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Rs. 2YUGMARGThe more we come outand do good to others,the more our hearts willbe purified, and God will

be in them.

Swami Vivekananda

AGENCYNEW DELHI, AUG 9

The Hindi film industry dom-inated the 66th National FilmAwards, which were an-nounced in New Delhi todayby a jury headed by filmmak-er Rahul Rawail. Multiple ho-nours came in for AndhaDhun-- the neo-noir thriller direct-ed by Sriram Raghavan, Uri:The Surgical Strikes head-lined by Vicky Kaushal, andAyushmann Khurrana’s Bad-haai Ho. The National FilmAwards adjudged Gujarati

film Helaru as the best film of2018 with a Special JuryAward for its cast.

AndhaDhun was namedthe best Hindi film of the yearat the National Film Awards

with Ayushmann Khurranaand Vicky Kaushal (Uri) shar-ing the best actor award.Keerthy Suresh won the bestactress award (Mahanati).Uri: The Surgical Strike alsowon the best director awardfor Aditya Dhar. Additionally,actor Surekha Sikri won thebest supporting actress awardfor her acclaimed performancein Badhaai Ho. The award forthe best popular film providingwholesome entertainment alsowent to Badhaai Ho Mean-while, Uttarakhand has beennamed the most film friendly

state, and producer PriyankaChopra’s Marathi film Paaniwon best film on environmentconservation. Pad Man, star-ring Akshay Kumar, SonamKapoor and Radhika Apte,won the best film on social is-sues award. Kannada filmSarkari Hiriya PrathamikaShale, Kasaragodu won theaward for the best children’sfilm. Sanjay Leela Bhansaliwas named best music direc-tion and Swanand Kirkire haswon the best supporting actoraward for the Marathi film,Chumbak.

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BCCI finally comes under NADA

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Preparations completed for 21stSavan Jyot Mahotsava

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66th National Film Awards

Arun Jaitley underobservation at AIIMS;Modi, Shah visit

NEW DELHI: Former FinanceMinister Arun Jaitley was admit-ted to the AIIMS here for acheck-up on Friday morning afterhe complained of uneasiness.He was admitted to the Cardio-Neuro Centre of the hospitalaround 10 am. In May this year,Jaitley was admitted to the AIIMSfor treatment. His condition isstable. The senior BJP leaderhad opted out of the governmentciting his poor health when thesecond National Democratic Al-liance government headed byPrime Minister Narendra Moditook oath. Meanwhile, PrimeMinister Narendera Modi andHome Minister Amit Shah visitedhospital to enquire about Jaitley’shealth.

DMK wins VelloreLok Sabha seatVELLORE: In a nail biting finish,DMK's D M Kathir Anand on Fri-day won the Vellore Lok Sabhasegment defeating his nearest ri-val, AIADMK's ally A C Shan-mugam, by a narrow margin of8,141 votes.The result came as a setback tothe AIADMK which was hopingto retain the seat and prove apoint after it faced a near rout inthe April Lok Sabha electionswith the DMK-led alliance win-ning 37 of the 38 constituenciesthen.The DMK candidate, son of partyTreasurer Duraimurugan,bagged 4,85,340 votes and gar-nered a 47.3 per cent vote shareas it wrested the Vellore seatfrom its arch rival AIADMK whichhad won it in 2014.Shanmugam of Puthiya NeedhiKatchi, who contested on theAIADMK's Two-Leaves symbol,polled 4,77,199 votes and got46.51 per cent share, the Elec-tion Commission announced.

Ayodhya dispute: SCrejects plea againstfive-day hearingNEW DELHI: The SupremeCourt on Friday rejected the pleaof senior lawyer Rajiv Dhavan,appearing for one of the Muslimparties in the Babri Masjid-RamJanmabhoomi dispute, againstconduct of hearings for five daysin a week. The court made itclear that the hearing in the casewould be for five days,from Mon-day to Friday.The CJI, however, said that "ifyou (Dhavan) need a break, wecan give you when you argue orsubmit your contentions beforeus in the case"

Maryam remanded incustody till August 21LAHORE: A Pakistani court onFriday remanded MaryamNawaz, former prime ministerNawaz Sharif's daughter, and

her cousin inthe custody ofthe country'santi-corruptionauthority tillAugust 21 in amoney laun-dering case.Maryam andher cousin

Yousaf Abbas Sharif were arrest-ed from the Kot Lakhpat jail hereon Thursday in connection to theChaudhry Sugar Mills (CSM)case while the 45-year-old PML-Nvice president was on her wayback from visiting her father, whois lodged in the same prison.She was supposed to appear be-fore the National AccountabilityBureau (NAB) on Thursday forquestioning in the sugar mills in-quiry but she sought more timefor submitting her response andwent to meet her father in jail in-stead.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, AUG 9

Gearing up for the upcom-ing Asembly polls, theBJP on Friday appointedUnion Ministers PrakashJavadekar and NarendraSingh Tomar as its in-charge for elections inDelhi and Haryana respec-tively.

The Bharatiya JanataParty also appointed itssenior leaders OP Mathurand Bhupinder Yadav aspoll incharges for Jhark-hand and Maharashtra re-spectively, according to astatement from the party.

Assembly polls inHaryana, Maharashtra and

Jharkhand are slated forlater this year while inDelhi they are due earlynext year.

Union MinistersHardeep Singh Puri andNityanand Rai wil be co-incharges for Delhi pollswhile Uttar PradeshDeputy Chief MinisterKeshav Prasad Mauryaand Karnataka leader Lax-man Sevadi will be co-in-charges for Maharashtrapolls. The BJP is workingto retain power inHaryana, Maharashtra andJharkhand while it will seek to oust theArvind Kejriwal-led AAPgovernment from powerin Delhi.

Javadekar, Tomarto be poll incharge

for Delhi, Hry

AGENCYSRINAGAR, AUGUST 9

After being confined to theirhomes for days, people in Kash-mir offered Friday prayers intheir local mosques as restric-tions were eased for the pur-pose, an official said, adding theValley was largely peaceful bar-ring minor incidents of stone-pelting in the apple-town of So-pore in north Kashmir.

People, who have been vir-tually kept indoors because ofheavy security deployment inthe wake of removal of specialstatus for Jammu and Kashmirand bifurcation of the state,were allowed to go to mosquesin their localities without beingasked any questions by securitypersonnel.

With no untoward incident,the situation, as of now, was re-ported to be fine in the Srinagarcity and south Kashmir, offi-cials said, but added that reportsfrom all areas are yet to arrive.

The officials said therewere minor incidents of stone-pelting in Sopore town of northKashmir, 50 km from here, butwas contained immediately andthe crowd dispersed. Restric-tions were eased to allow peo-ple in Kashmir to offer Fridayprayers in local mosques, offi-cials said, as security forceswere put on high alert across theValley in an apparent move toprevent possible protests.

The decision to ease the re-strictions was taken after Na-tional Security Advisor Ajit

Doval directed authorities toensure that no Kashmiri is ha-rassed, they said. Doval, whohas been camping here sinceTuesday, spoke to locals and se-curity personnel during a quick

tour of the sensitive downtownarea here on Friday, an officialsaid.

The NSA, accompanied byhis aides and senior police offi-cers, visited the Eidgah locality

and stopped at various places tointeract with locals.

He later spoke to police andCentral Reserve Police Force(CRPF) personnel and thankedthem for their wonderful workin maintaining law and order.

Security forces have beenput on high alert across theKashmir Valley pre-emptingpossible protests against thescrapping of special status toJammu and Kashmir and divid-ing it into two union territories,another set of officials said.

The clampdown in Kash-mir was imposed on Monday,hours before the Centre revokedJammu and Kashmir’s specialstatus and split it into two unionterritories—Ladakh, and Jam-mu and Kashmir.

J&K returning to normalcyFriday prayers offered as restrictions eased

School, colleges open today JAMMU: Jammu district administration on Friday lifted restrictions im-posed under Section 144 of CrPC and ordered opening of all education-al institutions from Saturday onwards.An order issued by the Sub District Magistrate/Deputy CommissionerJammu said that the restrictions under Sec 144 are withdrawn and allschools, colleges and other educational institutions will resume function-ing normal from August 10 (Saturday).Jammu University spokesperson said schedule of admissions, class-work and examinations will be notified separately. Section 144 was im-posed in Jammu district on August 5 after Article 370 of the Constitutionwas abrogated which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmirand the state bifurcated into two Union Territories.

AGENCYISLAMABAD, AUGUST 9

Pakistan has decided to ban all culturalexchanges with India, including allkinds of joint ventures between the en-tertainment industry of the two countriesafter India revoked the special status ofJammu and Kashmir, a media reportsaid on Friday.

The Ministry of Information andBroadcasting on Thursday launched anational slogan ‘Say No to India’, Dawnnewspaper reported.

“All kinds of Indian content hasbeen stopped and Pemra (Pakistan Elec-tronic Media Regulatory Authority) hasbeen directed to step up its vigilancealong with actions against the sale of In-dian DTH instruments,” said SpecialAssistant to Prime Minister on Informa-tion and Broadcasting Firdous AshiqAwan.

On the other hand, India on Fridaysaid Pakistan was "nervous" in the wakeof decisions to repeal Article 370 and re-organise Jammu and Kashmir and feelsthat development activities and overallwelfare of people in the region will nul-lify its justification for cross-border ter-rorism.

Answering queries from reporters ata media briefing, External Affairs Min-istry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar saidIndia has already given its reaction toPakistan's decision to downgrade diplo-matic relations.

"Some of the points also got an-swered in Prime Minister's address tothe nation," he said. Kumar said Pak-istan's action of downgrading ties wasunilateral. "It is important to understand

that the action taken by Pakistan is uni-lateral, it means you do not consult theother side before taking the decision.Whether it is Samjhauta Express, traderelations, asking us to withdraw highcommissioner, it has been done withoutconsulting us," he said. The spokesper-son said India has urged Pakistan to re-consider those decisions and has regret-ted the steps they have announced. "Oursense is that whatever is being done byPakistan is to present a very alarmingpicture of bilateral relations that some-thing big is going to happen which ofcourse is not the case," he said.

Pak bans all culturalexchanges, India terms

it nervousness

After Samjhauta, uncertaintylooms over Thar Express JODHPUR: After the disruption of theSamjhauta Express service at Wagahborder, there was apprehension on Fridaythat Thar Express which links India andPakistan across the Rajasthan bordercould be suspended.The train has been running betweenJodhpur's Bhagat ki Kothi station toKarachi every Friday night since servicesresumed on February 18, 2006 after a41-year suspension.

RAJENDRA KHATRYCHANDIGARH, AUGUST 9

The parole plea of Dera Sacha Saudachief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, whois lodged in a Rohtak jail for raping histwo disciples, was rejected today. It isfor the third time in the last five months,that the parole plea of Dera Sacha Saudachief failed to get through.

At first the Dera chief applied forparole to get his adopted daughter mar-ried. It was found that she was not hislegally adopted daughter. He withdrewhis plea. Next he applied for parole to dofarming, but the plot of land he claimedto be his own was found to be registered

in the name of the Dera Sacha Saudatrust. He then again withdrew his plea.Now he applied to tend to his ailingmother and this time around too his pa-role plea has been rejected.

This time the dera chief had recent-ly applied for the parole to attend to hisailing mother.The plea was found in-valid by Sunaria Jail SuperintendentSunil Sangwan on the basis of a report ofthe Sirsa DCr, who took into account thesecurity considerations and the opinionof the board of doctors who examinedthe dera chief's mother. Sirsa Civil Sur-geon Govind Gupta had examined thedera chief's mother Naseeb Kaur(83).The Sirsa district administrationhad sent the medical report of the derachief's mother to Sunil Sangwan onThursday. When contacted, Sangwan re-fused to comment on the matter, sayinghe was not authorised to do so.

AGENCYCHENNAI, AUG 9

Rains continued to batterSouth India on Friday, withlandslips and floods throw-ing life out of gear in Keralaleaving 25 people dead overthe past three days and au-thorities scrambling to evac-uate people from low-lyingareas.

Over 80,000 flood-af-fected people were evacuat-ed in Karnataka, as TamilNadu asked the IAF to be onstand by to be deployed forrescue activities in rain-rav-aged Nilgiris district wherefive people lost their lives invarious rain-related inci-dents.

In New Delhi, Congressleader Rahul Gandhi, whorepresents the Wayanad LokSabha seat from Kerala,spoke to Prime MinisterNarendra Modi on thefloods and sought aid.

A year after Kerala wasdevastated by the deadliestmonsoon that led to theworst deluge in the state'shistory in a century, it wasagain at the receiving end of

nature's fury, promptinggovernment to seek the helpof Army and Air Force.

Rail and air serviceswere disrupted with Rail-ways cancelling severakservices while flight opera-tions at the Kochi airportwere suspended till Sundaydue to inundation.

The Cochin InternationalAirport (CIAL), where flightoperations were initially sus-pended till midnight Fridayafter floodwaters inundatedthe apron area (parking), willnow remain closed till 3 PMon Sunday. A red alert forrainfall has been issued innine of the 14 districts in thestate and all educational insti-tutions will remain closed.Chief Minister Pinarayi Vi-jayan, who chaired a high-

level meeting here on Fridayto review the situation, said22 people have died in rain-related incidents in the lastthree days. Landslips andmudslides have been reportedfrom 24 places, he added. "AtMepaddi in Wayanad, whichwitnessed the biggest landslipon Thursday evening, the areabetween two hills was com-pletely washed away," he toldreporters. Defence sourcessaid the landslip in Meppadihas destroyed houses inPuthumala and nearly 150people were trapped and haveto be rescued. In Kochi, theSouthern Naval Commandsaid it was ready to open itsairport for operation of smallcommercial flights if CIALairport remained shut for alonger period.

