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The two leaders held asked reporters to let the lead- ation on Kashmir, saying it was were together before 1947 and 40-minute discussions in ers talk in privacy. a bilateral issue between India he was confident that the two Biarritz, the French town The two leaders also held and Pakistan, and “we don’t neighbours can discuss their which is hosting the meeting each other’s hand while every- want to trouble any third coun- problems and solve them. of the world’s most industri- body present in the room try” — a position that was “When I called Prime alised nations. burst into laughter. immediately backed by the Minister Khan after the elec- American leader who had tions, I told him that Pakistan efit of our citizens and global recently offered to mediate. has to fight against poverty, peace and prosperity,” Modi In an apparent backtrack- India too has to fight against it. tweeted. Briefing the reporters ,   ing from his earlier comments, Pakistan has to fight against after the talks between Modi Trump said he feels that both illiteracy and disease, and India and Trump, Foreign Secretary   - .   India and Pakistan can resolve has to also fight against them...I Vijay Gokhale said the two the Kashmir problem on their told him we should work leaders had a “very warm, very / ) own. The two leaders appeared together for the welfare of our positive meeting” which lasted together to speak to the media people,” Modi said. 40 minutes. This was their      after overnight talks on the On his part, Trump said he third interaction since Modi sidelines of the G-7 summit and Modi spoke about Kashmir was re-elected in May this year ith Pakistan failing to and ahead of their formal “at great length” last night and                                    ! for a second five-year term. Wget traction for its bel- meeting. he feels that both India and    " When asked about the dis- ligerent stand on Kashmir, Modi and Trump were Pakistan can resolve it on their cussion on the Kashmir issue Pakistan Prime Minister meeting for the first time after own. “We spoke last night during the talks, the Foreign Imran Khan said on Monday the Union Government about Kashmir, the Prime he added. “Pakistan’s propaganda was New Delhi. democratic values.” Secretary said there was “no that he will raise the issue at revoked Jammu & Kashmir’s Minister really feels he has it Trump’s comments on dealt the final blow in the Trump also said, “We are Later, Trump tweeted that discussion” on it during the every international forum, special status by abrogating (situation) under control. They Monday are being seen as a meeting between the PM and talking about trade, we’re talk- he had “a great meeting with bilateral meeting. including at the UN General Article 370 and bifurcating the speak with Pakistan and I’m total climbdown from the time President Trump. Pakistan was ing about military and many my friend Prime Minister To another question, Assembly. State into two Union sure that they will be able to do when he had made a startling hoping to get some statement different things. We had some Modi.” “Excellent meeting with Gokhale said India has not Khan once again raised Territories. New Delhi’s move something that will be very claim that Modi has asked him which will give it a last ray of great discussions, we were @POTUS @realDonaldTrump! taken any steps to harm the the fear of nuclear war saying, was severely criticised by good,” Trump said. to mediate on Kashmir, the hope. The meeting has cate- together last night for dinner We had useful discussions on regional stability. “In a nuclear war, no one will Pakistani leadership, including “I have very good rela- claim was strongly rejected by gorically confirmed that any and I learned a lot about India.” bilateral matters. We agreed to “The normalcy is returning win. It will not only wreak Prime Minister Imran Khan, tionship with both the gentle- India. Trump has also offered issue concerning India and Thanking Trump for con- address trade issues for mutu- to J&K,” he said, adding that havoc in this region, but the who made provocative anti- men (Modi and Khan) and I’m to mediate between India and Pakistan has to be discussed gratulating him after his recent al benefit soon. Looking for- certain restrictions will remain entire world will face conse- India statements, triggering here. I think they can do it Pakistan on more than one bilaterally,” BJP spokesperson election victory, Modi said ward to expand cooperation as in place in the state to maintain quences. It is now up to the tensions in bilateral ties. (resolve the issue) themselves,” occasion in recent past. GVL Narasimha Rao said in their two countries “share large democracies for the ben- law and order. international community.”     $% & R " ()! 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Independence Day address had Deputy Chief Minister According to the supple- announced that the AAP Manish Sisodia, who also holds mentary grants tabled by the Government will implement the Finance portfolio, tabled a Minister, the Government has the free ride scheme for women proposal under the supple- granted 479 for Transport in DTC and cluster buses from mentary demands for the grant Department, out of which 142 October 29, marking the Hindu of 142 crore to fund deploy- crore is for Road Safety Cell festival Bhai Dooj. ment of marshals in buses and payment to marshals and 140 Under the RRTS, three 47 crore for the regional rapid crore for free travel for women corridors — Delhi-Ghaziabad- transit system corridors and it in DTC buses and cluster buses, Meerut, Delhi-Panipat and has been approved by the while 150 crore has been Delhi-Gurgaon-SNB Assembly with the voice vote. granted for subsidy to DMRC (Shahjahanpur-Neemrana- Sisodia said the free-ride for women commuters and Behror) will converge at Sarai scheme would be implement- 47 crore for RRTS Kale Khan RRTS station. &  Q  /  /1     $    %& 

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news broke out about a possi- address distress in the auto sec-                ble resumption of talks tor and upfront infusion of     between the two major 70,000 crore to public sector JP MP Pragya Singh hief Minister Kamal Nath economies. banks. BThakur here on Monday Chas suggested the Centre to Riding on a wave of eco- To bolster consumption, said the Opposition is using a open ITI and Polytechnic col-       nomic stimulus optimism, the the Government also said that 'marak shakti' (killing power) leges in naxal-affected areas so 30-share Sensex opened over banks have decided to cut to harm BJP leaders, adding the that youth may get employ- !  ""# 663 points higher, but global interest rates, a move that 'evil power' was behind the ment opportunities and refrain volatility wiped out its gains as would lead to lower EMIs for recent deaths of former Union from extremist ideology.    the session progressed. It home, auto and other loans. ministers Arun Jaitley and In the meeting of the Chief swung 1,052 points during the Yes Bank topped the gain- Sushma Swaraj. Ministers of the naxal-affected enchmark stock indices day before settling at 37,494.12. ers’ list on the Sensex. It was BJP veteran Arun Jaitley states, Kamal Nath urged the BSensex and Nifty saw their The index, however, made a followed by HDFC, Bajaj died on August 24 and Swaraj Centre to open Ekalvya Model best day in over three months roaring comeback in the later Finance, HDFC Bank, ICICI on August 6. Residential School in the on Monday, buoyed by the half tracking news about US- Bank, L&T, SBI, Axis Bank and Objecting the BJP MP's remaining 9 blocks also apart Government move to with- China trade talks resumption. Kotak Bank — rallying up to remarks, the from Mandla and Dindori. He O     draw additional surcharge on Similarly, the broader NSE 5.24 per cent. Congress said she has lost her put forth a demand for increas-   foreign investors and initiate Nifty reclaimed the 11,000- On the other hand, Tata mental balance and advised ing the number of India steps to revive the economy. level. During the day, it climbed Steel, Sun Pharma, Hero her to undergo treatment in a Reserve Battalion and posting     The BSE gauge Sensex set- a peak of 11,070.30 and MotoCorp, Vedanta, RIL, Tata mental asylum. of additional Jawans in the    tled with a gain of 2.16 per cent touched a low of 10,756.55. It Motors, Maruti Suzuki and "While I was contesting naxal-affected areas.     or 792.96 points, while the NSE finally closed at 11,057.85. Bajaj Auto fell up to 2.01 per (Lok Sabha) elections, a Kamal Nath urged to  Nifty ended 2.11 per cent or Both benchmarks Sensex and cent. Maharaj ji told me that bad ( %   %  )     )   include Anuppur, Umaria and 228.50 points higher. Nifty have logged their best sin- Sectorally, BSE finance, times are upon us and           " (        Dindori districts in the list of P Indian equities during the gle-day gains in over three realty, bankex, capital goods, Opposition is up to some- !  !     (!         the category of naxal-affected second half of the trading ses- months, since the return of the industrials, FMCG and power thing using some 'marak district besides the two districts nication network, the CM Said sion also got a boost from the Narendra Modi Government index rallied up to 3.86 per shakti' against BJP. I later Babulal Gaur. in the run-up to the elections Mandla and Balaghat. He fur- that the information mecha- news that the US and China for a second term. cent. While BSE metal index forgot what he said but now The latter died on August for voicing support for ther said that the Center and nism is ineffective in the back- will soon resume trade talks Finance Minister Nirmala fell 1.12 per cent. Broader BSE when I see our top leaders 20. Notably, Sadhvi Pragya, Nathuram Godse and calling State Government should make ward areas, due to unavailabil- despite many failed negotia- Sitharaman on Friday midcap and smallcap indices leaving us one by one, I am who successfully contested him a patriot. Nathuram joint efforts to stop emergence ity of the 3G and 4G services. tions in recent months. announced a raft of relief mea- rose up to 1.65 per cent. forced to think, wasn't the 2019 Lok Sabha elections Godse had assassinated of naxal problem in these three He expressed the need to take However, Asian markets sures, including the rollback of Meanwhile, the Indian Maharaj ji right?" the BJP MP from Bhopal, had been in a Mahatma Gandhi. districts. Schemes of develop- the help of private telecom closed with significant losses as enhanced super-rich tax on rupee depreciated 36 paise to said. number of controversial state- Before this, Sadhvi Pragya mental works should be made operators as the BSNL services investor worries grew over the foreign and domestic equity 72.02 against the US dollar. She was addressing a con- ments in the past, some of claimed that the then in these districts also on the are not satisfactory in the back- ever-lasting US-China trade investors, for the ailing econ- Brent crude futures, the dolence meeting at the state which have even forced her to Maharashtra ATS chief lines of integrated work-plan, ward areas, so that informa- war, though sentiment revived omy. She also announced global oil benchmark, rose BJP office to pay tributes to issue apologies. Hemant Karkare was killed in he requested. tion- mechanism should be in other markets, including exemption of startups from 0.92 per cent to $59.34 per Jaitley and former Madhya She was even issued a the 26/11 Mumbai terror Emphasizing on the devel- made effective through 3G India and the Europe, after the “angel tax”, a package to barrel. Pradesh chief minister show-cause notice by the BJP attacks due to her ‘curse’. opment of powerful commu- and 4G.    ! "#$   

   *&+ ,   ! - 51)065&$# 7#2'1       "    ongoing technology collabora- power plants. BHEL also has a  tions with Mitsubishi Hitachi technology collaboration with midst stiff competitive bid- Power Systems (MHPS), Japan, Babcock Power Environmental '%%1)7 Ading, Bharat Heavy    #$ for FGD systems and with Inc., USA (BPE) for SCR Electricals Limited (BHEL) has HLB Power, Republic of Korea, Systems for De-NOx applica- Bhopal: A 20-year-old youth          companies. successfully secured two more  # for Large size Gates and tion. died while his friend escaped     At present, all the electric- orders for emission control    Dampers. BHEL is a market BHEL’s plan to indige- with injuries after their bike he responsibility of paying      ity companies of Madhya equipment for thermal power leader in the emission control nously manufacture major was hit by a speeding uniden- the 3,000 crore power Pradesh have to pay the bill of plants. equipment segment and has equipment for emission control tified at Chhola Mandir road T         bills unpaid by the Shivraj     about 5900 crore of electrici- Valued at around 2,500 contracted FGD orders for 54 provides a twin boost to the under Shahjehanbad police Singh Chouhan Government ty purchased from different Crore, the orders have been %&'( thermal units from various Government’s plan of ‘Making station area late in the night on has now come to the Kamal power companies. Out of this, placed on BHEL by NTPC customers including FGD sys- in India’ and its National Sunday. Nath government. previous Shivraj Singh the bill of about three thousand Ltd. The orders involve supply )*+( tems for 40 thermal units of Determined Contributions After a bike was hit two Taking a positive stand, Chouhan government has not crores rupees remains unpaid and installation of Flue Gas NTPC and its JVs. In addition, (NDCs) for limiting the carbon injured youths were rushed to Chief Minister Kamal Nath paid the electricity bill of about by the previous government. Desulphurization (FGD) sys- the company possesses in- footprint of the nation. BHEL a nearby hospital where one of has given instructions to make 3,000 crores purchased from About 900 crores of pri- tems for 13 coal-based units at stack on turnkey basis. BHEL house capabilities to supply has a vast experience of over them was declared dead. The arrangements to pay it. various power companies. vate companies, 800 crores of 2,600 MW Korba STPS Stage I, has been a major player in this the technology for reducing five decades and has installed deceased was identified as Official sources said that Taking the matter seriously, NTPC, 3500 crores of gener- II & III in Chhattisgarh and area for over a decade and was NOx levels through suitable more than 1,85,000 MW util- Nitin Panthi of Malikheda who the matter came to fore during Kamal Nath took a positive ating company and others like 2,100 MW Ramagundam STPS one of the earliest entrants in modifications in boilers. ity sets in India and abroad. was moving from Nadra bus a review of state's power econ- stance. solar power, 700 crores of Stage I & II in Telangana. the Indian market for emission BHEL is also supplying The company’s strong engi- stand towards Chola Mandir omy. Chief Minister Kamal Nath wind power companies are yet BHEL’s scope of work control equipment. BHEL is state-of-the-art Selective neering credentials have road. It is evident that the Kamal has instructed the officials to to be paid. includes design, engineering, dedicated towards providing Catalytic Reduction (SCRs) for enabled various utilities to Police said that at the time Nath government started work- keep politics aside and make The total payment is 5900 civil works, supply, erection and contemporary solutions for higher reduction in NOx emis- entrust BHEL with providing of the incident the road was ing with the collapsed eco- arrangements to repay the dues crore of which about 3000 commissioning of wet FGD clean power generation from sion and has technology col- emission control solutions for deserted and no one spotted nomic system. of whatever power the previous crores has to be paid to differ- system along with auxiliaries coal-based sets. laboration with NANO Co compliance with Government vehicle which hit the bike. The A case of serious irregu- government purchased from ent power companies from including limestone and gyp- BHEL offers advanced SOx Ltd, Republic of Korea, for of India’s revised emission body was sent for the post larity came up in which the various power whom power was purchased. sum handling system and wet control equipment and has SCR Catalysts in coal fired norms. mortem after the preliminary investigation. The police have registered  ! %  a case under section 304 A of  )  )  !  ! the IPC and have started fur-   !  ther investigation. The CCTV footage of the nearby areas  !     would be checked to establish      %  the identity of the errant vehi- cle. % .  The condition of the       Indravati of Anuppur district escaped youth is critical and he ,   and Gyanvati Yadav of Shahdol is undergoing treatment at a Bhopal: Responding to a omen trained in self- $#   district visited Ferozepur dis- private hospital. Bike was hit Public Interest Litigation from Whelp groups of Madhya trict of Punjab, Tulsi Vishwas when the deceased was on his a Bhopal based wildlife enthu- Pradesh State Rural Livelihoods .  and Ritu Ahirwar of Panna dis- way to home at around 10 in siast Ajay Dubey, the Madhya Mission are teaching the tricks trict, Usha Parihar and Saroj the night. The deceased used to Pradesh high court has slapped of organic farming to farmers   Kushwaha from Shivpuri dis- work at a shop and after the notices to Madhya Pradesh of other States including   trict and Rekha Patel of closure of the shop he was Government and others over Punjab. As many as 5,000 Shahdol district visited Patiala returning home. Meanwhile, alleged breach of norms in the women of self-help groups /  district of Punjab and Ruhi Hanumanganj police have constitution of State Wildlife have been taught new tech- Begum, Lalita Panika, Maya booked a miscreant for attack- Board in Madhya niques of organic farming and    Patel, Pushpa Kacher, Geeta ing a van driver with a sharp Pradesh. animal husbandry by the     Kewat of Shahdol district vis- edged weapon at Bafna Colony The order regarding con- Mission. They have been iden- ited Sangrur district of Punjab on Sunday. stitution of 30-member MP tified as a Community    to introduce farmers to the The victim Ubez works as State Wildlife Board (MPSWB) Resource Persons in the group.    organic farming van driver and after parking his was issued on Aug 3 and nom- They are commonly known as method. van in the night he was near his ination of three members with 'Krishi-Sakhi'. The Ministry of Rural house when the accused Irfan ‘special interest in wildlife’ has As many as 20 Krishi demonstration to the farmers Development, Government of Totla stopped him and asked raised many eyebrows among Sakhis trained farmers in 4 dis- while staying in their village. India has lauded the work of for money which he refused wildlife conservationists. tricts of Punjab last July-August. Krishi Sakhi Laxmi krishi sakhis of Madhya and afterwhich Irfan attacked These members include They explained about Land- Tamkar, Vimlesh Yadav, Lalita Pradesh Livelihood Mission him with a sharp edged –senior journalist Rasheed Nadep, Vermipits, soil testing, Sahu and Pooja Rajak of Sidhi for promoting organic farming. weapon. Kidwai, Krishna Kumar Singh seed selection, seed grading, district and Nirmala Dubey of Joint Secretary Leena Victim was rushed to hos- from Sindhi district in Madhya crop cycle etc. They also told district visited Gurdaspur Jauhri met the group members pital where he escaped with Pradesh who is the nephew of (    !          (  P0    % "  the farmers about traditional district of Punjab. in New Delhi. Earlier, krishi injuries. Police have registered late union minister Arjun   1 ! %! "%       0  2       3 1+  material and techniques. The Champa Singh, Radha sakhis have also visited a case against Irfan and start- Singh and Brijendra Singh       % "             !!     Krishi Sakhis also gave a live Singh, Yashoda Dhanwar and Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. ed search. SR from New Delhi who is said to be a member of a royal family from Rajasthan. 2#80&2,27 KK Singh’s son runs a -     tourist resort at Bandhavgarh in Umaria district which boasts  )   ) 3,'%2+02%'- of the six tiger reserves of the state. 3)1'27 “The board holds crucial     # importance in conservation and protection of wildlife espe-     !   0$1)70&)-1 cially in a state like Madhya Pradesh which recently claimed the Tiger State tag but it seems       the dam oustees. that rehabilitation and reset- Bhopal: Archdiocese of Bhopal        Police said that the details would be searched and the board has been re-consti- Notably, water level in tlement process is yet to be in collaboration with Mount of procurement and delivery nabbed. tuted with members getting our women led by Narmada river is continu- completed for thousands of Carmel School, Bagmugalia, airagrah police has of the drugs would be Meanwhile, Ashoka appointed not on the basis of FNarmada Bachao Andolan ously increasing due to dam oustees who are forced organised a workshop on ‘The Bnabbed a drug peddler searched in the further inves- Garden police arrested 4 per- their professional expertise but founder Medha Patkar con- increase in water level of to face submergence. impact of social media on the life near Santji Kutiya and recov- tigation. sons gambling and recovered because of affiliation to a par- tinued with their hunger Omkareshwar and Indira The NBA has demanded of students’ at school’s auditori- ered cannabis worth 24,000 The nexus working 15000 cash from their pos- ticular party,” said the peti- strike in Barwani district on Sagar dams. Following heavy that SSD should not be filled um this Monday. The pro- from his possession; police behind the supply and session in Adarsh on tioner in his PIL. Monday. rains on Sunday night, the up to full capacity unless the gramme began with prayer song have registered case and start- demand chain would be Sunday. The process of re-consti- These women are observ- tent erected for the protest rehabilitation of the affected followed by lighting the lamp. ed investigation. investigated. Acting on a tip off gam- tution of the board smells of ing relay hunger strike while caved in. people is complete. Archbishop Leo Cornelio Police said that acting on After the initial investi- blers were caught gambling foul play, nepotism, corruption Patkar is persisting with The protesting women Besides water released SVD reminded the students that a tip-off regarding a man gation police have registered by Adarsh Nagar police late and favouritism, petitioner indefinite hunger strike that including Patkar were shift- from Omkareshwar and the new inventions are meant for carrying drugs was nabbed a case under sections 8 and in the night on Sunday. Ajay Dubey alleged in the PIL. started at village Anjad in ed to a nearby Dharmashala Indira Sagar dams, the back- development of oneself and the near near Santji Kutiya and 20 of the NDPS Act. Police said that the in the The Section 6 (1) (e) of the Barwani on Sunday. and the NBA volunteers on water of SSD has also society. At the same time certain when he was searched 1.6 kg During the investigation raid the gamblers were found Wildlife Protection Act 1972 The protesters are hold- Monday morning started marooned scores of villages destructive mentally of some add of Cannabis was recovered police would search for the gambling in a room. clearly states that the board ing fast over their various efforts to restore the tents. in the region. fake news, violence to destroy the from his possession. crime record of the accused. The nabbed accused per- must comprise people who demands including reduc- After the repair work, The administration is values of the society. The attitude The accused was identi- The accused was waiting sons were identified as have been working in the field tion in the water level of the protesters resumed their also surveying the affected of being silent and indifference fied as Dinesh Silawat and he for customer but was nabbed Ashok, Sanjay, Laxminarayan of wildlife conservation and not river Narmada, keeping dharna. villages. of the some towards violence is a resident of Kareli who before he could deliver the and Anand. people with ‘special interest in Sardar Sarovar Dam opened The NBA contrary to Notably, region is helps the evil to destroy the failed to provide details of the drugs. Police have registered a wildlife’, petitioner’s lawyer and completion of alleged claims of MP and Gujarat in the grip of torrential rains country. He asked the students drugs recovered from his The customers to whom case under section 13 A of the Aditya Sanghi told. SR remaining rehabilitation of governments are contesting in last few weeks. to be more alert to defeat the possession. accused used to sell drugs Gambling Act. destructive mind of the people. There were around 14 students both boys and girls to speak Q  R $  *  +,"  three minutes on the advantages and disadvantages of the social media. “Social media can be       " !  -  %  used to spread awareness and !!       information that can bring peo- rime branch Bhopal and    ple who have similar interests of CBajaria police teamed up to making a change in the society nab 30-year-old accused carry- together” – Ann Maria ‘X’, ‘ ing a reward of 20000 and notorious criminal and has Social media is not as social as ganged to shot a notorious been booked for more than 35 you think, but it isolates you criminal in June at Bajaria area. criminal cases have been regis- from conscious world,” said The nabbed accused identified tered against him in different Hardik Sahu X. as Taufeeq alias Shooter was police stations of city including “Social Media continues to nabbed from Bagh Umrao Piplani, Mangalwara, Bairagarh, be harmful unless something is Dullah on Sunday. Parwalia, Kolar, Shahjahanabad, done about it. The power it has After receiving informa- Aishbagh, MP Nagar, Misrod over people is dangerous and tion accused was arrested from and Bajaria. often it goes unnoticed,” said his home and police tried to nab Earlier on Friday Bajaria Diksha Raghuvanshi, XI B. him he jumped from second police have arrested Fazi Ali Class XI student Atharv floor of the house and got who helped the accused in the Joshi said, “Leading apps relat- injured. Police have recovered a attack on Shoaib. ed to social media has been country-made pistol was seized Police recovered a pistol and developed by developed coun- from his possession. two live cartridge from his pos- tries for developing countries In the investigation when he session when he arrested from like India. Therefore inventions was quizzed accused confessed 80 feet road. The accused was of such apps are conspiracy of that he planned to kill Shoaib booked under relevant sections super powers to distract the alias Anna and with the help of of Arms Act. young mind to create a hurdle.” his accomplices he opened gun- After Shoaib was attacked Fr Maria Stephen, PRO shot on him on June 6 in which cash reward of 20000 was congratulated the school man- Shoaib survived. After com- declared on providing the infor- agement, staff and students for mitting the crime accused mation of Fazi. Police have the enthusiasm to organize such ("'    %! 4  56         0    " (   3 remained absconding in Delhi booked Fazi under Arms Act on a motivate workshop to promote            !  !   (%  -         and other areas of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. The arrested accused is a Friday. linguistic intelligence. SR   

