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P olitical circles were abuzz after AAP convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal extended an invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his swearing-in cer- emony at Ramlila Maidan on February 16. AAP leader Gopal Rai said a letter was sent to the Prime Minister on Friday morning. However, it is not clear whether the PM would attend the oath taking ceremony of Kejriwal as he is scheduled to visit his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi on the same day. The AAP has not invited any other leader or CMs of even non-BJP ruled States as the party feels that it is a Delhi specific ceremony hence only leaders from Delhi have been invited. The list of invitees also includes all the seven Lok Sabha members from Delhi — all from BJP — and the eight newly elected MLAs of the BJP. With only one day to go for the swearing-in ceremony, preparations at the historic Ramlila Maidan — the battle- ground for the AAP convener during the Anna Hazare-led “India Against Corruption” movement — is in full swing. Kejriwal on Thursday had extended invitation to Delhiites to attend his oath-taking cere- mony. “Delhiites, your son is going to take oath as Delhi CM for the third time. You must come to bless your son.” A s India saluted the Pulwama martyrs on Friday, unsavoury politics erupted over the terror attack last year that killed 40 CRPF jawans with the Opposition and the ruling BJP engaging in a bitter war of words. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi asked about the bene- ficiary of the terror strike and the CPI(M) questioned the need for a memorial to “remind of our incompetence”. The BJP came out with a stinging attack terming Rahul’s remarks “shameful” and recalling he has been a “known sympathiser of LeT and JeM” even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the country will never forget the sacrifice of the martyrs. Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Smriti Irani and Hardeep Puri and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal were among those who remembered the martyres of the February 14 terror attack on a convoy car- rying CRPF personnel. T aking strong note of the non-compliance of its order, the Supreme Court expressed displeasure over an order passed by the Department of Telecom’s desk officer staying the effect of its verdict in the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) matter. Is there no law left in the country, an “anguished” SC asked on Friday while directing the top echelons of telecom firms to explain why contempt action should not be taken against them for non-compli- ance of its order to pay adjust- ed gross revenue of 1.47 lakh crore to the telecom department. Soon after the SC rap, the telecom department began issuing orders, directing com- panies such as Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea to clear dues before Friday (February 14) midnight. The order issued on Friday by the UP (West) Telecom Circle asked “all tele- com service providers” to clear dues by 11.59 pm Friday. “With reference to subject cited above, you are hereby directed to make the payment of out- standing dues of licence fee and spectrum usage charges by 14.02.2020, 11:59 PM posi- tively,” it said. One of the telecom opera- tors, who did not wish to be named, confirmed the receipt of the said order from the cir- cle. While in all, 15 entities owe the Government 1.47 lakh crore — 92,642 crore in unpaid licence fee and anoth- er 55,054 crore in outstanding spectrum usage charges, it is not immediately clear just how much of that has been sought by the Government by February 14 midnight. The order issued the circle- based Controller of Communication Accounts came after the telecom depart- ment earlier on Friday with- drew its order that asked for no coercive action against telecom companies defaulting on statu- tory dues payment. Hearing pleas filed by Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel, and Tata Teleservices seeking more time for payment of AGR related dues, the SC expressed serious displeasure as to how a desk officer can pass such an order which stays the effect of the apex court’s judgment. “How can a desk officer do this to the SC’s order. Is this the law of the country. Is this the way you treat the courts,” a three-member SC bench said. Justice Arun Mishra, who was heading the bench, said, “We don’t know who is creat- ing this nonsense. Who is gen- erating all this? Is there no law left in the country? I am liter- ally anguished. I feel I should not work in this court and in this system. I am very anguished. I am saying this with full sense of responsibili- ty. I don’t get angry like this, but I am totally lost how to work in this system and this country.” Solicitor General Tushar Mehta tendered an apology before the bench also com- prising Justice S Abdul Nazeer and Justice MR Shah, and said the desk officer cannot do this. “As the solicitor general of the country, have you asked him (desk officer) to with- draw this? This cannot be tol- erated. We cannot function in this fashion. Let us wind up the Supreme Court if your desk officer has this audacity. News reports are being published. Who is sponsoring all this?” the Bench asked. Srinagar: The probe into last year’s Pulwama terror strike that left 40 CRPF per- sonnel dead has virtually reached a dead end with five persons, who were either conspirators or executers of the ghastly attack, being eliminated by security forces in various encounters. PTI P rime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit his Lok Sabha constituency of Varanasi on Sunday to inau- gurate over 30 projects, includ- ing a 430-bed super-specialty Government hospital at the Banaras Hindu University. The PM will dedicate to the nation the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Memorial Centre and unveil a 63-feet tall statue. The PM would also flag off the new train “Maha Kaal Express” operated by IRCTC. The first overnight private train in the country will connect three Jyotirling pilgrim centres of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, and Ujjain and Omkareshwar in Madhya Pradesh. According to PMO offi- cials, it would be the tallest stat- ue of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya in the country. Over 200 artisans, including 30 craftsmen and artists from Odisha, worked day and night for the last one year to complete the structure. The memorial centre will have the engravings of the life and times of Upadhyaya. D ays after Delhi gave man- date in favour of Aam Aadmi Party Government for its “development works”, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Friday asked all the Deputy Commissioners to pri- oritize the core sectors of edu- cation, health, power and water for ensuring quality of life of cit- izens across the State. Capt Amarinder, chairing a meeting of all DCs, directed them to go for extensive mon- itoring of various development and welfare schemes related to these focus sectors to ensure strict implementation of such programmes. The Chief Minister also asked the DCs to tighten their belts to push development and welfare projects to fulfill the people’s aspirations in line with the Government’s development agenda for the State. At the same time, he made it clear that respect for elected representatives is a must in democracy, and asked them to be courteous in their dealings and give due respect to the leg- islators to ensure overall devel- opment. To ensure smooth delivery of citizen-centric services, the Chief Minister asked the Deputy Commissioners to per- sonally keep close tabs on the functioning of Sewa Kendras in order to curtail the pendency of applications for seeking various citizen services. The Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Governance Reforms, Vini Mahajan informed the meeting that 515 sewa kendras were functioning in the State, with a pendency of 42,261 against 2,60,4975 appli- cations received from all the districts. She also pointed out Sewa Kendras projects, under the current service delivery model, were self-sustainable and there was no burden on the Finance Department. On the issue of drugs, the Chief Minister expressed satis- faction over the results so far, and the resultant perceptible decrease in the number of drug users and huge seizure of drugs and psychotropic substances, as well as the arrest of several drug peddlers and smugglers. However, the Chief Minister further asked the DCs not to be complacent in this regard and work in tandem with the Special Task Force (STF), District Police, and the Health Department to achieve better results to eliminate the scourge of drugs, as well as to rehabilitate the drug addicts. Taking serious note of elec- tricity theft in the border areas, especially in Tarn Taran district (71.29 percent), the Chief Minister said that this led to huge losses to the State exche- quer, and must be checked with a heavy hand. He asked the Deputy Commissioner Tarn Taran to work out a strategy with the police and PSPCL to stamp out this menace. Reviewing the progress of his Government’s flagship ‘Ghar Ghar Rozgar’ programme, the Chief Minister asked the DCs to tie up with leading employ- ers, industrialists, business groups and job providers for sourcing of vacancies with a package of Rs three lakh per annum and above. It was informed that under the Punjab Ghar Ghar Rozgar and Karobar Mission, the Government has planned high end job fairs during March 2020 at Amritsar, Phagwara, Bathinda, Mohali and SBS Nagar. Graduates from differ- ent fields like engineering, management, medicine, hospi- tality, tourism, agriculture, ani- mal husbandry, banking, arts and science etc can participate in these job fairs, which aim to facilitate employment to over 2000 youth with high end jobs. Reviewing the progress of social security and welfare schemes, the Chief Minister asked the DCs to intensify their efforts for recruitment of staff in Sakhi – One Stop Centres, besides identifying suitable land for establishment of Sakhi Centres and Child Care Institutions. He also asked the DCs to expeditiously fill up the vacan- cies in District Child Protection Units to ensure safety and secu- rity of children. He also gave the DCs the target of issuing 100 percent Unique Disability Identity Cards, by June 30, 2020, to all the divyangs who had paper certificates. Capt Amarinder also instructed the DCs to identify adequate panchayat lands to provide five marla plots to the landless and homeless poor families on priority. He also asked the Principal Secretary to include certain development works like upgradation of infra- structure in schools and street lights in rural areas under the smart village campaign. Expressing grave concern over the growing menace of stray cattle and dogs, which had become a major nuisance and had claimed several precious lives in the past several years, Capt Amarinder asked the DCs to suggest ways and means to tackle the problem of stray cat- tle in a holistic manner. The Chief Minister also reviewed flood preparedness with the DCs and asked the Chief Secretary to place suffi- cient funds on their disposal to execute various flood protec- tion works, especially at vul- nerable sites, well in advance of the onset of the monsoon sea- son. He also asked the DCs to complete the disbursement of compensation to flood victims on account of last year’s massive floods and get all requisite for- malities done from the revenue officials. T he saffron party is planning to convince people regarding the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) reli- giously. Combining religion with politics, the Punjab unit of the BJP has asked its leaders and workers to prepare a list of local promi- nent religious activists who could convince the people on the CAA, along with National Register of Citizens (NRC), and the National Population Register (NPR). Punjab BJP president Ashwani Sharma, in his meeting with various party wings on Friday, directed them to prepare a list of local prominent religious activist to seek their sup- port to make the people aware about the CAA, NRC and NPR. Besides, the party workers have also been asked to organize camps in their respective areas to make the people aware about the CAA, NRC and NPR. The state party chief has also asked the participants to mobilize the masses in favour of the CAA, by asking them to give a miss call on ‘88662-88662’ to support the CAA. The move comes at a time when the Delhi election results are being seen as a vote against the controversial act. In fact, BJP’s ally in Punjab, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), has also taken a different stand on the citizenship act, and in protest decided against contesting the Delhi polls citing “ideological differences” between the two over the CAA-NRC. After voting in favour of CAA in the Parliament, the SAD has now been demanding to include the Muslims also in the new citi- zenship Act. The BJP-led central Government deci- sion to implement CAA along with NRC and NPR has evoked countrywide protests. The new law seeks to provide citizenship to ille- gal migrants from Buddhist, Hindu, Sikhs, Jain, Parsi and Christian faiths, who have come to India from the neighbouring coun- tries of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh, on or before December 31, 2014. Protests against the CAA and NRC began from the North East, and expanding to new cities and towns every day. The police crackdowns on protests, especially in Delhi, have only served to escalate the anti-CAA movement further bringing more and more people out onto the streets. Other than the leaders from opposition parties, several prominent personalities from different fields, rallied behind the anti- CAA movement, with several non-BJP ruled states declaring that they will not imple- ment the new Citizenship Act or the NRC, with Punjab along with Kerala also passing Assembly resolutions against the Act. However, the Central Government is adamant, with the Union Home Minister Amit Shah repeatedly making it clear that the decision would not be revoked.

