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AGENCYKHARAR, FEBRUARY 8

At least 15 people were fearedtrapped as a three-storey build-ing on Kharar-Landran roadcollapsed here on Saturday.

According to information,a hotel is being constructednearby and a JCB was diggingearth for making a basement.The JCB machine and its driv-er also were trapped under thedebris. The hotel is being de-veloped by Ambika Greens.

Two mobile towers in-stalled nearby also collapsed.Three JCB machines werepressed into service. Two peo-ple were rescued. One Prem,30, who was rescued, was ad-mitted to the Civil Hospital atKharar.

As a result, traffic wasblocked on the Landran road.The fire brigade was alsocalled. The NDRF also reachedthe site.

A large number of policepersonnel reached the spot.SDM Himanshu Jain is super-vising the rescue operation.

15 feared trapped as multi-storeybuilding collapses near Chandigarh

NEW DELHI: In a shocking incident, a Delhi Police woman sub-inspector was shot deadby a male sub-inspector, who later committed suicide on Friday night, a senior official toldIANS on Saturday.

Prima facie the matter seemed to be a love affair gone wrong, he added.Additional Commissioner of Police SD Mishra (Rohini district) said: “Both the sub-in-

spectors were deployed in Bhajanpura police station area of north-east Delhi. The womanwas a probationary sub-inspector of the 2010 batch while the murderer belonged to the samegrade of the 2018 batch.”

“On Friday, at around 1 am the police found the body of the woman sub-inspector in Ro-hini Sector-8 area with a bullet injury. After checking her mobile phone, the police came toknow someone whose number was saved in the device. After scanning the chats, it was con-firmed that the number was of Dipanshu Rathi,” he said.

Thereafter, they found Dipanshu’s corpse from his car in Haryana’s Sonepat area. Thevehicle was locked from inside with the headlights on, the ACP said.

Mishra said: “The investigation revealed that they were in a relationship long time backbut had separated some time ago. But even after ending the relationship, Dipanshu was fol-lowing the woman officer. However, she was reluctant to talk to him.”

“The woman was living in a rented accommodation in Rohini. On Friday night, whenshe was walking home from the metro station, Dipanshu shot her dead. Thereafter, when wewere trying to trace the accused with the help of his mobile phone’s location, we found hisbody in his car in Murthal area of Sonepat,” he said.

The bodies had been sent for post-mortem, Mishra added.The woman SI also hailed from Sonepat district.

Woman sub-inspector fromSonepat shot dead in Delhi

AGENCYNEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 8

The BJP's Delhi unit President ManojTiwari on Saturday exuded confidenceover the party's victory in the Delhi As-sembly elections.

Tiwari cast his vote at a polling sta-tion set up in the Government Girls Se-nior Secondary School at Yamuna Vi-har.

Speaking to the media, he said:"My mother came from Banaras a weekago just to be with me on the votingday. When I have the blessings of mymother all will be good... I think we willwin 50 plus seats and form the govern-ment in Delhi. The lotus will bloomhere."

"Today I sense vibrations from allsides. Those who believe in sixthsense...today it is my sixth sense tellingme that this time, a BJP governmentwill be formed," Mr Tiwari reporters

near a polling station, a marigold gar-land around his neck.

However, Tiwari avoided replyingto a query about the Bharatiya Janata

Party's Chief Ministerial face and justkept saying: "All is well." Polling wasunderway for the 70 Delhi Assemblyseats.

My sixth sense says BJP willform govt in Delhi: Manoj

Tiwari after casting his vote

AGENCYNEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 8

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwaland Union minister Smriti Irani tradedbarbs on Twitter on Saturday after theAAP leader issued a "special appeal" towoman voters and asked them to dis-cuss with men as to who could be theright choice for votes.

Irani, a BJP leader and Lok SabhaMP, took a swipe at Kejriwal, asking ifhe does not consider women capableenough to decide for themselves who tovote for.

"Must go to vote. A special appealto all women. As you take care of yourfamily, there is another responsibilityon your shoulder which is of the coun-try as well as Delhi. All women mustvote and also take men of their familyfor it. You also must discuss with menwho will be the right choice (forvotes)," Kejriwal tweeted minutes be-fore the polling for electing the Delhiassembly began.

Irani retorted, "Don't you considerwomen so capable that they could de-

cide themselves who to vote for£" Shealso used a hashtag, projecting him asanti-women.

Kejriwal soon hit back at her, say-ing the women of Delhi have decided

who to vote for."And this time in Delhi, women

have decided their family's choice forvotes. After all they have to run theirhousehold," he added.

Women are capable of choosing,Smriti replies to Kejriwal remark

PUBLIC NOTICES

LOST & FOUNDI, Gurpreet Singh son of Shri Charanjeet Singh resident of House No.42, Ward No.15, Guga Madi, Taraori, District Karnal, DECALRE That the deponent is the permanent resident of the above said address. That on 27.01.2020, the deponent lost his DMC bearing registration No.C115/04092/0075 of class 10TH in the premises of Old Bus Stand, Karnal. (DMC) with his best efforts but all efforts of deponent went in vain. if the said certificate is in case found in future then the deponent will not misuse it and will submit the same in concerned authority.

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PUBLIC NOTICEThis is to notify all concerned that on behalf of my client, Aadhar Housing Finance Ltd., having its Branch office at Bathinda, I hereby give notice that one customer, Mr. Gurdeep Singh S/o Sh. Baldev Singh S/o Sh. Sunder Singh, resident of Rampura has applied for taking loan for construction at the property situated at within the revenue limits of village Rampura Tehsil Rampura Phul Distt. Bathinda.Naresh Kumar sold the property measuring 00 Kanals 6.80 Marlas to Bhawna W/o Sita Ram S/o Suraj Bhan, through sale deed No. 1047 dated 24-07-2015 and Mutation No. 28195 was sanctioned on the basis of alienation.The registered sale deed No. 1047 dated 24-07-2015 is misplaced Now, the said customer has declared that since he is not having any old sale deeds/records related to land with him and is going to take loan from Aadhar Housing Finance Limited for Construction on the above mentioned land. If any concern, Bank or person having any claim, objection related to the above transaction and mortgage of said property with Aadhar, he/she may kindly contact me within 7 days from the date of publication of this advertisement in the below mentioned address failing which no claim will be entertained later and AHFL will disburse the loan to proposed customer.R.P. Singh AdvocateMobile No. 75080-11581

LOST & FOUNDI Sukhwinder Singh S/O Rohi Singh R/O Flat no 514, Ground Floor , Omaxe, Phase 3, New Chandigarh , Mullanpur have lost the documents and receipts of my above mentioned resident property. ( here detail of receipts is carried which is attached) The founder return it on above address or call 9216432045.Receipt No.-481656-Date: 03MAR-11-Amount 97489, Receipt No.-1018907-Date: 30NOV-13-Amount 35102, Receipt No.-1018907-Date: 30NOV-13-Amount 139206, Receipt No.-1018907-Date: 30NOV-13-Amount 604732, Receipt No.-1040376-Date: 26FEB-14-Amount 25000, Receipt No.-1040376-Date: 26FEB-14-Amount 45000, Receipt No.-1040376-Date: 26FEB-14-Amount 394800, Receipt No.-1040376-Date: 26FEB-14-Amount 10,000, Receipt No.-1040376-Date: 26FEB-14-Amount 25,000, Receipt No.-1040376-Date: 26FEB-14-Amount 9897, Receipt No.-1040376-Date: 26FEB-14-Amount 62917, Receipt No.-1074378-Date: 08AUG-14-Amount 197400, Receipt No.-1074378-Date: 08AUG-14-Amount 394799, Receipt No.-1074378-Date: 08AUG-14-Amount 394799, Receipt No.-1074378-Date: 08AUG-14-Amount 94581,Receipt No.-1074379-Date: 08AUG-14-Amount 85000, Receipt No.-1612716-Date: 16DEC-17-Amount 11286.

I Hitherto Known As Saroop S/o I Hitherto Known As Simranjit I, Hitherto Known As Lalita Sethi It Is For General Information That I I, Charanjit Kumar S/O Karam I Ishaan Rawat S/o Pan Singh R/o I Jyoti Rani W/o Rampal Singh Sardara Singh, Residing At Vill. Kaur Alias Soma Devi W/o Kuldip Daughter Of Surinder Kumar Wife Karan Kumar, Son Of Ravinder Chand R/O H.no. L-6, Upkar Govind Nagar Naya Gaon R/o Village Kotbhai (Sri Bhandal Dona, Po Sidhwan Singh, Residing At H.no. 576, Of Raman Kumar Residing At Singh, Residing At, Dera Baba Nagar, Lamba Pind, Jalandhar Nayagaon SAS Nagar (Mohali) Muktsar Sahib) have Changed Dona, District Kapurthala- Nadala, Teh. Bholath, District H.no.276, Ward No.53, Shiv Nanak Road, Shukarpura, Batala, (Punjab), Have Changed My Pb-160103 do hereby solemnly My Name To Simran.144625, Punjab, India, Have Kapurthala-144624, Punjab, Nagar Colony, Islamabad, District Gurdaspur, Punjab-143505 Declare Son’s Name From Sachin affirm and declare that I have have 63372Changed My Name And Shall India, Have Changed My Name Amritsar Punjab Have Changed That Name Of My Father And Sharma To Sachin. changed my name to Sangye I, Davanpreet Singh S/O Hereafter Be Known As Saroop And Shall Hereafter Be Known As My Name And Shall Hereafter Be Mother Has Been Wrongly Written 72778 Palden and embraced buddhism Harjeet Singh R/O Village Singh. Simranjit Kaur. Known As Sapna Rani. As Ravinder Kumar And Sushma I , H a r p r e e t S i n g h S / O and renounced Hindu with effect D o l o n K a l a n L u d h i a n a

900020 900020 900020 Devi In My Passport No. Narinderpal Singh R/O H.no. 14, from 01/01/2020. Changed Name Damanpreet I Hitherto Known As Joginder I, Hitherto Known As Dilwinder N7077172. The Actual Name Of New Amar Nagar, Gulab Devi 63372 Singh.Singh S/o Pritam Singh, Residing Kaur Wife Of Rashpal Singh, R/o My Father And Mother Is Ravinder Hospital Road, Jalandhar Have I Nitu Gupta W/O Ramesh Kumar 63372At Vpo Bajuha Khurd, District Tehsil Dera Baba Nanak, Singh And Sushma, Which May Be Changed My Name From R/O Gali Mai Gujjran Wali, Sach I, Mani S/O Narinder Singh Jalandhar-144033, Punjab, India, Machharala, Dera Baba Nanak, Amended Accordingly. Harpreet Singh To Given Name Khand Road, Tarn Taran, Tehsil & R/O 1074/4 Street No 10, Have Changed My Name And District Gurdaspur, Punjab 100077 Harpreet And Surname Singh Distt Tarn Taran Have Changed B a l S i n g h N a g a r B a s t i Shall Hereafter Be Known As Have Changed My Name And I, Shaweta Bansal W/o Punit Gupta 72778 My Name To Neetu Gupta. J o d h e w a l L u d h i a n a Joginder Pal Singh. Shall Hereafter Be Known As R/o House No. 217/5, Mahadev I, Lakhwinder Singh S/O Harmesh 63372 Changed Name Mani Sohal

900020 Kulwinder Kaur. Mohalla, Thanesar, Kurukshetra Lal, R/O Village Samrari, Po. Bara I Manpreet Kaur W/O Kuldeep .I Neelam Rani Joshi W/o Braham 900020 Has Beem Changed Her Name Pind, Tehsil Phillaur (jalandhar) Singh R/O H.No.18/470, St No.3, 63372Inder Nath Joshi R/o H.no.289, I, Hitherto Known As Rajni Wife Shaweta Bansal To Shweta. Have Aded My Surname With My Road No.3, Sardar Nagar, Moga I, Mukesh Kumar Arora And Ward No.12, Railway Road, Of Subhash Lehar Residing At 52724 Name From Lakhwinder Singh To Punjab, Have Changed My Mukesh Arora R/O 7159/3, B.k.medical Store, Bhogpur, Kothi No.108-b, Rani Ka Bagh, I, Lakhwinder Singh S/o Makhan Lakhwinder Singh Mehmi.. Name To Parmjit Kaur Kanda. Durga Puri Haibowal Kalan District Jalandhar Have Changed District Amritsar Punjab Have Singh R/o Vpo Bodhni , Pehowa, I 72778 63372 L u d h i a n a D e c l a r e T h a t My Name To Tripta Kumari. Changed My Name And Shall Changed My Minor Son Name I, Amanjit Kaur D/O. Rakesh I, Prem Sing Gharu S/o Rehmat Both Names Are One And

900020 Hereafter Be Known As Rajni From Harjinder Singh To Harjinder Kumar R/O Village Sekha Mazara R/o W.No. 12 Guru Nagar Zira Same Person.I Hitherto Known As Sudesh Lehar. (given Name)singh (surname). Po Rahon, Teh. Nawanshahr, Distt (Ferozepur) changed my name 63372Chander S/o Mangal Dass, 900020 84661 Sbs Nagar, (Pb.), India, Have to Prem Singh. I, Gagandeep Singh Sidhu Residing At H.no. 679, Ward No. I, Hitherto Known As Jyoti Wife I, Manjit Singh S/o Pyara Singh Vill Changed My Name Amanjit Kaur 63372 S/O Parmjit Singh R/O Vill: 13, Dakoha, Jalandhar-144023, Of Bollu Dhunna Residing At Satoura , Pehowa, Kurukshetra To Amanjeet Kaur. I, Bhinder Kaur W/o Balwinder Ajnoud, Po. Rajgarh, Teh-Punjab, India, Have Changed My H.no. 4/371, Gali Guru Nanak Changed Name Manjeet Singh. 72778 Singh R/o Vill: Sakho Majra Po. P a y a l ( L u d h i a n a ) H a v e Name And Shall Hereafter Be Katra Karam Singh Navi Sadak 84661 I Punma Ram , S/O Uka Ram, & Teh-Morinda (Rupnagar) C h a n g e d M y N a m e To Known As Sudesh Kumari. District Amritsar Punjab Have I, Jasbir Kaur W/o Balwinder Singh R/O – Sadulpura Sharneswarji changed my name to Bhupinder Gagandeep Singh.

900020 Changed My Name And Shall R/o Village Talwandi Dogra, PO Road, Ward/25, Sirohi, Rajasthan, Kaur. 63372I Hitherto Known As Gurbachan Hereafter Be Known As Jyoti Talwandi Dogra, Distt Amritsar 307001 Have Changed My Name 63372 We, Gurchatan Singh S/o Kaur W/o Joginder Pal, Residing Dhunna have changed my name from Jasbir To Punit Dewasi. I, Renu Arora W/O Arun Kumar Gulzar Singh & Amarj i t At H.no. 482, Vpo Mithapur, 900020 Kaur to Jasvir Kaur. 63372 R/O H.No.956 New Geeta Kaur W/o Gurchatan Singh Jalandhar-144022, Punjab, India, I, Hitherto Known As Bollu 72737 I, Jograj S/O Charan Dass R/O Colony Moga Changed Name R/o V. Adekali Po. Mithra Have Changed My Name And Dhawan Son Of Kimti Lal I Charanjit Kaur Mangat W/o Vi l l a g e L a n g r o y a Te h s i l Renu Ahuja. Te h - P h i l l a u r ( J a l a n d h a r ) Shall Hereafter Be Known As Residing At H.no. 4/371, Gali Gurnam Singh Mangat R/o.Vill Nawanshahr District SBS Nagar 63372 changed my our minor son Gurbakhsh Kaur. Guru Nanak Katra Karam Singh Haruwal Tehsil Dera Baba Nanak Have Changed My Name To f r o m M a n j o t S i n g h t o I, Raj Kaur D/O Baldev Singh

900020 Navi Sadak District Amritsar Distt Gurdaspur Have Changed my Jograj Sensi. And W/O Uttam Singh R/O B- Manjot Singh Nandra.I, Hitherto Known As Lalita Sethi Punjab Have Changed My name from Charanjit Kaur Sidhu to 63372 32/1490 Nanda Colony Kailash 63372Daughter Of Surinder Kumar Name And Shall Hereafter Be Charanjit Kaur Mangat Plz noted all I, Tajinder S/o Kulwant R/o Vpo. Nagar Ludhiana Changed I Meharban Singh S/O Late Wife Of Raman Kumar Residing Known As Bollu Dhunna. concerned. Chak Kalal Teh-Banga (SBS Name Jaspreet Kaur. S Gurd ip S ingh R/O H At H.no.276, Ward No.53, Shiv 900020 72737 Nagar) changed my name to 63372 N o . 1 3 7 9 , H a v e l i Nagar Colony, Islamabad, District I , H i t h e r t o K n o w n A s I, Palak Sethi W/o Nipun Verma Tajinder Sondhi. A b a l w a h i a n C h o w k I, Hardip Singh S/O Harbhajan Amritsar Punjab Have Changed Paramjit Kaur Wife Of Roop R/o.H.No.122, Gurjai Pal Nagar 63372 M o n i , A m r i t s a r H a v e S i n g h , R / O P i p l a n w a l a , My Name And Shall Hereafter Be Singh Kingra Residing At Jalandhar Have Changed my Declared That Meharban I, Sukhwinder W/o Surinder Hoshiarpur, Have Changed My Known As Sapna Rani. Vpo Sanher, Tehsil Zira, name after Marriage to palak Singh And Maharban Singh Singh R/o Police Station Wali Name From Hardip Singh To

