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FRIDAYDECEMBER 20, 2019

CHANDIGARHVOL. XXIV, NO. 308

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Look at the sky. We are not alone.The whole universe is friendly to usand conspires only to give the best

to those who dream and work.

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

AGENCYNEW DELHI, DEC 19

The celebrity couple duoVirat Kohli and AnushkaSharma have been recentlynamed as India’s richestcelebrity couple. The duorecently celebrated theirsecond wedding anniver-sary together. Here is lookat all the others topping thelist.

Recently, a leadingbusiness magazine hasnamed Virat Kohli andAnushka Sharma as the

country’s most powerfulcouple. Closely leadingthem at the second positionis another Bollywood-favourite couple, DeepikaPadukone and RanveerSingh. The third in the lineis Twinkle Khanna and Ak-shay Kumar.

Virat Kohli and Anush-ka Sharma are often re-ferred to as Virushka. Thecouple is an amalgamationof best worlds- Bollywoodand sports together. Manyadvertisers often cast themtogether for their selling

rate. Virat Kohli is the cap-tain of the Indian cricketteam and Anushka Sharmais one of the leading actorsin Bollywood.

Interestingly enough,that is how Anushka Shar-ma and Virat Kohli firstmet. The duo first met onthe sets of a shampoo com-mercial. The two quicklyconnected. Their friendshipevolved from being friendsto a beautiful relationship.They finally tied the knot in2017 after dating each oth-er for a few years.

IPL auction: Australian pacerCummins fetches record bid

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Deepika, Siddhant andAnanya to star in

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Scientists playing important role indoubling farmers' income: Bhatia

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Virat mints Rs. 252.72 cr in year

Court extends ex-Fortis promoterShivinder's custody NEW DELHI: A Delhi court onThursday extended the Enforce-ment Directorate (ED) custody ofex-Fortis healthcare promoterShivinder Singh till December 26in RFL money laundering case.The ED had sought seven daysremand arguing that Singh need-ed to be confronted with directorsof the shell companies who havebeen summoned by the probeagency.He was arrested by the ED earli-er this month inside the Tihar Jailin connection with the case. Hisbrother Malvinder Mohan Singhand former chief managing direc-tor of Religare Enterprises Limit-ed Sunil Godhwani are already injudicial custody in the same case.Shivinder Singh, along withMalvinder and Godhwani was ar-rested in October by EconomicOffence Wing over charges of si-phoning off funds.

Pinaka missilesuccessfully test-fired CHANDIPUR: India successfullyconducted another test-firing ofits indigenously-developed Pina-ka guided missile system from atest range off Odisha coast onThursday.The test was carried out from theIntegrated Test Range,Chandipur in the afternoon.Developed by the Defence Re-search and Development Organi-sation (DRDO), the Pinaka is anartillery missile system that is ca-pable of striking into enemy terri-tory up to a range of 75 km withhigh precision.Two round of trials of the missilewas conducted at Pokhran rangein Rajasthan in March this year.

Woman amongtwo Naxals killed SUKMA: Two Naxals, including awoman, were gunned down inseparate encounters with securityforces in Chhattisgarh's Sukmadistrict on Thursday, an officialsaid.While the first gun-battle tookplace at around 8 am in a forestnear Singanmadgu village, thesecond one occurred at a nearbyjungle at about 1.30 pm whenteams of security forces were outon a counter-insurgency opera-tion in the southern part of thedistrict, Sukma Superintendent ofPolice Shalabh Sinha said.Acting on inputs about the pres-ence of ultras in Chintagufa, Bhe-jji and Burkapal areas, separateteams of the District ReserveGuard (DRG), the Special TaskForce (STF), the CRPF's eliteunit CoBRA (Commando Battal-ion for Resolute Action) and localpolice had launched the opera-tion, he said. When one of thepatrolling teams of the DRG wasadvancing through the forestarea between Singanmadgu andKedwal villages, located around500km from the state capitalRaipur, a gun-battle broke out be-tween the two sides.

Delhi Metrooperations resume NEW DELHI: All entry and exitgates that were closed earlier to-day as a precautionary measurefollowing the protests againstnew Citizenship law, are nowopened, the Delhi Metro RailCorporation (DMRC) said onMonday. In a series of tweets,the DMRC said, "All entry andexit gates of Chandni Chowk,Barakhamba, Mandi House, Pra-gati Maidan, Lal Quila, JamaMasjid, Delhi Gate, ITO, Jan-path, Khan Market, Vasant Viharand Munirka are open." "All entryand exit gates of Rajiv Chowk,Vishwavidyalaya, Patel Chowk,Central Secretariat, UdyogBhawan and Lok Kalyan Margare open," the DMRC said in an-other tweet. Earlier, the DMRCannounced the closure of entryand exit gates of multiple othermetro stations owing to protestsin different parts of the city. Thegates of several metro stations,were closed as a precautionarymeasure following the protestsagainst new Citizenship law.

Virat-Anushka emerge as Forbesrichest celebrity couple of 2019

NEW DELHI: The Delhi HighCourt on Thursday dismissed a pe-tition filed by one of the death-rowconvicts in the Nirbhaya rapecase">Nirbhaya rape case, whohad claimed that he was minor atthe time of the offence and shouldbe treated under the Juvenile Jus-tice Act.

Justice Suresh Kumar, whiledismissing his plea, also imposed afine of Rs 25,000 on convictPawan Kumar Gupta's lawyer A PSingh for not appearing before the

court for hearing and wasting itstime by trying to play "hide andseek" game. The court has alsoasked the Delhi Bar Council totake action against the advocate.\The court had earlier in the ad-journed till January 24 the matterbut after Nirbhaya's parents object-ed, it recalled it and listed the mat-ter for later today. Gupta, in hisplea, had stated that since he wasjuvenile in 2012 when the rape wascommitted, he should be treatedunder the Juvenile Justice Act.


Families of the four rape andmurder accused, who werekilled in an encounter inTelangana filed a petition inthe Supreme Court seekingregistration of FIR, investiga-tion and criminal actionagainst police personnel whowere involved.

The veterinarian wasgang-raped and killed by fourpeople before they burnt herbody in Telangana'sShamshabad on November27. Her charred body was re-covered a day later. A fewdays later, the accused werekilled in a police encounter.Family of accused -- JolluLakshmi mother of JolluNaveen, Jollu Rajaya fatherof Jollu Siva, Chinthakuntlakurmanna father ofChinthakuntla chennakesavu-lu and Pinjari Hussain fatherof Ahmed have approached

the apex court, seeking direc-tions and relief from it. Theysought to quash of FIR regis-tered by the police against thedeceased in which policeclaimed that they had com-mitted crime of attempting tomurder police personnel priorto the encounter. The petition-ers were represented bylawyers, P V Krishna-macharya and R Sathish. Thedeceased family have alsosought a direction for ade-quate compensation and dam-ages of rupees 50 lakh foreach family for extrajudicialkilling and custodial death oftheir sons. "All the four de-ceased alleged accused are in-nocent. The respondent, po-lice have killed these four de-ceased accused in the fake en-counter only to please thepublic and to destroy the evi-dence to protect the real cul-prit as the police have failedto track the real culprit,' thepetition claimed.

Delhi HC dismisses convict'splea claiming he was juvenileAGENCY

NEW DELHI, DEC 19

Punjab Chief Minister CaptainAmarinder Singh has requested the peo-ple protesting against the Citizenship(Amendment) Act not to resort to vio-lence and do not damage properties,while he condemned the police crack-down on protesters in the national capi-tal. "No democracy can work by sup-pressing people's voice. I condemn thecrackdown on peaceful #CAAProtestsin Delhi & other cities. Preventive & pe-nal measures should be used in propor-tion to a threat to law & order. Are weliving in a totalitarian State? #Citizen-

shipAmmendmentAct," tweetedAmarinder Singh. "At the same time, Iappeal to the protesters not to resort toviolence or destruction of property.While protests are a part of a democrat-ic process, non-violence is the basicethos of India. So let's fight against thisunconstitutional #CitizenshipAmmend-mentAct peacefully," he said in his sub-sequent tweet. Anti-Citizenship Amend-ment Act (CAA) protests are beingstaged in various parts of the city. Earli-er in the day, telecom operators haltedInternet and SMS services in parts ofDelhi following an order from the DelhiPolice in view of the anti-citizenship lawdemonstrations being held.

Punjab CM appeals for peace Telangana encounter:Families of killedaccused move SC

CAA protests across country

Violence in Lucknow,Mangaluru, three die

AGENCYLUCKNOW/ NEW DELHI, DEC 19

Hundreds of protestors were detained acrossIndia on Thursday as authorities clampeddown on protests against the CitizenshipAmendment Act. Two people were killed inMangaluru in Karnataka during clashes be-tween the police and protestors. One personalso reportedly died of firearm wounds at ahospital in Lucknow.

The protests were witnessed in UP, Maha-rashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Telangna, WestBengal, Bihar and several other parts ofcoutry. Major violence were reported fromSambhal and Lucknow districts during theSamajwadi Party and other organisationsprotest over Citizen Amendment Act (CAA)in Uttar Pradesh with police had to fire in theair to disperse the unruly mob which had at-tacked the police outpost.

In Lucknow, the state capital, the frenzymob, attacked the Madayganj police outpost

in Khadra area and damaged and torched sev-eral vehicles. Police had to open fire in the airto disperse the mob near the Madayganj po-lice outpost in the old city area.

Police had to resort to lathicharge and lobtear gas shell to control the mob which in-dulged in stone pelting.

Both the protesters and police fought apitched battle.


The Ministry of External Affairs onThursday said that India on the mar-gins of the 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue,held a day before, has shared its per-spectives on the recently enacted Cit-izenship Amendment Act (CAA)with the US Congress.

"I'm not aware of the specifics ofwhat was discussed in EAM's meet-ing with the Senate Committee onForeign Relations. But our perspec-tive on the Citizenship AmendmentAct has been shared with the US in-terlocutors, including the US Con-gress," MEA spokesperson RaveeshKumar said in a weekly briefing.

"We've highlighted the points,which have been articulated in theParliament and subsequently, whichhas been repeated by the Prime Min-ister and the Home Minister. I canonly say that in the context of hismeeting with the members of the USCongress, EAM shared our perspec-tives on this issue," Kumar added.

This issue is 'internal' to Indiawas not discussed per se in the 2+2meeting, the spokesperson said.

Asserting that India is a vibrantdemocracy that has a free press, USState Department acknowledged thatNew Delhi is "openly and publicly"

debating the CAA.Speaking to a news agency, US

State Department SpokespersonMorgan Ortagus, on Wednesdaysaid, "India has a free press. Indiahas a vibrant democracy. India hasthe ability for the court system toreview all legislations. So, whatyou are saying and what we are ob-serving is that a vibrant democracythat is debating and that is dis-cussing this bill. First and fore-most, you don't have that kind ofconversation in most countries.The fact is that the world's largestdemocracy is debating so openlyand publicly."

Yadav, Guhadetained NEW DELHI: Scores of protestors were de-tained by the Delhi Police near Red Fort whenthey tried to take out a march in defiance of theprohibitory orders imposed there to protest theCitizenship (Amendment) Act.Swarajya Abhiyan chief Yogendra Yadav wasamong those detained, officials said.Protestors, which included activists and stu-dents, were dragged into buses in a bid to clearthe area. Holding placards and shouting slo-gans, the protesters allowed themselves to beescorted to the buses. In Bengaluru, historianRamachandra Guha and over 200 people weredetained by the police but this did not protes-tors from marching to the city’s Town Hall. Kar-nataka Police reportedly fired at protestors inthe coastal city of Mangaluru.

Two arrested for hurlingbombs at protestersRAIGANJ: Two persons were arrested onThursday in connection with the incident of at-tack on a group of people protesting against theCitizenship Act in West Bengal's North Dinajpurdistrict, police said. The protesters were at-tacked at College Para area near National High-way-34 on Wednesday when they were return-ing after submitting a deputation at the districtmagistrate's office and six persons were injuredwhen crude bombs were hurled at them.

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900017 My Name From Balwinder I, Jayshree Kohli Spouse Of Sharma. Changed Name Mainudeen Gurdeep Singh Chahal R/o Harbhajan Singh R/o H.No. I, Balwinder Singh S/o Man Kaur To Balwinder Kaur No.15494518k Rank Swr 63372 Chahal Street S.B.S. Road 782 St.No. 25 New Abadi Khan.Singh Vill Sahni Pur Tanda Alias Satwinder Kaur. Name Sambhaji Gugade I, Parmjeet Kaur W/o Kotkapura (Faridkot) Khanna Teh¬-Khanna 63372,dudhan Sada Punjab Changed 72778 Resident Of Vi l lage Sukhmander Singh R/o Kotha changed my name to (Ludhiana) changed my I, Katesar Bano W/O Given Name Balwinder I, Hitherto Known As Navalihal, P.o Navalihal, Guru (BTI) have changed my Harwinder Singh Chahal. name to Jarnail Singh. Mainudeen Khan R/O Lig-Surname Singh. Sukhminder Singh Alias Tehsil Athani, District name as Paramjeet Kaur. 370 Sector 32 Chandigarh 63372 63372

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900023 Chand S/o Jumma Ram, Venkata Ramana S/o Sh. Khan And Bhanwru Khan Name To Manpreet Kaur Sidhu. Sudhar Tehsil Raikot Distt Name To Ranjit Singh R/ov.p.o. Binjon, District Pathina Koteswararao R/o Ludhiana Have Changed Gill. Both Are One And Same 63372Hosh i a rpu r-144520 , Quarter No.p/18,90 Armed My Name To Tejinder Jit Person.I, Narinder Kaur W/o Mukand 63372Punjab, India, Have Regt. C/o 56, Apo,khasa Kaur Alluna. 63372Singh R/o Vill-Soundha I, Ramanjeet Kaur W/O Changed My Name And Cantt Amritsar Punjab Have I, Mainudeen Khan S/O (Fatehgarh Sahib) changed my 63372 Sukhwinder Singh R/O Shall Hereafter Be Known Changed The Name Of My Bhanwru Khan R/O Lig-370 name to Harinder Kaur. I, Davinder Singh S/O V p o . H a z a r a , D i s t -As Avtar Singh. Mother From Sirkuntala To Sector 32 Chandigarh Road 63372 Satwinder Singh Gill Vpo Ja landhar.Pb,144025.

Pathina Sakuntala Vide 72778 Samrala Chowk Ludhiana I, Jasvir Kaur W/o Jaspal Singh Dhudike Tehsil Moga Distt Have Changed My Name Affidavit No.ah096765 I Hitherto Known As Venus M o g a P u n j a b H a v e R a m a n j e e t K a u r To Declare That My Mother R/o Vill-Dafera Bassi Pathana Dated 17.12.2019Badhan D/o Ravinder Changed My Name To Ramanjit Kaur. Name Hasina Bano And (Fatehgarh Sahib) changed my

72737Kumar, R/o H.no. 80, Lane Davinder Singh Gill. Shaking Bano Both Are One name to Jasbir Kaur. 63372No. 4, Friends Colony, I, Suvarna Patil Spouse Of And Same Person.63372 63372 I, Jaspreet Kaur D/o Jalandhar-144008, Punjab, No.15496596a, Rank-ald 63372I, Priya D/o Harbans Lal R/o I Sarbjit Singh S/o Jugraj Balwinder Singh R/o Vpo. India, Have Changed My Name Patil Rajendra Gulab I, Parveen Kumar S/O Dev Vill: Khambra (Jalandhar) Pb, Singh R/o H.No. 439-D Jivan Bhagike (Moga) have Name And Shall Hereafter Resident Of Qtr No P-12/10 Raj R/O6139/21 Street No 1 after marriage I have changed Nagar Kartarpura Basti changed my name after Be Known As Venus. Old Red Colony Khasa New Silver City Jassian my name from Priya to Priya Sangrur have changed my marriage Jaspreet Kaur

Cantt Amritsar(pb) Have 72778 Road Haibowal Kalan Suniar. name Sarbjit Singh to Sarabjit Dhaliwal W/o Parmveer Changed My Name From I Hitherto Known As Singh. Singh Dhaliwal R/o Vpo. Ludhiana Change Name 63372Suvarna Patil To Suvarna Rukhasr W/o Iqubal Bilaspur (Moga). Parveen Dang.63372I Daljit Kaur Wife Of Ra jendra Pa t i l Vide Ahimed R/o H No.b-1/171 6337263372Gurwinder Singh Resident Of I Jagraj Singh R/o Vill-Affidavit No.ak664049 G.t. Road Maqsudan I, Kanchan Bala W/O Village Nijhar Tehsil Hasanpur Distt. Mansa have I Simarjeet Kaur W/O Dated 16.12.2019Jalandhar 144008 Punjab P a r v e e n D a n g R / O Guruharsahai Distt Ferozepur changed my name Jagraj Atma Singh Resident Of

72737India. Have Changed My 6139/21 Street No 1 New Punjab 152022 India Have Singh to Jugraj Singh. Waring Khera, Sri Muktsar Name And Shall Hereafter I Veerpal Kaur Dhillon W/o Silver City Jassian Road Changed My Name To Daljeet 63372 S a h i b , P u n j a b P i n -Be Known As Rukhsar Sarabjit Singh Dhaliwal R/o H a i b o w a l K a l a n Kaur. I, Davinder Singh S/o Gurmail 151211, Have Changed

Rameana (faridkot) Have 72778 Ludhiana Change Name My Name To Gurdeep 63372 Singh R/o Vill: Lapran Teh-Changed My Name To I, Deva Singh S/o Teja Kaur. Rozy Dang.I Parveen Jain Wife Of Manoj Payal (Ludhiana) changed my Veerpal Kaur Dhaliwal.Singh R/o. Vpo Bal Khurd 6337263372Kumar Madaan Resident Of name to Devinder Singh.

98723Tehsil And Distt Amritsar I, Raju And Raju Kumar Park Avenue Puda Colony 63372 I, Karina Sood W/O Have Changed My Name I D a l j i t K a u r W / o S/O Pala Ram R/O 52/5, Kotkapura Road Sri Muktsar I, Hardev Kaur W/o Aakash Kumar 2728 Deva Singh To Dewa Singh K u l w a n t S i n g h R / o Gopal Nagar Ludhiana Sahib District Sri Muktsar Devinder Singh R/o Vill: Street No 1 Kishore Nagar

Muktsar Road, Jaitu 72737 Declare That Both Names Sahib Punjab 152026 India L a p r a n T e h - P a y a l Tajpur Road Ludhiana Dihati (faridkot) Have I, Gopi Chohan S/o Raj Pal Changed Name Karina Are One And Same Have Changed My Name To (Ludhiana) changed my Changed My Name To Chouhan R/o.h.no.60 F, Sharma. Person.Kamal Madaan. name to Harpreet Kaur.Daljeet Kaur.Back Side Bhai Veer Singh 6337263372 63372 63372

98723Hall Lawrence Road Amritsar Have Changed I. Parmjit Kaur W/o Buta My Name From Gopi S i n g h B r a r Vi l l a g e Chohan To Gopi Chouhan. Amargarh, Teh. Goniana All Concerned Please Mandi Distt Bathinda Note. Have Changed My Name

Parmjit Kaur To Parmjit 72737Kaur Brar. W/o Buta I, Ritu Bala W/o Ashwani S i n g h B r a r , P l e a s e Kumar R/o.h.no.350, Concerned Note .Basant Avenue Amritsar

90004Have Changed My Name After Marriage To Ritu I . B u t a S i n g h S / o Goyal. All Concerned M o h i n d e r p a l S i n g h Please Note Village Amargarh, Teh

Goniana Mandi Distt 72737Bathinda Have Changed I, Joga Singh S/o My Name Buta Singh To Balwinder Singh R/o Vpo Buta Singh Brar S/o Raja Sansi Tehsil Ajnala M o h i n d e r p a l S i n g h . Distt Amritsar Have Please Concerned Note.Changed My Name To

90004Singh Joga. Please Note It I, Rachpal Singh Sansoa 72737 S/O Swaran Singh R/O I, Ujjawala Spouse Of VPO Khatkar Kalan No.15485567l Rank Ld Tehsil Banga District N a m e P a t i l V i l a s S B S N a g a r H a v e Dhondiba Resident Of Changed My Name To Village Gundewadi, Tq. Rachpal Singh.Gangakhed, Llegaon,

63372Parbhani Maharastra Have Changed My Name From I, Jaswinder Kaura W/o Ujjawala To Ujjawala Yo g e s h K u m a r R / o Vilas Patil Vide Affidavit H.No.86 Ranjit Nagar No.ah 203171 Dated (SBS Nagar) changed my 19.12.2019 name to Jaswinder Kaur.

