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I Sukhdev Raj R/o Vpo I, Satnam Singh S/o Gurmail I Gurpreet Singh S/O Gurnam I, Rawinder Singh S/o Nirmal Fatehabad, Teh. Khadur Sahib, Singh R/o H.no. B-6/473, Rahon Singh R/O Sucha Singh Nagar Singh R/o Vill: Urapar Teh-Distt. Tarn Taran, Punjab Have Road, Vikas Nagar, Nawanshahr, Ward No.1 Post Office NFL Nawanshahr (SBS Nagar) Pb, Changed My Minor Son Name Distt. Sbs Nagar, Have Changed Bathinda Have Changed My changed my name of spelling From Rajdeep To Rajdeep My Name From Satnam Singh To Anme Gurpreet Singh Brar. from Rawinder Singh to Ravinder Kumar. All Concerned Note. Singh Satnam. 63372 Singh.

98728 72778 I, Charanjit Kaur D/o Bhan Singh 63372I Amrjit Kaur W/o Joginder I Sada Singh R/o Sohan Singh and W/o Major Singh R/o Vill: I, Bharati Vashishit W/o Parveen Singh R/o House No. A-40 R/o Pakhi Wala Mahalla Ward - Sirthala Teh-Payal (Ludhiana) Kumar R/o Vpo. Saroya Teh-Street No.1 Radha Swami 3 Sultanpur Lodhi Kapurthala changed my name to Jaspal Kaur Balachaur (SBS Nagar) changed Colony Fazilka (punjab- Punjab India 144626 Have w/o Major Singh Gill. my name from Bharati to Bharati 152123) Have Changed My Chnage May Name Sada Singh 63372 Vashishit.Name From Amrjit Kaur To To Sadha Singh I, Charanjot Singh S/o Harvinder 63372Amarjit Kaur 72778 Singh Cheema R/o Vill: Aloona I Kulwinder Kaur W/O Of

100067 I Sunita W/o Lakhwinder Singh Tola Teh-Payal (Ludhiana) Gurinder Singh R/O Ward No 10 I P r e e t K a u r A l i a s R/o Village Bagrian, Po And changed my name to Charanjot Muhala Bhullaran Wala Patti Harmanpreet Kaur W/o Te h s i l B h o l a t h , D i s t r i c t Singh Cheema. Tehsil Patti Distt Tarn Taran .I Harjinder Singh R/o Sri Kapurthala, Punjab, India. Has 63372 Have Changed My Name Muktsar Sahib Declared That Added My Surname After My I Baldev Ram Alias Baldev Raj Kulvinder Kaur To Kulwinder These Both Names Are Of Me First Name And Changed My S/O Parmanand R/O Mari Mehraj Kaur.And Known Me As These Name From Sunita To Sunita Distt Bathinda Have Two Name 63372Both Names Devi, Of One Person. I, Sukhwant Singh Gill S/O

100067 72778 63372 Gurcharan Singh R/O Vpo I, Darshan Ram S/o Jogi Ram I Nikita Katyal W/o Sahil Katyal I Jagjivan Singh S/O Jarnail Dhudike Tehsil Moga Distt Moga Village Kakrala Gujran Tehsil R/o H No 137 Shakti Nagar, Singh R/O Sangla (Moga) Have Punjab Have Changed My Minor Pehowa (kurukshetra) Has Jalandhar, Punjab Have Changed Changed My Name To Jagjiwan Son’s Name Gurpinder Singh To Renounced Hinduism And My Name From Nikita Seth To Singh. Gurpinder Singh Gill.Converted To Budhama. Nikita Katyal. 63372 63372

84661 72778 I Sharanjeet Kaur W/O Gurpal I, Sukhwant Singh Gill S/O I, Jaswinder Singh S/o Balvir I Anita Rani W/o Kuldeep Singh Singh Vpo Bhagwanpura Tehsil Gurcharan Singh R/O Vpo Singh R/o Vpo Kokri Kalan Dole R/o Patti Sekho Vpo. Patti District Tarn Taran Have Dhudike Tehsil Moga Distt Moga Teh. & Distt. Moga Punjab Jamsher Khas Jalandhar Punjab Changed My Name Sharanjit Punjab Have Changed My Minor (india) Have Changed My India Anita Is My Given Name Kaur To Sharanjeet Kaur. Daughter’s Name Khushpreet Name Jaswinder Singh Kaler. And Rani Is My Surname 63372 Kaur To Khushpreet Kaur Gill.

90007 72778 I, Manpreet Kaur D/O Surinder 63372I, Rajni Sethi W/o Ashwani I, Raj Kumari W/o Jiwan Chand Singh R/O VPO Katarian District I, Jeon Singh Sandhu S/o Sunder Kumar R/o #62/111, Mohalla R/o Mahawa Amritsar Declare SBS Nagar Have Changed My Singh R/o Vill: Lalle Po. Saidan, Shahabad Markanda, That Raj Kumari And Raj Rani Is Name To Kaur Manpreet. Fatehgarh Panjtoor (Ferozepur) Distt. Kurukshetra Have One And The Same Person. 63372 changed my name to Jeon Singh.Changed My Name Rajni 72737 63372I, Balvir Chand S/O Saran Dass Sethi To Rimpy Anand After I, Jiwan Chand S/o Laj Pat Rai I, Kawaljit Singh Sandhu S/o R/O New Talwandi Road Zira Marriage. R/o Mahawa Amritsar Declare Jeon Singh R/o Vill: Lalle Po. (Ferozepur) Changed Name

52724 That Jiwan Chand And Jiwan Rai Balbir Chand Sharma. Fatehgarh Panjtoor (Ferozepur) I No. 15765597a Rank Hav Is One And The Same Person. 63372 changed my name to Kawaljeet Virender Singh S/o Raghubir 72737 Singh.I, Gurmeet Kaur W/O Harjinder Singh Unit 145 Lt Ad Regt (sp) I, I Sarabjit Singh S/o Bir Singh 63372Singh R/O Hassanpur (Ludhiana) C/o 56 Apo.have Changed My Village Samrai Tehsil Batala I, Jaswant Singh S/o Ajmer Singh Changed Name Gurmit Kaur.Wife Name From Sumana Gurdaspur Declare That In My R/o Takhtupura (Moga) changed 63372Devi To Sumna Devi.. Service Document(i.t.b.p) My my name to Jaswant Singh I Ajay Sood S/O Mangat Rai R/O

100042 Name Is Wrongly Entered Sarvjit Dhaliwal.Vpo Malsian Patti Akalpur Teh. I Bhagwant Kaur W/o Bhagat Singh Instead Of Sarabjit Singh. 63372Shahkot Dt Jalandhar Have Singh R/o Gali No 10/8 Ward 72737 I, Karamjit Kaur W/o Jaswant Changed My Name To Ajay No. 3 Guru Gobind Singh I Hitherto To Known As Singh Dhaliwal R/o Takhtupura Kumar.Nagar Bathinda ,punjab Do Gagandeep Singh Mann Son Of (Moga) changed my name to 63372Hereby Declare That I Have Avtar Singh Mann R/o H.no. 174 Karamjit Kaur Dhaliwal.I, Kamalpreet Kaur W/o Gurtej Changed My Name From Virk Enclave Wadala Chowk 63372Singh Farwaha R/o Channu Wala Bhaggwant Kaur To Bhagwant Jalandhar, Punjab, India Have (Moga) have changed my name to I, Ravinder Kaur Gill alias Kaur. Changed My Name And Shall Kamalpreet Kaur Farwaha. Ravinder Kaur W/o Buta Singh

90005 Herea f t e r Be Known As R/o Kishangarh Teh-Nihal Singh 63372I Simmy D/o Jasvir Chand Gagandeep Singh. Wala (Moga) Pb, India, have I Ve e r p a l K a u r A l i a s Resi. Pur Hiran Teh. And Distt. 42778 known by both names Ravinder Shubhmanpreet Kaur D/O Jasmat Hoshiarpur Punjab (india) I Darshan Singh S/o Mithu Singh Kaur Gill & Ravinder Kaur is one Singh R/O Vi l lage Maur Have Changed My Name Village Phullo Mithi (bathinda) and the same person.(Faridkot) Have Changed My From Simmy To Simmy Have Changed My Name 63372Name To Veerpal Kaur.Bhangu All Concerned Note Darshan Singh To Darshan Singh 63372 I Kulwant Singh Brar R/O Basti Please Sidhu. Please Concerned Note. Gobindgarh, Moga Changed My I, Manveer Singh S/o Bahadur

100030 90004 Minor Daughter's Name Jaslin Singh R/o Vpo. Kakrala Kalan I, Bahadar Singh S/o Baldev I, Jhirmal Singh S/o Hazara Singh Kaur Brar To Jaslin Kaur Brar.Te h - S a m r a l a ( L u d h i a n a ) Singh R/o Burj (sangrur) Have R/o Vill Fatoo Chak Teh Dhilwan 63372changed my name to Manveer Changed My Name To Distt Kapurthala .have Changed Singh Kaler. I, Kaka Singh S/o Mehga Singh Bahadur Singh. My Name From Jhirmal Singh To 63372 R/o Raunta Teh-Nihal Singh Wala

98724 Singh Jhirmal.all Please Note . (Moga) changed my name to I Sunny Deol Ja tav S /o I, Kulwant Singh S/o Santhok 98748 Kaka Singh alias Prem Singh.Bhagwan Singh Jatav R/o Vill-Singh R/o Vpo Bath Kalan Teh I, Narinder Kaur W/o Jhirmal 63372Dompura Teh-Baseri Dompura Nakodar (jalandhar) Changed Singh R/o Vill Fatoo Chak Teh Madhasil Dhaulpur Rajasthan- I J a j j v a k e e l S i n g h S / O My Name To Kulwant Singh Dhilwan Distt Kapurthala .have 328026 changed my name as Angrej Singh R/O Butter, Nandna. Changed My Name From Sunny Maheshwar. Moga Changed My Name To

100035 Narinder Kaur To Kaur Narinder Sarabjit Singh Dhaliwal.63372I, Narinderr Pal S/o Dharam .all Please Note . 63372I B h u p i n d e r K a u r a l i a s Pal R/o H.no. 80, Raj Nagar, 98748 Bhupinder Kaur Gill D/o I , R a c h h p a l S i n g h S / O B a s t i B a w a K h e l , I, Davinder Kaur W/o Manvinder Kartar Singh and W/o Boota Harbans Singh R/O Village Jalandhar, Have Changed Jit Singh R/o Model Town Singh R/o Maddoke, Moga, J o h a l , P o B o l i n a D o a b a . My Name Narinderr Pal To Kapurtala Distt Kapurthala .have Punjab-142053, have changed Jalandhar.144101, Pb, Have N. Navrahi Full Name Changed My Name From my name to Bhupinder Kaur Changed My Name Rachhpal Navyavesh Navrahi. Davinder Kaur To Kaur Davinder Gill. Singh To Rashpal Singh.

72778 .all Please Note 63372 63372I , Hi ther to Known As 98748 I, Napinder Singh Hari S/O I , Gurjot Singh Aujla S/O Sanjeev Kumar S/o Tilak I, Gurdeep Singh S/o Davinder Pyara Singh Hari R/O Vill: A j i t S i n g h R / O - V p o Raj R/o House No. B- Singh R/o H.No. 568 Nanak Rurki Khurd (Sangrur) Have Jaitewali, Jalandhar. 144025, 6/447, Rahon Road, Vikas Nagri (Moga) changed my name C h a n g e d M y N a m e To Pb, Have Changed My Nagar, Near Deepu Wali to Gurdeep Singh Kambo. Napinder Singh. Name Gurjot Singh Aujla To Gali, Nawanshahr, Distt. 63372 63372 Gurjot Singh.S b s N a g a r , - 1 4 4 5 1 4 , I, Lakhvir Kajla S/O Bishan Dass 63372I Sukhjeet Kaur Gharela W/O P u n j a b I n d i a , H a v e R/O VPO Kariam District SBS I, Shinder Kaur W/o Angrej Amandeep Singh R/O Mahi Changed My Name And Nagar Have Changed My Name R/o Vill: Jaimal Wala (Moga) Nangal Distt Bathinda Have Shall Hereafter Be Known As To Lakhvir Kajle. have known by both names C h a n g e d M y N a m e To Sanjeev Sareen. 63372 Sukhjeet Kaur Gharela W/O Shinder Kaur alias Chhinder

72778 I, Sarbjit Singh S/o Sukhminder Amandeep Singh Gharela. Pal Kaur is one and the same Singh R/o Mahal Khurd 63372 person.(Barnala) changed my name 63372I Amandeep Singh Gharela to Sarbjit Singh Hari. R / O M a h i N a n g a l D i s t t

63372 Bathinda Have Changed My I, Karmjeet Kaur W/o Minor Daughter Name To Hardeep Singh R/o Sirye Rehmat Kaur To Rahmat Kaur Wala Teh-Phul (Bathinda) Gharela.have changed my name as 63372Karmjeet Kaur and Malkit I Amandeep Singh Gharela Kaur. R / O M a h i N a n g a l D i s t t

63372 Bathinda Have Changed My I , Rachpal Kaur W/O Minor Daughter Name To Amrik Singh R/O Ghulal Asmeen Kaur To Asmeen Kaur (Ludhiana) Changed My Gharela.Name Rachhpal Kaur. 63372

63372 I S u k h p r e e t S i n g h S / O I , Jyot i Chhabra W/o K a n w a l j i t S i n g h R / O Chandan Khurana R/o H.No.135, Patti Kala, Mehraj W.No. 12 Mohalla Guru Distt Bathinda Have Changed Nanak Pur Bassi Pathana My Name To Sukhpreet Singh ( F a t e h g a r h S a h i b ) Sidhu.changed my name to Jyoti 63372Khurana. I, Jaspreet Singh Makkar S/o

63372 Paramjeet Singh R/o H.No. I Manpreet Singh Virk S.O 365/A W.No. 15 Bank Colony Jagdev Singh R.O Vpo K h a n n a T e h - K h a n n a Birk Tehsil Jagraon Distt (Ludhiana) changed my name Ludhiana Have Changed to Jaspreet Singh.My Name Manpreet Singh. 63372

63372 I Harsharn Kaur W/O No I, Sukhveer Kaur Sivia 3397456f Ex Hav Gurtej Singh W/o Kulveer Singh R/o R/O Vpo Fatta Maloka, Tehsil V i l l : B u l a d e w a l a Sardulgarh And Dist Mansa (Bathinda) changed my (Pb) Have Changed My Name name to Sukhveer Kaur. To Harsharan Kaur.

63372 63372I, Sarbjeet Kaur @ Sarbjit I, Naresh Chand Vohra S/o Kaur W/O Kirpal Singh Bihari Lal R/o H.No.1276, R/O Village Amargarh Near Rama Mandir, Sham (Bathinda) Have Known Nagar, Ropar have changed my By Above Both Names. name to Naresh Paul Vohra.

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PUBLIC NOTICES

I, Om Parkash S/o Chandgi Ram R/o Village Karoda Teh. P u n d r i D i s t t . K a i t h a l Declares That My Son Tarsem & His Wife Seema Kumari Are Out Of My & My Family's Control. I Disown Them From My Movable - Immovable Properties. Me & M y F a m i l y Wi l l N o t Responsible For Any Quarrel And Work Of Them In Future.

100047I, Anokh Singh S/o Dalip Singh R/o Village Urne Tehsil Pehowa, (kurukshetra ) Declares That My Son Gurinder Singh And His Wife Navneet Kaur Is 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 Their Act And Conduct. Anybody Deal With Them

84661I, Jaswinder Singh S/o Gurdev Singh R/o Plot No.-14 Shaheed Udham Singh Nagar opp rail coach factory 144602 Kapurthala solemnly declare that my first daughter Gurwinder Kaur and her husband Mukesh and my second daughter Sandeep Kaur and her husband Gurwinder Singh all are out of my control I disown them my moveable & immovable property any person deals with them; they will do so at their own risk. I & my wife Darshan Kaur shall not be responsible.

100076I, Rakesh Verma S/o Roshan Lal Verma R/o Partap Bazar (Ludhiana) declare that my son Sorav Verma and his wife Sonam Verma are out of my control. So disown with them f r o m m y m o v e a b l e / i m m o v e a b l e property. If anybody dealing with them at his/her own risk.

63372I Maninderjit Singh Son Of Charanjit Singh, Holder Of I n d i a n P a s s p o r t No.L5063115, Issued At Chandigarh, On 12/11/2013, Permanent Resident Of Vi l lege Lakhowal P.O G a d d o w a l , L u d h i a n a , 141112, Punjab India. And Presently Residing At 158 Cas t l eb rook Rise NE, Calgary, Alberta, T3J 1P1 Canada Do Hereby Change My Name From Maninderjit Singh To Maninder Singh Mangat, With Immediate Effect.

63372I Bhupinder Pal Kaur Daughter Of Surinder Singh, Holder Of Indian Passport No.H4960491, Issued At Amritsar, On 15/05/2009, Permanent Resident Of House No 1/1357, Gali No 1, Kot Mangal Singh Taran Taran Road Am r i t s a r , P u n j a b I n d i a . A n d Present ly Residing At 158 Cas t lebrook Rise NE, Calgary, Alber ta , T3J 1P1 Canada Do Here By Change My Name F r o m B h u p i n d e r P a l Kaur To Bhupinder Kaur Mangat, With Immediate Effect.

63372I, hitherto known as Dalvir Singh S/o Charan Singh R/o Vpo. Madhe Ke Tehsil Nihal Singh Wala Distt. Moga P u n j a b - 1 4 2 0 5 5 h a v e changed my name and shall hereafter be known as Dalvir S ingh Dhal iwal . I t i s c e r t i f i e d t h a t I h a v e complied with other legal r e q u i r e m e n t s i n t h i s connection.

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LOST & FOUND

It is notified for the information that original qualifying examination certificate of main Matric 10th examination of my son Nadarvir Singh year 2018 Roll No. 2276817 issued by CBSE has been actually lost. Parminder Singh S/o S. Surjit Singh R/o H.No. 2526, Sector 70 Mohali (Punjab)

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Amanpreet Singh S/o Gurpiar Singh , R/o Vill Ramuwala (dellianwali) , Tehsil Jaito, distt Faridkot T h a t M y M a r k L i s t Certificate , 10th Class (CBSE), Roll No 2221245, Reg No C615/25121/0005 Pass ing March 2016, Shivalik Public School Jaitu, And 12th Class(pseb) ,roll No 2018199138, Reg No Bs/1 6/30051 7521 30 Passing March 2018, Baba Farid Sen Sec School Deon (bathinda)lost On Date 14/08/2019 At Jaitu,still Not Found Please Issue New Duplicate Certificate For Same.

27465It Is Notified For The I n f o r m a t i o n T h a t m y Original Detail Marks Card Of 10+2 Issued On 28 May 2017 , And Ro l l No . 2 6 9 7 9 8 6 S e r i a l N o . 0673265 Issued By CBSE Has Been Lost. Raghav S i n g l a S / O A s h i s h S i n g l a , R / O 4 2 4 7 , Gurduwara Singh Sabha Street Bathinda, Punjab, Mob No. 9356211999.

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This is to inform that I have lost my original receipt no. 45263 dated 18-8-2005 a m o u n t 3 , 5 0 , 0 0 0 / - , customer ID MPP 10116, Plot No. 904 TDI City Sector 117 SAS Nagar (Mohali) in the name of Neeraj Chhabra S/o R.N Chhabra, House No. 14, Sector 16 Panchkula. If anybody have found contact 88722-91112

100071I Brij Bala w/o Surinder Kumar & Maya walia w/o Mohinder pal R/O 3262, Sector 51-D Police Society, Chandigarh. We have a plot no OCE/II/657 in omaxe Chandigarh. We have lost Our receipt no is 680551, 690461, 699668, 714498, if anyone found p lease contact-9888030308

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PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE It is brought to the notice of the public at large that sale deed No. 4643 dated 06-10-08 executed by Ajit Singh, Kartar Singh sons of Amrik Singh in favor of Manish Kumar S/o Sushil Kumar informed by the party that the above said property have not been mortgaged with any Bank or Financial Institution and the same have been misplaced/lost.If any body has any objection regarding the mortgage of the same, may respond within seven days, to the undersigned.After the expiry of the stipulated period of seven days, no claim whatsoever shall be entertained.The detail of the property is as under:Land measuring 2 Kanal 7 Marla i.e. 47/182 share of the total land measuring 9 Kanal 2 Marla in Khasra no. 263 Killa No. 6/1(9-2) in Khewat No. 1104 Khatoni No. 1396 vide Jamabandi 2010-11 of Village Abohar I now standing in the name Inder Mohan S/o Panna Lal R/o Gobind Nagri Abohar vide sale deed No. 1312 dated 07-06-10 of Abohar I.

Sd/-, Vikas Gupta Advocate

PUBLIC NOTICE It is brought to the notice of the public at large that sale deed No. 4501, 4502 dated 05-02-10 executed by Tarlochan Singh S/o Kesar Singh in favor of Poonam Rani W/o Prem Sagar informed by the party that the above said property have not been mortgaged with any Bank or Financial Institution and the same have been misplaced/lost.If any body has any objection regarding the mortgage of the same, may respond within seven days, to the undersigned.After the expiry of the stipulated period of seven days, no claim whatsoever shall be entertained.The detail of the property is as under:Land measuring 14 Marla i.e. 1) Land measuring 6 Marla i.e. 12/294 share of the total land measuring 7 Kanal 7 Marla in rect no. 327 Killa No. 24/2(7-7) in Khewat No. 3139 Khatoni No. 4077 and 2) Land measuring 8 Marla i.e. 8/160 share of the total land measuring 8 Kanal in rect No. 327 Killa No. 18(8-0) in Khewat No. 5070 Kathoni No. 6432 vide Jamabandi 2010-11 situtated at Abohar II. As per sale deed No. 1705 dated 13-06-13 in the name of Smt. Shakuntla Devi W/o Rajinder Kumar S/o Pokhar Ram R/o Dharam Nagri Gali No. 4 Abohar.