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    Political circles were abuzzafter AAP convener andDelhi Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal extended an invitationto Prime Minister NarendraModi for his swearing-in cer-emony at Ramlila Maidan onFebruary 16.

    AAP leader Gopal Rai saida letter was sent to the Prime

    Minister on Friday morning.However, it is not clear whetherthe PM would attend the oathtaking ceremony of Kejriwal ashe is scheduled to visit his LokSabha constituency Varanasi onthe same day.

    The AAP has not invitedany other leader or CMs ofeven non-BJP ruled States asthe party feels that it is a Delhispecific ceremony hence onlyleaders from Delhi have beeninvited. The list of inviteesalso includes all the seven LokSabha members from Delhi —all from BJP — and the eight

    newly elected MLAs of the BJP. With only one day to go for

    the swearing-in ceremony,preparations at the historicRamlila Maidan — the battle-ground for the AAP convenerduring the Anna Hazare-led“India Against Corruption”movement — is in full swing.

    Kejriwal on Thursday hadextended invitation to Delhiitesto attend his oath-taking cere-mony. “Delhiites, your son isgoing to take oath as Delhi CMfor the third time. You mustcome to bless your son.”

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    As India saluted thePulwama martyrs onFriday, unsavoury politicserupted over the terror attacklast year that killed 40 CRPFjawans with the Oppositionand the ruling BJP engaging ina bitter war of words.

    Congress leader RahulGandhi asked about the bene-ficiary of the terror strike andthe CPI(M) questioned theneed for a memorial to “remindof our incompetence”. The BJPcame out with a stinging attackterming Rahul’s remarks“shameful” and recalling he hasbeen a “known sympathiser ofLeT and JeM” even as PrimeMinister Narendra Modi saidthe country will never forgetthe sacrifice of the martyrs.

    Union Ministers RajnathSingh, Smriti Irani andHardeep Puri and Delhi ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwal wereamong those who rememberedthe martyres of the February 14terror attack on a convoy car-rying CRPF personnel.

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    Taking strong note of thenon-compliance of itsorder, the Supreme Courtexpressed displeasure over anorder passed by theDepartment of Telecom’s deskofficer staying the effect of itsverdict in the adjusted grossrevenue (AGR) matter.

    Is there no law left in thecountry, an “anguished” SCasked on Friday while directingthe top echelons of telecomfirms to explain why contemptaction should not be takenagainst them for non-compli-ance of its order to pay adjust-ed gross revenue of �1.47 lakh

    crore to the telecom department.Soon after the SC rap, the

    telecom department beganissuing orders, directing com-panies such as Bharti Airtel andVodafone Idea to clear duesbefore Friday (February 14)midnight. The order issued onFriday by the UP (West)Telecom Circle asked “all tele-com service providers” to cleardues by 11.59 pm Friday. “Withreference to subject cited above,you are hereby directed tomake the payment of out-standing dues of licence fee andspectrum usage charges by14.02.2020, 11:59 PM posi-tively,” it said.

    One of the telecom opera-

    tors, who did not wish to benamed, confirmed the receiptof the said order from the cir-cle. While in all, 15 entities owethe Government �1.47 lakhcrore — �92,642 crore inunpaid licence fee and anoth-er �55,054 crore in outstandingspectrum usage charges, it isnot immediately clear just howmuch of that has been soughtby the Government byFebruary 14 midnight.

    The order issued the circle-

    based Controller ofCommunication Accountscame after the telecom depart-ment earlier on Friday with-drew its order that asked for nocoercive action against telecomcompanies defaulting on statu-tory dues payment.

    Hearing pleas filed byVodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel,and Tata Teleservices seekingmore time for payment of AGRrelated dues, the SC expressedserious displeasure as to how a

    desk officer can pass such anorder which stays the effect ofthe apex court’s judgment.

    “How can a desk officer dothis to the SC’s order. Is this thelaw of the country. Is this theway you treat the courts,” athree-member SC bench said.

    Justice Arun Mishra, whowas heading the bench, said,“We don’t know who is creat-ing this nonsense. Who is gen-erating all this? Is there no lawleft in the country? I am liter-ally anguished. I feel I shouldnot work in this court and inthis system. I am veryanguished. I am saying thiswith full sense of responsibili-ty. I don’t get angry like this, but

    I am totally lost how to work inthis system and this country.”

    Solicitor General TusharMehta tendered an apologybefore the bench also com-prising Justice S Abdul Nazeerand Justice MR Shah, and saidthe desk officer cannot do this.

    “As the solicitor general ofthe country, have you askedhim (desk officer) to with-draw this? This cannot be tol-erated. We cannot function inthis fashion. Let us wind up theSupreme Court if your deskofficer has this audacity. Newsreports are being published.Who is sponsoring all this?” theBench asked.

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    Srinagar: The probe intolast year’s Pulwama terrorstrike that left 40 CRPF per-sonnel dead has virtuallyreached a dead end withfive persons, who were eitherconspirators or executers ofthe ghastly attack, beingeliminated by security forcesin various encounters. PTI

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    Prime Minister NarendraModi is scheduled to visithis Lok Sabha constituency ofVaranasi on Sunday to inau-gurate over 30 projects, includ-ing a 430-bed super-specialtyGovernment hospital at theBanaras Hindu University. ThePM will dedicate to the nationthe Pandit DeendayalUpadhyaya Memorial Centreand unveil a 63-feet tallstatue.

    The PM would also flag offthe new train “Maha KaalExpress” operated by IRCTC.

