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Supergirl Melissa 32 HE SIAN GE reveals T NEWA DELHI FRIDAY 29 NOVEMBER 2019 A she’s a domestic Politics violence NATION | NEWSMAKERS | People survivor JD-U plans to consult UD President Trump tweets leaders across India photoshopped bare-chested over its NRC stand 4 pic to look like Rocky Balboa 12 www.asianage.com RNI No. 57290/94, Regd No: DL-SW-05/4189/15-17 Vol. 26 No. 283 | 32 PAGES | `5.00 WINDOWS ■ Will keep Hindutva close to my heart, vows Sena supremo Pragya gets axed Uddhav sworn in as CM of from LS panel, pulled up by BJP new ‘secular govt’ in Maha MP barred from party LS meets AGE CORRESPONDENT BHAGWAN PARAB NEW DELHI, NOV. 28 MUMBAI, NOV. 28 LIST OF MINISTERS MVA agenda: Left red-faced after its Shiv Sena supremo WHO TOOK OATH Jobs, meals Bhopal MP and Malegaon Uddhav Thackeray was ◗ Uddhav Thackeray blasts accused Pragya on Friday sworn in as the Chief minister Singh Thakur’s praise for chief minister of ◗ Eknath Shinde for poor, farm Mahatma Gandhi’s assas- Maharashtra amid a Shiv Sena leader sin Nathuram Godse as a galaxy of national politi- ◗ Subhash Desai loan waivers patriot, the BJP on cal dignitaries and busi- Shiv Sena leader Thursday barred her Cher performs during the ness tycoon Mukesh ◗ Jayant Patil AGE CORRESPONDENT from attending its parlia- ‘Here We Go Again’ tour at the Ambani and his family as NCP leader MUMBAI, NOV. 28 mentary party meetings Pragya claims United Center in Chicago on half a lakh people looked ◗ Chhagan Bhujbal for the Winter Session Wednesday. — AP on at Mumbai’s Shivaji NCP leader The Shiv Sena, Congress and removed her from remarks about Park. He took oath as ◗ Balasaheb Thorat and NCP on Thursday the parliamentary con- Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray greets his supporters Bill to regularise chief minister of the Shiv Congress leader unveiled their Common sultative committee on Udham Singh Sena-Congress-NCP after being sworn in as Maharashtra CM at Shivaji Park in ◗ Nitin Raut Minimum Programme defence. Mumbai on Thursday. — RAJESH JADHAV alliance “Maha Vikas Congress leader (CMP), which highlights Ms Thakur’s controver- AGE CORRESPONDENT illegal colonies in Aghadi” (MVA), which their alliance’s “com- sial statement on NEW DELHI, NOV. 28 also declared its common post after 20 years. allied with the Nationalist mitment to upholding Wednesday even led to Delhi gets LS nod minimum programme Soon after his swearing- Congress Party and the PM’s message the secular values vociferous protests by the After her controversial New Delhi: The Lok Sabha stating the alliance will in, Mr Thackeray Congress, he would keep Congratulations to enshrined in the Opposition in the Lok remark led to a huge on Thursday passed the “uphold the secular val- expressed his gratitude by his Hindutva agenda Uddhav Thackeray Ji Constitution”. Sabha on Thursday, forc- furore, with the BJP com- National Capital Territory of ues enshrined in the bowing to the masses, a “close to his heart”. The preamble of CMP ing defence minister ing under fire, Bhopal Delhi (Recognition of Constitution”. mannerism of his father, Mr Thackeray’s fellow on taking oath as the reads: “On contentious Rajnath Singh to con- MP and Malegaon blasts Property Rights of Citizens Fireworks were set off party founder Bal partymen Eknath Shinde CM of Maharashtra. I issue of national impor- demn her remarks. In a accused Pragya Singh in Unauthorised Colonies) as the proceedings began Thackeray, drawing a and Subhash Desai, NCP am confident he tance as well as of state statement in the Lower Thakur on Thursday Bill 2019 with voice vote. as Sena supporters raised round of rapturous leaders Jayant Patil and will work dili- importance especially House, Mr Singh said his tried to clarify that her The bill seeks to grant own- slogans and clicked pic- applause. Chhagan Bhujbal and gently for the having repercussions/ party condemns any such comments in the Lok ership rights to residents of tures, joyous at the sight Clad in a dark saffron Congress’ Balasaheb consequences on the sec- views and added Sabha was against the 1,731 unauthorised colonies of one of their partymen kurta, Mr Thackeray Thorat and Nitin Raut bright future of ular fabric of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi’s phi- “insult” to revolutionary in Delhi. Union minister occupying the state’s top declared that even though ■ Turn to Page 4 Maharashtra the Shiv Sena, the NCP losophy was, is and will Udham Singh. Hardeep Singh Puri said and the Congress will always remain the “A storm of lies that the process of digital take a joint view after party’s guiding light. becomes so big at times mapping of the unautho- holding consultations Opposition MPs, led by that even day appears to rised colonies will be com- Ajit Pawar is left out Sonia stays away to and arriving at a consen- the Congress, TMC, DMK be night, but the sun does pleted by December 31. sus.” and even AIMIM presi- not lose its light. Truth is Full report on Page 13 The CMP promises to dent Asaduddin Owaisi, that I did not tolerate of Cabinet for now ‘keep safe distance’ introduce a law that will dissatisfied with the insult to Udham Singh AGE CORRESPONDENT the oath as ministers AGE CORRESPONDENT chief at this juncture reserve 80 per cent jobs defence minister’s yesterday,” the Bhopal Onion prices still MUMBAI, NOV. 28 from the NCP,” Mr Pawar NEW DELHI, NOV. 28 wanted to “maintain a in the state for the response, staged a walk- MP tweeted. said after a meeting of distance” as the party Marathi manoos as well out. ■ More on Page 2 high across India Despite his supporters’ NCP leaders at party In a bid to keep a “safe dis- wasn’t yet “certain” about as the provision of meals As soon as the House New Delhi: Onion prices insistence, the Natio-nal- supremo Sharad Pawar’s tance” from the Shiv the “stability of the to the poor and needy at met, the Opposition mem- remain high across the ist Congress Party did not residence on Thursday. Sena-led government, alliance”, and the “agenda `10 — both of which bers stood up and strong- Bhopal MP had called major cities of the country include former rebel Ajit Ajit Pawar also dis- Congress chief Sonia of the Sena”, despite the were promised in the ly protested against the Godse a patriot and the as the average selling price Pawar in the council of missed reports that he Gandhi decided to skip common minimum pro- Shiv Sena’s election remarks made by Ms Congress a “terrorist ruled at `70 per kg on ministers. Ajit Pawar was disappointed at not the swearing-in-ceremony gramme agreed upon. manifesto. Thakur on Wednesday on party” (a remark which Thursday while the maxi- himself made it clear he being sworn in as deputy in Mumbai Thursday. Mrs Gandhi, however, Farmers’ issues also Godse in the debate on was later expunged by mum rate of `110 per kg would not be a minister chief minister Thursday. While officially the Cong- sent a letter to Mr Udd- feature prominently in the Special Protection the Speaker Om Birla). was recorded in Panaji, for the time being. “Do you see disappoint- ress claimed Mrs Gandhi hav congratulating him, the Maharashtra Vikas Group (Amendment) Bill. “Thousands of members according to official data. “I will not take the oath. ment on my face?” he had to skip the ceremony and regretting her inabil- Aghadi (MVA) govern- Congress Lok Sabha of the Congress laid down Full report on Page 9 Only Chhagan Bhujbal asked. due to health reasons, ity to attend the event. ment’s CMP, which leader Adhir Ranjan their lives while serving and Jayant Patil will take ■ More on Page 3 sources said the Congress ■ More on Page 3 ■ Turn to Page 4 Chowdhury said the ■ Turn to Page 4 6-month extension to Bajwa by Pak SC WEST BENGAL ‘Gota’ in Delhi, talks with Modi today Islamabad: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday TMC sweeps granted six-month conditional extension to Army 3 byelections, Chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, in a relief to Prime Didi raps BJP Minister Imran Khan’s government. Full report on Page 11 for ‘arrogance’ COUNTERPOINT NRC, CAB fears helped Trinamul RAJIB CHOWDHURI KOLKATA, NOV. 28

Riding the mood against the National Register of Citizens and Citizen- ship (Amendment) Bill in West Bengal, the Trinamul Congress has washed away the BJP’s saffron surge after the Sri Lankan President Gotabaya visit. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lok Sabha polls in the Rajapaksa arrives at the IGI Airport in Mr Rajapaksa will on Friday hold exten- state, bagging all three New Delhi on Thursday. In his first over- sive talks to explore ways to further constituencies in the seas tour after taking the reins of Sri expand the already close ties between Assembly bypolls with Lanka over a week ago, Mr Rajapaksa the two neighbouring nations. new faces comfortably. arrived in New Delhi on a three-day ■ Report on Page 2 — AP Of the three seats, it won two — Kharagpur Sadar in West Midna- pore and Kaliaganj in Survey shows North Dinajpur — for China to retaliate WEATHER the first time, while UK Tories set Max: 24OC retaining the Karimpur Min: 15OC seat in Nadia. over US HK law? to win easily While chief minister RH: 73% Mamata Banerjee’s Hong Kong, Nov. 28: attracted rare biparti- London, Nov. 28: British Rainfall: 20% party reaped benefits China threatened retali- san support, and in a PM Boris Johnson’s Forecast: out of the controversy ation against Washin- statement spoke of his Conservatives are head- Mostly sunny over the NRC and the gton on Thursday after “respect” for Chinese ing for a comfortable Citizenship Bill at US President Donald President Xi Jinping, win in next month’s ASTROGUIDE Kaliaganj, earlier with Trump signed legisla- calling for both sides to election, according to a Congress, and tion supporting Hong “amicably settle their detailed new poll, amid Vikari: Dakshinayana Karimpur seats due to Kong pro-democracy differences”. reports on Thursday Tithi: Margasira Shudda its proximity to the protesters, just as the But Beijing lashed out that the rival Labour Tadiya till 5.44 pm India-Bangladesh bor- world’s top two furiously, summoning Party is refocusing its der, it also successfully economies edge towards the US ambassador, strategy. The YouGov Star: Moola till 7.34 am decimated the BJP at a trade truce. threatening unspecified survey published late Varjyam: 5.58 am to 7.34 am Kharagpur in a prestige Activists in the crisis- “firm countermea- Wednesday said if the and 5.27 pm to 7.06 pm fight as state BJP chief hit city hailed the move, sures” and warning contest were held now, Dilip Ghosh, now saying it would help Washington not to the Conservatives wou- Durmuhurtam: 8.45 am to Midnapore MP, was the them pile pressure on implement the legisla- ld snatch 44 seats from 9.29 am and 12.26 pm to MLA there in 2016. The Beijing-backed local tion. the main Opposition 1.10 pm winners are Tapandeb authorities, and staged “The nature of this is party to win a 68-seat Rahukalam: 10.30 am Singha at Kaliaganj, a “Thanksgiving” rally extremely abominable, majority in the House of to 12 noon Bimalendu Singha Roy saluting Trump and US and harbours absolute- Commons. at Karimpur and Pradip legislators. ly sinister intentions,” The poll uses a model SUNSET TODAY 5.23 PM Sarkar at Kharagpur. Mr Trump signed the the Chinese foreign that correctly forecast SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.54 AM Trinamul’s blow to the legislation under heavy ministry said in a state- 93 per cent of seats in MOONRISE TOMORROW 9.21 AM BJP, close on the heels pressure from ment. — AFP the last election in 2017. MOONSET TODAY 7.55 PM ■ Turn to Page 4 Congress, where it ■ More on Page 11 — AFP c m y k c m y k TABLOID

Over 1,500 cases of child marriage PAGE reported between 2013-17, says Union minister Smriti Irani Nation 2 THE ASIAN AGE FRIDAY | 29 NOVEMBER 2019 | NEW DELHI I defended Modi reiterates India’s strong Udham Singh support for Palestinian cause not Godse, For India’s sustained says Pragya growth, tech and Palestinian envoy blasts US admin, accuses it of ‘regional apartheid’ AGE CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI, NOV. 28 innovation have to SRIDHAR malignant activities has become all pervasive KUMARASWAMI pushed Europeans (too) to After her controversial NEW DELHI, NOV. 28 a corner. For decades. they remark ended up creat- (Europe and the US) were ing a major political — Harsh Vardhan, A day after Indian consul in a transatlantic alliance. furore, with BJP coming Union minister general in New York Even they (the Europeans) under fire from the Sandeep Chakravorty had have realised they cannot Opposition camp, made comments — in a manage Cancer. You have party’s Bhopal MP Sadvi IN BRIEF personal capacity — that to eradicate it,” the Pales- Pragya on Thursday advocated the implemen- tinian envoy remarked. tried to clarify that her tation of the “Israel Lashing out at both the comments in the Lok Govt extends ban model” in Jammu and United States and Israel, Sabha was not to Kashmir causing much the Palestinian envoy said, “insult” revolutionary on Ulfa for 5 years embarrassment to the “Years of association (of Udham Singh. Her New Delhi: The Centre has ministry of external the US) with Israel has remark on Wednesday — extended the ban on the affairs (MEA), Prime Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Rajya Sabha dur- rubbed off on it (the US)”. a repeat of what she had Assam-based insurgent outfit Minister Narendra Modi ing the ongoing Winter Session on Thursday. — PTI “There has been one right- said during Lok Sabha Ulfa for five years for contin- on Thursday expressed wing coup after another in polls campaigning after uing subversive activities, “strong support’ and “soli- International Solidarity New Delhi would continue Latin America... Israel is which Prime Minister including killings, kidnapping darity” with the Day of Solidarity with the to stand with the lurking from behind the Narendra Modi had said and extortions. In a notifica- Palestinian cause and reit- Palestinian People that is Palestinian cause. On the curtains,” the Palestinian that he will never for- tion, the MHA said the Ulfa erated the Indian observed annually on occasion, Palestinian envoy said. give Sadhvi Pragya for has been indulging in various Government’s consistent November 29. ambassador Adnan Abu Blasting the Trump calling Nathuram illegal and violent activities stand that a “sovereign, PM Modi’s message was Alhaijaa expressed “grati- administration in the US, Godse, Mahatma intended to disrupt the sov- independent, united and read out by the MEA’s tude to the government the Palestinian ambassa- Gandhi’s assassin, a ereignty and territorial viable” Palestinian State joint secretary (West Asia and people of India who dor said, “Palestine is not true patriot — had left integrity of India in further- be formed that would “co- and North Africa) B. Bala stood by Palestine.” yours to give (to Israel). It the party embarrassed. Trinamul Congress MP Nusrat Jahan with her husband ance of its objective of liber- exist peacefully with Bhaskar in front of a gath- The Palestinian envoy is not Carolina or Virginia “Storm of lies becomes Nikhil Jain at Parliament House in New Delhi on ating Assam. A ministry offi- Israel”. PM Modi’s mes- ering of Arab diplomats, blasted the Trump admin- that can be given away. ... so big at times that even Thursday. — PRITAM BANDYOPADHYAY cial said the ban has been sage was released at a in what is being seen as a istration and accusing it of Palestinians know no day appears to be night extended for five years. The function in the Capital on reassurance to the Arab “regional apartheid”. “The fatigue and will resist but the sun does not lose home ministry said in its Thursday ahead of the and Muslim world that United States, with its (Israeli policies).” its light. People should notification that the Ulfa has not be swayed by this Labour bill tabled in aligned itself with other storm. The truth is, I did unlawful associations of the not tolerate the insult to north-eastern region. — PTI ‘India won’t Udham Singh yester- Gotabaya arrives in Delhi, day,” the Bhopal legisla- LS amid opposition compromise tor tweeted after the BJP NC MPs protest removed her from Union AGE CORRESPONDENT brought after extensive defence minister NEW DELHI, NOV. 28 parleys with various Farooq’s detention on data talks with PM Modi today Rajnath Singh’s parlia- unions and once discus- mentary consultative Amid vehement opposi- sions would be held in New Delhi: Two National committee and barred tion by the Congress and both the Houses of Conference MPs on Thursday sovereignty’ Meet to focus on ways to further expand ties her from attending par- other parties, Union Parliament as part of pas- protested in Lok Sabha liamentary party meet- labour minister Santosh sage of the bill, lots of against the detention of their AGE CORRESPONDENT New Delhi, Nov. 28: In his ings of the ongoing Kumar Gangwar on aspects would be cleared. party chief Farooq Abdullah, with agency inputs first overseas tour after Parliament session. Thursday introduced the Congress’ leader in the who is an MP from Srinagar. NEW DELHI, NOV 28 taking the reins of Sri Modi, Abe meet likely to be During the Lok Sabha Industrial Relations Code Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan The two MPs — Hasnain Lanka over a week ago, polls campaign earlier Bill, 2019, in the Lok Chowdhury said that the Masoodi and Mohammad The Nare- President Gotabaya held in Guwahati in mid-Dec. this year, Sadhvi Pragya, Sabha. The proposed leg- entire legislative docu- Akbar Lone — came to the ndra Modi Rajapaksa arrived in New during a roadshow, had islation aims to amalga- ment is riddled with vari- first row of Opposition government Delhi on a three-day visit, AGE CORRESPONDENT eign and defence minis- said that Nathuram mate 44 legislations relat- ous anomalies fraugh- benches to lodge their on Thurs- signalling his intent to NEW DELHI, NOV. 28 terial level this Saturday Godse was a “deshb- ed to labourers into four twith controversies, “and protest against the continu- day assert- deepen bilateral ties with in New Delhi. hakt” and will remain a codes. it is detrimental to the ous detention of Abdullah. ed that the India. On Friday, Mr There are indications If the summit is indeed “deshbhakt”. While the Congress, welfare of labour in our “Sir, Farooq Abdullah is a country will Ravi S. Rajapaksa and Prime that the annual summit held in Guwahati, it will Trinamul Congress legis- country. Here, the govern- senior member of the House. not compro- Prasad Minister Narendra Modi between Japanese Prime follow the pattern of lators as well as RSP leg- ment is going to intro- He has been under detention mise on its will hold extensive talks Minister Shinzo Abe and Summits with world Sedition case islator N.K. duce ‘hire and fire’ syn- for four months. Please do data sovereignty and it to explore ways to further Prime Minister leaders that are held in Premachandran termed drome by inducting a new something,” Masoodi told is committed to ensure expand the already close Narendra Modi is likely various parts of the against Pragya the legislation as “anti- incarnation called ‘fixed- Speaker Om Birla. However, safety and security of ties between the two to take place in the country. Just last month, labour”, and demanded term employment’”. the Speaker ignored their messaging on platforms neighbouring countries. Northeast, probably in the second informal su- Indore, Nov. 28: Amid a that it be sent to the par- Mr Premachandran, protests and continued with like WhatsApp. A plethora of issues Guwahati, Assam, in mmit between Chinese raging row over BJP MP liamentary standing com- RSP legislator from the proceedings. — PTI Electronics and IT including fulfilling aspi- mid-December. This will President Xi Jinping and Pragya Singh Thakur’s mittee, Mr Gangwar tried Kollam, said that the con- minister Ravi Shankar rations of Tamil commu- take place after the 2+2 PM Modi was held at remarks on Mahatma to pacify the agitated cerned state governments Prasad said that a nity in Sri Lanka, situa- dialogue between the Mamallapuram near Gandhi’s assassin Nath- Opposition members by have not been consulted Nuclear plants in WhatsApp CEO-led dele- tion in the Indian Ocean two nations at the for- Chennai. uram Godse, Congress saying that the proposed before arriving at the con- gation had not men- region and steps to boost workers on Thursday legislation had been tents of the code. country safe: Govt tioned about any vulner- trade and investment ties lodged a complaint of ability of their system are likely to figure in the forward to strengthening Mr Rajapaksa, a former sedition against her. New Delhi: The government during their meetings talks. bilateral relations with defence secretary who is The BJP legislator trig- on Thursday assured the with the ministry, and Last week, India said it India. credited with ending the gered controversy on Rajya Sabha that nuclear that the government was was looking forward to “Leaving for my first country’s long civil war, Wednesday with her plants in the country are yet to receive the names work closely with the new state visit to India and was sworn in as the new remark in the Lok Sabha absolutely safe and steps of people targeted by Sri Lankan government looking forward to President on November during DMK member A. have been taken to ensure unnamed entities using and hoped that it would be strengthening bilateral 18, a day after he won the Raja’s narration of a their safety after a “malware Pegasus spyware. able to fulfil the aspira- relations with Shri closely fought presiden- statement by Nathuram infection” was reported in Mr Prasad made the tions of the Tamil commu- @narendramodi and Govt tial poll in island nation. Godse before a court on the administrative network of assertion while replying nity in that country. of India,” he said. Three days later, he why he killed Mahatma the Kudankulam Nuclear to calling attention In a tweet, before leaving The Sri Lankan leader appointed his elder broth- Gandhi. Her remark was Power Plant. “Let me assure motion in the Rajya for New Delhi, Mr Rajapa- will also meet President er Mahinda Rajapaksa as expunged by the the House that the nuclear Sabha on alleged use of ksa said he was looking Ram Nath Kovind. the PM. — PTI Speaker. — PTI plants in the country are spyware Pegasus to com- completely safe,” minister of promise phone data of state in the Prime Minister’s PARLIAMENT DIARY some persons through INX MEDIA CASE SC reserves verdict on Chidambaram’s bail plea Office Jitendra Singh said WhatsApp. He said the BY GAUTAM LAHIRI during Question Hour in government had issued Rajya Sabha. — PTI notice to Israeli technol- MPs CURIOUS ABOUT CITIZENSHIP ogy firm NSO Group, AMENDMENT BILL which created Pegasus, ‘PC’s crime as grave as Ranga-Billa’ on November 26, seeking ome minister Amit Shah will 377 SITES WITH details about the mal- PARMOD KUMAR ◗ Former finance grave as the kidnapping start consultation meetings with ware and its impact. NEW DELHI, NOV. 28 minister, who and murder, Mehta said Hall stakeholders of Northeastern Mr Prasad informed that “murder a heinous states from today on the proposed CHILD PORN the House that not a sin- The Enforcement was arrested on crime could be committed Citizenship Amendment Bill. The meet- gle FIR has been lodged Directorate on Thursday August 21, has in a heat of the moment, ings, the first of which will be held at TAKEN DOWN and so far, his ministry told the Supreme Court challenged Nov. 15 but an economic offence is Mr Shah’s residence after 9 pm, will has received no com- that the allegation of Delhi high court “pre-mediated and calcu- continue for some days. Most chief ministers, unit New Delhi: As many as 377 plaint in this matter. He money laundering against lated”. presidents of all political parties and citizen groups websites hosting child said, there are adequate former finance minister P. order rejecting his As Mr Mehta made a of the Northeastern states have been invited. When pornography material have provisions in IT act to Chidambaram in the INX bail plea on the strong plea against the the chairman of the Rajya Sabha, Venkaiah Naidu, been taken down and 50 ensure safety and secu- Media case were as grave grounds of the grant of bail, the court had called a business advisory committee meeting, FIRs filed, women and child rity of messaging on as the crime of kidnap- P. Chidambaram gravity of the case reserved its order on Mr many leaders had asked about the controversial bill, development minister Smriti various platforms. ping and murder commit- Chidambaram’s plea for but there was no answer from the government. Zubin Irani said on Thursday “There are standard ted by “Ranga-Billa” in bench of Justices R. gravity of the case and bail. The former finance Some leaders were told that the bill might come sud- as she urged immediate operating procedures the national capital in Banumathi, A.S. Bopanna saying that it would send a minister has challenged denly at the home minister’s meeting. They leaders reporting so that swift action which are rigorously fol- 1978. and Hrishikesh Roy that wrong message to the peo- November 15 Delhi high then advised the government that the legislation can be taken. Intervening on lowed by security agen- Thursday was the 100th the crime committed by ple of the country, if the court order rejecting his should not be brought like Jammu and Kashmir a Zero Hour mention by Vijila cies and authorities for day of incarceration of “Ranga-Billa” could not be former finance minister bail plea on the grounds of Reorganisation Bill. The only answer they received Sathyananth (AIADMK) on protecting the sovereig- Mr Chidambaram, who the test of the gravity of was released on bail, Mr the gravity of the case. was that the Cabinet was yet to pass the bill. rise in child abuse cases due nty and integrity of the was arrested on August 21, the offence as economic Chidambaram had on However, the high court to easy access to pornogra- country,” Mr Prasad said 2019. offences were a separate Wednesday lamented that by its November 15 order BILL TO ENHANCE POWERS OF GOVERNORS phy on mobile phones and and stressed that these Describing the offence class in themselves and it was being projected as if had said that Mr IN AUTONOMOUS DISTRICTS TO BE DELAYED Internet, Irani said methodol- procedures must be fol- committed by Mr have a wider repercussion his offence was as heinous Chidambaram was not a ogy of reporting such inci- lowed in the interest of Chidambaram falling in for the society and the as that of “Ranga-Billa”. flight risk (could not flee s there was no consensus on the proposed 125th dents is being shared with the nation and clarified the “gravest of grave” cat- nation’s economy. Placing the economic from the country), tamper AConstitutional Amendment Bill, on the request the district administration for that no unauthorized egory, solicitor-general Taking exception to the offences — attributed to with evidence and influ- of Anand Sharma, the chairman of the standing prompt action. She said, interception was done. Tushar Mehta told a high court findings on the Mr Chidambaram — as ence the witnesses. committee on home affairs, RS Chairman Venkaiah “377 websites have been Naidu, has extended the deadline for presenting the taken down and 50 FIRs report by a month. The report was supposed to be filed.” Ms Sathyananth cited presented by December 12. Now, the committee will recent incidents of sexual present it before January 12, 2020. The bill sought to assault of minor girls to seek empower governors to increase the financial and complete ban on Internet Ties with BJP limited to Bihar: Chirag Paswan executive power of all autonomous districts created and social media carrying under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution. These such content so as to “save Patna, Nov. 28: Apparently not be construed as a dis- electoral plunge, they LJP seeks to fight, but also districts are in Tripura, Assam, Meghlaya and our children.” She said there taking a cue from fellow affection with the NDA. would be backed in their help our alliance partners Mizoram. This amendment was required to take the are rising crimes against chil- NDA ally JD(U), headed by He asserted “our ties endeavour by the parlia- to win their seats”. tribal population into confidence. dren due to easy access to Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, with the BJP are stronger mentary board”, the “However, we must keep pornography. Ms Irani said Lok Janshakti Party on than ever.. We are commit- Jamui MP, whose decision working towards expand- VICTORY GESTURE COMES BACK TO she would have the adminis- Thursday asserted its ties ted to working together to go it alone in the ing our base. Today we HAUNT ROY AMID BYPOLL DEBACLE tration act immediately if with the BJP-led coalition and helping Nitish Kumar Jharkhand Assembly polls have six MPs. Just visu- details of incidents are pro- was “limited” to the state return as the chief minis- had raised many eye- alise the clout we would Former TMC MP Mukul Roy was captured vided. In a separate Zero and it was looking forward ter next year”. brows, said. enjoy if our tally increas- on Wednesday assuring home minister Hour mention, G.V.L. to expanding its national The party has launched a He, however, sought to es to sixty”, said Mr Amit Shah of victory in the bypolls to the Narasimha Rao (BJP) raised footprint by contesting membership drive they find themselves in a make it clear that the LJP Paswan at the function. West Bengal Assembly. Mr Roy was pho- the issue of English being Assembly polls in Delhi, through which it aims at position to fight Assembly acknowledged the role His father Ram Vilas tographed with three fingers up, indicat- made a medium of education J&K and West Bengal. raising the strength of the polls”, Chirag Paswan played by “Nitish Kumar Paswan, cousin and state ing all the three seats that were going to up to Class VIth in Andhra At a function organised organisation to one crore. said. and deputy CM Sushil president Prince Raj and the polls would be won by the BJP. When the results Pradesh saying the move here to celebrate the “Bihar would of course “States like Delhi, J&K, Kumar Modi in pulling uncle Pashupati Kumar were declared, where the TMC trounced the saffron undermines regional lan- party’s foundation day, be our main focus. But the West Bengal these are Bihar out of the era of Paras who headed the party by comfortable margins, the picture was guages and should be Chirag Paswan the new leaders of our state units scheduled to witness lawlessness.. When we state unit before becoming regurgitated on social media. reviewed. “It has to be LJP president and son of elsewhere have also come Assembly polls. Our lead- approach the Assembly an MP from the founding An MP commented that Mr Roy was actually cor- reviewed because it has been de facto leader Ram Vilas here and I tell them that ers in these states should polls next year we will leaders pocket borough rect when he predicted a three-seat haul, but was criticised from all quarters,” Paswan however insisted the central leadership is explore the possibilities. ensure victory of not only Hajipur were among wrong about which party was the victorious one. he said. — PTI that the ambitions must fully with them wherever “If they wish to take the our candidates in the seats those present. — PTI Congratulation

