Kale Khanareas and the accused werearrested said Deputy Com-missioner of Police (South-east) Chinmoy Biswal Lat-er Fatima was also arrested

in connection with the inci-dent the officer said

Stolen cash amounting to~3191 lakh gold and dia-mond jewellery laptopmobile e-rickshaw andtools were recovered fromthem the officer added

Mahmood and Zakir werepreviously involved in sev-eral cases of burglaries andtheft Both were arrested inMarch in connection with asimilar burglary incidentand released from jail inAugust mdash PTI

The arrested persons with theDelhi Police TRIBUNE PHOTO

MODUS OPERANDIThe two men conspiredand planned to targetvacant houses during day-time while Fatima whoworked as domestic helpin the residential areas ofLajpat Nagar conductedrecce and passed infor-mation to them

Rain brings down mercury in DelhiNewDelhi October 3 Heavy rains lashed severalparts of the Capital onThursday evening bringingdown the mercury level offi-cials said Delhi recorded 352mm rainfall at 830 PM andthe temperature was record-ed at 216 degree Celsius asenior MeT official said

According to the meteorolog-ical department the maximumtemperature recorded at 530PM was 348 degree Celsius anotch above the normal andthe minimum 238 degrees Cel-sius two notches above nor-

mal Humidity levels oscillat-ed between 83 and 55 per cent

Flight operations at Delhi Air-

port had to be suspended for 24minutes in the evening due toextremely heavy rains mdash PTI

Heavy rains in New Delhi on Thursday MANAS RANJAN BHUI

New Delhi October 3 The over 42 km-long GreyLine of Delhi Metro whichwill connect Najafgarh tothe rapid transit networkfor the first time will beopened for services on Fri-day officials said mdash PTI

Metrorsquos Grey Lineto open today

Terror alert Securitybeefed up in Capital

THE TRIBUNEJALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 07NATION

Tribune News Service

NewDelhi October 3Terming his continuing incar-ceration as a ldquoform of punish-mentrdquo senior Congress leaderP Chidambaram on Thursdaymoved the Supreme Court for regular bail in a corruptioncase registered by the CBI in connection with theINX Media scam

Senior counsel Kapil Sibalmentioned his petition chal-lenging the Delhi HighCourtrsquos September 30 ver-dict denying him bail forurgent listing before aBench headed by Justice NVRamana He sought urgenthearing of Chidambaramrsquosbail plea on Friday as the topcourt wonrsquot be functioningthe next week

Justice Ramana howeversaid the matter would beplaced before Chief Justiceof India Ranjan Gogoi forassigning it to an appropri-ate Bench Later he was pro-duced before a Special JudgeAjay Kumar Kuhar whoremanded him to judicialcustody till October 17

In his bail plea the formerFinance Minister contendedthat liberty of an individualcannot be denied on the basis

of ldquoanonymous and unveri-fied allegationsrdquo He also cit-ed his ldquofrailrdquo health as aground for bail and said hewas not ldquoaccustomedrdquo to foodgiven to him in the jail andhas lost 4 kg weight duringhis judicial custody The Spe-

cial Court allowed him homecooked food inside jail once aday as an exception

Arrested by the CBI inAugust in the INX Media cor-ruption case the senior Con-gress leader has been lodged inTihar Jail since September 5

He was arrested on August21 from his Jor Bagh resi-dence in the capital The CBIhad registered an FIR on May15 2017 alleging irregularitiesin the Foreign InvestmentPromotion Board (FIPB)clearance granted to the INXMedia group for receivingoverseas funds of Rs 305 crorein 2007 during his tenure asFinance Minister

ldquoBail is the rule jail is theexception Arrest and custodyare a humiliation and socialstigma The prosecutionseems to think that prolongedjudicial custody is a punish-ment they can impose on thePetitioner Courts shouldfrown upon the attempt of theprosecution to use judicialcustody as a kind of pre-trialpunishmentrdquo Chidambaramsaid in his plea

He also denied the HC find-ing that INX Mediarsquos formerpromoters Indrani and PeterMukerjea had met him andldquoillegal gratificationrdquo was paid

PC moves SC for bail seeks urgent hearingDelhi court extends his judicial custody till Oct 17

lsquoBEING HUMILIATEDrsquoArrest and custody

are ahumiliationand socialstigma Theprosecution

seems to think thatprolonged judicial custodyis a punishment they canimpose on the petitioner P Chidambaram FORMER UNION MINISTER

Tribune News Service

NewDelhi October 3The Supreme Court on Thurs-day pulled up the Odisha Gov-ernment for demolishing his-toric lsquomuttsrsquo aroundJagannath Temple in Puriand asked it to consult stake-holders before going aheadwith the demolition drive

A three-judge Bench saidthe state must preserve thehistoric structures around thetemple The Bench said thelsquomuttrsquo mdash where first SikhGuru Nanak Dev had stayedmdash should not be demolished

ldquoYou cannot destroy every-thing These small temples

and mutts are providinglivelihood to a number ofpeople since centuriesrdquo saidthe Bench ndash which is seizedof a PIL filed by Mrinalini

Padhi highlighting theproblems faced by devoteesand their alleged exploita-tion by Sevaks

The Bench asked the

Odisha Government to con-sult Hindu seers such asShankaracharya and otherstakeholders before demol-ishing structures around

the Jagannath Temple Asdirected by the Bench ami-cus curiae and senior coun-sel Ranjit Kumar submit-ted his report after visitingthe temple and recom-mended compensation foraffected persons

However the Bench askedfor a fresh report on theaffected persons from thestate government and postedthe matter for further hear-ing on October 22

The state administration haslaunched a demolition drive inPuri for the creation of a her-itage corridor within 75 metresof the lsquoMeghnad Prachirrsquo ofJagannath Temple

Donrsquot raze mutt where Guru Nanak stayed SC Asks Odisha Govt to consult stakeholders before going ahead with demolition drive

Strong proof of structurebeneath mosque inAyodhya Hindu parties NewDelhi October 3 Hindu parties asserted in theSupreme Court on Thursdaythat claims of the Muslimside over the 277 acre land inthe Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid title disputewere belied by the excavatedmaterial which suggestedexistence of a ldquomassive struc-turerdquo beneath the demol-ished mosque

The counsel for deity RamLalla said the excavatedmaterials are a ldquoproofbeyond doubtrdquo about theexistence of the structurebeneath the demolishedmosque in Ayodhya whilerebutting the claim of Mus-lim parties about the exis-tence of an Islamic structure

The counsel stated that fromthe pillar bases artefacts cir-cular shrine intersectingbrickbat walls found in exca-vation an inference can bedrawn that the massive struc-ture was a temple and not anyIslamic structure

A five-judge Constitutionbench headed by CJI RanjanGogoi was told by senior advo-cate C S Vaidyanathan appear-ing for deity Ram Lalla thatcontention of the Muslim par-ties about a structure beneaththe disputed site being anidgah wall or an Islamic struc-

ture was not correct ldquoFirst their case was that

there was no structure at allSecondly they said it was anIslamic structure or an idgahwall We say that it was a tem-ple which was demolished andthe pillar bases found duringexcavation also suggest to thiseffectrdquo Vaidyanathan said

ldquoThat there was a massivestructure beneath is a proofbeyond doubtrdquo he said Senioradvocate Rajeev Dhavanappearing for Muslim partiessaid that as per the Archaeo-logical Survey of India report there is no conclusiveproof or findings of destructionof a temple mdash PTI

PUNJAB CM HADWRITTEN TO STATE

The Punjab CM had written tohis Odisha counterpart tostop demolition of ManguMutt believed to have beenvisited by Guru Nanak Dev

Set up in 1615 by BhaiAlmast a Sikh preacher andhead of Dhuari of the UdasiSect the Mangu Mutt wasalso visited by Guru TeghBahadur in 1670

Court grants divorce toINX Media ex-promoters

A family court on Thurs-day granted divorce to INX Mediarsquos formerpromoters Indrani andPeter Mukerjea

The divorce was amicableand the court was satis-fied that it was a fit casefor dissolution of the 17-year-old marriageIndranirsquos lawyer said

Historic mutts around Jagannath Temple being demolished

Tribune News Service

Mumbai October 3Shiv Sena leader AadityaThackeray today filed hisnomination for the Maha-rashtra Assembly electionsfrom the Worli constituencyHis parents Uddhav andRashmi Thackeray alongwith hundreds of partyworkers accompanied him

Aaditya is the first mem-ber of the Thackeray totake the plunge into elec-toral politics

The 29-year-old embarkedon a massive roadshow atWorli this morning andarrived at the Election Com-missionrsquos office Before hit-ting the road he posted pho-tos of himself praying beforethe picture of party founderand grandfather Bal Thack-eray on social media

Before leaving thehouse he received a callfrom Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis wish-ing him all the best

Speaking to mediapersonsafter filing his nominationpapers Aaditya refused tosay whether he was Senarsquoschief ministerial candidate

ldquoI am not running afterany post I am here to workfor Maharashtra and thecountry I feel the chief min-ister of Maharashtra is acommon man I am also acommon manrdquo he said

Senarsquos Aaditya filespapers from Worli

Pune October 3A day after the RepublicanParty of India (Athawale)fielded Deepak Nikalje thebrother of jailed underworlddon Chhota Rajan fromPhaltan in Satara district theparty on Thursday changedits candidate from the seat inwestern Maharashtra

Instead of Nikalje localleader Digambar Agawanewill contest from the seatsenior RPI leader and Maha-rashtra minister AvinashMahatekar said

The RPI (A) is an ally of theBJP The RPI led by Unionminister Ramdas Athawalehas been given six seats aspart of the seat-sharing dealbetween the BJP Shiv Sena

and other smaller allies forthe October 21 Assemblyelections

Athawale announced thecandidates includingNikalje in Mumbai onWednesday Agawane who isa local RPI (A) leader hasbeen announced as the par-tys candidate from Phaltansaid Mahatekar He saidAgawane will contest theelection on BJPs lotus sym-bol Mahatekar said thoughNikalje was from Phaltan henever lived there Mean-while RPI workers fromPune decided to stay awayfrom the BJPs poll campaignto protest against the Dalitparty not getting any Assem-bly seat in the city mdash PTI

Chhota Rajanrsquos brotherreplaced as candidate

Tribune News Service

Lucknow October 3Defying party diktat BSPrsquosShravasti MLA Aslam Rainiattended the ongoing 36-hourspecial Assembly session tomark the 150th birth anniver-sary of Mahatma Gandhitoday He is the eighth Oppo-sition legislator to attend thesession in defiance of theCongress Samajwadi Partyand BSP leadershipsrsquo diktatto their legislators to stayaway from the session

Besides Raini BSP MLAfrom Purwa (Unnao) AnilSingh and BSP MLC BrijeshSingh Princu attended the ses-sion on Wednesday evening

Sources say the session had

virtually triggered a revolt inthe BSP It was pointed outthat the partyrsquos entire Saha-ranpur unit has joined theBJP en bloc The GangohAssembly segment of Saha-ranpur has a bypoll sched-uled for October 21 A senior

BSP MLA expressed appre-hension of many more partyMLAs attending the sessionin defiance of the party chiefMayawatirsquos directive

Earlier four legislatorsfrom the Samajwadi Partyhad rebelled against its deci-

sion to participate in the ses-sion They included HardoiMLA Nitin Agarwal and MLCRavi Shankar Singh PappuMLCs Shatrudha Prakashand Madhukar Jaitley senttheir written speeches to theChairman requesting him itmake these part of the pro-ceedings Despite protests byBJP members the Chairmanobliged the duo

The Congress also facedldquobetrayalrdquo when Rae Bareli(Sadar) MLA Aditi Singhdelivered a speech in theAssembly on Wednesday

Sources say the legislatorswho have defied theirrespective party line toattend the session are likelyto join the BJP soon

Oppn MLAs defy diktat attend HouseTribune News Service

Lucknow October 3The Uttar Pradesh Govern-ment today charged suspend-ed BRD Medical CollegeGorakhpur paediatrician DrKafeel Khan of wrongly claim-ing to have got a clean chit inthe death of infants during theAugust 2019 oxygen shortage

Principal Secretary (MedicalEducation) Rajneesh Dubeclaimed the probe was stillcontinuing against Dr KafeelKhan on seven points Afterthe death of infants at theBRD Medical College investi-gations found three doctorsguilty They have been sus-pended and are facing depart-mental probes he said

Dube claimed Dr KafeelKhan had been publicisingthe probe report in the mediain a wrong manner as theprobe against him was still onand he had been given noclean chit Dr Kafeel Khanhad defended himself sayingthe probe had absolved him onthree counts related to the

incident at the BRD MedicalCollege on August 10 11 and12 2017 during which timearound 70 infants died due tothe shortage of oxygen supply

ldquoAs I was not the decisionmaker I was obviously notinvolved in administrativedecisions as regards pur-chase of oxygenrdquo he claimed

No clean chit to Dr Kafeel UP

But counsel forMuslims says thereis no such finding in

the ASI report tosupport the claim

Tribune News Service

NewDelhi October 3The Supreme Court onThursday reserved its verdicton petitions challenging the2018 amendments to theSCST Act 1989 but made itclear that anticipatory bailcould be granted in such mat-ter if the courts feel that noprima facie case is made out

The 2018 amendments toThe Scheduled Castes andTribes (Prevention of Atroci-ties) Act 1989 that had nulli-fied the directions in its ver-

dict last year on March 20diluting the provisions ofarrest under the law

A Bench headed by JusticeArun Mishra which had onOctober 1 recalled two of thedirections passed last year bya two-judge Bench and

restored stringent position ofthe Act said it did not intentto dilute the law ldquoWe are notdiluting these provisions Weare not striking them downThese provisions will standas it was earlierrdquo it said

In its October 1 verdict thetop court restored the earlierposition of the law by recallingtwo directions in the Marchlast year verdict which provid-ed no absolute bar on grant ofanticipatory bail and priorinquiry before effecting arrestof public servant and privateindividual under the Act

Wonrsquot dilute SCST Act Top courtlsquoPROVISIONS WILL STAYrsquo

We are not dilutingthese provisions We arenot striking them downThese provisions will standA Supreme Court Bench

Mumbai October 3 Fissures in the city Congressover the ticket distributionfor the Maharashtra Assem-bly polls are wide open withits former chief Sanjay Niru-pam declaring on Thursdaythat he would not take part inthe partyrsquos campaign afterthe name he had recom-mended was ldquorejectedrdquo

The former MP also saidthe way the partyrsquos leader-ship was behaving with himthe time to say good bye tothe party was ldquonot far awayrdquo

ldquoIt seems Congress doesnrsquotwant my services anymore Ihad recommended just onename in Mumbai for Assem-bly election Heard that even

that has been rejected As Ihad told the leadership earli-er in that case I will not par-ticipate in poll campaign Itrsquosmy final decisionrdquo Nirupamsaid on Twitter without nam-ing any of the city leaders

Nirupam also did not specifythe name of the contender hewas pushing for ldquoI hope that

the day has not yet come to saygood bye to party But the wayleadership is behaving withme it doesnrsquot seem far awayrdquohe said in another tweet

Nirupam was replaced asthe city Congress chief aheadof the Lok Sabha polls inMarch this year followingcomplaints by a section of par-ty leaders that he functionedin ldquounilateralrdquo manner

Former Union MinisterMilind Deora had replacedNirupam However Deorahad resigned from the postlast month following the par-tyrsquos debacle in the generalelections The party could notwin even a single seat out ofthe six in Mumbai mdash PTI

Setback for Maharashtra CongNirupam refuses to campaign

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray with his son Aaditya afterthe former filed his nomination from Worli seat in Mumbai PTI

Declares assets worth~1605 cr including

~1036-cr bankdeposits and a BMW

car worth ~65 lakh

Thane October 3 NCP president Sharad Pawarsaid on Thursday the rulingBJP has no solutions to burn-ing problems in Maharashtralike farmer suicide anddrought and hence it is rais-ing emotional issues such asArticle 370 and Ram templein the campaign for the Octo-ber 21 Assembly elections

Targeting the BJP-led NDAgovernment he said centralagencies like the ED and CBIare being used to harass polit-ical opponents He was talk-ing to reporters after partici-pating in a rally organsiedafter filing of nomination byNCP candidate and sittingMLA Jitendra Awhad from

the Mumbra-Kalwa segmentAsked about the SupremeCourt ruling with regard toCM Devendra Fadnavisrsquos2014 poll affidavit Pawar saidthe matter was sub-judice but

he should have given detailsof criminal cases against him

Two days ago the SupremeCourt had set aside the Bom-bay High Court order whichgave Fadnavis a clean chit in a

case of suppression of criminalmatters in the 2014 poll affi-davit He said the BJP has nosolutions to burning problemsin the state like farmer suicidesand drought mdash PTI

BJP evading burning issues alleges Pawar

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on way to file the nomination of Jintendra Awhad from Mumbra-Kalwa in Thane PTI

lsquoI AM NOT REQUIREDrsquoIt seems Congress

doesnrsquot want my services Ihad recommended justone name in Mumbai forthe elections Heard thateven that has beenrejected Sanjay Nirupam CONGRESS

Tribune News Service

Lucknow October 3Former Union Minister Chin-mayanandrsquos judicial custodyin the case of alleged rape ofa Shahjahanpur law studenthas been extended by 14days His hearing took placethrough video-conferencingin the court of the Shahja-hanpur Chief Judicial Magis-trate on Thursday The dateof his next hearing has beenfixed for October 16

The SIT probing the casehas sought permission fromthe court to get the voicesamples of Chinmayanand(72) and the rape survivorwhich would be heard on Fri-day Speaking to reportersChinmayanandrsquos counselOm Singh said that after theexpiry of the 14-day judicialcustody his client wasexpected to appear before thecourt but he could not do sodue to security reasons

However another lawyerPuja Singh claimed thatdue to a rapidly worseningglaucoma Chinmayanandrsquoseye-sight was worseningcausing him acute pain inthe eye She said that shealso pleaded before thecourt that as Chinmayanandwas a former Union Minis-ter he should be given lsquoArsquoclass facilities in jail

Meanwhile activistsbelonging to an organisationcalled ldquoJanata ki Awaazrsquostaged a dharna outside theShahjahanpur Collectoratedemanding the lodging of acase against Chinmayanandunder IPC Section 376

Chinmayanandrsquosjudicial custodyup by 14 days

PARESH RAWAL APOLOGISESFormer BJP MP and actorParesh Rawal has apologisedto Dr Kafeel Khan for hisderogatory tweet against himtwo years ago After the BRDMedical College tragedy Raw-al had described Dr Kafeel asa ldquohero in the eyes of the everactive termite clanrdquo

36-HR SHOW CM Yogi Adityanath at the special Assembly session PTI

THE TRIBUNE08 CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 OPINION

Trumprsquos trial begins now

Fleecing students Reference to the news report lsquoPayRs 35000 clear pending exams atPunjabi varsityrsquo (October 3) uni-versities in Punjab appear to becompeting with one another tocollect money from studentsunder one garb or the other Lastmonth Guru Nanak Dev Univer-sity Amritsar offered a specialchance to students to clear theirpending exams at a cost of Rs25000 Not lagging behind Pun-jabi University has now come outwith its scheme In view of GuruNanakrsquos 550th birth anniversarythe universities should haveoffered this chance as a goodwillmeasure Students from margin-alised sections cannot afford topay hefty fee Universities shouldcurtail their wasteful and avoid-able expenditure

NK GOSAIN BATHINDA

Canrsquot bank on it Reports of malpractices and fraudsin the banking system are becom-ing frequent (editorial lsquoBanksneed better systemsrsquo October 3)It seems there are no properchecks monitoring and account-ing procedures The siphoning offof public money is an offenceagainst the common people Thegovernment and the RBI should

tighten supervision People arelosing faith in banks Remedialmeasures must be initiated to safe-guard savings and restore the trustin our banks Also the culpritsshould be punished

SUBHASH VAID NEW DELHI

Mahatmarsquos teachings The carefully worded editoriallsquoCherry-picking Gandhirsquo (Octo-ber 2) rightly calls upon Indiansto come out of the dark cell ofmajoritarianism and work whole-heartedly for a united secularIndia where everybody may beable to live and breathe freely Letthe Hindu-Muslim unity the cruxof the Mahatmarsquos teachings behonestly preserved at all costs Itis the real face of India andshould not be sacrificed at thealtar of Hindutva

CHANDER PRAKASH RAHI PATIALA

No lsquohonourrsquo in this There was recently the shockingnews of a young couple havingbeen shot dead by the girlrsquos broth-er apparently because she hadmarried against her parentsrsquowishes A similar incident hadbeen reported from the same vil-lage some time back All such cas-es get the halo of lsquohonourrsquokillings It may have had some

meaning a few centuries back butin the present-day society it hasabsolutely no relevance Thesekillings have no justification whenwe talk of giving our girls a fairchance at life Such parents andfamily members who kill theirchildren in such a barbaric fashionshould be given exemplary pun-ishment and publicised

AIR CMDE MANMOHAN SINGH (RETD)MOHALI

NRC back in news Reference to the editorial lsquoNRCimbrogliorsquo (October 3) NRC is inthe news again The Home Minis-terrsquos statement is partial and par-tisan He is ready to provideaccommodation to believers ofany faith but not Muslims Cer-tain norms are meant for every-one and everyone has a right tolive with reference to suicides fol-lowing NRC exercise

SANKALP OJHA MADHYA PRADESH

Take a broad view Apropos lsquoNRC imbrogliorsquo (Octo-ber 3) day by day NRC is taking acommunal shape The dilemma isto find parameters on which aperson could be considered arefugee Some are committingsuicide in fear of losing citizen-ship The Modi government

should take everything into con-sideration and not simply dis-miss the comments of the Opposi-tion Only then will the sloganlsquoSabka saath sabka vikasrsquobecome worthwhile

ARPANA CHAUDHARY AMRITSAR

Teachersrsquo transfers The prevailing disparities intransfers of teachers have causedhindrance in teaching and schoolactivities VIPs are enjoying perksas common teachers curse theirluck A transparent transfer policyproved successful in Haryana andUP There should be no bias Aftertwo-three years everyone runsafter politicians for a convenienttransfer When a policy is framedeverybody will have to go to theassigned place

SAROJ BANYAL HAMIRPUR

For the love of Urdu Apropos the editorial lsquoLet Urduflourishrsquo (October 1) it is importantto highlight the significance ofUrdu It is the most beautiful lan-guage and to call it a foreign lan-guage is tantamount to a great dis-service to the language Ratherserious efforts should be made tointroduce Urdu in school curricu-lum at a suitable stage

SANTOSH JAMWAL HAMIRPUR

Gursharan Singh

I LIVE in Ludhiana and on manyoccasions have visited the ChristianMedical College amp Hospital

(CMCampH) for treatment of self orattending to a relative or friend Onethought always comes to mind whatmade Edith Mary Brown come hereand alleviate the miseries of people byestablishing a hospital mdash over 125 yearsago CMCampH has remained a premiermedical institution not only in Punjabbut also the entire North No doctor isallowed private practice and only thecommitted ones serve the institution

Though there has been a landmarkprogress in the development of infra-structure in the form of buildings andequipment not a single brick was

added to the church building whichcontinues to serve the purpose well

As we celebrate the 550th birthanniversary of Guru Nanak immac-ulate planning and arrangements arebeing made for nagar kirtan langarshabad kirtan etc Quintals of flow-ers will be used during various cere-monies apart from impressive deco-rations involving huge expenditureAll political parties and also religiousbodies are set to take credit for vari-ous events including the opening ofthe Kartarpur corridor There is noth-ing wrong in doing so but some-where we seem to have forgotten thereal message of the Guru

Guru Nanak preached simplicity andlaid emphasis on observing honesty inwhatever one does He was not in

favour of any ostentatious show Heworked for the poor and underprivi-leged He was all for education whichhe thought would help one to be ofsome use to others (vidya veechari tanparupkari) Can our leaders both polit-ical and religious think of doing some-thing more meaningful forhumankind Can we think of opening550 hospitals 550 schools and collegesand an equal number of de-addictioncentres to save our youth and guidethem to live a purposeful life AkalTakht is the highest temporal seat ofthe Sikhs and any verdict issued fromthere is binding on the Sikh communi-ty It should issue certain diktats to takesociety out of perennial social evils

Punjabis including Sikhs areknown to organise lavish parties on

weddings where liquor flows likewater and non-vegetarian food isserved It has become a status symbolThere are some who can afford thislavish and avoidable expendituremany more are compelled to do itunder pressure as a face-saving exer-cise It is not uncommon that some-times they may have to part with aprecious piece of agricultural land ortake substantial loans Subsequentlythis financial burden emerges as amajor reason for farm suicides

A message from Akal Takht to banlavish parties serving of liquor andnon-vegetarian food and to restrictthe number of baratis to say 20may save many lives Will it not bethe best way to celebrate theGurursquos birth anniversary

POLITICAL SCIENTIST

SUBSTANTIAL parts of ourworld have been captured byright-wing populists and inter-estingly all such leaders have a

great deal in common One they con-temptuously dismiss institutions asembodiments of privilege a nuisanceat best and irrelevant at worst Twopopulists forge a national constituencyunmediated by institutions organisa-tions or the opposition Three theyrepresent themselves as targets of con-spiracies fashioned by an elite that hasbecome corrupt moribund and irrele-vant Four populist leaders refuse toplay by rules of the game Whether it isTrump or Modi they have no hesita-tion in uttering statements that theirpredecessors would deem improperThey are simply unpredictable

President Trump is the quintessen-tial populist leader he disdains politi-cal proprieties His presidency hasbeen ridden by controversy since dayone random dismissal of importantofficials wilful decisions and opendistribution of benefits to his ownfamily Ever since the Democrats tookover the House of Representatives inJanuary 2019 the Congress has beenpulverised The Republican-con-trolled Senate has blocked every pieceof progressive legislation passed bythe House It is not therefore surpris-ing that in September the Speaker ofthe House of Representatives NancyPelosi announced that an impeach-ment inquiry would be initiatedagainst the President He had report-edly requested his counterpart in theUkraine to lsquodig up dirtrsquo on Joe Bidena possible Democrat contender for the2020 presidential elections Does ask-ing a foreign power to intervene inelections warrant impeachment

Historians suggest that members of

the Constitutional Convention that metin Philadelphia in 1787 to draw up theAmerican constitution were unhappywith the authority vested in the Presi-dent In accordance with doctrines ofchecks and balances the Congress wasgiven the power to impeach the Presi-dent in cases of lsquotreason bribery or oth-er high crimes and misdemeanorsrsquoThis provision which was in keepingwith the spirit of British constitutionaland legal practice is not meant to pun-ish the incumbent of the White Housemerely to remove him from office Theprocess is cumbersome The House ofRepresentatives has to pass Articles ofImpeachment or a list of charges by amajority vote The case then goes to theSenate which is convened as a judici-ary to hear arguments from both sidesThe removal of the President requires atwo-thirds majority

It was feared as one of the foundersof the American constitution acceptedin a piece in Federalist No 65 thatimpeachment will ignite political pas-sions harness animosities partialitiesand influence and divide the countryThe process might prove more harm-ful than any decision on innocence orguilt Alexander Hamilton was pre-scient Impeachment proceedings

have been launched against two Pres-idents mdash Andrew Johnson in 1868 andBill Clinton in 1998 The former tookover the presidency after the assassi-nation of President Abraham Lincolnduring the civil war in 1868 He is con-sidered a racist because he openlysupported the cause of White South-erners and opposed the civil rights ofliberated Afro-Americans He wasimpeached on a technical issue thatof vetoing a law passed by the Con-gress In the Senate his impeachmentwas defeated by one vote

Impeachment proceedings were ini-tiated against Clinton following alle-gations that he had lied to the SpecialProsecutor about his sexual relation-ship with a White House intern Hewas under oath The move failedbecause it could not secure a two-thirds majority in the Senate Clin-tonrsquos case is controversial expertsargue that a President cannot beimpeached for personal wrongdoingthat may not reflect on public affairs

The only President against whomimpeachment proceedings would havebeen successful is Richard Nixon Hehowever resigned within two years ofhis second term In July 1974 28 out of38 members of the House of Represen-

tatives judiciary committee voted toimpeach him Members of his own par-ty affirmed that they would voteagainst him On August 5 the prover-bial lsquosmoking gunrsquo established that hehad covered the break into the head-quarters of the Democratic Party atWatergate by his campaign committeeduring the 1972 presidential pollsNixon was aware that the Senate wouldvote for his dismissal He resigned Ifimpeachment had succeeded it wouldhave established the superiority of theCongress over the executive

Today Democrats have left no stoneunturned to impeach the President forserious abuse of power Trump tweetsconspiracy theories and appeals to hisconstituency He also threatens to findthe whistleblower These two extreme-ly irresponsible statements can possi-bly add to the list of offences chartedout in the Articles of Impeachment

Hamiltonrsquos foreboding thatimpeachment would divide popularopinion and split the country ratherthan successfully remove the Presi-dent from power has come true Everfaithful to their vocation survey agen-cies have rushed to the American peo-ple for their opinion the Presidentrsquosmen rush to television studios to pleadthat their boss is being victimised thePresident tweets that this is a conspir-acy and Democrats claim that a robustcase exists for impeaching Trump

Even if the House of Representa-tives votes for impeachment it isdebatable whether the move will passthe Senate which controlled by theRepublicans backs the President atleast to date More significantlyTrump has a significant base amongconservative voters and the ruralheartland On October 1 he tweeted anelectoral map dominated by his colourred mdash lsquoTry and impeach thisrsquo he chal-lenged Perceive the irony The pop-ulist leader scorns institutions andaddresses the lsquopeoplersquo Therefore hecan present himself as a casualty ofintrigues even though he is the mostpowerful man on earth Nothing workslike sentimental narratives of victim-hood Trump might emerge as a mar-tyr as a hostage of entrenched powernot quite smelling of roses but still

Letters to the Editor typed in double space should not exceed the 200-word limit These should be cogently written and can be sent by e-mail to Letterstribunemailcom

thought for the dayExperience has already shown that the impeachment the

constitution has provided is not even a scarecrow mdash Thomas Jefferson

NOT SIMPLE Despite opposition President Trump has a significant baseamong conservative voters and the rural heartland

THE TRIBUNEestablished in 1881

Stuck with plasticMass movement needed to reduce its use

THE government has finally woken up to the menace of single-useplastic though it has stopped short of announcing a blanket banSuch plastic commonly used for packaging and carrying goods

is disposable but its indiscriminate disposal has been wreaking havocon the environment Even as PM Narendra Modi is envisioning anIndia free of single-use plastic by 2022 the onus is on various stake-holders right from the industry to the consumer to decrease (andeventually stop) its consumption and popularise alternatives such aspaper and jute The prevailing economic slowdown and the prospectof more job losses have prevented the NDA government characteristi-cally not known for restraint and moderation from rushing into aknee-jerk decision As of now single-use plastic will not be allowedinside national monuments and within 100 metres of their boundary

The national focus on generating public awareness about the boon-turned-bane is a welcome move The imposition of bans and fines hasoften proved counter-productive due to lax enforcement and wide-spread non-cooperation Old habits die hard A behavioural change canhappen only if a mass movement sweeps the country It is imperativeto break the demand-and-supply cycle Himachal Pradesh has takenthe lead by deciding to buy-back non-recyclable plastic waste and sin-gle-use plastic at a minimum support price of Rs 75 per kg Such incen-tives can go a long way in curbing the availability of the eco-unfriendlymaterial Installing plastic disposal machines at railway stations andother public places is also a step in the right direction

Converting toxic waste into something productive is anotherchallenge Indian Oil Corporation plans to employ its refinery oper-ations to turn single-use plastic waste into specialised bitumen thatcan be utilised for the construction of roads and highways Moresuch out-of-the-box ideas are needed India can even draw inspira-tion from an unexpected quarter Rwanda According to a report ofthe UN Environment Programme the African country mdash once rav-aged by civil war and genocide mdash has become one of the cleanestcountries on the planet due to its proactive campaign against single-use plastic Where therersquos a will therersquos a plastic-free way

Congress a divided houseParty in disarray ahead of Haryana elections

NOTHING unites Congressmen more than the sight of electoralvictory while political wilderness brings to the fore bickeringin the rank and file The five years in opposition in Haryana

seem to have done the party little good with factionalism out in theopen Earlier it was state unit chief Ashok Tanwar who was in the fir-ing line after the party lost all 10 seats in the Lok Sabha elections Theroles have now been reversed with Tanwar training guns at former CMBhupinder Singh Hooda and state unit president Kumari Selja accus-ing them of selling the party ticket Tanwar took his fight to Delhiprotesting outside Sonia Gandhirsquos residence and asking to be relievedof all poll panels The rivalry spilled over after Selja was made thestate president and Hooda the chief of the election management com-mittee A video went viral allegedly to embarrass the party a daybefore Hooda is slated to file his nomination

Tanwar is known to be close to Rahul Gandhi and with the latter step-ping aside after the loss in the Lok Sabha elections his replacement wasonly a matter of time His fight for tickets for his loyalists is natural Butthe party apparently wishes to throw its weight behind the old guard tohave a go at the BJP in the Assembly elections

The Congress was known for strong regional satraps Like VirbhadraSingh in HP and Capt Amarinder Singh in Punjab the partyrsquos decisionprobably is dictated by the prospect of facing a resurgent BJP With Sel-ja in the saddle the Congress has tried to offset the possible loss of Dalitvotes by Tanwarrsquos replacement A lsquohuman bombrsquo cost Rajiv Gandhi hislife and Tanwar should be circumspect in using the term howeverinnocuous the context might be even as his grievance should be lookedinto His next course of action is awaited but the party itself should beseen as fighting the BJP and not amongst itself

Democrats leaving no stone unturned to impeach US President for abuse of power

NEERA CHANDHOKE

on this day100 years ago

General AmnestyELSEWHERE will be found the account of an interview which theHonrsquoble Mr SN Banerjea gave to an Associated Press representative onhis arrival at Bombay It is pleasing to note the optimistic ring about MrBanerjearsquos views He said that the Indian situation in England to-day wasfar more encouraging and satisfactory than it had ever been within hisrecollection He referred with pardonable pride to the share the Moderateparty had in bringing this happy consumption As regards the Punjabaffairs mdash a subject in which we in the Punjab are particularly interested mdashMr Banerjea said that his deputation had several informal conferenceswith Mr Montagu during which they had urged the grant of a generalamnesty and the appointment of an independent Commission of EnquiryWhile we regret that in the matter of the Enquiry Committee thesuggestion of the moderate deputation has been considerably whittleddown we do hope Mr Montagu will see his ways to advise His Majesty togrant a general amnesty in all political cases

The ldquoEnglishmanrdquo and OurselvesREFERRING to certain remarks that appeared in a recent issue of this journalquestioning the right and authority of Sir Uma Hayat Khan to speak in thename of the people of Punjab the Englishman writes--ldquoIt is a very politicalminded device to brag of the glories of the soldier but to refuse him voice in theconcerns of the peoplerdquo Even a writer in the Englishman might have beenexpected to know the difference between questioning a manrsquos representativecharacter and refusing him a voice in the concerns of the people

lahore saturday october 4 1919

letters to the editor

Celebrate with 550 hospitals schools

Trump scorns institutions and addresses the lsquopeoplersquo Hecan therefore present himself as a casualty of intrigues

THE TRIBUNECHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 09OPED

AT Chinarsquos National DayParade on October 1 the mili-tary might of the Peoplersquos Lib-eration Army (PLA) in full dis-

play was watched closely by the worldThe commander-in-chief of the PLA XiJinping inspected the parade which fea-tured 15000 troops 160 aircraft and 600pieces of equipment

What caught the attention of dis-cerning observers were the new mis-siles which are a part of the 2016-raised rocket force (PeoplersquosLiberation Army Rocket ForcePLARF) The Dongfeng DF-41 Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)with a range of 15000 km travelling atseven km per second approximatespeed Mach 20 (Mach is the speed ofsound) and 500 meters accuracy theDongfeng DF-100 hypersonic cruisemissile and the Dongfeng DF-17medium range ballistic missile fittedwith Hypersonic Glide Vehicle (HGV)mdash DF-ZF mdash with a range of 2000 km

While western analysts focused onDF-41 ICBM which would play a crit-ical role in strategic counterbalancedeterrence and in winning war forIndia the DF-100 and DF-17 fittedwith HGV mdash DF-ZF mdash should be acause of concern Hypersonic mis-siles will be the new disruptive game-changing technology in this centurywhich would mdash between India andChina mdash replace nuclear deterrence

with non-nuclear deterrence reshapethe rules of conventional war-fight-ing and transform geopolitics Onlythree countries mdash the US Russia andChina mdash have made credible stridesin procuring harnessing and exploiting this technology

Hypersonic missiles are radically dif-ferent from ballistic and cruise missilesBallistic missiles boosted by powerfulrocket engines leave the atmosphere(the dividing altitude between atmos-phere and space is 100 km) to enterspace reach the apogee and then re-enter atmosphere to hit the designatedtarget These missiles follow a definedelliptical trajectory which helps theBallistic Missile Defence (BMD) sys-tem to intercept and neutralise theirwarhead before it causes damage TheUS since over four decades has invest-ed heavily in BMD systems Inspiredby it India too has invested in indige-nous BMD since 2000

Cruise missiles stay within theatmosphere fly at low altitude toevade ground-based radars and arepowered and guided throughout theflight in a defined near-flat trajectoryuntil its designated target Cruise mis-siles powered by air-breathing jetengines have sub-sonic speeds exceptIndiarsquos BrahMos missile which pow-ered by ramjet engine has a superson-ic speed of Mach 3 To defeat cruisemissiles there are technologies likethe Russian S-400 Air Defence MissileSystem (ADMS) amongst others

Hypersonic cruise missiles with twopeculiarities are a class apart Onethey have speed upwards of Mach 5 mdashtheir kinetic energy (derived frommotion) itself is enough to destroyhardened and underground facilities

Two they fly at low altitudes thoughhigher than cruise missiles and aredifficult to detect by terrestrial or

land-based radars because of theirability to change course rapidlyUnlike ballistic and cruise missileswhich follow a defined trajectoryhypersonic missiles are highlymanoeuvrable thereby giving very lit-tle reaction time to the opponent tojudge which target is being hit Thisdelayed detection makes timelyresponse extremely difficult

HGV are fitted on ballistic missilerocket engines like DF-17 DF-21 DF-26 and even DF-41 ICBM and boostedAfter a certain boost phase the HGVdetaches itself from the rocket andglides towards its target 2000 kmaway in a wayward rather than adefined low flight trajectory

Senior officials from Raytheon Com-pany of the US recently told thiswriter at an international air show thatmeeting the hypersonic cruise missilechallenge would require new sensorsfor early detection Since terrestrial

sensors alone would not work theneed would be to have a mix of space-based and terrestrial sensors Theentire hypersonic missile defencearchitecture they said would requirehuge investments patience technolo-gy and technical expertise

Given the new missilersquos characteris-tics the DF-100 and DF-17 with HGVin PLA inventory would be a powerfulasymmetric capability For instance itwould be a national humiliation if theHGV were to hit and destroy Indiarsquosaircraft carrier Since India mdash familiarwith PLArsquos nuclear weapons invento-ry mdash is unlikely to raise the stakesChinarsquos new deterrence as well as dis-ruptive war-fighting capability wouldreside in its useable non-nuclear HGVIndiarsquos nuclear weapons purportedlydelivered by its submarines Agniseries ballistic missiles and aircraftwould on the other hand be rendereduseless against China

Such a possibility deserves an urgentreview both of Indiarsquos nuclear deter-rence against China and the indigenousBMD which despite the infusion ofhuge funds has unfortunately notdemonstrated satisfactory results In2011 the then Defence Research andDevelopment Organisation (DRDO)chief VK Saraswat had spelt out thetimelines to this writer for the accom-plishment of the BMD programme Hehad said that by 2013 phase one of theproject which involved successful inter-ception of hostile missiles with 2000-kmrange would be achieved Phase two ofthe programme which required neutral-isation of 5000-km range ballistic mis-siles would be done by 2015 the sameyear when the ballistic missile shieldwould become available for impreg-nable defence of the capital city of Delhiand major metropolises The purchaseof five units or regiments of Russian S-400 ADMS in 2016 is evidence thatSaraswat was doing kite-flying

Even the military should take itsportion of the blame Many DRDO sci-entists have told me that the militaryleadership unable to find or under-stand operational employment ofhypersonic missiles has shown littleinterest in their presentations WithPLA having showcased these missilesthe Defence Minister ought to take thebull by the horns A way forward is toseek Russian cooperation through thesuccessful BrahMos supersonic cruisemissile programme Given that Brah-Mos is Indiarsquos most successfuldefence programme has consistentlymet its timelines has been acceptedby the three defence services and hasgenerated employment and wealth itcould be the ideal vehicle for thedevelopment of hypersonic cruisemissiles and strengthening bilateralrelations between India and Russia

CUTTING EDGE Hypersonic missiles will be the new disruptive game-changing technology in this century

With the Peoplersquos LiberationArmy having showcased

hypersonic missiles Indiaought to take the bull by thehorns A way forward is toseek Russian cooperation

through the successfulBrahMos supersonic cruise

missile programme It could be the ideal vehicle

for the development ofhypersonic cruise missiles

and strengthening bilateral relations

THE world was taken by surpriseon September 14 when thelargest Saudi oil processingplant at Abqaiq was hit by a

lsquoswarmrsquo of around 25 drones and somecruise missiles launched by the Houthirebels in Yemen one of the poorestcountries in the world The attackscaused extensive damage to the plantknocking out 60 per cent of the Saudi oilproduction and triggering a 20 per centspike in oil prices And the worldrsquosattention was thus suddenly focused onYemen and the Houthis an Islamic Zai-di Shia political and armed movementwhich has been fighting a lsquoforgottenrsquowar against Saudi Arabia and the UAEfor more than four years

The Yemeni war began in March 2015when Saudi forces invaded the countryto intervene in what was essentially adomestic dispute between the Houthisand the government of PresidentAbdrabbuh Mansur Hadi The Saudisinvaded Yemen because they viewedthe Houthis as Iranian proxies both ofthem being Shia The Houthis defeatedthe forces loyal to Hadi and capturedSanarsquoa the countryrsquos capital in Sep-tember 2014 In January 2015 Hadiresigned and later fled to Saudi Arabiawhere he presently lives in exile

The Saudi decision to invade Yemenwas taken by Mohammad bin Salman(MbS) the present Crown Prince of Sau-di Arabia To attack Yemen the Saudismobilised a coalition that included theUAE Egypt Jordan Morocco SudanKuwait Qatar and Bahrain But essen-tially it was the Saudi and Emirati

forces that were involved in the inva-sion which was also supported by theUS and the UK They providedweapons logistical support and target-ing information to the Saudis

The Wahhabi Saudis wanted a gov-ernment in Yemen that was not con-trolled by the Zaidi Shia HouthisThey also wanted to control Yemenrsquosoil and a pipeline from their oilfieldsto a harbour in Yemen which wouldhave enabled them to avoid the Iran-dominated Strait of Hormuz

The Saudis and the Emiratis expecteda quick victory against the Houthis whowere a rag-tag bunch of fighters withoutan organised army or sophisticatedweapons However they were highlymotivated agile innovative and knew

the terrain well The Saudis and theEmiratis on the other hand were poorfighters accustomed to the comforts oflife They could not match the Houthison the ground and soon resorted toindiscriminate bombing from the airkilling thousands of civilians

According to reliable estimatesaround 2 lakh Yemenis have died in thefighting including 1 lakh childrenunder the age of five from famine and acholera epidemic On some occasionsinternational aid was prevented fromreaching the Yemeni people by blockad-ing of the ports by the Saudis and theirallies And notably the self-styled glob-al lsquocustodiansrsquo of human rights werecomplicit in this genocidal war For thisreason it became a lsquoforgottenrsquo war

receiving very little media coverage TheUnited Nations has called it the biggesthumanitarian crisis on the planet

However the situation began tochange in May 2019 when the Houthislaunched drone attacks against someSaudi oil facilities That was followedon August 17 by a multiple droneattack on Shaybah a massive Saudi oiland gas field which is around 1200 kmfrom Houthi-controlled territory inYemen The drone attacks demonstrat-ed the vulnerability of the Saudi oilinfrastructure to the attacks by theHouthis and the range of their dronesand missiles Neither the Saudis northe Americans currently have any mis-sile or air defence systems that canoffer protection against such attacks

It is clear that drones have been agame-changer in Yemen One experthas called them ldquothe most disruptivemilitary technology yet conceivedrdquoThey are cheap costing only a few mil-lion dollars compared to the Saudiarsenal costing hundreds of billions ofdollars The Houthis are now makingtheir own drones based on Iraniandesigns and technical advice They arealso probably importing drones andcruise missiles from Iran

The Saudis have suffered anotherreversal in Yemen Their major ally theUAE pulled out of the war a few monthsago when the port of Aden in the Southfell to the Southern Transitional Coun-cil a separatist group backed by theUAE This has infuriated the Saudis butthey have not been able to do much

The Saudis and the Americans have

blamed Iran for the September 14attack on Abqaiq instead of the Houthiswho have claimed responsibility for itIran has denied any role in the attackThe US is unlikely to attack Iran but ifit does it could set the whole regionon fire That could adversely affectalmost seven million people of Indianorigin who work in the Gulf and remitbillions of dollars to India

On September 20 the US announcedthat it was sending troops and more mis-sile defence systems such as Patriot andTHAAD (Terminal High Altitude AreaDefence ) to Saudi Arabia However theyare unlikely to be effective against low-flying drones which can only be stoppedby short-range Russian systems such asPantsyr-S1 and the BUK-2 which theRussians have used to defend their basein Syria against similar attacks

On September 28 the Houthis dealtanother blow to the Saudis by launch-ing a ground attack within Saudi terri-tory near Najran in which three Saudibrigades were defeated and hundredsof soldiers were either killed woundedor captured The operation demonstrat-ed that Saudi Arabia was vulnerable toair and ground attack by the Houthis

The asymmetrical warfare fought bythe Houthis appears to have broughtSaudi Arabia to its knees The WallStreet Journal reported on August 28that the Trump administration waspreparing to initiate negotiations withthe Houthis to end the war in Yemen Itremains to be seen when or if that hap-pens But one thing is clear The war inYemen is no longer lsquoforgottenrsquo

NIRAJ SRIVASTAVAFORMER AMBASSADOR

The Houthis an IslamicZaidi Shia political and

armed movement active inYemen have been fightinga war against Saudi Arabiaand the UAE for more thanfour years The Saudis and

the Americans have blamedIran for the Sept 14 attackon the Saudi oil processing

plant at Abqaiq eventhough the Houthis haveclaimed responsibility for

it Drones have been a tipping point in the

Yemeni war

Drones and the lsquoforgottenrsquo war in Yemen

LIVING BY THE GUN The asymmetrical warfare fought by the Houthis appears to have brought Saudi Arabia to its knees

PRAVIN SAWHNEYSTRATEGIC AFFAIRS EXPERT

Chinarsquos new missile is a wake-up call for India

su do ku calendar forecast

YESTERDAYrsquoS SOLUTION

OCTOBER 4 2019 FRIDAY

Vikrami Samvat 2076

Shaka Samvat 1941

Ashwin Shaka 12

Ashwin Parvishte 18

Hijari 1441

Shukla Paksh Tithi 6 up to 935 am

Soubha Yoga up to 1154 pm

Jyeshtha Nakshatra up to 1219 pm

Moon enters Sagittarius sign 1219 pm

YESTERDAYrsquoS SOLUTIONAcross 1 Burlesque 8 Nerve 9 History 10 Risque 11 In vain 12 Grandeur 15 As it were18 Chubby 20 Artist 21 Rostrum 22 Curio 23 Make senseDown 2 Union 3 Lethal 4 Strangle 5 Ensign 6 Croquet 7 Celebrity 11 Imbalance 13Anecdote 14 Jitters 16 Wisdom 17 Subtle 19 Blues

ACROSS1 Not of central

importance (8)5 Homeless child (4)9 Restrict (5)10 Appropriate or fitting (25)11 Confront

consequences (435)13 Originator (6)14 To aid (6)17 Reveal (525)20 Newly enlisted soldier (7)21 Of high birth (5)22 Rudely brief (4)23 Highway robbery (8)

DOWN1 Acting gently (4)2 Unrestrained (7)3 Eventually (2343)4 Dismount (6)6 South American

mountains (5)7 Savagery (8)8 Charged with a task (12)12 Rough and uncultured (8)15 Hold in check (7)16 Shakespearean

heroine (6)18 Become liable to (5)19 Resist attempts at (4)

quick crossword

V HARD

1 3 7 6 5 9 8 2 4

9 2 4 3 8 1 7 5 6

8 5 6 7 4 2 9 3 1

3 9 2 5 1 4 6 7 8

6 4 8 9 2 7 3 1 5

5 7 1 8 3 6 2 4 9

7 6 5 4 9 3 1 8 2

4 1 9 2 7 8 5 6 3

2 8 3 1 6 5 4 9 7

7 1 5

9 3 5

4 8

6 8 7

8 2

9 6 4

1 9

7 9 8

2 4 6

Sunny Partly Cloudy Cloudy Rainy Foggy

CITY MAX MINChandigarh 31 21New Delhi 34 24PUNJAB

Amritsar 32 22Bathinda 32 23Jalandhar 32 21Ludhiana 31 21HARYANA

Bhiwani 34 23Hisar 34 22Sirsa 32 25HIMACHAL PRADESH

Dharamsala 26 16Manali 20 08Shimla 21 12JAMMU amp KASHMIRJammu 32 21Leh ------ -----Srinagar 23 11UTTARAKHAND Dehradun 31 19Mussoorie 22 12

SUNSET FRIDAY 1804 HRSSUNRISE SATURDAY 0618 HRS

TEMPERATURE IN OC

THE TRIBUNE10 CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019JampKHP

Arun JoshiTribune News Service

Srinagar October 3Kashmiris displayed theirextraordinary sense of collec-tive responsibility in savingtheir Vale from the repeat ofthe 2016-like situation or evenworse There were all chancesof it becoming one had theyprotested in streets andclashed with troopers

ldquoThey thought we wouldtake to the streets and pelttroopers with stones to engi-neer mayhem We did notallow that to happenrdquo BilalAhmad a university stu-dent spoke in a maturedfashion rather than onebursting with emotions

Everyone in the establish-ment here who is from out-side the Vale admires thehigh sense of the politicalconsciousness and intelli-gence of Kashmiris ldquoTheyare politically alive and intel-ligent people perhaps thekind of which we may notfind in any other part of thecountryrdquo commented an offi-cer who has been here forover past three decades

And when the troops hadstarted landing in huge num-bers in Kashmir in the lastweek of July Kashmir wasagog with rumours whichlater turned out to be truethat something big was in theoffing The common percep-tion was that it would not begood for people of Kashmirwhich was seeded in theirmind by politicians now seenas relics of a goneby era

While the authorities arecrediting themselves havingplanned measures in such amanner that ensured thatnothing would go wrongKashmiris have their ownstory to tell of their restraintand reasonableness Theypreferred to avoid confronta-tion and clashes on thestreets is the narrative thatdemonstrates that they arenot suffering from the senseof defeat with which some

nationalistic media is por-traying them after the scrap-ping of Article 370 and 35A

Kashmiris are intelligentThey claim that they haveshown to the entire worldhow adversity can be con-verted into a virtue Hadthey indulged in clashestheir argument of loss ofpolitical identity wouldhave been neutralised

They had factored in somekind of onslaught on theirspecial status under Article370 and Article 35A Theyknew that confrontationwould mean catastropheThis dreadful thought wasbased on rumours likeldquoanything can happenrdquo ifthe streets were to eruptThey did not oblige thetrouble-makers

The body language of thetroopers with assault riflesslung on their shouldersmade it clear that they didnrsquotwant any trouble around Thetrouble had its consequencesThe mere presence of thetroops had a meaning thatconfrontation would be metwith harsher consequences

A teenager Asif Dar

admitted that the thingswere ldquoharshrdquo but therecould have been harsherconsequences had thesecurity arrangementsthat were put in place notbeen there ldquoThe authori-ties had their way we hadours but the main thingis that we didnrsquot courttrouble and smear ourland with bloodrdquo

ldquoThis was a preventivemeasurerdquo the governmentofficials have repeated it adnauseam They had drawntheir lessons as theyclaimed from the 2016unrest In hindsight the twosituations have no parallelKashmir had erupted in2016 after the killing of mil-itant commander BurhanWani who had weaponisedsocial media and no oneknew about his fatal enduntil it happened on July 82016 Thereafter it was aspontaneous reaction

This time the governmenthad anticipated cascades ofbacklash It had taken all pre-ventive measures fromarrests of political leaders tochronic stone throwers busi-

nessmen and anyone whohad caused trouble in thepast or had the potential to doso It was linked to the deci-sion on August 5 The prepa-rations had been made muchbefore the ldquoDecision dayrdquo ofscrapping the special statusof Jammu and Kashmir

Massive protests and theinitial killing of at least 20youngsters in the first fewhours set a cycle in motionof the clashes and casualtiesin 2016 That cycle of vio-lence halted after Kashmirhad reeled under coerciveshutdown for three monthsand the casualty figure stag-gered close to 100

Tourists fled and so did pil-grims in 2016 but no one hadasked them to pack off andgo This time the things wereplanned much beforendash thegovernment ordered the pil-grims and tourists to leave atthe earliest on August 2 atleast a fortnight before thescheduled conclusion of theAmarnath pilgrimage

The ubiquitous presence oftroops inspired scare Kash-miris chose pragmatism thistime They for too had learnttheir lessons from 2016 it waspointless to take to the streetsand fulfil the designs of ene-mies of Kashmir who wantedmore graves Pakistan isexactly looking for this kindof bloodbath in the Valley

Troopers did not usetheir guns was one factorbut the Kashmiris also didnot offer them theextreme provocation to doso And when they saw thewhole of the Indian nationcelebrating the August 5decision they understoodthe consequences of stand-ing up to the Indian mightand mood They appliedtheir common sense not tothrow their land in the spi-ralling bloodshed That iswhere they succeeded in sav-ing their land and fellowKashmiris from the troublethat could have visited them

lsquoWe saved our land from catastrophersquo

TURNING ADVERSITY INTO VIRTUE When the troops had

started landing in hugenumbers in Kashmir in thelast week of July Kashmirwas agog with rumourswhich later turned out tobe true that somethingbig was in the offing

Kashmiris claim that theyhave shown to the worldhow adversity can be con-verted into a virtue Hadthey indulged in clashestheir argument of loss ofpolitical identity wouldhave been neutralised

Tribune News Service

Srinagar October 3On Tuesday when AatiyaAyoubrsquos mother read a newsitem in a local daily about theopening of schools after twomonths she had alreadydecided not to send herdaughter to the school owingto the continuous tense situa-tion in Kashmir whichmarked 60 days on Thursday

Aatiya is a Class X studentShe has submitted the formfor her annual exams butdoesnrsquot know whether theexams will be held She is yetto complete the syllabus atthe school where her last classwas held before August 3

ldquoOur education seems tobe over There is still silenceand shutdown it is not safefor us to go to school in sucha situationrdquo she told TheTribune at her home in Sri-nagar where she is prepar-ing the assignments provid-ed to her by the school ldquoIam not able to concentrateit is a very difficult situationfor all studentsrdquo she said

The Divisional Commis-sioner Kashmir Baseer

Ahmad Khan announced theopening of schools up to ClassXII from Thursday but whilea few schools had opened thestudents continued to remainaway from classes disobeyingthe governmentrsquos order It isfor the second time sinceAugust 19 that the govern-ment announced opening of schools but the students stayed away

The government has alsoannounced opening ofinstitutes of higher educa-tion from October 9 but itseems unlikely that stu-dents will attend the class-es as the communication

and internet clampdowncontinues in Kashmir

Many parents continueto raise safety issues ofstudents and haverestrained from sendingthem to schools ldquoWe willnot send our children toschools There is no publictransport and everythingis shut How can studentsas young as 4 5 and 6 yearsof age go to schools Whatwill they do if a stone hitsthem or something hap-pens Who will inform uswhen the phones are not workingrdquo asked Rosy Jan a mother

Few schools reopen inValley no students yet

The empty classroom of a government college in Srinagar AMIN WAR

Majid Jahangir amp Ishfaq TantaryTribune News Service

Srinagar October 3Relatives of at least 12detainees in the Valley whohave been booked under thestringent Public Safety Act(PSA) have knocked on thedoors of the JampK High Courtclaiming they are minors

In all 12 habeas corpus peti-tions have been filed in theSrinagar wing of JampK HighCourt Six among the youths

are 18 two are 17 and 16 andone is 15 years of age theirfamilies said In their peti-tions the families have most-ly submitted school certi-fies before the court insupport of the claim ofthe detainees

The first two habeascorpus petitions claimingthat the detainees wereminors and booked underthe PSA which allows deten-tion without any trial up totwo years was submitted on

August 27 by residents ofSrinagar and Anantnag

The Juvenile Justice Com-mittee of the JampK High Courtin a report submitted beforethe Supreme Court had said

144 children aged betweennine and 17 were detained

between August 5 and Sep-tember 23 and of them 142had been released The reportsaid the children weredetained for causing minorinjuries and creating law andorder problem ldquoIn certain reg-

ular habeas corpus petitionschallenging regular detentionorders passed by district mag-istrates against them underthe PSA the detainees haveclaimed to be juveniles When-ever such petitions come upbefore the different benches ofthe court the court is directedto hold an inquiry to ascertainthe factum of age and if thedetainee is found to be a juve-nile appropriate orders inaccordance with law would fol-lowrdquo the report had said

Kin of 12 detained lsquominorsrsquo move HC

Tribune News Service

Srinagar October 3As normal business activitycontinued to remain sus-pended for the 60th daytoday after the abrogation ofArticle 370 the KashmirChamber of Commerce andIndustries said the Valleyrsquoseconomy had been dentedby around Rs 10000 croreduring this period

The businessmen saidtheir problems had beencompounded due to thelack of mobile and internetfacilities as they wereunable to file returns thatwould lead to bigger issuesin the future ldquoAs per ourestimates we have suf-fered losses between Rs8000 crore and Rs10000crore during the past twomonths All sectors havebeen badly hit and themobile and internet gaghas added to our woesrdquochamber president SheikhAshiq told The Tribune

ldquoDue to the internet gagwe have not been able to filereturns and we fear this willlead to lots of problems forus later These are practicalissues and on top of thatthere is no clarity from thegovernmentrdquo he said

Lost ~10000 crduring lockdownsays industry

Parents reluctant to send wards owing to tension

Ambika SharmaTribune News Service

Solan October 3The BJP is in for a majortrouble in Pachhad as DayalPyari a sitting zila parishadmember refused to with-draw her nominationpapers after her supportersforced her against takingthe decision this morning

The development has leftthe ruling party embarrassedas its senior leaders wereconfident of placating her

Pyari who met Chief Min-ister Jai Ram Thakur inShimla yesterday hadalmost made up her mind towithdraw from the contestbut this was not accepted byher family and supporters

Her husband Prithvi Singhand her father-in-law said noother candidate was accept-able to the people She

deserved ticket and wouldcontest as an Independent

Dayal Pyari talking to medi-apersons said though she wastorn between the party andthe supporters she would payheed to latter and said shewould begin campaigningafter paying obeisance at theJatoli temple here

She reiterated that herfight was not against the par-ty but against the dictatorial

attitude of a few leaders ofher area and claimed that shewould emerge victorious

She was taken into a carby her supporters towardsSirmaur before she couldbe poached by BJP leadersShe began her campaigninglater in the day

The BJP got a partial reliefas its senior leaders man-aged to pacify rebel AshishSikta who withdrew his

nomination He howeverencountered strong resent-ment from his supporters atRajgarh where Sikta firstheld a meeting and thenwithdrew his nomination

BJP state president Sat-pal Satti ministers Mahin-der Thakur and SureshBhardwaj who were camp-ing at Rajgarh held day-long consultations to chalkout a strategy for the poll

Reena Kashyap who wasthe BJPrsquos official nomineewill face a tough challengefrom Dayal Pyari who hasfound overwhelming sup-port of the people

The development has elat-ed the Congress though itremains to be seen if its candi-date GR Musafir will gain inthe three-cornered contest asthe party is solely banking onthe factionalism in the BJP

BJP rebel firm on contesting as IndependentIn Pachhad partial relief for saffron party as Sikta withdraws nomination papers

ASSEMBLYBYPOLLS

Dayal Pyari (in yellow shawl) with her supporters outside a hotel in Solan on Thursday TRIBUNE PHOTO

SUPPORTERSrsquo PRESSURE Dayal Pyari who met Chief

Minister Jai Ram Thakur inShimla on Wednesday hadalmost made up her mind towithdraw from the contest butthis was not accepted by herfamily and supporters

Her husband and father-in-law said she deserved aticket but since denied shewould contest as an Independent

Taken in a car by her sup-porters towards Sirmaurshe began her campaigninglater in the day on Thursday

Lalit MohanTribune News Service

Dharamsala October 3Sudhir Sharma AICC secre-tary and former minister isunlikely to join the Congresscampaign in his home con-stituency Dharamsala for theOctober 21 byelection

Sudhir who refused to con-test the byelections just twodays before the last date of fil-ing of nomination papers hasnot arrived in Dharamsala todate He did not come toDharamsala when theyoung Congress leaderVijay Inder Karan who hasreplaced him filed his nom-ination papers on Septem-ber 30 Sudhirrsquos suddenrefusal to contest despitethe Congress high com-mand telling him to be inpoll fray is like an unsolvedriddle for many senior Con-gress leaders

A senior leader said AICCchief Sonia Gandhi evenafter the approval of the can-didature of Vijay Inder Karanasked senior leaders to talk toSudhir if he can change hismind and contest HoweverSudhir remained adamantagainst contesting he said

When contacted on phonetoday Sudhir said that he wasnot joining the Congresscampaign as he was sufferingfrom gastroenteritis ldquoI willreturn home after 4 to 5 daysbut whether or not I will jointhe campaign will depend onmy healthrdquo he said

With Sudhir almost declin-ing to join the campaign theissue of infighting in the stateCongress has come to fore

Just days before announc-ing his refusal to contest theDharamsala byelection Sud-hir had openly demanded theresignation of the acting pres-ident of state Youth Congressfor holding programmeswithout his approval andspeaking out against him Avernacular paper insteadreported that Sudhir hadsought HPCC chief KuldeepRathorersquos resignation

Congrsquos Sudhir may not campaign

Rajiv Mahajan

Nurpur October 3With drug trafficking in the inter-state border areasof lower Kangra districtcomprising Nurpur andIndora subdivisions risingthe state government hasturned a ldquoblind eyerdquo to theNurpur de-addiction-cum-rehabilitation centre

Set up during the previousCongress regime and inau-gurated by then CM Virb-hadra Singh on January 122017 the centre is run by theKangra district Red Cross

Society The skeleton staffhere has failed to run thecentre effectively

Surprisingly the centrehas no doctor or psychia-

trist As per informationthe centre is run by just aproject coordinator a coun-selor a pharmacist and asafai karamchari The

recent suicide by a 64-year-old man addicted to alcoholhas now put a questionmark on the safety ofinmates and the staff

deployed at the centre Asthere is no watchman or asecurity guard it is fearedthat such unsavory inci-dents can recur

Set up in the OBC hostelbuilding the centre canadmit 10 addicts at a timebut its full capacity couldnever be used for want ofrequisite staff Centre incharge-cum-project coordi-nator Amit Kumar admittedthat the centre was unableto admit more than fiveaddicts at a time and thewaiting list of addicts hadalways been quite long

ldquoThe working environ-ment is unsafe too as thestaff is always under threatof being attacked by theinmates who turn aggres-sive on being denied syn-thetic drugs or intoxi-cantsrdquo he said

As the centre is locatednear the border of PunjabHimachal Pradesh and Jam-mu amp Kashmir where drugtrafficking is on the risedespite registration of casesunder the NDPS Act thedemand for better facilitiesand more staff has been gain-ing momentum

Nurpur de-addiction centre a victim of admn apathyHas no doctor | Run by Kangra Red Cross Society NGOs want Health Department to take it over

Just 4 employees Set up during the Congressregime and inaugurated bythen CM Virbhadra Singh onJanuary 12 2017 the centre isrun by just a project coordina-tor a counselor a pharmacistand a safari karamchari Set up in the OBC hostelbuilding the centre can admit10 addicts at a time but its fullcapacity could never be used

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3A Special CBI Court todayissued notice to the CBI onthe bail applications filed bythree accused in the Kotkhaicustodial death case

The court asked the CBI tofile a reply on the bail applica-tions filed by former KotkhaiSHO Rajinder Singh (33)head constable RafeeMohammad (38) and consta-ble Ranjeet Steta (32) by Octo-ber 9 the next date of hearing

In the applications it was

stated that there was no evi-dence on record to connectthe accused with the allegedcustodial death of Suraj

It was also mentioned thatthree co-accused IGPZahur H Zaidi SP DW NegiTheog DSP Manoj Joshihad been granted bailAccording to the prosecu-tion a minor girl was alleged-ly raped and murdered inHalaila forests of Shimla dis-trict on July 4 2017 The vic-timrsquos body was found lying inHalaila forests near Mahasuon July 6 2017

Kotkhai case Copsfile bail pleas in court

As of now I am not campaigning forthe party as I am suffering fromgastroenteritis I will return home (toDharamsala) after 4-5 days but whetheror not I will join the campaign inDharamsala will depend on myhealth Sudhir Sharma CONGRESS LEADER

WHAT INFURIATED FORMER MINISTER Sudhir Sharmarsquos supporters alleged that while former

minister was preparing to contest elections leaders ofthe HPCC called other Congress leaders from Dharam-sala and asked them to apply for ticket

This infuriated Sudhir who decided against contesting They alleged that the former minister was also not join-

ing the party campaign as the current party leadershiphad tried to belittle him in his own constituency

lsquoSUFFERING FROM GASTROENTERITISrsquo

THE TRIBUNEJALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 11NATION

HIMACHAL PRADESH

NOTICE INVITING E-PROCUREMENT BID

Executive Engineer IampPH Division Dharampur Bharari on behalf of Governorof Himachal Pradesh invites the online Lump Sum contract bids on turnkey basisfrom the eligible bidders of Indian Entity through online bidding system on or before 17102019 at 1700 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs) on the sitehttpshptendersgovin

1 KEY DATES SHALL BE AS UNDER-

The tender forms and other detailed conditions can be downloaded from thewebsite wwwhpiphorg or from office above Executive Engineer up to datespecified above

Executive EngineerIampPH Division Dharampur Bharari

a Date of Online publication 0110 2019

b Downloading of e-bidDocuments

From 01102019 at 1800 Hrs IST (GMT + 530Hrs) to 17102019 at 1700 Hrs IST (GMT +530 Hrs)

c Date of submission of e-bid From 01102019 at 1800 Hrs IST (GMT + 530Hrs) to 17102019 at 1700 Hrs IST (GMT +530 Hrs)

d Physical Submission of Original Bid Security (in case ofoffline deposit of Bid security)

Up to 1100 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs) on18102019

e Date of opening of bids

1) Cover-1 Eligibility Criteria On 18102019 at 1230 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs)

2) Cover-2 Technical bid Shall be intimated separately

3) Cover-3 Financial Bid Shall be intimated separately

f Site Visit Between 1100 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs) dated10102019 to 1700 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs)dated 11102019 alongwith the AssistantEngineerconcerned Junior Engineer IampPHSub-Division TihraDharampur

SrNo

Description EstimatedCost

BidSecurity

Time Cost ofBid

1 Engineering Procurement Construction Testing Commissioning Trial Run of various components of LWSS to Rakhoh Cholthra Awahdevi Tihra and its adjoining villages in Tehsil Dharampur District Mandi (HP) under Jal Jeevan Mission (Har Ghar Nal Se Jal ) in single package on ldquoturn-key job basisrdquo including trial run defect and liability period as 3 months after physical completion of all components scheme including SOP connection as certified by Engineer-in-Charge of the entire scheme

Rupees 21667344-

Rupees 249200-

Ninemonths(includingallseasonsbutexcludingtrial runperiod of 3 months)

Rupees2500-

2 Engineering procurement construction testing commissioning trial run of various components of LWSS to PC habitation of Kot Dhawali and Bahri Rathoun and Chakyana in Tehsil Dharampur District Mandi HP under Jal Jeevan Mission (Har Ghar Ko Nal se Jal) in single package on ldquoTurn-key job basisrdquo including trial amp testing run defect and liability period as 03 months after physical completion of all components of the scheme including SOP connection as certified by Engineer-in-Charge of the entire scheme

Rupees 21134606-

Rupees 243900-

Ninemonths(includingallseasonsbutexcludingtrial runperiod of03months)

Rupees2500-

DPRHP2324

HIMACHAL PRADESH

IPH DEPARTMENT

NOTICE INVITING TENDERShort terms sealed item rate tenders on form 6 amp 8 are hereby invited by the undersigned on behalf of

Governor of Himachal Pradesh for the following works from the approved and eligible contractors so as to

reach in this office on or before 10102019 at 300 PM and will be opened on the same day at 33000 PM

in the presence of intending contractors or their authorized representatives in this office The tender form can

be had from this office against cash payment (Non-Refundable) on or before 09102019 The earnest money

in the shape of National Saving CertificateTime deposits Accounts Saving Accounts in any of the Post

OfficeBank in Himachal Pradesh duly pledged in favour of the Executive Engineer I amp PH Division Chamba

must accompany each tender Conditional tenders and tenders received without earnest money will be

summarily rejected The offer of the tenders shall be kept open for 120 days The Executive Engineer IPH

Division Chamba reserves the right to reject the tenders without assigning any reasons

SrNo

Name of work Estimatedcost

Earnestmoney

TimeLimit

Cost oftender form

1 Providing WSS to left out Habitation under census villageUdaipur Khas amp Saru in GP Udaipur Tehsil amp DisttChamba HP (SH- CO Rwall with cement concrete1510 for Sedimentation tank RHS)

313313- 6266- ThreeMonths

250-

Terms amp Conditions- 1 Before offering the rates the terms and conditions attached with the schedule of

quantity may be gone through carefully 2 Conditional tenders without earnest money will outrightly be

rejected3 The contractor shall enclose enlistmentrenewal order with his application for obtaining the tender

documents 4Latest income tax and sale tax clearance certificate as well as Pan No must be attached with

the application failing which the documents will not be issued to those contractors The contractor shall

produce registration of labour license from the competent authority under Contract Act 1970 failing which no

tender shall be issued to him

Note- No tender forms will be issued to those contractors who have not completed the work within the

stipulated period and having more than two works in hand under this Division

Executive Engineer

I amp PH Division ChambaNO-IPH-CBA-GA-G-Tender2019-7334-7384 Dated 200919 DPRHP2326

Himachal Pradesh IPH Department

SHORT TERM NOTICE INVITING TENDERThe Executive Engineer IPH Division Keylong (HP) invites tender on behalf of Governor of Himachal Pradesh from approved

eligible contractors for the following works through Online Process-

The tender forms and other detailed conditions can be downloaded from the portal httphptendersgovin up to 500 PM 14102019

HIM SUCHNA AVAM JAN SAMPARKExecutive Engineer IPH Division Keylong

JobNo

Name of Work EstimatedCost

EarnestMoney

Time ofcompletion

1 Special Repair of FIS Chimret in GP Chimret Distt Lahaul Spiti (HP) (SH- Co CClining and Retaining wall)

744756- 14900- One Work-ing Season

2 Providing WSS to PC Habitation of Jobrang Rape Rashil in GP Jobrang Distt Lahaulamp Spiti (HP) (SH- PF MS Tank 270 litrs capacity 2 Nos Laying Jointing amp TestingHDPE pipe of 50mm Dia at RD 0 to 5240 and Provision of Parta Cutting= 100 Rmt)

927536- 18600- Six Months

3 Augmentation of WSS to Village Gohrma in GP Gohrma Distt LampS (HP) (SH- PFMS Tank 270ltrs Co Storage tank 20000 ltrs capacity Co Stand Post 5 NosLaying Jointing and Testing HDPE pipe of 50mm dia at RD 0 to 110 (Ai to Bi) RD0 to 50 (A to B) 32mm dia at RD 50 to 500 (B to C) Double layer RD 0 to 1250 (Ato C) 20mm dia at for (distribution System) at various Rds Co Barbed wire fencingaround Stank and Co Crate work around Intakes and Co Nallah Crossing)

1419471- 28400 Six Months

4 Providing Flood Protection Work to Rubling in GP Tingret Distt LampS (HP) (SH-Crate work at RD 0 to 107)

2949252- 52000- Six Months

Date of submission of e-tender From 02102019 at 0500 PM to14102019 at 0500 PM

Physical submission of tender documents Up to 1100 AM 15102019

Date of opening of Eligibility Criteria 15102019 at 1130 AM

DPRHP2330

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CHANDIGARH ADMINISTRATION

ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Press e-TENDER NOTICEPercentage rate e-tenders are invited under two bid system by the Executive Engineer Electrical Division No 2 on behalf

of President of India from the eligible enlisted firms class A and B enlisted with the Chandigarh AdministrationMunicipalCorporation ChdCPWDState PWDs of Punjab amp Haryana and Himachal Pradesh and their board amp Corporation having validElectrical Contractor License issued by any Govt Deptt of StatesCentre for the execution of following work can bedownloadedUploaded from the website at httpwwwetenderschdnicin

SrNo

NIT No Name of work amp Location

Est

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tote

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Ear

nes

tm

on

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Per

iod

of

co

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and timefor online

submissionof tender

Time ampdate of

opening oftender

01 E219189 Mtc of NRB at Chandigarh (Repair of defective elec-trical accessories at various School under SDE E4Chandigarh) R

s5

441

44-

Rs

1090

0-

03M

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0230 pm

11102019at

0300 pm

Executive Engineer Electrical Divn No 2 Chandigarh

TENDER NOTICE No 06 Date 1102019

On behalf of the Governor of Punjab Executive EngineerConstruction Division PWD BampR Br Fazilka invites bids fromeligible bidders enlisted under road works category with PWDBampR BrDetail terms and conditions of notice inviting bids refer to ourwebsite wwweprocpunjabgovinCorrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerConstn Divn PWD BampR Br Fazilka(On behalf of Governor of Punjab)DPRPbD6792

New Delhi October 3As many as five judges of theSupreme Court have recusedfrom hearing activist GautamNavlakharsquos petition challeng-ing the Bombay High CourtrsquosSeptember 13 order rejectinghis plea for quashing of an FIRin connection with the Bhima-Koregaon violence case

After Chief Justice ofIndia Ranjan Gogoi Jus-tice NV Ramana Justice RSubhash Reddy and Jus-tice BR Gavai Justice SRavindra Bhat became thefifth judge to recuse onThursday from hearing thecase of Navlakhamdashone ofthe five activists arrestedin the case

Others arrested in the caseare Varavara Rao Arun Fer-reira Vernon Gonsalves andSudha Bharadwaj Theyhave been booked underprovisions of the UnlawfulActivities Prevention Act(UAPA) and the IndianPenal Code

Justice S Ravindra Bhat ofthe Supreme Court on Thurs-day became the fifth judge torecuse himself CJI Gogoi hasassigned the matter to aBench headed by JusticeArun Mishra which will takeit up on Friday

As Navlakharsquos petitioncame up for hearing before athree-judge Bench headed byJustice Arun Mishra JusticeBhat who was on the Benchalong with Justice VineetSaran recused himself fromhearing the case mdash TNS

Tribune News Service

NewDelhi October 3Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasi-na today arrived here on afour-day visit during whichboth sides will attempt to takethe focus away from theNational Register of Citizens(NRC) by discussing some oldproblems that have croppedup as well as exploring com-mon links in transport watersharing and projects on Indi-an line of credit

Bangladesh Foreign MinisterAK Abdul Momen had toldmedia in Dhaka that Hasinawould discuss a number ofbilateral issues includingkilling of Bangladeshis by BSFand a framework pact on com-mon rivers including Teestawith PM Narendra Modi onSaturday She was chief guestat the Country Strategy Dia-logue of the World EconomicForum today She will attend an

interactive session with selectIndian CEOs followed by inau-guration of India-BangladeshBusiness Forum on Friday Shewill hold talks with Modi andcall on President Ram NathKovind on Saturday

Momen said the two sideswould discuss increased con-

nectivity through rivers searail road and air overall tradeand commerce among others

Foreign Secretary ShahidulHoque told newspersons thatimport of Indian arms undera $500 million line of creditand the NRC issue would alsobe discussed

Hasina to raise NRCPrez PM accept Capt invitefrom page 1

group of pilgrims the PunjabCM will lead through the cor-ridor when it opens The CMhowever clarified neither henor the ex-PM would travel toPakistan for the formal open-ing of the corridor They wereonly going to the Sikh shrineon the other side ldquoas pil-grimsrdquo The Pakistan govern-ment had recentlyannounced it would inviteManmohan for the corridorinauguration but the ex-PMrsquos office denied knowl-edge of any such invitation

Todayrsquos developments arecrucial in the light of ongo-ing political one-upmanshipbetween Congress-led Pun-jab Government and theAkalis over marking the his-toric event

Capt Amarinderrsquos move tosecure President and PMrsquospresence at the state functionare bound to put pressure on

the Akalis to come on boardAsked about SGPCrsquos cele-

bration plans CMrsquosspokesman said ldquoThe CM hasrepeatedly said the SGPC as areligious body is free to organ-ise celebrations in gurdwarasand the official celebrationswill be marked by the stategovernment The CM hasrepeatedly urged all-partyunity and will lead an all-partygroup through the corridorrdquo

State government sourcesadded they were not aware ifthe SGPC would send a paral-lel jatha through the corridor

Pakistan recentlyannounced that the corridorwould be opened for IndianSikh pilgrims on November 9However the final date is stillbeing worked out between thetwo countries and the PunjabGovernmentrsquos official eventwill be planned accordingly

Capt Amarinder mean-while shared official pro-

gramme of his governmentrsquosevents with the President andPM ldquoThe CM has urged bothto participate in the corridoropening at Dera Baba Nanakand the main programme atSultanpur Lodhirdquo the CMOspokesman said

Capt Amarinder also urgedPMrsquos intervention to allow a21-mebmer all-party jatha tovisit Sri Nankana Sahib thebirth place of the first Gurubesides bringing a nagar kir-tan to Sultanpur Lodhi viaAmritsar (Wagah)

In a separate letter to Minis-ter of External Affairs S Jais-hankar the CM has soughtformal clearance for theNankana Sahib delegationvisit and the nagar kirtan

The Punjab Governmentplans various celebrationsbetween November 5 and 15and will hold an all-party meetat Sultanpur Lodhi onNovember 1

from page 1

the list of 84 candidatesreleased by the Congress lateWednesday night and for theremaining six seats on Thurs-day shows that nearly 70 percent seats have been allottedto Hoodarsquos confidants

Of the 90 candidates giventhe party ticket at least 59 areHooda loyalists 12 are said tobe close to Kumari Selja fiveare believed to KiranChoudhry loyalists and threeeach are believed to be fromthe Kuldeep Bishnoi RandeepSurjewala and Tanwar camps

Hooda has had his support-ers fielded in all nine Assem-bly segments comprising theSonepat parliamentary seatthat he contested in May

But in the nine Assemblyseats under Kumari Seljarsquostraditional Ambala Lok Sabhaseat only one Hooda support-er mdash former HPCC chief PhoolChand Mullanarsquos son VarunChaudhary mdash has been nomi-nated for the Mullana seat

Hoodarsquos supporters havebeen fielded in eight of the nineAssembly segments in Karnalfour of the nine segments inKurukshetra Of the nineseats in BhiwanindashMahendra-garh at least four have goneto Hoodarsquos men The HisarUchana Narnaund and Han-si seats too have gone to hissupporters Adampur Nalwaand Hisar have been allottedto Kuldeep Bishnoirsquos menUklana and Barwala toKumari Seljarsquos loyalists andBawani Khera to KiranChoudhryrsquos camp

Of the nine Assembly seg-ments comprising TanwarrsquosSirsa Lok Sabha seat Dab-wali Tohana Ratia Ellenabadand Fatehabad have gone toHoodarsquos supporters Narwanacandidate Vidya Rani is con-sidered close to Randeep Sur-jewala while Sirsa and Kalan-wali nominees Hoshiari LalSharma and Shishpal Kehar-wala are Tanwar loyalists

Former minister Capt AjayYadav has managed the partyticket for his son ChiranjeevRao from Rewari

With ticket

639 engg seats vacantfrom page 1

institutions that mere physicalinfrastructure is not enoughand that qualified and well-paid faculty are mandatory forrunning engineering coursesRather than reduce the num-ber of seats the governmenthas lowered merit andallowed admissions throughHP Combined Entrance Testand Class 12 examinationmerit defeating the very pur-pose of ensuring quality edu-cation and uniformity instandards say sources

Private colleges charge

between Rs 45000 and Rs57000 per semester for BTechcompared to Rs 30000 in gov-ernment colleges ldquoStudentsare shying away from engi-neering courses as there areno jobs even after spendingRs 4 lakh to Rs 5 lakhrdquo saysSuresh who left the courseafter two semestersThere is a clear shift towardstraditional arts commercescience and managementcourses as 100 per cent seatshave been filled ldquoGovern-ment jobs are still the top pri-ority for students as their

focus is on preparation forcompetitive examinationsrdquosays Prof Sikender KumarVice-Chancellor HimachalPradesh University

Mismatch between enrol-ment and employment ratedue to opening of privateinstitutions without assessingemployment opportunities isalso leading to low intakeFurther high investment inengineering courses as com-pared to average remunera-tion after passing out is caus-ing aversion to engineeringcourses say sources

Justice Jha

5th SC judgerecuses fromKoregaonactivistrsquos case

4-day visit Connectivity trade energy ties top agenda

from page 1

High Court at Jabalpurbefore his elevation to the HCas permanent judge on Feb-ruary 2 2007

The President after con-sultation with the CJI alsotransferred Justice Pulig-oru Venkata Sanjay Kumara Judge of the TelanganaHC to the Punjab andHaryana HC He has beenasked to assume charge byOctober 17 mdash TNS

Justice LN Swamy ChiefJustice of HP High Court

Justice Ajai Lamba CJ ofGauhati High Court

Justice Indrajit Mahanty isChief Justice in Rsthan

Justice A Mani Kumar is CJof Kerala High Court

Justice JK MaheshwariChief Justice of Andhra HC

Justice AK Goswami ChiefJustice of Sikkim HC

Justices BiswanathSommader PV SanjayKumar and Vivek Agarwalof Calcutta Telangana andMadhya Pradesh HCsposted to HCs of AllahabadPunjab and Haryana andAllahabad respectively

OTHER JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS

JUSTICE KURESHI FAILS TO FIGURE ON LISTJustice Akil Kureshi recommended by SC Collegium for appoint-ment as Tripura HC CJ last month doesnrsquot figure on the list Earli-er Centre had refused to appoint him as CJ of MP High Court

Union Minister of State Sushri Debasree Chaudhuri receivesBangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi on Thursday PTI

THE TRIBUNE CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019

12|BUSINESS GOLD

~39115New Delhi

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~47580New Delhi

USD EURO POUND JPY YUAN CAD AUD SGD HKD~7089 ~7803 ~8808 ~067 ~993 ~5324 ~4774 ~5147 ~905

No SE (BampR)NIT-581 Dt 031019

MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONJALANDHAR LOCAL GOVT DEPTT PUNJABNOTICE INVITING e-TENDERS

(CIVIL WORKS)eprocpunjabgovin

E-tender No MCJ (BampR) 2019-2012

Municipal Corporation Jalandhar invites e-tenders onTwo Bid system for the CivilHorticultureBuilding worksmentioned at wwweprocpunjabgovin from thecontractors enlisted with Municipal Corporation Jalandhar ampCo-op LC Societies (Registered in Punjab State) Time totime instructions issued by GovtCVO will be followed forbidding as well as execution of works All the bidders shouldcomply with the latest instructions issued vide notificationNo 765279-radicΔ1(5)4342 Dt 02102014 amp 5822018-2lg41892 Dt 02082018

Date and Time Schedule for LC SocietiesAgencies

Other terms amp conditions can be seen at E-tenderWebsite eprocpunjabgovin

Sd- Superintending Engineer

SrNo

Last Date of onlinesubmission of

Bidding document

Opening ofTechnical Bid

Opening ofFinancial Bid

1 10102019 up to 1700 hrs

11102019 at 1100 hrs

14102019 at 1100 hrs

DI-91904

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJABPWD BampR BRANCH

NOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDSTENDER NOTICE NO 18-21 DATED 01-10-2019

On behalf of Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer ConstructionDivision PWD BampR Br Rupnagar invites bids for below mentioned worksfrom eligible bidders enlisted under All road works category withPWD (BampR) for the works approved under his jurisdiction as detailed inthe following table The bidders may submit bids for any or all of thefollowing Work(s)-

For detailed terms and conditions refer to websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin

from 091019

Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerConstruction DivisionPWD BampR Br Rupnagar

SrNo

Name of Work Head

1 Special Repair of Bharatgarh-to Kakrala Soban MajraRoad upto HP Border (including five years maintenance)in Distt Rupnagar

3054

2 Special Repair of Bharatgarh-Kakrala to Nawan Graonupto HP Border (including five years maintenance) inDistt Rupnagar

3054

3 Special Repair of Bharatgarh-to Nalagarh Road upto HPBorder (including five years maintenance) in Distt Rupnagar

3054

4 Periodical Repair of Ropar Circular Road (ODR-08) (includingfive years maintenance) in Distt Rupnagar

3054

DPRPbD6797

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

RURAL DEVELOPMENT amp PANCHAYATS DEPARTMENTNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Tender Notice No PRDP201932 Date 011019

Authority- Executive Engineer Panchayati Raj PW (CampM)Division Patiala

Name of Work-

Date of opening of bid- 11102019

For detail terms and conditions of notice inviting bids refer towebsite wwweprocpunjabgovin

Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerPanchayati Raj PW Division Patiala

SrNo

Description of Work 1 EMD2 Tender fee (in Rs)

Cost ofWork

1 Renovation amp Allied Works ofPond at Village Devinagar SawaiSingh Wala Block BhunerheriDistt Patiala

1) Rs 37890-2) Rs 5000

Rs1894500-

DPRPbD6803

Punjab Water Supply andSewerage Board

NOTICE INVITING Recall of e-TENDERS (2019-20)eprocpunjabgovin

Recall E-Tender Notice No 02 Date 30092019

On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer Punjab WS amp Sewerage BoardChandigarh Executive Engineer Punjab WS amp Sewerage Division No 2Amritsar invites online Lump Sump and percentage basis tenders from theapproved Contractorfirms and eligible Co-operative L amp C Societies who fulfillthe eligible criteria as per DNIT for the work mentioned below-

Important Dates are as under- For tender at Sr No 12

1 Period of availability of tender Online shall be Up to 10102019 up to 100 PM

2 Last Date amp Time for online submission ofBids shall be 10102019 at up to 300 PM

3 Date and Time for Opening of Tenchical bids shall be 11102019 at 300 PM

For tender at Sr No 3

Up to 23102019 up to 100 PM23102019 at up to 300 PM24102019 at 300 PM

For detailed terms and conditions refer to website eprocpunjabgovin

Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd-Executive EngineerPb WS amp Sew Divn No 2AmritsarDPRPbD6800

SrNo

Name of the Work BidSecurityEarnestMoney(Rs inLacs)

Cost ofDocu-ment

Tenderfee

(Rs)

Periodof

Comp-letion

Esti-matedCost(in

Lacs)

1 DNIT for Construction of Main PumpingStation (14 MLD) Tarn Taran (Zone No1) complete machinery amp Balance workof IPS (11 MLD) complete machinery etcand all other works contingent theretordquo

345000- 100- 5Months

17209Lacs

2 DNIT for ldquosurvey soil testing designsupply and construction instcomissioning of 4 mld STP at Analabased on any suitable sustainableand proven technology including otherappurtenant works on turnkey basisas per DNIT including operation ampmaintenance for a period of 60months after stabilization period of 3months or morerdquo

800000- 1000- 9Months

LumpSump

3 Detailed Project Report for ProvidingWater Supply Sewerage amp SewageTreatment Plant at Jandiala Guru DisttAmritsar (Under PIDB)

8050- 100- 1 Month 402Lacs

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJABPWD BampR BRANCH

NOTICE INVITING ON-LINE BIDSTENDER NOTICE NO 22-23 DATED 01-10-2019On behalf of Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer ConstructionDivision PWD BampR Br Rupnagar invites bids for below mentionedworks from eligible bidders enlisted under All road works categorywith PWD (BampR) for the works approved under his jurisdiction asdetailed in the following table The bidders may submit bids for any or allof the following Work(s)Sr No Name of Work Head

1 Special Repair of Sri Anandpur Sahib to Sri Naina Devi road (ODR-12) (including Five years maintenance) in Distt Rupangar

5054

2 Special Repair of 4-Lane Ropar Bye Pass (including Five yearsmaintenance) in Distt Rupangar

5054

For detailed terms and conditions refer to websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin from 09-10-19Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive Engineer Construction Division PWD BampR Br RupnagarDPRPbD6802

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJABPWD BampR BRANCH

Tender Notice No 41 Dated 03102019Executive Engineer Central Works Division PWD BampR BranchMohali invites bids from eligible bidders for below mentionedwork For detail terms and conditions of the notice inviting bidrefer to wwweprocpunjabgovin wef 09102019Corrigendum if any will be issued on website onlyWork Construction of Both Side Approaches amp Service

Roads of Railway Under Bridge (RUB) on levelCrossing No 24-B on Sirhind-Nangal Dam Amb-Andaura Section in Morinda Town

Sd- Executive EngineerCentral Works DivisionMohali DPRPbD6801

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

PWD BampR BRANCHNOTICE RE-INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No 07 Date 03102019

On behalf of the Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer Construction DivisionPWD BampR Br Patiala invites re-bids from eligible bidders for detailed in thefollowing table The bids shall be on the percentage rate basis The bidders maysubmit bids for any or all of the following Works

2 For Sr No 1 Period of availability of Tender onlineDate amp Time of onlinebid submission and Date amp time of opening of bids are as given below-

For detailed terms and conditions of the notice inviting bids refer to ourwebsite httpeprocpunjabgovin

Corrigendum If any will be issued on website only

Sd- (Er Navin Kumar) Executive EngineerConst Divn PWD BampR Branch PatialaM No 98783-60786DPRPbD6799

SrNo

Name ofProjectWork(s)

BidSecurityEarnestMoney

Cost ofdocumenttender fee

(Rs)

Periodof

comp-letion

Approxvalue of the

ProjectWork

1 2 3 4 5 6

1

Special Repair ofGovt Primary School Gajewas Teh SamanaDistt Patiala

36000- 5000-6

Months1804 Lacs

Availability of tenderonline for bidding

Last date amp timefor online

submission of bids

Date amp Time of opening oftender

From To Technical Bid Financial Bid

04102019 1000 am

11102019 0400 pm

11102019400 pm

141020191100 am

To be inti-mated later on

WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION DEPARTMENTNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No Dated

On behalf of Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer Water Supply ampSanitation Division No 1 Amritsar invites bid from eligible bidders for theProject detailed in the following table

For detailed terms and conditions refer to website httpeprocpunjabgovin

CorrigendumAddendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerWater Supply amp Sanitation Division No 1 Amritsar

DNIT No Date

I Project Description Name of Work Construction of SewerageTreatment Plant based on any suitablesustainable amp Proven Technology IncludingOampM of STP for 60 Months afterCommissioning of Village Budha Theh AbadiBeas and Abadi Gurunanakpura BlockRayya District Amritsar (NABARD-XIV)

II Bid SecurityEarnest Money

Rs As per approved Bid

III Cost of DocumentTenderFee Processing Fee

Rs 1000- Rs As per Website

IV Period of Completion 15 Months Including 3 Months of Stabilizationperiod

V Period of Availability ofTender online

From 07102019 Time 1000 am to07112019 Time 1700 pm

VI Pre-Bid Meeting Date andVenue

Date 22102019 Time 1200 pmVenue HOD Office Phase 2 Mohali

VII Last date amp time for onlinesubmission of bids shall be

Dated 07112019 Time 1700 pm

VIII Tender opening Date amp time Date 08112019 Time 1430 pm

DPRPbD6794

LUDHIANA IMPROVEMENT TRUSTFeroze Gandhi Market Ludhiana ndash 141001

e-mail ldh_It_2009yahoocoin

Ph- 0161-5255405

e-Tender NoticeNIT No 09e-TenderSELG-IT Ludhiana2019-20The Ludhiana Improvement Trust Ludhiana invites online bids for 10 Nos

development works -

Online availability of Tenders for bidding- 04102019 onwards

Closing Date amp Time For Serial No 1 to 7 10102019 up to 0200 pmFor Serial No 8 amp 9 17102019 up to 0200 pmFor Serial No 10 24102019 up to 0200 pm

Opening Date amp Time For Serial No 1 to 7 10102019 at 0300 pmFor Serial No 8 amp 9 17102019 at to 0300 pmFor Serial No 10 24102019 at 0300 pm

For details logon to wwweprocpunjabgovin

Note Any corrigendum(s) to the tender notice shall be published on the aboveWebsite only

Sd- Superintending EngineerImprovement Trust

LUDHIANADPRPbD6804

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

WATER SUPPLY amp SANITATION DEPARTMENT PUNJABNOTICE INVITING E-TENDERS

Bid No 11233 Date 300919

On behalf of the Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer WaterSupply amp Sanitation Division No 1 Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar invitesbids from eligible bidders for the works detail in the following table Thebidders may submit bids for any or all of the following works-

For detailed terms and conditions of the notice inviting Tender referto website httpseprocpunjabgovin wef 04102019

1 The bid documentTerms amp Condtions are available online and bidsare to be submitted online through e-procurement portalhttpeprocpunjabgovin only Bids submitted otherwise will not beaccepted

2 Rectificationextension of timeCorrigendum if any will be uploaded onwebsite wwweprocpunjabgovin amp will not be advertised in newspapers

Sd- Executive EngineerWS amp Sanitation Division No 1 SAS Nagar

SrNo

Name of Works I) Estimated CostII) Earnest MoneyIII) Tender Fee

(in Rs)

Important DatesTime

i) Sale of Tenderdocument

ii) Last Date and Time forSubmission of Bids

iii) Date and Time ofOpening of TechnicalBids

1 PROVIDING ESTATE ampINTERNAL WATERSUPPLY SANITARYINSTALLATION ANDFLOORING amp DADO INIT BLOCK AT GOVTCOLLEGE SECTOR-56 SAS NAGAR

i) Rs 1786904-

ii) Rs 35750-

iii) 1000-

i) 04102019 at 1800 hrs

ii) 14102019 at 1600 hrs

iii) 15102019 at 1100 hrs

DPRPbD6796

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OFFICE OF THE CANTONMENT BOARDJALANDHAR CANTT

INVITING TENDER NOTICE

INVITING E-TENDER FOR PROVIDING TEACHING STAFFFOR CANTONMENT BOARD SCHOOLS AND SILVER OAKPUBLIC SCHOOL UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THECANTONMENT BOARD JALANDHAR

Online e-tenders are invited through CPP e-procurement portalhttpeprocuregovin by the Cantonment Board Jalandhar Cantt fromreputed experienced contractorservice provider for providing teaching staff for Cantonment Board Schools and Silver Oak Public SchoolJalandhar Cantt

Starting date for downloading of Tender documents 27092019

Last date for submission of online tender 17102019

Full notice of tender is available on Central Public Procurement Portal websiteie httpeprocuregovin

Chief Executive Officer

Cantonment Board JalandharDI-91800

BSE

198543810687

NSE

459011314

Vijay C RoyTribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3Fearing loss to small andmarginal farmers dairycooperatives in Punjab andHaryana have expressedreservation over the inclu-sion of dairy products in theRegional ComprehensiveEconomic Partnership(RCEP) pact

The cooperatives appre-hend that import of cheapermilk and dairy productswould adversely hit thelivelihood of lakhs of farm-ers in the two states withimporters and traders dom-inating the market

The government is con-templating finalising theRCEP a trade block whichincludes the 10-countryASEAN China IndiaJapan South Korea Aus-tralia and New Zealandby the end of this year

New Zealand and Aus-tralia particularly are nego-tiating very hard withIndia to reduce duty ondairy products so that theycan get an access to Indiawhich is the worlds largestmarket of dairy products

ldquoThe signing of theRCEP will be a big blow tothe dairy farmers as itwould lead to reduction inthe procurement price ofmilk from farmers due tocheap imported milk pow-der from New Zealandsaid Karnail Singh a dairyfarmer from Amritsar

Dairy cooperatives feelthat procurement pricewould come down drastical-ly if imports are allowedthrough the RCEP as therewould be no tariff barrier

ldquoWe fears that cheaperimports will have repercus-sions across the value chainsAs imports will be cheapermany traders will startimporting cheap dairy prod-ucts virtually putting farmersout of the professionrdquo said asenior official from Milkfed

The average daily pro-duction of milk in thesetwo states is around 460lakh litres As far as Punjabis concerned the daily pro-

duction is around 307 lakhlitres Out of the total milkproduced in rural andsemi-urban areas 50 percent is marketable surplusOf this surplus aroundhalf of the milk sold is han-dled by the organised sec-tor comprising dairy coop-eratives such as MilkfedsVerka and private dairycompanies and the rest bythe unorganised sector

Similarly in Haryana thedaily production is 156 lakhlitres Out of the total pro-duction 70 per cent of themilk is self-consumed byfarmers and the remaining30 per cent is marketable

surplus Further around 39lakh litres (25 per cent) arebeing handled by HaryanaDairy Development Cooper-ative Federation Ltd Therest of the quantity is beingprocessed by private dairyprocessors and sweet shops

Dairy cooperatives in theirrepresentation to the min-istry apprehend that cheap-er imports will push India toremain dependant onimports for dairy products

ldquoMilk producers andprocessors have made pres-entation to the Centre pro-jecting repercussions andrequesting it not to includemilk productsrdquo said SSKohli CGM Vita

The farmers apprehendthe step would halvedairy farmersrsquo income asthey will be forced toleave farming

ILLUSTRATION SANDEEP JOSHI

Fiscal tie-up deal has PunjabHaryana dairy firms worriedCooperatives fear import of cheaper milk will affect farmers

MILK PRODUCTION IN TWO STATESState Daily produce Marketable surplusPunjab 307 lakh litres 50Haryana 156 lakh litres 30

Onion prices fall to ~30kg after export banNewDelhi October 3Onion prices have started cool-ing down in both retail andwholesale markets in someparts of the country after thegovernment banned exports ofthe key kitchen staple andimposed stock limits ontraders Union Minister RamVilas Paswan said on Thursday

Retail onion prices whichwere ruling at Rs 60-70 per kg

for the past few weeks in thenational capital and some oth-er parts of the country

declined to below Rs 60 per kgon Thursday as per trade data

Onion prices declined to

below the Rs 30 per kg levelat Lasalgaon in MaharashtraAsiarsquos largest wholesale mar-ket for the bulb crop after thegovernment banned itsexport and imposed stocklimit on traders

ldquoWe have to take care of theinterest of both farmers andconsumers Prices of onionhave started declining after webanned exportrdquo he said mdash TNS

Mumbai October 3The Reserve Bank of India(RBI) is likely to go for yetanother rate cut on Fridaythe fifth in a row as inflationis within the comfort zoneand the need to boost theeconomy is pressing

RBI Governor ShaktikantaDas has already hinted thatbenign inflation providesroom for further monetarypolicy easing while space forfiscal space is limited

The government hasannounced a series of meas-ures including steepest cut incorporate tax rollback ofenhanced surcharge on theForeign Portfolio Investorsamong others to jump-startgrowth which hit a six-year lowof 5 per cent during the firstquarter of the current fiscal

The six-member monetarypolicy committee (MPC) isscheduled to announce thefourth bi-monthly monetarypolicy for 2019-20 on Fridayafter a three-day meeting

There was no meeting ofthe panel on October 2 onaccount of Mahatma GandhiJayanti The bank hasalready slashed repo ratefour times consecutively thisyear amounting to 110 basispoints in aggregate

At its last meeting in Augustthe MPC reduced the bench-mark lending rate by anunusual 35 basis points to 540per cent The upcoming MPCmeeting comes in the backdropof RBIrsquos mandate to banks to

link their loan products to anexternal benchmark like reporate for the faster transmissionof reduction in policy rates toborrowers from October 1

Ahead of the meeting theDas-headed Financial Stabil-ity and Development Council(FSDC) sub-committee tookstock of the prevailing macro-economic situation

Earlier the RBI Governorhad said the government hadlittle fiscal space giving hopethat the bank may providemore monetary stimulus toprop up the economy The gov-ernmentrsquos fiscal space hasbeen squeezed on account ofcut in the rates of corporate taxas well as lowering of the GSTrate on various goods Rev-enue collection too has beenbelow the Budget estimates

Experts are of the opinionthat another rate cut is on thecards as the governmentrsquoshands are tied and the onusof taking initiatives now restswith the central bank mdash PTI

RBI may cut policy rateto give economy a pushTo announce bi-monthly monetary plan today

REPO RATE ALREADYSLASHED FOUR TIMES The RBI has already

slashed repo rate fourtimes consecutively thisyear amounting to 110basis points in aggregate

At its last meeting themonetary policy commit-tee had reduced thebenchmark lending rateby an unusual 35 basispoints to 540 per cent

New Delhi October 3The government will keepthe reform momentum goingwith more such announce-ments in the future to bringback the economy on a high-er growth track thoughissues related with productiv-ity efficiency persist NITIAayog CEO Amitabh Kantsaid on Thursday

Going back to 2005 and tillnow close to about 300 mil-lion people have been pulledout of poverty In the last fiveyears the economy hasgrown at about 75 per cent

Indias growth was about 81per cent in the last quarter of2017-18 and fell to 5 per cent inthe June quarter of 2019-20Kant said at the World Eco-nomic Forums India Econom-ic Summit-CII event here

ldquoAnd since then both theRBI and the governmenthave taken a series of meas-ures to takeIndia backto a highgrowth tra-jectoryrdquo hesaid mdash PTI

Many morereforms inoffing Kant

We still have 25000 tonne of onion in ourstock We are asking state governments totake it and supply at ~2390 per kg in theirstates and ensure prices are stable

Ram Vilas Paswan CONSUMER AFFAIRS MINISTER

STATES ASKED TO COLLECT STOCK

THE TRIBUNECHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 13WORLD

GLOBE TROT

Emirati US Russian astronauts return to EarthALMATY A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three astronautsincluding an Emirati who became the first Arab to reachthe International Space Station returned to Earth Thurs-day Footage broadcast by Russias space agency showedthe Soyuz MS-12 capsule carrying Hazzaa al-Mansoori ofthe United Arab Emirates NASA astronaut Nick Hagueand Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin touch downat 1059 GMT on the steppes of Kazakhstan AFP

Russian man sues Apple for lsquoturning him gayrsquo MOSCOW A Russian man has filed a lawsuit against Apple formoral harm claiming that an iPhone app had turned himgay according to a copy of the complaint The man filed suitin a Moscow court asking for one million rubles ($15000)after an incident this summer in which a cryptocurrencycalled lsquoGayCoinrsquo was delivered via a smartphone apprather than the Bitcoin he had ordered ldquoApple pushed metowards homosexuality through manipulation Thechanges have caused me moral and mental harmrdquo he saidApplersquos representatives in Russia did not immediatelyrespond to AFPrsquos request for comment AFP

NZ mosque attacker drops bid to move trialWELLINGTON Gunman Brenton Tarrant the man accused ofmurdering 51 Muslim worshippers in Marchs NewZealand mosque attack on Thursdaydropped a bid to move his trial from the citywhere the massacre occurred The HighCourt held a pre-trial hearing inChristchurch in which judge CameronMander announced at the beginning ofproceedings that the defence haddecided not to pursue the applica-tion His trial will begin on June2 next year in Christchurch AP

FIRST EMIRATI TO REACH ISS Russian space agencyrescue team members and United Arab Emiratesspecialists carry Emirati astronaut Hazzaa al-Mansoorishortly after the landing of the Russian Soyuz MS-12 spacecapsule about 150 km south-east of the Kazakh town ofDzhezkazgan on Thursday AFP

Pak Taliban urge US to resume Afghan talksIslamabad October 3Pakistan on Thursday askedthe Taliban to grasp theopportunity and resume talkswith the US for an early andpeaceful resolution of the con-flict in Afghanistan sayingwar is not a solution as topleaders of the militant groupmet Foreign Minister ShahMahmood Qureshi here

A high-level Taliban dele-gation met Qureshi as partof a push to revive theAfghan peace processstalled after US PresidentDonald Trump abruptlydeclared the talks with therebel group ldquodeadrdquo

The Foreign Office said in astatement that a delegationof the Taliban Political Com-mission (TPC) called onQureshi The delegation wasled by the head of TPC MullaAbdul Ghani Baradar andincluded senior members ofthe commission

ldquoWhile appreciating Tal-

ibanrsquos serious engagementin the peace process heunderscored the need to takethese efforts to their logicalconclusionrdquo Qureshi said

Trump stunned the worldwhen he suddenly declared

that the Afghan peace talkswith the Taliban wereldquodeadrdquo following killing onan American soldier

Qureshi said ldquoPakistan hasmaintained for several yearsthat there is no military solu-

tion to the complex situationin Afghanistan An inclusivepeace and reconciliationprocess involving all sec-tions of the Afghan societywas the only practical wayforwardrdquo mdash PTI

US ENVOY LIKELY TOMEET DELEGATION

Sources said the talksbetween Foreign MinisterSM Qureshi and theTaliban went on for morethan one and a halfhours ISI chief Lt GenFaiz Hameed was alsopresent in the meeting

US special envoy toAfghanistan ZalmayKhalilzad is also inPakistan to discuss therevival of the peace talksHe may also meet theTaliban delegation

Pakistan has maintained for several years that there is no military solution to the complexsituation in Afghanistan A peace process is the only way forward Mahmood Qureshi PAK FOREIGN MINISTER

Foreign Minister SM Qureshi (C) receives members of the Talibandelegation at the Pakistan Foreign Ministry in Islamabad AFP

Paris October 3 A man wielding a knifestabbed and killed four offi-cers at the police headquar-ters in the heart of centralParis on Thursday beforebeing shot dead

Sources told AFP theattacker was shot dead bypolice in the courtyard ofthe building where he wasemployed The man workedin an administrative capac-ity but it was not immedi-ately clear what his precisework role was

Interior MinisterChristophe Castaner who was

due to visit Turkey later onThursday postponed his tripto visit the scene of the attack

ldquoPeople were runningeverywhere there was cryingeverywhererdquo said Emery Sia-mandi an interpreter whowas in the building when theattack happened

Investigators suspect aworkplace dispute sparkedthe deadliest attack onpolice in France in yearssources said

The Paris prosecutor is atthe scene but anti-terroragencies have not beeninvolved at this stage mdash AFP

Four Paris copsstabbed to death

A police vehicle drives toward Paris police headquartersfollowing alleged stabbing by a co-worker on Thursday AFP

London October 3 UK Prime Minister BorisJohnson on Thursday saidhe has made a ldquogenuineattempt to bridge thechasmrdquo in order to get afresh Brexit deal with theEU as he appealed to MPs inthe House of Commons tosupport his proposals

Johnson told MPs that hisproposals mdash which wouldsee Northern Ireland stay inthe European single marketfor goods but leave the cus-toms union mdash were a ldquocom-promiserdquo He has main-tained that the UK will

leave the EU on October 31with or without a deal

The UK government isnow hoping to begin a peri-od of intense negotiationswith the aim of reaching afinal agreement at an EU

summit on October 17ldquoThis government has

moved our proposals dorepresent a compromiseand I hope that the Housecan now come together inthe national interestbehind this new dealrdquoJohnson told MPs

The backstop is the con-troversial ldquoinsurance poli-cyrdquo that is meant to keep afree-flowing border on theisland of Ireland but whichcritics including Johnsonfear could trap the UK inEU trading rules indefi-nitely mdash IANS

Accept Brexit planBoris tells MPsJerusalem October 3 Israel swore in its newlyelected parliament onThursday for what could bea very short term after thecountrys second inconclu-sive election of the year leftit with no new governmenton the horizon

The typically festive eventwas marked mostly byuncertainty as the two maincandidates for prime minis-ter sniped at each other overwho should lead the country

It also came in parallel toPrime Minister BenjaminNetanyahus high-profile

pre-indictment hearing oncorruption charges whichhave threatened to end hispolitical career and con-tributed to the currentparalysis of the countryspolitical system

Neither Netanyahu norhis chief rival Benny Gantzhas been able to build a par-liamentary majority withtheir natural allies Theynow depend on each otherfor a unity government asthe only likely alternative toan unprecedented thirdelection in less than a year

ldquoThe right thing for the

citizens of Israel especiallyat this time is for the primeminister to be busy workingfor them and not preoccu-pied with indictmentsrdquoGantz said

ldquoI call upon Netanyahu Donot barricade yourself in yourposition We will take thereins from here and lead thecountry for the good of thecitizensrdquo For thesake of unity Gantzrsquos deputyYair Lapid announced hewas forgoing a previousarrangement to share thepremiership should theycome to power mdash AP

No govt yet Israel swears in MPs

PM Boris Johnson in House AFP

PUNJAB WATER SUPPLY amp SEWERAGE BOARDNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No ETENDERPWSSDHOSHIARPUREE201954 of 2019 Date 03102019On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer PWSSB Chandigarh The Executive Engineer Punjab Water Supply amp Sewerage Division Hoshiarpur re-invite bids due to non-submission ofbids from the eligible bidders for the work detailed below-

2 Important dates are as under-i) Period of availability of tender online shall be From 03102019 to 13102019 up to 500 pmii) Pre-bid Meeting 07102019 at 1100 amiii) Last date amp time for online submission of bid shall be 13102019 up to 500 pmiv) Date amp time of opening of Technical Bid 14102019 at 0100 pm

SrNo

Name of the Work EarnestMoney

Cost of Document Tender processing Fee Period ofCompletion

Approx Valueof the work

1 Construction of STP 400 MLD at Balachaur Town Rs 800 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

2 Construction of STP 200 MLD at Hariana Town Rs 500 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

3 Construction of STP 300 MLD at Rahon Town Rs 700 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

4 Construction of STP 300 MLD at Garhshankar Town Rs 700 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

Note (i) The dates given above are for both eligible LampC Societies amp Contractors(ii) For detailed terms and conditions refer to website httpeprocpunjabgovin(iii) If any corrigendum issued will be loaded and seen at website httpeprocpunjabgovin Sd- Executive Engineer PWSSD HSPDPRPbC6790

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PUNJAB WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGEDIVISION GURDASPUR

RE-TENDERING No 10 of 2019-20 (3rd time)httpseprocpunjabgovin

On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer Pb WS amp Sew Board ChandigarhExecutive Engineer Pb WS amp Sew Division Gurdaspur The E-tenderingNotice No 10 issued vide this office endst 4006-78 dt 17092019 are herebyrecalled due to reason that No bidders participate received for each of the belowtender Now these tender will be opened as per detail given below-

Important dates are as under

Period of availability of tender online shall be 04102019 from 200 PM

Last date and time for online submission of bid 10102019 upto 500 PMshall be

Date and time of opening of Technical Bid 11102019 at 200 PM

1 Note- The dates given above for above tenders are for LampC societiesfor detailed terms and conditions refer to websitehttpseprocpunjabgovin

2 Corrigendumaddendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerPunjab WS amp Sew Division Gurdaspur

SrNo

Description of work EarnestMoney(Rs)

Cost ofdocument

TenderFee (Rs)

Periodof

comp-letion

ApproxValue of

thework

1 Providing amp Fixing laying Jointingcutting testing of RCC NP3 300mm idPipe and construction of smallscreening chamber room providingand supply installation of motor pumpset sludge pump set repair of MPSand STP and Complete all otherworks as per site Dera Baba NanakGurdaspur District Gurdaspur

2DNITcost Rs

68580-

Rs 100- 4months

Rs 3429

lac

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PUNJAB WATER SUPPLY amp SEWERAGE BOARDNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No E-TENDERPWSSDHOSHIARPUREE201953 of 2019 Date 3102019

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On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer PWSSB Chandigarh TheExecutive Engineer Punjab Water Supply amp Sewerage Division Hoshiarpurreinvite the bids due to non-submission of bids from the eligible bidders for thework detailed below-

2 Important dates are as under

i) Period of availability of tender from 03102019 to17102019 uponline shall be to 500 pm

ii) Last date amp time for online submission 17102019 up to 500 pmof bid shall be

iii) Date amp time of opening of Technical Bid 18102019 at 100 pm

Note- (i) The dates given above are both for eligible LampC Societies andContractors

(ii) For detailed terms and condtions refer to websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin

(iii) If any corrigendum issued will be loaded amp seen at websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin

Sd- Executive Engineer

Punjab WS amp Sew Division Hoshiarpur

SrNo

Name of the work EarnestMoney

Cost ofDocument

TenderProcessing

Fee

Periodof

Comp-letion

ApproxValueof theWork

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Rs2000-

1002360 6 Months15 Days

Lumpsum

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NOTICE INVITING E-TENDER

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system (Technical and Financial bid) for the following works from theregistered LampC Co-op Societies and from the enlisted Govt contractors firms

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Sd- Corporation Engineer Municipal Corporation SAS Nagar

SrNo

Last date of online submissionof bidding document

Time and Date of Opening of tender

1 22102019 till 1200 23102019 till 1200

SrNo

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(in Lac)

EMD (in Rs)

Processingfee (in Rs)

Timeperiod

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236 472000- 5900- 3

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4871 97420- 5748- 3

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3539 70780- 4176- 3

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THE TRIBUNE14 JALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019SPORT

Visakhapatnam October 3Indiarsquos opening batsmanMayank Agarwal convertedhis maiden Test hundred intoa double century as the hometeam declared for 5027before the hostsrsquo spinnersmade early inroads into theSouth African batting orderAfter Rohit Sharmarsquos poten-tially career-defining 176 inhis first innings as a Testopener it was Agarwalrsquos turnto dominate the bowlers asthe 28-year-old made 215before the hosts declared onDay 2 of the first Test

Ravichandran Ashwin andRavindra Jadeja then got inon the act by dismissingSouth Africa opener AidenMarkram No 3 Theunis deBruyn and nightwatchmanDane Piedt to leave the tour-ing side reeling at 393 atstumps In a worrying signfor South Africa who lost 0-3 on their last trip to India in2015 a few deliveries keptlow on a pitch already offer-ing turn for the spinners

Cheap lossesIndia lost Cheteshwar Pujaracaptain Virat Kohli andAjinkya Rahane cheaply inthe second session but stillmanaged to put an imposingfirst-innings total on theboard Playing only his fifthTest Agarwal who had a pre-vious highest score of 77drove South African spinspearhead Keshav Maharajfor two runs to long off andthrew his hands in the airafter bringing up his double

hundred Starting the day on202 without loss Indiarsquosopeners treated SouthAfricarsquos bowlers with thesame disdain they showed onthe rain-interrupted openingday Visiting captain Faf duPlessis packed his fielders onone side of the wicket butboth Rohit and Agarwalscored almost at will tamingthe spinners by employingboth conventional andreverse sweep shots

South Africa looked des-perately short of ideas inthe face of the battingonslaught Rohit and Agar-wal stitched together astand of 317 Rohit was outstumped to KeshavMaharaj Dropped on 126 byQuinton de Kock off seamerVernon Philander Rohit hitMaharaj for his sixth sixand followed it up with afour but the left-arm bowlerspun the next one past hisforward defence and thewicketkeeper whipped thebails off Philanderremoved Pujara for six withthe first delivery of the sec-ond session while Kohliwho made 20 offered atame return catch to debu-tant all-rounder SenuranMuthusamy Karnatakabatsman Agarwal who hit23 fours and six sixes in hisknock added 53 for thethird wicket with Kohli anda further 54 for the fourthwith Rahane (15) before heholed out off a tame full tossfrom part-time spinnerDean Elgar mdash Reuters

Visakhapatnam October 3 Featuring in only his fifth Testmatch Mayank Agarwalbecame the fourth Indian bats-man to convert his maidencentury into a double hundredand the Karnataka opener iselated over his performanceSpeaking after the match adelighted Agarwal said ldquoI amextremely happy It is a feelingI canrsquot describe Glad that Icould make my maiden hun-dred into a doublerdquo

ldquoI am happy with the wayI played I am batting welland if we can keep battingtogether like this upfront itwill be great for the teamrdquohe added ldquoIf Rohit and Ican keep contributing tomake 450-500 every time itwill be very tough for theopposition I would be lyingif I say that you only have tothink about your own gameAt times you feel that youare playing well and cantake a chance but thatrsquosnot how it works You haveto be patient We had a greatpartnership to lay the foun-dation and get to 300 runsrdquo

Agarwal also praisedRohitrsquos 176-run knock as theMumbai right-handersilenced all his critics whohad questioned his role as aTest opener ldquoThe way he(Rohit) dominated the spin-ners was great to seerdquo Agar-wal said ldquoInitially the pitchdid do a bit with the new ballbut when the sun came outit got better and better As weapproached lunch on Day 2the ball started keeping lowIt started spinning by teaand it is great signs for usrdquo

Didnrsquot bow badly Rohit andAgarwal were good MaharajSouth African spinners didnot bowl badly and it was thesheer brilliance of RohitSharma and Mayank Agarw-al that has taken the gameaway from the visitors leadProteas spinner KeshavMaharaj said ldquoI wouldnrsquotsay they bowled poorly I per-sonally judge if someonecomes down the wicket andhits you itrsquos not a bad ball Ifyou are getting hit from thecrease if you are getting cutthen itrsquos a different storyrdquosaid Maharaj ldquoPiedt wasunlucky Mayank playedsuperbly well and so didRohit Literally everythingthey wanted to do paid off itwas their dayrdquo he saidIndiawon the toss and had no hes-itation in batting first ldquoI sup-pose the toss does play a partbecause you want the bestpossible conditions to bowlfor the spinners but havingsaid that we could have beena little bit better at timeswhen we did bowl But I sup-pose the toss does play alarge factor in terms of theoutcome of the gamerdquo saidMaharaj mdash Agencies

SURATIndian women seal serieswith 5-wkt win over SAThe Indian womenrsquos cricketteam produced anotherauthoritative performance tocomfortably defeat SouthAfrica by five wickets in thefifth T20I taking an unassail-able 3-0 lead in the six-matchseries With two games beingcompletely washed out theseries was extended from fiveto six matches and India need-ed to win on the day to sealthe series Off-spinner DeeptiSharma (219) and left-armspinnner Radha Yadav (323)restricted the Proteas womento 988 Brief Scores SA 988(Wolvaardt 17 Radha 323Deepti 219) India 995 (Har-manpreet 34 Ismail 219)

BENGALURURoger Binny electedpresident of KSCAFormer India cricketer RogerBinny and his team sweptthe Karnataka State CricketKarnataka State CricketAssociation elections Mean-while the Odisha CricketAssociation nominated taint-ed and jailed former supre-mo Asirbad Beherarsquos sonSanjay Behera as its repre-sentative at the BCCI AGM onOctober 23 Sanjay hasrecently been elected secre-tary of the association as hisfather who has been arrest-ed by CBI for his active con-nection with a chit-fundscam voted from jail

LONDONStokes wins playersrsquo awardafter World Cup heroicsBen Stokes has been votedthe Professional CricketersrsquoAssociation playersrsquo Player ofthe Year after starring in Eng-landrsquos maiden World Cup winand repeating his heroics dur-ing the Ashes series Stokeswill play for Northern Super-chargers in the new Hundredformat tournament with theLeeds-based franchise snap-ping up all-rounder ahead ofJoe Root and Jonny Bairstow

JAIPURJampK beat Railways by fourwkts in Hazare TrophyParvez Rasool hammered anunbeaten 118 to power Jamp Kto a four-wicket win over Rail-ways in their Vijay HazareGroup C matchBrief scores Railways 2856in 50 overs (D Mor 70 A Ghosh64 K Sharma 40 U Nazir353) JampK 2876 in 491 overs(P Rasool 118 SS Pundir 38 HSangwan 366) mdash AGENCIES

