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Accompanying struc-     $ %      duties, higher insurance cov- tural reforms included a fur- &      '  erage and technology enable- ther easing of the foreign     N   O  ment to cut downtime at direct investment (FDI) ports, for real estate sector a regime and consolidation of    +,, '    --!  .     /N. 20,000 crore fund — with the public banking sector.     '           half of the money coming When asked if the gov- from the Government — will ernment was reassessing its   0       be set up to provide last-mile fiscal map, Sitharaman said:   !O"       funding for housing projects “Well it is a one quarter mat-            that are not in bankruptcy %   !& $ '  ((   )  &   !    #$ ter (5 per cent growth) but        N   M  courts or already tagged as then we will be definitely tak- 0          bad debt. ing that on board and recon- 2    3 !O The remission based tion of 86 per cent of the cur- said. utilisation mission that will the economy, as witnessed in cile it with what I have stated         .  incentive scheme for export of rency in circulation and intro- Besides, a 1,700 crore work with export houses to an uptick in industrial pro- in the Budget.”         !4     goods would involve 50,000 duction of the Goods and annual dole will allow Export utilise concessional tariffs in duction and fixed investment. The growth numbers are             crore of outgo, higher than the Services Tax (GST) had dent- Credit Guarantee Corp to each free trade agreement Measures are being taken “now very different from what            40,000-45,000 crore budget- ed the real estate market. offer higher insurance cover to India has with different to improve credit outflow we had said in the Budget. We      .  M. ed in existing plans that it is The stressed asset fund, banks lending working capi- nations. She also announced from banks, which have also will certainly reconcile...And  Q2        M   replacing. which is to be used to provide tal for exports, she said. This that a mega shopping festival, begun to transmit interest take a call at what stage we are    Q       ! At a press conference finance to affordable housing will enable reduction in the on the likes of the world- rate cuts to borrowers, she and what level we are,” she "      --67 called to announce the third projects, will benefit around overall cost of export credit, famous Dubai Shopping said. Sitharaman will meet added. The minister also 82 $        and final set of measures to 3.5 lakh homebuyers, including interest rate, espe- Festival, will be conducted at heads of public sector lenders stressed that it is a fact that           address stress in specific sec- Sitharaman said, adding that cially for MSMEs, she added. four places in India in March on September 19 to review the growth was low in the first '   !. QM  2 tors and bolster growth, buyers stuck in bankruptcy- Priority sector lending tag on themes of gems and jew- transmission. quarter and “5 per cent        Sitharaman said housing bound projects will get relief for export credit is under ellery, andicraft/yoga/tourism, The Reserve Bank of India growth is not something finance companies have been through the NCLT route. consideration of the Reserve textiles and leather. has since February cut the which I am ignoring”, but    9        allowed to borrow funds from For exporters, a new Bank, which will release an The finance minister said benchmark interest rate by added that there are clear   M  !. :   abroad at relaxed rules while scheme for reimbursement of additional 36,000 crore to the measures together with 110 basis points but banks signs of revival in certain sec-           interest rate on housing build- taxes paid on exports, called 68,000 crore as export cred- the ones announced on the have lagged in transmitting tors.    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Exports have declined in The new RoDTEP “will action plan to reduce time to Inflation, she said, has rate cuts. also have a spiral effect on the         two out of last three months more than adequately incen- export or turnaround time at been kept “very much” below India’s GDP growth associated sectors like tech-   $ !  despite a weaker rupee, while tivise exporters than existing airports and ports by the 4 per cent mark and there decreased for the fifth con- nology, logistics and labour         the shock 2016 demonetisa- schemes put together,” she December and a special FTA are “clear signs” of revival in secutive quarter in April-June employment.                          )           RQ      !" 2      * P         . !"   (              R   !  O    " '         $  *+        NO /01,234+5   P    N O $%  !  ,57  8!.   2 !  !..    2      "#  $   % "&     Q    !"      " #   /.     90!.     %  + /01,23 Uttarakhand, Rajasthan,  . Q 2     !     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%01 # R   .   /   ##  (     -           ,57Narendra Modi had ing repression by the state. from nearby districts reached asked. Aligarh's with the One-District, Singh, a freedom fighter and “As soon as our govern- lier governments and festivals empowered women of the Once as many as 100 FIRs Rampur to meet the party “It has been proved that One-Product scheme and it former member. ment was formed in the state, use to turn into mourning minority community by enact- were lodged against Mulayam president and expressed their the government is protecting would soon get a new identity. The Chief Minister also we forced illegal slaughter- instead of happiness. But today ing a law against triple talak Singh Yadav by Bahujan Samaj support for Khan. MLA and the people here would get accused the previous govern- houses in Aligarh to shut down. not a single riot took place in which was used to torture Party Chief Minister Earlier, Samajwadi Party from Unnao, Kuldeep Sengar more employment. ments in UP of siding with Earlier people did not fear the our two and a half year tenure. women and had started the Mayawati but all of them were patriarch Mulayam Singh in a rape case while the police He lamented that the pre- people running illegal slaugh- law. We have implemented a He also mentioned the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ cam- later quashed by the court. Yadav had given a call for an are biased in a rape case vious governments did nothing terhouses and asserted that he plan for the protection and care abrogation of Article 370 of the paign across the country. The Yogi Adityanath govern- agitation by party workers against a senior BJP leader in ment is doing the same against over harassment of Khan by Shahjahanpur,” the SP chief Khan.” Rampur district authorities. said referring to Swami Daring Chief Minister Attacking the Yogi Chinmayanand. !!!!. Yogi Adityanath, the SP chief Adityanath government over Meanwhile, in a bizarre , - &  said, “You construct jails and law and order and rising incident, a SP leader dressed we are ready to go there. We crime, Akhilesh said that like a groom to escape arrest SP leaders know well that if everyone termed SP regime as by the police and meet Azam !  we go to jail, then the next a government of goondas. Khan. government in UP will be “Now what should we call this Feroz Khan from Sambhal        ours.” government, whose Chief wore a groom’s sehra in an #    In Rampur, Akhilesh met Minister and Deputy Chief attempt to dodge the police SP leaders at the Humsafar Minister have several FIRs and enter Rampur, where  ,57Saharanpur and of diseases and could even and a traveller will have to pay high command. lost.  cause cancer. P  ,-.) 50 to avail it. Earlier, pilgrims Both Ranjana Pandey, who earli- “Polythene and plastics are       had to trek 400 steps to reach and Samajwadi Party have er contested zila panchayat the main cause of pollution and /" & Laxman Hill top. already declared their candi- chairperson’s election, will now environmental hazards, hence 0"  & 1 Constructed on a PPP dates, indicating that the bypolls fight for the Manikpur Assembly people should avoid their use,”  2  "  model at a cost of Rs 15 crore, would be a multi-corner contest. seat and Neeraj Tripathi, who is Yogi said on the second and       the ropeway will run on ‘build As per a Congress press head of Youth Congress (UP east concluding day of his visit to 3P   and operate’ basis by a private release, Umesh Kumar Diwakar zone) will contest from Chitrakoot on Saturday. & * company for 30 years. will be contesting from Iglas Pratapgarh Assembly seat. Earlier, at a function, the Before leaving for (Scheduled Caste) seat, Sneh Bypolls will be held in 13 Chief Minister distributed jute Lucknow, Yogi Adityanath Lata from Tundla (Scheduled Assembly constituencies in the bags to gram pradhans and Adityanath dedicated to people inspected the government hos- Caste) seat and Karishma UP. women and encouraged them the first ropeway of the state in pital and was unhappy with the Thakur from Govind Nagar Meanwhile, the UP to make the district plastic-free. Chitrakoot and paid obeisance facilities there. seat of Kanpur. Congress on Saturday expelled He also exhorted the peo- at Kamtanath temple before Later, Chief Medical The Congress has fielded senior leader from Rampur, ple to refrain from the use of starting a parikrama. Officer of Chitrakoot, Dr Sunil Mishra from Jalalpur and Faisal Lala for anti-party activ- pan, gutka and khaini which He also picked up a broom Rajendra Singh, was shifted as Rajmangal Yadav from Ghosi. ities. were carcinogenic. He direct- and swept the Parikrama Marg Joint Director in Medical Earlier on September 3, the Lala was using the party ed officials to ban these tobac- of Kamadgiri. Health and Family Welfare party had finalised the names of banner to settle scores with vet- co products on Parikrama road. The Chief Minister took department in Kanpur. He will five candidates for the bypolls. eran Samajwadi Party leader and The officials were also out time to worship at Bharat be replaced by senior consul- As per the list released by MP Mohammad Azam Khan asked to remove illegal hoard- Milap temple before inaugu- tant of district hospital in AICC, Congress leader PL against whom the state govern- ings across the town. rating the ropeway and sat in Banda, Dr Vinod Kumar. Punia’s son Tanuj Punia will con- ment has already launched legal Referring to October 2, the cabin to reach Laxman Senior child specialist in test from Zaidpur Assembly action in several matters. the day Swami Vivekananda Hill. He discussed with officials Banda district hospital, Dr RK seat in Barabanki. Tanuj also Initially, a notice was issued delivered his famous Chicago more tourist facilities and Gupta, was also shifted as chief contested the last parliamentary to Lala to explain why he was speech, Yogi said the day his development of Chitrakoot as medical superintendent at election from Barabanki using the party forum to raise his year would be another great a pilgrim centre. Karvi. He will replace Dr reserved seat but lost to voice against Khan but when he day heralding a new era of The state’s first 256-meter Sampurnanand, who has now Bharatiya Janata Party’s Upendra refused to reply, the high com- clean India free of plastic. ropeway, to be operated by been shifted to Banda in the Singh Rawat. mand decided to expel him Meanwhile, Yogi women only, runs from same capacity. Nauman Masood will be the from the party. 34& # !  '()*+,-+.

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  PO     Constitution-makers and the around 1.30 pm. According to plainant said that she had also “India has many languages Prime Minister after     +  1 ground reports, “large number given her statement about the and every language has its Independence, especially I am of schoolchildren remained FIR lodged in New Delhi on importance. But it is absolutely referring to Pandit Jawaharlal while pulses sowing also part of the Northern Light stranded inside their class September 5. necessary that the entire coun- Nehru,” Congress spokesper- recorded 3.74 lakh hectares Infantry on July30-31 in Keran rooms in Manjakote area” while Recounting her ordeal, she try should have one language son Anand Sharma said. less this year. Reservoirs in sector. Moreover, Pakistan had heavy shelling was going on in said that after she took admis- that becomes India’s identity DMK’s Stalin urged Shah to seven States still hold less water disowned its soldiers killed in the area. “Several forward vil- sion in LLM course, the Swami’s globally,” he said in a series of withdraw his statement and than their normal storage the Kargil War in 1999 and lages including Sandote and men called her to his home and tweets in Hindi. Shah said that said, “When our Constitution capacity. These States are Indian soldiers performed their Nanjot bore maximum brunt of left her in a room on the upper today, if any language which can says all languages must be treat- Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, last rites. On the overall situa- heavy mortar shelling in the floor where the Godamn unite the country, it is Hindi that ed with equality, the Home Jharkhand, West Bengal, tion on the 750-km long LoC area,” official sources said. showed her a video of her hav- is spoken the most. “Next year Minister’s statement which Nagaland, Tripura, and since August 5 when the spe- According to them “at least ing a bath, after which her phys- we will hold the Hindi Divas upholds Hindi above other lan- Chhattisgarh. The situation at cial status was withdrawn, four civilian houses, 2 vehi- ical exploitation began. functions in different parts of the guages is disrupting India’s Omkareshwar dam in Madhya ceasefire violations have seen a cles,1 cattle shed and four The woman, however, said country. I appeal to every par- integrity and I strongly condemn Pradesh and Yeldari dam in quantum jump with 350 cease- shops were damaged in the that this video was not found by ents to speak to their children in that.” Despite its leanings Maharashtra was grim with fire violations so far. The over- Pakistan firing along with sev- the probe agency in the bed- their own language and also with towards the BJP, the AIADMK zero per cent live storage, while all figure for the entire last year eral livestock. Panic stricken room and claimed that it could the co-workers,” he said. too came out openly against it. seven others have less than 50 was 1,629 while the figure till residents took shelter at safer have been kept in the Swami’s The Prime Minister also Tamil Nadu Culture Minister K per cent storage. now since January stands at places while local police officers Haridwar ashram. Accused’s tweeted in Hindi to say, “The Pandiarajan cautioned the more than 2,000. Firing is on along with jawans of the Indian counsel Om Singh argued that simplicity, spontaneity and ele- Government saying, “If the    both in South and North of Pir army rushed to the school giving massage was not a crime gance of a language provide Centre imposes Hindi unilater- The Indian Army respond- Panjal mountain ranges. While buildings to safely escort and people go to spa for it. meaningfulness to expression. ally, there will only be (adverse) ed immediately as it respects south comprises Poonch and schoolchildren to safer places. “Besides, the video does not Hindi has incorporated all of reaction and no support, not the fallen soldier and allowed Rajouri, north includes Uri show anything being done these aspects beautifully”. only in Tamil Nadu, but also in the Pakistanis to take back the and Tangdhar besides other  +&   under pressure,” he said. Supporting the pro-Hindi States like Bengal, Karnataka and bodies, officials said. Since the areas adjoining the Kashmir removed from Chinmayanand’s Sources said that on the basis of stance, Lok Janshakti Party Andhra Pradesh.” The MDMK Pakistani Army is dominated Valley. Continuing the escala- bedroom and it now wore a statement recorded by the vic- leader and Union Minister Ram too opposed the proposed move. by Punjabis including soldiers tion on Saturday, the Pakistan new look. “The paint and other tim, the SIT put 150 questions Vilas Paswan advocated an all- and officers, the commanders Army targeted forward areas of things have been changed and before Swami Chinmayanand round promotion of Hindi, say- +  , & are sensitive about the fallout Balakote and Mendhar in it now has a new look. during interrogation. The BJP ing the Constitution should be West Madhya Pradesh and back home if the bodies are not Poonch sector for over four Important evidences have been leader was also quizzed about amended to ensure the use of Gujarat recorded above exces- retrieved, sources said and hours. Defence PRO in Jammu, removed from there but two oil his intimacy with the victim as Indian languages in the Supreme sive rainfall so far. West MP therefore resorted to ‘white Lt Col Devender Anand said, bowls used during massage, seen in videos and photographs. Court and all high courts of the recorded 55 per cent above flag’ on Friday. The Indian “Pakistan army initiated cease- were found by the SIT. A towel, He was also asked whether he country. The Congress said the rainfall while Gujarat recorded Army released a 1.47minute fire violation in Mendhar sec- toothpaste and soap used by the gave a job to the girl and three-language formula (Hindi, 35 per cent above rainfall. video of the incident. tor around 9.30 am on BJP leader was sealed and taken waived her fees college fees. The English and the regional lan- According to the Agriculture Elaborating the aspect of Saturday.” He said, “Pakistan away by the forensic team,” the Swami claimed that the issue guage of the respective States) Ministry data, kharif crop sow- Punjabi factor, officials also said army fired mortar shells tar- complainant said. The woman was looked after by the princi- should not be tinkered with. ing was 14 per cent less this the Pakistan Army did not geting civilian areas.” “Indian said that she told the SIT team pal of the college. The SIT also “We should not stir up contro- year due to erratic weather or take back the bodies of 6-7 of Army retaliated strongly and about a young BA-LLB student questioned the Swami about versies on emotive and sensitive rainfall. Rice plantation was its soldiers, most probably hail- effectively,” he added. The fir- who was also being tortured how he knew Sanjay, the youth issues which have been settled by recorded one lakh hectare area ing from the Pakistan ing in the area continued for and had confided in her about with whom the girl was found the maturity of India’s less as compared to the last year Occupied Kashmir (POK) and over four hours and stopped her harassment. The com- in Rajasthan.     +, -./ 01-2  & +- )""  ! .4  ) ,  7     6  / O * 0         /01,23 situation deteriorated and the figures of the government, latest steps are not going to Sharma said that in the last   !   5 $     oon after Finance Minister help, Sharma asserted. financial year, the govern- SNirmala Sitharaman “The finance minister of ment was 1.7 lakh crore in  /01,23 (PMLA). announced a slew of measures India is lacking in macroeco- deficit. This year they have a  /01,23 “The meeting will start The ED filed its criminal to revive the economy, the nomic understanding. A com- target of Rs 24 lakh crore, but with Bhagwat ji making open- he Enforcement case against the Indian Congress on Saturday dubbed prehensive package for eco- in last five months they have n the first major outreach to ing remarks and it will be fol- TDirectorate on Saturday Revenue Service (IRS) officer them as “cosmetic measures” nomic revival was expected,” he only managed to get Rs 5.4 Iforeign press, Rashtriya lowed by a question and answer said that it has raided multiple based on a Kolkata Police FIR and said the Modi govern- said. lakh crore. Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) session with him,” said a func- locations linked to Income Tax “for accumulation of huge ment was “clueless” over the “The steps announced India's growth rate has chief Mohan Bhagwat will tionary involved in the event. Commissioner, Neeraj Singh, wealth in the name of his economy which is in shambles. today will not revive the Indian slipped to 5 per cent in the June interact with members of for- Sangh's prachar vibhag in connection with a money associates by giving undue The Congress' attack came economy, they are purely cos- quarter, government data eign media later this month “to (publicity department) is coor- laundering case associated to favours by misusing his official after Sitharaman announced an metic, piecemeal and also con- showed last month. Several clear misconceptions” about dinating the meeting which will an alleged disproportionate position”. over Rs 70,000-crore package vey the arrogance of the gov- sectors from the auto manu- the outfit and its ideology. be held at the Ambedkar assets case. Singh is under the Searches conducted at sev- for exports and real estate sec- ernment and its indifference to facturing to even consumer Invitation is being extended to International Centre here. scanner of the Kolkata Police eral locations resulted in tors, including setting up of a the seriousness of the situation,” goods have raised concerns of 70 foreign media organisa- The planned meeting and the ED for alleged links seizure of various property stressed asset fund, as the gov- he said. flagging sales. tions from various countries comes exactly a year after with the prime accused of the documents, bank accounts and ernment continued with fire- Hitting out at the Finance Forecasting the move could barring Pakistan. Bhagwat's three-day lecture  15,000-crore Rose Valley chit investment documents, the ED fighting measures to pull the Minister for blaming the youth lead to banks providing up to However, it will be an off- series in September last year, in fund scam Gautam Kundu. said. economy out of a six-year low and millennials for the eco- an extra Rs. 68,000 crore of camera briefing and will not be which the India media had par- Singh was last posted in Officials said Singh is growth rate. nomic slowdown, Sharma said, export credit, Ms Sitharaman for reporting, sources said. tions about the Sangh and its ticipated but the international Chennai and has earlier under the scanner of the “I can only say that the “The BJP ministers have been said that the government will RSS functionaries said the ideology,” they said, adding “it media was largely left out. worked in the investigation Kolkata Police and the ED finance minister is clueless as making shocking statements relax rules for lending to pri- aim of the 'briefing' was to dis- will be an off-camera briefing Bhagwat had met members wing of the I-T department in for alleged links with the prime to how to deal with the gravi- insulting the youth. The ority sectors cuss the RSS' views on various by Bhagwat and will not be for of the diplomatic community Kolkata. accused of the 15,000-crore ty of the crisis and the govern- Finance Minister said that the The finance minister also topics, as well as to address reporting”. last year as a part of the Sangh's The federal probe agency Rose Valley chit fund scam ment has no concrete plans to millennials are responsible for detailed other steps, including some “wrong narratives” about According to the sources, it outreach activities. He also said it raided six locations, Gautam Kundu. Kundu has revive the economy,” Congress the economic slowdown and improved insurance cover to the organisation that have is a first of its kind interaction hosted German Ambassador to two each in Kolkata, Mumbai been arrested by the ED in the spokesperson Anand Sharma has not apologised for her banks that lend to exporters developed over the years. with the foreign press by the India Walter J. Lindner at the and Patna, after it booked Rose Valley case. The IRS said at a press conference. statement so far.” and the digitalization of certain “The main purpose of this RSS, the ideological parent of RSS headquarters in Nagpur in Singh under the Prevention of officer has denied these charges After the earlier announce- He said the government is services that she said would meeting is to clear misconcep- the ruling BJP. July this year. Money Laundering Act in the past. ments of stimulus package, the also low on reserves. Citing the further bolster exports.             -7 %       -)     /01,23  3+?01 he Centre has asked States he Chief Minister YS Jagan Tto focus on tackling mal- TMohan Reddy has said that nutrition among slum-dwellers there should be an effective and migrant population in mechanism on market intelli- urban areas during a month- gence for agriculture products long campaign under the gov- and asked the officials to take ernment's flagship nutrition immediate steps to keep the scheme Poshan Abhiyaan, prices of vegetables under which was launched in 2018 to check. reduce low-birth weight, stunt- Speaking at a review meet- ing and undernutrition, and ing on Agriculture Mission anaemia among children, ado- here on Saturday, he said that lescent girls and women. a new mechanism should be The Government said mal- evolved based on the inputs nutrition in urban areas is from Agriculture Committees mainly caused by increasing and a long-term plan should be population of the poor, food drafted for stabilising the safety risks and unhealthy food prices. environment, and asked the A Cell should be formed states to expand the outreach of with experts for purchase agri- health and nutrition culture produce and marketing services among and in the next meeting of the slum-dwellers and migrant states to take steps like L'      > organising anaemia camps in Mission the discussion will be population. strengthening convergence urban areas and slums. on the agriculture yield, MSP In a note to state and dis- between departments, devel-        “Organise door-to-door aware- and the situation in the market. trict authorities, the Women oping urban health mission      ness drives on Poshan The officials brought to the farmers have duped the farm-          and Child Development and spreading the message       Abhiyaan in urban slums,” the notice of the chief minister that ers to a great extent. Village vol- Ministry said that “activities Swachh Bharat Mission among Ministry said. some pulses and tomatoes are unteers should help out famers    "     under Poshan Abhiyaan should others.     The states and districts not getting proper prices due to in all possible ways and they & "       "  be promoted in urban areas “Reach out to labour-cen-  )   ! have been asked to organise all the availability of socks with should get MSP.  0     with an effort to expand the tric industries or private 3    these initiatives during the farmers, government and From the rabi crop, farm- outreach of health and nutri- employers to establish contact   4   'Poshan Maah' or nutrition import policy and in the com- ers should be helped in all  " 2 0    tion services among slum- with migrant populace and month which is celebrated ing days the issue would be aspects, the chief minister told dwellers and migrant popula- sensitise them on Poshan         every September under the addressed to. The chief minis- the officials. Making best use of    & tion.” Abhiyaan. Identify urban    Poshan Abhiyaan. ter has also enquired about the Market Stabilisation Fund, and It has also set the respon- unserved/uncovered pockets      According to the National growing prices of onions and opening of purchasing centres sibilities of the state, district and and reach out to these pock- Family Health Survey-4 asked the officials to put a should ensure that farmers get accumulated up to Rs 1,830 to come, he said. block level officials ets with nutrition services via  M  (NFHS-4), 38.4 per cent check on it. proper price to their produce, crores will be cleared by month The cultivation of pulses which include special focus special drives,” the ministry        children under five years of age During the previous gov- he said. end. Rythu Bharosa and input should be encouraged in dry on migrant population and told the states. are stunted (low height-for-age) ernment term, businessmen The dues to farmers of the subsidies will come a long way and arid lands, he said. (Spot) people living in slum areas. It has also asked states and 21 per cent wasted (low and politicians in the garb of previous government which in helping farmers in the days It further said asked the and districts to promote urban primary health centres and weight-for-height. ( "   "  "  (   8 0

 2?1'(1 requests during the meetings Government is taking steps any interest and land in the with then IT Minister Ravi to encourage establishment of area with help”. inister KT Rama Rao on Shankar Prasad and Finance IT companies in the Eastern Responding to the issue of MSaturday said that irre- Minister Arun Jaitley and also and Southern regions of the IT development in two tier spective of the Centre’s stance on several letters sent by the state, city. towns raised by KP Information Technology and the Centre did not provide any Addressing concerns raised Vivekanand of the TRS and D Investment Region (ITIR), funds. KTR pointed out that by some members that the IT Sridhar Babu of Congress, Telangana is growing in IT invest- Prasad went to the extent of industry was currently clus- KTR said, ments. As part of ITIR, they pro- saying that the government tered in just the Western part “IT Tower in Karimangar posed IT clusters in the State. has shelved ITIRs. of the city putting increasing town was getting ready for He said, “Neither UPA nor He said, “Even if they pressure on infrastructure in inauguration next month. And NDA gave even 1 for ITIR didn’t give anything, nothing the area, the Minister said the the one in Khammam will be project. With the new NDA stopped. Because of ecosys- Government has already ready by November or Government we asked 10times tem centric policies of approved Maheshwaram and December. The Government by meeting personally, writing Telangana government, IT Raviryal areas for develop- also identified 50 acres for a letters and providing the infor- growth is 17percent unlike ment of electronic industry similar project in mation. They clearly said that national average of 8-9per- KTR said, “Bengaluru and clusters. Mahabubnaga. Because of the they gave up ITIR, ‘our policy cent”|. Hyderabad never got 1 for He said, “Owaisi asked Rural technology policy, BPOs is not ITIR and it is not part Dismissing claims of ITIR. Did Congress for startup program. In Old- are operating in Janagaon, of NDA’”. Congress over not doing Government even put one city also we will try to get Huzurabad, Kamareddy, He said despite repeated enough to get ITIR grounded brick for ITIR in Bengaluru?” startup program, if we get Jadcherla,” he said. 8     7# (7#!   !    #$ :; !"!<;  : !     (( 9&:::# (     '!       /01,23

*32)5/3 he Government of India Twill launch a programme '+*2/ commencing from Sepember 16, 2019, that will allow and offer 5/3*723; 1,000 PhD fellowships to stu- dents of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at the  /01,23 Institute of Information Techonology (IITs) in India. he BJP on Saturday External Affairs Minister Tappointed Lok Sabha mem- Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and ber Sanjay Jaiswal and MLA Human Resource Development Satish Punia as chiefs of its (HRD) Minister Ramesh units in Bihar and Rajasthan Pokhriyal will jointly inaugurate respectively. the programme. While the Rajasthan state Head of missions of President post fell vacant on ASEAN countries, senior offi- account of the untimely death 7   # cials of ministries of External of incumbent its previous head, Affairs and Human Resource Bihar slot needed to be filled as Similar caste consideration and Gajendra Singh Sekhawat Amit Shah also appointed Ajay Development, Directors of all the BJP unit head of the state has been applied in Rajasthan to assess ground situation in kumar , an RSS 'pracharak' as 23 IITs, Chairman of UGC and was moved to the union cabi- where Punia, again an OBC has Rajasathan before the ticket General Secretary of the Party Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog best talent from across the world (as part of the programme ) and The admission portal for net. been appointed chief of distribution for the assembly in Uttarakhand. Kumar has would attend the event. to join its PhD programme. will not only enhance the qual- this programme is being exe- Jaiswal, an OBC , replaces Rajasthan BJP, weeks after the election in the state. also worked as organising IIT Delhi has already been Speaking about the ity of research happening at IIT cuted by IIT Delhi.The Nityanand Rai Yadav, also an death of state party chief Madan Hailing from Churu's secretary in West Uttar accorded the status of Institution International PhD Fellowship Delhi but will also help India Association of South-East OBC and now a minister of state Lal Saini of the same caste. Rajgarh, Punia, 55, is the MLA Pradesh. The post fell vacant of Eminence and the decision by Programme (IPFP), Prof V. develop its soft power across the Asian Nations (ASEAN) com- in the Modi-government, as the Punia was picked up by Party from Amber constituency of after the resignation of the the government to start the Ramgopal Rao, Director, IIT world. The cultural diversity prises of Indonesia, Singapore, head of the BJP's Bihar unit. President Amt Shah last year Jaipur district. Sanjay kumar who was facing PhD programme for students of Delhi, said: “Having meritori- that will happen because of this Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Jaiswal, 53, is an MP from along with other BJP leaders Besides these two key '#Mee-too “ charge by a ASEAN countries comes with ous PhD students coming to IIT step will go a long way in gen- Thailand, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Paschim Champaran in the state. including MPs Arjun Meghwal appointments, BJP President woman. the motive to “encourage the Delhi from all over the world erating new research ideas.” Myanmar and Vietnam.     +, -./ 01-2  +.

