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AmarnathYatra to beginon June 28JAMMU: Annual Amar-nath yatra will begin onJune 28 this year, officialssaid. The decision wastaken at a meeting of theShri Amarnath ShrineBoard (SASB) chaired byLt Governor Manoj Sinhaat Raj Bhavan here, theofficials said.Registration opens onApril 1 through 446 desig-nated branches of PunjabNational Bank, Jammuand Kashmir Bank andYES bank in 37 statesand Union Territories, offi-cials saidThe Amarnath Yatra is anannual Hindu pilgrimage.The cave shrine is locat-ed at a height of 13,500 ftin Kashmir Himalayas.The pilgrimage datesback to 19th century, andtraditionally ends on Rak-sha Bandhan, this yearon August 22.Last year’s yatra was re-stricted to a few sadhus,or holy Hindu men, be-cause of the COVID-19pandemic for the first timein 150 years.

Two mencommit suicidein NoidaNOIDA: An elderly manjumped to death from hisapartment in Noida whilea man in his twenties wasfound dead hanging froma fan in his Greater Noidahouse in separate inci-dents on Saturday, policesaid.The 70-year-old man,who hailed from Chandi-garh, had moved to ahigh-rise society in NoidaSector 75 last year, policesaid."According to his family,he was staying here withhis wife and was tense forthe past some time.Around 1 pm today, hejumped off his seventhfloor flat and was rushedto a hospital but declareddead," a policespokesperson said.In the other incident inGreater Noida, the bodyof a 28-year-old man wasfound inside his residencein Dadri area, the officialsaid.

Max temp 31.2deg C in DelhiNEW DELHI: Delhirecorded a maximumtemperature of 31.2 de-grees Celsius on Satur-day, two notches morethan normal, the IndiaMeteorological Depart-ment said.The minimum tempera-ture settled at 15.2 de-grees Celsius, normal forthis time of the year.On Friday, light rains andcool, strong winds hadbrought the mercurydown to 30.7 degreesCelsius. It was 35.2 de-grees Celsius on Thurs-day, the highest this yearso far, according to theIMD.

Naxalites killaccountant ofcontractor LATEHAR: Naxalitesshot dead an accountantof a contractor engagedin the construction of abridge in Jharkhand'sLatehar district, policesaid on Saturday.Vishnudev Singh (32), amunshi(accountant) of thecontractor was shot deadby Jharkhand JanmuktiParishad (JJMP) militantson Friday night nearBaraini village of the dis-trict, they said.Manika MLA RamchandraSingh condemned thekilling of Vishnudev Singhby Naxalites and said hewill ask the police to ar-rest the culprits as soonas possible.

Sri Lanka to ban burqa, shutmany Islamic schools: MinisterAGENCYCOLOMBO, MARCH 13

Sri Lanka will ban the wearing of the burqaand shut more than a thousand Islamicschools, a government minister said on Satur-day, the latest actions affecting the country'sminority Muslim population.

Minister for public security SarathWeerasekera told a news conference he hadsigned a paper on Friday for cabinet approvalto ban the full face covering worn by someMuslim women on "national security"grounds.

"In our early days Muslim women andgirls never wore the burqa," he said. "It is asign of religious extremism that came aboutrecently. We are definitely going to ban it."

The wearing of the burqa in the majority-Buddhist nation was temporarily banned in2019 after the bombing of churches and hotelsby Islamic militants that killed more than 250.

Later that year, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, bestknown for crushing a decades-long insurgencyin the north of the country as defence secre-tary, was elected president after promising acrackdown on extremism.

Rajapaksa is accused of widespread rightsabuses during the war, charges he denies.

Weerasekera said the government plans toban more than a thousand madrassa Islamicschools that he said were flouting national ed-

ucation policy."Nobody can open a school and teach

whatever you want to the children," he said.The government's moves on burqas and

schools follow an order last year mandating

the cremation of COVID-19 victims - againstthe wishes of Muslims, who bury their dead.

This ban was lifted earlier this year aftercriticism from the United States and interna-tional rights groups.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, MAR 13

India on Saturday recorded24,882 fresh COVID-19 infec-tions, the highest so far this year,which took the caseload to1,13,33,728, according to Unionhealth ministry data

This is also the highest dai-ly rise in the last 83 days. Asmany as 26,624 new infectionswere recorded on December 20

The death toll climbed to1,58,446 with 140 new fatali-ties, the ministry data updated at8 am showed

The country's active caseload in-creased to 2,02,022. It constitutes 1.74per cent of the total infections. The re-covery rate dropped to 96.82 per cent

The number of people who have re-cuperated from the disease surged to1,09,73,260. The case fatality rate standsat 1.40 per cent, the data stated

India's COVID-19 tally had crossedthe 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh onAugust 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on Octo-ber 11, 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh onNovember 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19

According to the Indian Council of

Medical Research,22,58,39,273 samples had beentested until March 12 including8,40,635 on Friday

The 140 new fatalities in-clude 56 from Maharashtra, 34from Punjab and 14 from Ker-ala. A total of 1,58,446 deathshave been reported so far in thecountry including 52,723 fromMaharashtra, 12,539 fromTamil Nadu, 12,386 from Kar-nataka, 10,936 from Delhi,10,287 from West Bengal,8,743 from Uttar Pradesh and7,180 from Andhra Pradesh.

The health ministry stressed that morethan 70 per cent of the deaths occurreddue to comorbidities "Our figures are be-ing reconciled with the Indian Council ofMedical Research," the ministry said onits website, adding that state-wise distri-bution of figures is subject to further ver-ification and reconciliation.

24,882 new infectionsIndia records highest single-

day spike so far this year

AGENCYNEW DELHI, MAR 13

State election commissioners have tobe "independent persons" not occupy-ing a post under the Centre or state gov-ernments, the Supreme Court has ruled,terming the Goa government's move togive its law secretary the additionalcharge of the SEC a "mockery" of con-stitutional mandate.

In a significant verdict, the topcourt also directed if there were anysuch persons holding the post of SEC inany other state, "such persons must beasked forthwith to step down from suchoffice and the State Government con-cerned be bound to fulfil the constitu-tional mandate of Article 243K by ap-pointing only independent persons tothis high constitutional office".

A three-judge bench, headed byJustice R F Nariman, issued the direc-tion to all states and Union territorieswhile taking recourse of its extraordi-nary powers under Article 142 of theConstitution that empowers it to passany order in the interest of justice.

The directions were issued to en-sure that the constitutional mandate ofan independent State Election Commis-

sion to conduct elections is "strictly fol-lowed in the future", said the bench,also comprising Justices B R Gavai andHrishikesh Roy.

The observations and directionswere given in the 96-page judgement,penned by Justice Nariman, on a batchof pleas relating to the urban local bodypolls in Goa.

The judgment, uploaded on theapex court's website on Saturday, hasupheld the Bombay High Court's ver-dict of setting aside an order of the mu-nicipal administrator on February 4 ongranting quota to women and OBC can-didates in local urban body polls in fivemunicipal councils in the state.

The bench directed the Goa SEC toissue the notification for the urban bodypolls within 10 days from Friday andcomplete the poll process by April 30.

Justice Nariman extensively dealtwith the constitutional scheme pertain-ing to elections and the SECs.

"It is also made clear that hence-forth, all State Election Commissionersappointed under Article 243K in thelength and breadth of India have to beindependent persons who cannot bepersons who are occupying a post or of-fice under the Central or any State Gov-

ernment," it held."The most disturbing feature of

these cases is the subversion of the con-stitutional mandate contained in Article243K of the Constitution of India."The State Election Commissioner hasto be a person who is independent ofthe State Government as he is an im-portant constitutional functionary whois to oversee the entire election processin the state qua panchayats and munic-ipalities," Justice Nariman, who wrotethe judgement for the bench, said.

The importance given to the inde-pendence of a SEC is explicit from theprovision for his removal from his of-fice which equal to a judge of the highcourt. "Giving an additional charge ofsuch an important and independentconstitutional office to an officer whois directly under the control of theState Government is, in our view, amockery of the constitutional man-date," the verdict said. It declared thatthe additional charge given to a lawsecretary flouted the constitutionalmandate and asked the Goa govern-ment to "remedy this position by ap-pointing an independent person to bethe State Election Commissioner at theearliest".

State election commissioners haveto be independent persons: SC

Time to envision what we want toachieve in 25 years, says Union

Minister Prakash Javadekar

NEW DELHI, MAR 13

Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Shri Prakash Javadekartoday inaugurated a photo-exhibition at National Media Center in NewDelhi. The exhibition, set up by Bureau of Outreach &Communication ispart of a massive awareness campaign by Ministry of I&B to celebrateAzadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.

Addressing media on the occasion the Minister said this was an im-portant moment for the country to reflect on how far we have come sinceindependence as well as envision what we want to achieve in next twentyfive years. This is the core belief that informs these exhibitions. The Min-ister added that freedom for the country came at a great cost, and this ex-hibition seeks to narrate the story behind those sacrifices. Shri Javadekarcongratulated BOC for setting up the exhibitions.

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I, Garja Ram alias Garja Singh I, Talvinder Kaur W/o Baldev I Gopal S/o Des Raj R/o VPO I, Anil Kumar Sharma R/O 292 s/o Dalip Singh r/o village Doodi, Singh R/o G.T.Road, Baba Khurla Kingra Distt. Jalandhar- G K Estate Mundian Kalan Tehsil Ladwa (Kurukshetra) Deep Singh Nagar, Jandiala 144003. I have changed my name Chandigarh Road Ludhiana inform that Garja Ram and Garja G u r u , Te h s i l & D i s t t . from Gopal to Gopal Raj. Changed My Minor Daughter's Singh are the two names of same Amritsar have changed my 72778 Name Angel To Angel Sharma.person i.e. myself. I known with name From Talwinder Kaur to I Himanshi Devi W/o Nitish R/o 63372both these names. Talvinder Kaur. H.no 132-a Bhagat Singh Nagar I,Sukhjinder Kaur Dhaliwal

52724 900020 Model House Jalandhar I Have W/O Rajbinder Singh R/O I, Rachana Devi w/o Satpal Singh I Kawaljit Kaur W/o Harjit Change My Name After Vi l l a g e M a l l a n D i s t r i c t r/o Vill. Kanthal Khurd, P.O. Singh R/o Gali No.2, Gopal Marrige Himanshi Devi To Muktsar Have Changed My Barwa, Tehsil Thanesar, Distt. Nagar, Ajnala, Amritsar Have Himanshi Name To Sukhjinder Kaur.Kurukshetra have changed my C h a n g e d M y N a m e To 72778 63372name Rachana Devi to Archana Kanwaljeet Kaur. I Mohit S/o; Ravinder Kumar I Jagdeep Singh Sapriwn S/O Devi. Noted all concerned. 900020 Snni, H.no Na 215, Mandir Wali Tejinder Singh R/O Sivian Road

52724 I Ruby Khera D/o Bhupinder Gali, Kishanpura, Jalandhar . Peer Khana Wali Gali, Gill Patti I Bharti Gautam D/o Prakash Singh W/o Hira Singh R/o Have Change My Name From Bathinda Have Changed My Gautam R/o 2287 Sector 35-C, Vpo Vain Poin Teh.khadoor Mohit To Mohit Kumar Name To Jagdeep Singh.Chandigarh declare that I have S a h i b Ta r n Ta r a n H a v e 72778 63372changed my name Manah D/o Changed My Name To Ruby I Reena W/o Sunny Kajla R/o Vill I Sawinder Singh Alias Surinder Prakash Gautam to Bharti Khehra Muzaffarpur PO Bhojowal Distt Singh S/O Bakhshish Singh R/O Gautam. All concern Note. 900020 Jalandhar Punjab have changed VPO Kairon, Tehsil : Patti, Distt :

100014 I, No. JC-470848X Ex Hony. my name from Reena to Reena Tarn Taran Have Changed My I Anu Sawhney W/o Vishal Capt. Ramesh Kumar S/o Sh. Kajla after my marriage. Name To Surinder Singh.Sawhney R/o #914, Sector-9, P r i t h v i S i n g h R / o Vi l l . 72778 63372Panchkula (Hry) have changed Devan, PO Muklan, Tehsil & I, Sanjiv Kumar S/o Kidar Nath I Daljeet Singhs/O Amrik Singh my name to Anupama Sawhney. Distt. Hisar have changed the R/o.H.No.2280, Lovely Sweets R/O Gali Janta Palace Wali,

98702 name of my daughter from Wali Gali VPO Rayya, Tehsil Amritsar Road, Tarn Taran.Tehsil I, GURBAX KAUR W/O AMrik Kumari Kavita to KAVITA B a b a b a k a l a D i s t t & Distt. Tarn Taran Have Singh R/o H.no.19, New 1184, for all future purposes. Amritsar,Punjab India have Changed My Name From Daljeet Gali No.2/3, Jagdambey Colony, 40008 Changed my name to Sanjiv Singh To Daljit Singh.Batala Road, Amritsar Have I , Sanjeev Kumar S/o Jeeta Khosla please note it 63372Changed My Name From Gurbax Ram R/o Chuharmajra Tehsil 72737 I Sur inderpal Kaur W/O Kaur To Gurbakhsh Kaur. All Dhand, District Kaithal have I, Hitherto Known As Jagmeet Gurmukh Singh R/O Village Concerned To Be Note. changed my minor son name Singh S/O Murat Singh R/O. Vpo Kothe Pona (Agwar Pona)

900020 from Manvik to Manvik Bal Sarai Tehsil Baba Bakala Jagraon Distt Ludhiana Have I Manharleen Kaur Majithia D/o S a m d h y a n . N o t e a l l Distt Amritsar In State Of C h a n g e d M y N a m e To Gurindar Singh Majithia R/o A- concerned. Punjab. Have Changed The Surinderpal Kaur Uppal.400, Ranjit Avenue, Amritsar 84451 Name Of My Minor Son 63372Have Changed My Name To I JC-311742Y Rank SUB Abhinoor Singh Sarai Age 3 I Gurpreet Kaur W/O Jagtar Manharleen Kaur. Name G Velu S/o M Ganesan Years And He Shall Hereafter Be Singh (D/O Mahla Singh) R/O

900020 of Unit 38 Aslt Engr Regt C/o Known As Abhinoor Singh . Sikhan Wala Road, Kotkapura I Baljinder Singh S/o Amrik 56 Apo, Bathinda Cantt have 72737 (Faridkot) Have Changed My Singh R/o Vill.lakhowal Po changed my daughter name I, Rajinder S/o Roshan Lal R/o Name To Charanjit Kaur.Hemrajpur Gurdaspur Have f r o m V K a v y a s h r e e t o Moom (Barnala) changed my 63372Changed My Name To Singh Kaviyashree V in my army name to Rajinder Kumar. I, Niraj Rani W/O Kailash Baljinder. records 63372 Chander R/O Bathinda Have

900020 100078 I, Shangara Singh S/o Harnek R/o Changed My Name To Neeraj I, Tunash S/o Harbakhsh I Davinder Singh (Aadhaar No. Vill: Ber Khurd Teh-Payal Sharma.Singh R/o Quarter No.75/A, 923591449253) S/O Sh. Dilbag (Ludhiana) changed my name to 63372Civ i l L ines , Near Cour t Singh R/o VPO- Kirmuch, Shingara Singh. I, Rohit Joshi S/o Rajesh Joshi C o m p l e x , A j n a l a R o a d , Te h s i l - T h a n e s a r, D i s t t . 63372 R/o Baba Jiwan Singh Nagar Amritsar have declare that Kurukshetra have changed my I, Shama Rani D/o Ravi Shankar Moga changed my name to Rohit Singh is my Surname and name from Devinder Singh to R/o St.No. 22/2 Partap Nagar Singh Joshi.Tunash is my given name. Davinder Singh. Please all (Bathinda) I known by two 63372

900020 concerned note please. names as Shama Rani and Pooja I, Rajesh Kumar Joshi S/o Joginder I , h i t h e r t o K n o w n a s 100074 Sharma. Pal R/o Baba Jiwan Singh Nagar SMILEDEEP KAUR Wife of I Ajay Shankar Mishra no. 63372 Moga changed my name to Rajesh RAJWINDER SINGH residing 14815822M Rank HAV 507 I, Kamaljit Kaur W/o Ram Joshi.at Village Guru Ki Wadali, P.O ASC BN C/o 56 APO Ferozepur Lubhaya R/o Vill: Pabwan Teh- 63372Chheharta Tehsil and District resident of 3-3-159/2 Guntur Phillaur (Jalandhar) Pb, India, I, Sadagar Singh S/O Karnail Singh Amritsar Punjab have changed Colony Sirpur Kagaznagar, changed my son name from R/O VPO Harion Kalan, Teh-my name and Shall hereafter Pochamma Mandir, Kagaznagar, Honey to Honey Kumar. Khanna (Ludhiana) Have Changed be known as SMILEDEEP. Sirpur Kagaznagar, Komaram 63372 My Name To Sudagar Singh.

