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EATING POSTURE IMPACTS TASTEVETERAN ACTOR GIRISH KARNAD NO MORE

Those who were standing gave it a less favourable rating than those who were sitting.

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With every breath, I plant the seeds of

devotion, I am a farmer of the heart.

--Rumi

Asif Zardari Arrested In PakISLAMABAD: Former Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari was arrested on corruption charges on Monday, a Pakistani official said, in a blow to the opposition Pakistan People’s Party. National Accountability Bureau (NAB) spokesman Nawazish Ali confirmed to Reuters that Zardari has been arrested, but did not provide details. Local media channels said NAB arrested Zardari over its investigation into fake bank accounts and money laundering.

Soldier Killed, 3 Others Injured On LoC JAMMU: An Army soldier was killed and three others were injured when Pakistan troops resorted to mortar shelling and small arms firing along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district Monday, officials said.The Pakistan army violated the ceasefire and targeted forward posts in the Doda battalion area, they said.In the ceasefire violation, one Army man was killed and three others have suffered injuries, the officials said. More On P8

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Mirwaiz For Providing Space To Women In MosquesSRINAGAR: Strongly advocating for providing space for women to pray in mosques, Mutahida Majlis-e-ulema patron Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Monday said that the great religion of Islam emphasized participation of women and their due share.Mirwaiz as per a statement issued here said that we need to understand and accord the rights guaranteed More On P3

3 Get Lifer For Gang Raping & Killing 8 Year Old in Temple 3 Policemen Also Held Guilty For Destroying Evidence, Get 5 Years Jail; One Accused Let Off

Judge Recalled Mirza Ghalib's Couplet: ...'Giraftaar Hum Hue'‘In The Present Case, Facts Are Many But Truth Is One’

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SRINAGAR: A court here on Mon-day sentenced to life imprison-ment the three main accused in the gangrape-and-murder of an eight-year-old nomadic girl in Kathua district of Jammu division, while awarding five years in jail to three others for destruction of evidence.

After nearly a year-long trial, court in Pathankot held the six guilty in the case that sparked world-wide outrage, while acquit-ted another accused More On P8 Bar Dissatisfied

But Hails ‘Slap’ To Communal Forces SRINAGAR: Kashmir High Court Bar Association on Monday expressed its dissatisfaction over the order of sentence passed by a Pathankot Court against three | P8

Crime Branch To Challenge Acquittal Of One Accused JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir police’s Crime Branch on Monday said it may challenge the acquittal of the seventh accused in the Kathua gang rape-cum-| P8

Politicians SatisfiedSRINAGAR: Former chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti and others including former IAS topper Shah Faesal besides chairman of Hurriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz Umar | P8

Victim’s Family Disappointed PUNJAB: The father of the eight-year-old nomadic girl, who was gangraped and murdered in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua, welcomed the Monday judgement convicting six men in the case, | P8

SRINAGAR: Dr. Tejwinder Singh, District and Sessions Judge Pathankot, who convicted six of the seven accused in Kathua rape and murder case, started the verdict with couplet of Mirza Ghalib borrowed from Supreme Court judgment of Budhadev Karmaskar which was penned by former SC judge Markandey Katju. More On P8

Expected Death Penalty: NCW Chairperson NEW DELHI: The National Commission for Women chairperson on Monday said the Pathankot court decision convicting six accused in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua in January 2018 was not enough and expected harsher punishment for them."Was expecting capital punishment for Kathua rape and murder criminals. Jammu and Kashmir government must go for appeal in higher court," NCW chairperson Rekha Sharma tweeted. (Full report inside)

Among thousands of pilgrims, some are those who moved away from their homeland as children, some as adults and some only know it as a land that their parents and grandparents long for. Pic Abid Bhat

KPs Throng Kheer Bhawani Temple SRINAGAR: Hundreds of Kash-miri Pandit devotees prayed at the famous Ragnya Devi tem-ple here in central Kashmir's Ganderbal district on Monday as the Kheer Bhawani mela was celebrated amid chants of religious hymns and ringing of temple bells.

