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/1#23% provide it the needed push to Congress workers are involved video of J&K Governor cross the winning line. in door-to-door campaign,” ASatya Pal Malik’s speech, rom political pundits to A total of 2,907 candidates added the leader, mentioning delivered at ITM University, Fpollsters, honest netas to are in the fray. The highest that more and more workers Gwalior, on November 24 rabble rousers, satta bazaar to number of candidates contest- have been sharing and explain- shows the Governor saying share market, the eye of the ing at one constituency is 34 at ing details about the party’s the Centre wanted him to entire nation will be on Mehgaon in Bhind, while the manifesto and the benefits of make Sajjad Lone Chief Madhya Pradesh on lowest number is 4 at Gunnor giving a chance to the Minister of J&K, but he did not Wednesday when it goes to poll in Panna. The BJP has fielded Congress. do so as he did not want to go after a “free for all” campaign- 230 candidates while the A day before the Assembly down in history as “a dishon- ing that often saw emotional Congress is contesting on 229 electoins in the State, Congress’ est man”. issues taking the centre stage seats leaving one seat for internal assessment has claimed “If I had turned towards and concerns of the common Sharad Yadav-led Loktantrik the party enjoys a 2.8 per cent Delhi, I would have invited man taking the back seat. Janata Dal. The BSP has field- lead over the BJP. The party Sajjad Lone to form a / 012&0 20 While the Congress is ed 227 candidates and the SP thinks it is small lead but it is Government and history would going all out to wrest power is contesting on 51 seats. The confident to cross the halfway have seen me as a dishonest &(E 2 1(0 from the BJP which, though, Aam Aadmi Party, contesting mark by winning the majority man. That is why I closed that &&&6& wary of a 15-year anti-incum- the Madhya Pradesh election of the 43 strategically identified chapter. Those who want to bency, is hoping that the man- for the first time, has fielded seats. ! ! O,P - .! $-! abuse me, they are free to do so. 0 &6 date could still be in their 208 candidates. Continued on Page 4 /00O,P ! - & But I am convinced that what- +"" - favour for the fourth term. At present, the BJP, that has ever I did was correct,” he is Poll campaigning for the been ruling the State for 15 heard saying in the video that 230-seat Assembly came to an years, has 165 seats while the $ %&' " $ has gone viral. was pressure from the Central end on Monday. Congress has 58, the BSP has As political parties in J&K Government.” Unlike the last Assembly 4 and independents hold three ()*+ started reacting “strongly” to Meanwhile, in his speech polls in Karnataka, Himachal seats in the MP Assembly. ! % %& his observations, he publicly in Gwalior, Malik also tried to Pradesh and Tripura where A total of 650 companies of hinted in Jammu that he might set the record straight by train- Prime Minister Narendra Modi Central paramilitary forces ,- * . be handed over transfer orders ing his guns on Peoples’ held the sway for the BJP, have been deployed for securi- 37#.0,0# P soon. “As long as I am here, I Democratic Party (PDP) leader Chief Minister Shivraj Singh ty. 33,000 home guard jawans Jaipur: The BJP on Tuesday will come to pay my tributes in Mehbooba Mufti and National Chouhan was the main cam- from various States have also released its manifesto for the rime Minister * . 37#.0,0# the memory of Girdhari Lal Conference (NC) chief Omar paigner and face of the party in been deployed. The model December 7 Rajasthan polls, PNarendra Modi Dogra,” he said, adding, “I Abdullah for not showing seri- Madhya Pradesh. Modi held code of conduct was imposed saying it met 95 per cent of the on Tuesday said the elangana Chief Minister and Telangana may be transferred. It is not in ousness in forming a just over 10 election rallies in on October 6. promises it had made in 2013. BJP is the only TRashtra Samiti (TRS) supremo K my hands. Though there is no Government. the State. The Congress has taken no The manifesto was unveiled option before Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) on Tuesday chal- threat to my job, but fear of “You can’t just fax or tweet Besides him, BJP presi- chance and deployed nearly by Union Ministers Arun Jaitley, Telangana as both lenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a pub- transfer always remains there.” and form a Government. Why dent Amit Shah, Home 50,000 party worker on 43 Prakash Javadekar, and Rajathan “family parties” the lic debate on the power supply situation in the “You send me a letter I will didn’t they come to Jammu? Minister Rajnath Singh and a closely contested Assembly Chief Minister Vasundhara Congress and the State and said the Prime Minister should not lie come and offer floral tributes Why did they not call me? number of Union Ministers, seats. A party leader said that Raje, in the presence of BJP Telangana Rashtra for the sake of votes. as long as I am here,” Malik said They have their party offices including Nirmala Sitharaman, during the last 15 years the leaders and workers. Samiti have KCR was responding to Modi’s criticism that in his crisp speech on the and a large number of leaders Uma Bharti, Ravi Shankar margin of victory for the BJP The BJP Government in destroyed the State the people in the State are without electricity. occasion of the 31st death in Jammu, especially Congress Prasad and Narendra Singh on these seats has been low. the State met 630 of the 665 over the last six " Earlier in the day addressing an election rally anniversary of Girdhari Lal party,” asked Malik. Tomar, visited the State in the These Assemblies have 10,429 promises made in the 2013 decades and caused " in Nizamabad, Modi had charged the KCR Dogra. Late in the evening, “No one can claim on last few days. booths and the party has Rajasthan manifesto, Raje said, misery and suffer- ! & Government with failure on all fronts, includ- J&K Raj Bhavan Spokesperson record that they visited the Raj The BJP had denied tickets deployed maximum manpow- prior to releasing the manifesto. ings to them. ing ensuring availability of electricity to many clarified that the Governor Bhawan and they were turned to over 60 sitting MLAs to beat er there. “The overall completion is 95 Addressing two election rallies in Nizamabad people of the State. while taking the decision to dis- down. My gates remain open anti-incumbency while the The Congress is making per cent,” she said. and Mahbubnagar, Modi also urged the people Addressing an election meeting in solve the Legislative Assembly even during midnight. I meet Congress sought to put behind maximum use of social media Raje highlighted several of Telangana not to allow the Congress to re- Mahbubnagar on Tuesday, KCR said he is ready acted in an objective and visitors without any prior the internal rivalry among its platform to draw the voters points of 2018 manifesto, say- enter the State and follow the example of States for a debate with Modi at any place of his choice. impartial manner. appointment but no one turned satraps in MP, like Kamal Nath, towards the grand old party ing 50 lakh jobs will be creat- like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Bengal and Tamil Nadu KCR, who claims to be providing the 24-hour In a press statement, the up there,” he added. Digvijay Singh and Jyotiraditya through a mobile application ed in private sector in next five where the Congress could not return to power free power to farmers and uninterrupted power Raj Bhawan Spokesman said, However, reacting to the Scindia. The rural unrest, the ‘Ghar Ghar Congress’. years and every year 30,000 jobs even after 40 years. supply to all households in the State as his major “There was no pressure or any Governor’s speech in Madhya Congress hopes, may tilt bal- “The workers for the past will be given in Government “If you elect the BJP in the State and we achievement, called Modi “an ignorant and lying kind of intervention from the Pradesh, Omar Abdullah said ance in its favour as the BJP one week have been meeting sector. The CM said up to already have a BJP Government at the Centre, Prime Minister”. Challenging the PM to show Centre in the entire matter and in a tweet that he has never expects its “continued” hold voters by reminding them 5,000 per month will be given you will get double “Kamal Chhap” (Lotus sym- where was the power problem in the State, KCR some news channels are mis- known a “politically appointed over the urban voters and about the ‘Ghar Ghar Congress’ as unemployment allowance bol) engines and we will take Telangana far off said, “I never thought Modi was so ignorant PM. interpreting Governor’s state- Governor going against the Opposition’s lack of a clear chief mobile app. For all those who to eligible youths above the age on the path of development,” he said. It is not appropriate for the Prime Minister to ment and putting them out of wishes of the Centre”. ministerial candidate could do not have a smartphone, the of 21 years. PTI Continued on Page 4 speak lies for the sake of votes,” he said. context to convey that there Continued on Page 4 .// 0 R $ R ! van too received injuries. “One girl with injuries has " # $ The accused 21-year-old been admitted in trauma cen- #3060 ! auto driver, Salman, a resident tre, Civil Lines. There were % & '( of Azadpur, has been arrested, reportedly ten students in the n a major setback to jailed police said.Both Maruti Eeco van, all from Rosary School, Iformer Bangladesh Prime ! " # /1#23% school van and the goods car- Model Town,” said a senior Minister Khaleda Zia, a top "# $P rier turned turtle. It is sus- police official. “A case under court on Tuesday ruled that a &&( $!) $ n eight-year-old school- pected that the school van dri- Sections 279, 337 and 304A of person jailed for more than two L M Aboy died and a schoolgirl ver too was speeding. The van the IPC has been registered and years cannot contest polls, L M sustained grievous injuries reportedly overturned four the driver Salman (21) has effectively ruining her ,- when a private van carrying times before coming to a halt. been arrested,” he added. chance to participate in the them along with eight other The impact was so severe that According to Delhi Police December 30 polls. students of Rosary School in all the window panes of the van data, a total of 6,532 challans Attorney General Model Town was hit by a shattered, said a passerby. were issued to school vans for Mahbubey Alam said the ( ) speeding goods carrier The students and the dri- traffic violations in 2018, com- Bangladesh Nationalist Party autorickshaw in North Delhi’s ver were immediately evacuat- pared to 2,183 in 2017. Earlier (BNP) chairperson, who is ! #$!* Timarpur area on Tuesday ed by commuters. All the on April 26, a seven-year-old convicted in two graft cases, " +" afternoon. The girl is battling injured were taken to a nearby girl died and 17 other children cannot contest the upcoming &&( .,%- ' for her life at Civil Lines hospital where eight-year-old were injured when an over- 11th general election next " $ Trauma Centre. Seven other Vaibhav succumbed to his loaded school van was rammed month. students and the driver of the injuries. by a milk tanker. Continued on Page 4 /"0( , ! %!200,0#5 a member state in alphabetical /1#23% order. The member state host- ing the summit assumes the n an effort to break the log- Chair of the Association. The Ijam in bilateral ties with last SAARC Summit in 2014 India, Pakistan has decided to was held in Kathmandu, which invite Prime Minister Narendra was attended by Modi. Modi for the South Asian The 2016 SAARC Summit Association for Regional was to be held in Islamabad. Cooperation (SAARC) summit But after the terrorist attack on to be held there. an Indian Army camp in Uri, Making this announcement J&K, on September 18 that in Islamabad on Tuesday, year, India expressed its inabil- Pakistan Foreign Office ity to participate in the summit Spokesman Mohammad Faisal due to “prevailing circum- said Prime Minister Imran stances” and stepped up diplo- Khan in his first address had matic pressure on Pakistan. said if India takes one step for- Nineteen Indian soldiers were ward, Pakistan will take two. martyred in the attack. Prime Minister Modi will be The SAARC summit was invited for the SAARC summit, called off after Bangladesh, Faisal was quoted as saying by Bhutan and Afghanistan too Dawn newspaper. declined to participate in the ! ! SAARC summits are usu- Islamabad meet. " # ! $%& '( ) !! *! ally held biennially, hosted by Continued on Page 4 !! $#( )*"%+,-+./, 5 64. 12 # P * 0 -6& % $ 0 3 *! ! ** /1#23% # /1#23% n order to ensure better Delhi Police data shows saw an increase of 882 cases # /1#23% Icoordination and account- ollowing the school van acci- that 291 cases of dangerous dri- from 497 last year and 396 ability among the agency, South Fdent on Tuesday which led ving were registered in 2018 cases were registered for vio- ase of Doing Business’ to be Delhi Municipal Corporation to the death of an eight-year-old compared to 124 in 2018 and lating of permit in contrast to Ein every district of India,’ (SDMC) has decided not to boy in north Delhi’s Timarpur 17 persons were caught driving 109 last year. said Union Minister of allow any developmental work area, Delhi Traffic Police on school vans while intoxicated in Overcrowding in school Commerce and Industries, in its jurisdiction without hav- Tuesday claimed to have 2018 in contrast to 7 last year. vans have drastically increased Suresh Prabhu concluding the ing prior approval. launched a sustained action A staggering amount of to 60 cases compared to 20 last 38th India International Trade With the decision, all the against such erring vehicles. 1247 challans were issued to year. 322 challans were also Fair (IITF) on Tuesday and other agencies in Delhi will The data furnished by the school vans for violation road issued to private vans illegally gave a green signal to the next have to seek permission from Delhi Traffic Police has norms and indulging in driving used as commercial taxis and year’s theme as ‘Ease of Doing respective zones of the South revealed that a total of 6,532 without registration this year, 53 school vans have been reg- Business.’ This year, more than neurship available at the civic body before carrying out challans have been issued to which is a drastic increase istered for driving without pol- 5 Lakh people visited the Fair ground level. The entrepre- any work on roads, parks and school vans till November 15 from the 38 cases registered last lution certificate. Compared in 14 days due to the space con- neurship in the villages and any other places that come generally unaware about works ((& &2&=& 2018. However the number of year. to 99 cases last year, 312 cases straints. small towns is unbelievable. To under its jurisdiction. being done by the other agen- &(((& &&> prosecution in the 2017 stood In 110 instances this year, were of stop line crossing were “For the first time in the promote it we are coming out A senior SDMC official cies in our areas. It is an ?&26 /2 62&?&=& at 2,183 which was far less than Delhi Police have caught own- reported this year. world, we are working on the with the special scheme with said the lack of coordination attempt to bridge the gap & /& 1==8 0 the action taken by the law ers who allow under age drivers Speaking to The Pioneer, ease of doing business in every Geographical Indicators (GI) have always been a major stum- among the agencies for better 8&/ 2&=22 1 2> enforcing agency in the current to drive school vans endan- Joint CP (Traffic) Alok Kumar district of India. If ease of where your product can be dis- bling block in carrying out any coordination,” she said. 2 0:?2>0 &2 year. In all, it can be seen that gering the lives of children on said, “Delhi traffic officials doing business improves in played on real time basis. developmental project in the The decision was taken ?(=&= 6&10&2 2018 has seen a drastic increase board. Special Commissioner have been holding regular every district, just imagine the The government is also national capital. Taking it into after many such instances were A120= school vans violating norms of Police (Traffic) Taj Hassan meetings with the principals of entrepreneurship in the coun- working on a comprehensive consideration, the standing noticed in its areas. There are and regulations in the nation- said, “Traffic Police keeps a tab schools all over the city in this try as there will be no hin- strategy for village and district committee of the civic body multiple agencies in the city development work affected in al Capital. on private vehicles ferrying regard and to ensure that drances from the agencies level. They will be ranking six passed the resolution moved by and they keep doing work in the city but also lead to delay According to the official school children and action is school going children are pro- which do not allow their true districts in five states which will Chairperson of Standing SDMC’s parks, roads and other in completing project in time data, several violations includ- taken under the provisions of vided with safe mode of trans- potential to be out,” the minis- be pilot districts and will be a Committee Shikha Rai on places come under the civic due to requires sanctions from ing cases of not using seat belts the Motor Vehicle Act that portation. In August of this ter said. benchmark to implement such Tuesday. body without taking prior per- multiple authorities, the official have increased with 2090 cases includes impounding of the year, we had highlighted the To improve the internal schemes, the minister added. Rai stated that there is no mission from the Corporation, said. registered compared to last vehicles and suspension of issue of unsafe vans being used trade, ease of doing business The minister also said that coordination between corpo- a senior SDMC official said. He said that it also creates year’s 869. In cases of over permits” adding that this is an to ferry school children and will help, he added. the current trade capacity of ration and other agencies Every year due to lack of a lot of confusion among peo- speeding 11 vehicles were issue and needs to be have asked them to ensure Talking about the entre- India is $14 billion while the resulted in a complete chaos as coordination among the agen- ple as the city has five different charged compared to three addressed.. that only licensed vehicles will preneurship in the country he potential of trade in India is it creates obstacles in com- cies which is responsible to pro- civic bodies in addition to an cases of last year. Improper parking cases be allowed in this regard.” said, “We have huge entrepre- between $65 and $70 billion. mencing any work. “We are vide civic amenities, not only elected Government. 