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84451I Hemant Kumar S/O Late Sh. Hari Chand R/O H. No 1029, Dashmesh Nagar, Naya Gaon, Distt Mohali declares that I and my family members have no any transaction with Rajiv Kumar Sharma R/O H. No 42-B, Type II, PGI campus Chandigarh and have no concern / link with him in any manner. If anybody deals with Rajiv Kumar Sharma in a n y m a n n e r s h a l l b e responsible at their own risk and cost. I and my family m e m b e r s w i l l n o t b e responsible for the same.

100019I, Alka Rani W/o Kapil J u n e j a R / o H . N o . 1017/AZ:05 Disposal Road Grewal Colony Jagraon Distt. Ludhiaan, declare that I have changed my name after marriage Simar Juneja. My Aadhar Card No. is 8068 2542 9658 and Pan Card No. i s B N N P J 9 6 8 8 Q a l l concerned note.

63372I, Simarjeet Singh S/o Mejar Singh R/o Rajgarh Teh-Raikot (Ludhiana) declare that my Late: Mother Manjit Kaur W/o Mejar Singh known by Kartar Kaur D/o Teja Singh in parents village Rupa Patti and in-laws house she was known by name of Manjit Kaur. both names was one lady.

63372I, hitherto known as Manju Rani D/o Hardial Singh residing at Ward No. 28 House No. 295 Bukanwala Road Mohalla Lahoria Da Moga (Moga) Punjab, have changed my name and shall hereafter be known as Manjeet Kaur. it is certified that I have complied with other legal requirement in this connection.

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3HARYANAKhattar grants approval for creationof Auditor post in Jakhal Mandi MCCHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has granted approval for cre-ation of the post of Auditor under the Resident Audit Scheme in the Jakhal Mandi MunicipalCorporation.Giving this information here on Thursday, a government spokesperson said that the post ofthe auditor has been created in the newly formed Municipal Corporation in Jakhal Mandi. Hesaid that the post has been created so that the daily work related to audit can be completedat the earliest..

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2019

Lecture on roadsafety awareness

KURUKSHETRA, DEC 19

Dr. Ashok Kumar Verma delivereda lecture on road safety to the stu-dents of Government MiddleSchool Anteri today morning.Dr.Verma said that it is the duty ofevery person to know about theroad safety rules and then followthem for the safety of each andevery person. Without knowingthem no one can be safe on theroad. It is the most important dutyof each and every person to ascer-tain the knowledge of rules of roadand follow them in their lives.Carelessness on the road causesroad accidents.

More than one lakh people losetheir lives in road accidents everyyear. There is only one thing thatcan decrease the death rate that isknowledge of traffic rules and fol-lowing them while travelling. Dr.Verma asked the students not todrive any vehicle without havingdriving age and driving license,registration certificate, pollutioncertificate, insurance and vehiclefitness certificate. On this occasionschool staff and students were pres-ent.

Money launderingcase raid,

creates furore

GURMEET KASHYAPKARNAL, DECEMBER 19

The ED raid on the furniture marketof the city created furor. The caserelated to money laundering. Ac-cording to the information received,on Thursday, around 1 pm, the EDin Soukya Market, Soumya AnandImpax Pvt. Ltd. Two shops of thefirm were raided, which no oneknew.

As soon as the vehicles of thedepartment stopped outside theshop, the security personnel of thedepartment were posted outside theshop. No one was allowed inside oroutside the shop as long as the raidcontinued. It was said that the own-er of this firm's house were alsoraided. No official information ofthis raid was given. Incidentally, theED raid continued till late.

AGENCYCHANDIGARH, DEC 19

Principal Director of Haryana Irri-gation Research and ManagementInstitute, Kurukshetra has beennominated the nodal officer for thestate-specific action plan for waterconservation in Haryana under theNational Water Mission.

The main objective of the Na-tional Water Mission is to ensurewater conservation, minimumwastage of water and equitable dis-tribution of water through integrat-ed water resources development andmanagement.

This was stated by Chief Secre-tary Keshni Anand Arora while pre-siding over a meeting regardingState-specific action plan for Sus-tainable Development Managementof Water Resources for HaryanaState under National Water Missionhere on Thursday.

Ms Arora directed the officersthat under this mission, a central-ized portal should be prepared, onwhich periodic reports of watersources, water consumption, andwater quality should be uploadedalong with a GPS location, so thatintegrated data should be madeavailable for the concerned depart-

ments.She said that sub-committees

should be formed under the chair-manship of the Departments ofAgriculture, Irrigation, Urban LocalBodies, Industries and Forests,which would work under this mis-sion. She directed that by January,31, 2020, a draft report on waterconservation should also be pre-pared by these committees and thesame should be given to the State-Level monitoring committee. Apartfrom this, nodal officers should alsobe appointed by the concerned de-partments.

It was informed that as per the

directions from the Centre, underthe National Water Mission, a state-level steering committee has beenconstituted under the chairmanshipof the Chief Secretary. The main ob-jective of this committee will be toimplement the state-specific actionplan and review the works of theState-level monitoring committee.

Apart from this, the committeewill give approval for status reportsof water sources and water con-sumption, interim reports and state-specific action plans. It was in-formed that under the state-specificaction plan, work will be done inthree phases.

HIRMI Principal Director nominatednodal officer for water conservation

GURMEET KASHYAPKARNAL, DECEMBER 19

MP Sanjay Bhatia said that scientistshave an important role in doubling theincome of farmers. He said that JaiJawan, Jai Kisan, Jai Vigyan, Sutra isthe concept that only a country with alarge population like India can bemade prosperous. The MP was speak-ing on Thursday as the chief guest atthe launch of a three-day farmer train-ing programme organised under thetribal sub-plan at ICAR-Indian Wheatand Barley Research Institute. MayorRenu Bala Gupta attended as distin-guished guest. The programme waschaired by Dr. Gyanendra PratapSingh, director of ICAR-IndianWheat and Barley Research Institute.

Mayor Renu Bala Gupta said that

the Indian Institute of Wheat and Bar-ley Research has a big role in bringingKarnal on the world map. The nameof Karnal has increased with the insti-

tutions established in Karnal. The scientific-farmer dia-logue will pave the way for a prosper-ous India, he said.

Scientists playing important role indoubling farmers' income: Bhatia

MAINPAL KASHYAPKARNAL, DECEMBER 19

MP Sanjay Bhatia and Indri MLARamkumar Kashyap jointly visitedvillage Salarpura, Jayarampur,Makhu Majra, Sanghoi, Sangohaand Churni etc. of Indri assemblyconstituency. During this visit, MPSanjay Bhatia thanked the peoplefor making Ramkumar Kashyap theMLA of Indri Vidhan Sabha. Duringthis, the MLA and MP also jointlyassured to resolve the complaintsand problems of the people.

On this occasion, Nand LalMandal President, Chairman IlamSingh, Mahendra Panjokhara,

Dharampal Shadilya, Ranbir Pan-chal, Pankaj, Randhir, Sumer Singh,Rishipal Chairman, Om PrakashChairman, Naresh Pal, Navdeep,Jagmal Singh, District Council

Member Rajendra, Anil Kumar ,Naresh Saini, Mohit, RajbirKashyap, Rajesh Kumar, Deepakand others were present.

Bhatia, Kashyap thank voters

AGENCYKAITHAL, DEC 19

The rice millers of Haryanahave strongly criticised thestate opposition parties forunnecessarily raising the bo-gey of paddy scam and thuspaving the way for their un-necessary harassment in thename of physical verificationof stocks lying with ricemillers for custom milling ofrice to be supplied to govern-ment.

Stating this while ad-dressing a press conferencehere on Thursday, HaryanaRice Millers AssociationPresident Amrjeet Chhabrasaid that they were notagainst physical verificationof stocks of paddy lying inrice mills for shelling butwere disturbed that unduepressure was being built inthe name of physical verifica-tion as if they had committed

some blunder.He said that at number of

places the stocks had beenchecked by governmentteams and no discrepancywas noticed inspite of thatconstant threats in the nameof physical verification ofstocks, deploying police forceand sealing of rice mills atsome place in the state doesnot augur well for the rice in-dustry and the governmentwhich continues to blame thetraders without finding anything wrong. How they couldcarry on their business insuch an uncertain environ-ment, he asked.

Chhabra assured that thecustom milling rice as pergovernment policy will besupplied to government agen-cies as per time scheduletime, then where was the needfor constant threats of physi-cal verification of stocks ofpaddy. He regretted that Rev-

enue officers and Patwariswere sent for physical verifi-cation who were not expert inthis job.

He said that oppositionleaders should come forwardto support the rice industry ifthey were true well wishers ofthe farmers.

Chabbara demanded thatgovernment should increasetheir milling charges from theexisting Rs 10 per quintal toat least Rs 40 per quintal tocompensate them if the fin-ished rice was not lifted bygovernment agencies in timeforcing them to pay holdingcharges. The governmentshould also provide them re-lief for broken rice percent-age and for discolouring ofrice due to adverse climaticconditions as the methods ofharvesting have undergonedrastic changes due to intro-duction of machinery in placeof manual harvesting.

Haryana rice millers criticiseoppn for raising bogey

scam in paddy purchase

SHIV SHARMAKARNAL, DECEMBER 19

DC Vinay Pratap Singh instructed thebankers about the implementation of Cen-tral and State Government sponsoredschemes for loan of eligible personthrough any sponsoring agency with themand in their respective branches. If any ap-plication is received, they should not keepthem pending but dispose them withoutany delay.

He asked bankers to provide loans ontime so that they can start their self-em-ployment works. The Deputy Commis-sioner was speaking at the district level re-view committee meeting on Thursday,courtesy Punjab National Bank, in the au-

ditorium of the Small Secretariat. He in-structed all the bankers that the ATM musthave CCTV cameras and asked the policeofficer that there should be police guard atall ATMs.

DC reviews quarterlymeeting with bankers GURMEET KASHYAP

KARNAL, DECEMBER 19

Shammi Bansal, MD of Liberty ShoesLimited and Trustee, head of the VaishyaCheritival Trust, has said that serving theneedy is the greatest charity. The affluentsections of society should help the poorand those people in need. He was speak-ing at an event organised on the site ofMaharaja Agrasen Bhavan. Blanketswere given to 250 needy families on thisoccasion.

On this occasion, Shammi Bansalsaid that Vaishya society always leadssociety in the field of social welfare. Theprogress of Maharaja Agrasen Bhavanwas also reviewed on the occasion. Theoutline of upcoming events was also dis-cussed. Praveen Bansal, Dr. PK Jain, Kr-ishna Garg, Vrij Raj Garg, Naresh Gup-ta, Ankur Gupta were present at the pro-gramme.

The biggest charity is to serve the needy: Bansal


Deputy Commissioner Vinay PratapSingh said that drinking water and sew-erage committees will be formed in allthe villages of the district under the Wa-ter Life Mission. Special gram sabhaswill be organised in all the gram pan-chayats on December 26 for the forma-tion of these committees. There is a pro-vision to include 11 members in thesecommittees, including Sarpanch, 3 Pan-chayat members, 4 other members as well asone JE each from the Department of PublicHealth and Panchayati Raj. Will join and thePanchayat Secretary of the concerned Pan-chayat will be appointed as the Convener ofthis committee.

The Deputy Commissioner was presiding

over the first meeting of the Water Life Mis-sion on Thursday in the auditorium of the Dis-trict Secretariat. He informed that publichealth department is conducting door-to-doorsurvey in rural areas through competent youthand departmental staff and this survey will becompleted by 31 March 2020.

Committees planned at villagelevel under Water Life Mission

MC union protestsover demands

SHIV SHARMAKARNAL, DEC 19

The strike of the Munici-pal Employees Union con-tinued with other demandsincluding keeping thecleaning workers on pay-roll. Safai Karamcharishave started getting thesupport of employee organisations. District head of SarvaKarmchari Sangh Malkit Singh said that if the municipal ad-ministration does not warn in time, then every member of SKSHaryana will make a big protest movement giving open sup-port to the Municipal Employees Union. Unit chief VirbhanBidlan and Secretary Rajkumar Dhillod said that the strike willcontinue till the administration puts the cleaning workers on thepayroll as per the state government's form. On this occasion,Ashok Procha, Ramesh Chanalia, Sushil Gurjar, Vijay Sharma,Indrajit Chanalia, Urmila Devi, Sunita Devi, Roshan Lal,Satyavan, Jasmer and Mahindra Kumar, etc. were present.


Gharonda MLA Harvinder Kalyan onThursday visited a dozen villages andthanked the people of the area andasked for suggestions for new devel-opment works. He said that any workrelated to the basic needs of the gen-eral public will not be left incompleteand new development works will becompleted in a planned manner in thenext 5 years. MLA Kalyan was ad-dressing the villagers in villageNabipur in Gharaunda area during hisThanksgiving visit.

He said that they should get along

with each other and forget the differ-ences of the election and cooperate inthe development of the village. Dur-ing the Thanksgiving tour, all the sug-

gestions are being made about the de-velopment work on behalf of the peo-ple, and all the works will be given abasic form by brainstorming.

MLA seeks suggestions fornew development work

‘Rajput society to honour meritorious students’ROHIT LAMSARTARAORI, DECEBER 19Social worker Dr. N.P. Singh said that on behalf of MaharanaPratap Smriti Bhavan Samiti, meritorious students of class 10thand 12th, who have topped in the field of education, will be hon-oured in Maharana Pratap Bhawan Sector-8, Karnal on Sunday,December 29 at -10 am.In the year 2019, sportspersons of district Karnal, who have high-lighted the name of Rajput society at the state and national levelin various sports will also be honoured. Apart from this, those chil-dren who have enrolled in MBBS, IIT, NIT or equivalent degreesin government colleges in the year 2019 will also be honoured.

Police on alert afterviolent protests in

parts of country onCAA issue

CHANDIGARH, DEC 18

Haryana police has made elaboratesecurity arrangement across thestate in wake of the incidents of vi-olence and damage to public prop-erty being reported from some partsof the country.

Stating this here on Wednesday,Additional Director General of Po-lice (Law and Order) NavdeepSingh Virk said the police is pre-pared to deal with any law and or-der situation across the state. All theCommissioners of Police and dis-trict Superintendents of Police havebeen directed to take necessary pre-cautionary and preventive measuresto maintain law and order and peacein their respective jurisdiction.

In view of the proposed protestcall against the Citizenship Amend-ment Act in Nuh district, Mr Virksaid that police is on alert and it hadalready made all requisite arrange-ments to maintain law and order.Police patrolling has been intensi-fied to prevent any untoward inci-dent. The additional forces wouldalso be marshalled from within thestate for deployment in case of anyrequirement. All measures havebeen taken to contain any kind ofviolence as well as safety of citi-zens, he added.

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Further scaling up the police pick-drop facility for women in distress,Punjab Chief Minister CaptainAmarinder Singh has ordered all-women PCR vans to be mobilizedin major five cities of Punjab toprovide safe transport in responseto such calls.

PCRs rushing to help strandedwomen seeking to be dropped safe-ly to their home/workplace will bemanned entirely by women cops inMohali, Amritsar, Patiala, Ludhi-ana and Jalandhar, in line with theChief Minister’s orders.

This was disclosed here onThursday by DGP Dinkar Gupta,who said that since the launch ofthe scheme to drop women safelyhome, a total of 40 calls had beenreceived on 100/112, 181 and 1091helpline numbers between Decem-ber 03 and December 18, 2019.Giving break-up, he said 26 callswere received at 112/100, 02 callswere received at 181 and 12 callswere received on the districts 1091helpline.

It may be recalled that theChief Minister had launched thescheme on December 3, amidgrowing concerns over safety ofwomen, whereby free police help isprovided to women stranded out-side between 09.00 pm and 06.00am. Women callers are connectedimmediately to the Police Pa-trolling Vehicles and ConcernedPolice Stations as part of the pick-up and drop facility, available towomen who do not have access toa safe vehicle, including taxi orthree-wheeler. Giving details of thedistress calls received so far, theDGP said the minimum responsetime taken by Police Patrolling Par-ties to reach the caller was seven

minutes and the maximum 30 min-utes, averaging a total of 12 min-utes. The police parties safelydropped callers at their place of res-idence/place where they wanted togo. In some cases, women journal-ists from electronic media alsogave dummy calls to the PoliceControl Room to check the police

response time, and successfullyverified the same. In majority ofthe cases, a woman police officerwas present in the PCR, said theDGP, adding that the scheme is stillin the initial stage and having someteething problems, which were be-ing streamlined. Once that is done,all PCR vans helping women in

distress will have a lady cop, headded. Though the scheme was of-ficially announced for womenstranded between 9 pm and 6 am,the DGP said the Chief Ministerhad personally directed the policeto ensure support to any womanwho feels unsafe at any time of theday.

Women PCR vans to be mobilized in five cities: Amarinder

SUMER GARGCHANDIGARH, DEC 19

The State Cabinet on Thurs-day approved ‘the Punjab Ad-vocates Welfare Fund Rules,2019’ to pave the way for im-plementation of the relatedAct. This decision was takenduring the Cabinet meetingchaired by Chief MinisterCaptain Amarinder Singhhere at Punjab Bhawan.

According to an officialspokesperson, the state gov-ernment is required to pre-pare and notify the amendedrules under Section 28 of thePunjab Advocates WelfareFund Act, 2002. The ruleswould provide for deposit offunds in nationalised bank,preparation of annual state-ment of Accounts & BudgetEstimates and Accounts ofExpenditure & Investment aswell as the Annual Audit. Theamendment will provide for

procedure for admission tothe Fund as well as removalfrom membership. It alsocontains a provision for ap-pointment of staff to carry outvarious activities. It may berecalled that the Punjab Ad-vocates Welfare Fund Act,2002 was enacted for consti-tution of a Fund and utilisa-tion thereof, for the welfareof advocates belonging to theState of Punjab.

The income to the Fundcomes from grant from thestate government, funds col-lected by the Bar Council,voluntary donations, grantfrom Central Governmentetc. The funds are to be spentfor the welfare of advocatesfor various purposes likeGroup Insurance to advo-cates, financial aid to deserv-ing advocates, medical in-surance to advocates, finan-cial aid in case of serious ill-ness etc.

Cabinet approvesstate advocates

welfare fund rules

Kids from underprivileged and weaker sections of society givemessage of shunning plastic in spark festJALANDHAR: Continuing its unique initiative, the kids from theunderprivileged and weaker sections of society today set the rampon fire with their impressive dance performance to disseminate so-cial message of wiping out the plastic menace. During the event or-ganized in the sixth edition of the Spark career guidance fest at theprecincts of the Guru Gobind, the students of school being ran underthe child labour project stole the show with their impressive per-formance.

Bhajan of God relieves manfrom calamity: Shastri

DALJIT AJNOHAHOSHIARPUR: 5th Shrimad BhagwatKatha was organized on behalf of MaaBhagwati Jagran Committee with thehelp of group members and committeepresident Prem Nath Wadhwa inKasba Kot Fatuhi village.PanditJagmohan Dutt Shastri ji highlightedimportance of Sakand Purana and saidBhajan relieves man from calamity.

International Fateh academyselected to establish AtalTinkering Lab (ATL)KULJIT SINGH JANDIALA GURU:Realizing the needto create scientific temper and cultivatethe spirit of curiosity and innovationamong young minds, AIM proposes tosupport the establishment of a networkof Atal Tinkering Laboratories (ATL).International fateh academy has beenselected to establish the Atal TinkeringLab (ATL) by the Atal InnovationMission, NITI AYOG so that youngminds can give shape to their ideasthrough hands-on do-it-yourself modeand learn innovation skills and make thestudents Neoteric Innovators. The visionis to cultivate 1 Million children in India.

Pardeep Kumar takescharge as Tehsildar Shahkot

PRITPAL SINGHSHAHKOT: On the vacant post ofTehsildar Shahkot, Punjab Governmentappointed Pardeep Kumar as TehildarShahkot and he started work aftertaking over charge as TehsildarShahkot. Earlier, Tehsildar NakodarInderdev Singh Minhas was lookingafter the work of Shahkot Tehsil.Pradeep Kumar has also served asNaib Tehsildar at Shahkot before.Talking on the occasion, TehsildarPardeep Kumar said that he wouldendeavor to provide good services tothe people of Shahkot. If a person findsany difficulty to get office work done,they can talk to him at any time in theoffice. He also said reaching thegovernment benefits to the people willbe his first priority.

National human rightssocial justice wrote toSecy school educationMAMOON RASHIDMALERKOTLA: National Humanrights social justice wrote to secretaryschool education Punjab for givingproper leave to Muslim employees

working undereducation departmentfor Hajj Pilgrim, ZahoorAhmed ChauhanDistrict Chairman ofthe organization said

that the employees are facingproblems in getting holidays to go tohajj that is why his organization haswritten letter to request educationsecretary Punjab to look into thematter and do the needful so that theemploys can easily get holidays andgo to hajj without any difficulty, heappealed the department to sanctionholidays as per their will.