    The first overnight private trainin the country will connectthree Jyotirling pilgrim centresof Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh,and Ujjain and Omkareshwarin Madhya Pradesh.

    According to PMO offi-cials, it would be the tallest stat-ue of Pandit DeendayalUpadhyaya in the country.Over 200 artisans, including 30craftsmen and artists fromOdisha, worked day and nightfor the last one year to completethe structure.

    The memorial centre willhave the engravings of the lifeand times of Upadhyaya.

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    Days after Delhi gave man-date in favour of AamAadmi Party Government forits “development works”, PunjabChief Minister Capt AmarinderSingh on Friday asked all theDeputy Commissioners to pri-oritize the core sectors of edu-cation, health, power and waterfor ensuring quality of life of cit-izens across the State.

    Capt Amarinder, chairing ameeting of all DCs, directedthem to go for extensive mon-itoring of various developmentand welfare schemes related tothese focus sectors to ensurestrict implementation of suchprogrammes.

    The Chief Minister alsoasked the DCs to tighten theirbelts to push development andwelfare projects to fulfill thepeople’s aspirations in line withthe Government’s developmentagenda for the State.

    At the same time, he madeit clear that respect for electedrepresentatives is a must indemocracy, and asked them tobe courteous in their dealingsand give due respect to the leg-islators to ensure overall devel-opment.

    To ensure smooth deliveryof citizen-centric services, theChief Minister asked theDeputy Commissioners to per-sonally keep close tabs on thefunctioning of Sewa Kendras inorder to curtail the pendency ofapplications for seeking various

    citizen services.The Additional Chief

    Secretary (ACS), GovernanceReforms, Vini Mahajaninformed the meeting that 515sewa kendras were functioningin the State, with a pendency of42,261 against 2,60,4975 appli-cations received from all thedistricts. She also pointed outSewa Kendras projects, underthe current service deliverymodel, were self-sustainableand there was no burden on theFinance Department.

    On the issue of drugs, theChief Minister expressed satis-faction over the results so far,and the resultant perceptibledecrease in the number of drugusers and huge seizure of drugsand psychotropic substances, aswell as the arrest of several drugpeddlers and smugglers.

    However, the ChiefMinister further asked the DCsnot to be complacent in thisregard and work in tandemwith the Special Task Force(STF), District Police, and theHealth Department to achievebetter results to eliminate thescourge of drugs, as well as torehabilitate the drug addicts.

    Taking serious note of elec-tricity theft in the border areas,especially in Tarn Taran district(71.29 percent), the ChiefMinister said that this led tohuge losses to the State exche-quer, and must be checkedwith a heavy hand. He asked theDeputy Commissioner TarnTaran to work out a strategy

    with the police and PSPCL tostamp out this menace.

    Reviewing the progress ofhis Government’s flagship ‘GharGhar Rozgar’ programme, theChief Minister asked the DCsto tie up with leading employ-ers, industrialists, businessgroups and job providers forsourcing of vacancies with apackage of Rs three lakh perannum and above.

    It was informed that underthe Punjab Ghar Ghar Rozgarand Karobar Mission, theGovernment has planned highend job fairs during March 2020at Amritsar, Phagwara,Bathinda, Mohali and SBSNagar. Graduates from differ-ent fields like engineering,management, medicine, hospi-tality, tourism, agriculture, ani-mal husbandry, banking, artsand science etc can participatein these job fairs, which aim tofacilitate employment to over2000 youth with high end jobs.

    Reviewing the progress ofsocial security and welfareschemes, the Chief Ministerasked the DCs to intensifytheir efforts for recruitment ofstaff in Sakhi – One StopCentres, besides identifyingsuitable land for establishmentof Sakhi Centres and ChildCare Institutions.

    He also asked the DCs toexpeditiously fill up the vacan-cies in District Child ProtectionUnits to ensure safety and secu-rity of children. He also gave the

    DCs the target of issuing 100percent Unique DisabilityIdentity Cards, by June 30,2020, to all the divyangs whohad paper certificates.

    Capt Amarinder alsoinstructed the DCs to identifyadequate panchayat lands toprovide five marla plots to thelandless and homeless poorfamilies on priority. He alsoasked the Principal Secretary toinclude certain developmentworks like upgradation of infra-structure in schools and streetlights in rural areas under thesmart village campaign.

    Expressing grave concernover the growing menace ofstray cattle and dogs, which hadbecome a major nuisance andhad claimed several preciouslives in the past several years,Capt Amarinder asked the DCsto suggest ways and means totackle the problem of stray cat-tle in a holistic manner.

    The Chief Minister alsoreviewed flood preparednesswith the DCs and asked theChief Secretary to place suffi-cient funds on their disposal toexecute various flood protec-tion works, especially at vul-nerable sites, well in advance ofthe onset of the monsoon sea-son.

    He also asked the DCs tocomplete the disbursement ofcompensation to flood victimson account of last year’s massivefloods and get all requisite for-malities done from the revenueofficials.

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    The saffron party is planning to convincepeople regarding the controversialCitizenship Amendment Act (CAA) reli-giously. Combining religion with politics, thePunjab unit of the BJP has asked its leadersand workers to prepare a list of local promi-nent religious activists who could convincethe people on the CAA, along with NationalRegister of Citizens (NRC), and the NationalPopulation Register (NPR).

    Punjab BJP president Ashwani Sharma,in his meeting with various party wings onFriday, directed them to prepare a list of localprominent religious activist to seek their sup-port to make the people aware about theCAA, NRC and NPR.

    Besides, the party workers have also beenasked to organize camps in their respectiveareas to make the people aware about theCAA, NRC and NPR.

    The state party chief has also asked the

    participants to mobilize the masses infavour of the CAA, by asking them to givea miss call on ‘88662-88662’ to support theCAA. The move comes at a time when theDelhi election results are being seen as a voteagainst the controversial act.

    In fact, BJP’s ally in Punjab, theShiromani Akali Dal (SAD), has also takena different stand on the citizenship act, andin protest decided against contesting theDelhi polls citing “ideological differences”between the two over the CAA-NRC. Aftervoting in favour of CAA in the Parliament,the SAD has now been demanding toinclude the Muslims also in the new citi-zenship Act.

    The BJP-led central Government deci-sion to implement CAA along with NRC andNPR has evoked countrywide protests. Thenew law seeks to provide citizenship to ille-gal migrants from Buddhist, Hindu, Sikhs,Jain, Parsi and Christian faiths, who havecome to India from the neighbouring coun-

    tries of Afghanistan, Pakistan andBangladesh, on or before December 31, 2014.

    Protests against the CAA and NRCbegan from the North East, and expandingto new cities and towns every day. The policecrackdowns on protests, especially in Delhi,have only served to escalate the anti-CAAmovement further bringing more and more people out onto the streets.

    Other than the leaders from oppositionparties, several prominent personalitiesfrom different fields, rallied behind the anti-CAA movement, with several non-BJPruled states declaring that they will not imple-ment the new Citizenship Act or the NRC,with Punjab along with Kerala also passingAssembly resolutions against the Act.

    However, the Central Government isadamant, with the Union Home MinisterAmit Shah repeatedly making it clear thatthe decision would not be revoked.

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    Himachal Pradesh ChiefMinister Jai Ram Thakuron Friday said cabinet expan-sion in the state to fill vacant

    posts is likely before the bud-get session of the Assembly.

    The session will begin fromFebruary 25 and Thakur willpresent his third state budgeton March 6.

    Addressing a press confer-ence in Nurpur, the chief min-ister said the Assembly Speakerwill be elected as well onFebruary 26.

    A new Speaker needs to beelected after Rajeev Bindalresigned from the post tobecome the president of theBJP state unit. The expansionof the cabinet will be done tofill two ministerial berths,which have been lying vacant

    for several months.Anil Sharma, who was the

    Power minister, had to resignafter his son Aashray contest-ed on a Congress ticket fromthe Mandi Lok Sabha seat dur-ing general elections last year.

    Kishan Kapoor, who wasthe Dharamshala MLA andCivil Supplies minister, hadresigned from the post after hewas elected to the Lok Sabhafrom Kangra. Responding to a

    question on the state''s financialcondition, the chief ministerclaimed that the Congress isresponsible for the poor eco-nomic condition in the state.

    To increase the revenue ofthe government, Thakur saidthe departments of tourism,mining and GST are workingtowards effectively imple-menting the rules.

