Lawyer thrashed todeath in LucknowLUCKNOW: A lawyer was al-legedly thrashed to death withsticks by five men at DamodarNagar in Krishna Nagar here, po-lice said on Wednesday.The accused had called ShekharTripathi (32) from his house onTuesday night and took himaway, SP (East) Suresh ChandraRawat said.The body was found some dis-tance away, he said.Previous enmity is stated to bethe reason behind the murder.One of the accused has been ar-rested and identified as VinayakThakur, police said. Taking noteof the incident, the Krishna NagarSHO has been suspended, Dis-trict Magistrate Abhishek Prakashtold a news agency.

Ukraine Aircraftcrash: 180 on-board killedTEHRAN: A Ukrainian aircraftwith 180 passengers on boardhas crashed near Iran's KhomeiniAirport, killing all passengers, lo-cal meedia reported on Wednes-day. According to them, the Boe-ing 737-800 jet crashed nearParand, a suburb southwest ofcapital Tehran shortly after take-off. According to Flighradar24flight tracker, the Ukraine Interna-tional Airline Flight 752 wasscheduled to take off at 0515 hrs(local time) heading to BoryspilInternational Airport in the Ukrain-ian capital of Kyiv. "An investiga-tion team from the national avia-tion department was dispatchedto the location after the news wasannounced. We will give more re-ports in upcoming bulletins,"Reza Jafarzadeh, spokesman ofthe Iranian Aviation Organisationsaid.

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Focus on education,health and self reliance in comingbudget: HaryanaChief Minister

Himachal CM JaiRam Thakur directsofficers to restoreall essential servicesin state

Indian skipper ViratKohli maintains topslot in ICC TestRankings, Pujaraslips to 6th position

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Kangana Ranaut applaudsMeghna Gulzar, Deepikafor 'Chhapaak'

BUREAU CHANDIGARH, JAN 8

Haryana Tourism Minister,Mr. Kanwar Pal, said thatsigning an agreement in thefield of tourism and craftswith the British Council, In-dia will strengthen India-UKrelations and will promotetourism as well.

He was interacting withmediapersons after the mem-orandum of understanding(MoU) was signed betweenSurajkund Mela Authorityand British Council, India atHaryana Niwas today. TheMoU was signed for threeyears.

Describing the MoU asanother milestone in the his-

tory of Surajkund Mela, hesaid that the Mela, whichwill be held from February 1to February 16 in Faridabad,Haryana will gain more pop-

ularity globally. He informedthat the British Council willorganize several programssuch as training of artisans,development of business

models for artisans and dis-play of woman craft workersin India and the UK in asso-ciation with Haryana.

Additional Chief Secre-

tary, Haryana Tourism De-partment and Vice-Chairmanof Surajkund Mela AuthorityMr. Vijai Vardhan said thatthe British Council will facil-itate UK participation inSurajkund Mela for the year2020, 2021 and 2022. Thecouncil will help four crafts-men from the UK to partici-pate in the fair each year.

He informed that freeboarding, lodging and localtransport facility will be pro-vided by the Surajkund MelaAuthority to the craftsmenparticipating in SurajkundMela. Apart from this, freespace will also be madeavailable for sale or exhibi-tion of artworks during thefair.

Haryana inks pact with British Council

NEW DELHI, JAN 8

The Union Cabinet was on Wednesday ap-prised of the agreement on cooperation inpolar science between the Ministry ofEarth Sciences (MoES) and the Ministryof Education and Research, Sweden.

The Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) was signed on December 2 duringthe visit of King Carl XVI Gustaf andQueen of Sweden to the country.

An official release said that India andSweden are both signatories to the Antarc-tic Treaty and to the Protocol to theAntarctic Treaty on Environmental Pro-

tection.Sweden as one of eight Arctic States is

one of the member states in the ArcticCouncil whereas India has observer statusin council.

Sweden has a vigorous scientific pro-gramme in the polar regions, both in theArctic and Antarctic. India also has sus-tained scientific research programmes inboth the polar regions as well as in theoceanic realm.

The release said that collaboration be-tween India and Sweden in polar sciencewill enable the sharing of the expertiseavailable with both countries.

Cabinet approves MoU with Sweden oncooperation in field of polar science

AGENCYNEW DELHI, JAN 8

HRD Ministry officials onWednesday "advised" JNUVice-Chancellor M JagadeshKumar to increase communi-cation with students, take thefaculty into confidence and fa-cilitate the semester registra-tion process, days after vio-lence ran amok on the univer-sity campus.

The VC, who has been se-verely criticised by studentsand faculty members for nottaking immediate measureswhen they were brutally at-tacked on campus by amasked mob, told the officialsthat efforts were being madeto facilitate semester registra-tion for "willing" students."Higher Education SecretaryAmit Khare and G C Hosurhad a meeting with JNU VC atthe Ministry today about theefforts being made to restorenormalcy on campus. He ( theVC) informed the officialsabout efforts being made forfacilitating semester registra-tion for willing students and aconducive environment fortheir academic pursuits," a sen-ior ministry official said. TheVC was advised to communi-cate more with students andtake faculty members into con-fidence, the official added."Communication gaps create

unnecessary doubt. Thereshould be less pressure to hurryup registration but facilitatesmooth process for all. JNU isa premiere university with in-ternational repute and it shouldremain that way."

After the nearly two-hourmeeting, Kumar tweeted thathe briefed HRD officials onthe steps being taken to bringnormalcy. JNU Rector SatishChandra Garkoti also attendedthe meeting. The meetingcame two days after Jawahar-lal Nehru University RegistrarPramod Kumar and other offi-cials visited the HRD Ministryand submitted a detailed reporton the sequence of events thattriggered the violence on theuniversity campus on Sun-day.

HC transfers complaint against Nirbhayaconvict's lawyer to Bar Council

NEW DELHI: The DelhiHigh Court on Wednesday re-ferred a complaint filedagainst the lawyer represent-ing the convicts facing the gal-lows in the Nirbhaya rape caseto the Bar Council of Delhi (BCD) which will take up the mat-ter on January 17. Bar Council of Delhi chairperson advocate KC Mittal confirmed that the complaint referred by Justice SureshKumar Kait against A P Singh will be taken up in the next meet-ing on January 17. Justice Kait had earlier imposed a fine of Rs25,000 on Singh for playing hide and seek with the court and notappearing before it despite communications. The court hadpassed the direction while dismissing a petition filed by one ofthe convicts in the Nirbhaya rape case, who had claimed that hewas minor at the time of the offense and should be treated underthe Juvenile Justice Act.

JNU VC advisedto communicate

with students

MoU will strengthen ties with UK, promote tourism: Kanwar Pal

Thieves decampwith ATM in SikarSIKAR: Thieves uprooted anddecamped with an ATM contain-ing Rs 4.24 lakh in cash in Ra-jasthan's Sikar district, police saidTuesday.The incident occurred at a TataIndicash ATM kiosk located inSurera village on the Kuchamanroad on Monday night, they said.They uprooted the ATM with thehelp of a jeep and chains tied tothe machine, they said.The thieves took away the CCTVcamera, its wires and the UPSwith them to conceal their identity.There was no security guardposted at the ATM kiosk, policesaid.

Karti to moveMadras HC inIncome Tax caseCHENNAI: Congress leader KartiChidambaram and his wife willmove Madras High Court againstthe order of Special Court for In-come Tax cases dismissing theirpleas seeking to discharge themfrom prosecution for alleged non-disclosure of income of over Rs 7crore for the financial year 2015-16. "The IT department's complaintwas based on a notice of re-as-sessment. The IT department's re-assessment proceedings abatedon December 31, 2019. No orderof assessment or demand waspassed. The complaint is therenon-est in law. We will bring thisfact to the notice of the trial courtand move the Madras High Courtagainst the order of the trial court,"read a statement by advocate NRRArun Natarajan on behalf of Kartiand his wife. "No cash was re-ceived in the sale transaction. Theentire proceeds have been ac-counted for and reflected in thebooks of account and return filed,"the statement added.

‘Some maskedpersonsidentified’NEW DELHI: Some maskedpersons have been identifiedand police will soon crack theidentity of the masked menseen in the videos who van-dalised public and privateproperty in Delhi's JawaharlalNehru University (JNU) andattacked students, govern-ment sources said onWednesday.

AGENCYKOLKATA/CHANDIGARH,JANUARY 8

Incidents of violence and arson werereported from various parts of WestBengal with buses, a police vehicleand government properties beingvandalised by strikers who tried toenforce the 24-hour bandh onWednesday.

Protesters blocked a major roadin Sujapur area of Malda district, settyres on fire, ransacked governmentbuses and torched several vehicles,including a police van. When policetried to control the situation, theyhurled stones and crude bombs. Thepolice then baton-charged the mob,lobbed teargas shells and fired rub-ber bullets, officials said. In variousparts of the state, railway tracks androads were blocked, affecting normallife. The protesters burnt tyres andblocked roads in various parts of theEast Burdwan district, besides stag-ing sit-in on railway tracks, affectingtrain services in the sector.

In East Midnapore district,stones were hurled at buses, follow-ing which the protesters clashed with

the police, leading to several arrests,the officials said.

Several buses were also van-dalised in Cooch Behar districts bythe protesters.

The bandh supporters tried tobreak past barricades in Kolkata’sCentral Avenue area, prompting po-lice to use force. Several strikerswere held, they said. The shutdowncall evoked a good response in Pun-jab as normal life was disrupted, butin Chandigarh and neighbouringHaryana it was mixed amid rain.

There was no report of any unto-ward incident from anywhere in thestates. The activists of several farmerassociations were seen asking tradersat several places in the Congress-ruled Punjab to keep their shops andbusiness establishments closed tomark the pan-India protest. Reportsof partial shutdown of shops and oth-er establishments were receivedfrom Patiala, Ludhiana, Bathinda,Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar and otherplaces. In Delhi and Uttar Pradeshalso shops and business establish-ments were seen opened and the re-sponse to call was mixed in urban ar-eas.

Bharat Bandh evokesmixed response in North,

violence in Bengal

Tension escalates80 American killed in Iranmissile attack: Reports

US President Trump says ‘All is Well’AGENCYTEHRAN, JANUARY 8

Some 80 US personnel were killed and nearly200 others injured during Iran’s missile attackon the American Ain al-Asad airbase in Iraqon Wednesday, which was launched in retali-ation to the killing of Major General QasemSoleimani, an IRGC source has claimed.

Speaking to the Tehran-based private Tas-nim News Agency, the source said the ballis-tic missiles launched by the Islamic Revolu-tion Guards Corps (IRGC) killed at least 80“American terrorist forces”.

“At least 104 targets from the positions ofthe Americans and their allies in the regionhave been identified, and if the Americansmake any mistake again, those positions willbe targeted,” the source warned.

On the other hand, US President DonaldTrump, in his first reaction after Iran's missileattack on two American bases in Iraq, insistedthat "all is well" and promised to make a state-ment to the nation on Wednesday morning.

On Tuesday night, Iran launched over adozen ballistic missiles targeting at least twobases where US military and coalition forces'are stationed in Iraq, the Pentagon said. Ac-cording to Iranian state TV, the attacks were inrevenge for the killing of the commander ofIran's powerful Revolutionary Guards, Gener-al Qasem Soleimani, in a US drone strike onFriday, which was ordered by President Don-ald Trump. Shortly after the missile attacks,Trump tweeted, "All is well! Missileslaunched from Iran at two military bases lo-cated in Iraq. Assessment of casualties &damages taking place now. So far, so good!"

He also promised to make a statement tothe nation on Wednesday morning (localtime). "We have the most powerful and wellequipped military anywhere in the world, byfar! I will be making a statement tomorrowmorning," Trump tweeted. Trump's tweetcame after his reported meeting with his na-tional security team, including Secretary ofState Mike Pompeo and Defence SecretaryMark Esper. Though there was no official con-firmation of the meeting, Pompeo and Esperwere seen entering the White House on lateTuesday night. According to the White House,President Trump spoke with Qatar EmirSheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani andthanked him for his country's strong partner-ship with the US. The two leaders discussedthe situation in Iraq and Iran, as well as othercritical bilateral and regional issues.

Air India reroutesflights after attackNEW DELHI: The Air India on Wednesdayrerouted its flights overflying Iran to Europe andUS in the wake of a missile strike by Tehran onUS airbases in Iraq. “The Safety of our passen-gers and crew members comes first. In light ofthe tensions within the Iranian airspace a deci-sion to temporarily reroute flights of Air India(AI) and Air India Express (AIX) overflying Iranhas been taken,” Air India spokespersonDhananjay Kumar said in a statement.The statement further said that the reroutingmay lead to increase in flying time by approxi-mately 20 minutes for flights from Delhi and 30-40 minutes for flights from Mumbai.

India asks citizens toavoid non-essentialtravel to IraqNEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday is-sued a travel advisory, asking citizens to avoidnon-essential travel to Iraq in view of prevailing sit-uation in the Gulf country. In retaliation to killing oftop Iranian commander General QassemSoleimani, Iran has launched missile strikesagainst two US military bases in Iraq on Wednes-day. "In view of the prevailing situation in Iraq, Indi-an nationals are advised to avoid all non-essentialtravel to Iraq until further notification," the advisoryby Ministry of External Affairs said.

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I Maya Kumari Spouse Of I Maninder Kaur W/o I Hitherto Known As Vipul I, Gurpreet Singh Misson I, Balwinder Kaur W/O I, Parminder Singh S/0 I, Monika Rani W/O Gopal I, Ve e r p a l k a u r w / o No. 14892583h Rank Gurpreet Singh Taggar R/o K u m a r A l i a s V i p u l S / o J a s b i r S i n g h Maninder Singh, R/O Vpo. Harbans Singh R/O Dhani Singh Attar R/O Village R a g h v i r s i n g h v i l l Sep/mt Name Niranjan Abohar Road St.no.6 Sri Employed As Medical R/o.H.No.L4/434, Gali Badla Teh. And Distt. Rupana Road V.P.O Sotha Bharo Mazara PO Dosanj madhak faridkot change Kumar Resident Of Gram Muktsar Sahib Punjab Officer (specialist) S/o No.6, Kot Atma Ram Hoshiarpur Punjab Have Sri Muktsar Sahib Have Khurd Tehsil Banga District my name Gurpreet kaur.Mehan Tola Post - Dawan, 152026 Have Changed Shashi Parkash R/o H.no- Sultanwind Road Amritsar Changed My Name From Changed My Name To SBS Nagar Have Changed 63372Danwan, Bhojpur, Bihar - M y N a m e M a n i n d e r a-321, Lane No-11, Guru Have Changed my name B a l w i n d e r K a u r To Parminder Singh Gill. My Name To Monika Rani 802152 Changed My Name K a u r T a g g a r A f t e r Amar Dass Avenue Ajnala f rom Gurpree t S ingh Balwinder Kaur Ghuman 63372 Attar.From Maya Kumari To Marriage Road, Amritsar, Punjab- Misson to Gurpreet Singh. After My Marriage. I, Harjeet Kaur & Harjit 63372Maya Devi Vide Affidavit 90002 143001, Have Changed Please note it 72778 Kaur W/O Asa Singh R/O I Gandhi Panwar S/o Dated 06-01-2020 Before I No. 3403336f Rank My Name And Shal l 72737 I,Jagtar S/O Sukhdev R/O 14, G.K. Enclave, Jawaddi Bijendar Singh R/o Gungi Notary Public Ferozepur. L/nk Gurvinder Singh Hereafter Be Known As I, Army No.15489632X Dhandowal, Tehsil Shahkot, Kalan, Behind Pancham Jandkhera Saharanpur Uttar

900023 S/o Balbir Singh Ro 44, Vipul. rank LD Mahendra S/o Distt . Jalandhar Have Hospital,Near Jawaddi P radesh-247341 have Channan Singh Colony, 100077 Kisan Marathe R/o.90 Changed My Name Jagtar P u l , B a s a n t A v e n u e changed my name to Adda Chabhal, Jhabal I Hitherto Known As Ravi Armed Regt. C/o.56 APO. To Jagtar Singh. Ludhiana Declare That Both Aaditya Choudhary.K a l a n , Ta r n Ta r a n , Kumar Alias Ravinder Khasa Cantt Amritsar 72778 Names Are One And Same 63372Punjab Have Changed Singh S/o Sohan Singh R/o declare that in my army I Preeti D/O Inderjit Singh Person. I, Kamlesh Kumari W/o My Name To Gurwinder Ropar Road Near New record the name of my son is R/O Village Chak Raju 63372 Surinder Kumar R/o Vill: Singh. Gaushala Machhiwara, mentioned as Mehul but his S i n g h Te h . & S i s t t . I, Amrik Singh S/o Malkit Garhpadhana (SBS Nagar)

98728 Tehsil Samrala, Distt. correct name is Mehul Hoshiarpur Have Changed Singh Mann R/o V&Po. changed my name as I , Abdul Hamid S/o Ludhiana, Punjab Have Mahendra Marathe. Vide My Name From Preeti To Saloudi (Ludhiana) Pb, Kamlesh Rani.K a r i m u d d i n R / o Changed My Name And affidavit no.AH196472 Preeti Bhatia India, changed my name to 63372H.no.504, Sector 11-12, Shall Hereafter Be Known dated 8.1.2020 72778 Amrik Singh Mann. I , K u l w i n d e r S i n g h Phase-1, Huda Panipat As Ravinder Singh. 72737 I, Amit Thapar Alias Amit 63372 Basantia S/o Bachan Singh Have Changed My Name 100077 I, Army No.15489632X Khan S/o John Masih I, Ranjit Kaur W/o Malkit R/o Vill: Farour (Fatehgarh From Abdul Hameed To I Hitherto Known As rank LD Mahendra S/o A a d h a r C a r d N o . Singh Mann R/o V&Po. Sahib) have changed my Abdul Hamid For All A j v i n d e r K a u r W / o Kisan Marathe R/o.90 608309173240 R/o Vill. Saloudi (Ludhiana) Pb, India, name to Kulwinder Singh.Future Reference. Harpreet Singh Residing Armed Regt. C/o.56 APO. Bambianwali, P.O. Kukar changed my name to Ranjeet 63372

72779 At Dhani Enakhera Distt Khasa Cantt Amritsar Pind, Tehsil Jalandhar-1, Kaur Mann. I, Mandeep Kaur W/o I, Samina W/o Abdul Sri Muktsar Sahib Punjab declare that in my army Distt. Jalandhar, Punjab- 63372 Tarlochan Singh Kalrhe Hamid R/o H.no.504, 152112 Have Changed My record the name of my son is 1 4 4 0 2 4 , b e l o n g s t o I Darshan Singh S/o Jaswant R/o Takhtupura (Moga) Sector 11-12, Phase-1, Name And Shall Hereafter mentioned as Dhruv but his Christian Religion by Birth Singh R/o Village Warring have changed my name to H u d a P a n i p a t H a v e Be Known As Ajwinderpal correct name is Dhruv and I am not changing my (Sri Muktsar sahib) have Mandeep Kaur Kalrhe.C h a n g e d M y N a m e Kaur. It Is Certified That I Mahendra Marathe. Vide Religion, have change my Changed my name to Jaspal 63372From Sameena To Samina Have Compl ied With affidavit no.AH196473 name to Amit Thapar with Singh. I, Wassan Singh S/o For All Future Reference. Other Legal Requirements dated 8.1.2020 effect from 28 October 2019 63372 Kundan Singh R/o Green

72779 In This Connection 7 2 7 3 7 7 2 7 7 8 I Baljit Kaur W/o Jaswinder Avenue Chabhal Road 90002 I, Deepika Spouse of Army I, Khushi Mohmad S/o Aziz S i n g h R / o V i l l a g e Amritsar Byepass Tarn

I Hitherto Known As No.15489632X rank LD Khan R/o Dabwali Road Dhimanwali (Faridkot) have Ta r a n ( Ta r n Ta r a n ) Harkewal Singh Hayer M a h e n d r a S / o K i s a n Visheshar Nagar (Bathinda) Changed my name to Baljeet changed my name to S/o Baj Singh Residing Marathe R/o Balapur, changed my name to Khushi Kaur. Vassan Singh.At #170 School Wali Dhule, Balapur, Fagana Mohd. 63372 63372Firni Wali Gali Village Dhule Maharashtra-424301 63372 I Mandeep Kaur W/O I Parteek S/O Jatinder Badhai Distt Sri Muktsar I have Changed my name I Kanchan Rani W/O Arminder Singh Dhaliwal Thukral Ward No. 5 Sahib Punjab 152026 from Deepika To Deepika Sanjeev Kumar Grover R/O R/O H:No 335/3 Gurdeep Makhu Teh Zira Distt Have Changed My Name Mahendra Marathe. Both Dharamkot (Moga) Have Nagar Jagraon Distt Ludhiana Ferozepur Have Changed And Shall Hereafter Be names pertain to one and Changed My Name To Have Changed My Name To My Name From Parteek To Known As Harkewal same person Vide affidavit Kanchan Grover. Mandeep Kaur Dhaliwal. Parteek Thukral.Singh. It Is Certified That n o . A H 1 9 6 4 7 4 d a t e d 63372 63372 63372I Have Complied With 8.1.2020 I, Sukhvinder Singh S/O I Prabhjot Singh Meetke S/O O t h e r L e g a l 72737 Jagir Singh R/O Burma Hakam Singh R/O Vpo Requirements In This I, Army No.15498558H (Ludhiana) Changed My Mirpur Hans Tehsil Jagraon Connection. rank SWR/CHEF Mamela Name Sukhvinder Singh Distt Ludhiana Have