Nestled in the shade of mammoth Chinar trees in Tulmulla village, the temple witnessed a massive gath-ering of devotees, most of them Kashmiri Pandits, who have journeyed from across the country. The Kheer Bha-wani mela is one of the big-gest religious More On P8

PM Modi Greets KPs In Kashmiri NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday wished the Kashmiri Pandit community on the occasion of Jyeshtha Ashtami, hoping for peace and prosperity everywhere. The prime minister tweeted his greetings in Kashmiri and English."Zyesht Ashtami hund chu tohe saarni Mubarak! Lassiv te phalliv (Greetings to all on Jyeshtha Ashtami. Be blessed and prosper)," he wrote. More On P8

Tulmul: Homecoming For Many, Once A YearIsmat Ara

TULMUL: Amidst crowd, two old men can be seen hugging and talking passionately about a childhood that they spent together. Nothing out of the ordinary about this sight, nostalgia runs deep in humans- except the fact that one is a Kashmiri Muslim and another a Kashmiri Pandit. Word is that there is hatred among the two communities. Or, there was.

Men like Omkar Nath and Muhammad Akbar defy it on oc-casions such as the Mela Kher Bhawani. After they embraced each other with complete satisfaction, Akbar explained their bond, “Pandits and Muslims have the same More On P8

TIMELINE 10 Jan 2018: Eight-year-old girl belonging to the Bakarwal tribe goes missing in the Rasana village of Kathua district while grazing cattle

12 Jan 2018: FIR is registered on the complaint of victim's father at Hiranagar police station.

17 Jan 2018: Body of the girl is found. Post mortem confirms gangrape and murder.

22 Jan 2018: Case is handed over to Jammu and Kashmir crime branch

16 Feb 2018: A right-wing group, Hindu Ekta Manch, holds protests in support of accused

1 March, 2018: 2 ministers of the BJP, part of then PDP-BJP ruling coalition, Chander Prakash Ganga and Lal Singh, attend rally organised by Ekta Manch

16 April, 2018: Trial begins before the Principal Sessions Court judge, Kathua. All accused plead 'not guilty'.

7 May 2018: SC shifts the case from Kathua to Pathankot

3 June, 2019: Trial concludes.

9 April, 2018: The police file the chargesheet before the Kathua court against seven of the eight accused.

10 April, 2018: Chargesheet filed against eighth accused who had claimed to be a juvenile.

14 April, 2018: BJP ministers who attended the Hindu Ekta Manch rally resign from the state Cabinet. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres terms the crime "horrific" and asks authorities to deliver justice.

10 June 2019: Mastermind Sanji Ram and 2 other accused convicted, given lifer; 3 policemen also held guilty for destruction of evidence, awarded 5 years in jail

Modi Not To Meet IK At SCO MeetNEW DELHI: External Af-fairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar on Monday said no meeting has been organised between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counter-part Imran Khan on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

(SCO) summit to be held later in June.

"No meeting is being organised between Prime Minister Modi and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. There is nothing more that I can add at this stage," he told reporters here.

Modi will hold More On P8

Don't Target Pak: ChinaBEIJING: China on Monday said Pakistan should not be targeted on terrorism at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit this week where Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to raise the More On P8

RBI Approves Chhibber's Appointment

SRINAGAR: Jammu & Kash-mir Bank Monday said it has received RBI's approval for appointment of R K Chhibber as its interim Chairman Cum MD (CMD) for three months.

Chhibber, Executive Pres-ident of J&K Bank, was ap-pointed following removal of Parvez Ahmed as CMD of the bank by the Jammu & Kashmir administration.

J&K Bank Shares Tumble 20 Percent SRINAGAR: Shares of J&K Bank plummeted nearly 20 per cent Monday following the removal of its Chairman Parvez Ahmad on Saturday.The scrip tumbled 19.93 per cent to Rs 47.60 -- its lower circuit limit -- on the BSE.At NSE, shares plunged 19.94 per cent to hit a lower circuit of Rs 47.55. More On P8

Ahmed was allegedly in-volved in corruption, nepo-tism and favouritism.

"We wish to intimate that the bank has received ap-proval from the Reserve Bank of India for the More On P8

DELIMITATION: NOT A TAMASHASo what is it that a review of delimitation expects to achieve? Redistribution on the basis of population?