BRIEFLY lsquoHope I Rohitcontributebig for teamin future toorsquo

Deepankar ShardaTribune News Service

mumbai october 3In a first India will host pre-season National BasketballAssociation (NBA) matchesbetween Sacramento Kingsand Indiana Pacers here onOctober 4 and 5 The two-daycontest is a bid to populariseNBA and basketball in India

Sacramento Kingsrsquo own-er Vivek Ranadive is thedriving force behind NBAmaking its debut in hishometown Mumbai ldquoThegame here in Mumbai willallow NBA to open theirinterest for the next 10years India would be hav-ing more arenas moreplayers and more coachesto promote the sport NBAhas a long association withIndia but this is the righttime to push it ahead in abig wayrdquo said Ranadive aMumbai-born Americanbusinessman ldquoNBA com-missioner Adam Silver wasof the view that these games

are must to attract the Indi-an youth towards the sportI think in coming years bas-ketball would be the second-most popular sport in IndiaIt will be difficult to replacecricket but basketball andIndia are meant to betogether I just hope NBAturns the fortune of Indianyoungsters in a big wayrdquo

added Ranadive Sacramen-to Kings coach Luke Waltonsaid the players are excitedto play in Mumbai ldquoIt was akind of rest day today andthe players were asked justto sweat a bit The pre-sea-son games are equallyimportant as the major tour-namentsrdquo said Walton

NBA makes India debut asKings take on Pacers in Mumbai

Kultar Malikelected HCApresidentNew Delhi October 3Kultar Malik was namedpresident of the HaryanaCricket Association (HCA)after the results of the elec-tions for the officebearerswere declared here today

Mrinal Ojha was appoint-ed secretary and MahenderSingh was named the treas-urer All the three office-bearers are outgoing BCCItreasurer AnirudhChaudhryrsquos loyalists

While four members ofthe Apex Council wereappointed two memberswill be player representa-tives and another one willbe from the CAG It is learntthat the association hascommunicated the result ofthe election to the BCCI aswell as the Amicus CuriaeThe HCA has also writtenback to the CoA after thecommittee sent in a com-munication at 1am on Octo-ber 2 that an officebearer ofthe HCA should meet theCoA on October 3 mdash IANS

India beat Belgium end tour on highAntwerp October 3The Indian menrsquos hockeyteam outclassed reigningworld and European Cham-pions Belgium 5-1 in thefifth and final match tomaintain a hundred percent record in their tour ofBelgium

World No 5 India won alltheir five matches duringthe tour beating Belgium 2-0 in the opening match andregistering 6-1 and 5-1 winsover Spain in the next twogames before finishing offtheir tour with two morewins (2-1 and 5-1)

In the fifth match Sim-ranjeet Singh (7th) LalitKumar Upadhyay (35th)Vivek Sagar Prasad (36th)Harmanpreet Singh (42nd)and Ramandeep Singh(43rd) scored one goal eachto earn a scintillating victo-ry for the Indian team

India produced a stun-ning move in the 7thminute to take the leadthrough forward Simran-jeet Belgium forced acomeback but their penaltycorner was saved by Kris-

han Pathak in the 9thminute helping India tomaintain their one-goaladvantage at the first break

The second quarter sawworld No 2 Belgium winback-to-back penalty cor-ners in the 16th minute butPathak made sure thatthere was no damage Bel-gium tried hard to score anequaliser but some resolutedefending saw India taketheir lead into the half-timebreak

Attack modeThe visitors started thethird quarter with anattacking intent and wererewarded immediatelywith Lalit Kumar Upad-hyay bagging his first goalof the match in the 35thminute to extend Indiarsquoslead to 2-0 YoungsterVivek Sagar Prasad (36th)also registered his nameon the scoresheet as heproduced a crafty finish tobeat the Belgian goalkeep-

er The 38th minute sawBelgium win a penalty cor-ner but PR Sreejeshrsquos div-ing save kept the score 3-0in Indiarsquos favour Howevera brilliant strike fromAlexander Hendrickxmade it 3-1 in the 39thminute

Double blowIndia scored twice in twominutes just before the endof the third quarter to extendtheir lead to 5-1 Indiarsquosfourth goal was scored bydragflicker HarmanpreetSingh who converted apenalty corner in the 42ndminute while the fifth goalcame through RamandeepSingh who scored in the43rd minute mdash PTI

FIRST TESTINDIA VS SOUTH AFRICA

STAR SPORTS 930AMGOLF WOMENrsquoS INDIAN OPEN

DSPORT 1230PM

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TODAY ON TV

INDIA (Overnight 2020)

M Agarwal c Piedt b Elgar 215R Sharma st de Kock b Maharaj 176C Pujara b Philander 6V Kohli campb Muthusamy 20A Rahane c Bavuma b Maharaj 15R Jadeja not out 30H Vihari c Elgar b Maharaj 10W Saha c Muthusamy b Piedt 21R Ashwin not out 1Extras (B-4 LB-1 NB-2 W-1) 8Total (7 wickets decl 136 overs) 502Fall of wickets 1-317 2-324 3-377 4-431 5-436 6-457 7-494BowlingVernon Philander 22-4-68-1Kagiso Rabada 24-7-66-0

Keshav Maharaj 55-6-189-3Dane Piedt 19-1-107-1Senuran Muthusamy 15-1-63-1Dean Elgar 1-0-4-1

SOUTH AFRICAD Elgar not out 27A Markram b Ashwin 5T de Bruyn c Saha b Ashwin 4D Piedt b Jadeja 0T Bavuma not out 2Extras (LB-1) 1Total (3 wickets 20 overs) 39BowlingIshant Sharma 2-0-8-0Mohammed Shami 2-2-0-0Ravichandran Ashwin 8-4-9-2Ravindra Jadeja 8-1-21-1

Harmanpreet Singh and Ramandeep Singh both scored forIndia against Belgium HOCKEY INDIA

Double the troubleSouth Africa 393 at stumps onDay 2 after Agarwalrsquos double tonprops India to 5027 declared

SCOREBOARD

391Runs accumulated byIndia openers mdash215 by

Agarwal and 176 by Rohit mdash is thethird highest in a Test innings Thehighest is 404 by Vinoo Mankad(231) and Pankaj Roy (173)against New Zealand in 1956

0Bigger partnerships for any wick-et for India vs SA than the open-

ing stand between Rohit and Agarw-al The previous best was 268between Sehwag and Dravid for thesecond wicket in Chennai in 2008

4Indians who con-verted their maid-

en Test century into a200-plus scoreincluding MayankAgarwal Dilip Sarde-sai (200) VinodKambli (224) andKarun Nair (303)are the other three tohave done so

86TH Indian bats-man mdash Mayank

Agarwal mdash to score ahundred in Tests The28-year-old whomade his debut vsAustralia in Mel-bourne in December2018 took eightinnings to register hismaiden Test century

9TH First-Classcentury and

third double-tonfor Agarwalincluding atriple-ton Hehas convertedsix of his nineFirst-Class hun-dreds into 150-plus scores

12Sixes hit by Indiaopeners mdash six each

for Rohit and Agarwal mdashis the most by openersfor any team in a Testinnings There has beenonly one Test inningswhen India batsmenhave hit more sixes mdash 15vs SL at Brabourne Stadi-um in Mumbai in 2009

3RD Indian opening pair mdash Rohitand Agarwal mdash to share a 300-

run partnership in Test cricketRohit and Agarwal achieved thefeat with a stand of 317 runs OtherIndian opening pairs to share a300-plus partnership in Test cricketare Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy(413 runs vs NZ in 1956) andSehwag and Dravid (410 runs vsPak in 2006)

Vinayak PadmadeoTribune News Service

New Delhi October 3The Professional WrestlingLeague owners Pro Sporti-fy have sent a notice to theWrestling Federation ofIndia (WFI) for ldquobreach ofagreementrdquo

In a letter addressed toWFI president Brij BhushanSharan Singh the rightsholders have raised theirobjection to what they see asa gross oversight by thesports body to sanction thelaunch of a rival league Zee

Kushti Dangal whichaccording to Pro Sportifywas malicious ldquohellipThelaunch of the said ZeeKushti Dangal was held on23rd September 2019 at NewDelhi What is even moresurprising is that the launchevent was not only attendedby you but you also partici-pated in the press confer-ence with Mr Mukund Cairethe COO of ZEEL Further-more in the press confer-ence you made a statementthat both Pro WrestlingLeague and Zee Kushti Dan-

gal can coexist You also stat-ed that Zee Kushti Dangaland Pro Wrestling Leaguehave different formats andscoperdquo the notice sent bythe legal head of Pro Sporti-fy Dinesh Bant said

ldquoWe have analysed the for-mat of Zee Kushti Dangaland compared it to the ProWrestling League there is nodifference between the for-mats of the two tournamentsAs such it appears that beingconscious of the fact that itsactions clearly tantamount tobreach of the agreement theWFI has attempted to camou-flage this blatant breach bychanging the nomenclatureof the league being launchedby ZEEL That the ZeeKushti Dangal is the same asthe Pro Wrestling League is

evident from the fact that MrCaire of ZEEL referred to ZeeKushti Dangal as thelsquo Leaguersquo several times dur-ing the press conferenceThis makes it evidently clearthat while the proposed tour-nament is in the league for-mat it has only been namedlsquoDangalrsquo to circumvent theexclusivity rights retained byPro Sportifyrdquo it added

Pro Sportify Private Limit-ed had signed a 15-year con-tract with the WFI and it cit-ed clause 94 of thecommercial rights agree-

ment to cite the violationsWFI president Singh wasunavailable for commentsHowever it is understoodthat the body was unper-turbed with the developmentas it feels it was in a strongbargaining position shouldthe matter go to the courts

Interestingly the WFI hadserved the rights holder a ter-mination notice in 2016 forseveral violations includingnon-payment of rights feeand delayed payments madeto both wrestlers and techni-cal staff

Dangal over league rights PWL organisers send notice to WFIThe WFI has attemptedto camouflage this

blatant breach by changingthe nomenclature of theleague being launched byZEEL mdash Dinesh Bant PRO SPORTIFY LEGAL HEAD

Marvin Bagley of the Sacramento Kings shoots during Apractice session in Mumbai NBA

RESULTIndia 5 Simranjeet Singh(7th) Lalit Kumar Upad-hyay (35th) Vivek SagarPrasad (36th) Harman-preet Singh (42nd) andRamandeep Singh (43rd)

Belgium 1 AlexanderHendrickx (39th)

Mayank Agarwal celebratesafter scoring his maiden doublecentury on Day 2 PTI

Doha October 3

Grant Holloway of the UnitedStates blazed to his firstWorld Championships 110-mhurdles title last night in adramatic race in whichdefending champion OmarMcLeod fell

The 21-year-old Hollowaywho came into the champi-onships with the seasonrsquosfastest run of 1298 secondssmoothly glided through 10hurdles to cross the line in1310 five-hundredths of asecond ahead of SergeyShubenkov

Favourite to defend his titleJamaican McLeod came outof the starting blocks fast buthis race quickly turned souras he knocked down hurdlesand tumbled to the trackbefore reaching the finishline McLeod said he had felta hamstring strain in thewarm-up and thought itwould go away ldquoI was readyto go I showed up readyrdquoMcLeod said ldquoI put myself inthe very best situation todefend my titlerdquo Capitalisingon McLeodrsquos fallShubenkov the 2015 worldchampion took his secondconsecutive world silver witha technically sound run of1315 seconds

Holloway and Shubenkovsaid they had no idea thatchaos was unfolding inneighbouring lanes

ldquoIn the replay I saw that onefell down Another was cele-bratingrdquo said Shubenkov ldquoIthought to myself lsquoI missed

everythingrsquordquo

Asher-Smith grabs goldDina Asher-Smith seized hergolden opportunity to win the200 metres becoming thefirst British woman to claim aglobal sprint title With manyof the top medal contenderspulling out or skipping theevent Asher-Smith provedthe class act in the field pow-ering home in a nationalrecord 2188 seconds to addgold to the silver she won in

the 100m ldquoYoursquore only thefavourite if you go out andperform how people expectyou to and I was reallyfocused on putting together agood racerdquo said Asher-Smith

The once mighty UnitedStates who had been a non-factor in the womenrsquos sprintsin Doha also benefited fromthe scratches as BrittanyBrown grabbed the silver in2222 Switzerlandrsquos MujingaKambundji grabbed bronze

The fight for medals was

blown wide open when someof sprintingrsquos biggest nameswithdrew during the earlierrounds The race was missingthe reigning world andOlympics champions inDutchwoman Dafne Schip-pers and Jamaicarsquos ElaineThompson who withdrewdue to injuries ShaunaeMiller-Uibo of Bahamasowner of the fastest time thisseason elected to race the400m only due to schedulingissues

The world 100m championShelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce andbronze medallist Marie-JoseeTa Lou scratched because ofsoreness from earlier raceswhile Nigeriarsquos BlessingOkagbare who had run thethird fastest time this seasonwas disqualified in her heat

None of that mattered toAsher-Smith blasted out ofthe blocks and was in com-mand coming off the bendbefore cruising to victory

ldquoI made sure that Iremained focusrdquo said Asher-Smith

Shot putter Toor fails toqualify for final round Asian champion TejinderPal Singh Toor failed toqualify for the final roundof the shot put eventdespite producing his sea-sons best effort The 24-year-old Toor finishedeighth in the qualificationround and 18th overall outof the 34 competitors with abest throw of 2043m fromhis three attempts Thosewho touched 2090m or atleast 12 best performerswere to make it to the final

Toor opened with a 2043mthrow bettering his earlierseasons best of 2036m butfouled in his next attemptIn the third attempt Toorcould only come up with a1955m effort to crash out ofthe championship TomasWalsh of New Zealand ledthe finalists with a throw of2192 m mdash Agencies

Great Grant HeistHolloway gets 100m hurdles gold as McLeod falls

THE TRIBUNEJALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 15SPORT

A lone spectator in a stand at the China Open on Thursday AFP

ANNEXURE-A

PRESS NOPRESS NOTICETICEThe Executive Engineer IPH Division Thunag invites tender on behalf ofGovernor of Himachal Pradesh from approved eligible contractor for thefollowing work(s) through e-tendering process-

Name of Work Augmentation of various water supply scheme of GPTandi Saroa Tharjoon Mushrani Bassi Devdhar Kharsi and KotlaKhanula in Gohar Block Tehsil Chachyot District Mandi (HP) (SH-Construction of Jack well type river intake 240 MLD Water TreatmentPlants (16 hours capacity) Providing Laying Jointing and Testing ofGravity Mains Rising mains and distribution system Pump houses StageI II amp III at various locations SE of pumping machinery MBRs and SRsat various locations including trail run period for three months (90 days)on full designed discharge and defect liability period for six months)

Estimated Cost - Rs 222662321-Earnest Money - Rs 2227000-Cost of Tender document - Rs 2500-Time Limit - 24 Months

Schedule of tendering-

The tender document can be downloaded from departmental websiteie wwwhpiphorg wef 4-10-2019 at 1000 AM upto 24-10-2019at 500 PM

Executive EngineerIampPH Division ThunagDistt Mandi

HIM SUCHANA AVAM JAN SAMPARK

1 Site Visit From 7-10-2019 to 15-10-2019 between10 AM to 5 PM except on holidays

2 Pre Bid Meeting date 16-10-2019 at 300 PM in the office ofEngineer-in-Chief IampPH Department JalShakti Bhawan Tutti Kandi Shimla (HP)

3 Bid Submission start date 4-10-2019 at 1000 AM

4 Bid Submission end date 24-10-2019 at 500 PM

5 Earnest Money DepositCost of Tender form if notsubmitted online

25-10-2019 upto 1100 AM

6 Opening of Eligibilitycriteria (Cover-I)

25-10-2019 at 1230 PM

7 Opening of Technical Bid(Cover-II)

Date and place to be notifiedseparately

8 Opening of Financial bid(Cover-III)

Date and place to be notifiedseparately

DPRHP2327

OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL

ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE GOVT INSTITUTE OFENGINEERING amp TECHNOLOGY

PRAGATI NAGAR DISTT SHIMLA (HP) ndash 171202NOTICE INVITING TENDER

(Tender No ABVGIETSTRTender2019-20- 01)Sealed tenders are invited from the eligible manufacturers

Firmsauthorized dealers for the procurement of Machinery ampequipmentsTools etc for the polytechnic labs such as ECElabs CSE labs Mechanical Labs etc as per specifications andterms amp conditions given in the tender document The tenderform can be downloaded from our websitehttpwwwabvgietorg or can be collected from this instituteon any working day from 1000 AM to 0500 PM at a cost ofRs 500- at the counter and Rs 600- if desired by Regd Postper set and Vendor using downloaded Tender Documents shallrequire to submit DD for Rs 500- which is non-refundable infavour of the Principal ABVGIET Pragatinagar Distt Shimla(HP) which shall be submitted alongwith the tender Completetender document along with earnest money and tender cost (asshown in the document) will be received up to 200 PM on30102019 and tender will be opened same day at 0300 PMin the presence of biddersrepresentative who wish to bepresent The tender submitted after the date amp time mentionedabove will not be considered

The Principal reserves the right to cancel the tender withoutassigning any reason thereof

Sd- PrincipalAtal Bihari Vajpayee

Govt Institute of Engg amp TechnologyPragatinagar Distt Shimla (HP)-171202

DPRHP2332

NOTICE INVITING TENDERS

Bid Ref No TBS(DMP)ESSTTIRL2019 (etenders)

TB Sanatorium Dharampur Distt Solan (HP) hereby invites bidsfrom eligible and qualified bidders for

Construction Testing Commissioning and Validation ofTB Containment Laboratory and Associated Works onlsquoTurnkey Basisrsquo under RNTCP with Supply and Installationof Two Class-II A2 BSC with Thimble Canopy and with TwoOnline UPS

Bidders can download the bid documents with all details fromthe website httpwwwhptendersgovin

For any queries bidders may contact the office of the Senior MedicalSuperintendent TB Sanatorium Dharampur Distt Solan HimachalPradesh from 1100 am to 0400 pm on all working days

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Beijing Andy Murrayexpressed disappointmentabout crowds at the ChinaOpen tennis where some ofthe best players in the worldhave competed in front ofswathes of empty seats

ldquoI think as the tournamentgoes on you tend to get bet-ter crowds towards the endof the weekrdquo said MurrayldquoLast couple of days in

terms of atmosphere itrsquosbeen not as good as youwould likerdquo

The three-time GrandSlam champion praised thetournament as a whole butsaid ldquoI donrsquot know if Irsquomcomplaining about it but Irsquodlike it to be bigger crowdsand nicer atmospheres Thatnormally comes as the weekgoes onrdquo mdash AFP

Murray disappointed by lack of China fans

Osaka October 3Fiji finally found their feet atthe Rugby World Cup with adominant 45-10 victory overGeorgia on Thursday as theirjet-heeled backs tore theirPool D rivals apart in a seven-try rout at a rain-drenchedHanazono Rugby Stadium

Winger Semi Radradrascored twice and made threeothers as the Pacific islandersrebounded from defeats toAustralia and Uruguay to gettheir first win in Japan

While their upset loss toUruguay has all but put paidto their hopes of reaching thequarter-finals Fiji are now inpole position to finish thirdand qualify for the 2023 WorldCup

Ireland edge RussiaKobe Ireland began to puttheir World Cup back on trackafter the shock loss to Japanbut it took them over an hourto secure a bonus point andstrengthen their quarterfinalchances in an unconvincing35-0 win over a stubborn Rus-sia Ireland just need to beatSamoa to reach the last-eightbut the fact Joe Schmidtrsquosside struggled to put awaysuch a limited team will do lit-tle for fansrsquo waning hopes ofreaching a first semifinal

Only a commanding win

would have sufficed with theshock in Shizuoka still rever-berating around the tourna-ment and it looked on thecards when Rob Kearneywho scored in the 62-12thrashing of Russia in the2011 World Cup toucheddown after 90 seconds

Sexton who was not riskedagainst Japan due to a thighinjury appeared to have Ire-land rushing towards thebonus point when his text-book 13th-minute dinkthrough was carried over byflanker Peter OrsquoMahony forjust his second try in 62 tests

Yet Russia who belied theirlowly standing by givingJapan a fright remained com-petitive with Ramil Gaisinrsquossmart kicking helping to keepIreland at bay for another 20minutes mdash Agencies

Fiji crush GeorgiaRussia fight Ireland

Los Angeles October 3Alberto Salazar pushed him-self to the brink and beyondas an athlete and preachedthe same philosophy as acoach to distance runningstars But the 61-year-oldCuban-born Americanrsquos willto win finally went too faraccording to the US Anti-Dop-ing Agency (USADA) whichhas banned him for four yearsfor multiple doping viola-tions Salazar has been amajor figure in American ath-letics for four decades Hewon the 1980 1981 and 1982New York Marathons and the1982 Boston Marathon andlater coached such stars asBritainrsquos Mo Farah the 2012and 2016 Olympics championat 5000 and 10000 metres

Salazar arrived in the Unit-ed States as a toddler Hisfather was a friend of FidelCastro who fought alongside

him in the revolution but lat-er opposed the Communistgovernment The familymoved to suburban Bostonwhere Salazar won a statecross country crown in 1975He helped the University ofOregon capture the US colle-giate cross country title in1977 taking national collegeindividual honours the fol-lowing year

Olympics dreamsIn 1980 Salazar qualified forthe US Olympics team at10000m but the Americansboycotted the Moscow Gamesand Salazar tackled a newchallenge the marathon Hequickly conquered the 262-mile (42195km) event At 22Salazar won his marathondebut in New York then set acareer-best of 2hrs 8mins13secs to defend his title

In 1982 he took New York

and claimed his only BostonMarathon title in what wasdubbed the ldquoDuel in the Sunrdquowith Dick Beardsley Afterbesting Beardsley in a sprintfinish a dehydrated Salazarcollapsed Salazar finished15th in the marathon at the1984 Los Angeles Olympicsthen trained and competeduntil retiring in the mid-1990s when he began mov-ing into coaching joiningwith Nike to form the Oregon

Project in 2001 to train dis-tance runners

Big namesThe program includes Dono-van Brazier mdash who won the800m world title Monday asnews of Salazarrsquos ban explod-ed into the athletics scene mdashand Sifan Hassan who wonthe womenrsquos 10000m worldcrown two days earlier

Stripped of his credentialsat the World Championships

in Doha Salazar has vowed tofight the ban which washanded down for violationsincluding trafficking testos-terone tampering with theathlete doping controlprocess and using bannedinfusion techniques

A four-year ban was alsoissued to Dr Jeffrey Brownwho was a physician fornumerous Nike Oregon ath-letes and a paid consultanton performance enhance-

ment for the Project part ofa scheme to manipulatetestosterone levels withouttesting positive

ldquoWhile acting in connec-tion with the Nike OregonProject Mr Salazar and DrBrown demonstrated thatwinning was more importantthan the health and wellbe-ing of the athletes they weresworn to protectrdquo USADAchief executive Travis TTygart said mdash Agencies

Morsquos super-coach Salazarrsquos road to disgrace

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Grant Holloway of the US wins the 100m hurldles gold even as defending champion OmarMcleod of Jamaica falls APPTI

Alberto Salazar hugs Galen Rupp of USA and Mo Farah after the5000m final at the 2011 World Championships FILEAFP

Two of his trainees won goldmedals at Doha World Crsquoships Steve Magness who spent 18 months as Salazarrsquos assis-

tant coach in the project before leaving shortly before theLondon Olympics spoke out as a whistleblower whenBBCrsquos Panorama and ProPublica investigated doping alle-gations around Salazar in 2015 Testimonies from variousfigures alleged micro-dosing of testosterone among othersuspicious actions Salazar denied wrongdoing Mo Farahstuck with him and won another golden double at the Riode Janeiro Olympics in 2016 But doping allegationsnagged Farah left Salazar in October 2017 The USADAcase against Salazar and Brown went to the American Arbi-tration Association with hearings conducted in May andJune 2018 setting the stage for the arbitration rulingshanded down Monday

How the star coach was caught in the net

Beijing October 3Fourth seed Naomi Osaka beatAmerican Alison Riske 6-4 6-0in the China Open here todayto set up a quarterfinal clashwith US Open champion Bian-ca Andreescu (in picture)

Osaka who won the PanPacific Open in Japan lastmonth converted five of eightbreak points and won the final10 games in a row to wrap upthe contest in 73 minutes mdash herseventh consecutive win in the

Asian swingCanadarsquos fifth-seeded

Andreescu cruisedpast American

qualifierJennifer

Brady with a 6-1 6-3 win Bradyfaced 11 break points of whichfour were converted by theCanadian who advanced in 67minutes Defending championCaroline Wozniacki also wentthrough to the quarter-finals instraight sets with a 7-5 6-4 winover Czech Republicrsquos Kateri-na Siniakova

Goffin in Japan quarterfinalsTokyo David Goffin of Bel-gium advanced to the JapanOpen quarterfinals aftersqueezing by Canadarsquos DenisShapovalov 7-6(75) 7-6(72)today Goffin will now faceChung Hyeon of South Koreawho pulled an upset victoryagainst sixth-seed Marin Cilic6-4 3-6 6-1

World No 1 Novak Djokovicreturning from a shoulderinjury is scheduled to playFrench fifth-seed Lucas Pouilleon Friday mdash Agencies

Osaka vs BiancaOsaka vs Bianca

Russiarsquos Viktor Gresev IrelandrsquosDave Kilcoyne fight it out AFP

RUGBY WORLD CUP

LONDONEngland call Abraham andTomori drop Alli and LingardEngland dropped Dele Alli andJesse Lingard but called upChelsea youngsters TammyAbraham and Fikayo Tomori in a25-man squad on Thursday foraway Euro 2020 qualifiersagainst the Czech Republic andBulgaria Striker Abrahamturned 22 on Wednesday cele-brating in style with the openerin his clubrsquos 2-1 ChampionsLeague victory at Lille and isthe leading English goalscorerin the Premier League

MADRIDReal host Granada inunlikely top of table clashReal Madrid host Granada in anunlikely first versus secondclash in La Liga on Saturday asthey look to ease the pressureon coach Zinedine Zidane In atopsy-turvy start to the seasonReal who sit one point ahead ofthe Andalusians at the top of LaLiga on 15 points tried thepatience of the demandingBernabeu crowd in midweekneeding two second half goalsto secure a Champions Leaguedraw against Club Brugges Theresult leaves the 13-times Euro-pean champions bottom of theirgroup after two games Thedraw came on the back of lastSaturdayrsquos drab stalemate withneighbours Atletico and coachZidane says his side need to bemore focused on the task athand mdash AGENCIES

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THE TRIBUNE16 GURUGRAM | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019BACK PAGE

Printed and published by Rajesh Ramachandran for The Tribune Trust Printed at The Tribune Press Plot No 123 Sector 37 Pace City-1 GurugramPublished at The Tribune Sector 29-C ChandigarhRNI No CHAENG201772605 Copyright copy The Tribune Trust All rights reservedTelephones 0124-22100332210044Circulation 0172-2670419 Advertisement 0172-2670256 257Editor Rajesh RamachandranEditor for purpose of PRB Act 1867

SanjayKhuranaTribune News Service

Katra October 3Union Home Minister AmitShah today flagged off theDelhi-Katra Vande BharatExpress from the New Delhirailway station calling it a ldquobiggiftrdquo for Jammu and Kash-mirrsquos development He saidwith Article 370 the ldquobiggestroadblockrdquo in growth gonethe state would be one of themost developed regions of thecountry within a decade

ldquoDelhi-Katra Vande BharatExpress is a gift for Jammuand Kashmirrsquos developmentand for promoting religioustourismrdquo the Union HomeMinister who was accompa-nied by Union Railway Minis-ter Piyush Goyal and UnionMinisters Jitendra Singh andDr Harsh Vardhan said

The Railways has alreadyopened bookings for the trainthat will start commercialoperations from October 5The minimum fare for NewDelhi to Katra travel in chaircar is Rs 1630 while itrsquos Rs3015 for executive chair car

The train will run on allweek days except Tuesdayand will cut the travel timebetween Delhi and Katra to

eight hours from 12-14 hoursearlier to traverse a distanceof 655 km It will depart fromthe New Delhi at 6 am andreach Katra at 2 pm It willreturn the same day fromKatra at 3 pm and reach NewDelhi at 11 pm

Railway officials said the

train would run at a maxi-mum speed of 130 kmph withthree stops at Ambala CanttLudhiana and Jammu Tawi

The decision to run thetrain was taken following thesuccess of the Vande BharatExpress plying between NewDelhi and Varanasi which

was flagged by Prime Minis-ter Narendra Modi on Febru-ary 15 this year

The Integral Coach Factory(ICF) has made changes tothe existing design of thetrain ldquoTo avoid damage dueto stray cattle the train hasbeen equipped with a sturdy

aluminium nose cover Andto guard the window shieldsagainst stone-pelting a spe-cial film has been providedrdquoa Railway official said

More space has been pro-vided to store meals for pas-sengers Besides changes inthe exterior and interior the

ICF has added a slew of mod-ern features like adjustableseats improved wash basinsautomatic doors wi-fi andinfotainment system

ldquoThe Railways will connectthe country from Kashmir toKanyakumari before August15 2022rdquo said Goyal

Shah flags off Delhi-Katra train calls it gift to JampK

The Vande Bharat Express train at New Delhi station prior to its flag-off ceremony on Thursday TRIBUNE PHOTO

CHAIR CAR

~1630 6 times a week 4 hrs travel time cut 6 am departure time from Delhi 2 pm arrival time at Katra 3 pm departure from Katra 11 pm arrival at New Delhi 130 kmph speed halts at Ambala

Cantt Ludhiana amp Jammu Tawi Will run on all weekdays

except Tuesday

Manufactured in a record time of15 years at a cost of

~97 CROREPlastic bottle crushers | Huge pantry |Revolving seats | Automatic doors |

WiFi | Sliding foot-steps

EXECUTIVECHAIR CAR

~3015

TICKET FARE

RECORD TIME

MODERN FEATURES

Jammu jail to have inmate calling system Jammu Kerala native Jatan lodged in a jail in Jammuheard the voice of his wife and minor daughter for thefirst time in nearly four years - thanks to the authoritiesintroducing a first-of-its-kind prison inmate callingsystem which allows prisoners to make long-distancecalls He is facing charges under the NDPS Act Theprison got the facility along with modern interview roomson Bapus 150th birth anniversary PTI

Domestic help held for theft at ministerrsquos houseMumbai A 25-year-old domestic servant has beenarrested for allegedly committing theft at Union RailwayMinister Piyush Goyals house here the police saidAccused Vishnu Kumar who hails from Delhi was alsobooked under the IT Act for allegedly sharing info from acomputer in the house with unidentified persons He wasarrested from the national capital and brought here onWednesday a police official said PTI

By the way

New Delhi October 3Fake news is more dangerousthan paid news and there is aneed for the government andthe media to combat it jointlyInformation and Broadcast-ing Minister PrakashJavadekar said today

The government would how-ever not take any step curbingthe media freedom he said

But there should be somekind of regulation on over-the-top (OTT) platforms as was thecase for films print and elec-tronic media he said

OTT platforms include newsportals and ldquostreamersrdquo suchas Hotstar Netflix and Ama-zon Prime Video which areaccessible over the Internet

He said several mainstreammedia outlets had conveyed tothe government that there wasno level-playing field with OTTplatforms being unregulated

The Press Council of Indiatakes care of the printmedia the News Broadcast-

ers Association (NBA) mon-itors news channels theAdvertising StandardsCouncil of India is for adver-tising while the CentralBoard of Film Certification(CBFC) takes care of filmshe said ldquoHowever there isnothing to regulate OTTplatformsrdquo he said mdash PTI

Need to regulate contenton Net platforms Minister

Tribune News Service

New Delhi October 3The Trump-Modi bonhomieat Houston and New Yorkcould not translate into a tradeagreement during US Com-merce Secretary Wilbur Rossrsquoongoing visit to India

Ross also gave the impres-sion that US President DonaldTrumprsquos presence at ldquoHowdyModirdquo event was a favour to theNew Delhi administration andmade it clear this physical prox-imity between the two leadersdid not dispel the WhiteHousersquos impression that Indianeeded to dismantle barriersthat made its tariff among thehighest in the world

Ross also made it clear thatdespite its reservations aboutthe security aspect the US

was not trying to force India towalk away from 5G technolo-gy by Chinese companies

Speaking on the sidelines ofan international meet that wasalso attended by Ross Com-merce Minister Piyush Goyalruled out any change in Indiarsquos

stand on e-commerce in order toprotect livelihood of 12-13 croreIndians dependent on retail

The new rules bar foreign e-commerce companies fromselling products via firms inwhich they have an equityinterest and also from makingdeals with sellers to sell exclu-sively on their platforms

India and the US have beenindulging in a low-intensitytrade warfare The US hasremoved India from availing ofduty-free exports worth $56 bil-lion under the generalised sys-tem of preferences (GSP)scheme and both have imposedhigher tariffs on 28 of theirproducts In an interview Rossreportedly indicated the UScould look at partial restorationof the GSP withdrawal in agrand bargain for a trade deal

No trade deal despiteTrump-PM bonhomie Luxembourg October 3

Facebook on Wednesdaywas dealt a major blow inthe EUrsquos top court whichruled that national courts inEurope can order onlineplatforms to remove defam-atory content worldwide

The decision will be seenas a victory for EuropeanUnion regulators who wantUS tech giants to meettightened European stan-dards over hate speech andoffensive content

Last week the same courtdecided that Google was notlegally compelled to applythe EUrsquos strict ldquoright to beforgottenrdquo rules globally in avictory for the search giant

In a closely watched judg-ment the European Courtof Justice said EU law ldquodoesnot precluderdquo courts fromordering ldquothe removal ofinformation or to blockaccess worldwiderdquo a state-ment said mdash AFP

Legal blow toFacebook overhate speech

DIGITAL SPIN Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad unveilsa lsquodigital charkharsquo to mark the 150th birth anniversary ofMahatma Gandhi in New Delhi on Thursday PTI

US Commerce Secy says India must dismantle barriers

Washington October 3 A nuclear war between Indiaand Pakistan could in lessthan a week kill 50-125 millionpeople more than the deathtoll during all six years ofWorld War II and lead to glob-al climate catastrophe accord-ing to researchers in the US

A study by researchersfrom the University of Col-orado Boulder and RutgersUniversity examined howsuch a hypothetical futureconflict would have conse-quences that could rippleacross the globe

Today India and Pakistan

each have about 150 nuclearwarheads at their disposaland that number is expectedto climb to more than 200 by2025 the researchers saidamid recent tensions betweenthe nuclear-armed neighboursover Kashmir after Indiarevoked JampKrsquos special status

ldquoAn India-Pakistan warcould double the normaldeath rate in the worldrdquosaid Brian Toon a professorat the University of Col-orado Boulder ldquoThis is awar that would have noprecedent in human experi-encerdquo Toon said mdash PTI

There are regularfeature films coming onOTT mdash good bad andugly There is nocertification body for OTTplatforms and likewisenews portals also Prakash Javadekar UNION MINISTER

lsquoNO CERTIFICATION BODYrsquo

This is a sensitive

subject and we will continueto protect them E-commerce is a platform totrade on not forpredatorypricing andmuscle power Piyush Goyal COMMERCE MINISTER

E-COMMERCE POLICYUNCHANGED INDIA

Indo-Pak nuke war mayleave 125 m dead Study

THE TRIBUNEJALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 07NATION

Tribune News Service

NewDelhi October 3Terming his continuing incar-ceration as a ldquoform of punish-mentrdquo senior Congress leaderP Chidambaram on Thursdaymoved the Supreme Court for regular bail in a corruptioncase registered by the CBI in connection with theINX Media scam

Senior counsel Kapil Sibalmentioned his petition chal-lenging the Delhi HighCourtrsquos September 30 ver-dict denying him bail forurgent listing before aBench headed by Justice NVRamana He sought urgenthearing of Chidambaramrsquosbail plea on Friday as the topcourt wonrsquot be functioningthe next week

Justice Ramana howeversaid the matter would beplaced before Chief Justiceof India Ranjan Gogoi forassigning it to an appropri-ate Bench Later he was pro-duced before a Special JudgeAjay Kumar Kuhar whoremanded him to judicialcustody till October 17

In his bail plea the formerFinance Minister contendedthat liberty of an individualcannot be denied on the basis

of ldquoanonymous and unveri-fied allegationsrdquo He also cit-ed his ldquofrailrdquo health as aground for bail and said hewas not ldquoaccustomedrdquo to foodgiven to him in the jail andhas lost 4 kg weight duringhis judicial custody The Spe-

cial Court allowed him homecooked food inside jail once aday as an exception

Arrested by the CBI inAugust in the INX Media cor-ruption case the senior Con-gress leader has been lodged inTihar Jail since September 5

He was arrested on August21 from his Jor Bagh resi-dence in the capital The CBIhad registered an FIR on May15 2017 alleging irregularitiesin the Foreign InvestmentPromotion Board (FIPB)clearance granted to the INXMedia group for receivingoverseas funds of Rs 305 crorein 2007 during his tenure asFinance Minister

ldquoBail is the rule jail is theexception Arrest and custodyare a humiliation and socialstigma The prosecutionseems to think that prolongedjudicial custody is a punish-ment they can impose on thePetitioner Courts shouldfrown upon the attempt of theprosecution to use judicialcustody as a kind of pre-trialpunishmentrdquo Chidambaramsaid in his plea

He also denied the HC find-ing that INX Mediarsquos formerpromoters Indrani and PeterMukerjea had met him andldquoillegal gratificationrdquo was paid

PC moves SC for bail seeks urgent hearingDelhi court extends his judicial custody till Oct 17

lsquoBEING HUMILIATEDrsquoArrest and custody

are ahumiliationand socialstigma Theprosecution

seems to think thatprolonged judicial custodyis a punishment they canimpose on the petitioner P Chidambaram FORMER UNION MINISTER

Tribune News Service

NewDelhi October 3The Supreme Court on Thurs-day pulled up the Odisha Gov-ernment for demolishing his-toric lsquomuttsrsquo aroundJagannath Temple in Puriand asked it to consult stake-holders before going aheadwith the demolition drive

A three-judge Bench saidthe state must preserve thehistoric structures around thetemple The Bench said thelsquomuttrsquo mdash where first SikhGuru Nanak Dev had stayedmdash should not be demolished

ldquoYou cannot destroy every-thing These small temples

and mutts are providinglivelihood to a number ofpeople since centuriesrdquo saidthe Bench ndash which is seizedof a PIL filed by Mrinalini

Padhi highlighting theproblems faced by devoteesand their alleged exploita-tion by Sevaks

The Bench asked the

Odisha Government to con-sult Hindu seers such asShankaracharya and otherstakeholders before demol-ishing structures around

the Jagannath Temple Asdirected by the Bench ami-cus curiae and senior coun-sel Ranjit Kumar submit-ted his report after visitingthe temple and recom-mended compensation foraffected persons

However the Bench askedfor a fresh report on theaffected persons from thestate government and postedthe matter for further hear-ing on October 22

The state administration haslaunched a demolition drive inPuri for the creation of a her-itage corridor within 75 metresof the lsquoMeghnad Prachirrsquo ofJagannath Temple

Donrsquot raze mutt where Guru Nanak stayed SC Asks Odisha Govt to consult stakeholders before going ahead with demolition drive

Strong proof of structurebeneath mosque inAyodhya Hindu parties NewDelhi October 3 Hindu parties asserted in theSupreme Court on Thursdaythat claims of the Muslimside over the 277 acre land inthe Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid title disputewere belied by the excavatedmaterial which suggestedexistence of a ldquomassive struc-turerdquo beneath the demol-ished mosque

The counsel for deity RamLalla said the excavatedmaterials are a ldquoproofbeyond doubtrdquo about theexistence of the structurebeneath the demolishedmosque in Ayodhya whilerebutting the claim of Mus-lim parties about the exis-tence of an Islamic structure

The counsel stated that fromthe pillar bases artefacts cir-cular shrine intersectingbrickbat walls found in exca-vation an inference can bedrawn that the massive struc-ture was a temple and not anyIslamic structure

A five-judge Constitutionbench headed by CJI RanjanGogoi was told by senior advo-cate C S Vaidyanathan appear-ing for deity Ram Lalla thatcontention of the Muslim par-ties about a structure beneaththe disputed site being anidgah wall or an Islamic struc-

ture was not correct ldquoFirst their case was that

there was no structure at allSecondly they said it was anIslamic structure or an idgahwall We say that it was a tem-ple which was demolished andthe pillar bases found duringexcavation also suggest to thiseffectrdquo Vaidyanathan said

ldquoThat there was a massivestructure beneath is a proofbeyond doubtrdquo he said Senioradvocate Rajeev Dhavanappearing for Muslim partiessaid that as per the Archaeo-logical Survey of India report there is no conclusiveproof or findings of destructionof a temple mdash PTI

PUNJAB CM HADWRITTEN TO STATE

The Punjab CM had written tohis Odisha counterpart tostop demolition of ManguMutt believed to have beenvisited by Guru Nanak Dev

Set up in 1615 by BhaiAlmast a Sikh preacher andhead of Dhuari of the UdasiSect the Mangu Mutt wasalso visited by Guru TeghBahadur in 1670

Court grants divorce toINX Media ex-promoters

A family court on Thurs-day granted divorce to INX Mediarsquos formerpromoters Indrani andPeter Mukerjea

The divorce was amicableand the court was satis-fied that it was a fit casefor dissolution of the 17-year-old marriageIndranirsquos lawyer said

Historic mutts around Jagannath Temple being demolished

Tribune News Service

Mumbai October 3Shiv Sena leader AadityaThackeray today filed hisnomination for the Maha-rashtra Assembly electionsfrom the Worli constituencyHis parents Uddhav andRashmi Thackeray alongwith hundreds of partyworkers accompanied him

Aaditya is the first mem-ber of the Thackeray totake the plunge into elec-toral politics

The 29-year-old embarkedon a massive roadshow atWorli this morning andarrived at the Election Com-missionrsquos office Before hit-ting the road he posted pho-tos of himself praying beforethe picture of party founderand grandfather Bal Thack-eray on social media

Before leaving thehouse he received a callfrom Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis wish-ing him all the best

Speaking to mediapersonsafter filing his nominationpapers Aaditya refused tosay whether he was Senarsquoschief ministerial candidate

ldquoI am not running afterany post I am here to workfor Maharashtra and thecountry I feel the chief min-ister of Maharashtra is acommon man I am also acommon manrdquo he said

Senarsquos Aaditya filespapers from Worli

Pune October 3A day after the RepublicanParty of India (Athawale)fielded Deepak Nikalje thebrother of jailed underworlddon Chhota Rajan fromPhaltan in Satara district theparty on Thursday changedits candidate from the seat inwestern Maharashtra

Instead of Nikalje localleader Digambar Agawanewill contest from the seatsenior RPI leader and Maha-rashtra minister AvinashMahatekar said

The RPI (A) is an ally of theBJP The RPI led by Unionminister Ramdas Athawalehas been given six seats aspart of the seat-sharing dealbetween the BJP Shiv Sena

and other smaller allies forthe October 21 Assemblyelections

Athawale announced thecandidates includingNikalje in Mumbai onWednesday Agawane who isa local RPI (A) leader hasbeen announced as the par-tys candidate from Phaltansaid Mahatekar He saidAgawane will contest theelection on BJPs lotus sym-bol Mahatekar said thoughNikalje was from Phaltan henever lived there Mean-while RPI workers fromPune decided to stay awayfrom the BJPs poll campaignto protest against the Dalitparty not getting any Assem-bly seat in the city mdash PTI

Chhota Rajanrsquos brotherreplaced as candidate

Tribune News Service

Lucknow October 3Defying party diktat BSPrsquosShravasti MLA Aslam Rainiattended the ongoing 36-hourspecial Assembly session tomark the 150th birth anniver-sary of Mahatma Gandhitoday He is the eighth Oppo-sition legislator to attend thesession in defiance of theCongress Samajwadi Partyand BSP leadershipsrsquo diktatto their legislators to stayaway from the session

Besides Raini BSP MLAfrom Purwa (Unnao) AnilSingh and BSP MLC BrijeshSingh Princu attended the ses-sion on Wednesday evening

Sources say the session had

virtually triggered a revolt inthe BSP It was pointed outthat the partyrsquos entire Saha-ranpur unit has joined theBJP en bloc The GangohAssembly segment of Saha-ranpur has a bypoll sched-uled for October 21 A senior

BSP MLA expressed appre-hension of many more partyMLAs attending the sessionin defiance of the party chiefMayawatirsquos directive

Earlier four legislatorsfrom the Samajwadi Partyhad rebelled against its deci-

sion to participate in the ses-sion They included HardoiMLA Nitin Agarwal and MLCRavi Shankar Singh PappuMLCs Shatrudha Prakashand Madhukar Jaitley senttheir written speeches to theChairman requesting him itmake these part of the pro-ceedings Despite protests byBJP members the Chairmanobliged the duo

The Congress also facedldquobetrayalrdquo when Rae Bareli(Sadar) MLA Aditi Singhdelivered a speech in theAssembly on Wednesday

Sources say the legislatorswho have defied theirrespective party line toattend the session are likelyto join the BJP soon

Oppn MLAs defy diktat attend HouseTribune News Service

Lucknow October 3The Uttar Pradesh Govern-ment today charged suspend-ed BRD Medical CollegeGorakhpur paediatrician DrKafeel Khan of wrongly claim-ing to have got a clean chit inthe death of infants during theAugust 2019 oxygen shortage

Principal Secretary (MedicalEducation) Rajneesh Dubeclaimed the probe was stillcontinuing against Dr KafeelKhan on seven points Afterthe death of infants at theBRD Medical College investi-gations found three doctorsguilty They have been sus-pended and are facing depart-mental probes he said

Dube claimed Dr KafeelKhan had been publicisingthe probe report in the mediain a wrong manner as theprobe against him was still onand he had been given noclean chit Dr Kafeel Khanhad defended himself sayingthe probe had absolved him onthree counts related to the

incident at the BRD MedicalCollege on August 10 11 and12 2017 during which timearound 70 infants died due tothe shortage of oxygen supply

ldquoAs I was not the decisionmaker I was obviously notinvolved in administrativedecisions as regards pur-chase of oxygenrdquo he claimed

No clean chit to Dr Kafeel UP

But counsel forMuslims says thereis no such finding in

the ASI report tosupport the claim

Tribune News Service

NewDelhi October 3The Supreme Court onThursday reserved its verdicton petitions challenging the2018 amendments to theSCST Act 1989 but made itclear that anticipatory bailcould be granted in such mat-ter if the courts feel that noprima facie case is made out

The 2018 amendments toThe Scheduled Castes andTribes (Prevention of Atroci-ties) Act 1989 that had nulli-fied the directions in its ver-

dict last year on March 20diluting the provisions ofarrest under the law

A Bench headed by JusticeArun Mishra which had onOctober 1 recalled two of thedirections passed last year bya two-judge Bench and

restored stringent position ofthe Act said it did not intentto dilute the law ldquoWe are notdiluting these provisions Weare not striking them downThese provisions will standas it was earlierrdquo it said

In its October 1 verdict thetop court restored the earlierposition of the law by recallingtwo directions in the Marchlast year verdict which provid-ed no absolute bar on grant ofanticipatory bail and priorinquiry before effecting arrestof public servant and privateindividual under the Act

Wonrsquot dilute SCST Act Top courtlsquoPROVISIONS WILL STAYrsquo

We are not dilutingthese provisions We arenot striking them downThese provisions will standA Supreme Court Bench

Mumbai October 3 Fissures in the city Congressover the ticket distributionfor the Maharashtra Assem-bly polls are wide open withits former chief Sanjay Niru-pam declaring on Thursdaythat he would not take part inthe partyrsquos campaign afterthe name he had recom-mended was ldquorejectedrdquo

The former MP also saidthe way the partyrsquos leader-ship was behaving with himthe time to say good bye tothe party was ldquonot far awayrdquo

ldquoIt seems Congress doesnrsquotwant my services anymore Ihad recommended just onename in Mumbai for Assem-bly election Heard that even

that has been rejected As Ihad told the leadership earli-er in that case I will not par-ticipate in poll campaign Itrsquosmy final decisionrdquo Nirupamsaid on Twitter without nam-ing any of the city leaders

Nirupam also did not specifythe name of the contender hewas pushing for ldquoI hope that

the day has not yet come to saygood bye to party But the wayleadership is behaving withme it doesnrsquot seem far awayrdquohe said in another tweet

Nirupam was replaced asthe city Congress chief aheadof the Lok Sabha polls inMarch this year followingcomplaints by a section of par-ty leaders that he functionedin ldquounilateralrdquo manner

Former Union MinisterMilind Deora had replacedNirupam However Deorahad resigned from the postlast month following the par-tyrsquos debacle in the generalelections The party could notwin even a single seat out ofthe six in Mumbai mdash PTI

Setback for Maharashtra CongNirupam refuses to campaign

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray with his son Aaditya afterthe former filed his nomination from Worli seat in Mumbai PTI

Declares assets worth~1605 cr including

~1036-cr bankdeposits and a BMW

car worth ~65 lakh

Thane October 3 NCP president Sharad Pawarsaid on Thursday the rulingBJP has no solutions to burn-ing problems in Maharashtralike farmer suicide anddrought and hence it is rais-ing emotional issues such asArticle 370 and Ram templein the campaign for the Octo-ber 21 Assembly elections

Targeting the BJP-led NDAgovernment he said centralagencies like the ED and CBIare being used to harass polit-ical opponents He was talk-ing to reporters after partici-pating in a rally organsiedafter filing of nomination byNCP candidate and sittingMLA Jitendra Awhad from

the Mumbra-Kalwa segmentAsked about the SupremeCourt ruling with regard toCM Devendra Fadnavisrsquos2014 poll affidavit Pawar saidthe matter was sub-judice but

he should have given detailsof criminal cases against him

Two days ago the SupremeCourt had set aside the Bom-bay High Court order whichgave Fadnavis a clean chit in a

case of suppression of criminalmatters in the 2014 poll affi-davit He said the BJP has nosolutions to burning problemsin the state like farmer suicidesand drought mdash PTI

BJP evading burning issues alleges Pawar

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on way to file the nomination of Jintendra Awhad from Mumbra-Kalwa in Thane PTI

lsquoI AM NOT REQUIREDrsquoIt seems Congress

doesnrsquot want my services Ihad recommended justone name in Mumbai forthe elections Heard thateven that has beenrejected Sanjay Nirupam CONGRESS

Tribune News Service

Lucknow October 3Former Union Minister Chin-mayanandrsquos judicial custodyin the case of alleged rape ofa Shahjahanpur law studenthas been extended by 14days His hearing took placethrough video-conferencingin the court of the Shahja-hanpur Chief Judicial Magis-trate on Thursday The dateof his next hearing has beenfixed for October 16

The SIT probing the casehas sought permission fromthe court to get the voicesamples of Chinmayanand(72) and the rape survivorwhich would be heard on Fri-day Speaking to reportersChinmayanandrsquos counselOm Singh said that after theexpiry of the 14-day judicialcustody his client wasexpected to appear before thecourt but he could not do sodue to security reasons

However another lawyerPuja Singh claimed thatdue to a rapidly worseningglaucoma Chinmayanandrsquoseye-sight was worseningcausing him acute pain inthe eye She said that shealso pleaded before thecourt that as Chinmayanandwas a former Union Minis-ter he should be given lsquoArsquoclass facilities in jail

Meanwhile activistsbelonging to an organisationcalled ldquoJanata ki Awaazrsquostaged a dharna outside theShahjahanpur Collectoratedemanding the lodging of acase against Chinmayanandunder IPC Section 376

Chinmayanandrsquosjudicial custodyup by 14 days

PARESH RAWAL APOLOGISESFormer BJP MP and actorParesh Rawal has apologisedto Dr Kafeel Khan for hisderogatory tweet against himtwo years ago After the BRDMedical College tragedy Raw-al had described Dr Kafeel asa ldquohero in the eyes of the everactive termite clanrdquo

36-HR SHOW CM Yogi Adityanath at the special Assembly session PTI

THE TRIBUNE08 CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 OPINION

Trumprsquos trial begins now

Fleecing students Reference to the news report lsquoPayRs 35000 clear pending exams atPunjabi varsityrsquo (October 3) uni-versities in Punjab appear to becompeting with one another tocollect money from studentsunder one garb or the other Lastmonth Guru Nanak Dev Univer-sity Amritsar offered a specialchance to students to clear theirpending exams at a cost of Rs25000 Not lagging behind Pun-jabi University has now come outwith its scheme In view of GuruNanakrsquos 550th birth anniversarythe universities should haveoffered this chance as a goodwillmeasure Students from margin-alised sections cannot afford topay hefty fee Universities shouldcurtail their wasteful and avoid-able expenditure

NK GOSAIN BATHINDA

Canrsquot bank on it Reports of malpractices and fraudsin the banking system are becom-ing frequent (editorial lsquoBanksneed better systemsrsquo October 3)It seems there are no properchecks monitoring and account-ing procedures The siphoning offof public money is an offenceagainst the common people Thegovernment and the RBI should

tighten supervision People arelosing faith in banks Remedialmeasures must be initiated to safe-guard savings and restore the trustin our banks Also the culpritsshould be punished

SUBHASH VAID NEW DELHI

Mahatmarsquos teachings The carefully worded editoriallsquoCherry-picking Gandhirsquo (Octo-ber 2) rightly calls upon Indiansto come out of the dark cell ofmajoritarianism and work whole-heartedly for a united secularIndia where everybody may beable to live and breathe freely Letthe Hindu-Muslim unity the cruxof the Mahatmarsquos teachings behonestly preserved at all costs Itis the real face of India andshould not be sacrificed at thealtar of Hindutva

CHANDER PRAKASH RAHI PATIALA

No lsquohonourrsquo in this There was recently the shockingnews of a young couple havingbeen shot dead by the girlrsquos broth-er apparently because she hadmarried against her parentsrsquowishes A similar incident hadbeen reported from the same vil-lage some time back All such cas-es get the halo of lsquohonourrsquokillings It may have had some

meaning a few centuries back butin the present-day society it hasabsolutely no relevance Thesekillings have no justification whenwe talk of giving our girls a fairchance at life Such parents andfamily members who kill theirchildren in such a barbaric fashionshould be given exemplary pun-ishment and publicised

AIR CMDE MANMOHAN SINGH (RETD)MOHALI

NRC back in news Reference to the editorial lsquoNRCimbrogliorsquo (October 3) NRC is inthe news again The Home Minis-terrsquos statement is partial and par-tisan He is ready to provideaccommodation to believers ofany faith but not Muslims Cer-tain norms are meant for every-one and everyone has a right tolive with reference to suicides fol-lowing NRC exercise

SANKALP OJHA MADHYA PRADESH

Take a broad view Apropos lsquoNRC imbrogliorsquo (Octo-ber 3) day by day NRC is taking acommunal shape The dilemma isto find parameters on which aperson could be considered arefugee Some are committingsuicide in fear of losing citizen-ship The Modi government

should take everything into con-sideration and not simply dis-miss the comments of the Opposi-tion Only then will the sloganlsquoSabka saath sabka vikasrsquobecome worthwhile

ARPANA CHAUDHARY AMRITSAR

Teachersrsquo transfers The prevailing disparities intransfers of teachers have causedhindrance in teaching and schoolactivities VIPs are enjoying perksas common teachers curse theirluck A transparent transfer policyproved successful in Haryana andUP There should be no bias Aftertwo-three years everyone runsafter politicians for a convenienttransfer When a policy is framedeverybody will have to go to theassigned place

SAROJ BANYAL HAMIRPUR

For the love of Urdu Apropos the editorial lsquoLet Urduflourishrsquo (October 1) it is importantto highlight the significance ofUrdu It is the most beautiful lan-guage and to call it a foreign lan-guage is tantamount to a great dis-service to the language Ratherserious efforts should be made tointroduce Urdu in school curricu-lum at a suitable stage

SANTOSH JAMWAL HAMIRPUR

Gursharan Singh

I LIVE in Ludhiana and on manyoccasions have visited the ChristianMedical College amp Hospital

(CMCampH) for treatment of self orattending to a relative or friend Onethought always comes to mind whatmade Edith Mary Brown come hereand alleviate the miseries of people byestablishing a hospital mdash over 125 yearsago CMCampH has remained a premiermedical institution not only in Punjabbut also the entire North No doctor isallowed private practice and only thecommitted ones serve the institution

Though there has been a landmarkprogress in the development of infra-structure in the form of buildings andequipment not a single brick was

added to the church building whichcontinues to serve the purpose well

As we celebrate the 550th birthanniversary of Guru Nanak immac-ulate planning and arrangements arebeing made for nagar kirtan langarshabad kirtan etc Quintals of flow-ers will be used during various cere-monies apart from impressive deco-rations involving huge expenditureAll political parties and also religiousbodies are set to take credit for vari-ous events including the opening ofthe Kartarpur corridor There is noth-ing wrong in doing so but some-where we seem to have forgotten thereal message of the Guru

Guru Nanak preached simplicity andlaid emphasis on observing honesty inwhatever one does He was not in

favour of any ostentatious show Heworked for the poor and underprivi-leged He was all for education whichhe thought would help one to be ofsome use to others (vidya veechari tanparupkari) Can our leaders both polit-ical and religious think of doing some-thing more meaningful forhumankind Can we think of opening550 hospitals 550 schools and collegesand an equal number of de-addictioncentres to save our youth and guidethem to live a purposeful life AkalTakht is the highest temporal seat ofthe Sikhs and any verdict issued fromthere is binding on the Sikh communi-ty It should issue certain diktats to takesociety out of perennial social evils

Punjabis including Sikhs areknown to organise lavish parties on

weddings where liquor flows likewater and non-vegetarian food isserved It has become a status symbolThere are some who can afford thislavish and avoidable expendituremany more are compelled to do itunder pressure as a face-saving exer-cise It is not uncommon that some-times they may have to part with aprecious piece of agricultural land ortake substantial loans Subsequentlythis financial burden emerges as amajor reason for farm suicides

A message from Akal Takht to banlavish parties serving of liquor andnon-vegetarian food and to restrictthe number of baratis to say 20may save many lives Will it not bethe best way to celebrate theGurursquos birth anniversary

POLITICAL SCIENTIST

SUBSTANTIAL parts of ourworld have been captured byright-wing populists and inter-estingly all such leaders have a

great deal in common One they con-temptuously dismiss institutions asembodiments of privilege a nuisanceat best and irrelevant at worst Twopopulists forge a national constituencyunmediated by institutions organisa-tions or the opposition Three theyrepresent themselves as targets of con-spiracies fashioned by an elite that hasbecome corrupt moribund and irrele-vant Four populist leaders refuse toplay by rules of the game Whether it isTrump or Modi they have no hesita-tion in uttering statements that theirpredecessors would deem improperThey are simply unpredictable

President Trump is the quintessen-tial populist leader he disdains politi-cal proprieties His presidency hasbeen ridden by controversy since dayone random dismissal of importantofficials wilful decisions and opendistribution of benefits to his ownfamily Ever since the Democrats tookover the House of Representatives inJanuary 2019 the Congress has beenpulverised The Republican-con-trolled Senate has blocked every pieceof progressive legislation passed bythe House It is not therefore surpris-ing that in September the Speaker ofthe House of Representatives NancyPelosi announced that an impeach-ment inquiry would be initiatedagainst the President He had report-edly requested his counterpart in theUkraine to lsquodig up dirtrsquo on Joe Bidena possible Democrat contender for the2020 presidential elections Does ask-ing a foreign power to intervene inelections warrant impeachment

Historians suggest that members of

the Constitutional Convention that metin Philadelphia in 1787 to draw up theAmerican constitution were unhappywith the authority vested in the Presi-dent In accordance with doctrines ofchecks and balances the Congress wasgiven the power to impeach the Presi-dent in cases of lsquotreason bribery or oth-er high crimes and misdemeanorsrsquoThis provision which was in keepingwith the spirit of British constitutionaland legal practice is not meant to pun-ish the incumbent of the White Housemerely to remove him from office Theprocess is cumbersome The House ofRepresentatives has to pass Articles ofImpeachment or a list of charges by amajority vote The case then goes to theSenate which is convened as a judici-ary to hear arguments from both sidesThe removal of the President requires atwo-thirds majority

It was feared as one of the foundersof the American constitution acceptedin a piece in Federalist No 65 thatimpeachment will ignite political pas-sions harness animosities partialitiesand influence and divide the countryThe process might prove more harm-ful than any decision on innocence orguilt Alexander Hamilton was pre-scient Impeachment proceedings

have been launched against two Pres-idents mdash Andrew Johnson in 1868 andBill Clinton in 1998 The former tookover the presidency after the assassi-nation of President Abraham Lincolnduring the civil war in 1868 He is con-sidered a racist because he openlysupported the cause of White South-erners and opposed the civil rights ofliberated Afro-Americans He wasimpeached on a technical issue thatof vetoing a law passed by the Con-gress In the Senate his impeachmentwas defeated by one vote

Impeachment proceedings were ini-tiated against Clinton following alle-gations that he had lied to the SpecialProsecutor about his sexual relation-ship with a White House intern Hewas under oath The move failedbecause it could not secure a two-thirds majority in the Senate Clin-tonrsquos case is controversial expertsargue that a President cannot beimpeached for personal wrongdoingthat may not reflect on public affairs

The only President against whomimpeachment proceedings would havebeen successful is Richard Nixon Hehowever resigned within two years ofhis second term In July 1974 28 out of38 members of the House of Represen-

tatives judiciary committee voted toimpeach him Members of his own par-ty affirmed that they would voteagainst him On August 5 the prover-bial lsquosmoking gunrsquo established that hehad covered the break into the head-quarters of the Democratic Party atWatergate by his campaign committeeduring the 1972 presidential pollsNixon was aware that the Senate wouldvote for his dismissal He resigned Ifimpeachment had succeeded it wouldhave established the superiority of theCongress over the executive

Today Democrats have left no stoneunturned to impeach the President forserious abuse of power Trump tweetsconspiracy theories and appeals to hisconstituency He also threatens to findthe whistleblower These two extreme-ly irresponsible statements can possi-bly add to the list of offences chartedout in the Articles of Impeachment

Hamiltonrsquos foreboding thatimpeachment would divide popularopinion and split the country ratherthan successfully remove the Presi-dent from power has come true Everfaithful to their vocation survey agen-cies have rushed to the American peo-ple for their opinion the Presidentrsquosmen rush to television studios to pleadthat their boss is being victimised thePresident tweets that this is a conspir-acy and Democrats claim that a robustcase exists for impeaching Trump

Even if the House of Representa-tives votes for impeachment it isdebatable whether the move will passthe Senate which controlled by theRepublicans backs the President atleast to date More significantlyTrump has a significant base amongconservative voters and the ruralheartland On October 1 he tweeted anelectoral map dominated by his colourred mdash lsquoTry and impeach thisrsquo he chal-lenged Perceive the irony The pop-ulist leader scorns institutions andaddresses the lsquopeoplersquo Therefore hecan present himself as a casualty ofintrigues even though he is the mostpowerful man on earth Nothing workslike sentimental narratives of victim-hood Trump might emerge as a mar-tyr as a hostage of entrenched powernot quite smelling of roses but still

Letters to the Editor typed in double space should not exceed the 200-word limit These should be cogently written and can be sent by e-mail to Letterstribunemailcom

thought for the dayExperience has already shown that the impeachment the

constitution has provided is not even a scarecrow mdash Thomas Jefferson

NOT SIMPLE Despite opposition President Trump has a significant baseamong conservative voters and the rural heartland

THE TRIBUNEestablished in 1881

Stuck with plasticMass movement needed to reduce its use

THE government has finally woken up to the menace of single-useplastic though it has stopped short of announcing a blanket banSuch plastic commonly used for packaging and carrying goods

is disposable but its indiscriminate disposal has been wreaking havocon the environment Even as PM Narendra Modi is envisioning anIndia free of single-use plastic by 2022 the onus is on various stake-holders right from the industry to the consumer to decrease (andeventually stop) its consumption and popularise alternatives such aspaper and jute The prevailing economic slowdown and the prospectof more job losses have prevented the NDA government characteristi-cally not known for restraint and moderation from rushing into aknee-jerk decision As of now single-use plastic will not be allowedinside national monuments and within 100 metres of their boundary

The national focus on generating public awareness about the boon-turned-bane is a welcome move The imposition of bans and fines hasoften proved counter-productive due to lax enforcement and wide-spread non-cooperation Old habits die hard A behavioural change canhappen only if a mass movement sweeps the country It is imperativeto break the demand-and-supply cycle Himachal Pradesh has takenthe lead by deciding to buy-back non-recyclable plastic waste and sin-gle-use plastic at a minimum support price of Rs 75 per kg Such incen-tives can go a long way in curbing the availability of the eco-unfriendlymaterial Installing plastic disposal machines at railway stations andother public places is also a step in the right direction

Converting toxic waste into something productive is anotherchallenge Indian Oil Corporation plans to employ its refinery oper-ations to turn single-use plastic waste into specialised bitumen thatcan be utilised for the construction of roads and highways Moresuch out-of-the-box ideas are needed India can even draw inspira-tion from an unexpected quarter Rwanda According to a report ofthe UN Environment Programme the African country mdash once rav-aged by civil war and genocide mdash has become one of the cleanestcountries on the planet due to its proactive campaign against single-use plastic Where therersquos a will therersquos a plastic-free way

Congress a divided houseParty in disarray ahead of Haryana elections

NOTHING unites Congressmen more than the sight of electoralvictory while political wilderness brings to the fore bickeringin the rank and file The five years in opposition in Haryana

seem to have done the party little good with factionalism out in theopen Earlier it was state unit chief Ashok Tanwar who was in the fir-ing line after the party lost all 10 seats in the Lok Sabha elections Theroles have now been reversed with Tanwar training guns at former CMBhupinder Singh Hooda and state unit president Kumari Selja accus-ing them of selling the party ticket Tanwar took his fight to Delhiprotesting outside Sonia Gandhirsquos residence and asking to be relievedof all poll panels The rivalry spilled over after Selja was made thestate president and Hooda the chief of the election management com-mittee A video went viral allegedly to embarrass the party a daybefore Hooda is slated to file his nomination

Tanwar is known to be close to Rahul Gandhi and with the latter step-ping aside after the loss in the Lok Sabha elections his replacement wasonly a matter of time His fight for tickets for his loyalists is natural Butthe party apparently wishes to throw its weight behind the old guard tohave a go at the BJP in the Assembly elections

The Congress was known for strong regional satraps Like VirbhadraSingh in HP and Capt Amarinder Singh in Punjab the partyrsquos decisionprobably is dictated by the prospect of facing a resurgent BJP With Sel-ja in the saddle the Congress has tried to offset the possible loss of Dalitvotes by Tanwarrsquos replacement A lsquohuman bombrsquo cost Rajiv Gandhi hislife and Tanwar should be circumspect in using the term howeverinnocuous the context might be even as his grievance should be lookedinto His next course of action is awaited but the party itself should beseen as fighting the BJP and not amongst itself

Democrats leaving no stone unturned to impeach US President for abuse of power

NEERA CHANDHOKE

on this day100 years ago

General AmnestyELSEWHERE will be found the account of an interview which theHonrsquoble Mr SN Banerjea gave to an Associated Press representative onhis arrival at Bombay It is pleasing to note the optimistic ring about MrBanerjearsquos views He said that the Indian situation in England to-day wasfar more encouraging and satisfactory than it had ever been within hisrecollection He referred with pardonable pride to the share the Moderateparty had in bringing this happy consumption As regards the Punjabaffairs mdash a subject in which we in the Punjab are particularly interested mdashMr Banerjea said that his deputation had several informal conferenceswith Mr Montagu during which they had urged the grant of a generalamnesty and the appointment of an independent Commission of EnquiryWhile we regret that in the matter of the Enquiry Committee thesuggestion of the moderate deputation has been considerably whittleddown we do hope Mr Montagu will see his ways to advise His Majesty togrant a general amnesty in all political cases

The ldquoEnglishmanrdquo and OurselvesREFERRING to certain remarks that appeared in a recent issue of this journalquestioning the right and authority of Sir Uma Hayat Khan to speak in thename of the people of Punjab the Englishman writes--ldquoIt is a very politicalminded device to brag of the glories of the soldier but to refuse him voice in theconcerns of the peoplerdquo Even a writer in the Englishman might have beenexpected to know the difference between questioning a manrsquos representativecharacter and refusing him a voice in the concerns of the people

lahore saturday october 4 1919

letters to the editor

Celebrate with 550 hospitals schools

Trump scorns institutions and addresses the lsquopeoplersquo Hecan therefore present himself as a casualty of intrigues

THE TRIBUNECHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 09OPED

AT Chinarsquos National DayParade on October 1 the mili-tary might of the Peoplersquos Lib-eration Army (PLA) in full dis-

play was watched closely by the worldThe commander-in-chief of the PLA XiJinping inspected the parade which fea-tured 15000 troops 160 aircraft and 600pieces of equipment

What caught the attention of dis-cerning observers were the new mis-siles which are a part of the 2016-raised rocket force (PeoplersquosLiberation Army Rocket ForcePLARF) The Dongfeng DF-41 Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)with a range of 15000 km travelling atseven km per second approximatespeed Mach 20 (Mach is the speed ofsound) and 500 meters accuracy theDongfeng DF-100 hypersonic cruisemissile and the Dongfeng DF-17medium range ballistic missile fittedwith Hypersonic Glide Vehicle (HGV)mdash DF-ZF mdash with a range of 2000 km

While western analysts focused onDF-41 ICBM which would play a crit-ical role in strategic counterbalancedeterrence and in winning war forIndia the DF-100 and DF-17 fittedwith HGV mdash DF-ZF mdash should be acause of concern Hypersonic mis-siles will be the new disruptive game-changing technology in this centurywhich would mdash between India andChina mdash replace nuclear deterrence

with non-nuclear deterrence reshapethe rules of conventional war-fight-ing and transform geopolitics Onlythree countries mdash the US Russia andChina mdash have made credible stridesin procuring harnessing and exploiting this technology

Hypersonic missiles are radically dif-ferent from ballistic and cruise missilesBallistic missiles boosted by powerfulrocket engines leave the atmosphere(the dividing altitude between atmos-phere and space is 100 km) to enterspace reach the apogee and then re-enter atmosphere to hit the designatedtarget These missiles follow a definedelliptical trajectory which helps theBallistic Missile Defence (BMD) sys-tem to intercept and neutralise theirwarhead before it causes damage TheUS since over four decades has invest-ed heavily in BMD systems Inspiredby it India too has invested in indige-nous BMD since 2000

Cruise missiles stay within theatmosphere fly at low altitude toevade ground-based radars and arepowered and guided throughout theflight in a defined near-flat trajectoryuntil its designated target Cruise mis-siles powered by air-breathing jetengines have sub-sonic speeds exceptIndiarsquos BrahMos missile which pow-ered by ramjet engine has a superson-ic speed of Mach 3 To defeat cruisemissiles there are technologies likethe Russian S-400 Air Defence MissileSystem (ADMS) amongst others

Hypersonic cruise missiles with twopeculiarities are a class apart Onethey have speed upwards of Mach 5 mdashtheir kinetic energy (derived frommotion) itself is enough to destroyhardened and underground facilities

Two they fly at low altitudes thoughhigher than cruise missiles and aredifficult to detect by terrestrial or

land-based radars because of theirability to change course rapidlyUnlike ballistic and cruise missileswhich follow a defined trajectoryhypersonic missiles are highlymanoeuvrable thereby giving very lit-tle reaction time to the opponent tojudge which target is being hit Thisdelayed detection makes timelyresponse extremely difficult

HGV are fitted on ballistic missilerocket engines like DF-17 DF-21 DF-26 and even DF-41 ICBM and boostedAfter a certain boost phase the HGVdetaches itself from the rocket andglides towards its target 2000 kmaway in a wayward rather than adefined low flight trajectory

Senior officials from Raytheon Com-pany of the US recently told thiswriter at an international air show thatmeeting the hypersonic cruise missilechallenge would require new sensorsfor early detection Since terrestrial

sensors alone would not work theneed would be to have a mix of space-based and terrestrial sensors Theentire hypersonic missile defencearchitecture they said would requirehuge investments patience technolo-gy and technical expertise

Given the new missilersquos characteris-tics the DF-100 and DF-17 with HGVin PLA inventory would be a powerfulasymmetric capability For instance itwould be a national humiliation if theHGV were to hit and destroy Indiarsquosaircraft carrier Since India mdash familiarwith PLArsquos nuclear weapons invento-ry mdash is unlikely to raise the stakesChinarsquos new deterrence as well as dis-ruptive war-fighting capability wouldreside in its useable non-nuclear HGVIndiarsquos nuclear weapons purportedlydelivered by its submarines Agniseries ballistic missiles and aircraftwould on the other hand be rendereduseless against China

Such a possibility deserves an urgentreview both of Indiarsquos nuclear deter-rence against China and the indigenousBMD which despite the infusion ofhuge funds has unfortunately notdemonstrated satisfactory results In2011 the then Defence Research andDevelopment Organisation (DRDO)chief VK Saraswat had spelt out thetimelines to this writer for the accom-plishment of the BMD programme Hehad said that by 2013 phase one of theproject which involved successful inter-ception of hostile missiles with 2000-kmrange would be achieved Phase two ofthe programme which required neutral-isation of 5000-km range ballistic mis-siles would be done by 2015 the sameyear when the ballistic missile shieldwould become available for impreg-nable defence of the capital city of Delhiand major metropolises The purchaseof five units or regiments of Russian S-400 ADMS in 2016 is evidence thatSaraswat was doing kite-flying

Even the military should take itsportion of the blame Many DRDO sci-entists have told me that the militaryleadership unable to find or under-stand operational employment ofhypersonic missiles has shown littleinterest in their presentations WithPLA having showcased these missilesthe Defence Minister ought to take thebull by the horns A way forward is toseek Russian cooperation through thesuccessful BrahMos supersonic cruisemissile programme Given that Brah-Mos is Indiarsquos most successfuldefence programme has consistentlymet its timelines has been acceptedby the three defence services and hasgenerated employment and wealth itcould be the ideal vehicle for thedevelopment of hypersonic cruisemissiles and strengthening bilateralrelations between India and Russia

CUTTING EDGE Hypersonic missiles will be the new disruptive game-changing technology in this century

With the Peoplersquos LiberationArmy having showcased

hypersonic missiles Indiaought to take the bull by thehorns A way forward is toseek Russian cooperation

through the successfulBrahMos supersonic cruise

missile programme It could be the ideal vehicle

for the development ofhypersonic cruise missiles

and strengthening bilateral relations

THE world was taken by surpriseon September 14 when thelargest Saudi oil processingplant at Abqaiq was hit by a

lsquoswarmrsquo of around 25 drones and somecruise missiles launched by the Houthirebels in Yemen one of the poorestcountries in the world The attackscaused extensive damage to the plantknocking out 60 per cent of the Saudi oilproduction and triggering a 20 per centspike in oil prices And the worldrsquosattention was thus suddenly focused onYemen and the Houthis an Islamic Zai-di Shia political and armed movementwhich has been fighting a lsquoforgottenrsquowar against Saudi Arabia and the UAEfor more than four years

The Yemeni war began in March 2015when Saudi forces invaded the countryto intervene in what was essentially adomestic dispute between the Houthisand the government of PresidentAbdrabbuh Mansur Hadi The Saudisinvaded Yemen because they viewedthe Houthis as Iranian proxies both ofthem being Shia The Houthis defeatedthe forces loyal to Hadi and capturedSanarsquoa the countryrsquos capital in Sep-tember 2014 In January 2015 Hadiresigned and later fled to Saudi Arabiawhere he presently lives in exile

The Saudi decision to invade Yemenwas taken by Mohammad bin Salman(MbS) the present Crown Prince of Sau-di Arabia To attack Yemen the Saudismobilised a coalition that included theUAE Egypt Jordan Morocco SudanKuwait Qatar and Bahrain But essen-tially it was the Saudi and Emirati

forces that were involved in the inva-sion which was also supported by theUS and the UK They providedweapons logistical support and target-ing information to the Saudis

The Wahhabi Saudis wanted a gov-ernment in Yemen that was not con-trolled by the Zaidi Shia HouthisThey also wanted to control Yemenrsquosoil and a pipeline from their oilfieldsto a harbour in Yemen which wouldhave enabled them to avoid the Iran-dominated Strait of Hormuz

The Saudis and the Emiratis expecteda quick victory against the Houthis whowere a rag-tag bunch of fighters withoutan organised army or sophisticatedweapons However they were highlymotivated agile innovative and knew

the terrain well The Saudis and theEmiratis on the other hand were poorfighters accustomed to the comforts oflife They could not match the Houthison the ground and soon resorted toindiscriminate bombing from the airkilling thousands of civilians

According to reliable estimatesaround 2 lakh Yemenis have died in thefighting including 1 lakh childrenunder the age of five from famine and acholera epidemic On some occasionsinternational aid was prevented fromreaching the Yemeni people by blockad-ing of the ports by the Saudis and theirallies And notably the self-styled glob-al lsquocustodiansrsquo of human rights werecomplicit in this genocidal war For thisreason it became a lsquoforgottenrsquo war

receiving very little media coverage TheUnited Nations has called it the biggesthumanitarian crisis on the planet

However the situation began tochange in May 2019 when the Houthislaunched drone attacks against someSaudi oil facilities That was followedon August 17 by a multiple droneattack on Shaybah a massive Saudi oiland gas field which is around 1200 kmfrom Houthi-controlled territory inYemen The drone attacks demonstrat-ed the vulnerability of the Saudi oilinfrastructure to the attacks by theHouthis and the range of their dronesand missiles Neither the Saudis northe Americans currently have any mis-sile or air defence systems that canoffer protection against such attacks

It is clear that drones have been agame-changer in Yemen One experthas called them ldquothe most disruptivemilitary technology yet conceivedrdquoThey are cheap costing only a few mil-lion dollars compared to the Saudiarsenal costing hundreds of billions ofdollars The Houthis are now makingtheir own drones based on Iraniandesigns and technical advice They arealso probably importing drones andcruise missiles from Iran

The Saudis have suffered anotherreversal in Yemen Their major ally theUAE pulled out of the war a few monthsago when the port of Aden in the Southfell to the Southern Transitional Coun-cil a separatist group backed by theUAE This has infuriated the Saudis butthey have not been able to do much

The Saudis and the Americans have

blamed Iran for the September 14attack on Abqaiq instead of the Houthiswho have claimed responsibility for itIran has denied any role in the attackThe US is unlikely to attack Iran but ifit does it could set the whole regionon fire That could adversely affectalmost seven million people of Indianorigin who work in the Gulf and remitbillions of dollars to India

On September 20 the US announcedthat it was sending troops and more mis-sile defence systems such as Patriot andTHAAD (Terminal High Altitude AreaDefence ) to Saudi Arabia However theyare unlikely to be effective against low-flying drones which can only be stoppedby short-range Russian systems such asPantsyr-S1 and the BUK-2 which theRussians have used to defend their basein Syria against similar attacks

On September 28 the Houthis dealtanother blow to the Saudis by launch-ing a ground attack within Saudi terri-tory near Najran in which three Saudibrigades were defeated and hundredsof soldiers were either killed woundedor captured The operation demonstrat-ed that Saudi Arabia was vulnerable toair and ground attack by the Houthis

The asymmetrical warfare fought bythe Houthis appears to have broughtSaudi Arabia to its knees The WallStreet Journal reported on August 28that the Trump administration waspreparing to initiate negotiations withthe Houthis to end the war in Yemen Itremains to be seen when or if that hap-pens But one thing is clear The war inYemen is no longer lsquoforgottenrsquo

NIRAJ SRIVASTAVAFORMER AMBASSADOR

The Houthis an IslamicZaidi Shia political and

armed movement active inYemen have been fightinga war against Saudi Arabiaand the UAE for more thanfour years The Saudis and

the Americans have blamedIran for the Sept 14 attackon the Saudi oil processing

plant at Abqaiq eventhough the Houthis haveclaimed responsibility for

it Drones have been a tipping point in the

Yemeni war

Drones and the lsquoforgottenrsquo war in Yemen

LIVING BY THE GUN The asymmetrical warfare fought by the Houthis appears to have brought Saudi Arabia to its knees

PRAVIN SAWHNEYSTRATEGIC AFFAIRS EXPERT

Chinarsquos new missile is a wake-up call for India

su do ku calendar forecast

YESTERDAYrsquoS SOLUTION

OCTOBER 4 2019 FRIDAY

Vikrami Samvat 2076

Shaka Samvat 1941

Ashwin Shaka 12

Ashwin Parvishte 18

Hijari 1441

Shukla Paksh Tithi 6 up to 935 am

Soubha Yoga up to 1154 pm

Jyeshtha Nakshatra up to 1219 pm

Moon enters Sagittarius sign 1219 pm

YESTERDAYrsquoS SOLUTIONAcross 1 Burlesque 8 Nerve 9 History 10 Risque 11 In vain 12 Grandeur 15 As it were18 Chubby 20 Artist 21 Rostrum 22 Curio 23 Make senseDown 2 Union 3 Lethal 4 Strangle 5 Ensign 6 Croquet 7 Celebrity 11 Imbalance 13Anecdote 14 Jitters 16 Wisdom 17 Subtle 19 Blues

ACROSS1 Not of central

importance (8)5 Homeless child (4)9 Restrict (5)10 Appropriate or fitting (25)11 Confront

consequences (435)13 Originator (6)14 To aid (6)17 Reveal (525)20 Newly enlisted soldier (7)21 Of high birth (5)22 Rudely brief (4)23 Highway robbery (8)

DOWN1 Acting gently (4)2 Unrestrained (7)3 Eventually (2343)4 Dismount (6)6 South American

mountains (5)7 Savagery (8)8 Charged with a task (12)12 Rough and uncultured (8)15 Hold in check (7)16 Shakespearean

heroine (6)18 Become liable to (5)19 Resist attempts at (4)

quick crossword

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1 3 7 6 5 9 8 2 4

9 2 4 3 8 1 7 5 6

8 5 6 7 4 2 9 3 1

3 9 2 5 1 4 6 7 8

6 4 8 9 2 7 3 1 5

5 7 1 8 3 6 2 4 9

7 6 5 4 9 3 1 8 2

4 1 9 2 7 8 5 6 3

2 8 3 1 6 5 4 9 7

7 1 5

9 3 5

4 8

6 8 7

8 2

9 6 4

1 9

7 9 8

2 4 6

Sunny Partly Cloudy Cloudy Rainy Foggy

CITY MAX MINChandigarh 31 21New Delhi 34 24PUNJAB

Amritsar 32 22Bathinda 32 23Jalandhar 32 21Ludhiana 31 21HARYANA

Bhiwani 34 23Hisar 34 22Sirsa 32 25HIMACHAL PRADESH

Dharamsala 26 16Manali 20 08Shimla 21 12JAMMU amp KASHMIRJammu 32 21Leh ------ -----Srinagar 23 11UTTARAKHAND Dehradun 31 19Mussoorie 22 12

SUNSET FRIDAY 1804 HRSSUNRISE SATURDAY 0618 HRS

TEMPERATURE IN OC

THE TRIBUNE10 CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019JampKHP

Arun JoshiTribune News Service

Srinagar October 3Kashmiris displayed theirextraordinary sense of collec-tive responsibility in savingtheir Vale from the repeat ofthe 2016-like situation or evenworse There were all chancesof it becoming one had theyprotested in streets andclashed with troopers

ldquoThey thought we wouldtake to the streets and pelttroopers with stones to engi-neer mayhem We did notallow that to happenrdquo BilalAhmad a university stu-dent spoke in a maturedfashion rather than onebursting with emotions

Everyone in the establish-ment here who is from out-side the Vale admires thehigh sense of the politicalconsciousness and intelli-gence of Kashmiris ldquoTheyare politically alive and intel-ligent people perhaps thekind of which we may notfind in any other part of thecountryrdquo commented an offi-cer who has been here forover past three decades

And when the troops hadstarted landing in huge num-bers in Kashmir in the lastweek of July Kashmir wasagog with rumours whichlater turned out to be truethat something big was in theoffing The common percep-tion was that it would not begood for people of Kashmirwhich was seeded in theirmind by politicians now seenas relics of a goneby era

While the authorities arecrediting themselves havingplanned measures in such amanner that ensured thatnothing would go wrongKashmiris have their ownstory to tell of their restraintand reasonableness Theypreferred to avoid confronta-tion and clashes on thestreets is the narrative thatdemonstrates that they arenot suffering from the senseof defeat with which some

nationalistic media is por-traying them after the scrap-ping of Article 370 and 35A

Kashmiris are intelligentThey claim that they haveshown to the entire worldhow adversity can be con-verted into a virtue Hadthey indulged in clashestheir argument of loss ofpolitical identity wouldhave been neutralised

They had factored in somekind of onslaught on theirspecial status under Article370 and Article 35A Theyknew that confrontationwould mean catastropheThis dreadful thought wasbased on rumours likeldquoanything can happenrdquo ifthe streets were to eruptThey did not oblige thetrouble-makers

The body language of thetroopers with assault riflesslung on their shouldersmade it clear that they didnrsquotwant any trouble around Thetrouble had its consequencesThe mere presence of thetroops had a meaning thatconfrontation would be metwith harsher consequences

A teenager Asif Dar

admitted that the thingswere ldquoharshrdquo but therecould have been harsherconsequences had thesecurity arrangementsthat were put in place notbeen there ldquoThe authori-ties had their way we hadours but the main thingis that we didnrsquot courttrouble and smear ourland with bloodrdquo

ldquoThis was a preventivemeasurerdquo the governmentofficials have repeated it adnauseam They had drawntheir lessons as theyclaimed from the 2016unrest In hindsight the twosituations have no parallelKashmir had erupted in2016 after the killing of mil-itant commander BurhanWani who had weaponisedsocial media and no oneknew about his fatal enduntil it happened on July 82016 Thereafter it was aspontaneous reaction

This time the governmenthad anticipated cascades ofbacklash It had taken all pre-ventive measures fromarrests of political leaders tochronic stone throwers busi-

nessmen and anyone whohad caused trouble in thepast or had the potential to doso It was linked to the deci-sion on August 5 The prepa-rations had been made muchbefore the ldquoDecision dayrdquo ofscrapping the special statusof Jammu and Kashmir

Massive protests and theinitial killing of at least 20youngsters in the first fewhours set a cycle in motionof the clashes and casualtiesin 2016 That cycle of vio-lence halted after Kashmirhad reeled under coerciveshutdown for three monthsand the casualty figure stag-gered close to 100

Tourists fled and so did pil-grims in 2016 but no one hadasked them to pack off andgo This time the things wereplanned much beforendash thegovernment ordered the pil-grims and tourists to leave atthe earliest on August 2 atleast a fortnight before thescheduled conclusion of theAmarnath pilgrimage

The ubiquitous presence oftroops inspired scare Kash-miris chose pragmatism thistime They for too had learnttheir lessons from 2016 it waspointless to take to the streetsand fulfil the designs of ene-mies of Kashmir who wantedmore graves Pakistan isexactly looking for this kindof bloodbath in the Valley

Troopers did not usetheir guns was one factorbut the Kashmiris also didnot offer them theextreme provocation to doso And when they saw thewhole of the Indian nationcelebrating the August 5decision they understoodthe consequences of stand-ing up to the Indian mightand mood They appliedtheir common sense not tothrow their land in the spi-ralling bloodshed That iswhere they succeeded in sav-ing their land and fellowKashmiris from the troublethat could have visited them

lsquoWe saved our land from catastrophersquo

TURNING ADVERSITY INTO VIRTUE When the troops had

started landing in hugenumbers in Kashmir in thelast week of July Kashmirwas agog with rumourswhich later turned out tobe true that somethingbig was in the offing

Kashmiris claim that theyhave shown to the worldhow adversity can be con-verted into a virtue Hadthey indulged in clashestheir argument of loss ofpolitical identity wouldhave been neutralised

Tribune News Service

Srinagar October 3On Tuesday when AatiyaAyoubrsquos mother read a newsitem in a local daily about theopening of schools after twomonths she had alreadydecided not to send herdaughter to the school owingto the continuous tense situa-tion in Kashmir whichmarked 60 days on Thursday

Aatiya is a Class X studentShe has submitted the formfor her annual exams butdoesnrsquot know whether theexams will be held She is yetto complete the syllabus atthe school where her last classwas held before August 3

ldquoOur education seems tobe over There is still silenceand shutdown it is not safefor us to go to school in sucha situationrdquo she told TheTribune at her home in Sri-nagar where she is prepar-ing the assignments provid-ed to her by the school ldquoIam not able to concentrateit is a very difficult situationfor all studentsrdquo she said

The Divisional Commis-sioner Kashmir Baseer

Ahmad Khan announced theopening of schools up to ClassXII from Thursday but whilea few schools had opened thestudents continued to remainaway from classes disobeyingthe governmentrsquos order It isfor the second time sinceAugust 19 that the govern-ment announced opening of schools but the students stayed away

The government has alsoannounced opening ofinstitutes of higher educa-tion from October 9 but itseems unlikely that stu-dents will attend the class-es as the communication

and internet clampdowncontinues in Kashmir

Many parents continueto raise safety issues ofstudents and haverestrained from sendingthem to schools ldquoWe willnot send our children toschools There is no publictransport and everythingis shut How can studentsas young as 4 5 and 6 yearsof age go to schools Whatwill they do if a stone hitsthem or something hap-pens Who will inform uswhen the phones are not workingrdquo asked Rosy Jan a mother

Few schools reopen inValley no students yet

The empty classroom of a government college in Srinagar AMIN WAR

Majid Jahangir amp Ishfaq TantaryTribune News Service

Srinagar October 3Relatives of at least 12detainees in the Valley whohave been booked under thestringent Public Safety Act(PSA) have knocked on thedoors of the JampK High Courtclaiming they are minors

In all 12 habeas corpus peti-tions have been filed in theSrinagar wing of JampK HighCourt Six among the youths

are 18 two are 17 and 16 andone is 15 years of age theirfamilies said In their peti-tions the families have most-ly submitted school certi-fies before the court insupport of the claim ofthe detainees

The first two habeascorpus petitions claimingthat the detainees wereminors and booked underthe PSA which allows deten-tion without any trial up totwo years was submitted on

August 27 by residents ofSrinagar and Anantnag

The Juvenile Justice Com-mittee of the JampK High Courtin a report submitted beforethe Supreme Court had said

144 children aged betweennine and 17 were detained

between August 5 and Sep-tember 23 and of them 142had been released The reportsaid the children weredetained for causing minorinjuries and creating law andorder problem ldquoIn certain reg-

ular habeas corpus petitionschallenging regular detentionorders passed by district mag-istrates against them underthe PSA the detainees haveclaimed to be juveniles When-ever such petitions come upbefore the different benches ofthe court the court is directedto hold an inquiry to ascertainthe factum of age and if thedetainee is found to be a juve-nile appropriate orders inaccordance with law would fol-lowrdquo the report had said

Kin of 12 detained lsquominorsrsquo move HC

Tribune News Service

Srinagar October 3As normal business activitycontinued to remain sus-pended for the 60th daytoday after the abrogation ofArticle 370 the KashmirChamber of Commerce andIndustries said the Valleyrsquoseconomy had been dentedby around Rs 10000 croreduring this period

The businessmen saidtheir problems had beencompounded due to thelack of mobile and internetfacilities as they wereunable to file returns thatwould lead to bigger issuesin the future ldquoAs per ourestimates we have suf-fered losses between Rs8000 crore and Rs10000crore during the past twomonths All sectors havebeen badly hit and themobile and internet gaghas added to our woesrdquochamber president SheikhAshiq told The Tribune

ldquoDue to the internet gagwe have not been able to filereturns and we fear this willlead to lots of problems forus later These are practicalissues and on top of thatthere is no clarity from thegovernmentrdquo he said

Lost ~10000 crduring lockdownsays industry

Parents reluctant to send wards owing to tension

Ambika SharmaTribune News Service

Solan October 3The BJP is in for a majortrouble in Pachhad as DayalPyari a sitting zila parishadmember refused to with-draw her nominationpapers after her supportersforced her against takingthe decision this morning

The development has leftthe ruling party embarrassedas its senior leaders wereconfident of placating her

Pyari who met Chief Min-ister Jai Ram Thakur inShimla yesterday hadalmost made up her mind towithdraw from the contestbut this was not accepted byher family and supporters

Her husband Prithvi Singhand her father-in-law said noother candidate was accept-able to the people She

deserved ticket and wouldcontest as an Independent

Dayal Pyari talking to medi-apersons said though she wastorn between the party andthe supporters she would payheed to latter and said shewould begin campaigningafter paying obeisance at theJatoli temple here

She reiterated that herfight was not against the par-ty but against the dictatorial

attitude of a few leaders ofher area and claimed that shewould emerge victorious

She was taken into a carby her supporters towardsSirmaur before she couldbe poached by BJP leadersShe began her campaigninglater in the day

The BJP got a partial reliefas its senior leaders man-aged to pacify rebel AshishSikta who withdrew his

nomination He howeverencountered strong resent-ment from his supporters atRajgarh where Sikta firstheld a meeting and thenwithdrew his nomination

BJP state president Sat-pal Satti ministers Mahin-der Thakur and SureshBhardwaj who were camp-ing at Rajgarh held day-long consultations to chalkout a strategy for the poll

Reena Kashyap who wasthe BJPrsquos official nomineewill face a tough challengefrom Dayal Pyari who hasfound overwhelming sup-port of the people

The development has elat-ed the Congress though itremains to be seen if its candi-date GR Musafir will gain inthe three-cornered contest asthe party is solely banking onthe factionalism in the BJP

BJP rebel firm on contesting as IndependentIn Pachhad partial relief for saffron party as Sikta withdraws nomination papers

ASSEMBLYBYPOLLS

Dayal Pyari (in yellow shawl) with her supporters outside a hotel in Solan on Thursday TRIBUNE PHOTO

SUPPORTERSrsquo PRESSURE Dayal Pyari who met Chief

Minister Jai Ram Thakur inShimla on Wednesday hadalmost made up her mind towithdraw from the contest butthis was not accepted by herfamily and supporters

Her husband and father-in-law said she deserved aticket but since denied shewould contest as an Independent

Taken in a car by her sup-porters towards Sirmaurshe began her campaigninglater in the day on Thursday

Lalit MohanTribune News Service

Dharamsala October 3Sudhir Sharma AICC secre-tary and former minister isunlikely to join the Congresscampaign in his home con-stituency Dharamsala for theOctober 21 byelection

Sudhir who refused to con-test the byelections just twodays before the last date of fil-ing of nomination papers hasnot arrived in Dharamsala todate He did not come toDharamsala when theyoung Congress leaderVijay Inder Karan who hasreplaced him filed his nom-ination papers on Septem-ber 30 Sudhirrsquos suddenrefusal to contest despitethe Congress high com-mand telling him to be inpoll fray is like an unsolvedriddle for many senior Con-gress leaders

A senior leader said AICCchief Sonia Gandhi evenafter the approval of the can-didature of Vijay Inder Karanasked senior leaders to talk toSudhir if he can change hismind and contest HoweverSudhir remained adamantagainst contesting he said

When contacted on phonetoday Sudhir said that he wasnot joining the Congresscampaign as he was sufferingfrom gastroenteritis ldquoI willreturn home after 4 to 5 daysbut whether or not I will jointhe campaign will depend onmy healthrdquo he said

With Sudhir almost declin-ing to join the campaign theissue of infighting in the stateCongress has come to fore

Just days before announc-ing his refusal to contest theDharamsala byelection Sud-hir had openly demanded theresignation of the acting pres-ident of state Youth Congressfor holding programmeswithout his approval andspeaking out against him Avernacular paper insteadreported that Sudhir hadsought HPCC chief KuldeepRathorersquos resignation

Congrsquos Sudhir may not campaign

Rajiv Mahajan

Nurpur October 3With drug trafficking in the inter-state border areasof lower Kangra districtcomprising Nurpur andIndora subdivisions risingthe state government hasturned a ldquoblind eyerdquo to theNurpur de-addiction-cum-rehabilitation centre

Set up during the previousCongress regime and inau-gurated by then CM Virb-hadra Singh on January 122017 the centre is run by theKangra district Red Cross

Society The skeleton staffhere has failed to run thecentre effectively

Surprisingly the centrehas no doctor or psychia-

trist As per informationthe centre is run by just aproject coordinator a coun-selor a pharmacist and asafai karamchari The

recent suicide by a 64-year-old man addicted to alcoholhas now put a questionmark on the safety ofinmates and the staff

deployed at the centre Asthere is no watchman or asecurity guard it is fearedthat such unsavory inci-dents can recur

Set up in the OBC hostelbuilding the centre canadmit 10 addicts at a timebut its full capacity couldnever be used for want ofrequisite staff Centre incharge-cum-project coordi-nator Amit Kumar admittedthat the centre was unableto admit more than fiveaddicts at a time and thewaiting list of addicts hadalways been quite long

ldquoThe working environ-ment is unsafe too as thestaff is always under threatof being attacked by theinmates who turn aggres-sive on being denied syn-thetic drugs or intoxi-cantsrdquo he said

As the centre is locatednear the border of PunjabHimachal Pradesh and Jam-mu amp Kashmir where drugtrafficking is on the risedespite registration of casesunder the NDPS Act thedemand for better facilitiesand more staff has been gain-ing momentum

Nurpur de-addiction centre a victim of admn apathyHas no doctor | Run by Kangra Red Cross Society NGOs want Health Department to take it over

Just 4 employees Set up during the Congressregime and inaugurated bythen CM Virbhadra Singh onJanuary 12 2017 the centre isrun by just a project coordina-tor a counselor a pharmacistand a safari karamchari Set up in the OBC hostelbuilding the centre can admit10 addicts at a time but its fullcapacity could never be used

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3A Special CBI Court todayissued notice to the CBI onthe bail applications filed bythree accused in the Kotkhaicustodial death case

The court asked the CBI tofile a reply on the bail applica-tions filed by former KotkhaiSHO Rajinder Singh (33)head constable RafeeMohammad (38) and consta-ble Ranjeet Steta (32) by Octo-ber 9 the next date of hearing

In the applications it was

stated that there was no evi-dence on record to connectthe accused with the allegedcustodial death of Suraj

It was also mentioned thatthree co-accused IGPZahur H Zaidi SP DW NegiTheog DSP Manoj Joshihad been granted bailAccording to the prosecu-tion a minor girl was alleged-ly raped and murdered inHalaila forests of Shimla dis-trict on July 4 2017 The vic-timrsquos body was found lying inHalaila forests near Mahasuon July 6 2017

Kotkhai case Copsfile bail pleas in court

As of now I am not campaigning forthe party as I am suffering fromgastroenteritis I will return home (toDharamsala) after 4-5 days but whetheror not I will join the campaign inDharamsala will depend on myhealth Sudhir Sharma CONGRESS LEADER

WHAT INFURIATED FORMER MINISTER Sudhir Sharmarsquos supporters alleged that while former

minister was preparing to contest elections leaders ofthe HPCC called other Congress leaders from Dharam-sala and asked them to apply for ticket

This infuriated Sudhir who decided against contesting They alleged that the former minister was also not join-

ing the party campaign as the current party leadershiphad tried to belittle him in his own constituency

lsquoSUFFERING FROM GASTROENTERITISrsquo

THE TRIBUNEJALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 11NATION

HIMACHAL PRADESH

NOTICE INVITING E-PROCUREMENT BID

Executive Engineer IampPH Division Dharampur Bharari on behalf of Governorof Himachal Pradesh invites the online Lump Sum contract bids on turnkey basisfrom the eligible bidders of Indian Entity through online bidding system on or before 17102019 at 1700 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs) on the sitehttpshptendersgovin

1 KEY DATES SHALL BE AS UNDER-

The tender forms and other detailed conditions can be downloaded from thewebsite wwwhpiphorg or from office above Executive Engineer up to datespecified above

Executive EngineerIampPH Division Dharampur Bharari

a Date of Online publication 0110 2019

b Downloading of e-bidDocuments

From 01102019 at 1800 Hrs IST (GMT + 530Hrs) to 17102019 at 1700 Hrs IST (GMT +530 Hrs)

c Date of submission of e-bid From 01102019 at 1800 Hrs IST (GMT + 530Hrs) to 17102019 at 1700 Hrs IST (GMT +530 Hrs)

d Physical Submission of Original Bid Security (in case ofoffline deposit of Bid security)

Up to 1100 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs) on18102019

e Date of opening of bids

1) Cover-1 Eligibility Criteria On 18102019 at 1230 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs)

2) Cover-2 Technical bid Shall be intimated separately

3) Cover-3 Financial Bid Shall be intimated separately

f Site Visit Between 1100 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs) dated10102019 to 1700 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs)dated 11102019 alongwith the AssistantEngineerconcerned Junior Engineer IampPHSub-Division TihraDharampur

SrNo

Description EstimatedCost

BidSecurity

Time Cost ofBid

1 Engineering Procurement Construction Testing Commissioning Trial Run of various components of LWSS to Rakhoh Cholthra Awahdevi Tihra and its adjoining villages in Tehsil Dharampur District Mandi (HP) under Jal Jeevan Mission (Har Ghar Nal Se Jal ) in single package on ldquoturn-key job basisrdquo including trial run defect and liability period as 3 months after physical completion of all components scheme including SOP connection as certified by Engineer-in-Charge of the entire scheme

Rupees 21667344-

Rupees 249200-

Ninemonths(includingallseasonsbutexcludingtrial runperiod of 3 months)

Rupees2500-

2 Engineering procurement construction testing commissioning trial run of various components of LWSS to PC habitation of Kot Dhawali and Bahri Rathoun and Chakyana in Tehsil Dharampur District Mandi HP under Jal Jeevan Mission (Har Ghar Ko Nal se Jal) in single package on ldquoTurn-key job basisrdquo including trial amp testing run defect and liability period as 03 months after physical completion of all components of the scheme including SOP connection as certified by Engineer-in-Charge of the entire scheme

Rupees 21134606-

Rupees 243900-

Ninemonths(includingallseasonsbutexcludingtrial runperiod of03months)

Rupees2500-

DPRHP2324

HIMACHAL PRADESH

IPH DEPARTMENT

NOTICE INVITING TENDERShort terms sealed item rate tenders on form 6 amp 8 are hereby invited by the undersigned on behalf of

Governor of Himachal Pradesh for the following works from the approved and eligible contractors so as to

reach in this office on or before 10102019 at 300 PM and will be opened on the same day at 33000 PM

in the presence of intending contractors or their authorized representatives in this office The tender form can

be had from this office against cash payment (Non-Refundable) on or before 09102019 The earnest money

in the shape of National Saving CertificateTime deposits Accounts Saving Accounts in any of the Post

OfficeBank in Himachal Pradesh duly pledged in favour of the Executive Engineer I amp PH Division Chamba

must accompany each tender Conditional tenders and tenders received without earnest money will be

summarily rejected The offer of the tenders shall be kept open for 120 days The Executive Engineer IPH

Division Chamba reserves the right to reject the tenders without assigning any reasons

SrNo

Name of work Estimatedcost

Earnestmoney

TimeLimit

Cost oftender form

1 Providing WSS to left out Habitation under census villageUdaipur Khas amp Saru in GP Udaipur Tehsil amp DisttChamba HP (SH- CO Rwall with cement concrete1510 for Sedimentation tank RHS)

313313- 6266- ThreeMonths

250-

Terms amp Conditions- 1 Before offering the rates the terms and conditions attached with the schedule of

quantity may be gone through carefully 2 Conditional tenders without earnest money will outrightly be

rejected3 The contractor shall enclose enlistmentrenewal order with his application for obtaining the tender

documents 4Latest income tax and sale tax clearance certificate as well as Pan No must be attached with

the application failing which the documents will not be issued to those contractors The contractor shall

produce registration of labour license from the competent authority under Contract Act 1970 failing which no

tender shall be issued to him

Note- No tender forms will be issued to those contractors who have not completed the work within the

stipulated period and having more than two works in hand under this Division

Executive Engineer

I amp PH Division ChambaNO-IPH-CBA-GA-G-Tender2019-7334-7384 Dated 200919 DPRHP2326

Himachal Pradesh IPH Department

SHORT TERM NOTICE INVITING TENDERThe Executive Engineer IPH Division Keylong (HP) invites tender on behalf of Governor of Himachal Pradesh from approved

eligible contractors for the following works through Online Process-

The tender forms and other detailed conditions can be downloaded from the portal httphptendersgovin up to 500 PM 14102019

HIM SUCHNA AVAM JAN SAMPARKExecutive Engineer IPH Division Keylong

JobNo

Name of Work EstimatedCost

EarnestMoney

Time ofcompletion

1 Special Repair of FIS Chimret in GP Chimret Distt Lahaul Spiti (HP) (SH- Co CClining and Retaining wall)

744756- 14900- One Work-ing Season

2 Providing WSS to PC Habitation of Jobrang Rape Rashil in GP Jobrang Distt Lahaulamp Spiti (HP) (SH- PF MS Tank 270 litrs capacity 2 Nos Laying Jointing amp TestingHDPE pipe of 50mm Dia at RD 0 to 5240 and Provision of Parta Cutting= 100 Rmt)

927536- 18600- Six Months

3 Augmentation of WSS to Village Gohrma in GP Gohrma Distt LampS (HP) (SH- PFMS Tank 270ltrs Co Storage tank 20000 ltrs capacity Co Stand Post 5 NosLaying Jointing and Testing HDPE pipe of 50mm dia at RD 0 to 110 (Ai to Bi) RD0 to 50 (A to B) 32mm dia at RD 50 to 500 (B to C) Double layer RD 0 to 1250 (Ato C) 20mm dia at for (distribution System) at various Rds Co Barbed wire fencingaround Stank and Co Crate work around Intakes and Co Nallah Crossing)

1419471- 28400 Six Months

4 Providing Flood Protection Work to Rubling in GP Tingret Distt LampS (HP) (SH-Crate work at RD 0 to 107)

2949252- 52000- Six Months

Date of submission of e-tender From 02102019 at 0500 PM to14102019 at 0500 PM

Physical submission of tender documents Up to 1100 AM 15102019

Date of opening of Eligibility Criteria 15102019 at 1130 AM

DPRHP2330

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COQGO2336 ()

CHANDIGARH ADMINISTRATION

ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Press e-TENDER NOTICEPercentage rate e-tenders are invited under two bid system by the Executive Engineer Electrical Division No 2 on behalf

of President of India from the eligible enlisted firms class A and B enlisted with the Chandigarh AdministrationMunicipalCorporation ChdCPWDState PWDs of Punjab amp Haryana and Himachal Pradesh and their board amp Corporation having validElectrical Contractor License issued by any Govt Deptt of StatesCentre for the execution of following work can bedownloadedUploaded from the website at httpwwwetenderschdnicin

SrNo

NIT No Name of work amp Location

Est

imat

edco

st p

ut

tote

nd

er

Ear

nes

tm

on

ey

Per

iod

of

co

mp

leti

on Last date

and timefor online

submissionof tender

Time ampdate of

opening oftender

01 E219189 Mtc of NRB at Chandigarh (Repair of defective elec-trical accessories at various School under SDE E4Chandigarh) R

s5

441

44-

Rs

1090

0-

03M

onth

s 11102019up to

0230 pm

11102019at

0300 pm

Executive Engineer Electrical Divn No 2 Chandigarh

TENDER NOTICE No 06 Date 1102019

On behalf of the Governor of Punjab Executive EngineerConstruction Division PWD BampR Br Fazilka invites bids fromeligible bidders enlisted under road works category with PWDBampR BrDetail terms and conditions of notice inviting bids refer to ourwebsite wwweprocpunjabgovinCorrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerConstn Divn PWD BampR Br Fazilka(On behalf of Governor of Punjab)DPRPbD6792

New Delhi October 3As many as five judges of theSupreme Court have recusedfrom hearing activist GautamNavlakharsquos petition challeng-ing the Bombay High CourtrsquosSeptember 13 order rejectinghis plea for quashing of an FIRin connection with the Bhima-Koregaon violence case

After Chief Justice ofIndia Ranjan Gogoi Jus-tice NV Ramana Justice RSubhash Reddy and Jus-tice BR Gavai Justice SRavindra Bhat became thefifth judge to recuse onThursday from hearing thecase of Navlakhamdashone ofthe five activists arrestedin the case

Others arrested in the caseare Varavara Rao Arun Fer-reira Vernon Gonsalves andSudha Bharadwaj Theyhave been booked underprovisions of the UnlawfulActivities Prevention Act(UAPA) and the IndianPenal Code

Justice S Ravindra Bhat ofthe Supreme Court on Thurs-day became the fifth judge torecuse himself CJI Gogoi hasassigned the matter to aBench headed by JusticeArun Mishra which will takeit up on Friday

As Navlakharsquos petitioncame up for hearing before athree-judge Bench headed byJustice Arun Mishra JusticeBhat who was on the Benchalong with Justice VineetSaran recused himself fromhearing the case mdash TNS

Tribune News Service

NewDelhi October 3Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasi-na today arrived here on afour-day visit during whichboth sides will attempt to takethe focus away from theNational Register of Citizens(NRC) by discussing some oldproblems that have croppedup as well as exploring com-mon links in transport watersharing and projects on Indi-an line of credit

Bangladesh Foreign MinisterAK Abdul Momen had toldmedia in Dhaka that Hasinawould discuss a number ofbilateral issues includingkilling of Bangladeshis by BSFand a framework pact on com-mon rivers including Teestawith PM Narendra Modi onSaturday She was chief guestat the Country Strategy Dia-logue of the World EconomicForum today She will attend an

interactive session with selectIndian CEOs followed by inau-guration of India-BangladeshBusiness Forum on Friday Shewill hold talks with Modi andcall on President Ram NathKovind on Saturday

Momen said the two sideswould discuss increased con-

nectivity through rivers searail road and air overall tradeand commerce among others

Foreign Secretary ShahidulHoque told newspersons thatimport of Indian arms undera $500 million line of creditand the NRC issue would alsobe discussed

Hasina to raise NRCPrez PM accept Capt invitefrom page 1

group of pilgrims the PunjabCM will lead through the cor-ridor when it opens The CMhowever clarified neither henor the ex-PM would travel toPakistan for the formal open-ing of the corridor They wereonly going to the Sikh shrineon the other side ldquoas pil-grimsrdquo The Pakistan govern-ment had recentlyannounced it would inviteManmohan for the corridorinauguration but the ex-PMrsquos office denied knowl-edge of any such invitation

Todayrsquos developments arecrucial in the light of ongo-ing political one-upmanshipbetween Congress-led Pun-jab Government and theAkalis over marking the his-toric event

Capt Amarinderrsquos move tosecure President and PMrsquospresence at the state functionare bound to put pressure on

the Akalis to come on boardAsked about SGPCrsquos cele-

bration plans CMrsquosspokesman said ldquoThe CM hasrepeatedly said the SGPC as areligious body is free to organ-ise celebrations in gurdwarasand the official celebrationswill be marked by the stategovernment The CM hasrepeatedly urged all-partyunity and will lead an all-partygroup through the corridorrdquo

State government sourcesadded they were not aware ifthe SGPC would send a paral-lel jatha through the corridor

Pakistan recentlyannounced that the corridorwould be opened for IndianSikh pilgrims on November 9However the final date is stillbeing worked out between thetwo countries and the PunjabGovernmentrsquos official eventwill be planned accordingly

Capt Amarinder mean-while shared official pro-

gramme of his governmentrsquosevents with the President andPM ldquoThe CM has urged bothto participate in the corridoropening at Dera Baba Nanakand the main programme atSultanpur Lodhirdquo the CMOspokesman said

Capt Amarinder also urgedPMrsquos intervention to allow a21-mebmer all-party jatha tovisit Sri Nankana Sahib thebirth place of the first Gurubesides bringing a nagar kir-tan to Sultanpur Lodhi viaAmritsar (Wagah)

In a separate letter to Minis-ter of External Affairs S Jais-hankar the CM has soughtformal clearance for theNankana Sahib delegationvisit and the nagar kirtan

The Punjab Governmentplans various celebrationsbetween November 5 and 15and will hold an all-party meetat Sultanpur Lodhi onNovember 1

from page 1

the list of 84 candidatesreleased by the Congress lateWednesday night and for theremaining six seats on Thurs-day shows that nearly 70 percent seats have been allottedto Hoodarsquos confidants

Of the 90 candidates giventhe party ticket at least 59 areHooda loyalists 12 are said tobe close to Kumari Selja fiveare believed to KiranChoudhry loyalists and threeeach are believed to be fromthe Kuldeep Bishnoi RandeepSurjewala and Tanwar camps

Hooda has had his support-ers fielded in all nine Assem-bly segments comprising theSonepat parliamentary seatthat he contested in May

But in the nine Assemblyseats under Kumari Seljarsquostraditional Ambala Lok Sabhaseat only one Hooda support-er mdash former HPCC chief PhoolChand Mullanarsquos son VarunChaudhary mdash has been nomi-nated for the Mullana seat

Hoodarsquos supporters havebeen fielded in eight of the nineAssembly segments in Karnalfour of the nine segments inKurukshetra Of the nineseats in BhiwanindashMahendra-garh at least four have goneto Hoodarsquos men The HisarUchana Narnaund and Han-si seats too have gone to hissupporters Adampur Nalwaand Hisar have been allottedto Kuldeep Bishnoirsquos menUklana and Barwala toKumari Seljarsquos loyalists andBawani Khera to KiranChoudhryrsquos camp

Of the nine Assembly seg-ments comprising TanwarrsquosSirsa Lok Sabha seat Dab-wali Tohana Ratia Ellenabadand Fatehabad have gone toHoodarsquos supporters Narwanacandidate Vidya Rani is con-sidered close to Randeep Sur-jewala while Sirsa and Kalan-wali nominees Hoshiari LalSharma and Shishpal Kehar-wala are Tanwar loyalists

Former minister Capt AjayYadav has managed the partyticket for his son ChiranjeevRao from Rewari

With ticket

639 engg seats vacantfrom page 1

institutions that mere physicalinfrastructure is not enoughand that qualified and well-paid faculty are mandatory forrunning engineering coursesRather than reduce the num-ber of seats the governmenthas lowered merit andallowed admissions throughHP Combined Entrance Testand Class 12 examinationmerit defeating the very pur-pose of ensuring quality edu-cation and uniformity instandards say sources

Private colleges charge

between Rs 45000 and Rs57000 per semester for BTechcompared to Rs 30000 in gov-ernment colleges ldquoStudentsare shying away from engi-neering courses as there areno jobs even after spendingRs 4 lakh to Rs 5 lakhrdquo saysSuresh who left the courseafter two semestersThere is a clear shift towardstraditional arts commercescience and managementcourses as 100 per cent seatshave been filled ldquoGovern-ment jobs are still the top pri-ority for students as their

focus is on preparation forcompetitive examinationsrdquosays Prof Sikender KumarVice-Chancellor HimachalPradesh University

Mismatch between enrol-ment and employment ratedue to opening of privateinstitutions without assessingemployment opportunities isalso leading to low intakeFurther high investment inengineering courses as com-pared to average remunera-tion after passing out is caus-ing aversion to engineeringcourses say sources

Justice Jha

5th SC judgerecuses fromKoregaonactivistrsquos case

4-day visit Connectivity trade energy ties top agenda

from page 1

High Court at Jabalpurbefore his elevation to the HCas permanent judge on Feb-ruary 2 2007

The President after con-sultation with the CJI alsotransferred Justice Pulig-oru Venkata Sanjay Kumara Judge of the TelanganaHC to the Punjab andHaryana HC He has beenasked to assume charge byOctober 17 mdash TNS

Justice LN Swamy ChiefJustice of HP High Court

Justice Ajai Lamba CJ ofGauhati High Court

Justice Indrajit Mahanty isChief Justice in Rsthan

Justice A Mani Kumar is CJof Kerala High Court

Justice JK MaheshwariChief Justice of Andhra HC

Justice AK Goswami ChiefJustice of Sikkim HC

Justices BiswanathSommader PV SanjayKumar and Vivek Agarwalof Calcutta Telangana andMadhya Pradesh HCsposted to HCs of AllahabadPunjab and Haryana andAllahabad respectively

OTHER JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS

JUSTICE KURESHI FAILS TO FIGURE ON LISTJustice Akil Kureshi recommended by SC Collegium for appoint-ment as Tripura HC CJ last month doesnrsquot figure on the list Earli-er Centre had refused to appoint him as CJ of MP High Court

Union Minister of State Sushri Debasree Chaudhuri receivesBangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi on Thursday PTI

THE TRIBUNE CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019

12|BUSINESS GOLD

~39115New Delhi

SILVER

~47580New Delhi

USD EURO POUND JPY YUAN CAD AUD SGD HKD~7089 ~7803 ~8808 ~067 ~993 ~5324 ~4774 ~5147 ~905

No SE (BampR)NIT-581 Dt 031019

MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONJALANDHAR LOCAL GOVT DEPTT PUNJABNOTICE INVITING e-TENDERS

(CIVIL WORKS)eprocpunjabgovin

E-tender No MCJ (BampR) 2019-2012

Municipal Corporation Jalandhar invites e-tenders onTwo Bid system for the CivilHorticultureBuilding worksmentioned at wwweprocpunjabgovin from thecontractors enlisted with Municipal Corporation Jalandhar ampCo-op LC Societies (Registered in Punjab State) Time totime instructions issued by GovtCVO will be followed forbidding as well as execution of works All the bidders shouldcomply with the latest instructions issued vide notificationNo 765279-radicΔ1(5)4342 Dt 02102014 amp 5822018-2lg41892 Dt 02082018

Date and Time Schedule for LC SocietiesAgencies

Other terms amp conditions can be seen at E-tenderWebsite eprocpunjabgovin

Sd- Superintending Engineer

SrNo

Last Date of onlinesubmission of

Bidding document

Opening ofTechnical Bid

Opening ofFinancial Bid

1 10102019 up to 1700 hrs

11102019 at 1100 hrs

14102019 at 1100 hrs

DI-91904

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJABPWD BampR BRANCH

NOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDSTENDER NOTICE NO 18-21 DATED 01-10-2019

On behalf of Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer ConstructionDivision PWD BampR Br Rupnagar invites bids for below mentioned worksfrom eligible bidders enlisted under All road works category withPWD (BampR) for the works approved under his jurisdiction as detailed inthe following table The bidders may submit bids for any or all of thefollowing Work(s)-

For detailed terms and conditions refer to websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin

from 091019

Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerConstruction DivisionPWD BampR Br Rupnagar

SrNo

Name of Work Head

1 Special Repair of Bharatgarh-to Kakrala Soban MajraRoad upto HP Border (including five years maintenance)in Distt Rupnagar

3054

2 Special Repair of Bharatgarh-Kakrala to Nawan Graonupto HP Border (including five years maintenance) inDistt Rupnagar

3054

3 Special Repair of Bharatgarh-to Nalagarh Road upto HPBorder (including five years maintenance) in Distt Rupnagar

3054

4 Periodical Repair of Ropar Circular Road (ODR-08) (includingfive years maintenance) in Distt Rupnagar

3054

DPRPbD6797

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

RURAL DEVELOPMENT amp PANCHAYATS DEPARTMENTNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Tender Notice No PRDP201932 Date 011019

Authority- Executive Engineer Panchayati Raj PW (CampM)Division Patiala

Name of Work-

Date of opening of bid- 11102019

For detail terms and conditions of notice inviting bids refer towebsite wwweprocpunjabgovin

Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerPanchayati Raj PW Division Patiala

SrNo

Description of Work 1 EMD2 Tender fee (in Rs)

Cost ofWork

1 Renovation amp Allied Works ofPond at Village Devinagar SawaiSingh Wala Block BhunerheriDistt Patiala

1) Rs 37890-2) Rs 5000

Rs1894500-

DPRPbD6803

Punjab Water Supply andSewerage Board

NOTICE INVITING Recall of e-TENDERS (2019-20)eprocpunjabgovin

Recall E-Tender Notice No 02 Date 30092019

On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer Punjab WS amp Sewerage BoardChandigarh Executive Engineer Punjab WS amp Sewerage Division No 2Amritsar invites online Lump Sump and percentage basis tenders from theapproved Contractorfirms and eligible Co-operative L amp C Societies who fulfillthe eligible criteria as per DNIT for the work mentioned below-

