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CHANDIGARHVOL. XXIII, NO. 258

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Yugmarg joins very dear readersand affectionate patrons in Diwalicelebrations. Let us wish eachother a happy, peaceful and safeDiwali.

We will meet again on October30

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Khattar to lead BJP-JJP govt inHry, oath taking ceremony today

RAJENDRA KHATRYCHANDIGARH, OCT 26

Chief Minister Manohar LalKhattar, who was electedleader of the BJP legislatureparty in Haryana today, in thepresence of Union MinisterRavi Shankar Prasad will takeoath as the Chief Minister ofthe state tomorrow. DushyantChautala, leader of the Jan-nayak Janta Party (JJP) willtake oath as the Deputy ChiefMinister.

According to sources, someministers would also take oathon Sunday, but their numberwas not clear. The oath-takingceremony will take place at2.15 pm tomorrow. Incidentally,this will be the second timeManohar Lal Khattar will be theChief Minister of the state. TheHaryana assembly election pro-duced a hung assembly withBJP winning 40 seats, Congress31 and the JJP 10. But the BJPwas successful in cobbling up amajority with the support of theJJP and 7 independents. TheBJP's decision to win over

Dushyant Chautala’s JJP under-lines its quest to placate the Jats,a dominant community in thestate which is believed to havevoted against the saffron party.But top BJP leaders movedswiftly after the poll resultswere out to cobble together amajority in Haryana when theparty was six short of the ma-jority mark. Earlier speculationwas rife that Naina Chautala,mother of Dushyant Chautalaand wife of Ajay Singh Chauta-la will be the deputy CM. Buttalking to `Yugmarg’ on phone,Naina Chautala said that it isDushyant Chautala who will bethe Deputy CM and not she.She said she has received manysuch querries as false rumourswere being spread by some peo-ple in the media. Talking to themedia outside the Governor’sresidence, Chief Minister-electManohar Lal Khattar said thatthe Governor Satyadeo NarainArya has invited the BJP-Jan-nayak Janta Party (JJP) led acoalition to form the next gov-ernment in the state after theleaders of the two parties.

Ajay Chautala granted furlough for two weeks NEW DELHI: Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) leader Ajay Chautala has been granted furlough and is expected to be out by today evening or Sun-day morning, said DG Tihar Jail. Chautala has been granted furlough for two weeks. Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) president Dushyant Chautalahad on Friday met his father Ajay Chautala at Tihar prison complex. The BJP on Friday had sealed an alliance in Haryana with Dushyant Chau-tala's JJP, which won 10 seats in the 90-member Haryana Assembly. The deal was sealed in a meeting between BJP President Amit Shah andDushyant Chautala.

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NATIONHere was buried Thomas Jefferson Author of the Declaration of American Independence Of the Statute of Virginia for religious

freedom & Father of the University of Virginia.

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CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Saturday greeted people on the occasion of Diwali and Bandi Chhor Diwas, with an appeal to protect the environment through green celebration and total rejection of the harmful practice of stubble burning.He called for a pollution-free celebration, exhorting farmers to say ̀ no’ to burning of the paddy straw, while urging people to refrain from bursting crackers. “Let us, on this festive occasion, pledge ourselves to making the environment more livable for ourselves and our future generations,” he appealed. Captain Singh urged people to celebrate the festival of lights in a traditional manner, with prayers and earthen diyas, in a spirit of harmony and amity.

CM Punjab greets people on Diwali

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unity on this historic occasion, especially in view of the participation of high-ranking dignitaries like the President and the Prime Minister of the country in various events. Underlining the embarrassment this would cause to all concerned, Captain Amarinder noted that the Sikh Community had always remained united in such celebrations in the past. He warned that any deviation from the past practice would cause irreparable damage to the community Longowal apprised the Chief Minister about the decision of the Union Home Minister and the President of the Nation to visit Sultanpur Lodhi on the 11th and 12th of November, respectively. In response, the Chief Minister suggested that the SGPC stage inside the Gurdwara precincts at Sultanpur Lodhi may be used as the common stage on 11th November, with the state government also participating in the celebration there. However,

AGENCY main function on November 11, at which the since 12th November would have the President CHANDIGARH, OCTOBER 26 Union Home Minister is expected, could be participating in the programme, it was apt for

held under the purview of the religious body. the state government to host the Head of the In a new formula to break the impasse on joint The suggestion was made by the Chief Minister State, in keeping with his status, Captain celebrations of the 550th Prakash Purb of Sri at his meeting here with SGPC President Amarinder proposed.Guru Nanak Dev ji in Sultanpur Lodhi, Punjab Gobind Singh Longowal. The Chief Minister This, said the Chief Minister, would help clear Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on had invited Longowal for the meeting at his the confusion prevailing among the people Saturday proposed that the SGPC should join official residence here. According to an official about the main events, and would also sent a the state government’s November 12 event, to spokesperson, the Chief Minister expressed his positive message of unity among the Sikh be attended by the President of India, while the concern, during the meeting, about the lack of community.

Capt Amarinder proposes new formula to break impasse on joint 550th Prakash Purb Celebration

LOST & FOUNDI, Ankush Kumar S/o Sanjeev Kumar R/o Jain Colony Banga declare that my 10th class certificate Roll No. 2190803 CBSE Board Year-2010 has been los t in anywhere . I f anybody found then contact at my above address.

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PUBLIC NOTICESI, Sonia W/o Late Gulzar Singh R/o Phoolgarh Bherian ,tehsil Pehowa D i s t t ( k u r u k s h e t r a ) Declares That My Son's Harvinder Pal, Amandeep Pal And His Wife Priyanka, Jaswinder Kaur Out My Control. ,i Disown Them F r o m M y Moveable/ immoveable Properties.i And My F a m i l y W i l l N o t Responsible For Their Act And Conduct. Anybody Deal With Them .

84661I, Iqbal Singh son/daughter of Jagroop Singh, Holder of Indian Passport No. R 1 2 5 7 6 0 5 i s s u e d a t Chandigarh on 02-06-2017 permanent residence to Ramgarh Sardaran Teh-Payal Khanna (Ludhiana) Punjab, India, and presently residing at 137 Saddlelake Grove NE, Calgary, AB, Canada do hereby change my name from Iqbal Singh to Iqbal Singh Cheema with immediate effect.

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PIL on jobless engineer’s request for mercy killing

SHORT TALKS

KANGRA:Advocate Rajan Sharma has moved a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition before the Himachal Pradesh High Court on the basis of a news report that appeared on October 8, regarding 59-year-old jobless engineer writing to the President for 'mercy killing’. In his PIL petition, Rajan Sharma prayed “Judicial system is enough to redress the grievances of the petitioner by providing him justice on July 8, 1993 but the political system and bureaucracy is so arrogant under which innocent are usually victimized”. He further prayed that he as a lawyer feels that the matter was against the rule of law and spirit of justice if the news is found 100 per cent true. He sought from the court that all contents be kindly seen and an appropriate order as may be deemed fit and necessary in the interest of justice may kindly be passed in public interest.

Coldwave increases in Himachal; Keylong plunges to minus 0.8 degree CSHIMLA: Coldwave like conditions has increased in Himachal Pradesh as the mercury dipped by one to two degrees in last 24 hrs. Keylong in Lahaul Spiti district recorded minus 0.8 degrees, coldest of the season. Met Office said that Palampur in Kangra got one mm rainfall as it was partly cloudy in last 24 hrs Minimum and Maximum temperature plunged by one to two degrees. Kalpa in Kinnuar as 2.9 degrees, Manali in Kullu 3.4 degrees, Tourist resort Kufri six degrees, tourist resort Dalhousie eight degrees, Bhuntar in Kulu 8.3 degrees, Solan and Shimla 8.5 degrees each. Chamba ten degrees, Sundernagar in Mandi 11.5 degrees, Kangra 13.2 degrees, Dharmshala 14 degrees, Una 14.7 degrees, Bilaspur 15 degrees, Hamirpur 15.2 degrees, Mandi 16 degrees and Nahan in Sirmaur 17.4 degrees respectively. Met Office forecast mainly dry weather in next 24 hrs.

