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FRIDAYNOVEMBER 15, 2019

CHANDIGARHVOL. XXIV, NO. 275

PAGES 12Rs. 2YUGMARGWe are what our thoughts have

made us; so take care about whatyou think. Words are secondary.

Thoughts live; they travel far.

Swami Vivekananda

AGENCYNEW DELHI, NOV 14

RailTel has provided Railwire Wi-Fiat the historic Dera Baba Nanak rail-way station in Punjab to enable thepilgrims to use fast Wi-Fi services asan amenity.

The "Kartarpur Corridor" Projecthas been inaugurated by Prime Min-ister Narendra Modi on November 9.

"The free Railwire Wi-Fi can beused inside the railway station prem-ises by anyone who has a smartphonewith a working connection for KYCconsideration. The Sultanpur Lodhistation which has a rush of pilgrims for visiting Dera Baba Nanak has also been provided with Wi-Fi," an

official release by RailTel stated. In amission to turn the railway stationinto a platform for digital inclusion,RailTel has provided free Wi-Fi at5300+ Railway stations across thecountry. Soon, all feasible railwaystations (except halts), will have freeWi-Fi. The Wi-Fi service to passen-gers are being provided under 'Rail-Wire'- the retail broadband initiativeof RailTel catering to Enterprises,SMEs and homes. RailTel was alsoentrusted by NIC to deliver 8 MbpsBW at Integrated Check Post (ICP) atDera Baba Nanak, Gurdaspur underthe prestigious "Kartarpur Corridor"Project of Government of India.

HC refuses interimprotection fromarrest to NavlakhaMUMBAI: The Bombay HighCourt on Thursday refused togrant immediate protection fromarrest to civil rights activist Gau-tam Navlakha, who has movedthe court seeking anticipatory bail.The court said it would consideron Friday the issue of granting in-terim relief to Navlakha by way ofprotection from arrest.Justice P D Naik posted on FridayNavlakha's plea seeking anticipa-tory bail in the 2018 KoregaonBhima violence case and for hav-ing alleged Maoist links.Navlakha was given interim pro-tection from arrest since Augustlast year when he approached thehigh court seeking to quash thecase lodged against him by Punepolice.In September this year, a divisionbench of the high court refused toquash the case, following whichNavlakha approached theSupreme Court.The apex court, while extendingthe interim protection till Novem-ber 12, directed Navlakha to ap-proach the concerned sessionscourt in Pune seeking pre-arrestbail.

Air Chief fliessortie in HTT-40trainer aircraftBENGALURU: Showing strongsupport for indigenisation, IAFChief, Air Chief Marshal RakeshKumar Singh Bhadauria onThursday flew in the under devel-opment HTT-40 trainer aircraft."ACM RKS Bhadauria, CAS flewHTT40, tested its flying capabili-ties for one hour. First serving AirChief to fly in prototype as Chiefof Air Force," Hindustan Aeronau-tics Limited (HAL) said in a tweet.HAL also tweeted some picturesand videos from the incident.The plane is still under develop-ment by the HAL. The IAF chiefhas been associated with the in-digenous trainer aircraft projectfor a long period now as he hadassured full support to it since hewas the deputy chief of air staff.The Air Force is also planning toorder a sizeable number of theseplanes from the HAL for its train-ing fleet which is using the SwissPilatus planes at the moment.Now with a ban on dealing withthe Swiss aircraft firm due to thecorruption allegations against it,the future of the indigenous air-craft in the Air Force would bebrighter.

Kamla Bua, firsteunuch mayor ofSagar dies

SAGAR: Kamla Bua, the first eu-nuch mayor of Sagar in MadhyaPradesh, died at the age of 65 af-ter a pronlonged illness, an officialsaid here on Thursday.Bua suffered from a prolonged ill-ness and breathed her last onThursday, said mayor AbhayDare.Bua was elected as Sagar's may-or in 2009 after defeating BJP ri-val Suman Ahirwar by a margin ofover 43,000 votes.Ahirwar later moved court againstBua's election, following which alower court verdict in 2011 can-celled her candidature on thegrounds that Bua had contestedfrom a seat reserved for Sched-uled Caste women, and eunuchscannot be categorised as womenand Bua also could not produce acaste certificate, Ahirwar's lawyerKrishnavir said.In June 2012, the lower court'sverdict was upheld by the MadhyaPradesh High Court, he said.In 2002, Kamla Jaan became thefirst eunuch mayor in MadhyaPradesh after getting elected inKatni town.

India bundle out Bangladesh on150, Rohit departs early

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I am finding it difficulttolearn Tamil, will mug up my

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Badhsa cancer institute to playimportant role: Dr Harsha Vardhan

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Indian Railways brings RailWire Wi-Fi atHistoric Dera Baba Nanak Station

Pilgrims to get other facilities also

AGENCYNEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 14

The Supreme Court on Thursday dis-missed the review petitions against itsverdict in the Rafale deal on grounds thatthey lacked merit, reiterating its cleanchit to the Modi government in the fight-er jet agreement with French firm Das-sault Aviation.

The apex court also rejected the con-tention that there was need to register anFIR in connection with the Rs 58,000crore deal.

The pleas had sought re-examinationof the apex court’s December 14, 2018verdict that there was no occasion todoubt the decision-making process in theprocurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets.

“We find the review petitions arewithout any merit,” a bench comprisingChief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and JusticesSK Kaul and KM Joseph said.

The rejection of review petitions is

tantamount to the apex court giving asecond clean chit to the Modi govern-ment.

Reading out the judgment, JusticeKaul said the judges had reached the con-clusion that it is not appropriate to ordera roving inquiry into the allegations.

Maintaining that the review petitionshad sought the registration of an FIR inconnection with Rafale fighter jets deal,

the bench said, “We do not consider it tobe a fair submission.”

“We do not find it appropriate to con-sider passing order for registration ofFIR,” the bench said.

Justice Joseph, who wrote a separatejudgment, said he agreed with the mainverdict written by Justice Kaul subject tocertain aspects on which he had given hisown reasons.

SC dismisses pleas seeking review of Rafale judgment

NEW DELHI, NOV 14

Amidst intensification of the student protest atJawaharlal Nehru University here on Thurs-day, a statue of Swami Vivekananda which isyet to be unveiled inside the campus wasfound defaced with slogans and graffiti paint-ed on its base.

Students of the university, however, de-nied their involvement and termed it an act bysome miscreants to dilute the JNU StudentsUnion movement against the varsity adminis-tration against fee hike and hostel manual.

A group of students later wiped off the slo-gans painted near the statue.

"The act to paint slogans and wordsaround the statue was a very wrong one, it wasdone to divert the theme of our protests, whichis demanding cheap education for all, and togive it a religious tone," said Sunny Dhiman, astudent of the University who had led thegroup of students who cleaned the area aroundthe statue.

"We have wiped off whatever sloganswere painted at the feet of the statue with thehelp of fellow students. Vivekanandaji is anicon of the country and we might agree or dis-agree with his ideas but the JNU students willnever indulge in this kind of behaviour," Dhi-man told a news agency.

AGENCYLUDHIANA, NOV 14

Adomestic help engaged forthe domestic chores by ahosiery trader looted thehouse after making the wifeof the businessman hostageat his residence inPanchsheel Vihar area underSarabha Nagar Police Sta-tion. SHO PS Sarabha Nagar,the family employed a nativeof Nepal only twelve daysago for domestic chores. Hemade the house lady Mrs So-nia captive and decampedwith a cash of Rs 30 lakhs

and gold ornaments worth Rs25 lakh besides other valu-ables worth Rs five lakhs.Rakesh Kumar, the business-man and owner of the housetold the police that as usual heleft for the workplace at about1030 Thursday morning. Hiswife Sonia and the domestichelp Raju alias Chhotu werepresent in the house. At about1100 hours, two accomplicesof Raju entered the house andmade his wife captive andstarted searching the houseand within one hour they fledwith the booty putting thehouse under lock and key.

Vivekananda statuedefaced in JNU

Domestic help decamps with cashof Rs 30 lakhs & gold ornaments

Amit Shah seeksRahul’s apologyNEW DELHI: The ruling Bharatiya JanataParty has launched a stinging offensivetargeting the Congress and Rahul Gandhifor their campaign against Prime MinisterNarendra Modi over the Rafale fighter jetdeal. Hours after the Supreme Court de-clined to order a probe in the Rs 59,000crore deal for the second time in a year,BJP boss Amit Shah too joined his party’seffort to clobber 49-year-old Gandhi. Intwo tweets, Amit Shah described the topcourt’s verdict on a review petition onThursday as a “befitting reply” to leadersand parties that “rely on malicious andbaseless campaigns”.

“Now, it has been proved that disrup-tion of Parliament over #Rafale was asham. The time could have been betterutilised for the welfare of people,” AmitShah tweeted.

Rahul's apologyaccepted, SC warnshim for future NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court onThursday accepted Congress leader RahulGandhi's apology for wrongly attributing hisinfamous "chowkidar chor hai" remark inRafale case to Prime Minister NarendraModi and opined that a person holding aplace of importance in political spectrumshould have been more careful. The apexcourt closed the contempt petition filed byBJP lawmaker Meenakshi Lekhi againstRahul Gandhi for his remarks. "RahulGandhi needs to be more careful in the fu-ture. It was unfortunate," a three-judgebench headed by Chief Justice RanjanGogoi and Justices S K Kaul and K MJoseph said in their verdict. Lekhi had ac-cused Gandhi of misquoting the April 10 or-der of the apex court in which it had allowedadditional leaked documents to be put onrecord as an evidence in the Rafale case.

Khattar ministry finally takes shape, 10 MLAs sworn in

AGENCYNEW DELHI, NOV 14

In a 3:2 majority verdict, theSupreme Court Thursday re-ferred to a larger 7-judgebench the pleas seeking re-view of its historic 2018judgement allowing womenand girls of all ages to enterKerala''s Sabarimala temple,set to open on November 17,along with other contentiousissues of alleged discrimina-tion against Muslim and Par-si women.

As the majority verdict,penned by Chief Justice Ran-jan Gogoi, kept the reviewpleas pending for a 7-judgebench and did not stay itsSeptember 28, 2018 majorityjudgement, girls and womenof all age groups will be enti-tled to undertake the pilgrim-age to the shrine.

The CJI, who wrote onbehalf of himself and JusticesA M Khanwilkar and InduMalhotra, said the debateabout the constitutional valid-ity of religious practices likebar on entry of women andgirls into a place of worshipwas not limited to the Sabari-mala case.

They said such restric-tions are there with regard toentry of Muslim women intomosques and ''dargah'' andParsi women, married to non-Parsi men, being barred fromthe holy fire place of an Ag-

yari.It was time the apex court

evolves a judicial policy to do"substantial and completejustice", the added.

The majority view, delin-eated by the CJI in its nine-page verdict, was not agreedto by Justices R F Narimanand D Y Chandrachud.

Justice Nariman, writingfor himself and Justice Chan-drachud, regretted his "inabil-ity to agree with" the view ofthe CJI and said the scope ofthe review pleas was limitedto the entry of menstruatingwomen into the hill-topshrine in Kerala and directedthe state government to en-sure strict compliance of the2018 verdict.

The majority judgementalso said that a decision by alarger bench "would put atrest recurring issues" with re-gard to the fundamental rightto profess and practice any re-ligion.

Sabarimala case: SCrefers to 7-judge bench

Six time MLA Vij gets six deptts including HomeAGENCYCHANDIGARH, NOV 14

Nearly three weeks after takingoath, Haryana Chief MinisterManohar Lal Khattar on Thursdaygave shape to his council of minis-ters by inducting 10 new membersincluding one from ally JJP and anindependent.

Khattar and Deputy ChiefMinister Dushyant Chautala tookoath on October 27 but no othermember was sworn in over thenext 17 days.

In the portfolios announcedhours later, Khattar kept Town andCountry Planning, Housing, Infor-mation Technology and GeneralAdministration, but shed Homewhich he held in his previous gov-ernment. Home has gone to six-time MLA Anil Vij, who is alsoput in charge of Urban Local Bod-ies, Health, Medical Educationand Research, Ayush, TechnicalEducation and Science and Tech-nology.

The induction Thursday of sixcabinet-rank and four ministers ofstate now takes the strength of theministry to 12, leaving room for

two more in any future expansion.Altogether, the state with a 90-member assembly can have 14ministers.

Haryana Governor SatyadeoNarain Arya administered the oathto new ministers at a ceremony onthe lawns of the Raj Bhawan here.

Among the 10 new ministers,eight are from Khattar's BharatiyaJanata Party and one from Chauta-la's Jannayak Janta Party (JJP), be-sides an independent. Seven inde-pendents are supporting the BJP-JJP government.

Former Speaker Kanwar PalGujjar will be the new Education

Minister. He has also been allocat-ed Forests, Tourism, Parliamen-tary Affairs and Hospitality de-partments.

Mool Chand Sharma gets thekey Transport Department, besidesMines and Geology, Skill Devel-opment and Industrial Training,and Art and Cultural Affairs.

J P Dalal has been given Agri-culture and Farmers' Welfare de-partments. He also gets AnimalHusbandry and Dairy, Fisheries,Law and Legislative departments.

Banwari Lal, the BJP's Dalitface, gets Cooperation, Welfare ofScheduled Castes and Backward

Castes departments.Independent MLA Ranjit

Singh Chautala, the estrangedbrother of former chief ministerOm Prakash Chautala, has beengiven Power, Jails and New andRenewable Energy departments asa cabinet-rank minister.

Among the ministers of state,former Indian hockey captainSandeep Singh gets the Sports andYouth Affairs (independentcharge), the departments whichwere held by Anil Vij in the previ-ous term.

Sandeep Singh will also headPrinting and Stationery depart-

ments (independent charge).Om Prakash Yadav has been

given Social Justice and Empow-erment, Sainik and Ardh SainikWelfare Departments (independ-ent charge).

Kamlesh Dhanda, the lonewoman minister, is in charge ofWomen and Child Developmentand Archives.

Anoop Dhanak, the ministerof state from the JJP camp, hasbeen given Archaeology and Mu-seums (independent charge) andLabour and Employment depart-ments (attached with Deputy CMDushyant Chautala).

A day before the cabinet ex-pansion, Dushyant Chautala wasallocated 11 portfolios includingExcise and Taxation, Develop-ment and Panchayats, Revenue,Industries and Commerce, andFood and Civil Supplies. BarringSandeep Singh, all ministers tookoath in Hindi. Donning a saffronturban, Singh said the words inPunjabi. In the council of minis-ters, which now has 12 membersincluding the chief minister, nineare from the BJP, two from the JJPand one is an independent.

TEAM KHATTAR Those who took oath as cabinet ministers included BJP leaders Anil Vij (AmbalaCantt), Kanwarpal Gurjar (Jagadhri), Mool Chand Sharma (Ballabhgarh), JaiPrakash Dalal (Loharu), Dr Banwari Lal (Bawal) and Independent MLA RanjitSingh (Rania). Three other BJP legislators who were inducted in the cabinet asMinisters of State included Om Parkash Yadav (Narnaul), Kamlesh Dhanda(Kalayat), Olympian Sandeep Singh (Pehowa) and JJP MLA Anup Dhanak(Uklana).

I Gurpreet Singh S/o Gurmukh Singh I, Koyal Mahant D/o Jamila Mahant I 15493293a Ld Thakare Sandip I Nasib Kaur W/o Jasveer Singh R/o I Jasvir Singh S/O Sadhoo Singh R/O I, Rahul S/O Roop Lal R/O I, Kanchan Bala W/O Vipul Sharma I, Arshdeep Kaur W/o Veer Singh R/o Village Ghataur,post Office R/o Ward 1 House No. 54 Janta Rambhau S/o Rambhau R/o Village Gobindgarh, Dabrikhana (faridkot) Village Kothe Gadri Wala, Teh Zira 2524 , HIG F la t s , Phase-2 , R/O 1705/1, New Prem Nagar, R/o Dhurkot Ransih (Moga) changed Allapur, Tehsil Kharar (mohali) Nagar Dhuri Sangrur Solemany Kargaon, Tehsil Bhiwapur, District Have Changed My Name To (Ferozepur) Have Changed My Urban Estate Dugri, Ludhiana L u d h i a n a C h a n g e d N a m e my name to Arshdeep Kaur Have Changed My Name To Declare That I Belonges To Mahant Nagpur, Maharashtra, India Declare Gurdeep Kaur. name To Jasbeer Singh. Changed Name Raj Mahi. K a n c h a n S h a r m a A f t e r Dhaliwal.Gurpreet Singh Batth. Tradenly Declare Caste 9 With My That Name Of My Father Has Been 98723 63372 63372 Marriage. 63372

100071 Own Will Adoppted Muslim Wrongly Entered As Rambhau In My I, Ramandeep Kaur Mahal W/o I Simranjeet Kaur W/O Jasbeer I, Bhawna Bali W/O Suksham 63372 I, Kanchan Devi W/o Subhash Relgion And Declare My Name Army Service Record While His Gurmukh Singh R/o Vill: Gurditpura Singh R/O Village Kothe Gadri M e h t a R / O H . N o . 2 , M o t i I, Bishal S/O Joginderpal R/O Kumar R/o H.No. 443 W.No. 20 As Kalu Khaa Correct Name Is Rambhau Kisan Teh-Payal (Ludhiana) changed my Wala, Teh Zira (Ferozepur) Have Nagar, Focal Point Ludhiana 8 5 , N e w C h a n d e r N a g a r , Prem Nagar (Moga) changed my

98726 Thakare. The Same May Be name to Ramandeep Kaur. Changed My name To Simarjit C h a n g e d N a m e S h i v a n y a Bhoura , Ludhiana Changed name to Kanchan Rani.I, Rohini W/o Puneet Jindal /o Corrected Accordingly In My Army 63372 Kaur. Mehta. Name Bishal Mall. 633727a/210 Patshalla Mohalla Dhuri Service Record. I Archana Nayak D/o Madhusudan 63372 63372 63372Tehsil Dhuri Dist t Sangrur 98706 Nayak R/o Gautam Nagar Koraput Change To Rohini Jindal . I Sangeeta W/o Mohinder Singh R/o Town Koraput Odisha–764020 have Concern Note # 3070 Sector 22 D Chandigarh My changed my name to Sana Amber.

98726 Correct Date Of Birth Is 04-08-1973 63372I, Tota Singh S/o Hamir Singh And I Also Changed My Name I Rajni Bala W/O Tarun Chawla R/O R/o Village Ina Bajwa Tehsil Sangeeta To Sunita Rani. Kotkapura, Tehsil Kotkapura, District Dhuri District Sangrur Now 98765 Faridkot Have Change My Name To Changed My Name Darshan I, Neelam Rani W/o Sohan Lal, R/o Rajni Bala To Rajni Bala Chawla. Singh. Patti Afghan, Kaithal, Declare That I 63372

98726 Have Changed My Name From I, Balroop Singh Siaan S/O Balwinder I Bachitar Singh S/o Sh. Makhan Neelam Rani To Neelam. Singh R/O Tilak Nagar Gali No. 2, Sri S i n g h . R / o Vi l l a g e D e r a 100039 Muktsar Sahib Have Declared That In Dhupsari, Lukhi, Tehsil Thanesar I, Lakhbir Kaur W/o Gursharan Adhar Card My Name Enter As Boota Distt Kurukshetra Have Declared Singh R/o Dharmiwal, Tehsil Singh Now I,Changed My Name To That In My Passport Me And My Shahkot, Distt. Jalandhar Have Balroop Singh Siaan.Wife Name Wrongly Mention Changed My Name Lakhbir Kaur To 63372Bichter Singh And Surjit Kaur. Lakhwinder Kaur. I, Guntanshveer Singh S/O Jatinder Our Correct Name Is Bachitar 72778 Pal Singh Makkar R/O H.No. 7198, Singh And Sarjit Kaur. I, Ranjit Singh S/o Mejor Singh R/o Gali No. 2, Guru Teg Bahadur Nagar

100074 Village & Po. Fattu Dhinga, Distt. Bathinda Road, Sri Muktsar Sahib I, Gurprit Singh S/o Mander Kapurthala Have Changed My Name Have,Changed My Name To Singh R/o Bhagta (bathinda) From Ranjit Singh To Given Name Guntanshveer Singh Makkar.Have Changed My Name To Ranjit And Surname Singh 63372Gurpreet Singh. 72778 I, Davinder Singh S/o Jaswinder

10001 I, Sukhjinder Singh S/o Kulwant Singh R/o H.No. 5 Railway Road Singh R/o Village Mehmadpur, Po. Purewal Colony Near Pepsi Godown Sher Singh Wala, Tehsil Bholath, Nakodar (Jalandhar) changed my Distt. Kapurthala Have Changed name to Parbhsimran Singh.My Name From Sukhjinder Singh 63372To Given Name Sukhjinder And I, Shanu Uppal W/o Vishavjit Singh Surname Singh. Kahlon R/o Kahlon Villa Vpo.

72778 Bhattian Bet (Ludhiana) changed my I, Hitherto Known As Kuldeep S/o name to Shanu Uppal Kahlon.Manjeet Singh, R/o H.no. Ws 402, 63372Satran Mohalla, Basti Sheikh, I, Jaspreet Singh S/O Harjit Singh Jalandhar-144002, Punjab, India R/O Dhindsa (Ludhiana) Changed Have Changed My Name And My Name Jaspreet Singh Ladhar.Shall Hereafter Be Known As 63372Kuldeep Singh Randhawa. I, Satgur Singh S/o Gurjant Singh R/o

72778 Burj Rathi (Mansa) changed my name I, Rajni Devi W/o Dev Kumar to Karanveer Singh.Heer, R/o H.no. 6/2476, Mehatpur 63372Road, Mohalla Ravidass Pura, I, Gurkirandeep Kaur W/o Gurpreet Nakodar, Distt. Jalandhar-144040, Singh Grewal R/o Takhtupura (Moga) Punjab, India, Have Changed The Changed Name Kirandeep Kaur. Name Of My Minor Son Vishal 63372Kumar Ahir (aged Approx. 7 Years I, Hardeep Kaur W/o Jagdhir Singh 5 Months) And He Shall Hereafter Dhaliwal R/o Bir Rauke (Moga) Be Known As Vishal Kumar Heer. Changed Name Hardeep Kaur

72778 Dhaliwal. I Sarabjit Kaur W/o Balbir Singh 63372R/o Village Rastgo Post Office I, Nikita Khosla W/o Rohit Bhanot Madhopur Distt Jalandhar Have R/o H.No.682 Chander Nagar Civil Change My Name From Sarabjit Lines Ludhiana Changed Name Kaur To Sarbjit Kaur Nikita Bhanot (After Marriage).

