DCW chief SwatiMaliwal gets divorcefrom Naveen Jaihind

NEW DELHI: Delhi Commis-sion for Women chairpersonSwati Maliwal announced di-vorce from her husband andHaryana Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) president Naveen Jai-hind on Wednesday."Most painful moment is whenyour fairytale ends. Mine end-ed. Me & Navin have got di-vorced. Sometimes best ofpeople cant stay together. Willalways miss him & our life thatcould have been. Everyday Ipray to God to give us & otherslike us strength to deal with thispain," read a heartfelt post ofMs Maliwal on her twitter han-dle today.

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UP BJP MLA among7 booked for rape BHADOHI: An FIR was lodgedagainst BJP MLA RavindraNath Tripathi and six othershere on Wednesday for al-legedly raping a woman re-peatedly for a month in 2017,police said. The woman, 40,lodged a complaint on Febru-ary 10, they said. The com-plainant has alleged that in2017, Tripathi, the MLA fromBhadohi, and his six accom-plices kept her at a hotel for amonth and repeatedly rapedher, Superintendent of Police(SP) Ram Badan Singh said.She also claimed that she gotpregnant and was forced to un-dergo abortion, he said.

AGENCYLONDON, FEB 19

IIT Ropar once again made a mark inTHE Emerging Economies Universi-ty Rankings 2020, being ranked 63rdsharing the rank with IIT Madras andentering the top 100 list for the firsttime. In spite of being a young Institu-tion, IIT Ropar has punched wellabove its weight in terms of researchimpact, with in terms of citationsscore that is 100 percent, accordingthis ranking. Last year, the Institutemade a reputable debut in the interna-tional rankings sharing the top place

in India along with IISc Bangalorewith its position in the 301-350 rank inTimes Higher Education World Uni-

versity Rankings 2020. In fact IITRopar has been ranked as number onein the world in research citations. No-tably, IIT Ropar is ahead of all IITs inresearch quality, scoring highest in Ci-tations. Only China has more univer-sities than India in the top 100 at 30from a total of 47 countries and terri-tories included in the analysis releasedin London on Tuesday evening. A to-tal of 56 Indian universities appear inthe full ranking of a total of 533 uni-versities across emerging economiesof the world. The Indian Institute ofScience (IISc), ranked 16th, is India'stop-ranked institution followed by the

Indian Institute of Technologies(IITs). "There has long been a debateabout the success of Indian universi-ties in world rankings, and for toolong they have been seen as underper-forming on the global stage," notesPhil Baty, Chief Knowledge Officerfor the THE. "The EmergingEconomies University Rankings 2020suggests that real progress is beingmade by a number of institutions in anumber of metrics across our robustmethodology, and could mark an excit-ing turning point for Indian higher ed-ucation, enabled in part by the Insti-tutes of Eminence scheme," he said.

Kejriwal meets HomeMinister Amit ShahNEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Min-ister Arvind Kejriwal met UnionHome Minister Amit Shah onWednesday, their first meetingafter the assembly polls in thenational capital.The meeting went on for over20 minutes at Shah's resi-dence. The meeting was earlierscheduled at the Home Min-istry. "Met Hon'ble Home Minis-ter Sh Amit Shah ji. Had a verygood and fruitful meeting. Dis-cussed several issues relatedto Delhi. Both of us agreed thatwe will work together for devel-opment of Delhi," Kejriwaltweeted.Shah had led the BJP offensiveagainst Kejriwal in the Delhi As-sembly polls in which AAPtrounced the saffron party, bag-ging 62 of the 70 seats.

AGENCYSRINAGAR, FEB 19

Three militants of HizbulMujahideen (HM), includ-ing a self styled command-er, were killed by the Secu-rity Forces in an encounterin south Kashmir district ofPulwama on Wednesday,official sources said.

The militants wereidentified as Jehangir RafiqWani, Omar Maqbook, bothlocals and Abdul Aziz Bhat,resident of Baramulla.

According to thesources, on a tip off aboutmilitant movement at0100 hours, troops ofRashtriya Rifles (RR),Special Operation Group

(SOG) of Jammu andKashmir police and CRPFlaid an ambush in openfield at Kanjibal, Tral, inPulwama.

However, when chal-lenged and asked to surren-der, militants resorted to in-discriminate firing with au-tomatic weapons.

The sources further saidthat Security Forces also re-taliated and in the brief en-counter three militants werekilled as well as arms andammunition were recov-ered.

Meanwhile, additionalSecurity Forces and policehave been deployed in thenearby areas to prevent anydemonstration, they added.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, FEB 19

Prime Minister NarendraModi’s former principal sec-retary Nripendra Misra tohead temple constructioncommittee of Ram Janmab-hoomi Trust, reports newsagency a news agency. Thedecision was taken onWednesday evening after themeet of Ram Mandir Trust,which is overlooking the con-struction of a Ram temple atAyodhya.

The trust meeting alsoelected Mahant Nritya GopalDas as president, ChampatRai as general secretary of

Ram Mandir Trust.The meeting was held at

the Delhi residence of KParasaran, the head of theTrust.

The Trust, which will fi-nalise the date of construction

of the Ram temple, was con-stituted by the NarendraModi-led government onFebruary 5.

After The Centre has alsodecided to transfer the 67.703acre of land to the trust.

RAJENDRA KHATRYCHANDIGARH, FEB 19

The budget session ofHaryana Vidhan Sabha willstart tomorrow morning at 11am. The session will beginwith the address of GovernorSatyadev Narayan Arya. TheAssembly Secretariat re-leased a tentative schedule ofthe budget session yesterday.

The Haryana Budget maybe presented by the FinanceMinister Manohar Lal Khat-tar for the year 2020-21 onFebruary 28. It will be for thefirst time that Haryana ChiefMinister Manohar Lal, whoalso happens to be the Fi-nance Minister will presentthe state budget. The FM hasheld extensive meetings withall sections of people includ-ing general people, business-men and politicians on theirexpectations from the statebudget. The house will be ad-journed for half an hour afterthe Governor’s address. Afterthis, a two-minute silencewill be kept on the demise ofdignitaries from the last ses-sion to the budget session andcondolence proposals will beread. This will be followed byother legislative functions.

Incidentally, the Haryanagovernment has also called acabinet meeting on 20 Febru-ary. The cabinet meeting willbe held at two o'clock in theafternoon under the chair-

manship of Chief MinisterManohar Lal. The Cabinetmay approve the likely draftof the budget.

Apart from this, new ex-cise policy can also be ap-proved in the cabinet meet-ing. According to the likelyschedule of the budget ses-sion released by the Assem-bly Secretariat, there will be aholiday on February 21 (Ma-hashivratri), and 22, 23 (Sat-urday and Sunday). The Gov-ernor's address will be dis-cussed on February 24, 25and 26. February 27 will be anon-working day. The budgetpresentation schedule hasbeen fixed on 28 February.The final seal on this will bein the meeting of BAC i.e.Business Advisory Commit-tee before the commence-ment of the budget session on20 February. In this, CM,Leader of The opposition,Speaker, Deputy CM, Minis-ter of Parliamentary Affairsetc. will be present.

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A local court on Wednesday award-ed eight years imprisonment to fiveaccused, including a former DIGand two women, and four years sen-tence to the DSP in the mass suicidecase. The court of Additional Ses-sions Judge Sandeep Singh Bajwaalso imposed a fine of Rs 23,000each on the five accused and Rs20,000 on the DSP.

The court had convicted all thesix accused, including former DIGKultar Singh and DSP HardevSingh, on February 17 and an-nounced the quantum of punish-ment today.

Five accused were awardedeight years sentence while the DSPgot four years imprisonment in themass suicide case. It may be re-called that Hardeep Singh, his wife,mother and two children allegedlycommitted suicide on October 31,2004, after consuming poison butbefore the suicide, they had writtena note on walls of a room of their

house and had also sent copies ofthe suicide note to their friends andacquaintances by post.

Former DIG Kultar Singh wasthen posted as the Senior Superin-tendent of Police, Amritsar and DSPHardev as SHO of C Division policestation when the family took the ex-treme step.

The Amritsar police had regis-tered a case in 2004 when publicpressure mounted but the accusedwere not arrested then.

In 2009, Punjab Human RightsOrganisation (PHRO) activistSarabjit Singh Verka took up thematter before a local court andsought justice for the victims whilealleging that the local police wasnot probing the case properly.

The court issued non-bailablewarrants in September 2011 againstKultar Singh and Hardev Singh un-der Sections 306 (abetment to sui-cide), 420 (fraud), 467 and 468 (for-gery of documents), 471 (usingforged document as genuine) of theIndian Penal Code and 7/13 of thePrevention of Corruption Act.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, FEB 19

Supreme Court-appointed mediator SadhanaRamachandran on Wednesday interacted withthe anti-CAA protestors at Shaheen Bagh andsaid that their right to protest should not affectthe right of others to use public road and serv-ices.

"The Supreme Court has said that youhave the right to protest. The law (CAA) hasbeen challenged in the Supreme Court. Butlike us, others too have their rights, like theright to use roads, open their shops, studentsreaching their schools. Your right to protestshould not affect the right of others to usethese services," Ramachandran said at Sha-heen Bagh.

Talking to the protestors, she said that shewill hear them out and together they will finda solution that will set an example for not onlythe country but for the world.

"It will tell the world that we think abouteveryone and not only ourselves," she told thedemonstrators protesting against the recentlyimplemented Citizenship Amendment Act(CAA).

Senior advocate Sanjay Hegde also readthe Supreme Court order to the protestors.

"We have come here according to the or-der of the Supreme Court. We hope to speakto everyone. We hope to resolve the matterwith everybody's co-operation," Hegde toldreporters ahead of the interaction.

The Supreme Court had on Monday ap-pointed senior lawyers Sanjay Hegde andSadhana Ramachandran besides former ChiefInformation Commissioner Wajahat Habibul-lah to go and talk to protesters at ShaheenBagh area to convince them to hold the agita-tion at an alternative site.

The apex court has fixed the matter forfurther hearing on February 24. Thousands ofpeople, including a large number of Muslimwomen, have been staging a sit-in protest atDelhi's Shaheen Bagh area since mid-Decem-ber last year against the Citizenship Amend-ment Act (CAA) and the proposed NationalRegister of Citizens (NRC).

Your right to protest shouldn'tencroach on others' rights

SC mediator tells Shaheen Bagh protesters

NEW DELHI: After interacting with theanti-CAA protestors at Shaheen Bagh,Supreme Court-appointed mediator Sad-hana Ramachandran on Wednesday saidthat they will hold talks with the protestorstomorrow also.

"We met them and listened to them.We asked them if they want us to comeback tomorrow as it's not possible to com-plete the talks in one day. They said theywant us to come back tomorrow, so wewill," Ramachandran told media here.

While interacting with the anti-CAAprotestors at Shaheen Bagh, Ramachan-dran said that their right to protest shouldnot affect the right of others to use publicroad and services.

"The Supreme Court has said that youhave the right to protest. The law (CAA)has been challenged in the Supreme

Court. But like us, others too have theirrights, like the right to use roads, opentheir shops, students reaching theirschools. Your right to protest should notaffect the right of others to use these serv-ices," Ramachandran said at ShaheenBagh.

Talking to the protestors, she said thatshe will hear them out and together theywill find a solution that will set an exam-ple for not only the country but for theworld.

"It will tell the world that we thinkabout everyone and not only ourselves,"she told the demonstrators protestingagainst the recently implemented Citizen-ship Amendment Act (CAA).

Senior advocate Sanjay Hegde alsoread the Supreme Court order to the pro-testors.

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Amritsar mass suicidecase:Ex DIG, fourothers get 8 yrs jail

PM pays surprisevisit to Hunar Haat atIndia Gate lawnsNEW DELHI: Prime MinisterNarendra Modi on Wednesdayvisited the stalls of master arti-sans, craftsmen and culinary ex-perts from across the countryparticipating in Hunar Haat here.The Prime Minister interactedwith the participating artisans atthe Haat and also witnessed thecultural programmes. He alsosavoured a plate of litti chokhafrom Bihar and had kulhad chai(tea).More than 250 such stalls havebeen set up at India Gate lawns.Also, more than 50 per cent ofthe artisans taking part werewomen. Modi later tweeted:"The colours and diversity of In-dia on display...Spent a wonder-ful afternoon at'Hunar Haat' onIndia Gate. It showcases thebest of products including handi-crafts, carpets, textiles and ofcourse, delicious food!

PUBLIC NOTICESI, Gurdas Singh S/O Amrik Singh R/O Village Bare ke Teh: & District Ferozepur Declares That My Daughter Rajwant Kaur is Out Of My Control. I Disown Her From My M o v e a b l e / I m m o v e a b l e Properties, I And My Family Will Not Be Responsible For Her Act And Conduct, If Anybody Deals With Them.

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72778We, Jagmail Singh S/O Gursev Singh And Sukhwinder Kaur W/O Jagmail Singh R/O H.No. 64/3, Punjabi Bagh Post Office Basant Avenue, Jawaddi Kalan Ludhiana Declare That Our Son's Sarabjeet Singh Is Out Of Our Control. So We Disown Him From Our Moveable And Immoveable Propert ies Anybody Deal With Him At Their Own Risk.

63372I Mander Singh S/O Jagraj Singh R/O Jhakharwala, Teh. Jaitu, Distt. Faridkot Declare That My Son Lachman Singh Is Out Of My Control. I Disown Him From My Movable, Immovable Proper t ies . Anybody Dealing With Him Will Do So At Their Own Risk.

63372I, Samsher Singh S/O Bachan Singh R/O Vpo Lehal Sub Tehsil Malod, Tehsil, Payal Ludhiana Declare That My Two Sons Namely Jagwinder Singh And Rajwinder Singh Are Out Of My Control So I Disown Them From My Moveable And Immoveable Properties Anybody Deal With Them At Their Own Risk.

63372I, Siraj Midda S/o Motil Midda R/o Dhillon Mohalla Marwaha Street Samrala (Ludhiana) declare that in my LIC Policy No. 302068524 my name & my father name entered wrongly Shiraj Midha & Abdul Midha. But my correct name is Siraj Midda and My father correct name is Motil Midda. So amended my name from Shiraj Midha to Siraj Midda and my father name from Abdul Midha to Motil Midda in my LIC Policy.

63372I, Jatinderpal Singh Son Of Balwinder Singh Is Holder Of Indian Passport No. K6136861 Issued At Chandigarh On 16 /11 /2012 Permanen t Resident Of Vpo Bhadson, Tehsil Nabha, District Patiala-147202, Punjab, India And Presently Residing At 1263 Countrystone Drive Kitchener, Ontario, Canada N2n, 3s4, Canada, Do Hereby Change My Name From Jatinderpal Singh To Jatinderpal Singh Khattra With Immediate Effect.

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I Krishna Kumari W/o Army I, Sarbjeet Kaur W/o Paramjeet I Manmeet Kaur W/o S. Nirpal I Madhu Bala W/o Sub Ravi I Bhupinder Singh S/O Harmail I, Jyoti Saroop W/o Ajit Singh I Pala Singh S/O Nachhattar No.15613552w Chm Ram Singh R/o Krishna Nagar Singh Ahuja R/o H.no. 563, Kumar Vpo Lag Devi Teh Singh Tehsil. Malerkotla Dist. R/o Mohalla Ghati Tehlian Di Singh R/O Sidhana (Bathinda) Niwas Yadav R/o Village Gamri, Tehsil Thanesar Gali Kablia Wali, Guru Arjan Tauni Devi Distt. Hamirpur Sangrur Have Changed My Rahon (SBS Nagar) Pb, want to Have Changed My Name To I s m a i l p u r , P o M u n d a (kurukshetra) Have Changed Dev Nagar, Tarn Taran Road, State H.p I Have Changed My Name Bhupinder Singh Uppal. change my husband’s name Jaspal Singh.Khera, Tehsil Badli, District My Name Sarbjeet Kaur To Amritsar Have Changed My Name From Madhu Bala To 63372 from Ajit Singh to Abajit 63372Jhajjar (hr) C/o 2 Guards Sarabjeet Kaur. Name Manmeet Kaur Ahuja Madhu Devi Dob 15/12/1974 I Manpreet Kaur W/O Pardeep Singh in my passport. I Shmir Singh S\O Charan (mil Sta Beas).declare That 52724 Concerned Please Note. Affidavit No Ak 715693 Singh Sidhu R/O Mangli 63372 Singh R\O H.No 55 Partap In My Husband Army I No. 3406269m Rank Hav. 72737 Jalandhar Court Unchhi Distt Ludhiana Have I S a t i n d e r K a u r D / O Avenue G.T Road Amritsar R e c o r d M y N a m e Name Sukhwinder Singh S/o I, Army No.15495394m Rank 72778 Changed My Name Manpreet Parkash Singh And W/O Have Changed My Name To Mentioned Krishna Which Babu Singh, 19 Battalion The Sowr Devendra Kumar Yadav S/o I Rohit Panokhar S/o Ravi Kaur Sandhu. Ranjit Singh R/O Hno. Shamir Singh.Is Wrong My Correct Name Sikh Regt. C/o 99 Apo R/o Daya Ram Yadav R/o.44 Armed Kumar Vpo.lag Devi Teh Tauni 63372 324-C Band Gali Opp. 63372Is Krishna Kumari. Please Gondara (faridkot) Punjab, Regd C/o 56 Apo Khasa Cantt Devi Distt. Hamirpur State H.p Alfa One Sant Avenue I, Jaspreet Singh S/o Chamkaur I, Karan Kumar S/O Vijay Note. India Declare That In My Amritsar Declare That In My I Have Changed My Name Amri tsar Punjab Have Singh R/o Raoke Kalan (Moga) Dhawan R/O 3841, E. W. S.

90003 Army Service Record My Army Record The Name Of My From Rohit Panokhar To Rohit Changed Name Jaspreet Singh Changed My Name To C o l o n y Ta j p u r R o a d I S a n j u J a g g a W / o . Wife Name's Spell ings Mother Is Mentioned As Laxmi Kumar Affidavit No. Ak Dhaliwal. Ravneet Kaur. Ludhiana Changed Name L a c h h m a n D a s s R / o . Mentioned As Karamjit Kaur Devi But Her Correct Name Is 715692 Jalandhar Court . 63372 63372 Karan Dhawan.M a l o u t D i s t r i c t S h r i But Her True And Correct Laxmi. Vide Affidavit No.ac 72778 I Daljit Singh Gill S/O 63372I , Harpree t S ingh S/o M u k t s a r S a h i b H a s Name Spellings As Per Her 034177 Dated 19 Feb 2020 I, Smt Sukhwinderjit Kaur W/o Udham Singh R/O Vpo Chamkaur Singh R/o Raoke I, Charhat Singh S/o Guljar Changed My Name To Documents Is Karamjeet 72737 No.3394673m Late Hav- Ta l w a n d i D a u s a u n d h a Kalan (Moga) Changed Name Singh R/o Vill: Sirsari Po. Sanju. Kaur. I, No. 14414617l Rank Hav Balwant Singh R/o Vill- Mir S i n g h D i s t t A m r i t s a r Harpreet Singh Dhaliwal. Aulakh (Faridkot) changed

900030 98723 (skt) Harnam Singh S/o Late Kachana Po- Wadala Banger, Punjab Have Changed My my name to Charrat Singh.63372I , Sha l ine Spouse Of I, Harjeet Kaur W/o Harjinder Rattan Singh Of 171 Med Tehsil Batala Distt- Gurdaspur Name To Daljit Singh. 63372I, Suman W/o Raj Kumar R/o Number 14815728h Rank Singh R/o.vill. Lango Mahal Regt. C/o 56 Apo R/o Vill. State Punjab, That I Declare 63372B-23-2932 Ganesh Nagar I Baldip Singh Karwal S/O Hav Name Mukesh Kumar Po Chamyari Tehsil Ajnala Rahya Post Rahya The+ps Chaged My Daughter Name I R a j w i n d e r K a u r Ludhiana Changed Name Bakhshish Singh R/O Vill Resident Of Village & Post Distt Amritsar Have Changed Vijapur Distt Samba Jammu And From Gurmanatjeet Kaur To Sandhawalaia W/O Harpal Suman Soni. Malla PO Dod (Faridkot) Khaikheri, Tehsil Sadar, My Name From Harjeet Kaur Kashmir-181143 Declare That Gurmannat Jit Kaur. Singh R/O Village Vain 63372 Have Changed His Minor District Muzaffarnagar, To Harjit Kaur All Concerned In My Army Record My Wife 100073 Poin Tehsil Khadur Sahib I, Swarn Singh S/o Sher Singh Boy Child Name Lavish To State (up) Pin-251310, May Please Note. Name Is Wrongly Mentioned As I, Smt Surinder Kaur W/o District Tarn Taran Punjab R/o Bhari Panechan Teh-Nabha Lavish S/O Baldip Singh Have Changed My Name 72737 Sushama Kumari But Her No.1083785f Ex Dfr Salwinder Have Changed My Name (Patiala) changed my name to Karwal.From Shaline To Shalini I, Shailza W/o Rajveev Correct Name Is Sushma Singh R/o Mohala Lal Bag, To Rajwinder Kaur.Swarn Khan. 63372Vide Affidavit Dated 19-02- Sharda R/o .h.no.6-a, Kangra Kumari Vide Affidavit No.ac Near Exchange Off ice 6337263372 I, Anjali D/o Bishram R/o 2020 Before Notary Public At Colony Batala Road Amritsar 085015 Dated 19 Feb 2020 Dhariwal Po- Dhariwal, I H a r p a l S i n g h V i l l : G h a l l K h u r d I, Avtar Singh Kainth S/O Ferozepur. 1 4 3 0 0 1 P u n j a b H a v e 72737 Tehsil/distt- Gurdaspur State S a n d h a w a l a i a S / O (Ferozepur) changed my Rattan Chand Kainth R/O

