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Scooter burnt at ShadipurNaveen KumarSheekha News Service

Port Blair, June 12: A scooterthat was parked near theShadipur Bus Stand was burntthis morning. According tosources, the scooter belongs toShyam Murari Lall, a residentof Nayagaon.

As per reliablesources, the owner of the

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B.Tech student hangs herselfNaveen KumarSheekha News Service

Port Blair, June 12: A 20-year-old Second year B.Tech (CSE)student namely T Rupa, al-legedly committed suicideinside her house at HaddoWard number 1 near ForestClub.

According to thesources, the incident tookplace yesterday evening. Thereason behind the girl takingthis huge step is yet notknown.

However, it is learntthat the Chatham Police hasregistered a case of un-natu-ral death in this regard.

Daily Rated Mazdoorsof State Transpor t Service

demand re gularizat ionSarthak KanjilalSheekha News Service

Port Blair, June 12:  The DailyRated Mazdoors working inthe State Transport Service forlast 10-11 years has allegedstep motherly treatment of theDepartment and administra-tion towards them. As per the

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LG wishes speedy recoveryof freedom fighter Shri Pratap Singh

Port Blair, June 12: The Lt.Governor, Lt Gen A KSingh (Retd), has wishedspeedy recovery of 98years old, Mr Pratap Singh,freedom fighter from theseIslands. Mr Pratap Singhhas been admitted in GBPant Hospital for ortho-paedic surgery.

The OSD to LG,

Major Pankaj Thakur, alongwith his wife, met Mr Singhat GB Pant Hospital todayon behalf of the Lt. Gover-nor and inquired about hishealth condition and treat-ment being given to thefreedom fighter, who isscheduled to undergo sur-gery on Wednesday. TheLt. Governor also spoke

with Mr Singh over phoneand wished him speedy-re-covery and assured him allpossible support from theAdministration.

He has a lso di-rected the Medical Superin-tendent of the hospital totake special care of thefreedom fighter and providethe best of treatment.

SFT members meetfreedom fighter Pratap Singh

Port Blair, June 12: Underthe instructions of thefounder of SudhangshubalaFoundation Trust, West Ben-gal, Mr Bhabesh Majumder,team members of the Trusthere met Sardar PratapSingh, an old associate ofNetaji in Andaman and hisdriver in his Indian NationalArmy who is at presently

admitted in the GBP Hospi-tal for a surgery of his frac-tured leg.

Inquiring about hishealth, the team membersprovided him nutritious andwished him speedy recovery.The SFT team also providedcontact details to the escortof Mr Singh and assured himall possible help.

Rain, thundershowers predictedPort Blair, June 12: The In-dian Meteorological Depart-ment, Kolkata has forecastrain or thundershower at iso-lated places over Andaman& Nicobar Islands in thenext 3 days. Under the in-fluence of moderate tostrong Southwest monsooncurrent, strong Southwest-erly wind speed between 35and 45 Kmph and generally

rough seas are likely alongand off Andaman & Nicobarcoasts. Fishermen have beenadvised to be cautious whileventuring into the sea. Thegeneral public have been ad-vised to take precautionarymeasures and contact theState Control Room, DistrictControl Room and Emer-gency Operation Centres incase of any emergency.

Written examination forrecruitment of staff nurse on June 29

Port Blair , Jun 12: Thewritten examination for re-cruitment to the 25 posts ofStaff Nurse in the HealthDepartment will be held onJune 29, 2016 from 10 amto 12 pm at Dr. Bhim RaoAmbedkar Inst i tute ofTechnology (DBRAIT),Dollygunj, Port Blair.

The Admit Cardsfor the said written examcan be downloaded from

the websitew w w. a n d a ma n . g o v. i nwhich will be available fromJune 14, 2016 onwards. The candidates havebeen advised to downloadtheir e-Hall Tickets fromthe above website and bepresent at the venue onehour before the commence-ment of the exam. In caseof any difficulty in down-loading the hall ticket, the

candidate can collect thesame from the Directorate ofHealth Services on anyworking day during officehours on production of Iden-tity Card. For any queries,one can contact over phonenumber 03192-232723, acommunication from CMO(NFSG), Nodal Officer (Re-cruitment), Directorate ofHealth Services, Port Blairsaid here.

