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HAPPY RATH YATRA EID MUBARAK EID MUBARAK *INCLUSIVE OF TIMES OF CHANDIGARH | EPAPER. TIMESOFINDIA.COM BENNETT, COLEMAN & CO. LTD. | ESTABLISHED 1838 | TIMESOFINDIA.COM CHANDIGARH | SATURDAY, JULY 18, 2015 | PAGES 34* | PRICE `5.00 R ajiv Mohan Kulshresh- tha, who was held in Chi- na along with eight other for- eigners last week, will be deported to India soon as au- thorities there had found no evidence of his involvement in any “terror” or “anti-Chi- na” activity, top government sources said. The modalities for Kulshreshtha’s return will be worked out soon, re- ports Neeraj Chauhan. Kulshreshtha, in his 40s, runs an apparel export unit in Noida’s Sector 65. He had joined a travel group on a 47- day tour of China but did not know most of its mem- bers, an official said. P 7 Indian held in China to be sent back soon A mid the bitterness over exchange of fire on LoC, India and Pakistan have now accused each other of denying visas to diplomats. While Islamabad has been saying that New Delhi was delaying visas to many its officials and their fam- ilies — one of them over al- leged links to terror outfits — India on Friday hit back, saying Pakistan had de- layed issuing of visas to 12 of its diplomats, including a naval attache, and also didn’t give visa to a yoga in- structor on the eve of Inter- national Yoga Day. P 7 Amid border tension, India, Pak in visa row Sushmi.Dey@timesgroup.com New Delhi: In a breakthro- ugh that could lead to a new protocol for cancer detection and treatment, scientists have identified a glucose delivery mechanism which helps can- cer cells to survive and grow. The discovery can help in early detection of not only pancreatic and prostrate can- cer but many others like can- cer of the breast and colon. Announcing the findings, scientists from the University of California, Los Angeles also suggested the use of certain anti-diabetic drugs to reduce the growth of tumours. Cancer cells require large amounts of glucose to survive Academy of Sciences. “We have identified a new mechanism to import glucose into pancreatic and prostate cancer cells, namely active glucose transport mediated by sodium-dependent glucose transporters (SGLTs),” re- searchers said. and grow. So far, passive glu- cose transporters — membra- ne proteins known as GLUTS – were known to be the primary method used by the body. However, through a three-year study, UCLA scientists have identified a new pathway, re- vealed in an article in leading American science journal, Proceedings of the National Sugar trail may lead to early cancer detection Continued on P 13 C BI on Friday registered a case of murder in the mysterious death of 19-year-old MBBS student Namrata Damor in 2012. MP Police, while probing her death, had termed it an “accident” before closing it. CBI also filed a prelimi- nary enquiry into the death of TV journalist Akshay Singh, who passed away just after interview- ing Namrata’s father in MP’s Jhabua on July 4. P 13 Vyapam: CBI to probe ‘accident’ as murder case Saleem.Pandit @timesgroup.com Srinagar: In a landmark verdict amid fresh legal challenges to J&K’s special status, the state high court on Friday ruled that J&K’s constitution was “sovereign in character” and its as- sembly exercised “sovereign power” to legislate laws. Underlining that J&K’s unique character couldn’t be challenged or abridged, a bench of Justices Muzaffar Hussain Attar and Ali Md Magrey passed the ruling that the Securitization and Reconstruction of Finan- cial Assets and Enforce- ment of Security Interest Act couldn’t be extended to the state because Parlia- ment couldn’t make laws for it under Article 370. Court: J&K’s constitution ‘sovereign’ Continued on P 12 TIMES NEWS NETWORK Jammu/Jaipur: PM Naren- dra Modi and Congress vice- president Rahul Gandhi spa- rred on Friday in a glimpse of the fireworks expected in Par- liament when the monsoon session begins next week. Lauding late Girdhari Lal Dogra in Jammu on his birth centenary, Modi said the J&K finance minister presented 26 budgets but did no favours to family members, including son-in-law Arun Jaitley, now Union finance minister. He said Jaitley never was an em- barrassment to Dogra “like today’s damaads” — seen as a jibe at Sonia Gandhi’s son-in- law Robert Vadra. Rahul seemed to be hit- ting back when he said in Jai- pur that “the 56-inch chest will be reduced to 5.6 inches”, a reference to Modi’s remark that it took “a 56-inch-chest” for bold decisions. He added that Congress would fiercely oppose the Centre’s “anti- farmer bills” in Parliament. Ahead of Parliament session, Modi & Rahul in war of words Continued on P 10 FULL COVERAGE: P 10 A new methodology to collect data has resulted in ‘farmer suicides’ dropping by over 50%, from 11,700 in 2014 to 5,600 this year, reports Deeptiman Tiw- ary. While any farmer commit- ting suicide was counted under the category