72778 63372I, Heera Singh S/o S. Nihal Singh I, Jaswinder Kumar S/o Kamal Chand R/o.vill. Janian P.o Bundala Distt R/o H.No.02 Sai Baba Colony Moga, Amritsar Have Changed My Name Punjab Changed My Name To From Hira Singh To Heera Jaswinder Singh Atwal.Singh.please Note It 63372

72737 I Baljit Kaure W/o Malkit Singh R/o I, Pooja W/o Bachitter Singh Mubarakpur (Moga) have declared to R/o.vpo Kotli Dhole Shah Tehsil & Baljinder Kaur Urf Baljit Kaur are District Amritsar Have Changed One & same person.My Name To Poojapreet Kaur Pls 63372Note It I Minakshi W/o Tarun Kumar R/o

72737 Rampura Phul (Bathinda) have I Pardeep Singh S/o Tarlochan changed my name Minakshi Sharma.Singh R/o A-587 Partap Nagar 63372,amritsar 143001 Have Change My I Jaswinder Kaur W/O Jagwinder Name To Pardeep Singh From Singh Toor R/O Vpo Sherpur Kalan Pardip Singh.for All Purpose.all Tehsil Jagraon Distt Ludhiana Have Concerned Please Note. Changed My Name To Jaswinder

72737 Kaur Toor.I Jasleen Kaur W/o Pardeep Singh 63372R/o A-587 Partap Nagar Amritsar I Sumanpreet Kaur D/o Gurdev Singh 143001 Have Change My Name To R/o Vpo Chimna Tehsil Jagroan Jasleen Kaur From Jasvir Kaur Distt Ludhiana Have Changed Rajput For All Purpose.all my Name to Sumanpreet Kaur Concerned Please Note. Dhaliwal.

72737 63372I, 4475187l,rank Chm Balwinder I Gurjeet Kaur Dhaliwal W/O Singh Posted At 5 Sikh Li.regt. Manjit Singh R/O Vpo Dalla C/o56 Apo Amritsar Declare That Tehsil Jagraon Distt Ludhiana In Service Record My Son Name Is Have Changed My Name To Wrongly Mentioned As Sawraj Gurjeet Kaur.Singh But His Correct Name Is 63372Shivraj Singh. I Kiranjeet Kaur Kaul W/O

72737 Lakhvir Singh R/O Rasulpur I, 4475187l,rank Chm Balwinder (Jandi) District Ludhiana Have Singh Posted At 5 Sikh Li.regt. Changed My Name To Kiranjeet C/o56 Apo Amritsar Declare That Kaur.In Service Record My Daughter 63372Name Is Wrongly Mentioned As I Gurpreet Kaur W/O Baljeet Suniha But Her Correct Name Is Singh R/O Ralya, Distt. Bathinda Sneha Kaur. Have Changed My Mino r

72737 Daughter's Name Ghanspreet I, Rachhpal Singh S/o Sohan Singh Kaur To Jashanpreet Kaur.R/o-vpo Udho Nangal Tehsil Baba 63372Bakala Amritsar Have Changed I Parth S/O Inderjit Wadhera, My Name To Rashpal Singh. R/O H.No.122, Nijjarpura ,

72737 P.O. Meherbanapura , Dis t . I, Ravi Sharma S/o Vinod Sharma A m r i t s a r P u n j a b . 1 4 3 0 0 1 R/o.h.no.1023/17 Bharat Nagar Changed My Surname To Parth Railway Gali Batala Road Wadhera.Amritsar Have Chaged My Name 63372To Ravi Dutta. Please Note It

72737I, Prince Pal Singh Sidhu S/o Hardeep Singh R/ovill Budha Tehsil Po Beas, Tehsil Baba Bakala Amritsar Have Changed My Name To Prince Pal Singh

72737I, Sukhchain Singh Sidhu S/o Angrej Singh R/o Vill. Varnala Po Vakilan Wala Teh s i l Z i r a Ferozepur Have Changed My Name To Sukhchain Singh. Please Note It

72737I, Pooja Pahwa W/o Neel Kamal Pahwa R/o.h.no.357 S4 G u r u N a n a k G a l i B a z a r Boriyan Wala Katra Karam Singh Amritsar Have Changed My Name After Marriage To Nidhi Pahwa.

72737I, Kushalya Devi W/o Parmodh Singh R/o Village Chogawan, Tehsil Ajnala Distt. Amritsar Have Changed My Name From Kushalya Devi To Kushla Devi. All Concerned Please Note.

72737I. Malkit Kaur W/o Balvir Singh Brar Village Mehma Sawai (bathinda) Have Change My Name Malkit Kaur To Malkeet Kaur Brar W/o Balvir Singh Brar. All Concerned Note.

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PUBLIC NOTICESI Kuljinder Kaur W/o Late S.harbans Singh R/o # 19 Village Sohana Sector 78 Moha l i . Tha t My Son Karamjit Singh Is Now Under My Control And He Has Reconized His Fault And Respect Us And He Shall Be Entitled His Share I n M y M o v e a b l e / i m m o v e a b l e Property . I Cancel Our Previous Publication Give Date 9-10-2015.

98765I, Mahesh Kumar S/o Ram Rattan R/o H.no 644, Street No. 10 New Model House Jalandhar Declare That My Daughter Sonika Are Out Of My Control, I Disinherit His F r o m M y M o v e a b l e / I m m o v e a b l e P r o p e r t y. Anybody Deals With Them Shal l Himself / Hersel f Responsible. They Will Be Fully Responsible For Their Own Loss.

72778We, Sushil Kumar Wadera S/o Kewal Krishan and Kamlesh Rani W/o Sushil Kumar Wadera R/o Khalsa School Road , S t .No.4 , Khanna (Ludhiana) declare that our son Manoj Wadera, his wife Shivani Wadera and his son Deevansh Wadera are out of our control and living separate. We, disinherit them f r o m o u r w h o l e m o v e a b l e / i m m o v e a b l e properties. We have no relation with them, anybody dealing with them at their own risk. We shall not be responsible for any of them act and conduct.

63372I Meenu D/o Harbhajan R/o Vi l lage Jagpalpur Post O f f i c e R a n i p u r Te h . Phagwara Distt. Kapurthala have changed my name after m a r r i a g e M e e n u t o Mannatpreet Kaur W/o H a r p r e e t S i n g h V P O Dhudike Teh. & Distt. Moga.

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3HARYANAStudents remember Nehru on Children's DayKARNAL: Children's Day was celebrated with great pomp today at Baldev JSD Mission SeniorSecondary School. Remembering Nehru, flowers were offered on his portrait. This was followedby a cultural programme. Sports was also organised on the occasion of Children's Day by theDirector of the school, Davinder Anand, flagged off a variety of sports like fast running, slow run-ning, sack race, frog race, cricket, tug, lemon race etc. were included. The stage was conductedby Shravan, a student of class 12. The cricket commentary was handled beautifully by Divya, aninth grade student. On this occasion, refreshments for the children were arranged by theschool. The Principal, Deputy Principal, Coordinator and all staff members of the Vidyalayaschool together participated in the event. The Director gave a message to the students to moveahead with the spirit of the game in life and to strive continuously to achieve their goal.YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Children’s Daycelebrated at

Bharat Singh SchoolMAIN PALINDRI, NOVEMBER 14

Children's Day celebrations wereheld at Chaudhary Bharat Singh Se-nior Secondary School Jain PurSadhan. Vigyan Ratna ProfessorDr. Kuldeep Singh Dhindsa attend-ed this Children's Day function.Speaking on the occasion, the chiefguest Dr. Kuldeep Singh Dhindsasaid that Children's Day is a veryimportant day in the life of childrenand this day inspires children tomove forward in social activities.He said that science and religionhave an unbreakable relationshipand religion cannot proceed with-out science and science without re-ligion, so we need to brainstorm onscience along with religion. He saidthat we should provide equal op-portunities for women to moveahead from social evils.

Children's Daycelebrated at Memorial

Public SchoolROHIT LAMSARTARAORI, NOVEMBER 14

Various competitions were held onthe occasion of Children’s Day atMemorial Public School Tarawari.Manager of the school, Surat SinghGrewal and Administrator Gursha-ran Grewal, specially attended andencouraged the children. On thisauspicious occasion, stalls wereerected with the saws of the fourhouses in which children sold ma-ternal self-dependent food items.Students of all the Houses did thework of selling their goods with en-thusiasm and enthusiasm.

School administrator Gursha-ran Singh Grewal and PrincipalSushma Chaupra congratulated allthe students on their birthday. Shesaid that India’s first Prime Minis-ter Jawaharlal Nehru loved childrenvery much. His dream was that onlychildren can be elevated to thehighest peak of a nation's progress.We should make every effort to takeour country to the pinnacle ofprogress. All the staff members andchildren were present on this occa-sion.

Archaeology deptresumes

excavation workMAHINDER SINGHGHARAUNDA, NOV 14

Two weeks after the Shivling andNandi were found in Yamuna areanear village Faridpur, the Archeolo-gy Department has started excava-tion work in Yamuna again. Peoplehas been excavated under the su-pervision of the officials of the De-partment The work is being done bythe Block Development departmentand Panchayat Department. Somebrick has been found at the time ofexcavation. Due to the high sandheight, excavation work has beenstopped at present. According to of-ficials, the excavation will be doneagain from Tuesday. Later the teamreached the village and examinedthe pillars along with Shivalingaand Nandi.

About two weeks ago, sand ex-cavation had been held in Yamunanear village Faridpur. Meanwhile,the people saw a Shivling, Nandiand Pillar in the sand. When the vil-lagers got information about gettingold Shivlinga and Nandi, they gotthem established in the village tem-ple. Later, Chief Minister ManoharLal and MLA Harvindra Kalyanvisited the village and offeredprayers to Shivalinga. CM said thatexcavation work will be done in Ya-muna area right now. If any otherremains are found, then the arche-ology department will investigatethe entire matter.

Poster makingcompetition on child

rights to be organizedat district level

CHANDIGARH: To mark the cel-ebration of Universal Children'sDay also known as InternationalDay for Child Rights on the No-vember 20, 2019, Haryana StateCommission for Protection of ChildRights(HSCPCR) will organize aPoster Making and Slogan Writingcompetition in all the 22 districts ofHaryana on the topic: 'Hera Bach-pan Mera Adhikar'.

Sharing more information inthis regard, HSCPCR Chairperson,Mrs. Jyoti Bainda said that as Chil-dren, generally use different waysof expressing themselves and makemeaning out of the world aroundthem. Drawing and painting arepowerful tools used to enhancechildren's communication skills,therefore the Poster Making andSlogan Writing competition will beheld so that the children can be-come aware and aware of theirrights. She said that the childrenfrom all private, governmentschools, Child Care Institutions(CCI), Observation Homes, Specialhome and Place of Safety are invit-ed to participate in this competition.

CHANDIGARH, NOVEMBER 14

The Union Minister for Science andTechnology, Earth Sciences andHealth and Family Welfare, Dr HarshVardhan said that the National Can-cer Institute, Badhsa in district Jhaj-jar has taken all the necessary steps atto ensure earliest treatment for thepeople suffering from cancer. He saidthat the institute can play an impor-tant role for the treatment of cancerpatients as this is also an unique can-cer hospital.

Dr. Harsh Vardhan was speakingafter the Bhumi Pujan ceremony ofthe 800-bed rest house to be built atthe National Cancer Institute onThursday. The rest house will bebuilt at a cost of Rs 60 crore. Speak-ing on the occasion, Dr. Harsh Vard-han said that this rest house will beready within a period of about twoyears. He said that this rest housewould prove to be a boon for cancerpatients and the people accompany-ing them, the patients suffering fromcancer have to undergo various typesof medical investigations as afterChemotherapy and surgery they haveto stay for a long time to get theirmedical checkups, therefore after therest house will be built the patientsnot only from Haryana but from oth-er parts of the country who visit the

National Cancer Institute will notface any problem.

He said that the patients friendsand relatives who come with the pa-tient in the hospital, after the resthouse will be built, will be able tofind a good place to live and will beable to take good care of the patients.He said that an amount of more thanRs 2000 crore has been spent on theconstruction of the Institute and theHaryana Government has also givenits support in the construction.

Dr. Harsh Vardhan said that In-

fosys will be constructing the resthouse on the land given by the Gov-ernment.

After the Bhumi Pujan theUnion Health and Family WelfareMinister also met the cancer patientsadmitted to the emergency room ofthe hospital inquired about theircondition. He also interacted withtheir relatives and asked them aboutthe treatment being given to the pa-tients. After this, he visited Opera-tion Theater, ICU and AIIMS Con-trol Center.

Badhsa cancer institute to playimportant role: Dr Harsha Vardhan

SARBJIT SINGHASSANDH, NOVEMBER 14

Cross country races and fancydress competitions were organ-ized on the occasion of Chil-dren's Day at Adarsh SeniorSecondary School located inthe city. The programme wasinaugurated by the school's di-rector Richhal Rana and Prin-cipal Sunny Rana along withother guests lighting the lamp.

Addressing the students, Ritchpal Ranasaid that because of the physical physicaldevelopment of man, every student shouldplay some sport according to interest andability from childhood. The students par-ticipated enthusiastically in the five-kilo-meter cross country race. In this race, Lak-shika and Sneha from Pratap Sadan'sNavdeep and Siva Sadan secured first, sec-ond and third positions respectively. Bha-gat Singh Sadan, Shiva Sadan and Subhash

Chandra Sadan stood first, second and thirdrespectively in the collective competitionof Houses. In fancy dresses, Rudrapratap,Aviraj, Helen, Yuvraj, Honey, MayankVanshika, etc., the students were captivat-ed by poetic performances with their fancydress. PTI Suresh played a role in conduct-ing the program. Staff members Anil,Virendra, Chanchal, Radhika, Mamta,Vimmi Arora, Sumit, Rinderjeet, Gulab,Praveen, Pushpendra, Sunaina etc. werepresent on the occasion.

Competitions held on Children'sDay in Adarsh School

SHIV SHARMAKARNAL, NOV 14

Children's Day was celebrat-ed with great fanfare atPrakash Public School. Onthis occasion, Subhash Chan-dra, Executive Vice Chair-man of the award distributionSwachh Bharat Mission ar-rived as the chief guest. Dur-ing this time talented studentswere also honoured. Address-ing the children, SubhashChandra said that children arethe future of our country. Hecalled upon teachers to teachchildren moral values alongwith education.

He called upon the chil-dren to bring glory to thecountry by studying well and

giving their invaluable contri-bution to the development ofthe country. During this timeNavjot Singh Sandhu, BJPyouth leader, Sukhdev Kan-gra ji, Subhash Trehan ji,

Principal Sushil Rana ji, Di-rector OP Chaudhary ji, VicePrincipal Anupriya ji, MDSaroj Choudhary ji and oth-er teachers were also pres-ent.

Teach children moral values:Subhash Chandra

Blood donation camp organisedSHIV SHARMAKURUKSHETRA, NOV 14

254th voluntary blood donation camp was organized by Na-tional Gold Medalist Diamond Blood Donor and environmen-talist Dr. Ashok KumarVerma today at Lok-nayak Jaiprakash Hospi-tal, Kurukshetra on theChildren’s Day. Secre-tary, Red Cross SocietyKurukshetra Kulbir Ma-lik was chief guest whileAdvocate Shri DeepakAjeja was guest of honor.In this camp Suman Pra-japat, Sunil Dhiman, Gurjinder Kaur were present. Chief GuestKulbir Malik said that every and every couple should got testfor thailisemeia before engagement. Camp organizer Dr. AshokKumar Verma welcomed the guests and donors and encouragedthe donor by telling them that he himself donated blood 126times and platelets for dengu patients 54 times. There is noweakness caused by donating blood. He said that he organised254 blood donation camps in these camps more than 11694blood units were provided to government blood banks. Morethan 33,000 lives were saved by blood donation. One unit cansave three lives. In this camp Satish Kumar, Somansh, Naren-der Ahuja, Ravinder Verma, Harvender Singh, Dharmabir,Ankit, Jasbir, Balkar, Sher Singh, Suresh Kumar, Shiv Kumarand a number of donors donated blood.

SHIV SHARMAKARNAL, NOV 14

A meeting of the Anti Corrup-tion Foundation of India washeld at the National Officeunder the chairmanship ofNational President NarendraArora. A special discussionon the corruption eradicationawareness campaign is beingrun by the Foundation acrossthe country. On this occasion,Narendra Arora said that a lotof efforts are being made bythe Government to curb cor-ruption and the Central Vigi-lance Commission is makingpeople aware of it.

The Anti-CorruptionFoundation of India is mak-ing people aware of the onlinepledge of the Central Vigi-lance Commission. He said

that to curb corruption in gov-ernment offices, an app hasbeen prepared by the PrimeMinister where any personcan lodge a complaint againsta government employee tak-ing bribe. He said that peoplewill be made aware to use theapp released by the Anti Cor-

ruption Foundation of Indiato prevent corruption of thePrime Minister. District ChiefDirectors Fatehabad NaseebSingh, Manju, Subhash Chan-dra, Sachin Sharma, AshokSaini, Sajjan Singh, Swatiand Sunil Kumar, etc. werepresent on the occasion.

Anti-Corruption Foundationwill curb corruption: Arora

Gogi directs officialsto work for public

SARBJEET SINGHASSANDH, NOVEMBER 14

Congress MLA Shamsher Gogi, while giving tips to the officersin the first meet-ing held after be-coming MLA atthe Public WorksRest House in thecity, today saidthat he has be-come an MLAwith votes fromall sections and ifany of the publicis suffering andthey come to theoffice with any complaint, then they should be attended to withutmost care.

Gogi told the officials from all the departments includingDSP Dalbir, SDM Anurag Dhalia, Tehsildar Navjit Corps thathe wants to work in the field with honesty in public interest. TheMLA told the SDO of the Department of Public Works Depart-ment about the roads in Jundla area and said that while con-structing the road, it was overlooked that a big electricity poleexisted blocking the path.

Satire on social evils throughplays in Holy Star School

RESHAM SIDHUSIRSA, NOVEMBER 14

A cultural programme was organised at Holy Star Senior Sec-ondary School Bappan for the 550th Prakashotsav and Chil-dren's Day ofGuru Nanak DevJi. In this pro-gramme, Dr. R.K.Ganda, formersarpanch GurdevSingh, BanwariLal, Patwari Ben-efit Singh, MohanSingh attended inparticular.

At the launch of the programme, Sikh Gurus were remem-bered by presenting Ardas by the school girls. Simran andParvesh's party, at the program, presented the song in the mud.Quiz competition was conducted in the students in which Ma-jor Dhyan Chand House got first and Rani Laxmi Bai House gotsecond place. On the conclusion of the programme, school's di-rector Rajkumar Mehta and Principal Sasibhushan Mehta whileaddressing the students said that we should take a pledge to dogood work for the society on the 550th Prakashotsav and Chil-dren's Day of Guru Nanak Dev Ji. He said that we should fol-low the path shown by our gurus.

Winds of development willblow in Haryana: Poswal

GURMEET KASHYAPKARNAL, NOV 14

BJP state executive member and Mission Modi Armystate general secretary Satish Poswal and BJYM'sdistrict vice president Vinay Poswal said that formerassembly speaker Kanwar Pal Gurjar was made cab-inet minister in the second innings of BJP govern-ment in thestate and it is acommendablestep. This willgive momen-tum to the de-velopment ofthe state as Gur-jar is an experi-enced and honest leader. He thanked Chief MinisterManohar Lal. Gurjar has been a three-time MLAfrom Jagadhri. He was the Speaker of the HaryanaLegislative Assembly last time. He defeated AkramKhan of Congress on this seat.

He has done his job well in the past and this timewhile being the cabinet minister, he will take the stateon a new path of development in association with theChief Minister. Satish Poswal and Vinay Poswal saidthat there has been similar development in the entirestate in the last five years. The BJP has made welfareannouncements for every category.

Karnal excels in Brain-o-brain contestKARNAL: In the state level competition ofBranobrain, Karnal beat the group of all oth-er cities of Haryana, earning second place inthe championship today, 11 out of the 82participants of the centre won the championtrophy 27 gold. Medal 27 won Silver Medal 9students Achiever 8 were Merit Participants.The director of the center, Neeru Sharmaand teacher Sakshi Bhatnagar, said that inthis competition to be held in only 3 minutes,the talent of the brain of the students is ob-served.

GURMEET KASHYAPKARNAL, NOVEMBER 14

Ward-8 councillor Megha Bhan-dari celebrated Children's Dayprogramme on the occasion ofbirth anniversary of late PrimeMinsiter Pandit Nehru with chil-dren living in slums. On this oc-casion, he distributed food,sweets, etc., among the childrenliving in the slum behind Sector-6. During this time, MeghaBhandari inspired the parents tostudy their children in school. Heinformed that today manyschemes are being run by the governmentfor the welfare of children and peopleshould get their children enrolled in suchschools. Children are taught free in gov-ernment school.

Megha Bhandari said that children arethe future of the country. Children includ-ing principal and teachers contributed sig-

nificantly in making the programme a suc-cess. On this occasion Megha Bhandarialso honored the children. She said thatChildren's Day is celebrated every year on14th November in India. In view of Jawa-harlal Nehru's attachment and special lovetowards children, it was decided to cele-brate his birthday as Children's Day.