President Pranab Mukherjeeleaves for 6-day tour of 3 African nations

NEW DELHI: PresidentPranab Mukherjee on Sun-day embarked on a six-dayvisit to three African nations-- Ghana, Ivory Coast andNamibia -- to boost trade tieswith these countries knownfor having "solid political sys-tem, where democracy hastaken roots".

This is the maidenvisit of any Indian Presidentto Ghana and Ivory Coastwhereas to Namibia, such avisit comes after two de-cades.

Even thoughMukherjee has toured a num-ber of countries in the conti-nent, he will be visiting thesecountries for the first time inhis long political career.`He was a given a traditionalsend off at RashtrapatiBhavan by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, Vice Presi-dent Hamid Ansari, DelhiLieutenant Governor NajeebJung and Army Chief Gen-eral Dalbir Singh Suhagamong others.` "All these countrieswe look at as good countriesin terms of a solid political

system, where democracyhas taken roots and these areall doing reasonably well intheir regions," Secretary (ER)Amar Sinha has said.` The President is ac-companied by Minister ofState in the PMO JitendraSingh and MPs S S Ahluwaliaand Mansukh LMandaviya."It's a very im-portant visit of the President.He is visiting two countries forthe first time -- Ivory Coastand Ghana, besides Namibiawhere an (Indian) Presidentwill visit after 21 years. He ishaving a number ofengagements."This is not aceremonial visit. It has aneducational component, eco-nomic component and a com-munity component," MoSSingh said.

The first stop ofMukherjee will be in Accra,capital of Ghana, where therewill be delegation level talksat the President's House,which is called Flag StaffHouse, tomorrow.The impos-ing building has been built bya renowned Indian builder,Shapoorji Pallonji.

There are likely to bediscussions on some agree-ments on visa waiver and lineof credits is also in the pipe-line.

Mukherjee will payhomage to Ghana's first Presi-dent Kwame Nkrumah at hismausoleum of in Accra.

He will also be unveil-ing a statue of MahatmaGandhi which has been giftedby ICCR, besides planting asapling.

"Investment in Ghanais substantial, nearly three bil-lion dollars in various sectors.NRI's, professionals have in-vested in IT, Pharmaceuticalsand other areas. If you look atlast three year figures, ourtrade has gone up nearly threetimes.

"Ghana's main tradeconsists of gold imports, it'snearly 80 percent of totaltrade. Ghanaian gold is in greatdemand in India," Sinha said.

The President will alsobe visiting the India-GhanaKofi Annan Centre of Excel-lence in ICT, set up by India,and will meet its faculty andalumni.

Efforts on to traceabducted Indian aid worker

in Afghanistan

New Delhi: Forty-eight hoursafter the abduction of aidworker Judith D'Souza inKabul, the governmentseemed to have no idea abouteither her whereabouts or theidentity of her abductors. Topsources in New Delhi said theIndian mission is in touchwith the Afghan authoritiesover the issue but so far nogroup has come forward toclaim responsibility.

Sources add India'sambassador to AfghanistanManpreet Vohra had had sev-eral rounds of meetings withAfghan officials over the is-sue. "It is not possible to sayat this stage if it was Talibanor some other group whicheffected the abduction but wecan say that all possible at-tempts are being made to en-

sure her release as soon aspossible," said an official.

`"There is no updateas of now. But the MEA isconstantly in touch with us. Ajoint secretary-level officer iscoordinating with us. We havefull faith in the Indian govern-ment," Judith's brother Jerometold a news agency in Kolkata.Asked whether the detailsabout the efforts being madewere discussed with the fam-ily members, Jerome said "No,these are official proceedings,which MEA and the Indianembassy in Kabul are dealingwith. These things are not tobe made public."

External affairs min-ister Sushma Swaraj had onFriday called up the family andassured them of making all-out effort to bring her back.