    Work is being done toimplement new policies to

    increase the state''s revenue, hesaid pointing out that Kangradistrict will be included in theCentral government''s Rs 2,400crore horticulture project.

    Stressing that tourism is themain priority of his govern-ment, Thakur said emphasiswill be on strengthening roadsand airways with steps beingtaken to develop new touristplaces in the State.

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    The first phase of Census-2021 in Haryana will be con-ducted from May 1 to June 15with the deployment of around58000 enumerators and super-visors for canvassing data.

    A State- Level Conference ofDivisional, DeputyCommissioners and PrincipalCensus Officers to review thepreparedness for Census 2021and updation of NPR was heldunder the chairmanship ofHaryana Chief Secretary KeshniAnand Arora on Friday.Registrar General and CensusCommissioner, India, VivekJoshi also present in the meet-ing.

    Describing census as one ofthe most credible source ofinformation regarding the socio-cultural and demographic data,the Chief Secretary said that itis very important that the dataon census should be reliable andsince the entire process of thecensus is time-bound thereforeall the concerned officers shouldensure that all the procedureshould be completed within thestipulated time period i.e fromMay 1 to June 15.

    She said for the first time inhistory, Census data will be col-lected digitally.

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    Himachal Chief MinisterJai Ram Thakur on Fridaysaid that during the firstphase of his winter sojourn toKangra district he had dedi-

    cated and laid foundationstones of developmental pro-jects worth �165 crore in threeAssembly segments of Kangradistrict.

    Addressing a public meet-ing at Surajpur, the ChiefMinister said that he had pro-vided sops of developmentalprojects worth �65 crore to thepeople in Indora assemblyconstituency alone. He saidthat foundation stones anddedication of developmentalprojects of �50 crore each hadbeen done in Baijnath andKangra Vidhan Sabha area earlier.

    Thakur said that the pre-sent State Government wasaccording topmost priority fordevelopment of Kangra districtas it was the biggest district ofthe State, adding that the StateGovernment had not only cel-ebrated the function to com-memorate one year tenure ofthe State Government atDharamshala, but also organ-ised first Global Investors Meetat Dharamshala in Kangra dis-trict.

    The Chief Ministerannounced �2 crore each forsetting up of Cow Sanctuariesin Palampur, Jawalamukhi,Jaisinghpur and Jawali VidhanSabha areas of Kangra district.

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    Haryana Chief MinisterManohar Lal Khattar onFriday directed all the DeputyCommissioners of the State tocomplete the work for the reg-istration of eligible familiesunder the “MukhyamantriParivar Samridhi Yojna” byMarch 15 so that the finalinstallment of �2000 couldalso be deposited into the bankaccounts of beneficiaries byMarch 31.

    The process for the pay-ment of the first two install-ments of �2000 each (�4000)under the scheme has alreadybeen started from February 7this year.

    Presiding over the meetingwith all the DivisionalCommissioners, DeputyCommissioners and MunicipalCommissioners of the State toreview the progress of variousschemes here, Khattar direct-ed that besides monitoring theregistration of data in the con-cerned Common ServiceCentres (CSCs) on regularbasis, the DCs should alsoorganize special camps in vil-lages as well in wards in townsso as to enable maximum num-ber of beneficiaries to registerthemselves.

    Under this scheme, annu-al financial assistance of �6000would be provided to thosefamilies in the State whoseannual income is upto �1.80lakh and land holding is lessthan 5 acres so that premium

    of various welfare schemes ofthe Central Government, pen-sion scheme and crop insur-ance could be paid automati-cally from the bank accounts ofthe needy families. It was alsoinformed that data of three lakhfamilies have so far been reg-istered under the ParviarPehchaan Patra.

    Reviewing the “Meri FasalMera Byora” scheme, the ChiefMinister said that as this year,payment for the wheat crop isto be made with the samemodule as done in the case ofmustard and bajra, the farmersshould be encouraged to makeregistration on the Meri FasalMera Byora Portal so that theydon’t face any difficulty in sell-ing their produce in the man-dis of the State.

    He stated that theGovernment is committed toprocure all crops at MSP anddirected the DCs to put theiracts together to achieve 75 percent target for the registrationof farmers at the portal underwheat crop by February 28,2020.

    Reviewing theImplementation of Survey of

    India Project: “Ending LalDora”, he directed the DCs toensure that the survey work of75 villages of 15 districts (fivevillages in each district) becompleted by March 5. Hesaid that village Sirsi of districtKarnal has already beendeclared free from Lal Dorathus ending the age-old systemcontinued since the Britishdays.

    He said that besides the vil-lages, it has also been decidedto the conduct survey ofKarnal, Jind and Sonipat cities.He directed that survey work ofdistrict as well State boundariesshould also be conductedsimultaneously by using addi-tional drones. It was informedthat 8 villages could be sur-veyed in a day by using a sin-gle drone.

    The Chief Minister direct-ed them to minimize the gap inservice delivery by makinglarge scale use of InformationTechnology so that benefit ofvarious schemes of the Centreand State Government reach tothe grass-root level.

    He said that the stateGovernment has decided to

    observe the year 2020 asSushashan Sankalp Varshunder which various new ini-tiatives would be taken to bringrevolutionary changes in thesystem of service delivery. Hesaid that our aim is to ensurethat people need not to makefrequent round of Governmentoffices, instead theGovernment reaches to theirdoor step for the delivery ofcitizen centric services.

    Khattar said that the StateGovernment has constitutedInter District Coucil (IDC) toensure active participation ofPRIs in the developmentprocess of the State throughdevolution of funds. He saidthat in the meeting of IDC heldrecently at Panchkula; ZilaParishads have been asked tosend their budget estimates tothe State for approval so thatthey could carry out develop-ment works at their own level.

    He said that to furtherstrengthen the Zila Parishads,independent CEOs have beenappointed.

    The Chief Minister said

    that separate CommissionerUrban Local Bodies would beappointed on the pattern ofCEO Zila Parishads. He saidthat it has also been decidedthat XEN Panchayati Raj wouldnow act under the ZilaParishads. He also asked theDCs to suggest works whichcould be transferred from themto Additional DeputyCommissioners so that theDCs could discharge theirduties of monitoring andsupervision of district moreefficiently.

    On this occasion , he alsoreviewed other schemes like JalJiwan Scheme, Drug-FreeHaryana and Solid WasteManagement and gave neces-sary directions to the officers.

    Chief Secretary KeshniAnand Arora, PrincipalSecretary to Chief MinisterRajesh Khullar, AdditionalChief Secretaries and PrincipalSecretaries of various depart-ments, DivisionalCommissioners, DeputyCommissioners and MunicipalCommissioners of the Statewere present in the meeting.

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    In recognition of the gallantryand courage of the sons of thesoil, Punjab Chief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh on Fridayhonoured the families of 34martyrs, who laid down theirlives to uphold the country’sunity and integrity. The occasioncoincided with the first anniver-sary of the Pulwama attack.

    The Chief Minister gaveaway ‘Certificate of Honour’ tothose who had been given jobsin the State Government underits ‘Honour and Gratitude’ pol-icy during the years 2017, 2018and 2019.

    Capt Amarinder, interactingwith the martyrs’ families, reit-erated his Government’s firmcommitment to accord top pri-ority to the welfare of families ofthe martyrs who made supremesacrifice while guarding thecountry’s borders in line of theirduty and fighting the terrorismin various parts of the country.

    “The State Government hasmade a humble effort to show itsgratitude to the families of themartyrs though the loss of their

    beloved ones could never becompensated in monetary terms.The people of Punjab wouldalways remain indebted to mar-tyrs for their exemplary valourand heroic deeds,” he asserted.

    Responding to the issueraised by some of the martyr’sfamilies, the Chief Ministerasked the Department ofDefence Services Welfare tocome up with a revised policy toprovide better jobs in case the eli-gible family members improvehis or her educational qualifica-tion to lead a life with selfrespect and dignity.

    Meanwhile, Defence ServicesWelfare director Brig (retired)Satinder Singh announced thatone family member each of thedefence forces personnel, whohad laid down their lives recent-ly, would also be provided jobs atthe earliest.