Children's Day celebratedwith slum dwellers

Children's day celebratedwith great pomp

KARNAL, NOVEMBER 14

Children's Day celebrations were held SS International SeniorSecondary School. Teachers of the school put up various kindsof stalls, in which a variety of competitions were organized forfood and children to play. The children also enjoyed the stallsput up by the teachers. In the stalls set up by the teachers, thefood items were given to the children at low prices.

On this occasion, Director of the school, Sandeep Kakkar,wished the children a happy Children's Day. He said that Chil-dren's Day is celebrated on the birthday of Pandit JawaharlalNehru, the first Prime Minister of the country, because PanditJawaharlal Nehru loved children more. On this occasion, Am-rapali Dutta, Principal of the school, wished the teachers for theevent and congratulated the children on Children's Day.

Students honoured forexcelling in Judo Karate

SHIV SHARMAKARNAL, NOVEMBER 14

Children who won Gold Medal in the Judo Karate games organ-ised by the Association of Rural Games held in Pune were hon-oured on the Children's Day today. In the judo karate competition,Hargun SinghCheema Ranwar,Manpreet KaurCheema, Mafi, Ko-mal, Jewels, AmarjeetSingh Vadach won thegold medal, Vanshika,Amandeep won thesilver medal andProud and NipunBhardwaj won thebronze medal. On thisoccasion, the chiefguest Amarendra Singh Arora, Principal HSGMG Attended Hehonored the children who brought the medal by giving them a tro-phy and said that the children will illuminate the name of theirparents, country and state by performing well in this way. On thisoccasion, Surjeet Singh (Rinku Cheema Ranwar), of Haryanawished for a bright future for the children who brought goldmedals in the judo competition and said that in future also.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Children’s Day celebratedCHANDIGARH: Kids ‘R’ Kids school Sector 42-C organized Children Day Celebrations atits campus with great splendor and grandeur. Students put on colorful dresses which madethem adorable &precious pearls. To make the dayspecial for them the event began with a shlokand an enchanting and rhythmical rendition of thesongs .There was a lively and rollicking danceperformance by teachers for students . Teacheralso sang a hilarious parody which had the audi-ence in splits. One of the teachers also addressedthe students, broadening their horizons about thesignificance of this day and the role of children innation building.

MCC celebrates children’s dayRAJIV JAINCHANDIGARH, NOV 14

The Municipal CorporationChandigarh has celebratedChildren’s day in the officepremises here today. SchoolChildren from Govt. ModelSenior Secondary School,Sector 10-A and Strawberryfield, Sector 26 visited theMunicipal Corporation Of-fice and witnessed the pro-ceedings of General HouseMeeting of MCC.

During the visit, the stu-dents got information aboutthe functioning of Munici-pal Corporation and theRole of Mayor, Councillorsand Commissioner of MCC.After the visit, the MCC cel-

ebrated Children’s day withcake cutting ceremony, dur-ing which Sh. Rajesh Ku-mar, Mayor, Sh. K.K. Yadav,

IAS, Commissioner, all thecouncilors and officers ofMCC extended their warmwishes to the children.

Diabetes is India's fastestgrowing disease

RN KHERACHANDIGARH: Chandigarh had got aprevalence of diabetes around 15 percent, which is the highest among anystates and UTs in the country, As perdata, Out of 100 , 14 persons arediabetic and 14 are pre diabetic in UTChandigarh Every year the theme forWorld Diabetes Day changes and in2019 it is Family and Diabetes. As thename of the theme suggests, the ideais to raise awareness of the impact ofdiabetes on the family and supportnetwork of the people who areaffected. The awareness of thisdangerous disease is so low thatdespite the majority of peoplesurveyed having a family member withdiabetes, alarming four-in-five parentswould have trouble recognising thewarning signs.

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Screening camps organizedin govt hospitals to observeworld diabetes dayCHANDIGARH: To observe ‘WorldDiabetes Day’, the Health & FamilyWelfare Department has organizedthe Special Mass Screening Campsacross the State. Disclosing this, anofficial spokesperson of HealthDepartment said in these screeningcamps people are being screened forvarious Non-Communicable Diseaseslike diabetes, hypertension andobesity. He said that the focus ofthese screening camps is to find outthe hidden case and awarenessgeneration about NCDs. He furthersaid that every year ‘World DiabetesDay’ is celebrated on 14th November.The purpose of this day is to raiseawareness of a condition that millionsof people all around the world live withevery day. He said that as per WHOStatistics, more than 422 millionpeople are living with diabetes .It isestimated that diabetes will be the 6thleading cause of death in 2030 with3.5% death share. He also said thatIndia is the diabetes capital of worldand more than 70 million people areliving with diabetes in India which isapproximately 8.7% of the totalpopulation of the country.

ISHA UPADHYAYPANCHKULA, NOV 14

A painting competition atSector 21 GovernmentMiddle school marked theNGO Round Table IndiaWeek here today. The com-petition was a part of sev-eral other community serv-ice activities which were apart of the week-longevents.

A session on GoodTouch, Bad Touch was at-tended by over 150 stu-dents of the school. Thesession was conducted forchildren aged between 10to 12 years which was con-ducted by professional

trainers from PrasanchetasFoundation. Over 100 stu-dents aged 12-14 years par-ticipated in the Children’sDay theme painting com-petition. Best three paint-ings were rewarded with

cash prizes. The winners ofPanchkula Sector 21 Gov-ernment Middle Schoolwere Muskan of Class 8,Vikas Rawat of Class 7 andShivani also of Class 7.Over 400 students partici-

pated in the painting com-petition held in differentschools of Panchkula, Bad-di, Zirakpur, and MandiGobindgarh and sweetswere distributed on the oc-casion. The local chapter ofRound Table India (RTI) asa part of its week-long cel-ebrations also distributedfood at Pingalwara in Pal-sora, Sector 55 to 102 crit-ically ill patients and staffthere. Over 500 treesaplings were planted inSiswan forest range earlythis week and a blood do-nation camp was held inIndustrial Area, Panchkulalast week in which 69 unitsof blood were collected.

NGO round table India holds paintingcompetition for school children

Shiva family statue installedin Shri Krishna temple

HOSHIARPUR: Statue of Shiva familywas installed at Sri Sri Krishan Templeof Noor Pur Brahmana village. Thesestatues were installed after purificationand pran prasthpna by Saints ofJamana Devi Krishan Temple, t SitaDevi Krishan Temple and Prem DasShiva at Sri Sri Krishan Temple ofHoshiarpur on behalf of GulshanKumar, Madan Lal, Surinder Kumarand Bhushan Kumar. Shiva familyinstalled on behalf of Pandit SurinderKumar Paladi during the completelegal ceremony under the leadershipof the Nurpur Brahmins. On thisoccasion, the entire city wasrevamped by devotees by offerinf tea,pakoda. Jogindar Pal, Idarjeet Joshi,Rashpal Joshi Purba Sarpanch ShubhLata Joshi, Tilak Raj Jorshi, Sourav,Sagar, Himashu, Biku, Gautam.

550th Gurupurab celebrations atLyallpur Khalsa College

JALANDHAR:The historic occasion ofthe 550th Gurupurab of Sri GuruNanak Dev Ji was duly paid respect toby virtue of an impressive respectladen function put together by the staffand students of Lyallpur KhalsaCollege. As a part of the program,Sehaj Path was held in the collegeGurudwara Sahib.Students from theMusic department of the college,Manpreet Singh and Arvinder Singhhonoured with Siropaos by SardarniBalbir Kaur, President CollegeGoverning Council, Jaspal SinghWaraich Joint Secretary, GoverningCouncil and College Principal Dr.Gurpinder Singh Samra. Principal DrSamra also thanked the overwhelmingnumber of attendees during theentirety of the program.

Aruna Dogra Sharma honoredNEW DELHI, NOV 14

During 7th International Hindi Conference ArunaDogra Sharma was honored for participating in po-

etry book andstanding first inpoetry recitationduring 2 daysevent on 11-12November in afunction at HansRaj College, Del-hi University,Delhi. The awardwas given bym i n i s t e rNityanand Rai,Union minister ofState, Home,

Govt of India. The minister stressed the need of us-ing -Hindi language in Courts, vidhan sabha, munic-ipal corporations and all national level offices. Eventwas Presided by Ex Union Minister Dr CP Thakurji. Principal Hans Raj College Smt Rama Ex Gover-nor, Mrs Mridula Sinha Spokesperson BJP Sh Sud-hanshu Trivedi ji and 300 delegates from all over in-dia attended this event. this award was conferred toher works in the field of hindi literature.

The Governor of Punjab and Administrator UT Chandigarh V.P. Singh Badnore taking the salute of march past on the occasionof 53rd Raising day of Chandigarh Police sector 26 Police Line Chandigarh on Thursday.

S. Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa Cabinet Minister Punjab Govt.honoredEr.Jaswant Singh Zafar SE Grid Const. PSPCL at Dera Baba Nanak for hisextra ordinary contribtuition in Planning and Designing Dera Baba Nanak

Festival and for his 4 days participation in festival.

Children's daycelebrated at APJKHARAR, NOV 14

APJ Smart School today cel-ebrated Children’s Day withgreat fervor and euphoria.Students of Pre-Nursery toXII grade participated inopen dance.

Students dressed up in iri-descent attires enjoyed theirday enthusiastically. Schoolconducted a dance contestalso in which Play way to XIIgrade students displayed theirexpertise and dexterity. Stu-dents competed for I, II andIII positions while perform-ing on the stage.

VERMAGURDASPUR, NOV 14

One day training regardingmashaal project of highschool commenced under thesupervision of DEO RakeshBala and DGC ParminderSingh saini at District Em-ployment Bureau, Block-B,District Administrative Com-plex. On the occasion, theChief Guest, SDM Gurdaspursakattar Singh Bal and Spe-cial Guest District Develop-ment Panchayat Officer Gur-daspur Lakhwinder Singh

Randhawa started the trainingby flaming mashaal . Ad-dressing the teachers on theoccasion, Ramndeep KaurCounselor said that in presentday, how teachers shouldwork to identify their inter-ests. She said that only theteacher can motivate the stu-dents for every good workand help them to reach theirdestination. She said thatchildren are headed thewrong way under peer pres-sure so teachers should un-derstand their mental stateand motivate them.

Every school must have acounselor teacher: SDM

CHANDIGARH, NOV 14

In a move to boost the groundsupport with the energygained from the recent politi-cal scenarios, Congress is allset to intensify its district lev-el agitation programmesagainst the policies of theNarendra Modi-led CentralGovernment. Punjab Con-gress president Sunil Jakharsaid in a statement on Thurs-day that the aim of the protest

was to bring awarenessamong the people about so-cio-economic problems creat-ed by the present BJP ledgovernment.

He said that the countrywas reeling under an unprece-dented economic slowdown,unemployment increasingsteadily, people fast losingjobs. Currently unemploy-ment rate in the country hadcrossed 8.1 per cent, highestin the last 45 years while

every sector was facing a re-cession.

Business and service sec-tor growth was declining eachday and industries were shut-ting down, he added. Jakharsaid that agriculture sectorwas under heavy debt andfarmers were not getting re-munerative price for theircrops. Banking system hadcollapsed while wealthy peo-ple were taking out moneyfrom banks and flying abroad.

Cong to intensify district-level agitationagainst Modi Govt in Punjab

CHANDIGARH, NOV 14

After the huge successof Maa Lakshmi Di-wali Pooja Bumper2019, Punjab state lot-teries departmentbrought out the NewYear bumper 2020 inthe market.

The first prize ofthe bumper is Rs threecrore. An officialspokesperson of the de-partment said the firstprize of Rs three crorewould be given to twowinners (Rs 1.5 croreeach). He said the firstprize would surely be

given on the ticketssold out in public. Thespokesperson furthersaid that the secondprize of Rs 10 lakhwould be given to fivewinners and the thirdprize of Rs five lakhwill be given to 10 win-ners. The fourth prizeof Rs one lakh wouldbe given to 20 winners.

In addition, theNew year bumper hasmany other attractiveprizes, which have totalvalue of crores of ru-pees. He said the drawof bumper would beheld on January 17.

Punjab lotteries dept bringsout New Year bumper 2020

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YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Property worth lakhs of rupees damaged inKargil fireLEH: Property worth lakhs of rupees reduced to ashes after a devastating firebroke out in the border town of Kargil in the Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh onThursday. Official sources told UNI that the inferno broke out in a building thathoused a famous hardware store in Kargil on Thursday. Fire tenders wererushed to douse off the leaping flames, clearly visible from a distance.However, before the fire was doused off, the shop was gutted, resulting indamage to property worth lakhs of rupees. "The cause of the fire was notimmediately clear," they said, adding that no one was injured in the incident. Acase has been registered and investigation has been taken up to ascertain thecause of the fire, they added.

Bhai GhanaiyaSeva Societyorganises langar

ANWAR HUSSAINNALAGARH: In Nalgarh Hospital,daily langar is being by the BhaiGhanaiya Seva Society and theGurmati Prachar Trust Jagatkhanacosting Rs 2500. Pradhan CharanjitSingh Saini made an appeal toeveryone from the trust to celebratetheir birthdays and marriageanniversaries by contributing in langae.

SDM Manali issueswarning followingheavy snowfallKULLU: The sub-divisional magistrateof Manali on Thursday instructed thepolice in the Marhi area to get allvehicles back to Gulaba to avoid beingstuck at the Rohtang pass, due toheavy snowfall in the area. Earliertoday Rohtang Pass and Marhi areasof Kullu district in Himachal Pradeshreceived heavy snowfall. There hasbeen heavy snowfall in HimachalPradesh, Jammu and Kashmir andparts of Uttarakhand in the past fewdays. According to IMD, scattered tofairly widespread rain and snow alongwith isolated heavy precipitation islikely to take place over HimachalPradesh during the next 48 hours.

Major tragedy averted,IED defused on Srinagar-Jammu highwaySRINAGAR: Security forces onThursday averted a major tragedywhen they defected and defused apowerful Improvise Explosive Device(IED) planted at Pampore on Srinagar-Jammu national highway, officialsources said. They said a RoadOpening Party (ROP) noticed asuspicious pressure cooker on theroadside at Pampore, about 12 kmfrom here in south Kashmir district ofPulwama. “The area was immediatelycordoned off,” they said adding aBomb Disposal Squad (BDS) wassummoned. They said the 3-kg IEDwas defused without causing anydamage. “Had it not been detectedand defused it would have causedmuch damage to life and property,”they said.

DLSA Pulwama celebratesChildren’s DayPULWAMA: District Legal ServicesAuthority Pulwama, today organised afunction here at court complex tocelebrate the Children’s day incommemoration with the birthday ofIndia’s first Prime Minster Pt. JawharlalNehru. Principal District and SessionsJudge, Muhammad Ibraheim Wani, whois also the chairman of the Authority,was the chief guest on the occasion.Speaking on the occasion, Principal &Session Judge discussed in detail the‘Child Rights and Child Abuse.’ Heunderscored some statues and Actsunder law to promote child rightsincluding right to survival, right todevelopment, Juvenile Justice Act ,Childlabour Act. Secretary DLSA Khurshid-ul-Islam also spoke on the occasion.Members of Bar Association amongothers participated in the function.

66th Cooperative weekobserved in PulwamaPULWAMA: In order to observe 66thcooperative week in Pulwama, thedepartment of Cooperatives todayorganized a grand function at DCoffice complex Pulwama in whichADC Pulwama Altaf Ahmad Khan wasthe chief guest. On the occasion,Deputy Registrar CooperativesPulwama highlighted theachievements and said that thedepartment has attained remarkablebusiness turn out in different sectorsin district. He said that the businessoutlet in the district has recordedRupees2124.82 lacs during 2019-20.While speaking on the occasion, ADChighlighted the role of cooperativedepartment in marketing and socioeconomic development of people. Hesaid that need of the hour is torevitalize the cooperatives so that morepeople can be associated withcooperative movement. Several expertsand speakers highlighted theimportance, duty, role and functioning ofcooperatives and shared their successstories with the audience. Assistantcommissioner Revenue, Chief Animalofficer and members of cooperativesocieties attended the function.

World Diabetic Dayobserved in KulgamKULGAM: World Diabetic Day wasobserved in south Kashmir’s Kulgamdistrict and several screening andawareness camps were held across thedistrict. A mega screening andawareness camp was held at mini-secretariat Kulgam which wasinaugurated by DDC Kulgam ShowkatAijaz Bhat. During the programme, freescreening camps for diabetics andhypertension patients were organisedby Department of Health Services,Kashmir. The programme was aimed at“to create awareness and screenpeople for the Disease underNPCDCS”.

Jai Ram Thakur presides overclosing ceremony of Lavi fair

CM lays foundation stones of various projects in RampurSHIMLA, NOV 14

Four-day long international Lavifair at Rampur Bushahrconcluded today with muchfanfare and gaiety with ChiefMinister Jai Ram Thakurpresiding over the closingceremony. While addressing thegathering on this occasion, theChief Minister said thatinternational Lavi fair besidesbeing historical was also knownfor its trade with Tibet, Chinaand other countries and was aninseparable part of the lives ofpeople of the region. He saidthat since about three centuriesthis fair was celebrated as tradefair. He congratulated the peopleof the area to upholding the richculture, traditions and customsof the fair. Chief Minister saidthat the present StateGovernment from the day onewas working with a soleobjective, which wasdevelopment without anytendency of vendetta andvengeance. He said that thebiggest achievement of the StateGovernment was to win theconfidence of the people of theState. He said that the GlobalInvestors' Meet organised by theState Government was a majorinitiative to attract investment inthe State. It was unfortunate thatopposition leaders were

criticising this initiative of theState which shows their doublestandards, he added. ChiefMinister said that the stategovernment was according toppriority to the development ofthe Rampur area and during thelast about two years Rs. 260crore were spent on constructionof roads, bridges, building andother infrastructure. As many as15 villages had been connectedwith roads besides constructingfive bridges and 22 buildingsand completing the metaling andtarring work of 140 kms roads.In addition to this, 33 DPRsworth Rs 133 crore and 16DPRs worth Rs 126 crore hadbeen approved for roads andbridges in the area andsubmitted for approval. JaiRam Thakur said that thepresent State Government hadcompleted almost two years inoffice and it was matter ofgreat satisfaction that peoplehad given wholeheartedsupport to the government. Hesaid that the BJP won on all the68 assembly constituencies inthe State including Rampur inthis year’s Lok Sabha elections.He said that the Article 370 hasnow become a history withPrime Minister Narendra Modiled Central Government takinga bold decision to scrap thisArticle.

CM pays obeisance at GoddessBhima Kali temple

SHIMLA: The Chief Minister earlier paid obeisance toGoddess Bhimakali at Bhimakali temple at Sarahan. Addressingthe people at Sarahan, the Chief Minister said that stategovernment would open degree college at Jeori as soon as landwas made available. He also listened to public grievances on theoccasion. He inaugurated Rai Khhd bridge constructed at a costof Rs. 8.20 crore and Aerly to Majohli and Swan to Doi roadsconstructed under PMGSY. He also laid foundation stone ofKharela to Karangla road to be constructed by spending Rs.7.15 crore. He inaugurated Sub Division Office at Nankhariunder Electrical Division, HPSEB Ltd, Rampur Bushahr whichwould benefit 17 Panchayats of the area. He also laidfoundation stone of lift water supply scheme Gori to Chambaand Dharunjaya Kungal Balti.

Self confidence importantto achieve goal: Governor

DINESH AGARWALSHIMLA, NOV 14

Governor Bandaru Dattatraya saidthat self-confidence was importantin achieving the objective in lifeand it helps to move ahead on thepath of development. He wasspeaking during the convocationfunction of APG University atShimla, today. He appreciated theUniversity administration formaintaining a high standard ofeducation and research. He saidthat the aim of the University wasto contribute to society through thepursuit of education, learning, andresearch at the highest internationallevels of excellence with a corevalue of freedom fromdiscrimination is appreciable. Hestressed on quality education andasked to carry out various socialand welfare activities in education,health and welfare sector. Whilecongratulating graduating students,he said that convocation was asignificant milestone in theiracademic growth. He said that thedegrees and awards earned by thestudents was a result of therelentless hard work and immense

dedication. This was a proudmoment for all of them, as much asfor instructors, guides, facultymembers and parents. He said thatthe quest for higher learning, whichbegan in the portals of the college,would continue all through theprofessional life, in the future.

Presides over convocation function of APG University

Launches majorscreening campaign

SHIMLA: Governor BandaruDattatraya launched majorscreening campaign fromgovernment senior secondaryschool Portmore here today onthe occasion of the Children Daywhich would benefit around tenthousand students of the Shimladistrict. The campaign wasorganised under the auspices ofIndian Vision Institute andEsselar Vision Foundation.Speaking on the occasion, theGovernor said that in the presentera of competition, our routinehas changed but it was must thatwe infuse our culture, thoughtsand moral values along withadoption of technology.

SHIMLA, NOV 14

State Unit of Congress partyon Thursday celebrated the130th birth anniversary offirst Prime Minister PtJawaharlal Nehru at RajivGandhi Bhavan state partyoffice. Addressing thefunction, CongressCommittee PresidentKuldeep Singh Rathore saidthat Pt Nehru remained in jailfor 12 years while fightingfor the freedom struggles andplayed an important role to

set the foundation of modernIndia. He alleged that theruling BJP is trying toundermine the role played byPandit ji in the freedomstruggle and it would notsucceed to do so. He said thatfirst prime minister, who waspopular among the masses,set up erstwhile PlanningCommission and gave thePanshil Sidhant for theuniversal peace andbrotherhood. The party stateIn-charge Rajani Patil,Himchal Pradesh Congress

Committee PresidentKuldeep Singh Rathore,party legisatlive party leaderin Himachal PradeshAssembly Mukesh Agnihotri,MLA Ram Lal Thakur ColDhani Ram Shandil, MohanLal Bragta and other partyleaders and activists offeredfloral tribute to JawaharlalNehru. Ms Patil said that BJPcould not undermine the roleplayed by the Pt Nehru in theIndian freedom movementsas party would give befittingreplying to any such move.