90002 Urow S/o Bulu Urow R/o.90 Mann. Changed My Name To I Hitherto Known As Armed Regt. C/o.56 APO. 63372 Prabhjot Singh.Sham Sunder S/o Tej Khasa Cantt Amritsar I, Kulwinder Kaur W/o 63372Ram Residing At #72 Punjab declare that in my Upkar Singh Toor R/o Moh. I Razia D/O Sultan W/O Ward No 1 Sarabha army record the name of my Tajpura Vpo. Rahon Teh- Gurpreet Singh R/O Village Nagar,malout Distt Sri daughter is mentioned as Nawanshahr (SBS Nagar) Chanon Tehsil & Distt Muktsar Sahib Punjab Shruti Oroan but her correct changed my name to Fateahagarh Sahib Have 152107 Have Changed name is Shruti Urow. Vide Kulwinder Kaur Toor. Changed My Name To My Name And Shall affidavit no.AH 196487 63372 Rajveer Kaur.Hereafter Be Known As dated 8.1.2020 I, Upkar Singh S/o Kartar 63372Sham Sunder Sharma. It 72737 Singh Toor R/o Near I, Gagandeep Singh S/o Is Certified That I Have I, Army No.15487050Y, Railway Station Vpo. Gurmail Singh Muhay R/o Complied With Other rank LD Shivanand Tiwari Rahon Teh-Nawanshahr 343 C, Id masit road, Raikot Legal Requirements In S/o Heeralal Tiwari R/o. 90 (SBS Nagar) changed my (Ludhiana) have changed This Connection Armed Regt. C/o.56 APO. name to Upkar Singh Toor. my name to Gagandeep

90002 Khasa Cantt Amritsar 63372 Singh Muhay.I, Paramchand S/o Hari Punjab declare that in my I Navdeep Kaur Gill W/o 63372Ram Vill Chhajupur ,po army record the name of my Sukhpaul Singh R/o Vill- I, Gopal Singh S/O Bihari U r n a i , P e h o w a , daughter is mentioned as Sandaur Teh-Malerkotla Lal R/O Village Bharo Kurukshetra Changed Keerti Tiwari but her correct (Sangrur) have changed her Mazara PO Dosanj Khurd Name Premchand . name is Kirti Tiwari . Vide name from Navdeep Kaur Tehsil Banga District SBS

84661 affidavit no. AH 196476 Gill to Navdeep Kaur. Nagar Have Changed My I, Kamaljit Kaur W/o dated 8.1.2020 63372 Name To Gopal Singh Attar.Roshan Lal R/o Vill 72737 I Jaswant Singh S/o Puran 63372Mahashay Plot Kalsa , I Satnam S/O Gurmeet Singh R/o Vill-Lohgarh Pehowa, Kurukshetra Ram, R/O Vill. Sarhal Teh-Barnala (Barnala) have C h a n g e d N a m e Qazian, Banga , S .b . s . changed his name from Kamaljeet Kaur . Nagar Have Jaswant Singh to Jaswant

84661 Changed My Name To Singh Dhanesar.I, Ranjit Kaur W/o Sh. Satnam Singh 63372Gurender Singh R/o Vpo 72778 I, Vikas S/O Ram Kumar S a n g h a n , K a i t h a l , I Meenakshi Batra W/O R/O H.No.228/36 St.No.03 District Kaithal Declare Manish Kumar R/o H.no Rehgar Nagar Moga ( That I Have Changed My 3 2 / 1 1 3 M o h H a k i m 142001) Changed My Name Name From Ranjeet Kaur Zafar Ali Kapurthala To Vikas Kumar Bohat./ Rajneet Kaur To Ranjit Have Change My Name 63372Kaur. M e e n a k s h i B a t r a To I, Rimple Kaur D/O Gurjant

100039 Meenakshi Luthra After Singh R/O Vpo Bhagibandar I No 14637058h Hav Marrige Tehsil Talwandi Sabo Suresh Jadhav Of Unit 72778 (Bathinda) Have Changed My 265 F.d Wksp Coy Eme, I, Naresh Kumar S/O Name To Rimple Kaur C/o 56 Apo. That My Joginder Pal R/O Arjun Dhaliwal.Army Record My Wife N a g a r , U n a R o a d , 63372Name & Dob Wrongly Bullanwari, Hoshiarpur, I Harnek Singh S/O Teja Singh Written Mrs Vaishali Dob Punjab 146001 Have R/O House No.502, Near 01-08-1982 Instead Of C h a n g e d M y N a m e Petrol Pamp, Baluana Vaishali Suresh Jadhav N a r e s h K u m a r T o (Bathinda) Have Changed My Dob 13-07-1982 Naresh Singh Name To

100078 72778 63372I Jagtar Singh Brar S/o I, Kulwinder Kaur W/O I Manjeet Kaur W/O Harnek K a u r S i n g h R / o Iqbal Singh, R/O Village Singh R/O House No.502, Bajakhana (Faridkot) S a h u n g r a , T e h s i l Near Petrol Pamp,Baluana have changed my minor Balachaur (Sbs Nagar) (Bathinda) Have Changed son name Opinderjeet Declare That My Minor My Name To Manjeet Kaur Singh to Opinderjeet Son Name Is Harjodh Kaler.Singh Brar. Singh And Singh Is His 63372

98723 Surname, I Navdeep Singh S/O Buta I, Manjit Singh S/o S. 72778 Singh R/O VPO Jeeda Surjit Singh R/o. H.No I, Maninder Singh S/O (Bathinda) Have Changed My .235, Gali No.4, New Mohinder Singh ,R/O Name To Navdeep Singh Brar.K o t A t m a R a m Vpo. Badla Teh. And 63372S u l t a n w i n d R o a d D i s t t . H o s h i a r p u r I, Rajdeep W/o Avtar Singh Amritsar have Changed Punjab Have Changed R/o Vill: Mallian Khurd my name from Manjit M y N a m e F r o m Teh-Nakodar (Jalandhar) Singh to Manjeet Singh M a n i n d e r S i n g h To Pb, India, changed my name note it Maninder Singh Ghuman. to Rajdeep Rajdeep.

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PUBLIC NOTICES I, Subhash Chand S/o Late Jile Singh R/o H.No. 494/12, Guru Teg Bahadur Colony, Kaithal, District Kaithal declare that My Daughter Kavita is out of My Control. I disown them from My M o v e a b l e - I m m o v a b l e Properties. I will not responsible for any work of their in future.If somebody deals with them he himself will be responsible.

100039We,Bhagwan singh s/o Piara singh and Davinder Kaur w/o Bhagwan singh R/O of V P O : D h a p a i D i s t t . Kapurthala declare that dispossess our son Surjit singh and his wife Sharanjit kaur from our moveable and immoveable properties.If any person contact with both of them,he /she will be self responsible.

98748It is for general information that I Tarvinder Singh Mann S/o Inderjit Singh residing at Vpo. Hans Kalan Teh-Jagraon (Ludhiana) Pb-142026, declare that name of mine has been wrongly written as Tarvinder Singh in my Passport No. E7708936, The actual name of mine is Tarvinder Singh Mann respectively which may be amended accordingly. It is certified that I have complied w i t h o t h e r l e g a l r e q u i r e m e n t s i n t h i s connections.

63372I, Kuldeep Kaur W/o Jagmohan Singh R/o Vpo. Talwandi Kalan Teh-Jagraon (Ludhiana) declare that my daughter Gurleen Kaur is out of my control. So I disown w i t h h e r f r o m m y moveable / immoveable property. If anybody dealing with her at his/her own risk.

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It is notified for the i n f o r m a t i o n t h a t m y original Mark Statement c e r t i f i c a t e , s e n i o r Secondary Examination of year 2015 and Roll No. 2681134 issued by CBSE has been actually mutilated name of the candidate Vishavjeet Singh Goraya S/o Baljit Singh Goraya full Address H.No. 136/200, New Guru Nanak Market, Shast r i Nagar Bata la District Gurdaspur Punjab, India, 143505.

10005I, Usha Rani W/o Ravi Parkash, R/o Mata Gate, Kaithal Declared that my old registered sale deed No. 2019/1, Dated 31/05/2005 in the name of Nasib Singh S/o Telu Ram has been lost.

100039

PUBLIC NOTICE This is to inform that Smt. Jasvir Kaur W/o Malkit Singh R/o Village Badla Tehsil & Distt. Malerkotla is the owner of the property constructed on property measuring 08 Biswa - 10 Biswasi, bearing under Khata No. 63/63/155, comprised under Khasra No. 853, 856, 868, 886, as per Jamabandi year 2008-2009, situated at village Badla, Tehsil Malerkotla & Distt. Sangroor. The above said owner is going to mortgage the property with Magma Housing Finance Ltd. The owner has misplaced the original sale deed dated 18/12/2003 & 27/01/2005 bearing Wasika No. 1086 & 1124 in favour of sh. Nirbhai Dass son of Sh. Saroop Dass respectively. The owner of the above property and he/she has not been able to trace out the same. If anybody has any objection regarding the above said property or the creation of mortgage over the said property then he/she should file objections at the mention address. In case no objection are received within 7 days of this publication then it will be presumed that there is no objection and after that period no objection will be entertained.

Magma Housing Finance Limited,Cabin No. 212, 214, 2nd floor Savitri Complex Dholewal (above dada motors) Ludhiana.#99888-84755 And excellent Legal Services Cabin No. 419A, Ludhiana stock exchange, Feroze Gandhi Market Ludhiana. # 0161-4661890

PUBLIC NOTICE It hereby inform to general public at large that M/s. Shaheed Bhagat Singh Educational Society through Kuljit Pal Jetly has availed loan from Au Small Finance Bank Ltd., having its Branch office at Improvement trust market, Moga. That the Original Sale deed No. 1557 dated 06-07-2005 in favour of Smt. Daljit Kaur W/o Darshan Singh S/o Karnail Singh, and Original Sale Deed No. 161 Dated 28-04-2004 and Original Sale Deed No. 2267 dated 08-09-2005 and original Sale deed No. 1570 dated 10-07-2006 and Original Sale Deed No. 3051 dated 21-11-2006 and Original Sale Deed No. 2787 dated 27-10-2005 in favour of Jagdish Kumar S/o Amar Nath S/o Bhola Ram. has been lost on dated 03-01-2020. A Police Report has also been got registered in this respect having detail: Unique ID 45865/2020 dt 04-01-2020 Police Station Moga Distt. Moga. If the above said documents found by me same will be handover to bank on same day. If anybody found the said lost document then may contact to undersigned and anybody having claim or claiming any prior rights or interest in any manner in this property or has raised claim by depositing the aforesaid document to any person/bank/corporation/financial institution may approach the undersigned and submit objection within 7 days to advocate address below mentioned from the date of this public notice. After the expiry of period of this, no claim shall be entertained and such claim shall be deemed to be false, fake, frivolous, fraudulent and baseless claim and shall have no value in the eyes of law.Description of Property:-Property measuring 2 Kanal 3 Marlas 7-1/2 Sarsahi = 789/7344 share of land 20 Kanal 8 Marlas bearing Khasra No. 17//3/1min east(2-2), 4/2min west(1-10), 3/1min west(4-16), 4/2min east(4-0), 9//24(8-0) Khewat No. 97, 97 Khatoni No. 112, 112/1, 112/2, 114 & Property measuring 2 Marlas 6 Sarsahi = 3/80 Share of land 3 Kanal 11 Marlas bearing Khasra No. 10//18/1(3-11) Khewat No. 96 Khatoni No. 109 as per Jamabandi 2017-18

Authorized Signatory:Harish Kumar Bansal (Advocate) Mobile No.

9814974803,Chamber No. 92, Mini Sectriate, Distt. Moga

Punjab-142001

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out parade at MadhubanGURMEET KASHYAPKARNAL: Passing out parade of newly recruited police personnel will takeplace at 2 pm on Thursday at Wacher tadium of Haryana Armed Police, Mad-huban. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal will attend the event as the chiefguest. Preparations have been completed regarding the program.

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honoured by VijMAHINDER SINGHGHARAUNDA, JANUARY 8

A ceremony was held at Dr. Bhim-rao Ambedkar Rangshala ofHaryana Police Academy Mad-huban. Many officers and employ-ees across the country were award-ed the Union Home Minister'sMedal by the Union Home Ministryfor their outstanding performancein various fields in the year 2016-2017 in which two police officersof Haryana were also honoured.The award was instituted by theUnion Home Ministry in recogni-tion of the remarkable contributionof the trainers in enhancing thequality and standard of training invarious police training institutes ofthe states, union territories andarmed police forces. The HaryanaPolice personnel illuminate thename of the country and the statedue to their courage and enthusi-asm. Jitendra Singh, sub-inspectorposted at Haryana Police Academy,Kulwant Kaur, woman sub-inspec-tor, were awarded the Union HomeMinister's Medal for their outstand-ing contribution to training.

Certificates and medals werepresented at the ceremony by Di-rector General of Police YoginderSingh Nehra, Director, Haryana Po-lice Academy.

Dr Ambedkar YuvaSangathan doing

good job: VirkSARBJIT SINGHASSANDH: Dr. Ambedkar YuvaSangathan organised a programmein village Fafdana, in which socialworker Sardar Harpreet Singh Virkparticipated as the Chief guest whowas offered flowers, shawl and aouvenir.Speaking on the occasion,Virk said that Dr. Ambedkar YuvaSangathan has been doing a verycommendable work in the socialsector for the last several years in-cluding Swachh Bharat Abhiyan,Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Aware-ness Campaign, in collaborationwith organization worker NehruYuva Kendra Karnal Water conser-vation, dowry system, prevent fe-male feticide awareness, health andfamily planning, HIV, AIDS aware-ness, Yoga education, education WEducation, the National Unity andskills to run development aware-ness, etc.

On this occasion, social work-ers Sanjay Duhan, Amit Duhan,Sanjeev Balhara, Jasbir Deswal,Snackman Shatish Duhan, socialworkers Nawab Singh Fafdana,Sandeep Burman, Jayanarayan Pra-japat, Shuraesh Atri, Mahavir Desh,by Dr Ambedkar Yuva Sangathan,did the local work in social conspir-acy. Ranbir Duhan was honoredwith a shawl and a memento. Onthis occasion, Chairman of Dr.Ambedkar Yuva Sangathan ShyamFafdana, Anand, Winner, Shuraesh,Sanjay, Sanjeev, Ranbir, Iqbal, Ra-jesh Attri, Pawan Kumar, SomduttSharma etc. were present.

Paddy to be transportedfrom mandis to mills by

procurement agency: PK Das

CHANDIGARH: AdditionalChief Secretary, Food, Civil Sup-plies, and Consumer Affairs De-partment Haryana, Mr. P.K Das saidthat in a bid to further strengthenthe procurement mechanism andensuing transparency and to avoiddiversion or ghost purchase of pad-dy, from now onwards the trans-portation of the paddy from Mandisto rice mills will be done by theHaryana Food and Civil SuppliesDepartment and other procurementagencies instead of leaving it to theMillers. The trucks deployed fortransportation of paddy will beGPS-fitted so that their movementcan be monitored.

The Additional Chief Secretaryshared this while addressing a pressconference here today.

Sharing the details about thedata complied after the latest phys-ical verification, he said that tocheck the stock availability and bo-gus paddy procurement, verifica-tion of 1304 rice mills in the Statewas done. The verification process,which was videographed, showed ashortfall of 42,589 metric tonnes(MT) in 1207 Rice Mills. He saidthat the physical verification wasdone for checking stock of6440180.54 MT. However, after theverification, 6400400.28 MT wasfound in the Rice Mills.

The Additional Chief Secretaryfurther shared that show-cause no-tices will be issued to the ricemillers having a shortage in stockand they will be asked to explainthe shortage. He said that after re-ceiving the replies, strict action willbe taken against the wrongdoers.

He said that an expenditure ofaround Rs 90 crores spent on thepaddy procurement will be recov-ered along with interest. The otheroption like blacklisting and regis-tration of FIR will also be started onthe basis of sensitivity of irregular-ity.

BUREAU CHANDIGARH JANUARY 8:

Haryana Chief Minister, Mr ManoharLal said that in the general budget ofthe State for the year 2020-2021, fo-cus would be given on education,health, security and self-reliance. InHaryana, the year 2020 has been de-clared as “Sushasan Sankalp Varsh”and under this, for the first time, Bud-get would be prepared and presentedafter discussing different topics withall the MLAs of the state for threedays in the budget session of theHaryana Vidhan Sabha.

Mr Manohar Lal said this whileaddressing the stakeholders related toservice sector and real estate sector inthe Pre-budget Consultation 2020-21in Gurugram today.

He said that Haryana would con-tribute to its fullest to achieve thePrime Minister Mr Narendra Modi'svision of making the Indian economyfive trillion dollars by 2024, for whichgrowth needs to be increased in everysector. Keeping this in view, this timea pre-budget consultation meeting hasbeen organized with five major stakeholders related to the economy beforethe budget. Of these, a consultationmeeting with the service sector andreal estate sector has been organizedin Gurugram. Similarly, discussionswould also be held with the people as-sociated with the Textile Sector in Pa-nipat and Agriculture and Allied Ser-vices in Hisar.

He said that a good budget wouldbe prepared by incorporating the sug-gestions of all the sectors and legisla-

tors. A good budget is the need of thehour and for this, CM (Common Man)to CM (Chief Minister) could alsogive their suggestions. He said that ifthis experiment is successful, it wouldbe further expanded next time. Theaim of the state government is to cre-ate more employment opportunitiesand faster development of infrastruc-tural facilities, he added.

The Chief Minister patiently lis-tened to the suggestions made by theservice sector in the first session ofPre Budget Consultation and the rep-resentatives of real estate in the sec-ond session and assured that all theirsuggestions would be included in thebudget for the progress of the state.While referring to Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway, he said that be-sides developing rail network with it,metro service in the state is being ex-panded and Hisar Airport is being de-

veloped. He asked the representativesof the service sector that competentyouth be registered on the SakshamYuva portal so as to provide them am-ple employment opportunities. Also,referring to the schemes to be imple-mented in future, he said that a landbank is also being developed throughe-Bhoomi portal keeping in view theindustrial and commercial require-ments. The representatives of theservice sector gave their suggestionsfor the upcoming budget to the ChiefMinister and also presented a copy oftheir presentation. Earlier, AdditionalSecretary Finance Mr T.V.S.N Prasadhighlighted the importance of thesepre-budget consultation meetingsthrough a Presentation. Director, IIMRohtak Professor Dheeraj Sharma,and former President of NASSCOMMr R Chandra Shekhar gave presen-tation as subject experts.

BUREAU CHANDIGARH, JANUARY 8:

Haryana Agriculture and Farmers'Welfare Minister, Mr. Jai PrakashDalal, directed Agriculture Depart-ment to conduct awareness pro-grams with a vision to double farm-ers' income by encouraging them tocultivate natural, organic and horti-cultural crops. He also instructed toprovide training and information re-garding horticulture, agriculture,and processing to farmers and theirchildren so that they can becomeemployable anywhere in the coun-try and even abroad also. The Agriculture Minister gave these

instructions while presiding overthe meeting held with officials ofthe Agriculture Department today.In the meeting discussions wereheld for the promotion of organicfarming, expanding the scope ofhorticulture and the action plan forthe next financial year.

Mr. JP Dalal said that more cen-ters of excellence should be set upunder horticulture in order to in-crease the cultivation of flowers,fruits, and vegetables in the state. Hedirected to create a separate wing fornatural and organic farming underthe Department of Agriculture whichwould only serve to train and makeaware of the farmers on the subject.

He said that the promotion of thisfarming will reduce the cost of farm-ing as well as will also help to pre-vent the usage of chemical pesticidesin the crops. He said that in today'stime, diversification of crops is veryimportant and for this, farmers needto be aware so that they can growcrops like maize and instead of cropslike paddy and wheat.

The Agriculture Minister alsodirected to fill the vacant posts ofAgricultural Development Officersin the department at the earliest andwhatsoever processes are pendingrelated to it should be completed ona priority basis. He also directed tomake liaison with industrial units

for the management of the stubble.Along with this, he also said that thesteps should be taken to make surethat the farmers do not burn thestubble instead can get extra incomeby selling that for its usage in cow-shelters. The Agriculture Ministersaid that a one-day conference orworkshop should be organized inthe coming March to make thefarmers aware of cultivating natu-ral, organic and horticultural crops.He said that in the conference, allstakeholders will be able to sharetheir views and suggestions aboutnew techniques and other means inorder to move forward in this direc-tion.

Focus on education, health and selfreliance in coming budget: Khattar

Dalal directs officials to motivatefarmers for natural and organic crops

SHIV SHARMAKARNAL, JANUARY 8

National President of the AntiCorruption Foundation of In-dia, Narendra Arora appoint-ed Himachal Pradesh's seniorsocial worker Sumit Singla asSenior National Vice Presi-dent today. Arora adminis-tered the oath of office toSumit Singla to work for theelimination of corruption bystaying in the dignity of thepost. He said that SumitSingla, while working as Hi-machal Pradesh convenor forone year, has done specialwork for awareness of eradi-cation, now he has been ap-pointed as Senior NationalVice President.