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He also moti- guest A K Saxena explained the theme 'Glorious History of India'. events organized under "Toornayad'19" gramme was organised under the the animal parents. University Bhopal) as guest of vated and encouraged students importance of A, B and C cer- It is being organized in the technical are Nukkad Natak, Group Dance, Young Horizon series of International Council This dance is mainly performed by honour and Mr. Rahul Singh to join the NSS. tificates in the National Service institute of the city by the Official Kavi Sammelan, Indian Costumes, for Cultural Relations (ICCR) Bhopal cattle rearers. Parihar ji (Open Unit Program Moving further Naina Scheme. Subsequently, Language Implementation Committee of Creative Writing, Bharat Manthan, chapter. The dancers wore multi-colored Officer Barkatullah University Singh (P.O. NSS Female Unit) Contemporary dance was pre- Maulana Azad National Institute of Srishna, Chakravyuh and guest lectures. The event was held at Samrat Ashok costumes with peacock feathers in hand, Bhopal) as a special guest and presented report of nss regular sented which highlights the Technology, Bhopal. It is worth men- Keeping in view the objective that Institute of Technology, Vidisha. The garlands of cauldrons, swafas etc. In Fr. John P.J. (Principal BSSS) activities for the academic ses- social problems faced by tioning that for the last seven years, time and distance should not be an obsta- dance was performed by Manish Yadav dance, musical instruments such as were present. sion 2018-19. Students also women.The subject of which Toornayad has given the message of using cle for the interested and talented students and group from Sagar. drum flutes etc. are used. The programme was inau- performed a Folk dance was incidents of molestation Hindi with respect beyond formality, studying in institutions across the coun- Bundelkhand is an important land- In this dance, there is agility and gurated by lighting of lamp and (Lavani), which was very much and rape of women in India. along with the promotion of Hindi and try, this time the committee also orga- mark of the region for Indian culture. speed of the artists dancing with a stick. garlanding on the picture of appreciated by the audience. After this, the Chief Guest Indian culture, to develop the spirit of self- nized one-day urban tournad in three People here have their own beliefs. In one Apart from this, Baredi dance is also per- Swami Vivekananda, followed In his address Rahul Singh R K Vijay described the respect and national pride, in which var- cities Gwalior, Jabalpur, . Is going of these, the Baredi dance in formed as a form of giving thanks after by prayer song and Nss Parihar said that the NSS pro- National Service Scheme as a ious technical and national Students on, which is a shortened form of Bundelkhand often begins with the fes- harvest. Lakshya Geet. vides an opportunity for a stu- better platform today know from non-technical institutes participate Turyanad. In this, the selected participants tival of Deepawali and ends with a fair A total of 16 actors and Manish A beautiful prayer dance dent to develop his personali- oneself , to decide aims of life more aggressively. will be given direct entry in the second on Dev Uthani Ekadashi. Yadav was present in the lead role in was also staged by nss volun- ty. he informed the students and to serve the nation. After the grand success of Turyanad phase. A short story of Krishna was shown today's program. In today's program pre- teers based on the theme Shiva about the benefits of joining This was followed by a in previous years, this time the commit- Interested students can register on in the dance. When Lord Krishna used sentation, Krishna Bal Lila, Kalia Aaradhana. NSS. dance filled with patriotism. tee also introduced many cultural pro- www.tooryanaad.in to participate in this to graze cows with cowherds at the age Mardan, Sudarshan Chakra, huge char- The welcome address was After which a comedy At the end, the program grams such as Swadeshi fashion shows, great Kumbh of Hindi and Technology of 10, by that time the worship of Indra iots, Virat Krishna form was presented. given by principal Fr.John P.J. drama was presented on the was concluded by Harikesh street plays, group dances, intellectual and "Toornayad'19". For more information Devta was done in Gokul village, but now The Chief Guest at the program was In his address he spoke about subject of superstition, which Mourya, thanking all the creative in "Turyanad'19" to make peo- and updates about Toornayad, students Indra Devta got angry when Shri Krishna Manoj Kumar, Regional Director of the importance of social service aims to avoid the hypocrisy guests, volunteers. ple aware of "India's glorious history". can visit Toornayad's Facebook page asked to worship cows. ICCR and Jensen Chauhan, Director, for a student, and made an from the society and to make The event was organized Competitions, guest lectures, talk shows https://m.facebook.com/tooryanaad/ and It rained heavily in Gokul. It is said Samrat Ashok Institute of Technology, announcement for opening a the public aware of its danger. by Dharmendra Bahadur Singh and workshops will be organized. After website http://www.tooryanaad.in/. that in Lord Gokul in Dwapar Yuga when Vidisha. blood bank in BSSS Campus Giving momentum to the and NSS team. P O%  ! !    )      P       Balaghat and two roads and 3  )     three bridges in Mandla dis- xpressing his commitment   trict.  Q  Eto fight against naxalism, Shri Kamal Nath request- the Chief Minister Kamal Nath ed for early sanctioning of said that there is a need to    .  funds for the year 2019-20 for develop strong and effective    8  setting up of Eklavya Model communication network in Residential School (EMRS) in   the naxal-affected areas so that &  ,    one block in Balaghat (Birsa) there is quick information col- and four blocks in Mandla lection and immediate " %   ); (Mainpur, Beejadandi, Mawai       artists will performe under the action. and Mohgaon). event. Kamal Nath said that all    Chief Minister Kamal he versatility of tribal art and In this ceremony, art lovers efforts are being made to elim- Nath expressed the need of Tculture would be seen in will be able to enjoy the dance inate the menace of naxalism limiting naxalism only to two poor connectivity is the main financial inclusion of the citi- ‘Dharohar Utsav’ that will begin of the tribes of different states from the state. districts Balaghat and Mandla. issue which hampers collection zens. here from Tuesday. like Baiga, Korku, Bhil and He called for joint efforts The State Police has been and sharing of information. He said presently there The event is organised by Gond of Madhya Pradesh, of the union government and instructed to co-ordinate with He requested the are 6.6 bank branches per lakh Madhya Pradesh State Tribal Siddhi and Ravari of Gujarat the state for permanent solu- Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh Government of India for mak- of population in Balaghat and Museum and Tribal Folk Art and Rajwar tribal of tion to end naxalism. Police. ing provision of at least 4G Mandla against the state aver- and Boli Development Chhattisgarh. Along with this, Kamal Nath was speaking Greater emphasis has been connectivity in Balaghat and age of 10.58, while area per Academy, the event will be the 'Cuisine Fair' focusing on at the review meeting of Chief put on modernization of police Mandla districts. bank branch is approx 102.5 inaugurated on Tuesday by traditional cuisines of Madhya Ministers of naxal-affected force. He said that communica- sqkm against the state average Minister of Medical Education Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, States called by the Union They have been equipped tion network in Naxal-affect- of 49 sqkm. Vijaylaxmi Sadho. Arunachal Pradesh, Home Minister Amit Shah at with modern gadgets such as ed areas heavily depends on To deal with such a situa- The five day event is all and Jharkhand is also being Vigyan Bhawan at New Delhi trackers, GPS, drones, trap police wireless due to poor tion, the state government has about various folk art and cul- organized. on Monday. cameras, body protective telephone and mobile network launched a financial literacy ture altogether under one roof. Cuisine fair will be held Chief Ministers of eleven armours and jungle terrain coverage. campaign on this year at 89 There would be the fizzy and daily in the museum premises states participated in the meet- vehicles. He emphasised on There is only 50% 2G con- tribal blocks of the State from sparkling shades of tribes of the from 2 pm and dance perfor- ing. Informing about the steps coupling technologies with nectivity in the tribal blocks. August 16 to September 15, country. This event is being mances from 4 pm. taken by the State Government human intelligence. He requested the DMG for 2019. organized to observe the world 'Abhinayan', a weekly series in dealing with naxalism in Kamal Nath said that a sanctioning of 33.74 crores About 30 financial litera- Hindi conference organized in of plays in Tribal Museum, will state, Kamal Nath said that Special Intelligence Branch has for which the proposal and cy camps will be organised city. The five day event will con- be staged in Yakshagana HAWK force was created in been formed for Naxal-affect- DPR has been submitted to the during this period in each tinue till September 1. Loknatya style under the direc- the year 2000. ed areas. central government under tribal block. This includes 12 Interestingly, the artists tion of Sanjeev Suvarna The participative devel- Kamal Nath pointed out PMGY for constructions of tribal blocks of Mandla and from across the country will (Karnataka) on Friday, August opmental policies succeeded in that in the naxal affected areas; two roads and one bridge in Balaghat districts. participate in the event. As 30, 2019 from 06:30 pm in the many as 300 folk and tribal museum auditorium.    ! "#$ < ! :"   4    " O %) ) 4  P  !!)       being made. A month-wise and weekly calendar. Under syllabus for 19 subjects has this, Shishu Vikas cards have       tal-library should be con- ne Aaganbadi Kendra will been prescribed for children been prepared according to *  structed and arrangement of Obe developed as ‘Bal between 3 to 6 years of age of the age group to observe the he Urban Development  8  cafeteria should also be made Shikska Kendra’ in each block Anganwadi centers. The ses- development of children of 3 to Tand Housing Department for outsiders, he added. of the State. In the first phase, sion includes self-identification, 6 years. Certificates are pro- will get the Urban ;  It was informed in the Bal Shiksha kendras are being my home, personal hygiene, vided to children at the time of Development Institute con- meeting that the institute will started in the selected 313 colours and images, tempera- leaving Aaganbadi and PSE structed in Bhounri for train-  &  be constructed on 25 acre land. Aaganbadi Kendras on August ture and environment, ani- kit every year. State-level mas- ing of its officers and employ- Separate hostels and staff quar- 28. The Minister for Women mals and birds, means of trans- ter trainers have been trained ees. The Minister for Urban :     ters will be constructed for men and Child Development Imarti port and safety rules, our help- by the state resource group Development and Housing and women. In connection to Devi will inaugurate Bal ful weather and children's con- trained by the NIPCDD. Jaivardhan Singh reviewed the  the institute, valuable sugges- Shiksha Kendra from the fidence and our festivals. Supervisors are being given construction works of the insti-  tions were given by the Aaganbadi Kendra of Jhalkari According to the age group of 'Hands-On' training by these tute. Singh said that the insti- Director General of Atal Bihari Bai Park, Resham Mill, Gwalior children from 3 to 6 years, 3 trainers. Aaganbadi workers tute should be constructed    Vajpayee Institute of Good on August 28 at 10 am. Activity Work Books have been and assistants are being trained keeping in view the needs of Governance and Policy Regulation, monitoring prepared in Bal Shiksha by the supervisors. the next 70 to 80 years.    Analysis R Parshuram, and evaluation of Pre-Primary Kendra. Shishu Vikas cards In Aaganbadi Shiksha Singh mentioned that the Chairman of RERA Antony institutions would become pos- have been made to monitor the Kendras, there will be daily institute should be developed in  DeSa and Principal Secretary sible for overall development of development of children. activities for physical and men- the form of Green Building Urban Development and children upto 6 years of age in In the Bal Shiksha Kendra, tal development of children Campus. A provision for rain itself. Moreover, arrangement Housing Sanjay Dubey. government and private sector information has been provid- through sports and games. water harvesting must be made. for gymnasium and indoor Architect Sanjay Mehta gave of the state through Bal Shiksha ed for the Anganwadi workers This includes activity games, By identifying the place and games should also be made information about the design of Kendras. At the state level, Pre about the activities to be under- creative plays or mimicry species of plants, plantation besides badminton and tennis the building through presen- School Education Policy and taken for children throughout games, group and rules bound  3   "   0)      + 6 should be done from now court. Similarly, physical digi- tation. regulatory guidelines are also the year along with monthly games.    ; 6           3      0!$     +1    *  1)%21'9      ,- - . / -0 1         *23 7)2$2+&#)),)#0270&2)72)#' '3'0#)0%$)1     ! &-)0)'#%&+2#2%277$)1'+)#&#)),)#02701#27)17'7 eather conditions would turn 7).#')10')27 271':&) !)'#2-1'01)7+)1'0 $8)0& Wharsher with heavy rainfall in 28 &-)0)'#%&+2#&02+#)710027:&)&#))'+)#&'7(-<$2#)7 districts which have been issued warn- 2.'&')#' '3'711#27)1:&)-2%'-1)#0'71'.'1,2-%) ing of Orange alert and pattern would 0$7(72'%2727&)#)%),2+&)7+2#3'27'7127)2+&)3'0 prevail for the whole week told Met #)0%$)1.$2)73007(:'0+2$71&'&)#)0%$)13'7'0 department on Monday. '.-)20')&30)-+'0&)(2&2-12+023)&7(&%&&)-,)170'7( The Met told that state people '+-2':7%1)7228,-'%)-')7&)'+)#7227:--&)+-7(2+&)#),2# would not get relief from the heavy rain- #)0%$)2,)#'27'0%277$)1.$0--&)2#)3'7)13007(: fall as systems have induced rainfall over west Madhya Pradesh. 1   )) ). . Weatherman said that a trough *23&&'0('#&/2)#72#7$0$'8),'1'%2$#)002        passing over the state, low pressure area /2)#72# '-='7127''=&''727 271':'7127)-%23)1 over north Odisha and adjoining areas 8)&'0&'-0&#,&'-:8)(+)1'7127&023)'#)+'%02+ n order to identify spinal and a shear zone over east- west region &&'0('#&0'):'7127,#)0)7)1&)#'#),-%'2+'7%&22,': Ideformities among school are the systems which are inducing good children, a team of specialist rainfall in the state.   (##1   ./. - 1 0  will reach to thousands of In the next 24 hours heavy rains are *23$.-%)'-&7(7))#7( 70)#$8&1)'70)&'0$#()1&) children in the national likely to be witnessed in Bhopal, Indore, )7#'-/2)#73)7233)1')-#)-)'0)!>>%#2#)0+2#%23,-)7( Capital to prevent deformity Ujjain, Khargone, Dhar, Hoshangabad #$#'-1#787(')#0%&)3)02+&)'):'70)'0(7(7+2#3'27 progression which can affect a and . State capital would con- '.2$&)0%&)3)02+&)0')''3))7(2+&)4'- '7#02+0')07 person's appearance as well as tinue to witness spells of heavy and light ) )-&21':&)3))7('0%&'#)1.&)727 70)#2+4'- health to a large extent. rainfall. The state capital recorded 2 cm &'8/'=)71#'7(&&)8&'':2#3'87( '27'-4'-&'8 A major spinal deformity in the past 24 hours. 00270$%%)00+$-&)0#')('010%$00)17&)3))7(: such as scoliosis screening Among other regions in the past 24 #)02-$27'0,'00)12,#21)1#787(')#122#2122#$(& program launched by the hours, Ashok Nagar and Sagar record- '-4'-%&)3)7'--#$#'-'#)'0.&))'# > ?: Association of Spinal Surgeons ed heavy showers. Ashok Nagar record- of India (ASSI) for school ed 9 cm rainfall while Depalpur record- 4  1  #5 -. . .!#!# children with an objective to ed 8cm of rainfall, Petlawad, Alipur, *23/$='#'.'0)14'%2#21$%0 16'-)'1)#73'7$+'%$#7( identify the deformities early Sagar each recorded 7 cm and Panna '710$,,-7(<$'-.#<$))0'71,)--)0&'0'772$7%)1&' and to spread awareness. recorded 6 cm rainfall. ),)%027%#)'0)02,-7).5>@22 !%#2#)7&)+7'7%'- A task force of specialists *      )'# > >:&)%23,'7,-'702'%&))0'-)02-$3)2+ :!!-'8& has been set up for the pur- 27)07&)0'3),)#21:7),)--)3'7$+'%$#7(+'%-' pose, said Dr H S Chhabra,      /'71&1&'36/$='#'6&'2'-#')1%','%2+!??>> ,)#'77$3 Chief of Spine Service (ASSI),    "!               '710,#)'12)# '%#)0--%233)7%)2,)#'2700227:&)7)+'%- adding that early identification &'0.))70)$,&'77)03)72$-'2+A: >%#0'71--7'-- of abnormality increases treat-      As the system continues to remain The heavy rainfall which is witnessed ital recorded heavy rainfall. &')'%','%$-'272+ !@:4'%2#21$%0'-02,-'702 ment options and helps pre-       active in the state, heavy spells of rain- over west Madhya Pradesh is likely to Hoshangabad recorded 5.3 cm of rain- )3.'#827','771'),'7027$(&&)+#'7%&0)#2$)'710 '%)-0%2$7(+2#),2#2,,2#$7)0:&)%23,'7#)%)7- vent the progression of defor-   +  fall are likely to be witnessed in Bhopal, shift towards east Madhya Pradesh. fall while Raisen recorded 3 cm of rain- mity as the child grows. Indore, and Ujjain in the next 3-4 days. The nearby regions of the state cap- fall by Monday morning. '772$7%)13,#)00)+#0<$'#)#,)#+2#3'7%): #$%& ' & -   .    3   *=  %  would be quite helpful for the ates confusion among the State, it has opined. implementers and beneficia- ith the poverty level      Diversification of the econ- ries, said an expert in social sec-  6 <% ) Wremaining high and con-    omy is now needed, which tor engaged in poverty reduc- centrated in certain zones of    could be done by promoting tion.  3% Odisha, the World Bank would upstream and downstream Focus on quality education, take steps to locate these hid-   linkages for greater value addi- healthcare and nutrition ser- den pockets so that eradication   . tion in mining and agriculture. vices is needed as it would spur        of poverty is done in a planned     While generation of more rev- the development process and manner.    enue from natural sources is improve the Human itnessing a number of Unless these areas of highly pressed for, now it Development Index (HDI). Wincidents of death caused poverty are located, its eradi-    should be hooked into the The World Bank has also due to the illegal use of cation would remain a chal-  .  issue of inventing these rev- suggested for improvement of Chinese 'Manjha', the Delhi lenge for the State administra-     enues for improving the capi- the data system for better gov- Legislative Assembly Speaker tion, it is felt. tal base. ernance, accountability in ser- Ram Niwas Goel on Monday The World Bank has pro-   While strengthening the vice delivery and enhanced directed the Delhi Chief posed to form partnership with capabilities of the State use of data in policy formula- Secretary Vijay Dev to conduct the State Government and would help in implementing Government is needed, tion at the Government level. an enquiry into the illegal use deploy a high-level team at the the plan. strengthening the fiscal policy Improvement in the urban of Chinese 'manjha' (glass coat- ground level so that locating Enhancing the overall and debt management should development institutions is ed kite string) despite a ban on the poverty-ridden areas would capacity of the State adminis- be the priority, the World Bank needed too so also improve- it in the city. be easier. tration, public sector under- has pointed out. It has advised ment and strengthening the A 4-year-old girl had died Though the pace of pover- takings and the private sector for building an integrated social municipal financial system, in East Delhi’s Khajuri Khas ty reduction was fastest in the has to be strengthened. A sec- protection platform to move promotion of urban slum area after her throat was slit by country after 2005, poverty tor-wise approach would pro- from multiple schemes to a upgradation and supporting the Chinese Manjha. still remains high and concen- vide sustenance to interven- state-of-the-art social protec- an affordable housing sector The victim Ishika trated among people in many tions unlike projects where tion system. and building urban resilience. Sharma was with her family on areas. most benefits cease after clo- In Odisha, there are a num- As Odisha is uniquely loca- a scooter to a temple trip on The World Bank has said sure of the projects, the World ber of social protection tion, it has a lot of advantages Saturday. It is not the only case, there is a need for time-bound Bank has advised. Better align- schemes and a multiple num- for building up a vibrant logis- a 28-year-old engineer had plan for development for ment of priorities of the State ber of schemes do not ensure tic sector and spur trade and died on August 15 at Paschim  2; 2    )   !       !   !    Odisha and this can be with the support and pro- proper protection of the vul- industry, the World Bank has Vihar in outer Delhi after his             achieved with its support as it grammes of the World Bank nerable groups; instead, it cre- stated. throat was slit by the 'manjha'.         0$R   *    

