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Modi vs Rest: Biggest anti-BJP unity 

show since 1996. Will it hold till 2019? 

I am not responsible for poor 

performance of PC party- Patrick 

In a special conversation with the 

Parvasi radio owner Mr. Rajinder 

Saini on Thursday, Patrick Browne, 

former PCC leader. 

Bengaluru: The idea of a 

grand anti-BJP coalition emerging 

before next year’s Lok Sabha 

polls appeared to be on a firmer 

footing on Wednesday when 

almost all the non-BJP parties 

came together here to celebrate 

the inauguration of the JD(S)- 

Congress coalition government, 

raising the prospect of a mouthwatering 

‘Modi versus Rest’ contest 

in 2019. 

Barring Odisha CM Naveen 

Patnaik, who decided to stay 

away, and his Telangana counterpart 

K Chandrashekhar Rao 

who had visited H D Kumaraswamy 

and his father H D Deve 

Gowda on Tuesday, leaders of 

most non-BJP parties were present 

to mark the launch of a regime 

hastily forged to stop BJP 

from wresting control of Karnataka. 

The oath-taking ceremony of 

CM Kumaraswamy and his deputy, 

Congress’ G Parmeshwara, 

on the lawns of the imposing 

Vidhan Soudha marked the first 

time that the entire phalanx of 

outfits had come together on one 

platform. Most of them have little 

in common but for an intense 

and still-growing desire to stop 

PM Modi from getting a second 

term. This was the biggest gathering 

of anti-BJP forces since 

1996 when the first such grouping 

emerged as the single largest 

group in Lok Sabha. 

Wednesday’s coming together 

of several political outfits 

invited immediate comparisons 

with the Kumbh, when people 

of different persuasions and divergent 

sects come together. The 

difference was that those present 

on the big dais were motivated 

by clear-eyed political calculations 

rather than hope of any 

spiritual salvation. The context 

itself was the biggest give-away. 

BJP may have fallen tantalisingly 

short of a clearly majority, 

but its performance defied the 

estimates of Congress, JD(S) and 

other opponents. 

Continued on page 05 

Ontario NDP, Tories Tied for support 

as Liberals trail behind: Leger Poll 

The Canadian Press 

TORONTO: The New Democrats 

have the same 37 per 

cent voter support as the 

Progressive Conservatives 

even though most people believe 

the Tories will win the 

Ontario election come June 

7, a new poll suggests. 

According to the Leger 

poll being released Thursday, 

the struggling Liberals 

trail with 21 per cent support. 

While a sizable number 

of voters — more than one 

third of those asked — have 

yet to make a final decision 

about where their X will go 

come voting day, the survey 

indicates Andrew Horwath 

and her New Democrats are 

far and away the favoured 

second choice of voters. 

The poll finds that 63 per 

cent of Liberals would vote 

NDP as second choice, while 

40 per cent of Tories now led 

by Doug Ford said the same. 

"You can move from 

right to left as long as you 

avoid the Liberals," Bourque 

said in an interview. "What 

I'm seeing here is that if 

there is still movement between 

now and election 

day — or even over the last 

weekend — it should favour 

the NDP at this point in the 

game." 


13 transgenders will 

contest 2018 Pakistan 

general elections: Report 

IANS 

ISLAMABAD: For the 

first time, at least 13 transgender 

persons will contest 

the general elections 

in Pakistan this year with 

two of them contesting for 

the National Assembly, a 

media report said. 

Transgenders were included 

for the first time in 

the census, published in 

August. The survey identified 

only 10,418 transgender 

people out of a population 

of nearly 208 million in 

Pakistan. The importance 

of the participation of the 

trangenders was discussed 

yesterday at a national 

consultation where their 

political inclusion and empowerment 

for social progress 

was highlighted, the 

Express Tribune reported. 


NDP calls for Elections Ontario 

investigations into 12 PC campaigns 

The 12 PC campaigns the NDP has 

called to be investigated are: 

Beaches–East York 

rampton Centre 

Brampton West 

Brampton South 

Hamilton West- Ancaster-Dundas 

Burlington 

Mississauga East- Cooksville 

Mississauga—Streetsville 

Mississauga—Lakeshore 

Mississauga—Erin Mills 

Milton 

Oakville 

OTTAWA : Ontarians are 

rightfully outraged by Doug 

Ford and the PC’s 407 data 

breach scandal in this election. 

The 407 ETR is now 

sending letters to as many 

as 60,000 individuals that 

demonstrates their personal 

information has been compromised. 

This scandal is not 

confined to one city or one 

election campaign. 

The NDP has written 

Elections Ontario concerning 

12 PC campaigns to request 

investigations to determine 

if any of the illegally 

obtained data has been used 

in any way by these candidates 

and campaigns. 

These 12 campaigns 

have been identified in various 

media reports due to discrepancies 

in their nomination 

processes. 

Peel Police-Third Suspect in a Vicious Assault Surrenders to Police 

Region of Peel : Investigators 

from the 12 Division Criminal 

Investigation Bureau have 

arrested a third male responsible 

for a vicious assault on a 

male with autism, in the City 

of Mississauga. 

On Tuesday, March 13, 

2018 at approximately 10:45 p.m. Peel 

Regional Police responded to a violent 

assault that occurred in 

the Square One bus terminal 

located at 200 Rathburn Road 

West in the City of Mississauga. 

The 29 year-old victim 

from Mississauga was sitting 

on the lower level stairs in the bus 

terminal when he was approached by 

three male suspects. The three males 

surrounded the victim and proceeded 

to punch and kick the male multiple 

times. The suspects then fled the area. 

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May 25, 2018 | Toronto 

Ont. NDP, PCs tied at 37 per cent support, new poll suggests 


TORONTO : The New 

Democrats have the same 37 

per cent voter support as the 

Progressive Conservatives 

even though most people believe 

the Tories will win the 

Ontario election come June 

7, a new poll suggests. 

According to the Leger 

poll being released Thursday, 

the struggling Liberals 

trail with 21 per cent support. 

While a sizable number 

of voters - more than one 

third of those asked - have 

yet to make a final decision 

about where their X will go 

come voting day, the survey 

indicates Andrea Horwath 

and her New Democrats are 

far and away the favoured 

second choice of voters. 

The poll finds that 63 

per cent of Liberals would 

vote NDP as second choice, 

while 40 per cent of Tories 

now led by Doug Ford said 

the same. 

Leger executive vicepresident 

Christian 

Bourque said that's a reflection 

of the antipathy 

respondents feel toward the 

Liberals, led by Kathleen 

Wynne. 

"You can move from 

right to left as long as 

you avoid the Liberals," 

Bourque said in an interview. 

"What I'm seeing here 

is that if there is still movement 

between now and 

election day - or even over 

the last weekend - it should 

favour the NDP at this point 

in the game." 

Horwath also leads 

handily in terms of who voters 

think would make the 

best premier. In all, 28 per 

cent of those asked named 

her, while 23 per cent - most 

men - said Ford. Wynne 

earned the nod from a mere 

12 per cent. Horwath's approval 

rating crosses all age 

groups. 