Barinder Dhillon deniesof PYC election banKULWINDER BHATIANANGAL: Barinder Dhillon, who wonthe election of Congress YouthPresident, has denied reports that hiselection was being banned. Dhillon

says false news isbeing circulatedabout my election.Discussions hadsurfaced in the pastthat the Congressparty has stoppedthe appointment of

Barinder Singh Dhillon as thePresident of PYC. However, in somebroadcast news, it was claimed thatafter the controversy with JaswinderSingh Jassi by the Congress, thecoronation of Barinder Dhillon aspresident could still be stopped.Congress announced that the picturesof the Barinder Dhillon have beenremoved from the face book page ofCongress and the Congress has alsoannounced that they will notannounce name of Barinder Dhillon asthe winner.

CHANDIGARH, DEC 19

Finding that the Punjab KisanVikas Chamber (PKVC), Mo-hali, had totally failed in its ob-jective of ensuring farmer wel-fare, the Punjab Cabinet onThursday gave the nod to handover the possession of twoacres of its land and office inMohali to the Department ofAgriculture & Farmers Wel-fare.

The move is aimed at en-abling optimal utilization of theproperty, which had been pro-vided free of cost to PKVC, forthe welfare of farmers. Disclos-ing this here today, a spokesper-son of the Chief Minister’s Of-fice said that the office of Pun-jab State Farmers & FarmLabourers Commission andAgriculture Marketing Innova-tion Research & Intelligence

Centre (AMIRIC), which arefocused on farmers’ issues andaimed at supporting farmers,will now be established in thebuilding. Other institutions, in-cluding PKVC, will be allowedto conduct seminars for thewelfare of the farmers in thepremises. The spokespersonfurther said that the Cabinet hadalso observed that the amountthat remains pending from theRs.25 crore granted to theChamber would also need to betaken back from it.


Punjab Chief MinisterCaptain Amarinder Singhon Thursday congratulatedthe state’s farmers, espe-cially from the Malwa belt,for record production ofcotton, while directing theAgriculture Department toensure timely advance sup-port for the cotton growersfor the next Kharif season.

This season’s expectedcotton production is 18.20lac bales, against 12.23 lacbales in the previous year,with average productionper acre crossing the 10quintals per acre mark, asagainst last year’s 9.31

quintals per acre. CaptainAmarinder, who also holdsthe Agriculture portfolio,lauded the efforts of theAgriculture Department,especially the field staff, inmotivating the farmers toshift to cotton cultivation,

as part of the state govern-ment’s crop diversificationfocus. These efforts trans-lated into increase in thearea under cotton cultiva-tion from 6.70 lac acreslast year to 9.80 lac acresduring this year, accordingto an official spokesper-son. Timely interventionby the Cotton Corporationof India, on the initiativeon the Chief Minister, hasfor far led to the purchaseof 4.36 lac quintals of Cot-ton, which is about 20% ofthe total arrival of the pro-duce in the State mandis.The purchase has beendone at Minimum SupportPrice of Rs. 5450 per quin-tal, fixed by the Govt. of

India for American Cotton,said the spokesperson.

The Chief Ministeralso complimented thePunjab Agricultural Uni-versity, Ludhiana, forworking closely with theAgriculture Department toensure availability of highquality seeds and pesti-cides, as well as timely ad-vice and extension servic-es to farmers. CaptainAmarinder has also direct-ed the Agriculture Depart-ment to ensure all theseprovisions to farmers inadvance, to enable expan-sion of cotton cultivationto the targeted 12.50 lacacres in the next Kharifseason.


Crediting public with the as-sistance rendered in ascer-taining the food safety in theState, KS Pannu, DirectorTandrust Punjab Mission in-formed that the test results ofsamples brought voluntarilyby public to the mobile FoodSafety Vans reveal that dur-ing the month of October andNovember 2019, 101 sam-ples out of 567 failed to meet

the prescribed standards.Giving details, he informedthat mobile Food SafetyVans are deployed on rota-tional basis in different dis-tricts.

During the month of Octo-ber, a van was deployed indistrict Hoshiarpur whereinpeople brought 368 samplesfor testing including 78 sam-ples of milk and milk prod-ucts, 49 of spices and condi-ments, 16 of water and bev-erages and 225 of sweets.

Zero hour must be more productiveand effective: Ajaib Singh Bhatti

GAURAV GOELCHANDIGARH, DEC 19

The Deputy Speaker Ajaib Singh Bhat-ti represented the state of Punjab at 77thConference of Presiding Officers of theLegislative Bodies of India, held atDehradun (Uttarakhand).

During the two-day conference,While participating in discussion on thetopic of "Strengthening ParliamentaryDemocracy and Capacity Buildingthrough in-house Devices includingZero Hour", the Deputy Speaker saidthat the legislators can play an impor-tant role in further strengthening theparliamentary democracy. In democra-cy, the representatives of the peopleplay a pivotal role in making new laws,approving budget and making decisionsin the larger interests of the citizens ofcountry.

He said that elected representativesof the people use Zero Hour and CallAttention as a device to raise issues ofpublic concerns related to their con-stituencies and states. Notably, in the

zero hour, members can raise matters ofgreat importance without prior notice,which helps to solve the issues beingfaced by the people. Over the years,Zero Hour has come to be known as animportant ‘device’ to air grievances andreaffirm Parliament’s role as a platformfor debate, so some guidelines or rulesshould be formulated to make it moreproductive and effective to save thetime and energy of the house. Duringthe Zero Hour, Only important issues ofpublic interest should be allowed to beraised, Bhatti added.

AMRITSAR: ITC Hotels onThursday announced the openingof Welcomhotel in Amritsar. Pun-jab Chief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh inaugurated thelatest addition to Punjab’s hospi-tality destinations that promises tofurther enrich the vibrant tourismlandscape of Punjab.

Spread across eight acres ofmanicured greens, the magnificentWelcomhotel Amritsar is centredaround a colonnaded mansion, theerstwhile Sandhanwalia Haveli,which traces its origins to the ear-ly 1900s and has been lovingly re-stored with all modern comfortswhile preserving the cultural, ar-chitectural and culinary nuancesof a splendid era. The splendour ofthis century-old heritage propertywhich ITC has aesthetically re-stored is set to redefine thetourism landscape of Punjab andwill make a meaningful contribu-tion to the tourism potential of thestate. Located close to the airportand a short drive from the reveredGolden Temple ‘Darbar Sahib’,the 101 room hotel blends Amrit-sar’s famed exuberance alongsidethe tranquil calm of the rustic RajaSansi. Historically also known asRamdaspur and colloquially asAmbarsar, Amritsar is home to the

The Harmandir Sahib popularlyknown as the Golden temple, oneof the world’s most spiritually sig-nificant shrine.

The exquisite hotel promisesto offer an experience of timelesstraditions, rejuvenating therapies,curated dining experiences andmore at the property that cele-brates the warm and joyous spiritof this city. Amritsar has been cho-sen as one of the heritage cities forHRIDAY - Heritage City Devel-opment and Augmentation Yojanascheme of the Government of In-dia. Speaking on the occasion of

the launch, Sanjiv Puri, chairmanand MD of ITC Ltd, said, ''Themagnificent property is our tributeto the rich legacy of Punjab and isa part of ITC's growing footprintin the State across all sectors en-compassing agriculture, manufac-turing and services.'' NakulAnand, Executive Director - ITCLtd, stated, ''This magnificentproperty centred around a colon-naded mansion, the erstwhileSandhanwalia Haveli, mirrors therich culture and traditions of Am-ritsar and is our tribute to thisiconic city.''

Capt inaugurates Welcomhotel in Amritsar

Gives go-ahead to hand overpossession of PKVC property

to agriculture department

101 food samples failsafety standards: Pannu

CM lauds cotton growers, agriculture deptt for record production

Residents of ward number 17gives demand letter to SDM

JAITU (DHARAM PAL PUNNI): Residents ofward number 17 of Jaitu city gave a charter ofdemands about incomplete development worksin their area to SDM Jaitu. Delegation was led byBalwinder SinghNagar Counselor.Thy are layingof sewerage con-nections in streetnumber 4 andSewage pipelinein street number3. BalwinderSingh NagarCounselor said there is pot holls in most streetsof ward number 17 after a rain. Children can’tgo to school, oldest persons can’t come out oftheir homes in raining day.s Due to unfinishedwork of streets. they approached official andurged but no one listen to them and not paidheed, he added.

KULBHUSHAN GARGGIDDERBAHA, DEC 19

Two cows died due to a sudden electric shock (current) in the sew-erage water which was accumulatedin the street near Shri HanumanMandir in mohalla Bantabad. Giv-ing this information, the residents ofthis area Jaswinder Singh, DeepakSharma, Gulshan Kumar, SoniSingh and Gurjant Singh told thattwo cows were passing by the abovesaid sewerage water and got mas-sive electric shock and died. SDO Rakesh Mohan Makkar of thesewerage board said that sewerage problem occurred due to rainand this sewerage water will be drained out by tomorrow with thehelp of motors. While the SDO POWERCOM, Maninder Singhsaid that no complaint was received in this regard and now he senta J.E. to find out the reasons for the above said electric shock.

2 cows die of electric shock

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J&K gov't enhances honorarium ofSarpanches, ChairpersonsJAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir Government in an order issued here has enhancedthe honorarium of Sarpances and the Chairpersons of Block DevelopmentCouncils. As per order issued on Wednesday, the monthly honorarium to theSarpanches of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir from the existing rate ofRs 2,500 per month to Rs 3,000. Meanwhile in a separate order issued by theSecretary to the Government, Department of Rural Development, Sheetal Nanda,in accordance with the provisions of the J&K Panchayati Raj Act, 1989, sanction ishereby accorded to the payment of monthly emoluments to the Chairpersons ofBDCs of the Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory from December 2, 2019.

Preparations beginfor Dec 22 INTUCmeeting

PREETI RANAUNA: Worker unions have startedpreparations in view of the meeting ofNational INTUC President SanjeevReddy on December 22 in Parwanoo.INTUC Workers Union organized ameeting in Tahliwal attended byDistrict General Secretary NareshThakur to discuss preparations. Hesaid that this visit of the nationalpresident is being done to make thenationwide strike on January 8 asuccess.

Animal HusbandryDepartment EmployeesGeneral Associationholds conference

ANWAR HUSSAINNALAGARH: Conference of AnimalHusbandry Department EmployeesFederation Nalagarh Para Vets washeld under the chairmanship of HarishKumar in which all Para Vets ofNalagarh participated. Harish said thatin the meeting, a detailed discussionheld on the problems of field workers.It was said after artificial inseminationof animals, it is difficult to put the tagwithout the helper in the animals. Allpara vets have demanded from thedepartment and the government thatsupport staff in dispensary to bedeployed and vacant posts be filled.Harish has said that if the governmentwants to double the income of thecattlemen, then the service allowanceshould be given to the para vets.

Signature campaignfor womenempowerment held

ASHOK KUMAR ARYASALUNI: NSUI Unit of Saluni starteda signature campaign in the name ofwomen empowerment here today oninstruction of District NSUI PresidentSanjay Sharma in Saluni College,Boys and girls of the collegeparticipated vigorously and said thatthe youth of NSUI are organizing suchsignature campaign all over thecountry for providing security towomen in the eyes of recent excessesand rape cases. They demandedhanging of rape accused. NSUI'sRahul Thakur said rape incident isvery unfortunate.

Police recoverskidnapped girl, accusedarrested in KathuaJAMMU: Police on Thursday said thatone person was arrested in kidnappingcase while the girl has also beenrecovered from him in Billawar area ofKathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.SSP Kathua Sridhar Patil here saidthat acting on tip off, Billawar policearrested one Koushal alias Kannu ofDadwara, Billawar, who has kidnappeda girl from the same locality. “Policeteam acted swiftly and after receivinginformation rescued the victim girl andnabbed the kidnapper,” he added. Acase has been registered andinvestigation started.

SWD extends date forsubmission of onlineforms for scholarshipSRINAGAR: The government hasextended the date for submission ofonline application from the studentsbelonging to minority communities ofJammu and Kashmir for scholarship.Thousands of students across theKashmir valley are struggling to submittheir online application for scholarshipin the absence of internet facilitiessince August 5. However, facilitationcentres have been set up in all districtto enable students to file theirapplication, which proved inadequate.An official spokesman said the SocialWelfare Department (SWD) hasannounced extension for submissionof online application from the studentsbelonging to the minority communitiesof Jammu and Kashmir, pursuingstudies in government or recognisedprivate educational Institutes.The Last date for applying for Pre-Matric, Post-Matric and Merit-Cum-Means scholarship is January 17,2020 and for first level (Institute)verification (L1)- Pre-Matric, Post-Matric and Merit-Cum-Meansscholarship is February 3.

Dharamshala Smart City board meetheld, various approval given

AGENCYSHIMLA, DEC 19

Chief Secretary Dr. ShrikantBaldi chaired the meeting ofBoard of Directors ofDharamshala Smart CityLimited (DSCL), here today. Inthe meeting, various issuespertaining to DharamshalaSmart City were discussed.

During the meetingapproval was given forimprovement work of left outstreet of 16.10 kilometres,walkways 2.420 kilometres andstairs of 1.42 kilometres withinthe city with an outlay of Rs.28.63 crore. Approval wasprovided for construction ofsmart parking at Dalai LamaTemple road in EngineeringProcurement Contract modewith an estimate cost Rs. 5.75crore. Approval was alsoprovided to the proposedproject of developing a smartsample road stretch of 2.750kilometres starting from ISBTDharamshala to Education

Board. During the meeting itwas apprised that roads, streets,streetlights, walkways, etcwould be developed in entireMunicipal Corporation Area.Chief Secretary emphasised onimproving the basic facility ofroads, transport, electricity, etc.in Dharamshala city. He saidthat with improvement in basicfacilities only Dharamshalacould be made smart city.

Commissioner MunicipalCorporation Dharamshala andManaging Director cum CEO,DSCL Pradeep Kumar Thakur

conducted the proceeding of themeeting.

Mayor MunicipalCorporation DharamshalaDevender Jaggi, AdditionalChief Secretary Finance AnilKumar Khachi, AdditionalChief Secretary Health R.D.Dhiman, Secretary UrbanDevelopment C. Paulrasu,Deputy Commissioner KangraRakesh Kumar Prajapati,Director Urban DevelopmentRam Kumar Gautam were alsopresent in the meeting amongothers.

Authorities directed toidentify land in each districtfor construction of heliport

SHIMLA: Chief Secretary Dr. ShrikantBaldi stressed the need for effectivecoordination among all line departments tofully capitalize the State Government'spriority tourism projects in the state. Dr.Baldi said this while reviewing theprogress of tourism projects undertaken byHimachal Pradesh Tourism Department,here today. Chief Secretary said thatHimachal Pradesh has diverse and richtourism potential in terms of eco andadventure tourism, which must be fullyexplored. He said this would improveemployment opportunities, therebycontributing towards the socio-economicdevelopment of the state. Chief Secretarysaid that in order to further broaden thescope of tourism in the state, new sites ofparagliding must be explored under 'NaiRahein Nai Manzilien', while keeping thesafety parameters in mind. He directed todevelop Bulah Kataru in Mandi district aseco tourism destination.

DINESH AGARWALSHIMLA, DEC 19

Himachal Pradesh PowerCorporation Ltd. celebrated its13th (Thirteenth) Raising Daywith full gaiety. On the 13thRaising Day Celebration acultural programme wasorganized at CPRI auditoriumwhich was presided over byDevesh Kumar, ManagingDirector, HPPCL. Flag ofHPPCL was unfurled at itsCorporate office byManmohan Sharma, Director(Personnel & Finance). DeveshKumar said that HPPCL hasmade another significantcontribution to the State bydedicating 5 MW Berra DolSolar Power Plant on 20thFebruary 2019 to the people ofState. This Solar power plant isfirst commercial Solar Projectof Sate developed by any State

Govt. organization. He saidthat HPPCL will startgeneration from its 111 MWSawra Kuddu Hydro ElectricProject in this Financial Year.He elaborated that longpending issues in KashangStage-II and Stage-III hydroelectric project has been solvedand the survey works of theproject has been completed.We have started theconstruction work of link roadto intake site. He said thatissues of forest clearance ofDeothal Chanju and Chanju-IIIhas also been solved and theconstruction of these AFDfunded projects will also beginin next financial year. Theworks of 450 MW ShongtongKarchham project are alsogoing smoothly and soon thefunding issues for theconstruction of this project willbe resolved.

HPPCL celebrates13th Raising Day in

colourful manner

Workshop on cybercrime tomorrow

SHIMLA, DEC 19

In view of the fast growing cases of cybercrime, a one-day media workshop will beorganized on 21 December under the jointaegis of Himachal Police and Press ClubShimla. The workshop will be held at theconference hall of the Press Club.

Director General of Police (DGP) SitaramMardi has been invited as the chief guest atthe workshop. He will inaugurate theworkshop at 10.45 am. Superintendent ofPolice Law and Order Khushal SharmaSpecial Guest In the technical session of theworkshop, Cyber Cell Superintendent ofPolice Sandeep Dhawal and DeputySuperintendent Narveer Rathore will givemedia personnel all the nuances, technicalaspects and tips to protect themselves fromthe cyber crime on the LED projector. Boththese officers are well known police cybercrime experts. Press Club Shimla PresidentAnil Bhardwaj (Hadlee) has urged journalists,photo and video journalists from electronicand print media as well as web media toattend the workshop.

Sudhir Sharma given commandof Kangra Pharma Wing

SHANTI GAUTAMBADDI, DEC 19

Pharma wing of All India OrganizationSmall Scale Bharti has expanded andSudhir Sharma was given thecommand of Small Industries BhartiPharma Wing District Kangra whilePrateek Pathak made co-convenor.Sudhir Sharma has industries inSansarpur Terrace under the nameCimac Formulation and is a member ofSmall Scale Bharti Himachal unit.Prateek Pathak, who runs thepharmaceutical industry namelyMadiroz in Sansarpur terrace, has beenmade the co-convenor of the district.

Both of them have been appointed byC Thakur, Provincial Chairman ofSmall Scale Bharti Pharma Wing. CThakur pointed out that Laghu UdyogBharti is an all India organizationformed in 1994 that works for theinterests of industries. Many of thefunctions and policies of the industrieshave been implemented by the struggleof Small Scale Bharti. He said thatboth the above appointments willstrengthen the organization in theentire Kangra district besides resolvingproblems of pharma industries. He saidthat units of Kala Amb, Paonta Sahib,Solan, Una, Maihatpur, Tahliwal,Nalagarh will be formed soon.

Alpine School students get Medal inState Level Mathematics Olympiad

ANWAR HUSSAINNALAGARH, DEC 19

Three students of Alpine Public Schoolhave won silver medals at theInternational Olympiad Mathematics atthe state level. There is a wave ofhappiness in the school with thisachievement of the students. Giving itsdetailed information, Principal PremJoshi said that this exam was conductedin the school last year, the result of whichhas been announced now and it is amatter of great pride that Alpine students,like every time, have demonstrated theirtalent. Manav and managed to win goldmedal at state level. Principal Prem Joshi,

while awarding the winning students,said that the only goal of the school is theoverall development of the students forwhich the school administration iscommitted. He congratulated the studentson this achievement and wished them abright future.

SRINAGAR, DEC 19

As many as 15 contingents ofdifferent security agenciesand school children will takepart in the March Past onRepublic Day (RD), firstafter the abrogation of Article370 on August 5.

Meanwhile, all DeputyCommissioners (DCs) in theKashmir valley have beenasked to ensure participationof Panchs, Sarpanchs,Councilors, Prominentpersons, civil societymembers, youth clubs,government employees andgeneral public in the event.Meritorious students andfamous players will befelicitated on the day, anofficial spokesman said.

He said the DivisionalCommissioner KashmirBaseer Ahmad Khan chaireda high-level meeting here

yesterday to reviewarrangements put in place bydivisional administration forsmooth celebration of RDfunctions across the valley onJanuary 26. The meeting wasinformed that 15 contingentsof J&K Police, ArmedPolice, IRP, BSF, NCC,CRPF, SDRF, ForestProtection Force and SchoolChildren will take part inMarch past. The bandcontingent will comprise ofPolice, Armed Police, BSF,NCC, CRPF and SainikSchool. The main functionwill be held in Srinagar, theDivisional Commissionerdirected R&B authorities toinitiate repair work in andaround the venue on warfooting. For the past severalyear, the RD andIndependence Day (ID)functions were being held atS K Cricket stadium at high

security Sonawar area asBakshi Stadium was underrenovation. Khan directedthe Srinagar MunicipalCorporation (SMC) to ensurecleanliness in and around thevenue, besides, installation ofmobile toilets, de-wateringpumps and availability ofsucker machines at thevenue. To combat anyeventuality of snowfall,Mechanical EngineeringDepartment (MED) wasasked to place snowclearance machines outsidethe venue and SMC wasasked to deploy dedicatedman power for manual snowclearance inside the stadiumand rehearsal locations.