Former PM Manmohan Singh PAGE congratulates Uddhav Thackeray, hails his visionary leadership Nation 3 THE ASIAN AGE FRIDAY | 29 NOVEMBER 2019 | NEW DELHI Sonia, Rahul maintain ‘safe distance’ Cong yet not ‘certain’ of alliance’s stability’, agenda of Sena COMMON MINIMUM PROGRAMME Cong, NCP Is Rahul scared that AGE CORRESPONDENT alliance and hoped that the ◗ Maharashtra Vikas ◗ The common mini- hugging Uddhav NEW DELHI, NOV. 28 new government will fulfil Aghadi, the Sena- mum programme of pay tribute the hopes and aspirations NCP-Congress the Maha Vikas of the people of In a bid to maintain a “safe alliance, has come Aghadi promises 80 Thackeray is equivalent distance” from the Shiv Maharashtra. to Balasaheb to hanging himself? Sena led government, Congress leader Mr. out with its per cent reserva- Congress president Sonia Rahul Gandhi and former much-awaited tion in jobs for — G.V.L. Narsimha Rao Gandhi on Thursday Prime Minister Dr. common mini- local/domicile Thackeray mum pro- youth. The new CPI(M) gen secy skipped the swearing-in Manmohan Singh also AGE CORRESPONDENT ceremony in Maharashtra. wrote to the Maharashtra gramme. And government MUMBAI, NOV. 28 While officially, the chief minister expressing against all promises to Congress claimed that Mrs regret for not attending the speculations and bring a law to Congress IN BRIEF Gandhi had to skip the cere- function. Mr Thackery had reports, it begins ensure the reserva- and NCP mony due to health reasons, sent his son Aaditya to per- with stress on “secu- tion. leaders 6 former Maha CMs sources revealed that the sonally invite Dr. larism”. Sena initially ◗ The programme con- paid rich Congress president at this Manmohan Singh and Mrs. had reservation about sists of complete loan tribute to attend swearing-in juncture wanted to “main- Sonia Gandhi for the it. waiver to farmers in Shiv Sena tain a distance” as the party swearing-in ceremony. ◗ Key focus areas in the state as well as supremo, Mumbai: Shiv Sena president was not yet “certain” of the Earlier in the day the CMP are farmers’ one rupee clinics, the late Balasaheb Uddhav Thackeray’s swear- “stability of the alliance”, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi at Parliament House during addressing the CPP, issues, unemploy- which will provide Balasaheb Thackeray ing-in ceremony as and the “agenda of the Shiv the Winter Session in New Delhi on Thursday. — PTI Mrs Gandhi flayed the ment, health, indus- basic health screening Thackeray, Sena”, despite the Common BJP for “shameless as both parties prepared Maharashtra chief minister try, social justice, of people across the saw six of his predecessors Minimum Programme Sena. But after consulta- kind invitation to attend attempts to subvert to form an alliance gov- from the state gracing the CMP. tions with the elected the swearing-in ceremony. I democracy” in women, education, state, alliance leaders ernment with the Sena on event held at the Shivaji Park The CMP states in its pre- MLAs of the party it was regret that I am unable to Maharashtra and blatant- urban development, said. Thursday. here on Thursday evening. amble that all the alliance decided to go ahead with be present at the function.” ly sabotage the three- tourism art and cul- NCP MP and party chief NCP patriarch Sharad Pawar, partners will follow the the alliance. She further added, “ the party alliance from com- ture. Sharad Pawar’s daughter Shiv Sena leader Manohar “secular” principles as However, Mrs Gandhi has three parties have come ing to power in the state. Supriya Sule remem- Joshi, Congress leaders enshrined in the sent a letter to the together under quite Addressing the Congress ◗ Shiv Sena’s most bered how “Balasaheb Sushilkumar Shinde, Ashok Constitution. Before the Maharashtra chief minis- extraordinary circum- Parliamentary Party discussed poll prom- and Maasaheb (the late Chavan and Prithviraj Chavan alliance was cemented sev- ter, Mr Thackery congratu- stances at a time when the meeting in Parliament ise of offering a full Meenatai Thackeray)” and BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis eral senior Congress lead- lating him. In the letter she country is facing unprece- House, she also attacked meal at `10 also fig- treated her like a daugh- are the six former CMs who ers had reservations about said, “ Aaditya met me yes- dented threats from the the governor of the state, ures in the CMP. ter. “Maasaheb and headed the state at different aligning with the Shiv terday and extended your BJP.” She also wished the Bhagat Singh Koshyari. Balasaheb —missing you times. Thackeray succeeded so much today. Both of Fadnavis (2014-2019). Pawar you should have been has headed the state four here today. They treated times, while Ashok Chavan me with so much love and and Fadnavis became chief affection — more than a ministers twice. — PTI Ajit will stay daughter! Their role in my life will always be special and memorable!” she Alma mater of tweeted. Sharad Pawar away from govt also hailed the Shiv Sena founder, describing him Uddhav celebrates as a man who kindled Mumbai: As the Shivaji Park pride in the Marathi ground in central Mumbai for time being manoos and gave direc- gears up for swearing-in of tion to society and politics Uddhav Thackeray as AGE CORRESPONDENT through his courageous Maharashtra’s new chief minis- MUMBAI, NOV. 28 ◗ According personality. ter, a mood of celebration also to sources, Congress’s Balasaheb prevails at his school, the near- Despite the insistence of including Thorat said that former by Balmohan Vidyamandir. Not his supporters, the Ajit Pawar Prime Minister Indira only Thackeray, who heads the Nationalist Congress in the Gandhi and Balasaheb Shiv Sena, but Jayant Patil of Party (NCP) did not council of Thackeray had a cordial the NCP, who is likely to take include former rebel ministers relationship and oath as minister, is also a for- leader Ajit Pawar in straightway after Balasaheb Thackeray mer student of this school. the state council of revolting in the party supported her. Thackeray, a 1976-batch stu- ministers. Ajit Pawar would have sent a “Whenever needed, they dent of Balmohan school, was himself made it clear that wrong signal in the stood by each other,” he announced as nominee for he would not be a minis- said. The Sena founder chief minister’s post at a meet- ter. organisation. Hence it had supported the ing of the Maharashtra “I will not take oath. was decided to keep Emergency. Vikas Aghadi three days ago. Only Chhagan Bhujbal him out of the min- The alliance of the Sena — PTI and Jayant Patil will take istry for a while. with the Congress as part oath as ministers from of the Maharashtra Vikas the NCP,” Mr Pawar said Fadnavis-led govern- (From left) MNS chief Raj Thackeray, former Maharashtra CM Manohar Joshi, MP chief minister Kamal Nath, NCP Aghadi was seen as an Didi congratulates after a meeting of NCP ment. chief Sharad Pawar, former CM of Maharashtra Ashok Chavan and Congress leader Ahmed Patel during the oath- unlikely combine as the leaders at party chief “It was not a revolt. I taking ceremony of Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray as Maharashtra chief minister and other ministers of his two parties share oppo- Thackeray & Pawar Sharad Pawar’s resi- was in the NCP, I am in Cabinet at Shivaji Park in Mumbai on Thursday. — RAJESH JADHAV site ideologies. Kolkata: West Bengal chief dence. the NCP and will remain Both the Congress and minister Mamata Banerjee Ajit Pawar also dis- in the NCP,” he said, NCP had paid respect to on Thursday congratulated missed reports that he adding that he would Balasaheb Thackeray on Shiv Sena president Uddhav was disappointed over not attend the swearing-in No fresh Adarsh scam probe: ED his seventh death Thackeray, NCP chief Sharad being sworn-in as the ceremony in the evening anniversary and also Pawar and Congress leader deputy chief minister on with his cousin and Lok sources, Mr Chavan was Thursday clarified that it through social media plat- Balasaheb Thorat for coming Thursday. “I am not at all Sabha MP Supriya Sule. AGE CORRESPONDENT not sworn in Friday had not initiated any fresh forms. together and forming the gov- disappointed. Do you see There were speculations MUMBAI, NOV. 28 because of the Adarsh probe into the Adarsh ernment in Maharashtra. disappointment on my over the next move by Ajit case. Society scam. It issued a Banerjee said she was looking face?” he asked. Pawar after he had The Shiv Sena Friday said Sena’s Sanjay Raut asked press note after media forward to a “pro-people and The former deputy chief returned to the NCP by that the Enforcement why the case had suddenly reports surfaced, showing stable government” that minister also refuted resigning from the BJP Directorate (ED) investiga- been opened. “As soon as its officers visiting the would work for the all round reports about his ‘revolt.’ government. Despite his tion against Congress they came to know that we society premises Thursday development of Maharashtra Ajit Pawar joined had rebellion, several of his leader Ashok Chavan in are forming the govern- for some measurements under their leadership. hands with the BJP to supporter MLAs had connection with the ment, they started using and related activities. Congratulations to form a government last demanded that he should Adarsh scam was yet the CBI (Central Bureau of "This is to clarify that no @OfficeofUT, @PawarSpeaks Saturday, but quit it earli- be given the deputy CM’s another example of mis- Investigation) and ED fresh investigation has and @bb_thorat for forming er this week, citing ‘per- post in the Uddhav use of government against us. Let them do it," been taken up by the ED in the government in sonal reasons,’ leading to Thackeray-led govern- machinery by the BJP gov- he said. the Adarsh Society scam,” Maharashtra, she tweeted. collapse of the Devendra ment. ernment. According to However, the ED it said. — PTI BJP TAKES DIG AT Uddhav faces uphill task as CM

RAHUL ABSENCE, BHAGWAN PARAB vagary of nature. MUMBAI, NOV. 28 Uddhav quits Saamana editor post According to sources, if the government decides to TIEUP WITH SENA Uddhav Thackeray, as chief Mumbai: After becom- Maharashtra, being the provide a minimum aid of New Delhi: The BJP sought to minister of Maharashtra, ing the head of the state, first member of the `10,000 per hectare to the corner the Congress faces the massive task of Uddhav Thackeray has Thackeray family ever farmers, it will have to on Thursday over the Shiv delivering on the promises quit as the editor-in- to become CM of the make a provision of `9,400 Sena praising Mahatma made by his party earlier. chief of Shiv Sena state. crore per year. If the aid is Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Among the major hurdles mouthpiece, Saamana. Hereon, Uddhav’s increased to `25,000 per Godse in the past and won- before him is the severe The responsibility will name will not be men- hectare, the provision will dered if this was why Rahul debt of `four lakh crore now be held by party tioned in the credit line have to increase to a whop- Gandhi was “ashamed” to under which the state is leader Sanjay Raut, who as editor-in-chief of the ping `23,500 crore per year. attend the swearing-in cere- reeling. A complete loan has been the executive Sena daily. Uddhav Even when the Devendra mony of the Maharashtra waiver to farmers and a editor of the newspaper began his political jour- Fadnavis government was government. The Congress- full meal for a measly `10 for 30 years. ney as the editor of in power, the BJP-led gov- NCP alliance in Maharashtra were two of the important The move came after Saamana when he used ernment at the Centre had has joined hands with the promises made by the Sena Uddhav was slated to to take potshots at the offered aid of only `6,000 Sena, a long-time Hindutva in its manifesto before the take oath as the chief then Sena CM, Narayan crore. With the Sena in the ally of the Bharatiya Janata Vidhan Sabha poll. Now minister of Rane, in 1999. Opposition camp now, it Party (BJP) before they split, that Mr Thackeray is at the will be interesting to see and Sena chief Uddhav helm of affairs, he will rainfall last month, crops ing in losses to the tune of how much the Union gov- Thackeray was sworn-in as have to make good on these covering an area of 94.02 `8,000 crore. More than ernment will respond to the chief minister on promises. lakh hectares suffered one crore farmers have the state government’s Thursday. “Stop being a hyp- Due to the unseasonal extensive damage result- been affected by this pleas in future. ocrite Rahul Gandhi. You are making someone with identi- cal views chief minister of Maharashtra. Udhav Crowd cheers ‘Sena’s Tiger’ Thackeray, Editor-In-Chief Mumbai: Shivaji Park corner Maharashtra of Saamana, wrote that saw the surreal coming thronged the city’s iconic Godse was a patriot. Is that together of hordes of ground armed with the why you are ashamed to jubilant Shiv Sena, flags of their respective attend swearing-in,” BJP Congress and Nationalist parties to witness the his- spokesperson G.V.L. Narasimha Congress Party (NCP) toric ascent of the three- Rao said in a tweet. Mr Gandhi supporters and activists party alliance govern- had earlier attacked the BJP on Thursday as the cur- ment. Dadar resident and over its MP Pragya Thakur’s tains descended on a a roadside shop owner praise for Godse, saying her month-long political Rohini Panvelkar said remarks represented the “heart drama with the swearing- she was beside herself at and soul” of the saffron party. in ceremony chief minis- the prospect of a Shiv Hitting back, Rao said, “Is ter Uddhav Thackeray on Sena chief minister. “I am Rahul scared that hugging Thursday. confident that he will Uddhav Thackeray is equiva- Slogans such as “Kon implement good policies lent to hanging himself? Sena Ala re Kon Aala Shiv and decisions that will is wanted for grabbing power Senecha Wagh aala (Who help single women,” she but is an untouchable. This is has come forth? Shiv stated. Donning a saffron how Sultanates treat slaves, Sena’s tiger!)” and “Hi muffler, cap and badge, not partners. This is the ulti- takat konachi, Shiv Sene Mohammad Shakil mate insult to the legacy of chya vaghachi (Who is Qureshi greeted people Balasaheb Thackeray, the strongest? The Shiv and posed for selfies with the pride of Maharashtra (sic).” Sena’s tiger!)” rent the air the common folk and par- — PTI as partymen from every tymen alike. Peace in Valley

Kashmir Valley peaceful like PAGE never before, says BJP leader Subramanian Swamy Nation 4 THE ASIAN AGE FRIDAY | 29 NOVEMBER 2019 | NEW DELHI Economy in deep trouble: Sonia JD-U to consult leaders ‘Distress among farmers, traders, small and medium businesses’ across India over NRC AGE CORRESPONDENT ing allegations, she said: Number of Hindu NEW DELHI, NOV. 28 15 locals join terror group “Because the NRC project NAYEAR AZAD implemented by the BJP PATNA, NOV. 28 Bengalis excluded Claiming that the Modi- government in Assam, Ex-coordinator Hajela Shah-led BJP government after revoking of Article 370 monitored by the Supreme While BJP has been from final NRC to was “bankrupt” of decen- AGE CORRESPONDENT agencies. Court, has not fulfilled the demanding implementa- be made public cy, Congress president NEW DELHI, NOV. 28 This is nearly half the RSS-BJP expectations and tion of National Register lands in fresh trouble Sonia Gandhi on number of locals who had propaganda, there is now of Citizenship (NRC) — Himanta Biswa Sarma Thursday said the eco- After the abrogation of joined terrorist groups in clamour in the ruling across India, it’s alliance MANOJ ANAND There is BJP leader nomic crisis in the coun- provisions under Article 2018. In 2018, 214 local had party for a fresh NRC in partner JD(U) is in dilem- GUWAHATI, NOV. 28 no record try was deepening and 370, 15 locals in Kashmir joined terrorist groups. In that state. The home min- ma over the issue. of the unemployment was grow- have joined terrorist fact, local recruitment ister is also speaking of JD(U) leaders in Patna An FIR was filed on nature of ing. groups, according to secu- was a bit higher in June unleashing an NRC in the said that the party would Thursday against former job done by IN BRIEF “There is worsening dis- rity agencies. before abrogation of entire country - a step that clear its stand on NRC NRC coordinator Prateek the advi- tress among farmers, There was a fear of an Article 370 on 5th August. will only lead to more fear after consulting leaders Hajela by the Assam sors and and panic”. traders and small and upsurge in local recruit- In June 2019, local all across the country. Public Works (APW), an Prateek this expen- Sikh pilot asked medium businesses. ment to militant groups recruitment was 20 Mrs Gandhi said that the Chief minister Nitish NGO, with CBI, alleging diture has Hajela Consumption, especially after article 370 was against 44 in the same ground realities were Kumar, who has been huge misappropriation of not been to remove turban in rural areas, is falling. removed from J&K and month last year, as per completely different from maintaining silence on government funds in audited by the CAG, it New Delhi: A Sikh pilot of Air Exports are declining. the state was bifurcated security forces. In May the “fictitious images” the issue, also gave simi- updating the NRC in the said. India was allegedly asked to And prices of essential into two Union 2019, the number of locals conjured up by the Modi- lar hints while talking to state. The FIR further claimed remove his turban during a food commodities are ris- territories. joining militant groups Shah government. reporters on the issue. Though, CBI is yet to that no remuneration has manual security check at the ing, causing hardship to For the whole year, 110 was just 8 against 34 in the “The agony, anguish and Several JD(U) leaders take the cognisance and been paid to the teachers Madrid airport, the Delhi Sikh households. Instead of locals have joined the mil- corresponding month humiliation of the people including the party’s conduct any preliminary who were engaged in the Gurudwara Management tackling the problem, the itant groups, said security last year. continue. Former chief national vice president investigation, the APW in process of updating the Committee (DSGMC) has Modi-Shah government is ministers, who in the past Prashant Kishor had ear- its FIR has demanded a NRC where as huge told external affairs minister busy fudging statistics or, lems facing the country. families are worried about were political allies of the lier reacted strongly to the high-level probe into the amount of money was S Jaishankar. DSGMC presi- indeed, not publishing “The public sector has their deposits in banks,” BJP, MLAs, political work- exclusion of around 19 alleged misappropriation said to have been spent on dent Manjinder Singh Sirsa them at all,” Mrs Gandhi been put on the block, in the Congress president ers and ordinary people lakh people from the final of funds by the former paying reenumeration to requested Mr Jaishankar to said addressing the all probability, to be sold said. who believed in the idea of list of NRC in Assam. NRC state-coordinator teachers. raise the matter with the Congress parliamentary off to a few favoured busi- Attacking the govern- India and abided by the He had termed the exer- and his close aides. The APW FIR has also Spanish government that party meeting here. ness people. What will he ment on plans to begin a Constitution of India have cise as “botched up” and The FIR, a copy of alleged huge financial happened with Air India’s She said that the BJP the fate of the thousands nation-wide registry of been under house arrest said that NRC has left which was made available irregularities in purchas- Captain Simranjeet Singh government at the Centre of workers at those enter- citizens or the NRC, the for months. Even children Lakhs of people as for- to the media, claimed that ing of laptops, different Gujral recently. “The Madrid was clueless on how to prises? Lakhs upon lakhs abrogation of Article 370, are not being spared in the eigners in their own coun- Mr Hajela had appointed electronic gadgets and airport officials demanded manage the grave prob- of salaried and ordinary electoral bonds and snoop- crackdown,” she said. try. several retired govern- electric generators. him to remove his turban and Recently after Home ment officials as his advi- In process of updating asked for a manual check of minister Amit Shah gave sors and they were pro- the NRC, the ministry of his turban which is an IN BRIEF a statement in the Rajya vided with new vehicles home affairs had released offence in the eyes of Sikhs,” Class 12 girl Sabha and claimed that and a handsome salary about `1,600 crore to the Mr Sirsa. — PTI the NRC process will be package. NRC authorities. carried out across the student Meghalaya may country, Prashant Kishor er taken as JD(U)’s official in Bihar. Sources claim Muzaffarpur case: shut schools with had raised his opposition line on NRC. However, that chief minister Nitish shot dead and said, “15 plus states political analysts now feel Kumar has been worried with more than 55 per that JD(U) is talking about after BJP leaders recently CBI to book cops less than 10 kids cent of India’s popula- consulting its leaders adopted an aggressive New Delhi: The CBI, probing in MP town Shillong, Nov. 28: The tion have non- BJP minis- after Home minister Amit approach and demanded the Muzaffarpur shelter home Morena (MP), Nov. 28: A Meghalaya government ters. Wonder how many Shah gave a statement in NRC to be implemented in sexual abuse case, is set to 19-year-old female stu- is planning to either of them are consulted the Parliament. Bihar especially in the register cases against certain dent of Class 12 was shut schools or with- and are on- board for Analysts are of the opin- Seemanchal region, district police officials for allegedly shot dead by draw funds to those hav- NRC in their respective ion that JD(U) has to be which accounts for more their alleged role in the crime. three unidentified ing enrolments below 10 states.” careful in order to keep its than 40 per cent Muslim Sources said that the investi- motorcycle-borne and use that sum for His statement was earli- secular vote bank intact population. gations by the CBI have assailants when she was development of other Vehicles move slowly on a snow-covered road revealed that certain district returning home from educational institutes, a following heavy snowfall in Manali on Thursday. level police officials failed to her coaching classes in senior state minister — PTi perform their duties while Porsa town, about 50 said on Thursday. MHA invites probing the cases. “One can kms from the district State education minis- Odisha woman has 19 toes, not deny the fact that district headquarters, the police ter Lakmen Rymbui said 7K engineers, graduates apply N-E CMs, police officials botched up said on Thursday. that 221 lower and upper 12 extra fingers in hand the probe, following which The incident occurred primary schools in the the investigation was handed on Wednesday evening, state have a single-digit for 549 sanitary worker posts AKSHAYA KUMAR later shifted to an old- groups for over to the CBI,” sources said following which the rela- enrolment of students. Coimbatore, Nov. 28: A post-graduates, gradu- SAOO age home. “Things adding that the role of senior tives of the victim and “The education depart- total of 7,000 engi- ates and diploma-hold- BHUBANESWAR, NOV. 28 turned worse after her meet on CAB police officials is also being local residents staged a ment will soon place a neers, graduates and ers, they said. sister-in-law suffered a probed by the investigators. protest and allegedly proposal before the state diploma-holders have In some cases, it was Strange as it may paralytic attack which New Delhi, Nov. 28: The The agency have identified hurled stones at police Cabinet for either clos- applied for 549 posts of found that the appli- appear, but it’s true! A left her physically unfit home ministry has invit- junior-level officials, who did vehicles. “Three uniden- ing down or withdraw- sanitary workers in cants were already 75-year-old woman in to do any work. After ed chief ministers of not investigate the case prop- tified persons shot ing grant-in-aid to these the city corporation. employed in private Odisha’s Ganjam dis- that, she was shifted to northeastern states erly, sources added. Anjali Rathore, a Class schools,” he said. The corporation had firms, but the govern- trict has 19 toes in her Hatiota old-age home,” besides leaders of socio- 12 student, multiple The minister said that called for applications ment job attracted feet and extra 12 fingers informed Kumari’s rela- cultural bodies, stu- times. The incident took the state government for the posts of 549 them as the starting on both hands. This rare tive. dents’ organisations and Army successfully place on Jotai Road incurs `20 crore annual grade-1 sanitary posts salary is `15,700. disorder, according to Sources said it was political parties from when she was returning expenditure on these and 7,000 applicants Those already work- doctors, is termed as only after the interven- the region for discus- test-fires Spike home,” police said. She schools, which could be appeared for the three- ing as the contract san- polydactyl. tion of local MLA sions over the next two New Delhi: The Indian Army was taken to a hospital, used for the develop- day interview and veri- itary workers for the What’s worse, and Srikant Sahu that days on the plans to has successfully test fired where doctors declared ment of other education- fication of certificates, last 10 years have also even shocking, is the Kumari was shifted to amend the Citizenship two Spike long-range anti- her brought dead. al institutes. which began on applied for these per- elderly woman identi- the old-age home on Act, officials said on tank missiles at Mhow in The police has identi- He, however, said the Wednesday, official manent jobs. fied as Kumari Naik is August 4. Kumari also Thursday. Madhya Pradesh which are fied the accused trio and decision regarding the sources said. On the other hand, also born-dumb. receives `500 as a pen- Those who have been expected to further boost its hunt is on to arrest closure of schools or On verification, it sanitary workers job With such an abnor- sion from the govern- invited for discussions combat prowess, officials them. The victim’s rela- withdrawal of aid to was found that nearly fetches a salary of malities, Kumari, who ment. “Kumari is very on Friday and Saturday said on Thursday. Army Chief tive and citizens staged a them will be taken as per 70% of the candidates nearly `20,000 with the hails from Kadapada vil- poor. We request the gov- include Northeast Gen Bipin Rawat and several protest. The windscreen the guidelines of the have completed SSLC, work timings of three lage in Buguda block of ernment to increase her Students’ Organisation, commanders witnessed the of a police vehicle was Right to Education Act the minimum qualifi- hours in the morning Ganjam district, used to pension quota amount All Bodo Students’ firing of the newly acquired damaged due to the and no student will be cation, and most of and three hours in the stay with her sister-in- which will be helpful for Union and students bod- missiles on Wednesday. stone-pelting by the pro- deprived. — PTI them were engineers, evening. — PTI law. However, she was her,” said a local. ies from Meghalaya, Spike is a fourth generation testers. — PTI Nagaland and missile which can engage Arunachal Pradesh. any target with precision at The meetings with the ranges up to 4 km, the offi- chief ministers will be cials said. — PTI MVA agenda: held on Saturday, an offi- Uddhav sworn in TMC sweeps 3 byelections cial said. Jobs, farm Leaders of several ■ Continued from Page 1 that BJP’s Kaliaganj can- People from here were political parties — both BJP RETAINS as CM of Maha of its failure in govern- didate, Kamal Chandra killed in Jammu and loan waivers regional and state chiefs ment formation in Sarkar, also acknowledged Kashmir, Rajasthan and of national political par- ■ Continued from Page 1 Fadnavis, who resigned Maharashtra and also had “damaged” the party. Madhya Pradesh. In ■ Continued from Page 1 ties — and heads of PITHORAGARH also took the oath as min- on Tuesday, three days within six months of its Ms Banerjee said: “The democracy, one party states that an immediate socio-cultural organisa- isters. Mr Thackeray, 59, after being sworn in winning 18 Lok Sabha people are seeing how the comes to power while loan waiver will be pro- tions have also been took the oath as the again as chief minister, seats out of the state’s 42, BJP is playing politics in another cannot. But there vided to farmers and invited for the discus- SEAT IN U’KHAND state’s 18th chief minis- was present at the event was such havoc that its the NRC’s name. If some- is a sweetness.” that the crop insurance sions, the official said. Dehradun: BJP’s Chandra ter, paying tribute to 17th as were three other for- state headquarters in one declares you are not a She added: “The people’s scheme will be revised The home ministry has Pant on Thursday beat her century Maratha emper- mer chief ministers — heart of Kolkata wore a citizen of the country after mandate is the biggest to ensure immediate convened the meetings Congress rival Anju Lunthi by or Chhatrapati Shivaji Mr Joshi and Congress’ deserted look since 72 years of Independence, verdict. We never won compensation. in the wake of strong over 3,000 votes to win the Maharaj and remember- Ashok Chavan and Thursday morning, with no one would accept it.” Kaliaganj and Kharagpur “In Maharashtra, farm- protests registered by Pithorogarh Assembly bypoll ing his parents. His wife Prithviraj Chavan. the announcement of the She elaborated: “We since our party’s founda- ers are facing problems. many organisations and retain the seat for the Rashmi and sons Aaditya, Interestingly, the results, similar to the have got the votes of tion. We lagged at This government will do against the bill in the party. The bypoll was necessi- who is an MLA, and Tejas biggest round of applause scene at Ms Banerjee’s Hindus, the minority com- Kaliaganj and Kharagpur its best for them,” Sena Northeast. tated by the death of sitting were also present. Mr from the spectators was residence at Harish munity, Rajbanshis, trib- by around 57,000 and minister Eknath Shinde Union home minister BJP MLA Prakash Pant in Thackeray became the reserved for Mr Chatterjee Street in als, non-Bengalis (in case 47,000 votes respectively said while releasing the Amit Shah is expected to June, following which the third Sena leader after Thackeray’s estranged Kalighat soon after the of Kharagpur) and others. earlier. So we had to over- CMP. be present in the meet- party fielded his wife Chandra Manohar Joshi and cousin, Maharashtra Lok Sabha results. Winning few seats the BJP come a huge margin in the The CMP also focuses ings, another official Pant. Chandra Pant polled Narayan Rane to occupy Navnirman Sena chief Attributing the BJP’s however started display- bypolls. This is the first on unemployment, said. The bill seeks to 26,086 votes against Ms the CM’s post in the state. Raj Thackeray, and Ajit “arrogance” and “audaci- ing arrogance and audaci- time the people from there women’s issues, educa- amend the Citizenship Lunthi’s 22,819, defeating It was a show of strength Pawar, who had rebelled ty” for its defeat, the ty. They are setting reposed their faith in us. tion, urban development, Act, 1955, in order to her by a margin of 3,267 for all three parties which from his party to form a Trinamul chief under- Central agencies after We are indebted to them. health, industry, social grant Indian nationality votes, Pithorogarh district comprise the MVA gov- shortlived government lined the impact of the anyone they want and We dedicate this victory to justice, tourism, arts and to Hindus, Sikhs, magistrate cum returning offi- ernment, with hordes of with the BJP. NRC and Citizenship Bill, sending whosoever to jail. them.” cultural issues. The doc- Buddhists, Jains, Parsis cer V.K. Jogdande said. their supporters flocking After the ceremony, Mr ument states that a and Christians who Voting was held on November Shivaji Park since the Thackeray headed to the process should be initiat- come to India after fac- 25, with over 47 per cent of afternoon. The set for the famous Siddhivinayak ed on an immediate basis ing religious persecu- the electorate exercising their event was a fort-like struc- temple where he, along Pragya gets axed from LS to fill up all vacant posts tion in Bangladesh, franchise. Chief minister ture of 6,000 sq ft, with Rashmi and in various state govern- Pakistan and Trivendra Singh Rawat said designed by renowned Aaditya, offered prayers. ■ Continued from Page 1 asking them to take their party embarrassed and ment departments. Afghanistan even if they the victory was expected. artist Nitin Desai. Prime Minister the nation. How can she seats. TMC leader gave rise to speculation It also proposes free don’t possess proper doc- “The seat was ours and we Among dignitaries, Narendra Modi took to dare to say such things, Saugata Roy and AIMIM on whether she would be education for girls from uments. This was an are happy to retain it. The Madhya Pradesh chief Twitter to congratulate that too inside the House? leader Asaduddin Owaisi suspended from the party weaker section, an election promise of the margin is big. We thank peo- minister Kamal Nath, Mr Thackeray on taking We demand action,” he told the Speaker that they this time, or some other increase in the honorari- BJP in the 2014 and the ple of the constituency for Chhattisgarh CM the oath as chief minister, said. should also be given an action will be taken um of anganwadi 2019 Lok Sabha polls. reposing their faith in us once Bhupesh Baghel and saying he was confident The Congress leader opportunity to speak. against her, as her candi- sevikas and the strength- A large section of peo- again,” he said. Reacting to DMK president M.K. that the Shiv Sena chief accused the BJP of doing The Speaker, however, dature in Bhopal was ening of women’s self- ple and organisations in the win, an emotional Stalin were the most would work diligently for politics in the name of said the remarks of Ms apparently backed by the help groups. The CMP the Northeast have Chandra Pant said, “It is the prominent. NCP chief the bright future of the Gandhi and appropriat- Thakur were already RSS. also seeks to improve the opposed the bill, saying result of developmental works Sharad Pawar — who was state. “Congratulations to ing his and Nehru’s lega- expunged from the record After facing flak from standard of education in it will nullify the provi- done by my late husband in instrumental in bringing Uddhav Thackeray Ji on cy. Mr Chowdhury said it and there was no scope across the political spec- the state as well as the sions of the Assam the constituency, besides the together the Sena, NCP taking oath as the CM of was because of the BJP’s for any debate. trum over Ms Thakur’s quality of education for Accord of 1985, which relentless hard work of party and Congress to form the Maharashtra. I am confi- ideology that Ms Thakur Notwithstanding the controversial remarks, the children of weaker fixed March 24, 1971, as workers. I would try to meet government — was also dent he will work dili- could make such com- Prime Minister’s warning the BJP tried to distance sections of society. the cut-off date for the expectations of the voters present, along with his gently for the bright ments. that he “will never for- itself from the controver- It also emphasises on deportation of all illegal who showered their love and nephew, former future of Maharashtra,” The Congress leader give” her for insulting sy. “The BJP never sup- the construction of new immigrants irrespective affection on me,” she added. Maharashtra deputy chief he tweeted. was backed by MPs Mahatma Gandhi after ports such statements and roads and maintaining of religion. Chandra Pant’s candidature minister Ajit Pawar, and Congress president belonging to the the Bhopal MP made a we do not support this ide- the quality of existing Congress, TMC, from Pithorogarh in Kumaon daughter MP Supriya Sonia Gandhi, who did Trinamul Congress, similar remark cam- ology. We have decided Ms ones while a mention CPI(M) and a few other region of Uttarakhand was Sule. Congress leaders not make it to the event, DMK, Left parties, NCP paigning during the Lok Thakur will not attend has been made of pro- political parties have seen by political experts here Ahmed Patel and said in a congratulatory and AIMIM. Sabha elections earlier meetings of the BJP par- viding 500 square-feet been steadfastly oppos- as the BJP’s bid to garner Mallikarjun Kharge were letter to Mr Thackeray Speaker Om tried to this year, she repeated the liamentary party during homes under the slum ing the bill, claiming sympathy votes in the wake there as well. that the country was fac- pacify the agitating comments in Parliament the session,” said BJP rehabilitation scheme that citizenship can’t be of the sitting MLA’s untimely Former chief minister ing “unprecedented Opposition MPs and said on Wednesday. working president J.P. instead of 300 square- given on the basis of demise. — PTI and BJP leader Devendra threats” from the BJP. he would give his ruling, Her remarks left the Nadda. foot ones. religion. — PTI PAGE Special 5 THE ASIAN AGE FRIDAY | 29 NOVEMBER 2019 | NEW DELHI RAFALE DELIVERY ON TARGET, ON SCHEDULE: FRENCH AMBASSADOR