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CG saves 7 crew fromsinking vessel off North Brother Island

Port Blair, June 12: In a swiftsea-air coordinated operation,Coast Guard helicopter res-cued seven crew membersfrom a sinking vessel, MSVSafina Al Ghelani 40 milesSouth of Port Blair on Sun-day. The vessel sailed fromPort Blair early morning onJun 11 with cargo for HutBay. However, due to badweather and rough sea, wa-ter flooded the vessel’s engineroom and it started sinking at

about 10.30 am today.The distress message by ves-sel was received by CoastGuard MRCC Port Blair,which immediately launchedsearch and rescue operation.Coast Guard helicopter waslaunched in SAR configura-tion from Port Blair and twoCoast Guard ships ICGSRajshree and C-428 weresailed from Port Blair. OneDSS Ship MV Sentinel wasalso diverted towards the dis-

tressed vessel.                Coast Guard heli-copter sighted the distressedship near North Brother Is-land. The vessel was badlydamaged and submergednear the Island. Despitestrong winds and adverseweather, the helicopter res-cued all the seven crew fromthe vessel. Three of the res-cued crew members werelanded on Coast Guard shipC-428 and other four were

 brought directly to Port Blair.After necessary first-aid, allthe crew members werehanded over to their familiesat Port Blair.                The precious livescould be saved becausetimely distress alert was sentby the vessel using DistressAlert Transmitter (DAT).DAT is indigenously devel-oped low cost equipment,which is capable of relayingdistress alert from small ves-

sels to Coast Guard MRCCusing INSAT series satellite.Coast Guard has been im-pressing upon fishermen andother mariners to carry nec-essary life saving equipmentespecially during monsoonseason. A toll free help linenumber 1554 is also availablewith mariners to inform anydistress situation to IndianCoast Guard for facilitatingspeedy search and rescue atsea.

Teresa Police Conducts Mock Drill

Port Blair, June 12: As per thedirection of Superintendent ofPolice, Nicobar District, MrDeepak Yadav the TeresaPolice has conducted a mock

drill on riot/crowd control on10 June.

The Station HeadOfficer, K Ilango also dem-onstrated a brief to the publicabout how to escape from thesituation of riot/crowd etc.

The staffs of IRBn as

well as a team of Health De-partment also supported theTeresa Police to conductmock drill.A lot of People par-ticipated in the mock drill andlearnt a lot of things from thedemonstration given by thePolice.

Donation Box of NimbuBagicha Shiv Temple Stolen

Port Blair, June 12: The Do-

nation Box of Shiv Temple,Nimbu Bagicha was stolen thisevening. It is not clear howmuch cash was inside the Do-

nation box.It is learnt that the

Police is further investigatinginto the matter.

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On his 69th birthday, LaluPrasad says 'Abhi toh main jawan hun'

PATNA: After celebrating his69th birth anniversary with muchfanfare in presence of familymembers and thousands of sup-porters at his residence here, RJDboss Lalu Prasad on Saturdaysaid he has not turned oldie andstill a 'jawan' (young).

"Hum burdha nahihuye hai, abhi toh jawan hain,"Lalu said in presence of BiharCM Nitish Kumar who hadturned up at Lalu's residence togreet him on birthday.

Lalu also said, "Humhar saal naya jawan hote hai,wahi umang, wahi utsah, wahisab kuchh (I turn out a freshyoung person after each birth-day with same vigour, same en-thusiasm and same everything).He also took a vow to destroyall those forces who are ada-mant to break unity and integ-rity of the country.

There was mood offestivity since the last midnightat the sprawling bungalow at 10,Circular Road, where Lalu's fam-ily lives. The entire bungalow

was decked up with fresh flow-ers and festoons. Family mem-bers said, wife Rabri Devi wokeup Lalu just after the midnightand extended birthday wishesby offering a bunch of red roses.Lalu also cut a family cake. TheRJD boss later posted the mid-night birthday celebration pic-tures on his official Twitterhandle.

Later around 10 am inthe morning, Lalu cut a hugecake weighing 69 kg, which isequal to his birthday number,flanked by wife Rabri Devi andtwo sons Tejaswi Prasad Yadavand Tej Pratap Yadav. This cakewas prepared by his party men.

Tejashwi said, Lalujee's birthday was being cel-ebrated as 'Samajik Nyay Diwas'(social justice day) by the RJDacross the country.

Soon after, NitishKumar reached the 10, CircularRoad and extended his birthdaywishes to Lalu with offering aflower bouquet. Speaking on theoccasion, the CM said, "Life of

Lalu Prasad has been full ofstruggle. Reaching to this heightin politics from a humble back-ground he comes from is very in-spiring. I pray that Lalu Jeereaches further height in politics."Lalu and Nitish are known inBihar's political circle as "BadeBhai" (Lalu) and "Chotte Bhai"(Nitish).