900020 F e r o z p u r P u n j a b H a v e Verma. All concerned please note. Gali, Goniana Mandi (Bathinda) Hardeep Singh. Both Are One And Same I Hitherto Known As Harpreet Changed My Name And Shall 72737 have changed my name to 63372 Person.Kaur Wife Of Makhan Singh Hereaf te r Be Known As I, Hari Rattan Nayyar S/o Buta Sukhvinder Kaur. 63372I Bhupinder Kaur Aulakh W/O Sanghera, Residing At Vpo Gohir, Paramjit Kaur Kingra. Ram R/o. H.No.B-3/716, Gali 63372 I Kiran Bala Singla W/O Tirath Singh R/O Village Tehs i l Nakodar, Dis t r i c t 900020 Harnam Singh Wali Mohalla Vinod Kumar R/O Rampura I Harpreet Singh Sandhu S/O Kailpur P.O. Dakha Distt Jalandhar-144039, Punjab, India, I, Hitherto Known As Karmjit Rodu Pura Khalsapur Road Tarn Phul Distt Bathinda Have Angrej Singh R/O Chak Motle Ludhiana Have Changed My Have Changed My Name And Kaur Wife Of Darshan Singh Taran have Changed my Name to Changed My Name After Wala Road, Motlewala, Tehsil And Name To Bhupinder Kaur.Shall Hereafter Be Known As Residing At H.no.53, Gali Hari Rattan All concerned please Marriage Anu.District Sri Muktsar Sahib Punjab 63372Harpreet Kaur Sanghera Number 3, Drumma Wala note. 63372152025 India Have Changed My I Tirath Singh Aulakh S/O

900020 B a z a r , K a p o o r N a g a r , 72737 Name To Harpreet Singh. I Sandeep Singh S/O Iqbal Bhajan Singh R/O Village I, Hitherto Known As Gursharan Sultanwind Road, Punjab I, Sabeg Singh S/o Kartar Singh 63372 Singh R/O Tangi Wali Gali, Kailpur P.O. Dakha Distt Kaur Wife Of Balhar Singh Residing Have Changed My Name And R/o Vanieyke Tehsil Ajnala Rampura Phul Distt. Bathinda I Jagdish Singh Gill S/O Gurdas Ludhiana Have Changed My Vpo Kalia,tehsil Patti, District Tarn Shall Hereafter Be Known As Distt Amritsar declare that in Have Changed My Name To Singh R/O Vpo Bukanwala Name To Tirath Singh.Taran Punjab Have Changed My Karamjeet Kaur. son’s School record my name is Sandeep Singh Sidhu.Tehsil & Distt Moga Punjab 63372Name And Shall Hereafter Be 900020 wrongly Mentioned as Subhag 63372142048 India Have Changed I Kuldip Singh S/O Ajit Known As Sharanjit Kaur. I , H i t h e r t o K n o w n A s Singh but my correct name is My Name To Jagdish Singh. S ingh Bhangu R /O Vpo I , Ramandeep Kaur W/o

900020 Jaswinder Kaur W/o Gurjeet Sabeg Singh . all concerned pls Satpal Singh R/o Baggeana 63372 Ayali Kalan Tehsi l Distt I, Hitherto Known As Jasvir Kaur S i n g h S a n d h u , R / o note it Moga (Moga) have known I, Jasvir Singh S/o Kulwant Ludhiana Have Changed My Rajput Daughter Of Baldev H.no.4805/24, G.t.road, Guru 72737 b y a b o v e b o t h n a m e s S i n g h R / o Vi l l : N u r p u r N a m e To K u l d i p S i n g h Singh Rajput Wife Of Pardeep N a n a k W a r a , D i s t r i c t I , Army No.15486099H rank R a m a n d e e p K a u r & C h a t h a T e h - N a k o d a r Bhangu.Singh Residing At H.no.a.587, Amritsar, Punjab Have L D Abhilash , C S/O Sh. Amandeep Kaur.( J a l a n d h a r ) c h a n g e d m y 63372Partap Nagar, District Amritsar Changed My Name And Achutan, M R/o 90 Armed Regt 63372n a m e t o J a s v i r S i n g h I Manjinder Singh Sidhu S/O Punjab Have Changed My Name Shall Hereafter Be Known C/o .56 APO Khasa Can t t Chatha. R a n j i t S i n g h R / O V p o I, Harpreet Singh Dhaliwal And Shall Hereafter Be Known As Jaswinder Kaur Sandhu. Amritsar Punjab. India declare 63372 Rasulpur Malla Tehsil Jagraon S/O Sukhdev Singh R/O As Jasleen Kaur. 900020 that in my army record the name I , B h a g w a n t S i n g h S / o Distt Ludhiana Have Changed Machhike (Moga) Have

900020 I, Hitherto Known As Sona of my father is mentioned as Changed His Son's Name Gurdeep Singh Shergill R/o My Name To M a n j i n d e r I, Hitherto Known As Harjit Kaur Kumari Daughter Of Prem Achutan ,M but his correct Sukhvir Singh To Sukhvir V i l l : B h u c h o K a l a n Singh.Brar Daughter Of Sukhwant Nath Wife Of Devinder Kumar n a m e i s M a v i l a k k a n d i Singh Dhaliwal.(Bathinda) changed my name 63372Singh Wife Of Nirmal Singh Residing At H.no.d3/1910, A c h u t h a n . Vi d e a f f i d a v i t 63372to Bhagwant Singh Shergill. I Vimal Kumar S/o Shankar Residing At Village Akalgarh Gali Amar Medicos, Ram No.AC 032440 dated 07-02- 63372 Lal R/o Hira Singh Nagar, I , Balvir Singh S/o Jagat Dhapian, District Amritsar Punjab N a g a r C o l o n y, D i s t r i c t 2020 I , K a r a m j i t K a u r W / o Kotkapura (Faridkot) have Singh R/o Vpo. Malsian Have Changed My Name And A m r i t s a r P u n j a b H a v e 72737 Bhagwant Singh Shergill R/o changed my name to Vimal Kalan Teh-Zira (Ferozepur) Shall Hereafter Be Known As Changed My Name And Shall I, Army No.15486099H rank LD V i l l : B h u c h o K a l a n Garg. now W.No. 6 Sant Singh Harjeet Kaur. Hereafter Be Known As Shelly Abhilash , C S/O Sh. Achutan, M (Bathinda) changed my name 63372 Sadiq Road Kartar Nagar

900020 Sharma. R/o 90 Armed Regt C/o.56 APO ( M o g a ) c h a n g e d m y to Karamjit Kaur Shergill. I Karmjit Singh R/O Mcbz-I, Hitherto Known As Kulwinder 900020 Khasa Cantt Amritsar Punjab. India daughter name from Amritpal 63372 6, 19370, Main Sivian Road, Kaur Wife Of Balbir Singh I , H i t h e r t o K n o w n A s declare that in my army record the to Amritpal Kaur.I , A r s h j o t K a u r D / o Kehta Singh Basti, Bathinda Sandhu Residing At H.no.e-66, Arwinder Singh Son Of Jasbir name of my Mother is mentioned as 63372Bhagwant Singh Shergill R/o D i s t t . B a t h i n d a H a v e Ranjit Avenue Disrtict Amritsar Singh Residing At Village Sathi,C T but her correct name is V i l l : B h u c h o K a l a n Changed My Minor Son Punjab Have Changed My Name Purian Kalan, Tehsil Batala Chalil Sathi. Vide affidavit No.AC (Bathinda) changed my name N a m e Tr i p a t p r e e t S i n g h And Shall Hereafter Be Known District Gurdaspur, Punjab 032438 dated 07-02-2020 to Arshjot Kaur Shergill. Sidhu To Tripatpreet Singh.As Kulwinder Kaur Sandhu. Have Changed My Name And 72737 63372 63372

900020 Shall Hereafter Be Known As Arvinder Singh.I, Hitherto Known As Harjit Kaur

Khakh Daughter Of Kulweshwar 900020Singh Wife Of Rabinder Singh I, Hitherto Known As Simmi Residing At South City Colony, Sethi Daughter Of Harbans Phase-ii, Opp. Ram Sharnam, Lal Sethi Wife Of Vikas Umarpura Road, Batala, District Wa d h a w a n R e s i d i n g A t Gurdaspur Have Changed My H.no.645/7, Bazar Chur Beri, Name And Shall Hereafter Be Chowk Chintpurni District Known As Harjit Kaur. A m r i t s a r P u n j a b H a v e

900020 Changed My Name And Shall Hereafter Be Known As I, Hitherto Known As Rachhpal Preeti Wadhawan.Singh Son Of Jaswant Singh

Residing At H.no.422, Ward 900020No.4, Ramdas Rural, District I , H i t h e r t o K n o w n A s Amritsar Punjab Have Changed Maninderdeep Singh Gill Son Of My Name And Shall Hereafter Be Kulwant Singh Residing At Ward Known As Rachpal Singh Gill. No2, Abadi Idgah, Vpo Majitha

900020 District Amritsar Punjab Have Changed My Name And Shall I, Hitherto Known As Kuljeet Hereaf ter Be Known As Singh Son Of Sukhdev Singh Maninderdeep Singh..Residing At Vpo Basarke,

Tehsil Patti District Tarn 900020Taran Punjab Have Changed I, Hitherto Known As Shakti Saini My Name And Shall Hereafter S/o Tarlok Chand R/o H. No. 2, Be Known As Kuljeet Singh Krishna Square 2nd, Near Anand Sandhu. Nagar Gurdwara, Amritsar, Punjab

900020 Have Changed My Name And Shall Hereafter Be Known As Shakti I , H i t h e r t o K n o w n A s Kumar.Rabinder Singh Khakh Son Of

Mohinder Singh Residing At 900020South City Colony, Phase-ii, I, Hitherto Known As Chinderpal O p p . R a m S h a r n a m , Kaur Wife Of Mohinder Singh Umarpura Road , Ba ta la , Residing At Vpo Abul Khurana, Tehsil Dis t r ic t Gurdaspur Have Malout District Muktsar Punjab Changed My Name And Shall Changed My Name And Shall Hereaf ter Be Known As Hereafter Be Known As Chhinderpal Rabinder Singh. Kaur.

900020 900020I , H i t h e r t o K n o w n A s I , Parneet Kaur W/o Devender Singh Rab inde r S ingh Son Of Virk R/o Panjabi Mohalla , Village Mohinder Singh Residing At Batta Distt. Kaithal Have Changed My South City Colony, Phase-ii Name From Parneet Kaur To Parneet Opp.ram Sharnam, Umarpura Kaur Virk. Concerned Please Note.R o a d , B a t a l a , D i s t r i c t 84451Gurdaspur Have Changed I, Srishti Handa Wife Of Sh.gurdas The Name Of My Minor Singh R/o H.no.135, Street No.9,guru Daughter’s Sohaj Khakh Age Nanak Nager,patiala, Have 17 Years And She Shall Changed My Name From Srishti Hereafter Be Known As Sohaj Handa To Srishti.

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PUBLIC NOTICEIt is brought to the notice of the public at large that the conveyance/sale deed No. 9425 dated 12-02-2008 executed by improvement trust, Bathinda in favour of Ajaib Singh and Pushpinder Pal son of Balwant Singh to the extent of 2/3 share and Balwant Singh son of Joginder Singh to the extent of 1/3 share has been lost. it is informed by the party to have not been mortgaged with any Bank or Financial Institution or in other Institution or person and the same has been lost.If anybody has any objection regarding the mortgaging of the same, may respond within fourteen days, to the undersigned.After the expiry of the stipulated period of Fourteen days, no claim whatsoever shall be entertained. The detail of the property is as under:-Detail of Porperty:Property shop cum flat No. 133, measuring 119.69 Sq. yards comprised in Khasra No. 1988 min(0-2,2/5 share) Khewat/Khatauni No. 232/2543, Jamabandies for the year 2012-13 situated within the revenue limits of Vikas Scheme 25.21 Acre, Goniana Road, Patti Mehna, Tehsil and District Bathinda Presently standing in the name of Tirpta Garg wife of Satya Pal Garg son of Tulsi Ram and Satya Pal Garg son of Tulsi Ram son of Shiv Dyal.Kuldeep Singla, AdvocateChamber No. 646, Lawyer Chamber, District Courts BathindaM. No. 9356445777

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PUBLIC NOTICESI Tilak Raj Sharma s/o Sh. Opender Nath Sharma r/o 25/D, Pooja Vihar, Industrial Area, Ambala Cantt declare that my son Rahul Sharma is out of my control, so I disown him from my movable and immovable properties and all legal rights. Anybody deals with him will do so at their own risk. I and my other family members are not responsible for any type of acts done by him.

78645I Sanjeev Kumar Gupta S/O Late Sh. Ravinder Gupta. Age 58 Yes. R/O. 21, Lower Bazar. Shimla. Presently residing at Flat No.7, block-2, Sirtaj Apartment. Near I.T Bhawan. Pantha Ghati. Disinherit my Son Saurabh Gupta and my Daughter in Law from my move able and immovable property of any kind nor me and my wife Shall be responsible for any kind of transaction of Any kind being done by my son and daughter in law who so ever deal with them they shall be doing at their own risk.

98725I, Balvir Singh, Spouse Of No.4484952P LNK Ram Singh Resident Of VPO Ikolaha, Tehsil Khanna, Distt. Ludhiana, 141401, Punjab, Have Changed My Name And D.O.B. Balveer Singh To Balvir Singh D.O.B. 20-09-1953 Vide Affidavit Dated 07-02-2020, Civil Court, Khanna.

63372, Surjit Kaur, Spouse Of No.4484952P LNK Ram Singh Resident Of VPO Ikolaha, Tehsil Khanna, Distt. Ludhiana, 141401, Punjab, Have Changed My Name And D.O.B. Surjeet Kaur To Surjit Kaur D.O.B. 01-01-1956 Vide Affidavit Dated 07-02-2020, Civil Court, Khanna.

63372I Nirmal Singh S/O Shoba Singh R/O Village Shamshpur, Tehsil Samrala (Ludhiana) Declare That My Daughter Jasvir Kaur Is On Good Terms With Me. She Is Entitled To Get Share From My Movable And Ammovable Properties.

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China virus death toll rises to 490, PMOmonitoring situation in IndiaNEW DELHI: The number of confirmed deaths from China’s coronavirus outbreak roseto at least 490, after authorities in Hubei province reported 65 new fatalities Wednesday.In its daily update, figures from the health commission in Hubei, which has been hit hard-est by the virus, also showed a jump in confirmed infections with 3,156 new cases. In-dia has so far reported three positive cases of nCoV from Kerala.

Aerobridges will be used at dedicated gates of seven international airports (Delhi,Kolkata, Mumbai, Cochin, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chennai) to screen passengersfrom China, Singapore, Thailand and Hong Kong for novel coronavirus (nCoV) to en-sure effective prevention, the Union health ministry said on Tuesday.

Plastic menace: Three tigers inCorbett Tiger Reservecaptured chewing plasticNEW DELHI: In our minds, a tiger hasalways been a majestic cat that huntsfor its survival. However, the realitytoday has changed. The tiger hasturned from a majestic cat to a meekanimal that chews on plastic. That’swhat can be seen from thephotographs taken at the Corbett TigerReserve in January this year. In somepictures taken by tourists, three tigersin Uttarakhand’s Corbett Tiger Reservecould be seen chewing on a plasticdrum while they were by theRamganga river in the Dikhala zone ofthe reserve.The photographs brought to theforefront, the rampant issue of plasticmenace that is haunting the planetright now. They especially sparkedconcern among the Corbett reserveauthorities as it raises questions onhow the plastic drum reached the catsin the middle of the protected area ofthe reserve. Tourists who had clickedthe pictures handed them over to thereserve authorities at the end ofJanuary. One of the photographs wasshared on Twitter by IFS ParveenKaswan. He captioned it, “Nothing.Few tigers playing with plastic they justreceived as a gift from us anddelivered by this river at Corbett. Thatis how deep into the forests andoceans this plastic menace isgrowing.”