NEENA GOPAL efit in internationalising the issue.” We already signed a contract for 36 (Rafales); but future. The India- BENGALURU But it was on the issue of the long- at one point of time the number was 126. It’s up France and India share concerns over the rising terror graph, reflected standing relationship on defence, that to the Indian government to decide. The discus- France relation- he first Rafale will be was not predicated only on the Rafale in France’s tough line on freezing the handed over to India “on fighter jet, that the French envoy made sions for this contract have been going on since assets of Pakistan-based Jaish-e- ship, which time, right on schedule, on a telling point. Saying it was not the early 2001 and then the Indian government Mohammed chief Masood Azhar, and Indian soil in May 2020. We first defence deal between the two decided what its needs are, and how it shall be procured. pushing the Financial Action Task are on target”, the new countries, the French envoy pointed to Force on putting Pakistan on the grey Emmanuel French envoy to India, the sale to India of the Mirage 2000 The French company offered, as they always do, the maxi- list, the ambassador said the asset EmmanuelT Lenain, said in an inter- fighter jet in 1984, in response to mum part of the procurement under ‘Make in India’. But freeze is decided by the sanction com- describes as the view, where the long-time China hand, Pakistan’s acquisition of the F-16 from eventually given the technological aspects, it was decided mittee of the UN, created by the ‘strongest part- who served in the U.N., backed India’s the U.S. “We have been in India since that the planes would be produced in France but with off- Security Council of the U.N. stand on getting a seat on the United the 1950s. We are one of the oldest sup- sets in India. Resolution 1267, which he knew all too Nations Security Council and its abro- pliers to India and we have been well, given that he had personally nership possi- gation of Article 370, while calling for always there when you needed any — Emmanuel Lenain, Ambassador of France to India worked on the resolution for three a relook at the original deal to acquire sort of equipment because we have the years. ble,’ growing not 36 but 126 nuclear-capable fighter strongest partnership possible,” Mr “We faced and we are still facing ter- aircraft. Lenain said, speaking to this newspa- hostile neighbours, because of its do, the maximum part of the procure- rorism. We stand side by side with even more in the Mr Lenain sees the India-France per, in India’s defence manufacturing capability to deliver nuclear weapons ment under “Make in India”. But even- India on this,” he said, adding that on relationship, which he describes as the hub, adding that France remains com- in the event of a war. tually given the technological aspects, keeping Pakistan on the FATF grey backdrop of an “strongest partnership possible,” mitted to `30,000 crore offset deal to France, which was the point of attack it was decided that the planes would be list, when faced with “some countries growing even more so in the backdrop provide 36 Rafale fighters to the Indian by the Opposition Congress on the $4.5 produced in France but with offsets in opposing the move”, France alongside understanding of a far firmer understanding between Air Force. billion Rafale deal in a bruising 2018 India.” several other countries kept up the the leadership in Paris and Delhi, with These 36 Rafale jets (include two train- election campaign, has remained com- The first Rafale was handed over to pressure on Pakistan, giving it until between the France throwing its weight behind er variants) would be fitted with mitted to the delivery and training of the Indian Air Force in Bordeaux February next year to clean up its act. India getting a seat at the UNSC high ‘Meteor’ BVRAAM (beyond visual IAF fighter pilots on Rafale. Merignac, on October 8, when Defence Between India and France, “there is a table and working on squeezing range air to air missiles), the active “We share analysis, intelligence, Minister Mr Rajnath Singh travelled strategic dialogue going on since 1997. leadership in Pakistan on its export of terror. Prime electronically scanned (AESA) radar technologies with your country as to Merignac. “We could have done it The idea is to take up the most strate- Minister Narendra Modi has repeated- for supremacy in the air, and most much as with any other country,” he earlier, but that was his decision — he gic issues, which means that your Paris and Delhi, ly cited Pakistan’s use of terrorist important, its ability to carry out said. “At various moments we have wanted to have it on the Air Force Prime Minister and my President groups against Jammu and Kashmir nuclear strikes. been very supportive; Like with your Day,” he explained. decided to work jointly last summer with France as one of the reasons for the more Induction of Rafale jets to the IAF’s nuclear tests in 1998. We were there. A The first Rafale will fly into Indian ter- and adopted a roadmap on two impor- stringent security in that state. fleet would serve as a few years later, when you had the oper- ritory in May 2020. Why the delay? tant matters – digital and cyber terror- throwing its “We support India’s right to decide deterrent to ations against Pakistan in Kargil, we “Only because between now and May, ism.” on its path forward,” the French envoy were there with French aircraft, the Indian pilots and Indian techni- France’s invitation to the Indian pre- weight behind said on the Modi government’s move Mirage. We made sure that we worked cians are getting trained on site in mier to attend the G8 summit in to alter the status of Jammu and together during the operation. It was Bordeaux. But after that the delivery Biarritz was at one level, a reaffirma- India getting a Kashmir to an Union Territory, adding another example of this great part- to India will be very regular – 1 or 2 tion of the personal chemistry that “as anywhere else, we want nership with India. But Rafale, obvi- planes per month and it will be done between the French President seat at the human rights to be respected and we ously has been the most advanced on time. Emmanuel Macron and Prime think the sooner the situation comes technology and this collaboration is a And in terms of schedule, we could- Minister Modi, but equally, it demon- UNSC back to normalcy, the better.” big signal.” n’t do any better,” he said. strated how far the South Asian power France and Germany are on the On taking the Rafale deal forward, the Originally, the two governments had come on climate change and bio- same page on this, he said, echo- envoy said: “We already signed a con- agreed on an offset requirement of 30 diversity, issues that affect the first ing comments by German tract for 36 (Rafales); but at one point per cent of the deal value to be invest- world as much as developing coun- Chancellor Angela Merkel, dur- of time the number was 126. It’s up to ed by France in Indian aerospace and tries, in tackling urbanisation, water ing her recent visit to India on the the Indian government to decide. defence companies and creation of sanitation, smart grids, clean trans- need to return the state of Jammu The discussions for this con- infrastructure for operating the fleet. portation. and Kashmir to a semblance of nor- tract have been going on since early The Indian government, however, Economic and business ties are also malcy. Interestingly, in a clear rejec- 2001 to be precise and then the Indian increased this figure to 50 on the upswing, Mr Lenain said, with tion of U.S. President Donald government decided what its per cent while evinc- more than 500 French companies The French envoy sees Trump’s repeated proffer of third needs are, and how it shall ing interest in employing close to 350,000 people in the India-France rela- party mediation, Mr Lenain said the be procured. The We share analysis, procurement India. “One of the largest employers tionship, which he issue is a bilateral one with Pakistan, French company of 50-plus in this city is Capgemini – that’s close and that both countries should find a offered, as they intelligence, Naval vari- to 1,50,000 employees in India. Trade is describes as the resolution through a peaceful dis- always technologies with your ant of lagging slightly behind; it is true that “strongest partnership cussion following that up with country as much as with any Rafale there are some barriers (tariffs) but possible,” growing his India-leaning coup de fight- we are working with the Indian grace — “There is no ben- other country,” he said. “At vari- ers in authorities and we can make progress even more so in the ous moments we have been very with that, in everybody’s interest.” backdrop of a far supportive; Like with your With the French language taught in a firmer understanding nuclear tests in 1998. We were slew of international schools in the between the leader- there. A few years later, when city, and across the country, the ship in Paris and French envoy said his priority you had the operations against remained people-to-people Delhi, with France Pakistan in Kargil, we were exchanges. “This year, 10,000 throwing its weight there with French aircraft, Indian students will be coming to behind India getting a Mirage. We made sure that we France as they have every year. We seat at the UNSC high have a very ambitious target — to worked together during reach the fig- table and working on the operation. ure 20,000, by squeezing Pakistan on 2025. To its export of terror. achieve this, Prime Minister we are going to help universities, Narendra Modi has colleges, repeatedly cited schools find partners Pakistan’s use of ter- in France. Most impor- rorist groups tantly, students who do enroll in schools and uni- against versities will be allowed to Jammu and stay on in France for two Kashmir as years and work in that coun- one of the try, which makes it easier for reasons for young people to find employment in French companies the more once they are back in India, he stringent said. In a further bid to up security in tourists’ numbers from India, that state. Mr Lenain says “all visas will be delivered in 48 hours soon.” ‘Baby boys born to older mothers likely to develop heart problems later’

New Delhi: Women who get preg- Trophoblast Research at Changes occur in the placenta in older pregnant in old age generally suffer the University of Cambridge's changes in the placenta, which in Department of Physi- nant mothers which leads to a greater likeli- turn, means that baby boy being ology, Development and born to such mothers are more Neuroscience. likely to develop heart problems The placenta transports nutri- hood of poor health in their male offspring later in life, a new study has ents and oxygen from mother to found. fetus, secretes signalling factors Changes occur in the placenta in into the mother so she supports older pregnant mothers which fetal development, and is the leads to a greater likelihood of main protective barrier for the poor health in their male off- fetus against toxins, bacteria, and springs, pointed out the study hormones - such as stress hor- published in the journal mones — in the mother's blood. Scientific Reports. It is highly dynamic in nature, Both male and female fetuses do and its function can change to not grow as large in older moth- help protect the growing fetus ers, but there are sex-specific dif- when conditions become less ferences in changes to placental favourable for its development, development and function. These for example through a lack of are likely to play a central role in nutrients or oxygen or when the the increased likelihood of later- mother is stressed. life heart problems and high The study found that advanced blood pressure in males. nant rats. pregnancy in women maternal age reduced the Women over 35 are considered to Pregnancy in older becoming higher and efficiency of the placenta of both be of advanced maternal age and mothers is associat- Pregnancy in higher, and espe- male and female fetuses. It in this study, researchers looked ed with a height- older mothers is cially so in devel- affected the structure and at pregnant rats of a comparable ened risk of com- oped countries, it function of the placenta more age wherein, the placenta of plications for associated with a is very impor- markedly for male fetuses, female fetuses showed beneficial both the mother heightened risk of tant to under- reducing its ability to support the changes in structure and function and her baby stand how the growth of the fetus. that would maximise the support with conditions complications like age of the moth- "We now know that growth, as of fetal growth. like preeclamp- blood pressure for er and the sex of well as gene expression in the In some instances, the placenta sia — raised the baby interact placenta, is affected in older even supported the female fetus blood pressure in both the mother to determine mothers in a manner that better than the placenta of a the mother during pregnancy and partially depends on sex: changes younger mother. In the case pregnancy, gestation- and baby later-life health of in the placentas of male fetuses of male fetuses however, the al diabetes, stillbirth the child," said study's are generally detrimental," said placenta showed changes and fetal growth restric- lead author Dr Amanda first author Dr Tina Napso, post- that would limit fetal tion. Sferruzzi-Perri, a Royal Society doctoral fellow at the University growth in the aged preg- "With the average age of first Fellow in the Centre for of Cambridge. — ANI c m y k c m y k MIND POWER RITA MAE BROWN JIMI HENDRIX PAGE You can’t be truly rude until you understand When the power of love overcomes the love of 6 good manners power, the world will know peace Edit THE ASIAN AGE FRIDAY | 29 NOVEMBER 2019 | NEW DELHI