Additionally, asked 

which leader has run the 

best campaign, 34 per cent 

opted to name Horwath, 

while 23 per cent gave Ford 

the nod and only nine per 

cent chose Wynne. Even 

among Conservative supporters, 

59 per cent said 

Ford had run the best campaign. 

"That's not a whopping 

number," Bourque said. "If 

you look at the Liberals, 

only 39 per cent feel Kathleen 

Wynne has led the best 

campaign." 

Bourque says the belief 

the Conservatives will 

win - 40 per cent indicated 

as much while just 13 per 

cent said the same for the 

other two parties - is likely 

a reflection of a narrative in 

place for month. 

"That's what they've 

been told since the start 

of the campaign - that the 

Ontario PCs would win," 

Bourque said. "It's probably 

fuelled the NDP vote (and) it 

probably takes the Liberals 

out of the equation." 

Despite Horwath's performance 

and her party's 

favoured second-choice status 

among supporters of the 

other two parties, Bourque 

said it is still too unpredictable 

to predict the New 

Democrats will end up in 

first place - at least in terms 

of the popular vote. 

"It's all up for grabs," 

Bourque said. 

The online Leger survey 

of 1,008 people eligible to 

vote in the Ontario election 

was done May 18 to May 22. 

The company says it used 

2016 census data to weight 

the results by age, sex, 

mother tongue, region and 

education to ensure what 

it says is a representative 

sample of the population. 

Peel Police-Third Suspect in a 

Vicious Assault Surrenders to Police 

Continued from page 01 

On Wednesday, May 16, 2018 investigators issued 

a Canada Wide Arrest Warrant for Jaspaul 

UPPAL, a 21-year-old male, of no-fixed address for 

Aggravated Assault. 

On Saturday, May 19, 2018 Jaspaul UPPAL 

surrendered himself to the Abbotsford Police Department 

in British Columbia. UPPAL has been 

returned to the Region of Peel and is charged with 

one count ofAggravated Assault. UPPAL will appear 

at the Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton 

on Thursday, May 24, 2018 for a bail hearing. 

On Friday, March 23, 2018 Peel Regional 

Police investigators with the assistance of 

Windsor Police arrested and charged Parmvir 

'Parm' Singh CHAHIL,a21-year-old male of no 

fixed address for Aggravated Assault. On Monday, 

March 26, 2018 Peel Regional Police Investigators 

arrested and charged Ronjot DHAMI, a 25-year-old 

male of no fixed address also for one count of Aggravated 

Assault. 

Peel Regional Police would like to thank 

the Abbotsford Police Department specifically 

their Gang Crime Unit and the RCMP for their assistance. 

Delivering the Liberal Message 

with Federal Friends 

Brampton: The first long 

weekend of summer is always 

best when spent with friends 

and family!I had the pleasure 

of canvassing Brampton South 

with our Federal Members of 

Parliament the Hon. Navdeep 

Bains, Mississauga-Malton and 

Sonia Sidhu, Brampton South. 

Both MPs took time from 

their schedules to join me in 

speaking and listening to our 

neighbours while spreading the 

Liberal message about improving 

the quality of life, peace of 

mind and economic prospects 

for Ontario families. We received 

enthusiastic responses 

and shared your important concerns 

about our local challenges, 

strengthening my resolve 

to work very hard to gain your 

trust this election to become 

your champion at Queen’s 

Park. From my family to yours, 

we hope that this past long 

weekend was a fun and productive 

start to the upcoming summer 

season! On June 7th and 

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May 26th to 30th, our choice 

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Horwath also leads handily in terms of who voters 

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cent of those asked named her, while 23 per cent — 

most men — said Ford. Wynne earned the nod from 

a mere 12 per cent. Horwath's approval rating crosses 

all age groups. Additionally, asked which leader has 

run the best campaign, 34 per cent opted to name Horwath, 

while 23 per cent gave Ford the nod and only 

nine per cent chose Wynne. Even among Conservative 

supporters, 59 per cent said Ford had run the best 

campaign. 

"That's not a whopping number," Bourque said. 

"If you look at the Liberals, only 39 per cent feel Kathleen 

Wynne has led the best campaign."Bourque says 

the belief the Conservatives will win — 40 per cent indicated 

as much while just 13 per cent said the same 

for the other two parties — is likely a reflection of a 

narrative in place for month. "That's what they've 

been told since the start of the campaign — that the 

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Doug Ford dismisses Liberal allegations 

he was involved in fake membership sales 


TILLSONBURG, Ont. : Doug Ford 

is dismissing allegations that he was 

involved in selling fake Progressive 

Conservative party memberships as 

a desperate attempt by the governing 

Liberals to change the channel 

two weeks before the Ontario election. 

Ford, who became Opposition 

leader earlier this year, says the allegations, 

which date back to 2016, 

were brought to the party at the 

time and an appeal was dismissed. 

The Liberals played audio at a 

news conference today that they allege 

is of Ford trying to sign up people 

to vote for a particular candidate 

in a nomination race, but telling 

them they don't have to pay. 

Memberships to the Progressive 

Conservative party cost $10 for one 

year and must be paid by the individuals 

who sign up. 

Liberal campaign co-chair Deb 

Matthews says paying for someone 

else's membership could violate 

election laws against making secret 

donations and possibly put someone 

over the donation cap. 

Ford says he did not pay for anyone 

else's membership, but didn't 

deny that he told potential members 

they wouldn't have to pay if they 

signed up to vote for his preferred 

candidate. 

Liberal government introduces measures 

to update Canada's family laws 

OTTAWA : The federal government has introduced new legislation 

that aims to help families settle disputes outside court, emphasize 

the well-being of impacted children and better enforce 

child support. Justice officials say there have not been substantial 

updates to federal family laws in 20 years. The legislation proposes 

"child-focused" language, which means replacing terms like "custody" 

and "access" — terms that have been known to fuel conflict 

between parents — with "parenting orders" and "parenting time." 

The proposed new measures would also address issues surrounding 

parents or children who relocate after a divorce and 

would, under some circumstances, allow authorities to use tax 

information to enforce child support payments. Once passed, 

Bill C-78 would also require courts to take family violence and a 

number of other factors into account when deciding parenting 

arrangements. The proposed legislation would make changes to 

the Divorce Act, the Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement 

Assistance Act, and the Garnishment, Attachment and Pension 

Diversion Act. 

Poilievre demands 

Liberals take the lid off 

the 'carbon tax cover-up' 


OTTAWA : Conservative finance 

critic Pierre Poilievre 

plans to press Bill Morneau 

for a better explanation of the 

impact of the federal government's 

carbon pricing plan 

when the finance minister 

takes the hot seat tonight in 

the House of Commons. 

Morneau is one of two 

ministers chosen by the Conservatives 

for a special oncea-year 

extended Q-and-A session, 

a four-hour marathon 

beginning at 8 p.m. ET. 