2 ! ! ! $ 2 $ ** /1#23% Sandeep Medhak (25) and which Sameer sustained an which is being investigated by Furkan (45). injury on his left leg. Special Cell. Furkan confessed 0- A n a joint operation by Delhi “The arrested arms ped- He was rushed to a gov- that he used to run illegal Iand Meerut Police, two noto- dlers were allegedly active in ernment hospital in Meerut, firearms manufacturing unit in rious criminals, who were Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh where he is being treated,” said a house in Meerut where he ** with a senior doctor of Haryana ship several times and tried to active members of syndicate of and other northern states and the DCP. had commissioned experts of - . -.0 Animal Husbandry settle the issue, but failed”. illegal arms suppliers, were had over a dozen cases regis- “Six rounds were fired by arms manufacturing Department in Gurugram and “The accused called my * " + arrested after a shootout at tered against them at different the accused while seven were from Munger, Bihar,” the DCP man was brutally mur- his wife Geeta is a teacher in brother near a chowk in Sector Meerut in Uttar Pradesh on police stations. They used to fired by the police team. Three said. Adered by his neighbour in Kendriya Vidyalaya and is post- 83 on Sunday evening and New Delhi: A 26 year-old man Monday night. supply arms on demand in bullets hit the safety jackets of “Furkan, earlier used to Sector 83 of Gurugram after he ed outside Haryana. smashed his head multiple allegedly committed suicide The Delhi Police had ear- Delhi, Haryana, UP and many three police personnel. After bring these illegal arms from objected to his relation with his Complainant Ramesh times in the middle of the road after slitting the throat of his 23 lier announced a reward of Rs other places,” said the DCP. Sameer’s injury, the police Munger. For the last many wife on Monday. Kumar, elder brother of the vic- and fled the spot. Later the year-old live-in partner whom 1 lakh each on their heads and “The joint team laid a trap managed to overpower the months, he started his own unit The diseased identified as tim, told the police that Vikram, police informed him about the he suspected of infidelity at the Meerut police had also at Lisari gate area on Monday accused. A 32 bore pistol, a of arms manufacturing in Vikram Yadav (30) who was his wife Geeta and two children incident” Kumar mentioned in their rented residence in declared a reward of Rs 25,000 night. The duo was spotted rid- country made pistol, cartridges Meerut where he had engaged attacked with a steel rod mul- lived in a two-storeyed house in his complaint. Chhattarpur on Monday night. each. ing on scooty at about 11 PM and a Scooty with a Delhi experts from Munger. By the tiple times by his neighbour Sikanderpur (Sector 85). The victim was first rushed Police have recovered a According to Pramod and on seeing the police both number were recovered from arrest of Furkan and Samir and Ramesh Yadav alias Tinu near Kumar alleged in his police to a private hospital in suicide not in which the Singh Kushwaha, Deputy started firing. their possession,” said the DCP. earlier arrested five of their a roundabout in Sector 83 on complaint that “The accused Gurugram and later he was deceased identified as Avishek Commissioner of Police In total, 13 rounds of fire “During interrogation, associates by Special Cell, com- Sunday evening. He succumbed and Geeta had developed an referred to AIIMS in Delhi Mondal said that he suspected (DCP), special cell the arrest- were exchanged between the both admitted their role in case plete syndicate has been to his injuries on Monday. illicit relation. He and his broth- where he succumbed on his partner of infidelity and was ed men have been identified as police and the accused, during of illegal arms supply in Delhi smashed,” the DCP added. The victim was a driver er had objected to the relation- Monday. possessive about her. According to Vijay Kumar, Deputy Commissioner of Police ;A (DCP), South district, a police 34 * , ! ! "# ! $ % control room (PCR) call was received on Monday from a woman caller saying that the door ** /1#23% of her flat in Suman colony, Ch- ! ! , B6 hattarpur extension is locked he 38th edition of India from inside and not being ope- #+ /1#23% ferred and posted as Secretary of TInternational Trade Fair ned following which a team was Art, Language and Culture. concluded on Tuesday with dispatched for the spot. SR ith the appointment of However, he will remain the Bihar winning the ‘gold trophy’ ** /1#23% WVijay Kumar Dev, former finance commissioner. for best presentation in the cat- Chief Election Officer as the new Besides the two, the other egory States & Union he Delhi Police has arrested Chief Secretary of Delhi, the four IAS officers has been Territories. While Himachal Ta father-son duo who were Lieutenant Governor (L-G), assigned additional charges with Pradesh bagged silver and involved in a case of murder in Anil Baijal has made a major the existing post. Uttarakhand got bronze in the Jafarpur area and were abscond- reshuffle of bureaucratic officers The Prinicapl Secretary of same category, Uttar Pradesh ing since October last year. in the Delhi Government. Finance, Renu Sharma, IAS managed with an appreciation They were carrying a reward of Around six senior IAS officers 1988 batch who was also hold- letter. 25,000 each, police said have been transferred/posted ing the charges of principal sec- Union Minister for Tuesday. “The accused were with additional charges with retary (Planning) and chief Commerce and Industries, identified as Naresh Kumar immediate effect. nodal officer will now hold the Suresh Prabhu presented the (52) and his son Vikas (23), res- Manoj Kumar Parida, a post of Principal Secretary, awards to the participants. idents of Najafgarh. Two pistols 1986 batch IAS officer of the Home. Sanjeev Khirwar, IAS “The competition among with live rounds were recovered AGMUT cadre, who was hold- (1994 batch), secretary of Health the states was a very healthy with their arrest,” said Deputy ing additional chief secretary of and Family Welfare has been one. The states have done Commissioner of Police Delhi Home department, also assigned the charges of addi- extremely well in terms of dis- (Dwarka) Anto alphonse. holding additional charges of tional charge of secretary , playing with the resources “On October 25 last year, additional charges of chief sec- Public Works Department available in the states. police received a call regarding retary (GAD/PWD) has been (PWD). Congratulations to all the a man shot at Malikpur village transferred to Delhi Financial Further, Varsha Joshi, awardees,” said Prabhu. in Jafarpur Kalan area. On Corporation (DFS) as Chairman Secretary (Power) and Secretary In the North Eastern States Micro, Small and Medium Reserve Police Force (CRPF) given to Hari Darshan (India). reaching the spot, it was found cum Managing director. cum commissioner of Transport category, Assam stood first Enterprises (MSME) settled got an appreciation letter each. Prime Time Vintage (India) that one Sachin sustained gun- Further, Rinku Dhugga, Department will now also hold while Nagaland and Mizoram for a silver trophy. Interestingly, As far as the foreign sector won the silver and bronze was shot injury after being alleged- 1994 batch IAS officer of the additional charge of got silver and bronze respec- this year’s theme was ‘Rural category, participants from given to Arvind Dairy Private ly assault by a few persons of AGMUT cadre who was post- Secretary (GAD). The CEO of tively. Enterprises of India’ and a Turkey won the first prize Limited (India). the same village,” said the DCP. ed as Chairman cum Managing Delhi Jal Board, Anil kumar Directorate of Income Tax huge focus was put on MSMEs. while China won the silver and Apart from that, the gold The victim’s father filed a Director (CMD) of DFS, also Singh holding the additional bagged gold in the category of In the same category, bronze was awarded to South trophies were given to the complaint against four per- holding the additional charges of charge of secretary of Irrigation Ministries, Public Sector Khadi & Village Industries Korea. partner country Afghanistan, sons — Naresh Pandit, his son secretary of Art, Culture and and Flood Control will now hold Undertakings (PSUs) & Public Commission (KVIC) won Awards were also given to focus country Nepal and focus Vikas, Ankit Khotia and Anil Language and as Finance the additonal charge of secretary Sector Enterprises (PSEs). In bronze while Geographical private sector participants. In state Jharkhand this year by the — stating that they had assault- Commissioner has been trans- (Environment and Forest). the same category, Ministry of Indicators (GI) and Central the category, gold trophy was minister. ed his son. #5 ! 2/

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As per the data shared by owners will get down payment draft on a public platform to The officials said that the the government, subsidy up to subsidy up to 20,000 and 5% elhi Assembly on Tuesday Environment Minister Imran prescribed procedure or due .-%!$.0$%9/ the public opinion for the main aim of the initiative taken 22,000 will be given on pur- interest, subsidy of 20,000 Dadopted a resolution asking Hussain highlighted that names process of law,” it also stated. !7!$9/2%/ implementation of the Act, the is to control the increasing chase of e-two wheelers to will be provided for the first Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of around 10.5 lakh voters Responding to AAP’s accu- transport department is aiming level of air pollution by ensure their cost is less than or 5000 e-Carriers (Electric goods for a fresh door-to-door survey have been deleted by the poll sations, the Leader of to remove key hurdles in reg- strengthening the infrastruc- equal to petrol two wheelers. vehicles) with advanced and to verify names of voters delet- body. Opposition (LOP) Vijender #+ /1#23% istration of vehicles and target ture for battery charging and Further, additional subsidy will swappable batteries. Moreover, ed from the list of electoral rolls The resolution read that Gupta slammed the AAP and 25 percent of all new vehicle swapping which will provide an also be provided for the mod- full waiver will be given on reg- of the Government of National CEO of Delhi will put the said the ruling AAP party is n order to curb pollution and registrations to be electric by access within 3 km range from els with swappable battery. The istration fees, road tax and Capital Territory of Delhi complete list of voters that was misleading the House and peo- Isave environment in the 2023. anywhere in Delhi. government will also give one time parking fee at munic- (GNCTD). deleted after Delhi assembly ple of Delhi. National Capital, the Aam “About 30 percent of ‘par- “Further, the additional incentive of up to 15,000 for ipal Corporation of Delhi. The resolution tabled by elections held in February 2015 Gupta alleged that as per Aadmi Party (AAP) ticulate pollution’ in winter is fees on non-electric vehicles the older vehicles under scrap- It may be recalled that Aam Aadmi Partyb(AAP) on election Commission’s web- the latest figures of the Election Government on Tuesday caused by vehicles. Rapid adop- will fund the bulk of corpus ping incentives. the Delhi Cabinet chaired by MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj asked site. Commission for the four years released the new draft Delhi tion of zero-emission electric created to incentivise the adop- “It has also been the Chief Minister Arvind the government to start “A physical copy and a during 2015-18, contrary to the Electric Vehicle Policy 2018 to vehicles is therefore of great tion of electric vehicles. This decided that, if auto owners will Kejriwal had taken a policy inquiries for the all the delet- digital copy of all such deleted claim of AAP MLAs in the convert the vehicle registration importance to Delhi. policy will also seek to promote convert into electric vehicles, decision to procure total 1000 ed voters which are found gen- voters should be provided to all House, as many as 3,05,277 system to online. Presently, Recognising the need for a new large scale job creation in dri- they will get a down payment fully electric buses under Delhi uine and submit the report in recognised political parties of names have been added. He the registrations of vehicles approach to kick-start electric ving, selling, financing, servic- subsidy up to 12,500 with five Transport Corporation (DTC) house in three month span. Delhi,” the resolution quoted. also placed the latest figures for are done manually at the vehicle adoption, we have ing and charging of electric percent interests. Also, to pro- scheme by 2019 to control the Targeting rival Bharatiya “The CEO should imme- record in the House as per Regional Transport Offices drafted a comprehensive Delhi vehicles,” said a senior official mote electric vehicles, open increasing level of pollution in Janata Party (BJP), AAP MLAs diately conduct a door-to-door record of the CEO. (RTOs). Also, the Delhi Electric Vehicle Policy with of transport department. permit system will be intro- the city. said that BJP is doing the pol- survey along with representa- On the basis of these fig- itics of “vote deletion” and tives from recognised political ures, he informed the House Election Commission has parties in order to ascertain the that the number of deletion deleted the name of alive peo- veracity of all deleted voters,” during the period is 10,68,023 ,0 4 $ ! "$ ple on the direction of BJP. resolution further stated. due to various factors such as AAP legislatures also targeted According to the resolu- deaths, transfers, change of Block Level Officers (BLOs). tion, there have been instances residents among others as com- 56 “On the directions of BJP, where person staying at the pared to this as many as %& '$ $$ (%) BLOs deleted names of voters same address or in the same 13,73,300 names of voters were in those areas where BJP has locality has been deleted from added due to births, migration ** /1#23% -9<$%"9!! fear of losing political battle,” the voters list without any due to Delhi and various other said Alka Lamba, AAP MLA procedure. normal factors. enior bureaucrat Ranbir "".0-2%%$ from Chandni Chowk “The officers of Chief “This has been made possi- SSingh has been appointed as Participating in a discus- Electoral Office (CEO), GNCT ble by technological advance- the new Chief Electoral Officer sion on the resolution which of Delhi have suo-moto delet- ments through ultra modern (CEO) of Delhi, officials said ** /1#23% was moved by AAP MLA ed thousands of voters in each software whereby duplicacy is Tuesday. Bharadwaj and later passed Assembly Constituency of eliminated and additions sys- Singh, a 1991-batch Indian he nursery admission with voice of vote, Delhi without following the tematically made,” Gupta said. Administration Service (IAS) Tprocess for approximately officer of Arunchal, 1,600 private schools in the Goa, Mizoram & Union national Capital will begin 00" Territories (AGMUT) cadre, from December 15 with the succeeds Vijay Kumar Dev of Government imposing an the 1986 batch who has taken upper age limit from this year. " over the Chief Secretary of Delhi Government’s Twenty-five per cent seats kindergarten, and less than six Delhi. Government. Directorate of Education (DoE) in pre-school, pre-primary and years for admission to Class 1. $ “Ranbir Singh, who had The Ministry of Home has released a detailed Class 1 will be reserved for eco- The proposal for an upper ) earlier served as the Affairs had last schedule as per which the last nomically weaker sections/dis- age limit was challenged in Commissioner of the East Thursday issued the order date of submitting application advantaged groups (EWS/DG). court last year. Though a Delhi ** /1#23% Delhi Municipal appointing the 1987-batch IAS forms for nursery class admis- The directorate has instructed High Court order last year 0 Corporation (EDMC), has officer of the AGMUT sion for 2019-20 session is all private schools to upload had allowed the imposition of he detection of a live bul- been appointed the new (Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, January 7. their criteria (with points for the upper age limit, the DoE Tlet from the possession of CEO for Delhi,” a senior offi- Mizoram and Union Territory) The first list of selected each criterion) for admission in had decided that the order O12&22 62 (0 a visitor at Delhi Chief cial of the Delhi CEO office cadre. children, along with marks open seats, on its official web- will be applicable only from &? (=&&1& Minister Arvind said. Dev will succeed secured by them, will be out on site by December 14. 2019 academic session. A0!( (-2 ( Kejriwal on Dev held the charge Anshu Prakash following his February 4. The second list will The government has also Apart from the abolished !0 2&&6 Monday evoked until recently when he transfer to the department of be out on February 21 and the set an upper age limit of less criteria, the schools have been :&/ 10=220&& a stinging was appointed as the chief sec- telecommunications in the cen- nursery admission process will than four years to be eligible for given autonomy to come up response from retary of the Delhi tral Government. conclude on March 31. nursery, less than five years for with their own points system. 6 C1&P0 8 7 &0 the Aam Aadmi &0?(&0 2 & Party (AAP) +61&28100 0 that put the 0>&??12&P blame on Prime 4 Minister Narendra Modi for his ** /1#23% Delhi Waqf Board. failure to provide security to the “The incident happened Chief Minister. 39-year-old man who went around 11:15 am. During the Accusing Prime Minister Ato meet Delhi Chief search, a live cartridge of 0.32 Modi of not being able to pro- /1#23% Minister Arvind Kejriwal as mm was recovered from his vide security to the Delhi Chief part of a delegation of ‘Imams purse by security staff deputed Minister, the AAP on Tuesday court on Tuesday acquitted (clerics)’ on Monday was at CM’s residence. Imran was questioned Modi’s claim of pro- ADelhi’s Health Minister arrested after a live bullet was handed over to the local police tecting the nation and women. Satyendar Jain in an alleged found in his wallet. This is the and accordingly, a case was reg- AAP Spokesperson and case of rioting in Paschim second incident involving the istered at the Civil Lines police MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj told Vihar area here before the Delhi Chief Minister after a station,” said the senior police reporters that attacks on Delhi 2013 Delhi Assembly election. chilli powder attack on him last official adding that Imran has Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Additional Chief week. been arrested under the strin- are planned by the Bharatiya Metropolitan Magistrate Samar The man, identified as gent Arms Act and an investi- Janata Party. Vishal granted the relief to Mohammad Imran, told police gation has been launched. “Either the attacks are Jain and four AAP volunteers, that he found the bullet in the He was produced in planned by him (Modi) or he noting that the witnesses cited donation box of his mosque court on Tuesday who had is not able to work properly. So, by the prosecution failed to around three months ago, kept sent him to two weeks judicial how can the Prime Minister, identify Jain, his advocate it in his wallet and later forgot custody. who is not able to provide secu- Mohd Irshad said. about it. He claimed that he had “During interrogation rity to the Delhi Chief Minister, Jain was arrested by the planned to throw the bullets in Imran told the police that he provide security to the people Delhi Police for allegedly riot- the river Yamuna but decided was a Muezzin at Masjid Bawli and women,” he said while ing and obstructing public ser- to keep it. Wali in Karol Bagh and two to addressing the media during vants from discharging their Imran is a caretaker at a three months ago, he found a the special session of the Delhi duty during the protest which mosque called Masjid Bawli cartridge in the mosque’s dona- Assembly called to discuss the was held after a reported rape Wali in Karol Bagh. He tion box. He said he had attacks on Kejriwal. incident. was among a dozen clerics planned to throw it in the Calling the attacks on In its order, the court who had gone to Arvind Yamuna River but did not do Kejriwal a serious matter, the also observed that no public Kejriwal’s home for a public so and kept it in his purse,” said AAP MLA requested the servant appeared before it to hearing or janta durbar, to dis- the senior police official adding Centre to stop politics and prove that he or she was cuss the issue of increasing that further investigation is take steps to prevent such obstructed by Jain from doing salary of staff working at the underway. attacks. official duty. 2 !'$"%