Sd/-, Vikas Gupta Advocate

PUBLIC NOTICE It is brought to the notice of the Public at large that sale deed executed by Ranjeet Singh S/o Harnam Singh and Smt. Harbans Kour mother and Smt. Lakhwinder Kour wd/o and Gurpreet Singh, Tejinder Pal Singh sons of Sukhdeep Singh in favor of Subash Chander S/o Ram Lubahya vide sale deed No. 232 Dated 12-04-07 informed by the party that the above said property have not been mortgaged with any Bank or Financial Institution and the same have been misplaced/lost.If any body has any objection regarding the mortgae of the same, may respond within seven days, to the undersigned.After the expiry of the stipulated period of seven days, no claim whatsoever shall be entertained.The detail of the property is as under:Land measuring 1 Kanal i.e. 1) land measuring 9 Marlas i.e. 9/117 share of the total land measuring 5 Kanal 17 Marla in Khasra No. 286 Killa No. 11/2(5-17) and 2) Land measuring 11 Marla i.e. 11/15 share of the total land measuring 15 Marla in Khasra No. 286 Killa No. 12/1(0-15) in Khewat No. 4997 Khatoni No. 6345, 6347 vide Jamabandi 2010-11 at Abohar II as per sale deed No. 4411 dated 07-11-07 in the name of Midha Logistics Service Pvt. Limited through its MD Parmod Midha S/o Hans Raj R/o Sidhu Nagri Gali No. 4 Abohar (as per sale deed).

Sd/-, Vikas Gupta Advocate.

PUBLIC NOTICE It is brought to the notice of the public at large that sale deed No. 6023 dated 23-01-13 executed by Smt. Usha Devi W/o Sham Lal in favor of Jagvinder Pal Singh S/o Tilak Raj and Sanjay Kumar S/o Roshan Lal informed by the party that the above said property have not been mortgaged with any Bank or Financial Institution and the same have been misplaced/lost.If any body has any objection regarding the mortgage of the same, may respond within seven days, to the undersigned.After the expiry of the stipulated period of seven days, no claim whatsoever shall be entertained.The detail of the property is as under:Land measuring 2 Kanal i.e. 1) Land measuring 10 Marla in rect No. 21 Killa No. 5/2/1/1(0-10) in Khewat No. 1393 Kathoni No. 1579 and 2) Land measuring 8 Marla I.e. 8/60 share of the total land measuring 3 Kanal in rect No. 7 Killa No. 25/2/2(3-0) in Khewat No. 1397 Kahtoni No. 1583 and 3) Land Measuring 1 Kanal 2 Marla i.e. 22/464 share of the total land measuring 23 Kanal 4 Marla in rect No. 8 Killa No. 21(8-0) in Khewat No. 1398 Kathoni No. 1584 and rect No. 20 Killa No. 1(7-12) 10(7-12) in Khewat No. 1399 Khatoni No. 1585 vide Jamabandi 2014-15 at Alamgarh.Now standing in the name Subash Chander 2) Satish Kumar son’s of Banwari Lal R/o Gali No. 15 South Avenue Abohar vide sale deed No. 5694 dated 26-12-13 of Alamgarh.

Sd/- Vikas Gupta Advocate.

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Rs. 2YUGMARGThe whole secret of existence isto have no fear. Never fear whatwill become of you, depend onno one. Only the moment you

reject all help are you freed.

Swami Vivekananda

Army jawan killed inPakistan firing NEW DELHI: An Army jawanwas killed and four others injuredin unprovoked firing by Pakistanalong the Line of Control in Jam-mu and Kashmir’s Poonch dis-trict, officials said, according to anews agency. Violating cease-fire, firing started from Pakistanside in Krishna Ghati sector ofPoonch around 11 am. Pakistanfired with small arms and mor-tars, ‘Indian army replied befit-tingly’, officials said.Pakistan had last week allegedthat Indian forces had killedthree of its soldiers and sum-moned India’s deputy high com-missioner, Gaurav Ahluwalia, toprotest the alleged ceasefire vio-lations.

Woman amongthree die inKarnal accidentKARNAL: Three persons, in-cluding a woman, were killed in acar-truck collision near Uchanivillage on national highway-44on Tuesday morning.The accident took place after thecar in which the victims weretravelling collided with a truckwhile crossing a divider nearUchani village. Two persons diedon the spot, while the third suc-cumbed to his injuries later.The deceased, identified as Har-jot Kaur (30), Baldev Singh (32)and Manjeet Singh (31), all resi-dents of Nawanshahr in Punjab,were returning to Nawanshahrafter dropping a relative at Delhiairport.

Actress ManjuWarrier, crew trappedin HP floods rescued

SHIMLA: Malayalam actressManju Warrier who was trappedin a remote area in HimachalPradesh along with 27 crewmembers were rescued on Tues-day with opening of Manali-Key-long and Manali Kaza roads.This was stated by Chief MinisterJai Ram Thakur while interactingwith mediapersons in state as-sembly secretariat here.The Chief Minister informed thathe got a call of Minister of Statefor External Affairs V. Muraleed-haran hailing form Kerala to res-cue Ms Manju Warrier and thecrew members who are strandedat Chatru area of Kaza in Spitivalley of Lahaul Spiti district forlast three days.Mr Thakur said As many as 1608people and tourists were evacu-ated to safer locations in differentparts of the state.

ED arrests KamalNath's nephewin Rs 354 crorebank fraud caseNEW DELHI: The EnforcementDirectorate on Tuesday arrestedMadhya Pradesh Chief MinisterKamal Nath’s nephew RatulPuri, the former executive direc-tor of Moser Baer, in connectionwith a Rs 354-crore bank fraudcase filed by Central Bank of In-dia, an agency official said. TheCBI had booked Puri and othersin connection with the bankfraud case, officials said on Sun-day. The ED’s action came threedays after the Central Bureau ofInvestigation (CBI) registered acase against Puri, his company,his father and Managing DirectorDeepak Puri, Directors Nita Puri(Ratul’s mother and KamalNath’s sister), Sanjay Jain andVineet Sharma for alleged crimi-nal conspiracy, cheating, forgeryand corruption.The CBI on Sunday had alsocarried out searches at six loca-tions, including the residencesand offices of the accused direc-tors.

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Competition in Test cricket isup two-folds, says Kohli

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Governor honours 27 Sanskritlitterateurs with cash awards

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AGENCYMUMBAI, AUG 20

Longing is how one would describeKhayyam's music and the admirersof the veteran music composer, whobreathed his last on Monday, willkeep revisiting his melodies like pa-trons returned to listen to UmraoJaan's songs in the eponymous film.

It was a different time andKhayyam, who passed away after aprolonged illness at the age of 92,created evocative, soul-stirring mu-sic reminiscent of the era gone-by inclassics such as "Umrao Jaan" and"Kabhi Kabhie".

Songs such as 'Dil cheez kya haiaap meri jaan lijiye', 'In aankhon kimasti ke', 'Ye kya jagah hai doston' or

'Zindagi jab bhi teri bazm mein latihai hume' from the Rekha-starrer"Umrao Jaan" and 'Kabhi kabhiemere Dil mein' from "Kabhi Kabhie"

will keep Khayyam's memory alivefor generations to come.

Mohammed Zahur Hashmi, pop-ularly known as Khayyam, was bornin 1927 in Rahon in the undividedPunjab state.

It is said that when he was achild, he ran away to his uncle'shouse in Delhi to learn music.Though his uncle admitted him to aschool, he was impressed byKhayyam's passion for music andhelped him nurture it.

At the age of 17, Khayyam start-ed his musical journey in Lahore, as-sisting noted Pakistani music com-poser Baba Chisti. He worked withChisti for six months but left it toserve the British Army during theWorld War II.

On his return, he moved toMumbai to further pursue his dreamsof being a music director. In Mum-bai, Khayyam made his debut as'Sharmaji' of the music composerduo -- Sharmaji-Varmaji with Rah-man Varma.

They scored their first compos-ing gig for 1948 film 'Heer Ranjha'.

The partnership broke up afterVarma decided to move to the newly-created Pakistan after the Partition.

Khayyam then decided to workas a solo artiste and gave music forfilms such as Biwi (1950), Footpath(1953) and Phir Subah Hogi (1958).The track Akele mein wo ghabrate tohonge , sung by Mohammad Rafi,brought the composer to people's no-tice.

Veteran musician laid to rest

Khayyam - the composer with a poet's heart Punjab files revisionpetition in Bargari case MOHALI/CHANDIGARH, AUG 20

In pursuance of Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh'sdirective to challenge the closure report in Bargari case,Punjab government on Tuesday filed a revision petition inthe CBI special court at Mohali, challenging its July 23 or-ders, disallowing the state's request for a copy of the clo-sure report, filed by the agency. In response to the petition,the Additional Sessions Judge-cum-Judge, Special Court,CBI, has issued a notice to the CBI, to appear before himon August 29 in the matter, Advocate General Atul Nandasaid. The Special Judicial Magistrate CBI had, on July 23,2019, passed an order, dismissing the state of Punjab's ap-plication for supply of copy of closure report. It is thestate's contention that its application for the closure reportcopy was dismissed by the Special Judicial Magistrate inan arbitrary and unjust manner, Mr Nanda said. He citedthe revision petition to point out that the copy of the clo-sure report was not supplied to the state government or po-lice, nor was any intimation given to the state governmentor police about the grounds.

AGENCYBENGALURU, AUG 20

In a major milestone for India'sMoon mission, the Chandrayaan-2spacecraft successfully entered thelunar orbit on Tuesday. Lunar OrbitInsertion (LOI) maneuver wascompleted successfully at 0902hours as planned, using the on-board propulsion system, the Ben-galuru headquartered space agencysaid in a statement. "The durationof maneuver was 1,738 seconds.With this, Chandrayaan-2 was suc-cessfully inserted into a Lunar or-bit," ISRO said. Following this, a

series of orbit maneuvers will beperformed on Chandrayaan-2spacecraft to enable it to enter its fi-nal orbit passing over the lunar

poles at a distance of about 100 kmfrom the Moons surface, it said.Subsequently, the lander will sepa-rate from the Orbiter and enter into

a 100 km X 30 km orbit around theMoon. Then, it will perform a se-ries of complex braking maneuversto soft land in the South polar re-gion of the Moon on Septemberseven, ISRO stated. The health ofthe spacecraft is being continuous-ly monitored from the Mission Op-erations Complex (MOX) at ISROTelemetry, Tracking and CommandNetwork (ISTRAC) in Bengaluruwith support from Indian DeepSpace Network (IDSN) antennas atBylalu, near Bengaluru. The nextLunar bound orbit maneuver isscheduled on Wednesday between12.30 PM and 1.30 PM, ISRO said.

Chandrayaan-2, launched onJuly 22 by GSLV MkIII-M1 vehi-cle, had entered the Lunar TransferTrajectory on August 14. Accord-ing to ISRO, Chandrayaan 2 -- In-dia's second lunar expedition -- willshed light on a completely unex-plored section of the Moon itsSouth Polar region. "This missionwill help us gain a better under-standing of the origin and evolutionof the Moon by conducting detailedtopographical studies, comprehen-sive mineralogical analyses, and ahost of other experiments on the lu-nar surface", the space agency hadsaid.

Chandrayaan 2 successfully enters lunar orbitOur heart was almoststopping: ISRO ChiefBENGALURU: "Our heart wasalmost stopping", was howISRO Chairman K Sivan de-scribed the tense momentswhen team Chadrayaan-2 at-tempted to inject the spacecraftinto the lunar orbit on Tuesday.As ISRO scientists started firingChandrayaan-2's onboard liq-uid engine to put the spacecraftin an orbit around the Moon,Sivan said, "our heartbeat in-creased".

AGENCYNEW DELHI, AUG 20

Congress leader P Chi-dambaram, facing threat of ar-rest in the INX media scam,failed to get an audience fromChief Justice Ranjan Gogoion Tuesday for urgent hearingof his appeal in the SupremeCourt against the Delhi highCourt order dismissing his an-ticipatory bail plea. A team oflawyers led by senior advo-cate and Chidambaram's partycolleague Kapil Sibal wastold by Registrar (Judicial) tomention the petition onWednesday morning in theapex court.

Sibal was the first senioradvocate to reach the apexcourt to meet Chidambaramand the two were seen rushingfrom one corridor to anotherto meet officials including thesecretary general and CJI'sstaff for having word withJustice Gogoi. Later, theywent to a consultation roomand were joined by other sen-ior advocates and party col-leagues, Abhishek ManuSinghvi and Salman Khur-shid.

Senior advocate DayanKrishnan, who had appearedfor Chidambaram in the High

Court on Tuesday, also joinedthem later. One of the lawyersfrom the team said the petitionchallenging the High Court or-der was yet to be filed in thetop court. After hectic parleys,Sibal said he has been in-formed by an apex court offi-cial to mention the petition onWednesday at 10:30 am beforean appropriate bench. He saidthat as Chief Justice RanjanGogoi will be sitting in theConstitution bench for hearingthe Ayodhya case, the petitionis to be mentioned before thesenior-most judge, who is noton the Constitution bench.Sibal said that in all probabili-ty, the senior-most judge

would be Justice N V Ramana,who is number three in senior-ity after CJI and Justice S ABobde. Both CJI and JusticeBobde are part of the five-judge Constitution bench hear-ing the Ayodhya case. Sibalsaid the team is yet to get thecopy of the Delhi High Courtjudgement. Minutes after theHigh Court decision whenSibal tried to get the matter be-fore the CJI, he was asked by aSupreme Court official toplace Chidambaram's petitionbefore Registrar (judicial) whowill take call on putting it be-fore the Chief Justice of India.

Sibal met Registrar (judi-cial) Surya Pratap Singh and

explained to him the situationand explored as to what couldbe done.

Arrest threat looms over PCDelhi HC rejects anticipatory bail plea, no relief from SC INX media scam

AGENCYWASHINGTON, AUGUST 20

US President Donald Trump urgedPrime Minister Narendra Modi and Pak-istan PM Imran Khan to work towardsreducing tension in the region overKashmir, describing the situation as“tough”.

Trump asked Khan over phone onMonday to “moderate rhetoric” with In-dia, soon after a 30-minute conversationwith Modi, during which the Indianleader raised the issue of “extreme rhet-oric and incitement to anti-India vio-lence” by leaders of Pakistan.

“Spoke to my two good friends,Prime Minister Modi of India, andPrime Minister Khan of Pakistan, re-garding Trade, Strategic Partnershipsand, most importantly, for India andPakistan to work towards reducing ten-sions in Kashmir,” the US President saidin a tweet.

“A tough situation, but good conver-sations!” he said.

Earlier this month, India abrogatedprovisions of Article 370 of the Consti-tution to withdraw Jammu and Kash-mir’s special status and bifurcated thestate into Union Territories, evokingstrong reactions from Pakistan.

Continuing with his tirade againstIndia over the Kashmir issue, Khan hadon Sunday called the Indian government“fascist” and “supremacist”, allegingthat it posed a threat to Pakistan as wellas to the minorities in India.

Welcoming Trump’s call to Modi

and Khan, New York-based Indian-American attorney Ravi Batra said theUS President, speaking for all Ameri-cans, essentially told “our dear friends”in the subcontinent to live terror-free, begood neighbours and give their citizensa better tomorrow with law and order.

In a tweet, Batra urged Modi to in-vite Imran Khan for “bilateral tea” inKashmir. “Like Abraham Lincoln, Indiahas clamped down to prevent terror andestablish law and order. Time to invite,”he said.

Strongly defending Modi’s move onJammu and Kashmir, Japanese scholarSatoru Nagao, who is currently a visit-ing fellow at the Hudson Institute think-tank, said India needed to fortify Kash-mir before the US withdrew fromAfghanistan and Islamic radicals cameto Kashmir. “After the US interventionin Afghanistan, the number of terroristactivities in J&K has decreased. Now, ifthe US withdraw from Afghanistan, In-dia needs to prepare.

‘Tough’ situation, saysTrump after phone callswith Modi, Imran Khan

AGENCYSHIMLA, AUG 20

Himachal Pradesh rendered an accumu-lated loss of Rs 625 crore revenue andproperty during this monsoon season, asout of 63 lives, 25 people died in the lastthree days in the state.

This was stated by Chief Minister JaiRam Thakur, while replying to a discus-sion on the issue of monsoon loss,brought up by a number of MLAs in theHouse, under Rule 130.

He said the government is workingon a war footing to restore the normallives, however, government efforts couldnot entirely fund the loss caused by themonsoon rain.

He said that loss of Rs323 crore was rendered toroad, bridges and publicproperties of Public WorksDepartment Rs 269 Cr toIPH. Chief Minister said thatabout 5929 water lifting andwater supply scheme are af-fected in the state.

He said that Rs 38 Crloss was rendered to thestanding crops and Rs 6.13to horticulture produces sofar. He saidthat about 224 animals and cattle died inthe rain and 789 cow sheds and houseswere collapsed. He said that Agricultureloss is expected to rise as the completereport was yet to collect.

Chief Minister said thatgovernment has released Rs93.60 Crore to various depart-ment and Rs 49 Crore were dis-tributed directly to deputycommissioner to restore theroad and public services. Hesaid that Government is tryingto get the special climatic relieffrom National fund for Calami-ty (NFC) however this reliefcould be compensated by the

center if rain loss to corps are above 33percent. State which was facing 30 per-cent shortage of rainfall till last threedays got so much rain that total deficit ofrain remained three percent, Mr. Thakursaid.

‘63 lives lost, property worth 625cr damaged in HP’AGENCYCHANDIGARH, AUG 20

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khat-tar on Wednesday said the present state gov-ernment has undertaken various develop-ments works in the state, without any dis-crimination and besides making the life ofpeople easier, efforts have been made to-wards giving a new direction to the society.

Addressing the people at Pehowa in Ku-rukshetra district during the third day of ‘JanAshirwad Yatra’, Mr Khattar said that de-velopment works costing Rs 107.79 croreare either completed or in progress in Pe-howa. While development works costing Rs66.22 crore has been completed, works cost-ing Rs 41.57 crore are in progress. He said

that the present state government has givena new direction to the society and takensteps for the welfare of all sections of the so-ciety including farmers, traders, shopkeep-ers and women. He said that quality of edu-cation has been enhanced and for this newcolleges have been opened in the state.

BJP govt undertook developmentworks without discrimination: Khattar

CBI, ED teamsvisit PC's houseNEW DELHI: Hours after theDelhi High Court rejected any re-lief for senior Congress leader PChidambaram, teams of officersof CBI and Enforcement Direc-torate on Tuesday night went tohis residence apparently to ar-rest him in the INX Media scam.First a team of CBI officialsreached Chidambaram's JorBagh residence and left afterfinding him not there. Shortly lat-er, a team of ED officials alsowent to his residence and failedto locate him. The officials refused to talk to ahorde of media persons whosought to know whether theyhad come to arrest the formerunion minister.Earlier in the day, the High Courtrejected the former finance min-ister's anticipatory bail plea inthe two cases filed by the CBIand the ED related to his allegedrole in INX Media scam.Chidambaram's legal team con-sisting of top lawyers Kapil Sibaland Abhishek Manu Singhvi willapproach the senior-most judgeof the Supreme Court onWednesday to seek a stay of thethe High Court order.

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YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2019

CHANDIGARH, AUG 20

The Vigilance Bureau Punjabtoday nabbed a DocumentWriter red handed while ac-cepting bribe of Rs. 12,000.

Disclosing this here anofficial spokesperson of theVigilance Bureau said PawanShahi a Document Writer atPayal, Ludhiana district wasnabbed red handed by Vigi-lance team for acceptingbribe of Rs. 12,000 from

complainant Paramjeet Singhof modal town extensionLudhiana city.

The Complainant has ap-proached the VB and allegedthat the above said DocumentWriter was demanding Rs.15,000 for helping him forgetting the registry done of aplot in his father’s name. Hefurther said that he had al-ready paid Rs. 3000 as a firstinstallment. After verifyinghis information, the Vigilance

team laid a trap and the ac-cused Document Writer wasarrested on the spot while ac-cepting bribe of Rs. 12,000/-from the complainant in thepresence of two official wit-nesses

He informed that a caseunder Prevention of Corrup-tion Act has been registeredagainst the accused at VB po-lice station Ludhiana and fur-ther investigations was underprogress.

MCM celebratesAkshay Urja DiwasISHA UPADHYAYCHANDIGARH:Observing Akshay UrjaDiwas with great enthusiasm, theRenewable Energy Committee of MehrChand Mahajan DAV College forWomen organised lectures and postermaking competition on the theme-'Impact of Akshay Urja in India' heretoday. Ravinder Singh, TechnicalExpert (Renewable Energy),Chandigarh Renewable Energy andScience and Technology (CREST) andVikram Hans, MD, Multi Overseas (I)Pvt.Ltd. delivered highly informativelectures that sought to impress uponthe students the importance ofrenewable energy in preserving outenvironment and remind them of theirpertinent role in promoting renewableenergy for a brighter future. Speakingon the occasion, Vikram apprised thestudents about the types of renewableenergy resources and dwelt upon thefuture prospects of alternative sourcesof energy. During his engaging lecture,Mr.Ravinder presented a videohighlighting the achievements ofCREST. The participants of postermaking competition made vividdepictions of how Akshay Urja hadchanged the face of our country for thebetter. The winners of the competitionwere: 1st prize- Gurnoor & Deepanshi,2nd prize- Aayushi & Devorah and 3rdprize- Vibhuti & Shreya. Consolationprize was bagged by Jasleen.

Vigilance nabs documentwriter for taking bribe

Skating competition heldCHANDIGARH: Kids ‘R’ Kids School, Sector 44-C organized Inter Class Skating Compe-tition for classes I-V. Students participated en-thusiastically and showcased their skills. Skatingincreases the balancing skills and helps give arecreational activity which can be practiced with-out any need. Skating is ideally learnt at a tenderage. The Principal Anupam Grewal appreciatedthe effort of students and encouraged them to par-ticipate actively in sports in future too for theirholistic development.

MOHALI, AUG 20

Sacred Souls' School organ-ized an Educational Trip atCamp Peach Valley, Rajgarhto satisfy the natural instinctof curiosity for the students.The simple exploration wasfun, entertainment as well aseducational for them. All theplaces for excursions fromRajgarh are worth for the stu-dents.

Students learnt there tac-tics of surviving in disaster.Rappelling, rope climbing,Obstacle Climbing, flyingfox, rappelling, ladder climb-ing, Burma bridge was alsotaught to the students which is

an effective exercise for thearms, upper back and core.These exercises are useful atthe time of natural disasters.It demands entire body and

sometimes even more so onmind also. Students also ex-plored the area by covering atrekking trail to goddess Dur-ga and Lord Shiva temple.

RAJIV JAINCHANDIGARH, AUG 20

PGIMER hosted a two-member team from theAmerican Society of Clin-ical Oncology (ASCO).The team members wereKristine B. LeFebvre fromthe Oncology Nursing So-ciety, Pittsburgh (USA)and Ms. Lori Buswell, Ex-ecutive Director, Centerfor Global Cancer Medi-cine, Dana-Farber CancerInstitute, Boston (USA).

This visit took was inthe context of the Memo-randum of Understanding(MOU) signed last yearbetween PGIMER andASCO with the aim of im-proving cancer care serv-ices as well as training andresearch in the field ofcancer at PGIMER. The

focus of the current team’svisit was to interact withthe faculty and students ofthe National Institute ofNursing Education(NINE) as well as nurseswho are in-service atPGIMER.