Earlier, hundreds ofRJD's functionaries led by itsstate president Ram ChandraPurbey took out a processionwith a band party from the partyheadquarters here and reachedLalu's residence with a hugegarland to greed the party chiefon his birthday. The party'syouth wing offered a 69-kg gar-land to the party supremo.

Streams of well-wish-ers and party workers kept vis-iting Lalu's residence through-out the day to greet him on thebirthday. The visitors were of-fered sweets by the workers.Unlike other day, the main gateof Lalu's residence was thrownopen for the common peoplewho were thronging in largenumbers.Prominent leaders whogreeted RJD boss Lalu Prasadon his 69th birthday, are Con-gress president Sonia Gandhi,party vice president RahulGandhi, Union finance ministerArun Jaitley and Bihar CMNitish Kumar, West Bengal CMMamata Banerjee, LJP chief andUnion minister Ram VilasPaswan, LJP MP Chirag Paswanand Congress general secretaryand in-charge for Bihar affairsCP Joshi.

Azad, Kamalnathappointed Congress general secretaries

NEW DELHI: Senior leadersGhulam Nabi Azad and KamalNath were appointed Congressgeneral secretaries by partychief Sonia Gandhi today, set-ting in motion the much talkedabout process of organisationalchanges ahead of the Assemblyelections next year, including inUttar Pradesh.

While Azad, Leader ofOpposition in the Rajya Sabha,has been made in charge ofUttar Pradesh, Nath will look af-ter Punjab and Haryana, partygeneral secretary JanaradanDwivedi said. Assembly elec-tions in Uttar Pradesh andPunjab are scheduled early nextyear.

So far MadhusudanMistry was looking after UttarPradesh and Shakeel Ahmedwas taking care of Punjab andHaryana.

Today's appointmentsare being seen as a precursor tofurther restructuring of the AICCSecretariat. The reshuffle cameat a time when talk of RahulGandhi being elevated as partychief had again gained ground.

Sonia Gandhi effected

the changes a day after the bi-ennial elections to the RajyaSabha which saw cross votingby some party MLAs in UttarPradesh and alleged deliberatefaulty marking by its 14 legisla-tors in Haryana which led totheir votes being declared in-valid and resulted in the defeatof Congress-backed candidateR K Anand. There were allega-tions of internal sabotage at thebehest of former Haryana chiefminister Bhupinder SinghHooda.Azad, 67, is a formerchief minister of Jammu andKashmir, and is seen as a Gandhifamily loyalist. 69-year-old Nathis the seniormost MP in the cur-rent Lok Sabha having won fromhis pocket borough ofChhindwara nine times.

Azad was earlier twicethe AICC general secretary incharge of UP. Nath was a gen-eral secretary some 15 yearsback in charge of key states likeGujarat and West Bengal. Hisname was doing rounds as thepossible new party chief inMadhya Pradesh.

Congress has roped inpoll strategist Prashant Kishor,

who successfully managed PrimeMinister Narendra Modi's LokSabha campaign in 2014 andBihar chief minister NitishKumar's last year, to aid and as-sist the party's UP and Haryanaunits.

In UP, Congress hadsecured just two seats in the lastLok Sabha elections with SoniaGandhi and Rahul Gandhi emerg-ing victorious from their tradi-tional seats of Rae Bareli andAmethi respectively.The Congress is in political wil-derness in UP since 1989 follow-ing emergence of divisive'Mandal-Mandir' politics and riseof the BSP, which took away itscrucial dalit vote base.

In Punjab, Congress isin the opposition for the last nineyears and is making a determinedbid to capture power from SAD-BJP combine at a time when AAPhas also come up as a seriouscontender for power.

The appointment ofseasoned politicians like Azadand Nath came amid calls for a"major surgery" from within theparty following its recent debaclein

Pressure onMaharashtra, Goa to

ban SansthaMUMBAI: With the sensa-tional arrest of a member ofthe shadowy Sanatan Sansthain the murder of rationalistNarendra Dabholkar, politicalpressure is back once again onthe ruling BJP governments inMaharashtra and Goa to banthe right-wing organization.