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Washington: Expressing soli- American counterterrorism er. So we must all work togeth- Singh Sarna, paid tributes to ist attack to justice. darity with the innocent vic- official called on Pakistan to er to end the scourge of ter- the innocent lives lost during Sarna thanked the State 7 2 2 tims of the 2008 Mumbai bring LeT operatives and other rorism. We must prevent the the attack. Department for instituting a attack, US President Donald terrorists to justice. terrorists who committed this He condemned terrorism "Rewards for Justice" pro- Trump has said the US stands "We call upon all countries, act of barbarism, LeT from ever in all its forms and manifesta- gramme announcing a bounty with the people of India in their particularly Pakistan, to do threatening our people again," tions and urged the interna- for any information leading to - $ quest for justice and will never their parts in bringing the per- Sales said. tional community to call upon arrest or conviction of any let the terrorists win. petrators to justice. All coun- In his remarks, Indian Pakistan to bring the perpe- individual involved in planning Tel Aviv: Israel has asked to justice." A total of 166 people, tries must uphold their inter- Ambassador to the US, Navtej trators of this heinous terror- or facilitating the attack. PTI Pakistan to "ensure full justice" The Israeli diplomat also including six Americans, were national obligations to take to the 26/11 terror attack vic- underlined that the objective killed in the terror attack on action against this UN sanc- tims on the 10th anniversary of the attack was to cripple the November 26, 2008, carried out tioned terrorist group and its of the carnage in Mumbai car- Indian society, economy and by ten Lashkar-e-Tayyeba out to slain al-Qaeda chief bin leaders," said Nathan Sales, 6"7 ried out by 10 terrorists culture, as well as the growing (LeT) terrorists over a period Laden in the garrison city of State Department's coordinator belonging to Pakistan-based bilateral relationship between of three days. Nine of the Abbottabad. for counterterrorism in his Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT). India and Israel. attackers were killed by the "We give Pakistan USD brief remarks. About 166 people, includ- In this regard, "the terror- police while lone survivor 1.3 billion a year... (bin Laden) Noting that a day earlier, ! ! *! ing six Israelis, were killed in ist attack failed miserably as Ajmal Kasab was captured and lived in Pakistan, we're sup- the State Department the terror attack. the Indian economy has con- hanged after he was handed porting Pakistan, we're giving announced a new reward of United Nations: Any person "As a matter of principle, attacks. At a memorial event organ- tinued to grow stronger, its down the death sentence by an them $1.3 billion a year — USD 5 million for information who takes part in terrorist we always believe that those Spokesperson for President ised on Monday evening by the culture remains invincible and Indian court. which we don't give them any- leading to the arrest or con- attacks or any acts of violence who are responsible for vio- of the General Assembly Maria Indian mission here to mark the bilateral ties continue to reach "On the ten-year anniver- more, by the way, I ended it viction in any country of those should be brought to justice, lence..Random violence for Fernanda Espinosa, Monica anniversary, Michael Ronen, new heights," he noted. sary of the Mumbai terror because they don't do anything involved in the carnage, Sales the UN has said as India acts of terrorism should be Grayley also said that any per- Director, South & South East Asserting that terrorism attack, the US stands with the for us, they don't do a damn said, "With this, we remind the marked the 10th anniversary of brought to justice," son or persons who take part Asia Division at the Ministry of can only be defeated by inter- people of India in their quest thing for us," Trump said. world that we have not forgot- the 26/11 Mumbai terror Spokesperson for Secretary in terrorist attacks or any acts Foreign Affairs of Israel empha- national cooperation, Ronen for justice," Trump tweeted. Kia Scherr, whose hus- ten those who perished 10 attacks carried out by terrorists General Antonio Guterres, of violence "should be held sised that it was important for "again called upon the "The attack killed 166 band and a 13-year-old daugh- years ago and we will not rest belonging to Pakistan-based Stephane Dujarric said at his accountable and they should be the international community, Government of Pakistan to innocents, including six ter were killed in the Mumbai until the perpetrators are Lashkar-e-Tayyeba. daily press briefing Monday. brought to justice." especially Pakistan, to ensure ensure full justice to the vic- Americans. We will never let terror attack, thanked President brought to justice." About 166 people, includ- Dujarric was responding to US Secretary of State Mike that the perpetrators and facil- tims and their families." terrorists win, or even come Trump for his tweet. It is an absolute affront to ing six Americans, were killed a question by PTI on the 10th Pompeo said in a statement itators of the ghastly attacks do The event was attended by close to winning!" he said. "May this day serve to the victims and their families in the terror attack carried out anniversary of the Mumbai that the "barbarity" of the not go scott free. members of the Indian com- The President's comments remind us that love overpow- that after 10 years those who by 10 LeT terrorists over a terror attacks and the US State Mumbai terror attacks had "It is important to provide munity in Israel, some Indians came days after he defended his ers hate. This is the strength no planned these despicable acts period of three days. Department announcement to "shocked" the entire world, full justice to the victims and visiting the country and also administration's decision to bullet can kill. This is our true have still not been convicted for Nine of the attackers were offer a five million dollar adding that it is an "affront" to their families," Ronen said, Rabbi Shimon Rosenberg, stop hundreds of millions of power. Thank you," she said. their crimes, Sales said, echo- killed by the police while lone reward for information leading the families of the victims that, urging "all Governments, who lost his daughter Rivka dollars in military aid to At a solemn event 'in mem- ing the statement of Secretary survivor Ajmal Kasab was cap- to the arrest or conviction of after ten years, those who including the Government of and son-in-law Rabbi Gavriel Pakistan for not doing enough ory of the victims of the 26/11 of State Mike Pompeo made a tured and hanged after he was any individual who was planned the Mumbai attack Pakistan, to ensure that the Holtzberg in the attack on to curb terrorism and criticised Mumbai terror attacks' at the day earlier. handed down death sentence involved in planning or facili- have still not been convicted for perpetrators and facilitators of Nariman House, also known Islamabad for offering a hide- Indian Embassy here, a top "Our citizens died togeth- by an Indian court. tating the 2008 Mumbai their involvement. PTI the attack are brought as the Chabad House. PTI

! stop doing experiments in the ,6 0 $ State,’’ Mir told reporters. O 8 J&K Congress president /1#23% tion on R&D and "be on its toes" to exploit culture of innovation and creation of !"999 Ghulam Ahmad Mir said the & , 7 ! the opportunity and support extended by Intellectual Property. Governor had exposed how the rompting Defence Research and the Government. The Minister said it is Delivering the keynote address, From Page 1 things are forced upon BJP made efforts to form a Lahore: The Kartarpur PDevelopment Organisation (DRDO) to necessary to invest in R&D in a big way Secretary Defence Production Ajay Kumar Peoples Democratic Party Kashmir. “If they (Delhi) would Government and install a per- Corridor would promote peace focus on research and development and the Government is willing to do that. highlighted the need to migrate from the chief spokesperson Rafi have installed Sajjad Lone as son with two legislators as and erase "enmity" between (R&D), Defence Minister Nirmala She said it is "critical to identify, moti- culture of seeking Transfer of Technology Ahmad Mir in Srinagar said Chief Minister, it would have Chief Minister. He said, India and Pakistan and create Sitharaman on Tuesday asked the organ- vate and support" people who are capable (ToT) from foreign sources to generating the video of the Governor’s been a political disaster. Delhi “Governor Malik has exposed infinite possibilities between isation to "introspect" and be "more nim- of innovating, fabricating and manufac- Intellectual Property in India, to achieve address has revealed how should seriously rethink and the plot of the BJP.’’ them, including the resumption ble" towards innovation. turing in-house. Sitharaman also asked her the goal of self-reliance in defence sector. of cricket ties, Punjab Cabinet The DRDO has to play an active role Ministry to break traditional barriers to The IPR has emerged as a key ingre- minister Navjot Singh Sidhu in R&D, the Minister said at the launch of innovations in defence sector by bringing dient of an ecosystem which stimulates said on Tuesday. Mission Raksha Gyan Shakti, a Defence in transparency and bridging existing gaps. innovation and ingenuity. An IP ) ! $$$ Sidhu, who arrived here Ministry programme focussed on enhanc- Sitharaman also stressed that all stake Facilitation Cell was established in April along with a group of Indian ing Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) holders should step up as more is needed this year which has worked tirelessly to journalists to take part in the culture. "The DRDO should, in a way, to nurture innovation in the defence sec- achieve ambitious targets of training groundbreaking ceremony of introspect to make themselves more nim- tor and translate it into commercially viable 10,000 personnel of OFB and DPSUs on From Page 1 K Chandrasekhar Rao’s the “repression of Razakars”, the Kartarpur Corridor in ble towards innovation," the Defence solutions. DRDO chairperson G Sateesh IPR and to facilitate filing of at least 1,000 “The Chief Minister of promise of developing referring to the militia active Narowal, some 120 kms from Minister said at the event attended by top Reddy said there has been a steep rise in new IPR applications. As part of the ongo- Telangana and his family think Nizamabad into London, the during Nizam’s rule. Lahore, was greeted at the officials of the DRDO, the Defence the filing of IPRs by the organisation. ing initiatives to enhance self-reliance in they can get away with doing Prime Minister said, “Let him He also lashed out at the Wagah Border by officials of Ministry and the three services. The Minister lauded the efforts of defence, the Department of Defence no work like the Congress.... first ensure drinking water Congress for making personal Pakistan's Punjab province. Admitting that R&D is a "difficult Department of Defence Production and Production has instituted a new framework They have adopted the style of supply to the people. Even attacks on him in the cam- The 4-km-long corridor area," she said it requires attention and has Directorate General Quality Assurance titled 'Mission Raksha Gyan Shakti' which the Congress which ruled for basic facilities are not available paign. “Instead of talking of the will connect Dera Baba Nanak a long gestation period, Sitharaman said. (DGQA) for focused efforts in spreading aims to provide a boost to the IPR culture 50-52 years without doing any- here,” he said. issues of development they are in India's Gurdaspur district She asked the DRDO to "refocus" its atten- awareness about IPR, thus promoting a in indigenous defence industry. thing. But that cannot happen He also targeted the Chief asking what is the caste of with Gurdwara Kartarpur now,” Modi told an election Minister for his belief in “mantr Modi, what is the age of Modi’s Sahib Narowal in Pakistan. rally in Nizamabad, as he took and tantr” (religious rituals). mother and what is the name The corridor will provide visa- : ; Congress president Kamal Pradesh, he has been fielded by his luck again from Khilchipur the poll battle to Rao’s turf. It was Modi’s first election of Modi’s father. Is it the way of free access to the Indian Sikh Nath as well as of the State BJP the Congress from Budhni this seat in Rajgarh district. Dr Rao’s daughter K Kavitha tour since the campaign for the running a campaign?” he pilgrims to the gurdwara. president Rakesh Singh is at time to challenge Chouhan on Hiralal Alawa is testing politi- represents Nizamabad in the December 7 State Assembly asked. Prime Minister Imran stake as both hail from his home turf. cal waters for the first time on Lok Sabha. elections began in the State. In Modi contrasted the per- Khan will perform the ground- Mahakoushal region. Digvijay Singh’s son a Congress ticket from “Congress and TRS are his typical acerbic style Modi formance of his own breaking of the corridor on From Page 1 MP Chief Minister Shivraj Jaivardhan is contesting from Manawar seat in tribal Dhar two faces of the same coin. targeted both the Congress Government at the Centre say- Wednesday. PTI While many Congress stal- Singh Chouhan and former his forte Raghogarh for the sec- district. Both parties are competing and the TRS and charged them ing he was able to change the warts including former Chief Madhya Pradesh Congress ond time in a row, while his Former Union Minister against each other on who tells with having a secret under- lives of the poorest of the poor Minister Digvijay Singh, State chief Arun Yadav are pitted brother Laxman Singh is trying and senior Congress leader more lies. TRS and Congress standing. While his entire fire- through various welfare and Congress president Kamal against each other in the high- his luck from Chanchoda seat. Suresh Pachouri is pitted are family-ruled parties playing power was concentrated on development schemes. Nath and Guna MP profile Budhni seat from where Besides former powerful against sitting MLA and a friendly match in Telangana the Congress and the TRS, Out of the six crore free gas Jyotiraditya Scindia are not the present Chief Minister con- Congress leader Arjun Singh’s Minister Surendra Patwa in polls,” he said, adding it was a surprisingly he did not made connections given to the poor contesting the Assembly polls, tested his first Assembly elec- son and leader of Opposition Bhojpur seat of Raisen dis- “big joke” that UPA chairper- any reference to his friend- families in the country, six they also have a lot at stake to tion in 1989-90. A number of Ajay Singh is contesting from trict. Former Union Minister son Sonia Gandhi and turned-foe Andhra Pradesh lakh connections were given in ensure their party’s victory in party workers are stationed in his traditional Churht seat in Sartaj Singh, who left BJP on Congress president Rahul Chief Minister and Telugu Telangana alone, he said. Under their respective bastions. this Assembly segment as part Sidhi district. denial of party ticket and joined Gandhi assailed the TRS for Desam Party president N the Saubhagya Yojna four lakh In case of Digvijay Singh of Congress strategy. Another relative of the Congress, is contesting being a “family party” at an Chandrababu Naidu. households were given elec- and a few other stalwarts, their Though Yadav belongs to Digvijay Singh and ex-royal of against Assembly Speaker election rally last week. “Did KCR (Chief Minister) tricity connections in the State. family members are in the Khargone district in Nimar Khilchipur Priyavrat Singh, Sitasharan Sharma from Modi sought to appeal to not destroy the State after the Holding the Congress fray. The prestige of the State region of the western Madhya also a former MLA, is trying Hoshangabad seat. “Telangana pride” when he formation of Telangana?” he responsible for the rich and referred to AIMIM leader asked the gathering. “The rea- powerful businessmen looting Akbaruddin Owaisi’s recent son was that his apprenticeship the nationalised banks during 2 % ! ! " )%$(( remark that whoever became and training was in the the UPA rule, he promised that the Chief Minister of Telangana Congress. If he has destroyed the wealth of the businessmen From Page 1 the seventh and eighth mem- with the Gurdwara Darbar ly several bilateral meetings are or undivided Andhra Pradesh the State so much, if those who who had fled the country will Maldives and Sri Lanka are bers of the initiative. Sahib in Kartarpur, Pakistan. being worked out. Modi will had to bow before his party. have done PhD in the destruc- be seized and the looted wealth Faisal said Prime Minister Meanwhile, the Indian also be meeting United Nations “A leader recently said tion come to power they will of the people will be recovered. Khan in a letter to his Indian Prime Minister will attend the Secretary-General António whoever became the CM of cause hundred times more “After I came to power the gates counterpart had expressed two-day G20 summit in Guterres. The Foreign Andhra Pradesh-Telangana destruction,” he said urging the of looting of the banks were Pakistan’s openness to resolv- Argentina and will leave for the Secretary said, the BRICS head had to be at his feet (kadmon people to give an opportunity closed,” the PM said. ing all outstanding issues summit on Wednesday. Giving of states will also meet in the ke neeche). You fought for to the BJP in the State. “Don’t State BJP leaders said the through dialogue with India. details about the summit, margins of G20. Telangana for your self-respect. allow even one Congress can- successful rallies of Modi had “We fought a war with India, Foreign Secretary Vijay The Group of Twenty G20 Will you want a CM who bows didate to win. Otherwise they given a shot in the arm to the relations cannot be fixed Gokhale on Tuesday said the is a leading forum of the at the feet of some leader will never learn.” their campaign across the State. quickly,” Faisal said. Prime Minister will speak on world’s major economies that instead of the people of “State after the State has The BJP, which had only 5 He said the Kartarpur digital revolution in India, seeks to develop global policies Telangana?” the Prime Minister wiped out the Congress as it assembly seats in 2014, all in Corridor, which will facilitate Ayushman Bharat programme, to address today’s most press- told another rally at had destroyed the country,” he Hyderabad, had largely con- the visa-free travel of Indian soil health card, and other ing economic challenges. Mahbubnagar. said. centrated its campaign to the Sikh pilgrims to Gurdwara Central Government The G20 was instrumental K Chandrasekhar Rao’s Trying to raise the region- State capital till now. Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, schemes besides risk posed by in stabilising the world econo- TRS has friendly ties with al sentiments of the people he Nizamabad and Mahbubnagar Pakistan, is expected to be volatility in oil prices and ter- my. Since then, its agenda has AIMIM of Hyderabad MP reminded them that the were among the districts where completed within six months. rorism. expanded to include addition- Asaduddin Owaisi. Congress Government is the BJP is now hoping to break “In this century diploma- Modi will also hold bilat- al issues affecting financial While accusing Rao of responsible for killing hun- fresh ground and win a couple cy has completely changed,” he eral meetings with several lead- markets, trade and develop- “destroying” Telangana through dreds of youth in firing who of Assembly seats. said, adding policies are now ers on the margins of the G20 ment. his Government’s policies and had raised the demand for With less than 10 days left made based on citizens’ emo- and have a bilateral meeting Collectively, G20 members not fulfilling his promises to separate State in the past. “Will before the campaign comes to tions and wishes. with Chinese President Xi represent all inhabited conti- people, Modi targeted the you allow such Congress to an end, Modi was expected to Both India and Pakistan Jinping, he said. nents, 85 per cent of global eco- Congress for silencing the aspi- come back to power in the undertake another round of have decided to build a corri- Asked if Modi will also nomic output, two-thirds of the rations of the State for two State”, he said. Modi praised campaign in the State and dor, linking Dera Baba Nanak meet US President Donald world’s population and 75 per decades with “bullets”. Telangana as a land where the addressing a meeting in in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district Trump, Gokhale said, current- cent of international trade. Ridiculing Chief Minister people bravely stood up against Hyderabad.