  !      )  0 and remanded to 7 days police Kaushal had jumped parole engaged in extortion. Spanish passport. Kaushal had // custody. after coming out of Bhondsi jail "The investigation team has got an Indian passport from        13 per cent market places in its Improvement Board' ( The wanted criminal in December 2015 and had also recovered Rs 14 lakh, 12 in Rajasthan through his areas. Garden), MTNL office, Vishal he Special Task Force (STF) Kaushal had been arrested in been absconding since then. mobile phones from his pos- henchmen. n the wake of increasing The department has issued Enclave, CRPF School Sector 16 Tof the Haryana police on Abu Dhabi of United Arab The gangster was wanted in session, which includes mobile According to sources, after Inumber of cases of vector legal notice and challans as per (Dwarka),Monday morning arrested the Emirates (UAE) on August 17 by more than 200 alleged cases of SIMs from other countries he was arrested from Dubai with borne diseases, South Delhi provisions under Delhi CRPF camp, Jhroda Kalan, State's most wanted criminal the local authorities on the extortion, murder, attempt to including Dubai and Thailand, a fake passport, the Dubai gov- Municipal Corporation Municipal Corporation (malar- Mother's Pride School Sector17, Kaushal, who was brought at request of the Indian murder and kidnapping in two passports one is Indian ernment cancelled his fake (SDMC) has detected mosqui- ia & other mosquito borne dis- Dwarka, police station sector 23 Indira Gandhi International Government. Haryana Police Gurugram, Faridabad, Rewari, and other is from Spain. Among Indian passport and deported to to breeding in 29,719 numbers eases) by-laws, 1957. (Dwarka), DCP office Sector 19 Airport following the Red had approached the Union Jhajjar, Palwal and Rajasthan. the 14 mobiles found from India. The accused was arrest- of premises in an awareness "The general public and all (Dwarka), Fire Station Sector 6 Corner notice issued by the Home Ministry after which Kaushal is a notorious gang- Kaushal, there are 4 virtual ed around 3.30 am and brought drive. The national Capital has the stakeholders requested to (Dwarka), horticulture depart- Interpol at the behest of Haryana details were sent to the UAE via ster of Gurugram involved in numbers which he used with the to Gurugram, police said. witnessed 349 cases of Malaria prevent water stagnations and ment (Bhijwasan), CGHS dis- Police in February 2019. Ministry of External Affairs over 100 criminal cases includ- help of software. He used these Kaushal is wanted in over 100 and 264 cases of dengue till keep the water storages properly pensary, Saadh Nagar, Sector12 According to the police the (MEA) and a lookout notice was ing murder, attempt to murder, numbers through the software, criminals cases carried a reward August 24. under cover to prevent egg lay- market (Dwarka), furniture immigration department had issued by the Interpol. kidnapping, extortion and run- asking for extortion, threatening of Rs five lakh. A senior SDMC official ing by the mosquito as the sea- market, Najafgarh, DMRC con- informed Haryana Police about A police team of Haryana ning betting rackets in and contacting his gang mem- Commissioner of police said that public health depart- son for mosquitoes and trans- struction site at Delhi Gate, con- Kaushal after her arrived at IGI Police had got in touch with Gurugram. Gurugram Police bers to instruct them. The STF Faridabad KK Rao who also ment has carried out an inten- mission of the diseases is high- struction site of GMR airport airport. A team of Special Task Interpol in Dubai to collect has initiated an operation against team is collecting more infor- holds additional charge of (IG) sive drive for checking of office ly favorable during the mon- authority, construction site ter- Force (STF) including Inspectors more information about the Kaushal and his gang and man- mation about these numbers," STF, Haryana, said,"The accused complexes, markets and con- soon season," the official said. minal 3 airport, Virendra con- Pradeep, Sandeep Dhankar and dangerous criminal. The inves- aged to arrest over 20 people, sources said. has been arrested from the air- struction sites and it has been He further said that some of struction at sector10 (Dwarka), Jasbir reached the airport and tigation team had kept a close including his girlfriend and wife It has been revealed that port and taken on remand. The found mosquito breeding at the important premises where Sarai Kale Khan market, Lajpat arrested Kaushal and brought watch on his movements and all who were also involved in crim- Kaushal was living in the name call details of the mobile received 23.5 per cent construction sites, mosquito breeding detected are Nagar market, East of Kailash him to Gurugram. Kaushal was his gang members operating inal activities. It has around of Naresh Yadav in Dubai, while from the accused are being 16 per cent office complexes and 'Delhi Urban Shelter and Kalkaji market etc. produced before a local court from different parts of the state. 250 members who were mostly his name is Harish in the investigated".    ! "#$   $ ;38    - %  3    %  

.    $/ % :  high-level meeting chaired Aby Union Home Minister Amit Shah with Chief .    40* )*67+27678**66: 7* Ministers of the Maoist-affect- 7 26*: =:  :*77:  :>+  *72*  *7*6 ed States on Monday decided he Enforcement 26*?: *7*@M6*: *@16BN''* .*'1D": *6 to jointly fight the Left Wing TDirectorate (ED) on 7:E+ *  +7*@ '$:6*6 . 1 0 .  1  Extremism. The meeting Monday filed chargesheet reviewed the ongoing opera- against Associated Journal tions against Naxals and devel- Limited (AJL), senior Congress opment initiatives in the leaders Moti Lal Vora and remote areas. Bhupinder Singh Hooda in Chief Ministers Nitish the designated court at Kumar (Bihar), Naveen Patnaik Panchkula in connection with (Odisha),Yogi Adityanath a money laundering case. (Uttar Pradesh), Kamal Nath “AJL, Moti Lal Vora and (Madhya Pradesh), Raghubar Bhupinder Singh Hooda were Das (Jharkhand), Bhupesh *  " %  0      3             + .  directly involved in the Baghel (Chhattisgarh) and YS &   ! %   5         ' Union Ministers Nitin process/activity connected with same was resumed back by the through an order on August 28, Jaganmohan Reddy (Andhra Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman, acquisition, possession or pro- Estate Officer, Haryana Urban 2005, the ED said. Pradesh), besides top police and tary forces and the Home Kumar flagged the need for a are fully under control in the Ravi Shankar Prasad, Narendra jection of “Proceeds of Crime” Development Authority “Also, Hooda did not civil officials of 10 Left Wing Ministry also attended the change in the existing policy State and the wheel of devel- Singh Tomar, Arjun Munda i.e. Plot No.C-17,Sector 6, (HUDA) through an order on adhere to the legal opinion of Extremism (LWE)-affected meeting, first-of-its-kind after which put the entire financial opment is moving even in the and Mahendra Nath Pandey Panchkula to the tune of Rs October 30, 1992 as the AJL did Legal Remembrance, Haryana States, attended the meeting Shah assumed charge as the burden of deployment of areas affected by the menace. also joined the meeting later in 64.9 crore,” the ED said in a not comply with the conditions and recommendations of where ongoing operations Home Minister about three Central forces in the Naxalism- Adityanath said the State is ben- the day and discussed with the statement. of allotment letter. HUDA Officers and Financial against Naxals and develop- months ago. Senior police offi- affected areas on the State efiting from the information Chief Ministers issues con- The ED had attached the The Resumption Order Commissioner Town and ment initiatives were reviewed. cials from the 10 Maoists-hit Governments concerned. exchange with bordering States. cerning roads, telecommuni- property located at Plot No. C- attained finality after dismissal Country Planning (FCTCP). “Had a very fruitful meet- States are Chhattisgarh, Chhattisgarh Chief Jharkhand Chief Minister cation, agriculture and others. 17, Sector 6, Panchkula. The of the Revision Petition in 1996. Thus, the CM caused wrongful ing with the CMs of the LWE Jharkhand, Odisha, West Minister Bhupesh Baghel Raghubar Das said several top According to Home Adjudicating Authority of However, Bhupinder Singh loss to HUDA and wrongful affected States. Discussed sev- Bengal, Bihar, Maharashtra, demanded more funds from Naxal leaders have surren- Ministry statistics, 8,782 cases PMLA, had subsequently Hooda, the then Chief Minister gain to AJL,” the agency said. eral issues related to the secu- Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, the Centre to combat Left dered under the popular sur- of Naxal violence were report- ordered confirmation of the of Haryana and Chairman of Hooda further favoured rity & development of these Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Wing Extremism in the State render and rehabilitation pol- ed during 2009-13 as against provisional attachments order. HUDA, “blatantly misused his the AJL by granting them three States. Left Wing Extremism is Pradesh were also present in and said his Government will icy for the Naxalites to join the 4,969 during 2014-18, a reduc- The investigation under official position and dishonest- undue extensions for con- against the idea of democracy the high-level meeting. eliminate the menace through mainstream. tion of 43.4 per cent. As many Prevention of Money ly allotted the said plot afresh in struction in the said plot from and under the leadership of PM Addressing the meeting, development policies as well as There has been 60 per cent as 3,326 people, including secu- Laundering Act (PMLA) was the guise of re-allotment to the May 1, 2008 to May 10, 2012 @narendramodi we are com- Bihar CM Kumar said the fight providing security and gener- decline in the Naxal-related rity force personnel, lost their based on a case that the AJL at original rates plus inter- until the AJL completed the mitted to uproot it,” Shah against Left Wing Extremism ating trust among the people. incidents in Jharkhand between lives in 2009-13 as against 1,321 attached property was allotted est in violation of necessary con- construction in the year 2014, tweeted after the meeting. was a joint responsibility of the Uttar Pradesh CM 2015 and 2019 as compared to in 2014-18, a reduction of 60.4 to AJL in the year 1982, but the ditions/ policy of HUDA it added. Top officials of paramili- Centre as well as the States. Adityanath said Naxal activities 2010-2014, he said. per cent, the Ministry said. (>0?! P   O P (P)    <&3   R 4>) ?@   