A day after the CBIpicked up Virendra Tawde, anENT specialist, for his allegedinvolvement in the murder ofDabholkar, the opposition inMaharashtra reiterated its de-mand for a ban. State Con-gress president and formerCM Ashok Chavan said, "Inthe past too, Congress hadsought a ban...now after thearrest of Tawde, we onceagain urge that SanatanSanstha be banned immedi-ately on the grounds that itsactivities are dangerous to thenation,'' Chavan told TOI.

Former chief minis-ter Prithviraj Chavan too en-dorsed the demand, sayingthe Centre should immedi-ately ban the organisation.

The issue may putBJP in a spot since its gov-ernment in Maharashtra hadpromised action provided"evidence" emerged of theoutfit's links to the assassinsof Dabholkar and other ra-tionalists Govind Pansare andMM Kalburgi.In the past,CM Devendra Phadnavishad said the state would nothesitate to act against theSanstha if there was proof.His government along withCBI had also offered a Rs25-lakh reward for informa-tion on the case. But itstopped short of sending aformal request to the Centreseeking a ban on theorganisation.

Government framesnew policy for ads in print media

NEW DELHI: The informa-tion and broadcasting ministryhas framed a new print mediaadvertisement policy introduc-ing a "marking system" toincentivise newspapers whichhave better professionalstanding and who get their cir-culation verified. According toa statement, the policy aims topromote transparency andaccountability in the issuing ofads.

"For the first time, thepolicy introduces a new mark-ing system to incentivise news-papers which have a betterprofessional standing and gettheir circulation verified byAudit Bureau of Circulations(ABC) or Registrar of News-

papers for India (RNI)," thestatement said. The markingsystem is based on six objec-tive criteria. Advertisementsshall be released by DAVPto newspapers based onmarks obtained by thepublication.The policy frame-work includes circulationverification for empanelmentof newspapers and journalswith DAVP. It involves cer-tification by RNI or ABC ifcirculation exceeds 45,000copies per publishing day andfor circulation up to 45,000copies per publishing day cer-tificate from cost or charteredaccountant, statutory auditorcertificate or ABC is man-dated.

J&K separatist leadersdetained briefly ahead of meet

on Sainik colony issueNEW DELHI: Ahead of theirmeeting on the issue of Sainikcolonies, Jammu andKashmir's separatist leadersSAS Geelani and MirwaizUmar Farooq were put underhouse arrest and later re-leased.. Jammu Kashmir Lib-eration Front (JKLF) chief,Mohammad Yasin Malik wasalso detained and is yet to bereleased. He was was ar-rested in Srinagar last weekand later released on bail.

These two separat-ist groups, JKLF and HurriyatConference, have unitedagainst the issue of Sainikcolonies after eight years.

The issue of Sainikcolonies (residential complexfor former servicemen) haswitnessed raging protests di-vided opinions in the state.

J&K chief ministerMehbooba Mufti and PDPchief Omar Amdullah alsosparred over the topic lastweek in the state assembly.

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Kidnapped Indian womanremains untraceable in Afghanistan

KOLKATA/NEW DELHI:An Indian woman kidnappedby suspected militants outsideher office in Kabul two daysago remained untraceableeven as Afghan authoritiescontinued efforts to secureher safe release.

Judith D'Souza,working for Aga Khan Foun-dation as senior technical ad-viser, was kidnapped alongwith two other people outsideher office in in Taimani areaof Kabul on Thursdayevening.

The ministry of exter-nal affairs is in touch with theAfghan authorities to ensurerelease of 40-year-old Judith,a resident of Kolkata. So far,no group has claimed respon-sibility for her kidnapping.

Reports from Kabulsaid, Afghan authorities havestepped up efforts to secureJudith's release. Sources inNew Delhi said there was noupdate about her and that gov-ernment was in constant touchwith the Afghan authorities.

Family members ofJudith said in Kolkata they arehopeful and positive about theefforts being made by the In-dian government in bringingher back from Afghanistan.

"Afghan officialshave said they are doing ev-erything possible to secure the

early release of the woman,"according to a report byAfghanistan's TOLO News.

External affairs min-ister Sushma Swaraj on Fri-day had said government wasdoing everything possible torescue Judith.

"There is no updateas of now. But the MEA isconstantly in touch with us. Ajoint secretary-level officer iscoordinating with us. We havefull faith in the Indian govern-ment and the MEA that theywill do the needful in bringingback Judith from Afghani-stan," Judith's brother Jerometold PTI.