courts cannot contest the polls. doubled her jail term to 10 Kamal Hossain. have elapsed since his/her 66 of the Constitution...So the R The 73-year-old ex-pre- years. The chief state counsel said release. The two-judge High court scrapped their pleas.” mier is currently serving jail On October 29, a trial even if Zia was released from Court bench comprising Justice Zia was made vice-chair- terms in two graft cases involv- court convicted her in the Zia jail before November 28, the Mohammad Nazrul Islam person of the BNP, the largest ing charities named after her Charitable Trust graft case and deadline of filing the nomina- Talukder and Justice KM political opposition of the 999 slain husband Ziaur Rahman. sentenced her to seven years in tion papers, the Constitution Hafizul Alam passed the order, country, in March 1983 after She has been in custody since prison and imposed a fine of would not allow her to contest rejecting separate petitions the assassination of her hus- February 8, when Dhaka Tk 1 million (USD 12,024). the polls and “she will have to filed by five BNP leaders, band. She became chairperson From Page 1 Special Court convicted her in The High Court order wait for five more years after including Zia’s adviser of the party on May 10, 1984, “She is disqualified from the Zia Orphanage Trust graft came as the BNP, which boy- her acquittal to take part in the Amanullah Aman, seeking a a post she is holding till now. taking part in the upcoming case and sentenced her to five cotted the 2014 elections under elections”. stay on their convictions and In her 35 years of political elections,” Alam told a Press years of imprisonment for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina- As per Bangladesh’s sentences in graft cases. career, Zia went to the jail sev- conference, hours after the embezzling 21 million led Awami League (AL) gov- Constitution, a person sen- The Attorney General said, eral times. During the 2007- High Court issued a rule say- Bangladeshi Taka (USD ernment, was set to contest the tenced to imprisonment for “If the court allows them to 2008 tenure of the army-backed ing persons jailed for more 252,504) in foreign donations polls in alliance with the newly two years or above for a crim- take part in the next general caretaker government, she was than two years even if their meant for the Trust. On formed National Unity Front inal offence cannot take part in election by staying their con- in jail for about a year on appeals are pending with the October 30, the High Court (NUF) led by eminent jurist an election unless five years viction, it will go against Article charges of corruption. PTI !! $#( )*"%+,-+./, ! !9

0 $ !& ' 4 & E " # # ❝ &2& / 2 &&(, /1#23% a “definitive answer” when British, the Congress 6?(&7&=0& / 3 asked to name Mahatma Government rejected the pro- inance Minister Arun Jaitley 2&21(&:6 Gandhi’s father, Sardar Patel’s posal to build his statue at Vijay = ( &:( =(&: Fon Tuesday accused the father or his wife. Chowk in the national Capital. ) 0 , Congress of considering “sur- =&:820&: “The reason for this is sim- “The country had to be sat- 9 name as a political brand” as he 2? 2:2( ple. Decades of Congress rule, isfied with installation of his $ waded into the controversy := (: naming colonies, localities, statue at traffic round-about on % triggered by the Opposition = ((&&:1&2&: cities, bridges, airports, railway Parliament Street,” Jaitley said. - - # /1#23% All stakeholders in securi- party that launched personal 016/&2 & stations, schools, colleges, uni- He said the dangers of offi- ty establishment, including attacks against Prime Minister /6(&0&0 versities, stadiums after one cially glamourising one family n what has sent the security Central paramilitary forces, ($ Narendra Modi. 0&=(2&&O#0P family was intended to declare at the cost of those who made Iagencies into a tizzy, a group the Delhi Police and others Jaitley said the BJP will the ‘Gandhis’ as India’s royalty. a far greater contribution “is of five Jaish-e-Mohammad have been advised to take max- 0P2 ( ) “gladly accept” the challenge of They were ‘officially glamorised’ dangerous” both for the nation (JeM) terrorists has infiltrated imum precaution and remain 9 2019 general elections if the as the blue-blooded family of as also for the party to which into the national Capital and is on high alert. 4 Congress wants it to be the backdrop of some Congress you represent the legacy of a India. The others did not mat- they belong. suspected to be planning to hit Security at all sensitive " ) between Modi — the son of leaders naming family members well-known family, it is a polit- ter,” Jaitley said. “The contribution of other vital installations. installations, including the air- lesser-known parents — and of Modi. Jaitley said while the ical point in your favour. Mahatma Gandhi’s father great stalwarts like Patel and The group is also suspect- port and Delhi Metro ,4"".' someone who is known for his age of the Prime Minister’s Millions of talented political was Karamchand Uttamchand Subhash Chandra Bose is ed to have procured arms to besides Government buildings 0 parentage rather than capacity, mother was made a subject workers who come from mod- Gandhi, while Sardar Patel’s downplayed. Members of one execute its insidious plan, have been further strengthened ( merit and competence. matter of the electoral debate, est family backgrounds would wife’s name was Diwali Ba and family are projected as larger according to alert issued by the in view of the alert, In a Facebook post titled his father’s anonymity was com- fail by the Congress test of lead- father was Jhaverbhai Patel. than life. Their aberrations Intelligence agencies. officials said. "! ‘What was the name of Sardar mented upon as an inadequate ership. Merit, talent, ability to He said although Sardar become national aberrations. The group is in touch with Latest sinister plan of Jaish Patel’s father’, Jaitley said in a credential of the Prime Minister. inspire and lead would not be Patel, who was a frontline The party adopts them as its an arms supplier operating out comes amid inputs that &&($) dynastic party like the “The debate whether India a virtue. The Congress consid- leader of the freedom move- ideology,” Jaitley added. of Nepal and Saudi Arabia, Pakistan-based group’s chief $ ! Congress, talent and merit has should be a dynastic democra- ers only a great surname as a ment and was the Deputy He said the silver lining is an Intelligence Bureau report Maulana Masood Azhar has ) no space and the crowd around cy has been ignited by a self- political brand,” Jaitley added. Prime Minister and Home that country is changing and has warned. successfully undergone kid- the family is the cadre. goal of the Congress Party... He said even his “well- Minister of India, negotiated aspirational India judges par- Following the IB alert, the ney implant at a military hos- F! "G Jaitley’s post comes against The argument given was that if informed friends” did not have the transfer of power with the ties and leaders very harshly. security agencies have been put pital in Pakistan. The outfit’s on a high alert and security has bid to hit Delhi also comes been beefed up at all vital against the backdrop of the set- installations in Delhi, National back it has suffered at the F))%G 4$ 2 Capital Region (NCR) and hands of security forces in ( adjoining States. J&K over last one year. The five members of the Inputs here also suggest the ! ,$ < group include — Abu Musaib, bid to target Chinese consulate Abu Azhar, Rehman Afghani, in Karachi was a ploy by the &&($! New Delhi: External Affairs and broadening its scope, it said. Abu Wakeel and Saifullah Bhai. outfit to assert its presence in ) $ Minister Sushma Swaraj held Melescanu also reaffirmed The group members reached disturbed Baluchistan region. ) - wide-ranging talks with Romania’s support for a per- the national Capital earlier this Sources said JeM and Romanian Foreign Minister manent seat for India in a month and after collation of Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) are Teodor Melescanu to strength- reformed UNSC. inputs by the agencies, a high part of the security architecture en ties between two countries “The two sides reiterated level alert was issued on put in place by the Pakistani # during his four-day visit to the need for a comprehensive November 18. agencies ISI and Pakistan Army / India. During the discussions, reform of the United Nations, The group also includes for security of China Pakistan ! Sushma highlighted the con- including its Security Council,” two over ground workers Economic Corridor (CPEC). ( structive cooperation between the statement said. Romania (OGWs), one each from The Chinese Government the two countries on interna- will take over the Presidency of Sopore and Anantnag in reimburses the security expen- # tional and bilateral issues, the the European Council in Jammu & Kashmir. The diture incurred on securing the * " FF &! % ' Arabia and Nepal and has links from China for securing the commitment towards strength- sor during his visit from .! ! .? ?* .- 3 4 -&@ with the JeM group hiding in CPEC by citing grave challenge ening of existing bilateral ties November 23-27. PTI 4 . Delhi, says the alert. from the Baloch insurgents. 88 Q" 8 R 4 $ 4 Q $R &&($),% /1#23% *P"" (AIKSCC) leaders said. The farmers march C@@?, head of the Assembly polls demands that the two Kisan 0 7 0 Ain Madhya Pradesh, Mukti Bills — for guaranteed 6 ! Rajasthan and Mizoram, remunerative prices and for farmer leaders and social freedom from indebtedness — # % # /1#23% The apex court also asked observed, “Every time I read activists have appealed that be debated and approved in the counsel appearing for the this file, I am hit by the tragedy farmers should not vote for the Parliament. A cultural pro- % (! he Supreme Court on Bihar Government as to why of the case. It is tragic.” BJP if their demands are not gramme ‘Ek Sham Kisan Ke 0 2 6 TTuesday termed as “very FIRs have not been lodged The Bench said after going fulfilled. They said, “Note bandi Naam’ dedicated to farmers 6 ! shameful” and “inhuman” the under Section 377 (unnatural through the allegations and the ka jawab, kisan vote bandi se would be held at the Ramlila C@@? conduct of Bihar Government offences) of the IPC despite manner in which state police denge (farmers will respond to ground on the first day of the 4 C ' in not taking appropriate action there being allegations that was dealing with them, “We are Modi Government’s demon- congregation, where prominent ( following the allegations of children were sodomised at the of the view that the state police etisation decision by not giving farmer’s protest in the nation- Government and the BJP a singers Jasbir Jassi, Rabbi Shergil, O P-"" physical and sexual abuse of shelter homes. is not doing its job as is expect- their vote to it)”. al Capital in two months. befitting reply in 2019 election”, Hari Om Panwar, Bhangra children at several shelter “What are you doing? This ed. We would like the CBI to Thousands of farmers from “Farmers should vote to Ashok Dhawale, president of group of Jalandhar and Asmita &&($! homes and favoured a CBI is very shameful. You may deal with these allegations.” across the country are expect- those who will fulfill their AIKS said. theatre group will perform. ) $ 6 investigation in these matters. have filed a detailed affidavit The counsel representing ed to assemble at Ramlila demands,” said noted activist Leaders of all non-BJP The farmers’ protest under !' 6 20 % A Bench headed by Justice (in the court) but if a child is the CBI, which is already prob- Maidan on November 29 and Medha Patkar and Swaraj India political parties have ben invit- the aegis of AIKSCC, joint 2 Madan B Lokur said the State sodomised, you cannot say ing the Muzaffarpur shelter march to Parliament street the president Yogendra Yadav in a ed for the November 30 rally at platform of around 208 farm- & 3 ) was “very soft” and “very selec- that it is nothing. How can you home case in Bihar where sev- next day to demand a special Press conference on Tuesday. Parliament Street. The Chief ers’ organisations, is being tive” in registering FIRs against do this? This is inhuman,” the eral women inmates were joint Session of Parliament to “Despite PM Modi’s recent Ministers of Andhra Pradesh, billed as a reminiscent of a sim- CH0 the perpetrators and asked the bench, also comprising justices allegedly raped and sexually discuss agrarian crisis. They statements that he had taken West Bengal and Bihar have ilar protest march to Mumbai Bihar Government whether SA Nazeer and Deepak Gupta, abused, said he would seek are covering more than 10,000 initiatives to solve farmers’ dis- also been invited for the meet- by over thousands of farmers these children were not the cit- told State’s counsel. During instructions on the issue by km across 21 States. The march tress, the issues remain. For this ing, All Indian Kisan Sangarsh from across Maharashtra in ( izens of this country. the hearing, Justice Gupta Wednesday. is expected to be second major betrayal, farmers will give Modi Coordination Committee early this month. ! /% 0 $ ! !O ,! P& + /1#23% tiality of non-nutritive natural nique, suitable cultivar and sci- 9!/ sweetener, and diverse agro-cli- entific knowledge. Here we ndian scientists have suc- matic conditions here, we have successfully gown it by /1#23% Transplant Organisation Icessfully grown the Chinese introduced its seeds from ensuring adequate climatic con- (NOTTO) under the aegis of ‘Monk fruit’ in Himachal China through NBPGR-ICAR ditions and agro-techniques.” nion Minister of State for the Health Ministry. Pradesh’s Palampur district. early this year. In spite of high demand for UHealth and Family Welfare His ministerial colleague Monk fruit, which hails from After intense research, the non-caloric sweeteners from Ashiwini Kumar Choubey on Anupriya Patel said that it is China, has high nutritious quality fruits have also been natural sources, Monk fruit Tuesday said if more individ- important to understand that value, low calories and sweet- harvested at Institutional accounts for a small share of the uals decide to donate their in India it is mainly the living ness that comes from a natur- Experimental Farm. alternative sweetener market, organs it will bring huge change donors who are donating al compound that does not “Now, a team of scientists remaining at about 2.2 per in country’s healthcare sector organs and only about 23 per increase blood sugar, making it etal improvement of the Monk ing for process technology and including agronomist, chemist, cent in natural sweetener mar- and many lives can be saved. cent of the organ transplant is safe for consumers with fruit. They hope to make it product development (extract) plant breeder and molecular kets. Thus, the market share of “There are lakhs of people being done with organs /1#23% diabetes. available for sale in Indian mar- from Monk fruit. We hope biologist from the IHBT are monk fruit is small because of who wait at top hospitals for obtained from the cadavers. Probably in first-of-its kind ket soon for the diabetic patients intense sweeteners made from intensively working towards the limited supply. life-saving transplants amid “There is a need to pro- he Supreme Court on efforts, scientists from the and manufacturers seeking a the juice of this fruit will soon development of good agricul- However, global demand is acute shortage of donors. Even mote cadaver or deceased TTuesday asked CBI’s Special Indian Institute of Himalayan low-calorie ingredient. be available in the market,” tural practices and varietal gradually on increase in view of if a section of individuals organ donation rather than Investigation Team (SIT) to file Bio-resource Technology “Since India is home to 62.4 said Dr Sanjay Kumar, Director improvement,” Dr Pal said. rising number of diabetes and decide to donate his or her relying on living donors in a fresh status report giving (IHBT), a Council of Scientific million people with diabetes CSIR-IHBT, Palampur. Though Monk fruit is the obsese. According to an esti- organs, it will bring a huge order to avoid the risk of com- details of probe into charges of and Industrial Research (CSIR) Type 2, this is wondrous fruit Dr Probir Kumar Pal, native of China, this plant is not mate, the global market for change,” Choubey said at an mercial trading of organs and “abuse of official position” by lab, are now busy working for them. We have been suc- Senior Scientist, IHBT commercially cultivated even in Monk fruit is expected to gen- event to celebrate 9th Indian also to avoid the inherent risk former CBI chief Ranjit towards development of good cessful in our experiments at explained that “Keeping in the neighbouring country due erate 379.4 million revenue by Organ Donation Day by the to the health of the living Sinha who had allegedly tried agricultural practices and vari- our farms. “Now, we are focus- mind importance and essen- to lack of proper agro-tech- the end of 2026, said Dr Pal. National Organ and Tissue donor,” she added. to scuttle the probe in coal scam cases. The top court also asked the Enforcement Directorate > # Q: , R (ED) and the CBI to file their updated status reports on pending coal scam cases and -- /1#23% ❝ ?262= =&2 “India’s natural competitive Champaran, Bihar, explores On the possibility of ruling cide happened. This went on for the stages of their trial. /26&2: advantage had vanished”. what it means to be