900020 Bheem, Pin-504296 (Telangana) I, Manjit Kaur W/O Kulwant 63372Correct date of birth of my wife Singh R/O Manupur (Ludhiana) I, Jaspreet Kaur R/O VPO Hoal, Teh-Simla Mishra from 10-03-1979 Have Changed My Name Into Khanna (Ludhiana) Declare That and incorrect date of birth 01-07- Manjeet Kaur. My Husband Is Known By Two 1974 vide affidavit dated 12-03- 63372 Names I.E. Parvinder Singh And 2021 before Notary Public at I Kuldeep Singh S/o Mewa Singh Pravinder Singh Boparai, One & Ferozepur . R/o Maur Mandi (Bathinda) Same Person.

900023 changed my name Singh 63372I Ajay Shankar Mishra no. Kuldeep. I, Kulwinder Kaur W/O Kulveer 14815822M Rank HAV 507 63372 Singh Brar R/O Hariewala (Moga) ASC BN C/o 56 APO Ferozepur I Jagtar Singh S/O Mohan Singh Have Changed My Name To resident of 3-3-159/2 Guntur R/O Village Smaon Teh.& Distt. Kulwinder Kaur Brar. (After Colony Sirpur Kagaznagar, Mansa Declare That Jagtar Singh Marriage)Pochamma Mandir, Kagaznagar, And Tara Singh Both Are My 63372Sirpur Kagaznagar, Komaram Names. I Should Be Known With I, Ramandeep Kaur W/o Dalveer Bheem, Pin-504296 (Telangana) These Two Names. Singh Gill R/o Vill: Lasara Correct name of my daughter 63372 Lakhowas Teh-Payal (Ludhiana) from Akansha to Akansha Mishra I, Sukhchain Singh Manes S/O changed my name to Ramandeep vide affidavit dated 12-03-2021 Puran Singh R/O Kamalgarh Kaur Gill.be fo re Nota ry Pub l i c a t (Ferozepur) Changed Name 63372Ferozepur . Sukhchain Singh. I, Pargat Singh Madahar S/o Hardev

900023 63372 Singh R/o Vill: Gosal Teh-Payal I, Kuldeep Kaur, W/o No. I, Paramjit W/O Baldev Raj Joshi (Ludhiana) Pb, changed my name to 1 5 5 8 2 7 9 7 - H , R a n k N K R/O H.No.331 332/64 Block J Pargat Singh.Jarmanjit Singh R/o VPO Veela B.R.S Nagar Ludhiana Changed 63372Bajju, Teh. Batala Distt . Name Paramjit Joshi.Gurdaspur have changed my 63372name Kuldeep Kaur to Kuldip I , Kawalpreet Kaur W/O Kaur. Vide affidavit Regd. No. Ishwinder Singh Bawa R/O 61-B 700 dated 06/03/2021. B.R.S Nagar Ludhiana Changed

10005 Name Kawalpreet Kaur Bawa.I, Satya S/o Sh. Jaibir Singh 63372R/o Village Balak Tehsil I, Karan Paul S/O Kimti Lal R/O Barwala Distt Hisar (Haryana) H.No.497 New Heera Nagar declare that My Name is Satya Kakowal Road Ludh iana instead of Satpal Singh urf Changed Name Karaan Paul.Satya. In future, My Name is 63372Satya for all purposes. I, Anil Kumar S/O Gian Chand

72783 R/O 292, G K Estate Mundian I, Sukhpreet Singh S/o Hardeep Kalan Chandigarh Road Ludhiana Singh R/o Sangowal (Ludhiana) Changed Name Anil Kumar have changed my name to Sharma.Sukhpreet Singh Gill. 63372

98723 I, Cherry W/O Anil Kumar I, Seerat Kaur W/o Sukhpreet Singh Sharma R/O 292 G K Estate Gill R/o Sangowal (Ludhiana) have Mundian Kalan Chandigarh changed my name to Seerat Kaur Road Ludhiana Changed Name Gill after marriage. Cherry Sharma.

98723 63372

I Kumbh Karan Kaushik S/o I, Gobinda S/o Mangat Ram R/o I, Hitherto Known As Rawel I , Gurwinder Singh alias Sh. Dharam Dutt Kaushik R/o H.No.206-A, A-Block, Sandhu Singh S/O Joginder Singh R/O Inderjeet Singh S/o Shingara H.No.2187/12 gali no.5 Shanti Colony, G.T.Road, Chheharta, Village Akbarpur, Po Begowal, Singh alias Balwinder Singh R/o n a g a r Te h s i l T h a n e s a r Amritsar have changed my name Distt. Kapurthala - 144621, Balkhendi Teh-Dharamkot Kurukshetra have changed my to Harkirat Singh. Punjab, India Have Changed My (Moga) have known by both father name Dharam Chand 900020 Name And Shall Hereafter Be names Gurwinder Singh alias Kaushik to Dharam Dutt I, Rajbir Kaur Alias Rajwinder Known As Kewal Singh. Inderjeet Singh.Kaushik. In future my father Kaur W/o Gurnam Singh R/o 72778. 63372should be known as Dharam VPO Jodhe Tehsil Baba Bakala I, Hitherto Known As Manju I, Mohinder Lal S/O Chirngi Lal Dutt Kaushik. District Amritsar have changed Dixit W/O Ashok Dewan R/o A- R/O Shanti Nagar, Ward No. 19

98702 my name to Rajwinder Kaur. 3 Silver Residency, Near Tv Kotkapura, Tehsil Kotkapura, I, Basundhra D/o Devendra 900020 Tower, Nakodar Road, Distt. District Faridkot Have Change My Kumar Mishra R/o #64B, I Manjoth kaur D/o Chanan singh Jalandhar - 144001, Punjab, India Minor Daughter’s Name Bimla Block B-1, New Model Town, village Simbal Majra PO Nurpurbedi Have Changed My Name And Devi To Simarn.Pinjore, Panchkula (Haryana) distt Rupnagar (Punjab) have changed Shall Hereafter Be Known As 63372declare that Basundhra & my name Manjoth kaur to Manjot kaur. Ritu Dewan. I, Bahadur Singh Aulakh S/o Basundhra Mishra both are my 50008 72778. Naranjan Singh R/o Ward No. 2, name I, Kamaljit Kaur w/o Ranjit Singh r/o I Bikramjit S/O Jog Raj R/O Garcha Colony Khamanon (Fatehgarh

98702 VPO Niwarsi, Tehsil Ladwa V.p.o Kittna Tehsil Garhshankar Sahib) have changed my name to I , Chhinder Singh S/o Mohan (Kurukshetra) have changed my name (Hoshiarpur) Have Changed My Bahadur Singh.Singh R/o Village Chakku Ladana Kamaljit Kaur to Kamaljeet Kaur. Name To Bikramjit Rattu 63372Tehsil Guhla Distt. Kaithal Have 52724 72778. I, Pinki W/o Amit Kumar Aman R/o Changed My Name From I, Renu W/o Om Parkash R/o.35-A, I Jagiri Lal, Hereby Declare Bhisiana (Bathinda) Pb, changed Chhinder Singh To Shinder B.K Dutt Gate Opp Arun Arjun (With Consent Of My Son my name to Pinki Jha.Singh. Concerned Please Note. Rashmi Sanik School Amritsar have Pardeep Kumar),That My Son, 63372

84451 Changed my name to Renu Arora. Mr. Pardeep Kumar, Is Pr In I, Manoj Kumar Tripathi R/o A.F. I Salwinder Kaur wife of Iqbal 72737 Canada R/o 26580-30a Ave, Station Bhisiana (Bathinda) Kumar resident of VPO Sidhwan I, Kishor Kumar S/o Bhagwan Dass Aldergrove. Bc V4w 3c8 Canada changed my name from Manoj Dona, District Kapurthala, Punjab R/o.498 Gali Tehniya Wali Katra Has Changed His Name As Kumar to Manoj Kumar Tripathi.declare that I am also known with Safaid Amritsar Have Changed my Pardeep Kumar Verma. 63372another name of Jaswinder, so name to Kishore Kumar. Please note it 72778. I, Mandeep Kaur W/O Gurjant Salwinder Kaur and Jaswinder are 72737 I Jagiri Lal Hereby Declare (With Singh Gill R/O Mehar Singh Wala two names of one and the same I, Jatinder Kaur Alias Sukhjinder Consent Of My Daughter-in-law (Ferozepur) Changed Name person. All Concerned please Kaur Virk D/o Gurdip Singh W/o Mrs. Rajni) That My Daughter- Mandeep Kaur Gill.note. Tarlochan Singh R/o.VPO Mudhal in-law Mrs Rajni W/O Pardeep 63372

98706 Block Verka Amritsar Punjab, have Kumar Is Pr In Canada Residing I, Kuljeet Kaur W/O Tarsem Singh I, Harvinder Kaur Alias Shahina Changed my name to Jatinder Kaur At 26580-30a Ave, Aldergrove. Brar R/O Dagru Patti Kamaal Kanda W/o Harjinder Singh Virk. Bc V4w 3c8 Canada Has Name (Moga) Changed Name Kuljeet Kanda R/o Gali Bohar Wali, VPO 72737 Changed Her Name A Rajni Kaur Brar.Majitha District Amritsar have I, Jyoti Bala D/o Narinder Singh Verma. 63372changed my name to Harvinder W/o Angrej Singh R/o.VPO Mehar 72778. I, Vikramjit S/o Gurdial Singh R/o Kaur Kanda. Singh Wala Tehsil Zira Distt I Jagiri Lal Hereby Declare (With Vill: Kaleran Teh-Banga (SBS

900020 Ferozepur (Pb) Have Changed my Consent Of My Son Pardeep Nagar) Pb, India, changed my name I , Masa Singh S/o Bachan name to Amanpreet Kaur. Kumar And Daughter-in-law to Vikramjit Banga.S ingh R/o Baba Baka la 72737 Mrs. Rajni) That My Grand Son 63372D i s t r i c t A m r i t s a r h a v e I, Neelam Rani W/o Janak Singh Mstr Ruhan Son Of Mr. Pardeep I, Pushpa Rani W/O Aseev Nagpal changed my name to Massa R/o Vill. Udhipur PO. Dodwan Tehsil Kumar And Mrs Rajni Is Pr In R/O Gidderbaha Teh. Gidderbaha Singh. and Distt Gurdaspur Have Changed Canada, Residing At 26580-30a Dist. Sri Muktsar Sahib Have

900020 my name to Neelam Ave, Aldergrove. Bc V4w 3c8 Changed My Name After Marriage I Navdeep Singh S/o Late 72737 Canada Has Name Changed His From Pushpa Rani To Seema Rani.S . R a c h h p a l S i n g h I, Chandraprabha M/o Khupspare Name As Ruhan Verma. 63372Resident of H NO. 177, Vijay Dilip presently residing at ward 72778. I, Swarnjeet Singh S/O Jangir Hussainpura, Near Kamal No.1, Gondkhairi . Nagpur. I, Hitherto known as Jatinder Singh R/O Kothe Barde Wale, Kotli Tent House, Amritsar. That Maharashtra-440023 India Kumar S/o Khushi Masih Ablu Tehsil Gidderbaha Distt. Sri Mohna and Manmohan Kaur is declare that I have Changed my Kuser R/o H.No. 18, Dhaliwal Muktsar Sahib Have Changed My one and the same person. All name from Chandraprabha to Enclave, P.O. Ladhewali, Distt. Name Swarnjeet Singh To Raja concerned please note. Chandraprabha Dilip Khuspare Jalandhar-144007, Punjab, Singh.

900020 vide affidavit no.AN 413543 India, have changed my name 63372I , h i t h e r t o K n o w n a s dated on 28 Jan2021 and shall hereafter be known as I Manjit Kaur Duley W/O Jagdeep CHANCHAL SINGH Son of 72737 Jatinder Kuser. Singh R/O Village Boundal Po KARNAIL SINGH R/o VPO I, Bhutekar Prabhakar Suresh 72778. Ghungrali Sikhan Tehsil Khara Tehsil and District Tarn presently residing at Isrul I, Krishan Lal S/o Prem Chand Samrala Distt Ludhiana Have Taran Punjab have changed Buldhana Maharashtra pradesh- Vi l l Har igarh Bhorakh , Changed My Name To Me my name and Shall hereafter be 443201 India declare that in my Pehowa, Kurukshetra Changed Manjit Kaur.k n o w n a s C H A N C H A L army record my son name is Name Kishan Lal. 63372SINGH SANDHU. mentioned as Gourav but his 84661 I Gurjant Singh Deol S/o

900020 correct name is Gourav Prabhakar I, Monika Bindal D/o Jeewan Jagjiwan Singh R/o VPO Sunet I , h i t h e r t o K n o w n a s Bhutekar . Vide affidavit No.AN Kumar R/o Maur Mandi Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar Distt. R A C H H P A L S I N G H 413532 dated on28 Jan 2021 (Bathinda) changed my name to Ludhiana have a change name to D H I L L O N S o n o f B U R 72737 Monika Goyal. Gurjant Singh.SINGH residing at Village I, Bhutekar Prabhakar Suresh 63372 63372Mustfapur, PO Wadala Banger, presently residing at Isrul I, Rampy Sidhu Brar W/o Bittu Tehsil & District Gurdaspur - Buldhana Maharashtra pradesh- Singh Gill R/o Vpo. Sailbrah 143505 Punjab have changed 443201 India declare that in my (Bathinda) changed my name to my name and Shall hereafter be army record my son name is Rampy Gill.k n o w n a s R A C H H PA L mentioned as Sourabh but his 63372SINGH. correct name is Sourabh I, Vijay Kumar S/o Diwan Chand

900020 Prabhakar Bhutekar . Vide Bansal , R/o Daula Gate , I G u r i n d e r S i n g h S / o affidavit No.AN 413533 dated Gidderbaha, Distt Sri Muktsar Sukhwant Singh R/o Vill. on28 Jan 2021 Sahib (Punjab), have changed my Bur Chand, Tehsil Patti Distt. 72737 name to Vijay Kumar Bansal.Tarn Taran Have Changed My I, hitherto Known as Satpal 63372Name To Gurwinder Singh. Singh s/o Kundan Singh R/o. I, Santosh Kumari W/o Vijay

900020 Vill. Megha PO Dharamkot Kumar Bansal R/o Daula Gate, I, hitherto Known as RENU Randhawa Tehsil Dera Baba Gidderbaha, Distt Sri Muktsar B A L A B A J A J A L I A S Nanak Gurdaspur in state of Sahib (Punjab), have changed RAMAN BALA ARORA Wife Punjab.have changed the name my name to Santosh Bansal.o f S U R I N D E R K U M A R o f m y m i n o r S o n 63372BAJAJ residing at H.No. 129, TALWINDERJIT SINGH AGE I, Sukhwinder Singh S/o Buta

I Bhavna Singh W/o Harbir Singh Ward No.14, Gandhi Nagar, 16 YEARS and he Shall Singh R/o Vill: Sadarpur Po. Gulati R/o House No A1/26 GF,DLF Ferozepur Punjab have changed h e r e a f t e r b e k n o w n a s B a j a C h a k Te h - D a s u y a Valley, Panchkula have changed my my name and Shall hereafter be TALWINDER SINGH. (Hoshiarpur) changed my name name from Bhavna Nandal to known as RENU BAJAJ. 72737 to Sukhwinder Pal Singh.Bhavna Singh for all purposes 900020 I, hitherto Known as Harjot Singh s/o 63372

100014 I, hitherto Known as RAVINDER Kulwant Singh R/o. Vill. Shampura I Manveer Kaur Sallan W/O I Kumbh Karan Kaushik S/o Sh. KUMAR Son of MADAN LAL PO Singh Pura Tehsil Dera Baba Bahadar Singh VPO Sandaur, Dharam Dutt Kaushik R/o residing at H.No.15, Sultanwind Nanak Gurdaspur in state of Teh. Malerkotla (Sangrur) have H.No.2187/12 gali no.5 Shanti nagar G.T.Road, Tara Wala Phull, Gart Punjab.have changed the name of my changed my name to Manveer Tehsil Thanesar Kurukshetra have Avenue, Near Gull Marag minor daughter’s MEHREEN KAUR Kaur.changed my wife name Santosh Avenue, Amritsar, Punjab have RANDHAWA AGE 16 YEARS and 63372Devi to Santosh Kaushik. In future changed my name and Shall She Shall hereafter be known as I, Ruby W/o Parmjeet Singh my wife should be known as h e r e a f t e r b e k n o w n a s MEHREEN KAUR. R/o Vill: Chak Vendal Teh-Santosh Kaushik. RAVINDER VIG. 72737 Nakodar (Jalandhar) changed

98702 900020 I, hitherto Known as ANJU W/o my name f rom Ruby to I, Kulwant Kaur W/o Naib I, hitherto Known as EKTA KISHOR KUMAR R/o,Ward Harjinder Kaur.S i n g h R / o V i l l a g e - ARORA D/o ASHOK KUMAR No.148/8, Gobind Nagar Batala 63372Sukhdarshanpur, Tehsil & W/o AJAY VOHRA R/o VPO Road VPO Gurdaspur Distt I, Sukhmander Singh S/o Distt.Panchkula (Haryana) Chogawan, Tehsil Ajnala, District G u r d a s p u r P u n j a b . h a v e Harbans Singh R/o Vpo. declare that Kulwant Kaur & Amritsar Punjab have changed my changed my name and Shall Panjgrin Khurd (Moga) changed Balbant Kaur both are my name and Shall hereafter be hereafter be known as ANJU my name to Sukhmander Singh name. known as EKTA RANI. BALA Purba.