earlier, the data now includes only those suicides related to farm distress. P 12 Farmer suicides ‘drop’ by 50% M arital rape could soon be an offence, if a Centre-appoint- ed panel has its way. The Pam Raj- put committee, that recently sub- mitted its report to the women and child development ministry, hassaid that as a pro-woman mea- sure, marital rape should be con- sidered an offence irrespective of the age or relationship. P 11 Consider marital rape a crime: Panel E ven as AICC president’s daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra questioned as to why RTI activist Dev Ashish Bhatta- charya, who was not even a resi- dent of Himachal, had sought de- tails about her land buy at Chharaba, near Shimla, the activ- ist defended his Himachal Pra- desh link. P6 ‘RTI activist not from HP, reject plea’ OTHER TOP STORIES Flashfloods wreak havoc in Kullu, P 6 IIS officer made FTII director to end stor over Chauhan, P 7 ‘Centre was worried ACB would move against min’, P 12 Stalker stabs girl to death in central Delhi market, P 13 Neighbours attack family for cooking non-veg, P 7 Rohan.Dua@timesgroup.com Chandigarh: Here's one long drive that Punjab cops are not going to enjoy. Faced with a cash crunch, Punjab Police has ordered its provisioning wing to allot cars to both IPS and Punjab Police Services (PPS) officers “on the basis of rank and not name”. Irrespective of their post- ing, only officers of the rank of deputy inspector general (DIG) and above will be given Innovas. According to an offi- cial note Scorpio Getaway are meant for SHOs, Mahindra Bolero or Tata Sumo for DSPs, Xylo for SPs and Ertigas for assistant inspector generals (AIGs) at headquarters. As a result, 23 such cops in the state will have to forgo their high-end vehicles. “Ad- ditional director general of police (ADGP), provisioning and modernisation, Dinkar Gupta has proposed that there is no justification for having the same vehicle that is Innova, as the default vehi- cle for officers ranging from ADGP to DIG. Pb cops can’t pull rank for Innovas Ajay.Sura@timesgroup.com Chandigarh: Can the bleeding heart of armed forces veterans be ban- daged with a committee that looks into their griev- ances? The ministry of de- fence (MoD) is hoping the bandage works as it has for the first time formed a com- mittee of experts to look in- to their issues and try and minimize litigation. The veterans have been protesting for 'one rank one pension' (OROP) for more than a month and have even threatened to boycott all government functions. The new committee, however, would not touch any issue related to OROP. MoD’s panel to bandage veterans’ bleeding hearts Neel.Kamal@timesgroup.com Talwandi Sabo (Bathinda): In what could further fuel ten- sions between allies Shiroma- ni Akali Dal and the BJP, Pun- jab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Fri- day said that Punjab govern- ment is contemplating filing a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Madhya Pradesh high court seeking a ban on poppy cultivation and opium sale in the neighbouring state. Madhya Pradesh is a BJP- ruled state and both Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and his MP counter- part Shivraj Singh Chouhan have shared a good equation in the past. The move comes within days of the Badal gov- ernment telling the Punjab and Haryana high court that it dealt with about three lakh fresh cases of drug addicts be- tween June 2014 and July 2015. “The decision of Rajas- than high court placing an embargo on poppy cultivation was commendable and now Punjab government is plan- ning to move Madhya Pra- desh high court for stopping cultivation of poppy husk,” said Badal junior. He has consistently said that most drugs are not made in Punjab. While heroin comes from Pakistan, opium comes from Rajasthan and MP, he claims. State Seeks One Policy Pan-India Punjab to move MP HC for banning poppy cultivation ❝ The decision of Rajasthan high court placing an embargo on poppy cultivation was commendable Sukhbir Badal | PUNJAB DY CM ALL FOR RESTRICTIONS GUNNING for PRIDE Major Navdeep Singh, a supporter of soldiers’ disability rights Major D P Singh, the first Indian amputee marathon runner of the country Former adjutant general Lt General Mukesh Sabharwal Former military secretary Lt Gen Richard Khare Who's On Panel 23 new vehicles, P 4 BJP uncomfortable, P 6 Pending cases, P 6 Manish Choure
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BENNETT, COLEMAN & CO. LTD. | ESTABLISHED 1838 | TIMESOFINDIA.COM CHANDIGARH | SATURDAY, JULY 18, 2015 | PAGES 34* | PRICE ̀̀ 5.00
Rajiv Mohan Kulshresh-tha, who was held in Chi-
na along with eight other for-eigners last week, will bedeported to India soon as au-thorities there had found noevidence of his involvementin any “terror” or “anti-Chi-na” activity, top governmentsources said. The modalitiesfor Kulshreshtha’s returnwill be worked out soon, re-ports Neeraj Chauhan.
