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Article 35A Abrogating toxic law only way to normalise Kashmir

Jai Mata Di

Regd No:JK517/16-18RNI No:- JKENG/2013/53265

EarLet your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.

---Rabindranath Tagore

FRIDAY24 August

2018Jammu-India

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2 Killed In ISIS Knife AttackParis : A man armed with a knife killed his mother and sister and seriously injured another person in a town near Paris on Thursday, officials said. The man, who police said had been on a terror watch list since 2016, was later shot and killed after confronting police in Trappes. The motive for the violence remains unclear, but the ISIS group claimed the attack via its propaganda channel. Experts urge caution about the group’s announce-ments, however, because it has lost credibility after recently claiming seemingly unrelated violence as it faces defeat on the battlefield in the Middle East.

Imran Offers “Humanitarian Aid”Islamabad : Pakistan’s new prime minister Imran Khan has offered to provide “any humanitarian assistance that may be needed” for Kerala, that has been devastated by floods. Imran Khan, who took oath as Pakistan’s 22nd prime minister last Saturday, tweeted this eve-ning to say, “On behalf of the people of Pakistan, we send our prayers and best wishes to those who have been devastated by the floods in Kerala, India.” “We stand ready to provide any hu-manitarian assistance that may be needed,” he added. 237 people have been killed since August 8 and over 14 lakh displaced after days of torrential rain in Kerala earlier this month.

1 dead, 5 Injured In TMC blastKolkata : A man was killed in an explosion at an office of the Trinamool Congress in West Midnapore district today, the police said. Five others were injured in the blast at the office of Mamata Banerjee’s party at the West Bengal district, 130 km from Kolkata. Photos of the ex-plosion site show twisted metal rods and chunks of concrete strewn on the ground in front of the TMC office, as policemen walked about the compound to gather evidence. The police are checking what caused the blast.

Polling teams deputed to ZanaskarJammu : The polling teams comprising 189 persons were today deputed for their respec-tive destinations viz; Karsha, Padum and Cha Constituen-cies of Sub Division Zanaskar where the elections to the Ladakh Autonomous Hill De-velopment Council (LAHDC) Kargil are slated to be held on 27th of August, 2018 (Monday).The district administration has made elaborate arrange-ments like deployment of poll-ing staff, transportation, secu-rity etc. for the smooth conduct of LAHDC Kargil Elections,Superintendent of Police, Kargil, Dr Pawan Kumar, Assistant Commissioner Revenue, Sonum Chosjore, Additional SP, Arun Gup-ta and other concerned.

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EARTH NEWS SERVICE

Srinagar, Aug, | 23 | 18: In his first meeting after assuming of-fice as governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Satya Pal Malik today made it clear that reinforcing good governance and delivering results urgently on the develop-mental front must be the prior-ity of the state administration at all levels. Rapid, people-centric

development is the need of the hour, he said.Immediately af-ter assuming office, Malik con-vened the first official meeting with his advisors, B B Vyas, K Vijay Kumar and Khurshid Ah-mad Ganai and Chief Secretary B V R Subrahmanyam at Raj Bhavan in Srinagar this after-noon. He took first-hand

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STATE P-3Governor

meets Advi-sors, CS; Lists priority areas for focused

attention

INTERNATIONAL P-8Knifeman kills mother, sister near Paris; IS claims attack

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NATIONAL P-7Nayar cremated; politicians, friends, others hail his legacy

BUSINESS P-9RCom concludes sale of ‘media nodes’ to Re-liance Jio for Rs 2,000 cr

SCEINCE & TECHNOLOGY P-11Research into deadly 2016 Ital-ian earthquakes could improve future seismic forecasts

EARTH NEWS SERVICE

Srinagar, Aug, | 23 | 18: Veteran politician, Shri Satya Pal Malik was sworn-in as the 13th Gov-ernor of Jammu and Kashmir today.J&K High Court Chief Justice, Justice Gita Mittal adminis-tered the oath of office to Shri Malik at a simple but impres-sive function at bedecked sprawling lawns of Raj Bhavan here.The warrant of appointment of Shri Malik was read out by the Chief Secretary, B V R Sub-rahmanyam.Former Chief Ministers, Dr Fa-rooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti; Union Minister of State in PMO, Dr Jitendra Singh, Speaker J&K Legislative As-sembly, Dr Nirmal Singh; MPs; Legislators; Heads of Constitu-tional Bodies; Governor’s Advi-

sors, B B Vyas, K Vijay Kumar and Khurshid Ahmad Ganai; serving and former Judges of the J&K High Court; Director General of Police, Dr S P Vaid; Administrative Secretaries, Divisional Commissioners of Kashmir & Jammu; senior civ-il, police CRPF, BSF and Army

officers, political and civil soci-ety representatives were among the modest gathering of 400 dig-nitaries who attended the oath ceremony.A poet and author, Shri Malik was previously the Governor of Bihar and Odisha and was ap-pointed J&K Governor by the