Elaborating further onthis, Dr. Navneet Singh,Additional Professor ofPulmonary Medicine, theprimary coordinator forthe PGIMER-ASCOMOU informed that as oneof the aims of this collabo-ration was education of

nurses and supportive staffinvolved in cancer care,both members of theASCO team were nursingprofessionals with a vastexperience in oncologynursing. The week-longvisit provided the teamwith an opportunity to vis-it all areas involved withcancer care at PGIMERincluding the departmentsof Radiotherapy (RegionalCancer Centre), PediatricHemato-Oncology (Ad-vanced Pediatrics Centre),Adult Hematology/Hema-

to-Oncology (InternalMedicine) and ThoracicOncology (PulmonaryMedicine). They also vis-ited the Day Care Centresin the OPD complex, theBone Marrow Transplan-tation/HDU in Nehru Hos-pital and the Hospice Cen-tre in Sector 43 Chandi-garh. The team also inter-acted with Prof Jagat RamDirector of the Institute,other administrative offi-cials as well as the keyfaculty members from dif-ferent departments in-volved in cancer care atPGIMER. Based on theirobservations and sugges-tions, PGIMER is likely toattempt making certainchanges that could helpimprove cancer care andoncology nursing atPGIMER.

CHANDIGARH, AUG 20

Dev Samaj College of Edu-cation, Sector 36-B, Chandi-garh organized Inter- collegecompetition as part of cele-bration of ‘Akshay Urja Di-was’on the theme of “EnergyConservation” which was

supported by Chandigarh Re-newable Energy and Science

& Technology PromotionSociety(CREST), Chandi-

garh Administration. The daymarks the birth of former In-dian Prime Minister RajivGandhi. Around 135 studentsfrom 18 affiliated colleges ofPunjab and Tricity participat-ed in Science Quiz, Sloganwriting, Poster making, Collage making.

PGIMER hosts team from USA

Students given tips on surviving skill in natural disaster

Akshay Urja Diwas held at Dev Samaj College of education

Akshay Urja celebrations in govthome science college in Chandigarh

CHANDIGARH: Government Home Science College celebrat-ed Akshay Urja Diwas in order to sensitize our young generationregarding the need of harnessing renewable sources of energy

while conserving renewableones by various creative me-dia. Various Inter-college andintra-college competitionswere held namely Poster Mak-ing, OHP Sheet Painting, Plac-ard Making, Face Painting, Po-

etry recitation, Group song and T-Shirt Painting on the theme "Im-pact of Akshay Urja in India". About 125 students from 11 Gov-ernment and Private Colleges of Chandigarh participated in vari-ous competitions.

VERMAGURDASPUR, AUG 20

District level Writing, Quiz andBook Review competitionsdedicated to 550th Anniversaryof Shri Guru Nanak Dev ji willbe organised in Sukhjindracollege of Gurdaspur on Au-gust 23. In order to conductthese competition smoothly ameeting was held in her officetoday.

DEO Rakesh Bala said thatstudents participating in thesecompetitions will be given cer-tificates whereas the studentswho got first / second / thirdplaces will be awarded with

certificates along with memen-tos. Soon after the award distri-bution ceremony ceremony ofthese competitions, Punjabiteachers achieving 100% re-sults in last session will also behonoured and encouraged towork with dedication and sin-cerity in future. At that time,Deputy District Education Of-ficer (S) Rakesh Gupta,Deputy District Education Of-ficer (S) Lakhwinder Singh,Surinder Mohan, GurnamSingh, District Resource Per-son Dr. Saravan Singh, Har-dayal Singh, Madam Nita Bha-tia, Ranjit Kaur and GurinderKaur were also present.

Quiz competition dedicated toGuru Nanak Dev’s 550th birth

anniversary on Aug 23

PRITPAL SINGHSHAHKOT, AUG 20

With nearly 30,000 acres ofland submerged in water ofmore than 50 villages in thedistrict, the Deputy Commis-sioner Jalandhar Varinder Ku-mar Sharma and Senior Super-intendent of Police NavjotSingh Mahal, MLA ShahkotHardev Singh Laddi and SDMShahkot Dr. Charumita todaysaid that the district administra-tion has sought help of theArmy for plugging in thebreaches.

In a joint statement, theDeputy Commissioner and Se-nior Superintendent of Policesaid that the Army has beencalled in to expedite the workof plugging all the breaches

adding that one column ofArmy has already reachedPhillaur and two have reachedLohian for help. They said thatthe requisite support would begiven to the Army by the dis-trict administration. They saidthat every effort would bemade to ensure that the life andproperty of the people wassafeguarded at every cost.

The Deputy Commissionersaid that despite of repeated ef-forts by district administrationsome people have not evacuat-ed their homes and due towhich people were stranded invarious villages. They said thatten teams of Indian Army, Na-tional Disaster Response Forceand State Disaster ResponseForce have been pressed in toevacuate the people.

Admn ropes in army for pluggingbreaches in Phillaur

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Companies earns Rs 38.50 cr profits fromweather based insurance in HP : MinSHIMLA: Insurance companies are minting money by making weather basedinsurance as silver business in the hill state as the Government figures reveals thatcompanies earned profits of Rs 38,49,93,877 in last two years in Shimla district,Minister Mahinder Singh Thakur said on Tuesday. Replying to a written query raisedby CPI (M) member Mr Rakesh Singha during the question hours today HorticultureMinister Mahinder Singh Thakur stated that Beem Companies collected about Rs54,85,3,814 as premium money for the year 2016-17 and yr 17-18. Companies justpaid an amount of Rs 16,35,9,937 to farmers in the district. Insurance firms collectedamount of Rs 13,88,23,618 as premium from apple grower in 2016-17 and restpremium of Rs 13,60,47,146 paid to these firms by state and union government, andthe compensation or claim of Rs 11,6,29,795 were paid to farmers, minister informed.

Gau Sewaks pleadgovernment for safetyof Mahadev Gaushala

ANWAR HUSSAINNALAGARH: Gau sewaks todaysought to safety of 700 cows ofMahadev Gaushala, located onNalagarh Swarghat Road from thedamage of heavy rains lashing thearea. They said that heavy rains onSaturday caused heavy damage toGaushala after rain water gushed in it.Daulat Ram, the head of GowanshaGaushala, said that this MahadevGaushala is developed on about 70bighas of land on Nalagarh-SwarghatRoad with capacity of more than 700cows and it is the largest gaushala inHimachal. He said that he hasinformed the government and theadministration many times for theconstruction of boundary wall.Nalagarh MLA KL Thakur, Dr. RajeevSaizal, Minister in the HimachalPradesh Government, had promised togive Rs 15 lakh to Gaushala a yearand a half ago, but till date not evensingle paisa has been received. Due tothe rise in the water level of Mahadevsection because of heavy rains, a lot ofland adjacent to the cowshed has beensubmerged and if it rains againsituation will be worsened, he added.

Let Gen Ranbirinaugurates seminaron emergencycombat trauma careJAMMU: Lt Gen Ranbir Singh, GOC-in-C, Northern Command on Tuesdayinaugurated a two day ‘ContinuingMedical Education’ (CME) on “CombatTrauma Care-Emerging Trends andControversies”, organized by CommandHospital, Northern Command. Lt Gen ABanerji, DGMS (Army) was also presentin the event. The keynote address wasdelivered by Prof MC Misra, Ex Directorof Apex Trauma Centre, AIIMS Delhi, anauthority on trauma care in India. Alarge gathering of Doctors of ArmedForces Medical Service from varioushospitals across the country attendedthe event.

Harassed girl attemptssuicide, youth heldKANGRA: A girl student of Govt PostGraduate College, Dhaliara attemptedto commit suicide, followingharassment and blackmailing by ayouth of Pragpur, who was thenarrested and the court remanded himto police custody. Dehra Sub-DivisionalPolice Officer Lalman Sharma onTuesday told UNI that a 17-year-oldgirl, student of Government PG collegeDhaliara, consumed poison. She wasrushed to Tanda Medical College byher family members, where she wasundergoing treatment in the Intensivecare unit (ICU). The SDPO said thatthe girl, in her statement, said that shewas being harassed by one Abilash, somuch so that he even reached nearher home. The youth, besidesharassment, also threatened her ofblackmailing and even assaulted herphysically near her home.

DINESH AGARWALSHIMLA, AUG 20

The Himachal Pradeshgovernment decided to conduct aCID probe into the Una incidentof August 12, in which PSO anddriver of the local legislatorsSatpal Singh Raizada, wasbooked by the district police.

As the House assembled forthe day on Tuesday, Congresslegislative party leader MukeshAgnihotri pointed out that ChiefMinister Jai Ram Thakur gave astatement on this incident onMonday, on the basis of a policereport. He alleged that SpeakerRajiv Bindal did not allow theCongress member to raise thisissue in the House, however, heallowed the Chief Minister togave statements. He urged thechair that Congress memberswere also a part of this House andshould have been givenopportunity to raise this issue,before the CM gave reply on theissue. Agnihotri alleged that amedia report quoting the ChiefMinister, had blamed theCongress Legislative Party of

standing in the House with theLiquor Mafia, which Mr Thakurshould clarify. Responding to theCongress allegation on this issue,the Chief Minister accepted thatthe statement has been made byhim in the House against theparty, but he did not refer CLP asliquor mafia or supporter ofmafia. Referring to theproceedings of the House, MrThakur said he did not want totake the stand on either side-either police or CLP. He assuresthe members to constitute a CIDprobe into the Una incident andsaid report of this probe would besubmitted within 15 days. When

Agnihotri pointed out that theSuperintendent of Police Unawho physically assaulted thePSO and deriver of MLA shouldbe suspended or shifted from hispost Chief Minister assured todissociate SP Una from thisprobe he said that if he shiftedfrom his post it would givewrong message to the liquorMaifa against which governmenthas adopted zero tolerance. TheChief Minister also assured thatif the 15-day probe found theinvolvement of the SP, then hewould not only transfer him, buta departmental inquiry would beconducted against the accused.

Govt to conduct CID probe into Una incident: CMThakur pays floral

tributes to Rajiv Gandhion his 75th birth anniv

SHIMLA: Chief Minister JaiRam Thakur today paid richhomage to the former PrimeMinister of India Rajiv Gandhion his 75th birth anniversaryby paying floral tributes on hisstatue at Sadbhavana Chowk atChotta Shimla. EducationMinister Suresh Bhardwaj,Rural Development andPanchayati Raj MinisterVirender Kanwar, MLAs InderSingh Gandhi and Mohan LalBragta, Mayor Kusum Sadrate,councillors of Shimla MC,former mayors and otherleaders also paid floral tributesto the former PM.

HP govt to constitute committee torehabilitate Bhakra Dam oustees

SHIMLA, AUG 20

Himachal Pradesh Chief MinisterJai Ram Thakur ordered toconstitute a high level revenuecommittee to settle the BhakraDam Oustees that could not berehabilitated after five decades ofdisplacement. Replying to aquery of BJP member J R Katwalduring the question hour onTuesday, Thakur said that theissue is lingering for decades asno government couldrehabilitated the displacedcoming of Bhakra dam in 1960s.He said that he had receivedseveral representation regardingthis issues and the number offamilies still yet to berehabilitated in the state. He saidthat issue is related to thedepartment of revenue to providethem suitable location. Therefore,a time bound committee should beconstituted to resolve the issue. Ahigh level committee comprisescommissioner revenue and otherpublic representative would findout the solution of this problemand submit its report within threemonths, Thakur said.

Thakur welcomesabrogation of Article 370SHIMLA: Himahcal PradeshChief Minister Jai Ram Thakuron Tuesday hailed the UnionGovernment to abrogate theArticle 370 and 35A of IndianConstitution on Aug 5 to end thespecial status of the Jammu &Kashmir. Thakur was giving astatement on the abrogation ofArticle 370 in the StateAssemble.

HPTDC to boostemployment

SHIMLA: Kumad Singh,Managing Director, HimachalPradesh Tourism DevelopmentCorporation (HPTDC), onTuesday said that demand forskilled manpower is increasingin every sector, therefore,HPTDC organising a hospitalitytraining courses to teachemployment skills.

Inform PCR aboutrumour mongers: J-K

Police to public

JAMMU, AUG 20

Jammu and Kashmir Police has appealed to thepeople to inform the police control room (PCR)regarding any person spreading rumours or maliciouscontent, officials said on Tuesday. The policerequested the citizens to share information regardingsuch people by contacting PCR Jammu telephonenumber 0191-2542001, 2542000, 2560401, 2544581and help line numbers 2560244 and 100. The citizensmay otherwise contact the nearby police station orpolice post where the personnel have been instructedto act promptly without any delay against suchelements, they said. A case has been registered in theAkhnoor Police station and the rumour monger hasbeen arrested, they said. Similarly, a case has beenregistered at Rajouri against two persons spreadingmalicious message on Facebook. A 40-year-old manwas arrested on Monday for allegedly spreadingrumours that created panic among people here, asenior police officer had said.

DEHRADUN, AUG 20

Uttarakhand Chief MinisterTrivendra Singh Rawat onTuesday visited the rain-ravaged Mori block ofUttarkashi to take stock ofrelief and rescue operationseven as the death toll in rain-related incidents in the districtrose to 13. Search and rescueteams of the State DisasterResponse Force found onemore body in Makudi village.The body was identified asthat of 60-year-old LalBahadur who hailed originallyfrom Nepal, the SDRF said.Four others are still missing, itsaid. Makudi is the worst-hitamong the six villages whereheavy rains caused a numberof houses to collapse early onSunday. So far seven bodies

have been recovered fromMakudi, four from Arakot andone each from Tikochi andSanel. The six affectedvillages include Arakot,Makudi, Molda, Sanel,Tikochi and Dwichanu.

The chief minister, whohad sent his ministers to thedisaster-hit areas of Uttarkashion Monday, himself visitedthe affected areas on Tuesdayfor a first hand assessment ofthe situation. He also went to

places where affected peoplehave been put up temporarilyand assured them of allpossible help from thegovernment, an officialspokesman said. IAFhelicopters have taken foodpackets, blankets, medicinesand clean drinking water tothe affected people, officialsources in Dehradun said. Therescue teams have left Arakotwhere a base camp was set upon Monday for Tikoch,Dochang, Makudi and Chivawhereas a medical team hasalso been ferried by ahelicopter to the affectedareas, they said. The SDRF isputting up food camps inaffected areas and alternativeroads are being built in areaswhere roads are blocked byrubble of landslides.

Rawat visits rain-ravagedareas of Uttarkashi

Kashmir: Life remains crippled due torestrictions, strike since Aug 5

SRINAGAR, AUG 20

Life remain crippled in Kashmirvalley on Tuesday, due torestrictions and strike sinceAugust 5, when Articles 370 and35A were scrapped by theCentre. According to theofficials, there was no report ofany major untoward incidentduring night in the valley,whereas broadband and mobileservices remained suspended forthe 16th successive day.However, for the first time sinceAugust 5, restrictions were easedin the downtown and Shehar-e-Khas (SeK), though business andother activities remainedcrippled. All gates of historic

Jama Masjid, strong hold ofmoderate Hurriyat ConferenceChairman Mirwaiz Moulvi

Omar Farooq, remained closedand security personnel weredeployed, to prevent any protest.

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PB BUREAUMOHALI, AUG 20

In a tribute to former PrimeMinister Rajiv Gandhi onhis 75th birth anniversary,Punjab Chief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh on Tues-day launched his govern-ment’s flagship universalhealth insurance scheme‘Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana’,benefitting nearly 46 lakhfamilies.

E-cards were handedover to the first 11 benefici-aries from Mohali district tokick off the scheme, whichwould entitle beneficiariesto avail annual cashlesstreatment up to Rs five lakhper family per year, includ-ing pre-existing diseases,was aimed at ensuring thebest possible treatment tothe beneficiaries free of cost.With this scheme, covering76 per cent of the its popula-tion, Punjab has become the

first state in the country tooffer medical insurance cov-er to the maximum numberof its people, the Chief Min-ister announced, dedicatingthe welfare initiative to Ra-jiv Gandhi. His governmentwas committed to fulfillingthe aspirations of the peoplewith the vision of the coun-try’s youngest prime minis-ter, he added.

It may be recalled thatthe state government had de-cided, a few months ago, toextend the PMJAY to pro-vide cashless health insur-ance cover of Rs five lakhper family per year to more31 lakh families. While thecost of the premium for14.86 lakh families original-ly covered under PMJAY, asper SECC data, is beingborne by the Centre andState in 60:40 ratio, for therest of the beneficiaries thestate will bear the entire costof the premium. Speaking

on the occasion, CaptAmarinder said it had takenhis government severalmonths to draw the roadmapfor the implementation ofthe cashless treatmentscheme to cover 76 per centof its population, in sharpcontrast to the 12 per centthat would have been cov-ered otherwise under theCentral Government’s PM-JAY scheme. Similarschemes in other states hadcovered up to a mere 30 percent of their population, hepointed out.

The Chief Minister re-called Rajiv’s proactive rolein sanctioning approval forsetting the first multi-nation-al project in Punjab in theform of Pepsi. "I was thenthe Punjab Agriculture Min-ister and had submitted aproposal to PMO for settingup this plant, which was vi-tal for state's diversificationplans.

Amarinder launches Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojna

Rape case: Women Commission seeks report from SSPCHANDIGARH: The Punjab State Women Commission taken suo moto notice of the news reports in which seriousaspirations were casted on the role of District Police and District Health Authorities for not conducting the medicalexamination of the rape victims even after four days of the incident. The Commission has sought detailed report fromthe SSP, Amritsar Rural and Civil Surgeon Amritsar, by August 26,2019 .

Disclosing this in a press communiqué Mrs. Manisha Gulati, Chairperson of the Women Commission said that thenews reports alleged that the Police instead of doing its duty was exerting pressure on the victim for compromise withthe opposite party. She said that Civil Surgeon, Amritsar was also directed to explain that why the victim has sent toAjnala to procure the medical kit for medical examination which is 20 km away from Amritsar. Likewise the reportwas sought from SSP, Amritsar Rural by August 26, 2019.

SUMER GARGCHANDIGARH, AUG 20

Punjab Governor V.P. SinghBadnore on Tuesday adminis-tered the oath of office to thenewly appointed Chairmanand members of Punjab Pub-lic Service Commission(PPSC) in the presence ofChief Minister CaptainAmarinder Singh.

Lieutenant General(Retd.) Surinder Singh wassworn in as PPSC Chairman,while Additional District andSessions Judge Mohali Shiv-inder Singh Mann was admin-istered the oath of office andallegiance to the Constitutionas the official member, andeminent author and columnistHarmohan Kaur Sandhu(Bubbu Tir) as non-officialmember.

Chief Secretary KaranAvtar Singh conducted theproceedings of the swearing-in-ceremony at the PunjabRaj Bhawan here. Lt. Gener-al Surinder Singh had retiredas the General Officer Com-manding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C), Western Command of theIndian Army. Additional Dis-trict and Sessions JudgeShivinder Singh had also

served a special judge in theCBI court of Punjab and Pre-siding Officer, Industrial Tri-bunal-cum-Labour Court,Chandigarh. Eminent writerBubbu Tir is daughter ofLate Dr. Gurnam Singh Tir,popularly known as ChachaChandigarhiya. CabinetMinister Vijay Inder Singla,Special Principal SecretaryRevenue KBS Sidhu, Addi-tional Chief Secretary HomeSatish Chandra, PrincipalSecretary to Governor J.M.Balamurgam, Special Princi-pal Secretary to CM GurkiratKirpal Singh and SecretaryPersonnel AS Miglani werepresent at the ceremony,along with the family mem-bers and well-wishers of thenewly appointed members.The National Anthem wasplayed by the Punjab Policeband on the occasion.

Badnore administersoath to PPSC chairman

2 held with 3 gramheroin, 105 narcotic pillsKULJIT SINGHJANDIALA GURU: As a part of theanti-drug campaign conducted by SSPRural Vikramjit Duggal and DSPJandiala Guru, police post inchargeJandiala Guru ASI Charan Singh saidthat he was on patrol with his policeparty in his private Bolero vehicle fromPolice Station Jandiala to Bundla.Going towards the Bundala police post,2 young men from the side Thathianof the motorcycle spotted by policeteam and on search, 3 grams heroinand 105 narcotic tablets wererecovered from their possession. Theaccused were identified as RanjeetSingh alias Rana resident of Dehriwalof Amritsar and Satnam Singh aliasSonu resident of village Varpal. Actionhas been initiated against them underthe NDPS Act by registering a case.

Vibhor of Innocent Hearts wins twoGold medals in InternationalKarate ChampionshipHARPREET SINGH LEHALJALANDHAR: A student of class VIIIof Innocent Hearts, Green ModelSchool participated in InternationalKarate Championship. He took part in

two different sub-junior categories U-12, 13. He baggedgold medal and keptthe school flag high.He participated U-12yrs, Weight 40 Kgin the fifth

International Karate Championship –2019 and won gold medal. This wasorganized by All India Seishinkai Shito– Ryu Karate – Do Federation,member of Government of India andBengal Olympic Association. Anotherfeather in his cap is added by winninggold medal in another IndependenceKarate Championship organized bySeko Kai karate International India andBharat Karate Academy. Theparticipants from various countriestook part in it. Vibhor Aggarwalachieved gold medal in U-12, 13category. The Managementcongratulated him and Karate CoachHarpreet Singh and H.O.D. SportsSanjeev Bhardawaj. Vibhor is inschool Karate team too and hasbrought laurels to the school bywinning number of prizes. Principal –Rajeev Paliwal and Vice- PrincipalSharmila Nakra congratulated him andwished him good luck for future.

KMV organizes 4 day bookexhibition in collaborationwith Sahitya Akademi

JALANDHAR: Kanya MahaVidyalaya- formally inaugurated a 4Day Book Exhibititon in collaborationwith Sahitya Akademi New Delhi. Theexhibition was inaugurated by PrincipalKMV, Prof.(Dr.) Atima Sharma Dwivedi.The book exhibition will remain openfrom 20 to 23 August. Addressing theinaugural function, Prof.(Dr.) AtimaSharma Dwivedi averred on the needfor making these types of bookexhibitions a part of the students’curriculum. She congratulated DrMadhumeet, Dean Languages, DrNeeraj Sharma, Head, Department ofSanskrit for successfully organizing thebook fair. She also invited all thescholars and the students from allinstitutions of Jalandhar to visit theexhibition as they can benefit a lot fromthe books published by SahityaAkademi, New Delhi.