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AMRITSAR: With a vision to ease the music learning process and transition towards a more experiential learning through various methods, India’s leading music education Institute; Furtados School of Music (FSM) launches – Learn Buddy. Today, children of all ages experience rigorous career preparation as part of their education. School systems strive to implement mandated standards to help students excel in standardized testing and gain necessary skills for future job opportunities. With the challenges of choosing music as a career and the processes involved in learning music, ‘learn buddy' assists students and teachers in making the experience more convenient and comfortable. Expressing her views about progressive music education in India Ms. Tanuja Gomes, CEO and Co-Founder, Furtados School of Music says,”.

Furtados School of Music redefines music education

CHANDIGARH: Somany Home Innovation in less than 5 minutes, which classically solves one Snowcrest i-Fold is priced at INR 19,990.The Limited (SHIL) , makers of ‘Hindware of the storage issues which an Indian households company has also introduced two IoT enabled air Appliances’, today launched India’s first foldable faces. i-Fold is not just compact but also packed coolers i.e. Spectra i-Pro 36L, a personal air cooler, Air Cooler ‘i-Fold’ and a futuristic range of IoT- with a powerful motor that delivers faster cooling. and Acura i-Pro 70L, a desert air cooler. Both enabled Air Coolers. The new range is in sync with It offers convinient features like ‘completely shut coolers are equipped with Amazon Alexa, each of the growing need of consumers for building smart louvers’ and ‘insect & dust filters’ to stop these smart appliances can be easily managed from homes, and the off-season storage concerns they mosquitoes and insects from entering the cooler anywhere at any time through the Hindware have. The range of air coolers are available across and breeding inside. The air-cooler is designed for Appliances app, which assists consumers in leading e-commerce portals such as Amazon India, fashionable urban homes, has best-in-class operating, monitoring, and controlling the Flipkart, Hindware’s own portal www.evok.in, and technology and presents an artistic mix of design products remotely and auto diagnoses, select retail stores.i-Fold, India’s first air cooler* with soothing colours which seamlessly blend troubleshoot, & register service requests at the can be easily folded and stored in smaller spaces, with the interiors of a home. The Hindware touch of a button.

CHANDIGARH: Dept. of Speech & Hearing, Facebook, Instagram & Youtube were used and MCHP, MAHE has commemorated World informative flyers, posters, videos, celebrity Hearing Day on first week of March 2021 with message videos for the public. Department had support from Rotary club Ambalpady. Based on the conducted competitions for students to increase theme put forward by World Health Organization awareness on theme -collage making and vlog (WHO) that is “Hearing care for all – Screen – making competitions. Inaugural event was held on Rehabilitate- Communicate”, the department took March 4th 2021 at Sharadha Hall, MCHP. The an initiative by organizing a tele-hearing screening program was inaugurated by Chief Guest Dr. Potti and online questionnaire survey for the cause from Laxmi Narayana Gangadhara Rao (Dr PLNG Rao) March 1st 2021 till March 6th 2021. Focused on Pro Vice Chancellor (Health Sciences), MAHE, creating awareness regarding hearing, its Manipal, along with Guest of honour Mr. Ganesh conservation, hearing loss and its effects, Kumar Mattu President Rotary club of Ambalpady information about seeking professional was made and District Chairman Rotary Youth Exchange Mr available through social media platform like Khaleel Ahmed by releasing.

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Motorola launchesmoto g10 Power andmoto g30 offeringbest in class features

CHANDIGARH : Motorola today expand-ed its g series portfolio with the launch oftwo new smartphones - moto g10 power-an India first device and moto g30. Bothdevices are set to establish the new erafor the much-loved moto g franchise andbring exceptional value and industry-leading, premium features at affordableprices. Both devices are Made in Indiaand specially designed to cater to the In-dian masses with best-in-class featuresaccompanied by Stock Android 11 to de-liver a comprehensive user experience.Motorola has also equipped both motog10 Power and moto g30 with its revolu-tionary and proprietary ThinkShield forMobile technology that provides four lay-ers of enhanced protection to users interms of protecting personal data frommalware, phishing, and other threats.Themoto g10 Power is an India-first device,made for the Indian consumer that islooking for a power-packed smartphone.It boasts best-in-classfeatures such as a6000 mAh battery, 48 MP Quad camera,pure stock android experience with An-droid 11, advanced security ofThinkShield for mobile and more. Thesmartphone comes in two mesmerizingcolors - Aurora Grey and Breeze Blueand will be available in a single variant of4GB RAM +64GB Storage. The motog30 is dubbed as the solid all-rounderwith its 64 MP Quad camera system withnight vision mode, amazing 6.5" 90 Hzdisplay, the beloved Stock Android 11,and a new security technology calledThinkShield for mobile that will keep thedata of users protected and safe. Thestunning moto g10 Power will be avail-able in two incredible colors - AuroraGrey and Breeze Blue.

Mondelez Indialaunches the Super-Delightful Cadbury5Star Oreo

CHANDIGARH : Mondelez India, themakers and bakers of some of India'sfavourite snacking brands - CadburyDairy Milk, Cadbury Bournvita, and Oreoamong others, today announced thelaunch of Cadbury 5Star Oreo, strength-ening their premium snacking portfolioand empowering consumers with morechoice, yet again. This stellar combina-tion of the creaminess and crunchinessof OREO and the chocolatey caramelzest of Cadbury 5Star is a sandwich in asandwich, which aims to entice and tan-talize the taste buds of the consumerswho are constantly exploring newer eatexperiences. Layered with chocolate,caramel, Oreo cream and biscuit chunks,each bite of this decadent duo is sure toleave you with a scrumptious lingeringtaste.Commenting on this new innova-tion, Anil Viswanathan, Senior Director,Marketing (Chocolates), Insights and An-alytics, Mondelez India, said, "As themarket leaders in Chocolates and astrong challengers in Biscuits, we havethe onus to stay true to our vision of lead-ing the future of snacking by providingconsumers with the right snack, for theright moment, made the right way. Withthis launch, we intend to accelerate thegrowth momentum of our premium port-folio and focus on agile innovations tostay ahead of the evolving demandcurve. We believe that Cadbury 5StarOreo is truly a cross pollination of two for-ever young brands of the iconic Choco-late and Biscuit category which will fur-ther expand Cadbury 5Star's repertoireand take its stance in the countline seg-ment a notch higher. This innovation is atestimony of our coherent efforts of ex-tending Cadbury's equity beyond the bar;helping us explore snacking adjacenciesand increasing consumer relevance inthe snacking domain."

Adityanath withdrawingcases against himself: BSP MPBALLIA: BSP MP Afzal Ansari has ac-cused the BJP of indulging in politics ofhatred and pushing the country back-wards by five decades by "destroying"social harmony.Ansari claimed that after the upcomingassembly elections to five states wereover, the BJP government would divideUttar Pradesh into four parts. Speaking ata programme at Belthara Road in Balliadistrict on Friday evening, the GhazipurMP hit out at Chief Minister YogiAdityanath, accusing him of trying to be"Mr Clean" by withdrawing cases regis-tered against him. "Yogi ji says that hisgovernment is moving bulldozers overthe mafia.

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NID students take part in designing modern street vending cartsNEW DELHI: The commerce and industry ministry on Saturday said it has held a competition for designing newand cost effective modern street vending carts to cope with the recent challenges emerging due to COVID-19.As street vendors use conventional vending carts in the post COVID-19 era, the requirements from a cart haveevolved in terms of packaging of goods, display, billing, hygiene, foldability, compactness, mobility, accessorieslike dustbin, provision for shade, lighting, power supply, it said.The National Institute of Design (NID) students in Ahmedabad, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Haryana and MadhyaPradesh took part in the competition. "The objective of the competition was to design a new and cost-effectivesolution for a modern vending cart to cope with the recent challenges emerging due to COVID-19," it said.

Samsung India Launches #MonsterReloaded Galaxy M12 with 8nmExynos Processor and 90Hz DisplayCHANDIGARH : Samsung, India's most trusted smartphone brand, to-day announced the launch of Galaxy M12. After the success of GalaxyM11 and Galaxy M21 in 2020, Samsung is looking to further cement itsposition in the sub-15K segment in India with some of the biggest up-grades in its product offering this year. The #MonsterReloaded Galaxy

M12 comes with stunning Infinity-V Dis-play with 90Hz refresh rate, powerful 8nmExynos processor on top of massive6000mAh battery for extended battery lifeand best-in-class True 48MP Quad Cam-era with ISOCELL plustechnology."Galaxy M series has turnedtwo since its launch in 2019 and has beendesigned ground-up in India, keepingconsumers' needs at the core. Thenewest addition to this series, GalaxyM12, is #MonsterReloaded. It is designed

to power the lives of our young consumers. The segment-best Monster6000mAh battery is now coupled with the segment-first 8nm Exynos 850processor to deliver extended battery life. In addition to this, we are con-fident that Galaxy M12, with its True 48MP camera and 90Hz display, willtruly set the benchmark for a powerful experience in this price seg-ment,"saidAdityaBabbar, Senior Director and Head, Mobile Marketing,Samsung India.Powered by Exynos 850octa-core 2.0GHz 8nm proces-sor, Galaxy M12 ensures optimized performance of the smartphone. Thepower-efficient 8nm processor offers snappy performance, smooth multi-tasking and reduced power consumption while browsing or using multi-pleapps.Galaxy M12 is available in Black, Blue and Whitecolours and ispriced at INR 10999for 4GB + 64 GB variant and INR 13499 for 6GB +128 GB variant. Galaxy M12 will be available across Samsung.com,Amazon.in andselect Retail stores starting March 18, 2021.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, MARCH 13

The Delhi High Court has directed a21-year-old man to do communityservice at Bangla Sahib gurdwarahere for a month while quashing acriminal case against him.

While imposing a fine of Rs 1lakh, the court said the man mustlearn to control his anger and not takelaw in his hands.

Justice Subramonium Prasadquashed the FIR lodged against theman for the offence of attempt tomurder, noting that he was a 21-year-old youth with his entire life ahead ofhim and the fact that the parties haveentered into a settlement.

The court directed him to do one-month community service at BanglaSahib gurdwara from March 16 toApril 16, 2021 and added that aftercompletion of one month, he shouldsubmit a certificate from the gurd-

wara to show compliance with the or-der.

“The youngster must learn tocontrol his anger and keep in mindthat he cannot take law in his hands,”the judge said.

The court said a perusal of thecharge sheet would show that duringinterrogation the accused has statedthat when he was arguing with hismother, the complainant slapped him,he felt insulted and therefore, inanger, he took a knife from a veg-etable vendor and stabbed the com-plainant.

The incident had taken place inMarch 2020 and an FIR was lodgedagainst the man.

The court noted that the man hasalready spent about a month in cus-tody and he has expressed regret inthe court. Also, the complainant whowas present in the court stated that thelife of the youngster would getspoiled if proceedings continue.

Delhi HC directs accusedto do community service at

gurdwara, quashes FIR

Govt committed to promoterenewable energy, especiallyin MSME sector: GadkariNEW DELHI: The government is committed to promote renewable energy re-sources in the country, especially in the micro, small and medium enterprises(MSMEs) sector, Union minister Nitin Gadkari has said. He also exuded confi-dence that within five years, India will be a top manufacturing hub for automobilesin the world. Gadkari, who holds MSME portfolio along with road transport, saidby making solar energy available, "we will create big market for electric vehicles".He invited investors abroad to invest in Indian MSMEs and expressed hope thatthis will provide a number of opportunities to the MSME sector to become theworld's largest manufacturing hub.The minister was addressing a webinar on 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat Opportunities inSolar & MSME' on Friday evening.In his address, Gadkari said that the MSMEs with good track record are now be-ing encouraged for capital market.He said there exists a huge opportunity for investment in scrapping policy.The minister highlighted that India has tremendous potential and capacity for elec-tricity generation.He said that the solar power rate in India is Rs 2.40 per unit and commercial rateof power is Rs 11 per unit and the cheap power generated through solar energycan be used for automobiles and other developmental works.The government has set an ambitious target for renewable energy and in particu-lar, solar power generation, for this decade. The target for renewable energy in-stallation is 450 GW by year 2030.

AGENCYMUMBAI, MAR 13

Maharashtra on Saturday recorded 15,602fresh COVID-19 cases and 88 deaths, tak-ing the tally to 22,97,793 and the toll to52,811, the state Health department said.

Of these 88 fatalities, 40 occurred in thelast 48 hours and 21 in the last week. Rest27 deaths had occurred in the period pre-ceding the last week, it said.

With 7,461 patients getting dischargedfrom hospitals during the day, the count ofrecoveries in Maharashtra rose to21,25,211. Maharashtra is now left with1,18,525 active cases, it said.

At 1,828, Nagpur city recorded thehighest number of fresh COVID-19 cases inthe state, followed by 1,709 in Mumbai and1,667 in Pune city.

Mumbai's COVID-19 tally increased to3,41,999 while five more fatalities took thetoll to 11,528, the department said.

Among various divisions in Maharash-tra, Pune division comprising civic bodiesof Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad as well as dis-tricts such as Pune, Solapur and Satara, re-ported the highest number of 3,365 infec-tions, the department said.

The overall number of cases in the Punedivision stood at 5,56,429 and death toll at11,845.

Mumbai division reported 3,198 newcases and 17 fatalities, taking the cumula-tive caseload to 7,56,184 and the death tollto 19,949, the department said.

Nashik division's total case tally stoodat 3,14,975 and the death toll at 5,369.

Kolhapur division has reported1,20,980 cases and 4,087 deaths until now,while Aurangabad division's case tally is89,527 and the death count is 2,094, it said.

Latur division has so far reported91,512 cases and 2,559 fatalities.

Akola division has reported 1,16,438cases while 1,905 people have succumbedto the COVID-19 disease until now.

Nagpur division has so far reported2,51,602 infections and 4,912 fatalities.

With 97,918 new tests, Maharashtra hasso far tested 1,74,08,504 samples for coro-navirus.

There are 5,70,695 people in homequarantine while 5,031 are in institutionalquarantine across the state.

Maharashtra's COVID-19 figures are asfollows: Positive cases 22,97,793, new cas-es 15,602, death toll 52,811, discharged21,25,211, active cases 1,18,525, peopletested so far 1,74,08,504.

Maharashtra sees 15,602 newCOVID-19 cases, 88 deaths

Center fresh launches Centerfresh Mints 'Clean Breath'

CHANDIGARH: Center fresh - theiconic brand from confectionery ma-jor Perfetti Van Melle India - has be-come synonymous with fresh breath,enabling people with confidence toengage in social situations. To fur-ther this promise, the brand haslaunched Center fresh Mints 'CleanBreath' which marked it's foray intothe 'Intense Mints' segment. The 3-layer product is made using compressed mint technology with zinc lac-tate trapped in the central layer. Available in Menthol Eucalyptus flavor,the product is clinically proven to offer intense cooling and freshness thatlasts for 60 minutes, making it one of the most differentiated propositionsin the country.

The offering is available in a unique and attractive butterfly shape thatallows for easy rolling in the mouth along with ridges that aid in tonguecleaning. Priced at Re. 1, this unique and differentiated offering is thecountry's first 'Sugar-free Mint' available at this compelling price point.'Center fresh Mints Clean Breath' targets professionals who require in-tense fresh breath confidence to take on high-stake situations at the work-place. The launch, therefore, is well timed with the consumers steppingout after nearly a year of working from home.

Speaking on the new launch, Rohit Kapoor, Director Marketing, Per-fetti Van Melle India, said, "Over the last two and half decades, we havebeen able to create a strong resonance for Center fresh by leveraging var-ious consumption trends to offer meaningful products for all occasions.As people begin to step out for work and other commitments, they willneed to feel fresh and confident. Clean Breath proposition offers freshbreath confidence for a prolonged duration to our consumers and thecommunication for this launch highlights this with a high stakes inter-view situation.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, MAR 13

Ten members of the Madhya Pradesharchery contingent escaped unhurt aftertheir coach of the Dehradun-bound Shatab-di Express caught fire on Saturday.

The train's C-5 bogie caught fire nearKasro railway station.