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72737 Hardev Nagar, Jalandhar (pb.), To Lakhwinder Kaur Khadur Sahib District Tarn SBS Nagar Have Changed My I, Anita W/o Rajinder Kumar I, Rajeev S/o Ram Murti Have Changed My Name To 100073 T a r a n P u n j a b H a v e Name To Avtar Singh. R/o W.No. 14 H.No. 1122 S h a r d a R / o . h . n o . 6 - a , Aanchal Arora After Marriage. I Nirmal Singh S/O Karnail Changed My Name To 63372 Ve d a n t N a g a r ( M o g a ) Kangra Colony Batala Road 72778 Singh R/O Kothe Hawana, Harpal Singh.I, Amarjit Singh Bhinder S/o changed my name to Kamal Amritsar 143001 Punjab I, Om Parkash S/o Banke Lal Dhilwan Kalan (Faridkot) Have 63372Swaran Singh R/o Vill: Jalbehri Arora.Have Changed My Name To R/o H.no. Wg-417, Nivan Changed My Minor Son Name I S a t n a m S i n g h S / O Gehlan (Phatak Majri) Po. 63372Rajeev Sharda. Suraj Ganj, Jalandhar, Have Manarav Singh To Manarav Sukhchain Singh R/O Vill Khera (Fatehgarh Sahib)

72737 Changed My Name To Ram Singh Dhaliwal. Mankian Wali Po Markhai changed my name to Amarjeet I, Jagmohan S/o Charanjeev Avtar. 63372 T e h s i l Z i r a D i s t t Singh.Lal R/o.332, Gali No.5,near 72778 I, Amrit Kaur Rana W/o Ferozepur Have Changed 63372Singh Sabha Gurudwara , I, Hitherto Known As Kishna Raghbir Singh R/o H.No. 365 My Name To Satnam I, Harjit Kaur Bhinder W/o Guru Nanak Wara Amritsar Rani W/o Ram Lubhaya R/o New Grain Market Bank Singh Sandhu.Amarjeet Singh R/o Vill: Have Changed My Name To H.no. 799, Ward No. 1, Colony Sirhind (Fatehgarh 63372Jalbehri Gehlan (Phatak Majri) Jagmohan Gupta. Note Mohalla Rattian, Nakodar, Sahib) changed my name to I H a r j e e t K a u r W / O Po. Khera (Fatehgarh Sahib)

72737 Distt. Jalandhar- 144040, Amrit Kaur. Rawel Singh R/O Hno. A-changed my name to Harjit I, Thomas S/o Parvesh Punjab, India Have Changed 63372 400 New Amritsar G. T Kaur.Kumar V Machrai Po Shri My Name And Shall Hereafter I, Karamjit Kaur W/O Karamjit Road Amritsar Punjab 63372Hargobindpur Tehsil Batala Be Known As Krishna Rani. Singh R/O Herian (Ludhiana) Have Changed My Name I N o 1 4 6 6 3 8 1 1 N N k (gurdaspur) Have Changed 72778 Changed my name Karamjeet To Harjit Kaur Modi.Kamleshwar Prasad Unit 6014 My Name To Thomas I, Somya Jain W/o Ashish Kaur. 63372(I) Armd Wksp C/O 56 Apo. Kumar. Jain R/o House No. B-4/249, 63372 I Babita W/O Narinder That My Army Record My

72737 Gian Niwas, Nai Abadi, Distt. I Man Singh S/o Gurdial Singh Singh Village Shamaspur, Wife Name Wrongly Written I, Sonia W/o Sandeep Sadana Hoshiarpur-146001, Punjab, R/o Talwandi Jalle Khan Zira T e h s i l S a m r a l a Anita Uniyal Instead Of Aneeta R/o H.no.145-b, Imperial India Have Changed My Name (Ferozpur) have changed my (Ludhiana) Changed My Uniyal.C i t y, L o h a r k a R o a d Of My Minor Son Dhairya Jain name to Maan Singh. Name Ramandeep Kaur. 63372Amritsar-143001 Punjab (aged Approx 17 Years) And 63372 63372I Amanpreet Kaur W/O Have Changed My Name To He Shall Hereafter Be Known I Kamla Devi W/O Santosh I, Seema Rani Wife Of Akashdeep Singh Chahal R/O Sonia Sadana. Note It As Adhinav Jain. Kumar R/O Bawan Hardoi Keemti Lal Nagpal R/O Kothe Himatpura, Kot Bhai

72737 72778 (U.P) Have Changed My Name H . N o . 4 3 , I m p e r i a l Teh. Gidderbaha Dist. Sri I, Samarjeet S/o Tarlochan I, Hitherto Known As Gurjit To Hema Devi. I Known Both Homes, Near Chungi , Muktsar Sahib Have Change S ingh R / o . h . n o . 3 6 - b , Singh Suddi S/o Iqbal Singh Above Said Names, Both Name C h a n d i g a r h R o a d , My Name From Amanpreet Lawrence Road Amritsar R/o B-22, New Gobind Nagar, Are Mine. Ludhiana Changed Seema Kaur To Amanpreet Kaur Have Changed My Name To Street 1-c, Distt. Hoshiarpur- 63372 Nagpal.Chahal.Samarjit Aneja. Note It 146001, Punjab, India Have I, Gurpreet Singh Jaura S/O 6337263372

72737 Changed My Name And Shall Harinder Singh Jaura R/O I, Mukesh Arora S/O Ram I Shinder Kaur @ Mahinder Hereafter Be Known As I, No. 2490442x Rnk. Hav. House No.1786,St No.6 Nai Lal Resident # - 7159/3 Kaur W/O Major Singh R/O Gurjit SinghSukhdev Singh Unit 17 Punjab Basti Bathinda Declare That D u rg a P u r i , H a i b o w a l Vpo Sanet Distt Ludhiana.

R/o Village Hardorwal, Tehsil 72778 My Son Is Known By Sahej Kalan,Ludhiana Declare Declare That I Am One And Dera Baba Nanak, Distt. I Hitherto Known As Jyoti Pal Singh Jaura And Sahej Paul That Mukesh Arora And Same Person.Gurdaspur Declare That In My W/o Mohinder Singhr/o Jaura In Documents,But Now Mukesh Kumar Arora Is 63372Army Record Of Part- Ii Order, Vill.sofi Pind Jalandhar He My Be Known Officially One And Same Person.I Kiranjit Kaur W/O Nirmal The Name Of My Son Is 144024 Punjab, India. Have As Sahej Paul Jaura. 63372Singh R/O Vpo Nurpur Bet Entered As Sarbjit Singh Changed My Name And Shall 63372 I , G u r i n d e r j e e t A l i a s Tehsil & Distt Ludhiana Have Whereas Correct Spelling Of Hereafter Be Known As Jyoti I Gurdeep Singh Sidhu S/O Sardari Lal S/O Lekh Ram Known By Both Name His Name Is Sarabjit Singh. Kumari Chuhar Singh R/O Vpo Killi R/O Vpo Sarinh Ludhiana Kiranjit Kaur And Kirandeep Concerned Note. 72778 Nihal Singh Wali Distt. Declare That Gurinderjeet Kaur.

72737 I , J a s v i r K a u r W / o Bathinda Have Changed My Singh, Gurinderjit Singh, 63372Sukhwinder Singh R/o Vill. Name To Gurdeep Singh. Gurinderjeet, Gurinderjit I Harjit Kaur W/O Kulwant P a n d o r i R u k m a n P. o 63372 And Sardari Lal All Are Singh Baryar R/O Vpo P i p l a n w a l a D i s t t . One And Same Person.I, Navdeep Kaur W/o Pal Akhara Tehsil Jagraon Distt Hoshiarpur Have Changed 63372S i n g h G i l l R / o Wa r a Ludhiana Have Changed My My Minor Son Name From Mansoorwal (Ferozepur) I, Keemti Lal S/O Bansi Name To Harjeet Kaur Hamraj Singh To Hamraj changed my name to Navdeep Lal Nagpal R/O H. No. 43, Baryar.Singh Pannu Kaur Gill. Imperial Homes, Near 63372

72778 Chungi, Chandigarh Road 63372 I Gurjit Kaur W/O Baldev I, Jaswinder Kaur W/o Ludhiana Changed Name I, Nimratdeep Kaur Dhillon Singh R/O VPO Sidhwan Bet, Satnam Singh R/o Vpo Keemti Lal NagpalW/o Jaswant Singh Gill R/o Tehs i l J ag raon , D i s t t . D h a n g e r P u r T e h 63372Kot Ise Khan (Moga) changed Ludhiana Have Changed Nawanshahr Distt. Sbs my name to Nimratdeep Kaur I S a r a jdeen S/O Bali Name Gurjeet Kaur To Gurjit N a g a r , P u n j a b H a v e Gill. Mohammad R/O Near Kaur.Changed My Name From 63372 Gurudwara Sahib, Sherwani 63372Jaswinder Kaur To Kaur I , Karanvir Singh S/o Kot, Malerkotla Distt . I Kulwinder Singh Sidhu S/O Jaswinder. Palwinder Singh R/o Vill: Sangrur Have Changed My Baldev Singh R/O VPO

72778 Name Saraj Deen To Siraj Kum Kalan (Ludhiana) Sidhwan Bet, Tehsil Jagraon, I, Harpreet Kaur D/o Satnam Din.declare that my father D i s t t . L u d h i a n a H a v e Singh R/o Vpo Dhanger Pur 63372Palwinder Singh had died Changed Name Kulwinder Teh Nawanshahr Distt. Sbs dated 28-02-2019. My father I Kirandeep Kaur D/O Kikar Singh To Kulwinder Singh N a g a r , P u n j a b H a v e had known by two names Singh R/O Village Panjgrain Sidhu.Changed My Name From P a l w i n d e r S i n g h a n d Kalan (Faridkot) Have 63372Harpreet Kaur To Kaur Parwinder Singh. both names Changed My Name To I, Gagandeep Kaur Anand Harpreet. are related to my father. Kirandeep Kaur Brar.D/o Prem Nath R/o Vpo.

72778 63372 63372Nurpur Sethan (Ferozepur) I Harjinderpal Kaur Alias c h a n g e d m y n a m e t o Harjinder Kaur W/O Late Gagandeep Kaur.Gurpinder Singh R/O Village 63372Bhaloor, Teh : Baghapurana I , Hither to Known As (Moga) Am Known By Two Chanchla Devi Widow Of Names As Above.Late Naib Subedar Narinder

63372Kumar, Resident Of V. I Meenu Rani W/O Manu P a n d o r i A t w a l , P O . Verma R/O Jaitu Mandi Garhdiwala, Teh. Dasuya, (Faridkot) Have Changed Distt. Hoshiarpur, Have My Name To Kashish Changed My Name Shall Verma After Marriage.Hereafter Be Known As

Chanchal Sharma. It Is 63372Cert i f ied That I Have I Surjeet Singh S/O Chuhar Complied With Other Legal Singh R/O Gill Kalan Distt Requ i r emen t s I n Th i s Bathinda Have Changed Connection. My Name To Surjit Singh.

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PUBLIC NOTICEIt is brought to the notice of the Public at large the the original transfer deed No. 1286 dated 28-03-2016 executed by Kuldeep Kaur D/o Sukhmander Singh son of Kirpal Singh in favour of Gurdev Singh son of Sukhmander Singh son of Kirpal Singh has been lost. it is informed by the party to have not been mortgaged with any Bank or Financial Institution or in other Institution or person and the same has been lost.If anybody has any objection regarding the mortgaging of the same, may respond within fourteen days, to the undersigned.After the expiry of the stipulated period of Fourteen days, no claim whatsoever shall be entertained. The detail of the property is as under:-Detail of Porperty:-Property measuring 41 Kanal 10 Marlas, situated within the revenue limits of Village Gehri Butter, District Bathinda detail as under:-A) Property Measuring 25 Kanal 8 ½ Marlas i.e. 508 ½ /4511 share of property measuring 225 Kanal 11 Marlas comprised in Khasra No. 310 (0-12), 312 (0-4), 1568min(2-4), 106min (9-16), 298 min(8-0), 299 min (4-3), 483 min (15-6), 490 min (3-16), 1165/2 min (12-5), 1710/491 (1-19), 1789/800 min (0-3), 106 min (10-0), 287 min (19-11), 296 min (7-10), 297 min (15-13), 299 (4-9) 487 (28-18) 490 (21-4), 1647/289 min (16-5), 1710/491 (20-0), 1789/800 min (5-0), 1568 min (1-2), 1165/1/1 (2-0), 1165/1/2 (10-0), 1789/800 min (5-11), Khata No. 96/191 to 196;B) Property measuring 14 Kanal 8-1/2 Marlas i.e. 288-1/2/3496 share of land measuring 174 Kanal 16 Marlas, comprised in Khasra No. 486 (35-17), 106 min (10-0), 287 min (2-0), 296 min (6-5), 297 min (5-0), 298 min (4-10), 299 min (94-3), 483 (19-0), 484 (17-19), 485(18-7), 488 (18-7), 1165/2 min (12-0), 1642/288 (0-4), 1644/288 (10-4), 1645/289 (1-8), 1647/289 (3-12), 1789/800/2 min (0-9), 1789/800/1 (5-11), Khata No. 97/197 to 199,C) Property measuring 01 Kanal 13 Marlas i.e. 33/505 share of land measuring 25 Kanal 05 Marla comprised in Khasra No. 1707/489 (25-5), Khata No. 98/200, Jamabandies for the year 2013-14. Standing in the name of M/s. Talent Industries Bathinda.

Kuldeep Singla, AdvocateChamber No. 646, Lawyer Chamber,

District Courts Bathinda.M.No. 9356445777

PUBLIC NOTICEIt is brought to the Notice of the public at large that the original sale deed No. 1072 dated 17-01-2011 executed by Gurjit Kaur wife of Gurtej Singh son of Jaggar Singh in favour of Deepak Gupta son of Hans Raj Gupta son of Sarup Chand vide has been lost. it is informed by the party to have not been mortgaged with any Bank or Financial Institution or in other Institution or person and the same has been lost.If anybody has any objection regarding the mortgaging of the same, may respond within fourteen days, to the undersigned.After the expiry of the stipulated period of Fourteen days, no claim whatsoever shall be entertained. The detail of the property is as under:-Detail or Property:-Property measuring 12 Kanal 0 Marlas i.e. 240/753 share of land measuring 37 Kanal 13 Marlas comprised in Khasra No. 871/1 (20-0), 871/2 (10-6), 872/1/1 (3-0), 873/1 (4-7) Khata No. 347/820 as per Jamabandies year 2008-09 situated within the revenue limits of Village Gehri Butter, District Bathinda. Standing in the name of M/s. D. K Industries Bathinda.

Kuldeep Singla, AdvocateChamber No. 646, Lawyer Chamber

District Courts Bathinda.M.No. 9356445777.

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3HARYANAHaryana to celebrate Matribhasha Diwas tomorrowCHANDIGARH: Matribhasha Diwas (Mother Tongue Day) will be celebrated on February 21,2020 in all universities and colleges of Haryana.Giving information about this, a spokesperson of the Haryana Higher Education Departmentsaid that the department has given directions to all the Government, Private, Government-aided universities and colleges within the state to celebrate Matribhasha Diwas (MotherTongue Day) on February 21, 2020, in their respective institutions. If the holiday is declaredon February 21, 2020, then this program should be held on 20 February 2020. He informedthat it is also directed to include display of books in the mother tongue, screening of shortfilms, debate competition, group discussion, and short plays in the Matribhasha Diwas (Moth-er Tongue Day) programme.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Shiv Shakti Inter Globalputs rice stalls in DubaiGulf Food FairROHIT LAMSARTARAORI: The aroma of basmati ricefrom Taraori can be smelled in Dubaiagain. A five-day Gulf Food Fair hasbeen set up in Dubai, in which tradersfrom all over the country associated withthe rice industry are arriving with a vari-ety of quality rice. Many rice traders fromTaraori have also been a part of this GulfFood Fair, who set up stalls at the DubaiGulf Food Fair to show the finest qualityof rice being prepared in the rice mills ofTaraori and the quality of the rice.Major industrialist of Taraori and MD ofShiv Shakti Inter Global and ExportAman Gupta said that the Gulf Food Fairis held every year in Dubai. Shiv ShaktiInter Global has been putting up stall forseven consecutive years now with thebest quality of rice prepared in its mill.MD of Shiv Shakti Inter Global And socialworker Ramesh Gupta said that demandfor Basmati rice of Haryana has in-creased abroad as well. Taraori, a townin district Karnal in Haryana, is famousas the city of rice industry.

Nehru Yuva Kendraholds youthconferenceVIVEK RANAGHARAUNDA: Under the auspices ofNehru Yuva Kendra Karnal, Yuva Man-dal Vikas Sammelan was organised inGharaunda on Wednesday. This YuvaMandal Sammelan was organised atArya Samaj Bhavan in Gharaunda. DYCRenu of Nehru Yuva Kendra Karnal asthe Chief Guest and Rajkumar Sharma,Accountant of Nehru Yuva Kendra Kar-nal as the Chief Guest, attended thefunction.Addressing the youth participating in theYuva Mandal Vikas Sammelan on thisoccasion, DYC Renu said that the NehruYuva Kendra works to build the characterand life of the youth. The centre keepsthe youth connected with social work andencourages them to do good works. Ac-countant Rajkumar Sharma said that wehave to keep our youth away from theevils like drugs. For this, they have to bemade aware and aware of the harmcaused by intoxication. Neelam Rana,Sumit Bijna, Darshan Kaushik, Jayab-hagwan Dinger Majra, Rajendra Prasadand others were present on the occa-sion.

Aman Virk electedIndri MandalPresident againMAIN PAL KASHYAPINDRI: Aman Virk was once again elect-ed Indri Mandal President. Expressinghis views on being re-elected as theBoard President, he said that the partyhas given him the responsibility and hewill work hard. Aman Virk was working inthe party for the last five years, onceagain the organization has reposed faithin Aman Virk. Board President Aman Virksaid that the BJP party is working on thelines of `Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas’ andthe Chief Minister of the state, ManoharLal Khattar, is taking along the thirty-sixfraternity, he said that in the ManoharSarkar Raj, there is no expense, no slip,merit on the basis of youth Is getting ajob No development work has been donein the government in Indri Hulk in the lastfive years.

Sewing classes held for girls MAIN PALINDRI: A program was organized on be-half of Aryavart Sadbhavana Manch invillage Kalri Jagir. The program was at-tended by Indri's SDM Sumit Sihag asthe headmistress. On behalf of AryavartSadbhavana Manch, women and girlswere taught sewing in the village forthree months for free and at the end ofthe sewing center, women and girls,SDM of Indri, Sumit Sihag distributedcertificates. Aryavart Sadbhavana Manchhead Sasikat told that a free sewing cen-tre was opened for women and girls in thevillage. On Wednesday, the sewing centerwas inaugurated. In this sewing center, 20girls were taught free sewing. He said thatbeautician, sewing, embroidery, pickle fromtime to time on behalf of the stage. Worklike papad, jam, etc. are taught to womenand girls on the stage and people are alsomade aware about the drug. On this occa-sion, Amit Kumar, Manish, Ankit, Akshay,Ajay, Bharti, Vidya Rani, Mukesh Rani etc.all along with him.

SHIV SHARMAKARNAL, FEB 19

A delegation of the Unnat BharatTrust Organsiation today under theleadership of Delhi state presidentDinesh Soni and General secretaryof the Rashtriya Mahila SanghSushma Nath came to know aboutthe national President of the organi-sation. On this occasion, BharatPrem said he is recovering fast fromhis ailment. Bharat Prem said thatby giving bck his voice again God ispreparing him to protect the inter-ests of Dalit workers.

Bharat Prem said he will keepthe interest of the DAlit workers up-permost. He said she will take care

of your interests, along with keepingtheir medical facilities, educationand fear-free life. If you come for-ward with new dreams in the coun-try, the Delhi government has takencare of you. In future, Kejriwal gov-ernment will get their blessings andfulfill new dreams. The workers ofUdyog Bharat Organization com-pleted their duty. The organisationhas taken a unanimous decision tohonour Chief Minister Arvind Kejri-wal and his colleagues on theirgrand victory in Delhi assemblyelections recently.

BUREAU CHANDIGARH FEBRUARY 19:

Haryana Chief Minister, Mr ManoharLal said that effort would be made toincluded maximum suggestions of theMLAs received during the 3-day Pre-Budget Consultations in the StateBudget for year 2020-21 to be pre-sented in the Budget Session ofHaryana Vidhan Sabha commencingtomorrow.

Mr Manohar Lal was speaking inthe valedictory session of 3-day Pre-Budget Consultations 2020-21 withMLAs in Panchkula near here today.Deputy Chief Minister Mr DushyantChautala, Vidhan Sabha Speaker MrGian Chand Gupta, Deputy SpeakerMr Ranbir Gangwa, Ministers andMLAs were also present on this occa-sion. He said that suggestions wouldbe included keeping in view the limi-tation of the Budget.

The Chief Minister said that workto prepare Budget would commencefrom today onwards and he has di-rected senior officers of Finance De-partment that viable suggestions re-ceived during the 3-day Pre-BudgetConsultations with MLAs and in oth-er meetings with different stakehold-

ers held earlier should be adjusted inthe Budget in consultation with Min-isters and Administrative Secretariesconcerned.