    “Nine such cases are underactive consideration of the StateGovernment, of which jobswould be provided to the eligi-ble next of kin shortly in fourcases. The other five cases will beprocessed in due course of timeafter getting Battle Causality

    Certificates from the Armyauthorities, which are mandato-ry for providing jobs to the nextof kin,” he said.

    The Director furtherrevealed that various schemeshad been recently introduced forthe welfare of martyrs’ familiesout of Flag Day Fund which isfinancial assistance for medicaltreatment, family of personneldying while on duty, SustenanceAllowance to widows till theirregular pension starts, highereducation for the children ofwidows, coaching classes forprofessional courses and tool kitfor self employment venturesbesides several other welfareschemes including financialassistance for marriage of daugh-ters of ex-servicemen.

    Notably, under the PunjabGovernment’s ‘Honour andGratitude’ policy, a Governmentjob to the eligible next of kin(NoK), along with financialassistance of �10 lakh and �12lakhs, is also provided for singleand married martyrs respec-tively in the State.

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    Chandigarh: Chandigarh, thejoint capital of Punjab andHaryana is set to become adven-ture sports tourism hub. For theChandigarh Administration haschalked out an ambitious plan tointroduce water sports, ShootingRange, Segways, Rappelling,Holographic displays amongother activities to give a boost totourism here.

    The proposal has been pre-

    pared under Government ofIndia’s Swadesh DarshanScheme, which aims at integrat-ed development of theme basedtourist circuits in the country.Under the plan, the ChandigarhAdministration has proposedinfrastructure development ofseven locations including CapitolComplex, Sukhna Lake,Chandigarh HAAT at Kalagram,Rock Garden, Museums, Le

    Corbusier Centre and BotanicalGarden.

    At Chandigarh’s famoustourist spot—Sukhna Lake, theAdministration has proposedto introduce Rowing Boats,Sailing Boats, Regatta Boats, JetSkis, Speed Boats, Paddle Boats,Kayaks and Canoes, FloatingParasailing Dock with speedboat and a 20 seater Tourist boat. PNS

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    Ajudicial magistrate posted inPathankot was killed whilehis friend was injured whentheir Toyota Innova crashedinto a pillar in Chandigarharound 2:30 am on Friday.

    Judicial magistrate SahilSingla, 30, who originally belongsto Sangrur, had come toChandigarh to attend a weddingwith his wife and friends.

    Singla and his friendPahulpreet Singh (32), which isan advocate were in the Innovawhile Singla’s wife, Radhika,along with a few friends were fol-lowing in a car when the accidentoccurred near Stadium Chowkon the road dividing Sectors 16

    and 23.Police said that about 2.30

    am, information was receivedthat an accident has taken placenear Stadium Chowk. Innova carwas found in an accidental con-dition and injured persons wereshifted to GMSH 16.

    Pahulpreet was admitted inGMSH-16 while Singla wasreferred to PGIMER. Singla diedduring treatment at PGIMER.

    He alongwith his friendPahulpreet came from Sector 43and were going towards Sector15. When they reached nearcricket Stadium Chowk, Singlalost control of the vehicle and hita Signboard pillar. He sustainedinjuries in the head and the chest,Police said.

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    Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birlaon Friday urged for dia-logue and discussion in the leg-islative process. Speaking aboutthe training programme onlegislative drafting, Birla said,good governance is closelylinked to effective legislationand that such programs go along way in strengtheningdemocracy. He added that thegoal of law making should bethe socio-political and eco-nomic uplift of people and inthis regard, effective legislativedrafting is most important.

    The Speaker was chairingthe valedictory function of 35thInternational Training Programin Legislative Drafting organised

    by the Parliamentary Researchand Training Institute forDemocracies here. The month-long program was attended by 40participants from 26 countries.

    Giving a brief overview ofthe legislative process in theIndian Parliament Birla saidthat there is a great tradition ofdialogue and discussion inIndia. He added that legisla-tions are thoroughly debated byall parties, representing peoplefrom all over the country beforebeing passed by the Parliament.Birla observed that in a rapid-ly globalizing world, it is imper-ative that all the nations of theworld come together for peace,security and development in anenvironment of mutual trustand cooperation.

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    Taking a serious view of asubmarine officer resigningafter allegedly victimised by asenior Vice Admiral, whowanted to promote his son-in-law, the Armed Forces Tribunal(AFT) here has ordered theNavy to promote the officer tothe rank of the Captain. Thevictimised officer, CommanderSS Luthra, had retired someyears back after he was deniedpromotion.

    Luthra was one of thehandpicked officers trained inRussia, to handle the nuclearreactors of India's nuclear sub-marines INS Arihant and INSChakra. He had to quit theNavy allegedly due to discrim-ination, according to his coun-sel Ankur Chhibber.

    Directing the Navy topromote Luthra, the order said,"The officer is entitled to pro-

    motion and will be promotednotionally and granted thesubstantive rank of Captainfrom the original date of hisbatch. He will be entitled to payaccordingly till the date ofretirement and thereafter, pen-sion and terminal benefits forhis enhanced rank of Captain."

    This is the second timethat the AFT has given a judg-ment in favour of Luthra as in2017 it had asked the Navy tohold a fresh promotion boardfor him after it was found thata senior Vice Admiral in-charge of officers working onnuclear submarines allegedlymanipulated the system in away that only his son-in-lawgot promoted while otherswere overlooked.

    The tribunal had alsoexpunged the marks given toLuthra by the senior ViceAdmiral. However, the reviewpromotion board held in 2018also did not promote him as the

    tribunal found that the officerwas given low-value judgmentmarks by the members of theboard.

    Taking a strong viewagainst the review promotionboard, the Armed ForcesTribunal bench headed byChairman Justice RajendraMenon said, "Clearly, arbi-trariness, contrary to the pol-icy and against the principles of

    natural justice, is writ large inthe Special Review Board andtherefore, it is liable to be setaside."

    The court also did notshow faith in the Navy to carryout a fresh promotion board forthe officer saying, "In these cir-cumstances, sending back thecase to the respondents toreverse the apparent injustice ismost likely to be an exercise infutility and will result only infurther delay in justice beingdelivered to the officer," Menonsaid in his order.

    The court stated that it wassatisfied that the Navy's specialpromotion board did not con-duct its exercise in the mannerit was supposed to do. "TheTribunal is duty-bound notonly to protect a person frombeing subjected to violation oflaw but to advance justice andnot to thwart it," it said.

    Luthra, in his original plea,had alleged that the Vice

    Admiral was the senior review-ing officer (SRO) for officersserving in both INS Chakraand INS Arihant from 2010-12as the inspector-general,nuclear safety-officer in-charge,for securing nuclear sub-marines and secret projects ofthe force. It was alleged that theVice Admiral manipulated thenaval system in such a way thathe has been either the review-ing officer or senior reviewingofficer for his own son-in-lawon various occasions.

    Due to this, other officerswho were being considered inthe same promotion board ashis son-in-law stood at a dis-advantage, the petition hadclaimed.

    The Navy and the Vice-Admiral had gone to the courtagainst the Tribunal order in2017 but it was rejected and thesenior officer was asked to paya reduced fine of �1 lakh from�5 lakh to Luthra.

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    The National InvestigationAgency (NIA) has arrestedJammu & Kashmir’s LoC TradeOrganisation president TanveerAhmed Wani in connectionwith the case related to sus-pended Deputy Superintendentof Police Davinder Singh, whowas caught "escorting" terror-ists out of the Valley in his vehi-cle.

    Officials said Wani wassummoned to the NIA head-quarters here on Thursday andquestioned about providingfunds to Hizbul Mujahideenterrorist Syed Naveed MushtaqAhmed, alias Naveed Babu,and others.

    After ascertaining his sus-pected role in terror funding,the sleuths arrested him and hewas taken to Jammu, to be pro-duced before the designated

    NIA court.Wani's arrest is the sixth in

    the case being probed undervarious sections of Indian PenalCode, Arms Act, ExplosivesAct and Unlawful Activities(Prevention) Act.

    Besides Wani, the agencyhad earlier arrested the theDeputy SP, Naveed, HizbulMujahideen terrorist RafiAhmed Rather and Irfan ShafiMir, who claims to be an advo-cate.