a margin- elites and political parties tak- three years. But that had a lim- A special bench headed by way from the political (8 12&2:&&2 “Our agricultural tech- al farmer in present days, while ing a leaf out of his book, the ited scope, only few benefited Justice M B Lokur, monitoring Aslugfest, BJP MP Varun 0 &2 &&2 niques grew outdated, our providing solutions to improv- Sultanpur MP said, “My pri- in Sultanpur and surrounding the probe by the CBI and the Gandhi has penned a massive = =&22&2 handicrafts, once pillaged by the ing the economic viability of mary concern is that farmers, districts,” he explained. ED into the coal scam cases, 870-page book exploring rea- &2&( :2& 2 British, found fewer and fewer marginal farming and high- labourers, weavers and others Varun said he, thereafter, asked the SIT to file a status sons of rural indebtedness, &2=&7& markets. Such an event draws lighting the role non-farm vote their concerns rather than worked with district adminis- report on probe into the deepening distress, slowing ? (= 1(0 natural questions — how did income plays in supplementing vote religion, region or their tration, identified all farmers in charges against Sinha. down of agriculture growth and India’s demographic change oneself below the poverty line. caste. Then politicians would debt who could potentially “Scope of investigation of income, failure of ‘Mandi sys- ( 2&= &2 transform its rural economy,” he Asked whether he would also react to their concerns commit suicide and worked out SIT has been confined to inves- tem’, decrease in land-holdings, = =&2/( questions in the book. present a copy of the book to swiftly,” said the BJP MP and a plan for 26 districts. “For tigate the abuse of authority rising suicides by farmers It focuses on the impact of Prime Minister Narendra sought to move away from example, we asked farmers to committed by Ranjit Sinha even as he seeks to find out why who has been away from the taining itself independent of rising prices of agricultural Modi, Varun said, “Yes, of controversies. grow pulses instead of paddy with a view to scuttle the rural economy is in shambles political blitzkrieg his party has external linkages.” inputs, availability of water, course!” He went on to say that He said the idea of writing which needed water and inquiry and investigation con- even after over six-decades of unleashed in the States under- Varun argues that for sev- soil suitability and pest man- there would not be any formal book came from the hinterland crowd-funded 30 crore in ducted by the CBI in coal independence and ‘dives going the poll process. eral centuries farmers were the agement, highlighting the nar- release of his tome. “I would be of the country during his trav- 2015-16 for them”. scam cases. The status report is deep’ to look at the root caus- The book — A Rural real strength behind Indian row window of economic ben- going across the country with el, campaigning and meeting On farmers burning stubble upto January 15, 2018. Latest es” and solutions. Manifesto-Realising India’s economy, generating agricul- efit for the marginal farmer. 14 lectures, the first being at students of universities in States. contributing to pollution and air report till December 31, 2018 “This is a solution-orient- future through her villages — ture surplus and trade revenues The well-researched book IIM Ahmedabad, second IIT Would you be applying the quality in Delhi, he argued cost be filed by on or before January ed academic critique. The book according to the BJP MP, “The brought in by its rural entre- that goes back and forth into Mumbai and third at Indian solutions (in the book) to your of stubble processing is 6,000 15, 2019,” said the bench also is blameless in its scope and feasibility of an Indian village as preneurs in handicrafts, calico the historical incidents of farm- Institute of Science, Bangalore,” own constituency? “In 2009, I whereas penalty of burning is comprising Justices Kurian seeks to find out how to solve an independent socio-eco- and metal work but suddenly ers movements, including that he said. His lecture series would decided I would give my MP’s about 2,500 per acre making Joseph and A K Sikri. a problem,” said the BJP MP, nomic entity, capable of sus- over last couple of centuries led by Mahatma Gandhi in begin from November 30. salary to the family where a sui- “economic sense”. !! $#( )*"%+,-+./, ! !5

POP $ $ $ ! + % ! ,4" "0$/0 ) " % ! ) * E "0$/0 ! ) $% usiness came to a standstill / t last Chief Minister Nitish Bin both Houses of Bihar .) % AKumar clarified on his legislature on Tuesday, the %% $ " neech (below standard) first working day of the week- % ( % % 0%I012 remarks he allegedly hurled at long short winter session, as : )!(! % Union Minister and RLSP chief the Opposition forced their . !')$!. olling in Mizoram will be Upendra Kushwaha which cre- adjournment motions and Pheld on Wednesday with ated a brouhaha in political cir- debate on law and order situ- ) ( ! % ! %$ over 7.7 lakh voters expected cles and gave opportunity to his ation. But their moves were (! %) to exercise their franchise in bete noire and his supporters to turned down in the Assembly . !' ) the State where Chief Minister mount attack on him. as well as in the Council lead- Lal Thanhawla is seeking a At the JD(U) legislature porters protested and leaders of bol ceiling fan is theirs. Paswan ing to turmoil and third consecutive term and party meeting on Monday late some other parties like Jitan refused to accept Kushwaha as slogan shouting. His mother and leader of the BJP looking to uproot the evening, Nitish said he never Ram Manjhi, Shivanand Tewari president of RLSP and said he Leader of Opposition in the Opposition in the Upper House Congress in its last bastion in A total of 209 candidates village have even erected a used this word against anybody. and Arun Kumar supported ceased to hold the post. Both of Assembly Tejashwi Prasad Rabri Devi said Nitish should the North-east. are in fray for the November 28 welcome gate at the border He said a TV news channel dis- Kushwaha and attacked the them also have called on Nitish. Yadav said the criminals were feel ashamed as his The Congress and the polls and the fate of the candi- expressing heartiest welcome to torted and gave wrong colour CM. Deputy CM Sushil Kumar “RLSP is already divided ruling the roost and adminis- Government was being run by Mizoram National Party (MNF) dates would be decided by Bru voters," Kundra said. to what he had said about the Modi went on record saying but Kushwah should say who is tration was sleeping. “Deputy criminals and such elements have ruled Mizoram since 1987 7,70,395 voters, which include Campaigning in the state level of debate. that the remark was not against insulting him,” said Paswan CM Sushil Modi is appealing were being protected. when it became a full-fledged 3,94,897 women. saw paradigm shift this elec- He said, “A TV channel Kushwaha or anybody else and and added that when the criminals with folded In the council adjourn- state. Interestingly, no party has Electronic voting machines tion season with political par- invited me at its programme and that he was present at that pro- Kushwaha failed to have con- hands not to commit crime. ment notice was pushed by been able to form Government (EVMs) will be used in the ties making extensive use of wanted to discuss development gramme. He also accused RLSP trol over his three MPs and two The law and order situation is RJD chief whip Subodh Kumar thrice since that year. polling that would begin at 7 social media platforms like issues. I had said that no polit- leader of raking up a non-issue MLAs how he could rule Bihar. at its nadir. Police is mute who said gang rape of minor Elections to the 40-mem- am and end at 4 pm. Facebook and Whatsapp to ical questions should be asked. for political gain. After failing to get an spectator and criminals of girls, kidnapping, murder and ber assembly in Mizoram, Ahead of elections, the woo young voters. But the anchor started asking The clarification of Nitish appointment with BJP chief RSS and BJP are creating social communal violence were order which has a population of state witnessed intense protests The ruling Congress political questions. I raised ques- is unlikely to satisfy Kushwaha Amit Shah, the RLSP leader tension and lynched an old of the day. about 10 lakh, is significant for by civil society groups over the banked heavily for the elections tion on the standard of the because he too knows that the said he is seeking time from person in Sitamarhi recently Despite the request by the the BJP that considers it to be place of voting for 12,026 Bru on its flagship New Land Use channel and said that the media CM had not called him name Prime Minister Narendra Modi and burned him alive and chair in both houses the oppo- the 'final frontier' in the region. voters. The issue led to replace- Policy (NLUP), which brought house should not stoop so low and that he used this opportu- to discuss the poll issues and against the wishes of his kin sition members continued In the 2013 elections, the ment of Chief Electoral Officer the party to power for two con- (Itna neeche star par nahi utar- nity only to malign the JD(U) seat sharing. Kushwaha who buried him in Muzaffarpur,” standing in the Well of the Congress had won 34 seats, SB Shashank in less than two secutive terms. na chahiye). My comment was president and make an issue in had earlier given a deadline of said Yadav and sought reply houses and raising slogans while its main opposition, the weeks before the polls. The campaign had reached not aimed at any individual.” bargaining seat sharing. November 30 to the BJP to take from the CM who was not pre- forcing the adjournment in Mizo National Front (MNF), Ashish Kundra, who its peak in the final week with The comment had come But despite all his efforts a decision, urged the PM to sent in the House. both sessions. got five and the Mizoram replaced Shashank, said on the visit of Prime Minister when the anchor asked him and antics, Kushwaha has give him appointment between He said questions related to Parliamentary affairs People's Conference bagged Monday that the Election Narendra Modi, BJP president about the charges of Kushwaha emerged to be a loser. His both November 27-30. the departments held by the Minister Shrawan Kumar said, one seat. Commission has made exten- Amit Shah and Congress pres- against him. The RLSP chief MLAs Lalan Paswan and The political circles here CM were not being answered. “Our Government is ready The Congress and the sive preparations for the Brus ident Rahul Gandhi. who is struggling to negotiate Sudhanshu Shekhar have said that an appointment or no Nitish also hold home depart- tom accept their demand, MNF have fielded 40 candi- lodged in six relief camps of Other prominent leaders with BJP leadership on seat turned against him and were appointment with the PM ment. Amid the slogan shout- hold debate on whatever dates each, while the BJP is Tripura to cast their votes at who campaigned in the state sharing and found himself cor- seen at the meeting of the BJP would clear how much weight ing and waving of placards by issues they want and reply but contesting in 39 seats. The Kanhmun village in Mamit included Union Home Minister nered, tried to take advantage of legislature party on Monday. the BJP leadership was giving RJD legislators, he said there they should raise any issue as Zoram Peoples Movement district where 15 temporary Rajnath Singh, DoNER the situation by accusing Nitish They said that they are in to him. In the first week of was total breakdown of law and per parliamentary norms and (ZPM), an alliance formed by polling stations have been set Minister Jitendra Singh, that he called him “neech.” RLSP and NDA and Kushwaha December the RLSP has called order and even Supreme Court rules. But they have no faith two political parties and four up. The village is located on the National People's Party (NPP) While he demanded a clar- is free to go anywhere. They a meeting at Motihari to chart was reprimanding Bihar in parliamentary democracy groups, is contesting in state's border with Tripura. leader and Meghalaya Chief ification from Nitish, his sup- also claimed that party’s sym- out future course of action. Government. and its institutions.” 35 seats. "The people of Kanhmun Minister Conrad Sangma. 8- @ O! ! 8 $ ; $ ! Kochi: Activist Rehana Fathima, the case. Fathima, who was also $ who had attempted to enter the part of the 'Kiss of Love' move- Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala ment in Kochi in 2014 against ! ABB when it opened for monthly puja alleged moral policing, was Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala against the September 28 apex last month, was arrested on among the two women who Assembly Speaker P court verdict, permitting Tuesday for allegedly hurting had reached the hilltop on Sreeramakrishnan has disal- women of all age groups into religious sentiments through October 19 but had to return lowed the introduction of a the hill shrine. her Facebook posts, police said. before reaching the sanctum private Bill by a Congress "The Speaker used to refer 6#@ Fathima (32) was arrested sanctorum due to massive legislator in the Assembly on the private bills to the Law from her office in Palarivattom protests by Ayyappa devotees. the issue of entry of women of Department to know whether in Kochi, they said. Fathima and Hyderabad- all age into the Sabarimala such bills had constitutional Thiruvananthapuram: The aged 10-50. The activist, a BSNL based journalist Kavitha were temple. backing. We had sent this Congress-led UDF on Tuesday The apex court had on employee, was booked by taken to the hills under heavy The Bill, urging the LDF proposed bill on Sabarimala announced that it will contin- November 13 refused to stay its police in Pathanamthitta on a Meanwhile, a BSNL attempt to enter the Sabarimala police protection. Some young Government to consider devo- also to the state Law secretary ue the protests till the Kerala earlier order, three days before complaint by Radhakrishna spokesperson said Fathima was temple when it was opened for women who tried to enter the tees of Lord Ayyappa as a sep- for legal scrutiny," an police withdrew the prohibito- the temple opened for a two- Menon, alleging that some of suspended from service in view monthly puja in October fol- temple were targeted by devo- arate religious group and a new official said. ry orders enforced in month long season. her Facebook posts hurt reli- of the police investigation against lowing the Supreme Court tees when the temple was legislation to protect their tra- "According to the Law Sabarimala. The Left Democratic gious sentiments. her. Considering the protest order allowing entry of women opened for six days on October ditional rituals and customs, Secretary, such a bill is uncon- The decision was conveyed Front (LDF) government-led She was booked under IPC against her by devotees of Lord in the age group of 10-50. 17 for the first time after the was proposed by Kovalam stitutional and not qualified to by the United Democratic by the Communist Party of Section 295A (deliberate and Ayyappa and BJP activists, the Anticipating arrest, she apex court order. MLA M Vincent. be presented in the House as it Front (UDF) convenor Benny India-Marxist (CPI-M) has malicious acts, intended to BSNL had earlier transferred her had moved the high court On September 28, the The Speaker's office told will be against the Supreme Behanan to the media here, been trying to implement the outrage religious feelings of any to the Palarivattom telephone seeking anticipatory bail, but it Supreme court had lifted the cen- PTI that the private bill was Court verdict," the official said. soon after the liaison commit- top court's order even as the class by insulting its religion or exchange in the city where pub- was rejected. turies-old ban on the entry of rejected based on the advice of The Sabarimala Lord tee of the leadership met here. Congress, the Bharatiya religious beliefs). She was later lic contact is not required. Dismissing the plea, the women of menstrual age into the the Law Department that a Ayyappa Temple has been "We have decided that our Janata Party and several taken to Pathanamthitta after A controversy had erupted court had directed that police shrine, but a section of devotees legislation in this regard would witnessing intense protests by protests will continue till the Hindu groups have been up in her arrest, police said. in Kerala after Fathima made an could take appropriate steps in is protesting the decision. PTI be "unconstitutional" and devotees and right-wing prohibitory orders in the tem- arms against it. activists against the CPI(M)- ple town in Sabarimala are lift- Behanan added that there led LDF Government's deci- ed. Our protests will be seen was "an unholy alliance sion to implement the apex both inside and outside the between the Pinarayi Vijayan court verdict. Assembly," said Behanan. government and the BJP/RSS The 13th session of the The business session of forces". Kerala Assembly, which got the state assembly begins on "Vijayan and the Sangh underway here Tuesday, was Wednesday. Parivar forces are hand-in- adjourned for the day as a mark The Kerala Police on glove and the former has of respect to MLA P B Abdul Monday extended Section 144 given the chance to the latter Razak, who passed away recent- of the CrPC that prohibits to get glorified through their ly. The session is expected to be assembly of more than four protests and arrests of stormy as the Opposition persons in one place, till their leaders. Congress-led UDF and the BJP November 30. "This is a ploy by the two have announced that they would Sabarimala town has been forces. We have had a consis- rake up the Sabarimala issue in witnessing repeated protests tent stand on the Sabarimala the House. ever since the September 28 issue. Meanwhile, a crucial UDF verdict of the Supreme Court “We will not withdraw our meeting here decided to stall that allowed women of all ages protest till the prohibitory proceedings of the 13 day-long to enter the temple that hith- order is withdrawn," Behanan assembly session till the Pinarayi erto banned girls and women added. IANS Vijayan government withdraws the prohibitory orders invoked by police in Sabarimala and surrounding areas. A BJP statement said here that the saffron party would cooperate with the P C George-led Kerala Jana Paksham in the ongoing assembly session on the Sabarimala issue. PTI !! $#( )*"%+,-+./, ! !;