On this occasion, SumitSingla said that he has beenworking for the campaign toeradicate corruption and willnow promote it at the nation-

al level. On the occasion,Narendra Arora said thatawareness against corruptionis spreading. He said that theAnti Corruption Foundationof India is doing importantwork to bring awarenessagainst corruption all over In-dia, through this, signature

campaigns and swearing cer-emonies are being organizedunder the project Quit India,corruption of the Governmentof India. Conservator BaljitSalyan and Director PawanSharma were also present onthe occasion.

Sumit Singla appointed Sr VPof Anti-Corruption Foundation

SHIV SHARMAKARNAL, JANUARY 8

On Wednesday, Subhash Chandra, vicechairman of Swachh Bharat Mission,toured the city to make the common peo-ple aware of cleanliness and to make themclean the colonies and markets. He calledon local shopkeepers to join the campaign.He said that change will be seen only bythe change of self. People should changetheir mind towards cleanliness only then aclean society can be created. People cleantheir houses and shops and throw garbageout of the house or on the road. Thegarbage thrown out of the house becomesunhygienic and the commuters have toface trouble due to the dirt. SubhashChandra said that if the sanitation systemaround us is good, then even mosquito-

flies will not spread. Due to cleanliness,our health will also be good. If we desiregood health, then we should keep cleanli-ness around us. Instead of throwinggarbage everywhere it should be dumpedin the dustbin. We all must understand ourresponsibility towards cleanliness and fol-low the rules. On this occasion, the chair-

man visited the shops near Karna Park,behind the bus stand and inspected thecleanliness. The shopkeepers told him thatnow they keep dustbin in their shops andput dirt in the garbage pots. Jitendra Ku-mar, Sunil, Subhash Trehan, ParminderSingh, Bobby Singh, Surendra Kumar andothers were also present on the occasion.

Cleanliness is responsibilityof all of us: ChandraGURMEET KASHYAP

KARNAL, JANUARY 8

District General SecretaryKisan Morcha Master Naren-dra Gorsi gave a detailed in-formation about the Citizen-ship Amendment Act by or-ganising a seminar in the Gov-ernment College Karnal. Hesaid that the CitizenshipAmendment Act-2019 (CAA)has brought a new ray of hopein the lives of refugees whohave been victims of religious persecutionin Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.Countless families facing the brunt of par-tition will get new life from it. He said thatthe problems in the country were createddue to the politics of vote bank and ap-peasement, but the leadership of the coun-try, with its visionary thinking, worked tofind solutions to these problems and movethe nation on the path of progress and de-

velopment.The Citizenship Amendment Act

2019 is going to rectify the historical mis-takes and Pakistan Bangladesh is going toprovide great relief to the afflicted mi-norities of Afghanistan.. On this occasion,Ramesh Bairagi, Chairman of the MarketCommittee and students doing degreesfrom different disciplines of Education In-stitute were present.

CAA has brought new ray of hopein the lives of refugees: Gorsi

SHIV SHARMAKARNAL, JANUARY 8

For the proper lifting and dispos-al management by making prop-er arrangements for solid wastemanagement, the Gram Panchay-at of Block Indri is doing pio-neering work in this area by be-coming an example for Fazilpurand Indragadh other Gram Pan-chayats. In Gram PanchayatFazilpur, garbage is collectedfrom homes by sweepers throughRehdi. Proper arrangements havebeen made to collect wet and drywaste separately in this street. Notonly this, Gram Panchayat sarpanchReena Devi said that a registrar hasalso been prepared by the panchayatin which the details of each day's ac-tivities and the houses from whichgarbage has been collected are writ-ten.

He told that at this time his village

is free of waste and polythene and thevillagers carry a bag of cloth fromtheir home to bring the same. At thesame time, Indragarh, Gram Panchay-at of Block Indri, is no less thanFazilpur in terms of solid waste man-agement. In this gram panchayat, trac-tor-trolleys are used to collect garbagefrom homes.

District team ofSwachh BharatMission Grameentakes stock

What are the activitiesbeing done under the solidwaste management in the vil-lage Pachayto in the districtand whether the waste is be-ing taken up at the right timeand properly. A team ofSwachh Swachh Bharat Mis-sion Grameen, including Ra-

jkumar Sandhu, District ProgramManager, Rajeev Kumar Sharma, As-sistant Technical Coordinator Techni-cal and Vikas Singh, visited the vil-lage panchayat on Wednesday to takestock of this situation. During thistime, the villagers were also instruct-ed to dispose of waste in garbage andtractor-trolleys installed by the villagepanchayat.

Gram Pachchayat motivates villages on waste managementROHIT LAMSARTARAORI, JANUARY8

Every single drop of wa-ter is priceless. There willbe no life if there is nowater. When a talk washeld with the young socialworkers of the city to savewater, social worker BittuTyagi said that every dropof water is precious andlife without water cannotbe imagined. We not onlyhave to be aware to savewater. Director of theSaraswati Public School,Munish Parvez Rana said thatthe water level is continuous-ly decreasing. We have tostop this while contemplatingsaving water.

RL Food MD Anuj Guptasaid that every drop of wateris priceless. In such a situa-

tion, we have to save everydrop of water as precious. Hesaid that if water is not saved,then we will have to face seri-ous consequences in the com-ing time. Vinod Raipur, ayouth philanthropist, said thatwater wastage is continuous-

ly happening which needs tobe stopped immediately.Rakesh Hans, Secretary,Bharat Vikas ParishadBranch, Taraori, said thatpeople are made aware bycampaigning several times tosave water.

Water is priceless, save it: Bittu

Haryana PWD employeesparticipate in all India strikeMAIN PAL KASHYAPINDRI: All the employees of All Haryana PWD Mechanical EmployeesUnion Registered No. 681 Public Health Department Indri, belonging toHaryana Employees Federation, participated in a one day nationwidestrike shouting slogans opposing the government's anti-employee poli-cies, which was chaired by Branch Chairman Karan Singh Sandhu andThe operations branch was headed by Ramkumar Prajapat.Addressing the employees, State President Haryana Employees Federa-tion Vishwanath Sharma said that workers of all organizations related toHaryana Employees Federation against the labour and employee poli-cies of the BJP government on the call of Central Trade Unions and Em-ployees Union. They demanded that all the temporary employees shouldbe regularised, the old pension system should be restored, the depend-ent of the deceased employee should be given an unconditional job, theminimum pay scale should be 18,000, equal work equal pay should beapplied, regular recruitment to all vacant posts Go, there should be acomplete ban on privatization in the departments of education, health,electricity, public health, transport etc. related to public interest, technicalpay scale should be restored.The protest was addressed by employee leaders including Anil KambojSenior Deputy secretary, Omprakash Udana, Branch Secretary BalwantSingh Rindal, Pramod Lala, Mukesh Kumar, Vinod Kamboj, Jasvir Kam-boj, Rakesh Kumar etc.

MLA Kashyap attends Prakash Utsav programmeMAIN PAL KASHYAPINDRI, JANUARY 8

Indri MLA Ram Kumar Kashyap, who reached the Prakash Utsav organised on the occasion of thebirth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh Ji, said that all the gurus belong to the entire society, theireducation is value-oriented, they should make religion and society valuable by following the pathshown by them. But they should always walk. They said that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)has come into force and it is not a law to take away citizenship but to give citizenship to peole driv-en out by three countries. He said It is expected from all that they will support the law. Public aware-ness programmes are being held in these villages. Tomorrow the programme will be held in Man-galpur village, he said. A Jan Jagran programme will be organised in which big BJP officials arepresent people should support the public awareness campaign. Renu Bala Chairperson, MunicipalCorporation and Liaison Campaign Chief Yashpal Thak were also present.

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GAURAV GOELCHANDIGARH, JAN 8

Taking former Madhya PradeshChief Minister Shiv Raj Chauhanhead on over the threat of the Centreimplementing the CAA at any cost,Captain Amarinder Singh onWednesday said the Bharatiya Jana-ta Party (BJP) would have to pay aheavy price for such stubbornness.

An elected government whichrefuses to heed the voice of its peo-ple or respond to their anger is boundto lose their confidence and collapse,warned the Punjab Chief Minister,adding that the BJP’s stance on theissue smacked of a dangerously fas-cist approach that would lead to theireventual downfall. As far as his gov-ernment was concerned, there wasno way it would allow the brazenlydivisive Act to be implemented inPunjab, Captain Amarinder asserted.“You cannot force us to do so,” hedeclared, even as he reiterated thatneither he nor the Congress wasagainst grant of citizenship of perse-cuted minorities in other countries,such as Sikhs in Pakistan, they were

completely opposed to the discrimi-nation in the CAA against certain re-ligious communities, includingMuslims. Despite the nationwidepublic outrage over the controversialCitizenship Amendment Act (CAA),the BJP-led NDA government at theCentre was refusing to acknowledgethe unconstitutionality of the legisla-tion, said the Punjab Chief Minister,

lashing out at Chauhan for hisshockingly inconsiderate remarks onthe issue.

It was obvious that Chauhan,like other BJP leaders, had noinkling of the implications or con-sequences of the CAA, nor did heapparently want to understand thesame, said Captain Amarinder in ahard-hitting reaction to the com-ments made by Chauhan yesterdayin Ludhiana. Chauhan had ab-solutely no idea what he was talkingabout, nor had he bothered to studythe Act, which has triggered mas-sive public protests across the coun-try, said the Punjab Chief Minister.These protests, he said, were not“the brainchild of the Congress” orany other party, as Chauhan wasclaiming, but the result of a sponta-neous outrage among Indians cut-ting across religious and party lines.“Does Chauhan really believe thatthe lakhs of people, including youthand students, who had come out onthe streets to brave bullets and lath-is, were Congress supporters?”asked Captain Amarinder. “Can’t heor the other BJP leaders hear the

voice of these protestors, majorityof whom have no personal stake inthe matter?” he added.

The people of India could seewhat Chauhan had failed to see –that CAA was an out and out un-constitutional enactment which wasaimed at destroying the secularethos on which India’s Constitutionand its ideology was based, CaptainAmarinder quipped. It was obvi-ous, he said, that the CAA had be-come an ego issue for the rulingBJP and its leadership, which hadclosed its eyes to the damage itwould cause to the Indian demo-cratic polity, especially in conjunc-tion with the National Register ofCitizens (NRC).

BJP will have to pay heavy price for stubbornnesson CAA, Amarinder warns Shivraj Chauhan

e-PMB mobile app launchedto make paperless operations

during Rabi season

SUMER GARGCHANDIGARH, JAN 8

In a bid to virtually make RabiManagement System 2020-21paperless operation, the PunjabMandi Board has launched e-PMB, a mobile application aswell as Integrated ManagementSystem (IMS) to provide realtime information of procure-ment to the farmers.Launchingthis farmer friendly mobile app,Chairman Mandi Board LaalSingh said that this endeavourwould also empower the arthiasand general public with the on-line licensing and the availabili-

ty of actual rates of fruits andvegetables in ‘Apni Mandis’from various locations withinPunjab. This user friendly appwould positively impact all thestakeholders in providing requi-site information in terms of mar-keting support. Lauding thisunique initiative to bring farmore transparency in procure-ment operations in the mandis,Additional Chief Secretary De-velopment Viswajeet Khannasaid that the Mandi Board hastaken a revolutionary step of e-Governance through IMSaimed towards paperless opera-tions.

PBIF in Ludhiana participates in nationwide strikeLUDHIANA: The Punjab Bank Employees Federation (PBIF) lent its full support to the nationwidestrike call given by ten central trade unions on Wednesday, protesting central government's 'anti-people'policies. Bank employees gathered and raised slogans against the Modi government. Slamming the BJPgovernment over not considering their demands, PBIF Ludhiana Secretary Naresh Godd said as the elec-tions approach, the Modi government uses novel tricks to distract people's attention. The implementationof Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was one such example. All the banks across the country are onstrike today, he said . The Union has a charter of demands which the government is not fulfilling forcingthem to resort to a strike. The wrong policies of the central government in the banking sector has led todecline of its services and resulted in the loss of the employees.

PRIT PAL SINGH JALANDHAR, JAN 8

In order apprise the AssemblyLevel Master Trainers(ALMTs) about the impor-tance Electoral Literacy Clubs(ELCs), a training cum work-shop was organized for themby the Election Commissionof India.

During the training held atconference hall of the DistrictAdministrative Complex, theDistrict Level Master Trainers(DLMTs) including DistrictEducation Officer Harinder

Pal Singh, Head of PoliticalScience Department KMVCollege Prof. Aashima Sahniand Sub Divisional OfficerBalraj Singh Gill along withElection Tehsildar ManjitSingh and Kanunga RakeshArora apprised the ALMTsabout the role of ELCs in mak-ing the students and prospec-tive voters aware of the impor-tance of Right to Vote. Theysaid that it was a matter ofgreat pride and satisfactionyouth were the largest stake-holders in the democratic sys-tem of the country.

Declares 'you can't force us to implement the unconstitutional, divisive act

ECI organizes training workshop forALMTs on electoral literacy clubs

Thieves brake shop shutters anddecamp with clothes, cash

JAN DHARAM PAL PUNNI JAITU, JAN 8

Thieves are reported to have stolen cloth suits valued Rs1.50 lakh and 10 to Rs 12,000 in cash from two shops in thelocal Chaina Bazar market late last night. According to in-formation, Jasvir Singh, owner of Jeet's clothing shop / Mo-hini fashion boutique shop located at Chaina Bazar Marketnear Chowk No.1, said that at around 5 am this morning,his brother was informed by a morning walker on his phonethat shutter of the shop was broken. He immediately rushedto his shop and informed the local police. SHO MukhtarSingh Gill of Thana Jaito immediately called for ASI. Bal-winder Singh along with the police party was sent to thespot and they arrived and collected information from theshop owner. The shop owner said that the thieves broke theshop's shutter lock and entered it and took away 90 suits ly-ing in the shop, worth about Rs 1.5 lakh and a cash casecontaining Rs 7-8,000,While thieves were stealing cashfrom the Punjab Seed Fertilizer Store located in the abovemarket, CC TV Photos have been captured in camerasManoj Kumar Bansal, brother of shop owner Davinder Ku-mar Bansal, said that the thieves broke the shop around 6am this morning and entered the shop as they entered theshop and stole Rs. 3 to 4 thousands.

Self-help smart schoolscreated by people:School incharge

KULJIT SINGH JANDIALA GURU: Governmentmiddle school with the help support ofpeople is taking a new step in the fieldwith sophisticated equipment. Thehead of the school, Ram BhajanChaudhary, said that the school hadvery poor conditions but with supportof staff members, parents, and donorgentlemen, situation has completelychanged.

He said that all the classes of theschool have been made smart by theschool management committee.TVsare gaining a lot of interest andinterestingly studying according tosyllabus. He said that in the schoolwhere the whole building has beenlaid out, its walls have been decoratedwith bala work. He said that thedevelopment of the school iscontinuing and the students are beingworked hard by the team of teachersthrough mission percentage. He saidthat the apps developed by thedepartment were emphasizing on themulti-faceted personality developmentof the students.

KULWINDER BHATIANANGAL, JAN 8

A meeting was held at the headquartersof the factory-affiliated union PACLunion and management over the issueof the closure of a unit of PACL. Giv-ing information about the meeting,President Sanjay Kumar said that themanagement made it clear that all theroutes for closing and running the unitwere open but a final decision wouldbe taken by the board of directors andthe government.

The management also made it clearthat the cost of modernizing Unit-1 isRs 30 crore, which is under discussionwith the government. He said that the

union had also explicitly stated that theunit would provide employment to thepeople of the area. It was founded byBeant Singh and the union will strong-ly oppose the decision to close it. Hesaid there was a clash between theunion and the management over the de-cision to close a unit of PACL in whichabout 150 to 200 permanent employeeswere working. Punjab AssemblySpeaker Rana KP Singh had issued astatement about the unit not letting itshut down. He said that besides thePresident, Secretary Nitin Kumar, ShivJi Singh, Dinesh Kumar, Raj KumarSaini, Hari Om, Sanjeev Sahora andShakti Sharan Singh were present inthe meeting.

Meeting over closure PACL heldbetween union and management

KULJIT SINGH JANDIALA GURU, JAN 8

On a call of the Bharat Bandh bydifferent trade unions across thecountry, there was no significantimpact of this bandh in JandialaGuru. Markets, educational institu-tions remained open while govern-ment banks, roadways and Pepsubuses remained closed.

And banks remained closed. Dueto this, people faced a lot of diffi-

culties. Banks were closed butATMs remained open.

Bandh call leaves little impact

MANPREET SINGH KATHPALMALOUT, JAN 8

The mobile shopkeepers of Maloutwent on strike for one day against pri-vate mobile companies and online mo-bile sellers due to selling without anytax. Giving this information, Shop-keeper Kartar Khungar said that cheapmobiles sold online have hit the tele-com industry, on which thousands ofmobile companies' employees havebecome unemployed and the turnoverof close to millions of shoppers hasslowed down. Under this, the localshopkeepers of the city today haveclosed their respective businesses, per-

forming fury. Shopkeeper Ku-mar Geet Sethi said that thereare a lot of merchants who areselling mobile phones throughonline websites or mobile apps,such merchants are cheating thegovernment by stealing tax. Dueto which many shopkeepers arefacing heavy difficulties.

The shopkeepers said thaton one hand the government is sendingmobile phones including GST, on theother hand the government is not doingany strict action on online mobile sell-er, who are selling without any GST.The shopkeepers demanded from thegovernment that strict action should betaken against the online mobile sellingmerchants and their accounts shouldbe checked. The shopkeepers warnedthat if there is no concrete solutionsoon, the conflict will be intensified.They demanded form Private mobilecompanies that to provided mobilephones at low prices than online sellersso that they can compete with onlinesellers.

Mobile shopkeepers strike against onlinemerchants, mobile companies

MAMOON RASHID MALERKOTLA, JAN 8

Laborers do not come on roads toprotest by choice, they are compelledto give a call for Strikes against antilabor polices of state and center gov-ernment, Joginder Singh Aulakh statevice president CITU said while ad-dressing a huge gathering during arally near bus stand Malerkotla,Aulakh said that a countrywide strikeis called by 19 national trade unionstoday because labor laws are beingmanipulated by the governments anda trend of privatization is going on inthe country, unemployment has bro-

ken the record of last 45 years, helashed out at center government forimplementing CAA,NRC and NPR todivert the attention of the people fromreal issues, Bharpoor Singh demand-ed proper wages for the laborers andsaid that pensions should be given ontime, busses and traffic was stoppedby the laborers near bus stand and slo-gans against center.

Unemployment has broken record of last 45 years: Aulakh

Lovely chicken cornerownner duped of Rs56,000 by fraudsterDALJIT AJNOHAHOSHIARPUR: In the case of KasbaKot Fatuhi, Navjit Singh, the owner ofLovely Chicken Corner, received a callfrom mobile phone number

7067935469saying that heis speaking tothe army, heshould giveorder for foodcosting Rs6600.Fraudsterwithdrew Rs10,000following

which Vipan Kumar suspected foulplay and he check his account of PNBfrom Rs 56,000 withdrawn and closedhis account and informed it in policepost Kot Kot Fatuhi, on which policehas started investigating afterregistering a case.

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YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 2020

Suggestions on Budget 2020-21 invitedon MyGov Portal till 17th JanuarySHIMLA: A Spokesperson of the State Government said here today thatthe process of the State Budget for the year 2020-21 has commenced. Inorder to make the budget more people centric, participative and reflectionof the views of various stakeholders in the society, suggestions wereinvited from the general public, industries, trade and farmers associationson the budget for 2020-21 till 5th January, 2020. He said that with thelaunch of MyGov Portal on 6th January, 2020, it has been decided toextend the date for inviting suggestions on MyGov Portal till 17th January,2020 in order to make budget more people centric.

Renu gets silvermedal in weightlifting

ANWAR HUSSAINNALAGARH: 19th Man and 9thWoman Himachal Pradesh StateWeight Lifting ChapionshipDharamshala was held on January 5and 6, in which Renu of Nalagarh wonsilver medal and Shekhar Rihansecured gold medal. Both players aregoing to be senior in Kolkata inFebruary. Participate in NationalChampionships. Renu also won thesilver medal in weight 49, Shekhar haswon the gold by winning gold in 67categories. Coach Sudhir Goyat toldthat there is a growing awarenessamong students and sportspersonsabout weight lifting.

Teenager dies of fallingin water tankASHOK KUMAR ARYABHARMOUR: A teenager died afterfalling from Dhank (water tanks) onTuesday evening in the villagepanchayat Sunara of Bharmour tehsil.The deceased teenager has beenidentified as Sunil Kumar, age 17,sonof Situ resident village GuanaPanchayat Sunara. The Chambaadministration has given immediaterelief of 10,000 to the families of thedeceased teenager.

Two civilians injuredin grenade attack inSrinagarSRINAGAR: Two civilians wereinjured in a grenade attack by militantsin the summer capital on Wednesday,official sources said. Militants lobbed agrenade at a CRPF camp of C-115battalion at Zakura in the downtownSrinagar, sources told UNI. However,the grenades missed their target andexploded at a distance, resulting ininjuries to two civilians. “The injuredwere immediately taken to a hospitalwhere their health condition is statedto be stable”, sources said. Themilitants managed to escape duringthe chaos created due to the blast.Security force team has been rushedto the area and a search operationlaunched to nab the attackers, sourcesadded.