Pb Assy speaker acceptsPhoolka's resignation

CHANDIGARH, AUG 9

Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Rana KP Singh on Friday ac-cepted the resignation of senior lawyer H S Phoolka as mem-ber of legislative assembly.

Phoolka, who had won from Dakha assembly segment onAAP ticket in 2017 elections, had resigned as a legislator fromthe Punjab Assembly last year over the state government's al-leged failure to initiate action against former chief ministserParkash Singh Badal and retired DGP Sumedh Singh Saini insacrilege incidents. In a letter to the Speaker on August 4,Phoolka had urged Rana KP Singh to accept his resignation im-mediately so that the by-election to the Dakha constituencycould be held simultaneously with elections to Jalalabad andPhagwara constituencies.

Andhadhun wins best Hindi film, Vicky Kaushal,Ayushmann Khurrana share best actor award

Rains batter South India,Kerala worst hit with 25 dead

Parole plea of Dera chief rejected

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 2019

NATIONYou are not here merely to make a living.

You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement.

You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.

Woodrow Wilson

GURGAON: Tide, one of the leading fabric care brands in India from P&G, launched NEW TIDE ULTRA for Washing Machines at Vivanta by Taj, NCR. With this new variant Tide has forayed into a new product line extension made for machines, which comes over and above their base range of Tide Plus Extra Power. This new and revolutionary product promises 3 in 1 outstanding clean- fighting tough dirt on cuff, collar and underarms with equal ease in both automatic and semi-automatic machines. Leading Actress Hina Khan unveiled the superior Tide Ultra in the city today and actively participated in the #TideUltrarapchallenge. Tide has always stood for surprising whiteness, while adding a bit of humour to the otherwise mundane chore of laundry.

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Free Joint Replacement consultationcamp on Sunday

BRIEFNEWS

AMRISTAR: A free joint replacement consultations camp will be held on this Sunday at Sukh Sagar Hospital, Amritsar. The camp is being organized by Shalby Hospital,Mohali where its senior joint replacement surgeon, Dr Bhanu Pratap Singh Saluja will give his expert opinion to the patients. He will give consultations to the patients suffering from knee and hip pain and other orthopedic problems. During the camp free physiotherapy services would be given to the patients.

Panasonic India pledges to plant 2000 trees GURGAON ,AUG 9 Government of Haryana in developing

a City forest in the hills and foothills of In line with its vision of building ‘A Sakatpur, Gairatpurvas, and Sikohpur, Better Life, A Better World’, Panasonic through a Mass plantation drive to be India, a leading diversified technology launched by Forest Department on 9th company, today pledged to plant 2000 August 2019. Gracing the occasion as trees across 20 acres of land in the the Chief Guest Shri Rao Narbir Singh, Sakatpur Hills, this year in partnership Forest Minister, along with Ms. Ritu with the Haryana Forest and Wildlife Ghosh, Head, Corporate Affairs & Department. The tree plantation drive CSR, Panasonic India together is in line with Panasonic’s inaugurated the mass tree plantation commitment to plant 100 thousand drive. ‘Harit Umang – Joy of Green’ trees this year in the country under its program aims to nurture the ecosystem ongoing ‘Harit Umang – Joy of Green’ by developing sustainable practices program. Upholding the bio-diversity and imparting green knowledge agenda, Panasonic India Pvt. Ltd. is through active engagements with glad to contribute to the initiative of the schools and communities.

New variants of Royal Enfield Bullet launched

AMRITSAR, AUG 9

Royal Enfield, Adding to this extensive network, Today announced the launch of 250 new dealer touch-points across tier II and III cities and towns and Plans to launch another 250 over the next quarter. The Company takes pride in its long association with the armed forces and is proud to have all the new stores inaugurated simultaneously by retired army personnel. The company also announced the launch of six new colours of the iconic Royal Enfield Bullet. The Bullet will now be available starting at Rs. 1,12,000/- (ex-showroom) and Introduces 6 new variants of the Royal Enfield Bullet 350 and Bullet 350 ES Speaking about the launch of the new Studio Stores and the new Bullet motorcycles.

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98765We, Shyam Gir S/o Sh. Chand Gir and Jasvir Kaur W/o Shyam Gir R/o Ward No-1, Krishna Colony, Amloh Tehsil Amloh Distt. Fatehgarh Sahib declare that our son Gurjant Singh and his wife Ruby Rani are out of our control. So, we disown them from our all m o v a b l e & i m m o v a b l e property. If anybody deal with t h e m i n f u t u r e he/she/they/them himself responsible for the same.

98765I, Rehman aged 24 Years S/o Mohd. Salim Khan R/o H.No-2358, Ward No.42, Block 14, Amarpura, Ludhiana-Punjab 141008 religion is Muslim declare that I converting my religion from Muslim to Hinduism and also change my name from Rehman to Kartik @ Rehman. All Concerned note.

98765I Sahil Saini son of Sh. Suresh Saini, resident of Ward 7, Safidon, Distt. Jind (Haryana) hereby declare that I have conv e r t ed mys e l f f r om Hinduism to Christianity and hence have no connection with hinduism.

98732I Hardial Singh Gill S/o Late Inder Singh Gill R/o # 339 Govind Vihar ,baltana Distt Sas Nagar Mohali Declare That My Son Swarnjit Singh , His Wife Davinder Jit Kaur Who Are At Present Residing In Canada Are Out Of My Control I Disown Them From My Movable Immovable Property Anybody Dealing With Them Shall Do So At Their Own Risk

62700I Sarishta Devi wife of Army No. 15472550-Y DFR Narindar Singh , 9 HORSE, resident of village Raipur, P.O. Marwari, Tehsil Amb, District Una, Himachal Pradesh, Pin-174 319 declare that my name has been w r o n g l y m e n t i o n e d a s SARISHTA in my husband’s army service record while my correct name is SARISHTA DEVI, the same may be corrected accordingly in the army Service record of my husband.

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PUBLIC NOTICESI , Shukla Nit in Kumar S a n t o s h S / O S a n t o s h A m a r n a t h S h u k l a R / O Bhagwati Prasad Shukla Chawl, Krishana Galli, Malpa Dongri No. -1, Near Suvarna Maharashtra Hotel, Andheri East, Mumbai, Chakala Midc, Maharashtra, - 400093 Do Hereby Solemnly Affirm And D e c l a r e T h a t I H a v e Embraced Ja in i sm And Renounced Hindu With Effect From 01/01/2019.

63372It Is For General Information That I, Rinku Kumar, S/O Mahesh Chandra, R/O – G – 443, Block – G, Polise Choki, Navin Nagar Deepawali Enclave Part – 2, Amarnagar, Faridabad, Haryana – 121003 Declare That Name Of My Father Has Been Wrongly Written As Thakur Das In My Pan Card No. Bvipk7383q. The Actual Name Of My Father Is Mahesh Chandra Which May Be Amended Accordingly.

63372I, Army No. JC 255413-N Ex-Sub. Surjit Singh Dhillon, of 150 Fd, Regt, Resident of Vill & Po. Bhairupa Teh-Phul Dist t . Bathinda, Punjab inform all concerned that my wife have changed her name from Gurwinder Kaur Sidhu to Gurwinder Kaur Dhillon, Her Adhar Card No. 4831 8389 8111, her DOB is 07-06-1963. She will use her name as Gurwinder Kaur Dhillon in all records.

63372In birth certificate of Mr. Saheb Nandy, now Apurb Nandi, Father’s & mother’s names are wrongly shown as Mr. Sumanta Nandy & Mrs. Rakhi Nandy, B-102 Phase-111, Palan Park Kolkata-104, actual names are Mr. Sumanta Nandi and Mrs. Rakhi Nandi.

63372I, Palwinder Singh S/o Resham Singh R/o Vpo. Kaonke Khosa Teh-Jagraon (Ludhiana) declare that in my daughter Komalpreet Kaur school certificate her DOB mentioned as 10-08-2015 while in my army record her DOB is 10-11-2015 correct it as 10-08-2015 in my army record.

63372It is for general information that I Onkar Singh S/o Madan Gopal Singh, residing at Vi l l a g e - H a n s r o n D i s t t . Nawanshahr Punjab-144514 declare that name of my father has been wrongly written as Madan Singh in my passport No. H4313120. The actual name of my father is Madan Gopal Singh, which may be amended accordingly. it is certified that I have complied with other legal requirement in this connection.

63372I, Gurnam Singh S/o Singh Ram R/o Naisi Declares That My Son Vikram Kumar And His Wife Priti Kumari Out Of My Control. ,i Disown T h e m F r o m M y M o v e a b l e / i m m o v e a b l e Properties.i And My Family Will Not Responsible For His Act And Conduct. Anybody Deal With Him.

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63372I t i s n o t i f i e d f o r t h e information that my original qua l i fy ing examina t ion c e r t i f i c a t e o f M a t r i c examination of year 2017-18 respectively and Roll No. 2291992 of 10 th class issued by CBSE Board has been actually lost. Kamal Garg S/o Sanjeev Kumar R/o W.No.2-A/401, Janta Nagar, Dhuri Teh: Dhuri, Distt. Sangrur.

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3HARYANATwo IAS transferred, Ashok Kumar posted asdirector secondary educationCHANDIGARH: Haryana Government has issued transfer and posting orders of two IASofficers with immediate effect.Dr Rakesh Gupta, Project Director, Chief Minister’s Good Governance Associates Pro-gramme, Director General, Secondary Education and Secretary, School Education Depart-ment and Nodal Officer, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao has been posted as Project Director,Chief Minister’s Good Governance Associates Programme. He will also be Nodal Officer,Beti Bachao Beti Padhao. He will also hold the charge of State Project Director, HaryanaSchool Shiksha Pariyojna Parishad vice Ashok Kumar Sharma.YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 2019

Stray animals makelife miserable RANVIR PARASHARKAITHAL: Stray animals have made themain park road area as their permanenthome and shelter as a horde of cows,horses etc occupy the road in theevening. The cows stay on Karnal road,Ambala road and the roads leading tothe old city area throughout the night un-til the owners come in the morning totake them home for milking. There are somany incidents when the bikers strikewith these sitting animals and sustain in-juries. The people who go into the mar-ket in the evening face tough time tocross the roads. The citizens are facinghardship as the traffic police challan thevehicles which could not be parked prop-erly due to the presence of stray animalson the road. The police and MC havefailed to remove such animals from theroads. The legal experts say that the lo-cal administration did not pay head to theorders of High Court and Supreme courtwhich have been passed on the menaceof stray cattle.

Farmers protest fornon-payment ofsugarcane dues bymill management

MAINPAL KASHYAPINDRI: Annoyed over non-payment ofsugarcane dues of about 48 cr theBhadson Sugar Mill, farmers hold aprotest rally and raised slogans againstthe mill management and Haryana gov-ernment. This rally was organised underthe banner of Mahapanchayat and thesugarcane action committee today. Theadministration was on its toes afterfarmers informed the mill managers totake them hostage in mill's rest house.The administration officials led byTehsildar Darpan Kamboj reached thespot to deal with any untoward incident.Rampal Chahal, chairman of Sugar-cane Action Committee said that it hasbeen more than 4 months since theshutdown of the sugar mill, but thefarmers have not yet been given thesugarcane dues. Mill manager KarmSingh of Bhadson said that efforts arebeing made by sugar mill to pay thesugarcane dues to the farmers. The millmanagement agreed to put one crorerupees in the farmers' account everyday and soon the outstanding paymentwill be made, he added.

IXth Class girlallegedly beaten upby school teacherINDRI: A sensational case of brutallybeating up of a IXth class girl studentby a teacher of Government Girls Se-nior Secondary School of Indri came tothe light. Nisha was allegedly beatenup by teacher Kuldeep Singh accusingher cheating during monthly examina-tion. Kuldeep, however, says that alle-gations of assault to girl student arebaseless. Student's father Dhaniramsaid that his daughter Nisha has beenbrutally beaten up during a paper inschool. He demanded strict actionagainst teacher.

SHIV SHARMAKARNAL, AUG 9

Haryana Chief Secretary, Mrs. Kesh-ni Anand Arora has directed all theurban local bodies of the state that asper the directions of National GreenTribunal (NGT), all works of wastemanagement and solid waste man-agement should be completed in atime bound manner so that the citiescould be made neat and clean, and theenvironment can be saved from beingpolluted.

Mrs. Arora was presiding over re-view meeting in connection withcompliance of the directions of theNGT with all the Divisional Com-missioners, Deputy Commissionersand Municipal Commissionersthrough video conferencing, here to-day.

The Chief Secretary directed theofficials to ensure door-to-doorgarbage collection in all urban localbodies and to make people aware ofdumping of wet and dry waste in sep-arate dustbins. The garbage pickupvans should also have separate sec-tions for wet and dry waste so thatgarbage can be managed properly.Apart from this, the wet and drywaste should be kept separate at thedumping ground. A pit can be built in

which the wet waste can be com-pressed and compost could be madeout of it. She said that as per the di-rections of the NGT, scientific dump-ing of waste should be done. She saidthat to make people aware, pamphletsshould be got printed and distributedin the houses and message should begiven to the people about the garbagemanagement by placing a speaker onthe garbage pickup van. Saksham Yu-vas should be included to spreadawareness, she added.