HINDI DIWAS 4 $ !  + !  %! 0%    (        ( ( # #  P #<   +5 to track down the terrorists was town. going on, Rana said, adding the The hilly district, which   <%,<* (Vallabhbhai) Patel of one lan- 2P  O  P ( ay curfew was lifted in police is working on various was declared terrorism-free guage come true,” he tweeted. DJammu and Kashmir’s leads and the culprits will be over a decade ago, has wit- est Bengal Chief Later, speaking at a ‘Hindi '!=>CN2 1O     <     Kishtwar district even as a brought to book soon. nessed a number of terror WMinister Mamata Divas’ function in New Delhi, 7   +1DE     N   O   massive search operation for Officials said additional strikes and weapon snatching Banerjee on Saturday said Shah said Hindi should reach !2    (+)     -  suspected terrorists, who police and paramilitary forces incidents over the past 10 people should respect all every individual and every <                snatched the service rifle from have been deployed at entry months. Terrorists snatched languages and cultures equal- home in the country.     !*          a personal security officer of a and exit points in the town, the service rifle of the deputy ly but not at the cost of their Hindi Diwas is observed to 5 2            PDP leader, continued for the where all incoming and out- commissioner’s PSO Daleep mother tongues. “I want to appeal to peo- mark the decision of the     2        second day on Saturday, offi- going vehicles are subjected to Kumar on March 8. They Her statement came after ple to promote their native lan- Constituent Assembly to      !* <      cials said. thorough checking. struck again at district hospi- Union Home Minister Amit guages but also use Hindi to extend official language status     L*   2     The day curfew, which was They said the private car of tal on April 9, killing RSS Shah pitched for a common make the dream of Bapu to Hindi on this day in 1949.  !,       - <     imposed in the town following the PDP leader’s brother in functionary Chanderkant language for the country and (Mahatma Gandhi) and Sardar It was first observed in 1953. 88  3 !?     the weapon snatching incident which the suspects fled was Sharma and his PSO before said it is Hindi which is spo-       !,      on Friday, was lifted but all found abandoned in Dool vil- fleeing the scene with the ser- ken the most and can unite the        !M  educational institutions lage, about nine km from the vice rifle of the slain cop. whole country. .8<8<   remained closed as a precau- Greeting people on the tionary measure, the officials occasion of Hindi Diwas, QP4  Q 4) ""     said. Banerjee tweeted, “My best A group of terrorists struck >2  wishes to all on #HindiDiwas.    % 2           & 8  " the house of Peoples We should respect all lan-      O           Democratic Party (PDP) guages and cultures equally. 2    O  >           /1     !2   Kishtwar district president We may learn many languages 31<   >                   Sheikh Nasir Hussain at  2  @   but we should never forget our     N   O      2  2    5           Gourian village in the town and mother-language.” She also   1<                  O2       2    escaped with the service rifle of +     +5 posted the greetings in anoth-             7               his Personal Security Officer er tweet in Hindi. L      !M     ! >     !2     (PSO) early Friday. espite suffering heavy loss- In a series of tweets in      2    L%  F"              “The curfew, which was Des in strong retaliatory Hindi, Home Minister Shah      2                   imposed following the incident, firing from the Indian side, said,”India has many languages        -      L M      2 O was lifted this (Saturday) morn- Pakistan is bent upon escalat- and every language has its */      M)  -   7     > !          ing. However, all educational ing tensions along the Line of importance. But it is  !31<   *   */ 6   *           ! institutions in the town have Control in Jammu & Kashmir. absolutely necessary that the     <)  -       2              O   been closed as a precautionary Since August 15, there has entire country should have  CL 7  2     !     L > 7      measure,” District been no let up from the one language that becomes       1< <    O  M        CL,    Development Commissioner Pakistani side especially in India’s identity internationally”. D  E      N O!       !       2  Angrez Singh Rana told PTI. frontier districts of Rajouri Shah said that today, if any    */  L*    *       3     He said the night curfew, and Poonch. language which can unite the     (                 2      however, will remain in force So far, four Indian jawans country, it is Hindi that is spo- <            2        till further orders. have made supreme sacrifices ken the most. )   !M   M  !      !M A massive search operation while one civilian was killed in mortar shelling in the Pakistan firing. area”,official sources said. On Saturday, Pakistan According to official Army targeted forward areas of sources, “at least four civilian & !    "    N  OC )    Balakote and Mendhar in houses, 2 vehicles,1 cattle shed Poonch sector for over four and four shops were damaged *  7 hours. in the Pakistan firing along O=  P  Defence PRO in Jammu, with several livestock. Panic 6*&  $    Lt Col Devender Anand said, stricken residents took shelter    “Pakistan army initiated cease- at safer places while local fire violation in Mendhar police officers along with      5(3 Nanded, Hingoli, Parbhani, Jalna and <   -  sector around 9.30 a.m on jawans of the Indian army Aurangabad, all in Marathwada.    Saturday”. He said, “Pak Army rushed to the school buildings olted by unprecedented desertions from his According to a senior NCP leader, fired mortar shells targeting to safely escort school children Jparty, NCP founder Sharad Pawar will Pawar will hold meetings with party leaders   *25' ate woman alleging, in 18 civilian areas”. “Indian Army to safer places. embark upon a six-day tour of western and other people in in Solapur, Osmanabad    6'*, pages, he raped her. retaliated strongly and Deputy Commissioner, Maharashtra and Marathwada regions from (September 17), Beed, Latur (September 18), ccusing the Centre of Singh demanded action effectively”, he added. The fir- Poonch Rahul Yadav told The September 17 to 22, to set the house in order Parbhani (September 19), Jalna, Aurangabad s part of the week long ‘Seva Saptah’ Apolitical vendetta, senior against Chinmayanand similar ing in the area continued for Pioneer, “firing from the and energise his cadres ahead of the State (September 20), Ahmednagar (September Ato mark Prime Minister Narendra Congress leader Digvijaya to that taken against Unnao over four hours and stopped Pakistan side started around Assembly polls due next month. 21) and Satara (September 22). Modi’s birthday, Tripura Chief Minister Singh has said the Modi MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, around 1.30 p.m. 9.30 a.m on Saturday while During his six-day tour that will take him During his tour, Pawar — who had in Biplab Kumar Deb has donated six Government is running on the who too has been accused of According to ground children were attending their to three districts of his party’s strong-hold of eighties and nineties had undertaken simi- months salary to keep 1,100 village mar- “Gujarat model” of governance sexual assault at his residence reports, “large number of classes in local schools in the western Maharashtra and eight districts of lar State-wide tours— will go all out to rebuild kets in the state clean and garbage free. to harass Opposition leaders. and expelled by the BJP. school children remained forward villages. He said, res- neighbouring Marathwada, Pawar will hold his party to take on the powerful ruling BJP The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party “Sending former Union He said the Centre is “run- stranded inside their class cue teams could not be meetings with the party’s current and past and Shiv Sena, which will contest the (BJP), as part of its countrywide celebra- Finance Minister P ning on Gujarat model” to rooms in Manjakote area” rushed amid heavy firing MPS, MLAs, past and current representa- Assembly polls as an alliance. tion of Seva Saptah (social service week), Chidambaram to jail is an evi- harass only Opposition leaders. while heavy shelling was going from the Pakistani side. tives from local bodies, office bearers and rep- The NCP and Congress, which had con- launched a variety of social service cam- dence of misuse of the CBI, ED The Congress leader took on in the area. During brief lull, police resentatives from the cooperative bodies. tested the 2014 State Assembly polls sepa- paigns in Tripura on Saturday. and the IT department for exception to the reported “Several forward villages jawans along with local army This is for the second time since he rately, will contest next month’s Assembly “I will donate my six months salary implicating Opposition lead- remarks of Prime Minister including Sandote and Nanjot men escorted these children founded the NCP in June 1999 that Pawar together. to set up eight to ten dustbins or garbage ers,” Singh said on Friday Narendra Modi in Mathura, on bore maximum brunt of heavy to safety, he added. is undertaking such a tour in the state. In an In the 2014 Assembly polls, the Congress dumping containers in each of the 1,100 evening. “Om and cow”. He said “such effort to enlarge his party’s base, Pawar had had ended up with a final tally of mere 42 village markets in Tripura. It would make He said though action has baseless aspersions” are made taken a similar tour immediately after he seats (out of the total 287 seats it contested), these markets and surrounding villages been taken against to divert attention from the fail- founded NCP. Faced with a major crisis aris- while its erstwhile ruling partner NCP clean and hygienic,” said Deb, who is also Chidambaram, the officers on ure of the Government. Not ing out of large-scale desertions from his bagged 41 seats (out of a total 278 seats con- the President of the State BJP. whose recommendation/con- only Goseva Ayog for cows was party, 79-year-old Pawar has—this time tested). He said: “On the occasion of Modi’s sent the former Union Minister constituted in Madhya Pradesh around— will be setting out from Solapur on Many of Pawar’s loyalists, who were with birthday celebration the Seva Saptah will took decisions have been during his term as Chief a tour of eleven districts in western him through his thick and thin of his polit- see a cleanliness campaign, voluntary spared. Minister in 1993-94 but also Maharashtra and Marathwada regions. ical career, have deserted him and joined blood donation, plastic free Tripura, sup- The former Madhya the process to give grant had The districts where he will hold con- either the Shiv Sena or the BJP during the ply of pure drinking water and nutrition Pradesh Chief Minister started, Singh said. fabulations with his party leaders and elect- past four months. Prominent among them drive for children and women.” The Chief claimed no action has been However, the BJP govern- ed representatives will be Solapur, have been Dr Padmasinh Patil, Vijaysinh Minister wrote social media posts calling taken against Chinmayanand ment overruled the decision in Ahmednagar, Satara, all in western Mohite-Patil, Madhukar Pichad, Ganesh for everyone to join the Seva Saptah to simply because he is a BJP 2003, when it came to power, Maharashtra, Beed, Latur, Osmanabad Naik and Bhaskar Jadhav. carry out the various welfare activities. leader, inspite of a postgradu- he alleged. ,  (+))  ,7         G     7    0     5(3 cer said on Saturday.   ,2 developments”. also said that cows and other More, who used to work as a The LAC has often wit- livestock do walk across the 19-year-old man has been arrest- delivery boy earlier, is a resident of Parel ew Delhi and Beijing need nessed skirmishes between borders leading to some ten- Aed for allegedly trying to extract in Central Mumbai. He was arrested Nto sit down and properly troops of the two Asian giants sion at the local level. The BJP money from the staff posted at earlier for a similar offence and was define the Line of Actual on differing claims over the MP, who shot to national fame Matoshree, the Bandra residence of released from jail recently. Security at Control (LAC) to avoid border territory. “The actual problem with a speech in the Lok Sabha Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, for Matoshree has been tightened in view skirmishes, Ladakh MP on our border is that the bor- supporting the August 5 move a parcel he falsely claimed was ordered of the incident. A police official said Jamyang Tsering Namgyal has der is not defined properly of the Centre to abrogate the by Aaditya Thackeray. More’s cover was blown away when said. Describing the tension because of which China feels special status of Jammu and Matoshree, where the late Sena security guards at Matoshree detained reported earlier this week one thing and we feel another. Kashmir under Article 370, supremo Bal Thackeray resided, has him on Thursday when he tried to along the border as “nothing The actual line of control is not also claimed that the Chinese high security. Notably, the accused deliver a parcel claiming that it was serious”, the BJP MP from the fixed and demarcated proper- have not been able to claim any Dheeraj More had succeeded in con- ordered by the Yuva Sena president. just-carved out Union ly, because of which such trou- land since 2014 when Prime ning the staff at the bungalow gate on DCP (Zone 8) Manjunath Singe said Territory said, “we should not bles keep recurring,” Namgyal Minister Narendra Modi came three occasions in the past using the More had duped the staff for at least Rs worry too much about such told reporters last evening. He to power. similar modus operandi, a police offi- 8500 on three occasions. ,  ,) !  ! !

  6502*3 persons included in the NRC. The final NRC was sons at every stage of the complete draft published released on August 31 with process, Hajela said. The complete NRC list on July 30, 2018 but having 19,06,657 of the total entire process was con- Acomprising names of spelling or other mistakes 3,30,27,661 applicants ducted as per statutory pro- all the included and exclud- have been corrected in the excluded and 3,11,22,004 visions and due procedure ed 3.30 crore applicants as complete list, they said. included. was followed at every stage, per draft NRC and supple- Names of all members The process of NRC he said. As per the Supreme mentary list of inclusions of a family irrespective of Update was started in Court orders, the draft and exclusions (final NRC) their involvement in the Assam following a Supreme NRC (complete draft) was were published online on claims and objections Court order in 2013 and published on 30th July, Saturday. The list will be process have been pub- since then, the apex court 2018 wherein 2,89,83,677 available only online and lished, the official said. The had closely monitored the numbers of persons were has beenpublished in exclusion certificates are entire process. The process found eligible for inclu- English and Assamese lan- being collected from the of receipt of NRC applica- sion. guage. various NRC Seva Kendras tion forms started in May Thereafter, claims were The exclusion certifi- and will be made available 2015 and ended on 31st received from 36,26,630 cates required for filing to the public at the earliest August 2015. A total of numbers of persons against appeals in the Foreigners’ so that they can file appeals, 3,30,27,661 people applied exclusions. Tribunals are, however, yet the official said. through 68,37,660 appli- Objections were to be issued, sources in the The time period for cation forms. The particu- received against inclusion office of the NRC State issuing exclusion certifi- lars submitted by the appli- of 1,87,633 persons whose Coordinator said here. The cates will be announced aware that hearings were on, the official added. The cants were taken up for names had appeared in the final National Register of soon, he said. Queries are held at various venues away appeal against exclusion scrutiny to determine eli- complete draft. Another Citizens (NRC), which was being received about the from their designated NRC from the NRC must be gibility of their inclusion in additional draft exclusions published on August 31 availability of the certified Seva Kendras and the filed in the Foreigners’ NRC, he said. Adequate list was published on June consisted only of supple- copies of rejection from process of collection of Tribunals within 120 days opportunity of being heard 26, 2019 wherein 1,02,462 mentary lists. The names of final NRC. The people are these certificates are going of the publication of final has been given to all per- persons were excluded.     +, -./ 01-2   +9 ! " #     7  R8         -9 9  + 