When asked whetherthe details about the effortsbeing made were discussedwith the family members,Jerome said, "no, these areofficial proceedings, whichMEA and Indian embassy inKabul are dealing with. These

things are not to be madepublic."

Swaraj had on Fri-day called up Judith's fam-ily in Kolkata and had as-sured them of making all-out efforts to bring herback.West Bengal chief ministerMamata Banerjee said shewas keeping in touch withSwaraj for Judith's safe re-turn.

"We have taken anall-out effort for Judith'ssafe return. I am in touchwith the External AffairsMinister Sushma Swaraj,"Banerjee said at the statesecretariat Nabanna today.

The Aga KhanFoundation is an agency ofthe Aga Khan Develop-ment Network and hasbeen working on restora-tion projects in the war-rav-aged country.

BJP national executive meeting under wayALLAHABAD: Ahead of theBJP's national executivemeeting here, a meeting of theparty's national office-bearersbegan here on Sunday withparty president Amit Shahchairing it.

While Prime MinisterNarendra Modi would arrivehere later in the day for theexecutive meeting, Shah, vet-eran leader Murli ManoharjJoshi, party general secretar-ies Ram Madhav, Ram Laland Bhupendra Yadav, nationalsecretaries Siddharth NathSingh and Shrikant Sharmaand party spokesman SambitPatra have already reachedthe city.

The meeting of theoffice-bearers began at a cityhotel. The national executivemeet, which is likely to beginaround 3 PM, is likely to setthe agenda for the assemblyelections in the state whichare less than a year away.Meanwhile, leaders have beenpouring in to take part in the

two-day conclave which willconclude tomorrow, followedby a rally to be addressed byModi.

Several senior mem-bers of the Union cabinet andChief Ministers of all thestates ruled by the BJP arealso likely to take part in thenational executive meeting.

"I would have calledit as sounding the poll buglefor UP assembly polls but forPM Modi's rally in Saharanpurlast month," BJP national sec-retary Siddharth Nath Singhsaid recently, while party'svice-president and in-chargefor the state Om Mathur said"many issues would be dis-cussed at the national execu-tive but the main focus wouldobviously be on the UP as-sembly polls due next year".

Posters have comeup across the city displayingthe header 'Mission 265 Plus'- a term coined by Shah whohas repeatedly exhorted work-ers to aim at achieving a

thumping majority for theparty in the 403-strong UPassembly.

The BJP at presenthas less than 50 MLAs inthe house, a massive de-cline since the 1990s whenit used to be the top politi-cal group in the state.

BJP has broughtseveral new faces to itsnational executive, the high-light being some formerCongress leaders, includingformer Odisha Chief Min-ister and tribal leaderGiridhar Gamang and saf-fron party leader K VSingh Deo, also from thatstate. Deo is a former stateparty chief.Himanta BiswaSarma, who defected fromCongress to BJP andplayed a key role in its bigAssam win, and formerUttarakhand Chief MinisterVijay Bahuguna, a new en-trant to the saffron party,have also been inducted intothe national executive.

11 killed in Gujaratas truck hits autorickshaw

AHMEDABAD: Elevenpeople, including three chil-dren and as many women,were today killed when atruck hit an autorickshaw inwhich they were travelling, inAmreli district of Gujarat.

The incident occurrednear Chawand village in Lathitehsil, police said.

While nine people inthe auto-rickshaw died onthe spot, two succumbed tothe injuries at a governmenthospital. One of the injuredwas taken to Rajkot civil hos-pital.

"The rickshaw wason the way to Chawand vil-lage," said Amreli.

Rajya Sabha polls:Surprise win for BJP in Haryana,

Congress shockedNEW DELHI: The BJP regis-tered a surprise win in the RajyaSabha polls in Haryana withSubhash Chandra, the candidateit backed, defeating Congress-supported RK Anand. Anand'sdefeat came after votes of 14MLAs of the Congress weredeclared invalid.

Even before the elec-tions, there was speculation thatthe overwhelming majority ofthe 17 Congress MLAs, owingallegiance to former chief min-ister Bhupinder Singh Hooda,would not toe the party line onsupporting Anand.

Sources said the partywas shocked by the behaviourof the 14 MLAs who apparentlygot their votes invalid by mark-ing the ballot with a wrong penand would go into the entire is-sue and fix responsibility. It islikely to seek explanation fromHooda, sources said.