Important Dates are as under- For tender at Sr No 12

1 Period of availability of tender Online shall be Up to 10102019 up to 100 PM

2 Last Date amp Time for online submission ofBids shall be 10102019 at up to 300 PM

3 Date and Time for Opening of Tenchical bids shall be 11102019 at 300 PM

For tender at Sr No 3

Up to 23102019 up to 100 PM23102019 at up to 300 PM24102019 at 300 PM

For detailed terms and conditions refer to website eprocpunjabgovin

Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd-Executive EngineerPb WS amp Sew Divn No 2AmritsarDPRPbD6800

SrNo

Name of the Work BidSecurityEarnestMoney(Rs inLacs)

Cost ofDocu-ment

Tenderfee

(Rs)

Periodof

Comp-letion

Esti-matedCost(in

Lacs)

1 DNIT for Construction of Main PumpingStation (14 MLD) Tarn Taran (Zone No1) complete machinery amp Balance workof IPS (11 MLD) complete machinery etcand all other works contingent theretordquo

345000- 100- 5Months

17209Lacs

2 DNIT for ldquosurvey soil testing designsupply and construction instcomissioning of 4 mld STP at Analabased on any suitable sustainableand proven technology including otherappurtenant works on turnkey basisas per DNIT including operation ampmaintenance for a period of 60months after stabilization period of 3months or morerdquo

800000- 1000- 9Months

LumpSump

3 Detailed Project Report for ProvidingWater Supply Sewerage amp SewageTreatment Plant at Jandiala Guru DisttAmritsar (Under PIDB)

8050- 100- 1 Month 402Lacs

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJABPWD BampR BRANCH

NOTICE INVITING ON-LINE BIDSTENDER NOTICE NO 22-23 DATED 01-10-2019On behalf of Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer ConstructionDivision PWD BampR Br Rupnagar invites bids for below mentionedworks from eligible bidders enlisted under All road works categorywith PWD (BampR) for the works approved under his jurisdiction asdetailed in the following table The bidders may submit bids for any or allof the following Work(s)Sr No Name of Work Head

1 Special Repair of Sri Anandpur Sahib to Sri Naina Devi road (ODR-12) (including Five years maintenance) in Distt Rupangar

5054

2 Special Repair of 4-Lane Ropar Bye Pass (including Five yearsmaintenance) in Distt Rupangar

5054

For detailed terms and conditions refer to websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin from 09-10-19Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive Engineer Construction Division PWD BampR Br RupnagarDPRPbD6802

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJABPWD BampR BRANCH

Tender Notice No 41 Dated 03102019Executive Engineer Central Works Division PWD BampR BranchMohali invites bids from eligible bidders for below mentionedwork For detail terms and conditions of the notice inviting bidrefer to wwweprocpunjabgovin wef 09102019Corrigendum if any will be issued on website onlyWork Construction of Both Side Approaches amp Service

Roads of Railway Under Bridge (RUB) on levelCrossing No 24-B on Sirhind-Nangal Dam Amb-Andaura Section in Morinda Town

Sd- Executive EngineerCentral Works DivisionMohali DPRPbD6801

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

PWD BampR BRANCHNOTICE RE-INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No 07 Date 03102019

On behalf of the Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer Construction DivisionPWD BampR Br Patiala invites re-bids from eligible bidders for detailed in thefollowing table The bids shall be on the percentage rate basis The bidders maysubmit bids for any or all of the following Works

2 For Sr No 1 Period of availability of Tender onlineDate amp Time of onlinebid submission and Date amp time of opening of bids are as given below-

For detailed terms and conditions of the notice inviting bids refer to ourwebsite httpeprocpunjabgovin

Corrigendum If any will be issued on website only

Sd- (Er Navin Kumar) Executive EngineerConst Divn PWD BampR Branch PatialaM No 98783-60786DPRPbD6799

SrNo

Name ofProjectWork(s)

BidSecurityEarnestMoney

Cost ofdocumenttender fee

(Rs)

Periodof

comp-letion

Approxvalue of the

ProjectWork

1 2 3 4 5 6

1

Special Repair ofGovt Primary School Gajewas Teh SamanaDistt Patiala

36000- 5000-6

Months1804 Lacs

Availability of tenderonline for bidding

Last date amp timefor online

submission of bids

Date amp Time of opening oftender

From To Technical Bid Financial Bid

04102019 1000 am

11102019 0400 pm

11102019400 pm

141020191100 am

To be inti-mated later on

WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION DEPARTMENTNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No Dated

On behalf of Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer Water Supply ampSanitation Division No 1 Amritsar invites bid from eligible bidders for theProject detailed in the following table

For detailed terms and conditions refer to website httpeprocpunjabgovin

CorrigendumAddendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerWater Supply amp Sanitation Division No 1 Amritsar

DNIT No Date

I Project Description Name of Work Construction of SewerageTreatment Plant based on any suitablesustainable amp Proven Technology IncludingOampM of STP for 60 Months afterCommissioning of Village Budha Theh AbadiBeas and Abadi Gurunanakpura BlockRayya District Amritsar (NABARD-XIV)

II Bid SecurityEarnest Money

Rs As per approved Bid

III Cost of DocumentTenderFee Processing Fee

Rs 1000- Rs As per Website

IV Period of Completion 15 Months Including 3 Months of Stabilizationperiod

V Period of Availability ofTender online

From 07102019 Time 1000 am to07112019 Time 1700 pm

VI Pre-Bid Meeting Date andVenue

Date 22102019 Time 1200 pmVenue HOD Office Phase 2 Mohali

VII Last date amp time for onlinesubmission of bids shall be

Dated 07112019 Time 1700 pm

VIII Tender opening Date amp time Date 08112019 Time 1430 pm

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LUDHIANA IMPROVEMENT TRUSTFeroze Gandhi Market Ludhiana ndash 141001

e-mail ldh_It_2009yahoocoin

Ph- 0161-5255405

e-Tender NoticeNIT No 09e-TenderSELG-IT Ludhiana2019-20The Ludhiana Improvement Trust Ludhiana invites online bids for 10 Nos

development works -

Online availability of Tenders for bidding- 04102019 onwards

Closing Date amp Time For Serial No 1 to 7 10102019 up to 0200 pmFor Serial No 8 amp 9 17102019 up to 0200 pmFor Serial No 10 24102019 up to 0200 pm

Opening Date amp Time For Serial No 1 to 7 10102019 at 0300 pmFor Serial No 8 amp 9 17102019 at to 0300 pmFor Serial No 10 24102019 at 0300 pm

For details logon to wwweprocpunjabgovin

Note Any corrigendum(s) to the tender notice shall be published on the aboveWebsite only

Sd- Superintending EngineerImprovement Trust

LUDHIANADPRPbD6804

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

WATER SUPPLY amp SANITATION DEPARTMENT PUNJABNOTICE INVITING E-TENDERS

Bid No 11233 Date 300919

On behalf of the Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer WaterSupply amp Sanitation Division No 1 Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar invitesbids from eligible bidders for the works detail in the following table Thebidders may submit bids for any or all of the following works-

For detailed terms and conditions of the notice inviting Tender referto website httpseprocpunjabgovin wef 04102019

1 The bid documentTerms amp Condtions are available online and bidsare to be submitted online through e-procurement portalhttpeprocpunjabgovin only Bids submitted otherwise will not beaccepted

2 Rectificationextension of timeCorrigendum if any will be uploaded onwebsite wwweprocpunjabgovin amp will not be advertised in newspapers

Sd- Executive EngineerWS amp Sanitation Division No 1 SAS Nagar

SrNo

Name of Works I) Estimated CostII) Earnest MoneyIII) Tender Fee

(in Rs)

Important DatesTime

i) Sale of Tenderdocument

ii) Last Date and Time forSubmission of Bids

iii) Date and Time ofOpening of TechnicalBids

1 PROVIDING ESTATE ampINTERNAL WATERSUPPLY SANITARYINSTALLATION ANDFLOORING amp DADO INIT BLOCK AT GOVTCOLLEGE SECTOR-56 SAS NAGAR

i) Rs 1786904-

ii) Rs 35750-

iii) 1000-

i) 04102019 at 1800 hrs

ii) 14102019 at 1600 hrs

iii) 15102019 at 1100 hrs

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ੀ1I ਯ੨੦ਜਜ਼੨ਸ੪੨DPRPBD6788

OFFICE OF THE CANTONMENT BOARDJALANDHAR CANTT

INVITING TENDER NOTICE

INVITING E-TENDER FOR PROVIDING TEACHING STAFFFOR CANTONMENT BOARD SCHOOLS AND SILVER OAKPUBLIC SCHOOL UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THECANTONMENT BOARD JALANDHAR

Online e-tenders are invited through CPP e-procurement portalhttpeprocuregovin by the Cantonment Board Jalandhar Cantt fromreputed experienced contractorservice provider for providing teaching staff for Cantonment Board Schools and Silver Oak Public SchoolJalandhar Cantt

Starting date for downloading of Tender documents 27092019

Last date for submission of online tender 17102019

Full notice of tender is available on Central Public Procurement Portal websiteie httpeprocuregovin

Chief Executive Officer

Cantonment Board JalandharDI-91800

BSE

198543810687

NSE

459011314

Vijay C RoyTribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3Fearing loss to small andmarginal farmers dairycooperatives in Punjab andHaryana have expressedreservation over the inclu-sion of dairy products in theRegional ComprehensiveEconomic Partnership(RCEP) pact

The cooperatives appre-hend that import of cheapermilk and dairy productswould adversely hit thelivelihood of lakhs of farm-ers in the two states withimporters and traders dom-inating the market

The government is con-templating finalising theRCEP a trade block whichincludes the 10-countryASEAN China IndiaJapan South Korea Aus-tralia and New Zealandby the end of this year

New Zealand and Aus-tralia particularly are nego-tiating very hard withIndia to reduce duty ondairy products so that theycan get an access to Indiawhich is the worlds largestmarket of dairy products

ldquoThe signing of theRCEP will be a big blow tothe dairy farmers as itwould lead to reduction inthe procurement price ofmilk from farmers due tocheap imported milk pow-der from New Zealandsaid Karnail Singh a dairyfarmer from Amritsar

Dairy cooperatives feelthat procurement pricewould come down drastical-ly if imports are allowedthrough the RCEP as therewould be no tariff barrier

ldquoWe fears that cheaperimports will have repercus-sions across the value chainsAs imports will be cheapermany traders will startimporting cheap dairy prod-ucts virtually putting farmersout of the professionrdquo said asenior official from Milkfed

The average daily pro-duction of milk in thesetwo states is around 460lakh litres As far as Punjabis concerned the daily pro-

duction is around 307 lakhlitres Out of the total milkproduced in rural andsemi-urban areas 50 percent is marketable surplusOf this surplus aroundhalf of the milk sold is han-dled by the organised sec-tor comprising dairy coop-eratives such as MilkfedsVerka and private dairycompanies and the rest bythe unorganised sector

Similarly in Haryana thedaily production is 156 lakhlitres Out of the total pro-duction 70 per cent of themilk is self-consumed byfarmers and the remaining30 per cent is marketable

surplus Further around 39lakh litres (25 per cent) arebeing handled by HaryanaDairy Development Cooper-ative Federation Ltd Therest of the quantity is beingprocessed by private dairyprocessors and sweet shops

Dairy cooperatives in theirrepresentation to the min-istry apprehend that cheap-er imports will push India toremain dependant onimports for dairy products

ldquoMilk producers andprocessors have made pres-entation to the Centre pro-jecting repercussions andrequesting it not to includemilk productsrdquo said SSKohli CGM Vita

The farmers apprehendthe step would halvedairy farmersrsquo income asthey will be forced toleave farming

ILLUSTRATION SANDEEP JOSHI

Fiscal tie-up deal has PunjabHaryana dairy firms worriedCooperatives fear import of cheaper milk will affect farmers

MILK PRODUCTION IN TWO STATESState Daily produce Marketable surplusPunjab 307 lakh litres 50Haryana 156 lakh litres 30

Onion prices fall to ~30kg after export banNewDelhi October 3Onion prices have started cool-ing down in both retail andwholesale markets in someparts of the country after thegovernment banned exports ofthe key kitchen staple andimposed stock limits ontraders Union Minister RamVilas Paswan said on Thursday

Retail onion prices whichwere ruling at Rs 60-70 per kg

for the past few weeks in thenational capital and some oth-er parts of the country

declined to below Rs 60 per kgon Thursday as per trade data

Onion prices declined to

below the Rs 30 per kg levelat Lasalgaon in MaharashtraAsiarsquos largest wholesale mar-ket for the bulb crop after thegovernment banned itsexport and imposed stocklimit on traders

ldquoWe have to take care of theinterest of both farmers andconsumers Prices of onionhave started declining after webanned exportrdquo he said mdash TNS

Mumbai October 3The Reserve Bank of India(RBI) is likely to go for yetanother rate cut on Fridaythe fifth in a row as inflationis within the comfort zoneand the need to boost theeconomy is pressing

RBI Governor ShaktikantaDas has already hinted thatbenign inflation providesroom for further monetarypolicy easing while space forfiscal space is limited

The government hasannounced a series of meas-ures including steepest cut incorporate tax rollback ofenhanced surcharge on theForeign Portfolio Investorsamong others to jump-startgrowth which hit a six-year lowof 5 per cent during the firstquarter of the current fiscal

The six-member monetarypolicy committee (MPC) isscheduled to announce thefourth bi-monthly monetarypolicy for 2019-20 on Fridayafter a three-day meeting

There was no meeting ofthe panel on October 2 onaccount of Mahatma GandhiJayanti The bank hasalready slashed repo ratefour times consecutively thisyear amounting to 110 basispoints in aggregate

At its last meeting in Augustthe MPC reduced the bench-mark lending rate by anunusual 35 basis points to 540per cent The upcoming MPCmeeting comes in the backdropof RBIrsquos mandate to banks to

link their loan products to anexternal benchmark like reporate for the faster transmissionof reduction in policy rates toborrowers from October 1

Ahead of the meeting theDas-headed Financial Stabil-ity and Development Council(FSDC) sub-committee tookstock of the prevailing macro-economic situation

Earlier the RBI Governorhad said the government hadlittle fiscal space giving hopethat the bank may providemore monetary stimulus toprop up the economy The gov-ernmentrsquos fiscal space hasbeen squeezed on account ofcut in the rates of corporate taxas well as lowering of the GSTrate on various goods Rev-enue collection too has beenbelow the Budget estimates

Experts are of the opinionthat another rate cut is on thecards as the governmentrsquoshands are tied and the onusof taking initiatives now restswith the central bank mdash PTI

RBI may cut policy rateto give economy a pushTo announce bi-monthly monetary plan today

REPO RATE ALREADYSLASHED FOUR TIMES The RBI has already

slashed repo rate fourtimes consecutively thisyear amounting to 110basis points in aggregate

At its last meeting themonetary policy commit-tee had reduced thebenchmark lending rateby an unusual 35 basispoints to 540 per cent

New Delhi October 3The government will keepthe reform momentum goingwith more such announce-ments in the future to bringback the economy on a high-er growth track thoughissues related with productiv-ity efficiency persist NITIAayog CEO Amitabh Kantsaid on Thursday

Going back to 2005 and tillnow close to about 300 mil-lion people have been pulledout of poverty In the last fiveyears the economy hasgrown at about 75 per cent

Indias growth was about 81per cent in the last quarter of2017-18 and fell to 5 per cent inthe June quarter of 2019-20Kant said at the World Eco-nomic Forums India Econom-ic Summit-CII event here

ldquoAnd since then both theRBI and the governmenthave taken a series of meas-ures to takeIndia backto a highgrowth tra-jectoryrdquo hesaid mdash PTI

Many morereforms inoffing Kant

We still have 25000 tonne of onion in ourstock We are asking state governments totake it and supply at ~2390 per kg in theirstates and ensure prices are stable

Ram Vilas Paswan CONSUMER AFFAIRS MINISTER

STATES ASKED TO COLLECT STOCK

THE TRIBUNECHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 13WORLD

GLOBE TROT

Emirati US Russian astronauts return to EarthALMATY A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three astronautsincluding an Emirati who became the first Arab to reachthe International Space Station returned to Earth Thurs-day Footage broadcast by Russias space agency showedthe Soyuz MS-12 capsule carrying Hazzaa al-Mansoori ofthe United Arab Emirates NASA astronaut Nick Hagueand Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin touch downat 1059 GMT on the steppes of Kazakhstan AFP

Russian man sues Apple for lsquoturning him gayrsquo MOSCOW A Russian man has filed a lawsuit against Apple formoral harm claiming that an iPhone app had turned himgay according to a copy of the complaint The man filed suitin a Moscow court asking for one million rubles ($15000)after an incident this summer in which a cryptocurrencycalled lsquoGayCoinrsquo was delivered via a smartphone apprather than the Bitcoin he had ordered ldquoApple pushed metowards homosexuality through manipulation Thechanges have caused me moral and mental harmrdquo he saidApplersquos representatives in Russia did not immediatelyrespond to AFPrsquos request for comment AFP

NZ mosque attacker drops bid to move trialWELLINGTON Gunman Brenton Tarrant the man accused ofmurdering 51 Muslim worshippers in Marchs NewZealand mosque attack on Thursdaydropped a bid to move his trial from the citywhere the massacre occurred The HighCourt held a pre-trial hearing inChristchurch in which judge CameronMander announced at the beginning ofproceedings that the defence haddecided not to pursue the applica-tion His trial will begin on June2 next year in Christchurch AP

FIRST EMIRATI TO REACH ISS Russian space agencyrescue team members and United Arab Emiratesspecialists carry Emirati astronaut Hazzaa al-Mansoorishortly after the landing of the Russian Soyuz MS-12 spacecapsule about 150 km south-east of the Kazakh town ofDzhezkazgan on Thursday AFP

Pak Taliban urge US to resume Afghan talksIslamabad October 3Pakistan on Thursday askedthe Taliban to grasp theopportunity and resume talkswith the US for an early andpeaceful resolution of the con-flict in Afghanistan sayingwar is not a solution as topleaders of the militant groupmet Foreign Minister ShahMahmood Qureshi here

A high-level Taliban dele-gation met Qureshi as partof a push to revive theAfghan peace processstalled after US PresidentDonald Trump abruptlydeclared the talks with therebel group ldquodeadrdquo

The Foreign Office said in astatement that a delegationof the Taliban Political Com-mission (TPC) called onQureshi The delegation wasled by the head of TPC MullaAbdul Ghani Baradar andincluded senior members ofthe commission

ldquoWhile appreciating Tal-

ibanrsquos serious engagementin the peace process heunderscored the need to takethese efforts to their logicalconclusionrdquo Qureshi said

Trump stunned the worldwhen he suddenly declared

that the Afghan peace talkswith the Taliban wereldquodeadrdquo following killing onan American soldier

Qureshi said ldquoPakistan hasmaintained for several yearsthat there is no military solu-

tion to the complex situationin Afghanistan An inclusivepeace and reconciliationprocess involving all sec-tions of the Afghan societywas the only practical wayforwardrdquo mdash PTI

US ENVOY LIKELY TOMEET DELEGATION

Sources said the talksbetween Foreign MinisterSM Qureshi and theTaliban went on for morethan one and a halfhours ISI chief Lt GenFaiz Hameed was alsopresent in the meeting

US special envoy toAfghanistan ZalmayKhalilzad is also inPakistan to discuss therevival of the peace talksHe may also meet theTaliban delegation

Pakistan has maintained for several years that there is no military solution to the complexsituation in Afghanistan A peace process is the only way forward Mahmood Qureshi PAK FOREIGN MINISTER

Foreign Minister SM Qureshi (C) receives members of the Talibandelegation at the Pakistan Foreign Ministry in Islamabad AFP

Paris October 3 A man wielding a knifestabbed and killed four offi-cers at the police headquar-ters in the heart of centralParis on Thursday beforebeing shot dead

Sources told AFP theattacker was shot dead bypolice in the courtyard ofthe building where he wasemployed The man workedin an administrative capac-ity but it was not immedi-ately clear what his precisework role was

Interior MinisterChristophe Castaner who was

due to visit Turkey later onThursday postponed his tripto visit the scene of the attack

ldquoPeople were runningeverywhere there was cryingeverywhererdquo said Emery Sia-mandi an interpreter whowas in the building when theattack happened

Investigators suspect aworkplace dispute sparkedthe deadliest attack onpolice in France in yearssources said

The Paris prosecutor is atthe scene but anti-terroragencies have not beeninvolved at this stage mdash AFP

Four Paris copsstabbed to death

A police vehicle drives toward Paris police headquartersfollowing alleged stabbing by a co-worker on Thursday AFP

London October 3 UK Prime Minister BorisJohnson on Thursday saidhe has made a ldquogenuineattempt to bridge thechasmrdquo in order to get afresh Brexit deal with theEU as he appealed to MPs inthe House of Commons tosupport his proposals

Johnson told MPs that hisproposals mdash which wouldsee Northern Ireland stay inthe European single marketfor goods but leave the cus-toms union mdash were a ldquocom-promiserdquo He has main-tained that the UK will

leave the EU on October 31with or without a deal

The UK government isnow hoping to begin a peri-od of intense negotiationswith the aim of reaching afinal agreement at an EU

summit on October 17ldquoThis government has

moved our proposals dorepresent a compromiseand I hope that the Housecan now come together inthe national interestbehind this new dealrdquoJohnson told MPs

The backstop is the con-troversial ldquoinsurance poli-cyrdquo that is meant to keep afree-flowing border on theisland of Ireland but whichcritics including Johnsonfear could trap the UK inEU trading rules indefi-nitely mdash IANS

Accept Brexit planBoris tells MPsJerusalem October 3 Israel swore in its newlyelected parliament onThursday for what could bea very short term after thecountrys second inconclu-sive election of the year leftit with no new governmenton the horizon

The typically festive eventwas marked mostly byuncertainty as the two maincandidates for prime minis-ter sniped at each other overwho should lead the country

It also came in parallel toPrime Minister BenjaminNetanyahus high-profile

pre-indictment hearing oncorruption charges whichhave threatened to end hispolitical career and con-tributed to the currentparalysis of the countryspolitical system

Neither Netanyahu norhis chief rival Benny Gantzhas been able to build a par-liamentary majority withtheir natural allies Theynow depend on each otherfor a unity government asthe only likely alternative toan unprecedented thirdelection in less than a year

ldquoThe right thing for the

citizens of Israel especiallyat this time is for the primeminister to be busy workingfor them and not preoccu-pied with indictmentsrdquoGantz said

ldquoI call upon Netanyahu Donot barricade yourself in yourposition We will take thereins from here and lead thecountry for the good of thecitizensrdquo For thesake of unity Gantzrsquos deputyYair Lapid announced hewas forgoing a previousarrangement to share thepremiership should theycome to power mdash AP

No govt yet Israel swears in MPs

PM Boris Johnson in House AFP

PUNJAB WATER SUPPLY amp SEWERAGE BOARDNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No ETENDERPWSSDHOSHIARPUREE201954 of 2019 Date 03102019On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer PWSSB Chandigarh The Executive Engineer Punjab Water Supply amp Sewerage Division Hoshiarpur re-invite bids due to non-submission ofbids from the eligible bidders for the work detailed below-

2 Important dates are as under-i) Period of availability of tender online shall be From 03102019 to 13102019 up to 500 pmii) Pre-bid Meeting 07102019 at 1100 amiii) Last date amp time for online submission of bid shall be 13102019 up to 500 pmiv) Date amp time of opening of Technical Bid 14102019 at 0100 pm

SrNo

Name of the Work EarnestMoney

Cost of Document Tender processing Fee Period ofCompletion

Approx Valueof the work

1 Construction of STP 400 MLD at Balachaur Town Rs 800 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

2 Construction of STP 200 MLD at Hariana Town Rs 500 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

3 Construction of STP 300 MLD at Rahon Town Rs 700 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

4 Construction of STP 300 MLD at Garhshankar Town Rs 700 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

Note (i) The dates given above are for both eligible LampC Societies amp Contractors(ii) For detailed terms and conditions refer to website httpeprocpunjabgovin(iii) If any corrigendum issued will be loaded and seen at website httpeprocpunjabgovin Sd- Executive Engineer PWSSD HSPDPRPbC6790

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ੀ1ਭ੨ਸਭਜਜ਼੨ਯ੨ਭ ੪ ੀ੨ਭਗ਼੨DPRPbC7362

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RE-TENDERING No 10 of 2019-20 (3rd time)httpseprocpunjabgovin

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Period of availability of tender online shall be 04102019 from 200 PM

Last date and time for online submission of bid 10102019 upto 500 PMshall be

Date and time of opening of Technical Bid 11102019 at 200 PM

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SrNo

Description of work EarnestMoney(Rs)

Cost ofdocument

TenderFee (Rs)

Periodof

comp-letion

ApproxValue of

thework

1 Providing amp Fixing laying Jointingcutting testing of RCC NP3 300mm idPipe and construction of smallscreening chamber room providingand supply installation of motor pumpset sludge pump set repair of MPSand STP and Complete all otherworks as per site Dera Baba NanakGurdaspur District Gurdaspur

2DNITcost Rs

68580-

Rs 100- 4months

Rs 3429

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Bid No E-TENDERPWSSDHOSHIARPUREE201953 of 2019 Date 3102019

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On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer PWSSB Chandigarh TheExecutive Engineer Punjab Water Supply amp Sewerage Division Hoshiarpurreinvite the bids due to non-submission of bids from the eligible bidders for thework detailed below-

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i) Period of availability of tender from 03102019 to17102019 uponline shall be to 500 pm

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iii) Date amp time of opening of Technical Bid 18102019 at 100 pm

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(ii) For detailed terms and condtions refer to websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin

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Sd- Executive Engineer

Punjab WS amp Sew Division Hoshiarpur

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Name of the work EarnestMoney

Cost ofDocument

TenderProcessing

Fee

Periodof

Comp-letion

ApproxValueof theWork

3 Amtc Reserve Stock Hoshiarpurfor the year 2019-20 at HSP ldquoSupplyof One No Chowkidar to Watch ampWard Reserve Stock Hoshiarpurrdquowef 15092019 to 31032020

Rs2000-

1002360 6 Months15 Days

Lumpsum

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Sd- Corporation Engineer Municipal Corporation SAS Nagar

SrNo

Last date of online submissionof bidding document

Time and Date of Opening of tender

1 22102019 till 1200 23102019 till 1200

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Processingfee (in Rs)

Timeperiod

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236 472000- 5900- 3

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THE TRIBUNE14 JALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019SPORT

Visakhapatnam October 3Indiarsquos opening batsmanMayank Agarwal convertedhis maiden Test hundred intoa double century as the hometeam declared for 5027before the hostsrsquo spinnersmade early inroads into theSouth African batting orderAfter Rohit Sharmarsquos poten-tially career-defining 176 inhis first innings as a Testopener it was Agarwalrsquos turnto dominate the bowlers asthe 28-year-old made 215before the hosts declared onDay 2 of the first Test

Ravichandran Ashwin andRavindra Jadeja then got inon the act by dismissingSouth Africa opener AidenMarkram No 3 Theunis deBruyn and nightwatchmanDane Piedt to leave the tour-ing side reeling at 393 atstumps In a worrying signfor South Africa who lost 0-3 on their last trip to India in2015 a few deliveries keptlow on a pitch already offer-ing turn for the spinners

Cheap lossesIndia lost Cheteshwar Pujaracaptain Virat Kohli andAjinkya Rahane cheaply inthe second session but stillmanaged to put an imposingfirst-innings total on theboard Playing only his fifthTest Agarwal who had a pre-vious highest score of 77drove South African spinspearhead Keshav Maharajfor two runs to long off andthrew his hands in the airafter bringing up his double

hundred Starting the day on202 without loss Indiarsquosopeners treated SouthAfricarsquos bowlers with thesame disdain they showed onthe rain-interrupted openingday Visiting captain Faf duPlessis packed his fielders onone side of the wicket butboth Rohit and Agarwalscored almost at will tamingthe spinners by employingboth conventional andreverse sweep shots

South Africa looked des-perately short of ideas inthe face of the battingonslaught Rohit and Agar-wal stitched together astand of 317 Rohit was outstumped to KeshavMaharaj Dropped on 126 byQuinton de Kock off seamerVernon Philander Rohit hitMaharaj for his sixth sixand followed it up with afour but the left-arm bowlerspun the next one past hisforward defence and thewicketkeeper whipped thebails off Philanderremoved Pujara for six withthe first delivery of the sec-ond session while Kohliwho made 20 offered atame return catch to debu-tant all-rounder SenuranMuthusamy Karnatakabatsman Agarwal who hit23 fours and six sixes in hisknock added 53 for thethird wicket with Kohli anda further 54 for the fourthwith Rahane (15) before heholed out off a tame full tossfrom part-time spinnerDean Elgar mdash Reuters

Visakhapatnam October 3 Featuring in only his fifth Testmatch Mayank Agarwalbecame the fourth Indian bats-man to convert his maidencentury into a double hundredand the Karnataka opener iselated over his performanceSpeaking after the match adelighted Agarwal said ldquoI amextremely happy It is a feelingI canrsquot describe Glad that Icould make my maiden hun-dred into a doublerdquo

ldquoI am happy with the wayI played I am batting welland if we can keep battingtogether like this upfront itwill be great for the teamrdquohe added ldquoIf Rohit and Ican keep contributing tomake 450-500 every time itwill be very tough for theopposition I would be lyingif I say that you only have tothink about your own gameAt times you feel that youare playing well and cantake a chance but thatrsquosnot how it works You haveto be patient We had a greatpartnership to lay the foun-dation and get to 300 runsrdquo

Agarwal also praisedRohitrsquos 176-run knock as theMumbai right-handersilenced all his critics whohad questioned his role as aTest opener ldquoThe way he(Rohit) dominated the spin-ners was great to seerdquo Agar-wal said ldquoInitially the pitchdid do a bit with the new ballbut when the sun came outit got better and better As weapproached lunch on Day 2the ball started keeping lowIt started spinning by teaand it is great signs for usrdquo

Didnrsquot bow badly Rohit andAgarwal were good MaharajSouth African spinners didnot bowl badly and it was thesheer brilliance of RohitSharma and Mayank Agarw-al that has taken the gameaway from the visitors leadProteas spinner KeshavMaharaj said ldquoI wouldnrsquotsay they bowled poorly I per-sonally judge if someonecomes down the wicket andhits you itrsquos not a bad ball Ifyou are getting hit from thecrease if you are getting cutthen itrsquos a different storyrdquosaid Maharaj ldquoPiedt wasunlucky Mayank playedsuperbly well and so didRohit Literally everythingthey wanted to do paid off itwas their dayrdquo he saidIndiawon the toss and had no hes-itation in batting first ldquoI sup-pose the toss does play a partbecause you want the bestpossible conditions to bowlfor the spinners but havingsaid that we could have beena little bit better at timeswhen we did bowl But I sup-pose the toss does play alarge factor in terms of theoutcome of the gamerdquo saidMaharaj mdash Agencies

SURATIndian women seal serieswith 5-wkt win over SAThe Indian womenrsquos cricketteam produced anotherauthoritative performance tocomfortably defeat SouthAfrica by five wickets in thefifth T20I taking an unassail-able 3-0 lead in the six-matchseries With two games beingcompletely washed out theseries was extended from fiveto six matches and India need-ed to win on the day to sealthe series Off-spinner DeeptiSharma (219) and left-armspinnner Radha Yadav (323)restricted the Proteas womento 988 Brief Scores SA 988(Wolvaardt 17 Radha 323Deepti 219) India 995 (Har-manpreet 34 Ismail 219)

BENGALURURoger Binny electedpresident of KSCAFormer India cricketer RogerBinny and his team sweptthe Karnataka State CricketKarnataka State CricketAssociation elections Mean-while the Odisha CricketAssociation nominated taint-ed and jailed former supre-mo Asirbad Beherarsquos sonSanjay Behera as its repre-sentative at the BCCI AGM onOctober 23 Sanjay hasrecently been elected secre-tary of the association as hisfather who has been arrest-ed by CBI for his active con-nection with a chit-fundscam voted from jail

LONDONStokes wins playersrsquo awardafter World Cup heroicsBen Stokes has been votedthe Professional CricketersrsquoAssociation playersrsquo Player ofthe Year after starring in Eng-landrsquos maiden World Cup winand repeating his heroics dur-ing the Ashes series Stokeswill play for Northern Super-chargers in the new Hundredformat tournament with theLeeds-based franchise snap-ping up all-rounder ahead ofJoe Root and Jonny Bairstow

JAIPURJampK beat Railways by fourwkts in Hazare TrophyParvez Rasool hammered anunbeaten 118 to power Jamp Kto a four-wicket win over Rail-ways in their Vijay HazareGroup C matchBrief scores Railways 2856in 50 overs (D Mor 70 A Ghosh64 K Sharma 40 U Nazir353) JampK 2876 in 491 overs(P Rasool 118 SS Pundir 38 HSangwan 366) mdash AGENCIES

BRIEFLY lsquoHope I Rohitcontributebig for teamin future toorsquo

Deepankar ShardaTribune News Service

mumbai october 3In a first India will host pre-season National BasketballAssociation (NBA) matchesbetween Sacramento Kingsand Indiana Pacers here onOctober 4 and 5 The two-daycontest is a bid to populariseNBA and basketball in India

Sacramento Kingsrsquo own-er Vivek Ranadive is thedriving force behind NBAmaking its debut in hishometown Mumbai ldquoThegame here in Mumbai willallow NBA to open theirinterest for the next 10years India would be hav-ing more arenas moreplayers and more coachesto promote the sport NBAhas a long association withIndia but this is the righttime to push it ahead in abig wayrdquo said Ranadive aMumbai-born Americanbusinessman ldquoNBA com-missioner Adam Silver wasof the view that these games

are must to attract the Indi-an youth towards the sportI think in coming years bas-ketball would be the second-most popular sport in IndiaIt will be difficult to replacecricket but basketball andIndia are meant to betogether I just hope NBAturns the fortune of Indianyoungsters in a big wayrdquo

added Ranadive Sacramen-to Kings coach Luke Waltonsaid the players are excitedto play in Mumbai ldquoIt was akind of rest day today andthe players were asked justto sweat a bit The pre-sea-son games are equallyimportant as the major tour-namentsrdquo said Walton

NBA makes India debut asKings take on Pacers in Mumbai

Kultar Malikelected HCApresidentNew Delhi October 3Kultar Malik was namedpresident of the HaryanaCricket Association (HCA)after the results of the elec-tions for the officebearerswere declared here today

Mrinal Ojha was appoint-ed secretary and MahenderSingh was named the treas-urer All the three office-bearers are outgoing BCCItreasurer AnirudhChaudhryrsquos loyalists

While four members ofthe Apex Council wereappointed two memberswill be player representa-tives and another one willbe from the CAG It is learntthat the association hascommunicated the result ofthe election to the BCCI aswell as the Amicus CuriaeThe HCA has also writtenback to the CoA after thecommittee sent in a com-munication at 1am on Octo-ber 2 that an officebearer ofthe HCA should meet theCoA on October 3 mdash IANS

India beat Belgium end tour on highAntwerp October 3The Indian menrsquos hockeyteam outclassed reigningworld and European Cham-pions Belgium 5-1 in thefifth and final match tomaintain a hundred percent record in their tour ofBelgium

World No 5 India won alltheir five matches duringthe tour beating Belgium 2-0 in the opening match andregistering 6-1 and 5-1 winsover Spain in the next twogames before finishing offtheir tour with two morewins (2-1 and 5-1)

In the fifth match Sim-ranjeet Singh (7th) LalitKumar Upadhyay (35th)Vivek Sagar Prasad (36th)Harmanpreet Singh (42nd)and Ramandeep Singh(43rd) scored one goal eachto earn a scintillating victo-ry for the Indian team

India produced a stun-ning move in the 7thminute to take the leadthrough forward Simran-jeet Belgium forced acomeback but their penaltycorner was saved by Kris-

han Pathak in the 9thminute helping India tomaintain their one-goaladvantage at the first break

The second quarter sawworld No 2 Belgium winback-to-back penalty cor-ners in the 16th minute butPathak made sure thatthere was no damage Bel-gium tried hard to score anequaliser but some resolutedefending saw India taketheir lead into the half-timebreak

Attack modeThe visitors started thethird quarter with anattacking intent and wererewarded immediatelywith Lalit Kumar Upad-hyay bagging his first goalof the match in the 35thminute to extend Indiarsquoslead to 2-0 YoungsterVivek Sagar Prasad (36th)also registered his nameon the scoresheet as heproduced a crafty finish tobeat the Belgian goalkeep-

er The 38th minute sawBelgium win a penalty cor-ner but PR Sreejeshrsquos div-ing save kept the score 3-0in Indiarsquos favour Howevera brilliant strike fromAlexander Hendrickxmade it 3-1 in the 39thminute

Double blowIndia scored twice in twominutes just before the endof the third quarter to extendtheir lead to 5-1 Indiarsquosfourth goal was scored bydragflicker HarmanpreetSingh who converted apenalty corner in the 42ndminute while the fifth goalcame through RamandeepSingh who scored in the43rd minute mdash PTI

FIRST TESTINDIA VS SOUTH AFRICA

STAR SPORTS 930AMGOLF WOMENrsquoS INDIAN OPEN

DSPORT 1230PM

ATHLETICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPSSTAR SPORTS 1030PM

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TODAY ON TV

INDIA (Overnight 2020)

M Agarwal c Piedt b Elgar 215R Sharma st de Kock b Maharaj 176C Pujara b Philander 6V Kohli campb Muthusamy 20A Rahane c Bavuma b Maharaj 15R Jadeja not out 30H Vihari c Elgar b Maharaj 10W Saha c Muthusamy b Piedt 21R Ashwin not out 1Extras (B-4 LB-1 NB-2 W-1) 8Total (7 wickets decl 136 overs) 502Fall of wickets 1-317 2-324 3-377 4-431 5-436 6-457 7-494BowlingVernon Philander 22-4-68-1Kagiso Rabada 24-7-66-0

Keshav Maharaj 55-6-189-3Dane Piedt 19-1-107-1Senuran Muthusamy 15-1-63-1Dean Elgar 1-0-4-1

SOUTH AFRICAD Elgar not out 27A Markram b Ashwin 5T de Bruyn c Saha b Ashwin 4D Piedt b Jadeja 0T Bavuma not out 2Extras (LB-1) 1Total (3 wickets 20 overs) 39BowlingIshant Sharma 2-0-8-0Mohammed Shami 2-2-0-0Ravichandran Ashwin 8-4-9-2Ravindra Jadeja 8-1-21-1

Harmanpreet Singh and Ramandeep Singh both scored forIndia against Belgium HOCKEY INDIA

Double the troubleSouth Africa 393 at stumps onDay 2 after Agarwalrsquos double tonprops India to 5027 declared

SCOREBOARD

391Runs accumulated byIndia openers mdash215 by

Agarwal and 176 by Rohit mdash is thethird highest in a Test innings Thehighest is 404 by Vinoo Mankad(231) and Pankaj Roy (173)against New Zealand in 1956

0Bigger partnerships for any wick-et for India vs SA than the open-

ing stand between Rohit and Agarw-al The previous best was 268between Sehwag and Dravid for thesecond wicket in Chennai in 2008

4Indians who con-verted their maid-

en Test century into a200-plus scoreincluding MayankAgarwal Dilip Sarde-sai (200) VinodKambli (224) andKarun Nair (303)are the other three tohave done so

86TH Indian bats-man mdash Mayank

Agarwal mdash to score ahundred in Tests The28-year-old whomade his debut vsAustralia in Mel-bourne in December2018 took eightinnings to register hismaiden Test century

9TH First-Classcentury and

third double-tonfor Agarwalincluding atriple-ton Hehas convertedsix of his nineFirst-Class hun-dreds into 150-plus scores

12Sixes hit by Indiaopeners mdash six each

for Rohit and Agarwal mdashis the most by openersfor any team in a Testinnings There has beenonly one Test inningswhen India batsmenhave hit more sixes mdash 15vs SL at Brabourne Stadi-um in Mumbai in 2009

3RD Indian opening pair mdash Rohitand Agarwal mdash to share a 300-

run partnership in Test cricketRohit and Agarwal achieved thefeat with a stand of 317 runs OtherIndian opening pairs to share a300-plus partnership in Test cricketare Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy(413 runs vs NZ in 1956) andSehwag and Dravid (410 runs vsPak in 2006)

Vinayak PadmadeoTribune News Service

New Delhi October 3The Professional WrestlingLeague owners Pro Sporti-fy have sent a notice to theWrestling Federation ofIndia (WFI) for ldquobreach ofagreementrdquo

In a letter addressed toWFI president Brij BhushanSharan Singh the rightsholders have raised theirobjection to what they see asa gross oversight by thesports body to sanction thelaunch of a rival league Zee

Kushti Dangal whichaccording to Pro Sportifywas malicious ldquohellipThelaunch of the said ZeeKushti Dangal was held on23rd September 2019 at NewDelhi What is even moresurprising is that the launchevent was not only attendedby you but you also partici-pated in the press confer-ence with Mr Mukund Cairethe COO of ZEEL Further-more in the press confer-ence you made a statementthat both Pro WrestlingLeague and Zee Kushti Dan-

gal can coexist You also stat-ed that Zee Kushti Dangaland Pro Wrestling Leaguehave different formats andscoperdquo the notice sent bythe legal head of Pro Sporti-fy Dinesh Bant said

ldquoWe have analysed the for-mat of Zee Kushti Dangaland compared it to the ProWrestling League there is nodifference between the for-mats of the two tournamentsAs such it appears that beingconscious of the fact that itsactions clearly tantamount tobreach of the agreement theWFI has attempted to camou-flage this blatant breach bychanging the nomenclatureof the league being launchedby ZEEL That the ZeeKushti Dangal is the same asthe Pro Wrestling League is

evident from the fact that MrCaire of ZEEL referred to ZeeKushti Dangal as thelsquo Leaguersquo several times dur-ing the press conferenceThis makes it evidently clearthat while the proposed tour-nament is in the league for-mat it has only been namedlsquoDangalrsquo to circumvent theexclusivity rights retained byPro Sportifyrdquo it added

Pro Sportify Private Limit-ed had signed a 15-year con-tract with the WFI and it cit-ed clause 94 of thecommercial rights agree-

ment to cite the violationsWFI president Singh wasunavailable for commentsHowever it is understoodthat the body was unper-turbed with the developmentas it feels it was in a strongbargaining position shouldthe matter go to the courts

Interestingly the WFI hadserved the rights holder a ter-mination notice in 2016 forseveral violations includingnon-payment of rights feeand delayed payments madeto both wrestlers and techni-cal staff

Dangal over league rights PWL organisers send notice to WFIThe WFI has attemptedto camouflage this

blatant breach by changingthe nomenclature of theleague being launched byZEEL mdash Dinesh Bant PRO SPORTIFY LEGAL HEAD

Marvin Bagley of the Sacramento Kings shoots during Apractice session in Mumbai NBA

RESULTIndia 5 Simranjeet Singh(7th) Lalit Kumar Upad-hyay (35th) Vivek SagarPrasad (36th) Harman-preet Singh (42nd) andRamandeep Singh (43rd)

Belgium 1 AlexanderHendrickx (39th)

Mayank Agarwal celebratesafter scoring his maiden doublecentury on Day 2 PTI

Doha October 3

Grant Holloway of the UnitedStates blazed to his firstWorld Championships 110-mhurdles title last night in adramatic race in whichdefending champion OmarMcLeod fell

The 21-year-old Hollowaywho came into the champi-onships with the seasonrsquosfastest run of 1298 secondssmoothly glided through 10hurdles to cross the line in1310 five-hundredths of asecond ahead of SergeyShubenkov

Favourite to defend his titleJamaican McLeod came outof the starting blocks fast buthis race quickly turned souras he knocked down hurdlesand tumbled to the trackbefore reaching the finishline McLeod said he had felta hamstring strain in thewarm-up and thought itwould go away ldquoI was readyto go I showed up readyrdquoMcLeod said ldquoI put myself inthe very best situation todefend my titlerdquo Capitalisingon McLeodrsquos fallShubenkov the 2015 worldchampion took his secondconsecutive world silver witha technically sound run of1315 seconds

Holloway and Shubenkovsaid they had no idea thatchaos was unfolding inneighbouring lanes

ldquoIn the replay I saw that onefell down Another was cele-bratingrdquo said Shubenkov ldquoIthought to myself lsquoI missed

everythingrsquordquo

Asher-Smith grabs goldDina Asher-Smith seized hergolden opportunity to win the200 metres becoming thefirst British woman to claim aglobal sprint title With manyof the top medal contenderspulling out or skipping theevent Asher-Smith provedthe class act in the field pow-ering home in a nationalrecord 2188 seconds to addgold to the silver she won in

the 100m ldquoYoursquore only thefavourite if you go out andperform how people expectyou to and I was reallyfocused on putting together agood racerdquo said Asher-Smith

The once mighty UnitedStates who had been a non-factor in the womenrsquos sprintsin Doha also benefited fromthe scratches as BrittanyBrown grabbed the silver in2222 Switzerlandrsquos MujingaKambundji grabbed bronze

The fight for medals was

blown wide open when someof sprintingrsquos biggest nameswithdrew during the earlierrounds The race was missingthe reigning world andOlympics champions inDutchwoman Dafne Schip-pers and Jamaicarsquos ElaineThompson who withdrewdue to injuries ShaunaeMiller-Uibo of Bahamasowner of the fastest time thisseason elected to race the400m only due to schedulingissues

The world 100m championShelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce andbronze medallist Marie-JoseeTa Lou scratched because ofsoreness from earlier raceswhile Nigeriarsquos BlessingOkagbare who had run thethird fastest time this seasonwas disqualified in her heat

None of that mattered toAsher-Smith blasted out ofthe blocks and was in com-mand coming off the bendbefore cruising to victory

ldquoI made sure that Iremained focusrdquo said Asher-Smith

Shot putter Toor fails toqualify for final round Asian champion TejinderPal Singh Toor failed toqualify for the final roundof the shot put eventdespite producing his sea-sons best effort The 24-year-old Toor finishedeighth in the qualificationround and 18th overall outof the 34 competitors with abest throw of 2043m fromhis three attempts Thosewho touched 2090m or atleast 12 best performerswere to make it to the final

Toor opened with a 2043mthrow bettering his earlierseasons best of 2036m butfouled in his next attemptIn the third attempt Toorcould only come up with a1955m effort to crash out ofthe championship TomasWalsh of New Zealand ledthe finalists with a throw of2192 m mdash Agencies

Great Grant HeistHolloway gets 100m hurdles gold as McLeod falls

THE TRIBUNEJALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 15SPORT

A lone spectator in a stand at the China Open on Thursday AFP

ANNEXURE-A

PRESS NOPRESS NOTICETICEThe Executive Engineer IPH Division Thunag invites tender on behalf ofGovernor of Himachal Pradesh from approved eligible contractor for thefollowing work(s) through e-tendering process-

Name of Work Augmentation of various water supply scheme of GPTandi Saroa Tharjoon Mushrani Bassi Devdhar Kharsi and KotlaKhanula in Gohar Block Tehsil Chachyot District Mandi (HP) (SH-Construction of Jack well type river intake 240 MLD Water TreatmentPlants (16 hours capacity) Providing Laying Jointing and Testing ofGravity Mains Rising mains and distribution system Pump houses StageI II amp III at various locations SE of pumping machinery MBRs and SRsat various locations including trail run period for three months (90 days)on full designed discharge and defect liability period for six months)

Estimated Cost - Rs 222662321-Earnest Money - Rs 2227000-Cost of Tender document - Rs 2500-Time Limit - 24 Months

Schedule of tendering-

The tender document can be downloaded from departmental websiteie wwwhpiphorg wef 4-10-2019 at 1000 AM upto 24-10-2019at 500 PM

Executive EngineerIampPH Division ThunagDistt Mandi

HIM SUCHANA AVAM JAN SAMPARK

1 Site Visit From 7-10-2019 to 15-10-2019 between10 AM to 5 PM except on holidays

2 Pre Bid Meeting date 16-10-2019 at 300 PM in the office ofEngineer-in-Chief IampPH Department JalShakti Bhawan Tutti Kandi Shimla (HP)

3 Bid Submission start date 4-10-2019 at 1000 AM

4 Bid Submission end date 24-10-2019 at 500 PM

5 Earnest Money DepositCost of Tender form if notsubmitted online

25-10-2019 upto 1100 AM

6 Opening of Eligibilitycriteria (Cover-I)

25-10-2019 at 1230 PM

7 Opening of Technical Bid(Cover-II)

Date and place to be notifiedseparately

8 Opening of Financial bid(Cover-III)

Date and place to be notifiedseparately

DPRHP2327

OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL

ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE GOVT INSTITUTE OFENGINEERING amp TECHNOLOGY

PRAGATI NAGAR DISTT SHIMLA (HP) ndash 171202NOTICE INVITING TENDER

(Tender No ABVGIETSTRTender2019-20- 01)Sealed tenders are invited from the eligible manufacturers

Firmsauthorized dealers for the procurement of Machinery ampequipmentsTools etc for the polytechnic labs such as ECElabs CSE labs Mechanical Labs etc as per specifications andterms amp conditions given in the tender document The tenderform can be downloaded from our websitehttpwwwabvgietorg or can be collected from this instituteon any working day from 1000 AM to 0500 PM at a cost ofRs 500- at the counter and Rs 600- if desired by Regd Postper set and Vendor using downloaded Tender Documents shallrequire to submit DD for Rs 500- which is non-refundable infavour of the Principal ABVGIET Pragatinagar Distt Shimla(HP) which shall be submitted alongwith the tender Completetender document along with earnest money and tender cost (asshown in the document) will be received up to 200 PM on30102019 and tender will be opened same day at 0300 PMin the presence of biddersrepresentative who wish to bepresent The tender submitted after the date amp time mentionedabove will not be considered

The Principal reserves the right to cancel the tender withoutassigning any reason thereof

Sd- PrincipalAtal Bihari Vajpayee

Govt Institute of Engg amp TechnologyPragatinagar Distt Shimla (HP)-171202

DPRHP2332

NOTICE INVITING TENDERS

Bid Ref No TBS(DMP)ESSTTIRL2019 (etenders)

TB Sanatorium Dharampur Distt Solan (HP) hereby invites bidsfrom eligible and qualified bidders for

Construction Testing Commissioning and Validation ofTB Containment Laboratory and Associated Works onlsquoTurnkey Basisrsquo under RNTCP with Supply and Installationof Two Class-II A2 BSC with Thimble Canopy and with TwoOnline UPS

Bidders can download the bid documents with all details fromthe website httpwwwhptendersgovin

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Beijing Andy Murrayexpressed disappointmentabout crowds at the ChinaOpen tennis where some ofthe best players in the worldhave competed in front ofswathes of empty seats

ldquoI think as the tournamentgoes on you tend to get bet-ter crowds towards the endof the weekrdquo said MurrayldquoLast couple of days in

terms of atmosphere itrsquosbeen not as good as youwould likerdquo

The three-time GrandSlam champion praised thetournament as a whole butsaid ldquoI donrsquot know if Irsquomcomplaining about it but Irsquodlike it to be bigger crowdsand nicer atmospheres Thatnormally comes as the weekgoes onrdquo mdash AFP

Murray disappointed by lack of China fans

Osaka October 3Fiji finally found their feet atthe Rugby World Cup with adominant 45-10 victory overGeorgia on Thursday as theirjet-heeled backs tore theirPool D rivals apart in a seven-try rout at a rain-drenchedHanazono Rugby Stadium

Winger Semi Radradrascored twice and made threeothers as the Pacific islandersrebounded from defeats toAustralia and Uruguay to gettheir first win in Japan

While their upset loss toUruguay has all but put paidto their hopes of reaching thequarter-finals Fiji are now inpole position to finish thirdand qualify for the 2023 WorldCup

Ireland edge RussiaKobe Ireland began to puttheir World Cup back on trackafter the shock loss to Japanbut it took them over an hourto secure a bonus point andstrengthen their quarterfinalchances in an unconvincing35-0 win over a stubborn Rus-sia Ireland just need to beatSamoa to reach the last-eightbut the fact Joe Schmidtrsquosside struggled to put awaysuch a limited team will do lit-tle for fansrsquo waning hopes ofreaching a first semifinal

Only a commanding win

would have sufficed with theshock in Shizuoka still rever-berating around the tourna-ment and it looked on thecards when Rob Kearneywho scored in the 62-12thrashing of Russia in the2011 World Cup toucheddown after 90 seconds

Sexton who was not riskedagainst Japan due to a thighinjury appeared to have Ire-land rushing towards thebonus point when his text-book 13th-minute dinkthrough was carried over byflanker Peter OrsquoMahony forjust his second try in 62 tests

Yet Russia who belied theirlowly standing by givingJapan a fright remained com-petitive with Ramil Gaisinrsquossmart kicking helping to keepIreland at bay for another 20minutes mdash Agencies

Fiji crush GeorgiaRussia fight Ireland

Los Angeles October 3Alberto Salazar pushed him-self to the brink and beyondas an athlete and preachedthe same philosophy as acoach to distance runningstars But the 61-year-oldCuban-born Americanrsquos willto win finally went too faraccording to the US Anti-Dop-ing Agency (USADA) whichhas banned him for four yearsfor multiple doping viola-tions Salazar has been amajor figure in American ath-letics for four decades Hewon the 1980 1981 and 1982New York Marathons and the1982 Boston Marathon andlater coached such stars asBritainrsquos Mo Farah the 2012and 2016 Olympics championat 5000 and 10000 metres

Salazar arrived in the Unit-ed States as a toddler Hisfather was a friend of FidelCastro who fought alongside

him in the revolution but lat-er opposed the Communistgovernment The familymoved to suburban Bostonwhere Salazar won a statecross country crown in 1975He helped the University ofOregon capture the US colle-giate cross country title in1977 taking national collegeindividual honours the fol-lowing year

Olympics dreamsIn 1980 Salazar qualified forthe US Olympics team at10000m but the Americansboycotted the Moscow Gamesand Salazar tackled a newchallenge the marathon Hequickly conquered the 262-mile (42195km) event At 22Salazar won his marathondebut in New York then set acareer-best of 2hrs 8mins13secs to defend his title

In 1982 he took New York

and claimed his only BostonMarathon title in what wasdubbed the ldquoDuel in the Sunrdquowith Dick Beardsley Afterbesting Beardsley in a sprintfinish a dehydrated Salazarcollapsed Salazar finished15th in the marathon at the1984 Los Angeles Olympicsthen trained and competeduntil retiring in the mid-1990s when he began mov-ing into coaching joiningwith Nike to form the Oregon

Project in 2001 to train dis-tance runners

Big namesThe program includes Dono-van Brazier mdash who won the800m world title Monday asnews of Salazarrsquos ban explod-ed into the athletics scene mdashand Sifan Hassan who wonthe womenrsquos 10000m worldcrown two days earlier

Stripped of his credentialsat the World Championships

in Doha Salazar has vowed tofight the ban which washanded down for violationsincluding trafficking testos-terone tampering with theathlete doping controlprocess and using bannedinfusion techniques

A four-year ban was alsoissued to Dr Jeffrey Brownwho was a physician fornumerous Nike Oregon ath-letes and a paid consultanton performance enhance-

ment for the Project part ofa scheme to manipulatetestosterone levels withouttesting positive

ldquoWhile acting in connec-tion with the Nike OregonProject Mr Salazar and DrBrown demonstrated thatwinning was more importantthan the health and wellbe-ing of the athletes they weresworn to protectrdquo USADAchief executive Travis TTygart said mdash Agencies

Morsquos super-coach Salazarrsquos road to disgrace

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Grant Holloway of the US wins the 100m hurldles gold even as defending champion OmarMcleod of Jamaica falls APPTI

Alberto Salazar hugs Galen Rupp of USA and Mo Farah after the5000m final at the 2011 World Championships FILEAFP

Two of his trainees won goldmedals at Doha World Crsquoships Steve Magness who spent 18 months as Salazarrsquos assis-

tant coach in the project before leaving shortly before theLondon Olympics spoke out as a whistleblower whenBBCrsquos Panorama and ProPublica investigated doping alle-gations around Salazar in 2015 Testimonies from variousfigures alleged micro-dosing of testosterone among othersuspicious actions Salazar denied wrongdoing Mo Farahstuck with him and won another golden double at the Riode Janeiro Olympics in 2016 But doping allegationsnagged Farah left Salazar in October 2017 The USADAcase against Salazar and Brown went to the American Arbi-tration Association with hearings conducted in May andJune 2018 setting the stage for the arbitration rulingshanded down Monday

How the star coach was caught in the net

Beijing October 3Fourth seed Naomi Osaka beatAmerican Alison Riske 6-4 6-0in the China Open here todayto set up a quarterfinal clashwith US Open champion Bian-ca Andreescu (in picture)

Osaka who won the PanPacific Open in Japan lastmonth converted five of eightbreak points and won the final10 games in a row to wrap upthe contest in 73 minutes mdash herseventh consecutive win in the

Asian swingCanadarsquos fifth-seeded

Andreescu cruisedpast American

qualifierJennifer

Brady with a 6-1 6-3 win Bradyfaced 11 break points of whichfour were converted by theCanadian who advanced in 67minutes Defending championCaroline Wozniacki also wentthrough to the quarter-finals instraight sets with a 7-5 6-4 winover Czech Republicrsquos Kateri-na Siniakova

Goffin in Japan quarterfinalsTokyo David Goffin of Bel-gium advanced to the JapanOpen quarterfinals aftersqueezing by Canadarsquos DenisShapovalov 7-6(75) 7-6(72)today Goffin will now faceChung Hyeon of South Koreawho pulled an upset victoryagainst sixth-seed Marin Cilic6-4 3-6 6-1

World No 1 Novak Djokovicreturning from a shoulderinjury is scheduled to playFrench fifth-seed Lucas Pouilleon Friday mdash Agencies

Osaka vs BiancaOsaka vs Bianca

Russiarsquos Viktor Gresev IrelandrsquosDave Kilcoyne fight it out AFP

RUGBY WORLD CUP

LONDONEngland call Abraham andTomori drop Alli and LingardEngland dropped Dele Alli andJesse Lingard but called upChelsea youngsters TammyAbraham and Fikayo Tomori in a25-man squad on Thursday foraway Euro 2020 qualifiersagainst the Czech Republic andBulgaria Striker Abrahamturned 22 on Wednesday cele-brating in style with the openerin his clubrsquos 2-1 ChampionsLeague victory at Lille and isthe leading English goalscorerin the Premier League

MADRIDReal host Granada inunlikely top of table clashReal Madrid host Granada in anunlikely first versus secondclash in La Liga on Saturday asthey look to ease the pressureon coach Zinedine Zidane In atopsy-turvy start to the seasonReal who sit one point ahead ofthe Andalusians at the top of LaLiga on 15 points tried thepatience of the demandingBernabeu crowd in midweekneeding two second half goalsto secure a Champions Leaguedraw against Club Brugges Theresult leaves the 13-times Euro-pean champions bottom of theirgroup after two games Thedraw came on the back of lastSaturdayrsquos drab stalemate withneighbours Atletico and coachZidane says his side need to bemore focused on the task athand mdash AGENCIES

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THE TRIBUNE16 GURUGRAM | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019BACK PAGE

Printed and published by Rajesh Ramachandran for The Tribune Trust Printed at The Tribune Press Plot No 123 Sector 37 Pace City-1 GurugramPublished at The Tribune Sector 29-C ChandigarhRNI No CHAENG201772605 Copyright copy The Tribune Trust All rights reservedTelephones 0124-22100332210044Circulation 0172-2670419 Advertisement 0172-2670256 257Editor Rajesh RamachandranEditor for purpose of PRB Act 1867

SanjayKhuranaTribune News Service

Katra October 3Union Home Minister AmitShah today flagged off theDelhi-Katra Vande BharatExpress from the New Delhirailway station calling it a ldquobiggiftrdquo for Jammu and Kash-mirrsquos development He saidwith Article 370 the ldquobiggestroadblockrdquo in growth gonethe state would be one of themost developed regions of thecountry within a decade

ldquoDelhi-Katra Vande BharatExpress is a gift for Jammuand Kashmirrsquos developmentand for promoting religioustourismrdquo the Union HomeMinister who was accompa-nied by Union Railway Minis-ter Piyush Goyal and UnionMinisters Jitendra Singh andDr Harsh Vardhan said

The Railways has alreadyopened bookings for the trainthat will start commercialoperations from October 5The minimum fare for NewDelhi to Katra travel in chaircar is Rs 1630 while itrsquos Rs3015 for executive chair car

The train will run on allweek days except Tuesdayand will cut the travel timebetween Delhi and Katra to

eight hours from 12-14 hoursearlier to traverse a distanceof 655 km It will depart fromthe New Delhi at 6 am andreach Katra at 2 pm It willreturn the same day fromKatra at 3 pm and reach NewDelhi at 11 pm

Railway officials said the

train would run at a maxi-mum speed of 130 kmph withthree stops at Ambala CanttLudhiana and Jammu Tawi

The decision to run thetrain was taken following thesuccess of the Vande BharatExpress plying between NewDelhi and Varanasi which

was flagged by Prime Minis-ter Narendra Modi on Febru-ary 15 this year

The Integral Coach Factory(ICF) has made changes tothe existing design of thetrain ldquoTo avoid damage dueto stray cattle the train hasbeen equipped with a sturdy

aluminium nose cover Andto guard the window shieldsagainst stone-pelting a spe-cial film has been providedrdquoa Railway official said

More space has been pro-vided to store meals for pas-sengers Besides changes inthe exterior and interior the

ICF has added a slew of mod-ern features like adjustableseats improved wash basinsautomatic doors wi-fi andinfotainment system

ldquoThe Railways will connectthe country from Kashmir toKanyakumari before August15 2022rdquo said Goyal

Shah flags off Delhi-Katra train calls it gift to JampK

The Vande Bharat Express train at New Delhi station prior to its flag-off ceremony on Thursday TRIBUNE PHOTO

CHAIR CAR

~1630 6 times a week 4 hrs travel time cut 6 am departure time from Delhi 2 pm arrival time at Katra 3 pm departure from Katra 11 pm arrival at New Delhi 130 kmph speed halts at Ambala

Cantt Ludhiana amp Jammu Tawi Will run on all weekdays

except Tuesday

Manufactured in a record time of15 years at a cost of

~97 CROREPlastic bottle crushers | Huge pantry |Revolving seats | Automatic doors |

WiFi | Sliding foot-steps

EXECUTIVECHAIR CAR

~3015

TICKET FARE

RECORD TIME

MODERN FEATURES

Jammu jail to have inmate calling system Jammu Kerala native Jatan lodged in a jail in Jammuheard the voice of his wife and minor daughter for thefirst time in nearly four years - thanks to the authoritiesintroducing a first-of-its-kind prison inmate callingsystem which allows prisoners to make long-distancecalls He is facing charges under the NDPS Act Theprison got the facility along with modern interview roomson Bapus 150th birth anniversary PTI

Domestic help held for theft at ministerrsquos houseMumbai A 25-year-old domestic servant has beenarrested for allegedly committing theft at Union RailwayMinister Piyush Goyals house here the police saidAccused Vishnu Kumar who hails from Delhi was alsobooked under the IT Act for allegedly sharing info from acomputer in the house with unidentified persons He wasarrested from the national capital and brought here onWednesday a police official said PTI

By the way

New Delhi October 3Fake news is more dangerousthan paid news and there is aneed for the government andthe media to combat it jointlyInformation and Broadcast-ing Minister PrakashJavadekar said today

The government would how-ever not take any step curbingthe media freedom he said

But there should be somekind of regulation on over-the-top (OTT) platforms as was thecase for films print and elec-tronic media he said

OTT platforms include newsportals and ldquostreamersrdquo suchas Hotstar Netflix and Ama-zon Prime Video which areaccessible over the Internet

He said several mainstreammedia outlets had conveyed tothe government that there wasno level-playing field with OTTplatforms being unregulated

The Press Council of Indiatakes care of the printmedia the News Broadcast-

ers Association (NBA) mon-itors news channels theAdvertising StandardsCouncil of India is for adver-tising while the CentralBoard of Film Certification(CBFC) takes care of filmshe said ldquoHowever there isnothing to regulate OTTplatformsrdquo he said mdash PTI

Need to regulate contenton Net platforms Minister

Tribune News Service

New Delhi October 3The Trump-Modi bonhomieat Houston and New Yorkcould not translate into a tradeagreement during US Com-merce Secretary Wilbur Rossrsquoongoing visit to India

Ross also gave the impres-sion that US President DonaldTrumprsquos presence at ldquoHowdyModirdquo event was a favour to theNew Delhi administration andmade it clear this physical prox-imity between the two leadersdid not dispel the WhiteHousersquos impression that Indianeeded to dismantle barriersthat made its tariff among thehighest in the world

Ross also made it clear thatdespite its reservations aboutthe security aspect the US

was not trying to force India towalk away from 5G technolo-gy by Chinese companies

Speaking on the sidelines ofan international meet that wasalso attended by Ross Com-merce Minister Piyush Goyalruled out any change in Indiarsquos

stand on e-commerce in order toprotect livelihood of 12-13 croreIndians dependent on retail

The new rules bar foreign e-commerce companies fromselling products via firms inwhich they have an equityinterest and also from makingdeals with sellers to sell exclu-sively on their platforms

India and the US have beenindulging in a low-intensitytrade warfare The US hasremoved India from availing ofduty-free exports worth $56 bil-lion under the generalised sys-tem of preferences (GSP)scheme and both have imposedhigher tariffs on 28 of theirproducts In an interview Rossreportedly indicated the UScould look at partial restorationof the GSP withdrawal in agrand bargain for a trade deal

No trade deal despiteTrump-PM bonhomie Luxembourg October 3

Facebook on Wednesdaywas dealt a major blow inthe EUrsquos top court whichruled that national courts inEurope can order onlineplatforms to remove defam-atory content worldwide

The decision will be seenas a victory for EuropeanUnion regulators who wantUS tech giants to meettightened European stan-dards over hate speech andoffensive content

Last week the same courtdecided that Google was notlegally compelled to applythe EUrsquos strict ldquoright to beforgottenrdquo rules globally in avictory for the search giant

In a closely watched judg-ment the European Courtof Justice said EU law ldquodoesnot precluderdquo courts fromordering ldquothe removal ofinformation or to blockaccess worldwiderdquo a state-ment said mdash AFP

Legal blow toFacebook overhate speech

DIGITAL SPIN Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad unveilsa lsquodigital charkharsquo to mark the 150th birth anniversary ofMahatma Gandhi in New Delhi on Thursday PTI

US Commerce Secy says India must dismantle barriers

Washington October 3 A nuclear war between Indiaand Pakistan could in lessthan a week kill 50-125 millionpeople more than the deathtoll during all six years ofWorld War II and lead to glob-al climate catastrophe accord-ing to researchers in the US

A study by researchersfrom the University of Col-orado Boulder and RutgersUniversity examined howsuch a hypothetical futureconflict would have conse-quences that could rippleacross the globe

Today India and Pakistan

each have about 150 nuclearwarheads at their disposaland that number is expectedto climb to more than 200 by2025 the researchers saidamid recent tensions betweenthe nuclear-armed neighboursover Kashmir after Indiarevoked JampKrsquos special status

ldquoAn India-Pakistan warcould double the normaldeath rate in the worldrdquosaid Brian Toon a professorat the University of Col-orado Boulder ldquoThis is awar that would have noprecedent in human experi-encerdquo Toon said mdash PTI

There are regularfeature films coming onOTT mdash good bad andugly There is nocertification body for OTTplatforms and likewisenews portals also Prakash Javadekar UNION MINISTER

lsquoNO CERTIFICATION BODYrsquo

This is a sensitive

subject and we will continueto protect them E-commerce is a platform totrade on not forpredatorypricing andmuscle power Piyush Goyal COMMERCE MINISTER

E-COMMERCE POLICYUNCHANGED INDIA

Indo-Pak nuke war mayleave 125 m dead Study

THE TRIBUNE08 CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 OPINION

Trumprsquos trial begins now

Fleecing students Reference to the news report lsquoPayRs 35000 clear pending exams atPunjabi varsityrsquo (October 3) uni-versities in Punjab appear to becompeting with one another tocollect money from studentsunder one garb or the other Lastmonth Guru Nanak Dev Univer-sity Amritsar offered a specialchance to students to clear theirpending exams at a cost of Rs25000 Not lagging behind Pun-jabi University has now come outwith its scheme In view of GuruNanakrsquos 550th birth anniversarythe universities should haveoffered this chance as a goodwillmeasure Students from margin-alised sections cannot afford topay hefty fee Universities shouldcurtail their wasteful and avoid-able expenditure

NK GOSAIN BATHINDA

Canrsquot bank on it Reports of malpractices and fraudsin the banking system are becom-ing frequent (editorial lsquoBanksneed better systemsrsquo October 3)It seems there are no properchecks monitoring and account-ing procedures The siphoning offof public money is an offenceagainst the common people Thegovernment and the RBI should

tighten supervision People arelosing faith in banks Remedialmeasures must be initiated to safe-guard savings and restore the trustin our banks Also the culpritsshould be punished

SUBHASH VAID NEW DELHI

Mahatmarsquos teachings The carefully worded editoriallsquoCherry-picking Gandhirsquo (Octo-ber 2) rightly calls upon Indiansto come out of the dark cell ofmajoritarianism and work whole-heartedly for a united secularIndia where everybody may beable to live and breathe freely Letthe Hindu-Muslim unity the cruxof the Mahatmarsquos teachings behonestly preserved at all costs Itis the real face of India andshould not be sacrificed at thealtar of Hindutva

CHANDER PRAKASH RAHI PATIALA

No lsquohonourrsquo in this There was recently the shockingnews of a young couple havingbeen shot dead by the girlrsquos broth-er apparently because she hadmarried against her parentsrsquowishes A similar incident hadbeen reported from the same vil-lage some time back All such cas-es get the halo of lsquohonourrsquokillings It may have had some

meaning a few centuries back butin the present-day society it hasabsolutely no relevance Thesekillings have no justification whenwe talk of giving our girls a fairchance at life Such parents andfamily members who kill theirchildren in such a barbaric fashionshould be given exemplary pun-ishment and publicised

AIR CMDE MANMOHAN SINGH (RETD)MOHALI

NRC back in news Reference to the editorial lsquoNRCimbrogliorsquo (October 3) NRC is inthe news again The Home Minis-terrsquos statement is partial and par-tisan He is ready to provideaccommodation to believers ofany faith but not Muslims Cer-tain norms are meant for every-one and everyone has a right tolive with reference to suicides fol-lowing NRC exercise

SANKALP OJHA MADHYA PRADESH

Take a broad view Apropos lsquoNRC imbrogliorsquo (Octo-ber 3) day by day NRC is taking acommunal shape The dilemma isto find parameters on which aperson could be considered arefugee Some are committingsuicide in fear of losing citizen-ship The Modi government

should take everything into con-sideration and not simply dis-miss the comments of the Opposi-tion Only then will the sloganlsquoSabka saath sabka vikasrsquobecome worthwhile

ARPANA CHAUDHARY AMRITSAR

Teachersrsquo transfers The prevailing disparities intransfers of teachers have causedhindrance in teaching and schoolactivities VIPs are enjoying perksas common teachers curse theirluck A transparent transfer policyproved successful in Haryana andUP There should be no bias Aftertwo-three years everyone runsafter politicians for a convenienttransfer When a policy is framedeverybody will have to go to theassigned place

SAROJ BANYAL HAMIRPUR

For the love of Urdu Apropos the editorial lsquoLet Urduflourishrsquo (October 1) it is importantto highlight the significance ofUrdu It is the most beautiful lan-guage and to call it a foreign lan-guage is tantamount to a great dis-service to the language Ratherserious efforts should be made tointroduce Urdu in school curricu-lum at a suitable stage

SANTOSH JAMWAL HAMIRPUR

Gursharan Singh

I LIVE in Ludhiana and on manyoccasions have visited the ChristianMedical College amp Hospital

(CMCampH) for treatment of self orattending to a relative or friend Onethought always comes to mind whatmade Edith Mary Brown come hereand alleviate the miseries of people byestablishing a hospital mdash over 125 yearsago CMCampH has remained a premiermedical institution not only in Punjabbut also the entire North No doctor isallowed private practice and only thecommitted ones serve the institution

Though there has been a landmarkprogress in the development of infra-structure in the form of buildings andequipment not a single brick was

added to the church building whichcontinues to serve the purpose well

As we celebrate the 550th birthanniversary of Guru Nanak immac-ulate planning and arrangements arebeing made for nagar kirtan langarshabad kirtan etc Quintals of flow-ers will be used during various cere-monies apart from impressive deco-rations involving huge expenditureAll political parties and also religiousbodies are set to take credit for vari-ous events including the opening ofthe Kartarpur corridor There is noth-ing wrong in doing so but some-where we seem to have forgotten thereal message of the Guru

Guru Nanak preached simplicity andlaid emphasis on observing honesty inwhatever one does He was not in

favour of any ostentatious show Heworked for the poor and underprivi-leged He was all for education whichhe thought would help one to be ofsome use to others (vidya veechari tanparupkari) Can our leaders both polit-ical and religious think of doing some-thing more meaningful forhumankind Can we think of opening550 hospitals 550 schools and collegesand an equal number of de-addictioncentres to save our youth and guidethem to live a purposeful life AkalTakht is the highest temporal seat ofthe Sikhs and any verdict issued fromthere is binding on the Sikh communi-ty It should issue certain diktats to takesociety out of perennial social evils

Punjabis including Sikhs areknown to organise lavish parties on

weddings where liquor flows likewater and non-vegetarian food isserved It has become a status symbolThere are some who can afford thislavish and avoidable expendituremany more are compelled to do itunder pressure as a face-saving exer-cise It is not uncommon that some-times they may have to part with aprecious piece of agricultural land ortake substantial loans Subsequentlythis financial burden emerges as amajor reason for farm suicides

A message from Akal Takht to banlavish parties serving of liquor andnon-vegetarian food and to restrictthe number of baratis to say 20may save many lives Will it not bethe best way to celebrate theGurursquos birth anniversary

POLITICAL SCIENTIST

SUBSTANTIAL parts of ourworld have been captured byright-wing populists and inter-estingly all such leaders have a

great deal in common One they con-temptuously dismiss institutions asembodiments of privilege a nuisanceat best and irrelevant at worst Twopopulists forge a national constituencyunmediated by institutions organisa-tions or the opposition Three theyrepresent themselves as targets of con-spiracies fashioned by an elite that hasbecome corrupt moribund and irrele-vant Four populist leaders refuse toplay by rules of the game Whether it isTrump or Modi they have no hesita-tion in uttering statements that theirpredecessors would deem improperThey are simply unpredictable

President Trump is the quintessen-tial populist leader he disdains politi-cal proprieties His presidency hasbeen ridden by controversy since dayone random dismissal of importantofficials wilful decisions and opendistribution of benefits to his ownfamily Ever since the Democrats tookover the House of Representatives inJanuary 2019 the Congress has beenpulverised The Republican-con-trolled Senate has blocked every pieceof progressive legislation passed bythe House It is not therefore surpris-ing that in September the Speaker ofthe House of Representatives NancyPelosi announced that an impeach-ment inquiry would be initiatedagainst the President He had report-edly requested his counterpart in theUkraine to lsquodig up dirtrsquo on Joe Bidena possible Democrat contender for the2020 presidential elections Does ask-ing a foreign power to intervene inelections warrant impeachment

Historians suggest that members of

the Constitutional Convention that metin Philadelphia in 1787 to draw up theAmerican constitution were unhappywith the authority vested in the Presi-dent In accordance with doctrines ofchecks and balances the Congress wasgiven the power to impeach the Presi-dent in cases of lsquotreason bribery or oth-er high crimes and misdemeanorsrsquoThis provision which was in keepingwith the spirit of British constitutionaland legal practice is not meant to pun-ish the incumbent of the White Housemerely to remove him from office Theprocess is cumbersome The House ofRepresentatives has to pass Articles ofImpeachment or a list of charges by amajority vote The case then goes to theSenate which is convened as a judici-ary to hear arguments from both sidesThe removal of the President requires atwo-thirds majority

It was feared as one of the foundersof the American constitution acceptedin a piece in Federalist No 65 thatimpeachment will ignite political pas-sions harness animosities partialitiesand influence and divide the countryThe process might prove more harm-ful than any decision on innocence orguilt Alexander Hamilton was pre-scient Impeachment proceedings

have been launched against two Pres-idents mdash Andrew Johnson in 1868 andBill Clinton in 1998 The former tookover the presidency after the assassi-nation of President Abraham Lincolnduring the civil war in 1868 He is con-sidered a racist because he openlysupported the cause of White South-erners and opposed the civil rights ofliberated Afro-Americans He wasimpeached on a technical issue thatof vetoing a law passed by the Con-gress In the Senate his impeachmentwas defeated by one vote

Impeachment proceedings were ini-tiated against Clinton following alle-gations that he had lied to the SpecialProsecutor about his sexual relation-ship with a White House intern Hewas under oath The move failedbecause it could not secure a two-thirds majority in the Senate Clin-tonrsquos case is controversial expertsargue that a President cannot beimpeached for personal wrongdoingthat may not reflect on public affairs

The only President against whomimpeachment proceedings would havebeen successful is Richard Nixon Hehowever resigned within two years ofhis second term In July 1974 28 out of38 members of the House of Represen-

tatives judiciary committee voted toimpeach him Members of his own par-ty affirmed that they would voteagainst him On August 5 the prover-bial lsquosmoking gunrsquo established that hehad covered the break into the head-quarters of the Democratic Party atWatergate by his campaign committeeduring the 1972 presidential pollsNixon was aware that the Senate wouldvote for his dismissal He resigned Ifimpeachment had succeeded it wouldhave established the superiority of theCongress over the executive

Today Democrats have left no stoneunturned to impeach the President forserious abuse of power Trump tweetsconspiracy theories and appeals to hisconstituency He also threatens to findthe whistleblower These two extreme-ly irresponsible statements can possi-bly add to the list of offences chartedout in the Articles of Impeachment

Hamiltonrsquos foreboding thatimpeachment would divide popularopinion and split the country ratherthan successfully remove the Presi-dent from power has come true Everfaithful to their vocation survey agen-cies have rushed to the American peo-ple for their opinion the Presidentrsquosmen rush to television studios to pleadthat their boss is being victimised thePresident tweets that this is a conspir-acy and Democrats claim that a robustcase exists for impeaching Trump

Even if the House of Representa-tives votes for impeachment it isdebatable whether the move will passthe Senate which controlled by theRepublicans backs the President atleast to date More significantlyTrump has a significant base amongconservative voters and the ruralheartland On October 1 he tweeted anelectoral map dominated by his colourred mdash lsquoTry and impeach thisrsquo he chal-lenged Perceive the irony The pop-ulist leader scorns institutions andaddresses the lsquopeoplersquo Therefore hecan present himself as a casualty ofintrigues even though he is the mostpowerful man on earth Nothing workslike sentimental narratives of victim-hood Trump might emerge as a mar-tyr as a hostage of entrenched powernot quite smelling of roses but still

Letters to the Editor typed in double space should not exceed the 200-word limit These should be cogently written and can be sent by e-mail to Letterstribunemailcom

thought for the dayExperience has already shown that the impeachment the

constitution has provided is not even a scarecrow mdash Thomas Jefferson

NOT SIMPLE Despite opposition President Trump has a significant baseamong conservative voters and the rural heartland

THE TRIBUNEestablished in 1881

Stuck with plasticMass movement needed to reduce its use

THE government has finally woken up to the menace of single-useplastic though it has stopped short of announcing a blanket banSuch plastic commonly used for packaging and carrying goods

is disposable but its indiscriminate disposal has been wreaking havocon the environment Even as PM Narendra Modi is envisioning anIndia free of single-use plastic by 2022 the onus is on various stake-holders right from the industry to the consumer to decrease (andeventually stop) its consumption and popularise alternatives such aspaper and jute The prevailing economic slowdown and the prospectof more job losses have prevented the NDA government characteristi-cally not known for restraint and moderation from rushing into aknee-jerk decision As of now single-use plastic will not be allowedinside national monuments and within 100 metres of their boundary

The national focus on generating public awareness about the boon-turned-bane is a welcome move The imposition of bans and fines hasoften proved counter-productive due to lax enforcement and wide-spread non-cooperation Old habits die hard A behavioural change canhappen only if a mass movement sweeps the country It is imperativeto break the demand-and-supply cycle Himachal Pradesh has takenthe lead by deciding to buy-back non-recyclable plastic waste and sin-gle-use plastic at a minimum support price of Rs 75 per kg Such incen-tives can go a long way in curbing the availability of the eco-unfriendlymaterial Installing plastic disposal machines at railway stations andother public places is also a step in the right direction

Converting toxic waste into something productive is anotherchallenge Indian Oil Corporation plans to employ its refinery oper-ations to turn single-use plastic waste into specialised bitumen thatcan be utilised for the construction of roads and highways Moresuch out-of-the-box ideas are needed India can even draw inspira-tion from an unexpected quarter Rwanda According to a report ofthe UN Environment Programme the African country mdash once rav-aged by civil war and genocide mdash has become one of the cleanestcountries on the planet due to its proactive campaign against single-use plastic Where therersquos a will therersquos a plastic-free way

Congress a divided houseParty in disarray ahead of Haryana elections

NOTHING unites Congressmen more than the sight of electoralvictory while political wilderness brings to the fore bickeringin the rank and file The five years in opposition in Haryana

seem to have done the party little good with factionalism out in theopen Earlier it was state unit chief Ashok Tanwar who was in the fir-ing line after the party lost all 10 seats in the Lok Sabha elections Theroles have now been reversed with Tanwar training guns at former CMBhupinder Singh Hooda and state unit president Kumari Selja accus-ing them of selling the party ticket Tanwar took his fight to Delhiprotesting outside Sonia Gandhirsquos residence and asking to be relievedof all poll panels The rivalry spilled over after Selja was made thestate president and Hooda the chief of the election management com-mittee A video went viral allegedly to embarrass the party a daybefore Hooda is slated to file his nomination

Tanwar is known to be close to Rahul Gandhi and with the latter step-ping aside after the loss in the Lok Sabha elections his replacement wasonly a matter of time His fight for tickets for his loyalists is natural Butthe party apparently wishes to throw its weight behind the old guard tohave a go at the BJP in the Assembly elections

The Congress was known for strong regional satraps Like VirbhadraSingh in HP and Capt Amarinder Singh in Punjab the partyrsquos decisionprobably is dictated by the prospect of facing a resurgent BJP With Sel-ja in the saddle the Congress has tried to offset the possible loss of Dalitvotes by Tanwarrsquos replacement A lsquohuman bombrsquo cost Rajiv Gandhi hislife and Tanwar should be circumspect in using the term howeverinnocuous the context might be even as his grievance should be lookedinto His next course of action is awaited but the party itself should beseen as fighting the BJP and not amongst itself

Democrats leaving no stone unturned to impeach US President for abuse of power

NEERA CHANDHOKE

on this day100 years ago

General AmnestyELSEWHERE will be found the account of an interview which theHonrsquoble Mr SN Banerjea gave to an Associated Press representative onhis arrival at Bombay It is pleasing to note the optimistic ring about MrBanerjearsquos views He said that the Indian situation in England to-day wasfar more encouraging and satisfactory than it had ever been within hisrecollection He referred with pardonable pride to the share the Moderateparty had in bringing this happy consumption As regards the Punjabaffairs mdash a subject in which we in the Punjab are particularly interested mdashMr Banerjea said that his deputation had several informal conferenceswith Mr Montagu during which they had urged the grant of a generalamnesty and the appointment of an independent Commission of EnquiryWhile we regret that in the matter of the Enquiry Committee thesuggestion of the moderate deputation has been considerably whittleddown we do hope Mr Montagu will see his ways to advise His Majesty togrant a general amnesty in all political cases

The ldquoEnglishmanrdquo and OurselvesREFERRING to certain remarks that appeared in a recent issue of this journalquestioning the right and authority of Sir Uma Hayat Khan to speak in thename of the people of Punjab the Englishman writes--ldquoIt is a very politicalminded device to brag of the glories of the soldier but to refuse him voice in theconcerns of the peoplerdquo Even a writer in the Englishman might have beenexpected to know the difference between questioning a manrsquos representativecharacter and refusing him a voice in the concerns of the people

lahore saturday october 4 1919

letters to the editor

Celebrate with 550 hospitals schools

Trump scorns institutions and addresses the lsquopeoplersquo Hecan therefore present himself as a casualty of intrigues

THE TRIBUNECHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 09OPED

AT Chinarsquos National DayParade on October 1 the mili-tary might of the Peoplersquos Lib-eration Army (PLA) in full dis-

play was watched closely by the worldThe commander-in-chief of the PLA XiJinping inspected the parade which fea-tured 15000 troops 160 aircraft and 600pieces of equipment

What caught the attention of dis-cerning observers were the new mis-siles which are a part of the 2016-raised rocket force (PeoplersquosLiberation Army Rocket ForcePLARF) The Dongfeng DF-41 Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)with a range of 15000 km travelling atseven km per second approximatespeed Mach 20 (Mach is the speed ofsound) and 500 meters accuracy theDongfeng DF-100 hypersonic cruisemissile and the Dongfeng DF-17medium range ballistic missile fittedwith Hypersonic Glide Vehicle (HGV)mdash DF-ZF mdash with a range of 2000 km

While western analysts focused onDF-41 ICBM which would play a crit-ical role in strategic counterbalancedeterrence and in winning war forIndia the DF-100 and DF-17 fittedwith HGV mdash DF-ZF mdash should be acause of concern Hypersonic mis-siles will be the new disruptive game-changing technology in this centurywhich would mdash between India andChina mdash replace nuclear deterrence

with non-nuclear deterrence reshapethe rules of conventional war-fight-ing and transform geopolitics Onlythree countries mdash the US Russia andChina mdash have made credible stridesin procuring harnessing and exploiting this technology

Hypersonic missiles are radically dif-ferent from ballistic and cruise missilesBallistic missiles boosted by powerfulrocket engines leave the atmosphere(the dividing altitude between atmos-phere and space is 100 km) to enterspace reach the apogee and then re-enter atmosphere to hit the designatedtarget These missiles follow a definedelliptical trajectory which helps theBallistic Missile Defence (BMD) sys-tem to intercept and neutralise theirwarhead before it causes damage TheUS since over four decades has invest-ed heavily in BMD systems Inspiredby it India too has invested in indige-nous BMD since 2000

Cruise missiles stay within theatmosphere fly at low altitude toevade ground-based radars and arepowered and guided throughout theflight in a defined near-flat trajectoryuntil its designated target Cruise mis-siles powered by air-breathing jetengines have sub-sonic speeds exceptIndiarsquos BrahMos missile which pow-ered by ramjet engine has a superson-ic speed of Mach 3 To defeat cruisemissiles there are technologies likethe Russian S-400 Air Defence MissileSystem (ADMS) amongst others

Hypersonic cruise missiles with twopeculiarities are a class apart Onethey have speed upwards of Mach 5 mdashtheir kinetic energy (derived frommotion) itself is enough to destroyhardened and underground facilities

Two they fly at low altitudes thoughhigher than cruise missiles and aredifficult to detect by terrestrial or

land-based radars because of theirability to change course rapidlyUnlike ballistic and cruise missileswhich follow a defined trajectoryhypersonic missiles are highlymanoeuvrable thereby giving very lit-tle reaction time to the opponent tojudge which target is being hit Thisdelayed detection makes timelyresponse extremely difficult

HGV are fitted on ballistic missilerocket engines like DF-17 DF-21 DF-26 and even DF-41 ICBM and boostedAfter a certain boost phase the HGVdetaches itself from the rocket andglides towards its target 2000 kmaway in a wayward rather than adefined low flight trajectory

Senior officials from Raytheon Com-pany of the US recently told thiswriter at an international air show thatmeeting the hypersonic cruise missilechallenge would require new sensorsfor early detection Since terrestrial

sensors alone would not work theneed would be to have a mix of space-based and terrestrial sensors Theentire hypersonic missile defencearchitecture they said would requirehuge investments patience technolo-gy and technical expertise

Given the new missilersquos characteris-tics the DF-100 and DF-17 with HGVin PLA inventory would be a powerfulasymmetric capability For instance itwould be a national humiliation if theHGV were to hit and destroy Indiarsquosaircraft carrier Since India mdash familiarwith PLArsquos nuclear weapons invento-ry mdash is unlikely to raise the stakesChinarsquos new deterrence as well as dis-ruptive war-fighting capability wouldreside in its useable non-nuclear HGVIndiarsquos nuclear weapons purportedlydelivered by its submarines Agniseries ballistic missiles and aircraftwould on the other hand be rendereduseless against China

Such a possibility deserves an urgentreview both of Indiarsquos nuclear deter-rence against China and the indigenousBMD which despite the infusion ofhuge funds has unfortunately notdemonstrated satisfactory results In2011 the then Defence Research andDevelopment Organisation (DRDO)chief VK Saraswat had spelt out thetimelines to this writer for the accom-plishment of the BMD programme Hehad said that by 2013 phase one of theproject which involved successful inter-ception of hostile missiles with 2000-kmrange would be achieved Phase two ofthe programme which required neutral-isation of 5000-km range ballistic mis-siles would be done by 2015 the sameyear when the ballistic missile shieldwould become available for impreg-nable defence of the capital city of Delhiand major metropolises The purchaseof five units or regiments of Russian S-400 ADMS in 2016 is evidence thatSaraswat was doing kite-flying

Even the military should take itsportion of the blame Many DRDO sci-entists have told me that the militaryleadership unable to find or under-stand operational employment ofhypersonic missiles has shown littleinterest in their presentations WithPLA having showcased these missilesthe Defence Minister ought to take thebull by the horns A way forward is toseek Russian cooperation through thesuccessful BrahMos supersonic cruisemissile programme Given that Brah-Mos is Indiarsquos most successfuldefence programme has consistentlymet its timelines has been acceptedby the three defence services and hasgenerated employment and wealth itcould be the ideal vehicle for thedevelopment of hypersonic cruisemissiles and strengthening bilateralrelations between India and Russia

CUTTING EDGE Hypersonic missiles will be the new disruptive game-changing technology in this century

With the Peoplersquos LiberationArmy having showcased

hypersonic missiles Indiaought to take the bull by thehorns A way forward is toseek Russian cooperation

through the successfulBrahMos supersonic cruise

missile programme It could be the ideal vehicle

for the development ofhypersonic cruise missiles

and strengthening bilateral relations

THE world was taken by surpriseon September 14 when thelargest Saudi oil processingplant at Abqaiq was hit by a

lsquoswarmrsquo of around 25 drones and somecruise missiles launched by the Houthirebels in Yemen one of the poorestcountries in the world The attackscaused extensive damage to the plantknocking out 60 per cent of the Saudi oilproduction and triggering a 20 per centspike in oil prices And the worldrsquosattention was thus suddenly focused onYemen and the Houthis an Islamic Zai-di Shia political and armed movementwhich has been fighting a lsquoforgottenrsquowar against Saudi Arabia and the UAEfor more than four years

The Yemeni war began in March 2015when Saudi forces invaded the countryto intervene in what was essentially adomestic dispute between the Houthisand the government of PresidentAbdrabbuh Mansur Hadi The Saudisinvaded Yemen because they viewedthe Houthis as Iranian proxies both ofthem being Shia The Houthis defeatedthe forces loyal to Hadi and capturedSanarsquoa the countryrsquos capital in Sep-tember 2014 In January 2015 Hadiresigned and later fled to Saudi Arabiawhere he presently lives in exile

The Saudi decision to invade Yemenwas taken by Mohammad bin Salman(MbS) the present Crown Prince of Sau-di Arabia To attack Yemen the Saudismobilised a coalition that included theUAE Egypt Jordan Morocco SudanKuwait Qatar and Bahrain But essen-tially it was the Saudi and Emirati

forces that were involved in the inva-sion which was also supported by theUS and the UK They providedweapons logistical support and target-ing information to the Saudis

The Wahhabi Saudis wanted a gov-ernment in Yemen that was not con-trolled by the Zaidi Shia HouthisThey also wanted to control Yemenrsquosoil and a pipeline from their oilfieldsto a harbour in Yemen which wouldhave enabled them to avoid the Iran-dominated Strait of Hormuz

The Saudis and the Emiratis expecteda quick victory against the Houthis whowere a rag-tag bunch of fighters withoutan organised army or sophisticatedweapons However they were highlymotivated agile innovative and knew

the terrain well The Saudis and theEmiratis on the other hand were poorfighters accustomed to the comforts oflife They could not match the Houthison the ground and soon resorted toindiscriminate bombing from the airkilling thousands of civilians

According to reliable estimatesaround 2 lakh Yemenis have died in thefighting including 1 lakh childrenunder the age of five from famine and acholera epidemic On some occasionsinternational aid was prevented fromreaching the Yemeni people by blockad-ing of the ports by the Saudis and theirallies And notably the self-styled glob-al lsquocustodiansrsquo of human rights werecomplicit in this genocidal war For thisreason it became a lsquoforgottenrsquo war

receiving very little media coverage TheUnited Nations has called it the biggesthumanitarian crisis on the planet

However the situation began tochange in May 2019 when the Houthislaunched drone attacks against someSaudi oil facilities That was followedon August 17 by a multiple droneattack on Shaybah a massive Saudi oiland gas field which is around 1200 kmfrom Houthi-controlled territory inYemen The drone attacks demonstrat-ed the vulnerability of the Saudi oilinfrastructure to the attacks by theHouthis and the range of their dronesand missiles Neither the Saudis northe Americans currently have any mis-sile or air defence systems that canoffer protection against such attacks

It is clear that drones have been agame-changer in Yemen One experthas called them ldquothe most disruptivemilitary technology yet conceivedrdquoThey are cheap costing only a few mil-lion dollars compared to the Saudiarsenal costing hundreds of billions ofdollars The Houthis are now makingtheir own drones based on Iraniandesigns and technical advice They arealso probably importing drones andcruise missiles from Iran

The Saudis have suffered anotherreversal in Yemen Their major ally theUAE pulled out of the war a few monthsago when the port of Aden in the Southfell to the Southern Transitional Coun-cil a separatist group backed by theUAE This has infuriated the Saudis butthey have not been able to do much

The Saudis and the Americans have

blamed Iran for the September 14attack on Abqaiq instead of the Houthiswho have claimed responsibility for itIran has denied any role in the attackThe US is unlikely to attack Iran but ifit does it could set the whole regionon fire That could adversely affectalmost seven million people of Indianorigin who work in the Gulf and remitbillions of dollars to India

On September 20 the US announcedthat it was sending troops and more mis-sile defence systems such as Patriot andTHAAD (Terminal High Altitude AreaDefence ) to Saudi Arabia However theyare unlikely to be effective against low-flying drones which can only be stoppedby short-range Russian systems such asPantsyr-S1 and the BUK-2 which theRussians have used to defend their basein Syria against similar attacks

On September 28 the Houthis dealtanother blow to the Saudis by launch-ing a ground attack within Saudi terri-tory near Najran in which three Saudibrigades were defeated and hundredsof soldiers were either killed woundedor captured The operation demonstrat-ed that Saudi Arabia was vulnerable toair and ground attack by the Houthis

The asymmetrical warfare fought bythe Houthis appears to have broughtSaudi Arabia to its knees The WallStreet Journal reported on August 28that the Trump administration waspreparing to initiate negotiations withthe Houthis to end the war in Yemen Itremains to be seen when or if that hap-pens But one thing is clear The war inYemen is no longer lsquoforgottenrsquo

NIRAJ SRIVASTAVAFORMER AMBASSADOR

The Houthis an IslamicZaidi Shia political and

armed movement active inYemen have been fightinga war against Saudi Arabiaand the UAE for more thanfour years The Saudis and

the Americans have blamedIran for the Sept 14 attackon the Saudi oil processing

plant at Abqaiq eventhough the Houthis haveclaimed responsibility for

it Drones have been a tipping point in the

Yemeni war

Drones and the lsquoforgottenrsquo war in Yemen

LIVING BY THE GUN The asymmetrical warfare fought by the Houthis appears to have brought Saudi Arabia to its knees

PRAVIN SAWHNEYSTRATEGIC AFFAIRS EXPERT

Chinarsquos new missile is a wake-up call for India

su do ku calendar forecast

YESTERDAYrsquoS SOLUTION

OCTOBER 4 2019 FRIDAY

Vikrami Samvat 2076

Shaka Samvat 1941

Ashwin Shaka 12

Ashwin Parvishte 18

Hijari 1441

Shukla Paksh Tithi 6 up to 935 am

Soubha Yoga up to 1154 pm

Jyeshtha Nakshatra up to 1219 pm

Moon enters Sagittarius sign 1219 pm

YESTERDAYrsquoS SOLUTIONAcross 1 Burlesque 8 Nerve 9 History 10 Risque 11 In vain 12 Grandeur 15 As it were18 Chubby 20 Artist 21 Rostrum 22 Curio 23 Make senseDown 2 Union 3 Lethal 4 Strangle 5 Ensign 6 Croquet 7 Celebrity 11 Imbalance 13Anecdote 14 Jitters 16 Wisdom 17 Subtle 19 Blues

ACROSS1 Not of central

importance (8)5 Homeless child (4)9 Restrict (5)10 Appropriate or fitting (25)11 Confront

consequences (435)13 Originator (6)14 To aid (6)17 Reveal (525)20 Newly enlisted soldier (7)21 Of high birth (5)22 Rudely brief (4)23 Highway robbery (8)

DOWN1 Acting gently (4)2 Unrestrained (7)3 Eventually (2343)4 Dismount (6)6 South American

mountains (5)7 Savagery (8)8 Charged with a task (12)12 Rough and uncultured (8)15 Hold in check (7)16 Shakespearean

heroine (6)18 Become liable to (5)19 Resist attempts at (4)

quick crossword

V HARD

1 3 7 6 5 9 8 2 4

9 2 4 3 8 1 7 5 6

8 5 6 7 4 2 9 3 1

3 9 2 5 1 4 6 7 8

6 4 8 9 2 7 3 1 5

5 7 1 8 3 6 2 4 9

7 6 5 4 9 3 1 8 2

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2 8 3 1 6 5 4 9 7

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6 8 7

8 2

9 6 4

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7 9 8

2 4 6

Sunny Partly Cloudy Cloudy Rainy Foggy

CITY MAX MINChandigarh 31 21New Delhi 34 24PUNJAB

Amritsar 32 22Bathinda 32 23Jalandhar 32 21Ludhiana 31 21HARYANA

Bhiwani 34 23Hisar 34 22Sirsa 32 25HIMACHAL PRADESH

Dharamsala 26 16Manali 20 08Shimla 21 12JAMMU amp KASHMIRJammu 32 21Leh ------ -----Srinagar 23 11UTTARAKHAND Dehradun 31 19Mussoorie 22 12

SUNSET FRIDAY 1804 HRSSUNRISE SATURDAY 0618 HRS

TEMPERATURE IN OC

THE TRIBUNE10 CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019JampKHP

Arun JoshiTribune News Service

Srinagar October 3Kashmiris displayed theirextraordinary sense of collec-tive responsibility in savingtheir Vale from the repeat ofthe 2016-like situation or evenworse There were all chancesof it becoming one had theyprotested in streets andclashed with troopers

ldquoThey thought we wouldtake to the streets and pelttroopers with stones to engi-neer mayhem We did notallow that to happenrdquo BilalAhmad a university stu-dent spoke in a maturedfashion rather than onebursting with emotions

Everyone in the establish-ment here who is from out-side the Vale admires thehigh sense of the politicalconsciousness and intelli-gence of Kashmiris ldquoTheyare politically alive and intel-ligent people perhaps thekind of which we may notfind in any other part of thecountryrdquo commented an offi-cer who has been here forover past three decades

And when the troops hadstarted landing in huge num-bers in Kashmir in the lastweek of July Kashmir wasagog with rumours whichlater turned out to be truethat something big was in theoffing The common percep-tion was that it would not begood for people of Kashmirwhich was seeded in theirmind by politicians now seenas relics of a goneby era

While the authorities arecrediting themselves havingplanned measures in such amanner that ensured thatnothing would go wrongKashmiris have their ownstory to tell of their restraintand reasonableness Theypreferred to avoid confronta-tion and clashes on thestreets is the narrative thatdemonstrates that they arenot suffering from the senseof defeat with which some

nationalistic media is por-traying them after the scrap-ping of Article 370 and 35A

Kashmiris are intelligentThey claim that they haveshown to the entire worldhow adversity can be con-verted into a virtue Hadthey indulged in clashestheir argument of loss ofpolitical identity wouldhave been neutralised

They had factored in somekind of onslaught on theirspecial status under Article370 and Article 35A Theyknew that confrontationwould mean catastropheThis dreadful thought wasbased on rumours likeldquoanything can happenrdquo ifthe streets were to eruptThey did not oblige thetrouble-makers

The body language of thetroopers with assault riflesslung on their shouldersmade it clear that they didnrsquotwant any trouble around Thetrouble had its consequencesThe mere presence of thetroops had a meaning thatconfrontation would be metwith harsher consequences

A teenager Asif Dar

admitted that the thingswere ldquoharshrdquo but therecould have been harsherconsequences had thesecurity arrangementsthat were put in place notbeen there ldquoThe authori-ties had their way we hadours but the main thingis that we didnrsquot courttrouble and smear ourland with bloodrdquo

ldquoThis was a preventivemeasurerdquo the governmentofficials have repeated it adnauseam They had drawntheir lessons as theyclaimed from the 2016unrest In hindsight the twosituations have no parallelKashmir had erupted in2016 after the killing of mil-itant commander BurhanWani who had weaponisedsocial media and no oneknew about his fatal enduntil it happened on July 82016 Thereafter it was aspontaneous reaction

This time the governmenthad anticipated cascades ofbacklash It had taken all pre-ventive measures fromarrests of political leaders tochronic stone throwers busi-

nessmen and anyone whohad caused trouble in thepast or had the potential to doso It was linked to the deci-sion on August 5 The prepa-rations had been made muchbefore the ldquoDecision dayrdquo ofscrapping the special statusof Jammu and Kashmir

Massive protests and theinitial killing of at least 20youngsters in the first fewhours set a cycle in motionof the clashes and casualtiesin 2016 That cycle of vio-lence halted after Kashmirhad reeled under coerciveshutdown for three monthsand the casualty figure stag-gered close to 100

Tourists fled and so did pil-grims in 2016 but no one hadasked them to pack off andgo This time the things wereplanned much beforendash thegovernment ordered the pil-grims and tourists to leave atthe earliest on August 2 atleast a fortnight before thescheduled conclusion of theAmarnath pilgrimage

The ubiquitous presence oftroops inspired scare Kash-miris chose pragmatism thistime They for too had learnttheir lessons from 2016 it waspointless to take to the streetsand fulfil the designs of ene-mies of Kashmir who wantedmore graves Pakistan isexactly looking for this kindof bloodbath in the Valley

Troopers did not usetheir guns was one factorbut the Kashmiris also didnot offer them theextreme provocation to doso And when they saw thewhole of the Indian nationcelebrating the August 5decision they understoodthe consequences of stand-ing up to the Indian mightand mood They appliedtheir common sense not tothrow their land in the spi-ralling bloodshed That iswhere they succeeded in sav-ing their land and fellowKashmiris from the troublethat could have visited them

lsquoWe saved our land from catastrophersquo

TURNING ADVERSITY INTO VIRTUE When the troops had

started landing in hugenumbers in Kashmir in thelast week of July Kashmirwas agog with rumourswhich later turned out tobe true that somethingbig was in the offing

Kashmiris claim that theyhave shown to the worldhow adversity can be con-verted into a virtue Hadthey indulged in clashestheir argument of loss ofpolitical identity wouldhave been neutralised

Tribune News Service

Srinagar October 3On Tuesday when AatiyaAyoubrsquos mother read a newsitem in a local daily about theopening of schools after twomonths she had alreadydecided not to send herdaughter to the school owingto the continuous tense situa-tion in Kashmir whichmarked 60 days on Thursday

Aatiya is a Class X studentShe has submitted the formfor her annual exams butdoesnrsquot know whether theexams will be held She is yetto complete the syllabus atthe school where her last classwas held before August 3

ldquoOur education seems tobe over There is still silenceand shutdown it is not safefor us to go to school in sucha situationrdquo she told TheTribune at her home in Sri-nagar where she is prepar-ing the assignments provid-ed to her by the school ldquoIam not able to concentrateit is a very difficult situationfor all studentsrdquo she said

The Divisional Commis-sioner Kashmir Baseer

Ahmad Khan announced theopening of schools up to ClassXII from Thursday but whilea few schools had opened thestudents continued to remainaway from classes disobeyingthe governmentrsquos order It isfor the second time sinceAugust 19 that the govern-ment announced opening of schools but the students stayed away

The government has alsoannounced opening ofinstitutes of higher educa-tion from October 9 but itseems unlikely that stu-dents will attend the class-es as the communication

and internet clampdowncontinues in Kashmir

Many parents continueto raise safety issues ofstudents and haverestrained from sendingthem to schools ldquoWe willnot send our children toschools There is no publictransport and everythingis shut How can studentsas young as 4 5 and 6 yearsof age go to schools Whatwill they do if a stone hitsthem or something hap-pens Who will inform uswhen the phones are not workingrdquo asked Rosy Jan a mother

Few schools reopen inValley no students yet

The empty classroom of a government college in Srinagar AMIN WAR

Majid Jahangir amp Ishfaq TantaryTribune News Service

Srinagar October 3Relatives of at least 12detainees in the Valley whohave been booked under thestringent Public Safety Act(PSA) have knocked on thedoors of the JampK High Courtclaiming they are minors

In all 12 habeas corpus peti-tions have been filed in theSrinagar wing of JampK HighCourt Six among the youths

are 18 two are 17 and 16 andone is 15 years of age theirfamilies said In their peti-tions the families have most-ly submitted school certi-fies before the court insupport of the claim ofthe detainees

The first two habeascorpus petitions claimingthat the detainees wereminors and booked underthe PSA which allows deten-tion without any trial up totwo years was submitted on

August 27 by residents ofSrinagar and Anantnag

The Juvenile Justice Com-mittee of the JampK High Courtin a report submitted beforethe Supreme Court had said

144 children aged betweennine and 17 were detained

between August 5 and Sep-tember 23 and of them 142had been released The reportsaid the children weredetained for causing minorinjuries and creating law andorder problem ldquoIn certain reg-

ular habeas corpus petitionschallenging regular detentionorders passed by district mag-istrates against them underthe PSA the detainees haveclaimed to be juveniles When-ever such petitions come upbefore the different benches ofthe court the court is directedto hold an inquiry to ascertainthe factum of age and if thedetainee is found to be a juve-nile appropriate orders inaccordance with law would fol-lowrdquo the report had said

Kin of 12 detained lsquominorsrsquo move HC

Tribune News Service

Srinagar October 3As normal business activitycontinued to remain sus-pended for the 60th daytoday after the abrogation ofArticle 370 the KashmirChamber of Commerce andIndustries said the Valleyrsquoseconomy had been dentedby around Rs 10000 croreduring this period

The businessmen saidtheir problems had beencompounded due to thelack of mobile and internetfacilities as they wereunable to file returns thatwould lead to bigger issuesin the future ldquoAs per ourestimates we have suf-fered losses between Rs8000 crore and Rs10000crore during the past twomonths All sectors havebeen badly hit and themobile and internet gaghas added to our woesrdquochamber president SheikhAshiq told The Tribune

ldquoDue to the internet gagwe have not been able to filereturns and we fear this willlead to lots of problems forus later These are practicalissues and on top of thatthere is no clarity from thegovernmentrdquo he said

Lost ~10000 crduring lockdownsays industry

Parents reluctant to send wards owing to tension

Ambika SharmaTribune News Service

Solan October 3The BJP is in for a majortrouble in Pachhad as DayalPyari a sitting zila parishadmember refused to with-draw her nominationpapers after her supportersforced her against takingthe decision this morning

The development has leftthe ruling party embarrassedas its senior leaders wereconfident of placating her

Pyari who met Chief Min-ister Jai Ram Thakur inShimla yesterday hadalmost made up her mind towithdraw from the contestbut this was not accepted byher family and supporters

Her husband Prithvi Singhand her father-in-law said noother candidate was accept-able to the people She

deserved ticket and wouldcontest as an Independent

Dayal Pyari talking to medi-apersons said though she wastorn between the party andthe supporters she would payheed to latter and said shewould begin campaigningafter paying obeisance at theJatoli temple here

She reiterated that herfight was not against the par-ty but against the dictatorial

attitude of a few leaders ofher area and claimed that shewould emerge victorious

She was taken into a carby her supporters towardsSirmaur before she couldbe poached by BJP leadersShe began her campaigninglater in the day

The BJP got a partial reliefas its senior leaders man-aged to pacify rebel AshishSikta who withdrew his

nomination He howeverencountered strong resent-ment from his supporters atRajgarh where Sikta firstheld a meeting and thenwithdrew his nomination

BJP state president Sat-pal Satti ministers Mahin-der Thakur and SureshBhardwaj who were camp-ing at Rajgarh held day-long consultations to chalkout a strategy for the poll

Reena Kashyap who wasthe BJPrsquos official nomineewill face a tough challengefrom Dayal Pyari who hasfound overwhelming sup-port of the people

The development has elat-ed the Congress though itremains to be seen if its candi-date GR Musafir will gain inthe three-cornered contest asthe party is solely banking onthe factionalism in the BJP

BJP rebel firm on contesting as IndependentIn Pachhad partial relief for saffron party as Sikta withdraws nomination papers

ASSEMBLYBYPOLLS

Dayal Pyari (in yellow shawl) with her supporters outside a hotel in Solan on Thursday TRIBUNE PHOTO

SUPPORTERSrsquo PRESSURE Dayal Pyari who met Chief

Minister Jai Ram Thakur inShimla on Wednesday hadalmost made up her mind towithdraw from the contest butthis was not accepted by herfamily and supporters

Her husband and father-in-law said she deserved aticket but since denied shewould contest as an Independent

Taken in a car by her sup-porters towards Sirmaurshe began her campaigninglater in the day on Thursday

Lalit MohanTribune News Service

Dharamsala October 3Sudhir Sharma AICC secre-tary and former minister isunlikely to join the Congresscampaign in his home con-stituency Dharamsala for theOctober 21 byelection

Sudhir who refused to con-test the byelections just twodays before the last date of fil-ing of nomination papers hasnot arrived in Dharamsala todate He did not come toDharamsala when theyoung Congress leaderVijay Inder Karan who hasreplaced him filed his nom-ination papers on Septem-ber 30 Sudhirrsquos suddenrefusal to contest despitethe Congress high com-mand telling him to be inpoll fray is like an unsolvedriddle for many senior Con-gress leaders

A senior leader said AICCchief Sonia Gandhi evenafter the approval of the can-didature of Vijay Inder Karanasked senior leaders to talk toSudhir if he can change hismind and contest HoweverSudhir remained adamantagainst contesting he said

When contacted on phonetoday Sudhir said that he wasnot joining the Congresscampaign as he was sufferingfrom gastroenteritis ldquoI willreturn home after 4 to 5 daysbut whether or not I will jointhe campaign will depend onmy healthrdquo he said

With Sudhir almost declin-ing to join the campaign theissue of infighting in the stateCongress has come to fore

Just days before announc-ing his refusal to contest theDharamsala byelection Sud-hir had openly demanded theresignation of the acting pres-ident of state Youth Congressfor holding programmeswithout his approval andspeaking out against him Avernacular paper insteadreported that Sudhir hadsought HPCC chief KuldeepRathorersquos resignation

Congrsquos Sudhir may not campaign

Rajiv Mahajan

Nurpur October 3With drug trafficking in the inter-state border areasof lower Kangra districtcomprising Nurpur andIndora subdivisions risingthe state government hasturned a ldquoblind eyerdquo to theNurpur de-addiction-cum-rehabilitation centre

Set up during the previousCongress regime and inau-gurated by then CM Virb-hadra Singh on January 122017 the centre is run by theKangra district Red Cross

Society The skeleton staffhere has failed to run thecentre effectively

Surprisingly the centrehas no doctor or psychia-

trist As per informationthe centre is run by just aproject coordinator a coun-selor a pharmacist and asafai karamchari The

recent suicide by a 64-year-old man addicted to alcoholhas now put a questionmark on the safety ofinmates and the staff

deployed at the centre Asthere is no watchman or asecurity guard it is fearedthat such unsavory inci-dents can recur

Set up in the OBC hostelbuilding the centre canadmit 10 addicts at a timebut its full capacity couldnever be used for want ofrequisite staff Centre incharge-cum-project coordi-nator Amit Kumar admittedthat the centre was unableto admit more than fiveaddicts at a time and thewaiting list of addicts hadalways been quite long

ldquoThe working environ-ment is unsafe too as thestaff is always under threatof being attacked by theinmates who turn aggres-sive on being denied syn-thetic drugs or intoxi-cantsrdquo he said

As the centre is locatednear the border of PunjabHimachal Pradesh and Jam-mu amp Kashmir where drugtrafficking is on the risedespite registration of casesunder the NDPS Act thedemand for better facilitiesand more staff has been gain-ing momentum

Nurpur de-addiction centre a victim of admn apathyHas no doctor | Run by Kangra Red Cross Society NGOs want Health Department to take it over

Just 4 employees Set up during the Congressregime and inaugurated bythen CM Virbhadra Singh onJanuary 12 2017 the centre isrun by just a project coordina-tor a counselor a pharmacistand a safari karamchari Set up in the OBC hostelbuilding the centre can admit10 addicts at a time but its fullcapacity could never be used

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3A Special CBI Court todayissued notice to the CBI onthe bail applications filed bythree accused in the Kotkhaicustodial death case

The court asked the CBI tofile a reply on the bail applica-tions filed by former KotkhaiSHO Rajinder Singh (33)head constable RafeeMohammad (38) and consta-ble Ranjeet Steta (32) by Octo-ber 9 the next date of hearing

In the applications it was

stated that there was no evi-dence on record to connectthe accused with the allegedcustodial death of Suraj

It was also mentioned thatthree co-accused IGPZahur H Zaidi SP DW NegiTheog DSP Manoj Joshihad been granted bailAccording to the prosecu-tion a minor girl was alleged-ly raped and murdered inHalaila forests of Shimla dis-trict on July 4 2017 The vic-timrsquos body was found lying inHalaila forests near Mahasuon July 6 2017

Kotkhai case Copsfile bail pleas in court

As of now I am not campaigning forthe party as I am suffering fromgastroenteritis I will return home (toDharamsala) after 4-5 days but whetheror not I will join the campaign inDharamsala will depend on myhealth Sudhir Sharma CONGRESS LEADER

WHAT INFURIATED FORMER MINISTER Sudhir Sharmarsquos supporters alleged that while former

minister was preparing to contest elections leaders ofthe HPCC called other Congress leaders from Dharam-sala and asked them to apply for ticket

This infuriated Sudhir who decided against contesting They alleged that the former minister was also not join-

ing the party campaign as the current party leadershiphad tried to belittle him in his own constituency

lsquoSUFFERING FROM GASTROENTERITISrsquo

THE TRIBUNEJALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 11NATION

HIMACHAL PRADESH

NOTICE INVITING E-PROCUREMENT BID

Executive Engineer IampPH Division Dharampur Bharari on behalf of Governorof Himachal Pradesh invites the online Lump Sum contract bids on turnkey basisfrom the eligible bidders of Indian Entity through online bidding system on or before 17102019 at 1700 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs) on the sitehttpshptendersgovin

1 KEY DATES SHALL BE AS UNDER-

The tender forms and other detailed conditions can be downloaded from thewebsite wwwhpiphorg or from office above Executive Engineer up to datespecified above

Executive EngineerIampPH Division Dharampur Bharari

a Date of Online publication 0110 2019

b Downloading of e-bidDocuments

From 01102019 at 1800 Hrs IST (GMT + 530Hrs) to 17102019 at 1700 Hrs IST (GMT +530 Hrs)

c Date of submission of e-bid From 01102019 at 1800 Hrs IST (GMT + 530Hrs) to 17102019 at 1700 Hrs IST (GMT +530 Hrs)

d Physical Submission of Original Bid Security (in case ofoffline deposit of Bid security)

Up to 1100 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs) on18102019

e Date of opening of bids

1) Cover-1 Eligibility Criteria On 18102019 at 1230 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs)

2) Cover-2 Technical bid Shall be intimated separately

3) Cover-3 Financial Bid Shall be intimated separately

f Site Visit Between 1100 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs) dated10102019 to 1700 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs)dated 11102019 alongwith the AssistantEngineerconcerned Junior Engineer IampPHSub-Division TihraDharampur

SrNo

Description EstimatedCost

BidSecurity

Time Cost ofBid

1 Engineering Procurement Construction Testing Commissioning Trial Run of various components of LWSS to Rakhoh Cholthra Awahdevi Tihra and its adjoining villages in Tehsil Dharampur District Mandi (HP) under Jal Jeevan Mission (Har Ghar Nal Se Jal ) in single package on ldquoturn-key job basisrdquo including trial run defect and liability period as 3 months after physical completion of all components scheme including SOP connection as certified by Engineer-in-Charge of the entire scheme

Rupees 21667344-

Rupees 249200-

Ninemonths(includingallseasonsbutexcludingtrial runperiod of 3 months)

Rupees2500-

2 Engineering procurement construction testing commissioning trial run of various components of LWSS to PC habitation of Kot Dhawali and Bahri Rathoun and Chakyana in Tehsil Dharampur District Mandi HP under Jal Jeevan Mission (Har Ghar Ko Nal se Jal) in single package on ldquoTurn-key job basisrdquo including trial amp testing run defect and liability period as 03 months after physical completion of all components of the scheme including SOP connection as certified by Engineer-in-Charge of the entire scheme

Rupees 21134606-

Rupees 243900-

Ninemonths(includingallseasonsbutexcludingtrial runperiod of03months)

Rupees2500-

DPRHP2324

HIMACHAL PRADESH

IPH DEPARTMENT

NOTICE INVITING TENDERShort terms sealed item rate tenders on form 6 amp 8 are hereby invited by the undersigned on behalf of

Governor of Himachal Pradesh for the following works from the approved and eligible contractors so as to

reach in this office on or before 10102019 at 300 PM and will be opened on the same day at 33000 PM

in the presence of intending contractors or their authorized representatives in this office The tender form can

be had from this office against cash payment (Non-Refundable) on or before 09102019 The earnest money

in the shape of National Saving CertificateTime deposits Accounts Saving Accounts in any of the Post

OfficeBank in Himachal Pradesh duly pledged in favour of the Executive Engineer I amp PH Division Chamba

must accompany each tender Conditional tenders and tenders received without earnest money will be

summarily rejected The offer of the tenders shall be kept open for 120 days The Executive Engineer IPH

Division Chamba reserves the right to reject the tenders without assigning any reasons

SrNo

Name of work Estimatedcost

Earnestmoney

TimeLimit

Cost oftender form

1 Providing WSS to left out Habitation under census villageUdaipur Khas amp Saru in GP Udaipur Tehsil amp DisttChamba HP (SH- CO Rwall with cement concrete1510 for Sedimentation tank RHS)

313313- 6266- ThreeMonths

250-

Terms amp Conditions- 1 Before offering the rates the terms and conditions attached with the schedule of

quantity may be gone through carefully 2 Conditional tenders without earnest money will outrightly be

rejected3 The contractor shall enclose enlistmentrenewal order with his application for obtaining the tender

documents 4Latest income tax and sale tax clearance certificate as well as Pan No must be attached with

the application failing which the documents will not be issued to those contractors The contractor shall

produce registration of labour license from the competent authority under Contract Act 1970 failing which no

tender shall be issued to him

Note- No tender forms will be issued to those contractors who have not completed the work within the

stipulated period and having more than two works in hand under this Division

Executive Engineer

I amp PH Division ChambaNO-IPH-CBA-GA-G-Tender2019-7334-7384 Dated 200919 DPRHP2326

Himachal Pradesh IPH Department

SHORT TERM NOTICE INVITING TENDERThe Executive Engineer IPH Division Keylong (HP) invites tender on behalf of Governor of Himachal Pradesh from approved

eligible contractors for the following works through Online Process-

The tender forms and other detailed conditions can be downloaded from the portal httphptendersgovin up to 500 PM 14102019