She said that wherever garbage isthrown in cities and villages, suchplaces should be identified, andgarbage should be picked up fromthose places so that such garbagepiles are not seen within the cities and

beatification should be carried out ofthose places and challans should beissued to garbage throwers so that noone would throw garbage again atsuch places in future. She said that atleast one Material Recovery Facilityshould be constructed in each ward sothat reusable things could be separat-ed from the waste.

The Chief Secretary said that in-structions should be given for themanagement of wet waste in placessuch as hotels, restaurants, collegesand universities where more waste isreleased.

Apart from this, the use of plasticshould be banned completely andpeople should also be made aware ofit. If these rules and instructions areviolated, challans should also be is-sued, she added.

Reviewing the Jal Shakti Ab-hiyan, Mrs. Arora said that the worksto be done under the Abhiyan shouldbe completed within time. She saidthat the work of rejuvenation of natu-ral water sources should be expedit-ed. Special emphasis should be laidon recharging ground water. She saidthat public participation should be in-creased in this campaign and peopleshould be made aware. Maximumplantation should be carried out forwater conservation.

CS directs local bodies to completewaste management projects on time

GURMEET KASHYAPKARNAL, AUGUST 9

A meeting of the officials ofSawan Jyot Mahotsav Sabhawas held at Sanatan DharmaTemple, Kunjpura Road Kar-nal. On this occasion, prepa-rations for the 21st SawanJyot Yatra Festival were dis-cussed by the Kishore Nagpaland officials of the House.Pradhan Kishore Nagpal toldthat the Sawan Jyot Yatra will

be taken out from SanatanDharma Temple KunjpuraRoad on August 10 at 6 pm.Sri Krishna Kripa Sankirtanat Sanatan Dharma Temple onSaturday, August 10 at 4.30pm.

Krishna Lal Taneja, headof Karnal city business divi-sion, Narayan Chanana as so-cial worker, C Prakash SinghKhurana, Ram Lal Aggarwal,Karmchand Khurana, Mahen-dra Battara, Om Mutareja,

Tarun Chaudhary, VarendraMaihata, Ajay Divan, PuneetSharma, Love Setia, AvatarSingh Tari, Vinod Chhabra,Shyam Kapoor, Amit Sachde-va, Gulshan Chhabra, VikasTandon , Devi Dayal Arora,Sanjeev Sharma, PuneetSharma, Charanjit Battara,Bharat Bhushan Luthra,Deepak Bhugda, Pawan Gup-ta, Anil Wadhwa, KulayashMakkar etc. were present.

Preparations completed for21st Savan Jyot Mahotsava

CM to hold Jan Ashirvadyatra on Aug 22, 23SHIV SHARMAKARNAL: Nayab Saini, MP of Kurukshetra andin-charge of Jan Aashirwad Yatra imn Haryana,said that Chief Minister Manohar Lal's public rallyin the state will leave from Kalka on August 18and will enter the Neelokheri assembly on August20 in Karnal and will visit all the assemblies onAugust 22. During this visit, institutions, workersand dignitaries have appealed to welcome theChief Minister in more than 100 places and willalso address the Chief Minister's public meetingin Karnal on 22 August.He said that on August 22, the Chief Minister willaddress a public meeting in Karnal. On this occa-sion, duty of workers should be imposed. Ministerof State in the core committee, Karnadev Kam-boj, MLA from Assandh Bakhshish Singh Virk,Gharonda MLA Harvinder Kalyan, Nilokheri MLABhagwandas Kabirpanthi, BJP state general sec-retary Advocate Vedpal, former MLA RameshKashyap and BJP's district president JagmohanAnand were also present.

I-Day programme at NewAnaz MandiSHIV SHARMAKARNAL:The Independence Day programmewill be celebrated with pomp at the local NewGrain Market here on August 15. Manish Grover,Minister of State for Haryana, will unfurl the flagand take the salute at 8.57 am as the main datein the district level function. Before reaching theceremony, the minister will pay homage to thebrave martyrs of the country by visiting the warmemorial located on the premises of the officeof the local Zila Sainik Board. This informationwas given by Deputy Commissioner Vinay Prat-ap Singh.Cultural programme in-charge Rajinder Kaur hasselected 8 teams out of 12 and instructed them toparticipate in the upcoming rehearsals. Theseteams presented programnmes prepared by vari-ous schools for Delhi Public School, Dayal SinghPublic School, Pratap Public School Sector 6, OPSVidya Mandir Sector 13, Mata Prakash Kaur, DoonInternational Public School, Kendriya VidyalayaKarnal etc.

SHIV SHARMAKARNAL: IGNOU RegionalCenter, Karnal organized aworkshop on the role of IGNOUin the Haryana Police AcademyMadhuban on the role of busi-ness and skill enhancement fornewly recruited police traineesIGNOU. At the beginning, SubInspector Om Prakash on be-half of Police Academy spokeabout the complete pro-gramme. Regional Director ofIGNOU, Dr. Poonam KumariSingh, Assistant Regional Di-rector Dr. Dharm Pal, Dr. AmitKumar Jain and Section Officerwere also welcomed by 2500trainees.At the end of the program, Ashok Arora thanked the organizers on behalf of IGNOU and Sub InspectorOm Prakash thanked all the officers of IGNOU on the occasion, Robin Verma, Jagbir Singh, Sushil Ku-mar, Aman Kumar and Police Academy of IGNOU. Inspector Sanjay Singh etc. were present.

IGNOU holds workshop at Madhuban

ROHIT LAMSARTARAORI, AUGUST 9

Swearing-in ceremony wasorganised at Narasimha DasPublic School Tarawadi inwhich schoolgirls and staffmembers including all thestudents of the school par-ticipated. The oath takingceremony was led by thePrincipal of the school, Dr.Nisha Gupta. On this occa-sion, while children weretold to be aware of their du-ties. On the other hand, theelected members were ad-ministered the oath and wereexplained their duties. Theelected cabinet of the schoolhas been entrusted with theresponsibilities

On this occasion, Prin-

cipal of the school, Dr.Nisha Gupta, while honor-ing the students said thatthis post is not of power butof responsibility. She saidthat teachers should respectand take an oath that they

will do their work responsi-bly and will continue to fol-low discipline in life. All thechildren received the in-structions under the leader-ship of Principal Dr. NishaGupta

Oath taking ceremony heldat Narsingh Das school

SHIV SHARMAKARNAL, AUGUST 9

Environment ProtectionCommittee Karnal plantedsaplings at GovernmentGirls College RailwayRoad, Karnal and distrib-uted saplings to children.The Programme In-chargewelcomed members of theEnvironmental ProtectionCommittee upon arrival atthe school. CommitteeChief Pattern KanwalBhasin and Shri MahendraSingh Principal inaugurat-

ed the program by plantingneem plant. Plants of Gua-va, Pomegranate, Lemon,Suhajana, Amla and Gul-mohar etc. were planted in

the school by the commit-tee members. And 100saplings were also distrib-uted to children.

The main patron on this

occasion will be KanwalBhasin, R.R. Atri, S.D.Arora, Dr. DN Gandhi, Ish-war Chhabra, Pushpa Sin-ha, Sunita Kumari, K.L.Narang, N.R. Mittal, Amar-nath Dua, Sarita Bhandari,Shashi Arya, Patterns O.P.Sachdeva, Krishna KumariChauhan, Arjun Dev Ver-ma, Principal MahindraSingh, Harish Miglani,B.K. Miglani, MalkhanSingh, Seema, Shivani,Bhupendra Kaur, AnitaSharma, staff members andstudents will be present.

Tree plantation drive in womens’ college

Work hard to save water: RajivGURMEET KASHYAPKARNAL, AUGUST 9

On the instructions of Additional Deputy Commissioner Karnal, Rajiv KumarSharma, Assistant Coordinator from Additional Deputy Commissioner ofTechnical Affairs, explained the various aspects of Jal Shakti Abhiyan, re-garding water storage in village Upalana under Jal Shakti Abhiyan. Work bybecoming. We need cooperation of all citizens in water harvesting.

Rajiv Kumar Sharma appealed to all the villagers that every citizen shouldbecome a water saver and in this regard also take a pledge to save water. Onthis occasion, Block Coordinator Ruby Narwal said that water will have to stopwasteful flow and villagers will have to be made aware of it. Sarpanch RamaChauhan, Samaj Sevi Satish Chauhan, Village Secretary Ramdhan, SakshamYuva Kamal, Karampal, Manpreet Singh, Mate Ramdhool, etc. were presenton the occasion.

MAHINDER SINGHGHARAUNDA, AUG 9:

A meeting to pay homage toformer Union minister andlate senior BJP leader Sush-ma Swaraj was held in NewAnaj Mandi here today. LocalMLA Harvinder Kalyan andother party activists besidesmembers of social organiza-tion paid tributes to the de-parted soul. He termed it a

great loss to the party and thewhole nation. She will be re-member for her actions to thecountrymen and her

thoughts. Prayer meeting wasalso organised for the peaceof departed soul. MarketCommittee ChairmanRamesh Bairagi, former Na-garparishad Chairman Sub-hash Gupta, Mandal Presi-dent Ravindra Tyagi, Jogin-der Rana, General SecretaryPawan Jain, Sarpanch Biren-dra Dhakala, Sandeep, Dhirajand others were present onthe occasion.

Mourning meeting organised inmemory of Sushma Swaraj

FRANCIS GONSALVES

Aprofessor visiting a vil-lage was braggingabout his brains.

Crossing a river with an adi-vasi, he asked: “Do you knowabout geology?” The boatmansaid, “No! What’s that?” Heexplained, “Geology is aboutrocks. You’ve wasted a quar-ter of your life knowing no ge-ology.” Later, the professorasked: “Know about zoolo-gy?” The adivasi said, “No!”and the professor explained,

“It’s knowledgeof animals.Half your life iswasted withoutknowing zoolo-gy.” Then, theboatman asked,“Saheb, d’you

know swimology?” Puzzled,professor inquired: “What’sthat?” The adivasi said,“Know how to swim?” Theprofessor said, “No!” The adi-vasi said: “Your whole life iswasted. My boat has a holeand you must swim to saveyourself.”

We know many “-logies”but are often ignorant of thedo-or-die down-to-earth wis-dom of indigenous peoples.Today on the “InternationalDay for Indigenous Peoples”,we commemorate their contri-butions to society and cele-brate the cultural, linguistic

diversity they gift us. We of-ten disparagingly label indige-nous peoples as “primitive”,judged by the so-called “de-velopment” in science andtechnology.

But they teach us valuablelessons in our relationshipwith: (a) mother earth; (b) theDivine Being; and (c) the self-in-community. In 1854,American President FranklinPierce reportedly offered tobuy a large tract of “Red Indi-an” land from Chief Seattle.Reluctant to sell, the chiefreplied, “How can you buy orsell the sky, the warmth of theland? Every part of this earthis sacred to my people. Everyshining pine needle, everysandy shore, every mist in thedark woods and every hum-ming insect is holy to us.”How do we treat mother-earth? Our insatiable greed

has led us to destroy herforests, defile her gentlebreezes, deplete her ozonelayer and purge her of innerresources — deifying “devel-opment”. Moreover, the “adi-vasi” or “original inhabitant”is now reduced to being iden-tified as a “vanvasi”: a nonde-script jungle-man.

Mother earth being sa-cred, her Divine Creator isalso breathtakingly beautiful,overseeing the welfare of allcreatures. Indigenous concep-tions of deity — eg. Dharmesand Singbonga of the ChotaNagpur adivasi belt and Uc-chaliyo-Dev and Varle-Dev ofwestern India — are benevo-lent grandfatherly deities whoensure the common, cosmicgood. Interestingly, much aswe depend on the Divine Be-ing, tribals hold that the Di-vine Being needs us, too.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi reportedly appealed to hisministers on Monday not to exult and see the constitu-tional changes in J&K only as correcting a “blunder”

from history. He cautioned his colleagues that the “heavy lift-ing” would begin now as problems were expected to arise. ThePM was evidently more farsighted than his dyed-in-the-woolRSS colleagues whose triumphalism emerges from the com-munal belief that a Muslim-majority state can’t enjoy specialstatus in Hindu India? The anticipated problems are alreadycropping up. Pakistan and China are showing their hand. TheUnited States, other Western powers and the UN too can besucked into the debate. The constitutional changes brought onAugust 5 are being challenged in the Supreme Court. Also,there is a strong view among experts that Article 370 is a partof the “basic structure” of the Constitution and cannot be tam-pered with.

Besides these complex issues of a juridical or historical na-ture, or having a bearing on international relations, it is evidentthat at the popular level, much turns on the description of Arti-cle 370 being a part of Chapter XXI of the Constitution, whichdeals with “temporary” or transitional questions. It appearsmany in the Congress at the leadership level have also accept-ed that special provisions should go as they were envisaged tobe “temporary”, and this would lead to national integration.

This is erroneous in the extreme. The integration of J&Kwith India in October 1947 (after Independence) happened inunique circumstances, and the need for Article 370 is best ap-preciated in the words of Gopalswami Ayyangar, the former di-wan or PM of Maharaja Hari Singh, and minister without port-folio in the first Nehru government, in the Constituent Assem-bly debate on the compelling need for the provision. In partic-ular, he was answering the doubts of Maulana Hasrat Mohani(aka “Red Maulana”).

Ayyangar had fundamentally argued that parts of the statewere in the hands of “enemies”, despite the ceasefire, and itwas not business as usual. “Temporary”, thus underscores thatno firm date could be placed on when a historical period wouldend. To take another example, according to Article 334 of theConstitution, the SC/ST reservations should have ended in1960, but has carried on being extended every 10 years. Whichmember of the BJP, Congress, BSP or any other party can chal-lenge this?