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.    Pradhan and Gajendra Singh people across political and ide- (&23 4  Shekhawat here at a Press con- ological divides. n an attempt to mobilise ference. The conference also All the key BJP leaders, Imass support for the Modi saw eight political leaders from Chief Ministers, Central and     56 Government’s move to abrogate Kargil and two from Ladakh State Ministers would partici- articles 370 and 35-A, the BJP joining the BJP. pate in “jan sampark abhiyan” on Monday announced a Barring an Assembly, which would be headed by month-long nationwide contact Ladakh is now also a Union Pradhan and Sekhawat with programme, beginning Territory directly administered BJP vice-president Jay Panda September 1. The Yatra will be by the Centre like Jammu & also included in the team. aimed creating awareness in Kashmir. Among others who BJP Ministers said with public about its idea of “one- joined BJP included Jammu & the abrogation of Article 370 Constitution-one-nation” in Kashmir legislative council and Article 35 A, J&K has been 370 smaller towns and 35 big chairman Haji Inayat Ali and fully integrated in the cities, including Kashmir Valley. Ladakh Autonomous country and would fulfill the Nine places, including four Council’s executive member aspirations of “new genera- in Kashmir Valley, have been Mohammad Ali. tion” in the State. chosen in the erstwhile Jammu Pradhan said the decision & Kashmir, now a Union on revoking Article 370 was 0            Territory with an Assembly, for “historic” and one of the few  6  % %)      the exercise, said Union moments in the history of !  !      ' Ministers Dharmendra independent India that united

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This came about after internationally, since induction     prising Justices SA Bobde, DY several States on a plea seeking filed by Delhi-based NGO Act with the desired ministry Right to Information (RTI) the Government last year to the Sky Lords squadron Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan direction to State Governments ‘Pravasi Legal Cell’, which said or department. Act from any department of the approved procurement of three based at Hindon airbase near indu body ‘Nirmohi and SA Nazeer. to set up online RTI portals for the RTI Act is a “powerful tool” It said that the Centre in state government, at present additional C-17s at a cost of Rs the national capital in 2013. HAkahara’ is “unnecessari- The Bench asked senior people to electronically apply and its true objective could be December 2013 had requested has to make a physical appli- 8,000 crore. In 2016, C-17 Globemaster ly” opposing the plea of deity advocate Sushil Jain, appearing for the required information achieved only by timely State Governments to explore cation and cannot do so At present, the IAF has ten made a historic landing on a ‘Ram Lalla’ for the title of dis- for ‘Nirmohi Akahara’, that if instead of filing applications response to citizens’ request. the feasibility of implementing through any electronic means,” planes with the induction short 4,200-foot runway of the puted Ramjanam Bhoomi- the lawsuit of the deity was dis- physically. The plea said the Centre online RTI in their respective said the plea, filed through beginning in 2013. The deal high altitude Mechuka Babri Masjid land as both the allowed then for whom will the A Bench comprising has established an online RTI States but only Maharashtra advocate Jose Abraham. PTI inked in 2011 was worth 4.7 Advanced Air Landing Ground parties will “stand” or “fall” Akahara be ‘shebait’ of. billion dollars. The contract in Arunachal Pradesh, just 29 together, the Supreme Court “You (Akhara) stand had an option clause of buying km from the LAC, a move that said on Monday. together and you will fall ;/  (  )+ + 3; P O   P six more planes but shortage of demonstrated IAF’s the ability A five-judge Constitution together. Your argument is that funds delayed the induction of to reach the remotest parts of bench, headed by Chief Jusrtice Deoki Nandan Agrwal (who   %   more planes. the country. Ranjan Gogoi, was critical of the had filed the lawsuit on behalf   4R , + .  . The C-17 fleet is a vital Boeing has been maintain- submission of ‘Akhara’ that of the deity as the next friend)   =  fleet of the IAF’s combat airlift ing IAF’s C-17 fleet through being the ‘shebait’ (devotee), had no right to file the suit. $     )/! capability as the plane can techno-logistics support and only its lawsuit was maintain- “You (Akhara) cannot be  ! land in toughest of places training for aircrew that oper- able and the case filed by deity the ‘shebait’ of the mosque,” the      New Delhi: The Supreme Court authorities to set up a nodal cell thereby ensuring logistic sup- ate the platform. “The C-17 ‘Ram Lalla Virajman’, through bench quipped, adding, “If on Monday directed that a for issuing completion certifi- New Delhi: A Srinagar-based port to the troops deployed in fleet has maintained high ser- next friend Deoki Nandan your suit succeeds, it will be amajwadi Party president forensic audit report be given to cate to home buyers. CRPF helpline on Monday remote areas guarding the Line viceability rates since its induc- Agrawal, should not be allowed. adverse to the deity.” Jain, how- SAkhilesh Yadav on Monday the Enforcement Directorate, It also directed the author- notified three new mobile of Actual Control(LAC) facing tion. Boeing is responsible for “There is no conflict ever, said the ‘Akahara’ was not dissolved the party’s Delhi unit. Delhi Police and the Institute of ities to depute one officer not numbers for the public, espe- China and Line of maintenance, field support ser- between your (Akahara’s) suit saying anything against the The move comes just days Chartered Accountants in India below the rank of deputy man- cially Kashmiris, who require Control(LoC)with Pakistan. vices, modifications and and the suit filed by plaintiff deity and moreover, the law is after he dissolved the SP’s Uttar (ICAI) for taking appropriate ager to coordinate with the medical or any other emer- The planes have in the past few upgrades, technical manual number 1 (Ram Lalla)... Even now well settled that the deity Pradesh unit, including the action against Amrapali direc- court receiver, senior advo- gency help for themselves or years have also carried out support and logistics engineer- if the suit of plaintiff (deity and need not be a party in all the state executive, and district tors and auditors for siphoning cate R Venkataramani, in deal- their families in J&K. humanitarian assistance during ing services,” the company said. others) is allowed, your right as lawsuits and can be represent- and youth wings, in an attempt off over Rs 3,000 crore of home ing with the affairs of Amrapali. The ‘madadgaar’ helpine natural calamities. Boeing’s C-17 simulator ‘shebait’ stands,” the Bench ed through ‘shebait’. to rejig the party after its Lok buyers’ money. The Bench posted matter published the three numbers — The C-17 is a premier training centre, established in said while hearing the argu- “A shebait can maintain the Sabha poll debacle. A Bench of justices Arun for hearing on September 11. 9469793260, 9469793430, transport aircraft as it is mas- 2016, provides training services ments on the 12th day of the suit on behalf of the deity in its “SP president Akhilesh Mishra and UU Lalit also The court had on August 13 9469793401 — through its offi- sive and long-haul aircraft car- to the IAF, and has completed decades-old, politically sensi- own name and need not Yadav has dissolved the party’s directed the apex court registry asked the Noida and Greater cial Twitter handle, rying large combat equipment, over 5,100 hours of training for tive case. implead the deity as a party,” Delhi unit with immediate to disburse Rs 7.16 crore Noida authorities to grant com- @CRPFmadadgaar, and said it is troops and humanitarian aid aircrew and loadmasters. “With “You (Akahara) can claim the senior lawyer said. effect,” a statement issued by deposited by the Amrapali pletion certificates to thousands putting “committed efforts to across long distances in all this delivery, there are 275 your ‘shebait’ right indepen- The Bench asked Jain to party chief general secretary group to the National Buildings of harassed home buyers resid- provide necessary assistance to weather conditions. operable Boeing-built C-17s dently. Unnecessarily, you are apprise it of the view of Ram Gopal Yadav said. Construction Corporation ing in various Amrapali projects the citizens 24X7”. “In case of any “Boeing today delivered around the globe. Boeing plans entering into the conflicting ‘Akahara’ on Tuesday as to The SP has no presence in (NBCC) for completion of in compliance with its verdict emergency, medical assistance or the 11th C-17 Globemaster III to sustain them to ensure they territory you need not go to. It whether it was still seeking the Delhi assembly and the stalled projects of the group. and warned that the officials any other requirements of essen- adding to India’s capability to meet the mission at hand,” the is for Sunni Waqf Board to do dismissal of the lawsuit filed by Uttar Pradesh unit was dis- The Bench also directed concerned will be sent to jail if tial assistance please dial”, these meet current and future strate- company said. that,” said the bench, com- the deity and others. solved on Friday. the Noida and Greater Noida they fail to do so. PTI numbers, it said. PTI    ! "#$   > #$!# +'%).228:%231'-,27))# D&) '-27))# 70'(#'3:%231'-,27))# +,+-.#/0+,/1 $)* 7    $                 !  *      $  43         23),#237)73)3.)#02+&)27(#)00'#'#)72'107(%2--)'($)0 ;    #    #          <)   3  2 '71,2-%'-+)--2#')--)#02%23)2)#30&#)'- 83'29       +S      *        (     $ .                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Jairam Ramesh, one of the saner voices in                  ( the party, who has often tried to ensure that his political loyalty does not cloud his judge-     >?=               ment, has recently said that demonising  (       +           Prime Minister Narendra Modi all the time             +    ( is not going to help the Congress because Mr Modi’s governance model is not a “complete          @=          negative story”.                   He seemed to be particularly impressed   $                 by Mr Modi’s “economics of governance” and the Ujjwala Scheme to provide cooking gas   @=             )   connections to women in poor households      (                across the country, which has given the          2               Prime Minister political traction. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, another senior member of the         S        ( party, soon joined the chorus to say that   A         #  (         “demonising Modi was wrong.” The decisions     S           )     of the Modi Government “must be judged ology. The Bharatiya Janata Chidambaram demanded in the opening of over 360 mil- issue wise and not person wise.” He even went Party (BJP) is now comfortably “proof” that the strike was car- lion new bank accounts. This,                       further to say that “the Ujjwala scheme is only ensconced in this space and the ried out. Rahul Gandhi accused too, is a global record. There are         #              one amongst other good deeds.” Congress does not know which the Prime Minister of trying to many more such schemes which            # ) S       This is quite in contrast to the constant way to turn. As a result, you will make “political capital” out of have been planned and execut-                ( ( criticism of the Prime Minister by the find that invariably the Congress surgical strikes. The disrespect ed by the Modi Government but party’s top leadership, including Sonia and the Communists sing the it showed towards the Indian Air members of the Nehru-Gandhi                      Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi same tune on all issues. After     Force (IAF) after its daring family have never ever acknowl-            )     BB on every issue. In fact, though the Modi Rahul Gandhi, P Chidambaram  airstrike on Jaish-e-Mohammad edged the efficacy of any one of A    (           ( Government has taken many significant deci- has accused the government of Training Camps in Balakot on them. Taking a cue from them, sions, which have won acclaim all round the dismembering the state. /  February 26, 2019 was even members of the Congress Party                    country, there is not a single instance when This is in line with the more shocking. Chidambaram have spent their time pooh-          4     %        Mr Modi’s work has been acknowledged by approach of Left leaders, includ-   criticised the government’s claim poohing these schemes and   S   4          members of the Nehru-Gandhi family. ing Sitaram Yechury, who have    about the number of terrorists thus losing support of the mil- As regards abrogation of Article 370, the demanded that Jammu and who had been killed in the IAF lions of citizens who have ben-                        decisive move made by the Modi-Shah com- Kashmir (J&K) be restored to its   strike. Another Congress leader, efitted from them.          4       ( bine has stunned the Congress Party and earlier status. However, the   Navjot Singh Sidhu, seemed to The intolerance of the                      made its leaders run hither and thither. The party’s response to the 370 issue debunk the purpose of the strike Nehru-Gandhis to the achieve- utter confusion among the party brass is is not to be seen in isolation. It   by asking “Were you uprooting ments of other national leaders          (         rooted in the party’s loud commitments to is in line with the scepticism and terrorists or trees? Was this an from the days of Sardar Patel and             “protect” 370 at any cost. Only last April, the distrust it has displayed even in    election gimmick?” Dr BR Ambedkar is now a 4                    Congress declared in its manifesto for the regard to the daring surgical   Finally, what about the phe- well-established truth and has Lok Sabha election that “nothing will be done strike carried out by the Indian nomenal success of several social been adequately chronicled in                  (+    or allowed to change the constitutional posi- Army to eliminate several terror-   sector schemes launched and recent years. The family got away            #       tion.” ist launch pads across the Line    delivered by the Modi with this for many decades, but                    *  Having thus dug itself in on this issue, of Control in J&K on September  Government? The Ujjwala the people have now begun to                   the party had nowhere to go but to plug this 29, 2016. Scheme, which proved to be a see through the pettiness and moth-eaten line, which has been a drag on While the entire country   game-changer, has ensured jealousy that permeates the fam-                  ( ( India’s unity and integrity. So, we had Rahul hailed the bravery and commit- domestic cooking gas connec- ily’s responses in this regard.   !   S                 Gandhi declare loftily that national integra- ment of our soldiers and the sur-   tions to 60 million households More importantly, public aware- tion cannot be achieved by “unilaterally tear- gical precision with which the  with another 20 million in the ness has resulted in diminishing   S                ing the state apart.” Priyanka Gandhi tweet- Army had targeted terrorist pipeline over the next year or so. electoral dividends for this fam-    ed and asked “Does the Modi-Shah Govt hide-outs across the border, the     Similarly, the medical insur- ily. If the Congress Party is to cut believe India is still a democracy?” Congress claimed that many   ance scheme that provides a its losses, its responses to govern- Sadly, the Congress does not appear to such “surgical strikes” had been cover of 5 lakh per poor house- ment decisions and schemes will have a mind of its own on such critical carried out when it was in hold per year is the biggest have to be more credible. Jairam $"$ national issues. Since the late 1960s, when power. health insurance scheme in the Ramesh has shown the way. then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi needed However, there were few world. Similarly, the Jan Dhan Hope others will follow! 7     *       Communist crutches to run her government, takers for this story. 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These         7  7  ! 877!9 Tinclude the setting up of a local gas trad-  + 7  ! 8+7!9 %      ing platform to facilitate price discovery, strip-              ( ping the power sector off its priority status by withdrawing priority allocation of natural gas               and hiving off the transportation unit of the Gas  "   +            ( Authority of India Limited (GAIL), a public sec-                tor undertaking (PSU) which currently holds      < +EA:  5=@?   FF===     an overwhelming 75 per cent share of the gas          (   ( transmission network.  3 )  1 83)19         The stated objective of these reforms is to   < %         enable energy firms to invest in exploration and                  ( develop gas fields so as to encourage indige-           nous production and ensure that the country  77! attains self-sufficiency in this major source of clean energy (currently 50 per cent of our #             domestic gas is imported). While the          ) /    8)/9 Government’s move is laudable, the moot /                   question is whether the proposed measures will       # P  Q     3)1    help it come anywhere closer to the goal. The         #    3)1  %     answer will be a categorical “no”. The biggest N /  3 ) )  2   83))29    stumbling block towards this is the lack of a /  /              E( ( “stable” and “predictable” policy environment.                 As per the guidelines effective since /  /                November 1, 2014, for all domestic supplies                    covered under the New Exploration and Licensing Policy (NELP) as also the blocks  /    + "           given on “nomination” basis to Oil Natural Gas    (       Corporation (ONGC) and Oil India Limited   : 1       $  7  )  7   (OIL) under pre-NELP, the price (call it nor-    6   8$7)79     5=@D       ( mal price) is a weighted average of the costs at   mula-based price applicable to all. The initial estimate of over 10 trillion cubic result in steep increase in gas prices and               . four international locations in the US, the UK, /  Government’s stated logic behind ft (tcf), the actual reserves turned out exterminate them as well.        ) %       Canada and Russia. As per this formula, from     /: rejecting a market-led price was that to be a mere about 2 tcf. As a result, pro- Today, there is an unholy mix of                April 1, 2019, the price is $3.72 per million  / since the gas market in our country is duction from this high-profile field controls and market-based principles.   ;          ( British thermal unit (Btu).  /   at a very nascent stage and supply falls plummeted to less than 10 million stan- This is more dangerous than total con-            Under a special package for deep/ultra-deep   /6 short of demand, this mechanism may dard cubic metres per day (mmscmd) trol on all aspects, which anyway is not             ( and high-pressure/high-temperature (HP/HT) lead to a sharp increase in price, which against the promised 80 mmscmd. desirable. Doing things in fits and starts fields announced in March 2016, the supplies /  user industries, particularly fertilisers No wonder, gas production has (as may be seen from a flurry of poli-               therefrom are allowed a “premium” price and    and power (together they consume declined from a high of about 52 bil- cy changes during the last three years)           are linked to the prices of alternate fuels, includ-   nearly 3/4th of the available gas), may lion cubic metres during 2010-11 to will not take us anywhere. There is an   +  A  E 8+AE9 ing fuel oil, naphtha and imported Liquefied  / 6 not be able to afford. around 33 billion cubic metres during urgent need for holistic reforms in the +   E 8+E9  .   E Natural Gas (LNG). The current rate deter-   There was merit in the argument 2018-19. This prompted the hydrocarbon sector. E 8.EE9 #      ( mined on this basis is almost double than the    and the Government ought to have con- Government to come up with new ideas The Government must dismantle            ( normal price.    tinued with a “uniform” policy for all like a local gas trading platform and the existing regime of gas allocation and         Then there’s a third pricing mechanism that  O supplies. Even then, seeking a higher stripping power plants of their priori- highly differentiated pricing for a vari- :               ( exists for fields given under the Open Acreage     price for a deepwater high pressure, ty status. Both these ideas are bizarre. ety of supply streams. Concurrently, it  (             Licensing Policy (OALP), which was introduced /   high temperature field is untenable as The distribution of domestic gas is should deregulate import of LNG (cur-           #     P   in July 2017. Supplies from these fields — con- it is expected to contain much larger totally under Government control. It is rently all gas imports are canalised ventional gas as well as unconventional hydro-     reserves than a shallow or on-shore decided by an inter-ministerial commit- through PSUs such as GAIL). Together    Q              carbons viz, shale gas, Coal Bed Methane field, thereby generating extra revenue tee under the chairmanship of Secretary, with hiving off port handling, gasifica-                (CBM) — are eligible for market-based price. The with the same price. Likewise, giving Ministry of Petroleum and Natural tion (of imported LNG) and transporta-        /     "  (  same also applies to unconventional hydrocar- higher market-based price for shale gas Gas (MPNG). Of the total supply, a tion infrastructure from GAIL, this will A   4   E 8A74E9        bons from the fields that come under NELP. or CBM from an existing field under maximum quantity, 31 per cent, is given create an ecosystem that will ensure       :         ( ONGC and OIL have 149 small and margin- NELP, where all costs have already been to the power sector, 24 per cent to fer- adequate availability (domestic plus       )         ( al oil and gas fields that account for a mere five fully recuperated under the subsisting tilisers while 22 per cent is allotted for import) of gas to meet the demand.     )/        7  per cent of their total output (courtesy the little “profit sharing” contract, makes no city gas. There is no gas left for trading. This is the way forward for the devel- 8 79 )              attention they receive from PSUs). The sense. But it buckled under continuing In this backdrop, what will a trading opment of competitive markets.             (   Government intends to auction them to private pressure from lobbyists, thus giving platform do? What will be the relevance This may as well result in a slight      "  +      entities. After the transfer, new owners will get birth to the present chaos. of the price discovered on such a plat- increase in price over the current for- complete marketing and pricing freedom of sup- Firms may have managed higher form? To which supplies will this price mula-based level yet, it will remain well                  ( plies from these fields. In short, the pricing struc- price (via “premium” or market-based apply when almost all of it is regulated below the exorbitant level currently     %          ture is highly differential and has varying prices, price) but there is no guarantee that this and applicable prices pre-determined? promised to specified supply sources. )                   ( depending on the source of supply and hydro- alone can yield higher production as As regards power, the Government This will also offer a “stable” policy envi-              carbon type. Strangely, it also depends on the other factors, such as their ability to stick gives a boost to gas-based power plants ronment for energy companies to invest   )             operator in question. to output projections among other (at 25,000 MW, these plants account for in exploration and development of oil ;             P   ( In 2014, when the process of formulating the things, also come into play. In fact, these about 10 per cent of the total genera- and gas fields. The larger question, how-   Q         (       new pricing policy was under way, energy com- factors may work negatively. Take the tion capacity) by assuring supply of ever, is will the Modi Government crack              panies — both private and public sector — lob- example of the Krishna Godavari domestic gas on top priority and charg- the whip on these reforms?        bied hard to adopt market-based price for all sup- Dhirubhai 6 (KG-D6), operated by ing low price. Then suddenly, it seeks (The writer is a New Delhi-based plies. But the Modi Government opted for a for- Reliance Industries (RIL). Against an to withdraw the priority status. This will policy analyst) 5         %                     