BSF, Army working in synergy to foil infiltration attempts

at LoC: IG BSF

SRINAGAR, OCT 26 (UNI)

Asserting that infiltration attempts from across the Line of Control (LoC) increase every year before the closure of the passes due to heavy snowfall in winter, a senior security force official on Saturday said that Border Security Force (BSF) and Army were working in synergy to foil any attempts by militants to cross over to this side. “Around September every year, Pakistan violates ceasefire and tries to infiltrate militants into this side before the passes closed due to heavy snowfall. But, all the infiltration attempts have been foiled by Army and BSF,” Inspector General (IG) BSF Abhinav Kumar told reporters on the sideline of a function here on Saturday. He said troops along the LoC are on high alert to foil any attempts by militants to infiltrate.

Chennai: Indefinite strike by TN govt doctors enters day 2CHENNAI, OCT 26 Speaking to a news agency, Dr strike and five doctors are also on hunger

Raveendranath of Doctors for Social strike," he said.Doctors affiliated to the Federation of Equality Forum who was part of the "Tamil Nadu government should accept Government Doctors Association protest said: "Government Doctors the demands, the Chief Minister should (FDGA) members continued on Federation of Tamil Nadu has been on call us for talks and should settle the Saturday with their indefinite strike for strike from yesterday for the genuine issues peacefully so that people will not the second day inside Rajiv Gandhi demand. The government has called us suffer. All the political parties are Government Hospital premises here. for negotiation but negotiation failed as supporting us, he added. When asked Protesting doctors, including five the state government did not accept our about the talks with state Health doctors who are on a fast to death, are demands." "Doctors have been forced to Department Secretary, Beela Rajesh, he seeking an increase in salaries, quota in go for an indefinite strike. In Tamil said that there was no favourable medical education and appointment of Nadu, more than 90 per cent of progess in the talks. Emergency services more doctors among other demands. government doctors are on indefinite are being attended to during the strike.

PM Modi meets newly appointed Goa Governor Satya Pal Malik

NEW DELHI, OCT 26 Goa. Girish Chandra Murmu was appointed the first Lt Governor of Jammu

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on and Kashmir and Radha Krishna Mathur as Saturday met newly-appointed Governor the first Lt Governor of Ladakh, days of Goa Satya Pal Malik here. "Shri Satya before the two regions formally come into Pal Malik called on PM @narendramodi," existence as Union Territories. Satya Pal read a tweet from Prime Minister's Office Malik was the Governor of the erstwhile (PMO) official account. state of Jammu and Kashmir when it was President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday bifurcated into two Union Territories -- appointed incumbent Jammu-Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir with the legislature, Governor Satya Pal Malik the Governor of and Ladakh without legislature.

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The philosopher Plato pro-posed the idea that there’sa higher, intangible ambit

sited above our world. Thisrealm, he advocated, was thetrue, also better, and the moreexquisite opus than anythingelse we may “perceive”. Thefact is most of us “see” nothing

beyond amirror im-age ofwhat ex-ists in theideal realmof “Platon-ian forms”,or ideas ofthings that

actually exist. This epitomiseswhat each individual thing issupposed to be like in order tobe “that” specific thing. The“form” of human, in the con-text, relates to qualities that onemust have to be human. Like-wise, when one thinks of a lotusblooming as beautiful, one isdistinguishing in that object theidyllic configuration of beautyin which that object partakes.

One could apply a similarexemplar for concepts such as“good,” or “true” — or, any-thing that appreciates the factthat a thing of beauty, as thepoet John Keats said, is a joy

forever. The inference in ourframework is obvious. It takestime to hone and propel a high-er purpose in life, just as muchit takes leisure to mature, ormellow. This may not be all tooeasy to attain in our frenzied,fast-paced world. The wholething is nothing short of aclued-up précis in our mind’seye too. It holds the power todraw and allure us, like a hyp-notic sitting, within and outsidethe perimeter of our consciousdimension. It gives us, in theprocess, a new connotation tolife and living a meaningful ex-istence. In other words, toemerge as winners when we arehappy, elated, and buoyant; or,get into a tizzy and be diffident,or gloomy. It is only whenthings are not loaded in ourfavour that brings the best in

each of us — the difference be-ing of degree. The whole re-solve gets amplified when wecast a “spell” on ourselves — togarner the power to break out ofthe tangle.

This is where the sublimeforte of mindful meditation, orthe strength of self-affirmation,plays a substantial role in aug-menting a form of vibrant, di-vine, also sparkling energy.This looks simple. In reality, itis profound — a form of kinet-ic vitality. This is also not justthe functional gamut of neu-ropeptides, or our molecules ofemotions, being “fired” fromour brain cells, the infinitereservoirs of conscious energy.It is akin to a million-piece en-semble playing to the pulsatingbeats of our life, or life experi-ence.


In the end, the cross-border shelling the night before the vot-ing in these elections — to two state Assemblies, two LokSabha seats and 51 Assembly constituencies — was not

enough to appeal to the nationalism of two of India’s martialcommunities — Maharashtra’s Marathas and Haryana’s Jats.One of the Congress’ key electoral puzzles involves these dom-inant intermediate castes. And yet they taught the BJP a lesson,even if the ruling party returns with chief ministers DevendraFadnavis and Manohar Lal Khattar. (Mr Khattar, a dry party ap-paratchik, will find his unstable minority government severelytested in the coming months.) For instance, Ajit Pawar wonBaramati by over 1,65,000 votes — the kind of margin seen inparliamentary contests, not Assembly fights. In Haryana, theBJP’s vote share plummeted from 58 per cent in May to 36.3 percent now. That the BJP was shaken up was evident from thegloat-free celebratory speeches and rapidly-darting eyes of itstop leaders on Thursday evening. Their continuous claptrap onArticle 370 left the voters unimpressed; the latter were more con-cerned about the economic winter ahead. Perhaps the LoCshelling was, in hindsight, evidence of the ruling party's anxiety.

Also worrisome for the party that likes to monopolise theflag were the Block Development Council election results fromJammu and Kashmir. In Jammu, a region that ought to be a BJPbastion now that the Valley has been “put in its place”, there wereonly 40 winning BJP candidates, while there were 87 Indepen-dents who won. Though the Congress and the National Confer-ence officially boycotted the BDC poll, make no mistake —those 87 were their people. Even in Jammu, nationalism fol-lowed the law of diminishing returns.

More state elections are around the corner. Jharkhand wasnot held this week though BJP CM Raghubar Das could easilyhave been told to request an election by his “high command”. Hewasn’t; the BJP knows it is badly-placed in Jharkhand, while theCongress-Jharkhand Mukti Morcha alliance has got its act to-gether. The “high command” probably hopes that a pro-Hinduverdict in the Ayodhya dispute (considered by some to be a fore-gone conclusion) will swing the urban areas back to the BJP. Per-haps. But there’s Delhi, with its popular CM Arvind Kejriwal;and then the biggie, Bihar, where CM Nitish Kumar’s JD(U)won only one of the five bypolls this week. A loss there willdemonstrate that like our banks, the ruling party’s political cap-ital has become a non-performing asset.