She added that Nehru shapedthe destiny of country andafter him, Indra Gandhi andher son Rajiv Gandhicontributed to it with samezeal as they gave their liveswhile fighting against theterrorism and make thecountry strong. Pt Nehru wasborn on November 14, 1889in Allahabad and he was verypopular among little childrendue to his amicability andcongeniality. Hence, on hisbirthday, India celebrateschildren’s day.

Congress celebrates 130th birthAnniversary of Pt Jawaharlal Nehru

Non-Gazetted employee federation holds meetingPREETI RANAUNA, NOV 14

The meeting of the DistrictNon-Gazetted EmployeesFederation of Una washeld today in his chamberheaded by SuperintendingEngineer IPH, Una Dr.Sham Kumar Sharma. Inthe meeting, the Non-Gazetted EmployeesFederation discussedvarious problems relatedto the employees of theirrigation and healthdepartment of the district.Non-Gazetted EmployeesFederation DistrictPresident Ramesh SinghThakur during the meetingplaced the demands of theemployees of IPH beforethe Chairman, includingrepair of mechanical sub-divisional office Gagret,seeking benefit of 4-9-14

to class IV employees..Special increment after 20years tenure, finalizationof seniority list of allcategories of Class IVemployees by 31.12.2018.Construction toilets.

He said that thedepartment has 5 kanals ofland under the sub-division Bagana whereresidential colony shouldbe built for theconvenience ofemployees. Tmelypayment of medical

reimbursement bills ofregular employees shouldbe ensured. During themeeting, the problems ofthe federation were settledin time by theSuperintending Engineerand the pending demandssuch as providing chairson drinking water schemesand repairing toilets in thetubewell of Gagret, fillingthe post of foreman will bemet. IPH ExecutiveEngineer Naresh Dhiman,Arvind Sood, Nodal

Officer RajinderVasudeva, VarinderKumar, Sukhdev, SatishKumar, Daljit Singh,Chairman of theFederation on behalf of theFederation, BhupindraSingh, Senior DeputyPrincipal Varindra KumarSharma, General SecretaryTara Singh, DeputyPrincipal Ravindra SinghRana, Valwant Singh,Organization SecretaryRajesh Kumar, PressSecretary Surendra SinghRana, Head of BlocksGagret Ranbir Singh,Haroli K. Dilbag Singh,Harbhawan Singh of Amb,Bhupinder Sharma,General Secretary Balbirfrom Una, Mahendra Ranafrom Bangana, DistrictRepresentative ManojKumar, Vijay Kumar andother officials were present.

Children need places to playnot cell phones: Vivek Mohan

SOLAN, NOV 14

National Film Award winnerVivek Mohan, who has alsobeen National Jury twice inIndian Panorama ofInternational Film Fest ofGoa, on Thursday saidgovernments must provideenough space for children toplay, particularly in hillareas.

Delivering a Guru Talk atShoolini University ofBiotechnology andManagement SciencesBhajhol-Solan, he said therewas an urgent need toprovide open spaces in parksand playgrounds to givechildren an alternate creative

activity to keep them awayfrom mobiles and nefariousactivities at this tender age.

Vivek, who hails fromShimla and is based inMumbai, depicted the plightof children through a docu-

drama “Shivaji Park ofShimla” to underline hispoint. The 22-minute filmdepicted children playing inthe only available open andlevel space in Shimla - theRidge.

He related the Ridge tothe famous Shivaji Park inMumbai. The Ridgewitnesses and hosts all kindsof political, religious andsocial activities exceptallowing kids to play for fewhours at least even onSundays. He said thedocumentary made an impactwith the government whichbegan opening up parks andother spaces for the childrento play.

ASHOK KUMAR ARYACHAMBA, NOV 14

In this phase of thecompetition, the students settheir goals and progress inlife. This was stated by theDeputy Speaker of the StateAssembly Hansraj whileattending the annual prizedistribution function of theGovernment SeniorSecondary School, Kalhel asthe Chief Guest. He also saidthat only achieving degrees isnot everything but thedevelopment of personality isrequired for overalldevelopment. Calling theteachers, he said that childrenshould also sow seeds ofnational unity and respect forsociety. During the nextacademic session atGovernment SeniorSecondary School, Kalhel,Hansraj announced Rs 10lakh for construction of an

additional school building.He also inaugurated theexamination building of thenewly constructed schoolwith an amount of Rs 7 lakh.He also approved thecreation of a platform fororganizing variousmultidisciplinary activities inthe school. Hansraj assuredto fill the vacant posts of theschool soon. During theprogram, the chief guest washonored with a shawl and

memento by the schoolmanagement. Studentsperformed Hindi, Punjabiand Pahari culturalperformances. The VidhanSabha Deputy Speaker alsohonored the students withexcellent performance inacademic, sportscompetitions and variousschool activities during theprogram by givingcertificates and mementos asa reward.

Prize distribution function held

'People are dying in GMC Jammu, LG pleasehelp us', posters appear on walls in Jammu

JAMMU, NOV 14

Hundreds of posters with a slogan ''PeopleAre Dying in GMC Jammu, LG PleaseHelp Us'' have appeared on the walls hereappealing the newly appointed LieutenantGovernor Girish Chandra Murmu to helpthe people dying in the hospital. SandeepRathore, a Jammu based social activisthave pasted posters from AmphallaChowk to Dogra Chowk on the walls ofJammu City. Rathore said that on routinebasis, people were dying at GovernmentMedical College(GMC) and Hospitalespecially those who were admitted to theemergency department. ''Emergencymeans urgent treatment but at GMC, onehas to wait for two to three hours for his

turn and get examined by the specialistdoctor,'' Mr Rathore alleged. He furthersaid that the attendants were made to runoutside the hospital to get ''life savingdrugs'', which were supposed to beavailable inside the hospital, adding, ''onehas to wait for 4 to 6 months for X-rays,MRIs, CT scans despite emergency and insuch a situation, those who can afford, getthe tests done from private laboratoriesbut poor remained the worst affected.'' ''Iwant to make an appeal to the LG G CMurmu to pay surprise visit to the GMChospital and examine situation on theground and get first hand informationabout the shortcoming and drawbacks inthe hospital so that innocent lives can besaved,'' the social activist stated.

Five injured as Pak troopsviolate ceasefire in Tangdhar

SRINAGAR, NOV 14

At least five people wereinjured, one of themcritically, when Pakistanitroops violated ceasefire andresorted to indiscriminateshelling and firing at the Lineof Control (LoC) in Tangdharsector in the frontier districtof Kupwara, official sourcessaid here on Thursday.

They said Pakistantroops fired mortar shells andresorted to unprovoked firingfrom across the border atLoC in Tangdhar sector,targeting forward militaryposts and civilian areas.

Indian troops retaliatedand hit the Pakistan troopbunkers. The damagesuffered across the LoC was

not immediately clear, theyadded.

The injured were shiftedto Tangdhar hospital. ''One ofthe critically-wounded waslater referred to Srinagar,''they added.

Pakistan troops havebeen violating the 2003ceasefire more frequently inBaramulla and Kupwaradistricts after August 5, whenthe Centre scrapped Articles370 and 35 A, besidesdividing the state into twoUnion Territories.

Sources said the Pakistantroops are violating ceasefireto provide cover to militantswaiting in launch pads at theLoC to infiltrate into this sidefrom the Pakistan-occupiedKashmir (PoK).

J&K LG hints at conduct ofAssembly polls soon

JAMMU, NOV 14

Asking the police personnel to be prepared for abig responsibility, Jammu and Kashmir LieutenantGovernor Girish Chandra Murmu on Thursdayhinted at early conduct of Assembly polls in theUnion Territory. "J&K is a UT with Legislatureand soon, elections will be held and for that matter,exercise has already begun," Mr Murmu said,while addressing the Jawans at the Police TrainingCentre in Talwara area of Reasi district. "You(police) have a big role to play in the days to come,as elections will soon be conducted here. Youpeople are performing your duties with dedicationand courage in this sensitive region and your roleis highly appreciable," he added. The LGappreciated the role of Jammu and Kashmir Policefor bringing peace in the region, saying, "Electionin J&K will be conducted soon and J&K policehas a major role to play. ''Holding the electionssoon is almost final and people will be informedaccordingly, so that they elect theirrepresentative,'' he added.

KHARAR, NOV 14

With an aim to treat various diseasesand promote healthy living in a nat-ural way, the Health and FamilyWelfare minister Balbir Singh Sidhuand Member of Parliament Mrs Pre-neet Kaur today laid the foundationstone for a AYUSH hospital at Day-alpura village in the Mohali district.

Speaking at the state-level inau-guration event at Dayalpura, MrBalbir Singh Sidhu informed thatthe first-of-its-kind AYUSH hospitalin the state would be built on morethan 9-acre land which has been do-nated by a family of the village. Hesaid that the 50-bedded hospitalwhich will provide check-up andtreatment services under theAyurveda,Yoga, Unani, Siddha andHomeopathy medical systems, willbe completed within a period of oneyear and the estimated budget forthe project is 7 crore rupees.

‘This is a valuable gift for thepeople of the state on the 550 birthanniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji.Once the hospital is completed, peo-ple would not have to go to thesouthern states for Naturopathy

treatment of their diseases, said MrSidhu. The Minister said that Punjabgovernment under the leadership ofCaptain Amarinder Singh is givinghigh priority to the health sector inthe state and the process of completetransformation of governmenthealth institutions is under way sothat people can have free and easyaccess to quality and standardizedmedical services. While acceding to

the long-pending demand of the res-idents of the area, Mr Balbir SinghSidhu announced that the Commu-nity Health Centre at Dhakoli nearZirakpur, will soon be upgraded to a50-bedded Sub-Divisional Hospital(SDH) so that round-the-clockemergency services and specialistdoctor’s services can be made avail-able there. He said the decision hasbeen taken in view of the increasing

population of the area. At the event,Member of Parliament from PatialaMrs. Preneet Kaur thanked the Sod-hi family of the village who has do-nated the land for construction ofthe hospital. Stressing upon the im-portance of naturopathy treatments,she said that people now are show-ing much interest in natural way oftreatment which helps the body healitself.

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Foundation stone laid forAyush hospital in Mohali

Farmers to get compensationof Rs. 2500 per acre for notburning paddy strawDALJEET AJNOHAHOSHIARPUR: On the directives ofChief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh,the Punjab government has decided topay Rs 2,500 per acre ascompensation to those small andmarginal farmers, who have not burntpaddy straw. Divulging the information,

DeputyCommissionerIsha Kalia saidthat the farmerscultivating non-basmati paddyand owning landup to 5 acre,

would get Rs. 2500 per acrecompensation for not burning thepaddy residue. She further pointedthat firstly, the beneficiary of thiscompensation should be the farmerwho owns up to 5 acres of land in hisname, his wife and children under 18years of age. Secondly, the aforesaidfarmer cultivates non-basmati paddy inabove mentioned area and alsoshould not have burnt paddy residuein any part of the field. Whileexplaining the procedure for seekingcompensation, Mrs. Isha Kalia saidthose farmers who fulfilled the abovestated conditions, would have tosubmit the self-declaration performawith the concerned panchayat byNovember 30, 2019.

Free diabetes checkupcamp held

KULBHUSHAN GARG GIDDERBAHA: The local branch ofthe Maa Vaishno Devi InternationalFoundation organized a free diabetescheckup camp at Mandi wala parkhere today. The camp was inauguratedby Councilor Binta Arora and Dr. RajivJain. Dr. Rajiv Jain gives detailedinformation on the symptoms andprevention of diabetes. During today'scamp about 152 people were checkedup by Blue Cross Lab's Mohit Gilhotra.On this occasion chief guest CouncilorBinta Arora and Dr. Rajiv Jain werehonored by the members of above saidfoundation. Mukesh Goyal, TarsemGarg Ambi, Rakesh Garg Bittu, MohitGilhotra, Dr. Anil Garg, Punnu Katariaand Anmol Juneja Bablu were alsopresent on this occasion.

SUMER GARGCHANDIGARH, NOV 14

The Health & Family WelfareMinister on Thursday handedover the appointment letters to308 Staff nurses under Nation-al Health Mission, Punjab.

Disclosing this, BalbirSingh Sidhu said that to furtherimprove the functioning of Dis-trict & Sub Divisional Hospi-tals, Community Health & Pri-mary health Centres, the PunjabGovernment had made thearound 4000 recruitments ofMedical, Para-Medical and oth-er staff in the Health Depart-ment so far. He said that StaffNurses play the significant roleto facilitate healthcare facilitiesand these newly appointed staffnurses would certainly helpfulto provide health facilities tothe people in the Governmenthospitals. The Minister said thatthese staff nurses appeared forthe written exam and skill test

in 2018 while earlier, 534 staffnurses had already been ap-pointed in first phase of this re-cruitment. He said that soonthe recruitment against the va-cant posts of Pharmacists, LabTechnicians and others wouldalso be filled in phase manner.While congratulating the newlyappointed candidates, BalbirSingh Sidhu said that they aregetting the opportunity to per-form social service with theirjob so that they have to under-stand their responsibility withkeen interest towards the socie-ty. This would also build theirimage and prestige in the socie-ty besides raising their socialstatus. Among others presenton the occasion included Secre-tary Health cum Mission Direc-tor National Health MissionKumar Rahul, Managing Di-rector PHSC cum Project Di-rector Punjab State AIDS Con-trol Society Manvesh SinghSidhu.

Sidhu hands over appointmentletters to 308 staff nurses

ECI extends dates of special summary revision of photo electoral rolls CHANDIGARH: Election Commission of India today announced extension in the dates for final publication of Elec-toral Rolls because the Special Summary Revision of Photo Electoral Rolls are under process. Disclosing this here to-day, a Spokesperson of Office of Chief Electoral Officer Punjab disclosed that Elector Verification Program (EVP)and other Pre-Revision Activities including rationalization of polling station, are under process and these will go upto November 30, 2019 against the previous announced date of October November 18, 2019 as per directions of Elec-tion Commission of India. He said that now the integrated draft Electoral Rolls would be published on December 16,2019. The Claims and objections would now be submitted from December 16, 2019 to January 15, 2020 and theprocess of disposal of claims and objection will go up to January 27th, 2020. The date of final publication of elec-toral rolls is February 7th, 2020, the spokesperson added.

New guidelines for dope testissued to all civil surgeonsRAKESH SHARMAFARIDKOT: Punjab government hasmade the dope test mandatory for Aslalicense. Earlier this test used to bedone directly in the civil hospital but

now the stategovernmenthas issuednew guidelinesfor this.Accrdingly,now peoplehave to reachthe facilitycenter first.Applicants will

get the date of dope test from thefacility center itself and the report ofdope test is positive or negative willalso send directly from the hospital toDC office. This change has been doneunder the new guide line issued by theDirector of Health and Family WelfareGovernment of Punjab to all the civilsurgeons of the state. Dr. SanjeevSethi, Executive Civil Surgeon saidthat the government's new guide linehas been issued to civil surgeons formaking dope test for arms license.

Parent-Teachermeeting organised

HAPREET SINGH LEHALJALANDHAR: Khalsa College forWomen Jalandhar, organised Parent-Teacher Meeting today to discussabout Students’ Academic Progress.Dr. Navjot, Principal, Khalsa Collegefor Women, Jalandhar stated that thepurpose of organising the Parent-Teacher Meeting was to discussabout the progress of the students,their strengths and weakness, theirsocial behaviour, etc. and alsothe queries of the Parents wereaddressed so that the students canachieve their goals successfully.Principal Dr. Navjot appreciated thePTA members Kiranjit Bajwa, Dr.Sarabjit Kaur, Jaswinder Kaur, Dr.Raman Preet Kohli and Kuldeep Kaurfor successfully organisingthe Parent-Teacher Meeting.

CHANDIGARH, NOV 14

The Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD) on Thursday askedthe Congress not to opposethe commutation of thedeath sentence of BalwantSingh Rajoana into life im-prisonment, saying noth-ing should be done to viti-ate the atmosphere duringthe year-long celebrationsof 550th Prakash Purb ofSri Guru Nanak Dev ji.

In a statement here,former MP Prof PremSingh Chandumajra said itwas condemnable that

Congress wanted to notonly revive the past, butwas also inciting senti-ments by makingprovocative state-ments on the oc-casion of the550th PrakashPurb, when amost peacefuland congenial at-mosphere hadbeen created inthe state with the blessingsof Guru Sahab. He saidCongress should accept thehealing touch applied bythe NDA government un-

der the leadership of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi,following appeals of the

SAD and the Shi-romani GurdwaraParbandhak Com-mittee (SGPC).''The decision isalso keeping inwith the senti-ments of Sikhcommunity and isdesigned to as-

suage their hurt senti-ments, following the seriesof attacks on their religiousinstitutions as well as hu-man right excesses by the

Congress governments atthe Centre and in the state."We must not forget thatthousands of innocent Sikhyouth were killed as part ofthe state-sponsored terrorunleashed by the Congressgovernment, led by BeantSingh.

''The commutation ofRajoana's sentence and therelease of Sikh prisonerslanguishing in jails afterthe completion of theirsentences seek to applybalm to the aggrieved psy-che of the Sikh communi-ty.

Community health centre at Dhakoli to be upgraded to sub-divisional hospital: Sidhu

JANDIALA GURU, NOV 14

An educational competitiondedicated to Sri Guru NanakDev Ji's 550th Prakash Prabhuwas organized in approximate-ly 13000 Government PrimarySchools in Punjab with 10.8lakh students studying in pri-mary and pre-primary classes.About 40,000 primary teachersparticipated enthusiastically

Secretary Education Edu-cation Krishna Kumar on thesuccessful conduct of thesecompetitions contratulatedteachers of all the governmentschools have given a lot of hardwork and time to the students,which is clearly seen in these

competitions. He encouragedall the students and teachers andsaid that the educational con-tests held under 'Read Punjab,Education Punjab' are prepar-ing the students for better per-formance in the future. Stu-dents show their talents by par-ticipating in lectures and syl-labus competitions in differentlanguages.

State Coordinator 'ReadPunjab, Education Punjab'Davinder Singh Boha informedthat in various schools, classeswere conducted according toclass, reading, writing, lyrics,poetry singing, painting, gener-al knowledge and pre-primarysports activities.

Over 10.8 lakh students, 40,000 teachers take part in'Read Punjab, Teach Punjab' educational competitions

Inter school folk dance competitionheld in SPS Shahkot

PRITPAL SINGHSHAHKOT, NOV 14

State Public School, Shahkot organised Inter-School Folk Dance Competition today on the oc-casion of Children's day to commemorate thebirth anniversary of India's first Prime Minister,Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru amidst great enthusiasmand elation. Function was organized under theenlightened guidance of the President of theGroup of State Public Schools, Dr. NarotamSingh; Vice President, Dr. Gagandeep Kaur. Mr.Pritpal Singh Chairman Press Club Shahkot andDaljit Singh Sachdeva graced the occasion as dig-nitaries. The Programme was operated by teach-ers, Jaspal and Geetu. The Programme was com-menced with the lighting of the ceremonial lampby the President of the Group of State PublicSchools, Dr. Narotam Singh; and Vice President,Dr. Gagandeep Kaur.This entailed the bouquetpresentation. Further Programme was com-menced with Shabd.

Children's Day celebrated at St.Soldier's Elite Convent School

KULJIT SINGHJANDIALA GURU, NOV 14

Today, Children's Day was celebrated at St. Sol-dier's Elite Convent School, Jandiala Guru. Stu-dents from class XI came in colorful dresses fromplay pens. Today was the first school dedicated bythe school management and staff. The song wassung by the school teachers.

This was followed by the national song by thegroup teachers and students. Paks laughed every-one while presenting a skit. The children were con-fronted with a salad according to the class. Thechildren presented the items in a very nice andbeautiful way. MD Mangal Singh Kishanpuri ofJudgment School, these matches Vice PrincipalGurpreet Kaur, Shilpa Sharma Coordinator,Narindrapal Kaur Coordinator, was awarded to theteam who came in first place. They and other staffwas present.

KULBHUSHAN GARGGIDDERBAHA, NOV 14

65th State level School games(U-14, Boys & Girls) Basket-ball competitions began atBaba Ganga Ram Basketballstadium here today. On thisoccasion local MLA Am-rinder Singh Raja Warring'srelative Dumpy Vinayak vis-ited as chief guest and inau-gurated the games.

During opening, DumpyVinayak met with the Basket-ball players and gave his bestwishes for the competition.While interacting with themedia on the occasion, bas-

ketball coach Jagsir Puri andRaj Kumar Udekaran saidthat (in Boys U-14) SportsSchool, Ghudda beat Barnalawith 26-21 points in the open-ing game, Sangrur beat Ka-purthala with 40-39 pointsand Mohali beat Mansa by50-29 points. On this occa-sion Councilor Binta Arora,Cheeko Monga, Sunny BrarFattanwala, M.P. Sethi, Gur-preet Singh, Binder Bansal,Lucky Kotbhai, Ranjit SinghGurusar, Joginder Singh,Pirthi Singh, Ravinder Singh,Madhu Puri, Indra Rani andSeema Rani were also pres-ent.

550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji celebratedGIDDERBAHA (KULBHUSHAN GARG ):The birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji wascelebrated with great enthusiasm at Apple Inter-national School. Children were told about the firstGuru of the Sikh religion Guru Nanak Dev Ji.They were also told that we should follow thepath of universal brotherhood and harmony. Spir-itual shabad was sung by the teachers and stu-dents as well. Moreover the prominence of theteaching was described in the poem by little kids.