    Naveed's brother, SyedIrfan Ahmed, was also arrest-ed after he was brought fromPunjab. Irfan was in constanttouch with his brother Naveedwho had asked him to look foran accommodation inChandigarh where they couldgo to escape the harsh winter

    of Kashmir.The case came to light

    after Singh, who was accom-panying Naveed, Mir andRather, was intercepted bypolice near Qazigund on theJammu-Srinagar national high-way last month and arrested.Singh's arrest came following atip-off from the IntelligenceBureau.

    Naveed and his associatesMir and Rather were suspect-ed to be traveling to the nation-al capital before being appre-hended by the police. Naveedcarried a reward of �20 lakh onhis head and was on the hit-listof the Army.

    Singh is suspected to havebeen facilitating a host of ter-rorists in lieu of money for pro-viding them hideouts as alsoofficial vehicles for transport-ing them within the Valleyand beyond.

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    The Supreme Court onFriday sought responsefrom the Jammu & Kashmiradministration on a plea filedby Sara Abdullah Pilot chal-lenging the detention of herbrother and NationalConference leader OmarAbdullah under the PublicSafety Act.

    A bench of justices ArunMishra and Indira Banerjeeissued notice to the union ter-ritory of Jammu & Kashmir onPilot's plea and posted thematter for further hearing onMarch 2.

    Senior advocate KapilSibal, appearing for Pilot, toldthe apex court that it is ahabeas corpus petition andOmar has been kept in deten-tion since August 4 last year.

    Habeas corpus is a writseeking production of person,who has allegedly been in ille-gal detention, before a court.

    "He was in detention under

    section 107 of the CrPC. Now,he has been detained under thePSA," Sibal said.

    To this, the bench askedhim, "What are the grounds ofdetention? Let us see."

    Sibal referred to the dossierhanded over to Omar by theSuperintendent of Police andsaid the grounds of detentionare already mentioned there.

    He said the dossier claimedthat Omar has been detainedunder the PSA to avoid state-ments by the political leader,prevent violence and mainte-nance of law and order.

    "Has any petition beenfiled in the Jammu & Kashmirhigh court by anybody on yourbehalf? Verify whether any-thing is pending there," the

    bench told Sibal and asked himto file an affidavit in this regard.The senior advocate told thecourt that nobody has filedanything in the high court ontheir behalf and the bench canrecord his statement on this."No counter affidavit isrequired in the matter asgrounds of detention arealready there," he said.Afterissuing notice, the bench saidthe matter will be heard afterthree weeks. Sibal urged thecourt that the matter be heardnext week as it is a habeas cor-pus petition concerning liber-ty of an individual.

    When Sibal said that itwould delay the matter, thebench said, "You have waitedfor so long. Wait for 15 moredays.

    Sibal said there was nodelay on their part as Omar wasin detention since August lastyear.

    "She (Sara) has not waitedfor one year. He was in deten-tion. He is now in preventivedetention under the PSA.Kindly have it next week. It isa fresh detention order," hesaid. To this, the bench said, "Itcan't be heard overnight.Sorry."

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    Noting the "positivesteps" initiated bythe Union Governmentto restore normalcy inJammu & Kashmir, theEuropean Union onFriday sought a swiftlifting of existingrestrictions in the UnionTerritory.

    "The visit confirmed thatthe Government of India hastaken positive steps to restorenormalcy. Some restrictionsremain, notably on internetaccess and mobile services,and some political leaders arestill in detention," said VirginieBattu-Henriksson, EUSpokesperson for ForeignAffairs and Security Policy.

    The comments by theEuropean Union came a dayafter a group of 25 foreignenvoys concluded a two-dayvisit to Jammu & Kashmir tohave a first-hand account of thesituation over six months afterthe Centre announced with-drawing its special status.

    "While we recognise theserious security concerns, it is

    important that the remainingrestrictions be lifted swiftly," theofficial said.

    Battu-Henriksson said thevisit presented a "welcomeopportunity" to see the situa-tion on the ground and tointeract with local interlocutorsin Jammu & Kashmir.

    "We look forward to con-tinuing the dialogue with Indiaon the situation in the region,"the official added.

    The visit was organised bythe Government to help theforeign envoys know about thesituation in the UnionTerritory. The EU official saidthe programme included meet-ings with civil and militaryauthorities, some political rep-resentatives as well as selectedrepresentatives of civil societyand the business community.

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    Aday after the SupremeCourt ordered politicalparties to publish details of can-didates' criminal antecedents,the Election Commission(EC)on Friday welcomed the ruling,saying it would reiterate itsin-structions to parties regardingthe same. "ElectionCommission ofIndia whole-heartedly welcomes this land-mark order, which is boundtogo a long way in setting newmoral yardsticks for overallbettermentof electoral democ-racy," the EC said in a state-ment.

    The ECI had issuedinstructions, along with anamended form ofaffidavit, onOctober 10, 2018 for "ensuringpublicity of crimi-nalantecedents by the candi-dates and the concerned polit-ical parties forthe information

    of voters", the statement said.The Supreme Court on

    Thursday directed all politicalparties to uploadthe details ofcriminal cases against candi-dates on their websites andso-cial media accounts, as well aspublish the same in one local-newspaper and one nationalnewspaper within 48 hours ofthecandidates' selection or twoweeks before nominations arefiled,whichever is earlier. Theparties have to also submitcompliancereports to the ECIwithin 72 hours of the selectionof candidates.

    This had been implement-ed in all elections conductedsince November2018, itsaid."Now, Commission pro-poses to reiterate these instruc-tions withsuitable modifica-tions in order to implement thedirections of Hon'bleSupremeCourt in letter as well as in spir-it," it noted.

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    The Supreme Court hascome out with guidelinesfor expeditious hearing ofcriminal appeals involvingdeath penalty, a decision whichcomes against the backdrop ofdelay in execution of the fourdeath row convicts in theNirbhaya gang rape and mur-der case.

    The apex court has fixeda deadline of six months, fromthe date of the verdict of thehigh court, for hearing anappeal against the cases ofdeath sentence. In the circular,which was made public onFriday, it is mentioned that ina matter wherein the HighCourt has confirmed/ uphelddeath penalty and this courthas granted leave (admission of

    case), the criminal appeals willbe listed for hearing not laterthan six months before the thethree-judges bench from thedate of sgrant of leave, irre-spective of the fact that appealis ready or not.

    "As soon as the specialleave petition involving deathpenalty is filed, a communica-tion from the Registry may besent to the court appealedfrom to make ready and dis-patch to this court the certifi-cate of service as well as theoriginal record within a periodof 60 days or within furthersuch period fixed by court, afterreceipt of the intimation of thefiling of such special leavepetition along with the trans-lation of the documents invernacular language, if any," thecircular said.

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    The Land and DevelopmentOffice, under the Ministryof UrbanDevelopment, onFriday, removed encroach-ments and took possession ofland allotted to the Centre forApplied Politics (CAP)Narendra Niketan (now adefunct entity), founded byformer Prime Minister lateChandrashekhar.

    The prime property, mea-suring 2000 yards located at IPEstate, ITO, near the graveyard,is worth over �1,200 crore,

    According to L and DOsources, the department vacat-ed the premiseson Friday andtook possession of the saidproperty. It was found thatCAP violated the clause oflease and allotment letter issuedin 1977. Interestingly, inspec-tion was carried out by L andDO in 2015 and 2016 and mis-use of property was found.

    "In view of the above , thelessor has decided to cancel theallotment in respect of propertyallotted CAP, NarendraNiketan, IPEstate with imme-diate effect for violation ofprovision of allotment letterand agreement to lease. Uponsuch cancellation, entire plot ofland forming the subject mat-ter of the relevant lease deedand the building standing0there upon including all struc-tural erections and fittingspresently held by CAP shallvest with the Lessor," the orderpassed by Amit Kataria, Landand Development Officer said.

    HN Sharma, a close aide oflate Prime Minister ChandraShekhar, said that he had writ-ten to the Ministry of UrbanDevelopment and Land &Development Office that thesaid premises was encroachedupon by apolitical party(Samajwadi Janta Party-Chandrashekhar) and few pri-vatepersons and requested theministry to cancel the allot-ment of the saidland as CAPwas a defunct entity and theCentre does not have anyofficeat the said property. Earlier, PSPrasad, who was secretarywiththe former PM, had sub-mitted a plea to the ministryurging it to takeback the pos-session of the saidproperty.Sharma said that for-mer PM had desired that ifCAP Narendra Niketan fails tofunction according to its objec-tives then land should bereturned to the government.