He said that Pre-Budget Consulta-tions with MLAs is a first-of-its-kindinitiative in the country wherein theMLAs representing different con-stituencies participated in the discus-sions considering the whole State as aunit and gave their suggestions by ris-ing above the party lines to preparesuch a Budget that would fulfil the as-pirations of people of the State.

Describing the consultationmeeting as a “Session of Thoughts

and Ideas”, the Chief Minister saidthat it has provided a platform to theMLAs to express their suggestionson the budget of the State withoutany debate unlike the Vidhan Sabhawhere the public representativesraise issues concerning their con-stituencies only. He appreciated thatbesides new suggestions, they alsosuggested measures to increase theState revenue.

He said that the decision to organ-ize this 3 -day consultation withMLAs have been taken during thetraining programmes of MLAs heldrecently in Haryana Vidhan Sabha inwhich Speaker of Lok Sabha Mr OmBirla also delievered his address. MrOm Birla had also hailed this deci-sion.

Earlier, Additional Chief Secre-tary Finance Mr T.V.S.N Prasad saidthat a complete record of all the sug-gestions given by MLAs during the 3-day consultation would be maintainedand effort would be made to includemaximum suggestions in the StateBudget for the year 2020-21.

Administrative Secretaries of var-ious departments and senior officersof District Administration Panchkuawere present on this occasion.

I will try my best to includesuggestions in budget: Khattar

DSP Sundar Singh inauguratesannual sports meet

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, FEB 19

The 41st annual sports competi-tion started on Wednesday at Pt.Chiranjilal Sharma GovernmentCollege. The competition was in-augurated by Sundar Singh, DSPand Arjun Awardee internationalkabaddi player of Haryana PoliceAcademy, Madhuban. PrincipalDr. Rekha Sharma welcomed theChief Minister on reaching thecollege campus and congratulat-ed the convener Dr. Vinod Chahaland Dr. Yashpal for the successfulorganization of the competition.In the inaugural ceremony, NCC cadets, volunteers and students of NSS took part in themarch past in front of the Chief Minister. Student Babita administered the pledge to allthe players to play with the spirit of the game. The opening ceremony was staged by Dr.MS Baghi.

In the girls' 800 meter race, Babita finished first, Neha second and Himansh tookthird place. In the boys 800m race, Bunty Kumar finished first, Amit second and Gau-rav third. In the girls' ball throw competition, Arju finished first, Kirti second and An-jali third. In the boys' long jump competition, Abhishek finished first, Vishal took sec-ond and Rohit and Aniket jointly took third place.

Rights of Dalits must beprotected: Bharat Prem

CHANDIGARH, FEB 19

Haryana police has issued an advisory request-ing citizens to be cautious and alert while reg-istering or activating their FASTag wallets assome fraudsters may try to siphon off moneyfrom their bank accounts on the pretext of help-ing them. Advising people to be aware of suchfraudsters, Director General of Police (Crime)P K Agrawal on Wednesday said that scamstershave now come up with a new method to dupecitizens after the central government had madeFASTag mandatory for all private and com-mercial vehicles for their faster movement attoll plazas. They are now attempting to draw

off money from bank accounts of gullible peo-ple on the pretext of helping them register andactivate their FASTag accounts. As FASTagservice is new, scamsters are trying all meansto cheat citizens. Explaining the modus operan-di, he said that first, these scamsters send fakemessages which appear as if they are from gen-uine sources like banks, asking for personal orfinancial details or even OTP in the name ofFASTag registration. Then they lure citizens byoffering discounts or cash back schemes askingthem to transfer money or provide their details.As soon as someone shares details/OTP withthe caller, funds are siphoned off from his bankaccount.

Haryana police issues advisoryto check FASTag fraud

Mahashivratri celebrated by ShriKrishna Temple committee

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, FEB 19

Mahashivratri festival is being celebrated with reverence and joy on behalf of Shri Kr-ishna Temple Management Committee, Kachhav. With the blessings of Brahleen Sri Sri1008 Maharaj Keshwanand ji, Katha is being narrated in Shri Krishna temple of villageKachhwa which will run till February 21. On Wednesday, Maharaj Shri Bhagwat Swa-roop Ji from Vrindavan, Sadhvi Vibhanand Ji Saraswati from Bhiwani, Maharaj ShriSuraj Shastri from Jammu guided the devotees. Everyone praised Lord Shiva's glory.They described the marriage of Lord Shiva and said that the glory of Lord Shiva is great.With his blessings, all sorrows and pain are removed. Blessed are those who get the bless-ings of the Great Lord Shiva. His grace makes the devotees happy.

Lost child re-united with familyby Child Welfare Committee

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, FEB 19

The District Child Welfare Committee has re-united a childseparated from his family for three years. The family wasvery happy in getting back the child and the family mem-bers thanked the committee. Committee Chairman UmeshChanna said that there is sadness in the parents and fami-ly at the loss of the child. The District Child Welfare Com-mittee is making all efforts to re-unite the lost child withthe family.

The missing 14-year-old Sahil from Ludhiana washanded over to his mother on Wednesday. Sahil was sepa-rated from his family 3 years ago. This child reached thevillage of Aibatpur. After much investigation, Sahil's fam-ily came to know and as a result on Wednesday, the Dis-trict Child Welfare Committee handed over Sahil to hismother Sunita. Members Shobhana Chaudhary, Chan-draprakash, Protection Officer Suman, Pradeep, Neerajand members of Crime Branch were present on the occa-sion.

Channa said when you locate a lost child you shouldinform on child helpline number 1098. Young children go-ing alone in a bus or train should be asked where is he orshe going and where has he come from. If you feel that heis separated from the family, then it must be reported onnumber 100 or child helpline number 1098.

Blood donation camp onGokhale death anniversary

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKURUKSHETRA, FEB 19

On the death anniversary of freedom fighter, philanthropist,thinker and reformer Gopal Krishna Gokhale, the 268th Volun-tary Blood Donation Camp was organized by Dr. Ashok KumarVerma, National Gold Medalist Diamond Blood donor and En-vironmental Guard, conferred with President's Police Medal inthe premises of Dronacharya Degree College. The camp con-cluded with Dronacharya Stewardship Committee ChairmanSom Sachdeva and Secretary Vipin Agrawal as the Chief Guestwhile the camp was chaired by Principal Dr. Arun Punyani.

Som Sachdeva said that in the memory of the great saint,blood donation is an act of virtue. Second Chief Vipin Aggarwalsaid that youth should always perform their duties towards soci-ety and country. In the camp where journalist Vikas Batan alongwith many youth donated blood, Dr. Ritu Devi also donated bloodfor 8th and Rajbala for 7th time. Camp convenor Dr. Ashok Ku-mar Verma thanked the manager of the committee and encour-aged all blood donors and awarded them certificates. Dr. Vermasaid that Gokhale went to England in 1905 with Lala Lajpat Raiin front of the British in favour of independence and put the mat-ter of freedom of the country there very effectively. He was a truepatriot. Seema Singh from Karnail under the chairmanship of Dr.Vinod Tanwar, the blood fund officer of Lok Nayak JayaprakashHospital, collected 37 units of blood. College teachers ShwetaVashisht, Anita Bhatia, Harendra Kaur, Harbhajan Singh, VikasDhawan and Gurmeet Singh etc. also cooperated.

Students display talent in powerpoint presentation competitionSHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL: A Power Point presentation competition on topics based onmodern methods of Internet was organised by the Computer Depart-ment of DAV PG College. College Principal Dr. Rampal Saini attendedthe programme as the chief guest, who was welcomed by computer de-partment spokesperson Dr. Amrish, Dr. Anita Sharma by offering flowers.Ashish and Moolik's team stood first, Yogesh and Amanjeet's team gotsecond and Hitesh and Nancy's team got the third place.The college principal honoured all the winning students with prizes, theconsolation prize was given to Soni and Rosalyn. Dr. Anita and Prof.Manisha were the judges for the contest. All other staff members werepresent on this occasion including Dr. Priyanka, Prof. Jujhar Singh, Prof.Rajni, Prof. Shipra, Prof. Mannu, Prof. Prerana.

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, FEB 19

Students of Guru Nanak Khalsa CollegeKarnal brought glory to the college bywinning a total of 6 medals in weight lift-ing (weightlifting). On reaching the col-lege, the Principal of the College Manage-ment Committee Kanwarjit Singh Princewished the winning students bright future.Giving details about this, Principal Dr.Seema Sharma said that in this competitionheld in Yamunanagar, our students Sunil,Ishu and Mohan won silver medal whileSagar, Shivam Sharma and Mohan wonbronze medal. Thus the college has wonthe third prize at the Kurukshetra Univer-sity championship. The students gave

credit for their achievement to Dr. DeviBhushan, in-charge of sports activities, DPWazir Singh and Subhash Koch. FormerPrincipal Dr. SK Goel and Dr. GurindraSingh were present on the occasion.

Students of Khalswa College win 6 medals

Sanjay Arora new vice president of AIFTP NZKASHYAPKARNAL: A meeting was organised by All India Federation of Tax Practi-tioners in which Sanjay Arora was appointed as the Vice President of NorthZone. On this occasion, AIFTP members and family relatives greeted and con-gratulated Sanjay Arora. Speaking on the occasion, Sanjay Arora said that(AIFTP) All India Federation of Tax Practitioners has appointed him as the VicePresident of North Zone and he has also been entrusted with the responsibilityof Haryana.

He said he will fulfil all his responsibilities of workload assigned to him by AIFTP.He said he will fulfill his responsibility with all sincerity and honesty. We will try toraise the name and work of AIFTP in North Zone and Haryana.

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GAURAV GOELCHANDIGARH, FEBR 19

With a deep concern to providehealthy, disease free and safe envi-ronment, the Health & Family Wel-fare Minister Balbir Singh Sidhuhas directed all the Civil Surgeonsto ensure the compliance of variousenvironmental laws in Governmenthospitals for safeguard of living be-ings and environment in all respect.He said that it is the responsibilityof in-charge of health care facili-ties, whether government or pri-vate, to handle, treat and dispose ofall kind of wastes scientifically.

Disclosing this here today, theHealth Minister said that all theGovernment bedded healthcare es-tablishments have been instructedto install the ETP (Effluent Treat-ment Plants) by 30 June, 2020. TheCivil Surgeons have also been in-structed to submit PERT (Program

Evaluation and Review Tech-niques) charts for various activitiesregarding installation of EffluentTreatment Plant in Governmenthospitals. He said that that soon,water meters will also be installedto curb the wastage of water in allGovernment Hospitals. BalbirSingh Sidhu said that it is legal re-sponsibility of government and pri-

vate hospitals to ensure propertreatment of waste water and scien-tific disposal of treated waste wateras well as all kind of bio-medicalwaste so that it cannot affect theliving beings and environment.

The Cabinet Minister furthersaid that all activities to install theETP to be chalked out within timebound manners and ensured to becompleted under the supervision ofconcerned Civil Surgeons.

He said that the requisite envi-ronmental permissions from theconcerned department to be ob-tained, failure of which shall attractstrict action against the in-chargehealthcare establishment. He in-structed the Civil Surgeons to sub-mit the action taken report withinseven days.

Balbir Singh Sidhu also saidthat Senior Medical Officers shouldensure that all the contaminatedplastic and bio medical waste mate-

rial to be cut and needles to beshredded before storage and handover to the common bio-medicalwaste treatment facility so thatsame could not be reused illegally,in any manners.

To enhance maximum utiliza-tion of paper and to reduce wastageof paper in offices, he also askedthe Director Health Services to is-sue instruction to all GovernmentHospitals to use paper from bothsides for writing and printing.

Civil surgeons to ensure compliance ofenvironmental laws in hospitals: Sidhu

Free coaching for competitive exams at DBEEJALANDHAR: District Bureau of Employment and Enterprises (DBEE) will provide free coaching to the youths forthe competitive exams. Divulging the information, DBEE's Deputy Director Sunita Kalyan said that the interestedyouths can register with the DBEE by February 20. She said that the youths who are graduated will be given coach-ing for the exams of SSC/Banking and other sectors at free of cost.

She also told that the experts will be deputed for the training of interviews and bio-data besides the youth would alsobe groomed in personality development. Kalyan said that the youth can also contact DBEE office on 0181-2225791and 88721-15120 for further information regarding the coaching.

BJP chief Nadda to meet ex-Punjab CM Badal today

Mittal DharmshalaInaugurated atSalasar DhamANIL VERMABATHINDA: The Mittal Group has setup a Mittal Dharamshala under theDwarka Das Mittal Charitable Trust(regd.) Bathinda to facilitate pilgrimsvisiting the holy shrine of SalasarDham, Rajasthan. The Dharamshala,located on the road fromLakshmangarh, was inaugurated withdevotion and pilgrimage. Theinaugural function was attended by alarge number of religious, social,business organizations leaders andprominent people including ShiromaniAkali Dal's senior leader SaroopChand Singal, especially the FinanceMinister Manpreet Singh Badal.The dharamshala was inaugurated byVed Kumari Mittal, the mother of Mr.Rajinder Mittal, MD of Mittal Group. Onthe first day, the Mahaveer SankirtanMandal reached from Bathinda,Bhajan congregation praised thehymns. Finance Minister ManpreetSingh Badal, who attended thefunction, extended his congratulationsto the entire Mittal family and Mittalgroup for the event. Rajinder Mittal,MD of the Mittal Group, said that hisfamily had long dreamed of building aninn for the people of his area, wherepilgrims visiting Salasar Dham stayingand shall have good food and drinkand it can be found under one roof.

Schools violating traffic rulesto be punished: DM

MAMOON RASHIDMALERKOTLA: Bikramjit SinghPanthey SDM Malerkotla has startedchecking of schools and collegetransport under safe school vehiclepolicy. He said that schools need tofollow all the rules prescribed by thegovernment for the school transport,but those schools not following therules will be punished as per law.Talking about rules he said that eachschool vehicle should have CCTVcameras, fire extinguishers, first aid kit,emergency exist, and the vehiclesshould not be older than 15 years. Hefurther said that schools and collegesare directly responsible for providingthe best transport for their students,drivers should be in uniforms and alady helper is must in the vehicle thatis transporting girl students. Nocompromise in student safety will betolerated, he added and appealed theparents of the students also to checkthe vehicles transporting their children.

One held with 600narcotic tablets

KULJIT SINGHJANDIALA GURU: SHO RachpalSingh and Nawan Pind Post InchargeTarsem Singh informed that policeparty had put naka at FatehpurRajputan drain . A person named RohitSharma resident of Gehri Mandi wasdriving three wheeler and on seeingthe police party, he stranded auto oneside and tried to run away but policesearched him as suspicious. A blackenvelope containing 600 intoxicatingpills was recovered, said police whileinitiating action in this regard. A casewas registered against the accusedunder N D PS Act.

One dies, six injure inscorpio-auto collisionKIRAN AGNIHOTRI MAHILPUR: In a collision betweenthe four wheeler and the Scorpio atAdda Satnaur near Garshankar indistrict Hoshiapur in which one persondied and around half a dozen wereinjured. All injured were admitted to thecivil hospital Garhshankar. Policereached the spot and started theinvestigation. A four wheeler comingfrom Garhshankar when reached nearSatnaur turned immediately towardsthe railway station and collided withSorpio coming from Garhshankar.Pargat Singh of village Slampur diedon the spot . Harjeet and Sarabjit bothsons of Pargat Singh with four othersgot minor injuries. SHO BlwinderSingh reached the spot and took theinjured to hospital.

BUREAU CHANDIGARH, FEB 19

In a bid to end the paddystraw burning woes com-pletely and to resolve theissues arising out of paddystraw burning, Justice(Retd) Mehtab Singh Gillled committee held a meet-ing with Kisan Unions hereon Tuesday.

The Committee wasconstituted by PunjabChief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh to re-solve the issues arising outof paddy straw burning inthe state. During the meet-ing, it was decided to seekproposals from KisanUnions to end the menace

of residue burning andmanage the paddy straw inan eco-friendly manner.After giving sympatheticconsideration to the issuesraised by the KisanUnions, the committee de-cided to involve the unionsso as to ensure a permanentsolution to the issue. Toachieve the goal of zerostubble burning, Agricul-

ture Secretary K S Pannusaid that Punjab Govern-ment has provided morethan 51,000 agro-machinesto the state's farmers withsubsidised componentsduring the previous twopaddy seasons. "Withoutthe cooperation of thefarmers and FarmerUnions we cannot makePunjab a zero stubble burn-

ing state", he said. Duringthe meeting, RajinderSingh of Kirti KissanUnion, Jagmohan SinghUppal of BKU Dakonda,Sukhdev Singh of BKUUgrahan, Mehar SinghTheri of BKU Sidhupurand Nachhatat Singh ofBKU Lakhowal stronglyput forward the views offarmers on the issue.

PRIT PAL SINGH JALANDHAR, FEB 19

Deputy Commissioner Ja-landhar Varinder KumarSharma and Senior Super-intendent of Police NavjotSingh Mahal today under-lined the need for furthermaking more concerted ef-forts to make the peopleaware about safe migrationabroad.

Addressing the gatheringafter inaugurating RoundTable Conference on Safeand Legal Migration organ-ized by Centre for Researchin Rural and Industrial De-velopment (CRRID) heretoday, the Deputy Commis-sioner and Senior Superin-tendent of Police said thatthis was need of hour to en-sure that people chose thesafe way of migratingabroad. They said that thiswas a very important issueas Doaba in general and Ja-landhar in particular has

highest concentration ofNRIs in the country and thefad amongst the youth tomove abroad was still un-ending. Mr. Sharma and Mr.Mahal said that Punjabishave gone far and wideacross the globe and haveproved their mettle in al-most every arena.

The Deputy Commis-sioner and Senior Superin-tendent of Police furthersaid that whether it wasGulf or development coun-tries hard working and re-silient Punjabis have con-

tributed immensely in thesocial-economic develop-ment of that country. Theysaid on an average morethan one lakh youth fromthe state were migrating tothe foreign countries everyyear. Sharma and Mahalsaid that the migrated popu-lace was bringing alongwith them soft and infrastructural ideas which weregiving fillip to developmentof the country. However,the Deputy Commissionerand Senior Superintendentof Police said that in past

some years a lot of illegaltravel agents have mush-roomed up in the state. Theysaid that after major crack-down against illegal travelagents last year around1000 travel agents have reg-istered themselves with theadministration, the detailsof which was available onthe website of the districtadministration. However,Sharma and Mahal said thatit was unfortunate that peo-ple were still falling prey toillegal travel agents whichneeds to be checked.

Finance dept releasesRs. 577 cr against power

subsidy, various welfare schemes

CHANDIGARH, FEBRU-ARY 19: On the directives ofPunjab Chief Minister Cap-tain Amarinder Singh, the Fi-nance Department has re-leased Rs. 577 crores on ac-count of power subsidy toPunjab State Power Corpora-tion Limited (PSPCL), SarbatSehat Bima Yojana, PradhanMantri Awas Yojana(Gramin) and various WaterSupply projects in the state.Disclosing this here onWednesday, a spokespersonof the Chief Minister’s Officesaid that funds to the tune ofRs.400 crores had been re-leased to the PSPCL againstagriculture power subsidy tofarmers, with another Rs.135crores released under SarbatSehat Bima Yojana for mak-ing payment towards secondinstalment of premium to theinsurance company.

Water-meters to be installed to curb wastage of water

CHANDIGARH, FEB 19 : BJP national president J P Naddaon Thursday will meet Akali patriarch Parkash Singh Badal athis residence in Punjab's Muktsar, days after the former chiefminister said the minorities "should be taken along" to run agovernment. At a rally in Amritsar on February 13, Badal hadsaid that all religions should be respected.

Nadda will be coming to Punjab for the first time after tak-ing charge of the party, aparty leader said onWednesday. "The BJPpresident will meet BadalSahib at his residence inBadal village of Muktsaron Thursday," said the BJPleader, adding that it willbe a courtesy call. Naddawill land at the Bathinda airport in the morning from where hewill go to Muktsar to meet Badal. Later, Nadda will go to Am-ritsar and pay obeisance at the Golden Temple, DurgianaMandir and Ram Tirath, said the party leader. The BJP nationalPresident is also expected to meet the state party leadership inAmritsar, said the BJP leader.

Jalandhar Admn educates peopleabout safe migration abroad

KULBHUSHAN GARGGIDDARBAHA, FEB 19

Under the direction ofCivil Surgeon Shri Mukt-sar Sahib Dr. NavdeepSingh and under the lead-ership of Dr. Ramesh Ku-mari Kamboj SMO.Doda, a health check-upcamp was organized inHealth and Wellness Cen-ter Kotli Ablu. In whichpatients suffering fromdifferent diseases wereexamined.

While giving infor-mation related to thecamp, Community HealthOfficer Madam Aman-deep Kaur said that duringthe camp, Dr. Anita hasgiven medicines by exam-ining the patients. Apartfrom this, awareness re-lated to corona virus, sug-

ar and high blood pressurewere also given to peoplein the camp. On this occa-sion, Madam AmandeepKaur, has given informa-tion related to coronavirus, told that if a personhas visited China in thelast 30 days or has comein contact with any patientof Corona Virus and if heis not getting well with

cough, cold etc., then thepatient should be checkedimmediately to the nearestgovernment hospital.They also suggested dif-ferent measures to preventcorona virus. On this oc-casion, Kuldeep SinghM.P.H.W., Nirmala Raniand Veena Rani M.P.H.W.and volunteers from Ashawere also present.