Except for denial of property rights for outsiders in J&K(as is the case in many other states too), and the inability of theCentre to impose internal emergency without the consent of theJ&K Assembly, all laws of Parliament can be applied to J&Kif the Centre so desires. It is false and erroneous to think oth-erwise. By making J&K a Union territory, the Centre hasgained absolutely nothing. It could already do as it pleased.What has been lost is the trust of Kashmir.

EditorialIntegrating India, or

losing J&K’s trust?

The draft of the New Ed-ucation Policy suggest-ing a three-language

formula, and suggesting Hin-di teaching be compulsory innon-Hindi states released re-cently set off an old “Hindi-imposition” storm in TamilNadu. As a means of damagecontrol after the protests, thecommittee dropped the refer-ence to Hindi in the draft.

Since 2014, this is thesecond time when the debateover Hindi has sparked con-troversy in the southernstates, especially in TamilNadu. A 2014 order by thehome ministry urged govern-ment officials to prioritiseHindi as a medium of com-munication on the social me-dia. All Tamil parties protest-ed against the order andtermed it to be against thespirit of the Official Lan-guage Act 1963. The protestsensured the continuation ofEnglish for official purposes.

The idea that Hindishould be our first languageand that it can act as a unify-ing agent dates long back inhistory. On December 10,1946, R.V. Dhulekar, a mem-ber of the Constituent As-sembly, said: “People whodo not know Hindi have noright to stay in India. Peoplewho are present in the Houseto fashion a Constitution forIndia and do not know Hindiare not worthy to be mem-bers of this assembly. Theybetter leave.”

For long, there weren’tmany ardent buyers ofDhulekar’s argument, espe-cially in the south. In TamilNadu, the demand for a sep-arate nation called DravidaNadu was born as oppositionto this “one nation, one lan-guage” discourse. However,since the historic mandate of2014 and the even biggermandate of 2019, the issue ofthe National Register of Cit-izens has taken prominence,which may bring the genie ofhyper-regionalism versus hy-per-nationalism to life again.

We can take lessons fromhistory about the efforts to-wards bringing about nation-al integration from ourneighbours. Pakistan de-clared Urdu as its sole na-

tional language in 1952,which sparked violent agita-tions all across East Pakistan.They strongly rejected theimposition of Urdu in theBangla majority area. Whatstarted as a reaction to thebrutal killing of the studentsof Dhaka University on Feb-ruary 21, 1952 ended withthe birth of a new linguisticnation called Bangladesh in1971. Around 100 km fromwhat could have been Dravi-da Nadu, we have Sri Lanka,which became a battlegroundfor decades due to a civil warbetween the LTTE and theSri Lankan Army on the is-sue of the imposition of theSinhalese language and theundermining of the minorityTamil culture. The national-

ist idea neglects the fact thatin post-independent India,one of the basis for recognis-ing states is based on linguis-tic identity. This is quiteproblematic. States in Indiahave largely been a success-ful exercise as measured onthe parameters of growth andalso in sustaining democracy,with some exceptions. Theunrest witnessed is only incases where the linguistic orsocial identity has been dis-regarded. Even states likeUttarakhand, Chhattisgarhand Jharkhand, which wereformed in the last twodecades, were based on theidea of distinct geographical,tribal, linguistic and socialidentities. Telangana, the lat-est addition, was carved outfrom Andhra Pradesh in 2014following the same trend.

In India, there are social,economic, cultural, religiousand numerous regional di-versities. We doubt that thesediversities have ever come inthe way of the social andeconomic development ofIndia. While one has alwayswished for unity-in-diversity,but this desire for having uni-ty has never been imposedand whenever it has been im-posed it has not been wel-comed by the people in gen-eral.

The powerful Centre hasto accept the fact that multi-ple identities and diversitycan exist and flourish at thefederal level, and these iden-

tities do not harm the nation-al character. National inte-gration aims at developing asense of belonging, a feelingof togetherness and unity.The evidence suggests thatthe people of India are notaverse to having nationalistsymbols deemed to be neces-sary for the national charac-ter of India. People take asense of belonging in uni-form symbols which are real-ly national like the nationalflag or the national anthem.However, at the same time,the same set of people alsolike to cherish their own re-gional, linguistic and socialidentities.

A Lokniti-CSDS-APUsurvey points out that 81 percent of people in Karnatakaagree that states should pun-ish those who do not stand upfor the national anthem whileMadhya Pradesh, UttarPradesh and Chhattisgarhstand on 74 per cent, 69 percent and 68 per cent respec-tively. The states protestingagainst Hindi imposition donot lack the Indian nationalcharacter. For instance, in thestate of Tamil Nadu, thenumber is also as high as 62per cent.

At the same time, a sig-nificant number of Indianscherish their regional identi-ties more than the nationalidentity. The same surveysuggests that 46 per cent ofpeople in Tamil Nadu wouldlike to be identified only with

their state identity while 25per cent respondents identifythemselves by their nationalidentity, while 25 per centpeople identify themselveswith both identities equally.About 505 people in Naga-land and J&K like to be iden-tified only with their stateidentity.

National integration isessential, but it cannot be at-tempted at the cost of localcultures, identities and ofcourse the Constitution of In-dia.

The call for a UniformCivil Code and the abroga-tion of Article 370 are excel-lent election promises buttaking these forward for na-tional integration may not bean easy task for India as aquasi-federal country thathas always believed in thelongstanding concept of“unity in diversity”. Any stepto impose a singular symbolof the nation as the only sym-bol should be properly delib-erated upon. India may notlike to rekindle the memoryof a separate Dravida Naduagain in the name of nationalintegration.

The words spokendecades ago by T.T. Krishna-machari in the ConstituentAssembly comes into mindwhere he asked his friendsfrom Uttar Pradesh, the peo-ple in the Hindi lobby tochoose between the Indiathey want, the whole of Indiaor Hindi India.

Integrating India: Diversity, many identities rule

How ignorant we are of indigenous wisdomWe know many “-logies” but are often ignorant of the

do-or-die down-to-earth wisdom of indigenous peoples By the time the weekendended, it was the dead-liest the United States

had ever seen. Around 10amon Saturday morning, as par-ents took excited children toWalmart ready to buy schoolsupplies (the official schoolyear in the US begins in lateAugust or early September), agunman opened fire, first inthe parking lot and then insideWalmart itself. As his mani-festo, uploaded before the at-tack, revealed, he knew howto strike a “soft target” (Wal-mart stores are cavernous,large and without any real se-curity or police presence) andhe was rebelling against theHispanic “invasion” of theUS.

Nor was that enough dur-ing America’s weekend ofterror. Across the country inDayton, Ohio, hundreds ofpeople milled around a bar ina district known for itsnightlife. After one in themorning, a white man in hisearly 20s, armed with hun-dreds of rounds of explosives,opened fire on people on thestreet before trying to get intothe bar itself. In about 30dreadful seconds, he shot ninepeople and injured 15. After30 seconds, police in the arearesponded and shot him. Oneof the dead was his own sis-ter, a fact that has particularlybaffled those who have beeninvestigating the matter.

It is odd to see Americansgo through what Pakistanishave already endured. The

memory of the dark winterday when the Army PublicSchool was attacked, leavingyoung bodies and exercisebooks littered all over theplace, is one that continues tohaunt the country. Then therewere the losses of so manyvaliant leaders, from BenazirBhutto and Salmaan Taseer tomany more who had to con-tend with the same sort of ex-tremism, albeit presented in areligious garb. Many week-ends of mourning and of cer-tainty, of blocked mobilephone signals and bannedYouTube, postponed weddingcelebrations, cancelled examsand so much more, came withthe fight against the PakistaniTaliban. Another less dis-cussed consequence also ac-companied Pakistan’s “waron terror”. “Pakhtun” became

conflated with “terrorist”,freedom of speech began tobe considered pointless, andreligion was elevated as notsimply the central but theonly aspect of meaning inlife. In fighting the Taliban,Pakistanis — as if to reclaimtheir beliefs from the Tal-iban’s barbarism — becamemore “pious”, began to enactstricter judgements on neigh-bours and family memberswho did not pray or did notfast, or did not in their viewmake sufficient shows ofpiety. Even as the Taliban be-gan to be relegated to the pe-ripheries. If the Taliban ob-jected to men and womenstudying together at universi-ty, vigilante student groupsoperating on Pakistani cam-puses today carry forwardtheir legacy. If they wanted

women to be completely cov-ered in public places, it hasbecome the rule in most of thecountry, save the areas ofKarachi and Lahore.

The central point of draw-ing these comparisons is sim-ply to illustrate that in fight-ing militancy, some terror,some of its language, some ofits techniques, its penchantfor dogma, for a lack of toler-ance, for the flagrant showingoff of piety, has all stuck withPakistan. This shadow of ter-ror is harder to fight, to isolateand to condemn.

Countries like Pakistan,post-colonial countries, arecontinually (and incorrectly)often seen as inhabiting theWestern past. This is ofcourse a colonial frame,where the West is alwaysahead and the rest are always

gasping to catch up. In thiscase, however, Pakistan hassomething useful to say to theAmericans. In the Americanfight against white suprema-cy, the language of race andthe tribalism of cliques basedon skin colour are both goingto make their home within ageneration’s imagination. Theinanity of mass violence, thesheer inhumanity of it, willseep into their bones andharden then in ways that onlythose stricken with grief —the large inchoate sadness ofa collective rather than indi-vidual sadness — can under-stand. It is clear that the US ison the cusp of a race war. The“war on terror” that it im-posed on others, that it used tojustify the killing of hundredsof thousands of people, hasnow turned inwards and isgreedily claiming Americanlives. So deep is the divisionthat the two sides have be-come calcified in their posi-tions; the white supremacistssee everyone who is not whiteand even those whites whoare not white supremacists, asa threat, as unpatriotic and (atleast for a murderous few)worthy of being killed.

Like the young men at-tracted to extremist religiousideology in Pakistan, Ameri-ca’s terrorists are young whitemen who seem unsure of theirdirection in life, left out of theartificial intelligence and au-tomation-led economy inwhich immigrants and othersseem to thrive.

4WALK WHILE YE HAVE THE LIGHT,LEST DARKNESS COME UPON YOU.

JOHN RUSKIN

A GOOD ARTIST SHOULD BE ISOLATED. IF HE IS-N'T ISOLATED, SOMETHING IS WRONG.

ORSON WELLES

SPIRITUALISM

STARS TALKSSeemaa Singh, As-

trologer and Vastu Ex-pert known for her ac-

curate predictions of winningBJP minister Kirron Kher, as

well winningof Punjabelections byCongress. Shehas deliveredmany lectureson astrologyin India as

well as abroad. ARIES:-Mercury's newplanetary alignments arebound to bring cheeringnews, perhaps on the leisurefront, possibly to do withsome cultural pursuit.

Lucky Color:-MaroonLucky Number:-14

TAURUS:-One problem

over recent weeks has beensuppressed or misdirectedanger, not to mention unjusti-fied or misplaced enthusi-asm. Such difficulties arenow happily in the past.

Lucky Color:-BrownLucky Number:-3

GEMINI:-One thing savingyou at the moment is yourcharm.

Lucky Color:-GreyLucky Number:-19

CANCER:-The Sun is pass-ing through a sympathetic re-gion of your chart indicatingthat while you still have somefreedom of action.

Lucky Color:-GoldenLucky Number:-5

LEO:-With so much confu-sion and turmoil surroundingemotional involvements, I

am happy to report that Mer-cury is now sweepingthrough your chat, engagingin a number of rather surpris-ing encounters.

Lucky Color:-VioletLucky Number:-22

VIRGO:-it is true that life isfar from plain-selling, but attimes like this, when there area plethora of reassuring plan-etary aspects, you can be cer-tain that even apparent obsta-cles are helping you stick tothe true and proper path.

Lucky Color:-RedLucky Number:-1

LIBRA:-You have oftenbeen unable to raise adequatefunds in the past yet, now thatMars is playing such an im-portant role in your horo-scope.

Lucky Color:-ParrotGreen

Lucky Number:-7SCORPIO:-There is a wayout of current situations, butyou will need to be more de-termined. There is also no point in be-

ing defensive. Lucky Color:-Peacock

BlueLucky Number:-2

SAGITTARIUS:-Certainboundaries seem to havebeen blurred recently, whatwith all the coming and goingthat's been taking place.

Lucky Color:-WhiteLucky Number:-4

CAPRICORN:-There is noknowing what the next fewdays hold in store for you indetail, although in outline the

picture is quite clear. Lucky Color:-PeachLucky Number:-12

AQUARIUS:-Skeleton maybe rattling in a few cup-boards, but there doesn'tseem to be anything to worryabout.

Lucky Color:-PurpleLucky Number:-8

PISCES:-Although you'llhave more time for work andchores towards the end of theweek, you will probably stillbe more concerned with cul-ture, the arts, leisure andpleasurable pursuits.

Shed a few obligations ifnecessary, and only stick withcommitments which willbring genuine benefits.