HARISH KALRARUPNAGAR, AUG 20

In view of the release of wa-ter from Bhakara Dam, ongo-ing heavy rainfall and on ac-count of spate in river Satlujand adjoining rivulets manyvillages in Rupnagar were in-undated.

Special dedicated teamsand Help Desks of Panel Ad-vocates and Para Legal Vol-unteers of DLSA, Rupnagarwere constituted and it cameto assistance of a baby girl

aged about 2.5 months in Vil-lage Phool Kalan, Rupnagarwho was strangled on the roofof her house along with herfamily. No rescue or fooditem reached them for morethan 24 hours and the team ofPLVs when came to knowabout this immediatelyreached them in the morningat 6:00 AM provided foodand potable water to them andwhen the water level droppedsafely took them to GurdwaraSahib Sant Baba Mann Singh,Phool Kalan.

CHANDIGARH, AUG 20

Senior Aam Adami Partyleaders Harpal SinghCheema and Kultar SinghSandhwan on Tuesday heldthe preceding BJP-SAD andCongress governments in thestate and the Centre responsi-ble for the widespread loss oflife and property in Punjabdue to the fury of floods.

In a joint statement here,Leader of Opposition in Pun-jab Assembly Harpal SinghCheema and AAP's Kisan

wing chief Kultar SinghSandhwan said it had proveddouble whammyfor Punjab,proverbial as theland of five rivers,to say the least.

On the onehand, the Con-gress and SAD-BJP-led govern-ments at the Centre had de-prived the state of its rightfulclaim on river waters, thescare of consistent depletingof ground water, and open

‘loot’ of natural water re-sources and the dread of Pun-

jab turning into a desertin the coming 20 years,on the other the recur-ring floods had wreakedhavoc to a large extent,saying that every year,the floods though a nat-ural calamity, hadcaused due to the

breach in the Ghagar, Sutlejand Beas rivers, leave it dev-astated in the aftermath in-curring losses worth croresand crores of rupees, the

AAP leaders added. Cheemasaid had the successive gov-ernments a tad sensitiveabout the concerns of thepeople of the state, theserivers would have proved tobe boon than a curse. TheAAP leader said the corrup-tion-ridden Irrigation anddrainage department officialsin connivance with themighty sand mafia lordingover these rivers and enjoy-ing political clout were re-sponsible for resultant loss oflife and property.

Slams Akalis for obstructingbargari probe

SAS NAGAR: PunjabChief Minister CaptainAmarinder Singh on Tues-day lambasted the Akalis fortheir perverse and desperateattempts to obstruct the in-vestigations into the Bargarisacrilege case, and said hisgovernment had alreadymoved the court against theCBI closure report to enablethe state to pursue the probeto its logical conclusion.

In an informal chat withmediapersons here, theChief Minister said the thenSAD-BJP government haddeliberately handed over thesensitive case to the CBI inthe first place and theagency had played to thetune of its masters by clos-ing the matter without com-pleting the probe. In re-sponse to a question, Cap-tain Amarinder also lashed

out at SAD presidentSukhbir Singh Badal for try-ing to manipulate the factsabout Rajiv Gandhi in thecontext of the 1984 riots.Sukhbir himself was in theUS at the time and had noclue what was happening inIndia at the time, he said,adding that Badal Juniorwas in the habit of blabber-ing without any substance.Asked to comment on thecurrent state of the Indo-Pakrelations, the Chief Ministerhoped that Pakistan wouldhonour its commitment andwould complete the Kar-tarpur Corridor as planned.To a query about the dam-age caused in the state by thefloods caused by the un-precedented rains, the ChiefMinister said it was estimat-ed to be around Rs 1700crores.

Purpose of 'Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojna' is to providequality, free health services to poor: Manpreet

BATHINDA: (RAM RESHAM SHARAN) FinanceMinister Manpreet Singh Badal today launched the am-bitious Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojna in the district on thebirthday anniversary of former Prime Minister of India,late Rajiv Gandhi. He said that this scheme providesquality and free health services to the people living Be-low Poverty Line. Addressing a district level functionorganized at the local civil hospital, Badal said that Pun-jab Government has launched this scheme while keep-ing in view of the economic status of the people. The Fi-nance Minister said that 43.08 lakh families are includ-ed under this scheme across the state. They will get an-nual cashless treatment of up to Rs. 5 lakhs. Around 450government and private hospitals will help in providingthem cashless treatment.

Baba Farid University VClaunches Ayushman scheme

RAKESH SHARMAFARIDKOT, AUG 20

Central Government's ambitious scheme AyushmanBharat has been formally launched today in thename of Sarbat Health Insurance Scheme in Punjab.Dr. Raj Bahadur Singh, Vice Chancellor of BabaFarid University of Health Sciences arrived as theChief Guest to initiate the scheme in Faridkot. Hewas accompanied by Bhai Ajaypal Singh Kuku,District In-charge of District Faridkot Congress. Afunction was organized at Faridkot Officer Club onthe occasion. At Maroh, tributes paid to formerPrime Minister late Rajiv Gandhi on his birthday byoffering flowers. The inauguration program of thescheme was shown live by the Chief Minister of thestate Captain Amarinder Singh in Chandigarh.SMO Dr. Chandrashekhar Kakar, sarpanches, coun-cilors and general public of the villages were pres-ent on the occasion. District Health CommissionerKumar Saurav Raj in his address gave detailed in-formation about the Health Insurance Scheme. Yes,under this scheme, a family will get health insur-ance of up to 5 lakhs, he added and said that therewill be no burden of treatment expenses on the fam-ily of cardholders and the poor people also.

Standing water policy need ofhour to fight fury of floods: AAP

DLSA rescues infantin flood hit village

Chief Secretary Karan AvtarSingh conducted theproceedings of the swearing-in-ceremony at the PunjabRaj Bhawan here. Lt. GeneralSurinder Singh had retired asthe General OfficerCommanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C), Western Command ofthe Indian Army.

Shrimad BhagwatKatha from August 22

DALJEET AJNOHAHOSHIARPUR: Shrimad BhagwatKatha and Sant Sammelan are beingorganised from 22 August to 28August in the ancient Thakar Duara ofvillage Patt to mark the KrishnaJanamastami with support of the groupassociates on behalf of the existingGaddi Mahant Pawan Kumar Das ji.Mahant said said that on August 22,Kalsh Yatra will be taken out in thevillage. Vyas Bhagwat Rasik PanditShri Hemdeep Kondinya Nalagarh willhighlight the importance of BhagwatGita and its slokas.

JALANDHAR: Fancy Dress Competition was held at St Soldier Divine Public School in which students

dressed up as beautiful flowers.They gave message tospread fragrance in the world.

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Water level in Yamuna further risesNEW DELHI: The River Yamuna in the city continued to swell on Tuesday and wasflowing above the danger level, an official said. The river was flowing at 206 metresat 11 am. On Monday, the river breached the danger mark of 205.33 metres, theofficial said. More than 10,000 people living in low-lying areas along the Yamuna inthe city were evacuated by government agencies as the river breached the dangermark on Monday evening. In 1978, the water in the river had risen to its highest-ever level of 207.49 metres, causing a devastating flood in the national capital. Inview of the rising level of water, authorities in Delhi have shut the Old Iron YamunaBride for vehicular and rail traffic. On Monday, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal saidthe water level in the river is likely to rise further with more discharge from theHathnikund barrage by neighbouring Haryana. People living in the floodplain of theriver have been moved to over 22,000 tents set up by various Delhi governmentagencies at safer places.

Dr Jaishankar paystributes toBangabandhuDHAKA: External Affairs Minister Dr SJaishankar on Tuesday paid richtributes to Bangabandhu SheikhMujibur Rahman and said India isproud to partner with Bangladesh to"fulfill his vision". "Deeply honoured topay my homage to the Father of theNation (of Bangladesh). Proud topartner with Bangladesh and fulfill hisvision," Dr Jaishankar wrote aftervisiting the Bangabandhu MemorialMuseum. The illustrious BangaBandhu and his 18 family membersincluding three sons wereassassinated in 1975 in a ruthlessexercise by 'right wing' military officers- in cold blood. Later in a tweet, theExternal Affairs Minister wrote: "Deeplymoved by the visit to BangabandhuMemorial Museum. Paid respects toSheikh Mujibur Rahman, Father of theNation" Meanwhile, speaking to themedia after the bilateral discussions,Dr Jaishankar said that he had afruitful interaction with Bangladeshcounterpart Dr AK Abdul Momen."India is looking forward to host PrimeMinister Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi inOctober," he said.

Another elephantattack claims life ofhospital employeeCOIMBATORE: A private hospitalemployee was killed by a wildelephant at Thoppampatti, near here,and this is the second such incidentreported in two days. Two men, bothaged 27, were sitting and talking nearGanapathi Garden late Monday nightwhen the elephant came down from ahill near the CRPF camp, police saidTuesday. Seeing the elephant, themen took to their heels, but theelephant took Prem Karthik with itstrunk, hurled him down and trampledhim to death, they said. His friendVignesh managed to escape andinformed the villagers about theincident. They, in turn, alerted thepolice and the forest departmentpersonnel. The personnel recoveredthe Prem's body and sent it for apostmortem at the governmenthospital. On early Monday, anelephant attack occurred just three kmaway from Pannimadai, where a driverwas trampled to death, leading topanic among the people of the vicinity.

BJP top brass holdsmeeting with in-charges of poll-bound statesNEW DELHI: Union Home Ministerand BJP President Amit Shah, BJPWorking President JP Nadda, and BJPNational General Secretary(Organisation) B L Santosh onTuesday held a meeting with electionin-charges of the states of Haryana,Jharkhand, Maharashtra, and Delhi.Assembly polls in Maharashtra,Haryana, and Jharkhand are slated forlater this year. Polls in Delhi arescheduled to take place in Februarynext year. After the last assemblyelections, BJP sprung to power inMaharashtra, Haryana, and Jharkhandwhereas in Delhi the party was routedwith only three candidates managingto score a victory out of total 70 seats.

Four killed in roadaccidents in UPLUCKNOW: Four persons were killedin separate road accidents in UttarPradesh, police said on Tuesday. Twopersons were killed while three otherssustained serious injuries, when a truckhit a car in Faridpur area of Bareillydistrict, police said. The accident tookplace on Monday night when the fiveyouth were returning from a wedding.Superintendent of Police (rural) SansarSingh said, "The incident took place inFaridpur police station area. Thedeceased youth were from Bareilly, andthe bodies have been sent for post-mortem." In another accident, twopersons were killed when a vehicleoverturned in Ballia.

Four TN fishermenheld for fishing offNeduntheevuRAMESWARAM: Four Tamil Nadufishermen were arrested by the SriLankan Navy on Tuesday for allegedlyfishing off Neduntheevu, a fisheriesdepartment official said. The fishermenfrom Kottaipattinam in Pudukottaidistrict had ventured into the sea onMonday and were fishing nearNeduntheevu when the Sri Lankannaval personnel reached the spot andarrested them, Assistant Director ofFisheries, Pudukottai, Kumaresansaid. The fisherfolks were taken toKangesanthurai port in the islandnation along with their boat, he said.

NIA transfers threeofficials from terrorfunding case overallegations of briberyNEW DELHI: National InvestigationAgency (NIA) on Tuesday transferredthree officials from a terror fundingcase after allegations of briberysurfaced against them."In this matter, a complaint ofmisconduct was received by NIA. Anenquiry into the allegations is beingconducted by a DIG rank officer. Inthe meantime three concernedofficials have been transferred out toensure a fair probe," an NIA releasestated. Further investigation isunderway.

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Yediyurappa inducts 17 Ministersin first Cabinet expansion

AGENCYBENGALURU, AUG 20

More than three weeks after hewas sworn in as the ChiefMinister, B S Yediyurappa onTuesday expanded his ministryby inducting 17 ministers intohis Cabinet.

This is the first Cabinetexpansion after he assumedoffice on July 26 and provedhis government's majority onthe floor of the Assembly onJuly 29. The new Ministerswere administered the oath ofoffice and secrecy byGovernor Vajubhai Vala at theRaj Bhavan here.

They include former ChiefMinister Jagadish Shettar, twoformer deputy Chief Ministers-- K S Eshwarappa and RAshoka, independent MLA HNagesh and Laxman SangappaSavadi, who is not a memberof the Assembly or Council,and MLC Kota SrinivasPoojari.

Others sworn in were:Govind M Karajol, AshwathNarayan C N, B Sreeramulu, SSuresh Kumar, V Somanna, CT Ravi, Basavaraj Bommai, JC Madhu Swamy, C C Patil,Prabhu Chauhan andShashikala Jolle Annasaheb,who is the only womanCabinet Minister.

Karnataka can have amaximum of 34 Ministers,including the Chief Minister.

Rajnath Singh urges foreigncompanies to establish

production facilities in IndiaAGENCYNEW DELHI, AUG 20

With objectives to promoteindigenous development andmanufacturing of defence equipmentand reduce the dependency onimports, Defence Minister RajnathSingh on Tuesday urged the foreigncompanies to build their productionfacilities in India while calling theIndian private players to engage withthe defence services, DPSUs andOFBs for meeting theirindigenisation requirements.Speaking at a seminar onModernisation and IndigenisationPlan of the Indian Air Force, MrSingh said, "I would like to take thisopportunity to urge foreign OEMs toestablish manufacturing facilities fortheir products in India. A number ofopportunities are available to foreigncompanies to invest in India throughFDI, Joint Ventures or the defenceoffset route." Urging the privateplayers to take benefits of slew ofinitiatives undertaken by thegovernment, the minister said, "Iwould strongly urge the Indianprivate industry to take advantage ofthese initiatives and come forward

and engage with the defenceservices, DPSUs and OFBs formeeting their indigenisationrequirements." Highlighting themeasures taken by the government,he said the process of defence offsetimplementation has beenstreamlined and the requirement ofprescribing Indian Offset Partnersand components for offset dischargefor the entire period of contract at thetime of signing of contract has beendone away with. "We have alsoissued comprehensive outsourcingand vendor development guidelinesfor DPSUs (Defence Public SectorUndertakings) and OFBs (OrdinanceFactory Boards) to promoteparticipation of private sector,particularly MSMEs in defenceproduction," Mr Singh added.

All take oath in KannadaBENGALURU: The highlights of the first expansion ofKarnataka Cabinet by Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa here onTuesday included that all the 17 Legislators took Oath inKannada. Lakshman Savadi, who was member of neither UpperHouse or Assembly, inducted as Cabinet Minister. PrabhuChavan took oath wearing lambani dress which attracted thecrowd present. Former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar and twoDeputy Chief Ministers including R Ashok and K S Eshwarappa,takes oath as Cabinet Minister in Yediyurappa ministry.

Modi, Congress leaders rememberRajiv on 75th anniversary

NEW DELHI, AUG 20

Prime Minister NarendraModi, former presidentPranab Mukherjee, formervice-president HamidAnsari on Tuesday paidtributes to former primeminister Rajiv Gandhi on75th birth anniversary.

Congress leaders--former prime minister DrManmohan Singh, partypresident Sonia Gandhi, herson Rahul, daughterPriyanka and other leaders,also remembered Rajiv onthe occasion.

While Mr Modi took toTwitter to pay tributes, DrMukherjee, Dr Ansari, DrSingh, Ms Gandhi, Rahuland daughter Priyanka andothers assembled atVeerbhumi-- memorial of

Rajiv Gandhi--to payhomage. "Tributes to ourformer PM Shri RajivGandhi on his birthanniversary," Mr Modi in atweet said. Gandhi, wife ofBharat Ratna Rajiv Gandhi,paid floral tributes alongwith her children and son-in-law Robert Vadra. "Todaywe celebrate the 75th birthanniversary of Rajiv Gandhi

ji, a patriot & a visionary,whose far sighted policieshelped build India," MrGandhi said in a tweet.

'To me, he was a lovingfather who taught me neverto hate, to forgive & to loveall beings,' he added.

Congress, in a Twittermissive, said India's strengthlies in ‘its unity anddiversity’. 'As we remember

Shri Rajiv Gandhi on his75th birth anniversary, wemust also remember that hiswords are now morerelevant than ever. We mustnever allow communalmadness to break the bondof unity among us all,' theparty tweeted onSadbhavana Diwas. RajivGandhi, born on 20 August1944, was the sixth andyoungest prime minister ofIndia. Rajiv, at age of 40,took the office of primeminister in 1984 after hermother and former primeminister Indira Gandhi wasassassinated by herbodyguards. On May 21,1991, Rajiv wasassassinated in Tamil Naduby a suicide bomber ofLTTE (Liberation Tigers ofTamil Eelam).

Basic MiG 21 fighter jet to bephased out in December

NEW DELHI, AUG 20

Indian Air Force (IAF) ChiefACM BS Dhanoa onTuesday said that the non-upgraded version of Russian-origin fighter jet MiG-21 willbe phased out in Decemberthis year. "The MiG 21 MFhas completed 44 years and itwill be phased out byDecember. Hopefully, I willfly the last sortie inSeptember subject tovisibility, ACM Dhanoa toldreporters here.

For MiG being intoservice for over four decades,the IAF Chief appreciated theHindustan AeronauticsLimited and said, "Theobsolete management doneby the HAL and the BRD(Base Repair Depot) arepraiseworthy. Over 95 per

cent of components requiredin overhauling is being madein India only. The Russiansare not flying MiG but we areflying because we have theoverhaul facilities."

"This is the reason weconduct seminars and givethem our requirements andask if you can make for us wewill buy from you and notimport from other countries,"

he said on reducing thedependency on imports ofdefence components. TheMiG-21 had entered intoservice in 1973-74. The AirForce chief had commandedthe 17 squadron (flying Type96) during the Kargiloperations. The shootingdown of an F-16 by an IAFMiG-21 was praised as amajor achievement. The

MiG-21 flown by WingCommander AbhinandanVarthaman had shot down theF-16 which was part of alarge package of Pakistan AirForce fighters trying to crossthe border in Jammu andKashmir to drop bombs atmilitary installations inretaliation of the IAF'sbombing on a terroristtraining camp in Pakistan'sBalakot. The MiG-21 flownby Wing CommanderVarthaman was a modernisedvariant of the fighter, calledthe MiG-21 Bison. India isthe world's second-largestarms importer, according toStockholm InternationalPeace Research Institute(SIPRI). The countryaccounts for 9.5 per cent ofthe global total and is onlybehind Saudi Arabia.

UP government approves revised RFQ/RFPfor Bundelkhand, Gorakhpur link expresswayLUCKNOW, AUG 20

Uttar Pradesh government has placethe construction of its ambitiousBundelkhand expressway and theGorakhpur link expressway in thefaster Engineering, Procurement,Construction(EPC) with theapproving of the revised Request forQualification(RFQ) and Request forProposal(RFP). The state cabinetmeeting here on Tuesday which waschaired by Chief Minister YogiAdityanath approved the proposals forboth the expressway. However, theconstruction of the Bundelkhandexpressway, is expected to be done inOctober next as over 90 per cent of therequired land has been acquired but inthe case of Gorakhpur linkexpressway only 17 per cent of theland has been acquired so far. After

completion of the Bundelkhandexpressway, the distance betweenDelhi and Chitrakoot would be onlysix-hour drive. Besides, theexpressway will also provide directand indirect employment to 50,000people. State governmentspokesperson and power ministerSrikant Sharma briefing reportersabout the cabinet meet, saidcontractual process in Bundelkhandexpressway would be completed by

next 45 days and the entire projectwould be completed in 30 monthsafter the contract is being awarded.The 296 km Bundelkhand expresswaywill be constructed in six packages andafter the road safety audit to preventstray animals and vehicles overturningand going on the opposite lane, the costhas increased. "Against the earlier costof Rs 14,716 crore, now the cost hasgone up by Rs 132 core to Rs 14,849crore after the safety audit," saidprincipal secretary Industrialdevelopment R K Singh. Additionalchief secretary( UPEDA) AvanishAwasthi, made it clear that theBundelkhand expressway will touch allthe important districts like Chitrakoot,Banda, Mahoba, Hamipur,Jalaun andAuirya and after its completion thedistance between Delhi and Chitrakootwill be covered in six hours.

Mayawati flays Yogi govt overdeteriorating law and order

LUCKNOW, AUG 20

Targeting the state government,Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)president Mayawati on Tuesdaysaid apart from controlling crimes,the Uttar Pradesh government wasfailing miserably in maintaininglaw and order situation in the state. In atweet, the BSP supremo alleged, "Due tothe wrong policies of the YogiAdityanath government, 'jungle raaj' isprevailing in UP. Before blaming theofficials for this, the Bharatiya Janata

Party (BJP) will first have to stopproviding every kind of help andprotection to the criminals, whichis also essential for publicwelfare." Slamming the Yogi-ledBJP government over the risingpetrol prices, she said, "Theincrease in the prices of petrol and

diesel by the UP BJP government is acruel step that leads to rise in inflation andbadly affects the poor and middle-classfamilies. Deteriorating law and ordersituation, inflation and unemploymentwill add to the woes of people.

BHOPAL, AUG 20

Reminiscing Bharat Ratna-recipienterstwhile premier Rajiv Gandhi on his75th birth anniversary, Madhya PradeshCM Kamal Nath averred that Gandhienvisioned a powerful 21st century Indiaand his achievements serve as a universalinspiration to this day. “Gandhi took thenation along the right path with the

objective of achieving his cherisheddream for the motherland,” Nath told thepress in the state capital. The ChiefMinister also conveyed via social mediathat Gandhi heralded the computerrevolution, bridged the chasm betweenrural and modern India, strengthenedPanchayati Raj, made rural residentsrealise the rights and duties enshrined in ademocracy.

Rajiv’s work still inspires us: MP CM

Rajiv case convict Nalini movesHC for parole extension

CHENNAI, AUG 20

The Madras High Court onTuesday directed the TamilNadu government to file itsreply to a plea by NaliniSriharan, a convict in theRajiv Gandhi assassinationcase, seeking extension ofher ongoing parole by 30days. Seeking thegovernment's response, abench comprising Justices MM Sundresh and M NirmalKumar posted a petition byNalini to Thursday forfurther hearing.

The petitioner submittedthat she had moved the courtas the deputy inspectorgeneral of prisons, in a letter

last Tuesday, had rejected herrepresentation for extensionof the leave for another 30days, starting from Sunday.

Last month, the court hadgranted her 30 days ordinaryleave for makingarrangements for herdaughter's marriage. Afterbeing released from theVellore Central Prison onJuly 25, Nalini has beenresiding at Sathuvacharithere. In her current petition,the convict said despite her"sincere efforts", she was notable to complete thearrangements for themarriage of her daughterwithin the leave period.

Lodged in prison for over

27 years, Nalini hadoriginally sought a six-monthleave to make arrangementsfor her daughter's marriage.