The word bazaar has Persian origins The participation of groups an economics and modern urban the cities multiplied and, through that mosques were extensively used Rizvi’s Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan. and means an enclosed marketplace. formed inside Iran’s traditional mar- capitalism. them, religious influences further per- in bazaars to propel protests against There is no study, as such, on how the Twentieth century Marxist analysis ketplaces by traders, merchants and Due to the disorienting impacts meated social life. Much of this took the Bhutto regime. bazaar in Karachi evolved after it saw bazaar politics at the core of the shop owners in the revolution was of haphazard modernisation, the place in the urban bazaar areas of Just as influential figures of embraced the politics of the Jamaat- political and economic action of the influential enough for political scien- customary bonds between the Pakistan. bazaar politics were co-opted by i-Islami and Jamiat-i-Ulema Pakistan petit bourgeoisie (lower-middle- tists to begin studying the concept of bazaars and the clergy strengthened. The late political scientist Khalid Iran’s “Islamic” regime, the conserv- in 1977. classes) even though many political bazaar politics. Many such studies dis- This aided the clergy during the B Sayeed writes in Politics in ative General Zia dictatorship in Largely, bazaar politics of scientists have also seen it as an covered that some political activity in revolutionary turmoil. No wonder Pakistan: The Nature and Direction Pakistan appropriated various pow- Karachi has remained pragmatic. +%// +,2,&, extension of middle class political this context did take place prior to the then, Iran’s Islamic regime imme- of Change that the bazaar’s first erful trader outfits, many of whose Because even though almost as activity. 1979 revolution. But it was during diately inducted many members major political endeavour in members became part of the local, conservative as the bazaar politics of n August 8 this year, the The study of the bazaar in the and after the revolution that the from bazaar organisations in the Pakistan was during the 1977 protest provincial and national Assemblies. Punjab, the one in Karachi hasn’t powerful Anjuman-i-Tajiran context of politics is not that old, bazaar emerged as a major political new regime. movement, against the populist ZA From the 1980s onward, demonstrated as much support to OPakistan called off a four-day despite the fact that they have been influencer. Something similar happened in Bhutto regime. However, according Pakistani bazaar politics has contin- causes that look to oust religious shutter-down strike in Lahore. The integral economic and physical main- ME Bonine and NR Keddie in Pakistan. Riaz Hassan’s 1985 study, to Phillip E Jones, the bazaar was ued to operate through pressure minorities, impose social morality traders’ organisation had announced stays of Muslim-majority regions Modern Iran Dialectics demonstrate Religious, Political and Social Change active during the 1968 anti-Ayub groups that keep Governments from or safeguard “Islamic laws,” as much the shutdown due to the for centuries. The expression “bazaar that the Shah’s “modernisation” poli- in Pakistan, demonstrates that movement as well. But Sayeed is cor- imposing economic policies that are as Punjab’s bazaars have done in the Government’s new taxation policies. politics” first emerged soon after the cies briefly benefitted the economy of increasing and unplanned urbanisa- rect in pointing out that trader out- seen as unbeneficial to traders and last three decades. There were rumours that the military 1979 revolution in Iran. Traditional the bazaars. However, this moderni- tion between the late 1960s and the fits were not as radicalised in the shopkeepers. Trader organisations Maybe the ethnic diversity of establishment had aided the bazaars of the country played a note- sation sought to shift economic late 1970s left a large segment of the 1960s as they became in the 1970s. and alliances in the bazaars have also Karachi keeps this from happening as Government in getting the traders to worthy role in the turmoil which top- activity away from traditional mar- population, leading a highly precar- Sayeed writes that the traders had retained their exhibition of “piety” the bazaars here are segmented call off the strike. True or not, the fact pled the powerful Shah of Iran. ketplaces to modern souks and ious existence which was subjected to welcomed the Bhutto regime’s and they often associate themselves between different ethnic groups. They is that a rebellion from the so-called The action in this respect was ini- emporiums. all kinds of exploitation. rhetoric against big businesses but with, and even spearhead, cam- are more concerned about safeguard- “trader classes” in a Muslim-major- tiated by trader and merchant groups But this did not see the tradition- This generated a considerable quickly turned against him when he paigns against certain religious ing their respective groups’ econom- ity country is always treated as a pos- operating inside Iran’s many bazaars. al marketplaces recede. Instead, with amount of disillusionment with mod- began to nationalise small and medi- minorities and against any move to ic stakes in a highly competitive, even sible precursor to an uprising against The revolutionary movement against the continuing influx of migrants ernist Governments and their policies um enterprises. As mentioned by reform the “Islamic” entries in the contentious, ethno-political environ- a sitting Government. the monarchy was driven by various from rural and semi-rural areas to the of economic and social develop- Hassan, by the mid-1970s, the bazaar Constitution. ment. That’s why, for example, one can Ever since the late 1970s, organ- forces, which included the commu- cities, the traditional bazaars were ment. The persistent insecurity of had already established close links The Pakistan Muslim League (N) expect campaigns to restrict the entry ised traders have played a significant nists, secular democrats and the “ruralised.” Their owners and con- urban existence among many shop- with the clergy and these rapidly inherited the bazaar as a constituen- of certain minority communities in role in the politics of various Muslim Islamic clergy. But it was the bazaars sumers now overwhelmingly came keepers, traders and their families, extended to the country’s religious cy in the 1990s. But by the 2018 elec- the bazaars of Punjab but no such countries, especially in Iran, which eventually tilted the scale in from petit bourgeoisie backgrounds over the years, resulted in the emer- parties. Umair Javed, in his essay for tion, this constituency (in the Punjab) activity has ever been reported from Pakistan, Turkey and Egypt. This is favour of the clergy and the revolu- and from transitional segments gence of various religious move- the anthology New Perspectives on had split between PML-N, Pakistan the bazaars of Karachi. often explained as ‘bazaar politics’. tion became “Islamic.” perched between traditional agrari- ments. The number of mosques in Pakistan’s Political Economy, writes Tehreek-i-Insaf and Khadim Hussain (Courtesy, The Dawn)    ! "#$   A  &" 6 ;     5=  '        *  2,,,   !!$  &      7$  ++ $