Lucky Color:-VioletLucky Number:-6

America must learn the shadow ofwhite terror will be harder to fight

FROM FIXING TO SIGNALING, HOW CHINA MANAGES THE YUAN

The U.S. accused Chinaof manipulating its cur-rency after the yuan tum-

bled to an 11-year low in earlyAugust -- a hefty charge. Mon-itoring how the People’s Bankof China handles its “managedfloat” system for the yuan isn’teasy; the central bank has var-ious tools at its disposal, somepublic, some hidden. Its think-ing is essentially unknowableto outsiders. But there are waysto observe some of the levers itpulls to influence the currency.These are some of the most-watched:

The most obvious way thePBOC influences the currencyis by setting a reference rateeach trading day at 9:15 a.m.,known as the daily fixing. Theyuan is then allowed to move2% in either direction. The

rates are calculated with for-mulas that take into accountsuch factors as the previousday’s official close at 4:30 p.m,the yuan’s move against a bas-ket of currencies and themoves in other major ex-change rates.

In 2017 the PBOC intro-duced a so-called “counter-cyclical factor” to avoid a fix-ing that it deems as excessive-ly weak or strong. That was in-terpreted as a step back fromChina’s oft-stated pledge togive markets a key role in de-termining the exchange rate.Driving up the cost of bettingagainst the yuan offshore haslong been seen as a favoredtactic to curb a decline. Thekey is to mop up liquidity --Hong Kong is by far thebiggest market -- so that

traders have to pay higher in-terest rates to borrow the yuanthey need for their bets. Thatcan be achieved by havingagent banks buy the currencyor decline to lend their supplyto other banks. The PBOC canalso sell Chinese governmentbills in Hong Kong to vacuumup yuan. The cost for banks toborrow yuan overnight, knownas Hibor, surged to more than20% on several occasions inthe past few years, most no-tably in January 2016 when itclimbed to almost 67%. (Therate was at 1.8% on Aug. 8.)Another squeeze came in Au-gust 2018, when the cost ofbetting that the yuan wouldweaken soared amid specula-tion that China was restrictingdomestic banks’ ability to lendyuan offshore.

The idea that Hindi should be our first language and that it can actas a unifying agent dates long back in historyThe idea that Hindi should be ourfirst language and that it can act as aunifying agent dates long back inhistory. On December 10, 1946, R.V.Dhulekar, a member of theConstituent Assembly, said: “Peoplewho do not know Hindi have no rightto stay in India. People who arepresent in the House to fashion aConstitution for India and do notknow Hindi are not worthy to bemembers of this assembly.

88th Convocation atHMV on August 12HARPREET SINGH LEHALJALANDHAR: Hans Raj Mahila MahaVidyalaya is going to organiseConvocation for the session 2017-18on August 12, 2019. Dr. Jaspal SinghSandhu, Vice Chancellor Guru Nanak

Dev Universitywill be the ChiefGuest of theoccasion. Guestof Honours willbe Dr. RameshK. Arya, VicePresident,DAVCMC, NewDelhi and Dr.

Satish Sharma, Director Colleges,DAVCMC, New Delhi. Briefing aboutthe Convocation, Principal Prof. Dr.Ajay Sareen told that 816 students willbe awarded degrees which are ofvarious disciplines of Post Graduate& Graduate classes. Rehearsalfor this special day will be conductedon August 10, 2019 in which presenceof students to be awarded degree ismust. For detailed information,students may contact with collegeauthorities.

Lyallpur KhalsaCollege student bags1st position inuniversity exams

JALANDHAR: Student of LyallpurKhalsa College Jalandhar Nehabagged 1st position in the Universityexams of PGDCA-II Semester bygetting 689 marks out of 800. ThePresident of the College GoverningCouncil Sardarni Balbir Kaur, Principalof the College Dr. G.S. Samracongratulated the students and wishedthem success in life. Dr. ManoharSingh Head Department of ComputerScience & IT was also present on thisoccasion.

Fancy dresscompetition held atThe Nobel school

JALANDHAR: To celebrate India, afancy dress Competition wasconducted for the Pre wingers in TheNobel School. The children dressedup as Freedom Fighter’s and NationalLeaders like Rani Lakshmi Bai, BhagatSingh etc. Managing Director Er.Kumar Shiv Kochhar , Principal Ms.Meenakshi Mehta said that this type ofcultural activities should be done toencourage the students. Charu,Sweety, Kiran, Kulbir, Suman, Neha,Manpreet and Sonia made this eventsuccessful.

Plantation drive heldat DAVIET

JALANDHAR: One student One TreeProject, which has been launchednationwide by Honourabe HRDMinister Dr. Ramesh Pokhria wasinitiated with great zeal andenthusiasm here at DAVIET. PrincipalDr Manoj Kumar joined the first yearstudents in the tree plantation driveand motivated them to not only planttrees but also to take care of them. Dr.PS Mann, the NSS coordinator , LionS. M Singh Chairman Dishadeep, Dr.Sudhir Sharama, Dean Academics, DrJagjit Malhotra, Dean (RIC), Dr. NeeruMalhotra, Head Department ofElectronics and CommunicationEngineering, Dr. Dinesh Kumar, HeadDepartment of Information Technology,Dr. Sanjeev Naval, Head Departmentof Civil Engineering, Dr. GauravDhuria, Head Department ofMechanical Engineering, Dr VinayChopra, Deputy Dean Academics, Dr.M. K. Kaushik, Dr Sunil Sachdewaand Vinay Kumar, Estate Officer alsojoined the tree plantation drive.

NEWS AT AGLANCE

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 2019

DCP orders night vigil in JalandharJALANDHAR: The Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Mr Gurmit Singh has ordered to allvillages falling under the jurisdiction of Commissionerate police to hold Thikri Pehras (nightpatrol) from 8 pm to 5 am in their villages. Exercising the powers vested under Section 144,Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, Singh directed all village Panchayats to follow the ordersand asked the heads to inform SHOs of their areas regarding the details of persons who willpart of ‘Thikri Pehra’ teams. He said that the orders would be in force by October 8, 2019.

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CEO meets representatives of political partiesfor special summary revision of electoral rollsCHANDIGARH, AUG 9

The Chief Electoral Officer,Punjab Dr. S. Karuna Raju todayheld meeting with representativesof various political parties for theSpecial Summary Revision ofPhoto Electoral Rolls, Themeeting was attended by therepresentatives of NationalistCongress party, Punjab StateCommunist Party of India,Shiromani Akali Dal,bahujansamaj Party, Communist Party ofIndia (Marxist) and TrinamoolCongress.

Addressing the meeting, Dr.Raju informed that finalpublication of electoral rolls willbe done in the first week ofJanuary. "During this campaign,the main focus will be on removalof repeat/multipleentries/demographically similarentries and removal of entries ofpermanently shifted electors anddeceased electors from electoral

rolls", he said, adding that thepolitical parties were asked toappoint Booth Level Agents(BLAs). He further said that toimprove the health of electoralroll, the Electors VerificationProgramme (EVP) and House to

House verification by BLOS willbe carried out before starting therevision activities .The EVPactivity will start from August 16to August 30, 2019.

He said that the elector canalso furnish the details of his/herfamily members and verify theirentries, information of eligibleun-enrolled family members(born on 01.01.2001) andprospective electors bornbetween (02.01.2002 till01.01.2003) who are residingwith the elector. In case anycorrection in the demographicallydetails, the elector can alsosubmit the required form.

Divulging more, he said thatthe elector can also furnish theGIS coordinates of his house andhis Observation on existingPolling Station and suggestion onalternate polling Station. BoothLevel Officers will verify theinformation /details collectedfrom the citizen and will also

collect the information/details ofun- enrolled/dead/shiftedelectors. The BLOs would visithouse to house from September1st to September 30, 2019 for thispurpose.

The Integrated draft electoralroll would be published onOctober 15, 2019 w.r.t01.01.2020 as qualifyingdate.The Claims and objectionswould be taken from October 15,2019 to October 30, 2019 anddisposal of claims will be doneon December 15, 2019.

The CEO urged all the leadersto encourage people to becomevoters and exercise theirconstitutional right in votingprocess. He said that during thiscampaign name of eminentpersonalities from the field of art,culture, journalism, sports,judiciary, public services andPerson with Disabilities will behighlighted and Flagged inElectoral Rolls.

Final publication of electoral rolls to be done in January

PSFC Chairman oilswheels of grievance

redressal mechanism

CHANDIGARH, AUG 9

Punjab State FoodCommission Chairman D PReddy on Friday directed allthe Additional DeputyC o m m i s s i o n e r s(Development)-cum-DistrictGrievance Redressal Officers(DGROs) to ensureexpeditious and effectiveredressal of grievances of theaggrieved parties, in thematters related to distributionof entitled food grains underthe National Food SecurityAct. Holding a videoconference with the DGROs,Mr Reddy directed them toinstall Grievances Boxes intheir offices, Fair Price Shops,

Schools, Anganwadi Centers,SDM offices, Tehsil officesand at other public places. Hesaid that the boxes should beopened at least once in threedays to retrieve thecomplaints, so that immediateaction could be taken for theirredressal. He said that theDGROs are also required todisplay their office addresses,telephone numbers, emailaddresses and fax numbers intheir own offices and otherpublic places in addition to thewebsites of the districtadministration. For a fair andspeedy disposal of complaints,Reddy suggested a uniform,efficient method for handlingcomplaints. He said that every

Central panel bats for comprehensivestrategy to save ground water

PRITPAL SINGHJALANDHAR, AUG 9

Underlining the need forsaving water, the CentralPanel on ‘Jal Shakti Abhiyan’constituted by theGovernment of India todayadvocated the need foradopting a multi-prongedstrategy to save the groundwater on one hand andrecharge it on the other. Thehigh level panel headed by

Joint Secretary Ministry ofCommerce Rajinder KumarKashyap today renewed theirvisit in the district, which hasbeen enlisted amongst the 255water stressed districts of thecountry. During the visit theteam had a meeting with theofficers of the districtadministration headed by theDeputy CommissionerVarinder Kumar Sharma.During the meeting thecommittee underscored the

need for the saving the waterfor the coming generations.The Committee said that panelwas working extensively onfive core areas of interventionincluding evaluation of waterconservation and rain waterharvesting, renovation oftraditional water bodies andtanks, Water sheddevelopment, Rechargingground water through rainwater harvesting and intensiveAfforestation. The Committeesaid that during the executionof the work the officers mustminutely observe each andevery technical aspect of theongoing work. TheCommittee said that the basicpurpose was to ensure that thedepleting ground water leverwas checked at the earliest soas to save it for the cominggenerations.

State education department signssalary a/c MoU with HDFC Bank

CHANDIGARH, AUG 9

The Department of School Education,Punjab in the presence of EducationMinister, Vijay Inder Singla , SecretarySchool Education Krishan Kumar andBranch Banking Head HDFC Bank VineetArora, today signed a Memorandum OfUnderstanding(MoU) regarding the salaryaccounts of the employees of EducationDepartment with HDFC Bank. Termingthe deal as a welfare package for theemployees, Singla informed that the bankwould be extending a host of benefits tothe account holder employees of thedepartment including Accidental DeathCover of Rs 30 Lac and Natural DeathCover of Rs 3.25 Lac to each and everyone of them. Besides, instant loan facilitywould be extended to them without goingthrough the process of submitting aplethora of documents. Other exclusivebenefits provided include Permanent

Disability Cover of Rs 30 Lac, PartialDisability cover of Rs 5 Lac, Free AirAccidental Death Cover of Rs 1Crore,Free Educational benefits of Rs 2 Lac perfamily to dependent child in case ofaccidental death and an Unlimited numberof transactions at any Bank ATM, heinformed. This will be coupled withextended facilities to Family Membersthrough Zero Balance Family SavingsAccount , 5 Lacs rupees of AccidentalDeath Cover and 30 Lacs rupees of AirAccidental Death Cover, he added.

Constitution & Representation Act being violatedwith no action against four ex-AAP MLAs: SAD

CHANDIGARH, AUG 9

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) onFriday said the Constitution as wellas The Representation of PeoplesAct was being violated in Punjabwith four legislators who hadresigned from the primarymembership of AAP months backnot being disqualified and debarredfrom contesting elections for theremaining term of the 15thAssembly. Addressing a pressconference here, former ministerBikram Singh Majithia said the tenthschedule of the constitution said, '' Amember of a House belonging to anypolitical party shall be disqualifiedfor being a member of the House ifhe has voluntarily given up hismembership of such a politicalparty''. He said since all four MLAshad resigned as primary members ofAAP, the constitutional provisionwas being subverted. Majithia saidthree legislators-- Sukhpal SinghKhaira representing BholathAssembly segment, Nazar SinghManshahia from Mansa and Master

Baldev Singh from Jaito-- hadresigned from AAP seven monthsback in January 2019 while AmarjitSingh Sandoa had resigned in May2019. He said Khaira and MasterBaldev Singh had formed a newpolitical party called Punjab EktaParty while Manshahia and Sandoahad joined the Congress party.''There is no ambiguity about theresignations or the subsequentactions of the four legislators'', hesaid while presenting photographicproof in all cases including SpeakerRana KP Singh’s presence duringAAP MLA Amarjit Sandoa’sinduction into the Congress. TheAkali leader said the delay in taking

the required action was a cruel jokeon the electorate of the fourconstituencies which was currentlynot being represented in theAssembly. He said it was imperativethat all five seats be declared vacantso that fresh elections could be held.

Majithia said the Stateexchequer was also being defraudedwith the legislators drawing salariesand enjoying various facilities,including staff and securitypersonnel entitled only tolegislators. He said the average costincurred on a single legislator alonewas more than Rs 5 lakh per monthand the total expenditure incurred bythe State on extending facilities toall of them including H S Phoolkawho had resigned ten months backwas in crores of rupees.

The Akali leader said all this wasbeing done to ensure a friendlyopposition as part of a fixed matchbetween the ‘chhoti Congress’(AAP) and the parent party. He saidearlier the resignation of Mr H SPhoolka had been accepted after aten month delay.