HIM SUCHNA AVAM JAN SAMPARKExecutive Engineer IPH Division Keylong

JobNo

Name of Work EstimatedCost

EarnestMoney

Time ofcompletion

1 Special Repair of FIS Chimret in GP Chimret Distt Lahaul Spiti (HP) (SH- Co CClining and Retaining wall)

744756- 14900- One Work-ing Season

2 Providing WSS to PC Habitation of Jobrang Rape Rashil in GP Jobrang Distt Lahaulamp Spiti (HP) (SH- PF MS Tank 270 litrs capacity 2 Nos Laying Jointing amp TestingHDPE pipe of 50mm Dia at RD 0 to 5240 and Provision of Parta Cutting= 100 Rmt)

927536- 18600- Six Months

3 Augmentation of WSS to Village Gohrma in GP Gohrma Distt LampS (HP) (SH- PFMS Tank 270ltrs Co Storage tank 20000 ltrs capacity Co Stand Post 5 NosLaying Jointing and Testing HDPE pipe of 50mm dia at RD 0 to 110 (Ai to Bi) RD0 to 50 (A to B) 32mm dia at RD 50 to 500 (B to C) Double layer RD 0 to 1250 (Ato C) 20mm dia at for (distribution System) at various Rds Co Barbed wire fencingaround Stank and Co Crate work around Intakes and Co Nallah Crossing)

1419471- 28400 Six Months

4 Providing Flood Protection Work to Rubling in GP Tingret Distt LampS (HP) (SH-Crate work at RD 0 to 107)

2949252- 52000- Six Months

Date of submission of e-tender From 02102019 at 0500 PM to14102019 at 0500 PM

Physical submission of tender documents Up to 1100 AM 15102019

Date of opening of Eligibility Criteria 15102019 at 1130 AM

DPRHP2330

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CHANDIGARH ADMINISTRATION

ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Press e-TENDER NOTICEPercentage rate e-tenders are invited under two bid system by the Executive Engineer Electrical Division No 2 on behalf

of President of India from the eligible enlisted firms class A and B enlisted with the Chandigarh AdministrationMunicipalCorporation ChdCPWDState PWDs of Punjab amp Haryana and Himachal Pradesh and their board amp Corporation having validElectrical Contractor License issued by any Govt Deptt of StatesCentre for the execution of following work can bedownloadedUploaded from the website at httpwwwetenderschdnicin

SrNo

NIT No Name of work amp Location

Est

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tote

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Per

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opening oftender

01 E219189 Mtc of NRB at Chandigarh (Repair of defective elec-trical accessories at various School under SDE E4Chandigarh) R

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441

44-

Rs

1090

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0230 pm

11102019at

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Executive Engineer Electrical Divn No 2 Chandigarh

TENDER NOTICE No 06 Date 1102019

On behalf of the Governor of Punjab Executive EngineerConstruction Division PWD BampR Br Fazilka invites bids fromeligible bidders enlisted under road works category with PWDBampR BrDetail terms and conditions of notice inviting bids refer to ourwebsite wwweprocpunjabgovinCorrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerConstn Divn PWD BampR Br Fazilka(On behalf of Governor of Punjab)DPRPbD6792

New Delhi October 3As many as five judges of theSupreme Court have recusedfrom hearing activist GautamNavlakharsquos petition challeng-ing the Bombay High CourtrsquosSeptember 13 order rejectinghis plea for quashing of an FIRin connection with the Bhima-Koregaon violence case

After Chief Justice ofIndia Ranjan Gogoi Jus-tice NV Ramana Justice RSubhash Reddy and Jus-tice BR Gavai Justice SRavindra Bhat became thefifth judge to recuse onThursday from hearing thecase of Navlakhamdashone ofthe five activists arrestedin the case

Others arrested in the caseare Varavara Rao Arun Fer-reira Vernon Gonsalves andSudha Bharadwaj Theyhave been booked underprovisions of the UnlawfulActivities Prevention Act(UAPA) and the IndianPenal Code

Justice S Ravindra Bhat ofthe Supreme Court on Thurs-day became the fifth judge torecuse himself CJI Gogoi hasassigned the matter to aBench headed by JusticeArun Mishra which will takeit up on Friday

As Navlakharsquos petitioncame up for hearing before athree-judge Bench headed byJustice Arun Mishra JusticeBhat who was on the Benchalong with Justice VineetSaran recused himself fromhearing the case mdash TNS

Tribune News Service

NewDelhi October 3Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasi-na today arrived here on afour-day visit during whichboth sides will attempt to takethe focus away from theNational Register of Citizens(NRC) by discussing some oldproblems that have croppedup as well as exploring com-mon links in transport watersharing and projects on Indi-an line of credit

Bangladesh Foreign MinisterAK Abdul Momen had toldmedia in Dhaka that Hasinawould discuss a number ofbilateral issues includingkilling of Bangladeshis by BSFand a framework pact on com-mon rivers including Teestawith PM Narendra Modi onSaturday She was chief guestat the Country Strategy Dia-logue of the World EconomicForum today She will attend an

interactive session with selectIndian CEOs followed by inau-guration of India-BangladeshBusiness Forum on Friday Shewill hold talks with Modi andcall on President Ram NathKovind on Saturday

Momen said the two sideswould discuss increased con-

nectivity through rivers searail road and air overall tradeand commerce among others

Foreign Secretary ShahidulHoque told newspersons thatimport of Indian arms undera $500 million line of creditand the NRC issue would alsobe discussed

Hasina to raise NRCPrez PM accept Capt invitefrom page 1

group of pilgrims the PunjabCM will lead through the cor-ridor when it opens The CMhowever clarified neither henor the ex-PM would travel toPakistan for the formal open-ing of the corridor They wereonly going to the Sikh shrineon the other side ldquoas pil-grimsrdquo The Pakistan govern-ment had recentlyannounced it would inviteManmohan for the corridorinauguration but the ex-PMrsquos office denied knowl-edge of any such invitation

Todayrsquos developments arecrucial in the light of ongo-ing political one-upmanshipbetween Congress-led Pun-jab Government and theAkalis over marking the his-toric event

Capt Amarinderrsquos move tosecure President and PMrsquospresence at the state functionare bound to put pressure on

the Akalis to come on boardAsked about SGPCrsquos cele-

bration plans CMrsquosspokesman said ldquoThe CM hasrepeatedly said the SGPC as areligious body is free to organ-ise celebrations in gurdwarasand the official celebrationswill be marked by the stategovernment The CM hasrepeatedly urged all-partyunity and will lead an all-partygroup through the corridorrdquo

State government sourcesadded they were not aware ifthe SGPC would send a paral-lel jatha through the corridor

Pakistan recentlyannounced that the corridorwould be opened for IndianSikh pilgrims on November 9However the final date is stillbeing worked out between thetwo countries and the PunjabGovernmentrsquos official eventwill be planned accordingly

Capt Amarinder mean-while shared official pro-

gramme of his governmentrsquosevents with the President andPM ldquoThe CM has urged bothto participate in the corridoropening at Dera Baba Nanakand the main programme atSultanpur Lodhirdquo the CMOspokesman said

Capt Amarinder also urgedPMrsquos intervention to allow a21-mebmer all-party jatha tovisit Sri Nankana Sahib thebirth place of the first Gurubesides bringing a nagar kir-tan to Sultanpur Lodhi viaAmritsar (Wagah)

In a separate letter to Minis-ter of External Affairs S Jais-hankar the CM has soughtformal clearance for theNankana Sahib delegationvisit and the nagar kirtan

The Punjab Governmentplans various celebrationsbetween November 5 and 15and will hold an all-party meetat Sultanpur Lodhi onNovember 1

from page 1

the list of 84 candidatesreleased by the Congress lateWednesday night and for theremaining six seats on Thurs-day shows that nearly 70 percent seats have been allottedto Hoodarsquos confidants

Of the 90 candidates giventhe party ticket at least 59 areHooda loyalists 12 are said tobe close to Kumari Selja fiveare believed to KiranChoudhry loyalists and threeeach are believed to be fromthe Kuldeep Bishnoi RandeepSurjewala and Tanwar camps

Hooda has had his support-ers fielded in all nine Assem-bly segments comprising theSonepat parliamentary seatthat he contested in May

But in the nine Assemblyseats under Kumari Seljarsquostraditional Ambala Lok Sabhaseat only one Hooda support-er mdash former HPCC chief PhoolChand Mullanarsquos son VarunChaudhary mdash has been nomi-nated for the Mullana seat

Hoodarsquos supporters havebeen fielded in eight of the nineAssembly segments in Karnalfour of the nine segments inKurukshetra Of the nineseats in BhiwanindashMahendra-garh at least four have goneto Hoodarsquos men The HisarUchana Narnaund and Han-si seats too have gone to hissupporters Adampur Nalwaand Hisar have been allottedto Kuldeep Bishnoirsquos menUklana and Barwala toKumari Seljarsquos loyalists andBawani Khera to KiranChoudhryrsquos camp

Of the nine Assembly seg-ments comprising TanwarrsquosSirsa Lok Sabha seat Dab-wali Tohana Ratia Ellenabadand Fatehabad have gone toHoodarsquos supporters Narwanacandidate Vidya Rani is con-sidered close to Randeep Sur-jewala while Sirsa and Kalan-wali nominees Hoshiari LalSharma and Shishpal Kehar-wala are Tanwar loyalists

Former minister Capt AjayYadav has managed the partyticket for his son ChiranjeevRao from Rewari

With ticket

639 engg seats vacantfrom page 1

institutions that mere physicalinfrastructure is not enoughand that qualified and well-paid faculty are mandatory forrunning engineering coursesRather than reduce the num-ber of seats the governmenthas lowered merit andallowed admissions throughHP Combined Entrance Testand Class 12 examinationmerit defeating the very pur-pose of ensuring quality edu-cation and uniformity instandards say sources

Private colleges charge

between Rs 45000 and Rs57000 per semester for BTechcompared to Rs 30000 in gov-ernment colleges ldquoStudentsare shying away from engi-neering courses as there areno jobs even after spendingRs 4 lakh to Rs 5 lakhrdquo saysSuresh who left the courseafter two semestersThere is a clear shift towardstraditional arts commercescience and managementcourses as 100 per cent seatshave been filled ldquoGovern-ment jobs are still the top pri-ority for students as their

focus is on preparation forcompetitive examinationsrdquosays Prof Sikender KumarVice-Chancellor HimachalPradesh University

Mismatch between enrol-ment and employment ratedue to opening of privateinstitutions without assessingemployment opportunities isalso leading to low intakeFurther high investment inengineering courses as com-pared to average remunera-tion after passing out is caus-ing aversion to engineeringcourses say sources

Justice Jha

5th SC judgerecuses fromKoregaonactivistrsquos case

4-day visit Connectivity trade energy ties top agenda

from page 1

High Court at Jabalpurbefore his elevation to the HCas permanent judge on Feb-ruary 2 2007

The President after con-sultation with the CJI alsotransferred Justice Pulig-oru Venkata Sanjay Kumara Judge of the TelanganaHC to the Punjab andHaryana HC He has beenasked to assume charge byOctober 17 mdash TNS

Justice LN Swamy ChiefJustice of HP High Court

Justice Ajai Lamba CJ ofGauhati High Court

Justice Indrajit Mahanty isChief Justice in Rsthan

Justice A Mani Kumar is CJof Kerala High Court

Justice JK MaheshwariChief Justice of Andhra HC

Justice AK Goswami ChiefJustice of Sikkim HC

Justices BiswanathSommader PV SanjayKumar and Vivek Agarwalof Calcutta Telangana andMadhya Pradesh HCsposted to HCs of AllahabadPunjab and Haryana andAllahabad respectively

OTHER JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS

JUSTICE KURESHI FAILS TO FIGURE ON LISTJustice Akil Kureshi recommended by SC Collegium for appoint-ment as Tripura HC CJ last month doesnrsquot figure on the list Earli-er Centre had refused to appoint him as CJ of MP High Court

Union Minister of State Sushri Debasree Chaudhuri receivesBangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi on Thursday PTI

THE TRIBUNE CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019

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Date and Time Schedule for LC SocietiesAgencies

Other terms amp conditions can be seen at E-tenderWebsite eprocpunjabgovin

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SrNo

Last Date of onlinesubmission of

Bidding document

Opening ofTechnical Bid

Opening ofFinancial Bid

1 10102019 up to 1700 hrs

11102019 at 1100 hrs

14102019 at 1100 hrs

DI-91904

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJABPWD BampR BRANCH

NOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDSTENDER NOTICE NO 18-21 DATED 01-10-2019

On behalf of Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer ConstructionDivision PWD BampR Br Rupnagar invites bids for below mentioned worksfrom eligible bidders enlisted under All road works category withPWD (BampR) for the works approved under his jurisdiction as detailed inthe following table The bidders may submit bids for any or all of thefollowing Work(s)-

For detailed terms and conditions refer to websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin

from 091019

Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerConstruction DivisionPWD BampR Br Rupnagar

SrNo

Name of Work Head

1 Special Repair of Bharatgarh-to Kakrala Soban MajraRoad upto HP Border (including five years maintenance)in Distt Rupnagar

3054

2 Special Repair of Bharatgarh-Kakrala to Nawan Graonupto HP Border (including five years maintenance) inDistt Rupnagar

3054

3 Special Repair of Bharatgarh-to Nalagarh Road upto HPBorder (including five years maintenance) in Distt Rupnagar

3054

4 Periodical Repair of Ropar Circular Road (ODR-08) (includingfive years maintenance) in Distt Rupnagar

3054

DPRPbD6797

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

RURAL DEVELOPMENT amp PANCHAYATS DEPARTMENTNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Tender Notice No PRDP201932 Date 011019

Authority- Executive Engineer Panchayati Raj PW (CampM)Division Patiala

Name of Work-

Date of opening of bid- 11102019

For detail terms and conditions of notice inviting bids refer towebsite wwweprocpunjabgovin

Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerPanchayati Raj PW Division Patiala

SrNo

Description of Work 1 EMD2 Tender fee (in Rs)

Cost ofWork

1 Renovation amp Allied Works ofPond at Village Devinagar SawaiSingh Wala Block BhunerheriDistt Patiala

1) Rs 37890-2) Rs 5000

Rs1894500-

DPRPbD6803

Punjab Water Supply andSewerage Board

NOTICE INVITING Recall of e-TENDERS (2019-20)eprocpunjabgovin

Recall E-Tender Notice No 02 Date 30092019

On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer Punjab WS amp Sewerage BoardChandigarh Executive Engineer Punjab WS amp Sewerage Division No 2Amritsar invites online Lump Sump and percentage basis tenders from theapproved Contractorfirms and eligible Co-operative L amp C Societies who fulfillthe eligible criteria as per DNIT for the work mentioned below-

Important Dates are as under- For tender at Sr No 12

1 Period of availability of tender Online shall be Up to 10102019 up to 100 PM

2 Last Date amp Time for online submission ofBids shall be 10102019 at up to 300 PM

3 Date and Time for Opening of Tenchical bids shall be 11102019 at 300 PM

For tender at Sr No 3

Up to 23102019 up to 100 PM23102019 at up to 300 PM24102019 at 300 PM

For detailed terms and conditions refer to website eprocpunjabgovin

Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd-Executive EngineerPb WS amp Sew Divn No 2AmritsarDPRPbD6800

SrNo

Name of the Work BidSecurityEarnestMoney(Rs inLacs)

Cost ofDocu-ment

Tenderfee

(Rs)

Periodof

Comp-letion

Esti-matedCost(in

Lacs)

1 DNIT for Construction of Main PumpingStation (14 MLD) Tarn Taran (Zone No1) complete machinery amp Balance workof IPS (11 MLD) complete machinery etcand all other works contingent theretordquo

345000- 100- 5Months

17209Lacs

2 DNIT for ldquosurvey soil testing designsupply and construction instcomissioning of 4 mld STP at Analabased on any suitable sustainableand proven technology including otherappurtenant works on turnkey basisas per DNIT including operation ampmaintenance for a period of 60months after stabilization period of 3months or morerdquo

800000- 1000- 9Months

LumpSump

3 Detailed Project Report for ProvidingWater Supply Sewerage amp SewageTreatment Plant at Jandiala Guru DisttAmritsar (Under PIDB)

8050- 100- 1 Month 402Lacs

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJABPWD BampR BRANCH

NOTICE INVITING ON-LINE BIDSTENDER NOTICE NO 22-23 DATED 01-10-2019On behalf of Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer ConstructionDivision PWD BampR Br Rupnagar invites bids for below mentionedworks from eligible bidders enlisted under All road works categorywith PWD (BampR) for the works approved under his jurisdiction asdetailed in the following table The bidders may submit bids for any or allof the following Work(s)Sr No Name of Work Head

1 Special Repair of Sri Anandpur Sahib to Sri Naina Devi road (ODR-12) (including Five years maintenance) in Distt Rupangar

5054

2 Special Repair of 4-Lane Ropar Bye Pass (including Five yearsmaintenance) in Distt Rupangar

5054

For detailed terms and conditions refer to websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin from 09-10-19Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive Engineer Construction Division PWD BampR Br RupnagarDPRPbD6802

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJABPWD BampR BRANCH

Tender Notice No 41 Dated 03102019Executive Engineer Central Works Division PWD BampR BranchMohali invites bids from eligible bidders for below mentionedwork For detail terms and conditions of the notice inviting bidrefer to wwweprocpunjabgovin wef 09102019Corrigendum if any will be issued on website onlyWork Construction of Both Side Approaches amp Service

Roads of Railway Under Bridge (RUB) on levelCrossing No 24-B on Sirhind-Nangal Dam Amb-Andaura Section in Morinda Town

Sd- Executive EngineerCentral Works DivisionMohali DPRPbD6801

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

PWD BampR BRANCHNOTICE RE-INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No 07 Date 03102019

On behalf of the Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer Construction DivisionPWD BampR Br Patiala invites re-bids from eligible bidders for detailed in thefollowing table The bids shall be on the percentage rate basis The bidders maysubmit bids for any or all of the following Works

2 For Sr No 1 Period of availability of Tender onlineDate amp Time of onlinebid submission and Date amp time of opening of bids are as given below-

For detailed terms and conditions of the notice inviting bids refer to ourwebsite httpeprocpunjabgovin

Corrigendum If any will be issued on website only

Sd- (Er Navin Kumar) Executive EngineerConst Divn PWD BampR Branch PatialaM No 98783-60786DPRPbD6799

SrNo

Name ofProjectWork(s)

BidSecurityEarnestMoney

Cost ofdocumenttender fee

(Rs)

Periodof

comp-letion

Approxvalue of the

ProjectWork

1 2 3 4 5 6

1

Special Repair ofGovt Primary School Gajewas Teh SamanaDistt Patiala

36000- 5000-6

Months1804 Lacs

Availability of tenderonline for bidding

Last date amp timefor online

submission of bids

Date amp Time of opening oftender

From To Technical Bid Financial Bid

04102019 1000 am

11102019 0400 pm

11102019400 pm

141020191100 am

To be inti-mated later on

WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION DEPARTMENTNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No Dated

On behalf of Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer Water Supply ampSanitation Division No 1 Amritsar invites bid from eligible bidders for theProject detailed in the following table

For detailed terms and conditions refer to website httpeprocpunjabgovin

CorrigendumAddendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerWater Supply amp Sanitation Division No 1 Amritsar

DNIT No Date

I Project Description Name of Work Construction of SewerageTreatment Plant based on any suitablesustainable amp Proven Technology IncludingOampM of STP for 60 Months afterCommissioning of Village Budha Theh AbadiBeas and Abadi Gurunanakpura BlockRayya District Amritsar (NABARD-XIV)

II Bid SecurityEarnest Money

Rs As per approved Bid

III Cost of DocumentTenderFee Processing Fee

Rs 1000- Rs As per Website

IV Period of Completion 15 Months Including 3 Months of Stabilizationperiod

V Period of Availability ofTender online

From 07102019 Time 1000 am to07112019 Time 1700 pm

VI Pre-Bid Meeting Date andVenue

Date 22102019 Time 1200 pmVenue HOD Office Phase 2 Mohali

VII Last date amp time for onlinesubmission of bids shall be

Dated 07112019 Time 1700 pm

VIII Tender opening Date amp time Date 08112019 Time 1430 pm

DPRPbD6794

LUDHIANA IMPROVEMENT TRUSTFeroze Gandhi Market Ludhiana ndash 141001

e-mail ldh_It_2009yahoocoin

Ph- 0161-5255405

e-Tender NoticeNIT No 09e-TenderSELG-IT Ludhiana2019-20The Ludhiana Improvement Trust Ludhiana invites online bids for 10 Nos

development works -

Online availability of Tenders for bidding- 04102019 onwards

Closing Date amp Time For Serial No 1 to 7 10102019 up to 0200 pmFor Serial No 8 amp 9 17102019 up to 0200 pmFor Serial No 10 24102019 up to 0200 pm

Opening Date amp Time For Serial No 1 to 7 10102019 at 0300 pmFor Serial No 8 amp 9 17102019 at to 0300 pmFor Serial No 10 24102019 at 0300 pm

For details logon to wwweprocpunjabgovin

Note Any corrigendum(s) to the tender notice shall be published on the aboveWebsite only

Sd- Superintending EngineerImprovement Trust

LUDHIANADPRPbD6804

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

WATER SUPPLY amp SANITATION DEPARTMENT PUNJABNOTICE INVITING E-TENDERS

Bid No 11233 Date 300919

On behalf of the Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer WaterSupply amp Sanitation Division No 1 Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar invitesbids from eligible bidders for the works detail in the following table Thebidders may submit bids for any or all of the following works-

For detailed terms and conditions of the notice inviting Tender referto website httpseprocpunjabgovin wef 04102019

1 The bid documentTerms amp Condtions are available online and bidsare to be submitted online through e-procurement portalhttpeprocpunjabgovin only Bids submitted otherwise will not beaccepted

2 Rectificationextension of timeCorrigendum if any will be uploaded onwebsite wwweprocpunjabgovin amp will not be advertised in newspapers

Sd- Executive EngineerWS amp Sanitation Division No 1 SAS Nagar

SrNo

Name of Works I) Estimated CostII) Earnest MoneyIII) Tender Fee

(in Rs)

Important DatesTime

i) Sale of Tenderdocument

ii) Last Date and Time forSubmission of Bids

iii) Date and Time ofOpening of TechnicalBids

1 PROVIDING ESTATE ampINTERNAL WATERSUPPLY SANITARYINSTALLATION ANDFLOORING amp DADO INIT BLOCK AT GOVTCOLLEGE SECTOR-56 SAS NAGAR

i) Rs 1786904-

ii) Rs 35750-

iii) 1000-

i) 04102019 at 1800 hrs

ii) 14102019 at 1600 hrs

iii) 15102019 at 1100 hrs

DPRPbD6796

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ੀ1I ਯ੨੦ਜਜ਼੨ਸ੪੨DPRPBD6788

OFFICE OF THE CANTONMENT BOARDJALANDHAR CANTT

INVITING TENDER NOTICE

INVITING E-TENDER FOR PROVIDING TEACHING STAFFFOR CANTONMENT BOARD SCHOOLS AND SILVER OAKPUBLIC SCHOOL UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THECANTONMENT BOARD JALANDHAR

Online e-tenders are invited through CPP e-procurement portalhttpeprocuregovin by the Cantonment Board Jalandhar Cantt fromreputed experienced contractorservice provider for providing teaching staff for Cantonment Board Schools and Silver Oak Public SchoolJalandhar Cantt

Starting date for downloading of Tender documents 27092019

Last date for submission of online tender 17102019

Full notice of tender is available on Central Public Procurement Portal websiteie httpeprocuregovin

Chief Executive Officer

Cantonment Board JalandharDI-91800

BSE

198543810687

NSE

459011314

Vijay C RoyTribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3Fearing loss to small andmarginal farmers dairycooperatives in Punjab andHaryana have expressedreservation over the inclu-sion of dairy products in theRegional ComprehensiveEconomic Partnership(RCEP) pact

The cooperatives appre-hend that import of cheapermilk and dairy productswould adversely hit thelivelihood of lakhs of farm-ers in the two states withimporters and traders dom-inating the market

The government is con-templating finalising theRCEP a trade block whichincludes the 10-countryASEAN China IndiaJapan South Korea Aus-tralia and New Zealandby the end of this year

New Zealand and Aus-tralia particularly are nego-tiating very hard withIndia to reduce duty ondairy products so that theycan get an access to Indiawhich is the worlds largestmarket of dairy products

ldquoThe signing of theRCEP will be a big blow tothe dairy farmers as itwould lead to reduction inthe procurement price ofmilk from farmers due tocheap imported milk pow-der from New Zealandsaid Karnail Singh a dairyfarmer from Amritsar

Dairy cooperatives feelthat procurement pricewould come down drastical-ly if imports are allowedthrough the RCEP as therewould be no tariff barrier

ldquoWe fears that cheaperimports will have repercus-sions across the value chainsAs imports will be cheapermany traders will startimporting cheap dairy prod-ucts virtually putting farmersout of the professionrdquo said asenior official from Milkfed

The average daily pro-duction of milk in thesetwo states is around 460lakh litres As far as Punjabis concerned the daily pro-

duction is around 307 lakhlitres Out of the total milkproduced in rural andsemi-urban areas 50 percent is marketable surplusOf this surplus aroundhalf of the milk sold is han-dled by the organised sec-tor comprising dairy coop-eratives such as MilkfedsVerka and private dairycompanies and the rest bythe unorganised sector

Similarly in Haryana thedaily production is 156 lakhlitres Out of the total pro-duction 70 per cent of themilk is self-consumed byfarmers and the remaining30 per cent is marketable

surplus Further around 39lakh litres (25 per cent) arebeing handled by HaryanaDairy Development Cooper-ative Federation Ltd Therest of the quantity is beingprocessed by private dairyprocessors and sweet shops

Dairy cooperatives in theirrepresentation to the min-istry apprehend that cheap-er imports will push India toremain dependant onimports for dairy products

ldquoMilk producers andprocessors have made pres-entation to the Centre pro-jecting repercussions andrequesting it not to includemilk productsrdquo said SSKohli CGM Vita

The farmers apprehendthe step would halvedairy farmersrsquo income asthey will be forced toleave farming

ILLUSTRATION SANDEEP JOSHI

Fiscal tie-up deal has PunjabHaryana dairy firms worriedCooperatives fear import of cheaper milk will affect farmers

MILK PRODUCTION IN TWO STATESState Daily produce Marketable surplusPunjab 307 lakh litres 50Haryana 156 lakh litres 30

Onion prices fall to ~30kg after export banNewDelhi October 3Onion prices have started cool-ing down in both retail andwholesale markets in someparts of the country after thegovernment banned exports ofthe key kitchen staple andimposed stock limits ontraders Union Minister RamVilas Paswan said on Thursday

Retail onion prices whichwere ruling at Rs 60-70 per kg

for the past few weeks in thenational capital and some oth-er parts of the country

declined to below Rs 60 per kgon Thursday as per trade data

Onion prices declined to

below the Rs 30 per kg levelat Lasalgaon in MaharashtraAsiarsquos largest wholesale mar-ket for the bulb crop after thegovernment banned itsexport and imposed stocklimit on traders

ldquoWe have to take care of theinterest of both farmers andconsumers Prices of onionhave started declining after webanned exportrdquo he said mdash TNS

Mumbai October 3The Reserve Bank of India(RBI) is likely to go for yetanother rate cut on Fridaythe fifth in a row as inflationis within the comfort zoneand the need to boost theeconomy is pressing

RBI Governor ShaktikantaDas has already hinted thatbenign inflation providesroom for further monetarypolicy easing while space forfiscal space is limited

The government hasannounced a series of meas-ures including steepest cut incorporate tax rollback ofenhanced surcharge on theForeign Portfolio Investorsamong others to jump-startgrowth which hit a six-year lowof 5 per cent during the firstquarter of the current fiscal

The six-member monetarypolicy committee (MPC) isscheduled to announce thefourth bi-monthly monetarypolicy for 2019-20 on Fridayafter a three-day meeting

There was no meeting ofthe panel on October 2 onaccount of Mahatma GandhiJayanti The bank hasalready slashed repo ratefour times consecutively thisyear amounting to 110 basispoints in aggregate

At its last meeting in Augustthe MPC reduced the bench-mark lending rate by anunusual 35 basis points to 540per cent The upcoming MPCmeeting comes in the backdropof RBIrsquos mandate to banks to

link their loan products to anexternal benchmark like reporate for the faster transmissionof reduction in policy rates toborrowers from October 1

Ahead of the meeting theDas-headed Financial Stabil-ity and Development Council(FSDC) sub-committee tookstock of the prevailing macro-economic situation

Earlier the RBI Governorhad said the government hadlittle fiscal space giving hopethat the bank may providemore monetary stimulus toprop up the economy The gov-ernmentrsquos fiscal space hasbeen squeezed on account ofcut in the rates of corporate taxas well as lowering of the GSTrate on various goods Rev-enue collection too has beenbelow the Budget estimates

Experts are of the opinionthat another rate cut is on thecards as the governmentrsquoshands are tied and the onusof taking initiatives now restswith the central bank mdash PTI

RBI may cut policy rateto give economy a pushTo announce bi-monthly monetary plan today

REPO RATE ALREADYSLASHED FOUR TIMES The RBI has already

slashed repo rate fourtimes consecutively thisyear amounting to 110basis points in aggregate

At its last meeting themonetary policy commit-tee had reduced thebenchmark lending rateby an unusual 35 basispoints to 540 per cent

New Delhi October 3The government will keepthe reform momentum goingwith more such announce-ments in the future to bringback the economy on a high-er growth track thoughissues related with productiv-ity efficiency persist NITIAayog CEO Amitabh Kantsaid on Thursday

Going back to 2005 and tillnow close to about 300 mil-lion people have been pulledout of poverty In the last fiveyears the economy hasgrown at about 75 per cent

Indias growth was about 81per cent in the last quarter of2017-18 and fell to 5 per cent inthe June quarter of 2019-20Kant said at the World Eco-nomic Forums India Econom-ic Summit-CII event here

ldquoAnd since then both theRBI and the governmenthave taken a series of meas-ures to takeIndia backto a highgrowth tra-jectoryrdquo hesaid mdash PTI

Many morereforms inoffing Kant

We still have 25000 tonne of onion in ourstock We are asking state governments totake it and supply at ~2390 per kg in theirstates and ensure prices are stable

Ram Vilas Paswan CONSUMER AFFAIRS MINISTER

STATES ASKED TO COLLECT STOCK

THE TRIBUNECHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 13WORLD

GLOBE TROT

Emirati US Russian astronauts return to EarthALMATY A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three astronautsincluding an Emirati who became the first Arab to reachthe International Space Station returned to Earth Thurs-day Footage broadcast by Russias space agency showedthe Soyuz MS-12 capsule carrying Hazzaa al-Mansoori ofthe United Arab Emirates NASA astronaut Nick Hagueand Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin touch downat 1059 GMT on the steppes of Kazakhstan AFP

Russian man sues Apple for lsquoturning him gayrsquo MOSCOW A Russian man has filed a lawsuit against Apple formoral harm claiming that an iPhone app had turned himgay according to a copy of the complaint The man filed suitin a Moscow court asking for one million rubles ($15000)after an incident this summer in which a cryptocurrencycalled lsquoGayCoinrsquo was delivered via a smartphone apprather than the Bitcoin he had ordered ldquoApple pushed metowards homosexuality through manipulation Thechanges have caused me moral and mental harmrdquo he saidApplersquos representatives in Russia did not immediatelyrespond to AFPrsquos request for comment AFP

NZ mosque attacker drops bid to move trialWELLINGTON Gunman Brenton Tarrant the man accused ofmurdering 51 Muslim worshippers in Marchs NewZealand mosque attack on Thursdaydropped a bid to move his trial from the citywhere the massacre occurred The HighCourt held a pre-trial hearing inChristchurch in which judge CameronMander announced at the beginning ofproceedings that the defence haddecided not to pursue the applica-tion His trial will begin on June2 next year in Christchurch AP

FIRST EMIRATI TO REACH ISS Russian space agencyrescue team members and United Arab Emiratesspecialists carry Emirati astronaut Hazzaa al-Mansoorishortly after the landing of the Russian Soyuz MS-12 spacecapsule about 150 km south-east of the Kazakh town ofDzhezkazgan on Thursday AFP

Pak Taliban urge US to resume Afghan talksIslamabad October 3Pakistan on Thursday askedthe Taliban to grasp theopportunity and resume talkswith the US for an early andpeaceful resolution of the con-flict in Afghanistan sayingwar is not a solution as topleaders of the militant groupmet Foreign Minister ShahMahmood Qureshi here

A high-level Taliban dele-gation met Qureshi as partof a push to revive theAfghan peace processstalled after US PresidentDonald Trump abruptlydeclared the talks with therebel group ldquodeadrdquo

The Foreign Office said in astatement that a delegationof the Taliban Political Com-mission (TPC) called onQureshi The delegation wasled by the head of TPC MullaAbdul Ghani Baradar andincluded senior members ofthe commission

ldquoWhile appreciating Tal-

ibanrsquos serious engagementin the peace process heunderscored the need to takethese efforts to their logicalconclusionrdquo Qureshi said

Trump stunned the worldwhen he suddenly declared

that the Afghan peace talkswith the Taliban wereldquodeadrdquo following killing onan American soldier

Qureshi said ldquoPakistan hasmaintained for several yearsthat there is no military solu-

tion to the complex situationin Afghanistan An inclusivepeace and reconciliationprocess involving all sec-tions of the Afghan societywas the only practical wayforwardrdquo mdash PTI

US ENVOY LIKELY TOMEET DELEGATION

Sources said the talksbetween Foreign MinisterSM Qureshi and theTaliban went on for morethan one and a halfhours ISI chief Lt GenFaiz Hameed was alsopresent in the meeting

US special envoy toAfghanistan ZalmayKhalilzad is also inPakistan to discuss therevival of the peace talksHe may also meet theTaliban delegation

Pakistan has maintained for several years that there is no military solution to the complexsituation in Afghanistan A peace process is the only way forward Mahmood Qureshi PAK FOREIGN MINISTER

Foreign Minister SM Qureshi (C) receives members of the Talibandelegation at the Pakistan Foreign Ministry in Islamabad AFP

Paris October 3 A man wielding a knifestabbed and killed four offi-cers at the police headquar-ters in the heart of centralParis on Thursday beforebeing shot dead

Sources told AFP theattacker was shot dead bypolice in the courtyard ofthe building where he wasemployed The man workedin an administrative capac-ity but it was not immedi-ately clear what his precisework role was

Interior MinisterChristophe Castaner who was

due to visit Turkey later onThursday postponed his tripto visit the scene of the attack

ldquoPeople were runningeverywhere there was cryingeverywhererdquo said Emery Sia-mandi an interpreter whowas in the building when theattack happened

Investigators suspect aworkplace dispute sparkedthe deadliest attack onpolice in France in yearssources said

The Paris prosecutor is atthe scene but anti-terroragencies have not beeninvolved at this stage mdash AFP

Four Paris copsstabbed to death

A police vehicle drives toward Paris police headquartersfollowing alleged stabbing by a co-worker on Thursday AFP

London October 3 UK Prime Minister BorisJohnson on Thursday saidhe has made a ldquogenuineattempt to bridge thechasmrdquo in order to get afresh Brexit deal with theEU as he appealed to MPs inthe House of Commons tosupport his proposals

Johnson told MPs that hisproposals mdash which wouldsee Northern Ireland stay inthe European single marketfor goods but leave the cus-toms union mdash were a ldquocom-promiserdquo He has main-tained that the UK will

leave the EU on October 31with or without a deal

The UK government isnow hoping to begin a peri-od of intense negotiationswith the aim of reaching afinal agreement at an EU

summit on October 17ldquoThis government has

moved our proposals dorepresent a compromiseand I hope that the Housecan now come together inthe national interestbehind this new dealrdquoJohnson told MPs

The backstop is the con-troversial ldquoinsurance poli-cyrdquo that is meant to keep afree-flowing border on theisland of Ireland but whichcritics including Johnsonfear could trap the UK inEU trading rules indefi-nitely mdash IANS

Accept Brexit planBoris tells MPsJerusalem October 3 Israel swore in its newlyelected parliament onThursday for what could bea very short term after thecountrys second inconclu-sive election of the year leftit with no new governmenton the horizon

The typically festive eventwas marked mostly byuncertainty as the two maincandidates for prime minis-ter sniped at each other overwho should lead the country

It also came in parallel toPrime Minister BenjaminNetanyahus high-profile

pre-indictment hearing oncorruption charges whichhave threatened to end hispolitical career and con-tributed to the currentparalysis of the countryspolitical system

Neither Netanyahu norhis chief rival Benny Gantzhas been able to build a par-liamentary majority withtheir natural allies Theynow depend on each otherfor a unity government asthe only likely alternative toan unprecedented thirdelection in less than a year

ldquoThe right thing for the

citizens of Israel especiallyat this time is for the primeminister to be busy workingfor them and not preoccu-pied with indictmentsrdquoGantz said

ldquoI call upon Netanyahu Donot barricade yourself in yourposition We will take thereins from here and lead thecountry for the good of thecitizensrdquo For thesake of unity Gantzrsquos deputyYair Lapid announced hewas forgoing a previousarrangement to share thepremiership should theycome to power mdash AP

No govt yet Israel swears in MPs

PM Boris Johnson in House AFP

PUNJAB WATER SUPPLY amp SEWERAGE BOARDNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No ETENDERPWSSDHOSHIARPUREE201954 of 2019 Date 03102019On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer PWSSB Chandigarh The Executive Engineer Punjab Water Supply amp Sewerage Division Hoshiarpur re-invite bids due to non-submission ofbids from the eligible bidders for the work detailed below-

2 Important dates are as under-i) Period of availability of tender online shall be From 03102019 to 13102019 up to 500 pmii) Pre-bid Meeting 07102019 at 1100 amiii) Last date amp time for online submission of bid shall be 13102019 up to 500 pmiv) Date amp time of opening of Technical Bid 14102019 at 0100 pm

SrNo

Name of the Work EarnestMoney

Cost of Document Tender processing Fee Period ofCompletion

Approx Valueof the work

1 Construction of STP 400 MLD at Balachaur Town Rs 800 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

2 Construction of STP 200 MLD at Hariana Town Rs 500 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

3 Construction of STP 300 MLD at Rahon Town Rs 700 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

4 Construction of STP 300 MLD at Garhshankar Town Rs 700 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

Note (i) The dates given above are for both eligible LampC Societies amp Contractors(ii) For detailed terms and conditions refer to website httpeprocpunjabgovin(iii) If any corrigendum issued will be loaded and seen at website httpeprocpunjabgovin Sd- Executive Engineer PWSSD HSPDPRPbC6790

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PUNJAB WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGEDIVISION GURDASPUR

RE-TENDERING No 10 of 2019-20 (3rd time)httpseprocpunjabgovin

On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer Pb WS amp Sew Board ChandigarhExecutive Engineer Pb WS amp Sew Division Gurdaspur The E-tenderingNotice No 10 issued vide this office endst 4006-78 dt 17092019 are herebyrecalled due to reason that No bidders participate received for each of the belowtender Now these tender will be opened as per detail given below-

Important dates are as under

Period of availability of tender online shall be 04102019 from 200 PM

Last date and time for online submission of bid 10102019 upto 500 PMshall be

Date and time of opening of Technical Bid 11102019 at 200 PM

1 Note- The dates given above for above tenders are for LampC societiesfor detailed terms and conditions refer to websitehttpseprocpunjabgovin

2 Corrigendumaddendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerPunjab WS amp Sew Division Gurdaspur

SrNo

Description of work EarnestMoney(Rs)

Cost ofdocument

TenderFee (Rs)

Periodof

comp-letion

ApproxValue of

thework

1 Providing amp Fixing laying Jointingcutting testing of RCC NP3 300mm idPipe and construction of smallscreening chamber room providingand supply installation of motor pumpset sludge pump set repair of MPSand STP and Complete all otherworks as per site Dera Baba NanakGurdaspur District Gurdaspur

2DNITcost Rs

68580-

Rs 100- 4months

Rs 3429

lac

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PUNJAB WATER SUPPLY amp SEWERAGE BOARDNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No E-TENDERPWSSDHOSHIARPUREE201953 of 2019 Date 3102019

httpeprocpunjabgovin

On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer PWSSB Chandigarh TheExecutive Engineer Punjab Water Supply amp Sewerage Division Hoshiarpurreinvite the bids due to non-submission of bids from the eligible bidders for thework detailed below-

2 Important dates are as under

i) Period of availability of tender from 03102019 to17102019 uponline shall be to 500 pm

ii) Last date amp time for online submission 17102019 up to 500 pmof bid shall be

iii) Date amp time of opening of Technical Bid 18102019 at 100 pm

Note- (i) The dates given above are both for eligible LampC Societies andContractors

(ii) For detailed terms and condtions refer to websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin

(iii) If any corrigendum issued will be loaded amp seen at websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin

Sd- Executive Engineer

Punjab WS amp Sew Division Hoshiarpur

SrNo

Name of the work EarnestMoney

Cost ofDocument

TenderProcessing

Fee

Periodof

Comp-letion

ApproxValueof theWork

3 Amtc Reserve Stock Hoshiarpurfor the year 2019-20 at HSP ldquoSupplyof One No Chowkidar to Watch ampWard Reserve Stock Hoshiarpurrdquowef 15092019 to 31032020

Rs2000-

1002360 6 Months15 Days

Lumpsum

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MUNICIPAL CORPORATION SAS NAGAR (MOHALI) DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT PUNJAB

(MUNICIPAL BHAWAN SECTOR 68 SAS NAGAR)

NOTICE INVITING E-TENDER

No 2148 Dt 031019Commissioner on behalf of MC SAS Nagar invites e-tenders on two bid

system (Technical and Financial bid) for the following works from theregistered LampC Co-op Societies and from the enlisted Govt contractors firms

Date and time schedule

For participating in the above e-tendering process the contractorsshall have to get themselves registered withwwweprocpunjabgovin and get user Id and password class-3digital signature is mandatory to participate in the e-tendering(a) Interested bidders can purchase the tender document online from

website wwweprocpunjabgovin NIT and terms and conditionsare being uploaded at the website (wwweprocpunjabgovin)

(b) Bidders shall attach scanned copies of all the papers ie scannedcopies of certificatedocuments as required in terms and condition

(c) CorrigendumAddendumcorrections if any will be posted in thewebsite

(d) Bidders should note that online tenders will be only submitted atthe aforesaid website wwweprocpunjabgovin as per thedetailsinstructions uploaded therein

(e) If at the time of submission of E-Tenders any error occurs due totechnical reasons of the website Municipal Corporation SASNagar will not be responsible

Sd- Corporation Engineer Municipal Corporation SAS Nagar

SrNo

Last date of online submissionof bidding document

Time and Date of Opening of tender

1 22102019 till 1200 23102019 till 1200

SrNo

Name of the work EstimatedCost

(in Lac)

EMD (in Rs)

Processingfee (in Rs)

Timeperiod

1 Laying 40 mm thick BC roadfrom Sec-48C MC limit toBawa White House lights

236 472000- 5900- 3

2 RC estimate forbeautification andupgradation of road fromChandigarh entry to IISERin MC SAS Nagar

4871 97420- 5748- 3

3 RC estimate PL ofBitummious Concrete ondifferent roads of Inds areaPhase-1 5 amp Inds areaPhase-8 in MC SAS Nagar

3539 70780- 4176- 3

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THE TRIBUNE14 JALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019SPORT

Visakhapatnam October 3Indiarsquos opening batsmanMayank Agarwal convertedhis maiden Test hundred intoa double century as the hometeam declared for 5027before the hostsrsquo spinnersmade early inroads into theSouth African batting orderAfter Rohit Sharmarsquos poten-tially career-defining 176 inhis first innings as a Testopener it was Agarwalrsquos turnto dominate the bowlers asthe 28-year-old made 215before the hosts declared onDay 2 of the first Test

Ravichandran Ashwin andRavindra Jadeja then got inon the act by dismissingSouth Africa opener AidenMarkram No 3 Theunis deBruyn and nightwatchmanDane Piedt to leave the tour-ing side reeling at 393 atstumps In a worrying signfor South Africa who lost 0-3 on their last trip to India in2015 a few deliveries keptlow on a pitch already offer-ing turn for the spinners

Cheap lossesIndia lost Cheteshwar Pujaracaptain Virat Kohli andAjinkya Rahane cheaply inthe second session but stillmanaged to put an imposingfirst-innings total on theboard Playing only his fifthTest Agarwal who had a pre-vious highest score of 77drove South African spinspearhead Keshav Maharajfor two runs to long off andthrew his hands in the airafter bringing up his double

hundred Starting the day on202 without loss Indiarsquosopeners treated SouthAfricarsquos bowlers with thesame disdain they showed onthe rain-interrupted openingday Visiting captain Faf duPlessis packed his fielders onone side of the wicket butboth Rohit and Agarwalscored almost at will tamingthe spinners by employingboth conventional andreverse sweep shots

South Africa looked des-perately short of ideas inthe face of the battingonslaught Rohit and Agar-wal stitched together astand of 317 Rohit was outstumped to KeshavMaharaj Dropped on 126 byQuinton de Kock off seamerVernon Philander Rohit hitMaharaj for his sixth sixand followed it up with afour but the left-arm bowlerspun the next one past hisforward defence and thewicketkeeper whipped thebails off Philanderremoved Pujara for six withthe first delivery of the sec-ond session while Kohliwho made 20 offered atame return catch to debu-tant all-rounder SenuranMuthusamy Karnatakabatsman Agarwal who hit23 fours and six sixes in hisknock added 53 for thethird wicket with Kohli anda further 54 for the fourthwith Rahane (15) before heholed out off a tame full tossfrom part-time spinnerDean Elgar mdash Reuters

Visakhapatnam October 3 Featuring in only his fifth Testmatch Mayank Agarwalbecame the fourth Indian bats-man to convert his maidencentury into a double hundredand the Karnataka opener iselated over his performanceSpeaking after the match adelighted Agarwal said ldquoI amextremely happy It is a feelingI canrsquot describe Glad that Icould make my maiden hun-dred into a doublerdquo

ldquoI am happy with the wayI played I am batting welland if we can keep battingtogether like this upfront itwill be great for the teamrdquohe added ldquoIf Rohit and Ican keep contributing tomake 450-500 every time itwill be very tough for theopposition I would be lyingif I say that you only have tothink about your own gameAt times you feel that youare playing well and cantake a chance but thatrsquosnot how it works You haveto be patient We had a greatpartnership to lay the foun-dation and get to 300 runsrdquo

Agarwal also praisedRohitrsquos 176-run knock as theMumbai right-handersilenced all his critics whohad questioned his role as aTest opener ldquoThe way he(Rohit) dominated the spin-ners was great to seerdquo Agar-wal said ldquoInitially the pitchdid do a bit with the new ballbut when the sun came outit got better and better As weapproached lunch on Day 2the ball started keeping lowIt started spinning by teaand it is great signs for usrdquo

Didnrsquot bow badly Rohit andAgarwal were good MaharajSouth African spinners didnot bowl badly and it was thesheer brilliance of RohitSharma and Mayank Agarw-al that has taken the gameaway from the visitors leadProteas spinner KeshavMaharaj said ldquoI wouldnrsquotsay they bowled poorly I per-sonally judge if someonecomes down the wicket andhits you itrsquos not a bad ball Ifyou are getting hit from thecrease if you are getting cutthen itrsquos a different storyrdquosaid Maharaj ldquoPiedt wasunlucky Mayank playedsuperbly well and so didRohit Literally everythingthey wanted to do paid off itwas their dayrdquo he saidIndiawon the toss and had no hes-itation in batting first ldquoI sup-pose the toss does play a partbecause you want the bestpossible conditions to bowlfor the spinners but havingsaid that we could have beena little bit better at timeswhen we did bowl But I sup-pose the toss does play alarge factor in terms of theoutcome of the gamerdquo saidMaharaj mdash Agencies

SURATIndian women seal serieswith 5-wkt win over SAThe Indian womenrsquos cricketteam produced anotherauthoritative performance tocomfortably defeat SouthAfrica by five wickets in thefifth T20I taking an unassail-able 3-0 lead in the six-matchseries With two games beingcompletely washed out theseries was extended from fiveto six matches and India need-ed to win on the day to sealthe series Off-spinner DeeptiSharma (219) and left-armspinnner Radha Yadav (323)restricted the Proteas womento 988 Brief Scores SA 988(Wolvaardt 17 Radha 323Deepti 219) India 995 (Har-manpreet 34 Ismail 219)

BENGALURURoger Binny electedpresident of KSCAFormer India cricketer RogerBinny and his team sweptthe Karnataka State CricketKarnataka State CricketAssociation elections Mean-while the Odisha CricketAssociation nominated taint-ed and jailed former supre-mo Asirbad Beherarsquos sonSanjay Behera as its repre-sentative at the BCCI AGM onOctober 23 Sanjay hasrecently been elected secre-tary of the association as hisfather who has been arrest-ed by CBI for his active con-nection with a chit-fundscam voted from jail

LONDONStokes wins playersrsquo awardafter World Cup heroicsBen Stokes has been votedthe Professional CricketersrsquoAssociation playersrsquo Player ofthe Year after starring in Eng-landrsquos maiden World Cup winand repeating his heroics dur-ing the Ashes series Stokeswill play for Northern Super-chargers in the new Hundredformat tournament with theLeeds-based franchise snap-ping up all-rounder ahead ofJoe Root and Jonny Bairstow

JAIPURJampK beat Railways by fourwkts in Hazare TrophyParvez Rasool hammered anunbeaten 118 to power Jamp Kto a four-wicket win over Rail-ways in their Vijay HazareGroup C matchBrief scores Railways 2856in 50 overs (D Mor 70 A Ghosh64 K Sharma 40 U Nazir353) JampK 2876 in 491 overs(P Rasool 118 SS Pundir 38 HSangwan 366) mdash AGENCIES

BRIEFLY lsquoHope I Rohitcontributebig for teamin future toorsquo

Deepankar ShardaTribune News Service

mumbai october 3In a first India will host pre-season National BasketballAssociation (NBA) matchesbetween Sacramento Kingsand Indiana Pacers here onOctober 4 and 5 The two-daycontest is a bid to populariseNBA and basketball in India

Sacramento Kingsrsquo own-er Vivek Ranadive is thedriving force behind NBAmaking its debut in hishometown Mumbai ldquoThegame here in Mumbai willallow NBA to open theirinterest for the next 10years India would be hav-ing more arenas moreplayers and more coachesto promote the sport NBAhas a long association withIndia but this is the righttime to push it ahead in abig wayrdquo said Ranadive aMumbai-born Americanbusinessman ldquoNBA com-missioner Adam Silver wasof the view that these games

are must to attract the Indi-an youth towards the sportI think in coming years bas-ketball would be the second-most popular sport in IndiaIt will be difficult to replacecricket but basketball andIndia are meant to betogether I just hope NBAturns the fortune of Indianyoungsters in a big wayrdquo

added Ranadive Sacramen-to Kings coach Luke Waltonsaid the players are excitedto play in Mumbai ldquoIt was akind of rest day today andthe players were asked justto sweat a bit The pre-sea-son games are equallyimportant as the major tour-namentsrdquo said Walton

NBA makes India debut asKings take on Pacers in Mumbai

Kultar Malikelected HCApresidentNew Delhi October 3Kultar Malik was namedpresident of the HaryanaCricket Association (HCA)after the results of the elec-tions for the officebearerswere declared here today

Mrinal Ojha was appoint-ed secretary and MahenderSingh was named the treas-urer All the three office-bearers are outgoing BCCItreasurer AnirudhChaudhryrsquos loyalists

While four members ofthe Apex Council wereappointed two memberswill be player representa-tives and another one willbe from the CAG It is learntthat the association hascommunicated the result ofthe election to the BCCI aswell as the Amicus CuriaeThe HCA has also writtenback to the CoA after thecommittee sent in a com-munication at 1am on Octo-ber 2 that an officebearer ofthe HCA should meet theCoA on October 3 mdash IANS

India beat Belgium end tour on highAntwerp October 3The Indian menrsquos hockeyteam outclassed reigningworld and European Cham-pions Belgium 5-1 in thefifth and final match tomaintain a hundred percent record in their tour ofBelgium

World No 5 India won alltheir five matches duringthe tour beating Belgium 2-0 in the opening match andregistering 6-1 and 5-1 winsover Spain in the next twogames before finishing offtheir tour with two morewins (2-1 and 5-1)

In the fifth match Sim-ranjeet Singh (7th) LalitKumar Upadhyay (35th)Vivek Sagar Prasad (36th)Harmanpreet Singh (42nd)and Ramandeep Singh(43rd) scored one goal eachto earn a scintillating victo-ry for the Indian team

India produced a stun-ning move in the 7thminute to take the leadthrough forward Simran-jeet Belgium forced acomeback but their penaltycorner was saved by Kris-

han Pathak in the 9thminute helping India tomaintain their one-goaladvantage at the first break

The second quarter sawworld No 2 Belgium winback-to-back penalty cor-ners in the 16th minute butPathak made sure thatthere was no damage Bel-gium tried hard to score anequaliser but some resolutedefending saw India taketheir lead into the half-timebreak

Attack modeThe visitors started thethird quarter with anattacking intent and wererewarded immediatelywith Lalit Kumar Upad-hyay bagging his first goalof the match in the 35thminute to extend Indiarsquoslead to 2-0 YoungsterVivek Sagar Prasad (36th)also registered his nameon the scoresheet as heproduced a crafty finish tobeat the Belgian goalkeep-

er The 38th minute sawBelgium win a penalty cor-ner but PR Sreejeshrsquos div-ing save kept the score 3-0in Indiarsquos favour Howevera brilliant strike fromAlexander Hendrickxmade it 3-1 in the 39thminute

Double blowIndia scored twice in twominutes just before the endof the third quarter to extendtheir lead to 5-1 Indiarsquosfourth goal was scored bydragflicker HarmanpreetSingh who converted apenalty corner in the 42ndminute while the fifth goalcame through RamandeepSingh who scored in the43rd minute mdash PTI

FIRST TESTINDIA VS SOUTH AFRICA

STAR SPORTS 930AMGOLF WOMENrsquoS INDIAN OPEN

DSPORT 1230PM

ATHLETICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPSSTAR SPORTS 1030PM

PRO KABADDI LEAGUESTAR SPORTS 730PM

TODAY ON TV

INDIA (Overnight 2020)

M Agarwal c Piedt b Elgar 215R Sharma st de Kock b Maharaj 176C Pujara b Philander 6V Kohli campb Muthusamy 20A Rahane c Bavuma b Maharaj 15R Jadeja not out 30H Vihari c Elgar b Maharaj 10W Saha c Muthusamy b Piedt 21R Ashwin not out 1Extras (B-4 LB-1 NB-2 W-1) 8Total (7 wickets decl 136 overs) 502Fall of wickets 1-317 2-324 3-377 4-431 5-436 6-457 7-494BowlingVernon Philander 22-4-68-1Kagiso Rabada 24-7-66-0

Keshav Maharaj 55-6-189-3Dane Piedt 19-1-107-1Senuran Muthusamy 15-1-63-1Dean Elgar 1-0-4-1

SOUTH AFRICAD Elgar not out 27A Markram b Ashwin 5T de Bruyn c Saha b Ashwin 4D Piedt b Jadeja 0T Bavuma not out 2Extras (LB-1) 1Total (3 wickets 20 overs) 39BowlingIshant Sharma 2-0-8-0Mohammed Shami 2-2-0-0Ravichandran Ashwin 8-4-9-2Ravindra Jadeja 8-1-21-1

Harmanpreet Singh and Ramandeep Singh both scored forIndia against Belgium HOCKEY INDIA

Double the troubleSouth Africa 393 at stumps onDay 2 after Agarwalrsquos double tonprops India to 5027 declared

SCOREBOARD

391Runs accumulated byIndia openers mdash215 by

Agarwal and 176 by Rohit mdash is thethird highest in a Test innings Thehighest is 404 by Vinoo Mankad(231) and Pankaj Roy (173)against New Zealand in 1956

0Bigger partnerships for any wick-et for India vs SA than the open-

ing stand between Rohit and Agarw-al The previous best was 268between Sehwag and Dravid for thesecond wicket in Chennai in 2008

4Indians who con-verted their maid-

en Test century into a200-plus scoreincluding MayankAgarwal Dilip Sarde-sai (200) VinodKambli (224) andKarun Nair (303)are the other three tohave done so

86TH Indian bats-man mdash Mayank

Agarwal mdash to score ahundred in Tests The28-year-old whomade his debut vsAustralia in Mel-bourne in December2018 took eightinnings to register hismaiden Test century

9TH First-Classcentury and

third double-tonfor Agarwalincluding atriple-ton Hehas convertedsix of his nineFirst-Class hun-dreds into 150-plus scores

12Sixes hit by Indiaopeners mdash six each

for Rohit and Agarwal mdashis the most by openersfor any team in a Testinnings There has beenonly one Test inningswhen India batsmenhave hit more sixes mdash 15vs SL at Brabourne Stadi-um in Mumbai in 2009

3RD Indian opening pair mdash Rohitand Agarwal mdash to share a 300-

run partnership in Test cricketRohit and Agarwal achieved thefeat with a stand of 317 runs OtherIndian opening pairs to share a300-plus partnership in Test cricketare Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy(413 runs vs NZ in 1956) andSehwag and Dravid (410 runs vsPak in 2006)

Vinayak PadmadeoTribune News Service

New Delhi October 3The Professional WrestlingLeague owners Pro Sporti-fy have sent a notice to theWrestling Federation ofIndia (WFI) for ldquobreach ofagreementrdquo

In a letter addressed toWFI president Brij BhushanSharan Singh the rightsholders have raised theirobjection to what they see asa gross oversight by thesports body to sanction thelaunch of a rival league Zee

Kushti Dangal whichaccording to Pro Sportifywas malicious ldquohellipThelaunch of the said ZeeKushti Dangal was held on23rd September 2019 at NewDelhi What is even moresurprising is that the launchevent was not only attendedby you but you also partici-pated in the press confer-ence with Mr Mukund Cairethe COO of ZEEL Further-more in the press confer-ence you made a statementthat both Pro WrestlingLeague and Zee Kushti Dan-

gal can coexist You also stat-ed that Zee Kushti Dangaland Pro Wrestling Leaguehave different formats andscoperdquo the notice sent bythe legal head of Pro Sporti-fy Dinesh Bant said

ldquoWe have analysed the for-mat of Zee Kushti Dangaland compared it to the ProWrestling League there is nodifference between the for-mats of the two tournamentsAs such it appears that beingconscious of the fact that itsactions clearly tantamount tobreach of the agreement theWFI has attempted to camou-flage this blatant breach bychanging the nomenclatureof the league being launchedby ZEEL That the ZeeKushti Dangal is the same asthe Pro Wrestling League is

evident from the fact that MrCaire of ZEEL referred to ZeeKushti Dangal as thelsquo Leaguersquo several times dur-ing the press conferenceThis makes it evidently clearthat while the proposed tour-nament is in the league for-mat it has only been namedlsquoDangalrsquo to circumvent theexclusivity rights retained byPro Sportifyrdquo it added

Pro Sportify Private Limit-ed had signed a 15-year con-tract with the WFI and it cit-ed clause 94 of thecommercial rights agree-

ment to cite the violationsWFI president Singh wasunavailable for commentsHowever it is understoodthat the body was unper-turbed with the developmentas it feels it was in a strongbargaining position shouldthe matter go to the courts

Interestingly the WFI hadserved the rights holder a ter-mination notice in 2016 forseveral violations includingnon-payment of rights feeand delayed payments madeto both wrestlers and techni-cal staff

Dangal over league rights PWL organisers send notice to WFIThe WFI has attemptedto camouflage this

blatant breach by changingthe nomenclature of theleague being launched byZEEL mdash Dinesh Bant PRO SPORTIFY LEGAL HEAD

Marvin Bagley of the Sacramento Kings shoots during Apractice session in Mumbai NBA

RESULTIndia 5 Simranjeet Singh(7th) Lalit Kumar Upad-hyay (35th) Vivek SagarPrasad (36th) Harman-preet Singh (42nd) andRamandeep Singh (43rd)

Belgium 1 AlexanderHendrickx (39th)

Mayank Agarwal celebratesafter scoring his maiden doublecentury on Day 2 PTI

Doha October 3

Grant Holloway of the UnitedStates blazed to his firstWorld Championships 110-mhurdles title last night in adramatic race in whichdefending champion OmarMcLeod fell

The 21-year-old Hollowaywho came into the champi-onships with the seasonrsquosfastest run of 1298 secondssmoothly glided through 10hurdles to cross the line in1310 five-hundredths of asecond ahead of SergeyShubenkov

Favourite to defend his titleJamaican McLeod came outof the starting blocks fast buthis race quickly turned souras he knocked down hurdlesand tumbled to the trackbefore reaching the finishline McLeod said he had felta hamstring strain in thewarm-up and thought itwould go away ldquoI was readyto go I showed up readyrdquoMcLeod said ldquoI put myself inthe very best situation todefend my titlerdquo Capitalisingon McLeodrsquos fallShubenkov the 2015 worldchampion took his secondconsecutive world silver witha technically sound run of1315 seconds

Holloway and Shubenkovsaid they had no idea thatchaos was unfolding inneighbouring lanes

ldquoIn the replay I saw that onefell down Another was cele-bratingrdquo said Shubenkov ldquoIthought to myself lsquoI missed

everythingrsquordquo

Asher-Smith grabs goldDina Asher-Smith seized hergolden opportunity to win the200 metres becoming thefirst British woman to claim aglobal sprint title With manyof the top medal contenderspulling out or skipping theevent Asher-Smith provedthe class act in the field pow-ering home in a nationalrecord 2188 seconds to addgold to the silver she won in

the 100m ldquoYoursquore only thefavourite if you go out andperform how people expectyou to and I was reallyfocused on putting together agood racerdquo said Asher-Smith

The once mighty UnitedStates who had been a non-factor in the womenrsquos sprintsin Doha also benefited fromthe scratches as BrittanyBrown grabbed the silver in2222 Switzerlandrsquos MujingaKambundji grabbed bronze

The fight for medals was

blown wide open when someof sprintingrsquos biggest nameswithdrew during the earlierrounds The race was missingthe reigning world andOlympics champions inDutchwoman Dafne Schip-pers and Jamaicarsquos ElaineThompson who withdrewdue to injuries ShaunaeMiller-Uibo of Bahamasowner of the fastest time thisseason elected to race the400m only due to schedulingissues

The world 100m championShelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce andbronze medallist Marie-JoseeTa Lou scratched because ofsoreness from earlier raceswhile Nigeriarsquos BlessingOkagbare who had run thethird fastest time this seasonwas disqualified in her heat

None of that mattered toAsher-Smith blasted out ofthe blocks and was in com-mand coming off the bendbefore cruising to victory

ldquoI made sure that Iremained focusrdquo said Asher-Smith

Shot putter Toor fails toqualify for final round Asian champion TejinderPal Singh Toor failed toqualify for the final roundof the shot put eventdespite producing his sea-sons best effort The 24-year-old Toor finishedeighth in the qualificationround and 18th overall outof the 34 competitors with abest throw of 2043m fromhis three attempts Thosewho touched 2090m or atleast 12 best performerswere to make it to the final

Toor opened with a 2043mthrow bettering his earlierseasons best of 2036m butfouled in his next attemptIn the third attempt Toorcould only come up with a1955m effort to crash out ofthe championship TomasWalsh of New Zealand ledthe finalists with a throw of2192 m mdash Agencies

Great Grant HeistHolloway gets 100m hurdles gold as McLeod falls

THE TRIBUNEJALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 15SPORT

A lone spectator in a stand at the China Open on Thursday AFP

ANNEXURE-A

PRESS NOPRESS NOTICETICEThe Executive Engineer IPH Division Thunag invites tender on behalf ofGovernor of Himachal Pradesh from approved eligible contractor for thefollowing work(s) through e-tendering process-

Name of Work Augmentation of various water supply scheme of GPTandi Saroa Tharjoon Mushrani Bassi Devdhar Kharsi and KotlaKhanula in Gohar Block Tehsil Chachyot District Mandi (HP) (SH-Construction of Jack well type river intake 240 MLD Water TreatmentPlants (16 hours capacity) Providing Laying Jointing and Testing ofGravity Mains Rising mains and distribution system Pump houses StageI II amp III at various locations SE of pumping machinery MBRs and SRsat various locations including trail run period for three months (90 days)on full designed discharge and defect liability period for six months)

Estimated Cost - Rs 222662321-Earnest Money - Rs 2227000-Cost of Tender document - Rs 2500-Time Limit - 24 Months

Schedule of tendering-

The tender document can be downloaded from departmental websiteie wwwhpiphorg wef 4-10-2019 at 1000 AM upto 24-10-2019at 500 PM

Executive EngineerIampPH Division ThunagDistt Mandi

HIM SUCHANA AVAM JAN SAMPARK

1 Site Visit From 7-10-2019 to 15-10-2019 between10 AM to 5 PM except on holidays

2 Pre Bid Meeting date 16-10-2019 at 300 PM in the office ofEngineer-in-Chief IampPH Department JalShakti Bhawan Tutti Kandi Shimla (HP)

3 Bid Submission start date 4-10-2019 at 1000 AM

4 Bid Submission end date 24-10-2019 at 500 PM

5 Earnest Money DepositCost of Tender form if notsubmitted online

25-10-2019 upto 1100 AM

6 Opening of Eligibilitycriteria (Cover-I)

25-10-2019 at 1230 PM

7 Opening of Technical Bid(Cover-II)

Date and place to be notifiedseparately

8 Opening of Financial bid(Cover-III)

Date and place to be notifiedseparately

DPRHP2327

OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL

ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE GOVT INSTITUTE OFENGINEERING amp TECHNOLOGY

PRAGATI NAGAR DISTT SHIMLA (HP) ndash 171202NOTICE INVITING TENDER

(Tender No ABVGIETSTRTender2019-20- 01)Sealed tenders are invited from the eligible manufacturers

Firmsauthorized dealers for the procurement of Machinery ampequipmentsTools etc for the polytechnic labs such as ECElabs CSE labs Mechanical Labs etc as per specifications andterms amp conditions given in the tender document The tenderform can be downloaded from our websitehttpwwwabvgietorg or can be collected from this instituteon any working day from 1000 AM to 0500 PM at a cost ofRs 500- at the counter and Rs 600- if desired by Regd Postper set and Vendor using downloaded Tender Documents shallrequire to submit DD for Rs 500- which is non-refundable infavour of the Principal ABVGIET Pragatinagar Distt Shimla(HP) which shall be submitted alongwith the tender Completetender document along with earnest money and tender cost (asshown in the document) will be received up to 200 PM on30102019 and tender will be opened same day at 0300 PMin the presence of biddersrepresentative who wish to bepresent The tender submitted after the date amp time mentionedabove will not be considered

The Principal reserves the right to cancel the tender withoutassigning any reason thereof

Sd- PrincipalAtal Bihari Vajpayee

Govt Institute of Engg amp TechnologyPragatinagar Distt Shimla (HP)-171202

DPRHP2332

NOTICE INVITING TENDERS

Bid Ref No TBS(DMP)ESSTTIRL2019 (etenders)

TB Sanatorium Dharampur Distt Solan (HP) hereby invites bidsfrom eligible and qualified bidders for

Construction Testing Commissioning and Validation ofTB Containment Laboratory and Associated Works onlsquoTurnkey Basisrsquo under RNTCP with Supply and Installationof Two Class-II A2 BSC with Thimble Canopy and with TwoOnline UPS

Bidders can download the bid documents with all details fromthe website httpwwwhptendersgovin

For any queries bidders may contact the office of the Senior MedicalSuperintendent TB Sanatorium Dharampur Distt Solan HimachalPradesh from 1100 am to 0400 pm on all working days

Senior Medical SuperintendentHP Govt TB Sanatorium DharampurEmail stdchprntcporgPhone No 01792-264022DPRHP400

Beijing Andy Murrayexpressed disappointmentabout crowds at the ChinaOpen tennis where some ofthe best players in the worldhave competed in front ofswathes of empty seats

ldquoI think as the tournamentgoes on you tend to get bet-ter crowds towards the endof the weekrdquo said MurrayldquoLast couple of days in

terms of atmosphere itrsquosbeen not as good as youwould likerdquo

The three-time GrandSlam champion praised thetournament as a whole butsaid ldquoI donrsquot know if Irsquomcomplaining about it but Irsquodlike it to be bigger crowdsand nicer atmospheres Thatnormally comes as the weekgoes onrdquo mdash AFP

Murray disappointed by lack of China fans

Osaka October 3Fiji finally found their feet atthe Rugby World Cup with adominant 45-10 victory overGeorgia on Thursday as theirjet-heeled backs tore theirPool D rivals apart in a seven-try rout at a rain-drenchedHanazono Rugby Stadium

Winger Semi Radradrascored twice and made threeothers as the Pacific islandersrebounded from defeats toAustralia and Uruguay to gettheir first win in Japan

While their upset loss toUruguay has all but put paidto their hopes of reaching thequarter-finals Fiji are now inpole position to finish thirdand qualify for the 2023 WorldCup

Ireland edge RussiaKobe Ireland began to puttheir World Cup back on trackafter the shock loss to Japanbut it took them over an hourto secure a bonus point andstrengthen their quarterfinalchances in an unconvincing35-0 win over a stubborn Rus-sia Ireland just need to beatSamoa to reach the last-eightbut the fact Joe Schmidtrsquosside struggled to put awaysuch a limited team will do lit-tle for fansrsquo waning hopes ofreaching a first semifinal

Only a commanding win

would have sufficed with theshock in Shizuoka still rever-berating around the tourna-ment and it looked on thecards when Rob Kearneywho scored in the 62-12thrashing of Russia in the2011 World Cup toucheddown after 90 seconds

Sexton who was not riskedagainst Japan due to a thighinjury appeared to have Ire-land rushing towards thebonus point when his text-book 13th-minute dinkthrough was carried over byflanker Peter OrsquoMahony forjust his second try in 62 tests

Yet Russia who belied theirlowly standing by givingJapan a fright remained com-petitive with Ramil Gaisinrsquossmart kicking helping to keepIreland at bay for another 20minutes mdash Agencies

Fiji crush GeorgiaRussia fight Ireland

Los Angeles October 3Alberto Salazar pushed him-self to the brink and beyondas an athlete and preachedthe same philosophy as acoach to distance runningstars But the 61-year-oldCuban-born Americanrsquos willto win finally went too faraccording to the US Anti-Dop-ing Agency (USADA) whichhas banned him for four yearsfor multiple doping viola-tions Salazar has been amajor figure in American ath-letics for four decades Hewon the 1980 1981 and 1982New York Marathons and the1982 Boston Marathon andlater coached such stars asBritainrsquos Mo Farah the 2012and 2016 Olympics championat 5000 and 10000 metres

Salazar arrived in the Unit-ed States as a toddler Hisfather was a friend of FidelCastro who fought alongside

him in the revolution but lat-er opposed the Communistgovernment The familymoved to suburban Bostonwhere Salazar won a statecross country crown in 1975He helped the University ofOregon capture the US colle-giate cross country title in1977 taking national collegeindividual honours the fol-lowing year

Olympics dreamsIn 1980 Salazar qualified forthe US Olympics team at10000m but the Americansboycotted the Moscow Gamesand Salazar tackled a newchallenge the marathon Hequickly conquered the 262-mile (42195km) event At 22Salazar won his marathondebut in New York then set acareer-best of 2hrs 8mins13secs to defend his title

In 1982 he took New York

and claimed his only BostonMarathon title in what wasdubbed the ldquoDuel in the Sunrdquowith Dick Beardsley Afterbesting Beardsley in a sprintfinish a dehydrated Salazarcollapsed Salazar finished15th in the marathon at the1984 Los Angeles Olympicsthen trained and competeduntil retiring in the mid-1990s when he began mov-ing into coaching joiningwith Nike to form the Oregon

Project in 2001 to train dis-tance runners

Big namesThe program includes Dono-van Brazier mdash who won the800m world title Monday asnews of Salazarrsquos ban explod-ed into the athletics scene mdashand Sifan Hassan who wonthe womenrsquos 10000m worldcrown two days earlier

Stripped of his credentialsat the World Championships

in Doha Salazar has vowed tofight the ban which washanded down for violationsincluding trafficking testos-terone tampering with theathlete doping controlprocess and using bannedinfusion techniques

A four-year ban was alsoissued to Dr Jeffrey Brownwho was a physician fornumerous Nike Oregon ath-letes and a paid consultanton performance enhance-

ment for the Project part ofa scheme to manipulatetestosterone levels withouttesting positive

ldquoWhile acting in connec-tion with the Nike OregonProject Mr Salazar and DrBrown demonstrated thatwinning was more importantthan the health and wellbe-ing of the athletes they weresworn to protectrdquo USADAchief executive Travis TTygart said mdash Agencies

Morsquos super-coach Salazarrsquos road to disgrace

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Grant Holloway of the US wins the 100m hurldles gold even as defending champion OmarMcleod of Jamaica falls APPTI

Alberto Salazar hugs Galen Rupp of USA and Mo Farah after the5000m final at the 2011 World Championships FILEAFP

Two of his trainees won goldmedals at Doha World Crsquoships Steve Magness who spent 18 months as Salazarrsquos assis-

tant coach in the project before leaving shortly before theLondon Olympics spoke out as a whistleblower whenBBCrsquos Panorama and ProPublica investigated doping alle-gations around Salazar in 2015 Testimonies from variousfigures alleged micro-dosing of testosterone among othersuspicious actions Salazar denied wrongdoing Mo Farahstuck with him and won another golden double at the Riode Janeiro Olympics in 2016 But doping allegationsnagged Farah left Salazar in October 2017 The USADAcase against Salazar and Brown went to the American Arbi-tration Association with hearings conducted in May andJune 2018 setting the stage for the arbitration rulingshanded down Monday

How the star coach was caught in the net

Beijing October 3Fourth seed Naomi Osaka beatAmerican Alison Riske 6-4 6-0in the China Open here todayto set up a quarterfinal clashwith US Open champion Bian-ca Andreescu (in picture)

Osaka who won the PanPacific Open in Japan lastmonth converted five of eightbreak points and won the final10 games in a row to wrap upthe contest in 73 minutes mdash herseventh consecutive win in the

Asian swingCanadarsquos fifth-seeded

Andreescu cruisedpast American

qualifierJennifer

Brady with a 6-1 6-3 win Bradyfaced 11 break points of whichfour were converted by theCanadian who advanced in 67minutes Defending championCaroline Wozniacki also wentthrough to the quarter-finals instraight sets with a 7-5 6-4 winover Czech Republicrsquos Kateri-na Siniakova

Goffin in Japan quarterfinalsTokyo David Goffin of Bel-gium advanced to the JapanOpen quarterfinals aftersqueezing by Canadarsquos DenisShapovalov 7-6(75) 7-6(72)today Goffin will now faceChung Hyeon of South Koreawho pulled an upset victoryagainst sixth-seed Marin Cilic6-4 3-6 6-1

World No 1 Novak Djokovicreturning from a shoulderinjury is scheduled to playFrench fifth-seed Lucas Pouilleon Friday mdash Agencies

Osaka vs BiancaOsaka vs Bianca

Russiarsquos Viktor Gresev IrelandrsquosDave Kilcoyne fight it out AFP

RUGBY WORLD CUP

LONDONEngland call Abraham andTomori drop Alli and LingardEngland dropped Dele Alli andJesse Lingard but called upChelsea youngsters TammyAbraham and Fikayo Tomori in a25-man squad on Thursday foraway Euro 2020 qualifiersagainst the Czech Republic andBulgaria Striker Abrahamturned 22 on Wednesday cele-brating in style with the openerin his clubrsquos 2-1 ChampionsLeague victory at Lille and isthe leading English goalscorerin the Premier League

MADRIDReal host Granada inunlikely top of table clashReal Madrid host Granada in anunlikely first versus secondclash in La Liga on Saturday asthey look to ease the pressureon coach Zinedine Zidane In atopsy-turvy start to the seasonReal who sit one point ahead ofthe Andalusians at the top of LaLiga on 15 points tried thepatience of the demandingBernabeu crowd in midweekneeding two second half goalsto secure a Champions Leaguedraw against Club Brugges Theresult leaves the 13-times Euro-pean champions bottom of theirgroup after two games Thedraw came on the back of lastSaturdayrsquos drab stalemate withneighbours Atletico and coachZidane says his side need to bemore focused on the task athand mdash AGENCIES

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THE TRIBUNE16 GURUGRAM | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019BACK PAGE

Printed and published by Rajesh Ramachandran for The Tribune Trust Printed at The Tribune Press Plot No 123 Sector 37 Pace City-1 GurugramPublished at The Tribune Sector 29-C ChandigarhRNI No CHAENG201772605 Copyright copy The Tribune Trust All rights reservedTelephones 0124-22100332210044Circulation 0172-2670419 Advertisement 0172-2670256 257Editor Rajesh RamachandranEditor for purpose of PRB Act 1867

SanjayKhuranaTribune News Service

Katra October 3Union Home Minister AmitShah today flagged off theDelhi-Katra Vande BharatExpress from the New Delhirailway station calling it a ldquobiggiftrdquo for Jammu and Kash-mirrsquos development He saidwith Article 370 the ldquobiggestroadblockrdquo in growth gonethe state would be one of themost developed regions of thecountry within a decade

ldquoDelhi-Katra Vande BharatExpress is a gift for Jammuand Kashmirrsquos developmentand for promoting religioustourismrdquo the Union HomeMinister who was accompa-nied by Union Railway Minis-ter Piyush Goyal and UnionMinisters Jitendra Singh andDr Harsh Vardhan said

The Railways has alreadyopened bookings for the trainthat will start commercialoperations from October 5The minimum fare for NewDelhi to Katra travel in chaircar is Rs 1630 while itrsquos Rs3015 for executive chair car

The train will run on allweek days except Tuesdayand will cut the travel timebetween Delhi and Katra to

eight hours from 12-14 hoursearlier to traverse a distanceof 655 km It will depart fromthe New Delhi at 6 am andreach Katra at 2 pm It willreturn the same day fromKatra at 3 pm and reach NewDelhi at 11 pm

Railway officials said the

train would run at a maxi-mum speed of 130 kmph withthree stops at Ambala CanttLudhiana and Jammu Tawi

The decision to run thetrain was taken following thesuccess of the Vande BharatExpress plying between NewDelhi and Varanasi which

was flagged by Prime Minis-ter Narendra Modi on Febru-ary 15 this year

The Integral Coach Factory(ICF) has made changes tothe existing design of thetrain ldquoTo avoid damage dueto stray cattle the train hasbeen equipped with a sturdy

aluminium nose cover Andto guard the window shieldsagainst stone-pelting a spe-cial film has been providedrdquoa Railway official said

More space has been pro-vided to store meals for pas-sengers Besides changes inthe exterior and interior the

ICF has added a slew of mod-ern features like adjustableseats improved wash basinsautomatic doors wi-fi andinfotainment system

ldquoThe Railways will connectthe country from Kashmir toKanyakumari before August15 2022rdquo said Goyal

Shah flags off Delhi-Katra train calls it gift to JampK

The Vande Bharat Express train at New Delhi station prior to its flag-off ceremony on Thursday TRIBUNE PHOTO

CHAIR CAR

~1630 6 times a week 4 hrs travel time cut 6 am departure time from Delhi 2 pm arrival time at Katra 3 pm departure from Katra 11 pm arrival at New Delhi 130 kmph speed halts at Ambala

Cantt Ludhiana amp Jammu Tawi Will run on all weekdays

except Tuesday

Manufactured in a record time of15 years at a cost of

~97 CROREPlastic bottle crushers | Huge pantry |Revolving seats | Automatic doors |

WiFi | Sliding foot-steps

EXECUTIVECHAIR CAR

~3015

TICKET FARE

RECORD TIME

MODERN FEATURES

Jammu jail to have inmate calling system Jammu Kerala native Jatan lodged in a jail in Jammuheard the voice of his wife and minor daughter for thefirst time in nearly four years - thanks to the authoritiesintroducing a first-of-its-kind prison inmate callingsystem which allows prisoners to make long-distancecalls He is facing charges under the NDPS Act Theprison got the facility along with modern interview roomson Bapus 150th birth anniversary PTI

Domestic help held for theft at ministerrsquos houseMumbai A 25-year-old domestic servant has beenarrested for allegedly committing theft at Union RailwayMinister Piyush Goyals house here the police saidAccused Vishnu Kumar who hails from Delhi was alsobooked under the IT Act for allegedly sharing info from acomputer in the house with unidentified persons He wasarrested from the national capital and brought here onWednesday a police official said PTI

By the way

New Delhi October 3Fake news is more dangerousthan paid news and there is aneed for the government andthe media to combat it jointlyInformation and Broadcast-ing Minister PrakashJavadekar said today

The government would how-ever not take any step curbingthe media freedom he said

But there should be somekind of regulation on over-the-top (OTT) platforms as was thecase for films print and elec-tronic media he said

OTT platforms include newsportals and ldquostreamersrdquo suchas Hotstar Netflix and Ama-zon Prime Video which areaccessible over the Internet

He said several mainstreammedia outlets had conveyed tothe government that there wasno level-playing field with OTTplatforms being unregulated

The Press Council of Indiatakes care of the printmedia the News Broadcast-

ers Association (NBA) mon-itors news channels theAdvertising StandardsCouncil of India is for adver-tising while the CentralBoard of Film Certification(CBFC) takes care of filmshe said ldquoHowever there isnothing to regulate OTTplatformsrdquo he said mdash PTI

Need to regulate contenton Net platforms Minister

Tribune News Service

New Delhi October 3The Trump-Modi bonhomieat Houston and New Yorkcould not translate into a tradeagreement during US Com-merce Secretary Wilbur Rossrsquoongoing visit to India

Ross also gave the impres-sion that US President DonaldTrumprsquos presence at ldquoHowdyModirdquo event was a favour to theNew Delhi administration andmade it clear this physical prox-imity between the two leadersdid not dispel the WhiteHousersquos impression that Indianeeded to dismantle barriersthat made its tariff among thehighest in the world

Ross also made it clear thatdespite its reservations aboutthe security aspect the US

was not trying to force India towalk away from 5G technolo-gy by Chinese companies

Speaking on the sidelines ofan international meet that wasalso attended by Ross Com-merce Minister Piyush Goyalruled out any change in Indiarsquos

stand on e-commerce in order toprotect livelihood of 12-13 croreIndians dependent on retail

The new rules bar foreign e-commerce companies fromselling products via firms inwhich they have an equityinterest and also from makingdeals with sellers to sell exclu-sively on their platforms

India and the US have beenindulging in a low-intensitytrade warfare The US hasremoved India from availing ofduty-free exports worth $56 bil-lion under the generalised sys-tem of preferences (GSP)scheme and both have imposedhigher tariffs on 28 of theirproducts In an interview Rossreportedly indicated the UScould look at partial restorationof the GSP withdrawal in agrand bargain for a trade deal

No trade deal despiteTrump-PM bonhomie Luxembourg October 3

Facebook on Wednesdaywas dealt a major blow inthe EUrsquos top court whichruled that national courts inEurope can order onlineplatforms to remove defam-atory content worldwide

The decision will be seenas a victory for EuropeanUnion regulators who wantUS tech giants to meettightened European stan-dards over hate speech andoffensive content

Last week the same courtdecided that Google was notlegally compelled to applythe EUrsquos strict ldquoright to beforgottenrdquo rules globally in avictory for the search giant

In a closely watched judg-ment the European Courtof Justice said EU law ldquodoesnot precluderdquo courts fromordering ldquothe removal ofinformation or to blockaccess worldwiderdquo a state-ment said mdash AFP

Legal blow toFacebook overhate speech

DIGITAL SPIN Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad unveilsa lsquodigital charkharsquo to mark the 150th birth anniversary ofMahatma Gandhi in New Delhi on Thursday PTI

US Commerce Secy says India must dismantle barriers

Washington October 3 A nuclear war between Indiaand Pakistan could in lessthan a week kill 50-125 millionpeople more than the deathtoll during all six years ofWorld War II and lead to glob-al climate catastrophe accord-ing to researchers in the US

A study by researchersfrom the University of Col-orado Boulder and RutgersUniversity examined howsuch a hypothetical futureconflict would have conse-quences that could rippleacross the globe

Today India and Pakistan

each have about 150 nuclearwarheads at their disposaland that number is expectedto climb to more than 200 by2025 the researchers saidamid recent tensions betweenthe nuclear-armed neighboursover Kashmir after Indiarevoked JampKrsquos special status

ldquoAn India-Pakistan warcould double the normaldeath rate in the worldrdquosaid Brian Toon a professorat the University of Col-orado Boulder ldquoThis is awar that would have noprecedent in human experi-encerdquo Toon said mdash PTI

There are regularfeature films coming onOTT mdash good bad andugly There is nocertification body for OTTplatforms and likewisenews portals also Prakash Javadekar UNION MINISTER

lsquoNO CERTIFICATION BODYrsquo

This is a sensitive

subject and we will continueto protect them E-commerce is a platform totrade on not forpredatorypricing andmuscle power Piyush Goyal COMMERCE MINISTER

E-COMMERCE POLICYUNCHANGED INDIA

Indo-Pak nuke war mayleave 125 m dead Study

THE TRIBUNECHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 09OPED

AT Chinarsquos National DayParade on October 1 the mili-tary might of the Peoplersquos Lib-eration Army (PLA) in full dis-

play was watched closely by the worldThe commander-in-chief of the PLA XiJinping inspected the parade which fea-tured 15000 troops 160 aircraft and 600pieces of equipment

What caught the attention of dis-cerning observers were the new mis-siles which are a part of the 2016-raised rocket force (PeoplersquosLiberation Army Rocket ForcePLARF) The Dongfeng DF-41 Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)with a range of 15000 km travelling atseven km per second approximatespeed Mach 20 (Mach is the speed ofsound) and 500 meters accuracy theDongfeng DF-100 hypersonic cruisemissile and the Dongfeng DF-17medium range ballistic missile fittedwith Hypersonic Glide Vehicle (HGV)mdash DF-ZF mdash with a range of 2000 km

While western analysts focused onDF-41 ICBM which would play a crit-ical role in strategic counterbalancedeterrence and in winning war forIndia the DF-100 and DF-17 fittedwith HGV mdash DF-ZF mdash should be acause of concern Hypersonic mis-siles will be the new disruptive game-changing technology in this centurywhich would mdash between India andChina mdash replace nuclear deterrence

with non-nuclear deterrence reshapethe rules of conventional war-fight-ing and transform geopolitics Onlythree countries mdash the US Russia andChina mdash have made credible stridesin procuring harnessing and exploiting this technology

Hypersonic missiles are radically dif-ferent from ballistic and cruise missilesBallistic missiles boosted by powerfulrocket engines leave the atmosphere(the dividing altitude between atmos-phere and space is 100 km) to enterspace reach the apogee and then re-enter atmosphere to hit the designatedtarget These missiles follow a definedelliptical trajectory which helps theBallistic Missile Defence (BMD) sys-tem to intercept and neutralise theirwarhead before it causes damage TheUS since over four decades has invest-ed heavily in BMD systems Inspiredby it India too has invested in indige-nous BMD since 2000

Cruise missiles stay within theatmosphere fly at low altitude toevade ground-based radars and arepowered and guided throughout theflight in a defined near-flat trajectoryuntil its designated target Cruise mis-siles powered by air-breathing jetengines have sub-sonic speeds exceptIndiarsquos BrahMos missile which pow-ered by ramjet engine has a superson-ic speed of Mach 3 To defeat cruisemissiles there are technologies likethe Russian S-400 Air Defence MissileSystem (ADMS) amongst others

Hypersonic cruise missiles with twopeculiarities are a class apart Onethey have speed upwards of Mach 5 mdashtheir kinetic energy (derived frommotion) itself is enough to destroyhardened and underground facilities

Two they fly at low altitudes thoughhigher than cruise missiles and aredifficult to detect by terrestrial or

land-based radars because of theirability to change course rapidlyUnlike ballistic and cruise missileswhich follow a defined trajectoryhypersonic missiles are highlymanoeuvrable thereby giving very lit-tle reaction time to the opponent tojudge which target is being hit Thisdelayed detection makes timelyresponse extremely difficult

HGV are fitted on ballistic missilerocket engines like DF-17 DF-21 DF-26 and even DF-41 ICBM and boostedAfter a certain boost phase the HGVdetaches itself from the rocket andglides towards its target 2000 kmaway in a wayward rather than adefined low flight trajectory

Senior officials from Raytheon Com-pany of the US recently told thiswriter at an international air show thatmeeting the hypersonic cruise missilechallenge would require new sensorsfor early detection Since terrestrial

sensors alone would not work theneed would be to have a mix of space-based and terrestrial sensors Theentire hypersonic missile defencearchitecture they said would requirehuge investments patience technolo-gy and technical expertise

Given the new missilersquos characteris-tics the DF-100 and DF-17 with HGVin PLA inventory would be a powerfulasymmetric capability For instance itwould be a national humiliation if theHGV were to hit and destroy Indiarsquosaircraft carrier Since India mdash familiarwith PLArsquos nuclear weapons invento-ry mdash is unlikely to raise the stakesChinarsquos new deterrence as well as dis-ruptive war-fighting capability wouldreside in its useable non-nuclear HGVIndiarsquos nuclear weapons purportedlydelivered by its submarines Agniseries ballistic missiles and aircraftwould on the other hand be rendereduseless against China

Such a possibility deserves an urgentreview both of Indiarsquos nuclear deter-rence against China and the indigenousBMD which despite the infusion ofhuge funds has unfortunately notdemonstrated satisfactory results In2011 the then Defence Research andDevelopment Organisation (DRDO)chief VK Saraswat had spelt out thetimelines to this writer for the accom-plishment of the BMD programme Hehad said that by 2013 phase one of theproject which involved successful inter-ception of hostile missiles with 2000-kmrange would be achieved Phase two ofthe programme which required neutral-isation of 5000-km range ballistic mis-siles would be done by 2015 the sameyear when the ballistic missile shieldwould become available for impreg-nable defence of the capital city of Delhiand major metropolises The purchaseof five units or regiments of Russian S-400 ADMS in 2016 is evidence thatSaraswat was doing kite-flying

Even the military should take itsportion of the blame Many DRDO sci-entists have told me that the militaryleadership unable to find or under-stand operational employment ofhypersonic missiles has shown littleinterest in their presentations WithPLA having showcased these missilesthe Defence Minister ought to take thebull by the horns A way forward is toseek Russian cooperation through thesuccessful BrahMos supersonic cruisemissile programme Given that Brah-Mos is Indiarsquos most successfuldefence programme has consistentlymet its timelines has been acceptedby the three defence services and hasgenerated employment and wealth itcould be the ideal vehicle for thedevelopment of hypersonic cruisemissiles and strengthening bilateralrelations between India and Russia

CUTTING EDGE Hypersonic missiles will be the new disruptive game-changing technology in this century

With the Peoplersquos LiberationArmy having showcased

hypersonic missiles Indiaought to take the bull by thehorns A way forward is toseek Russian cooperation

through the successfulBrahMos supersonic cruise

missile programme It could be the ideal vehicle

for the development ofhypersonic cruise missiles

and strengthening bilateral relations

THE world was taken by surpriseon September 14 when thelargest Saudi oil processingplant at Abqaiq was hit by a

lsquoswarmrsquo of around 25 drones and somecruise missiles launched by the Houthirebels in Yemen one of the poorestcountries in the world The attackscaused extensive damage to the plantknocking out 60 per cent of the Saudi oilproduction and triggering a 20 per centspike in oil prices And the worldrsquosattention was thus suddenly focused onYemen and the Houthis an Islamic Zai-di Shia political and armed movementwhich has been fighting a lsquoforgottenrsquowar against Saudi Arabia and the UAEfor more than four years

The Yemeni war began in March 2015when Saudi forces invaded the countryto intervene in what was essentially adomestic dispute between the Houthisand the government of PresidentAbdrabbuh Mansur Hadi The Saudisinvaded Yemen because they viewedthe Houthis as Iranian proxies both ofthem being Shia The Houthis defeatedthe forces loyal to Hadi and capturedSanarsquoa the countryrsquos capital in Sep-tember 2014 In January 2015 Hadiresigned and later fled to Saudi Arabiawhere he presently lives in exile

The Saudi decision to invade Yemenwas taken by Mohammad bin Salman(MbS) the present Crown Prince of Sau-di Arabia To attack Yemen the Saudismobilised a coalition that included theUAE Egypt Jordan Morocco SudanKuwait Qatar and Bahrain But essen-tially it was the Saudi and Emirati

forces that were involved in the inva-sion which was also supported by theUS and the UK They providedweapons logistical support and target-ing information to the Saudis

The Wahhabi Saudis wanted a gov-ernment in Yemen that was not con-trolled by the Zaidi Shia HouthisThey also wanted to control Yemenrsquosoil and a pipeline from their oilfieldsto a harbour in Yemen which wouldhave enabled them to avoid the Iran-dominated Strait of Hormuz

The Saudis and the Emiratis expecteda quick victory against the Houthis whowere a rag-tag bunch of fighters withoutan organised army or sophisticatedweapons However they were highlymotivated agile innovative and knew

the terrain well The Saudis and theEmiratis on the other hand were poorfighters accustomed to the comforts oflife They could not match the Houthison the ground and soon resorted toindiscriminate bombing from the airkilling thousands of civilians

According to reliable estimatesaround 2 lakh Yemenis have died in thefighting including 1 lakh childrenunder the age of five from famine and acholera epidemic On some occasionsinternational aid was prevented fromreaching the Yemeni people by blockad-ing of the ports by the Saudis and theirallies And notably the self-styled glob-al lsquocustodiansrsquo of human rights werecomplicit in this genocidal war For thisreason it became a lsquoforgottenrsquo war

receiving very little media coverage TheUnited Nations has called it the biggesthumanitarian crisis on the planet

However the situation began tochange in May 2019 when the Houthislaunched drone attacks against someSaudi oil facilities That was followedon August 17 by a multiple droneattack on Shaybah a massive Saudi oiland gas field which is around 1200 kmfrom Houthi-controlled territory inYemen The drone attacks demonstrat-ed the vulnerability of the Saudi oilinfrastructure to the attacks by theHouthis and the range of their dronesand missiles Neither the Saudis northe Americans currently have any mis-sile or air defence systems that canoffer protection against such attacks

It is clear that drones have been agame-changer in Yemen One experthas called them ldquothe most disruptivemilitary technology yet conceivedrdquoThey are cheap costing only a few mil-lion dollars compared to the Saudiarsenal costing hundreds of billions ofdollars The Houthis are now makingtheir own drones based on Iraniandesigns and technical advice They arealso probably importing drones andcruise missiles from Iran

The Saudis have suffered anotherreversal in Yemen Their major ally theUAE pulled out of the war a few monthsago when the port of Aden in the Southfell to the Southern Transitional Coun-cil a separatist group backed by theUAE This has infuriated the Saudis butthey have not been able to do much

The Saudis and the Americans have

blamed Iran for the September 14attack on Abqaiq instead of the Houthiswho have claimed responsibility for itIran has denied any role in the attackThe US is unlikely to attack Iran but ifit does it could set the whole regionon fire That could adversely affectalmost seven million people of Indianorigin who work in the Gulf and remitbillions of dollars to India

On September 20 the US announcedthat it was sending troops and more mis-sile defence systems such as Patriot andTHAAD (Terminal High Altitude AreaDefence ) to Saudi Arabia However theyare unlikely to be effective against low-flying drones which can only be stoppedby short-range Russian systems such asPantsyr-S1 and the BUK-2 which theRussians have used to defend their basein Syria against similar attacks

On September 28 the Houthis dealtanother blow to the Saudis by launch-ing a ground attack within Saudi terri-tory near Najran in which three Saudibrigades were defeated and hundredsof soldiers were either killed woundedor captured The operation demonstrat-ed that Saudi Arabia was vulnerable toair and ground attack by the Houthis

The asymmetrical warfare fought bythe Houthis appears to have broughtSaudi Arabia to its knees The WallStreet Journal reported on August 28that the Trump administration waspreparing to initiate negotiations withthe Houthis to end the war in Yemen Itremains to be seen when or if that hap-pens But one thing is clear The war inYemen is no longer lsquoforgottenrsquo

NIRAJ SRIVASTAVAFORMER AMBASSADOR

The Houthis an IslamicZaidi Shia political and

armed movement active inYemen have been fightinga war against Saudi Arabiaand the UAE for more thanfour years The Saudis and

the Americans have blamedIran for the Sept 14 attackon the Saudi oil processing

plant at Abqaiq eventhough the Houthis haveclaimed responsibility for

it Drones have been a tipping point in the

Yemeni war

Drones and the lsquoforgottenrsquo war in Yemen

LIVING BY THE GUN The asymmetrical warfare fought by the Houthis appears to have brought Saudi Arabia to its knees

PRAVIN SAWHNEYSTRATEGIC AFFAIRS EXPERT

Chinarsquos new missile is a wake-up call for India

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YESTERDAYrsquoS SOLUTION

OCTOBER 4 2019 FRIDAY

Vikrami Samvat 2076

Shaka Samvat 1941

Ashwin Shaka 12

Ashwin Parvishte 18

Hijari 1441

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Soubha Yoga up to 1154 pm

Jyeshtha Nakshatra up to 1219 pm

Moon enters Sagittarius sign 1219 pm

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mountains (5)7 Savagery (8)8 Charged with a task (12)12 Rough and uncultured (8)15 Hold in check (7)16 Shakespearean

heroine (6)18 Become liable to (5)19 Resist attempts at (4)

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CITY MAX MINChandigarh 31 21New Delhi 34 24PUNJAB

Amritsar 32 22Bathinda 32 23Jalandhar 32 21Ludhiana 31 21HARYANA

Bhiwani 34 23Hisar 34 22Sirsa 32 25HIMACHAL PRADESH

Dharamsala 26 16Manali 20 08Shimla 21 12JAMMU amp KASHMIRJammu 32 21Leh ------ -----Srinagar 23 11UTTARAKHAND Dehradun 31 19Mussoorie 22 12

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THE TRIBUNE10 CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019JampKHP

Arun JoshiTribune News Service

Srinagar October 3Kashmiris displayed theirextraordinary sense of collec-tive responsibility in savingtheir Vale from the repeat ofthe 2016-like situation or evenworse There were all chancesof it becoming one had theyprotested in streets andclashed with troopers

ldquoThey thought we wouldtake to the streets and pelttroopers with stones to engi-neer mayhem We did notallow that to happenrdquo BilalAhmad a university stu-dent spoke in a maturedfashion rather than onebursting with emotions

Everyone in the establish-ment here who is from out-side the Vale admires thehigh sense of the politicalconsciousness and intelli-gence of Kashmiris ldquoTheyare politically alive and intel-ligent people perhaps thekind of which we may notfind in any other part of thecountryrdquo commented an offi-cer who has been here forover past three decades

And when the troops hadstarted landing in huge num-bers in Kashmir in the lastweek of July Kashmir wasagog with rumours whichlater turned out to be truethat something big was in theoffing The common percep-tion was that it would not begood for people of Kashmirwhich was seeded in theirmind by politicians now seenas relics of a goneby era

While the authorities arecrediting themselves havingplanned measures in such amanner that ensured thatnothing would go wrongKashmiris have their ownstory to tell of their restraintand reasonableness Theypreferred to avoid confronta-tion and clashes on thestreets is the narrative thatdemonstrates that they arenot suffering from the senseof defeat with which some

nationalistic media is por-traying them after the scrap-ping of Article 370 and 35A

Kashmiris are intelligentThey claim that they haveshown to the entire worldhow adversity can be con-verted into a virtue Hadthey indulged in clashestheir argument of loss ofpolitical identity wouldhave been neutralised

They had factored in somekind of onslaught on theirspecial status under Article370 and Article 35A Theyknew that confrontationwould mean catastropheThis dreadful thought wasbased on rumours likeldquoanything can happenrdquo ifthe streets were to eruptThey did not oblige thetrouble-makers

The body language of thetroopers with assault riflesslung on their shouldersmade it clear that they didnrsquotwant any trouble around Thetrouble had its consequencesThe mere presence of thetroops had a meaning thatconfrontation would be metwith harsher consequences

A teenager Asif Dar

admitted that the thingswere ldquoharshrdquo but therecould have been harsherconsequences had thesecurity arrangementsthat were put in place notbeen there ldquoThe authori-ties had their way we hadours but the main thingis that we didnrsquot courttrouble and smear ourland with bloodrdquo

ldquoThis was a preventivemeasurerdquo the governmentofficials have repeated it adnauseam They had drawntheir lessons as theyclaimed from the 2016unrest In hindsight the twosituations have no parallelKashmir had erupted in2016 after the killing of mil-itant commander BurhanWani who had weaponisedsocial media and no oneknew about his fatal enduntil it happened on July 82016 Thereafter it was aspontaneous reaction

This time the governmenthad anticipated cascades ofbacklash It had taken all pre-ventive measures fromarrests of political leaders tochronic stone throwers busi-

nessmen and anyone whohad caused trouble in thepast or had the potential to doso It was linked to the deci-sion on August 5 The prepa-rations had been made muchbefore the ldquoDecision dayrdquo ofscrapping the special statusof Jammu and Kashmir

Massive protests and theinitial killing of at least 20youngsters in the first fewhours set a cycle in motionof the clashes and casualtiesin 2016 That cycle of vio-lence halted after Kashmirhad reeled under coerciveshutdown for three monthsand the casualty figure stag-gered close to 100

Tourists fled and so did pil-grims in 2016 but no one hadasked them to pack off andgo This time the things wereplanned much beforendash thegovernment ordered the pil-grims and tourists to leave atthe earliest on August 2 atleast a fortnight before thescheduled conclusion of theAmarnath pilgrimage

The ubiquitous presence oftroops inspired scare Kash-miris chose pragmatism thistime They for too had learnttheir lessons from 2016 it waspointless to take to the streetsand fulfil the designs of ene-mies of Kashmir who wantedmore graves Pakistan isexactly looking for this kindof bloodbath in the Valley

Troopers did not usetheir guns was one factorbut the Kashmiris also didnot offer them theextreme provocation to doso And when they saw thewhole of the Indian nationcelebrating the August 5decision they understoodthe consequences of stand-ing up to the Indian mightand mood They appliedtheir common sense not tothrow their land in the spi-ralling bloodshed That iswhere they succeeded in sav-ing their land and fellowKashmiris from the troublethat could have visited them

lsquoWe saved our land from catastrophersquo

TURNING ADVERSITY INTO VIRTUE When the troops had

started landing in hugenumbers in Kashmir in thelast week of July Kashmirwas agog with rumourswhich later turned out tobe true that somethingbig was in the offing

Kashmiris claim that theyhave shown to the worldhow adversity can be con-verted into a virtue Hadthey indulged in clashestheir argument of loss ofpolitical identity wouldhave been neutralised

Tribune News Service

Srinagar October 3On Tuesday when AatiyaAyoubrsquos mother read a newsitem in a local daily about theopening of schools after twomonths she had alreadydecided not to send herdaughter to the school owingto the continuous tense situa-tion in Kashmir whichmarked 60 days on Thursday

Aatiya is a Class X studentShe has submitted the formfor her annual exams butdoesnrsquot know whether theexams will be held She is yetto complete the syllabus atthe school where her last classwas held before August 3

ldquoOur education seems tobe over There is still silenceand shutdown it is not safefor us to go to school in sucha situationrdquo she told TheTribune at her home in Sri-nagar where she is prepar-ing the assignments provid-ed to her by the school ldquoIam not able to concentrateit is a very difficult situationfor all studentsrdquo she said

The Divisional Commis-sioner Kashmir Baseer

Ahmad Khan announced theopening of schools up to ClassXII from Thursday but whilea few schools had opened thestudents continued to remainaway from classes disobeyingthe governmentrsquos order It isfor the second time sinceAugust 19 that the govern-ment announced opening of schools but the students stayed away

The government has alsoannounced opening ofinstitutes of higher educa-tion from October 9 but itseems unlikely that stu-dents will attend the class-es as the communication

and internet clampdowncontinues in Kashmir

Many parents continueto raise safety issues ofstudents and haverestrained from sendingthem to schools ldquoWe willnot send our children toschools There is no publictransport and everythingis shut How can studentsas young as 4 5 and 6 yearsof age go to schools Whatwill they do if a stone hitsthem or something hap-pens Who will inform uswhen the phones are not workingrdquo asked Rosy Jan a mother

Few schools reopen inValley no students yet

The empty classroom of a government college in Srinagar AMIN WAR

Majid Jahangir amp Ishfaq TantaryTribune News Service

Srinagar October 3Relatives of at least 12detainees in the Valley whohave been booked under thestringent Public Safety Act(PSA) have knocked on thedoors of the JampK High Courtclaiming they are minors

In all 12 habeas corpus peti-tions have been filed in theSrinagar wing of JampK HighCourt Six among the youths

are 18 two are 17 and 16 andone is 15 years of age theirfamilies said In their peti-tions the families have most-ly submitted school certi-fies before the court insupport of the claim ofthe detainees

The first two habeascorpus petitions claimingthat the detainees wereminors and booked underthe PSA which allows deten-tion without any trial up totwo years was submitted on

August 27 by residents ofSrinagar and Anantnag

The Juvenile Justice Com-mittee of the JampK High Courtin a report submitted beforethe Supreme Court had said

144 children aged betweennine and 17 were detained

between August 5 and Sep-tember 23 and of them 142had been released The reportsaid the children weredetained for causing minorinjuries and creating law andorder problem ldquoIn certain reg-

ular habeas corpus petitionschallenging regular detentionorders passed by district mag-istrates against them underthe PSA the detainees haveclaimed to be juveniles When-ever such petitions come upbefore the different benches ofthe court the court is directedto hold an inquiry to ascertainthe factum of age and if thedetainee is found to be a juve-nile appropriate orders inaccordance with law would fol-lowrdquo the report had said

Kin of 12 detained lsquominorsrsquo move HC

Tribune News Service

Srinagar October 3As normal business activitycontinued to remain sus-pended for the 60th daytoday after the abrogation ofArticle 370 the KashmirChamber of Commerce andIndustries said the Valleyrsquoseconomy had been dentedby around Rs 10000 croreduring this period

The businessmen saidtheir problems had beencompounded due to thelack of mobile and internetfacilities as they wereunable to file returns thatwould lead to bigger issuesin the future ldquoAs per ourestimates we have suf-fered losses between Rs8000 crore and Rs10000crore during the past twomonths All sectors havebeen badly hit and themobile and internet gaghas added to our woesrdquochamber president SheikhAshiq told The Tribune

ldquoDue to the internet gagwe have not been able to filereturns and we fear this willlead to lots of problems forus later These are practicalissues and on top of thatthere is no clarity from thegovernmentrdquo he said

Lost ~10000 crduring lockdownsays industry

Parents reluctant to send wards owing to tension

Ambika SharmaTribune News Service

Solan October 3The BJP is in for a majortrouble in Pachhad as DayalPyari a sitting zila parishadmember refused to with-draw her nominationpapers after her supportersforced her against takingthe decision this morning

The development has leftthe ruling party embarrassedas its senior leaders wereconfident of placating her

Pyari who met Chief Min-ister Jai Ram Thakur inShimla yesterday hadalmost made up her mind towithdraw from the contestbut this was not accepted byher family and supporters

Her husband Prithvi Singhand her father-in-law said noother candidate was accept-able to the people She

deserved ticket and wouldcontest as an Independent

Dayal Pyari talking to medi-apersons said though she wastorn between the party andthe supporters she would payheed to latter and said shewould begin campaigningafter paying obeisance at theJatoli temple here

She reiterated that herfight was not against the par-ty but against the dictatorial

attitude of a few leaders ofher area and claimed that shewould emerge victorious

She was taken into a carby her supporters towardsSirmaur before she couldbe poached by BJP leadersShe began her campaigninglater in the day

The BJP got a partial reliefas its senior leaders man-aged to pacify rebel AshishSikta who withdrew his

nomination He howeverencountered strong resent-ment from his supporters atRajgarh where Sikta firstheld a meeting and thenwithdrew his nomination

BJP state president Sat-pal Satti ministers Mahin-der Thakur and SureshBhardwaj who were camp-ing at Rajgarh held day-long consultations to chalkout a strategy for the poll

Reena Kashyap who wasthe BJPrsquos official nomineewill face a tough challengefrom Dayal Pyari who hasfound overwhelming sup-port of the people

The development has elat-ed the Congress though itremains to be seen if its candi-date GR Musafir will gain inthe three-cornered contest asthe party is solely banking onthe factionalism in the BJP

BJP rebel firm on contesting as IndependentIn Pachhad partial relief for saffron party as Sikta withdraws nomination papers

ASSEMBLYBYPOLLS

Dayal Pyari (in yellow shawl) with her supporters outside a hotel in Solan on Thursday TRIBUNE PHOTO

SUPPORTERSrsquo PRESSURE Dayal Pyari who met Chief

Minister Jai Ram Thakur inShimla on Wednesday hadalmost made up her mind towithdraw from the contest butthis was not accepted by herfamily and supporters

Her husband and father-in-law said she deserved aticket but since denied shewould contest as an Independent

Taken in a car by her sup-porters towards Sirmaurshe began her campaigninglater in the day on Thursday

Lalit MohanTribune News Service

Dharamsala October 3Sudhir Sharma AICC secre-tary and former minister isunlikely to join the Congresscampaign in his home con-stituency Dharamsala for theOctober 21 byelection

Sudhir who refused to con-test the byelections just twodays before the last date of fil-ing of nomination papers hasnot arrived in Dharamsala todate He did not come toDharamsala when theyoung Congress leaderVijay Inder Karan who hasreplaced him filed his nom-ination papers on Septem-ber 30 Sudhirrsquos suddenrefusal to contest despitethe Congress high com-mand telling him to be inpoll fray is like an unsolvedriddle for many senior Con-gress leaders

A senior leader said AICCchief Sonia Gandhi evenafter the approval of the can-didature of Vijay Inder Karanasked senior leaders to talk toSudhir if he can change hismind and contest HoweverSudhir remained adamantagainst contesting he said

When contacted on phonetoday Sudhir said that he wasnot joining the Congresscampaign as he was sufferingfrom gastroenteritis ldquoI willreturn home after 4 to 5 daysbut whether or not I will jointhe campaign will depend onmy healthrdquo he said

With Sudhir almost declin-ing to join the campaign theissue of infighting in the stateCongress has come to fore

Just days before announc-ing his refusal to contest theDharamsala byelection Sud-hir had openly demanded theresignation of the acting pres-ident of state Youth Congressfor holding programmeswithout his approval andspeaking out against him Avernacular paper insteadreported that Sudhir hadsought HPCC chief KuldeepRathorersquos resignation

Congrsquos Sudhir may not campaign

Rajiv Mahajan

Nurpur October 3With drug trafficking in the inter-state border areasof lower Kangra districtcomprising Nurpur andIndora subdivisions risingthe state government hasturned a ldquoblind eyerdquo to theNurpur de-addiction-cum-rehabilitation centre

Set up during the previousCongress regime and inau-gurated by then CM Virb-hadra Singh on January 122017 the centre is run by theKangra district Red Cross

Society The skeleton staffhere has failed to run thecentre effectively

Surprisingly the centrehas no doctor or psychia-

trist As per informationthe centre is run by just aproject coordinator a coun-selor a pharmacist and asafai karamchari The

recent suicide by a 64-year-old man addicted to alcoholhas now put a questionmark on the safety ofinmates and the staff

deployed at the centre Asthere is no watchman or asecurity guard it is fearedthat such unsavory inci-dents can recur

Set up in the OBC hostelbuilding the centre canadmit 10 addicts at a timebut its full capacity couldnever be used for want ofrequisite staff Centre incharge-cum-project coordi-nator Amit Kumar admittedthat the centre was unableto admit more than fiveaddicts at a time and thewaiting list of addicts hadalways been quite long

ldquoThe working environ-ment is unsafe too as thestaff is always under threatof being attacked by theinmates who turn aggres-sive on being denied syn-thetic drugs or intoxi-cantsrdquo he said

As the centre is locatednear the border of PunjabHimachal Pradesh and Jam-mu amp Kashmir where drugtrafficking is on the risedespite registration of casesunder the NDPS Act thedemand for better facilitiesand more staff has been gain-ing momentum

Nurpur de-addiction centre a victim of admn apathyHas no doctor | Run by Kangra Red Cross Society NGOs want Health Department to take it over

Just 4 employees Set up during the Congressregime and inaugurated bythen CM Virbhadra Singh onJanuary 12 2017 the centre isrun by just a project coordina-tor a counselor a pharmacistand a safari karamchari Set up in the OBC hostelbuilding the centre can admit10 addicts at a time but its fullcapacity could never be used

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3A Special CBI Court todayissued notice to the CBI onthe bail applications filed bythree accused in the Kotkhaicustodial death case

The court asked the CBI tofile a reply on the bail applica-tions filed by former KotkhaiSHO Rajinder Singh (33)head constable RafeeMohammad (38) and consta-ble Ranjeet Steta (32) by Octo-ber 9 the next date of hearing

In the applications it was

stated that there was no evi-dence on record to connectthe accused with the allegedcustodial death of Suraj

It was also mentioned thatthree co-accused IGPZahur H Zaidi SP DW NegiTheog DSP Manoj Joshihad been granted bailAccording to the prosecu-tion a minor girl was alleged-ly raped and murdered inHalaila forests of Shimla dis-trict on July 4 2017 The vic-timrsquos body was found lying inHalaila forests near Mahasuon July 6 2017

Kotkhai case Copsfile bail pleas in court

As of now I am not campaigning forthe party as I am suffering fromgastroenteritis I will return home (toDharamsala) after 4-5 days but whetheror not I will join the campaign inDharamsala will depend on myhealth Sudhir Sharma CONGRESS LEADER

WHAT INFURIATED FORMER MINISTER Sudhir Sharmarsquos supporters alleged that while former

minister was preparing to contest elections leaders ofthe HPCC called other Congress leaders from Dharam-sala and asked them to apply for ticket

This infuriated Sudhir who decided against contesting They alleged that the former minister was also not join-

ing the party campaign as the current party leadershiphad tried to belittle him in his own constituency

lsquoSUFFERING FROM GASTROENTERITISrsquo

THE TRIBUNEJALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 11NATION

HIMACHAL PRADESH

NOTICE INVITING E-PROCUREMENT BID

Executive Engineer IampPH Division Dharampur Bharari on behalf of Governorof Himachal Pradesh invites the online Lump Sum contract bids on turnkey basisfrom the eligible bidders of Indian Entity through online bidding system on or before 17102019 at 1700 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs) on the sitehttpshptendersgovin

1 KEY DATES SHALL BE AS UNDER-

The tender forms and other detailed conditions can be downloaded from thewebsite wwwhpiphorg or from office above Executive Engineer up to datespecified above

Executive EngineerIampPH Division Dharampur Bharari

a Date of Online publication 0110 2019

b Downloading of e-bidDocuments

From 01102019 at 1800 Hrs IST (GMT + 530Hrs) to 17102019 at 1700 Hrs IST (GMT +530 Hrs)

c Date of submission of e-bid From 01102019 at 1800 Hrs IST (GMT + 530Hrs) to 17102019 at 1700 Hrs IST (GMT +530 Hrs)

d Physical Submission of Original Bid Security (in case ofoffline deposit of Bid security)

Up to 1100 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs) on18102019

e Date of opening of bids

1) Cover-1 Eligibility Criteria On 18102019 at 1230 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs)

2) Cover-2 Technical bid Shall be intimated separately

3) Cover-3 Financial Bid Shall be intimated separately

f Site Visit Between 1100 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs) dated10102019 to 1700 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs)dated 11102019 alongwith the AssistantEngineerconcerned Junior Engineer IampPHSub-Division TihraDharampur

SrNo

Description EstimatedCost

BidSecurity

Time Cost ofBid

1 Engineering Procurement Construction Testing Commissioning Trial Run of various components of LWSS to Rakhoh Cholthra Awahdevi Tihra and its adjoining villages in Tehsil Dharampur District Mandi (HP) under Jal Jeevan Mission (Har Ghar Nal Se Jal ) in single package on ldquoturn-key job basisrdquo including trial run defect and liability period as 3 months after physical completion of all components scheme including SOP connection as certified by Engineer-in-Charge of the entire scheme

Rupees 21667344-

Rupees 249200-

Ninemonths(includingallseasonsbutexcludingtrial runperiod of 3 months)

Rupees2500-

2 Engineering procurement construction testing commissioning trial run of various components of LWSS to PC habitation of Kot Dhawali and Bahri Rathoun and Chakyana in Tehsil Dharampur District Mandi HP under Jal Jeevan Mission (Har Ghar Ko Nal se Jal) in single package on ldquoTurn-key job basisrdquo including trial amp testing run defect and liability period as 03 months after physical completion of all components of the scheme including SOP connection as certified by Engineer-in-Charge of the entire scheme

Rupees 21134606-

Rupees 243900-

Ninemonths(includingallseasonsbutexcludingtrial runperiod of03months)

Rupees2500-

DPRHP2324

HIMACHAL PRADESH

IPH DEPARTMENT

NOTICE INVITING TENDERShort terms sealed item rate tenders on form 6 amp 8 are hereby invited by the undersigned on behalf of

Governor of Himachal Pradesh for the following works from the approved and eligible contractors so as to

reach in this office on or before 10102019 at 300 PM and will be opened on the same day at 33000 PM

in the presence of intending contractors or their authorized representatives in this office The tender form can

be had from this office against cash payment (Non-Refundable) on or before 09102019 The earnest money

in the shape of National Saving CertificateTime deposits Accounts Saving Accounts in any of the Post

OfficeBank in Himachal Pradesh duly pledged in favour of the Executive Engineer I amp PH Division Chamba

must accompany each tender Conditional tenders and tenders received without earnest money will be

summarily rejected The offer of the tenders shall be kept open for 120 days The Executive Engineer IPH

Division Chamba reserves the right to reject the tenders without assigning any reasons

SrNo

Name of work Estimatedcost

Earnestmoney

TimeLimit

Cost oftender form

1 Providing WSS to left out Habitation under census villageUdaipur Khas amp Saru in GP Udaipur Tehsil amp DisttChamba HP (SH- CO Rwall with cement concrete1510 for Sedimentation tank RHS)

313313- 6266- ThreeMonths

250-

Terms amp Conditions- 1 Before offering the rates the terms and conditions attached with the schedule of

quantity may be gone through carefully 2 Conditional tenders without earnest money will outrightly be

rejected3 The contractor shall enclose enlistmentrenewal order with his application for obtaining the tender

documents 4Latest income tax and sale tax clearance certificate as well as Pan No must be attached with

the application failing which the documents will not be issued to those contractors The contractor shall

produce registration of labour license from the competent authority under Contract Act 1970 failing which no

tender shall be issued to him

Note- No tender forms will be issued to those contractors who have not completed the work within the

stipulated period and having more than two works in hand under this Division

Executive Engineer

I amp PH Division ChambaNO-IPH-CBA-GA-G-Tender2019-7334-7384 Dated 200919 DPRHP2326

Himachal Pradesh IPH Department

SHORT TERM NOTICE INVITING TENDERThe Executive Engineer IPH Division Keylong (HP) invites tender on behalf of Governor of Himachal Pradesh from approved

eligible contractors for the following works through Online Process-

The tender forms and other detailed conditions can be downloaded from the portal httphptendersgovin up to 500 PM 14102019

HIM SUCHNA AVAM JAN SAMPARKExecutive Engineer IPH Division Keylong

JobNo

Name of Work EstimatedCost

EarnestMoney

Time ofcompletion

1 Special Repair of FIS Chimret in GP Chimret Distt Lahaul Spiti (HP) (SH- Co CClining and Retaining wall)

744756- 14900- One Work-ing Season

2 Providing WSS to PC Habitation of Jobrang Rape Rashil in GP Jobrang Distt Lahaulamp Spiti (HP) (SH- PF MS Tank 270 litrs capacity 2 Nos Laying Jointing amp TestingHDPE pipe of 50mm Dia at RD 0 to 5240 and Provision of Parta Cutting= 100 Rmt)

927536- 18600- Six Months

3 Augmentation of WSS to Village Gohrma in GP Gohrma Distt LampS (HP) (SH- PFMS Tank 270ltrs Co Storage tank 20000 ltrs capacity Co Stand Post 5 NosLaying Jointing and Testing HDPE pipe of 50mm dia at RD 0 to 110 (Ai to Bi) RD0 to 50 (A to B) 32mm dia at RD 50 to 500 (B to C) Double layer RD 0 to 1250 (Ato C) 20mm dia at for (distribution System) at various Rds Co Barbed wire fencingaround Stank and Co Crate work around Intakes and Co Nallah Crossing)