Power department wasasked to ensure uninterruptedelectricity supply withbackup facility of Gensets atthe venue and rehearsallocations.

J&K: 15 contingents to participate in RDfunction, 1st after abrogation of Article 370

Rs 651.28 cr disbursed by banks for setting up IGUS in BadgamSRINAGAR, DEC 19

An amount of Rs 651.28 crore has been disbursed by different banks for setting upIncome Generating Units (IGUs) in the central Kashmir district of Badgam. Mean-while, under annual District Credit Plan (DCP), Rs 1328 crore have been utilized toestablish IGUs in the district, an official spokesman said on Thursday. He said TheDistrict Development Commissioner (DDC), Budgam Tariq Hussain Ganai, who isalso Chairman of District Level Review Committee (DLRC) Budgam presided over69th District Level Review Committee (DLRC) meeting at New Conference HallBudgam yesterday.


Workshop on 'Capacity building programme on stress management'CHANDIGARH: Workshop on 'Capacity Building Programme on Stress Management" washosted at Kundan International School, organized by CBSE on December 16, 2019. Dr. Chand Tre-han a pioneer in the state for counseling, an approved counselor for CBSE conducted the workshopfor the Principals' and teachers from J&K, Punjab and Chandi-garh. 58 participants from various schools participated in theworkshop. Principal, Manjeet Jauhar formally welcomed Dr.Chand Trehan and all the delegates. Dr. Trehan has contributed23 years of her expertise in this field and shared her experiencesfor making teaching more meaningful and effective throughcreative and innovative activities. She expressed her views bystating that funnel growth can be achieved if one is stress freeotherwise one can only be confined to a tunnel growth.

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Chandigarh witnesses massive protest against CAA

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PCM SD College organizeseducational visit to Virsa Vihar

HARPREET SINGH LEHALJALANDHAR:PG Department ofFashion Designing organized aneducational visit to ‘Virsa Vihar’. Itwas an exhibition of Home Décorlike Wall Hangings, Candles,Sarees, Paintings, Sceneries,Printed fabric suits, hand madeJewellery, carpets, bags, kidswear,cushions, dresses, bed sheets etc.Students of B.Voc FashionDesigning and Product semester 1stand semester 3rd and B.Sc.Semester III there and gained newexperiences of making creativeitems and articles. Dr. Kiran Aroraappreciated the efforts made bySunita Bhalla, Head of theDepartment and other facultymembers.

HMV signs MoUwith MESC

JALANDHAR:Hans Raj Mahila MahaVidyalaya has added another featherin its cap by signing an MOUwith Media and Entertainment skillsCouncil, Govt. of India. This MOUwas signed at 3 rd Edition ofManthan, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi .In this ceremony, the Chief Guestwas Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal “Nishank”,Hon’ble Minister of Human Resource& Development. Subhash Ghai,Eminent Film maker &; ChairmanMESC was the Guest of Honour.Principal Prof. Dr. Ajay Sareen toldthat MESC along with MHRD hasdeveloped Creative warriorprogrames under the Media &Entertainment Sector leading to highwage employability & opportunitiesfor entrepreneurship. HMV is running B.Voc (Journalism &Media), Diploma (Journalism &Media), B.Voc. (Web Technology& Multimedia) & M.Voc. (WebTechnology & Multimedia)whose students are being assessedby MESC. Under this MOU, thecollege will develop the curriculum,teachers will be given proper training,courses will be promoted, guestlectures & industry visitswill be organised and students will beassessed.

Lyallpur Khalsa Collegebags first position

JALANDHAR: Lyallpur KhalsaCollege has continued its winning runin the field of Sports by bagging firstrank and claiming the Championshipin the event of Rugby in the InterCollege Competition at Guru NanakDev University, Amritsar.

College Principal Dr. GurpinderSingh Samra congratulated thevictorious students with their HOD Dr.Jaspal Singh, Team Incharge Prof.Mohan Singh, Coach and staffmembers. It was also mentioned byPrincipal Dr. G.S. Samra that theCollege has already won theprestigious Overall General SportsChampionship Trophy of Guru NanakDev University Amritsar for record 24times.Sardarni Balbir Kaur PresidentGoverning Council, Dr. Jaspal Singh,HOD Physical Education and Dr. S.S.Bains, Dean Sports congratulated thevictorious sports team.

Badminton Gurukul to addressIndia’s coaching needsCHANDIGRH: Badminton Gurukul, inpartnership with the Tata Group andassociate partners TVS LogisticsGroup, has set up 28 training centresat 14 cities across India where1000+ students are undergoingtraining under 20 former national andinternational badminton stars. Thesimple yet short premise is to bringon board the best coaching talent inthe country and set up a structuredand systematic programme toprovide youngsters the opportunity tolearn a sport and in grain a healthylifestyle, said Founder and MDSupriya Devgun.

OUR CORRESPONDENTFATEHGARH SAHIB,DEC 19

As per the orders of SupremeCourt Municipal Committeeor Nagar Panchayats are notallowed to execute manualscuvenging of the sewrage. Itis a legal offence and thosewho would not follow thesewill face strict action. Nowthe scuvenging of thesewrage can be done onlywith machines.This was stat-ed by Manju Diler, Member,National Commission forSafai Karamcharis here atBachat Bhawan while presid-ing over the meeting of Exec-utive Officers of MunicipalCommittees and Nagar Pan-chayats and other officials ofvarious departments.

Manju Diler instructedthe EOs to initiate strict ac-tion against the contractorsthose who are not depositingthe E.P.F. deducted from thesalary of the Safai Karam-charis and ensure the deposi-tion of the E.P.F.

Member of Safai Karam-chari commission said thatsafai karamcharis play an im-portant role in keeping the so-ciety healthy that's why theyshould be given the properrecognition and it must be en-sured that they would availthe benefits of all the welfareschemes. She the asked the

officials of health departmentto ensure the medical check-up of safai karamcharis twicein a year.

She added that to deliverthe benefit of Sarbat SehatBima Yojna of Punjab Gov-ernment the teams of thecommon service centres mustbe sent to Municipal Commit-tees and Nagar Panchayats.Manju Diler instructed thatthe safety kits must be pro-vided to safai karamcharis.Loans should be provided tothe children of safai karam-charis on subsidy for self em-ployment and higher educa-tion. She added that campsshould be organised to regis-ter the safai karamcharis withBuilding and Other Construc-tion Workers Welfare Board.So that they would be able toavail the benefits of the wel-fare schemes. Besides this el-igible beneficiaries should bebenefitted under PardhanMantri Awaas Yojna.

Representatives of SafaiKaramchari Unions and safaikaramcharis shared theirproblems with Manju Dilerand she said that no stonewould be left unturned tosolve the problems. Duringthe meeting Jaspreet Singh,ADC (G) assured that districtadministration would takeeach and every possible stepto solve the problems of safaikaramcharis and special steps

Observe manualscavenging as an

offence: Manju Diler


Scores of people on Thursdaystaged a protest here to expresstheir resentment against the Citi-zenship (Amendment) Act and theNational Register of Citizens. Var-ious Muslim outfits that had givena call for protest were joined bysome students and Sikh outfits. Theagitators gathered near a mosque inSector 20 here to register their dis-sent against the CAA.

A student said the protest wasalso being held to express solidari-ty with the students of Jamia MilliaIslamia and several other universi-ties across the country. The protest-

ers raised slogans like "HindustanZindabad" and said Hindus, Mus-lims, Sikhs and Christians in thiscountry are like brothers. "Today, aconspiracy is being hatched to de-stroy the country's Constitution andspoil the peaceful atmosphere.

We are protesting against theCAA and the government's deci-sion to implement the NRC in thecountry," another protester said.Some agitators were also seenholding tricolour in their handswhile others held placards whichread "We oppose Citizenship(Amendment) Act", Stop CAA,Save India , India boycott CAA andNRC . There were reports that aprotest was also held against the

CAA in Bathinda Meanwhile, Pun-jab Chief Minister AmarinderSingh condemned the "crackdownon peaceful protesters" in Delhi onThursday. Hundreds of students,activists and opposition leaderswere detained on Thursday whenthey defied prohibitory orders toprotest against the new citizenshiplaw as large parts of the nationalcapital reeled under restrictions onmobile internet services and trafficmovement.

"No democracy can work bysuppressing people's voice. I con-demn the crackdown on peacefulCAA Protests in Delhi & othercities. Preventive & penal meas-ures should be used in proportion

to threat to law & order. Are we liv-ing in a totalitarian State?Amarinder Singh said in a tweet.

At the same time, he appealedto the protesters not to resort to vi-olence or destruction of property."While protests are a part of a dem-ocratic process, non-violence is thebasic ethos of India. So let's fightagainst this unconstitutional Citi-zenship (Amendment) Act peace-fully," he said. The new law seeksto provide citizenship to membersof Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain,Parsi and Christian communitieswho have entered India till Decem-ber 31, 2014, following religiouspersecution in Pakistan,Bangladesh and Afghanistan.

BUREAUABOHAR, DEC 19

As part of in-service Training & Sensitizationof key functionaries of Punjab Governmentdepartments for promoting the programs forempowerment of persons with disabilities,Mahatma Gandhi State Institution of PublicAdministration (MGSIPA) Regional Centerorganized two days training programme offield health functionaries and Anganwariworkers at Fazilka district headquarter today.

About 40 participants from differentranks of health and social security officialsjoined the program. The objective of this pro-gram is to sensitize the officials and fieldworkers to contribute towards the cause ofempowerment of especially abled peoplewith different disabilities as provided in theRight of Persons with Disabilities Act. Vari-ous subjects including causes of disabilities,legal provisions related to disabilities psycho-social perspective towards disabled persons,attitude towards disabilities, an overview ofDisabilities Act, financial incentives for dis-

abled persons and government schemes forthe benefit of this significant section of the so-ciety followed by penal discussion. The ex-perts on different themes including Dr. Man-ish Khungar, Assistant Prof. Baba Farid LawCollege Faridkot, Dr. Vikas Gandhi, OrthoSpecialist Civil Hospital Fazilka, addressedthe participants followed by question answersessions. Regional Project Director JarnailSingh while interacting with the participantsemphasized the need of complete involve-ment and associations with the endeavoursbeing undertaken by the different welfare or-ganizations and social groups for empower-ment and rehabilitation of persons with dif-ferent disabilities and make them useful citi-zens of the society.

AGECNYCHANDIGARH, DECR 19

Union food processing minister HarsimratKaur Badal on Thursday said the NationalCommission for Protection of ChildRights (NCPCR) had constituted a team toprobe the ghastly rape of a girl studying inthe second standard and that the teamwould visit the school soon to fix respon-sibility for lapses by the school manage-ment besides ensuring safety of students infuture. In a statement here, Ms Badal saidit was shocking that despite four days hav-ing passed no action had been initiatedagainst the school management for tryingto cover up the gruesome crime noragainst police officers who had assistedthe management in this in-human task.

The union minister said she ap-proached NCPCR Chairman PriyankKanoongo today to ensure a fair inquirycould be initiated against the school man-agement which tried to hush-up the crimeby refusing to acknowledge it had hap-pened. She said she appraised the NCPCRhead about the non-cooperative attitude ofthe school management which did noteven provide CCTV footage to the parentsof the victim. ''The NCPCR Chairman hasassured me that it will hold a thorough in-quiry into the incident and recommendstrict action against all those responsiblefor impinging of the rights of the victim''.Meanwhile, Ms Badal also requested chiefminister Capt Amarinder Singh to takestern action against the Principal of theBeas school as well as police officers whohad failed to do their duty and even tried

to pressurize the victim family not to goahead with its complaint. ''The guilty po-lice officers should be dismissed fromservice immediately''.

She also asked the chief minister topass an order making it mandatory for allschools to post maids/lady staff in allkindergarten and junior school toilets toensure the safety of young children. Shesaid besides this only designated driversand conductors should be allowed to manschool buses and they should carry identi-ty cards at all times.

The Bathinda MP also requested thechief minister to form a special commis-sion to probe all cases of crime againstwomen and minor girls which had oc-curred in the recent past. ''There has beena spike in such cases due to increasedgoondaism much of which is due to thefree run given to gangsters by Congressministers and legislators.

NCPCR to probe rape of 2nd standardstudent: Harsimrat Kaur Badal

Training programme workshop for health,Anganwari functionaries organized

NEWS AT AGLANCE


Kolkata Science City unveils new 'timemachines'KOLKATA: The Science City in Kolkata has unveiled a new pair of 'time machines',motion simulators with 3D projections, officials said on Thursday. Around 15 visitorscan be accommodated in each simulator where films on subjects ranging from theGreat Wall of China to the Roman civilisation will be shown in 65-inch LEDmonitors with 3D projections, Science City Director Subhabrata Chaudhuri said."Keeping in view the immense popularity of the earlier version of the time machine,which attracted around 45 lakh visitors or 14.2 per cent of the total footfall toScience City, we have installed these motion simulators," he said. The machines,unveiled at Science City on Wednesday, have been partially funded by the UnionMinistry of Culture, Chaudhuri said.

Three civicemployees held forgraft in ThaneTHANE: Three Thane MunicipalCorporation employees have beenarrested for allegedly demanding andaccepting a bribe of Rs 3,000, anofficial said on Thursday. The Thaneunit of the ACB on Wednesdaynabbed three TMC supervisors forallegedly demanding and accepting abribe from a bakery owner inexchange for not registering a caseagainst him for using banned plasticmaterials, he said. Sanjay Magar (43),Bharat Soanwane (42) and ShahirKhengale (46) worked in theconservancy department of the civicbody, he said. Magar allegedlydemanded Rs 5,000 from thecomplainant and later settled for Rs3,000, he said, adding that the ACBlaid a trap and nabbed the trio whileaccepting the bribe amount. Theaccused have been charged undersection 7 (public servant takinggratification) of the Prevention ofCorruption Act of 1988, the officialadded.

Delhi Police requestpeople not spreadrumours amid protestsNEW DELHI: Delhi Police onThursday requested the people to notspread rumours and cooperate withthe police while holding protestsagainst the Citizenship AmendmentAct, 2019 in the national capital.Section 144 of the Cr. PC has beenimposed on the Red Fort here after aprotest march was called on byvarious opposition parties. "I requestthrough the media to the people to notbelieve in any rumours and restrictthemselves from spreading it. Also,cooperate with the police forces.Section 144 has been imposed onlyon Red Fort area and nowhere else,"Delhi Police PRO MS Randhawa toldmedia. "This is not the traditional routefor any protest march. In Delhi,protests are held at designated routes.In a written request also we haverequested the organisers to holdprotests on the designated places andapply for that. If they will hold protestson the non-designated places then itwill cause public disturbance andaffect emergency services," he added.A large number of protests havegathered around the Red Fort toprotest against CAA. Police havedetained a few protesters when askedabout where they will take thedetained people.

Govt grants IndianCitizenship toPakistani womanDEVBHOOMI: In a silver lining for allthose worried over the CitizenshipAmendment Act (CAA) and whiledebate and protests over the issue areongoing all across the country, aPakistani woman granted Indiancitizenship. Hasina Ben was born andbrought up in Bhanvad Taluka ofGujarat and had taken Pakistanicitizenship post her marriage in 1999.She had shifted to Pakistan and hadspent her married life there. Followingher husband's death, Hasina Bendecided to return to India and had,therefore, applied for Indian citizenshipalmost two years back. She wasgranted citizenship on December 18."Hasina Ben was born and brought upin Bhanvad Taluka of Gujarat. Shemarried a Pakistani citizen in 1999 andbecame a citizen of Pakistan. After thedeath of her husband, she returned toIndia and applied for IndianCitizenship. So After consideration,GOI (Government of India) hasapproved the application," read atweet from the official handle ofCollector Dwarka, Dr Narendra KumarMeena. She was awarded theCertificate of Indian Citizenship by theCollector on Wednesday.

JP Nadda callsmeeting of BJP Gensecretaries on FridayNEW DELHI: BJP working president JPNadda on Thursday called a meeting ofthe party's general secretaries onDecember 20. In the meeting scheduledfor tomorrow evening, Nadda will speakto the general secretaries about theprograms being organised by the partyto educate the people on the issue ofthe Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).He is also likely to discuss the status ofthe ongoing organisational elections ofthe BJP, which are being conductedacross the country.

Man held in UP withvideos of JamiaviolenceSAMBHAL (UTTAR PRADESH): Aman carrying about a dozen purportedvideos pertaining to violence in JamiaMillia Islamia (JMI) in his mobile phonehas been arrested in Uttar Pradesh''sSambhal, police said on Thursday. Thepolice said that these videos candisturb communal harmony of thesociety. The mobile phone has beenconfiscated and a case has beenregistered under IPC''s Section 505(act with the intent to incite, or which islikely to incite, any class or communityof persons to commit any offenceagainst any other class or community)and Section 66 A of the InformationTechnology Act. "The mobile has 10-11videos pertaining to Jamia and thesecan disturb the communal harmony, ifcirculated," said a police official. Theofficial said that they had acted oninformation and arrested the man fromChandausi on Wednesday night.

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UP Assembly adjourned sinedie amid ruckus over CAA

AGENCYLUCKNOW, DEC 19

Amid ruckus by the oppositionSamajwadi Party and theCongress over the CitizenshipAmendment Act (CCA) onThurday, the Uttar PradeshAssembly was adjourned sinedie after passage of the secondsupplementary budget and fivebills. The Opposition termedthe move of the YogiAdityanath government'undemocratic' and said thatnever in the past was theBudget passed during theQuestion Hour within 30minutes of the sitting of theHouse. As the House met forthe day, the SP and Congressmembers trooped into the welldemanding withdrawal of theCCA and raised slogans againstthe government.

The SP leaders also allegedthat the government wasarresting and detaining the

party workers who wereholding peaceful demonstrationover the CCA in different partsof the state. Even after severalrequests of Speaker HridyaNarain Dikshit, the oppositionmembers refused to relent,forcing the chair to completethe agenda including passage ofthe second supplementarybudget within 10 minutes after

suspending the Question Hour.The BSP members kept

sitting on their seats and did notjoin the opposition in theprotest. However, stateParliamentary Affairs MinisterSuresh Kumar Khanna said theopposition members shouldresign from their membershipas they were not interested inparticipating in the house

discussion for which the peoplehave elected them.

"These opposition partiesare not at all concerned aboutthe peoples' problem and failedto raise the issues even whenthe government was ready toreply to all their queries," hesaid. Amid noisy scenes, theHouse passed the secondsupplementary budget of morethan Rs Rs 4,210 crore alongwith its related appropriationbills. The government alsoapproved four bills and took allthe pending works which wereslated for Friday, which wasearlier to be the last day of thesession. The winter session ofthe Assembly was held for justtwo and a half days, which haveirked the opposition parties too.

Earlier, the SP membersheld protest over the CAAoutside the Assembly in themorning and later held a'dharna' following theadjournment.

AGENCYKOLKATA, DEC 19

West Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee on Thursdaycondemned the detention ofhistorian Ramachandra Guha andothers in Bengaluru for staging ademonstration against the newcitizenship law and NRC.Extending her solidarity with Guhaand other agitators who weredetained on Thursday morning,Banerjee said the Centre wasscared of one of India's "mostaccomplished" historians. "Thisgovernment is scared of students.This government is scared of one of

India's most accomplishedhistorians for speaking to the mediaon #CAB #NRC and holding aposter of GandhiJi. I condemn thedetention of Ram Guha. We extendour full solidarity to all thosedetained," she tweeted. As many as24 people along with Guha weredetained by the Bengaluru Policewhen staged a protest against Act.Police said the protesters hadviolated prohibitory ordersclamped in the city against anyprotest or demonstration. Guha saidit was "absolutely undemocratic"that police was not allowing even apeaceful protest, which is thedemocratic right of the citizens.

CAA: Yediyurappa calls forpeace, allays fears of MuslimsBENGALURU, DEC 19

With protests planned byvarious groups in differentparts of the state against theCitizenship Amendment Act(CAA), Karnataka ChiefMinister B S Yediyurappa onThursday called for peace andtried to allay fears among theMuslim communityregarding the law. The ChiefMinister on Wednesday haddeclared that his governmentwill "hundred per cent"implement the CitizenshipAmendment Act inKarnataka. "I appeal to theminority Muslim brothers,this law will in no way affectyou, protecting your interestis our responsibility. Kindlycooperate, maintain peaceand order," Yediyurappa said.

Speaking to reporters here, hesaid "we have not givenpermission for any agitationin favour or against the law,and section 144 (prohibitoryorders) were in place.