Health check-up camps heldat health, wellness center

Stubble Burning: Justice Gill Committeeseeks proposals from farmer unions

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NSUI holds meeting to discuss students issueJYOTI SYALAMB: The district level programme of NSUI was held on Wednesday at Amb RestHouse in which Chhattar Singh Thakur, the President of NSUI attended as theChief Guest and former Minister Kuldeep Kumar and former President of PunjabUniversity Chandan Rana attended as special guest. The programme was chairedby newly appointed District President Mohammad Aslam. State president directedto make an executive of all the colleges of Una district and said that NSUI hasalways fought for the interests of the students and in the same way it will fight forthe interests of the students as well. NSUI stands with every student in the entirestate. On this occasion, Mohit Sharma, president of NSUI Bangana, Shamsher,former president of Amb NSUI, Ashish, Aneesh, Neeraj Thakur, Rishav, Ankush,Anuj Dhiman, Raghav Rana, Akhil and other activists were present.

141 meritoriousstudents givenlaptops

JYOTI SYALGAGRET: To encourage meritoriousstudents, a laptop distributionprogram was organized at MawaKahola in Khand of Gagret. MLARajesh Thakur attended as the chiefguest. On the occasion, around 141students of Class X and XII weredistributed laptops. Thakur extendedhis best wishes to the meritoriousstudents and said that Himachalgovernment should be ready toimprove the future of children atevery step.

Schools directed tofollow HC guidelines

SHANTI GAUTAMBADDI: Meeting taken with theschools'administration in SP OfficeBaddi to follow the High Courtguidelines and follow all MV Actprovisions in their school buses. Asmany as 77 schools representativeparticipated in the presence of SPRohit Malpani.

Chaitra fairs from March14, authority sleepingon road repairsJOGINDRA DEV ARYABANGANA: Fairs of Chaitra monthare going to be started from March14 at Siddha Peetha Baba BalakNath temple for which decorationand arrangement temple is beingdone by Hamirpur administration.Condition of the main road toSiddha Peetha - Una Bhota SuperHighway presented a pathetic looka large pits on this road are invitingaccidents. Instead of correctingthose pits, the Highway Authority issleeping on this issue, saidresidents. During Chaitra Mass fairsfrom March 14 to April 13, millionsof people from the country andabroad reach Baba's cave here.

Day 5: Hopes ofrescuing studentburied underAvalanche fadesSRINAGAR: The hopes of rescuinga student who went missing afteran avalanche hit the Gurez-Tulailarea of Bandipora faded away asthe search operation entered thefifth day on Wednesday. Searchoperations were resumed onWednesday for rescuing JavidAhmad Lone, a student who wasburied under snow at Check Nallahalongwith two other students, whenthey were on their way home atTulail after appearing in a localexamination at Gurez on Saturday.The rescue team was successful insaving Arif Hussain and AliMohammad Lone. However, Javidcould not be recovered. The twostudents are in hospital andreceiving medical treatment. Officialsources told UNI that the rescueoperations in the area by locals,police, Army and SDRF personnelwound up around 2200 hrs due todarkness and possibility of moreavalanches. “This morning rescueoperation again resumed at 0700hrs", confirmed official sources,adding that the weather so far isgood despite prediction of snowduring the next 48 hours. Sourcesalso said that the rescue operationswas being hampered due to freshavalanches in the area. “Snifferdogs were also pressed intoservice to recover Javid,” theyadded. Gurez, is a border townsurrounded by Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) fromthree sides, it has been cut off from the district headquarterBandipora for more than twomonths due to accumulation ofsnow and slippery roadsparticularly at Razdan pass.

HIMACHAL/JKCM lays foundation stones of developmental

projects worth Rs. 350 crore in KangraAddresses public meeting at Dhaliara, promises all round developmentAGENCYKANGRA, FEB 19

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakursaid that during his two daystour of Jawalamukhi and Dehraassembly constituencies ofKangra district he hasperformed foundation stonesand dedications ofdevelopmental projects worthabout Rs. 182 crore, out ofwhich foundation stones andinauguration of projects worthover Rs. 50 crores wereperformed today in Dehrasegment. Jai Ram Thakur saidthat during the first phase of hiswinter sojourn he had laidfoundation stones andinaugurated developmentalprojects worth Rs. 165 crore inthree Vidhan Sabha areas viz.Baijnath, Kangra and Indora.He said that thus foundationstones and inaugurations ofabout Rs. 350 crore have beendone by him in five assemblyconstituencies of Kangradistrict. Chief Minister wasaddressing a public meeting atDhaliara in Dehra area ofKangra district today.

Jai Ram Thakur said thatthe present state governmentwas ensuring that the wintersojourn of Kangra district wasnot just a custom for politicalgains, but the Government wasactually concerned about thedevelopment of the biggestdistrict of the state. He said thatlaying foundation stones anddedicating developmentalprojects worth about Rs 350crore in five days in fivedifferent assemblyconstituencies of the districtspeaks of the priority the stategovernment was giving fordevelopment of the district. Hesaid that this was the befittingreply to those who werequestioning the intentions of

the state government. He said that Public Works

and Irrigation projects worthcrores of rupees were underimplementation in DehraVidhan Sabha area. ChiefMinister said that work onconstruction of CentralUniversity would be started atthe earliest and he would againtake up the matter in thisregard with the UnionGovernment. He said that Rs 6crore has been sanctioned fordevelopment of Industrial areaChinour which would benefitnine panchayats of the area. Hesaid that all possible helpwould be provided to makeDegree College Dhalariya aModel college to facilitate the

students. He announced thatpost of doctors in CivilHospital Dhalariya would beincreased from 9 to 14 anddigital X-Ray would beprovided in the hospital. Heannounced Rs 1.50 crore forconstruction of combinedoffice building at Haripur andRs. one crore for NagarParishad Building, Dehra. JaiRam Thakur said that thepeople of the state werethankful to the benevolenceand affection of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi, whoconsiders Himachal Pradesh ashis second home. He said thatit was due to his affection forthe state, that financialassistance in form ofdevelopmental projects worthcrores of rupees weresanctioned for the state. Hesaid that Prime Minister,during the two years tenure ofthe present state government,has visited the state thrice andwould soon be coming todedicate the Atal Tunnel atRohtang on its completionduring the month of July orAugust this year.

CS presides over statelevel conference of

Principal Census Officers

DINESH AGARWALSHIMLA, FEB 19

Census data is bedrock for decadesocial analysis and provides valuablebenchmark information for planningand formulation of variousprogrammes and policies. This wasstated by Chief Secretary Anil Khachiwhile addressing the one day StateLevel Conference/training ofDivisional Census Officers (DCO) andPrincipal Census Officers (PCO) ofHimachal Pradesh on Census of India2021 organised by Directorate ofCensus Operations Himachal Pradesh,here today. During the training theDivisional Census Officers andPrincipal Census Officers wereimparted training on instructionmanual for Houselisting & HousingCensus and manual for NationalPopulation Register.

The Chief Secretary said that theobjective of the training programmewas to provide adequate exposure ofthe census exercise to the DivisionalCensus Officers and Principal CensusOfficers. He directed the DCO andPCO to complete the census operationin a befitting manner within stipulatedtime frame. He directed the authoritiesto carry out the exercise withdedication and fidelity. He asked tonotify a nodal officer for Census2020-21 at district level forcoordination of all Census relatedactivities in the district. He also askedto appoint a Field Trainer at Districtlevel for all districts and theirregistration for technical assistancefor operating Census Managementand Monitoring System (CMMS), atthe earliest. The appointment ofenumerators and supervisors mustalso be adhered to, he added.

ANWAR HUSSAINNALAGARH, FEB 19

A meeting held at MCGarden of Pawanoo inwhich all activistmembers of HimachalPradesh Asha KaryakartaSangh of District Solaninformed about theirproblems being faced inall the five blocks ofDistrict Solan. Stationaryitems have not beengiven yet to keep recordsfollowing no cards havebeen made. Nalagarhblock is undergoingsterilization operations,there is a lot of problemdue to not having adoctor and in sectornuclear too, because ofnot having a sterilizationdoctor, this problem isalso coming up.

Meeting held onasha workers issue

Newly constructedAyurvedic Hospitalstarts functioning

PREETI RANAUNA, FEB 19

Ayurvedic dispensary of Raipur Sahoda under UnaAssembly constituency has now been shifted to thenewly constructed Ayurvedic Hospital. The staff hasstarted services to the newly constructed hospital.District Council Member Pankaj Sahod visited theAyurvedic dispensary to know the arrangements andalso heard the problems faced by the doctors. ZPmembers also assured to resolve the problems facedby the newly constructed hospital. He thanked ZPpPresident and Ayurvedic Officer District Una forshifting the dispensary to Ayurvedic Hospital. AMOdoctors Nidhi Sharma, pharmacist Kanchan Devi,Anu Vala and others were present.

MD SJVN receives CBIP Award-2020 ofBest Performing Hydro Power Company

SHIMLA, FEB 19

SJVN Limited has beenhonored with the CBIPAward-2020 of BestPerforming Hydro PowerCompany. Rattan LalKataria, Union Minister ofState for Jal Shaktipresented the Award toShri Nand Lal SharmaChairman & ManagingDirector at a functionorganized by CentralBoard of Irrigation andPower (CBIP) in NewDelhi. The award waspresented in the augustpresence of R.K. Jain,Chairman, Central WaterCommission, P.S.Mhaske, Chairman,Central ElectricityAuthority and Shri V.K.Kanjlia, Secretary, CBIP.On this occasion R.K.

Bansal Director(Electrical), SJVN wasalso present. Nand LalSharma, Chairman &Managing Directorinformed that SJVN hasreceived this award foroutstanding contributionto the Nation by settingNew Bench Marks inGeneration &Maintenance of HydroProjects and use of latestState of Art Technologies

and smart solutions fortackling major silt erosionproblems. SJVN’sFlagship 1500 MWNathpa Jhakri HydroPower Station and 412MW Rampur HydroPower Station has beeninvariably exceeding theirdesign energy targets andtheir Plant AvailabilityFactors are constantlybeing above 100%. Hefurther told that against

the MoU target ofgeneration of 9100 millionunits of electricity forcurrent financial yearfrom its power stations,SJVN has generated morethan 9270 million unitsduring current financialyear till date. He furthertold that financial positionof SJVN also remainedhealthy with a totalrevenue amounting to Rs.2908.99 crore and netprofit of Rs. 1364.29 crorein FY 2018-19. This yearSJVN is sure of makingcapital investment of Rs.1200 crore in theconstruction of powerprojects in India andabroad. Shri Sharmainformed that for nextFinancial Year a CAPEXof Rs. 2880 crore isplanned.

Tarigami terms SRO 202'discriminatory',

demands amendmentSRINAGAR, FEB 19

Terming the SRO-202 issued by Jammu and KashmirGovernment in June 2015 ''discriminatory'', senior CPI (M) leaderMohammad Yousuf Tarigami on Wednesday demanded itsimmediate amendment for the benefit of thousands of governmentjob aspirants and those who havebeen recruited in the last five yearsin Jammu and Kashmir. “The SRO202, issued by the GeneralAdministration Department (GAD)on June 30, 2015, prescribes that aperson shall be on probation forfive years and during this period,the appointee shall be entitled to only the basic pay and not any ofthe allowances. It is discriminatory and denies due increment toemployees who are appointed into the government service,” MrTarigami said in a statement issued here on Wednesday.

Mahender Singh seeks funds forstate under Jal Jiwan Mission

SHIMLA, FEB 19

Irrigation and PublicHealth Minister MahenderSingh Thakur onWednesday met UnionMinister for Jal ShaktiGajendra Singh Shekhawatat New Delhi and soughtfunds for HimachalPradesh under Jal JiwanMission.

He apprised the UnionMinister that HimachalPradesh has implementedJal Jiwan Mission on a war-footing basis. It is the firststate in the country that hasexhausted all the fundsreleased by the governmentof India under the Mission.

Mahender SinghThakur also urged theUnion Jal Shakti Minister

government to releaseincentive grant of Rs. 550crore for the state.

Secretary, I&PH Dr. RNBatta accompanied theMinister.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2020

PCM S.D. College for women in collaborationwith ‘Ved Prachar Mandal’JALANDHAR: Declamation Competition was organized by Youth Club in collaborationwith ‘Ved Prachar Mandal’. The function was presided over by Dr. Neeru Sharma, Princi-

pal of Pt. Mohanlal S.D. College for Women, Gurdaspur.The distinguished guest of the function Shri Dhruva Mittal,President, Guru Virjanand Gurukul College and Shri AshokParuthi, (Advocate), Registrar of Arya Pratinidhi Sabha.Punjab commenced the event with lighting of the lamp. Dr.Shivdayal Mali, Shri Ranjit Arya, Shri Vinod Bhardwaj tookthe lucky draw.

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Lecture at defence,National securitystudies held at PUCHANDIGARH: The Department ofDefence and National SecurityStudies, Panjab University,Chandigarh organised a speciallecture on the theme “The LastingEffect of the Great Game in the IndianSubcontinent” by MajorGeneral Amarjit Singh, V.S.M. here onWednesday. The General began hislecture by explaining the geo-strategicsignificance of the Pakistan (thenundivided India) and Afghanistan andhow the division of the IndianSubcontinent in 1947 was linked withthe international geopolitics of thattime. He discussed how at thebeginning of the 18th Century theworld was seeing the expansion of theBritish and the Russian Empire acrossthe globe. The British had startedcolonising India from Kolkata andMadras and then expanding theircontrol over territories up to the IndusRiver and beyond. Across the Indusriver and beyond the Hindukushmountain range was Afghanistanwhich acted as a buffer between theBritish Empire and the RussianEmpire, controlled most of the CentralAsia. The British were convinced thatthe Russians had plans to expandsouthwards to be able to reach thewarm water ports of the Arabian sea,and this act would involve attackingthe British occupied territories of northwest India.

R N KHERACHANDIGARH, FEB 19

Chandigarh Bodybuilding& Physique Sports Associ-ation Chandigarh is organ-izing 8th Mr. Chandigarh,Miss Chandigarh & Body-building championship,Miss. Chandigarh andMens physique champi-onship at SD College sec-tor 32 Chandigarh on 23rdFeb, 2020 (Sunday).

Around 150 participantsmay take part in the cham-pionship.

This information wasgiven by ChandigarhBodybuilding & PhysiqueSports Association Chandi-garh, Upkar Singh. UpkarSingh said that participantsfrom almost north Indiataking part in it. He saidthat during the competitionparticipants have to show-case their skill in different

events. Suraj Bhan, Gener-al Secretary said that cashprize of Rs.21000/- forChampions of Champion,Bodybuilding, Each Cate-gory Rs.7100/-, MenPhysique championRs.7100/-, 2nd runner -upRs.5100/-, 3rd runner -upRs.3100/-.

And for women catego-ry, Women PhysiqueChampion Rs.5100/-, 2ndplace Rs. 3100/-, 3rd place

Rs.2100/-. Beyond Cashand Trophy, Merit Certifi-cate to each winner alsoprovided by association.

General Secretary of as-sociation Suraj Bhan saidto the media at press clubhere, "He is lover of goodhealth and physique andtook part in so many inter-national championship andfeel proud to be honestopinion holder for partici-pants."

8th Bodybuilding Championship on Feb 23Unemployed Lineman Unionsubmits memorandum to Deputy speakerMANPREET SINGH KATHPALMALOUT: To get employment , theunemployed Lineman's Unionsubmitted memorandum to PunjabDeputy Speaker and MLA MaloutAjiab Singh Bhatti through his sonIncharge Amanpreet Singh Bhatti.While introducing memorandum, theunion members said that theunemployed linemen have beenfacing difficulties for a long time to gettheir jobs. They said that they hadapplied for the job of AssistantLineman in Punjab State PowerCorporation Limited. After applying,their documents have also beenverified and the age of the applicantsis more than 42 years. This job wasapplied after an appeal to the court.Union members, demanded that allthe linemen are related to poorfamilies and on the basis ofcompassion they should be givenappointment letter so that they cannurture the families. Manjindra Singh,Beant Singh, Om Prakash, PradeepSingh and others were present there.

Cheema Public SchoolKishankot has been madeexam center of 850 students SARWANQADIAN:Cheema Public SchoolKishankot has done well in the field ofeducation, sports for making its nameat the state and national level. sportswing has been established in theschool to encourage students towards

sports from time totime, many functionsare organized by thedistrict administrationto make peopleaware. Givinginformation in this

regard, the chairman of the school,Amrinder Singh Cheema, said that inview of the achievements andperformance of the institute, last year,the examination center wasestablished in the school by CBSEDelhi. But this time in the boardexaminations to be held in the year2019-20, this school has been madethe examination center for the childrenof most of the nearby schools in thiseducational institution, in which 850students will be present in thisexamination center.

Inter deptt fest “Esperanza -2020” organised

HARPREET SINGH LEHALJALANDHAR:In endeavour toprovide the students a commonplatform to showcase their talent andlearn from creativity, Innocent HeartsGroup of Institutions organizedan inter-department fest “Esperanza-2020”. Students also displayed theirknowledge and creativity in quiz,Rangoli and salad makingcompetition. Dr. Shailesh Tripathi(Group Director, Innocent Hearts)congratulated all the participants andgrace the winners with certificates.Prof. Deepak Paul (Principal, HotelManagement) appreciated the effortsof faculty members for motivating thestudents to participate and perform.

RAJIV JAINCHANDIGARH, FEB 19

The World Health Organiza-tion has designated the year2020 as the year of Nurse andMidwife in the honour of200th birth anniversary of MsFlorence Nightingale, the pi-oneer of Nursing profession.In this regard National Insti-tute of Nursing Education(NINE), Department of Nurs-ing services PGIMERChandigarh; GMCH Sector32, Chandigarh; Army Col-lege of Nursing, Chandi-mandir and GMSH Sector 16have joined hands to carry outthe professional activitiesthroughout the year.

The International year ofNurse and Midwife was heldat PGIMER, Chandigarh tosensitize the nursing person-nel regarding the event. Pro-fessor A Rajwanshi, Dean(academics) was the chiefguest. Prof A K Gupta (Med-ical superintendent), Mr Ku-mar Gaurav Dhawan (DeputyDirector Administartion) andMr Kumar Abhay (FinancialAdvisor) PGIMER were the

guests of honour. All the dig-nitaries highlighted the con-tribution of Florence Nightin-gale towards nursing profes-sion. They reinforced thenursing personnel to followthe path of Florence Nightin-gale to serve the humanity.

The audience were alsomade aware of the year longactivities which will be car-ried out like mass sensitiza-tion of women regarding pre-vention of Breast and cervicalcancer; Tree plantation; BasicLife Support training to thepublic at some public places;Celebration of breast feeding

week; Workshop for class IVemployees on hygiene andbiomedical waste manage-ment, Continue Nursing Edu-cation on Geriatric mentalhealth etc .

Around 300 nursing per-sonnel from various nursinginstitution of the city attendedthe function. The inauguralfunction was followed by apanel discussion on the themePast, Present and Future ofNursing. The panelists werethe nursing professionalsfrom PGIMER, Army collegeof nursing Chandimandir andGMCH sector 32.

International year of nurse,midwife celebrated at PGIMER

Photo by: S. Sharma

SUMER GARGCHANDIGARH, FEB 19

The Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD) legislative party onWednesday demanded a 15-day budget session to dis-cuss burning issues likepower hike and powerscams besides need to pro-vide justice to the victims ofthe Behbal Kalan police fir-ing case.

Addressing the mediaafter submitting a memoran-dum to the AssemblySpeaker, SAD legislativewing leader Sharanjit SinghDhillon and former ministerBikram Singh Majithia saidthe party had appealed to

Speaker Rana K P Singh toextend the forthcomingbudget session to fifteendays, saying presently onlyone day had been kept todiscuss the Governor’s Ad-dress, what to speak of tak-ing up public issues. They

said the Congress govern-ment should not run awayfrom debate and that the op-position should be given ap-propriate time during thebudget session to take uppeoples issues. The peopleof Punjab were reeling un-

der the all time high powerhikes which had taken pow-er rates to Rs 9 to Rs 10 perunit. Both Dhillon and Ma-jithia said the Congress gov-ernment should fulfill itspromise to supply power tothe people as well as indus-try at Rs five per unit.

“It should also hold anindependent inquiry into theRs 4300 crore scam and ac-tion against the then Powerminister for indulging incorruption besides explain-ing why the Punjab Pollu-tion Control Board hadworked over time to saveprivate thermal plants fromaction for not installing anti-pollution devices”.

AGENCYCHANDIGARH, FEB 19

Punjab Food, Civil Suppliesand Consumer Affairs Min-ister Bharat Bhushan Ashutoday directed the officialsof the food and civil sup-plies department to com-plete the updating processof smart cards by February25, 2020 by all means.

He was presiding over areview meeting pertainingto the smart cards with thefield officers of 12 districtsat Anaj Bhawan, sector-39.The minister said that rationshould be disbursed on pri-ority to those beneficiaries,whose names have alreadybeen registered on the por-tal of department. Review-

ing the progress of Amrit-sar, Bathinda, Hoshiarpur,Fazilka, Gurdaspur, Ludhi-ana, Moga, Rupnagar, SBSNagar, Sahibzada AjitSingh Nagar and TarnTaran, Ashu said that he hadreceived complaints againstsome Food inspectors re-garding their apathetic ap-proach towards departmen-

tal work. The Minister in-structed district officers toclosely observe the workingof all food inspectors. Ashualso assessed the disburse-ment of food grainsprocess. Meanwhile, someofficials apprised ministerabout transportation prob-lems and non-payment ofdues etc. About which, the

minister directed the con-cerned officers to take im-mediate action. Ashu alsotook stock of the millingprogress of paddy besidesthe preparations of procure-ment for the upcoming sea-son. Director Food andCivil Supplies Anindita Mi-tra and others were alsopresent during the meeting.