65th State level School games (U-14Basketball) begins at Gidderbaha

SAD asks Cong not to vitiate atmosphere in Punjabby opposing commutation of Rajoana's sentence

NEWS AT AGLANCE

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Waseem Rizvi donates Rs 51,000 for Ramtemple at AyodhyaLUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf Board chairman Waseem Rizvi onThursday announced to give Rs 51,000 for construction of the Lord Ram temple atAyodhya. Earlier, the Mahavir Trust of Patna, headed by former IPS office KunalKishore, had announced to give Rs 10 crore for the Ram temple, which will be given ininstallments of Rs 2 crore each year. Mr Rizvi said that the Board had already given itssupport for the Ram temple and even given affidavit in the Supreme Court on thematter. "The SC verdict in favour of the Ram temple was expected and it was the onlyway the vexed issue could have been solved," the chairman said in a statement here.The donation of Rs 51,000 was given by the film production company owned by MrRizvi. "The donation by the Waseem Rizvi Films would be handed over to MahantRakesh Das of the Ramjanambhoomi Nyas by Ashfaq Hussain 'Zia'.

Congress should knowhow not to beintolerant: MeenakshiLekhi on contempt caseNEW DELHI: After the Supreme Courton Thursday closed the criminalcontempt petition moved by lawmakerMeenakshi Lekhi against Congressleader Rahul Gandhi for his "chowkidarchor hai" remarks, the BJP leader saidthat Congress should not be intoleranttowards others and adopt a bettermethodology of doing politics. "TheSupreme Court has said that he (RahulGandhi) is a contemptner and a bettersense should prevail. Keeping that inmind, a better methodology of doingpolitics should prevail and Congressshould know how not to be intolerant ofothers who are doing better thanthem," Lekhi told the media persons.Earlier today, a three-judge benchheaded by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoiclosed a contempt petition andaccepted Rahul Gandhi's apology forwrongly attributing his infamous"chowkidar chor hai" remark in Rafalecase to Prime Minister Narendra Modiand opined that a person holding aplace of importance in politicalspectrum should have been morecareful. Lekhi had accused Gandhi ofmisquoting the April 10 order of theapex court in which it had allowedadditional leaked documents to be puton record as evidence in the Rafalecase. The comments were made byGandhi prior to the 2019 Lok Sabhaelections. Gandhi, who was then thepresident of the Congress party,allegedly said that the apex court hadaccepted that 'chowkidar' (a referenceto Prime Minister Modi), is a "chor'(thief).

Two killed in accidentin UP's MathuraMATHURA: Two men were killedwhen their motorcycle collided headon with a truck near Koel village inUttar Pradesh's Mathura district,officials said on Thursday. Both themen died on the spot, they said,adding that the truck collided head onwith the bike coming from the oppositedirection. The driver abandoned thetruck and managed to flee. The menhave been identified as Gopal(25) andLaxman (25). They hailed from NaglaJangali and Nagla Leka area, bothvery close to the Sonai village fallingunder Raya police station. The deadbodies have been sent for post-mortem. The hunt for the truck driveris on, police added.

5 school childrenrescued after bus rollsoff the edge of roadPATNA: Five school students wererescued safely on Thursday morningwith the help of a crane after theirschool bus rolled off the edge of theroad near Mithapur bus stand here,police said. "We have rescued all thechildren. The incident happened dueto the negligence of the driver," saidJivan Prasad, Sub-Inspector, TrafficPolice. The bus driver had allegedlystopped the bus near the road's edgebefore he went to urinate when theincident happened.

CBI interrogates IPSofficer Arnab Ghoshin Saradha caseKOLKATA: IPS officer Arnab Ghosh,one of the Special Investigation Team(SIT) members that initially probed theSaradha scam, was interrogated bythe CBI here on Thursday over allegedsuppression of evidence. This was thesecond time that Ghosh was beingquestioned by the central investigatingagency in this connection this year.Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)sources said that the officer wasquestioned at the CBI office in CGOcomplex in Salt Lake regarding some"missing" articles like a red diary and apen drive that the central agency hadbeen seeking since the investigationwas handed over to it by the SupremeCourt. The SIT was formed by WestBengal Chief Minister MamataBanerjee to probe the Saradha chitfund scam before the CBI began aninvestigation at the orders of theSupreme Court in 2014.

Andhra launches newscheme to upgradegovernment schoolsAMARAVATI: Government schools inAndhra Pradesh are all set to get afacelift with the state government onThursday launching a new programmeto revamp them by providing betterinfrastructure and amenities at a cost ofRs 12,000 crore. Under the scheme''Mana Badi Nadu Nedu'' (our schoolthen and now), 45,000 government-runschools will undergo a completemakeover in the next three years,bringing them on par with or even betterthan the ones in private and corporatesectors. The programme, launched byChief Minister Y. S. Jagan MohanReddy at Ongole on Children''s Day,gives a pictorial view of schoolsshowing how they look now and howthey will look after implementing thescheme, taking nine parameters intoconsideration - provision of lights, fans,blackboards, furniture and compoundwall, construction of toilets, repairs andpainting of classrooms, providing safedrinking water and provision for Englishlabs. The first phase will cover 15,715government schools for a period of oneyear, at a cost of Rs 3,500 crores. TheYSR Congress Party (YSRCP)government claims that school reformson such a scale and magnitude isperhaps unprecedented in the country.

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Despite recession, BRICS nations contribute tohalf of global economic development: PM Modi

BRASILIA, NOV 14

Prime Minister NarendraModi on Wednesday (localtime) said despite a globalrecession, member nationsof the BRICS forum,including Brazil, Russia,India, China, and SouthAfrica, contribute to almosthalf of the world'seconomic development."BRICS nations contribute50 per cent of the economicdevelopment of the world.Despite the globalrecession, BRICS nationshave contributed toeconomic development andbrought crores of people outof poverty. New avenueshave also been reached inthe field of technology andinnovation," Prime MinisterNarendra Modi at BRICSBusiness Forum in Brasilia.While addressing thecrowd, the Prime Ministeralso stated that an easierintra-BRICS business willcontribute to a faster flowof exports and importsbetween the countries. Hesaid that the "diversitybetween our member

nations is another importantfactor" that can contributeto boosting trade ties. Forexample, the PrimeMinister added that if onecountry has enhancedtechnology then the otherhas an abundance of rawmaterial to sustain thattechnology. "Therefore, Irequest all the membernations to chalk out thedetails so that we can investinto joint ventures by thenext BRICS summit," Modiadded. Meanwhile,welcoming the decision ofthe Brazilian President togrant visa-free travel toIndian citizens, thedignitary said, "I thank the

President of Brazil, JairBolsonaro for the decisionto give Indians visa-freeentry in the country."BRICS nations shouldfurther deliberate on asocial security agreement,the Prime Minister noted inhis concluding remarks atthe forum. A large businessdelegation from Indiaaddressed the BRICSBusiness Forum along withother countries earliertoday. The Prime Ministerarrived in the Brazil capitalearlier today on a two-dayvisit to attend the 11thBRICS summit being heldat the South Americancountry from today.

BRASILIA, NOV 14

Prime Minister NarendraModi on Wednesday (localtime) held bilateral talkswith Xi Jinping on thesidelines of the 11thBRICS Summit here,wherein the ChinesePresident invited theformer for the thirdinformal summit in Chinain 2020. The two leadersexchanged views onmultilateral issuesincluding WTO, BRICS,and RCEP, apart fromreviewing preparations forcelebrating the 70thanniversary of theestablishment ofdiplomatic relationsbetween India and China,next year, aimed atenhancing people-to-people relations, theMinistry of ExternalAffairs said in a statement.President Jinping conveyed

his deep appreciation to thePrime Minister for hostinghim at the second informalsummit in Chennai andsaid that he would notforget the welcome givento him by Modi and thepeople of India. "Held talkswith President Xi Jinping.Several subjects pertainingto deepening bilateralcooperation werediscussed. Today'sdiscussions will add newvigour to India-Chinarelations," the PrimeMinister tweeted afterfruitful discussion withJinping.

Xi in Brazil, invites Modi for 3rdinformal summit between India, China

President's rule in Maha'scripted act', alleges SenaMUMBAI, NOV 14

The Shiv Sena on Thursdayalleged that imposition ofPresident's rule inMaharashtra was a "scriptedact" and took a jibe at thegovernor, saying he has nowgiven parties six months toform government. It also saidthat former state chiefminister Devendra Fadnavisis shedding "crocodile tears"over the imposition ofPresident's rule as power isstill indirectly in the hands ofthe BJP. Criticising thegovernor for giving the ShivSena just 24 hours to stakeclaim and refusing itadditional time to musternumbers, an editorial in partymouthpiece 'Saamana' said,"It looked like some invisiblepower was controlling thisgame and decisions weretaken accordingly."President's rule was imposedin the state on Tuesday afterGovernor Bhagat SinghKoshyari sent a report to theCentre, stating that formationof a stable government wasimpossible in the currentsituation despite all hisefforts. The Sena alleged thatprotocol was not followedwhen it went to the RajBhawan to seek more time tostake claim for government

formation. The governorwaited for the term of the13th Assembly to end. Hadhe initiated the governmentformation procedure earlier,his action of recommendingPresident's rule would havelooked "ethically correct",the Marathi publication said."The governor is so kind thathe has now given us sixmonths," it said in sarcasticremarks. "In fact, theimposition of President's rulewas a scripted act. It wasalready decided," the Senaalleged. The governor wasearlier an RSS worker andserved as chief minister ofUttarakhand. ButMaharashtra is a grand statein terms of geography andhistory, it noted. "When thegovernor denies 48 hours (tostake claim), then peoplewould think something iswrong with the way he isacting," the UddhavThackeray-led said.

YSRCP stages protest against ChandrababuNaidu's 'Sand Deeksha' fast

VIJAYAWADA, NOV 14

YSRCP leaders on Thursdaycarried out a protest againstTelugu Desam Party chief NChandrababu Naidu who issitting on a 12-hour long'Sand Deeksha' protest oversand crisis issue inVijayawada.

The YSRCP leadersraised slogans against theTDP leader at Dharna Chowkand asked them to not topoliticise the issue.

Panchayat Raj MinisterPeddireddy RamachandraReddy told ANI that it wasthe state government, whowas planning to conduct a'Sand Week' from November14 to 21, to improve the sandavailability in the AndhraPradesh, as disclosed byChief Minister YSJaganmohan Reddy.

Elaborating on the effortstaken by the Reddy

government to facilitate theconstruction sector,Peddireddy said: "Thecollectors have been asked tolocate new stock points forthe sale of sand. The numberof stock points has alreadybeen increased from 137 to180. While the availability ofsand is 80,000 tonnes, it hasbeen increased to 1.2 lakhtonnes per day."

The YSRCP leaders also

said that the Andhra PradeshMineral DevelopmentCorporation (APDMC) willensure that sand reaches inthe state in enough quantityto improve the situation.

"It is ridiculous thatNaidu has decided topoliticise the issue byplanning to stage a dharna onNovember 14. He wants tomake a living by makingfalse allegations against the

new sand policy even afterknowing that rains sinceAugust have hampered sandmining," the minister said.

The Reddy governmentsaid that strict action wouldbe taken against thehoardings of sand and videocameras had been arranged atfocal points and 200 checkposts had been set up acrossthe state. Naidu has said thatmafias have created anartificial sand crisis leadingto 50 construction workerscommitting suicides.

He is undertaking a 12-year-long deeksha to pressfor three demands --reintroducing free sandpolicy, awarding Rs 25 lakhsex-gratia to families ofsuicide victims andcompensation of Rs 10,000per month for everyconstruction worker who haslost livelihood in the last 5months.

SULTANPUR LODHI, NOV 14

The spectacular light and sound showbeing organized by the Punjabgovernment today got a massive responsefrom the devotees as thousands of themtoday converged at the PUDA cityground to have a glimpse of the show,which showcases life and philosophy ofSri Guru Nanak Dev ji via ultra moderntechnique. The show was a part of thecommemorative events being organizedby the Punjab government to mark the550th parkash purb of Sri Guru NanakDev ji. During the show various eventsassociated with the life of great Gurusahib were showcased beautifullythrough the light and sound rays.Similarly artists also gave theirpresentations related to the ideology ofSri Guru Nanak Dev ji in a befittingmanner. On the occasion, the DeputyDirector Local Government BarjinderSingh and Secretary RTA Mr DarbaraSingh were the chief guest of the show. Intheir address, they said that the Punjabgovernment led by Chief MinisterCaptain Amarinder Singh was committedfor celebrating the 550th parkash purb ofSri Guru Nanak Dev ji in an unsurpassed

manner. Barjinder Singh and Mr DarbaraSingh said that this show was also ahumble and befitting tribute to Sri GuruNanak Dev ji, who had shown the path ofpeace, oneness of God, compassion andbrotherhood to the humanity. They calledupon the people to follow the path shownby great Guru sahib. Later, renownedPunjabi singer Pamma Dumewal paid amusical tribute to Sri Guru Nanak Dev jiduring the show. Dumewal regaled sea ofdevotees through his mesmerizing voiceand connected the pilgrims with the lifeand teachings of Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji.Due to the melodious voice of the singerthe entire atmosphere was imbued inspirituality thereby ensuring that peoplehad a unique experience of the show.

Priyanka remembers great-grandfather Nehruon birth anniversary, shares 'favorite story'

NEW DELHI, NOV 14

Congress leader PriyankaGandhi on Thursdayshared a fond memory ofher great-grandfatherJawaharlal Nehru whileremembering him on hisbirth anniversary. Taking toTwitter, Priyanka shared apicture of Nehru and wrote,"My favourite story aboutmy great-grandfather is theone about when as PrimeMinister, he returned fromwork at 3 am to find hisbodyguard exhausted andasleep on his bed. He

covered him with a blanketand slept on an adjacentchair." "Sometimes thesimplest things tell us moreabout a man than the mostglorious tales", she added.

Earlier in the day,Congress leader Rahul

Gandhi also paid tribute toNehru on his 130th birthanniversary and called him"one of the great architectsof modern India".Congress interim presidentSonia Gandhi and formerprime minister DrManmohan Singh also paidtribute today to Nehru inthe national capital to markhis 130th birth anniversary.Nehru was born onNovember 14, 1889, inUttar Pradesh's Prayagraj.He breathed his last onMay 27, 1964. He becamethe prime minister on

August 15, 1947, followingan active role in thefreedom struggle of thecountry. In India,Children's Day iscelebrated on November14 every year as a mark ofrespect to Nehru. Nehruwas fondly called ChachaNehru and was known foremphasising on theimportance of giving loveand affection to children.After the death of Nehru, itwas unanimously decidedto celebrate his birthday asBal Diwas or Children'sDay in India.

BBMB organises 'on the spot'state level painting competition

CHANDIGARH, NOV 14

The Ministry of Power,Government of India haslaunched the NationalAwareness Campaign inorder to promote energyconservation in the country.Various programmes forschool children have beendevised to sensitize themabout the need for conservingenergy and also to educateand involve their parents inthis cause. 'On the spot' StateLevel Painting Competition

amongst School Children ofUT Chandigarh, Punjab andHaryana was organized byBhakra Beas ManagementBoard at Tagore Theatre,Sector -18, Chandigarh on14.11.2019. Over 30.92 lacparticipants competed for theSchool Level Competition,out of which 300 childrenwere selected for state levelcompetition. V.P.SinghBadnore, Governor, Punjaband Administrator, UT,Chandigarh was the ChiefGuest in this function.

Bihar CM defends decision of President Rule in MahaPATNA, NOV 14

Bihar Chief Minister NitishKumar on Thursdaydefended the decision ofPresident's rule inMaharashtra saying that there

were no other options leftwith Governor Bhagat SinghKoshyari since no party wasable to form the governmentin the state.

"When nobody isforming the government then

what is the way out? Politicalparties in Maharashtra shouldsee the matter. How does itconcern us?" he toldreporters when asked aboutthe President's rule inMaharashtra.

Karnataka by-elections:JD(S) announces list of

10 candidatesBENGALURU, NOV 14

The Janata Dal (Secular) on Thursday announced alist of 10 candidates for the by-elections at 15 as-sembly constituencies, scheduled to be held on De-cember 5. The party has fielded Devaraju from Kr-ishnarajpet, Javarayi Gowda from Yeshwanthpur,Mallikarjun from Ranebennur, Anjappa Jatappafrom Hirekerur, NM Nabi from Vijayanagar, KPBache Gowda from Chikkaballapura, KrishnaMurthy from Krishnarajapuram, C Somashekar fromHunsur, Tanveer Ahmed from Shivajinagar andChaitra Gowda from Yellapur. The party also statedthat from Hosakote seat, JD(S) will support inde-pendent candidate Sharat Bachegowda. This comesafter 15 of the 17 disqualified MLAs in Karnatakajoined BJP in presence of Chief Minister BS Yediyu-rappa here. Out of the 17 disqualified legislators,MTB Nagaraj is already a member of the BJP, whileRoshan Baig has been left out. On Wednesday, theSupreme Court had upheld the decision of the thenKarnataka speaker K R Ramesh Kumar to disquali-fy 17 rebel Congress-JD(S) MLAs under the anti-de-fection law but said that they can contest the upcom-ing by-elections in the state.

Dummewal mesmerizes audience through hismelodious voice in light and sound show

FRANCIS GONSALVES

When asked about theage of his grandchil-dren, grandpa ex-

plained, “The doctor is fiveyears old, and the lawyer,four”. Today, on “Children’s

Day”, in-stead ofm o u l d i n gour childrenand grand-children intoclones likeus, couldn’twe learn to

be a little more like them?Said Jesus to his disci-

ples, “Unless you change andbecome like children, youwill never enter heaven”.Then, pointing to a child, headded: “Whoever becomeshumble like this child is thegreatest in the sight of God.”Humility is the hallmark ofchildren. Purged of ego, chil-dren think little of them-selves; at most they’ll bragabout daddy’s muscles ormommy’s cooking.

Children are avid learn-ers. Psychologists tell us thatchildren learn more quicklyin the first four years of theirlife than at any other giventime. The love and care re-ceived during childhood

makes them develop ahealthy sense of self and se-curity, reaping lifelong bene-fits. Children never beargrudges but forgive and for-get easily.

Growing up in Mumbai,an unwritten rule among allour parents was: “Do not in-terfere in children’s fights, forthey’ll soon be friends!” In-deed, while many boyhoodgames ended up as boxingbouts, the next day the “fight-ers” would be the best offriends.

Unless scarred by vio-lence or abuse, children arehappy and hopeful — totallytrusting in tomorrow whiletreasuring the here-and-now.Kids know how to celebratelife and love others without

prejudices of class, creed orcaste. Differences don’t mat-ter; everyone is family andfriend. Let’s ask ourselves:Am I humble, receptive tolearn, forgiving, trustful, hap-py, hopeful and untainted bytoxins of manmade divides?If the answer is “Yes” there’scause to celebrate the childwithin.

But, if it’s a “No” on anyof these counts, shouldn’t westrive to become more child-like? The “CRY” — “ChildRights and You” — organisa-tion provides heartrendingstatistics of millions of Indianchildren who are poor, hun-gry, malnourished, abused, il-literate and slog under inhu-man conditions to supporttheir families.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2019

After its thumping victory in the Lok Sabha polls in May,the BJP ran a high-octane campaign for the Assemblyelections in Maharashtra in October, woven around the

motif of Kashmir an all-India theme, rather than one pertinentto the state — in order to underline its India-wide Hindu cre-dentials. The party’s return to power under chief minister De-vendra Fadnavis was widely presumed to be a shoo-in. Instead,the state was brought under President's Rule on Tuesday.

The BJP-Shiv Sena alliance fell apart on the leadershipquestion. Although the “Mahayuti” had a majority, it found it-self unable to form a government, robbing the BJP of its auraof invincibility due to the Narendra Modi tag.

The saffron party found itself disgraced as it won way few-er seats than expected. Other than the urban Mumbai-Thanebelt, the party lost heavily, especially in the agricultural hinter-land. Its communal, so-called “nationalist” pitch was of littleavail. The BJP did emerge as the single largest party but itsnumbers were much below the halfway mark. Its tally was lessthan in the last Assembly.

The Shiv Sena, the BJP’s ally of 30 years and historicallyits first regional ally, split away sensing that the national par-ty’s all-India agenda had come a cropper in the state polls. Asa regional Maratha chauvinist Hindutva-oriented party, it haslong harboured the grouse of being pushed to being a minorally under the BJP’s current leadership.

When a shocked BJP even declined to stake claim to form-ing the next government, the Sena got in touch with the NCPand the Congress, which were on the other side of the ideolog-ical divide. It met their condition of breaking ties with the BJPand asked its lone Union minister to resign. The governor, anold RSS hand, gave the party a bare 24 hours to produce a listof MLAs supporting it, turning down

The NCP and Congress haven’t proved equal to the task ofgrasping an entirely new political situation in Maharashtra, andwere tardy in backing a Sena bid for governmentmaking evenwhen this meant dethroning the BJP in a major state its plea fortwo more days. Since the Sena was now dealing with ideolog-ical rivals it was a reasonable assumption that extra time willbe needed to stitch things up. The governor’s refusal has be-come controversial. The Sena has gone to the Supreme Courtalleging lack of impartiality by the governor. It is evident theBJP is back in the game since it developed a reputation forbreaking rival parties and inducing defections. Under Presi-dent’s Rule, the scope for such an exercise — which in otherstates went under the name of “Operation Lotus” — is ample.Sena, NCP and Congress MLAs are deemed vulnerable. TheNCP and Congress haven’t proved equal to the task of grasp-ing an entirely new political situation in Maharashtra, and weretardy in backing a Sena bid for government-making even whenthis meant dethroning the BJP in a major state.

EditorialMaha power gamesbelie expectations

Children’s Day–Celebratethe child within you

The love and care received during childhood makes them develop ahealthy sense of self and security, reaping lifelong benefits

8THE BEST WAY TO MAKE YOUR DREAMS

COME TRUE IS TO WAKE UP.