"Things are normal fornow, there is no problem, noone should organise anyprogrammes in this regard

and every one shouldmaintain peace...police aremonitoring things," he added.

Yediyurappa held ameeting with senior policeofficials in the morning andreviewed securityarrangements across the state.Authorities have alreadyclamped section 144 of theCrPC in various parts of thestate including Bengaluru andMangaluru with immediateeffect on Wednesday eveningthat will be in force till themidnight of December 21.Alleging the Congress wasbehind the protest,Yediyurappa said it is becauseof people like U T Khader(Congress MLA) such thingsare happening, and if theycontinue in the same way,they will have to face the

consequences. Khader hadrecently claimed that the statewould "blow up in cinders ifthe Yediyurappa governmenttried to implement theCitizenship Amendment Act(CAA). Different parts of thecountry witnessed violentprotests against theCitizenship (Amendment)Bill which was passed byParliament and given assentby the President last week.According to the Act,members of Hindu, Sikh,Buddhist, Jain, Parsi andChristian communities whohave come from Pakistan,Bangladesh and Afghanistantill December 31, 2014, andfacing religious persecutionthere, will not be treated asillegal immigrants but givenIndian citizenship.

NEW DELHI, DEC 19

Preparation for Republic Day 2020celebrations have been started as theMinistry of Home Affairs has decided todeploy 48 extra companies of CentralArmed Police force (CAPF) in Delhi.

The first batch of troops will bedeployed in the national capital by nextweek. "It has been decided to makeavailable 48 Coys of CAPFs to DelhiPolice for law & order duties andsecurity arrangements in connectionwith Republic Day Celebrations 2020,"Ministry of Home Affairs said in anofficial communication.

According to sources, already thereare companies of Central Armed Policeforce deployed in the national capitaland extra 48 companies have been givenas per the availability of the forces. Theforce deployment will start from 25December and will remain in Delhi till

31 January. Apart from this, a meeting isscheduled for next week where allsecurity agencies will participate todiscuss security issues and coordinationrelated matters.

Intelligence Bureau has alreadygiven a detailed threat perception to allagencies which are preparing for theRepublic Day celebrations.

National capital gears up forRepublic Day 2020, MHA gives

48 extra CAPFs coys to Delhi

Ensuring implementation of system where SSBjawan can stay with family for 100 days: Shah

NEW DELHI, DEC 19

The central government isensuring the implementationof a system where aSashastra Seema Bal (SSB)personnel gets to live withhis family members for about100 days, Home MinisterAmit Shah said on Thursday.

"The SSB has nevertaken a step back whenever itwas needed to sacrifice itselffor the security of thecountry. Wherever thejawans of SSB were posted,irrespective of the countryand situation, they have kepttheir duties above their lives.We are ensuringimplementation of a systemwhere an SSB jawan gets tostay with his family for about100 days," he said at the 56thAnniversary Parade of theSSB here.

The Home Ministerinformed that the forceseized banned substancesworth over Rs 380 crore onIndia-Nepal and India-

Bhutan borders. "The SSB isresponsible for about 2,450kilometres of the openboundary between India andNepal and India and Bhutan.Both countries are ourfriends, but the easiness ininfiltration has seen a lot ofmisuses across the globe. Inone year, SSB has caughtbanned substances worthover Rs 380 crore on theborders out of which Rs 166crore of seized materials likealcoholic substances anddrugs were recovered," Shah

said.The Home Minister

stressed that a NationalPolice Memorial was built inmemory of the 35,000 policeand SSB jawans whosacrificed their lives for thecountry as a mark of respect.He also said that thememorial will act as a sourceof inspiration for the peopleof the country. "We have allwitnessed how SSB jawanssacrificed themselves to savethe people during naturaldisasters," Shah added.

Opposition terms Yogi’s move as undemocratic

Centre scared of historian, saysMamata on detention of Guha

Fatehpur woman who allegedrape dies of burn in hospital

AGENCYKANPUR (UP), DEC 19

An 18-year-old womanfrom Fatehpur, who wasallegedly raped and setablaze, died on Thursdayin a Kanpur hospital afterbattling for life for almost120 hours, officials said.

"She had sufferedfrom organ failureincluding lungs andkidneys following seriousinjuries and we tried toresuscitate her, but shecould not survive anddied," Head of thedepartment (surgery) at thehospital, Sanjay Kala said.

The body has beensent to the mortuary for

autopsy. The rape victim,who had over 90 per centburns, had been put onventilator support sinceTuesday due to continuedmulti-organ dysfunction.She was having problemswhile breathing too, Kalasaid. "She was almostunconscious sinceWednesday evening and

took her last breath ataround 6:30 am, he said.

"The patient hadremained in an extremelycritical condition sinceadmission to LLRhospital," Kala said,adding that a team ofseveral doctors tried tokeep her stable, but hercondition continued todeteriorate over the lasttwo days. An FIR wasregistered on the basis of acomplaint lodged by thewoman's family last weekand an accused wasarrested for rape andattempt to murder,according to Fatehpur SPPrashant Verma.Additional Director

General of Police(Allahabad zone) SujeetPandey had earlier said itwas the woman whoallegedly set herself ablazewhen a 'panchayat' did notapprove of her relationshipwith a distant relative.

When the matter of herrelationship with thedistant relative came tolight, a panchayat was heldin her village during whichthe woman and the manwere made to take a pledgethat they would liveseparately and not meeteach other. Upset over thepanchayat's decision, thewoman rushed to herhouse and allegedly setherself ablaze.

Honorary Doctor ofLetters conferred to DAVCollege Malout Professor

MALOUT, DEC 19

Dr R K Uppal, head dept of economics DAVCollege, Malout was conferred with honorary degreeof doctor of Letters by the University of SouthAmerica, USA, on the basis of contribution in the

field of education andresearch . Dr. ArvindKumar, Director, AmericanInstitute of PublicAdministration, Goadistributed the degreesduring the convocation heldat Renaissance Mumbaiconvention Centre. Thehonour was given to him onthe recommendations of Dr

S. Radhakrishnan Research and Development Centre,Bengluru Dr. Rajinder Kumar Uppal, a prolific writer,an outstanding academician and the more ingeniousguide has won accolades not only in the academicfield but also in the genre of research. Presently, he isserving as an associate professor of economics atDAV College, Malout (Punjab) and PrincipalInvestigator of a UGC-Funded Major ResearchProject on Indian Banking.

Life in Assam back on trackas state remains peaceful

AGENCYGUWAHATI, DEC 19

Normal life is back on track inAssam with the stateremaining peaceful afterseveral days of violent protestsagainst the new citizenshiplaw. The curfew imposed inDibrugarh has been relaxed for14 hours since 6 am onThursday but mobile internetservices remained suspended,officials said. The curfewimposed in Guwahati onDecember 11 was lifted onTuesday followingimprovement in law and order,they said. Businesses andbanks in Guwahati were openand vehicles plied the roadsbut schools and colleges wereclosed. Flight operations andrailway services have resumedin Guwahati while flights toand from Dibrugarh airport

were also operating as perschedule, the officials said.The All Assam Students'Union (AASU), which isspearheading the agitationagainst the amendedCitizenship Act, has plannedsit-ins on December 21 and 23and rallies on December 24,26 and 28. Islamic outfitPopular Front of India'sAssam unit chief AminulHaque and another officebearer were arrested onWednesday for their allegedrole in the violence duringprotests over the citizenshiplaw, police said.

KULBIR KAUR

Sikhism, with its core val-ues of humanity and jus-tice, regards martyrdom

as an integral part of the faith.It is a duty of the Sikh to fightfor the right cause and protectthe oppressed. The list of suchSikhs, true martyrs who laid

down theirlives fortruth, islong. BhaiM a n iSingh, acontempo-rary ofGuru Gob-ind Singh,

was such martyr.Bhai Mani Singh, execut-

ed at Nakhas, Lahore in De-cember 1737, was a rare exam-ple of perfect saint-soldier. Itwas a time of test and strugglefor the Sikh community. TheSikhs were persecuted andwere not even allowed to cele-brate their festivals. Bhai ManiSingh was arrested for non-payment of a stipulated sumand for his refusal to forsakehis Sikh faith, he was awardeda death sentence. The martyr’sexecutioner was ordered tochop Bhai Mani Singh’s bodyto pieces, joint by joint, start-ing from the smallest part.When the executioner startedwith Bhai Mani Singh’s wrist,Bhai Mani Singh gestured to

his fingers, telling the execu-tioner that he should follow theorders of his commander withstrictness. The executioner hada puzzled look on his face andhence asked Bhai Mani Singhto explain what he meant. BhaiMani Singh replied, “You havebeen ordered to execute me bychopping my joints. Have youforgotten that my joints startwith my fingers?” And withhis words he upheld the spiritof sacrifice and right conduct.

The Guru ordains: “Letman through sacrifice sail inthe ship of glory, and therebyswim across the ocean of theworld: His body the home ofspiritual poise, his mind aglowlike a lamp lit; with the light ofGod-realisation. Should hesweep away the dust-heap ofcowardice”. Bhai Mani Singh,born in a village near Sunam in

Sangrur district of Punjab,came to Anandpur Sahib whenhe was just a child. Under thecare and protection of GuruTegh Bahadur, Bhai ManiSingh grew up with Guru Gob-ind Singh, receiving the sameeducation, sacred as well assecular.

He was not only a child-hood friend of the Guru but adevoted Sikh as well. Duringthe creation of the Khalsa,Bhai Mani Singh, in additionto the Panj Piyaras (FiveBeloved), had also receivedamrit (baptism) at the hands ofGuru Gobind Singh. He evenaccompanied the Guru toPaonta Sahib which can trulybe called a journey of creation.Bhai Mani Singh was a wit-ness to three years of literarywork composed by Guru Gob-ind Singh and 52 poets.


This newspaper is disturbed by Prime Minister NarendraModi’s nasty, communal, and polemical challengesagainst his main opponent, the Congress Party, over the

Citizenship (Amendment) Act. Having won a second term, MrModi ought to speak like the country’s leader; instead hesounds like he is still a movement’s leader. Only an intellectu-al lightweight would remain stubbornly tethered to his partisanbackground.

True, his gauntlets were thrown at election rallies in Jhark-hand, where anti-incumbency means his party could lose an-other state government. True, the PM is a vigorous speaker whogets carried away by his own rhetoric at times. “I dare Congressand all its allies to announce before the nation that they areready to grant Indian citizenship to all residents of Pakistan,”Mr Modi said at Sahebganj on Tuesday. What a master of spin.His challenge is built upon the lie that the Congress conspiresto turn Pakistanis into Indian citizens. “If the Congress has theguts, it should also announce they will reimpose Article 370 inJ&K and Ladakh,” he added. Another fake premise. The Con-gress has not spoken of resurrecting Article 370; in fact, it wasthe first to erode Article 370 in the 1950s. Indeed, Kashmiriswould today laugh at the suggestion of resuscitating Article370: they have seen India at its ugliest, and they want out.

“Congress and its allies are stoking fire over the Citizen-ship Act but the people of the Northeast have rejected vio-lence,” Mr Modi said in Dumka, with another lie as his prem-ise. “Actions of the Congress prove that all decisions taken inParliament are 1,000 per cent correct.” One, any political par-ty’s actions prove nothing beyond that party's political strata-gem. Mr Modi insidiously insinuates that his party equals thenation, and others equal the enemy. Two, Parliament makeslaw, and sheer numbers don't make such laws necessarily cor-rect. Three, a 1,000 per cent exists only in a statistical context;this mathematical illiteracy is further evidence of this govern-ment’s inability to arrest India's plunge into an economic abyss— a plunge undertaken deliberately in pursuit of harebrainedschemes like demonetisation.

“Stop using others as shield to practice guerilla politics,”Mr Modi told the Congress at a rally. “Do not use the youth foryour political gains. Do not ruin their future and the dreams oftheir parents.” More lies. To call the Congress gurerillas (or itssupporters “Urban Naxals”) is a joke because clearly, the Op-position party lacks killer instinct at its highest levels.

Equally clearly, students, even non-Muslims, don’t needany provocation to protest. Their future is already in doubt dueto Mr Modi’s dubious economic stewardship. And it is alsoclear that his appeal is not directed at students but at their par-ents, to keep the social order intact — through paternalisticrule, on a scaffolding of lies.

EditorialWill Jharkhand votersteach Modi a lesson?

Bhai Mani Singh - A martyr for SikhBhai Mani Singh, born in a village near Sunam in Sangrur district

of Punjab, came to Anandpur Sahib when he was just a child

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'Kaun Banega Pyare Da Pyara'competition at Shahkot

'Kaun Banega Pyare DaPyara' competition was or-ganised at Gurdwara ShriGuru Singh Sabha Shahkot.The questions related to Gur-bani and Sikh history wereasked in this competition. Thecompetition was organised byJeewan Jaach Charitable So-ciety and Asra FoundationPatiala in collaboration withBhai Prabhjit Singh and Pres-ident Harbans Singh.

Students of differentschhols participated in thiscompetition. In the contest, awritten test was taken fromthe book of 550 questions re-lated to the life of GuruNanak Dev Ji and then the

students in themerit list wereasked 13 ques-tions. On the ba-sis of merit, sev-en participantswere privilegedto sit on the hotseat.

The ques-tions were askedby BhagwanSingh Khoji, Director of thiscompetition and Bhai GurdialSingh Khalsa. Judgment ofthe participants was made byBhai Pal Singh France, Kan-waljit Singh,Ranjit Kaur,Principal Manjit Singh andPrabhjit Singh.

In this competition, Ka-malpreet Singh, MeharjotSingh Shahkot and Kiran-preet Kaur Sichewal were se-lected for Final. At last, BhaiPrabhjit Singh thanked thechildren who participated inthe competition.

When a former militaryruler is convicted andhanded the death sen-

tence in a country which hasbeen under dictatorships forthe better part of its existence,it is no less than history beingmade. This is the first time inPakistan’s history that a formermilitary chief has been de-clared guilty of high treasonfor suspending the country’sConstitution.

The verdict of a specialcourt against former presidentPervez Musharraf is a land-mark development in manyways. It has challenged themilitary’s predominance anddemonstrates the growing as-sertiveness of the judiciary.The death sentence may not beimplemented but the court rul-ing carries far-reaching politi-cal implications. The verdictsends a strong message to po-tential adventurists.

Musharraf’s treason trialhad become an explosive polit-ical issue and had also been acause of tension between themilitary and the government offormer prime minister NawazSharif. The military was surelynot happy with its former chiefbeing put in the dock on trea-son charges, and predictablyhis conviction has provoked arobust reaction from the mili-tary leadership that had reject-ed the court order.

Many Pakistani politicalleaders have faced treasoncharges, but this is the firsttime a former head of state hasbeen convicted under Article 6

of the Constitution. Musharrafwas indicted in 2014 for im-posing a state of emergency onNov 3, 2007. There had beenstrong apprehension that thetrial would never reach its con-clusion because of reported re-sistance from the military.

Despite repeated sum-mons, Musharraf failed to ap-pear before the court. He hasbeen out of the country for thepast several years and is hospi-talised for serious health prob-lems. He left the country inMarch 2016. The court de-clared him an absconder.

It was evident that the PTIgovernment had not been in-terested in pursuing the treasoncase. In a dramatic move lastmonth, it pulled out its team ofprosecutors and asked thecourt to halt the trial, saying

the case against the formermilitary leader was weak. Thecourt verdict has worsened thegovernment’s predicament. Itremains to be seen whether itchallenges Musharraf’s con-viction in the Supreme Court.Musharraf is required to bepresent in the country to file anappeal against his convictionbut his return is improbable.Gen Musharraf took power onOct 12, 1999, in a coup thatousted Nawaz Sharif’s govern-ment. He stepped down aspresident in August 2008 un-der the threat of impeachmentby the elected civilian govern-ment installed after the generalelections that year. Interesting-ly, the treason case was filedmore than five years afterMusharraf’s exit that came re-portedly after a deal brokered

by the US guaranteeing indem-nity to the former president. Ina cable sent to Washington andleaked by WikiLeaks, the thenAmerican ambassador AnnePatterson reported that AsifZardari had told her that hewas committed to giving in-demnity to Musharraf.

The ambassador stressedthat only the promise of in-demnity had persuadedMusharraf to step down aspresident. The PPP govern-ment that came to power afterthe 2008 elections took oathfrom Musharraf who was stillthe president. But the situationchanged after the return topower of Nawaz Sharif asprime minister. For him, itseemed to be an opportunity tosettle scores with a man whonot only deposed him but also

put him on trial for sedition.There’s certainly a revenge as-pect to the decision to initiatethe treason trial, though thegovernment maintained that itonly complied with theSupreme Court ruling. Inter-estingly, the former militaryruler was tried not for his ‘orig-inal sin’ of staging a coupagainst an elected government,but for imposing emergencyand holding the Constitution inabeyance in 2007. The mainargument for not chargingMusharraf over the coup wasthat the Supreme Court andparliament indemnified his ac-tion. Many legal experts ques-tion whether the 2007 actionalone provided sufficientgrounds for his conviction un-der Article 6, ignoring the orig-inal takeover.

The Citizenship(Amendment) Bill, orCAB in short, has now

become the Citizenship(Amendment) Act, or CAA.Whenever the executive de-cides that the needed ma-chinery to implement it are inplace, the law can be broughtin to force. It does not re-quire the approval of any ofthe states in India, and there-fore the vociferous opposi-tion to the new law expressedby several chief ministers isof very little relevance.

What is the law meant todo? And is there any sub-stance to the complaint orobjection that it is anti-Mus-lim, meaning Indian Mus-lims?

The residents of everycountry in the world — or“State”, as referred to in in-ternational law — can beroughly divided in to twoclasses – that is, citizens andnon-citizens. The State con-cerned can have its own pol-icy and laws regulating theacquisition and determina-tion of its citizenship.Trinidad’s policy and its lawspermit Mehul Choksi, on therun from the law in India, toacquire the citizenship ofthat country, and we cannotquestion it — and can onlyrequest that State to handhim over to us. There areseveral countries in theworld who permit dual citi-zenship — one can legallyacquire a new passport whileretaining the original one.Nirav Modi, the notorious di-

amond merchant, is reputedto have many such passports.

On becoming a citizen ofa State, the subject becomesentitled to all the protectionsand privileges available un-der the laws of that State. Se-curing a voter ID or an Aad-haar card is no substitute.

Non-citizens of a countrycomprise mainly immigrants— citizens of other countieswho enter into another withthe intention of settling there,perhaps for a limited periodor permanently, as distinctfrom visitors or tourists. Im-migration generally is withthe permission of the hoststate. However, a consider-ably large number enter intoanother country withoutvalid travel documents, andwithout the permission of thehost country. They are called

illegal immigrants. In simpleterms, they are trespassers.

Ever since India becameindependent there has beenan uncontrolled inflow of il-legal immigrants for a vari-ety of reasons fromAfghanistan, Bangladesh andPakistan — many in searchof greener pastures whilemany others are fleeing fromreligious persecution. Illegalimmigration into India is apunishable offence —as it isin every other country. How-ever, when the number ofsuch illegal immigrants is ashuge as it is, prosecuting theoffenders may not alwayspracticable.

There are at present indifferent parts of India anunascertained number ofsuch immigrants living asrefugees — many are subject

to exploitation as cheaplabour in several establish-ments. These illegal immi-grants consist of, among oth-ers, Hindus, Sikhs, Bud-dhists, Jains, Parsis andChristians — all minoritiesin the specified Islamiccountries; and also a largenumber of Muslims whocould be safely presumed tohave migrated for reasonsother than religious persecu-tion.

The Constitution of Indiaspecifies who are citizens ofthis country. It also recognis-es Parliament’s power tomake laws relating to citi-zenship. Accordingly, theCitizenship Act of 1955 wasenacted. That law has beenamended several times tomeet the needs of the time.The Citizenship (Amend-

ment) Bill sought to furtheramend the 1955 law to facil-itate the named minorities toapply for Indian citizenship— as a one-time measure —while leaving out the Muslimimmigrants.

What is objected to bylawyers and others opposingthe new law is the act of ig-noring Muslims from the am-bit of a favour. Illegal immi-grants as a class have noright to demand Indian citi-zenship, nor is the Indiangovernment obliged to takeany of them into its citizen-ship fold. The Constitutionof India does not commandthe country to extend charityto trespassers. India, like allother sovereign republics,can and is duty-bound to takepolicy decisions after takinginto consideration all thefacts and circumstances rele-vant for advancing its ownparamount national interests.That responsibility is of thegovernment of the day andthe exercise of the neededpower for achieving that endcannot be the subject of judi-cial scrutiny. This principleis too well established to re-quire the need to cite author-ities. If the legal position isdifferent, anyone can chal-lenge the Government of In-dia’s decision to ban the par-ticipation of Pakistani play-ers in the IPL tournaments —on the ground that whileBangladesh and Afghanistanare permitted to play, Pak-istan is discriminated against— as a violation of Article

14. And secularism in-evitably hovers aroundwhenever Pakistan is in-volved.

Yes, all the illegal immi-grants now in India are“stateless” persons. It is pos-sible they are part of the 19lakh-plus people left out ofthe National Register of Cit-izens in Assam. If and whenthe NRC is implementedacross the whole of India,this number will be stagger-ing.