During the hearing ofNalini's leave plea, the publicprosecutor had submitted inthe court that the Tamil NaduSuspension of SentenceRules provides for amaximum period of 30 daysas ordinary leave (parole) fora convict at a point of timeand hence, the court canconsider granting leavewithin the maximum limit. Inits order, the court had notedthat Rule 22 speaks aboutextension of 30 days' leave,but it can be exercised onlyafter the initial grant.

10 kg gold seizedby DRI in Bengal,

three arrestedKOLKATA, AUG 20

Directorate of Revenue Intelligence(DRI) on Tuesday said it has seized 10kilograms of gold, smuggled into thecountry through Indo-Myanmar border,and arrested three persons in connectionwith the case. Acting on intelligenceinputs, DRI officials intercepted a vehicleat a place near Siliguri in north Bengal onMonday and recovered around 10kilograms of gold worth Rs 3.87 crore, astatement issued by the agency said. The60 pieces of gold biscuits of Myanmarorigin were concealed in the twoheadrests of the middle seat of thevehicle, the statement added. The agencyalso said the gold, smuggled into Indiathrough Indo-Myanmar border inMizoram, was supposed to be deliveredto someone in Kolkata. DRI arrestedthree persons carrying the gold underprovisions of the Customs Act of 1962,the statement said adding that furtherinvestigations are going on to unearth thekingpins of the smuggling racket.

MP cop suspended aftervideo of misbehaviour

goes viralINDORE, AUG 20

An assistant sub-inspector caught oncamera assaulting men and misbehavingwith women at a police station in Indorein Madhya Pradesh was suspended, asenior official said on Tuesday. Theincident occurred on Monday night whena group of people had reached Palasiapolice station in connection with a familydispute. In the video, which was widelyshared on social media, the ASI, manningthe 'welcome desk' at the police station,can be seen kicking and slapping the menwho had come there in connection with afamily dispute. He is also heard abusingthe women accompanying these men,and threatening to put the group behindbars. "ASI RK MIshra of Palasia policestation has been suspended withimmediate effect and a departmentalinquiry has been instituted. Nopoliceman has the right to behaveindecently with common people. Suchbehaviour cannot be tolerated," saidSenior Superintendent of Police RuchiVardhan Mishra.

SWAMI CHAITANYAKEERTI

In one of his discourses,Osho says: India has neverinvaded any country, has

never been aggressive, vio-lent, has had no desire to be-come bigger and bigger, huge;India has never been imperial-istic. It has been invaded bymany people, and for twothousand years it has been aslave country under Hunas,

T u r k s ,M o g u l s ,B r i t i s hp e o p l e ,Portuguesep e o p l e ,F r e n c h ,you just

say the name — and India hasbeen invaded by everybody.And why did such a vastcountry, almost a continent,yield so easily? They were notinterested in fighting.

It is a question that mysti-fies us all. I have a feeling thatIndia has been living in aTaoist way forever, even be-fore Tao happened to China.One may ask what is theTaoist way?

Lao Tzu, who was born inChina in the 5th or 6th centu-ry BC, says in his book Tao TeChing: Whenever you advisea ruler in the way of Tao,counsel him not to use force toconquer the universe. For thiswould only cause resistance.Thorn bushes spring up wher-

ever the army has passed.Lean years follow in the wakeof a great war. Just do whatneeds to be done. Never takeadvantage of power. This isthe way India has alwayslived. This was not her weak-ness but feminine strength.This is the strength of the su-perior quality of love andcompassion born out of medi-tation and spirituality. This isthe reason we call our countryMother India. We call thewhole earth Mother Earth.Vande Mataram!

Osho adds: Love, trust,beauty, sincerity, truthfulness,authenticity — these are allfeminine qualities, and theyare far greater than any quali-ties that man has. But the en-tire past has been dominatedby man and his qualities. Nat-urally, in war, love is of nouse, truth is of no use, beautyis of no use, aesthetic sensibil-

ity is no use. In war, you needa heart which is more stonythan stones.

In war, you need simplyhate, anger and a madness todestroy. In three thousandyears, man has fought fivethousand wars. Yes, this isalso strength, but not worthyof human beings. This isstrength derived from our an-imal inheritance.

This is the basic messageof the enlightened sages andthe mystics, the Buddhaswhich the war-mongers andpower-hungry rulers of theworld have always ignored fortheir personal glory. And theignorant people of the worldhave been applauding them asAlexander the Great. It isabout time we stop this non-sense of the so-called greatconquerors and pay attentionto Tao: Achieve results, butnever glory in them.


In a flush of triumphalism after the abrogation of J&K’s spe-cial status, defence minister Rajnath Singh — a senior RSS-BJP figure and former BJP president — could have done

better than to insist, as he did at a pre-election rally at Kalka,Haryana, on Sunday, that now any conversation with Pakistanon Kashmir would only be held on the subject of the return ofPakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) to India.

There is nothing new about such exuberance. The return byPakistan of the illegally-occupied PoK, or India taking itthrough any means, has formed part of India’s Kashmir narra-tive — official and unofficial — since Independence. In 1994,a parliamentary resolution, which has not been rescinded, re-asserting India’s claim over PoK was premised on this back-ground. Nevertheless, it was widely recognised that such an as-piration might be circumscribed by practical limitations. Thereason goes back to history. The people of those territories ofthe last Maharaja of Kashmir, Hari Singh, in contrast with thoseof the Kashmir Valley, were ideologically oriented toward Jin-nah’s politics at the time of Partition and are Pakistan-oriented.

It is unclear what prompted the defence minister to speakabout PoK. So foolish seems the notion that it is hard to believehe might have been kite-flying on the government’s behalf.Magically, if Pakistan-fed terrorism were to come to an end, itwill be surprising that the Modi government will refuse tospeak with Pakistan on any matter other than PoK, as Mr Singhappeared to suggest.

Perhaps the best construction that can be put on the defenceminister’s observation is that he is innocent of the needs of re-gional/international political dynamics, diplomatic nuances,and the history of Kashmir and related matters.

Since he had to star at the kickoff of the BJP’s campaignfor the Haryana Assembly elections due in October, he thoughtanything belligerent on PoK would go down well in a publicmeeting at a time when the removal of J&K’s special status haslargely gone down well with the public since its implicationshave not been publicised much.

It was — on the practical plane — a recognition of the re-ality that the Kashmir Valley inevitably and irrevocably be-longs to India that had engendered the four-point Musharrafplan submitted to the first Manmohan Singh government. Thisproposal rested on the understanding that the LoC should be theunalterable boundary, and on the forging of links among thepeople on both sides through trade, road transportation, familytravel, and one day banking networks. These grand objectiveswere not to the liking of the Pakistan Army, whose survival de-pends on hostility. The scheme was put on ice after the Mushar-raf government collapsed. Recently, Mr Singh also appeared tosuggest that India’s “no first use” nuclear doctrine could bemodified. Off-the-cuff remarks should not be made about sen-sitive arenas. It is doubtful that the defence minister had au-thorisation to say what he did.

EditorialTalk more carefully on

sensitive matters

Compassion is a quality of Mother IndiaNever take advantage of power. This is the way India has always

lived. This was not her weakness but feminine strength

8MY WISH IS TO STAYALWAYS LIKE THIS,

LIVING QUIETLY IN A CORNER OF NA-TURE.

CLAUDE MONET

IN NATURE, LIGHT CREATES THE COLOR. INTHE PICTURE, COLOR CREATES THE LIGHT.

HANS HOFMANN

SPIRITUALISM

STARS TALKSSeemaa Singh, As-

trologer and Vastu Ex-pert known for her accu-

rate predictions of winningBJP minister Kirron Kher, as

well winningof Punjabelections byCongress. Shehas deliveredmany lectureson astrologyin India aswell as

abroad. Followed by interna-tional conferences and T.V.shows on various Channels.ARIES:-You will recoverfrom prolong illness. Avoid aselfish short-tempered personas he can give you some ten-sion.

Lucky Color:-Chocolate

Lucky Number:-6TAURUS:-Control youranger and do not make rashdecisions especially whennegotiating major fi-nancial deals. Nota very good dayfor travelling.

Lucky Col-or:-White

Lucky Num-ber:-17

GEMINI:-To-day you will fo-cus on social workand helping those whoapproach you with a problem.Do not indulge in specula-tions. Lucky Color:-Bottle Green

Lucky Number:-8CANCER:-You will be tornin many different directions if

you try to take care of every-one's demands. Work put inthe past brings in rewards to-day.

Lucky Color:-OliveGreen

Lucky Number:-5LEO:-you shouldtry to learn fromothers' experience.Go out for a longwalk. Monetary

gains will be fromone then one source.Lucky Color:-WhiteLucky Number:-17

VIRGO:-Mould yourthoughts to some positivethinking. It will help yousolve problems. Backlog ofcorrespondence will need toppriority.

Lucky Color:-Navy Blue

Lucky Number:-22LIBRA:-You will get irritat-ed over small matters. Take abreak from your daily sched-ule and go out with yourfriends.

Lucky Color:-lemonLucky Number:-3

SCORPIO:-Venture into part-nership with enterprising peo-ple. Today work will be stress-ful and tiring. Friends will keepyou in a relaxed mood.

Lucky Color:-WhiteLucky Number:-4

SAGITTARIUS:-Improve-ment in finances. Writers andmedia persons can look for-ward to major recognition.Go out with friends who aresupportive.

Lucky Color:-Light RedLucky Number:-1

CAPRICORN:-Investmentwill enhance your financialsecurity. Work will be hecticbut rewarding. You are likelyto be attacked by cupid's ar-row.

Lucky Color:-PeachLucky Number:-11

AQUARIUS:-Financial dif-ficulties could lead to argu-ments. Try not to overstrain atwork place. Servants/col-leagues/co-workers will betroublesome.

Lucky Color:-CoffeeLucky Number:-15

PISCES:-Whatever you do,you will be able to do it halfthe time you generally take.Group involvement will beentertaining but expensive.

Lucky Color:-PinkLucky Number:-2

GOVERNMENT, RBI MUST WORK CLOSELY FOR A ‘BIG BANG’ CUT

Conventional economicthinking is that growthis to be stimulated by

the fiscal policy of the gov-ernment and inflation is to bechecked by the monetary pol-icy of the Reserve Bank of In-dia (RBI). Consequently, theGovernment of India, withprice stability in mind, signeda Monetary Policy Frame-work Agreement (MPFA)with the RBI on February 20,2015.

The RBI Act 1934 was alsoamended to give statutorybacking to this. The mandatefor the RBI under this frame-work is to target inflation, orprecisely to say future infla-tion based on Consumer PriceIndex at four per cent with atolerance band of ±2 per cent.It is not that the RBI was not

responsible for containing in-flation earlier. But, with theMPFA, the RBI must explainto the government in the formof a report if the inflation goesbeyond the stipulated limit. Toimplement the MPFA, theMonetary Policy Committee(MPC) was formed on June27, 2016 with three membersfrom the RBI and three moreeconomists appointed by thegovernment. The ReserveBank governor is the chair-man of the MPC. In case of atie, the RBI governor’s votewill decide on the repo rate. Ifall the four from the RBI takethe same decision, that deci-sion will prevail over the deci-sion of the other three. Thus,the RBI has an upper hand inthe MPC and hence the reporate decision. By signing this

agreement, the governmentdid not wash off its handsfrom controlling inflation. In-stead, the Union governmentessentially sought the cooper-ation of the RBI in controllinginflation and stimulatinggrowth.

Every bank has to deposit apercentage of their deposits inthe RBI to safeguard the inter-ests of the depositors. Howev-er, banks can seek loans fromthe deposits it made to theRBI for the short term at aninterest rate, which is calledrepo rate. The banks woulddecide their lending rate onthe basis of the repo rate, fixedand changed by the RBI atregular intervals. The govern-ment knew that if inflation in-creases, the RBI would hikethe repo rate.

Global famine is on the way: World faces its biggest crisisFamine, the third Horse-

man of the Apocalypse,is getting ready to ride.

A withered husk of a man atopa black steed, he holds in hishands weighing scales. Be-cause when famine rides, foodbecomes the most scarce andthus most valuable commodi-ty in the land. On that day, it isin the cruel scales of Faminethat a handful of flour will bemeasured against gold.

From symbolism to statis-tics: in its latest world hungerreport, the UN tells us that thenumber of hungry people inthe world has risen to over821 million — that’s one innine people alive today — andis projected to increase fur-ther. The world to come —and its coming sooner than wewould like — will be one ofdeprivation, scarcity, and thedull ache of a long empty bel-ly.

Yes it is true that thatglobal food production is andhas been rising in absoluteterms and will likely continueto do so but the growth isnowhere near the rate neededto feed the 10 billion humansprojected to be inhabiting thisworld in 2050.

We’re also running out ofland to grow food on. In thelast 40 years alone, we havelost one third of all availablefarmland to erosion, popula-tion growth, pollution and awhole infernal battalion oflesser demons. And yes, it’sgoing to get worse thanks tothe recently inducted FifthHorseman of climate change,which is due to take a serioustoll on food production world-wide. And yes, once again the

brunt will be borne by the “de-veloping world” (that’s us!)and also by those unfortunatecountries most at risk fromclimate change (us again!).

While you chew on that,consider that each year 1.3billion tonnes of food — athird of all that is produced —is wasted. In developing coun-tries, this is due to uninten-tional losses due to poor logis-tics and infrastructure, but inthe wealthy parts of the worldit is quite literally thrownaway. The extent of this loss issuch that the UN estimatesthat if only a quarter of thisperfectly edible food were tobe saved, it would ensure noone goes hungry anywhere inthe world. Modern food pro-duction has its issues as well,especially when it comes tomeat. Globally, animal farm-ing takes up a staggering 83

per cent of all available agri-cultural land while providingonly 18 per cent of our calo-ries. Here’s another fun factthough: the UN report also re-veals that the number of obeseand overweight people in theworld may be close to a bil-lion.

While most of the world’shungry are located in Asia andAfrica, obesity knows no bor-ders and while the US andChina lead in this race,African countries like Ghana(where 37 per cent of the adultpopulation suffers from stunt-ing due to childhood malnutri-tion) have seen obesity in-crease by 500 per cent in justa few decades. At first glance,this may look like the effect ofincome inequality — and inpart it is — but then considerthat low-income groups in theUS have seen a massive rise in

obesity, as they spend theirlimited money on (cheaper)processed food which fills thebelly while starving the body.In true dystopian style, whilemany are not getting the foodthey need, many are also notgetting the nutrition they needfrom the food that they do get.

No surprise then that amore modern interpretation,coming from Neil Gaimanand Terry Pratchett’s GoodOmens series, shows famineas a businessman with a lineof “foodstuffs”, which look,taste and smell like food butcontain absolutely no nutri-tional value.

In short, while the classicfamine takes away your food,the modern famine gets hiskicks seeing you eat your wayto starvation. Where to gofrom here? Certainly, reduc-ing meat consumption would

go a long way, and technolo-gies like lab-grown meat andmeat substitutes can help, ifrelated taboos can be over-come.

The same goes for geneti-cally engineered crops, whichare the subject of much con-troversy. Locally, new trendsin urban farming and space-saving vertical farming canmake a difference. In SouthAsia, a priority must be givento increasing yields, but not atthe cost of sustainability. Pri-ority must be given to im-proved logistics and storage,which will curb food losses.Luckily, we have at least a feworganisations working on re-ducing food wastage, and weneed to support them whilealso changing our highlywasteful habits. If not, rest as-sured the future will eat usalive.

There was defence min-ister Rajnath Singh’stweet about changing

India’s “no first use” of nu-clear weapons option in fu-ture “if the circumstanceschange”. There is now Pak-istan PM Imran Khan’s com-ment about India’s nuclear ar-senal not being safe. MrSingh’s statement was bothimpolitic and provocative inthe context of the abrogationof Articles 370 and Article35A in Jammu and Kashmir,and Pakistan’s agitated re-sponse, which has not wonany serious support either inthe UN Security Council(UNSC) — and it came up atthe UNSC because of Chinaalone — or anywhere else, es-pecially in the Arab countries.So, for Mr Singh to talk aboutthe nuclear option in a casualmanner has no justificationunless he had intelligence in-puts about Pakistan’s thinkingabout nuclear options, and histweet-statement was meant asa warning. But that was not amature response even if itwere true that the Pakistaniestablishment was thinking ofnuclear options.

Khan’s reference aboutthe Indian nuclear arsenal be-ing unsafe is quite laughablebecause it was Pakistan’s nu-clear arsenal that was consid-ered dangerous when warbroke out in Afghanistan atthe end of 2001, and then USPresident George W. Bush de-

clared “war” on global terror-ism, and the international Is-lamic jihadi groups were ac-tive in Pakistan. There wasserious concern in the UnitedStates about rogue militantgroups capturing Pakistan’snuclear weaponry. Pakistanpolitical and Army leadershad to issue assurances thatits nuclear arsenal was safe.The Pakistan PM’s nervoustalk may be based on his po-litical perception that an ag-gressive Hindu-dominant BJPmight choose to resort to theuse of nuclear weaponsagainst Pakistan.

The quickness withwhich Indian right-wingersand Pakistan’s hardlinersbring in the nuclear optioninto the barbed exchanges be-

tween the two countries re-veals that the leaders of thesetwo countries behave likeleaders of banana republics.They do not seem to under-stand that nuclear weaponsare meant for deterrence, andthey are not meant to be used.That is the classic Cold Warcredo, and it worked.

The two major Cold Warrivals, the United States andthe then Soviet Union, knewthat the nuclear arsenals weremeant for Armageddon andthey were never to be used asweapons of first resort. Andthat is how the Cold War eraplayed itself out. In India andPakistan, especially when theBJP is in power in India, talkabout nuclear weapon optionsenters the discourse as though

we are speaking about anti-aircraft Stinger missiles. It istrue that the Indian missile —air, land and water — pro-gramme has the aim of nu-clear-tipped weaponry. But itis not the sole strategy.

There is a need to educatethe leaders of the BJP aboutthe issue of nuclear weapons.This is necessary because ofthe thinking of the party onPakistan and their misplacednotions about subcontinentalhistory.

While it is true that the Is-lamic hotheads in Pakistan —they are mostly confined tothe seminaries — with theirdelusional notion of restoringIslamic rule in the whole ofthe subcontinent do think ofnuclear weapons in terms ofwinning a war, a similarthinking is to be found amongHindutva hotheads, and moreso in North India, that Mus-lim Pakistan is the “eternalenemy” of Hindu India, andthere is need to fight a nuclearwar to settle the issue. Itwould not be possible to con-trol the thoughts of fanaticson both sides, but it is not un-reasonable to demand thatthose in government in Indiaand in Pakistan must speakand act responsibly, and espe-cially so when it comes to theuse of nuclear weapons.There are of course real mili-tary compulsions when Indiaand Pakistan acquired a nu-clear weapons capability

through a series of tests inMay 1998. The Indian motivefor acquiring the nuclearweapons capability was os-tensibly not Pakistan-centric,but for Pakistan India was thesole enemy, and it did nothave superiority over India inconventional warfare. And fornearly two decades, Pakistansought to blackmail Indiaover the outbreak of conven-tional hostilities by flauntingits nuclear options.

This was especially sowhen the Atal Behari Vajpay-ee government mobilised thearmed forces on the border af-ter the attack on the IndianParliament in December2001. Pakistan’s then militaryruler Gen. Pervez Musharraftalked about using localisednuclear cluster bombs to deterIndian troops crossing theborder. The aerial strike onBalakot this February was astrategic move by India foroutflanking Pakistan’s nu-clear threat. But India wascareful enough to declarethrough its foreign secretary’sstatement that no military orcivil installations of Pakistanwere being targeted.

The BJP leaders haveonce again been aggressivewhen Mr Singh and informa-tion and broadcasting minis-ter Prakash Javadekar de-clared that the only issue thatremains to be discussed withPakistan on the question ofJammu and Kashmir after the

abrogation of Articles 370and 35A is Pakistan-occu-pied Kashmir (PoK). Thissends out a belligerent sig-nal. Pakistan has either to ab-sorb that part of Kashmir fol-lowing the example of theModi government or stoppretending that the issue ofKashmir remains to be set-tled.

India and Pakistan mustlearn to be behave like sover-eign states with regard toeach other. India’s first PrimeMinister, Jawaharlal Nehru,harped on this point time andagain when some of his par-tymen — there was a strongenough contingent of theHindutva kind inside theCongress then — at the Ja-balpur session in 1961 afterrioting in Pakistan.

While the abrogation ofArticles 370 and 35A wascertainly India’s prerogativein dealing with one of itsstates — it is a different mat-ter that some of us are of theview that it was not the wayto do it — the aggressive talkby BJP leaders about PoKmay not be of great help.

Many people in Pakistando not consider Kashmir tobe the bone of contention be-tween India and Pakistan,and so do many in India.Leaders in the two countriesmust understand that nuclearweapons cannot be used as acounter for bargaining overthe Kashmir issue.

India-Pak wrangling on N-weapons dangerousIt is true that the Indian missile — air, land and water — programme has

the aim of nuclear-tipped weaponry. But it is not the sole strategy

We’re alsorunning out ofland to growfood on. In thelast 40 yearsalone, we havelost one third ofall availablefarmland toerosion,populationgrowth,pollution.

Chandigarh,– HMD Global, the home of Nokia

phones, today announced the all new fourth generation of its most popular feature phone - Nokia 105. The new Nokia 105 comes with everything the Nokia 105 is known for, including a battery that lasts, allowing you to talk from sunset to sunrise with one charge. Its 1.77” colour screen is great for playing games like the classic Snake, and the island keymat makes dialling and texting easy and enjoyable. With an inherently coloured polycarbonate body, the new Nokia 105 effortlessly combines modern design with simplicity and durability in a package that offers great value.Juho Sarvikas, Chief Product Officer, HMD Global, said, “The Nokia 105 has sold in tens of millions across the globe proving its popularity and timeless quality as a legendary phone. This is the fourth generation in a line of feature phones designed for those who want to embrace mobility. We wanted to build on the winning formula of one of our most popular feature phones globally.