Jallianwala Bagh centenarycommemoration exhibition

begins todaySUMER GARGJALANDHAR, AUG 9

The stage was all set for the starting of Jallianwala BaghCentenary Commemoration Exhibition in Desh Bhagat YaadgarHall from today (August 10). The department of Culture Affairs,Archives, Archaeology and Museums along with the PartitionMuseum, Amritsar was organising this mega event to inculcatethe spirit of patriotism among the youths. Starting from today theexhibition would continue till August 18 during which the tragicJallianwala Bagh massacre would be showcased throughoriginal materials in the form of newspapers, reports andphotographs of that time. The exhibition would focus on thehistory of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and would display allthe incidents that led to the massacre. Reviewing thearrangements for the event, the Deputy Commissioner saidthat it was all the more important for all of us especially theyounger generations to know that how this barbaric incidentbecame a turning point in India’s struggle for independenceand how it impacted the life of countrymen.

2,15,632 families to getbenefit from Ayushman

health scheme: DCDALJEET AJNOHAHOSHIARPUR, AUG 9

Deputy Commissioner Isha Kalia said that thedistrict administration was committed to make theAyushman Bharat Sarbat Health Insurance Schemeof the Punjab Government accessible to theeligible beneficiaries. She said that to provide

good health facilities to the needyfamilies, this health insurancescheme will start from August 20and be available to beneficiaries inlisted government hospitals andprivate hospitals in the district.She said that e-cards are being

issued to beneficiaries from August 1 and 2.15,632 families of district Hoshiarpur will bebenefitted. As many as 12 government and 18private hospitals have been approved for thebenefit of needy families under Ayushman BharatSarbat Health Insurance Scheme. Apart from this,many other private hospitals are also applying tothe government to join this scheme, she added.

PATIALA, AUG 9

Celebrating the 550thAnniversary of the Birth ofGuru Nanak Dev Ji,. EngineerR. S. Bains, Chief EngineerGuru Gobind Singh Super

Thermal Plant Ropar andGGSSTP officers plantingtrees. About 1100 saplings ofvarious types like Neem,Mango, Deck, Sesame,Jamun etc. have been plantedat the thermal plant.

Plantation drive at GGSSTP

Sports trials on Aug 12-13JALANDHAR, AUG 9

As the part of commemorating550th Parkash Purab of SriGuru Nanak Dev Ji, thesports department is set tohold sports trials of severalgames for the colleges’ levelstudents on August 12 and13. Divulging the details, thedeputy commissioner MrVarinder Kumar Sharmasaid that that the stategovernment is giving specialattention to the grooming ofthe youths so that they couldexcel in sports competitions

at the national andinternational levels and canmake their state and familiesproud.

NEWS AT AGLANCE

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 2019

Youth nabbed for circulating obscene videoKANGRA: Kangra police on Thursday evening arrested a youth under section354–D IPC and 67 A of the Information and Technology Act, for allegedlycirculating an obscene video of a girl student from Delhi. Additional Superintendentof Police Dinesh Sharma told UNI that a case of cyber crime was registered inKangra police station by the victim girl on August 2 against some unknown peoplefor making an obscene video of her. The ASP said that local resident Sumit Kumar,who is a wholesale distributor of a private sim company, was arrested on Thursdayevening. Sharma said that the accused was produced before the court of ADJM IKangra today and court remanded him to police custody till Friday. Sharma saidthat the viral video will undergo a forensic check and it will be further investigatedhow many people have received the video and circulated it further. Circulating the obscene video is an offence under law, he added.

BJP holds reviewmeeting onmembership drive

ANWAR HUSSAINNALAGARH: BJP District Solan’sreview meeting was held at HotelRiver View here today under thechairmanship of District President KLThakur in which all the mandalpresidents gave details of number ofnew members. District president askedthem to expedite the campaign in thenext 2 days. Himachal CooperativeMinister Rajeev Saizal was present aschief guest.Former MP VirenderKashyap, Paramjit Pammi MLA Doon,Ganesh Dutt Vice President Himfed,Sanjeev Kashyap Chairman MarketingCommittee, Darshan Saini VicePresident Water Management Board,Laxmi Shudh National Women's FrontVice President, Laxmi Shudritu ShettyFormer MLA, Vinod Chandel, SanjeevKashyap Mandal president. ChairmanBajpa Nalagarh Baldev Thakur,Mandal President Balveer Thakur,Tech Chand Chandel, Naseeb,Choudhari Sanjeev Sharma amongtohers participated.

Dr Sadhna Thakur asksRed Cross workers towork for welfare & well-being of massesHAMIRPUR: Chairperson of the HPRed Cross society Dr Sadhna Thakuron Friday stated that Red CrossSociety 's outreach should beexpanded as it is playing a great rolein helping the suffering mankind.Thakur who is the wife of ChiefMinister, Jai Ram Thakur said this at afunction organised here on Friday. Sheexhorted the people in general andworkers of the society in particular totake active part in its functioning andthereby help the people in their well-being and welfare. She wasaddressing the district unit of thesociety here in which local MLA,Narendra Thakur was also present.Thakur said the society wascommitted for the service of thehumanity and steps should be taken totake its functioning to the last man ofthe society. She was happy toannounce that the society was runninga special service camp at the IGMC,Shimla and providing free medicinesto the patients there. She advocatedthe need for linking the self helpsocieties being run by the women withthe working of the Red cross society.Harikesh Meena, the DeputyCommissioner of Hamirpur gavedetails of the Red Cross society in thedistrict and assured the Chairpersonthat the people of the district wouldcontinue to work for accelerating thepace of progress of the society in thedistrict. Earlier, the chairperson planteda sapling of a Sandal plant at thecampus of the local medical Collegeand inaugurated the tree plantationdrive in the district.

Cong opposes shiftingof SAI Bilaspur SportsHostel to JammuSHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh CongressCommittee president Kuldeep SinghRathore has vehemently opposedshifting of Volleyball Sports Hostel runby Sports Authority of India (ASAI) fromthe state's Bilaspur district to Jammu.Terming the Centre's move 'dictatorial,'Mr Rathore said it is against the sportssentiments of the state where volleyballis a local sport. The sports hostel, hesaid, was established with relentlessefforts of then chief minister VirbhadraSingh in 1986-87 by Sports Authority ofIndia in District Bilaspur which was thefirst ever sports hostel to beestablished in the country. Rathorestated that it was set up to promoteVolleyball in Himachal Pradesh andapart from this, training in the Kabaddiand athletics has benefited rural peopleand sportspersons of the statetremendously but due to Himachalgovernment’s negligence, there hasbeen no coach in this hostel since thelast six months. He has written a letterto Chief Minister, Sports Union MinisterGOI and SAI warning them of theharmful consequences of the shifting ofthe hostel.

Four power projects, NH 5 shutdown after cloud burst in Kinnaur

AGENCYSHIMLA, AUG 9

Four power projects, includingthe 1500 mega watt NathpaJakhari, 1300 MW KarchhamWangto, 412 MW Rampur and250 MW Baspa, had to shutdown their generation,following cloud burst andheavy rainfall in the highaltitude, in the last 24 hours andincreasing of silt level in SutlejRiver. The Hindustan-TibetNational Highway 5 was alsoclosed down at two places, dueto landslide and coming downof boulders on the highway.

A number of other linkroads in Shimla and Kinnuardistricts were also shut down,due to landslides and flood.

An official of the Sutlej JalVidyut Nigam Limited(SJVNL) said the level of slit inthe Sutlej River increased

to 16000 ppm, while thecritical limit is 5000 ppm.

The Nathpa Jakhari PowerProject, Karchham Wangto,Rampur and Baspa had to closedown, due to violent hydrologyin the Monsoon season.

All power projects arelikely to resume operation by1600 hrs on Friday, followingimprovement in the turbidity ofwater. Reports coming heresaid the generation in Baspapower project has alreadyresumed this morning. Fourmajor projects in the state, ofabout 3212 MW, had to shutdown at 2015 hrs on Thursday.

Meanwhile, high areas ofKinnaur, including Kannam,

Murang, Tangling, Pooh andSangla, recorded cloudburstsand rainfall, as the water levelin Takondgach Nalah rose, lastnight. The administration hassounded high alert in theregion, following heavy rainfalland cloud burst in high altitude.People were directed not toventure near the inflated Sutlejand Beas rivers in the state.

The National Highway 5closed down near Spillow and

Shahokhud, due to landslides.Water level in Ribba and RungNalah was alarming. A manwas missing, while severalhouses had washed away, dueto landslide and flood-likesituation in the district.

Sarkaghat received 120 mmrainfall, followed by Bhoranj114 mm, Bharari 105 mm,Pandoh 101 mm, Kahu 91 mm,Banjar 88 mm, Baijnath 85mm, Aghar 82 mm, Gaggal 78mm, Naina Devi 68 mm,Jhandutta 65 mm, Amb 59 mm,Berthin 57 mm, Hamirpur 52mm, Ghumarwin 51 mm,Mehre and Renuka 50 mmeach, Dharamshala 48 mm andrecorded Jogindernagar 46 mmrainfall.

Pachhad and Sundernagarreceived 43 mm each rain,followed by Rampur and Gohar37 mm each, Sujanpur Tira 36mm, Mashobra and Jubbal 35mm each, Dehra Gopipur 33mm, Bijahi and Baldwara 32mm each, Arki, Dharampur andPalampur 30 mm each, JubbarHatti 29 mm, and Shimla,Karsog and Kotkhai registered25 mm each rainfall.

Several links roads in Shimla also remain closed due to landslide

Post Graduate Classes in Englishand Hindi to be started in Centre

of Excellence College: CM

DINESH AGARWALSHIMLA, AUG 9

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakurwhile addressing the GoldenJubilee Celebration of the Centre ofExcellence Government DegreeCollege Sanjauli here todayannounced starting of PostGraduate classes in English andHindi, BBA and PGDCA courses inthis college from next academicsession. Chief Minister said that thesuccess in life largely depend on theavailability and commitment of thetalented and trained HumanResources and the role of educationis most crucial in this. He said thatthe State Government has started anumber of initiatives to underscorethe need and importance of researchand innovation in institutions ofhigher learning. He said that theState Government was committedto provide quality higher educationthat provides students access to

world-class teaching methods andmeets the dual challenge ofproviding employment whilefocusing on inclusive education. Hesaid that education also needed toreflect and meet the requirements ofcontemporary times. He said thatwe should ensure that theeducational institutions becomepotent tools of change that helps tomake our State as well as nation amore just, equitable and educatedsociety. He said that the State hasmade immense progress in allspheres of development andeducation in particular and the Statehas shown way for most of thedeveloped States of the country. Hesaid that today Himachal Pradeshwas the second most literate Stateof the country after Kerala. He saidthat the girls in particular weredoing commendable performancein education and had outshined theboys in every competitiveexamination.

Ajit Doval visits Srinagar, spends over 2hours interacting with troops, people

SRINAGAR, AUG 9

National Security AdvisorAjit Doval on Friday visiteddowntown Srinagar and spentover two hours in the areainteracting with troops andlocal people. Doval, who is inJammu and Kashmir toreview the situation afterCentre scrapped Article 370,also had lunch with CRPFpersonnel. Meanwhile,Srinagar Police assuredpeople saying "SrinagarPolice is here to help you"."Srinagar Police is here tohelp you. For the families,students, businessmenstaying outside the valley andwishing to know the welfare

of their near and dear cansend an advanced SMSstating full details of familieshere," the police said. OnAugust 7, Doval visitedShopian and met with some

local people as part of hisvisit for an assessment on thesituation in Jammu andKashmir. Doval was seeninteracting with a few peoplein a shut-down market over

food and inquired about theirwell being. He alsoexplained to them theCentre's decisions andassured them that theirwelfare was thegovernment's prime concern.The NSA reached the state aday after Home MinisterAmit Shah announcedabrogation of Article 35Aand dilution of Article 370,provisions that gave thespecial right to subjects ofthe state over several mattersincluding land, governmentjobs and scholarships. Thegovernment has also bifurcatedthe state and carved out UnionTerritories of Jammu andKashmir and Ladakh.

Lt Col MS Dhoni likely to unfurlnational flag in Leh on I-Day

SRINAGAR, AUG 9

Former Indian cricket captainMahendra Singh Dhoni is likely tounfurl the tricolour on the occasionof Independence Day in Leh in thenewly-created union territory ofLadakh. Lt Col Dhoni, an honorarylieutenant colonel in the IndianArmy, is at present stationed inKhrew in the Pulwama district ofJammu and Kashmir, along withmembers of his Territorial Armybattalion. The Territorial Army isdeployed in the south Kashmirregion where Lt Col Dhoni joined iton July 30. Defence sources said onThursday that Lt Col Dhoni isscheduled to travel along with hisregiment to Leh on August 10."Dhoni is a brand ambassador of theIndian Army. He has engaged inmotivating members of his unit and

has often been playing football andvolleyball with the soldiers. He isalso undertaking battle trainingexercises with the corps. He willremain in the valley till August 15,"said a senior army official. The 38-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman hastaken a two-month break from activecricket, after India was edged out ofthe World Cup following a loss toNew Zealand in the semi-final, toserve his regiment in the Kashmir

Valley. However, officials did notdisclose the exact location at whichLt Col Dhoni is likely to hoist thenational flag on August 15. TheUnion government has undertaken aprogramme to hoist the tricolour ineach and every village of Jammu &Kashmir as part of IndependenceDay celebrations in the state. Thecentral government had launched acommunity mobilisation programmeacross all 4,900 gram panchayats ofJammu & Kashmir from June priorto the withdrawal of special categorystatus to the state. In his 'Mann kiBaat' address to the nation on July28, Prime Minister Narendra Modihad elaborated how it had emergedduring this community mobilisationprogramme that the average citizensof Jammu & Kashmir were eager tojoin the mainstream development inother parts of the country.