PAUL VALERY

SIMPLICITY AND REPOSE ARE THE QUALITIESTHAT MEASURE THE TRUE VALUE OF ANY WORK

OF ART.

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

SPIRITUALISM

STARS TALKSSeemaa Singh, As-

trologer and Vastu Ex-pert known for her ac-

curate predictions of winningBJP minister Kirron Kher, as

well winningof Punjabelections byCongress. ARIES :- Al-though youmay still befeeling slight-ly perturbed

by recent clashes at home orat work, there is much thatyou can do to ensure thatgood feeling is restored soon-er rather than later.

Lucky Color :-OrangeLucky No:-2

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Lucky Color :-BlueLucky No:-7

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Lucky Color :-RedLucky No:-9

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BJP-Shiv Sena cracks, a sign of power imbalance

There should not havebeen any hiccups in theformation of a

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Shiv Sena Maha Yuti coali-tion government after the Ma-harashtra Assembly electionresults. The pre-poll allianceof the BJP-Shiv Sena with itsstrength of 161 in the 288-member Assembly shouldhave formed its third, andsecond successive, govern-ment without much ado.

The demand of the ShivSena that the chief minister’spost should be rotated hascome as a rude reminder thatpolitical games are quite un-predictable. The moot pointin the unexpected crisis inpost-poll Maharashtra is notthe imposition of President’sRule, apparently on the rec-

ommendation of governorBhagat Singh Koshiyari, butthe break between the tworight-wing parties.

Shiv Sena chief UddhavThackeray’s demand for ashare in the chief ministerialterm is, on the face of it, un-reasonable. The Sena doesnot have the numbers to backthe demand. Mr Thackeraysays that there was a pre-pollagreement on the issue, andthe BJP’s weak denial makesit curiouser. It can only bespeculated that the BJP mighthave nodded in passing aboutthe arrangement because theparty, despite the hyperbolicswagger of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and homeminister-cum-party presidentAmit Shah and their relianceon the abrogation of Article

370 in Jammu and Kashmiras the poll talisman, theremust have been apprehen-sions that the party may notcross the winning line on itsown. Of course, these closed-door parleys and arrange-ments can’t be verified be-cause they are not backed bya written agreement. Theycannot be. Neither side canproduce documentary evi-dence to prove that the otherside is lying. There is also aclear indication that the BJPwas gradually marginalisingthe Shiv Sena in state politics.The strike rate of the victoriesof the BJP under the NarendraModi-Amit Shah duumviratehas led the party to treat its al-lies from the perspective of apatron rather than that of apartner.

We believe in Baba Nanak butnot Baba Nanak's teachings

RAJBIR KAUR

Guru Nanak, born as aprophet 550 years ago, gavea lot of teachings to man asa landmark to direct andguide the human being, buttoday the man has adaptedthose teachings according tohis own will. Baba Nanakhad said: 'Work.' The Guruhimself worked, workedhard, did all the work,grazed the cattle, did job inthe Modhikhana, did agri-cultural work at Kartarpur,traveled in all directions,walked in all directions.People who had been mis-leading from their path,were made aware about theirresponsibility toward theirnation and God.

But today we are afraidof manual labor, weary ofhard work, looking for greattrains instead of walking, weare getting hypocrite andhave forgotten the principlesof Guru Sahib. The Gurusaid "Naam Japo."

There is no need to go tothe jungle to take the nameof the planetary life, to re-cite the Name, God lives in-side the living creature butour attention is always onthe outside, we have nevertried to observe ourselves.Man has time for worldlypursuits, time for relaxationbut not for chanting theName of God. We have themoney for vocal and ob-scene singing singers at

weddings but not for theRagi jatha of the Gurud-waras. We have alreadystarted making deals withGod. We fulfill our vow ofAkhand-Path, but it is not inour destiny to listen to thetext in the presence of GuruGranth Sahib.

The Guru had said "di-vide and eat." What one getstoday, he gulped down byhimself, it does not evenspin, it is very far-fetched.Worms are better than uswho divide their eatablesand eat. The Guru had said,'Pavanu guru pani mataDharti mahatu.' Just think,have we allowed the wind tobe Guru, the water the fa-ther, and the earth mothergreen? Probably not. gov-ernments say many timesthat we should not fire thestraw but we never everstop, . Along with the straw,green trees may be burnt,nests and boats may be burnt

in the nests of birds andbirds but we do not care.Our surroundings have be-come dirty, garbage is piledup, air is polluting, water isrunning out, new diseasesare being born. The respon-sibility for all of this is onlyof human being, but we arenot ready to take responsi-bility.

The Guru had said,"Gagan mei Thalu RaviChandu Deepak Bane TariqaMandal Janak Moti." Wehave seen Kadar in nature,but how have we made oursky, our surroundings, inwhich our breathing is lost?Guru ji had said. "So kyunManda aakhiye jit JammeRajan"? 'Then why is femalefeticides ?, why do womensacrifice for dowry thesedays ?, why is a womantreated as a toy and played

with her emotions? Justthink what Baba Nanak toldus and what are we doing?The langar of Baba Nanak'shouse was Dal Khulka, asymbol of non-caste equali-ty but today there is no ac-count of the expenses in-curred on the langar.

If the money spent ongurdwara buildings and ex-pensive lagars is given tothe poor who have no roof,no bread to eat and clothesto cover, then this would bea real bargain for BabaNanak.

The basic tenet of GuruNanak's teachings is to pro-tect the 'fundamental rightsof man', to respect humani-ty, but in this age, there is novalue to the human being."Today's generation is be-coming engrossed in drugaddiction, losing its heritage

and culture, forgetting moralvalues and being hated byelders. Today we haveeverything except patience.Come back, wherever youare, identify your strengths.Do your duty well. Avoidsuper-expensive and waste-ful spending. Embrace suchqualities as humility, andpoverty. Join in the theory ofthe Guru Granth Sahib.Avoid earthly gurus.

Keep your conduct high.Get used to the hands-on ap-proach. Make every effort tokeep your surroundingsclean. In addition to the sur-rounding, cleanse yourheart. Let us try to conveythe principles, message andteachings of Guru NanakSahib to the hearts of thepeople. This will be a truetribute from all of us to BabaNanak.

Now that India’sSupreme Court hasdecided that the dis-

puted site at Ayodhya wouldbe used for the constructionof a temple, it doesn’t seemfair to oppose this decision.Opposing it is equivalent topursuing the path which wasundertaken by right-wing el-ements against the existenceof the Babri Masjid there.Fine, the extremists and theirsupporters did not act wiselyby demolishing the mosqueon December 6, 1992.

They chose to take the lawinto their own hands. Legal-ly, with the Supreme Courthaving pronounced its ver-dict, each individual, group,party and organisation hasthe democratic right to chal-lenge it, call for a review pe-tition and so forth. However,taking this path also amountsto giving socio-political, ex-tremist elements ground tocontinue displaying their ag-gressive communal movesover their demand for a tem-ple at Ayodhya.

So far, a lot has been writ-ten against the nature of thejudgment. However, thereare a few angles which havenot yet been given adequateimportance. First, had thejudgment rejected the appealfor construction of a temple,it would have only led to thedispute’s continuance. Theprospect of several right-wing elements welcomingthe construction of a mosqueat what was a disputed siteare as good as non-existent.

The bench, apparently, gaveample consideration to thisaspect.

The hard reality that therestill prevail extremist ele-ments in our country whotend to try and provoke com-munal fires periodically can-not be ignored.

This has been marked bytargeting Muslims who haverefused to chant Hindu slo-gans, cases of lynching byso-called “gau rakshaks”whose victims have beenfalsely labelled as “terror-ists”, and so on. While eachsuch incident is con-demnable, each has failed inrousing the people of bothcommunities to a stagewhere a major riot cannot beruled out. ignored. A similarrestraint was exercised bypeople across the entire na-tion on November 9, the daywhen the Ayodhya verdictwas delivered. God forbidany major or minor rioterupting in the countryand/or any portion of it.

Think of the Indians whosedaily earnings would be se-verely affected. This in-cludes shopkeepers as wellas vendors. Fine, well-off In-dians may not face much of aproblem, but the poor andmiddle classes, who consti-tute the majority in the coun-try, will. From a humanitari-an angle, in the national in-terest, this situation shouldnot be allowed to ever devel-op. Yes, the fact that the Ay-odhya issue is politicallydead cannot be ignored.Even though various politi-cal parties have tried to use itas a part of their electoralcampaigns, they have failed.Nevertheless, till this date,the prospects of this issue ig-niting communal tensionshave not been ruled out. To adegree, the judicial verdicthas attempted to douse thisfire. In the national interest,notwithstanding the many le-gal reservations about it, theverdict should be accepted.With respect to the opposi-

tion voiced from severalquarters against the verdict,it would make greater senseif the national and humani-tarian interest is placedabove religious ones. Theymay direct their attentionelsewhere. Yes, rather thanlose time over a piece ofland, the prospect of regain-ing which for Muslims maybe viewed as all but dead,they should pay serious at-tention to not losing otherstructures listed in the saf-fron brigade’s agenda. Whatis gone is gone, but thisshould also not set a prece-dent for the saffron brigadeto target other places. Beforeit is too late, serious meas-ures should be taken to checkany such moves.

There is yet another aspectof this controversy that needsattention. While the place ofdispute has been known asthe Babri Masjid, the recentpast has been witness to itserving as a place of worshipfor Hindus.

The Supreme Court’sjudgment has confirmed this.In this context, let us keep inmind that all religions standfor peace. Islam meanspeace. From both nationaland religious angles, it wouldnot be appropriate to opposethe controversial site beinggranted to Hindus with a ju-dicial stamp. A key principleof Islam states: “Unto you,your religion, and unto me,mine.”

The situation would havebeen different if the BabriMasjid was still standing.Yes, the demolition of themosque was equivalent tosnatching away a place ofworship from Muslims. Now,should Muslims also resortto what a minor percentageof the country’s Hindu popu-lation had indulged in on De-cember 6, 1992? The latteradopted violent means. Op-posing the Supreme Court’sjudicial decision in part alsoamounts to repeating thesame story, and not allowing

the dispute to settle down.And somehow, it does notmake sense to let the wholecrisis assume any dangerousnature. The crisis must end,and people should move onfor a better tomorrow.

Regarding different opin-ions being voiced about aMuslim organisation beinggiven a five-acre piece ofland in Ayodhya, each indi-vidual has right to his or herview. Seriously speaking,one is a little perplexed aboutthe attempt being made togenerate a conflict over it.Well, perhaps, rather thanpronounce anger over theSupreme Court’s decision, itwould be more sensible forall concerned Muslim organ-isations to deliberate serious-ly on their moves. The un-derlying message that Mus-lims’ interest has not been ig-nored must be understood. Itwould be appropriate if theland is accepted. The landmay be used in the nationalinterest by constructing aneducational institution foreconomically deprived sec-tions, for a orphanage or forany progressive purpose.Rather than throw the oppor-tunity away, it should beused in a way that leads to itbecoming a historical land-mark in a positive direction.

This country has wasteddecades, money, numerouslives and a lot more over theprolonged Ram Janmabho-mi-Babri Masjid dispute. Wecannot afford to do it anylonger.

Muslims should live with Ayodhya rulingThe hard reality that there still prevail extremist elements in our country who

tend to try and provoke communal fires periodically cannot be ignoredYes, the fact that the Ayodhya issue ispolitically dead cannot be ignored.Even though various political partieshave tried to use it as a part of theirelectoral campaigns, they havefailed. Nevertheless, till this date, theprospects of this issue ignitingcommunal tensions have not beenruled out.

There is no need to go to the jungle to take the name ofthe planetary life, to recite the Name, God lives insidethe living creature but our attention is always on theoutside, we have never tried to observe ourselves. Manhas time for worldly pursuits, time for relaxation butnot for chanting the Name of God. We have the moneyfor vocal and obscene singing singers at weddings butnot for the Ragi jatha of the Gurudwaras.

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CHANDIGARH: Costume or Dress designing is always tough and challenging Job, says young costume designer Navneet Kaur, who is working in this field for last three years.

Born in January 1995 , this talented costume designer Navneet Kaur belongs to village Acheeewala , P.O chuggatewala in district Ferozpur Punjab. Navneet Kaur told that she was crazy about fashion and colorful dresses since her childhood . After completed plus 2 from

district Ferozpur , Navneet Kaur tried her luck in the field of Fashion and costume designing. Navneet kaur has worked with well known Dress designers of Pollywood .There she learnt basics of fashion and dress designing . Her parents encouraged to achieve her goal. Navneet kaur has designed Beautiful dresses for so many Punjabi singers and video Models along with actors.Her dresses used in singer J.S.L is video song "Full charahi" , Gurmeet Gora's video track "sorry" and Akshay's solo track "Make-up " etc . Her favorite esigner is Sharmishtha Roy.

Costume Designer: Navneet Kaur

HEALTH/TECHYUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Usha Strengthens Kitchen Appliances Range, launches designer cooktops - Lustra Glass

handigarh: Usha International, India’s leading consumer durables company today launched the new range of Lustra CCooktop strengthening its Kitchen appliances category.

Catering to consumers who want add elegance and colour to their kitchen, the new range of Usha Lustra Glass cooktops come in premium metallic finish in red, magenta, and black, and are available two and three burner options each offering two designs of pan support – sound and square. Made with 8mm toughened glass, the new range has the ability to withstand higher heat and its knobs are at an innovative 45 degree angle allowing easy viewing convenience while cooking. Additionally, there is a jumbo burner in both the two and three burner options with burners spaced out perfectly to make parallel cooking with large utensils easy.

CHANDIGARH: Jet Privilege Private Limited (JPPL), the independent loyalty and rewards management company, part of the Etihad Aviation Group, has unveiled its new brand identity ‘InterMiles’, propelling its intent to fulfil the evolving travel & lifestyle aspirations of discerning consumers. InterMiles will encompass both the award-winning loyalty and rewards programme (previously, JetPrivilege) and the ubiquitous rewards and recognition currency (previously, JPMiles). The programme will offer its growing base of close to 10 million members the opportunity to earn and redeem InterMiles, the new age currency of engagement, across travel, hospitality and lifestyle services across 10+ categories and 150+ programme partners.

Jet Privilege is Now InterMiles

onipat: Heart diseases are arms, left shoulder, elbows, jaw, or CABG, the surgeon creates a graft vegetables, and whole grains. doctor to keep it in a healthy range.emerging as the leading back; shortness of breath; nausea to bypass blocked coronary arteries • Limit sodium intake to under 5gm - Ends - Scause of mortality in India and fatigue; lightheadedness or using a vessel from another part of per day and get plenty of potassium Disclaimer: “Any and all the

and becoming increasingly dizziness; and cold sweats. the body. This allows blood to flow (at least 4,700 mg per day) from Information provided in the article common among the younger Adding further, Dr Tripathi, said, around the blocked or narrowed fruits and vegetables. are independent views expressed by population, as per recent estimates. “On-the-go lifestyles have induced coronary artery. • Reduce stress through yoga and Dr Nityanand Tripathi, About 80% to 90% of premature a lot of stress today especially Some tips to prevent heart diseases: meditation. Interventional Cardiologist, Max deaths due to heart disease can be among youngsters. This, when • Achieve and maintain a healthy • Watch for your Blood Sugar and Hospital, Shalimar Bagh for general prevented through regular combined with other factors, can weight for your height. keep a check. overview and educational purposes screening, timely medical wreak havoc on the heart. While the • Exercise regularly. • Monitor your blood pressure only.”intervention, and proper lifestyle treatment options for heart diseases • Eat a diet that is rich in fruits, regularly, and work with your management . There is a need to include medications, etc., the create awareness on identifying the importance of a healthy lifestyle subtle symptoms of heart disease cannot be ignored. In people who and getting diagnosed in a timely develop complications, surgery and manner. other treatment may be needed.”Some common heart ailments In people who develop a heart include coronary artery disease, disease and complications such as and stroke. Patients with a history of heart attack, arrhythmias, heart an acute heart attack, it is imperative both heart attack and bleeding are at failure, heart valve disease, to provide immediate treatment in higher risk for this complication, congenital heart disease and the form of angioplasty to minimize especially in the months following cardiomyopathy. There is a need to or avoid the damage to the heart the event. This cardiac crisis is due stress on the importance of regular muscles. Angioplasty is used to to factors many of which are largely checkups. restore and improve blood flow. A preventable, including bad food Speaking about this, Dr Nityanand long, thin tube (catheter) is inserted habits, high blood pressure, high Tripathi, Interventional up to beginning of Main Coronary cholesterol, lack of physical activity, Cardiologist, Max Hospital, artery. A wire with a deflated and habits like smoking and Shalimar Bagh, said, “Of all the balloon is then passed through the drinking. What exacerbates this non-communicable diseases catheter to the narrowed area. The situation is that people are often not (NCDs), heart diseases are a leading balloon is inflated, compressing the aware of the symptoms and this cause of deaths in India. Bleeding is deposits against the artery walls. A delays diagnosis.”a significant complication during stent is often placed in the artery to Some symptoms one must watch anticoagulation therapy in patients avoid collapse and to reduce out for include pain or pressure in with pulmonary embolism. recurrence of blockage. Drug- the chest, which may indicate Bleeding is a common complication eluting stents release medication to angina; pain or discomfort in the of heart events such as heart attack help keep the arteries open. In

MD Little Champ Smart School Sector – 2 Panchkula celebrated Children’s Day with full zeal and enthusiasm. SChildren came in party dress. Special Assembly was

conducted. Raunit of Class Tiny Tots came dressed as Chacha Nehru. Aaditya (Mont – II) recited a poem on Chacha Nehru. Jerry of Class II told about the life of Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru. Colouring competition was also organized for the Little Champs. They enjoyed party tiffin. Many fun games were also organized for the students. Winners were given prizes. Students of Nursey Class were taken to Chhat Bir Zoo for a picnic. Principal Ms Deepika said that Children are the real glitters of the world. November 14 is celebrated as Children’s Day as a tribute to Jawahar Lal Nehru. Director Mr Naresh Gupta said “ The Children of today will make India outshine with a better tomorrow .

Children’s day celebration at SMD School

Vodafone Idea deploys technology-based solution

ohali: The students of St. Soilder International Convent School participated in a poster competition at Shalby MSuper Speciality Hospital, Mohali to mark Children’s

Day on Thursday. Among others , Anjali sharma principal of school was also presented. The competition was followed by a health talk by Dr Shrayansh a pediatrician. During talk the students were made aware of healthy eating, healthy playing. They were urged to increase outside play activities with friends and say no to TV viewing and mobile gaming. The students were also cautioned about the long term implications of sedentary, mobile addicted lifestyle which was not only increasing the incidence of obesity, diabetes and hypertension in the growing kids but also is a major reason of increasing incidence of loneliness behavioural problems and clinical depression later on in the life.

ICICI Prudential launch ICICI Pru Precious LifeDHARAMSHALA: ICICI Prudential Life Insurance has launched ICICI Pru Precious Life, the industry’s first term plan specifically designed forcustomerswho find it difficult to get access to life cover due to existing health conditions.Term insurance plans provide protection against the loss of income by the family due to the demise of the earning member. Individuals who have existing health conditions e.g. diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity or even those who have successfully recovered from cancer or any other surgeries, find it difficult to get life cover and hence are unable to fulfil their responsibility to protect their families. These individuals not only have to work towards maintaining their health, but feel vulnerable with no protection cover. ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Deputy Managing Director, Mr. Puneet Nanda said, “Term plans are typically focused on providing life cover to customers who are healthy.

udhiana: To mark the auspicious occasion of the 550th birthday of Sahib Guru Nanak Dev, L20 lakh devotees are expected to join the

celebrations from Punjab and across the country. To ensure a smooth and safe participation of people, Vodafone Idea Limited has undertaken an initiative to help missing children re-unite with their families during the festivities. The leading telecom service provider will set up a lost and found kiosk at this grand celebration at Sultanpur Lodhi (Distt Kapurthala). Talking about the initiative, Sudhir Pradhan, Business Head – Punjab, said, “Gurpurab is an important festival and is celebrated with great joy, not just in Punjab but across India. By using our superior data analytics and QR-code technology, Vodafone Idea is adding value to this reason of celebration for our customers. We hope that with this Lost & Found stall, we will be able to ensure a worry-free and joyous experience for all devotees. We wish everyone a happy Gurpurab.” Earlier this year, this tried and tested technology has been used at various other similar events like Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj and Ambaji Mela in Gujarat of enormous scales.

handigarh : After successfully creating and gaining customer trust with globally Cbenchmarked trek-to-travel solutionsfor

India’s growing outdoor community over a decade now, Wildcraft, India’s leading outdoor and adventure brand, ventures into the trolleys market with an innovative range of Wildcraft organization-rich travel-cases, engineered for the destinations for the new-age traveller. Utility rich, using cutting-edge textiles & aesthetically designed,the Wildcraft Travel-Casesare made from superior e’-toffe materials with pro-bond nano-technology that enhance the durability and the longevity of the product. With water-resistant fabrics, telescopic handles that are easy on the wrist,360-degree motion-pro wheelers which allow for smoother transportation, advanced security systemsincluding TSA locksand much more, these long haul travel cases have been tested extensively for drops, jolts, wheel and handleperformance,to stand up to the rigours of today’s traveller. Speaking on thelatest collection, Gaurav Dublish, Co-founder, Wildcraft India, shared,“After rigorous user research on uprights & duffel trolleys.

handigarh : Rewired.GG, the €50m esportsventure fund that invests in the global growth of esports, is delighted to Cannounce that it has invested a further €14 millioninto Team

Vitality, taking its total investment to date to €34 million. The funds will be used to support the continued growth of Team Vitality as the team pursues expansion across India, where it will be acquiring new players and launching a network of esports academies. The Team, which was founded in 2013 with €10,000,aims to be one of the world’s first $1 billion esportsteams.Today’s investment, along with the €20 million that Team Vitality received from Rewired.GG in November 2018, is thought to be the largest investment intoa European esports team to date.India doesn't currently contribute many top-tier players to the global esports scene and Team Vitality wants to find the best Indian gaming talent first before other global esports teams beat them to it. Team Vitality want to become loved in India by giving a home to top Indian esports talent and by becoming a core part of the Indian gaming and esports scene. There are 400 million smart phone users and Indian online gaming industry to add 190 million new gamers till 2021. In addition, 65% of Indian are youth, so is Esports. Younger generations are less Interested in traditional sports (e.g. cricket) and gearing to support new sports, especially in the digital space. Today also marks the opening of the new multi-million euro Team Vitality headquarters in Paris, called V.Hive, which will be open to the public. In a world’s first for an esports team, the 10,700 sq ft V.Hive has more than 530 sq ft of store front in the bustling heart of Paris, and will offer engaging esports discoveries and experiences to anyone who walks in.