President of India on 21 August 2018.Born on 24 July 1946 to a fam-ily of agriculturists in village, Hisawada, Baghpat (district Meerut) in Uttar Pradesh, Shri Malik after graduating in sci-ence, pursued law degree at Meerut University before join-ing politics. He also holds a di-ploma in Parliamentary Affairs from the Institute of Constitu-tional and Parliamentary Stud-ies run by Parliament of India.He was a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly during 1974-77. He was also the member of the 9th Lok Sabha and represented Aligarh Con-stituency from 1989 to 1991. He was member of Rajya sabha from Uttar Pradesh for two terms of 1980-86 and 1986-1992.Shri Malik served as Union

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Satya Pal Malik assumes offi ce as 13th Governor of J&K

Malik holds fi rst meet, tells offi cials to focus on good governance

House for every Indian by 2022: PM Narendra ModiPRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Ahmedabad , Aug, | 23 | 18: Prime Minister Naren-dra Modi told villagers in his native Gujarat on Thursday that it is his dream to see every Indian having a house by 2022, the 75th year of Inde-pendence.“Till now, we have only heard about politicians getting their own homes. Now, we are hearing about the poor getting their own homes,” Modi told a gathering at Ju-jwa village in Gujarat’s Val-sad town.The event was attended by a large gathering of beneficiar-ies of the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (Gramin).More than 100,000 houses were handed over to benefi-ciaries across 26 districts of the state. Beneficiaries in several districts were con-nected through a video link

to the main event, and the Prime Minister interacted with some of them.Modi said he dreams of every family having a home of itsown by 2022, when the nation will celebrate 75 years of in-dependence.The homes built under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yo-jana are of high quality and

nobody had to pay a single rupee bribe, he said ad-dressing a gathering at Jujwa village in Gujarat’s Valsad town after interact-ing with the beneficiaries of the scheme. “Gujarat has taught me a lot. This les-

son has taught me to fulfil dreams within a specific time. My dream is that when the country celebrates 75 years of independence in 2022, there should be no fam-ily which does not have a house of its own,” Modi said. Speaking about his interac-tion with beneficiaries of the housing scheme through

video conferencing, he said, “Mothers and sisters could say with satisfaction that they got homes according to rules and they did not have to pay a single rupee bribe”. “Seeing the quality of homes built under the Prime Min-ister Awas Yojana, even you must have thought that the government homes can be like this. The government has given money, but along with it these homes have been built with the sweat of the family,” he said. “The family decided how will the house be, what material will be used and how will it be made. We did not believe in contractors but the family. When a family makes its own home, it makes it the best,” Modi said. More than one lakh houses have been built in the state under the

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Veteran journalist Kuldip Nayar no morePRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi , Aug, | 23 | 18: Eminent journal-ist and author Kuldip Nayar, who fiercely fought for press freedom and protecting civil liberties, passed away early today. He was 95. Nayar died at around 12.30 AM at the Escorts

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PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Islamabad , Aug, | 23 | 18: Pakistan has “solid evidence” against Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav and is hopeful of winning the case against him at the Internation-al Court of Justice (ICJ), the country’s new Foreign Min-ister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said today.Jadhav, 47, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on spying charges in April 2017. India moved the ICJ in May the same year against the verdict. The world court has halted Jadhav’s execution on India’s appeal pending the final verdict by it.Both India and Pakistan have already submitted their de-tailed pleas and responses in

the world court.“We have solid evidence against Jadhav and are hope-ful we will win the case in the ICJ,” Qureshi told the media in his home city of Multan in southern Punjab.“We will try our best to present our stance in an effective man-ner before the ICJ,” he said.

Yesterday, the Geo TV citing sources had said that the world court will hear the case daily for a week in February next year. Pakistan says its security forces arrested Jadhav from Balochistan province in March 2016 after he reportedly entered the country from Iran.In its submission to the ICJ, Pa-kistan had stated that Jadhav is not an ordinary person as he had entered the country with the intent of spying and carry-ing out sabotage activities.India denies all the charges and maintains that Jadhav was kid-napped from Iran where he had business interests after retir-ing from the Navy and that he has no links with the govern-ment. On Indo-Pak talks,

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JU to utilize funds by 2020EARTH NEWS SERVICE

Jammu, Aug, | 23 | 18: The University of Jammu one of the prestigious institutions of Jammu & Kashmir -- has chalked out strategy to utilise funds worth Rs 100-crore sanc-tioned by the Centre to give its academic and infrastructure fa-cilities a push. According to the sources, HRD had sanctioned funds worth Rs 107-crore to the University during its 2012-2015 period. However, only a hand-ful amount of Rs 25 to 30-crore was actually utilised by the then Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof MPS Ishar, who later resigned in 2014. “Soon after getting a NAAC ac-creditation, the University has received fresh funds worth Rs 100-crore. 33 per cent of which will be spent in the develop-ment of the infrastructure and