7<<88 # % !/ 2 8< - !.%/0-0. $ hree terrorists and a soldier Tdied on Tuesday in two ## 69260$0 encounters in south Kashmir ! !30%6330#-9/$9# ,0% of the 100 convicts – that is where security forces had 0/#19.6#%/)29! Russi Mulla – was set free by engal Chief Minister launched a massive counter- # the court by giving him relief BMamata Banerjee contin- insurgency campaign and neu- 0!!9)%0$%9/1%$3!<.02 under the Probation of ued her relentless attack on the tralised 16 terrorists in less than ; &$ 9$3.".%0,!)9/#.! Offenders Act (POA). BJP Government for failing on a week’s time. 2%6#0199#%,.03% Of the 12 convicts who all fronts and burdening India Police said that a joint search 60!60. $%-.9/ were handed capital punish- with a “botched business, bleak operation was launched by a ment in the first phase of the industry, social conflict and joint team of Rashtriya Rifles, 0/#9$3.! 1993 serial blasts trial, Yakub dismal employment scenario.” Central Reserve Police Force Abdul Razzak Memon was Picking up from where she (CRPF) and counter-insurgency # ,0% Mansoor alias Farooq Takla for hanged to death at the Nagpur left at Jhargram on Monday, the police in Redwani village of ) ! - his alleged role as a key con- Central Prison on July 30, 2015. Chief Minister told an audience Kulgam district in the wee hours 4 !>& & ! he Central Bureau of spirator in the March 12, 1993 In the second phase of in Purulia how the saffron on Tuesday following input on ! $ ! & & TInvestigation (CBI) on serial bombings. The CBI filed 1993 serial blasts trial, there outfit’s tall claims of acchhe din the presence of terrorists. , ! ?C & Tuesday filed a supplementary a supplementary charge-sheet were in all seven accused (good days) had ended up in a people Mamata said. “This is While the security per- charge-sheet against a recently against Farooq Takla in the Mustafa Ahmed Dossa “big cipher.” a Government which has no sonnel zeroed in on a suspect- Kumar and Constable Avnish- Ghazwatul Hind, an al-Qaeda arrested accused, Ahmed Kamal TADA court here the second (deported from Dubai), Abu Mamata who on Monday work except intimidating the ed house, the hiding terrorists - sustained injuries. Yadav suc- affiliate. Shaikh alias Ahmed Lambum week of August this year. Salem (extradited from attacked the BJP for selling businessmen who do not fall in opened fire triggering an cumbed to his injuries in hos- Police said a search oper- alias Khalid Kamal Shaikh, for As many as 257 persons Portugal), Riyaz Ahmed Rama for electoral gains, on line with them. Today you encounter. pital later. This is second fatal ation was launched jointly by his alleged role in the conspir- were killed and 713 others Siddhiqui, Abdul Kayyum; Tuesday said how “they (BJP) raise a question and tomorrow During the exchange of casualty on army’s side since last police and security forces in the acy behind the March 12, 1993 injured in the serial explosions Karrimullah Osan Khan, Firoz have failed to tackle Maoist they will send Enforcement fire, two local cadre of banned three days. wee hours following the inputs Mumbai serial blasts case. that rocked the country’s com- Abdul Rashid Khan and Taher problem in Madhya Pradesh, Directorate, Central Bureau Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) out- On Monday, Lance Naik about the presence of terrorists In the supplementary mercial capital on March 12, Merchant @ Taher Taklya ( all Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand of Investigation and Income fit were killed. They were iden- Nazir Ahmad Wani, a former in the village. charge-sheet filed before the 1993. Property worth Rs 27 extradited from Dubai). whereas we have been able to Tax to your house. Today the tified as Ajaz Ahmad Makroo counterinsurgent turned army "As the searches were designated TADA court here, crore was destroyed in the blasts. On September 7 last year, eradicate the problem com- entire industry is afraid of and Waris Ahmad Malik, both soldier, who was twice award- going on, the search party was the CBI stated that Shaikh had The serial blasts were the a designated TADA Court here pletely from Jangalmahal areas them,” she said. local residents. ed Sena Medal for his role in fired upon by the gunmen. The been absconding since the 1993 outcome of a larger conspira- handed out death sentence to of Bengal which was once a hot The Chief Minister who Police said Makroo as had fighting terrorism in Kashmir, fire was retaliated leading to a blasts but was arrested on June cy hatched in Dubai, Mumbai two convicts Taher Merchant bed of Maoists.” was touring south Bengal dis- a long history of crime records was killed in an encounter in gunfight. In the ensuing 1 this year. and other places in India. and Firoz Abdul Rashid Khan Wondering what brought tricts to take stock of the devel- since 2017. “He (Makroo) was Batagund village of Shopian encounter, one terrorist was Shaikh had been declared Initially, the investigation was and life imprisonment to extra- the saffron workers to Purulia opmental works said how the a close associate of terrorist district. killed,” police said. a proclaimed offender by des- conducted by Mumbai Police. dited underworld don Abu and other Jangalmahal areas in Centre only made false slogans commanders including Naveed In another encounter in “Shakir was part of Zakir ignated TADA court here and In all 27 crimes were registered Salem and another convict the time of peace Mamata said of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Jatt and Azad Dada. Several Hafoo Reshipora area of Tral Musa group and had a long his- a non-bailable arrest warrant at various police stations. On Karrimullah Osan Khan. The “there was a time when the “but in reality they do nothing,” cases were registered against sub-district in south Kashmir’s tory of crime records since had also been issued against November 4, 1993, the TADA court sentenced the whole area was scared of whereas her Government with him,” police said. Pulwama district, a terrorist 2015,” police said adding that him on September 17, 1997. Mumbai Crime Branch had fifth convict in the case Riyaz Maoists as there was bloodshed limited means had been imple- Police said that an Army identified as Shakir Hassan huge quantity of arms and Subsequently a Red Corner filed a consolidated charge Ahmed Siddhiqi to ten years’ everywhere. At that time none mented schemes for women, soldier, identified as Prakash Dar was killed. He was close ammunition including rifles Notice was also issued against sheet before a special court. rigorous imprisonment. had the courage to come to this girl children and poor that had Yadav and two CRPF personnel aide of Zakir Musa, the self- was recovered from the him by the Interpol. The trial involving the first Of the six accused who had area. Only I came to these areas been hailed all over the world. identified— sub-inspector Amit proclaimed leader of Ansar encounter sites. The CBI’s investigations set of 123 accused had begun in earlier been convicted by the repeatedly. But now they (BJP) Speaking to people in an revealed that Shaikh was part of 1995 and concluded in 2002. TADA court on June 16 last are trying to create distur- area bordering Jharkhand the criminal conspiracy hatched Having begun to pronounce the year, notorious smuggler and bance by bringing in people Mamata said the neighbouring to engineer blasts in Mumbai. judgements in the first phase of key convict Mustafa Dossa from Jharkhand.” State had everything that a rich )'%8? Shaikh had gone to Dubai the trial on September 12, 2006, alias Mustafa Majnu died of a Attacking the Centre for State should possess “but due and worked in close association then designated Judge P D Kode massive heart attack at the ruining Indian economy by to the lack of intellect and plan- with several other prime completed the first phase of State-run JJ Hospital here on imposing demonetisation and ning of their leaders they have '! ) !'" )()%P %%$% absconders like Dawood verdicts on December 6, 2006. June 28. The court had earlier GST Mamata said “Notebandi failed to raise the level of their Ibrahim Kaskar, Tiger Memon Of the 123 who faced the on June 16 acquitted seventh has literally ruined the Indian economy.” 2 )6/91 planning to hold a meeting with in Rajasthan. The plan of hold- and others. trial, 100 were convicted and 23 accused in the case, Abdul businessmen. The whole indus- Meanwhile, in an unrelat- the district level RLD workers ing the agitation will be decided Incidentally, Shaikh is the acquitted. Of the 100 convict- Kayyum for lack of evidence. try has fallen flat on its face” ed development the opposition ashtriya Lok Dal’s senior and leaders. Right now our lead- by the senior leaders in the time second absconding accused ed, Judge Kode awarded capi- With both of them having adding GST only added salt to Left and the Congress on Rleader Anil Dubey on ers are busy in Assembly election to come,” he said. arrested by the CBI this year. tal punishment to 12 and life been charge-sheeted, Shaikh injury by “sucking out whatever Tuesday staged a walk-out Tuesday said the BJP had Earlier in March this year, the imprisonment to 20. Rest of the and Farooq Takla will under- was left within the moribund from the Bengal Assembly after ignored the farmers’ issues CBI had arrested Dawood convicts were handed sen- go trial in what can be called as economy.” their demand for a no-trust while it was portraying itself to Ibrahim’s close aide tenced to periods ranging from the third phase of the 1993 This Government does no motion was turned down by be their well-wishers. “It is the Mohammed Farooq Yasin two years to 14 years. Only one Mumbai serial blasts trial. work save intimidating the Speaker Biman Banerjee. time of sowing of crops but the farmers are not getting fertilisers and seeds easily as the cooperative societies remain B ?C closed in most of the districts,” he pointed out. The senior RLD leader said the party would launch a massive agitation to expose the ;A$:D !! BJP’s misgovernance in the time to come. Dubey said the BJP leaders were now covering !.%/0-0. ) !' 46.3%, Pulwama 0.6 %, Kulgam up their failures and misleading 14.5 %, Anantnag 6.2 %, farmers by making false claims. n overall 71.3 per cent " ) Kishtwar 82.3%, Doda 84.6%, “Even as farmers are facing a lot Aturnout was recorded in "" )= ! Ramban 81.1%, Udhampur of difficulty in getting fertilisers the fourth phase of panchay- ( )%% ,4> 78.9%, Kathua 80.7%, Jammu and seeds and cooperative soci- at elections in Jammu & 85.2 %, Rajouri 81.8% and eties are lying closed, the state Kashmir. The elections are !' % Poonch 82.5%. BJP government is claiming that being conducted in nine phas- !%% !? (($ Pertinently, in Phase-I of the same is available in abun- es since November 17. % ! ! ,> Panchayat Polls held on 17 dance at different centres in the According to the Chief November 74.1% polling was state,” he said. Electoral Officer, an impres- !/ %( ) % ! recorded across J&K includ- Hitting out at the Union sive 82.4 per cent polling was ! $ !'2 )' ing 64.5% in Kashmir division Government led by BJP, Dubey witnessed in Jammu division ! % ) % and 79.4% in Jammu division. said the Government had utter- and 32.3% in Kashmir divi- In the Phase-II of ly failed in fulfilling its promise. sion including Kargil and Panchayat Polls held on 20 “It has failed to provide jobs to Leh districts. centage of 75.2% which November overall 71.1% youths, one-and-a-half times The Kupwara witnessed includes 55.7% in Kashmir polling was witnessed across more price for crops to farm- 56.1%, Bandipora 24.4%, division and 83.0% in Jammu the State with an overwhelm- ers and doling out 15 lakh to Baramulla 62.4%, Budgam division. ing 80.4% polling in Jammu each of them. Contrary to it, the 46.3%, Pulwama 0.6 %, The voting for Phase-five division and 52.2% in corruption and price hike are Kulgam 14.5 %, Anantnag of the panchayat polls will take Kashmir division. hitting the all-time high. The 6.2 %, Kishtwar 82.3%, Doda place on November 29. Similarly, in Phase-III, the law and order in the BJP-ruled 84.6%, Ramban 81.1%, Adequate security arrange- State witnessed a polling per- States has derailed. To divert the Udhampur 78.9%, Kathua ments had been made includ- centage of 75.2% which attention of the public from its 80.7%, Jammu 85.2 %, Rajouri ing deployment of Central includes 55.7% in Kashmir poor performance, the BJP 81.8% and Poonch 82.5%. Armed Police Forces (CAPF) division and 83.0% in Jammu leaders are raking up temple Pertinently, in Phase-I of in the poll-bound areas. division. issue,” he said. Panchayat Polls held on 17 The overall poll percent- The voting for Phase-five The RLD leaders November 74.1% polling was age of 71.3% was witnessed in of Panchayat Polls will take expressed surprise over the recorded across J&K includ- the Phase 4 of the nine- place on 29 November 2018. hike in fuel prices. “In the ing 64.5% in Kashmir division phased panchayat elections Adequate security international market, the price and 79.4% in Jammu division. in the State. arrangements had been made of crude oil is low. Despite this, In the Phase-II of According to the Chief including deployment of the price of diesel and petrol Panchayat Polls held on 20 Electoral Officer, an impres- Central Armed Police Forces is witnessing steep spurt,” he November overall 71.1% sive 82.4% polling was wit- (CAPF) in the poll pointed out. polling was witnessed across nessed in Jammu division bound areas. Dubey said the BJP mis- the State with an overwhelm- and 32.3% in Kashmir divi- Pertinently, separatist governance had been exposed ing 80.4% polling in Jammu sion including kargil and leadership amalgam "Joint and public would give a befitting division and 52.2% in Leh districts. Resistance Leadership-JRL reply to the BJP in the 2019 Lok Kashmir division. The Kupwara witnessed had called for shutdown in Sabha election. “We will hold Similarly, in Phase-III, the 56.1%, Bandipora 24.4%, all poll bound areas in agitation in different districts in State witnessed a polling per- Baramulla 62.4%, Budgam Kashmir region. the time to come. The party is !! $#( )*"%+,-+./, ! ! ( 5 8$# " ( 5 5 : ; 5 / ? 0 / ; 8! 7 S ( # ( 4 @ ) ( ? / n April of 2019, the European Union ( (EU) proposes to bring into force a reg- ( ulation that requires companies oper- ( ating in the EU to adopt slogans that are accurate, failing which, such com- # O Ipanies will face fines up to two per cent of O ( their global revenue. The BJP must be (( counting its lucky stars then because this past week, it was reported by the Broadcast # ( ( Audience Research Council that the party was 44:387 =,*A the most advertised brand on television in A< ( the run-up to the Assembly elections, beating many corporate heavyweights in the B *C advertising space, such as Netflix. ( Funnily, in late August this year, we also # << saw the BJP to be the only party at the all- party meet organised by the Election DE Commission to reject the idea of a cap on # election-related expenses by political parties. follow the same ethos as the BJP’s ing it almost impossible to deter- online attack is at the very least # This article will examine how these statistics political strategy in dealing with mine what the true picture is. shameful but borders on com- only show that this is a smoke and mirrors specific criticisms that are While a responsible plicity. It is especially disheart- 8 a Government that spends more time in thrown at it, ie obfuscation over Government should take steps to ening that a number of these 7 ensuring that its marketing campaign stays transparency. check the influence of fake news, trolls and vitriol-spewing peo- P on point; rather than delving into complicat- Another change that was this Government has singularly ple are followed by the Prime ed questions concerning the country. introduced by the BJP was a cap failed to tackle an issue that has Minister wear this as a badge of Q > ) )) Ever since the BJP won the 2014 election, on spending for companies risen unabatedly since 2014. honour. The Prime Minister O ( its go-to strategy has been to use marketing under the Companies Act, 2013. Last year, for example, at would do well to disassociate ( and advertising to paper over the cracks that Prior to this, Indian companies least 30 Indians lost their lives from such entities and their have emerged during its governance. With were restricted from spending due to rumours that were circu- hateful abuses. Perhaps, though, O S # the state of the economy, the state of jobs and more than 7.5 per cent of their lated on WhatsApp. However, this may be too much to expect ( the fact that India’s premier security agency average profits towards funding rather than taking ownership of from a politician who has him- H is currently engulfed in a full-blown crisis that political parties. Now such a cap the matter, the Government self rarely shown restraint and 0 ( is unfolding each day in the Supreme Court, has been done away with. These entrusted the responsibility of insulted family members of the BJP has its hands full. So one can’t blame changes inarguably allow for 0/9$3. tackling this problem to the Opposition leaders and then ( them for trying — it is harder to keep every- greater influence by corporates intermediary. turned around and played vic- @ ; one’s attention away from the facts on the in our political discourse. During .0!9/137 The problem has been exac- tim when he is criticised for ( ground and use its money power to do so. its tenure, the BJP has had to also -/ %//!! erbated by the Government not doing so. On the influence of money in an elec- defend itself against a number of only because of its lack of seri- To end this piece, one might # ( tion, ever since it came to power, the BJP has allegations of promoting crony 0/# ousness in approaching the mat- ask what the Government must 3@!