/0 1 . taken strong note of the inci- and the Congress were vocif- Mumbai: Mumbai Police on (Forgery of valuable security,   dent while the DMK, the major erous in their attacks against Monday registered an FIR will, etc) and 120 (B) ( Opposition party, chose to Chief Minister Edappadi against senior NCP leader and Punishment of criminal con- macabre demand to remain silent over the issue. Palaniswamy for describing former deputy chief minister spiracy) of the Indian Penal Abehead Prime Minister Narayanan Thirupathy, BJP the former union finance min- Ajit Pawar and 70 former func- Code (IPC). Narendra Modi has been made spokesman, filed a complaint ister P Chidambaram as a bur- tionaries in the Maharashtra On August 22, a bench of by one of the speakers of a with the Chennai Police on den on the earth, they chose to State Cooperative Bank (MSCB) Justices S C Dharmadhikari meeting held by an Islamic Sunday for which a receipt has look the other way when the scam case on alleged charges of and S K Shinde of the High extremist organisation on been issued by the police. TMMK meeting called for cheating and forgery, days after Court said there was "credible Sunday challenging the “This is a seditious speech assassinating the Prime the Bombay High Court direct- evidence" against the accused in Government of India for abro- as he threatens that he would not Minister and the Home ed them to file an offence. the case and directed the gation of Article 370 of the only kill the democratically Minister, said a senior intelli- Ajit Pawar, a nephew of Economic Offences Wing Constitution and criminalising elected Prime Minister and gence official. He said the NCP chief Sharad Pawar, had (EOW) to register an FIR with- the Triple Talaq which was in Home Minister of the country department was looking into served as deputy chief minister in five days. vogue among the Muslim com- and behead them but also would the details of the speech. from November 10, 2010 to The accused were alleged- munity. attack the Parliament. This is Tamil Nadu Police and September 26, 2014. ly complicit in causing losses to The video recording of the a criminal offence under Section National Investigating Agency Other accused include the tune of Rs 1,000 crore to meeting, organised by Tamil 124A of the IPC . have taken into custody Peasants and Workers Party MSCB between 2007 and 2011. Nadu Muslim Munnetra The speaker also invokes Islamic youths who were (PWP) leader Jayant Patil and An inspection by the Kazhagam that went viral all religion thereby creating enmi- reportedly planning to subvert the then directors and senior National Bank for Agriculture over the State, has a speaker ty between different groups on law and order in South India. officials from the superseded and Rural Development openly declaring that he would the ground of religion which is Sunday saw TMMK and bank's units in 34 districts in the (NABARD) as well as a charge behead Modi and kill Union an act prejudicial to the main- MMK, two organisations state, an official said. sheet filed by a quasi-judicial Home Minister Amit Shah for tenance of harmony,” said known for their extremist "We have registered an inquiry commission under the !  4 !                   ! !   coming up with legislation on Narayanan. He pointed out that stands, holding a rally in offence at MRA Marg police sta- Maharashtra Cooperative     %      " Triple Talaq. he would demand slapping Chennai where M H tion based on the complaint of Societies (MCS) Act blamed the The person also declared charges against the speaker Jawahirullah, president of Economic Offences Wing," an "decisions, actions and inac- Srinagar: Normal life remained the officials added. However, untoward incident was report- that the Parliament needs to be under sections 153A, Sections MMK accusing the Centre for official said. tions" of Pawar and the other affected in Kashmir for the the services continued to ed from anywhere in the valley. attacked for enacting such laws. 503, 504 and 505(1) (b) (C), read selectively targeting innocent They have been booked accused for the loss. 22nd consecutive day on remain snapped in the com- Markets across Kashmir He further added that he was with Sections 506of the IPC. Islamic youth under the pretext under sections 420 (Cheating The NABARD audit report Monday as markets and schools mercial hub of Lal Chowk and remained shut for the 22nd not afraid of anything and Elsewhere in the State, the of questioning them over their and dishonestly inducing deliv- revealed breach of several bank- were shut, but the movement of Press Enclave here. The mobile consecutive day as shops and asked the Intelligence of the DMK, Lefts and Islamic outfits links with various “freedom ery of property), 409 (Criminal ing laws and RBI guidelines by private vehicles in the city services and internet, including other business establishments State Police to take note of the are busy organising meetings fighters”. He compared the breach of trust by public servant, the accused in distribution of improved, officials said. BSNL's broadband and private were closed, while the public same and repeated his threat against the abrogation of the recently amended UAPA Bill to or by banker, merchant or loans to sugar factories and Restrictions were lifted in leased-line internet, remained transport also was off the that the Prime Minister of the article 370 of the Constitution that of the Rowlatt Act which agent), 406 (Punishment for spinning mills, and subsequent most areas of the valley, but the suspended since August 5 roads, the officials said. country would be assassinated. and the legislation against the culminated in the Jallianwalla criminal breach of trust), 465 default on repayment and recov- deployment of security forces when the Centre abrogated They said the movement The Tamil Nadu BJP has Triple Talaq. Though the DMK Bagh massacre of the 1919. (Punishment for forgery), 467 ery of such loans. PTI continued to maintain law and Article 370 of the Constitution of private cars in the city and order, they said. and reorganised the state into elsewhere in the valley The communication two Union territories — increased. Private educational 0L .     blockade in Kashmir was eased Jammu & Kashmir and institutions continued to   8.  ! ! ! to some extent as landline tele- Ladakh. remain closed while phone services were restored in Meanwhile, the officials Government schools witnessed most places across the valley in said the situation remained minimal attendance of the stu- (   .  4$   view of the improving situation, peaceful on Sunday and no dents, they added. PTI 0)   <   Kolkata/Gaya: A top operative year, hours after Tibetan spir-    $    of terror outfit Jamat-ul- itual leader the Dalai Lama had $  Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), finished a sermon at the    $    who was involved in the 2018 Mahabodhi temple in Bodh 23*4+     $  Bodh Gaya blast, was arrested Gaya. from Bihar by the special task "He was working as the   89" 4 ! force (STF) of the Kolkata main recruiter working in dif- Jammu: Higher secondary Muzaffarnagar (UP): A local Police on Monday. ferent illegal madrasas which schools reopened in Poonch court has framed charges The Centre in May came up in the Indo- 0 /.   / authorities also refuted reports district of Jammu region on against five people accused of declared the Bangladesh-based Bangladesh borders of West about shortage of life-saving Monday after remaining closed killing a youth whose death was JMB, which was blamed for the Bengal, Tripura and Assam," he Jammu & Kashmir drugs at SMHS Hospital in for over three weeks due to a trigger for the 2013 terror attack at a cafe in Dhaka the IPS officer added. TGovernment on Monday Srinagar. The administration restrictions imposed in the Muzaffarnagar riots in 2013. in 2016 in which 22 people Ahmad has been booked claimed that the terrorists are claimed that there was sufficient wake of abrogation of Jammu District and Sessions Judge including 17 foreigners were under various sections of the trying to disrupt 'apple econo- medicines to sustain for a month & Kashmir's special status ear- Sanjay Kumar Pachori has killed, as a banned terrorist cases," a police officer said in Indian Penal Code and the my' to trigger resentment among and a half. The administration lier this month, an official framed charges under sections organisation. Kolkata. Explosive Substances Act, he public. shared the drug controller report said. Colleges in the district, 302 (murder), 147 (rioting), Ejaz Ahmad alias Amir, a Acting on a tip-off that the added. Twitter handle of the which said that medicines worth however, continued to remain 148 (rioting, armed with dead- resident of Birbhum district of accused was hiding in No weapon was recov- Department of Information and 31.76 crore were supplied to closed and are likely to resume ly weapon) and 149 of the West Bengal, was apprehended Gaya district, a team of the ered from his possession, the Public relations late Monday pharmaceutical dealers and dis- work this week after a review Indian Penal Code against the village in Jansath area of Uttar from a house at Pathan Toli Kolkata Police STF and Bihar police said adding that they evening posted a tweet saying, tributors in the Valley in the last of the law-and-order situa- five accused. Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar dis- locality of Buniyadganj police Police conducted a raid and would be sending his mobile "Ultras went to a large apple 35 days and stocks were being tion, the official said. The court fixed next trict on August 27, 2013. station area in Gaya district, a nabbed him. phone for forensic tests to find orchard in Village Wattoo, replenished regularly. "The higher secondary Tuesday for producing wit- His death and that of two police officer said in Gaya. "Ahmad had played a vital out details of his contacts, he Shopian, threatened owner, Areas, where local residents schools have started func- nesses from the prosecution youths in another incident "He (Ahmad) is the top- role in the Bodh Gaya blast in added. unloaded apple consignment & have created road blocks, to pre- tioning normally across the side against Prahlad, Bishan were said to be the trigger most Indian functionary and 2018. He was living with his After the Bodh Gaya blast, directed that apple crop should vent entry of security forces also district. The schools in the city Singh, Tendu, Devender and behind the communal clashes the main recruiter of the wife and children under Ahmad had fled first to not be shipped". The remained peaceful barring few and adjoining areas registered Jitender. in Muzaffarnagar and adjoin- organisation working in this different names and was Bangalore and then to Kerala Government spokesman said, odd incidents of protest demon- a 90 per cent attendance, and According to the prosecu- ing areas in August and country. He was in constant regularly changing address," and in both places, he used to "This is the first such incident strations. it was around 70 per cent in tion, the five are among the six September 2013, which touch with JMB terrorists in he said. work as a mason from West ever. where attempt is made to Apart from that, 30,000 far-flung areas," District people accused of stabbing claimed 60 lives and displaced Bangladesh. He is wanted in A low-intensity bomb had Bengal. He returned to Gaya disrupt apple economy & create LPG cylinders were distributed Development Commissioner Shahnawaz to death at Kawal over 40,000 people. PTI a number of JMB-related exploded on January 19 last sometime back. PTI resentment among public" .The in Srinagar in the last four days. Rahul Yadav said. PTI    P !   ( &: (  !    *3   !           ;*   Jammu: A week after it was sus- Azha to meet their relatives, is Ladakh -- early this month. Jalpaiguri (WB): The West Bengal Government pended, the Poonch-Rawalakot yet to expire, he said, adding Billed as the biggest confi- on Monday submitted before the Jalpaiguri cross-LoC bus service resumed that there was no fresh traveller dence building measure, the Circuit Bench of the Calcutta High Court that on Monday, with 46 stranded from either side. bus service was started on the Bimal Gurung, chief of one of the two GJM fac- passengers, including 40 from The bus service, popularly Srinagar-Muzaffarabad route tions, has fled the country, a claim vehemently PoK, returning home, an offi- known as 'Paigam-e-Aman', is in Kashmir in April 2005 and denied by his lawyer. cial said. on every Monday and it did not the Poonch-Rawalakot route in The court asked the State Government to file The weekly service was stop despite tension along the the Jammu region in June 2006, an affidavit on its claim that the Gorkha Janmukti suspended on August 19 after LoC in view of frequent cease- to facilitate divided families Morcha (GJM) leader was absconding. authorities in Pakistan-occu- fire violations by Pakistan on either side of the LoC to A division bench comprising Justices Joymalya pied Kashmir (PoK) did not which has claimed the lives of meet each other. Bagchi and M Mandal also directed Gurung's respond to a call from their three army personnel and a The trade, which works lawyer to file a counter affidavit with regard to his Indian counterparts to let a bus civilian since August 17. on the barter system, between assertion that he was very much within the coun- get across the Line of Control However, it was suspended the two parts of Kashmir start- try. (LoC), according to officials. last Monday, after officials said ed in October 2008. However, The court passed the direction while hearing "The bus service resumed "we had sent a message to PoK India announced suspension of an anticipatory bail prayer of Gurung in connec- with 40 PoK residents and six authorities for bus service today the trade at two points — tion with around 120 criminal cases filed against Indian citizens returning to (August 19), but they did not Salamabad of Baramulla in him and another GJM leader, Roshan Giri, over their homes," District respond". The relations between Kashmir and Chakkan-da- alleged incidents of violence during the Darjeeling Development Commissioner, India and Pakistan is under Bagh of Poonch in Jammu in Hills statehood demand agitation in 2017. Poonch, Rahul Yadav told PTI. strain following Centre's move April, following reports that it The court gave the prosecution and Gurung The permits of two other to scrap special status to Jammu was being "misused" by ele- two weeks each to file their affidavits and direct- PoK residents, who had arrived & Kashmir and its bifurcation ments from across the border   3  &  4       ! !  3         %  3  ed that the matter would be taken up for hearing in Jammu and Kashmir's into two Union territories — to smuggle weapons, narcotics    ' again after five weeks. PTI Poonch a week ahead of Eid-ul- Jammu and Kashmir, and and fake currency. PTI ; !     ) 2   *3-   !        

Chennai: Decrying the prac- caste names from streets. week after its attention was            tice of allocation of separate The court then directed drawn to a report in an burial and cremation ground the Vellore district collector English daily titled "Dalits Panaji: Reports in a section of In a statement, Rane said, the statement. for Dalits, the Madras High and the Vaniyambadi tehsildar 'airdrop' dead in Tamil Nadu". the media that several crore "The comparison between the He claimed it was the Court observed on Monday to furnish the details of the The bench had last week rupees were spent on the treat- health care sector and money responsibility of the state gov- that it appeared the land used by the villagers in issued notices to the Tamil ment of former Goa chief min- spent on ministers, including ernment to take care of the Government itself was encour- and around the burial ground. Nadu home secretary, the ister late Manohar Parrikar was former CM Manohar Parrikar, health of MLAs and leaders who aging divisions based on caste. According to reports, Vellore district collector and "unwarranted and absurd", State for their treatment outside the work for the people of Goa. The court was hearing a Dalit members of the tehsildar and sought their Health Minister Vishwajit Rane state is absurd and unwarrant- The minister said there was petition initiated by itself after Narayanapuram village near stands on the issue. said on Monday. ed." no dearth of money for the a report said that access routes Vaniyambadi town, 213 km As per the report, the Parrikar died on March 17 "The contribution of health care sector in Goa, of a Dalit cremation ground west of Chennai, were forced Dalit residents of the village this year of a pancreatic ailment Manohar Parrikar is huge and adding that a super specialty were blocked in Tamil Nadu's to lower the bodies of their have been lowering bodies to and some media reports in the it cannot be quantified in terms block would be completed soon Vellore district for last four Manikumar and (Scheduled Castes), the gov- relatives using ropes from a the riverbank for the past state put the cost of treatment of money," he stressed. at the GMC. years, forcing the community Subramonium Prasad noted ernment itself appeared to be bridge into a river bed as the four years. Though the Dalits at Rs 5.72 crore. What is the problem if He also informed that a members to lower the dead that all people irrespective of encouraging such practice. access to the burial ground on said they did not face any These reports also tried to money is spent on MLAs as well-equipped district hospital bodies of their relatives from caste and religion were The bench also asked why its banks had been blocked direct caste discrimination or compare this figure with the even during the Congress will come up in Margao in south a bridge with the help of allowed in all public places. some schools continued to be due to alleged encroachment threats from other groups, poor state of the Goa Medical regime, money was spent on ail- Goa, and it would ensure ropes onto a river bed. The high court said by called "separate school for by two people. they blamed the district College and lack of finances to ing leaders like then MLA patients don't have to travel to In its oral observations, a allocating separate burial Adi-Dravidars" when the state The high court had taken administration for not remov- set things right there. Gurudas Gawas, Rane added in GMC for treatment. PTI bench comprising Justices S ground to the 'Adi Dravidars' government had removed cognisance of the issue last ing the encroachments. PTI    ! "#$   B

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They told me about the leader said ironically ignorant which is currently orbiting the pictures of the lunar surface were nationals were Burdwan village chatting with poor condition of the road and of the fact that his own State Moon, has captured some more taken on August 23 by the arrested while ; ;  Jankar had made the claim locals over cups of tea, listening bad dwelling conditions which party president Dilip Ghosh on images of the lunar surface Terrain Mapping Camera-2 of trying to cross at the RSP’s 16th foundation to their daily woes and deliver- I have already told the DM to Monday roamed the sea beach- showing several craters, the Chandrayaan-2 from an altitude over to India, ( /   day event here in the presence ing instant promises to solve take note of,” Banerjee said es of Digha sharing tea with the Indian Space Research of about 4,375 km. The first pic- BSF officials of Minister of Rural them. adding she had asked the DM to locals and the tourists in a bid Organisation said on Monday ture of Moon captured by said on Monday. Development, Women and After she personally pre- get the road constructed and to expand his party’s mass Sharing the pictures, the Chandrayaan-2 was released by A BSF statement said the .  .   Child Welfare Pankaja Munde, pared tea for inmates of a house construct dwellings for those base. ISRO said in a statement that the ISRO on August 22. five Bangladeshi nationals were after a video of the in the beach town of Digha, who do not have their own “There is nothing wrong in photos captured by the lunar Chandrayaan-2, a three-module apprehended from ashtriya Samaj Paksha “Munnabhai MBBS” actor was Banerjee visited Alisa houses. mixing with the people. It is only spacecraft are those of craters spacecraft comprising an orbiter, Swarupnagar and Gaighata R(RSP) chief and Dairy played out at the event. Baikunthapur village in East “Some people were also when you lose contact with the Somerfeld, Kirkwood, Jackson, lander and rover, was launched areas of the Indo-Bangla bor- Development Minister In the 17-second video Burdwan and spoke to the local telling about the irregular receipt people you face political alien- Mach, Korolev, Mitra, Plaskett, on July 22. ISRO had on August der in North 24 Parganas dis- Mahadev Jankar’s claim that clip, Dutt had said: "I congrat- tribal population. Most of them of widow pensions. I have ation,” Ghosh said justifying his Rozhdestvenskiy and Hermite. 21 performed second lunar tricts on Sunday night. Sanjay Dutt would join his ulate RSP National President complained about poor road assured them that the things will tea campaign in Digha. These craters have been bound orbit manoeuvre for During preliminary inves- party on September 25 fell flat Mahadev Jankar, my friend conditions and lack of dwelling be taken care of.” The TMC supremo’s out- named after great scientists, Chandrayaan-2 and said all tigation it was found that they on his face on Monday, as the and my brother. if I would facilities. Incidentally, the Bengal BJP reach programme has intensified astronomers and physicists. spacecraft parameters are nor- had crossed over to India with actor vehemently denied that have been here, I would have “It was a nice experience. I leadership has scoffed at after her party’s colossal loss at Crater Mitra has been mal. There will be three more the help of touts. he had any plans to join any come" spoke to the people shared tea Banerjee for imitating Prime the hustings whence the named after Prof Sisir Kumar orbit manoeuvres before the The BSF have this year political party. Later, speaking at the func- with them and heard their prob- Minister Modi in order to earn Trinamool won 22 — down Mitra, an Indian physicist and lander's separation from the apprehended 15 Indian nation- A day after Jankar made tion held at the historic Shivaji lems,” Banerjee said while com- popularity among the masses by from 34 in 2014 — out of 42 par- Padma Bhushan recipient Orbiter on September 2 and als and 731 illegal Bangladeshi the claim at his party’s 16th Park in north-central Mumbai, ing out of the village with senior preparing and sharing tea with liamentary seats and a fast known for his pioneering work eventual soft landing in the intruders so far while they foundation day function about Jankar claimed: "Just now you cabinet colleague and Kolkata them. emerging BJP bagged 18, leav- in the field of ionosphere and south polar region of the Moon, were trying to cross the inter- the actor joining his the RSP heard the byte of big boss...big Mayor Firhad Hakim in her tow. “Look at the irony of fate. ing two for the Congress. Radiophysics. planned on September 7. PTI national border. PTI on September 25, Dutt stated brother. Saanjay Dutt has given that he had no plans to join any date of 25 September to join political party. (RSP).He is in Dubai (today). In a brief statement issued Had he been in Mumbai, he :@    " (  * 6  ;3   to the media, the actor said: “I would have joined us". will not be joining any politi- With the actor’s firm cal party. Mr Jankar is a dear denial about his plans to join Guwahati: NRC state coordi- names had appeared in the first NRC list, but went missing verification process. friend and brother of mine and the RSP, Jankar’s efforts to      ;3 nator Prateek Hajela came list, published in 2017, but from the final draft. These "It seems we will get an I humbly wish him good luck garner support for his party under attack from the ruling was removed from the "final people had to appear several NRC which will include the for his future endeavours". have come to a naught. Guwahati: Ahead of the pub- additional superintendent of BJP on Monday, with the party draft" in July last year. times in different offices for re- names of illegal foreigners and lication of final NRC list in police Amitabh Basumotary raising apprehensions that for- "NRC Coordinator Prateek verification of their documents. exclude genuine Indian citi- Assam, ten persons declared said. eigners might make it to the Hajela had been carrying out "Also, there are reports zens," the state BJP chief said. foreigners have been released Their conditional release register as he was allegedly the revision work based on his that people who have been Appreciating the Centre's ! 12     on bail from a detention camp began on August 9 and they undertaking the revision own opinion and those of two declared 'foreigners' were being decision to extend the deadline in Goalpara district, a police were allowed to leave the process in consultation with to three organisations, after the engaged for the NRC citizen- to 120 from 60 days for filing official said here on Monday. camp which is located inside just two to three organisa- Supreme Court asked Chief ship verification work," he appeals in the Foreigners         The ten have been Goalpara district jail, tions. Minister Sarbananda Sonowal explained. Tribunals, the BJP leader said released as per a Supreme Basumotary said. The final NRC list, which not to interfere in the process," Dass claimed that names of around 40 lakh workers of saf- Court direction that those The final National will identify bonafide citizens Dass claimed. descendants of freedom fight- fron party have been directed declared foreigners and are Register of Citizens list, which of Assam, is set to be published The state BJP chief, how- ers and Assam agitation mar- to assist the ones approaching   4=  0( under detention for more than will identify bonafide citizens on August 31. The exercise of ever, did not name the organi- tyrs were excluded during the the district legal cells. PTI three years should be released of Assam, is set to be pub- updating the NRC, unique to zations he was referring to. Ahmedabad: The State suo motu cognisance of the on bail, he said. lished on August 31. Assam, is being conducted In such a situation, it is dif- Government on Monday told State Government's disclosure The ten persons, includ- Of the ten granted bail, under the supervision of the ficult for Assam to come up the Gujarat High Court it has in the assembly last year that ing a woman, have been grant- nine are from Goalpara dis- Supreme Court. with an error-free register, he so far constructed 81.06 kilo- 184 lions, lionesses and cubs ed bail by the Foreigners trict and one from neigh- Addressing a press meet said. metres of chain-link fencing on died in 2016 and 2017, with 32 Tribunal for a surety bond of bouring Chirang district. here, BJP state president Ranjit "We have received feed- both sides of a railway line of them dying of "unnatural" Rs two lakh each and their They are aged between 39 and Dass said people have told his back. Many have told us their passing through lion habitat in causes. biometric details, district 69 years. PTI party members that their names appeared in the first Amreli district to prevent the The Gujarat High Court big cats from being run over by had sought explanations from trains. the Centre and the State %8(,); &,&2"15(')' In an affidavit submitted to Government. the division bench of Justice SR In its affidavit, the Brahmbhatt and Justice AP Government said it has so far Thaker, the State Government constructed 37,201 parapets %  !!  !) 6 <%   ! 2   said it has taken a host of mea- on open wells, including 703 in sures to curb unnatural deaths 2019-20, to prevent lions from of Asiatic lions. falling into them. Lucknow: The family of a government had nothing to do on bail on Saturday by a court he said. The Government said Tough measures have been police officer who was killed with the incident. here. The deceased inspector's 260.7 km railway track from initiated against illegal lion last year in violence over "If supporters and rela- Reacting to their grand wife also questioned as to why Pipavav port to Surendranagar shows also, and 40 cases were alleged illegal cow slaughter tives of someone who has been welcome, slain police officer's the accused "got freedom in passes through lion habitat in registered against 134 offend- here, demanded on Monday released from the jail welcome son Shrey Pratap Singh said on just six months". Amreli district, adding that it ers since 2016, with four cases that the accused be sent back them, the Government or the Monday that such elements are Inspector Singh, who went had so far completed 81.06 lodged this year alone, the behind bars, days after they BJP have nothing to do with it. better behind bars than be to restore order on that fateful chain-link fences on this route. State Government told the came out on bail to a hero's The Opposition need not exag- allowed to roam free. day, was targeted by a mob of The High Court had taken High Court. PTI welcome by their supporters. gerate such things," Maurya "I urge Chief Minister Yogi nearly 400 people. The family's reaction came said. Adityanath that these criminals A video of the attack, after a video surfaced which Inspector Subodh Kumar who were in jail for six months where a crowd could be seen showed two of the accused — Singh was killed last year in should be behind bars in the opening fire and shouting "goli Shikhar Agarwal, who was a December in mob violence interest of society. Those who maaro" (shoot him), had BJP youth wing leader, and that erupted after carcasses can commit a crime once can evoked outrage then with Chief Jeetu Fauji — being garlanded were found near Mahaw vil- do it again. I believe that such Minister Yogi Adityanath by their supporters amidst lage, officials had said then. people out of jail are danger not ordering a probe by a Special cheers and sloganeering in Six accused were released just for me but also for others," Investigation Team. PTI what appear to be a festive atmosphere. Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Maurya told reporters that his party or $ ;  !- /    2 