Jammu studentsprotest against mobattack in JNUJAMMU: Students under the banner ofthe All India Students' Federation(AISF) on Wednesday staged apeaceful demonstration here againstthe recent attack on the students andprofessors at the Jawaharlal NehruUniversity (JNU) in New Delhi. Theprotesters, who were also joined bysome senior citizens, were carryingplacards that read 'Danda Mat Chalao-Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (Don't usebatons, save and educate thedaughter)', 'J&K in solidarity with JNU'and 'Remove JNU Vice Chancellor'."We have assembled here to registerour protest against the vandalismunleashed on the students and facultymembers in the JNU by thegovernment-supported goons," Jammuand Kashmir AISF president S Kotwaltold reporters. The protestersassembled at the Exhibition Groundand later dispersed off peacefully. G MSheikh, one of the senior citizenspresent at the protest, said peoplewere concerned over the safety oftheir wards in the aftermath of theattack. "We are standing with the JNUstudents," the Kashmir resident said.On Sunday, a masked mob armedwith sticks and rods attacked studentsand teachers of JNU and damagedproperty on the campus, injuring atleast 35 people, including its students'union president Aishe Ghosh.

HIMACHAL/JK

493 roads including five NHsnowbound in Himachal

AGENCYSHIMLA, JAN 8

Including five NationalHighways, around 493 roadswere Snowbound in HimachalPradesh paralysing normal lifein the state.

State Disaster managementAuthority issuing a statementabout snowbound road said that493 road are closed in the state.Around 300 are close in ShimlaZone, 122 in Kangra and 66 inMandi zone of Public Worksdepartment. Including snowcutter 252 heavy machinerywas deployed to restore theroad. Efforts are on war footingto open the snowbound road as187 road to be cleared today,196 on tomorrow and rest afterJan 8. Hindustan Tibet Nationalhighway is off since last twodays and many state and linkroad are off in Shimla districtleading to Kufri, Mashobra-Baikhalti, Kufri-Chail, Dhali -

Kufri, Theog-Chopal, Theog-Rohru and Kufri-Narkanda.

Vehicular traffic to Shii andManali was throw till thisevening. In Kalpa vehiculartraffic was opened as 15 cmsnow mounted on the road.Vehicular traffic was divertedto Kinnaur district viaBasantpur.

Efforts are made by thedistrict administration Kinnaur

to restore power supplyHowever 27 transform weredown in the district.

Many HRTC bus servicesto snowbound areas of Shimladistrict suspended and buseswere diverted via Solan toChopal and Poantashahib toKharapather and Rohru tofacilitate the affected area,Deputy Commissioner ShimlaMr Amit Kashyap said.

Normal lifeparalysed

SHIMLA: Normal life wasparalysed due to continuoussnow and rainfall from in thelast three days in high reachesof Shimla, Kullu, Kinnaur,Lahaul Spiti, Chamba, Kangraand Mandi district.Superintendent of policeShimla Om Patti Jamwal saidthat most of roads inMashobra, Narkanda,Kharapather and Chopal areaswere snowbound. HindustanTibet National Highway wasoff for vehicular traffic for lastthree days mounting of one andhalf feet thick snow on road.Vehicular traffic to Rampur,Kumersen, Kinnuar wasdiverted via Basantpur toRohru via Poantashahib.

CM directs officers to restoreall essential services in state

DINESH AGARWALSHIMLA, JAN 8

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur hastoday directed all the DeputyCommissioners and concernedofficers to ensure that all essentialservices are restored in the areasaffected due to snowfall in theState, at the earliest. He alsodirected the officers of all linedepartments to work in co-ordination to ensure timelyrestoration of essential services.

Jai Ram Thakur directed thePublic Works Department to ensurethat all major roads closed due tosnow are re-opened immediately sothat the people do not faceinconvenience. He said that

preference must be given to clearthose roads which lead to essentialservices such as hospitals so thatpatients does not face any hardship.

Chief Minister also directed theofficers of State Electricity Board toensure restoration of power supplyat the earliest. He said Irrigationand Public Health authorities musttake steps to ensure uninterruptedwater supply. He said that all theDeputy Commissioners must issueadvisory for tourists and generalpublic for carefully plying theirvehicles on snow covered roads.

Chief Minister appealed to thegeneral public to be more alert andbe precautious during snowfall andcooperate with the Government andadministration.

Officers instructed to expediteongoing development works

SHIMLA, JAN 8

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakurhas directed officers to addressthe different issues taken up bythe public representativesbesides considering theirvaluable suggestions onpriority. He said that DetailedProject Reports (DPRs) ofvarious projects should becompleted in time boundmanner and strict action wouldbe taken against erringofficers. Chief Minister wasaddressing the meeting ofMLAs of Kangra, Kullu andBilaspur districts in the firstsession of the second day to fixthe priorities of annual plan forthe financial year 2020-21 heretoday. Jai Ram Thakur saidthat forest clearances casesshould be taken on priorityadding that no negligence inthis regard would be tolerated.

He said that providing bestroad facilities to the people ofthe State was top priority anddirected the PWD authoritiesfor regular maintenance of theroads so that commuters do notface any inconvenience. Hesaid that the State Governmentwas committed to provide fair,transparent and responsiveadministration to the people ofthe State by adopting zerotolerance against corruption.

Chief Minister said that

the State Government wasensuring speedy andbalanced development of allareas of the State withspecial focus on thoseremote and far-flung areaswhich have remainedneglected due to one reasonor other. He said that roads,irrigation and drinking waterwere the main focus of theMLAs priorities andconcerned departmentsshould work expeditiously

on the priority schemes.Urban Development MinisterSarveen Chaudhary, Healthand Family Welfare MinisterVipin Singh Parmar,Industries Minister BikramSingh and Forest andTransport Minister GovindSingh Thakur alsoparticipated in the meetingand gave their valuablesuggestions.

SANTI GAUTAMBADDI, JAN 8

A blood donation camp was organized inthe premises of the Shiv Mandir Baddiunder the joint aegis of Seva Bharti andHedgewar Memorial Committee, India'sfamous social organization, in which 71people donated blood. The camp wasinaugurated by Deputy Drug Controller,Himachal Pradesh Government HealthDepartment, Munish Kapoor lighting thelamp, while Shivalik filling stationdirector Balvindra Thakur was present asa special guest. The blood donation camphad special support from Rotary ClubBaddi, All Support Organization, Small

Industries Bharthir, Press Club and NUJIndia. Munish Kapoor said in his addressthat there is nothing bigger than blooddonation. He said that by giving time andmoney, we can help someonemomentarily, but by giving blood tosomeone who is swinging or dying in themidst of life, we can become a partner ofvirtue. Seva Bharti District PresidentJagdeep Singh Aroda, HedgewarMemorial Committee President Dr.Vikram Bindal and RSS DistrictMagistrate Mahesh Kaushal said that SevaBharti is an organization that always worksselflessly for the good of the country,society and nation. The blood team of PGIChandigarh collected blood.

Blood donation camp held

Protest rally organisedNALAGARH, JAN 8

Under the nationwide strike,various organizationsdemonstrated against the centralgovernment under the banner ofCITU in sub-division Nalagarh,protest rally was organized fromRest house of Nalagarh PublicWorks Department to SDMoffice via Nalagarh Bazar.Hundreds of workersparticipated in the rally anddemonstrated by shoutingslogans against the centralgovernment.Various workersorganizations includingMNREGA workers, Anganwadiworkers, LIC workers registeredtheir participation in thisdemonstration. This protest rallywas taken out against theabolition of labor laws. CITU

Trade Union District SolanSector ND Runot said that anationwide strike against thecentral government in thecountry is being organized at thecall of the National Trade Union

in which workers are protestingagainst inflation andemployment against the centraland state government He saidthat the way the factories andinstitutions are being closed.

Monthly Kayakalap examsto be held on Jan 10

HAMIRPUR, JAN 8

The monthly examinations underthe Kayakalap programme of thedistrict administration forpreparing science students for theJEE and NEET examinationswould be held all over the districton January 10, DeputyCommissioner Harikesh Meenasaid here on Wednesday. Themain aim of the Kayakalapprogramme was to inculcatecompetitive skills for the studentsappearing for the JEE and NEETexaminations.

This programme had beenstarted with help of the Districteducation department, the DIETand local schools.

Another main highlight ofthe programme was to prepare

the students to perform better inNEET and JEE examinations andto join best institutes.

Mr Meena said that themonthly examination would bestarted from 0900 hrs to 1200 hrson January 10th in all thegovernment and private schoolswhere science subjects weretaught.

He further said that nearlyseven thousand male and femalestudents of the district would takepart in the Kayakalap programmeand thereby test their skill for theNEET and JEE examinations.

The Deputy Commissioneradded that only science teacherswould be appointed asinvigilators during examinationsso that students didn’t hamper inthe schools.

PREETI RANAUNA, JAN 8

The district administrationhas made concretearrangements for the Armyrecruitment starting at theIndira Stadium in Una onThursday. Additional DeputyCommissioner ArindamChoudhary, ASP VinodKumar Dhiman arrived atIndira Maidan today tooversee the final preparationsand gave necessaryguidelines. Army ColonelN.K. Satish Kumar alsoaccompanied him. The ADCsaid that youths from Una,Hamirpur and Bilaspur arereaching in large numbers toparticipate in the recruitment,in which all arrangementshave been made by theadministration. He informedthat 22 units of temporarytoilets have been installed atIndira Ground, so that theyouth coming in recruitment

should have facilities. ASPVinod Dhiman said that thepolice department is workingclosely with the army tomaintain law and order.Approximately 35 policepersonnel have been deployedfor the recruitment site, crowdcontrol and traffic system.The Additional DeputyCommissioner said thatrumors of postponement ofrecruitment were being spreadon social media. He told theyouth not to miss theopportunity to be recruited inthe army by not taking note ofthese rumors and join thearmy recruitment process by

reaching the designated placeat the given time. The changein any program related torecruitment will be informedby the military officersassociated with therecruitment process. ColonelN. of Army Satish Kumar saidthat 30 CCTV cameras havebeen installed in the IndiraGround campus to make therecruitment processtransparent. He has calledupon all the youths to not bemisled by any moneytransaction for recruitment.Recruitment will be doneaccording to the rules andwith full transparency.

Army recruitment at Indira stadium,arrangements beefed up

Murderous attack onsleeping man

ANIL THAKURDHARAMSHALA, JAN 8

Criminal elements attacked a person in his homein a nearby village Mand Ghandaran underThakurdwara, the police station of Indora. Hewas fast asleep at the time of the attack and as theaccused hit his head, he shouted and his wife andmother-in-law awoke to hear the sound of hisshouting. Theaccused severelyinjured him byhitting him witha hard object,and he escapedbefore thevictim's wife ormother- in- lawcaught theattackers. Hewas brought toCivil HospitalIndaura fromwhere he was given the first treatment. SP KangraVimukt Ranjan said that the police, based on thecomplaint, a case has been registered undersections 323, 458 and 34. The search for theaccused continues. He will be arrested soon, SPadded.

UNA, JAN 8

On call of central trade unions, thelabor organizations INTUC andAITUC jointly organized a rally onthe demands of labor interests. Labororganizations have also submitted amemorandum to the Presidentthrough Deputy CommissionerSandeep Kumar regarding thedemands of the workers. Thememorandum highlighted variousissues including inflation,unemployment and withdrawal ofchanges in labour regulations.Addressing the rally, INTUC statespokesperson Comrade JagataramSharma, AITUC leader ChananSingh said that by amending variousrules, the government is making theworking class slave of the capitalists.By privatizing the public sectorswith great speed, Centre is sellingproperties to capitalists at low price.The country is going through asevere recession due to the neo-liberal policies of the centralgovernment. In the last one year, 94

lakh workers have lost their jobs. Hetold that inflation is at the peak, insuch a situation, it has becomedifficult for the laborers to raiseeight to ten thousand rupees in thewages. In such a case, the minimumsalary of workers should beincreased to Rs. 21,000. He said thatinstead of giving outsourced,contract and fixed term jobs, youthshould be given regularemployment. Disinvestment andprivatization in banks, insurance,BSNL, defense, power transport,postal, railways, NTPC, SJVNL,coal, ports and cement should bediscontinued, so that people getregular employment.

Unions hold protest rallyin labour interests

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 2020

Clear sky expected today but cold wave will persistCHANDIGARH (ISHA UPADHYAY) : After 3 days of rainfall due to active western dis-turbance, there will be clear sky on Thursday. Maximum temperature recorded on Wednesdaywas 14 degree Celsius and minimum temperature was up to 8 degrees. Due to continuous rain-ing, the mercury dropped by 6 degree Celsius and 9.6 mm of rainfall was recorded on Tues-day. According to the prediction by Meteorological Department there will be clear sky onThursday with shallow fog in the evening.

The first showers of the year started on 6 January due to active western disturbance where-as another western disturbance is going to be active from 10 to 12 January. However it will notaffect the plains as it is weaker but its effect will be seen on the hilly regions. After light rain-fall on Wednesday, the sky will be clear in Punjab and Haryana. But there will be cold waveconditions in isolated areas. The conditions are likely to remain same on 10 January as well.

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Essay writingcompetition organizedMOHALI: The Knowledge BusSchool organised Inter school essaywriting competition at its campus.Various Schools of tricity participatedin the event . The competition waspiece of reflection, which were literarycritique , political mantifesto , learnedarguments , observations of daily life, personal recollections etc. NitinChauhan & Geeta Kumari fromeducation background were thespecial guest on the occasion .tionand impressive expression. Thecompetition was divided into 3categories. The winners of thecompetitions were selected on thebasis of content, confidence, flow andpresentation of the ideas . Principal ofthe School Anisha Sahapathi saidthat the event successfully achievedits objective of engaging schoolstudents to stretch themselvesintellectually with the research ,assimilation and impressiveexpression .Ritik from st. soldier ,Harsimarn from Ratwara Sahib &Aarav from Sacred Soul's Schoolexcelled from Group A whereasMaheep from Saupins Yashu from St.Soldiers , Gurleen from DoonInternational School excelled fromgroup B . Komal From Ratwara SahibYug from St. soldiers and Arshpreetfrom Saupins shined in group C .Atthe end winners were honored byPrincipal of the School AnishaSahapathi .

Powermen hold complete strike in Chandigarh

OUR CORRESPONDENTROPAR, JAN 8

The Indian Institute of Tech-nology Ropar (IIT Ropar) incollaboration with the Uni-versity of Tulsa, USA organ-ised the 16th Annual IFIPWG 11.9 International Con-ference on Digital Forensicsin New Delhi from January 6– 8, 2020.

The keynote lectureswere delivered by expertssuch as Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Ra-jesh Pant, National Cyber Se-curity Coordinator (NSCS),National Security CouncilSecretariat on “Digital Foren-sics in India”; Sanjay Bahl,Director General, CERT-Inon “Digital Forensics - TheWay Forward”; and Dr. Gau-rav Gupta, Additional Direc-tor and Scientist E, Ministryof Electronics and Informa-tion Technology (MeitY) on

“The Future of Digital Foren-sic Ecosystem”. Talkingabout the overall proceedingsof the conference, Dr. GauravGupta, General Chair of theconference and AdditionalDirector/ Scientist 'E' at Min-istry of Electronics & Infor-mation Technology (MeitY)said “work presented in theconference will help solvecases faster thus reducingpendency's of cases and willstrengthen the digital forensicecosystem. He highlightedthat research and develop-ment of newer methodologiesis the only way forward totackle the menace of comput-er frauds and cyber crimes inthis never-ending cat andmouse race. He aspired to seeIndia become world leader indevelopment of digital foren-sic solutions and services andpresented a road map toachieve this dream.

IIT Ropar’s Three-dayInternational conference ondigital forensics concludes

LPU holds Principalsconclave under its CSRactivity ‘Disha’

HARPREET SINGH LEHALJALANDHAR: Ever since itsinception, Lovely ProfessionalUniversity (LPU) has been industriouslyperforming its crucial role of contributingto all the spheres of education. Underits key CSR initiative ‘Disha’, LPUconducted ‘Principals Conclave’ at thecampus to guide principals andteachers on novel educativedimensions. TResource Persons for thesessions were renowned academiciansExecutive Dean Dr Lovi Raj Gupta,Deputy Director Narinder Garcha andProfessor Sachin Sidhra of LPU. Infact, through ‘Disha’, LPU has, hitherto,trained 5000+ Principals and Teachers;counselled 200000 students; and, held1000+ Sessions & Workshops. LPUChancellor Mr Ashok Mittal shares:“LPU has been marking new horizonsof academics, exploring the potential ofthe youth by providing qualityeducation, ensuring holisticdevelopment and getting it ready totackle the problems faced by the global society.

RAJIV JAINCHANDIGARH, JAN 8

All Central Trade Unions includingElectricity Employees Federation ofIndia (EEFI) observed one daystrike on Wednesday here. The U.T.Power men Union Chandigarh be-ing an affiliate of EFFI observedone day complete strike on 8th Jan-uary 2020 in all the shifts.

The strike of Electricity Employ-ee began in midnight of 8th andcontinued till 00 hours on 9th Janu-ary 2020. The employees in themorning assembled before their re-spective offices and raised sloganagainst the Government andreached the venue of rally joiningthe rally of the UT employees.Thereafter under the banner of Fed-

eration of U.T. Employees & Work-ers Chandigarh was taken out to-wards the Brij Market, Sector 17,Chandigarh and also joined the jointrally of Central Trade Unions andEmployees Federation.

The rally of the striking employ-ees were addressed by Gopal DuttJoshi General Secretary, DhianSingh President, Amrik Singh, Dar-shan Singh, Raj Pal Secretary,Paramjeet Singh, Gurmit Singh,Daler Singh, Kashmir Singh, PanSingh, Sukhwinder Singh , AmitDhingra, Narinder Kumar, RajinderSingh, Lakhwinder Singh, Tilak Rajand other leaders of the Union be-sides the leaders of Federation ofU.T. Employees and WorkersUnion, Chandigarh. While address-ing the rally of striking employees

the speakers whole heartedly con-gratulated the electricity employeesfor their complete strike in all theshifts and criticized the anti em-ployees policy of Central Govern-ment and Chandigarh Administra-tion the leaders also highlighted thedemands of UT Chandigarh Em-ployees and strongly demanded theChandigarh Administration to with-draw the proposal to privatize / cor-poratize the well running & profitmaking U.T. Electricity departmentChandigarh, Fill up the vacant postsof promotional & direct quota strict-ly as per sanctioned posts. Offer ofappointment to the next kin of de-ceased employees by scrapping 5%ceiling on the pattern of PSPCL asper nature of duties & grant of spe-cial pension on the basis of national

pay and other demands. The leaderswarned the Chandigarh Administra-tion if the proposal of Profit Makingand well running is not withdrawnand other demands of the employeeis not implemented immediatelythen union will intensify its ongoingstruggle.

MOHALI, JAN 8

Universal Group of Institu-tion organized Faculty De-velopment Program with avision to enhance the skillsof teaching fraternity toimprove their performancein teaching and to preparethem for meeting the chal-lenges in education due toglobalization in education.Dr S.R.S Iyengar, from IIT,Ropar was key note speak-er at the moment. While

stressing for improvementto prepare the lectures hesuggested humanization inteaching should be incor-porated along with imbib-

ing love for knowledgeand love for audience tobecome a perfectteacher . He furtheradded that the use ofmultimedia tools inteaching should bethought provoking andoptimum use should bemade. Dr. Gurpreet

Singh, Chairman UniversalGroup Said at the momentas faculty members arecurrently facing increas-ing demand, to be creative

and effective teachers, suc-cessful investigators, andproductive researchers.

These pressures havebeen derived from contem-porary curriculum devel-opment, competition in theeducational institutionsviewing globalization, andfrom the limited resourcesfor research. Such pro-grams change facultymembers perspective to at-tain new knowledge, di-verse skills.

Faculty development program organized

Celebrate eco-friendly Lohri with VodafoneCHANDIGARH: This Lohri, Vodafone Idea Limited will bedistributing Biomass briquettes, to enable the residents of Tric-ity to celebrate the festival with reduced smoke levels.Biomassis an organic and renewable source of energy. The use of bri-quettes based on biomass reduces the amount of CO2 and sul-phur released in the atmosphere. Vodafone’s eco-friendly Lohricampaign is in line with the company’s larger objective of re-ducing carbon footprint, according to Sudhir Pradhan, BusinessHead- Punjab, HP & J&K, Vodafone Idea Limited.

MANPREET KATHPALMALOUT, JAN 8

The 'All Punjab AnganwadiMulajim Union' staged a sit-in at the CDPO office, Mal-out, under the leadership ofstate president HargobindKaur over long-standing de-mands. Addressing the dhar-na, State President HargobindKaur said that the rent of An-ganwadi centers has not beenpaid for the last half year, dueto which the workers are fac-ing a lot of difficulty. Manyworkers are paying rent tolandlords from their ownpocket.

Some Anganwadi work-ers have opened centers in thehouses due to their Collusionwith the officers, while the

government is not paying anyattention to it. He has de-manded that either the centersshould be taken out of thehouses or all the Anganwadicenters should be allowed tobe put in the houses. If thisproblem is not resolved with-in a week, then the centers ofAnganwadi workers will re-main closed. Members of An-ganwadi warned that if thegovernment does not meet thedemands soon, the strugglewill be intensified by theUnion. Chindrapal KaurThandewala, Kiranjit KaurBhangchiri, Unkar Kaur Mal-ot, Baljit Kaur, RajindraKaur, Jagvindra Kaur, Kar-mjit Kaur, Amarjeet Kaur,Gagandeep Kaur etc. werepresent in the Dharna.