  15(3 what effect it would have on oil *2<25'3%3,;3,1 of crude oil a day. capital, Sanaa, and other terri- to fire ballistic missiles into the production in the kingdom. 3(,31*% The plant has been target- tory in the Arab world’s poor- kingdom unchallenged. The rones attacked the world’s The attack also likely will ed in the past by militants. Al- est country. Houthis launched drone attacks Dlargest oil processing facil- heighten tensions further )'%157%' Qaida-claimed suicide The war has become the targeting Saudi Arabia’s crucial ity in Saudi Arabia and a major across the wider Persian Gulf 3,,3%/('',%; bombers tried but failed to world’s worst humanitarian East-West Pipeline in May as oilfield operated by Saudi amid a confrontation between attack the oil complex in crisis. The violence has pushed tensions heightened between Aramco early on Saturday, the the US and Iran over its unrav- 7'51%3,1?!3* February 2006. Yemen to the brink of famine Iran and the U.S. In August, kingdom’s Interior Ministry eling nuclear deal with world 2*3*1 The Khurais oil field is and killed more than 90,000 Houthi drones struck Saudi said, sparking a huge fire at a powers. believed to produce over 1 people since 2015, according to Arabia’s Shaybah oil field, processor crucial to global Online videos apparently ''%;%'8 million barrels of crude oil a the U.S.-based Armed Conflict which produces some 1 million energy supplies. shot in Buqyaq included the (3,,3%/('',%; day. It has estimated reserves of Location & Event Data Project, barrels of crude oil a day near No one immediately sound of gunfire in the back- %3,77%'13/6*% over 20 billion barrels of oil, or ACLED, which tracks the its border with the United claimed responsibility for the ground. Smoke rose over the according to Aramco. conflict. Arab Emirates. attacks in Buqyaq and the skyline and glowing flames '7% There was no immediate Since the start of the Saudi- UN investigators said the Khurais oil field, though could be seen a distance away impact on global oil prices as led war, Houthi rebels have Houthis’ new UAV-X drone, Yemen’s Houthi rebels previ- at the Abqaiq oil processing diately respond to questions markets were closed for the been using drones in combat. found in recent months during ously launched drone assaults facility. The Saudi-owned satel- from The Associated Press. The weekend across the world. The first appeared to be off- the Saudi-led coalition’s war in deep inside of the kingdom. lite news channel Al-Arabiya kingdom hopes soon to offer a Benchmark Brent crude had the-shelf, hobby-kit-style Yemen, likely has a range of up Yemen’s Iran-aligned Huthi later aired a segment with a sliver of the company in an ini- been trading at just above $60 drones. Later, versions nearly to 1,500 kilometers (930 miles). rebels on Saturday claimed correspondent there as smoke tial public offering. a barrel. identical to Iranian models That puts the far reaches of drone attacks on two Saudi oil from the blazes clearly rose Saudi Aramco describes Buqyaq is some 330 kilo- turned up. Iran denies supply- both Saudi Arabia and the facilities, according to the behind. its Abqaiq oil processing facil- meters northeast of the Saudi ing the Houthis with weapons, UAE in range. The Houthi’s Al- group’s Al-Masirah television. The fires began after the ity in Buqyaq as “the largest capital, Riyadh. although the U.N., the West Masirah satellite news channel The rebels launched “a sites were “targeted by drones,” crude oil stabilization plant in While no group immedi- and Gulf Arab nations say did not immediately acknowl- large-scale operation involving the Interior Ministry said in a the world.” The facility process- ately claimed the attacks, sus- Tehran does. edge the attack Saturday, 10 drones that targeted refiner- statement carried by the state- es sour crude oil into sweet picion immediately fell on The rebels have flown though it said the spokesman ies in Abqaiq and Khurais in run Saudi Press Agency. It said crude, then later transports Yemen’s Houthi rebels. drones into the radar arrays of of the Houthi’s armed forces eastern Saudi Arabia”, Al- an investigation into the attack onto transshipment points on A Saudi-led coalition has Saudi Arabia’s Patriot missile would soon give a speech on “a Masirah said. was underway. the Persian Gulf and the Red been battling the rebels since batteries, according to Conflict major operation,” without elab- It wasn’t clear if there were Saudi Aramco, the state- Sea. Estimates suggest it can March 2015. The Iranian- Armament Research, disabling orating. any injuries in the attacks, nor owned oil giant, did not imme-  (     >>   (  # process up to 7 million barrels backed Houthis hold Yemen’s them and allowing the Houthis ;:! (3:(( ; 8 : ;  %    #  ( 5    + ?  +    $!-!        ? %@/ *           (  3,   1'31 After observing the damage 7 O*G  from a helicopter flying over the   K        ! ! panish Prime Minister Pedro city of Orihuela in the region of      023/6*%/ Hamza, who according to The SSanchez on Saturday visited Valencia, Sanchez visited a com-       New York Times was not older the country’s flood-stricken mand centre for emergency K   3  S President Donald Trump than 30 years, first surface in southeastern regions as the operations.   5 ! Uon Saturday confirmed late July and early August. death toll rose to six and train Later he offered his condo-       that Hamza bin Laden, the son Trump had then refused to and air services were disrupted lences to the families of the dead     F> >  7   of slain al-Qaeda chief Osama confirm those reports. for a third day. and said the government would 7 (    bin Laden, was killed in an “I can’t comment about Since Wednesday, areas here do everything it could to help *   >  American counter-terrorism that. But he was very threat- suffered some of the heaviest the survivors.   ! operation along the ening to our country. He was daily rainfall on record, causing “All those who have been Afghanistan-Pakistan border. saying very bad things about chaos on the roads, cutting affected need to know that the  ,&  The confirmation of  1  our country,” Trump said at the public transport and prompting Spanish government will help so (      Hamza’s death has come more White House on August 1 rivers to burst their banks. that at least they can repair many     than a month after the US ship skills and the symbolic when asked if the US had any Flash floods swept away of the material damages caused         media reported that he was connection to his father, but role in Hamza’s death. cars and swamped homes in the by this extraordinary meteoro- 6         killed, citing the US intelligence undermines important opera- Hamza’s father Osama was regions of Valencia, Murcia and logical phenomenon,” he told         officials. tional activities of the group,” killed in a raid by the US Navy eastern Andalusia. reporters as he arrived in K       “Hamza bin Laden, the Trump said. SEAL in Pakistan’s garrison #   ( (       5)    5 The latest fatality was a Murcia.    ! high-ranking al-Qaeda mem- “Hamza bin Laden was city of Abbottabad in 2011. =            # 2     middle-aged man whose body The prime minister said ber and son of Osama bin responsible for planning and Earlier this year, the US 2   # was found by police in a field at water levels need to lower before    : Laden, was killed in a United dealing with various terrorist State Department called a hamlet near the city of the government can make an ,    States counter-terrorism oper- groups,” he added. Hamza an “emerging” leader in   2%/6<%/6 tional hub has been convulsed Orihuela in Valencia, a spokes- estimate of the total cost of the ---  ,)   ation in the Afghanistan- Hamza’s last known public al-Qaeda, offering a million- by weeks of huge, sometimes woman for the central govern- damage.       Pakistan region,” Trump said in statement was released by al- dollar reward for information ights erupted in Hong Kong violent rallies calling for greater ment’s office in the region said, In addition to some 1,500     a statement. Qaeda’s media arm in 2018. In leading to his capture. Fon Saturday with political democratic freedoms and without giving details. people who were evacuated ear-    ,;   However, the US President that message he had threatened The State Department said rivals trading blows in a mall police accountability. Five people died in separate lier, officials on Friday removed ) D,;)E     did not specify the exact place Saudi Arabia and called on the the items seized from the elder and Beijing supporters using The movement is the accidents in the previous two another 2,000 residents of the     where he was killed and under people of the Arabian penin- bin Laden’s hiding place in Chinese flags to assault oppo- biggest challenge to China’s rule days as they tried to cross flood- town of Santomera in the L  M     what circumstances. sula to revolt. Saudi Arabia Abbottabad during the raid had nents on a street, deepening the since the city was handed back ed roads in cars, including a man region of Murcia as a precaution         “The loss of Hamza bin stripped him of his citizenship indicated that he was groom- city’s polarisation after months by Britain in 1997 and shows no whose vehicle got stuck in a tun- due to a controlled release from          Laden not only deprives al- in March this year. ing Hamza to replace him as al- of pro-democracy protests. sign of ending, with city leaders nel on Friday in the centre of the a local dam to avoid overflow-  ! Qaeda of important leader- Reports about the death of Qaeda’s leader. The once-stable interna- and Beijing taking a hard line. coastal city of Almeria. ing, the interior ministry said.   P  * !   "    #  &! !     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Every Trump declared dead a deal of satisfaction. develop a gas field in the sen- dict in favour of Britain’s exit single day I think about… the with the insurgent group in With the departure of sitive Gulf, with the oil ministry from the European Union things that could have been Afghanistan. Russian state Bolton, Pompeo has become saying it showed arch-foe the (EU), on Saturday said he was done differently, and I worry news agency Tass cited the the undisputed king of United States could not stop the “truly sorry” for all the uncer- about what is going to happen Taliban’s Qatar-based President Donald Trump’s for- country with sanctions. tainty and division that Brexit next.” spokesman Suhail Shaheen as eign policy — with the excep- Oil Minister Bijan Namdar had caused. be unleashed both during the The former Conservative saying the delegation had held tion, that is, of Trump himself. Zanganeh said the deal reached In an interview ahead of referendum and afterwards, Party leader criticised the cur- consultations with Zamir The former soldier, lawyer between two government- the publication of his memoir and I am truly sorry to have rent incumbent in Downing Kabulov, President Vladimir and businessman has made a owned firms, Pars Oil and Gas “For the Record” next week, seen the country I love so Street, Boris Johnson, over his Putin’s envoy for Afghanistan. quick ascent in Washington Company and PetroPars, to Cameron told The Times much suffer uncertainty and Brexit strategy and for sacking The visit was confirmed to since arriving as a Kansas con- develop the Balal field would be newspaper that the victory of division in the years since veteran Tory MPs for not vot- the AP by a Taliban official who gressman elected in the 2010 the first of many.   6/ “What has been officially the Leave camp in the referen- then,” said Cameron, whose ing with him over the issue in spoke on condition of right-wing populist “Tea Party” Tensions have soared in the lauded as an effort to promote dum had left him “hugely memoirs are being serialised by Parliament. anonymity because he was not movement. But many speculate Gulf since last year when the US aloch rights activists have bilateral connectivity, invest- depressed”. the newspaper. “Taking the whip from authorized to talk to reporters. that Pompeo will choose not to began reimposing sanctions on Borganised a poster cam- ment, and trade initiatives has “From the timing of the “But on the central ques- hard-working Conservative The Interfax news agency stay long in his newly power- Iran after unilaterally withdraw- paign in Geneva to highlight actually functioned as state- vote to the expectations I tion of whether it was right to MPs and sharp practices using cited an unidentified Russian ful position, enticed by an ing from a 2015 deal that put Pakistan’s “egregious infrac- sanctioned “cultural extermi- allowed to build about the renegotiate Britain’s relation- prorogation of Parliament have Foreign Ministry spokesman as opening to represent Kansas in curbs on its nuclear programme. tions” in Balochistan where nation”, it said. renegotiation, there are many ship with the EU and give peo- rebounded. I didn’t support saying the meeting Russia the Senate next year — perhaps “Signing this contract is ... “enforced disappearances and The poster campaign that things I would do differently. I ple the chance to have their say either of those things. Neither underlined the necessity of with an eye on running for the The beginning of a process,” killings” have assumed “epi- began on Friday comes at a time did not fully anticipate the on it, my view remains that this do I think a no-deal Brexit is a renewing talks between the top prize in the 2024 presi- Zanganeh said, quoted by the demic proportions”. when Pakistan and India are strength of feeling that would was the right approach to take,” good idea,” he said. US and the Taliban. dential election. oil ministry’s Shana website. Significantly, the ‘Stop engaged in a war of words on Baloch Genocide’ poster cam- Kashmir after India abrogated paign, organised by the Baloch Article 370 provisions. The -     Human Rights Council Indian side has hit out at        ( '     (BHRC) at the Broken Chair Pakistan for committing rights monument area here, coin- violations against ethnic and "       cides with the 42nd session of religious minorities.   ,%/1%/ this has caused significant the United Nations Human The BHRC seeks to raise damage and flooding. Rights Council (UNHRC). vital awareness about Pakistan’s  # < ! gang of thieves on Saturday “We believe a group of Broken Chair is a monumen- “egregious infractions” with the Astole an 18-carat gold toi- offenders used at least two tal sculpture made in wood by poster campaign and highlight   2'' He died on an overseas let from an art exhibition at vehicles during the offence. the Swiss artist Daniel Berset. the country’s “ever-worsening medical trip almost two years Britain’s Blenheim Palace, “The artwork has not been Several protests and demon- exploitation” of the region. The imbabwe gave former after former army loyalists police said -- causing flooding recovered at this time but we strations in Geneva are organ- poster campaign asserts that Zleader Robert Mugabe a forced him out in 2017, fol- to the World Heritage Site. are conducting a thorough ised in this area. “enforced disappearances and state funeral on Saturday with lowing a power struggle over The fully-functioning piece investigation to find it and “Balochistan is the most killings have assumed epidem- African leaders paying tribute what was widely perceived as a by Italian artist Maurizio bring those responsible to jus- deprived region within ic proportions”. to a man they lauded as a lib- bid to position his wife Grace Cattelan, dubbed “America”, tice.” Blenheim Palace, a Pakistan. The China-Pakistan “Villages have been slashed eration hero but whose 37-year as his successor. was once displayed at New UNESCO World Heritage Site, Economic Corridor (CPEC) and burned by the Pakistani rule was defined by repression Former and current York’s Guggenheim museum was closed to the public on — a project allegedly aimed at Army to make room for the set- and economic turmoil. African leaders, including and offered on loan to US Saturday morning due to “an improving the lives of the tlement of Chinese colonies. Mugabe, who died in South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa President Donald Trump. “The offenders broke into Milne said: “The piece of art incident”, but it did not give fur- people of Pakistan and China Those Baloch whose homes Singapore last week aged 95, and Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta, A 66-year-old man has the palace overnight and left that has been stolen is a high- ther details. — has only exacerbated the have been destroyed are forced left Zimbabwe deeply divided arrived to crowds chanting been arrested over the theft at the scene at about 4.50am value toilet made out of gold The palace is home to the deprivation and given to resettle in abject conditions over his legacy with his coun- and drumming liberation songs the 18th-century stately home (0350 GMT). No-one was that was on display at the 12th duke of Marlborough and Pakistan an excuse to abuse near the Pakistani Army camps, try still struggling with high at the less than half-filled in Oxfordshire, where an exhi- injured during the burglary,” palace. his family, and was also the and profit from the abundant where they suffer under inces- inflation and shortages of 60,000-seat national stadium in bition of Cattelan works local police said. “Due to the toilet being birthplace of British wartime resources available on Baloch sant, hostile surveillance,” the goods after decades of crisis. Harare. opened on Thursday. Detective Inspector Jess plumbed into the building, leader Winston Churchill. lands,” a BHRC release said. 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Wherever I am today is not due to lack of talent or good for Khurrana who has given a great smoothness with which the two lawyers — defence oriented show. The script is  What was the most because of my family and fans writers. So when one comes across a performance. His reactions to men and prosecutrix — argue on behalf of their clients fresh. Also being a part of challenging project? who continue to shower their film that manages to make the wanting to marry him, of people who makes this movie a must watch even if the end such shows comes with The one that I am part of love on me and extend their audience laugh till the very end, then touch his feet because he plays Sita are leaves one with a slightly bad taste in the mouth great responsibility and I at present — Bepanah Pyaarr. support. the person who has written the brilliant to say the least. 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The What do you like and cannot look happy. the transition from an actor masses since they manage to find a two share a fabulous chemistry. Vijay dislike about your I try to play Raghbir even to a singer happened? connect. That is a major contributor Raaz as a cop, a shayar with a character? when I am not shooting to I am into music since I why such a movie finds many takers. cantankerous wife at home, wins your There is nothing that make my character look as real was in Class VIII. I used to Then there’s the fact that people love to heart. Manjot Singh as Khurana’s I dislike about my role. life as possible in reel. write songs and till date I have laugh. A rom-com that has the right friend is just as good. A special The reason being it is a Otherwise it will become written and composed more ingredients works wonders. 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It took Raj, hours of studying               (                and months of preparations to crack the   !        ! KBC code.                0*    ( “I worked as an engineer for two-and-               I0(     a-half years. I was paid well. But, I decided        !0         I to give up on my job and concentrate on        !   -      my Civil Services preparations. I used to 1   O-           ! +''   study for hours and gather as much              *          information as possible. I used to read a lot         ( (     '      3  of books as well,” he says.              !    >     !' C, ( The adage, life is not a bed of roses,  !0      -                    holds true to Raj, who was trying to enter         >>            88P the show for the last eight years, but failed.      !         )')   )   ! “Not even for once did I think that I 0                 *         should quit. I knew I have to be on the hot             !3    + '   seat, no matter how long it will take. I was         !       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(    (           Raj was confident that he will win 50                    lakh but winning as much as 1 crore came   (      ! 2>  ! as a surprise.           *          With the winning amount, Raj want      (             to complete his Civil Services preparations,                  !*                open a nursery for his father in his village   ( 9   2)99 and travel all through the Indian sub-            1   .-     continent.    ( !          ! “We are already exploiting our and then explore the other places with the mantra is to have patience and take one step    (    0          environment a lot. By opening up the remaining amount,” he says. at a time. Leaps and bounds would take you  -     G      1         nursery I want to contribute my bit He recalls that when he won 1 crore nowhere. Not only destiny but my family   !    - !5    towards Nature. I know it will not solve all he was about to burst into tears. played their part too. They supported me 3           7      the problems but it will definitely help “It was a moment of extreme joy. I felt through thick and thin. They had faith in   ( O  *        fighting some. I love travelling and like all my hard work had paid off. It was all my decisions, they knew I will make it                     exploring places — North-east being my hard to believe that in just an hour I have big some day. And I am proud to have (           ! favourite. I will first travel to Meghalaya turned into a millionaire. My success proved them right,” he tells you.     +, -./ 01-2  +?