Poilievre has been demanding 

for months to see 

the government's analysis of 

what its $50-a-tonne carbon 

price will cost Canadians — 

information he says the Liberals 

refuse to share. 

Poilievre used today's 

question period as a warmup 

act for tonight's meeting, 

arguing that the Liberals 

are engaged in what he calls 

a "carbon tax cover-up" that 

will make life more expensive 

for everyone. The Conservatives 

say getting rid of 

the carbon price is the first 

thing they will do if they win 

the 2019 election. Poilievre 

also plans to push Morneau 

further on the government's 

plan to cover cost overruns 

on the Trans Mountain 

pipeline if they are caused 

by political interference and 

delays. 

NDP only Ontario party opposed to siting nuclear waste bunker near Lake Huron 


TORONTO :Of the three 

main parties vying for office 

in Ontario's spring election, 

only the NDP has spoken out 

against building a $2.4-billion 

nuclear waste bunker near 

Lake Huron. 

NDP Leader Andrea Horwath 

said the idea of burying 

radioactive waste so close to 

a major fresh-water source 

worries her and, should she 

be elected on June 7, would 

look to intervene against the 

project. 

"As a party, we're not in 

favour of having that facility 

in that location," Horwath 

said recently on the campaign 

trail. "It's something that 

we're quite concerned about. 

We know that other leaders, 

both in Canada and across the 

border in the States, have sent 

significant letters of concern 

and protest to the federal government 

in regard to the siting 

of this facility." 

Ontario Power Generation 

argues the deep geologic 

repository at the Bruce Nuclear 

Generating Station near 

Kincardine, Ont., is by far 

the best and safest option for 

permanently storing the lowand 

intermediate-level toxic 

waste that has been stored for 

years above ground. The utility 

maintains the stable rock 

would ensure no radiation 

leakage for centuries. 

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"I hear big concerns from 

many different jurisdictions 

as well as individuals as well 

as communities," Horwath 

said. "As an individual, as an 

Ontarian, as a Canadian, I'm 

worried about it. It's problematic. 

I don't think it's smart to 

have any kind of nuclear storage 

on the edge of the lake." 

The waste bunker, first 

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ago, is currently awaiting final 

approval from the federal 

government. Ottawa has repeatedly 

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review panel gave 

its approval three years ago. 

Most recently, federal 

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premier, suggested the province 

has no role to play in the 

approval process. 

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Voices TV to simultaneously broadcast multicultural 

Programming in multiple languages 

An initiative of Ethnic Channels Group Ltd, the channel will broadcast Canadian programming 

content that caters to multiple ethnic communities in their preferred language. 

Council Votes to Save 250 

Year Old Red Oak Tree, 

TORONTO: Canada's largest 

ethnic television broadcasting 

company is all set 

to unveil their newest venture 

- a uniquely innovative 

multicultural television 

channel that will allow Canadians 

of all communities 

and backgrounds to access 

programming content, be it 

news, information or entertainment, 

in the language 

of their choice, simultaneously. 

Aptly titled Voices TV, 

the channel, a game-changing 

initiative of the Ethnic 

Channels Group Ltd (ECG), 

will focus on regional, national 

and international 

news, information, current 

affairs and entertainment 

programming to satisfy the 

needs of all Canadians irrespective 

of their cultural 

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"A key element of our 

programming strategy for 

Voices TV is that we will be 

offering programming in 

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languages in the first 

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We will increase the number 

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To fulfil the growing 

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community, Voices TV 

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North Korea demolishes nuclear test site 

Punggye-ri: North Korea 

warned on Wednesday that it 

would bail out of a scheduled 

June 12 summit between its 

leader Kim Jong-un and US 

President Trump if Washington 

attempted to corner 

Pyongyang with unilateral denuclearisation 

demands and 

continued its military drills 

with South Korea that it sees 

as part of an existential threat. 

North Korea destroyed 

its only known nuclear test 

site with a series of explosions 

over several hours on Thursday, 

taking an initial step 

towards denuclearization, according 

to journalists visiting 

the area. 

The North dynamited the 

North Portal, also referred to 

as Tunnel No. 2, at Punggyeri, 

a northeastern remote 

area, at 11 a.m., Yonhap news 

agency reported. 

Two other tunnels were 

destroyed at 2.17 p.m. followed 

by the explosion of barracks, 

observation towers and other 

facilities on the ground. 

The blasts ended at 4.17 

p.m., the journalists said without 

clarifying whether Tunnel 

No. 1 or the East Portal, 

was removed as well. Among 

the four tunnels in the zone, 

the East Portal was evidently 

abandoned earlier, according 

to 38 North, a US-based website. 

North Korea allowed a select 

group of journalists from 

Britain, China, Russia, South 

Korea and the US to watch its 

engineers destroy and close 

tunnels in the Punggye-ri test 

site, where the country conducted 

all six of its nuclear 

tests. 

No independent outside 

nuclear monitors were invited 

to verify the dismantlement 

of the site. 

The South Korean government 

welcomed the move, 

voicing hope for further progress 

in efforts for a nuclearfree 

Korea. 

"The government evaluates 

the dismantlement of 

the nuclear test site this time 

as the meaningful first step 

for translating North Korea's 

will for complete denuclearization, 

which it expressed 

via the South-North summit, 

into action," the Ministry of 

Foreign Affairs said in a statement. 

It added that it will continue 

diplomatic efforts to realize 

the complete denuclearization 

stipulated in the Panmunjom 

Declaration, referring to the 

inter-Korean summit deal 

reached in April, and the establishment 

of permanent 

peace on the peninsula. 

In its own statement, the 

North said it "completely" collapsed 

the nuclear test facilities. 

The Nuclear Weapons 

Institute of the DPRK said it 

held a ceremony for completely 

dismantling the northern 

nuclear test ground of North 

Korea on May 24, according 

to the Korean Central News 

Agency. 

"The Punggye-ri test site 

was what the North had used 

to advance its nuclear capabilities," 

said Chang Cheol-un, a 

researcher at the Institute for 

Far Eastern Studies in Kyungnam 

University. "It should be 

regarded as a symbolic step 

of finally submerging the 

North's nuclear test site." 

But sceptics claimed the 

demolition had little substantial 

effect on the North's 

nuclear programme as Punggye-ri 

may had already been 

rendered useless due to repeated 

blast tests. 

Trump cancels Singapore summit with Kim Jong-un 

Indo-Asian News Service 

Washington : US President 

Donald Trump said on 

Thursday that the summit 

scheduled with North Korean 

leader Kim Jong-un 

on June 12 in Singapore has 

been cancelled. 

In a letter to Kim, Trump 

said he made the decision 

based on the "tremendous 

anger and open hostility" in 

a recent North Korean statement. 

The meeting, which 

would have marked the first 

face-to-face encounter between 

a sitting US President 

and a North Korean leader, 

was set for June 12. 