Bharat Bhushan Ashu directs to completesmart card updating process by Feb 25

BUREAUCHANDIGARH, FEB 19

State Bank of India todayopened its HNI Branch“Vaibhav” at sector 68,Mohali. The Branch wasinaugurated by S. Man-preet Singh Badal FinanceMinister of Punjab and ShRana Ashutosh KumarSingh, Chief GeneralManager, State Bank ofIndia, Chandigarh Circlein the presence of digni-taries of Mohali Adminis-tration and customers.

As the premier finan-cial institution of thecountry, SBI endeavors tocustomize its services forall segments of its cus-tomers. As a step in thisdirection the HNI branch

has been opened in Mo-hali to cater to the affluentsection of the society andgive them personalizedand specialized services tothem at their door step.Services like dedicated re-lationship managers of“SBI Wealth”, extendedlocker operating hours,exclusive lounge and con-ferencing facility will beavailable to “Vaibhav”

clients. The customers anddignitaries were all praisefor the infrastructure andambience provided by thebank in the branch. Theinauguration was fol-lowed by welcome speechby SBI Chief GeneralManager Sh Rana Ashus-tosh Kumar Singh and aBhangra presentationwhich gave a regionalflavour to the event.

SBI opens HNI branch'Vaibhav' in Mohali

Santokh Chaudharypays tribute to

Shaheed Beant SinghJALANDHAR, FEB 19

Congress ParliamentarianSantokh Singh Chaudharypaid homage to former Pun-jab chief minister BeantSingh on his birth anniver-sary here on Wednesday. TheJalandhar MP along withmany political and socialdignitaries paid floral trib-utes to the martyr, garlandinghis statue at BMC Chowkhere. Speaking on the occa-sion, Chaudhary said whenBeant Singh became theChief Minister of the state, itseemed that Punjab wouldnever come out of the shack-les of terrorism. “But he tookup the challenge and with hissharp vision and good gover-nance put the state back onthe road to peace, harmonyand development.

SAD demands 15 day Punjab Assysession to discuss burning issues

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YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Bihar: Rs 15 lakh looted from privatebank by unidentified peopleMUZZAFARPUR: Four unidentified people have looted the privatefinance bank and fled away with Rs 15 lakh cash in Muzaffarpur district,Bihar Police on Wednesday said. The bank comes under the jurisdictionof Saraiya Police of the district. The bank has provided the CCTVfootage showing the unknown people looting the bank to the police.Rajesh Kumar Sharma, Sub Divisional Police Officer, Saraiya told ANI,"We have collected CCTV footage from the bank and registered acomplaint on four unidentified people in this regard." "Police probe isunderway to nab all the accused," he added.

7Maha CM visits ShivneriFort on Shivaji''s birthanniversaryMUMBAI: Maharashtra Chief MinisterUddhav Thackeray visited the ShivneriFort in Pune district on Wednesday topay homage to Chhatrapati ShivajiMaharaj on his birth anniversary. TheMaratha warrior king was born inShivneri, located in Junnar tehsil ofPune, in 1630. Thackeray attendedsome programmes, including the 'cradleceremony', in Shivneri and alsoreviewed development works at the fort.The Shiv Sena president also took toTwitter to pay tributes to ChhatrapatiShivaji Maharaj and extended greetingsto the people of the state on theoccasion of 'Shiv Jayanti'. ThoughFebruary 19 is the official date of 'ShivJayanti', the Shiv Sena believes thebirth anniversary of Shivaji Maharajshould be observed as per the Hinducalendar. State Congress presidentBalasaheb Thorat and senior partyleader Ashok Chavan, both ministers inthe Thackeray Cabinet, also paid theirrespects to Shivaji Maharaj in theirTwitter posts. NCP president SharadPawar also paid tributes to ChhatrapatiShivaji Maharaj, and tweeted that hisbravery and administrative excellence isincomparable. Leader of Opposition inthe state Assembly Devendra Fadnavisextended greetings to the people of thestate on the occasion of Shiv Jayanti."Salutations to Chhatrapati ShivajiMaharaj on his birth anniversary," hetweeted.

MP CM orders actionplan for bamboofarmingBHOPAL: With the objective ofproviding employment throughpromoting the bamboo industry, MadhyaPradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nathissued a directive on Tuesday forpreparation of a time-bound action planfor related cultivation in degraded forestareas and over revenue-fallow land. Ata Bamboo Mission meeting inMantralaya, the Chief Minister averred,“The Forest Department should plan theproposed work area with peasants’participation. Tremendous job potentialexists in this arena and a large numberof residents of rural and tribal zones canbenefit. Create synergy betweendepartments concerned for overcomingquandaries of bamboo units.”Representatives said that bamboogrowing will reduce pressure on junglesand help in decelerating the pace ofclimate change. There is scope forsetting up units to utilise bamboo formaking incense sticks, charcoal andboard besides as an alternative for coal,an official release said.

Kamal Kishore appointedas NDMA member forfresh term of 5 yearsNEW DELHI: The central governmenton Wednesday approved theappointment of Kamal Kishore as amember of the National DisasterManagement Authority (NDMA), for afresh term of five years. The centre hasalso approved the appointment of threeothers as members of NDMA.Government approved the appointmentof Krishna Vatsa (Policy Advisor,Disaster Recovery, Climate Change andDisaster Risk Reduction, UNDP),Rajendra Singh (former DG, CoastGuard) and Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Syed AtaHasnain as Members of NDMA.

Goa CM welcomesrenaming of IDSAafter late ParrikarPANAJI: Goa Chief Minister PramodSawant on Tuesday welcomed theCentre's decision to rename the Institutefor Defence Studies and Analyses(IDSA), a government think tank, afterlate defence minister and Goa's son ofsoil Manohar Parrikar. The Centralgovernment has renamed the IDSA asManohar Parrikar Institute for DefenceStudies and Analyses in order to"honour the commitment and legacy" ofthe late defence minister. "I welcomethe decision of Union Defence Ministryto rename 'The Institute for DefenceStudies and Analyses' (IDSA) as'Manohar Parrikar Institute for DefenceStudies and Analyses', honoringManohar Bhai's tremendouscontribution as Defence Minister ofIndia," Sawant tweeted. Parrikar, whowas defence minister from November 9,2014 to March 14, 2017, died on March17 last year in Panaji at Goa due topancreatic cancer. IDSA is a non-partisan, autonomous body dedicatedto objective research and policy-relevant studies on all aspects ofdefence and security.

Not right to deprive child's access to grandparents: HCAGENCYMUMBAI, FEB 19

Observing that it is not right todeprive access of a child tohis/her grandparents, theBombay High Court directed aMumbai-based woman to let her10-year- old son meet her formerin-laws once a week. A divisionbench of Justices S J Kathawallaand B P Colabawalla earlier thisweek rejected a petition filed bythe woman challenging a familycourt order, which directed herto let her late husband's parents

meet their grandson once aweek, or as and when they cometo Mumbai from Delhi. Thewoman, who has now remarried,in her petition claimed that whenshe was married to her latehusband, she was not treatedwell by her in-laws. She alsosaid her son has never met hisgrandparents since his birth. Thebench, however, refused toaccept this argument. "Thereason given by the appellant(woman) that she was not treatedwell by her in-laws cannot be aground to deprive access of the

child to his grandparents. If theboy has not met his grandparentstill date, it is the appellant who isresponsible for it," the court said.The boy was born in December2009. His father died inFebruary 2010. The boy'smother then started living withher parents and laterremarried. The woman'sformer in-laws approached thefamily court seeking access totheir grandchild. In June 2014,the family court allowed thegrandparents to meet the boywhenever they visit Mumbai.

However, the woman did notcomply with the orderfollowing which thegrandparents re-approachedthe family court seekingexecution of its 2014 order.The family court, in its orderlast month, directed thewoman to allow thegrandparents to meet the childin the court premises everySaturday, and warned that ifshe fails to do so, a fine of Rs5,000 would be imposed onher. The woman thenapproached the high court.

Special court adjourns hearing inCBI vs CBI alleged graft case

Summons ex-investigating officer AK BassiAGENCYNEW DELHI, FEB 19

A special court in Delhi onWednesday adjourned tillFebruary 28 hearing in the CBIvs CBI alleged graft case andasked the investigating officerAjay Kumar Bassi to appearbefore it on the next date ofhearing.

Special Judge SanjeevAggarwal summoned Bassiafter CBI informed the courtthat then investigation officerhad refused to join the probedespite summons.

The court, whileconsidering the recently filedcharge-sheet in the matter,directed Bassi to appear beforeit on the next date of hearing toexplain the case diarymaintained by him during hisinvestigation period.

The court asked the probeagency why no lie detector test

or any psychology tests wereconducted on former specialCBI Director Rakesh Asthanaduring the probe.

The court further said thatadvocate Sunil Mittal, a co-accused in the case "seems likea fictional character emergingfrom 'Mission Impossible' and'James Bond' movies. Whyshowing so much indulgence tohim?"

While talking aboutMittal's son-in-law, SomeshwarPrasad, the court asked, "Whyyou are so much indulgent tosomeone who isn't cooperatingand didn't even share hisphone?"

Earlier today, the court hadasked the probe agency to getthe case diary and interrogatedthe CBI regarding theinvestigation details.

DSP Devender Kumar, whowas arrested in 2018 and latergot bail, was named in thecharge-sheet in the case sincethere was not enough evidenceto make them an accused.

The CBI had registered thecase against Asthana on thebasis of a complaint fromHyderabad-based businessmanSatish Sana, facing probe in the2017 case allegedly involvingmeat exporter Moin Qureshi.

The CBI is probingAsthana and Kumar forallegedly accepting a bribe inexchange of giving a clean chitto Hyderabad-basedbusinessman Sathish BabuSana.

Asthana had also accusedformer CBI Director AlokVerma of trying to falselyimplicate him in the case,following which the Centresent both the officers on leavelast year.

Farmer's issue unaddressedin UP budget, says Priyanka

AGENCYNEW DELHI, FEB 19

Congress general secretaryPriyanka Gandhi Vadra onWednesday targeted the CentralGovernment over the budget andsaid that the issues pertaining tofarmers have not been addressed inthe state budget, which waspresented yesterday by the YogiAdityanath led government.

Taking to Twitter, the Gandhiscion stated, " The budget of theUttar Pradesh has come. Theproblem of stray animals belongingto farmers has not been mentioned.The issue of payment of sugarcaneto the farmers is missing from thebudget. The issue of compensationfor crop wastage of farmers is alsomissing. The problem of the priceof the crop to farmers is also notmentioned in the budget."

The Congress leader also shareda video in which farmers arenarrating their ordeals.

In the 1:55 minutes long clip,Priyanka also did a voice-over andclaimed that farmers are in deeptrouble. "They are not able to sleepat night as the animals enter theirfarms during the night. Theinvestigation must be carried out onthe same."

Yesterday, leader of Oppositionin the Uttar Pradesh Assembly andSamajwadi Party leader RamGovind Chaudhary had also calledthe budget brought out by the stategovernment as anti-poor, anti-students and anti-farmers.

The Yogi Adityanathgovernment presented a budget ofRs 5,12,860.72 crore for thefinancial year 2020-21 on Tuesday.

This year's budget amount wasRs 33,159 crore more than theprevious financial year 2019-20,which in percentage terms is anincrease of 6.5 per cent year onyear. For the financial year 2020-21, the Yogi government hasincluded schemes of Rs 10,967.87crore in the budget.

BENGALURU, FEB 19

A poet and a journalist havebeen arrested in connectionwith recital of a poem againstCAA and NRC at agovernment sponsoredfunction in Koppal district ofKarnataka last month, policesaid on Wednesday.

The arrests were madebased on a complaint from aBJP functionary alleging thatSiraj Bisaralli, a poet hadrecited an anti-CAA poem at'Anegundi Utsava' inGangavathi town of Koppaldistrict in January andRajabaxi, editor of an onlinenews portal uploaded it onsocial media. Police hadregistered a case againstthem under section 505 ofIPC (statements conducingto public mischief). OnTuesday, Bisaralli andRajabaxi surrendered beforea court in that district, whichrejected their bail plea and

remanded them to policecustody for investigationinto the matter.

"Siraj had recited thepoem and Rajabaxi hadshared it on the social media.Based on a complaint by aBJP leader the case wasregistered under section 505of the IPC. They wentabsconding after that andsurrendered before the courton Tuesday," a police officertold PTI. The duo sought aninterim bail, which thepublic prosecutor objected toand sought police custody toconduct inquiry. The courtgranted sent Bisaralli andRajabaxi to police custodytill Wednesday afternoon.

"We may not seekfurther extension of theircustody until some freshevidences surface. We haveseized their mobile phones toascertain whom they hadshared the details with,"police said.

Cong-ruling states willing to send PriyankaGandhi to Rajya Sabha as MP: Avinash Pandey

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Avinash Pandey on Wednesday said that all Congress-rulingstates including Rajasthan are willing to send party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi to RajyaSabha as an MP. "This is the wish of every Congress worker that Priyanka Gandhi goes to RajyaSabha. Every Congress ruling state including Rajasthan wants to send Priyanka to Rajya Sabhafrom their state.

Poet, journo held over recital ofanti-CAA poem at govt function

Nawab Malik callsTrump's visit 'election

gimmick', says 'no tradepromises' will be fulfilled

MUMBAI, FEB 19

Hitting out at the Centre, Maharashtra CabinetMinister Nawab Malik on Wednesday termed USPresident Donald Trump's upcoming visit to Indiaan "election gimmick", stating that he will not keephis 'big trade' promises to India after presidentialelections in America. "Donald Trump India visit isbeing undertaken for his presidential campaign. TheIndian government is being used for the USApresidential elections. Trump has announced thatthe USA will do a big trade deal with India. It willbe turned out to be nothing but an election gimmickafter presidential elections," said Malik whilespeaking to ANI. US President Trump is scheduledto visit India on February 24-25. On his first day, hewill visit Prime Minister Narendra Modi's homestate Gujarat and take part in a roadshow withPrime Minister Modi. He will also address theIndian crowd at "Namaste Trump" event inAhmedabad. The 2020 United States presidentialelection is scheduled for November 3, 2020. TheNCP leader further spoke about the implementationof the National Population Register (NPR) inMaharashtra and said that the state governmentwill decide the questionnaire in NPR and Census."The propaganda is there that NPR will beimplemented in Maharashtra.

Tejashwi is unemployed, hencehe is taking out 'Berozgaari

Hatao Yatra': Ashwini ChoubeyPATNA, FEB 19

Union Minister of State Ashwini Kumar Choubey onWednesday said that RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav is himselfunemployed and hence is taking out 'Berozgaari Hatao Yatra'.He added that Yadav's family made millions of peopleunemployed in Bihar. "Tejashwi Yadav himself is unemployedand hence he will conduct 'Berozgaari Hatao Yatra'. His familyhas made millions unemployed in the state," Choubey said.Speaking on the alliance of Upendra Kushwaha, Jitan RamManjhi and Sharad Yadav in Bihar, Choubey said: "The publicknows that the frogs here and there will continue to croak butthe NDA coalition will form a government that focuses on thedevelopment of the state." On Prashant Kishor's statement onBihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Choubey said that thepolitical strategist should understand what and whom heshould speak about.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2020

It is official now. In a momentous judgment on Monday, theSupreme Court directed that women officers of the IndianArmy be considered for grant of permanent commission, ir-

respective of service tenure, as well as for command posts innon-combat areas. Currently, women are being inducted in theArmy through a short-service commission that lets them workfor up to 14 years. They are only allowed permanent commis-sion in the Army’s medical, legal and educational branches. Butnow they will be considered for permanent commission in all15 branches of the Army, come April, adjutant general Lt Gen.Ashwani Kumar said in the wake of the historic ruling.

Although they have amply proved themselves, female sol-diers and trainees have a lot to be grateful for to Justices D.Y.Chandrachud and Ajay Rastogi. They comprised the SupremeCourt bench that dismissed the government’s “sociological” ar-gument of the largely male and rural rank and file of the Armyhaving a mindset not congruent with receiving commands fromwomen as “indefensible” and its “biological” argument ofwomen being supposedly more suited to parenting and care-giving responsibilities owing to their physiological differencesfrom men as “disturbing” as grounds for their blanket exclu-sion from all difficult and challenging roles. The court, how-ever, did not rule on deploying women in combat roles, sayinga competent authority is needed to decide. Pertinently, the twoother wings of the Indian armed forces — the Indian Air Forceand the Indian Navy — do allow women in combat roles andcombat supervisory roles.

With this, the Supreme Court has taken a giant step towardsbridging the perception gap between women’s capabilities,competences and aspirations and the reality of their often lim-ited role in public life. It has opened the door to far-reachingreforms in policy and governance in all walks of Indian life,where women do daily battle with forces that contrive to cir-cumscribe not just their presence but also undermine their ef-forts, and yet find their contributions discredited or disregard-ed. For instance, the architect of Delhi’s education reforms,Atishi Marlena, did not find a place in the newly-formed stateCabinet even though it was the determined voting by her ilkthat brought her government to power and with such a thump-ing majority. As for parliament, the women’s reservation bill,calling for just 33 per cent reservation of seats for members ofthe sex, is yet to be passed. Women’s participation in the na-tional workforce has steadily been declining since 2005 and itfell to 26 per cent in 2018. In agriculture, which is the area oftheir best contribution in terms of sheer numbers and in whichfield they are a majority, women find themselves marginalised,not even counted for loans, subsidies and benefits, not only be-cause so few of them own land but also, critically, because theydo not conform to the government’s idea of the farmer —which is automatically male.

EditorialArms and woman:

Verdict a gamechanger

The idea of being calm and composedpromotes a pragmatic view

8THE MORE WE COME OUT AND DO

GOOD TO OTHERS, THE MORE OURHEARTS WILL BE PURIFIED, AND GOD

WILL BE IN THEM.

SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

ALL DIFFERENCES IN THIS WORLD ARE OF DE-GREE, AND NOT OF KIND, BECAUSE ONENESS IS

THE SECRET OF EVERYTHING.

SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

SPIRITUALISM

STARS TALKSSeemaa Singh, Vedic as-

trologer known for heraccurate predictions of

winning BJP minister KirronKher, as well winning of Pun-

jab electionsby Congress.She has manylectures on as-trology in In-dia andAbroad. ARIES :-This could be

a physical and emotionallyexhausting week unless youtake care to relax and restwhenever necessary.

Lucky Color :- MagentaLucky No :-1

Taurus :- Partners are goingto be amazed by your flairand nerve. Don't forget,

though, that other people de-serve some of the credit foryour current success, and itwould be unwise to appearungrateful or arrogant.

Lucky Color :-Black

Lucky No :-14GEMINI :- Al-though you havegood reason tofeel encouragedby current shiftsin a partner's status,always rememberthat it's when you'refeeling optimistic that youshould guard against compla-cency.

Lucky Color :- WhiteLucky No :- 16

CANCER :- Professionalpartnerships and close per-

sonal relationships are impor-tant to you, but the prospectsfor an amicable agreementwith at least one individual

are becoming evermore distant as the

situation growsmore complex. Lucky Color :-

MaroonLucky No :- 5

LEO :- The sit-uation at home

is becoming moreintense.

You are beginning todoubt whether what you havebuilt for yourself is sufficientto provide you with the kindof stability and security youso richly deserve.

Lucky Color :- OrangeLucky No :- 22

VIRGO :- It's imperativethat you consult partners overyour plans, holding whateverdiscussions are necessary.

Lucky Color :- GreyLucky No :- 21

LIBRA :- You may well bereaching a turning point, atleast as far as your businessaffairs are concerned.

Lucky Color :- Dark blueLucky No :- 5

SCORPIO :- You have nochoice but to enjoy today'sconfrontational atmosphere. Isay that partly because if youallow yourself to be suckedinto some of the bad feelingthat is around, you moralewill suffer.

Lucky Color :- All shadesof green

Lucky No :- 17

SAGITTARIUS :- It's timeto stand up for your reputa-tion and defend yourachievements to whoever isprepared listen.

Lucky Color :- YellowLucky No :- 3

CAPRICORN :- Never for-get the importance of attend-ing to your spiritual needs, afact of life which is so oftenignored amid the pressures ofdaily struggle.

Lucky Color :- GreenLucky No :- 8

AQUARIUS :- Today's chal-lenging planetary aspects canonly sweep away all the un-certainly of recent monthsand hopefully point you in theright direction.

Don't hold on to the past:you don't secrets.,

The battles ahead: Can Left build bridges?After tense days despite exitpolls predicting outright vic-tory for him, Arvind Kejriw-al’s Aam Aadmi Party didsweep the Delhi polls with 62seats in the 70-member As-sembly. The BJP gained fiveseats over its previous tally ofthree, well below its much-advertised expectations ofcapturing power.

The Congress for the sec-ond time scored a duck. Somesay it played a weak hand tofacilitate Opposition victory.If true, that’s the model to de-feat Prime Minister Modi’sincreasingly authoritarianrule. It eluded the Oppositionlast year. Mr Modi’sBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)didn’t spare any idiom of hatespeech to target Muslimwomen or the wider popular

resistance to his communallyframed citizenship law. Delhithus won a significant victoryover the politics of hate.Home minister Amit Shah,the wholesale agent for com-munal poison he mixes effec-tively in his electoral strategy,has tried to appear contrite.But the PM’s minders in theRashtriya SwayamsevakSangh are adamant that thelaw to exclude Muslims — akey plank in their proposedHindu Rashtra — must stay atany cost, and that was exactlywhat Mr Modi also reiteratedat the weekend. Therefore,the battle is on and, in fact,now moves into a more criti-cal phase.