29 NOVEMBER 2019 Act, don’t debate on Subhani brink of recession ne of the prerequisites of delivering a good public talk is the confidence of the speaker. If the speaker is confident, one half of her aims are achieved. A majority of people tend to believe the speaker even if Oshe was reeling off lies or half-truths. Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s reply to the short discussion on the economic slowdown in the Rajya Sabha is no less than the bravado exhibited by the sailor of a ship caught in a massive storm. Ms Sitharaman’s contention that economic growth has slowed but the economy is not in recession is valid to an extent, but not wholly correct — because there is no universally accepted definition for recession. The United Kingdom believes negative economic growth in two successive quarters along with higher unemployment would be called recession, while the United States uses different metrics such as decline in industrial production, employment, real income and wholesale-retail trade to declare the onset of the recession. If we use the British definition, India isn’t in recession yet. Going by the US method of general decline in activity of key indicators, India is staring at a recession. But when there is no official definition of recession, the entire dis- LETTERS cussion on the subject is academic only. All that one should look at is the suffering of people in wake of higher unemployment and stunted wage growth. First Mumbai, then Delhi: DON’T FOLLOW ISRAEL Though Ms Sitharaman claims fiscal discipline to be one of the stellar achievements of Ms Sitharaman’s the BJP-led government, she skipped the The consul-general of contention that issue of general trust deficit in the economy. India in New York, economic growth has People have slashed their spending and companies are not committing fresh capital to Will history repeat itself? Sandeep Chakravorty, has slowed but the expand their businesses. The production of said India should follow economy is not in capital goods — which indicates the capital they stand on projects out to be a foolish gam- the Israeli model of build- recession is valid to an expenditure of companies — had shrunk 21 worth thousands of bit. It should never have extent, but not wholly per cent in August and September 2019. The crores either initiated been tried. Failure after ing settlements to facili- fact that consumer durables production also by the previous govern- knowing you could never tate the return of correct — because shrunk by nearly 10 per cent in September Karan Thapar ment, of which the Shiv succeed is worse. there is no universally and August and that automobile sales Sena was a part, The second is the dam- Kashmiri Pandits to their accepted definition slumped for several months proves people or by the Congress-NCP age to the Prime homeland. There is no for recession are postponing their purchases. In fact, five earlier? Minister’s moral stand- straight quarters of slowing economic For instance, will the ing. He’s fond of speak- doubt that the govern- growth mark the longest slump since 2012. Congress and NCP back ing of “the spirit of the ment should allow Kash- Another credit that Ms Sitharaman sought to give to NDA rule was for low the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Constitution”, but that’s miri Pandits to go back inflation compared to higher inflation during UPA government. During UPA hursday emerge. bullet train? Or wish to precisely what he rule, the government had increased minimum support prices to farmers, evening’s The second challenge is divert Maharashtra’s breached in Maha- and give them full securi- despite the Reserve Bank of India cautioning about its spillover effect on other swearing-in of Ajit Pawar. Even when `5,000-crore commitment rashtra. For a start, the ty to settle there. But it prices. This led to higher food inflation, which resulted into higher factory the three-party he was accused of to finance farm loan decision to form a gov- wages. Higher crude oil prices added fuel to the fire which brunt pockets of “Maha Vikas “betraying” the NCP, his waivers? What about the ernment with Ajit Pawar must also take immediate most Indians. The BJP’s solution to this is simple: Suppress the food prices. TAghadi” government uncle Sharad did not `46,000-crore Mumbai- had his blessings. He steps to initiate massive This along with lower global crude oil prices brought inflation under control. confirms the impression expel him. No doubt he Nagpur highway? In tweeted his congratula- relief measures for the But on the flip side, it resulted in lower income growth in rural areas, which that Maharashtra’s poli- was replaced as legisla- Opposition, the Congress tions within minutes of led to farmer indebtedness and general economic slowdown in rural areas. tics has turned topsy- ture party leader, but and NCP had raised alle- the swearing-in. But his people already living in And this cannot be a solution. India needs a solution wherein the farmer, man- turvy. The BJP, support- now, on return, could he gations of corruption. involvement went fur- the Valley under extreme ufacturer and consumer — can all be happy. It cannot be a zero-sum game. ed at the time by the Shiv be get the job back or Will they now overlook ther and deeper. And The BJP may be the master in the art of perception management. But as Sena, went into the elec- another important one? them? that’s the real concern. repression. Israel is no Abraham Lincoln famously said, “You can fool all people some of the time and tions widely expected to Congress chief There’s also the The decision to revoke model for India since its some people all of the time, but you cannot fool all people all the time.” It is sweep. It’s come out of spokesman Randeep Jaitapur nuclear reac- President’s Rule at 5.47 government has been time to accept reality and work towards resolving all outstanding issues. them shrunken, embar- Surjewala has demanded tor complex on the am on Saturday, rassed and relegated to that Ajit “apologise to Konkan coast. Initiated November 23, by using oppressing people who the Opposition. In con- the people of by the Congress, the Rule 12, meant only for are the country’s earlier trast, the Congress and Maharashtra”. If he does- land acquisition was “extreme urgency and Transcend identity barriers the NCP were anticipat- n’t and is instead given opposed by the Sena. unforeseen contin- inhabitants and discrimi- ing marginalisation but high office, won’t that But with France said to gency”, to circumvent nating against them on here is not much to write home about the new transgender bill. find themselves in rankle with the Congress have second thoughts, Cabinet approval, was Passed by Parliament on Tuesday, it is set to become a law soon but power. The question now and the Sena? could the reactors be utter disrespect for con- the basis of religious Tis a dud in terms of securing the rights of the citizens it proposes to is how long will this sur- The third challenge ditched? And then there stitutional conventions belief. That is in itself protect. There have been two important improvements in its content, prise government last? arises out of the attitude are Mumbai’s six out- and morality. It wasn’t deplorable, more so in an nonetheless, over the original 2016 format: (a) it no longer requires indi- And how badly damaged of the Shiv Sena and the standing metro projects. illegal but it was definite- viduals to pass through a “screening committee” in order to self-identify is the BJP? lack of administrative The Aarey one was ly improper. It dimin- enlightened universe. as transgenders; it is now up to the district magistrate only to give or The answer to the first experience of its leader, stoutly opposed by ished Mr Modi. How Mahmudul Hasan withhold that nod, and (b) it does not criminalise badhai (soliciting of depends on how the Uddhav Thackeray, now Aaditya Thackeray. soon he recovers is hard Gorakhpur, UP gifts) and the guru-chela communes of the traditional hijra/kinnar/ara- Aghadi alliance handles chief minister. During Even though the to say. vani/jogti groups. The last is a relief, not least because loss of that lifestyle the tricky challenges it its five-year government Bombay high court per- However, the Modi- would have meant a significant cultural loss — most often it represents faces. To start with, it with the BJP, it often mitted it to continue, Shah duo are fighters RIGHT TO PROTEST the only means of livelihood available to these disenfranchised people. was antipathy to the behaved like an internal with some conditions, and now, bruised and THE 29 AAREY PROTESTERS who What is the chief bone of contention, however, between transgenders BJP that brought the Opposition. While in what will his father’s defeated, they will try were arrested on October 4 and 5, and the government — the bill was not referred to a standing committee three together. How Mumbai it would pub- attitude be? And will the even harder to get back 2019 and slapped with criminal as requested by some Opposition members — is that this requirement for long will that glue bind licly oppose its own gov- Congress and NCP on top. And they’re not charges by the Mumbai police are validation from a district magistrate also exposes the person in question them? Unlike the Janata ernment’s policies, in accept any rethinking? without MLAs or power. not criminals or rioters. They were to societal coercion to conform and the threat of humiliation, besides Party in 1977, which New Delhi it used The flip side to all of With 105 MLAs in the only doing their duty to protect the being in complete breach of the Supreme Court’s 2014 Nalsa vs Union of started to fracture as Saamana to taunt and this is the damage done Assembly, the BJP will environment. Most were college India judgment which gives them the right to self-identification. Then soon as it defeated Mrs criticise Narendra Modi to the BJP’s image and be a powerful Oppo- students. The criminal charges there is the clause stipulating a two-year sentence only as punishment for Indira Gandhi’s and Amit Shah. No how difficult that could sition in Maharashtra, slapped against them should be transgender rape, and also no education or job quotas. Congress, because they longer can the Sena play prove for Mr Modi and while from New Delhi withdrawn immediately as they will Interestingly, it was a transgender association in Delhi which recently no longer considered both sides of the political Mr Shah to tackle. It Mr Modi and Mr Shah not be able to apply for a job nor petitioned the Arvind Kejriwal government to outlaw surgery and hor- her a threat, these allies net, but will its old habits could be a source of won’t hesitate to use the renew their passports or apply for a mone therapy for intersex children at the behest of their parents. If acted will face a strong and change so easily? strength for the new Centre’s authority to new one. upon, it will reserve for the kids their right to sexual self-determination. determined Opposition A lot depends on government. check and confront the Now, even the worst critics of queer theory — classical feminists who in the BJP, both in Uddhav Thackeray. He There are two critical government. The way Jubel D’Cruz complain that it follows patriarchal stereotypes and modern conserva- Mumbai and New Delhi. can easily rein in respects in which the that Mamata Banerjee is Mumbai tives who view it as an escape from society's pressure to perform, as well So the need to stay Saamana and restrain its BJP is seriously dam- handled could suggest as doctors in the West who have been calling out the fad for gratuitous, together is likely to editor Sanjay Raut. But aged. First, the aura of what’s likely in STRONGARM TACTICS irreversible medical interventions — won’t deny these two-spirits their grow, not diminish. what of his own inexperi- invincibility and Maharashtra. rightful psychic completion. However, other chal- ence of administration? Chanakya-like strategic However, if the Maha THE CHILLI SPRAY attack on lenges could be more for- How adept will he prove brilliance that created a Vikas Aghadi remains in activist Bindu Ammini in Kochi by midable. First, the three at running a three-party halo around Mr Shah control of India’s com- a Hindu activist is deplorable. The THE ASIAN AGE follow divergent ideolo- coalition government? and Mr Modi has suf- mercial capital and rich- protesters also did not allow gies. Not only does the Has he the tactical skills fered badly. It’s not just est state for five years, it Bhumata Brigade leader Trupti T. 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any decades ago, as a pre- king of Siam, nowadays exclusively above reproach, and even the mildest thing to do”, his status as a royal the hereditary ‘right’ to power finds teen with a budding inter- known as Thailand, sacked his criticism can fall foul of lese-majesté scion, and a patron of numerous other manifestations — generally in est in Western popular “noble consort”, Sineenat Wongva- laws that entail imprisonment even charities, was largely unquestioned, the context of the feudal mentality — Mmusic, one of the oddities jirapakdi, not long after she had offi- for foreign critics. even though his association with but in the case, for instance, of Sri I came across in my mother’s eclectic cially been brought into public view, Japan, the only developed country Jeffrey Epstein was hardly a secret. Lanka’s deplorable Rajapaksa fami- collection of LPs was the soundtrack on account of her “ingratitude”. in the world that still boasts an He has now been obliged to step back ly, there is always the prospect that of the Broadway version of The King She had, it is alleged, been caught emperor, is not much better. The from his patronage and most other they can be voted out. Mahir Ali and I. A number of songs from the scheming against the 67-year-old emperor is still deified, and some of royal ‘duties’. There are today 28 monarchies in Rodgers and Hammerstein musical king’s fourth wife, Queen Suthida the enthronement ceremonies rem- The several other monarchies in the world, and in some cases — piqued my interest, but the most Vajiralongkorn na Ayudhya — who ain secret, as evidenced lately by the Europe — including where one across the Gulf, for example — some amusing highlight for me was a half- herself had been introduced to the ascension of Naruhito to the throne would least expect them, in Norway kind of revolution will be required to sung, half-spoken soliloquy titled A Thai public only after Maha vacated by his father, Akihito. and Sweden and the Netherlands, for dislodge the absolutism. Across Puzzlement, delivered by Yul Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebaya- Commendably, lese-majesté is not a example — are comparatively sedate Europe, more peaceful ways are Heirs & spares: Brynner in a cod-oriental accent as varangkun had been sworn in as the crime in Britain. Not only is and constitutionally constrained. eventually likely to be found of the King of Siam. It was amusing, in successor to Bhumibol Adulyadej, arguably the most prominent monar- That hardly justifies the retention, nations acquiring maturity by rele- part, because of its hopeless — and the rather more restrained king chy in the world open to criticism, however, of throwbacks to a pre- gating the absurdity of such hopefully anachronistic — misogy- whose reign stretched across seven but every now and then it is subject democratic era, even if they mainly entrenched privilege to the past. Time to retire ny. “What to tell a growing son?” he decades. Consorts went out of fash- to an open season, as witnessed in serve a ceremonial purpose today. King Farouk of Egypt once wonders, before elaborating: “What, ion when royal polygamy was abol- the past couple of weeks following The Windsors serve to some extent declared that there would eventually for instance, shall I say to him of ished in Thailand in the early 20th Prince Andrew’s public admission of as repositories of the nation’s soft be only five monarchies left — the lèse-majesté, women?/ Shall I educate him on the century, but Vajiralongkorn, long his association with a known pae- power, given that the more idiotic houses of Spades, Hearts, Clubs, ancient lines?/ Shall I tell the boy as known as a wayward prince who dophile. The Duke of York never had elements of the bourgeoisie in coun- Diamonds… and Windsor. As things far as he is able/ To respect his wives spent most of his time in Germany 10,000 men he could march to the top tries from the US to Pakistan go gaga stand, he may have been right. But and love his concubines…?” (and possibly still does), appears to of the hill and down again, but until over royal visitations, burnishing there’s no harm in hoping he will be other privileges These potentially offending verses have no qualms about reviving dis- his BBC interview, in which he their elitism by briefly consorting proved wrong within the coming were edited out of the Hollywood ver- credited traditions. Notwithstanding declared that his decision to spend with the blue bloods. decade or so. sion of the musical, but they sprang his excesses and extravagances, four days staying with a convicted We’re supposed to be living in the to mind recently when the latter-day though, Thai royalty is considered sex offender was “the honourable 21st century, for heaven’s sake. 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India must reject plea for Govt made SBI accept expired asylum by MQM’s Altaf bonds sold in ‘illegal’ window Bhopinder Singh anonymous donors could days, including non-work- ELECTORAL BONDS-5 buy bonds to donate funds. ing days in between.” When then finance On May 23, 2018, accord- Hence, the bonds had minister Arun Jaitley ing to a report sent by SBI lapsed and as per the rules, Nitin Sethi to the finance ministry, the money was to be donat- first introduced the “some EB holders” with ed to the Prime Minister’s he one-upmanship ritual in Acha, Hindustan Humara” on televi- concept of electoral bonds worth `20 crores National Relief Fund, an the hyphenated Indo-Pak sion to buttress his clownish request bonds in his went to SBI’s main branch official, non-partisan fund drama has seen an unending for asylum in India or at least secure February 2017 in New Delhi. EB, or used for charitable works, Tseries of distractions, postur- some financial assistance from the Electoral Bond, holders and to provide immediate ing and embarrassments afforded on Indian government. Knowing fully Budget-day speech, refers to representatives of relief to those affected by each other — which do not move the well the power of an audio-visual This is Part 5 of the 6-part PM Modi’s Bharatiya the Reserve Bank of political parties — i.e. those natural disasters. needle on the fundamental concerns spectacle of a prominent Pakistani #PaisaPolitics investiga- Janata Party (BJP) and India warned that the holding the physical bond But Kumar, the deputy besetting Indo-Pak dissonance at all. supporting the recent Supreme tive series by HuffPost. Opposition leaders accused bonds could be used that must be deposited in a director, wasn’t done. However, the competitive spirit Court adjudication on Babri Masjid- Reprinted with permission each other of trying to bribe political party’s account. He then wrote, “As some underlying these attempts to out- Ram Janmabhoomi case and asking from the Huffington Post. MLAs to cross party lines. to launder funds Half the bonds had been amount of lack of complete smart each other certainly galvanis- those who disagree with the same to The acceptance of these bought on May 3, 2018 and clarity may have been wit- es the “mood” of the domestic con- be banished to Pakistan endears him he finance min- expired bonds at such a the other half on May 5, nessed in the bonds issue in stituents and cadres in “echo cham- to those who believe that his istry violated a politically sensitive time, in physical pieces of paper, or 2018, and both, SBI noted, last windows, SBI may bers” — that is invaluable to the “switch” will somehow be to India’s vital anti-money clear violation of the rules “bearer bonds” — that could had expired as their 15 cal- grant credit to such bond politicians on both sides of the bor- benefit. Realistically, the man who laundering rule governing electoral bonds, be purchased by any indi- endar-day period of holders of bond purchased der. The symbolic “tripping” of each once ruled the mean streets of by allowing sold in a window illegally vidual, corporation, trust or redemption had lapsed. before May 10, 2018 if the other ranges from debarring engage- Karachi and had emerged as the Tanonymous donors to opened at the direction of NGO wishing to donate But, said SBI in its report, bonds were deposited in 15 ment of artistes, sportspersons, busi- head of the third-largest political donate expired electoral the PMO, on the basis of an money to a political party. the bond holders requested working days.” He added, nesses and to the other end of the party is well past his prime, rele- bonds worth `10 crore to an arbitrary exception signed The donor would then hand that the 15 calendar-day “No such accommodation more dangerous and provocative vance and impact, as his own party unidentified political party, off by the finance ministry, over the physical bond to rule be bent, and the bonds will be available in future.” practice of patronising has also disowned its colourful or parties, soon after the vividly illustrates why the the political party of their be redeemed anyway, as This letter was approved insurgents/terrorists under the founder. The childish antics of the May 2018 Karnataka state Reserve Bank of India, the choice, who would then they were being deposited by the secretary of the garb of providing “moral and politi- one-time leader of MQM were toler- elections resulted in a hung Election Commission of deposit the money in a spe- within 15 working days. department of economic cal support”! In this melee of domes- ated because it was a powerful reac- Assembly. India, Opposition parties, cially designated account. SBI’s New Delhi branch affairs, S.C. Garg, the high- tic pressures, to be seen to have tionary ethnic force of Muhajirs The ministry took this transparency activists, and As HuffPost India has pre- informed its corporate est-ranking official in the “sorted out the other” points to yel- (those who had migrated from India decision after the “holders” election watchdogs such as viously reported, the RBI headquarters on the same department. The response low journalism pertaining to frivoli- to Pakistan), who had their own set- of these bonds — i.e. politi- the Association for opposed this system till the day, documents show. The was sent back to the SBI ties like which-leader-looked- tling down woes amidst the turf cal parties — asked the Democratic Reforms have very end before it finally very next day, on May 24, chairman the same day. through-the-other-in-a-meeting, and wars between them — Sindhis, State Bank of India (SBI), opposed these bonds. recommended two critical 2018, Mrutyunjay The SBI headquarters can assume prime space and time on Pathans and Baluch who shared the bank tasked with stew- It is worth noting that the precautions to limit the Mahapatra, then the bank’s informed its New Delhi national reportage across both sides Karachi, in substantial numbers. arding the electoral bond BJP has garnered 95 per potential for money laun- deputy managing director, main branch and before the of the Line of Control. So, while Altaf Hussain had transactional, tac- scheme, to accept the cent of the money donated dering: The bonds should wrote on behalf of SBI day was over, the political Pakistan needles India on Kashmir, tical and opportunistic alliances expired bonds, documents through the first tranche of only be sold to donors twice chairman Rajnish Kumar party, or parties, involved the Indian side retaliates by point- with two of the most damaging and reviewed by HuffPost India electoral bonds. a year in specially-designat- to the finance ministry, ask- were allowed to redeem the ing out the warts in the Pakistani anti-India dictators and fellow- establish. The Supreme Court of ed time periods, called win- ing whether they should expired bonds worth `10 situation in Balochistan, minority Muhajirs i.e. Gen. Zia ul-Haq and That these bonds were India is currently hearing a dows, and must be deposit- allow the redemption of crore, that were bought on and sectarian issues, terror “nurs- Gen. Pervez Musharraf. But his purchased at all was petition on the legality of ed by the recipient political these expired bonds. May 5, 2018. eries”, etc. Post an action or accusa- restrictive politics that veered because Prime Minister electoral bonds. Opposition party within 15 days of pur- “A few of the holders have The other tranche, bonds tion, the subsequent reaction from exclusively around the Muhajir Narendra Modi’s Office had lawmakers interrupted chase. approached us with the worth `10 crores bought on the international community is tal- domain allowed him to avoid other — illegally — directed the Parliament to demand a In January 2018, the interpretation that these May 3, 2018, was sent to the lied and presented in the public political afflictions like anti-India finance ministry to break debate on electoral bonds as finance ministry published are valid for 15 working PM’s relief fund, the docu- space against each other, with the rhetoric, religious “Talibanisation” its own rules around the Prime Minister Narendra the rules governing the sale days. We request you to ments show, as they were larger count of “supporting coun- or Kashmir-centricity, like the adop- sale of these secretive elec- Modi, who was also present and purchase of these bonds clarify the matter as to outside the finance min- tries” bolstering the claims of a said tion of the same by the pan-Pakistan toral bonds by opening a in the House, looked stonily — notably, the bonds would whether as on the date of istry’s exceptional “accom- country towards its moves or coun- parties like the PTI, PML-N and “special” 10-day window for into the middle distance. be sold by SBI only four receipt of the bonds at our modation”. termoves. PPP. them days before times a year (with a provi- counters, 15 working days “Which party was done As a larger and more heteroge- Temptation to co-opt such a recog- Karnataka went to polls. BROKEN RULES sion for 30 additional days or 15 calendar days are to be this favour with such neous society with an unambiguous nisable and irascible politician The documents, obtained When then finance minis- in general election years) counted as validity period,” alacrity and speed?” constitutional commitment towards towards the Indian cause, notwith- by transparency activist ter Arun Jaitley first intro- and would have to be Mahapatra asked in the let- Commodore (Retd.) Lokesh secularism, liberalism and democra- standing — his known past of street Commodore (Retd.) Lokesh duced the concept of elec- redeemed within 15 days of ter on behalf of the SBI Batra, the transparency tic rule, India has maintained decid- violence, crudity and ignobility that Batra under RTI and toral bonds in his February the date of purchase. chairman. activist who unearthed edly more “high-ground” vis-a-vis defines Altaf Hussain’s politics reviewed by HuffPost India, 2017 Budget-day speech, the But just ahead of the The finance ministry these documents, said in an the more assertively homogenous should be enough to keep him at a do not name the donors or Reserve Bank of India Karnataka Assembly elec- acted with alacrity. The interview with HuffPost reality of Pakistan that has had mul- distance. His affixation to our sover- the political parties that warned that the bonds tions in May 2018, as very same day, an official India. tiple interruptions to its democracy, eign position and name can only were allowed to accept this could be used to launder HuffPost India has previ- drafted a response. The answer to his ques- and is acknowledged even by itself diminish, devalue and degrade the set of expired bonds. funds. ously reported, Prime Vijay Kumar, deputy tions and several secrets to be dangerously perched on the “morality” of the historical Indian In the politically tumul- The scheme would work in Minister Narendra Modi’s director in the economic still remain hidden from sliding slope of societal extremism. position. His Johnny-come-lately act tuous days immediately the following way: SBI Office asked for an affairs ministry, said, “This the public eye. This divide between the two nations of recognising Pakistan as a “cancer after the inconclusive elec- would be empowered to sell unscheduled 10-day window is clarified that the stipula- is genealogical and the logical out- for the entire world” or the “epicen- tion in Karnataka’s results, electoral bonds — literally from May 1 to May 10, when tion means a total of 15 ■ To be continued come of two extremely divergent tre of terrorism” is driven by his paths chosen on the vivisection of own compulsions and situational the land in 1947, where one chose the circumstances — he is not a credible suffocating airlessness of the “two- or a mass leader in Pakistan any- nation theory”, while the other more, and his ostensible “catch” by chose the openness of “unity in India will transform none in the tin- diversity”. After seven decades of derbox of Pakistan. On the contrary, Is there any cure for the sorrows of life? fundamental irreconcilability his incorrigible antics can only triv- between the two nations, the interim ialise and distract from the more life of bringing only suffer- Meditation can help you day. This may not change period of Cold War leanings and meaningful bilateral engagement ing. awaken to the realisation the outer suffering of the manoeuvres followed by the global that is now required in order to end Is that all life is — but a that your existence is more world, but we are able to emergence of religio-nationalistic the chill that consumes the Indo-Pak series of disasters strung than the outer world in spend some time daily in a intolerance has only widened the freeze. Even from the perspective of Sant Rajinder Singhji together? Is there any cure which your body and mind place of joy that we can chasm. In such times and resultant an individual’s personal conscience, for the sorrows of life? undergo suffering. You spread to others. Our own games, the ultimate sovereign goal values and personality traits — any- Here’s some breaking have a spiritual side which spirits are lifted and we happens when one of “theirs” joins one who can renege, indignify and news that’s good: there is a is connected to the peace can then make others feel “us”, and in that lies the ultimate humiliate his own country openly place of safety where you and happiness within you. good. vindication of “our” position — ver- and seek asylum in another country can find refuge from the When you emerge from When we realise there is sus “them”! These “trophies” are that is seen as its principal enemy- sorrows of life. meditation, you see the a place free of sorrows then paraded, spouting venom on state speaks volumes of the despera- ews reports we always hearing of someone Where can you find that world in a different light. within, we can help others the land of their forefathers, whilst tion, pettiness and unfaithfulness of receive through close to us — whether fam- place free of sorrows? You know that the outer access that place. We see simultaneously quenching the such an individual. If he could not be TV, newspapers, ily or friends — who is fac- That place free of sorrows sorrows of life are tempo- life from a different angle, meaningless bloodlust of the people true to his own country, why would Nmagazines, blogs, ing challenges. As the is within you. It’s a place rary. They will pass. When and are motivated to help in the recipient country. While such a person be true to India? He is the Internet, smartphones, world turns, each moment where you can you see for your- and serve others. Our life Pakistan has recklessly courted, also getting pursued for terrorism, tablets or other devices carries some sorrow for connect with the self there’s a becomes a song of service supported and showcased terrorists corruption and bloodletting in the always contain breaking someone somewhere in the peace of your place of peace to help relieve others of from Indian insurgencies — the UK and not in some banana military news about a catastrophe world. Some often feel that soul. You can and joy within, suffering. We are filled Indian response has been less bel- court of Pakistan, therefore his in some part of the world. every moment of life is find relief from you are strength- with strength to do what ligerent and more nuanced by only potential welcome to India does not There are always difficul- filled with sorrow, except the sufferings of ened with forti- we can to help make the “trophying” intellectuals or artistes behove the “high ground” and stand ties and problems receiv- for a brief break here and life. You can find tude to pass world a better place, free- who disagree with their Pakistani of zero-tolerance-against-terrorism ing attention in the local, there where we are happy. the peace within through the diffi- ing it of sorrows. narrative. One such aspirant who that we pursue against Pakistan. national or international The news seems to be you by sitting in cult times know- wants to jump ships is the fugitive Beyond comic relief and television news. filled, one moment after meditation. ing that happi- Sant Rajinder Singhji, Pakistani politician, Altaf Hussain, TRPs, Altaf Hussain brings nothing It’s hard to go through a the other, with the In meditation, you can ness is accessible to you head of Sawan Kirpal founder of the Muttahida Qaumi to India. single day without hearing tragedies people face. It experience calm and bliss. within. Ruhani Mission, works Movement (MQM), and in exile in of the suffering other peo- seems that life brings noth- You can realise that within The upliftment we towards promoting inner London. The writer is a retired ple are undergoing. Even ing but sorrow. People fac- you is a place where there receive in meditation stays and outer peace. He can be The quest to ingratiate himself to lieutenant-general and a former in our own lives, we are ing these challenges accuse is no pain and suffering. with us throughout the contacted at www.sos.org India has led the famously theatrical lieutenant-governor of Andaman & politician to sing “Saare Jahan Se Nicobar Islands and Puducherry PAGE Books+ 8 THE ASIAN AGE FRIDAY | 29 NOVEMBER 2019 | NEW DELHI

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The Dalai Lama In the coming years, such nication between the Dalai has become and China had recognized recurring issues would Lama’s aide and the chair- Avik Chanda, another Ogyen Trinley Dorje as the inevitably spark pent-up man of the Gelug Monastic Harper Collins, `699 instability true Karmapa and not sectarian and inter-ethnic Disciplinary Council, factor in the Trinley Thaye Dorje. strife, and convert the Jangchup Choeden, and THE ANARCHY Buddhist Himalayas. Of Similarly, Sikkim has Himalayas into a bigger tin- Chinese authorities about William Dalrymple, Tcourse, there is a strategic been on the boil for decades derbox, while India’s own a joint project, for ‘offer- 2 Bloomsbury, `699 calculation involved in this. over contesting sectarian Buddhist institutions are ings in monasteries in It is an old Chinese method parties claiming rights to speedily undermined to the Tibet’, to decide the suc- REMNANTS OF A of playing on various fault- Rumtek’s ownership. 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The sim- porary situation, India’s lack of sufficient where- YOU MORE: LIFE IN the western Himalayas, a ple logic for the Americans 8 small incident took a criti- to play Tibet politics in withal to understand the DELHI’S RED LIGHT cal turn in 2015 when the future would depend on critical interplay between DISTRICT Dalai Lama issued a virtual controlling the Tibetan Buddhism and the Mayank Austen Soofi gag order against facilitat- leader’s next reincarna- Himalayas may have led it Penguin, `299 ing the visit of the rival tion. Not surprisingly, the to weigh heavily on the Karmapa, Trinley Thaye Dalai Lama has already minds of the Dalai Lama SHAHJAHANABAD Dorje. hinted that he expects his and his government-in- 9 Rana Safvi While the majority for a reincarnation to be born exile. Of late, the ‘Tibet HarperCollins, `999 variety of reasons did not in India. Clearly, this card’ is being redefined, ignore the Dalai Lama’s would mean he will be albeit on the grounds of KHAKI FILES: INSIDE directive, the other sects, born in the Indian Buddhist diplomacy. The 2017 Doklam crisis STORIES OF barring the Gelug sect — Himalayas, either in 10 Drukpa Kagyu, Drikung Arunachal Pradesh or in brought into focus what POLITICAL Kagyu, Nyingma and even Ladakh, and possibly also will be one of the most dif- INVESTIGATIONS the Sakya — defied the gag among the Tibetan refugee ficult issues that will Neeraj Kumar and accorded a reception to population in India. No unfold in the Himalayas in Blue Salt, `399 Trinley Thaye Dorje. The one knows what it would future. It indicated the ten- incident almost risked the mean but it will cause the sions rising from conflict- society getting divided and Himalayas to become fur- ing territorial claims by led to a split in the All- ther prone to conflict. And both India and China Ladakh Gompa Association it would animate the sec- which will almost certain- (LGA), which is the equiva- THE GREAT GAME IN THE tarian cause of retaining ly keep recurring and con- lent of a local sangha. The the Himalayas as a Kagyu tinue raising the risk of LGA office remained BUDDHIST HIMALAYAS bastion, as against the war. locked to avoid any direct Gelug taking control of the conflict for several years. By PHUNCHOK region. Excerpted with permis- The main motive for the STOBDAN In the past, the news of sion from the publishers, Dalai Lama’s actions could- Penguin Vintage the Dalai Lama possibly Penguin Random House, n’t be ascertained. It could pp.312, `599 installing his chosen from The Great Game in the either be meant to under- Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Buddhist Himalayas

FICTION THE FAR FIELD Liberation songs: Freda and the theris were not to be deterred 1 Madhuri Vijay 4th Estate UK, `599 people. And people included First Buddhist Women. everyone. Everyone regard- Written in the sixth century GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER less of caste, status or gen- BCE, by senior women 2(BOOKER PRIZE 2019 der, was united in monks, the poems, many of WINNER) Sridhar Balan Buddhism, the Buddha them written by monks who Bernardine Evaristo preached, “as are the rivers were contemporaries of the in the sea”. The three Buddha, are songs of their ` Hamish Hamilton, 799 authorities of Buddhism experiences in the Sangha meanwhile were the Buddha himself, and outside. Dhammapala, THE TESTAMENTS the “Dhamma” or the rules the sixth-century commen- 3 (BOOKER PRIZE 2019 of Buddhist life, and the tator on the Therigatha WINNER) he actor Kabir staying in Nizamuddin and “Sangha” or the ascetic considered the poems Margaret Atwood Bedi once wrote a Kabir recalls, “I went there community. The Buddha “inspired utterances”. The Chatto & Windus, `799 very moving piece and I suddenly saw her and believed that both men and poems which ranged from on his mother in she had shaved her hair and women could attain ‘nir- one verse to 40 verses, con- A MINUTE TO MIDNIGHT an issue of JS she was in Tibetan vana’ and were capable of veyed a sense of joy and T(now defunct) in the late Buddhist robes. Firstly, receiving rigorous training euphoria felt by the women David Baldacci 4 there was the shock of see- and philosophical educa- monks and were poems of Pan Macmillan, `599 1960s which was reprinted after his mother died in ing her like that, and section and could even be liberation. 1977. His mother was ondly, was the feeling of entrusted with the task of It was this great tradition GRAND UNION ordained as a Buddhist nun betrayal that she hadn’t told preaching the Buddhist doc- of women Buddhist monks 5(STORIES) in 1966 and Kabir recalled me before she did it.” trine. Yet, when there was a Freda Bedi joined when she Zadie Smith the deep anguish, bewilder- He was angry and said so. request from a woman to be was ordained as a Buddhist th Hamish Hamilton, `699 ment and shock his moth- “Why, why now?” Freda ordained and to join the Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, the 16th Karmapa, with Gelongma Karma Kechog Palmo (aka Freda nun by the 16 Karmapa er’s decision (she was of responded, “It is something holy order or the “Sangha”, Bedi) at Rumtek Monastery, Sikkim, in 1971 Lama at the Rumtek SUN-CATCHER English origin) caused the I felt I had to do and I knew the Buddha refused. Monastery in 1966. The lit- 6 Romesh Gunasekera family. He had been a stu- if I started discussing it Susie Tharu and K. Lalita remember that all of the women to a holy shrine is a male monk, but the con- erary output of these Bloomsbury, `599 dent at St Stephen’s College with everybody, God knows in their pathbreaking book Buddha’s preachings were matter that is decided by the verse did not apply no mat- remarkable women has con- then and recalled that what might have hap- Women Writing in India – oral in character. There highest court in the land, ter how senior the theris tinued over the years, as we BLUE MOON (THE NEW theirs had been a happy pened.” Indeed. The words, 600 B.C. to the Present were no written-up texts. Ananda’s appeal was to the may be. After a very strin- were reminded during a family with three children “It is something I felt I had record that this request did The texts or the “Sutras” Buddha himself, the highest gent two year novitiate, a visit to Kyoto in Japan this JACK REACHER 7 that had begun with a whirl- to do,” are very impressive come early in Budhha’s life only came up later after the court at the time. We do not theri was to seek confirma- summer. The Tale of Genji THRILLER) wind romance that had and if the earliest women to and to the Buddha himself. ‘Sakhyamuni’s death at the know what were the argu- tion from both the male and written by a remarkable Lee Child begun at Oxford and culmi- be ordained as nuns in Based on records of initiative of the disciples ments Ananda marshalled female congregations but woman court attendant, Bantam Press, `599 nated in marriage. the Buddhist tradition had exchanges in the Sangha who felt that succeeding in his defence, for there the thera had to submit Murasaki Shikibu in 1000 I was intrigued then with not felt the same way, and on the status of women, generations should not were no written texts, but himself to an examination CE in Kyoto is considered AGENT RUNNING the life of this remarkable women may never have Tharu and Lalita note that deviate from what the powerful and persuasive by the male congregation by many to be the 8 IN THE FIELD woman Freda and resolved become nuns. Mahapajapati Gotami, the Buddha had preached. It they must have been. And only. But the women were first great novel in world John Le Carre to read up on her some day. Freda hints that there may Buddha’s royal foster moth- was one such disciple all this against one who was not to be deterred. history. Not many know Penguin, `599 We are now fortunate that have been opposition or at er, wanted to join the Ananda, prodigious of the originator of the Gotami willingly accepted that the protagonist became Andrew Whitehead, a jour- least some pressure to make Sangha. She, of royal blood, memory, and perhaps preachings themselves! all the conditions and a Buddhist nun half-way her change, had her deci- The Buddha was finally joined the Sangha happily MUSIC TO FLAME LILIES nalist and a former BBC walked long distances moved by Gotami’s pleas through the novel and later correspondent in India has sion been discussed in the though the heat and and entreaties, mustered up compelled to agree but he thus beginning a long line died but the novel contin- 9 Megha Rao written a wonderful biogra- family. The early women dust to find the Buddha the courage to argue with laid down eight very strin- of women monks that ued beyond her lifetime! Tara - India Research phy, The Lives of Freda – the nuns faced determined and request him but he the Buddha. There was gent laws which all women endures to this day. Press, `299 Political, Spiritual amd opposition to the setting up would not hear of it. nothing in the tenets of the would have to obey. Among The first Buddhist women The writer is a senior Personal Journeys of Freda of a separate holy order. Repeated requests were Buddha’s preachings, said them were a few that illus- monks were extremely cre- publishing industry NOTHING VENTURED Bedi. In the book, The opposition came from refused repeatedly. There Ananda that forbade trate that the status of men ative too. Charles Hallisey professional who has 10Jeffrey Archer Whitehead states that Kabir the Buddha himself. was no moving the Buddha women from entering the and women in the Sangha has translated and pub- worked with OUP Pan Macmillan, `399 had been told at the college Buddha preached in Pali so who was steadfast in his Sangha or ascetic order. were not quite equal. No lished for the Murty and is now a senior hostel to go and see his mom that his message could be decision. Today, it’s interesting to ‘theri’ or woman monk Classical Library, consultant with Bahrisons, New Delhi who was in town. She was understood by the common At the time, we must note that when entry of could rebuke a ‘thera’ or Therigatha — Poems of the Ratna Sagar Books Carlyle to Tax sleuths gain from to go after SBI Cards’ GST `9,000-cr dodgers IPO FRIDAY | 29 NOVEMBER 2019 | NEW DELHI Overleaf ■ Centre also seeks one-time waiver for realty loans Onion 2.0: Price surges to quick Govt wants RBI to buy `120/kg; Centre gives up MADHUSUDAN SAHOO BITES NEW DELHI, NOV. 28 out NBFCs’ bad loans Households battling the impact of pervasive eco- INDICATORS % nomic slowdown got a Sensex 41,130.17 +0.27 AFTAB AHMED rude shock this week Nifty 50 12,151.20 +0.42 NEW DELHI, NOV. 28 BEAST OF BURDEN when onion prices spiked unexpectedly to Rs 110-120 S&P 500 3,153.63 +0.42 The central government ◗ Finance Ministry has a kg. Adding to their woes, Dollar (`) 71.77 +0.30 wants the Reserve Bank of proposed a bailout plan on the Centre has washed its Pound Sterling (`) 92.89 +0.97 India to set up a fund to the lines of the US Troubled hands off the issue, say- buy out stressed assets of ing that there is nothing Euro (`) 79.11 +0.24 the country’s top 25 shad- Asset Relief Programme in much for the government Gold (10gm)* (`) 37,664▼139 +0.37 ow lenders and revive the 2008 to do to control the onion damage of the bulbs due Consumer Affairs financial sector, a govern- ◗ United States Treasury prices at this moment. to untimely incessant Ministry data says onion Brent crude ($/bbl)* $63.41 -0.65 ment source told reporters Leaving consumers a rains and floods. is selling at Rs 76 per kg in IN 10-Yr bond yield +6.453 -0.014 on Thursday. Department had worked out teary-eyed, soaring onion, “We have no option but Delhi, Rs 92 in Mumbai, a $700-billion bailout plan to US 10-Yr T-bill yield +1.767 0.00 The government has also in its second phase, is to extend the ban on onion Rs 100 in Kolkata and Rs asked the central bank to address the financial crisis retailing at Rs 110-120, exports indefinitely as 80 per kg in Chennai. * As of 9:30 pm IST consider a one-time waiver ◗ after stabilising around Rs domestic prices have sky- While Delhi Chief to banks from classifying RBI feels the step is too 80-90 a kg in the previous rocketed sharply in many Minister Arvind Kejriwal some real estate loans as drastic and more discussions weeks, in almost all states parts of the country. accused the Centre of bad loans, the source said. are required and major cities like Delhi, Besides, the farmers have stopping the supply of the ABFL first to list The non-banking finance Chennai, Mumbai, suffered a lot in their sum- kitchen staple at con- sector has been battling a Hyderabad, Bhubaneswar mer harvest, which was trolled price, the govern- credit crunch ever since in the discussions told market, accounting for a 30 Mahindra & Mahindra and Pune, reports from delayed and the crop got ment countered it, saying commercial one of the sector’s biggest reporters. “RBI could be per cent share of auto Financial Services. mandis show. damaged heavily by that it is taking all possi- firms Infrastructure the buyer of last resort”,” loans and more than 40 per Shares of Piramal rose The price surge comes untimely rains,” said a ble steps to normalise papers on SEs Leasing & Financial the source, who cannot be cent of home loans as of nearly 5 per cent to Rs soon after the government senior official of the agri- prices. “It’s not in our Services collapsed in late named in line with his December 2018, according 1,830.70 a share, while on November 19 culture ministry, request- hand, the government is Aditya Birla Finance (ABFL), 2018 amid fraud allega- service rules, said. to the central bank. Shriram Transport Finan- announced an estimated ing not to be named. making maximum efforts, the NBFC arm of Aditya Birla tions. In 2008, United States The government official ce company rose 1.3 per 26 per cent fall in onion “Even on Thursday, con- but who can win nature,” Capital, became the first com- The Ministry of Finance Treasury Department had said that the RBI has been cent to Rs 1,155 a piece from output in the kharif and sumers in almost all said Food and Consumer pany to list its commercial has proposed a bailout worked out a $700-billion reluctant to open its bal- Rs 1,140, after the news late-kharif seasons of this states are paying Rs 90-110 Affairs Minister Ram papers (CPs) on the stock plan on the lines of the US bailout plan to address the ance sheet for a large bail before paring some gains. fiscal, saying that there or above for a kilo of Vilas Paswan. exchanges. The move comes Troubled Asset Relief financial crisis. out programme for the The new proposal comes may be some impact in onions while the prices According to sources, in after BSE and NSE came out Programme following the The government has shadow banks as it feels after the government’s Rs 1 both supply and prices of are even higher in south order to fight the onion with a framework for listing CPs 2008 financial crisis to pull been considering meas- the step is too drastic and lakh crore partial credit onion across almost all Indian states, where it is crisis, the government is to broaden investors' participa- India’s financial sector out ures to revive the financial more discussions are guarantee scheme under parts of the country. retailing at Rs 120-130 per expected to order for tion. ABFL said it has listed CPs of a deep slump and get sector to boost economic required. which state run banks As part of measure to kilo. In Delhi, onion about 6,090 tonnes of with value date of Nov. 28 and credit flowing back into a growth after five straight The RBI declined to com- would buy high-rated arrest rising prices of the prices are retailing at Rs onions from Egypt and maturity date on Feb. 7, 2020. weak economy, the source quarters of declines. A fur- ment on the government pooled assets of financially kitchen staple, the govern- 70-90 per kilo,” the official the consignments are like- told a group of reporters. ther decline in the growth source’s remarks. sound shadow lenders, ment is learnt to have added. ly to arrive in December. “Talks are on and vari- rate is forecast for the July- Any new measure is like- failed to take off. extended the ban on onion However, by the official Department of Consumer ous rounds of discussions September period, in data ly to help such as Banks, which are bur- exports indefinitely. data, the average selling Affairs Secretary A.K. Industrial have happened with the due out on Friday. Indiabulls Housing Fin- dened with over Rs 9 lakh Earlier, the Centre had price of onion is Rs 70 per Srivastava also hinted central bank on a mini Shadow lenders, or ance, Piramal Enterprises, crore of bad loans of their extended it till February, kg while Panaji has that the imported onions TARP-like programme,” NBFCs, account for a large Reliance Capital, Shriram own, remain risk averse. sensing a surge in domes- recorded the maximum would be sold at Rs 52-55 Relations Code the source who is involved chunk of India’s credit Transport Finance and — Reuters tic prices following mass rate of Rs 110 per kg. per kilo in Delhi. Bill placed in LS Ambani in talks to sell news assets to Times Group RIL becomes