The train was coming from the nation-al capital and all passengers, including the10 members of the archery contingent,were evacuated and shifted to anothercompartment.

"The fire spread out fast from near thebathroom and all our equipment and lug-gage were burnt. Thankfully, we all areevacuated and safe," recurve womenarcher Amey Rai said.

To ensure that their participation at theNationals is not affected, the Archery As-sociation of India (AAI) has arranged theequipment and clothes for the archers.

"We are really thankful to the presidentArjun Munda sir and the state governmentand other officials for readily arranging ourequipment and other stuff," she said.

Coach Ravi Pradhan said they were all

shaken by the incident but everyone sup-ported them and they are ready for thetournament.

The members who survived the inci-dent are Amit Patel, Amit Kumar, HarshSindhiya, Rohit Rajat (men's recurve);Amey Rai, Vitasa Thakur, Sonya Thakur,Dipika Pandey (women's recurve); RaviPradhan and Ashok Kumar Yadav (coach-es).

The 41st National Archery Champi-onship is underway at the Survey of Indiaground and will conclude on March 16.

MP archers escape unhurtin Dehradun Shatabdi fire

AGENCYNEW DELHI, MAR 12

Mayors of the BJP-led municipal corporationson Friday alleged that the Delhi government inits budget has reduced allocation to the localbodies as it wants to paralyse the three civicbodies.

The charge was made in a joint press con-ference held by North Delhi Mayor JaiPrakash, South Delhi Mayor Anamika and EastDelhi Mayor Nirmal Jain at the Civic Centre,where other senior officials were also present.

The three mayors jointly said that the Del-hi government has reduced baudgetary alloca-tion of all three corporations as it wanted toparalyse the civic agencies, the North DelhiMunicipal Corporation said in a statement.

The three leaders claimed that the Delhigovernment's budget has been increasing everyyear while the corporations' share is decreasing.

The Delhi government on March 10 hadpresenteda Rs 69,000-crore budget themed on

"patriotism" for financial year 2021-22, an-nouncing free COVID-19 vaccination to all inits hospitals in the coming phases of the ongo-ing inoculation drive.

Presenting the budget for the seventh con-secutive time in the Assembly, Deputy ChiefMinister Manish Sisodia had proposed to allo-cate Rs 16,377 crore, one-fourth of total budg-et for the education sector while the health sec-tor got Rs 9,934 crore.

In other allocations, Sisodia had said, "Ourgovernment will provide financial support ofRs 4,367 crore to the local bodies. This in-cludes an amount of Rs 2,298 crore as tied fundfor the implementation of schemes, pro-grammes, projects by the local bodies and Rs2,069 crore as Basic Tax Assignment (BTA)".

In addition to the above, an amount of Rs1,805 crore has been provided for the localbodies as share in stamps and registration feeand one-time parking fee. The government isthus giving a total financial support of Rs 6,172crore to the local bodies in budget, he had said.

South Delhi Mayor Anamika alleged that

the Delhi government is paralysing the civicagencies by reducing budget allocation everyyear .

She said the government is trying to derailongoing development works of all three corpo-rations so that it could get political benefits inthe upcoming municipal elections.

North Delhi Mayor Prakash said the budg-et presented by Delhi government was baselessand far from the reality .

He said in 2018-19, the Delhi governmentmade a provision of Rs 6,930 cr for the corpo-rations, in 2019-20 it was Rs 6,380 cr, in 2020-21 it made a provision of Rs 6,828 cr and in2021-22 it is just Rs 6,172 cr, which is nearlyRs 700 crore less than the last year.

East Delhi Mayor Jain said that the citygovernment is busy with sloganeering and re-leasing advertisements as they have nothing todo with development of the city .

The AAP government has constantly ac-cused the three corporations of indulging incorruption and misusing funds.

Mayors of Delhi MCs hit out atAAP govt over budgetary allocation

Renewal of registration for 15-yr old govt vehiclesto stop from Apr 1, 2022: Draft notification

AGENCYNEW DELHI, MAR 13

The government departments will not be able to renew registration of their vehicles older than 15 years from April 1, 2022, if a proposal inthis regard issued by the the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is finalised. It has sought stakeholders comments to amend relatedrules in this regard issuing a notification.

Once approved, this will be applicable to all government vehicles - central or state governments, union territories, PSUs, municipal andautonomous bodies, as per the notification.

"From April 1, 2022, government departments will not be able to renew the certificate of registration of their vehicles, after 15 years.This will apply to all government - central, state, UT, PSUs, municipal bodies & autonomous bodies," the Ministry of Road, Transport andHighways said in a tweet.

The development comes close on heels of the voluntary vehicle scrapping policy announced in the Union Budget on February 1 for2021-22 which provides for fitness test after 20 years for personal vehicles while commercial vehicles would require it after the comple-tion of 15 years.

Notification of the draft rules has been issued to this effect on March 12 by the ministry seeking comments, objections and suggestionsfrom the stakeholders within thirty days. The certificate of registration shall not be renewed after the laps of 15 years for govenrment ve-hicles, it said. Presenting the Budget for 2021-22 in Parliament, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1 had announced vehi-cle scrapping policy.

4WAR: A MASSACRE OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T

KNOW EACH OTHER FOR THE PROFIT OF PEO-PLE WHO KNOW EACH OTHER BUT DON'T MAS-

SACRE EACH OTHER.

PAUL VALERY

THE BEST WAY TO MAKE YOUR DREAMS COMETRUE IS TO WAKE UP.

PAUL VALERY

Spectacles and theatrics are essential ingredients ofIndian elections and our leaders never fail to de-liver them. Most leaders, however, also see to it

that such elements only add to the colour of the elec-tioneering process and do not impact the democraticprocess adversely. But the reports emanating from WestBengal of late have not been confidence-inspiring ones.Instead, they do the opposite. Chief Minister MamataBanerjee on Wednesday alleged that four to five men at-tacked her in Nandigram where she is contesting the As-sembly election. She suffered injuries to her leg andneck. The picture of the woman chief minister withbandage and visuals of her describing the body painwent viral instantly, igniting passions all over the state.Her allegation that there was no security detail to pro-tect her accentuated the situation. That version, howev-er, underwent a substantial change the following daywhen she explained what happened the previous day.There was no mention of an attack nor a conspiracy. Butby then, the state had witnessed a series of clashes be-tween her followers and those of the BJP which hasemerged as the principal opposition to her party, the Tri-namul Congress, this time around. There was also an at-tempt to blame the Election Commission of India thathas virtually taken over the state’s administration andshifted the state police chief and his deputy recently.Fairand free elections where citizens vote peacefully andelect their representatives and rulers are one of the sem-inal pillars of a functioning democracy. Every institu-tion of the state has a responsibility towards ensuring it;more so for politicians in power. Every election isfought in a highly charged atmosphere and party cadreswould miss no chance to pounce on their opponents. Itis for level-headed leaders to ensure that the ultimategoal is to create an atmosphere where every voter andher choice are respected. It is unfortunate that the WestBengal chief minister did not think through it before go-ing public with a conspiracy theory.In a democracy,people make their choices after processing the informa-tion they receive. It is imperative that all those who areduty-bound to protect democracy and its institutionsalso ensure that the right information reaches the peo-ple and the wrong and fake do not. It is only in such abackground that their decision would further the causeof democracy. Igniting passion based on religion or ide-ology or people’s love for their leaders is easy but sway-ing people’s opinion by good governance is not.

Polls a serious business,spare us all the theatrics

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, SUNDAY, MARCH 14, 2021

Editorial

Literature & HealthGovernments deaf to hearing

loss, says WHOOne in four people across the world

— nearly 2.5 billion — could facesome degree of hearing loss by

2050 with at least 700 million requiringaccess to treatment and rehabilitation, aWHO report warns.

The first World Report on Hearingpredicted that in 2050 the highestnumber of people with some de-gree of hearing loss is likely to befound in the WHO Western Pacificregion — which includes Cambo-dia, Malaysia, the Philippines, andVietnam — with nearly 760 mil-lion, and the South-East Asia re-gion — which includesBangladesh, Bhutan, India, and In-donesia — with nearly 660 mil-lion.

The report emphasised the ur-gent need for initiatives to preventand tackle hearing loss by funding andwidening access to ear and hearing careservices.

“Investment in ear and hearing carehas been shown to be cost-effective,” andgovernments can “expect a return of near-ly US$16 for every US$1 invested,” theWHO said in a press statement launchingthe report on 2 March.

Ear and hearing-related treatment iscurrently not integrated into the nationalhealth systems of most countries and hu-man resources are often lacking, accord-ing to the report. It said 78 per cent oflow-income countries have less than oneear, nose and throat (ENT) specialist doc-tor per million population and 93 per centhave less than one audiologist per million

population. The African region slightlyfared better with some 56 per cent of allcountries fewer than one ENT specialistper million of population.

By integrating ear and hearing careinto primary health care, using strategiessuch as task sharing and training, inade-

quate human resources can be overcome,the report said, adding that early medicaland surgical treatment, rehabilitation andthe use of hearing aids and cochlear im-plants are valuable.

Nearly 60 per cent of hearing loss inchildren can be prevented by measures in-cluding immunisation against rubella andmeningitis, improvement in maternal andneonatal care, and screening for otitis me-dia (middle ear inflammation). “In adults,noise control, safe listening and surveil-lance for ototoxic medicines (medicinesused to treat serious infections but canalso damage the ear) together with goodear hygiene can help maintain good hear-ing and reduce the potential for hearingloss,” the report noted.

Mullah Nasruddinspread out his or-nate carpet on the

front lawn of his house. Hedid push-ups on the carpet tobecome strong enough toprotect his house… Mean-while, thieves from two sep-arate gates behind him tip-toed into his house. Friendlyneighbours at the front gatealerted Mullah that his housewas about to be burgled bytwo gangs.

Mullah laughed at themwith supreme nonchalance.“You are wrong that they aretwo gangs”, he said. “Theyare together in this schemeand I know what they are upto.”“What are they up to?”asked the neighbours.

“If I run to chase out onegroup, the other will stealmy carpet”, said Mullah,rolling his eyes cunningly,and did another push-up.

The neighbours beattheir breasts, even as theysaw the burglars cart awayevery item in Mullah’shouse.

The Mullah story possi-bly has universal applica-tion, but caution may be inorder before transposing iton Rahul Gandhi’s athleticperformance at the St.Joseph’s Higher SecondarySchool in Mulggumoodubin,Tamil Nadu. He left a Class10 student, Meroli Shenigha,panting for breath in a com-petition.Rahul, 50, did 14

push-ups in 10 seconds,something of a record. A yenfor physical fitness is in hisDNA. For his great-grandfa-ther, Jawaharlal Nehru, yogawas incomplete without anextended shishasana, orheadstand. But while Nehruwas private about his exer-cises, the great-grandson isdemonstrative. Nehru mayalso have been proud of hisKashmiri Pandit heritage,but never of ritual religiosi-ty. In his will, he wrote thathe didn’t want any rituals forhis cremation. His col-leagues, more “Hindu” thanhim, thought it unwise tohave the last rites of thecountry’s first Prime Minis-

ter, a Pandit to boot, be con-cluded without the Vedic rit-uals. Taking his cue fromthere, Rahul Gandhi’s mostreliable town crier, RandeepSingh Surjewala, declaredhim a “Janeudhari” Brah-min, a declaration that Rahulseems to have taken to heart,touching base with everytemple in town. Not to beoutdone, sibling Priyankatoo has been wearing tilakson her forehead, largeenough for a “yogini”. Shehas been dipping in holyrivers in severe cold. If herbrother has added gymnas-tics to his repertoire, Priyan-ka has fallen back on ethnictourism in fancy dress. With

expert ease, she plucked“two leaves and a bud” inAssam’s tea plantations. TheGandhi siblings are bustingtheir guts to hold onto thecarpet as in the Mullah story.As for the Congress Party(The House), senior mem-bers have already bolted andjoined the BJP.

The remainder are run-ning helter-skelter becausethe Gandhi family is unwill-ing to show them the roadahead. It is possible that theythemselves do not know.

The Gandhis’ state offunk may have been en-hanced last week by Gujaratwhere, contrary to the prom-ise of 2017, the Congress

has been beaten to a pulp bythe BJP in the local bodyelections. Indeed, new en-trants like the AAP andAsaduddin Owaisi’s AIM-IM, have impressivelyopened their accounts. The“G-23” Congress letter-writ-ers are what rural folk inNorth India call “Shivji KiBaraat”, representing allmanner of fauna. GhulamNabi Azad has been grievingsince at least the 2019 elec-tions: “They are not askingme to campaign”. Thosewere days when Rahul, asCongress president, had re-sorted to practical politics --he would not be seen withMuslims during electionsbecause that would enablethe BJP to polarise the vote.What Rahul appears not tohave learnt since then is thatpolicies and strategy, nottricks, build a party’s elan.When in the 2019 generalelection, the BJP won 303seats as opposed to the Con-gress’ 52, Rahul owned up tohis responsibility and re-signed as party president.

A chapter in the Con-gress’ and the nation’s polit-ical history was over. Or soone had thought. But no, hiscohorts like Mr Surjewalawould dance around himwith deafening chants of a“Congress revival”.

Kuchch to hotey hainMohabbat mein junoon keaasaar/ Aur Kuchch log bhi

deewana bana detey hain(As it is, there are signs ofmonomania in obsessivelove. Self-serving busybod-ies further enhance thisstreak). Slowly, one saw himtrek back from the politicalwilderness, to attempt, likeSisyphus, the climb againwithout ever bothering toask -- why is there so muchfocus on a leader with 52members in a House of 545?Why does the media, whichis owned by industrialistsand controlled by the rulingparty, heap such generous at-tention on the Gandhis?

Because they are nothreat. Anything of a leftisthue, with the capacity to mo-bilise the people on a plat-form of roti, kapda,makaan… healthcare, uni-versal free education, etcmust be thwarted. Going bythis criteria, the Congress isno threat.

Policy differences be-tween the BJP and the Con-gress are minimal. Foreign,economic, even social poli-cies are more or less similar.The BJP’s anti-Muslimstance is for Hindu consoli-dation.

The Congress’ studiedneglect of Muslims servesthe same purpose, only withbetter table manners. Also,the Gandhis and the residualCongress serve as an essen-tial counterpoint in the BJP’smusical score.

Gandhis have had it ifCongress flops in May

FriendArt thou abroad on this stormynighton thy journey of love, myfriend?The sky groans like one indespair.I have no sleep tonight.Ever and again I open my doorand look out onthe darkness, my friend!I can see nothing before me.I wonder where lies thy path!By what dim shore of the ink-black river,by what far edge of thefrowning forest,through what mazy depth ofgloom art thou threadingthy course to come to me, myfriend?

POEMS

“Did the Lord God give usnosesFor people to rub in our mis-takes?And did he grant us toesesSo we could stub them, forgoodness sakes!

And yes, he gave us mouthsTo eat, drink and not be‘Loud’And concealed bits and bobs--Of which we are rightlyproud.

From Kabhi Kabhi MereyGhar Mey

Polees Aajaatha Hein byBachchoo

Interviews with royals arelike a virus plague, youdon’t want to catch them,

but you can’t avoid hearingall about them. The Queen ofAmerica, Oprah Winfrey, in-terviews Prince Harry and theDuchess of Sussex, theAmerican actress MeghanMarkle. I didn’t watch the in-terview, but bits of it wereforced on me wherever Ilooked -- even intercut withnews of the atrocities inMyanmar. The most promi-nent pronouncement that thisinterview seemed to haveyielded was Meghan’s claim

that before her son Archiewas born, some unnamed Britroyal wondered aloud, per-haps with some alarm or deri-sion, how dark the baby’sskin would be. The remark, ifMeghan reported it accurate-ly and without malice to-wards the royals with whomshe has fallen out, wasprompted by the fact thatMeghan’s mother is a“woman of colour” -- if that’san accepted term.

This was interpreted byOprah and very many otherpeople, including some pan-jandrums of the Common-wealth and several black UScommentators, as a deeplyracist concern. It can certain-ly be interpreted as such. AsIndians, gentle reader, we

know that every grandmotherand mother-in-law -- and yes,very many fathers-in-law --have expressed the same anx-iety. Their remarks haven’tresulted in flurries in thenewspapers or flutters andruptures in the constitution ofthe Commonwealth. We takeskin colourism as a nasty in-gredient of our prejudices --which we shouldn’t.

Years ago when PrincessDiana died with Dodi-al-Fayed in a car accident inParis, his father claimed thatthey had been murdered be-cause Diana was pregnantwith Dodi’s child and theDuke of Edinburgh didn’twant the future King Williamto have a Muslim stepbrotheror sister.

My adventures with Oprah,the real queen of Yankeeland

Grandmothers can play a crit-ical role in the care of new-born babies but are often ex-

cluded from national and interna-tional policies on neonatal care,says a new analysis.