The news came as North 

Korea made a show of dismantling 

a nuclear test site, 

but also on the heels of some 

sharp words from the North 

Korean government about 

America's denuclearization 

demands. 

North Korea had 

abruptly cancelled talks 

with South Korea out of anger 

over joint military tests 

with the US in the Korean 

peninsula. 

While Trump had repeatedly 

played up the 

historic significance of the 

meeting, he also often leavened 

his optimism with a 

cautious "we'll see". 

Much of the letter was 

written in conciliatory 

terms, including praise for 

North Korea's recent release 

of three American 

prisoners, Trump also appeared 

to issue a threat 

that conjured memories of 

his war of words with Kim 

last year. "You talk about 

your nuclear capabilities, 

but ours are so massive 

and powerful that I pray to 

God they will never have to 

be used," Trump wrote in 

the letter tweeted by White 

House. Trump left the door 

open for arranging a new 

meeting with Kim. 

"If you change your 

mind having to do with this 

most important summit, 

please do not hesitate to call 

me or write," the President 

wrote. "This missed opportunity 

is a truly sad moment 

in history." 

Trump said it would be 

"inappropriate" to hold the 

summit as scheduled in Singapore, 

adding he was very 

much looking forward to 

meeting him "some day". 

13 transgenders will contest 2018 

Pakistan general elections: Report 


The consultation was organised by All Pakistan Transgender 

Election Network (APTEN) in collaboration with the Election 

Commission of Pakistan (ECP).The meeting was attended 

by all the potential candidates and representatives from their 

assigned constituencies, it said. Of the 13 transgender candidates, 

two will contest for National Assembly and the rest for 

provincial assembly seats, the report said.Pakistan's election 

commission on Monday proposed July 25-27 as possible dates 

for holding the general elections in the country. 

The Election Act 2017 under Article 48 A and B transgender 

community are included in the vulnerable community 

which means that they shall not be required to stand in queue 

and will be given priority of right to vote, Qamar Naseem, 

member of the Chief Minister's Special Community on Rights 

of the Transgender Persons (K-P) and member of the National 

Task Force said."The polling station staff will ensure that they 

will cast their votes as soon as they will reach the polling station," 

he said.Naseem further said that last time four transgender 

persons contested general election but they could not 

do it in proper order. However, this year the community has 

constituted APTEN which will provide them (transgender) a 

platform from where they will contest election in an organised 

manner, the report said. 

13 killed as heavy rains lash Sri Lanka 


Colombo : Three more deaths have taken the toll due 

to heavy monsoon rains in Sri Lanka to 13 and the number 

of people evacuated to over 50,000, according to the 

latest official figures released on Thursday. 

The country's Disaster Management Centre said 

that the number of evacuees rose from the 27,621 announced 

on Wednesday to 54,205, most of whom sought 

refuge in 251 shelters 

set up by the 

government. 

The total number 

of people affected 

by the monsoon 

on the island since last week also climbed from the 

84,943 announced a day earlier to 125,954 on Thursday, 

Efe news reported. According to the weather forecast, 

the rains were expected to continue for the next three 

days so the Army deployed over 700 soldiers in emergency 

services while another 6,000 were on standby. 

The southern and western parts of the country were 

the worst-affected, where 43 houses were destroyed and 

3,225 were partially damaged. Moreover, 143 critical infrastructures 

of the country were also damaged. In June 

2017, monsoon rains and cyclone Mora caused at least 

212 deaths and 79 disappearances in the country.

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Tuticorin Tragedy 

Deaths are an indictment of state government’s 

handling of a festering issue 

Ten people were killed on Tuesday in Tuticorin, 

Tamil Nadu, on account of police firing 

after protests against a local copper smelter 

turned violent. The tragic loss of lives could 

have been avoided if the state government 

had been prepared. There was no shortage of 

warnings that Tuesday’s protest march, which 

marked the 100th day of the agitation, would very 

likely turn violent. The judicial inquiry ordered 

by the AIADMK government may unearth relevant 

facts. But the inescapable conclusion is that 

along with intelligence agencies it was caught 

napping. 

The protests and violence highlight critical 

issues India has to contend with. An industrial 

policy involves creating a credible mechanism 

to deal with negative externalities. The environmental 

impact of industrialisation has to be 

at the heart of it. In Tuticorin Sterlite Copper, 

which operates a copper smelter and makes sulfuric 

and phosphoric acid, had an uneasy relationship 

with large sections of the local community 

over allegations of violating environmental 

laws. In 2013, the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control 

Board shut down the plant following reports of a 

gas leak. More recently, the plant has been closed 

for a while as the board did not renew its consent 

to operate. 

Despite this, state regulatory authorities 

clearly fail to inspire confidence. The current 

round of protests began in early February. They 

gained momentum over time with groups from 

other areas joining in. This also appears to have 

contributed to the violence. Last week, the Madras 

high court observed that not all protesters 

have peaceful intentions. Despite clear warnings, 

how did things come to such a pass? It is not just 

the state government which has a credibility issue. 

It doesn’t reflect well on Sterlite that more 

than two decades after it began operations, it is 

unable to convince many locals that it follows 

laws. 

The Tamil Nadu government needs to put its 

house in order. Its handling of this issue has been 

abysmal. It is not just the administration that is 

to blame. The political class could not mediate 

effectively and prevent anger from boiling over. 

At the national level, the Tuticorin tragedy reinforces 

the need to establish a credible regulatory 

mechanism to deal with fallouts of economic 

development. Protests are partly a symptom of 

regulatory failure. Unless this issue is addressed, 

India will also pay an economic cost in terms of 

lost opportunities. Times news Network 

Digital India Comes Of Age 

Under the Modi government it is giving rise to employment, 

entrepreneurship and empowerment 

Ravi Shankar Prasad 

After coming to power, Prime 

Minister Narendra Modi gave the 

vision of Digital India as an important 

programme to transform India 

through the power of technology 

and bridge the digital divide. Other 

programmes like Start-up India, 

Stand-up India and Skill India were 

designed to become an important 

adjunct to this larger narrative. 

Four years down the line, empirical 

evidence suggests that Digital 

India is not only creating empowerment 

but also generating employment 

opportunities and promoting 

entrepreneurship. Laying down of 

2,74,246 km of optic fibre connecting 

1.15 lakh gram panchayats under 

BharatNet, in comparison to 

a mere 358 km under the previous 

government, speaks volumes about 

the speed with which we have created 

digital infrastructure. 

Aadhaar, now backed by a robust 

law unlike in the UPA proposal, 

is playing a significant role in 

linking the physical with the digital 

to facilitate seamless delivery of 

services in a transparent manner. 

The JAM trinity (31crore Jandhan 

bank accounts, 120 crore Aadhaar 

and 121 crore mobile phones) and 

the delivery of welfare measures 

and benefits directly to the bank accounts 

of the poor under DBT has 

led to a saving of Rs 90,000 crore, because 

digital identity removes middlemen 

and fictitious claimants. 