Some would term last winter’s elections, where the BJP lostthree states in the North, and this week’s elections, where two in-cumbent BJP CMs are returning, as “normal elections”. Theymight call the 2019 Lok Sabha poll “abnormal”, because the re-sults were beyond expectations, unlike in 2014, where everyoneclearly read the mood of the nation. We hope that rather than relyon “abnormal elections”, the powers that be focus on the economy.

EditorialVoters put economicsover fear of the other

The higher purposeof our existence

The “form” of human, in the context, relates toqualities that one must have to be human

4THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PHI-

LOSOPHYAND A BUMPER STICKER.

CHARLES M. SCHULZ

I NEVER KNEW HOW TO WORSHIP UNTIL IKNEW HOW TO LOVE.

HENRY WARD BEECHER

SPIRITUALISM

STARS TALKSSeemaa Singh, Vedic as-

trologer known for heraccurate predictions of

winning BJP minister KirronKher, as well winning of Pun-

jab electionsby Congress. ARIES :- Youwant to doyour best.There arestrong hintsfrom some ofyour planets

that you may getting moredeeply involved in a charita-ble venture.

Lucky Color :- Lotus pinkLucky No :- 1

TAURUS :- There's lightnessin the air today which hasbeen lacking over the last fewday. You'll find it easier to put

serious long term issues toone side and link up with peo-ple who are out to life. Lucky Color :- Sky blue

Lucky No :- 3GEMINI :- Yourcurrent behav-iour is stronglydriven byyours belief'sand there arenow indica-tions that youcould be a littletoo rigid.

Lucky Color :- Softblue

Lucky No :- 17CANCER :- Obviously youneed to strike while the iron ishot, but whether that time isnow is questionable.

Lucky Color :- Blue of the

SkyLucky No :- 6

LEO :- Family members orpeople you live with seem to

be playing an inhibitingrole, perhaps cramp-

ing your style. Lucky Color :- 18Lucky No :- For-

est greenVIRGO :- TheMoon's challenge

to your sign is gen-tly romantic, but it

also makes is easier foryou To play the passive

partner. Lucky Color :- Peach

Lucky No :- 6LIBRA :- Challenging plane-tary aspects caution you notto be reckless or extravagant.Fortunately there are other in-

dications that you will be in asympathetic, tolerant and cau-tions mood, so you're boundto do the sensible thing.

Lucky Color :- TurquoiseLucky No :- 11

SCORPIO :- This is often avery powerful time of year foryou, but your long term cyclehave shifted slightly.

Lucky Color :- Earthybrown

Lucky No :- 15SAGITTARIUS :- You willno doubt enjoy spending timeat home, so hopefully circum-stances will permit if all is ina state of upheaval.

Lucky Color :- SaffronLucky No :- 6

CAPRICORN :- Financialpressure seem to be closelyconnected to social commit-

ments. It may be that youhave made promises which itwill be difficult to fulfil, inwhich case you may now beable to make a dignified exit.

Lucky Color :- Emeraldgreen

Lucky No :- 1AQUARIUS :- It is high timethat you stopped allowingother people to take you forgranted .

Lucky Color :- Royal blueLucky No :- 20

PISCES :- The moon ex-tending its passionate role inyour chart , sensitizing youremotions and bringing outthose elements of your char-acter which make.

Lucky Color :- Emeraldgreen

Lucky No :- 4

Church should redeem flock, not chase miraclesThe Vatican’s strategy to

make up for shrinkingnumbers of the faithful

in the traditional catchmentsof Europe and the West hasenergised the CatholicChurch in India, but theprocess of canonisation, man-dating two miracles, has nev-ertheless led to a controversyover the archaic practice, cen-tred on medical as well as the-ological grounds.

On October 13, as PopeFrancis conferred sainthoodon Thrissur-born MotherMariam Thresia, the founderof the Congregation of theHoly Family, the Keralachapter of the Indian MedicalAssociation (IMA) sat spe-cially to seek an explanationfrom Dr V.K. Sreenivasan, aneonatologist at the Amala

Institute of Medical Sciencesin Thrissur, for reportedly“certifying the miraculouscure of a newborn afflictedwith a seemingly incurableprimary pulmonary hyperten-sion”. The child reportedlyrecovered dramatically afterits parents prayed to MotherThresia from the hospital bedin 2009.

“Dr Sreenivasan, whotravelled to the Vatican as awitness, has to tell us whatspecific markers he had foundin the child’s condition toclaim supernatural healing.We come across many in-stances of a cure, often veryrare and medically the leastanticipated. But to call themmiracles is outside the pale ofmedical ethics”, says Dr N.Sulphie, the IMA state gener-

al secretary. Dr Sreenivasanremains tightlipped, but col-leagues at Amala Hospitalcommend him as a highly“ethical person”. The medicalfraternity is divided. Manybelieve that the IMA has nobusiness to seek an explana-tion because clinicians en-counter many instances of cu-rious cures, albeit medicallyinexplicable. If the neonatol-ogist has merely stated the in-explicable factor, the IMAhas no cause to intervene. Butif he had called it a miracle,implying divine intervention,he is on shaky ground. Manydramatic cures belong to therealm of the marvellous andwondrous, defying prognosis.But miracles are not the do-main of medicine, so goes theargument.

Women punish BJP for crimesbehind talk of empowerment

India is a country where weworship feminine power inits many forms — from

Lakshmi for abundance ofwealth to Saraswati for educa-tion and Kali for destruction.

The Bharatiya Janata Par-ty has been shouting emptyslogans of “Beti Bachao, BetiPadhao” for far too long now.Prime Minister NarendraModi’s hoardings, splashedacross the country, kept say-ing “Bahut hua naari par aty-achaar, abki baar Modisarkar”. It still rings a bell asthe NCRB data was released afew days ago.

Uttar Pradesh, which sentthe highest number of BJPmembers to Parliament againin 2019 and has a brute major-ity in the legislative Assem-bly, is the No. 1 state in termsof crimes against women. Thestate has seen a consistent risein crime in 2015-2017. Thecrimes registered under theIndian Penal Code and specialand local laws in UP rosefrom 4,74,559 in 2015 to6,00,082 in 2017. At 15.6 percent, crimes against womenare the highest in this state,but the rising trends are worri-some. Uttar Pradesh is fol-lowed by Maharashtra (8.9per cent) and West Bengal(8.6 per cent).

The Unnao rape and theBJP's blatant misuse of powerto protect MLA Kuldip Sen-gar for the longest time arerelatively recent incidents. In2017, Uttar Pradesh reports5,830 sexual harassmentcrimes — which is one-fourth

of the total number of cases inthis category that took place inthe country. In Haryana, theBJP’s sitting chief ministerManohar Lal Khattar had thegumption to call even Con-gress president Sonia Gandhiall sorts of names during therecently-concluded state elec-tions. It now seems that tohold on to power in Haryana,the PM may take the help ofGopal Kanda, an IndependentMLA, who got a jail term forthe murder of an airhostessworking in his airline compa-ny. The result, which includedloss of ministers and heavy-weights, can also be seen as awake-up call for the govern-ment in Uttar Pradesh. It can-not just count on Mr Modi’simage in the state and work on“good governance”.

The Rashtriya Swayamse-vak Sangh (RSS), the ideolog-ical parent of the BJP, fromwhere many ministers andchief ministers have come,has a long-standing record ofdisrespecting women withstatements regarding their at-tire and their place in today’sIndia. One can even remem-ber Mr Modi’s remarks of“Jersey cow” and “50 croregirlfriend”. And who can for-get that a BJP minister has la-belled our friends in the media“presstitutes”?

In the backdrop of suchvile attacks on our womenleaders and citizens, theHaryana election where fan-tasies like “plots in Kashmir”and “Kashmiri brides” wereused liberally by BJP leadersto entice voters during the

campaign, led to a resultwherein the BJP does not havea simple majority any moreand the Congress hasresurged. In Haryana, alongwith former chief ministerBhupinder Singh Hooda, itwas Kumari Selja leading thecharge.