HAMIRPUR, AUG 9

Heavy rains has thrown life out of gearin the district with river Beas and itstributaries flowing near the dangermark. The district in general received66.1 mm rainfall with Bhoranj at the topwith 114 mm, followed by Bahareri1055 mm, Jahoo 91 mm, Hamirpurtown 52 mm and Sujanpurtira 36 mm.

Following heavy downpour, theriver Beas and its tributaries are in spateand flowing near the danger mark. Thedistrict administration has advised thepeople against venturing near thestreams. The Meteorologicaldepartment has warned of more rains inthe district in the next 24 hours. Office-goers and the school students found itdifficult to reach their respectivedestinations on time as transport service

were meager owing to heavy rains. The road traffic to Hamirpur town

from Sujanpur and Awahdevi area wasdiverted from Anu area as a heavy treehad fallen on the main road linking theAnu area with the local Mini secret irateon way to main bus stand. People hadto adopt alternative route to reach busstand. Meanwhile, reports reaching herefrom interiors say that road traffic hascome to a near standstill on many routesfollowing falling of huge debris on theroads and the worst affected are theroads falling in the Sujanpur tehsil ofthe district. Power supply and watersupply has also been hit badly except inthe major towns of the district. Thedistrict headquarters town of Hamirpuralso had a power cut in the morninghours but the supply was restored in theafternoon hours.

Heavy rains in Hamirpurthrows life out of gear

Schools reopened after five days in UdhampurUDHAMPUR, AUG 9

Days after Section 144 was imposed indistricts of Jammu and Kashmir">Jammu andKashmir, schools reopened here on Friday.Piyush Singla, Deputy Commissioner, toldANI: "Section 144 is still imposed, but withsome exceptions in certain areas. Theadministration will monitor the vulnerable

areas very closely. Section 144 will bewithdrawn gradually after analyzing thesituations here. The security plan is in place."

"Section 144 was imposed in Udhampuron August 4. With the cooperation ofresidents of the district, the situation till nowhas been totally under control. Moreover,markets are also open from 11 AM to 5 PM,"he added.

J-K Guv asks officials totake stock of people’s needJAMMU, AUG 9

Jammu and KashmirGovernor Satya Pal Malik hasdirected DeputyCommissioners in theKashmir Valley to reach out tothe people to take stock oftheir requirements relating toration, medicines and otherdaily needs and address themswiftly, officials said onFriday. The Governor istaking daily updates from hisadministration about theprevailing scenario in Jammuand Kashmir after the Centrerevoked the state's specialstatus and divided it into twounion territories. He directedDeputy Commissioners ofdistricts in the Valley to deputestaff to visiting differentlocalities to take stock ofpeople's requirements relating

to ration, medicines and otherdaily needs and address themswiftly, a Raj Bhawanspokesman said. They havebeen asked to visit at least 20families daily and solve theirissues, he said. Special vanshave been pressed into servicefor selling essentialcommodities to people andofficers have been asked tokeep check on profiteeringand other unethical practicesby the traders, thespokesperson said.

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NEWS AT AGLANCE

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 2019

CHANDIGARH, AUG 9

Chandigarh Commission forProtection of Child Rights(CCPCR) has prepared its fifthAnnual report for the year2018-19. CCPCR's endeavourduring the year was to focus oncreating a happy childhood bymaking Chandigarh a Child-Friendly City. To make peopleaware about the activities areundertaken by the Commis-sion, CCPCR releases its An-

nual Report for Financial Year2018-19 released by V.P. SinghBadnore, Governor of Punjab& Administrator, U.T, Chandi-garh at Punjab Raj Bhawan,Sector 6, Chandigarh. On thisoccasion, Manoj Kumar Pari-da, Adviser to the Administra-tor, Chandigarh Administra-tion, Harjinder Kaur, Chair-person, CCPCR and Membersof the Commission Dr. MonicaM Singh and. Varun Beniwal,Chandigarh were also present.

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Army recruitment rally conducted at Jalandhar CanttJALANDHAR: A recruitment rally is being conducted under the aegis of the Recruiting Office(Head Quarters), Jalandhar, under the Head Quarters Recruiting Zone, Jalandhar which beganon 01 August 2019 and is in progress at the Army Public School Primary Wing ground Jaland-har Cantt. Approximately 14000 candidates have registered for the rally out of which nearly11000 candidates have been screened.

The rally is being conducted for candidates from four districts of Punjab and is drawing goodresponse from the youth. The recruitment is being carried out for soldier general duty, soldiertechnical, soldier technical nursing assistant, soldier clerks/store keeper technical. The rally isbeing organized professionally with transparency and witnessed by officials of the district ad-ministration. The candidates attending the recruitment rally here are initially being put throughphysical fitness tests in which they are made to run sixteen hundred meters, do pull-ups, jumpacross a nine feet ditch and walk across a zig-zag balance.

Rainfall exposes MC oversewerage system damaged

KULJIT SINGHJANDIALA GURU: The recent rainfallhas exposed the development workdone in Jandiala Guru city speciallylaying of sewerage system at a cost ofRs 45 crore. Sewerage system wasdamaged due to heavy rains leading toaccumulation of rain water in marketand city streets turning out to be apond. Water gushed into houses andshops damaging articles worth lakhs ofrupees. People showed anger againstthe administration over the poor qualityof construction material in seweragesystem and demanded strict actionagainst officials and contactor involvedin financial scam. Even councilors didnot pay any attention to cleaning ofdrains. City dwellers said that theyhave given complaints in writing to thecity councilor several time but noemployees or officials are paying anyattention to it. Former MLA MalkitSingh held present MLA responsiblefor the damage of sewerage system.

RAJIV JAINCHANDIGARH, AUG 9

A high level meeting washeld today after three yearson issues of Tricity Trans-portation & Urban Planningunder the chairmanship ofManoj Parida, Adviser to theAdministrator with the Prin-cipal Secretary (Transport),Punjab, Secretary (LocalGovernment) Punjab, TownPlanners of Punjab, Haryanaand officers from GMADA,HUDA, HSVP, HHRTC,Haryana.

The tri-city issueswhich are to be dealt at theregional level with partici-

pation of State of Punjab,Haryana and Chandigarhwere discussed at length -Tri-city urban Planning &Transport, Mass RapidTransport System,Agreement with States,and Holistic Planning.The main focus of theregional mobility planamong other systems

i.e. Bus System, PublicBike Sharing (PBS) and E-Rickshaws (first / last mileconnectivity) was the Mass

Rapid Transport System.The Tri-city authorities de-liberated upon finalizingupon the planning ofMRTS.

It was also proposedthat a common transportcorporation (GreaterChandigarh Transport Cor-poration) shall be createdafter identifying the feasi-bility of all the Govern-ments.

Parida holds talks with Pb-Hry, discussestransportation, urban planning in tricity

Induction cum freshers functionwelcomes newcomers at MCMISHA UPADHYAYCHANDIGARH: In a bedazzlingInduction cum Freshers event, MehrChand Mahajan DAV College forWomen warmly welcomed itsnewcomers and familiarized them with

the virtuousvalue system ofthe region'sleading collegein a fun filledand entertainingway.Organized bythe CulturalCommittee of

the college, this unique annual featureof the college is an innovative way ofmaking the freshers feel at home. Thefunction began with a presentationhighlighting the glorious history andillustrious achievements of the college.

No dearth of funds foroverall development ofBathinda: Mohindra

RAM RESHAM SHARANBATHINDA: Punjab LocalGovernment, Parliamentary Affairs,elections and removal of grievancesMinister Brahm Mohindra today saidthat there is no dearth of funds for theoverall developmental works to becarried out in Bathinda. The ministerwas in the city today to attend socialfunctions and also held meetings withofficials of the Municipal Corporation.During an interaction with the media headmitted that the process of drainingout rain water from low lying areas andexecution of few projects was slow tosome extent. "But now I want to assureeveryone that the flaws have beendetected now and all problems willsoon be resolved," the minister said.Categorically mentioning the particularproblems in the urban and rural areasof the district, the minister stated thathe is made aware about all problemsin different localities which will beresolved soon.

Models and organisers during Curtain Raiser Event of International Miss & Mrs Universe Glam Queen 2019 in Chandigarh on Friday. Photo by : S. Sharma

Cremica joins hands with Nabi,PGIMER for new study on foodproducts with low glycemic indexISHA UPADHYAYCHANDIGARH : Moving ahead withtheir mission of keeping India healthyand happy, Cremica Food IndustriesLimited announced that it will befunding a new study on food productsto validate low glycemic index of theseproducts and understand its effects.MoU regarding this was signed todayat NABI campus, Sector 81, SASNagar, Mohali. This 6-month study willjointly be undertaken by National Agrifood Biotechnology Institute (NABI) &PGIMER, Chandigarh. The testprogram is conceived and monitoredby Dr. T. R. Sharma, ExecutiveDirector, NABI, Dr. Mahendra Bishnoi,NABI and Dr. Sanjay Bhadada,Professor of Endocrinology, PGIMER.

Four day induction programme concludesCHANDIGARH: The four day Induction Programmeconcluded today in the department of Ancient IndianHistory, Culture & Archaeology. Through thisInduction Programme the students have been ableto come up with their problems and experiences.

Badnore released CCPCRannual report-2019

CHANDIGARH, AUG 9

Kirron Kher, Member Parlia-ment, UT, Chandigarh todayflagged off 6 stainless steelwater tankers from the MCCoffice, Sector 17 in the pres-ence of Rajesh Kumar, Mayor,K.K. Yadav, IAS, Commis-sioner, Hardeep Singh, SeniorDeputy Mayor, other coun-cilors and officers of MCC.

The water tankers will beused for storage and trans-portation of potable water asper requirement basis to thecitizens. These 6 stainless steelmotorized water tankers hav-ing capacity of 5000 literseach have been added into thefleet of Public Health wing of

MCC at a cost of Rs. 1.10crores from MPLAD funds.The inner tank and outer tankis having Stainless Steel con-struction.

and insulation with 100mmPU foam. The construction ofthe double tank are in such amanner that there will not beany metallic contact betweenthe inner and outer tank to

maintain quality of potablewater. The water dischargefrom the tank is at the bottomthrough a discharge cup, pipeline and butterfly valves.Valve box has been located atthe rear platform. As an op-tion, water tank has been pro-vided with pump arrange-ments with drive from thePTO of the vehicle.

Kirron Kher flags off 6 stainless steel water tankers

Jain, Moudgil plant saplings

CHANDIGARH, AUG 9

“Committee to help Harassed Women” organized atree plantation campaign in Sector 46-A todayevening. About 50 trees were planted in the function,which was presided by its President Anamika Walia.Additional Solicitor General of India Satya Pal Jainand Ex-Mayor Davesh Moudgil were present asChief Guest. Jain said that if the existence of human-ity is to be saved in the world, then the environmentwill have to be saved. He said that if every personplant at least one tree every year, then the environ-ment can be protected. Devesh Modgil, Ex-Mayorsaid that the time has come now when to save the en-vironment, tree plantation should also be celebratedlike a festival. Anamika Walia, President of the“Committee to help Harassed Women” said that thecampaign to bring change in the society for women'sempowerment should also be run to save and handletrees as well like the women. She said that tree are thelife line of humanity and should be protected. Amongothers, Councillor Heera Negi, BJP Distt. PresidentDebi Singh, Rama Matharu, Preeti Goyal, NazmaKhan, Renu Rishi Gautam, Sangeeta Pandey, PunamThakur, Lata Giri, Parvesh Chohan, Poonam Jambalwere also present on this occasion.

Ammu Cheema meets SomPrakash on area problems

VERMAGURDASPUR, AUG 9 Akali Youth leader of shri Hargobindpur AmarinderSingh alias Amu Cheema met Central Minister SomPrakash and apprised him about the problems of peo-ple of the area.

He urged Som Prakash to take special steps for thedevelopment of Shrihargobindpur as it is a historicaltown and has always been the center of people's faith.Every citizen living in this area is living in the canopyof great spiritual powers like Baba Namdev. CentralMinister Som Prakash assured Cheema that his de-mand of upliftment of area will be brought to noticeof PM for allocation of special fund. Former BJPpresident of Punjab kamal Sharma was also presenton this occasion.

UGI organized AkhandPatth to celebrate 11thfoundation day

LALRU: Universal Group of Institutionsorganized Akhand Patth to celebrate11th Foundation Day at its campus. Atthe moment message of peace andservice of mankind was imparted.Students and their Parents paidobeisance and listened to the psalmsand hymns enthusiastically.

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COLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Friday recalled former skipper Dinesh Chandimal to the 15-member squad for the first Test against New Zealand, ending a six-month exile for the wicketkeeper-batsman.The 29-year-old was dropped after a poor series against Australia and missed the South African tour of Sri Lanka which the home side won 2-0. Sri Lanka also recalled Akila Dananjaya who had been suspended from international cricket over a suspect bowling action. He returns after remodelling his action. The first Test against New Zealand starts Wednesday at Galle. No squad has been named yet for the second Test starting August 22 in Colombo.New Zealand will also play T20s on August 31, September 2 and September 6 during their tour.Sri Lanka squad: Dimuth Karunaratne (capt), Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Lahiru Thirimanne, Kusal Mendis, Kusal Perera, Niroshan Dikwella, Dhananjaya de Silva, Akila Dananjaya, Lasith Embuldeniya, Suranga Lakmal, Lahiru Kumara, Oshada Fernando, Lakshan Sandakan, Vishwa Fernando.