All Punjab Aanganwadiemployees union holds dharna

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YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 2020

Cold weather persists in RajasthanJAIPUR: Cold wave conditions persisted in Rajasthan as parts of the statereceived rainfall in past 24 hours, a Meteorological department official said onWednesday. Swai Madhopur recorded 2 mm rainfall whereas Sriganganagarand Pilani recorded 0.7 mm and 0.6 mm rainfall respectively. As per Metdepartment, Jaisalmer was the coldest place in the state with minimumtemperature at 7.3 degrees Celsius followed by 7.9 degrees Celsius inSriganganagar, 9.4 degrees Celsius in Eranpura Road, 10.2 degrees Celsiuseach in Bikaner and Churu and 10.7 degrees Celsius in Barmer. Banasthali,Pilani, Ajmer, Phalodi and Jodhpur recorded minimum temperature 11.0, 11.0,11.1, 11.4 and 11.5 degrees Celsius respectively. Maximum temperature inSriganganagar was recorded 12.0 degree Celsius. Other major places recordedmaximum temperatures between 12 and 26 degree Celsius.

IRPOF supports RailwayMinistry's plans tomerge cadresNEW DELHI: The Indian RailwaysPromotee Officers' Federation hascome out in support of the RailwayMinistry's plans to merge its cadres,the first such union of the nationaltransporter to do so. In a letter toRailway Minister Piyush Goyal, datedJanuary 6, the secretary general of theunion Raman Kumar Sharma said theunion has decided to support thechanges in the transport behemoth.The letter was written after thereorganisation was discussed in itsannual general body meeting onDecember 27 and 28. The Railways inDecember restructured the RailwayBoard and merged its different cadresinto a single Railway ManagementSystem. "It has been decided tosupport the changes as it will help inbetterment of railways and pave theway for efficient administration forrunning safe and cost effectivetransport. "This Federation requeststhat while implementing the abovechanges, the promotional prospectsand career opportunities of Group Bpromotee officers should be takencare of. While framing new rules andprocedures, consultation with allstakeholders may kindly be done," itsaid. Other railway unions havehowever alleged that the decision toreorganise the Railway was takenwithout consulting them.

Three charred todeath in GhaziabadapartmentGHAZIABAD: A GhaziabadDevelopment Authority (GDA)supervisor, his wife and his brotherwere charred to death at theirapartment in Ghaziabad's PratapVihar, fire department officials said onWednesday. It seems a room heaterwire came in contact with the metalbed, triggering the fire, they said. Thedeceased has been identified asBachchoo Singh (48), a native ofBanda district in Uttar Pradesh, hiswife Rani (45) and his differently abledbrother Narayan (40). Singh had twosons -- Gulshan (22) and Pratham(16) -- and a daughter Rakhi (17), whowere out of station when the fire tookplace. "All three members present (inthe flat) were charred to death. Theentire room had turned to ashes,"Chief Fire Officer Sunil Kumar said.City magistrate Shiv Prakash Shuklahas been appointed to probe thecause of fire which took place in theten-storey building of GDA in sector 11of Pratap Vihar. "The report of themagisterial inquiry would be submittedto the chief minister's office within fourdays after which further action wouldbe initiated," District Magistrate AjayShankar Pandey told PTI. "It hascome to my knowledge that flats hadnot been allotted to anybody by GDA.

IIM-A students reciteFaiz poem to protestagainst JNU violenceAHMEDABAD: IIM Ahmedabadstudents recited Faiz Ahmed Faiz'spoem 'Hum Dekhenge' as a mark ofprotest over JNU violence. They alsoraised slogans and held up banners insupport of the JNU students. Thepoem 'Hum Dekhenge', penned by theiconic poet Faiz in 1979, came intolimelight again recently during theprotests against CAA and NRC in IITKanpur. Earlier on January 2, seniorlyricist Javed Akhtar rejected theclaims about the poem being 'anti-Hindu'. IIT Kanpur on Thursday hadset up a committee to look into theissue. The move came after acomplaint that the students who tookout a peaceful march on the campuson December 17 against theCitizenship Amendment Act and insolidarity with Jamia Millia Islamiastudents, sang it as a mark of protest,which hurt the sentiments of othercommunities.

SC to consult CJI to decideabout open hearing on AGRreview petitionNEW DELHI: The Supreme Court onWednesday said that it will take a callon whether the review petitionsagainst the court's judgment onAdjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) willbe heard in an open court or not, afterdue consultation with Chief Justice ofIndia Sharad Arvind Bobde. A benchheaded by Justice Arun Mishra saidthat he will take a call after discussingthe matter with the CJI. In a majorsetback to telecom companies, theSupreme Court had on October 24,rejected the Telecom companiesappeal against the Centre's definitionof Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR),and asked these Telecom companies -- Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel andmany others -- to pay more than Rs90,000 crores to the Centre byJanuary 2020.

Bus vandalised inCooch Behar duringBharat BandhKOLKATA: A bus was vandalised inCooch Behar on Wednesday duringthe 'Bharat Bandh' call by the tradeunions. The 'Bharat Bandh' isorganised by all 10 Central tradeunions along with different federationsto protest against "anti-worker policiesof BJP government" on Wednesday.The ten central trade unions includingAIUTUC, CITU, INTUC, among othershave given the call for strike with a 12-point charter of demand. BharatiyaMazdoor Sangh (BMS) is not betaking part in the strike.

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'Bharat Bandh' evokes partial response in UPAGENCYLUCKNOW, JAN 8

The 'Bharat Bandh', called byten trade unions and supportedby the opposition parties,evoked partial response inUttar Pradesh on Wednesday.

While school, colleges andoffices functioned normallyand even the transport systemremained unaffected but insome government offices andbanks, the bandh supportersdid not allow the employees towork. Official sources heresaid that there was nountoward incident reported tillnow. Train and air serviceswere normal though there weresome hindrance due toinclement weather in mostparts of the state since lastnight.

However, the stategovernment was holding themuch important TET (Teachersappointment) examination inthe state today in which over1.6 million youths areparticipating in different partsof the state.

In Lucknow, the tradeunion organisations brought

out march in support of theBandh which was joined by theLeft parties. Several bankemployees too joined thestrike, while the state poweremployees boycotted theirwork in protest against the newElectricity Act.

However, all the marketsin the state capital are openand the traders are doingbusiness like normal days.

A report from Varanasisaid the governmentemployees staged protestoutside their offices against theanti-worker attitude of thegovernment. As per thestriking trade unions, theagitation has been called toprotest Modi government'salleged anti-working class,anti-people, anti-nationalpolicies.

Strike: Trains, busservices unaffected

in MumbaiM U M B A I : T r a n s p o r tservices in the country'sfinancial capital haveremained unaffected tillWednesday noon on the day ofa nationwide strike called byten central trade unions toprotest against thegovernment's "anti-people"policies. Suburban trains,which are called as the"lifeline of Mumbai" with aridership of more than 75 lakhcommuters per day, publicbuses, taxis and autorickshawsare running normally in theisland city and suburbs."Suburban locals on all threelines are running normally,except minor delays," saidofficials. Similarly, Metro andMonorail services are runningsmoothly, sources inMMRDA (MumbaiMetropolitan RegionDevelopment Authority) said.

Priyanka Gandhi targetsBJP govt over ABVP, NSUI

clash in AhmedabadAGENCYNEW DELHI, JAN 8

Congress general secretaryPriyanka Gandhi Vadra onWednesday slammed BJPgovernment for the clash that brokeout between ABVP and NSUImembers in Ahmedabad, statingthat the video of the violenceclearly shows that ABVP memberswere beating NSUI activists forpeaceful demonstrations.

"The BJP government is givingopen protection to the goons.Earlier, his ministers used togarland flowers after the goonswere released from jail. Now thelaw has been blindfolded on theroad itself. It is clear that the goonsof ABVP are beating NSUI activistsfor peaceful demonstrations,"Gandhi tweeted sharing the video ofthe clash.

She alleged that while all thiswas happening, the police remainedmute spectators.

"And the police stand silent,"she said in another tweet.

An FIR has been registered

against members of Akhil BharatiyaVidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) andNational Students' Union of India(NSUI), for the clash that broke outbetween the two student groups onTuesday. Nearly 10 people wereinjured in the clash that took placeoutside the latter's office inAhmedabad. The NSUI workerswere protesting against the violenceat Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU) in Delhi. Police had resortedto lathi-charge to disperse thecrowd. The clash in Ahmedabadtook place two days after the JNUviolence in which more than 30students were injured, includingJNUSU president Aishe Ghosh,after a masked mob entered thecampus and attacked them.

CPI (M) engaged in violence during'bandhs', says Mamata Banerjee

KOLKATA, JAN 8

West Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee onWednesday said that theCommunist Party of India(Marxists) CPI (M) has noideology and it only engagesin violence during the'bandhs' (strikes).

"CPM has no ideology.Keeping bombs on railwaytracks is criminal. Everyyear, they call bandhs. Theywant to get cheap publicityby calling bandhs and hurlingbombs at buses. Instead ofgaining this publicity,political death is better. In thename of bandhs, commutersare beaten up and stones arepelted. This is 'dadagiri', nota movement. I condemnthis," Banerjee told reportersat a press conference inGanga Sagar near Kolkata.

"There are ways toregister protests peacefully.No one can impose bandhforcefully in West Bengal.Bandhs called by themearlier were rejected. Insteadof helping people when theeconomy is witnessing aslowdown and commonpeople are suffering, they callfor bandhs. I support theissue but not the method ofprotest," she added. The WestBengal Chief Ministerfurther said that organising amovement is a difficult task

and said that her party TMCis carrying it out byprotesting against CAA,NRC and NPR. "Organisinga movement is difficult andwe have been protestingagainst the CAA, NRC andNPR. Despite being inpower, we are brave enoughto protest against theseissues. We also condemnedthe violence in JNU," shesaid. She further attacked theCPM and said that they haddone nothing during their 34-year regime in the state.

"CPM is jealous of thedevelopment undertaken bythe state government. Duringtheir 34- year rule, they didnothing and are now they aredestroying properties andinfrastructure. I do notbelieve in hooliganism andviolence. The law will takeits own course. Police will

take action againstperpetrators of violence,"Mamata said. "This party hasbecome a signboard as theyare continuing withhooliganism. Kerala CPI isbetter than CPM here as theformer maintain an ideologywhile the latter have nothingto do except creatingdisturbances," she added.

Ten Central trade unionsalong with differentfederations have called for aBharat Bandh on Wednesdayto protest against "anti-worker policies of BJPgovernment". The Tradeunion Bharatiya MazdoorSangh (BMS) is not takingpart in the strike.

The trade unions have a12-point charter of demandwhich includes the droppingof the proposed labourreforms by the centre.

Execution ropes from Buxar Jail couldbe used to hang Nirbhaya case convictsAGENCYPATNA, JAN 8

More than a month beforedeath warrants were issuedin the Nirbhaya gangrapecase, a jail in Bihar hadbeen commissioned tomake 10 execution ropeswhich are likely to be usedfor the four convictsscheduled to be hanged onJanuary 22. The Buxar Jail,the only prison in the statehaving the required know-how, had received aninstruction to the effect inthe first week of December.

The four convicts in theNirbhaya gangrape andmurder case will be hangedon January 22 at 7 am inTihar Jail, a Delhi courtsaid on Tuesday. Nirbhaya,a 23-year-old paramedicstudent, was gangraped and

brutalised on theintervening night ofDecember 16-17, 2012,inside a moving bus insouth Delhi by the fourmen, including two others,before being dumped onthe road. She died on

December 29, 2012, atMount Elizabeth Hospitalin Singapore. According toBuxar Jail SuperintendentVijay Kumar Arora, theropes are "strong" but havea "short shelf life as theseare made of unprocessedcotton". They were madeavailable to the prisondirectorate by theDecember 14 deadline."We do not know wherethese are going to be used.But, the Buxar Jail has along tradition ofmanufacturing such ropes,"he had said.

Deepika Padukonevisiting JNU unfortunate,

says BJP’s Ram KadamMUMBAI, JAN 8

BJP leader Ram Kadam onWednesday condemned thevisit of actor DeepikaPadukone to JawaharlalUniversity to supportstudents protesting againstthe recent violence in thecampus and termed it"unfortunate!".

"It is unfortunate thatDeepika Padukone visitedJNU. We condemn this," saidKadam while speaking tomedia.

Targetting the actor, theBJP leader suggested that sheshould have visited the placewith "an agenda of nationalinterest".

"An actor should be anactor. It seems like she wasthe spokesperson of apolitical party," he added.

The Bollywood actor onTuesday had joined students

protesting against the recentviolence on the JNU campus.

She was seen standingwith students as thedemonstrators raised theslogan of "Jai Bhim-JaiBhim" and former JNUSUpresident Kanhaiya Kumargave a speech. She did notissue any statement nor didshe address the students.

Deepika was in thenational capital to promoteher upcoming film'Chhapaak'.

BJP capable of winning Bihar electionson its own, says Sanjay Paswan

PATNA, JAN 8

Ahead of Assembly polls in Bihar duein October, BJP leader Sanjay Paswanon Wednesday said that the party iscapable of winning the elections on itsown.

"People of Bihar want to see a BJPleader as Bihar Chief Minister. BJP isthe strongest and most active party inthe state," said Sanjay Paswan, BJPMLC while talking to ANI.

"Ultimately we will abide by whatPrime Minister Narendra Modi andBihar Deputy Chief Minister SushilModi decide. However, we are capableof winning elections alone," he said.

On December 31, Bihar ChiefMinister Nitish Kumar had clarifiedthat "all was well" between the twoalliance partners, JDU and BJP, in thestate.

"All is well, there is no problem,"Kumar told ANI in response to aquestion on the BJP-JDU alliance inBihar.

The remarks by Kumar came after

JDU vice president Prashant Kishorblazed gun over the alliance byasserting that his party was the seniorpartner in the alliance and must getmore seats.

The Deputy Chief Minister SushilModi had criticised Kishor for hisstatement and said that the 2020Assembly elections will be foughtunder the leadership of Prime MinisterModi and Nitish Kumar.

Bihar is scheduled to go toAssembly polls in October this year.

LUCKNOW, JAN 8

After opposition's onslaughtagainst the Narendra Modigovernment over theCAA/NRC in the country, theruling BJP in Uttar Pradeshhas gone offensive on theCitizenship (Amendment) Act(CAA) by holding severalprogrammes in January andwill now organise six bigrallies in the state to counterthe charges of the opposition.The party which has alreadylaunched door-to-doorprogramme to aware thepeople about the truth of theCAA and to wipe out themisconception triggered bythe opposition since January 7,is all set to hold six big ralliesin each of the six mandals ofthe party later this month. Ineach of the rallies, the partywas expecting a crowd of overone lakh, with party's seniornational leaders to attend it.Party's state general secretaryand in-charge of western UPVijay Bahadur Pathak said

here on Wednesday that therallies would commence fromVaranasi, the PM'sconstituency on January 18 tobe followed by in Gorakhpur ,the CM's native place on thenext day. On January 20, therally would be held inLucknow, on January 21 inKanpur, January 22 in Meerutand lastly in Agra on January23. He said that several seniorparty leaders are expected tojoin these rallies at differentplaces. On the other handChief Minister YogiAdityanath is also slated tojoin the Ganga Yatra fromJanuary 27 for five days when

he, along with other stateministers and BJP leaders, willinteract with the people livingnear the river of the state.Meanwhile, senior BJPleaders, including chiefministers of other states,Union Ministers and ministersin UP Government will takepart in padyatra and addressrallies in different regions fornext seven days educatingpeople about the Citizenship(Amendment) Act and thecanard being spread by theopposition leaders.

BJP to hold six big rallies inUP in support of CAA/NRC

'Ram Temple trustlikely to be constituted

after January 16'AYODHYA, JAN 8

Head of Ram Janmbhoomi Nyas, Mahant NrityaGopal Das said here on Wednesday that theannouncement for the trust that is required to beconstituted for construction and management ofRam Temple in Ayodhya is likely to be made anyday after January 16.

"After January 16, the announcement regardingthe trust can be made anyday," Mahant NrityaGopal Das.

"Without trust, nowork can happen. Wesaints, especially fromAyodhya, want the RamTemple to be made asearly as possible," headded.

Stating that the trustwill be made before RamNavami, he suggested

that the construction of the Ram Temple should starton auspicious occasion of Ram Navami.

The Supreme Court gave its verdict in thedecades-old Ayodhya title dispute case inNovember last year.

In its unanimous verdict, the apex court ruledthat the disputed property will be managed in LordRam's name by a temple trust that will be set up bythe central government within three months.

MOIN QAZI

Through the ages peoplefrom all traditions —east and west — have

understood the power and im-portance of silence andplaced great value on it. Theworld’s great spiritual teach-ers Buddha, Mohammed, Je-sus and Lao Tzu all spent

consider-able timein silenceand soli-tude be-f o r eemergingto offertheir guid-ance. In

the modern world, we areslowly losing this great bless-ing.

More and more of us havefewer and fewer of what Vir-ginia Woolf called “momentsof being”, those intense sen-sations that stand apart fromthe “cotton wool of dailylife”. Kabir extolled silenceby explaining that God couldhear the sounds of even thetiny ant’s seemingly imper-ceptible movements. He ad-vised people, “Concentrateon the silence and it’ll be-come eloquent to you”. Seek-ers have regularly practised

the vow of silence for master-ing their speech. Hence it issaid, “Silence is golden”.Rumi exclaimed, “Whiletalking to my beloved (Al-lah), I’m unaware at timeswhether to speak or not. I of-ten remain silent because mybeloved doesn’t like muchvolubility”. Silence is unspo-ken emptiness and is muchmore eloquent than any set orfixed prayer. The Bible toonotes, “Even a fool, when heholdeth his peace, is countedwise, and he that shutteth hislips is esteemed a man of un-derstanding” (Proverbs: 17-28).

There are still so manywonderful shy people withus; but their frail sense ofself-worth has been eroded.There is a strong current of

aversion in our society to si-lence and stillness. If some-one's reticent, the suspicion isthat he or she has somethingto hide. The quiet brigade ison the retreat. In truth, we’rejust more talkative, more vol-uble. Stillness, the self-con-tainment, the silent assertionof the right to privacy, hasceased to exist. We are satu-rating ourselves in sound andsilence has scant space. Si-lence is a necessary precondi-tion to contemplation andmeditation — religious orotherwise. The effort neededto achieve even quiet, letalone silence usually makes itmore rewarding than the am-bient noise. It’s why we go tothe woods, or the seas, or upon hillsides to renew our-selves.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 2020

The stakes are evidently high. The government and the rul-ing party are trying to create what is veritably the fog ofwar around Sunday's vicious attack on the jawaharlal

Nehru University campus by a platoon of masked men, amongwhom it seems was also one woman. This is evidently beingdone to make it difficult to uncover the truth, which is that theattack at the premier university seems to have been well-planned and well-orchestrated. Apparently, the exercise playedout at three levels — the political; at the level of the police,which in Delhi is directed by the Union home ministry; andthree, through the use of some in the media whose job was toknowingly sow confusion through spreading the false narrativeof on-campus skirmishing between left and right-wing studentsbeing the cause of Sunday’s monstrous trouble.

A rewinding of Sunday’s events enables us to better com-prehend what happened. Hours before the storm-troopers wenton the rampage, home minister Amit Shah addressed his par-ty’s Delhi state workers at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium.He explicitly spoke of JNU, calling it the nest of the “tukde-tukde gang”, the BJP-RSS’s shorthand for an imagined groupthat seeks to break up the country, and exhorted the faithful todeal firmly with them.

There was no direction to launch a physical attack on JNUnecessarily. But when a political leader of Mr Shah’s standing,who presides over the Union home ministry and is seen as onlynext to the Prime Minister in importance, takes on an institu-tion in this no-holds-barred fashion, the message is that theplace should be taught a lesson.

With Delhi’s Assembly elections in the air (it was an-nounced the next day), the home minister’s speech would havegalvanised followers — and they went into action without los-ing time. The police too could not have failed to read the un-mistakable signal — that they must remain mute spectatorswhen the far-right goes into action, and if possible smoothenits path. It was JNU on Sunday. It is possible there may be moreoccurrences of storm-trooper violence before the Delhi As-sembly election on February 8, with a view to polarise opinion.The police took the hint. It seems from news reports and eye-witness accounts that it was present on the campus when thehoodlums entered, their paths not barred by the university’s se-curity. The local security would have taken its cue from the in-action of the police.

Many hours after the mayhem started, the police did a “flagmarch”, but it didn’t arrest a single violence-wreaking gangmember. It will now “investigate”, based on text messages —now flooding the media and the social media — on three sep-arate WhatsApp groups created as in-house communicationssystems by the attackers and their collaborators, one of whomwas JNU’s chief proctor.

EditorialPre-planned ‘hit’ on JNUneeds a thorough probe

A quiet cheer for silenceSeekers have regularly practised the vow

of silence for mastering their speech

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RY TO SHAKE THE SOULAND LET THEGLORY OUT.

EDWIN MARKHAM

FINE ART IS THAT IN WHICH THE HAND, THEHEAD, AND THE HEART OF MAN GO TOGETHER.

JOHN RUSKIN

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The message is loud and clear: No morefiefdoms for railway officers

The decision of theNarendra Modi govern-ment to revamp the

Railway Board (RB) andmerge the existing eight serv-ices into one service, the Indi-an Railway Management Ser-vice (IRMS), has been longoverdue but came at the righttime.