The unique platform of Common 

Services Centres (CSCs) – 

which were just 83,000 when the 

present government was formed – 

now numbering 2.91 lakh with presence 

in 1.83 lakh gram panchayats 

has become a robust movement for 

digital delivery of services ranging 

from banking to insurance to 

pension to land records to Bharat 

bill payments and a host of others. 

Many of these are moving into new 

areas like skilling, LED bulb manufacturing, 

spreading digital literacy 

and even establishing low-cost 

sanitary napkin outfits for improving 

menstrual health in rural areas. 

In FY 2017-18, the CSCs carried 

out transactions worth Rs 19,925 

crore against merely Rs 182 crore 

in 2013-14. 

Home grown, low cost technology 

based initiatives like e-Hospital, 

e-Scholarship, soil health cards, 

Jeevan Pramaan for pensioners, e- 

NAM linking agricultural mandis 

to farmers and a host of other digital 

products are ensuring flawless 

delivery of services and creating 

entrepreneurship. 

Other digital products like 

the cloud based digi-locker and 

extraordinary rise in digital payments 

including phenomenal success 

of the home grown Bhim app 

(whose monthly transaction value 

increased from Rs 5,325 crore in 

October 2017 to Rs 24,172 crore in 

March 2018), are all extraordinary 

signs of transformation leading to 

employment and entrepreneurship 

opportunities. The stellar success 

of the recently launched Umang 

app that integrates central and 

state government services on one 

platform and has seen more than 50 

lakh downloads since its November 

2017 launch, is noteworthy. 

In making Digital India a mass 

movement our programme to open 

BPOs in small towns of India provides 

government support to bridge 

the viability gap. In just 3 years, 89 

BPOs operate today in 27 states/ 

UTs. BPOs are now operational in 

Imphal, Guwahati, Siliguri, Patna, 

Muzaffarpur, Madurai, Puducherry 

and even in areas like Badgam, Sopore 

and Srinagar. Many girls and 

boys from rural areas work in them 

and some even service clients from 

abroad. This has created opportunities 

for thousands of jobs. 

This extraordinary development 

of a digital ecosystem is taking 

place in sync with the larger 

and conventional IT profile of India. 

According to Nasscom, the formal 

IT-BPM sector today stands at 

$167 billion with exports reaching 

$126 billion. It has added 6,00,000 

jobs in the last 3 years, employing 

3.97 million people directly and almost 

12 million people indirectly. 

Even in face of global slowdown, 

the sector continued to expand in 

India and added almost 1 lakh jobs 

in FY 2017-18. 

As part of the larger Make in 

India vision, my ministry has actively 

promoted electronics manufacturing. 

Riding on government 

incentives such as MSIPS and others, 

electronics manufacturing has 

grown significantly in the last four 

years. Mobile phone manufacturing 

units in the country increasing 

from just 2 in 2014 to 120 in 2018. In 

the same period, annual production 

of mobile handsets increased from 

6 crore units valued at Rs 18,900 

crore to 22.5 crore units valued at 

Rs 1,32,000 crore. It has created 1 

lakh direct and 3 lakh indirect jobs. 

Similarly, TV and LED products 

manufacturing have grown significantly, 

with more than 50 units set 

up in the last 4 years. 

Another area of strong growth 

is the e-commerce sector, mainly 

driven by growing rural aspirations. 

Apart from generating employment 

in direct activities related 

to e-commerce platforms, 

this growth has a positive impact 

on the micro, small and medium 

enterprises (MSMEs) and has a favourable 

cascading effect on other 

industries, creating increased employment 

opportunities. 

The future is very promising because 

India’s digital economy, large 

size of our market, demographic 

dividend and passion for technology 

is creating enormous demand. 

Our digital economy also includes 

emerging areas like AI and IoT, the 

growing start-up movement and 

low cost, effective cyber security 

solutions. While we work out the 

details, no one doubts the potential 

to make India’s digital economy 

worth $1 trillion, employing 50-70 

lakh people in the next 5-7 years. 

The Asia head of a large tech 

company recently told me that in 

IIT campus interviews, the better 

students earlier used to line up for 

employment but now toppers state 

they would like to venture out as 

a start-up, because they want to be 

job givers rather than job seekers. 

The moment of digital empowerment, 

entrepreneurship and employment 

has indeed arrived. times 

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& Justice, and Electronics & Information 

Technology) 

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Changing Ontario: South Asian WomenStep 

Up to Empowerthe Community 

Joyeeta Dutta Ray 

Contributing Editor 

As Toronto evolves into the 

world’s most multicultural city, 

so does its colourful communities, 

rising as a collective force to 

overcome challenges.This time, 

it’s the women who are initiating 

change. Meet a few dynamic 

South Asian immigrantswho 

have stepped forward to pull up 

others in the community in various 

ways. 

SAWRO: If Women Move 

Forward, the Whole Community 

Moves Forward 

Shiuli Akhtar* (*name 

changed) is a matter of pride for 

Sultana Jahangir, Executive Director 

at South Asian Women’s 

Rights Org. (SAWRO). She defines 

what Toronto’s grassroots 

member-led non-profit organization 

stands for: helping South 

Asian women, Bangladeshis in 

her case,come into their own in 

Canada. 

Shiulimigrated to Toronto 

from Chittagong, Bangladesh in 

2013, two small kids in tow. She 

had a degree in Chemistry but no 

work experience to talk of and 

little English skills. When she 

approached SAWRO for help, 

she was first enrolled in an English 

learning class, followed by a 

computer course.When her skills 

grew, so did her confidence. She 

got a break in a cosmetics firmin 

December 2014, only to be laid off 

8 months later. 

Not one to leave anyone 

stranded in the middle of the 

road, SAWRO pulled her into- 

COSTI (employment services) 

to switch lanes as a medical lab 

technician. Shiuli rose to the 

challenge, volunteered in a clinic 

for 3 months before she was 

absorbed into a full-time role. 4 

years later, she lives her dreams 

in the same clinic with pride. 

Sultana Jahangir, originally 

from Bangladesh, moved to 

Toronto from the USA in 2005, 

where she lived for about 7 years. 

Having faced injustices as a new 

immigrant under the Bush Administration, 

she understood the 

plight of her people in Canada. 

“(Low-Income) women in 

the Bangladeshi community are 

very isolated. They are not familiar 

with writing resumes or Ontario’s 

employment process. It is 

hard for them to sustain precarious 

jobs as they are not protected 

by working rights. We have policies 

from the 1930s which do not 

apply in today’s environment.” 

The work environment in 

Canada is going through drastic 

change. Full-timeemployment 

supported by good wages is giving 

way to temporarycontracts 

that pay pittance. Women at 

the lower end of the job spectrum 

are hit hardest with little 

benefits and lesser job security. 

SAWRO helps themby working 

with labour rights and employmentorganizationsfor 

“systematic 

change”. Once these women 

sustain themselves, there is a 

profound difference.“They first 

get their voice and recognitionin 

their own families,” says Sultana. 