Kejriwal’s fine victorywas built around his fiveyears of investment in free

primary healthcare, sprucedup free schools with waterand cheap electricity for theunderprivileged. He did wellin taming the BJP withoutgetting involved in its com-munal vitriol. There is criti-cism that Kejriwal used reli-gious metaphors in a publicshow of his reverence forHindu deities, but he alsosang a biblical song used inthe civil rights movement.The criticism seems petulantunder the circumstances, notthe least because the idealleader of an ideal party to leadthe march against Modi doesnot exist. Previous searcheshave drawn a blank. Congresspromised to sell cow urine inMadhya Pradesh, among oth-er offers, to its imagined orreal Hindu voter.

It’s generally believed that onceyou touch rock bottom, you canonly go upwards. But in the recent

Delhi Assembly election; the Con-gress Party proved it wrong. Just as itdid in2014, it failed to open its ac-count. It couldn’t have gone down anyfurther, so it chose to remain at thebottom! The Congress’ voteshare inDelhi shrank to 4.3 per cent — in fiveconstituencies, its candidates polledjust about 5,000 votes individually!Unmistakably, the Congress is nowshame-proof! Today, even its mostdiehard supporters are throwing theirhands up in the air in resignation.

At an election rally recently,Rahul Gandhi forecast that in sixmonths’ time, angry young men willbeat up Narendra Modi with dandas.Now, shouldn’t he wonder why Con-gress workers are not beating up thetop leaders of his party with dandas?Did they do anything in the last fiveyears to reach out to the people of Del-hi and win back their trust? Why didthey fail to win even a single seat?Weren’t the sleek TV feeds and adver-tisements in the media a total waste ofmoney? Isn’t the Delhi defeat ascreaming rejection of the Congress’entire high command and its strategy,if there were any?

Some analysts feel that the Con-gress’ central leadership is blind anddeaf; it can’t see what is happeningaround it nor can it hear what the pub-lic is saying. And it certainly doesn’thave any idea of what the public’s pri-orities are! In brief, it is totally clue-less. The leadership has no connectwith the people. It gauges the mood ofthe public through the words and ges-tures of the hordes of its sycophantswho resort to massaging their egosand keep feeding them fake newsabout the party’s prospects. Well, a

party gets the leaders it deserves; andthe Congress is no exception. Most ofits remaining supporters are men andwomen of straw who see no future forthemselves beyond the Gandhi-Nehrufamily — so they cling on to its apronstrings.

Winning and losing elections ispart of electoral politics. Indira Gand-hi suffered a crushing defeat in1977but bounced back with a thumpingmajority In1980.In 1984, the BJPtouched an embarrassing low of twoseats in the Lok Sabha, but the rest, asthey say, is history. It achieved an ab-solute majority in 2014, and in 2019,its tally rose to 303! This transforma-tion was possible because those lead-ers possessed steely nerves, an irre-pressible desire to wipe out the set-back and indefatigable energy.

They did an honest introspectionof the causes of their earlier reverses,went back to the public to understandtheir problems and aspirations,thought through the various optionsavailable, offered a vision which at-tracted people, set out on a practicaland doable agenda and spoke in a lan-

guage which the masses could con-nect with. Above all, they executedtheir winning strategy through a dedi-cated cadre who canvassed relentless-ly day and night because they were in-spired by their leaders who led themfrom the front

. Alas, the present descendents ofIndira Gandhi possess none of thesequalities. They don’t have the firewithin to win back lost ground nor dothey have what it takes to take thefight to the enemy’s camp. The Con-gress has been reduced to being a par-ty of discredited, clueless, rudderless,visionless leaders with total discon-nect with the public; and a demor-alised, disheartened, ridiculed andlampooned cadre which has no spineto stand up and fight. The responsibil-ity for this Greek tragedy lies square-ly at the doorstep of the leadership.

When a successful company goesbust in the corporate sector, its CEOcan apply for bankruptcy. When a pre-mier public sector enterprise piles upunmanageable losses, the governmentresorts to 100 per cent disinvestment;as it is attempting to do with Air India.

The Tata Group has mostly been ledby one of the clan but when none ofthem was found fit to step into the bigshoes, they chose Natarajan Chan-drasekaran. What do political partiesdo when they suffer setback after set-back? They disintegrate or show thecourage to cut deadwood ruthlesslyand go for a new, daring, inspiring go-getter or seek a blood transfusion bytying up with bold, energetic partieswith fighting spirit that have their feetsolidly planted on the ground andknow how to woo the masses. In2014, the BJP dashed octogenarianL.K. Advani’s lifelong ambition andchose Narendra Modi as its primeministerial candidate. Arguably, it wasthe wisest decision the party has evertaken!

Arvind Kejriwal has never lookedback ever since he became chief min-ister of Delhi in 2015. Once he slepton the ground outside Rail Bhawan toprotest, and waged a running battlewith then lieutenant governor, NajeebJung. He never missed a chance tocastigate Mr Modi and Amit Shah, thehome minister. But nine months be-fore the Delhi election, whether as aresult of his own introspection or onthe advice of Prashant Kishor, hescrupulously refrained from criticis-ing Mr Modi, Mr Shah and the L-Gdespite numerous provocations. Hefocussed only on his government’sachievements — water, electricity,mohalla clinics, schools, and so on.He grabbed every opportunity to takepeople-friendly initiatives that did notdepend on central help — the odd-even car numberplate scheme for con-trolling pollution, the anti-denguecampaign, free Metro rides for under-privileged women, and so on. Theseseemingly small measures endearedhim to his core constituents.

The “why” and “how” ofthe verdict in the recentDelhi elections are be-

ing debated endlessly by ac-tivists and intellectuals acrossIndia. Since poll outcomesdepend on many factors, in-cluding the performance ofthe government in power, an-ticipation and management ofperceptions, the credibilityand antecedents of candidatesfielded, the manifestoes of thecompeting parties and theability of leaders to work forbetter conversion of votesinto seats and anti-incumben-cy sentiments, any result canbe justified with permutationsand combinations of such fac-tors. Electoral rhetoric oftenadds to the drama.

One may argue whetherthe overall quality of dis-course before polls has im-proved over the years, the lan-guage used has often reachedgutter levels, or whether rele-vant issues are framed for aninformed debate or not, butthere is little doubt that polit-ical pronouncements, promis-es and even gimmicks followa predictable pattern and arethus less stimulating to dis-cerning voters. Is it feasible todevelop a framework in makethe process more informed,nuanced and challenging?Here are a few ideas.

First, to enable a voter toexercise his/her option con-scientiously, the leaders ofpolitical parties must first ex-

plain clearly the respectiveroles of the Centre and stategovernments, pursuant to thedemarcation of powers in theUnion, State and Concurrentlists of the Constitution, inmaintaining peace and in pro-moting development activi-ties in that specific con-stituency. In an Assemblyelection, for example, theleaders should explain how,within the powers vested withthe state government, healthand educational standardshave improved, how commu-nal harmony is fostered, howactivities like road building,construction, distribution ofpiped water supply, creationof irrigation facilities andcompletion of other public

works have been undertaken,how local self-governmentslike panchayats and munici-palities have been empow-ered, how employment op-portunities have been createdin that constituency, and thelike.

The discourse for parlia-mentary elections should, forinstance, focus on how theCentre succeeded in defend-ing the borders, foiling terror-ism, improving relationshipswith neighbouring countries,handling the contentious citi-zenship issue and managingthe economy. Equally criticalis how the Centre, throughdevolution of resources tostates, has enabled them tomove towards the Millenni-

um Development Goals. Inthe case of a specific con-stituency, one can focus onCentral institutions set up,how many miles of nationalhighways have been added,how Central funding for var-ious shemes has beenutilised, how railway or com-munications tworks havebeen expanded,and suchlike.For both Assembly and LokSabha polls, the Opositionshould try to counter thesedeclarations, rebut allega-tions made with relevantfacts, and explain what theywould do, if elected to power.Second, each party needs toconcentrate on ideas and per-formance, against the prom-ises made. Attacking individ-

uals, often via exaggeratedallegations of corruption,may attract headlines andeven dent a candidate’s win-ning potential, but may not bea good poll strategy. If an in-dividual has indulged in cor-rupt activities, the best re-course is to take the matter tothe courts. On the other hand,deliberations on issues andideas may be more effective.

Third, it is important toensure that the two other or-gans of the State — the legis-lature and the judiciary — arenot mindlessly undermined.It has been a trend to casti-gate Parliament or the higherjudiciary if the laws passedthrough due process or rea-soned judgments deliveredby the courts don’t suit the re-quirements of the Oppositionparties. Admittedly, all of usare entitled to criticise thewisdom of Parliament or ofthe high courts and theSupreme Court.

But serious and orches-trated attempts to malignthese institutions, doubtingthe motives of individuals,may not be in the highestpublic interest. If a law is en-acted, it is binding on all un-less invalidated by the high-est court. In Parliament, sincevoting takes place on partylines, the outcome is general-ly predictable. But in thecourts, each judge in a benchexercises his/her discretion.Therefore, undermining the

decisions of a ConstitutionBench or seeking, throughthe media, to indirectly influ-ence a decision, smacks oflow self-esteem.

Fourth, while using ex-pressions of dissatisfaction,even dismay, shouldn’t somerestraint be exercised in re-spect of the chief minister forAssembly polls and thePrime Minister for parlia-mentary elections? In elec-tion time, some levity is al-lowed and is even enjoyed bypeople, but any disdainfulreference, especially of a per-sonal nature, directly at a CMor at the PM, who has tomaintain an international im-age, could perhaps be avoid-ed to the extent possible. Ci-vility does not hurt.

Finally, can there be a po-litical consensus about somestrict “no-go” areas duringcampaigning — such as anyattempt that may encouragedivisiveness within the bodypolitic? India’s federal spiritthrives on the strength of in-dividual states and their sym-biotic relationship with theCentre. In the early days afterindependence, JawaharlalNehru’s public meetings usedto be lessons in adult educa-tion.

He used to explain thevalue of freedom and democ-racy, the need for inter-reli-gious amity, the necessity ofgetting over the shackles ofcaste and superstitions.

We need to bring civility, make campaigns cleanerSecond, each party needs to concentrate on ideas

and performance, against the promises made

Isn’t it time for the Congress to‘outsource’ its leadership?Resonate with a firm resolve

RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR

Most of us feel thatfacing difficultieswith a smile is tanta-

mount to emotional serenity.This is, however, more thanwhat meets the eye, ear andmind. It exemplifies being incontrol, responsive, and re-ceptive to oneself and others,including one’s own idiosyn-crasies. Emotional tranquilli-ty is also more than acquies-cence to oneself. It includesexemplars that we use in day-to-day life to manage our cus-tomary stresses and hassles— the song of everyone’sburden.

The idea of being calmand composed promotes a

pragmaticview. Italso syn-chronises asense ofawarenessof whatone may,or notagree to.

This is simply because whenone is emotionally mature,they can be in charge and ab-stain from hurting others inunpleasant, or tense, situa-tions. The more emotionallyself-assured one is, or moreserene, the better they will be

able to resist negative annota-tions. Besides, they would allbe in a better position to beable to purge their “veiledagenda” without being over-awed.

All of us should aim to beemotionally mature individu-als. In so doing, we would bemore accepting of the factthat life is not always fair, yetbeautiful. This takes us to thenext level — taking responsi-bility for our actions and con-sequences. That living is justnot enough; that we shouldtry to live a tranquil life. Thiswill teach and permit us to seethings, as they are, not whatthey ought to be in theperimeter of our predisposedfeelings. This will help us toexperience a sense of con-

nectedness with others andalso ourselves.

“The greatest way to livewith honour in this world,” asphilosopher Socrates said, “isto be what we pretend to be.”This instils a purpose; it al-lows us to reverberate withhappiness and poise, when weare alone, and when othersare around, without losing ournerve, or feeling reticent.However, it will all work onlywhen we liberate the awk-wardness of being who wearen’t really and show ourtrue self. In other words, weought to elevate the core ofour personality — of what iscalled emotions, or feelings,and willpower. Emotionsmake us what we are, or whowe are.

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Lifelong Online appoints Milind Soman as Brand Ambassador for Fitness Category HEALTH/NEWS

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2020

CHANDIGARH: Due to various international and domestic reasons, the entire business of basmati paddy in the country is in the grip of crisis. From this, farmers to rice millers, traders, agents and exporters are facing difficulties. Exports are almost at a standstill and prices of basmati paddy have been falling continuously for the last few weeks in the futures market as well. In such a situation, what should the farmers, millers, traders of Basmati do. With the news of tension between the US and Iran at the beginning of January, the export of Basmati from India to Iran started coming to a standstill, which also led to the futures markets Promises of basmati paddy began to decline. Market experts say that this is the most golden opportunity to invest in Basmati futures, which can be taken advantage of by Basmati farmers, rice millers, exporters and other traders. Currently, basmati prices are falling in the market.

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oga is one of the meal. This is to prevent cornerstones of health and bloating and tummy aches Ywellness, and for good because yogic asanas work on

reason. Simple postures or asanas can the body's internal organs. assist with not just weight loss, but However, there is an exception also a gamut of other internal in the case of vajrasana, which benefits. One of these is the is the only asana that can be vajrasana, also known as the practiced post a meal. thunderbolt pose. This is one of the Vajrasana has excellent easiest asanas to practice; even benefits for digestion and beginners can do the vajrasana, in the keeps the stomach health in comfort of their home, and reap the check. When you sit in rewards of good health. Let's take a vajrasana, it is the optimal look at everything you need to know position for blood circulation about Vajrasana benefits. to flow to the digestive organs, The meaning and origins of and this gets them functioning Vajrasana effectively. It also lends itself to The term vajrasana comes from two better food absorption and Sanskrit words - vajra and asana. nutrient absorption, so you're Vajra literally translates into a getting the best of whatever thunderbolt, referring to the mythical you eat. Prevents It The

regular mat will also do. Kneel down, Your head stays straight, and you're weapon that Indra, Lord of the Formation Of Gas And

and then make sure your knees and gazing at a point at eye level.Heavens, uses in Hindu mythology. Acidity, indigestion, and cures

ankles are both together. Your feet If you're a beginner, stay in vajrasana This is also symbolic of strength and constipation.

should also be touching one another, for not more than 2-3 minutes, and indestructibility. The second word Vajrasana keeps the mind calm

with both the big toes together. Then work your way towards longer time asana means posture and is a and meditative

gently, sit down on your legs, with slabs with every progressive session. common suffix in most yogic terms In 2011, the International

your glutes resting on your heels. If To come out of vajrasana, slowly when referring to yogic postures. Journal of Biological &

you're not comfortable, adjust raise your glutes and thighs of your How to get into and out of Vajrasana Medical Research published

yourself a little, without losing the lower legs, until you're back into a Just as with every other asana, getting an article, where the benefits of

essence of the position. Keep your kneeling position.in and out of vajrasana is important, vajrasana were listed out, and

hands on your thighs - palms Vajrasana can aid stomach disordersand it is also important to maintain these included the prevention

downwards - and take a few deep Usually, it is recommended that yoga the posture properly while you're in and treatment of psychological

breaths, inhaling deeply for four be practiced first thing in the morning it. If you're not comfortable doing it disorders, stress and

counts, and exhaling slowly to eight. or at least four hours after your last on the floor, use a yoga mat or any hypertension.

HANDIGARH:Myntra, India’s leading destination for fashion and lifestyle, has partneredwith Microsoft Ctoaccelerateits digital

transformation and offer an unmatchedexperience to its c u s t o m e r s . L e v e r a g i n g Microsoft Azure, Myntrais focused on innovation, speed and agility to strengthen its leadership position even further. “As we accelerate our business and grow our value, the ability to scale our technology in a secure environment to accommodate this growth is critical,” said Amar Nagaram, CEO, Myntra. “The Microsoft Azure platform provides our teams the ability to d e l i v e r i n n o v a t i v e a n d personalized capabilities for our customers with speed supported by a strong depth of technology expertise from the Microsoft team.”

Myntra accelerates its digital transformation journey with Microsoft Cloud

Ola felicitates top-rated city driver-partners as part of its ‘Heroes of Ola’ programme

handigarh: Bhakra Dam, the Iconic Multipurpose Project of India was dedicated to the nation on 22 October, 1963. This Dam is continuously Csupplying around 16,000 Million Cubic Meter of water and 6500

Million Units of energy annually to its partner states for meeting their Irrigation, Power and Drinking water requirements for more than 56 years. Two power houses of Bhakra Dam on left and right banks of the river contributes 1379 MW of power in the Northern Grid besides playing an important role of supplying "Black Start Power" in the event of Grid Collapse. Keeping in view outstanding m a i n t e n a n c e a n d operation of the Project and its service to the nation, Central Board of Irrigation and Power ( C B I P ) b a s e d o n recommendations of the high level jury has awarded the most prestigious National Level Award to 'Bhakra Dam', the Temple of Modern India, as “Best Maintained Hydroelectric Power Houses (Functional Project – age more than 50 years) to BBMB. Bhakra Dam was selected due to its robust health, ensured by rigorously following detailed documented maintenance schedules, round the clock vigil and by using latest technology and material for its upkeep & repairs under the dynamic leadership of Chairman,BBMB.

elhi, : Ola, one of the world’s largest ride-hailing companies, felicitated its top-rated driver-Dpartners across 7 cities for their exemplary

service. In an event held in the city, Ola lauded the commitment of its driver partners and commended their excellent track record. Attending the ceremony with their families, these heroes received letter of appreciation from Bhavish Aggarwal, Co-founder and CEO of Ola, along with utility gifts for them and their families. ‘Heroes of Ola’ is an ongoing program which recognises the efforts of driver-partners who continue to go above and beyond their call of duty. The Company is reaching out to its 200 million+ consumers through various platforms, to enable sharing their experiences with Ola driver partners, who through big or small gestures, have gone above and beyond to serve customers, or have displayed exemplary character in service of the public. Ola consolidated customer feedback received through multiple channels to shortlist star performers in Delhi. Offering the driver partners more opportunities to reap the benefits of the program, Ola will reward heroes from across the country, every month. Gayasuddin, Mukesh Kimar, Vikash Kumar, Ajit Singh, and Ashok Kumar were among those being felicitated in the city. The criteria for them receiving this award ranged from earning five-star reviews and customer feedback, amongst others.

More than 300 Unacademy learners cracked the CSIR and NTA examsCHANDIGARH: Unacademy, India’s largest learning platform, has announced that more than 300 of its learners have cracked the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) and National Testing Agency (NTA) exams. 2 learners on the platform scored a 100 percentile in the NTA exam while more than 30 learners secured ranks within the top 100 in the CSIR exam. CSIR and NTA are among the most difficult and competitive exams for learners to crack in India. Between 5.5 Lac to 10 Lac students appear for the exams every year and only 3-5% students are able to crack the same. Unacademy holds the distinction of being the only platform that empowers students to effectively prepare for these tests, making it best suited for students looking to apply for the Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) or Lectureship (LS) or both. These positions not only help the eligible candidates to learn and grow in the field of research but also provide them the opportunity to attract a high paying job profile.

Samsung Launches New Range of Convertible Inverter ACs on Flipkart with Never Before Prices

Favorite Restaurant Chain Nando’s introduced new variety of non-veg and veg food

handigarh: Known for its peri-peri sauce and its flavor, International Restaurant chain Nando’s has added a menu and combo for the new variety of non-veg and veg food at Cits restaurant in Elante Mall, Chandigarh today. Designed for the lovers of eating non-

veg and veg, the new variety here will give a different taste and fun. Restaurant Manager Atinder Pal Singh told that they have been launched with non-veg / veg food menu and combo Mast Mast Offer for the upcoming summer season and holidays. The menus and combo launched include Nando's Creamy Cashew Chicken Naan, Creamy Cashew Paneer Naan, Mediterranean Espetada, Pulled Chicken Burger / Peeta / Wrap, Chicken and Veg Tigela, Creamy Cashew Chicken and Spicy Rice and Creamy Cashew Cheese and Spicy Rice Variety And combo is included.Shift Manager Rakesh Lohat of

Restaurant said at the launch, Nando’s has taken an initiative to give its customers a new variety and a new taste. He informed that Nandos Restaurant located at Elante Mall Chandigarh has very well-designed dining as well as take-away (packing) as well as home delivery facilities on online platforms Zomato and Swiggy. Rakesh Lohat hoped that the new menus and combo of the new menu and combo launched at the economy rate will be well received by his customers.

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ohtak,: ICICI Home Finance Company Limited is offering on Rspot sanction of home loans in

Rohtak, Harayana. Residents of Rohtak can walk into the ICICI Home Finance branch at ICICI Home Finance, 2nd floor 2/30 Bulganins Tower, Adarsh nagar Park, Delhi Road Rohtak, 124001 on February 21st and 22nd to avail the spot sanction facility. Customers looking forward to avail the exciting spot sanction option need to only bring their pan card, Aadhar card, tax return and their last six months bank statement. Also, customers with limited proof of income, who are first time borrowers and seek to avail loan for house or business expansion can avail the on spot sanction of loans. ICICI Home Finance Company Limited (ICICI HFC) is a Housing Finance Company registered with National Housing Bank (NHB) and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ICICI Bank Ltd. The company recently launched Express Balance Transfer of Mortgage loans. All customers who have been regularly paying EMIs for their existing loan (last 18 months) can avail the Express Balance Transfer and top-up without submitting their income documents. To avail the same, customers need to only bring their pan card, aadhar card and loan repayment track record/statement of account. ICICI Home Finance offers multiple benefits on their home loans.