For the record, AICCgeneral secretary and Haryanain-charge B K Hariprasad said,"We have sought a report fromthe PCC and the Independentcandidate and we are going tolodge a complaint with theElection Commission about theway the election was con-ducted."

The Congress alsofailed in its attempt to securevictory for JMM candidateBasant Soren, son of partysupremo Shibu Soren, backedby it in Jharkhand where a rul-ing BJP nominee MaheshPoddar won by a whisker af-

ter an arrested JMM MLA anda Congress MLA facing arrestcould not vote.

In the 27 seatsspread across seven statesthat were up for grabs inSaturday's voting, 11 went toBJP, 6 to Congress, 7 toSamajwadi Party, 2 to BSP andone Independent. Thirty of the57 seats in the current roundof biennial elections were de-cided without contest lastweek.

Former Union minis-ter and Congress heavyweightKapil Sibal won from UttarPradesh after defeating BJP-backed candidate PreetiMahapatra, wife of a Mumbai-based businessman, withoutthe anticipated support of BSPwhose two candidates SatishChandra Mishra and AshokSidharth won comfortably.

Senior Congressleaders Oscar Fernandes andJairam Ramesh were electedto Rajya Sabha fromKarnataka where cross-votingby rebel JD(S) MLAs enabledruling Congress gain a thirdseat. Former IPS officer K CRamamurthy won the seat de-feating JD(S)-backed Inde-pendent candidate B MFarooq, a businessman, in thethird seat.

Union ministers MVenkaiah Naidu, BirenderSingh, Nirmala Sitharamanand M A Naqvi were the otherbig winners in the polls heldon Saturday.

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First batch of pilgrims toKailash Mansarovar Yatra flagged off

NEW DELHI: External af-fairs minister Sushma Swarajon Saturday flagged off thefirst batch of pilgrims to theholy Kailash MansarovarYatra for the season.

Swaraj also appealedto pilgrims to be more "re-sponsible" when they crossover to China and that theyshould not resort to any actsthat dents the image of thecountry.

Around 1,430 pil-grims in 25 batches are ex-pected to undertake the pil-grimage to Tibet in China thisseason .Eighteen batches of 60 pil-grims will take the LipulekhPass route while seven

batches comprising 50 pil-grims will take the Nathu Laroute. The former is knownto be more arduous.

The yatra, which be-gins this month will continuefor the next four months tillthe last batch of pilgrim com-pletes the religious exercise.

For this year's yatra,more than 2,260 pilgrims hadmade an application and pil-grims were short-listedthrough a computerized pro-cess. Last year 999 pilgrimshad undertaken the yatra in23 batches taking the tworoutes."People say when you see(mountain) Kaliash, you go ina different world and when

one drinks water from KaliashMansarovar its like consum-ing amrit," she said.

She also urged the pil-grims to be more responsibleduring their travel.

"When we enterChina, they judge our culturethrough our behaviour andacts. So there are many thingsthat we do knowingly or un-knowingly may not fit in theirculture. So we should also bea bit responsible that whateverwe do will have its effects onIndia's image. So as a respon-sible travellers ...

"We do many thingswhich dents the image of thecountry. So we should not doit. So, while undertaking thepilgrimage we go there keep-ing full faith in Lord Shankar,but we also have a responsi-bility towards the nation whileundertaking this yatra," theexternal affairs minister said.

Swaraj said, this yearthe government has taken ef-forts to provide better ameni-ties to the pilgrims like track-ing the yatra through theliasioning officer when thebatch crosses over to China.

SSB men save minor, prevent rape attemptNEW DELHI: Three person-nel of Sashastra Seema Bal,posted in Sitamarhi in Bihar,saved a 15-year-old mentallychallenged, deaf and dumbgirl from the clutches of acriminal who had abductedher, allegedly with an inten-tion to rape her.

The accused washanded over to the police.

The incident hap-pened on June 8 when threepersonnel of SSB's 20thbatallion -head constableBirendra Meena, constable

Vinay Mandal and driverYeshpal Singh -were return-ing from a hospital and driv-ing towards the companyheadquarters in Sitamarhinear the Indo-Nepal border.