Tainted J&K cop claimsthreat to lifeSRINAGAR: Tainted Jammu andKashmir police officer Davinder Singhand four others, including two Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) militants, and theirtwo alleged “over-ground workers”were on Friday sent to 15-day judicialcustody by a special NationalInvestigation Agency (NIA) court inJammu. While Mr Singh was soon sentto Hiranagar jail in J&K’s Kathuadistrict, the others — HM militantsSyed Naveed Mushtaq alias NaveedBabu and Asif Ahmed Rather, Kashmirilawyer Irfan Shafi Mir and Syed IrfanAhmed — were lodged in high-securityKotbalwal jail on the outskirts of wintercapital Jammu. Both Mir and SyedIrfan who is a brother of Naveed Babuhave been accused of being the HM’sOWGs. Mr Singh had earlier pleadedbefore the judge that he may face aserious threat to his life if he too islodged in Kotbalwal prison as amongits inmates are several militants he hadarrested when serving in the J&Kpolice’s counterinsurgency specialoperations group (SOG). The judgeafter allowing Mr Singh’s plea passeddirections to the authorities to lodgehim in some different jail. Mr Singhwas arrested along with Naveed Babu,one of the most wanted HM militants,and Rather in Kashmir’s Kulgamdistrict on January 11. Mr Singh, whowas posted as deputy superintendentof police at the anti-hijacking squad atSrinagar international airport, has beenplaced under suspension after he wasarrested travelling with militant duo in aHyundai i20 car along the highwayconnecting J&K’s twin capitals —Srinagar and Jammu. They werereportedly on their way to Chandigarh.The authorities have alsorecommended to the government thatSingh may be dismissed from service.Investigations had reportedly revealedthat Mr Singh had accompaniedmilitants or helped them in relocating tovarious parts of country on differentoccasions in lieu of money and otherconsiderations. However, the Centrelater asked the NIA to probe the case.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, FEB 8

If surveys are to be believed, theAam Aadmi Party is all set to returnto power in the national capitalwhere polls to all 70 Assemblyseats will be held on Saturday. Butif one goes by grandstanding, thenthe BJP appears set to usher in anew chapter in Delhi and formingthe city-state’s government on itsown after 22 years.

Two surveys, one released onWednesday and another earlier onMonday, clearly suggest that theAAP will not be able to retain all 67seats it won in the 2015 elections,but will be able to form the govern-ment on its own. They give 10 to 14seats to the BJP. But home ministerAmit Shah has claimed his partywill be winning more than 45 seats.The saffron party won in just threeconstituencies in 2015, where theCongress couldn’t retain one seat.

According to the ABP News-CVoter survey, Arvind Kejriwal’sAAP is predicted to win 42 to 56seats. The IPSOS-Times Now sur-vey, based on a sample size of 7,321voters, says the AAP is likely to getanything between 54 and 60 seats,the BJP 10 to 14 seats, while theCongress may draw a blank or win,at best, two seats. Tight securitymeasures have been put in placeacross the city, especially sensitiveareas like Shaheen Bagh, for peace-ful polling in which Delhi’s 1.47crore voters will decide whetherMr Kejriwal gets another term aschief minister for the developmentwork done and promised, or theBJP, which campaigned aggressive-ly on the “anti-Shaheen Bagh” na-

tionalism pitch, will get a he lasttwo weeks of campaigning for thecountry’s most prestigious electoralbattle since the Lok Sabha polls inApril-May 2019 saw the BJP rop-ing in almost all Union ministers,11 chief ministers and 200-odd MPsto hardsell its nationalistic narrativeto garner the support of voters tounseat Mr Kejriwal. Many BJPleaders even tried to polarise votersalong communal lines.

To address the Hindu votebank,the chief minister even recited the“Hanuman Chalisa” at a recentshow organized by a news channelwhere he declared himself to be adiehard follower of Lord Hanuman.On Friday, he along with his familyoffered prayers at the famous Hanu-man Temple in Connaught Place.After his visit to the temple, hetweeted: “Sought blessings ofHanumanji at famous Hanumantemple at CP. Bhagwanji said —‘You are doing good work. Contin-ue serving people like this. Leavethe outcome to me, all will befine’.” The Delhi polls are signifi-

cant as they will also set the stagefor elections in six states in the next18 months — Bihar in the secondhalf of this year, and Kerala, TamilNadu, Puducherry, West Bengaland Assam in 2021. These polls arean acid test for the BJP which in therecent past lost elections in Jhark-hand and was unable to form thegovernment in Maharashtra after itsally Shiv Sena joined hands withthe Congress and NCP. In Haryana,the party could form governmentonly after taking the support ofDushyant Chautala’s JJP.

For Mr Kejriwal, these polls arenot only a test of his credentials asthe head of a city government, butalso important for the political fu-ture of the AAP, whose votesharedropped from 54 per cent in 2015Assembly polls to just 18 per centin last year’s Lok Sabha polls. TheAAP, which swept the 2015 Assem-bly polls, lost all three municipalbodies in the city to the BJP in2017, in which it got just 26 percent votes, about 10 per cent lessthan the saffron party. This time, the

AAP is again facing a tough contestfrom the BJP in 10 seats which ithad won by a margin of less than 10per cent votes in the earlier polls. Ofthese seats, the victory margin ofthe AAP was even less than five percent in Shakurbasti, Najafgarh,Lakshmi Nagar and Krishna Nagar.The party, however, seems to behaving a clear edge over the BJP inall the 12 reserved seats it had wonin the previous polls. The 2020election also poses a big challengefor the Congress, which could notwin even a single seat in the last As-sembly elections. The party camesecond only in Badli, Mangolpuri,Matia Mahal and Mustafabad. Butthe grand old party surprised oneand all by securing four per centvotes more than the AAP across theseven seats in the last Lok Sabhaelections.

Both the AAP and the BJP hadbeen trying hard to seek support ofPurvanchali voters — migrantsfrom eastern Uttar Pradesh, Biharand Jharkhand — who compriseabout 30 per cent of the total elec-torate. The AAP has even gone tothe extent of promising to get Bho-jpuri included in the Eighth Sched-ule of the Constitution.

The BJP, which has kept its 32-plus per cent voteshare since 1993,has been focusing more on its tradi-tional voters from upper caste Hin-dus, who account for 40 per cent ofthe electorate — 12 per cent Brah-mins, seven per cent of PunjabiKhatris and Rajputs, six per centeach of Jains and Baniyas and eightper cent of the rest. Punjabi voters,who make up around 25 per cent ofthe electorate, can influence theelection outcome in 20-odd seats.

Surveys favour AAP win, BJPconfident of 45 seats

SDM arrested for'staging' attack onoffice to frame up manCHATTARPUR (MP) : A Sub DivisionalMagistrate (SDM), whose office herewas vandalised two days ago, wasarrested on Friday alongwith a localBJP leader for allegedly staging theattack to influence the hearing of a pre-arrest bail plea of a man. SDM AnilSabkale was found to be in cahootswith director of Shri Krishna UniversityPushpendra Singh Gautam, who didnot want another private university tocome up in the area, the police said.Abhay Singh Bhadoria had purchasedland for setting up his KhajurahoUniversity in the district. Gautam, withSabkale's help, got the land declaredas government property and filed acase against Bhadoria, said ChattarpurSuperintendent of Police (SP) TilakSingh. The case was to come up forhearing on February 5, and Bhadoriawas expected to file an application foranticipatory bail, the official said.To establish that Bhadoria was adangerous character and should notbe granted pre-arrest bail, Sabkaleallegedly conspired with Gautam andhad his own office attacked.The SDM then lodged a complaintagainst unidentified miscreants, SPSingh said. The police, while trackingcall records of suspects, realised thatGautam and Sabkale were in touchwith each other before and after theattack. Based on Call Detail Records,the police zeroed in on Gautam,Sabkale and the BJP's minority cellleader Javed Akthar, the official said.It was Akthar who allegedly arrangedgoons for the attack, he said.The SDM tried to establish in the courtthat Bhadoria and others were behindthe attack on his office as he hadlaunched a drive against land mafia.The court, however, granted pre-arrestbail to Bhadoria. Apart from Sabkale,the police arrested Gautam, Akthar,Amit Singh Parihar, Arjun Shrivas,Rajendra Singh and Santosh Soniunder relevant sections of the IPC,additional superintendent of policeJairaj Kuber said.

G U WA H AT I / K O K R A -JHAR, FEB 8

Prime Minister NarendraModi said here Friday that thenew Bodo peace accordwould bring in peace and de-velopment in Assam. Sayingit was now time to work to-gether, while addressing ahuge public rally at the BodoTerritorial Area District(BTAD) of Assam in Kokra-jhar, Mr Modi promised thatthe Citizenship (Amendment)Act would not harm their in-terests. “A canard is beingspread that lakhs of peoplewill come from outside afterthe CAA’s enactment. Noth-ing of that sort will happen,”he said.

The Prime Minister alsourged Kashmiri militants,other banned outfits in theNortheast and the Naxalitesto lay down their arms, jointhe national mainstream and“celebrate life”. He also at-tacked the previous non-BJPgovernments for “procrasti-nating” on a resolution ofvexed issues that alienatedpeople and made them lose

their faith in democracy andthe Constitution.

“Those still with bombs,guns and bullets in Kashmir,other parts of the Northeast,and Naxalites... Come back.Join the mainstream. Wapaslaut aiye aur jeevan ka jashnmanaiye (come back and cel-ebrate life,” he said. Mr Modisaid he was confident that theaccord signed by the Centre,the Assam government andthe Bodo groups will bringpermanent a peace, unlikeprevious accords inked withthe insurgents in 1993 and2003. The Prime Minister,who was visiting Assam forthe first time after Parliamentpassed the new citizenshiplaw, had earlier cancelled twovisits, including one withJapanese PM Shinzo Abe, cit-ing various reasons.

Acknowledging the rallyas one of the largest publicgatherings, Mr Modi said thenational interest has been theprimary concern of his gov-ernment. “When the nationalinterest is your primary con-cern, you can’t let situationspersist as they are.

Bodo pact heraldsnew dawn in

Northeast: PM Modi

Mirwaiz calls for shutdownon February 9 & 11

AGENCYSRINAGAR, FEB 8

Hurriyat Conference faction led bythe Valley’s chief Muslim cleric Mir-waiz Umar Farooq on Friday askedpeople to observe complete shutdownon February 9 and 11 to commemo-rate the hanging of Parliament attackconvict Muhammad Afzal Guru andhis mentor Muhammad MaqboolBhat in Delhi’s Tihar jail seven and36 years ago, respectively.

In its first statement issued sinceAugust 5 last year — when Jammuand Kashmir was stripped of its spe-cial status and split up into two UnionTerritories — the amalgam of sepa-ratist parties urged the people to “re-main steadfast in pursuance of our de-mand for resolution of Kashmir issue

in accordance with its people’s willthat has priceless sacrifices at itsback.” It added that this would be the“best way” to pay tribute to “our mar-tyrs” including Guru and Bhat.

The separatist parties and theirleaders, including the Mirwaiz, choseto maintain a complete silence on thegovernment’s August 5, 2019 movesand related developments. In the past,both he and separatist patriarch SyedAli Shah Geelani would almost ondaily basis make statements on vari-ous issues including ‘sanctity’ of Ar-ticles 370 and 35A of the Constitutioneven when under house arrest.

But post August 5 last year, theyhave been conspicuous by their re-maining quiet on the vital issue.

Prior to Friday’s statement fromthe Mirwaiz-led Hurriyat Conference,

the only statement that was issued onhis behalf during past six months wasto deny media reports that he hadsigned a bond stating that he wouldnot indulge in any political activityover the issue to secure his release af-ter being detained by the police on theday when Parliament approved theresolution abrogating special status toJ&K under Article 370 and a bill forsplitting the State into two UTs.

However, his aide Syed-ur-Rehman Shams was quick to deny itand while quoting the politician-cler-ic, he had said that the Hurriyat Con-ference faction headed by him (Mir-waiz) “stands firm by its principledstand on the issue of Jammu andKashmir and stands by the people inthis unprecedented situation that allare facing”. He had claimed that “allthe means and avenues to communi-cate with the people have beensnatched” from the Mirwaiz and,therefore, he was unable to communi-cate with the outside world.

Nevertheless, the separatist lead-ers’maintaining silence flabbergastedtheir many supporters and even com-mon Kashmiri. It is an open secretthat it are these separatist leaderswhose writ would run in the Valley,the reality that was witnessed duringthe unrests of 2008, 2009, 2010 and2016. In absence of any guidancefrom the mainstream as well as sepa-ratist parties, the people of the Valleyfound themselves in a helpless situa-tion.

Dhankar avoids confrontationAGENCYKOLKATA, FEB 8

Averting an open clash withthe ruling Trinamul Congressover his budget session ad-dress in the West Bengal As-sembly, Governor JagdeepDhankhar on Friday echoedthe Mamata Banerjee govern-ment’s concerns on “air of in-tolerance, bigotry and hatred”as “new norms in the coun-try.”

Reading out the speech,drafted by the state govern-ment for him, sans any dis-

agreement unlike his Keralacounterpart Arif MohammedKhan, Mr Dhankhar also en-dorsed the Trinamul govern-ment’s fierce stand againstthe Citizenship AmendmentAct (CAA), National Registerof Citizens (NRC) and Na-tional Population Register(NPR) in the chief minister’spresence in the House.

The governor, who onThursday vowed to “create ahistory” with his address,stated, “There is a general airof intolerance, bigotry andhatred that is straining the

variegated thread of unity ty-ing together all the linguistic,religious and ethnic diversi-ties in the country.” He calledfor taking all walks of peopleinto confidence before takingany drastic step. Mr Dhankaradded, “The state governmentis strongly against division ofpeople in the name of stepslike National Population Reg-ister (NPR), NRC or CAA...At present our country is at acritical juncture. The basicvalues and principles of ourConstitution are under chal-lenge.

Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas president ‘upset’over not being included in temple trust

AGENCYAYODHYA, FEB 8

Ram Janmabhoomi Nyaspresident Mahant NrityaGopal Das has indicatedthat he was upset with notbeing appointed to the trustcharged with building thetemple, prompting the BJPto rush in three leaders topacify him.

The BJP top brass inLucknow on Thursday sentAyodhya party MLA VedPrakash Gupta, MayorRishikesh Upadhyay andAyodhya Mahanagar presi-dent Abhishek Mishra tothe Mani Ram Das templehere. The seers at the tem-ple stopped the leadersfrom entering inside andforced them to return.Soon, the Mahant called anemergency meeting of

seers at 3 pm and a pressconference at 5 pm, Mishrasaid. Later, the two sched-uled events were cancelledas the temple managementreceived a phone call fromthe Ministry of Home Af-

fairs, said Mahant KamalNayan Das, the designatedsuccessor to Nritya GopalDas. Gupta told a newsagency that he hadarranged for a telephonicconversation between the

Mahant and Home Minis-ter Amit Shah and for aphone call from Lucknowas well. He claimed thatthree posts were still vacantin the trust and the Mahantwill be “adjusted”.

President DonaldTrump’s triumph ap-pears total after the col-

lapse of his impeachment tri-al in the US Senate, leading tohis acquittal Wednesdaynight. Not only that, his pop-ularity ratings too havesoared, according to theGallup polls. The Democratsare in disarray, and as of nowhe looks a clear frontrunner inthe run-up to the Novemberpresidential elections.

President Trump’s victoryin the Senate trial was a fore-gone conclusion with its Re-publican majority standingfirm behind their leader. Sen-ate rules require a two-thirdsmajority for a successful im-peachment, and it was clearfrom the beginning that theDemocrats and Mr Trump’srivals could never muster thatfigure.

Mr Trump continues to bethe Republicans’ best andonly bet now, and there’s sim-ply no credible opposition tohim within the party. SenatorMitt Romney, the lone Re-publican to vote against thePresident, whom he publiclyaccused of committing “anappalling abuse of publictrust”, finds himself os-

tracised and staring at the endof his political career. Massa-chusetts governor Bill Wield,talk show host and former USrepresentative Joe Walsh, andrealtor Rocky De La Fuentehave thrown their hats intothe ring, but nobody consid-ers them serious challengersto Mr Trump.

The Iowa Republicancaucuses that took place onFebruary 3 gave the President97 per cent votes, illustratingclearly which way the wind isblowing. The Democrats, onthe other hand, present amuch-divided house with asmany as 11 presidential hope-fuls and a diminished supportbase. Former vice-president

Joe Biden is widely consid-ered the Democrats’favourite, but some reportssuggest Bernie Sanders, theBrooklyn-born senator fromVermont, has a chance of tak-ing the lead.