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The all new Nokia 105 introduced

CHANDIGARH –Signify (Euronext: LIGHT), the world leader in lighting (formerly known as Philips Lighting), today announced its partnership with Livspace, the leading home design and renovation platform of India and Southeast Asia. As a part of this collaboration, Signify’s lighting products will be available for interior decorators and architects designing homes on the Livspace platform in India. Moreover, customers visiting the Livspace Experience centers will have access to the wide range of Philips Hue smart lighting productsavailable at the stores across India. Smart lighting, though still at a nascent stage, is a growing category in India owing to the entry of smart home assistants and increasing Internet penetration. Customers building new homes or renovating existing spaces are increasingly expressing interest in smart lighting options that offer both

Signify announces collaboration with Livspace in India

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handigarh : Lifestyle Pick-up ISUZU V-Cross today launched Cthe limited edition of ‘Z-Prestige’

variant which gets a revolutionary powerful 1.9 litre Ddi engine mated to a ‘first in the segment’ 6-speed Automat ic Transmission. This will offer a distinct driving experience on or off-road with enhanced safety features and more sophistication. This variant carries a price tag of Rs 19.99 lakhs, ex-showroom, Delhi. The other new features are equipped with 6-airbags (Driver, Front Passenger, Front Side & Full-length Curtain) and BOS (Brake-Override System) thereby comprehensively enhancing the safety aspects.


SBP group launches Tricity’s first Privilege Cardhandigarh: One of the leading real estate developer of Tricity, SBP group launches Tricity’s first Privilege Card for its residents. The Cannouncement of the launch was done by Mr. Aman Singla- CMD

of SBP Group over a press conference organized at the club house of group’s residential project- SBP Housing Park, located on Delhi Chandigarh Expressway in Dera Bassi on 20th August. The group introduced the innovative concept for its residents across all its projects. SBP Group has partnered with various renowned brands catering to various segments like those of eateries, health care and lifestyle brands including Garam Dharam, Bikanervala, Warehouse café, Brew Bros, Fortis Hospital, Amcare hospital, Country Inn Hotel & Suites, Looks Salon, Arista Hotel & Sports station. Using the privilege card the residents will be able to avail a significant discount at all these outlets and healthcare units. While talking about the launch of privilege card, Mr. Raman Singla- Vice President and Business Head of SBP group said, “We are more than pleased to launch this privilege card for our residents with which they can avail various additional benefits.

LUDHIANA: Strengthening its position as pioneers and leader of the Small Commercial Vehicles (SCV) segment, Tata Motors, India’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturer today launched a range of new generation ‘compact truck’ – the Tata INTRA in Ludhiana. Engineered and built to offer class-leading features, meeting the demanding and ever-evolving requirements of the SCV industry; Tata INTRA comes in two variants- V10 and V20. The INTRA range starts from INR 5,35,000 onwards depending on the variant, thereby offering a superior value proposition to the customers. The event was hosted at Razzle Resorts, Pakhowal Road, Ludhiana where 340 customers of Tata Motors attended. Both the vehicles will be available across all Tata Motors authorized dealerships in Ludhiana.

India’s first compact truck – Tata INTRA launched in Ludhiana

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mritsar ,-- It’s time for of Space Season 2 promises to season will be home to more the quirkiest battle of keep you amazed from the word grueling tasks and challenges to Aextremes. Between go with Less Space, More asses contestant compatibility.

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handigarh : Dish TV India Limited, the world’s largest single-country DTH Company, has launched a one of its kind Ccontent streaming solution‘d2h Magic’ allowing customers

to access digital video streaming and OTT apps on their existing d2h set top box. ‘d2h Magic’ will seamlessly bridge the gap between real-time TV content and best of the engaging content available on Internet. It will enable customers to watch catch-up TV shows, original web-series and video content across popular digital platforms and OTT streaming apps such as ZEE5, Watcho, ALTBalaji and Hungama Play in English, Hindi and Regional languages.‘d2h Magic’ will be available in all major cities. The introductory price of d2h magic is INR 399 with a nominal subscription price of INR 25 plus taxes per month post three months free preview period. The device comes with a huge library of digital videos and access to free content across other apps, giving its customers an easy access to all the engaging content with a complete immersive experience of watching it on a large TV screen in the comfort of their home. The users will be able to watch cooking recipes from famous chefs, make-up and styling tutorials, Yoga.

Rule the world of entertainment with ‘d2h Magic’ streaming device

handigarh: OYO Hotels & Homes announced multilingual support for its customer app (Android Cand iOS) and mobile web platforms. With a

consumer-first approach backed by innovative technology, through its newly launched multilingual support on the customer app and mobile web platforms, OYO aims to offer a hassle-free and customized booking experience to millions of users across the world. In June 2019, OYO witnessed approximately 40% demand coming from non-metro users in cities like Jaipur, Noida, Pune, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Bhubaneswar, Ahmedabad, Indore, Dehradun, Patna, Bhopal, and Ghaziabad. With Hindi language support, OYO aims to extend support to more users in tier 2 and tier 3 cities in India and reach out to the growing number of vernacular internet users. The Change Language Functionality will enable users to simply switch from English to Hindi and enjoy customized yet quality booking experience. OYO Lite, a lighter version of the customer app, has also been rolled out in Hindi and Bahasa. Commenting on the launch, Anil Goel, Group Chief Technology & Product Officer, OYO Hotels & Homes, said, "At OYO, customer experience is a priority. Being a tech-driven hospitality business, we leverage the right technology and talent to deliver predictable, affordable, good quality stay experiences for everyday travelers and city dwellers. With this multilingual support, we aim to make user interactions hassle-free and convenient, further adding to the overall customer experience across the world. Hindi is the most widely spoken language in India and we believe that the language support makes.

Glenmark receives approval for combination of Remogliflozin Etabonate and Metformin Hydrochloride

ee Studios, in association with Shri Narotam Ji Films, released the promotional track from their upcoming film Surkhi Bindi titled Z‘Demanda’. Lead actor of the film, Gurnam Bhullar has sung the song;

the lyrics are penned by Vicky Dhaliwal. V Rakx Music has composed the music. It is a perfect party number with equally amazing beats. The cherry on

the cake is the performance of both the leads of the film. ‘Demanda’ is a song that will definitely refresh the audiences and make them shake a leg. The song will be a definite entry to DJ’s list. The trailer and ‘Karmawala’ and ‘Pariya’ tracks had already received immense praise and had created ripples of curiosity amongst the audience. Now, this song will definitely add up to the whole excitement for ‘Surkhi Bindi’.

Singer-actor Gurnam Bhullar said, "Demanda will definitely break the monotony and will give a reason to audiences to dance. Sargun Mehta and I had a lot of fun while shooting the song. I just hope people will love this track and will give their support to ‘Surkhi Bindi’.” This film is a full package of comedy, drama, romance, and emotions with most importantly giving a social message of empowering our women and highlighting the importance of support and understanding in any relationship. Presented by Zee Studios, directed by ‘Qismat’ and ‘Shadaa’ hitmaker Jagdeep Sidhu, Surkhi Bindi, starring Sargun Mehta and Gurnam Bhullar, releases on August 30, 2019.

Zee Studios’ upcoming movie ‘Surkhi Bindi’s promotional track ‘Demanda’ released today

Baldev Singh & Gagandeep'snew track launchedCHANDIGARH: Canada- based Punjabi singers Bapu Baldev Singh and Gagandeep Singh launched their latest Punjabi track ‘Ya Mere Maula’ from the album Journey Of Generations. The song is released by Surrey-based music-label NAAD Production and Creative BC on various TV Channels and Social media platforms with a much-created pre-hype a week before the date. The track is a mix of both folk and urban styled music, created by Gagandeep Singh himself, and the beautiful video is shot at the incredible locations of Vancouver by popular Punjabi-Music-Video-director Navraj Raja. The soulful lyrics of the song are written by Jagtar Singh Preet & Sukhdev Gohalwar. Speaking at the release of the track, Bapu Baldev Singh said, “The song is really close to my heart, and it feels great to see how people are falling in love with it. The song is made with our heart and soul, and the whole team has brought life to the beautiful lyrics.” Gagandeep Singh stated, “Ya Mere Maula was produced with an idea of touching souls, and with the kind of music, voice and video we have given to it, it surely is bringing life to the words of the song.

Isuzu V Cross launches ‘Z Prestige’ limited edition

HANDIGARH: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Glenmark), a research-led global integrated Cpharmaceutical company, announced that the

company has received regulatory approval to market a combination of its novel, patent protected and globally-researched sodium glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitor Remogliflozin etabonate (Remogliflozin) and Metformin Hydrochloride (Metformin) film coated tablets in India. The drug is indicated in the treatment of type-2 diabetes mellitus in adults. Glenmark will commercialize the product under the brand names ‘Remo-M’ and ‘Remozen-M’. “The approval for Remogliflozin and Metformin combination is a testament of our commitment towards revolutionizing diabetes management in India. Glenmark is a pioneer in providing access to the latest treatment options to diabetes patients in India. Earlier this year, we launched Remogliflozin with an aim to increase patients’ access to SGLT2 inhibitors as this class of drugs have proven benefits for effective diabetes management. As the prevalence of diabetes continues to rise rapidly, we are pleased to offer an additional treatment option to patients. This approval for combination of Remogliflozin and Metformin will only help us get closer to our goal of providing an effective, high quality and world-class treatment option and improving access to SGLT2 inhibitors for patients in India,”said Sujesh Vasudevan, President, India Formulations, Middle East and Africa at Glenmark Pharmaceuticals.

handigarh : Reaching out to the potential Indian market, OPPLE Lighting, one of the Cworld’s leading LED lighting brands,

launched LED HighbayEcomaxwith more durable, robust and integrated design. With two beam and multiple installation options: hook, pole or bracket, it is a perfect lighting solution for commercial sector like industries, warehouse, station and gyms. Fashionably designed to appeal to the eye with the modern touch of appearance & functionality that sustains, OPPLE has designed the LED light with energy saving solution that doesn’t compromises on the looks. The LED HighbayEcomax is another addition from OPPLE India to its wide range of ceiling fixtures that conserveelectricity and is a durable replacement to current light fittings. The users may choose the lights as per requirement with 4Kv surge protection and excellent structure for best thermal control. “OPPLE India has been taking steps toward a cost effective, long lasting & durable LED lighting experience by running perception algorithms on the edge & The LED HighbayEcomax.

ctress, singer, theatre artist and a proud mother, Manasi Parekh Gohil has now added another feather to her cap. AShowered with incessant love for everything she has

taken up, the popular actress has now turned producer for MX Exclusive ‘Do Not Disturb’ – and she has left no stone unturned! She stars in the lead opposite Amdavadi heartthrob MalharThakar and this comedy drama will go live on MX Player on 26th July. Directed by Sandeep Patel of Love Ni Bhavai fame, the show captures the life of a married Gujarati couple, the everyday conversations that they have behind closed doors in their bedroom and the innumerable times they have struggled to spend some quality time together. ‘Do Not Disturb’ is the story of every couple - from their relationship with each other’s families, their unsuccessful trips and dinner plans and the sacrifices they make for love – but all of this explained through a “keyhole” in the four walls of their bedroom. Manasi reveals, “It was great fun putting together the whole team because I was not just involved as an actor but also as a producer in setting up the whole show. It was amazing and at the same time challenging because I was working with a team I hadn’t worked with before in a new city, with a set of entirely new people. But it was fun because right from the director of the show, Sandeep Patel (a Gujarati filmmaker) to the writers, Mitai and Nehal who have written superhot Gujarati films and to actor MalharThakar, the biggest name in Gujarati cinema today, I was really to put together a team which was A-class in terms of quality”.

Manasi Parekh Gohil turns producer; dons a dual role of actor and producer for 'Do Not Disturb'

Young Energetic Designer-SunilDress designing is always challenging and creative work, so to say without basic knowledge or experience one cannot

achieve success in this field,says young Energetic Dress designer of Haryana and Punjab Mr Sunil.In an interaction with this writer Sunil stated that he hails from village Kailram in dist Kaithal Haryana.He was fond of films and fashion from his childhood.During

school time he took part in various cultural and fashion activities. Sunil born in Sept 2000 completed plus 2 from Local senior secondary school.Later he tried his luck in field of Dress and fashion designing.Sunil has worked with popular designers of Punjab and Haryana.There he learnt intricacies of Fahion and dress designing. Sunil has designed colorful trendy dresses for famous Punjabi singers Sukhjinder Sinhda,Preet Harpal and Avi Singh including well known models Kangna,Chandni,Aarti,Lina,Saheb singh and Habby gill.Sunil is big fan of Bollywood designer Manish Malhotra.

CHANDIGARH: Jaguar Land Rover is developing next-generation head-up display technology that could beam real-time safety information in front of the driver, and allow passengers to stream 3D movies direct from their seats as part of a shared, autonomous future.Engineers are working on a powerful new 3D head-up display to project safety alerts, such as lane departure, hazard detection, sat nav directions, and to reduce the effect of poor visibility in poor weather or light conditions. Augmented reality would add the perception of depth to the image by mapping the messages directly onto the road ahead. Studies conducted in Germany, show that the use of Stereoscopic 3D displays in an automotive setting can improves reaction times on ‘popping-out’ instructions and increases depth judgments while driving.* In the future, the innovative technology could be used by passengers.

Jaguar Land Rover DevelopsImmersive 3D In- Car Experience with Head-Up Display Research

OYO Hotels & Homes goes multilingual

Opple India launches LED HighbayEcomax

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WhatsApp Said to Be in Talks to Launch Mobile Payments in Indonesia

acebook's messaging service WhatsApp is Fin talks with multiple

Indonesian digital payment firms to offer their mobile transaction services, in a bid to tap the nation's fast g rowing e -commerce sector, people familiar with the matter said.Indonesia could become the second country worldwide w h e r e W h a t s A p p introduces such services, as

it awaits regulatory approval from India, its biggest market by users, that has been delayed due to local data storage rules. But unlike in India where it plans to offer direct peer-to-peer payment services, WhatsApp will simply serve as a platform in Indonesia supporting payments via local digital wallets due to tough licensing regulations, the sources told Reuters.The Indonesia model could become a template for WhatsApp to adopt in other emerging markets to get around regulations on foreign players creating their own digital wallets, the sources said. Indonesia, home to 260 million people and Southeast Asia's largest economy, is one of the top-five markets globally for WhatsApp, with over 100 million users. The nation is set to see its e-commerce industry tripling to $100 billion by 2025, according to some estimates, but it also has some of the region's strictest digital payments regulations. WhatsApp is in advanced talks with several digital payments firms including ride hailer Go-Jek, mobile payments firm DANA, backed by China's Ant Financial, and fintech startup.

CHANDIGARH: Steve Madden - the premium shoe brand from America for Men and Women, brings to Indian shores a striking collection of shoes to kick start the new Autumn Winter 2019 seasontrends from International Runways. The latest offering caters to the diverse needs of men and women both through a versatile range ofbig bottom sneakers, trendy neon heels, statement driver loafers, slips-ons, sandals, and so much more tomake you look effortlessly stylish, be it for your board meeting, or your casual date nights. Animal print shoes have been trendingand has people going crazy.Adding zebra or leopard print shoes to your wardrobe will spruce up your outfits to a whole new level and instantly give it a chic look.Style these heels with a classic white button-down and a pair of relaxed jeans, or an LBD. There is no going wrong with this one.

Steve Madden launches theirAW Collection 2019

Risk of heart failure increases with age: Dr H.K Balianchkula --: As per recent products properly. Apart from statistics, Heart Failure is feeling weak and tired, a person Pa major health problem in with Heart Failure can exhibit

India and the postadmission s y m p t o m s s u c h a s mortality stands at 20% to 30%. breathlessness; swollen ankles, India stands ahead of other legs or stomach; weight gain; countries in the number of appetite loss; dizziness; and deaths due to this condition coughing. Heart Failure can (INTER-CHF). While Heart either be acute (short-term) or Failure can develop at any age, chronic (ongoing) condition. its risk increases with age. While the former usually occurs About 1% of those above 65 and after a heart attack, chronic 7% of those between 75 and 84 Heart Failure may be the result years of age succumb to this of some problem with the heart condition. It is important to valves controlling blood flow to conditions such as coronary raise awareness about the fact the heart.” Heart Failure is a artery disease, a heart attack or that timely diagnosis and permanent condition and there is high blood pressure. Other risk treatment can save lives. no cure for it. However, it can be factors include heart muscle A person is said to be suffering managed with timely treat-ment disease and arrhythmias.from a Heart Failure when and medication. Adding further, Speaking about this Dr H.K his/her heart is unable to pump Dr Bali, said, “Some avoidable Bali , Chairman- Cardiac blood effectively throughout the risk factors of Heart Failure Sciences, Paras Hospital, body. Although the heart does include smoking, uncontrolled Panchkula said, “Heart Failure not stop working, it can become cholesterol or diabetes, excess causes a fluid buildup in the stiff or weak. Heart Failure is weight, and lack of physical body. This is because it loses the often the result of other activity. capacity to eliminate waste

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10HARYANACM dedicates various projects in AmbalaCHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal today dedicated various develop-ment projects worth about Rs 3816 lakh to the people of Ambala before starting ‘Jan Ashir-wad Yatra’ from Ambala on the third consecutive day. He inaugurated the building of Govern-ment Women College in Shahzadpur Baragarh, Ambala constructed at a cost of Rs 1673lakh. The Chief Minister also inaugurated the upgradation of CHC Mullana on which a sum ofRs 568 lakh has been incurred. He also inaugurated the upgradation of PHC Brara to CHC ata cost of about Rs 675 lakh. Apart from this, he also inaugurated a new ITI in village Nohaniconstructed at a cost of Rs 900 lakh. Member of Parliament namely Mr Sanjay Bhatia and MrNayab Singh Saini, MLA Mr Aseem Goyal, Media Adviser to Chief Minister Mr Rajiv Jain andother prominent personalities were also present on this occasion.


Students’ signaturecampaign forcorruption free IndiaSHIV SHARMAKARNAL: The Anti-Corruption Founda-tion of India is carrying out a campaignagainst corruption. A signature campaignwas carried out today at the S D SeniorSecondary School. The students of theschool participated in the campaignwhole heartedly. The students promisedto make India corruption free.National President of the Anti-CorruptionBureau Narendra Arora was also presentduring the signature campaign. Memen-tos were presented to the students onthe occasion.On this occasion, Chief Guest VikasJolie said that we can do what we canthink, if we think that we have to eradi-cate corruption from the country, then itwill be erased.

Lal Bahadur Shashtriinstitute openedROHIT LAMSARTARAORI: MLA Bhagvandas Kabirpan-thi today inaugurated the Lal BahadurShashtri Institute in Taraori. This is abranch of the National Technique Train-ingute is Parishad, Delhi recognised in-stitute. The institute is located in themain market of the kasba.It will teach various courses including In-formation Technology, Computer Opera-tion, Desktop Publishing, Advanced Fi-nancial Account, Computer HardwareNetworking, Web Designing, Mobile Re-pairing, Multimedia, Computer TrainingCourse, English Speaking, Fashion De-sign and Stitching. Whose arrangementfee will be payable only. Not only this,modern machines will also offer a coursein fashion designing.Many people were present includingMandaladhavendra Devendra Kamra,Councilor Tarjeet Pehalwan, CouncilorAtmaprakash, Omprakash Malhotra,Pratap Singh, Gurudwara head, DeepSingh, Suba Singh, Surjit Singh Khalsa,Ranjit Bhardwaj and Personal AssistantSecretary Rakesh.

Sanatan DharmaSabha holds treeplantation driveAMBALA: Sanatan Dharma College,Ambala Cantonment is carrying forwardthe campaign to plant more than 1000saplings. College principal Dr. RajendraSingh Dr. Naveen Gulati, Karanjit Kaurand the team of women cell today plant-ed 50 plant saplings. They pledged totake forward this campaign to protectand nurture the plants along with theplantation.The principal said that the plants are ofgreat benefit to us. We get oxygen fromthem. He said the heat in the atmos-phere is increasing day by day which hasa great adverse impact on life. Dr.Naveen Gulati informed that the collegecampus will be made polythene-freefrom the new session and students willbe made aware of the environment andcleanliness and also the campaign toplant more than 1000 saplings in the col-lege premises and nearby places is alsocarried forward in the session.

Water level ofYamuna recordshighest increase, 25families evacuatedCHANDIGARH: Water level of Yamunariver in Haryana recorded the highest in-crease in the history till date, reaching8.28 lakh cusecs, due to incessant rainsfor the past few days. In view of arising flood situation, 25 fami-lies have been safely evacuated fromSonipat and Karnal districts, HaryanaChief Secretary Keshni Anand Arora saidon Tuesday. Ms Kesni said this, while attending thereview meeting, held on flood situation inHaryana, Punjab, Uttarakhand, HimachalPradesh and Delhi, under the chairman-ship of Union Cabinet Secretary PradeepKumar Sinha, through video conferenc-ing.Ms Arora said the Yamuna water wouldreach Delhi by this evening and the ad-ministrative officials of the national capi-tal have already been alerted about this.She said that after Delhi, this waterwould reach Faridabad and Palwal dis-tricts. Therefore, about 500 families havealready been evacuated from low-lyingareas along these two districts and safe-ly shifted to another place. She said that Markanda, Tangri andGhaggar rivers have also recorded slightincrease in water level, but now, it wasdecreasing.Ms Arora said Haryana had recorded8.14 lakh cusecs of water in Yamuna riv-er in 2013, which became second high-est now. The Chief Secretary said thatnine members of a family, who were re-ported to be stranded in flood in villageGadhpur Tapu of Indri Vidhan Sabhaconstituency, have also been rescued,with the help of an Air Force helicopter.

Ram Bilas to inaugurate IHM campus at Panipat todayCHANDIGARH: Haryana Education andTourism Minister, Mr Ram Bilas Sharmawill inaugurate the new Campus of Insti-tute of Hotel Management (IHM), Panipaton August 21, 2019. The project hasbeen completed at a cost of over Rs11.22 crore and aims at providing qualityeducation and better infrastructure facili-ties to the students.While stating this today, Additional ChiefSecretary, Tourism Mr Vijai Vardhan saidthat Member of Parliament (MP) Karnal,Mr Sanjay Bhatia and MLA Panipat MrsRohita Rewri would also grace this occa-sion. Mr Vijai Vardhan said that the Insti-tute has been equipped with the State-of-Art facilities which enable the students tohone their skills with new age modularkitchen and equipment, laundry along with custom made furniture andfurnishing and classrooms furniture.

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Haryana Governor, Mr SatyadeoNarain Arya today honoured 27 San-skrit litterateurs with various Sanskritalankars and a cash award of Rs28.86 lakh for their excellent contri-bution in the field of literature.

While addressing the gatheringduring the award distribution functionin Raj Bhavan today, the Governorsaid that Sanskrit is a language ofDev’s and everyone should work forits upliftment. Today’s litterateurs andpoets have immensely contributed inthe promotion of the language. Hesaid that in this modern era, even sci-entists have described Sanskrit lan-guage as the most favourable lan-guage for computers. Thus, peoplemust not get influenced by Westernculture but should adopt their ownlanguage and culture.

He said that the state governmenthas established Maharishi ValmikiSanskrit University at village Mundiin Kaithal district. This would pro-vide the youth of the state the oppor-tunity to learn Sanskrit, literature andlanguage. On the occasion, the Gov-ernor also released Sahitya Academybooklet Hariprabha, Harivaak andsouvenir of academy.