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PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi , Aug, | 23 | 18: The BJP today accused Rahul Gan-dhi of belittling India in his address at an event in Germa-ny, alleging that the Congress president justified terrorism and “lied through his teeth” to attack the Modi government. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra sought explanation from the Congress chief on his comments on a range of issues, claiming that he presented India in a bad light by allegedly blaming its culture for violence against women. Addressing a gathering at the Bucerius Summer School in Hamburg yesterday, Gandhi had cited the example of Islamic State to say that exclusion of a large number of people from the development process could lead to the creation of terrorist

groups in the world. He then accused the BJP gov-ernment of excluding tribals, Dalits and minorities from the development narrative and “this could be a danger-ous thing”. Hitting back, Patra said, “Rahul Gandhi left no op-portunity to belittle India and to present it in a bad light. We need explanations from you.” Gandhi has tried to justify ter-rorism and give justification for IS, he said. “There cannot be anything more frightening and worrying,” he told reporters. The BJP spokesperson said Gandhi’s submission was that minorities in India would “sell their soul” to IS if jobs are not available for them, and this amounted to “denigrating” the community. Gandhi has a poor opinion of India, he said,

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Rahul Gandhi belittled India, ‘lied through his teeth’: BJP

Pakistan has ‘solid evidence’ against Kulbhushan Jadhav: Foreign Minister

EARTH NEWS SERVICE

Kupwara, Aug, | 23 | 18: An army man was injured in a brief gunfight in Kupwara forests of north Kashmir late last night even as a motorcy-clist and a pillion rider were killed in different accidents in Kashmir valley for the past 24 hours.As per reports, the army’s 47 RR ambush party and a group of militants had a standoff at Babar Nad for-ests of Wagbhal on Wednes-day late night.An army officer also con-firmed the incident and said that in the incident, an army man Gursay Singh suffered bullet injuries and was tak-en to military hospital Drug-mulla for treatment. The of-ficer said that the condition of the injured army man is

stated to be stable.Meanwhile, reports said that additional reinforcement of army and SOG reached the site and launched searches to trace out the fleeing mili-tant group. When reports last came in, the search op-eration in the woods was going on. Clashes erupted on Thursday in Tral town of south Kashmir’s Pul-wama district.Reports said that a group of youth pelted the forces with stones near Court road. They said the forces fired tear smoke shells to disperse them, triggering further clashes. A source said that several protesters were detained by the forces. Meanwhile a motorcyclist was killed and two pillion riders injured met with an

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Jawan injured in gunfi ght; 2 killed in accidents

Building traceability would undermine end-to-

end encryption: WhatsApp

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi , Aug, | 23 | 18: WhatsApp has rejected India’s demand for a solution to track the origin of messages on its plat-form, saying building traceability would undermine end-to-end encryption and af-fect privacy protection for users. Empha-sising that people use its platform for all kinds of “sensitive conversations”, the Facebook-owned company said the focus is on educating people about misinforma-tion. The government has been pushing

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PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Aurangabad , Aug, | 23 | 18: Put-ting to rest all speculation, Chief Election Commissioner O P Rawat today emphatically ruled out the possibility of holding simultane-ous elections to the state assem-blies along with the Lok Sabha polls anytime soon.Rawat also said a legal framework is needed to be in place for holding simultaneous polls.There has been some speculation in the recent weeks that Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, Chhat-tisgarh, Rajasthan and Mizoram due this year end may be deferred and held simultaneously along with the Lok Sabha elections, scheduled for April-May 2019.While the term of the Mizoram As-sembly ends on December 15, the terms of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan assemblies will end on January 5, January 7

and January 20, 2019, respectively.“Koi chance nahi” (no chance at all), Rawat told a select media meet in Aurangabad when asked if it was feasible to hold simultane-ous Lok Sabha and state Assembly elections in the near future.His comments also come against the backdrop of BJP president Amit Shah’s recent call for a “healthy and open debate” among stakeholders for simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and the state Assemblies.“The lawmakers will take at least a year to frame a law that can be enforceable. This process takes time. As soon as the Bill to amend the Constitution is ready, we (the Election Commission) will know that things are now moving),” Rawat said. The Election Commis-sion commences preparations for the Lok Sabha elections 14 months

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“No chance at all”, CEC on simultaneous polls

2 Hajjis’ die in Mecca

EARTH NEWS SERVICE

Srinagar, Aug, | 23 | 18: Two pil-grims from north Kashmir’s Kup-wara district died after perform-ing Hajj in the sacred city of Mecca last night. Ghulam Mohammad Dar (67) from Cheerkot Kupwara and Saja Begum (65) wife of Ali Mohd Lone of Hayhama, Bungam, Kupwara complained chest pain and fell unconscious in Mina area, reported GNS news agency.Both the pilgrims were immedi-ately taken to nearby health care facility where doctors declared them dead on arrival. It may be recalled that More than 2 million Muslims have begun the annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. From first light today, throngs of the faithful circled the cube-shaped Kaaba in Mecca, one of the holiest sites in Islam. The Kaaba

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Justice Gita Mittal administers oath of offi ce to new Head of State

Bhai Behan Ka Pyaar: With Raksha Bandhan round the corner women folk is busy buying Rakhis for their brothers in Jammu markets on Thursday.

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