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In spite of the opinions of certain narrow- complex — it was to establish if that route to perfect soft landing skills in a phased be a roadblock. 4=89C=DDQ minded people, who would shut up the could be used to reach the planet. manner. This will require a bigger boost- “China has now gone to a part of the <> ==$ " &   A human race upon this globe, as within some “On the way to Mars or any other er on the lines of China and the US, like Moon that has not been sunlit for billions  3     magic circle it must never outstep, we shall planet, there are several hazards like grav- the Chang 4-5 or the 180 or the Falcon, of years; this is the dark side of the Moon. 2       one day travel to the moon, the planets, and itational pull, radiation and situations. respectively. This can be done in the next They reported that they saw a jelly like <' 44<.     )     the stars, with the same facility, rapidity, Then there are meeting points of two three years,” Narayanan shares and substance. What that means, only time              K and certainty as we now make the voyage planets which make it easy to transfer explains the difference between soft land- and future missions to that area will reveal.         from Liverpool to New York! from one orbit to another. For Mars mis- ing and crash landing by giving an exam- Take the US who have had 50 per cent    E 2          — Jules Verne sion, calculations had to be made much ple. success as has Russia. This is not a good  O  !*       in advance when to leave the Earth to Let’s take landing done an aircraft. number. Israelis failed in their lone mis- lthough Prime Minster    ) C he 978-crore Chandrayaan-2 meet that meeting point which is once a When it lands smoothly, like it normally sion. India was successful in its Mars Narendra Modi and all of *            mission, India’s first attempt to year. These are experiments which we are does, it is called soft landing. However, Mission in its first attempt. China failed AIndia hailed the      !3      land on the Moon’s South Pole doing to establish technology and route. when the aircraft develops a problem and in its first attempt. Therefore, a failure is Chandrayaan-2 mission as success-            on September 6, 2019 accom- Chandrayaan-1 was with PSLV rocket. can’t land the way it should, it is called not a justification to say that it should not ful, for professors and doctoral stu-            .  plished 90-95 per cent of the Chandrayaan-2 was with GSLV-III. crash landing. The same holds true and couldn’t happen. Obviously, some dents from Sona College of 3           missionT objectives even though Vikram Chandrayaan went with PSLV because the Lander Vikram. The advantage of soft mistake has been made during landing,” Technology, Salem, Tamil Nadu,    did a hard landing and is yet to establish cryogenic programme was pushed back landing is that the instruments are intact. Narayanan says. Vikram’s hard landing was a deeply ,   ) .       contact with base station despite being by 10-12 years. That mission could not In a hard landing, the instruments may Where should India go from here? disappointing moment.        spotted by the Orbiter. carry lander, orbiter or rover. We just get damaged inside, even if one the out- What should be the next step? Is it going They had a crucial role to play           In a statement, the Indian Space dropped a payload— a suggestion that side it may look intact. to be Chandrayaan 3? According to in Chandrayaan-2’s attempt to land   ! Research Organisation (ISRO) said: “The came from former Late President APJ Narayanan tells you that this talk of Narayanan, there is no need for it. on the Moon as the college’s Special  '   success criteria was defined for each and Kalam,” Nambi Narayanan, an Indian sci- India begin the fourth country to go to the “We have established how to go to the Electrical and Electronics Drives every phase of the mission, and till date, entist and aerospace engineer and Padma Moon, needs to stop. “We are not only at Moon. While we may have not been suc- Division (SPEED) had supplied       90 to 95 per cent of the objectives have Bhushan award winner, says. par with the US and China but can be cessful in the soft landing part, there is three products for the mission. 7  >8%    been accomplished and will continue to With this backdrop, India has over the equal or even better than them. The only nothing to worry about. We can rectify it These were, the fuel mixer motors     contribute to lunar science, notwith- years achieved many things, many that question is whether we are willing to bear with the next mission. that mix liquid oxygen with fuel, the 3 1/  D31/E standing the loss of communication with were outlined by Prof Dhawan back in the “From here on, we should form an doppler mechanism for Vikram (  ,  !*  the Lander.” late 70s, like a four ton satellite, we want Asian space agency (ASA) in line with the module to guide the laser to ensure    %       The Chandrayaan-2 mission was to do remote sensing, telecommunication *&%4&,4 European Space Agency (ESA). If you smooth landing on the moon and       ! highly complex, which represented a sig- and oceanography. look at the Asian countries, there is the robotic arm to enable the Vikram * %            > nificant technological leap compared to “We were very clear with what we ● ;   )    Indonesia, Thailand, Middle-East and to collect sand and rock samples  D!#E       > its previous missions. The mission wanted with satellites. This has been even China and Japan. There are around from the Moon.           brought together an Orbiter, Lander and achieved over a period of 30 years. With     23 countries that come together to form This is not the first time that the       ! Rover to explore the unexplored South respect to deep space operations, we have  7  >8  a consortium and make a contributory college has supplied the components * %      8#RP   Pole of the Moon. Since the launch of not defined the goal well. If we had asked  C    O fund. Here, India should take the lead. The to the ISRO.               Chandrayaan-2 on July 22, 2019, not only what after Chandrayaan, nobody would second is that the space requirement of the They have been working with it            India but the whole world watched its have said Chandrayaan-2. Today, if you 8O!)    other countries can be met and one can for seven years.The R&D efforts of           progress from one phase to the next with ask what next, somebody may suggest   generate business. the SPEED division have led to the     >! great expectations. Chandrayaan-3. “Third, it will help place the satellites institute supplying ISRO with special India embarked on an inter-planetary “But there is no need for this. What in strategic positions. For example, if we purpose BLDC (Brushless DC) , +L   mission in 2008 with its first Moon would be the goal of Chandrayaan-3? At ● 7  >8 C+ need an air station, say over Dubai, then motors for satellites and rockets as ,   7  8 operation Chandrayaan. The 386-crore best, to rectify the problem of 2. If recti- 888PK there won’t be a problem if Dubai is a part well as lunar robots for many earli- *    1   mission laid the foundation for India’s fied, so what? No one has the answer to of the consortium. Also, there is news that er missions.    ;    3  Mars Orbiter Mission in terms of tech- this. Now, Gaganyaan has been US President Donald Trump is talking “It was a momentous day for )  !3    nologies as well as the infrastructure for announced — to sent an astronaut into ●   C  R about how the route to the Moon should India as ISRO’s scientists got us so         G  future deep space missions. The space for three-four days but not to a plan- 8P be regulated. It is not clear what that will near the Moon through   F  !*      Chandrayaan-1 conclusively discovered et. This is expected to take in 2022. An entail. Chandrayaan-2. Our researchers,    31/ ( traces of water on the Moon. It also dis- astronaut to land on Earth doesn’t need “The ASA will help bring the coun- professors and doctoral students (   %    '  ! covered water ice in the North Polar a soft landing, he can parachute. This ● %       tries together which can ease border prob- should not be disappointed. The * ,     FR  region of the Moon. It also detected mag- means we don’t need to perfect soft land-        lems as well. This should finally lead to Moon landing would have been the         !3 nesium, aluminium and silicon on the ing for the next three-four years,” bringing together of the ASA, ESA and icing on the cake, but the Orbiter is        8P!   lunar surface. Narayanan tells you. NASA to tackle space issues. India can’t working fine with eight payloads and    %       India’s second Moon mission made it The prudent question to ask is the cost,” he says. do it alone. For that matter, nor can the we do have the cake. These efforts           ! the fourth nation, after the US, Russia and whether India is going to have deep space Does this mean that science is only US,” Narayanan stresses. will go a long way in India’s quest to China, to have achieved this feat. While programme beyond Gaganyaan. about experimentation and not result? He tells you there is need to define unravel what is on the Moon,” says & L,   India is the only nation to come closest Narayanan says that the answer should be “Science is about experimentation and long-term goals for the country’s space Chocko Valliappa, VC, Sona College  8.'   to a successful landing on the South Pole ‘yes’. result. This result may not necessarily be programme and have a vision for the of Technology. 7>      of the Moon, probes to the satellite have What we should do is to land on the successful. For example, we want to con- future. He adds that the parts were  )   had a lot of precedence. The US has Moon, then Mars and so forth. This will duct an experiment on whether a partic- “I had posed a similar question to Prof imported earlier, but SPEED sup-     touched the other side of the Moon 28 put us at par with the US and China, ular thing exists. If we find it does, we can UR Rao and Prof Satish Dhawan, (former plied them at a much lower price as   !3   " times, Russia 21 times, China six and countries that are making an attempt to say that the experiment is successful. Take ISRO chairmen). They had a wait and compared to the cost of imported      Japan and Europe one each. Israel’s only go to the Moon and beyond. “Of course, Chandrayaan-2 experiment to soft land. watch policy. ‘We will look at it once we components. This is not all. The col-      !3   attempt has been a failure. India may not want to do these things. This experiment would have only come reach that stage’, they had told me. What lege will continue to design and     ,  !3  8R! Interestingly, the partial failure of Many countries like France and Italy are in use after seven-10 years. Now, we first they referring to were funding con- develop parts like stepper motors 3        Chandrayaan-2 and the Mars missions not interested. If this is the stand why need to complete Gaganyaan. Only then straints. They knew they couldn’t have and gyroscopes for ISRO.  G!3       doesn’t have an immediate impact on the Gaganyaan? There is no need for it. We we should attempt soft landing on the asked for more funds. Back then, nobody “We are also supplying radiation              current satellite programmes of ISRO. have yet to define our goals with respect Moon. Not that the time frame is a cause would have cared even if we had long- patches to protect the satellites by      O ! Chandrayaan-1’s mission was to only to space. With the way things are going, of worry and hurry for Chandrayaan-3,” term goals for the outer space pro- coating them with Quantum well- )  -  <   establish the technology to reach the lunar we are going to go for soft landing to the Narayanan explains and tells you that the grammes. Today, we are somebody,” based photo detector epitaxial struc- orbit. The Mars Mission was a little more Mars and the Moon. In this case, we need number of failures or successes should not Narayanan opines. ture for ISRO,” he tells you. 0(30 6 !1 6  3 3:!

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irat Kohli will be ven- turing into the Vunknown with a clean slate, where a few seasoned hands will be backing a group of immensely talented young- sters, in his quest for World T20 title which begins with a 7      ((<  three-match bilateral series against South Africa here on Sunday.     ( The 3-0 series win against the West Indies could be called a pre-cursor as it was just after enduring a disappointing end  '   to their ODI World Cup cam- paign. The real battle begins now     The left-handed batsman is with this series against second only to Smith in the Quinton de Kocks and Kagiso en Stokes and Joe Denly bat- combined run-scoring charts Rabada’s who are also in the Bted England into a potential- over the series, albeit more than midst of a tough transition ly match-winning position in 300 runs adrift of the Australian's phase. 7  & (&$         the fifth and final Ashes Test at total of 751. A good spell from Rabada the Oval on Saturday as Australia’s Off-spinner Nathan Lyon or a cameo from David Miller ment intend to look ahead like much in demand wrist spin hopes of a series win faded. struck twice in the morning ses- could pose challenge for the the selection committee does? duo, who had replaced At tea the home side — des- sion, removing Rory Burns and Indians, while some of the oth- It is yet to be known and Ravichandran Ashwin and perate to finish their World Cup- Root but Australia failed to make ers like Test specialist Temba Rishabh Pant's indiscretions Jadeja (for the better part) winning season on a high by lev- a much-needed breakthrough Bavuma or Anrich Nortje will doesn't make it easier for Kohli post 2017 Champions Trophy. elling the series at 2-2—were 193- after lunch. like to prove their credentials and Shastri. Not to forget, India have a 2, leading by 262 runs. Burns and Denly put on 54 in absence of Faf du Plessis or Manish Pandey has been back up finger spinner in England captain Joe Root will for the first — the highest Hashim Amla. in and around for years now young Washington Sundar, be wary of declaring too soon opening stand of the series for There will be around 20 and despite the kind of quali- who in his U-19 days was a though as India last year made either side -- after surviving a tor- odd matches for captain Kohli ty he possesses, the Karnataka hard-hitting top-order bats- 345 batting fourth at the Oval rid four over on Friday evening and head coach Ravi Shastri to batsman has not inspired high- man. So next question is where chasing 464. during which they scratched nine build a near perfect combina- est confidence in the chances does it leave Kuldeep and Denly was unbeaten on a without loss and had Denly tion going into the World T20 he got. Chahal in T20 scheme of Test-best score of 82 while Stokes, dropped by Marcus Harris. in Australia in October next So will it be Pandey at No things? playing as a specialist batsman, The Australian opener split year. 4 or Delhi Capitals captain Last but not the least is the was 57 after passing 400 the webbing in his left hand in the There are many questions Shreyas Iyer, who was in fine pace department where runs for the series. drop and did not take the field on that the team management form during the Windies one Bumrah is the only certainty. England enjoyed two slices of Saturday. He required stitches but will have to answer in the next dayers? Deepak Chahar, who good fortune on a pitch offering is expected to bat. 13 months during which IPL The other fascinating many in Indian term as little in the way of help for the Off-spinner Lyon struck in will also be held. aspect will be the future of spin 'Poor Man's Praveen Kumar' bowlers as the September sun his third over when Burns bot- Save Kohli, his deputy twins Yuzvendra Chahal and for the movement he generates beat down from a clear London tom-edged a short ball outside Rohit Sharma, all-rounder Kuldeep Yadav, at least in the during first spell, is an inspired sky. off-stump, with wicketkeeper Hardik Pandya and premier shortest version. investment for shortest ver- Steve Smith dropped Stokes Tim Paine taking the catch. pacer Jasprit Bumrah (rested Rajasthan leg-spinner sion. in the slips when the batsman was Root also fell in tame fashion, for this series), at least seven Rahul Chahar is a young tal- And then there is Navdeep on seven and Denly should have edging Lyon to Smith at slip for slots in playing XI and four ent and is being billed as one Saini with raw pace and been out lbw on 54 but Australia 21 to leave England 87-2 in the more in the 15-member squad for the future. Khaleel Ahmed bringing in the failed to review. 28th over. are up for grabs, with some And with all-rounder left-arm variety but known to Stokes started his innings Jofra Archer put England in bold steps on cards. Krunal Pandya also shaping up leak runs. Will they be persist- slowly but accelerated, reaching pole position on Friday, taking six Retirement is Mahendra well and Ravindra Jadeja's ed with in the long run? his fifty off 89 balls with a huge to bowl Australia out for Singh Dhoni's individual call experience set to come in In next 13 months, Kohli six off leg-spinner Marcus 225, giving the home side a use- but does the team manage-   #      (   9 $A:  (  handy, where does it leave the will seek all the answers. Labuschagne over wide long-on. ful first-innings lead of 69. 0   )        6      !  