Instead of having eightmembers from eight cadresfor engineering, rolling stock,traffic, traction, signal andtelecommunications, finance,material management andstaff, apart from RailwayBoard chairman, the Centrehas now decided to make itfour members, one membereach for infrastructure, opera-tions and business develop-

ment, rolling stock and fi-nance. There will be a few ad-ditional members from out-side the Indian Railways (IR)to provide strategic thinkingand fresh ideas for the devel-opment of the Indian Rail-ways. The engineering cadres(IRSE, IRSME, IRSEE,IRSSE and IRSS) get throughthe Engineering Services Ex-amination (except those whojoined through Special ClassRailway Apprentice Pro-gramme into IRSME, whichis abandoned now) and non-engineering officers (IRTS,IRPS and IRAS) get throughthe Civil Services Examina-tion, all conducted by theUPSC. In that sense, 8,401Group 1 officers of IR are

some of the best of the lot inIndia individually, but eventhen the growth of IR either interms of technological upgra-dation, expansion of infra-structure or service orienta-tion has not been even one-tenth of road and air transportthat India achieved since2000. The question then aris-es is that “Is it right to put theblame entirely on Group 1 of-ficers when the decision-making has been essentiallyvested with the governmentand the minister for railways(MR)?” It is true that the gov-ernment and MR should takethe major portion of theblame only in tenures whenthe government was indiffer-ent.

The outbreak of Ebola in westernAfrica posed a challenge formedical caregivers, which had

as much to do with unhelpful beliefsstalking the victims as with the erraticsupply of medical antidote on offer.Mourners by tradition hug and em-brace their dead in a ritual common tolarge swathes of Africa. Given thehighly contagious virus, the ancienthabit would inevitably become aready source of its rapid transmission.

Nurtured habits and regressivetraditions can thus mock any good in-tention and the fight against Hindu re-vivalism, which offers a fertile breed-ing ground for religious fascism in In-dia, is not any different. (The poliocrisis in Pakistan is cut from the samecloth.)

Brilliant thinkers of their time likeTagore and Ranade, Ambedkar andNehru offered liberating ideas to makeIndians a modern people anchored intheir spiritual force, one which wastempered by reason. Men like BalGangadhar Tilak would not hear of it.He fumed at British officials who fu-migated homes and evicted residentsin Poona during an outbreak of theplague. It was a travesty for foreignersto raid Hindu households, he ranted.Two British officials were murderedfor the transgression by men loyal toTilak. The killers were not from someabandoned tribespeople from the jun-gles of India but mostly Western-edu-cated men. Tilak also blended religionwith his regressive politics, borrowingthe heady brew from Hindu national-ists of Bengal.

Maulana Azad, who observed thephenomenon keenly during a longstay in Calcutta, carried it back to Del-hi. His role in bringing Gandhi intothe religiously regressive Khilafat

Movement was a forerunner to thecurrent exploits of the militant Islam-ic State group. And yet liberatingideas have not always gone unheeded,not since the arrival of Buddha in 600BC, or even earlier, with the Char-vakas or Nastikas and their question-ing of Brahminical practices. The bat-tle between progressive and regres-sive ideas continues but how does onedeal with unreason when it mutatesinto full-blown fascism?

Fascists don’t generally believe indebate. They are more adept at usingthe megaphone. Their leaders are bydefinition cocksure of their beliefs,euphemism for prejudice bred in ig-norance. Open-minded liberal folk areprecisely that — open-minded, carry-ing a heavy baggage of self-doubt.

The debate among studentsprotesting Sunday night’s fascist as-sault on students of the JawaharlalNehru University reveals a profound

ability to doubt and debate even in amortal crisis. Should the studentswrite to the chief justice of India topress the case against the state’s ap-parent dereliction of duty, its collusionperhaps against the students or failureto protect the campus from maskedthugs of the Hindu right? No, comesthe response. One would be foreclos-ing other options by getting thesupreme court involved.

Actually the debate was rooted inthe supreme court’s recent refusal torein in state violence when police bru-tally assaulted students of Jamia Mil-lia and Aligarh universities duringmassive protests against a controver-sial citizenship law. The top court firsttold the injured petitioners that itwould hear the case if they firstshunned violence. The rulingBharatiya Janata Party says it wants todiscuss ‘misunderstanding’ and ‘mis-apprehension’ over the communal cit-

izenship law it enacted five weeksago. The party summoned representa-tives of the film industry on Sunday toshare their worries, but meanwhileHome Minister Amit Shah stepped into say he would not budge an inch.

The law offers citizenship to reli-gious minorities from Pakistan,Bangladesh and Afghanistan, but notto Muslims. They are pointedly ex-cluded although Myanmar with itsethnically targeted Rohingya Muslimsis more of India’s neighbour than isAfghanistan.

Among the fugitives from Pak-istan comforted in Delhi during ZiaulHaq’s regime were fiery feminist poetFahmida Riaz and intrepid journalistSalamat Ali, both progressive Mus-lims. Indira Gandhi gave them asylumand they both returned home whendemocracy returned to Pakistan.

So how does one set up a work-able challenge to Mr Modi’s deter-mined bid to turn Indian democracyinto his craven slave? An essentialway is to defeat him in elections. Thattask would be easier if the studentsand other angry citizens also had themedia on their side. Innocent studentsshouldn’t be beaten up and then alsofalsely called anti-national. That fic-tion has to be addressed urgently butit’s difficult to see how.

It’s specious to blame erring jour-nalists always. Media seldom worksthat way. TV channels and newspa-pers are mostly owned by tycoonswho frame the policy, more so thesedays. Exceptions are extremely rarethough they exist. Discuss the Mur-dochs and Ambanis, the deep pocketswho run the show, who set the policy.In India’s case the media is largely runby those that had decided to get MrModi elected in 2014.

The time has come to getrid of all the encrusta-tions that adhere to

every political party that hasbeen in government, wheredecisions, indecisions, inac-tion and actions track thecourse of manoeuvrings andmeanders that were calcula-tions to serve a limited, spe-cific, often time-specific pur-pose. Over a month after theCitizenship (Amendment)Bill was introduced in theLok Sabha, hundreds ofprotests, over 25 deaths andinnumerable injured, the con-frontation is neither showingsigns of subsiding nor is itcowed by the stout declara-tions of home minister AmitShah that he will not budge aninch on implementing thelaw.

This is not a political im-passe that can be negotiatedthrough complicated calcula-tions of advantage and profit.It is a political moment,stretching into the foreseeablefuture, of a coalescing offorces, spontaneously com-busting to assert their identityas Indians, born after 1947,when choices had been madeand futures finalised. The as-sertion of the under-40s is ex-traordinary; it is somethingthat no one has ever seen be-fore. The generation that hasbeen described as narcissistand depoliticised seems tohave found a reason for be-coming political and articu-

lating its choices, throughparticipation in protests,posters, slogans, songs andvideos, all shared through thesocial media, creating a uni-verse within which “the peo-ple who can be identified bytheir clothes” are marchingwith other people who too canbe identified by their prefer-ences.

Just as much as the re-gional parties that are now co-alescing around the idea of re-jecting the Citizenship(Amendment) Act and the ex-ercise of listing who is a citi-zen through the entirely inef-ficient process of the Nation-al Register of Citizens, whichhas hopelessly failed in As-sam, the Congress too needs

to find its way out of the mazein which it is trapped.

The regional parties inpower in the states have beencalled upon twice to standagainst the exclusionary prin-ciples and targeted anti-Mus-lim measures of the BJP-NDA government armedwith its 303-seat majority inthe Lok Sabha; once by WestBengal chief minister Mama-ta Banerjee and now by Ker-ala CM Pinrayi Vijayan. MsBanerjee sounded the tocsin;and Mr Vijayan has joinedbattle by suggesting that thejoint resolution passed in theKerala Assembly by 139 toone in a House of 140 seatsshould be adopted and passedby the other 11 non-BJP ma-

jority state Assembles as well.The call is not a mere gestureof defiance. It is a resolve todefend the values of the Con-stitution, its basic structure. Itis a call to protect the idea ofdiversity and secularism thatunderpins the idea of fraterni-ty, the last but not least prom-ise that the people committhemselves to in the Preamblethat prefaces the details in theConstitution of how this is tobe done. The letter to thechief ministers of Maharash-tra, West Bengal, Odhisa,Jharkhand, Puducherry, Del-hi, Rajasthan, MadhyaPradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Bi-har and Punjab, curiouslyleaving out Chhattisgarh, issimple; it requires the statesruled by the anti-BJP Opposi-tion to defend the basic tenetsof the polity which form thecornerstone of India’s democ-racy.

While the non-BJP statesneed to act, and do so deci-sively, setting themselves onthe road to a confrontationthat has no precedents andwill be unfamiliar, it is theCongress Party that needs tofigure out how it will exist asthe biggest party of them all.Its size and footprints put iton the forefront. Its vacilla-tions reflect its insecuritiesand uncertainty on issues andits responses are invariablypartial, hesitant and inade-quate. The Congress has re-duced itself to playing on the

backfoot in every confronta-tion with the BJP. Clearly theburden of its “70 years in of-fice”, albeit inaccurately de-scribed by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, plunges itinto nervous confusion. Itseems often enough to makeit a sort of near scientific ob-servation that the CongressParty prefers to serve as theBJP’s handmaiden and not asignificant and powerful par-ty with a past that is as variedas the history of the 135 yearsof its existence.

The moment calls forsimplicity. The moment is onewhen political parties have tochoose about being with theBJP, or against it. The past isthe BJP’s weapon that itwields to weaken every partythat has ever been in power.The noisiness of its attack andthe aggression it displays hascertainly stupefied the politi-cal class. The fact that theBJP has also been a party ofgovernance, with all the fail-ures and flaws that strain thecredibility of other politicalparties who have also been inpower, seems to be forgotten.The Congress, in particular,scuttles away every time theBJP uses the 70-year gambitto demolish its credibility.

It is not enough that theCongress in Kerala and inWest Bengal have joinedforces with the ruling Opposi-tion party. In Kerala, the reso-lution asking for the repeal of

the CAA and NRC was origi-nally proposed by the Con-gress and was adopted andsupported by the CommunistParty of India (Marxist) andits Left allies. In West Bengal,the Congress has shared aplatform with the TrinamulCongress. In Punjab, the AamAadmi Party has called onCapt. Amarinder Singh toconvene an all-party meetingto reject the CAA, NPR, NRCand defeat the BJP’s politicsof instigating division and en-couraging strife. The Con-gress needs to spell out exact-ly how it intends to take thefight forward and what it pro-poses to do. It has to leadfrom the front lines.

For the regional parties inopposition to the BJP, or atleast not friends with theSangh Parivar, it is a matter ofsurvival. If each of them sep-arately and all of them collec-tively do not resist the relent-less pressure of the BJP toconform to its plans for a ma-joritarian state, the partieswill be systematically deci-mated. With extinction facingthem, this is the moment forthe regional parties to make alast stand. The Congress, onthe other hand, is a necessityfor the BJP, for the time be-ing. Its existence or rather itshistory justifies the BJP’sagenda of establishing themajoritarian state, now that ithas a 303-seat majority in theLok Sabha.

Decision time for Cong: Can it lead from front?This is not a political impasse that can be negotiated through

complicated calculations of advantage and profit

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YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 2020

urgaon: As per recent statistics, about two million heart attacks occur every year in India and the symptoms are different in both men and women. Lack of awareness about the signs and Gsymptoms of an impending heart attack prevent many people from seeking treatment on time.

There is a need to raise awareness that time is muscle in such cases and can help save lives before complications arise. Speaking about this, Dr Sumeet Sethi, Associate Director - Interventional

Cardiology, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket, said, “Heart attack occurs when a part of the heart muscle dies when it does not receive adequate blood flow. Some warning signs that one should be aware of include chest discomfort, upper body pain, and shortness of breath as well as an unusual feeling beginning at the centre of the chest and eventually radiating out. Women can develop pain in the jaw, neck or back, or and show symptoms such as shortness of breath, cough, or nausea. What is most important here is timely action. Not only can this help in providing immediate medical attention but also limit cardiac damage.” Adding further, Dr Sethi, said, “Many heart attacks are entirely painless and may manifest as sudden burning sensation in chest, breathlessness, dizziness, uneasiness, vomiting or sweating. If these prolong, it could indicate a heart attack. The ‘Golden Rule’ is thus to take

them immediately to a specialist within what is called the ‘Golden Hour’. If this is done, it is possible to minimize damage to the heart muscle. Primary angioplasty should be undertaken immediately.” Primary angioplasty begins with emergency coronary angiography in which the doctor inserts thin catheters into the groin or wrist artery and generates pictures of the coronary arteries supplying the heart. The blocked artery can then be opened by passing a wire and then a balloon.

Xiaomi's Redmi Note 8 Pro recently got a new a Deep Sea Blue paintjob, which later made its way to the India market as the Electric Blue colour option of the phone. Now, Xiaomi has introduced a new colour option for the Redmi Note 8 Pro in China, and it is called Twilight Orange. The Redmi Note 8 Pro's Twilight Orange colour scheme has a gradient finish with a carrot pink shade in the upper region that gradually fades into a light orange colour towards the bottom.

Redmi Note 8 Pro Gets a New Twilight Orange Colour Option

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handigarh : Kia Motors India, wholly-owned subsidiary of Kia Motors Corporation and world’s 8th largest automaker Ctoday announced the winners of season two of its Australian

Open Ballkids India Programme. The selected 10 kids between 12 - 15 years of age underwent an extensive training process and will represent India among other ballkids from across the world at the

iconic grand slam in January 2020. Sargam Singla aged 15, a n d Yashvardhan Gaur aged 15 f r o m Chandigarh and Rijul Bhatia aged 13 from Panchkula are

the winners of Australian Open Ballkids India Programme. After a successful first edition of the Ballkids Program in 2019, this year more than 250 young tennis enthusiasts from across India attended trials where they showcased their tennis expertise, agility and communication skills. The trials for the second season of the Australian Open Ballkids India Program took place in 10 cities to present this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to tennis enthusiasts.

Winners of the second season of Australian Open Ballkids India Programme 2020 Announced

Jio Wi-Fi Calling Service Launched, Supports Over 150 Mobile Devices

pple's iPhone XR -- released in 2018 -- has been encountering problems in the UK along with the O2 network and the iPhone Amaker has publicly acknowledged the problem, the media

reported. Apple and O2 have confirmed that one of the most popular iPhones is not working as it should on O2's network.The iPhone XR completely lost signal several times a day, some O2 customers said on Twitter, BBC reported on Tuesday.The problems experienced by several iPhone XR owners are severe, affecting calls, texts, and data usage.They have also struggled to get a reliable 4G Internet connection, making apps such as Facebook and Instagram redundant unless there is Wi-Fi."We're working closely with our p a r t n e r s t o r e s o l v e a n intermittent issue affecting some of our customers using iPhone XR," an O2 spokeswoman was quoted as saying by the BBC.According to the mobile carrier O2 -- an IT fix 101 (turning the phone off and on again) provides a temporary fix, but it isn't clear how long that lasts before the iPhone XR connectivity problems reoccur."We are aware of an issue causing intermittent network connectivity affecting some O2 customers, and we will have a fix in an upcoming software release," Apple was quoted as saying by GSMArena.

eliance Jio on Wednesday launched its anticipated Wi-Fi calling service to bring voice and video calls Rover a Wi-Fi network. After testing it over the past

few months, Jio has announced the nationwide debut of its Wi-Fi calling service that is available for voice as well as video calls. The service, however, will be rolled out in a phased manner until January 16. The Mumbai-based telco claims that the Jio Wi-Fi calling service is supported by over 150 handset models. This is unlike the Wi-Fi calling service provided by Airtel that was limited to some major models offered by companies such as Apple, OnePlus, Samsung, and Xiaomi.Users who have an active Jio tariff plan can leverage the Wi-Fi calling service to make voice calls using a Wi-Fi network -- even when they aren't connected to a mobile network. In addition to making voice calls over a Wi-Fi network, Jio users can make video calls using the new service. The service is also available at no additional cost, which means users don't need to pay an additional amount to avail its benefits on their devices.The new service is useful if you're in a remote area or at a cellular-dark zone of a building where cellular networks aren't available. Jio claims that voice and video calls will seamlessly switch over between VoLTE and Wi-Fi network. This means that users won't face any delay while their devices switch to a Wi-Fi network to support ongoing calls.

HANDIGARH: ITI Mutual Fund started its operations in April 2019. The AMC is a new entrant in the mutual Cfund industry and is backed by a large conservative cash

rich business group. ITI Balanced Advantage Fund NFO started on December 9, 2019 and has received excellent response from the investors and has collected more than Rs 164 crores. The NFO closed on December 23, 2019 in which more than 1000 distributors participated. ITI Balanced Advantage Fund is an excellent investment solution for all types of investors. The fund enables to ride through emotions of greed & fear smoothly. It also has the potential to deliver consistent long-term risk-adjusted returns and smooth investing experience by dynamically allocating money between equity and debt.Till now ITI Mutual Fund has launched 5 schemes - ITI Multi Cap Fund, ITI Long Term Equity Fund (ELSS- Tax Saving Fund), ITI Arbitrage Fund, ITI Liquid Fund and ITI Overnight Fund. ITI Balanced Advantage Fund is the sixth NFO that the fund house has launched and has got a fantastic response. Commenting on the impressive investor response to its ITI Balanced Advantage Fund NFO, George Heber Joseph, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer said, “We are very happy with the positive response that we have received in the NFO. We are focusing on T30 towns and few B30 locations from where we have got good traction. The overall response from the PAN India distributors was very encouraging and that clearly reflects in the NFO collection.

ITI Mutual Fund garners Rs 164 crores in ITI Balanced Advantage Fund NFO

Ignite Mudra Brings the iconic Michelin Man back Chandigarh :Leading tyre manufacturer Michelin is back on the Indian outdoor landscape putting its iconic brand mascotthe 'Michelin Man' in a new brand awareness campaign.The campaign tagline'For those who drive the change' focuses on safety, longevity, and fuel-efficiency of Michelin tyres. The campaign is currently widely visible across various mediums such as TV, OOH, and Digital.Ignite Mudra won the OOH mandate to strategically design and execute the campaign. The campaign has been crafted to endorse and to create awareness about the brand targeting the car owners who seekpremium driving pleasure. The larger-than-life and attention grabbing OOH media adorned with the Michelin Man and the punch line was created to garner high visibility for the brand. The campaign has been executed across 15 cities including metros' and mini- metros. A rich mix of outdoor formats have been incorporated by Ignite Mudra to give a wider dimension to the campaign and create high value impact supporting the TV and Print campaigns currently running across the country.

Student youth leader Sunil yadav and Vinayak bangia in chandigarh hold protest against violence in Delhi’s JNU Campus in front of the State Library Sector 34.

Peaceful protest against JNU attack with slogan of Inquilab

Awareness about the warning signs of heart attack imperative in India

NSS Camp concludes at Dev Samaj College for Womenhandigarh, : A 7 Day NSS Camp organised at Dev Samaj College for Women, Sector 45 B, Chandigarh has concluded. Several activities showcasing the NSS motto "Not Me, CBut You" were organised under the supervision of Programme Officers, Dr. Anupam

Rani and Leena Gupta. Bikram Singh Rana, State Liaison Officer and Dr Navdeep Sharma, NSS Programme Coordinator, Panjab University, Chandigarh were the Chief Guests at the Valedictory function on the concluding day of the NSS camp. A well-coordinated dance

performance by the students of Burail village was followed by two Nukkad Nataks on the significant campaigns - ‘Jal Shakti Abhiyan’ and ‘Ek Bharat Swacch Bharat’.The camp witnessed varied sessions ranging from physical fitness, health and hygiene, total wellness to capacity building, AIDS awareness, welfare activities and environmental awareness. Various activities focusing on, ‘Ek Bharat Shreshta Bharat’, ‘Swacch Bharat’ and ‘Jal hi Jeevan Hai’ were conducted. A

beauty and wellness session for the ladies of Burail village and free skill-building sessions were also held for children of Burail village, where they were given some valuable tips to save water. During the camp traffic rules sessions were also conducted by ASI Ashok Kumar and ASI Bhupinder Singh from the Traffic Police Department, Chandigarh. Capacity-building workshops were also held on tribal art of Dadar and Nagar Haveli, candle making and best out of waste. Bikram Singh Rana appreciated the sense of dedication and hard work put forth by the students throughout the camp’s activities under the guidance of the program officers. Dr. Navdeep Sharma too motivated the students with his inspiring speech and urged to observe the principle of three Ds of NSS – Duty, Discipline and Dedication.

handigarh :Goonj, one of India's trusted award-winning voluntary organizations and Cshort video platform TikTok have come

together to launch an in-app winter contribution challenge called #SpreadTheWarmth. Goonj has been highlighting the issues faced by the less fortunate who don't have adequate winter clothes and therefore, has joined forces with TikTok, to raise awareness among people to contribute their new/old but usable woolens during one of the coldest winters in India in decades.The #SpreadTheWarmth campaign that went live on January 01, 2020, encourages TikTok users to create videos while making contributions within their communities and helping the less fortunate to tackle a severe winter season. Since its launch on TikTok, the hashtag has garnered over 575 million video views and many new community initiatives have come up to showcase the spirit of giving. During the month of January 2019 alone, winter claimed 103 lives in Delhi and in January 2020 the state has already recorded the lowest temperature in 119 years. This initiative is a great way of encouraging the youth and the community at large to come together for a common cause. It also highlights the effectiveness of the popular video sharing app TikTok to create a positive change in the community.