The byelections in UttarPradesh, too, have shown thatMayawati, whose party BSPrarely contests by-elections,got zero seats while the Con-gress more than doubled itsvote share to 12.80 per centunder the leadership ofPriyanka Gandhi Vadra whohas been continuously raisingthe Unnao case and the Ubbhamassacre in Sonbhadra dis-trict, where 10 members of theScheduled Tribes weregunned down. Ms Vadra has

been visiting the family mem-bers of the victims and con-soling them in their time ofgrief. This time, women vot-ers have noticed the dismalsituation across the countryand punished the BJP for tak-ing no stringent action inHaryana or Uttar Pradeshagainst rising crime.

In the backdrop of this,besides the economic woesaround the country, risingprices hurting us all, an almost“no demand” economy, withbarely any jobs, women vot-ers have silently started toditch the Modi bandwagon.Maybe, the Prime Ministershould start becoming wary ofStree Shakti and start workingtoward real vikas, after all, forits absence could otherwise bethe death knell for the Modigovernment.

In the recent humdrum ofthe complexities involvingJammu and Kashmir, one

area with territorial dimen-sion attached to it and notdrawing sufficient focus is theSiachen glacier. It’s rarelydiscussed these days as itsspecifics are much lessknown. Yet, increased tensionwith Pakistan and the collu-sive threats arising from Chi-na after recent tensions de-mand a revisit to this crucialarea; if for nothing else, atleast for better public aware-ness.

With tourist trails havingbeen introduced, fromSiachen Base Camp right upto the glacier’s central loca-tion, a flavour of peace andtranquility appears to beadded to Siachen. It’s a gooddecision to have introducedhigh-altitude hiking in thearea; awareness in the publiceye about Siachen’s existencewill increase, as also the chal-lenges of defending it fromadversaries, while survival inthe glaciated terrain will findsome focus. Yet, this maylead to a degree of trivialisa-tion without a full apprecia-tion of why India must con-tinue to occupy the Siachenglacier; the strategic aspectsrarely get explained but thatknowledge is necessary too,especially if it is better knownthat India expends Rs 4 croresevery day to maintain theArmy in the glacier deploy-

ment. The problem of theSiachen glacier arose becausethe ceasefire line (latertermed the Line of Control)was not delineated beyondmap point NJ 9842. That isthe map coordinate fromwhich the further northwarddelineation was consideredimpractical and left vaguewith the statement “the LoCwill thence run north to theglaciers”. The last four wordscame back to haunt Indiawhen in 1978 Pakistan com-menced patrolling the areaand sending foreign expedi-tions along with Pakistanitroops, thus laying virtualclaim to the area west of lineNJ 9842 to Karakoram (KK)pass. India responded with aneffective counter claim; lay-

ing down “north to the bor-ders” as the line along theSaltoro ridge watershed, thusdefining the entire Siachenglacier lying to the east, fromIndira Col in the north to theglacier snout in the south.

When nothing could beresolved for six years, in April1984 India proactively flew ahelicopter-borne force andoccupied crucial locations onthe sub-glaciers which flowfrom the passes on the Saltororidge. This allowed its troopsto move up to the passes atheights up to 22,000 feet andthey have since remainedwith the Indian tricolour em-bedded there. Pakistan madedesperate bids to evict the In-dian troops but failed. This in-cluded one attack personally

led by Gen. Pervez Musharaf,who was then a brigadiercommanding Pakistan’s SSG(special forces).

Siachen’s first strategicimportance is that its frozenicy waste melts into the RiverNubra, which drains theNubra Valley and provideshuge resources of water toPakistan; the River Nubraflows into the River Shyokwhich in turn flows to RiverIndus in PoK. Pakistan’s wa-ter sources lying under Indiancontrol is a strategic psycho-logical blow to it. That is oneof the prime reasons for Pak-istan often terming theSiachen glacier issue a “low-hanging fruit” in the spectrumof the India-Pakistan borderdisputes, and advising India

that this be resolved amicablyby “mutual withdrawal” sincethere is no strategic signifi-cance attached to it.

Only few in India havehad the opportunity to exam-ine the Siachen glacier bothon the ground and in detail onmaps. Even a cursory glancewill reveal the extent of Pak-istan’s ruse. Mutual with-drawal in the context of Pak-istan’s proposal will onlymean one army withdrawingfrom the crucial tacticallydominating heights of theSaltoro ridge; the IndianArmy. The reality is that Pak-istan cannot even view theSiachen glacier, let alone bein a position to do mutualwithdrawal. This fact it hasastutely hidden from its pub-lic and the media, deceivingthem with films and docu-mentaries of an imagined oc-cupation of parts of theSiachen glacier. A majorsource of water for Pakistanlying in Indian hands is defi-nitely a strategic advantage,especially when Pakistancontinues to rave and rantabout J&K and refuses tobudge from its establishedstrategy of using terror as aweapon against India.

There is an even greaterstrategic dimension whichonly those with operationaland tactical experience gener-ally tend to understand. Itneeds a brief explanation.What has to be noted is that

the strategic significance hasonly enhanced over time. Hy-pothetically, the possibility offull Pakistani occupation ofthe triangle, NJ 9842-SaltoroRidge-KK Pass, would bringthe Pakistan Army to the edgeof the Saltoro Ridge, afford-ing it domination over thecrucial Nubra and Shyok Val-leys. The latter provide addi-tional depth and broad operat-ing space to the Indian Armyfor the defence of the LadakhRange, which in turn providesdepth to Leh, the capital ofthe new Union territory ofLadakh. Pakistan’s occupa-tion of Siachen area would dothree things for it. First, itwould broaden the China-Pakistan link into a largercontact zone to afford opera-tions against Indian deploy-ment in the Nubra and ShyokValleys. Second, it wouldmake Indian deployment atthe KK Range relatively un-tenable if the valleys were tofall to the China-Pakistancombine. The extreme high-altitude area of the KK Rangearound Daulat Beg Oldi andstretching into EasternLadakh would feel threat-ened. Third, the potentialthreat to the valleys would en-tail the defence of Leh beingmet through deployment on asingle mountain range, theLadakh Range, not the mostprudent operational way ofdefending the core centre ofthe new Ladakh UT.

Why Siachen glacier is vital to India’s defenceOnly few in India have had the opportunity to examine theSiachen glacier both on the ground and in detail on maps

The RashtriyaSwayamsevak Sangh(RSS), the ideologicalparent of the BJP,from where manyministers and chiefministers have come,has a long-standingrecord ofdisrespecting womenwith statementsregarding their attireand their place intoday’s India.

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DK Shivakumar arrives in Bengaluru,welcomed by supportersBENGALURU: Congress leader DK Shivakumar received a warm welcomefrom his supporters at Bengaluru airport on Saturday after he arrived herefollowing grant of bail by Delhi High Court in a money laundering case.The supporters had gathered outside the Kempegowda airport to receive him.Those present also included JD-S leader and former Chief Minister HDKumaraswamy. The Delhi High Court had granted him bail on October 23.The Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is probing the case, on Friday filedan appeal in the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court order.

Message given tocelebrate Diwaliwithout pollution

SHIV SHARMAKARNAL: Deepavali festival wascelebrated in MSD Public SchoolShamgarh with greatn pomp ad joy.On the occasion of Deepawali, arangoli and classroom decorationcompetition was organized in theschool. Children participatedextensively in these competitions anddemonstrated their talent. Giving themessage of environmental protection,Principal of the school Devi CharanSharma said that while celebratingDeepawali, we should take care that itdoes not harm the environment. Hesaid Deepawali should be pollution-free. UHe advised earthen lamps inhouses and said they must bedecorated. He described Deepawalifestival as a festival of mutualbrotherhood and gave the messagethat the festival should be ove shouldbe celebrated with love..