Today, after 5 years of service, 

SAWRO supports over 

2000 Bangladeshi, Pakistani, 

Afghani and Indian women. 

About346 were assistedwith 

jobs. Plans are on to reach othermarginalized 

groupsnow. “Every 

ethnic group has their own 

characteristics,”Sultanasays. 

There is no one solution for all. 

Women That Give:Driving 

Change by Giving Back 

When Harpreet Sodhi migrated 

to Canada from India in 

2001 to seek better opportunities 

for her family, little did she 

know that she would end up offeringgreater 

opportunities to 

others in the process. 

A computer teacher for seniors 

back in India, Harpreet 

was used to training the mentally 

and physically challenged. 

Since she was “lucky to be gainfully 

employed”, she set about 

helping others through “Women 

That Give” - a non-profit group 

foundedin 2016 byFawzia Khan 

jointly with like-minded South 

Asian volunteers. The mission 

was to offerweekly workshopsto 

helpfinancially distressed and 

mentally disturbed womenstand 

on their feet. 

One of their greatest victories 

was Carol Mckeon, amentally 

disabled woman under their 

care, who rose to take part in the 

2017 International Paralympics 

Softball team, held in Toronto. 

“Social isolation is a big factor 

that leads the disabled, abandoned 

and physically abusedto 

depression and financial distress”, 

says Fawzia.“WTG uplifts 

these women bybuilding their 

capacity and helping with job 

placements.” 

“This land gave us the opportunity 

to grow so it’s important 

for us to give back,” says 

Harpreet.“We wanted to combine 

efforts to make a stronger 

impact as a unified force”, adds- 

Fawzia. 

WINGS: Helping Women Professionals 

Fly Higher 

For Bhuvneet Thakur, life 

changed with WINGS(Women’s 

Initiatives to Nurture, Grow and 

Support), a Mississauga-based 

non-profit organization. 

A student who arrived in 2016 

to study at Humber College for a 

Business Accounting Diploma, 

Bhuvneet faced a roadblock once 

she finished her term. It was 

hard to find entry level jobs in 

her specialization. 

“I realized the importance 

ofconnecting withprofessionals 

and carryingcredible references,” 

she says. But for newcomers 

like her, networking is a challenge. 

“It’s hard to know who to 

talk with and how to start.” That 

is where WINGS steps in. 

Started by Sanjukta Das, a 

Humber College Business Placement 

Advisor and Social Activist, 

who came to Canada less 

than a decade back from India, 

WINGS took flightwith an enterprising 

board of women directorsin 

2014, to provide networking 

opportunities to empower 

women. 

Bhuvneetsecured a co-op 

placement with WINGS, and 

connected with other professionals, 

“magnifying her self confidence.” 

Shortly after, shegot the 

much-needed break at Humber 

College itself.“I will continue 

volunteering at WINGS to help 

others reach their goals,” she 

states. 

WINGS heldits first Trade 

Expoon March 18th, 2018 as 

a tribute to International 

Women’s Day,bringing together 

the rising number of 

South Asian women entrepreneurs 

and professionals 

at the Grand Convention 

Centre,Brampton.Fundsfrom the 

proceeds went towards ahomeless 

youth shelter. 

“Volunteering gives the 

chance to not just change 

one’s own life but also someone 

else’s”, saysBhuvneet. Good to 

see the baton pass on to younger 

hands. 

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published in The New Canadian Media. 

Canada's Trudeau calls for inquiry 

into Gaza deaths 

Ottawa : Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on 

Wednesday called for an "independent investigation" after 

the death of 60 Palestinians killed by the Israeli army 

during protests on Monday. 

"Reported use of excessive force and live ammunition 

is inexcusable," he said. "It is imperative we establish the 

facts of what is happening in Gaza." 

"Canada calls for an immediate independent investigation 

to thoroughly examine the facts on the ground 

-- including any incitement, violence, and the excessive 

use of force." Monday's violence coincided with the controversial 

inauguration of the new US embassy in Jerusalem, 

which broke with decades of international tradition. 

Israel justified the use of force against Palestinian 

protesters by citing the need to defend its borders, which 

the demonstrators were trying to overwhelm. Tens of 

thousands of Palestinians had gathered near the border 

while smaller numbers approached the fence and sought 

to break through. 

Trudeau offered Canadian assistance in the probe, 

while vowing to work with partners and multilateral institutions 

"to address this serious situation." The prime 

minister also said he is "appalled" that a Canadian doctor, 

Tarek Loubani, was among at least 2,400 unarmed protestors, 

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'Tarini' women now eye solo sailing 


Modi vs Rest: Biggest anti-BJP unity 

show since 1996. Will it hold till 2019? 

New Delhi: After successfully 

spending 194 days at sea 

and becoming the first allwomen 

naval crew to have circumnavigated 

the globe, the 

six-member crew of the Indian 

Navy's sailing vessel "Tarini" 

are now looking forward to 

solo sails. 

On Thursday, naval officers 

Lt. Commander Vartika 

Joshi, Lt. Commander Pratibha 

Jamwal, Lt. Commander 

Swathi Patarpalli, Lt. Aishwarya 

Bodapatti, Lt. S.H. Vijaya 

Devi and Lt. Payal Gupta 

were presented with the Nari 

Shakti Puraskar 2017 by Union 

Minister for Women and Child 

Development Maneka Gandhi. 

Sharing their future plans, 

the women officers said that 

they were planning to go for 

solo circumnavigation and 

also talked on the difficulties 

faced by them during their 

journey. 

"The most difficult stretch 

was probably the south Pacific 

ocean where we faced winds 

which rose close to 120km per 

hour and the waves were as 

high as 89 metres. It took us 

almost 90 hours to get out of 

the zone," Commander Jamwal 

said. Another trouble the 

team faced was that when they 

were hardly 2000 miles short of 

India, they had to take a detour 

and sailed the boat to the nearest 

port, Port Louis in Mauritius. 

However, not just the 

hurdles that they had to face, 

the members also had good 

moments during the course of 

their journey. 

"We did miss our families 

but we had made a family of 

six members in the boat. We 

cooked, did stitching, even 

baked cakes and celebrated 

birthdays inside the boat," Bodapatti 

noted. 

Three dreaded Maoists 

surrender in Maharashtra 


Gadchiroli (Maharashtra) : A month after 

the country's biggest security operations that 

saw 40 Maoists killed, three dreaded rebels, 

including a woman, with a collective reward 

of Rs 800,000 on their head, surrendered before 

the Maharashtra Police here on Thursday, 

an official said.Those who surrendered are: 

Rajita alias Siroti Madhuram Kurchami, 26, 

Jitendra alias Pardeshi Bajirao Pada, 21, and 

Tirupati alias Penta Sura Veladi, 20, active 

with various Maoist units in the region. Rajita, 

the sole female, joined the rebel groups in 2010 

and was involved in six police encounters, two 

murders, one arson and the state government 

had announced a reward of Rs 200,000 for her 

capture. Joining the rebel forces only last year, 

Jitendra is wanted in several major crimes and 

carried a reward of Rs 200,000 on his head. 