ICICI Home Finance offers spot sanctions of home loans to residents of Rohtak

Oriflame launches grooming range powered by charcoalCHANDIGARH : Oriflame has launched North for Men Urban - a revolutionary grooming range for men. Powered by charcoal, this range has been created keeping in mind that the personal care needs of men are different. Since they have tougher skin, they require ingredients that penetrate through it and have effective, long-lasting benefits. For this, Oriflame has focused on creating power-packed products that are inspired by nature and powered by science. North for Men Urban contains unique Magnetic Cleansing Power derived from charcoal which acts like a magnet to lift impurities and dirt from the skin and hair. It is also powered with Arctic Pro Defence formulated with an anti-oxidant root extract found in Eastern Siberia. This helps protect the skin against internal and external aggressors.

CBIP Awards to Bhakra Dam, DK Sharma, Chairman, BBMB

Chandigarh: Samsung, India’s largest and most trusted consumer electronics and mobile phones brand, today launched two new exciting online series of Convertible Inverter Air Conditioners for the upcoming summer season during the Flipkart Cooling Days from February 22nd to February 25th, 2020.The new line-up – Dura Series and Copper Series – with five aesthetically designed Samsung Convertible Inverter AC models provide affordable comfort to consumers, addressing their need for durability and energy efficiency. Samsung’s new AC’s will come in 1-ton and 1.5-ton variants with three-star and five-star energy efficiency options. All the five new models come with the Convertible Mode.These ACs come with 10-year warranty on the highly efficient Digital Inverter Compressor, five-year warranty on the condenser, five-year warranty on the PCB Controller, free-gas recharge for five years and free installation, giving consumers the strongest durability proposition and complete peace of mind.

handigarh : Principal announced the appointment of Ms. Jane CConway as country head of

Principal International in India. She will be responsible for leading Principal b u s i n e s s e s i n I n d i a w h i c h includesPrincipal Asset Management Private Limited and Principal Retirement Advisors Private Limited, both focused on providing financial tools, resources and information to help people live their best life. Ms. Conway has more than 30 years of financial services experience, most recently as vice president, operational risk management for Freedom Mortgage Corporation located in Iowa, United States. Previously, she had a long tenure with Principal, including leadership roles in the United States and Chile. As an experienced professional in financial services, she has cultivated management skills in developing talent, team building, s t akeho lde r a l ignment , change management and operational excellence.

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PhonePe launches “Karte Ja. Badhte Ja.” with Aamir Khan and Alia BhattCHANDIGARH: PhonePe, India’s leading digital payments platform today announced the launch of its new brand campaign “Karte Ja. Badhte Ja.” featuring Bollywood superstars Aamir Khan and Alia Bhatt. PhonePe is also the official co-presenting sponsor for the television broadcast of VIVO IPL 2020, and will be launching a series of TV ads during this IPL season. The five-week brand campaign is centered around PhonePe’s new Tagline “Karte Ja. Badhte Ja.” and reflects the role played by the company in India’s progress by catering to the varied aspirations and needs of its 20 crore users across the country.

CHANDIGARH: Lifelong Online, a digital first consumer durable brand today announced its partnership with Milind Soman as the brand ambassador for its Fitness category. Milind Soman who is an avid fitness promoter, an Indian supermodel, actor and film producer, will be endorsing the complete range of fitness products by Lifelong Online, such as treadmills, Air bikes and other home fitness equipments. Alongside announcing the partnership with Milind, the company also launched four new models of exercise bikes called the Air Bikes. These new Air Bikes are ergonomic in design and are made to suit the modern day needs of India consumers, motivating them to start their journey towards a fit and healthy life in the comfort of their homes. They come equipped with superior features like comfortable back support, firm grip handle, adjustable foot strap, two-way adjustable seat and a digital display, which makes exercise stress-free like never before. Moreover, there is free Installation assistance for a hassle less installation process.

All you need to know about vajrasana benefitsanchkula, : As many as 30 doctors attended a CME on ‘adult vaccination and its benefits’ at Ojas Hospital, Panchkula today Pwhich was organized in collaboration with pfizer pneumococcal

vaccine division. During CME experts from various medical specialties shared their views on growing incidence of chest infections in different specialties. They deliberated on how vaccination could be considered as an effective tool to contain such infections. Dr. Sunny Virdi consultant pulmonology & critical care chest who organized the CME said that infections though majorly dealt by pulmonologists but patients of all diseases specially suffering from kidney, lung, heart , liver are at

particular risk of acquiring chest infect ions. Dr Virdi informed that adults over 50-yr of age who are suffering from c h r o n i c o b s t r u c t i v e p u l m o n a r y disease are at

increased risk of developing pneumococcal disease 3.5 times as compared to someone who doesn’t have this disease. Similarly chronic kidney disease adults are at 3 times risk, undergoing dialysis adult patients at 5 times, chronic diabetes adults at 3.2 times and those with cardiovascular disease have 3 times more risk for getting pneumococcal disease, he said. To counter these risk , the adults over 50-yr of age should go for pneumococcal conjugate vaccine as it can protect them for pneumococcal diseases which could be fatal, opined Dr Virdi. Growing instance of chest infections across specialties due to increasing burden of chronic diseases was also discussed during CME.

nly a fraction of people the survey's findings. "Runners who run do so because described the need to run to Othey love it, and most are maintain their sense of self and as

motivated by boosting their body a way to respond to adversity."image and improving their heart "There's a great realisation that to and mental health, exercise the body also according to a global helps to exercise the survey by the fitness- mind - which is a tracking app Strava. muscle that needs just Strava, which tracks as much looking after the sports activity as the other muscles," trends of some 50 said Simon Klima, million people in S t r a v a ' s g l o b a l almost 200 countries, marketing director.s u r v e y e d 2 5 , 0 0 0 And love it or hate it, runners and found that the vast majority of half of them say they runners cited health as either hate it or barely a primary motivator tolerate it, while only 8 percent for getting out and clocking up the love it. miles. More than 80 percent said But running is often "connected they started running to get with a sense of stability at a deeper healthier, stronger or have more level," Strava said in a report of energy.

Strava fitness app survey finds only a fractionOf people run because they love it

CHANDIGARH: HRH The Prince of Wales today officially opened one of Europe’s largest automotive research and development facilities, the National Automotive Innovation Centre (NAIC), at the University of Warwick, in Coventry. Advanced researchers, engineers and designers based at the Centre are tackling society’s largest mobility challenges and collectively shaping the future of the global automotive industry from the heart of the United Kingdom. Bringing together the brightest minds from industry and academia, the NAIC is a beacon for future mobility and sustainability research and development. It will create future vehicles and personal mobility solutions as well as deliver the skills required to keep the UK globally competitive. The NAIC is at the centre of the Midlands ecosystem, which is a magnet for economic growth and delivering a Destination Zero future. During today’s visit, Jaguar Land Rover, Tata Motors and WMG showcased sustainable future mobility projects, including their most recent electrified and autonomous vehicles. Jaguar Land Rover demonstrated its latest advanced research vehicle as the next stage of its Destination Zero mission: an ambition to make societies safer and healthier, and the environment cleaner.

HRH The Prince of Wales Officially Opens National Automotive

Innovation Centrehandigarh :iQOO, the premium, high-performance smartphone brand announced Virat Kohli as its new brand ambassador. CFocussed on high-performance, iQOO represents brave and

competitive winners who choose their passions and outperform all obstacles to set new benchmarks. With Virat Kohli, who is the epitome of

high-performance, iQOO seeks to touch the hearts of today's young, energetic and performance focussed generation.Virat is an undisputed king in the world of Cricket and has quickly achieved an iconic status because of his passion, match-winning performances and magnetic personality. He will be seen in an integrated campaign, the first leg (teaser phase) of which is already live on the brand's social media handles/ channels and Flipkart. The second leg is scheduled to go live at the launch on 25th of February across digital, print and Flipkart. The campaign will be on air during IPL season, and aims to inspire

those who are willing to push their limits and will not let any barrier stop them from achieving their quest. Speaking on the announcement, Gagan Arora, Director-Marketing - iQOO said that as a brand, we want to appeal to young, energetic people who are determined to respond to any challenge with aplomb. Virat is the most seamless fit for our brand's personality, and we are pleased with him being the face of iQOO.

CME on ‘adult vaccination and its benefits’ held

Ford Strengthens Value Proposition of Figo, Freestyle, Aspire; Introduces 2020 BSVI Compliant RangeCHANDIGARH : After taking the industry by surprise with nearly unchanged prices for the 2020 Ford EcoSport, Ford today strengthened the value proposition of its products with the introduction of 2020 Figo, Freestyle & Aspire at attractive price points.Fully-equipped with Bharat Stage VI emission norms, the 2020 lineup delivers on Ford’s promise to ensure the power of choice to customers by continuing both petrol and diesel engines across all variants and models.The 2020 Ford Figo is available at a starting price of INR 539,000 while India’s first compact utility vehicle 2020 Ford Freestyle has been introduced at INR 589,000 for the base variant. The 2020 Ford Aspire will now be sold at a price tag starting from INR 599,000 with the top Titanium+ variant revised to INR 744,000 from INR 782,400 for petrol and INR 834,000 from INR 862,400 for diesel.

handigarh: Dev Samaj College for Women, Sec 45 here held an awareness session on Cthe famous 'Gadar movement'. The session

was named 'Rebels Who Wrote History' and the college's Department of History organised the same. An essay competition was held on the 'Contribution of Gadarites to the Freedom Movement' to mark the centenary of the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy. Mrs. Rajbir Kahlon, the head of the department of history made the students aware about the contribution of the Gadar party to the struggle for independence. Many documentaries on the 'Komagata Maru' incident were shown to the students. All participants took part in the activity with enthusiasm.

HANDIGARH: Jaguar Land Rover has today unveiled the bold new concept vehicle, Project Vector, as part of the company’s Destination CZero journey, offering its vision of an autonomous, electric, connected

future for urban mobility. Jaguar Land Rover’s Destination Zero mission is an ambition to make societies safer and healthier, and the environment cleaner.

Jaguar Land Rover Unveils Future of Urban Mobility

iQOO Announces Virat Kohli as the Brand Ambassador

Aye Finance empowers over 2 lacs Indian MSMEsCHANDIGARH : Aye Finance announced disbursing loans to more than 200,000 micro enterprises of India. The great milestone has further consolidated Aye’s leadership position in India’s MSME lending segment. Driven to bring India’s burgeoning MSMEs at a grassroots level under the folds of organised lending and riding on the back of an innovative model, Aye Finance has been charting an unprecedented growth story. Incepted in the year 2014, Aye has, till date, disbursed loans worth over INR 2900 crores and has an asset book of over INR 1600 crores. Commenting on the latest development, Sanjay Sharma, MD and Founder of Aye Finance said, “Lending to micro enterprises has been a less travelled path for banks and financial companies and hence it is satisfying to have established an innovative paradigm of our lending approach and reaching the milestone figure of 2 lacs loans disbursed.

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GLAMOUR

Deepika sports short hair as Romi Dev in '83'

Varun shares glimpse from shooting of 'Coolie No 1'arun Dhawan on Tuesday shared a glimpse from the shooting of his upcoming flick 'Coolie No.1'. The 32-year-old actor posted a video on VInstagram from his Goa schedule for 'Coolie No 1' where he is seen with co-

actor Sara Ali Khan on top of a fort with a beautiful beach in the backdrop. "We are shooting pretty much on top of the world," says Varun after which Sara

quickly jumps in and says 'HI'. It seems like the duo is enjoying the time at the location. Earlier, Varun shared a picture from the flick where he is

seen lifting Sara while posing for a click. The new outing is a remake of the 1995 film of the same name that starred Govinda and Karisma Kapoor in lead roles. Helmed by David Dhawan and produced by Vashu Bhagnani, Jackky Bhagnani, and

Deepshikha Deshmukh, the family entertainer is slated to hit screens on May 1, 2020.

Sonam Kapoor shares why her husband 'didn't have a baraat with horses or loud music'

onam Kapoor Ahuja on Wednesday shared the reason why her husband Anand Ahuja didn't have a "baraat with horses or loud music" during their Swedding in 2018. The actor shared a breathtaking video that captured the

pain and plight of horses which are traditionally used in Indian marriages. The 34-year-old actor shared the heart-wrenching video on Twitter along with a caption that read, "My husband didn't have a baraat with horses or loud music. For this exact reason." The thought-provoking video starts from a happy note where marriage is described as the happiest day of someone's life, the video then features the white horses that are traditionally ridden in the Indian weddings and attached to heavy carriages.The breathtaking video focuses on the pain the horses go through from being tied to stakes in the ground, where they are hit and whipped. These innocent creatures are spiked in with painful bits in mouths, in order to control them, which often causes the bleeding, inflamed gums and even permanent damage. Despite the harsh treatment, the horses are rarely given any medical attention. The video, in the end, urges not to use horses in the marriages and opt for vintage and luxury vehicles and eradicate animal cruelty by aborting the use of animals in wedding ceremonies. The Animal rights organisation 'PETA' (People for the Ethical Treatme

nt of Animals) shared the video on Twitter

tagging Sonam and wrote, "@so

namakapoor Weddings are no fun for

horses! There's the excited crowds, fire

crackers, & loud music but spiked bits

are often used in horses' mouths to control them that

cause immense bleeding and pain." The 'The Zoya Factor' actor

is a strong flag bearer of Animal rights as in July 29, the actor brought her followers' attention to an incident of cruelty towards a stray dog that was beaten up mercilessly for

taking shelter in a building in Worli due to heavy rains and brought the issue in

view of the local animal rights organisation.

uccessive hits and a National Award and that brings out something special," he said. The later, actor Vicky Kaushal vividly actor has always maintained he is no horror buff but it Sremembers his time as a newcomer was the story, based on a true incident of a stranded

four years ago and says he owes his cargo ship at Juhu Beach, that found him. He said career to first-time directors. The actor, unlike "Sanju" where he needed to learn a dialect for who was first noticed in the then debutant the character or "Uri" which demanded physical director Neeraj Ghaywan's 2015 social transformation, essaying the role of Prithvi was a drama "Masaan", said every film is a new pretty much a straight line. "It was more about project for both the actor and the adapting to the new grammar. It was something I was filmmaker. He later collaborated with a not so prepared for. I had underestimated the horror string of new directing talent like Mozez genre before doing this film quite a lot. In horror, Singh for "Zubaan", Anand Tiwari for "Love timing has to be correct, everything has to fall in the Per Square Foot", and Aditya Dhar for "Uri: right place at the right time, all departments work in The Surgical Strike", for which the actor sync to make that one shot," he added. Vicky said the earned the best actor National Award. "I team has attempted to present the horror genre in its

owe my career to debutant directors, so I'm truest form -- with jump scares and atmospherics.quite used to working with first timers. I just "'Bhoot' is not just about jump scares but it is also

read the script and if I am sold on that, I meet about the mood that keeps you on your toes when the director to understand his vision. If I sense you watch it. We have tried to stay true to the genre.

clarity and vision there, that's what I am sold to. "I There are no unnecessary subplots. "We have not was also a newcomer at one point of time, I'm only tried to lure the audience with making a nice musical four years old here. I am no veteran. album where people are like 'let's go to watch the

Every film is a new film. I am as new as the songs' or turning into a romantic horror or horror director for that film and story. We have to work with comedy. They have been made over the years." that spirit. I tried to bring out the same fire in every Asked his first memory of a horror film, Vicky film that I had in my first film," Vicky.But the 31-year- remembered how scared he was after watching Ram

old actor is more excited about working with a new Gopal Varma's "Raat". director as they bring a "scared energy" to the "I don't remember what I saw but I remember film sets. With his upcoming horror film "Bhoot: being very scared for days altogether. I used to be

The Haunted Ship" too, Vicky is joining hands with scared thinking that Revathy ma'am, with those glassy debutant director Bhanu Pratap Singh, who eyes, will come out of anywhere. It is only after I grew up, served as assistant director on "Humpty Sharma Ki I realised that she wore lenses," he recalled. The actor Dulhania" (2014). has played diverse roles in his Bollywood career, but he

"There is a different sort of enthusiasm which said there is a "certain awareness" that one has to be comes on board. That energy is not an energy careful while playing real-life characters, a number of which takes things for granted. It's a scared energy which are lined up in his future filmography.

I owe my career to debutantdirectors: Vicky Kaushal

Felt angry when male stars said no to 'Guilty': Ruchi Narain

ilmmaker Ruchi Narain says she felt angry when some male stars turned down her film "Guilty", which Faccording to producer Karan Johar, may have

something to do with their reluctance to be directed by a woman.The Netflix original, backed by Johar, features Kiara Advani and explores the different versions of truth that emerge when a small-town girl accuses a college heartthrob of rape. At the film's trailer launch today, Ruchi recalled how she had to struggle to get the right cast. "We were trying to cast for the film and a lot of the male stars said no. I was so angry. I was talking to Karan and he told me, 'There's really no reason for them to say no to you because the film is really good, you've got a body of work so they should be saying yes but I have a feeling it could

be because they aren't comfortable working with a woman filmmaker'. "I said, I love this film but I'm not going to have a sex change for it. The anger of fuelled me wanting to make this film. That really was the core basis," the director told reporters here. The filmmaker is best known for writing screenplays of films such as "Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi" and "Calcutta Mail" and has helmed movies like "Kal: Yesterday and Tomorrow" and animation "Hanuman Da' Damdaar". Ruchi said experience helps one to deal with the gender disparity."It is different for a woman and for a man which you learn by observation. At the end of the day, when you want to do something, you find your own way to do it. "I was always aware there's always going to be another side. If you talk to men, they also sometimes feel that women get an easy pass but we would be like, 'excuse me that doesn't happen'. There's always two sides to an argument, which I wanted to capture in this film."

NEWS AT AGLANCE

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Listing on StockExchange will boostgrowth of IT industry:Chetal PatelSURAT: Recently an IPO meet washeld in the Surat to encouragepromoters & CEOs of city-based IT(Information Technology) companies tolist their companies on stockexchanges. The seminar wasorganised by Chetan Patel. World and78 CEOs of IT companies attendedthis very informative session. On thisoccasion Chief Guest, Anand Chari,DGM, BSE explained the importanceand benefits of IPO. He also notedthat ethical practice will make Surat'sfuture bright. On the other side,Chetan Patel urged all the leaders towork hard to make Surat IT-hub andprovide job opportunities to the youthso they do not have to go outsideGujarat. Dhiren Dave, eminentcompany secretary shared hisknowledge of IT company compliance.He emphasized on the internal controlsystem and governance. Then,Rakesh Doshi, Financial Advisorpresented an effective performance forthe leaders. Punit Gajera and AlpeshVaghasiya had created a group of ITpeople to make this event successful.Many leaders have joined the hand tobring IT culture and bring IPO in Surat.The meet upended with dinner and itwas organised at the Amaazia club byChetanpatel.world.

Kusumgar Partners WithDRDO for ManufacturingParachutesMUMBAI: Kusumgar Corporates, aleading manufacturer of TechnicalTextiles in India, has proudly partneredwith DRDO and acquired the TOT(Transfer of Technology) formanufacturing of Combat Free Fall(CFF) Parachute system in India. TheTOT was handed over to theManaging Director, Mr. SiddharthKusumgar during the DEFEXPO bythe Chairman of DRDO, Dr. GSatheesh Reddy in the presence ofHon'ble Defence Minister, Sh. RajnathSingh and Hon'ble Chief Minister ofUttar Pradesh, Sh. Yogi Adityanath."We have always been focused onbuilding strong capabilities within Indiato support our defence establishmentand reduce dependence on imports.This is an important step in thatdirection," said Siddharth. CFFparachute system provides totalsolutions to Paratrooper for jumpingfrom a height as high as 30,000 ft.,can glide up to 30 km range and canland at the desired target. It can beused in High Altitude High Opening(HAHO) as well as in High AltitudeLow Opening (HALO) modes.Kusumgar has been working withDRDO for several years and haspartnered with them in development ofvarious solutions to meet the needs ofthe armed forces. According to AnkurKothari, CEO, "In the future as well,Kusumgar will continue to enhancetheir strengths in the manufacturing ofspecialised products by bringing latesttechnology to serve the countrybetter."

HCL Technologies tolaunch centre inConnecticutNOIDA: HCL Technologies is openinga global delivery centre at Hartford inConnecticut (the United States) tooffer digital transformation services insmart manufacturing, insurance,aerospace and defence industries.The first anchor client for HCL will beStanley Black & Decker, a diversifiedglobal industrial that operates theworld's largest tool company. HCLsaid it will bring advanced digitalcapabilities and help transformStanley Black & Decker's globalapplication and infrastructureenvironments to enhance thecompany's agility and ability torespond to emerging businessneeds. As part of the deal, HCLwill ramp up to deploy 1,000people globally for Stanley Black& Decker. "This delivery centrewill be a true testament to ourcollective vision for digital andtransformative technologies forsmart manufacturing," said AjayBahl, Executive Vice Presidentfor HCL Technologies.