If the Iowa caucuses 2020results are anything to go by,the results are significant.While President Trump got anoverwhelming majority ofRepublican votes, the De-mocrats’ vote was split, withPete Buttigieg securing anunexpected 26.2 per centshare, Bernie Sanders 26.1per cent, Elizabeth Warren18.2 per cent and Joe Bidentrailing with just 15.8 percent.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Are symbols eternal? Emblems defy time because theyrepresent ideas, and ideas, history has shown, can en-dure in spite of such adversaries as time and tyrants. In-

deed, the march of human civilization has been predicated onthe timelessness of all that is represented by ideas. The discus-sion on the deathlessness of ideas and, consequently, symbol-ism has been invigorated in present-day India, which has beena witness to spontaneous public protests across large swathesof the country against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, whichhas sought to, in violation of constitutional imperatives, grantselective citizenship to specific constituencies on the basis ofreligious identity. Most of these demonstrations have beenmarked by the joyous display of symbols that are, in fact, codesfor India’s pluralist ethic. Thus, the Tricolour, has been om-nipresent at these sites of protest against a legislation thatthreatens the inclusive fabric of India. The national flag is,however, only one element in this inventory of bona fide na-tionalism. Texts signifying the original idea of the republic —the Constitution and its Preamble — and songs and poetry richin pluralist symbolism — Rabindranath Tagore’s “Jana GanaMana”, a shorter version of which is India’s national anthem,Muhammad Iqbal’s “Saare Jahan se Achha”, the verses of FaizAhmed Faiz’s “Hum Dekhenge” — have lent to this collectivecondemnation of a discriminatory law a degree of poignancyas well as potency.

The public invocation of the content of ideas is of immenseimportance. This is because while it is true that ideas are im-mortal, they are particularly vulnerable to erosion. In otherwords, ideas and symbols can be corrupted in the hands ofregimes and New India, being built one brick at a time by theBharatiya Janata Party, bears ample evidence of such a trans-gression. The body of an accused in a case of lynching wasdraped in the Tricolour after his death in police custody. Aright-wing outfit also flew the national flag while taking out amarch in support of a man accused of raping and killing aneight-year-old girl. These acts can no longer be seen in isola-tion. They represent the devious stratagem of bestowing hon-our and legitimacy to diverse violations of the body and thespirit of a nation which, at the hour of its birth, had pledged toremain equal.

T.M. Krishna, an exponent of classical music, said recent-ly that there is an urgent need to “recapture” the national an-them. The wisdom of this observation cannot be dismissed. Asingular threat to the Idea of India is the the inversion of theidea itself at the hands of a vigorous, majoritarian force. Eventhe sanctity of the Constitution has been brought under a cloud.Shrill nationalism has succeeded — almost — in hammeringthe old, humane republic out of shape. The fightback againstthis manipulation must use ideas as weapons. But for that totake place, ideas and emblems advocating the republic’s origi-nal charter must be nursed back to health. Their healing wouldenable India to rid itself of the toxin of sectarianism.

EditorialThe flag must fly high

Trump is on a roll now,India needs to cash in

There is no end to thetwists in this family sagamade up of jails, hospi-

tals, vast sprawling estates andforeign dreams, with all kindsof characters and frills thrownin for effect. Mian ShahbazSharif has taken the story to thelatest dizzying stage with a rev-elation about the hurdles in thelong-awaited and urgently re-quired treatment for MianMuhammad Nawaz Sharif.

Here is a serious patientneeding urgent medical inter-vention and his learned atten-dants are risking a delay — forwhatever reason. There are se-rious issues with this explana-tion (to begin with) that couldspark an unending debate aboutroles and responsibilities andblame.

But trust the good oldyounger brother for trying to beas convincing in his plea as hehas ever been. Mr ShahbazSharif goes about building hiscase with typical emphasis oncertain words. He wants every-one to believe that he is speak-ing on behalf of a man whosecondition is seriously unstable.

“Mian Sahib was investi-gated comprehensively at Roy-al Brompton Hospital, London,for the present cardiac statusand to determine the need forintervention,” reads a story inthis paper by Amir Wasimwhich cites a statement by thePML-N. “The investigationsrevealed significant ischemicburden affecting major areas of

heart and impaired function aswell.” And then there is the realpurpose of these technical de-tails that another patient want-ing some privacy would ratherkeep under wraps: “In view ofthe unstable state of health ofMian Sahib, Maryam Nawazshould be allowed to join herfather. The more time is pass-ing, the less is the space for in-tervention.”

Desperation begets desper-ation. Some of the reaction thatthis rather desperate-lookingattempt at masterminding along-distance flight for MsMaryam Nawaz is reflective ofthe disastrous mindset in thePTI camp right now. One quotefrom a more vocal ministerfrom the same story would suf-fice.

The worthy minister saysthat allowing Ms Maryam toleave at this stage would be likestriking the last nail in the PTI’s

accountability pledge. It could-n’t have been more damningthan this.

It would seem that a largenumber of people had long gotthe drift. In various commen-taries, it has been discussedhow the government would befar better off dispatching thewhole Sharif clan across thefence. The absence, it is sub-mitted with a lot of reliance oncommon sense, would help thegovernment claim there was adeal behind this escape by theformer ruling family.

The removal of as manySharifs as possible, the pointgoes, would free the ImranKhan government to concen-trate on development. The gov-ernment cannot be foreverbogged down in the romanticideal of holding everyone ac-countable for past deeds.Frankly, this is not at all a newangle. The original advice to

the PTI government hadwarned the party against hav-ing too deep an obsession withpunishing rulers of the past. Itis the prime minister who has,against counsel, steadfastly op-posed all suggestions thatmight have found him extend-ing favours to those facing cor-ruption charges.

However, a situation whereit seems that Mr Imran Khanhas been forced to grant a re-prieve has its own demerits. Ithas an element of surrender toit as opposed to a leader mag-nanimously, or simply proudly,agreeing to the departure ofpoliticians under trial by invok-ing the old doctrine of ‘goodriddance’.

The intended alarm in thelatest statement by Mian Shah-baz Sharif signifies the begin-ning of another, stronger pushby the PML-N to carry MsMaryam Nawaz across the line.In the hours and days to come,the thrust is likely to intensify.More reports of a long silentMian Sahib stubbornly shakinghis head in rejection to all try-ing to persuade him to undergoa cardiac procedure we are toldhe ought to have undergone along time ago, could increasepressure on the accountability-obsessed government.

Indeed the governmentmay be too single-minded. Thiscould spark some very tensemoments in the emotionallycharged Pakistani politics. Ifthe past is any guide, a growing

number of commentators maybe swayed by the human sideof it to call upon Prime Minis-ter Imran Khan to make this de-parture.

Meanwhile, the discussionabout whatever the PML-Nneeds right now — leadership,to start with — can wait. Whatcan be guessed is that the taskof repairing the party fromabroad would be far more oner-ous this time round than it wastwo decades ago after the Shar-ifs were toppled and sent out byGen Musharraf. It would re-quire some special interven-tion, the kind of magic spun byBegum Kulsoom Nawaz backthen.

We all know the privilegedscribes amongst us live in aneighbourhood of their own.Among the other facilities thatthey enjoy, they have this luxu-ry of falling back on theirsources in the world beyond.These scribes get heavenly let-ters that can neither be deniednor questioned. Unfortunately,the facility is unavailable to themeek and timid, but somethingwe cannot do without, supposewe were to today receive thatelusive envelope in the mail?What would the contents ofthat letter be?

And even more important-ly, who would be its sender —that someone important on theother side sufficiently movedby an event to write the long-awaited note? Like “Dearscribe.

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

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STARS TALKSSeemaa Singh, As-

trologer and Vastu Ex-pert known for her ac-

curate predictions of winningBJP minister Kirron Kher, as

well winningof Punjabelections byCongress. Shehas deliveredmany lectureson astrologyin India as

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

Lucky Color :-Orange

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

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

Lucky Color :-BlueLucky No:-7

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

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Lucky Color:-GreenLucky No :-3

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

Lucky Color :-HazelLucky No:-6

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

Lucky Color :-RedLucky No:-9

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

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CAPRICORN :- There isstill a chance that sensational

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Is okaying Maryam exitfreedom or surrender?

Is the BJP paying attention to thevoices from Shaheen Bagh?

The political contradic-tions and optics arecountless and sicken-

ing. Looking at the front pageof leading dailies… forgetvisitors from outer space…even we, the citizens of India,are left bewildered and upset.In fact, we are feeling likealiens in our own land. Visi-tors to a destination called In-dia that we can no longerrecognise.

We can collectively star ina movie titled, “Aliens inModiland”, and show the restof the world, what’s goingon… it’s sci-fi meets horror,meets Comedy Central, meetsmelodrama. A macabre for-

mula for a mega box-officeexperience, for those who arenot a part of the script. I amlooking at a perfectly framedphotograph of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi at the Defe-Expo 2020 in Lucknow.

He is shown pointing alethal weapon, eyesscrewed up as he takes care-ful aim (target, unknown).The report says India shouldtarget exporting billions ofdollars worth of militarygear in the next five years.Hurrah! In a small, left handcorner of the same newspa-per, we have another mega-lomaniac, Donald Trump,scowling for the cameras, as

Nancy Pelosi dramaticallytears up his State of theUnion speech.

The news of his impeach-ment and acquittal is soblah, nobody thinks it’sworth more than a casualmention. Trump’s bombastknows no limits.

His boast, the “GreatAmerican Comeback”,mocked by critics but greet-ed with loud cheers from hissupporters, is a precursor tohis expected second termwin. Well, our man has nosuch tension back home. Heis comfortably ensconced— and ain’t going any-where! Deal with it, folks.

President Trump’s victory in the Senate trialwas a foregone conclusion with its Republican

majority standing firm behind their leader

If you still had any doubtsthat the “queer move-ment” in India is a right-

wing, neoliberal, hellish ag-glomeration, the events of thelast few days should have set-tled them.

First, there was the sin-gling out of protesters whoexercised the democraticright to protest against CAA-NPR-NRC as part of BombayPride. And they were singledout and reported by membersof the “queer community”.Ashok Row Kavi, well-known, rabid, right-wingamma of the LGBTs, reducedthem to “Left-Islamist non-sense” and claimed that theircolleges were easy to “comband search”.

Several queers took to thesocial media to condemn theprotesters and claim “queer”space and Pride March spaceas apolitical. The organisingbody of the march distancedthemselves from the protest-ers, condemning pro-Sharjeelslogans as harming the “in-tegrity of India”, even as theyclaimed allegiance to theConstitution and law, both ofwhich they clearly knownothing about.

Kris Chudawala, a transstudent from TISS who exer-cised a democratic right is injail under sedition chargesand was denied anticipatorybail (along with 50 others).This for raising a slogan in a

protest march and reading thePreamble of the Constitution.The “queer community” isdelighted with this arrest.They had written to the Mum-bai police asking for the ar-rests.

Then, Pune Pride fol-lowed with an equally repul-sive statement claiming bothdistance from those “support-ing anti-nationals” and peoplewho “bring political flags”(what on earth is a non-politi-cal flag?) and pollute Pride,which is only about “raisingawareness”. Clearly, thesefolk have no awareness of theorigins and history of Pride.But “national integrity and se-

curity cannot be compro-mised.” Heil Hitler!

Then, Delhi had an eventagainst the Budget and allsorts of minority organisa-tions participated, but “queer”groups were conspicuous bytheir absence. The one transactivist present, Meera Sang-hamitra, who, by her ownpublic admission, had not in-tended to speak at all, eventu-ally spoke but did not feel theneed to even mention Chu-davala and Bombay or PunePride. She settled for blandsolidarities and a banalrewriting of the national an-them. Fourth, no “queer”group has come out with a

statement condemning theCAA-NRC-NPR, let alonethe arrest of members of theircommunity. Fifth, as an ex-periment, I changed my han-dle on all the gay dating andhookup apps I am on to “Noto CAA-NPR-NRC”. Thebarrage of abuse I got frompeople calling me Muslim (asa form of abuse), wanting torape my mother, my wife(yes, most Indian gay menhave wives or are going to getthem, so they presume all gaymen do) was predictable.

Jasbir Puar, a US SouthAsian academic, in her bookTerrorist Assemblages over adecade ago, had come up with

the idea of homonationalismby which she meant countrieslike the US and Israel usinggay politics/positions to justi-fy imperialism, claiming thegay for the nation to other thefigure of the “terrorist”, de-monising the Muslim and theMuslim country.

The nation here has doneno such thing (the IndianState is robustly heterosexualand masculinist and does notwant to claim queers at all),but queers are clamouring tobe included in the nation.They are each more hystericalthan the other in their claim tothe nationalist.

Moreover, the “terrorist”is anyone who criticises theState (the duty of a citizen ina democracy) and they don’tmind demonising their owncommunity members. This isnot a nationalism against anOther outside the nation (thePakistani) but within the na-tion. This is a Hindu national-ism, and while Muslimsmight be the primary enemy,Christians, dalits, adivasis,women and anyone who iscritical of the state is the ene-my. This is not a minority aswe understand it at all. A mi-nority is a group underrepre-sented by the state, demand-ing rights, offering a critiqueof the state. The Pride marchhas its origins in transgendersin New York finally losing itwith police tyranny, whereas

these folk are tweeting the po-lice asking them to come ar-rest members of the commu-nity. “Queer” has its origins indemanding healthcare fromthe state at the height of theAIDS crisis when the US hadleft gay men to die.

These queers embrace thestate and are bending overbackward to kick their own tothe kerb. These Pride archesare about apolitical frolic andparties at five-star hotels later.

If “queer” lost its politicaledge long ago in the US (onceit was co-opted by US acade-mia), its circulation across theworld through the globals-peak of NGOised sexual gov-ernance had little more thanan assimilationist and inclu-sivist rhetoric going for it. Buteven that is gone from thenew (or were they alwaysthat, but it is only now thattheir fangs are bared?), right-wing Hindu-fundamentalistqueers who are now decidingwhich queers get to be Indianand which don’t.

The Left anti-Budgetmeeting had the usual sus-pects invoking the usual laun-dry list of minorities: farmer,worker, dalits, adivasi,woman. The queer was miss-ing. While that usually in-censes me, this time it was re-assuring. Queers are the ene-my. It is time for the real sex-ual minorities to stand up,please.

Saffron rainbow rises as queers police their ownFirst, there was the singling out of protesters who exercised the democratic

right to protest against CAA-NPR-NRC as part of Bombay Pride

NEWS AT AGLANCE

Two SBI officials booked for land fraudTARN TARAN: The city police have booked four persons, including two officials ofState Bank of India (SBI), by preparing fake land documents in their names. Theaccused have been identified as Paramjit Singh, the then bank manager, HarpreetSingh, field officer, Harjit Singh of Khehra and Amar Singh of Chambal village. Thepolice said Harjit Singh and Amar Singh in connivance with the bank officials madeforged documents of 15 acre land in their names in 2018. The land belonged toGurmeet Singh of Khehra village. The accused, Harjit Singh and Amar Singh, tookRs 20 lakh loan against the said land from the bank’s Grain Market branch. Theyhave been booked under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120 of the IPC. Landowner Gurmeet Singh claimed that he never took a loan from the bank. It came tohis knowledge when received a notice from the bank to pay loan instalments.Gurmeet Singh lodged a complaint with the police.

Congress govt hasfailed to fulfil pre-poll promises, saysSukhbirAMRITSAR: Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badalon Saturday said more people andleaders were showing interest injoining the party after low-keyperformance by the Capt AmarinderSingh government in the state. Hewas in the city to hold a meeting withAkali leaders regarding the February13 rally. He was reacting to therumour of Akali rebel Amarpal SinghBonny, a former MLA from Ajnala,rejoining the party. After deserting theSAD (Badal), Bonny joined SAD(Taksali). Without taking any name,he said the party was ready to takeback all those who wish to rejoin it.The SAD president said ChiefMinister Capt Amarinder Singh hadfailed to fulfil his pre-poll promisessuch as one job opportunity to everyfamily and eradication of drugs. Headded that the government could noteven ensure that criminals completetheir sentence and they managed toflee. Recently, such instance wasreported from the Amritsar Centraljail.

Panel revises cost ofKairon marketparkingAMRITSAR: The city-level technicalcommittee gave the nod to revise thecost of multi-level car parking at theKairon market during a meeting heldunder the Smart City project here onFriday. The meeting was headed byMunicipal Corporation Commissioner-cum-CEO of Smart City Komal Mittal.The officials discussed multilevel autocar parking, road safety and otheraspects. The officials said earlier thecost of the project was Rs 18.24crore and now it had been revised to32 crore. After the city level technicalmeeting, now Amritsar Smart CityLimited will get the approval from thestate-level technical committee.According to information, there wouldbe a total of seven floors in theKairon market parking. The two floorswould be laid underground. Theparking would facilitate severalmarkets near Hall Bazaar and KatraJaimal Singh. It is worth mentioninghere that due to the non-availability ofparking space, commuters face heavytraffic jams in Hall Bazaar andsurrounding areas.