Punjab: 2kg heroinseized, no arrestsMOGA: The Moga CIA policeconducted a raid near Pakistan borderat gate number 2 and seized a heroinof 2kg and 185gm worth rupees 11crore, SSP Amarjit Singh Bajwaclaimed here on Saturday. On a tip-offlast night, Inspector CIA TarlochanSingh conducted a raid near Indianborder and seized the drug kept incold drinks bottles. No arrests weremade. When conducted, CIA inspectorsaid he conducted the raid last nightalong with his patrol party and seizedthe heroin. He also claimed that duringlast one month this was the thirdseizer of the heroin from the bordervillage on the tip of by the CIA . Bajwaalso claimed that earlier two raids inborder villagers police seized about3kg of heroin worth rupees about 15crore. A case has been registeredagainst unidentified smuggler.

Delhi govt did nothingto tackle pollution, onlyputs up ads: GambhirNEW DELHI: Former cricketer andMP from Delhi East Gautam Gambhiron Saturday accused Delhigovernment of only putting upadvertisements and doing nothingworthwhile to control pollution in thepast four and a half years of its tenure."People of Delhi are in distressbecause of pollution but the Delhigovernment only brings out detailedadvertisements on pollution control. Ithas done nothing to address pollutionin the four and a half years they havebeen in power," Gambhir told ANI."Things will improve only when work isdone on the ground and not bybringing out advertisements," headded. Gambhir appealed to thepublic to not burn firecrackers thisDiwali to make a positive change."People have become aware now andthey do not burst crackers as much asthey did earlier," he said. He furthersaid that the awareness programmesrun by the Central government havecreated a difference on the ground.The air quality in the national capitalplunged to a 'very poor' category onOctober 25 when the air quality index(AQI) clocked 326.

Diwali celebratedwith slum dwellers

KULBHUSHAN GARGGIDDERBAHA: Gidderbaha's socialorganization, Inssaf Group of Punjab,celebrated Diwali by distributingsweets to the people living in the slumarea at the local Bharu Chowk.Speaking on the occasion, the legaladviser to the organization, AdvocateMohit Garg Gaurav, said that hisorganization prefers to celebratepollution free Diwali and under thismission they distributes sweets to thepeople and celebrates pollution freeDiwali. Tarun Garg, Mohan Gandhi,Prince Yadav, Nitik Kumar, RomiManaktala, Sukhdeep Singh, RavjitSingh, Rohit, Himanshu, Tarun Kumar,Mohani and Gagu were also presenton the occasion.

Security, other arrangements madefor Class 10th, 12th exams in Kashmir

AGENCYSRINAGAR, OCT 26

All arrangements, includingsecurity, have been finalisedfor the smooth conduct ofexamination in Classes 10 and12 of Kashmir valley, whererestrictions under Section 144CrPc will be imposed in andaround centres, so that anykind of eventuality is averted,an official said here onSaturday.

The decision to conductexamination was made byauthorities, despite majorityeducational institutesremaining deserted due touneasy situation in the valley,following scrapping of Articles370 and on August 5.

The annual examinationsfor Classes 10 and Class 12will commence on October 29and 30, respectively in thevalley.

Meanwhile, after privateschools, now differentColleges and Universities haveasked students to collect studymaterial, including videotutorials, where passengertraffic, including the buses ofState Road TransportCorporation (SRTC), remainedoff the roads for the 83rd dayon Saturday.

The official said that theDeputy Commissioners ofdifferent districts of the valleyhave held meetings and

reviewed arrangements for thesmooth conduct of boardexaminations in theirrespective areas.

'Arrangements are beingfor provided for transportfacility to the studentsappearing in the examinations,'he said.

Meanwhile, a DistrictControl Room has been beingestablished in Baramulla,which will provide necessarysupport during the process.Teams have also beenconstituted in all districts todevise a viable mechanism intheir respective jurisdictions, toconduct the examinationwithout any hassle.

He said that 27 centers

have been identified for 10thBoard exams at 21 locations,besides 15 centers areidentified for the 12th Boardexams at 12 locations acrossGanderbal district in differenteducation institutions.

The Principal ofGovernment Degree College ofBijbehara said that all thestudents of BG-3rd, 5th and 6thSemester have been informedto collect the study materialpertaining to their concernedsubjects from the college fortheir convenience.

'The students of thesesemesters are asked to contacttheir respective Head of theDepartments for collection ofthe material at the earliest,' he

said.The Islamic University of

Science and Technology(IUST) has also asked itsstudents to collect the studymaterial, including videotutorials, from a rentedbuilding in Nowgam bypass.

The IUST is currentlyoperating from this building, asaccording to officials of theinstitute, the situation is notconducive for reopening of thevarsity in Awantipora in southKashmir district of Pulwama.

Similarly, some othercolleges have asked its studentsto collect study material fromthe respective educationalinstitutes, as the studentscontinued to stay away.

The government orderedclosure of all educationalinstitutions on August 5, whencentre scrapped Article 370 and35 A, besides divided the stateinto two Union Territories.However, educationalinstitutions reopened in wintercapital, Jammu and Ladakhafter about two weeks in aphased manner but remainedclosed in the valley.

After remaining closed formore than a month,government ordered reopeningof primary and middle schoolsfirst, followed by High andHigher Secondary Schools(HSS) and on October 9,colleges in the valley re-opened.

Diwali celebrated byShri Ram Agro India

GURMEET KASHYAPKARNAL, OCT 26

Deepawali Mahaparva wascelebrated with great pomp in Unit 3of Shri Ram Agro India. All themembers of Shriram familyparticipated in this festival with greatjoy. Managing Director of thecompany Satish Gupta said thatDiwali is a festival of our countrywhich is celebrated with great pompby all the society all over the country.He said that on this day, Lord ShriRamchandra Ji returned to Ayodhyacity after completing 14 years of

exile. For the joy of his arrival, thepeople of Ayodhya lit the lamp andcelebrated this festival as Diwali. Thisfestival inspires all of us to livetogether. This day inspires us to movefrom darkness to light. On thisoccasion, the director of the company,Rita Gupta also congratulated theentire staffl. On this occasion sweetswere distributed to all the employeesof the company. He said thatDeepawali is the festival of lamps.We should celebrate it together. Everymember associated with the companycelebrated Deepavali festival withgreat pomp and show.

PM Modi meets newly appointedGoa Governor Satya Pal Malik

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met newly-appointed Governor of Goa Satya Pal Malik here. "Shri Satya Pal Malikcalled on PM @narendramodi," read a tweet from Prime Minister'sOffice (PMO) official account. President Ram Nath Kovind on Fridayappointed incumbent Jammu-Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik theGovernor of Goa. Girish Chandra Murmu was appointed the first LtGovernor of Jammu and Kashmir and Radha Krishna Mathur as the firstLt Governor of Ladakh, days before the two regions formally come intoexistence as Union Territories.

Police deleted evidences,alleges Bharat Prem

SHIV SHARMAKARNAL, OCT 26

State Youth President ofUnnat Bharat SangathanTrust, Brijpal Rana andChairman Dr. Sukhpal led byits National President BharatPrem met Chairman ofminority commission SyedGarulhasan Rizvi here today.They apprised him aboutpolice pressure on Reenawife of Taseem of village Rangdan for takingback her complaint in analleged rape case.