Kulshreshtha, in his 40s,runs an apparel export unitin Noida’s Sector 65. He hadjoined a travel group on a 47-day tour of China but didnot know most of its mem-bers, an official said. P 7
Indian held inChina to be
sent back soon
Amid the bitterness overexchange of fire on LoC,
India and Pakistan havenow accused each other ofdenying visas to diplomats.
While Islamabad hasbeen saying that New Delhiwas delaying visas to manyits officials and their fam-ilies — one of them over al-leged links to terror outfits— India on Friday hit back,saying Pakistan had de-layed issuing of visas to 12of its diplomats, includinga naval attache, and alsodidn’t give visa to a yoga in-structor on the eve of Inter-national Yoga Day. P 7
Amid bordertension, India,Pak in visa row
New Delhi: In a breakthro-ugh that could lead to a newprotocol for cancer detectionand treatment, scientists haveidentified a glucose deliverymechanism which helps can-cer cells to survive and grow.
The discovery can help inearly detection of not only
pancreatic and prostrate can-cer but many others like can-cer of the breast and colon.
Announcing the findings,scientists from the Universityof California, Los Angelesalsosuggested the use of certainanti-diabetic drugs to reducethe growth of tumours.
Cancer cells require largeamounts of glucose to survive
Academy of Sciences. “We have identified a new
mechanism to import glucoseinto pancreatic and prostatecancer cells, namely active glucose transport mediatedby sodium-dependent glucosetransporters (SGLTs),” re-searchers said.
and grow. So far, passive glu-cose transporters — membra-ne proteins known as GLUTS –were known to be the primarymethod used by the body.However, through a three-yearstudy, UCLA scientists haveidentified a new pathway, re-vealed in an article in leadingAmerican science journal,Proceedings of the National
Sugar trail may lead to early cancer detection
�Continued on P 13
CBI on Friday registereda case of murder in the
mysterious death of19-year-old MBBS studentNamrata Damor in 2012.MP Police, while probingher death, had termed it an“accident” before closing it.
CBI also filed a prelimi-nary enquiry into thedeath of TV journalistAkshay Singh, who passedaway just after interview-ing Namrata’s father inMP’s Jhabua on July 4. P 13
Vyapam: CBI toprobe ‘accident’as murder case
Srinagar: In a landmarkverdict amid fresh legalchallenges to J&K’s specialstatus, the state high courton Friday ruled that J&K’sconstitution was “sovereignin character” and its as-sembly exercised “sovereignpower” to legislate laws.
Underlining that J&K’sunique character couldn’tbe challenged or abridged, abench of Justices MuzaffarHussain Attar and Ali MdMagrey passed the rulingthat the Securitization andReconstruction of Finan-cial Assets and Enforce-ment of Security InterestAct couldn’t be extended tothe state because Parlia-ment couldn’t make lawsfor it under Article 370.
Court: J&K’sconstitution‘sovereign’
�Continued on P 12
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Jammu/Jaipur: PM Naren-dra Modi and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi spa-rred on Friday in a glimpse ofthe fireworks expected in Par-liament when the monsoonsession begins next week.
Lauding late Girdhari LalDogra in Jammu on his birthcentenary, Modi said the J&K
finance minister presented 26budgets but did no favours tofamily members, includingson-in-law Arun Jaitley, nowUnion finance minister. Hesaid Jaitley never was an em-
barrassment to Dogra “liketoday’s damaads” — seen as ajibe at Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra.
Rahul seemed to be hit-ting back when he said in Jai-pur that “the 56-inch chestwill be reduced to 5.6 inches”,a reference to Modi’s remarkthat it took “a 56-inch-chest”for bold decisions. He addedthat Congress would fiercelyoppose the Centre’s “anti-farmer bills” in Parliament.