Placement drive: 136get jobsAMRITSAR: As many as 136 studentsof the Global Group of Institutes havegot jobs during the ongoing campusplacement drive. The students havebeen placed in various national andmultinational companies, includingVedantu, Piaggio, Extramarks,Net2source, Go Doctor Solutions,Suave Auto, Trovo India, JBM andOrbitsys Technologies. Vedantu hasselected 14 students at a salarypackage of Rs10 lakh per annum.Extramarks has selected six studentsat a salary package of Rs4.02 lakh perannum. Dr Akashdeep Singh Chandi,vice-chairman of the group,congratulated the students and wishedthem success in their life. Col SudhirBahel, Dean, Placement and TrainingCell, oversaw the recruitmentproceedings.

School studentsshine in specialgamesAMRITSAR: Students of Bhavan’sMuskaan School performed wellduring the fourth District SpecialOlympics Games held at KhalsaCollegiate School here from February4 to 5. A total of 250 students from25 schools participated in the two-day games. Degasis, Saksham,Mannat, Ashveen, Anushka, Khushi,Aryan and Amraj from BhavansMuskaan School won gold during thegames. Sehaj won a silver medaland Simran bagged bronze invarious events. Bhavan’s MuskaanSchool also bagged the overallchampionship trophy. “With this, thestudents have proved that inability isno longer an obstruction in showingskills and talent,” said schoolchairman Avinash Mohindru.

LS MP Aujla seeksAIIMS for holy cityAMRITSAR: Speaking in Parliament,Lok Sabha MP Gurjit Singh Aujla saidthe All India Institute of MedicalSciences (AIIMS) was shifted toBathinda despite the fact that it wasinitially proposed for the holy city.Aujla said around 1.5 lakh touristsand pilgrims from all over the worldvisit the holy city. He said a world-class health institute was required toprovide best medical facilities topeople. He added that the demandfor it could have easily been met ifthe AIIMS was not shifted out of thecity. The MP said, “During a meetingbetween the Union Health Ministerand Chief Minister Capt AmarinderSingh on July 4 last year, the ministerin principle had agreed to provide theAIIMS to the holy city. The PunjabGovernment had also offered toprovide land free of cost for setting upthe institute, but the Centre hadshifted it to Bathinda due to politicalcompulsions of its alliance partner,SAD.” Aujla demanded that the AIIMSshould be set up in the holy city asthe move would help people fromMajha and Malwa region get bettertreatment.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2020

‘Mentalism is used fortherapeutic process’

AMRITSAR, FEB 8

From being India’s first testtube baby in 1984 to beingAsia’s first female mentalist,Dr Kruti Parekh’s life hasbeen eventful, mostly due toher series of achievementsand accolades.

As a child magician, shereceived several awards forher talent. Years later, sheintroduced the concept ofmentalism, a concept ofhuman psychology that isalso considered as magic.While the subject has beenunderstood mostly withskepticism and mystery, DrParekh clears the air.

“Mentalists are peoplewith highly intuitive powersand an ability to understandthe nuances of human mind.

While many think that weperform tricks, it is mostlyabout understanding theindividual’s psyche andresponding through ourmental bond,” she said.During a workshop organisedby FICCI FLO, she madepeople aware of her work.

An engineering graduate,Kruti’s first-ever mentalismproject was her mother. “She

never sat and thought in frontof me after our experience,”she joked. “But mentalism isused for therapeutic process,mostly with mental healthpatients. So, it is not aboutmagic or any othersupernatural element, but amind control tool that is usedto help people,” she said.Most of her patients varyfrom children to elderlypeople. “Around 60% ofpeople today are sufferingfrom depression and are notaware about it. Through ourtechniques we understandtheir problem and help findsolutions through mind tricksand activities.”

She has held lectures andworkshops across the globeand said more professionalsin the field was the need of

the hour. “There are nolimitations to what you cando except the limitations ofyour mind,” she said.

Apart from her session,Dr Vinod Hasal, who hasinnovated the concept of de-stressing by opening a chainof Drum Cafés across theworld, also conducted aworkshop. With anexperience of 18 yearsworking in South Africa, DrHasal opened his first drumcafé with the aim ofintroducing a differentconcept, combining musicwith mental well being.Owning over 5 lakh drums ofdifferent shapes and sizes, heand his trained team ofprofessional drummers,conduct drummingworkshops.

DefExpo gives boostto ‘Make in India’

Breakthrough moment for defence sector, says RajnathLUCKNOW, FEB 8

A number of people throngedthe DefExpo 2020 venue hereto get a glimpse of India’sgrowing defence prowess as theevent was opened to public onSaturday. Defence MinisterRajnath Singh termed the eventas a breakthrough moment inthe field of Indian defencemanufacturing sector.

The first three days of thefive-day DefExpo wereclassified as “business days”.

In the first three days,Indian companies not justentered into joint ventures withglobal companies, but they alsoannounced to buy companiesholding critical technologies.

From the Ministry ofDefence, missiles and artilleryguns made by the DefenceResearch and DevelopmentOrganisation (DRDO) andOrdnance Factory Board (OFB)are a success story.

From the latest anti-satmissiles to strike in space totruck-mounted Akash missilesare now made in India. Theartillery guns of the DRDO andOFB could mean there wouldpossibly be no more imports.

Away from the publicsector giants and well-knowntie-ups that Boeing Airbus andLockheed Martin have in India,

new JVs have emerged.Private sector company

Bharat Forge, a major player inthe artillery programme, isambitious. Baba Kalyani,Chairman of Bharat Forge,claims, “We can be the artilleryleader by 2030.”

Pavitra Goel, GeneralManager at Lohia Groups, says,“We have purchased a firm in

Israel doing the latest incomposites and are now a ‘Tierone’ supplier to an Israelaerospace company.” “We canprovide composites for planesand missiles,” added Goel.

Among drones, Adani hastied up with Elbit of Israel formaking an anti-drone system.

Noida-based Taktechnologies has tied up withRussian partners to undertakeindigenous design anddevelopment of electro-optical/night vision equipment.

In the field of small arms,Bangalore-based SSS Defencehad a range of locally madefuture infantry small arms andlight weapons as well as smalland medium calibreammunition.

Rajnath said DefExpo 2020not only witnessedparticipation of a large numberof exhibitors, but also forgednew partnerships and attractedmore than 12 lakh visitors.

Make pre-litigationmediation must: CJI

NEW DELHI, FEB

Noting that judging is a difficulttask, Chief Justice of India SABobde on Saturday said thatpopularity was a mirage for judgeswho tried to resolve disputes thatothers shunned. He was addressingthe ‘3rd International Conference onArbitration in the Era ofGlobalisation”. The CJI said judgesaimed to resolve a dispute butdissatisfaction resulted in ahierarchy of appeals.Unenforceability of an agreementarrived at a mediation will ensureefficiency and also reduce the timependency for parties as well ascourts. “Judging can be a difficulttask and judges do what everybodyavoids doing, i.e take decisions.Popularity is a mirage for judges.The idea is to resolve a dispute. Butdissatisfaction with the outcomeresults in a hierarchy of appealswhich cannot be avoided.”Highlighting the importance ofalternative dispute resolution, hesaid the judiciary had no controlover it and it should not interferewith awards given by arbitrators.The CJI mooted the idea of acomprehensive law for “compulsorypre-litigation mediation” to ensureefficiency and reduce pendency. Hesaid a robust “arbitration bar” wascritical to developing institutional

arbitration in India as it wouldensure availability and accessibilityof practitioners with knowledge andexperience. “The pre-institutionmediation and settlement asmentioned in the CommercialCourts Act would pave the way formany more institutions to emphasiseon the need for pre-litigationmediation, considering its verymany benefits. I think the time isripe to devise a comprehensivelegislation which containscompulsory pre-litigation mediationand a remedy for the biggestdrawback in a mediation agreement,that is to say the unenforceability ofan agreement arrived at a mediationwould ensure efficiency."Maintaining that arbitration playedan essential role in globalinfrastructure of international trade,commerce and investment, he saidas an integral member of the globalcommunity and a trading andinvestment giant, how India engageswith international arbitration.

Kejriwal meets Kishor, BJP leaders ShahNEW DELHI, FEB 8

One of the most vituperativeelections, Delhi recorded avoting percentage of 61.76till midnight (according tothe ECI voter turnout app).The state had witnessed avoter turnout of 67.12 percent in 2015 and 65.63 percent in 2013.

A lower voting percent-age initially kept the maincontenders on their toes.Sources said AAP’s top lead-ership went into a huddle,

despite the exit polls predict-ing an easy win for the party,with a confident BJP claim-

ing it was certain of victory.According to an AAP

functionary, Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal held ameeting with senior partyleaders, including SanjaySingh and Manish Sisodia,and political strategistPrashant Kishor at his resi-dence on Saturday night.Later, Sanjay Singh said par-ty volunteers would main-tain a vigil, and camp out-side strong rooms across thecapital.

He said there were 30

strong rooms where EVMshad been kept and that teamsof volunteers would standguard outside.

“Exit polls have got itwrong in the past too,”claimed Delhi MPMeenakshi Lekhi after ameeting of senior leaders ofthe Delhi unit called byUnion Home Minister AmitShah. “Our voters came lateand voted in big numbers inthe evening. We are certainof forming the next govern-ment in Delhi,” Lekhi said.

Low turnout may notbode well for BJP

NEW DELHI, FEB 8

Delhi recorded a turnout of61.56 per cent, down from67.12 per cent it recorded inthe 2015 Assembly elections.In 2013, it was 65.63 per cent,while in the 2008 elections,the turnout stood at 57.58 percent. A low percentage maynot be a good sign for thechallenger, the BJP. Thevoting percentage holds keymessages and relevance.While a high turnout isgenerally seen as evidence ofthe legitimacy of the currentsystem, some also read it as asignal for change. Likewise, alow turnout may be seen as areflection ofdisenchantment/indifferenceor of contentment of votersabout the current system.Incidentally, the 2020 pollsare fourth since the 2019 Lok

Sabha elections, whichNarendra Modi-led BJP sweptwith élan. However, much haschanged since then with theBJP seeing an erosion in votebase in states where itcontested since then —Haryana, Maharashtra andJharkhand — losing two ofthem to its rivals. Resultsfrom states and independentstudies show people whovoted for the BJP in the LokSabha polls voted differentlyin Assembly elections. While

AAP used transformation ofgovernment schools, publichealth system, electricity andwater supply at subsidisedrates and free bus travel forwomen as the poll card, theBJP campaign that initiallystarted with claiming creditfor providing ownershipdocuments to 40 lakhresidents of unauthorisedcolonies and “triple-enginegovernance” took a turn,putting the Shaheen Baghanti-CAA protest.

Sub-Inspector kills womancolleague, shoots self

NEW DELHI, FEB 8

Delhi Police woman Sub-InspectorPreeti Ahlawat, 26, was allegedly shotdead by her male colleague, who latercommitted suicide, a senior official saidtoday. Prima facie it seems to be a loveaffair gone wrong, he said.

Ahlawat was a 2018 batch Sub-Inspector from Haryana’s Sonepat andwas staying in a rented accommodationat Rohini. Additional Commissioner ofPolice SD Mishra said: “Both were

deployed in north-east Delhi. OnFriday, around 1 am the police foundthe body of the woman SI in Rohiniwith a bullet injury. After scanningchats on her cellphone, the needle ofsuspicion turned towards DipanshuRathi. Thereafter, we found Dipanshu’scorpse in his car in Haryana’s Sonepatarea. The vehicle was locked. Theheadlights were on.” He said on Fridaynight while the woman SI was walkinghome from a Metro station, Dipanshushot her dead.

TMC MLA murdercase: BJP MP grilledby West Bengal CID

KOLKATA, FEB 8

The West Bengal Crime In-vestigation Departmentgrilled Bharatiya Janata PartyLok Sabha Member of Parlia-ment from Ranaghat con-stituency Jagannath Sarkar inconnection with its ongoinginvestigation into the killingof Trinamool Congress Mem-ber of Legislative AssemblySatyajit Biswas, sources said.

The BJP leader wasgrilled for nearly four hourson Saturday at Bhabani Bha-ban, the CID headquarters inthe city, they said. In January,a Division Bench of the Cal-cutta High Court grantedSarkar an interim protectionfrom arrest till February 28.The high court, however,while hearing his anticipatorybail plea, directed Sarkar tocooperate with the CID in its

probe into the murder ofBiswas. Satyajit Biswas, whowas a TMC MLA from Krish-naganj Assembly Constituen-cy in West Bengal’s Nadiadistrict, was shot dead duringa cultural programme there inFebruary last year.

The family members ofBiswas had lodged complaintagainst 43 people includingBJP leaders Mukul Roy andJagannath Sarkar.

Seven firemen injured in blazeat Navi Mumbai high-rise

THANE, FEB 8

Seven firemen were injured during afirefighting operation after a majorblaze broke out in a 21- storeyresidential building in Navi Mumbai onSaturday morning, officials said.

The fire, which was triggered by anexplosion of a gas cylinder, broke out ina duplex flat located on the top twofloors of Sea Home Apartment inSeawoods near Palm Beach Road, theofficials said.

All the seven injured were admittedto the National Burns Centre (NBC) inAiroli, where three of them are in theintensive care unit (ICU), they added.

“A cylinder blast in the duplex flat,spread over the top two floors, triggeredthe fire around 6.30 am,” chief of theNavi Mumbai Disaster Control Room,Dadasaheb Chabukswar, said.

According to Santosh Kadam, headof the Regional Disaster ManagementCell (RDMC) of Thane MunicipalCorporation (TMC), six fire enginesfrom Nerul, CBD Belapur and Vashifire stations were sent to the site tocontrol the fire.

“At least seven firemen wereinjured during the firefightingoperation. They were admitted to theNBC in Airoli. Three of them are in ICUas their injuries are serious,”Chabukswar said.

The fire has been doused andcooling operation is underway, he said.

The injured were identified asstation officer V D Koli (50), assistantstation officer J P Gade (40) (both fromNerul Fire Station) and five firemen- JB Bhoye (40), D N Jawale (43), S LJoshi (43), M T Pawar (40) and B AThakrey (39)- belonging to different firestations, Chabukswar added.

Credit, debit carddetails up for sale

on darknetNEW DELHI, FEB 8

The records of nearly half a million payment cardsof Indian banks are being sold for $9 apiece on theJoker’s Stash, one of the most popularunderground card shops, Singapore-basedcybersecurity company Group-IB has warned. Thecompany detected a database containing over4,60,000 payment card records uploaded to one of

the most populardarknet card shops onFebruary 5. Over 98 percent of the records werefrom the biggest Indianbanks, Group-IB said onFriday. This is thesecond major upload of

payment records related to Indian cardholdersregistered by Group-IB in the past several months.The underground market value of the database isestimated at more than $4.2 million. The source ofthis batch currently remains unknown, the firmsaid, adding that it immediately informed theIndian Computer Emergency Response Team. Thedatabase exposed card numbers, expiration dates,CVV/CVC codes, cardholders’ name, emails,phone numbers and addresses.

DC inspects warehouseof EVMs and VVPATs inDlr buildingJALANDHAR: Deputy CommissionerMr Varinder Kumar Sharma on Fridayinspected the warehouse and storageof the Electronic Voting Machines(EVMs) and Voter-Verified Paper AuditTrail (VVPAT) machines. During theinspection of the warehouse andstorage in the Office of the DirectorLand Records in Mithu Basti onJalandhar-Kapurthala road, the DeputyCommissioner said that districtadministration has made foolproofsecurity arrangements of thesemachines here. He also checked thesealing of the warehouse where themachines have been stored besidesrecording of CCTV cameras installedfor surveillance of the machines.Deputy Commissioner said thesecurity cover has been provided bythe personnel of Punjab Police. Hesaid that CCTV cameras have alsobeen installed for the surveillance ofvoting machines. He added that thedistrict administration has already putin place an elaborate system ofsecurity measures and proceduralchecks-and-balances aimed atensuring foolproof security of thewarehouse and storage. Sharma saidthat the monthly checking would becarried out here by him and SDMslevel officers would also be deputedfor the inspection. He said that thesesafeguards have been implementedby district administration transparentlywith the active involvement of politicalparties, candidates and theirrepresentatives at every stage to buildtheir confidence in efficacy andreliability in the electoral process. Onthe occasion, Election Tehsildar MrManjeet Singh, Election Kanugo MrRakesh Kumar and others werepresent.