"When they reachednear Kuri Madan village inthe district, a villager signalledthem to stop and sought theirhelp.The villager informedour personnel that a localcriminal had abducted the 15-year old girl from the villageand took her to a sugarcanefields," said Deepak Kumar,

IG (Operations) of SSB here.The personnel res-

cued the minor and caught theaccused, identified later asBikau Singh Saini.Saini has anumber of police cases regis-tered against him."The timelyaction of our men preventedthe rape of girl and strength-ened a sense of securityamong the villagers," saidKumar.The SSB, whichguards the 2450-km borderwith Nepal and Bhutan, is con-sidering giving the three per-sonnel a reward.

With ‘phone diplomacy’,Pak istan looks to sta ll India 's NSG bid

NEW DELHI: Pakistan's dubi-ous track record on non-prolif-eration hasn't come in the wayof its 'telephone diplomacy' toreach out to influential membersof the NSG to take the wind outof India's campaign formembership.Pakistan has de-manded that NSG follow a crite-ria-based approach for the in-duction of all non-NPT states,and not make a 2008-like excep-tion for India. Pakistan PMNawaz Sharif's adviser SartajAziz has ceaselessly worked thephones over the past few daysdemanding that NSG not adopta discriminatory approach byallowing India to become a

member.On Friday, he spoke tohis counterparts in Mexico andItaly seeking support for Paki-stan, which too has applied forNSG membership.The US hasnow warned Pakistan that ratherthan seeking individual en-dorsements, it should put up itscase before the NSG.

"That's a collectivedecision reached by the mem-bers of the group," said US statedepartment spokesperson MarkToner, when asked if the USwould support Pakistan's bid.

Media in Pakistan hasreported that Islamabad alsowrote to American lawmakersseeking their support for

Pakistan's application.Islamabad wants to

keep the door open for its ownmembership even if there is nofavourable outcome for its appli-cation in the immediate run. Someof the hold-out nations which aresaid to be now softening theirposition on India's NSG member-ship are also said to be insistingon a criteria-based approach. Azizhas also spoken to the foreignministers of Russia, New Zealandand South Korea.

Pakistan on Friday alsosaid the increasing Indo-US de-fence cooperation will disturb theregional balance", both conven-tional and strategic.

BSF repatriates 3Pakistani boys who crossed

into IndiaAMRITSAR: Three Pakistaniboys, who were held by BSFnear the international borderafter they had inadvertentlycrossed over into Indian ter-ritory, were sent back to theircountry, an official said onSaturday.According to a BSFofficer, the three Pakistaniboys had crossed over to In-dia through Kotrazda borderoutpost on Friday. They wereidentified as MohhammedAmir (15) and Sane Arshad(13), both residents of villageRiya, Narowal district andNomal Ali, a resident of vil-

lage Whaley Chak ofFaisalabad.BSF said the triowere noticed at border villageAjnala by BSF patrolling party.On being asked, the boys toldBSF they were the residentsof border villages of Pakistan.

Immediately a flagmeeting was arranged andBSF apprised the PakistaniRangers boys and handed overto them.BSF said that beforerepatriation, they were givenfood besides chocolates andsweets to carry with them.The boys were happy at thetime of repatriation, he said.

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Scooter burnt...

scooter Mr Murari had a fightwith a guy yesterday nightinfront of his shop situated atShadipur, just near to the BusStand.

It is learnt that thismorning when Mr Murariwent to his shop after parking

his scooter near the ShadipurBus Stand that guy allegedlyburnt the scooter to take re-venge.

On information ateam of Aberdeen Policereached the spot and furtherinvestigation is on, it is learnt.

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DRMs of STS, they are servingthe Department since last 10-11 years but instead of regu-larizing them the departmenthas issued a Vacancy Noticeof 54 Bus Conductors and 49Drivers.

“From the year 1993to 2014 the DRMs, contractualemployees of the departmentwere regularized as per senior-ity and quota basis but this isthe first time when instead ofregularizing us the depart-ment has issued a vacancy no-tice,” a DRM of STS said.

The DRMs of STS De-partment appealed the admin-

istration to regularize themfirst.

They are demand-ing that after administrationcompletes the regularizationof all the DRMs and Contrac-tual Employees working inthe department since last 10-11 years, the departmentshould think of fresh recruit-ments.

However, the DRMsof the STS Department havemade it clear that if the De-partment and the adminis-tration does not take theirdemand seriously, they willsit on a strike from 20th June.

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