Grandmothers’ knowledge issometimes out of date and some oftheir practices could be even harm-ful, according to the study pub-lished February in BMJ GlobalHealth. But given their proximity,authority and commitment to thebaby’s survival, they should be ex-plicitly involved in newborn inter-ventions in order to optimise anabundant local resource for new-born health, it said.

Judi Aubel, author of the studyand executive director of theGrandmother Project—Change

through Culture, based in Rome,Italy, tells SciDev.Net that there isclear evidence of the role and influ-ence of grandmothers in manyAsian, African and Latin societieswhere extended families and multi-generational caregiving are impor-tant.

Using a family systems frame,a framework which deals with cul-tural values, norms and practicesrelated to women and children,Aubel reviewed research from nu-merous settings in Africa, Asia andLatin America that provide insightinto family roles related to newborncare, specifically of grandmothers.

Aubel reviewed 70 studiesfrom 29 countries and found en-couraging results of grandmother-inclusive interventions. In Nepal,

grandmothers played significantroles in the feeding practice of in-fants and young children. Also,their knowledge and advice helpedwomen during their pregnancy. InUttar Pradesh, India, advice fromgrandmothers helped in the care ofnewborns, the study added.

The study also highlighted thedanger that practices adopted bysome grandmothers could be out-dated, citing as an example thefeeding of prelacteals, such as hon-ey or ghee, before the mother’sbreastmilk has “come in”.

Nearly 75 per cent of newborndeaths take place during the firstseven days of life, and the majorityof those deaths occur at home, theanalysis noted. The family environ-ment is critical to their health and

survival, it added, but global initia-tives to support newborns concen-trate primarily on reinforcinghealth services rather than the roleof family caregivers such as grand-mothers.

“In India, Indonesia, Nepal,Bhutan, Laos and other South-EastAsian countries grandmothers playa role in caring for newborns basedon their current knowledge fromboth traditional and modernsources,” says Aubel. “They shouldbe included in public health pro-grammes and their knowledge.”

Sanchita Roy, paediatrician andassociate professor at the DiamondHarbour Government Medical Col-lege and Hospital, West Bengal, In-dia, says that in an age of nuclearfamilies, the study is relevant.

Grandmothers’ role valuable innewborn care – study

NEWS AT AGLANCE

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, SUNDAY, MARCH 14, 2021

In a first, sanitary napkin vending machineinstalled at Delhi police stationNew delhi: A sanitary napkin vending machine has been installed at New Delhi'sRK Puram Police Station, making it the first police station in the national capital tohave such a provision. On the occasion of International Women's Day on Monday,an NGO Sangini Saheli installed the vending machine at the police station. PriyalBhardwaj, who heads Sangini Saheli, while elaborating on the NGO's work, said:"Our NGO works on the menstrual hygiene front. We supplied 12.5 lakhs ofsanitary napkins all over India during the COVID-19 crisis. Bureaucrats volunteeredto help us reach many villages". "This is Delhi's first police station to have asanitary napkin vending machine. The machine will be of use to the police officers,mahila karamcharis and to the public," she added. The inauguration function wasattended by representatives of many NGOs, police officers and social workers.

NEWSJMC Projects shareszoom over 13 pcafter co bags orderworth Rs 1,000 crNEW DELHI: Shares of JMCProjects (India) on Tuesday jumpedover 13 per cent after the companysaid it has bagged constructionorder worth Rs 1,000 crore fromMaldives' Fahi DhiriulhunCorporation. The stock after apositive start further zoomed 13.19per cent to its one-year high of Rs88.80 on BSE. On NSE, it gained12.87 per cent to its 52-week high ofRs 89. In a filing to the BSE, JMCProjects (India) Ltd said it hassigned an agreement with FahiDhiriulhun Corporation Ltd, a state-owned company of the Governmentof the Republic of the Maldives, forthe design, finance and constructionof 2,000 social housing units inHulhumale Island of Maldives. Thecompany said the total value for thisproject is estimated to be aroundUSD 137 million (Rs 1,000 crore)and is planned to be financed via aloan from a multilateral fundingagency. JMC Projects CEO andDeputy Managing Director S KTripathi said the company'sinternational business has expandedits presence further with this projectin Maldives.

Maha: Mumbai-boundGitanjali Expressderails in AkolaAKOLA: A coach of the Howrah-Mumbai Gitanjali Express derailed inMaharashtra's Akola district onTuesday, disrupting traffic on theroute for some time, officials said.There was no report of any casualty,they said. The last SLR coach of themoving Mumbai-bound train derailedwith a loud sound between BorgaonManju and Katepurna stationsaround 11.15 am, a railway policeofficial said. The train immediatelycame to a halt, the official said,adding that this led to disruption oftraffic on the Up and Down lines.Railway and police personnelrushed to the spot. The derailedcoach was later detached from thetrain and it left for its onward journeyafter about two hours, the officialsaid.

No vaccine shortage inRajasthan, Union HealthMinistry clarifiesJAIPUR: Debunking the reports ofvaccine shortage in Rajasthan, theUnion Health Ministry on Tuesdaysaid the factual position is that thereis no shortage of COVID-19 vaccinein the State at present. "There havebeen some news reports suggestingan impending shortage of COVID19Vaccine doses in Rajasthan. Thefactual position is that there is noshortage of COVID19 vaccine withthe State at present. Rajasthan hasbeen supplied 37.61 lakh doses andhas consumed only 24.28 lakhdoses till yesterday night," UnionHealth Ministry stated in a pressrelease. The Central government isregularly monitoring the availabilityof vaccine supply in all States andUTs, and providing the doses as pertheir requirement and consumptionpattern. There were reportscirculating that Rajasthan will run outof anti-Covid-19 vaccines bytomorrow if the centre does noturgently send more supplies.

Man gets deathsentence for raping11-year-oldLUCKNOW: A court in UttarPradesh's Jaunpur district hasawarded capital punishment to aman, who raped an 11-year-old girllast year, a senior official said hereon Tuesday. The special Protectionof Children from Sexual Offences(POCSO) court in Jaunpursentenced Bal Govind to death onMonday for raping the girl in August2020, Additional Chief Secretary,Home, Awanish Kumar Awasthi saidin a statement issued here.

Fresh crackdown on protestors, Myanmarmilitary revokes licences of 5 media outlets

NAYPYITAW, MAR 13

As the pro-democracyprotests against the Myanmarjunta intensifies, the securityforces have arrested severalpeople during the anti-coupcrackdown and the licencesof five independent mediacompanies have beenrevoked. According to areport by Voice of America(VOA), the Military Councilon Monday announced itsdecision to revoke thelicences of five independentmedia companies in thenation amid reports of armedmen ransacking the offices ofone of the outlets and thearrest of an editor coveringanti-coup protests. The fivemedia companies areMyanmar Now, Khit Thitmedia, Democratic Voice ofBurma (DVB), Mizzima and7 Day. Condemning themove, Mizzima Editor-in-Chief Soe Myint in one of his

social media posts saidMizzima would continue tofight against the militarycoup and for the restorationof democracy by publishingand broadcasting through avariety of media platforms,including Facebook, VOAreported. Meanwhile, theVOA Burmese service has

reported that armed men infive military trucks onMonday raided the offices ofMyanmar Now.

Citing the Burmeseservice, the VOA furtherreported that Sai Zin DDZon, chief editor of theEastern Review, was arrestedMonday in the capital of

Shan State, Taunggyi, whilecovering protests there. Hewas later released aftersigning a statementpromising not to take anyphotos of the protests.Meanwhile, there have beenreports that at least 50protesters have been arrestedon Tuesday during an anti-coup crackdown in Myeikcity. "At least 50 protestershave been arrested (many ofthem are women) todayduring the anti-coupcrackdown in Myeik, the cityin the south, an activisthiding now told me - forcesopening fires in the city,rubber bullets reported," saidone of the Twitter users inMyanmar. Another Twitteratisaid, "Illegal Night Arrests inSanChaung; At least 55students were brutallyarrested when they weretrapped in apartments nstreets of Sanchaung.Soldiers locked down whole

township n arrested allnight." Another Twitterati hassaid, "Happening in Loikaw,Myanmar! Terrorists start tocrack down brutally withtear-gas and water cannon.Terrorists also shoot liveammunition continuously.RELEASE THEARRESTED"

"Myanmar MilitaryTerrorists opened fire theguns at the VoluntaryAmbulance from DaweiDistrict, which is on the wayback to headquarter around12:43 am on 09.03.21 and atleast 3 volunteers gotdetained!" said anotherTwitter user. The militarytoppled the Southeast Asiannation's elected governmenton February 1 and launched amassive crackdown on anti-coup protesters, shuttingdown the internet andarresting hundreds of people,including the state counselorand the president.

AGENCYHYDERABAD, MAR 13

Bharatiya Janata Party MPDharmapuri Arvind has allegedthat an All India Majlis-e-IttehadulMuslimeen (AIMIM) leader isresponsible for the recentcommunal clashes that took placein the Bhainsa of Nirmal district ofTelangana.

"AIMIM leader MohammadJabir Ahmed is the cause forcommunal violence in Bhainsa.They have been involved in landgrabbing for a time now and whenthe local Hindus, whose land havebeen grabbed by Jabir, have beenspreading the news via socialmedia, communal violence hasbegun," Arvind told media.

He said that there have been aseries of communal clashes inBhainsa for the last few years."This happened only because ofthe inefficiency of the policedepartment and the policedepartment had been workingunder the pressure of TelanganaRashtra Samithi (TRS) andAIMIM parties in the state."

"Nearly 10 people were

injured in the recent communalclash. Two people are seriouslyinjured and are admitted to aprivate hospital in Hyderabad andare in critical condition. Amongthose injured, most of them hailare from a journalisticbackground," he added.

He further said that the policehave registered cases on 100people, out of which 50 people areHindus and 50 Muslims.

"A similar incident took placein January 2020 and even thenmost of the damage occurred to theHindus as their houses and

vehicles were destroyed anddamaged," he said.

Meanwhile, Krishank, theTelangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS)official spokesperson, said thatTelangana has always been apeaceful state and people who aretrying to disturb the communalharmony by hateful speeches willnot be spared and strict action willbe taken against them.

"Chief Minister KChandrashekhar Rao has alwaysbeen very serious against thecommunal violence in the state.Strict action will be taken against

the people resorting to thecommunal violence in the stateand also those who are spreadingrumours across social media andare creating disturbances in thesociety," Krishank told ANI.

He also appealed to all thepolitical parties not to make theBhainsa communal violence apolitical issue.

V Hanumantha Rao, a seniorCongress leader, told ANI thatsome of the political parties fortheir own political gains have beeninstigating people over communalissues.

"I hope that the Telanganagovernment, along with thejudiciary, takes firm action againstthose responsible for this violenceand make sure that such incidentsdon't take place again," Rao said.

Several people were injuredand few vehicles were torched inclashes that broke out between twogroups in Bhainsa on Sunday,police said.

Section 144 has been imposedin Bhainsa town and an additionalforce of 600 police personnel and40 officers from other districts hasalso been deployed in the town.

Telangana BJP MP blames AIMIMfor Bhainsa communal clashes

Plea in HC to postpone Delhihigher judicial exam 2019

NEW DELHI, MAR 13

A plea has been filed in theDelhi High Court seeking topostpone Delhi HigherJudicial Service MainE x a m i n a t i o n - 2 0 1 9 ,scheduled for March 13-14,till the COVID-19vaccination drive is completefor lawyers. The petition isfiled by Ravi ShekharMangal Murti, one of thecandidates going to appearfor the examination, whosubmitted that the petitioneris suffering from severemedical conditions, leavinghim at risk of serious andl i f e - t h r e a t e n i n gcomplications if he contractscoronavirus, a press releasestated. The plea is likely to

come up for a hearing onTuesday. The petition wasfiled through advocatesAditya Kapoor, KushalKumar, Harsh Ahuja, andAkash Deep Gupta, whosought to quash of February18 notification issued by theDelhi High Court notifyingthe schedule of theexaminations on March 13and 14. The petitioner saidhe is a meritorious andmiddle-aged person who issuffering from severe health

problems of cancer and hadundergone radiation therapywith administration ofchemotherapy doses and iscurrently having anextremely weak immunity.He said he is at a higher riskof severe complications fromcontracting coronavirus, thepress release stated.

The plea claimed that thenotice is violative of thefundamental rights byforcing the candidates, likethe petitioner, to risk theirhealth and safety in thecurrent situation of theCOVID-19 pandemic.

Meanwhile, a divisionbench of Delhi High Courthas transferred the hearingon the postponement of theexam to another division

bench headed by ChiefJustice DN Patel after takingnote of the submission ofpetitioner's lawyer VineetMalhotra that the petitionwas in nature of publicinterest litigation. Whereinthe Court listed the furtherhearing on March 12.

"The result of thepreliminary examinationswas declared on February 13last year, wherein 280candidates were shortlistedto appear for the DelhiHigher Judicial Service MainExamination (Written)-2019.The main exams werepostponed in view of theCOVID-19 pandemic andfresh dates were to beannounced later," the pressrelease stated.

NEW DELHI, MAR 13

The Supreme Court onTuesday stayed the arrestwarrant issued against BJPleader and former IPS officerBharati Ghosh in connectionwith the 2019 Lok Sabhapolls violence case. "Wegrant interim protection tillMay 10, 2021," the apexcourt said in its order. Thecourt also said no furthercoercive action be takenagainst Ghosh in the case.The top court had earliergranted protection fromarrest in all the casesregistered against Ghosh. OnMonday, Ghosh, who hasbeen fielded by the BJP forthe assembly polls in WestBengal from the Debraconstituency of WestMidnapore district, hadmoved the Supreme Courtseeking a stay of the arrestwarrant issued against her onFebruary 4, 2021, registeredat the Keshpur Police Stationin connection with the 2019Lok Sabha polls violencecase. Ghosh claimed in herplea that she joined the BJPbefore the last Lok Sabhaelections and 10 first

information reports (FIRs)were registered by the WestBengal police against her "infalse cases". She said fourmore FIRs were filed againsther after the elections. Shealso sought a direction to therespondents, particularly theUnion of India (UOI), to callfor reports of the CentralIndustrialist Security Force(CISF) submitted to theMinistry of Home Affairs(MHA) regarding the allegedincident of May 12, 2019.Ghosh also sought a directionto the West Bengalgovernment to furnish thecomplete list of cases/FIRsregistered by them, directlyor indirectly, against her. Thepetitioner sought directionsfor the West Bengalgovernment to give thepetitioner prior notice, atleast 10 clear days inadvance.

SC stays arrestwarrant of BJP leader

Bharati Ghosh

Delhi budget: Rs 50 crores allocatedfor free COVID-19 vaccines

NEW DELHI, MAR 13

The Delhi government hasallocated Rs 50 crores in thisyear's budget to provide freeCOVID-19 vaccines to thepeople of the national capital.

"COVID-19 vaccineswill be available free of costfor people of Delhi in gov-ernment hospitals in theunion territory. We have al-lotted Rs 50 crores in thebudget for the same," saidDeputy Chief Minister Man-ish Sisodia while presenting

Delhi's first paperless budgeton Monday in the Delhi As-sembly. He also said that thenumber of COVID-19 vacci-nations will soon be in-creased from 45,000 to60,000 per day. Sisodia alsoannounced that Delhi willhave its first Sainik Schoolalongside Delhi ArmedForces Preparatory Academywhere students will be ac-quainted with the NDAcoaching besides regularstudies. "Today I present this'Deshbhakti Budget' in view

of the Centre's celebrationsof India's 75 years of inde-pendence. This budget willfocus on India's 75 as well as100 years of independence,"said Sisodia while presentingthe budget. The budget ses-sion of the Delhi assembly isscheduled to continue tillMarch 16.

The nationwide vaccina-tion drive was rolled out inthe country on January 16and vaccination of the front-line workers started on Feb-ruary 2.

Number of road accidents in Delhidropped in 2020: Delhi Police

NEW DELHI, MAR 13

Accidents and fatalities on thestreets of the national capitalsaw a significant decrease in2020 due to the nation-widelockdown amid the COVID-19 pandemic, compared to theprevious year 2019.According to Taj Hassan,Special Commissioner Police,Traffic, Delhi Police therewas a 26 per cent drop in thenumber of accidents. A totalof 5,610 accidents, including1,433 fatal ones, werereported in 2019, while 4,178,including 1,163 fatalaccidents were reported in2020. There was an 18 percent decrease in deaths and 29per cent decrease in injureddue to road accidents. In2019, 5,152 injuries and1,463 deaths were reported,while in 2020, 3,662 injuriesand 1,196 deaths werereported. Non-injuryaccidents, meanwhile,dropped by 65.4 per cent.Amid the challenging year,

traffic police adapted to thenew realities of life andtweaked enforcementstrategies. Owing to thenecessity of social distancing,prosecution, which requiresface-to-face interaction withthe traffic violators wassuspended and electronicprosecution is happeningthrough Violation on CameraApp. Throughout 2020, theDelhi Police laid emphasis onenforcement of discipline byroad users through qualityprosecutions, particularlyviolations of unauthorisedparking, improper parking,

lane driving, riding withouthelmets, triple riding andsimilar violations. Specialdrives were carried outagainst over-speeding,drunken driving, improperparking and public transportvehicles, prosecution of e-rickshaws, enforcement ofno-entry restrictions andpollution-related drives werecarried out. Alongside this,more emphasis has been laidon regulation thanprosecution, especially inlight of restrictions andeffects of the COVID-19pandemic.

