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66TH NATIONAL FILM AWARDS
RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/01082 l Vol 1 l Issue No. 65 The announcement of the most prestigious awards the 66th National Film Awards 2018 was held at Shastri Bhawan in New Delhi
Best Hindi Film: Andhadhun Best Actor: Ayushmann Khurrana for Andhadhun and Vicky Kaushal for URI Best Actress: Keerthy Suresh for Mahanati Best Director: Aditya Dhar for URI Best Choreography: Jyoti D Tommar for Padmaavat song ‘Ghoomar’ FULL REPORT P10
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Prez assent on Aug 9, UT status on Oct 31 ... to mark Sardar Patel birth anniversary
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday gave assent to a legislation for bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir, and two Union Territories -- Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh -- will come into existence on October 31. October 31 happens to be the birth anniversary of the country’s first home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, who was instrumental in the merger of about 565 princely states into the Union of India following Independence. The Parliament had earlier this week given its nod to the legislation for bifurcating the state, a bold and far-reaching decision that seeks to redraw the map and future of a region at the centre of a protracted militancy movement. The President has given assent to the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, a home ministry
SITARAM YECHURY, D RAJA DETAINED AT SRINAGAR AIRPORT CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury and CPI’s D Raja were detained at the Srinagar airport on Friday, according to news agency PTI. “They showed us a legal order which did not allow any entry into Srinagar. It stated that even escorted movement in the city was not permitted due to security reasons. We are still trying to negotiate with them,” Yechury told PTI over the phone. The Left leaders had written separate letters to J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik on Thursday informing him of their visit to the state. official said. “In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (a) of Section 2 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 (34 of 2019), the Central Government hereby appoints the 31st day of October, 2019, as the appointed day for the purposes of the said Act,” a home
ministry notification said. Three days after the far-reaching decision to abrogate the special status given to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 and bifurcate the state, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a nearly 40-minute televised address to the nation on Thursday, Turn to P4
SEC 144 WITHDRAWN FROM JAMMU, SCHOOLS TO OPEN TODAY
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Rapid Action Force personnel patrol a street during restrictions in Jammu on Friday.
FOR JAMMU & KASHMIR’S SPLIT WITH LADAKH, CENTRE TO FORM COMMITTEE TO DIVIDE OFFICERS
NSA AJIT DOVAL MEETS J&K GOVERNOR SATYA PAL MALIK
New Delhi: A committee to divide the human resource between newly formed Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh will be formed by the centre. The panel will look into all the aspects of the division of manpower, including senior police and administrative officers. “Cadre (of senior officers) allocation is going to be a Herculean task as most of the officers only want the Jammu and Kashmir cadre and very few want to opt for the Ladakh cadre due to various factors,” said an official. Most of the Indian Police Service and Indian Administrative Service officers want to opt for Jammu and Kashmir. Difficult terrain is cited by the officers as one of the reasons for not opting for Ladakh. The total strength of IAS and IPS officers is around 277, the official said.
National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval met Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik at the Raj Bhavan on Friday, an official spokesperson said. The NSA, who has been camping here since Tuesday to take stock of the ground situation in the state, discussed the prevailing scenario with the governor, he said.
Days after imposing Section 144, the government on Friday said that the restrictions will be reduced in Jammu and schools will open on Saturday. The Jammu and Kashmir administration in an order withdrew the Section 144 which had been imposed since August 5. Meanwhile, Ministry of External Affairs reacting on the suspension of Samjhauta Express between New Delhi and Attari on Friday called it a “unilateral decision” by the neighbouring country. MEA Spokesperson, Raveesh Kumar said, “It is a unilateral decision by Pakistan, we never asked for it and we regret it.”
Jaitley in ICU after breathing CWC likely to put stamp on Mukul Wasnik, issue, PM Modi pays visit but announcement could be delayed? New Delhi: Arun Jaitley, former Union minister and a senior BJP leader, was admitted to Delhi’s AIIMS this morning after he complained of breathing problems. He is under observation in an intensive care unit of the Cardio-Neuro center of the hospital. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Health Minister Harsh Vard-
han and other leaders visited Jaitley in the hospital. “Shri Arun Jaitley
was admitted to AIIMS today morning. He is currently undergoing treatment in the intensive care unit under the supervision of a multidisciplinary team of doctors. At present he is haemodynamically stable,” a hospital release informed. Jaitley, 66, had taken a long break as Finance Minister last year after a kidney transplant. Turn to P4
Aditi Nagar New Delhi: In a report published on July 15, First India had predicted Mukul Wasnik’s appointment as the new regular or interim Congress President. By zeroing in on Wasnik, Congress is going to play a dalit card, as Wasnik belongs to that category, the report had stated.
A NEW BEGINNING!
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called on Governor Jagdeep Dhankar at his official residence in Kolkata on Friday.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called on Governor Jagdeep Dhankar at his official residence on Friday. The meeting lasted for good ninety minutes. “It was a courtesy call,” Banerjee told reporters after the meeting, the first between the chief minister and the governor. Dhankar’s wife also joined the two for some time. A former Lok Sabha MP from Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan and a noted Supreme Court advocate, Dhankar took oath as the 28th governor of West Bengal on July 30.
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CEC Sunil Arora rules out return to ballot papers, cites SC verdicts Kolkata: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora on Friday categorically dismissed the demand for doing away with EVMs and bringing back ballot papers, citing orders passed by the Supreme Court in the past. He also said assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be held only after receiving a formal communication from the union ministries of home, and law and justice to that effect. West Bengal Chief
“The Supreme Court has more than once said that ballot papers are our past,” Arora told reporters at the Kolkata airport.
Minister Mamata Banerjee and a host of other opposition leaders, including TDP’s
N Chandrababu Naidu, Farooq Abdullah of the National Conference and Ma-
harashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray, have repeatedly claimed that Electronic Voting Machines could be tampered with and demanded a return to ballot papers. “We are not going back to the era of ballot papers. Banerjee has often said that EVMs were earlier used in developed countries like the US, UK, France and Germany but they all reverted to ballot papers. Turn to P4