# displayed a singular focus not on limiting the capitalism. Whether it’s the $.0/!"0./)7 ter but also because of the sig- do to answer these uncomfort- # influence of money in elections but letting ‘Rafale’ controversy or the BJP’s nalling that the Prime Minister able questions on limiting the it run amok. It has set the example itself by ineptness in failing to check eco- 30<$06/0 and the BJP engage in. A recent influence of money and fake ( ( not only beating huge corporates in brand- nomic offenders like Vijay ,0)6!0$%!$3 BBC study bolstered the stand of news. The answer is not compli- ing but also by failing to change the system Mallya, Nirav Modi and Mehul the Opposition and victims of cated. For one, the Government *= ! O in place or to check such influence. Take, for Choksi from fleeing the country ".9,29; vicious trolls, that there is a sys- and especially the Prime example, the introduction of electoral bonds. with public money etc, the BJP N;06/1!O($3 tematic effort in subverting Minister should come out specif- ( O ( As I have examined previously in these can’t seem to shake this image. democracy that is in operation ically against hate and abuse that columns in The Pioneer, the electoral bonds The major problem I fore- , )6 3.$99 by trolls online who spread fake trolls spread and clamp down on S scheme recently introduced by this see with this unabated rise of !$!$9" news and aim to discredit actu- any such action within its camps. Government permits any person who is a cit- corporate influence on the polit- al facts. The BJP, however, has For another, it can just agree on izen of India or is an entity ical process is that there is no 1%$3$3".% turned a blind eye to it. a cap to election spending. I incorporated/established in India to purchase such thing as free lunch and the %/%!$. As per the report, “Many wouldn’t hold my breath on an electoral bond in favour of certain polit- influence of such funding, more of the Twitter handles that either though. ical party. Compared to other forms of fund- whether through electoral bonds have published fake news sit in Lucky for the BJP then, ing, disclosure requirements for these bonds or otherwise, is inevitably at the the pro-BJP cluster than in the who competes with big corpo- were made minimal by this Government. cost of other stakeholders, anti-BJP cluster”. This is not news rate entities on advertising but is For example, under the Representation whether it is an NGO advocat- to me. Within minutes of a post outside the ambit of the laws of of the People Act, 1951, (RP Act) political par- ing for environmentally friend- on Twitter criticising the the EU, that I mentioned at the ties are required to prepare a report of all con- ly policies or tribals fighting for Government, Prime Minister beginning of this piece. If the BJP @ ,$ @$ $0 $ tributions received in excess of 20,000 from their land. We must be wary and Modi or the BJP, there is almost did have to similarly comply to 2 a person or a company in a financial year. guard against such fate. an immediate outflow of abuse such regulations, a change in They are required to submit this report to the Another reason why gen- and vitriol that one is subjected branding would be deemed nec- *++, Election Commission. After the introduction uineness and transparency in to. Such systematic targeting essary: “Suit-Boot Ki Sarkaar”, f o r of the electoral bonds scheme as also, our political discourse have suggests that there is a commit- example, has a nice ring to it and ) - amendments introduced under the Finance taken a back-seat is the problem ted mass that has been hired to may be more authentic than “Na ! # ( Act, 2017, the RP Act now creates an of ‘fake news’. The buck here, too, do just this. khaaonga, Na khaane doonga”. ( exemption to this reporting requirement for must stop with Prime Minister The fact that the (The writer is Jharkhand contributions made in the form of electoral Modi. ‘Fake news’ has skewed Government has taken no PCC president, former MP and ./ bonds to political parties. These amendments our political discourse by mak- action against this form of IPS officer. 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15-29 age group in the region, it is vulnerable to stress, fatigue and ness and positive action. network across the intellectual and teachers, school administrators, and essential that the school curricula be depression, neuroscientists recently Importantly, the practice of self- emotional such that these neural net- education policy-makers but also revised so as to ensure proper men- showed that focused and explicit compassion has emerged as a power- works can in actuality produce the parents. tal health and well-being of people. training in mindfulness, empathy ful antidote to handle anxiety. When virtues and values that drove Gandhi We all must move away from the Recent brain research has exposed and compassion can provide solu- faced with life challenges or while con- to practice empathy, kindness and present assessment-obsessed system to the vulnerability of the adolescent tions for better mental health. fronting failure, if adolescents respond compassion to all beings, irrespective a structure that rewards kindness and # " $ brain. During adolescence, the brain Research from the laboratories of with compassion and kindness to of religion, gender, ideology, and caste. consideration for social good. If not " ? undergoes tremendous neural growth Richard Davidson at the university self, rather than inflicting harsh pun- The good news: Recent studies then we can expect learners to be in a %" and pruning, leading to massive re- of Wisconsin, Madison and Tania ishment, they accept and recognise involving adolescents in schools state of perpetual cognitive dissonance, 0 CH organisation of connections between Singer at the Max Planck Institute in that limitation and weakness is a part show similar promise. Initial results which might even cause further dis- he ‘Mental Health Status of different brain areas. Leipzig showed that each of these of the human experience. This process point towards more pro-social comfort, stress and anxiety, wonder- Adolescents in South-East Asia: During teenage brain develop- competencies employ a distinct not only allows students to handle aca- behaviour on the part of the students ing which path they should take. TEvidence for Action’ report pub- ment, prefrontal cortex, which is neural circuit and build new connec- demic pressure but also builds a who were exposed to mindfulness With that sobering warning, we 1 ( lished by the World Health responsible for executive decisions, tions between the prefrontal cortex healthier and realistic representation and empathy cum compassion train- see optimism for the future as the Organisation (WHO) in 2012 stated begins to connect with other parts of and limbic cortex. of self — a process now acknowledged ing. The research and experiences are younger generation do begin to ques- that 86 million people in South-East the brain, primarily those connected Mindfulness is the conscious pay- to be critical for good mental health. still at an infancy stage but the sci- tion values and beliefs of the past and Asia suffered from depression and that with emotion. This connection ing of attention to experience and life The process of building these ence suggests promise. explore new multivariate identities that 25 per cent of all children between 13- between the prefrontal cortex and the that is unfolding right now and to cul- networks has been coined as Firing Therefore, if schools are to be ‘true’ emerge from a system that encourages ' (, 15 years of age suffered from this dis- emotion areas (the limbic cortex) tivate conscious regulation of attention, Gandhi Neurons, which is inspired by centres of learning, they need to be understanding the self, understanding ease in India. The report further said regulate reward, risk, problem solving, emotion, thought and belief. This the seminal work of Neuroscientist VS able to empower our youngsters to and helping others but with a critical ($ that India has the highest suicide rate planning and regulation. Short-cutting allows responses to be made as opposed Ramachandran’s work on mirror and not only acquire intellectual and eye to facts and evidence. Once they among 10 South-East Asian nations. of neural networks from external to just reacting to them. Empathy and empathy neurons. The difference technical skills, as required by the job do, then what they think, what they say The most common reported reason for receptors to the limbic cortex in some compassion need to work in synchrony between this approach and conven- markets, but also provide them a bet- and what they do is in harmony. And teen depression was anxiety and stress way explains irrational decision-mak- and are particularly helpful in handling tional approaches is that rather than ter understanding of themselves, that according to the Mahatma is the K due to academic performance, peer ing among teenagers. anxiety and peer pressure. While focusing purely on building intellec- their identities and relationship with secret to creating happy schools. ($ pressure and poor self-esteem. But we must return to brain sci- empathy is our general capacity to share tual knowledge, of why reducing stress other beings. But there is a dichoto- (Anantha Duraiappah is Director, Given that depression can lead ence for answers. Drawing from emotional states of others, compassion is good and its benefits, focus is on my here that we must address and UNESCO MGIEP. Nandini Chatterjee ( to suicide, which is the second high- research on doctors, nurses and ensures that we are not swayed by them building emotional resilience to stress. alert all stakeholders in the education Singh is Cognitive Neuroscientist at est cause of death among people in Army veterans, who have long been and, instead, handle them with kind- The key here is to create a neural chain; this includes not only the UNESCO MGIEP) ! ! $#( )*"%+,-+./, ( !7

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The deposits,” it said. boost shipments, exporters answer specific questions on source said the Governor ister M Veerappa Moily. rating implies that these instru- The outlook has been should explore new markets the Government invoking replied that adherence to the India’s banking system, ments are non-investment revised to negative, after taking including in Africa, Latin Section 7 of the RBI Act, NPAs, global norms was India’s com- particularly state-owned banks, grade, speculative. into account the uncertainty America, East Asia, south Asia, the autonomy of the central mitment to G-20 nations. are grappling with huge bad The outlook, where applic- relating to the bank’s asset qual- and the Middle East. bank and other contentious Another source said that as loans. 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0 !$$& $ +$%&'' , 3/02 !* 02 . - +$ .( "" "$<:FFF New Delhi: Detel Mobile and Accessories, which claims to be the world's ,0% ,0% most economical feature phone brand, Tuesday launched its cheapest LCD owned banks by March-end He said in the past, differences is maintained and inflation doesn’t get TV priced at 3,999 and said it is eying 100 crore revenue this fiscal on the kept the participants interested between the central bank and the gov- out of control. How to harmonious- back of growing TV sales. “After launching most economical feature phone he BSE benchmark Sensex in buying banking stocks.T ormer Sebi chairman N ernment were sorted through private ly construct both, will have to be priced at Rs 299 in August last year..we want to make smart TVs affordable Trose for the second day, Meanwhile, the rupee FDamodaran on Tuesday said the conversations between the governor through conversation,” he said. and available across the country. There is a huge vacuum in the market for gaining over 150 points on hec- weakened slightly against the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) contin- and the finance minister, and people It doesn’t help if people go to the affordable TVs...we are all set to fill this gap,” Yogesh Bhatia, Managing tic buying in banking and IT US dollar after US President ues to be a strong institution and its outside would not hear of it. press and make statements, he added. Director, S G Corporate Mobility (the parent firm of Detel) told PTI. It claims stocks as easing concerns on Donald Trump suggested a recent differences with the govern- Now, it has become a matter of Earlier in his speech, he said its 19-inch D1 LCD TV priced at 3,999 is the world's most economical TV. the macro-economic front bol- further tariff hike on Chinese ment does not challenge its autono- public discourse and all sorts of when it comes to financial literacy, “We have always created products to be present (in categories) where no other stered investors’ risk appetite. goods. my. people, outside of the government there is a huge knowledge asymme- brand is present. We aim to reach to the remotest parts of the country. We The broader NSE Nifty Infosys, Reliance Industries, He said RBI has been enjoying and RBI, have jumped into the fray. try between those selling and con- are looking at Rs 100 crore revenue this fiscal and TV will play an impor- too witnessed a rise of 57 TCS, HDFC, HDFC Bank, functional autonomy and nothing has “I think this stand-off is not suming financial products. tant role,” he added. The company had reported revenue of Rs 50 crore in points. Market sentiments were Maruti, SBI, IndusInd Bank happened in the recent past that has insurmountable. Everybody thinks it Speaking of the interdependence the previous fiscal. Detel at present offers about 10 models of TV of differ- boosted by a host of positive and Kotak Bank led the gains taken this away. “There have been dif- is a major loss, but nothing of that of trust and technology in the finan- ent screen sizes and features ranging from 24-65 inch. In February this year, factors including stable rupee, on the Sensex, rising up to 2.53 ferences between the government and kind has happened,” Damodaran cial sector, he said if trust disappears, Detel expanded its product basket with entry into consumer durables seg- falling crude oil prices, subdued per cent. While, Sun Pharma, RBI many times. But the institution stressed. He said a mature conversa- technology will be irrelevant. “You ment and launched a range of affordable smart TVs priced in the range of retail inflation and steps to Hero MotoCorp, Yes Bank, (RBI) has never suffered. I think now tion between both the sides, carried need technology and transparency, 9,999 to 17,999. Bhatia said the company will also explore entry into more improve liquidity situations. Wipro, Bajaj Auto, Bharti Airtel also to say that RBI’s autonomy is out in private, will help iron out the but you need trust,” he said. product categories in the consumer electronics space in the near future. He, Both equity benchmarks and Tata Steel fell up to 3.34 per being curtailed is wrong,” Damodaran differences. Talking about risk management, however, did not share the details. Sensex and Nifty smartly recov- cent. On a net basis, foreign told reporters here on the sidelines of “The government’s agenda will he said it has been and always be ered from day's low towards the portfolio investors (FPIs) a financial distribution summit always be pro-growth and RBI has the important but is not been given ade- * ,"- " " fag-end of the session, but bought shares worth 62.74 organised by CII. responsibility to see that the price line quate attention. New Delhi: Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Tuesday said its premium global trade tensions ahead of crore Monday and DIIs were hatchback Swift has crossed 20 lakh sales milestone since its launch the coun- G20 meet this week and mixed net buyers to the tune of try in May 2005. The model raced past five lakh sales mark in September Asian peers kept participants 351.78 crore, provisional data 2010, 10 lakh sales mark in September 2013, 15 lakh mark in March 2016 cautious, restricting the gains available with the BSE suggest- and 20 lakh milestone in November this year. “Swift achieving two million on domestic bourses. ed. The broader markets too sales milestone is a proud moment for all of us at Maruti Suzuki India. Brand Analysts said that “risk ele- advanced with BSE Smallcap New Delhi: Direct selling major CEO Anshu Budhraja said the mar- On the expectations from the Swift has consistently featured among the top five best-selling cars in India ment on inflation is subsiding rising 0.43 per cent and BSE Amway Tuesday announced its foray ketplace is becoming more attuned to new range, he said, “currently Attitude for more than a decade,” MSI senior executive director (Marketing & Sales) with rise in oil production, Midcap ending 0.32 per cent into herbal skincare segment in India the herbal category. is about 6 per cent of the total busi- R S Kalsi said in a statement. With increased output aimed at reducing the strong rupee and drop in yield; higher. to tap the growing demand of such “There is a lot of traction for ness. We believe that this would waiting period, the company would like to reinforce its commitment towards CPI inflation is expected to be Elsewhere in Asia, Korea’s products among youths in its pursuit herbal products beyond nutrition, become a 500-crore brand, within customers, he added. under the control range”. Kospi was up 0.79 per cent and of USD 1 billion total sales by 2025. leading to beauty, in the market...Our that USD 1 billion (target), that is The 30-share Sensex settled Japan's Nikkei rose 0.64 per In the next six years, the compa- research shows that the youth of almost 10 per cent of the total sales”. + - !