1419471- 28400 Six Months

4 Providing Flood Protection Work to Rubling in GP Tingret Distt LampS (HP) (SH-Crate work at RD 0 to 107)

2949252- 52000- Six Months

Date of submission of e-tender From 02102019 at 0500 PM to14102019 at 0500 PM

Physical submission of tender documents Up to 1100 AM 15102019

Date of opening of Eligibility Criteria 15102019 at 1130 AM

DPRHP2330

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COQGO2336 ()

CHANDIGARH ADMINISTRATION

ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Press e-TENDER NOTICEPercentage rate e-tenders are invited under two bid system by the Executive Engineer Electrical Division No 2 on behalf

of President of India from the eligible enlisted firms class A and B enlisted with the Chandigarh AdministrationMunicipalCorporation ChdCPWDState PWDs of Punjab amp Haryana and Himachal Pradesh and their board amp Corporation having validElectrical Contractor License issued by any Govt Deptt of StatesCentre for the execution of following work can bedownloadedUploaded from the website at httpwwwetenderschdnicin

SrNo

NIT No Name of work amp Location

Est

imat

edco

st p

ut

tote

nd

er

Ear

nes

tm

on

ey

Per

iod

of

co

mp

leti

on Last date

and timefor online

submissionof tender

Time ampdate of

opening oftender

01 E219189 Mtc of NRB at Chandigarh (Repair of defective elec-trical accessories at various School under SDE E4Chandigarh) R

s5

441

44-

Rs

1090

0-

03M

onth

s 11102019up to

0230 pm

11102019at

0300 pm

Executive Engineer Electrical Divn No 2 Chandigarh

TENDER NOTICE No 06 Date 1102019

On behalf of the Governor of Punjab Executive EngineerConstruction Division PWD BampR Br Fazilka invites bids fromeligible bidders enlisted under road works category with PWDBampR BrDetail terms and conditions of notice inviting bids refer to ourwebsite wwweprocpunjabgovinCorrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerConstn Divn PWD BampR Br Fazilka(On behalf of Governor of Punjab)DPRPbD6792

New Delhi October 3As many as five judges of theSupreme Court have recusedfrom hearing activist GautamNavlakharsquos petition challeng-ing the Bombay High CourtrsquosSeptember 13 order rejectinghis plea for quashing of an FIRin connection with the Bhima-Koregaon violence case

After Chief Justice ofIndia Ranjan Gogoi Jus-tice NV Ramana Justice RSubhash Reddy and Jus-tice BR Gavai Justice SRavindra Bhat became thefifth judge to recuse onThursday from hearing thecase of Navlakhamdashone ofthe five activists arrestedin the case

Others arrested in the caseare Varavara Rao Arun Fer-reira Vernon Gonsalves andSudha Bharadwaj Theyhave been booked underprovisions of the UnlawfulActivities Prevention Act(UAPA) and the IndianPenal Code

Justice S Ravindra Bhat ofthe Supreme Court on Thurs-day became the fifth judge torecuse himself CJI Gogoi hasassigned the matter to aBench headed by JusticeArun Mishra which will takeit up on Friday

As Navlakharsquos petitioncame up for hearing before athree-judge Bench headed byJustice Arun Mishra JusticeBhat who was on the Benchalong with Justice VineetSaran recused himself fromhearing the case mdash TNS

Tribune News Service

NewDelhi October 3Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasi-na today arrived here on afour-day visit during whichboth sides will attempt to takethe focus away from theNational Register of Citizens(NRC) by discussing some oldproblems that have croppedup as well as exploring com-mon links in transport watersharing and projects on Indi-an line of credit

Bangladesh Foreign MinisterAK Abdul Momen had toldmedia in Dhaka that Hasinawould discuss a number ofbilateral issues includingkilling of Bangladeshis by BSFand a framework pact on com-mon rivers including Teestawith PM Narendra Modi onSaturday She was chief guestat the Country Strategy Dia-logue of the World EconomicForum today She will attend an

interactive session with selectIndian CEOs followed by inau-guration of India-BangladeshBusiness Forum on Friday Shewill hold talks with Modi andcall on President Ram NathKovind on Saturday

Momen said the two sideswould discuss increased con-

nectivity through rivers searail road and air overall tradeand commerce among others

Foreign Secretary ShahidulHoque told newspersons thatimport of Indian arms undera $500 million line of creditand the NRC issue would alsobe discussed

Hasina to raise NRCPrez PM accept Capt invitefrom page 1

group of pilgrims the PunjabCM will lead through the cor-ridor when it opens The CMhowever clarified neither henor the ex-PM would travel toPakistan for the formal open-ing of the corridor They wereonly going to the Sikh shrineon the other side ldquoas pil-grimsrdquo The Pakistan govern-ment had recentlyannounced it would inviteManmohan for the corridorinauguration but the ex-PMrsquos office denied knowl-edge of any such invitation

Todayrsquos developments arecrucial in the light of ongo-ing political one-upmanshipbetween Congress-led Pun-jab Government and theAkalis over marking the his-toric event

Capt Amarinderrsquos move tosecure President and PMrsquospresence at the state functionare bound to put pressure on

the Akalis to come on boardAsked about SGPCrsquos cele-

bration plans CMrsquosspokesman said ldquoThe CM hasrepeatedly said the SGPC as areligious body is free to organ-ise celebrations in gurdwarasand the official celebrationswill be marked by the stategovernment The CM hasrepeatedly urged all-partyunity and will lead an all-partygroup through the corridorrdquo

State government sourcesadded they were not aware ifthe SGPC would send a paral-lel jatha through the corridor

Pakistan recentlyannounced that the corridorwould be opened for IndianSikh pilgrims on November 9However the final date is stillbeing worked out between thetwo countries and the PunjabGovernmentrsquos official eventwill be planned accordingly

Capt Amarinder mean-while shared official pro-

gramme of his governmentrsquosevents with the President andPM ldquoThe CM has urged bothto participate in the corridoropening at Dera Baba Nanakand the main programme atSultanpur Lodhirdquo the CMOspokesman said

Capt Amarinder also urgedPMrsquos intervention to allow a21-mebmer all-party jatha tovisit Sri Nankana Sahib thebirth place of the first Gurubesides bringing a nagar kir-tan to Sultanpur Lodhi viaAmritsar (Wagah)

In a separate letter to Minis-ter of External Affairs S Jais-hankar the CM has soughtformal clearance for theNankana Sahib delegationvisit and the nagar kirtan

The Punjab Governmentplans various celebrationsbetween November 5 and 15and will hold an all-party meetat Sultanpur Lodhi onNovember 1

from page 1

the list of 84 candidatesreleased by the Congress lateWednesday night and for theremaining six seats on Thurs-day shows that nearly 70 percent seats have been allottedto Hoodarsquos confidants

Of the 90 candidates giventhe party ticket at least 59 areHooda loyalists 12 are said tobe close to Kumari Selja fiveare believed to KiranChoudhry loyalists and threeeach are believed to be fromthe Kuldeep Bishnoi RandeepSurjewala and Tanwar camps

Hooda has had his support-ers fielded in all nine Assem-bly segments comprising theSonepat parliamentary seatthat he contested in May

But in the nine Assemblyseats under Kumari Seljarsquostraditional Ambala Lok Sabhaseat only one Hooda support-er mdash former HPCC chief PhoolChand Mullanarsquos son VarunChaudhary mdash has been nomi-nated for the Mullana seat

Hoodarsquos supporters havebeen fielded in eight of the nineAssembly segments in Karnalfour of the nine segments inKurukshetra Of the nineseats in BhiwanindashMahendra-garh at least four have goneto Hoodarsquos men The HisarUchana Narnaund and Han-si seats too have gone to hissupporters Adampur Nalwaand Hisar have been allottedto Kuldeep Bishnoirsquos menUklana and Barwala toKumari Seljarsquos loyalists andBawani Khera to KiranChoudhryrsquos camp

Of the nine Assembly seg-ments comprising TanwarrsquosSirsa Lok Sabha seat Dab-wali Tohana Ratia Ellenabadand Fatehabad have gone toHoodarsquos supporters Narwanacandidate Vidya Rani is con-sidered close to Randeep Sur-jewala while Sirsa and Kalan-wali nominees Hoshiari LalSharma and Shishpal Kehar-wala are Tanwar loyalists

Former minister Capt AjayYadav has managed the partyticket for his son ChiranjeevRao from Rewari

With ticket

639 engg seats vacantfrom page 1

institutions that mere physicalinfrastructure is not enoughand that qualified and well-paid faculty are mandatory forrunning engineering coursesRather than reduce the num-ber of seats the governmenthas lowered merit andallowed admissions throughHP Combined Entrance Testand Class 12 examinationmerit defeating the very pur-pose of ensuring quality edu-cation and uniformity instandards say sources

Private colleges charge

between Rs 45000 and Rs57000 per semester for BTechcompared to Rs 30000 in gov-ernment colleges ldquoStudentsare shying away from engi-neering courses as there areno jobs even after spendingRs 4 lakh to Rs 5 lakhrdquo saysSuresh who left the courseafter two semestersThere is a clear shift towardstraditional arts commercescience and managementcourses as 100 per cent seatshave been filled ldquoGovern-ment jobs are still the top pri-ority for students as their

focus is on preparation forcompetitive examinationsrdquosays Prof Sikender KumarVice-Chancellor HimachalPradesh University

Mismatch between enrol-ment and employment ratedue to opening of privateinstitutions without assessingemployment opportunities isalso leading to low intakeFurther high investment inengineering courses as com-pared to average remunera-tion after passing out is caus-ing aversion to engineeringcourses say sources

Justice Jha

5th SC judgerecuses fromKoregaonactivistrsquos case

4-day visit Connectivity trade energy ties top agenda

from page 1

High Court at Jabalpurbefore his elevation to the HCas permanent judge on Feb-ruary 2 2007

The President after con-sultation with the CJI alsotransferred Justice Pulig-oru Venkata Sanjay Kumara Judge of the TelanganaHC to the Punjab andHaryana HC He has beenasked to assume charge byOctober 17 mdash TNS

Justice LN Swamy ChiefJustice of HP High Court

Justice Ajai Lamba CJ ofGauhati High Court

Justice Indrajit Mahanty isChief Justice in Rsthan

Justice A Mani Kumar is CJof Kerala High Court

Justice JK MaheshwariChief Justice of Andhra HC

Justice AK Goswami ChiefJustice of Sikkim HC

Justices BiswanathSommader PV SanjayKumar and Vivek Agarwalof Calcutta Telangana andMadhya Pradesh HCsposted to HCs of AllahabadPunjab and Haryana andAllahabad respectively

OTHER JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS

JUSTICE KURESHI FAILS TO FIGURE ON LISTJustice Akil Kureshi recommended by SC Collegium for appoint-ment as Tripura HC CJ last month doesnrsquot figure on the list Earli-er Centre had refused to appoint him as CJ of MP High Court

Union Minister of State Sushri Debasree Chaudhuri receivesBangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi on Thursday PTI

THE TRIBUNE CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019

12|BUSINESS GOLD

~39115New Delhi

SILVER

~47580New Delhi

USD EURO POUND JPY YUAN CAD AUD SGD HKD~7089 ~7803 ~8808 ~067 ~993 ~5324 ~4774 ~5147 ~905

No SE (BampR)NIT-581 Dt 031019

MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONJALANDHAR LOCAL GOVT DEPTT PUNJABNOTICE INVITING e-TENDERS

(CIVIL WORKS)eprocpunjabgovin

E-tender No MCJ (BampR) 2019-2012

Municipal Corporation Jalandhar invites e-tenders onTwo Bid system for the CivilHorticultureBuilding worksmentioned at wwweprocpunjabgovin from thecontractors enlisted with Municipal Corporation Jalandhar ampCo-op LC Societies (Registered in Punjab State) Time totime instructions issued by GovtCVO will be followed forbidding as well as execution of works All the bidders shouldcomply with the latest instructions issued vide notificationNo 765279-radicΔ1(5)4342 Dt 02102014 amp 5822018-2lg41892 Dt 02082018

Date and Time Schedule for LC SocietiesAgencies

Other terms amp conditions can be seen at E-tenderWebsite eprocpunjabgovin

Sd- Superintending Engineer

SrNo

Last Date of onlinesubmission of

Bidding document

Opening ofTechnical Bid

Opening ofFinancial Bid

1 10102019 up to 1700 hrs

11102019 at 1100 hrs

14102019 at 1100 hrs

DI-91904

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJABPWD BampR BRANCH

NOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDSTENDER NOTICE NO 18-21 DATED 01-10-2019

On behalf of Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer ConstructionDivision PWD BampR Br Rupnagar invites bids for below mentioned worksfrom eligible bidders enlisted under All road works category withPWD (BampR) for the works approved under his jurisdiction as detailed inthe following table The bidders may submit bids for any or all of thefollowing Work(s)-

For detailed terms and conditions refer to websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin

from 091019

Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerConstruction DivisionPWD BampR Br Rupnagar

SrNo

Name of Work Head

1 Special Repair of Bharatgarh-to Kakrala Soban MajraRoad upto HP Border (including five years maintenance)in Distt Rupnagar

3054

2 Special Repair of Bharatgarh-Kakrala to Nawan Graonupto HP Border (including five years maintenance) inDistt Rupnagar

3054

3 Special Repair of Bharatgarh-to Nalagarh Road upto HPBorder (including five years maintenance) in Distt Rupnagar

3054

4 Periodical Repair of Ropar Circular Road (ODR-08) (includingfive years maintenance) in Distt Rupnagar

3054

DPRPbD6797

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

RURAL DEVELOPMENT amp PANCHAYATS DEPARTMENTNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Tender Notice No PRDP201932 Date 011019

Authority- Executive Engineer Panchayati Raj PW (CampM)Division Patiala

Name of Work-

Date of opening of bid- 11102019

For detail terms and conditions of notice inviting bids refer towebsite wwweprocpunjabgovin

Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerPanchayati Raj PW Division Patiala

SrNo

Description of Work 1 EMD2 Tender fee (in Rs)

Cost ofWork

1 Renovation amp Allied Works ofPond at Village Devinagar SawaiSingh Wala Block BhunerheriDistt Patiala

1) Rs 37890-2) Rs 5000

Rs1894500-

DPRPbD6803

Punjab Water Supply andSewerage Board

NOTICE INVITING Recall of e-TENDERS (2019-20)eprocpunjabgovin

Recall E-Tender Notice No 02 Date 30092019

On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer Punjab WS amp Sewerage BoardChandigarh Executive Engineer Punjab WS amp Sewerage Division No 2Amritsar invites online Lump Sump and percentage basis tenders from theapproved Contractorfirms and eligible Co-operative L amp C Societies who fulfillthe eligible criteria as per DNIT for the work mentioned below-

Important Dates are as under- For tender at Sr No 12

1 Period of availability of tender Online shall be Up to 10102019 up to 100 PM

2 Last Date amp Time for online submission ofBids shall be 10102019 at up to 300 PM

3 Date and Time for Opening of Tenchical bids shall be 11102019 at 300 PM

For tender at Sr No 3

Up to 23102019 up to 100 PM23102019 at up to 300 PM24102019 at 300 PM

For detailed terms and conditions refer to website eprocpunjabgovin

Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd-Executive EngineerPb WS amp Sew Divn No 2AmritsarDPRPbD6800

SrNo

Name of the Work BidSecurityEarnestMoney(Rs inLacs)

Cost ofDocu-ment

Tenderfee

(Rs)

Periodof

Comp-letion

Esti-matedCost(in

Lacs)

1 DNIT for Construction of Main PumpingStation (14 MLD) Tarn Taran (Zone No1) complete machinery amp Balance workof IPS (11 MLD) complete machinery etcand all other works contingent theretordquo

345000- 100- 5Months

17209Lacs

2 DNIT for ldquosurvey soil testing designsupply and construction instcomissioning of 4 mld STP at Analabased on any suitable sustainableand proven technology including otherappurtenant works on turnkey basisas per DNIT including operation ampmaintenance for a period of 60months after stabilization period of 3months or morerdquo

800000- 1000- 9Months

LumpSump

3 Detailed Project Report for ProvidingWater Supply Sewerage amp SewageTreatment Plant at Jandiala Guru DisttAmritsar (Under PIDB)

8050- 100- 1 Month 402Lacs

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJABPWD BampR BRANCH

NOTICE INVITING ON-LINE BIDSTENDER NOTICE NO 22-23 DATED 01-10-2019On behalf of Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer ConstructionDivision PWD BampR Br Rupnagar invites bids for below mentionedworks from eligible bidders enlisted under All road works categorywith PWD (BampR) for the works approved under his jurisdiction asdetailed in the following table The bidders may submit bids for any or allof the following Work(s)Sr No Name of Work Head

1 Special Repair of Sri Anandpur Sahib to Sri Naina Devi road (ODR-12) (including Five years maintenance) in Distt Rupangar

5054

2 Special Repair of 4-Lane Ropar Bye Pass (including Five yearsmaintenance) in Distt Rupangar

5054

For detailed terms and conditions refer to websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin from 09-10-19Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive Engineer Construction Division PWD BampR Br RupnagarDPRPbD6802

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJABPWD BampR BRANCH

Tender Notice No 41 Dated 03102019Executive Engineer Central Works Division PWD BampR BranchMohali invites bids from eligible bidders for below mentionedwork For detail terms and conditions of the notice inviting bidrefer to wwweprocpunjabgovin wef 09102019Corrigendum if any will be issued on website onlyWork Construction of Both Side Approaches amp Service

Roads of Railway Under Bridge (RUB) on levelCrossing No 24-B on Sirhind-Nangal Dam Amb-Andaura Section in Morinda Town

Sd- Executive EngineerCentral Works DivisionMohali DPRPbD6801

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

PWD BampR BRANCHNOTICE RE-INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No 07 Date 03102019

On behalf of the Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer Construction DivisionPWD BampR Br Patiala invites re-bids from eligible bidders for detailed in thefollowing table The bids shall be on the percentage rate basis The bidders maysubmit bids for any or all of the following Works

2 For Sr No 1 Period of availability of Tender onlineDate amp Time of onlinebid submission and Date amp time of opening of bids are as given below-

For detailed terms and conditions of the notice inviting bids refer to ourwebsite httpeprocpunjabgovin

Corrigendum If any will be issued on website only

Sd- (Er Navin Kumar) Executive EngineerConst Divn PWD BampR Branch PatialaM No 98783-60786DPRPbD6799

SrNo

Name ofProjectWork(s)

BidSecurityEarnestMoney

Cost ofdocumenttender fee

(Rs)

Periodof

comp-letion

Approxvalue of the

ProjectWork

1 2 3 4 5 6

1

Special Repair ofGovt Primary School Gajewas Teh SamanaDistt Patiala

36000- 5000-6

Months1804 Lacs

Availability of tenderonline for bidding

Last date amp timefor online

submission of bids

Date amp Time of opening oftender

From To Technical Bid Financial Bid

04102019 1000 am

11102019 0400 pm

11102019400 pm

141020191100 am

To be inti-mated later on

WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION DEPARTMENTNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No Dated

On behalf of Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer Water Supply ampSanitation Division No 1 Amritsar invites bid from eligible bidders for theProject detailed in the following table

For detailed terms and conditions refer to website httpeprocpunjabgovin

CorrigendumAddendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerWater Supply amp Sanitation Division No 1 Amritsar

DNIT No Date

I Project Description Name of Work Construction of SewerageTreatment Plant based on any suitablesustainable amp Proven Technology IncludingOampM of STP for 60 Months afterCommissioning of Village Budha Theh AbadiBeas and Abadi Gurunanakpura BlockRayya District Amritsar (NABARD-XIV)

II Bid SecurityEarnest Money

Rs As per approved Bid

III Cost of DocumentTenderFee Processing Fee

Rs 1000- Rs As per Website

IV Period of Completion 15 Months Including 3 Months of Stabilizationperiod

V Period of Availability ofTender online

From 07102019 Time 1000 am to07112019 Time 1700 pm

VI Pre-Bid Meeting Date andVenue

Date 22102019 Time 1200 pmVenue HOD Office Phase 2 Mohali

VII Last date amp time for onlinesubmission of bids shall be

Dated 07112019 Time 1700 pm

VIII Tender opening Date amp time Date 08112019 Time 1430 pm

DPRPbD6794

LUDHIANA IMPROVEMENT TRUSTFeroze Gandhi Market Ludhiana ndash 141001

e-mail ldh_It_2009yahoocoin

Ph- 0161-5255405

e-Tender NoticeNIT No 09e-TenderSELG-IT Ludhiana2019-20The Ludhiana Improvement Trust Ludhiana invites online bids for 10 Nos

development works -

Online availability of Tenders for bidding- 04102019 onwards

Closing Date amp Time For Serial No 1 to 7 10102019 up to 0200 pmFor Serial No 8 amp 9 17102019 up to 0200 pmFor Serial No 10 24102019 up to 0200 pm

Opening Date amp Time For Serial No 1 to 7 10102019 at 0300 pmFor Serial No 8 amp 9 17102019 at to 0300 pmFor Serial No 10 24102019 at 0300 pm

For details logon to wwweprocpunjabgovin

Note Any corrigendum(s) to the tender notice shall be published on the aboveWebsite only

Sd- Superintending EngineerImprovement Trust

LUDHIANADPRPbD6804

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

WATER SUPPLY amp SANITATION DEPARTMENT PUNJABNOTICE INVITING E-TENDERS

Bid No 11233 Date 300919

On behalf of the Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer WaterSupply amp Sanitation Division No 1 Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar invitesbids from eligible bidders for the works detail in the following table Thebidders may submit bids for any or all of the following works-

For detailed terms and conditions of the notice inviting Tender referto website httpseprocpunjabgovin wef 04102019

1 The bid documentTerms amp Condtions are available online and bidsare to be submitted online through e-procurement portalhttpeprocpunjabgovin only Bids submitted otherwise will not beaccepted

2 Rectificationextension of timeCorrigendum if any will be uploaded onwebsite wwweprocpunjabgovin amp will not be advertised in newspapers

Sd- Executive EngineerWS amp Sanitation Division No 1 SAS Nagar

SrNo

Name of Works I) Estimated CostII) Earnest MoneyIII) Tender Fee

(in Rs)

Important DatesTime

i) Sale of Tenderdocument

ii) Last Date and Time forSubmission of Bids

iii) Date and Time ofOpening of TechnicalBids

1 PROVIDING ESTATE ampINTERNAL WATERSUPPLY SANITARYINSTALLATION ANDFLOORING amp DADO INIT BLOCK AT GOVTCOLLEGE SECTOR-56 SAS NAGAR

i) Rs 1786904-

ii) Rs 35750-

iii) 1000-

i) 04102019 at 1800 hrs

ii) 14102019 at 1600 hrs

iii) 15102019 at 1100 hrs

DPRPbD6796

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ੀ1I ਯ੨੦ਜਜ਼੨ਸ੪੨DPRPBD6788

OFFICE OF THE CANTONMENT BOARDJALANDHAR CANTT

INVITING TENDER NOTICE

INVITING E-TENDER FOR PROVIDING TEACHING STAFFFOR CANTONMENT BOARD SCHOOLS AND SILVER OAKPUBLIC SCHOOL UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THECANTONMENT BOARD JALANDHAR

Online e-tenders are invited through CPP e-procurement portalhttpeprocuregovin by the Cantonment Board Jalandhar Cantt fromreputed experienced contractorservice provider for providing teaching staff for Cantonment Board Schools and Silver Oak Public SchoolJalandhar Cantt

Starting date for downloading of Tender documents 27092019

Last date for submission of online tender 17102019

Full notice of tender is available on Central Public Procurement Portal websiteie httpeprocuregovin

Chief Executive Officer

Cantonment Board JalandharDI-91800

BSE

198543810687

NSE

459011314

Vijay C RoyTribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3Fearing loss to small andmarginal farmers dairycooperatives in Punjab andHaryana have expressedreservation over the inclu-sion of dairy products in theRegional ComprehensiveEconomic Partnership(RCEP) pact

The cooperatives appre-hend that import of cheapermilk and dairy productswould adversely hit thelivelihood of lakhs of farm-ers in the two states withimporters and traders dom-inating the market

The government is con-templating finalising theRCEP a trade block whichincludes the 10-countryASEAN China IndiaJapan South Korea Aus-tralia and New Zealandby the end of this year

New Zealand and Aus-tralia particularly are nego-tiating very hard withIndia to reduce duty ondairy products so that theycan get an access to Indiawhich is the worlds largestmarket of dairy products

ldquoThe signing of theRCEP will be a big blow tothe dairy farmers as itwould lead to reduction inthe procurement price ofmilk from farmers due tocheap imported milk pow-der from New Zealandsaid Karnail Singh a dairyfarmer from Amritsar

Dairy cooperatives feelthat procurement pricewould come down drastical-ly if imports are allowedthrough the RCEP as therewould be no tariff barrier

ldquoWe fears that cheaperimports will have repercus-sions across the value chainsAs imports will be cheapermany traders will startimporting cheap dairy prod-ucts virtually putting farmersout of the professionrdquo said asenior official from Milkfed

The average daily pro-duction of milk in thesetwo states is around 460lakh litres As far as Punjabis concerned the daily pro-

duction is around 307 lakhlitres Out of the total milkproduced in rural andsemi-urban areas 50 percent is marketable surplusOf this surplus aroundhalf of the milk sold is han-dled by the organised sec-tor comprising dairy coop-eratives such as MilkfedsVerka and private dairycompanies and the rest bythe unorganised sector

Similarly in Haryana thedaily production is 156 lakhlitres Out of the total pro-duction 70 per cent of themilk is self-consumed byfarmers and the remaining30 per cent is marketable

surplus Further around 39lakh litres (25 per cent) arebeing handled by HaryanaDairy Development Cooper-ative Federation Ltd Therest of the quantity is beingprocessed by private dairyprocessors and sweet shops

Dairy cooperatives in theirrepresentation to the min-istry apprehend that cheap-er imports will push India toremain dependant onimports for dairy products

ldquoMilk producers andprocessors have made pres-entation to the Centre pro-jecting repercussions andrequesting it not to includemilk productsrdquo said SSKohli CGM Vita

The farmers apprehendthe step would halvedairy farmersrsquo income asthey will be forced toleave farming

ILLUSTRATION SANDEEP JOSHI

Fiscal tie-up deal has PunjabHaryana dairy firms worriedCooperatives fear import of cheaper milk will affect farmers

MILK PRODUCTION IN TWO STATESState Daily produce Marketable surplusPunjab 307 lakh litres 50Haryana 156 lakh litres 30

Onion prices fall to ~30kg after export banNewDelhi October 3Onion prices have started cool-ing down in both retail andwholesale markets in someparts of the country after thegovernment banned exports ofthe key kitchen staple andimposed stock limits ontraders Union Minister RamVilas Paswan said on Thursday

Retail onion prices whichwere ruling at Rs 60-70 per kg

for the past few weeks in thenational capital and some oth-er parts of the country

declined to below Rs 60 per kgon Thursday as per trade data

Onion prices declined to

below the Rs 30 per kg levelat Lasalgaon in MaharashtraAsiarsquos largest wholesale mar-ket for the bulb crop after thegovernment banned itsexport and imposed stocklimit on traders

ldquoWe have to take care of theinterest of both farmers andconsumers Prices of onionhave started declining after webanned exportrdquo he said mdash TNS

Mumbai October 3The Reserve Bank of India(RBI) is likely to go for yetanother rate cut on Fridaythe fifth in a row as inflationis within the comfort zoneand the need to boost theeconomy is pressing

RBI Governor ShaktikantaDas has already hinted thatbenign inflation providesroom for further monetarypolicy easing while space forfiscal space is limited

The government hasannounced a series of meas-ures including steepest cut incorporate tax rollback ofenhanced surcharge on theForeign Portfolio Investorsamong others to jump-startgrowth which hit a six-year lowof 5 per cent during the firstquarter of the current fiscal

The six-member monetarypolicy committee (MPC) isscheduled to announce thefourth bi-monthly monetarypolicy for 2019-20 on Fridayafter a three-day meeting

There was no meeting ofthe panel on October 2 onaccount of Mahatma GandhiJayanti The bank hasalready slashed repo ratefour times consecutively thisyear amounting to 110 basispoints in aggregate

At its last meeting in Augustthe MPC reduced the bench-mark lending rate by anunusual 35 basis points to 540per cent The upcoming MPCmeeting comes in the backdropof RBIrsquos mandate to banks to

link their loan products to anexternal benchmark like reporate for the faster transmissionof reduction in policy rates toborrowers from October 1

Ahead of the meeting theDas-headed Financial Stabil-ity and Development Council(FSDC) sub-committee tookstock of the prevailing macro-economic situation

Earlier the RBI Governorhad said the government hadlittle fiscal space giving hopethat the bank may providemore monetary stimulus toprop up the economy The gov-ernmentrsquos fiscal space hasbeen squeezed on account ofcut in the rates of corporate taxas well as lowering of the GSTrate on various goods Rev-enue collection too has beenbelow the Budget estimates

Experts are of the opinionthat another rate cut is on thecards as the governmentrsquoshands are tied and the onusof taking initiatives now restswith the central bank mdash PTI

RBI may cut policy rateto give economy a pushTo announce bi-monthly monetary plan today

REPO RATE ALREADYSLASHED FOUR TIMES The RBI has already

slashed repo rate fourtimes consecutively thisyear amounting to 110basis points in aggregate

At its last meeting themonetary policy commit-tee had reduced thebenchmark lending rateby an unusual 35 basispoints to 540 per cent

New Delhi October 3The government will keepthe reform momentum goingwith more such announce-ments in the future to bringback the economy on a high-er growth track thoughissues related with productiv-ity efficiency persist NITIAayog CEO Amitabh Kantsaid on Thursday

Going back to 2005 and tillnow close to about 300 mil-lion people have been pulledout of poverty In the last fiveyears the economy hasgrown at about 75 per cent

Indias growth was about 81per cent in the last quarter of2017-18 and fell to 5 per cent inthe June quarter of 2019-20Kant said at the World Eco-nomic Forums India Econom-ic Summit-CII event here

ldquoAnd since then both theRBI and the governmenthave taken a series of meas-ures to takeIndia backto a highgrowth tra-jectoryrdquo hesaid mdash PTI

Many morereforms inoffing Kant

We still have 25000 tonne of onion in ourstock We are asking state governments totake it and supply at ~2390 per kg in theirstates and ensure prices are stable

Ram Vilas Paswan CONSUMER AFFAIRS MINISTER

STATES ASKED TO COLLECT STOCK

THE TRIBUNECHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 13WORLD

GLOBE TROT

Emirati US Russian astronauts return to EarthALMATY A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three astronautsincluding an Emirati who became the first Arab to reachthe International Space Station returned to Earth Thurs-day Footage broadcast by Russias space agency showedthe Soyuz MS-12 capsule carrying Hazzaa al-Mansoori ofthe United Arab Emirates NASA astronaut Nick Hagueand Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin touch downat 1059 GMT on the steppes of Kazakhstan AFP

Russian man sues Apple for lsquoturning him gayrsquo MOSCOW A Russian man has filed a lawsuit against Apple formoral harm claiming that an iPhone app had turned himgay according to a copy of the complaint The man filed suitin a Moscow court asking for one million rubles ($15000)after an incident this summer in which a cryptocurrencycalled lsquoGayCoinrsquo was delivered via a smartphone apprather than the Bitcoin he had ordered ldquoApple pushed metowards homosexuality through manipulation Thechanges have caused me moral and mental harmrdquo he saidApplersquos representatives in Russia did not immediatelyrespond to AFPrsquos request for comment AFP

NZ mosque attacker drops bid to move trialWELLINGTON Gunman Brenton Tarrant the man accused ofmurdering 51 Muslim worshippers in Marchs NewZealand mosque attack on Thursdaydropped a bid to move his trial from the citywhere the massacre occurred The HighCourt held a pre-trial hearing inChristchurch in which judge CameronMander announced at the beginning ofproceedings that the defence haddecided not to pursue the applica-tion His trial will begin on June2 next year in Christchurch AP

FIRST EMIRATI TO REACH ISS Russian space agencyrescue team members and United Arab Emiratesspecialists carry Emirati astronaut Hazzaa al-Mansoorishortly after the landing of the Russian Soyuz MS-12 spacecapsule about 150 km south-east of the Kazakh town ofDzhezkazgan on Thursday AFP

Pak Taliban urge US to resume Afghan talksIslamabad October 3Pakistan on Thursday askedthe Taliban to grasp theopportunity and resume talkswith the US for an early andpeaceful resolution of the con-flict in Afghanistan sayingwar is not a solution as topleaders of the militant groupmet Foreign Minister ShahMahmood Qureshi here

A high-level Taliban dele-gation met Qureshi as partof a push to revive theAfghan peace processstalled after US PresidentDonald Trump abruptlydeclared the talks with therebel group ldquodeadrdquo

The Foreign Office said in astatement that a delegationof the Taliban Political Com-mission (TPC) called onQureshi The delegation wasled by the head of TPC MullaAbdul Ghani Baradar andincluded senior members ofthe commission

ldquoWhile appreciating Tal-

ibanrsquos serious engagementin the peace process heunderscored the need to takethese efforts to their logicalconclusionrdquo Qureshi said

Trump stunned the worldwhen he suddenly declared

that the Afghan peace talkswith the Taliban wereldquodeadrdquo following killing onan American soldier

Qureshi said ldquoPakistan hasmaintained for several yearsthat there is no military solu-

tion to the complex situationin Afghanistan An inclusivepeace and reconciliationprocess involving all sec-tions of the Afghan societywas the only practical wayforwardrdquo mdash PTI

US ENVOY LIKELY TOMEET DELEGATION

Sources said the talksbetween Foreign MinisterSM Qureshi and theTaliban went on for morethan one and a halfhours ISI chief Lt GenFaiz Hameed was alsopresent in the meeting

US special envoy toAfghanistan ZalmayKhalilzad is also inPakistan to discuss therevival of the peace talksHe may also meet theTaliban delegation

Pakistan has maintained for several years that there is no military solution to the complexsituation in Afghanistan A peace process is the only way forward Mahmood Qureshi PAK FOREIGN MINISTER

Foreign Minister SM Qureshi (C) receives members of the Talibandelegation at the Pakistan Foreign Ministry in Islamabad AFP

Paris October 3 A man wielding a knifestabbed and killed four offi-cers at the police headquar-ters in the heart of centralParis on Thursday beforebeing shot dead

Sources told AFP theattacker was shot dead bypolice in the courtyard ofthe building where he wasemployed The man workedin an administrative capac-ity but it was not immedi-ately clear what his precisework role was

Interior MinisterChristophe Castaner who was

due to visit Turkey later onThursday postponed his tripto visit the scene of the attack

ldquoPeople were runningeverywhere there was cryingeverywhererdquo said Emery Sia-mandi an interpreter whowas in the building when theattack happened

Investigators suspect aworkplace dispute sparkedthe deadliest attack onpolice in France in yearssources said

The Paris prosecutor is atthe scene but anti-terroragencies have not beeninvolved at this stage mdash AFP

Four Paris copsstabbed to death

A police vehicle drives toward Paris police headquartersfollowing alleged stabbing by a co-worker on Thursday AFP

London October 3 UK Prime Minister BorisJohnson on Thursday saidhe has made a ldquogenuineattempt to bridge thechasmrdquo in order to get afresh Brexit deal with theEU as he appealed to MPs inthe House of Commons tosupport his proposals

Johnson told MPs that hisproposals mdash which wouldsee Northern Ireland stay inthe European single marketfor goods but leave the cus-toms union mdash were a ldquocom-promiserdquo He has main-tained that the UK will

leave the EU on October 31with or without a deal

The UK government isnow hoping to begin a peri-od of intense negotiationswith the aim of reaching afinal agreement at an EU

summit on October 17ldquoThis government has

moved our proposals dorepresent a compromiseand I hope that the Housecan now come together inthe national interestbehind this new dealrdquoJohnson told MPs

The backstop is the con-troversial ldquoinsurance poli-cyrdquo that is meant to keep afree-flowing border on theisland of Ireland but whichcritics including Johnsonfear could trap the UK inEU trading rules indefi-nitely mdash IANS

Accept Brexit planBoris tells MPsJerusalem October 3 Israel swore in its newlyelected parliament onThursday for what could bea very short term after thecountrys second inconclu-sive election of the year leftit with no new governmenton the horizon

The typically festive eventwas marked mostly byuncertainty as the two maincandidates for prime minis-ter sniped at each other overwho should lead the country

It also came in parallel toPrime Minister BenjaminNetanyahus high-profile

pre-indictment hearing oncorruption charges whichhave threatened to end hispolitical career and con-tributed to the currentparalysis of the countryspolitical system

Neither Netanyahu norhis chief rival Benny Gantzhas been able to build a par-liamentary majority withtheir natural allies Theynow depend on each otherfor a unity government asthe only likely alternative toan unprecedented thirdelection in less than a year

ldquoThe right thing for the

citizens of Israel especiallyat this time is for the primeminister to be busy workingfor them and not preoccu-pied with indictmentsrdquoGantz said

ldquoI call upon Netanyahu Donot barricade yourself in yourposition We will take thereins from here and lead thecountry for the good of thecitizensrdquo For thesake of unity Gantzrsquos deputyYair Lapid announced hewas forgoing a previousarrangement to share thepremiership should theycome to power mdash AP

No govt yet Israel swears in MPs

PM Boris Johnson in House AFP

PUNJAB WATER SUPPLY amp SEWERAGE BOARDNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No ETENDERPWSSDHOSHIARPUREE201954 of 2019 Date 03102019On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer PWSSB Chandigarh The Executive Engineer Punjab Water Supply amp Sewerage Division Hoshiarpur re-invite bids due to non-submission ofbids from the eligible bidders for the work detailed below-

2 Important dates are as under-i) Period of availability of tender online shall be From 03102019 to 13102019 up to 500 pmii) Pre-bid Meeting 07102019 at 1100 amiii) Last date amp time for online submission of bid shall be 13102019 up to 500 pmiv) Date amp time of opening of Technical Bid 14102019 at 0100 pm

SrNo

Name of the Work EarnestMoney

Cost of Document Tender processing Fee Period ofCompletion

Approx Valueof the work

1 Construction of STP 400 MLD at Balachaur Town Rs 800 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

2 Construction of STP 200 MLD at Hariana Town Rs 500 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

3 Construction of STP 300 MLD at Rahon Town Rs 700 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

4 Construction of STP 300 MLD at Garhshankar Town Rs 700 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

Note (i) The dates given above are for both eligible LampC Societies amp Contractors(ii) For detailed terms and conditions refer to website httpeprocpunjabgovin(iii) If any corrigendum issued will be loaded and seen at website httpeprocpunjabgovin Sd- Executive Engineer PWSSD HSPDPRPbC6790

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Period of availability of tender online shall be 04102019 from 200 PM

Last date and time for online submission of bid 10102019 upto 500 PMshall be

Date and time of opening of Technical Bid 11102019 at 200 PM

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SrNo

Description of work EarnestMoney(Rs)

Cost ofdocument

TenderFee (Rs)

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comp-letion

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thework

1 Providing amp Fixing laying Jointingcutting testing of RCC NP3 300mm idPipe and construction of smallscreening chamber room providingand supply installation of motor pumpset sludge pump set repair of MPSand STP and Complete all otherworks as per site Dera Baba NanakGurdaspur District Gurdaspur

2DNITcost Rs

68580-

Rs 100- 4months

Rs 3429

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Sd- Executive Engineer

Punjab WS amp Sew Division Hoshiarpur

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Name of the work EarnestMoney

Cost ofDocument

TenderProcessing

Fee

Periodof

Comp-letion

ApproxValueof theWork

3 Amtc Reserve Stock Hoshiarpurfor the year 2019-20 at HSP ldquoSupplyof One No Chowkidar to Watch ampWard Reserve Stock Hoshiarpurrdquowef 15092019 to 31032020

Rs2000-

1002360 6 Months15 Days

Lumpsum

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Sd- Corporation Engineer Municipal Corporation SAS Nagar

SrNo

Last date of online submissionof bidding document

Time and Date of Opening of tender

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Processingfee (in Rs)

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THE TRIBUNE14 JALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019SPORT

Visakhapatnam October 3Indiarsquos opening batsmanMayank Agarwal convertedhis maiden Test hundred intoa double century as the hometeam declared for 5027before the hostsrsquo spinnersmade early inroads into theSouth African batting orderAfter Rohit Sharmarsquos poten-tially career-defining 176 inhis first innings as a Testopener it was Agarwalrsquos turnto dominate the bowlers asthe 28-year-old made 215before the hosts declared onDay 2 of the first Test

Ravichandran Ashwin andRavindra Jadeja then got inon the act by dismissingSouth Africa opener AidenMarkram No 3 Theunis deBruyn and nightwatchmanDane Piedt to leave the tour-ing side reeling at 393 atstumps In a worrying signfor South Africa who lost 0-3 on their last trip to India in2015 a few deliveries keptlow on a pitch already offer-ing turn for the spinners

Cheap lossesIndia lost Cheteshwar Pujaracaptain Virat Kohli andAjinkya Rahane cheaply inthe second session but stillmanaged to put an imposingfirst-innings total on theboard Playing only his fifthTest Agarwal who had a pre-vious highest score of 77drove South African spinspearhead Keshav Maharajfor two runs to long off andthrew his hands in the airafter bringing up his double

hundred Starting the day on202 without loss Indiarsquosopeners treated SouthAfricarsquos bowlers with thesame disdain they showed onthe rain-interrupted openingday Visiting captain Faf duPlessis packed his fielders onone side of the wicket butboth Rohit and Agarwalscored almost at will tamingthe spinners by employingboth conventional andreverse sweep shots

South Africa looked des-perately short of ideas inthe face of the battingonslaught Rohit and Agar-wal stitched together astand of 317 Rohit was outstumped to KeshavMaharaj Dropped on 126 byQuinton de Kock off seamerVernon Philander Rohit hitMaharaj for his sixth sixand followed it up with afour but the left-arm bowlerspun the next one past hisforward defence and thewicketkeeper whipped thebails off Philanderremoved Pujara for six withthe first delivery of the sec-ond session while Kohliwho made 20 offered atame return catch to debu-tant all-rounder SenuranMuthusamy Karnatakabatsman Agarwal who hit23 fours and six sixes in hisknock added 53 for thethird wicket with Kohli anda further 54 for the fourthwith Rahane (15) before heholed out off a tame full tossfrom part-time spinnerDean Elgar mdash Reuters

Visakhapatnam October 3 Featuring in only his fifth Testmatch Mayank Agarwalbecame the fourth Indian bats-man to convert his maidencentury into a double hundredand the Karnataka opener iselated over his performanceSpeaking after the match adelighted Agarwal said ldquoI amextremely happy It is a feelingI canrsquot describe Glad that Icould make my maiden hun-dred into a doublerdquo

ldquoI am happy with the wayI played I am batting welland if we can keep battingtogether like this upfront itwill be great for the teamrdquohe added ldquoIf Rohit and Ican keep contributing tomake 450-500 every time itwill be very tough for theopposition I would be lyingif I say that you only have tothink about your own gameAt times you feel that youare playing well and cantake a chance but thatrsquosnot how it works You haveto be patient We had a greatpartnership to lay the foun-dation and get to 300 runsrdquo

Agarwal also praisedRohitrsquos 176-run knock as theMumbai right-handersilenced all his critics whohad questioned his role as aTest opener ldquoThe way he(Rohit) dominated the spin-ners was great to seerdquo Agar-wal said ldquoInitially the pitchdid do a bit with the new ballbut when the sun came outit got better and better As weapproached lunch on Day 2the ball started keeping lowIt started spinning by teaand it is great signs for usrdquo

Didnrsquot bow badly Rohit andAgarwal were good MaharajSouth African spinners didnot bowl badly and it was thesheer brilliance of RohitSharma and Mayank Agarw-al that has taken the gameaway from the visitors leadProteas spinner KeshavMaharaj said ldquoI wouldnrsquotsay they bowled poorly I per-sonally judge if someonecomes down the wicket andhits you itrsquos not a bad ball Ifyou are getting hit from thecrease if you are getting cutthen itrsquos a different storyrdquosaid Maharaj ldquoPiedt wasunlucky Mayank playedsuperbly well and so didRohit Literally everythingthey wanted to do paid off itwas their dayrdquo he saidIndiawon the toss and had no hes-itation in batting first ldquoI sup-pose the toss does play a partbecause you want the bestpossible conditions to bowlfor the spinners but havingsaid that we could have beena little bit better at timeswhen we did bowl But I sup-pose the toss does play alarge factor in terms of theoutcome of the gamerdquo saidMaharaj mdash Agencies

SURATIndian women seal serieswith 5-wkt win over SAThe Indian womenrsquos cricketteam produced anotherauthoritative performance tocomfortably defeat SouthAfrica by five wickets in thefifth T20I taking an unassail-able 3-0 lead in the six-matchseries With two games beingcompletely washed out theseries was extended from fiveto six matches and India need-ed to win on the day to sealthe series Off-spinner DeeptiSharma (219) and left-armspinnner Radha Yadav (323)restricted the Proteas womento 988 Brief Scores SA 988(Wolvaardt 17 Radha 323Deepti 219) India 995 (Har-manpreet 34 Ismail 219)

BENGALURURoger Binny electedpresident of KSCAFormer India cricketer RogerBinny and his team sweptthe Karnataka State CricketKarnataka State CricketAssociation elections Mean-while the Odisha CricketAssociation nominated taint-ed and jailed former supre-mo Asirbad Beherarsquos sonSanjay Behera as its repre-sentative at the BCCI AGM onOctober 23 Sanjay hasrecently been elected secre-tary of the association as hisfather who has been arrest-ed by CBI for his active con-nection with a chit-fundscam voted from jail

LONDONStokes wins playersrsquo awardafter World Cup heroicsBen Stokes has been votedthe Professional CricketersrsquoAssociation playersrsquo Player ofthe Year after starring in Eng-landrsquos maiden World Cup winand repeating his heroics dur-ing the Ashes series Stokeswill play for Northern Super-chargers in the new Hundredformat tournament with theLeeds-based franchise snap-ping up all-rounder ahead ofJoe Root and Jonny Bairstow

JAIPURJampK beat Railways by fourwkts in Hazare TrophyParvez Rasool hammered anunbeaten 118 to power Jamp Kto a four-wicket win over Rail-ways in their Vijay HazareGroup C matchBrief scores Railways 2856in 50 overs (D Mor 70 A Ghosh64 K Sharma 40 U Nazir353) JampK 2876 in 491 overs(P Rasool 118 SS Pundir 38 HSangwan 366) mdash AGENCIES

BRIEFLY lsquoHope I Rohitcontributebig for teamin future toorsquo

Deepankar ShardaTribune News Service

mumbai october 3In a first India will host pre-season National BasketballAssociation (NBA) matchesbetween Sacramento Kingsand Indiana Pacers here onOctober 4 and 5 The two-daycontest is a bid to populariseNBA and basketball in India

Sacramento Kingsrsquo own-er Vivek Ranadive is thedriving force behind NBAmaking its debut in hishometown Mumbai ldquoThegame here in Mumbai willallow NBA to open theirinterest for the next 10years India would be hav-ing more arenas moreplayers and more coachesto promote the sport NBAhas a long association withIndia but this is the righttime to push it ahead in abig wayrdquo said Ranadive aMumbai-born Americanbusinessman ldquoNBA com-missioner Adam Silver wasof the view that these games

are must to attract the Indi-an youth towards the sportI think in coming years bas-ketball would be the second-most popular sport in IndiaIt will be difficult to replacecricket but basketball andIndia are meant to betogether I just hope NBAturns the fortune of Indianyoungsters in a big wayrdquo

added Ranadive Sacramen-to Kings coach Luke Waltonsaid the players are excitedto play in Mumbai ldquoIt was akind of rest day today andthe players were asked justto sweat a bit The pre-sea-son games are equallyimportant as the major tour-namentsrdquo said Walton

NBA makes India debut asKings take on Pacers in Mumbai

Kultar Malikelected HCApresidentNew Delhi October 3Kultar Malik was namedpresident of the HaryanaCricket Association (HCA)after the results of the elec-tions for the officebearerswere declared here today

Mrinal Ojha was appoint-ed secretary and MahenderSingh was named the treas-urer All the three office-bearers are outgoing BCCItreasurer AnirudhChaudhryrsquos loyalists

While four members ofthe Apex Council wereappointed two memberswill be player representa-tives and another one willbe from the CAG It is learntthat the association hascommunicated the result ofthe election to the BCCI aswell as the Amicus CuriaeThe HCA has also writtenback to the CoA after thecommittee sent in a com-munication at 1am on Octo-ber 2 that an officebearer ofthe HCA should meet theCoA on October 3 mdash IANS

India beat Belgium end tour on highAntwerp October 3The Indian menrsquos hockeyteam outclassed reigningworld and European Cham-pions Belgium 5-1 in thefifth and final match tomaintain a hundred percent record in their tour ofBelgium

World No 5 India won alltheir five matches duringthe tour beating Belgium 2-0 in the opening match andregistering 6-1 and 5-1 winsover Spain in the next twogames before finishing offtheir tour with two morewins (2-1 and 5-1)

In the fifth match Sim-ranjeet Singh (7th) LalitKumar Upadhyay (35th)Vivek Sagar Prasad (36th)Harmanpreet Singh (42nd)and Ramandeep Singh(43rd) scored one goal eachto earn a scintillating victo-ry for the Indian team

India produced a stun-ning move in the 7thminute to take the leadthrough forward Simran-jeet Belgium forced acomeback but their penaltycorner was saved by Kris-

han Pathak in the 9thminute helping India tomaintain their one-goaladvantage at the first break

The second quarter sawworld No 2 Belgium winback-to-back penalty cor-ners in the 16th minute butPathak made sure thatthere was no damage Bel-gium tried hard to score anequaliser but some resolutedefending saw India taketheir lead into the half-timebreak

Attack modeThe visitors started thethird quarter with anattacking intent and wererewarded immediatelywith Lalit Kumar Upad-hyay bagging his first goalof the match in the 35thminute to extend Indiarsquoslead to 2-0 YoungsterVivek Sagar Prasad (36th)also registered his nameon the scoresheet as heproduced a crafty finish tobeat the Belgian goalkeep-

er The 38th minute sawBelgium win a penalty cor-ner but PR Sreejeshrsquos div-ing save kept the score 3-0in Indiarsquos favour Howevera brilliant strike fromAlexander Hendrickxmade it 3-1 in the 39thminute

Double blowIndia scored twice in twominutes just before the endof the third quarter to extendtheir lead to 5-1 Indiarsquosfourth goal was scored bydragflicker HarmanpreetSingh who converted apenalty corner in the 42ndminute while the fifth goalcame through RamandeepSingh who scored in the43rd minute mdash PTI

FIRST TESTINDIA VS SOUTH AFRICA

STAR SPORTS 930AMGOLF WOMENrsquoS INDIAN OPEN

DSPORT 1230PM

ATHLETICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPSSTAR SPORTS 1030PM

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TODAY ON TV

INDIA (Overnight 2020)

M Agarwal c Piedt b Elgar 215R Sharma st de Kock b Maharaj 176C Pujara b Philander 6V Kohli campb Muthusamy 20A Rahane c Bavuma b Maharaj 15R Jadeja not out 30H Vihari c Elgar b Maharaj 10W Saha c Muthusamy b Piedt 21R Ashwin not out 1Extras (B-4 LB-1 NB-2 W-1) 8Total (7 wickets decl 136 overs) 502Fall of wickets 1-317 2-324 3-377 4-431 5-436 6-457 7-494BowlingVernon Philander 22-4-68-1Kagiso Rabada 24-7-66-0

Keshav Maharaj 55-6-189-3Dane Piedt 19-1-107-1Senuran Muthusamy 15-1-63-1Dean Elgar 1-0-4-1

SOUTH AFRICAD Elgar not out 27A Markram b Ashwin 5T de Bruyn c Saha b Ashwin 4D Piedt b Jadeja 0T Bavuma not out 2Extras (LB-1) 1Total (3 wickets 20 overs) 39BowlingIshant Sharma 2-0-8-0Mohammed Shami 2-2-0-0Ravichandran Ashwin 8-4-9-2Ravindra Jadeja 8-1-21-1

Harmanpreet Singh and Ramandeep Singh both scored forIndia against Belgium HOCKEY INDIA

Double the troubleSouth Africa 393 at stumps onDay 2 after Agarwalrsquos double tonprops India to 5027 declared

SCOREBOARD

391Runs accumulated byIndia openers mdash215 by

Agarwal and 176 by Rohit mdash is thethird highest in a Test innings Thehighest is 404 by Vinoo Mankad(231) and Pankaj Roy (173)against New Zealand in 1956

0Bigger partnerships for any wick-et for India vs SA than the open-

ing stand between Rohit and Agarw-al The previous best was 268between Sehwag and Dravid for thesecond wicket in Chennai in 2008

4Indians who con-verted their maid-

en Test century into a200-plus scoreincluding MayankAgarwal Dilip Sarde-sai (200) VinodKambli (224) andKarun Nair (303)are the other three tohave done so

86TH Indian bats-man mdash Mayank

Agarwal mdash to score ahundred in Tests The28-year-old whomade his debut vsAustralia in Mel-bourne in December2018 took eightinnings to register hismaiden Test century

9TH First-Classcentury and

third double-tonfor Agarwalincluding atriple-ton Hehas convertedsix of his nineFirst-Class hun-dreds into 150-plus scores

12Sixes hit by Indiaopeners mdash six each

for Rohit and Agarwal mdashis the most by openersfor any team in a Testinnings There has beenonly one Test inningswhen India batsmenhave hit more sixes mdash 15vs SL at Brabourne Stadi-um in Mumbai in 2009

3RD Indian opening pair mdash Rohitand Agarwal mdash to share a 300-

run partnership in Test cricketRohit and Agarwal achieved thefeat with a stand of 317 runs OtherIndian opening pairs to share a300-plus partnership in Test cricketare Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy(413 runs vs NZ in 1956) andSehwag and Dravid (410 runs vsPak in 2006)

Vinayak PadmadeoTribune News Service

New Delhi October 3The Professional WrestlingLeague owners Pro Sporti-fy have sent a notice to theWrestling Federation ofIndia (WFI) for ldquobreach ofagreementrdquo

In a letter addressed toWFI president Brij BhushanSharan Singh the rightsholders have raised theirobjection to what they see asa gross oversight by thesports body to sanction thelaunch of a rival league Zee

Kushti Dangal whichaccording to Pro Sportifywas malicious ldquohellipThelaunch of the said ZeeKushti Dangal was held on23rd September 2019 at NewDelhi What is even moresurprising is that the launchevent was not only attendedby you but you also partici-pated in the press confer-ence with Mr Mukund Cairethe COO of ZEEL Further-more in the press confer-ence you made a statementthat both Pro WrestlingLeague and Zee Kushti Dan-

gal can coexist You also stat-ed that Zee Kushti Dangaland Pro Wrestling Leaguehave different formats andscoperdquo the notice sent bythe legal head of Pro Sporti-fy Dinesh Bant said

ldquoWe have analysed the for-mat of Zee Kushti Dangaland compared it to the ProWrestling League there is nodifference between the for-mats of the two tournamentsAs such it appears that beingconscious of the fact that itsactions clearly tantamount tobreach of the agreement theWFI has attempted to camou-flage this blatant breach bychanging the nomenclatureof the league being launchedby ZEEL That the ZeeKushti Dangal is the same asthe Pro Wrestling League is

evident from the fact that MrCaire of ZEEL referred to ZeeKushti Dangal as thelsquo Leaguersquo several times dur-ing the press conferenceThis makes it evidently clearthat while the proposed tour-nament is in the league for-mat it has only been namedlsquoDangalrsquo to circumvent theexclusivity rights retained byPro Sportifyrdquo it added

Pro Sportify Private Limit-ed had signed a 15-year con-tract with the WFI and it cit-ed clause 94 of thecommercial rights agree-

ment to cite the violationsWFI president Singh wasunavailable for commentsHowever it is understoodthat the body was unper-turbed with the developmentas it feels it was in a strongbargaining position shouldthe matter go to the courts

Interestingly the WFI hadserved the rights holder a ter-mination notice in 2016 forseveral violations includingnon-payment of rights feeand delayed payments madeto both wrestlers and techni-cal staff

Dangal over league rights PWL organisers send notice to WFIThe WFI has attemptedto camouflage this

blatant breach by changingthe nomenclature of theleague being launched byZEEL mdash Dinesh Bant PRO SPORTIFY LEGAL HEAD

Marvin Bagley of the Sacramento Kings shoots during Apractice session in Mumbai NBA

RESULTIndia 5 Simranjeet Singh(7th) Lalit Kumar Upad-hyay (35th) Vivek SagarPrasad (36th) Harman-preet Singh (42nd) andRamandeep Singh (43rd)

Belgium 1 AlexanderHendrickx (39th)

Mayank Agarwal celebratesafter scoring his maiden doublecentury on Day 2 PTI

Doha October 3

Grant Holloway of the UnitedStates blazed to his firstWorld Championships 110-mhurdles title last night in adramatic race in whichdefending champion OmarMcLeod fell

The 21-year-old Hollowaywho came into the champi-onships with the seasonrsquosfastest run of 1298 secondssmoothly glided through 10hurdles to cross the line in1310 five-hundredths of asecond ahead of SergeyShubenkov

Favourite to defend his titleJamaican McLeod came outof the starting blocks fast buthis race quickly turned souras he knocked down hurdlesand tumbled to the trackbefore reaching the finishline McLeod said he had felta hamstring strain in thewarm-up and thought itwould go away ldquoI was readyto go I showed up readyrdquoMcLeod said ldquoI put myself inthe very best situation todefend my titlerdquo Capitalisingon McLeodrsquos fallShubenkov the 2015 worldchampion took his secondconsecutive world silver witha technically sound run of1315 seconds

Holloway and Shubenkovsaid they had no idea thatchaos was unfolding inneighbouring lanes

ldquoIn the replay I saw that onefell down Another was cele-bratingrdquo said Shubenkov ldquoIthought to myself lsquoI missed

everythingrsquordquo

Asher-Smith grabs goldDina Asher-Smith seized hergolden opportunity to win the200 metres becoming thefirst British woman to claim aglobal sprint title With manyof the top medal contenderspulling out or skipping theevent Asher-Smith provedthe class act in the field pow-ering home in a nationalrecord 2188 seconds to addgold to the silver she won in

the 100m ldquoYoursquore only thefavourite if you go out andperform how people expectyou to and I was reallyfocused on putting together agood racerdquo said Asher-Smith

The once mighty UnitedStates who had been a non-factor in the womenrsquos sprintsin Doha also benefited fromthe scratches as BrittanyBrown grabbed the silver in2222 Switzerlandrsquos MujingaKambundji grabbed bronze

The fight for medals was

blown wide open when someof sprintingrsquos biggest nameswithdrew during the earlierrounds The race was missingthe reigning world andOlympics champions inDutchwoman Dafne Schip-pers and Jamaicarsquos ElaineThompson who withdrewdue to injuries ShaunaeMiller-Uibo of Bahamasowner of the fastest time thisseason elected to race the400m only due to schedulingissues

The world 100m championShelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce andbronze medallist Marie-JoseeTa Lou scratched because ofsoreness from earlier raceswhile Nigeriarsquos BlessingOkagbare who had run thethird fastest time this seasonwas disqualified in her heat

None of that mattered toAsher-Smith blasted out ofthe blocks and was in com-mand coming off the bendbefore cruising to victory

ldquoI made sure that Iremained focusrdquo said Asher-Smith

Shot putter Toor fails toqualify for final round Asian champion TejinderPal Singh Toor failed toqualify for the final roundof the shot put eventdespite producing his sea-sons best effort The 24-year-old Toor finishedeighth in the qualificationround and 18th overall outof the 34 competitors with abest throw of 2043m fromhis three attempts Thosewho touched 2090m or atleast 12 best performerswere to make it to the final

Toor opened with a 2043mthrow bettering his earlierseasons best of 2036m butfouled in his next attemptIn the third attempt Toorcould only come up with a1955m effort to crash out ofthe championship TomasWalsh of New Zealand ledthe finalists with a throw of2192 m mdash Agencies

Great Grant HeistHolloway gets 100m hurdles gold as McLeod falls

THE TRIBUNEJALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 15SPORT

A lone spectator in a stand at the China Open on Thursday AFP

ANNEXURE-A

PRESS NOPRESS NOTICETICEThe Executive Engineer IPH Division Thunag invites tender on behalf ofGovernor of Himachal Pradesh from approved eligible contractor for thefollowing work(s) through e-tendering process-

Name of Work Augmentation of various water supply scheme of GPTandi Saroa Tharjoon Mushrani Bassi Devdhar Kharsi and KotlaKhanula in Gohar Block Tehsil Chachyot District Mandi (HP) (SH-Construction of Jack well type river intake 240 MLD Water TreatmentPlants (16 hours capacity) Providing Laying Jointing and Testing ofGravity Mains Rising mains and distribution system Pump houses StageI II amp III at various locations SE of pumping machinery MBRs and SRsat various locations including trail run period for three months (90 days)on full designed discharge and defect liability period for six months)

Estimated Cost - Rs 222662321-Earnest Money - Rs 2227000-Cost of Tender document - Rs 2500-Time Limit - 24 Months

Schedule of tendering-

The tender document can be downloaded from departmental websiteie wwwhpiphorg wef 4-10-2019 at 1000 AM upto 24-10-2019at 500 PM

Executive EngineerIampPH Division ThunagDistt Mandi

HIM SUCHANA AVAM JAN SAMPARK

1 Site Visit From 7-10-2019 to 15-10-2019 between10 AM to 5 PM except on holidays

2 Pre Bid Meeting date 16-10-2019 at 300 PM in the office ofEngineer-in-Chief IampPH Department JalShakti Bhawan Tutti Kandi Shimla (HP)

3 Bid Submission start date 4-10-2019 at 1000 AM

4 Bid Submission end date 24-10-2019 at 500 PM

5 Earnest Money DepositCost of Tender form if notsubmitted online

25-10-2019 upto 1100 AM

6 Opening of Eligibilitycriteria (Cover-I)

25-10-2019 at 1230 PM

7 Opening of Technical Bid(Cover-II)

Date and place to be notifiedseparately

8 Opening of Financial bid(Cover-III)

Date and place to be notifiedseparately

DPRHP2327

OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL

ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE GOVT INSTITUTE OFENGINEERING amp TECHNOLOGY

PRAGATI NAGAR DISTT SHIMLA (HP) ndash 171202NOTICE INVITING TENDER

(Tender No ABVGIETSTRTender2019-20- 01)Sealed tenders are invited from the eligible manufacturers

Firmsauthorized dealers for the procurement of Machinery ampequipmentsTools etc for the polytechnic labs such as ECElabs CSE labs Mechanical Labs etc as per specifications andterms amp conditions given in the tender document The tenderform can be downloaded from our websitehttpwwwabvgietorg or can be collected from this instituteon any working day from 1000 AM to 0500 PM at a cost ofRs 500- at the counter and Rs 600- if desired by Regd Postper set and Vendor using downloaded Tender Documents shallrequire to submit DD for Rs 500- which is non-refundable infavour of the Principal ABVGIET Pragatinagar Distt Shimla(HP) which shall be submitted alongwith the tender Completetender document along with earnest money and tender cost (asshown in the document) will be received up to 200 PM on30102019 and tender will be opened same day at 0300 PMin the presence of biddersrepresentative who wish to bepresent The tender submitted after the date amp time mentionedabove will not be considered

The Principal reserves the right to cancel the tender withoutassigning any reason thereof

Sd- PrincipalAtal Bihari Vajpayee

Govt Institute of Engg amp TechnologyPragatinagar Distt Shimla (HP)-171202

DPRHP2332

NOTICE INVITING TENDERS

Bid Ref No TBS(DMP)ESSTTIRL2019 (etenders)

TB Sanatorium Dharampur Distt Solan (HP) hereby invites bidsfrom eligible and qualified bidders for

Construction Testing Commissioning and Validation ofTB Containment Laboratory and Associated Works onlsquoTurnkey Basisrsquo under RNTCP with Supply and Installationof Two Class-II A2 BSC with Thimble Canopy and with TwoOnline UPS

Bidders can download the bid documents with all details fromthe website httpwwwhptendersgovin

For any queries bidders may contact the office of the Senior MedicalSuperintendent TB Sanatorium Dharampur Distt Solan HimachalPradesh from 1100 am to 0400 pm on all working days

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Beijing Andy Murrayexpressed disappointmentabout crowds at the ChinaOpen tennis where some ofthe best players in the worldhave competed in front ofswathes of empty seats

ldquoI think as the tournamentgoes on you tend to get bet-ter crowds towards the endof the weekrdquo said MurrayldquoLast couple of days in

terms of atmosphere itrsquosbeen not as good as youwould likerdquo

The three-time GrandSlam champion praised thetournament as a whole butsaid ldquoI donrsquot know if Irsquomcomplaining about it but Irsquodlike it to be bigger crowdsand nicer atmospheres Thatnormally comes as the weekgoes onrdquo mdash AFP

Murray disappointed by lack of China fans

Osaka October 3Fiji finally found their feet atthe Rugby World Cup with adominant 45-10 victory overGeorgia on Thursday as theirjet-heeled backs tore theirPool D rivals apart in a seven-try rout at a rain-drenchedHanazono Rugby Stadium

Winger Semi Radradrascored twice and made threeothers as the Pacific islandersrebounded from defeats toAustralia and Uruguay to gettheir first win in Japan

While their upset loss toUruguay has all but put paidto their hopes of reaching thequarter-finals Fiji are now inpole position to finish thirdand qualify for the 2023 WorldCup

Ireland edge RussiaKobe Ireland began to puttheir World Cup back on trackafter the shock loss to Japanbut it took them over an hourto secure a bonus point andstrengthen their quarterfinalchances in an unconvincing35-0 win over a stubborn Rus-sia Ireland just need to beatSamoa to reach the last-eightbut the fact Joe Schmidtrsquosside struggled to put awaysuch a limited team will do lit-tle for fansrsquo waning hopes ofreaching a first semifinal

Only a commanding win

would have sufficed with theshock in Shizuoka still rever-berating around the tourna-ment and it looked on thecards when Rob Kearneywho scored in the 62-12thrashing of Russia in the2011 World Cup toucheddown after 90 seconds

Sexton who was not riskedagainst Japan due to a thighinjury appeared to have Ire-land rushing towards thebonus point when his text-book 13th-minute dinkthrough was carried over byflanker Peter OrsquoMahony forjust his second try in 62 tests

Yet Russia who belied theirlowly standing by givingJapan a fright remained com-petitive with Ramil Gaisinrsquossmart kicking helping to keepIreland at bay for another 20minutes mdash Agencies

Fiji crush GeorgiaRussia fight Ireland

Los Angeles October 3Alberto Salazar pushed him-self to the brink and beyondas an athlete and preachedthe same philosophy as acoach to distance runningstars But the 61-year-oldCuban-born Americanrsquos willto win finally went too faraccording to the US Anti-Dop-ing Agency (USADA) whichhas banned him for four yearsfor multiple doping viola-tions Salazar has been amajor figure in American ath-letics for four decades Hewon the 1980 1981 and 1982New York Marathons and the1982 Boston Marathon andlater coached such stars asBritainrsquos Mo Farah the 2012and 2016 Olympics championat 5000 and 10000 metres

Salazar arrived in the Unit-ed States as a toddler Hisfather was a friend of FidelCastro who fought alongside

him in the revolution but lat-er opposed the Communistgovernment The familymoved to suburban Bostonwhere Salazar won a statecross country crown in 1975He helped the University ofOregon capture the US colle-giate cross country title in1977 taking national collegeindividual honours the fol-lowing year

Olympics dreamsIn 1980 Salazar qualified forthe US Olympics team at10000m but the Americansboycotted the Moscow Gamesand Salazar tackled a newchallenge the marathon Hequickly conquered the 262-mile (42195km) event At 22Salazar won his marathondebut in New York then set acareer-best of 2hrs 8mins13secs to defend his title

In 1982 he took New York

and claimed his only BostonMarathon title in what wasdubbed the ldquoDuel in the Sunrdquowith Dick Beardsley Afterbesting Beardsley in a sprintfinish a dehydrated Salazarcollapsed Salazar finished15th in the marathon at the1984 Los Angeles Olympicsthen trained and competeduntil retiring in the mid-1990s when he began mov-ing into coaching joiningwith Nike to form the Oregon

Project in 2001 to train dis-tance runners

Big namesThe program includes Dono-van Brazier mdash who won the800m world title Monday asnews of Salazarrsquos ban explod-ed into the athletics scene mdashand Sifan Hassan who wonthe womenrsquos 10000m worldcrown two days earlier

Stripped of his credentialsat the World Championships

in Doha Salazar has vowed tofight the ban which washanded down for violationsincluding trafficking testos-terone tampering with theathlete doping controlprocess and using bannedinfusion techniques

A four-year ban was alsoissued to Dr Jeffrey Brownwho was a physician fornumerous Nike Oregon ath-letes and a paid consultanton performance enhance-

ment for the Project part ofa scheme to manipulatetestosterone levels withouttesting positive

ldquoWhile acting in connec-tion with the Nike OregonProject Mr Salazar and DrBrown demonstrated thatwinning was more importantthan the health and wellbe-ing of the athletes they weresworn to protectrdquo USADAchief executive Travis TTygart said mdash Agencies

Morsquos super-coach Salazarrsquos road to disgrace

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Grant Holloway of the US wins the 100m hurldles gold even as defending champion OmarMcleod of Jamaica falls APPTI

Alberto Salazar hugs Galen Rupp of USA and Mo Farah after the5000m final at the 2011 World Championships FILEAFP

Two of his trainees won goldmedals at Doha World Crsquoships Steve Magness who spent 18 months as Salazarrsquos assis-

tant coach in the project before leaving shortly before theLondon Olympics spoke out as a whistleblower whenBBCrsquos Panorama and ProPublica investigated doping alle-gations around Salazar in 2015 Testimonies from variousfigures alleged micro-dosing of testosterone among othersuspicious actions Salazar denied wrongdoing Mo Farahstuck with him and won another golden double at the Riode Janeiro Olympics in 2016 But doping allegationsnagged Farah left Salazar in October 2017 The USADAcase against Salazar and Brown went to the American Arbi-tration Association with hearings conducted in May andJune 2018 setting the stage for the arbitration rulingshanded down Monday

How the star coach was caught in the net

Beijing October 3Fourth seed Naomi Osaka beatAmerican Alison Riske 6-4 6-0in the China Open here todayto set up a quarterfinal clashwith US Open champion Bian-ca Andreescu (in picture)

Osaka who won the PanPacific Open in Japan lastmonth converted five of eightbreak points and won the final10 games in a row to wrap upthe contest in 73 minutes mdash herseventh consecutive win in the

Asian swingCanadarsquos fifth-seeded

Andreescu cruisedpast American

qualifierJennifer

Brady with a 6-1 6-3 win Bradyfaced 11 break points of whichfour were converted by theCanadian who advanced in 67minutes Defending championCaroline Wozniacki also wentthrough to the quarter-finals instraight sets with a 7-5 6-4 winover Czech Republicrsquos Kateri-na Siniakova

Goffin in Japan quarterfinalsTokyo David Goffin of Bel-gium advanced to the JapanOpen quarterfinals aftersqueezing by Canadarsquos DenisShapovalov 7-6(75) 7-6(72)today Goffin will now faceChung Hyeon of South Koreawho pulled an upset victoryagainst sixth-seed Marin Cilic6-4 3-6 6-1

World No 1 Novak Djokovicreturning from a shoulderinjury is scheduled to playFrench fifth-seed Lucas Pouilleon Friday mdash Agencies

Osaka vs BiancaOsaka vs Bianca

Russiarsquos Viktor Gresev IrelandrsquosDave Kilcoyne fight it out AFP

RUGBY WORLD CUP

LONDONEngland call Abraham andTomori drop Alli and LingardEngland dropped Dele Alli andJesse Lingard but called upChelsea youngsters TammyAbraham and Fikayo Tomori in a25-man squad on Thursday foraway Euro 2020 qualifiersagainst the Czech Republic andBulgaria Striker Abrahamturned 22 on Wednesday cele-brating in style with the openerin his clubrsquos 2-1 ChampionsLeague victory at Lille and isthe leading English goalscorerin the Premier League

MADRIDReal host Granada inunlikely top of table clashReal Madrid host Granada in anunlikely first versus secondclash in La Liga on Saturday asthey look to ease the pressureon coach Zinedine Zidane In atopsy-turvy start to the seasonReal who sit one point ahead ofthe Andalusians at the top of LaLiga on 15 points tried thepatience of the demandingBernabeu crowd in midweekneeding two second half goalsto secure a Champions Leaguedraw against Club Brugges Theresult leaves the 13-times Euro-pean champions bottom of theirgroup after two games Thedraw came on the back of lastSaturdayrsquos drab stalemate withneighbours Atletico and coachZidane says his side need to bemore focused on the task athand mdash AGENCIES

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THE TRIBUNE16 GURUGRAM | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019BACK PAGE

Printed and published by Rajesh Ramachandran for The Tribune Trust Printed at The Tribune Press Plot No 123 Sector 37 Pace City-1 GurugramPublished at The Tribune Sector 29-C ChandigarhRNI No CHAENG201772605 Copyright copy The Tribune Trust All rights reservedTelephones 0124-22100332210044Circulation 0172-2670419 Advertisement 0172-2670256 257Editor Rajesh RamachandranEditor for purpose of PRB Act 1867

SanjayKhuranaTribune News Service

Katra October 3Union Home Minister AmitShah today flagged off theDelhi-Katra Vande BharatExpress from the New Delhirailway station calling it a ldquobiggiftrdquo for Jammu and Kash-mirrsquos development He saidwith Article 370 the ldquobiggestroadblockrdquo in growth gonethe state would be one of themost developed regions of thecountry within a decade

ldquoDelhi-Katra Vande BharatExpress is a gift for Jammuand Kashmirrsquos developmentand for promoting religioustourismrdquo the Union HomeMinister who was accompa-nied by Union Railway Minis-ter Piyush Goyal and UnionMinisters Jitendra Singh andDr Harsh Vardhan said

The Railways has alreadyopened bookings for the trainthat will start commercialoperations from October 5The minimum fare for NewDelhi to Katra travel in chaircar is Rs 1630 while itrsquos Rs3015 for executive chair car

The train will run on allweek days except Tuesdayand will cut the travel timebetween Delhi and Katra to

eight hours from 12-14 hoursearlier to traverse a distanceof 655 km It will depart fromthe New Delhi at 6 am andreach Katra at 2 pm It willreturn the same day fromKatra at 3 pm and reach NewDelhi at 11 pm

Railway officials said the

train would run at a maxi-mum speed of 130 kmph withthree stops at Ambala CanttLudhiana and Jammu Tawi

The decision to run thetrain was taken following thesuccess of the Vande BharatExpress plying between NewDelhi and Varanasi which

was flagged by Prime Minis-ter Narendra Modi on Febru-ary 15 this year

The Integral Coach Factory(ICF) has made changes tothe existing design of thetrain ldquoTo avoid damage dueto stray cattle the train hasbeen equipped with a sturdy

aluminium nose cover Andto guard the window shieldsagainst stone-pelting a spe-cial film has been providedrdquoa Railway official said

More space has been pro-vided to store meals for pas-sengers Besides changes inthe exterior and interior the

ICF has added a slew of mod-ern features like adjustableseats improved wash basinsautomatic doors wi-fi andinfotainment system

ldquoThe Railways will connectthe country from Kashmir toKanyakumari before August15 2022rdquo said Goyal

Shah flags off Delhi-Katra train calls it gift to JampK

The Vande Bharat Express train at New Delhi station prior to its flag-off ceremony on Thursday TRIBUNE PHOTO

CHAIR CAR

~1630 6 times a week 4 hrs travel time cut 6 am departure time from Delhi 2 pm arrival time at Katra 3 pm departure from Katra 11 pm arrival at New Delhi 130 kmph speed halts at Ambala

Cantt Ludhiana amp Jammu Tawi Will run on all weekdays

except Tuesday

Manufactured in a record time of15 years at a cost of

~97 CROREPlastic bottle crushers | Huge pantry |Revolving seats | Automatic doors |

WiFi | Sliding foot-steps

EXECUTIVECHAIR CAR

~3015

TICKET FARE

RECORD TIME

MODERN FEATURES

Jammu jail to have inmate calling system Jammu Kerala native Jatan lodged in a jail in Jammuheard the voice of his wife and minor daughter for thefirst time in nearly four years - thanks to the authoritiesintroducing a first-of-its-kind prison inmate callingsystem which allows prisoners to make long-distancecalls He is facing charges under the NDPS Act Theprison got the facility along with modern interview roomson Bapus 150th birth anniversary PTI

Domestic help held for theft at ministerrsquos houseMumbai A 25-year-old domestic servant has beenarrested for allegedly committing theft at Union RailwayMinister Piyush Goyals house here the police saidAccused Vishnu Kumar who hails from Delhi was alsobooked under the IT Act for allegedly sharing info from acomputer in the house with unidentified persons He wasarrested from the national capital and brought here onWednesday a police official said PTI

By the way

New Delhi October 3Fake news is more dangerousthan paid news and there is aneed for the government andthe media to combat it jointlyInformation and Broadcast-ing Minister PrakashJavadekar said today

The government would how-ever not take any step curbingthe media freedom he said

But there should be somekind of regulation on over-the-top (OTT) platforms as was thecase for films print and elec-tronic media he said

OTT platforms include newsportals and ldquostreamersrdquo suchas Hotstar Netflix and Ama-zon Prime Video which areaccessible over the Internet

He said several mainstreammedia outlets had conveyed tothe government that there wasno level-playing field with OTTplatforms being unregulated

The Press Council of Indiatakes care of the printmedia the News Broadcast-

ers Association (NBA) mon-itors news channels theAdvertising StandardsCouncil of India is for adver-tising while the CentralBoard of Film Certification(CBFC) takes care of filmshe said ldquoHowever there isnothing to regulate OTTplatformsrdquo he said mdash PTI

Need to regulate contenton Net platforms Minister

Tribune News Service

New Delhi October 3The Trump-Modi bonhomieat Houston and New Yorkcould not translate into a tradeagreement during US Com-merce Secretary Wilbur Rossrsquoongoing visit to India

Ross also gave the impres-sion that US President DonaldTrumprsquos presence at ldquoHowdyModirdquo event was a favour to theNew Delhi administration andmade it clear this physical prox-imity between the two leadersdid not dispel the WhiteHousersquos impression that Indianeeded to dismantle barriersthat made its tariff among thehighest in the world

Ross also made it clear thatdespite its reservations aboutthe security aspect the US

was not trying to force India towalk away from 5G technolo-gy by Chinese companies

Speaking on the sidelines ofan international meet that wasalso attended by Ross Com-merce Minister Piyush Goyalruled out any change in Indiarsquos

stand on e-commerce in order toprotect livelihood of 12-13 croreIndians dependent on retail

The new rules bar foreign e-commerce companies fromselling products via firms inwhich they have an equityinterest and also from makingdeals with sellers to sell exclu-sively on their platforms

India and the US have beenindulging in a low-intensitytrade warfare The US hasremoved India from availing ofduty-free exports worth $56 bil-lion under the generalised sys-tem of preferences (GSP)scheme and both have imposedhigher tariffs on 28 of theirproducts In an interview Rossreportedly indicated the UScould look at partial restorationof the GSP withdrawal in agrand bargain for a trade deal

No trade deal despiteTrump-PM bonhomie Luxembourg October 3

Facebook on Wednesdaywas dealt a major blow inthe EUrsquos top court whichruled that national courts inEurope can order onlineplatforms to remove defam-atory content worldwide

The decision will be seenas a victory for EuropeanUnion regulators who wantUS tech giants to meettightened European stan-dards over hate speech andoffensive content

Last week the same courtdecided that Google was notlegally compelled to applythe EUrsquos strict ldquoright to beforgottenrdquo rules globally in avictory for the search giant

In a closely watched judg-ment the European Courtof Justice said EU law ldquodoesnot precluderdquo courts fromordering ldquothe removal ofinformation or to blockaccess worldwiderdquo a state-ment said mdash AFP

Legal blow toFacebook overhate speech

DIGITAL SPIN Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad unveilsa lsquodigital charkharsquo to mark the 150th birth anniversary ofMahatma Gandhi in New Delhi on Thursday PTI

US Commerce Secy says India must dismantle barriers

Washington October 3 A nuclear war between Indiaand Pakistan could in lessthan a week kill 50-125 millionpeople more than the deathtoll during all six years ofWorld War II and lead to glob-al climate catastrophe accord-ing to researchers in the US

A study by researchersfrom the University of Col-orado Boulder and RutgersUniversity examined howsuch a hypothetical futureconflict would have conse-quences that could rippleacross the globe

Today India and Pakistan

each have about 150 nuclearwarheads at their disposaland that number is expectedto climb to more than 200 by2025 the researchers saidamid recent tensions betweenthe nuclear-armed neighboursover Kashmir after Indiarevoked JampKrsquos special status

ldquoAn India-Pakistan warcould double the normaldeath rate in the worldrdquosaid Brian Toon a professorat the University of Col-orado Boulder ldquoThis is awar that would have noprecedent in human experi-encerdquo Toon said mdash PTI

There are regularfeature films coming onOTT mdash good bad andugly There is nocertification body for OTTplatforms and likewisenews portals also Prakash Javadekar UNION MINISTER

lsquoNO CERTIFICATION BODYrsquo

This is a sensitive

subject and we will continueto protect them E-commerce is a platform totrade on not forpredatorypricing andmuscle power Piyush Goyal COMMERCE MINISTER

E-COMMERCE POLICYUNCHANGED INDIA

Indo-Pak nuke war mayleave 125 m dead Study

THE TRIBUNE10 CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019JampKHP

Arun JoshiTribune News Service

Srinagar October 3Kashmiris displayed theirextraordinary sense of collec-tive responsibility in savingtheir Vale from the repeat ofthe 2016-like situation or evenworse There were all chancesof it becoming one had theyprotested in streets andclashed with troopers

ldquoThey thought we wouldtake to the streets and pelttroopers with stones to engi-neer mayhem We did notallow that to happenrdquo BilalAhmad a university stu-dent spoke in a maturedfashion rather than onebursting with emotions

Everyone in the establish-ment here who is from out-side the Vale admires thehigh sense of the politicalconsciousness and intelli-gence of Kashmiris ldquoTheyare politically alive and intel-ligent people perhaps thekind of which we may notfind in any other part of thecountryrdquo commented an offi-cer who has been here forover past three decades

And when the troops hadstarted landing in huge num-bers in Kashmir in the lastweek of July Kashmir wasagog with rumours whichlater turned out to be truethat something big was in theoffing The common percep-tion was that it would not begood for people of Kashmirwhich was seeded in theirmind by politicians now seenas relics of a goneby era

While the authorities arecrediting themselves havingplanned measures in such amanner that ensured thatnothing would go wrongKashmiris have their ownstory to tell of their restraintand reasonableness Theypreferred to avoid confronta-tion and clashes on thestreets is the narrative thatdemonstrates that they arenot suffering from the senseof defeat with which some

nationalistic media is por-traying them after the scrap-ping of Article 370 and 35A

Kashmiris are intelligentThey claim that they haveshown to the entire worldhow adversity can be con-verted into a virtue Hadthey indulged in clashestheir argument of loss ofpolitical identity wouldhave been neutralised

They had factored in somekind of onslaught on theirspecial status under Article370 and Article 35A Theyknew that confrontationwould mean catastropheThis dreadful thought wasbased on rumours likeldquoanything can happenrdquo ifthe streets were to eruptThey did not oblige thetrouble-makers

The body language of thetroopers with assault riflesslung on their shouldersmade it clear that they didnrsquotwant any trouble around Thetrouble had its consequencesThe mere presence of thetroops had a meaning thatconfrontation would be metwith harsher consequences

A teenager Asif Dar

admitted that the thingswere ldquoharshrdquo but therecould have been harsherconsequences had thesecurity arrangementsthat were put in place notbeen there ldquoThe authori-ties had their way we hadours but the main thingis that we didnrsquot courttrouble and smear ourland with bloodrdquo

ldquoThis was a preventivemeasurerdquo the governmentofficials have repeated it adnauseam They had drawntheir lessons as theyclaimed from the 2016unrest In hindsight the twosituations have no parallelKashmir had erupted in2016 after the killing of mil-itant commander BurhanWani who had weaponisedsocial media and no oneknew about his fatal enduntil it happened on July 82016 Thereafter it was aspontaneous reaction

This time the governmenthad anticipated cascades ofbacklash It had taken all pre-ventive measures fromarrests of political leaders tochronic stone throwers busi-

nessmen and anyone whohad caused trouble in thepast or had the potential to doso It was linked to the deci-sion on August 5 The prepa-rations had been made muchbefore the ldquoDecision dayrdquo ofscrapping the special statusof Jammu and Kashmir

Massive protests and theinitial killing of at least 20youngsters in the first fewhours set a cycle in motionof the clashes and casualtiesin 2016 That cycle of vio-lence halted after Kashmirhad reeled under coerciveshutdown for three monthsand the casualty figure stag-gered close to 100

Tourists fled and so did pil-grims in 2016 but no one hadasked them to pack off andgo This time the things wereplanned much beforendash thegovernment ordered the pil-grims and tourists to leave atthe earliest on August 2 atleast a fortnight before thescheduled conclusion of theAmarnath pilgrimage

The ubiquitous presence oftroops inspired scare Kash-miris chose pragmatism thistime They for too had learnttheir lessons from 2016 it waspointless to take to the streetsand fulfil the designs of ene-mies of Kashmir who wantedmore graves Pakistan isexactly looking for this kindof bloodbath in the Valley

Troopers did not usetheir guns was one factorbut the Kashmiris also didnot offer them theextreme provocation to doso And when they saw thewhole of the Indian nationcelebrating the August 5decision they understoodthe consequences of stand-ing up to the Indian mightand mood They appliedtheir common sense not tothrow their land in the spi-ralling bloodshed That iswhere they succeeded in sav-ing their land and fellowKashmiris from the troublethat could have visited them

lsquoWe saved our land from catastrophersquo

TURNING ADVERSITY INTO VIRTUE When the troops had

started landing in hugenumbers in Kashmir in thelast week of July Kashmirwas agog with rumourswhich later turned out tobe true that somethingbig was in the offing

Kashmiris claim that theyhave shown to the worldhow adversity can be con-verted into a virtue Hadthey indulged in clashestheir argument of loss ofpolitical identity wouldhave been neutralised

Tribune News Service

Srinagar October 3On Tuesday when AatiyaAyoubrsquos mother read a newsitem in a local daily about theopening of schools after twomonths she had alreadydecided not to send herdaughter to the school owingto the continuous tense situa-tion in Kashmir whichmarked 60 days on Thursday

Aatiya is a Class X studentShe has submitted the formfor her annual exams butdoesnrsquot know whether theexams will be held She is yetto complete the syllabus atthe school where her last classwas held before August 3

ldquoOur education seems tobe over There is still silenceand shutdown it is not safefor us to go to school in sucha situationrdquo she told TheTribune at her home in Sri-nagar where she is prepar-ing the assignments provid-ed to her by the school ldquoIam not able to concentrateit is a very difficult situationfor all studentsrdquo she said

The Divisional Commis-sioner Kashmir Baseer

Ahmad Khan announced theopening of schools up to ClassXII from Thursday but whilea few schools had opened thestudents continued to remainaway from classes disobeyingthe governmentrsquos order It isfor the second time sinceAugust 19 that the govern-ment announced opening of schools but the students stayed away

The government has alsoannounced opening ofinstitutes of higher educa-tion from October 9 but itseems unlikely that stu-dents will attend the class-es as the communication

and internet clampdowncontinues in Kashmir

Many parents continueto raise safety issues ofstudents and haverestrained from sendingthem to schools ldquoWe willnot send our children toschools There is no publictransport and everythingis shut How can studentsas young as 4 5 and 6 yearsof age go to schools Whatwill they do if a stone hitsthem or something hap-pens Who will inform uswhen the phones are not workingrdquo asked Rosy Jan a mother

Few schools reopen inValley no students yet

The empty classroom of a government college in Srinagar AMIN WAR

Majid Jahangir amp Ishfaq TantaryTribune News Service

Srinagar October 3Relatives of at least 12detainees in the Valley whohave been booked under thestringent Public Safety Act(PSA) have knocked on thedoors of the JampK High Courtclaiming they are minors

In all 12 habeas corpus peti-tions have been filed in theSrinagar wing of JampK HighCourt Six among the youths

are 18 two are 17 and 16 andone is 15 years of age theirfamilies said In their peti-tions the families have most-ly submitted school certi-fies before the court insupport of the claim ofthe detainees

The first two habeascorpus petitions claimingthat the detainees wereminors and booked underthe PSA which allows deten-tion without any trial up totwo years was submitted on

August 27 by residents ofSrinagar and Anantnag

The Juvenile Justice Com-mittee of the JampK High Courtin a report submitted beforethe Supreme Court had said

144 children aged betweennine and 17 were detained

between August 5 and Sep-tember 23 and of them 142had been released The reportsaid the children weredetained for causing minorinjuries and creating law andorder problem ldquoIn certain reg-

ular habeas corpus petitionschallenging regular detentionorders passed by district mag-istrates against them underthe PSA the detainees haveclaimed to be juveniles When-ever such petitions come upbefore the different benches ofthe court the court is directedto hold an inquiry to ascertainthe factum of age and if thedetainee is found to be a juve-nile appropriate orders inaccordance with law would fol-lowrdquo the report had said

Kin of 12 detained lsquominorsrsquo move HC

Tribune News Service

Srinagar October 3As normal business activitycontinued to remain sus-pended for the 60th daytoday after the abrogation ofArticle 370 the KashmirChamber of Commerce andIndustries said the Valleyrsquoseconomy had been dentedby around Rs 10000 croreduring this period

The businessmen saidtheir problems had beencompounded due to thelack of mobile and internetfacilities as they wereunable to file returns thatwould lead to bigger issuesin the future ldquoAs per ourestimates we have suf-fered losses between Rs8000 crore and Rs10000crore during the past twomonths All sectors havebeen badly hit and themobile and internet gaghas added to our woesrdquochamber president SheikhAshiq told The Tribune

ldquoDue to the internet gagwe have not been able to filereturns and we fear this willlead to lots of problems forus later These are practicalissues and on top of thatthere is no clarity from thegovernmentrdquo he said

Lost ~10000 crduring lockdownsays industry

Parents reluctant to send wards owing to tension

Ambika SharmaTribune News Service

Solan October 3The BJP is in for a majortrouble in Pachhad as DayalPyari a sitting zila parishadmember refused to with-draw her nominationpapers after her supportersforced her against takingthe decision this morning

The development has leftthe ruling party embarrassedas its senior leaders wereconfident of placating her

Pyari who met Chief Min-ister Jai Ram Thakur inShimla yesterday hadalmost made up her mind towithdraw from the contestbut this was not accepted byher family and supporters

Her husband Prithvi Singhand her father-in-law said noother candidate was accept-able to the people She

deserved ticket and wouldcontest as an Independent

Dayal Pyari talking to medi-apersons said though she wastorn between the party andthe supporters she would payheed to latter and said shewould begin campaigningafter paying obeisance at theJatoli temple here

She reiterated that herfight was not against the par-ty but against the dictatorial

attitude of a few leaders ofher area and claimed that shewould emerge victorious

She was taken into a carby her supporters towardsSirmaur before she couldbe poached by BJP leadersShe began her campaigninglater in the day

The BJP got a partial reliefas its senior leaders man-aged to pacify rebel AshishSikta who withdrew his

nomination He howeverencountered strong resent-ment from his supporters atRajgarh where Sikta firstheld a meeting and thenwithdrew his nomination

BJP state president Sat-pal Satti ministers Mahin-der Thakur and SureshBhardwaj who were camp-ing at Rajgarh held day-long consultations to chalkout a strategy for the poll

Reena Kashyap who wasthe BJPrsquos official nomineewill face a tough challengefrom Dayal Pyari who hasfound overwhelming sup-port of the people

The development has elat-ed the Congress though itremains to be seen if its candi-date GR Musafir will gain inthe three-cornered contest asthe party is solely banking onthe factionalism in the BJP

BJP rebel firm on contesting as IndependentIn Pachhad partial relief for saffron party as Sikta withdraws nomination papers

ASSEMBLYBYPOLLS

Dayal Pyari (in yellow shawl) with her supporters outside a hotel in Solan on Thursday TRIBUNE PHOTO

SUPPORTERSrsquo PRESSURE Dayal Pyari who met Chief

Minister Jai Ram Thakur inShimla on Wednesday hadalmost made up her mind towithdraw from the contest butthis was not accepted by herfamily and supporters

Her husband and father-in-law said she deserved aticket but since denied shewould contest as an Independent

Taken in a car by her sup-porters towards Sirmaurshe began her campaigninglater in the day on Thursday

Lalit MohanTribune News Service

Dharamsala October 3Sudhir Sharma AICC secre-tary and former minister isunlikely to join the Congresscampaign in his home con-stituency Dharamsala for theOctober 21 byelection

Sudhir who refused to con-test the byelections just twodays before the last date of fil-ing of nomination papers hasnot arrived in Dharamsala todate He did not come toDharamsala when theyoung Congress leaderVijay Inder Karan who hasreplaced him filed his nom-ination papers on Septem-ber 30 Sudhirrsquos suddenrefusal to contest despitethe Congress high com-mand telling him to be inpoll fray is like an unsolvedriddle for many senior Con-gress leaders

A senior leader said AICCchief Sonia Gandhi evenafter the approval of the can-didature of Vijay Inder Karanasked senior leaders to talk toSudhir if he can change hismind and contest HoweverSudhir remained adamantagainst contesting he said

When contacted on phonetoday Sudhir said that he wasnot joining the Congresscampaign as he was sufferingfrom gastroenteritis ldquoI willreturn home after 4 to 5 daysbut whether or not I will jointhe campaign will depend onmy healthrdquo he said

With Sudhir almost declin-ing to join the campaign theissue of infighting in the stateCongress has come to fore

Just days before announc-ing his refusal to contest theDharamsala byelection Sud-hir had openly demanded theresignation of the acting pres-ident of state Youth Congressfor holding programmeswithout his approval andspeaking out against him Avernacular paper insteadreported that Sudhir hadsought HPCC chief KuldeepRathorersquos resignation

Congrsquos Sudhir may not campaign

Rajiv Mahajan

Nurpur October 3With drug trafficking in the inter-state border areasof lower Kangra districtcomprising Nurpur andIndora subdivisions risingthe state government hasturned a ldquoblind eyerdquo to theNurpur de-addiction-cum-rehabilitation centre

Set up during the previousCongress regime and inau-gurated by then CM Virb-hadra Singh on January 122017 the centre is run by theKangra district Red Cross

Society The skeleton staffhere has failed to run thecentre effectively

Surprisingly the centrehas no doctor or psychia-

trist As per informationthe centre is run by just aproject coordinator a coun-selor a pharmacist and asafai karamchari The

recent suicide by a 64-year-old man addicted to alcoholhas now put a questionmark on the safety ofinmates and the staff

deployed at the centre Asthere is no watchman or asecurity guard it is fearedthat such unsavory inci-dents can recur

Set up in the OBC hostelbuilding the centre canadmit 10 addicts at a timebut its full capacity couldnever be used for want ofrequisite staff Centre incharge-cum-project coordi-nator Amit Kumar admittedthat the centre was unableto admit more than fiveaddicts at a time and thewaiting list of addicts hadalways been quite long

ldquoThe working environ-ment is unsafe too as thestaff is always under threatof being attacked by theinmates who turn aggres-sive on being denied syn-thetic drugs or intoxi-cantsrdquo he said

As the centre is locatednear the border of PunjabHimachal Pradesh and Jam-mu amp Kashmir where drugtrafficking is on the risedespite registration of casesunder the NDPS Act thedemand for better facilitiesand more staff has been gain-ing momentum

Nurpur de-addiction centre a victim of admn apathyHas no doctor | Run by Kangra Red Cross Society NGOs want Health Department to take it over

Just 4 employees Set up during the Congressregime and inaugurated bythen CM Virbhadra Singh onJanuary 12 2017 the centre isrun by just a project coordina-tor a counselor a pharmacistand a safari karamchari Set up in the OBC hostelbuilding the centre can admit10 addicts at a time but its fullcapacity could never be used

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3A Special CBI Court todayissued notice to the CBI onthe bail applications filed bythree accused in the Kotkhaicustodial death case

The court asked the CBI tofile a reply on the bail applica-tions filed by former KotkhaiSHO Rajinder Singh (33)head constable RafeeMohammad (38) and consta-ble Ranjeet Steta (32) by Octo-ber 9 the next date of hearing

In the applications it was

stated that there was no evi-dence on record to connectthe accused with the allegedcustodial death of Suraj

It was also mentioned thatthree co-accused IGPZahur H Zaidi SP DW NegiTheog DSP Manoj Joshihad been granted bailAccording to the prosecu-tion a minor girl was alleged-ly raped and murdered inHalaila forests of Shimla dis-trict on July 4 2017 The vic-timrsquos body was found lying inHalaila forests near Mahasuon July 6 2017

Kotkhai case Copsfile bail pleas in court

As of now I am not campaigning forthe party as I am suffering fromgastroenteritis I will return home (toDharamsala) after 4-5 days but whetheror not I will join the campaign inDharamsala will depend on myhealth Sudhir Sharma CONGRESS LEADER

WHAT INFURIATED FORMER MINISTER Sudhir Sharmarsquos supporters alleged that while former

minister was preparing to contest elections leaders ofthe HPCC called other Congress leaders from Dharam-sala and asked them to apply for ticket

This infuriated Sudhir who decided against contesting They alleged that the former minister was also not join-

ing the party campaign as the current party leadershiphad tried to belittle him in his own constituency

lsquoSUFFERING FROM GASTROENTERITISrsquo

THE TRIBUNEJALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 11NATION

HIMACHAL PRADESH

NOTICE INVITING E-PROCUREMENT BID

Executive Engineer IampPH Division Dharampur Bharari on behalf of Governorof Himachal Pradesh invites the online Lump Sum contract bids on turnkey basisfrom the eligible bidders of Indian Entity through online bidding system on or before 17102019 at 1700 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs) on the sitehttpshptendersgovin

1 KEY DATES SHALL BE AS UNDER-

The tender forms and other detailed conditions can be downloaded from thewebsite wwwhpiphorg or from office above Executive Engineer up to datespecified above

Executive EngineerIampPH Division Dharampur Bharari

a Date of Online publication 0110 2019

b Downloading of e-bidDocuments

From 01102019 at 1800 Hrs IST (GMT + 530Hrs) to 17102019 at 1700 Hrs IST (GMT +530 Hrs)

c Date of submission of e-bid From 01102019 at 1800 Hrs IST (GMT + 530Hrs) to 17102019 at 1700 Hrs IST (GMT +530 Hrs)

d Physical Submission of Original Bid Security (in case ofoffline deposit of Bid security)

Up to 1100 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs) on18102019

e Date of opening of bids

1) Cover-1 Eligibility Criteria On 18102019 at 1230 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs)

2) Cover-2 Technical bid Shall be intimated separately

3) Cover-3 Financial Bid Shall be intimated separately

f Site Visit Between 1100 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs) dated10102019 to 1700 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs)dated 11102019 alongwith the AssistantEngineerconcerned Junior Engineer IampPHSub-Division TihraDharampur

SrNo

Description EstimatedCost

BidSecurity

Time Cost ofBid

1 Engineering Procurement Construction Testing Commissioning Trial Run of various components of LWSS to Rakhoh Cholthra Awahdevi Tihra and its adjoining villages in Tehsil Dharampur District Mandi (HP) under Jal Jeevan Mission (Har Ghar Nal Se Jal ) in single package on ldquoturn-key job basisrdquo including trial run defect and liability period as 3 months after physical completion of all components scheme including SOP connection as certified by Engineer-in-Charge of the entire scheme

Rupees 21667344-

Rupees 249200-

Ninemonths(includingallseasonsbutexcludingtrial runperiod of 3 months)

Rupees2500-

2 Engineering procurement construction testing commissioning trial run of various components of LWSS to PC habitation of Kot Dhawali and Bahri Rathoun and Chakyana in Tehsil Dharampur District Mandi HP under Jal Jeevan Mission (Har Ghar Ko Nal se Jal) in single package on ldquoTurn-key job basisrdquo including trial amp testing run defect and liability period as 03 months after physical completion of all components of the scheme including SOP connection as certified by Engineer-in-Charge of the entire scheme

Rupees 21134606-

Rupees 243900-

Ninemonths(includingallseasonsbutexcludingtrial runperiod of03months)

Rupees2500-

DPRHP2324

HIMACHAL PRADESH

IPH DEPARTMENT

NOTICE INVITING TENDERShort terms sealed item rate tenders on form 6 amp 8 are hereby invited by the undersigned on behalf of

Governor of Himachal Pradesh for the following works from the approved and eligible contractors so as to

reach in this office on or before 10102019 at 300 PM and will be opened on the same day at 33000 PM

in the presence of intending contractors or their authorized representatives in this office The tender form can

be had from this office against cash payment (Non-Refundable) on or before 09102019 The earnest money

in the shape of National Saving CertificateTime deposits Accounts Saving Accounts in any of the Post

OfficeBank in Himachal Pradesh duly pledged in favour of the Executive Engineer I amp PH Division Chamba

must accompany each tender Conditional tenders and tenders received without earnest money will be

summarily rejected The offer of the tenders shall be kept open for 120 days The Executive Engineer IPH

Division Chamba reserves the right to reject the tenders without assigning any reasons

SrNo

Name of work Estimatedcost

Earnestmoney

TimeLimit

Cost oftender form

1 Providing WSS to left out Habitation under census villageUdaipur Khas amp Saru in GP Udaipur Tehsil amp DisttChamba HP (SH- CO Rwall with cement concrete1510 for Sedimentation tank RHS)

313313- 6266- ThreeMonths

250-

Terms amp Conditions- 1 Before offering the rates the terms and conditions attached with the schedule of

quantity may be gone through carefully 2 Conditional tenders without earnest money will outrightly be

rejected3 The contractor shall enclose enlistmentrenewal order with his application for obtaining the tender

documents 4Latest income tax and sale tax clearance certificate as well as Pan No must be attached with

the application failing which the documents will not be issued to those contractors The contractor shall

produce registration of labour license from the competent authority under Contract Act 1970 failing which no

tender shall be issued to him

Note- No tender forms will be issued to those contractors who have not completed the work within the

stipulated period and having more than two works in hand under this Division

Executive Engineer

I amp PH Division ChambaNO-IPH-CBA-GA-G-Tender2019-7334-7384 Dated 200919 DPRHP2326

Himachal Pradesh IPH Department

SHORT TERM NOTICE INVITING TENDERThe Executive Engineer IPH Division Keylong (HP) invites tender on behalf of Governor of Himachal Pradesh from approved

eligible contractors for the following works through Online Process-

The tender forms and other detailed conditions can be downloaded from the portal httphptendersgovin up to 500 PM 14102019

HIM SUCHNA AVAM JAN SAMPARKExecutive Engineer IPH Division Keylong

JobNo

Name of Work EstimatedCost

EarnestMoney

Time ofcompletion

1 Special Repair of FIS Chimret in GP Chimret Distt Lahaul Spiti (HP) (SH- Co CClining and Retaining wall)

744756- 14900- One Work-ing Season

2 Providing WSS to PC Habitation of Jobrang Rape Rashil in GP Jobrang Distt Lahaulamp Spiti (HP) (SH- PF MS Tank 270 litrs capacity 2 Nos Laying Jointing amp TestingHDPE pipe of 50mm Dia at RD 0 to 5240 and Provision of Parta Cutting= 100 Rmt)

927536- 18600- Six Months

3 Augmentation of WSS to Village Gohrma in GP Gohrma Distt LampS (HP) (SH- PFMS Tank 270ltrs Co Storage tank 20000 ltrs capacity Co Stand Post 5 NosLaying Jointing and Testing HDPE pipe of 50mm dia at RD 0 to 110 (Ai to Bi) RD0 to 50 (A to B) 32mm dia at RD 50 to 500 (B to C) Double layer RD 0 to 1250 (Ato C) 20mm dia at for (distribution System) at various Rds Co Barbed wire fencingaround Stank and Co Crate work around Intakes and Co Nallah Crossing)

1419471- 28400 Six Months

4 Providing Flood Protection Work to Rubling in GP Tingret Distt LampS (HP) (SH-Crate work at RD 0 to 107)

2949252- 52000- Six Months

Date of submission of e-tender From 02102019 at 0500 PM to14102019 at 0500 PM

Physical submission of tender documents Up to 1100 AM 15102019

Date of opening of Eligibility Criteria 15102019 at 1130 AM

DPRHP2330

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CHANDIGARH ADMINISTRATION

ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Press e-TENDER NOTICEPercentage rate e-tenders are invited under two bid system by the Executive Engineer Electrical Division No 2 on behalf

of President of India from the eligible enlisted firms class A and B enlisted with the Chandigarh AdministrationMunicipalCorporation ChdCPWDState PWDs of Punjab amp Haryana and Himachal Pradesh and their board amp Corporation having validElectrical Contractor License issued by any Govt Deptt of StatesCentre for the execution of following work can bedownloadedUploaded from the website at httpwwwetenderschdnicin

SrNo

NIT No Name of work amp Location

Est

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tote

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Ear

nes

tm

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Per

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of

co

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and timefor online

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Time ampdate of

opening oftender

01 E219189 Mtc of NRB at Chandigarh (Repair of defective elec-trical accessories at various School under SDE E4Chandigarh) R

s5

441

44-

Rs

1090

0-

03M

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0230 pm

11102019at

0300 pm

Executive Engineer Electrical Divn No 2 Chandigarh

TENDER NOTICE No 06 Date 1102019

On behalf of the Governor of Punjab Executive EngineerConstruction Division PWD BampR Br Fazilka invites bids fromeligible bidders enlisted under road works category with PWDBampR BrDetail terms and conditions of notice inviting bids refer to ourwebsite wwweprocpunjabgovinCorrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerConstn Divn PWD BampR Br Fazilka(On behalf of Governor of Punjab)DPRPbD6792

New Delhi October 3As many as five judges of theSupreme Court have recusedfrom hearing activist GautamNavlakharsquos petition challeng-ing the Bombay High CourtrsquosSeptember 13 order rejectinghis plea for quashing of an FIRin connection with the Bhima-Koregaon violence case

After Chief Justice ofIndia Ranjan Gogoi Jus-tice NV Ramana Justice RSubhash Reddy and Jus-tice BR Gavai Justice SRavindra Bhat became thefifth judge to recuse onThursday from hearing thecase of Navlakhamdashone ofthe five activists arrestedin the case

Others arrested in the caseare Varavara Rao Arun Fer-reira Vernon Gonsalves andSudha Bharadwaj Theyhave been booked underprovisions of the UnlawfulActivities Prevention Act(UAPA) and the IndianPenal Code

Justice S Ravindra Bhat ofthe Supreme Court on Thurs-day became the fifth judge torecuse himself CJI Gogoi hasassigned the matter to aBench headed by JusticeArun Mishra which will takeit up on Friday

As Navlakharsquos petitioncame up for hearing before athree-judge Bench headed byJustice Arun Mishra JusticeBhat who was on the Benchalong with Justice VineetSaran recused himself fromhearing the case mdash TNS

Tribune News Service

NewDelhi October 3Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasi-na today arrived here on afour-day visit during whichboth sides will attempt to takethe focus away from theNational Register of Citizens(NRC) by discussing some oldproblems that have croppedup as well as exploring com-mon links in transport watersharing and projects on Indi-an line of credit

Bangladesh Foreign MinisterAK Abdul Momen had toldmedia in Dhaka that Hasinawould discuss a number ofbilateral issues includingkilling of Bangladeshis by BSFand a framework pact on com-mon rivers including Teestawith PM Narendra Modi onSaturday She was chief guestat the Country Strategy Dia-logue of the World EconomicForum today She will attend an

interactive session with selectIndian CEOs followed by inau-guration of India-BangladeshBusiness Forum on Friday Shewill hold talks with Modi andcall on President Ram NathKovind on Saturday

Momen said the two sideswould discuss increased con-

nectivity through rivers searail road and air overall tradeand commerce among others

Foreign Secretary ShahidulHoque told newspersons thatimport of Indian arms undera $500 million line of creditand the NRC issue would alsobe discussed

Hasina to raise NRCPrez PM accept Capt invitefrom page 1

group of pilgrims the PunjabCM will lead through the cor-ridor when it opens The CMhowever clarified neither henor the ex-PM would travel toPakistan for the formal open-ing of the corridor They wereonly going to the Sikh shrineon the other side ldquoas pil-grimsrdquo The Pakistan govern-ment had recentlyannounced it would inviteManmohan for the corridorinauguration but the ex-PMrsquos office denied knowl-edge of any such invitation

Todayrsquos developments arecrucial in the light of ongo-ing political one-upmanshipbetween Congress-led Pun-jab Government and theAkalis over marking the his-toric event

Capt Amarinderrsquos move tosecure President and PMrsquospresence at the state functionare bound to put pressure on

the Akalis to come on boardAsked about SGPCrsquos cele-

bration plans CMrsquosspokesman said ldquoThe CM hasrepeatedly said the SGPC as areligious body is free to organ-ise celebrations in gurdwarasand the official celebrationswill be marked by the stategovernment The CM hasrepeatedly urged all-partyunity and will lead an all-partygroup through the corridorrdquo

State government sourcesadded they were not aware ifthe SGPC would send a paral-lel jatha through the corridor

Pakistan recentlyannounced that the corridorwould be opened for IndianSikh pilgrims on November 9However the final date is stillbeing worked out between thetwo countries and the PunjabGovernmentrsquos official eventwill be planned accordingly

Capt Amarinder mean-while shared official pro-

gramme of his governmentrsquosevents with the President andPM ldquoThe CM has urged bothto participate in the corridoropening at Dera Baba Nanakand the main programme atSultanpur Lodhirdquo the CMOspokesman said

Capt Amarinder also urgedPMrsquos intervention to allow a21-mebmer all-party jatha tovisit Sri Nankana Sahib thebirth place of the first Gurubesides bringing a nagar kir-tan to Sultanpur Lodhi viaAmritsar (Wagah)

In a separate letter to Minis-ter of External Affairs S Jais-hankar the CM has soughtformal clearance for theNankana Sahib delegationvisit and the nagar kirtan

The Punjab Governmentplans various celebrationsbetween November 5 and 15and will hold an all-party meetat Sultanpur Lodhi onNovember 1

from page 1

the list of 84 candidatesreleased by the Congress lateWednesday night and for theremaining six seats on Thurs-day shows that nearly 70 percent seats have been allottedto Hoodarsquos confidants

Of the 90 candidates giventhe party ticket at least 59 areHooda loyalists 12 are said tobe close to Kumari Selja fiveare believed to KiranChoudhry loyalists and threeeach are believed to be fromthe Kuldeep Bishnoi RandeepSurjewala and Tanwar camps

Hooda has had his support-ers fielded in all nine Assem-bly segments comprising theSonepat parliamentary seatthat he contested in May

But in the nine Assemblyseats under Kumari Seljarsquostraditional Ambala Lok Sabhaseat only one Hooda support-er mdash former HPCC chief PhoolChand Mullanarsquos son VarunChaudhary mdash has been nomi-nated for the Mullana seat

Hoodarsquos supporters havebeen fielded in eight of the nineAssembly segments in Karnalfour of the nine segments inKurukshetra Of the nineseats in BhiwanindashMahendra-garh at least four have goneto Hoodarsquos men The HisarUchana Narnaund and Han-si seats too have gone to hissupporters Adampur Nalwaand Hisar have been allottedto Kuldeep Bishnoirsquos menUklana and Barwala toKumari Seljarsquos loyalists andBawani Khera to KiranChoudhryrsquos camp

Of the nine Assembly seg-ments comprising TanwarrsquosSirsa Lok Sabha seat Dab-wali Tohana Ratia Ellenabadand Fatehabad have gone toHoodarsquos supporters Narwanacandidate Vidya Rani is con-sidered close to Randeep Sur-jewala while Sirsa and Kalan-wali nominees Hoshiari LalSharma and Shishpal Kehar-wala are Tanwar loyalists

Former minister Capt AjayYadav has managed the partyticket for his son ChiranjeevRao from Rewari

With ticket

639 engg seats vacantfrom page 1

institutions that mere physicalinfrastructure is not enoughand that qualified and well-paid faculty are mandatory forrunning engineering coursesRather than reduce the num-ber of seats the governmenthas lowered merit andallowed admissions throughHP Combined Entrance Testand Class 12 examinationmerit defeating the very pur-pose of ensuring quality edu-cation and uniformity instandards say sources

Private colleges charge

between Rs 45000 and Rs57000 per semester for BTechcompared to Rs 30000 in gov-ernment colleges ldquoStudentsare shying away from engi-neering courses as there areno jobs even after spendingRs 4 lakh to Rs 5 lakhrdquo saysSuresh who left the courseafter two semestersThere is a clear shift towardstraditional arts commercescience and managementcourses as 100 per cent seatshave been filled ldquoGovern-ment jobs are still the top pri-ority for students as their

focus is on preparation forcompetitive examinationsrdquosays Prof Sikender KumarVice-Chancellor HimachalPradesh University

Mismatch between enrol-ment and employment ratedue to opening of privateinstitutions without assessingemployment opportunities isalso leading to low intakeFurther high investment inengineering courses as com-pared to average remunera-tion after passing out is caus-ing aversion to engineeringcourses say sources

Justice Jha

5th SC judgerecuses fromKoregaonactivistrsquos case

4-day visit Connectivity trade energy ties top agenda

from page 1

High Court at Jabalpurbefore his elevation to the HCas permanent judge on Feb-ruary 2 2007

The President after con-sultation with the CJI alsotransferred Justice Pulig-oru Venkata Sanjay Kumara Judge of the TelanganaHC to the Punjab andHaryana HC He has beenasked to assume charge byOctober 17 mdash TNS

Justice LN Swamy ChiefJustice of HP High Court

Justice Ajai Lamba CJ ofGauhati High Court

Justice Indrajit Mahanty isChief Justice in Rsthan

Justice A Mani Kumar is CJof Kerala High Court

Justice JK MaheshwariChief Justice of Andhra HC

Justice AK Goswami ChiefJustice of Sikkim HC

Justices BiswanathSommader PV SanjayKumar and Vivek Agarwalof Calcutta Telangana andMadhya Pradesh HCsposted to HCs of AllahabadPunjab and Haryana andAllahabad respectively

OTHER JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS

JUSTICE KURESHI FAILS TO FIGURE ON LISTJustice Akil Kureshi recommended by SC Collegium for appoint-ment as Tripura HC CJ last month doesnrsquot figure on the list Earli-er Centre had refused to appoint him as CJ of MP High Court

Union Minister of State Sushri Debasree Chaudhuri receivesBangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi on Thursday PTI

THE TRIBUNE CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019

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~39115New Delhi

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~47580New Delhi

USD EURO POUND JPY YUAN CAD AUD SGD HKD~7089 ~7803 ~8808 ~067 ~993 ~5324 ~4774 ~5147 ~905

No SE (BampR)NIT-581 Dt 031019

MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONJALANDHAR LOCAL GOVT DEPTT PUNJABNOTICE INVITING e-TENDERS

(CIVIL WORKS)eprocpunjabgovin

E-tender No MCJ (BampR) 2019-2012

Municipal Corporation Jalandhar invites e-tenders onTwo Bid system for the CivilHorticultureBuilding worksmentioned at wwweprocpunjabgovin from thecontractors enlisted with Municipal Corporation Jalandhar ampCo-op LC Societies (Registered in Punjab State) Time totime instructions issued by GovtCVO will be followed forbidding as well as execution of works All the bidders shouldcomply with the latest instructions issued vide notificationNo 765279-radicΔ1(5)4342 Dt 02102014 amp 5822018-2lg41892 Dt 02082018

Date and Time Schedule for LC SocietiesAgencies

Other terms amp conditions can be seen at E-tenderWebsite eprocpunjabgovin

Sd- Superintending Engineer

SrNo

Last Date of onlinesubmission of

Bidding document

Opening ofTechnical Bid

Opening ofFinancial Bid

1 10102019 up to 1700 hrs

11102019 at 1100 hrs

14102019 at 1100 hrs

DI-91904

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJABPWD BampR BRANCH

NOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDSTENDER NOTICE NO 18-21 DATED 01-10-2019

On behalf of Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer ConstructionDivision PWD BampR Br Rupnagar invites bids for below mentioned worksfrom eligible bidders enlisted under All road works category withPWD (BampR) for the works approved under his jurisdiction as detailed inthe following table The bidders may submit bids for any or all of thefollowing Work(s)-

For detailed terms and conditions refer to websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin

from 091019

Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerConstruction DivisionPWD BampR Br Rupnagar

SrNo

Name of Work Head

1 Special Repair of Bharatgarh-to Kakrala Soban MajraRoad upto HP Border (including five years maintenance)in Distt Rupnagar

3054

2 Special Repair of Bharatgarh-Kakrala to Nawan Graonupto HP Border (including five years maintenance) inDistt Rupnagar

3054

3 Special Repair of Bharatgarh-to Nalagarh Road upto HPBorder (including five years maintenance) in Distt Rupnagar

3054

4 Periodical Repair of Ropar Circular Road (ODR-08) (includingfive years maintenance) in Distt Rupnagar

3054

DPRPbD6797

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

RURAL DEVELOPMENT amp PANCHAYATS DEPARTMENTNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Tender Notice No PRDP201932 Date 011019

Authority- Executive Engineer Panchayati Raj PW (CampM)Division Patiala

Name of Work-

Date of opening of bid- 11102019

For detail terms and conditions of notice inviting bids refer towebsite wwweprocpunjabgovin

Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerPanchayati Raj PW Division Patiala

SrNo

Description of Work 1 EMD2 Tender fee (in Rs)

Cost ofWork

1 Renovation amp Allied Works ofPond at Village Devinagar SawaiSingh Wala Block BhunerheriDistt Patiala

1) Rs 37890-2) Rs 5000

Rs1894500-

DPRPbD6803

Punjab Water Supply andSewerage Board

NOTICE INVITING Recall of e-TENDERS (2019-20)eprocpunjabgovin

Recall E-Tender Notice No 02 Date 30092019

On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer Punjab WS amp Sewerage BoardChandigarh Executive Engineer Punjab WS amp Sewerage Division No 2Amritsar invites online Lump Sump and percentage basis tenders from theapproved Contractorfirms and eligible Co-operative L amp C Societies who fulfillthe eligible criteria as per DNIT for the work mentioned below-

Important Dates are as under- For tender at Sr No 12

1 Period of availability of tender Online shall be Up to 10102019 up to 100 PM

2 Last Date amp Time for online submission ofBids shall be 10102019 at up to 300 PM

3 Date and Time for Opening of Tenchical bids shall be 11102019 at 300 PM

For tender at Sr No 3

Up to 23102019 up to 100 PM23102019 at up to 300 PM24102019 at 300 PM

For detailed terms and conditions refer to website eprocpunjabgovin

Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd-Executive EngineerPb WS amp Sew Divn No 2AmritsarDPRPbD6800

SrNo

Name of the Work BidSecurityEarnestMoney(Rs inLacs)

Cost ofDocu-ment

Tenderfee

(Rs)

Periodof

Comp-letion

Esti-matedCost(in

Lacs)

1 DNIT for Construction of Main PumpingStation (14 MLD) Tarn Taran (Zone No1) complete machinery amp Balance workof IPS (11 MLD) complete machinery etcand all other works contingent theretordquo

345000- 100- 5Months

17209Lacs

2 DNIT for ldquosurvey soil testing designsupply and construction instcomissioning of 4 mld STP at Analabased on any suitable sustainableand proven technology including otherappurtenant works on turnkey basisas per DNIT including operation ampmaintenance for a period of 60months after stabilization period of 3months or morerdquo