3/     >  &2  /    12',   /01,23 order batsman in Tests but with Hanuma Vihari sealing the number ahendra Singh Dhoni has ohit Sharma needs to "maintain his 6 spot with some superlative perfor- Malways put the interest of Rindividuality” as a Test opener and his mance in the Caribbeans, doors Indian cricket in mind and is success in the longest format can help have opened up for Rohit to seal the "on same page" with the team India successfully chase down big targets, opening slot in Test. management as far as his inter- said former assistant coach Sanjay Bangar. Bangar said: “The key to his suc- national future is concerned, A revered opening batsman in cess will be if he maintains his skipper Virat Kohli said on limited over cricket, Rohit was individual style of play. He has Saturday. included in the 15-member to maintain his individuality. On the eve of the T20 squad for the three-Test series “At the moment, there is International series against against South Africa at home no place in the settled South Africa, Kohli maintained beginning on October 2. middle order in the Test that the 38-year-old Dhoni will “If he succeeds, his style team. Opening will be a "remain valuable" as long as he of play will be extremely new challenge for him, continues playing the game helpful to the team. It might since he has rarely done it even as team management   32      (   result in being able to suc- in the longer formats. grooms youngsters like Rishabh cessfully chase down targets “But the advantage is Pant. replied when asked if the legend going to matter whether you like that we haven’t achieved in that he will get to bat "One great thing about him is in his scheme of things for it or not. I mean there are a the past, like in Cape against a hard ball with (Dhoni) is that, he thinks for next year's World T20 in numerous number of times Town and Edgbaston,” plenty of gaps in the Indian cricket. And whatever we Australia. people have given up on sports- Bangar told field. He will also not (team management) think, he is While Kohli reminded the men and they have proved peo- ESPNCricinfo in an have to wait for his turn on the same page. The align- scribes about Dhoni's ability to ple wrong and he (Dhoni) has interview. to bat, which will save      (   ( B   ment is there. The kind of prove his detractors wrong, his done that many times in his The 32-year-old his mental energy.” mindset he has had about answer on his impending inter- career as well. As long as he is was seen as a middle- grooming youngsters and giv- national future was a bit open- available and continues to play,    D;)E be a good learning curve for ing them opportunities, and he ended. he is going to be very valuable," all of our batters." is still the same person," Kohli "Look, experience is always Kohli said. teve Smith refused to blame O.      ( Shis inconsistent teammates    for their batting failures dur- Smith said he was able to ing the Ashes after he again shut out pressures and focus      Q   P       P shouldered the run-scoring on the job in hand despite the burden for Australia. weight of expectation on his   12', The former skipper scored shoulders.   12', ful all-round cricketer. Yes he 80 at the Oval - his lowest total “I just sort of do my thing uinton de Kock possesses an “incredible needs to learn a couple of all- of a sensational series - as the and what people say it does- Qcricket brain”, feels senior batsman David outh Africa will like to put round options and that's really tourists were bowled out for n't really bother me, it's just Miller, who is ready to perform “any role” that the Spressure on India’s inexperi- about it,” Klusener defended the 225, 69 runs short of England's each time I go out to the mid- new South African white-ball skipper wants him enced pace trio of Navdeep pint-sized batsman’s selection. first-innings total of 294 on dle I love batting and I just to. Left-handed Miller along with De Kock and Saini, Khaleel Ahmed and However, he agreed that the second day of the fifth and want to bat and score runs and Kagiso Rabada form the core of a new-look South Deepak Chahar during the Bavuma's game will be more final Test. help out the team,” he said. African limited overs set-up which is going three-match T20 International about rotating the strike and When he was asked for “People can say whatever through a transition phase with first stop being series, visiting side's assistant give opportunities to big hit- reasons for Australia’s batting they like, nice things, bad tour of India. batting coach Lance Klusener ters like David Miller, Dwayne failures he said conditions things, whatever. It really “He's (Quinton) been around for many said here on Saturday. Pretorius or Andile had not been kind throughout doesn't bother me.” years, and he’s got an incredible cricket brain. Like Former South African all- Phehlukwayo. the series but that players “Who knows? When's the I said, it’s exciting times — new skipper, new play- rounder sensed it as an oppor- “He is not the biggest guy, would learn from performing next Ashes series? I don't ers and a lot of young, fresh faces,” said miller, tunity for the Proteas as their who can muscle the ball over in unfamiliar conditions. even know,” he said. “Will I Miller is happy with the way De Kock is pro- new look team tries to settle the fence, but there are differ- “We haven’t seen any huge still be playing? I’m not sure. gressing as a leader and wants to lend all the sup- into a groove. ent ways of doing it. I am totals really throughout the Who knows the answer to port that he needs at the start of his new journey. "Looking at the Indian uncomfortable saying he is a whole series so it’s not been that? We’ll see. “It's been really good so far and we’ll see as team, that (inexperienced bowl- !       red-ball cricketer. He has easy,’ he said. “He’s a quality performer. it progresses how we go along. It’s really nice to ing attack) is an area we are  played two ODIs with a hun- "There's always been He’s got two five-fors in four be alongside him and supporting him in what- going to take advantage of just dred and a fifty, so he is a good something there, I felt. If you Test matches (Archer has ever role he wants me to do. Yeah, it’s been great          like I suppose, you look at areas that we can take advan- cricketer,” the 48-year-old said. bowl in good areas for long twice taken six wickets in an so far and hopefully it continues,” Miller told opposing teams and at areas, tage and maybe that's one of “He will certainly get his enough then I think we’ve innings) and you don't get reporters on the eve of the first T20 internation- ally a lot of guys who have played a lot of crick- which you can take advantage them,” he said. opportunity on this tour and seen you'll get rewards." guys bowling 90 miles an al, here on Sunday. It’s a new-look side and Miller et, in the A side and domestically. So, all of us are of," Klusener said during a Klusener was asked about I think he is ready to make ‘Playing in England is hour growing on trees and knows he will have to take the responsibility of really, really experienced in each department and media interaction on the eve of what he expects from a player transition into being some- completely different from with the skillset he's got. guiding the younger crop of players. it’s just a great stepping stone.” the first T20 International. like Temba Bavuma, whose body in that engine room, who playing back home and you’ve “He’s a terrific bowler and “I feel playing while for the country there is The Proteas had a forgettable World Cup and However he made it clear game is not naturally suited to can be good at rotating strike got to find ways to play away there's no doubt that he'll always responsibility, regardless whether you are Miller wants to look ahead. that by no means he underes- the demands of T20 cricket. and have good plans so that from home,” he added. gain a lot of confidence from less experienced or more experienced. I mean I “Yeah, I think what happened at the World timates the Indian attack. “He recently got a hundred other hitters like David, “Sometimes you need to his first Test series.” Australia, have been playing for many years now and that Cup is something to learn from. We did a few “They are great cricketers in the CSA (domestic ) T20 Dwayne and Andile, some of change certain little things 2-1 up, have already retained responsibility has been with me for a couple of things wrong and it (results) never came out the and we are not taking anything final. It's easy to pigeonhole him the biggest hitters on the plan- that can help you play in cer- the Ashes urn but are aiming years now, and it’s really exciting,” Miller said. way we wanted. So we are lucky that it's a new away from that and our focus and say okay he plays Test et, can bat around him," he tain conditions and adapt to win their first Test series in “Like you said, it’s a young side and we've got phase in South African cricket at the moment,” will be on ourselves and little cricket. But Temba is wonder- further added. accordingly but I think it will England since 2001. a lot of energy amongst the squad. There are actu- said Miller.     +, -./ 01-2   @@

    , (3         LEUVEN: Rising Indian shut- leads frequently before the tler Lakshya Sen stunned sec- Danish shuttler jumped to a 11-   *!   ond seed Victor Svendsen of 9 advantage at the break. Denmark in straight games to However, Lakshya erased clinch the men’s singles title at the deficit after the interval and   ,%/1%/ the Belgian International build on a slender 13-12 lead to Challenge here on Saturday. slowly move ahead and even- iverpool recovered from a Lakshya was at his best as tually pocketed the opening Lshock Newcastle opener to he notched up a comfortable game comfortably. open up a five-point lead at the 21-14 21-15 win over Svendsen Lakshya came out with all top of the Premier League with in the title clash that lasted for cylinders blazing in the second a 3-1 win at Anfield, as 34 minutes. The 18-year-old game to jump to a 6-2 lead Tottenham and Chelsea from Almora had earlier beat- early on and then reeled off five bounced back to form with big en Denmark’s Kim Bruun 21- straight points to grab a 11-3 wins on Saturday. 18 21-11 win in a 48-minute lead at the breather. The Indian Tammy Abraham’s sensa- semifinal clash on Friday night. produced another burst of five tional form continued as the The semifinal clash was a straight points to create a huge English forward scored a hat- close affair initially with gap which Bruun failed to trick as Chelsea romped to a 5- Lakshya and Bruun exchanging bridge. 2 win at Wolves. Spurs were 4-0 up by half- time against Crystal Palace to     record just their second win of - :      $ the season as Son Heung-min scored twice, while Erik Lamela    and an own goal from Patrick /   $"  van Aanholt rounded off the  % scoring on a miserable day for the Eagles.   2%7233/273*? An injury-hit Manchester United coped without Paul ndia’s Sourabh Verma out- Pogba to inflict Leicester’s first Iwitted Japan’s Minoru Koga defeat of the season as Marcus in straight games to progress to Rashford scored the only goal the men’s singles finals of the from the penalty spot in a 1-0 USD 75,000 Vietnam Open win at Old Trafford. BWF Tour Super 100 here on United join Tottenham and Saturday. Chelsea on eight points from Second seed Sourabh, who five games, but Liverpool pro- had won the Hyderabad Open tected the only 100 percent last month, overcame world no record in the league by react- 112 Minoru 22-20 21-15 in a ing to a slow start in style. 51-minute semifinal clash. Manchester City can close The reigning national the gap at the top to two points champion, who had won the with victory later on Saturday Dutch Open and Korea Open at Norwich. last year, will now take on Jetro Willems fired 1  C      (    ' #  1    1   China’s Sun Fei Xiang in the Newcastle in front on seven !   (  1   summit clash. minutes to leave the European Sourabh had beaten champions trailing at Anfield Salah to seal the points 18 min- before Abraham took over to cross after Van Aanholt deflect- Minoru en route to his title win for the first time since March. utes from time. take his tally to seven in his last ed a cross into his own net. at the Slovenian International. However, any lasting rift “I started enjoying after 25 three games with three brilliant Harry Kane was unable to earlier this year. between Sadio Mane and minutes, around about when finishes from close range. build on his goalscoring form “Through to the finals here Mohamed Salah from we arrived finally in the game,” Abraham’s busy afternoon for England, but did play a part in Vietnam open super 100 Liverpool’s last outing away to said Liverpool manager Jurgen was not over as he then turned in the fourth as his cross was tournament with a victory over Burnley — when Mane was Klopp. into his own net and Patrick turned home by Lamela. japan’s minoru koga 22-20,21- upset at the Egyptian for his “Second half we scored Cutrone cut Wolves’ deficit to United had to suffer far 15. Will be playing against greediness in front of goal — only one goal, but we played two before Mason Mount more for just a second win in chinese tomorrow for the was forgotten as they combined really good football and I liked rounded off the scoring for 10 league matches at home to title,” tweeted Sourabh after the   1'31 would have seen them move who also came off the bench, to score all three goals for the it a lot. There were a few Chelsea late on. the Foxes as Rashford shrugged win. two points clear of Atletico had missed Mallorca’s effort hosts. Mane fired into the top moments I enjoyed, not a lot Tottenham manager off his recent miss from the Sourabh fell behind 0-4 oth sides missed late penal- Madrid before the early lead- from 12 yards. corner to start the revival, but but a few and enough to be the Mauricio Pochettino hoped spot against Palace to convert early on in the opening game Bties as Athletic Bilbao ers’ game at Real Sociedad on The drama was not over it was the introduction of deserved winner today.” that the end of the European a penalty on eight minutes but the Indian made amends squandered an opportunity to Saturday. there, though, as Mallorca were Roberto Firmino off the bench Frank Lampard has transfer window would settle after he had been brought quickly to grab a slender 11-9 go top of La Liga in a dramat- The 38-year-old Aduriz not given another spot-kick fol- for the injured Divock Origi endured a difficult start on his his squad and the Champions down by Caglar Soyuncu. advantage at the interval. ic 0-0 draw at Real Mallorca. had scored a stunning winner lowing a VAR review, before that truly turned the tide in return to Stamford Bridge as League finalists looked more Brighton edged out He reeled off three Aritz Aduriz saw his 96th- as a substitute against reigning they had a goal ruled out for Liverpool’s favour. manager, but he enjoyed his like their old selves by tearing Burnley 1-0 at the Amex quick points to make it 14-9 minute penalty saved by champions Barcelona in the offside in the ninth minute of The Brazilian’s through ball finest day so far in charge of the apart Palace from the off. thanks to Neil Maupay’s win- but Minoru slowly clawed Manolo Reina, after Abdon opening match of the season, added time. was spilled by Martin Blues with his faith in youth Son was the star of the ner early in the second-half. back at 18-18 and even held a Prats had dragged a spot-kick but he turned villain in On Saturday, Barcelona Dubravka to allow Mane a again fully vindicated. show as the South Korean Southampton were also 1- game point at 20-19 but the wide for the hosts on Friday. Mallorca as Reina dived to his host Valencia, who surpris- simple task for his second just Fikayo Tomori, 21, fired opened the scoring then fin- 0 victors at Sheffield United Indian pocketed three straight The point keeps Bilbao left to palm away the striker’s ingly sacked coach Marcelino before half-time, and another the visitors in front at Molineux ished off a fine team move by courtesy of a brilliant strike points to earn the bragging unbeaten after four league penalty. earlier this week, after Real brilliant Firmino flick teed up with his first goal for the club volleying home Serge Aurier’s from Moussa Djenepo. rights. games this season, but victory In the 82nd minute, Prats, Madrid take on Levante. - &  " +  #  D !  ;>*-;.5.6,  !#! ! -!  ? *  DHAKA: Najibullah Zadran hit a blistering half-century as Afghanistan beat Zimbabwe by  <*'3/(5'6 A quarterfinalist in the last 28 runs in their first match of the tri-nation edition of the World Twenty20 International tournament in Dhaka sian champion Amit Championship in Hamburg, on Saturday. APanghal (52kg) and Panghal’s trademark aggres- Zadran smashed an unbeaten 69 off 30 Manish Kaushik (63kg) sion and the pace was some- balls, with five fours and six sixes guiding clinched resounding victories thing that Po-Wei just couldn’t Afghanistan to 197-5 before their bowlers in their second-round bouts to cope with. restricted Zimbabwe to 169-7 to equal their own ensure there was no stopping In the evening session, record of 11 consecutive wins in Twenty20 India’s stupendous run at the Kaushik, competing in his internationals. World Men’s Boxing maiden World Championship, Regis Chakabva hit 42 off 22 balls not out Championships here on was equally ruthless against for Zimbabwe but they came late as Afghanistan Saturday. Lacruz. bowlers made some early breakthroughs to take Panghal out-punched The former national cham- the target beyond their reach. Chinese Taipei’s Tu Po-Wei, pion had little trouble con- Skipper Rashid Khan and left-arm seam- while Commonwealth Games necting his combination er Fareed Malik claimed 2-29 and 2-35 respec- silver-medallist Kaushik also punches against an opponent, tively, while Karim Janat and Gulbadin Naib ' ( ,  +    dominated The Netherlands’ whose defence was mostly non- chipped in with one wicket. Aabhas Jindal and Saanvi Agarwal bagged 14th Lucknow District Under-19 Enrico Lacruz as the duo existent and the attacking “Being a captain for the first time in T20Is Chess Championship in the boy’s and girl’s category respectively. In the last round, clinched identical 5-0 tri- streak also fizzled out after the and winning, thanks to Allah. Everyone con- Aabhas Jindal of Bal Vidya Mandir defeated Arnav Tiwari of Excellia School to umphs. opening round. tributed, in batting, bowling and fielding,” claim the trophy while Saanvi Agarwal of Seth MR Jaipuria School became cham- The day, however, ended Ashish, on the other hand, Rashid said after the match. pion after defeating Mehak Singhal of CMS. Arnav Tiwari claimed second spot on a slightly disappointing was locked in a draining con- “I think that’s the beauty of Afghanistan while Atharv Rastogi and Divyansh Pandey finished third and fourth. Excellia note with seventh-seeded Asian test. Tanglatihan was not the cricketers that they can adjust very quickly as School general manager Sekhar Varshney give away the prizes. silver-medallist Ashish Kumar more attacking but was cer- per the format,” said Rashid. (75kg) going down to China’s tainly the more accurate of the Debutant Rahmanullah Gurbaz made 43 off  ,&      Tuohetaerbieke Tanglatihan in two, managing to move in and 24 balls and shared 57 runs in the opening stand a split 2-3 verdict. out effortlessly against a slight- with Hazratullah Zazai (13) after Zimbabwe The second-seeded ly slower Ashish. captain Hamilton Masakadza won the toss and Panghal, an Asian Games gold- Panghal, who lost to the elected to bowl first. But Afghanistan’s innings medallist who had been given then-defending champion got real momentum once Mohammad Nabi a first-round bye, will be up Hasanboy Dusmatov in the joined Zadran to share 107 runs in just 40 balls against Turkey’s Baluhan Citfci quarterfinals in 2017, has been in a fifth-wicket stand. The duo hit sixes on in the pre-quarterfinals. in tremendous form for more seven consecutive balls between the 17th and Manish has a tough one at itself to notch up a comfortable Championships’ first round than a year now. the 18th over to give Afghanistan an imposing hand as he will square off 5-0 win. and won 3-2. This time I was Even a change of weight total. Zimbabwe captain Masakadza lamented against fourth-seeded The boxer from Taipei keen to ensure that the fight category, from 49kg to 52kg, the partnership. Mongolian Chinzorig spent most of his time trying to was not that close and I man- has had little impact on his per- “A bit of a disappointing day. Our spinners Baatarsukh, a silver-medallist at avoid any engagement, aged to do that,” Panghal, 23, formance. bowled really well in the middle, extracted turn the Asian Games as well as the prompting the referee to cau- said after the bout. In fact, his Asian from the wicket but Najib and Nabi just took Divyansh Srivastava of Lucknow defeated Shivam Chandra of Ghaziabad 8- Asian Championships. tion him against the passive “I decided to be aggressive Championship gold earlier this the game away from us,” he said. 11, 11-3, 12-10. 