TMC seeks adjournment of Parliamentsession, cites elections in five states

NEW DELHI, MAR 13

The Trinamool Congress onMonday sought an adjournment ofthe Parliament session citingassembly elections in five states ofthe country.

In a letter to the Rajya SabhaChairman, TMC nationalspokesperson and RS memberDerek O'Brien said due to the polls,MPs of his party would not be ableto attend the Parliament session. "Iam writing to you as theParliamentary Party leader (Rajya

Sabha) for the All India TrinamoolCongress. Sir, we urge you toconsider the adjournment of the

ensuing Parliament session, becauseof the declaration of elections in fivestates," he said.

"The Election Commission ofIndia, on 26th February 2021, hasannounced election for five states,including Bengal. Due to theongoing intensive electionpreparations in the State, theMembers of Parliament from the AllIndia Trinamool Congress wouldfind it difficult to attend the secondpart of the Budget Session beginningfrom 8th March 2021," he wrote inthe letter.

Nainital highway 9, NH-24closed due to farmers' protests

NEW DELHI, MAR 13

Due to ongoing protests against farmlaws, Nainital Highway 9 and NationalHighway 24 are closed at the point ofUttar Pradesh gate, said Delhi TrafficPolice. The police saidthere is heavy traffic onboth the sides.

"Due to protest ofKisan Andolan, Nainitalhighway No. 9 and NH-24is closed at the point of UPGate. Traffic is heavy inboth carriageways. Thediversion has been givenfrom Delhi towardsGhaziabad," tweeted Delhitraffic police. Delhi Trafficpolice advised people to take diversionsfrom Delhi towards Ghaziabad via roadnumber 57A to Hassan Pura and KarkariMor, Road number 56 towards AnandVihar and road towards Ghaziabad viaPaper Market Ghazipur.

Entry and exit gates of Delhi metrostations from Tikri Kalan to Brigadier

Hoshiar Singh on the green line are alsoclosed as women from Punjab reachedTikri on the Delhi-Haryana border tojoin the ongoing farmers' protest.

Farmers have been protesting at thegates of Delhi since November 26 last

year against the newly enacted farmlaws -- Farmers' Produce Trade andCommerce (Promotion and Facilitation)Act, 2020, the Farmers (Empowermentand Protection) Agreement on PriceAssurance, and Farm Services Act,2020, and the Essential Commodities(Amendment) Act, 2020.

BJP's Committee to meeton Saturday to finalisecandidates for pollsNEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party'sCentral Election Committee isscheduled to hold a meeting onSaturday to finalise a list of candidatesfor the upcoming Assembly polls,sources said. "BJP Central ElectionCommittee to hold a meeting tomorrowto discuss the names of candidates forthe upcoming Assembly polls in 4states and one UT," sources said. BJPon Wednesday announced the namesof three candidates for Assam.Similarly, the BJP had earlier releasedthe list of 60 candidates for the first twophases of the West Bengal Assemblyelections. A total of 824 Assemblyconstituencies shall be going for pollsin four states--Kerala, Tamil Nadu,West Bengal, Assam-- and the UnionTerritory of Puducherry. The polling inthese states will start on March 27 andend on April 29. The counting of votesfor elections to four states and one UTwill be held on May 2. As many as18.68 crore electors will cast vote at2.7 lakh polling stations in Tamil Nadu,West Bengal, Kerala, Assam andPuducherry.

Woman, lover held forconspiring to murderher husband in DelhiNEW DELHI: A woman and her loverhave been arrested for allegedlyconspiring to murder her 45-year-oldhusband and misleading theinvestigation in the case, police said onThursday. "Babita, 41, was allegedlyhaving an extramarital affair with a mannamed Rohan (23). The accused manhas shot the victim, who was acontractual driver of BSES in southDelhi's Andrews Ganj area onWednesday," the police said. Theincident took place at around 9 amwhen police received a call that amotorcycle rider had shot at a personwho was inside a car near theelectricity grid in Defence Colony'sAndrews Ganj. However, the victimdriver sustained a gunshot injury on hisneck and admitted to the All IndianInstitute of Medical Science (AIIMS)Trauma Centre. "Initially, the accusedman misled the police by saying thathe had a road rage with the injured andfired on the victim to take revenge, butduring sustained interrogation deepconspiracy revealed that he hadextramarital affairs with the wife ofvictim namely Babita for last three andhalf months," the police said. "Thevictim allegedly started beating her wife(accused) after he caught her red-handed with her boyfriend on January1. This leads to hatching a bigconspiracy to murder the victim," thepolice added.

Nine killed in roadaccident in UPAGRA: At least nine people of Biharwere killed and three others wereinjured when an SUV collided with acontainer on the Agra-Kanpur nationalhighway in the early hours of Thursday.Police said that the accident took placein front of the Mandi Committee inEtmaduddhala area around 0530 hrs.Superintendent of Police, Botre RohanPramod said that the Jharkhandnumber SUV was going towardsMathura from Tundla. Then suddenlythe vehicle got out of control andjumped the divider and went in theother direction from where a containerwas coming Agra's Rambagh, leadingto the collision.

Assam polls: Over Rs 4 lakhcash seized in CacharSILCHAR: Ahead of the assemblyelections in Assam, unaccounted cashof over Rs 4 lakh was seized by aflying squad from two places in Cachardistrict, according to a release issuedby the local administration onThursday. During a search operation inSilchar on Wednesday, the flying squadpersonnel recovered unaccounted cashof Rs 2,63,850, it said. Thesurveillance team also seized Rs1,36,960 during raids in the Katigoraharea, the release said. The flyingsquad has been formed in the Cachardistrict of central Assam for the ensuingassembly elections and will operate inall the constituencies there. Electionsto the 126 assembly seats in thenortheastern state will be held in threephases between March 27 and April 6.Votes will be counted on May 2.

Working to bring downRemdesivir injection rate,says Maha FDAMUMBAI: The Maharashtra Food andDrugs Administration (FDA) onThursday said it is working to bringdown the cost of the Remdesivir 100mg injection, used for treating criticalCOVID-19 patients. "The MaharashtraFDA has found that manufacturers aresupplying this injection at a cheapercost of Rs 800- Rs 1300 due tocomparatively lesser demands than theinitial days.

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WB polls: No question of competition in this election, saysSuvenduHALDIA: There is no question of any competition in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections,said Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari on Friday. "I hope to receive blessings fromthe people. I am confident people will support BJP and bring it to power for real development in WestBengal. There is no question of any competition," Adhikari told . He further said, "The BJP won 18parliamentary seats in 2019 and it will form a strong government this time with a huge margin." Later inthe day, the BJP leader filed his nomination from the Nandigram seat for the upcoming polls, the sameseat that will be contested by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. West Bengal will witness eight-phasedAssembly polls beginning March 27. The tenure of the 16th Legislative Assembly of the state will endon May 30 this year. The state is likely to witness a triangular contest this time with TMC, Congress-Leftalliance and the BJP in the fray. A total of 7,34,07,832 voters will choose their representative for the17th Legislative Assembly of West Bengal.

Gehlot flags off 'padyatra' to mark91st anniversary of Dandi March

AGENCYJAIPUR, MAR 13

Rajasthan Chief Minister AshokGehlot flagged off 'padayatra' tomark the 91st anniversary of theDandi march in Jaipur on Friday.

On this occasion, Gehlot tooka dig at the recently enacted farmlaws and hoped that the Centrethinks in favour of the farmers'.

Gehlot said: "Tocommemorate the anniversary ofthe Dandi March, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi himself chose tocarry out a 'padayatra' from theSabarmati Ashram. I hope that bythis evening, Gandhiji's messagehits inside his conscience. Onlythen, he can make a decision infavour of the farmers. If thathappens, then the farmers,countrymen of our country willbe very happy."

"The Dandi March proved tobe a milestone in our country'sindependence. We saluteMahatma Gandhi, the father ofthe Dandi March," tweetedGehlot.

The Salt Satyagraha or DandiMarch was an act of non-violentcivil disobedience in colonialIndia led by Mahatma Gandhi.The 24-day march lasted fromMarch 12, 1930 to April 5, 1930,

as a direct action campaign of taxresistance and non-violent protestagainst the British salt monopoly.

Announcing the beginning ofthe 'Amrit Mahotsav', PrimeMinister Narendra Modi onFriday said 'Vocal For Local' is awonderful tribute to MahatmaGandhi and other great freedomfighters. "Today's#AmritMahotsav programmebegins from Sabarmati Ashram,from where the Dandi Marchbegan. The march had a key rolein furthering a spirit of pride andAatmanirbharta among India'speople. Going #VocalForLocal is

a wonderful tribute to Bapu andour great freedom fighters,"Prime Minister Modi said in atweet. He added, "Buy any localproduct and post a picture onsocial media using#VocalForLocal. A Charkha willbe installed near Magan Niwas atSabarmati Ashram. It will rotatefull circle with each Tweetrelated to Aatmanirbharta. Thisshall also become a catalyst for apeople's movement."

Prime Minister NarendraModi inaugurated "Azadi kaAmrit Mahotsav" and flag offPadyatra from Sabarmati

Ashram, Ahmedabad in Gujaratto mark 75 years of India'sIndependence.

Farmers have been protestingat the different borders of thenational capital since November26 last year against the threenewly enacted farm laws --Farmers' Produce Trade andCommerce (Promotion andFacilitation) Act, 2020; theFarmers Empowerment andProtection) Agreement on PriceAssurance and Farm Services Act2020 and the EssentialCommodities (Amendment) Act,2020.

PM pays floral tributeto Mahatma Gandhi

at Sabarmati AshramAHMEDABAD, MAR 13

Prime Minister Narendra Modion Friday paid floral tribute toMahatma Gandhi and alsogarlanded his portrait atSabarmati Ashram inAhmedabad. The PrimeMinister will flag off the DandiMarch from the Ashram today,as part of Amrit Mahotsavprogramme to mark 75 years ofIndia's independence.

Earlier today, announcingthe beginning of the 'AmritMahotsav', PM Modi said in atweet: "Today's#AmritMahotsav programmebegins from Sabarmati Ashram,from where the Dandi Marchbegan. The March had a keyrole in furthering a spirit ofpride and Aatmanirbhartaamong India's people. Going

#VocalForLocal is a wonderfultribute to Bapu and our greatfreedom fighters."

He added, "Buy any localproduct and post a picture onsocial media using#VocalForLocal. A Charkhawill be installed near MaganNiwas at Sabarmati Ashram. Itwill rotate full circle with eachTweet related toAatmanirbharta. This shall alsobecome a catalyst for a people'smovement."

The Mahotsav is a series ofevents to be organised by theGovernment to commemoratethe 75th Anniversary of India'sIndependence. It will becelebrated as a Jan-Utsav in thespirit of Jan-Bhagidari. Thecurtain raiser activities arebeginning from March 12, 75weeks prior to August 15, 2022.

NEW DELHI, MAR 13

The National Education Policy 2020aims to give the country's youth theright education to bring 'revolutionarychanges' in the course of history, saidPresident Ram Nath Kovind onThursday. While addressing the 41stannual convocation of AnnaUniversity in Chennai, the Presidentfurther said that the new policy aimedto implement a modern educationsystem based on resources relevant tothe evolving needs of the present."...Education is the catalyst for changeand the youth is the most potent agentof social transformation. Educatedyouth, given the right direction, canbring revolutionary changes in thecourse of history. That is what theNational Education Policy 2020 aimsto achieve," the President said. Headded, "The new policy seeks toimplement a modern education systembased on research, skill and acumen

relevant to the evolving needs of thepresent. It would also include our richcultural heritage in consonance with afuturistic outlook." He further said thatit focuses on inculcating moral valuesand promoting an understanding ofIndian culture and expressedconfidence that the implementation ofthe policy would usher in an era ofmodern learning and education. "Itwill create a brigade of researchers andprofessionals who would take ourcountry to the great heights ofdevelopment, as befitting our nationalaspirations," he said.

NEP '20 aims to give youth righteducation for revolutionary

changes: President

AGARTALA, MAR 13

Royal scion of Tripura andChairman of Tipraha IndigenousProgressive Regional Alliance(TIPRA) Pradyot Kishore DebBarman has filed his nominationfor Takarjala - Jampuijalaconstituency of Sepahijala districtyesterday for Tripura Tribal AreasAutonomous District Council(ADC) election slated on April 4next. Though Pradyot's name wasnot mentioned in the list ofcontestants, he stepped in afterIPFT declared its candidate in theseat followed an alliance with theBJP. Takarjala is considered ahigh profile seat as it falls under

the jurisdiction of ADCheadquarters Khumlung and inthe state assembly it is representedby IPFT Chief and veteran triballeader N C Debbarma. Pradyot’sentry into Takarjala – Jampuijalaconstituency is considered achallenge for BJP-IPFT allianceand N C Debbarma in particular.According to TIPRA leaders,Pradyot Kishore was cheated byIPFT leaders, who stepped backand forged an alliance with BJPwithin a fortnight of joiningTIPRA. “The IPFT leaders hadmade open statement against BJPgovernment at the Centre and thestate, accusing them of notcomplying with the poll promises

on empowerment of ADC anddevelopment of indigenouspeople of Tripura for which

TIPRA agreed to accept them inthe platform to fight GreaterTipraland,” alleged a senior leader

of TIPRA. "Maharaja PradyotKishore has never worked oncommunal lines, dividing tribaland non-tribal people. He alwaysfights for the marginalised anddeprived sections of the societywithout any communal bias. But asection of BJP and IPFT leadershave made a deliberate attempt totag him into tribal politics," shestated. “The people of hill todayrealised how they were cheated in2018 elections by IPFT and BJP.In last three years, the situation oftribals worsened and noneextended any help to the poorpeople during Covid pandemicexcept Pradyot Kishore. The topleaders of IPFT are enjoying

power and puff having been in thestate cabinet, MLAs and otherleaders are doing well in theirpersonal front with the help ofBJP and the government butnobody thinks about the poortribals,” she added. Despiterepeated offers from bothCongress and BJP to be in theparliament, Pradyot had refrainedfrom entering into electoralpolitics. However, the betrayal ofIPFT is believed to be the onlyreason for him to get into theelection contest of ADC. TIPRAhas so far announced candidatesfor 23 of the 28 members councilmaking alliance with INPT and afew other regional parties.

Tripura royal scion submits nomination for ADC polls

ED attaches assets worth Rs 66 lakhs in cyber fraud case

JAMTARA, MAR 13

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) hasattached assets worth Rs 66 lakhs in a cyberfraud case in Jamtara district of Jharkhand.According to the official statement by ED, theassets, provisionally attached under thePrevention of Money Laundering Act(PMLA), include three immovable residentialproperties situated at Mirga village in thedistrict, four vehicles as well as bank depositsof accused Pradeep Kumar Mandal, PintuMandal, Ankush Kumar Mandal, SantoshMandal and Ganesh Mandal. "Theinvestigation was initiated under PMLA on thebasis of FIR registered by Jharkhand Policeand Charge Sheet has been filed in the caseagainst Pradip Kumar Mandal and othersalleging therein illegal withdrawal and transferof money from others' ATMs and bankaccounts in guise of bank manager and bankofficial," it stated. The ED said the furtherinvestigation revealed that the accused in

connivance with other persons had acquiredfunds in their bank accounts and familymember's bank accounts by cheating the bankcustomers and other individuals and therebythey invested the same in the construction ofhouses and purchasing vehicles. The agencyhad filed a chargesheet in the case before aspecial PMLA court in Ranchi in May 2019and charges against all the accused personshave been framed and the trial is underway.