    In 1977, the Ministry ofUrban Development had allot-

    ted 2,000 yards to the CAPNarendra Niketan. The primeland at ITO was a bone of con-tention between the SamajwadiJanata Party and the Centre forApplied Politics (CAP)Narendra Niketan.

    The said property was

    inspected by the L&DO offi-cials vide inspectionID noID12468 and after ascertainingthat the land was being mis-used a notice nol&DO/lS2B/1(309)/251 ofAugust 26, 2015 was issued toCentre for Applied Politics

    saying, "You are therefore here-by required toremedy thebreaches within 30 days fromthe date of receipt of thisnoticefailing which action to re-enterthe premises under clause ofthelease will be taken against youwithout any further notice inthematter."

    The South Delhi MunicipalCorporation had sent a noticefor recoveryof property tax tothe tune of Rs71, 91,151 onMarch 14, 2016.

    In its inspection, the SouthDMC found that the centrewasguilty of unauthorised con-struction on the land allotted toit ,misappropriation of theproperty and non-payment ofl e g i t i m a t e m u n i c i p a l/Government dues. "Despitehaving full and authentic-knowledge of the irregularitiescommitted, the Centre forApplied Politics, have not takenany tangible action in the mat-ter," the SouthDMC order hadsaid.

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    Prime Minister NarendraModi on Friday held exten-sive parleys here with visitingPortugal President MarceloRebelo de Sousa and the twonations later signed sevenagreements and MoUs in fieldsincluding defence and securi-ty.

    The pacts provide forcooperation in areas of invest-ment, transport, ports, cultureand industrial and intellectualproperty rights. The agree-ments also included a joint dec-laration a bilateral mobilitypartnership and another onmaritime transport.

    Among the pacts, the twocountries will jointly developNational Maritime HeritageComplex(NHMC) in Lothal,Gujarat.

    The MOU will pave theway for cooperation betweenthe two countries for showcas-ing common MaritimeHeritage.

    Portugal is an importantcountry for India in SouthernEurope, and bilateral ties havewitnessed a steady progress inthe last 15 years. In October2005, Portugal extradited Abu

    Salem and Monica Bedi toface terror charges.

    Modi visited Portugal inJune 2017 during which 11agreements were signed cov-ering a large number of areasincluding space, avoidance ofdouble taxation, nano-tech-nology, biotechnology andhigher education.

    Sousa arrived here onThursday night on a four-dayvisit, his first to India. The lastvisit by a Portuguese Presidentto India was in 2007. He isaccompanied by a high-leveldelegation.

    Officials said the talksbetween the two leaders cov-ered entire expanse of bilater-al ties including in areas oftrade, investment and educa-tion.

    In the morning, thePortuguese president wasaccorded a ceremonial wel-come at the RashtrapatiBhavan.

    President Ram NathKovind will meet the visitingpresident on Friday eveningand host a banquet in his hon-our.

    Sousa will also travel toMaharashtra and Goa duringhis visit.

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    Till date, only passengersarriving from four countries -- China, Hong Kong, Thailandand Singapore - were beingscreened for possible exposure to the respiratoryvirus at 21 identified airports inIndia.

    The Indian Embassy inJapan said on Friday that athird Indian crew on board a

    cruise ship off the Japanesecoast has tested positive for thenovel coronavirus as authoritiesconfirmed that total 218 peo-ple have been infected with thedeadly virus on the quaran-tined ship.

    Two crew members, out oftotal 138 Indians on board thecruise ship Diamond Princess,were tested positive for thevirus earlier.

    In a circular, theDirectorate General of CivilAviation (DGCA) stated,"Universal screening of all thepassengers coming in flightsdirectly from Japan, SouthKorea, Thailand and Singaporebesides the flights from Chinaand Hong Kong shall beensured immediately once theystep out of the specific identi-

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    suitable signages at strategiclocations at all the airports andgetting the self-declarationform filled by the passengers asper the instructions of theMinistry of Health and FamilyWelfare," it added.

    Meanwhile, SpiceJet onFriday joined other airlineslike Air India and IndiGo inannouncing temporarily sus-pending Delhi-Hong Kongflights from February 16 to 29in the wake of novel coron-avirus outbreak that has so farkilled nearly 1,500 people inChina.

    IndiGo and Air India hada few days ago had already sus-pended all their flights betweenIndia and China. Meanwhile,the Union Health Ministrysaid that the conronavirus sit-uation is under control in the

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    The verdict in the Behmaimassacre case, in which20 people were killed alleged-ly by bandit Phoolan Devi’sgang in 1981, which was sup-posed to be delivered onJanuary 6, has been postponedagain with the next hearing list-ed for February 26.

    The date for pronouncingthe verdict on the role of thefour surviving accused in thecase that shook the countrynearly four decades ago

    could not be fixed onWednesday in the absence ofthe original case diary (CD),District Government Counsel(criminal) Raju Porwal said.

    The court has listed thecase on February 26 with strictinstructions to the officestaff and the police to tracethe original CD and place itbefore the court, Porwalsaid.

    It has also made it clearthat it will hear the argu-ments over the missing case diary firstbefore listing the case for pronouncing of judgement.

    Porwal said the super-intendent of police ofKanpur Dehat has made awritten request to the specialjudge (UP dacoity-affectedarea), seeking more time to

    present the CD.Considering the request,

    the judge has given time tillFebruary 26 to search for themissing CD and place it before the court, hesaid.

    Earlier, special judgeSudhir Kumar had pulled up acourt official after noticing theabsence of the original CDwhile delivering the judge-ment in the case onJanuary 18.

    The court had expresseddisappointment over the mat-ter. It had postponed the casefrom January 24 to January 30and then to February 12 as theCD could not be traced.The court has also issueda notice to the session clerkconcerned for the missing casediary, Porwal said.

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    Aworshipper was killed andthree others received splin-ter injuries in Shahpur area ofPoonch on Friday in heavymortar shelling by the PakistanArmy from across the line ofcontrol. It is after a long timethe Pakistan Army used 120mm mortars to target civilianareas on the Indian side.Hitting back, the Indian Armytoo retaliated strongly andreportedly caused heavy dam-ages to several forward posts ofthe Pakistan Army. The firingin the area was going on till thetime of filing the report till lateFriday evening.

    According to groundreports, “a mortar shell fired bythe Pakistan Army directly

    landed on the roof top of a reli-gious place and exploded afterfalling down in the courtyardwhere worshippers were gear-ing up to offer Friday prayers”.

    One of the worshipper,present in the courtyard,iden-tified as Badrudin, was hit bysplinters of a mortar shell andsuccumbed to his fatal injurieswhile three others were rushedto the nearby hospital by localvillagers despite heavy shellingin the area. The Pakistan Armyalso targeted forward villages inQasba, Keerni, Mandhar andKaiyan areas of Poonch.

    On Thursday evening also,the Pakistan Army had target-ed a revered shrine of SainMiran Sahib in the forwardarea but failed to inflict anyinjuries to civilian population.

    According to groundreports, “the Pakistan Army onFriday afternoon initiated‘unprovoked’ ceasefire violationin Shahpur area of Poonchtargeting several forwardIndian posts”. After some time,Pakistan army started targetingcivilian areas using 120 mmmortars triggering panic inthe forward villages. In theabsence of adequate number ofbunkers constructed in thearea the local residents were leftwith little options but to remaincloseted inside their houses.

    According to officialsources, out of sanctioned14460 bunkers , a total numberof 6,225 bunkers have beencompleted so far in the divi-sion, including 5,628 individ-ual bunkers and 597 commu-

    nity bunkers.Out of these only 562

    bunkers have been construct-ed in Poonch while 1,369bunkers have been completedin Samba district, 955 inJammu district, 1,230 in Kathuadistrict, 2,109 in Rajouri dis-trict.

    Construction work of

    14460 bunkers were approvedat a cost of �415.73 crore forborder residents facingPakistani shelling in Jammudivision. A total of 13,029 indi-vidual bunkers and 1431 com-munity bunkers were sanc-tioned to accommodate borderresidents during cross borderfiring.

    Kolkata: Activists of theCPI(M)’s Women’s wing andthe Youth Congress protestedon Friday against the hike inLPG cylinder prices at twoimportant junctions of the city,leading to major traffic snarls insome areas of north and southKolkata, police sources said.