NRI loses bag to bike-borne miscreantAMRITSAR: A bike-borne mansnatched a bag from an NRI, RajpreetBadesha, when he along with hisfamily was returning from GoldenTemple after paying obeisance onFriday. “We were returning andreached near the RS Tower when amotorcycle-borne person came andsnatched his bag,” he said. His bagcontained British passport, Rs10,000,an iPod along with $1,500. Though theKotwali police registered a case underSection 379-B of the IPC, but therewas no breakthrough as yet.Meanwhile, the Civil Lines police havenabbed a snatcher, identified as NikhilKumar of Yasin Road, who allegedlysnatched a mobile and cash from alocal resident Sunny Verma near HolyHeart School. The police havelaunched raids to nab his accomplice.In another incident, an unknownperson snatched purse of Manjit Kaur,a local resident, when she came toParis Town locality for some personalwork. She alleged an unidentifiedperson snatched her purse containingRs 4,000 and a mobile phone, besidesother documents. The police haveregistered a case.

Patwari among threebooked for land fraudAMRITSAR: The Ajnala police havebooked a lawyer, patwari and anambardar for allegedly cheating aperson, identified as Bir Singh ofTalwandi Rai Dadu village. The victimin his complaint to the police allegedthat the accused tried to illegally grabhis land by forging documents. Thecase was registered following a probeconducted by a DSP-rank official. BirSingh stated that he had a propertydispute with Lakhwinder Singh and hisbrother Jaswant Singh of the samevillage. The matter was in the courtand lawyer Milap Singh Bhatti wasfighting from his side. He alleged theadvocate got many blank paperssigned from him. He alleged using thesame paper he connived with patwariManohar Lal and nambardar of thearea and got girdwari in their names.Bir Singh alleged he came to knowabout this when they tried to take overthe land. After taking legal opinion andpermission of SSP Amritsar rural, acase under Sections 420 and 120-B ofthe Idian Penal Code (IPC) wasregistered against them. The policesaid no arrest had been made till nowas the matter was under investigation.

Over 900 casessettled at Lok AdalatAMRITSAR: As many as 958 caseswere settled on the spot during theNational Lok Adalat organised by theDistrict Legal Services Authority(DLSA) under the guidelines of theNational Legal Services Authority(NLSA) on Saturday at the district andthe subdivisional courts at Ajnala andBaba Bakala. A total of 5,895 caseswere listed in the National Lok Adalatout of which 958 cases were settled.He said compensations worth Rs4,79,83,702 were announced. CivilJudge-cum-Secretary DLSA SumitMakkar said a total of 14 benches.

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Illegal kiosk set up overnight demolishedAMRITSAR: On the complaint of shopkeepers, the estate wing of the civic body on Saturdaydemolished the kiosk, which was installed by some persons at Pink Plaza outside Hall Gate onFriday night. Sushant Bhatia, MC estate officer, said, “We came to know in the morning thatsome mischievous persons had set up a kiosk on the prime land near Pink Plaza. Our team hadvisited the spot and demolished the kiosk.” According to information, a few illegal kiosks werealready present on the road and there was some space for one kiosk. The encroachers arrangedall material and set up the same overnight. After getting information about it, shopkeeperscomplained to the estate officer and threatened to stage a protest. Thereafter, estate wingofficials assured them that before the shops were opened in the market, the kiosk would beremoved. A joint team of estate wing officials and police personnel reached the spot with a ditchmachine and demolished the kiosk in the presence of shopkeepers. Later, a team of the MCremoved vends from Putaligarh and Kot Khalsa areas.

Police initiates drive to curb useof e-cigarettes & Hookah bars

CHANDIGARH, FEB 8

Acting on the directions ofHealth & Welfare Minister,Punjab Mr. Balbir SinghSidhu, ‘State TobaccoControl Cell’ in collaborationwith the Punjab Police hasinitiated a state level drive tocurb tobacco use to savechildren and youth across theState. State Tobacco Controlcell organized a capacitybuilding workshop for policeofficials under NationalTobacco Control Programmeat Director Health ServicesOffice, Chandigarh. 50Police officials of the rank ofInspectors/Sub Inspectorsacross the State todayattended this workshop.

Prabodh Kumar,Director, Bureau ofInvestigation, Punjab saidthat Police officials areimportant stakeholders forthe effective implementationof Anti Tobacco Laws. Heassured that Policedepartment will now work inclose collaboration withHealth Department to strictly

implement the e-Cigarettesprohibition Act 2019 andother Anti Tobacco laws inthe state. Dr. Avneet Kaur,Director Health Services,Punjab said that a total of16,016 Challans have beenissued from April–Dec 2019& 23,886 Challans have beenissued in 2018-19 against theviolators in the State underCigarette and other Tobaccoproducts Act, (COTPA)2003. Hookah Bars havebeen permanently banned inthe state after passing thePunjab COPTA amendmentact 2018. She further saidthat under this act, theviolators will be penalized upto 3 yrs imprisonment and Rs50,000 fine.

Dr. Rakesh Gupta,Director Health Services(SI), Punjab made apresentation about the e-cigarettes. He said thatPunjab was the first statewhere e-cigarettes have beendeclared as "unapproveddrug" since 2013. He furtheradded that Govt. of India hasnow banned the sale of e

cigarettes in the entirecountry. Under this ECigarettes Prohibition Act2019, only Police officials atthe rank of Sub Inspectors orabove are authorized to takethe action. Dr. Rana J Singh,Deputy Regional Director,The Union, South East Asiamade a presentation onTobacco burden. He furtheradded that Punjab still has27, 00,000 people usingTobacco as these productsare freely available all overthe state. He said that tobaccois also the most importantpreventable risk factor for allnon-communicable diseasesincluding cancer,hypertension, heart diseases,Lung diseases and stroke etc.

Dr. Nirlep Kaur, StateNodal Officer, TobaccoControl, Punjab said thatTobacco Cessation centershave been established in allthe districts of the state. shesaid that about 8,000 personshave been treated in tobaccocessation centers in Punjabfrom March 19 to December19, 2019.

Direct flight b/w Amritsar-Ahmedabad from Feb 10AMRITSAR, FEB 8

SpiceJet is starting a directflight between Ahmedabadand Amritsar from February10 and it will operate on sixdays of a week except onSunday. Sharing thisinformation here on Friday,FlyAmritsar InitiativeConvener (India) andAmritsar Vikas ManchSecretary Yogesh Kamra saidthat the booking of this flightis available on the website ofSpiceJet till March 28. Inairline industry, summerseason begins from March 29and the booking is not yetavailable in the summer

schedule. According toKamra, Spice Jet flightnumber SG-2931 will departfrom Ahmedabad Airport at0555 hrs and arrive at SriGuru Ramdas Ji International

Airport at 0805 hrs. Thesame aircraft will then flyback at 0825 hrs with flightnumber SG-2932 and arriveat Ahmedabad airport at 1035hrs. There is a substantial

Punjabi population inAhmedabad and many fromSindhi community in Gujaratalso visit Harmandir Sahib.The launch of this flight willalso benefit the textile,industrial and diamondtraders from Amritsar whotrade with Ahmedabad andSurat, he said. "Due torunway repair at Jabalpurairport, it seems that Spicejethas shifted it’s Ahmedabad-Jabalpur flight asAhmedabad-Amritsar. Wehope that the airline willcontinue to operate this flightafter March 28 benefitingtravelers from the region,"Kamra said.

Justice Shekhar Dhawan assumescharge as chairman NRI Commission

SUMER GARGCHANDIGARH, FEB 8

Retired Justice ShekherDhawan on Friday assumedcharge as Chairman of NRICommission along with twomembers M P Singh andShivinder Singh Sidhu inpresence of Punjab Sports,Youth Services and NRIAffairs Minister RanaGurmeet Singh Sodhi andother dignitaries.

Extending warm wishesto Chairman and othermembers, Rana Sodhirecalled the outstandingservices rendered by JusticeDhawan for strengtheningthe judicial system.Expressing hope that NRICommission wouldimmensely benefitted fromtheir leadership and visionary

approach and grievances ofNRI diaspora will beresolved on a fast track withthese appointments.Appreciating the Punjabidiaspora for making Punjaband India proud with theirwork in different parts of theworld, he informed that thePunjab government has

initiated the process to set upspecial courts toexpeditiously settle cases ofNRIs. Expressing gratitudeto shouldering responsibilityon him, Justice Dhawanassured that he woulddischarge his responsibilitiesand duties as Chairman withutmost dedication.

4th Edition of IIT Ropar's techfest- advitiya- kicked off

HARISH KALRAROPAR, FEB 8

IIT Ropar's techno-management festival Advitiyawas inaugurated on 6th of February 2020. Theceremony was graced by Padam Vibhushan Dr. R.Chidambaram as the chief guest. Dr. Chidambaramplayed an instrumental role in Pokharan I andPokharan II test and was the principal scientificadvisor to the government of India. During hisinaugural address, he stressed on the importance ofboth sciences as well as applied science, therequirement of becoming a knowledge economy.He suggested it could be possible only by ahundred percentage literacy, particularly forfemales in India. Artillery Exhibition by IndianArmy put on display for three days. BOFORS guns,artillery guns and Infantry weapons. Apart fromgiving visitors a glimpse of its military muscle, theevent was also aimed at encouraging the city’syouth to get themselves drafted into the armedforces. Other notable people present on theoccasion were Prof. Javed Agrewala (DeanResearch), Dr. C.C Reddy (Dean Student Affairs),Prof. Harpreet Singh (Dean Industrial Consultancy)and Dr. Neeraj Goel (Faculty Advisor of Board ofScience and Technology, IIT Ropar).

Cheque of Rs. 1.50 lakh handedover to mother of International

Boxer Simranjit KaurCHANDIGARH, FEB 8

Living up to its promise ofcaring for the sportspersons,the Punjab Governmenttoday gave a cheque of Rs.1.50 lakh to the mother ofInternational level BoxerSimranjit Kaur here today.Disclosing this, an officialspokesman said that thecheque was handed over onbehalf of the Chief MinisterCaptain Amarinder Singh bythe Director, Sports, SanjayPopli and the DeputyDirector Sports KartarSingh. It is worth mentioningthat Simranjit Kaur is currently attending camp for qualifying forthe 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. She had won Bronze medal inthe World Cup in New Delhi in the year 2018. Both the officersapplauding the achievements of Simranjit, assured her motherthat the State Government would always be ready to assist thesportspersons who have brought laurels to Punjab.

Citizens should help in saving our environment,build mass movement: Chairman NGT

LUDHIANA, FEB 8

Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel,Chairperson, National GreenTribunal (NGT) today said that allcitizens should join hands and builda mass movement for saving ourenvironment. He said that it is dutyof every citizen to protect ourenvironment for our futuregenerations. Justice Adarsh KumarGoel said this during a workshop onAwareness for EnvironmentProtection organised by PunjabPollution Control Board (PPCB) atDr. Manmohan Singh Auditorium,PAU, here today. This workshop wasdedicated to the 550th Parkash Purbof Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji and is thefirst workshop of its kind onawareness for environmentalprotection concluded herewith ahealth note "Better Environment,Better Tomorrow”.

Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel,Chairperson, NGT while presidingover the plenary session accentuatedthat the workshop was organized onthis theme to bring out the urgentneed of awareness among thestakeholders in particular and themasses in general to protect andimprove the fast deterioratingenvironmental conditions, because,

if we will not build betterenvironment, there would be nobetter tomorrow. The situation isalarming and the Hon'ble SupremeCourt and NGT have also issueddirections for compliance of water,air and waste management rules. Hefurther elaborated that this workshopon awareness for environmentalprotection has given an ambitiousgoal to all the stakeholders to bepartners in this holy mission so as toensure the Better Environment forBetter Tomorrow. Justice JasbirSingh, Chairman, NGT, monitoringcommittee for rivers Satluj and Beassaid that due to increasing pollution,the world is facing climate changeand if the environment keptdepleting in the same pace, then thelosses would be irreparable. He also

stressed on the need to follow theteachings of Shri Guru Nanak Dev Jiin its true spirit.

Justice Pritam Pal, ChairmanNGT monitoring committee for riverGhaggar, emphasised on the needfor providing such an atmospherefor our future generations so thatthey can also lead a healthy life.

Prof. S.S. Marwaha, Chairman,Punjab Pollution Control Boardelaborated that this workshop wasorganized to have view points of theleadership of judiciary, government,non-government organisations onthe issues of environmentalprotection and to know how to reachthe masses so as to involve them inthis mega campaign. Accordinglythe plenary and interactive sessionswere planned. This workshop alsoprovided the space to discuss thebest practices of air, water and solidwaste management and role ofmedia particularly print, electronicand social media in supporting theefforts of the state in combating thepollution and other environmentalchallenges. He hoped thatdeliberations in this workshop willgo a long way in planning andimplementing the strategies so as tofind a way protecting ourenvironment in a better way.

Jalandhar administration hands overfinal voter lists to political parties

JALANDHAR, FEB 8

The district administration today handedover the final voter lists of nine legislativeassembly segments, prepared after aSpecial Summary Revision, to therepresentatives of the various politicalparties under Election VerificationProgram (EVP). Handing over the lists torepresentatives of the various politicalparties, DC Varinder Kumar Sharma saidthat the lists have been prepared by theElection Commission of India after thethorough process carried out minutely inthe district under EVP. Sharma added thatthere were 16, 10,996 voters in Jalandharwhen the draft electoral were publishedand now the completion of EVP, the

Jalandhar has now 15, 99,691 voters. Hesaid that these lists were available withthe District Election Office, Office ofEROs and even with the Booth LevelOfficers at the respective polling booths.Sharma said that these lists could also beseen on website ceopunjab.nic.in.Pertinently, in order to facilitate thepeople to get them enrolled as voters forparticipating in the democratic processmore enthusiastically, ElectionCommission of India had announced theschedule for special summary revision ofphoto electoral roll under EVP. Under theleadership of Deputy CommissionerJalandhar Varinder Kumar Sharma thedistrict administration had swung intoaction for this work.

AMRITSAR, FEB 8

Members of the Democratic FrontPunjab and the Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Is-lam staged a protest against the Citi-zenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) atBhandari Bridge here on Saturday.

A large number of people fromdifferent communities participated inthe demonstration. Demanding therollback of the CAA, they said theNRC should not be implemented inthe country. Majlis-e Ahrar-e Islamchief Abdul Noor, Left activists Av-tar Singh, Daswinder Kaur, RatanSingh Randhawa, Mangal SinghDharamkot and Amarjeet SinghAashal addressed the protesters on

the occasion. Abdul Noor said, “TheUnion Government is following inthe footsteps of Hitler. The Centredoesn’t want to listen to the publicand it has failed to address their is-sues. It wants to impose its ideologyin the country. There is a battle oftwo ideologies in the country.”

“The results of the Delhi elec-tions will surely be a shock for theBJP, which will change the politicsof the country. The results will be adefeat of communalism,” he added.Left activist Aashal said, “The RSSwants to spread racism across thecountry. This fight is to save theConstitution and we all have to fighttogether.”

Health Minister inspects bloodbanks at Civil Hospital, ESIH

AMRITSAR, FEB 8

Health and Family WelfareMinister Balbir Singh Sidhu onSaturday inspected blood banksat the Jallianwala Bagh MartyrsMemorial Civil Hospital andEmployees State Insurance(ESI) Hospital.

Speaking on the lapses andnegligence by a blood bank inPhagwara, the minister said theincident was unfortunate and itcould result in loss of life of theinnocent patient. He said suchkind of negligence would notbe tolerated.

Sidhu asked senior medicalofficers of all hospitals to at-tend patients at the OPD be-sides performing their adminis-trative duties. The minister saida shortage of doctors in thestate was a matter of concernand the government wouldsoon recruit new doctors to end

the problem.The minister also ordered

to issue a chargesheet againstthe medical superintendent ofESI Hospital after the formerfound him absent from dutyduring his visit. Talking aboutthe coronavirus threat in Pun-jab, the minister said no case

had been reported so far. Heasked the Health Department tocontinue to screen all suspectedpatients. Sidhu also held ameeting with doctors and lis-tened to their problems. He as-sured them of looking into alltheir issues and required steps.

Sidhu asked health officials

to ensure that patients get allmedicines from the hospitals’pharmacies. He added that ifsome medicines are not avail-able in the stock, it is the dutyof the hospital to make theseavailable to the patients fromthe market. The Health Minis-ter said, “The Punjab Govern-ment has a plan to set up fournew medical colleges in thestate. The colleges will not onlyhelp people get better medicalservices but will also help train-ing new doctors. Under SarbatSehat Bima Yojana, the hospi-tals must make beneficiarycards of eligible patients on thespot who come for treatment.”Health and Family WelfareMinister Balbir Singh Sidhu onSaturday ordered to issue achargesheet against the medicalsuperintendent of ESI Hospitalafter the former found him ab-sent from duty during his visit.