Goonj and TikTok come together for #SpreadTheWarmth campaign

argeting users in smaller cities and towns, digital Tpayments platform PhonePe

on Wednesday launched a unique savings product on its platform that will help people earn higher short-term FD-type returns on idle money lying in their savings accounts.Called 'Liquid Fund' on the lines of Mutual Funds, PhonePe will invest money in safer instruments such as bank and government securities, said the company which has over 175 million users in India.There is no lock-in period and the customer does not have to maintain a minimum balance."This is our second product in the Mutual Funds space after Tax Saving Funds where we have created a completely digital investment flow for our users," said Terence Lucien, Head of Mutual Funds, PhonePe."We will continue to add more such financial solutions for our users to manage their money and fulfill their life aspirations in a better way," Lucien added.Users can begin saving with as low as Rs. 500 in a completely secure and paperless process in less than 5 minutes.

PhonePe Launches 'Liquid Fund', Says Users Can Earn

FD-Like Returns

Manipal Hospitals Dwarka Organises CPR Training for Delhi Traffic Police CHANDIGARH: In a bid to reduce death rates that occur in public due to cardiac arrests, Manipal Hospitals, India’s leading healthcare provider today conducted an enlightening session on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for the traffic policemen. As a part of World Ambulance Day, Dr Sushant Chhabra, Head of Emergency Medicine and his team explained the policemen and fire safety team about the basics, to whom, how and when to administer the CPR. Apart from Basic Life Support (BLS) & CPR training, the team delivered session on stress management, diet control, exercise routine and various symptoms of heart attack to watch out for. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) helps maintain vital blood flow to the heart and brain. It is an effort to manually preserve brain functions until further measures are taken and is a proven effective technique that enhances chances of survival. Speaking about the initiative, Dr Sushant Chhabra, Head of Emergency Medicine Manipal Hospital Dwarka said, “Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation is a lifesaving technique useful in medical emergencies such as Heart attack, in which someone’s breathing or heartbeat has stopped. Here, ambulances also plays an integral part towards emergency care of the patient. Thus, on the occasion of World Ambulance Day, we provided CPR training to traffic policemen and fire safety team to promote road safety. Timely assistance is most critical to fatalities, and often it turns out to be life-saving. In the coming years, we aim to reach more citizens across India.

HANDIGARH: vivo, the global innovative smartphone brand, recently launched its super Cstylish phone vivo S1Pro in India on 4th January,

2020. Priced at Rs.19,990, the smartphone has received great response on the first week of the sale where customers appreciated the stylish design and 48MP AI Quad camera. vivo’s S-series has been the hallmark of stylish design and camera performance. The company’s latest addition – the S1Pro comes with a unique diamond shaped camera panel at the back which makes it the ultimate style icon. A 16.20cm (6.38) Super AMOLED vibrant display, a powerful 4500 mAh battery and a 48MP Quad Rear Camera makes S1Pro a perfect combination of style and substance.Expressing happiness on the brilliant response received for S1Pro, Puneet Mahajan, Head, Sales and Marketing, Punjab said, “S-series has witnessed overwhelming response ever since the launch of S1. Our latest offering the S1Pro has been received very well in the state where customers appreciated the diamond shaped rear camera panel which is the first in the industry. As a brand, vivo always surprises the customers with new innovations. As we have seen in S1Pro, with the industry leading camera features and trendsetting looks, the smartphone is bound to attract the attention of the youth.

vivo’s latest S1Pro receives brilliant response in Punjab

handigarh : Motoring events are a great way to get close to incredible Ccars and even take them for a test

drive.There’s nothing like a shared love for cars to bring like-minded people together. This will soon be seen in Chandigarh where women from all walks of life will participate in #SheDrives – a first of its kind pro driving school organised by Autocar India and Ford. After an overwhelming response in the first four editions of #SheDrives in Mumbai, Gurugram, Guwahati and Bengaluru, the fifth edition of #SheDrives pro-driving school for women is ready to brace the driving enthusiasts on January 11 and 12 at the Shalimar Mall Mela Ground – Panchkula in Chandigarh. On a custom built autocross track consisting of fast straights, tight corners, chicanes and the works, these women will be introduced to advanced driving techniques, giving them an ideal platform to sharpen up their driving skills. The event will start with experts from ace rally driver Gaurav Gill’s team, taking each of the participants on a sighting lap in a completely stock Ford Freestyle, acquainting them with various skills to be able to master the track.

Chandigarh brace yourself: #shedrives fifth edition

to roll in soon

Apple Acknowledges iPhone XR Connectivity Problems in the UK

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handigarh,: Kamdhenu Paints, one of India’s leading Cfull-scale decorative paint

company recently launch edits latest range of ‘Weather Classic Max’ exterior emulsion and ultra-luxury premium quality ‘Kamo Hi- Sheen' interior emulsion. The company has launched both the products in pack sizes of 1 L, 4 L, 10 L and 20 L with a key focus on the urban and rural markets. These products will be available at 4000+ dealers of Kamdhenu Paints across the country. ‘Weather Classic Max’is an anti-dust Exterior Emulsion with HD Quality. The new eco-friendly product from the house of Kamdhenu Paints provides excellent durable coating to the exterior walls and comes with 5 years warranty. ‘KAMO Hi-Sheen’ gives high sheen and elegant look to the interior walls and comes loaded with features like high scrub resistance, best wash ability, superior adhesion, stain resistance and sweet smell.

Kamdhenu Paints launches Eco-friendly Range of Interior

and Exterior Emulsions

Sony Introduces In-ear Wireless NoiseCancellation Headphones WI-1000XM2Chandigarh : With the commitment to offer best-in-class audio experience to its customers, Sony India today unveiled the latest addition to the family of wireless in-ear headphones, the new WI-1000XM2. Sony continues to augment its family of personal noise cancellation after the launch of the industry leaders WH-1000XM3 and WH-XB900N. Teaming with the Industry-leading Noise Cancellation technology and superior sound quality into one nifty neckband, Sony WI-1000XM2 fits seamlessly and stylishly into your life.Immerse yourself in music and banish background noise with the new WI-1000XM2. The noise cancelling technology is the most advanced ever in this wireless neckband headphones, thanks to the power of dedicated HD Noise Cancelling Processor QN1. The stable fitting structure with an angled earphone design helps prevent ambient noise from entering the ear while the Dual Noise Sensor technology cancels any noise.

TCL, popular Chinese company for home appliances, on Wednesday expanded its range of smart TVs in India by launching new artificial intelligence (AI) powered C8 series based on Google's Android TV. The company also brought its AI-backed air conditioners (ACs) dubbed AI Ultra-Inverter Air Conditioners under its Elite series and released TCL Home app for both Android and iOS users. The new 4K AI smart TV models by TCL come in 55-inch and 65-inch screen sizes and have Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant support. The TVs also have support for Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos technologies and come with a range of over-the-top (OTT) media apps such as Amazon Prime Video and Netflix.The TCL C8-series smart TVs come with a far-field voice recognition technology to let users control them using their voice. The Shenzhen-based company is also aiming to make its smart TVs as a gateway to control other connected devices. The TVs have Onkyo speakers and run Android TV (version Android 9 Pie). Further, they sport 4K UHD panels with TCL's proprietary Wide Colour Gamut (WCG) technology and Dolby Vision support.

Home remedies for low blood pressure

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second poster of the upcoming 17th Jan! ". In the poster, lead couple family comedy that will show how comedy-drama 'Jai Mummy Di' Sunny Singh and Sonnalli Seygall have conflicting dynamics between the Afeaturing the lead characters been tied with flower garlands and the mothers lead to muddled chemistry

embedded in the backdrop of a wedding. love birds are being pulled by their moms, between their own children and other Luv Films on Instagram shared the poster Supriya Pathak and Poonam Dhillon who members of both families'. Written and and captioned it as, "Mummy Aur Phoolon have strangled their kids with garlands. All directed by Navjot Gulati, the comedy-Ki Ladi Ne Pyaar Ki Laga Di! 10 Days To of them are seen decked up in wedding drama is set to hit theatres on January 17, Go For @jaimummydi! In Cinemas on attires. 'Jai Mummy Di' is a light-hearted 2020.

Kangana Ranaut applauds Meghna Gulzar, Deepika

for 'Chhapaak'ctor Kangana Ranaut on Wednesday applauded director Meghna Gulzar and actor Deepika Padukone for making 'Chhapaak', a film Abased on acid-attack victims. Kangana's sister Rangoli Chandel who

herself is an acid-attack survivor took to Twitter to share a video of the actor where she is seen extending thanks to Gulzar and Padukone

for making a film on the important issue. "I saw the trailer of the film 'Chhapaak' recently, and after

watching it I was reminded of the incident of acid attack on my sister Rangoli. Today, I and my

family thank Meghna Gulzar and Deepika (Padukone) that they made a film on this

issue. This will give courage to those people who gave up on their life after struggling with it," said Ranaut in the video. "This film has placed a tight slap on the face of those monsters who succeeded in their act but not in their will. With this film, all those faces will glow that have been spoiled and their courage was broken by these monsters and the beauty of their spirit,"

the 'Panga' actor said. Congratulating the team of the film, Kangana added, "I

wish that with this New Year the sale of acid gets prohibited so that this country

becomes free of acid-attacks. In the end many many congratulations to the team

'Chhapaak'." The movie is based on the real-life acid attack survivor of Laxmi, who at the age of 15,

was attacked allegedly by a spurned lover in 2005. Laxmi had to undergo several surgeries. Later, she took up the job of

helping acid attack survivors and promoted campaigns to stop such attacks. 'Chhapaak' is being helmed by

Meghna Gulzar and is being co-produced by Deepika and Fox Star Studios. The movie is set to hit theatres on January 10, 2020.

"I wish that with this New Year the sale of acid gets

prohibited so that this country becomes free of

acid-attacks. In the end many many

congratulations to the team 'Chhapaak'.

"I wish that with this New Year the sale of acid gets

prohibited so that this country becomes free of

acid-attacks. In the end many many

congratulations to the team 'Chhapaak'.

New poster of Sunny Sharma starrer features lead actorsJai Mummy Di

Shilpa Shetty kick startsshooting for 'Hungama 2'

ctor Shilpa Shetty on Wednesday kick-started the shoot for her upcoming comedy-drama 'Hungama 2' and Ashared a video with fans to show how excited she is for

the new venture. The 44-year-old actor hopped on to Instagram and shared an exciting video. She captioned the post as, "New beginnings: Hungama 2 | Day 1. Thrilled to be working with one of my favourite directors, #Priyadarshan Sir for the first time, while going back to where it all began @venusmovies @jainrtn." "Happy, nervous, excited, anxious, humbled, and blessed - feeling a gamut of emotions right now! Need your love and support as I start this new journey today .

You should be careful in portraying historical figures: Om on 'Tanhaji'

t is important to keep the sanctity and purity sanctity, purity intact and do it with the right heart a brilliant tool to tell stories that you want to tell." of historical characters intact while so it gets translated on-screen," Raut told a news Ajay Devgn will be seen as Tanhaji Malusare, Kajol Ipresenting them on the screen, says agency in an interview here. Raut says his as his wife - Savitribai Malusare, Saif Ali Khan as

"Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior" director Om grandparents introduced him to the Maratha Udaybhan Rathod, the antagonist and Sharad Raut. Raut says he researched the story warrior. "I grew up in a Marathi household, I was Kelkar as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. The director, for about three years to get a clear picture. told this story about Tanhaji Malusare by my best known for directing the critically and "We met a lot of historians, researchers, grandparents. It was my family, who introduced me commercially successful 2015 film "Lokmanya: Ek read a lot of books and studied paintings. to this character, to this great warrior. The word Yug Purush", says he gives a lot of importance to It is important to keep the sanctity, surgical strike has been taught to us recently but casting because when the cast is apt, half the battle

persona and the purity of the character the Maratha's were known for guerilla activity that is won. "If your spy looks like a spy then he doesn't intact when you are dealing with they always did." have to act too much. I believe in performance and historical figures. When Raut, was studying in the US in 2006, one of the ability of an actor. The reason to cast Mr Devgn, "There shouldn't be anything that will his friends showed him a film about a greek warrior, Saif and Kajol and others, the core reason for it is possibly create any type of harm to that motivated him to make a film on Maratha the excellence that they have in their performances. their image. There has to be self- warriors. That's how, Raut says, began the journey They all had narrations after that they came on censorship that every maker has to of making a movie. "Cinema is a powerful tool. board for the project." The biographical period maintain. I would like to put such People do not read newspapers or books or history action film, produced by Ajay and T-series, is restrains on myself and keep the books but cinema is seen by a lot of people, so it is scheduled to arrive in theatres on January 10.

My father is my biggest inspiration and motivation: Arjunelugu superstar Allu Arjun paid a heartfelt tribute to his producer-father Allu Aravind during an event There, saying he learned hard work and dedication

from him. Arjun was speaking at a musical concert for his upcoming movie "Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo" on Monday that saw performances by artistes like music composer Thaman, singers Sivamani, Sid Sriram, Armaan Malik and Priya Sisters. After the performances, the actor took stage along with rest of the film's cast -- Tabu and Sushanth as well as director Trivikram Srinivas. His brother Allu Sirish and father were also present. "My father is the best person in the world. He is my biggest inspiration and motivation in life. He has given me so much, taught me so much, that I will never be able to fully repay it. He is a hardworking, dedicated man and these are the qualities he has instilled in us," Arjun said. The actor further said that he can never match the "greatness" of his father who has achieved many milestones in his life. "My aim is to at least achieve half of what he did. In our family, we don't speak up much or acknowledge our love for each other. Dad, I did not find a better platform to express this - I love you," Arjun added.

Hope, pray spring comes to Kashmir: Vidhu Vinod Choprailmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra 1987 when everything was alright. It is 10-15 years that people remember says his next film "Shikara - The their story of 30-years and 30 years of those things.FUntold Story of Kashmiri Pandits" India. It took a lot of time to write and "With this film, I hope the community,

is about the exodus of the community make this film, which is a story of those with whom I have had a very close from the Valley and how these people people, who are refugees in their own relationship, there will be some changes became a refugee in their own country. country for 30 years and it is very in their lives and that their life will At the centre of Chopra's film is a young unusual," Chopra said at the trailer become better than before. So that's the couple Shanti Dhar (Sadia) and Shiv launch of the movie. The director said he intention." In "Shikara...", Chopra said, Kumar Dhar (Aadil Khan), who are hopes and prays "spring" comes to he has not shown the face of the caught up in the violence of 1989-1990 "Kashmir and to the rest of the world." militants and has tactfully dealt with and are forced to leave their home in "Whatever film we make we hope, like violence. "The so-called militants do not Kashmir. "It is a 30-year-old story of a with '3 Idiots' we did hope some students have any faces. I wanted faceless Pandit couple, Shiv will do something different in their life, violence. There is not a single face that Kumar Dhar and with 'Lage Raho Munnabhai' you will see throwing a stone, it is all Shanti Dhar, we thought Mahatma shadows. I worked very hard to convey i t Gandhi will bring peace those shadows. The idea of the film is to starte in the country... A film join, not break the lakir (line)," he added. d in can have so much "Shikara", he said, is a tribute to his late

influence even after mother.

NEWS AT AGLANCE

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 2020

Smoke from Australianwildfires reachesSouthern Brazil :MeteorologistsMOSCOW: Smoke from devastatingbushfires in Australia that have led tothe death of over two dozen peoplehas reached southern Brazil,according to the Brazilian MetsulMeteorologia company. "Smoke fromthe Australian fires is beginning toarrive in the northwest of Rio Grandedo Sul [Brazil’s southernmost state],"Metsul tweeted on Tuesday. OnMonday, Australian Prime MinisterScott Morrison pledged to allocate 2billion Australian dollars ($1.4 billion) tohelp his fire-hit country through thenewly-established National BushfireRecovery Agency. The Australianprime minister specified that this newcommitment would come in addition tothe government's emergency anddisaster payments and support forvolunteer firefighters. Wildfires startedburning in Australia in September oflast year. In the last few weeks, hotand dry weather has contributed to therapid spread of bushfires, which haveclaimed at least 25 lives and havedestroyed almost 2,000 homes. Thisweek, US President Donald Trumpand UK Prime Minister Boris Johnsonoffered Australia help in the fightagainst bushfires.

Death toll fromKerman stampede atSoleimani’s funeralreaches 56TEHRAN: The number of people killedin a stampede at the funeral of Iran’scommander Qasem Soleimani in hishometown of Kerman has reached 56,Iranian Press TV reports. Earlier it wasreported that over 50 people werekilled in the Kerman stampede. PressTV said in the early hours ofWednesday that 56 people were killedand another 213 were injured in thestampede. The injured have beentaken to the hospital. Soleimani, wholed the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’elite Quds Force, was killed inBaghdad last Friday in a US dronestrike ordered by US President DonaldTrump. Soleimani’s burial ceremonyon Tuesday had to be postponed asmillions of mourners flocked to the cityof Kerman to pay their respects to thelate commander. Iranian PresidentHassan Rouhani and Supreme LeaderAli Khamenei have pledged thatSoleimani’s death would not gounavenged, in response to what theyconsider a US crime.

Bank of Baroda toissue tier-II bondsworth Rs 2,000 croreMUMBAI: The capital raisingcommittee of Bank of Baroda onWednesday approved the issuance ofBasel III compliant tier two bonds foraggregate total issue size notexceeding Rs 2,000 crore in single ormultiple tranches. The developmentcame less than a week after the state-owned lender raised Rs 920 crore byissuing Basel III compliant bonds onprivate placement basis. The issuehad opened on January 2 and closedon the same day. It saw a total of 11allottees through a private placementof bonds. A total of 9,200 bondsaggregating to Rs 920 crore wereissued. At 1 pm, shares of Bank ofBaroda traded 1.2 per cent down atRs 94.95 on BSE Ltd. Last month, theReserve Bank of India (RBI) found thatBank of Baroda had under-reportedbad loans by Rs 5,250 crore in thefinancial year 2018-19. The bank hadreported Rs 23,795 crore net non-performing assets while the RBIassessed it at Rs 29,045 crore,leaving a gap of Rs 5,250 crore. Thedivergence in provisioning alsoincreased by Rs 4,090 crore. Bank ofBaroda is undergoing a three-waymerger with Dena Bank and VijayaBank. The combined entity will have ageographical reach of more than 9,500branches, more than 13,400 ATMswith 85,000 employees serving 12crore customers.

Tata Steel arm getslicence for chromiteore mine in OdishaMUMBAI: Tata Steel's subsidiary T SAlloys Ltd has won a licence for achromite ore mine in Odisha for 50years. The Odisha state governmenthad undertaken an auction process forthe grant of mining lease for theSaruabil chromite mining block. "Wehave been informed that the Odishastate government has issued to T SAlloys Limited, a wholly-ownedsubsidiary of the company, a letter ofintent as the successful bidder for grantof mining lease for 50 years, subject tofulfilment of certain conditions," TataSteel said in a statement. "This hasreference to our letter dated October 24,2019 clarifying the participation of thecompany and its subsidiary company inthe e-auction process held by the stategovernment of Odisha for the chromitemine currently held by Misrilall MinesPvt Ltd," the company said. Chromiumfrom the ores of chromite is used in themanufacturing of stainless steel, toolsteel and armour-piercing projectiles.Tata Steel Group is among the topglobal steel companies with an annualcrude steel capacity of 33 million tonnesper annum. The group (excludingsoutheast Asia operations) recorded aconsolidated turnover of 22.67 billiondollars in the financial year endingMarch 31, 2019. In 2018, it acquiredBhushan Steel Ltd which has beenrenamed as Tata Steel BSL Ltd.

Likee lets you peek into the future withForecast2020NEW DELHI: Likee, the pioneering global short video creation platform fromSingapore based BIGO technology has launched a new and exciting featurecalled Foresee under FaceMagic function. Using same, creators will get aglimpse of what the year 2020 will bring them. So far, more than 2.5 lakhvideos have been generated with the hashtag #Forecast2020, and thenumber is growing with each passing day. As part of FaceMagic which is apopular one-tap tool that allows users to morph celebrity face in the famousdance/movie scene into their own face, Foresee feature works with a user'sfront-facing photo to create a video with a visual representation of his/herfuture.

Cabinet approves strategic disinvestmentin MMTC, NMDC, BHEL and others

AGENCYNEW DELHI, JAN 8

Cabinet Committee onEconomic Affairs (CCEA) onWednesday gave in-principleapproval for strategicdisinvestment in Minerals &Metals Trading CorporationLtd (MMTC), NationalMineral DevelopmentCorporation (NMDC), BharatHeavy Electricals Ltd(BHEL), Metallurgical andEngineering Consultants(MECON) and two Odishastate government publicsector undertakings.

The government willoffload 49.78 per cent equityshareholding in MMTC, 10.1per cent in NMDC besides0.68 per cent in MECON andBHEL each to a strategicbuyer after a two-stageauction procedure. Besides, itwill sell 12 per cent stake inIndustrial Promotion andInvestment Corporation ofOdisha Ltd (IPICOL) and

20.47 per cent in OdishaMining Corporation (OMC)in Neelachal Ispat NigamLimited (NINL). NINL is ajoint venture company inwhich four central publicsector enterprises -- MMTC,NMDC, BHEL and MECON-- besides two state PSUs ofthe Odisha state government -- IPICOL and OMC -- areshareholders. "The proposedstrategic disinvestment ofNINL will unlock resourcesto be used to finance thesocial sector anddevelopmental programmesof the government benefitingthe public," according to anofficial statement. "It is alsoexpected that the successful

strategic buyer may bring innew management andtechnology and investmentfor the growth of company,and may use innovative

methods for the developmentof business operations whichmay generate moreemployment opportunities,"said the statement further.