The case was closed onthe basis of false affidavits.On the basis of this letter,Moonak Chowki and DSPGharonda called a meetingof the Mojis of both sidesand the village on

20/10/2019 in front of thePanchayat at MoonakChowki and Rajbir son KudaRam on the basis of thisletter. He accepted hismistake but the decision ofthe police to be responsibleremained incomplete.Principal Brijpal andchairman Thakur Sukhpalput forward the demand forinvestigation of those givingfalse affidavits in front of theNational President of IndiaPrem and MinoritiesCommission, which wasaccepted by Chairman Rizviand the demand for givingnotice to those givingaffidavits of the village wasright.. The entire case isbeing supervised by thechairman of the MinoritiesCommission.

Save theenvironment from

pollution: JainROHIT LAMSARTARAORI, OCT 23

On the occasion of Deepawali festival, theenvironment should be saved from gettingpolluted. Nowadays environmental pollution ishappening, due to which the poison is dissolvingin atmosphere. In such a situation, while avoidingfireworks on the occasion of Deepawali festival,

we should appeal toall people to save theenvironment. Youthphilanthropist ArunJain was talking tojournalists atTarawadi GrainMandi. He said thatin order to protectthe purity andcleanliness of theenvironment, noisyfirecrackers andfireworks should beavoided. By

throwing too many firecrackers, the environmentis not only polluted, but the environmentbecomes painful for the elderly, sick people andchildren. Many children become victims ofaccidents due to fireworks. Parents must bearound their children while driving crackers sothat no accidents of any kind occur. Saurabh Jainhas appealed to everyone to celebrate this festivalof Deepawali with mutual warmth and love.

ROHIT LAMSARTARAORI, OCT 26

Various programmes related toDeepavali festival were organisedin Pratap Public School Taravari inwhich all the children and staffmembers of the school participatedenthusiastically. The scene of manyactivities performed by the studentswas enchanting and enlightening.The tableaux were first drawn formutual unity, mutual harmony,good and evil awareness. GaneshVandana and mother Lakshmi wereworshiped by young children onDeepavali festival. In the program,

Mame Romi, Geetu and Hinadazzled every corner by decoratingthe entire school. The program wasconducted by Mame Parul and

Ashima. Greeting on the Deepawalifestival, the school's principalGurvinder Chawla said that thisfestival of lamps leads us fromdarkness to light. He said thatDeepawali festival tells us how tocommand, respect and respectelders. Because on obeying thefather's order, Lord Shri Ram wentto cut the exile of the Chaudh year.On this occasion, the schoolpresident Hanny Choudhary andDirectory Pithi Choudharyextended their heartfelt greetings toall the students, teachers andemployees present in theprogramme.

'Deepavali festival leads to light from darkness'

Don’t pollute holy festival of Deepawali: Dr. NishaROHIT LAMSARTARAORI, OCT 26

Deepavali Milan ceremonywas organised at NarasimhaDas Public School Tarawari inwhich school children as wellas parents took part. Chitraand Vanshika performed thestage at the event held at theschool. Ekta, an eighth gradestudent, gave a speech aboutDeepawali. The fourth gradestudents Aayush and Karnaappealed to everyone bypresenting a short play on theshort Ramayana in the role ofLuv-Kush. The entireatmosphere was delightful

with the program organized inthe school. Keerthi askedquestions related to studentsrelated to Deepavali festival.Students of the third gradepresented a captivating poem,which enraged all thelisteners. The Principal of theschool, Dr. Nisha Gupta said

that Deepawali festival is themost sacred of Hindus. On thisday Lord Shri Ramchandra jireturned from Ayodhya afterdeducting fourteen years ofexile. Madhu Gupta, theschool director, gave amessage to the students tocelebrate this holy festival .

Assam: No question of alliancewith Congress, says AIUDF

chief Badruddin AjmalGUWAHATI, OCT 26

All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief BadruddinAjmal on Saturday dismissed any possibility of forming an al-liance with the Congress, whose candidate was defeated in therecent by-elections by his party.

"Today the Congress party is not in a position where wecould think of an alliance with them. First, they should go tothe grassroots to work for people and improve their credibili-ty," Ajmal said.

"Congress party had become very arrogant. They lost bad-ly in Assam as they were not able to win even one seat out ofthe four seats which went to by-polls. In Maharashtra andHaryana also they lost," he added. AIUDF won one seat in As-sam by-polls while three seats were bagged by BJP.

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HP Guv, CM greet people on DeepawaliSHIMLA: Governor Bandaru Dattatraya and Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur onSaturday greeted the people of the state on the occasion of Deepawali. In hismessage, the Governor said that Deepawali, the festival of lights, symbolises joyand happiness and celebrates victory of good over evil and light over darkness. Heexpressed hope that the festival would bring joy and happiness into the lives of thepeople of the state. The Chief Minister, while greeting the people on this occasion,expressed hope that Deepawali would shower enlightenment on the people andbring prosperity besides strengthening the bonds of brotherhood and unity.Deepawali was one of the major festivals of country and people of all regions andreligions celebrate it. He has urged the people to celebrate the festival in atraditional manner. The Ministers of the state government have also extended theirgood wishes to the people on the occasion of festival of lights.

Bengaluru: 30Bangladeshi nationalsdetained in CCB raidsBENGALURU: City Crime Branch(CCB) on Saturday conducted raidshere and detained 30 Bangladeshinationals who were living in the citywithout visa. The officials have bookedthe defaulters under the Foreigners Actand have also initiated the deportationprocess. More details in this regard areawaited. On October 21, aBangladeshi national carrying a fakepassport was arrested while he wastrying to board a flight to the UnitedKingdom (UK) here at Rajeev GandhiInternational Airport. The accused wasidentified as Karthik Sarkar.

Terrorists harming interestsof locals by attackingtraders who come toKashmir for work: MadhavJAMMU: BJP National GeneralSecretary Ram Madhav on Saturdaysaid the terrorists are actually harmingthe interest of locals by attackingtraders who come to Kashmir for work."By attacking traders who come toKashmir for work, the terrorists areactually harming the interests oflocals," he said while speaking toreporters here and added that militantsare destroying the spirit of"Kashmiriyat." The BJP leader saidsecurity forces will deal with suchattempts firmly. "Pakistan wants tocreate disturbance in Jammu andKashmir anyhow. Our security forceswill foil Pakistan's attempt," RamMadhav said. On October 16, it wasreported that an apple trader waskilled and another critically injuredafter some militants opened fire onthem near Trenz village in Shopiandistrict in Jammu and Kashmir.

Ram temple constructionwill commence from Dec 6:Sakshi MaharajUNNAO: Senior BJP leader and MPfrom Unnao Sakshi Maharaj onSaturday announced the constructionof a grand Ram temple will commenceat Ayodhya from December 6. "We areexpecting a favourable verdict from theSupreme Court before November 17and thereafter, the construction for agrand temple will commence fromDecember 6, the anniversary of thedemolition of the disputed structure in1992," he said. Addressing a pressconference here, Sakshi Maharaj saidthat the Supreme Court had completedits argument in the Ayodhya title suiteand the constitutional bench will deliverits judgement before November 17."There are strong ASI evidence infavour of the Ram Janambhoomi whileShia waqf Board too have lend theirsupport for the Ram temple," he said.The BJP MP said everyone knows thatthere is no question of any obstructionin the construction of Ram temple andeven several Muslim organisationshave admitted now that they are notopposed to the temple.