800000- 1000- 9Months

LumpSump

3 Detailed Project Report for ProvidingWater Supply Sewerage amp SewageTreatment Plant at Jandiala Guru DisttAmritsar (Under PIDB)

8050- 100- 1 Month 402Lacs

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJABPWD BampR BRANCH

NOTICE INVITING ON-LINE BIDSTENDER NOTICE NO 22-23 DATED 01-10-2019On behalf of Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer ConstructionDivision PWD BampR Br Rupnagar invites bids for below mentionedworks from eligible bidders enlisted under All road works categorywith PWD (BampR) for the works approved under his jurisdiction asdetailed in the following table The bidders may submit bids for any or allof the following Work(s)Sr No Name of Work Head

1 Special Repair of Sri Anandpur Sahib to Sri Naina Devi road (ODR-12) (including Five years maintenance) in Distt Rupangar

5054

2 Special Repair of 4-Lane Ropar Bye Pass (including Five yearsmaintenance) in Distt Rupangar

5054

For detailed terms and conditions refer to websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin from 09-10-19Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive Engineer Construction Division PWD BampR Br RupnagarDPRPbD6802

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJABPWD BampR BRANCH

Tender Notice No 41 Dated 03102019Executive Engineer Central Works Division PWD BampR BranchMohali invites bids from eligible bidders for below mentionedwork For detail terms and conditions of the notice inviting bidrefer to wwweprocpunjabgovin wef 09102019Corrigendum if any will be issued on website onlyWork Construction of Both Side Approaches amp Service

Roads of Railway Under Bridge (RUB) on levelCrossing No 24-B on Sirhind-Nangal Dam Amb-Andaura Section in Morinda Town

Sd- Executive EngineerCentral Works DivisionMohali DPRPbD6801

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

PWD BampR BRANCHNOTICE RE-INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No 07 Date 03102019

On behalf of the Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer Construction DivisionPWD BampR Br Patiala invites re-bids from eligible bidders for detailed in thefollowing table The bids shall be on the percentage rate basis The bidders maysubmit bids for any or all of the following Works

2 For Sr No 1 Period of availability of Tender onlineDate amp Time of onlinebid submission and Date amp time of opening of bids are as given below-

For detailed terms and conditions of the notice inviting bids refer to ourwebsite httpeprocpunjabgovin

Corrigendum If any will be issued on website only

Sd- (Er Navin Kumar) Executive EngineerConst Divn PWD BampR Branch PatialaM No 98783-60786DPRPbD6799

SrNo

Name ofProjectWork(s)

BidSecurityEarnestMoney

Cost ofdocumenttender fee

(Rs)

Periodof

comp-letion

Approxvalue of the

ProjectWork

1 2 3 4 5 6

1

Special Repair ofGovt Primary School Gajewas Teh SamanaDistt Patiala

36000- 5000-6

Months1804 Lacs

Availability of tenderonline for bidding

Last date amp timefor online

submission of bids

Date amp Time of opening oftender

From To Technical Bid Financial Bid

04102019 1000 am

11102019 0400 pm

11102019400 pm

141020191100 am

To be inti-mated later on

WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION DEPARTMENTNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No Dated

On behalf of Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer Water Supply ampSanitation Division No 1 Amritsar invites bid from eligible bidders for theProject detailed in the following table

For detailed terms and conditions refer to website httpeprocpunjabgovin

CorrigendumAddendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerWater Supply amp Sanitation Division No 1 Amritsar

DNIT No Date

I Project Description Name of Work Construction of SewerageTreatment Plant based on any suitablesustainable amp Proven Technology IncludingOampM of STP for 60 Months afterCommissioning of Village Budha Theh AbadiBeas and Abadi Gurunanakpura BlockRayya District Amritsar (NABARD-XIV)

II Bid SecurityEarnest Money

Rs As per approved Bid

III Cost of DocumentTenderFee Processing Fee

Rs 1000- Rs As per Website

IV Period of Completion 15 Months Including 3 Months of Stabilizationperiod

V Period of Availability ofTender online

From 07102019 Time 1000 am to07112019 Time 1700 pm

VI Pre-Bid Meeting Date andVenue

Date 22102019 Time 1200 pmVenue HOD Office Phase 2 Mohali

VII Last date amp time for onlinesubmission of bids shall be

Dated 07112019 Time 1700 pm

VIII Tender opening Date amp time Date 08112019 Time 1430 pm

DPRPbD6794

LUDHIANA IMPROVEMENT TRUSTFeroze Gandhi Market Ludhiana ndash 141001

e-mail ldh_It_2009yahoocoin

Ph- 0161-5255405

e-Tender NoticeNIT No 09e-TenderSELG-IT Ludhiana2019-20The Ludhiana Improvement Trust Ludhiana invites online bids for 10 Nos

development works -

Online availability of Tenders for bidding- 04102019 onwards

Closing Date amp Time For Serial No 1 to 7 10102019 up to 0200 pmFor Serial No 8 amp 9 17102019 up to 0200 pmFor Serial No 10 24102019 up to 0200 pm

Opening Date amp Time For Serial No 1 to 7 10102019 at 0300 pmFor Serial No 8 amp 9 17102019 at to 0300 pmFor Serial No 10 24102019 at 0300 pm

For details logon to wwweprocpunjabgovin

Note Any corrigendum(s) to the tender notice shall be published on the aboveWebsite only

Sd- Superintending EngineerImprovement Trust

LUDHIANADPRPbD6804

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

WATER SUPPLY amp SANITATION DEPARTMENT PUNJABNOTICE INVITING E-TENDERS

Bid No 11233 Date 300919

On behalf of the Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer WaterSupply amp Sanitation Division No 1 Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar invitesbids from eligible bidders for the works detail in the following table Thebidders may submit bids for any or all of the following works-

For detailed terms and conditions of the notice inviting Tender referto website httpseprocpunjabgovin wef 04102019

1 The bid documentTerms amp Condtions are available online and bidsare to be submitted online through e-procurement portalhttpeprocpunjabgovin only Bids submitted otherwise will not beaccepted

2 Rectificationextension of timeCorrigendum if any will be uploaded onwebsite wwweprocpunjabgovin amp will not be advertised in newspapers

Sd- Executive EngineerWS amp Sanitation Division No 1 SAS Nagar

SrNo

Name of Works I) Estimated CostII) Earnest MoneyIII) Tender Fee

(in Rs)

Important DatesTime

i) Sale of Tenderdocument

ii) Last Date and Time forSubmission of Bids

iii) Date and Time ofOpening of TechnicalBids

1 PROVIDING ESTATE ampINTERNAL WATERSUPPLY SANITARYINSTALLATION ANDFLOORING amp DADO INIT BLOCK AT GOVTCOLLEGE SECTOR-56 SAS NAGAR

i) Rs 1786904-

ii) Rs 35750-

iii) 1000-

i) 04102019 at 1800 hrs

ii) 14102019 at 1600 hrs

iii) 15102019 at 1100 hrs

DPRPbD6796

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ੀ1I ਯ੨੦ਜਜ਼੨ਸ੪੨DPRPBD6788

OFFICE OF THE CANTONMENT BOARDJALANDHAR CANTT

INVITING TENDER NOTICE

INVITING E-TENDER FOR PROVIDING TEACHING STAFFFOR CANTONMENT BOARD SCHOOLS AND SILVER OAKPUBLIC SCHOOL UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THECANTONMENT BOARD JALANDHAR

Online e-tenders are invited through CPP e-procurement portalhttpeprocuregovin by the Cantonment Board Jalandhar Cantt fromreputed experienced contractorservice provider for providing teaching staff for Cantonment Board Schools and Silver Oak Public SchoolJalandhar Cantt

Starting date for downloading of Tender documents 27092019

Last date for submission of online tender 17102019

Full notice of tender is available on Central Public Procurement Portal websiteie httpeprocuregovin

Chief Executive Officer

Cantonment Board JalandharDI-91800

BSE

198543810687

NSE

459011314

Vijay C RoyTribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3Fearing loss to small andmarginal farmers dairycooperatives in Punjab andHaryana have expressedreservation over the inclu-sion of dairy products in theRegional ComprehensiveEconomic Partnership(RCEP) pact

The cooperatives appre-hend that import of cheapermilk and dairy productswould adversely hit thelivelihood of lakhs of farm-ers in the two states withimporters and traders dom-inating the market

The government is con-templating finalising theRCEP a trade block whichincludes the 10-countryASEAN China IndiaJapan South Korea Aus-tralia and New Zealandby the end of this year

New Zealand and Aus-tralia particularly are nego-tiating very hard withIndia to reduce duty ondairy products so that theycan get an access to Indiawhich is the worlds largestmarket of dairy products

ldquoThe signing of theRCEP will be a big blow tothe dairy farmers as itwould lead to reduction inthe procurement price ofmilk from farmers due tocheap imported milk pow-der from New Zealandsaid Karnail Singh a dairyfarmer from Amritsar

Dairy cooperatives feelthat procurement pricewould come down drastical-ly if imports are allowedthrough the RCEP as therewould be no tariff barrier

ldquoWe fears that cheaperimports will have repercus-sions across the value chainsAs imports will be cheapermany traders will startimporting cheap dairy prod-ucts virtually putting farmersout of the professionrdquo said asenior official from Milkfed

The average daily pro-duction of milk in thesetwo states is around 460lakh litres As far as Punjabis concerned the daily pro-

duction is around 307 lakhlitres Out of the total milkproduced in rural andsemi-urban areas 50 percent is marketable surplusOf this surplus aroundhalf of the milk sold is han-dled by the organised sec-tor comprising dairy coop-eratives such as MilkfedsVerka and private dairycompanies and the rest bythe unorganised sector

Similarly in Haryana thedaily production is 156 lakhlitres Out of the total pro-duction 70 per cent of themilk is self-consumed byfarmers and the remaining30 per cent is marketable

surplus Further around 39lakh litres (25 per cent) arebeing handled by HaryanaDairy Development Cooper-ative Federation Ltd Therest of the quantity is beingprocessed by private dairyprocessors and sweet shops

Dairy cooperatives in theirrepresentation to the min-istry apprehend that cheap-er imports will push India toremain dependant onimports for dairy products

ldquoMilk producers andprocessors have made pres-entation to the Centre pro-jecting repercussions andrequesting it not to includemilk productsrdquo said SSKohli CGM Vita

The farmers apprehendthe step would halvedairy farmersrsquo income asthey will be forced toleave farming

ILLUSTRATION SANDEEP JOSHI

Fiscal tie-up deal has PunjabHaryana dairy firms worriedCooperatives fear import of cheaper milk will affect farmers

MILK PRODUCTION IN TWO STATESState Daily produce Marketable surplusPunjab 307 lakh litres 50Haryana 156 lakh litres 30

Onion prices fall to ~30kg after export banNewDelhi October 3Onion prices have started cool-ing down in both retail andwholesale markets in someparts of the country after thegovernment banned exports ofthe key kitchen staple andimposed stock limits ontraders Union Minister RamVilas Paswan said on Thursday

Retail onion prices whichwere ruling at Rs 60-70 per kg

for the past few weeks in thenational capital and some oth-er parts of the country

declined to below Rs 60 per kgon Thursday as per trade data

Onion prices declined to

below the Rs 30 per kg levelat Lasalgaon in MaharashtraAsiarsquos largest wholesale mar-ket for the bulb crop after thegovernment banned itsexport and imposed stocklimit on traders

ldquoWe have to take care of theinterest of both farmers andconsumers Prices of onionhave started declining after webanned exportrdquo he said mdash TNS

Mumbai October 3The Reserve Bank of India(RBI) is likely to go for yetanother rate cut on Fridaythe fifth in a row as inflationis within the comfort zoneand the need to boost theeconomy is pressing

RBI Governor ShaktikantaDas has already hinted thatbenign inflation providesroom for further monetarypolicy easing while space forfiscal space is limited

The government hasannounced a series of meas-ures including steepest cut incorporate tax rollback ofenhanced surcharge on theForeign Portfolio Investorsamong others to jump-startgrowth which hit a six-year lowof 5 per cent during the firstquarter of the current fiscal

The six-member monetarypolicy committee (MPC) isscheduled to announce thefourth bi-monthly monetarypolicy for 2019-20 on Fridayafter a three-day meeting

There was no meeting ofthe panel on October 2 onaccount of Mahatma GandhiJayanti The bank hasalready slashed repo ratefour times consecutively thisyear amounting to 110 basispoints in aggregate

At its last meeting in Augustthe MPC reduced the bench-mark lending rate by anunusual 35 basis points to 540per cent The upcoming MPCmeeting comes in the backdropof RBIrsquos mandate to banks to

link their loan products to anexternal benchmark like reporate for the faster transmissionof reduction in policy rates toborrowers from October 1

Ahead of the meeting theDas-headed Financial Stabil-ity and Development Council(FSDC) sub-committee tookstock of the prevailing macro-economic situation

Earlier the RBI Governorhad said the government hadlittle fiscal space giving hopethat the bank may providemore monetary stimulus toprop up the economy The gov-ernmentrsquos fiscal space hasbeen squeezed on account ofcut in the rates of corporate taxas well as lowering of the GSTrate on various goods Rev-enue collection too has beenbelow the Budget estimates

Experts are of the opinionthat another rate cut is on thecards as the governmentrsquoshands are tied and the onusof taking initiatives now restswith the central bank mdash PTI

RBI may cut policy rateto give economy a pushTo announce bi-monthly monetary plan today

REPO RATE ALREADYSLASHED FOUR TIMES The RBI has already

slashed repo rate fourtimes consecutively thisyear amounting to 110basis points in aggregate

At its last meeting themonetary policy commit-tee had reduced thebenchmark lending rateby an unusual 35 basispoints to 540 per cent

New Delhi October 3The government will keepthe reform momentum goingwith more such announce-ments in the future to bringback the economy on a high-er growth track thoughissues related with productiv-ity efficiency persist NITIAayog CEO Amitabh Kantsaid on Thursday

Going back to 2005 and tillnow close to about 300 mil-lion people have been pulledout of poverty In the last fiveyears the economy hasgrown at about 75 per cent

Indias growth was about 81per cent in the last quarter of2017-18 and fell to 5 per cent inthe June quarter of 2019-20Kant said at the World Eco-nomic Forums India Econom-ic Summit-CII event here

ldquoAnd since then both theRBI and the governmenthave taken a series of meas-ures to takeIndia backto a highgrowth tra-jectoryrdquo hesaid mdash PTI

Many morereforms inoffing Kant

We still have 25000 tonne of onion in ourstock We are asking state governments totake it and supply at ~2390 per kg in theirstates and ensure prices are stable

Ram Vilas Paswan CONSUMER AFFAIRS MINISTER

STATES ASKED TO COLLECT STOCK

THE TRIBUNECHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 13WORLD

GLOBE TROT

Emirati US Russian astronauts return to EarthALMATY A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three astronautsincluding an Emirati who became the first Arab to reachthe International Space Station returned to Earth Thurs-day Footage broadcast by Russias space agency showedthe Soyuz MS-12 capsule carrying Hazzaa al-Mansoori ofthe United Arab Emirates NASA astronaut Nick Hagueand Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin touch downat 1059 GMT on the steppes of Kazakhstan AFP

Russian man sues Apple for lsquoturning him gayrsquo MOSCOW A Russian man has filed a lawsuit against Apple formoral harm claiming that an iPhone app had turned himgay according to a copy of the complaint The man filed suitin a Moscow court asking for one million rubles ($15000)after an incident this summer in which a cryptocurrencycalled lsquoGayCoinrsquo was delivered via a smartphone apprather than the Bitcoin he had ordered ldquoApple pushed metowards homosexuality through manipulation Thechanges have caused me moral and mental harmrdquo he saidApplersquos representatives in Russia did not immediatelyrespond to AFPrsquos request for comment AFP

NZ mosque attacker drops bid to move trialWELLINGTON Gunman Brenton Tarrant the man accused ofmurdering 51 Muslim worshippers in Marchs NewZealand mosque attack on Thursdaydropped a bid to move his trial from the citywhere the massacre occurred The HighCourt held a pre-trial hearing inChristchurch in which judge CameronMander announced at the beginning ofproceedings that the defence haddecided not to pursue the applica-tion His trial will begin on June2 next year in Christchurch AP

FIRST EMIRATI TO REACH ISS Russian space agencyrescue team members and United Arab Emiratesspecialists carry Emirati astronaut Hazzaa al-Mansoorishortly after the landing of the Russian Soyuz MS-12 spacecapsule about 150 km south-east of the Kazakh town ofDzhezkazgan on Thursday AFP

Pak Taliban urge US to resume Afghan talksIslamabad October 3Pakistan on Thursday askedthe Taliban to grasp theopportunity and resume talkswith the US for an early andpeaceful resolution of the con-flict in Afghanistan sayingwar is not a solution as topleaders of the militant groupmet Foreign Minister ShahMahmood Qureshi here

A high-level Taliban dele-gation met Qureshi as partof a push to revive theAfghan peace processstalled after US PresidentDonald Trump abruptlydeclared the talks with therebel group ldquodeadrdquo

The Foreign Office said in astatement that a delegationof the Taliban Political Com-mission (TPC) called onQureshi The delegation wasled by the head of TPC MullaAbdul Ghani Baradar andincluded senior members ofthe commission

ldquoWhile appreciating Tal-

ibanrsquos serious engagementin the peace process heunderscored the need to takethese efforts to their logicalconclusionrdquo Qureshi said

Trump stunned the worldwhen he suddenly declared

that the Afghan peace talkswith the Taliban wereldquodeadrdquo following killing onan American soldier

Qureshi said ldquoPakistan hasmaintained for several yearsthat there is no military solu-

tion to the complex situationin Afghanistan An inclusivepeace and reconciliationprocess involving all sec-tions of the Afghan societywas the only practical wayforwardrdquo mdash PTI

US ENVOY LIKELY TOMEET DELEGATION

Sources said the talksbetween Foreign MinisterSM Qureshi and theTaliban went on for morethan one and a halfhours ISI chief Lt GenFaiz Hameed was alsopresent in the meeting

US special envoy toAfghanistan ZalmayKhalilzad is also inPakistan to discuss therevival of the peace talksHe may also meet theTaliban delegation

Pakistan has maintained for several years that there is no military solution to the complexsituation in Afghanistan A peace process is the only way forward Mahmood Qureshi PAK FOREIGN MINISTER

Foreign Minister SM Qureshi (C) receives members of the Talibandelegation at the Pakistan Foreign Ministry in Islamabad AFP

Paris October 3 A man wielding a knifestabbed and killed four offi-cers at the police headquar-ters in the heart of centralParis on Thursday beforebeing shot dead

Sources told AFP theattacker was shot dead bypolice in the courtyard ofthe building where he wasemployed The man workedin an administrative capac-ity but it was not immedi-ately clear what his precisework role was

Interior MinisterChristophe Castaner who was

due to visit Turkey later onThursday postponed his tripto visit the scene of the attack

ldquoPeople were runningeverywhere there was cryingeverywhererdquo said Emery Sia-mandi an interpreter whowas in the building when theattack happened

Investigators suspect aworkplace dispute sparkedthe deadliest attack onpolice in France in yearssources said

The Paris prosecutor is atthe scene but anti-terroragencies have not beeninvolved at this stage mdash AFP

Four Paris copsstabbed to death

A police vehicle drives toward Paris police headquartersfollowing alleged stabbing by a co-worker on Thursday AFP

London October 3 UK Prime Minister BorisJohnson on Thursday saidhe has made a ldquogenuineattempt to bridge thechasmrdquo in order to get afresh Brexit deal with theEU as he appealed to MPs inthe House of Commons tosupport his proposals

Johnson told MPs that hisproposals mdash which wouldsee Northern Ireland stay inthe European single marketfor goods but leave the cus-toms union mdash were a ldquocom-promiserdquo He has main-tained that the UK will

leave the EU on October 31with or without a deal

The UK government isnow hoping to begin a peri-od of intense negotiationswith the aim of reaching afinal agreement at an EU

summit on October 17ldquoThis government has

moved our proposals dorepresent a compromiseand I hope that the Housecan now come together inthe national interestbehind this new dealrdquoJohnson told MPs

The backstop is the con-troversial ldquoinsurance poli-cyrdquo that is meant to keep afree-flowing border on theisland of Ireland but whichcritics including Johnsonfear could trap the UK inEU trading rules indefi-nitely mdash IANS

Accept Brexit planBoris tells MPsJerusalem October 3 Israel swore in its newlyelected parliament onThursday for what could bea very short term after thecountrys second inconclu-sive election of the year leftit with no new governmenton the horizon

The typically festive eventwas marked mostly byuncertainty as the two maincandidates for prime minis-ter sniped at each other overwho should lead the country

It also came in parallel toPrime Minister BenjaminNetanyahus high-profile

pre-indictment hearing oncorruption charges whichhave threatened to end hispolitical career and con-tributed to the currentparalysis of the countryspolitical system

Neither Netanyahu norhis chief rival Benny Gantzhas been able to build a par-liamentary majority withtheir natural allies Theynow depend on each otherfor a unity government asthe only likely alternative toan unprecedented thirdelection in less than a year

ldquoThe right thing for the

citizens of Israel especiallyat this time is for the primeminister to be busy workingfor them and not preoccu-pied with indictmentsrdquoGantz said

ldquoI call upon Netanyahu Donot barricade yourself in yourposition We will take thereins from here and lead thecountry for the good of thecitizensrdquo For thesake of unity Gantzrsquos deputyYair Lapid announced hewas forgoing a previousarrangement to share thepremiership should theycome to power mdash AP

No govt yet Israel swears in MPs

PM Boris Johnson in House AFP

PUNJAB WATER SUPPLY amp SEWERAGE BOARDNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No ETENDERPWSSDHOSHIARPUREE201954 of 2019 Date 03102019On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer PWSSB Chandigarh The Executive Engineer Punjab Water Supply amp Sewerage Division Hoshiarpur re-invite bids due to non-submission ofbids from the eligible bidders for the work detailed below-

2 Important dates are as under-i) Period of availability of tender online shall be From 03102019 to 13102019 up to 500 pmii) Pre-bid Meeting 07102019 at 1100 amiii) Last date amp time for online submission of bid shall be 13102019 up to 500 pmiv) Date amp time of opening of Technical Bid 14102019 at 0100 pm

SrNo

Name of the Work EarnestMoney

Cost of Document Tender processing Fee Period ofCompletion

Approx Valueof the work

1 Construction of STP 400 MLD at Balachaur Town Rs 800 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

2 Construction of STP 200 MLD at Hariana Town Rs 500 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

3 Construction of STP 300 MLD at Rahon Town Rs 700 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

4 Construction of STP 300 MLD at Garhshankar Town Rs 700 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

Note (i) The dates given above are for both eligible LampC Societies amp Contractors(ii) For detailed terms and conditions refer to website httpeprocpunjabgovin(iii) If any corrigendum issued will be loaded and seen at website httpeprocpunjabgovin Sd- Executive Engineer PWSSD HSPDPRPbC6790

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PUNJAB WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGEDIVISION GURDASPUR

RE-TENDERING No 10 of 2019-20 (3rd time)httpseprocpunjabgovin

On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer Pb WS amp Sew Board ChandigarhExecutive Engineer Pb WS amp Sew Division Gurdaspur The E-tenderingNotice No 10 issued vide this office endst 4006-78 dt 17092019 are herebyrecalled due to reason that No bidders participate received for each of the belowtender Now these tender will be opened as per detail given below-

Important dates are as under

Period of availability of tender online shall be 04102019 from 200 PM

Last date and time for online submission of bid 10102019 upto 500 PMshall be

Date and time of opening of Technical Bid 11102019 at 200 PM

1 Note- The dates given above for above tenders are for LampC societiesfor detailed terms and conditions refer to websitehttpseprocpunjabgovin

2 Corrigendumaddendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerPunjab WS amp Sew Division Gurdaspur

SrNo

Description of work EarnestMoney(Rs)

Cost ofdocument

TenderFee (Rs)

Periodof

comp-letion

ApproxValue of

thework

1 Providing amp Fixing laying Jointingcutting testing of RCC NP3 300mm idPipe and construction of smallscreening chamber room providingand supply installation of motor pumpset sludge pump set repair of MPSand STP and Complete all otherworks as per site Dera Baba NanakGurdaspur District Gurdaspur

2DNITcost Rs

68580-

Rs 100- 4months

Rs 3429

lac

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PUNJAB WATER SUPPLY amp SEWERAGE BOARDNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No E-TENDERPWSSDHOSHIARPUREE201953 of 2019 Date 3102019

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On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer PWSSB Chandigarh TheExecutive Engineer Punjab Water Supply amp Sewerage Division Hoshiarpurreinvite the bids due to non-submission of bids from the eligible bidders for thework detailed below-

2 Important dates are as under

i) Period of availability of tender from 03102019 to17102019 uponline shall be to 500 pm

ii) Last date amp time for online submission 17102019 up to 500 pmof bid shall be

iii) Date amp time of opening of Technical Bid 18102019 at 100 pm

Note- (i) The dates given above are both for eligible LampC Societies andContractors

(ii) For detailed terms and condtions refer to websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin

(iii) If any corrigendum issued will be loaded amp seen at websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin

Sd- Executive Engineer

Punjab WS amp Sew Division Hoshiarpur

SrNo

Name of the work EarnestMoney

Cost ofDocument

TenderProcessing

Fee

Periodof

Comp-letion

ApproxValueof theWork

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Rs2000-

1002360 6 Months15 Days

Lumpsum

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NOTICE INVITING E-TENDER

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system (Technical and Financial bid) for the following works from theregistered LampC Co-op Societies and from the enlisted Govt contractors firms

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Sd- Corporation Engineer Municipal Corporation SAS Nagar

SrNo

Last date of online submissionof bidding document

Time and Date of Opening of tender

1 22102019 till 1200 23102019 till 1200

SrNo

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(in Lac)

EMD (in Rs)

Processingfee (in Rs)

Timeperiod

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236 472000- 5900- 3

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4871 97420- 5748- 3

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3539 70780- 4176- 3

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THE TRIBUNE14 JALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019SPORT

Visakhapatnam October 3Indiarsquos opening batsmanMayank Agarwal convertedhis maiden Test hundred intoa double century as the hometeam declared for 5027before the hostsrsquo spinnersmade early inroads into theSouth African batting orderAfter Rohit Sharmarsquos poten-tially career-defining 176 inhis first innings as a Testopener it was Agarwalrsquos turnto dominate the bowlers asthe 28-year-old made 215before the hosts declared onDay 2 of the first Test

Ravichandran Ashwin andRavindra Jadeja then got inon the act by dismissingSouth Africa opener AidenMarkram No 3 Theunis deBruyn and nightwatchmanDane Piedt to leave the tour-ing side reeling at 393 atstumps In a worrying signfor South Africa who lost 0-3 on their last trip to India in2015 a few deliveries keptlow on a pitch already offer-ing turn for the spinners

Cheap lossesIndia lost Cheteshwar Pujaracaptain Virat Kohli andAjinkya Rahane cheaply inthe second session but stillmanaged to put an imposingfirst-innings total on theboard Playing only his fifthTest Agarwal who had a pre-vious highest score of 77drove South African spinspearhead Keshav Maharajfor two runs to long off andthrew his hands in the airafter bringing up his double

hundred Starting the day on202 without loss Indiarsquosopeners treated SouthAfricarsquos bowlers with thesame disdain they showed onthe rain-interrupted openingday Visiting captain Faf duPlessis packed his fielders onone side of the wicket butboth Rohit and Agarwalscored almost at will tamingthe spinners by employingboth conventional andreverse sweep shots

South Africa looked des-perately short of ideas inthe face of the battingonslaught Rohit and Agar-wal stitched together astand of 317 Rohit was outstumped to KeshavMaharaj Dropped on 126 byQuinton de Kock off seamerVernon Philander Rohit hitMaharaj for his sixth sixand followed it up with afour but the left-arm bowlerspun the next one past hisforward defence and thewicketkeeper whipped thebails off Philanderremoved Pujara for six withthe first delivery of the sec-ond session while Kohliwho made 20 offered atame return catch to debu-tant all-rounder SenuranMuthusamy Karnatakabatsman Agarwal who hit23 fours and six sixes in hisknock added 53 for thethird wicket with Kohli anda further 54 for the fourthwith Rahane (15) before heholed out off a tame full tossfrom part-time spinnerDean Elgar mdash Reuters

Visakhapatnam October 3 Featuring in only his fifth Testmatch Mayank Agarwalbecame the fourth Indian bats-man to convert his maidencentury into a double hundredand the Karnataka opener iselated over his performanceSpeaking after the match adelighted Agarwal said ldquoI amextremely happy It is a feelingI canrsquot describe Glad that Icould make my maiden hun-dred into a doublerdquo

ldquoI am happy with the wayI played I am batting welland if we can keep battingtogether like this upfront itwill be great for the teamrdquohe added ldquoIf Rohit and Ican keep contributing tomake 450-500 every time itwill be very tough for theopposition I would be lyingif I say that you only have tothink about your own gameAt times you feel that youare playing well and cantake a chance but thatrsquosnot how it works You haveto be patient We had a greatpartnership to lay the foun-dation and get to 300 runsrdquo

Agarwal also praisedRohitrsquos 176-run knock as theMumbai right-handersilenced all his critics whohad questioned his role as aTest opener ldquoThe way he(Rohit) dominated the spin-ners was great to seerdquo Agar-wal said ldquoInitially the pitchdid do a bit with the new ballbut when the sun came outit got better and better As weapproached lunch on Day 2the ball started keeping lowIt started spinning by teaand it is great signs for usrdquo

Didnrsquot bow badly Rohit andAgarwal were good MaharajSouth African spinners didnot bowl badly and it was thesheer brilliance of RohitSharma and Mayank Agarw-al that has taken the gameaway from the visitors leadProteas spinner KeshavMaharaj said ldquoI wouldnrsquotsay they bowled poorly I per-sonally judge if someonecomes down the wicket andhits you itrsquos not a bad ball Ifyou are getting hit from thecrease if you are getting cutthen itrsquos a different storyrdquosaid Maharaj ldquoPiedt wasunlucky Mayank playedsuperbly well and so didRohit Literally everythingthey wanted to do paid off itwas their dayrdquo he saidIndiawon the toss and had no hes-itation in batting first ldquoI sup-pose the toss does play a partbecause you want the bestpossible conditions to bowlfor the spinners but havingsaid that we could have beena little bit better at timeswhen we did bowl But I sup-pose the toss does play alarge factor in terms of theoutcome of the gamerdquo saidMaharaj mdash Agencies

SURATIndian women seal serieswith 5-wkt win over SAThe Indian womenrsquos cricketteam produced anotherauthoritative performance tocomfortably defeat SouthAfrica by five wickets in thefifth T20I taking an unassail-able 3-0 lead in the six-matchseries With two games beingcompletely washed out theseries was extended from fiveto six matches and India need-ed to win on the day to sealthe series Off-spinner DeeptiSharma (219) and left-armspinnner Radha Yadav (323)restricted the Proteas womento 988 Brief Scores SA 988(Wolvaardt 17 Radha 323Deepti 219) India 995 (Har-manpreet 34 Ismail 219)

BENGALURURoger Binny electedpresident of KSCAFormer India cricketer RogerBinny and his team sweptthe Karnataka State CricketKarnataka State CricketAssociation elections Mean-while the Odisha CricketAssociation nominated taint-ed and jailed former supre-mo Asirbad Beherarsquos sonSanjay Behera as its repre-sentative at the BCCI AGM onOctober 23 Sanjay hasrecently been elected secre-tary of the association as hisfather who has been arrest-ed by CBI for his active con-nection with a chit-fundscam voted from jail

LONDONStokes wins playersrsquo awardafter World Cup heroicsBen Stokes has been votedthe Professional CricketersrsquoAssociation playersrsquo Player ofthe Year after starring in Eng-landrsquos maiden World Cup winand repeating his heroics dur-ing the Ashes series Stokeswill play for Northern Super-chargers in the new Hundredformat tournament with theLeeds-based franchise snap-ping up all-rounder ahead ofJoe Root and Jonny Bairstow

JAIPURJampK beat Railways by fourwkts in Hazare TrophyParvez Rasool hammered anunbeaten 118 to power Jamp Kto a four-wicket win over Rail-ways in their Vijay HazareGroup C matchBrief scores Railways 2856in 50 overs (D Mor 70 A Ghosh64 K Sharma 40 U Nazir353) JampK 2876 in 491 overs(P Rasool 118 SS Pundir 38 HSangwan 366) mdash AGENCIES

BRIEFLY lsquoHope I Rohitcontributebig for teamin future toorsquo

Deepankar ShardaTribune News Service

mumbai october 3In a first India will host pre-season National BasketballAssociation (NBA) matchesbetween Sacramento Kingsand Indiana Pacers here onOctober 4 and 5 The two-daycontest is a bid to populariseNBA and basketball in India

Sacramento Kingsrsquo own-er Vivek Ranadive is thedriving force behind NBAmaking its debut in hishometown Mumbai ldquoThegame here in Mumbai willallow NBA to open theirinterest for the next 10years India would be hav-ing more arenas moreplayers and more coachesto promote the sport NBAhas a long association withIndia but this is the righttime to push it ahead in abig wayrdquo said Ranadive aMumbai-born Americanbusinessman ldquoNBA com-missioner Adam Silver wasof the view that these games

are must to attract the Indi-an youth towards the sportI think in coming years bas-ketball would be the second-most popular sport in IndiaIt will be difficult to replacecricket but basketball andIndia are meant to betogether I just hope NBAturns the fortune of Indianyoungsters in a big wayrdquo

added Ranadive Sacramen-to Kings coach Luke Waltonsaid the players are excitedto play in Mumbai ldquoIt was akind of rest day today andthe players were asked justto sweat a bit The pre-sea-son games are equallyimportant as the major tour-namentsrdquo said Walton

NBA makes India debut asKings take on Pacers in Mumbai

Kultar Malikelected HCApresidentNew Delhi October 3Kultar Malik was namedpresident of the HaryanaCricket Association (HCA)after the results of the elec-tions for the officebearerswere declared here today

Mrinal Ojha was appoint-ed secretary and MahenderSingh was named the treas-urer All the three office-bearers are outgoing BCCItreasurer AnirudhChaudhryrsquos loyalists

While four members ofthe Apex Council wereappointed two memberswill be player representa-tives and another one willbe from the CAG It is learntthat the association hascommunicated the result ofthe election to the BCCI aswell as the Amicus CuriaeThe HCA has also writtenback to the CoA after thecommittee sent in a com-munication at 1am on Octo-ber 2 that an officebearer ofthe HCA should meet theCoA on October 3 mdash IANS

India beat Belgium end tour on highAntwerp October 3The Indian menrsquos hockeyteam outclassed reigningworld and European Cham-pions Belgium 5-1 in thefifth and final match tomaintain a hundred percent record in their tour ofBelgium

World No 5 India won alltheir five matches duringthe tour beating Belgium 2-0 in the opening match andregistering 6-1 and 5-1 winsover Spain in the next twogames before finishing offtheir tour with two morewins (2-1 and 5-1)

In the fifth match Sim-ranjeet Singh (7th) LalitKumar Upadhyay (35th)Vivek Sagar Prasad (36th)Harmanpreet Singh (42nd)and Ramandeep Singh(43rd) scored one goal eachto earn a scintillating victo-ry for the Indian team

India produced a stun-ning move in the 7thminute to take the leadthrough forward Simran-jeet Belgium forced acomeback but their penaltycorner was saved by Kris-

han Pathak in the 9thminute helping India tomaintain their one-goaladvantage at the first break

The second quarter sawworld No 2 Belgium winback-to-back penalty cor-ners in the 16th minute butPathak made sure thatthere was no damage Bel-gium tried hard to score anequaliser but some resolutedefending saw India taketheir lead into the half-timebreak

Attack modeThe visitors started thethird quarter with anattacking intent and wererewarded immediatelywith Lalit Kumar Upad-hyay bagging his first goalof the match in the 35thminute to extend Indiarsquoslead to 2-0 YoungsterVivek Sagar Prasad (36th)also registered his nameon the scoresheet as heproduced a crafty finish tobeat the Belgian goalkeep-

er The 38th minute sawBelgium win a penalty cor-ner but PR Sreejeshrsquos div-ing save kept the score 3-0in Indiarsquos favour Howevera brilliant strike fromAlexander Hendrickxmade it 3-1 in the 39thminute

Double blowIndia scored twice in twominutes just before the endof the third quarter to extendtheir lead to 5-1 Indiarsquosfourth goal was scored bydragflicker HarmanpreetSingh who converted apenalty corner in the 42ndminute while the fifth goalcame through RamandeepSingh who scored in the43rd minute mdash PTI

FIRST TESTINDIA VS SOUTH AFRICA

STAR SPORTS 930AMGOLF WOMENrsquoS INDIAN OPEN

DSPORT 1230PM

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TODAY ON TV

INDIA (Overnight 2020)

M Agarwal c Piedt b Elgar 215R Sharma st de Kock b Maharaj 176C Pujara b Philander 6V Kohli campb Muthusamy 20A Rahane c Bavuma b Maharaj 15R Jadeja not out 30H Vihari c Elgar b Maharaj 10W Saha c Muthusamy b Piedt 21R Ashwin not out 1Extras (B-4 LB-1 NB-2 W-1) 8Total (7 wickets decl 136 overs) 502Fall of wickets 1-317 2-324 3-377 4-431 5-436 6-457 7-494BowlingVernon Philander 22-4-68-1Kagiso Rabada 24-7-66-0

Keshav Maharaj 55-6-189-3Dane Piedt 19-1-107-1Senuran Muthusamy 15-1-63-1Dean Elgar 1-0-4-1

SOUTH AFRICAD Elgar not out 27A Markram b Ashwin 5T de Bruyn c Saha b Ashwin 4D Piedt b Jadeja 0T Bavuma not out 2Extras (LB-1) 1Total (3 wickets 20 overs) 39BowlingIshant Sharma 2-0-8-0Mohammed Shami 2-2-0-0Ravichandran Ashwin 8-4-9-2Ravindra Jadeja 8-1-21-1

Harmanpreet Singh and Ramandeep Singh both scored forIndia against Belgium HOCKEY INDIA

Double the troubleSouth Africa 393 at stumps onDay 2 after Agarwalrsquos double tonprops India to 5027 declared

SCOREBOARD

391Runs accumulated byIndia openers mdash215 by

Agarwal and 176 by Rohit mdash is thethird highest in a Test innings Thehighest is 404 by Vinoo Mankad(231) and Pankaj Roy (173)against New Zealand in 1956

0Bigger partnerships for any wick-et for India vs SA than the open-

ing stand between Rohit and Agarw-al The previous best was 268between Sehwag and Dravid for thesecond wicket in Chennai in 2008

4Indians who con-verted their maid-

en Test century into a200-plus scoreincluding MayankAgarwal Dilip Sarde-sai (200) VinodKambli (224) andKarun Nair (303)are the other three tohave done so

86TH Indian bats-man mdash Mayank

Agarwal mdash to score ahundred in Tests The28-year-old whomade his debut vsAustralia in Mel-bourne in December2018 took eightinnings to register hismaiden Test century

9TH First-Classcentury and

third double-tonfor Agarwalincluding atriple-ton Hehas convertedsix of his nineFirst-Class hun-dreds into 150-plus scores

12Sixes hit by Indiaopeners mdash six each

for Rohit and Agarwal mdashis the most by openersfor any team in a Testinnings There has beenonly one Test inningswhen India batsmenhave hit more sixes mdash 15vs SL at Brabourne Stadi-um in Mumbai in 2009

3RD Indian opening pair mdash Rohitand Agarwal mdash to share a 300-

run partnership in Test cricketRohit and Agarwal achieved thefeat with a stand of 317 runs OtherIndian opening pairs to share a300-plus partnership in Test cricketare Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy(413 runs vs NZ in 1956) andSehwag and Dravid (410 runs vsPak in 2006)

Vinayak PadmadeoTribune News Service

New Delhi October 3The Professional WrestlingLeague owners Pro Sporti-fy have sent a notice to theWrestling Federation ofIndia (WFI) for ldquobreach ofagreementrdquo

In a letter addressed toWFI president Brij BhushanSharan Singh the rightsholders have raised theirobjection to what they see asa gross oversight by thesports body to sanction thelaunch of a rival league Zee

Kushti Dangal whichaccording to Pro Sportifywas malicious ldquohellipThelaunch of the said ZeeKushti Dangal was held on23rd September 2019 at NewDelhi What is even moresurprising is that the launchevent was not only attendedby you but you also partici-pated in the press confer-ence with Mr Mukund Cairethe COO of ZEEL Further-more in the press confer-ence you made a statementthat both Pro WrestlingLeague and Zee Kushti Dan-

gal can coexist You also stat-ed that Zee Kushti Dangaland Pro Wrestling Leaguehave different formats andscoperdquo the notice sent bythe legal head of Pro Sporti-fy Dinesh Bant said

ldquoWe have analysed the for-mat of Zee Kushti Dangaland compared it to the ProWrestling League there is nodifference between the for-mats of the two tournamentsAs such it appears that beingconscious of the fact that itsactions clearly tantamount tobreach of the agreement theWFI has attempted to camou-flage this blatant breach bychanging the nomenclatureof the league being launchedby ZEEL That the ZeeKushti Dangal is the same asthe Pro Wrestling League is

evident from the fact that MrCaire of ZEEL referred to ZeeKushti Dangal as thelsquo Leaguersquo several times dur-ing the press conferenceThis makes it evidently clearthat while the proposed tour-nament is in the league for-mat it has only been namedlsquoDangalrsquo to circumvent theexclusivity rights retained byPro Sportifyrdquo it added

Pro Sportify Private Limit-ed had signed a 15-year con-tract with the WFI and it cit-ed clause 94 of thecommercial rights agree-

ment to cite the violationsWFI president Singh wasunavailable for commentsHowever it is understoodthat the body was unper-turbed with the developmentas it feels it was in a strongbargaining position shouldthe matter go to the courts

Interestingly the WFI hadserved the rights holder a ter-mination notice in 2016 forseveral violations includingnon-payment of rights feeand delayed payments madeto both wrestlers and techni-cal staff

Dangal over league rights PWL organisers send notice to WFIThe WFI has attemptedto camouflage this

blatant breach by changingthe nomenclature of theleague being launched byZEEL mdash Dinesh Bant PRO SPORTIFY LEGAL HEAD

Marvin Bagley of the Sacramento Kings shoots during Apractice session in Mumbai NBA

RESULTIndia 5 Simranjeet Singh(7th) Lalit Kumar Upad-hyay (35th) Vivek SagarPrasad (36th) Harman-preet Singh (42nd) andRamandeep Singh (43rd)

Belgium 1 AlexanderHendrickx (39th)

Mayank Agarwal celebratesafter scoring his maiden doublecentury on Day 2 PTI

Doha October 3

Grant Holloway of the UnitedStates blazed to his firstWorld Championships 110-mhurdles title last night in adramatic race in whichdefending champion OmarMcLeod fell

The 21-year-old Hollowaywho came into the champi-onships with the seasonrsquosfastest run of 1298 secondssmoothly glided through 10hurdles to cross the line in1310 five-hundredths of asecond ahead of SergeyShubenkov

Favourite to defend his titleJamaican McLeod came outof the starting blocks fast buthis race quickly turned souras he knocked down hurdlesand tumbled to the trackbefore reaching the finishline McLeod said he had felta hamstring strain in thewarm-up and thought itwould go away ldquoI was readyto go I showed up readyrdquoMcLeod said ldquoI put myself inthe very best situation todefend my titlerdquo Capitalisingon McLeodrsquos fallShubenkov the 2015 worldchampion took his secondconsecutive world silver witha technically sound run of1315 seconds

Holloway and Shubenkovsaid they had no idea thatchaos was unfolding inneighbouring lanes

ldquoIn the replay I saw that onefell down Another was cele-bratingrdquo said Shubenkov ldquoIthought to myself lsquoI missed

everythingrsquordquo

Asher-Smith grabs goldDina Asher-Smith seized hergolden opportunity to win the200 metres becoming thefirst British woman to claim aglobal sprint title With manyof the top medal contenderspulling out or skipping theevent Asher-Smith provedthe class act in the field pow-ering home in a nationalrecord 2188 seconds to addgold to the silver she won in

the 100m ldquoYoursquore only thefavourite if you go out andperform how people expectyou to and I was reallyfocused on putting together agood racerdquo said Asher-Smith

The once mighty UnitedStates who had been a non-factor in the womenrsquos sprintsin Doha also benefited fromthe scratches as BrittanyBrown grabbed the silver in2222 Switzerlandrsquos MujingaKambundji grabbed bronze

The fight for medals was

blown wide open when someof sprintingrsquos biggest nameswithdrew during the earlierrounds The race was missingthe reigning world andOlympics champions inDutchwoman Dafne Schip-pers and Jamaicarsquos ElaineThompson who withdrewdue to injuries ShaunaeMiller-Uibo of Bahamasowner of the fastest time thisseason elected to race the400m only due to schedulingissues

The world 100m championShelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce andbronze medallist Marie-JoseeTa Lou scratched because ofsoreness from earlier raceswhile Nigeriarsquos BlessingOkagbare who had run thethird fastest time this seasonwas disqualified in her heat

None of that mattered toAsher-Smith blasted out ofthe blocks and was in com-mand coming off the bendbefore cruising to victory

ldquoI made sure that Iremained focusrdquo said Asher-Smith

Shot putter Toor fails toqualify for final round Asian champion TejinderPal Singh Toor failed toqualify for the final roundof the shot put eventdespite producing his sea-sons best effort The 24-year-old Toor finishedeighth in the qualificationround and 18th overall outof the 34 competitors with abest throw of 2043m fromhis three attempts Thosewho touched 2090m or atleast 12 best performerswere to make it to the final

Toor opened with a 2043mthrow bettering his earlierseasons best of 2036m butfouled in his next attemptIn the third attempt Toorcould only come up with a1955m effort to crash out ofthe championship TomasWalsh of New Zealand ledthe finalists with a throw of2192 m mdash Agencies

Great Grant HeistHolloway gets 100m hurdles gold as McLeod falls

THE TRIBUNEJALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 15SPORT

A lone spectator in a stand at the China Open on Thursday AFP

ANNEXURE-A

PRESS NOPRESS NOTICETICEThe Executive Engineer IPH Division Thunag invites tender on behalf ofGovernor of Himachal Pradesh from approved eligible contractor for thefollowing work(s) through e-tendering process-

Name of Work Augmentation of various water supply scheme of GPTandi Saroa Tharjoon Mushrani Bassi Devdhar Kharsi and KotlaKhanula in Gohar Block Tehsil Chachyot District Mandi (HP) (SH-Construction of Jack well type river intake 240 MLD Water TreatmentPlants (16 hours capacity) Providing Laying Jointing and Testing ofGravity Mains Rising mains and distribution system Pump houses StageI II amp III at various locations SE of pumping machinery MBRs and SRsat various locations including trail run period for three months (90 days)on full designed discharge and defect liability period for six months)

Estimated Cost - Rs 222662321-Earnest Money - Rs 2227000-Cost of Tender document - Rs 2500-Time Limit - 24 Months

Schedule of tendering-

The tender document can be downloaded from departmental websiteie wwwhpiphorg wef 4-10-2019 at 1000 AM upto 24-10-2019at 500 PM

Executive EngineerIampPH Division ThunagDistt Mandi

HIM SUCHANA AVAM JAN SAMPARK

1 Site Visit From 7-10-2019 to 15-10-2019 between10 AM to 5 PM except on holidays

2 Pre Bid Meeting date 16-10-2019 at 300 PM in the office ofEngineer-in-Chief IampPH Department JalShakti Bhawan Tutti Kandi Shimla (HP)

3 Bid Submission start date 4-10-2019 at 1000 AM

4 Bid Submission end date 24-10-2019 at 500 PM

5 Earnest Money DepositCost of Tender form if notsubmitted online

25-10-2019 upto 1100 AM

6 Opening of Eligibilitycriteria (Cover-I)

25-10-2019 at 1230 PM

7 Opening of Technical Bid(Cover-II)

Date and place to be notifiedseparately

8 Opening of Financial bid(Cover-III)

Date and place to be notifiedseparately

DPRHP2327

OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL

ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE GOVT INSTITUTE OFENGINEERING amp TECHNOLOGY

PRAGATI NAGAR DISTT SHIMLA (HP) ndash 171202NOTICE INVITING TENDER

(Tender No ABVGIETSTRTender2019-20- 01)Sealed tenders are invited from the eligible manufacturers

Firmsauthorized dealers for the procurement of Machinery ampequipmentsTools etc for the polytechnic labs such as ECElabs CSE labs Mechanical Labs etc as per specifications andterms amp conditions given in the tender document The tenderform can be downloaded from our websitehttpwwwabvgietorg or can be collected from this instituteon any working day from 1000 AM to 0500 PM at a cost ofRs 500- at the counter and Rs 600- if desired by Regd Postper set and Vendor using downloaded Tender Documents shallrequire to submit DD for Rs 500- which is non-refundable infavour of the Principal ABVGIET Pragatinagar Distt Shimla(HP) which shall be submitted alongwith the tender Completetender document along with earnest money and tender cost (asshown in the document) will be received up to 200 PM on30102019 and tender will be opened same day at 0300 PMin the presence of biddersrepresentative who wish to bepresent The tender submitted after the date amp time mentionedabove will not be considered

The Principal reserves the right to cancel the tender withoutassigning any reason thereof

Sd- PrincipalAtal Bihari Vajpayee

Govt Institute of Engg amp TechnologyPragatinagar Distt Shimla (HP)-171202

DPRHP2332

NOTICE INVITING TENDERS

Bid Ref No TBS(DMP)ESSTTIRL2019 (etenders)

TB Sanatorium Dharampur Distt Solan (HP) hereby invites bidsfrom eligible and qualified bidders for

Construction Testing Commissioning and Validation ofTB Containment Laboratory and Associated Works onlsquoTurnkey Basisrsquo under RNTCP with Supply and Installationof Two Class-II A2 BSC with Thimble Canopy and with TwoOnline UPS

Bidders can download the bid documents with all details fromthe website httpwwwhptendersgovin

For any queries bidders may contact the office of the Senior MedicalSuperintendent TB Sanatorium Dharampur Distt Solan HimachalPradesh from 1100 am to 0400 pm on all working days

Senior Medical SuperintendentHP Govt TB Sanatorium DharampurEmail stdchprntcporgPhone No 01792-264022DPRHP400

Beijing Andy Murrayexpressed disappointmentabout crowds at the ChinaOpen tennis where some ofthe best players in the worldhave competed in front ofswathes of empty seats

ldquoI think as the tournamentgoes on you tend to get bet-ter crowds towards the endof the weekrdquo said MurrayldquoLast couple of days in

terms of atmosphere itrsquosbeen not as good as youwould likerdquo

The three-time GrandSlam champion praised thetournament as a whole butsaid ldquoI donrsquot know if Irsquomcomplaining about it but Irsquodlike it to be bigger crowdsand nicer atmospheres Thatnormally comes as the weekgoes onrdquo mdash AFP

Murray disappointed by lack of China fans

Osaka October 3Fiji finally found their feet atthe Rugby World Cup with adominant 45-10 victory overGeorgia on Thursday as theirjet-heeled backs tore theirPool D rivals apart in a seven-try rout at a rain-drenchedHanazono Rugby Stadium

Winger Semi Radradrascored twice and made threeothers as the Pacific islandersrebounded from defeats toAustralia and Uruguay to gettheir first win in Japan

While their upset loss toUruguay has all but put paidto their hopes of reaching thequarter-finals Fiji are now inpole position to finish thirdand qualify for the 2023 WorldCup

Ireland edge RussiaKobe Ireland began to puttheir World Cup back on trackafter the shock loss to Japanbut it took them over an hourto secure a bonus point andstrengthen their quarterfinalchances in an unconvincing35-0 win over a stubborn Rus-sia Ireland just need to beatSamoa to reach the last-eightbut the fact Joe Schmidtrsquosside struggled to put awaysuch a limited team will do lit-tle for fansrsquo waning hopes ofreaching a first semifinal

Only a commanding win

would have sufficed with theshock in Shizuoka still rever-berating around the tourna-ment and it looked on thecards when Rob Kearneywho scored in the 62-12thrashing of Russia in the2011 World Cup toucheddown after 90 seconds

Sexton who was not riskedagainst Japan due to a thighinjury appeared to have Ire-land rushing towards thebonus point when his text-book 13th-minute dinkthrough was carried over byflanker Peter OrsquoMahony forjust his second try in 62 tests

Yet Russia who belied theirlowly standing by givingJapan a fright remained com-petitive with Ramil Gaisinrsquossmart kicking helping to keepIreland at bay for another 20minutes mdash Agencies

Fiji crush GeorgiaRussia fight Ireland

Los Angeles October 3Alberto Salazar pushed him-self to the brink and beyondas an athlete and preachedthe same philosophy as acoach to distance runningstars But the 61-year-oldCuban-born Americanrsquos willto win finally went too faraccording to the US Anti-Dop-ing Agency (USADA) whichhas banned him for four yearsfor multiple doping viola-tions Salazar has been amajor figure in American ath-letics for four decades Hewon the 1980 1981 and 1982New York Marathons and the1982 Boston Marathon andlater coached such stars asBritainrsquos Mo Farah the 2012and 2016 Olympics championat 5000 and 10000 metres

Salazar arrived in the Unit-ed States as a toddler Hisfather was a friend of FidelCastro who fought alongside

him in the revolution but lat-er opposed the Communistgovernment The familymoved to suburban Bostonwhere Salazar won a statecross country crown in 1975He helped the University ofOregon capture the US colle-giate cross country title in1977 taking national collegeindividual honours the fol-lowing year

Olympics dreamsIn 1980 Salazar qualified forthe US Olympics team at10000m but the Americansboycotted the Moscow Gamesand Salazar tackled a newchallenge the marathon Hequickly conquered the 262-mile (42195km) event At 22Salazar won his marathondebut in New York then set acareer-best of 2hrs 8mins13secs to defend his title

In 1982 he took New York

and claimed his only BostonMarathon title in what wasdubbed the ldquoDuel in the Sunrdquowith Dick Beardsley Afterbesting Beardsley in a sprintfinish a dehydrated Salazarcollapsed Salazar finished15th in the marathon at the1984 Los Angeles Olympicsthen trained and competeduntil retiring in the mid-1990s when he began mov-ing into coaching joiningwith Nike to form the Oregon

Project in 2001 to train dis-tance runners

Big namesThe program includes Dono-van Brazier mdash who won the800m world title Monday asnews of Salazarrsquos ban explod-ed into the athletics scene mdashand Sifan Hassan who wonthe womenrsquos 10000m worldcrown two days earlier

Stripped of his credentialsat the World Championships

in Doha Salazar has vowed tofight the ban which washanded down for violationsincluding trafficking testos-terone tampering with theathlete doping controlprocess and using bannedinfusion techniques

A four-year ban was alsoissued to Dr Jeffrey Brownwho was a physician fornumerous Nike Oregon ath-letes and a paid consultanton performance enhance-

ment for the Project part ofa scheme to manipulatetestosterone levels withouttesting positive

ldquoWhile acting in connec-tion with the Nike OregonProject Mr Salazar and DrBrown demonstrated thatwinning was more importantthan the health and wellbe-ing of the athletes they weresworn to protectrdquo USADAchief executive Travis TTygart said mdash Agencies

Morsquos super-coach Salazarrsquos road to disgrace

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Grant Holloway of the US wins the 100m hurldles gold even as defending champion OmarMcleod of Jamaica falls APPTI

Alberto Salazar hugs Galen Rupp of USA and Mo Farah after the5000m final at the 2011 World Championships FILEAFP

Two of his trainees won goldmedals at Doha World Crsquoships Steve Magness who spent 18 months as Salazarrsquos assis-

tant coach in the project before leaving shortly before theLondon Olympics spoke out as a whistleblower whenBBCrsquos Panorama and ProPublica investigated doping alle-gations around Salazar in 2015 Testimonies from variousfigures alleged micro-dosing of testosterone among othersuspicious actions Salazar denied wrongdoing Mo Farahstuck with him and won another golden double at the Riode Janeiro Olympics in 2016 But doping allegationsnagged Farah left Salazar in October 2017 The USADAcase against Salazar and Brown went to the American Arbi-tration Association with hearings conducted in May andJune 2018 setting the stage for the arbitration rulingshanded down Monday

How the star coach was caught in the net

Beijing October 3Fourth seed Naomi Osaka beatAmerican Alison Riske 6-4 6-0in the China Open here todayto set up a quarterfinal clashwith US Open champion Bian-ca Andreescu (in picture)

Osaka who won the PanPacific Open in Japan lastmonth converted five of eightbreak points and won the final10 games in a row to wrap upthe contest in 73 minutes mdash herseventh consecutive win in the

Asian swingCanadarsquos fifth-seeded

Andreescu cruisedpast American

qualifierJennifer

Brady with a 6-1 6-3 win Bradyfaced 11 break points of whichfour were converted by theCanadian who advanced in 67minutes Defending championCaroline Wozniacki also wentthrough to the quarter-finals instraight sets with a 7-5 6-4 winover Czech Republicrsquos Kateri-na Siniakova

Goffin in Japan quarterfinalsTokyo David Goffin of Bel-gium advanced to the JapanOpen quarterfinals aftersqueezing by Canadarsquos DenisShapovalov 7-6(75) 7-6(72)today Goffin will now faceChung Hyeon of South Koreawho pulled an upset victoryagainst sixth-seed Marin Cilic6-4 3-6 6-1

World No 1 Novak Djokovicreturning from a shoulderinjury is scheduled to playFrench fifth-seed Lucas Pouilleon Friday mdash Agencies

Osaka vs BiancaOsaka vs Bianca

Russiarsquos Viktor Gresev IrelandrsquosDave Kilcoyne fight it out AFP

RUGBY WORLD CUP

LONDONEngland call Abraham andTomori drop Alli and LingardEngland dropped Dele Alli andJesse Lingard but called upChelsea youngsters TammyAbraham and Fikayo Tomori in a25-man squad on Thursday foraway Euro 2020 qualifiersagainst the Czech Republic andBulgaria Striker Abrahamturned 22 on Wednesday cele-brating in style with the openerin his clubrsquos 2-1 ChampionsLeague victory at Lille and isthe leading English goalscorerin the Premier League

MADRIDReal host Granada inunlikely top of table clashReal Madrid host Granada in anunlikely first versus secondclash in La Liga on Saturday asthey look to ease the pressureon coach Zinedine Zidane In atopsy-turvy start to the seasonReal who sit one point ahead ofthe Andalusians at the top of LaLiga on 15 points tried thepatience of the demandingBernabeu crowd in midweekneeding two second half goalsto secure a Champions Leaguedraw against Club Brugges Theresult leaves the 13-times Euro-pean champions bottom of theirgroup after two games Thedraw came on the back of lastSaturdayrsquos drab stalemate withneighbours Atletico and coachZidane says his side need to bemore focused on the task athand mdash AGENCIES

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THE TRIBUNE16 GURUGRAM | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019BACK PAGE

Printed and published by Rajesh Ramachandran for The Tribune Trust Printed at The Tribune Press Plot No 123 Sector 37 Pace City-1 GurugramPublished at The Tribune Sector 29-C ChandigarhRNI No CHAENG201772605 Copyright copy The Tribune Trust All rights reservedTelephones 0124-22100332210044Circulation 0172-2670419 Advertisement 0172-2670256 257Editor Rajesh RamachandranEditor for purpose of PRB Act 1867

SanjayKhuranaTribune News Service

Katra October 3Union Home Minister AmitShah today flagged off theDelhi-Katra Vande BharatExpress from the New Delhirailway station calling it a ldquobiggiftrdquo for Jammu and Kash-mirrsquos development He saidwith Article 370 the ldquobiggestroadblockrdquo in growth gonethe state would be one of themost developed regions of thecountry within a decade

ldquoDelhi-Katra Vande BharatExpress is a gift for Jammuand Kashmirrsquos developmentand for promoting religioustourismrdquo the Union HomeMinister who was accompa-nied by Union Railway Minis-ter Piyush Goyal and UnionMinisters Jitendra Singh andDr Harsh Vardhan said

The Railways has alreadyopened bookings for the trainthat will start commercialoperations from October 5The minimum fare for NewDelhi to Katra travel in chaircar is Rs 1630 while itrsquos Rs3015 for executive chair car

The train will run on allweek days except Tuesdayand will cut the travel timebetween Delhi and Katra to

eight hours from 12-14 hoursearlier to traverse a distanceof 655 km It will depart fromthe New Delhi at 6 am andreach Katra at 2 pm It willreturn the same day fromKatra at 3 pm and reach NewDelhi at 11 pm

Railway officials said the

train would run at a maxi-mum speed of 130 kmph withthree stops at Ambala CanttLudhiana and Jammu Tawi

The decision to run thetrain was taken following thesuccess of the Vande BharatExpress plying between NewDelhi and Varanasi which

was flagged by Prime Minis-ter Narendra Modi on Febru-ary 15 this year

The Integral Coach Factory(ICF) has made changes tothe existing design of thetrain ldquoTo avoid damage dueto stray cattle the train hasbeen equipped with a sturdy

aluminium nose cover Andto guard the window shieldsagainst stone-pelting a spe-cial film has been providedrdquoa Railway official said

More space has been pro-vided to store meals for pas-sengers Besides changes inthe exterior and interior the

ICF has added a slew of mod-ern features like adjustableseats improved wash basinsautomatic doors wi-fi andinfotainment system

ldquoThe Railways will connectthe country from Kashmir toKanyakumari before August15 2022rdquo said Goyal

Shah flags off Delhi-Katra train calls it gift to JampK

The Vande Bharat Express train at New Delhi station prior to its flag-off ceremony on Thursday TRIBUNE PHOTO

CHAIR CAR

~1630 6 times a week 4 hrs travel time cut 6 am departure time from Delhi 2 pm arrival time at Katra 3 pm departure from Katra 11 pm arrival at New Delhi 130 kmph speed halts at Ambala

Cantt Ludhiana amp Jammu Tawi Will run on all weekdays

except Tuesday

Manufactured in a record time of15 years at a cost of

~97 CROREPlastic bottle crushers | Huge pantry |Revolving seats | Automatic doors |

WiFi | Sliding foot-steps

EXECUTIVECHAIR CAR

~3015

TICKET FARE

RECORD TIME

MODERN FEATURES

Jammu jail to have inmate calling system Jammu Kerala native Jatan lodged in a jail in Jammuheard the voice of his wife and minor daughter for thefirst time in nearly four years - thanks to the authoritiesintroducing a first-of-its-kind prison inmate callingsystem which allows prisoners to make long-distancecalls He is facing charges under the NDPS Act Theprison got the facility along with modern interview roomson Bapus 150th birth anniversary PTI

Domestic help held for theft at ministerrsquos houseMumbai A 25-year-old domestic servant has beenarrested for allegedly committing theft at Union RailwayMinister Piyush Goyals house here the police saidAccused Vishnu Kumar who hails from Delhi was alsobooked under the IT Act for allegedly sharing info from acomputer in the house with unidentified persons He wasarrested from the national capital and brought here onWednesday a police official said PTI

By the way

New Delhi October 3Fake news is more dangerousthan paid news and there is aneed for the government andthe media to combat it jointlyInformation and Broadcast-ing Minister PrakashJavadekar said today

The government would how-ever not take any step curbingthe media freedom he said

But there should be somekind of regulation on over-the-top (OTT) platforms as was thecase for films print and elec-tronic media he said

OTT platforms include newsportals and ldquostreamersrdquo suchas Hotstar Netflix and Ama-zon Prime Video which areaccessible over the Internet

He said several mainstreammedia outlets had conveyed tothe government that there wasno level-playing field with OTTplatforms being unregulated

The Press Council of Indiatakes care of the printmedia the News Broadcast-

ers Association (NBA) mon-itors news channels theAdvertising StandardsCouncil of India is for adver-tising while the CentralBoard of Film Certification(CBFC) takes care of filmshe said ldquoHowever there isnothing to regulate OTTplatformsrdquo he said mdash PTI

Need to regulate contenton Net platforms Minister

Tribune News Service

New Delhi October 3The Trump-Modi bonhomieat Houston and New Yorkcould not translate into a tradeagreement during US Com-merce Secretary Wilbur Rossrsquoongoing visit to India

Ross also gave the impres-sion that US President DonaldTrumprsquos presence at ldquoHowdyModirdquo event was a favour to theNew Delhi administration andmade it clear this physical prox-imity between the two leadersdid not dispel the WhiteHousersquos impression that Indianeeded to dismantle barriersthat made its tariff among thehighest in the world

Ross also made it clear thatdespite its reservations aboutthe security aspect the US

was not trying to force India towalk away from 5G technolo-gy by Chinese companies

Speaking on the sidelines ofan international meet that wasalso attended by Ross Com-merce Minister Piyush Goyalruled out any change in Indiarsquos

stand on e-commerce in order toprotect livelihood of 12-13 croreIndians dependent on retail

The new rules bar foreign e-commerce companies fromselling products via firms inwhich they have an equityinterest and also from makingdeals with sellers to sell exclu-sively on their platforms

India and the US have beenindulging in a low-intensitytrade warfare The US hasremoved India from availing ofduty-free exports worth $56 bil-lion under the generalised sys-tem of preferences (GSP)scheme and both have imposedhigher tariffs on 28 of theirproducts In an interview Rossreportedly indicated the UScould look at partial restorationof the GSP withdrawal in agrand bargain for a trade deal

No trade deal despiteTrump-PM bonhomie Luxembourg October 3

Facebook on Wednesdaywas dealt a major blow inthe EUrsquos top court whichruled that national courts inEurope can order onlineplatforms to remove defam-atory content worldwide

The decision will be seenas a victory for EuropeanUnion regulators who wantUS tech giants to meettightened European stan-dards over hate speech andoffensive content

Last week the same courtdecided that Google was notlegally compelled to applythe EUrsquos strict ldquoright to beforgottenrdquo rules globally in avictory for the search giant

In a closely watched judg-ment the European Courtof Justice said EU law ldquodoesnot precluderdquo courts fromordering ldquothe removal ofinformation or to blockaccess worldwiderdquo a state-ment said mdash AFP

Legal blow toFacebook overhate speech

DIGITAL SPIN Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad unveilsa lsquodigital charkharsquo to mark the 150th birth anniversary ofMahatma Gandhi in New Delhi on Thursday PTI

US Commerce Secy says India must dismantle barriers

Washington October 3 A nuclear war between Indiaand Pakistan could in lessthan a week kill 50-125 millionpeople more than the deathtoll during all six years ofWorld War II and lead to glob-al climate catastrophe accord-ing to researchers in the US

A study by researchersfrom the University of Col-orado Boulder and RutgersUniversity examined howsuch a hypothetical futureconflict would have conse-quences that could rippleacross the globe

Today India and Pakistan

each have about 150 nuclearwarheads at their disposaland that number is expectedto climb to more than 200 by2025 the researchers saidamid recent tensions betweenthe nuclear-armed neighboursover Kashmir after Indiarevoked JampKrsquos special status

ldquoAn India-Pakistan warcould double the normaldeath rate in the worldrdquosaid Brian Toon a professorat the University of Col-orado Boulder ldquoThis is awar that would have noprecedent in human experi-encerdquo Toon said mdash PTI

There are regularfeature films coming onOTT mdash good bad andugly There is nocertification body for OTTplatforms and likewisenews portals also Prakash Javadekar UNION MINISTER

lsquoNO CERTIFICATION BODYrsquo

This is a sensitive

subject and we will continueto protect them E-commerce is a platform totrade on not forpredatorypricing andmuscle power Piyush Goyal COMMERCE MINISTER

E-COMMERCE POLICYUNCHANGED INDIA

Indo-Pak nuke war mayleave 125 m dead Study

THE TRIBUNEJALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 11NATION

HIMACHAL PRADESH

NOTICE INVITING E-PROCUREMENT BID

Executive Engineer IampPH Division Dharampur Bharari on behalf of Governorof Himachal Pradesh invites the online Lump Sum contract bids on turnkey basisfrom the eligible bidders of Indian Entity through online bidding system on or before 17102019 at 1700 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs) on the sitehttpshptendersgovin

1 KEY DATES SHALL BE AS UNDER-

The tender forms and other detailed conditions can be downloaded from thewebsite wwwhpiphorg or from office above Executive Engineer up to datespecified above

Executive EngineerIampPH Division Dharampur Bharari

a Date of Online publication 0110 2019

b Downloading of e-bidDocuments

From 01102019 at 1800 Hrs IST (GMT + 530Hrs) to 17102019 at 1700 Hrs IST (GMT +530 Hrs)

c Date of submission of e-bid From 01102019 at 1800 Hrs IST (GMT + 530Hrs) to 17102019 at 1700 Hrs IST (GMT +530 Hrs)

d Physical Submission of Original Bid Security (in case ofoffline deposit of Bid security)

Up to 1100 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs) on18102019

e Date of opening of bids

1) Cover-1 Eligibility Criteria On 18102019 at 1230 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs)

2) Cover-2 Technical bid Shall be intimated separately

3) Cover-3 Financial Bid Shall be intimated separately

f Site Visit Between 1100 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs) dated10102019 to 1700 Hrs IST (GMT + 530 Hrs)dated 11102019 alongwith the AssistantEngineerconcerned Junior Engineer IampPHSub-Division TihraDharampur

SrNo

Description EstimatedCost

BidSecurity

Time Cost ofBid

1 Engineering Procurement Construction Testing Commissioning Trial Run of various components of LWSS to Rakhoh Cholthra Awahdevi Tihra and its adjoining villages in Tehsil Dharampur District Mandi (HP) under Jal Jeevan Mission (Har Ghar Nal Se Jal ) in single package on ldquoturn-key job basisrdquo including trial run defect and liability period as 3 months after physical completion of all components scheme including SOP connection as certified by Engineer-in-Charge of the entire scheme

Rupees 21667344-

Rupees 249200-

Ninemonths(includingallseasonsbutexcludingtrial runperiod of 3 months)

Rupees2500-

2 Engineering procurement construction testing commissioning trial run of various components of LWSS to PC habitation of Kot Dhawali and Bahri Rathoun and Chakyana in Tehsil Dharampur District Mandi HP under Jal Jeevan Mission (Har Ghar Ko Nal se Jal) in single package on ldquoTurn-key job basisrdquo including trial amp testing run defect and liability period as 03 months after physical completion of all components of the scheme including SOP connection as certified by Engineer-in-Charge of the entire scheme

Rupees 21134606-

Rupees 243900-

Ninemonths(includingallseasonsbutexcludingtrial runperiod of03months)

Rupees2500-

DPRHP2324

HIMACHAL PRADESH

IPH DEPARTMENT

NOTICE INVITING TENDERShort terms sealed item rate tenders on form 6 amp 8 are hereby invited by the undersigned on behalf of

Governor of Himachal Pradesh for the following works from the approved and eligible contractors so as to

reach in this office on or before 10102019 at 300 PM and will be opened on the same day at 33000 PM

in the presence of intending contractors or their authorized representatives in this office The tender form can

be had from this office against cash payment (Non-Refundable) on or before 09102019 The earnest money

in the shape of National Saving CertificateTime deposits Accounts Saving Accounts in any of the Post

OfficeBank in Himachal Pradesh duly pledged in favour of the Executive Engineer I amp PH Division Chamba

must accompany each tender Conditional tenders and tenders received without earnest money will be

summarily rejected The offer of the tenders shall be kept open for 120 days The Executive Engineer IPH

Division Chamba reserves the right to reject the tenders without assigning any reasons

SrNo

Name of work Estimatedcost

Earnestmoney

TimeLimit

Cost oftender form

1 Providing WSS to left out Habitation under census villageUdaipur Khas amp Saru in GP Udaipur Tehsil amp DisttChamba HP (SH- CO Rwall with cement concrete1510 for Sedimentation tank RHS)

313313- 6266- ThreeMonths

250-

Terms amp Conditions- 1 Before offering the rates the terms and conditions attached with the schedule of

quantity may be gone through carefully 2 Conditional tenders without earnest money will outrightly be

rejected3 The contractor shall enclose enlistmentrenewal order with his application for obtaining the tender

documents 4Latest income tax and sale tax clearance certificate as well as Pan No must be attached with

the application failing which the documents will not be issued to those contractors The contractor shall

produce registration of labour license from the competent authority under Contract Act 1970 failing which no

tender shall be issued to him

Note- No tender forms will be issued to those contractors who have not completed the work within the

stipulated period and having more than two works in hand under this Division

Executive Engineer

I amp PH Division ChambaNO-IPH-CBA-GA-G-Tender2019-7334-7384 Dated 200919 DPRHP2326

Himachal Pradesh IPH Department

SHORT TERM NOTICE INVITING TENDERThe Executive Engineer IPH Division Keylong (HP) invites tender on behalf of Governor of Himachal Pradesh from approved

eligible contractors for the following works through Online Process-

The tender forms and other detailed conditions can be downloaded from the portal httphptendersgovin up to 500 PM 14102019

HIM SUCHNA AVAM JAN SAMPARKExecutive Engineer IPH Division Keylong

JobNo

Name of Work EstimatedCost

EarnestMoney

Time ofcompletion

1 Special Repair of FIS Chimret in GP Chimret Distt Lahaul Spiti (HP) (SH- Co CClining and Retaining wall)

744756- 14900- One Work-ing Season

2 Providing WSS to PC Habitation of Jobrang Rape Rashil in GP Jobrang Distt Lahaulamp Spiti (HP) (SH- PF MS Tank 270 litrs capacity 2 Nos Laying Jointing amp TestingHDPE pipe of 50mm Dia at RD 0 to 5240 and Provision of Parta Cutting= 100 Rmt)

927536- 18600- Six Months

3 Augmentation of WSS to Village Gohrma in GP Gohrma Distt LampS (HP) (SH- PFMS Tank 270ltrs Co Storage tank 20000 ltrs capacity Co Stand Post 5 NosLaying Jointing and Testing HDPE pipe of 50mm dia at RD 0 to 110 (Ai to Bi) RD0 to 50 (A to B) 32mm dia at RD 50 to 500 (B to C) Double layer RD 0 to 1250 (Ato C) 20mm dia at for (distribution System) at various Rds Co Barbed wire fencingaround Stank and Co Crate work around Intakes and Co Nallah Crossing)

1419471- 28400 Six Months

4 Providing Flood Protection Work to Rubling in GP Tingret Distt LampS (HP) (SH-Crate work at RD 0 to 107)

2949252- 52000- Six Months

Date of submission of e-tender From 02102019 at 0500 PM to14102019 at 0500 PM

Physical submission of tender documents Up to 1100 AM 15102019

Date of opening of Eligibility Criteria 15102019 at 1130 AM

DPRHP2330

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COQGO2336 ()

CHANDIGARH ADMINISTRATION

ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Press e-TENDER NOTICEPercentage rate e-tenders are invited under two bid system by the Executive Engineer Electrical Division No 2 on behalf

of President of India from the eligible enlisted firms class A and B enlisted with the Chandigarh AdministrationMunicipalCorporation ChdCPWDState PWDs of Punjab amp Haryana and Himachal Pradesh and their board amp Corporation having validElectrical Contractor License issued by any Govt Deptt of StatesCentre for the execution of following work can bedownloadedUploaded from the website at httpwwwetenderschdnicin

SrNo

NIT No Name of work amp Location

Est

imat

edco

st p

ut

tote

nd

er

Ear

nes

tm

on

ey

Per

iod

of

co

mp

leti

on Last date

and timefor online

submissionof tender

Time ampdate of

opening oftender

01 E219189 Mtc of NRB at Chandigarh (Repair of defective elec-trical accessories at various School under SDE E4Chandigarh) R

s5

441

44-

Rs

1090

0-

03M

onth

s 11102019up to

0230 pm

11102019at

0300 pm

Executive Engineer Electrical Divn No 2 Chandigarh

TENDER NOTICE No 06 Date 1102019

On behalf of the Governor of Punjab Executive EngineerConstruction Division PWD BampR Br Fazilka invites bids fromeligible bidders enlisted under road works category with PWDBampR BrDetail terms and conditions of notice inviting bids refer to ourwebsite wwweprocpunjabgovinCorrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerConstn Divn PWD BampR Br Fazilka(On behalf of Governor of Punjab)DPRPbD6792

New Delhi October 3As many as five judges of theSupreme Court have recusedfrom hearing activist GautamNavlakharsquos petition challeng-ing the Bombay High CourtrsquosSeptember 13 order rejectinghis plea for quashing of an FIRin connection with the Bhima-Koregaon violence case

After Chief Justice ofIndia Ranjan Gogoi Jus-tice NV Ramana Justice RSubhash Reddy and Jus-tice BR Gavai Justice SRavindra Bhat became thefifth judge to recuse onThursday from hearing thecase of Navlakhamdashone ofthe five activists arrestedin the case

Others arrested in the caseare Varavara Rao Arun Fer-reira Vernon Gonsalves andSudha Bharadwaj Theyhave been booked underprovisions of the UnlawfulActivities Prevention Act(UAPA) and the IndianPenal Code

Justice S Ravindra Bhat ofthe Supreme Court on Thurs-day became the fifth judge torecuse himself CJI Gogoi hasassigned the matter to aBench headed by JusticeArun Mishra which will takeit up on Friday

As Navlakharsquos petitioncame up for hearing before athree-judge Bench headed byJustice Arun Mishra JusticeBhat who was on the Benchalong with Justice VineetSaran recused himself fromhearing the case mdash TNS

Tribune News Service

NewDelhi October 3Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasi-na today arrived here on afour-day visit during whichboth sides will attempt to takethe focus away from theNational Register of Citizens(NRC) by discussing some oldproblems that have croppedup as well as exploring com-mon links in transport watersharing and projects on Indi-an line of credit

Bangladesh Foreign MinisterAK Abdul Momen had toldmedia in Dhaka that Hasinawould discuss a number ofbilateral issues includingkilling of Bangladeshis by BSFand a framework pact on com-mon rivers including Teestawith PM Narendra Modi onSaturday She was chief guestat the Country Strategy Dia-logue of the World EconomicForum today She will attend an

interactive session with selectIndian CEOs followed by inau-guration of India-BangladeshBusiness Forum on Friday Shewill hold talks with Modi andcall on President Ram NathKovind on Saturday

Momen said the two sideswould discuss increased con-

nectivity through rivers searail road and air overall tradeand commerce among others

Foreign Secretary ShahidulHoque told newspersons thatimport of Indian arms undera $500 million line of creditand the NRC issue would alsobe discussed

Hasina to raise NRCPrez PM accept Capt invitefrom page 1

group of pilgrims the PunjabCM will lead through the cor-ridor when it opens The CMhowever clarified neither henor the ex-PM would travel toPakistan for the formal open-ing of the corridor They wereonly going to the Sikh shrineon the other side ldquoas pil-grimsrdquo The Pakistan govern-ment had recentlyannounced it would inviteManmohan for the corridorinauguration but the ex-PMrsquos office denied knowl-edge of any such invitation

Todayrsquos developments arecrucial in the light of ongo-ing political one-upmanshipbetween Congress-led Pun-jab Government and theAkalis over marking the his-toric event

Capt Amarinderrsquos move tosecure President and PMrsquospresence at the state functionare bound to put pressure on

the Akalis to come on boardAsked about SGPCrsquos cele-

bration plans CMrsquosspokesman said ldquoThe CM hasrepeatedly said the SGPC as areligious body is free to organ-ise celebrations in gurdwarasand the official celebrationswill be marked by the stategovernment The CM hasrepeatedly urged all-partyunity and will lead an all-partygroup through the corridorrdquo

State government sourcesadded they were not aware ifthe SGPC would send a paral-lel jatha through the corridor

Pakistan recentlyannounced that the corridorwould be opened for IndianSikh pilgrims on November 9However the final date is stillbeing worked out between thetwo countries and the PunjabGovernmentrsquos official eventwill be planned accordingly

Capt Amarinder mean-while shared official pro-

gramme of his governmentrsquosevents with the President andPM ldquoThe CM has urged bothto participate in the corridoropening at Dera Baba Nanakand the main programme atSultanpur Lodhirdquo the CMOspokesman said

Capt Amarinder also urgedPMrsquos intervention to allow a21-mebmer all-party jatha tovisit Sri Nankana Sahib thebirth place of the first Gurubesides bringing a nagar kir-tan to Sultanpur Lodhi viaAmritsar (Wagah)

In a separate letter to Minis-ter of External Affairs S Jais-hankar the CM has soughtformal clearance for theNankana Sahib delegationvisit and the nagar kirtan

The Punjab Governmentplans various celebrationsbetween November 5 and 15and will hold an all-party meetat Sultanpur Lodhi onNovember 1

from page 1

the list of 84 candidatesreleased by the Congress lateWednesday night and for theremaining six seats on Thurs-day shows that nearly 70 percent seats have been allottedto Hoodarsquos confidants

Of the 90 candidates giventhe party ticket at least 59 areHooda loyalists 12 are said tobe close to Kumari Selja fiveare believed to KiranChoudhry loyalists and threeeach are believed to be fromthe Kuldeep Bishnoi RandeepSurjewala and Tanwar camps

Hooda has had his support-ers fielded in all nine Assem-bly segments comprising theSonepat parliamentary seatthat he contested in May

But in the nine Assemblyseats under Kumari Seljarsquostraditional Ambala Lok Sabhaseat only one Hooda support-er mdash former HPCC chief PhoolChand Mullanarsquos son VarunChaudhary mdash has been nomi-nated for the Mullana seat

Hoodarsquos supporters havebeen fielded in eight of the nineAssembly segments in Karnalfour of the nine segments inKurukshetra Of the nineseats in BhiwanindashMahendra-garh at least four have goneto Hoodarsquos men The HisarUchana Narnaund and Han-si seats too have gone to hissupporters Adampur Nalwaand Hisar have been allottedto Kuldeep Bishnoirsquos menUklana and Barwala toKumari Seljarsquos loyalists andBawani Khera to KiranChoudhryrsquos camp

Of the nine Assembly seg-ments comprising TanwarrsquosSirsa Lok Sabha seat Dab-wali Tohana Ratia Ellenabadand Fatehabad have gone toHoodarsquos supporters Narwanacandidate Vidya Rani is con-sidered close to Randeep Sur-jewala while Sirsa and Kalan-wali nominees Hoshiari LalSharma and Shishpal Kehar-wala are Tanwar loyalists

Former minister Capt AjayYadav has managed the partyticket for his son ChiranjeevRao from Rewari

With ticket

639 engg seats vacantfrom page 1

institutions that mere physicalinfrastructure is not enoughand that qualified and well-paid faculty are mandatory forrunning engineering coursesRather than reduce the num-ber of seats the governmenthas lowered merit andallowed admissions throughHP Combined Entrance Testand Class 12 examinationmerit defeating the very pur-pose of ensuring quality edu-cation and uniformity instandards say sources

Private colleges charge

between Rs 45000 and Rs57000 per semester for BTechcompared to Rs 30000 in gov-ernment colleges ldquoStudentsare shying away from engi-neering courses as there areno jobs even after spendingRs 4 lakh to Rs 5 lakhrdquo saysSuresh who left the courseafter two semestersThere is a clear shift towardstraditional arts commercescience and managementcourses as 100 per cent seatshave been filled ldquoGovern-ment jobs are still the top pri-ority for students as their

focus is on preparation forcompetitive examinationsrdquosays Prof Sikender KumarVice-Chancellor HimachalPradesh University

Mismatch between enrol-ment and employment ratedue to opening of privateinstitutions without assessingemployment opportunities isalso leading to low intakeFurther high investment inengineering courses as com-pared to average remunera-tion after passing out is caus-ing aversion to engineeringcourses say sources

Justice Jha

5th SC judgerecuses fromKoregaonactivistrsquos case

4-day visit Connectivity trade energy ties top agenda

from page 1

High Court at Jabalpurbefore his elevation to the HCas permanent judge on Feb-ruary 2 2007

The President after con-sultation with the CJI alsotransferred Justice Pulig-oru Venkata Sanjay Kumara Judge of the TelanganaHC to the Punjab andHaryana HC He has beenasked to assume charge byOctober 17 mdash TNS

Justice LN Swamy ChiefJustice of HP High Court

Justice Ajai Lamba CJ ofGauhati High Court

Justice Indrajit Mahanty isChief Justice in Rsthan

Justice A Mani Kumar is CJof Kerala High Court

Justice JK MaheshwariChief Justice of Andhra HC

Justice AK Goswami ChiefJustice of Sikkim HC

Justices BiswanathSommader PV SanjayKumar and Vivek Agarwalof Calcutta Telangana andMadhya Pradesh HCsposted to HCs of AllahabadPunjab and Haryana andAllahabad respectively

OTHER JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS

JUSTICE KURESHI FAILS TO FIGURE ON LISTJustice Akil Kureshi recommended by SC Collegium for appoint-ment as Tripura HC CJ last month doesnrsquot figure on the list Earli-er Centre had refused to appoint him as CJ of MP High Court

Union Minister of State Sushri Debasree Chaudhuri receivesBangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi on Thursday PTI

THE TRIBUNE CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019

12|BUSINESS GOLD

~39115New Delhi

SILVER

~47580New Delhi

USD EURO POUND JPY YUAN CAD AUD SGD HKD~7089 ~7803 ~8808 ~067 ~993 ~5324 ~4774 ~5147 ~905

No SE (BampR)NIT-581 Dt 031019

MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONJALANDHAR LOCAL GOVT DEPTT PUNJABNOTICE INVITING e-TENDERS

(CIVIL WORKS)eprocpunjabgovin

E-tender No MCJ (BampR) 2019-2012

Municipal Corporation Jalandhar invites e-tenders onTwo Bid system for the CivilHorticultureBuilding worksmentioned at wwweprocpunjabgovin from thecontractors enlisted with Municipal Corporation Jalandhar ampCo-op LC Societies (Registered in Punjab State) Time totime instructions issued by GovtCVO will be followed forbidding as well as execution of works All the bidders shouldcomply with the latest instructions issued vide notificationNo 765279-radicΔ1(5)4342 Dt 02102014 amp 5822018-2lg41892 Dt 02082018

Date and Time Schedule for LC SocietiesAgencies

Other terms amp conditions can be seen at E-tenderWebsite eprocpunjabgovin

Sd- Superintending Engineer

SrNo

Last Date of onlinesubmission of

Bidding document

Opening ofTechnical Bid

Opening ofFinancial Bid

1 10102019 up to 1700 hrs

11102019 at 1100 hrs

14102019 at 1100 hrs

DI-91904

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJABPWD BampR BRANCH

NOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDSTENDER NOTICE NO 18-21 DATED 01-10-2019

On behalf of Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer ConstructionDivision PWD BampR Br Rupnagar invites bids for below mentioned worksfrom eligible bidders enlisted under All road works category withPWD (BampR) for the works approved under his jurisdiction as detailed inthe following table The bidders may submit bids for any or all of thefollowing Work(s)-

For detailed terms and conditions refer to websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin

from 091019

Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerConstruction DivisionPWD BampR Br Rupnagar

SrNo

Name of Work Head

1 Special Repair of Bharatgarh-to Kakrala Soban MajraRoad upto HP Border (including five years maintenance)in Distt Rupnagar

3054

2 Special Repair of Bharatgarh-Kakrala to Nawan Graonupto HP Border (including five years maintenance) inDistt Rupnagar

3054

3 Special Repair of Bharatgarh-to Nalagarh Road upto HPBorder (including five years maintenance) in Distt Rupnagar

3054

4 Periodical Repair of Ropar Circular Road (ODR-08) (includingfive years maintenance) in Distt Rupnagar

3054

DPRPbD6797

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

RURAL DEVELOPMENT amp PANCHAYATS DEPARTMENTNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Tender Notice No PRDP201932 Date 011019

Authority- Executive Engineer Panchayati Raj PW (CampM)Division Patiala

Name of Work-

Date of opening of bid- 11102019

For detail terms and conditions of notice inviting bids refer towebsite wwweprocpunjabgovin

Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerPanchayati Raj PW Division Patiala

SrNo

Description of Work 1 EMD2 Tender fee (in Rs)

Cost ofWork

1 Renovation amp Allied Works ofPond at Village Devinagar SawaiSingh Wala Block BhunerheriDistt Patiala

1) Rs 37890-2) Rs 5000

Rs1894500-

DPRPbD6803

Punjab Water Supply andSewerage Board

NOTICE INVITING Recall of e-TENDERS (2019-20)eprocpunjabgovin

Recall E-Tender Notice No 02 Date 30092019

On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer Punjab WS amp Sewerage BoardChandigarh Executive Engineer Punjab WS amp Sewerage Division No 2Amritsar invites online Lump Sump and percentage basis tenders from theapproved Contractorfirms and eligible Co-operative L amp C Societies who fulfillthe eligible criteria as per DNIT for the work mentioned below-

Important Dates are as under- For tender at Sr No 12

1 Period of availability of tender Online shall be Up to 10102019 up to 100 PM

2 Last Date amp Time for online submission ofBids shall be 10102019 at up to 300 PM

3 Date and Time for Opening of Tenchical bids shall be 11102019 at 300 PM

For tender at Sr No 3

Up to 23102019 up to 100 PM23102019 at up to 300 PM24102019 at 300 PM

For detailed terms and conditions refer to website eprocpunjabgovin

Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd-Executive EngineerPb WS amp Sew Divn No 2AmritsarDPRPbD6800

SrNo

Name of the Work BidSecurityEarnestMoney(Rs inLacs)

Cost ofDocu-ment

Tenderfee

(Rs)

Periodof

Comp-letion

Esti-matedCost(in

Lacs)

1 DNIT for Construction of Main PumpingStation (14 MLD) Tarn Taran (Zone No1) complete machinery amp Balance workof IPS (11 MLD) complete machinery etcand all other works contingent theretordquo

345000- 100- 5Months

17209Lacs

2 DNIT for ldquosurvey soil testing designsupply and construction instcomissioning of 4 mld STP at Analabased on any suitable sustainableand proven technology including otherappurtenant works on turnkey basisas per DNIT including operation ampmaintenance for a period of 60months after stabilization period of 3months or morerdquo

800000- 1000- 9Months

LumpSump

3 Detailed Project Report for ProvidingWater Supply Sewerage amp SewageTreatment Plant at Jandiala Guru DisttAmritsar (Under PIDB)

8050- 100- 1 Month 402Lacs

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJABPWD BampR BRANCH

NOTICE INVITING ON-LINE BIDSTENDER NOTICE NO 22-23 DATED 01-10-2019On behalf of Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer ConstructionDivision PWD BampR Br Rupnagar invites bids for below mentionedworks from eligible bidders enlisted under All road works categorywith PWD (BampR) for the works approved under his jurisdiction asdetailed in the following table The bidders may submit bids for any or allof the following Work(s)Sr No Name of Work Head

1 Special Repair of Sri Anandpur Sahib to Sri Naina Devi road (ODR-12) (including Five years maintenance) in Distt Rupangar

5054

2 Special Repair of 4-Lane Ropar Bye Pass (including Five yearsmaintenance) in Distt Rupangar

5054

For detailed terms and conditions refer to websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin from 09-10-19Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive Engineer Construction Division PWD BampR Br RupnagarDPRPbD6802

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJABPWD BampR BRANCH

Tender Notice No 41 Dated 03102019Executive Engineer Central Works Division PWD BampR BranchMohali invites bids from eligible bidders for below mentionedwork For detail terms and conditions of the notice inviting bidrefer to wwweprocpunjabgovin wef 09102019Corrigendum if any will be issued on website onlyWork Construction of Both Side Approaches amp Service

Roads of Railway Under Bridge (RUB) on levelCrossing No 24-B on Sirhind-Nangal Dam Amb-Andaura Section in Morinda Town

Sd- Executive EngineerCentral Works DivisionMohali DPRPbD6801

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

PWD BampR BRANCHNOTICE RE-INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No 07 Date 03102019

On behalf of the Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer Construction DivisionPWD BampR Br Patiala invites re-bids from eligible bidders for detailed in thefollowing table The bids shall be on the percentage rate basis The bidders maysubmit bids for any or all of the following Works

2 For Sr No 1 Period of availability of Tender onlineDate amp Time of onlinebid submission and Date amp time of opening of bids are as given below-

For detailed terms and conditions of the notice inviting bids refer to ourwebsite httpeprocpunjabgovin

Corrigendum If any will be issued on website only

Sd- (Er Navin Kumar) Executive EngineerConst Divn PWD BampR Branch PatialaM No 98783-60786DPRPbD6799

SrNo

Name ofProjectWork(s)

BidSecurityEarnestMoney

Cost ofdocumenttender fee

(Rs)

Periodof

comp-letion

Approxvalue of the

ProjectWork

1 2 3 4 5 6

1

Special Repair ofGovt Primary School Gajewas Teh SamanaDistt Patiala

36000- 5000-6

Months1804 Lacs

Availability of tenderonline for bidding

Last date amp timefor online

submission of bids

Date amp Time of opening oftender

From To Technical Bid Financial Bid

04102019 1000 am

11102019 0400 pm

11102019400 pm

141020191100 am

To be inti-mated later on

WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION DEPARTMENTNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No Dated

On behalf of Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer Water Supply ampSanitation Division No 1 Amritsar invites bid from eligible bidders for theProject detailed in the following table

For detailed terms and conditions refer to website httpeprocpunjabgovin

CorrigendumAddendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerWater Supply amp Sanitation Division No 1 Amritsar

DNIT No Date

I Project Description Name of Work Construction of SewerageTreatment Plant based on any suitablesustainable amp Proven Technology IncludingOampM of STP for 60 Months afterCommissioning of Village Budha Theh AbadiBeas and Abadi Gurunanakpura BlockRayya District Amritsar (NABARD-XIV)

II Bid SecurityEarnest Money

Rs As per approved Bid

III Cost of DocumentTenderFee Processing Fee

Rs 1000- Rs As per Website

IV Period of Completion 15 Months Including 3 Months of Stabilizationperiod

V Period of Availability ofTender online

From 07102019 Time 1000 am to07112019 Time 1700 pm

VI Pre-Bid Meeting Date andVenue

Date 22102019 Time 1200 pmVenue HOD Office Phase 2 Mohali

VII Last date amp time for onlinesubmission of bids shall be

Dated 07112019 Time 1700 pm

VIII Tender opening Date amp time Date 08112019 Time 1430 pm

DPRPbD6794

LUDHIANA IMPROVEMENT TRUSTFeroze Gandhi Market Ludhiana ndash 141001

e-mail ldh_It_2009yahoocoin

Ph- 0161-5255405

e-Tender NoticeNIT No 09e-TenderSELG-IT Ludhiana2019-20The Ludhiana Improvement Trust Ludhiana invites online bids for 10 Nos

development works -

Online availability of Tenders for bidding- 04102019 onwards

Closing Date amp Time For Serial No 1 to 7 10102019 up to 0200 pmFor Serial No 8 amp 9 17102019 up to 0200 pmFor Serial No 10 24102019 up to 0200 pm

Opening Date amp Time For Serial No 1 to 7 10102019 at 0300 pmFor Serial No 8 amp 9 17102019 at to 0300 pmFor Serial No 10 24102019 at 0300 pm

For details logon to wwweprocpunjabgovin

Note Any corrigendum(s) to the tender notice shall be published on the aboveWebsite only

Sd- Superintending EngineerImprovement Trust

LUDHIANADPRPbD6804

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

WATER SUPPLY amp SANITATION DEPARTMENT PUNJABNOTICE INVITING E-TENDERS

Bid No 11233 Date 300919

On behalf of the Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer WaterSupply amp Sanitation Division No 1 Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar invitesbids from eligible bidders for the works detail in the following table Thebidders may submit bids for any or all of the following works-

For detailed terms and conditions of the notice inviting Tender referto website httpseprocpunjabgovin wef 04102019

1 The bid documentTerms amp Condtions are available online and bidsare to be submitted online through e-procurement portalhttpeprocpunjabgovin only Bids submitted otherwise will not beaccepted

2 Rectificationextension of timeCorrigendum if any will be uploaded onwebsite wwweprocpunjabgovin amp will not be advertised in newspapers

Sd- Executive EngineerWS amp Sanitation Division No 1 SAS Nagar

SrNo

Name of Works I) Estimated CostII) Earnest MoneyIII) Tender Fee

(in Rs)

Important DatesTime

i) Sale of Tenderdocument

ii) Last Date and Time forSubmission of Bids

iii) Date and Time ofOpening of TechnicalBids

1 PROVIDING ESTATE ampINTERNAL WATERSUPPLY SANITARYINSTALLATION ANDFLOORING amp DADO INIT BLOCK AT GOVTCOLLEGE SECTOR-56 SAS NAGAR

i) Rs 1786904-

ii) Rs 35750-

iii) 1000-

i) 04102019 at 1800 hrs

ii) 14102019 at 1600 hrs

iii) 15102019 at 1100 hrs

DPRPbD6796

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OFFICE OF THE CANTONMENT BOARDJALANDHAR CANTT

INVITING TENDER NOTICE

INVITING E-TENDER FOR PROVIDING TEACHING STAFFFOR CANTONMENT BOARD SCHOOLS AND SILVER OAKPUBLIC SCHOOL UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THECANTONMENT BOARD JALANDHAR

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Starting date for downloading of Tender documents 27092019

Last date for submission of online tender 17102019

Full notice of tender is available on Central Public Procurement Portal websiteie httpeprocuregovin

Chief Executive Officer

Cantonment Board JalandharDI-91800

BSE

198543810687

NSE

459011314

Vijay C RoyTribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3Fearing loss to small andmarginal farmers dairycooperatives in Punjab andHaryana have expressedreservation over the inclu-sion of dairy products in theRegional ComprehensiveEconomic Partnership(RCEP) pact

The cooperatives appre-hend that import of cheapermilk and dairy productswould adversely hit thelivelihood of lakhs of farm-ers in the two states withimporters and traders dom-inating the market

The government is con-templating finalising theRCEP a trade block whichincludes the 10-countryASEAN China IndiaJapan South Korea Aus-tralia and New Zealandby the end of this year

New Zealand and Aus-tralia particularly are nego-tiating very hard withIndia to reduce duty ondairy products so that theycan get an access to Indiawhich is the worlds largestmarket of dairy products

ldquoThe signing of theRCEP will be a big blow tothe dairy farmers as itwould lead to reduction inthe procurement price ofmilk from farmers due tocheap imported milk pow-der from New Zealandsaid Karnail Singh a dairyfarmer from Amritsar

Dairy cooperatives feelthat procurement pricewould come down drastical-ly if imports are allowedthrough the RCEP as therewould be no tariff barrier

ldquoWe fears that cheaperimports will have repercus-sions across the value chainsAs imports will be cheapermany traders will startimporting cheap dairy prod-ucts virtually putting farmersout of the professionrdquo said asenior official from Milkfed

The average daily pro-duction of milk in thesetwo states is around 460lakh litres As far as Punjabis concerned the daily pro-

duction is around 307 lakhlitres Out of the total milkproduced in rural andsemi-urban areas 50 percent is marketable surplusOf this surplus aroundhalf of the milk sold is han-dled by the organised sec-tor comprising dairy coop-eratives such as MilkfedsVerka and private dairycompanies and the rest bythe unorganised sector

Similarly in Haryana thedaily production is 156 lakhlitres Out of the total pro-duction 70 per cent of themilk is self-consumed byfarmers and the remaining30 per cent is marketable

surplus Further around 39lakh litres (25 per cent) arebeing handled by HaryanaDairy Development Cooper-ative Federation Ltd Therest of the quantity is beingprocessed by private dairyprocessors and sweet shops

Dairy cooperatives in theirrepresentation to the min-istry apprehend that cheap-er imports will push India toremain dependant onimports for dairy products

ldquoMilk producers andprocessors have made pres-entation to the Centre pro-jecting repercussions andrequesting it not to includemilk productsrdquo said SSKohli CGM Vita

The farmers apprehendthe step would halvedairy farmersrsquo income asthey will be forced toleave farming

ILLUSTRATION SANDEEP JOSHI

Fiscal tie-up deal has PunjabHaryana dairy firms worriedCooperatives fear import of cheaper milk will affect farmers

MILK PRODUCTION IN TWO STATESState Daily produce Marketable surplusPunjab 307 lakh litres 50Haryana 156 lakh litres 30

Onion prices fall to ~30kg after export banNewDelhi October 3Onion prices have started cool-ing down in both retail andwholesale markets in someparts of the country after thegovernment banned exports ofthe key kitchen staple andimposed stock limits ontraders Union Minister RamVilas Paswan said on Thursday

Retail onion prices whichwere ruling at Rs 60-70 per kg

for the past few weeks in thenational capital and some oth-er parts of the country

declined to below Rs 60 per kgon Thursday as per trade data

Onion prices declined to

below the Rs 30 per kg levelat Lasalgaon in MaharashtraAsiarsquos largest wholesale mar-ket for the bulb crop after thegovernment banned itsexport and imposed stocklimit on traders

ldquoWe have to take care of theinterest of both farmers andconsumers Prices of onionhave started declining after webanned exportrdquo he said mdash TNS

Mumbai October 3The Reserve Bank of India(RBI) is likely to go for yetanother rate cut on Fridaythe fifth in a row as inflationis within the comfort zoneand the need to boost theeconomy is pressing

RBI Governor ShaktikantaDas has already hinted thatbenign inflation providesroom for further monetarypolicy easing while space forfiscal space is limited

The government hasannounced a series of meas-ures including steepest cut incorporate tax rollback ofenhanced surcharge on theForeign Portfolio Investorsamong others to jump-startgrowth which hit a six-year lowof 5 per cent during the firstquarter of the current fiscal

The six-member monetarypolicy committee (MPC) isscheduled to announce thefourth bi-monthly monetarypolicy for 2019-20 on Fridayafter a three-day meeting

There was no meeting ofthe panel on October 2 onaccount of Mahatma GandhiJayanti The bank hasalready slashed repo ratefour times consecutively thisyear amounting to 110 basispoints in aggregate

At its last meeting in Augustthe MPC reduced the bench-mark lending rate by anunusual 35 basis points to 540per cent The upcoming MPCmeeting comes in the backdropof RBIrsquos mandate to banks to

link their loan products to anexternal benchmark like reporate for the faster transmissionof reduction in policy rates toborrowers from October 1

Ahead of the meeting theDas-headed Financial Stabil-ity and Development Council(FSDC) sub-committee tookstock of the prevailing macro-economic situation

Earlier the RBI Governorhad said the government hadlittle fiscal space giving hopethat the bank may providemore monetary stimulus toprop up the economy The gov-ernmentrsquos fiscal space hasbeen squeezed on account ofcut in the rates of corporate taxas well as lowering of the GSTrate on various goods Rev-enue collection too has beenbelow the Budget estimates

Experts are of the opinionthat another rate cut is on thecards as the governmentrsquoshands are tied and the onusof taking initiatives now restswith the central bank mdash PTI

RBI may cut policy rateto give economy a pushTo announce bi-monthly monetary plan today

REPO RATE ALREADYSLASHED FOUR TIMES The RBI has already

slashed repo rate fourtimes consecutively thisyear amounting to 110basis points in aggregate

At its last meeting themonetary policy commit-tee had reduced thebenchmark lending rateby an unusual 35 basispoints to 540 per cent

New Delhi October 3The government will keepthe reform momentum goingwith more such announce-ments in the future to bringback the economy on a high-er growth track thoughissues related with productiv-ity efficiency persist NITIAayog CEO Amitabh Kantsaid on Thursday

Going back to 2005 and tillnow close to about 300 mil-lion people have been pulledout of poverty In the last fiveyears the economy hasgrown at about 75 per cent

Indias growth was about 81per cent in the last quarter of2017-18 and fell to 5 per cent inthe June quarter of 2019-20Kant said at the World Eco-nomic Forums India Econom-ic Summit-CII event here

ldquoAnd since then both theRBI and the governmenthave taken a series of meas-ures to takeIndia backto a highgrowth tra-jectoryrdquo hesaid mdash PTI

Many morereforms inoffing Kant

We still have 25000 tonne of onion in ourstock We are asking state governments totake it and supply at ~2390 per kg in theirstates and ensure prices are stable

Ram Vilas Paswan CONSUMER AFFAIRS MINISTER

STATES ASKED TO COLLECT STOCK

THE TRIBUNECHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 13WORLD

GLOBE TROT

Emirati US Russian astronauts return to EarthALMATY A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three astronautsincluding an Emirati who became the first Arab to reachthe International Space Station returned to Earth Thurs-day Footage broadcast by Russias space agency showedthe Soyuz MS-12 capsule carrying Hazzaa al-Mansoori ofthe United Arab Emirates NASA astronaut Nick Hagueand Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin touch downat 1059 GMT on the steppes of Kazakhstan AFP

Russian man sues Apple for lsquoturning him gayrsquo MOSCOW A Russian man has filed a lawsuit against Apple formoral harm claiming that an iPhone app had turned himgay according to a copy of the complaint The man filed suitin a Moscow court asking for one million rubles ($15000)after an incident this summer in which a cryptocurrencycalled lsquoGayCoinrsquo was delivered via a smartphone apprather than the Bitcoin he had ordered ldquoApple pushed metowards homosexuality through manipulation Thechanges have caused me moral and mental harmrdquo he saidApplersquos representatives in Russia did not immediatelyrespond to AFPrsquos request for comment AFP

NZ mosque attacker drops bid to move trialWELLINGTON Gunman Brenton Tarrant the man accused ofmurdering 51 Muslim worshippers in Marchs NewZealand mosque attack on Thursdaydropped a bid to move his trial from the citywhere the massacre occurred The HighCourt held a pre-trial hearing inChristchurch in which judge CameronMander announced at the beginning ofproceedings that the defence haddecided not to pursue the applica-tion His trial will begin on June2 next year in Christchurch AP

FIRST EMIRATI TO REACH ISS Russian space agencyrescue team members and United Arab Emiratesspecialists carry Emirati astronaut Hazzaa al-Mansoorishortly after the landing of the Russian Soyuz MS-12 spacecapsule about 150 km south-east of the Kazakh town ofDzhezkazgan on Thursday AFP

Pak Taliban urge US to resume Afghan talksIslamabad October 3Pakistan on Thursday askedthe Taliban to grasp theopportunity and resume talkswith the US for an early andpeaceful resolution of the con-flict in Afghanistan sayingwar is not a solution as topleaders of the militant groupmet Foreign Minister ShahMahmood Qureshi here

A high-level Taliban dele-gation met Qureshi as partof a push to revive theAfghan peace processstalled after US PresidentDonald Trump abruptlydeclared the talks with therebel group ldquodeadrdquo

The Foreign Office said in astatement that a delegationof the Taliban Political Com-mission (TPC) called onQureshi The delegation wasled by the head of TPC MullaAbdul Ghani Baradar andincluded senior members ofthe commission

ldquoWhile appreciating Tal-

ibanrsquos serious engagementin the peace process heunderscored the need to takethese efforts to their logicalconclusionrdquo Qureshi said

Trump stunned the worldwhen he suddenly declared

that the Afghan peace talkswith the Taliban wereldquodeadrdquo following killing onan American soldier

Qureshi said ldquoPakistan hasmaintained for several yearsthat there is no military solu-

tion to the complex situationin Afghanistan An inclusivepeace and reconciliationprocess involving all sec-tions of the Afghan societywas the only practical wayforwardrdquo mdash PTI

US ENVOY LIKELY TOMEET DELEGATION

Sources said the talksbetween Foreign MinisterSM Qureshi and theTaliban went on for morethan one and a halfhours ISI chief Lt GenFaiz Hameed was alsopresent in the meeting

US special envoy toAfghanistan ZalmayKhalilzad is also inPakistan to discuss therevival of the peace talksHe may also meet theTaliban delegation

Pakistan has maintained for several years that there is no military solution to the complexsituation in Afghanistan A peace process is the only way forward Mahmood Qureshi PAK FOREIGN MINISTER

Foreign Minister SM Qureshi (C) receives members of the Talibandelegation at the Pakistan Foreign Ministry in Islamabad AFP

Paris October 3 A man wielding a knifestabbed and killed four offi-cers at the police headquar-ters in the heart of centralParis on Thursday beforebeing shot dead

Sources told AFP theattacker was shot dead bypolice in the courtyard ofthe building where he wasemployed The man workedin an administrative capac-ity but it was not immedi-ately clear what his precisework role was

Interior MinisterChristophe Castaner who was

due to visit Turkey later onThursday postponed his tripto visit the scene of the attack

ldquoPeople were runningeverywhere there was cryingeverywhererdquo said Emery Sia-mandi an interpreter whowas in the building when theattack happened

Investigators suspect aworkplace dispute sparkedthe deadliest attack onpolice in France in yearssources said

The Paris prosecutor is atthe scene but anti-terroragencies have not beeninvolved at this stage mdash AFP

Four Paris copsstabbed to death

A police vehicle drives toward Paris police headquartersfollowing alleged stabbing by a co-worker on Thursday AFP

London October 3 UK Prime Minister BorisJohnson on Thursday saidhe has made a ldquogenuineattempt to bridge thechasmrdquo in order to get afresh Brexit deal with theEU as he appealed to MPs inthe House of Commons tosupport his proposals

Johnson told MPs that hisproposals mdash which wouldsee Northern Ireland stay inthe European single marketfor goods but leave the cus-toms union mdash were a ldquocom-promiserdquo He has main-tained that the UK will

leave the EU on October 31with or without a deal

The UK government isnow hoping to begin a peri-od of intense negotiationswith the aim of reaching afinal agreement at an EU

summit on October 17ldquoThis government has

moved our proposals dorepresent a compromiseand I hope that the Housecan now come together inthe national interestbehind this new dealrdquoJohnson told MPs

The backstop is the con-troversial ldquoinsurance poli-cyrdquo that is meant to keep afree-flowing border on theisland of Ireland but whichcritics including Johnsonfear could trap the UK inEU trading rules indefi-nitely mdash IANS

Accept Brexit planBoris tells MPsJerusalem October 3 Israel swore in its newlyelected parliament onThursday for what could bea very short term after thecountrys second inconclu-sive election of the year leftit with no new governmenton the horizon

The typically festive eventwas marked mostly byuncertainty as the two maincandidates for prime minis-ter sniped at each other overwho should lead the country

It also came in parallel toPrime Minister BenjaminNetanyahus high-profile

pre-indictment hearing oncorruption charges whichhave threatened to end hispolitical career and con-tributed to the currentparalysis of the countryspolitical system

Neither Netanyahu norhis chief rival Benny Gantzhas been able to build a par-liamentary majority withtheir natural allies Theynow depend on each otherfor a unity government asthe only likely alternative toan unprecedented thirdelection in less than a year

ldquoThe right thing for the

citizens of Israel especiallyat this time is for the primeminister to be busy workingfor them and not preoccu-pied with indictmentsrdquoGantz said

ldquoI call upon Netanyahu Donot barricade yourself in yourposition We will take thereins from here and lead thecountry for the good of thecitizensrdquo For thesake of unity Gantzrsquos deputyYair Lapid announced hewas forgoing a previousarrangement to share thepremiership should theycome to power mdash AP

No govt yet Israel swears in MPs

PM Boris Johnson in House AFP

PUNJAB WATER SUPPLY amp SEWERAGE BOARDNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No ETENDERPWSSDHOSHIARPUREE201954 of 2019 Date 03102019On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer PWSSB Chandigarh The Executive Engineer Punjab Water Supply amp Sewerage Division Hoshiarpur re-invite bids due to non-submission ofbids from the eligible bidders for the work detailed below-

2 Important dates are as under-i) Period of availability of tender online shall be From 03102019 to 13102019 up to 500 pmii) Pre-bid Meeting 07102019 at 1100 amiii) Last date amp time for online submission of bid shall be 13102019 up to 500 pmiv) Date amp time of opening of Technical Bid 14102019 at 0100 pm

SrNo

Name of the Work EarnestMoney

Cost of Document Tender processing Fee Period ofCompletion

Approx Valueof the work

1 Construction of STP 400 MLD at Balachaur Town Rs 800 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

2 Construction of STP 200 MLD at Hariana Town Rs 500 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

3 Construction of STP 300 MLD at Rahon Town Rs 700 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

4 Construction of STP 300 MLD at Garhshankar Town Rs 700 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

Note (i) The dates given above are for both eligible LampC Societies amp Contractors(ii) For detailed terms and conditions refer to website httpeprocpunjabgovin(iii) If any corrigendum issued will be loaded and seen at website httpeprocpunjabgovin Sd- Executive Engineer PWSSD HSPDPRPbC6790

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PUNJAB WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGEDIVISION GURDASPUR

RE-TENDERING No 10 of 2019-20 (3rd time)httpseprocpunjabgovin

On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer Pb WS amp Sew Board ChandigarhExecutive Engineer Pb WS amp Sew Division Gurdaspur The E-tenderingNotice No 10 issued vide this office endst 4006-78 dt 17092019 are herebyrecalled due to reason that No bidders participate received for each of the belowtender Now these tender will be opened as per detail given below-

Important dates are as under

Period of availability of tender online shall be 04102019 from 200 PM

Last date and time for online submission of bid 10102019 upto 500 PMshall be

Date and time of opening of Technical Bid 11102019 at 200 PM

1 Note- The dates given above for above tenders are for LampC societiesfor detailed terms and conditions refer to websitehttpseprocpunjabgovin

2 Corrigendumaddendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerPunjab WS amp Sew Division Gurdaspur

SrNo

Description of work EarnestMoney(Rs)

Cost ofdocument

TenderFee (Rs)

Periodof

comp-letion

ApproxValue of

thework

1 Providing amp Fixing laying Jointingcutting testing of RCC NP3 300mm idPipe and construction of smallscreening chamber room providingand supply installation of motor pumpset sludge pump set repair of MPSand STP and Complete all otherworks as per site Dera Baba NanakGurdaspur District Gurdaspur

2DNITcost Rs

68580-

Rs 100- 4months

Rs 3429

lac

DPRPbD6791

PUNJAB WATER SUPPLY amp SEWERAGE BOARDNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No E-TENDERPWSSDHOSHIARPUREE201953 of 2019 Date 3102019

httpeprocpunjabgovin

On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer PWSSB Chandigarh TheExecutive Engineer Punjab Water Supply amp Sewerage Division Hoshiarpurreinvite the bids due to non-submission of bids from the eligible bidders for thework detailed below-

2 Important dates are as under

i) Period of availability of tender from 03102019 to17102019 uponline shall be to 500 pm

ii) Last date amp time for online submission 17102019 up to 500 pmof bid shall be

iii) Date amp time of opening of Technical Bid 18102019 at 100 pm

Note- (i) The dates given above are both for eligible LampC Societies andContractors

(ii) For detailed terms and condtions refer to websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin

(iii) If any corrigendum issued will be loaded amp seen at websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin

Sd- Executive Engineer

Punjab WS amp Sew Division Hoshiarpur

SrNo

Name of the work EarnestMoney

Cost ofDocument

TenderProcessing

Fee

Periodof

Comp-letion

ApproxValueof theWork

3 Amtc Reserve Stock Hoshiarpurfor the year 2019-20 at HSP ldquoSupplyof One No Chowkidar to Watch ampWard Reserve Stock Hoshiarpurrdquowef 15092019 to 31032020

Rs2000-

1002360 6 Months15 Days

Lumpsum

DPRPbC7353

ਜ਼੨ ੦ਸਾ੨ਾ੦ਯਸਭਞ੮੨

੨ਝ੦ਜਮ IਵਭਸਙIਭ੦੧ਯਗ਼ਸੜਜI੨ਝਟਭ੨ਾਵੀਯ ਜਙਞਙਜ੨I੨੭੪ਯ੨ਗ਼੨ੜIਠ੨ਙ ਆਗ਼ਾIਭਜਙI੭ਭ੨੪ਟਜਟTemporar+੪ਞ ੪੪ਟI੨I੨ ਜ਼੨੦I੭ਵਝਗ਼ਜਙ੨ਮਙI੦270320423੮੦6022੭ਸਭਭ੦੨ 0ੜ345ਜ਼ਾਭ੪੮ਮੀ00 ੨੦ਯI੭ਮਸ ਙਭ੨੭ਠI੨I੨ ਜ਼੨੦ ਜ਼ਾਭ੪ ੮ਮੀ00 ੨੦ਯI੭ਮਠਗ਼੪ੜਭ੪ ਗ਼ਟਜਙ੨ਮਙI੭ਵ I੦290320423 I ੦Iਸਾ੨ਾ੨I੭ਵੀ੨ਜ੨ ਗ਼ਾIਭਜਙI੭ਭ੨੪ਟਜਟTemporar+੪ਞ ਸ੨ਭਸਯ

ੀ1ਞਭਭ੦੮੨ਸ+੭lt ੦ਿਸਾ੨ਾ੦ਯDPRPbD6805

MUNICIPAL CORPORATION SAS NAGAR (MOHALI) DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT PUNJAB

(MUNICIPAL BHAWAN SECTOR 68 SAS NAGAR)

NOTICE INVITING E-TENDER

No 2148 Dt 031019Commissioner on behalf of MC SAS Nagar invites e-tenders on two bid

system (Technical and Financial bid) for the following works from theregistered LampC Co-op Societies and from the enlisted Govt contractors firms

Date and time schedule

For participating in the above e-tendering process the contractorsshall have to get themselves registered withwwweprocpunjabgovin and get user Id and password class-3digital signature is mandatory to participate in the e-tendering(a) Interested bidders can purchase the tender document online from

website wwweprocpunjabgovin NIT and terms and conditionsare being uploaded at the website (wwweprocpunjabgovin)

(b) Bidders shall attach scanned copies of all the papers ie scannedcopies of certificatedocuments as required in terms and condition

(c) CorrigendumAddendumcorrections if any will be posted in thewebsite

(d) Bidders should note that online tenders will be only submitted atthe aforesaid website wwweprocpunjabgovin as per thedetailsinstructions uploaded therein

(e) If at the time of submission of E-Tenders any error occurs due totechnical reasons of the website Municipal Corporation SASNagar will not be responsible

Sd- Corporation Engineer Municipal Corporation SAS Nagar

SrNo

Last date of online submissionof bidding document

Time and Date of Opening of tender

1 22102019 till 1200 23102019 till 1200

SrNo

Name of the work EstimatedCost

(in Lac)

EMD (in Rs)

Processingfee (in Rs)

Timeperiod

1 Laying 40 mm thick BC roadfrom Sec-48C MC limit toBawa White House lights

236 472000- 5900- 3

2 RC estimate forbeautification andupgradation of road fromChandigarh entry to IISERin MC SAS Nagar

4871 97420- 5748- 3

3 RC estimate PL ofBitummious Concrete ondifferent roads of Inds areaPhase-1 5 amp Inds areaPhase-8 in MC SAS Nagar

3539 70780- 4176- 3

DPRPbC7356

THE TRIBUNE14 JALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019SPORT

Visakhapatnam October 3Indiarsquos opening batsmanMayank Agarwal convertedhis maiden Test hundred intoa double century as the hometeam declared for 5027before the hostsrsquo spinnersmade early inroads into theSouth African batting orderAfter Rohit Sharmarsquos poten-tially career-defining 176 inhis first innings as a Testopener it was Agarwalrsquos turnto dominate the bowlers asthe 28-year-old made 215before the hosts declared onDay 2 of the first Test

Ravichandran Ashwin andRavindra Jadeja then got inon the act by dismissingSouth Africa opener AidenMarkram No 3 Theunis deBruyn and nightwatchmanDane Piedt to leave the tour-ing side reeling at 393 atstumps In a worrying signfor South Africa who lost 0-3 on their last trip to India in2015 a few deliveries keptlow on a pitch already offer-ing turn for the spinners

Cheap lossesIndia lost Cheteshwar Pujaracaptain Virat Kohli andAjinkya Rahane cheaply inthe second session but stillmanaged to put an imposingfirst-innings total on theboard Playing only his fifthTest Agarwal who had a pre-vious highest score of 77drove South African spinspearhead Keshav Maharajfor two runs to long off andthrew his hands in the airafter bringing up his double

hundred Starting the day on202 without loss Indiarsquosopeners treated SouthAfricarsquos bowlers with thesame disdain they showed onthe rain-interrupted openingday Visiting captain Faf duPlessis packed his fielders onone side of the wicket butboth Rohit and Agarwalscored almost at will tamingthe spinners by employingboth conventional andreverse sweep shots