India remains committed to supporting Sudan'stransitional government: India's envoy to UN

NEW YORK, MAR 13

India remains committed tosupporting all efforts ofSudan's government towards asuccessful transition,Permanent Representative ofIndia to the United Nations,TS Tirumurti said on Tuesday(local time). Speaking at theUNSC briefing/consultationson the report of the Secretary-General on the United NationsIntegrated TransitionAssistance Mission in Sudan,the Indian envoy said thatSudan continues to makeprogress in its democratictransition. "India remainscommitted to supporting allefforts of the TransitionalGovernment of Sudan towardsa successful transition. In thiscontext, we have bilaterallyimplemented 49 projects insectors of energy, transportand agro-industry in Sudan

through concessional lines ofcredit worth USD 612million," the envoy said. Healso said that the measurestaken to implement the JubaPeace Agreement (JPA),including expanding theSovereign Council;establishing 'the Council ofPartners in the TransitionalPeriod' and formation of thenew cabinet to include JPAsignatories "are steps in the

right direction." "The removalof Sudan from the US List ofState Sponsors of Terrorism isanother important milestone inthe transition process, as is thenormalization of bilateralrelations with Israel. Wewelcome these positivedevelopments," Tirumurtisaid. The Indian envoy saidthat an early formation of theTransitional LegislativeCouncil and establishment ofCommissions will beimportant adding that "it isimperative for theinternational community,particularly the UN, AU(African Union) and IGAD(Intergovernmental Authorityon Development) to supportnational efforts and extend allpossible help to Sudan in theimplementation of JPA." Theinter-communal violence inDarfur in the last few monthsdemonstrates the complex

challenges faced by theTransitional Government, hesaid adding that New Delhicommends efforts to bring thesituation back to normalcy inDarfur. "We welcome theformulation of a NationalPlan for Civilian Protectionand the announcement of12,000 member protectionforce that is currently in theprocess of deployment inDarfur. We also call on armedmovements which remainoutside of the peace processto join the negotiating table,"he added. The envoy saidmore than 290 scholarshipshave been extended annuallyfor capacity building underthe ITEC and otherscholarship programmes.Most recently, India delivered100 MT of food suppliesthrough a naval ship lastNovember as humanitarianassistance to Sudan.

Australians, New Zealanders shun digitalfatigue in favour of empowerment: Infosys

CANBERRA, MAR 13

Australians and New Zealandersshun digital fatigue in favour offeeling empowered, according to anew study by IT software majorInfosys released.

The relationship of Australiansand New Zealanders withtechnology flourished in 2020 withminimal online fatigue despite thereliance on digital platformsthroughout the COVID-19pandemic. Overall it seems thatsmart tech is bringing more joy,flexibility and empowerment in boththe countries than ever before, albeitrecognising some shortcomings ofvirtual interactions like reducedempathy and honesty.

The research leveragingWongdoody's human experienceplatform surveyed 1,000respondents in Australia and 200across New Zealand. It showed

nearly half of Australians and NewZealanders have been working fromhome since last year.

A further three quarters statedtheir use of tech for work and leisurehad increased since March 2020,with a similar proportion reportingtheir usage was still increasing. Thereport pointed out that as many as 60per cent of Australians find usingtechnology for work and leisureempowering and enabling versusjust a quarter finding it fatiguing andoppressing. In Australia, most wantflexible and remote working to stay

(57 per cent) but are less keen onvideo conferencing to replacebusiness travel (38 per cent).

Nearly half (47 per cent) missfeeling empathy from or for otherswhile small talk, humour, physicalcontact and the ability to be honestare seen as similarly lacking.

However, 57 per cent of NewZealanders find using technology forwork empowering and enablingversus just 23 per cent finding itfatiguing and oppressing, the reportsaid.

Also, most people in NewZealand want flexible and remoteworking to stay (55 per cent) but areless keen on video conferencing toreplace business travel (37 per cent).

Nearly half (49 per cent) missfeeling empathy from or for othersas well as physical interactions,while small talk and the atmospherecreated by group events are similarlymissed, the report pointed out.

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Air travellers violating Covid protocol despite warnings tobe treated as 'unruly passengers': DGCANEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Saturday issued a circular,asking airport authorities, and airline operators to "ensure passengers, without fail, wear masks",and "maintain social distancing norms", and in case if any norms are violated, the passenger wouldbe "dealt as per the law" and would be declared "unruly passenger".

The move comes after the Delhi High Court directed DGCA that passengers travelling onflights without wearing face mask properly can be offloaded by cabin crew.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, MAR 13

The Centre’s Chief Economic Ad-viser, Krishnamurthy Subraman-ian, has once again called for pri-oritising growth over inflationwhich has breached the band of 4per cent with a 2 per cent deviationeither way. The observation comesat a time when there are reports ofthe government in favour of theRBI relaxing the target to 5 percent with 2 per cent deviation ei-ther way. But RBI Governor Shak-tikanta Das said last month thatthere was no need to change thecurrent target band.

“The country requires growthat this juncture as it aspires to in-crease its dominance and self-re-liance in the global economy,” hesaid at a virtual annual regionalmeeting of the CII, Eastern Re-gion.

In other words, the Centredoes not want the RBI to tightenthe monetary policy to control in-flation by raising the interest ratefor borrowing from the banks. Asinflation has risen, Subramanianhas advocated that the RBI shouldadopt another matrix for measur-ing it. The observations comeahead of a review on March 31 bythe RBI’s Monetary Policy Com-mittee of the policy frameworkand inflation targets. The ChiefEconomic Adviser has suggestedthat the RBI should consider

adopting core inflation as an indi-cator, which excludes the impactof food and fuel prices. He has alsosuggested the need to update thebase year of 2011-12.

This will be the first review bythe RBI since June 2016 when itwas asked to frame policies so thatthe mandated inflation target is 4per cent with a 2 per cent deviation

either way. “At this juncture wemust focus on growth and when itcomes to pressures for trade-offs,we must be leaning on growth,”Subramanian said.

Centre, RBI at odds overrelaxing inflation target

Cong most corrupt party;vote for BJP to continue toavail centre and stateschemes: Smriti IraniMARIANI (ASSAM): Union TextilesMinister Smriti Zubin Irani onSaturday described Congress as the"most corrupt party" and appealed tothe people to vote for the BJP tocontinue to avail benefits of variouscentral and state schemes.Addressing her maiden electioncampaign rally in Assam, she saidPrime Minister Narendra Modi andChief Minister Sarbananda Sonowalhave rolled out a number ofschemes, benefitting the poor peopleof the state."...there is no one more corrupt than

Congress. Only BJP is the party,which works for the benefit of thepoor. "The BJP government hasworked tirelessly for the people in teagardens across the state," said Irani,also the Minister of Women andChild Development.Irani had defeated Congress leaderRahul Gandhi in his family seat ofAmethi in Uttar Pradesh in the 2019General Election.Listing out a series of schemeslaunched by the central and stategovernments, she said the Congressgovernment never worked for thepoor people and appealed to thepeople to vote for the BJP in theassembly polls.Without naming former PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh, who wasa Rajya Sabha MP from Assam, Iranisaid "There are some tall leaders ofCongress from Assam who evenbecame PM. But, AIIMS came toAssam only during Narendra Modi'stenure."

Shouldn’t say anything thatdamages nation’sreputation, that enemies canuse, Naidu tells new MPsNEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha ChairmanM Venkaiah Naidu on Saturdayadvised newly elected andnominated MPs not to say or doanything that will damage thecountry’s reputation and help theenemy. Addressing new MPs at theirorientation session, which was heldtoday after substantial delay onaccount of COVID protocols, Naidualso asked the members not to allowdivisions of caste, creed, sex, regionand religion to prevail inparliamentary engagements.“Discussing issues which are notconnected with us, going out of theway, trying to paint our country in anegative light is not going to help. It’sour country. We may have politicaldifferences. We oppose each other.But at the same fine when thecountry is concerned we should notdo anything or talk anything whichwill damage the country’s imagewhich our enemies will use and saythis has been said in Indianparliament,” Naidu said as new MPs,including Congress’ Shakti SinhGohil, External Affairs Minister SJaishankar, BJD’s Sasmit Patraamong others listened.The Vice-President said MPsshouldn’t give such scope toenemies with their utterancesbecause “unity, integrity, safety andsecurity of nation is vital for all andnot concerned with the ruling oropposition parties.”Naidu also said that in Parliament theMPs should not take recourse toreligion, region, caste, colour andshouldn’t try to bring divisions onthese lines.Taking a swipe at the OxfordUniversity where an Indian studentleader had to step down from theposition of Oxford University UnionPresidency Naidu said “a studentleader had to resign from OxfordUniversity position due to racialdiscrimination. These things arehappening in mature democracies.We must avoid these things.”He told MPs that they can argue forjustice for different sections butshould always remember thatirrespective of recourse to caste,creed, sex, religion and region weare Indians.“We are Bharatiyas. We mustremember that and act accordingly.There is nothing wrong inchampioning the cause of region orlanguage, nothing wrong in pointingout injustice in a particular religionand nothing wrong in speaking in aparticular language but thesedivisions should not be brought toParliament,” he said.

NEW DELHI, MARCH 13

The farmers’ agitation thatbegan with an apoliticalagenda, one to get the threefarm laws repealed, hasturned "political" with seniormost leader of the SamyuktaKisan Morcha (SKM) BalbirSingh Rajewal targetingPrime Minister NarendraModi.

Rajewal, the most re-spected face of the SKM, theumbrella unit of over 40Kisan Unions, has kicked offa political storm after sayingPrime Minister NarendraModi was a bigger threat toIndia than Pakistan.

Rajewal, who was ad-dressing a gathering atNandigram, which will see apitched battle between WestBengal Chief Minister Ma-mata Banerjee and formerTMC MLA and now BJP’s

firebrand leader SuvenduMukherjee, also asked thevoters to vote for anyone butthe Bharatiya Janata Party.

“BJP only knows vote kiRajniti. You possess a greatweapon called a vote. Pleasedon’t give that vote to Modi.Give your vote to anyone,rather give it to a winningcandidate but please don’tvote for Modi,” 77-year-oldsaid addressing the KisanMahapanchayat in Nandi-gram on Saturday. “Modi isthe biggest threat to ourcountry. We are not threat-ened by Pakistan or any oth-er country. But Modi is ourbiggest threat,” he added.

Bhartiya Kisan Union(BKU) national spokesper-son Rakesh Tikait had alsorequested the voters to notvote for the BJP ahead of theSKM’s three-day campaignin West Bengal.

SKM’s Balbir Singh Rajewalsays PM Modi bigger threat

to India than Pakistan

Centre’s panel for air quality management inNCR shuts down within 5 months of formationNEW DELHI, MARCH 13

The central government’s Commis-sion for Air Quality Management inNational Capital Region and its Ad-joining Areas has been shut downwithin five months of its constitu-tion.

The commission, which was es-tablished by the Centre in Octoberlast year, has shut down due to laps-ing of the ordinance under which itwas set up.

Speaking to PTI, Union Envi-ronment Secretary RP Gupta saidthe commission stands dissolvedbecause the ordinance wasn’t intro-duced in Parliament within sixweeks of its convention.

“The ordinance never becamean Act. Any ordinance has to be in-troduced within six weeks of con-vening of Parliament. It did not hap-pen so the ordinance is lapsed,hence the commission is dissolved,”Gupta said. The commission washeaded by MM Kutty, former secre-

tary to the Ministry of Petroleumand Natural Gas. Official sourcesfrom the ministry said they will tryto introduce the ordinance in thenext session of Parliament and inthe meantime, the state pollutioncontrol board and Central PollutionControl Board (CPCB) will be thesupervising authorities. Faced withrising air pollution in Delhi-NCR,

the Centre had introduced the ordi-nance that put in place the commis-sion and provided for up to fiveyears of jail term and Rs 1 crore finefor violators with immediate effect.Under the ordinance released by theMinistry of Law and Justice on Oc-tober 28, the Environment Pollution(Prevention and Control) Authority(EPCA) was dissolved and replaced

by the commission. The 20-membercommission was set up under theordinance, which was signed by thepresident on October 28, to ensurestrict compliance. The commissionhad the power to lay down parame-ters of air quality, parameters of dis-charge of environmental pollutants,inspect premises violating the law,ordering closure of non-abiding in-dustries/plants, etc.

“The ordinance may be calledthe Commission for Air QualityManagement. In National CapitalRegion and Adjoining Areas Ordi-nance 2020. It shall apply to nation-al capital region and also adjoiningareas in so far as it relates to mattersconcerning air pollution in theNCR. It shall come into force atonce,” the ordinance had said. Asper the ordinance, the areas where itwas in force included Punjab,Haryana, Rajasthan and UttarPradesh, adjoining areas of theNCR and Delhi where any source ofpollution was located.

Chose to fight anti-Bengal forces in Nandigramas mark of respect to martyrs: Mamata

KOLKATA, MARCH 13

West Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee on Sundaypaid tributes to the agitatorswho were killed in police fir-ing in Nandigram in 2007 andsaid she has chosen to fight"anti-Bengal forces" in theconstituency as a mark of re-spect to the martyrs.

Banerjee, who is pittedagainst former lieutenant andBJP candidate Suvendu Ad-

hikari in Nandigram seat, saidthat farmers are the pride ofWest Bengal and the stategovernment is working tire-lessly for their development.

"On this day, in 2007, in-nocent villagers were killed infiring at #Nandigram. Manybodies could not be found. Itwas a dark chapter in the his-tory of the state. Heartfelt trib-ute to all those who lost theirlives," Banerjee tweeted. TheTMC observes March 14 as

'Nandigram Divas' to pay re-spect to the 14 people whowere killed in police firing onthis day during an anti-landacquisition stir in 2007. Theincident had sparked a nation-al outrage and the CalcuttaHigh Court had suo motu or-dered a CBI probe. "In mem-ory of those who lost theirlives in #Nandigram, we ob-serve March 14 as #Kr-ishakDibas every year andgive away the #KrishakRatna

awards. Farmers are our prideand our government is work-ing for their all-round devel-opment," she said in anotherTwitter post. Banerjee said itis an honour for her to workalong with the martyrs' fami-lies in Nandigram. "As a markof respect and encouraged bymy brothers and sisters ofNandigram, I am contesting#BengalElections2021 as@AITCofficial candidatefrom this historic place.

DU online exams:Important do's and don'tsNEW DELHI: Online exams are scheduled to begin in Delhi University from March15. The students have been asked to take care of technical things like download, up-load, password, internet network, more than the answers to the questions.

Many times, hundreds of students get entangled in technical matters. To overcomethis confusion, a special team has now been formed, which includes professors and stu-dents knowing about online book exams.

On March 15, online book examinations of the first-year students are going to start.About 1.25 lakh students will appear online. For the first time, this team of professorsand students will provide solutions to the problems related to the examination of stu-dents of Delhi University sitting in the online book exam. Students of colleges, non-collegiate and SOL will get benefit from this.

The team has been formed by the Delhi Teachers Association (DTA) and studentorganisation CYSS. The committee includes those teachers and students who have in-formation related to the university examination.

The committee consists of Hansraj Suman as convenor and Kamal Tiwari as co-valent. Assistant Professors Sunil Kumar, Manoj Kumar Singh and Narendra Pandeyare also part of this committee.

Professor Hansraj told IANS, "Students have been instructed to first go to the uni-versity's website and download their admit cards to get the information related to tak-ing the exam. Please do any work related to the exam with your registered email id.The students will be required to download the question papers and upload answersheets with the same email id from which they have filled the examination form."

Professor Sunil Kumar said, "It is mandatory to remember your email ID and itspassword before the exam, write it down somewhere or remember it. While submit-ting the PDF of the answer sheet, keep in mind that it should not be password protect-ed, otherwise the checker will not be able to open and evaluate it."

Govt to sell remaining stake in Delhi,Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad airports

NEW DELHI, MARCH 13

The government plans to sellits residual stake in alreadyprivatised Delhi, Mumbai,Bengaluru and Hyderabadairports as part of the ambi-tious Rs 2.5 lakh-crore assetmonetisation pipeline identi-fied to raise additional re-sources, sources said.

Sale of Airport Authorityof India’s (AAI) remainingstake in the four airports as

also 13 more airports havebeen identified for privatisa-tion in 2021-22 fiscal, twopeople aware of deliberationsat Empowered Committee ofSecretaries last month said.

The Ministry of CivilAviation will obtain requisiteapprovals for divestment ofequity stake of AAI in the re-spective joint ventures run-ning Delhi, Mumbai, Ben-galuru and Hyderabad air-ports, they said, adding the

issue is likely to go to theCabinet for approval in thenext few days.

For the 13 AAI airportsidentified for privatisation,the possibility of clubbing ofprofitable and non-profitableairports will be explored tomake more attractive pack-ages, sources said.

In the first round of air-ports’ privatisation under theNarendra Modi government,the Adani Group bagged con-

tracts for six airports — Luc-know, Ahmedabad, Jaipur,Mangaluru, Thiruvanantha-puram, and Guwahati — lastyear.

The AAI, which worksunder the Ministry of CivilAviation, owns and managesmore than 100 airports acrossthe country. While in Mum-bai International Airport,Adani Group holds 74 percent stake, the remaining 26per cent stake is with AAI.