11-1 to win the sub-junior boy’s title in the 3rd UP State Ranking Sharp as ever with his approach. from the very first round and year came within a couple of “The last two games we didn’t really exe- Table Tennis Tournament at Green Park Stadium on Saturday. Sub-junior girl’s attacks, Panghal dominated “I had fought him earlier as log as many scoring punches as months of him going up to cute at the back end. But the guys are working title went to Ambika Gupta of Prayagraj, who beat Vartica Bharat of Agra 11-5, Po-Wei from the first round well in the Asian possible,” he added. 52kg. really hard,” Masakadza added. 11-4, 11-6. Higher Education minister Neelima Katiyar gave away the prizes to the winners. CADET RESULTS: Boy’s : Arnav Panwar (Gzb) bt Aditya Chand Raj (Gzb) 11-7, 11- )   /     (1=- *  8, 11-9 (Girl’s) Anika Gupta (Gzb) bt Suhani Mahajan (Gzb) 9-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-8.   + P +      7%,%(% Mishra (1/27) also chipped in with one the toss backfired big time as left-arm pacer before by Hossain in the 15th over. wicket each at the R Premadasa Stadium Mrittunjoy Chowdhury (3/18) and off-spin- Two balls later, Varun Lavande (0) was eft-arm spinner Atharva Ankolekar here. ner Shamim Hossain (3/8) wreaked havoc dismissed for naught by Hossain as India Lreturned with a five-wicket haul to help Chasing a small target of 107, skipper on the Indian batsmen. U-19 lost half their side for 53 for five in India clinch the U-19 Asia Cup title with a Akbar Ali (23) and Mrittunjoy Chowdhury Opener Arjun Azad was the first to go 14.4 overs. thrilling five-run win over Bangladesh in a (21) kept Bangladesh in the hunt. as he was caught behind by Akbar Ali off Atharva Ankolekar (2) was then run- low-scoring final here on Saturday. After they were back to the pavillion, Tanzim Hasan Sakib’s bowling in the third out in the 20th over, while Hossain account- Defending a paltry total of 106, India Tanzim Hasan Sakib (12) and Rakibul over. In the next over, NT Tilak Varma was ed for Jurel in the next over. dismissed Bangladesh for 101 in 33 overs, Hasan (11) raised hopes of a Bangladesh sent back by Mrittunjoy with Tanzid Hasan In 26th over, Sushant Mishra (3) walked courtesy 18-year-old Ankolekar, who win before India fought back to bundle taking another catch and after the other back to the pavillion when he was caught emerged as the star of the Indian team with them out. opener SV Parkar was run out by Tanzid by Akbar Ali off Shahin Alam’s bowling, figures of 5 for 28 from 8 overs. Earlier, skipper Dhruv Jurel (33) and Hasan, India U-19 team had slipped to 8 for while Vidyadhar Patil was removed by While Ankolekar spun a web of spin to lower-order batsman Karan Lal (37) came 3. Mrittunjoy in the next over. UP women’s team edged past Haryana 22-21 to enter the final of National derail Bangladesh’s chase, he was support- up with useful contributions to help India Shashwat Rawat (19) and skipper Jurel Karan was the last batsman to be dis- Federation Cup Handball Championship at Ayodhya on Saturday. UP will now ed well by pacer Akash Singh, who account- cross the 100-run mark. then steadied the ship and brought up the missed as India U-19 were bundled out for take on Railways, which defeated Himachal Pradesh 19-14. In the men’s cate- ed for three wickets. V Patil (1/25) and SS India’s decision to bat first after winning team fifty before the former was trapped leg- a paltry score of 106 in 32.4 overs. gory, UP team lost to CISF 18-26 in the quarter-finals.     +, -./ 01-2 && @, P.  2      @8Q

From Jai Santoshi Maa to any. Then I got casted for Pyaar Ka family was like that you cannot be ed by the people who are making the Dream Girl, how has your Punchnama and I entered the com- an actor. It took them a while to films and they want to get the certifi- journey been? mercial cinema. Now it’s been years accept my decision. They asked me cation done. For me, romance, come- It has been a long one. since I haven’t done a film like LSD. I questions of whether I will be work- dy are all emotions and not genres. Honestly, when I got Jai Santoshi didn’t know where life took me, I just ing throughout my work career and For me a story is a story, I decide my Maa (2009), I didn’t want to be an went with the flow. I didn’t have answers. But they projects on the basis of my intuitions. actor. I went for the auditions Do you have any regrets? 31%/O*1331 turned out to be very supportive and I am a performer so I have to per- just to see how would it turn Yes, I have had made some bad they digested the fact that I don’t form regardless of the genre. out for me and fortunately I choices as well. But, the moment I ;3,3/*% have any answers. They knew I was Upcoming projects? got selected. The real journey started shooting for those films, I 6/'!3(,3 being realistic and I will not live in Dream Girl has just been released. started with Love, Sex Aur knew I wasn’t happy. But, it was diffi- the bubble that ‘oh I am an actor It was a film that I heard the narra- Dhoka (LSD), that was the first cult to walk away from a project after 6/'' now’. tion for an hour and then within 15 time when I felt like an actor. making a commitment. Now, I have Who is your inspiration? minutes I said yes to it. I am an The film made me realise the realised that if you are not enjoying 17311/1 For me, inspiration comes from instinctive person, if I like a project I importance of being a performer your work, just don’t do it. There was normal people. My driver inspires immediately take it up if not then I and what a good film is. Then, I a time, when just one day before the 13311(?)%), me. He lives in Nala Sopara and it probably say that give me sometime decided that this is the field I want shoot I pulled out of the project. 02%'<3/6 takes him two hours to reach my to think about it. And then I will say to be in. No matter what I am Though I received a lot of criticism house. I have to attend late night no to it. (laughs) doing and where will I end from the team and they called me ;3,/1*2? shoots, screenings and film parties Then there is Turram Khan oppo- up, I just wanted to con- names, but in my head I was clear and he stays there with me. site Rajkumar Rao. I always wanted to tinue doing good work that what is the point of doing some- 0/**%6**2 Sometimes he even misses the last be in a Hansal Mehta film. When I and feel happy about thing half-heartedly. Because they will train to his place. And then again, got the film, I was like ‘yes I am doing it. not get the best of your performance, 7'*3;37*3%/ he returns to work at 8 am. I ask an Hansal Mehta film’. Then, I am  Were there more you’ll not feel good about it and ulti- 1%/!;%' him to sleep in my building but he also doing Hurdang. highs or more mately the end product will never be refuses because he wants to spend Any anecdotes that you would like     lows? good. '%/7/1 time at his home even if it’s for just to share?          I have seen Did your family support your three hours. I suggested him to leave I remember on the first day of         both highs and decision of being an actor? 7%1?',, my job and work somewhere else. shoot for Turram Khan I was not able lows. LSD was a My family is neither regressive But he wants to put in this hard to do my lines right. I was very scared          success but I didn’t nor completely modernised. They %*3%/ work for his family. Not even once because there were so many great        have work for a few are somewhere in between. When I has he come late. All these stories actors and all of them were staring at        months after it. I told them that I wanted to be an continue to inspire me. me. And I honestly told it to them      kept thinking that the actor, they themselves were in a con- Any genres that you would like to that ‘I am sorry guys, I am intimidat- film did well so I flict of whether to let me follow my experiment with? ed by all of you staring at me and to should be getting more dreams or tell me that this will not I don’t divide films into genres. I stand infront of such great actors, I work. But, I didn’t get work out. But everybody else in my believe genres are decided and divid- feel like a fool.’ (laughs) P 2 >. @$<$>.=    Q 2,3/3 </            F      3 

ickle or achaar is a part of an everyday meal for Indians world Pover. The sweet, spicy and sour achaars have been around for thou- sands of years. Most the the pickle recipes are handed down generations. Each community has a different recipe — a twist here and twist there — makes all the difference from a mango pickle that one will get to eat at a home in North as opposed to what one will find in South. Did you know that pickles have around for a long time when it cure them with salt or immerse them comes to world cuisine? The tech- in brine. nique is said to have begun from India “In ancient and medieval times, and that cucumbers were the first to every homemaker used to have a ver- pickled and eaten at the Tigris valley. itable treasure trove of recipes hand- It all began with putting cucumbers ed down to her from her ancestors. in brine — water and salt — to pre- This was the way in which she used serve them. Even today, salt is a sta- to preserve fruits and vegetables by ple ingredient to preserve pickles. making pickles and chutneys,” Shah Lingupurna, a Kannada work that tells you. dates back to 1594 describes about 50 For Indians, nothing comes close different types of pickles. History also to say home as simply as pickle. has it that Cleopatra loved them as did Chutneys and pickles in different 80)4-7%-,,-6)   Napoleon Bonaparte. forms and tastes are prevalent in every Hence, it is not surprising that corner of our country and are likely ! 8-;)6) -+.6- Indians love their pickles and that to have been a part of your food news players want to enter this seg- memories.      ment. Karan Shah, director, Society “No Indian meal is complete Tea, tells you that Spice Secrets marks without a smidgen of pickle or chut- their entry into a new category. “We ney. This is because pickles are an % *  R   believe in bringing back the art of define their food culture, and each daughter or from the grandmother integral part of Indian culture. chutneys and pickles to every house- region is intensely passionate about because of which, the making of these Chutneys and pickles key role in your How did music happen? hold; recipes our grandmothers used their pickles,” Shah explains. ?5'1 special pickles and chutneys are meal is to add flavour and make them I grew up watching a lot of concerts because of my father. and passed on to our mothers over The same, one is told holds true 566**2* secrets held within the families, like more appetizing. It is the plainest of He has produced and directed concerts with some of the best years. Indian consumers relish a for chutneys. It is also something that a family heirloom,” Shah says. food that gives scope for the use of musical artists in the country like Lataji, Ashaji, Daler Mehndi, daily dose of these flavours as it takes everyone relates to. It can be made to 725*/?7/ Chutneys and pickles have always pickles. Hence, they are usually Hariharan and AR Rahman sir to name a few. That stemmed them down the memory lane right to suit any taste profile.A versatile %;;'(,/7 been an ageold accompaniment in the savored as an accompanying condi- the whole inspiration of wanting to be on stage and performing that grandma’s kitchen,” Shah says. condiment, the chutney which means Indian cuisines agnostic of which part ment — as a spread, sauce and or even like one of them. But I decided pretty late that I wanted to be a He tells you that the word pick- something that can be licked, is by 3/13*0,, of the country you go to or the lan- a topping. In our cuisine — chutneys musician and learnt guitar and piano by myself. le has originated from the Dutch word definition an appetizer. 7* guage you speak. vary, many being thin enough in con- How was the experience of being mentored by AR Rahman? pekel that was used to refer to a solu- “Ayurveda suggests that chutneys “It’s difficult to trace the exact ori- sistency to be used as dipping sauces. In 2012, I did my first cover on YouTube with a brilliant singer, tion of brine that was spiced for pre- can offer a balance in the diet as well 53*(, gins of Indian pickle, but the tradition Other varieties of chutney are like Suchismita Das. We happened to send the link to Rahman sir serving and flavouring food. as act as a suitable camouflage for 7%5;,6;%' of pickle making goes back thousands chunky well-flavored relish; those are and he replied: ‘You have a great voice, should study and learn “Pickle is often associated with ingredients that are otherwise not of years. Pickling was commonly generally used as meal accompani- music further’. I packed my bag and came to KM Music processed fruits and vegetables in salt enjoyable. Ever since times infinite, 3/6'13/**2* used for preserving food by curing it ments or sandwich spreads, and are Conservatory, Rahman sir’s music school in Chennai. Every step and spice mixture that have an these house recipes have been passed '%*2'03 with salt or sugar; before refrigeration the popular version found globally,” of the way he has been helpful. I send all my original songs to extended shelf life, often with restored down generations and that’s why and canning made it possible. Ancient Shah says and adds that our chutneys him before releasing them to get a feedback frm him. or enhanced beneficial properties of they still retain a unique taste for each /%*/+%?(, civilisations had discovered that to and pickles are of regional flavours How did this mentoring change your music? the entities involved. Therefore, they household. Traditionally, it’s almost increase the longevity of perishable representing different communities A lot has changed — just the outlook towards music being are an integral part of how people always passed down from mother to foods was to dry them in the sun and and heritage. pure and speaking about one’s personality. Like every musician, I too have been influenced by his music and have always tried to adopt his structuring of songs. I have been blessed to work closely with him and see his entire process from start to finish, which is mind-boggling because apart from the melodic brilliance with him there are no boundaries to music and there’s certain- "       ly no holding back when it comes to trying new things. What is your latest release about? 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Its beauty lies in variety and tures and people who have set- Chef Vivek Rana who The menu is quite inviting what I enjoy is bringing in my honesty and creativity to any song tled down there along with loves to go into the history of and varied with classics like I sing. I’ve had the opportunity to sing for Vishal-Shekhar sir their spices flavours and meats. any of the foods he attempts to wild mushroom rissoles and for Udanchoo from Banjo. The experience was amazing becomes A slice of that wholesome regale his guests with, tells mixed vegetable and garbanzo easy to work with them. platter is now being show- you that Australia is all about stew, but save your tummy Is it tough to survive in the industry? cased at the Pickwick’s at The fusion cuisine, meat grills and space for the absolutely out of It is extremely difficult to survive in the industry as just a Claridges with a lot of elan and desserts that will send you the world Black Ant playback. Therefore, I focus on my independent music and pro- hard work that has gone into into the guilt zone even if you Lamington, the signature duction for other artists as well. Today, you have to be self-suf- bringing this side of Australia don’t have a sweet tooth. Aussie sweet that fortunately ficient and be a wholesome artist; one who writes, composes, sings to the table. The fact that there is some )    ) *46 1  has nothing to do with those in and maybe plays an instrument too. The effort hasn’t gone Indian cuisine spread gra- edible hard-working popula- Do you have a mission as far as music is concerned? waste. It is the good old pump- ciously with an Australian This one is a must-try. The of mains, like Grilled friends do not miss out on this tion of the animal kingdom. 