The problem of stateless-ness has been for long a seri-ous one that has eluded a so-lution. The United Nationshad attempted a conventionin 1954, which India has notratified. The so-called devel-oped countries are generousin tendering advice andshowering abuses. Interna-tional jurists are alarmed bythe growing number of state-less persons -- particularly inAssam -- and they blame In-dia for not absorbing them.My reply to them is thatplease take them all — andwe will bear all the transportexpenses.

Illegal immigration intoAssam has been a continuingtragedy for a long time.However, the current violentprotests since the passing ofthe citizenship law can onlybe attributed to those left outof its benefits — be it in theNortheast or in West Bengal— and others who are vic-tims of the false rumours thatnew entrants will take theirplace.

New law on citizenship is legally quite soundIllegal immigration into Assam has been a continuing tragedy for a long time

Death sentence for Musharraf aclear message to the military

Despite repeated summons,Musharraf failed to appearbefore the court. He has beenout of the country for the pastseveral years and ishospitalised for serious healthproblems. He left the countryin March 2016. The courtdeclared him an absconder.

handigarh : Amazon India has conceptualized SMBhav (read Cpossible) a unique training and

knowledge sharing platform for the SMB ecosystem in India. Bringing trainings, knowledge sharing as well as a single window access to technology players, financial institutions and other stakeholders, SMBhav will help entrepreneurs and SMBs kick start their ecommerce journey. A two day event to be held in New Delhi with expected footfall of over 3500 including global leaders and industry experts, business and tech companies and startups, SMBhav will be the biggest ever congregation of micro, small and medium businesses.

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handigarh/Derabassi :Mount Litera Zee School Derabassi, celebrated its 5th Annual Day at Tagore Theatre, Sector 18, Chandigarh. The theme of occasion was ‘Parivartan: CThe law of nature.’ The programme commenced with the lightning ceremony by the

Honorable Chief Guest Mr.Girish Dayalan (IAS) Deputy Commissioner, SAS Nagar Mohali accompanied by the Chairman Mr. Gaurav Goyal, the Principal of the school Ms. Suman Sharma and other members of school Management. The Principal Ms. Suman Sharma extended the

warm welcome to all the guests and framed her views on the theme ‘Parivartan’ Change in e n v i r o n m e n t , c u l t u r e , technology and music etc. The show unfolded by seeking blessings of almighty through an invocation song rendered by the school choir group. Then students presented the colourful performances to elucidate and illustrate the significance of the theme. The

annual record of the academic excellence, cultural achievement, sports and other co-curicular was highlighted in Annual Report. All the performances showcased across by the students of different grade. The last performance was the tribute to shri Guru Nanak Devji on his 550th birth anniversary and to Mahatma Gandhi on 150th birth anniversary , Both of them gave the message of brotherhood, equality and peace to the world.

CHANDIGARH: Continuing with the excitement of The Call of the Blue that carved the “The Yamaha Uniqueness” through product line ups and experiences, India Yamaha Motor (IYM) Pvt. Ltd. have announced its entry into the 125-cc scooter segment in India with the launch of Ray ZR 125 FI and Street Rally 125 FI. The company will now work aggressively to fortify its market in the 125-cc scooter segment along with the motorcycle line up. The new scooters come with several exciting new features, new engine technologies and are available in exciting new colours. The new Ray ZR 125 FI and Street Rally 125 FI are powered by a BS VI compliant, air cooled, fuel injected (FI), 125 cc blue core engine that produces a power output of 8.2 PS @ 6,500 RPM and a torque of 9.7 N.m @ 5,000 RPM. The power output is +30% and economy are +16% higher* compared to the earlier scooters and the body weight is 99 kgs, which is minimum 4 kgs. lighter than Yamaha’s earlier scooters.

Yamaha launches Ray ZR 125 FI, Street Rally 125 FI

oga is an ancient form of poses like gentle backbends and environment for the baby. This will exercise that has lunges reduces back aches and also prevent discomfort associated Ycontributed in the holistic pains during pregnancy and helps with pregnancy and make walking

living of individuals in the most the body get back to a toned and other activities easier to do.natural way since years. Yoga is condition post childbirth. Make sure you consult your doctor like a spiritual route to a relaxed Helps find balance before you begin any new form of mind and healthy body. During With a growing tummy, physical exercise during pregnancy. Also, pregnancy, when women are balance of the body becomes do it under the supervision of a battling mood swings at varying difficult to maintain. Emotionally trained professional so that you do levels, fatigue and sickness, painful too, the constant fluctuation in not have any injuries. If you feel leg cramps and breathing hormone levels makes it difficult any discomfort, tell the trainer so problems; yoga exercises, to find a balance. Breathing that they can modify the pose techniques and postures ease all exercises in yoga help you find accordingly for you.such conditions ensuring a period your balance, stretch the muscles Yoga poses for pregnant womenof relieved nine months followed properly and make the process of Women who are regulars would by an easier labour and smooth supporting a growing belly easier. require minor modifications to delivery. We share yoga poses, tips Calms the nervous system their yoga routine during and benefits of doing prenatal Deep breathing sends the nervous pregnancy months when the body yoga. system into parasympathetic mode, is undergoing hormonal changes. Benefits of yoga which helps the body relax. When The aim of pregnancy yoga is to If you are an expecting mom, you the body is in this mode, the help the mother bring the newborn should take up yoga for its various digestive system functions into the world with minimum health benefits. It helps you relax, properly, immune system works at hassle and completely no health and eases the pregnancy. Here's its best and you sleep better. There complications. Positions and why you should sign up for are several breathing exercises exercises practised across the three prenatal yoga. taught in yoga, and you can do the trimesters of pregnancy differ with Keeps you both healthy ones that help in keeping you in a every phase. It isn't just about

regularly will keep both your baby body relax. This will come in be a daunting task.According to the Mayo Clinic, relaxed state of mind. yoga; it is about doing it under

and you healthy. However which handy during labour. Taking deep, Tones musclesprenatal yoga can improve sleep, Improves blood circulation expert supervision and favourable

poses you should try should be mindful breaths during labour When you practise prenatal yoga, cut down on stress levels, reduce During yoga, the joints and environment.

done under expert supervision. relaxes the body, letting it it helps tone your muscles, lower back pain, nausea, carpal muscles are elongated, circulating A pregnant woman must take

Prepares for labour instinctively know that it is about especially the pelvic floor, hip and tunnel syndrome symptoms, blood efficiently. This leads to into consideration her health

Prenatal yoga involves a lot of to give birth. Beginning early will abdominal core muscles. Building headaches and shortness of breath, decreased swelling and increased history before beginning with the

breathing exercises which help the help during childbirth which can and maintaining muscle tone with among others. Practising yoga immunity, creating a healthy exercises.

ISSAR: Apollo Hospitals Bangalore, one of the most advanced multi-speciality tertiary care hospitals in the city Hand part of the Apollo Hospitals Group (BSE: 508869 /

NSE: APOLLOHOSP) today announced the launch of the first dedicated Robot-Assisted Cardiac Surgery Unit in India. A milestone in the history of cardiovascular surgery in the country, the Robot-Assisted Cardiac Surgery Unit will offer patients with c o m p l e x c a r d i a c disease treatment with r o b o t i c a s s i s t e d minimally invasive cardiac surgery. The Robot-Assisted Cardiac Surgery Unit will be equipped with the advanced fourth-generation versatile ‘da Vinci Xi’ robotic surgical system and a dedicated team, led by Dr. Sathyaki P Nambala, Sr. Consultant, Cardio-thoracic and Vascular Surgeon and HoD, Robotic Cardiac Surgery Unit. Dr. K. Hariprasad, President, Apollo Hospitals said, “Our vision has always been to bring the most advanced medical technology to India to benefit our patients. We are continuing on this path with the launch of the dedicated Robot-Assisted Cardiac Surgery Unit, which will be the first in India to offer a full-time robotic heart surgery program.

Apollo Hospitals Bangalore launches first dedicated Robot-Assisted Cardiac Surgery Unit in India

SANY strengthens with launch of new product line at EXCON 2019

URUGRAM: VIBGYOR Group of Schools students from across India are donating old sarees and dupattas to make eco-friendly Gbags. These bags will be stitched by rural women under HSE

Women Empowerment and Self Employment Program. This initiative is a part of VIBGYOR’s year-long campaign #StrikeOffPlastic- Reduce the use of plastic, launched last month in all its schools across the country.As a part of the initiative, VIBGYOR school students in Gurugram have collected 51 old sarees and dupattas, which will be sent to the HSE (Hello Save Earth) Foundation- Bengaluru. HSE Foundation has a team of rural women who will be stitching eco-friendly handcrafted bags from these sarees and dupattas. The bags will be put on sale by VIBGYOR Students and money raised by selling the bags will be used for a c h a r i t a b l e c a u s e . VIBGYOR’s mission is to nurture young minds by giving them an environment to grow intellectually, artistically, athletically and morally. To sensitise its students about various environmental concerns, VIBGYOR has launched #StrikeOffPlastic Campaign. Ms. Veena Gaur, Principal, VIBGYOR High – Gurugram said, “The objective behind “#StrikeOffPlastic” campaign is to educate and nurture the responsible future citizens of the world, we sensitise our students about various social, environmental concerns through several initiatives/programmes.

handigarh: Equipment manufacturer - Sany unveiled over twelve new products at Excon 2019, the largest Cconstruction equipment exhibition in South Asia.

Organized by CII and supported by Indian Construction Equipment Manufacturers Association, Excon attracts over 1250 exhibitors from India and abroad. This mega trade fair which is a confluence of business minds, policy makers and vendors proved to be a perfect platform for Sany to launch their new products and display their existing range of construction machines, popular all over the globe for its technologically advanced design. Sany displayed state-of-the-art Complete Excavator Range, Truck Crawler and all terrain Cranes, Road Equipments including Graders, Mining Equipment and Piling Rig created lot of excitement among customers. Sany’s newly launched products will soon be available all over India through their dealer and Direct Sales Network. According to Mr. Deepak Garg, Managing Director, Sany South Asia & Sany Heavy Industry India Pvt. Ltd said.

handigarh: Sunstone Eduversity (owned by Sunstone Education Tech. Pvt. Ltd.) an edtech startup announced Ctoday that it has partnered with Rayat Bahra University to

offer industry-ready MBA programs with Pay after Placement. The company started operations in Chandigarh in response to a huge inbound demand from students based out of Punjab. Chandigarh is a popular choice of students from J&K, Himachal, Haryana and Punjab and the company is on target to on-board 120 students in 2020. Founded by IMT-Ghaziabad alumnus Ashish Munjal and Piyush Nangru, Sunstone offers India’s only Pay-after-Placement formal education program in partnership with several colleges and private universities. Sunstone works closely with corporates to develop industry ready specializations such as BFSI, Logistics, Sales Management, Digital Marketing and others. These programs are designed to equip the students with the required expertise to tackle everyday business problems and build competencies across industry verticals. Currently, Sunstone has five partner institutions in three cities with 300 students enrolled and is planning to partner with 10 more colleges. The programs are designed to equip the students with the required expertise to tackle everyday business problems and build competencies across industry verticals. The program allows students to focus on completing the course rather than worry about financing their higher education. At the time of enrollment, a nominal registration fee is charged for the 2-year full-time program. On completion of the course and only after getting a job, the student is required to pay the course fee which is ten times the monthly salary.

Sunstone aims to expand into 9 cities

Jaguar Land Rover Experiences Move into High Gear with theLand Rover Thar ExperienceCHANDIGARH: Land Rover announced today that it has taken its customers and fans to Rajasthan for the Land Rover Thar experience, under the aegis of ‘Land Rover Journeys’ in India. These journeys which started in February 2019 with the Brahmaputra Experience (Dibrugarh to Guwahati), Jungle Experience (Nagpur to Kanha to Nagpur) and Himalayan Experience (Shimla to Leh) have been extremely popular with customers since they not only raise the thrill of adventure, but they also get to experience the true capabilities of what a Land Rover can do. The Land Rover Thar Experience commenced from Jaipur on December 14 and ended on December 18 in Udaipur. The four night/five dayjourney took customers and Land Rovers from the bustling streets of Johri Bazaar and Hawa Mahal to the Sambhar Salt Lake, India’s largest inland salt lake on day two. They visited the Tal Chappar sanctuary, home of the Indian Gazelle and then to Bikaner where they stayed at the 19th century Lallgarh Palace.

Chandigarh : Flash bulbs, photoshoots and good looks extraordinaire; that’s what defines Supermodels for us. Staring out of life size hoardings and headlining the biggest of magazine covers, theirs is a life of opulence and envy. But is that so? NO! Behind all the glam, lies years of hardwork, struggle and discipline that make these models ‘super’ in all that they do. India’s No 1 Youth Entertainment Brand, MTV now brings to you an enlivening journey of a bootcamp and a battle in its new unscripted offering – Livon MTV Supermodel of the Year, Entertainment Partner Infinity by Harman. Starting 22nd December, every Sunday at 7PM only on MTV, this show will set out to give India its next Supermodel, who is much more that just our conventional idea of them. Livon MTV Supermodel of the Year, Entertainment Partner Infinity by Harman is about the heady concoction of style and substance. Breaking the clichés around glam and good looks, this show will hunt for beauty that is unique, uninhibited and unconfined by perfection, all under the guidance of the best in the business.

MTV launches Supermodel of the Year

5TH Annual Function Celebration of Mount Litera Zee School, Derabassi

Yoga for pregnancy: Benefits, poses and tips for moms-to-be

Bunge India & Wholesale & Retail Kiryana Traders launch Swachh Bharat Abhiyan at Rori Bazar Sirsa

irsa : Taking ahead the legacy and responding to the Nation’s call, Wholesale & Retail Kiryana Traders of Rori Bazar Sirsa along with Akhil Bhartiya Udyog SVyapar Suraksha Manch, Sirsa carried out massive cleanliness drive at Rori Bazar

area of Sirsa. The initiative was wholeheartedly supported by Bunge India, manufacturers of Gagan Refined Oils and Gagan Vanaspati Ghee. The cleanliness drive under the banner, ‘Swacch Bharat Abhiyaan' began at 9:00 am, as enthusiastic group members hand-picked waste, bottles, plastic, pieces of broken glass etc to clear the area. The group included Upendra Ojha (General Manager, Bunge India), Vikram Singh (Area Sales Head, Bunge India) & Sales Team members across Haryana, Mohan Lal Mittal from M/s Shree Sham Enterprises Distributors for Bunge India here at Sirsa & prominent & senior functionaries of Akhil Bhartiya Udyog Vyapar Suraksha Manch, Sirsa. The local shopkeepers also enthusiastically participated in this campaign which lasted for about two hours and vowed to keep their respective areas clean.

HANDIGARH: Toyota Kirloskar Motor, today, intensified its reach further in the state of CMaharashtra with the inauguration of the

company’s 374th outlet to enhance its sales and service network support in the Western region. Patni Toyota - the newly inaugurated dealership in Nagpur is well equipped with world-class facilities to cater to 3S (Sales, Service and Spares) requirements of customer, elevating the customer experience to newer heights through its renowned QDR (Quality, Durability and Reliability) philosophy. Reiterating its ‘Customer First’ philosophy, the company aims to engage with a much wider audience through this new dealership; reinforcing Toyota’s commitment towards providing best-in-class services to its customers in the Western region. Inaugurated by Mr. N Raja – Deputy Managing Director of Toyota Kirloskar Motor along with Mr. Naresh Patni and Umesh Patni, Dealer Principal – Patni Toyota, the newly unveiled facility spreads over 115000.00 sq. ft. and is an exclusive and independent dealership strengthening Toyota’s existing network, attaining the highest level of customer satisfaction. Patni Toyota is well-resourced with all modern amenities and an entire team of well-trained professionals and service team to ensure the most enjoyable and hassle-free car buying and owning experience for every customer associating with Toyota brand.

Toyota Kirloskar Motor expands its dealer network

HANDIGARH: Malaysian Palm Oil Council introduced an Ceducational module and a

practical workshop for the students of Institute of Hotel Management National Institute of Hotel Management, and Decent International Institute of Hotel Management. The event also hosted interactive sessions on Chemistry and nutritional aspects of Palm Oil and its derivatives by Dr Mahua Ghosh and Biochemical, Physiological, Nutritional, Nutraceutical, aspects of Palm Oil by Dr PubaliDhar (Associate Professor Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Food and Nutrition Division). Next on the agenda was an exciting Young Chefs cooking competition for the students conducted by Malaysian Palm Oil Council. The students were given surprise ingredients and they had to cook a full course meal in Palm Oil. This event was specially designed by Malaysian Palm Oil Council keeping in mind the current requirement of the hospitality industry. Ms. Bhavna Shah, Country Representative of Malaysian Palm Oil Council for India and Sri Lanka conducted the educational module on Myths and facts about Palm Oil and shared her extensive knowledge on Malaysian Palm Oil, its various health benefits and how it is completely apt for Indian cuisines.

Malaysian Palm Oil Council organized Young Chef Competition

Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship launches public registry for all skilling informationCHANDIGARH: Towards ensuring greater accessibility of information to those who need it the most, the Directorate General of Training (DGT), Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has launched a public registry with all relevant skilling information. These newly created digitally-accessible registries, created by DGT, will act as a single source of information of all skilling resources being provided by the government and allied private enterprise. This includes information ontraining centres, courses, teachers, and students in the ecosystem. The aim is to provide accurate information to potential students, trainers and employers on the courses being offered by Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) and the like.Through these new electronic registries, third party organizationscan easily access the skilling information through Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). The new applications enable easier disseminationof detailed information on the training centres, courses along with the contact details of the concerned authorities. The information will be made available in different languagesfor easy access and a link has been created for registry on Bharat skills, a central repository for skills providing curriculum, course information and other relevant material like question banks and mock tests.

handigarh: Sherwood Convent School, Mohali celebrated its annual day function - ‘Gala Fiesta’ with great fervor & Centhusiasm at Tagore Theatre, Sector 18, Chandigarh. The

annual function started with ‘Ganesh Vandana’ followed by the address of the school Principal Kusum Singhal, where she highlighted the achievements of the school. The students presented an array of mesmerizing & colorful cultural events on the different festivals of India displaying the greatness of Indian festivals and how these b ind the country together. Dr S h e l l y , Administrator & C o u n s e l l o r , Sherwood Convent School, Mohali who also presented the school’s annual report said, “Besides exhilarating performances, the students also delivered a strong message to the audience by presenting an awe-inspiring & meaningful act on ‘Women Empowerment’. Our students worked very hard for this act. I would also like to commend our choreographer Honey Singh for helping us present a well coordinated show.”

Sherwood Convent School celebrates Annual Day Function ‘Gala Fiesta’ with full enthusiasm

handigarh : It has been observed that women customers are Creluctant to visit mobile phone retail

shops as they hesitate to share their numbers with service staff/ shop vendors. Women are concerned about privacy and avoid sharing their numbers and other information at the stores. With a motive to address this privacy and security concern, Vodafone Idea has set up an all women-powered ‘Angel Stores’ in Punjab. With this new initiative, women customers can now easily walk-in to these service stores, freely share their contact number for recharge or even show their mobile phone to friendly, ‘women’ service staff. The initiative is aimed at enhancing convenience for female customers and resolve their issues in quick time. This unique initiative by Vodafone Idea Limited comes as a great enabler for the women community, not just as customers but also as an opportunity for employment. All the staff at the Angel Stores, including store manager, customer service executives, support staff such as cleaner and security guards are all women.The company had previously launched a unique, free of cost mobile-based service ‘Sakhi’ for its prepaid and postpaid women customers across the country.