Balbir Sidhu says new doctors will be recruited soon in state

Protesters demandrollback of CAA

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CHANDIGARH: Unbeaten Chandigarh will face Mizoram in their sixth fixture of Women’s Under 23 One Day tournament to be played at Cuttack on Sunday. Team led by Amanjot Kaur had won all five played matches and amassed 20 points to top the plate group chart. Mizoram which is currently placed at ninth position had just one win in their credit out of their six matches so far.Chandigarh is riding high on the shoulders of top scorers – Captain Amanjot Kaur (214) and Monika Pandey (210) with one century each. Kashvee Gautam who is currently topping the overall wicket takers chart has a total of 21 wickets including her three 5-wkt haul.

City girls to take on Mizoram at Womens U-23 One Dayer

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handigarh :The land of India is loaded with immense talent which is coming forth slowly. Almost every day Cwe hear about new comers and the start of their journey

in the entertainment industry. Now again, a newcomer has commenced his journey as an artist and the name of that artist is Vicky Sharma. Vicky Sharma is coming with his debut song which is titled ‘Disco Night’. Talking about the credits of the song, music has been given by Ssameer and the official video of the song has been directed by Rahul Khan from Paris Entertainment India. The song is being presented by Star Talented Media Academy and the producer of the song is Damini Joshi. The song will release under the label of STMA Music Series. Talking about his first song, Vicky Sharma said, “I have always dreamed of becoming a singer all my life.

Vicky Sharma and Director Rahul Khan making long strides to achieve their goal

Dev Samaj College for Women organises 'Tashan-E-Basant'

handigarh: Sahayta Charitable Welfare Society held a joint celebration of Cancer Survivors' Day & International CChildhood Cancer Day in the auditorium of Post Graduate

Govt. Girls College, Sec 42 here. Raja Malvinder Singh of Patiala presided over the function and Mrs. Gaitri M M Singh was the Guest of Honour. Doctors from PGI and GMCH Sector 32 also graced the occasion. Chief Guest congratulated Sahayta Charitable Welfare Society on completion of 23 years of compassion and care and lauded the efforts of the society for giving much needed succour to cancer afflicted families. The programme embarked upon with a lighting of lamp ceremony. Cutural performances - 'Taare Zameen Par' by children survivors and 'Colours of Life' a fashion walk by lady Sahayta Survivors were the highlights of the celebrations. Jeevan Shakti award was presented to Babita and Bal Jeevan

Shakti award to Pranav Aggarwal for having faced the disease bravely and being source of inspiration to others. Pranav Aggarwal in his speech motivated people with cancer to be positive and fight the disease with a happy frame of mind despite the challenges.

ev Samaj College for women, Sector-45/B, Chandigarh, celebrated the festive spirit of Basant DPanchami by organising ‘Tashan-E-Basant’. The

campus wore the hues of the spring festival. Various competitions - Mehndi, Swing Decoration, Solo and Group Dance, Photo Booth Creation Competition and Miss Basant Pageant were held to celebrate the spirit of the festival. Students

enthusiastically participated, a n d w e r e d re s sed in t r a d i t i o n a l colours of the season.T h e C h i e f G u e s t , S h r i m a n Nirmal Singh Ji Dhillon, Secretary, Dev

Samaj, was given a warm welcome by the Principal, Dr. Meena Chopra. Shriman ji quoted the nature poet, William Wordsworth, as he reflected upon the importance of spring in our lives. Dr. Agnese Dhillon, Principal, Dev Samaj College of Education, was the Guest of Honour on the occasion. Dr. Dhillon congratulated the college for the successful event to mark an age old tradition.

Yuvraj’s second five-wkt haulprovides host a massive nine wickets win over BiharCHANDIGARH: Left arm spinner Yuvraj Chaudhary continued to rule with his five-wicket haul, second time in the match to help host with registering comprehensive nine wickets win over Bihar during the third day of Col CK Nayadu trophy match at Cricket Stadium, Sector 16 on Saturday. Host managed 270 runs in reply of visitors 140 followed by their second inning total of 250 which posed a target of 121 for home team. With this win, Chandigarh drew six points and amassed 41 points in the plate group. Chandigarh will lock horns in his last match against Manipur on February 14 at Kharagpur. Earlier in the day, Bihar led to a vigilant start with Captain Sachin Kumar Singh and Utkarsh Bhaskar when they resumed their overnight score of 130 for four. Hosts lacked the services of their ace bowler Mandeep Singh due to his fitness. Captain Amrit Lubana and Bhagmender Lather failed to draw any success in first 15 overs of the day and then, Yuvraj Chaudhary introduced into the attack.

Zestreethon- Annual Athletic Meet 2019-20 organized at Mind Tree School Kharar

Chitkara University hosts 4th Edition of India Fund Fest 2020

handigarh: Twenty-eight companies show format, for spot deals of an estimated from twenty cities have made it to the minimum total value of INR 25 Crores in the Cfinale and will pitch to a panel of day. There are over 5 companies from

fourteen investors from eight cities of India. The Chandigarh and Punjab region presenting at the platform curates startup opportunities from event with two from Chitkara Innovation

Incubator. Interacting with the media,Nalin Singh, Founder of Natio Cultus Consultancy Pvt.Ltd.said, We are delighted with the response to the Fund Fest and the platform as a whole. The Support of Chitkara University a n d C h a n d i g a r h A n g e l Network has been remarkable. We believe that an accelerated path to timely funding is critical for a vibrant startup ecosystem and that is what endeavor to provide." "This is

across the country and presents them to a great opportunity for the region to have investors after intensive coaching. The access to start up capital with so many philosophy is to give budding entrepreneurs an investors coming over a single day for opportunity to get on to a path of accelerated assessing the start-ups pitches from all over funding. The Top 28 startups selected from over India" said Dr. Madhu Chitkara, Vice-20,000 interested applicants, will pitch in a TV Chancellor Chitkara University.

60 examined in a camp at Rotary ClubHANDIGARH: In-line with its commitment to the cause of CRoad Safety, Toyota Kirloskar

Motor (TKM) curated a special road safety awareness program for school children in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore, with the state level event taking place in the city of Bangalore, today. This initiative is a part of the Toyota Safety Education Program aiming at improving the road safety crisis in the country by inculcating a positive behavior towards road safety among children between grades 5th and 9th. This nation-wide program strongly advocates the need to start training and nurturing the young minds by instilling the sense of responsibility among these future road users. The program commenced in New Delhi in January this year, followed by the Mumbai chapter on February 3, 2020. The Bangalore state event was organized at Shishumandir, and witnessed enthusiastic participation from the Police and Traffic Departments along with TSEP school children and teachers who played an active role in developing responsible road users of tomorrow. Focusing on the ABC (Awareness, Behaviour and Campaign & Communication) approach, the program crafted a series of educative and interactive learning activities including: gamified content and assessment, experiential learning, classroom and project-based learning, intra-school, state and national championships.

Toyota’s sustainable Road Safety Education Program

9th edition of Motocross Challengebegins in MohaliMOHALI: The ninth edition of Autocross, Motocross and Off-roading challenge-2020 began today at PUDA Ground, Phase 8 Mohali. The event was flagged off by Mr.Shashi Garcha, Senior Steward, Regional Director of Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI). The two day event that will witness around 150 players across the country is being organized by Old Yadavindrian Association (OYA).The event which is running in its 9th edition will have players showing their skills and abilities, on four wheelers (Autocross), two wheelers (Motocross) and 4x4 vehicles (Off-Roading), in the two day event that is being organized under the aegis of FMSCI. For the first time the competition is being held on a twin track which will enable the running of two vehicles to run parallel on the track. The track will include hurdles like cross over, undulating, and bridges under the supervision of expert team of FMSCI. In order to provide medical services to the participants a medical team will also be present onsite. There will be a laser live timing system to know the exact timing of the participants and the same can be checked on the internet by participants and fans of the sports.

Sahayta Charitable Welfare Society holds celebrations of Cancer Survivors' Day &

International Childhood Cancer Day

KHARAR / MOHALI: The much awaited Annual Athletic Meet 2019-20 was held at Mind Tree School today with great zeal and enthusiasm. The programme was graced by the presence of Principal Ms. Harveen Kaur and Director Mr. Sanjay who took the salute of the impressive house wise March Past of the students lead by their captains and vice-captains.The students entered into the spirit of the occasion in a grand way with the oath being administered by the Sports captains. An energizing aerobics display set the tone for the rest of the event. The tiny tots of Mind Tree School displayed an exhilarating PT drill mesmerizing the audience with their performance. Once the races began, the air was filled with cheering and tons of encouragement for the young athletes. Students competed in events including 100 and 200m races, relay races, sack race, hurdle race, etc. Fun time with staff races and a tug- of- war between the houses added to the enjoyment.

anchkula: To make the children identify pink colour in the objects they see around Pthem, Pink colour Day was celebrated in

SMD Little Champ Smart School Sector 2 Panchkula. All the children look charismatic in pink colour dresses. Children participated enthusiastically in all the activities related to the identification of the colour. They were also told that pink colour is made by mixing red and white colour. “Show and Tell” Activity was also conducted (Pink coloured objects).Principal Ms Deepika appreciated the efforts of the teachers.

Pink Colour Day Celebration at SMD School

Wipro earthian awards celebrate excellence in sustainability educationBANGALORE: Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO), a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, today organized the 9th edition of the Wipro earthian awards for 2019. The annual awards recognize excellence in sustainability within the education process in schools and colleges in India. Wipro earthian is one of India’s largest sustainability education programs for schools and colleges. The 2019 edition of the program received over 1300 project entries, out of which winning entries from 10 schools and 8 colleges were selected by an independent jury. The teams from schools demonstrated their understanding of biodiversity, waste and water through a combination of activity-based learning programs and written essays. The teams from colleges submitted journalistic entries on the themes of water, waste and agriculture in the urban sustainability context. They were felicitated by Rishad Premji, Chairman, Wipro Limited as part of a day-long event at Wipro’s campus in Sarjapur.

CHANDIGARH: The premium brand of artistic flavours, The Finch, is all ready to celebrate this February in the most fantabulous way possible serving all kinds of audience with quirky events.This 6th of February, the event 'Nostalgic Fusion Night' will take you back in those sweet memories of first romantic encounter of your first love with old romantics of Kumar Sanu, Lalit Pandit, Udit Narayan. The band, Himalayan Strings, will be playing Sufi and romantic songs from mid-90's. Celebrating the day of love, the brand has tried to add little funk through the event 'Stupid Cupid' on 14th of February in which there will be ball dance party for the couples. The event will play a perfect spice to season the relationship of the couples. Not only this, singles can also participate and have fun. Atul Sharma will be playing romantic songs in the background to spruce up the aura.

Sunny Verma’s IMG Venture creates buzz with Finale of Mr & Miss India Glamour 2020 and Mr & Miss North India Glamour 2020

handigarh: A unique solo act play 'Drama Queen' was staged at Tagore Theatre, Sector 18 here. The solo act was based on the true-Clife events of Nisha Luthra, a city-based theatre professional, who

is also Co Founder of theatre organisation 'The Narrators'. Nisha herself enacted the solo stage play with aplomb, under the aegis of 'The Narrators' in association with Haryana Tourism.Nisha Luthra said, "I am a lawyer by profession but theatre has always been my passion. Theatre has been a catharsis for me as it gave me the power to remain happy, despite overpowering circumstances which were only leading me to balance out life’s imbalances. In theatre I am living my passion for acting. The reason for the enactment today was to give a message to all people who have dreams and are passionate about certain things, to follow their passion, despite challenges and life's entrapment."Nisha played out SIX Characters which are a part of her life's journey. She showcased various emotions through a fusion of music, dance and drama in an ensemble choreographed and conceptualised by Nisha herself. The play intrigued with a well-balanced level of love, humour , compassion , sacrifice , tragedies and emotions.

handigarh:SOTC Travel has witnessed interesting demand from travellers from Punjab seeking a blend of preferences for a wide Crange of experiences across destinations.As Indians are

increasingly travelling more frequently than before, aided by affordable pricing, we see travellers from Punjab choosing to explore new places.In an attempt to cater to the rising number of travellers from PunjabSOTC Travel has announced the “Holiday Bazaar” in Chandigarh on 9th February 2020 from 10am to 7pm at Hotel Aroma, Sector 22, Chandigarh and in Ludhiana on 23rd February 2020.Exclusive holiday offers and discounts will be available at the SOTC Holiday Bazaar only for one day. Chandigarh and Ludhiana have been key source markets. Due to the industrial growth, improved facilities and air connectivity; Chandigarh is quickly becoming a hub for young travellers. The upcoming IT City and Eco City in the region is expected to augment travel considerably. Versatiledemographic coming from various age brackets; those belonging to age group of 19-35 prefer to travel with friends in groups. Travellers between the ages of 30-45 yearsparticularly travel with families or in groups. As per the SOTC Travel India Holiday Report, travellers from North India are value seekers and are keen to obtain the best deals and offers available as they finance their trips through savings. Known for their inherent love for food, travellers from Punjab love to explore and experiment with the local cuisinewith a desi twist!

Value Driven Packages for Travellers from Punjab to Plan Memorable Holidays For 2020 HANDIGARH: Tata Motors

SOUL (SUV Owners United CLeague) announced the commencement of its upcoming SOUL “Iconic Kutch Drive, Desert Trail, Bhuj” from 9th to 14thFebruary 2020. The SOUL members are all set to experience the unprecedented beauty of the White Desert of Kutch,coupled with the festivities of Rann Utsav, visits to Kala Dungar and Mandavi shipyard,Modhera Sun Temple and a historic trip to the Harappan ruins at Dholavira. Speaking about the event,Mr. Vivek Srivatsa, Head-Marketing, Passenger Vehicles Business Unit, Tata Motors, said, “Since its inception, SOUL has become a symbol of adventure and an exhilarating driving experience for Tata SUV owners.We are thrilled to begin this year with a voyage to the iconic salt desert terrain of Kutch in Bhuj, Gujarat.This will be a memorable experience for our SOUL owners as they explore the magnificent terrain and extravagant culture of Kutch in the company of like-minded driving enthusiasts.” Flagging off from Ahmedabad,11 participants will travel in a convoy of 5 Tata SUVs (Harrier, Hexa, Safari), giving the Tata SUV owners an experience of a lifetime.

Tata Motors SOUL kickstarts 2020 with its Iconic Kutch Drive

olden Bridge Films & Entertainment Pvt. Ltd, released the promotional track from their upcoming film Ik Sandhu Hunda Si titled 'Charche'.This Gduet number is sung by the lead actor of the film, Gippy Grewal along

with Shipra Goyal. Happy Raikoti has written the lyrics. The music of the song has been given by Desi Crew. This is a perfect beat number which will not only be played in the cars and gyms but will be a perfect song to dance on at the weddings.The song 'Charche' is an ode to friendship which will make you reminisce the college memories. The trailer of the film has already been released which is still receiving the immense praise and has created a lot of curiosity amongst the audience for the film.Singer-actor Gippy Grewal said, "Ik Sandhu Hunda Si has all the ingredients to make it a perfect entertainment package.

Nisha Luthra impresses in solo act 'Drama Queen'

Farewell Party at Brilliance World School

PANCHKULA: The students of Brilliance World School held a function to bid farewell to their seniors in the school.Students of grades IX and XI gave farewell to the students of grades X and XII in an emotionally touching farewell. There were songs and dances celebrating the bonds if friendship and love shared through the years. Memories of playing as a team and enjoying trips together made them nostalgic. The fun games and titles brought smiles on the faces though they all were heavy at heart.The titles of Mr. Brilliance and Ms. Brilliance went to Suddhant Tiwari and Simran Rathore. anchkula, : As many as 60 people attended

Ojas Hospital’s free multi-specialty health Pc a m p a t R o t a r y C l u b , s e c t o r 12A,Panchkula on Saturday. In camp , Dr Abhay Gupta, urologist and Dr KVS Hari Kumar from Endocrinologist from Ojas examined the rotary club members and their families. During occasion, uroflowmetry test and HBA1C tests were also done for screening of prostrate and prolong sugar level measures. Among others, Rtn Jagmohan Garg and Rtn Dr JK Kakkar president and chairman of Rotary Club respectively were also presented during occasion. Speaking during occasion, Dr. Abhay said that with changing lifestyles and increasing life expectancy, the rate of prostate cancer is growing rapidly in India.

handigarh/ludhiana : Dr Batra’s Homeopathy, the largest chain of Chomeopathic clinics in the world

opens its doors to provide free homeopathic medicine to prevent the Coronavirus. The AYUSH Ministry of the Government of India has issued an advisory to use the homeopathic medicine Arsenic Alb 30 for the prevention of this v i r u s ( S o u r c e - https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1600895). This medicine will be distributed free of charge in around 200 clinics of Dr Batra’s in 123 cities in India till 29th February 2020.Signs & symptoms: Symptoms of the Coronavirus are very similar to that of flu, i.e. common cold, cough, fever and headache. People who are likely to travel are most vulnerable. Pregnant women and young children, and the elderly are also considered in the high risk category. People with poorly managed chronic conditions like asthma, diabetes, heart and other respiratory problems are also at greater risk. Care and prevention of Coronavirus. As a precaution, people need to implement strict hygiene standard as set by the World Health Organisation:Frequent cleaning of hands with alcohol-based hand sanitizers or soap and water.