Tirupati, who had become a rebel in June 

2016, was involved in a major police encounter 

and other crimes for which he carried a 

reward of Rs 400,000. They laid down arms 

before Gadchiroli Superintendent of Police 

Abhinav Deshmukh and other top police and 

civil officers. 


The strong saffron 

showing underlined 

that Modi’s pull remains 

strong, and that Amit 

Shah has turned BJP 

into an electoral machine 

which can encash this asset 

even on terrains that 

are not too friendly. 

The resultant anxiety 

caused a chastened Congress 

to rush to pledge 

support to Kumaraswamy 

and West Bengal CM Mamata 

Banerjee to share the 

same dais with CPM general 

secretary Sitaram Yechury 

and Kerala’s Marxist 

chief minister Pinarayi 

Vijayan. 

UPA chairperson 

Sonia Gandhi, who had 

played the sheet-anchor of 

unity efforts when faced 

with a similar challenge 

of saffron ascendancy in 

2004, seemed ready to perform 

the same role. The 

former Congress boss, 

who lost no time in calling 

up JD(S) patriarch, former 

PM H D Deve Gowda, to offer 

Congress’s support to 

the latter’s son, warmly 

reached out to others, engaging 

Lalu Prasad’s son 

and successor-designate, 

former deputy CM of Bihar 

Tejashwi Yadav, in a 

lively conversation and 

showed conviviality towards 

others. 

But it was her geniality 

towards BSP Mayawati 

that was most striking, 

with the BSP boss fully reciprocating. 

In contrast, Rahul 

seemed subdued: something 

attributed to the 

disappointment over the 

party’s defeat and the 

possible awkwardness in 

being friendly with opposition 

grandees decades 

senior to him. 

Akhilesh Yadav and 

Mayawati looked comfortable, 

while the presence 

of Ajit Singh with the two 

UP satraps pointed to the 

challenge that BJP faces 

in next week’s bypoll for 

Kairana Lok Sabha constituency 

in UP. 

But the camaraderie 

could not conceal possible 

wrinkles, with many feeling 

Mamata’s distance 

from the Gandhis couldn’t 

have been just a coincidence. 

Mamata, along with 

Telangana CM K Chandrashekhar 

Rao, has 

mooted a “Federal Front” 

— a grouping of non-Congress 

and non-BJP parties 

— the project signalling 

the reluctance of regional 

chieftains to acquiesce in 

a diminished Congress’s 

claim to be the natural 

leader of an anti-BJP 

front. 

Six held, street children used for crime rescued 


New Delhi : Police on Thursday said they had 

busted a gang here that employed children living 

on the streets to pick pockets and snatch mobile 

phones -- after giving them proper training. 

As many as 12 children used by the gang were 

rescued and sent to a juvenile home by a court. 

A total of 40 mobile phones, a pistol and Rs 

4.5 lakh in cash were seized from the arrested 

persons. Those arrested include Yogesh, 19, Raj 

Kumar, 22, Govind, 23, Ankit, 25, Anil, 27, and 

Nasir, 28. They were caught from Janata Colony 

in Shahdara between Monday and Wednesday. 

"The gang was busted after a teenager was 

caught on Monday from Vivek Vihar with a 

stolen mobile phone. During questioning he revealed 

the modus operandi of the gang," Deputy 

Commissioner of Police Nupur Prasad said. The 

boy disclosed that other teenagers too were engaged 

by Raj Kumar and his gang to indulge in 

crime. 

The gang would pick street children, child 

beggars and orphans from pavements and lure 

them with food and money to Janata Colony, 

where they were kept and trained in the use of 

blades as weapons in case they were caught.



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TN CM blames parties, anti-socials 

for Thoothukudi violence 


Thoothukudi/Chennai : 

Thoothukudi remained tense for the 

third day as the death toll in police firing 

climbed to 13 while Tamil Nadu 

Chief Minister K. Palaniswamy on 

Thursday accused political parties and 

anti-social elements of "deliberately 

instigating and misleading" innocent 

people leading to violence and loss of 

lives. 

Selvasekar (43), who suffered serious 

injuries in police lathicharge on 

Tuesday, succumbed to injuries in hospital. 

More than 70 people, including 

police personnel who were injured in 

the clashes and violence, were undergoing 

treatment in the Government 

General Hospital. Meanwhile, an uneasy 

calm prevailed in Thoothukudi 

after two days of riots, arson and firing 

and the situation continues to be tense 

across the district. Shops and commercial 

establishments were shut for the 

third consecutive day while government 

offices witnessed thin attendance. 

Chief Minister Palaniswamy, who 

met reporters in Chennai, said his 

government would continue to take 

steps legally for closure of the Sterlite 

copper smelter plant against which 

the local people have been protesting 

and said electricity to the plant was 

cut on Thursday. "Some political parties 

and anti-social elements have wantonly 

instigated the innocent people 

who have been protesting peacefully 

all along and took them on the wrong 

path, leading to unfortunate incidents," 

Palaniswamy said without naming any 

political party. 

Replying to a question on who had 

given permission for the firing, he said 

there was nothing like permission. 

"It was natural that somebody 

would act in self-defence when attacked 

and the action was not pre-meditated. 

The police used tear gas shells, 

resorted to lathi charge and then only 

opened fire when mobs set on fire vehicles 

near the district collectorate and 

stormed the residential quarters in the 

plant and the district collectorate," he 

said. 

Usualy the police make preventive 

arrests but this time there was sudden 

violence compared to the peaceful 

protest that had been going on. The 

protesters had met the district administration 

16 times in the past and their 

grievances had been addressed. "We 

express deep condolences and a sense 

of sorrow over the loss of lives," he said. 

Appealing to the people to maintain 

peace and calm, he said all efforts were 

being taken to ensure return of normalcy 

in Thoothukudi. Asked about the 

charge by DMK leader M.K. Stalin that 

he refused to meet him on the issue, the 

Chief Minister accused him of enacting 

a drama outside his roon in the Secretariat 

by doing a dharna when he was 

not there. 

Replying to a question about the 

criticism that he did not visit Thoothukudi 

to meet the relatives of the victims 

and the injured, he said prohibitory 

orders had been imposed and people 

should respect law by not holding protests 

or taking out processions. 

Modi accepting fitness 

challenge invokes attack 

by rivals on poll promises 


New Delhi : The fitness challenge by Minister of Information 

and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore on 

Twitter turned political after Prime Minister Narendra 

Modi accepted the gauntlet thrown by cricketer Virat 

Kohli, with the opposition 

parties daring him to reduce 

the spiralling prices. 

Soon after Rathore appealed 

to the people to get fit 

and fitter and posted photos 

and videos on his exercise 

regime on the social media to inspire others to follow 

his advice, the #fitnesschallenge went viral on social 

media with many celebrities from Bollywood, sports 

and politics including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 

Superstar Amitabh Bachchan and tennis player Sania 

Mirza accepting the challenge. While the sports and 

film fraternity accepted the challenge and further dared 

others, the opposition leaders like Congress President 

Rahul Gandhi and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav took on 

the government on issues like oil price and job creation. 