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Krishnamurthy Subramanian “I would also add that announcement that I’ve made It pegged the annual medi- said on Monday. news that the United States and essential in corporate sector,” he an GDP growth forecast for     Sitharaman on Friday Speaking to reporters on China are actually sitting said justifying the measures 2019-20 at 6.9 per cent, with a announced upfront capital the sidelines of a programme together and there may be a announced by the Finance minimum and maximum esti- hares of public sector banks infusion of 70,000 crore into here, he said the slew of mea- breakthrough that is coming Minister. mate of 6.7 per cent and 7.2 per Son Monday zoomed up to public sector banks, a move sures announced by the Centre possibly in which case will be According to him, the cent, respectively. 10 per cent after the govern- aimed at boosting lending and for the revival of muted growth good,” he further said. Centre would do all that is need- The median is the middle ment announced upfront cap- improving liquidity situation. in the economy was in the right Last week, Finance Minister ed for the economic growth. number in a sorted, ascending ital infusion of 70,000 crore The move is expected to direction, though it was nec- Nirmala Sitharaman had Subramanian said investments or descending list of numbers into them. generate an additional lending essary to focus on the ‘struc- announced a raft of measures, is a key driver of the economic which can be more descriptive The stock of Central Bank and liquidity in the financial tural reforms.’ including rollback of enhanced growth while consumption is a of a data set than the average.  6  3C!    %0"  +  C of India zoomed 10.08 per system to the tune of 5 lakh “Our exports share is still super-rich tax on foreign and force multiplier. 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Therefore, we still have ‘angel tax’ and a package to the Centre in public sector continue its accomodative climbed 3.96 per cent, Union at ANMI on major announce- enormous opportunity to grow. address distress in the automo- banks, he said, “I think this Rs stance, with a further cut in the Bank of India 3.62 per cent, ments by finance minister said Even if there is actually some bile sector, among others. 70,000 crore that has been repo rate in the remaining State Bank of India rose 3.38 another significant announce- shrinkage in the pie of the glob- “The measures that have announced for recapitalisation part of 2019-20. per cent and Punjab National ment is the infusion of liquid- al trade, still we can grow our been announced actually are in of banks is quite important They felt that the prevail- Bank jumped 3.46 per cent on ity by providing an upfront pie. Exports cannot grow the right direction. 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Sandeep Sinha joins ranking Indian Revenue One official each is from crore to public sector banks, in sector was sub-par. prospecting of oil and natural TAFE with a successful track Service (IRS) officers includ- Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, efforts to boost economic Third quarter growth is gas on revamped exploration record spanning over two ing 12 from CBDT - the direct Meerut and Chandigarh zones growth from a five-year low. also likely to stay weak but sta- terms that look to expedite cut decades of global and domes- taxes body, were compulsori- while two each are from “Taking a leaf of these bilise as Government spending in import dependence by rais- tic industry experience. ly retired using the same rule Mumbai, Jaipur and recent measures, we reckon resumes after the elections. ing domestic output. Five In his previous role as for government employees. Bengaluru zones. 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Gaza have fought three try's national interests we must superpowers' trade war. "It's too soon to meet, I did- Israeli authorities wars since 2008. use any tool," Rouhani said in "China called last night..., However, US allies have n't want to," Trump told repor- also announced a punitive Monday morning added. Since the start of August, a speech aired live on state tele- said let's get back to the table. So pressured Trump at the G7 ters at the summit, saying he kn- reduction in the flow of fuel to A Palestinian security an uptick in rocket fire and vision. we'll be getting back to the summit in France, saying that ew that Foreign Minister Mo- the strip's main power station, source said there were no casu- Palestinian attempts to cross "And if I knew that I was table," Trump told reporters at the trade war puts the world hammad Javad Zarif was going meaning a deep cut in the alties. from Gaza into Israel have going to have a meeting with the G7 summit in Biarritz. economy at risk. to drop in for unscheduled already rationed electricity sup- A separate statement from been met with Israeli strikes, someone that would (lead to) Trump said that Chinese offi- Trump said that his pres- talks. "I knew he was coming," ply. Israeli defence ministry unit threatening a fragile ceasefire prosperity for my country and cials had made two "very, very sure had paid off, bringing the Trump said of the visit, which Three rockets were fired COGAT said the latest fuel cut between Israel and Hamas. people's problems would be good calls" and that "they want Chinese back to the table after was engineered by France's from Gaza into southern Israel was personally ordered by Israel has also used fishing resolved, I would not hesitate. to make a deal". talks had appeared to have gone Emmanuel Macron in a bid to on Sunday night, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin restrictions and fuel supplies as "The main thing is our The president's tone was in off the rails. break the diplomatic deadlock army said. Netanyahu, who is also defence weapons, harshening and eas- country's national interests," he marked contrast to the steady "They hurt very badly, but over Tehran's disputed nuclear "Three launches were iden- minister. ing restrictions on the block- said to a round of applause from hardening of positions in the they understand this is the programme. tified from the Gaza Strip into "The prime minister and aded coastal strip according to those gathered at an event number one and two right thing to do," Trump said. "I knew everything he (Ma- Israeli territory," it said in a minister of defence, Benjamin circumstances. marking government achieve- economies. Just last Friday, "One of the reasons he's a cron) was doing and I approved statement. "Two of Netanyahu, ordered to down- Fuel deliveries, which are ments in rural areas. Trump sharply raised tariffs on great leader, President Xi..., is everything he was doing," them were intercepted by the size the transfer of fuel through coordinated with the United Rouhani's remarks came as all Chinese imports after Beijing they understand how life Trump said, adding the French Iron Dome aerial defence sys- the Kerem Shalom (border) Nations and paid for by Gulf his government faced criticism hiked its own levies. works." "It's going to be great for president "asked for my tem." "In response, a short crossing to the power station in state Qatar, were part of the over the visit of Foreign Minister The United States is trying China, it's going to be great for approval". A landmark 2015 while ago, (Israeli air force) Gaza by half, effective this truce agreement. Mohammad Javad Zarif to the to force China into deep reforms the US, it's going to be great for nuclear deal between Western fighter jets struck a number of morning and until further They have improved elec- French seaside resort of Biarritz of its trading model to end the world," he said. powers and Iran all but collapsed terror targets in a Hamas mil- notice," it said in English. tricity supply in the enclave, on Sunday for meetings on the decades of practices, including "We're going to start very after Trump unilaterally with- itary compound in the north- Netanyahu is fighting for where until the latest cut resi- sidelines of the G7 summit. rampant intellectual property shortly to negotiate..., but I drew US support last year, reim- ern Gaza Strip, including the reelection in a potentially tough dents were getting around 12 Zarif was invited to Biarritz theft, that US companies say think we're going to make a posing sanctions that have crip- office of a Hamas battalion general election on September hours of power a day, accord- by French President Emmanuel prevents a level playing field. deal." pled Iran's economy. commander," a statement 17 with critics from his right- ing to the UN. Macron, who has been leading efforts to de-escalate tensions between Iran and its arch- enemy the United States. 5    !  !  <*4 ! Iran's economy has been battered by US sanctions imposed since last year when   / / Earlier Sunday, a peaceful President Donald Trump uni- march across Tsuen Wan gave laterally withdrew the United ong Kong police on way to violence. States from a landmark 2015 HMonday said they were Police used tear gas nuclear deal between the Islamic forced to fire water cannon and against the black-clad, gas republic and world powers. a warning shot to fend off mask-wearing hardcore pro- The ultra-conservative "extremely violent" demon- testers, who had built barri- Kayhan newspaper strongly strators, as months of pro- cades and thrown bricks and criticised Zarif's visit on democracy protests veer deep- Molotov cocktails at lines of Monday in an article that called er into violence. riot cops. the trip "improper". Sunday's clashes in the Police confirmed they Kayhan said the fact that the suburb of Tsuen Wan were deployed two water cannon minister's visit was the second some of the worst in twelve vehicles, whose jets hit the to France in a matter of days weeks of political unrest barricades as demonstrators sent "a message of weakness and tremoring through the city. ran for cover. desperation". As night fell, a group of officers were cornered by pro- "! 2       !     testers armed with bricks and          * 4  %   " other weapons, Hong Kong police said in a statement. injured during the clashes, the perpetrators to justice. An officer fell to the statement said, while dozens of The firing of a live round ground under a barrage of protesters were arrested -- prodded an angry response blows and "facing threats to including a 12-year-old -- for from social media users who life", six policemen drew their unlawful assembly, possession mocked a police spokesman sidearms and one "fired a of weapons and assaulting who had praised the "valiant warning shot into the sky", it police. and restrained" actions of riot said. "Police appeal to members cops on Sunday. It is believed to be the first of the public to make a clean "If the police can't control live round fired by an officer break with violent protestors," their emotion, how can they be during the crisis. the statement added, vowing valiant and restrained?" a Fifteen officers were "relentless action" to bring the Facebook user commented. ;  $    !     $     

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Australia and England are cur- “We have a group discussion and then we decide asprit Bumrah wreaked rently fourth and fifth with 32 what’s best for the team. There will always be opin- havoc with a five-wicket points each. ions about the XI, but people will know that it’s in Jhaul, complementing The win was 27th as captain the interest of the team,” Kohli said at the post-match Ajinkya Rahane’s long-awaited for Virat Kohli, who now joint- presentation ceremony. 10th Test hundred, as India ly tops the list with Mahendra Kohli’s preference for the young Hanuma Vihari decimated West Indies by 318 Singh Dhoni. He has also gone over limited-overs vice-captain Rohit Sharma also runs inside four days to start past Sourav Ganguly (11) for worked wonderfully with the Andhra Pradesh- their World Test Championship most away wins as India captain. player scoring 93 in the second innings after look- campaign in earnest. It was a Bumrah show in ing good during a 32 in the first essay. India’s pace spearhead fin- perfect weather conditions as he “Vihari got a nod because combination is impor- ished with incredible figures of sent the wickets cart-wheeling tant. He’s an effective part-time bowler and helps us 8-4-7-5 while Ishant Sharma thrice during a sensational when we need to catch up with the over-rate.” maintained his fine form with a eight-over spell in which he con- Just like white-ball cricket, Jasprit Bumrah’s form 3 for 31 haul. The West Indies ceded just seven runs. Playing (   !   '         )  !) . '  2       and fitness are paramount in the red ball set-up also. were bowled out for 100 in 26.5 his 11th Test, he also became the And the captain understands that only too well. overs chasing an improbable fastest Indian pace bowler to inevitable. India declared their second the people who backed me, wasn’t particularly confident of “Bumrah’s workload is most important which is target of 419 on Sunday. take 50 wickets. No top-order batsman could innings at 343 for seven, the supported me when I was going until last year. why he didn’t play any white-ball games (vs WI) after This was after Indian vice- Bumrah swung the ball both resist the furious spell from moment Vihari was dismissed. through a rough patch,” Rahane “I used to bowl the the World Cup. He will be a key factor for us as long captain Rahane (102) got his ways to torment the home bats- Bumrah, who first dismissed said at the post-match presen- inswinger earlier, but the more as the World Test Championship continues. first Test hundred in two years men while Ishant and openers Kraigge Brathwaite (1) DEDICATED TO PEOPLE tation ceremony. Test matches I’ve played, I’ve “Shami is the same and Ishant is a banker, always and added 125 runs for the fifth Mohammed Shami (2/13) too and John Campbell (7) and Back with a bang, India “It feels special. Getting this gotten more confident to bowl reliable. Umesh is there too and Navdeep is waiting wicket with the young Hanuma contributed in India’s resound- later saw the back of Darren vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane hundred after 29 or 30 innings. the outswinger, especially since in the wings. We are settled as our bowling options, Vihari (93) as India declared ing victory which gave them a 1- Barvo (2), Shai Hope (2) and dedicated his game-changing I’ve been getting 70s, but getting England,” said Bumrah referring but managing workloads will be important,” Kohli their second innings at 343 for 0 lead in the two-match series. Jason Holder to complete his performance in the first Test to a 100 means a lot to me,” he to the five-match series in said. 7. Kemar Roach (38), Miguel five-wicket haul. all those who have stood by him added. England last year, which India He was all praise for man of the match Ajinkya The win took India to the Cummins (19 not out) and After resuming the day at during the past two years when ‘MORE CONFIDENT’ lost 1-4. Rahane, who is back in form with scores of 81 and top of the World Test Roston Chase (12) were the 185 for three, Rahane scored a he went through a rough patch. India’s pace bowling main- The 25-year-old has played 102 in both innings. Championship table with 60 only batsmen who managed patient 102-run knock but “This hundred was special. stay Jasprit Bumrah says he is just 11 Tests in his fast-rising “Jinx excellent in both innings, KL solid in both points. New Zealand and Sri double-digit mark. Roach added young batsman Hanuma Vihari My time with Hampshire real- always evolving to polish his career and has 55 wickets, aver- innings too. Mention to Vihari too. We had to come Lanka are currently second and 50 runs for the last wicket with (93) missed out on his maiden ly helped me. craft, the latest addition to aging 20.63 at a brilliant econ- back in this game 3-4 times, so that is a positive mov- third respectively although they Cummins but it just delayed the Test ton by just seven runs. I dedicate this hundred to which is the outswinger that he omy rate of 2.64. ing forward from Australia,” said the skipper. 0!$  20!$  % 34 56 84 56