Shiv Sena MLA asks BJPfor written assurance onimplementation of 50-50 formulaMUMBAI: Shiv Sena MLA PratapSarnaik on Saturday said that BJPshould give a written assurance thatboth alliance parties will a chance torun the government according to 50-50formula promised by Union HomeMinister Amit Shah during Lok Sabhaelections. "In our meeting, it wasdecided that like Amit Shah hadpromised 50-50 formula before LokSabha polls. So, both allies should geta chance to run the government for2.5-2.5 years and Shiv Sena shouldalso have Chief Minister. Uddhav jishould get this assurance in writingfrom BJP," Sarnaik, Shiv Sena MLAfrom Thane told reporters here. TheBJP-Shiv Sena alliance won anabsolute majority in the Maharashtraassembly polls with the formeremerging as the single largest party inthe state with 105 seats. Shiv Sena, onthe other hand, bagged 56 seats in theelections. Both parties also contested2019 Lok Sabha elections and bagged42 out of 48 seats in Maharashtra.

Workshop forteachers to help kidsaddicted to internetNEW DELHI: The Delhi Commission forProtection of Child Rights organised aworkshop for the teachers of secondaryschools in east Delhi on Friday to helpthem identify children addicted tointernet. The workshop, held incollaboration with Flair NGO, was aimedat creating awareness, knowledge andskill building among teachers for safeusage of internet to ensure health andwell being of school going children andadolescents, the DCPCR said. Variouscommon issues which are faced bychildren and adolescents on the internetsuch as cyber bullying, cyber stalking,identity theft, profile hacking, onlinesexual abuse and exploitation werediscussed in the workshop. In recenttimes, children are getting addicted tovideo games. There is a an addiction forsuch games because dopamine levelincreases in the brain and sense ofsatisfaction is experienced, the DCPCRsaid. The teachers and parents canidentify internet addiction disorder/compulsive internet addiction bynoticing the symptoms like depression,dishonesty, feeling of guilt, anxiety,euphoria when using internet, moodswings, boredom with routine task,procrastination, backache, headache,insomnia, dry eyes, etc.

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J&K, Ladakh to get equitablebenefits: Union minister

NEW DELHI, OCT 26

Union minister Jitendra Singhon Saturday said the two newUnion territories -- Jammu andKashmir, and Ladakh -- whichwill come into existence nextweek, will get equitablebenefits, cutting across allsections of the society andregions without any bias.

He said over the last sevendecades, a constant grievanceacross the state was that certainregions and sections of peoplewere feeling discriminatedagainst.

While Jammu alwayscomplained about the lion'sshare going to the Kashmirvalley, Ladakh too feltneglected, the minister said.

"As a Union Territory,Jammu and Kashmir will getequitable benefits after October31, cutting across all sectionsof the society and regions,regardless of any extraneousconsiderations. The samewould also apply to the UnionTerritory of Ladakh," he toldreporters here, ahead of theformal bifurcation of the state.

The Centre had, on August5, announced abrogation of thespecial status given to Jammuand Kashmir under Article 370of the Constitution andbifurcation of the state intoUnion territories, which willcome into being on October 31.

Singh, who hails fromJammu and Kashmir, said evenin the Kashmir valley, while"certain families made a quickfortune overnight without anyknown sources of proportionateincome", the common mansuffered in silence and wascaught between terrorism onone hand and "state

indifference" on the other.The Union Minister for the

Prime Minister's Office (PMO)said since the UT of Jammuand Kashmir will come directlyunder the control of the UnionHome Ministry, there will notonly be an equal distribution ofgovernment resources, but alsoaccountability for the same.

He said one of the greatestmisfortunes of Jammu andKashmir was the lack oftransparency in governanceand this too would graduallychange for the better.

"The needless interferencein the maintenance of law and

order and the role of the vestedinterests would also graduallyrecede," he said.

The most importantbenefit, Singh said, would bethe change in thepsychological attitude andmindset of the people of theregion, with a greater degreeof self- confidence and senseof belonging as citizens ofIndia.

The benefits in terms ofnew breakthrough in highereducation, professionalcolleges, industry and self-livelihood opportunities weregoing to gradually unfold withthe passage of time and theirultimate magnitude wasperhaps too difficult toimagine right now, he added.

At the social level,particularly for women, the"medieval legacy" would endwith the introduction ofprogressive laws such as thosebanning triple talaq, childmarriage and dowry, inaddition to the right to parentalproperty, which already stoodrestored after the abrogation ofArticle 370, the minister said.

Manish Tewari demandsBharat Ratna for BhagatSingh, Rajguru, Sukhdev

NEW DELHI, OCT 26

Congress Lok Sabha MP fromAnandpur Sahib Manish Tewarihas urged Prime Minister NarendraModi to accord Bharat Ratna,country's highest civilian award, tothe freedom fighters Bhagat Singh,Rajguru and Sukhdev.

In is letter to PM on Friday,MS Tewari requested to accordBharat Ratna to Bhagat Singh,Rajguru and Sukhdev and formallyconfer the honorific Shaheed-E-Azam on them. The Congressleader has urged the PM to honorthem on the coming Republic Daybesides dedicating the Chandigarhairport located in Mohali in the

memory of Bhagat SIngh. Thegesture,he said, would touch thehearts of 124 crore people of thenation.

He said the three inspired anentire generation of patriots bytheir unrelenting resistance to theBritish Imperialism and theirsupreme sacrifice. 'My letter toH’onble Prime Minister formallyrequesting him to accord BharatRatna to Shaheed-E-Azam’sBhagat Singh, Rajguru & Sukhdev.Formally Confer the honorific ofShaheed-E-Azam on them &dedicate Chandigarh Airportlocated in Mohali in memory ofBhagat Singhji.' Tewari said in atweet along with sharing the letter.

HP fire personnel to be on dutyon Diwali to 'keep people safe'

SHIMLA, OCT 26

Himachal Pradesh FireDepartment has decided tocancel holidays and stationleaves of all fire personnelincluding Officer from Oct 23to 28 to bring down thenumber of Diwali fireincidents in the state. Talkingto UNI, State chief fire officer,J C Sharma, said around 850fire staff including 24 standby fire fighters are being kepton high alert from October 23to 28 cancelling their holidaysand station lives to avert firemishaps in the state. Highlypopulated areas like MiddleBazar and Lower Bazar whichare highly vulnerable to fire,Fire crackers stalls, markets,fuel store, and industrial areasare under the radar of firejawan. Around 594hydrants(water points meantto control fire) in Shimla townwere inspected by the jointteam of fire and Shimla Jal

Nigim Limited staff to ensureinterrupted water supply andproper pressure for anyeventuality. State haverunning fleet of around 200fire tenders and fire browsersin five fire station and 39 fireposts will remain vigilant toavert fire mishap. All the firetenders and water tanks havebeen kept ready with firefighting material as the all fireengines equipped to convertfire dousing foam and watercannon . Fire departmentadopted the new fire controlsystem and technology whichneeds very less water to douse

the blaze which does notdamage the saved property byexcess water. State capitaltown have three fire stationsincluding Bioleauganj,Chhota Shimla, and Mall roadwhere 10 fire tenders werebeing deployed and 24 Homeguard jawan and off shiftemployees are being deployedto check the fire mishap .District Administration andFire department had conveneda fire safety meeting beforethe festival season and createdawareness campaign in manyschools in the state as studentswho are more vulnerable and

enthusiasts to use fire worksbeing aware about demerits offire works. We suggested theteenagers and youth not to usemovable fire works likerocket etc and not indulge inextra lighting using poorquality light works ascausing more fire mishapsduring the festival seasons .Department is also creatingdriver to alert people not todraw more power from thehouse wiring and useoptimum decoration lightscan cause short circuit due toheating point . We urgedmedia people to disseminateinformation to the masses todraw power from fixed powerpoints or board as negligencemay trigger short circuit.Including Shimla fire workmarket were established inrestricted places where firetenders were deployed roundthe clock to avert anyeventuality.

176 newly-elected Maha MLAsfacing criminal charges: ADR

MUMBAI, OCT 26

As many as 176 newly-elected MLAs in theMaharashtra LegislativeAssembly are facing criminalcharges, as per data releasedby an advocacy group onSaturday.