Modi on Thursday accepted the fitness challenge thrown 

by cricketer Virat Kohli a day earlier saying he will soon 

post a personal fitness video. 

"Challenge accepted, Virat! I will be sharing my own 

#FitnessChallenge video soon. @imVkohli #HumFit- 

TohIndiaFit," Modi tweeted. 

Over 300 pc increase in 

cross-border this year 

New Delhi : There has been 

over 300 per cent increase in 

the incidents of cross-border 

firing along the India-Pakistan 

border in Jammu and 

Kashmir this year so far, 

leading to maximum deaths 

and injuries to BSF personnel 

in the last five years, an 

official data said. 

According to the data 

accessed by PTI, over 300 

unprovoked firing incidents 

have taken place this year 

till now, leading to the killing 

of five Border Security 

Force (BSF) personnel and 

injuring 34 of their colleagues 

who were deployed 

along the frontier areas of 

the international border in 

Jammu region. 

In comparison to this, 

a total of 111 unprovoked 

cross-border firing instances 

took place last year along 

this front while the figures 

were 204 incidents (in 2016), 

350 (in 2015) and 127 during 

2014. Two personnel of the 

border guarding force were 

killed and seven injured due 

to sniping and mortar shelling 

last year while three BSF 

personnel were killed and 10 

injured in such incidents in 

2016. 

Similarly, a BSF jawan 

was killed and five were injured 

in 2015 and two of its 

men were killed while 14 

were injured in 2014 at this 

border front in Jammu and 

Kashmir. 

The BSF had launched 

three special operations -- 

Rustam (2016), Arjun (2017) 

and Bheem (2019)-- as part of 

the government mandated 

'befitting reply' policy for 

retaliation of such firing incidents. 

The latest spell of these 

incidents began when Pakistan 

Rangers and their other 

units started shelling areas 

along the IB from May 15 

and till now 11 people including 

9 civilians and 2 jawans 

have been killed and over 60 

people, including over 48 civilians 

injured. 

The guns were relatively 

silent today along the IB in 

Jammu after nine days, a senior 

official said.


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May 25, 2018 | Toronto 12 

Khalsa Day Nagar Kirtan Parade at Windsor Downtown Festival Plaza 

Windsor : Windsor Sikh community, 

joined by Sikhs from 

across Ontario and the United 

States along with members 

and leaders of all different 

faith communities, gathered 

at Windsor Downtown Festival 

Plaza in the numbers of 

more than 10,000 on Sunday, 

May 20, 2018. It was a stunning 

day for the community 

to learn and celebrate the 

beautiful Sikh Khalsa Day - 

Vaisakhi. 

“Vaisakhi, traditionally 

a harvest festival, marks the 

very special significance day 

when the Tenth Guru of the 

Sikhs Guru Gobind Singh ji 

formalized the faith as Khalsa 

community, gave a distinct 

identity with five articles of 

faith which are the Kesh (unshorn 

hair) covered by a turban 

(keski), Kangha (wooden 

comb), Kara (iron bracelet), 

Kirpan, and Kachhera (cotton 

undergarment). The 

founding of the Khalsa was a 

pivotal event in Sikh history 

which gave the Sikh faith its 

final form and when the Guru 

transferred social and political 

power to the Sikh people. 

Nagar Kirtans are the traditional 

method of celebrating 

Vaisakhi. During a Nagar 

Kirtan the community jointly 

sing hymns from Sikh scriptures 

while walking together 

through the city. The Nagar 

Kirtan is led by the Panj Piare, 

five Sikhs who symbolically 

represent the authority 

bestowed on the entire 

Sikh Nation, as well as Guru 

Granth Sahib, which is not 

just the Sikh scripture but the 

embodiment of the spiritual 

authority of the Guru. Guru 

Granth Sahib is the centre of 

all Sikh devotional practice 

and is treated with the utmost 

respect, as we consider this 

scripture to be the embodiment 

of Divinity”, explained 

Harjinder Singh Kandola, 

President of Sikh Cultural Society 

of Metropolitan T:5” Windsor 

that organized this event with 

the support of various Sikh organizations. 

Mandeep Singh Gill and 

Harinder Singh Dhillon, 

two of the event organizers, 

said everyone is welcome 

and invited here to 

come out to celebrate and 

learn more about the Sikh 

faith and heritage. “Vaisakhi 

Nagar Kirtan is a time when 

Sikhs across the world reflect 

on and reaffirm their commitment 

to the values of equality, 

social justice, selflessness and 

community service,” said 

Gian Singh Chandan, another 

organizer. 

Representatives of various 

faith organizations, indigenous 

people, and community 

leaders including the Mayor, 

MPs, MPPs, and City Councilors 

walked in the parade 

with the Sikhs and donned 

orange/yellow scarves or turbans 

to cover their heads. “We 

are Getting into the spirit of 

things on Khalsa Day today. 

A colourful parade and great 

crowd 

o u t 

at Riverfront Festival Plaza”, 

remarked NDP MPP Percy 

Hatfield who joined the event 

with his other colleagues 

MP Tracey Ramsay and Essex 

NDP candidate Taras 

Natyshak. “It is Spectacular 

morning at Windsor Essex 

Vaisakhi Nagar Kirtan 

Khalsa Day Parade with our 

vibrant Sikh Community”, 

exclaimed Ramsey about the 

event. “Yellow and orange 

are the traditional colours of 

Vaisakhi. They represent the 

spirit of rebirth and sacrifice 

of the Punj Pyare but are also 

a colour of joy and celebration, 

stated Jagjit Singh Varaich, 

Secretary of SCSMW. 

The event included attractive 

colourful floats, exhibition 

of Sikh values, history, 

lifestyle, music, display 

of Sikh martial arts Gatka, 

Canadian Army band, and 

beautiful words shared by the 

community. Free food, drinks 

and other refreshments 

were served from stationary 

points as well as from other 

floats and vehicles displaying 

the great Sikh tradition 

of Langar – Free Community 

Kitchen. Gian Singh Chandan 

said, “Giving Back, sharing 

and Celebration go hand 

in hand for Sikh community 

in Windsor”. The event was 

also attended by Khalsa Aid, 

an international Sikh organization 

committed to selfless 

seva (service) through Humanitarian 

Aid work. Khalsa 

Aid Canada spokesperson 

Amninder Singh Chahal said, 

“Khalsa Day celebrations in 

Windsor at Festival Plaza is 

great opportunity to celebrate 

and raise funds for the disaster 

relief efforts. Much of the 

donations come from every 

day people to provide clean 

water and food in disaster areas, 

in places like Haiti, Iraq 

and Syria.” “We draw inspiration 

from Guru Gobind Singh 

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the entire human race as one”, 

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immediately wherever 

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is needed”. Remarked another 

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