Haryana Vidhan Sabha Speaker,Mr Kanwar Pal said that Sanskrit lan-guage reflects the character of a per-son. It is the first government in thecountry that has emphasized on thepromotion of Sanskrit and its culture.

Principal Secretary to Chief Min-ister and Additional Chief Secretary,Information, Public Relations andLanguages Department, Mr. RajeshKhullar said that soon, a website ofSanskrit Academy would also be cre-ated by the state government. The re-maining litterateurs would also be re-warded by the end of this year.

During the function, HaryanaSanskrit Gaurav Samman, carryingcash prize of Rs 2 lakh and a citation,was conferred upon Dr. MathuraduttPandey for 2014, Mr ShivnarayanShashtri for 2015 and Acharya Ma-havir Prasad Sharma for 2016. Simi-larly, Maharishi Valmiki Sammancarrying cash prize of Rs 1.5 lakh anda citation, was awarded to Prof. ShriKrishan Sharma for 2014, Prof. Kam-la Bhardwaj for 2015 and Prof. BhimSingh for 2016.

Maharishi Vedvyas Samman car-rying cash prize of Rs 1.5 lakh and a

citation, was conferred upon Prof. Ra-jeshwar Prasad Mishra for 2014, Dr.Satyapal Sharma for 2015 and Mr.Satyanarayan Sharma for 2016.

Similarly, Mahakavi BaanbhattSamman carrying cash prize of Rs 1lakh and a citation, awarded to Dr.Mithilesh Sharma Shashtri for 2014,Mr Hariprakash Sharma for 2015 andMr. Tularam Sharma for 2016.

Similarly, Mr Om PrakashKaushik and Acharya Vidyavati washonoured with Guru VirjanantAcharya Samman for 2015 and 2016,respectively. Apart from this, Mrs.Suman Sharma and Mrs. PramodSharma were honored with Vidya-martand Pt. Sitaram Shashtri AcharyaSamman for 2014 and 2015, respec-tively. The award carries prize moneyof Rs 1 lakh.

During the function, AcharayaRajwanti and Acharaya VedvratShashtri were honoured with PanditYudhishthir Mimansak Acharya Sam-man for 2015 and 2016, respectively.Similarly, Swami Dharmdev SanskritSamaradhak Samman was awarded toDr. Rajanmaan, Mr Rajesh Swaroopand Acharya Vedvrat Shahshtri for2014, 2015 and 2016, respectivelycarrying cash prize of Rs 1 lakh and acitation.

Book Award carrying cash prizeof Rs 31,000 and a citation wasawarded to Dr. Balwant Singh andMr. Suraj Kumar for 2014, Dr. Satya-pal Sharma, Dr. Dharambir Kunduand Dr. Mithilesh Sharma for 2015and Dr Hari Singh for 2016.

Governor honours 27 Sanskritlitterateurs with cash awards

Haryana Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal laying foundation stone of remodeling of Guhna Sub Minor, atKaithal on August 20, 2019. Member of Parliament, Mr. Nayab Singh is also seen in the picture.

RAJENDRA KHATRYCHANDIGARH, AUGUST 20

Confused and confounded. That isthe state of the Congress in Haryanaright now. Ever since Haryana Con-gress veteran and former ChiefMinister Bhupinder Singh Hoodagave indications of quitting Con-gress at the Rohtak Mahaparivartanrally the other day, Congress isstruggling to give a befitting re-sponse.

With Hooda announcing toform a committee of 25 members,all his loyal supporters, the Con-gress leaders have gone into a hud-dle. Hooda has kept the doors of ne-gotiations open though. He has onlymade known his intention to quit ifthings don’t go according to hisplan. If the Congress High Com-

mand wants it can call him for atalk. But people close to Hooda saidtoday that he has not been ap-proached yet. By party High Com-mand.

Today was late Prime MinisterRajiv Gandhi’s 75th birth anniver-sary. It is expected that the partyHigh Command will look into theHooda issue seriously after that.

The space for dialogue remainsopen now. It is up to the party nowto deal with the emerging situation.

Meanwhile Ashok Tanwar,Haryana Congress president, who isthe reason behind Hooda’s sulkinghas called Hooda’s action as an actof indiscipline. He has blamed himfor going away from the party’sline. Both Hooda and his son Deep-ender Hooda have supported the ab-rogation of article 370 by the BJPgovernment.

According to sources, bothsides (Hooda and High Command)are weighing their options whileleaving scope for negotiations. So-nia Gandhi was reported to have di-alled Hooda on the eve of the lat-ter’s rally but the outcome of theconversation is not known to any-body. The ball is in Sonia Gandhi’s

court as Bhupinder Hooda watchesand waits.

Meanwhile there has not beenany announcement on the formationof 25 –member committee. Accord-ing to Ashok Tanwar, no one has theright to form such a panel in Con-gress. However, Tanwar has conve-niently forgotten that a couple ofmonths ago he himself formed anelection committee in Haryanawithout seeking the permission ofthe party High Command. It wasonly when Haryana Congress partyin-charge Ghulam Nabi Azad open-ly rebuked him that Tanwar mend-ed his ways.

Hooda has two main demands.One is to remove Ashok Tanwarfrom the post of the Haryana presi-dent. The second demand is to givehim full charge of the party.

Hooda’s rebellion leaves Congressconfused and confounded

MAHINDER SINGHGHARAUNDA, AUGUST20:

State Chief Minister ManoharLal’s Jan Ashirwad Yatra willarrive in Gharaunda region onAugust 22. BJP Kisan Morchadistrict president Satish Ranasaid Yatra will be given agrand welcome on reachingnear Pucca Bridge with thou-sands of workers on tractors,motorcycles. On the Jan-Ashirwad Yatra, BJP leaderSatish Rana launched a publicrelations campaign in villageKohund, Uncha Samana, Bij-na, Garhimultan and other vil-

lages of Gharaunda and invit-ed people to participate in Jan-Ashirwad Yatra. Addressingthe villagers during his publicrelations campaign on Tues-day, District President SatishRana said that the Chief Min-

ister's Jan Aashirwad Yatra isreceiving huge support fromthe people of the state. Thisjourney started from Kalka isbeing welcomed with flowerseverywhere. There is a greatenthusiasm among the youth

about the journey. Satish Ranasaid that the way the Manohargovernment of the state hasdone the development work,people will vote BJP for a bigvictory in forthcoming As-sembly elections. Previousgovernments only worked tofill their homes, never thoughtto benefit the country and thestate, he added. On this occa-sion, District Secretary KisanMorcha Brahmpal Rawal, for-mer sarpanch Sher Rawal,Anil Rawal, Praveen Rawal,Mahendra Rawal, RameshRawal, Rinku Rana, KamalDhiman and others were pres-ent.

Jan Ashirwad Yatra evokesmassive response: Satish Rana

MAINPAL KASHYAPINDRI, AUGUST 20

Despite of releasing 8 lakhcusec water Hathni KundBarrage in Yamuna River,threat of flood continued invillages adjoining to river.More than two dozen villagesof Karnal are under the flood.Although the amount of waterhas been reduced slightlysince yesterday, but themovement of water frommany villages has not startedyet due to the flow of water inseveral kilometers area. Thework of evacuating thestranded people by the boat isunderway. The condition ofvillages like Bano Khedi,Nagli, Jappati Chhapra, Syed

Chhappar, Nabiabad, Hal-wana Dera, Halwana Rodan,Kamalpur, Garhpur Tapu re-gion, Chandrao are not andother villages is still not im-proving. There is a problem

of drinking water in these vil-lages and the lives of the peo-ple living on the deras are get-ting ruined. The worst suffer-ers are sick people, pregnantwomen and old people.

Water level of affected villages yet to recede

SHIV SHARMAKARNAL, AUGUST 20

The Swachh Bharat Mission team hasbeen educating various school studentsabout the importance of cleanliness in thecity. The team has been giving informa-tion about the bad effects of polytheneand how to maintain ecological balance.

Today, the programme was organisedat Guru Nanak School and ConventSchool in the city under the chairmanshipof the mission's master Gurdev Singh, asper the order of Corporation Commis-sioner Rajeev Mehta and Deputy Corpo-ration Commissioner Dhiraj Kumar inwhich the children were made aware ofthe importance of water as well as the im-portance of environment, the harmful ef-

fects of wet, dry waste and polythenebags. At the same time, school childrenwere also made to take a pledge to savewater and keep their environment clean.

The corporation has made a provisionfor fines on the use of waste water andpolythene bags, about which many shop-keepers' challans have also been issued.At the same time, strict action will also betaken on misuse of water. MotivatorDeepmala, Nahar Singh, Kuldeep Pan-chal, Vicky were present.

Swachh Mission teameducates students

Blood donation saves life: Mayor

SHIV SHARMAKARNAL: `Adopt blood donation save life.’ Blood donation is life giverand a true service to mankind, said Mayor of Karnal, Renu Bala Guptatoday. She was speaking as the chief guest at the first blood donationcamp organised by the Gurdwara Dera Kar Seva at Kalandir Gate.Around 151 units of blood was collected at the centre.As many as 551 saplings were planted by the association in Ghoghidipurvillage and the town's crematorium and stadium. He reached KalpanaChawla Government Medical College to make the program a success,and Dr. Navdeep Kaur from State Medical College and his team, TrainingOfficer MC from Rad Cross Society. The association thanked all blooddonors. Vikram Singh, Sultan Singh, Raju Prajapati, Kulwinder Singh,Sukhbir, Anshu Gupta, Baba Baldi, Vishal Panchal, Vicky and many oth-er dignitaries were present on the occasion.

Seva Dal remembersRajiv Gandhi


The Congress Seva Dal today paid homage to late PrimeMinister Rajiv Gandhi on his 75th birth anniversary.Flowers were offered to his statue by the membes of theCongress Seva Dal. On this occasion, State General Sec-retary Jogindra Chauhan, State Secretary Jagir Saini andDistrict Head Anil Sharma said that Rajiv Gandhi's vi-sionary policies helped in building India. Rajiv Gandhileft an indelible impression on the hearts and minds ofthe people of the country through his actions. SeniorCongress leader Krishna Sharma Basatada, DeputyPrime Minister Madan Rana, Media In-Charge SunilSharma, Vice President Prashotam Valmiki, GeneralSecretary Lekhraj Kashyap, General Secretary JasvirSwamy, Secretary Akansh Saini, Block Urban PrincipalSandeep Kumar, Urban Principal Indri Surendra Pal,Block Indri Pradhan Praveen Sandhu, Block nising Prin-cipal Sanjeev Kumar, Secretary Advocate Gurjar, Sec-retary Vishal Sharma, General Secretary Dr. Geeta Rani,Santosh Tejan, SA Usha Nagpal, Dr. Sunil Panwar,Kuldeep Rana, Surjeet Saini were present.

Farmers protest atJantar Mantar


Suffering under the tyranny of land mafia in collaboration with thegovernment officials, the farmers of 5 villages today held a protestat the Jantar Mantar in Delhi. The farmers belonged to Araipura,Bharatpur, Lalupura, Kalram and Amrutpur. Later the farmershanded over a memorandum of demands to the Prime Minister’soffice. The farmers are demanding a CBI enquiry into the entireepisode before the imposition of the Code of Conduct and landconsolidation again. They also want the government to hasten thevigilance enquiry against the land mafias and corrupt officials. Thefarmers have said they must be given permssion of euthanasia iftheir problems are not solved soon. The farmers sought permissionto set themselves ablaze. The agitating farmers were led byRashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangathan state president RajendraArya Dadupur. Convenor of National Farmers Task ForceParamveer Chauhan, Consolidation Co-founder Rajbal RanaBharatpur, Fake Singh Rana, Akal Singh Rana, Ved Pal Rana, Kr-ishna Road, Paramveer Arya, Sunil Chaupra, Ishwar Jogi, AnilJogi, Ladha Ram, Ram Niwas Saini , Balwan Dera Tar Pur, ShriRam, Pala Ram were present during protest.

GURMEET KASHYAPKARNAL, AUGUST 20

BJP's District General Minister YogendraRana invited the villagers to the Jan Aashir-wad Yatra of Chief Minister Manohar Lal inPadhana, a light village. He informed thatwith the public blessings the Rath Yatra hasbeen going on smoothly. This Rath yatra willarrive in Assandh on August 22. YogendraRana called upon the people to reach the max-imum number. He said that during his visit,the Chief Minister is establishing direct com-munication with the people.

Yogendra Rana appealed to the villagersto vote for the BJP and win by an over-whelming majority in the upcoming assemblyelections. On this occasion, villagers likeSushil Rana, Chandrapal, Randhir, Birampal,Labh Singh, Biramdas, Deewana, etc. werepresent.

CM talking to people directlyduring Rath Yatra: Rana

Large gathering expectedat Ashirvad yatraGURMEET KASHYAPKARNAL: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar LalKhattar’s Ashirvad Rath Yatra in the Indri region ofKarnal district is drawing a good crowd response.The people are welcoming the yatra everywherewith great enthusiasm. The yatra will reach Bhad-son chowk on August 22. The sarpanch of Udanavillage Surendra Udana today visited a nukber ofvillages to invite people to the yatra. The sarpanchvisited Sharavan Majra, Haibatpur, Retkhana,Shani Dham basti, Khedi Jattan to invite the peo-ple. On the occasion Rohit Bankura, Romi Banku-ra, Sandeep Kesaria, Sanjeev Chugh, SurendraChugh, Shyam Chugh, Kuldeep Rathore, RameshVats, Vijay, Lakhpat, Abhishek, Shravan, SanjayAkhtar, Nanak, Munish and Devendrawere present.

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Dr Jaishankar pays tributes to Bangabandhu,holds talks with Bangladesh counterpartDHAKA: External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Tuesday paid richtributes to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and said India is proud topartner with Bangladesh to "fulfill his vision". "Deeply honoured to pay myhomage to the Father of the Nation (of Bangladesh). Proud to partner withBangladesh and fulfill his vision," Dr Jaishankar wrote after visiting theBangabandhu Memorial Museum. The illustrious Banga Bandhu and his 18family members including three sons were assassinated in 1975 in a ruthlessexercise by 'right wing' military officers - in cold blood. Later in a tweet, theExternal Affairs Minister wrote: "Deeply moved by the visit to BangabandhuMemorial Museum.

Man stabs threepeople after askingtheir views on anti-govt protestsHONG KONG: An unidentified man onTuesday launched an unprovokedknife attack on a group of people in'Lennon Wall' of Hong Kong afterasking them about their views on theanti-government protests. At leastthree people including two womenhave suffered injuries. According to theSouth China Morning Post, thesuspect stabbed two women and aman, aged 26, 35 and 24 respectively.One woman is said to be in criticalcondition as she suffered a headinjury. The trio is undergoing treatmentin nearby hospitals. The attack tookplace in a tunnel between Hau TakEstate and Chung Ming Court inTseung Kwan O at 1.35am, confirmedthe police. The video shot during theattack shows four to five people fleeingthe spot. In the video, one woman washeard yelling "Stabbing. He is carryinga knife", a man screamed out "call thepolice", while another man shouted,"go away, you guys". A witness saidthat the suspect approached them andasked about their views on theongoing protest and after listening helaunched the attack. "He asked uswhat do we think about it [theprotests]," he said. "When we said ourviews, he said: 'I can't hold it anylonger.' Then he took out a knife fromhis pocket and stabbed my twofriends." Hong Kong has beenwitnessing protests since early June.The demonstrations were triggered bythe now-suspended extradition billwhich would allow suspects to beextradited to China to face trial.

Johnson tells EU hewants Brexit deal butwithout backstopLONDON: British Prime Minister BorisJohnson has written to EU PresidentDonald Tusk reaffirming his desire toconclude a Brexit deal as well as hisopposition to the controversial"backstop" on Ireland. The so-calledbackstop is a mechanism that wouldkeep the UK in EU customsarrangements to prevent a hard borderbetween the British province ofNorthern Ireland and the Republic ofIreland, an EU member state. In theletter Johnson stressed that hisgovernment wanted to achieve adivorce deal with Brussels. "You havemy personal commitment that thisgovernment will work with energy anddetermination to achieve anagreement. That is our highestpriority," Johnson wrote on Monday.Brussels says the backstop is neededas a fallback option to preserve theintegrity of European trade and avoidrisking a return of sectarian violence inNorthern Ireland. The backstop wasincluded in the accord reached withthe European Union by former premierTheresa May, which was rejectedthrice by the British parliament.Johnson, who succeeded May in July,has said he's ready to leave the EU atthe new scheduled exit date ofOctober 31, with or without an accord.But he also reiterated his view that theIrish backstop plan was "anti-democratic and inconsistent with thesovereignty of the UK as a state." Inaddition, keeping the UK in thecustoms union would prevent Londonfrom establishing a trade policyindependent of EU rules, he said. TheEU has repeatedly stated that it wasnot ready to renegotiate the Brexitdeal it had reached with May. Johnsonwill seek support for his vision forBrexit in key European capitals,travelling Wednesday to Berlin to meetChancellor Angela Merkel andThursday to Paris for talks withPresident Emmanuel Macron, aheadof the G7 summit in Biarritz at the endof the week.

US extends ban onpassports for N KoreatravelWASHINGTON: The United States onMonday extended a ban on the use ofUS passports for travel to North Koreafor another year, the State Departmentsaid in a statement. The ban, whichwill go into effect on September 1,renders US passports invalid for travelto North Korea and is reportedlymotivated by Washington's concernsabout "the serious risk of arrest andlong-term detention in North Korea",Yonhap news agency reported afterciting the statement. The travel banwas imposed in September 2017 inthe wake of the death of OttoWarmbier, an American collegestudent who was detained in the Northand died shortly after his return to theUS in a coma. Exceptions can begranted to journalists and forhumanitarian reasons for a single trip.The measure was renewed once in2018. It will now remain in place untilAugust 31, 2020.

KEC bags Rs 845-crorders from NCRTC,Kochi MetroMUMBAI: KEC International Ltd, aninfrastructure EPC company of theRPG Group, has secured its firstorders of Rs. 845 crore in theemerging Regional Rapid TransitSystem (RRTS) and Metro sectorsin India. The RRTS order, forconstruction of elevated viaduct andstations of the Delhi – MeerutRegional Rapid Transit System(RRTS) corridor, from NationalCapital Region TransportCorporation (NCRTC), is for Rs. 580crore.

Taiwan’s asylum offer toHong Kongers irks China

Supports protests and HK students live in TaiwanAGENCYHONG KONG, AUG 20

China lashed out at Taiwantoday over its offer of politicalasylum to participants in HongKong’s pro-democracy protestmovement, a day afterhundreds of thousands ofpeople marched peacefully inthe latest massivedemonstration in the Chineseterritory.

The government ofTaiwan, a self-ruled island thatChina considers its ownterritory, strongly supports theprotests, and Hong Kongstudents in Taiwan have heldevents over the weekendexpressing their backing.Taiwan’s President made theasylum offer last month,though it’s not clear if requestshave been received.

Taiwan lacks a formal

legal mechanism for assessingand granting asylum requestsalthough it has grantedresidency to several opponentsof the Chinese Government.

On Monday, MaXiaoguang, spokesman for theChinese Cabinet’s TaiwanAffairs Office, said Taiwan’soffer would “cover up thecrimes of a small group of

violent militants” andencourage their “audacity inharming Hong Kong and turnTaiwan into a “heaven forducking the law.”

Ma demanded thatTaiwan’s government should“cease undermining the rule oflaw” in Hong Kong,interfering in its affairs and not“condone criminals.”

Organisers said at least 1.7million participated inSunday’s Hong Kong rally andmarch, although the policeestimate was far lower.

The police said the protestwas “generally peaceful” butaccused a large group ofpeople of “breaching publicpeace” afterwards, occupyinga major thoroughfare andusing slingshots to shoot “hardobjects” at governmentheadquarters and pointinglasers at police officers.

D e m o n s t r a t o r s ’frustrations over what theyperceive to be thegovernment’s blatant refusalto respond to their demandsboiled over last week with theoccupation of Hong Kong’sinternational airport, duringwhich a reporter for a ChineseCommunist Party-ownednewspaper was assaulted.

AGENCYBEIJING, AUG 20

Huawei on Tuesday dismissedWashington's three-month delay to aban on US firms selling to the Chinesetech giant and said the decision wouldnot change the fact it had been "treatedunjustly". The US CommerceDepartment effectively suspended for asecond time tough rules stopping thesale of components and services to thetelecoms titan and a prohibition onbuying equipment from it. However, italso said it would add 46 morecompanies to its list of Huaweisubsidiaries and affiliates that would becovered by the ban if it is implementedin full -- taking the total on the list tomore than 100. The original ban wasannounced earlier this year by USauthorities who claim it provides abackdoor for Chinese intelligenceservices -- something the firm denies."It's clear that this decision, made at thisparticular time, is politically motivatedand has nothing to do with nationalsecurity," Huawei responded in astatement, adding that the actions"violate the basic principles of freemarket competition." "They are in no

one's interests, including UScompanies. Attempts to suppressHuawei's business won't help the UnitedStates achieve technological leadership"Huawei said. "The extension of theTemporary General License does notchange the fact that Huawei has beentreated unjustly." Monday's movemeans Huawei can continue to buy US-made semiconductors and othermaterials crucial to its phones andnetwork equipment, and that UStelecommunications companies cancontinue to buy Huawei's networkingequipment. Huawei -- considered theworld leader in superfast 5G equipmentand the world's number twosmartphone producer -- was in Mayswept into a deepening trade warbetween Beijing and Washington,which has seen punitive tariffs slappedon hundreds of billions of dollars oftwo-way trade.

‘I’m here 24/7’: Rohingya youthsshare stories on social media

AGENCYBANGLADESH, AUG 20

When Mohammad Rafiqspotted two Rohingyarefugee girls dusting theirfaces with circles oftraditional thanaka powderunder the warm morninglight, he quickly took out hissmartphone to capture themoment. The 19-year-oldbudding photographer, whofled to Bangladesh inAugust 2017 after a militarycrackdown in Myanmar,uses his mobile phone torecord the daily lives ofnearly one million statelessRohingya in a vast camp insouthern Bangladesh.

“I loved the photoinstantly as it reflects ourculture and the innocence ofthe little girls who barelywant to remember the crisiswe are facing,” Rafiq toldAFP. Rafiq is among some30 Rohingya youths selectedby the World Food

Programme for its“Storytellers” project.