Vodafone Idea ‘Angel Stores’ ensure privacy and convenience to

women customers in Punjab

VIBGYOR High - Gurugram Students Learn Charity and Kindness

#TikTokRewind2019 CampaignCHANDIGARH : TikTok, world’s leading short-video creation platform released the Top 50 content and video trends as part of #TikTokRewind2019 campaign, that made the TikTok India community click, like, share and create in 2019. The ten day long campaign honours and applauds the timeless TikTok moments’, featuring the top 5 across 10 different categories of this year.The 2019 TikTok trends includes the top 5 creators, viral videos, occasions, celebrities, challenges, content categories, tracks, campaign, music artists and breakout creators that stood out in engaging the community in 2019, bringing TikTok into the mainstream of India’s thriving creative economy. TikTok emerged as one of the leading platforms in the country where millions of people participated in endless entertainment, quirky, educative and joyful moments.

handigarh : Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu during Chis two-day visit to Gujarat

today inaugurated the annual winter festival Rann Utsav-2019 at Dhrdo village near Bhuj amidst the vast stretches of white sand in the Rann of Kutch. He was welcomed at Dhordo by Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, Tourism Minister Jawahar Chavda and Minister of State for Tourism Vasanbhai Ahir and a number of leaders and senior officers. Impressed by the Rann Utsav, Mr. Naidu said it not only displayed the arts, crafts, culture and natural beauty of Kutch district but that of the entire state of Gujarat. The state has established its unique identity in the global map. It is sure to promote socio-economic development of the region.Mr. Naidu described Gujarat as Karma Bhumi of Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel, depicting glimpse of India’s freedom struggle from Sabarmati and Kochrab Ashrams.

Vice President inaugurates annual winter festival Rann

Utsav-2019 in KutchTata Motors unveils India’s own Electric SUV, the Nexon EVCHANDIGARH: Tata Motors today unveiled India’s Own Electric SUV – the Nexon EV, an aspirational SUV for personal car buyers looking for a thrilling, connected drive experience with zero emissions. Powered by the cutting-edge Ziptron technology, this vehicle promises an efficient high voltage system, zippy performance, long-range, fast charging capability, extended battery life and class leading safety features. Scheduled to be launched in January 2020, the Nexon EV is expected to be priced between INR 15 to 17 Lakhs. Available in three variants – XZ+ LUX, XZ+ (both in 2 tone) and XM (in single tone), the NEXON EV will come in three exciting colour options – Signature Teal Blue colour, Moonlit Silver and Glacier White. The car will additionally come with a warranty of 8 years or 1,60,000 kms (whichever is earlier) on battery & motor. Speaking at the unveiling ceremony,Mr. Guenter Butschek, CEO & MD, Tata Motorssaid,“After introducing our cutting-edge EV technology, Ziptron, we are thrilled to unveil the first EV featuring this technology – The Nexon EV.

Hrithik Roshan expresses concern over 'unrest', prays for peace


riyanka Chopra on Thursday broke her silence on the police crackdown against the students of Jamia Millia PIslamia and Aligarh Muslim University, saying in a thriving

democracy, violence against peaceful protesters is "wrong" . The 37-year-old actor is the latest Bollywood star to react to the

violence against the students for protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) on Sunday evening. The

police entered the Jamia Millia campus after the protest against the Act by the students turned violent. "Education

for every child is our dream. Education is what empowered them to think independently. We have raised them to have a voice. "In a thriving democracy, to raise one's voice peacefully and be met with violence is wrong. Every voice counts. And each voice will work towards changing India. #Havevoicewillraise #Havevoicemustraise" Priyanka said in a statement posted on Twitter. Many from the film fraternity including actors Farhan Akhtar, Hrithik Roshan, Mohammad Zeeshan Ayyub, Parineeti Chopra, Siddharth Malhotra, veteran screenwriter Javed Akhtar, filmmakers Vishal Bhardwaj and Anurag Kashyap, and Hollywood actor John Cusack have expressed solidarity with the youth over the police crackdown inside the varsity campuses. There have been widespread protests held across India against the CAA, according to which, members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities who have come from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan till December 31, 2014 following religious persecution there will get Indian citizenship. The protesters claim that the legislation is "unconstitutional and divisive" as it excludes Muslims.

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VIOLENCE AGAINST PEACEFUL protesters wrong in thriving democracy: Priyanka

Daisy Ridley discloses what she took from set of 'Star Wars'

ctor Daisy Ridley has revealed that after the Ashooting, she had

finished taking something from the set of 'Star Wars: The rise of Skywalker.' The actor went to Lilly Singh's show -- A Little Late with Lilly Singh -- dished out her upcoming film, her fears, and the items she couldn't keep her hands off, reported Fox News. First, Ridley spoke about her stage anxiety and admitted that she was 'truly anxious' about sharing the stage with Singh: "It's still a strange thing to come out in front of people and do the whole thing." She also spoke about how she overcame her fear of skydiving. She shared how 'terrifying' her experience was and how the man she was strapped to looked like 'Rocky Balboa'.According to Fox News, with relation to what she took from 'Star Wars' set, Ridley seemed a little less scared that it was a piece of her costume. "If I never work again, it could help me pay for myself," she said.

Karan collaborates with pop singer Lauv for 'Good Newwz'

merican pop singer- Newzz, replied to the tweet, "It's composer Lauv has a great song! Can't wait for Acollaborated with Karan everyone to hear it."

Johar to make his first debut in A couple of songs from the Bollywood with the upcoming forthcoming flick have already movie 'Good Newwz'. This been dropped for the audience crowd-pleasing good news and are trending on various came out when Lauv took to his platforms. The news of this Twitter handle to announce the collaboration of Lauv with Indian collaboration. Expressing his music composer Rochak Kohli excitement, the singer tweeted: for the track has given the "Really excited to announce i moviegoers one more reason to collaborated on a song for the keep their excitement for the Bollywood film #GoodNewwz movie. The comedy-drama along with @rochaktweets this helmed by Raj Mehta has an is my first bollywood collab ever ensemble cast - Akshay Kumar, and i'm honored to be a part of Diljit Dosanjh, Kareena Kapoor, such a film, big love x and Kiara Advani. The story @azeem2112 @akshaykumar revolves around two married @ k a r a n j o h a r couples who try to conceive a @DharmaMovies." The ace baby through the IVF process filmmaker, who has bankrolled but the goof-up triggers a series Akshay Kumar starrer- Good of hilarious encounters for them.

Deepika, Siddhant and Ananya to star in Shakun Batra's next

eepika Padukone, finding themselves "stuck in a Siddhant Chaturvedi and morally ambiguous zone". "I DAnanya Panday have have had a wonderful journey

been roped in as the leads in with Karan and his production director Shakun Batra's next house for almost a decade now, directorial. The yet-to-be-titled and I can't wait to get back into project will mark next step in the director's chair for my next," Batra's collaboration with the director said in a statement. producer-director Karan Johar Karan and Shakun will produce after "Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu" the film alongside Apoorva (2012) and "Kapoor & Sons" Mehta. "Shakun has directed (2016). Described as a one of the most acclaimed films relationship drama, Shakun said of Dharma Productions 'Kapoor the film will see its character & Sons'.

ctor Hrithik Roshan has expressed concern over the current situation and protests in distinctive areas of the country over the ACitizenship (Amendment) Act 2019, on Wednesday. The 45-

year-old actor took to Twitter to raise his concern on the ongoing situation in the capital, and wrote, "As a parent and a citizen of India, I am deeply saddened by the unrest across various educational institutions of our country. I hope and pray for peace to return as soon as possible. Great teachers learn from their students. I salute the world's youngest democracy." Parent of two kids, Hrehaan and Hridhaan, said that he was saddened and concerned by the unrest across educational institutions as a parent and citizen of the country.Expressing optimism, the actor also prayed for the restoration of peace in the country. Hrithik's latest outing 'War' turned out to be a massive hit at the box office and also emerged as the highest grosser of the year.The film also ruled the box office in North America too where it became the 'Koi Mil Gya' actor's highest grosser. Featuring an intense rivalry between his character Kabir and Tiger Shroff's character, the action- packed thriller revolves around Tiger's task of killing the former. The Siddharth Anand directorial was bankrolled by Aditya Chopra under the Yash Raj Films banner and opened in theatres on October 2 this year.

Joan, Mary to recur in 'Homecoming' season 2ctors Joan Cusack and Mary Holland are set to feature in recurring roles on the second season of psychological thriller Adrama "Homecoming". The Amazon series comes from Sam

Esmail, who helmed the first season of show starring Julia Roberts. Esmail will not direct any episodes of the sophomore season. Kyle Patrick Alvarez is serving as director this time. He is also attached to exec produce, reported Deadline. The new chapter will move away from the popular Gimlet Media's podcast from Eli Horowitz and Micah Bloomberg on which the debut season was based and will introduce new characters. Cusack will play the role of an Army officer with an unconventional approach to the job named Francine Bunda.Holland will portray Wendy, an ambitious executive in Geist's R&D department. Roberts will also not star in the upcoming season but like Esmail, she too will continue her association with the show in the capacity of an executive producer.

NEWS AT AGLANCE


Room for strong growthfor microfinance inIndia: KPMGKOLKATA: Microfinance sector whichgrew at a compounded rate of 48 percent in the last five years has apotential for further growth as itspenetration is only one-fourth of theaddressable market, a KPMG reportsaid. Eastern and northeastern regionsof the country have played a key rolewith the highest share of loan portfolioat 35 per cent. "Microfinance isgrowing at 48 per cent CAGR in thelast five years, there is still room forgrowth given that microfinancepenetration is 25 per cent of theaddressable market," KPMG Indianational head (Financial Services)Gayathri Parthasarathy said in thereport. Microfinance players have alsobeen actively pursuing activitiesbeyond lending to meet their socialobjectives and improve their margins,it said. "This also calls for changes inthe operating model, product portfolio,partnership models and deliverycapabilities of the players,"Parthasarathy said. Microfinancegrowth over the last four to five yearshas been driven by geographicalexpansion. Various players in thisspace are opting to integratetechnology and collaborate with fintechplayers across the value chainprimarily to optimise costs and reduceportfolio risk, the report said.

Medtronic celebratesforty years oftransforminghealthcare in IndiaNEW DELHI: India Medtronic PrivateLimited, wholly-owned subsidiary ofMedtronic plc, today celebrated 40years of operations in India. Theanniversary event held in New Delhitoday was celebrated in the presenceof key government officials, healthcareleaders, leading physicians, partnersand employees of Medtronic India. Abook celebrating Medtronic's 40-yearjourney of transforming healthcare inIndia was unveiled by leadingphysicians and surgeons and keygovernment dignitaries at the event.The book showcases key milestonesachieved by Medtronic in India in itsefforts to improving access to qualityhealthcare in the country. Healthcarepractitioners from diverse fieldsconvened to share their perspectiveson the future of healthcare in India andthe contribution of medical technologyin improving patient outcomes. "I amhonored to be leading Medtronic Indiaduring this milestone anniversarywhich is the celebration of an inspiringperiod of service to the health of India.We are proud of the innovativeproducts and services launched inIndia and the outcomes that we'veachieved", said Madan Krishnan, VicePresident, Medtronic IndianSubcontinent.

Tech Mahindra andCelonis AnnounceGlobal Strategic AllianceMUMBAI: It Major, Tech Mahindra andCelonis, a leader in ProcessExcellence software, on Thursdayannounced a global strategic allianceto drive enterprise performance. Theyhave deployed first of its kind ArtificialIntelligence (AI) solution for BPS(Business Process Services) to supportdigital transformation of customersglobally. The new partnershipcombines Tech Mahindra’s core focusto drive greater business impact forglobal customers that will accelerateSmart Operations, Automation andDigital Customer Experienceleveraging Celonis’ core ProcessMining technology. Celonis’ IntelligentBusiness Cloud not only discoversfriction points in customer processes,but monitors for continuousimprovement for ways to take actions,a release said. Ritesh Idnani, GlobalHead - Business Process Services andProducts and Platforms, TechMahindra, said, ''As part of ourTechMNxt charter, we continue to drivedigital transformation for our customersby leveraging cutting edgetechnologies. We are very excited topartner with Celonis to align BPS(Business Process Services) withArtificial Intelligence based processmining technology, that will help ourcustomers to drive business outcomes.

Bangladesh honours31 Indian andRussian soldiersDHAKA: Bangladesh honoured 31 Indianand Russian members of the AlliedForces for their roles in the Liberation Warin 1971. A reception was hosted in theirhonour at a hotel on Wednesday in thecapital, the ministry said in a statement.Retired lieutenant general Rajendra SinghKadyan led the 26-member Indiandelegation. The five-member Russiandelegation was led by Vasily Mihalovic.They came to Bangladesh on 14December at the invitation of thegovernment on the occasion of the VictoryDay. They attended various programmesduring their visit. Liberation war affairsminister AKM Mozammel Haqueexpressed gratitude towards India andRussia. He said the kind of assistanceprovided by Indira Gandhi, the people ofIndia and the allied forces duringBangladesh’s War of Independence israre in the history of the world. He recalledhow the then Soviet Union vetoed a USproposal for armistice when Bangladesh’svictory was imminent. The minister alsorecalled the Soviet soldiers who werekilled in an explosion when removingmines planted by Pakistan occupationforces at Chattogram Port.

IT, ITES exports from Mysuru touches Rs 4200 Cr in 2018-19MYSURU: Information Technology (IT) and IT Enabled Services (ITES) exportshas touched Rs 4,200 Crore from Mysuru during the year 2018-19. Disclosing thisat a conference on ‘Cyber Security and IoT-Destination Mysuru,’ organised by theConfederation of Indian Industry (CII), Mysuru, Shailendra Kumar Tyagi, Director,Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), Bengaluru, said STPI units in Mysuruaccounted for Rs 1,752 Crore. “IT/ITES exports from Mysuru were the secondlargest from Karnataka after Bengaluru. Mysuru, where a substantial number of ITcompanies including Infosys operate, is also home to 21,000 professionals," headded. STPI units exported IT and ITES services worth Rs 4.16 lakh Crore during2018-19, which was close to USD 59 billion from India out of which Karnataka’sSTPI units accounted for 41.3 per cent or Rs 1.72 lakh Crore.

Donald Trump impeached for abuse of powerAGENCYWASHINGTON, DEC 19

President Donald Trump wasimpeached for abuse of powerin a historic vote in the House ofRepresentatives on Wednesday,setting up a Senate trial onremoving him from office afterthree turbulent years.

By a 230 to 197 vote in theDemocratic-majority House, the45th US president becomes justthe third occupant of the WhiteHouse in American history to beimpeached.

Democrats said they had"no choice" but to formally

charge the Republicanpresident, whose impeachmentalong stark party lines places anindelible stain on his recordwhile driving a spike everdeeper into the US politicaldivide.

"What is at risk here is thevery idea of America," saidAdam Schiff, the lawmaker whoheaded the impeachmentinquiry, ahead of the vote.

Trump will now stand trialin the Senate, where hisRepublicans hold a solidmajority and are expected toexonerate him.

The House vote came four

months after a whistle blowerblew open the scandal of Trumppressuring Ukraine's president

to investigate his potentialWhite House challenger in2020, the veteran Democrat Joe

Biden. After a marathon of 10hours of debate, lawmakerswere to vote quickly on thesecond article of impeachmentfacing Trump -- for obstructingthe congressional probe into hisUkraine dealings by blockingthe testimony of subpoenaedWhite House aides.

Despite testimony from 17officials that Trump leveragedhis office for domestic politicgain, the president maintainedhis innocence throughout theimpeachment inquiry --furiously denouncing it as a"witch hunt," an "attemptedcoup" and on Wednesday as an

"assault on America."Trump spent the first part of

the day holed up at the WhiteHouse, sending out tweetsreflecting his frustration, angerand predictions of revenge inthe 2020 election. But as thevote took place, the 73-year-oldwas on friendlier territory.

In an extraordinary splitscreen moment, while theHouse was casting votes toimpeach him, thousands ofTrump's most fervent supporterswere cheering him at a rally inMichigan where he railedagainst a "radical left" he saidwas "consumed with hatred."

Look forward to working closely withUS Defence Secretary Esper: Rajnath

AGENCYWASHINGTON, DEC 19

Defence Minister RajnathSingh has said that he looksforward to working closelywith US Secretary of DefenseMark T Esper to furtherstrengthen and deepen thedefence cooperation betweenIndia and the United States.

Singh is in the UnitedStates with External AffairsMinister S Jaishankar for 'Indiaand US 2+2 ministerialdialogue'. He also held talkswith Esper and discussed waysto further enhance the strategicpartnership between the twocountries and the Indo-Pacificregion. "Thank you SecretaryEsper. I look forward toworking closely with you forfurther strengthening anddeepening the defencecooperation between our twocountries," Singh wrote whileretweeting Esper's tweet.

"An honor to host IndianMinister of Defense RajnathSingh today. We discussed our

deepening strategic partnershipthat is built on a sharedcommitment to democraticvalues, ensuring the rule oflaw, and advancing a free andopen Indo-Pacific region,"Esper wrote. Rajnath Singhand Jaishankar held extensivetalks with Secretary of StateMichael Pompeo and Secretaryof Defense Mark Esper todeepen the two countries'partnership. "Participated inthe 2 Plus 2 Dialogue betweenIndia and the United States inWashington. India and the UShave a worldwide strategicpartnership and we areworking collectively to deepenthis partnership. The 2+2mechanism has brought aboutgreater synergy in ourpolicies," Singh tweeted.

FM holds Pre-Budget Consultationwith representatives of Trade

Unions, Labour OrgsAGENCYNEW DELHI, DEC 19

Union Finance Minister NirmalaSitharaman held her fifth Pre-BudgetConsultation with the representativesof various Trade Unions and LabourOrganisations here on Thursday inconnection with the forthcomingGeneral Budget 2020-21.

During the course of meeting,representatives of Trade Unions andLabour Organisations shared theirviews and suggestions regardinglabour and employment issues.Discussions were held on skilling, re-skilling and up-skilling of existinglabour force. Quality of job creationand ensuring minimum wages ofworkers were discussed.

Along with the Union FinanceMinister, the meeting was attended byher deputy Anurag Singh Thakur,Finance Secretary Rajeev Kumar,DEA Secretary Atanu Chakraborty,Revenue Secretary Ajay BhushanPandey among others.

During the meeting,representatives of Trade Unions andLabour Organisations shared theirviews and suggestions regarding jobcreation, labour concerns and qualityof employment issues. Theparticipants aired their concerns

about provision of social security tolabour besides skilling, re-skillingand up-skilling of existing labourforce. They also emphasised qualityof job creation and ensuringminimum wages of workers in detailbesides the need for streamliningvarious schemes to have betterresults. Experts and representativesfrom various Trade Unions (TUs) andLabour Organisations gavesuggestions related to skilldevelopment in labour intensiveareas, alignment of skill developmentinitiatives with cluster developments,creation of dedicated fund for skillenhancement, allocation of morefunds to MGNREGA scheme andincrease of number of days of workunder MGNREGA.

Suggestions were given onlegislation for various welfareschemes for permanent benefits,

Pays tribute to soldiers at US'Arlington National CemeteryVIRGINIA: DefenceMinister Rajnath Singh hereon Wednesday (local time)visited US' ArlingtonNational Cemetery andoffered tributes to soldierswho laid down their lives."Visited the@ArlingtonNatl and offeredtributes to the fallensoldiers. I salute theirexemplary courage,"tweeted Rajnath Singh.Arlington NationalCemetery is a United Statesmilitary cemetery located inArlington County, Virginia.It is America's largestmilitary cemetery andserves as the final restingplace for more than 400,000veterans and theirimmediate family from thefronts of Iraq and

Afghanistan, as well asWorld Wars I and II, theKorean conflict, Vietnam,the Cold War and America'sCivil War. Singh is in theUnited States for 2+2ministerial dialogue whichheld earlier in the day. Earlyin the day, Secretary of StateMichael Pompeo andSecretary of Defense MarkEsper hosted Minister ofExternal Affairs SJaishankar and RajnathSingh for the dialogue inWashington. The meetingbetween leaders focused ondeepening bilateral strategicand defence cooperation,exchanging perspectives onglobal developments, andthe shared leadershipbetween the two countries inthe Indo-Pacific region.

AGENCYWASHINGTON, DEC 19

India is a vibrant democracyand has institutions to addressconcerns of religious freedomand human rights, the US hassaid, refusing to treat thecountry at par with othernations on such issues whichconstitute the core of itsvalues and diplomacy. Theremarks made by a StateDepartment official havecome in the wake ofwidespread protests heldacross India against theCitizenship Amendment Act(CAA). According to theCAA, members of Hindu,Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsiand Christian communitieswho have come fromPakistan, Bangladesh andAfghanistan till December 31,2014 following religiouspersecution there will getIndian citizenship. Theprotesters claim that thelegislation is

"unconstitutional anddivisive" as it excludesMuslims. A Senior StateDepartment official told agroup of reporters followingthe conclusion of the 2+2ministerial here that humanrights and religious freedomwere a core issue for theTrump administration and forSecretary of State MikePompeo. The Secretaryduring a joint pressconference noted that India isa vibrant democracy, said the

official, who spoke oncondition of anonymity."There is a debate going on inIndia over this verylegislation. It's a legislationthat will be reviewed by thecourts. It's being protested bypolitical parties. It's beingdebated in the media. All ofthese institutions exist in ademocratic India and so werespect that process," said thesenior State Departmentofficial. The official wasresponding to a question on

protests in India on CAA. Theofficial said at the same time,the US would continue toexpress its concerns on thisissue. "I think as (US)Ambassador (on InternationalReligious Freedom, Samuel)Brownback has alreadycommented, we haveconcerns about religiouscriteria, but again, this is apiece of legislation now, anact, that is continuing to bereviewed within the Indiansystem," the official said.