South Africa looked des-perately short of ideas inthe face of the battingonslaught Rohit and Agar-wal stitched together astand of 317 Rohit was outstumped to KeshavMaharaj Dropped on 126 byQuinton de Kock off seamerVernon Philander Rohit hitMaharaj for his sixth sixand followed it up with afour but the left-arm bowlerspun the next one past hisforward defence and thewicketkeeper whipped thebails off Philanderremoved Pujara for six withthe first delivery of the sec-ond session while Kohliwho made 20 offered atame return catch to debu-tant all-rounder SenuranMuthusamy Karnatakabatsman Agarwal who hit23 fours and six sixes in hisknock added 53 for thethird wicket with Kohli anda further 54 for the fourthwith Rahane (15) before heholed out off a tame full tossfrom part-time spinnerDean Elgar mdash Reuters

Visakhapatnam October 3 Featuring in only his fifth Testmatch Mayank Agarwalbecame the fourth Indian bats-man to convert his maidencentury into a double hundredand the Karnataka opener iselated over his performanceSpeaking after the match adelighted Agarwal said ldquoI amextremely happy It is a feelingI canrsquot describe Glad that Icould make my maiden hun-dred into a doublerdquo

ldquoI am happy with the wayI played I am batting welland if we can keep battingtogether like this upfront itwill be great for the teamrdquohe added ldquoIf Rohit and Ican keep contributing tomake 450-500 every time itwill be very tough for theopposition I would be lyingif I say that you only have tothink about your own gameAt times you feel that youare playing well and cantake a chance but thatrsquosnot how it works You haveto be patient We had a greatpartnership to lay the foun-dation and get to 300 runsrdquo

Agarwal also praisedRohitrsquos 176-run knock as theMumbai right-handersilenced all his critics whohad questioned his role as aTest opener ldquoThe way he(Rohit) dominated the spin-ners was great to seerdquo Agar-wal said ldquoInitially the pitchdid do a bit with the new ballbut when the sun came outit got better and better As weapproached lunch on Day 2the ball started keeping lowIt started spinning by teaand it is great signs for usrdquo

Didnrsquot bow badly Rohit andAgarwal were good MaharajSouth African spinners didnot bowl badly and it was thesheer brilliance of RohitSharma and Mayank Agarw-al that has taken the gameaway from the visitors leadProteas spinner KeshavMaharaj said ldquoI wouldnrsquotsay they bowled poorly I per-sonally judge if someonecomes down the wicket andhits you itrsquos not a bad ball Ifyou are getting hit from thecrease if you are getting cutthen itrsquos a different storyrdquosaid Maharaj ldquoPiedt wasunlucky Mayank playedsuperbly well and so didRohit Literally everythingthey wanted to do paid off itwas their dayrdquo he saidIndiawon the toss and had no hes-itation in batting first ldquoI sup-pose the toss does play a partbecause you want the bestpossible conditions to bowlfor the spinners but havingsaid that we could have beena little bit better at timeswhen we did bowl But I sup-pose the toss does play alarge factor in terms of theoutcome of the gamerdquo saidMaharaj mdash Agencies

SURATIndian women seal serieswith 5-wkt win over SAThe Indian womenrsquos cricketteam produced anotherauthoritative performance tocomfortably defeat SouthAfrica by five wickets in thefifth T20I taking an unassail-able 3-0 lead in the six-matchseries With two games beingcompletely washed out theseries was extended from fiveto six matches and India need-ed to win on the day to sealthe series Off-spinner DeeptiSharma (219) and left-armspinnner Radha Yadav (323)restricted the Proteas womento 988 Brief Scores SA 988(Wolvaardt 17 Radha 323Deepti 219) India 995 (Har-manpreet 34 Ismail 219)

BENGALURURoger Binny electedpresident of KSCAFormer India cricketer RogerBinny and his team sweptthe Karnataka State CricketKarnataka State CricketAssociation elections Mean-while the Odisha CricketAssociation nominated taint-ed and jailed former supre-mo Asirbad Beherarsquos sonSanjay Behera as its repre-sentative at the BCCI AGM onOctober 23 Sanjay hasrecently been elected secre-tary of the association as hisfather who has been arrest-ed by CBI for his active con-nection with a chit-fundscam voted from jail

LONDONStokes wins playersrsquo awardafter World Cup heroicsBen Stokes has been votedthe Professional CricketersrsquoAssociation playersrsquo Player ofthe Year after starring in Eng-landrsquos maiden World Cup winand repeating his heroics dur-ing the Ashes series Stokeswill play for Northern Super-chargers in the new Hundredformat tournament with theLeeds-based franchise snap-ping up all-rounder ahead ofJoe Root and Jonny Bairstow

JAIPURJampK beat Railways by fourwkts in Hazare TrophyParvez Rasool hammered anunbeaten 118 to power Jamp Kto a four-wicket win over Rail-ways in their Vijay HazareGroup C matchBrief scores Railways 2856in 50 overs (D Mor 70 A Ghosh64 K Sharma 40 U Nazir353) JampK 2876 in 491 overs(P Rasool 118 SS Pundir 38 HSangwan 366) mdash AGENCIES

BRIEFLY lsquoHope I Rohitcontributebig for teamin future toorsquo

Deepankar ShardaTribune News Service

mumbai october 3In a first India will host pre-season National BasketballAssociation (NBA) matchesbetween Sacramento Kingsand Indiana Pacers here onOctober 4 and 5 The two-daycontest is a bid to populariseNBA and basketball in India

Sacramento Kingsrsquo own-er Vivek Ranadive is thedriving force behind NBAmaking its debut in hishometown Mumbai ldquoThegame here in Mumbai willallow NBA to open theirinterest for the next 10years India would be hav-ing more arenas moreplayers and more coachesto promote the sport NBAhas a long association withIndia but this is the righttime to push it ahead in abig wayrdquo said Ranadive aMumbai-born Americanbusinessman ldquoNBA com-missioner Adam Silver wasof the view that these games

are must to attract the Indi-an youth towards the sportI think in coming years bas-ketball would be the second-most popular sport in IndiaIt will be difficult to replacecricket but basketball andIndia are meant to betogether I just hope NBAturns the fortune of Indianyoungsters in a big wayrdquo

added Ranadive Sacramen-to Kings coach Luke Waltonsaid the players are excitedto play in Mumbai ldquoIt was akind of rest day today andthe players were asked justto sweat a bit The pre-sea-son games are equallyimportant as the major tour-namentsrdquo said Walton

NBA makes India debut asKings take on Pacers in Mumbai

Kultar Malikelected HCApresidentNew Delhi October 3Kultar Malik was namedpresident of the HaryanaCricket Association (HCA)after the results of the elec-tions for the officebearerswere declared here today

Mrinal Ojha was appoint-ed secretary and MahenderSingh was named the treas-urer All the three office-bearers are outgoing BCCItreasurer AnirudhChaudhryrsquos loyalists

While four members ofthe Apex Council wereappointed two memberswill be player representa-tives and another one willbe from the CAG It is learntthat the association hascommunicated the result ofthe election to the BCCI aswell as the Amicus CuriaeThe HCA has also writtenback to the CoA after thecommittee sent in a com-munication at 1am on Octo-ber 2 that an officebearer ofthe HCA should meet theCoA on October 3 mdash IANS

India beat Belgium end tour on highAntwerp October 3The Indian menrsquos hockeyteam outclassed reigningworld and European Cham-pions Belgium 5-1 in thefifth and final match tomaintain a hundred percent record in their tour ofBelgium

World No 5 India won alltheir five matches duringthe tour beating Belgium 2-0 in the opening match andregistering 6-1 and 5-1 winsover Spain in the next twogames before finishing offtheir tour with two morewins (2-1 and 5-1)

In the fifth match Sim-ranjeet Singh (7th) LalitKumar Upadhyay (35th)Vivek Sagar Prasad (36th)Harmanpreet Singh (42nd)and Ramandeep Singh(43rd) scored one goal eachto earn a scintillating victo-ry for the Indian team

India produced a stun-ning move in the 7thminute to take the leadthrough forward Simran-jeet Belgium forced acomeback but their penaltycorner was saved by Kris-

han Pathak in the 9thminute helping India tomaintain their one-goaladvantage at the first break

The second quarter sawworld No 2 Belgium winback-to-back penalty cor-ners in the 16th minute butPathak made sure thatthere was no damage Bel-gium tried hard to score anequaliser but some resolutedefending saw India taketheir lead into the half-timebreak

Attack modeThe visitors started thethird quarter with anattacking intent and wererewarded immediatelywith Lalit Kumar Upad-hyay bagging his first goalof the match in the 35thminute to extend Indiarsquoslead to 2-0 YoungsterVivek Sagar Prasad (36th)also registered his nameon the scoresheet as heproduced a crafty finish tobeat the Belgian goalkeep-

er The 38th minute sawBelgium win a penalty cor-ner but PR Sreejeshrsquos div-ing save kept the score 3-0in Indiarsquos favour Howevera brilliant strike fromAlexander Hendrickxmade it 3-1 in the 39thminute

Double blowIndia scored twice in twominutes just before the endof the third quarter to extendtheir lead to 5-1 Indiarsquosfourth goal was scored bydragflicker HarmanpreetSingh who converted apenalty corner in the 42ndminute while the fifth goalcame through RamandeepSingh who scored in the43rd minute mdash PTI

FIRST TESTINDIA VS SOUTH AFRICA

STAR SPORTS 930AMGOLF WOMENrsquoS INDIAN OPEN

DSPORT 1230PM

ATHLETICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPSSTAR SPORTS 1030PM

PRO KABADDI LEAGUESTAR SPORTS 730PM

TODAY ON TV

INDIA (Overnight 2020)

M Agarwal c Piedt b Elgar 215R Sharma st de Kock b Maharaj 176C Pujara b Philander 6V Kohli campb Muthusamy 20A Rahane c Bavuma b Maharaj 15R Jadeja not out 30H Vihari c Elgar b Maharaj 10W Saha c Muthusamy b Piedt 21R Ashwin not out 1Extras (B-4 LB-1 NB-2 W-1) 8Total (7 wickets decl 136 overs) 502Fall of wickets 1-317 2-324 3-377 4-431 5-436 6-457 7-494BowlingVernon Philander 22-4-68-1Kagiso Rabada 24-7-66-0

Keshav Maharaj 55-6-189-3Dane Piedt 19-1-107-1Senuran Muthusamy 15-1-63-1Dean Elgar 1-0-4-1

SOUTH AFRICAD Elgar not out 27A Markram b Ashwin 5T de Bruyn c Saha b Ashwin 4D Piedt b Jadeja 0T Bavuma not out 2Extras (LB-1) 1Total (3 wickets 20 overs) 39BowlingIshant Sharma 2-0-8-0Mohammed Shami 2-2-0-0Ravichandran Ashwin 8-4-9-2Ravindra Jadeja 8-1-21-1

Harmanpreet Singh and Ramandeep Singh both scored forIndia against Belgium HOCKEY INDIA

Double the troubleSouth Africa 393 at stumps onDay 2 after Agarwalrsquos double tonprops India to 5027 declared

SCOREBOARD

391Runs accumulated byIndia openers mdash215 by

Agarwal and 176 by Rohit mdash is thethird highest in a Test innings Thehighest is 404 by Vinoo Mankad(231) and Pankaj Roy (173)against New Zealand in 1956

0Bigger partnerships for any wick-et for India vs SA than the open-

ing stand between Rohit and Agarw-al The previous best was 268between Sehwag and Dravid for thesecond wicket in Chennai in 2008

4Indians who con-verted their maid-

en Test century into a200-plus scoreincluding MayankAgarwal Dilip Sarde-sai (200) VinodKambli (224) andKarun Nair (303)are the other three tohave done so

86TH Indian bats-man mdash Mayank

Agarwal mdash to score ahundred in Tests The28-year-old whomade his debut vsAustralia in Mel-bourne in December2018 took eightinnings to register hismaiden Test century

9TH First-Classcentury and

third double-tonfor Agarwalincluding atriple-ton Hehas convertedsix of his nineFirst-Class hun-dreds into 150-plus scores

12Sixes hit by Indiaopeners mdash six each

for Rohit and Agarwal mdashis the most by openersfor any team in a Testinnings There has beenonly one Test inningswhen India batsmenhave hit more sixes mdash 15vs SL at Brabourne Stadi-um in Mumbai in 2009

3RD Indian opening pair mdash Rohitand Agarwal mdash to share a 300-

run partnership in Test cricketRohit and Agarwal achieved thefeat with a stand of 317 runs OtherIndian opening pairs to share a300-plus partnership in Test cricketare Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy(413 runs vs NZ in 1956) andSehwag and Dravid (410 runs vsPak in 2006)

Vinayak PadmadeoTribune News Service

New Delhi October 3The Professional WrestlingLeague owners Pro Sporti-fy have sent a notice to theWrestling Federation ofIndia (WFI) for ldquobreach ofagreementrdquo

In a letter addressed toWFI president Brij BhushanSharan Singh the rightsholders have raised theirobjection to what they see asa gross oversight by thesports body to sanction thelaunch of a rival league Zee

Kushti Dangal whichaccording to Pro Sportifywas malicious ldquohellipThelaunch of the said ZeeKushti Dangal was held on23rd September 2019 at NewDelhi What is even moresurprising is that the launchevent was not only attendedby you but you also partici-pated in the press confer-ence with Mr Mukund Cairethe COO of ZEEL Further-more in the press confer-ence you made a statementthat both Pro WrestlingLeague and Zee Kushti Dan-

gal can coexist You also stat-ed that Zee Kushti Dangaland Pro Wrestling Leaguehave different formats andscoperdquo the notice sent bythe legal head of Pro Sporti-fy Dinesh Bant said

ldquoWe have analysed the for-mat of Zee Kushti Dangaland compared it to the ProWrestling League there is nodifference between the for-mats of the two tournamentsAs such it appears that beingconscious of the fact that itsactions clearly tantamount tobreach of the agreement theWFI has attempted to camou-flage this blatant breach bychanging the nomenclatureof the league being launchedby ZEEL That the ZeeKushti Dangal is the same asthe Pro Wrestling League is

evident from the fact that MrCaire of ZEEL referred to ZeeKushti Dangal as thelsquo Leaguersquo several times dur-ing the press conferenceThis makes it evidently clearthat while the proposed tour-nament is in the league for-mat it has only been namedlsquoDangalrsquo to circumvent theexclusivity rights retained byPro Sportifyrdquo it added

Pro Sportify Private Limit-ed had signed a 15-year con-tract with the WFI and it cit-ed clause 94 of thecommercial rights agree-

ment to cite the violationsWFI president Singh wasunavailable for commentsHowever it is understoodthat the body was unper-turbed with the developmentas it feels it was in a strongbargaining position shouldthe matter go to the courts

Interestingly the WFI hadserved the rights holder a ter-mination notice in 2016 forseveral violations includingnon-payment of rights feeand delayed payments madeto both wrestlers and techni-cal staff

Dangal over league rights PWL organisers send notice to WFIThe WFI has attemptedto camouflage this

blatant breach by changingthe nomenclature of theleague being launched byZEEL mdash Dinesh Bant PRO SPORTIFY LEGAL HEAD

Marvin Bagley of the Sacramento Kings shoots during Apractice session in Mumbai NBA

RESULTIndia 5 Simranjeet Singh(7th) Lalit Kumar Upad-hyay (35th) Vivek SagarPrasad (36th) Harman-preet Singh (42nd) andRamandeep Singh (43rd)

Belgium 1 AlexanderHendrickx (39th)

Mayank Agarwal celebratesafter scoring his maiden doublecentury on Day 2 PTI

Doha October 3

Grant Holloway of the UnitedStates blazed to his firstWorld Championships 110-mhurdles title last night in adramatic race in whichdefending champion OmarMcLeod fell

The 21-year-old Hollowaywho came into the champi-onships with the seasonrsquosfastest run of 1298 secondssmoothly glided through 10hurdles to cross the line in1310 five-hundredths of asecond ahead of SergeyShubenkov

Favourite to defend his titleJamaican McLeod came outof the starting blocks fast buthis race quickly turned souras he knocked down hurdlesand tumbled to the trackbefore reaching the finishline McLeod said he had felta hamstring strain in thewarm-up and thought itwould go away ldquoI was readyto go I showed up readyrdquoMcLeod said ldquoI put myself inthe very best situation todefend my titlerdquo Capitalisingon McLeodrsquos fallShubenkov the 2015 worldchampion took his secondconsecutive world silver witha technically sound run of1315 seconds

Holloway and Shubenkovsaid they had no idea thatchaos was unfolding inneighbouring lanes

ldquoIn the replay I saw that onefell down Another was cele-bratingrdquo said Shubenkov ldquoIthought to myself lsquoI missed

everythingrsquordquo

Asher-Smith grabs goldDina Asher-Smith seized hergolden opportunity to win the200 metres becoming thefirst British woman to claim aglobal sprint title With manyof the top medal contenderspulling out or skipping theevent Asher-Smith provedthe class act in the field pow-ering home in a nationalrecord 2188 seconds to addgold to the silver she won in

the 100m ldquoYoursquore only thefavourite if you go out andperform how people expectyou to and I was reallyfocused on putting together agood racerdquo said Asher-Smith

The once mighty UnitedStates who had been a non-factor in the womenrsquos sprintsin Doha also benefited fromthe scratches as BrittanyBrown grabbed the silver in2222 Switzerlandrsquos MujingaKambundji grabbed bronze

The fight for medals was

blown wide open when someof sprintingrsquos biggest nameswithdrew during the earlierrounds The race was missingthe reigning world andOlympics champions inDutchwoman Dafne Schip-pers and Jamaicarsquos ElaineThompson who withdrewdue to injuries ShaunaeMiller-Uibo of Bahamasowner of the fastest time thisseason elected to race the400m only due to schedulingissues

The world 100m championShelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce andbronze medallist Marie-JoseeTa Lou scratched because ofsoreness from earlier raceswhile Nigeriarsquos BlessingOkagbare who had run thethird fastest time this seasonwas disqualified in her heat

None of that mattered toAsher-Smith blasted out ofthe blocks and was in com-mand coming off the bendbefore cruising to victory

ldquoI made sure that Iremained focusrdquo said Asher-Smith

Shot putter Toor fails toqualify for final round Asian champion TejinderPal Singh Toor failed toqualify for the final roundof the shot put eventdespite producing his sea-sons best effort The 24-year-old Toor finishedeighth in the qualificationround and 18th overall outof the 34 competitors with abest throw of 2043m fromhis three attempts Thosewho touched 2090m or atleast 12 best performerswere to make it to the final

Toor opened with a 2043mthrow bettering his earlierseasons best of 2036m butfouled in his next attemptIn the third attempt Toorcould only come up with a1955m effort to crash out ofthe championship TomasWalsh of New Zealand ledthe finalists with a throw of2192 m mdash Agencies

Great Grant HeistHolloway gets 100m hurdles gold as McLeod falls

THE TRIBUNEJALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 15SPORT

A lone spectator in a stand at the China Open on Thursday AFP

ANNEXURE-A

PRESS NOPRESS NOTICETICEThe Executive Engineer IPH Division Thunag invites tender on behalf ofGovernor of Himachal Pradesh from approved eligible contractor for thefollowing work(s) through e-tendering process-

Name of Work Augmentation of various water supply scheme of GPTandi Saroa Tharjoon Mushrani Bassi Devdhar Kharsi and KotlaKhanula in Gohar Block Tehsil Chachyot District Mandi (HP) (SH-Construction of Jack well type river intake 240 MLD Water TreatmentPlants (16 hours capacity) Providing Laying Jointing and Testing ofGravity Mains Rising mains and distribution system Pump houses StageI II amp III at various locations SE of pumping machinery MBRs and SRsat various locations including trail run period for three months (90 days)on full designed discharge and defect liability period for six months)

Estimated Cost - Rs 222662321-Earnest Money - Rs 2227000-Cost of Tender document - Rs 2500-Time Limit - 24 Months

Schedule of tendering-

The tender document can be downloaded from departmental websiteie wwwhpiphorg wef 4-10-2019 at 1000 AM upto 24-10-2019at 500 PM

Executive EngineerIampPH Division ThunagDistt Mandi

HIM SUCHANA AVAM JAN SAMPARK

1 Site Visit From 7-10-2019 to 15-10-2019 between10 AM to 5 PM except on holidays

2 Pre Bid Meeting date 16-10-2019 at 300 PM in the office ofEngineer-in-Chief IampPH Department JalShakti Bhawan Tutti Kandi Shimla (HP)

3 Bid Submission start date 4-10-2019 at 1000 AM

4 Bid Submission end date 24-10-2019 at 500 PM

5 Earnest Money DepositCost of Tender form if notsubmitted online

25-10-2019 upto 1100 AM

6 Opening of Eligibilitycriteria (Cover-I)

25-10-2019 at 1230 PM

7 Opening of Technical Bid(Cover-II)

Date and place to be notifiedseparately

8 Opening of Financial bid(Cover-III)

Date and place to be notifiedseparately

DPRHP2327

OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL

ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE GOVT INSTITUTE OFENGINEERING amp TECHNOLOGY

PRAGATI NAGAR DISTT SHIMLA (HP) ndash 171202NOTICE INVITING TENDER

(Tender No ABVGIETSTRTender2019-20- 01)Sealed tenders are invited from the eligible manufacturers

Firmsauthorized dealers for the procurement of Machinery ampequipmentsTools etc for the polytechnic labs such as ECElabs CSE labs Mechanical Labs etc as per specifications andterms amp conditions given in the tender document The tenderform can be downloaded from our websitehttpwwwabvgietorg or can be collected from this instituteon any working day from 1000 AM to 0500 PM at a cost ofRs 500- at the counter and Rs 600- if desired by Regd Postper set and Vendor using downloaded Tender Documents shallrequire to submit DD for Rs 500- which is non-refundable infavour of the Principal ABVGIET Pragatinagar Distt Shimla(HP) which shall be submitted alongwith the tender Completetender document along with earnest money and tender cost (asshown in the document) will be received up to 200 PM on30102019 and tender will be opened same day at 0300 PMin the presence of biddersrepresentative who wish to bepresent The tender submitted after the date amp time mentionedabove will not be considered

The Principal reserves the right to cancel the tender withoutassigning any reason thereof

Sd- PrincipalAtal Bihari Vajpayee

Govt Institute of Engg amp TechnologyPragatinagar Distt Shimla (HP)-171202

DPRHP2332

NOTICE INVITING TENDERS

Bid Ref No TBS(DMP)ESSTTIRL2019 (etenders)

TB Sanatorium Dharampur Distt Solan (HP) hereby invites bidsfrom eligible and qualified bidders for

Construction Testing Commissioning and Validation ofTB Containment Laboratory and Associated Works onlsquoTurnkey Basisrsquo under RNTCP with Supply and Installationof Two Class-II A2 BSC with Thimble Canopy and with TwoOnline UPS

Bidders can download the bid documents with all details fromthe website httpwwwhptendersgovin

For any queries bidders may contact the office of the Senior MedicalSuperintendent TB Sanatorium Dharampur Distt Solan HimachalPradesh from 1100 am to 0400 pm on all working days

Senior Medical SuperintendentHP Govt TB Sanatorium DharampurEmail stdchprntcporgPhone No 01792-264022DPRHP400

Beijing Andy Murrayexpressed disappointmentabout crowds at the ChinaOpen tennis where some ofthe best players in the worldhave competed in front ofswathes of empty seats

ldquoI think as the tournamentgoes on you tend to get bet-ter crowds towards the endof the weekrdquo said MurrayldquoLast couple of days in

terms of atmosphere itrsquosbeen not as good as youwould likerdquo

The three-time GrandSlam champion praised thetournament as a whole butsaid ldquoI donrsquot know if Irsquomcomplaining about it but Irsquodlike it to be bigger crowdsand nicer atmospheres Thatnormally comes as the weekgoes onrdquo mdash AFP

Murray disappointed by lack of China fans

Osaka October 3Fiji finally found their feet atthe Rugby World Cup with adominant 45-10 victory overGeorgia on Thursday as theirjet-heeled backs tore theirPool D rivals apart in a seven-try rout at a rain-drenchedHanazono Rugby Stadium

Winger Semi Radradrascored twice and made threeothers as the Pacific islandersrebounded from defeats toAustralia and Uruguay to gettheir first win in Japan

While their upset loss toUruguay has all but put paidto their hopes of reaching thequarter-finals Fiji are now inpole position to finish thirdand qualify for the 2023 WorldCup

Ireland edge RussiaKobe Ireland began to puttheir World Cup back on trackafter the shock loss to Japanbut it took them over an hourto secure a bonus point andstrengthen their quarterfinalchances in an unconvincing35-0 win over a stubborn Rus-sia Ireland just need to beatSamoa to reach the last-eightbut the fact Joe Schmidtrsquosside struggled to put awaysuch a limited team will do lit-tle for fansrsquo waning hopes ofreaching a first semifinal

Only a commanding win

would have sufficed with theshock in Shizuoka still rever-berating around the tourna-ment and it looked on thecards when Rob Kearneywho scored in the 62-12thrashing of Russia in the2011 World Cup toucheddown after 90 seconds

Sexton who was not riskedagainst Japan due to a thighinjury appeared to have Ire-land rushing towards thebonus point when his text-book 13th-minute dinkthrough was carried over byflanker Peter OrsquoMahony forjust his second try in 62 tests

Yet Russia who belied theirlowly standing by givingJapan a fright remained com-petitive with Ramil Gaisinrsquossmart kicking helping to keepIreland at bay for another 20minutes mdash Agencies

Fiji crush GeorgiaRussia fight Ireland

Los Angeles October 3Alberto Salazar pushed him-self to the brink and beyondas an athlete and preachedthe same philosophy as acoach to distance runningstars But the 61-year-oldCuban-born Americanrsquos willto win finally went too faraccording to the US Anti-Dop-ing Agency (USADA) whichhas banned him for four yearsfor multiple doping viola-tions Salazar has been amajor figure in American ath-letics for four decades Hewon the 1980 1981 and 1982New York Marathons and the1982 Boston Marathon andlater coached such stars asBritainrsquos Mo Farah the 2012and 2016 Olympics championat 5000 and 10000 metres

Salazar arrived in the Unit-ed States as a toddler Hisfather was a friend of FidelCastro who fought alongside

him in the revolution but lat-er opposed the Communistgovernment The familymoved to suburban Bostonwhere Salazar won a statecross country crown in 1975He helped the University ofOregon capture the US colle-giate cross country title in1977 taking national collegeindividual honours the fol-lowing year

Olympics dreamsIn 1980 Salazar qualified forthe US Olympics team at10000m but the Americansboycotted the Moscow Gamesand Salazar tackled a newchallenge the marathon Hequickly conquered the 262-mile (42195km) event At 22Salazar won his marathondebut in New York then set acareer-best of 2hrs 8mins13secs to defend his title

In 1982 he took New York

and claimed his only BostonMarathon title in what wasdubbed the ldquoDuel in the Sunrdquowith Dick Beardsley Afterbesting Beardsley in a sprintfinish a dehydrated Salazarcollapsed Salazar finished15th in the marathon at the1984 Los Angeles Olympicsthen trained and competeduntil retiring in the mid-1990s when he began mov-ing into coaching joiningwith Nike to form the Oregon

Project in 2001 to train dis-tance runners

Big namesThe program includes Dono-van Brazier mdash who won the800m world title Monday asnews of Salazarrsquos ban explod-ed into the athletics scene mdashand Sifan Hassan who wonthe womenrsquos 10000m worldcrown two days earlier

Stripped of his credentialsat the World Championships

in Doha Salazar has vowed tofight the ban which washanded down for violationsincluding trafficking testos-terone tampering with theathlete doping controlprocess and using bannedinfusion techniques

A four-year ban was alsoissued to Dr Jeffrey Brownwho was a physician fornumerous Nike Oregon ath-letes and a paid consultanton performance enhance-

ment for the Project part ofa scheme to manipulatetestosterone levels withouttesting positive

ldquoWhile acting in connec-tion with the Nike OregonProject Mr Salazar and DrBrown demonstrated thatwinning was more importantthan the health and wellbe-ing of the athletes they weresworn to protectrdquo USADAchief executive Travis TTygart said mdash Agencies

Morsquos super-coach Salazarrsquos road to disgrace

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Grant Holloway of the US wins the 100m hurldles gold even as defending champion OmarMcleod of Jamaica falls APPTI

Alberto Salazar hugs Galen Rupp of USA and Mo Farah after the5000m final at the 2011 World Championships FILEAFP

Two of his trainees won goldmedals at Doha World Crsquoships Steve Magness who spent 18 months as Salazarrsquos assis-

tant coach in the project before leaving shortly before theLondon Olympics spoke out as a whistleblower whenBBCrsquos Panorama and ProPublica investigated doping alle-gations around Salazar in 2015 Testimonies from variousfigures alleged micro-dosing of testosterone among othersuspicious actions Salazar denied wrongdoing Mo Farahstuck with him and won another golden double at the Riode Janeiro Olympics in 2016 But doping allegationsnagged Farah left Salazar in October 2017 The USADAcase against Salazar and Brown went to the American Arbi-tration Association with hearings conducted in May andJune 2018 setting the stage for the arbitration rulingshanded down Monday

How the star coach was caught in the net

Beijing October 3Fourth seed Naomi Osaka beatAmerican Alison Riske 6-4 6-0in the China Open here todayto set up a quarterfinal clashwith US Open champion Bian-ca Andreescu (in picture)

Osaka who won the PanPacific Open in Japan lastmonth converted five of eightbreak points and won the final10 games in a row to wrap upthe contest in 73 minutes mdash herseventh consecutive win in the

Asian swingCanadarsquos fifth-seeded

Andreescu cruisedpast American

qualifierJennifer

Brady with a 6-1 6-3 win Bradyfaced 11 break points of whichfour were converted by theCanadian who advanced in 67minutes Defending championCaroline Wozniacki also wentthrough to the quarter-finals instraight sets with a 7-5 6-4 winover Czech Republicrsquos Kateri-na Siniakova

Goffin in Japan quarterfinalsTokyo David Goffin of Bel-gium advanced to the JapanOpen quarterfinals aftersqueezing by Canadarsquos DenisShapovalov 7-6(75) 7-6(72)today Goffin will now faceChung Hyeon of South Koreawho pulled an upset victoryagainst sixth-seed Marin Cilic6-4 3-6 6-1

World No 1 Novak Djokovicreturning from a shoulderinjury is scheduled to playFrench fifth-seed Lucas Pouilleon Friday mdash Agencies

Osaka vs BiancaOsaka vs Bianca

Russiarsquos Viktor Gresev IrelandrsquosDave Kilcoyne fight it out AFP

RUGBY WORLD CUP

LONDONEngland call Abraham andTomori drop Alli and LingardEngland dropped Dele Alli andJesse Lingard but called upChelsea youngsters TammyAbraham and Fikayo Tomori in a25-man squad on Thursday foraway Euro 2020 qualifiersagainst the Czech Republic andBulgaria Striker Abrahamturned 22 on Wednesday cele-brating in style with the openerin his clubrsquos 2-1 ChampionsLeague victory at Lille and isthe leading English goalscorerin the Premier League

MADRIDReal host Granada inunlikely top of table clashReal Madrid host Granada in anunlikely first versus secondclash in La Liga on Saturday asthey look to ease the pressureon coach Zinedine Zidane In atopsy-turvy start to the seasonReal who sit one point ahead ofthe Andalusians at the top of LaLiga on 15 points tried thepatience of the demandingBernabeu crowd in midweekneeding two second half goalsto secure a Champions Leaguedraw against Club Brugges Theresult leaves the 13-times Euro-pean champions bottom of theirgroup after two games Thedraw came on the back of lastSaturdayrsquos drab stalemate withneighbours Atletico and coachZidane says his side need to bemore focused on the task athand mdash AGENCIES

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THE TRIBUNE16 GURUGRAM | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019BACK PAGE

Printed and published by Rajesh Ramachandran for The Tribune Trust Printed at The Tribune Press Plot No 123 Sector 37 Pace City-1 GurugramPublished at The Tribune Sector 29-C ChandigarhRNI No CHAENG201772605 Copyright copy The Tribune Trust All rights reservedTelephones 0124-22100332210044Circulation 0172-2670419 Advertisement 0172-2670256 257Editor Rajesh RamachandranEditor for purpose of PRB Act 1867

SanjayKhuranaTribune News Service

Katra October 3Union Home Minister AmitShah today flagged off theDelhi-Katra Vande BharatExpress from the New Delhirailway station calling it a ldquobiggiftrdquo for Jammu and Kash-mirrsquos development He saidwith Article 370 the ldquobiggestroadblockrdquo in growth gonethe state would be one of themost developed regions of thecountry within a decade

ldquoDelhi-Katra Vande BharatExpress is a gift for Jammuand Kashmirrsquos developmentand for promoting religioustourismrdquo the Union HomeMinister who was accompa-nied by Union Railway Minis-ter Piyush Goyal and UnionMinisters Jitendra Singh andDr Harsh Vardhan said

The Railways has alreadyopened bookings for the trainthat will start commercialoperations from October 5The minimum fare for NewDelhi to Katra travel in chaircar is Rs 1630 while itrsquos Rs3015 for executive chair car

The train will run on allweek days except Tuesdayand will cut the travel timebetween Delhi and Katra to

eight hours from 12-14 hoursearlier to traverse a distanceof 655 km It will depart fromthe New Delhi at 6 am andreach Katra at 2 pm It willreturn the same day fromKatra at 3 pm and reach NewDelhi at 11 pm

Railway officials said the

train would run at a maxi-mum speed of 130 kmph withthree stops at Ambala CanttLudhiana and Jammu Tawi

The decision to run thetrain was taken following thesuccess of the Vande BharatExpress plying between NewDelhi and Varanasi which

was flagged by Prime Minis-ter Narendra Modi on Febru-ary 15 this year

The Integral Coach Factory(ICF) has made changes tothe existing design of thetrain ldquoTo avoid damage dueto stray cattle the train hasbeen equipped with a sturdy

aluminium nose cover Andto guard the window shieldsagainst stone-pelting a spe-cial film has been providedrdquoa Railway official said

More space has been pro-vided to store meals for pas-sengers Besides changes inthe exterior and interior the

ICF has added a slew of mod-ern features like adjustableseats improved wash basinsautomatic doors wi-fi andinfotainment system

ldquoThe Railways will connectthe country from Kashmir toKanyakumari before August15 2022rdquo said Goyal

Shah flags off Delhi-Katra train calls it gift to JampK

The Vande Bharat Express train at New Delhi station prior to its flag-off ceremony on Thursday TRIBUNE PHOTO

CHAIR CAR

~1630 6 times a week 4 hrs travel time cut 6 am departure time from Delhi 2 pm arrival time at Katra 3 pm departure from Katra 11 pm arrival at New Delhi 130 kmph speed halts at Ambala

Cantt Ludhiana amp Jammu Tawi Will run on all weekdays

except Tuesday

Manufactured in a record time of15 years at a cost of

~97 CROREPlastic bottle crushers | Huge pantry |Revolving seats | Automatic doors |

WiFi | Sliding foot-steps

EXECUTIVECHAIR CAR

~3015

TICKET FARE

RECORD TIME

MODERN FEATURES

Jammu jail to have inmate calling system Jammu Kerala native Jatan lodged in a jail in Jammuheard the voice of his wife and minor daughter for thefirst time in nearly four years - thanks to the authoritiesintroducing a first-of-its-kind prison inmate callingsystem which allows prisoners to make long-distancecalls He is facing charges under the NDPS Act Theprison got the facility along with modern interview roomson Bapus 150th birth anniversary PTI

Domestic help held for theft at ministerrsquos houseMumbai A 25-year-old domestic servant has beenarrested for allegedly committing theft at Union RailwayMinister Piyush Goyals house here the police saidAccused Vishnu Kumar who hails from Delhi was alsobooked under the IT Act for allegedly sharing info from acomputer in the house with unidentified persons He wasarrested from the national capital and brought here onWednesday a police official said PTI

By the way

New Delhi October 3Fake news is more dangerousthan paid news and there is aneed for the government andthe media to combat it jointlyInformation and Broadcast-ing Minister PrakashJavadekar said today

The government would how-ever not take any step curbingthe media freedom he said

But there should be somekind of regulation on over-the-top (OTT) platforms as was thecase for films print and elec-tronic media he said

OTT platforms include newsportals and ldquostreamersrdquo suchas Hotstar Netflix and Ama-zon Prime Video which areaccessible over the Internet

He said several mainstreammedia outlets had conveyed tothe government that there wasno level-playing field with OTTplatforms being unregulated

The Press Council of Indiatakes care of the printmedia the News Broadcast-

ers Association (NBA) mon-itors news channels theAdvertising StandardsCouncil of India is for adver-tising while the CentralBoard of Film Certification(CBFC) takes care of filmshe said ldquoHowever there isnothing to regulate OTTplatformsrdquo he said mdash PTI

Need to regulate contenton Net platforms Minister

Tribune News Service

New Delhi October 3The Trump-Modi bonhomieat Houston and New Yorkcould not translate into a tradeagreement during US Com-merce Secretary Wilbur Rossrsquoongoing visit to India

Ross also gave the impres-sion that US President DonaldTrumprsquos presence at ldquoHowdyModirdquo event was a favour to theNew Delhi administration andmade it clear this physical prox-imity between the two leadersdid not dispel the WhiteHousersquos impression that Indianeeded to dismantle barriersthat made its tariff among thehighest in the world

Ross also made it clear thatdespite its reservations aboutthe security aspect the US

was not trying to force India towalk away from 5G technolo-gy by Chinese companies

Speaking on the sidelines ofan international meet that wasalso attended by Ross Com-merce Minister Piyush Goyalruled out any change in Indiarsquos

stand on e-commerce in order toprotect livelihood of 12-13 croreIndians dependent on retail

The new rules bar foreign e-commerce companies fromselling products via firms inwhich they have an equityinterest and also from makingdeals with sellers to sell exclu-sively on their platforms

India and the US have beenindulging in a low-intensitytrade warfare The US hasremoved India from availing ofduty-free exports worth $56 bil-lion under the generalised sys-tem of preferences (GSP)scheme and both have imposedhigher tariffs on 28 of theirproducts In an interview Rossreportedly indicated the UScould look at partial restorationof the GSP withdrawal in agrand bargain for a trade deal

No trade deal despiteTrump-PM bonhomie Luxembourg October 3

Facebook on Wednesdaywas dealt a major blow inthe EUrsquos top court whichruled that national courts inEurope can order onlineplatforms to remove defam-atory content worldwide

The decision will be seenas a victory for EuropeanUnion regulators who wantUS tech giants to meettightened European stan-dards over hate speech andoffensive content

Last week the same courtdecided that Google was notlegally compelled to applythe EUrsquos strict ldquoright to beforgottenrdquo rules globally in avictory for the search giant

In a closely watched judg-ment the European Courtof Justice said EU law ldquodoesnot precluderdquo courts fromordering ldquothe removal ofinformation or to blockaccess worldwiderdquo a state-ment said mdash AFP

Legal blow toFacebook overhate speech

DIGITAL SPIN Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad unveilsa lsquodigital charkharsquo to mark the 150th birth anniversary ofMahatma Gandhi in New Delhi on Thursday PTI

US Commerce Secy says India must dismantle barriers

Washington October 3 A nuclear war between Indiaand Pakistan could in lessthan a week kill 50-125 millionpeople more than the deathtoll during all six years ofWorld War II and lead to glob-al climate catastrophe accord-ing to researchers in the US

A study by researchersfrom the University of Col-orado Boulder and RutgersUniversity examined howsuch a hypothetical futureconflict would have conse-quences that could rippleacross the globe

Today India and Pakistan

each have about 150 nuclearwarheads at their disposaland that number is expectedto climb to more than 200 by2025 the researchers saidamid recent tensions betweenthe nuclear-armed neighboursover Kashmir after Indiarevoked JampKrsquos special status

ldquoAn India-Pakistan warcould double the normaldeath rate in the worldrdquosaid Brian Toon a professorat the University of Col-orado Boulder ldquoThis is awar that would have noprecedent in human experi-encerdquo Toon said mdash PTI

There are regularfeature films coming onOTT mdash good bad andugly There is nocertification body for OTTplatforms and likewisenews portals also Prakash Javadekar UNION MINISTER

lsquoNO CERTIFICATION BODYrsquo

This is a sensitive

subject and we will continueto protect them E-commerce is a platform totrade on not forpredatorypricing andmuscle power Piyush Goyal COMMERCE MINISTER

E-COMMERCE POLICYUNCHANGED INDIA

Indo-Pak nuke war mayleave 125 m dead Study

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MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONJALANDHAR LOCAL GOVT DEPTT PUNJABNOTICE INVITING e-TENDERS

(CIVIL WORKS)eprocpunjabgovin

E-tender No MCJ (BampR) 2019-2012

Municipal Corporation Jalandhar invites e-tenders onTwo Bid system for the CivilHorticultureBuilding worksmentioned at wwweprocpunjabgovin from thecontractors enlisted with Municipal Corporation Jalandhar ampCo-op LC Societies (Registered in Punjab State) Time totime instructions issued by GovtCVO will be followed forbidding as well as execution of works All the bidders shouldcomply with the latest instructions issued vide notificationNo 765279-radicΔ1(5)4342 Dt 02102014 amp 5822018-2lg41892 Dt 02082018

Date and Time Schedule for LC SocietiesAgencies

Other terms amp conditions can be seen at E-tenderWebsite eprocpunjabgovin

Sd- Superintending Engineer

SrNo

Last Date of onlinesubmission of

Bidding document

Opening ofTechnical Bid

Opening ofFinancial Bid

1 10102019 up to 1700 hrs

11102019 at 1100 hrs

14102019 at 1100 hrs

DI-91904

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJABPWD BampR BRANCH

NOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDSTENDER NOTICE NO 18-21 DATED 01-10-2019

On behalf of Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer ConstructionDivision PWD BampR Br Rupnagar invites bids for below mentioned worksfrom eligible bidders enlisted under All road works category withPWD (BampR) for the works approved under his jurisdiction as detailed inthe following table The bidders may submit bids for any or all of thefollowing Work(s)-

For detailed terms and conditions refer to websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin

from 091019

Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerConstruction DivisionPWD BampR Br Rupnagar

SrNo

Name of Work Head

1 Special Repair of Bharatgarh-to Kakrala Soban MajraRoad upto HP Border (including five years maintenance)in Distt Rupnagar

3054

2 Special Repair of Bharatgarh-Kakrala to Nawan Graonupto HP Border (including five years maintenance) inDistt Rupnagar

3054

3 Special Repair of Bharatgarh-to Nalagarh Road upto HPBorder (including five years maintenance) in Distt Rupnagar

3054

4 Periodical Repair of Ropar Circular Road (ODR-08) (includingfive years maintenance) in Distt Rupnagar

3054

DPRPbD6797

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

RURAL DEVELOPMENT amp PANCHAYATS DEPARTMENTNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Tender Notice No PRDP201932 Date 011019

Authority- Executive Engineer Panchayati Raj PW (CampM)Division Patiala

Name of Work-

Date of opening of bid- 11102019

For detail terms and conditions of notice inviting bids refer towebsite wwweprocpunjabgovin

Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerPanchayati Raj PW Division Patiala

SrNo

Description of Work 1 EMD2 Tender fee (in Rs)

Cost ofWork

1 Renovation amp Allied Works ofPond at Village Devinagar SawaiSingh Wala Block BhunerheriDistt Patiala

1) Rs 37890-2) Rs 5000

Rs1894500-

DPRPbD6803

Punjab Water Supply andSewerage Board

NOTICE INVITING Recall of e-TENDERS (2019-20)eprocpunjabgovin

Recall E-Tender Notice No 02 Date 30092019

On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer Punjab WS amp Sewerage BoardChandigarh Executive Engineer Punjab WS amp Sewerage Division No 2Amritsar invites online Lump Sump and percentage basis tenders from theapproved Contractorfirms and eligible Co-operative L amp C Societies who fulfillthe eligible criteria as per DNIT for the work mentioned below-

Important Dates are as under- For tender at Sr No 12

1 Period of availability of tender Online shall be Up to 10102019 up to 100 PM

2 Last Date amp Time for online submission ofBids shall be 10102019 at up to 300 PM

3 Date and Time for Opening of Tenchical bids shall be 11102019 at 300 PM

For tender at Sr No 3

Up to 23102019 up to 100 PM23102019 at up to 300 PM24102019 at 300 PM

For detailed terms and conditions refer to website eprocpunjabgovin

Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd-Executive EngineerPb WS amp Sew Divn No 2AmritsarDPRPbD6800

SrNo

Name of the Work BidSecurityEarnestMoney(Rs inLacs)

Cost ofDocu-ment

Tenderfee

(Rs)

Periodof

Comp-letion

Esti-matedCost(in

Lacs)

1 DNIT for Construction of Main PumpingStation (14 MLD) Tarn Taran (Zone No1) complete machinery amp Balance workof IPS (11 MLD) complete machinery etcand all other works contingent theretordquo

345000- 100- 5Months

17209Lacs

2 DNIT for ldquosurvey soil testing designsupply and construction instcomissioning of 4 mld STP at Analabased on any suitable sustainableand proven technology including otherappurtenant works on turnkey basisas per DNIT including operation ampmaintenance for a period of 60months after stabilization period of 3months or morerdquo

800000- 1000- 9Months

LumpSump

3 Detailed Project Report for ProvidingWater Supply Sewerage amp SewageTreatment Plant at Jandiala Guru DisttAmritsar (Under PIDB)

8050- 100- 1 Month 402Lacs

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJABPWD BampR BRANCH

NOTICE INVITING ON-LINE BIDSTENDER NOTICE NO 22-23 DATED 01-10-2019On behalf of Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer ConstructionDivision PWD BampR Br Rupnagar invites bids for below mentionedworks from eligible bidders enlisted under All road works categorywith PWD (BampR) for the works approved under his jurisdiction asdetailed in the following table The bidders may submit bids for any or allof the following Work(s)Sr No Name of Work Head

1 Special Repair of Sri Anandpur Sahib to Sri Naina Devi road (ODR-12) (including Five years maintenance) in Distt Rupangar

5054

2 Special Repair of 4-Lane Ropar Bye Pass (including Five yearsmaintenance) in Distt Rupangar

5054

For detailed terms and conditions refer to websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin from 09-10-19Corrigendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive Engineer Construction Division PWD BampR Br RupnagarDPRPbD6802

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJABPWD BampR BRANCH

Tender Notice No 41 Dated 03102019Executive Engineer Central Works Division PWD BampR BranchMohali invites bids from eligible bidders for below mentionedwork For detail terms and conditions of the notice inviting bidrefer to wwweprocpunjabgovin wef 09102019Corrigendum if any will be issued on website onlyWork Construction of Both Side Approaches amp Service

Roads of Railway Under Bridge (RUB) on levelCrossing No 24-B on Sirhind-Nangal Dam Amb-Andaura Section in Morinda Town

Sd- Executive EngineerCentral Works DivisionMohali DPRPbD6801

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

PWD BampR BRANCHNOTICE RE-INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No 07 Date 03102019

On behalf of the Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer Construction DivisionPWD BampR Br Patiala invites re-bids from eligible bidders for detailed in thefollowing table The bids shall be on the percentage rate basis The bidders maysubmit bids for any or all of the following Works

2 For Sr No 1 Period of availability of Tender onlineDate amp Time of onlinebid submission and Date amp time of opening of bids are as given below-

For detailed terms and conditions of the notice inviting bids refer to ourwebsite httpeprocpunjabgovin

Corrigendum If any will be issued on website only

Sd- (Er Navin Kumar) Executive EngineerConst Divn PWD BampR Branch PatialaM No 98783-60786DPRPbD6799

SrNo

Name ofProjectWork(s)

BidSecurityEarnestMoney

Cost ofdocumenttender fee

(Rs)

Periodof

comp-letion

Approxvalue of the

ProjectWork

1 2 3 4 5 6

1

Special Repair ofGovt Primary School Gajewas Teh SamanaDistt Patiala

36000- 5000-6

Months1804 Lacs

Availability of tenderonline for bidding

Last date amp timefor online

submission of bids

Date amp Time of opening oftender

From To Technical Bid Financial Bid

04102019 1000 am

11102019 0400 pm

11102019400 pm

141020191100 am

To be inti-mated later on

WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION DEPARTMENTNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No Dated

On behalf of Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer Water Supply ampSanitation Division No 1 Amritsar invites bid from eligible bidders for theProject detailed in the following table

For detailed terms and conditions refer to website httpeprocpunjabgovin

CorrigendumAddendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerWater Supply amp Sanitation Division No 1 Amritsar

DNIT No Date

I Project Description Name of Work Construction of SewerageTreatment Plant based on any suitablesustainable amp Proven Technology IncludingOampM of STP for 60 Months afterCommissioning of Village Budha Theh AbadiBeas and Abadi Gurunanakpura BlockRayya District Amritsar (NABARD-XIV)

II Bid SecurityEarnest Money

Rs As per approved Bid

III Cost of DocumentTenderFee Processing Fee

Rs 1000- Rs As per Website

IV Period of Completion 15 Months Including 3 Months of Stabilizationperiod

V Period of Availability ofTender online

From 07102019 Time 1000 am to07112019 Time 1700 pm

VI Pre-Bid Meeting Date andVenue

Date 22102019 Time 1200 pmVenue HOD Office Phase 2 Mohali

VII Last date amp time for onlinesubmission of bids shall be

Dated 07112019 Time 1700 pm

VIII Tender opening Date amp time Date 08112019 Time 1430 pm

DPRPbD6794

LUDHIANA IMPROVEMENT TRUSTFeroze Gandhi Market Ludhiana ndash 141001

e-mail ldh_It_2009yahoocoin

Ph- 0161-5255405

e-Tender NoticeNIT No 09e-TenderSELG-IT Ludhiana2019-20The Ludhiana Improvement Trust Ludhiana invites online bids for 10 Nos

development works -

Online availability of Tenders for bidding- 04102019 onwards

Closing Date amp Time For Serial No 1 to 7 10102019 up to 0200 pmFor Serial No 8 amp 9 17102019 up to 0200 pmFor Serial No 10 24102019 up to 0200 pm

Opening Date amp Time For Serial No 1 to 7 10102019 at 0300 pmFor Serial No 8 amp 9 17102019 at to 0300 pmFor Serial No 10 24102019 at 0300 pm

For details logon to wwweprocpunjabgovin

Note Any corrigendum(s) to the tender notice shall be published on the aboveWebsite only

Sd- Superintending EngineerImprovement Trust

LUDHIANADPRPbD6804

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

WATER SUPPLY amp SANITATION DEPARTMENT PUNJABNOTICE INVITING E-TENDERS

Bid No 11233 Date 300919

On behalf of the Governor of Punjab Executive Engineer WaterSupply amp Sanitation Division No 1 Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar invitesbids from eligible bidders for the works detail in the following table Thebidders may submit bids for any or all of the following works-

For detailed terms and conditions of the notice inviting Tender referto website httpseprocpunjabgovin wef 04102019

1 The bid documentTerms amp Condtions are available online and bidsare to be submitted online through e-procurement portalhttpeprocpunjabgovin only Bids submitted otherwise will not beaccepted

2 Rectificationextension of timeCorrigendum if any will be uploaded onwebsite wwweprocpunjabgovin amp will not be advertised in newspapers

Sd- Executive EngineerWS amp Sanitation Division No 1 SAS Nagar

SrNo

Name of Works I) Estimated CostII) Earnest MoneyIII) Tender Fee

(in Rs)

Important DatesTime

i) Sale of Tenderdocument

ii) Last Date and Time forSubmission of Bids

iii) Date and Time ofOpening of TechnicalBids

1 PROVIDING ESTATE ampINTERNAL WATERSUPPLY SANITARYINSTALLATION ANDFLOORING amp DADO INIT BLOCK AT GOVTCOLLEGE SECTOR-56 SAS NAGAR

i) Rs 1786904-

ii) Rs 35750-

iii) 1000-

i) 04102019 at 1800 hrs

ii) 14102019 at 1600 hrs

iii) 15102019 at 1100 hrs

DPRPbD6796

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ੀ1I ਯ੨੦ਜਜ਼੨ਸ੪੨DPRPBD6788

OFFICE OF THE CANTONMENT BOARDJALANDHAR CANTT

INVITING TENDER NOTICE

INVITING E-TENDER FOR PROVIDING TEACHING STAFFFOR CANTONMENT BOARD SCHOOLS AND SILVER OAKPUBLIC SCHOOL UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THECANTONMENT BOARD JALANDHAR

Online e-tenders are invited through CPP e-procurement portalhttpeprocuregovin by the Cantonment Board Jalandhar Cantt fromreputed experienced contractorservice provider for providing teaching staff for Cantonment Board Schools and Silver Oak Public SchoolJalandhar Cantt

Starting date for downloading of Tender documents 27092019

Last date for submission of online tender 17102019

Full notice of tender is available on Central Public Procurement Portal websiteie httpeprocuregovin

Chief Executive Officer

Cantonment Board JalandharDI-91800

BSE

198543810687

NSE

459011314

Vijay C RoyTribune News Service

Chandigarh October 3Fearing loss to small andmarginal farmers dairycooperatives in Punjab andHaryana have expressedreservation over the inclu-sion of dairy products in theRegional ComprehensiveEconomic Partnership(RCEP) pact

The cooperatives appre-hend that import of cheapermilk and dairy productswould adversely hit thelivelihood of lakhs of farm-ers in the two states withimporters and traders dom-inating the market

The government is con-templating finalising theRCEP a trade block whichincludes the 10-countryASEAN China IndiaJapan South Korea Aus-tralia and New Zealandby the end of this year

New Zealand and Aus-tralia particularly are nego-tiating very hard withIndia to reduce duty ondairy products so that theycan get an access to Indiawhich is the worlds largestmarket of dairy products

ldquoThe signing of theRCEP will be a big blow tothe dairy farmers as itwould lead to reduction inthe procurement price ofmilk from farmers due tocheap imported milk pow-der from New Zealandsaid Karnail Singh a dairyfarmer from Amritsar

Dairy cooperatives feelthat procurement pricewould come down drastical-ly if imports are allowedthrough the RCEP as therewould be no tariff barrier

ldquoWe fears that cheaperimports will have repercus-sions across the value chainsAs imports will be cheapermany traders will startimporting cheap dairy prod-ucts virtually putting farmersout of the professionrdquo said asenior official from Milkfed

The average daily pro-duction of milk in thesetwo states is around 460lakh litres As far as Punjabis concerned the daily pro-

duction is around 307 lakhlitres Out of the total milkproduced in rural andsemi-urban areas 50 percent is marketable surplusOf this surplus aroundhalf of the milk sold is han-dled by the organised sec-tor comprising dairy coop-eratives such as MilkfedsVerka and private dairycompanies and the rest bythe unorganised sector

Similarly in Haryana thedaily production is 156 lakhlitres Out of the total pro-duction 70 per cent of themilk is self-consumed byfarmers and the remaining30 per cent is marketable

surplus Further around 39lakh litres (25 per cent) arebeing handled by HaryanaDairy Development Cooper-ative Federation Ltd Therest of the quantity is beingprocessed by private dairyprocessors and sweet shops

Dairy cooperatives in theirrepresentation to the min-istry apprehend that cheap-er imports will push India toremain dependant onimports for dairy products

ldquoMilk producers andprocessors have made pres-entation to the Centre pro-jecting repercussions andrequesting it not to includemilk productsrdquo said SSKohli CGM Vita

The farmers apprehendthe step would halvedairy farmersrsquo income asthey will be forced toleave farming

ILLUSTRATION SANDEEP JOSHI

Fiscal tie-up deal has PunjabHaryana dairy firms worriedCooperatives fear import of cheaper milk will affect farmers

MILK PRODUCTION IN TWO STATESState Daily produce Marketable surplusPunjab 307 lakh litres 50Haryana 156 lakh litres 30

Onion prices fall to ~30kg after export banNewDelhi October 3Onion prices have started cool-ing down in both retail andwholesale markets in someparts of the country after thegovernment banned exports ofthe key kitchen staple andimposed stock limits ontraders Union Minister RamVilas Paswan said on Thursday

Retail onion prices whichwere ruling at Rs 60-70 per kg

for the past few weeks in thenational capital and some oth-er parts of the country

declined to below Rs 60 per kgon Thursday as per trade data

Onion prices declined to

below the Rs 30 per kg levelat Lasalgaon in MaharashtraAsiarsquos largest wholesale mar-ket for the bulb crop after thegovernment banned itsexport and imposed stocklimit on traders

ldquoWe have to take care of theinterest of both farmers andconsumers Prices of onionhave started declining after webanned exportrdquo he said mdash TNS

Mumbai October 3The Reserve Bank of India(RBI) is likely to go for yetanother rate cut on Fridaythe fifth in a row as inflationis within the comfort zoneand the need to boost theeconomy is pressing

RBI Governor ShaktikantaDas has already hinted thatbenign inflation providesroom for further monetarypolicy easing while space forfiscal space is limited

The government hasannounced a series of meas-ures including steepest cut incorporate tax rollback ofenhanced surcharge on theForeign Portfolio Investorsamong others to jump-startgrowth which hit a six-year lowof 5 per cent during the firstquarter of the current fiscal

The six-member monetarypolicy committee (MPC) isscheduled to announce thefourth bi-monthly monetarypolicy for 2019-20 on Fridayafter a three-day meeting

There was no meeting ofthe panel on October 2 onaccount of Mahatma GandhiJayanti The bank hasalready slashed repo ratefour times consecutively thisyear amounting to 110 basispoints in aggregate

At its last meeting in Augustthe MPC reduced the bench-mark lending rate by anunusual 35 basis points to 540per cent The upcoming MPCmeeting comes in the backdropof RBIrsquos mandate to banks to

link their loan products to anexternal benchmark like reporate for the faster transmissionof reduction in policy rates toborrowers from October 1

Ahead of the meeting theDas-headed Financial Stabil-ity and Development Council(FSDC) sub-committee tookstock of the prevailing macro-economic situation

Earlier the RBI Governorhad said the government hadlittle fiscal space giving hopethat the bank may providemore monetary stimulus toprop up the economy The gov-ernmentrsquos fiscal space hasbeen squeezed on account ofcut in the rates of corporate taxas well as lowering of the GSTrate on various goods Rev-enue collection too has beenbelow the Budget estimates

Experts are of the opinionthat another rate cut is on thecards as the governmentrsquoshands are tied and the onusof taking initiatives now restswith the central bank mdash PTI

RBI may cut policy rateto give economy a pushTo announce bi-monthly monetary plan today

REPO RATE ALREADYSLASHED FOUR TIMES The RBI has already

slashed repo rate fourtimes consecutively thisyear amounting to 110basis points in aggregate

At its last meeting themonetary policy commit-tee had reduced thebenchmark lending rateby an unusual 35 basispoints to 540 per cent

New Delhi October 3The government will keepthe reform momentum goingwith more such announce-ments in the future to bringback the economy on a high-er growth track thoughissues related with productiv-ity efficiency persist NITIAayog CEO Amitabh Kantsaid on Thursday

Going back to 2005 and tillnow close to about 300 mil-lion people have been pulledout of poverty In the last fiveyears the economy hasgrown at about 75 per cent

Indias growth was about 81per cent in the last quarter of2017-18 and fell to 5 per cent inthe June quarter of 2019-20Kant said at the World Eco-nomic Forums India Econom-ic Summit-CII event here

ldquoAnd since then both theRBI and the governmenthave taken a series of meas-ures to takeIndia backto a highgrowth tra-jectoryrdquo hesaid mdash PTI

Many morereforms inoffing Kant

We still have 25000 tonne of onion in ourstock We are asking state governments totake it and supply at ~2390 per kg in theirstates and ensure prices are stable

Ram Vilas Paswan CONSUMER AFFAIRS MINISTER

STATES ASKED TO COLLECT STOCK

THE TRIBUNECHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 13WORLD

GLOBE TROT

Emirati US Russian astronauts return to EarthALMATY A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three astronautsincluding an Emirati who became the first Arab to reachthe International Space Station returned to Earth Thurs-day Footage broadcast by Russias space agency showedthe Soyuz MS-12 capsule carrying Hazzaa al-Mansoori ofthe United Arab Emirates NASA astronaut Nick Hagueand Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin touch downat 1059 GMT on the steppes of Kazakhstan AFP

Russian man sues Apple for lsquoturning him gayrsquo MOSCOW A Russian man has filed a lawsuit against Apple formoral harm claiming that an iPhone app had turned himgay according to a copy of the complaint The man filed suitin a Moscow court asking for one million rubles ($15000)after an incident this summer in which a cryptocurrencycalled lsquoGayCoinrsquo was delivered via a smartphone apprather than the Bitcoin he had ordered ldquoApple pushed metowards homosexuality through manipulation Thechanges have caused me moral and mental harmrdquo he saidApplersquos representatives in Russia did not immediatelyrespond to AFPrsquos request for comment AFP

NZ mosque attacker drops bid to move trialWELLINGTON Gunman Brenton Tarrant the man accused ofmurdering 51 Muslim worshippers in Marchs NewZealand mosque attack on Thursdaydropped a bid to move his trial from the citywhere the massacre occurred The HighCourt held a pre-trial hearing inChristchurch in which judge CameronMander announced at the beginning ofproceedings that the defence haddecided not to pursue the applica-tion His trial will begin on June2 next year in Christchurch AP

FIRST EMIRATI TO REACH ISS Russian space agencyrescue team members and United Arab Emiratesspecialists carry Emirati astronaut Hazzaa al-Mansoorishortly after the landing of the Russian Soyuz MS-12 spacecapsule about 150 km south-east of the Kazakh town ofDzhezkazgan on Thursday AFP

Pak Taliban urge US to resume Afghan talksIslamabad October 3Pakistan on Thursday askedthe Taliban to grasp theopportunity and resume talkswith the US for an early andpeaceful resolution of the con-flict in Afghanistan sayingwar is not a solution as topleaders of the militant groupmet Foreign Minister ShahMahmood Qureshi here

A high-level Taliban dele-gation met Qureshi as partof a push to revive theAfghan peace processstalled after US PresidentDonald Trump abruptlydeclared the talks with therebel group ldquodeadrdquo

The Foreign Office said in astatement that a delegationof the Taliban Political Com-mission (TPC) called onQureshi The delegation wasled by the head of TPC MullaAbdul Ghani Baradar andincluded senior members ofthe commission

ldquoWhile appreciating Tal-

ibanrsquos serious engagementin the peace process heunderscored the need to takethese efforts to their logicalconclusionrdquo Qureshi said

Trump stunned the worldwhen he suddenly declared

that the Afghan peace talkswith the Taliban wereldquodeadrdquo following killing onan American soldier

Qureshi said ldquoPakistan hasmaintained for several yearsthat there is no military solu-

tion to the complex situationin Afghanistan An inclusivepeace and reconciliationprocess involving all sec-tions of the Afghan societywas the only practical wayforwardrdquo mdash PTI

US ENVOY LIKELY TOMEET DELEGATION

Sources said the talksbetween Foreign MinisterSM Qureshi and theTaliban went on for morethan one and a halfhours ISI chief Lt GenFaiz Hameed was alsopresent in the meeting

US special envoy toAfghanistan ZalmayKhalilzad is also inPakistan to discuss therevival of the peace talksHe may also meet theTaliban delegation

Pakistan has maintained for several years that there is no military solution to the complexsituation in Afghanistan A peace process is the only way forward Mahmood Qureshi PAK FOREIGN MINISTER

Foreign Minister SM Qureshi (C) receives members of the Talibandelegation at the Pakistan Foreign Ministry in Islamabad AFP

Paris October 3 A man wielding a knifestabbed and killed four offi-cers at the police headquar-ters in the heart of centralParis on Thursday beforebeing shot dead

Sources told AFP theattacker was shot dead bypolice in the courtyard ofthe building where he wasemployed The man workedin an administrative capac-ity but it was not immedi-ately clear what his precisework role was

Interior MinisterChristophe Castaner who was

due to visit Turkey later onThursday postponed his tripto visit the scene of the attack

ldquoPeople were runningeverywhere there was cryingeverywhererdquo said Emery Sia-mandi an interpreter whowas in the building when theattack happened

Investigators suspect aworkplace dispute sparkedthe deadliest attack onpolice in France in yearssources said

The Paris prosecutor is atthe scene but anti-terroragencies have not beeninvolved at this stage mdash AFP

Four Paris copsstabbed to death

A police vehicle drives toward Paris police headquartersfollowing alleged stabbing by a co-worker on Thursday AFP

London October 3 UK Prime Minister BorisJohnson on Thursday saidhe has made a ldquogenuineattempt to bridge thechasmrdquo in order to get afresh Brexit deal with theEU as he appealed to MPs inthe House of Commons tosupport his proposals

Johnson told MPs that hisproposals mdash which wouldsee Northern Ireland stay inthe European single marketfor goods but leave the cus-toms union mdash were a ldquocom-promiserdquo He has main-tained that the UK will

leave the EU on October 31with or without a deal

The UK government isnow hoping to begin a peri-od of intense negotiationswith the aim of reaching afinal agreement at an EU

summit on October 17ldquoThis government has

moved our proposals dorepresent a compromiseand I hope that the Housecan now come together inthe national interestbehind this new dealrdquoJohnson told MPs

The backstop is the con-troversial ldquoinsurance poli-cyrdquo that is meant to keep afree-flowing border on theisland of Ireland but whichcritics including Johnsonfear could trap the UK inEU trading rules indefi-nitely mdash IANS

Accept Brexit planBoris tells MPsJerusalem October 3 Israel swore in its newlyelected parliament onThursday for what could bea very short term after thecountrys second inconclu-sive election of the year leftit with no new governmenton the horizon

The typically festive eventwas marked mostly byuncertainty as the two maincandidates for prime minis-ter sniped at each other overwho should lead the country

It also came in parallel toPrime Minister BenjaminNetanyahus high-profile

pre-indictment hearing oncorruption charges whichhave threatened to end hispolitical career and con-tributed to the currentparalysis of the countryspolitical system

Neither Netanyahu norhis chief rival Benny Gantzhas been able to build a par-liamentary majority withtheir natural allies Theynow depend on each otherfor a unity government asthe only likely alternative toan unprecedented thirdelection in less than a year

ldquoThe right thing for the

citizens of Israel especiallyat this time is for the primeminister to be busy workingfor them and not preoccu-pied with indictmentsrdquoGantz said

ldquoI call upon Netanyahu Donot barricade yourself in yourposition We will take thereins from here and lead thecountry for the good of thecitizensrdquo For thesake of unity Gantzrsquos deputyYair Lapid announced hewas forgoing a previousarrangement to share thepremiership should theycome to power mdash AP

No govt yet Israel swears in MPs

PM Boris Johnson in House AFP

PUNJAB WATER SUPPLY amp SEWERAGE BOARDNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No ETENDERPWSSDHOSHIARPUREE201954 of 2019 Date 03102019On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer PWSSB Chandigarh The Executive Engineer Punjab Water Supply amp Sewerage Division Hoshiarpur re-invite bids due to non-submission ofbids from the eligible bidders for the work detailed below-

2 Important dates are as under-i) Period of availability of tender online shall be From 03102019 to 13102019 up to 500 pmii) Pre-bid Meeting 07102019 at 1100 amiii) Last date amp time for online submission of bid shall be 13102019 up to 500 pmiv) Date amp time of opening of Technical Bid 14102019 at 0100 pm

SrNo

Name of the Work EarnestMoney

Cost of Document Tender processing Fee Period ofCompletion

Approx Valueof the work

1 Construction of STP 400 MLD at Balachaur Town Rs 800 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

2 Construction of STP 200 MLD at Hariana Town Rs 500 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

3 Construction of STP 300 MLD at Rahon Town Rs 700 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

4 Construction of STP 300 MLD at Garhshankar Town Rs 700 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

Note (i) The dates given above are for both eligible LampC Societies amp Contractors(ii) For detailed terms and conditions refer to website httpeprocpunjabgovin(iii) If any corrigendum issued will be loaded and seen at website httpeprocpunjabgovin Sd- Executive Engineer PWSSD HSPDPRPbC6790

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Period of availability of tender online shall be 04102019 from 200 PM

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Date and time of opening of Technical Bid 11102019 at 200 PM

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Description of work EarnestMoney(Rs)

Cost ofdocument

TenderFee (Rs)

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comp-letion

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thework

1 Providing amp Fixing laying Jointingcutting testing of RCC NP3 300mm idPipe and construction of smallscreening chamber room providingand supply installation of motor pumpset sludge pump set repair of MPSand STP and Complete all otherworks as per site Dera Baba NanakGurdaspur District Gurdaspur

2DNITcost Rs

68580-

Rs 100- 4months

Rs 3429

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Sd- Executive Engineer

Punjab WS amp Sew Division Hoshiarpur

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Name of the work EarnestMoney

Cost ofDocument

TenderProcessing

Fee

Periodof

Comp-letion

ApproxValueof theWork

3 Amtc Reserve Stock Hoshiarpurfor the year 2019-20 at HSP ldquoSupplyof One No Chowkidar to Watch ampWard Reserve Stock Hoshiarpurrdquowef 15092019 to 31032020

Rs2000-

1002360 6 Months15 Days

Lumpsum

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SrNo

Last date of online submissionof bidding document

Time and Date of Opening of tender

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THE TRIBUNE14 JALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019SPORT

Visakhapatnam October 3Indiarsquos opening batsmanMayank Agarwal convertedhis maiden Test hundred intoa double century as the hometeam declared for 5027before the hostsrsquo spinnersmade early inroads into theSouth African batting orderAfter Rohit Sharmarsquos poten-tially career-defining 176 inhis first innings as a Testopener it was Agarwalrsquos turnto dominate the bowlers asthe 28-year-old made 215before the hosts declared onDay 2 of the first Test

Ravichandran Ashwin andRavindra Jadeja then got inon the act by dismissingSouth Africa opener AidenMarkram No 3 Theunis deBruyn and nightwatchmanDane Piedt to leave the tour-ing side reeling at 393 atstumps In a worrying signfor South Africa who lost 0-3 on their last trip to India in2015 a few deliveries keptlow on a pitch already offer-ing turn for the spinners

Cheap lossesIndia lost Cheteshwar Pujaracaptain Virat Kohli andAjinkya Rahane cheaply inthe second session but stillmanaged to put an imposingfirst-innings total on theboard Playing only his fifthTest Agarwal who had a pre-vious highest score of 77drove South African spinspearhead Keshav Maharajfor two runs to long off andthrew his hands in the airafter bringing up his double

hundred Starting the day on202 without loss Indiarsquosopeners treated SouthAfricarsquos bowlers with thesame disdain they showed onthe rain-interrupted openingday Visiting captain Faf duPlessis packed his fielders onone side of the wicket butboth Rohit and Agarwalscored almost at will tamingthe spinners by employingboth conventional andreverse sweep shots

South Africa looked des-perately short of ideas inthe face of the battingonslaught Rohit and Agar-wal stitched together astand of 317 Rohit was outstumped to KeshavMaharaj Dropped on 126 byQuinton de Kock off seamerVernon Philander Rohit hitMaharaj for his sixth sixand followed it up with afour but the left-arm bowlerspun the next one past hisforward defence and thewicketkeeper whipped thebails off Philanderremoved Pujara for six withthe first delivery of the sec-ond session while Kohliwho made 20 offered atame return catch to debu-tant all-rounder SenuranMuthusamy Karnatakabatsman Agarwal who hit23 fours and six sixes in hisknock added 53 for thethird wicket with Kohli anda further 54 for the fourthwith Rahane (15) before heholed out off a tame full tossfrom part-time spinnerDean Elgar mdash Reuters

Visakhapatnam October 3 Featuring in only his fifth Testmatch Mayank Agarwalbecame the fourth Indian bats-man to convert his maidencentury into a double hundredand the Karnataka opener iselated over his performanceSpeaking after the match adelighted Agarwal said ldquoI amextremely happy It is a feelingI canrsquot describe Glad that Icould make my maiden hun-dred into a doublerdquo

ldquoI am happy with the wayI played I am batting welland if we can keep battingtogether like this upfront itwill be great for the teamrdquohe added ldquoIf Rohit and Ican keep contributing tomake 450-500 every time itwill be very tough for theopposition I would be lyingif I say that you only have tothink about your own gameAt times you feel that youare playing well and cantake a chance but thatrsquosnot how it works You haveto be patient We had a greatpartnership to lay the foun-dation and get to 300 runsrdquo

Agarwal also praisedRohitrsquos 176-run knock as theMumbai right-handersilenced all his critics whohad questioned his role as aTest opener ldquoThe way he(Rohit) dominated the spin-ners was great to seerdquo Agar-wal said ldquoInitially the pitchdid do a bit with the new ballbut when the sun came outit got better and better As weapproached lunch on Day 2the ball started keeping lowIt started spinning by teaand it is great signs for usrdquo

Didnrsquot bow badly Rohit andAgarwal were good MaharajSouth African spinners didnot bowl badly and it was thesheer brilliance of RohitSharma and Mayank Agarw-al that has taken the gameaway from the visitors leadProteas spinner KeshavMaharaj said ldquoI wouldnrsquotsay they bowled poorly I per-sonally judge if someonecomes down the wicket andhits you itrsquos not a bad ball Ifyou are getting hit from thecrease if you are getting cutthen itrsquos a different storyrdquosaid Maharaj ldquoPiedt wasunlucky Mayank playedsuperbly well and so didRohit Literally everythingthey wanted to do paid off itwas their dayrdquo he saidIndiawon the toss and had no hes-itation in batting first ldquoI sup-pose the toss does play a partbecause you want the bestpossible conditions to bowlfor the spinners but havingsaid that we could have beena little bit better at timeswhen we did bowl But I sup-pose the toss does play alarge factor in terms of theoutcome of the gamerdquo saidMaharaj mdash Agencies

SURATIndian women seal serieswith 5-wkt win over SAThe Indian womenrsquos cricketteam produced anotherauthoritative performance tocomfortably defeat SouthAfrica by five wickets in thefifth T20I taking an unassail-able 3-0 lead in the six-matchseries With two games beingcompletely washed out theseries was extended from fiveto six matches and India need-ed to win on the day to sealthe series Off-spinner DeeptiSharma (219) and left-armspinnner Radha Yadav (323)restricted the Proteas womento 988 Brief Scores SA 988(Wolvaardt 17 Radha 323Deepti 219) India 995 (Har-manpreet 34 Ismail 219)

BENGALURURoger Binny electedpresident of KSCAFormer India cricketer RogerBinny and his team sweptthe Karnataka State CricketKarnataka State CricketAssociation elections Mean-while the Odisha CricketAssociation nominated taint-ed and jailed former supre-mo Asirbad Beherarsquos sonSanjay Behera as its repre-sentative at the BCCI AGM onOctober 23 Sanjay hasrecently been elected secre-tary of the association as hisfather who has been arrest-ed by CBI for his active con-nection with a chit-fundscam voted from jail

LONDONStokes wins playersrsquo awardafter World Cup heroicsBen Stokes has been votedthe Professional CricketersrsquoAssociation playersrsquo Player ofthe Year after starring in Eng-landrsquos maiden World Cup winand repeating his heroics dur-ing the Ashes series Stokeswill play for Northern Super-chargers in the new Hundredformat tournament with theLeeds-based franchise snap-ping up all-rounder ahead ofJoe Root and Jonny Bairstow

JAIPURJampK beat Railways by fourwkts in Hazare TrophyParvez Rasool hammered anunbeaten 118 to power Jamp Kto a four-wicket win over Rail-ways in their Vijay HazareGroup C matchBrief scores Railways 2856in 50 overs (D Mor 70 A Ghosh64 K Sharma 40 U Nazir353) JampK 2876 in 491 overs(P Rasool 118 SS Pundir 38 HSangwan 366) mdash AGENCIES

BRIEFLY lsquoHope I Rohitcontributebig for teamin future toorsquo

Deepankar ShardaTribune News Service

mumbai october 3In a first India will host pre-season National BasketballAssociation (NBA) matchesbetween Sacramento Kingsand Indiana Pacers here onOctober 4 and 5 The two-daycontest is a bid to populariseNBA and basketball in India

Sacramento Kingsrsquo own-er Vivek Ranadive is thedriving force behind NBAmaking its debut in hishometown Mumbai ldquoThegame here in Mumbai willallow NBA to open theirinterest for the next 10years India would be hav-ing more arenas moreplayers and more coachesto promote the sport NBAhas a long association withIndia but this is the righttime to push it ahead in abig wayrdquo said Ranadive aMumbai-born Americanbusinessman ldquoNBA com-missioner Adam Silver wasof the view that these games

are must to attract the Indi-an youth towards the sportI think in coming years bas-ketball would be the second-most popular sport in IndiaIt will be difficult to replacecricket but basketball andIndia are meant to betogether I just hope NBAturns the fortune of Indianyoungsters in a big wayrdquo

added Ranadive Sacramen-to Kings coach Luke Waltonsaid the players are excitedto play in Mumbai ldquoIt was akind of rest day today andthe players were asked justto sweat a bit The pre-sea-son games are equallyimportant as the major tour-namentsrdquo said Walton

NBA makes India debut asKings take on Pacers in Mumbai

Kultar Malikelected HCApresidentNew Delhi October 3Kultar Malik was namedpresident of the HaryanaCricket Association (HCA)after the results of the elec-tions for the officebearerswere declared here today

Mrinal Ojha was appoint-ed secretary and MahenderSingh was named the treas-urer All the three office-bearers are outgoing BCCItreasurer AnirudhChaudhryrsquos loyalists

While four members ofthe Apex Council wereappointed two memberswill be player representa-tives and another one willbe from the CAG It is learntthat the association hascommunicated the result ofthe election to the BCCI aswell as the Amicus CuriaeThe HCA has also writtenback to the CoA after thecommittee sent in a com-munication at 1am on Octo-ber 2 that an officebearer ofthe HCA should meet theCoA on October 3 mdash IANS

India beat Belgium end tour on highAntwerp October 3The Indian menrsquos hockeyteam outclassed reigningworld and European Cham-pions Belgium 5-1 in thefifth and final match tomaintain a hundred percent record in their tour ofBelgium

World No 5 India won alltheir five matches duringthe tour beating Belgium 2-0 in the opening match andregistering 6-1 and 5-1 winsover Spain in the next twogames before finishing offtheir tour with two morewins (2-1 and 5-1)

In the fifth match Sim-ranjeet Singh (7th) LalitKumar Upadhyay (35th)Vivek Sagar Prasad (36th)Harmanpreet Singh (42nd)and Ramandeep Singh(43rd) scored one goal eachto earn a scintillating victo-ry for the Indian team

India produced a stun-ning move in the 7thminute to take the leadthrough forward Simran-jeet Belgium forced acomeback but their penaltycorner was saved by Kris-

han Pathak in the 9thminute helping India tomaintain their one-goaladvantage at the first break

The second quarter sawworld No 2 Belgium winback-to-back penalty cor-ners in the 16th minute butPathak made sure thatthere was no damage Bel-gium tried hard to score anequaliser but some resolutedefending saw India taketheir lead into the half-timebreak

Attack modeThe visitors started thethird quarter with anattacking intent and wererewarded immediatelywith Lalit Kumar Upad-hyay bagging his first goalof the match in the 35thminute to extend Indiarsquoslead to 2-0 YoungsterVivek Sagar Prasad (36th)also registered his nameon the scoresheet as heproduced a crafty finish tobeat the Belgian goalkeep-

er The 38th minute sawBelgium win a penalty cor-ner but PR Sreejeshrsquos div-ing save kept the score 3-0in Indiarsquos favour Howevera brilliant strike fromAlexander Hendrickxmade it 3-1 in the 39thminute

Double blowIndia scored twice in twominutes just before the endof the third quarter to extendtheir lead to 5-1 Indiarsquosfourth goal was scored bydragflicker HarmanpreetSingh who converted apenalty corner in the 42ndminute while the fifth goalcame through RamandeepSingh who scored in the43rd minute mdash PTI

FIRST TESTINDIA VS SOUTH AFRICA

STAR SPORTS 930AMGOLF WOMENrsquoS INDIAN OPEN

DSPORT 1230PM

ATHLETICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPSSTAR SPORTS 1030PM

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TODAY ON TV

INDIA (Overnight 2020)

M Agarwal c Piedt b Elgar 215R Sharma st de Kock b Maharaj 176C Pujara b Philander 6V Kohli campb Muthusamy 20A Rahane c Bavuma b Maharaj 15R Jadeja not out 30H Vihari c Elgar b Maharaj 10W Saha c Muthusamy b Piedt 21R Ashwin not out 1Extras (B-4 LB-1 NB-2 W-1) 8Total (7 wickets decl 136 overs) 502Fall of wickets 1-317 2-324 3-377 4-431 5-436 6-457 7-494BowlingVernon Philander 22-4-68-1Kagiso Rabada 24-7-66-0

Keshav Maharaj 55-6-189-3Dane Piedt 19-1-107-1Senuran Muthusamy 15-1-63-1Dean Elgar 1-0-4-1

SOUTH AFRICAD Elgar not out 27A Markram b Ashwin 5T de Bruyn c Saha b Ashwin 4D Piedt b Jadeja 0T Bavuma not out 2Extras (LB-1) 1Total (3 wickets 20 overs) 39BowlingIshant Sharma 2-0-8-0Mohammed Shami 2-2-0-0Ravichandran Ashwin 8-4-9-2Ravindra Jadeja 8-1-21-1

Harmanpreet Singh and Ramandeep Singh both scored forIndia against Belgium HOCKEY INDIA

Double the troubleSouth Africa 393 at stumps onDay 2 after Agarwalrsquos double tonprops India to 5027 declared

SCOREBOARD

391Runs accumulated byIndia openers mdash215 by

Agarwal and 176 by Rohit mdash is thethird highest in a Test innings Thehighest is 404 by Vinoo Mankad(231) and Pankaj Roy (173)against New Zealand in 1956

0Bigger partnerships for any wick-et for India vs SA than the open-

ing stand between Rohit and Agarw-al The previous best was 268between Sehwag and Dravid for thesecond wicket in Chennai in 2008

4Indians who con-verted their maid-

en Test century into a200-plus scoreincluding MayankAgarwal Dilip Sarde-sai (200) VinodKambli (224) andKarun Nair (303)are the other three tohave done so

86TH Indian bats-man mdash Mayank

Agarwal mdash to score ahundred in Tests The28-year-old whomade his debut vsAustralia in Mel-bourne in December2018 took eightinnings to register hismaiden Test century

9TH First-Classcentury and

third double-tonfor Agarwalincluding atriple-ton Hehas convertedsix of his nineFirst-Class hun-dreds into 150-plus scores

12Sixes hit by Indiaopeners mdash six each

for Rohit and Agarwal mdashis the most by openersfor any team in a Testinnings There has beenonly one Test inningswhen India batsmenhave hit more sixes mdash 15vs SL at Brabourne Stadi-um in Mumbai in 2009

3RD Indian opening pair mdash Rohitand Agarwal mdash to share a 300-

run partnership in Test cricketRohit and Agarwal achieved thefeat with a stand of 317 runs OtherIndian opening pairs to share a300-plus partnership in Test cricketare Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy(413 runs vs NZ in 1956) andSehwag and Dravid (410 runs vsPak in 2006)

Vinayak PadmadeoTribune News Service

New Delhi October 3The Professional WrestlingLeague owners Pro Sporti-fy have sent a notice to theWrestling Federation ofIndia (WFI) for ldquobreach ofagreementrdquo

In a letter addressed toWFI president Brij BhushanSharan Singh the rightsholders have raised theirobjection to what they see asa gross oversight by thesports body to sanction thelaunch of a rival league Zee

Kushti Dangal whichaccording to Pro Sportifywas malicious ldquohellipThelaunch of the said ZeeKushti Dangal was held on23rd September 2019 at NewDelhi What is even moresurprising is that the launchevent was not only attendedby you but you also partici-pated in the press confer-ence with Mr Mukund Cairethe COO of ZEEL Further-more in the press confer-ence you made a statementthat both Pro WrestlingLeague and Zee Kushti Dan-

gal can coexist You also stat-ed that Zee Kushti Dangaland Pro Wrestling Leaguehave different formats andscoperdquo the notice sent bythe legal head of Pro Sporti-fy Dinesh Bant said

ldquoWe have analysed the for-mat of Zee Kushti Dangaland compared it to the ProWrestling League there is nodifference between the for-mats of the two tournamentsAs such it appears that beingconscious of the fact that itsactions clearly tantamount tobreach of the agreement theWFI has attempted to camou-flage this blatant breach bychanging the nomenclatureof the league being launchedby ZEEL That the ZeeKushti Dangal is the same asthe Pro Wrestling League is

evident from the fact that MrCaire of ZEEL referred to ZeeKushti Dangal as thelsquo Leaguersquo several times dur-ing the press conferenceThis makes it evidently clearthat while the proposed tour-nament is in the league for-mat it has only been namedlsquoDangalrsquo to circumvent theexclusivity rights retained byPro Sportifyrdquo it added

Pro Sportify Private Limit-ed had signed a 15-year con-tract with the WFI and it cit-ed clause 94 of thecommercial rights agree-

ment to cite the violationsWFI president Singh wasunavailable for commentsHowever it is understoodthat the body was unper-turbed with the developmentas it feels it was in a strongbargaining position shouldthe matter go to the courts

Interestingly the WFI hadserved the rights holder a ter-mination notice in 2016 forseveral violations includingnon-payment of rights feeand delayed payments madeto both wrestlers and techni-cal staff

Dangal over league rights PWL organisers send notice to WFIThe WFI has attemptedto camouflage this

blatant breach by changingthe nomenclature of theleague being launched byZEEL mdash Dinesh Bant PRO SPORTIFY LEGAL HEAD

Marvin Bagley of the Sacramento Kings shoots during Apractice session in Mumbai NBA

RESULTIndia 5 Simranjeet Singh(7th) Lalit Kumar Upad-hyay (35th) Vivek SagarPrasad (36th) Harman-preet Singh (42nd) andRamandeep Singh (43rd)

Belgium 1 AlexanderHendrickx (39th)

Mayank Agarwal celebratesafter scoring his maiden doublecentury on Day 2 PTI

Doha October 3

Grant Holloway of the UnitedStates blazed to his firstWorld Championships 110-mhurdles title last night in adramatic race in whichdefending champion OmarMcLeod fell

The 21-year-old Hollowaywho came into the champi-onships with the seasonrsquosfastest run of 1298 secondssmoothly glided through 10hurdles to cross the line in1310 five-hundredths of asecond ahead of SergeyShubenkov

Favourite to defend his titleJamaican McLeod came outof the starting blocks fast buthis race quickly turned souras he knocked down hurdlesand tumbled to the trackbefore reaching the finishline McLeod said he had felta hamstring strain in thewarm-up and thought itwould go away ldquoI was readyto go I showed up readyrdquoMcLeod said ldquoI put myself inthe very best situation todefend my titlerdquo Capitalisingon McLeodrsquos fallShubenkov the 2015 worldchampion took his secondconsecutive world silver witha technically sound run of1315 seconds

Holloway and Shubenkovsaid they had no idea thatchaos was unfolding inneighbouring lanes

ldquoIn the replay I saw that onefell down Another was cele-bratingrdquo said Shubenkov ldquoIthought to myself lsquoI missed

everythingrsquordquo

Asher-Smith grabs goldDina Asher-Smith seized hergolden opportunity to win the200 metres becoming thefirst British woman to claim aglobal sprint title With manyof the top medal contenderspulling out or skipping theevent Asher-Smith provedthe class act in the field pow-ering home in a nationalrecord 2188 seconds to addgold to the silver she won in

the 100m ldquoYoursquore only thefavourite if you go out andperform how people expectyou to and I was reallyfocused on putting together agood racerdquo said Asher-Smith

The once mighty UnitedStates who had been a non-factor in the womenrsquos sprintsin Doha also benefited fromthe scratches as BrittanyBrown grabbed the silver in2222 Switzerlandrsquos MujingaKambundji grabbed bronze

The fight for medals was

blown wide open when someof sprintingrsquos biggest nameswithdrew during the earlierrounds The race was missingthe reigning world andOlympics champions inDutchwoman Dafne Schip-pers and Jamaicarsquos ElaineThompson who withdrewdue to injuries ShaunaeMiller-Uibo of Bahamasowner of the fastest time thisseason elected to race the400m only due to schedulingissues

The world 100m championShelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce andbronze medallist Marie-JoseeTa Lou scratched because ofsoreness from earlier raceswhile Nigeriarsquos BlessingOkagbare who had run thethird fastest time this seasonwas disqualified in her heat

None of that mattered toAsher-Smith blasted out ofthe blocks and was in com-mand coming off the bendbefore cruising to victory

ldquoI made sure that Iremained focusrdquo said Asher-Smith

Shot putter Toor fails toqualify for final round Asian champion TejinderPal Singh Toor failed toqualify for the final roundof the shot put eventdespite producing his sea-sons best effort The 24-year-old Toor finishedeighth in the qualificationround and 18th overall outof the 34 competitors with abest throw of 2043m fromhis three attempts Thosewho touched 2090m or atleast 12 best performerswere to make it to the final

Toor opened with a 2043mthrow bettering his earlierseasons best of 2036m butfouled in his next attemptIn the third attempt Toorcould only come up with a1955m effort to crash out ofthe championship TomasWalsh of New Zealand ledthe finalists with a throw of2192 m mdash Agencies

Great Grant HeistHolloway gets 100m hurdles gold as McLeod falls

THE TRIBUNEJALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 15SPORT

A lone spectator in a stand at the China Open on Thursday AFP

ANNEXURE-A

PRESS NOPRESS NOTICETICEThe Executive Engineer IPH Division Thunag invites tender on behalf ofGovernor of Himachal Pradesh from approved eligible contractor for thefollowing work(s) through e-tendering process-

Name of Work Augmentation of various water supply scheme of GPTandi Saroa Tharjoon Mushrani Bassi Devdhar Kharsi and KotlaKhanula in Gohar Block Tehsil Chachyot District Mandi (HP) (SH-Construction of Jack well type river intake 240 MLD Water TreatmentPlants (16 hours capacity) Providing Laying Jointing and Testing ofGravity Mains Rising mains and distribution system Pump houses StageI II amp III at various locations SE of pumping machinery MBRs and SRsat various locations including trail run period for three months (90 days)on full designed discharge and defect liability period for six months)

Estimated Cost - Rs 222662321-Earnest Money - Rs 2227000-Cost of Tender document - Rs 2500-Time Limit - 24 Months

Schedule of tendering-

The tender document can be downloaded from departmental websiteie wwwhpiphorg wef 4-10-2019 at 1000 AM upto 24-10-2019at 500 PM

Executive EngineerIampPH Division ThunagDistt Mandi

HIM SUCHANA AVAM JAN SAMPARK

1 Site Visit From 7-10-2019 to 15-10-2019 between10 AM to 5 PM except on holidays

2 Pre Bid Meeting date 16-10-2019 at 300 PM in the office ofEngineer-in-Chief IampPH Department JalShakti Bhawan Tutti Kandi Shimla (HP)

3 Bid Submission start date 4-10-2019 at 1000 AM

4 Bid Submission end date 24-10-2019 at 500 PM

5 Earnest Money DepositCost of Tender form if notsubmitted online

25-10-2019 upto 1100 AM

6 Opening of Eligibilitycriteria (Cover-I)

25-10-2019 at 1230 PM

7 Opening of Technical Bid(Cover-II)

Date and place to be notifiedseparately

8 Opening of Financial bid(Cover-III)

Date and place to be notifiedseparately

DPRHP2327

OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL

ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE GOVT INSTITUTE OFENGINEERING amp TECHNOLOGY

PRAGATI NAGAR DISTT SHIMLA (HP) ndash 171202NOTICE INVITING TENDER

(Tender No ABVGIETSTRTender2019-20- 01)Sealed tenders are invited from the eligible manufacturers

Firmsauthorized dealers for the procurement of Machinery ampequipmentsTools etc for the polytechnic labs such as ECElabs CSE labs Mechanical Labs etc as per specifications andterms amp conditions given in the tender document The tenderform can be downloaded from our websitehttpwwwabvgietorg or can be collected from this instituteon any working day from 1000 AM to 0500 PM at a cost ofRs 500- at the counter and Rs 600- if desired by Regd Postper set and Vendor using downloaded Tender Documents shallrequire to submit DD for Rs 500- which is non-refundable infavour of the Principal ABVGIET Pragatinagar Distt Shimla(HP) which shall be submitted alongwith the tender Completetender document along with earnest money and tender cost (asshown in the document) will be received up to 200 PM on30102019 and tender will be opened same day at 0300 PMin the presence of biddersrepresentative who wish to bepresent The tender submitted after the date amp time mentionedabove will not be considered

The Principal reserves the right to cancel the tender withoutassigning any reason thereof

Sd- PrincipalAtal Bihari Vajpayee

Govt Institute of Engg amp TechnologyPragatinagar Distt Shimla (HP)-171202

DPRHP2332

NOTICE INVITING TENDERS

Bid Ref No TBS(DMP)ESSTTIRL2019 (etenders)

TB Sanatorium Dharampur Distt Solan (HP) hereby invites bidsfrom eligible and qualified bidders for

Construction Testing Commissioning and Validation ofTB Containment Laboratory and Associated Works onlsquoTurnkey Basisrsquo under RNTCP with Supply and Installationof Two Class-II A2 BSC with Thimble Canopy and with TwoOnline UPS

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Beijing Andy Murrayexpressed disappointmentabout crowds at the ChinaOpen tennis where some ofthe best players in the worldhave competed in front ofswathes of empty seats

ldquoI think as the tournamentgoes on you tend to get bet-ter crowds towards the endof the weekrdquo said MurrayldquoLast couple of days in

terms of atmosphere itrsquosbeen not as good as youwould likerdquo

The three-time GrandSlam champion praised thetournament as a whole butsaid ldquoI donrsquot know if Irsquomcomplaining about it but Irsquodlike it to be bigger crowdsand nicer atmospheres Thatnormally comes as the weekgoes onrdquo mdash AFP

Murray disappointed by lack of China fans

Osaka October 3Fiji finally found their feet atthe Rugby World Cup with adominant 45-10 victory overGeorgia on Thursday as theirjet-heeled backs tore theirPool D rivals apart in a seven-try rout at a rain-drenchedHanazono Rugby Stadium

Winger Semi Radradrascored twice and made threeothers as the Pacific islandersrebounded from defeats toAustralia and Uruguay to gettheir first win in Japan

While their upset loss toUruguay has all but put paidto their hopes of reaching thequarter-finals Fiji are now inpole position to finish thirdand qualify for the 2023 WorldCup

Ireland edge RussiaKobe Ireland began to puttheir World Cup back on trackafter the shock loss to Japanbut it took them over an hourto secure a bonus point andstrengthen their quarterfinalchances in an unconvincing35-0 win over a stubborn Rus-sia Ireland just need to beatSamoa to reach the last-eightbut the fact Joe Schmidtrsquosside struggled to put awaysuch a limited team will do lit-tle for fansrsquo waning hopes ofreaching a first semifinal

Only a commanding win

would have sufficed with theshock in Shizuoka still rever-berating around the tourna-ment and it looked on thecards when Rob Kearneywho scored in the 62-12thrashing of Russia in the2011 World Cup toucheddown after 90 seconds

Sexton who was not riskedagainst Japan due to a thighinjury appeared to have Ire-land rushing towards thebonus point when his text-book 13th-minute dinkthrough was carried over byflanker Peter OrsquoMahony forjust his second try in 62 tests

Yet Russia who belied theirlowly standing by givingJapan a fright remained com-petitive with Ramil Gaisinrsquossmart kicking helping to keepIreland at bay for another 20minutes mdash Agencies

Fiji crush GeorgiaRussia fight Ireland

Los Angeles October 3Alberto Salazar pushed him-self to the brink and beyondas an athlete and preachedthe same philosophy as acoach to distance runningstars But the 61-year-oldCuban-born Americanrsquos willto win finally went too faraccording to the US Anti-Dop-ing Agency (USADA) whichhas banned him for four yearsfor multiple doping viola-tions Salazar has been amajor figure in American ath-letics for four decades Hewon the 1980 1981 and 1982New York Marathons and the1982 Boston Marathon andlater coached such stars asBritainrsquos Mo Farah the 2012and 2016 Olympics championat 5000 and 10000 metres

Salazar arrived in the Unit-ed States as a toddler Hisfather was a friend of FidelCastro who fought alongside

him in the revolution but lat-er opposed the Communistgovernment The familymoved to suburban Bostonwhere Salazar won a statecross country crown in 1975He helped the University ofOregon capture the US colle-giate cross country title in1977 taking national collegeindividual honours the fol-lowing year

Olympics dreamsIn 1980 Salazar qualified forthe US Olympics team at10000m but the Americansboycotted the Moscow Gamesand Salazar tackled a newchallenge the marathon Hequickly conquered the 262-mile (42195km) event At 22Salazar won his marathondebut in New York then set acareer-best of 2hrs 8mins13secs to defend his title

In 1982 he took New York

and claimed his only BostonMarathon title in what wasdubbed the ldquoDuel in the Sunrdquowith Dick Beardsley Afterbesting Beardsley in a sprintfinish a dehydrated Salazarcollapsed Salazar finished15th in the marathon at the1984 Los Angeles Olympicsthen trained and competeduntil retiring in the mid-1990s when he began mov-ing into coaching joiningwith Nike to form the Oregon

Project in 2001 to train dis-tance runners

Big namesThe program includes Dono-van Brazier mdash who won the800m world title Monday asnews of Salazarrsquos ban explod-ed into the athletics scene mdashand Sifan Hassan who wonthe womenrsquos 10000m worldcrown two days earlier

Stripped of his credentialsat the World Championships

in Doha Salazar has vowed tofight the ban which washanded down for violationsincluding trafficking testos-terone tampering with theathlete doping controlprocess and using bannedinfusion techniques

A four-year ban was alsoissued to Dr Jeffrey Brownwho was a physician fornumerous Nike Oregon ath-letes and a paid consultanton performance enhance-

ment for the Project part ofa scheme to manipulatetestosterone levels withouttesting positive

ldquoWhile acting in connec-tion with the Nike OregonProject Mr Salazar and DrBrown demonstrated thatwinning was more importantthan the health and wellbe-ing of the athletes they weresworn to protectrdquo USADAchief executive Travis TTygart said mdash Agencies

Morsquos super-coach Salazarrsquos road to disgrace

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Grant Holloway of the US wins the 100m hurldles gold even as defending champion OmarMcleod of Jamaica falls APPTI

Alberto Salazar hugs Galen Rupp of USA and Mo Farah after the5000m final at the 2011 World Championships FILEAFP

Two of his trainees won goldmedals at Doha World Crsquoships Steve Magness who spent 18 months as Salazarrsquos assis-

tant coach in the project before leaving shortly before theLondon Olympics spoke out as a whistleblower whenBBCrsquos Panorama and ProPublica investigated doping alle-gations around Salazar in 2015 Testimonies from variousfigures alleged micro-dosing of testosterone among othersuspicious actions Salazar denied wrongdoing Mo Farahstuck with him and won another golden double at the Riode Janeiro Olympics in 2016 But doping allegationsnagged Farah left Salazar in October 2017 The USADAcase against Salazar and Brown went to the American Arbi-tration Association with hearings conducted in May andJune 2018 setting the stage for the arbitration rulingshanded down Monday

How the star coach was caught in the net

Beijing October 3Fourth seed Naomi Osaka beatAmerican Alison Riske 6-4 6-0in the China Open here todayto set up a quarterfinal clashwith US Open champion Bian-ca Andreescu (in picture)

Osaka who won the PanPacific Open in Japan lastmonth converted five of eightbreak points and won the final10 games in a row to wrap upthe contest in 73 minutes mdash herseventh consecutive win in the

Asian swingCanadarsquos fifth-seeded

Andreescu cruisedpast American

qualifierJennifer

Brady with a 6-1 6-3 win Bradyfaced 11 break points of whichfour were converted by theCanadian who advanced in 67minutes Defending championCaroline Wozniacki also wentthrough to the quarter-finals instraight sets with a 7-5 6-4 winover Czech Republicrsquos Kateri-na Siniakova

Goffin in Japan quarterfinalsTokyo David Goffin of Bel-gium advanced to the JapanOpen quarterfinals aftersqueezing by Canadarsquos DenisShapovalov 7-6(75) 7-6(72)today Goffin will now faceChung Hyeon of South Koreawho pulled an upset victoryagainst sixth-seed Marin Cilic6-4 3-6 6-1

World No 1 Novak Djokovicreturning from a shoulderinjury is scheduled to playFrench fifth-seed Lucas Pouilleon Friday mdash Agencies

Osaka vs BiancaOsaka vs Bianca

Russiarsquos Viktor Gresev IrelandrsquosDave Kilcoyne fight it out AFP

RUGBY WORLD CUP

LONDONEngland call Abraham andTomori drop Alli and LingardEngland dropped Dele Alli andJesse Lingard but called upChelsea youngsters TammyAbraham and Fikayo Tomori in a25-man squad on Thursday foraway Euro 2020 qualifiersagainst the Czech Republic andBulgaria Striker Abrahamturned 22 on Wednesday cele-brating in style with the openerin his clubrsquos 2-1 ChampionsLeague victory at Lille and isthe leading English goalscorerin the Premier League

MADRIDReal host Granada inunlikely top of table clashReal Madrid host Granada in anunlikely first versus secondclash in La Liga on Saturday asthey look to ease the pressureon coach Zinedine Zidane In atopsy-turvy start to the seasonReal who sit one point ahead ofthe Andalusians at the top of LaLiga on 15 points tried thepatience of the demandingBernabeu crowd in midweekneeding two second half goalsto secure a Champions Leaguedraw against Club Brugges Theresult leaves the 13-times Euro-pean champions bottom of theirgroup after two games Thedraw came on the back of lastSaturdayrsquos drab stalemate withneighbours Atletico and coachZidane says his side need to bemore focused on the task athand mdash AGENCIES

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THE TRIBUNE16 GURUGRAM | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019BACK PAGE

Printed and published by Rajesh Ramachandran for The Tribune Trust Printed at The Tribune Press Plot No 123 Sector 37 Pace City-1 GurugramPublished at The Tribune Sector 29-C ChandigarhRNI No CHAENG201772605 Copyright copy The Tribune Trust All rights reservedTelephones 0124-22100332210044Circulation 0172-2670419 Advertisement 0172-2670256 257Editor Rajesh RamachandranEditor for purpose of PRB Act 1867

SanjayKhuranaTribune News Service

Katra October 3Union Home Minister AmitShah today flagged off theDelhi-Katra Vande BharatExpress from the New Delhirailway station calling it a ldquobiggiftrdquo for Jammu and Kash-mirrsquos development He saidwith Article 370 the ldquobiggestroadblockrdquo in growth gonethe state would be one of themost developed regions of thecountry within a decade

ldquoDelhi-Katra Vande BharatExpress is a gift for Jammuand Kashmirrsquos developmentand for promoting religioustourismrdquo the Union HomeMinister who was accompa-nied by Union Railway Minis-ter Piyush Goyal and UnionMinisters Jitendra Singh andDr Harsh Vardhan said

The Railways has alreadyopened bookings for the trainthat will start commercialoperations from October 5The minimum fare for NewDelhi to Katra travel in chaircar is Rs 1630 while itrsquos Rs3015 for executive chair car

The train will run on allweek days except Tuesdayand will cut the travel timebetween Delhi and Katra to

eight hours from 12-14 hoursearlier to traverse a distanceof 655 km It will depart fromthe New Delhi at 6 am andreach Katra at 2 pm It willreturn the same day fromKatra at 3 pm and reach NewDelhi at 11 pm

Railway officials said the

train would run at a maxi-mum speed of 130 kmph withthree stops at Ambala CanttLudhiana and Jammu Tawi

The decision to run thetrain was taken following thesuccess of the Vande BharatExpress plying between NewDelhi and Varanasi which

was flagged by Prime Minis-ter Narendra Modi on Febru-ary 15 this year

The Integral Coach Factory(ICF) has made changes tothe existing design of thetrain ldquoTo avoid damage dueto stray cattle the train hasbeen equipped with a sturdy

aluminium nose cover Andto guard the window shieldsagainst stone-pelting a spe-cial film has been providedrdquoa Railway official said

More space has been pro-vided to store meals for pas-sengers Besides changes inthe exterior and interior the

ICF has added a slew of mod-ern features like adjustableseats improved wash basinsautomatic doors wi-fi andinfotainment system

ldquoThe Railways will connectthe country from Kashmir toKanyakumari before August15 2022rdquo said Goyal

Shah flags off Delhi-Katra train calls it gift to JampK

The Vande Bharat Express train at New Delhi station prior to its flag-off ceremony on Thursday TRIBUNE PHOTO

CHAIR CAR

~1630 6 times a week 4 hrs travel time cut 6 am departure time from Delhi 2 pm arrival time at Katra 3 pm departure from Katra 11 pm arrival at New Delhi 130 kmph speed halts at Ambala

Cantt Ludhiana amp Jammu Tawi Will run on all weekdays

except Tuesday

Manufactured in a record time of15 years at a cost of

~97 CROREPlastic bottle crushers | Huge pantry |Revolving seats | Automatic doors |

WiFi | Sliding foot-steps

EXECUTIVECHAIR CAR

~3015

TICKET FARE

RECORD TIME

MODERN FEATURES

Jammu jail to have inmate calling system Jammu Kerala native Jatan lodged in a jail in Jammuheard the voice of his wife and minor daughter for thefirst time in nearly four years - thanks to the authoritiesintroducing a first-of-its-kind prison inmate callingsystem which allows prisoners to make long-distancecalls He is facing charges under the NDPS Act Theprison got the facility along with modern interview roomson Bapus 150th birth anniversary PTI

Domestic help held for theft at ministerrsquos houseMumbai A 25-year-old domestic servant has beenarrested for allegedly committing theft at Union RailwayMinister Piyush Goyals house here the police saidAccused Vishnu Kumar who hails from Delhi was alsobooked under the IT Act for allegedly sharing info from acomputer in the house with unidentified persons He wasarrested from the national capital and brought here onWednesday a police official said PTI

By the way

New Delhi October 3Fake news is more dangerousthan paid news and there is aneed for the government andthe media to combat it jointlyInformation and Broadcast-ing Minister PrakashJavadekar said today

The government would how-ever not take any step curbingthe media freedom he said

But there should be somekind of regulation on over-the-top (OTT) platforms as was thecase for films print and elec-tronic media he said

OTT platforms include newsportals and ldquostreamersrdquo suchas Hotstar Netflix and Ama-zon Prime Video which areaccessible over the Internet

He said several mainstreammedia outlets had conveyed tothe government that there wasno level-playing field with OTTplatforms being unregulated

The Press Council of Indiatakes care of the printmedia the News Broadcast-

ers Association (NBA) mon-itors news channels theAdvertising StandardsCouncil of India is for adver-tising while the CentralBoard of Film Certification(CBFC) takes care of filmshe said ldquoHowever there isnothing to regulate OTTplatformsrdquo he said mdash PTI

Need to regulate contenton Net platforms Minister

Tribune News Service

New Delhi October 3The Trump-Modi bonhomieat Houston and New Yorkcould not translate into a tradeagreement during US Com-merce Secretary Wilbur Rossrsquoongoing visit to India

Ross also gave the impres-sion that US President DonaldTrumprsquos presence at ldquoHowdyModirdquo event was a favour to theNew Delhi administration andmade it clear this physical prox-imity between the two leadersdid not dispel the WhiteHousersquos impression that Indianeeded to dismantle barriersthat made its tariff among thehighest in the world

Ross also made it clear thatdespite its reservations aboutthe security aspect the US

was not trying to force India towalk away from 5G technolo-gy by Chinese companies

Speaking on the sidelines ofan international meet that wasalso attended by Ross Com-merce Minister Piyush Goyalruled out any change in Indiarsquos

stand on e-commerce in order toprotect livelihood of 12-13 croreIndians dependent on retail

The new rules bar foreign e-commerce companies fromselling products via firms inwhich they have an equityinterest and also from makingdeals with sellers to sell exclu-sively on their platforms

India and the US have beenindulging in a low-intensitytrade warfare The US hasremoved India from availing ofduty-free exports worth $56 bil-lion under the generalised sys-tem of preferences (GSP)scheme and both have imposedhigher tariffs on 28 of theirproducts In an interview Rossreportedly indicated the UScould look at partial restorationof the GSP withdrawal in agrand bargain for a trade deal

No trade deal despiteTrump-PM bonhomie Luxembourg October 3

Facebook on Wednesdaywas dealt a major blow inthe EUrsquos top court whichruled that national courts inEurope can order onlineplatforms to remove defam-atory content worldwide

The decision will be seenas a victory for EuropeanUnion regulators who wantUS tech giants to meettightened European stan-dards over hate speech andoffensive content

Last week the same courtdecided that Google was notlegally compelled to applythe EUrsquos strict ldquoright to beforgottenrdquo rules globally in avictory for the search giant

In a closely watched judg-ment the European Courtof Justice said EU law ldquodoesnot precluderdquo courts fromordering ldquothe removal ofinformation or to blockaccess worldwiderdquo a state-ment said mdash AFP

Legal blow toFacebook overhate speech

DIGITAL SPIN Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad unveilsa lsquodigital charkharsquo to mark the 150th birth anniversary ofMahatma Gandhi in New Delhi on Thursday PTI

US Commerce Secy says India must dismantle barriers

Washington October 3 A nuclear war between Indiaand Pakistan could in lessthan a week kill 50-125 millionpeople more than the deathtoll during all six years ofWorld War II and lead to glob-al climate catastrophe accord-ing to researchers in the US

A study by researchersfrom the University of Col-orado Boulder and RutgersUniversity examined howsuch a hypothetical futureconflict would have conse-quences that could rippleacross the globe

Today India and Pakistan

each have about 150 nuclearwarheads at their disposaland that number is expectedto climb to more than 200 by2025 the researchers saidamid recent tensions betweenthe nuclear-armed neighboursover Kashmir after Indiarevoked JampKrsquos special status

ldquoAn India-Pakistan warcould double the normaldeath rate in the worldrdquosaid Brian Toon a professorat the University of Col-orado Boulder ldquoThis is awar that would have noprecedent in human experi-encerdquo Toon said mdash PTI

There are regularfeature films coming onOTT mdash good bad andugly There is nocertification body for OTTplatforms and likewisenews portals also Prakash Javadekar UNION MINISTER

lsquoNO CERTIFICATION BODYrsquo

This is a sensitive

subject and we will continueto protect them E-commerce is a platform totrade on not forpredatorypricing andmuscle power Piyush Goyal COMMERCE MINISTER

E-COMMERCE POLICYUNCHANGED INDIA

Indo-Pak nuke war mayleave 125 m dead Study

THE TRIBUNECHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 13WORLD

GLOBE TROT

Emirati US Russian astronauts return to EarthALMATY A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three astronautsincluding an Emirati who became the first Arab to reachthe International Space Station returned to Earth Thurs-day Footage broadcast by Russias space agency showedthe Soyuz MS-12 capsule carrying Hazzaa al-Mansoori ofthe United Arab Emirates NASA astronaut Nick Hagueand Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin touch downat 1059 GMT on the steppes of Kazakhstan AFP

Russian man sues Apple for lsquoturning him gayrsquo MOSCOW A Russian man has filed a lawsuit against Apple formoral harm claiming that an iPhone app had turned himgay according to a copy of the complaint The man filed suitin a Moscow court asking for one million rubles ($15000)after an incident this summer in which a cryptocurrencycalled lsquoGayCoinrsquo was delivered via a smartphone apprather than the Bitcoin he had ordered ldquoApple pushed metowards homosexuality through manipulation Thechanges have caused me moral and mental harmrdquo he saidApplersquos representatives in Russia did not immediatelyrespond to AFPrsquos request for comment AFP

NZ mosque attacker drops bid to move trialWELLINGTON Gunman Brenton Tarrant the man accused ofmurdering 51 Muslim worshippers in Marchs NewZealand mosque attack on Thursdaydropped a bid to move his trial from the citywhere the massacre occurred The HighCourt held a pre-trial hearing inChristchurch in which judge CameronMander announced at the beginning ofproceedings that the defence haddecided not to pursue the applica-tion His trial will begin on June2 next year in Christchurch AP

FIRST EMIRATI TO REACH ISS Russian space agencyrescue team members and United Arab Emiratesspecialists carry Emirati astronaut Hazzaa al-Mansoorishortly after the landing of the Russian Soyuz MS-12 spacecapsule about 150 km south-east of the Kazakh town ofDzhezkazgan on Thursday AFP

Pak Taliban urge US to resume Afghan talksIslamabad October 3Pakistan on Thursday askedthe Taliban to grasp theopportunity and resume talkswith the US for an early andpeaceful resolution of the con-flict in Afghanistan sayingwar is not a solution as topleaders of the militant groupmet Foreign Minister ShahMahmood Qureshi here

A high-level Taliban dele-gation met Qureshi as partof a push to revive theAfghan peace processstalled after US PresidentDonald Trump abruptlydeclared the talks with therebel group ldquodeadrdquo

The Foreign Office said in astatement that a delegationof the Taliban Political Com-mission (TPC) called onQureshi The delegation wasled by the head of TPC MullaAbdul Ghani Baradar andincluded senior members ofthe commission

ldquoWhile appreciating Tal-

ibanrsquos serious engagementin the peace process heunderscored the need to takethese efforts to their logicalconclusionrdquo Qureshi said

Trump stunned the worldwhen he suddenly declared

that the Afghan peace talkswith the Taliban wereldquodeadrdquo following killing onan American soldier

Qureshi said ldquoPakistan hasmaintained for several yearsthat there is no military solu-

tion to the complex situationin Afghanistan An inclusivepeace and reconciliationprocess involving all sec-tions of the Afghan societywas the only practical wayforwardrdquo mdash PTI

US ENVOY LIKELY TOMEET DELEGATION

Sources said the talksbetween Foreign MinisterSM Qureshi and theTaliban went on for morethan one and a halfhours ISI chief Lt GenFaiz Hameed was alsopresent in the meeting

US special envoy toAfghanistan ZalmayKhalilzad is also inPakistan to discuss therevival of the peace talksHe may also meet theTaliban delegation

Pakistan has maintained for several years that there is no military solution to the complexsituation in Afghanistan A peace process is the only way forward Mahmood Qureshi PAK FOREIGN MINISTER

Foreign Minister SM Qureshi (C) receives members of the Talibandelegation at the Pakistan Foreign Ministry in Islamabad AFP

Paris October 3 A man wielding a knifestabbed and killed four offi-cers at the police headquar-ters in the heart of centralParis on Thursday beforebeing shot dead

Sources told AFP theattacker was shot dead bypolice in the courtyard ofthe building where he wasemployed The man workedin an administrative capac-ity but it was not immedi-ately clear what his precisework role was

Interior MinisterChristophe Castaner who was

due to visit Turkey later onThursday postponed his tripto visit the scene of the attack

ldquoPeople were runningeverywhere there was cryingeverywhererdquo said Emery Sia-mandi an interpreter whowas in the building when theattack happened

Investigators suspect aworkplace dispute sparkedthe deadliest attack onpolice in France in yearssources said

The Paris prosecutor is atthe scene but anti-terroragencies have not beeninvolved at this stage mdash AFP

Four Paris copsstabbed to death

A police vehicle drives toward Paris police headquartersfollowing alleged stabbing by a co-worker on Thursday AFP

London October 3 UK Prime Minister BorisJohnson on Thursday saidhe has made a ldquogenuineattempt to bridge thechasmrdquo in order to get afresh Brexit deal with theEU as he appealed to MPs inthe House of Commons tosupport his proposals

Johnson told MPs that hisproposals mdash which wouldsee Northern Ireland stay inthe European single marketfor goods but leave the cus-toms union mdash were a ldquocom-promiserdquo He has main-tained that the UK will

leave the EU on October 31with or without a deal

The UK government isnow hoping to begin a peri-od of intense negotiationswith the aim of reaching afinal agreement at an EU

summit on October 17ldquoThis government has

moved our proposals dorepresent a compromiseand I hope that the Housecan now come together inthe national interestbehind this new dealrdquoJohnson told MPs

The backstop is the con-troversial ldquoinsurance poli-cyrdquo that is meant to keep afree-flowing border on theisland of Ireland but whichcritics including Johnsonfear could trap the UK inEU trading rules indefi-nitely mdash IANS

Accept Brexit planBoris tells MPsJerusalem October 3 Israel swore in its newlyelected parliament onThursday for what could bea very short term after thecountrys second inconclu-sive election of the year leftit with no new governmenton the horizon

The typically festive eventwas marked mostly byuncertainty as the two maincandidates for prime minis-ter sniped at each other overwho should lead the country

It also came in parallel toPrime Minister BenjaminNetanyahus high-profile

pre-indictment hearing oncorruption charges whichhave threatened to end hispolitical career and con-tributed to the currentparalysis of the countryspolitical system

Neither Netanyahu norhis chief rival Benny Gantzhas been able to build a par-liamentary majority withtheir natural allies Theynow depend on each otherfor a unity government asthe only likely alternative toan unprecedented thirdelection in less than a year

ldquoThe right thing for the

citizens of Israel especiallyat this time is for the primeminister to be busy workingfor them and not preoccu-pied with indictmentsrdquoGantz said

ldquoI call upon Netanyahu Donot barricade yourself in yourposition We will take thereins from here and lead thecountry for the good of thecitizensrdquo For thesake of unity Gantzrsquos deputyYair Lapid announced hewas forgoing a previousarrangement to share thepremiership should theycome to power mdash AP

No govt yet Israel swears in MPs

PM Boris Johnson in House AFP

PUNJAB WATER SUPPLY amp SEWERAGE BOARDNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No ETENDERPWSSDHOSHIARPUREE201954 of 2019 Date 03102019On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer PWSSB Chandigarh The Executive Engineer Punjab Water Supply amp Sewerage Division Hoshiarpur re-invite bids due to non-submission ofbids from the eligible bidders for the work detailed below-

2 Important dates are as under-i) Period of availability of tender online shall be From 03102019 to 13102019 up to 500 pmii) Pre-bid Meeting 07102019 at 1100 amiii) Last date amp time for online submission of bid shall be 13102019 up to 500 pmiv) Date amp time of opening of Technical Bid 14102019 at 0100 pm

SrNo

Name of the Work EarnestMoney

Cost of Document Tender processing Fee Period ofCompletion

Approx Valueof the work

1 Construction of STP 400 MLD at Balachaur Town Rs 800 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

2 Construction of STP 200 MLD at Hariana Town Rs 500 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

3 Construction of STP 300 MLD at Rahon Town Rs 700 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

4 Construction of STP 300 MLD at Garhshankar Town Rs 700 Lac Rs 1000- + Tender processing Fees Rs 5000- + Taxes as applicable Nine Months Lump sum

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PUNJAB WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGEDIVISION GURDASPUR

RE-TENDERING No 10 of 2019-20 (3rd time)httpseprocpunjabgovin

On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer Pb WS amp Sew Board ChandigarhExecutive Engineer Pb WS amp Sew Division Gurdaspur The E-tenderingNotice No 10 issued vide this office endst 4006-78 dt 17092019 are herebyrecalled due to reason that No bidders participate received for each of the belowtender Now these tender will be opened as per detail given below-

Important dates are as under

Period of availability of tender online shall be 04102019 from 200 PM

Last date and time for online submission of bid 10102019 upto 500 PMshall be

Date and time of opening of Technical Bid 11102019 at 200 PM

1 Note- The dates given above for above tenders are for LampC societiesfor detailed terms and conditions refer to websitehttpseprocpunjabgovin

2 Corrigendumaddendum if any will be issued on website only

Sd- Executive EngineerPunjab WS amp Sew Division Gurdaspur

SrNo

Description of work EarnestMoney(Rs)

Cost ofdocument

TenderFee (Rs)

Periodof

comp-letion

ApproxValue of

thework

1 Providing amp Fixing laying Jointingcutting testing of RCC NP3 300mm idPipe and construction of smallscreening chamber room providingand supply installation of motor pumpset sludge pump set repair of MPSand STP and Complete all otherworks as per site Dera Baba NanakGurdaspur District Gurdaspur

2DNITcost Rs

68580-

Rs 100- 4months

Rs 3429

lac

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PUNJAB WATER SUPPLY amp SEWERAGE BOARDNOTICE INVITING ONLINE BIDS

Bid No E-TENDERPWSSDHOSHIARPUREE201953 of 2019 Date 3102019

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On behalf of the Chief Executive Officer PWSSB Chandigarh TheExecutive Engineer Punjab Water Supply amp Sewerage Division Hoshiarpurreinvite the bids due to non-submission of bids from the eligible bidders for thework detailed below-