Ahead of Parliament session,Modi & Rahul in war of words
�Continued on P 10
FULL COVERAGE: P 10
A new methodology to collectdata has resulted in ‘farmer
suicides’ dropping by over 50%,from 11,700 in 2014 to 5,600 thisyear, reports Deeptiman Tiw-ary. While any farmer commit-ting suicide was counted underthe category earlier, the datanow includes only those suicidesrelated to farm distress. P 12
Farmer suicides‘drop’ by 50%
Marital rape could soon be anoffence, if a Centre-appoint-
ed panel has its way. The Pam Raj-put committee, that recently sub-mitted its report to the womenand child development ministry,hassaid that as a pro-woman mea-sure, marital rape should be con-sidered an offence irrespective ofthe age or relationship. P 11
Consider maritalrape a crime: Panel
Even as AICC president’sdaughter Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra questioned as to why RTIactivist Dev Ashish Bhatta-charya, who was not even a resi-dent of Himachal, had sought de-tails about her land buy atChharaba, near Shimla, the activ-ist defended his Himachal Pra-desh link. P 6
‘RTI activist notfrom HP, reject plea’
OTHER TOP STORIES
�Flashfloods wreak havoc inKullu, P 6
�IIS officer made FTII directorto end stor over Chauhan, P 7
�‘Centre was worried ACBwould move against min’, P 12
�Stalker stabs girl to death incentral Delhi market, P 13
�Neighbours attack family forcooking non-veg, P 7
Chandigarh: Here's one longdrive that Punjab cops are notgoing to enjoy. Faced with acash crunch, Punjab Policehas ordered its provisioningwing to allot cars to both IPSand Punjab Police Services(PPS) officers “on the basis ofrank and not name”.
Irrespective of their post-ing, only officers of the rankof deputy inspector general(DIG) and above will be givenInnovas. According to an offi-cial note Scorpio Getaway are
meant for SHOs, MahindraBolero or Tata Sumo for DSPs,
Xylo for SPs and Ertigas forassistant inspector generals(AIGs) at headquarters.
As a result, 23 such cops inthe state will have to forgotheir high-end vehicles. “Ad-ditional director general ofpolice (ADGP), provisioningand modernisation, DinkarGupta has proposed thatthere is no justification forhaving the same vehicle thatis Innova, as the default vehi-cle for officers ranging fromADGP to DIG.
Pb cops can’t pull rank for Innovas
Chandigarh: Can thebleeding heart of armedforces veterans be ban-daged with a committee
that looks into their griev-ances? The ministry of de-fence (MoD) is hoping thebandage works as it has forthe first time formed a com-mittee of experts to look in-to their issues and try andminimize litigation.
The veterans have beenprotesting for 'one rank
one pension' (OROP) formore than a month andhave even threatened toboycott all governmentfunctions.
The new committee,however, would not touchany issue related to OROP.
MoD’s panel tobandage veterans’
bleeding hearts
Talwandi Sabo (Bathinda):In what could further fuel ten-sions between allies Shiroma-ni Akali Dal and the BJP, Pun-jab deputy chief ministerSukhbir Singh Badal on Fri-day said that Punjab govern-ment is contemplating filing apublic interest litigation(PIL) in the Madhya Pradeshhigh court seeking a ban onpoppy cultivation and opium
sale in the neighbouringstate.
Madhya Pradesh is a BJP-ruled state and both Punjabchief minister Parkash Singh
Badal and his MP counter-part Shivraj Singh Chouhanhave shared a good equationin the past. The move comeswithin days of the Badal gov-
ernment telling the Punjaband Haryana high court thatit dealt with about three lakhfresh cases of drug addicts be-tween June 2014 and July 2015.
“The decision of Rajas-than high court placing anembargo on poppy cultivationwas commendable and nowPunjab government is plan-ning to move Madhya Pra-desh high court for stoppingcultivation of poppy husk,”said Badal junior.
He has consistently saidthat most drugs are not madein Punjab. While heroincomes from Pakistan, opiumcomes from Rajasthan andMP, he claims.
State SeeksOne PolicyPan-India
Punjab to move MP HC forbanning poppy cultivation
❝ Thedecision
of Rajasthan high court placing an embargo on poppy cultivation was commendableSukhbir Badal |PUNJAB DY CM
ALL FOR RESTRICTIONS
GUNNINGfor PRIDE
Major Navdeep Singh,a supporter of soldiers’ disability rights
Major D P Singh, the first Indian amputee marathon runner of the country
Former adjutant general LtGeneral Mukesh Sabharwal
Former military secretary Lt Gen Richard Khare
Who's On Panel
�23 new vehicles, P 4
�BJP uncomfortable, P 6
�Pending cases, P 6
Manish Choure