On analysing self-swornaffidavits of 285 of the total288 MLAs, the Associationfor Democratic Reforms

(ADR) found that 62 per cent(176 MLAs) have criminalcases pending against themwhile 40 per cent (113MLAs) have serious criminalcases.

The ADR said affidavitsof the remaining three MLAscould not be analysed as theircompleted documents werenot available on the ElectionCommission's website.

Comparing the present

findings with the data onoutgoing legislators, theADR said that in the 2014elections, the state Assemblyhad 165 MLAs with criminalcases, of which 115 werefacing serious criminalcharges. The advocacy groupalso found that the newAssembly has more numberof millionaire MLAs than theoutgoing one.

There are 264 (93 per

cent) millionaire MLAscompared to 253 (88 percent) in the outgoingAssembly, the data stated.

"The average of MLAs'assets in the new assembly isRs 22.42 crore, which was Rs10.87 crore in 2014. At least118 MLAs have been re-elected in 2019 elections andthe average assets of re-elected MLAs in 2019 is Rs25.86 crore," the release said.

Yediyurappa slams Siddaramaiahover Veer Savarkar

HUBLI, OCT 26

Karnataka Chief Minister BSYediyurappa has criticisedsenior Congress leaderSiddaramaiah over hisremarks on Veer Savarkar andsaid that the formerKarnataka Chief Ministerdoes not know "ABCD" ofSavarkar. "After becomingLeader of Opposition,Siddaramaiah is talkingloose. He spoke about VeerSavarkar. He does not knowABCD about him. He will getto know about him somethingif he goes to Andaman. Therehe will get knowledge aboutwhat he (Savarkar) hadexperienced in jail,"Yediyurappa said here."Secondly, a person, who hadbeen the Chief Minister,speaking lightly and insingularly about Speaker

does not shows respect tohim. He should apologize tothe people of the state. And inAssembly also by movingprivilege motion, he spokesingularly. It is first of itskind in the history of thenation. At least now heshould hold his tongue,people will teach him alesson," he added.Yediyurappa further statedthat there no shortage offunds for flood relief works.Siddaramaiah had on October

18 slammed the BJP for itsmove to prop up Hindutvaideologue Veer Savarkar forthe Bharat Ratna, India'shighest civilian award. "BJPis planning to confer theBharat Ratna on Savarkar,who is accused of conspiringto kill Mahatma Gandhi. BJPmight also honour Godsewith the Bharat Ratna award.I don't know what ishappening in this country,"said Siddaramaiah, whilespeaking at the conference ofparty workers. "VeerSavarkar was the president ofthe Hindu Mahasabha. He isone of the co-conspiratorsinvolved in the assassinationof Mahatma Gandhi. He isone of the accused in the case.It was, later, reported that noevidence was found but thatis what happens in 99 per centcases," he added.

Kamlesh Tiwari's wife appointed newpresident of Hindu Samaj Party

LUCKNOW, OCT 26

Slain Hindu Samaj Party leader KamleshTiwari's wife Kiran Tiwari has beenappointed as the new chief ofthe organisation. As per astatement issued by the partyhere on Saturday, Ms Tiwarihas been appointed the newpresident and she will beaddressing the media thisafternoon. Kamlesh Tiwari,who was gruesomely murderedby two killers at his residence inLucknow on October 18, was the founderand chief of party. He was murdered at

his home in Naka Hindola area inLucknow over an alleged hate speechdelivered by him in 2015. The criminals --34-year-old Ashfaq Shaikh and 27-year-

old Moinuddin Pathan-- havebeen been arrested along withsix other conspirators. Theywere arrested by Gujarat`s Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) from theGujarat-Rajasthan border onOctober 22 while they weretrying to enter Gujarat fromRajasthan. Shaikh and Pathan

are residents of Surat. Shaikh worked asa medical representative while Pathanworked as a food delivery boy.

MUMBAI, OCT 26

Nationalist Congress Party(NCP) leader Praful Patelsaid that his party will sit inopposition in theMaharashtra Assembly andwill not play any role in theformation of the governmentin the state. "I want to makeit clear that we will be inopposition and play the roleof strong opposition. Wedon't want to have any role inthe formation of thegovernment... BJP-Shiv Senahave got the mandate, so bestwishes to them," Patel toldANI here. Talking aboutrecently concluded stateAssembly elections, Patelsaid, "This is people'smandate, we accept it. Apartfrom a few, the people haveshown the position to most ofthe people who left NCP and

Congress.... In 60 Assemblyseats combining Mumbai andThana, around 50 of themhave gone to BJP and ShivSena. if you see the thinkingof the people of Maharashtrain the elections, then it can beseen that people have votedagainst the government."Asked about the allegationsof misuse of central agenciesduring the polls, Patel said, "Ican only say that the Truthwill prevail and it will comein front of the people."

Will sit in opposition:NCP's Praful Patel

Water recedes from inundatedMumbai-Goa highway

PANAJI, OCT 26

In a relief, water levels on several stretches onMumbai-Goa national highway between Canaconaand Margao receded on Saturday though heavyrains continued to lash Goa on the fourthconsecutive day.

According to officials, the overall situation isnormal in the coastal state which has beenwitnessing heavy rains since October 23.

In view of the India MeteorologicalDepartment's (IMD) prediction of heavy rains onSaturday, state authorities have issued a warning tofishermen and tourists against venturing into sea.

"Water levels receded from several stretches onthe national highway which were under water onFriday," an official said on Saturday. The Mumbai-Goa national highway was inundated at severalplaces between Canacona and Margao on Fridayfollowing the heavy post-monsoon rains.

The IMD predicted heavy rainfall at one or twoplaces over North Goa and South Goa districts onSaturday. In neighbouring Maharashtra, adepression over east-central Arabian Seaintensified into cyclonic storm "Kyarr" in the earlymorning of October 25, which is likely to bringheavy showers in coastal districts of Ratnagiri andSindhudurg.

UP: 2020 Assy polls under leadershipof Priyanka, says state Congress

PRAYAGRAJ, OCT 26

Uttar Pradesh Congress has claimed thatparty general secretary Priyanka GandhiVadra will lead the party in the 2022Assembly elections in the state. Party'sonly MLC Deepak Singh, who was hereon Friday, claimed that party willcontest the poll in UP under theleadership of Ms Vadra. "Congress willcome to power in UP in the 2022

Assembly pollsunder the leadershipof Ms Vadra," hesaid, while refusingto comment onchief ministerprojected before thepolls. "In Congress,the CM is decided

after the polls," he said. On the justconcluded 11 bypolls in the state, MrSingh said that the poll percentage of theCongress has increased and now thepeople of the state are waiting for the2020 polls. "The countrymen are fed upwith the Narendra Modi governmentand Congress will be the alternative," hesaid. The Congress MLC also visited theNaini central jail to meet the jailedNSUI student leaders. These leaderswere put in jail after they held

demonstration demanding reinstatementof Students Union. Supporting therevival of students union, the leader saidthe issue would be raised in the UPlegislature in the next session.

Yogi launches singlehelpline No. 112 in UPLUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath launchedsingle helpline number, EmergencyResponse Support System (ERSS) -112, here on Saturday. At the event,senior citizen safety initiative'Savera' was also kick-started. "Thissingle helpline number will reducethe response time. Route chart of 112should be prepared and positioning atdistrict, station level should bedone," Adityanath said. Speaking atthe launch event, Adityanath alsolauded the state Uttar Pradesh policeover their efforts towardsmaintaining law and order across thestate. He even hailed the police oversuccessful completion of Kumbh inPrayagraj, 15th Pravasi BharatiyaDivas in Varanasi and Lok Sabhaelections.


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