Rewired.gg makes investment to Expand esports team into India

South Africa are crowned champions ofred bull campus cricket world final 2019CHANDIGARH: After a series of thrilling and exciting matches, a successful edition of Red Bull Campus Cricket 2019 has come to an end. South Africa (University of Pretoria) displayed dominance throughout the entire tournament as they clinched their second Red Bull Campus Cricket title by defeating Pakistan (University of Karachi) in the final by 5 wickets at ICC Academy in Dubai on 2nd November 2019. This is the third time that South Africa has won the Red Bull Campus Cricket title.Earlier in the day, Pakistan won their play-off 3 game against Sri Lanka by 9 runs to qualify for the World Finals of Red Bull Campus Cricket 2019.In the high pressure finals, Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat first. This decision however proved costly for the Pakistan Team as a magnificent spell from Ruan de Swart (5-12 in 3.5 overs) ripped through the Pakistani batting order restricting them.

CHANDIGARH: In line with its mission to support and enrich neighbouring communities through sustainable solutions, Toyota Kirloskar Motor, today, inaugurated the newly constructedGovernment Model Higher Primary School at Bidadi. Equipped with modern facilities, the school will benefit the school children thereby, creating a wholesome environment for the overall growth of the students, ensuring improvement in the standard of their learning experience. Commending TKM on its relentless efforts towards the betterment of the society,Mr. A Manjunath, Hon'ble MLA, Magadi Constituency said,“Development of rural education plays an important role in economic and social betterment of the people.

Toyota Kirloskar Motor cheersup school children

Wildcraft launches trolleys

Early diagnosis imperative to manage heart diseases and prevent complications

‘Jhalle’ to unleash the craziness in you!

JALLANDHAR : Veet, the world leader in depilatory products, is all set to create a benchmark in the male grooming segment in India with the launch ofVeet Men Hair Removal Cream. The brand unveiled popular Bollywood star, Kartik Aaryan as the brand ambassador for Veet Men with the new campaign #FindYourSexy. The new productis a one-stop solution for men who aspire for a cleanand smooth look for their body, without any hassle. Commenting on the launch, Pankaj Duhan, Chief Marketing Officer, RB Health South Asia said, "Today’s modernmen realize the importance of grooming and won’t shy away from going the extra mile to put their best foot forward. This is also reflected in the increasing number of men who are wanting to remove body hair for a clean &smooth look. They also want to appear more desirable and are willing to put in the effort for it.

Veet forays into male grooming segment with the launch of Veet forMen

handigarh : Binnu Dhillon Productions, Dreamiyata Entertainment Pvt Ltd and Manish Walia Productions today held a press conference of their next film 'Jhalle' Cwhich is slated to be released in cinemas on 15 Nov, 2019. ‘Jhalle’ the title of movie

reflects the idea that madness is on its way and the movie indeed is going to deliver something unique - filled with crazy elements and twists. Punjabi Cinema has now become even more

entertaining and has gained its momentum by experimenting and presenting movies on various subjects with enthralling and interesting characters. On the occasion, Binnu Dhillon said, “It’s encouraging to see the team that is willing to join hands on craziness. Jhalle is one such attempt that the audience would feel connected with. Everyone in the team believes that we as an industry are now ready to make movies that truly enhances Pollywood’s stature. Jhalle is an attempt towards that.”The teaser and trailer of this film has been released which are given tremendous response. Also, some songs are out which are loved by the audience sung in the voice of Gurnam Bhullar and Afsana Khan. Movie is directed by Amarjit Singh Saron who has before given Pollywood superhit film Kala Shah Kala and his this upcoming project is much awaited.Jhalle’s lead actress, Sargun Mehta said, “Having a subject like Jhalle and then developing the idea with the wittiness and ensuring that the craziness quotient is maintained is in

itself a bigger challenge. With senior actors and crew members around and guidance of Binnu ji and team, I think this film has elements that will yet again bring forth the acting and suaveness of actors, just making the best of every scene.”

If untreated, diabetes may cause damage to the organs: Malini iabetes is a chronic medical condition, in externally. Diabetes can be managed by following which body either fails to produce insulin or healthy lifestyle. Regarding the diet, she said, “Food Dis incapable of using insulin it produces, plays an important role when it comes to managing

which may result in failure of sugar conversion into blood glucose levels for diabetics. Including fiber energy. If untreated, diabetes may cause content in diet can help dealing with high damage to the organs, says dietitian blood glucose levels. Also consumption Malini Dahiya, who is an accredited of green vegetables, especially from the nutritionist & wellness consultant. gourd family such as lauki, tauri, etc, are Despite being one of the most common good for sugar levels. One must include chronic conditions, people are less aware fruits in place of juices in diet and about the disease. Diabetes is consume balanced quantities of characterized by frequent urination, carbohydrates such as wheat, rice, etc. excessive hunger, excessive thirst, About consuming sugar, she added, weight gain or weight loss, fatigue, “Avoiding sugar is not an answer to blurred vision and slow healing of diabetes. Everything we eat converts into wounds. Whether the patient requires glucose inside our body, hence, it is not Insulin or tablets, this decision should the question of eating sweets per say. strictly be taken by a doctor. However, with diabetes excess consumption of sugar Ms Dahiya further said, that diabetes is never good or or sweets is harmful for sugar levels and can damage bad. Insulin helps in managing the sugar levels. If it is organs eventually. For sweet cravings one can replace not getting produced inside the body, it has to be taken sugar with jaggery.

handigarh : Miss Diva 2020 announcedthe launch of its 8th editionand association of CLIVA, the fashion ingredientbrand as Title

Sponsor over a press conferencegraced by Miss Universe 2000Lara Dutta and the reigning Miss Diva Universe, Vartika Singh. LIVA Miss Diva 2020, the c o v e t e d b e a u t y pageant,pursued by several young women in the country will once again witness young aspirants from across the nation competing for the coveted title.C o l l a b o r a t i n g i n t h i s i nc red ib le jou rney o f bringing forth Indian beauty and talent at the global beauty platform, LIVA Miss Diva 2020,wil l continue i ts tradition to find that one girl who will revolutionize the definition of Beautiful, Confident, Dynamic, Vivaciouswith an aim to extend whole-hearted support to the new generation women who have the potential to lead and represent the country in the future.

Strong,Dynamic&Confidentis back with an all New Seasonroduction work is always

challenging,says young and Penergetic Producion Manager Manpreet Singh,who is active in this field for last three years. In an interaction with this Media person ,Manpreet Singh stated that he belongs to village Thatta Purana in

district Kapurthala Punjab. Born in december 1997 ,the young Production Manager completed plus 2 from local Govt Senior Secondary school.He has Paricipated in so

many Musical and cultural events during school time.Later he tried his luck in Music video field. According to Manpreet singh,he has worked with Popular Producer directors of Punjabi Music video industry.There he learnt basics of production work and management. Soft Spoken Manpreet Singh also associated with Golen Records and Analog Music's Punjabi Projects like Singer Bali's video track "Aaj Kal" and Shubdev Sekhon's solo track "Khundi-Muchh" as a Production Manager. His father Kuldip Singh and mother Palwinder Kaur always blessed and encouraged him.

Production work is challenging: Manpreet Singh

Samsung Launches Innovative Digital Window DisplayCHANDIGARH : Samsung, India’s biggest and most trusted brand of smartphones andconsumer electronics, today launched its Digital Window Display OMN-D series that comes with dual display, setting a new benchmark in display solutions for smart retail outlets and restaurants. Samsung OMN-D Series is a dual display, with screens on both sides, allowing retailers to maximize messaging. The window-facing screen features bright visuals and prominent positioning, giving passers-by motivation to enter the store. Once inside, indoor-facing displays enhance the shopping experience with content promoting sales, new merchandise and additional information about the store and its services.

handigarh/Ludhiana, November 14th, 2019: Over one million children use homeopathy in the U.S alone1. In India, over 10 crore Cpeople are treated with homeopathy of which most are women and

children. As a matter of fact, it is the recommended form of treatment for infantile colic, easy dentition, dentition diarrhoea, breath-holding spells and others in children. It builds immunity and hence the best time to start taking

homeopathy is in childhood. Homeopathy also works well for the emotional and psychological development of kids. Commenting on the efficacy of homeopathy in treating children Dr. Mukesh Batra, Padma Shri recipient and Founder, Dr Batra’s Group of Companies said, “Children call us ‘Candy doctors’ because so many of their childhood problems are treated with sweet pills. In my 45 years of practice, I have seen a lot of children suffering from a variety of ailments that have found effective, safe and natural remedies in homeopathy. In India, most child related ailments stem from an impaired immunity. Homeopathy

treats from the root and builds immunity.” One of the latest innovations at Dr Batra’s has been the use of genetics in homeopathic treatment. This particularly helps children to safely and accurately predict hereditary ailments including allergies, asthma, skin ailments as well as nutritional deficiencies that hamper child development.

Protect your child with the gift of homeopathyaddi: Morepen Laboratories Ltd. has reported a Net sales BRevenue (Standalone) of Rs.

383.30 crore in the half year ended September 30th, 2019, registering a growth of 24.2 per cent as compared to the Net Sales Revenue of Rs. 308.56 crore in the corresponding first half of the previous fiscal. Total Revenue (Standalone) in first half stood at Rs. 392.44 crore (Rs. 313.06 crore) registering a jump of 25.4 per cent. EBIDTA was up by 31.8 per cent in H1’ FY 2019-20 at Rs. 37.44 crores (Rs. 28.40 crores) and Cash profit during the same period was up by around 32.4 per cent at Rs. 36.63 crores (Rs. 27.67 crores).The Net Profit Before Tax (Standalone) almost doubled in the first half at Rs. 18.10 crore compared to Rs. 9.65 crore in the corresponding first half of previous fiscal. This was disclosed by Sushil Suri, Chairman and Managing Director, Morepen Laboratories Ltd., after the Q2 and First Half results board meeting here on Wednesday. “All our focus is currently on the growth strategy for next five years.

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Poster competition to mark Children’s Day held

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kshay Kumar unveiled another movie have called it the biggest goof-up ember. The story of the upcoming poster from his upcoming of the year. Taking to Instagram, the feature revolves around two married Acomedy-drama 'Good Newwz' 'Mission Mangal' star captioned the couples and their journey of love. In the

featuring the lead cast on social media poster as, The goof-ups are bound to film, Akshay and Kareena, as Honey and on Thursday. It has the star cast of the multiply...and that's how Monika, will be seen trying to conceive movie, namely, Diljit Dosanjh, you get - a baby. The film went on floors in Kareena Kapoor, Kiara Advani, #GoodNewwz! November last year. Apart from Akshay, and Akshay. In the poster, Coming to Kareena and Kiara, it also stars Punjabi Akshay's face is seen being you this singer and actor Diljit Dosanjh who has squeezed in by Kiara's #Christ acted in a number of Hindi films baby bump while on the mas, including 'Udta Punjab' and 'Arjun other side Kareena's 27th Patiala'. Helmed by Raj Mehta, 'Good belly is seen squeezing Dec Newwz' will hit the theatres on Diljit Dosanjh's face. December 27 this year.The makers of the

AKSHAY KUMAR UNVEILS POSTER FEATURING STAR CAST 'GOOD NEWZZ'

GLAMOURGLAMOURI am finding it difficult to learn Tamil, will mug up my dialogues: Kangana

ctress Kangana Ranaut who to learn the Tamil language and difficult to learn Tamil. The film is is prepping up for her lead hence, has decided to mug up her being made in Tamil as well as in Arole in 'Thalaivi', dialogues for the movie. The Hindi, so we will do something

a biopic on J 'Queen' actor while speaking about it." "Obviously, I have to mug Jayalalitha, late chief to the reporters on up the dialogues because Tamil is not minister of Tamil Wednesday said, an easy language. Earlier, I was Nadu, is "Vanakam- did you thinking of learning Tamil finding it understand that? completely as I have learned English quite Actually, I am also. But now I will only learn as per difficult finding it very the demand of the script," she said.

Ritesh Deshmukh bantersonline with Sidhharth

he 'Marjaavaan' co-stars Riteish Deshmukh and Sidharth Malhotra trolled each other Tduring a hilarious online banter on Wednesday

and their latest social media post is proof. It all started when Riteish Deshmukh posted an epic throwback picture of Sidharth Malhotra's modeling days on

Twitter. The 'Hasee Toh Phasee' actor donned silver underwear and glitter on his body posed alongside a

model. Riteish captioned the picture "Haye main marjaavaan. Uff ye toh posing ki height hogayi."Sidharth

Malhotra responded to the post with an equally interesting caption "Haaye main darr jaawaan. Yeh 'height' toh main

match nahi kar paunga Siddharth Malhotra have earlier worked together along with Shraddha Kapoor in

the movie 'Ek Villiain'. Directed by Milap Milan Zaveri, the flick 'Marjavaan' has been produced by Bhushan Kumar. 'Marjaavaan' is a sequel of crime-thriller 'Ek Villain' also features Riteish Deshmukh and Tara Sutaria. It is bankrolled by Bhushan Kumar, Divya Khosla Kumar and Krishan Kumar along with Monisha Advani, Madhu Bhojwani and Nikhil Advani.

Soha to make digital debut with comedy web-seriesoha Ali Khan on Tuesday Soha believes web shows offer quality and risks. A lot of films are releasing on the web said she will foray into the challenging work for talented actors. "There are directly and web shows are also being made. Sdigital medium with a different reasons why people do web. When it Because of the digital platform, I had the

comedy web-series. "I am comes to theatrical distribution there are many confidence to say that there will always be work looking forward to starting for good actors here."something in January and it will Soha and her husband Kunal Kemmu are co-

be 30 or 40 days commitment. I producing the biopic on India's renowned lawyer have never stayed this long away Ram Jethmalani with Ronnie Screwvala. "The

from my daughter Inaaya, I will take first draft of the script is locked and we are her with me. It is a comedy in a web- finalising the script. It is a very ambitious

series space. The last couple of episodes project."are being written. The official announcement The actor was talking on the sidelines of India's

will come soon," Soha told a news agency. first multi-format fun learning app for children Soha's brother Saif Ali Khan made his between two and eight years, VOOT Kids. Soha

digital debut with says she would like to write stories for children. Netflix Original's "I want to write stories for children and there is a

critically lot of scope for great stories. These will be acclaimed relevant modern stories with relevant modern series values. I read a lot of old stories and I don't know "Sacred if they are still right anymore.Games".

"There are different reasons why people do web. When it comes to theatrical distribution there are many risks. A lot of films are releasing on the web directly and web shows are also being made. Because of the digital platform, I had the confidence to say that there will always be work for good actors here."

Angelina feels Brad turned her and kids' lives 'upside down't's been over three years to their split, but Angelina issue, the 44-year old actor has expressed that she would Jolie still has some angst against ex-husband Brad Pitt. "love to live abroad," but "right now, I'm having to base IMoreover, the 'Maleficent' actor believes that Pitt where their father chooses to live." "Before the divorce,

turned her and the kids' lives "upside down." "Angelina the entire family led a very nomadic existence, and that still has a lot of resentment toward Brad. She wants him was because of Angie's restlessness," another insider told to be held accountable because she feels he turned her the outlet. The source added that the Pitt wanted the kids to and the children's lives upside down," Us Weekly quoted have stability while according to Jolie, they were "giving a source as saying. Once in the tinsel town, the two have the children an idyllic childhood by exposing them to been together for over a decade and finally walked different countries, languages and experiences." In October down the aisle in August 2014. However, the two parted this year, a source close to Jolie claimed that she didn't ways in September 2016. Even more, Jolie's bitter want to marry the 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' star feelings towards him are also due to the fact that she in the first place. "She felt that Brad pressured her," the can't move out of Los Angeles, where she is based. source had said. This is the reason that she will never get Earlier in the Harper's Bazaar December/January married again.

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India Emerging asregional hub for PilotTrainingNEW DELHI: India's aviation market isgrowing steadily and is expected tobecome the third largest in the worldby 2024. This growth is creating ademand for trained pilots. FSTC (FlightSimulation Technique Centre) is one ofthe leading pilot training institutes inthe country and is now extending itscapabilities to the training of pilotsfrom various regional airlines. FSTChas become the training institute ofchoice with pilots from South East Asiaand Africa region due to its new state-of-the-art Level D simulators as wellas its qualified pool of instructors.FSTC also supports theseinternational pilots with their travel andaccommodation with its local tie-ups.FSTC recently conducted trainingsessions with pilots from Air Tanzania,Nok Air and Biman Bangladesh. Thesewere very successful and the pilotswere highly satisfied with the overalltraining facility including the quality ofinstructors and are keen to grow theirfuture training footprints with FSTC.This story is provided by NewsVoir.ANI will not be responsible in any wayfor the content of this article.

IDF confirms Israel'sceasefire with Islamic JihadJERUSALEM : A ceasefire has comeinto effect after two days of intensefighting between Israel and thePalestinian group Islamic Jihad, IsraelDefense Forces (IDF) confirmed onThursday, as reported by The Times ofIsrael. Xinhua quoted Gaza HealthMinistry as saying said that theconfrontation claimed the lives of 32people and injured 95 others in Gaza.Among the casualties include a seniorIslamic Jihad commander, and sixmembers of a Palestinian family, whodied in the overnight strike thattargeted a house in Deir al-Balah. Theconfrontation escalated early onTuesday after Israeli airstrikes killedBaha Abu Al-Ata, a top commander ofthe Palestinian Islamic Jihad militantgroup, triggering a fierce response.Baha Abu al-Ata, 42, was killed withhis wife in the airstrike that rippedthrough the building in Gaza City'sShejaiya district. The Israeli militaryhas said that the operation against Al-Atta was authorised by country'sPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu."Abu Al-Atta was responsible for mostof the Palestinian Islamic Jihad'sactivity in the Gaza Strip and was aticking bomb."

Jaishankar urges Indianconsulate in Atlanta tolook into killing ofPunjabi youthNEW DELHI: External Affairs MinisterS Jaishankar on Wednesday urgedIndian consulate in Atlanta to "urgentlylook" into the killing of 21-year-oldIndian national in Mississippi.Akshaypreet Singh from Amritsar waskilled on November 9 in Mississippi, theUS, following a scuffle during anattempted robbery at his store."Request our Consulate @CGI_Atlantato urgently look into this and provide allnecessary assistance. Our deepestcondolences to the bereaved family,"Jaishankar tweeted in a reply to PunjabChief Minister Captain AmarinderSingh's request to interfere in thematter. Chief Minister Singh, early inthe day, expressed anguish over thedeath of the Indian national and urgedJaishankar to help transport his mortalremains to India. "Deeply anguished tohear the killing of 21-year-oldAkshaypreet Singh of Mattewal,Amritsar in Mississippi, US, following ascuffle during an attempted robbery athis store. Request @DrSJaishankar tokindly help with the transport of themortal remains to India," the PunjabChief Minister tweeted.

Panasonic develops newbattery managementtechnologyOSAKA: Panasonic announced onThursday that it has developed a newbattery management technology whichmeasures the ElectrochemicalImpedance of multi-cell stackedbatteries. The technology is expected tobe applied to various devices that uselithium-ion battery modules with manybattery cells stacked in series and tofuture vehicles. It would contribute tothe realisation of a sustainable societyby helping facilitate reuse and recyclingof lithium-ion batteries. The technologyhas been developed in collaborationwith Professor Masahiro Fukui ofRitsumeikan University. While a newbattery monitoring IC (BMIC) test chip,measurement algorithm, and softwarewere developed by Panasonic, theRitsumeikan University contributed tothe evaluation of the performance usingactual batteries. Current applications oflithium-ion batteries are expanding tothe field of industrial devices andmobility, and the importance of reuseand recycling is also increasing. Thenewly developed battery managementtechnology makes it possible tomeasure electrochemical impedanceusing the AC current excitation methodfor lithium-ion stacked battery modulesthat are installed in operating devices.Furthermore, this technology aims toenable the evaluation of residual valueby way of a deterioration diagnosisand failure estimation based on ananalysis of acquired measurementdata. This will contribute to therealisation of a sustainable societywhere future lithium-ion batteries canbe reused and recycled.

Four men with links to Islamic State arrestedin IndonesiaJAKARTA: Four men with links to the Islamic State terror group were arrestedby the Indonesian police on Thursday, a day after a suicide bomber attacked apolice station in Medan city, killing six people. South China Morning Postquoted National Police spokesperson Dedi Prasetyo as saying that the foursuspects had undergone military training in the past and also fought alongsideISIS in Syria. There were no details on when the four men returned from Syriaor whether they were linked to the Medan blast. Meanwhile, Police havearrested the wife of the Medan suicide bomber for allegedly planning terrorattacks in Bali using social media. An estimated 50 ISIS fighters fromIndonesia, along with their families, are believed to have escaped from Syrialast month. Their whereabouts are currently unknown.

WPI dips marginally to 0.16 pc in Octoberdue to subdued non-food prices

AGENCYNEW DELHI, NOV 14

The annual rate of inflationbased on the monthlywholesale price index (WPI)dipped marginally and stood at0.16 per cent for October ascompared to 0.33 per cent forthe previous month,government data showed onThursday.