Noting that the USregularly raises these issueswith India, the official,however, did not confirm ifthe developments post CAAfeatured during the talks at theState Department onWednesday. Pompeo metExternal Affairs Minister SJaishankar for a bilateralmeeting. Thereafter, theywere joined by the DefenceMinister Rajnath Singh andDefence Secretary for thesecond 2+2 dialogue here.

India has institutions to address humanrights, religious freedom concerns: US

Benchmarks scale fresh peaks;Yes Bank surges 7 pc

MUMBAI, DEC 19

Equity benchmarks advancedto fresh lifetime highs for thethird session on the trot onThursday, spurred by buyingin energy, IT and autocounters amid persistentforeign fund inflows. Afterrallying to its lifetime intra-day high of 41,719.29, the 30-share BSE Sensex settled115.35 points, or 0.28 percent, higher at its fresh closingrecord of 41,673.92.Similarly, the broader NSENifty rose 38.05 points, or0.31 per cent, to its new peakof 12,259.70. It hit an intra-day high of 12,268.35. YesBank was the top gainer in theSensex pack, rallying 6.74 percent, followed by TCS, TataMotors, Bharti Airtel, M&Mand RIL. On the other hand,Vedanta, HDFC, Sun Pharma

and IndusInd Bank shed up to2.26 per cent. According totraders, after opening on acautious note on news of USPresident Donald Trump'simpeachment by the House ofRepresentatives, domesticequities resumed their record-setting streak amid unabatedforeign fund inflows."Despite premium valuationmarket is touching higherhighs led by foreign inflowsdue to convictions of

consistency in performance.Union budget is likely to becrucial for the market onaccount of new policies and toattract investments. Investorsare factoring a possibleslippage in fiscal deficit dueto slow pace in tax collection."Broad market performance isyet to match with the mainindices, the main dichotomybeing lag in credit growth andstructural change inindustries. The progress in

global sentiment will help risktaking ability of investorswhich will extend theliquidity to broad indices,"said Vinod Nair, Head ofResearch at Geojit FinancialServices. Sectorally, BSEtelecom, energy, auto, teck,IT, oil and gas, consumerdurables and FMCG indicesended up to 1.98 per centhigher. However, finance,capital goods, realty, utilitiesand bankex settled up to 0.31per cent lower. Broader BSEmidcap and smallcap indicesgained up to 0.17 per cent. Ona net basis, foreigninstitutional investors boughtequities worth Rs 1,836.81crore on Wednesday, whiledomestic institutionalinvestors sold shares worth Rs1,267.57 crore on Wednesday,data available with stockexchanges showed.

ISLAMABAD, DEC 19

Pakistan's ailing former dictator onWednesday said the death sentencegiven to him by a court in a treason caseis based on a "personnel vendetta".

It was Pervez Musharraf's firstreaction to Tuesday's court verdict,which had already been denounced bythe country's powerful military.

Musharraf's supporters have heldsmall rallies across the country in hissupport since the court sentenced himto death after finding him guilty ofimposing an emergency in violation ofthe constitution.

In the video released by his party,Musharraf said "there is no example ofsuch a decision in which neither thedefendant and nor his lawyer was givenpermission to say something in hisdefense." He said the court that held histrial in intervals from 2014 to 2019rejected his request to record astatement in Dubai, where he has beenliving since 2016, when he left thecountry to receive medical treatment.

Musharraf's health has witnessedups and downs, and he was again takento a hospital this month. He said the

court verdict against him wasquestionable and that the supremacy ofrule of law was not maintained.

"I will say that there was no need tohear this case under the constitution butthis case was taken up and heardbecause of personnel vendetta of somepeople against me and one person wastargeted in this case," he said.

Without citing names, he said thatthose who acted against him "areenjoying high positions and theymisuse their office". He praised thepeople and armed forces of Pakistan forstanding by him after the courtsentenced him to death for imposing thestate of emergency in his tenure aspresident when he was also holding theposition of the army chief.

Musharraf sees ‘personnelvendetta’ behind his conviction

Patanjali Ayurved completesacquisition of bankrupt Ruchi

Soya for Rs 4,350 croreNEW DELHI, DEC 19

Debt-ridden Ruchi Soya's resolution iscomplete with Yoga guru BabaRamdev's Patanjali Ayurved depositingRs 1,100 crore equity in a State Bank ofIndia (SBI) escrow account to acquirethe edible oil maker for Rs 4,350 crore.

Patanjali completed the payment tolenders on Wednesday. The remainingmoney will be paid through bank loans.

In April, Patanjali had receivedapproval of financial creditors toacquire Ruchi Soya. The NationalCompany Law Tribunal (NCLT) gaveits approval to the resolution plan inearly September. Sources said Patanjalihas settled Rs 4,350 crore of dues RuchiSoya had towards financial creditors byinfusing Rs 1,100 crore equity andarranging another Rs 3,250 crore viadebt. The acquisition will help Patanjaliacquire edible oil plants and soyabeanoil brands like Mahakosh and RuchiGold. Out of the Rs 4,350 crore offered

by Patanjali group, Rs 4,235 crore willbe utilised to pay creditors while Rs 115crore will be used for capitalexpenditure and working capitalrequirements of Ruchi Soya. RuchiSoya is the second big insolvency caseto be completed this week. The world'slargest steelmaker ArcelorMittal andJapan's Nippon Steel on Mondaycompleted the acquisition of Essar Steelfor Rs 42,000 crore. Patanjali Ayurved isa consumer goods company withmanufacturing units at Haridwar inUttarakhand. It manufactures mineraland herbal products.

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2019 has beendisappointing forme, admits AnandMUMBAI: Indian chess wizardViswanathan Anand on Thursdayadmitted that 2019 has been verydisappointing for him in terms of re-sults, and said had it not been forsome "sloppy moments", the sce-nario could have been different.The five-time world champion didnot have best of results in 2019, fin-ishing in tied third spots in both the81st Tata Steel Masters in Wijk aanZee and also at the 2019 GashimovMemorial chess tournament inShamkir, Azerbaijan.And Anand said not just from per-sonal point of view but from thecountry's perspective as well, 2019has not been a fruitful year for Indi-an chess players."From the chess side, 2019 hasbeen slightly disappointing for meand may be for India as well. De-spite all the players we had, nobodyqualified for the Candidates. Per-sonally, I had the feeling that I leteverything go at the last minute,"Anand told reporters here."At many tournaments, I was ingood positions at the half way markbut one sloppy moment and I usedto fall back in the middle and this re-peated over and over again."At the The Grand Chess Tour, I hadmy best performance ever, becausemy Rapid stabilised compared toearlier years, but again in the lastminute it fell. So, I had this little bit offeeling that it could have been amuch better year," he said.Anand was speaking after readingout excerpts from his book "MindMaster: Winning lessons from aChampion's Life" organsied by 'Fin-care Small Finance Bank', for whichhe is the brand ambassador.

India, WI teamsarrive in city forseries-deciding ODIBHUBANESWAR: The players ofboth India and the West Indies crick-et teams arrived here on Thursdayfor the series-deciding third One-day international, to be played atBarabati Stadium in Cuttack on Sun-day.The players along with the manage-ment staff were taken to a fortifiedhotel in the state capital amidst tightsecurity by platoons of armed policeforce.The match has generated a lot ofenthusiasm among cricket lovershere as the men in blue are comingafter a 107-run victory in the secondODI at Visakhapatnam.India won the T20 International se-ries 2-1.The state police have made elabo-rate security arrangements in thetwin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cut-tack for the event. While players ofboth the teams will stay inBhubaneswar, they will travel toCuttack for both practice and matchon Friday, Saturday and Sunday.While the West Indies team isscheduled to go for nets on Fridaymorning, the Indian players willleave the hotel here for practice ataround 1 pm.Apart from opening a police camp infront of the hotel where the playersare being lodged, the police had un-dertaken a mock drill of the carcadeon Wednesday before the arrival ofteams. Police said at least 63 pla-toons (one platoon comprise 30 per-sonnel) of the police force and aRapid Action Force contingent com-prising 300 officers have been de-ployed to maintain law and order sit-uation.

Rahane, Shaw inMumbai Ranji squadfor Railway gameMUMBAI: Test specialist AjinkyaRahane and young prodigy PrithviShaw, who slammed a double hun-dred on return to first-class cricket,have been named in the 15- mem-ber Mumbai squad for their RanjiTrophy game against Railways.The 41-time Ranji Trophy champi-ons Mumbai, began this seasonwith a win in their lung-openeragainst Baroda.The squad was announced by theMumbai Cricket Association (MCA)on its website on Thursday.Mumbai will play Railways at theWankhede Stadium from December25.Shaw, who served an eight-monthban for doping, slammed a doublehundred against Baroda and dis-played his 2.0 version as promised.The game will be another opportuni-ty for Rahane to have some practiceas India is going to play a Test onlyin 2020 in New Zealand. Mumbai'scrisis man Siddhesh Lad, whomissed the first game due to hiswedding, returned to the squad,which continues to be led by prolificbatsman Suryakumar Yadav.


AGENCYVISAKHAPATNAM, DEC 19

India skipper Virat Kohli has been a bitmore charged up than he usually is dur-ing the ongoing West Indies series and ri-val captain Kieron Pollard is "clueless"as to what's been the trigger.

During the T20 series, Kohli's imita-tion of Kesrick Williams' 'notebook tick'celebration was 'television gold', andthen he seemed agitated when on-fieldumpire Shaun George referred RavindraJadeja's run-out in the first ODI in Chen-nai.

In fact, Kohli was very animated af-ter Pollard's first-ball dismissal.

"You have to ask him why he is soanimated. I can't answer that for you. Itis what it is. You ask him that question

and let him answer that. I don'tknow. I have no clue," Pollardreplied with a wry smile.

In pursuit of 388, the WestIndies were 192 for three in the30th over, but lost five wicketsfor 18 runs to eventually lose thesecond ODI by 107 runs here onWednesday.

But more than the middle or-der collapse, Pollard was con-cerned about the 120 plus runsconceded in the last 10 overs."We were in a good position andif you lose wickets frequently,you put yourself on the backfoot.That's where we faltered in thechase and we accept that," Pol-lard admitted. "Chasing 388,guys had to go out and express

themselves, rather than trying to get in.I thought, where the game changedwas in last 10 overs (of Indian in-nings), we went for a 127 runs, that'swhere we lost the momentum in theentire game.

"Before that, it was neck and neckand we knew it was a good track. Wehaven't really executed in the back-endwhich has been really the storyline forus when there has been a flat track."

On the day, Rohit Sharma wasdropped on 70 by Shimron Hetmyerbut Pollard defended his team's catch-ing, saying that the overall standardhas been pretty good. "For me, person-ally, fielding is an attitude. The inten-sity with which you go out on the field,your anticipation and awareness ofwhat is taking place at that point in

time. Both teams have been guilty ofdropping catches and making some basicerrors," observed one of the finest field-ers in the game.

Pollard also wants the broadcastersto cut them some slack as showing theirbloopers again and again doesn't reallyhelp.

"But overall throughout the ODIsand T20s, we have been pretty good.Standards have risen a bit, but we are hu-man beings. We tend to make mistakes. Ikeep saying in conversations that ourmistakes are broadcast so that people canhave opinion on it."

Shai Hope, on Wednesday, pippedVirat Kohli and is only behind RohitSharma in the top ODI run-getters list for2019, with a match left in the calendaryear.

Why is Virat so animated? Please ask him, says Pollard

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AGENCYVISAKHAPATNAM, DEC 19

Kuldeep Yadav has rated his hat-trickagainst the West Indies as his best bowl-ing performance, the Indian record com-ing in the backdrop of relentless pres-sure and a dip in form leading to exclu-sion from the team.

Kuldeep, a permanent fixture from2017 to early 2019, endured a slumpstarting from the last IPL and after a dis-appointing World Cup, he was kept outof the team for a good four months.

On Wednesday, he became the firstIndian cricketer to claim two hat-tricksin international cricket.

"The last 10 months were verytough for me. After consistent perform-ances, there comes a phase when wick-ets don't come by and you start thinkingmore about your bowling. After WorldCup, I was dropped from the team, thenI worked really hard for four months,"Kuldeep said after India's 107-run winin the second ODI here.

He admitted that he was a bit nerv-ous when he made his comeback in na-tional colours in a T20 Internationalagainst the West Indies in Mumbai.

"The T20 against West Indies inMumbai was my first match for India infour months. I was a bit nervous as therewas a bit of gap and I hadn't played in-ternational cricket during that phase.

Performance wise, this hat-trick will beat the top of the list because pressurewas on me and it was a result of 4-5months of hardwork," he said.

Asked what was going through hismind before the hat-trick ball, Kuldeepsaid that he was confused whether tobowl a wrong 'un or a conventional chi-naman, to Alzarri Joseph.

"I was a bit confused which one tobowl the wrong 'un or the chinaman. Ithought wrong 'un is the best option andI put a second slip there. I was thinkingto bowl the off-middle line and if hemisses then I will get the wicket.

This hat-trick tops my listas I was under pressure for

last 10 months: KuldeepAGENCYNEW DELHI, DEC 19

Former India player Wasim Jaffer hasbeen appointed as the batting coach ofKings XI Punjab for the upcoming sea-son of the Indian Premier League.

A top source in the franchise con-firmed his appointment and Jaffer's namealso figured in the official support stafflist posted on the team's website.

The Mumbaikar, who now plays forVidarbha in the Ranji Trophy, represent-ed India in 31 Tests between 2000 and2008, scoring 1944 runs which includedfive hundreds and 11 fifties.

The 41-year-old also has a double

hundred to his name -- a highest score of212 against the West Indies in 2006 at StJohn's.

He also played two ODIs for Indiaduring an international career thatspanned nearly eight years.

Jaffer remains a domestic stalwart,having played more than 254 first-classmatches and scored nearly 20,000 runs.He recently became the first to play in150 Ranji Trophy games and needs just853 runs to complete 20,000 runs.

In the IPL's inaugural season in2008, Jaffer represented Royal Chal-lengers Bangalore in six matches butcould only manage 130 runs at a strikerate of 110.57.

Jaffer appointed Kings XI Punjab's batting coach

AGENCYMUMBAI, DEC 19

Pacer Navdeep Saini replaced injuredDeepak Chahar in the India squad forthe third match against West Indies.

The Board of Control for Cricket inIndia's (BCCI) All-India Senior SelectionCommittee has named Saini as a re-placement for the injured Chahar. Chaharfelt mild pain in his lower back followingthe second ODI played in Vizag onWednesday. The BCCI medical team ex-amined him and suggested that he need-ed some rest to recover fully. He has been

thus ruled out of the final ODI. Chaharbowled seven overs and gave away 44runs without getting any wicket in thesecond ODI. India won the second ODIagainst Windies by 107 runs and levelledthe series 1-1 at Vizag on Wednesday.The visitors comfortably won the firstODI by eight wickets in Chennai. India'ssquad for the third ODI is Virat Kohli(C), Rohit Sharma (VC), Mayank Agar-wal, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, ManishPandey, Rishabh Pant (WK), ShivamDube, Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja,Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mo-hammed Shami, Shardul Thakur etc.

Navdeep Saini replaces injured DeepakChahar for 3rd ODI against West Indies

AGENCYKOLKATA, DEC 19

Pat Cummins became the the most expen-sive foreign buy ever in the Indian PremierLeague (IPL) players' auction here on Thurs-day when two-time former championsKolkata Knight Riders shelled out a whop-ping Rs 15.50 crore for the lead Australianpacer.

It was also a hefty payday for Cummins'Australian teammate Glenn Maxwell, whoreturned to Kings XI Punjab with a price tagof Rs 10.75 crore after an intense biddingwar with Delhi Capitals. KXIP went into theauction with the biggest available purse ofRs 42.70 crore.

Teams going all out for Cummins wason expected lines as he has been in top formwith the ball and at times has also proved hisworth with the bat.

Delhi Capitals and Royal ChallengersBangalore were engaged in an intense bid-

ding war for the Australian before KKRjoined the battle at Rs 15 crore and eventu-ally outbid the two franchises. Cummins hastaken 32 wickets in 25 IPL matches so farwith an economy of just over 6.

With the price he fetched, Cumminsbroke the record for the most expensive for-eign buy held by Ben Stokes. England all-rounder Stokes was bought by Rising PuneSupergiant for Rs 14.5 crore in the 2017 auc-tion. It also marks Cummin's return to KKR.The pacer has also played for Mumbai Indi-ans and Delhi Capitals.

Both Maxwell and Cummins had optedout of last year's IPL.

Another big buy at the auction wasSouth African Chris Morris, who was soldfor Rs 10 crore to Royal Challengers Banga-lore. West Indies pacer Shedon Cottrell, witha base price of Rs 50 lakh, fetched a winningbid of Rs 8.50 crore from Kings XI Punjab.

KKR went for England's World Cup-winning captain Eoin Morgan, paying Rs

5.25 crore for the stylish southpaw.Asked why they paid big money for

Cummins and Morgan, KKR's assistantcoach Abhishek Nayar said: "Morgan's re-cent form has been tremendous. As a leader-ship group, Morgan will add a lot of strengthto what we already have.

"And for a player of his (Cummins) cal-ibre, he brings a lot with the ball and bat aswell."

Maxwell, who recently took a break todeal with his mental health issues, returns toKXIP to boost their unsettled middle-order.KXIP CEO Satish Menon expressed confi-dence in Maxwell coming good for them.

"He was always on our radar. The mid-dle order was a bit of concern. He has beenwith us (in the past) so he knows the set upwell," said Menon.

Maxwell's compatriot Nathan Coulter-Nile also enjoyed a million dollar payday atthe auction as Mumbai Indians shelled outRs 8 crore for the pacer.

@15.50 cr

IPL auction: Australian pacerCummins fetches record bid

Nathan Coulter-Nile goesto Mumbai Indians

KOLKATA: Australia pacerNathan Coulter-Nile was boughtby Mumbai Indians for INR 8crore in the ongoing Indian Pre-mier League (IPL) auction onThursday.

West Indies pacer SheldonCottrell, famous for his 'salute'celebration went to Kings XI Pun-jab for INR 8.5 crore.

Coulter-Nile had a base priceof INR 1 crore while Cottrell hadthe base price of INR 50 lakh.

Earlier in the auction, Aus-tralia pacer Pat Cummins becamethe most expensive foreign playerin the history of the tournament ashe was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for a whopping INR15.5 crore.

Australia's opening batsman Chris Lynn was bought byMumbai Indians for his base price of INR 2 crore while his team-mate Aaron Finch went to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).

In the first round, South Africa pacer Dale Steyn did not findany takers and as a result, went unsold.

Proteas pacer Chris Morris went to RCB for INR 10 crore.England limited-overs skipper Eoin Morgan was purchased

by KKR for INR 5.25 crore.Indian player Robin Uthappa went to Rajasthan Royals for

INR 3 crore. Australia's limited-overs skipper Aaron Finch waspurchased by Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 4.25 crore.

A total of 186 Indian players, 143 overseas players and threeplayers from Associate Nations are being auctioned today. HughEdmeades is the auctioneer.

Jaydev Unadkat boughtby Rajasthan Royals

KOLKATA: Indian fast bowlerJaydev Unadkat has gone to Ra-jasthan Royals (RR) for the price ofINR 3 crore in the ongoing IndianPremier League (IPL) auction onThursday.

Australia's wicket-keeper bats-man Alex Carey was brought byDelhi Capitals for INR 2.4 crore.

Australia's fast bowler PatCummins went to Kolkata KnightRiders for NR 15.5 crore and be-came the most expensive player inIPL history.

South Africa's all-rounder Chris Morris was bought by Roy-al Challengers Bangalore for INR 10 crore while England pacerChris Woakes was brought by Delhi Capitals for INR 1.5 crore.

Cheteshwar Pujara goes unsold KOLKATA: India’s Test specialistCheteshwar Pujara went unsold inthe ongoing IPL 2020 auction atKolkata. No franchise was interest-ed in bidding for Cheteshwar Pu-jara. The right-hander fromSaurashtra had set his base price atINR 50 lakhs but could not find anybidders in the auction. Pujara is notknown for his T20 exploits and hehas a strike rate of 99.74 in the tour-nament. In fact, Pujara has played30 IPL matches in his career. Theright-hander has been a pillar ofstrength in India’s Test side but he has issues in getting the runsquickly. Furthermore, India’s Test specialist Hanuma Vihari alsowent unsold in the auction.

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