BAIJU KALESH, ANTO Bennett Coleman & Co., sale, one of the people evaluates opportunities on passes various movie, ended March, while its net ANTONY & P R SANJAI the publisher of the Times said. an ongoing basis and music and comedy chan- debt stood at Rs 2008 crore, first to hit NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, of India, is looking to hire Talks are at an early declined to comment fur- nels to Sony Corp. according to the company. NOV. 28 advisers for due diligence stage and may not result ther. The company later Bloomberg reported last Network18, acquired by `10 L crore on the news properties of in a deal, the people said, said the story is “baseless week that the Japanese RIL in 2014, owns and Mukesh Ambani is in Ambani’s Network18 adding more suitors may and false,” without elabo- giant is currently examin- operates 56 local channels Amid vehement opposition by talks to sell his news Media & Investments Ltd, emerge. A representative rating. ing the books of the spanning news and enter- market cap the Congress and other parties, media assets to Times the people said, asking not for Bennett Coleman did- The tycoon’s plan to dis- Indian media company tainment. News properties Union Labour Minister Santosh Group, as the billionaire to be named as the discus- n’t immediately respond pose of his news assets and is considering several include MoneyControl, ASHWIN J PUNNEN Kumar Gangwar introduced the plans to unload a business sions are private. Ambani to a request for comments, comes as he pursues talks potential deal structures. News18, CNBCTV18.com, MUMBAI, NOV. 28 Industrial Relations Code Bill that’s been losing money, is considering various while a spokesman for to sell a stake in Network18 reported a CricketNext and Firstpost. 2019 in the Lok Sabha. Cong- people familiar with the options, ranging from an Reliance Industries said Network18’s entertain- group loss of Rs 178 crore Business tycoon ress and other opposition par- matter said. outright exit to a stake the parent of Network18 ment division that encom- ($25 million) in the year — Bloomberg Mukesh Ambani-led ties demanded that the bill be Reliance Industries on referred to the parliamentary Thursday became the standing committee on labour. first Indian company to This bill is part of the govern- hit the Rs 10 lakh crore ment's labour reform initiative. CHIT FUNDS BILL PASSED market capitalisation Govt notifies WTO about intend mark, driven by a sharp Maximum chit amounts raised to `3 lakh & `18 lakh spike in its share price. At market close, the No plans to cut New Delhi, Nov 28: from subscribers. It further proposes to oil-to-telecom conglom- to make gold hallmarking must Parliament on Thursday The bill also introduces allow subscribers to join erate's market valua- passed a bill which pro- words such as fraternity the process of drawing tion surged to Rs retirement age SANGEETHA G in the gazette. vides for raising the mone- fund, rotating savings and chits through video-confer- 10,01,555.42 crore on the CHENNAI, NOV. 28 Other member countries tary limits for chit funds to credit institution to make encing. BSE. in BSNL, MTNL in WTO can raise their three-fold and hiking com- chit funds more About members' objec- The RIL stock closed The Indian government objection, if any, to this mission for foreman. respectable. tion to this clause, Thakur at Rs 1,579.95, up 0.65 The government on Thursday has notified to the World decision. They have been The Chit Funds The Chit Funds told the House that all sub- per cent after gaining said it is not planning to reduce Trade Organisation its given 60 days from the date (Amendment) Bill, 2019 (Amendment) Bill, 2019 scribers should be present 0.90 per cent intra-day retirement age of employees of intention to implement of notification to raise was passed by voice vote in also introduces words such at the time of draw of chit to touch an all-time BSNL and MTNL to 50 years. mandatory hallmarking objection. the Rajya Sabha. The bill as "fraternity fund", "rotat- fund but if some people are high of Rs 1,584. "The government is not plan- for gold jewellery and arte- “None of the members got the Lok Sabha's nod on ing savings" and "credit busy or unable to attend So far this year, the ning to change the retirement facts to be sold across the are likely to raise objection November 20. institution" to make chit those then they should Reliance Ind stock has age of BSNL and MTNL country. as most of the countries The maximum chit funds more respectable, have the option of video gained nearly 41 per employees to 50 instead of the Though the government currently have mandatory amount is proposed to be said Minister of State for conference. cent, outperforming current age of 60," Minister of has not mentioned a date hallmarking. Among large raised from Rs 1 lakh to Rs Finance Anurag Thakur in He also told the House Sensex that rose 14 per State for Communications for adoption of mandatory protection through preven- consumers, China too had 3 lakh for those managed his reply to the House on that the bill removes the cent in 2019. Sanjay Dhotre said in a written hallmarking, industry tion of deceptive practices, recently made hallmark- by individuals or less than the bill. limit of Rs 100 (which was TCS is the country's reply in the Rajya Sabha. experts feel that the coun- customer satisfaction ing mandatory,” said four partners, and from Rs Piloting the bill, he said set in 1982), and allows the second most valued try is getting closer to it. through third party assur- Somasundaram P.R., 6 lakh to Rs 18 lakh for that chit funds are legal state governments to speci- firm with a market val- In a notification to the ance for the marked puri- Managing Director, India, firms with four or more and one should understand fy the base amount over uation of Rs 7,79,501.64 WTO, the Ministry of ty/fineness of gold and World Gold Council. partners. that these are different which the provisions of the crore, followed by Consumer Affairs said the enhance the credibility of “Almost 40 to 50 per cent The maximum commis- from unregulated deposit Act would apply. HDFC Bank with a mar- government intends to gold jewellery. of the gold in the market sion for foreman, who is schemes or ponzi schemes. He said the bill provides ket cap of Rs 6,92,853.48 Cotton output bring in “compulsory sell- The decision will come are hallmarked. It would responsible for managing The bill provides for sub- that the chit fund operator crore, Hindustan ing of precious metals arti- into force with effect from take 8 to 12 months to get the chit, is proposed to be stituting terms like 'chit has to have secured deposit Unilever (Rs 4,51,482.38 pegged at 360 L cles of gold (jewellery and the date of its publication the rest of the stocks to be raised from 5 per cent to 7 amount', 'dividend' and to the size of scheme, crore) and HDFC (Rs gold artefacts) through cer- in the official gazette. hallmarked. Government per cent. 'prize amount' with 'gross which is a sufficient safe- 3,98,994.81 crore). tified sales outlets and However, the government is likely to keep this in The bill also allows the chit amount', 'share of dis- guard for people subscrib- According to analysts, bales in 2019-20 with hallmark”. said it has not decided mind while announcing foreman a right to lien count' and 'net chit fund' ing to the scheme. the stock is gaining on The cotton output is estimated This will help consumer when it would publish this the deadline,’ he said. against the credit balance respectively. — PTI the back of the windfall to go up by 9 per cent at 360 making on the past lakh bales in the crop year 2019- investments in con- 20, beginning from Oct-ober, on sumer-facing sectors back of better yield following like telecom and retail. good monsoon, compared to “These investments Rupee being crushed by central bank’s high reserves have yielded fruitful the previous year, said the Cotton Advisory Board (CAB). results for the company The total cotton production in KARTIK GOYAL Economics. While the pur- strategist at TD Securities ance for a weaker rupee. nation’s equities to a and has been consis- 2018-19 was 330 lakh tonne, the NOV. 28 chases have propelled rese- Rising headwinds in Singapore. “Higher India’s exports have record, and sent the rupee tently increasing their reserves prove that the cen- shrunk for three months in to a three-week high. The share in the overall CAB said. The total yield is esti- rves to a record, the rupee Rupee is Asia’s only weaker currency mated to go up by 10 per cent The Reserve Bank of has fallen about 0.7 per cent as RBI stepped up USD purchases tral bank is probably mak- a row, contributing to fur- currency fell 0.4 per cent to profits,” according to India’s efforts to support since September 30. ing determined efforts to ther deepening of a growth close at 71.77 per dollar on Ajit Mishra, VP to 486.33 lakh bales. ■ India’s foreign-exchange reserves (R1) the flagging economy are Weakness in the rupee ■ Indian rupee spot (L1) keep the rupee’s competi- slowdown. A report on Thursday. Research, Religare turning out to be a bane for despite robust inflows is 74.0 tiveness.” Friday is likely to show The RBI will continue to Broking. Printed & Published by the rupee. The currency is seen as a sign the central The RBI has said it does GDP grew 4.6 per cent, soak up the inflows to For the past few ses- T Venkateswarlu on behalf of Deccan the worst performer in bank wants to curb a sharp 72.0 not target any particular which would be the weak- address the rupee’s over- sions, the company's Chronicle Holdings Limited. Printed at emerging Asia this quarter, appreciation in the curren- level of exchange rate and est pace of expansion since valuation, according to market valuation has BFL Infotech Ltd, C-9 Sector 3, Noida- and analysts say that’s cy that can hurt exports. 70.0 steps in only to curb undue Jnaury-March 2013. Kotak Securitie. “When been hovering near the 201301. Published at 219, N D Tiwari because the central bank is With slew of data pointing 68.0 swings in the currency. Expectations that the gov- you have decent inflows, Rs 10-lakh crore mark. 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■ HDFC panel Fake B2B invoices & E-way bills under lens ONGC raises Carlyle to gain OPENING to find Puri’s Tax sleuths to go $300 mn from SBI Cards’ BELL at 3.375% PROJECTION FOR TODAY successor coupon FALAKNAAZ SYED `9,000-cr IPO MUMBAI, NOV. 28 after GST dodgers New Delhi, Nov 28: State- owned Oil and Natural Immediate India’s largest private Gas Corp (ONGC) on NUPUR ANAND lender HDFC Bank has RITWIK MUKHERJEE Thursday said it has MUMBAI, NOV. 28 set up a six-member KOLKATA, NOV. 28 raised $300 million in support for panel to identify a suc- overseas borrowing at a SBI Cards and Payment cessor to managing Tax sleuths across the coupon rate of 3.375 per Services, the credit card director Aditya Puri who country are girding up cent, the lowest by any arm of State Bank of India, Nifty around is set to retire in October their loins to put checks Indian issuer. aims to raise roughly Rs 2020. and balances on growing The 10-year bond will 9,000 crore ($1.25 billion) in The bank's chairperson cases of fake invoices in mature in 2029, the com- an initial public offering, 12070 and former RBI deputy GST—fake B2B invoices pany said in a statement. according to a source famil- governor Shyamala Go- and fake E-way bills— "ONGC has priced its iar with the matter, in a deal The market continued pinath, additional direc- which are depriving State maiden offering of USD set to make a bumper profit draft prospectus on Nov. 27, its record-breaking run tor Sanjiv Sachar, for- exchequers of increasingly bonds in the aggregate for US private equity firm did not give valuation for the second day on mer Infosys CFO MD larger amount. The basic principal amount of USD Carlyle Group. details, but based on the Thursday, helped by Ranga-nath, Sandeep framework of these cases 300 million for meeting SBI Cards is 74 per cent anticipated proceeds the gains in index heavy- Parekh, Srikanth have some common fea- capital expenditure in owned by SBI, while Carlyle IPO is likely to value weights ICICI Bank and Nadhamuni and HDFC's tures, tax department offi- accordance with the Group owns the remaining Carlyle’s 26 per cent stake Reliance Industries. representative Keiki cials said. External Commer-cial 26 per cent, a stake which it at close to seven times its The Sensex rose to an Mistry have been named “The fake invoices are Borrowing guidelines bought in 2017 from the 2017 purchase price, and all-time intra-day high of members of the search mainly B2B invoices. Here issued by the Reserve lending arm of General rake in about Rs 6,000 crore 41,163.79 before setting committee. Puri will act a seller sells a product to set the input tax with out- turbed and are working on Bank of India and suc- Electric for about Rs 2,000 from the 10 per cent stake at 41,130 up 109.56 points as an advisor to the the genuine buyer (say A), put tax. This aspect is ways to curb raising fake cessfully achieved its crore. sale alone. or 0.27 per cent. search committee, the without raising an invoice. exploited and it promotes invoice bills. “This is the objective to set a fresh SBI will divest 4 per cent, The IPO, which is still The NSE Nifty closed private lender said in a The products in question the generation of fake issue of generation of fake benchmark," it said. while Carlyle is set to sell a awaiting regulatory approv- at a fresh life-time high statement. are generally intermediate invoices to claim input tax e-way bills with the names At 3.375 per cent inter- 10 per cent stake as part of al, is poised to be India’s of 12,151.15, up by 50.45 "The Search Commi- goods (that are processed to credit. of transporters, who are est rate, this is the tight- the IPO process, which will biggest this financial year. points or 0.42 per cent ttee, over the next few make the final product) like Explaining the modus non-existent or not in busi- est coupon for 10-year or also include a sale of fresh SBI Cards is the second- over the previous close. months, shall evaluate plastic granules or metals, operandi, Arupa Banik, a ness any longer. Since in longer tenor offering equity worth Rs 500 crore, largest credit card issuer in Buying was seen in internal and external for which there is high young chartered account- most cases, the seller and from India ever achieved according to a draft prospec- the country, with 9.4 million broad market with candidates to ensure a demand but few suppliers. ant, said, “The seller enters the buyer B are in different by any Indian corporate. tus published by the book outstanding cards as of the Smallcap and Midcap smooth transition," the As no invoices are raised into an agreement with states, to make the entire "The mix of investors is runners of the deal. end of September. indices closed higher. bank said in a state- and no GST is collected in another buyer (say B), who picture look real, the seller diverse, from across SBI Cards, which filed the . — Reuters Sustained inflow of ment. this transaction, this is the wants to evade GST and generates an e-way bill and Singapore, HK, London, foreign investment and HDFC Bank is on a first leg where government thus needs input tax credit furnishes details with Taiwan, Japan and short-covering amid the global search to find a loses its revenue,” these (ITC), which is not actually respect to the fake consign- Middle East which expiry of November successor to Founder & officials pointed out. due to him. Buyer B trans- ment on the common GST includes 77 per cent bid derivatives contracts Chief Executive Officer “Buyer A undertakes fur- fers the funds (as men- portal and includes the from Asian investors and Muthoot Fincorp to expand ops also contributed to the Aditya Puri, as he would ther sale of these goods tioned in the fake bills) name of a dummy trans- 23 per cent from EMEA rally, traders said. turn 70 next year. without raising invoices. It through RTGS to the porter in the e-way bill,” investors. The Bankers to FC BUREAU grow at 15 to 17 per cent... For the month of may also collect GST from account of the seller. The said Banik. the deal were – Citi, DBS HYDERABAD, NOV. 28 We disbursed close to Rs November so far, foreign its buyer but may forgo this seller, in turn, reimburses The tax officials need to Bank Ltd, MUFG, SBI- 27,000 crore last fiscal with inflows in the cash seg- credit from the input tax, this amount to B in cash. be more vigilant with CAP and Standard Despite the current gloom over 90 per cent towards ment have totalled $2 bil- given that it is already The seller earns a commis- respect to those bills which Chartered," it said. in Indian economy, Kerala- gold loan” lion, while FII position- Nelco to roll earning huge profit and sion from this bogus trans- involve a consignment of ONGC Chairman and based NBFC, Muthoot Fuelled by the growth, ing in index futures has thus feels no need to set off action, while Buyer B exorbitant amount or Managing Director Fincorp, expects its assets Muthoot Fincorp, which has turned to net long after a his output tax or evade it,” earns a net profit (amount where the volume and fre- Shashi Shanker said the under management (AUM) over 3,600 branches in India, gap of six months. out in-flight they added. of GST evaded in the form quency of transactions are company funds its opera- to grow at a healthy 17 per is now planning to expand The market capitalisa- It is known that every reg- of ICT availed of, less the unusually high. The trans- tions from internal accru- cent during the current its presence in the two tion of the BSE-listed istered person (subject to commission paid to the porters mentioned in these als and it has capacity to financial year, a senior offi- Telugu states further. companies went up by data services conditions) can take credit seller). Thus, the whole e-way bills may be sum- do the same in future cial said here on Thursday. “We have been opening Rs 1,87,370.56 crore to Rs of input tax on supply of racket enriches the two moned and interrogated, also."The offering of USD Speaking to the media, about 200 branches every 1,55,57,484.15 crore. New Delhi, Nov 28: Tata goods or services to him, unscrupulous parties, which can help the depart- bond however was impor- Muthoot Fincorp COO year. We should be opening Broader BSE midcap group company Nelco which are used or intended while leaving the government to track down the real tant to set a benchmark Vasudevan Ramaswami another 60 odd branches in and smallcap indices Ltd on Thursday said it to be used in course or fur- ment deprived of its rev- defaulters and break for ONGC Group,” he said, “We grew at 16 per cent AP and Telangana out of rose up to 0.97 per cent. expects to roll out in- therance of business. Input enue.” through this whole sham said. —PTI last year (in terms of AUM). which Telangana will have BSE telecom, metal, flight data connectivity tax credit can be used to off- GST officials are also per- transaction, she felt. This year also we expect to 27,” Mr Ramaswani said. realty, teck and capital services by January but goods indices rose up to did not divulge the air- 3.49 per cent. BSE auto lines it would partner index ended in the red. with for the offering. The company had, ear- Online festive Technical View lier this year, obtained a FM seeks Parliament nod for additional `21,246 crore licence from the DoT for “In this month, the providing in-flight and sales grow New Delhi, Nov 28: Finance infused in the IDBI Bank through and lacklustre growth in goods and index first consolidated maritime connectivity Minister Nirmala Sitha-raman on recapitalisation bonds, while Rs services tax collections, amid a within a range and is (IFMC) services. Thursday sought Parliament 2,500 crore will go into recapitalsa- marked downturn in the economy, now all set to end the Nelco said it hopes to slower than approval to spend an additional Rs tion of state-owned insurance com- have squeezed government finances month on a high note. roll out in-flight services 21,246.16 crore, including over Rs panies. this year. Traders are advised to in the next one-and-a-half last year 8,820 crore in the newly formed The Union Budget for FY20, pre- The Indian economy expanded by continue to trade with a months but refused to union territories of Jammu & sented in July, had estimated a total 5 per cent in April-June, its slowest positive bias as we con- comment on tariffs say- Kashmir and Ladakh, in the current government spending of Rs 27.86 annual pace since 2013 and the pro- tinue with our positive ing the modalities are SANGEETHA G fiscal ending March 2020. lakh crore, excluding expenses of jections are that it may have slowed view for the targets of being fine-tuned. CHENNAI, NOV. 28 Sitharaman tabled the first batch public-sector companies. down further in the second quarter, 12180-12200 first and "We are hoping to start of Supplemen-tary Demands for The Finance Minister sought Rs making six consecutive quarters of then towards 12290.The in-flight connectivity The macro-economic sen- Grants for the financial year 2019-20 1,500 crore to meet the additional slowing growth, a first since 2012. immediate supports for services around January timents did have a bear- in both the Houses of Parliament expenditure towards payment of This despite a recent series of fiscal the index are now placed timeframe. We will start ing on the online festive saying of the total spend, cash outgo pay and allowance of armed forces stimulus, including a reduction in around 12070 and 12000,” with data services," sales this time. The fes- will be about 19,000 crore. and another Rs 666 crore for meeting corporate tax rates. Ruchit Jain Equity Nelco Managing Direct- tive season sales regis- The government has sought Rs expenditure of Department of Growth outlook has weakened Technical Analyst, or and CEO P J Nath said tered a lower growth this 8,820.62 crore as grants for Union Space. Nirmala Sitharaman sharply this year, with a crunch that Angel Broking said. of an event here. compared to last year. territories Jammu & Kashmir and As much as Rs 3,387.46 crore has About Rs 1,000 crore has been started with the non-banking The government's On March 6 this year, The growth rate was even Ladakh in lieu of the erstwhile been provided in the supplementary sought for providing additional finance institutions spreading to efforts to maintain fiscal the company announced lower than that of a non- state's share of 14th Finance demands for grants for meeting funds under the scheme for free LPG retail businesses, car-makers, home prudence and stimulus it has obtained licence festive business day. Commission Award. expenditure towards salaries and connection to poor households. sales and heavy industries. measures may help to from the government for The 15-day festive sea- Another Rs 4,557 crore will be cost of the ration of police. A sharp cut in corporate tax rates — PTI extend the breadth of providing in-flight and son sales period saw e- the rally, analysts said. maritime connectivity commerce companies “We’re eyeing 12,300 in (IFMC) services. clocking aggregate sales Nifty and reiterate our The licence enables of Rs 31,000 crore against preference for banking, connectivity solutions to Rs 25,600 crore last year, metal and pharma coun- the individual users on- as per the data from HPCL, MRPL workers join BPCL protest ters for long trades. board the aircraft and RedSeer Consulting. Upcoming macroeco- ships. —PTI While this year, the fes- V. SIVARAM & Refinery and month that international nomic data and global tive season recorded a CHRIS THOMAS Petrochemicals Ltd energy firms would be cues may result in the sales growth of 20.2 per KOCHI/BENGALURU, NOV. 28 (MRPL) joined forces with invited to participate in marginal profit taking cent, last year the growth BPCL workers to protest privatisation of state- or consolidation. rate was as high as 70.7 Thousands of employees against the privatisation owned oil companies. Traders should utilise per cent. Even in 2017, across India on Thursday plans. India faces tax shortfalls such opportunities to NBCC asked festive sales grew by 43 protested an upcoming Employees at BPCL’s of around Rs 2 lakh crore accumulate quality per cent. stake sale at state owned Kochi refinery— the com- in the current fiscal year, stocks on dips,” said Ajit More interestingly, the refiner Bharat Petroleum pany’s largest with a capac- making the stake sales crit- Mishra, VP - Research, to offer growth rate, though from Corporation Ltd (BPCL), ity of 15.5 million metric ical to relieving the deficit. Religare Broking Ltd. a higher base, was even fearing loss of jobs and tonnes per year—fear that The country has set a tar- slower than the sales benefits. privatisation will strip get of raising $14.6 billion Market View more land growth on a usual busi- In what is seen as the them of various benefits by March 2020 through New Delhi, Nov 28: ness day. During regular biggest privatisation push and result in job cuts. these stake sales. Vinod Nair, Head of Lenders of Jaypee days of 2019, e-commerce in India in decades, the gov- “The government should Some 400 kilometres marched in the financial Moody’s on Tuesday said Research at Geojit Infratech on Thursday sales grew by 32 per cent. ernment last week notice our agitation, as away, employees blocked capital of Mumbai, where it was reviewing BPCL’s Financial Services, said, asked state-owned NBCC It was slightly lower than approved the sale of BPCL should private players look- the gates of refiner MRPL the company runs another ‘Baa2’ rating for possible "Market stayed positive Ltd to offer more land 36 per cent last year. and four other state-run ing to take over BPCL,” in the port city of refinery, a union member downgrade due to the gov- despite expiry led with clear title and debt- According to RedSeer, companies. said Aji M.G., General Mangalore. at BPCL said. ernment sale. volatility & the announ- free Yamuna Express- the year-on-year growth The sales are seen as a Secretary of the Kochi “Today it is BPCL, tomor- A BPCL spokesman said “A change in ownership cement of GDP data way, while homebuyers came down due to tough way to plug a widening fis- refinery’s workers associa- row it could be us,” said operations at its Kochi could result in the compa- tomorrow as investors want compensation for macro-economic environ- cal gap as New Delhi looks tion. Sudhendu K.V., employee refinery were running ny revising its business got a sense that increas- huge delay in completion ment and decreased con- to revive a slowing econo- In Kochi, protesters tried union president at MRPL. smoothly despite the strategy or financial poli- ing global liquidity will of flats, sources said. sumer spending. Slower m y. to block the passage of “We want the government protests. The government cies, which could have provide support in every NBCC and Mumbai- growth in mobile sales Unions of other state-run BPCL management arriv- to revoke its decision. No has not given details of any implications for its stand- consolidation." based Suraksha Realty also contributed to the companies such as ing at work before police public sector company prospective buyers. alone profile,” the rating are in race to acquire trend. Hindustan Petroleum Corp cleared the way into the should be privatised.” Oil Minister Dharmendra firm said. Jaypee Infratech throu- Ltd and Mangalore refinery. BPCL employees also Pradhan indicated this — Reuters — Ashwin J Punnen gh insolvency proceedings. They submitted fresh bids on November 17 as per direction of the Supreme Court. A meeting of Commi- Drugmakers cut prices by 61% to get on coveted China list ttee of Creditors (CoC) was held here to negoti- Nov. 28: Drugmakers, onto the list included Prior to 2017, the list was cent while tumor and dia- That in turn has put pres- ate with the two con- including AstraZeneca Plc AstraZeneca’s roxadustat, updated sporadically and betes therapies fell by an sure on foreign drugmak- tenders. In the meeting, and Roche Holding AG, an anemia medicine that only every several years. average of 65 per cent. ers. New drugs are often sources said bankers agreed to cut prices of was approved in China But since a regulatory Chinese drugmakers’ brought to the China mar- sought many clarifica- some of their newest inno- ahead of the US, and revamp starting around shares slumped due to the ket at prices lower than they tions from NBCC on its vative drugs in China by an Roche’s lung cancer treat- 2016, China has sped up magnitude of the price are sold in the West, but still resolution plan and average of 61 per cent as ment alecensa. drug approval reviews to cuts. face competition from a asked it to sweeten the the government expanded Other western medica- meet consumer demand and “The drugmakers are growing legion of Chinese bid. To settle an out- the number of treatments tions added were hepatitis included more novel, falling on the news about biotech firms developing standing claim of nearly covered under national C treatments from Gilead imported therapies on the the national reimburse- similar drugs that can be Rs 9,800 crore to bankers, insurance. Sciences Inc and Merck & reimbursement list. China ment list. It shows that they sold even cheaper. NBCC has offered 1,426 Some 70 new therapies Co, and AbbVie Inc’s is home to the world’s most need to lower prices mean- Global pharmaceutical acre land worth Rs 5,000 were added for coverage by Humira injection pen for diabetes patients, nearly 4 ingfully to be able to join companies’ older drugs crore. China’s state-run medical rheumatoid arthritis. million new cancer patients the list,” said Kelvin Chen, that have gone off-patent It has also offered 75 insurance fund after There are more than 2,700 to gain access to China’s The list has been annually and an ageng population. an analyst at Bocom are also facing price cuts. per cent of 858 acre land, months-long negotiations medicines on the list after $132 billion pharmaceuti- updated with new entries The latest negotiated International. In a separate national cam- which has been pledged over prices, according to a the latest adjustments. cal market, the world’s sec- since 2017, when Beijing price cuts made the import- The national medical paign in which China’s by promoter Jaiprakash notice on the National Both domestic drugmak- ond-biggest. Drugs on the accelerated its campaign to ed drugs “the cheapest in insurance fund, which cov- public hospitals bulk-buy Associates and is likely Healthcare Security ers and multinational list are almost fully paid for bring the best drugs to its the world,” the notice said. ers 95 per cent of 1.4 billion generic medications, prices to be transferred back to Administration’s website giants are eager to get their by China’s 2.34 trillion growing middle class as Three hepatitis C treat- Chinese, is demanding have been driven down by Jaypee Infratech. —PTI on Thursday. treatments on the list even yuan ($333 billion) national quickly and cheaply as pos- ments dropped prices by an deep price cuts to avoid as much as 90 per cent. The drugs that made it at steep discounts in order medical insurance fund. sible. average of more than 85 per bankrupting the safety net. — Bloomberg Clampdown PAGE British PM Boris Johnson issued an apology for the hurt and offence caused by Islamophobia within the Conservative Party as World 11 he pledged an independent inquiry into all forms of prejudice THE ASIAN AGE FRIDAY | 29 NOVEMBER 2019 | NEW DELHI Chilling out on Thanksgiving Indians from fake varsity may return Washington, Nov. 28: Federal law enforcement agencies have arrested 90 227K INDIANS Commander-in-chief foreign students, mostly Trump has ‘very little from India, enrolled in a WAITING FOR fake university estab- understanding’ of lished by the US govern- GREEN CARD ment to check immigra- how the American tion fraud, a media report Washington, Nov. 28: military operates has said. More than 2,27,000 — Richard Spencer The US Immigration Indians are waiting in and Customs Enfor- line for family-sponsored Former Navy secretary cement (ICE) has so far Green Card or legal per- arrested more than 250 manent residency, students, who were lured according to the latest IN BRIEF to enroll in the now- official data. Currently, closed University of there are about four mil- Farmington in the lion people waiting in Ex-Maldives Prez Detroit metropolitan area line for family-sponsored by the Department of Green Cards against a gets 5-year jail Homeland Security. Congressional cap of Male: A court in the Maldives When a fake university 2,26,000 per annum. has found the country’s for- was closed in March, The largest number of mer president guilty of there were 600 students, 1.5 million wait list is money laundering and sen- mostly Indians, enrolled from America’s southern tenced him to five years in in it. neighbour Mexico, fol- prison. The five-member Of the 250 students lowed by a distant India Criminal Court has also arrested so far, “nearly 80 with 2,27,000 and China ordered Yameen Abdul percent were granted vol- with nearly 1,80,000. Gayoom to pay a $5 million untary departure and Majority of those in the fine. In its ruling on departed the US.” family-sponsored Green Thursday, the court found Of the remaining 20 Card waiting list are sib- Yameen was guilty of laun- percent, about half of lings of US citizens. dering $1 million in state them have received a Under current law, US cit- money for personal gain. final order of removal, izens can sponsor their Yameen led the Indian Ocean the official was quoted as family members and archipelago state from 2013 saying. blood relatives for Green to 2018. During that time he Federal prosecutors Cards or permanent legal was accused of corruption, Cars and trucks in stopped traffic on Interstate 5 near Dunsmuir, California. Thanksgiving travel has been snarled in some places by two powerful claim that the students residency. muzzling the media and per- storms. A winter storm blamed for one death and hundreds of cancelled flights in the West moved into the Midwest and dropped close to a foot knew that this was a fake Trump is against such a secuting political opponents. of snow in parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin. — AFP university as there were provision which he calls He lost last year’s election to no classes. Senator as chain immigration and current President Ibrahim Elizabeth Warren, a lead- wants to abolish this. The Mohamed Solih. ing Democratic presiden- Democratic party is vehe- tial candidate, described mently opposed to abol- the move as “cruel” and ish family-sponsored N. Korea at it appalling. immigration system. again, says Seoul ‘Thank you, Mr Trump’ — PTI — PTI Seoul: North Korea on Thursday fired two unidentified projectiles into the sea, Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong seek global support after US laws South Korea’s military said, three days after the North Hong Kong, Nov. 28: said its troops conducted Chanting “Stand with artillery drills near its disput- Hong Kong,” pro-democra- Angry China calls ed sea boundary with South cy activists on Thursday Korea. The launches were an urged the world to follow apparent attempt by North US footsteps by passing Korea to pressure the United laws backing human US ambassador States to make concessions rights in the semi- in their stalemated nuclear autonomous Chinese terri- Beijing, Nov. 28: China diplomacy. Seoul’s Joint tory, as police teams began reacted furiously to chiefs of staff said in a state- a cleanup of a Hong Kong President Donald Trump’s ment that the projectiles university earlier occupied signing two bills aimed at were launched toward the by demonstrators. supporting human rights North’s eastern waters after Prominent activist Joshua in Hong Kong, summon- lifting off from the country’s Wong, who was among ing the US ambassador to northeastern South democracy supporters People assemble for a gathering of thanks at protest and warning the Hamgyong province. It said who lobbied for the new US Edinburgh Place in Hong Kong. — AFP move would undermine South Korea’s military is laws, called them a cooperation with Wash- monitoring possible addi- “remarkable achieve- Wong said he hopes the city’s embattled leader, ington. The clash comes at tional launches by North ment,” with human rights laws will spur Britain and Carrie Lam, over the gov- a sensitive time and could Korea. triumphing over crucial other Western nations to ernment’s handling of the upset already thorny US-China trade talks. follow suit. “Now is the crisis. A protester held a trade negotiations Terry Branstad President Donald Trump time for the Western world placard saying “Thank between the two nations. Mexico cartels to signed the two bills into to stand with Hong Kong,” You Mr. Trump, Sanction Chinese vice foreign hegemonic act.” He urged law. One of the laws pre- he said. #1 Carrie Lam.” minister Le Yucheng told the US not to implement scribes economic sanctions Echoing Wong’s call, More than 5,000 people US ambassador Terry the bills to prevent greater be terror groups on Asia’s top financial hub dozens of office workers have been detained since Branstad that the move damage to US-China rela- Washington: US President and diplomatic action on and activists chanted the unrest began in June constituted “serious inter- tions, the ministry said. Donald Trump put the Hong Kong and Chinese “This is what democracy over a China extradition ference in China’s inter- The US Embassy said, Mexican government on the officials found guilty of looks like” and other slo- bill seen as an erosion of nal affairs and a serious “The Chinese Communist defensive when he said he human rights abuses. The gans during a daily freedoms promised when violation of international Party must honour its ‘absolutely’ will move ahead other bans the export of lunchtime rally down- the former British colony law,” a foreign ministry promises to the Hong with plans to designate certain nonlethal muni- town. Some urged returned to Chinese con- statement said. Kong people.” Mexican drug cartels as ter- tions to Hong Kong police. Washington to penalise the trol in 1997. — AP Le called it a “nakedly — AP rorist organisations. Trump said this week that tens of thousands of Americans are killed every year because of IRAN CONDEMNS BURNING OF drug trafficking and other activity by the cartels. But Mexico is pushing back, wor- ITS CONSULATE IN SOUTH IRAQ ried that such a step would Baghdad, Nov. 28: Iran staff were not harmed, allow its neighbour to the condemned the burning and escaped out the back north to violate its sover- of its consulate in south- door. Iraq’s ministry of eignty by operating unilater- ern Iraq hours earlier, foreign affairs con- ally inside Mexico. “I’ve been which came amid an demned the torching of working on that for the last escalation in Iraq’s anti- the consulate, saying it 90 days,” Trump said on government protests was perpetrated by “peo- whether such a designation that erupted nearly two ple outside of the gen- would be forthcoming. months ago. Protesters uine protesters,” in a had set fire to the Iranian statement, adding that consulate in the holy city the purpose had been to CONDITIONAL of Najaf. The Iranian harm bilateral ties.— AP EXTENSION FOR BAJWA SHAFQAT ALI ISLAMABAD, NOV. 28

Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday granted a six- month conditional extension to General Qamar Javed Bajwa in his service as the chief of army staff (COAS), and ordered the government to complete the required legislation within six months for extension/appointment of an Army Chief. A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, Justice Mian Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel and Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah announced a short verdict on a petition filed by The Jurists Foundation through its chairman Riaz Rahi against extension of tenure of Chief of the Army Staff. In its short order, the Supreme Court remarked: “Considering that the COAS is responsible for the command, discipline, training, administration, organisation and prepared- ness for war of the Army, the current appointment of Bajwa as COAS shall be subject to the said legislation and shall continue for six months, whereafter the new legislation shall determine his tenure.” Fresh start Girl band Pussycat Dolls PAGE reuniting after nine years, 12 Instagram account created Newsmakers THE ASIAN AGE FRIDAY | 29 NOVEMBER 2019 | NEW DELHI Trump posts pic of himself as Rocky Post retweeted 161,300 times, received 542,000 likes ■ US Prez didn’t include text with pic Chicago: People are used Nick Pappas. “Rocky onship of the world. to seeing Donald Trump’s ■ Some in the ■ Others suggested defeated Russia – Trump Rocky IV, in which Aims to back face transposed on to a lot media speculated that the image alluded continues to hand them Balboa beat Russian Ivan of things: satsumas, the that it was in to comments he made victories.” White power at Drago, opened in theatres marginalised voices Queen, a giant floating the heart of the first on November 27 in 1985, baby flying across the US reference to his on Tuesday about his Rocky movie is Balboa’s which could explain why and bring them to the and the UK. ability to fight off health during a rally in fear of being replaced, in a Trump posted the image ‘front and centre’ But, this morning, the controversy dur- Florida, where Trump competitive sport where on Wednesday. — Sterling K. Brown, President himself posted a ing the ongoing said doctors told him he — a working-class Trump, however, did not Madonna photo where his head was impeachment he had a ‘gorgeous Italian American — looks include text in the post. Actor photoshopped on to some- increasingly like an out- Some in the media specu- thing utterly surprising: inquiry in chest’ during a recent sider. Of course, Balboa is lated that it was in refer- cancels the super-buff, bare body Congress physical triumphant against the ence to his ability to fight IN BRIEF of the fictional boxer newcomers, so his sense of off controversy during the Rocky Balboa. ■ No president has ever fought as hard as insecurity is eased and his ongoing impeachment 3 shows Bella to compensate It was tweeted at 10.54 am President @realDonaldTrump on behalf of pride reasserted. inquiry in Congress. with Mr Trump offering hardworking, taxpaying, Constitution support- Some believe that the Others suggested that in Boston exactly zero explanation – ing, God-fearing, middle- and working-class, Rocky films also speak, the image alluded to com- for carbon footprint not even a caption. All we therefore, to a problem ments he made on Los Angeles: Pop star Washington: Flagging con- know is that the tweet was patriotic, everyday, American citizens close to Mr Trump’s heart: Tuesday about his health Madonna has cancelled cerns regarding the climate sent during a golf trip at Allen Sutton, editor StewardshipAmerica.com the (many) anxieties of during a rally in Florida, her three performances crisis, American model Bella one of Mr Trump’s golf white voters. where he said doctors told in Boston and apolo- Hadid is turning into an envi- clubs in Florida during his Actor Sylvester Stallone, him he had a “gorgeous gised to her fans for the ronment saviour as she is set Thanksgiving holiday at Trump’s physique to that know he’s a fighter. Maybe commentary from the who said, “I love Donald chest” during a recent “unexpected turn of to donate 600 trees to com- Mar-a-Lago. of former President he’s upset about of all the Twitterati. Trump” in a 2016 inter- physical. events”. pensate for her carbon foot- The post was retweeted Barack Obama. low blows thrown his way Some people found Mr view with Variety, played For anyone not sure what The shows were sched- print from air travel. On 161,300 times and received Who knows how we during his tenure, with Trump’s post a little more Rocky Balboa in the Rocky to make of all of this, uled to take place at Wednesday, Hadid on Insta- almost 542,000 likes at the should interpret it? people saying mean things than ironic. At least Rocky movie series, about a there is a final thought. Boch Centre Wang gram announced that she will time of filing this, as Perhaps, the 45th like “why does he grab was willing to fight the washed-up fighter in Leadership takes many Theatre from November donate 600 trees to make up many followers responded President suffered a blow women by the pussy?” Russians, they figured. Philadelphia who rose up forms. No further com- 30 to December 2 as part for the carbon released due with memes and photos of to the head this morning. Whatever he meant, it “This is all wrong,” the ranks to win the ment needed. of her “Madame X” tour. to the flights she's taken over their own, comparing Or perhaps he wants us to led to an outpouring of tweeted the comedian heavyweight champi- — Agencies In an Instagram post, the past three months. With the 61-year-old singer this, the model plans to cover said she is in “over- her emissions through the Boyega’s whelming” pain and her end of the year. She also Police backs its 2015 doctor has advised her asked fans to suggest her if to take rest. they can come up with loca- lost Star “Please forgive this tions that need plantation, be move in Andrew case unexpected turn of it in any country. — ANI A blue plastic bag and a events. Doing my show Wars script London: London police focused on toilet seat hangs from every night brings me so Idris Elba trying to are defending the deci- activities the statue of the much joy and to cancel was on ebay sion not to pursue a full and rela- Swedish football player is a kind of punishment investigation of allega- tionships Zlatan Ibrahimovic in for me but the pain I’m quit social media Los Angeles: Actor John tions made against Prince outside the Malmo on Wednesday. A in right now is over- New York: Actor Idris Elba Boyega has revealed Andrew by a woman, who UK,” he fence has been placed whelming and I must says he is trying to step back that he once lost the says she was trafficked by said. around a statue of rest and follow doctors script of the late convicted sex The orders so, I can come from social media as it makes Zlatan Ibrahimovic and him feel “dep-ressed”. The his upcom- offender Jeffrey Epstein. London back stronger and better Prince security guards have Hobbs & Shaw star said he ing film Police acknowledged on Andrew police, he and continue the doesn’t like receiving news Star Wars: Thursday that they added, been keeping watch Madame X journey with via social media apps like The Rise of received a complaint in would not be the “appro- after it was vandalised all of you. Twitter. “I’ve been trying to Skywalker 2015 from a woman alleg- priate authority” to inves- by Malmo soccer #madamextheatre” wean myself off. I used to and it found ing she was the victim of tigate. Epstein, a wealthy fans furious at the Madonna wrote in the post a lot more, but it’s been its way to trafficking for sexual financier, died in prison Swedish soccer star post. Event management putting me off lately. Twitter’s the auction exploitation. in August in what the buying a stake in a rival company, Live Nation, just not how I want to receive site eBay. John The woman, Virginia New York City coroner club. — AP confirmed the news and my news. I read the news on The 27- Boyega Roberts Giuffre, has said ruled as a suicide. He said they are unable to my iPad, but I can’t check it year-old she was trafficked by faced trafficking charges. reschedule the cancelled constantly — I’m not proud of actor, who portrays Finn Epstein and had sex three The Met’s Murray said shows. it, but it’s true because it in the beloved sci-fi fran- times with Prince police reviewed its deci- “As we are unable to makes me feel depressed,” chise, shared the story Andrew starting in 2001, sion after Epstein’s death reschedule the Boston Elba told Fast Company mag- during his appearance including once in and decided not to change dates due to the tight azine.— PTI on “Good Morning London. She says she was policy. scheduling through the America”. 17 when they first had Andrew, 59, has repeat- balance of the year, “I was moving apart- sex. edly denied the allega- refunds will be automat- ments and I left the Metropolitan police tions, most recently dur- ically issued to the cred- script under my bed. I commander Alex Murray ing a TV interview broad- it card on which they was like, I will leave it said police concluded in cast nearly two weeks ago were ordered,” Live under my bed and when 2016 after looking into the in which he lost public Nation said in a state- I wake up the next morn- matter and consulting support by defending his ment. Madonna had ear- ing, I will take it and prosecutors that the friendship with Epstein lier this month said that then move.” London-based force was and by not expressing she was suffering from a “But then my boys the wrong agency to sympathy for Epstein’s torn ligament and knee came over and we start- investigate. “Following many young female vic- problems after she ed partying a little bit. the legal advice, it was tims. The prince has A light artwork titled ‘Big Bang’ on Cartoon film characters from the Minions wrapped up a three- And the script, it just clear that any investiga- since stepped down from display during the Amsterdam Light entertain visitors during the launch of night stand at San stayed there,” Boyega tion into human traffick- royal duties because of Festival on Wednesday. ‘Universal Christmas’ at Universal Studios Francisco’s Golden Gate explained. ing would be largely the scandal. — AP — PTI Singapore on Thursday. — AF Theatre. — PTI The actor added, “A few weeks after, this Andy Samberg to host cleaner comes in, finds this script and puts it on NEWS NUGGETS SYDNEY EASES food contest show eBay for like 65 pounds Los Angeles: Brooklyn Nine- (USD 84). The person ‘CLIMATE CHANGE DRINKING RULES TO Nine star Andy Samberg will didn’t know the true host food competition series value.” MAY TURN EARTH BOOST NIGHTLIFE Biggest Little Cook-Off at Boyega joked that he Sydney: Sydney’s lack- Quibi. According to Deadline, felt that it was a great INTO HOTHOUSE’ lustre nightlife the show will see two top opportunity for the fans London: The “cas- received a long-awaited chefs battle to create the to read the story of the cade” of changes boost on Thursday, most mouth-watering meals latest film before its sparked by global when officials in a single bite of food. release. warming could threat- announced an end to The challenge for the chefs However, a Disney offi- en the future of rules severely limiting will be to make meals such cial noticed the script humanity, say scien- where and when people as spaghetti and meatballs being listed on eBay and tists, who warned on can drink alcohol. on a plate the size of a dime approached the site to Thursday that more New South Wales pre- or sushi on a single grain of remove it. than half of the cli- mier Gladys rice. Samberg will also execu- But that did not spare mate tipping points Berejiklian announced tive produce the series, the actor from the com- identified a decade ago pubs’ trading hours which hails from Triage pany’s wrath. are now “active”. In an would be extended and Entertainment. — PTI “It was scary, I got calls article published in the laws of after-midnight from every official. Even journal Nature, the drinking would be Mickey Mouse called researchers noted that eased in central Sydney. me, ‘What did you do?!’” climate change threat- “We need to ensure we AVRIL LAVIGNE Boyega added. ens the loss of the have a vibrant night- The Rise of Skywalker Amazon rainforest and time economy that is set to hit the theatres the great ice sheets of reflects our position as AND SAROFIM worldwide on December Antarctica and Australia’s only truly 20. Singer Philip H. Anselmo (above) of Bollywood actors Arjun Greenland, which are global city,” said CALL IT QUITS Disney’s The Rise of Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals per- Kapoor and Kriti Sanon during currently undergoing Berejiklian. For a city Washington: Pop singer Avril Skywalker opens world- forms during a stop of Slayer's Final a promotion of their upcoming unprecedented changes famed for its New Lavigne has reportedly called wide on December 18. World Tour at MGM Grand Garden Arena film Panipat in New Delhi on much earlier than Year’s Eve parties and it quits with her billionaire — PTI in Las Vegas on Wednesday. — AFP Thursday. — PTI expected. The other weaned on alcohol — boyfriend Phillip Sarofim. active tipping points Sydney is surprisingly According to Fox News, the include Arctic sea ice, dead at night. Measures former couple, who was ■ permafrost, warm- were introduced in together for less than two Animals carrying sensors can fill many gaps through natural behaviour water corals. — PTI 2014 to limit alcohol- years met through a mutual — PTI related violence.—AFP friend. The son of Texas billionaire investor Fayez Sarofim and JULIA BUTTERS DIDN’T KNOW DICAPRIO, Lavigne first fuelled Animals may help monitor unmapped oceans dating rumours London: Animals such as that animals carrying sen- poorly sampled areas PITT UNTIL ONCE UPON A TIME... AUDITION after they were ■ spotted at a dinner penguins, turtles, or sors can fill many of these Researchers said while ocean monitoring is where data from animal Los Angeles: Child actor for the part date in Los Angeles sharks carrying sensors gaps through their natural mostly done by research vessels, underwater sensors would help fill Julia Butters, who had and he said, in March 2018, as could help humans moni- behaviour like diving drones and thousands of floating sensors drift- gaps. The researchers one of most scene-steal- ‘Oh, that’s the per People maga- tor the oceans by transmit- under ice, swimming in found these areas by coming moments in Once movie with Avril ing with the currents, large areas still remain zine. The two were ting information, accord- shallow water or moving under-sampled. paring the data from float- Upon a Time in Brad Pitt and last seen together Lavigne ing to a study, which against currents. ing measurements with Hollywood, says she was Leonardo back in June while assessed 183 species and “We want to highlight ■ ■ gaps in current observa- unaware who superstars DiCaprio!’ they were shopping in West the areas they are known the massive potential of Animals such as Researchers looked tions. “These include seas Leonardo DiCaprio and “I didn’t know who they Hollywood, California. Prior to inhabit. animal-borne sensors to penguins or turtles at 183 species, includ- near the poles (above 60 Brad Pitt were, until she were.” Butters said. As to that, they were also spot- The researchers, includ- teach us about the carrying sensors ing tuna, sharks, rays, degree latitude) and shal- auditioned for the film. far as I was concerned, ted attending the Race to ing those from the oceans,” said study lead could help monitor whales and flying low and coastal areas The 10-year-old Butters Leonardo DiCaprio was Erase MS Gala at the Beverly University of Exeter in author David March from oceans by transmit- seabirds, and the where Argo profilers are at featured as a committed Leonardo da Vinci,” Hilton Hotel. Before their the UK, said while ocean the University of Exeter. ting information areas they inhabit. risk of hitting the land.” child actor Trudi Fraser Butters told The abrupt split, they celebrated monitoring is mostly done “This is already happen- said Brendan Godley, in Quentin Tarantino’s Hollywood Reporter. their one-year-anniversary on by research vessels, ing on a limited scale, but study co-author from the 1969-set drama. She said Butters, who has a Valentine’s Day, according to underwater drones and there’s scope for much ■ We want to highlight the massive potential of University of Exeter. she had no idea about scene with DiCaprio in Us Weekly, which first report- thousands of floating sen- more,” March said. The animal-borne sensors to teach us about the “The Caribbean and seas DiCaprio and Pitt until the film, also said, “I’m ed their break-up. The singer sors drifting with the cur- researchers looked at 183 oceans," said study lead author David March around Indonesia, as well she told her math tutor not as starstruck as most has endured her share of rents, large areas still species — including tuna, from the University of Exeter. as other semi-enclosed that she was going to adults would be.” high-profile relationships. remain under-sampled, sharks, rays, whales and seas are good examples of audition for the film. The young actor said She tied the knots with leaving gaps in our knowl- flying seabirds — and the places where Argo profil- “This is the weird way I she tried to be a true pro- Canadian musician, Deryck edge. The study, published areas they inhabit. measurements from float- per cent of the global ers struggle because of found out. I told my math fessional like her char- Whibley but later called it in the journal Global “We have processed ing sensors to identify ocean surface),” March these problems,” Godley tutor that I was going up acter. — PTI quits in 2009. — ANI Change Biology, noted more than 1.5 million poorly sampled areas (18.6 said. The study identified said. — PTI