51-year-old UP man, facing66 harassment complaints,

arrestedKANPUR, MARCH 13

A51-year-old man, facing over66 complaints of harassment bywomen and girls across UttarPradesh, has finally been arrest-ed. The accused, Rajesh Ku-mar, father of three marriedsons, was arrested from Aur-raiya district on Saturday. He isa resident of the Jeeva Sarsanivillage under the Bela policecircle in Aurraiya district. Twocell phones and multiple SIMsused for luring and harassingwomen were seized from hispossession. According to re-ports, the accused would callwomen and girls on their mo-bile phones and harass them bymaking objectionable remarksand force them to listen to hisvulgar songs and indulge withhim in vulgar chat. There werenearly 66 women and girlsfrom various districts across thestate who had made a com-plaint against him with the

Women Power Line at Luc-know. The cases may go up asmany of his victims have notyet gone to the police, fearingblackmail. Rajesh's first mis-deed was reported in 2018,when a woman approached theWomen Power Line numberand filed a complaint againsthim. Aurraiya police, alongwith Dial 1090 team, identifiedthe accused on the basis of theCDR (call detail record) detailsof his phone.

Rajesh was arrested by ateam led by Inspector, Bela po-lice station and InspectorWomen Power Line, Lucknow.Superintendent of police Aur-raiya, Aparna Gautam, said,"Based on technical inquiry anddetails obtained from WomenPower Line, a joint team ofBela police and Women PowerLine, Lucknow traced the loca-tion of the suspect and arrestedhim from his house in JeevaSarsani village of Aurraiya."

New Delhi: A PIL in the apex court has sought a direction to treat transgenders as “socially and educationally backward” and extendreservation in educational institutions and public appointments.

PIL in Supreme Court seeks quota for transgenders

CHANDIGARH : Actress Roopal Tyagi has done over 14 shows and enjoys challenging herself and is always trying something different. Recently, she shot a Kushti scene in the show Ranju Ki Betiyaan on Dangal TV. She shares

that she was very nervous about the sequence as it required her to lift her opponent on her shoulders. Roopal injured herself but is recovering from it.Sharing her experience, Roopal says, "In the recent episode, we shot an entire Kushti tournament and

quite honestly I was extremely nervous because I have never wrestled. I grew up like a delicate princess in Bangalore and did not have any brothers or sisters. So I have never really fought with anyone. We had a fight master on set and we made sure that the girls I was going to fight with were real fighters and they helped me a lot. The challenges in shooting the scene were many because I don't have very strong shoulders and the main sequence which was Bulbul's signature ' Dhobi Pachhad' required me to lift the girls off my shoulders.

I grew up like a delicate princess and have never really fought with anyone says Roopal Tyagi

ohali, :Eminent celebrity astrologer P check of the staff, in the same way, every MKhurana inaugurated the 'Naomi's Head customer visiting the salon is also thermo scan Masters' salon at SCO No 7, Sector 68 here and sanitization. The salon chair and other used today. On this occasion, Punjabi films actress, items are also completely sanitized after being noted author and Vastu expert Shilpa Dhar was used for each customer. All the guidelines issued special guest. Built in area approximately by the government regarding covid-19 in the 3000 square feet, this saloon is equipped with salon are being completely followed. He further an attractive interior as well as all modern informed that the academy is also running in the equipments. This unisex salon has a fully salon regarding beauty culture. The academy trained staff regarding hair beauty and spa and will provide free training to the needy and poor nail art, along with other services related to girls.beauty and culture. Celebrity astrologer P Khurana, who was

The director of the salon, Shubham predent as chief guest at the inauguration of the Baggan, said that the services of hair, beauty, salon, gave his best wishes by blessing the owner make-up and spa etc. are being provided by the of the salon Shubham Baggan for making expert staff of beauty and culture. Regarding progress on the strength of the best service. covid-19, Shubham Baggan said that the Shilpa Dhar, a disciple of celebrity astrologer protocol required for customers as well as staff P Khurana, who is also a Vastu Expert, given is being followed in their salons. Thermo Vastu tips to the salon owner and appreciated the scanning is done along with the daily health services and expert staff available in the salon.

CHANDIGARH: HDFC Bank today announced it will sponsor the inoculation of over 1 lakh employees of the Bank and their immediate family members against coronavirus. The bank will reimburse vaccination cost for the two mandated doses. Speaking on the initiative, Mr. Vinay Razdan, Group Head – HR, HDFC Bank said, “We have followed all government mandated guidelines to ensure a safe working environment for our employees and customers at our offices and bank branches. Our employees have shown exemplary perseverance, professionalism and dedication to serve millions of customers. Covering the cost of vaccination for our employees and their dependent family members is a small gesture from the organisation to express our gratitude to our employees.”Ms. Ashima Bhat, Group Head, HDFC Bank said, “For us, our employees are like the front-line workers, who ensured that an essential service like banking was available for customers even during the lockdown. And we are thankful to them for their dedication. For their health and safety, we are ensuring that our employees and their dependent family members are inoculated and protected from Covid19.”HDFC Bank took several measures to ensure well-being of employees during the lockdown, through tie-ups with leading healthcare providers and medical practitioners.

HDFC Bank to bear cost of COVID-19 vaccination for employees

'Naomi's Head Masters' salon opened in Mohali

Zee Punjabi has been riding high on the TRP charts since its inception. From giving the best fiction and non-fiction shows to providing the widest range in the stories, Zee Punjabi has marked its niche in the audience’s hearts. However, the show that has played an important part in this is Zee Punjabi Antakshari ft. Master Saleem and Mannat Noor.

From being at no. 1 spot since its launch to consecutive 5 weeks, Antakshari is not only ruling the TRP charts but audience hearts also. With its ever engaging game rounds audience’s expectations. Sethi’s Punjabi Tv debut show and audience involvement keeping ‘Tu Patang Main Dor’s cross- ‘Akhian Udeek Diyan’ will take its people stick to their TV screens. border love story is also high on the slot from 22nd March 8 pm-8:30 pm.

A p a r t f r o m A n t a k s h a r i , ratings. As Tu Patang Main Dor is The surprise entry this time is Armaan, Desho and Simple’s love about to go off the air, the craze ‘Dil Diyan Gallan with Sonam triangle and Karan and Pavani’s among the audience for the show is Bajwa’, the show made an entry in never-ending struggle and their not ready to settle down, and the top 5 shows on 4th spot. Sidhu faith in Mata Rani in Khasma Nu stats are its proof. Moosewala’s quirky episode with Khani and Maavan Thandian When it comes to Tu Patang Mankirt Aulakh’s fun definitely Chaavan respectively is also fulling Main Dor’s replacement, Parmeet made people love the show more.

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CHANDIGARH : Great news for Chandigarhites asMeatigo.com – a fast growing e-commerce retail brand providing the widest range of premium quality,fresh, raw/processed andready to cook meat products - has launched its services in Chandigarh. Meat lovers in thisbeautiful city can now enjoy Meatigo’s range of over 150 products including fresh raw meat (chicken, mutton, pork), seafood, exotic meats, delicatessen, alongside delicious ready-to-cook offerings such as momos, burger patties, kebabs as well as International and Indianready to cook marinades by placing their order on Meatigo.com. Since its inception in 2017, the brand has been empowering thousands of people across Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Pune, Hyderabad, and now Chandigarh to ‘Eat Better Meat’. With its frequent launches of international ready to cook range, Meatigo is appealing to the palates of all consumers. With the highest focus on quality, the company very innovative its product launches.

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Chandigarh: On International Women’s Day, Sunsilk presents It’s A Girl Thing (IAGT) India co-powered by Stayfree, culminated its second edition on a grand note. This season saw close to 60 amazing women influencers, celebrities, and creators, take the virtual stage, and talk to young women about pressing and not so commonly spoken issues they face in everyday life.Day 1 of IAGT India, started off with a thought-provoking session in Bangla and Marathi. Bangla sessions were moderated by Priyam Saha, starting with ‘Live Deeply: Nourishing Your Whole Self’ led by Nitasha Biswas and Simrun Chopra. It was followed by an in-depth discussion on the changing roles of women in media in a panel discussion on ‘Women In Media: Behind The Screens, led by Alokananda Dasgupta and Shutapa Paul. Furthermore, the event also hosted artists such as Kareema Barry and Srishti Guptaroy talk on ‘The Society We See: Artists Speak’ which was followed by an interesting session, You in your world: 50 Questions with actress Riya Sen. The Bangla edition ended with Ritabhari Chakraborty inspiring young girls on a very relevant topic ‘If You Can Dream It, You Can Do It’ in association with Sunsilk.The Marathi Edition started with a much-needed discussion on how to manage one’s finances with Rachana Ranade at the panel ‘Finance Simplified: Take Charge’ in conversation with RJ Mayuri.

IAGT India Regional Editions, followed by an International Women’s Day

of the Sabha welcomed Sidhu Ji, Bedi Ji & Sharma ji with garlands and were also offered SAROPA by the Kirtan M a n d l i P r e s i d e n t , Madam Hema Garola a n d S h . J a s w i n d e r Sharma Ji.In the welcome address by President, Brahman Sabha Sh. VK Vaid, Comdt-Retd expressed gratitude and narrated t h e c o n t i n u e d contribution of Sidhu Ji for the Mandir and he a lso requested for support of Rs. 5 lakhs to complete the remaining work, so that Sabha is able to conduct the M u r t i S a t h p n a scheduled on 14 May 2021. MOHALI : On the Auspicious occasion Shri Brahman Sabha Regd) located at

Sidhu Ji once again expressed his of MAHASHIVRATRI Hon’ble Sh. Industrial Area Phase 9, Mohali. He was bigness & announced the grant of Rs 5 Balbir Singh Sidhu Ji, Cabinet Minister , joined by S. Kuljeet S. Bedi, MC, Mohali lakhs for this Mandir and Dharamsala. Health & Labour, Govt. of Punjab, paid & Sh. Harkesh Sharma, Political On the occasion, S. Kuljeet S. Bedi also his obeisance to Lord Shiva at Bhagwan Secretary & Chairman - Market expressed his support to contribute Shri Parshuram Mandir (managed by Committee. The Management team towards Mandir development.

'The Belle Fashion Week' unveiled, details announced from the platform of 'Paris Sumer Spring Spree Exhibition'

CHANDIGARH,: In an endeavour to Jamwal, Founder & Director, ‘The Belle provide a platform to budding designers and Fashion Week (BFW) 2021’, said, “We have models ‘The Belle Fashion Week (BFW) envisioned BFW 2021 for the fashion 2021’ was unveiled in Fashion & Lifestyle industry to thrive and flourish. Our aim is to Exhibition ‘Paris Summer Spring Spree find new talent across India and soon 2021'(PSSS) a 2-day showcase of 35 + overseas. We have an association with Ms. designers, which began at Hotel Hyatt, here. Yukta Mookhey (Miss World 1999 and

The kick-starting of 'BFW 2021' was Bollywood actress) as Our Guest of Honour sounded at PSSS by holding a dazzling who will crown the winners , Mr. Rohit Verma fashion walk with 5 female models & 2 male (ace Bollywood designer) who is also present models. The fashion walk launched the today, as fashion designer for the show and concept of hunt for models and designers Ms. Poonam Dhillon (Bollywood actress) as through BFW 2021. jury member, making this event all the more

Apart from the fashion walk a press meet star studded.” The grand finale of BFW 2021 to share details of the events by those behind will be held on May 30, 2021. Rohit Verma, a the concepts was also held. Ace Bollywood renowned Bollywood designer said, "'BFW fashion designer Rohit Verma was present 2021’ will select ‘Mr. Beau India’ and ‘Ms. along-with Roshmitha Harimurthy , Miss Belle India’ through a fashion week that will Universe India 2016. It was announced in the have 10 designers showcasing Indian looks press meet that the forms to apply for and 10 designers displaying International participation in BFW for both models and looks. So ‘BFW 2021’ will give a chance to designers were also available on the BFW emerging designers from pan India to be seen 2021 website. & discovered. The Grand finale will see the

Speaking on the occasion, Digvijay launch of my collection BANJAARA too."

Meatigo expands its geographical footprint; launches services in Chandigarh

ZIRAKPUR :The Sewing Chandigarh. As many as 25 Workshop kick started at women participants enrolled Sanaul i Ashish Mit ta l for the first batch. Brother Foundation inaugurated Abhishek Mittal while sewing centre to impart sewing addressing the audience s k i l l t r a i n i n g t o t h e highlighted that Ashish Mittal underprivileged women from Foundation will provide full rural areas. The training s u p p o r t a n d d o t h e programme is in association h a n d h o l d i n g t i l l t h e with TIGR2ESS project participants become self-P a n j a b U n i v e r s i t y , dependent.

Chandigarh, In order to cater Upper North Indian states of Punjab, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh , Republic of Vietnam will soon establish its Consulate in Chandigarh to promote mutual cooperation in terms of trade and tourism. This was stated by His Excellency Pham Sanh Chau, Ambassador of Vietnam to India, who was speaking at a press conference during the three-day visit being hosted by ‘Honorary Consulate General of Vietnam in Chandigarh' to Davinder Singh Thapar on Monday.Chhu said that Vietnam is keen in building a positive relationship with India. He hoped that with bilateral mutualism, trade and tourism could be given new heights.He told that there are many similarities between the two countries, so that they cannot force the development of countries. Indian population in Vietnam mostly associated with the oil, hospitality, mining and education sectors. Northern Indians' investment in Vietnam will prove to be vital for them as well.Chau said that the Government of Vietnam is trying to start a direct flight from the Chandigarh Airport to the capital of Vietnam so that it can be very easy to travel between the two countries.Speaking on the occasion, Honorary Consulate General Davinder Singh Thapar said that Punjab and Haryana have emerged as an important market in the trade and tourism sector with Vietnam in the last few years. Punjab is included as India's top 15 trade partner in exports in sectors including textiles, pharma, agriculture, etc. by 2019. In the near future, Vietnam is exploring wide possibilities in terms of trade in the Upper North. On the other hand, after suffering from another corona from China, Indians are looking at Vietnam as an ideal tourist destination in South East Asia.

CHANDIGARH: The envoys, shared the commitment of the diplomats and delegates from Government of Haryana in fostering tourism fraternity participated in the private-public partnership for Heritage Walk during the 10th improving the tourism ecosystem. International Heritage Tourism H.E. Mr. Milan Hovorka, Conclave being organized by PHD Ambassador, Embassy of the Czech Chamber in association of Ministry Republic; H.E. Mr. Thomas Selby of Tourism, Govt of India at Pillay, High Commissioner, High Yadvindra Garden, Pinjore. Commission of Seychelles; H.E. Dr. Chandrakant Kataria, Additional Marjan Cencen, Ambassador, Managing Director, Haryana Embassy of Slovenia; H.E. Mr. Tourism welcomed all the delegates Pham Sanh Chau, Ambassador, and showcased the heritage Embassy of Vietnam; and Mr. Ferdy component of Mughal legacy. He Piay, Charge d’Affaires.

designers & traditional artisans directly with consumers, has started at Himachal Bhawan, Sec 28 here. The showcase of 60 designers of different genres of attires & lifestyle products, created by skilled artisans and creative designers from pan India will be on till March 15, 2021 (Monday) from 11 am to 9 pm.Rattandeep Singh Walia, the organiser said, "We have brought d e s i g n e r s f r o m s t a t e s l i k e Maharashtra, Rajasthan, UP, HP for the benefit of tricity consumers. These designers are showcasing the famous embroideries, fabrics etc of their parent states and most of t h e e n s e m b l e s h a v e b e e n handcrafted. The idea was to provide a single stop facility to the

CHANDIGARH: A showcase of 'Global Fashion - Summer Stylists' - designers to showcase their offerings handmade products created by a platform aimed at removing directly to consumers thereby original artisans and designers - m i d d l e m e n a n d c o n n e c t i n g improving profit margins.

Exhibition 'Global Fashion' to connect original artisans, and designers directly with consumers kick starts at Himachal Bhawan

Zee punjabi antakshari ruling Trp charts for consecutive 6 weeks

Envoys and diplomats appraised with Mughal legacy during the Heritage Walk

Ashish Mittal Foundation inaugurated sewing centre

MOHALI: Triangular cricket tournament ‘TRIDENT PCA CUP’ between best of Punjab and Rest of Punjab is all set to get underway from tomorrow 15th March 2021 to 26th March 2021. The tournament is sponsored by Trident Group of Companies and carries a cash prize of Rs 2 lacs for the Winner team and Rs 1 lacs /- for the Runners up team.Sharing the information Bhupinder Singh Sr, former International cricket player & member of the organising committee informed that the tournament will commence on 15th March at Amritsar and matches will be played at various venues such as Hoshiarpur and Ludhiana and the finals will be played at PCA stadium, Mohali from 24th March to 26th March, 2021. The purpose of the tournament is to make the best players, chosen by PCA from Punjab on the basis of their performance, to play against each other, perform and improve in the company of better players. Moreover, it can be a regular feature in the Cricket calendar of PCA. He said that matches will be played among 3 teams consisting of players from Punjab who have been duly selected by the senior selection committee of PCA.

TRIDENT PCA CUP : Triangular series between Best of Punjab & Rest of Punjab all set to start on 15th March

Vietnam to establish its consulate in Chandigarh

'Health & Labour paid his obeisance to Lord Shiva at Bhagwan Shri Parshuram Mandir'