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here have been endless debates Taround the origin of the Kirana Gharana and its founder. While some call Veena player Ustad Bande Ali Khan, who hailed from a village near Ambala in Haryana, whereas, others mention the Dhannu and Dhondu brothers, who were great devotees of Lord Krishna and are said to have asked him to grant their voice the same beauty as his melodious flute. It’s also said that the foundation was laid by Ustad Abdul Karim Khan and his cousin Ustad Abdul Wahid Khan during the early 1870s as their singing styles bear many similarities with the Carnatic music. While the debate may go on tify ragas and notes.” till eternity, vocalist Jayateerth His childhood was replete Mevundi, who has expertise in the with memories of music and learn- Kirana Gharana, is very clear ings from a culture that revolved % )/' )= /&&)& about the art form and his undy- around rich, classical art forms. ing passion for it. The artist, who However, there is a difference is all set to perform for the first between how those traditions have time at the 23rd edition of the been passed on to future genera-     ' "'8 >5-05>5'R   0      ;$ ( $R  Parampara Series, says that it was tions and how they are actually due to Raja Reddy “ji”, w h o m h e treated today. With the advent of   *   $     $      ? .$ 5@ 0 05;5 has known for many years, that he social media and the growing is performing at the show. Western influence on the young ho doesn’t like a comedy of defective sash window. “Mr Das is thing.” Talking about Ustad Karim’s generation, isn’t classical art losing errors? Even William the secretary to the Cabinet Since it’s an adaptation, what are Carnatic influence in the gha- its charm among the youth? WShakespeare did. For it Minister. He has a PA who he the new elements here? He tells us rana, he tells us that Khan saab’s Mevundi says, “It hasn’t lost its hilariously teaches us about the dif- brings to the hotel. There’s a meet- that it’s the exact original. But there (Ustad Karim) singing style was charm. It’s just not being followed ferent ways in which human beings ing happening in his suite but the is just one important thing which very different from what is popu- very religiously. Western music react when they are faced with secretary has sneaked into the room has changed from 1990 to now. That larly known about him today. He influence has been great. It has unavoidable circumstances. of a young lady from the opposition. is the mobile phones. “There were says, “It was in the then Baroda made them more inclined towards Directed by Nikunj Wadhawan, Now there’s also an affair going on no phones at that time but in this (now Vadodara) that he was intro- other genres, through which they Sweet Suite is a Hindi adaptation of in the hotel. There are certain digital era, if you don’t have one, you duced to Carnatic music. Those think that they would get more of Ray Cooney’s comedy play Out of things that they find inside the hotel, either don’t belong to this planet or days, many Carnatic musicians international exposure. Today’s Order, which deals with a similar because of which there are many lies you are a small kid. The audience would come to perform in the youth just wants to get famous concept. that keep building up. The window has become quite intelligent today. king’s court. And he got deeply instantly. And gaining expertise in Wadhawan says, “It’s basically a of the room has a dead body stuck They cross-question. They don’t influenced by the music form. He classical music is a long process. situational comedy, where the char- in it. Now only three people know want to leave their mind back at later went to Mysuru to learn it It takes years of practice to mas- acters create a condition which about it — Mr Das, his PA and the home. Even while watching a com- further. Thus, his music has an ter the art, which is also why they turns out to be a comedy. It was way young lady. What you have to see is edy they’ll ask yeh aise kaise hogya influence of the Carnatic style in lose interest mid way, look for back in July 2018, I was reading how in the two hours, they get out or voh kaise hua.That is why we elements of music like aalaap, other options and leave it in through Cooney’s play. He is know of the situation safely,” says already let the audience know that khatka or murki.” between. Not all understand clas- as the farcical king. Many of his Wadhawan and adds, “The audience we are not using the phone so even Hailing from Dharwad near sical. We have also seen parents plays like Run For Your Wife and Not had actually complained of stomach they should not in between the per- Hubli in Karnataka, he says that his becoming impatient about the Now Darling have been adapted ache because they laughed so formance. And also if you have a growing-up years highly influ- need for their children to ‘become without giving him royalty or tak- uncontrollably during the show. phone, the situation will never enced his music and formed his someone’. But we need to realise ing his permission. So we took the When I was reading the original occur,” says the director. inclination towards the Kirana that it takes time to gain recogni- rights to adapt this play to Hindi. play, it had the same effect on me.” The play has had a long run in Gharana. His initial training began tion in this field.” And the play whenever gets adapt- The director tells us that it’s a UK when it was first premiered in under his mother’s guidance, who However, for Kirana and ed in a different language, the title farce comedy that aims at entertain- 1990 and was then adapted to despite not being trained profes- other classical music forms, he can be changed. And Out of Order ing the audience through situations French in 1996, followed by a sionally, had a strong inclination feels they need to grow since they has already an internationally that are highly exaggerated, extrav- Hungarian film. It collected acco- towards the music form. He used connect to people emotionally. acclaimed status. So I changed the agant and thus improbable. lades internationally as it entered the to visit Kundgol, a village near “They can easily get in a medita- title to Sweet Suite.” Wadhawan feels that any genre of APAC region in 2012 with the Hubli with his parents which was tive state through it. It’s like med- The play features a govern- comedy is just a way to entertain show being staged at Singapore home of Pt Sawai Gandharva itating loudly. Classical music is ment secretary who lies his way out people. There can definitely be a and Malaysia. The play currently under whom Bhimsen Joshi and divine. Melody, deep emotions of situations with the help of his message at the end. “Take theatre actually laughing and relaxing, you says Wadhawan and adds, “There is runs in Russia and China and is all Gangubai Hangal had also received and gentleness are the most innocent junior PA, who gets more and cinema, for instance, entertain- can explain the hard-hitting reali- no moral policing here. We are not set to tickle the funny bone of the training. “My first tryst with clas- important elements in this and more entangled in the impro- ment in any form is something that ty of the world to them and they trying to teach anything to anyone. Indian audience. sical singing was through my singing,” he says. Indeed, this is vised tales as the events unfold. The attracts people and that is why it’s understand it better in that moment. I, as a director, believe that people (The play will be staged on mother. There were no such musi- why many describe this Gharana action takes place in a suite in a posh an important medium to give a mes- That is why comedy is used for are already aware of everything and August 31 and September 1 at 4 pm cians in my family who would have as that of romantic singing as well. hotel and everything revolves sage also. When people leave all moral policing also. However, here, they learn at their own pace. They and 7 pm at Little Theatre Group trained me although they would (The series will start from August around the accidents caused by a their worries behind and they are the play is just for entertainment,” don’t have to be taught about any- (LTG) Auditorium, Mandi House.) listen to songs on radio and iden- 30 and go on till September 1.)

n this overcrowded planet, our urban al media and other materials. Her interest Ispaces are no longer the romanticised in ceramics and glass ultimately lead her to natural landscape of our agrarian forefa- ($    $   select pottery as her true calling. She thers or the picturesque beauty of heritage honed her skills under the watchful eyes of monuments. Presenting a rootedness and the master Shantanu Jena. She has worked affinity to their respective locales, five #  .  P 0 ,#)0)70'0$'-7'##')2+&)-)-&22102++)2$7('71 on improbable things that often make their young artists at Rooted - Curator’s Pick at appearances on the pottery wheel. It was a Gallery Espace create a visual narrative of )3)#(7('#0060'0   time of intense introspection when she what their livelihoods have been. They trig- learned the possibilities and limits of clay ger conversations around landscapes, cli- and glass. She went on to establish a for- mate, Himalayas and coastal communities mal studio in 2010 with a space for people through their architectural sculpture. to explore materials and learn. The assemblage in ceramics and paint- speak of humanity and abstraction in the Japneet says that she developed pro- ing offer an insight into the workings of modern sense. She had previously said that grammes and workshops in her studio to young contemporary artists and refer to her work is related to the different phases help people explore the possibilities of glass common concerns. The artists have manip- in her life, to the things she absorbs, and ceramics as media. But the progression ulated the material in different ways with observes and how she responds over many of her workshops was not skill-based or technique and patina from opposing ends journeys. So most of her work that comes course-based. She adds, “It was designed of the artistic spectrum, creating an offer- about is both spontaneous as well as reflec- to introduce people to this wonderful, tac- ing that is both challenging and innovative. tive of that space within herself. The little tile and often quirky medium. You learn The series will be held once every two years houses in the sculptural installation Nesting, along the way that as you mould clay, clay and will invite senior artists to curate works reference quietude and a silent symphony, moulds you.” Nature is at the heart of by emerging artists with the objective of “where the real walls are not as significant. Japneet’s pottery, with objects and figures encouraging fresh talent and introducing Just like empty quiet spaces, these walls are in the landscape taking its shape at the enthusiasts and collectors to new-age art. created within as if one is just wandering wheel. An avid traveller, she is often around in that empty space.” found exploring the forests, mountains or  ./- Kristine Michael’s Necropolis again tide pools in foreign lands where she finds Artist Khokan Giri belongs to a remote mirrors urban dwellings but in its network her inspiration in people, land and the art village in coastal Bengal and his works echo of columns, we see the rhythms of solitude she encounters. From Hummingbirds to Sea with an ecological aura. Not only are they and soliloquies that remain as residual Shell Murals to the geometric lines of intrinsically architectural but they also refer rhythms within us. ancient Iznik designs, her repertoire is also to an indigenous lifestyle. His stimulus is In that vein of rhythms but deeply a record of her journeys. Japneet’s sea the textural detailing of fishing nets, traps marine, born of the oceanic tides and urchin halt you in your tracks and ask you and boats of the nulliah fishermen he grew beeches, is Japneet Keith’s urchin series that to ponder about the goodness of the up around. His landscape ‘colograph’ has into a sculptural idiom with a fragile inge- shreds in order to construct architectural ceramic works have about them a tensile yet can blow one’s mind. Her compositions her- earth and the beauty within. The colour ember-like tonality and texture. nuity that is classic as well as uniquely con- proportions through lightweight paper, tenuous ardour. Mudita weaves urban and ald the power of passion and perfection in tones, the detailing and the understanding Yet another delight is artist Harendra temporary. According to Paula Sengupta, operating between two-dimensional con- rural constructs in a brilliant installation that the entire sequence of moulding, firing, of design dynamics make her the absolute Kushwaha’s fragile constructions of paper who discovered Giri and Kushwaha at the structions and sculptures. blends paper pulp and terracotta. She has glazing and creating a series that are a cyno- Athena of her own world of perfection and and cloth. Born to an agricultural family Rabindra Bharti University, Khushwaha been working with terracotta for many years sure for the eyes. Her initial days at the NID, poise. in the Terai in Nepal, his use of homegrown resorts to means and material that are  1 01  and it is her elegance at handling the medi- Ahmedabad, were spent exploring the (The exhibition is on till September 29 Nepali paper and other kinds of paper turns “intrinsic” to his roots. He weaves, sews and Kristine Michael and Mudita Bhandari’s um that stands out. 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Our only aim is to qual- minute, that had Betis level at half-time. 2 !!:&)0%2#)1 QM+2#01)%-'#)17&) of the FIH Olympic Qualifiers, said skipper ify for the Olympics and I feel we are on the “After a defeat, there is always a big 0)%271777(0: '#'71+#0777(0%)7$#27 Rani Rampal. right track,” she added. reaction,” Griezmann said. “We really 78 '-0 FA?G '11)1 5!M #$70 +2# &) &#1 India put up a brilliant performance at the Rani further said that the side is a well-set- wanted to play another game and timely. to play for the club in La Liga. %8)'071')11)%-'#)1&'72)#'---)'1 Olympic Test Event as they defeated hosts Japan tled unit and all players are extremely clear when so many players are Whether it also affects the Earlier Atletico maintained their 2+ M#$706+2--27(&%&,-''0%'--)12++: 2-1 in the final to win the competition. about their roles. missing, the team steps up.” club’s attempts to prise Neymar perfect start with another 1-0 victory, Captain Rani seemed extremely pleased “Our team consists of players who are very Loren Moron slammed a from Paris Saint-Germain this time over Leganes as Vitolo came /  .)4 L with the way the side played against the likes clear about their roles, and perform them late strike into the top corner remains to be seen. off the bench to score a second-half Chennai: ))#'7 .'03'7%8)8)),)#  of World No 2 Australia, World No 11 China industriously on the field. for Betis but by then the game This was Griezmann’s first winner at Butarque. 7)0&'#&86&2'0,'#2+&)71'70<$'1 and World No 14 Japan. “We have gained momentum at the right was up as Barca ensured no goal at Camp Nou in 14 appear- Joao Felix, Atletico’s 126 million- +2# &)  2#-1 $, 7 7(-'716 '0 27 “It was incredible to remain unbeaten time and have to keep improving our skills as further ground was lost on ances, five of them for Real euro ($140 million) buy from Benfica 271'7'3)1%','72+&)'3- '1$)'3 throughout the Olympic Test Event. The the team approaches the FIH Olympic Atletico Madrid, who beat Leganes 1- Sociedad and eight for Atletico, and his and much-hailed replacement for +2# &) =' ''#) #2,& 27)1' %#%8) hard work put in by all the players in the var- Qualifiers,” said Rani. 0 earlier on Sunday, or Real Madrid, overall performance was of someone Griezmann, was again quiet but again 2$#7)2.),-')1'4',$#+#23),)3.)# ious training camps ahead of the tournament She was all praise for drag-flicker Gurjit who were held to a 1-1 draw on ready to lead, rather than serve as only delivered the match’s most memorable ? 2 %2.)# 5A: &0 '0 '772$7%)1 . &) paid dividends. A victory in this tournament Kaur, who was the top-scorer of the competi- Saturday by Real Valladolid. a foil for Messi. moment. 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Toulouse. would be appointed head coach cum chief &) #(& %'-+: 0 #)%2)# -- %277$) 2 .) French Eric Maxim Choupo- selector, the 44-year-old on Monday con- '00)00)1:U '1#1 2++)#)1 72 3)+#'3) +2# World Cup-win- Moting scored a second- firmed he was applying for the head coach 4'3)0P #)$#7 .$ &) 0 ),)%)1 2 300 &)# ning star half double, but only after job the deadline for which ended on #,2--'##)'-7 ' ('27$71': Mbappe limped coming on as a substitute Monday. resume for the head coach but with Misbah .1.-.  010 . off after hurting for the injured Cavani, “It has been interesting to see my name in the race he would prefer to work as bowl- Chennai: %) '.-) )770 ,-')#  &'#'& his left ham- while Mbappe also depart- being mentioned as a future head coach of ing coach. '3'-6&20'##)17&)77' 270P#$3,&7 string during a ed the scene after appear- the Pakistan cricket team, but the fact is I The change of mind for Misbah came &)  )'($) #)%)7-6 0'1 27 271' &' trademark sprint ing to pull up with a ham- only made the decision today,” Misbah said after he met with the PCB Director 71' &'1 ' %&'7%) 2+ 777( ' 3)1'- ' 7) in PSG’s 4-0 win at the Parc string injury following a in a statement. International Cricket Zakir Khan following )'#P0 -3,%07282:U&)+2%$072027 des Princes. trademark burst into the “I am applying for the head coach’s role which the PCB announced he was stepping &) -3,%07))'#'71)&')'%&'7%)2+ The injury means he box. fully aware that the competition will be down as a member of the Cricket 777('3)1'-7&)12$.-)0:-2--1),)71 will miss PSG’s opening The capital-city giants tough as I envisage there will be a few more Committee which recommended not renew- 27 &) 1#'6U &) 0'1 ' ' +)-%'27 ))7 +2# Champions League group sit three points behind early very competent and highly qualified people ing the contracts of former head coach &)77' 270&)#):)#)%'--)1&)3)32#'.-) game, which is set for Ligue 1 pace-setters applying for one of the most challenging jobs Mickey Arthur and his support staff after 323)70 &' 1)+7)1 &0 )'3P0 0$%%)00 September 17 or 18. Rennes, who made it three in the game.” the World Cup. =2$#7):&'#7(&0&2$(&02771'P03)1'- He is also set to sit out in the same game and PSG uncertainty continues to wins from three by beating According to insiders, the PCB has not The PCB wants to announce the new 777( ,#20,)%0 ' 7) )'#P0 -3,%06 three league matches as confirmed the Uruguayan surround Neymar. Strasbourg 2-0. received applications from any high profile team management by early September so &'#'& 0'1 '.-) )770 7 71' 0 &)'17( 7 well as France’s Euro 2020 will be out for three weeks, The Brazilian’s desired Tuchel responded to foreign coaches as yet with the best-known that it can start work for the upcoming lim- &) #(& 1#)%27:  1' '+)#  71&$ qualifiers at home to meaning he could be ready move back to Spain has yet last weekend's defeat by name being former Australian batsman ited over series against Sri Lanka at home )3)#()1'0&)2#-1&'3,276&'#'&0'1' Albania and Andorra early in time for the start of to materialise with just a making three changes to his Dean Jones. from September 25. 03-'# )++2# +#23 &)  %277()7 7) )'# next month. their Champions League week remaining before the starting XI, including drop- Former captain Waqar Younis has The PCB on Monday announced that 2$-1 (2 ' -27( ' 2'#10 ,2,$-'#07( &) Fellow forward Cavani campaign. European transfer window ping captain Thiago Silva to applied for the post of bowling coach and former Test batsman Ejaz Ahmed will be the 0,2#: "& 3'&% came off with a hip injury The injuries come as closes. the bench. said he had thought about submitting his new head coach of the under-19 team.