2 Important dates are as under

i) Period of availability of tender from 03102019 to17102019 uponline shall be to 500 pm

ii) Last date amp time for online submission 17102019 up to 500 pmof bid shall be

iii) Date amp time of opening of Technical Bid 18102019 at 100 pm

Note- (i) The dates given above are both for eligible LampC Societies andContractors

(ii) For detailed terms and condtions refer to websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin

(iii) If any corrigendum issued will be loaded amp seen at websitehttpeprocpunjabgovin

Sd- Executive Engineer

Punjab WS amp Sew Division Hoshiarpur

SrNo

Name of the work EarnestMoney

Cost ofDocument

TenderProcessing

Fee

Periodof

Comp-letion

ApproxValueof theWork

3 Amtc Reserve Stock Hoshiarpurfor the year 2019-20 at HSP ldquoSupplyof One No Chowkidar to Watch ampWard Reserve Stock Hoshiarpurrdquowef 15092019 to 31032020

Rs2000-

1002360 6 Months15 Days

Lumpsum

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MUNICIPAL CORPORATION SAS NAGAR (MOHALI) DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT PUNJAB

(MUNICIPAL BHAWAN SECTOR 68 SAS NAGAR)

NOTICE INVITING E-TENDER

No 2148 Dt 031019Commissioner on behalf of MC SAS Nagar invites e-tenders on two bid

system (Technical and Financial bid) for the following works from theregistered LampC Co-op Societies and from the enlisted Govt contractors firms

Date and time schedule

For participating in the above e-tendering process the contractorsshall have to get themselves registered withwwweprocpunjabgovin and get user Id and password class-3digital signature is mandatory to participate in the e-tendering(a) Interested bidders can purchase the tender document online from

website wwweprocpunjabgovin NIT and terms and conditionsare being uploaded at the website (wwweprocpunjabgovin)

(b) Bidders shall attach scanned copies of all the papers ie scannedcopies of certificatedocuments as required in terms and condition

(c) CorrigendumAddendumcorrections if any will be posted in thewebsite

(d) Bidders should note that online tenders will be only submitted atthe aforesaid website wwweprocpunjabgovin as per thedetailsinstructions uploaded therein

(e) If at the time of submission of E-Tenders any error occurs due totechnical reasons of the website Municipal Corporation SASNagar will not be responsible

Sd- Corporation Engineer Municipal Corporation SAS Nagar

SrNo

Last date of online submissionof bidding document

Time and Date of Opening of tender

1 22102019 till 1200 23102019 till 1200

SrNo

Name of the work EstimatedCost

(in Lac)

EMD (in Rs)

Processingfee (in Rs)

Timeperiod

1 Laying 40 mm thick BC roadfrom Sec-48C MC limit toBawa White House lights

236 472000- 5900- 3

2 RC estimate forbeautification andupgradation of road fromChandigarh entry to IISERin MC SAS Nagar

4871 97420- 5748- 3

3 RC estimate PL ofBitummious Concrete ondifferent roads of Inds areaPhase-1 5 amp Inds areaPhase-8 in MC SAS Nagar

3539 70780- 4176- 3

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THE TRIBUNE14 JALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019SPORT

Visakhapatnam October 3Indiarsquos opening batsmanMayank Agarwal convertedhis maiden Test hundred intoa double century as the hometeam declared for 5027before the hostsrsquo spinnersmade early inroads into theSouth African batting orderAfter Rohit Sharmarsquos poten-tially career-defining 176 inhis first innings as a Testopener it was Agarwalrsquos turnto dominate the bowlers asthe 28-year-old made 215before the hosts declared onDay 2 of the first Test

Ravichandran Ashwin andRavindra Jadeja then got inon the act by dismissingSouth Africa opener AidenMarkram No 3 Theunis deBruyn and nightwatchmanDane Piedt to leave the tour-ing side reeling at 393 atstumps In a worrying signfor South Africa who lost 0-3 on their last trip to India in2015 a few deliveries keptlow on a pitch already offer-ing turn for the spinners

Cheap lossesIndia lost Cheteshwar Pujaracaptain Virat Kohli andAjinkya Rahane cheaply inthe second session but stillmanaged to put an imposingfirst-innings total on theboard Playing only his fifthTest Agarwal who had a pre-vious highest score of 77drove South African spinspearhead Keshav Maharajfor two runs to long off andthrew his hands in the airafter bringing up his double

hundred Starting the day on202 without loss Indiarsquosopeners treated SouthAfricarsquos bowlers with thesame disdain they showed onthe rain-interrupted openingday Visiting captain Faf duPlessis packed his fielders onone side of the wicket butboth Rohit and Agarwalscored almost at will tamingthe spinners by employingboth conventional andreverse sweep shots

South Africa looked des-perately short of ideas inthe face of the battingonslaught Rohit and Agar-wal stitched together astand of 317 Rohit was outstumped to KeshavMaharaj Dropped on 126 byQuinton de Kock off seamerVernon Philander Rohit hitMaharaj for his sixth sixand followed it up with afour but the left-arm bowlerspun the next one past hisforward defence and thewicketkeeper whipped thebails off Philanderremoved Pujara for six withthe first delivery of the sec-ond session while Kohliwho made 20 offered atame return catch to debu-tant all-rounder SenuranMuthusamy Karnatakabatsman Agarwal who hit23 fours and six sixes in hisknock added 53 for thethird wicket with Kohli anda further 54 for the fourthwith Rahane (15) before heholed out off a tame full tossfrom part-time spinnerDean Elgar mdash Reuters

Visakhapatnam October 3 Featuring in only his fifth Testmatch Mayank Agarwalbecame the fourth Indian bats-man to convert his maidencentury into a double hundredand the Karnataka opener iselated over his performanceSpeaking after the match adelighted Agarwal said ldquoI amextremely happy It is a feelingI canrsquot describe Glad that Icould make my maiden hun-dred into a doublerdquo

ldquoI am happy with the wayI played I am batting welland if we can keep battingtogether like this upfront itwill be great for the teamrdquohe added ldquoIf Rohit and Ican keep contributing tomake 450-500 every time itwill be very tough for theopposition I would be lyingif I say that you only have tothink about your own gameAt times you feel that youare playing well and cantake a chance but thatrsquosnot how it works You haveto be patient We had a greatpartnership to lay the foun-dation and get to 300 runsrdquo

Agarwal also praisedRohitrsquos 176-run knock as theMumbai right-handersilenced all his critics whohad questioned his role as aTest opener ldquoThe way he(Rohit) dominated the spin-ners was great to seerdquo Agar-wal said ldquoInitially the pitchdid do a bit with the new ballbut when the sun came outit got better and better As weapproached lunch on Day 2the ball started keeping lowIt started spinning by teaand it is great signs for usrdquo

Didnrsquot bow badly Rohit andAgarwal were good MaharajSouth African spinners didnot bowl badly and it was thesheer brilliance of RohitSharma and Mayank Agarw-al that has taken the gameaway from the visitors leadProteas spinner KeshavMaharaj said ldquoI wouldnrsquotsay they bowled poorly I per-sonally judge if someonecomes down the wicket andhits you itrsquos not a bad ball Ifyou are getting hit from thecrease if you are getting cutthen itrsquos a different storyrdquosaid Maharaj ldquoPiedt wasunlucky Mayank playedsuperbly well and so didRohit Literally everythingthey wanted to do paid off itwas their dayrdquo he saidIndiawon the toss and had no hes-itation in batting first ldquoI sup-pose the toss does play a partbecause you want the bestpossible conditions to bowlfor the spinners but havingsaid that we could have beena little bit better at timeswhen we did bowl But I sup-pose the toss does play alarge factor in terms of theoutcome of the gamerdquo saidMaharaj mdash Agencies

SURATIndian women seal serieswith 5-wkt win over SAThe Indian womenrsquos cricketteam produced anotherauthoritative performance tocomfortably defeat SouthAfrica by five wickets in thefifth T20I taking an unassail-able 3-0 lead in the six-matchseries With two games beingcompletely washed out theseries was extended from fiveto six matches and India need-ed to win on the day to sealthe series Off-spinner DeeptiSharma (219) and left-armspinnner Radha Yadav (323)restricted the Proteas womento 988 Brief Scores SA 988(Wolvaardt 17 Radha 323Deepti 219) India 995 (Har-manpreet 34 Ismail 219)

BENGALURURoger Binny electedpresident of KSCAFormer India cricketer RogerBinny and his team sweptthe Karnataka State CricketKarnataka State CricketAssociation elections Mean-while the Odisha CricketAssociation nominated taint-ed and jailed former supre-mo Asirbad Beherarsquos sonSanjay Behera as its repre-sentative at the BCCI AGM onOctober 23 Sanjay hasrecently been elected secre-tary of the association as hisfather who has been arrest-ed by CBI for his active con-nection with a chit-fundscam voted from jail

LONDONStokes wins playersrsquo awardafter World Cup heroicsBen Stokes has been votedthe Professional CricketersrsquoAssociation playersrsquo Player ofthe Year after starring in Eng-landrsquos maiden World Cup winand repeating his heroics dur-ing the Ashes series Stokeswill play for Northern Super-chargers in the new Hundredformat tournament with theLeeds-based franchise snap-ping up all-rounder ahead ofJoe Root and Jonny Bairstow

JAIPURJampK beat Railways by fourwkts in Hazare TrophyParvez Rasool hammered anunbeaten 118 to power Jamp Kto a four-wicket win over Rail-ways in their Vijay HazareGroup C matchBrief scores Railways 2856in 50 overs (D Mor 70 A Ghosh64 K Sharma 40 U Nazir353) JampK 2876 in 491 overs(P Rasool 118 SS Pundir 38 HSangwan 366) mdash AGENCIES

BRIEFLY lsquoHope I Rohitcontributebig for teamin future toorsquo

Deepankar ShardaTribune News Service

mumbai october 3In a first India will host pre-season National BasketballAssociation (NBA) matchesbetween Sacramento Kingsand Indiana Pacers here onOctober 4 and 5 The two-daycontest is a bid to populariseNBA and basketball in India

Sacramento Kingsrsquo own-er Vivek Ranadive is thedriving force behind NBAmaking its debut in hishometown Mumbai ldquoThegame here in Mumbai willallow NBA to open theirinterest for the next 10years India would be hav-ing more arenas moreplayers and more coachesto promote the sport NBAhas a long association withIndia but this is the righttime to push it ahead in abig wayrdquo said Ranadive aMumbai-born Americanbusinessman ldquoNBA com-missioner Adam Silver wasof the view that these games

are must to attract the Indi-an youth towards the sportI think in coming years bas-ketball would be the second-most popular sport in IndiaIt will be difficult to replacecricket but basketball andIndia are meant to betogether I just hope NBAturns the fortune of Indianyoungsters in a big wayrdquo

added Ranadive Sacramen-to Kings coach Luke Waltonsaid the players are excitedto play in Mumbai ldquoIt was akind of rest day today andthe players were asked justto sweat a bit The pre-sea-son games are equallyimportant as the major tour-namentsrdquo said Walton

NBA makes India debut asKings take on Pacers in Mumbai

Kultar Malikelected HCApresidentNew Delhi October 3Kultar Malik was namedpresident of the HaryanaCricket Association (HCA)after the results of the elec-tions for the officebearerswere declared here today

Mrinal Ojha was appoint-ed secretary and MahenderSingh was named the treas-urer All the three office-bearers are outgoing BCCItreasurer AnirudhChaudhryrsquos loyalists

While four members ofthe Apex Council wereappointed two memberswill be player representa-tives and another one willbe from the CAG It is learntthat the association hascommunicated the result ofthe election to the BCCI aswell as the Amicus CuriaeThe HCA has also writtenback to the CoA after thecommittee sent in a com-munication at 1am on Octo-ber 2 that an officebearer ofthe HCA should meet theCoA on October 3 mdash IANS

India beat Belgium end tour on highAntwerp October 3The Indian menrsquos hockeyteam outclassed reigningworld and European Cham-pions Belgium 5-1 in thefifth and final match tomaintain a hundred percent record in their tour ofBelgium

World No 5 India won alltheir five matches duringthe tour beating Belgium 2-0 in the opening match andregistering 6-1 and 5-1 winsover Spain in the next twogames before finishing offtheir tour with two morewins (2-1 and 5-1)

In the fifth match Sim-ranjeet Singh (7th) LalitKumar Upadhyay (35th)Vivek Sagar Prasad (36th)Harmanpreet Singh (42nd)and Ramandeep Singh(43rd) scored one goal eachto earn a scintillating victo-ry for the Indian team

India produced a stun-ning move in the 7thminute to take the leadthrough forward Simran-jeet Belgium forced acomeback but their penaltycorner was saved by Kris-

han Pathak in the 9thminute helping India tomaintain their one-goaladvantage at the first break

The second quarter sawworld No 2 Belgium winback-to-back penalty cor-ners in the 16th minute butPathak made sure thatthere was no damage Bel-gium tried hard to score anequaliser but some resolutedefending saw India taketheir lead into the half-timebreak

Attack modeThe visitors started thethird quarter with anattacking intent and wererewarded immediatelywith Lalit Kumar Upad-hyay bagging his first goalof the match in the 35thminute to extend Indiarsquoslead to 2-0 YoungsterVivek Sagar Prasad (36th)also registered his nameon the scoresheet as heproduced a crafty finish tobeat the Belgian goalkeep-

er The 38th minute sawBelgium win a penalty cor-ner but PR Sreejeshrsquos div-ing save kept the score 3-0in Indiarsquos favour Howevera brilliant strike fromAlexander Hendrickxmade it 3-1 in the 39thminute

Double blowIndia scored twice in twominutes just before the endof the third quarter to extendtheir lead to 5-1 Indiarsquosfourth goal was scored bydragflicker HarmanpreetSingh who converted apenalty corner in the 42ndminute while the fifth goalcame through RamandeepSingh who scored in the43rd minute mdash PTI

FIRST TESTINDIA VS SOUTH AFRICA

STAR SPORTS 930AMGOLF WOMENrsquoS INDIAN OPEN

DSPORT 1230PM

ATHLETICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPSSTAR SPORTS 1030PM

PRO KABADDI LEAGUESTAR SPORTS 730PM

TODAY ON TV

INDIA (Overnight 2020)

M Agarwal c Piedt b Elgar 215R Sharma st de Kock b Maharaj 176C Pujara b Philander 6V Kohli campb Muthusamy 20A Rahane c Bavuma b Maharaj 15R Jadeja not out 30H Vihari c Elgar b Maharaj 10W Saha c Muthusamy b Piedt 21R Ashwin not out 1Extras (B-4 LB-1 NB-2 W-1) 8Total (7 wickets decl 136 overs) 502Fall of wickets 1-317 2-324 3-377 4-431 5-436 6-457 7-494BowlingVernon Philander 22-4-68-1Kagiso Rabada 24-7-66-0

Keshav Maharaj 55-6-189-3Dane Piedt 19-1-107-1Senuran Muthusamy 15-1-63-1Dean Elgar 1-0-4-1

SOUTH AFRICAD Elgar not out 27A Markram b Ashwin 5T de Bruyn c Saha b Ashwin 4D Piedt b Jadeja 0T Bavuma not out 2Extras (LB-1) 1Total (3 wickets 20 overs) 39BowlingIshant Sharma 2-0-8-0Mohammed Shami 2-2-0-0Ravichandran Ashwin 8-4-9-2Ravindra Jadeja 8-1-21-1

Harmanpreet Singh and Ramandeep Singh both scored forIndia against Belgium HOCKEY INDIA

Double the troubleSouth Africa 393 at stumps onDay 2 after Agarwalrsquos double tonprops India to 5027 declared

SCOREBOARD

391Runs accumulated byIndia openers mdash215 by

Agarwal and 176 by Rohit mdash is thethird highest in a Test innings Thehighest is 404 by Vinoo Mankad(231) and Pankaj Roy (173)against New Zealand in 1956

0Bigger partnerships for any wick-et for India vs SA than the open-

ing stand between Rohit and Agarw-al The previous best was 268between Sehwag and Dravid for thesecond wicket in Chennai in 2008

4Indians who con-verted their maid-

en Test century into a200-plus scoreincluding MayankAgarwal Dilip Sarde-sai (200) VinodKambli (224) andKarun Nair (303)are the other three tohave done so

86TH Indian bats-man mdash Mayank

Agarwal mdash to score ahundred in Tests The28-year-old whomade his debut vsAustralia in Mel-bourne in December2018 took eightinnings to register hismaiden Test century

9TH First-Classcentury and

third double-tonfor Agarwalincluding atriple-ton Hehas convertedsix of his nineFirst-Class hun-dreds into 150-plus scores

12Sixes hit by Indiaopeners mdash six each

for Rohit and Agarwal mdashis the most by openersfor any team in a Testinnings There has beenonly one Test inningswhen India batsmenhave hit more sixes mdash 15vs SL at Brabourne Stadi-um in Mumbai in 2009

3RD Indian opening pair mdash Rohitand Agarwal mdash to share a 300-

run partnership in Test cricketRohit and Agarwal achieved thefeat with a stand of 317 runs OtherIndian opening pairs to share a300-plus partnership in Test cricketare Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy(413 runs vs NZ in 1956) andSehwag and Dravid (410 runs vsPak in 2006)

Vinayak PadmadeoTribune News Service

New Delhi October 3The Professional WrestlingLeague owners Pro Sporti-fy have sent a notice to theWrestling Federation ofIndia (WFI) for ldquobreach ofagreementrdquo

In a letter addressed toWFI president Brij BhushanSharan Singh the rightsholders have raised theirobjection to what they see asa gross oversight by thesports body to sanction thelaunch of a rival league Zee

Kushti Dangal whichaccording to Pro Sportifywas malicious ldquohellipThelaunch of the said ZeeKushti Dangal was held on23rd September 2019 at NewDelhi What is even moresurprising is that the launchevent was not only attendedby you but you also partici-pated in the press confer-ence with Mr Mukund Cairethe COO of ZEEL Further-more in the press confer-ence you made a statementthat both Pro WrestlingLeague and Zee Kushti Dan-

gal can coexist You also stat-ed that Zee Kushti Dangaland Pro Wrestling Leaguehave different formats andscoperdquo the notice sent bythe legal head of Pro Sporti-fy Dinesh Bant said

ldquoWe have analysed the for-mat of Zee Kushti Dangaland compared it to the ProWrestling League there is nodifference between the for-mats of the two tournamentsAs such it appears that beingconscious of the fact that itsactions clearly tantamount tobreach of the agreement theWFI has attempted to camou-flage this blatant breach bychanging the nomenclatureof the league being launchedby ZEEL That the ZeeKushti Dangal is the same asthe Pro Wrestling League is

evident from the fact that MrCaire of ZEEL referred to ZeeKushti Dangal as thelsquo Leaguersquo several times dur-ing the press conferenceThis makes it evidently clearthat while the proposed tour-nament is in the league for-mat it has only been namedlsquoDangalrsquo to circumvent theexclusivity rights retained byPro Sportifyrdquo it added

Pro Sportify Private Limit-ed had signed a 15-year con-tract with the WFI and it cit-ed clause 94 of thecommercial rights agree-

ment to cite the violationsWFI president Singh wasunavailable for commentsHowever it is understoodthat the body was unper-turbed with the developmentas it feels it was in a strongbargaining position shouldthe matter go to the courts

Interestingly the WFI hadserved the rights holder a ter-mination notice in 2016 forseveral violations includingnon-payment of rights feeand delayed payments madeto both wrestlers and techni-cal staff

Dangal over league rights PWL organisers send notice to WFIThe WFI has attemptedto camouflage this

blatant breach by changingthe nomenclature of theleague being launched byZEEL mdash Dinesh Bant PRO SPORTIFY LEGAL HEAD

Marvin Bagley of the Sacramento Kings shoots during Apractice session in Mumbai NBA

RESULTIndia 5 Simranjeet Singh(7th) Lalit Kumar Upad-hyay (35th) Vivek SagarPrasad (36th) Harman-preet Singh (42nd) andRamandeep Singh (43rd)

Belgium 1 AlexanderHendrickx (39th)

Mayank Agarwal celebratesafter scoring his maiden doublecentury on Day 2 PTI

Doha October 3

Grant Holloway of the UnitedStates blazed to his firstWorld Championships 110-mhurdles title last night in adramatic race in whichdefending champion OmarMcLeod fell

The 21-year-old Hollowaywho came into the champi-onships with the seasonrsquosfastest run of 1298 secondssmoothly glided through 10hurdles to cross the line in1310 five-hundredths of asecond ahead of SergeyShubenkov

Favourite to defend his titleJamaican McLeod came outof the starting blocks fast buthis race quickly turned souras he knocked down hurdlesand tumbled to the trackbefore reaching the finishline McLeod said he had felta hamstring strain in thewarm-up and thought itwould go away ldquoI was readyto go I showed up readyrdquoMcLeod said ldquoI put myself inthe very best situation todefend my titlerdquo Capitalisingon McLeodrsquos fallShubenkov the 2015 worldchampion took his secondconsecutive world silver witha technically sound run of1315 seconds

Holloway and Shubenkovsaid they had no idea thatchaos was unfolding inneighbouring lanes

ldquoIn the replay I saw that onefell down Another was cele-bratingrdquo said Shubenkov ldquoIthought to myself lsquoI missed

everythingrsquordquo

Asher-Smith grabs goldDina Asher-Smith seized hergolden opportunity to win the200 metres becoming thefirst British woman to claim aglobal sprint title With manyof the top medal contenderspulling out or skipping theevent Asher-Smith provedthe class act in the field pow-ering home in a nationalrecord 2188 seconds to addgold to the silver she won in

the 100m ldquoYoursquore only thefavourite if you go out andperform how people expectyou to and I was reallyfocused on putting together agood racerdquo said Asher-Smith

The once mighty UnitedStates who had been a non-factor in the womenrsquos sprintsin Doha also benefited fromthe scratches as BrittanyBrown grabbed the silver in2222 Switzerlandrsquos MujingaKambundji grabbed bronze

The fight for medals was

blown wide open when someof sprintingrsquos biggest nameswithdrew during the earlierrounds The race was missingthe reigning world andOlympics champions inDutchwoman Dafne Schip-pers and Jamaicarsquos ElaineThompson who withdrewdue to injuries ShaunaeMiller-Uibo of Bahamasowner of the fastest time thisseason elected to race the400m only due to schedulingissues

The world 100m championShelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce andbronze medallist Marie-JoseeTa Lou scratched because ofsoreness from earlier raceswhile Nigeriarsquos BlessingOkagbare who had run thethird fastest time this seasonwas disqualified in her heat

None of that mattered toAsher-Smith blasted out ofthe blocks and was in com-mand coming off the bendbefore cruising to victory

ldquoI made sure that Iremained focusrdquo said Asher-Smith

Shot putter Toor fails toqualify for final round Asian champion TejinderPal Singh Toor failed toqualify for the final roundof the shot put eventdespite producing his sea-sons best effort The 24-year-old Toor finishedeighth in the qualificationround and 18th overall outof the 34 competitors with abest throw of 2043m fromhis three attempts Thosewho touched 2090m or atleast 12 best performerswere to make it to the final

Toor opened with a 2043mthrow bettering his earlierseasons best of 2036m butfouled in his next attemptIn the third attempt Toorcould only come up with a1955m effort to crash out ofthe championship TomasWalsh of New Zealand ledthe finalists with a throw of2192 m mdash Agencies

Great Grant HeistHolloway gets 100m hurdles gold as McLeod falls

THE TRIBUNEJALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 15SPORT

A lone spectator in a stand at the China Open on Thursday AFP

ANNEXURE-A

PRESS NOPRESS NOTICETICEThe Executive Engineer IPH Division Thunag invites tender on behalf ofGovernor of Himachal Pradesh from approved eligible contractor for thefollowing work(s) through e-tendering process-

Name of Work Augmentation of various water supply scheme of GPTandi Saroa Tharjoon Mushrani Bassi Devdhar Kharsi and KotlaKhanula in Gohar Block Tehsil Chachyot District Mandi (HP) (SH-Construction of Jack well type river intake 240 MLD Water TreatmentPlants (16 hours capacity) Providing Laying Jointing and Testing ofGravity Mains Rising mains and distribution system Pump houses StageI II amp III at various locations SE of pumping machinery MBRs and SRsat various locations including trail run period for three months (90 days)on full designed discharge and defect liability period for six months)

Estimated Cost - Rs 222662321-Earnest Money - Rs 2227000-Cost of Tender document - Rs 2500-Time Limit - 24 Months

Schedule of tendering-

The tender document can be downloaded from departmental websiteie wwwhpiphorg wef 4-10-2019 at 1000 AM upto 24-10-2019at 500 PM

Executive EngineerIampPH Division ThunagDistt Mandi

HIM SUCHANA AVAM JAN SAMPARK

1 Site Visit From 7-10-2019 to 15-10-2019 between10 AM to 5 PM except on holidays

2 Pre Bid Meeting date 16-10-2019 at 300 PM in the office ofEngineer-in-Chief IampPH Department JalShakti Bhawan Tutti Kandi Shimla (HP)

3 Bid Submission start date 4-10-2019 at 1000 AM

4 Bid Submission end date 24-10-2019 at 500 PM

5 Earnest Money DepositCost of Tender form if notsubmitted online

25-10-2019 upto 1100 AM

6 Opening of Eligibilitycriteria (Cover-I)

25-10-2019 at 1230 PM

7 Opening of Technical Bid(Cover-II)

Date and place to be notifiedseparately

8 Opening of Financial bid(Cover-III)

Date and place to be notifiedseparately

DPRHP2327

OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL

ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE GOVT INSTITUTE OFENGINEERING amp TECHNOLOGY

PRAGATI NAGAR DISTT SHIMLA (HP) ndash 171202NOTICE INVITING TENDER

(Tender No ABVGIETSTRTender2019-20- 01)Sealed tenders are invited from the eligible manufacturers

Firmsauthorized dealers for the procurement of Machinery ampequipmentsTools etc for the polytechnic labs such as ECElabs CSE labs Mechanical Labs etc as per specifications andterms amp conditions given in the tender document The tenderform can be downloaded from our websitehttpwwwabvgietorg or can be collected from this instituteon any working day from 1000 AM to 0500 PM at a cost ofRs 500- at the counter and Rs 600- if desired by Regd Postper set and Vendor using downloaded Tender Documents shallrequire to submit DD for Rs 500- which is non-refundable infavour of the Principal ABVGIET Pragatinagar Distt Shimla(HP) which shall be submitted alongwith the tender Completetender document along with earnest money and tender cost (asshown in the document) will be received up to 200 PM on30102019 and tender will be opened same day at 0300 PMin the presence of biddersrepresentative who wish to bepresent The tender submitted after the date amp time mentionedabove will not be considered

The Principal reserves the right to cancel the tender withoutassigning any reason thereof

Sd- PrincipalAtal Bihari Vajpayee

Govt Institute of Engg amp TechnologyPragatinagar Distt Shimla (HP)-171202

DPRHP2332

NOTICE INVITING TENDERS

Bid Ref No TBS(DMP)ESSTTIRL2019 (etenders)

TB Sanatorium Dharampur Distt Solan (HP) hereby invites bidsfrom eligible and qualified bidders for

Construction Testing Commissioning and Validation ofTB Containment Laboratory and Associated Works onlsquoTurnkey Basisrsquo under RNTCP with Supply and Installationof Two Class-II A2 BSC with Thimble Canopy and with TwoOnline UPS

Bidders can download the bid documents with all details fromthe website httpwwwhptendersgovin

For any queries bidders may contact the office of the Senior MedicalSuperintendent TB Sanatorium Dharampur Distt Solan HimachalPradesh from 1100 am to 0400 pm on all working days

Senior Medical SuperintendentHP Govt TB Sanatorium DharampurEmail stdchprntcporgPhone No 01792-264022DPRHP400

Beijing Andy Murrayexpressed disappointmentabout crowds at the ChinaOpen tennis where some ofthe best players in the worldhave competed in front ofswathes of empty seats

ldquoI think as the tournamentgoes on you tend to get bet-ter crowds towards the endof the weekrdquo said MurrayldquoLast couple of days in

terms of atmosphere itrsquosbeen not as good as youwould likerdquo

The three-time GrandSlam champion praised thetournament as a whole butsaid ldquoI donrsquot know if Irsquomcomplaining about it but Irsquodlike it to be bigger crowdsand nicer atmospheres Thatnormally comes as the weekgoes onrdquo mdash AFP

Murray disappointed by lack of China fans

Osaka October 3Fiji finally found their feet atthe Rugby World Cup with adominant 45-10 victory overGeorgia on Thursday as theirjet-heeled backs tore theirPool D rivals apart in a seven-try rout at a rain-drenchedHanazono Rugby Stadium

Winger Semi Radradrascored twice and made threeothers as the Pacific islandersrebounded from defeats toAustralia and Uruguay to gettheir first win in Japan

While their upset loss toUruguay has all but put paidto their hopes of reaching thequarter-finals Fiji are now inpole position to finish thirdand qualify for the 2023 WorldCup

Ireland edge RussiaKobe Ireland began to puttheir World Cup back on trackafter the shock loss to Japanbut it took them over an hourto secure a bonus point andstrengthen their quarterfinalchances in an unconvincing35-0 win over a stubborn Rus-sia Ireland just need to beatSamoa to reach the last-eightbut the fact Joe Schmidtrsquosside struggled to put awaysuch a limited team will do lit-tle for fansrsquo waning hopes ofreaching a first semifinal

Only a commanding win

would have sufficed with theshock in Shizuoka still rever-berating around the tourna-ment and it looked on thecards when Rob Kearneywho scored in the 62-12thrashing of Russia in the2011 World Cup toucheddown after 90 seconds

Sexton who was not riskedagainst Japan due to a thighinjury appeared to have Ire-land rushing towards thebonus point when his text-book 13th-minute dinkthrough was carried over byflanker Peter OrsquoMahony forjust his second try in 62 tests

Yet Russia who belied theirlowly standing by givingJapan a fright remained com-petitive with Ramil Gaisinrsquossmart kicking helping to keepIreland at bay for another 20minutes mdash Agencies

Fiji crush GeorgiaRussia fight Ireland

Los Angeles October 3Alberto Salazar pushed him-self to the brink and beyondas an athlete and preachedthe same philosophy as acoach to distance runningstars But the 61-year-oldCuban-born Americanrsquos willto win finally went too faraccording to the US Anti-Dop-ing Agency (USADA) whichhas banned him for four yearsfor multiple doping viola-tions Salazar has been amajor figure in American ath-letics for four decades Hewon the 1980 1981 and 1982New York Marathons and the1982 Boston Marathon andlater coached such stars asBritainrsquos Mo Farah the 2012and 2016 Olympics championat 5000 and 10000 metres

Salazar arrived in the Unit-ed States as a toddler Hisfather was a friend of FidelCastro who fought alongside

him in the revolution but lat-er opposed the Communistgovernment The familymoved to suburban Bostonwhere Salazar won a statecross country crown in 1975He helped the University ofOregon capture the US colle-giate cross country title in1977 taking national collegeindividual honours the fol-lowing year

Olympics dreamsIn 1980 Salazar qualified forthe US Olympics team at10000m but the Americansboycotted the Moscow Gamesand Salazar tackled a newchallenge the marathon Hequickly conquered the 262-mile (42195km) event At 22Salazar won his marathondebut in New York then set acareer-best of 2hrs 8mins13secs to defend his title

In 1982 he took New York

and claimed his only BostonMarathon title in what wasdubbed the ldquoDuel in the Sunrdquowith Dick Beardsley Afterbesting Beardsley in a sprintfinish a dehydrated Salazarcollapsed Salazar finished15th in the marathon at the1984 Los Angeles Olympicsthen trained and competeduntil retiring in the mid-1990s when he began mov-ing into coaching joiningwith Nike to form the Oregon

Project in 2001 to train dis-tance runners

Big namesThe program includes Dono-van Brazier mdash who won the800m world title Monday asnews of Salazarrsquos ban explod-ed into the athletics scene mdashand Sifan Hassan who wonthe womenrsquos 10000m worldcrown two days earlier

Stripped of his credentialsat the World Championships

in Doha Salazar has vowed tofight the ban which washanded down for violationsincluding trafficking testos-terone tampering with theathlete doping controlprocess and using bannedinfusion techniques

A four-year ban was alsoissued to Dr Jeffrey Brownwho was a physician fornumerous Nike Oregon ath-letes and a paid consultanton performance enhance-

ment for the Project part ofa scheme to manipulatetestosterone levels withouttesting positive

ldquoWhile acting in connec-tion with the Nike OregonProject Mr Salazar and DrBrown demonstrated thatwinning was more importantthan the health and wellbe-ing of the athletes they weresworn to protectrdquo USADAchief executive Travis TTygart said mdash Agencies

Morsquos super-coach Salazarrsquos road to disgrace

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Grant Holloway of the US wins the 100m hurldles gold even as defending champion OmarMcleod of Jamaica falls APPTI

Alberto Salazar hugs Galen Rupp of USA and Mo Farah after the5000m final at the 2011 World Championships FILEAFP

Two of his trainees won goldmedals at Doha World Crsquoships Steve Magness who spent 18 months as Salazarrsquos assis-

tant coach in the project before leaving shortly before theLondon Olympics spoke out as a whistleblower whenBBCrsquos Panorama and ProPublica investigated doping alle-gations around Salazar in 2015 Testimonies from variousfigures alleged micro-dosing of testosterone among othersuspicious actions Salazar denied wrongdoing Mo Farahstuck with him and won another golden double at the Riode Janeiro Olympics in 2016 But doping allegationsnagged Farah left Salazar in October 2017 The USADAcase against Salazar and Brown went to the American Arbi-tration Association with hearings conducted in May andJune 2018 setting the stage for the arbitration rulingshanded down Monday

How the star coach was caught in the net

Beijing October 3Fourth seed Naomi Osaka beatAmerican Alison Riske 6-4 6-0in the China Open here todayto set up a quarterfinal clashwith US Open champion Bian-ca Andreescu (in picture)

Osaka who won the PanPacific Open in Japan lastmonth converted five of eightbreak points and won the final10 games in a row to wrap upthe contest in 73 minutes mdash herseventh consecutive win in the

Asian swingCanadarsquos fifth-seeded

Andreescu cruisedpast American

qualifierJennifer

Brady with a 6-1 6-3 win Bradyfaced 11 break points of whichfour were converted by theCanadian who advanced in 67minutes Defending championCaroline Wozniacki also wentthrough to the quarter-finals instraight sets with a 7-5 6-4 winover Czech Republicrsquos Kateri-na Siniakova

Goffin in Japan quarterfinalsTokyo David Goffin of Bel-gium advanced to the JapanOpen quarterfinals aftersqueezing by Canadarsquos DenisShapovalov 7-6(75) 7-6(72)today Goffin will now faceChung Hyeon of South Koreawho pulled an upset victoryagainst sixth-seed Marin Cilic6-4 3-6 6-1

World No 1 Novak Djokovicreturning from a shoulderinjury is scheduled to playFrench fifth-seed Lucas Pouilleon Friday mdash Agencies

Osaka vs BiancaOsaka vs Bianca

Russiarsquos Viktor Gresev IrelandrsquosDave Kilcoyne fight it out AFP

RUGBY WORLD CUP

LONDONEngland call Abraham andTomori drop Alli and LingardEngland dropped Dele Alli andJesse Lingard but called upChelsea youngsters TammyAbraham and Fikayo Tomori in a25-man squad on Thursday foraway Euro 2020 qualifiersagainst the Czech Republic andBulgaria Striker Abrahamturned 22 on Wednesday cele-brating in style with the openerin his clubrsquos 2-1 ChampionsLeague victory at Lille and isthe leading English goalscorerin the Premier League

MADRIDReal host Granada inunlikely top of table clashReal Madrid host Granada in anunlikely first versus secondclash in La Liga on Saturday asthey look to ease the pressureon coach Zinedine Zidane In atopsy-turvy start to the seasonReal who sit one point ahead ofthe Andalusians at the top of LaLiga on 15 points tried thepatience of the demandingBernabeu crowd in midweekneeding two second half goalsto secure a Champions Leaguedraw against Club Brugges Theresult leaves the 13-times Euro-pean champions bottom of theirgroup after two games Thedraw came on the back of lastSaturdayrsquos drab stalemate withneighbours Atletico and coachZidane says his side need to bemore focused on the task athand mdash AGENCIES

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THE TRIBUNE16 GURUGRAM | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019BACK PAGE

Printed and published by Rajesh Ramachandran for The Tribune Trust Printed at The Tribune Press Plot No 123 Sector 37 Pace City-1 GurugramPublished at The Tribune Sector 29-C ChandigarhRNI No CHAENG201772605 Copyright copy The Tribune Trust All rights reservedTelephones 0124-22100332210044Circulation 0172-2670419 Advertisement 0172-2670256 257Editor Rajesh RamachandranEditor for purpose of PRB Act 1867

SanjayKhuranaTribune News Service

Katra October 3Union Home Minister AmitShah today flagged off theDelhi-Katra Vande BharatExpress from the New Delhirailway station calling it a ldquobiggiftrdquo for Jammu and Kash-mirrsquos development He saidwith Article 370 the ldquobiggestroadblockrdquo in growth gonethe state would be one of themost developed regions of thecountry within a decade

ldquoDelhi-Katra Vande BharatExpress is a gift for Jammuand Kashmirrsquos developmentand for promoting religioustourismrdquo the Union HomeMinister who was accompa-nied by Union Railway Minis-ter Piyush Goyal and UnionMinisters Jitendra Singh andDr Harsh Vardhan said

The Railways has alreadyopened bookings for the trainthat will start commercialoperations from October 5The minimum fare for NewDelhi to Katra travel in chaircar is Rs 1630 while itrsquos Rs3015 for executive chair car

The train will run on allweek days except Tuesdayand will cut the travel timebetween Delhi and Katra to

eight hours from 12-14 hoursearlier to traverse a distanceof 655 km It will depart fromthe New Delhi at 6 am andreach Katra at 2 pm It willreturn the same day fromKatra at 3 pm and reach NewDelhi at 11 pm

Railway officials said the

train would run at a maxi-mum speed of 130 kmph withthree stops at Ambala CanttLudhiana and Jammu Tawi

The decision to run thetrain was taken following thesuccess of the Vande BharatExpress plying between NewDelhi and Varanasi which

was flagged by Prime Minis-ter Narendra Modi on Febru-ary 15 this year

The Integral Coach Factory(ICF) has made changes tothe existing design of thetrain ldquoTo avoid damage dueto stray cattle the train hasbeen equipped with a sturdy

aluminium nose cover Andto guard the window shieldsagainst stone-pelting a spe-cial film has been providedrdquoa Railway official said

More space has been pro-vided to store meals for pas-sengers Besides changes inthe exterior and interior the

ICF has added a slew of mod-ern features like adjustableseats improved wash basinsautomatic doors wi-fi andinfotainment system

ldquoThe Railways will connectthe country from Kashmir toKanyakumari before August15 2022rdquo said Goyal

Shah flags off Delhi-Katra train calls it gift to JampK

The Vande Bharat Express train at New Delhi station prior to its flag-off ceremony on Thursday TRIBUNE PHOTO

CHAIR CAR

~1630 6 times a week 4 hrs travel time cut 6 am departure time from Delhi 2 pm arrival time at Katra 3 pm departure from Katra 11 pm arrival at New Delhi 130 kmph speed halts at Ambala

Cantt Ludhiana amp Jammu Tawi Will run on all weekdays

except Tuesday

Manufactured in a record time of15 years at a cost of

~97 CROREPlastic bottle crushers | Huge pantry |Revolving seats | Automatic doors |

WiFi | Sliding foot-steps

EXECUTIVECHAIR CAR

~3015

TICKET FARE

RECORD TIME

MODERN FEATURES

Jammu jail to have inmate calling system Jammu Kerala native Jatan lodged in a jail in Jammuheard the voice of his wife and minor daughter for thefirst time in nearly four years - thanks to the authoritiesintroducing a first-of-its-kind prison inmate callingsystem which allows prisoners to make long-distancecalls He is facing charges under the NDPS Act Theprison got the facility along with modern interview roomson Bapus 150th birth anniversary PTI

Domestic help held for theft at ministerrsquos houseMumbai A 25-year-old domestic servant has beenarrested for allegedly committing theft at Union RailwayMinister Piyush Goyals house here the police saidAccused Vishnu Kumar who hails from Delhi was alsobooked under the IT Act for allegedly sharing info from acomputer in the house with unidentified persons He wasarrested from the national capital and brought here onWednesday a police official said PTI

By the way

New Delhi October 3Fake news is more dangerousthan paid news and there is aneed for the government andthe media to combat it jointlyInformation and Broadcast-ing Minister PrakashJavadekar said today

The government would how-ever not take any step curbingthe media freedom he said

But there should be somekind of regulation on over-the-top (OTT) platforms as was thecase for films print and elec-tronic media he said

OTT platforms include newsportals and ldquostreamersrdquo suchas Hotstar Netflix and Ama-zon Prime Video which areaccessible over the Internet

He said several mainstreammedia outlets had conveyed tothe government that there wasno level-playing field with OTTplatforms being unregulated

The Press Council of Indiatakes care of the printmedia the News Broadcast-

ers Association (NBA) mon-itors news channels theAdvertising StandardsCouncil of India is for adver-tising while the CentralBoard of Film Certification(CBFC) takes care of filmshe said ldquoHowever there isnothing to regulate OTTplatformsrdquo he said mdash PTI

Need to regulate contenton Net platforms Minister

Tribune News Service

New Delhi October 3The Trump-Modi bonhomieat Houston and New Yorkcould not translate into a tradeagreement during US Com-merce Secretary Wilbur Rossrsquoongoing visit to India

Ross also gave the impres-sion that US President DonaldTrumprsquos presence at ldquoHowdyModirdquo event was a favour to theNew Delhi administration andmade it clear this physical prox-imity between the two leadersdid not dispel the WhiteHousersquos impression that Indianeeded to dismantle barriersthat made its tariff among thehighest in the world

Ross also made it clear thatdespite its reservations aboutthe security aspect the US

was not trying to force India towalk away from 5G technolo-gy by Chinese companies

Speaking on the sidelines ofan international meet that wasalso attended by Ross Com-merce Minister Piyush Goyalruled out any change in Indiarsquos

stand on e-commerce in order toprotect livelihood of 12-13 croreIndians dependent on retail

The new rules bar foreign e-commerce companies fromselling products via firms inwhich they have an equityinterest and also from makingdeals with sellers to sell exclu-sively on their platforms

India and the US have beenindulging in a low-intensitytrade warfare The US hasremoved India from availing ofduty-free exports worth $56 bil-lion under the generalised sys-tem of preferences (GSP)scheme and both have imposedhigher tariffs on 28 of theirproducts In an interview Rossreportedly indicated the UScould look at partial restorationof the GSP withdrawal in agrand bargain for a trade deal

No trade deal despiteTrump-PM bonhomie Luxembourg October 3

Facebook on Wednesdaywas dealt a major blow inthe EUrsquos top court whichruled that national courts inEurope can order onlineplatforms to remove defam-atory content worldwide

The decision will be seenas a victory for EuropeanUnion regulators who wantUS tech giants to meettightened European stan-dards over hate speech andoffensive content

Last week the same courtdecided that Google was notlegally compelled to applythe EUrsquos strict ldquoright to beforgottenrdquo rules globally in avictory for the search giant

In a closely watched judg-ment the European Courtof Justice said EU law ldquodoesnot precluderdquo courts fromordering ldquothe removal ofinformation or to blockaccess worldwiderdquo a state-ment said mdash AFP

Legal blow toFacebook overhate speech

DIGITAL SPIN Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad unveilsa lsquodigital charkharsquo to mark the 150th birth anniversary ofMahatma Gandhi in New Delhi on Thursday PTI

US Commerce Secy says India must dismantle barriers

Washington October 3 A nuclear war between Indiaand Pakistan could in lessthan a week kill 50-125 millionpeople more than the deathtoll during all six years ofWorld War II and lead to glob-al climate catastrophe accord-ing to researchers in the US

A study by researchersfrom the University of Col-orado Boulder and RutgersUniversity examined howsuch a hypothetical futureconflict would have conse-quences that could rippleacross the globe

Today India and Pakistan

each have about 150 nuclearwarheads at their disposaland that number is expectedto climb to more than 200 by2025 the researchers saidamid recent tensions betweenthe nuclear-armed neighboursover Kashmir after Indiarevoked JampKrsquos special status

ldquoAn India-Pakistan warcould double the normaldeath rate in the worldrdquosaid Brian Toon a professorat the University of Col-orado Boulder ldquoThis is awar that would have noprecedent in human experi-encerdquo Toon said mdash PTI

There are regularfeature films coming onOTT mdash good bad andugly There is nocertification body for OTTplatforms and likewisenews portals also Prakash Javadekar UNION MINISTER

lsquoNO CERTIFICATION BODYrsquo

This is a sensitive

subject and we will continueto protect them E-commerce is a platform totrade on not forpredatorypricing andmuscle power Piyush Goyal COMMERCE MINISTER

E-COMMERCE POLICYUNCHANGED INDIA

Indo-Pak nuke war mayleave 125 m dead Study

THE TRIBUNE14 JALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019SPORT

Visakhapatnam October 3Indiarsquos opening batsmanMayank Agarwal convertedhis maiden Test hundred intoa double century as the hometeam declared for 5027before the hostsrsquo spinnersmade early inroads into theSouth African batting orderAfter Rohit Sharmarsquos poten-tially career-defining 176 inhis first innings as a Testopener it was Agarwalrsquos turnto dominate the bowlers asthe 28-year-old made 215before the hosts declared onDay 2 of the first Test

Ravichandran Ashwin andRavindra Jadeja then got inon the act by dismissingSouth Africa opener AidenMarkram No 3 Theunis deBruyn and nightwatchmanDane Piedt to leave the tour-ing side reeling at 393 atstumps In a worrying signfor South Africa who lost 0-3 on their last trip to India in2015 a few deliveries keptlow on a pitch already offer-ing turn for the spinners

Cheap lossesIndia lost Cheteshwar Pujaracaptain Virat Kohli andAjinkya Rahane cheaply inthe second session but stillmanaged to put an imposingfirst-innings total on theboard Playing only his fifthTest Agarwal who had a pre-vious highest score of 77drove South African spinspearhead Keshav Maharajfor two runs to long off andthrew his hands in the airafter bringing up his double

hundred Starting the day on202 without loss Indiarsquosopeners treated SouthAfricarsquos bowlers with thesame disdain they showed onthe rain-interrupted openingday Visiting captain Faf duPlessis packed his fielders onone side of the wicket butboth Rohit and Agarwalscored almost at will tamingthe spinners by employingboth conventional andreverse sweep shots

South Africa looked des-perately short of ideas inthe face of the battingonslaught Rohit and Agar-wal stitched together astand of 317 Rohit was outstumped to KeshavMaharaj Dropped on 126 byQuinton de Kock off seamerVernon Philander Rohit hitMaharaj for his sixth sixand followed it up with afour but the left-arm bowlerspun the next one past hisforward defence and thewicketkeeper whipped thebails off Philanderremoved Pujara for six withthe first delivery of the sec-ond session while Kohliwho made 20 offered atame return catch to debu-tant all-rounder SenuranMuthusamy Karnatakabatsman Agarwal who hit23 fours and six sixes in hisknock added 53 for thethird wicket with Kohli anda further 54 for the fourthwith Rahane (15) before heholed out off a tame full tossfrom part-time spinnerDean Elgar mdash Reuters

Visakhapatnam October 3 Featuring in only his fifth Testmatch Mayank Agarwalbecame the fourth Indian bats-man to convert his maidencentury into a double hundredand the Karnataka opener iselated over his performanceSpeaking after the match adelighted Agarwal said ldquoI amextremely happy It is a feelingI canrsquot describe Glad that Icould make my maiden hun-dred into a doublerdquo

ldquoI am happy with the wayI played I am batting welland if we can keep battingtogether like this upfront itwill be great for the teamrdquohe added ldquoIf Rohit and Ican keep contributing tomake 450-500 every time itwill be very tough for theopposition I would be lyingif I say that you only have tothink about your own gameAt times you feel that youare playing well and cantake a chance but thatrsquosnot how it works You haveto be patient We had a greatpartnership to lay the foun-dation and get to 300 runsrdquo

Agarwal also praisedRohitrsquos 176-run knock as theMumbai right-handersilenced all his critics whohad questioned his role as aTest opener ldquoThe way he(Rohit) dominated the spin-ners was great to seerdquo Agar-wal said ldquoInitially the pitchdid do a bit with the new ballbut when the sun came outit got better and better As weapproached lunch on Day 2the ball started keeping lowIt started spinning by teaand it is great signs for usrdquo

Didnrsquot bow badly Rohit andAgarwal were good MaharajSouth African spinners didnot bowl badly and it was thesheer brilliance of RohitSharma and Mayank Agarw-al that has taken the gameaway from the visitors leadProteas spinner KeshavMaharaj said ldquoI wouldnrsquotsay they bowled poorly I per-sonally judge if someonecomes down the wicket andhits you itrsquos not a bad ball Ifyou are getting hit from thecrease if you are getting cutthen itrsquos a different storyrdquosaid Maharaj ldquoPiedt wasunlucky Mayank playedsuperbly well and so didRohit Literally everythingthey wanted to do paid off itwas their dayrdquo he saidIndiawon the toss and had no hes-itation in batting first ldquoI sup-pose the toss does play a partbecause you want the bestpossible conditions to bowlfor the spinners but havingsaid that we could have beena little bit better at timeswhen we did bowl But I sup-pose the toss does play alarge factor in terms of theoutcome of the gamerdquo saidMaharaj mdash Agencies

SURATIndian women seal serieswith 5-wkt win over SAThe Indian womenrsquos cricketteam produced anotherauthoritative performance tocomfortably defeat SouthAfrica by five wickets in thefifth T20I taking an unassail-able 3-0 lead in the six-matchseries With two games beingcompletely washed out theseries was extended from fiveto six matches and India need-ed to win on the day to sealthe series Off-spinner DeeptiSharma (219) and left-armspinnner Radha Yadav (323)restricted the Proteas womento 988 Brief Scores SA 988(Wolvaardt 17 Radha 323Deepti 219) India 995 (Har-manpreet 34 Ismail 219)

BENGALURURoger Binny electedpresident of KSCAFormer India cricketer RogerBinny and his team sweptthe Karnataka State CricketKarnataka State CricketAssociation elections Mean-while the Odisha CricketAssociation nominated taint-ed and jailed former supre-mo Asirbad Beherarsquos sonSanjay Behera as its repre-sentative at the BCCI AGM onOctober 23 Sanjay hasrecently been elected secre-tary of the association as hisfather who has been arrest-ed by CBI for his active con-nection with a chit-fundscam voted from jail

LONDONStokes wins playersrsquo awardafter World Cup heroicsBen Stokes has been votedthe Professional CricketersrsquoAssociation playersrsquo Player ofthe Year after starring in Eng-landrsquos maiden World Cup winand repeating his heroics dur-ing the Ashes series Stokeswill play for Northern Super-chargers in the new Hundredformat tournament with theLeeds-based franchise snap-ping up all-rounder ahead ofJoe Root and Jonny Bairstow

JAIPURJampK beat Railways by fourwkts in Hazare TrophyParvez Rasool hammered anunbeaten 118 to power Jamp Kto a four-wicket win over Rail-ways in their Vijay HazareGroup C matchBrief scores Railways 2856in 50 overs (D Mor 70 A Ghosh64 K Sharma 40 U Nazir353) JampK 2876 in 491 overs(P Rasool 118 SS Pundir 38 HSangwan 366) mdash AGENCIES

BRIEFLY lsquoHope I Rohitcontributebig for teamin future toorsquo

Deepankar ShardaTribune News Service

mumbai october 3In a first India will host pre-season National BasketballAssociation (NBA) matchesbetween Sacramento Kingsand Indiana Pacers here onOctober 4 and 5 The two-daycontest is a bid to populariseNBA and basketball in India

Sacramento Kingsrsquo own-er Vivek Ranadive is thedriving force behind NBAmaking its debut in hishometown Mumbai ldquoThegame here in Mumbai willallow NBA to open theirinterest for the next 10years India would be hav-ing more arenas moreplayers and more coachesto promote the sport NBAhas a long association withIndia but this is the righttime to push it ahead in abig wayrdquo said Ranadive aMumbai-born Americanbusinessman ldquoNBA com-missioner Adam Silver wasof the view that these games

are must to attract the Indi-an youth towards the sportI think in coming years bas-ketball would be the second-most popular sport in IndiaIt will be difficult to replacecricket but basketball andIndia are meant to betogether I just hope NBAturns the fortune of Indianyoungsters in a big wayrdquo

added Ranadive Sacramen-to Kings coach Luke Waltonsaid the players are excitedto play in Mumbai ldquoIt was akind of rest day today andthe players were asked justto sweat a bit The pre-sea-son games are equallyimportant as the major tour-namentsrdquo said Walton

NBA makes India debut asKings take on Pacers in Mumbai

Kultar Malikelected HCApresidentNew Delhi October 3Kultar Malik was namedpresident of the HaryanaCricket Association (HCA)after the results of the elec-tions for the officebearerswere declared here today

Mrinal Ojha was appoint-ed secretary and MahenderSingh was named the treas-urer All the three office-bearers are outgoing BCCItreasurer AnirudhChaudhryrsquos loyalists

While four members ofthe Apex Council wereappointed two memberswill be player representa-tives and another one willbe from the CAG It is learntthat the association hascommunicated the result ofthe election to the BCCI aswell as the Amicus CuriaeThe HCA has also writtenback to the CoA after thecommittee sent in a com-munication at 1am on Octo-ber 2 that an officebearer ofthe HCA should meet theCoA on October 3 mdash IANS

India beat Belgium end tour on highAntwerp October 3The Indian menrsquos hockeyteam outclassed reigningworld and European Cham-pions Belgium 5-1 in thefifth and final match tomaintain a hundred percent record in their tour ofBelgium

World No 5 India won alltheir five matches duringthe tour beating Belgium 2-0 in the opening match andregistering 6-1 and 5-1 winsover Spain in the next twogames before finishing offtheir tour with two morewins (2-1 and 5-1)

In the fifth match Sim-ranjeet Singh (7th) LalitKumar Upadhyay (35th)Vivek Sagar Prasad (36th)Harmanpreet Singh (42nd)and Ramandeep Singh(43rd) scored one goal eachto earn a scintillating victo-ry for the Indian team

India produced a stun-ning move in the 7thminute to take the leadthrough forward Simran-jeet Belgium forced acomeback but their penaltycorner was saved by Kris-

han Pathak in the 9thminute helping India tomaintain their one-goaladvantage at the first break

The second quarter sawworld No 2 Belgium winback-to-back penalty cor-ners in the 16th minute butPathak made sure thatthere was no damage Bel-gium tried hard to score anequaliser but some resolutedefending saw India taketheir lead into the half-timebreak

Attack modeThe visitors started thethird quarter with anattacking intent and wererewarded immediatelywith Lalit Kumar Upad-hyay bagging his first goalof the match in the 35thminute to extend Indiarsquoslead to 2-0 YoungsterVivek Sagar Prasad (36th)also registered his nameon the scoresheet as heproduced a crafty finish tobeat the Belgian goalkeep-

er The 38th minute sawBelgium win a penalty cor-ner but PR Sreejeshrsquos div-ing save kept the score 3-0in Indiarsquos favour Howevera brilliant strike fromAlexander Hendrickxmade it 3-1 in the 39thminute

Double blowIndia scored twice in twominutes just before the endof the third quarter to extendtheir lead to 5-1 Indiarsquosfourth goal was scored bydragflicker HarmanpreetSingh who converted apenalty corner in the 42ndminute while the fifth goalcame through RamandeepSingh who scored in the43rd minute mdash PTI

FIRST TESTINDIA VS SOUTH AFRICA

STAR SPORTS 930AMGOLF WOMENrsquoS INDIAN OPEN

DSPORT 1230PM

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TODAY ON TV

INDIA (Overnight 2020)

M Agarwal c Piedt b Elgar 215R Sharma st de Kock b Maharaj 176C Pujara b Philander 6V Kohli campb Muthusamy 20A Rahane c Bavuma b Maharaj 15R Jadeja not out 30H Vihari c Elgar b Maharaj 10W Saha c Muthusamy b Piedt 21R Ashwin not out 1Extras (B-4 LB-1 NB-2 W-1) 8Total (7 wickets decl 136 overs) 502Fall of wickets 1-317 2-324 3-377 4-431 5-436 6-457 7-494BowlingVernon Philander 22-4-68-1Kagiso Rabada 24-7-66-0

Keshav Maharaj 55-6-189-3Dane Piedt 19-1-107-1Senuran Muthusamy 15-1-63-1Dean Elgar 1-0-4-1

SOUTH AFRICAD Elgar not out 27A Markram b Ashwin 5T de Bruyn c Saha b Ashwin 4D Piedt b Jadeja 0T Bavuma not out 2Extras (LB-1) 1Total (3 wickets 20 overs) 39BowlingIshant Sharma 2-0-8-0Mohammed Shami 2-2-0-0Ravichandran Ashwin 8-4-9-2Ravindra Jadeja 8-1-21-1

Harmanpreet Singh and Ramandeep Singh both scored forIndia against Belgium HOCKEY INDIA

Double the troubleSouth Africa 393 at stumps onDay 2 after Agarwalrsquos double tonprops India to 5027 declared

SCOREBOARD

391Runs accumulated byIndia openers mdash215 by

Agarwal and 176 by Rohit mdash is thethird highest in a Test innings Thehighest is 404 by Vinoo Mankad(231) and Pankaj Roy (173)against New Zealand in 1956

0Bigger partnerships for any wick-et for India vs SA than the open-

ing stand between Rohit and Agarw-al The previous best was 268between Sehwag and Dravid for thesecond wicket in Chennai in 2008

4Indians who con-verted their maid-

en Test century into a200-plus scoreincluding MayankAgarwal Dilip Sarde-sai (200) VinodKambli (224) andKarun Nair (303)are the other three tohave done so

86TH Indian bats-man mdash Mayank

Agarwal mdash to score ahundred in Tests The28-year-old whomade his debut vsAustralia in Mel-bourne in December2018 took eightinnings to register hismaiden Test century

9TH First-Classcentury and

third double-tonfor Agarwalincluding atriple-ton Hehas convertedsix of his nineFirst-Class hun-dreds into 150-plus scores

12Sixes hit by Indiaopeners mdash six each

for Rohit and Agarwal mdashis the most by openersfor any team in a Testinnings There has beenonly one Test inningswhen India batsmenhave hit more sixes mdash 15vs SL at Brabourne Stadi-um in Mumbai in 2009

3RD Indian opening pair mdash Rohitand Agarwal mdash to share a 300-

run partnership in Test cricketRohit and Agarwal achieved thefeat with a stand of 317 runs OtherIndian opening pairs to share a300-plus partnership in Test cricketare Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy(413 runs vs NZ in 1956) andSehwag and Dravid (410 runs vsPak in 2006)

Vinayak PadmadeoTribune News Service

New Delhi October 3The Professional WrestlingLeague owners Pro Sporti-fy have sent a notice to theWrestling Federation ofIndia (WFI) for ldquobreach ofagreementrdquo

In a letter addressed toWFI president Brij BhushanSharan Singh the rightsholders have raised theirobjection to what they see asa gross oversight by thesports body to sanction thelaunch of a rival league Zee

Kushti Dangal whichaccording to Pro Sportifywas malicious ldquohellipThelaunch of the said ZeeKushti Dangal was held on23rd September 2019 at NewDelhi What is even moresurprising is that the launchevent was not only attendedby you but you also partici-pated in the press confer-ence with Mr Mukund Cairethe COO of ZEEL Further-more in the press confer-ence you made a statementthat both Pro WrestlingLeague and Zee Kushti Dan-

gal can coexist You also stat-ed that Zee Kushti Dangaland Pro Wrestling Leaguehave different formats andscoperdquo the notice sent bythe legal head of Pro Sporti-fy Dinesh Bant said

ldquoWe have analysed the for-mat of Zee Kushti Dangaland compared it to the ProWrestling League there is nodifference between the for-mats of the two tournamentsAs such it appears that beingconscious of the fact that itsactions clearly tantamount tobreach of the agreement theWFI has attempted to camou-flage this blatant breach bychanging the nomenclatureof the league being launchedby ZEEL That the ZeeKushti Dangal is the same asthe Pro Wrestling League is

evident from the fact that MrCaire of ZEEL referred to ZeeKushti Dangal as thelsquo Leaguersquo several times dur-ing the press conferenceThis makes it evidently clearthat while the proposed tour-nament is in the league for-mat it has only been namedlsquoDangalrsquo to circumvent theexclusivity rights retained byPro Sportifyrdquo it added

Pro Sportify Private Limit-ed had signed a 15-year con-tract with the WFI and it cit-ed clause 94 of thecommercial rights agree-

ment to cite the violationsWFI president Singh wasunavailable for commentsHowever it is understoodthat the body was unper-turbed with the developmentas it feels it was in a strongbargaining position shouldthe matter go to the courts

Interestingly the WFI hadserved the rights holder a ter-mination notice in 2016 forseveral violations includingnon-payment of rights feeand delayed payments madeto both wrestlers and techni-cal staff

Dangal over league rights PWL organisers send notice to WFIThe WFI has attemptedto camouflage this

blatant breach by changingthe nomenclature of theleague being launched byZEEL mdash Dinesh Bant PRO SPORTIFY LEGAL HEAD

Marvin Bagley of the Sacramento Kings shoots during Apractice session in Mumbai NBA

RESULTIndia 5 Simranjeet Singh(7th) Lalit Kumar Upad-hyay (35th) Vivek SagarPrasad (36th) Harman-preet Singh (42nd) andRamandeep Singh (43rd)

Belgium 1 AlexanderHendrickx (39th)

Mayank Agarwal celebratesafter scoring his maiden doublecentury on Day 2 PTI

Doha October 3

Grant Holloway of the UnitedStates blazed to his firstWorld Championships 110-mhurdles title last night in adramatic race in whichdefending champion OmarMcLeod fell

The 21-year-old Hollowaywho came into the champi-onships with the seasonrsquosfastest run of 1298 secondssmoothly glided through 10hurdles to cross the line in1310 five-hundredths of asecond ahead of SergeyShubenkov

Favourite to defend his titleJamaican McLeod came outof the starting blocks fast buthis race quickly turned souras he knocked down hurdlesand tumbled to the trackbefore reaching the finishline McLeod said he had felta hamstring strain in thewarm-up and thought itwould go away ldquoI was readyto go I showed up readyrdquoMcLeod said ldquoI put myself inthe very best situation todefend my titlerdquo Capitalisingon McLeodrsquos fallShubenkov the 2015 worldchampion took his secondconsecutive world silver witha technically sound run of1315 seconds

Holloway and Shubenkovsaid they had no idea thatchaos was unfolding inneighbouring lanes

ldquoIn the replay I saw that onefell down Another was cele-bratingrdquo said Shubenkov ldquoIthought to myself lsquoI missed

everythingrsquordquo

Asher-Smith grabs goldDina Asher-Smith seized hergolden opportunity to win the200 metres becoming thefirst British woman to claim aglobal sprint title With manyof the top medal contenderspulling out or skipping theevent Asher-Smith provedthe class act in the field pow-ering home in a nationalrecord 2188 seconds to addgold to the silver she won in

the 100m ldquoYoursquore only thefavourite if you go out andperform how people expectyou to and I was reallyfocused on putting together agood racerdquo said Asher-Smith

The once mighty UnitedStates who had been a non-factor in the womenrsquos sprintsin Doha also benefited fromthe scratches as BrittanyBrown grabbed the silver in2222 Switzerlandrsquos MujingaKambundji grabbed bronze

The fight for medals was

blown wide open when someof sprintingrsquos biggest nameswithdrew during the earlierrounds The race was missingthe reigning world andOlympics champions inDutchwoman Dafne Schip-pers and Jamaicarsquos ElaineThompson who withdrewdue to injuries ShaunaeMiller-Uibo of Bahamasowner of the fastest time thisseason elected to race the400m only due to schedulingissues

The world 100m championShelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce andbronze medallist Marie-JoseeTa Lou scratched because ofsoreness from earlier raceswhile Nigeriarsquos BlessingOkagbare who had run thethird fastest time this seasonwas disqualified in her heat

None of that mattered toAsher-Smith blasted out ofthe blocks and was in com-mand coming off the bendbefore cruising to victory

ldquoI made sure that Iremained focusrdquo said Asher-Smith

Shot putter Toor fails toqualify for final round Asian champion TejinderPal Singh Toor failed toqualify for the final roundof the shot put eventdespite producing his sea-sons best effort The 24-year-old Toor finishedeighth in the qualificationround and 18th overall outof the 34 competitors with abest throw of 2043m fromhis three attempts Thosewho touched 2090m or atleast 12 best performerswere to make it to the final

Toor opened with a 2043mthrow bettering his earlierseasons best of 2036m butfouled in his next attemptIn the third attempt Toorcould only come up with a1955m effort to crash out ofthe championship TomasWalsh of New Zealand ledthe finalists with a throw of2192 m mdash Agencies

Great Grant HeistHolloway gets 100m hurdles gold as McLeod falls

THE TRIBUNEJALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 15SPORT

A lone spectator in a stand at the China Open on Thursday AFP

ANNEXURE-A

PRESS NOPRESS NOTICETICEThe Executive Engineer IPH Division Thunag invites tender on behalf ofGovernor of Himachal Pradesh from approved eligible contractor for thefollowing work(s) through e-tendering process-

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Estimated Cost - Rs 222662321-Earnest Money - Rs 2227000-Cost of Tender document - Rs 2500-Time Limit - 24 Months

Schedule of tendering-

The tender document can be downloaded from departmental websiteie wwwhpiphorg wef 4-10-2019 at 1000 AM upto 24-10-2019at 500 PM

Executive EngineerIampPH Division ThunagDistt Mandi

HIM SUCHANA AVAM JAN SAMPARK

1 Site Visit From 7-10-2019 to 15-10-2019 between10 AM to 5 PM except on holidays

2 Pre Bid Meeting date 16-10-2019 at 300 PM in the office ofEngineer-in-Chief IampPH Department JalShakti Bhawan Tutti Kandi Shimla (HP)

3 Bid Submission start date 4-10-2019 at 1000 AM

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5 Earnest Money DepositCost of Tender form if notsubmitted online

25-10-2019 upto 1100 AM

6 Opening of Eligibilitycriteria (Cover-I)

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7 Opening of Technical Bid(Cover-II)

Date and place to be notifiedseparately

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Date and place to be notifiedseparately

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OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL

ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE GOVT INSTITUTE OFENGINEERING amp TECHNOLOGY

PRAGATI NAGAR DISTT SHIMLA (HP) ndash 171202NOTICE INVITING TENDER

(Tender No ABVGIETSTRTender2019-20- 01)Sealed tenders are invited from the eligible manufacturers

Firmsauthorized dealers for the procurement of Machinery ampequipmentsTools etc for the polytechnic labs such as ECElabs CSE labs Mechanical Labs etc as per specifications andterms amp conditions given in the tender document The tenderform can be downloaded from our websitehttpwwwabvgietorg or can be collected from this instituteon any working day from 1000 AM to 0500 PM at a cost ofRs 500- at the counter and Rs 600- if desired by Regd Postper set and Vendor using downloaded Tender Documents shallrequire to submit DD for Rs 500- which is non-refundable infavour of the Principal ABVGIET Pragatinagar Distt Shimla(HP) which shall be submitted alongwith the tender Completetender document along with earnest money and tender cost (asshown in the document) will be received up to 200 PM on30102019 and tender will be opened same day at 0300 PMin the presence of biddersrepresentative who wish to bepresent The tender submitted after the date amp time mentionedabove will not be considered

The Principal reserves the right to cancel the tender withoutassigning any reason thereof

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Govt Institute of Engg amp TechnologyPragatinagar Distt Shimla (HP)-171202

DPRHP2332

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Bid Ref No TBS(DMP)ESSTTIRL2019 (etenders)

TB Sanatorium Dharampur Distt Solan (HP) hereby invites bidsfrom eligible and qualified bidders for

Construction Testing Commissioning and Validation ofTB Containment Laboratory and Associated Works onlsquoTurnkey Basisrsquo under RNTCP with Supply and Installationof Two Class-II A2 BSC with Thimble Canopy and with TwoOnline UPS

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Beijing Andy Murrayexpressed disappointmentabout crowds at the ChinaOpen tennis where some ofthe best players in the worldhave competed in front ofswathes of empty seats

ldquoI think as the tournamentgoes on you tend to get bet-ter crowds towards the endof the weekrdquo said MurrayldquoLast couple of days in

terms of atmosphere itrsquosbeen not as good as youwould likerdquo

The three-time GrandSlam champion praised thetournament as a whole butsaid ldquoI donrsquot know if Irsquomcomplaining about it but Irsquodlike it to be bigger crowdsand nicer atmospheres Thatnormally comes as the weekgoes onrdquo mdash AFP

Murray disappointed by lack of China fans

Osaka October 3Fiji finally found their feet atthe Rugby World Cup with adominant 45-10 victory overGeorgia on Thursday as theirjet-heeled backs tore theirPool D rivals apart in a seven-try rout at a rain-drenchedHanazono Rugby Stadium

Winger Semi Radradrascored twice and made threeothers as the Pacific islandersrebounded from defeats toAustralia and Uruguay to gettheir first win in Japan

While their upset loss toUruguay has all but put paidto their hopes of reaching thequarter-finals Fiji are now inpole position to finish thirdand qualify for the 2023 WorldCup

Ireland edge RussiaKobe Ireland began to puttheir World Cup back on trackafter the shock loss to Japanbut it took them over an hourto secure a bonus point andstrengthen their quarterfinalchances in an unconvincing35-0 win over a stubborn Rus-sia Ireland just need to beatSamoa to reach the last-eightbut the fact Joe Schmidtrsquosside struggled to put awaysuch a limited team will do lit-tle for fansrsquo waning hopes ofreaching a first semifinal

Only a commanding win

would have sufficed with theshock in Shizuoka still rever-berating around the tourna-ment and it looked on thecards when Rob Kearneywho scored in the 62-12thrashing of Russia in the2011 World Cup toucheddown after 90 seconds

Sexton who was not riskedagainst Japan due to a thighinjury appeared to have Ire-land rushing towards thebonus point when his text-book 13th-minute dinkthrough was carried over byflanker Peter OrsquoMahony forjust his second try in 62 tests

Yet Russia who belied theirlowly standing by givingJapan a fright remained com-petitive with Ramil Gaisinrsquossmart kicking helping to keepIreland at bay for another 20minutes mdash Agencies

Fiji crush GeorgiaRussia fight Ireland

Los Angeles October 3Alberto Salazar pushed him-self to the brink and beyondas an athlete and preachedthe same philosophy as acoach to distance runningstars But the 61-year-oldCuban-born Americanrsquos willto win finally went too faraccording to the US Anti-Dop-ing Agency (USADA) whichhas banned him for four yearsfor multiple doping viola-tions Salazar has been amajor figure in American ath-letics for four decades Hewon the 1980 1981 and 1982New York Marathons and the1982 Boston Marathon andlater coached such stars asBritainrsquos Mo Farah the 2012and 2016 Olympics championat 5000 and 10000 metres

Salazar arrived in the Unit-ed States as a toddler Hisfather was a friend of FidelCastro who fought alongside

him in the revolution but lat-er opposed the Communistgovernment The familymoved to suburban Bostonwhere Salazar won a statecross country crown in 1975He helped the University ofOregon capture the US colle-giate cross country title in1977 taking national collegeindividual honours the fol-lowing year

Olympics dreamsIn 1980 Salazar qualified forthe US Olympics team at10000m but the Americansboycotted the Moscow Gamesand Salazar tackled a newchallenge the marathon Hequickly conquered the 262-mile (42195km) event At 22Salazar won his marathondebut in New York then set acareer-best of 2hrs 8mins13secs to defend his title

In 1982 he took New York

and claimed his only BostonMarathon title in what wasdubbed the ldquoDuel in the Sunrdquowith Dick Beardsley Afterbesting Beardsley in a sprintfinish a dehydrated Salazarcollapsed Salazar finished15th in the marathon at the1984 Los Angeles Olympicsthen trained and competeduntil retiring in the mid-1990s when he began mov-ing into coaching joiningwith Nike to form the Oregon

Project in 2001 to train dis-tance runners

Big namesThe program includes Dono-van Brazier mdash who won the800m world title Monday asnews of Salazarrsquos ban explod-ed into the athletics scene mdashand Sifan Hassan who wonthe womenrsquos 10000m worldcrown two days earlier

Stripped of his credentialsat the World Championships

in Doha Salazar has vowed tofight the ban which washanded down for violationsincluding trafficking testos-terone tampering with theathlete doping controlprocess and using bannedinfusion techniques

A four-year ban was alsoissued to Dr Jeffrey Brownwho was a physician fornumerous Nike Oregon ath-letes and a paid consultanton performance enhance-

ment for the Project part ofa scheme to manipulatetestosterone levels withouttesting positive

ldquoWhile acting in connec-tion with the Nike OregonProject Mr Salazar and DrBrown demonstrated thatwinning was more importantthan the health and wellbe-ing of the athletes they weresworn to protectrdquo USADAchief executive Travis TTygart said mdash Agencies

Morsquos super-coach Salazarrsquos road to disgrace

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Grant Holloway of the US wins the 100m hurldles gold even as defending champion OmarMcleod of Jamaica falls APPTI

Alberto Salazar hugs Galen Rupp of USA and Mo Farah after the5000m final at the 2011 World Championships FILEAFP

Two of his trainees won goldmedals at Doha World Crsquoships Steve Magness who spent 18 months as Salazarrsquos assis-

tant coach in the project before leaving shortly before theLondon Olympics spoke out as a whistleblower whenBBCrsquos Panorama and ProPublica investigated doping alle-gations around Salazar in 2015 Testimonies from variousfigures alleged micro-dosing of testosterone among othersuspicious actions Salazar denied wrongdoing Mo Farahstuck with him and won another golden double at the Riode Janeiro Olympics in 2016 But doping allegationsnagged Farah left Salazar in October 2017 The USADAcase against Salazar and Brown went to the American Arbi-tration Association with hearings conducted in May andJune 2018 setting the stage for the arbitration rulingshanded down Monday

How the star coach was caught in the net

Beijing October 3Fourth seed Naomi Osaka beatAmerican Alison Riske 6-4 6-0in the China Open here todayto set up a quarterfinal clashwith US Open champion Bian-ca Andreescu (in picture)

Osaka who won the PanPacific Open in Japan lastmonth converted five of eightbreak points and won the final10 games in a row to wrap upthe contest in 73 minutes mdash herseventh consecutive win in the

Asian swingCanadarsquos fifth-seeded

Andreescu cruisedpast American

qualifierJennifer

Brady with a 6-1 6-3 win Bradyfaced 11 break points of whichfour were converted by theCanadian who advanced in 67minutes Defending championCaroline Wozniacki also wentthrough to the quarter-finals instraight sets with a 7-5 6-4 winover Czech Republicrsquos Kateri-na Siniakova

Goffin in Japan quarterfinalsTokyo David Goffin of Bel-gium advanced to the JapanOpen quarterfinals aftersqueezing by Canadarsquos DenisShapovalov 7-6(75) 7-6(72)today Goffin will now faceChung Hyeon of South Koreawho pulled an upset victoryagainst sixth-seed Marin Cilic6-4 3-6 6-1

World No 1 Novak Djokovicreturning from a shoulderinjury is scheduled to playFrench fifth-seed Lucas Pouilleon Friday mdash Agencies

Osaka vs BiancaOsaka vs Bianca

Russiarsquos Viktor Gresev IrelandrsquosDave Kilcoyne fight it out AFP

RUGBY WORLD CUP

LONDONEngland call Abraham andTomori drop Alli and LingardEngland dropped Dele Alli andJesse Lingard but called upChelsea youngsters TammyAbraham and Fikayo Tomori in a25-man squad on Thursday foraway Euro 2020 qualifiersagainst the Czech Republic andBulgaria Striker Abrahamturned 22 on Wednesday cele-brating in style with the openerin his clubrsquos 2-1 ChampionsLeague victory at Lille and isthe leading English goalscorerin the Premier League

MADRIDReal host Granada inunlikely top of table clashReal Madrid host Granada in anunlikely first versus secondclash in La Liga on Saturday asthey look to ease the pressureon coach Zinedine Zidane In atopsy-turvy start to the seasonReal who sit one point ahead ofthe Andalusians at the top of LaLiga on 15 points tried thepatience of the demandingBernabeu crowd in midweekneeding two second half goalsto secure a Champions Leaguedraw against Club Brugges Theresult leaves the 13-times Euro-pean champions bottom of theirgroup after two games Thedraw came on the back of lastSaturdayrsquos drab stalemate withneighbours Atletico and coachZidane says his side need to bemore focused on the task athand mdash AGENCIES

BRIEFLY

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THE TRIBUNE16 GURUGRAM | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019BACK PAGE

Printed and published by Rajesh Ramachandran for The Tribune Trust Printed at The Tribune Press Plot No 123 Sector 37 Pace City-1 GurugramPublished at The Tribune Sector 29-C ChandigarhRNI No CHAENG201772605 Copyright copy The Tribune Trust All rights reservedTelephones 0124-22100332210044Circulation 0172-2670419 Advertisement 0172-2670256 257Editor Rajesh RamachandranEditor for purpose of PRB Act 1867

SanjayKhuranaTribune News Service

Katra October 3Union Home Minister AmitShah today flagged off theDelhi-Katra Vande BharatExpress from the New Delhirailway station calling it a ldquobiggiftrdquo for Jammu and Kash-mirrsquos development He saidwith Article 370 the ldquobiggestroadblockrdquo in growth gonethe state would be one of themost developed regions of thecountry within a decade

ldquoDelhi-Katra Vande BharatExpress is a gift for Jammuand Kashmirrsquos developmentand for promoting religioustourismrdquo the Union HomeMinister who was accompa-nied by Union Railway Minis-ter Piyush Goyal and UnionMinisters Jitendra Singh andDr Harsh Vardhan said

The Railways has alreadyopened bookings for the trainthat will start commercialoperations from October 5The minimum fare for NewDelhi to Katra travel in chaircar is Rs 1630 while itrsquos Rs3015 for executive chair car

The train will run on allweek days except Tuesdayand will cut the travel timebetween Delhi and Katra to

eight hours from 12-14 hoursearlier to traverse a distanceof 655 km It will depart fromthe New Delhi at 6 am andreach Katra at 2 pm It willreturn the same day fromKatra at 3 pm and reach NewDelhi at 11 pm

Railway officials said the

train would run at a maxi-mum speed of 130 kmph withthree stops at Ambala CanttLudhiana and Jammu Tawi

The decision to run thetrain was taken following thesuccess of the Vande BharatExpress plying between NewDelhi and Varanasi which

was flagged by Prime Minis-ter Narendra Modi on Febru-ary 15 this year

The Integral Coach Factory(ICF) has made changes tothe existing design of thetrain ldquoTo avoid damage dueto stray cattle the train hasbeen equipped with a sturdy

aluminium nose cover Andto guard the window shieldsagainst stone-pelting a spe-cial film has been providedrdquoa Railway official said

More space has been pro-vided to store meals for pas-sengers Besides changes inthe exterior and interior the

ICF has added a slew of mod-ern features like adjustableseats improved wash basinsautomatic doors wi-fi andinfotainment system

ldquoThe Railways will connectthe country from Kashmir toKanyakumari before August15 2022rdquo said Goyal

Shah flags off Delhi-Katra train calls it gift to JampK

The Vande Bharat Express train at New Delhi station prior to its flag-off ceremony on Thursday TRIBUNE PHOTO

CHAIR CAR

~1630 6 times a week 4 hrs travel time cut 6 am departure time from Delhi 2 pm arrival time at Katra 3 pm departure from Katra 11 pm arrival at New Delhi 130 kmph speed halts at Ambala

Cantt Ludhiana amp Jammu Tawi Will run on all weekdays

except Tuesday

Manufactured in a record time of15 years at a cost of

~97 CROREPlastic bottle crushers | Huge pantry |Revolving seats | Automatic doors |

WiFi | Sliding foot-steps

EXECUTIVECHAIR CAR

~3015

TICKET FARE

RECORD TIME

MODERN FEATURES

Jammu jail to have inmate calling system Jammu Kerala native Jatan lodged in a jail in Jammuheard the voice of his wife and minor daughter for thefirst time in nearly four years - thanks to the authoritiesintroducing a first-of-its-kind prison inmate callingsystem which allows prisoners to make long-distancecalls He is facing charges under the NDPS Act Theprison got the facility along with modern interview roomson Bapus 150th birth anniversary PTI

Domestic help held for theft at ministerrsquos houseMumbai A 25-year-old domestic servant has beenarrested for allegedly committing theft at Union RailwayMinister Piyush Goyals house here the police saidAccused Vishnu Kumar who hails from Delhi was alsobooked under the IT Act for allegedly sharing info from acomputer in the house with unidentified persons He wasarrested from the national capital and brought here onWednesday a police official said PTI

By the way

New Delhi October 3Fake news is more dangerousthan paid news and there is aneed for the government andthe media to combat it jointlyInformation and Broadcast-ing Minister PrakashJavadekar said today

The government would how-ever not take any step curbingthe media freedom he said

But there should be somekind of regulation on over-the-top (OTT) platforms as was thecase for films print and elec-tronic media he said

OTT platforms include newsportals and ldquostreamersrdquo suchas Hotstar Netflix and Ama-zon Prime Video which areaccessible over the Internet

He said several mainstreammedia outlets had conveyed tothe government that there wasno level-playing field with OTTplatforms being unregulated

The Press Council of Indiatakes care of the printmedia the News Broadcast-

ers Association (NBA) mon-itors news channels theAdvertising StandardsCouncil of India is for adver-tising while the CentralBoard of Film Certification(CBFC) takes care of filmshe said ldquoHowever there isnothing to regulate OTTplatformsrdquo he said mdash PTI

Need to regulate contenton Net platforms Minister

Tribune News Service

New Delhi October 3The Trump-Modi bonhomieat Houston and New Yorkcould not translate into a tradeagreement during US Com-merce Secretary Wilbur Rossrsquoongoing visit to India

Ross also gave the impres-sion that US President DonaldTrumprsquos presence at ldquoHowdyModirdquo event was a favour to theNew Delhi administration andmade it clear this physical prox-imity between the two leadersdid not dispel the WhiteHousersquos impression that Indianeeded to dismantle barriersthat made its tariff among thehighest in the world

Ross also made it clear thatdespite its reservations aboutthe security aspect the US

was not trying to force India towalk away from 5G technolo-gy by Chinese companies

Speaking on the sidelines ofan international meet that wasalso attended by Ross Com-merce Minister Piyush Goyalruled out any change in Indiarsquos

stand on e-commerce in order toprotect livelihood of 12-13 croreIndians dependent on retail

The new rules bar foreign e-commerce companies fromselling products via firms inwhich they have an equityinterest and also from makingdeals with sellers to sell exclu-sively on their platforms

India and the US have beenindulging in a low-intensitytrade warfare The US hasremoved India from availing ofduty-free exports worth $56 bil-lion under the generalised sys-tem of preferences (GSP)scheme and both have imposedhigher tariffs on 28 of theirproducts In an interview Rossreportedly indicated the UScould look at partial restorationof the GSP withdrawal in agrand bargain for a trade deal

No trade deal despiteTrump-PM bonhomie Luxembourg October 3

Facebook on Wednesdaywas dealt a major blow inthe EUrsquos top court whichruled that national courts inEurope can order onlineplatforms to remove defam-atory content worldwide

The decision will be seenas a victory for EuropeanUnion regulators who wantUS tech giants to meettightened European stan-dards over hate speech andoffensive content

Last week the same courtdecided that Google was notlegally compelled to applythe EUrsquos strict ldquoright to beforgottenrdquo rules globally in avictory for the search giant

In a closely watched judg-ment the European Courtof Justice said EU law ldquodoesnot precluderdquo courts fromordering ldquothe removal ofinformation or to blockaccess worldwiderdquo a state-ment said mdash AFP

Legal blow toFacebook overhate speech

DIGITAL SPIN Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad unveilsa lsquodigital charkharsquo to mark the 150th birth anniversary ofMahatma Gandhi in New Delhi on Thursday PTI

US Commerce Secy says India must dismantle barriers

Washington October 3 A nuclear war between Indiaand Pakistan could in lessthan a week kill 50-125 millionpeople more than the deathtoll during all six years ofWorld War II and lead to glob-al climate catastrophe accord-ing to researchers in the US

A study by researchersfrom the University of Col-orado Boulder and RutgersUniversity examined howsuch a hypothetical futureconflict would have conse-quences that could rippleacross the globe

Today India and Pakistan

each have about 150 nuclearwarheads at their disposaland that number is expectedto climb to more than 200 by2025 the researchers saidamid recent tensions betweenthe nuclear-armed neighboursover Kashmir after Indiarevoked JampKrsquos special status

ldquoAn India-Pakistan warcould double the normaldeath rate in the worldrdquosaid Brian Toon a professorat the University of Col-orado Boulder ldquoThis is awar that would have noprecedent in human experi-encerdquo Toon said mdash PTI

There are regularfeature films coming onOTT mdash good bad andugly There is nocertification body for OTTplatforms and likewisenews portals also Prakash Javadekar UNION MINISTER

lsquoNO CERTIFICATION BODYrsquo

This is a sensitive

subject and we will continueto protect them E-commerce is a platform totrade on not forpredatorypricing andmuscle power Piyush Goyal COMMERCE MINISTER

E-COMMERCE POLICYUNCHANGED INDIA

Indo-Pak nuke war mayleave 125 m dead Study

Doha October 3

Grant Holloway of the UnitedStates blazed to his firstWorld Championships 110-mhurdles title last night in adramatic race in whichdefending champion OmarMcLeod fell

The 21-year-old Hollowaywho came into the champi-onships with the seasonrsquosfastest run of 1298 secondssmoothly glided through 10hurdles to cross the line in1310 five-hundredths of asecond ahead of SergeyShubenkov

Favourite to defend his titleJamaican McLeod came outof the starting blocks fast buthis race quickly turned souras he knocked down hurdlesand tumbled to the trackbefore reaching the finishline McLeod said he had felta hamstring strain in thewarm-up and thought itwould go away ldquoI was readyto go I showed up readyrdquoMcLeod said ldquoI put myself inthe very best situation todefend my titlerdquo Capitalisingon McLeodrsquos fallShubenkov the 2015 worldchampion took his secondconsecutive world silver witha technically sound run of1315 seconds

Holloway and Shubenkovsaid they had no idea thatchaos was unfolding inneighbouring lanes

ldquoIn the replay I saw that onefell down Another was cele-bratingrdquo said Shubenkov ldquoIthought to myself lsquoI missed

everythingrsquordquo

Asher-Smith grabs goldDina Asher-Smith seized hergolden opportunity to win the200 metres becoming thefirst British woman to claim aglobal sprint title With manyof the top medal contenderspulling out or skipping theevent Asher-Smith provedthe class act in the field pow-ering home in a nationalrecord 2188 seconds to addgold to the silver she won in

the 100m ldquoYoursquore only thefavourite if you go out andperform how people expectyou to and I was reallyfocused on putting together agood racerdquo said Asher-Smith

The once mighty UnitedStates who had been a non-factor in the womenrsquos sprintsin Doha also benefited fromthe scratches as BrittanyBrown grabbed the silver in2222 Switzerlandrsquos MujingaKambundji grabbed bronze

The fight for medals was

blown wide open when someof sprintingrsquos biggest nameswithdrew during the earlierrounds The race was missingthe reigning world andOlympics champions inDutchwoman Dafne Schip-pers and Jamaicarsquos ElaineThompson who withdrewdue to injuries ShaunaeMiller-Uibo of Bahamasowner of the fastest time thisseason elected to race the400m only due to schedulingissues

The world 100m championShelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce andbronze medallist Marie-JoseeTa Lou scratched because ofsoreness from earlier raceswhile Nigeriarsquos BlessingOkagbare who had run thethird fastest time this seasonwas disqualified in her heat

None of that mattered toAsher-Smith blasted out ofthe blocks and was in com-mand coming off the bendbefore cruising to victory

ldquoI made sure that Iremained focusrdquo said Asher-Smith

Shot putter Toor fails toqualify for final round Asian champion TejinderPal Singh Toor failed toqualify for the final roundof the shot put eventdespite producing his sea-sons best effort The 24-year-old Toor finishedeighth in the qualificationround and 18th overall outof the 34 competitors with abest throw of 2043m fromhis three attempts Thosewho touched 2090m or atleast 12 best performerswere to make it to the final

Toor opened with a 2043mthrow bettering his earlierseasons best of 2036m butfouled in his next attemptIn the third attempt Toorcould only come up with a1955m effort to crash out ofthe championship TomasWalsh of New Zealand ledthe finalists with a throw of2192 m mdash Agencies

Great Grant HeistHolloway gets 100m hurdles gold as McLeod falls

THE TRIBUNEJALANDHAR | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019 15SPORT

A lone spectator in a stand at the China Open on Thursday AFP

ANNEXURE-A

PRESS NOPRESS NOTICETICEThe Executive Engineer IPH Division Thunag invites tender on behalf ofGovernor of Himachal Pradesh from approved eligible contractor for thefollowing work(s) through e-tendering process-

Name of Work Augmentation of various water supply scheme of GPTandi Saroa Tharjoon Mushrani Bassi Devdhar Kharsi and KotlaKhanula in Gohar Block Tehsil Chachyot District Mandi (HP) (SH-Construction of Jack well type river intake 240 MLD Water TreatmentPlants (16 hours capacity) Providing Laying Jointing and Testing ofGravity Mains Rising mains and distribution system Pump houses StageI II amp III at various locations SE of pumping machinery MBRs and SRsat various locations including trail run period for three months (90 days)on full designed discharge and defect liability period for six months)

Estimated Cost - Rs 222662321-Earnest Money - Rs 2227000-Cost of Tender document - Rs 2500-Time Limit - 24 Months

Schedule of tendering-

The tender document can be downloaded from departmental websiteie wwwhpiphorg wef 4-10-2019 at 1000 AM upto 24-10-2019at 500 PM

Executive EngineerIampPH Division ThunagDistt Mandi

HIM SUCHANA AVAM JAN SAMPARK

1 Site Visit From 7-10-2019 to 15-10-2019 between10 AM to 5 PM except on holidays

2 Pre Bid Meeting date 16-10-2019 at 300 PM in the office ofEngineer-in-Chief IampPH Department JalShakti Bhawan Tutti Kandi Shimla (HP)

3 Bid Submission start date 4-10-2019 at 1000 AM

4 Bid Submission end date 24-10-2019 at 500 PM

5 Earnest Money DepositCost of Tender form if notsubmitted online

25-10-2019 upto 1100 AM

6 Opening of Eligibilitycriteria (Cover-I)

25-10-2019 at 1230 PM

7 Opening of Technical Bid(Cover-II)

Date and place to be notifiedseparately

8 Opening of Financial bid(Cover-III)

Date and place to be notifiedseparately

DPRHP2327

OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL

ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE GOVT INSTITUTE OFENGINEERING amp TECHNOLOGY

PRAGATI NAGAR DISTT SHIMLA (HP) ndash 171202NOTICE INVITING TENDER

(Tender No ABVGIETSTRTender2019-20- 01)Sealed tenders are invited from the eligible manufacturers

Firmsauthorized dealers for the procurement of Machinery ampequipmentsTools etc for the polytechnic labs such as ECElabs CSE labs Mechanical Labs etc as per specifications andterms amp conditions given in the tender document The tenderform can be downloaded from our websitehttpwwwabvgietorg or can be collected from this instituteon any working day from 1000 AM to 0500 PM at a cost ofRs 500- at the counter and Rs 600- if desired by Regd Postper set and Vendor using downloaded Tender Documents shallrequire to submit DD for Rs 500- which is non-refundable infavour of the Principal ABVGIET Pragatinagar Distt Shimla(HP) which shall be submitted alongwith the tender Completetender document along with earnest money and tender cost (asshown in the document) will be received up to 200 PM on30102019 and tender will be opened same day at 0300 PMin the presence of biddersrepresentative who wish to bepresent The tender submitted after the date amp time mentionedabove will not be considered

The Principal reserves the right to cancel the tender withoutassigning any reason thereof

Sd- PrincipalAtal Bihari Vajpayee

Govt Institute of Engg amp TechnologyPragatinagar Distt Shimla (HP)-171202

DPRHP2332

NOTICE INVITING TENDERS

Bid Ref No TBS(DMP)ESSTTIRL2019 (etenders)

TB Sanatorium Dharampur Distt Solan (HP) hereby invites bidsfrom eligible and qualified bidders for

Construction Testing Commissioning and Validation ofTB Containment Laboratory and Associated Works onlsquoTurnkey Basisrsquo under RNTCP with Supply and Installationof Two Class-II A2 BSC with Thimble Canopy and with TwoOnline UPS

Bidders can download the bid documents with all details fromthe website httpwwwhptendersgovin

For any queries bidders may contact the office of the Senior MedicalSuperintendent TB Sanatorium Dharampur Distt Solan HimachalPradesh from 1100 am to 0400 pm on all working days

Senior Medical SuperintendentHP Govt TB Sanatorium DharampurEmail stdchprntcporgPhone No 01792-264022DPRHP400

Beijing Andy Murrayexpressed disappointmentabout crowds at the ChinaOpen tennis where some ofthe best players in the worldhave competed in front ofswathes of empty seats

ldquoI think as the tournamentgoes on you tend to get bet-ter crowds towards the endof the weekrdquo said MurrayldquoLast couple of days in

terms of atmosphere itrsquosbeen not as good as youwould likerdquo

The three-time GrandSlam champion praised thetournament as a whole butsaid ldquoI donrsquot know if Irsquomcomplaining about it but Irsquodlike it to be bigger crowdsand nicer atmospheres Thatnormally comes as the weekgoes onrdquo mdash AFP

Murray disappointed by lack of China fans

Osaka October 3Fiji finally found their feet atthe Rugby World Cup with adominant 45-10 victory overGeorgia on Thursday as theirjet-heeled backs tore theirPool D rivals apart in a seven-try rout at a rain-drenchedHanazono Rugby Stadium

Winger Semi Radradrascored twice and made threeothers as the Pacific islandersrebounded from defeats toAustralia and Uruguay to gettheir first win in Japan

While their upset loss toUruguay has all but put paidto their hopes of reaching thequarter-finals Fiji are now inpole position to finish thirdand qualify for the 2023 WorldCup

Ireland edge RussiaKobe Ireland began to puttheir World Cup back on trackafter the shock loss to Japanbut it took them over an hourto secure a bonus point andstrengthen their quarterfinalchances in an unconvincing35-0 win over a stubborn Rus-sia Ireland just need to beatSamoa to reach the last-eightbut the fact Joe Schmidtrsquosside struggled to put awaysuch a limited team will do lit-tle for fansrsquo waning hopes ofreaching a first semifinal

Only a commanding win

would have sufficed with theshock in Shizuoka still rever-berating around the tourna-ment and it looked on thecards when Rob Kearneywho scored in the 62-12thrashing of Russia in the2011 World Cup toucheddown after 90 seconds

Sexton who was not riskedagainst Japan due to a thighinjury appeared to have Ire-land rushing towards thebonus point when his text-book 13th-minute dinkthrough was carried over byflanker Peter OrsquoMahony forjust his second try in 62 tests

Yet Russia who belied theirlowly standing by givingJapan a fright remained com-petitive with Ramil Gaisinrsquossmart kicking helping to keepIreland at bay for another 20minutes mdash Agencies

Fiji crush GeorgiaRussia fight Ireland

Los Angeles October 3Alberto Salazar pushed him-self to the brink and beyondas an athlete and preachedthe same philosophy as acoach to distance runningstars But the 61-year-oldCuban-born Americanrsquos willto win finally went too faraccording to the US Anti-Dop-ing Agency (USADA) whichhas banned him for four yearsfor multiple doping viola-tions Salazar has been amajor figure in American ath-letics for four decades Hewon the 1980 1981 and 1982New York Marathons and the1982 Boston Marathon andlater coached such stars asBritainrsquos Mo Farah the 2012and 2016 Olympics championat 5000 and 10000 metres

Salazar arrived in the Unit-ed States as a toddler Hisfather was a friend of FidelCastro who fought alongside

him in the revolution but lat-er opposed the Communistgovernment The familymoved to suburban Bostonwhere Salazar won a statecross country crown in 1975He helped the University ofOregon capture the US colle-giate cross country title in1977 taking national collegeindividual honours the fol-lowing year

Olympics dreamsIn 1980 Salazar qualified forthe US Olympics team at10000m but the Americansboycotted the Moscow Gamesand Salazar tackled a newchallenge the marathon Hequickly conquered the 262-mile (42195km) event At 22Salazar won his marathondebut in New York then set acareer-best of 2hrs 8mins13secs to defend his title

In 1982 he took New York

and claimed his only BostonMarathon title in what wasdubbed the ldquoDuel in the Sunrdquowith Dick Beardsley Afterbesting Beardsley in a sprintfinish a dehydrated Salazarcollapsed Salazar finished15th in the marathon at the1984 Los Angeles Olympicsthen trained and competeduntil retiring in the mid-1990s when he began mov-ing into coaching joiningwith Nike to form the Oregon

Project in 2001 to train dis-tance runners

Big namesThe program includes Dono-van Brazier mdash who won the800m world title Monday asnews of Salazarrsquos ban explod-ed into the athletics scene mdashand Sifan Hassan who wonthe womenrsquos 10000m worldcrown two days earlier

Stripped of his credentialsat the World Championships

in Doha Salazar has vowed tofight the ban which washanded down for violationsincluding trafficking testos-terone tampering with theathlete doping controlprocess and using bannedinfusion techniques

A four-year ban was alsoissued to Dr Jeffrey Brownwho was a physician fornumerous Nike Oregon ath-letes and a paid consultanton performance enhance-

ment for the Project part ofa scheme to manipulatetestosterone levels withouttesting positive

ldquoWhile acting in connec-tion with the Nike OregonProject Mr Salazar and DrBrown demonstrated thatwinning was more importantthan the health and wellbe-ing of the athletes they weresworn to protectrdquo USADAchief executive Travis TTygart said mdash Agencies

Morsquos super-coach Salazarrsquos road to disgrace

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Grant Holloway of the US wins the 100m hurldles gold even as defending champion OmarMcleod of Jamaica falls APPTI

Alberto Salazar hugs Galen Rupp of USA and Mo Farah after the5000m final at the 2011 World Championships FILEAFP

Two of his trainees won goldmedals at Doha World Crsquoships Steve Magness who spent 18 months as Salazarrsquos assis-

tant coach in the project before leaving shortly before theLondon Olympics spoke out as a whistleblower whenBBCrsquos Panorama and ProPublica investigated doping alle-gations around Salazar in 2015 Testimonies from variousfigures alleged micro-dosing of testosterone among othersuspicious actions Salazar denied wrongdoing Mo Farahstuck with him and won another golden double at the Riode Janeiro Olympics in 2016 But doping allegationsnagged Farah left Salazar in October 2017 The USADAcase against Salazar and Brown went to the American Arbi-tration Association with hearings conducted in May andJune 2018 setting the stage for the arbitration rulingshanded down Monday

How the star coach was caught in the net

Beijing October 3Fourth seed Naomi Osaka beatAmerican Alison Riske 6-4 6-0in the China Open here todayto set up a quarterfinal clashwith US Open champion Bian-ca Andreescu (in picture)

Osaka who won the PanPacific Open in Japan lastmonth converted five of eightbreak points and won the final10 games in a row to wrap upthe contest in 73 minutes mdash herseventh consecutive win in the

Asian swingCanadarsquos fifth-seeded

Andreescu cruisedpast American

qualifierJennifer

Brady with a 6-1 6-3 win Bradyfaced 11 break points of whichfour were converted by theCanadian who advanced in 67minutes Defending championCaroline Wozniacki also wentthrough to the quarter-finals instraight sets with a 7-5 6-4 winover Czech Republicrsquos Kateri-na Siniakova

Goffin in Japan quarterfinalsTokyo David Goffin of Bel-gium advanced to the JapanOpen quarterfinals aftersqueezing by Canadarsquos DenisShapovalov 7-6(75) 7-6(72)today Goffin will now faceChung Hyeon of South Koreawho pulled an upset victoryagainst sixth-seed Marin Cilic6-4 3-6 6-1

World No 1 Novak Djokovicreturning from a shoulderinjury is scheduled to playFrench fifth-seed Lucas Pouilleon Friday mdash Agencies

Osaka vs BiancaOsaka vs Bianca

Russiarsquos Viktor Gresev IrelandrsquosDave Kilcoyne fight it out AFP

RUGBY WORLD CUP

LONDONEngland call Abraham andTomori drop Alli and LingardEngland dropped Dele Alli andJesse Lingard but called upChelsea youngsters TammyAbraham and Fikayo Tomori in a25-man squad on Thursday foraway Euro 2020 qualifiersagainst the Czech Republic andBulgaria Striker Abrahamturned 22 on Wednesday cele-brating in style with the openerin his clubrsquos 2-1 ChampionsLeague victory at Lille and isthe leading English goalscorerin the Premier League

MADRIDReal host Granada inunlikely top of table clashReal Madrid host Granada in anunlikely first versus secondclash in La Liga on Saturday asthey look to ease the pressureon coach Zinedine Zidane In atopsy-turvy start to the seasonReal who sit one point ahead ofthe Andalusians at the top of LaLiga on 15 points tried thepatience of the demandingBernabeu crowd in midweekneeding two second half goalsto secure a Champions Leaguedraw against Club Brugges Theresult leaves the 13-times Euro-pean champions bottom of theirgroup after two games Thedraw came on the back of lastSaturdayrsquos drab stalemate withneighbours Atletico and coachZidane says his side need to bemore focused on the task athand mdash AGENCIES

BRIEFLY

Qdfhnm`k Neehbd

Dloknxddr Rs`sd Hmrtq`mbd Bnqonq`shnm

( )(Lhmhrsqx ne K`antq amp Dloknxldms Fnus ne Hmch`)

-1 ()Gntrhmf An`qc Og`rd-H R`h Qn`c A`cch (GO) 01795-245961 245966 01795-245962- qc-go~drhbmhbhm vvvdrhbmhbhm

-143518201258-1 24092019

() - gssorvvvdrhbmhbhmsdmcdqr gssordoqnbtqdfnuhmdoqnbtqd`oo

c`uo 231701100101920

THE TRIBUNE16 GURUGRAM | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019BACK PAGE

Printed and published by Rajesh Ramachandran for The Tribune Trust Printed at The Tribune Press Plot No 123 Sector 37 Pace City-1 GurugramPublished at The Tribune Sector 29-C ChandigarhRNI No CHAENG201772605 Copyright copy The Tribune Trust All rights reservedTelephones 0124-22100332210044Circulation 0172-2670419 Advertisement 0172-2670256 257Editor Rajesh RamachandranEditor for purpose of PRB Act 1867

SanjayKhuranaTribune News Service

Katra October 3Union Home Minister AmitShah today flagged off theDelhi-Katra Vande BharatExpress from the New Delhirailway station calling it a ldquobiggiftrdquo for Jammu and Kash-mirrsquos development He saidwith Article 370 the ldquobiggestroadblockrdquo in growth gonethe state would be one of themost developed regions of thecountry within a decade

ldquoDelhi-Katra Vande BharatExpress is a gift for Jammuand Kashmirrsquos developmentand for promoting religioustourismrdquo the Union HomeMinister who was accompa-nied by Union Railway Minis-ter Piyush Goyal and UnionMinisters Jitendra Singh andDr Harsh Vardhan said

The Railways has alreadyopened bookings for the trainthat will start commercialoperations from October 5The minimum fare for NewDelhi to Katra travel in chaircar is Rs 1630 while itrsquos Rs3015 for executive chair car

The train will run on allweek days except Tuesdayand will cut the travel timebetween Delhi and Katra to

eight hours from 12-14 hoursearlier to traverse a distanceof 655 km It will depart fromthe New Delhi at 6 am andreach Katra at 2 pm It willreturn the same day fromKatra at 3 pm and reach NewDelhi at 11 pm

Railway officials said the

train would run at a maxi-mum speed of 130 kmph withthree stops at Ambala CanttLudhiana and Jammu Tawi

The decision to run thetrain was taken following thesuccess of the Vande BharatExpress plying between NewDelhi and Varanasi which

was flagged by Prime Minis-ter Narendra Modi on Febru-ary 15 this year

The Integral Coach Factory(ICF) has made changes tothe existing design of thetrain ldquoTo avoid damage dueto stray cattle the train hasbeen equipped with a sturdy

aluminium nose cover Andto guard the window shieldsagainst stone-pelting a spe-cial film has been providedrdquoa Railway official said

More space has been pro-vided to store meals for pas-sengers Besides changes inthe exterior and interior the

ICF has added a slew of mod-ern features like adjustableseats improved wash basinsautomatic doors wi-fi andinfotainment system

ldquoThe Railways will connectthe country from Kashmir toKanyakumari before August15 2022rdquo said Goyal

Shah flags off Delhi-Katra train calls it gift to JampK

The Vande Bharat Express train at New Delhi station prior to its flag-off ceremony on Thursday TRIBUNE PHOTO

CHAIR CAR

~1630 6 times a week 4 hrs travel time cut 6 am departure time from Delhi 2 pm arrival time at Katra 3 pm departure from Katra 11 pm arrival at New Delhi 130 kmph speed halts at Ambala

Cantt Ludhiana amp Jammu Tawi Will run on all weekdays

except Tuesday

Manufactured in a record time of15 years at a cost of

~97 CROREPlastic bottle crushers | Huge pantry |Revolving seats | Automatic doors |

WiFi | Sliding foot-steps

EXECUTIVECHAIR CAR

~3015

TICKET FARE

RECORD TIME

MODERN FEATURES

Jammu jail to have inmate calling system Jammu Kerala native Jatan lodged in a jail in Jammuheard the voice of his wife and minor daughter for thefirst time in nearly four years - thanks to the authoritiesintroducing a first-of-its-kind prison inmate callingsystem which allows prisoners to make long-distancecalls He is facing charges under the NDPS Act Theprison got the facility along with modern interview roomson Bapus 150th birth anniversary PTI

Domestic help held for theft at ministerrsquos houseMumbai A 25-year-old domestic servant has beenarrested for allegedly committing theft at Union RailwayMinister Piyush Goyals house here the police saidAccused Vishnu Kumar who hails from Delhi was alsobooked under the IT Act for allegedly sharing info from acomputer in the house with unidentified persons He wasarrested from the national capital and brought here onWednesday a police official said PTI

By the way

New Delhi October 3Fake news is more dangerousthan paid news and there is aneed for the government andthe media to combat it jointlyInformation and Broadcast-ing Minister PrakashJavadekar said today

The government would how-ever not take any step curbingthe media freedom he said

But there should be somekind of regulation on over-the-top (OTT) platforms as was thecase for films print and elec-tronic media he said

OTT platforms include newsportals and ldquostreamersrdquo suchas Hotstar Netflix and Ama-zon Prime Video which areaccessible over the Internet

He said several mainstreammedia outlets had conveyed tothe government that there wasno level-playing field with OTTplatforms being unregulated

The Press Council of Indiatakes care of the printmedia the News Broadcast-

ers Association (NBA) mon-itors news channels theAdvertising StandardsCouncil of India is for adver-tising while the CentralBoard of Film Certification(CBFC) takes care of filmshe said ldquoHowever there isnothing to regulate OTTplatformsrdquo he said mdash PTI

Need to regulate contenton Net platforms Minister

Tribune News Service

New Delhi October 3The Trump-Modi bonhomieat Houston and New Yorkcould not translate into a tradeagreement during US Com-merce Secretary Wilbur Rossrsquoongoing visit to India

Ross also gave the impres-sion that US President DonaldTrumprsquos presence at ldquoHowdyModirdquo event was a favour to theNew Delhi administration andmade it clear this physical prox-imity between the two leadersdid not dispel the WhiteHousersquos impression that Indianeeded to dismantle barriersthat made its tariff among thehighest in the world

Ross also made it clear thatdespite its reservations aboutthe security aspect the US

was not trying to force India towalk away from 5G technolo-gy by Chinese companies

Speaking on the sidelines ofan international meet that wasalso attended by Ross Com-merce Minister Piyush Goyalruled out any change in Indiarsquos

stand on e-commerce in order toprotect livelihood of 12-13 croreIndians dependent on retail

The new rules bar foreign e-commerce companies fromselling products via firms inwhich they have an equityinterest and also from makingdeals with sellers to sell exclu-sively on their platforms

India and the US have beenindulging in a low-intensitytrade warfare The US hasremoved India from availing ofduty-free exports worth $56 bil-lion under the generalised sys-tem of preferences (GSP)scheme and both have imposedhigher tariffs on 28 of theirproducts In an interview Rossreportedly indicated the UScould look at partial restorationof the GSP withdrawal in agrand bargain for a trade deal

No trade deal despiteTrump-PM bonhomie Luxembourg October 3

Facebook on Wednesdaywas dealt a major blow inthe EUrsquos top court whichruled that national courts inEurope can order onlineplatforms to remove defam-atory content worldwide

The decision will be seenas a victory for EuropeanUnion regulators who wantUS tech giants to meettightened European stan-dards over hate speech andoffensive content

Last week the same courtdecided that Google was notlegally compelled to applythe EUrsquos strict ldquoright to beforgottenrdquo rules globally in avictory for the search giant

In a closely watched judg-ment the European Courtof Justice said EU law ldquodoesnot precluderdquo courts fromordering ldquothe removal ofinformation or to blockaccess worldwiderdquo a state-ment said mdash AFP

Legal blow toFacebook overhate speech

DIGITAL SPIN Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad unveilsa lsquodigital charkharsquo to mark the 150th birth anniversary ofMahatma Gandhi in New Delhi on Thursday PTI

US Commerce Secy says India must dismantle barriers

Washington October 3 A nuclear war between Indiaand Pakistan could in lessthan a week kill 50-125 millionpeople more than the deathtoll during all six years ofWorld War II and lead to glob-al climate catastrophe accord-ing to researchers in the US

A study by researchersfrom the University of Col-orado Boulder and RutgersUniversity examined howsuch a hypothetical futureconflict would have conse-quences that could rippleacross the globe

Today India and Pakistan

each have about 150 nuclearwarheads at their disposaland that number is expectedto climb to more than 200 by2025 the researchers saidamid recent tensions betweenthe nuclear-armed neighboursover Kashmir after Indiarevoked JampKrsquos special status

ldquoAn India-Pakistan warcould double the normaldeath rate in the worldrdquosaid Brian Toon a professorat the University of Col-orado Boulder ldquoThis is awar that would have noprecedent in human experi-encerdquo Toon said mdash PTI

There are regularfeature films coming onOTT mdash good bad andugly There is nocertification body for OTTplatforms and likewisenews portals also Prakash Javadekar UNION MINISTER

lsquoNO CERTIFICATION BODYrsquo

This is a sensitive

subject and we will continueto protect them E-commerce is a platform totrade on not forpredatorypricing andmuscle power Piyush Goyal COMMERCE MINISTER

E-COMMERCE POLICYUNCHANGED INDIA

Indo-Pak nuke war mayleave 125 m dead Study

THE TRIBUNE16 GURUGRAM | FRIDAY | 4 OCTOBER 2019BACK PAGE

Printed and published by Rajesh Ramachandran for The Tribune Trust Printed at The Tribune Press Plot No 123 Sector 37 Pace City-1 GurugramPublished at The Tribune Sector 29-C ChandigarhRNI No CHAENG201772605 Copyright copy The Tribune Trust All rights reservedTelephones 0124-22100332210044Circulation 0172-2670419 Advertisement 0172-2670256 257Editor Rajesh RamachandranEditor for purpose of PRB Act 1867

SanjayKhuranaTribune News Service

Katra October 3Union Home Minister AmitShah today flagged off theDelhi-Katra Vande BharatExpress from the New Delhirailway station calling it a ldquobiggiftrdquo for Jammu and Kash-mirrsquos development He saidwith Article 370 the ldquobiggestroadblockrdquo in growth gonethe state would be one of themost developed regions of thecountry within a decade

ldquoDelhi-Katra Vande BharatExpress is a gift for Jammuand Kashmirrsquos developmentand for promoting religioustourismrdquo the Union HomeMinister who was accompa-nied by Union Railway Minis-ter Piyush Goyal and UnionMinisters Jitendra Singh andDr Harsh Vardhan said

The Railways has alreadyopened bookings for the trainthat will start commercialoperations from October 5The minimum fare for NewDelhi to Katra travel in chaircar is Rs 1630 while itrsquos Rs3015 for executive chair car

The train will run on allweek days except Tuesdayand will cut the travel timebetween Delhi and Katra to

eight hours from 12-14 hoursearlier to traverse a distanceof 655 km It will depart fromthe New Delhi at 6 am andreach Katra at 2 pm It willreturn the same day fromKatra at 3 pm and reach NewDelhi at 11 pm

Railway officials said the

train would run at a maxi-mum speed of 130 kmph withthree stops at Ambala CanttLudhiana and Jammu Tawi

The decision to run thetrain was taken following thesuccess of the Vande BharatExpress plying between NewDelhi and Varanasi which

was flagged by Prime Minis-ter Narendra Modi on Febru-ary 15 this year

The Integral Coach Factory(ICF) has made changes tothe existing design of thetrain ldquoTo avoid damage dueto stray cattle the train hasbeen equipped with a sturdy

aluminium nose cover Andto guard the window shieldsagainst stone-pelting a spe-cial film has been providedrdquoa Railway official said

More space has been pro-vided to store meals for pas-sengers Besides changes inthe exterior and interior the

ICF has added a slew of mod-ern features like adjustableseats improved wash basinsautomatic doors wi-fi andinfotainment system

ldquoThe Railways will connectthe country from Kashmir toKanyakumari before August15 2022rdquo said Goyal

Shah flags off Delhi-Katra train calls it gift to JampK

The Vande Bharat Express train at New Delhi station prior to its flag-off ceremony on Thursday TRIBUNE PHOTO

CHAIR CAR

~1630 6 times a week 4 hrs travel time cut 6 am departure time from Delhi 2 pm arrival time at Katra 3 pm departure from Katra 11 pm arrival at New Delhi 130 kmph speed halts at Ambala

Cantt Ludhiana amp Jammu Tawi Will run on all weekdays

except Tuesday

Manufactured in a record time of15 years at a cost of

~97 CROREPlastic bottle crushers | Huge pantry |Revolving seats | Automatic doors |

WiFi | Sliding foot-steps

EXECUTIVECHAIR CAR

~3015

TICKET FARE

RECORD TIME

MODERN FEATURES

Jammu jail to have inmate calling system Jammu Kerala native Jatan lodged in a jail in Jammuheard the voice of his wife and minor daughter for thefirst time in nearly four years - thanks to the authoritiesintroducing a first-of-its-kind prison inmate callingsystem which allows prisoners to make long-distancecalls He is facing charges under the NDPS Act Theprison got the facility along with modern interview roomson Bapus 150th birth anniversary PTI

Domestic help held for theft at ministerrsquos houseMumbai A 25-year-old domestic servant has beenarrested for allegedly committing theft at Union RailwayMinister Piyush Goyals house here the police saidAccused Vishnu Kumar who hails from Delhi was alsobooked under the IT Act for allegedly sharing info from acomputer in the house with unidentified persons He wasarrested from the national capital and brought here onWednesday a police official said PTI

By the way

New Delhi October 3Fake news is more dangerousthan paid news and there is aneed for the government andthe media to combat it jointlyInformation and Broadcast-ing Minister PrakashJavadekar said today

The government would how-ever not take any step curbingthe media freedom he said

But there should be somekind of regulation on over-the-top (OTT) platforms as was thecase for films print and elec-tronic media he said

OTT platforms include newsportals and ldquostreamersrdquo suchas Hotstar Netflix and Ama-zon Prime Video which areaccessible over the Internet

He said several mainstreammedia outlets had conveyed tothe government that there wasno level-playing field with OTTplatforms being unregulated

The Press Council of Indiatakes care of the printmedia the News Broadcast-

ers Association (NBA) mon-itors news channels theAdvertising StandardsCouncil of India is for adver-tising while the CentralBoard of Film Certification(CBFC) takes care of filmshe said ldquoHowever there isnothing to regulate OTTplatformsrdquo he said mdash PTI

Need to regulate contenton Net platforms Minister

Tribune News Service

New Delhi October 3The Trump-Modi bonhomieat Houston and New Yorkcould not translate into a tradeagreement during US Com-merce Secretary Wilbur Rossrsquoongoing visit to India

Ross also gave the impres-sion that US President DonaldTrumprsquos presence at ldquoHowdyModirdquo event was a favour to theNew Delhi administration andmade it clear this physical prox-imity between the two leadersdid not dispel the WhiteHousersquos impression that Indianeeded to dismantle barriersthat made its tariff among thehighest in the world

Ross also made it clear thatdespite its reservations aboutthe security aspect the US

was not trying to force India towalk away from 5G technolo-gy by Chinese companies

Speaking on the sidelines ofan international meet that wasalso attended by Ross Com-merce Minister Piyush Goyalruled out any change in Indiarsquos

stand on e-commerce in order toprotect livelihood of 12-13 croreIndians dependent on retail

The new rules bar foreign e-commerce companies fromselling products via firms inwhich they have an equityinterest and also from makingdeals with sellers to sell exclu-sively on their platforms

India and the US have beenindulging in a low-intensitytrade warfare The US hasremoved India from availing ofduty-free exports worth $56 bil-lion under the generalised sys-tem of preferences (GSP)scheme and both have imposedhigher tariffs on 28 of theirproducts In an interview Rossreportedly indicated the UScould look at partial restorationof the GSP withdrawal in agrand bargain for a trade deal

No trade deal despiteTrump-PM bonhomie Luxembourg October 3

Facebook on Wednesdaywas dealt a major blow inthe EUrsquos top court whichruled that national courts inEurope can order onlineplatforms to remove defam-atory content worldwide

The decision will be seenas a victory for EuropeanUnion regulators who wantUS tech giants to meettightened European stan-dards over hate speech andoffensive content

Last week the same courtdecided that Google was notlegally compelled to applythe EUrsquos strict ldquoright to beforgottenrdquo rules globally in avictory for the search giant

In a closely watched judg-ment the European Courtof Justice said EU law ldquodoesnot precluderdquo courts fromordering ldquothe removal ofinformation or to blockaccess worldwiderdquo a state-ment said mdash AFP

Legal blow toFacebook overhate speech

DIGITAL SPIN Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad unveilsa lsquodigital charkharsquo to mark the 150th birth anniversary ofMahatma Gandhi in New Delhi on Thursday PTI

US Commerce Secy says India must dismantle barriers

Washington October 3 A nuclear war between Indiaand Pakistan could in lessthan a week kill 50-125 millionpeople more than the deathtoll during all six years ofWorld War II and lead to glob-al climate catastrophe accord-ing to researchers in the US

A study by researchersfrom the University of Col-orado Boulder and RutgersUniversity examined howsuch a hypothetical futureconflict would have conse-quences that could rippleacross the globe

Today India and Pakistan

each have about 150 nuclearwarheads at their disposaland that number is expectedto climb to more than 200 by2025 the researchers saidamid recent tensions betweenthe nuclear-armed neighboursover Kashmir after Indiarevoked JampKrsquos special status

ldquoAn India-Pakistan warcould double the normaldeath rate in the worldrdquosaid Brian Toon a professorat the University of Col-orado Boulder ldquoThis is awar that would have noprecedent in human experi-encerdquo Toon said mdash PTI

There are regularfeature films coming onOTT mdash good bad andugly There is nocertification body for OTTplatforms and likewisenews portals also Prakash Javadekar UNION MINISTER

lsquoNO CERTIFICATION BODYrsquo

This is a sensitive

subject and we will continueto protect them E-commerce is a platform totrade on not forpredatorypricing andmuscle power Piyush Goyal COMMERCE MINISTER

E-COMMERCE POLICYUNCHANGED INDIA

Indo-Pak nuke war mayleave 125 m dead Study