FREE preventive homeopathic dosesfor Coronavirus at all Dr Batra’s

clinics across India

The promotional track ‘Charche’ from ‘Ik Sandhu Hunda Si’ released

NEWS BRIEFS

8NEWSChopper services to Gauchar,Chinyalisaur launchedDEHRADUN: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Saturday launched heli-copter services from Dehradun city to Gauchar and Chinyalisaur in Garhwal hills under theUdan scheme of the Central Government.Rawat said that remote areas of the state would benefit from the services.“The state government is planning to extend helicopter services to other districts as well andhelipads are being developed,” he said. Heritage Aviation Private Ltd will operate the six-seatdouble-engine helicopters that will fly between these locations. The fare of the Sahastradharato Gauchar flight will be Rs 4,120 per person while for the Sahastradhara to Chinyalisaurroute it will be Rs 3,350 per person.YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2020

NykaaBeautyLaunches SoCrème LipsticksCHANDIGARH : Get the bright wash ofcolor across your lips and add a littleglamour to your everyday look withNykaa Beauty's latest creamy matterange- So Crème Lipsticks. Beautifullypigmented, this collection is inspired bythe everyday life of a millennial girl,which captures every moment of her dayas she experiences them. Nykaa Beautyhas launched a beautifully curated edit of18 trendy colours made to suit the Indianskin tone. So Crème range is a wholetreasure trove to create the perfectcreamy-matte pout, whether you aresearching for a warm shade to cozy upor nude shade to update your everydaymakeup, you can find it all in this line-up.The 18 trendy shade names are superfun and explain the very typical everydaymoods and feelings a girl goes throughin the course of her day like- Break a leg,Traffic Jammin', Gossip Dose, On Fire,It's a Date, Like a Boss, Dressed to Killand many more. The So Crème lipstickscome with an uncrackable creamy matteweightless formula that glides on like silkbut gives a matte finish that does notbudgeupto 8 hours. Unlike other mattesthat may crack as the day goes on, thisone is enriched with Vitamin E, Jojoba,and Almond oil, which makes your lipsstay smooth and hydrated throughoutthe day. These bullet lippies pack a pig-ment punch that gives your lips the boldcolor pay-off with one stroke application.The formula hugs your lips to glide on asmooth layer with one swipe and keepsthem moisturized. This is Nykaa's mostaffordable full-size lipstick range yetwithan attractive price point of INR 299 only.

Moderateearthquake joltsAssam, north BengalGUWAHATI: A magnitude-5 earthquakestruck Assam and its neighbouring areason Saturday evening, but there was noimmediate report of any casualty or dam-age to property, police said.The epicentre of the quake was 16 kmeast of Abhayapuri in Bongaigaon dis-trict, the United States Geological Survey(USGS) said.The quake also jolted a few districts ofnorth Bengal, including Jalpaiguri,Coochbehar and Alipurduar, sourcessaid.The tremors were felt around 6 pm.

SC: Can’t order stateto providereservation in jobs,promotionsNEW DELHI: The state can’t be orderedto provide for reservation in public em-ployment and promotions, the SupremeCourt has ruled.It is settled law that state govt can’t be di-rected to provide reservations for ap-pointment in public posts. Similarly, thestate is not bound to make reservationfor SCs and STs in matters of promotions“It is settled law that the state govern-ment cannot be directed to providereservations for appointment in publicposts. Similarly, the state is not bound tomake reservation for Scheduled Castesand Scheduled Tribes in matters of pro-motions,” a Bench of Justice LN Rao andJustice Hemant Gupta said.The Bench set aside an order of the Ut-tarakhand High Court which had orderedthe state government to collect data re-garding the adequacy or inadequacy ofrepresentation of SCs and STs in gov-ernment services and then take a deci-sion on providing them reservation inpromotion, saying it was “contrary to thelaw laid down by this court”.The top court also set aside the HighCourt’s July 15, 2019, order which said“all future vacancies that are to be filledby promotion in the posts of assistant en-gineer should only be from the membersof SCs and STs”, terming it “wholly un-justifiable”.“Articles 16 (4) and 16 (4-A) do not con-fer fundamental right to claim reserva-tions in promotion… Article 16 (4) and 16(4-A) are in the nature of enabling provi-sions, vesting a discretion on the stategovernment to consider providing reser-vations, if the circumstances so warrant,”the Bench clarified.“Even if the underrepresentation ofScheduled Castes and Schedules Tribesin public services is brought to the noticeof this court, no mandamus (order) canbe issued by this court to the state gov-ernment to provide reservation in light ofthe law laid down by this court,” theBench said.Noting that the High Court committed anerror by striking down the September 5,2012, decision of the state governmentnot to provide reservation in promotions,the top court said the government wasnot bound to provide reservation in pro-motions.

Foreigners who wentto China after Jan 15not allowed to enterIndia, says DGCANEW DELHI: As the outbreak of novelcoronavirus has lead to the death ofmore than 700 Chinese nationals, avia-tion regulator DGCA on Saturday saidthat foreigners who went to China on orafter January 15 will not be allowed toenter India. The DGCA, in its circular toairlines on Saturday, reiterated that allvisas issued to Chinese nationals beforeFebruary 5 have been suspended. How-ever, the Directorate General of Civil Avi-ation (DGCA) clarified, "These visa re-strictions will not apply to aircrew, whomay be Chinese nationals or other for-eign nationalities coming from China.""Foreigners who have been to China onor after January 15, 2020, are not al-lowed to enter India from any air, land orseaport, including Indo-Nepal, Indo-Bhutan, Indo-Bangladesh or Indo-Myan-mar land borders," the DGCA said.

CHANDIGARH : FedExExpress, the world's largestexpress transportation compa-ny and a subsidiary of FedExCorp. (NYSE: FDX), as partof its ongoing commitment tosupport the growth of smalland medium enterprises(SME/SMEs) in India, bringsits 'SME Connect' Program toChennai, Tamil Nadu. The'SME Connect' program is athought leadership and knowl-edge sharing platform forSMEs to interact with industryand subject matter experts forsolution oriented discussionsthat impact their business.

According to Udyog Aad-har, Chennai accounts for over170,000 MSMEs , making itthe biggest SME hub in TamilNadu, and one of the most im-portant hubs in the country.The major contributors to thesector include textiles and gar-ments, auto components, engi-neering manufacturing units,pharmaceuticals, petroleum,plastic and printing.

The theme for the sessionin Chennai is 'Building a Sus-tainable Business through Ef-fective Risk Management',with leading industry expertsand entrepreneurs, sharing

their business insights on thecurrent macroeconomic envi-ronment and different ap-proaches to mitigate theserisks.

Addressing the occasion,Mr. Mohamad Sayegh, vicepresident Operations, forFedEx Express in India said,"FedEx connects people andpossibilities every day, andprovides small businesseswith the solutions and guid-ance needed to pursue theirglobal ambitions. We are de-lighted to bring the third edi-tion of the 'SME Connect' pro-gram to Chennai, a dynamic

business market. We believethat SMEs are the growth en-gine of our economy and em-ployment in the region, andthe insights shared in this ses-sion will equip them to en-hance their solutions and ac-cess new possibilities for theirbusinesses."

Each 'SME Connect' pro-gram focuses on specially cu-rated topics relevant to the lo-cal market, delivered throughpanel discussions with indus-try experts to give small busi-nesses guidance and tips to in-novate and learn.

FedEx 'SME Connect' ProgramEmpowers Small Businesses to

Access New Possibilities

CHANDIGARH: Ziqitza HealthcareLtd. - Asia's largest EMS serviceprovider from India, which operates108 Ambulance emergency services,with a total strength of 280 nos. ofwell-equipped ambulances, in Punjab& Haryana region today, saved morethan 3 lives at a server mishap, due tobuilding collapse at Punjab's Kharartown.

108 received the rescue call at12.37 pm and immediately deployed 6ambulances to the accident locationfor the rescue operation, whichreached the accident scene at 1.00 pmwith a sheer 22 mins of the responsetime. The 108 crew managed to shift 3people to the Mohali Civil Hospital onimmediate basis, hereby helping tosave their lives. The team workedhand in hand with the other teams onground to remove remove people fromthe debris and provide them immedi-ate first line medical assistance. Dis-trict Manager Mr. Kanwaljeet SinghSodhi was stationed at the location,who took complete charge of the oper-ation on behalf of 108 crew.

Reporting on the unfortunate inci-dent, Mr. Saikat Mukherjee - ProjectHead at Ziqitza Healthcare Ltd. said,

"firstly my sympathies to the familiesand people who are affected with thisaccident. On a hopeful note, we arehappy that 108 ambulance service'sprompt and timely response helped savelives." About Ziqitza Healthcare Limit-ed: Ziqitza had been set up with a vi-sion to assist in saving human lives byproviding a leading network of fullyequipped Advanced and Basic LifeSupport Ambulances across the devel-oping world. Ziqitza is currently oper-ating 3300 plus Ambulances across

Mumbai, Bihar, Kerala, Punjab andOdisha, MP and Tamil Nadu. ZHL hasreputed investors like Acumen Fund,HDFC, IDFC and India Value Fund onboard. ZHL's Strategic Partners in-clude London Ambulance Services,Life Supporters Institute of HealthScience and New York PresbyterianEmergency Medical Service (NYP-EMS).

ZHL has currently more than10,000 people working tirelessly, dayand night, to serve people in India.

States 108 crew's instant and promptresponse helps in serving the affected

people in a sever building collapse Saves 3 lives - with prompt and quick response to the call

108 received the rescue call at 12.37 pm andimmediately deployed 6 ambulances to theaccident location for the rescue operation,which reached the accident scene at 1.00pm with a sheer 22 mins of the responsetime. The 108 crew managed to shift 3people to the Mohali Civil Hospital onimmediate basis, hereby helping to savetheir lives.

AGENCYTHANE, FEBRUARY 8

Seven firemen were injured during a fire-fighting operation after a major blazebroke out in a 21- storey residentialbuilding in Navi Mumbai on Saturdaymorning, officials said.

The fire, which was triggered by anexplosion of a gas cylinder, broke out ina duplex flat located on the top two floorsof Sea Home Apartment in Seawoodsnear Palm Beach Road, the officials said.

All the seven injured were admittedto the National Burns Centre (NBC) inAiroli, where three of them are in the in-tensive care unit (ICU), they added.

“A cylinder blast in the duplex flat,spread over the top two floors, triggeredthe fire around 6.30 am,” chief of theNavi Mumbai Disaster Control Room,Dadasaheb Chabukswar, said.

According to Santosh Kadam, headof the Regional Disaster ManagementCell (RDMC) of Thane Municipal Cor-poration (TMC), six fire engines fromNerul, CBD Belapur and Vashi fire sta-tions were sent to the site to control the

fire.“At least seven firemen were injured

during the firefighting operation. Theywere admitted to the NBC in Airoli.Three of them are in ICU as their injuriesare serious,” Chabukswar said.

The fire has been doused and coolingoperation is underway, he said.

The injured were identified as station

officer V D Koli (50), assistant stationofficer J P Gade (40) (both from NerulFire Station) and five firemen- J B Bhoye(40), D N Jawale (43), S L Joshi (43), MT Pawar (40) and B A Thakrey (39)- be-longing to different fire stations,Chabukswar added.

Investigation into the incident is on,he said.

Seven firemen injured in blazeat Navi Mumbai high-rise

Chargesheetagainst RJD MLAfor rape of minor

ARA (BIHAR), FEBRUARY 8

The charge sheet has been filed by thepolice before the special POCSO courthere against absconding RJD MLAArun Yadav, who is accused of rapinga minor girl at his residence in Patna.

Special public prosecutor SarojKumari said the charge sheet has beenfiled against Yadav, who representsSandesh assembly seat, under IPC sec-tions relating to human trafficking andsexual assault besides those of Im-moral Traffic Prevention Act, POCSOAct and the Juvenile Justice Act.

Special POCSO judge RK Singhhas posted the matter for further hear-ing on February 10 and issued noticesto Speaker Vijay Kumar Chaudharyand the secretary of the state assembly to ensure that the legislator appears on that date,she said. Deposing before the court, the police said that movable and immovable prop-erty belonging to Yadav was being attached. The RJD MLA has been on the run eversince his name cropped up in a sex racket which was busted in September last year. Poorgirls from the districts were lured by some locals, including a woman, with the promiseof getting them a job and pushed into flesh trade. The matter had come to light after agirl, who was rescued from the clutches of her captors in Patna by her family, gave astatement before the police that she was sent among other places to the Patna residenceof the MLA where she was raped.

AGENCYCHENNAI, FEBRUARY 8

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman onSaturday said her two hour plus budgetspeech days ago was inevitable sinceevery aspect of the economy warranted acareful response and expressed regret forputting people to inconvenience.

The minister, when asked if such alenghty budget speech was warranted -which drove her to a point of exhaustion-something which was not seen in the pastfew decades, said it was needed.

"It was needed. Definitely it wasneeded. I would have completed readingout the remaining portion after drinkingwater," she said addressing a press con-ference.

A Kashmiri verse, quotes from Tamilpoets and references to Saraswati-Sind-hu civilisation peppered Sitharaman's160- minute long marathon budgetspeech on February 1 which got cut shortat the fag end after she felt unwell.

"Sorry. I agree, all of you were put toinconvenience. I don't know if youthought (why) this lady was talking forabout two and a half hours.

But I had things to be spelt out andwe have a duty to implement and we willdo it," she said.

Pointing to elaborate pre-budgetconsultations with stakeholders and ef-forts to fulfill the aspirations of everysector, she said she had a need to speak

for such a duration and it became "in-evitable."

"I did not speak to create any record,but every aspect of the economy war-ranted a careful response and it made thespeech lengthy."

After around 150 minutes, Sithara-man appeared tired and sipped water atleast thrice before cutting short herspeech in Parliament.

In between when a staff memberwent to get a glass of water, Sitharamantook a candy that was offered by Gad-kari.

Ministerial colleague HarsimratKaur Badal also came up to the financeminister and offered her a candy. Rajnath

Singh and Amit Shah were also seentalking to her.

Unable to continue, she told theSpeaker to consider the rest of the speechas laid in the House and sat down.

Soon after the proceedings were ad-journed, Modi walked up to her andgreeted her. Sitharaman's first budgetspeech in July 2019 went on for around137 minutes.

Incidentally, when she was address-ing the post budget press conferencehere, Secretary, Economic Affairs, AtanuChakraborty, who was seated right nextto the minister, repeatedly dozed off,prompting photo journalists to click pho-tographs. -

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As exit polls predict asweep for AAP; BJP claims48 seats, says don't blame

EVMs on Feb 11NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 8

While exit polls forecast a comfortable victory for the ruling Aam Aadmi Par-ty, the Bharatiya Janata Party—their main challenger in one of the most acri-monious Delhi elections—has dismissed the predictions outright.

Soon after most of the pollsters, including right-leaning ones, predicted aclear victory for Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party, BJP’s state presidentManoj Tiwari took to the social media to claim that his party would win 48seats in the 70-member Delhi Assembly.

“All these exit polls will fail on February 11. Please keep my statement asrecord. The BJP will win 48 seats to form the government. Please do not findways to blame the EVMs (when results are declared). We have also done ourexit polls throughout today, kindly do not try to create an atmosphere againstthe EVMs when the BJP wins,” Tiwari said in a tweet.

While his statement led to speculations and conspiracy theories overEVMs—such as possible “tampering”, an allegation BJP’s rivals have fre-quently leveled against the party—if the exit polls are any indication, the mes-sage is clear for the players in the do-or-die elections in which Bharatiya Jana-ta Party’s Amit Shah, the union minister for home affairs, and national presi-dent JP Nadda led the party from the front. It would mean that the electoratehas decided to vote for the development plank and against attempts to po-larise—that employment, amenities, infrastructure, better education, andhealth took precedence over the ‘Hindutva’ pitch.

Such a victory could also be construed as a verdict against the amendedCitizenship Act, and that, while people want Narendra Modi as their PrimeMinister, they also want a strong local leader and prioritise local issues in as-sembly elections.

Ever since Home Minister Shah took charge of the Delhi elections, theBJP used all its ammunition t push for a BJP government in the state—fromShah’s door-to-door campaigns, to a large contingent of MPs and ministershitting the roads to lobby for the party to even “polarising” statements by lead-ers like Anurag Thakur or Parvesh Verma amid anti-CAA protests at ShaheenBagh, the party appears to have used every weapon in its arsenal to fight theruling AAP. But if exit polls are any indication, the BJP needs to review itsstrategy, starting with its lack of strong local leadership and its decision tohead into elections with a chief ministerial candidate.