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If we can learn to meditate, then the purpose of the then government was exploitation of the we can confront problems in a way that colony and filling the coffers of the British Government at does not upset our physiological sys- the cost of India. The babudom that continued to hold the tems. Meditation provides a way for us reins of governance after independence could not shake off to learn to control our reactions. its imperialist mind set and India went on to remain a coun- try of subjects rather than citizens. But there are limitations  to the rule by magistracy and collectorate and the signs are When we talk about healing our gradually showing. It is for this reason that in our TDS (Trust mind, we are referring to its reaction Deficient Society) driven economy business cycles hover to problems we face that affect our between frequent troughs and occasional peaks. In the thinking and our emotions. Each day process, the confidence of the market continues to remain we are bombarded by sensory stimuli shaky as a result of societal paranoia. To cope with the sit- from all directions. Each message uation the interventionist stimulations are tried time and coming in through our five senses is again to boost the economy. The tricky part is that it works conveyed to the brain. Some messages for short durations and goes back to the original bearish require a physical response, but many stance sooner than later. What is to be understood is that of them require intellectual or mental internal stimulation is required to keep the system ticking responses. We have to think through and kicking on its own. The only way this can be done is by ur world is in need of emotional and psychological level. to play in our health. They have problems, make decisions, plan, boosting the confidence of the market which comprises not healing, and there are We may find that we are not at ease learned that stress can cause a break- analyse, synthesise, create, and then only the investors but also the consumers. In fact, it is the many who have dedicat- spiritually because there are ques- down of our immune system and be a communicate our thoughts to others. consumers that stimulate both the market and the investors. ed their lives to this cause. tions relating to our soul and the cause of ailments. Stress interferes with Oftentimes, the mental stimuli can More so in a market economy which draws sustenance from There is a way for each Creator, and our purpose in life, that the healthy functioning of some of our bring about reactions of fear, anxiety, a myriad of factors. It is against this backdrop that the recent Oone of us to contribute to a better we have not yet found answers to that bodily systems required to resist dis- tension, confusion, indecision, and a opinion of the Chief Economic Advisor has to be viewed. future, and it all begins in silence. cause restlessness in our soul. Thus, to ease. It activates the “fight or flight” host of emotional responses. Mental In order to rejuvenate the markets stimulus packages are If we wish to heal our planet, we heal ourselves, we need to employ tech- response causing certain biochemical tension and emotional pain take their announced to bail out certain industries. But such steps are must begin by healing ourselves. We niques to remove the “dis-ease,” and put 3;72)'%/ reactions in our body. When we are in toll on our body and physical health. against the spirit of the market economy. 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If some sectors are assumed too big to fail than ensur- would spread, bathing the whole world about nutrition and personal health Thus, we carry within us a state of that we can deal with the challenges of ing that they don’t fail through interventions from the state in healing waters. So let us begin with and hygiene. We know what precau- 2,1 stress, or a state in which our body is life in a calm, composed way without tantamount to creating a situation where profits are private looking at ways in which we can heal tions to take to prevent certain diseases. *2,*2 responding to fear and threat even in it causing us to feel upset, depressed, and losses are of the society. Systemic incentives are better ourselves. If we are to heal our body, we should situations that are only problems for anxious, fearful, or threatened. options than fiscal stimuli. System needs to be strengthened lead healthy lifestyles: keep physically (/;3**2? our mind. 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Keep chanting Image is the impression that a per- positive thoughts (a word or a sentence) and son gives to the public. These are of two the vibration will flow through your mind types — naturally occurring (the result and body . More importantly, there will be of many years) and contrived. The lat- space for no other thought. When there is ter generally has a sinister motive. no space for negativity, positivity reigns Those in the business of cheating the supreme. The sound of a bell chiming public contrive to give a false impres- (church or temple bell) sends sound vibra- sion of self. Fake babas come to the sanskars and morals, are also very This fact brings out the necessity of cor- tions through the metaphysical centre of the mind in this connection. Then, there are important. They emit a feeling of supe- recting the self-image; we cannot be eing in the present moment is the gift speak up when someone is rude to us or says body creating peace and wellness. This is people who run ponzi schemes. riority like no other. Our ambitions also attached to any one version of it. of the moment. Only when you live in something that we do not agree with. energy vibration. These rituals are profound Self-image begins to form from decide how we assess ourselves. Persons Generally, the self-image is always Bthe present time awareness do you Otherwise, it is too late. The moment is lost in nature. They have deep meaning and nat- childhood itself. This process goes on with high ambitions think highly of superior to what we actually are. This enjoy the moment. There is no guilt or and then regret creeps in. By being true to ural healing. throughout one’s life. One tries to themselves and try to project selves in puts a lot of pressure on one to rise to regret from the past. There is no fear of the ourselves and honest with our feelings, we Additionally, when you believe in a enhance it rather than correct it. There a positive way. They are more focused that standard. Some will say that it is a unknown either. Imagine, when heart-based feel powerful. Other people’s opinion should higher energy, and focus on it, peace comes are many factors, which go into image than an average person. In short, how motivating factor for self-improve- awareness rules, anger and resentment are not make us feel small. They are speaking to you. Your world may be out of control, making and its evolution. Humans we desire our future to be is very impor- ment. Yes, it is true as long as the gap no longer a part of your life. Just a peaceful their own truth. We can accept it if we want but your faith in that higher energy will be have been blessed with intelligence. tant in this connection. is manageable, otherwise it results in state of acceptance and embracing of the to, but not feel bad when they voice it. there to help and guide you. God will give Mature intelligence or wisdom comes Personal nature also determines the stressful existence. It is very important present moment. A sense of adventure and The importance of visualisation cannot you whatever you desire, keep you safe and after a very long time, sometimes many image one will have of oneself. And our that we have the right image of our- positivity reigns supreme. be overestimated. When we are young, it is ensure you remain healthy. That, for most lives. Still, this fact does not prevent peo- nature is the sum total of our habits. For selves. Being who you are and speaking up for called day dreaming. “Do not day dream!” people helps them leave negativity and move ple from pretending to be highly intel- example, continued success in life gives Trying to stick to some image is not yourself is a sure shot way of enjoying your we are often told. However, we can day towards positive thought. ligent. That explains why we make so the image of being a go-getter. Our past wise, because the self-image must be life. Often, we do not say what we mean. dream ourselves into a glorious future. If we Hands on and distant healing techniques many mistakes. A human is not above has a lot of bearing on how we will per- attuned to the present realities, other- Consequently, we keep thinking about it — want a four-bedroom house and keep visual- help the mind calm down and the body to erring, but a false assessment of self- ceive ourselves or others will. After all, wise pressure builds up. Most of us are about what we should have said, or not. We ising ourselves living in one, chances are that heal. These energy techniques are consid- intelligence makes it worse. are we not a sum total of what we have unable to fight it and suffer. This are plagued by negativity. By constantly our dream will come true. The Universe ered alternative, but more people are follow- Appearance of self has also a large been, the acts we have done earlier. becomes a bondage, which is quite pleasing other people, we put ourselves last. answers our prayers. Positive affirmation is ing and practicing them. Reiki, Chi Gung bearing on how we perceive ourselves. The society we live in also influ- harmful. Ideally, we should focus on This does not lead to happiness. It actually the key to success. Hard work and positive and Taichi are a few healing modalities. Good looking people feel more confi- ences how we assess ourselves, or like doing our duties and the image takes makes us resentful and unhappy. visualisation at all times leads to positive They bring the body and mind into balance dent about themselves because the to be. We wish to be one of it and some- care of itself. And the gap between the By being people pleasers, we do not behaviour and weeds out negativity. When and all negative thoughts get dissipated. As I appearance is the first thing one notices what better. Health also plays a part. reality and what we project ourselves to make anyone happy. People do not realise we dream big and work towards it, our like to say: life is full of joy. Visualise it, in a person. However, this factor is not Healthy people are more likely to exude be should always be manageable; only that we are not doing what we want to. They dream is achieved. Positive and constant believe in it and work towards it. absolute. Other factors like abilities have confidence. Circumstances and age then, our lives will be better. take us for granted. We earn respect only affirmation are the key to success.     (     a large bearing on how we assess our force changes. In older age, one accepts          when we are true to ourselves. We must Breathing techniques are important.       personalities overall. Personal values, that one is not so physically capable.  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eace in Afghanistan, dev- the ISIS despite it losing Pastated by four decades of grounds in Iraq and Syria. war, never seemed so immi- Simply put, for some Taliban, nent. However, the latest round they will be able to continue of peace talks between the US their jehad mission against and the Taliban leadership those whom they perceive as indicates the negotiation infidels and enemies. For many process may take longer than others, who fear retribution expected. This week, when US from civil society once they President Donald Trump return to normal life, it could announced that he was with- be a refuge. drawing an invitation to the History is witness to futil- Taliban delegation and the ity of military intervention in Afghan Government for a internecine war in Afghanistan. meeting at Camp David, it Therefore, for the US and its created utter confusion around allies it’s difficult to find a way  885$$   the world. Does it signal a com- out in Afghanistan. Typically, plete withdrawal of the US the traditional Afghan warlords  &    from the Afghan peace talks? may not to follow the terms  ((  (== Or is it leading to another and conditions of an imposed Trump-style chaos without peace process by the western =   P    providing any solution? powers led by the US.      D How America behaves According to many secu- .  22  would matter the most for rity experts, after the withdrawl bringing an enduring peace to of US forces, the Afghanistan     P Afghanistan. In fact, Trump’s Government may encounter     announcement to halt the the same problems it witnessed negotiation with the Taliban during the Najibullah regime      may provide a much needed after the withdrawal of Soviet      & opportunity for a complete forces. What can be a solace for reset of talks so that some of the Afghanistan is that Trump has   P     critical previous mistakes can already promised to leave be rectified without fail. behind “a very strong intelli- Trump’s Afghan envoy Zalmay gence” presence in Afghanistan Khalilzad, himself an Afghan which he calls as “the Harvard émigré, was said to have of Terrorists”. However, if the reached a tentative agreement US strategy is to achieve imme- with the Taliban leadership. As diate and long-term security per that agreement, the US goals, it must cautiously troops would have been with- address this problem: many ter- drawn from Afghanistan with- ror groups conform to US for- in a period of sixteen months eign policy in order to survive. in return for hard-to-enforce Afghanistan remains a commitments from the (#    > >   (   2  D >   (  =              &    hotbed for the growth of Taliban, like a break from the      # jehadist outfits. And the coun- clutches of Al-Qaeda, denial of try has gradually become a 2!2 their territory for global jehad, Government. Ignoring or the Colombian Government their own forces’ drawdown. might prove fatal anytime. in 2011. The power vacuum in conflict zone for both region- de-escalation of violence and excluding the Ghani establish- and the FARC rebels Again signals are coming out of Finally, when Trump is Iraq gave birth to the notorious al as well as global hegemons. starting of negotiations with ment will in no way help (Revolutionary Armed Forces the already completed draft pushing for a final withdraw- ISIS and once again necessi- In the process, non-state actors the dispensation at Kabul. deserting or countering the of Colombia) from 2012 to deal is that it has simply asked al of troops, he must rethink. tated the return of the US like the Taliban, the Haqqani However such an approach Taliban monsters. History 2016. Further the discouraging for reduction of the Taliban Maintaining a small non-com- forces to Iraq. Network, the ISIS, the Al- is replete with possibility of los- records that without involving part of the whole negotiation attack, not for bringing the bat force around 9,000 will A deal between the US Qaeda and many other local ing the US ally and helping the the local allies, peace deal are process is that Khalilzad is attacks to a complete halt. The surely cost him lesser. But then and the Taliban for the US terror outfits would be used for Taliban at the cost of the Kabul unlikely to last long. For exam- directly dealing with the peace deal also does not hold total departure for the US from forces to withdraw from their playing the proxies of the great Government. And for all these ple, the Paris Peace Accord Taliban. This clearly indicates the Taliban responsible for the the most unpredictable war longest-ever war in the Afghan power mongers. unwanted possibilities, many of between the Nixon that the Taliban does not need attacks constantly launched by theatre of the world without soil could probably push some Certainly, what is coming Trump’s allies and close confi- Administration and the North to bother about the popularly jehadist forces such as the providing a sustainable solu- radical fighters to work under up is slow death of democracy dants, including then National Vietnam witnessed the fall of elected Government of Ghani newly formed Afghan branch tion might undermine these the wings of ISIS that is raising and civil society in this belea- Security Adviser John Bolton, Saigon two years after its con- and only America alone can of Islamic State or Iraq and aspects: the US hegemony, its tentacles in Afghanistan. It guered nation. And more pre- are critical of the draft accord. clusion in 1973. decide the future course of Syria (ISIS)-Khorasan Province credibility of the democratically is a golden opportunity for the cisely, millions of ordinary Rather than immediate Some experts are of the action for this war theatre, and the Haqqani Network elected Government in Kabul, ISIS to recruit some of the Afghans who have been forced troops drawdown, the Trump opinion that a competent third even particularly excluding the based in Pakistan. It must be and lastly, safety net for the hardcore members of the to live their lives under con- Administration must utilise all party must facilitate the ongo- womenfolk of the country. understand by the US strate- Afghan civilian population. Taliban. Interestingly, the ISIS, stant shadow of war will be at channels to end the war in ing talks between the US and Another negative aspect gists that Taliban should not be Trump must revisit what who battles the Afghan the receiving end. Afghanistan. It simply implies the Taliban. Also the US can of the current peace deal is that trusted anymore and brokering happened when former Government and the Taliban, that Washington has to work follow the example of what the US has not demanded a deal with them without involv- President Barack Obama with- is not a part of the ongoing (The writer is an expert on closely with the Ashraf Ghani happened in Havana between ceasefire even as the price of ing the Ghani establishment drew the US troops from Iraq peace process. Many will join international affairs)

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Analysts used the they’ve all stored videos and could target her for surveillance group of journalists to Hong unquestioning support” for the Snowden came to reveal secret He came of age as the Government’s collection pow- pictures of their family. and read the love poems she Kong to disclose classified wars that followed as the great- details about the Government’s Internet evolved from an ers to read the emails of current “This was true,” he writes, texted me. I couldn’t tell her secrets, knowing that a return est regret of his life. mass collection of Americans’ obscure Government comput- and former lovers and stalk “for virtually everyone of every that they could access all the to the US was impossible, he “It was as if whatever insti- emails, phone calls and Internet er network and describes how them online, he writes. gender, ethnicity, race, and age photos she took — not just the says he prepared like a man tutional politics I’d developed activity in the name of nation- a youthful fascination with One particular programme — from the meanest terrorist public photos, but the intimate about to die. 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