Capital grant for North EastNatural Gas Pipeline Grid okayed

NEW DELHI: The Cabinet Committee on EconomicAffairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved the North East GasGrid Project of Indradhanush Gas Grid Ltd (IGGL) withviability gap funding at 60 per cent of the estimated cost ofRs 9,265 crore. The quantum of viability gap funding willinclude interest during the construction and not be linkedwith upward capital cost variation. The Ministry ofPetroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) will identifymilestones for major activities of the project and link thereleases of capital grant. The total length of the pipeline is1,656 km. The gas pipeline grid will be developed in eightstates -- Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya,Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura. The project willensure reliable and uninterrupted natural gas supplies toconsumers, according to an official statement. "Availabilityof natural gas across the region is expected to boostindustrial growth without impacting the environment andoffer a better quality of life to the people in general due touse of cleaner and green fuel," said the statement.

Equities downbeat asoil prices rise after Iran

strike on US troopsAGENCYMUMBAI, JAN 8

Equity benchmark indices recoveredfrom intraday lows but ended withmarginal losses on Wednesday asinvestors feared a wider conflict in theMiddle East after Iran fired missiles atUS forces in Iraq overnight.

The attacks on Ain Al-Asad airbaseand another at Erbil came hours afterthe funeral of top military commanderQassem Soleimani whose killing in aUS drone strike led to sharp escalationsin a developing conflict across theregion. India imports around 85 percent of its crude oil requirement. Henceany rise in prices can lead to higherinflation and disturb the country's fiscaldeficit. The market sentiment was alsotempered with domestic economicgrowth which the government expectsat 5 per cent for financial year 2019-20,lower than the 2018-19 expansion rateof 6.8 per cent, mainly due to poorperformance by the manufacturing andconstruction sectors.

The BSE S&P Sensex closed 52points lower at 40,817 while the Nifty

50 slipped by 28 points at 12,025.Except for Nifty FMCG and IT, allsectoral indices at the National StockExchange were in the red.

Among stocks, Eicher Motorsclosed 4.3 per cent lower at Rs 19,900per share while Coal India slipped by2.5 per cent, Larsen & Toubro by 2.2per cent and IndianOil Corporation by1.9 per cent.

The other prominent losers wereONGC, Sun Pharma, Titan, HeroMotoCorp, Infosys and TechMahindra. However, Bharti Airtel, YesBank, Tata Consultancy Services,UltraTech Cement and Bajaj Financeshowed marginal gains.

ISTANBUL, JAN 8

Turkish President RecepTayyip Erdogan will hostRussian counterpartVladimir Putin onWednesday to inaugurate anew gas pipeline, withtensions in Libya and Syriaalso on the agenda. Putinarrived late on Tuesday afterpaying a surprise visit toSyria -- his first toDamascus since the warbegan -- at a moment ofacute uncertainty in theMiddle East following theassassination of top Iraniangeneral Qasem Soleimani bythe United States. Russia'sleader will seek to boost hiscredentials as a regionalpowerbroker at the symbolicopening of the TurkStreampipeline, which bringsRussian gas to Turkey andsouthern Europe via the

Black Sea. TurkStream andthe Nord Stream pipelinesunder the Baltic allowRussia to increase gassupplies to Europe withouthaving to rely on Ukraine.But Moscow's increasingdomination of Europeanenergy markets has worriedthe US, which last monthsanctioned firms working onTurkStream and the almostcompleted Nord Stream 2.The ceremony in Istanbul,

due to start at 1200 GMT,reflects a dramaticimprovement in ties betweenRussia and Turkey -- twocountries seemingly on theverge of war less than fiveyears ago after Turkey shotdown a Russian jet. Theyremain on opposing sides inthe Syria conflict and couldbe on a collision course inLibya. Last week, Turkeysent its first troops to helpdefend the UN-backed

Tripoli government, whichis under siege fromstrongman Khalifa Haftar.Erdogan says 2,500 Russianmercenaries are amongthose supporting Haftar --claims denied by Moscow.But Russia so far seemsunfazed by the Turkishdeployment in Libya, saidMariana Belenkaia, of theCarnegie Centre in Moscow."The two countries willlikely be tempted to sharethe Libyan burden," shesaid. Syria remains apotential powder-keg forErdogan and Putin'srelationship. Syriangovernment forces -- backedby Russia -- have ramped upbombardment of the lastrebel strongholds in Idlibprovince in recent weeks,sending hundreds ofthousands fleeing towardsthe Turkish border.

Putin visits Turkey to talk Libya, Syria and gas

LONDON, JAN 8

The United Kingdom (UK)on Wednesday condemnedIran's missile attacks ontwo US-led coalitionmilitary bases in Iraq andcalled on Tehran to notrepeat such "reckless anddangerous" attacks andensure there is de-escalation of tensions inthe region soon. "Wecondemn this attack onIraqi military bases hosting

Coalition including Britishforces. We are concernedby reports of casualties anduse of ballistic missiles.We urge Iran not to repeatthese reckless anddangerous attacks, andinstead to pursue urgent

de-escalation," ForeignSecretary Dominic Raabsaid in a statement.

"A war in the MiddleEast would only benefitDaesh (IS) and otherterrorist groups," Raabadded while referring toIslamic State's Arabicname. Early onWednesday, Iran launchedmore than a dozen missileson US targets in Iraq -- firstat the Ain Al-Asad airbasein Anbar province and

another one at Erbil, whichfalls in the Kurdistanregion. The strikes camehours after the funeral ofIranian commanderQassem Soleimani, whosekilling in a US air raid hasintensified tensions in theregion. Meanwhile, Iraqhas said that a total of 22missiles targetted coalitionbases, with 17 of themstriking the Al-Asadairbase, including two thatdid not detonate.

'Urge Iran not to repeat these reckless attacks':UK condemns strikes on US bases in Iraq

Missile attacks 'a slap on the face'of US, says Iran's Supreme Leader

TEHRAN, JAN 8

The strikes against US bases in Iraqwere "successful" and a "slap on theface" of the United States, Iran'sSupreme Leader Ayatollah AliKhamenei said on Wednesday.

In a televised address broadcast onIranian state TV, Khamenei called onAmerican troops to leave the region.

"Military action like this is notsufficient. What is important is endingthe corrupting presence of America inthe region," Khamenei was quoted byAl-Arabiya as saying while ruling outresumption of dialogue with the USover the 2015 nuclear deal.

The Supreme Leader also said thatthe US was trying to remove Lebanon'sHezbollah group in its bid to help Israel.

Early on Wednesday, Iran launchedmore than a dozen missiles on UStargets in Iraq -- first at the Ain Al-Asadairbase in Anbar province and anotherone at Erbil, which falls in the Kurdistan

region. The strikes came hours after thefuneral of Iranian commander QassemSoleimani, whose killing in a US air raidlast week has intensified tensions in theGulf region.

Countries including the UK havecondemned Iran's strikes and have urgedTehran to pursue urgent de-escalation.

Several international airlines,including Singapore Airlines and AirFrance, have decided to avoid flyingover the region, in view of theprevailing situation.

Oil, gold prices surgeafter Iran targets US

troops in IraqDOHA, JAN 8

Global oil and gold prices climbed sharply onWednesday after the Pentagon said that Iran launchedmore than a dozen ballistic missiles against bases inIraq that house US troops, amplifying concerns abouta spiralling retaliatory conflict between the UnitedStates and Iran. CNN said US crude was last up bymore than 1.2 per cent to over 63 dollars a barrel,coming down slightly from a 4 per cent spike earlier.

Brent crude, a global oilbenchmark, was last upby 1.6 per cent to about69 dollars a barrel.

The attacks wereIran's response to theUS killing last week oftop Iranian GeneralQasem Soleimani inBaghdad. Iran hascalled that attack an 'act

of war' and 'state terrorism' and vowed a response.Investors remained on high alert for any signs of

a clash between the United States and Iran thatthreatens oil supplies in the Middle East. Crudeprices retreated earlier this week on hopes that energysupplies will not be impacted by the tensions.

A spike in oil prices could deal a blow to theworld economy, which is already struggling fromweak manufacturing activity. Meanwhile, Al Jazeerareported that the price of gold initially shot past 1,600dollars per ounce on the spot market but later paredgains to trade at 1,593.56 dollars per ounce asinvestors rushed to safe-haven investments. Attentionhas turned to the Straits of Hormuz in Iran throughwhich 34 million barrels of oil are shipped to theUnited States every month, said Al Jazeera.

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Nipun Dhananjaya tolead Sri Lanka U19World Cup squadCOLOMBO: Sri Lanka Cricket onWednesday named Nipun Dhanan-jaya as the skipper of the U19 WorldCup squad.The 13th edition of the World Cupwill be played between 16 teams,split into four groups, in SouthAfrica. Sri Lanka will face India, NewZealand, and Japan in their groupstage.The top two teams from each groupwill then qualify for the SuperLeague stage.Sri Lanka U19 squad for World Cup:Nipun Dananjaya (captain), NavodParanavithana, Kamil Mishara,Ahan Wickremesinghe, Sonal Di-nusha, Ravindu Rashantha, Mo-hammed Shamaaz, Thaveesha Ab-hishekm, M.A. Chamindu Wi-jesinghe, Ashen Daniel, DilumSudeera, Kavindu Nadeeshan, L.M.Dilshan Madushanka, MatheeshaPathirana, Amshi De Silva.The final of the mega event will beplayed at JB Marks Oval, Potchef-stroom on February 9.

Zimbabwe to hostSri Lanka for twoTests this monthHARARE: Zimbabwe Cricket onWednesday announced that theywill host the Sri Lankan cricket teamfor a two-match Test series later thismonth.The first Test will commence fromJanuary 19 while the second matchwill begin from January 27.Zimbabwe Cricket took to Twitterand wrote: "TEST SERIES: @Zim-Cricketv will host @OfficialSLC fortwo Test matches in Harare thismonth. The first match is scheduledfor 19-23 January, with the secondmatch set for 27-31 January. Bothmatches will be played at HarareSports Club #ZIMvSL."Zimbabwe last played a Test matchin November 2018. The team'scoach Lalchand Rajput said theywant to get in the middle and per-form."We know our home conditions bet-ter, our players are getting match-fitand enjoying some game time. Soall we have to do is to get in themiddle and perform. We have nothad much game time, so the play-ers will be very keen and eager toseize this opportunity and do well,"International Cricket Council (ICC)quoted Rajput as saying.Rajput termed Sri Lanka a 'verycompetitive term'."Sri Lanka are always a very com-petitive team who have been play-ing well and I am looking forward tothe Test series," he said.

Manchester Unitedcapable of making acomeback: RashfordMANCHESTER: After facing a de-feat against Manchester City, Man-chester United's Marcus Rashfordhas said that his team is capable ofmaking a comeback but as of now,he wants to focus on the next game."We have to go there, score goalsand win the game. I think we are ca-pable of doing it. But let's just focuson [Saturday's Premier Leaguegame against] Norwich for now andhopefully, we can put this result be-hind us to bring the positivity back,"the club's official website quotedRashford as saying.Manchester City registered a 3-1win over Manchester United onWednesday during the first leg ofthe Carabao Cup's semi-final.Manchester City scored all theirthree goals in the first half and re-stricted Manchester United fromscoring. However, Manchester Citymanaged to score their first and theonly goal in the 70th minute with thehelp of Rashford's strike.Rashford said it was a 'nice feeling'to captain Manchester United for thefirst time but for him, it is the resultthat matters.

NADA startsconducting dopetest on TokyoOlympic probablesNEW DELHI: The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) has startedconducting dope tests on the ath-letes, who are probables for the2020 Tokyo Olympics.More than 150 athletes from varioussports such as athletics, hockey,boxing, shooting, archery, bad-minton, tennis and wrestling will betested. Earlier in the day, weightlifterSarbjeet Kaur faced a four-year banfor doping violations. "The Anti-Dop-ing Disciplinary panel has foundKaur guilty of anti-doping rule viola-tion. She has been imposed apenalty of ineligibility for a period of4 years," NADA said in a statement.Kaur was tested positive earlier fol-lowing intake of the prohibited non-specified substance. Her dope testsample was collected during 34thWomen Senior National Weightlift-ing Championship held at Vishakha-patnam by NADA Dope Control Offi-cer.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 2020

AGENCYDUBAI, JAN 8

Australia batsman Marnus Labuschagnehas grabbed a career-best ranking andmoved to the third place in the latest ICCTest player rankings after a match-win-ning double-century against New Zealandin Sydney. The 25-year-old has moved upone slot after scores of 215 and 59 that notonly made him the 'Player of the Match'but also helped him clinch the 'player ofthe series' award.

He was the highest scorer in the serieswith 549 runs, while his five previousTests that include two at home againstPakistan, have seen him amass 896 runs.

Labuschagne was ranked 110th at thebeginning of last year but is now only be-hind India captain Virat Kohli and com-patriot Steve Smith. There are now three

Australia batsmen in the top five withopener David Warner gaining two slotsafter scoring 297 runs in the series.

Meanwhile, Australia pacer MitchellStarc has equalled his career-best fifth po-sition that he previously achieved inMarch 2018. He finished with 15 wicketsin the series that included four in Sydney.

Spinner Nathan Lyon's 10-wicket haulhas helped him advance five places tojoint-14th. For New Zealand, all-rounderColin de Grandhomme has been a notablegainer. He has moved from 47th to 39thamong batsmen and from 36th to 34thamong bowlers. Matt Henry has movedup three places to 66th among bowlers.England all-rounder Ben Stokes, 'playerof the match' in Cape Town, has made itinto the top 10 for batsmen for the secondtime in his career after scores of 47 and72. He has moved from 15th to 10th,while his best was ninth, achieved in No-vember last year. He has also caught upwith compatriot Moeen Ali at 27th placeamong bowlers. Dom Sibley's maidenTest century has lifted him 87 places to80th while fast bowler James Anderson'srecord 28th five-wicket haul in the firstinnings sees him back in the top 10.

From 110th ranking to number 3: Rise of Labuschagne in TestsThe 25-year-old hasmoved up one slotafter scores of 215

and 59 that not only madehim the 'Player of theMatch' but also helped himclinch the 'player of the se-ries' award.

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AGENCYDUBAI, JAN 8

India run-machine and captain ViratKohli continues to emerge on top whileCheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahanehad a fall in the latest ICC Test Rankingsreleased here on Wednesday.

Kohli, with 928 points is 17 pointsahead of Australian batsman Steve Smithranked second with 911 points. Pujaradropped from 5th to 6th place with 791points while Rahane also slided to 9thspot from 7th with 759 points the ICCsaid in a statement.

Australia batsman MarnusLabuschagne grabbed a career-best thirdplace moving one slot up after a match-winning double-century against NewZealand in Sydney.

He moved up one slot after scores of215 and 59 that not only made him the‘player of the match’ but also helped himclinch the ‘player of the series’ award.

Kohli maintains top slotin ICC Test Rankings Pujara slips to 6th place

I am not in favour of four-day Tests: Sandeep Patil

MUMBAI, JAN 8

Former India batsman Sandeep Patil on Wednesday joined the bandwagon ofpast and present cricketers to oppose the idea of four-day Tests, saying thefive-day game tests the character of an individual.

Patil was here at the iconic Cricket Club of India to give away prizes af-ter the Harris Shield final, a popular school-level tournament.

When asked about the idea of four-day Tests, Patil's initial reaction was"it's non-sense". Asked further to elaborate, Patil, a part of the 1983 WorldCup winning Indian team, said, "I am from the old school and like SachinTendulkar has put it so nicely and correctly that in five-day Tests, the first daybelongs to medium pace bowlers and Test cricket itself is a test of character.You are taking away those characters and those tests. "Why it is called a'Test'? It's because it is the test of an individual. A cricketer is put to test onthe first day and on the last day also when the wicket is crumbled, turning andsquare and you have to face spinners," said Patil, who played 29 Tests be-tween 1980 and 1984.

AGENCYKUALA LUMPUR, JAN 8

Indian shuttler PV Sindhu on Wednesday ad-vanced to the second round of the ongoingMalaysia Masters badminton tournament.

She defeated Russia's Evgeniya Koset-skaya 21-15, 21-13 in the first round matchthat lasted 35 minutes.

Earlier in the day, Saina Nehwal alsomade it to the second round after defeatingLianne Tan 21-15, 21-17.

However, Sai Praneeth was knocked outin the first round. The 27-year-old faced astraight-game defeat at the hands of Den-mark's Rasmus Gemke 11-21, 15-21.

On Tuesday, the Indian doubles pair ofSatwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shettycrashed out of the tournament after losing toMalaysia's Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi.

Sindhu advances to the secondround of Malaysia Masters

Sai Praneeth bows out KUALA LUMPUR: World championships bronze-medallist B Sai Praneeth made a first-round exit from theMalaysia Masters badminton tournament after going down to Denmark's Rasmus Gemke in straight gameshere on Wednesday. Praneeth's 11-21 15-21 loss meant another disappointment for India in the Super 500 tour-nament following Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty's first-round defeat in the men's doubles eventon Tuesday. Later on Wednesday, Parupalli Kashyap will take on top seed Kento Momota in men's singles. Alother top India shuttlers, including PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy and Sameer Ver-ma will also be in action.

AGENCYADELAIDE , JAN 8

Afghanistan and Ade-laide Strikers all-round-er Rashid Khan onWednesday scripted histhird hat-trick in theshortest format of thegame.

He achieved thefeat in the ongoingmatch against SydneySixers in the ongoingBig Bash League(BBL).

Rashid dismissedJack Edwards, JamesVince and Jack Ed-wards on successiveballs to achieve thefeat.

BBL's official han-dle tweeted the video ofRashid's hat-trick andcaptioned the post as -- "He's done it! A hat-trick for Rashid Khan! What a moment#BBL09".

Rashid has been setting the tournamentablaze with this quickfire knocks. He has alsobeen using a 'camel' bat in the tournament, andit has garnered quite a lot of attention.

But the batsman failed to trouble thescores against Sydney Sixers in the ongoingmatch. In the ongoing match between Strikersand Sixers, the latter won the toss and opted tobowl first. Strikers kept on losing wickets atregular intervals and hence was restricted to135 in the allotted twenty overs.

Rashid Khan scripts histhird hat-trick in T20s

AGENCYBENGALURU, JAN 8

Defending champions Bengaluru FCface an out-of-form Jamshedpur FC in anIndian Super League clash at the SreeKanteerava stadium here on Thursday.

Bengaluru are coming into this tie onthe back of a confidence-boosting 2-1win over FC Goa and will fancy theirchances against a Jamshedpur side whoare winless in five matches.

Carles Cuadrat side, placed third onthe table with 19 points from 11 match-es, can consolidate their spot in the topfour with a win on Thursday.

Jamshedpur, meanwhile, cannot af-ford to lose. Given that they are sixthwith 13 points from 10 matches, a losswill see them fall further behind in therace for the top-four spots.

Captain Sunil Chhetri, who was in-

strumental in Bengaluru's win against FCGoa with two brilliant goals, will onceagain be the key man for the home side.Chhetri has scored seven goals alreadythis season and has been a saving gracefor Bengaluru's attack which has scoredjust 13 goals so far.

Cuadrat will be worried with thepoor run of form his wingers Udanta

Singh and Ashique Kuruniyan are goingthrough but will hope new recruitDeshorn Brown is able to make an im-mediate impact.

"Sunil Chhetri is our top scorer butwe are creating chances, but other playersshould also score. All the attacking play-ers are working hard to score. I am surethey will help us during the next matches.We play in a good way and we create a lotof chances," said Bengaluru goalkeepingcoach Javier Pinillos. Another factor go-ing in favour of Bengaluru is their water-tight defence which has let in just sevengoals this season. It will be a huge ask forJamshedpur FC, who are without theirstar striker Sergio Castel, to breach theBlues' backline. "Jamshedpur FC haveshown this season that they play verygood football and that they are a verygood side. We have to be careful of themand prepare well.

Bengaluru face Jamshedpur challenge at homeIndian sports have come

a long way: Mary KomNEW DELHI: Six-time world champion boxer MC Mary Kom on Wednesdaysaid that Indian sports have come a long way with many athletes getting the fi-nancial backing of sponsors these days."In my early days I would struggle to buy even a pair of gloves. It is hearteningto see Indian sports have come a long way," said Mary Kom while sending offthe athletes on a maiden SpiceJet flight for Khelo India Games beginning inGuwahati on Friday."It's really great and encouraging to see an amazing flying experience is beingprovided to these budding stars," said the 2012 Olympics bronze medallist.In a bid to make Khelo India a world-class sporting experience for the buddingathletes, Sports Authority of India (SAI) has come together with SpiceJet to helpmore than 1000 kids experience the joy of flying."Khelo India has been incredible at unearthing young talents who can begroomed to bring laurels for the country and its mission has been to introducestate-of-the-art facilities to athletes from the grassroots level. I hope this uniquepartnership will further strengthen our commitment towards giving the best pos-sible facilities to our athletes," Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju said.