For two weeks, they aretaught smartphone photoand video-shootingtechniques -- such asunderstanding light,exposure and angles -- aswell as writing skills. Therefugees then share theirstories directly with thepublic through Facebook,Twitter and Instagram, withaudiences around the worldposting comments and

asking questions. “The ideabehind it is to be able tohand back the narrative tothe people that we arealready assisting,” WFPspokeswoman GemmaSnowdon told AFP. TheStorytellers Page onFacebook has more than30,000 followers andincludes similar schemesrolled out in Chad andUganda. All the Rohingyaposters have a similar goal-- to share with the outside

world the raw, emotionalups and downs they faceliving in the world’s largestrefugee camp. Minara, whowas four months’ pregnantwhen she fled Myanmar,shares videos of howrefugees are given ropes totie their makeshift tarpaulinroofs to bamboo poles sothey are not blown away bystrong winds. Another post,by Hafsa Aktar, is aheartrending letter to herfather who was left behind,in which she writes of thedifficult conditions in thecamp and her deep longingto return to her homeland.Being able to take photosagain has put a spring inthe steps of Rafiq, whowanted to continue hisschooling after the 10thgrade in Myanmar but wasblocked by authorities.When he was 15, Rafiq’sfather bought him his first-ever smartphone as apresent.

BENGALURU, AUG 20

IT major Wipro Ltd on Tuesdayannounced a strategic partnership withthe Indian Institute of Science (IISc) toconduct advanced applied research inautonomous systems, robotics and 5Gspace. The two organisations havejointly set up the Wipro IISc Researchand Innovation Network (WIRIN), ahybrid industry-academia collaborationunit, which will drive idea discovery,research and innovation in technologyand product design.

A group of senior professors andresearch staff from IISc and engineers,developers, architects and researchersfrom the autonomous systems, roboticsand 5G domains at Wipro will constitutethe team at WIRIN.

They will focus on the research anddevelopment of cutting-edgetechnologies in artificial intelligence,machine learning, visual computing,human-computer interaction (HCI) andvehicle-to-everything communication(V2X). The insights from the researchwill be leveraged by Wipro for itscustomers and the industry ecosystem.The institute will benefit fromadvancing its research goal and capacitybuilding besides commercialisation ofthe research outcomes.

"This is a significant step towardsstrengthening our position to be at theforefront of these transformativetechnologies," said Wipro's ChiefExecutive Officer and ManagingDirector Abidali Z Neemuchwala.

"We are excited to collaborate withthe IISc Bangalore, one of the mostprestigious research institutes in theworld, to develop innovative solutionsfor autonomous systems, robotics and5G," he said in a statement.

IISc Bangalore Director AnuragKumar said the collaboration betweenacademia and the industry is a great wayof solving challenging real-worldproblems. "We are confident that thestrong technology capabilities andcapable talent from both organisationswill come together to make notablestrides in these domains," he said.

Huawei dismissesnew suspension of

'unjust' US ban

Wipro collaborates with IISc for researchin autonomous systems, robotics and 5G

Space telescope offers rare glimpse of Earth-sized rocky exoplanetAGENCYNEW YORK, AUG 20

Direct observations from a NASAspace telescope have for the first timerevealed the atmospheric void of arocky, Earth-sized world beyond ourown solar system orbiting the mostcommon type of star in the galaxy,according to a study released onMonday. The research, published in thescientific journal Nature, also showsthe distant planet’s surface is likely toresemble the barren exterior of theEarth’s moon or Mercury, possiblycovered in dark volcanic rock.

The planet lies about 48.6 lightyears from Earth and is one of more

than 4,000 so-called exoplanetsidentified over the past two decadescircling distant stars in our homegalaxy, the Milky Way. Known toastronomers as LHS 3844b, thisexoplanet about 1.3 times the size ofEarth is locked in a tight orbit - onerevolution every 11 hours - around asmall, relatively cool star called a reddwarf, the most prevalent and long-lived type of star in the galaxy.

The planet’s lack of atmosphere isprobably due to intense radiation fromits parent red dwarf, which, though dimby stellar standards, also emits highlevels of ultraviolet light, the studysays. The study will likely add to adebate among astronomers about

whether the search for life-sustainingconditions beyond our solar systemshould focus on exoplanets around reddwarfs - accounting for 75% of all starsin the Milky Way - or less common,larger, hotter stars more like our ownsun. The principal finding is that itprobably possesses little if any

atmosphere - a conclusion reached bymeasuring the temperature differencebetween the side of the planetperpetually facing its star, and thecooler, dark side facing away from it. Anegligible amount of heat carriedbetween the two sides indicates a lackof winds that would otherwise bepresent to transfer warmth around theplanet. “The temperature contrast onthis planet is about as big as it canpossibly be,” said researcher LauraKreidberg of the Harvard-SmithsonianCenter for Astrophysics in Cambridge,Massachusetts. She is lead author of thestudy. Similar analysis previously wasused to determine that anotherexoplanet, 55 Cancri e, about twice as

big as Earth and believed to be half-covered in molten lava, likely possessesan atmosphere thicker than Earth’s.This exoplanet, unlike LHS 3844b,orbits a sun-like star. The planet in thelatest study was detected last year byNASA’s newly launched TransitingExoplanet Survey Satellite, an orbitingtelescope that pinpoints distant worldsby spotting periodic, dips in the lightobserved from their parent stars whenan object passes in front of them. But itwas follow-up observations fromanother orbiting instrument, the SpitzerSpace Telescope, which can detectinfrared light directly from anexoplanet, that provided new insightsabout its features.

Mahindra Finance and Ideal Financeform joint venture in Sri Lanka

Malaysia restricts Zakir Naikfrom delivering public talks

KUALA LUMPUR, AUG 20

Islamic preacher Zakir Naik has been barred fromdelivering public talks in every state in Malaysiaby the police, a senior official said on Tuesday."Yes. Such an order has been given to all policecontingents, and this was done in the interest ofnational security and to preserve racial harmony,"Royal Malaysia Police corporate communicationshead Senior Asst Comm Datuk Asmawati Ahmadsaid. Meanwhile, the Islamic preacher issued anapology saying, "Even though I have clarifiedmyself, I feel I owe an apology to everyone whofeels hurt because of this misunderstanding. I donot want any of you to harbour ill feelings for me,"he was quoted as saying by Malaysia's Star Online.

Earlier, Malaysian Prime Minister MahathirMohamad said on August 16 that the countrywould revoke the Permanent Resident (PR) statusof Niak if investigations show that his actions arecausing harm to the country's well-being.

Zakir Naik was granted Malaysian PermanentResident status in 2015.

The controversial preacher is wanted in Indiaon charge of money laundering.

Malaysian authorities last year said they wouldnot extradite Zakir to India despite receiving anextradition application from India to face money-laundering charges.

COLOMBO, AUG 20

Mahindra & MahindraFinancial Services Ltd saidon Tuesday it has enteredinto a joint venture with IdealFinance Ltd, a fully-ownedsubsidiary of the leading SriLankan conglomerate IdealGroup.

Mahindra Finance willinvest Rs (Sri Lankan) twobillion until March 2021 forup to 58.2 per cent stake inIdeal Finance.

The joint venture willcapitalise on MahindraFinance's 25-year expertisein the financial servicesdomain and Ideal Finance'sdomestic market knowledgeto build a leading financialservices business in SriLanka.

Mahindra Finance,India's leading NBFCfocused on rural and semi-

urban markets, has beenlooking at expanding itsmarket overseas as part of itsglobal growth strategy. SriLanka, with its cultural andgeographical similarity toIndia and its vibrant financialservices market, emerged asthe first choice.

"We believe that the SriLankan market holds great

potential for growth," saidRamesh Iyer, Vice-Chairmanand Managing Director ofMahindra Finance. "We see astrong, long term growthopportunity in this marketand are committed tobringing in the requiredcapital and expertise to fuelthis growth," he said in astatement.

MUMBAI, AUG 20

Snapping its three-sessionrising streak, equitybenchmark Sensex closed 74points lower on Tuesday,dragged by losses mainly infinancial counters asinvestors remained cautiousin view of prevailingeconomic uncertainty. Sharesof Yes Bank plummeted 7.11per cent on concerns over thevaluation of stake in CGPower, which has been hit byfinancial irregularities. Thebank holds 12.79 per centstake in CG Power. However,gains in auto stocks cappedthe Sensex loss to a largeextent. After opening on apositive note, the 30-shareindex swung 292 points,finally settling 74.48 points,or 0.20 per cent, lower at37,328.01. It hit an intra-dayhigh of 37,511.55 and low of

37,219.90. The broader NSENifty too ended 36.90 points,or 0.33 per cent, down at11,017. During the day, itoscillated between a high of11,076.30 and low of10,985.30. Yes Bank was thebiggest loser in the Sensexpack, plummeting up to 7.11per cent, followed byIndusInd Bank, ITC, AxisBank, Vedanta and ICICIBank, which fell up to 2.43per cent. Top gainersincluded Maruti, Tata Motors,HCL Tech, Infosys, M&M,HUL, Hero MotoCorp, TCSand Kotak Bank, that rose upto 4.15 per cent. Sectorally,BSE metal, basic materials,energy, realty, power, oil andgas, finance, FMCG, bankexand telecom indices fell up to1.71 per cent. While, BSE IT,auto, teck and consumerdurables indices ended in thegreen.

Sensex ends 74 pts lower;Yes Bank plunges 7.11 pc

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SPORTSYUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2019


As India and West Indies gear up to takeon each other in the two-match Test se-ries, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja willlook to achieve a bowling milestone.

Jadeja is just eight scalps away fromachieving 200 Test wickets and if thebowler manages to do it, he will becomeonly the 10th Indian bowler to achievethe feat.

If Jadeja achieves the feat in the firstTest at Antigua, he will become the sec-ond-fastest Indian bowler to reach thelandmark after Ravichandran Ashwin.

Jadeja is currently ranked at the fifthposition in the ICC Test Bowler rank-ings.

India displayed a clinical perform-

ance in the recently concludedT20I and ODI series againstWindies.

The Men in Blue defeatedthe team from Caribbean 3-0 inthe T20I series whereas they out-classed West Indies 2-0 in thethree-match ODI series.

The first ODI was aban-doned due to rain, but Indiarecorded wins in the second andthird ODI.

Skipper Virat Kohli had arecord-breaking run in the ODIseries as he scored 234 runs inthe ODIs. Kohli became the firstbatsman to record 20,000 inter-national runs in a single decade.During the ODI series, he alsobecame the highest run-getter

against Windies in the 50-over format.The 30-year-old also went past SouravGanguly to become second-highest run-scorer for India in ODI cricket.

Vice-captain Rohit Sharma wentpast Chris Gayle to become the batsmanwith the most number of sixes in theT20I format.

India would look to hold on to theirnumber one ranking in the Test formatwhen they take on West Indies. If theteam loses 0-1 against the team from theCaribbean, India can get dethroned fromthe pole position in the ICC Test rank-ings. The series between India and WestIndies will be a part of the World TestChampionship. India and West Indiestake on each other in the first Test of thetwo-match series in Antigua from Au-gust 22.

Ravindra Jadeja 8 scalps away from achieving 200 Test wickets

US women footballers'equal pay lawsuit to go to trial in 2020LOS ANGELES: The equal paylawsuit filed by US women foot-ballers against the US Soccer Fed-eration has been scheduled to go totrial on May 5, 2020, the players'spokesperson.The gender discrimination lawsuitregarding unequal pay and workingconditions was filed on March 8 by28 players, and Monday's trial date,set by US District Judge R. GaryKlausner in Los Angeles, comes aweek after the players and the fed-eration reached an impasse in me-diation."We are pleased with the expedi-tious schedule that has been set bythe Court and we are eager to moveforward with this case," Molly Levin-son, a spokesperson for the USwomen players, said in a statementon Monday. "We very much look forward to thetrial in May 2020 when the playerswill have their day in court."We have every confidence thatthese world champion athletes willget what they legally deserve --nothing less than equal pay andworking conditions." The May date will put the jury trialamid the team's build up to the 2020Tokyo Olympics, although it remainspossible a settlement could bereached before then.

Steve Smith ruled out of thirdAshes TestMELBOURNE: Australia coachJustin Langer on Tuesday con-firmed that Steven Smith will notplay in the third Ashes Test againstEngland. Smith was hit twice on dayfour of the second Ashes Test match-- first on the elbow and then on theneck by England pacer Jofra Archer.The 30-year-old fell down after thesecond hit and was attended byphysios from both England and Aus-tralia.The batsman had to leave the parkto undergo a concussion test. Afterhe passed the concussion test, thebatsman made his way back to thecrease and was dismissed by ChrisWoakes after scoring 92 runs.But Smith woke up on Sundaymorning with a "bit of headache anda feeling of grogginess".He was re-tested for a concussion,which showed his condition had ac-tually deteriorated. MarnusLabuschagne replaced the Smith onthe last day of the second Test afterhe failed in the concussion test.Australia had a 1-0 lead in the Ash-es series and will play against Eng-land in the third Test at HeadingleyCricket Ground from August 22.

India's U-23 squadannounced forB’desh ODI seriesMUMBAI: The All-India Junior Se-lection Committee on Tuesday an-nounced India's U-23 15-mansquad, which will compete againstBangladesh. Priyam Garg-led India will hostBangladesh for a five-match ODIseries in Raipur, starting from 19September. The rest of the fourODIs will be played on 21, 23, 25,27 September. India U-23 team: Priyam Garg (Cap-tain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, MadhavKaushik, B R Sharath (wicket-keep-er), Samarth Vyas, Aryan Juyal(wicket-keeper), Ritwik Roy Choud-hary, Kumar Suraj, Atit Seth, Shub-hang Hegde, Hrithik Shokeen,Dhrushant Soni, Arshdeep Singh,Kartik Tyagi, Harpreet Brar.

India reaches final ofOlympic Test Event after6-3 win over JapanTOKYO: The Indian men's hockeyteam registered a 6-3 win overJapan in their third match of theOlympic Test Event at the Oi Hock-ey Stadium here on Tuesday toreach the final of the tournament.Mandeep Singh displayed a brilliantform as he scored thrice in thegame. Nilakanta Sharma found thetarget first through a field goal in thethird minute. India were awarded apenalty corner four minutes afterSharma's goal and Nilam SanjeepXess made no mistake, taking leadto 2-0. Mandeep Singh did not takemuch time to consolidate the posi-tion as he netted in the ninth minute.Kentaro Fukuda opened the ac-count for Japan striking in the 25thminute. However, impeccable goalsby Mandeep Singh in the 29th and30th minute took the tally to 5-1.Japan's Kenta Tanaka fought backand scored in the 36th minute. Indiaregistered their sixth goal throughGurjant Singh in the 41st minute.Japan launched an attack in thefourth quarter and succeded in the52nd minute.

AGENCYCOOLIDGE (ANTIGUA), AUG 20

Pacer Umesh Yadav says he has re-gained confidence after working onhis erratic line and length in the timeaway from the Indian team and isconfident of making the playingeleven in the Test series against theWest Indies starting on Thursday.

Umesh, who took three wicketsfor 19 runs in the West Indies A firstinnings in the warm-up game which

concluded on Monday here, said heworked on getting his rhythm back atthe Vidarbha Cricket Academy withcoach Subroto Banerjee in the lastfew months.

"As a fast bowler you have topractice and you need to set yourrhythm, to know at what line andlength you have to bowl. I have alsotried the same, to get my rhythmright. I was preparing myself to dowhat I will be doing in a match situa-tion," Umesh said after the drawn

warm-up game. "I went to VidarbhaCricket Academy and worked withcoach Subroto Banerjee there andasked him for his opinion. There werethese issues of length of deliveries. Ithappens to a lot of fast bowlers, whenyou are playing a lot continuously,you're unable to settle into a specificline and length. I worked on that," headded. He said he was able to bowlinto the right areas during the warm-up game against the West Indies Ateam.

Umesh says time away from team gavehim chance to work on bowling issues


Struggling star Sushil Kumarsealed his berth in the India squadfor the World Championship pip-ping a spirited Jitender Kumar 4-2in a bitterly-fought 74 kg final hereon Tuesday.

The consistent attacks fromboth the wrestlers in the fast-pacedfinal bout had the fans on the edgeof their seats as close to 1500 gath-ered at IGI stadium to watch theirfavourite star in action.

Sushil opened up a 4-0 lead inthe first period and ended up caus-ing an eye-injury to Jitender earlyin the second period.

Sushil, whose return to mat af-ter a year at an event Belarus metwith a disappointing end, apolo-gised immediately.

Later, another attacking movefrom Sushil had Jitender wincing inpain as he suffered an elbow injury.

Nevertheless, Jitender did notgive up and thrice he had got holdof Sushil's right leg but lack ofproper grip meant that he could notconvert it into points.

Sushil was feeling the heat andit was obvious that the two medicalbreaks he took was a ploy to catchsome breath.

With two push-out points, Ji-tender reduced the margin of de-feat.

It still is not over for Jitender asthe Federation has given him theoption to book a World Champi-onship berth in 79kg by challeng-ing today's winner Virdev Gulia.

"Everyone saw how he (Sushil)fought. I was just doing wrestlingand he was ... I had trouble seeingafter that eye injury. I had preparedwell. He was also taking unneces-sary breaks," alleged Jitender, hisleft eye still red-shot and elbowwrapped tightly.

"In a day or two I should be fit.

I will try to make it to squad in79kg," he added.

His coach Jaiveer accusedSushil of indulging in unfair prac-tices. "He did it on purpose. He hasbeen doing it for years. He em-ployed same tactics in the 2012Olympics. It was definitely deliber-ate. The referees were also hand inglove. They don't want any otherwin against Sushil," allegedJaiveer. Sushil, India's only indi-vidual double Olympic medallist,though outrightly rejected thecharge.

"It was not done deliberately.He is like my younger brother. Itwas a good fight and if such boutsare fought consistently, the countrywill see good results," said Sushil.

"My style is not rough. Mystyle is to win by technical superi-ority or pin the opponent. Todaythe instruction from the coacheswas to just win the bout. It's an artto win wrestling bouts. I wish Ji-

tender all the best. He respects meand even touches my feet whenev-er we meet," he said.

The Wrestling Federation ofIndia (WFI) President BrijBhushan Sharan Singh also backedSushil. "It was not rough. WhenVinesh Phogat suffered a brokenknee, was her opponent rough. Ithappens in wrestling. No wrestlerscomes with hands tied on wrestlingmat," said Singh.

When asked if it was fair onGulia to be asked to fight again de-spite winning the trials today, WFIAssistant Secretary Vinod Tomarsaid,"This is not to favour any oneparticular wrestler. We want tosend a strong team. Jitender is anexcellent wrestler and should begiven a chance to go to WorldChampionships." Rahul Aware(61kg), Karan (70kg), Praveen(92kg) abd Viderv Gulia (79kg)won trials in non-olympic divi-sions.

Sushil earnsWC ticket

My style is not rough.My style is to win bytechnical superiority orpin the opponent. Todaythe instruction from thecoaches was to just winthe bout, says Sushil

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NORTH SOUND, AUG 20

Excited about playing in theinaugural World Test Cham-pionship, Indian captain ViratKohli says the competition inthe traditional format has"gone up two-fold" in recentyears.

The inaugural edition willsee the elite nations -- Aus-tralia, Bangladesh, England,India, New Zealand, Pak-istan, South Africa, Sri Lankaand the West Indies -- fightfor top honours across 71 Testmatches in 27 series over thenext two years.

According to the battingmainstay, Test cricket is set tobecome more competitive.

"The games are going tobe much more competitiveand it brings a lot of purposeto the Test matches you play.It's the right move and at theabsolute right time," he saidduring the West Indies Play-ers Association awards nighton Monday.

"People have been talk-ing about Test cricket not be-ing relevant or dying down.For me, the competition hasgone up two-fold the last cou-ple of years."

"It's up to the players totake the challenge and go forvictories."

The World Test Champi-onship will end with the toptwo teams playing the final,scheduled to be held in June2021 in the United Kingdom.

On the championship,Kohli went on, "That's goingto be the essence of this Testchampionship as well. Therewill hardly be any boring

draws, there will be excitingdraws, because everyone willwant those extra points."

Kohli, whose team arepreparing to take on West In-dies, whose bowlers too havecome into their own in homeconditions, agreed that therehas been a revival of sorts inbowling, and it was now up tothe batsmen to match up to it.

"I don't think us batsmenhave lived up to the stan-dard," he said, stressing onthe importance of the battingcoming together as a team,rather than individuals doingwell. "Batsmanship will al-ways be hard at the Test level,but even harder now with theChampionship where everydecision you make counts inthe larger scheme of things."

India and West Indies be-gin their campaigns in thecompetition on Thursday.Kohli, whose side are alsohoping to hold on to theirNo.1 spot on the MRF TyresICC Test Team Rankings,wants consistency from hismen.

Competition in Testcricket is up two-folds, says Kohli

NEW DELHI, AUG 20

Former Pakistan pacer ShoaibAkhtar has labelled England'sJofra Archer as an exciting tal-ent but believes that since thebowler can be prone to injury,his workload needs to be man-aged.

"Archer is an exciting tal-ent. He is strong but I believe he is the per-fect candidate for being injury prone. With

his action and speed, I believehe can have back injuries, so heneeds to be preserved," Akhtarsaid in a video posted on his of-ficial Youtube channel onMonday night. "My suggestionwill be to play him in fewermatches, he should not bowl 27overs in an innings. What hecannot do in 14 overs, he won't

be able to do it 27 overs," he stressed.Archer, who hails from Barbados, was not

picked up for the West Indies U-19 squadin 2014 and it was then that England's all-rounder Chris Jordon asked him to thinkabout a career in England. "After a longtime, a lethal fast bowler has come into thescene. Chris Jordon brought him fromBarbados and told him to play for Eng-land. There's a contract within the Englandmanagement that the player who does notabide by the team rules, then the ECB andmanagement decides whether the playercan come into the side or not," Akhtar said.

Archer an exciting talent, his workloadneeds to be managed: Shoaib Akhtar

Tim Southee to lead New Zealandin upcoming T20I series against SL

CHRISTCHURCH, AUG 20

Pacer Tim Southee will be leading New Zealand in the upcoming T20I series againstSri Lanka, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) confirmed on Tuesday. The country's crick-eting body announced a 14-member squad for the three-match T20I series againstthe Islanders.

Regular skipper Kane Williamson and pacer Trent Boult have been given a restfor the series. Ross Taylor and Martin Guptill have been named in the squad to givethe side a perfect blend of experience and youth. Ish Sodhi, Mitchell Santner andTodd Astle have been added into the team to bolster the spin-bowling attack. "Fol-lowing that amazing ride in the ODI World Cup, it's exciting to begin setting oursights on another world event. The series in Sri Lanka will be a challenging oneagainst a team who are tough to beat in their own conditions," Kiwi selector GavinLarsen said in a statement.

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