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GUIDE TO FORTUNE ■ Price touches nearly `100 in last 4 days Tick the answer and check them below. Illegal colonies: LS passes AAP govt requests Centre to Since the 1840s, on 1which day of the week have U.S. presidential elections been held? bill on ownership rights provide onions at lower rate AGE CORRESPONDENT from Egypt. direct NAFED to continue ■ Tuesday NEW DELHI, NOV. 28 On Wednesday, chief supplying onions at `15.60 ■ Monday BJP, Congress in war of words during discussions on the issue minister Arvind Kejriwal per kg in Delhi as before ■ Sunday Amid rise in onion prices, had accused the Central in larger public interest. AGE CORRESPONDENT the city government government of stopping Consumers will be hit What animal did NEW DELHI, NOV. 28 requested the Centre on the supply of onions at hard by the sudden 2William F. Cody’s Wild Bill aimed at reaping poll benefits: Cong, AAP Thursday to resume sup- controlled price to Delhi. increase in retail prices of West show introduce to The Lok Sabha on plying the kitchen staple Onion price in the onions through govern- audiences in London? Thursday passed a bill to AGE CORRESPONDENT “The Bill is a fraud, it tlements are ready. The and make it available to national capital has again ment outlets. The govern- grant ownership rights to NEW DELHI, NOV. 28 has nothing for regulari- BJP has got passed an Delhi at `15.60 per kg increased from `40-50 per ment should not be seen ■ Bison residents of 1,731 unau- sation of colonies. The election provision bill to instead of `60 as conveyed kg to nearly `100 a kg over as doing business with ■ Elephant thorised colonies. The The Congress’s Delhi BJP is least bothered help it in Delhi’s to the AAP dispensation. the past few days. Mr profit motive over an ■ Yak National Capital Territory unit alleged that the about helping residents Assembly polls,” accused In a letter to Union min- Hussain said that the essential commodity,” he of Delhi (Recognition of unauthorised colonies of these colonies,” Sharma. ister Ram Vilas Paswan, NAFED had been supply- said. Which structure was Property Rights of bill, passed in Lok Sabha alleged Delhi Congress The AAP on Thursday Delhi food and civil sup- ing onion to the Delhi gov- In view of this, Mr Citizens in Unauthorised on Thursday, was a president Subhash questioned BJP’s motive plies minister Imran ernment at `15.60 per kg Hussain said there is an 3destroyed in the Colonies) Bill, 2019, was “fraud” and that it was Chopra. behind introducing the Hussain said that a gov- and the city government immediate need to review September 11 terrorist passed by a voice vote. aimed at reaping elec- Delhi Congress chief bill ahead of the ernment should not be was retailing these onions the matter and activate attacks? Moving the bill, Union toral benefits in the Delhi spokesperson Mukesh Assembly elections. seen as making profit over to the residents at `23.90 the price stabilisation minister Hardeep Singh Assembly elections Sharma claimed that no AAP spokesperson an essential commodity. per kg for providing nec- fund (PSF) mechanism ■ The World Trade Centre Puri said that the process of scheduled for early next layout plans were pre- Raghav Chadha told He alleged that the essary relief from the under which onion was ■ The Pentagon digital mapping of 1,731 year. pared for the colonies. reporters: “The Centre National Agricultural price rise. earlier being supplied to ■ The Chrysler Building unauthorised colonies of The party also claimed “There is nothing about was sitting on the bill for Cooperative Marketing Mr Hussain said the Delhi. Delhi will be completed by that the “half-baked” bill regularisation of unau- the past four years even Federation of India Centre’s decision to make He said that the AAP December 31 this year. The had nothing about regu- thorised colonies in the when we completed all (NAFED) has stopped the onion available at such government has under- SHORT TAKES process to map these larisation of the unau- Bill. The boundaries of formalities from our side supply of onion, saying it high price will adversely taken retailing of onions colonies digitally should thorised colonies and its colonies are yet to be (Delhi government) years will be able to make it affect the supply of onions in Delhi since September have started in 2008, Mr scope was limited only to worked out and layouts of ago and woke up right available to the Delhi gov- to the citizens of Delhi. onwards supplied by 25-year-old gun Puri said. He said that ownership rights. only 13 of 1731 such set- before the polls.” ernment after procuring “I would therefore seek NAFED from the Central though the process has from the markets in Alwar your kind personal inter- buffer to manage their smuggler arrested been initiated now, he is and later from the stock of vention in the matter and prices and availability sit- confident that it will be Participating in the dis- Delhi chief minister look into the records and onions to be imported also request to kindly uation. New Delhi: A 25-year-old completed by December 31 cussion, BJP member Shiela Dikshit did not if found derogatory man was arrested for and images would be Ramesh Bidhuri attacked think about those people against any person, it will allegedly smuggling firearms uploaded on a newly creat- successive Delhi govern- and distributed provision- be expunged. in the national capital and 20 ed portal. He said that more ments for allegedly failing al certificates prior to the Parliamentary affairs pistols, along with 100 bul- than 600 colonies have been to extend ownership 2007 elections despite the minister Pralhad Joshi lets, were recovered from his digitally mapped so far. rights to people residing fact that Congress was rul- said the member was only possession, police said on The minister asserted in unauthorised colonies ing at both the Centre and expressing “historical Thursday. The accused, iden- that digital mapping is an here, drawing a sharp in Delhi. At this point, views” on the important tified as Raju Deshi, is a resi- important process before response from Congress. Congress MP Hibi Eden legislation. Adhir Ranjan dent of Burhanpur district in ownership rights can be Mr Bidhuri targeted var- raised a point of order on of Congress said the BJP Madhya Pradesh, they said. granted to those living in ious city governments. He which Lok Sabha chair A. member is using derogato- Police received information such dwellings. also said that former Raja stated that he will ry words. that Deshi would come near Akshardham Temple to deliver a consignment of arms on Tuesday evening, Pramod Fake call centre Singh Kushwah, DCP (special cell) said. A trap was laid and busted in Noida; the accused was arrested, he said. Deshi was involved in 45 arrested, 29 smuggling firearms for the past two to three years. He mobiles seized used to procure pistols at `6,000-9,000 and sell them AGE CORRESPONDENT at `15,000-20,000 per piece, NOIDA, NOV. 28 the DCP said. Schoolchildren at Parliament House lawns on Thursday. — PRITAM BANDYOPADHYAY A fake call centre was busted here on Thursday Scrap dealer held and 45 people, who allegedly duped people BJP councillors march Air quality for stealing cables in the guise of popular shopping portals such as New Delhi: A 37-year-old Flipkart and Myntra, to secretariat over dues improves scrap dealer has been arrest- were arrested, the Noida ed for allegedly stealing sys- police said. AGE CORRESPONDENT ◗ North Delhi tem cable wires from the PTI The fake call centre, NEW DELHI, NOV. 28 further due office in central Delhi. The operating from Sector 6, mayor Avtar Singh accused was identified as was busted by a team of BJP councillors of all said that the dif- Shokeen, a resident of Sita the cyber cell and three corporations of the ference of the to light rains Ram Bazar, Delhi. During Knowledge Park police national capital, on probe, the police team Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal during induction station, a senior officer Thursday, marched from fourth Finance AGE CORRESPONDENT checked the CCTV footage of 100 new standard floor buses equipped with said. Civic Centre to the Delhi Commission of NEW DELHI, NOV. 28 and obtained details of the hydraulic lifts, CCTV cameras and panic button Gautam Buddh Nagar Secretariat against the `968.97 crore was scrap dealer appointed by under the cluster scheme in New Delhi on Thursday. senior superintendent of Delhi government to not given by the Light rains in parts of PTI to remove furniture from — BUNNY SMITH police Vaibhav Krishna demand their due funds the national capital on the main hall of first floor. It said that 45 people have of `9,195 crore. Eighty-six Delhi government Thursday morning fur- was noticed that during the been arrested and 16 councillors of the ruling till date along with ther improved the city’s work of removing the furni- ■ JNUSU to protest outside HRD ministry today walkie-talkies, 29 mobile BJP participated in the `90.90 crore for air quality for the sec- ture, three workers of the phones and two comput- protest march. 2018-19 ond consecutive day, offi- scrap dealer entered the er systems have been The Leader of House in cials said. server room and cut-off the recovered from the spot. the North Delhi The air quality index system cables lying under The modus operandi Municipal Corporation, tion under the plan head (AQI) in Delhi stood at the floor of the main hall and Make panel report public, adopted by the gang was Tilak Raj Kataria, said for the year 2018-19. 136 at 8.47 am which falls server room. With the system to dupe people in the that the total amount of “As per the assurance of under the “moderate” cables removed the internet name of cashback, secu- `3,649.48 crore of the the Delhi government, category. service got interrupted and rity money and lucky North Corporation is due whatever reduction in An AQI between 0-50 is work of the news agency got demand agitating students draw using popular with the Delhi govern- property tax on the imple- considered “good”, 51- affected. The scrap dealer online shopping sites. ment which is not being mentation of the unit 100 “satisfactory”, 101- informed that he had sub- AGE CORRESPONDENT The SSP said the gang provided by it. Owing to area method will be met 200 “moderate”, 201-300 tendered the work to another NEW DELHI, NOV. 28 STIR AGAINST HOSTEL FEE HIKE has duped “thousands of this, the development by the government, it is “poor”, 301-400 “very scrap dealer Shokeen, subse- JNUTA alleged that the Giving more time and innocent people” and works are getting ham- `1,285.97 crore which is poor” and 401-500 quently a raid was conducted The Jawaharlal Nehru V-C made “another space to the V-C will exact details are being pered. still pending. With this, “severe”. An AQI above and Shokeen was nabbed. University Students’ shameless attempt” of only push the universi- assessed. Mayor of North Delhi the corporation’s share in 500 falls in the “severe Union (JNUSU) on scuttling any real resolu- ty into a deeper crisis In another incident, a Avtar Singh said that the transfer duty was plus” category. Thursday said they will tion to the issue by and therefore it is criminal, carrying a difference of the fourth reduced from five per cent The AQI at NSIT 80-yr-old woman hold a protest outside the announcing a new set of imperative that the reward of `12,000 on his Finance Commission of to three per cent, after Dwarka, Anand Vihar, HRD ministry and demand hostel charges decided HRD ministry act, and head, was arrested on `968.97 crore was not which the Delhi govern- Wazirpur and Vivek united with family that the recommendations upon through a “com- act immediately to end Thursday after a brief given by the Delhi government had to pay `1,620 Vihar were registered at of a committee, constitut- pletely arbitrary and ille- the misrule, JNUTA exchange of fire with ment till date along with crore, which has not been 201, 170, 170 and 164 New Delhi: The Delhi Police ed to restore the smooth gal process” said police in Ghaziabad dis- `90.90 crore, which was given yet,” Mr Singh respectively. In the reunited an 80-year-old spe- functioning of the varsity, trict, an official said. not given to the corpora- added. National Capital Region cially-challenged woman with be made public. The (NCR), Noida (131), her family in Safdarjung protest will be held on ministry’s intervention in grace” of addressing the Ghaziabad (169) Greater Enclave area. DCP (PCR) Friday, they said. ensuring that the impasse concerns raised by the stu- Noida (162), Gurgaon Sharat Kumar Sinha said that The HRD ministry had over hostel fee hike is dents or the JNUTA. Rare surgery saves 7-yr-old accident victim (128) and Faridabad the MPV staff received a call constituted a three-mem- resolved. Giving more time and (133), the AQI was in the about a missing woman. The ber high-powered commit- The JNUTA said neither space to the V-C therefore AGE CORRESPONDENT cal when she came to us Jain. “moderate” band. staff reached the spot where tee to restore normal func- the report submitted by the will only push the univer- NEW DELHI, NOV 28 and the rod had exposed Senior consultant and Rains and favourable they found an elderly special- tioning of the varsity. The HRD ministry-constituted sity into a deeper crisis her right rib cage while director, cardiothoracic wind speed on ly-challenged woman with the panel had submitted its high-powered committee and therefore it is impera- Timely surgical interven- crushing the chest area and vascular surgery, Dr Wednesday had caller. The staff started report to the ministry on has been officially made tive that the HRD ministry tion by a team of highly badly. Her chest was full of Sushant Srivastava said: improved Delhi’s air searching for the family and Tuesday. The students’ public, nor has the min- act, and act immediately to experienced doctors and blood due to external and “We planned to put a graft quality which was even announced through pub- union protest is being held istry announced any fol- end this misrule and the right selection of pro- internal bleeding. and in such cases prefer- recorded in the “moder- lic address system of MPV. On to demand that the report low-up action, despite the ensure the necessary con- cedures saved life of a “Her right limb was cold ence is always given to the ate” category. hearing the announcement, a be made public and the urgency that the situation ditions for restoration of seven-year old Delhi girl. and pulse could not be native tissues. So a graft In the last 24 hours, the woman came and said that draft hostel manual, which demands. normalcy, they said. Tajveen Kaur suffered a detected. Initially, 4-5 was taken from her lower maximum temperature she had seen the elderly has provisions for hostel The university teachers’ This must include full traumatic road accident units of blood was trans- limb and was replaced was recorded at 27.4 woman near DDA Flats, fee hike, be completely association alleged that the and complete withdrawal as a rod pierced through fused to stabilise the with crushed subclavian degree Celsius, two SafdarJung Enclave. Further, rolled back. vice-chancellor made of the revisions in hostel her chest breaking her rib patient and wounds were artery. However, a CT scan notches above normal she was identified by her The Jawaharlal Nehru “another shameless charges and a guarantee cage and crushing the cleaned as pieces of glass showed blockage of the and the minimum was daughter-in-law. University Teachers’ attempt” of scuttling any that any changes in the right subclavian artery were also there in the graft. She was re-explored recorded at 16.2 degree Association (JNUTA) real resolution to the issue hostel manual would only and surrounding veins. body due to the car acci- within 24 hours and a syn- Celsius, six notches THE ANSWE`TO TODAY’S GUIDE TO FORTUNE sought on Thursday an by announcing a new set of be made through due delib- According to senior con- dent. Tajveen’s right sub- thetic graft was put in above normal, a senior

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Tuesday Tuesday ■ ■ Ramesh Pokhriyal process”, which “didn’t dent representatives, the Prashant Jain, the girl’s could have led to the loss worked and the blood sup- cloudy sky with light ‘Nishank’ to press upon the even have the saving JNUTA demanded. condition was very criti- of the right limb.” said Dr ply was regained.” rain on Friday. Debut PAGE Daryl Mitchell, son of England rugby coach, has been named to make his debut for New Zealand in the Cricket 14 second Test against England on Friday THE ASIAN AGE FRIDAY | 29 NOVEMBER 2019 | NEW DELHI Middle-order puzzle He (Jofra) has dealt with it very well; he'll ■ be absolutely fine to Chief selector MSK says Shreyas can Pant running out play. settle No. 4 debate in ODIs and T20s — Joe Root, England captain says of time: Laxman Jofra Archer is ready to fire in the New Delhi, Nov. 28: Chairman Unfortunately we couldn’t con- runs for Mumbai in domestic second Test against Kiwis despite of selectors MSK Prasad says tinue with him. Having said cricket and also for India A New Delhi, Nov. 28: suffering racist abuse Shreyas Iyer can be the solution that, he has evolved as a player besides expressing disappoint- Former Indian batsman to India’s no.4 problem in the now and he can be the solution ment at not getting enough VVS Laxman says Rishabh limited-overs line-up given his to our number 4 slot in both chances at the highest level. Pant is fast running out of SHORT TAKES fine growth as a player in the ODIs and T20s,” Prasad said in Now he is back in the thick of time to justify the time Virat Kohli past two years. an interview. things and has done well in invested in him by the Azhar to address Iyer made his India debut in The highly-rated batsman both ODIs and T20s since the team management and November 2017 with a T20 kept piling on the West Indies tour. might lose his place to I too get corruption charges International against New Prasad, who was appointed Sanju Samson if he doesn’t Zealand and in the following chief selector in 2016 and is now regain his form soon. affected by Hyderabad: HCA chief month, played in his maiden nearing the end of his tenure, Laxman said Sanju Mohammed Azharuddin on ODI series, scoring back-to- said it was unfortunate that Samson’s selection in the Thursday said he would address back half centuries in the Iyer had to miss out in the peri- squad for the three T20 failures: Kohli the alleged corruption charges home rubber against Sri od leading up to the World Cup. Internationals against the New Delhi, Nov. 28: He against his governing body Lanka. During the Prasad-led selection West Indies is a “strong hasn’t seen too much of it after hosting the December 6 The 24-year-old played three committee’s tenure, India message” for Pant to either but India captain and bat- T20 series opener between ODIs in South Africa two scaled new heights by winning perform or perish. “The Rishabh Pant ting mainstay Virat Kohli India and West Indies. India months later before he was a Test series in Australia, team management and the says he is not immune to batsman Ambati Rayudu had sidelined, only making a assembled a world-class pace selection committee have keeper batsman in all three being affected by failure, recently accused Hyderabad comeback in the ODIs against attack (by giving Jasprit passed on a strong message formats but has endured the most recent instance Cricket Association of “rampant the West Indies in August this Bumrah a go in Tests), regained that we got a backup in the an erratic run of form for being India’s semifinal corruption” and urged year following India’s cam- the world number one ranking form of Sanju. Pant has some time now. With exit from the ODI World Azaruddin to “isolate himself paign in the World Cup. in Tests but was not able to win been given a lot of opportu- Wriddhiman Saha back in Cup. from the seasoned crooks” and “If you recall, we had induct- a major global event. nities and I’m sure that the team, Pant has now lost The swashbuckling bats- clean up the mess. However, ed Shreyas Iyer (when Virat Asked if India’s lethal Test they will be communicat- his place in the Test eleven man said the loss to New Azharuddin, who is gearing up Kohli was rested) 18 months attack is the most significant ing and giving him that and his place in the limit- Zealand lost by 18 runs to host the first T20 match on back into the ODI squad legacy of the selection commit- security within that ed-overs format has also was hard to deal with. December 6, said he doesn’t and he has done tee, Prasad said: “The primary group,” Laxman told been questioned for lack of “Do I get affected by fail- want to take the focus away reasonably duty of the selection committee ‘Star Sports’. runs and his poor work ures? Yes, I do. Everyone from the match by talking well. is to identify right talent, groom “But then ultimately the with the gloves. does. At the end of the about the issue related to cor- them through a systematic player has to justify the “As a batsman — there’s day, I know my team ruption. “Since this is a T20 process, induct them at an faith the team manage- no clarity of thoughts, would need me. I had the game which we are holding, I appropriate time into the ment, the selection com- there’s no doubt that he’s feeling so strong in my don’t want to take anything senior squad and trust mittee has been imposing under pressure, because heart that I am going to away from the game. I want them to deliver by back- on him,” he said. how many times have you come not out and make you to report only on this ing them. “Unfortunately, Rishabh seen Pant, when he is in India go through that game, focus on the game,” said “Except Bumrah, the hasn’t been able to do that, full flow, play and he has a tough phase (in the semi- the former India skipper. “I am other fast bowlers but he is that X factor. I still different mindset and tech- final),” Kohli told ‘India sure you must have come very (Ishant, Umesh, feel that he is an exclusive nique against the spinners. Today’. well prepared. After the sixth, if Shami) had been in batsman who can come I feel he will be under “But then again, maybe there is anything, we will have the circuit even and change the course of tremendous pressure to that was I my ego talking another press conference. I will before our commit- the match just by his abili- retain his place in the play- because how can you pre- address the other things tee took over. Only ty to hit good balls out of ing eleven,” Laxman said. dict something like that? which have been happening thing is that they the park.” — PTI You can only have a in the recent past.” — PTI all have com- Not so long ago, Pant was strong feeling or maybe it bined well as a unit India’s number one wicket- was a strong desire to do Dravid says IPL during our something like that,” he tenure...we have been I still feel that he is an said. instrumental in help- Talking about his desire teams missing trick ing Bumrah to evolve exclusive batsman who can to leave behind a legacy, Lucknow: Batting great Rahul into a top-class come and change the Kohli, who has so far Dravid is disappointed at the bowler across all for- course of the match just scored 11,520 and 7,202 lack of opportunities for Indian mats,” said the 44- runs in ODIs and Tests coaches in the IPL and feels the year-old former by his ability to hit respectively, said: “I hate franchises are “missing a trick” India wicketkeeper- good balls out of the losing. I don’t want to by not involving them in their batsman. — PTI walk out and say I could support staff. According to the park. have done this. When I former captain and the current —VVS step out on the field, it’s a privilege. National Cricket Academy Shreyas Iyer LAXMAN (NCA) director, most of the “When I walk out, I Indian coaches were as good as want to have zero energy. any in the world. “I believe We want to leave behind a we’ve got some very good legacy that future crick- coaches, a lot of good people. eters will say we want to I’m fully confident (in their abil- play like that.” ity). Just as we have a lot of tal- This IPL is going to be big for Kuldeep: Bangar Kohli and his men ent in the cricket department, recently notched up their we have a lot of talent in the New Delhi, Nov. 28: Former I’m a massive Bangar also believed Pandya here as Krunal has- 12th successive Test coaching department,” Dravid India batting coach Sanjay Ravinder Jadeja’s bowling n’t been able to deliver the series win, beating was quoted as saying by Bangar has reckoned that Kuldeep Yadav prowess makes him a bet- complete 4 overs at times Bangladesh 2-0 in a two- ‘ESPNcricinfo’. “We need to next year’s IPL is going to fan and in terms ter option than Krunal and Jadeja has been in match rubber earlier this give them confidence and time be massive for Kuldeep of strike rates you see Pandya in India’s World great form recently.” month. The team is cur- to flourish. I’m sure they will do Yadav, saying a good outing T20 squad. However, batting great rently gearing up for the it. It does sometimes disappoint there will earn him a place he is the quickest to “You require a wrist spin- VVS Laxman said it is limited-overs series me when a lot of our boys don’t in the T20 World Cup squad. 100 ODI wickets. ner in the T20 format, it has going to be tough for against the West Indies get opportunities as assistant Kuldeep recently returned been a very major compo- Kuldeep to earn a place in starting December 6. coaches in IPL. “Honestly, to India’s T20I squad for the —SANJAY BANGAR, nent in India’s success India’s squad for next year’s — PTI West Indies series after a wherein 2 wrist spinners T20 World Cup. “Kuldeep there are so many former India batting ● Indian players in the gap of nine months. He had coach played a massive role in Yadav hit two blows when Virat Kohli says IPL, there’s so last played the shorter for- most of the one day’s and the team was under pres- he is not immune to much of local mat against New Zealand in shorter format, if you look Kuldeep Yadav, it’s just that T20 series the team has had sure; he and Krunal Pandya being affected by knowledge February early this year. at the match we won in he’s had a couple of poor across conditions hence got those important runs at (among our “I’m a massive Kuldeep England, he picked up five games in the IPL last sea- you will need a bowler who the finishing stage of the failure, the most coaches). I feel a Yadav fan and in terms wickets at a time where the son. For him, this IPL is is capable of bowling the India’s innings against recent instance lot of teams could of strike rates you see opposition was running going to be a massive factor complete 4 overs and also West Indies in the first T20 being India’s semifi- actually benefit from he is the quickest to away from the match,” and if he does really well, it bat at No.7,” he said. International last year,” he using a lot of our Indian coach- 100 ODI wickets Bangar told ‘Star Sports’. will be very hard to keep “Hence, I feel Ravinder said. nal exit from the and even in the him out.” Jadeja edges over Krunal — ODI World Cup. es in the IPL.” — PTI Kuldeep Yadav “I wouldn’t count out PTI Oz remain unchanged for pink-ball Test Brooks, spinners put Adelaide, Nov. 28: Australia on Thursday named an Pakistan recall unchanged team for the Windies in command day-night second Test against Pakistan after Abbas to add Lucknow, Nov. 28: A maid- trouncing them in en Test century by Brisbane, but took a risk by Shamarh Brooks and wily releasing concussion sub- consistency spin bowling put the West stitute Cameron Bancroft. Adelaide, Nov. 28: Indies in firm command of The home side easily won Pakistan were set to their one-off Test against the first Test by an innings recall paceman Afghanistan on Thursday. and five runs inside four Mohammad Abbas on Brooks made 111 as West days, but selectors resisted Thursday for the second Indies managed a lead of 90 the urge to rest one of their Test against Australia as after they were 277 all out strike bowlers or add a they look to add consis- in the second session of day fourth to help share the tency to their bowling two in the northern Indian load at Adelaide Oval. attack under lights at city of Lucknow, which has That means swing bowler Adelaide Oval. been hit by heavy air pollu- Michael Neser will be 12th Skipper Azhar Ali will tion over the past month. man when the Test starts also drop down the order Spinners Rakheem on Friday, with paceman to bat at number three in Cornwall and Roston Chase James Pattinson and bats- the day-night Test start- then took three wickets man Bancroft released to ing Friday, with Imam-ul- each to leave Afghanistan play domestic cricket. Haq set to get the nod to tottering at 109 for seven at “We’re unchanged,” said open the innings along- stumps on day two. The skipper Tim Paine. Australian captain Tim Paine inspects the pitch on the eve of the second Test match side Shan Masood and Afghans lead by just 19 West Indies’ Shamarh Brooks celebrates his century “Obviously we thought we against Pakistan in Adelaide. — AFP Haris Sohail dropped. runs in their second against Afghanistan in Lucknow on Thursday. — AFP played a pretty good game “Definitely there will be innings. of cricket last week (in crowd”, before adding: is ominous with Mitchell wicket. some changes,” Azhar Opener Javed Ahmadi Brisbane). “‘Bangers’ is a couple of Starc, Josh Hazlewood and “That (Adelaide) wicket said of the team line-up, made 62 before falling to hang in there and get one who returned figures of 7- “Our attack is all feeling hours away on a plane so if Nathan Lyon all in the looks a little bit perhaps which will be announced Chase’s off spin on the wicket and you never 75 with his off spin on day good and fresh and they anything does happen, we world’s top five wicket-tak- drier than it was for the last on Friday. Asked if Abbas final delivery of the day know,” Brooks said at the one, struck in three succes- have all got great pink-ball will be able to get him back ers in day-night Tests, pink-ball Test we played would be one of those dominated by West Indies, end of day. sive overs. records so no need to pretty quickly.” while Pat Cummins is the here against England,” he changes, he replied: who resumed on 68 for two Cornwall, the heaviest He trapped Ibrahim change.” The decision comes just world’s top-ranked bowler. said. “Yes.” in response to man in Test cricket — Zadran for 23 after a brisk Bancroft’s departure to days after Bangladesh were Australia have won all five “But as we know, the pink “He’s (Abbas) done well Afghanistan’s 187. weighing 140 kilogrammes start by the Afghan openers play for Western Australia forced to use two concus- pink-ball Tests they have ball always offers enough. in Test matches, he can Afghanistan slipped from (300 pounds), and 1.96 and then got Rahmat Shah in Perth means there will sion substitutes in one day, played since the concept Our fast bowlers certainly definitely bring a lot of none for 53 to stare down metres (six feet five inches) and Asghar Afghan back in be no immediate batting with Liton Das and Nayeem was launched four years enjoy bowling with it, par- control and he has the barrel, losing seven tall — rattled the the pavilion for scores of substitute in case of a con- Hasan both forced out of ago, with Paine warning ticularly under the lights worked a lot since the last wickets for 56 runs in a dra- Afghanistan top-order and zero. cussion. their day-night Test against his pace attack was relish- and the games tend to go Test match on his rhythm matic collapse. improved his match haul to Chase also took three Paine joked that “we’ll India in Kolkata. ing the chance to bowl quite quickly.” and he is feeling better,” “Once they were 50 for no 10 so far. wickets in his three overs. just get someone out the The task facing Pakistan under lights on a home — AFP he said. — AFP loss, we thought we had to The 26-year-old Cornwall, — AFP Shoulder surgery PAGE World MotoGP champion Marc Marquez underwent his second shoulder Games 15 operation in the space of a year THE ASIAN AGE FRIDAY | 29 NOVEMBER 2019 | NEW DELHI