    Youth Congress members,armed with placards and ban-ners, blocked the APC Road inRajabazar for around 30 min-utes at 3 pm, throwing trafficout of gear.

    Members of the CPI(M)-backed All India DemocraticWomen’s Association (AIDWA)also staged a demonstrationoutside the Indian OilCorporation office in Dhakuriain the southern part of the city.

    The AIDWA protest causedtraffic snarls for around anhour on the Dhakuria bridge,police sources said. LPG pricewas increased to �858.50 per14.2 kg cylinder from �714 pre-viously, making it the steepesthike in rates since January2014. PTI

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    The Dal Lake and its sur-rounding areas in Srinagarwill soon be declared an eco-sensitive zone, officials said onFriday. The famous lake hasshrunk to less than half its orig-inal size with its capacity downto 40 per cent due to pollutionand encroachment, they said.

    “The Committee ofExperts (CoE) on Dal andNageen lakes shall submit thefinal proposal to the Housingand Urban DevelopmentDepartment (HUDD) by 20thof February,” a senior officialsaid. He said the recommen-

    dations of the committee will besent to the Centre by February29. It is expected that the DalLake and its surrounding areaswill be declared as eco-sensitivezone (ESZ) by the first week ofMarch, the official said.

    In November, the Jammuand Kashmir administrationhad set up a 10-member com-mittee to declare the Dal Lakeand its surrounding areas aneco-sensitive zone, followingconcerns over its shrinkingsize. The Committee of Experts(CoE) on Wednesday reviewedand discussed the draft notifi-cation for declaring the lake andits surroundings as ESZ, theofficials said.

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    In an apparent reference toHome Minister Amit Shah’sadmission that the BJP’s’ ‘golimaro’ rhetoric might haveworked against the party’sinterest in Delhi elections,Bengal Chief Minister MamataBanerjee on Friday said the saf-fron leadership should havekept this in mind while theywere spreading hate

    campaign before the elec-tions.

    “Where senior leaders gavehate speech and induce theyouth to take up arms it is butnatural that they will resort totaking up guns in their hands.They (BJP) should havethought about it before theelections,” she said asking “whatwill the workers do if youinduce them to shoot at youropponents.” She made the state-ment while giving speechinside the State Assembly.

    Referring to the incidentsof attack on the Opposition inthe BJP-ruled States Banerjeesaid, “it is time to change theirrhetoric.” Alleging that theBengal BJP leaders were stillmaking violent speechesBanerjee said “a few leadersthat you (BJP) have sent inBengal are still not prepared tomend their ways. They arestill spreading hatred … But Iwarn them this will not helpthem in Bengal.”

    Alleging that the BJP and

    RSS were actively convertingthe Aadi Vasis (tribal people)into Hinduism Banerjee said“such practices were never seenin Bengal earlier.

    The BJP and RSS are con-verting the Aadi Vasis in thegarb of organising mass mar-riages. They should refrainfrom doing so,” warning onceagain that National Register forCitizens will not be invoked inBengal.

    “There will be no NRC inBengal,” Banerjee said addingshe would write to the ChiefMinisters of all the non-BJPstates to unite against NRC.

    While Railway MinisterPiyush Goyal had on Thursdayattacked the State Governmentfor refusing to implement thecentral schemes so as to bene-fit the common peopleBanerjee targeted her UttarPradesh counterpart YogiAdityanath’s government alleg-ing it had failed to give pro-

    tection to the women.“In Bengal, we have laws to

    protect women. Police actimmediately when there iscrime against women but lookat UP where victims are burntalive and their families areattacked,” she said.

    Banerjee also rued thatshe was not invited to theinaugural ceremony of theKolkata East-West Metro cor-ridor though she had workedvery hard as the RailwayMinister to bring the project toKolkata.

    Meanwhile, the Bengal BJPline seemed to be divided overthe use of hate speeches duringthe elections.

    The debate over the futurestrategy came up after the BJPsuffered a humiliating defeat inDelhi at the hands of the AamAadmi Party which won thepolls for the third consecutivetime on the plank of good gov-ernance.

    The saffron party won only

    8 seats while the AAP bagged62 in the 70-member House.

    While a section of the lead-ers including Chandra Bose thegrand nephew of Netaji SubhasChandra Bose said that “theparty should contest electionson the issue of good gover-nance” rather than strongrhetoric based on hatred thosebacking state president DilipGhosh opposed the view.

    Supporting party MPSwapan Dasgupta’s views hetweeted “Agree with SwapanDasgupta that Bengal (BJP)must have a CM face whocould match up to the statureof Mamata Banerjee. In publiclife-nothing is private! The BJPmust have a Bengal Centricstrategy for WB.”

    Dasgupta had earlier saidthat ideological issues must besupplemented by governanceagenda. He also spoke in favourof a Chief Ministerial face tocounter the stature of MamataBanerjee.

    However State BJP presi-dent Dilip Ghosh said the BJPhad its own way of functioning.“That is not the way the BJPworks” he said while anotherstate level leader said “the strat-egy that had given us 18 out of42 seats should be pursuedbecause Bengal is differentfrom Delhi. You will have tocounter TMC’s aggressive strat-egy by a matching aggression.”

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    Jammu: On the first anniver-sary of ghastly Pulwama ter-ror attack, Central ReservePolice Force (CRPF) on Fridaypaid rich tributes to 40 CRPFpersonnel who had sacrificedtheir lives when their convoywas targeted by a suicidebomber of Pakistan-basedJaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) ter-ror outfit.

    Several political leaders ledby BJP National GeneralSecretary, Ram Madhav, alsovisited the ground zero of theattack near Lethpora onJammu-Srinagar NationalHighway and offered floraltributes to the martyred CRPFjawans.

    On the occasion, a memo-rial built in the memory ofmartyred CRPF personnel, wasinaugurated at the Lethpora

    camp. The names of all the 40personnel along with their pic-tures are a part of the memor-ial along with the moto of theCentral Reserve Police Force(CRPF) — ‘Seva and Nishtha’(Service and Loyalty).

    After attending a solemntribute ceremony, AdditionalDirector General of CRPFZulfiquar Hasan said toldreporters, It is a way to payhomage to the brave jawanswho lost their lives in theattack,”

    “The names of all the 40soldiers along with their pictureswill be part of the memorial. “Itdefinitely was an unfortunateincident and we have learnt ourlessons now. We were alwaysextra alert during our move-ment but now an extra layer ofalertness has been added to it,”

    Hasan said. Umesh Gopinath Jadhav

    from Maharashtra was the spe-cial guest at the wreath-layingceremony at CRPF campus hereto mark a year of the attack.

    Jadhav took a 61,000 kmlong journey across India tomeet families of the 40 jawanswho lost their lives in theattack. Jadhav met the familiesof the Pulwama martyrs andsaid that he collected the soilfrom their houses.

    “I am proud that I met allthe families of Pulwama mar-tyrs, and sought their blessings.Parents have lost their sons,wives lost their husbands, chil-dren lost their fathers, friendslost their friends. I collected soilfrom their houses and their cre-mation grounds,” Jadhav said. PNS

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    The ruling Congress hereWould hold a massivedemonstration on February 16to condemn the “continuedsteps the Bharatiya JanataParty-led NDA has been initi-ating to deprive the poor anddowntrodden of theirConstitutional rights.”

    PWD Minister and PCCpresident A Namassivayamsaid in a press release on Fridaythat the Centre has been “zeal-ously going ahead to deprivethe Scheduled Castes,Scheduled Tribes and theBackward Classes” of the fruitof reservation in educationand employment.

    The recent trend to ensurethat the benefit of reservationwas not “available” to thedepressed sections is highly“condemnable.”

    The architect ofConstitution Dr B R Ambedkarhad framed the necessary blue-print for reservation to pro-mote the wellbeing of thedowntrodden and to procuresocial justice to them, he saidand added that the first IndianPrime Minister and also theCongress regimes at the Centrenurtured the policy of reser-vation in the past.

    But, the present BJP-ledNDA had been trampling uponthe reservation policy eversince it came to power at theCentre.

    Namassivayam said theruling Congress would hold ademonstration at the head postoffice here on February 16 tocondemn the Centre’s “anti-poor” policies.

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