Merritt equals course record for PGA lead, Tiger woeful

SHORT TALKS

LONDON: Australia bowler Josh Hazlewood, who missed the first Ashes Test, said that the selectors chose many pacers in the squad with different abilities to get have 'all bases covered'. "I think they [the selectors] have definitely gone a different way to 2015 and I think that's purely because of how tight the Tests are [scheduled]. That's why we've got six [quicks] here and any one can do a job on any given day. We've got three guys with proper air speed and three guys who seam and swing a little bit. I think that's what they [selectors] have got six quicks for, to have all bases covered," ICC quoted Hazlewood as saying. Apart from Hazlewood, the notable absentee from the playing XI in the first Ashes Test was Mitchell Starc. Australia played Hazlewood, Pat Cummins, and James Pattinson. Australia registered a massive 251-run victory over England in the match.

Josh Hazlewood feels Australia want to have 'all bases covered'in bowling department

CAPE TOWN, AUG 9 (UNI) spread over 15 years he played 349 tweet said, "The great #HashimAmla has matches across the three formats for the surprised the world with his announcement to

Tributes poured in on social media after South Africa Standard Bank Proteas, making more than 18 000 retire from all forms of cricket, what a legend & great Hashim Amla announced his retirement from all runs, including 55 centuries and 88 other scores in what a great human being & great brand formats of the international game on Thursday. The excess of 50. #ThankYouHash," CSA said. Amla ambassador of the game respect to you wish prolific batsman scored over 18600 runs in a 15-year was also a prolific batsman in ODIs, where he was you best of luck." Saqlain Mushtaq tweeted, " career, recording 55 centuries and 88 half-centuries in the fastest to every 1000-run landmark between Congratulations @amlahash on such a the process. The only South African to score a triple 2000 and 7000. In another tweet CSA said, " His ODI wonderful career. A True legend and a great hundred in Test cricket, Amla was a part of the South career was equally successful as he was ranked human. Best Wishes & Prayers for the future."African batting core, and finishes up as their second- among the best batsmen in this format for an Azhar Mahmood said, " An end of an era - highest Test run-scorer of all time. He also climbed to extended period of time for much of that period spectacular career and an amazing the top of the MRF Tyres ICC Batting Rankings in having an average in excess of 50 and a strike rate of cricketer but an even better human being both Tests and ODIs. Amla in his tweet said, "I learnt 100. #AmlaRetires #ThankYouHash #ProteaFire." @amlahash - bhai wishing you the

simultaneously. The fastest to 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, many lessons during this incredible ride, made many Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan in his tweet massage very bes t journey ahead 6000, and 7000 ODI runs Thank you, @amlahash." friends and most importantly shared in the love of a said, " First time I played against @amlahash was in InshAllah." Former South Africa Cricket South Africa (CSA) tweeted, " He has brotherhood called #proteafire." u-19 World Cup in New Zealand.showed the cricketer Robin John Peterson made South Africa’s only Test triple century to The International Cricket Council (ICC) in a tweet glimpse of his class by playing an outstanding inning tweeted, "Morals, respect, date and has made the highest Test scores for his massage said, "The most ODI hundreds by a South against us,surely he finished his international career hard work, dedication , family country against England, India and the West Indies African. The only Test triple hundred by a South by being one of the greats of South African cricket. man , team player , faith are the and the highest against Australia in the post-unity African. One of 10 players to top the Happy #retirement brother #amla." stats I will remember and tell p e r i o d . # T h a n k Yo u H a s h # P r o t e a F i r e # @MRFWorldwide Test & ODI Batting Rankings Former Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Akhtar in his kids about forever. AmlaRetires." "In an international career that was

NEW YORK: Troy Merritt matched the Liberty National course record with a nine-under par 62 to grab a one-stroke lead after the opening round of the US PGA Northern Trust tournament. On a day when Masters champion Tiger Woods struggled to a 75 and shared 116th among 120 starters, it was 33-year-old American Merritt who stole the show with a bogey-free day on Thursday."That putter was hot today and the greens were rolling beautifully and (I) just took advantage of it," Merritt said. World number two Dustin Johnson was one stroke back with Kevin Kisner and Spain's Jon Rahm sharing third on 64. Third-ranked Rory McIlroy, world number four Justin Rose, Webb Simpson and Tony Finau were on 65. Merritt equaled the record at the Jersey City, New Jersey, layout set by compatriot Kevin Chappell in the third round of the 2013 Northern Trust. He also boosted his chances of moving on in the US PGA playoffs, with only the top 70 in season points advancing from this playoff opener to next week's second event at Medinah, where only the top 30 in season points will qualify for the season-ending Tour Championship in Atlanta in two weeks.

Sri Lanka recall Chandimal for New Zealand Test squad

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 2019

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A true legend : tributes pour in for Hashim Amla

Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination,

and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.

Dan Gable

BCCI finally comes under NADANEW DELHI, AUGUST 9 The 'Whereabouts Clause'

requires every athlete to fill up a Ending years of defiance, Indian declaration form wherein he/she cricket's governing body, the BCCI, would have to mention three specific on Friday agreed to come under the dates in a year when they are not ambit of the National Anti-Doping competing but are available for Agency (NADA), becoming a NADA's Dope Control Officer (DCO) National Sports Federation in the for sample collection. If any athlete fails process despite being financially to appear on all the specified dates, it autonomous. Sports Secretary invites sanctions for breach of the World Radheshyam Jhulaniya, who along Anti-doping Agency (WADA) Code. with NADA DG Navin Agarwal met The premier example of this is West BCCI CEO Rahul Johri along with the Indies' all-rounder Andre Russell who Board's GM (Cricket Operations) was banned for one year by the Saba Karim here on Friday, said that Jamaican Anti-Doping Agency. Till the Board has given in writing that it date, Sweden-based International Dope sample collection. We assured them quality testing." would adhere to the anti-doping policy Testing Management (IDTM) has been that whatever facilities they want, we The BCCI had been vehemently of NADA. "All cricketers will now be collecting the samples and submitting will provide but there will be some opposed to signing up with NADA, tested by NADA," Jhulaniya said. them to the National Dope Testing charge for it. But that higher facility claiming that it is an autonomous

The implication of this Laboratory (NDTL).will be equal for all NSFs. BCCI is no body, not a National Sports development is expected to be “IDTM IS no longer the authorised different from others. They have to Federation and does not rely on massive as BCCI now becomes a agency,” Jhulaniya asserted. Earlier, the follow the law of the land," Jhulaniya government funding.designated NSF and will face a more sports ministry has steadfastly said. The primary concern was the pressure to come under the Right To maintained that the BCCI had to come "The BCCI will agree to the law contentious 'Whereabouts Clause' Information (RTI) Act as per under the NADA ambit. It recently held of the land," said Johri, adding, "We with regards to Out of Competition government norms. "The BCCI back clearances for the tours by South have raised quite a few issues, which Testing, something that all star India raised three issues before us about the Africa A and women's teams and it was the sports Secretary said will be players have been wary of as they quality of the dope testing kits, speculated that this was done to addressed by them. We have agreed considered it an invasion of their competence of pathologists and pressurise the BCCI.to bear the differential cost of high privacy.

Sports lawyer, doctor welcome BCCI into NADA foldNEW DELHI: The National Anti-Doping Agency must exercise utmost caution while collecting samples from cricketers as big reputations will be at stake, sports lawyer Parth Goswami said on Friday after the BCCI came under the NADA's purview. Goswami, along with sports medicine expert PSM Chandran, welcomed the landmark move, which makes Indian cricket's governing body a sports federation as per government norms despite being financially autonomous. "This move of bringing cricketers under NADA will definitely ensure a clean-up in the sport but at the same time, NADA must ensure the highest levels of professionalism as they have always done to safeguard cricketers," Goswami told a news agency. He said that utmost care should be taken by the agency while handling the samples of names as big as Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and Jasprit Bumrah.

Virat Kohli deserves tag of 'great' : Mike

MUMBAI, AUG 9 (is important) for him, if you have to be regarded as a great

Mike Gatting, the former player, you have to play Test England captain, said India cricket. This is fantastic,” said captain Virat Kohli deserves to Gatting The 62-year old was be considered a "great" of the impressed by Smith, whose game, not just for his batting twin hundreds powered feats across formats, but also Australiafor his commitment towards to a 251-run win in the first Test cricket. Kohli, who is atop Ashes Test at Edgbaston. “He the MRF Tyres ICC Batsmen's has been huge for Australia," Rankings in both Tests and said Gatting. "He has been one ODI's, has consistently set new of those guys who is in form. standards, averaging a He is difficult to bowl at." "One staggering 57.30 across the all thing he does is, he gets his formats since January 2018. head still on the off-stump, and His immaculate batting he is good at maneuvering the prowess and a never-ending ball around, which is a great

appetite for runs has skill. And yes, without doubt, earned him laurels from across he has made a huge impression the cricketing fraternity. this Ashes series. It’s just a Gatting's views are no different. question of whether we He lauded Kohli for his (England) can et him out consistency across formats, early," Gatting said.while drawing comparisons Despite England's big loss with his contemporaries, in the opener, Gatting, who led Kane Williamson and Steve them in 23 Tests and to the Smith. "The fact that Kohli finals of the 1987 Cricket plays all forms of cricket with World Cup, said a few such greatness, that I don’t exciting matches were in think you see from a lot of store. "I still think it’s going to other people, and possibly be an interesting series, might not," he said on because every Test match is sidelines of a book launch going have a result," he said. here on Thursday. "Yes, "It’s going to be about who Kane Williamson is very recovers quickly after every good now. Steve Smith has match. I’m not saying reignited his career, and his Australia is not the favourite ability to play one-day cricket, team, but their batting order is but to see someone like Virat slightly fragile. Obviously, perform so regularly and so Australia is in a good place for well in all three formats, he now. There will be further does deserve that tag of great results. For England, they will without doubt," he said. have to get players finding

“He has said Test cricket form soon," he added.

I learnt many lessons during this incredible

ride, made many friends and most importantly shared in

the love of a brotherhood called #proteafire."

Every profession has conflict: Anil Kumble

any conflict of interest. Its unfortunate that every cricketer only has to deal with the conflict of interest.'' The former Indian Cricket Coach said that there were few cricketers who could contribute to the game and if someone did not want them to contribute then they could find out someone else.

'' Only few of them can contribute, there are only few cricketers who have played for India. Its only 300 as of now and out of 300 I guess 50 per cent are living and only those could contribute to the game. I you don't want them to contribute to the game then I think you PANAJI, AUG 9 (UNI) Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of should find somebody else to contribute an event, Kumble said,''I think every to the cricket,'' he said. He was reacting to After cricketers Saurabh Ganguly and profession has conflict of interest in a question asked on notice sent by ethics Harbhajan Singh, former India Captain every walk of life. How you deal with it, committee of Board of Control for Rahul Dravid on Friday got support how you disclose those prior what you Cricket in India (BCCI) to cricketer former Anil Kumble who said every are involved is most critical. Lots of Rahul Dravi for alleged conflict of profession has conflict of interest and it people know that you are involved in so interest. depends how one deals with it. and so and so and so. I don't think there is

Four Indian youth to participate in BWB in JapanTOKYO, AUG 9 (UNI) be only the second time that the

NBA and FIBA’s global basketball Four Indian Youth-- Siya Deodhar, development and community Harsimran Kaur, Amaan Sandhu and outreach program will be held in Arvinder Singh-- will participate in Japan. I t was previously the upcoming 11th edition of conducted in Japan in 2012. The Basketball Without Borders (BWB) tournament will feature a number Asia 2019, in Japan from August 14. of current and former NBA The National Basketball Association players, including three-time (NBA) and the International NBA Champion Sam Cassell, Basketball Federation (FIBA) on two-time NBA Champion Kevon Friday announced the top 64 boys and girls Looney (Golden State Warriors), Robin Lopez from 18 countries and territories for the (Milwaukee Bucks) and Yuta Tabuse (formerly of participation in the four-day tournament. It will the Phoenix Suns; Japan).

McCullum set to become KKR assistant coachNEW DELHI, AUG 9 : Former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum is returning to Kolkata Knight Riders but this time in a coaching role after being signed by the IPL side as assistant coach, a media report has claimed. McCullum, who retired from all forms of competitive cricket recently, will also take over as the head coach of the Caribbean Premier League side Trinbago Knight Riders, according to ESPNcricinfo. Interestingly, he will replace Simon Katich in both the sides. With KKR he will be associated as assistant coach and at Trinbago Knight Riders he will replace the Australian as head coach. The dasher from Canterbury had retired from all f o r m s o f international cricket in 2016 but continued to ply his trade in various T20 leagues across the globe. The former Black Caps skipper has played 101 Test matches for New Zealand.

MUMBAI: Senior New Zealand player Ross Taylor has said that players from his country have benefited immensely by rubbing shoulders with the best players in world cricket and "picking the brains" in the Indian Premier League (IPL). "I have been fortunate to play for a few teams (in the IPL) and play with great players. I think, there has been an aura around Australia, South Africa and a few of these teams. I think IPL helped New Zealand cricket sort of bridge that gap a little bit (between players)," Taylor told news agency from Colombo in a special interaction. "Once you know these players....You are picking their brains and you are watching them train and that has helped New Zealand cricket immensely.

IPL has immensely helped NZ players, reckons Taylor