ATHLETES | DOPING Davis stars on return Will ensure Russia Man it feels so Anthony scores 41 points as Lakers beat Pelicans at Olympics: Chief good. I just tried to Moscow, Nov. 28: Russia’s ● If WADA chiefs play through it and Los Angeles, Nov. 28: Los Olympic Committee will adopt the Angeles forward Anthony do all it can to ensure calm my nerves and Davis shrugged off the Russian athletes take part committee’s boos that greeted his in the 2020 Games, its chief recommendations at play basketball. return to New Orleans on said Thursday, as the coun- a meeting in Paris — Anthony Davis, LA Lakers player, Wednesday, scoring 41 try faces a four-year doping on December 9, after scoring 41 points points to power the Lakers ban. to a 114-110 NBA victory “We will do everything in Russia faces over the Pelicans. our power to ensure our exclusion from key SHORT “Man it feels so good,” team is in Tokyo under the sporting events TAKES said Davis, who finished Russian flag,” news agency including the 2020 his night by grabbing an RIA Novosti quoted Champ Hami eyes attempted inbounds pass Stanislav Pozdnyakov as Tokyo Olympics. from New Orleans’ Jrue saying. Abu Dhabi hoorah Holiday with 4.2 seconds He said there were no include all events at the left and then sinking two “objective obstacles” to the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Abu Dhabi: Lewis Hamilton free throws to close out “vast majority” of Russian Olympics, though Russian heads into this weekend’s sea- the come-from-behind athletes fully participating competitors who could son-ending floodlit Abu Dhabi win. in the Olympics. prove they were above sus- Grand Prix seeking to mark his Los Angeles had trailed The compliance review picion were able to com- 250th Formula One race with a by as many as 16 early in committee at the World pete as neutrals under the memorable performance as the third quarter but Anti-Doping Agency Olympic flag. Mercedes bid to bounce back opened the fourth on a 9-0 (WADA) on Monday recom- Monday’s call from the from an off-form outing in scoring run as they mended a four-year sport- WADA review panel came Brazil. trimmed the deficit to one ing ban over falsified lab after Russian authorities The six-time world champion, point. data it received from were accused of falsifying whose future beyond 2020 Kyle Kuzma’s three- Russia. laboratory data related to when his current contract pointer knotted the score If WADA chiefs adopt the the country’s doping scan- expires has been a subject of at 91-91, but the Pelicans committee’s recommenda- dal, which were handed intensifying speculation, has pushed their lead back to tions at a meeting in Paris over to investigators in conceded that he faces a battle four points before Davis on December 9, Russia January. with his advancing age next returned from treatment faces exclusion from key The International season against the sport’s new on his right elbow and sporting events including Olympic Committee (IOC) generation of younger tyros. stuffed a dunk off a pass the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. has said it backs “the “I feel like I’m still able to kick from LeBron James. The scandal has tainted toughest sanctions against it with these guys right now The Lakers took the lead Russia’s sporting reputa- all those responsible for and so I am excited about the for good when Kuzma tion since the revelation of this manipulation,” while future,” said 34-year-old drained a three-pointer to large-scale state-sponsored cautioning against blanket Hamilton. make it 111-109 with 1:07 to doping aimed at improving sanctions that would pun- “But you know it’s inevitable play. Russia’s medal perform- ish the innocent. that the youngsters are going “They made shot after ance at the 2014 Winter If Russia challenges an to come through,” he added. shot, big shots,” said Olympics in Sochi. eventual suspension by Speaking after he finished Davis, who was booed by Russian track and field WADA the case will go to third on the road in Sao Paulo, Pelicans fans in the open- athletes were barred from the Swiss-based Court of before being penalised and ing introductions and competing at the Rio Arbitration for Sport, dropped to seventh for a late every time he touched the Olympics in 2016 although whose decision will be clash with Red Bull’s Alex ball thereafter. Russians competing in binding on sports bodies Albon, Hamilton made clear “We showed our resilien- other events were allowed including the also that he still relishes on- cy tonight and we were to take part. International Olympic track battles and hopes next able to get the win,” he The ban was widened to Committee. — AFP season will see a multi-team added. multi-driver scrap for glory. Davis, who had been — AFP booed by Pels fans last year when he tried to engi- neer a trade from the club Leclerc vows to — a move that finally hap- Russia hits back pened in the off-season, drive better said he was prepared for the reaction. LeBron James (left) of the Los Angeles Lakers goes for a basket past J. J. Redick of the New Orleans Pelicans at Abu Dhabi: Charles Leclerc The Lakers won their Smoothie King Centre in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Wednesday. The Lakers won 114-110. — AFP at proposed ban pledges to behave better at the ninth straight and Abu Dhabi Grand Prix this improved their league- the Celtics as a free agent Irving’s job in Boston, the next nine points. The Sacramento Kings. Moscow: Russia on weekend, vowing there will be leading record to 16-2. in the off season. scored a season-high 39 Celtics took a 104-101 lead Joel Embiid bounced Thursday hit back at a pro- But he missed a seventh points. into the fourth and ruth- no repeat of the crash which CELTICS EDGE PAST back from an embarrass- posed four-year ban on the straight contest with a That included 13 in the lessly pulled away. sent both Ferraris spinning out GRIZZLIES ing scoreless performance country’s athletes, of the last race. shoulder injury — an third quarter, when In Memphis, the Los in Monday's loss at denouncing accusations of Leclerc wants to end an Brooklyn’s Kyrie Irving absence greeted with Boston rallied from an Angeles Clippers ground Toronto, scoring 33 points a doping cover-up as a impressive first season with didn't make it back to skepticism by many eight-point deficit with out a 121-119 victory over and grabbing 16 rebounds. politically motivated Ferrari on a high in the last Boston for a scheduled Boston fans who chanted 10:05 to play in the period. the Grizzlies to stretch Embiid, who had missed attempt to block its ath- race, but knows he simply can’t rematch with his former Around the arena, fans Jaylen Brown scored 22 their win streak to seven all 11 shots from the field letes from competing. chase a victory at all costs team. carried signs comparing points and pulled down 10 games. on Monday and gone 0-for- A committee of the World given what happened two He cast a long shadow at Irving unfavorably with rebounds and Jayson 3 from the free throw line, Anti-Doping Agency on weeks ago at the Brazilian GP. TD Garden, but it was Walker — who was back Tatum added 16 points for PHILADELPHIA DOWN seemed determined to Monday made a bombshell He made a stunningly bold Boston guard Kemba in action five days after he the Celtics, who remained SACRAMENTO KINGS make amends. recommendation for but clean move to overtake on Walker who starred in the was stretchered off with a unbeaten in seven home The Philadelphia 76ers He finished the first Russia to be barred from the inside of Ferrari teammate Celtics’ 121-110 triumph. neck injury after a scary games this season. remained unbeaten at quarter with six points all sporting competition Sebastian Vettel nearing the The game would have collision in a loss at The Nets led 83-82 with home, improving to 8-0 at and eight rebounds and for four years. This is about the politici- end of the race at Interlagos. been Irving’s first in Denver. 3:13 remaining in the Wells Fargo Center with a secured his 10th double- It accused Moscow of fal- sation of this issue in The veteran German driver, per- Boston since he departed Walker, who took over third, but Boston scored 97-91 victory over the double this season. — AFP sifying laboratory data order to squeeze Russia haps feeling usurped by his far handed over to investiga- out. There is a term for younger teammate, then moved tors as part of a probe into such a thing: unfair back across Leclerc as he the doping allegations that competition. This is a sought to regain position have plagued Russia for battle without rules, through a narrow gap down the years. maybe even already a right. Don’t tinker with If WADA chiefs adopt the Mairaj, Gurjoat shoot war. They collided fighting for only committee's recommenda- fourth place, and ended up tions at a meeting in Paris — MARIA scoring no points in an embar- on December 9, Russia ZAKHAROVA rassing outcome for the proud policy, says Rana 100/100 in Nationals faces exclusion from key Russian foreign Italian manufacturer which has sporting events including ministry once again finished consider- New Delhi, Nov. 28: India’s I think this could have New Delhi, Nov. 28, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. spokeswoman ably behind Mercedes in the junior team pistol coach been done long time Olympian Mairaj Ahmad Speaking to reporters in Formula One drivers’ and con- Jaspal Rana feels the back. Right now, even if Khan of Uttar Pradesh Moscow on Thursday, for- structors' championships. national shooting federa- there are shooters who and Gurjoat Singh of eign ministry spokes- other countries are not dis- Matters have not been helped tion will be better off not are already contracted, Punjab, maintained woman Maria Zakharova cussed at all,” she added. by the track tussle between tinkering with the existing who will give them the their clean slates shoot- accused other nations of The scandal has tainted Vettel and Leclerc for suprema- policies and programmes money? How do you ing down 100 out of 100 pursuing doping claims so Russia’s sporting reputa- cy within Ferrari. — AP that brought the country a expect them to come targets over two days they don’t have to face off tion since the revelation of record 15 Olympic quotas. and four rounds of quali- against Russian athletes. large-scale state-sponsored The likes of Manu out of contracts before fying, to lead the 110- “This is about the politi- doping aimed at improving Bhakar, Chinki Yadav and the time of their expiry? strong Men’s Skeet field cisation of this issue in Russia’s medal perform- Saurabh Chaudhary, who — JASPAL RANA at the Dr Karni Singh order to squeeze Russia ance at the 2014 Winter have all secured quotas for India’s junior team Shooting Range out. There is a term for Olympics in Sochi. CYCLING BODY such a thing: unfair compe- Russian track and field the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, pistol coach (DKSSR), where the 63rd have prospered under the National Shooting tition. This is a battle with- athletes were barred from tutelage of the former pis- Championship Compet- out rules, maybe even competing at the Rio TO RETEST tol ace. already contracted, who itions (63rd NSCC) for already a war,” she said. Olympics in 2016 although Seeking to protect them will give them the money? Shotgun events is cur- “The issue of doping... Russians competing in SAMPLES from exploitation and dis- How do you expect them to rently underway. focuses exclusively on other events were allowed tractions in the run-up to come out of contracts Punjab also led all Russia, the problems of to take part. — AFP Paris: The international cycling next summer's Games, before the time of their other Skeet shooting cat- Mairaj Ahmad Khan federation (UCI) said it has National Rifle Association expiry?,” asked Rana said. egories with Rajveer ordered the re-testing of sam- of India (NRAI) president Raninder also said the Singh Gill leading the two perfect rounds on and joint finals world ples over two seasons following Raninder Singh said shooters, prior to the Men’s junior field while Wednesday. record holder Angad Vir new revelations linked to the recently that the shooters Olympics, will have to Ganemat Shekhon led However, after Singh Bajwa and yet RAJIV, SENTHIL GEAR Aderlass doping scandal. will not be allowed to sign train in India only as he both the Women’s and Thursday’s rounds, another India interna- The UCI said it had asked the any new commercial deals believed few may have lost Women’s junior cate- Mairaj and Gurjoat were tional Amarinder Singh Cycling Anti-Doping Centre on without the federation’s their focus while training gories with one more the only two left across Cheema, besides the UP FOR THAILAND LEG Wednesday to re-analyse sam- permission and the par- abroad in the past. “While I round to go on Friday, categories, yet to miss a youngster Rajveer. Buriram (Thailand), Nov. which is an improvement ples for the 2016 and 2017 sea- ents will also have to sign a understand the federation followed by the finals on target. Rajveer was most 28: India’s Rajiv Sethu from his overall 27th sons. bond that no exploitation is trying to protect the the same day. Smit missed a couple impressive, returning will be hoping to end the place in 2018. The move was prompted by will be done for “financial shooters but, end of the Mairaj and Gurjoat on the day to be part of a three perfect rounds on Asian Road Racing Meanwhile, this week- “new information and docu- gains”. “I think this could day, it may affect the shoot- began Thursday sharing chasing pack of four the bounce, including Championship 2019 on a end will provide an ments received from Austrian have been done long time ers' preparations before the top spot with India with 98 hits. Others two on Thursday to also high and add to his points opportunity for Sethu’s police involved in the Aderlass back. Right now, even if the Olympics,” Rana said. international Smit alongside him include lead the Men’s junior tally in the seventh and teammate Senthil Kumar operation,” the UCI said. there are shooters who are — PTI Singh, who had also shot Tokyo 2020 quota winner field. — PTI final round, beginning at to aim for a top 25 finish The ‘Aderlass’ scandal erupted the Chang International in his maiden season as in February when authorities Circuit here on Friday. he is familiar with the raided the Nordic skiing world Participating in the track. championships and Seefeld, Asia Production 250cc The 18-year old said his Austria. class, the Idemitsu Honda aim was to get among the They uncovered evidence of a Vikas to box at South Asian Games Racing driver has so far points in the season’s major blood-doping operation collected 33 points, which final round. lso, the linked to German doctor Mark New Delhi, Nov. 28: in the US pro circuit Commonwealth Games ceremony on December 1. requires loads of stamina includes a top-seven fin- Honda Racing team Schmidt. Decorated Indian boxer before returning to the last year in Gold Coast. Vikas had turned pro and I realised that I need ish in the third round at enters the final round in Schmidt, detained by police in Vikas Krishan has made amateur fold earlier this “I have decided to com- after the Asian Games last to work a bit more on that the Chang Circuit. ninth spot among 20 Erfurt, is suspected of facilitat- his first breakthrough in year, said that he would pete in the 69kg category year, signing up with Hall before considering a full- Sethu, in his third sea- teams (with 33 points) ing blood doping for at least 21 the amateur circuit since not attempt another pro- because that is my divi- of Famer Bob Arum’s Top time stint,” he said. son in the ARRC, became and will be hoping to add athletes of eight nationalities putting his professional fessional stint until after sion in the professional Rank Promotions in the India’s entry in the 69kg the first Indian rider to as many as possible. and across five different sports. career on hold by getting the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. circuit,” Vikas, who won USA. He won two bouts category for the Olympic finish in the top 7, with a The AP 250cc title fight Professional cyclists suspended selected for the upcoming Vikas also revealed that bronze at the 2011 world before a back injury qualifiers will be decided new fastest lap time heads for a close finish as as a result of the operation South Asian Games (SAG) he will now compete in the championship said. forced him to reevaluate by a trial as none from the (1:53:573). Irfan Ardiansyah and include Austrians Stefan Denifl in Nepal in a new weight 69kg category instead of The South Asian Games his goals. “It wasn’t easy. country could fetch a He is already in the top Andy Muhammad are and Georg Preidler, Slovenian category. 75kg, the division in are scheduled in Professional boxing is medal at the world cham- 16 from among the 40 rid- tied at the top. — PTI Kristijan Koren and Croatia’s The 27-year-old, who which he won a gold Kathmandu and Pokhara, about hitting continuous- pionships earlier this ers in the AP 250cc class – Kristjan Durasek. — AFP fought two winning bouts medal in the starting with the opening ly in the ring, which year. — PTI New bond PAGE Star player Harry Kane wants to build “strong relationship” with new manager Jose Mourinho Games 16 that will help take Tottenham to the next level THE ASIAN AGE FRIDAY | 29 NOVEMBER 2019 | NEW DELHI

DAVIS CUP Paes & Co. look to

Seven hundred steamroll Pakistan Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan), ● The tie will offer matches for LIONEL KING Nov. 28: A formidable India 46-year-old Paes a Barcelona is not is expected to demolish the challenge of a depleted chance to further normal and neither Messi rules as Barca enter Pakistan in a Davis Cup tie better his Davis Cup is what (Messi) did starting here on Friday, record for most after the fixture was shift- doubles win. on the pitch. Champions League last 16 ed to a neutral venue following a drama-filled build ● He stands on top — Marc-Andre ter Stegen, up. Barcelona goalkeeper Paris, Nov. 28: A Lionel The uncertainty over the with 43 wins, which Messi-inspired Barcelona THE RESULTS venue remained till the last he had achieved last booked their place in the moment and it only added year while playing ASIAN ARCHERY Champions League knock- Genk 1 up the confusion regarding against China out stages on Wednesday by (Samatta 85) players selection in both crushing a desperate Salzburg 4 the sides. DEEPIKA, ANKITA Borussia Dortmund 3-1, (Daka 43, Minamino Eventually, the old Paes a chance to fur- while RB Leipzig made the 45, Hwang 69, International Tennis ther better his Davis Cup SECURE OLYMPIC last 16 for the first time in Haaland 87) Federation moved the tie to record for most doubles their history with an Nur-Sultan after its inde- win. He stands on top with incredible stoppage time Liverpool 1 pendent tribunal rejected 43 wins, which he had QUOTA BERTHS comeback. (Lovren 65) Pakistan Tennis achieved last year while Bangkok: The seasoned Lucien Favre’s position as Napoli 1 Federation’s review playing against China. Deepika Kumari struck gold, Dortmund coach looks (Mertens 21) appeal. A 44th win beckons Paes, while Ankita Bhakat bagged a increasingly in peril follow- While it resolved the the owner of 18 Grand silver after securing India an ing the thumping at the Barcelona 3 security concerns, the Slam trophies, as he will be Olympic quota place at the Camp Nou orchestrated by (Suarez 29, Messi 33, shifting of the tie did no partnering Jeevan Continental Qualification a sensational Messi that Griezmann 67) good to the competition. Nedunchezhiyan, who is Tournament held on the side- ensured Barca’s progress to Borussia Dortmund 1 India, with players of the set to make his Davis Cup lines of the 21st Asian the last 16 as Group F win- (Sancho 77) caliber of Sumit Nagal, debut. Championships here on ners and leaves the Ramkumar Ramanathan In-form Nagal has an Thursday. Germans in danger of not Slavia Prague 1 and veteran Leander Paes, opportunity to earn his Three individual places were up qualifying. (Soucek 37-pen) was already expected to first Davis Cup win as he for grabs from the qualifica- The Argentine scored one Inter Milan 3 win easy but pulling out of has lost both his singles tions and Indian archers, who and set up the other two for (Martinez 19, 88, Lukaku Pakistan top players matches so far — against are competing without a flag Luis Suarez and Antoine 81) Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi and Spain (2016) and China due to the national federation’s Griezmann to inflict a pun- Aqeel Khan has made it a (2018). suspension, made a big state- ishing defeat on Dortmund RB Leipzig 2 no-contest. Ramkumar, who will go ment with top seed Deepika and move up to 11 points, (Forsberg 90-pen, While the Indian players into this tie as the number and sixth seed Ankita’s stellar four ahead of the Germans 90+6) have Grand Slam experi- two singles player, can also show. and Inter Milan, who won Benfica 2 ence behind them, the better his win-loss record. Entering the brackets as the 3-1 at Slavia Prague. (Pizzi 20, Carlos Vinicius Pakistanis are still strug- So far he has 7-7 record in number one ranked woman, Messi got the ball rolling 59) gling to make a mark even eight ties. Deepika put up a flawless show with a neat pass which at the ITF Futures level. Ramkumar will open the to defeat Nur Afisa Abdul Halil allowed Suarez to open the Zenit Saint Petersburg 2 It will be a learning tie on Friday against of Malaysia 7-2, Zahra Nemati scoring in the 29th minute, (Dzyuba 42, Ozdoev 84) experience for Muhammad Shoaib, who (Iran) 6-4 and local girl Narisara before the Uruguayan Lyon 0 Pakistan’s junior has not even won a single Khunhiranchaiyo 6-2 to make returned the favour four players, who will match in the main draw of the last four, thereby securing minutes later to lay on Lille 0 lead their coun- an ITF Futures tourna- an Olympic quota. “We were a Messi for his 613th Barca Ajax 2 try’s challenge in ment. The 17-year-old has little bit nervous earlier in the goal on his 700th appear- (Ziyech 2, Promes 59) the tie, the win- not played a single match day... There was too much wind ance. ner of which will in the entire 2019 season. also. I just concentrated on my Dortmund are level on Valencia 2 travel to Croatia In the second singles, breathing and told myself ‘just seven points with Inter (Soler 40, Wass 82) in March 2020 for Nagal will take on Huzaifa do it’,” Deepika said. after the defeat but slip Chelsea 2 the World Group Abdul Rehman, who did It was before the final round down to third behind (Kovacic 41, Pulisic 50) Qualifiers. well on the junior ITF cir- against the local challenger Antonio Conte’s side, who The tie will offer 46-year- cuit. — PTI Narisara, Deepika promised her roared to a fine win which down in the final minute to fiance and teammate Atanu to keeps alive their hopes of a draw 2-2 with Benfica. shoot a 28 but Deepika did one place in the next round. The Germans needed a better by hitting two perfect Romelu Lukaku’s first point to qualify but looked 10s and one nine to seal the Champions League goal for down and out as the match issue. “We wanted to give our Inter and a Lautaro dragged towards added best. Also I promised (mixed Martinez double saw off a time, but Forsberg pulled a Barcelona’s Lionel team partner and fiance) Atanu spirited Slavia side that goal back from the penalty Messi (right) cele- that I will shoot 28. He told me had levelled through a spot in the 90th minute brates with team- go and shoot. He understands VAR-awarded Tomas before hitting the leveller mate Antoine my mind too and it turned out Soucek penalty after six minutes later, sparking Griezmann after nicely,” she said. “Now we hope Lukaku thought he had wild celebrations. scoring against to qualify a team berth from the doubled his side’s lead. “Reaching the knockout Borussia Dortmund Berlin stage of the World Cup stages for the first time in in their Champions next year,” she added. LEIPZIG BACK the club’s history means League Group F Later in the day, Deepika FROM THE DEAD that we’re doing the right match at Camp Nou stormed into the final with Leipzig made the knockout things and moving in the in Barcelona on right direction. I’m just so another one-sided 6-2 win over stages in dramatic style Wednesday. — AFP Nguyet. after Emil Forsberg fired proud,” said Forsberg. Ankita, on the other hand, them back from two goals — AFP defeated Lam Shuk Ching Ada of Hong Kong 7-1, Nguyen Thi Phuong of Vietnam 6-0 and Anastassiya Bannova (Kazhakstan) 6-4 and Karma of Bhutan 6-2 to make it an all- DOUBLES | TENNIS Indian final. — PTI Mumbai City FC added to Leander Paes strikes a pose with tennis court covered in ice in Nur-Sutan on Thursday. — Twitter SRIKANTH MAKES Sania eyes return MODI QUARTERS, Man City football empire BHUPATHI CRITICISES Mumbai, Nov. 28: The LAKSHYA LOSES owners of English ISL 6 at Hobart event Premier League champi- AITA FOR SACKING HIM Lucknow: Former champion ons Manchester City on Mumbai, Nov. 28: Indian her best shape. “There are Kidambi Srikanth and Sourabh Thursday made Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza on a lot of changes when you Mumbai, Nov. 28: Former I don’t mind if they think Verma advanced to the quar- Super League franchise Thursday confirmed that have a baby. Your routine Davis Cup captain that it is time for me to terfinals but young Lakshya Sen Mumbai City FC the she will be back to compet- and sleep pattern changes. Mahesh Bhupathi on step out, but a courtesy bowed out of the men’s singles eighth club in their glob- itive tennis at Hobart I (now) feel fit, my body is Thursday said India’s ten- phone call saying ‘listen contest at the Syed Modi al football empire. International in January where it used to be before I nis players were aban- we think it is time to put International Badminton tour- Abu Dhabi-controlled 2020, two years after taking had the baby. It was only doned by their federation someone new in the sys- nament here on Thursday. City Football Group a maternity break. six-seven months ago, and the government when tem’ and I would have Third seed Srikanth, who had announced the takeover The 33-year-old, who last where I thought about it as they expressed security respected that but I did- lifted the title in 2016, eked out of the Indian side the played at China Open in a realistic possibility,” she concerns about travelling n’t even get that call. day after a US equity October 2017, will team up said. to Pakistan for a Davis a thrilling 18-21, 22-20 21-16 win — MAHESH fund pumped $500 mil- with Ukraine’s Nadiia Sania will partner Cup tie, which was even- over compatriot Parupalli BHUPATHI, lion in new cash into Kichenok, the current American Rajeev Ram for tually shifted due to secu- Kashyap, who is also a former Ex Davis Cup captain two-time champion here. CFG, taking its value to world number 38. the mixed doubles at the rity concerns. The world no 12 Indian will next $4.8 billion. Sania, married to Australian Open. Bhupathi also said that square off against seventh seed On top of the Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Sania said she encoun- he still cannot get over the they flew down to Son Wan Ho of Korea in the English champions, Malik, gave birth to their tered a bout with “hurt” caused by the All Hyderabad, had a meeting Super 300 tournament. CFG also own New first son, Izhaan, in Chikungunya fever recent- India Tennis with me,” he said. Sourabh, a winner at two Super York City FC, October last year. ly. Association’s manner of “I don’t mind if they 100 events in Hyderabad and Melbourne City in “I am playing in Hobart, “Three months ago I got sacking him but it was think that it is time for me Vietnam this year, defeated fel- Australia, Yokohama F then I am playing the this virus Chikangunya, hardly a surprise given to step out, but a courtesy low Indian Alap Mishra 21-11, 21- Marinos in Japan, Odisha FC’s Xisco Hernandez (right) tries hard to Australian Open. I am that was a setback because how the body has dealt phone call saying ‘listen 18 to set up a clash with Sichuan Jiuniu in score against Chennaiyin FC in their ISL match in planning to play a tourna- for two weeks I was sick. I with players in the last we think it is time to put Thailand’s Kunlavut Vitidsarn, China, Spanish second Chennai on Thursday. ment in Mumbai, which is have left wrist pain out of two decades. someone new in the sys- who accounted for World division side Girona and a $25,000 (ITF women the blue, because of this “India-Pakistan is a tem’ and I would have Championships bronze medal- Club Atletico Torque in event) next month, but I virus and it can last up to unique scenario. Tension respected that but I didn’t list B. Sai Praneeth 21-11, 21-17 Uruguay. ODISHA FIGHT BACK TO am 50-50 about it, so let’s three months to one year. has been there since even get that call. in another round two match. Analysts say the 65 per- see how my wrist behaves. All and all I feel good, inception of Pakistan. No “Honestly the way the In women’s singles, Shruti cent stake taken in We will see, but Hobart and today I can tell you that I other sporting team has federation has dealt with Mundada and Rituparna Das Mumbai is new proof WIN A POINT IN CHENNAI Australian Open (for am ready to compete again. toured there for two not only me but everyone entered the quarterfinals with that CFG wants to build Chennai, Nov. 28: Chennaiyin climb to sure),” she said. Of course, it will take me decades and all of a sud- in Indian tennis for the straight game wins. a global football-based Chennaiyin FC and eighth spot in the table Sania, the winner of six time to the level that I was den they are saying India last 20 years, there is no While Shruti beat Belgium’s entertainment conglom- Odisha FC shared the with five points from six Grand Slam playing (before), but it is tennis team should go, surprise. But at some level Lianne Tan 21-18, 21-14, erate. spoils after a thrilling games while Odisha, titles, said good start for me to feel and everybody is criticis- it kind of hurts,” he Rituparna defeated Mumbai’s former own- Hero Indian Super who played out a third she is good physically,” she said. ing the boys for taking a added. Tanvi Lad 21-16, 21-13 to set up ers, Bollywood actor League encounter fin- consecutive draw, are back to — PTI stance, that was very Bhupathi said neither an all-Indian face-off. Ranbir Kapoor and ished 2-2 here on sixth with six points. unfair,” Bhupathi said on the federation nor the gov- Young women’s pair of Simran Bimal Parekh, a fund Thursday. Odisha, as expected, the sidelines of an event ernment supported the Singhi and Ritika Thaker also manager for Bollywood After a barren first- had most of the early here. players when they progressed to the final eight stars, “will hold the half, Nerijus Valskis possession and the first The 45-year-old was expressed reservations after beating compatriots Riya remaining 35 percent of (51’) handed real chance did come removed from the cap- about travelling to Mookerjee and Anura shares,” said a CFG Chennaiyin the lead. their way. Masih tain’s position for refusing Islamabad, the original Prabhudesai 21-12, 21-15 in 33 statement. But Odisha equalised Saighani gave away the to travel to Pakistan for a venue of the tie. minutes. Simran and Ritika will Kapoor and Parekh through Xisco ball in midfield in the Davis Cup tie on security “It is unfair that the face Germany’s Linda Efler and founded Mumbai when Hernandez (54’). Valskis eighth minute, allowing grounds. The tie is now AITA did not back the Isabel Herttrich next. the Indian Super League thought he had given Jerry Mawihmingth- being held in Nur-Sultan, team, unfair that the gov- Lakshya, 18, who has been on a was created in 2014. At Chennaiyin the win anga to intercept and Kazakhstan starting ernment didn’t say any- roll with title wins at Belgian the start they hired for- with a second goal in move forward. The ball Friday. thing...So everyone kind International, Dutch Open, eign stars including the 71st minute, but eventually fell to Xisco “I am still in touch with of put their hands up, that SaarLorLux Open and Scottish Nicolas Anelka, Freddie Aridane Santana (82’) Hernandez inside the the boys on a daily basis. I shows how important ten- Open last week, couldn’t pro- Ljungberg and Diego ensured Odisha box and his snap-shot was disappointed with the nis is in higher scheme of duce his best and went down Forlan with English returned from Chennai was saved by an alert way the Federation dealt things in our country,” 14-21, 17-21 to the experienced manager Peter Reid but with a point. Chennaiyin goalkeeper with it. When they wanted added Bhupathi. Son Wan Ho, a former world could not buy success. The result sees Vishal Kaith. — PTI me to become captain, — PTI number one. — PTI — AFP