The fall was mainly due tosubdued prices of non-foodarticles and fall in prices ofmanufactured items. "Theofficial WPI for allcommodities for October 2019rose by 0.7 per cent to 122.2(provisional) from 121.3 forthe previous month,"according to a statementissued by the Ministry ofCommerce and Industry.

"The annual rate ofinflation based on monthlyWPI stood at 0.16 per cent forOctober 2019 (over October2018) as compared to 0.33 percent for the previous month

and 5.54 per cent during thecorresponding month of theprevious year. Build-upinflation rate in the financialyear so far was 1.92 per centcompared to a build-up rate of4.9 per cent in thecorresponding period of theprevious year."

The figures showedinflation for manufactureditems at minus 0.84 per cent inOctober compared to minus0.42 per cent in September.The rate of price rise for foodarticles was at 9.8 per centduring the month, while fornon-food articles it stood at2.35 per cent,

AGENCYMUMBAI, NOV 14

Automobile manufacturer TataMotors said on Thursday that its boardof directors has approved the pricingand tenure of 500 million dollars(about Rs 3,572 crore) fundraisethrough bonds to be issued later thismonth. Tranche one and two will be ofRs 200 crore each and mature on June30, 2023 and September 29, 2023while tranche three will be of Rs 100crore and mature on June 28, 2024.Tata Motors said Crisil has assigneddouble A-minus rating with negativeoutlook through a letter on October23. Two days ago, global ratingagency Moody's Investors Serviceallotted a Ba3 rating to the proposedsenior unsecured notes with anegative outlook. However, Moody'sviewed Tata Motors preferentialallotment of equity to its promoters asa credit positive as the vehiclemanufacturer plans to apply theproceeds towards reducing its debt.Last month, Tata Motors had said theparent group through Tata Sons willinfuse 914 million dollars (about Rs6,530 crore) equity into the company,

of which 548 million dollars (about Rs3,915 crore) will be paid immediatelyand the balance over a period of 18months. On the domestic front,however, Tata Motors continues tofeel the heat due to economicslowdown, weak liquidity, low freightvolumes and rural incomes. Itspassenger and commercial vehiclesales volumes have declined by 41per cent and 30 per cent respectivelyin the first half of current financialyear. Tata Motors is the largestmanufacturer of commercial andpassenger vehicles in India. Itsproducts include light, medium andheavy vehicles like trucks, pick-upsand buses, utility vehicles andpassenger cars.

Tata Motors to raise$500 million by issuing

offshore bonds

Protest cripple parts ofHong Kong for 4th day

HONG KONG, NOV 14

Anti-government protestersblocked highways and othertransport links to disrupt thecity for the fourthconsecutive day on Thursday,forcing closure of schools,varsities and shopping malls.Varsity students maintainedtheir blockades of majorroads. Police fired tear gasnear the tunnel early to clearthe protesters, BBC reported.Last night, the city'sEducation Bureau announcedthat all schools would be shut

today as a precautionarymeasure. Severaluniversities also announcedthere would be no classes oncampuses for the rest of theyear from Thursday. Anumber of major shoppingmalls also announced theywould close today. Theprotestors are furious aboutwhat they see as meddling byBeijing in the freedomsguaranteed under the "onecountry, two systems"formula put in place when theterritory returned to Chineserule in 1997.

Jamat-e-Islami responsiblefor violence in Kashmir: US

CongressmanWASHINGTON, NOV 14

Expressing concerns over the growing influence ofJamat-e-Islami in South Asia, US CongressmanJim Banks said that much of the violence inKashmir is linked to the organizations related tothe proscribed religious outfit and its affiliates.Addressing a seminar hosted by the Middle EastForum here in association with South AsiaMinorities AllianceFoundation and otherinfluential think tanks onWednesday, Banks said,"Jamat-e-Islami isespecially operating inSouth Asia with its violentfactions found in Pakistanand Bangladesh. It is aviolent, theocratic groupthat has committed violentacts against minority Christians, Hindus,Buddhists, and Ahmadis." Jim Banks stressed thatthere is a lack of awareness and action by the USagainst the activities of the Jamat-e-Islami."Through violent actions, they (the JI) seek tosilence the voices of others and discourageparticipation in democracy.

India US to hold 2nd roundof 2+2 dialogue on Dec 18

WASHINGTON D.C., NOV 14

The second round of the 2+2 dialogue betweenIndia and the United States will take place onDecember 18. "The dialogue will be held in thesecond half of December in Washington D.C.," asenior Indian official told ANI. The official alsosaid that foreign and the defence ministers of theUS and India will meet to discuss the strategic andsecurity interests of both nations. However, finerdetails of the dialogue are yet to be finalised andare being worked upon, the official added. The firstround of the meeting on the 2+2 MinisterialDialogue was held in New Delhi in September2018 and had focussed on the need for upholdingpeaceful resolution of territorial maritime disputes,promoting market-based economics, supportinggood governance, fundamental rights, andliberties, and preventing external economiccoercion. The Dialogue was held between USSecretary of State Micheal Pompeo, Secretary ofDefense James Mattis, Indian External AffairsMinister Sushma Swaraj and Defence MinisterNirmala Sitharaman. The 2+2 Dialogue betweenIndia and the US was launched as a reflection ofthe shared commitment by Prime Minister Modiand Us President Donald Trump to provide apositive, forward-looking vision for the India-U.S.strategic partnership and to promote synergy intheir diplomatic and security efforts, the USEmbassy had said in its statement.

MUMBAI, NOV 14

Market benchmark Sensexrebounded over 170 points aftera volatile session, helped by fag-end buying in mainly bankingand IT stocks. After swinging322 points during the day, the30-share Sensex ended 170.42points, or 0.42 per cent, higher at40,286.48. Similarly, thebroader NSE Nifty rose 31.65points, or 0.27 per cent, to end at11,872.10. Top gainers in theSensex pack included ICICIBank, Infosys, Bajaj Financeand HDFC Bank, rising up to

2.67 per cent. While, IndusIndBank, Vedanta, Tata Motors,ONGC and HUL fell up to 2.79per cent. After trading on achoppy note through the day,value-buying in select index-heavyweights lifted keybenchmarks, traders said. Abroad-based weakness prevailedin the market as weak macronumbers and negative global

cues kept investors on edge.Wholesale prices based inflationeased further to 0.16 per cent inOctober, as against 0.33 per centin September due to subduedprices of non-food articles andfall in prices of manufactureditems, government data showedon Thursday. On the otherhand, retail price basedconsumer inflation spiked to16-month high of 4.62 per centin October on costlier fooditems, reducing the headroomfor a rate cut by the RBI in itsmonetary policy due nextmonth.

Moody's revises India GDP forecast to 5.6 pc,slowdown lasting longer than expected

NEW YORK: India'seconomic slowdown islasting longer thanpreviously expected,Moody's Investors Servicesaid on Thursday whilepegging its forecast for thegross domestic product(GDP) growth at 5.6 per centin 2019 calendar year. "Wehave revised down ourgrowth forecast for India.We now forecast slower realGDP growth of 5.6 per centin 2019 from 7.4 per cent in2018," it said in the GlobalMacro Outlook for 2020-21."We expect economicactivity to pick up in 2020and 2021 to 6.6 per cent and6.7 per cent respectively, butthe pace to remain lowerthan in the recent past," it

said. India's economicgrowth has decelerated sincemid-2018 with real GDPgrowth slipping from nearly8 per cent to 5 per cent in thesecond quarter of 2019 andjoblessness rising.

Moody's said theinvestment activity wasmuted well before that butthe economy was buoyed bystrong consumption demand."What is troubling about thecurrent slowdown is thatconsumption demand hascooled notably," it said in thereport. The government hasundertaken a number ofmeasures to arrest the growthslowdown. In September, itannounced a cut in thecorporate tax rate to 22 percent from 30 per cent.

Sensex ends 170 pts higher;bank, IT stocks save the day

Activists urge India, UK to challengePak atrocities in Balochistan

LONDON, NOV 14

The UK chapter of the Baloch National Movement(BNM) and associated organisations called on theIndian government to challenge the atrocities of the"rogue state of Pakistan" and assist Balochistan'sfreedom movement. At a memorial event to markBaloch Martyrs' Day in London on Wednesday,members of the BNM as well as groups such as theWorld Sindhi Congress and Baloch StudentsOrganisation Azad paid tributes to those killed intheir fight for Baloch freedom over the years andbranded the UK government "hypocritical" for itssilence on the human rights violations in theresource-rich region. "Over 20,000 Baloch peoplehave been abducted by Pakistani security forcesand many killed in the last two decades. Ourmessage to the Indian government is that theyhave to raise their voice against the atrocities bythe Pakistani security forces," said HammalHaider, foreign affairs spokesperson of the BalochNational Movement.

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TALKSPakistan to play Testcricket on home soilafter 10 yearsLAHORE: Pakistan will be playingtheir first Test on home soil after aspan of ten years, the country'scricketing board confirmed onThursday.Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) con-firmed that their team and Sri Lankawill play their World Test Champi-onship matches in Rawalpindi andKarachi.The first Test will be played at thePindi Cricket Stadium from Decem-ber 11-15, while the second Test willbe held at the National Stadiumfrom December 19-23.Earlier, Sri Lanka was scheduled toplay Tests in October and then re-turn in December for white-ballcricket, but the matches wereswapped by both cricketing boardsto provide them with the opportunityto assess the situation before decid-ing the Test venues."This is fabulous news for Pakistancricket and its reputation of being assafe and secure as any other coun-try in the world. We are thankful toSri Lanka Cricket for agreeing tosend their team for the longer ver-sion of the game, which will con-tribute significantly in the PCB's ef-forts and drive for regular resump-tion of international cricket, and helpin its endeavours of attracting newaudiences and younger generation,"PCB Director, International CricketZakir Khan said in an official state-ment.

JU's Tsetan Dolmarepresents India inIce HockeyJAMMU: Tsetan Dolma, a studentof University of Jammu representedIndia in Ice Hockey competition heldat Chinese Taipei from November 6to 8.JU spokesperson here on Thursdaysaid that it was a matter of pride forDirectorate of Sports and PhysicalEducation in particular and Universi-ty of Jammu in general that TsetanDolma hailing from Shachukul(Ladakh) and a student of BP.Ed. inthe Directorate of Sports and Physi-cal Education, University of Jammurepresented Indiain International2019 Taiwan Cup Women’s Ice-Hockey Tournament held in ChineseTaipei.He further said that Dolma madeher way in the Indian squad among18 players from different regions ofthe country. The Indian Team hadplayed matches against Philippines,Singapore, Australia and the hostTaiwan.Vice Chancellor, University of Jam-mu Manoj Dhar lauded the efforts ofentire staff of the Directorate for thiswonderful achievement and advisedthe players to take the name of theUniversity of Jammu to the height ofglory by participating in such events.Director Directorate of Sports andPhysical Education, University ofJammu Daud Iqbal Baba also con-gratulated her on her performanceand showered blessings for her fu-ture endeavors.

Bryan brothers toretire in 2020

LOS ANGELES: US men's doublesduo Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan saidWednesday they will retire at theend of the 2020 season, bringingthe curtain down on one of the mostsuccessful pairings in tennis history.The 41-year-old twins said in astatement they planned to hang uptheir racquets after taking part innext year's US Open, where theymade their Grand Slam champi-onship debut in 1995. Since that firstSlam appearance, the Bryans haveracked up a record 118 trophies in-cluding 16 Grand Slam doubles ti-tles. They also won Olympic gold atthe 2012 London Games. BobBryan said the duo had opted to endtheir 2019 season after the USOpen in order to remain fresh fornext year. "We decided that it wouldbe best to rest our minds andstrengthen our bodies in preparationfor 2020 which will be our final sea-son on the ATP Tour," Bob Bryansaid in a statement. "It has trulybeen a magical ride," he added."However, we want to end this greatride while we're healthy and we canstill compete for titles."

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AGENCYINDORE, NOV 14

A dearth of quality pace bowlers has allbut put an end to the iconic duels whichonce added to the charm of Test cricket,said the iconic Sachin Tendulkar, who isworried about the traditional format'shealth.

A Sunil Gavaskar vs Andy Roberts,Dennis Lillee or Imran Khan was worththe wait during the 1970s and '80s. Sim-ilarly a Tendulkar vs Glenn McGrath orWasim Akram used to be a connoisseur'sdelight.

But not anymore, feels the man,who played 200 Test matches in his il-lustrious 24 years in international crick-et.

"Rivalries which people invariably

looked forward to are no longer therebecause there are very few world-classfast bowlers right now. That element Iam sure is missing. The quality of fastbowling can surely be better without anydoubt," Tendulkar told PTI whileanalysing how cricket has evolved in thepast 30 years (15th November, 1989)since he made his debut.

Asked if the competitiveness, as faras Test cricket is concerned, is confinedto only three countries (India, Australiaand England), the maestro agreed.

"The standard of cricket has gonedown which is not great news for Testcricket. The standard needs to go up andfor that, I would again say that the rootcause is the playing surfaces," he said.

"I think it has also got to do with thekind of pitches that are provided. If we

provide fair pitches where fast bowlersas well as spinners get help, then bal-ance between bat and ball will be re-stored.

"If the balance is missing then thecontest becomes weak and it fails tograb eyeballs. Test cricket must havegood wickets," added the man, who hasscored 15,921 runs with 51 hundreds.

For Tendulkar, the model pitches arethe ones on which the Ashes was playedin England. "I feel this year's Ashes hadsome of the best Test pitches in recenttimes. Magnificent I would say. Theonly time they moved to Old Trafford,you saw that Test wasn't as exciting asthe ones at the Headingley, or the Lord'sTest or for that matter even the one at theOval. I thought those Test matches wereexciting," he said.

Very few world class bowlers in Test cricket now: Tendulkar

AGENCYINDORE, NOV 14

India were trailing behind 64 runs at the endof play on the first day after bundling outBangladesh for 150 in their first innings atthe Holkar Cricket Stadium here on Thurs-day.

India scored 86 runs with a loss of onewicket after the play ended on day one.Opener Mayank Agarwal and Rohit Sharmacame in bat for the hosts.

Sharma (6) lost his wicket early to AbuJayed at the score of 14/1 in 7.2 overs.

Cheteshwar Pujara joined Agarwal inthe middle and built an unbeaten stand of 72runs for the second wicket. Pujara and Agar-wal will resume their innings from 43 and37 runs respectively on day two.

Earlier, Bangladesh opted to bat first af-ter winning the toss in the first Test of thetwo-match series.

Bangla Tigers suffered a double blow inthe innings as they lost their openers ImrulKyles (6) and Shadman Islam (6) cheaply.

Mohammad Mithun and skipperMominul Haque built a brief-stand of 19runs for the third wicket. Mithun was pickedby pacer Mohammed Shami in front of thewickets after scoring 13 runs.

Mushfiqur Rahim joined Haque in themiddle and provided a steady partnership of68-run for the fourth wicket before the lat-ter was scalped by Ravichandran Ashwin.

Haque played a knock of 37 runs. Mah-mudullah along with Rahim added 16-runfor the fifth wicket. Mahmudullah was

scalped by Ashwin after playing a knock of10 runs.

The last recognised batting pair ofBangladesh Rahim and Liton Das built astand of 25-run before Rahim (43) was sentback to the pavilion by Shami reducingBangladesh to 140/6.

After Rahim's dismissal, Bangladeshkept on losing wickets at a regular interval

and were all out on 150.Indian bowlers showed a spirited per-

formance as Shami scalped three wicketswhile Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, and RAshwin picked two wickets each.

India bundle out Bangladeshon 150, Rohit departs early

Ashwin registers250 wickets in Testat homeINDORE; India spinner RavichandranAshwin bagged his 250th Test wicket athome during the first match againstBangladesh here on Thursday.By doing so, Ashwin became the thirdIndia bowler to achieve the milestoneafter Anil Kumble and HarbhajanSingh.Board of Control for Cricket in India(BCCI) took to Twitter and wrote: "250Test wickets at home for @ashwin-ravi99. He becomes the third Indianbowler to do so after @anilkumble1074& @harbhajan_singh."Ashwin had 249 Test wickets under hisbelt when he stepped out on the fieldfor the first Test against Bangladesh.He picked the wicket of captain Momin-ul Haque to register his 250th wicket.Bangladesh opted to bat first after win-ning the toss and are currently on106/4 after the completion of 41 overs.

NEW DELHI, NOV 14

All Indian Tennis Association(AITA) on Thursday announced anunprecedented eight-membersquad for the Davis Cup tie againstPakistan.

On the basis of the fresh con-firmations, the following squadhas been selected for this tie: Ro-hit Rajpal - Non-Playing Captain,Sumit Nagal, Ramkumar Ra-manathan, Saketh Myneni, RohanBopanna, Leander Paes.

Including three reserves Jee-van Nedunchezhiyan, SaikumarMukund, and Siddharth Rawat.

Earlier the tie was scheduledto play in Islamabad, some of theplayers including the non-playingcaptain Mahesh Bhupathi, whohad also been selected to play ex-

pressed their unavailability for thetie. On the other hand, some othertop Indian players confirmed theiravailability to play in Islamabad.

Accordingly, a new Davis Cupcaptain was appointed for this tieby the executive committee ofAITA. The ITF took a decision tomove the tie to a neutral venuewhich is still to be announced.

"The final team will be com-municated to the ITF after receiv-ing their communication on No-vember 18. As the venue and sur-face are still unknown, the selec-tion committee decided to havethree reserve players for only thisparticular tie," read an officialstatement.

India to face Pakistan in theAsia/Oceania Group 1 Tie on No-vember 29 and 30.

Bopanna, Paesreturn for Pak tie

Ritu Phogat to make MMAdebut on November 16

NEW DELHI: Wrestler RituPhogat will make her Mixed Mar-tial Arts (MMA) debut on Novem-ber 16 as she squares off againstKorea's Nam Hee Kim.

The match between both will bean atom weight contest and theywill clash at the Cadillac Arena inBeijing, China.

"INTENSE! @PhogatRitu wentfaced off with her opponent NamHee Kim whom she'll fight on Sat-urday in #ONEChampionship 'sevent #AgeOfDragons," TGFMMA tweeted.

Speaking about her MMA de-but, Phogat said in a statement: "Iwant to become a mixed martial artsWorld Champion, and everything I'm doing now is preparing mefor that".

"I made the decision to jump into this with my full heart andwill. My goal is to become the first Indian woman to win a mixedmartial arts World Championship. I believe I'm in a great positionto represent my country, and I want to inspire as many women as Ican. It's an honour," she added. Phogat has achieved quite a few ac-colades in her wrestling career. She is a Commonwealth WrestlingChampionships gold medalist, World U23 Wrestling World Cham-pionships silver medalist, and Asian Wrestling Championshipsbronze medalist. Her sisters Geeta, Babita Kumari, and Sangeetaare well-known wrestling stars. "One of my goals is to bring hon-our to Indian martial arts. I think it's really important that we cele-brate my country's culture and history and I really hope I can rep-resent that well on the global stage," Phogat said.

MELBOURNE, NOV 14

Australia Test captain Tim Paine saidthat mental wellbeing is their firstpriority.

Australia are going to play atwo-Test series against Pakistan andWill Pucovski made himself unavail-able for Test squad consideration tofocus on his mental health. Apartfrom him, Glenn Maxwell and NicMaddinson have also taken a breakfrom the game to deal with mentalhealth issues.

"He's (Pucovski) a great youngkid and it's sad to see him goingthrough this. We know how talentedhe is. I think making the right deci-sion to step away and take care ofhimself and get himself healthy andin the right state of mind is going tobe important because we think he's

someone who's got a huge Test fu-ture," Cricket.com.au quoted Paineas saying.

"But first and foremost we wantWill to be a happy young man, and Ithink sometimes we forget that he'sstill a kid. He's had a lot of pressureput on him from outside sources, andexpectation and hopefully he's in aposition in the next few years to ful-fill that potential that he's got. Thefirst priority for us, and for Will, is

his mental wellbeing," he added.Paine then stated that it is incor-

rect to call it a 'cricket-related issue'."I think to say it's a cricket-relat-

ed issue is wrong. I think it's a big is-sue in all walks of life. It's a verycomplex issue, we know that and Ithink Cricket Australia and cricket,in general, have supported the threeguys in particular that are having aspell at the moment," he said.

"We can only be there to support,and hopefully their mental wellbeingis in a good place eventually, and wecan get those guys back out playingcricket. It's what they do, and it's forus to support them and help themthrough some difficult times," Paineadded.

The first match between Aus-tralia and Pakistan will be played inBrisbane from November 21-25.

Mental wellbeing is first priority: Tim Paine Ball colour to be a challenge,says Simon Taufel

PUNE: Ahead of India's first ever day-night Test match, former ICC umpire Simon Taufelsaid that the colour of the ball is going to be a challenge for both teams.

"The first challenge is going to be the colour of the ball and deal with the changing na-ture of the ball. It may swing early on but behave differently as it ages," Taufel told ANI.

The pink colour of the ball is not the only challenge the teams are going to face in theday-night Test match according to Taufel. Other challenges he feels teams are going to wit-ness are different session times.

"Playing Test cricket at night with dew is also going to be a challenge and the moisturemay affect the ball and I am expecting more ball changes occurring due to the ball beingwet or being, maybe, discoloured and becoming unfit for playing," he said.

"There is also the challenge of playing in different session times and finishing the gamelate at night and starting in the afternoon. So that is going to be a challenge and players willhave to get accustomed to playing day-night cricket," Taufel added.

Taufel also stated that India skipper Virat Kohli's strategies are getting better and bet-ter with each game.

"In terms of captaincy, he (Kohli) is very fortunate at the moment to be leading a verycompetent, skilled and talented team. Strategies and the tactics that he employs are gettingbetter and better," he said.