Facebook faces offwith IRS in big-ticket tax caseSAN FRANCISCO: A multi-billiondollar dispute between Facebookand US tax authorities overprofits shifted to an Irishsubsidiary began playing out infront of a judge on Tuesday.The Internal Revenue Servicecontends that Facebook dodgedabout 9 billion in taxes, while theleading social network says it isactually owed a refund, accordingto US media reports. "This trial isabout transactions that took placein 2010, when Facebook had nomobile advertising revenue, itsinternational business wasnascent, and its digital advertisingproducts were unproven,"spokesperson Bertie Thomsonsaid in an email response to anAFP inquiry. "We look forward topresenting our case in court andputting an end to this years-longdispute." The judge is to hearfrom an array of Facebookexecutives during the course ofproceedings. Shifting profits tolow-tax countries is a routinepractice by internationalcompanies.

Indices rebound as govt assures industryon virus scareMUMBAI: Benchmark Sensex rebounded over 428 points on Wednesday,snapping four days of losses, as investors took heart from a decline in newcoronavirus cases in China and the Indian government's assurance ontackling the economic impact from the virus epidemic. Starting off on a strongfooting, the BSE barometer gained strength during the session to touch ahigh of 41,357.16. The index finally settled at 41,323, clocking a gain of428.62 points or 1.05 per cent. Likewise, the NSE gauge Nifty shot up133.40 points or 1.11 per cent to close at 12,125.90. On the Sensex chart,Bajaj Finance, HUL, RIL, ONGC and HDFC emerged as the top gainers.Among the major losers were Sun Pharma, TCS, Bharti Airtel, L&T andIndusInd Bank.

SpaceX announces partnership to send four tourists into deep orbitAGENCYWASHINGTON, FEB 19

SpaceX announced a newpartnership to send four touristsdeeper into orbit than anyprivate citizen before them, in amission that could take place by2022 and easily cost more thanUSD 100 million.

The company signed thedeal on Tuesday with SpaceAdventures, which is based inWashington and served as anintermediary to send eight spacetourists to the InternationalSpace Station (ISS) via RussianSoyuz rockets. The first of thesewas Dennis Tito, who paid USD20 million for an eight-hour stayon the ISS back in 2001. The

last to go was Cirque du Soleilfounder Guy Laliberte, in 2009.

The new tourists would becarried on SpaceX's CrewDragon capsule, which wasdeveloped to transport NASAastronauts and is due to make itsfirst crewed flight in the comingmonths. "Our goal is to try toget to about two to three timesthe height of the space station,"Space Adventure's presidentTom Shelley told AFP.

The ISS orbits at 400kilometers above Earth'ssurface, but the exact altitude ofthe Space Adventures missionwould be determined bySpaceX, added Shelley.

At its earliest, it could takeplace by late 2021, though

"probably more likely issometime in 2022," he said.

The capsule was designed to

take astronauts from the surfaceto the ISS. Just nine squaremetres in volume, there are no

private areas to sleep wash oruse the bathroom.

Mission duration willdepend on what the customerswant, said Shelley.

Asked about the cost,Shelley replied: "It's not cheap."The cost of launching a Falcon 9rocket is USD 62 million,according to publicly availablefigures, then there will be thecost of building a fresh Dragoncapsule. Could it exceed USD100 million? "Your assessmentis correct, I can't commentspecifically on the numbers, butyeah those are the costcomponents," he said.

"We have a pretty goodnetwork of high net worthindividuals around the world,

many of whom we know areinterested in spaceflight," headded. Unlike space tourism tothe ISS, which required sixmonths of training in Moscow,the next mission will need fourweeks of participation in theUS. After a gap of 12 years,Space Adventures also wants tosend two more tourists to theISS on board a Russian rocket in2021. Back in 2005, thecompany announced, amid greatfanfare, that it planned to sendtwo tourists around the Moon --but that mission has now beenabandoned, confirmed Shelley.

Other companies involvedin space tourism are RichardBranson's Virgin Galactic andJeff Bezos' Blue Origin.

Over 70000 affected with deadly virusTOKYO, FEB 19

As many as 2,004 people havedied from the novelcoronavirus disease in theChinese province of Hubei, theprovincial health commissionsaid on Wednesday.

According to thecommission, the death tollfrom the disease over the past24 hours has risen by 136.

The latest report said thatthe number of people affectedin the province increased by1,749 to reach 74,185.

As many as 1,824 peoplehave also recuperated from thedeadly disease taking thenumber of recovered people to14,376. On Tuesday, LiuZhiming, head of the WuchangHospital in Wuhan, theepicenter of the novelcoronavirus epidemic also diedfrom the virus. The outbreak ofthe virus started in the city ofWuhan, the capital of Hubei

Province, in late December2019 and has since spread tomore than 20 other countries.

Coronaviruses are a largefamily of viruses that causeillness ranging from thecommon cold to more severediseases.

The common signs ofinfection include respiratorysymptoms, fever, cough,shortness of breath andbreathing difficulties. In more

severe cases, infection cancause pneumonia, severe acuterespiratory syndrome, kidneyfailure and even death.

People were recommendedto prevent infection spreadinclude regular hand washing,covering mouth and nose whencoughing and sneezing andavoid close contact withanyone showing symptoms ofrespiratory illness such ascoughing and sneezing.

Coronavirus: Death toll crosses 2000 in China2nd death from

coronavirusconfirmed in HK

HONG KONG: The second death fromthe novel coronavirus outbreak has beenregistered in Hong Kong, the SouthChina Morning Post reported onWednesday. Medical sources told thenewspaper that the 70-year-old patientof Princess Margaret Hospital,undergoing treatment for coronavirus,had died on Wednesday morning. Hehad diabetes and kidney problems, butthe exact cause of death has not yetbeen established. The man traveled tomainland China on January 22. Withinthe next 10 days his health deterioratedand on February 12 he was admitted toPrincess Margaret Hospital. In two days,the patient was diagnosed withcoronavirus, by that time he was alreadyin critical condition.

RBI clears plan for dilutionof promoters' shareholding

in Kotak Mahindra BankMUMBAI, FEB 19

Kotak Mahindra Bank said on Wednesday that theReserve Bank of India (RBI) has granted finalapproval on the dilution of promoters'shareholding in the bank. This marks the end of a13-month old dispute after the RBI had askedbank's Managing Director and ExecutiveChairman Uday Kotak to pare his stake to 15 percent as part licensing guidelines. On January 30,the bank said RBI had agreed to its plan to cutpromoter stake to 26 per cent from the current29.96 per cent over the next six months. Thecentral bank said that after the stake reduction, thepromoters will not purchase any further paid-upvoting equity shares of the bank till the percentageof their shareholding reached 15 per cent of thebank or such higher percentage as may bepermitted by the RBI in future.

SpiceJet to launch 20 new domesticflights from March-end

NEW DELHI, FEB 19

Low-cost carrier SpiceJet on Wednesday announced thelaunch of 20 new domestic flights which will start operationsfrom March 29. The new flights will operate daily on routesincluding Guwahati-Patna, Hyderabad-Mangaluru,Bengaluru-Jabalpur, Patna-Varanasi and Mumbai-Aurangabad.

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Marcus Stoinis ruledout of Australia Asquad againstEngland Lions matchMELBOURNE : All-rounder MarcusStoinis has been ruled out of Aus-tralia A squad against the EnglandLions on Wednesday due to ashoulder injury.Stoinis sustained the injury in theMarsh Sheffield Shield matchagainst South Australia and is un-able to make a comeback. He willbe rested from bowling until the in-jury settles.Queensland all-rounder Jack Wil-dermuth will replace Stoinis in thesquad. He scalped five wickets inthe Bulls Marsh Sheffield Shield winagainst Tasmania.Australia A squad: Moises Hen-riques (c) (New South Wales), Jack-son Bird (Tasmania), Harry Conway(New South Wales), Marcus Harris(Victoria), Josh Inglis (Western Aus-tralia), Usman Khawaja (vc)(Queensland), Nic Maddinson (Vic-toria), Michael Neser (Queensland),Kurtis Patterson (New SouthWales), Mark Steketee (Queens-land), Mitchell Swepson (Queens-land), and Jack Wildermuth(Queensland).Australia A will take on England Li-ons in the three-day game at theMelbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)starting from February 22.

Vidit Gujrathi draws6th round game,stays top in Praguechess tourneyPRAGUE: Indian Grand Master Vid-it Gujrathi maintained a one-pointlead after settling for a draw againstNikita Vitiugov of Russia in the sixthround of the Prague Chess Festi-val's Masters category here.He has 4.5 points and is ahead ofVitiugov and top seed Jan-KrzysztofDuda of Poland, both on 3.5 points.The 25-year old Indian no.2 optedfor a London opening in his gameagainst the Russian GM and had tosign the peace treaty in 39 moveslate on Tuesday.Gujrathi's compatriot P Harikrishnahad to be content with his fifth drawin six games, against lower-ratedSpanish GM David Anton Guijjaro.Harikrishna, who chose a Catalanopening against Guijjaro, shared thepoint in 30 moves. The India no.3now has 2.5 points after the conclu-sion of six rounds.Gujrathi and Harikrishna will meet inan interesting clash in the seventhround later Wednesday.All the five games in the sixth roundended in draws with American SamShankland and Markus Ragger(Austria) being involved in a 76-move marathon.

10-year-old Hansiniset for ITTF debut in SwedenCHENNAI: Following impressiveperformances on the national circuit,10-year-old M Hansini is all set tofeature in her maiden InternationalTable Tennis Federation (ITTF) jun-ior circuit event, Swedish Junior andCadet Open, to be held in Orebrofrom February 19 to 23.It has been a memorable year forClass V student who bagged bronzemedal in cadet girls' singles at the2019 National Table Tennis Champi-onships and will start the upcomingseason as India No.1 in the U-12category.It was coach Muralidhara Rao, whohas experience of coaching top pad-dlers in the country such as SharathKamal and K Shamini, spotted thetalent in Hansini at SDAT AKG TableTennis Development Centre inChennai. The SDAT AKG is one offive table tennis academies in Indiawhich are being supported by theUltimate Table Tennis (UTT).

Dimuth Karunaratne tolead Sri Lanka ODI squadagainst West Indies,Thisara Perera returnsCOLOMBO; Sri Lanka Cricket(SLC) on Wednesday announced its15-member ODI squad against theWest Indies. Dimuth Karunaratnewill lead the side for the three-matchseries. Thisara Perera has returnedto the ODI outfit after playing his lastODI in July 2019 while DanushkaGunathilaka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa,Oshada Fernando, and Kasun Ra-jitha have been dropped from thesquad which played against India inthe T20I series in January.Gunathilake was not picked as hehas sustained an injury, and hisplace went to Shehan Jayasuriya.Sri Lanka last played the three-match ODI series against Pakistanwhich the Lankan team lost by 2-0.Sri Lanka ODI squad: DimuthKarunaratne (c), Avishka Fernando,Kusal Janith Perera, Shehan Jaya-suriya, Niroshan Dickwella, KusalMendis, Angelo Mathews, Dhanan-jaya De Silva, Thisara Perera, Da-sun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga,Lakshan Sandakan.

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AGENCYNEW DELHI, FEB 19

The Board of Control for Cricket in In-dia (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly isvery eager to witness the world's largestcricket stadium -Motera Stadium - whichwill unveil on February 24 in Gujarat'sAhmedabad.

"Lovely to see such a massive, pret-ty stadium .. Ahmedabad .. have greatmemories in this ground as a player, cap-tain ..grew up at Eden with hundredthousand capacity .. (not anymore).. can'twait to see this on 24th," Gangulyreplied on BCCI's tweet.

With a seating capacity of more than1,10,000, the Motera Stadium will dis-lodge Australia's Melbourne CricketGround as the wold's largest stadium.Located in Ahmedabad, the Motera Sta-

dium was made in 1982 with a seatingcapacity of 49,000 at the time of con-struction, which has now been increased.

Motera will also beat Eden Gardensin Kolkata as India's largest cricket sta-dium, which has the seating capacity of66,000 spectators. Earlier, BCCI took to

Twitter and posted a sun-kissed pictureof the Motera Stadium and captioned thepost, "The Sun is out! #MoteraStadiumAhmedabad, India." The US PresidentDonald Trump will reach Ahmedabad bynoon on February 24 and is slated to ad-dress a mammoth crowd of more than1,00,000 people which is expected toturn up for an event at the Motera Stadi-um on the lines of the 'Howdy Modi'function that was addressed by the USPresident and Prime Minister NarendraModi in Houston in September last year.

Trump said that there would be sev-en million people between the airportand the stadium to welcome him.

"I happen to like Prime MinisterModi a lot. He told me we will have sev-en million people between the airportand the event. It's going to be the largeststadium in the world. It's going to bevery exciting," said Trump.

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AGENCYWELLINGTON, FEB 19

India captain Virat Kohli on Wednesdaydropped enough hints to indicate that se-niormost pacer Ishant Sharma and youngopener Prithvi Shaw will be in the playingXI for the first Test against New Zealandhere.

If India's net session on Wednesday istaken into consideration, Wriddhiman Sahais starting as the wicketkeeper ahead ofRishabh Pant for the series opener begin-ning here on Friday.

Hanuma Vihari, team's designated No 6batsman for away Tests, will be the fifthbowling option with Jasprit Bumrah, Mo-hammed Shami and Ishant being three spe-cialist pacers.

Ravichandran Ashwin is in the mix forthe lone specialist spinner's spot thoughRavindra Jadeja's all-round skills can't beignored either.

Ishant, who was out for three weekswith ankle injury sustained during the Ran-ji Trophy game, bowled full tilt at the netsand even earned appreciation for troublingbatsmen with his pace and bounce.

"He (Ishant) looked pretty normal andpretty similar to what he was bowling be-fore the ankle injury. He is hitting good ar-eas again and he has played (Test cricket) inNew Zealand couple of times, so his experi-ence will be useful to us. It was really goodto see him bowling with pace and in goodareas," Kohli said during his media interac-tion.

The skipper also said in as many wordsthat the team wouldn't like to change Shaw'snatural stroke-play which was a goodenough hint that Shubman Gill will have towarm the benches for now.

"Prithvi is a talented player and he hashis own game and we want him to follow hisinstincts and play the way he does. Look,these guys have no baggage and are not des-perate to perform in any manner," the skip-per said.

The skipper wants Shaw to take a leafout of Mayank Agarwal's performance inAustralia back in 2018-19 when he hit backto back half-centuries in Melbourne andSydney.

"They don't have any nerves to do welloverseas. Like a clear head with whichMayank played in Australia, Prithvi can dothe same in New Zealand.

"A bunch of guys playing with fearless-ness, something that can motivate the wholeteam, gives us start that the team wants andnot get intimidated by the opposition in anyway." The skipper downplayed India's be-

low-par show in the three-match ODI series,especially that of Agarwal.

"Prithvi, I think you can call him rela-tively inexperienced and Mayank, I would-n't call him that inexperienced because hehas scored a lot of runs last year. So he un-derstands what his game is like in Testcricket.

"I think sometimes in white ball cricketwe try to do too much but once you come

into red ball cricket, you fall into that disci-plined mode of batting, which obviouslysuits him much more at this stage."

While he didn't give an answer on theSaha-Pant debate, the burly Delhi keeperhad precious little to do at the main nets andwas seen spending more time doing hiskeeping drills and only got an opportunity tobat when the first team completed its rou-tines.

Ishant is hitting good areas, Prithvi shouldfollow instincts: Kohli hints on playing XIIndia to take on NZ in first Test tomorrow

Workload takes toll but will play allformats for at least 3 more years: ViratWELLINGTON, FEB 19 India captain Virat Kohli is preparing himself for a "rigorous three years" of playing allthree formats after which he might reassess his workload amid a "transition phase" set-ting in. The world's premier batsman is looking at the "bigger picture" in Indian cricketwith two T20 and one 50-over World Cup in the next three years after which he might de-cide on playing two of the three formats."My mindset is on the bigger picture as I prepare myself for a rigorous three years fromnow and after that we might have a different conversation," Kohli replied when asked ifhe is having second thoughts about quitting at least one format after the 2021 World T20in India. The skipper was speaking to the media ahead of the two-Test series againstNew Zealand starting on Friday.He didn't mince any words while admitting that fatigue and workload management are is-sues that need to be discussed at all forums."It's not a conversation you can hide away from in any manner. It is around eight yearsnow that I have been playing 300 days a year, which includes travelling and practice ses-sions. And intensity is right up there all the time. It does take a toll on you," the Indiancaptain was forthright in his reply. Kohli, who will turn 31 this year, agreed that periodicbreaks have worked well for him. "It's not that the players are not thinking about it all thetime. We do choose to take lot more breaks individually even though the schedule mightnot allow you to. Especially from guys, who play all the formats."

AGENCYWELLINGTON, FEB 19

New Zealand batsman Ross Tayloron Wednesday said the Indianspeedster Jasprit Bumrah can putthe hosts in trouble and the addi-tion of pacer Ishant Sharma in thesquad will bring the new dynamicsto the visitors' bowling unit.

Despite failing to take a singlewicket in the three-match ODI se-ries, Bumrah's line and length isstill accurate. While Sharma iscoming into the squad after recov-ering from an ankle injury. Tayloradded that the team will stick totheir game plan to overcome In-dia's challenge.

"I think if we just look at Bum-rah we are in trouble. I think theirwhole bowling lineup is fantastic.Obviously, Sharma coming backwill bring new dynamics to theteam. They have got a world-classbatting line-up as well and we haveto get through that. We have to beon our game to be successfulagainst them," Taylor told re-porters in the pre-match confer-ence.

India's bowling attack will belead by Bumrah and will be sup-

ported by Umesh Yadav, Mo-hammed Shami, Navdeep Saini,and Sharma.

Kiwis are hosting India fortwo-match Test series which is apart of ICC's World Test Champi-onship (WTC) after winning theODI series 3-0.

India are at the top of theWorld Test Championship (WTC)table with an unassailable recordas they have won all the sevenmatches and gained 360 points

Talking about the conditions atthe Basin Reserve, the venue of thefirst Test, Taylor said there will bea movement in the pitch on thefirst day of the play. He furthersaid the visiting side have a world-class batting and bowling attack.

"It normally does a little bitearly on and it depends how long itgoes for. It is a world-class Indianside all the way through and prob-ably the biggest thing about thingIndian side and how well they haveplayed over the last few years.They always have world-class bat-ters and bowlers," Taylor said.

"I think I'm still good enoughto this team by fine enough to fieldand still hungry to score runs. I'mhappy for that," he added.

Bumrah can troubleNZ, says Ross Taylor

We are the happiest team atT20 World Cup, Thailand

distant second: MandhanaSYDNEY, FEB 19

India are not just among the strongest contenders for the Women'sT20 World Cup but the youthful exuberance also makes them thehappiest team in the tournament, says swashbuckling opener Sm-riti Mandhana. The Indian squad's average is under 23. Ahead ofthe tournament opener against Australia here on Friday, Mandhanajoked that only debutants Thailand can given them competitionwhen it comes to having fun. "This group really knows how tohave fun. It's about making the young players feel comfortable andI've become one with them. We have a lot of dances, a lot ofsinging and a lot of things that happen," Mandhana was quoted assaying by the ICC.

"I think we're the happiest team at the World Cup - althoughThailand might give us some competition," she quipped. Theleader of the 'cool pack' is Jemimah Rodrigues, who is known formaking funny videos and is also a decent guitar player. One wouldoften see the players turning the dressing room into a dance floor.

AGENCYMELBOURNE, FEB 19

Former World Cup-winning cap-tain Michael Clarke said the Aus-tralian side deserves to win theWomen's T20 World Cup 2020.

Australia is hosting the sev-enth edition of the biennial tourna-ment from February 21 to March8. The women's team has won themost number of titles in the histo-ry of the shortest format WorldCup - four times.

"I think it's great for women'scricket that there's been so muchpublicity and promotion. If there'sone team in the world, certainly in thiscountry, that deserves the credit and de-serves the publicity it's the Australianwomen's cricket team," InternationalCricket Council (ICC) quoted Clarke assaying.

Clarke captained the 2015 Aus-tralian team which won the World Cupafter defeating New Zealand in thesummit clash by seven wickets.

Alex Blackwell, who is a three-timeT20 World Cup champion, said the

build-up to the 2020 eventwas like nothing she's seenbefore.

"There's a huge amount ofmomentum leading into thistournament, cricketing greatson the side of buses, there areads on TV, the social media'sgone mad - it's unbelievable!We should be excited becausesome of the best cricketers thegame's ever seen will takepart," Blackwell said.

Australia will be led byexperienced Meg Lanning.The batter has played in 98T20Is and scored 2656 runs

with an average of 35.89.In the opening game of the tourna-

ment, the defending champions willtake on India at Sydney ShowgroundStadium on February 21.

GLOUCESTER : India top-orderCheteshwar Pujara on Wednesdaywas signed by England countyGloucestershire for the upcomingCounty Championship.

The batsman will be represent-ing the County for the first sixmatches of the Championship.

He is currently at the seventhspot in the ICC Test batting rank-ings.

"I am really excited to get theopportunity to represent Glouces-tershire this season. The club has arich cricketing history, and this is agreat opportunity to be a part of itand contribute to its success," Pu-jara said in an official statement.

"I have really enjoyed the ex-

perience of coming over to the UKand playing county cricket over thelast few years and I am lookingforward to building on that whilstcontinuing to improve my game,"he added.

The right-handed batsmanmade his Test debut in 2010against Australia.

In 2012, he made his first in-ternational Test century againstNew Zealand in Hyderabad. Thebatsman has cemented his place inIndia's Test squad after managingan average of 49.48.

Pujara has previously played inEngland for Derbyshire, Yorkshireand Nottinghamshire in the Coun-ty Championship.

Australia deserves to win Women'sT20 World Cup, says Michael Clarke

Ganguly 'can't wait' to witness newly-revamped Motera Stadium

Cheteshwar Pujara torepresent Gloucestershirein County Championship