+ L* 159.06 points, or 0.45 per cent, cent. While, Hong Kong’s Hang ny expects its Attitude range of skin- India, consumer of this new segment, Earlier this year, Amway had said New Delhi: Toyota Kirloskar Motor Tuesday said it will increase prices higher at 35,513.14, while the Seng fell 0.17 per cent and care products to become a 500-crore is growing exponentially and the it was looking to touch USD 1 billion of its vehicles across models by up to 4 per cent from January 1, 2019, to broader NSE Nifty jumped 57 Shanghai Composite Index was brand accounting for 10 per cent of products with traditional wisdom are sales in India by 2025, driven by new offset increasing manufacturing costs due to rupee depreciation. The com- points, or 0.54 per cent, to fin- down 0.04 per cent. its total sales. The figures are based appealing to them,” he told PTI. product launches and expansion of pany considered the price hike after periodically reviewing the continuous ish at 10,685.60. The rally was In Europe, Frankfurt’s DAX on foreign exchange rate during the Amway is kicking off its herbal sales network, including e-com- pressure of increasing manufacturing costs, which is also a general indus- led by mainly IT and banking was down 0.09 per cent, while time when the announcement was skincare range with three products - merce. In 2017-18, the direct selling try phenomenon, Toyota Kirloskar Motor said in a statement. “There has stocks. The government’s Paris CAC 40 fell 0.05 per made earlier this year. a day cream, a night cream and a face firm had sales of 1,800 crore and been an impact in the cost of manufacturing of vehicle primarily due to rupee announcement of Rs 42,000 cent. London’s FTSE climbed Commenting on the foray into wash - with all the locally-sourced expects to touch Rs 2000 crore in depreciation," the company said. Toyota has been absorbing the additional crore fund infusion in the state- 0.21 per cent. herbal skincare range, Amway India ingredients, Budhraja added. 2018-19. PTI costs all this while, protecting the customers from price increase, it added.

SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 10621.45 10695.15 10596.35 10685.60 57.00 Script Last Abs Change CIPLA 517.90 -4.35 -0.83 GNFC 337.30 2.35 0.70 ZYDUSWELL 1223.95 77.95 6.80 OIL 200.20 -0.20 -0.10 SOBHA 444.10 -1.15 -0.26 INFY 625.50 641.00 625.30 641.00 19.55 Traded Price Change % COALINDIA 251.90 1.20 0.48 GODFRYPHLP 884.40 29.35 3.43 KRBL 322.10 -5.90 -1.80 OMAXE 209.95 -0.15 -0.07 SOLARINDS 1016.45 12.40 1.23 BAJAJFINSV 5740.00 5910.00 5730.00 5910.00 172.10 3MINDIA 20733.90 -72.70 -0.35 COCHINSHIP 385.95 -1.15 -0.30 GODREJAGRO 510.15 0.65 0.13 KSCL 513.50 10.15 2.02 ONGC 146.30 -0.45 -0.31 SOMANYCERA 306.20 15.90 5.48 GAIL 340.00 350.05 339.80 349.00 9.20 8KMILES 157.10 7.45 4.98 COFFEEDAY 264.85 -5.00 -1.85 GODREJCP 749.00 1.95 0.26 KTKBANK 103.75 1.00 0.97 ORIENTBANK 89.65 1.20 1.36 SONATSOFTW 310.90 -7.45 -2.34 TCS 1854.00 1897.90 1835.35 1895.00 48.90 BPCL 325.55 336.50 322.15 335.30 7.95 AARTIIND 1491.40 23.80 1.62 COLPAL 1234.85 38.80 3.24 GODREJIND 527.95 3.15 0.60 KWALITY 10.64 0.50 4.93 ORIENTCEM 81.75 -1.85 -2.21 SOUTHBANK 15.46 0.54 3.62 HCLTECH 998.70 1029.00 993.00 1021.70 21.20 ABB 1353.75 4.80 0.36 CONCOR 666.70 -4.25 -0.63 GODREJPROP 677.15 5.80 0.86 L&TFH 131.35 -0.10 -0.08 PAGEIND 26384.20 -372.60 -1.39 SPARC 266.75 -10.10 -3.65 BAJFINANCE 2395.00 2439.90 2375.00 2437.00 42.40 ABBOTINDIA 7205.75 -79.35 -1.09 COROMANDEL 404.70 7.30 1.84 GPPL 96.95 0.75 0.78 LAKSHVILAS 87.45 -0.10 -0.11 PARAGMILK 242.55 -1.75 -0.72 SPICEJET 81.85 -1.65 -1.98 INDUSINDBK 1553.70 1593.85 1548.80 1590.00 27.25 ABCAPITAL 107.75 -1.25 -1.15 CORPBANK 27.80 0.60 2.21 GRANULES 88.10 -2.45 -2.71 LALPATHLAB 877.45 10.35 1.19 PCJEWELLER 72.35 -2.15 -2.89 SREINFRA 33.45 0.05 0.15 RELIANCE 1107.90 1130.00 1105.45 1128.60 18.85 ABFRL 187.60 -1.50 -0.79 CRISIL 1479.75 -11.20 -0.75 GRAPHITE 943.90 7.30 0.78 LAOPALA 230.15 -5.15 -2.19 PEL 2050.70 -126.55 -5.81 SRF 2112.60 42.90 2.07 GRASIM 844.00 862.50 839.65 858.50 13.15 ACC 1443.85 3.10 0.22 CROMPTON 204.15 -0.80 -0.39 GRASIM 860.70 14.90 1.76 LAURUSLABS 385.95 7.80 2.06 PERSISTENT 564.90 0.55 0.10 SRTRANSFIN 1103.65 -7.70 -0.69 DRREDDY 2575.00 2602.80 2542.00 2591.00 32.40 ADANIPORTS 368.60 -0.55 -0.15 CUB 176.60 3.65 2.11 GREAVESCOT 122.00 -0.60 -0.49 LAXMIMACH* 5840.65 -12.80 -0.22 PETRONET 217.00 -2.35 -1.07 STARCEMENT 97.60 1.55 1.61 MARUTI 7570.00 7657.80 7500.75 7650.00 95.30 ULTRACEMCO 3982.00 4029.00 3950.25 3999.00 39.15 ADANIPOWER 50.45 0.00 0.00 CUMMINSIND 800.55 12.80 1.62 GREENPLY 132.45 0.50 0.38 LICHSGFIN 460.85 -0.80 -0.17 PFC 101.80 0.35 0.34 STRTECH 345.00 10.15 3.03 HDFC 1884.65 1908.80 1870.00 1903.00 18.35 ADANITRANS 250.25 11.60 4.86 CYIENT 617.35 -6.90 -1.11 GRINDWELL 492.30 -1.00 -0.20 LINDEINDIA 665.55 7.05 1.07 PFIZER 2789.45 -11.95 -0.43 SUDARSCHEM 352.35 -2.90 -0.82 SBIN 284.60 290.50 284.05 289.00 2.60 ADVENZYMES 186.85 -1.40 -0.74 DABUR 419.50 0.90 0.22 GRUH 278.45 2.10 0.76 LT 1431.50 10.20 0.72 PFS 16.05 -0.10 -0.62 SUNCLAYLTD 3451.45 16.45 0.48 IOC 136.45 139.65 135.25 137.95 1.00 AEGISLOG 226.80 0.00 0.00 DALMIABHA 2392.95 19.55 0.82 GSFC 104.75 0.85 0.82 LTI 1588.50 19.75 1.26 PGHH 9340.45 -110.65 -1.17 SUNDRMFAST 515.05 -0.55 -0.11 HDFCBANK 2041.05 2067.90 2040.75 2064.00 14.20 AIAENG 1555.50 9.75 0.63 DBCORP 180.85 0.65 0.36 GSKCONS 7115.55 -54.05 -0.75 LTTS 1522.25 -3.15 -0.21 PHILIPCARB 215.60 -0.20 -0.09 SUNPHARMA 493.60 -17.05 -3.34 HINDALCO 217.00 223.00 213.25 220.30 1.50 AJANTPHARM 1119.20 6.20 0.56 DBL 449.70 -2.85 -0.63 GSPL 179.75 0.15 0.08 LUPIN 849.05 4.25 0.50 PHOENIXLTD 610.80 7.15 1.18 SUNTECK 358.10 3.25 0.92 COALINDIA 252.50 254.20 250.15 252.40 1.65 AKZOINDIA 1585.35 -3.60 -0.23 DCBBANK 154.95 -0.60 -0.39 GUJALKALI 565.05 5.65 1.01 LUXIND 1493.15 -17.10 -1.13 PIDILITIND 1168.45 11.30 0.98 SUNTV 610.20 7.20 1.19 LT 1419.45 1434.00 1415.35 1431.00 9.00 ALBK 47.45 2.05 4.52 DCMSHRIRAM 357.95 16.95 4.97 GUJFLUORO 879.90 11.20 1.29 M&M 752.40 3.35 0.45 PIIND 836.70 -1.80 -0.21 SUPPETRO 205.00 0.35 0.17 M&M 747.00 753.90 738.10 752.50 4.60 NTPC 144.50 146.80 143.25 145.60 0.90 ALKEM 1916.65 -9.65 -0.50 DEEPAKFERT 169.05 -2.15 -1.26 GUJGAS 634.10 0.85 0.13 M&MFIN 420.60 -2.30 -0.54 PNB 72.45 1.20 1.68 SUPRAJIT 216.90 3.40 1.59 INFRATEL 262.00 268.25 259.15 264.05 1.30 ALLCARGO 107.75 0.85 0.80 DEEPAKNI 255.50 -3.05 -1.18 GULFOILLUB 763.30 -8.10 -1.05 MAGMA 110.30 -0.30 -0.27 PNBHOUSING 1029.65 63.75 6.60 SUPREMEIND 989.25 7.75 0.79 KOTAKBANK 1163.10 1178.95 1163.10 1175.10 4.55 AMARAJABAT 735.00 13.55 1.88 DELTACORP 239.20 -0.25 -0.10 HAL 805.45 17.10 2.17 MAHABANK 13.23 -0.41 -3.01 PNCINFRA 150.90 0.70 0.47 SUVEN 246.50 -1.05 -0.42 TECHM 695.70 708.30 685.05 696.50 2.00 AMBUJACEM 215.35 -1.05 -0.49 DENABANK 16.25 0.05 0.31 HATSUN 617.00 11.55 1.91 MAHINDCIE 261.50 7.75 3.05 POWERGRID 181.70 -0.10 -0.06 SUZLON 5.61 0.19 3.51 ADANIPORTS 368.45 373.00 363.20 370.10 1.05 ANDHRABANK 28.40 0.15 0.53 DHANUKA 437.85 0.10 0.02 HAVELLS 659.45 0.55 0.08 MAHLIFE 396.20 5.20 1.33 PRESTIGE 175.75 2.95 1.71 SWANENERGY 103.35 -0.15 -0.14 TITAN 914.00 918.00 906.00 916.00 -0.40 APARINDS 621.50 2.50 0.40 DHFL 219.80 -3.25 -1.46 HCC 12.36 0.79 6.83 MANAPPURAM 85.70 0.95 1.12 PRSMJOHNSN 85.10 -0.80 -0.93 SYMPHONY 983.25 -9.70 -0.98 HINDPETRO 244.50 248.80 241.00 246.25 -0.10 APLAPOLLO 1320.05 44.95 3.53 DISHTV 37.55 -0.30 -0.79 HCLTECH 1022.65 23.45 2.35 MANPASAND 95.10 -0.40 -0.42 PTC 82.05 1.65 2.05 SYNDIBANK 35.45 0.45 1.29 ONGC 147.40 147.85 144.25 146.30 -0.30 APLLTD 562.15 2.60 0.46 DIVISLAB 1520.30 11.15 0.74 HDFC 1901.65 21.45 1.14 MARICO 364.60 4.25 1.18 PVR 1441.25 4.75 0.33 SYNGENE 563.70 -2.55 -0.45 POWERGRID 181.95 184.95 180.30 181.75 -0.70 EICHERMOT 24017.95 24039.75 23580.00 23754.00 -94.30 APOLLOHOSP 1232.85 -15.45 -1.24 HDFCBANK 2058.95 9.45 0.46 TAKE 131.60 -1.20 -0.90 ITC 286.10 286.45 282.80 284.40 -1.25 APOLLOTYRE 229.65 5.55 2.48 HDFCLIFE 392.55 -2.95 -0.75 TATACHEM 708.90 10.55 1.51 VEDL 193.85 199.70 190.20 194.75 -1.05 ARVIND 311.45 3.45 1.12 HDIL 21.20 -0.25 -1.17 TATACOFFEE 95.75 0.30 0.31 ZEEL 458.00 463.00 452.85 458.55 -3.05 ASAHIINDIA 266.15 -5.50 -2.02 HEG 4350.25 -10.15 -0.23 TATACOMM 533.50 2.80 0.53 HINDUNILVR 1738.90 1741.50 1709.25 1730.80 -13.20 ASHOKA 125.70 0.50 0.40 HEIDELBERG 146.60 3.95 2.77 TATAELXSI 1004.05 8.30 0.83 ASIANPAINT 1346.80 1346.80 1326.05 1338.80 -10.70 ASHOKLEY 109.90 0.95 0.87 HERITGFOOD 518.75 8.60 1.69 TATAGLOBAL 217.65 -0.05 -0.02 CIPLA 526.00 526.95 513.05 517.80 -4.30 ASIANPAINT 1339.20 -10.40 -0.77 HEROMOTOCO2967.20 -94.90 -3.10 TATAINVEST 854.00 -5.45 -0.63 ICICIBANK 355.75 356.10 351.60 353.35 -3.00 TATAMOTORS 181.70 184.55 178.55 180.05 -1.70 ASTRAL 1085.05 27.95 2.64 HEXAWARE 307.70 -1.85 -0.60 TATAMETALI 631.40 -8.40 -1.31 UPL 766.00 773.90 754.00 765.05 -8.05 ATUL 3594.95 88.85 2.53 HFCL 19.15 0.20 1.06 TATAMOTORS 180.00 -1.70 -0.94 AXISBANK 629.90 638.70 623.00 624.00 -7.05 AUBANK 607.05 18.80 3.20 HIMATSEIDE 222.60 -2.40 -1.07 TATAMTRDVR 98.15 -0.55 -0.56 IBULHSGFIN 704.00 715.00 690.15 691.50 -11.15 AUROPHARMA 787.85 -6.60 -0.83 HINDALCO 219.70 0.75 0.34 TATAPOWER 75.55 -0.05 -0.07 JSWSTEEL 313.15 316.80 299.50 312.40 -5.20 AVANTI 361.40 -3.10 -0.85 HINDCOPPER 48.95 -0.20 -0.41 TATASTEEL 522.10 -9.00 -1.69 TATASTEEL 529.70 529.90 512.50 521.60 -9.10 AXISBANK 625.20 -5.60 -0.89 HINDPETRO 245.95 -0.35 -0.14 TCS 1888.35 42.25 2.29 BAJAJ-AUTO 2642.00 2643.95 2570.90 2601.00 -48.50 BAJAJ-AUTO 2598.60 -53.40 -2.01 HINDUNILVR 1732.65 -12.50 -0.72 TEAMLEASE 2793.70 35.55 1.29 WIPRO 316.85 322.30 311.00 312.30 -6.15 BAJAJCORP 349.65 2.10 0.60 HINDZINC 264.85 2.25 0.86 TECHM 693.55 -0.35 -0.05 BHARTIARTL 333.90 335.90 324.10 326.55 -8.00 YESBANK 193.00 193.80 180.35 182.20 -5.70 BAJAJELEC 455.60 -6.45 -1.40 HONAUT 21364.80 75.60 0.36 TEJASNET 236.20 -4.20 -1.75 SUNPHARMA 518.90 519.35 474.50 491.30 -19.45 BAJAJFINSV 5857.80 125.65 2.19 HSCL 141.15 2.25 1.62 TEXRAIL 59.40 -1.55 -2.54 HEROMOTOCO 3068.35 3075.00 2950.00 2958.00 -118.00 BAJAJHLDNG 3005.75 2.15 0.07 HSIL 220.45 -0.55 -0.25 THERMAX 999.55 13.90 1.41 BAJFINANCE 2431.25 38.55 1.61 HUDCO 44.25 -1.50 -3.28 THOMASCOOK 231.60 3.65 1.60 BALKRISIND 988.25 24.50 2.54 IBREALEST 80.75 -0.40 -0.49 THYROCARE 530.10 0.50 0.09 BALMLAWRIE 189.40 0.15 0.08 IBULHSGFIN 697.85 -5.30 -0.75 TIFHL 482.55 3.65 0.76 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE BALRAMCHIN 101.35 -0.25 -0.25 DLF 178.10 0.60 0.34 IBVENTURES 423.35 -3.90 -0.91 TIMETECHNO 113.05 -0.85 -0.75 NIFTY NEXT 50 27250.90 27377.15 27193.30 27259.95 -27.30 COLPAL 1198.00 1242.00 1187.10 1239.80 40.35 BANDHANBNK 462.75 10.15 2.24 DMART 1402.80 8.40 0.60 ICICIBANK 354.35 -2.15 -0.60 TIMKEN 519.30 13.30 2.63 MOTHERSUMI 156.25 162.00 155.80 161.35 4.55 BANKBARODA 109.05 0.15 0.14 DRREDDY 2590.20 28.90 1.13 ICICIGI 794.85 -13.70 -1.69 MARUTI 7629.60 95.65 1.27 QUESS 733.25 -5.80 -0.78 TITAN 914.00 -2.15 -0.23 BANDHANBNK 451.95 473.50 444.00 465.00 11.45 BANKINDIA 85.75 1.25 1.48 ECLERX 1066.70 -4.70 -0.44 ICICIPRULI 326.00 2.05 0.63 MAXINDIA 61.65 -0.80 -1.28 RADICO 398.45 -3.20 -0.80 TNPL 247.90 -1.15 -0.46 MCDOWELL-N 637.00 650.00 634.00 646.30 9.15 BASF 1528.70 -18.95 -1.22 EDELWEISS 167.50 0.15 0.09 ICIL 58.45 0.05 0.09 MCX 713.10 9.20 1.31 RAIN 146.95 -0.40 -0.27 TORNTPHARM 1651.15 6.80 0.41 SUNTV 603.50 613.40 598.10 610.90 8.50 BATAINDIA 1000.35 30.40 3.13 EICHERMOT 23748.30 -135.80 -0.57 IDBI 60.20 0.10 0.17 MEGH 63.35 -1.80 -2.76 RAJESHEXPO 570.45 -1.00 -0.17 TORNTPOWER 255.50 -0.15 -0.06 MARICO 362.80 367.50 359.90 364.95 4.75 BAYERCROP 4016.70 -5.65 -0.14 EIDPARRY 217.30 0.70 0.32 IDEA 38.80 -1.15 -2.88 MFSL 425.35 10.75 2.59 RALLIS 165.70 -1.50 -0.90 TRENT 334.05 0.70 0.21 ASHOKLEY 108.50 110.70 108.35 110.25 1.35 PIDILITIND 1157.00 1180.50 1146.95 1169.50 12.45 BBTC 1341.45 5.65 0.42 EIHOTEL 185.75 15.00 8.78 IDFC 41.25 0.75 1.85 MGL 828.85 -11.65 -1.39 RAMCOCEM 599.55 -1.25 -0.21 TRIDENT 64.55 -0.15 -0.23 ABB 1349.00 1363.40 1344.00 1362.00 13.30 BEL 93.35 -2.45 -2.56 ELGIEQUIP 227.00 -3.15 -1.37 IDFCBANK 39.70 0.00 0.00 MHRIL 211.35 2.90 1.39 RATNAMANI 894.25 0.90 0.10 TRITURBINE 114.80 0.00 0.00 HINDZINC 263.30 265.50 259.40 264.55 1.90 BEML 759.30 -5.95 -0.78 EMAMILTD 440.95 3.30 0.75 IEX 156.90 -0.05 -0.03 MINDACORP 137.10 3.35 2.50 RAYMOND 814.75 8.30 1.03 TTKPRESTIG 6833.10 -69.35 -1.00 MRF 67866.20 68680.00 67400.05 68678.00 479.25 BERGEPAINT 316.30 -2.85 -0.89 ENDURANCE 1079.60 -7.80 -0.72 IFBIND 861.55 -19.25 -2.19 MINDAIND 321.00 -5.25 -1.61 RBLBANK 575.05 17.25 3.09 TV18BRDCST 35.00 -0.10 -0.28 DMART 1397.00 1409.75 1391.10 1403.00 9.30 BHARATFIN 983.10 16.25 1.68 ENGINERSIN 117.50 -0.50 -0.42 IFCI 14.04 0.33 2.41 MINDTREE 824.95 -11.30 -1.35 RCF 59.50 -0.10 -0.17 TVSMOTOR 543.25 6.20 1.15 DLF 178.50 183.35 176.00 178.60 1.10 LUPIN 849.00 857.70 842.00 849.75 4.85 BHARATFORG 575.55 1.85 0.32 ENIL 627.50 4.25 0.68 IGL 268.30 1.05 0.39 MMTC 29.05 0.00 0.00 RCOM 13.32 0.00 0.00 TVSSRICHAK 2471.60 -58.70 -2.32 BRITANNIA 6019.90 6080.00 5966.00 6040.25 32.20 BHARTIARTL 328.50 -5.50 -1.65 EQUITAS 109.45 2.75 2.58 IL&FSTRANS 18.05 -0.10 -0.55 MOIL 167.80 -2.00 -1.18 RECLTD 121.95 -0.40 -0.33 TVTODAY 367.95 -2.85 -0.77 ACC 1433.25 1454.30 1430.65 1446.25 7.15 BHEL 66.85 0.00 0.00 ERIS 613.45 2.75 0.45 INDHOTEL 137.75 -0.05 -0.04 MONSANTO 2488.50 -24.30 -0.97 REDINGTON 89.45 -1.15 -1.27 UBL 1267.80 -26.20 -2.02 ICICIPRULI 325.00 330.80 324.65 326.60 1.50 BIOCON 609.20 -7.95 -1.29 ESCORTS 688.40 15.55 2.31 INDIACEM 90.95 0.25 0.28 MOTHERSUMI 161.30 4.70 3.00 RELAXO 759.50 3.45 0.46 UCOBANK 19.20 0.15 0.79 DABUR 420.00 422.25 413.35 420.80 1.75 BIRLACORPN 647.30 -0.35 -0.05 ESSELPRO 85.50 -0.85 -0.98 INDIANB 226.85 3.10 1.39 MOTILALOFS 623.30 -1.95 -0.31 RELCAPITAL 234.80 3.55 1.54 UFLEX 285.15 -4.65 -1.60 OIL 200.45 203.40 198.80 200.50 0.70 SHREECEM 15734.00 16100.00 15734.00 16050.00 54.15 BLISSGVS 164.00 -1.65 -1.00 EVEREADY 201.10 0.70 0.35 INDIGO 1035.50 -14.30 -1.36 MPHASIS 905.70 -8.10 -0.89 RELIANCE 1127.50 17.90 1.61 UJJIVAN 220.35 4.20 1.94 BHEL 66.40 68.10 66.30 67.15 0.15 BLUEDART 3077.65 80.25 2.68 EXIDEIND 259.30 5.50 2.17 INDUSINDBK 1584.45 20.15 1.29 MRF 68597.25 583.85 0.86 RELINFRA 355.50 3.75 1.07 ULTRACEMCO 4005.55 43.30 1.09 LICHSGFIN 456.70 462.85 449.65 461.00 0.80 BLUESTARCO 633.85 6.45 1.03 FCONSUMER 50.75 1.85 3.78 INFIBEAM 44.75 -0.60 -1.32 MRPL 76.50 0.35 0.46 REPCOHOME 384.55 4.95 1.30 UNICHEMLAB 213.55 10.95 5.40 SBILIFE 567.00 574.00 563.25 568.50 0.30 BOMDYEING 101.45 -3.60 -3.43 FDC 192.30 4.35 2.31 INFRATEL 264.05 1.20 0.46 MUTHOOTFIN 462.25 4.45 0.97 RNAM 162.60 1.30 0.81 UNIONBANK 81.70 1.70 2.13 CONCOR 667.15 674.05 654.00 671.45 0.25 BOSCHLTD 18458.20 -310.70 -1.66 FEDERALBNK 81.20 0.20 0.25 INFY 637.00 15.70 2.53 NATCOPHARM* 717.55 -5.85 -0.81 RNAVAL 12.90 -0.18 -1.38 UPL 769.05 -5.10 -0.66 NHPC 26.10 26.25 25.95 26.00 0.00 BPCL 334.30 8.20 2.51 FINCABLES 450.70 -4.45 -0.98 INOXLEISUR 212.05 -0.95 -0.45 NATIONALUM 64.80 -0.95 -1.44 RPOWER 30.20 0.10 0.33 VBL 772.60 5.65 0.74 BANKBARODA 108.90 110.50 108.25 108.85 -0.05 L&TFH 131.35 132.75 130.60 131.35 -0.15 BRITANNIA 6014.60 2.35 0.04 FINOLEXIND 540.80 0.20 0.04 INOXWIND 81.50 -1.45 -1.75 NAUKRI 1478.00 19.25 1.32 SADBHAV 202.65 -4.60 -2.22 VEDL 195.15 -0.70 -0.36 GICRE 303.95 304.80 301.70 302.20 -0.35 CADILAHC 345.05 -8.20 -2.32 FLFL 386.25 4.05 1.06 INTELLECT 226.45 -5.25 -2.27 NAVINFLUOR 714.15 17.05 2.45 SAIL 56.80 -1.25 -2.15 VENKYS 2378.60 -24.85 -1.03 AMBUJACEM 215.95 218.15 214.30 216.00 -0.45 CANBK 267.50 3.90 1.48 FORBESCO 2448.25 -119.70 -4.66 IOB 14.60 0.10 0.69 NAVKARCORP 61.55 0.25 0.41 SANOFI 5990.90 -10.65 -0.18 VGUARD 203.60 4.85 2.44 HAVELLS 659.30 667.80 652.40 658.30 -2.20 CANFINHOME 257.45 4.15 1.64 FORCEMOT 1697.00 -7.45 -0.44 IOC 138.25 0.80 0.58 NAVNETEDUL 109.00 -0.20 -0.18 SBILIFE 569.70 1.95 0.34 VIJAYABANK 42.25 0.00 0.00 GODREJCP 740.00 753.00 737.25 744.15 -2.55 CAPF 541.90 0.05 0.01 FORTIS 146.15 -1.00 -0.68 IPCALAB 794.35 11.50 1.47 NBCC 56.80 0.15 0.26 SBIN 289.05 3.35 1.17 VINATIORGA 1429.55 -26.25 -1.80 OFSS 3418.00 3464.00 3387.20 3395.10 -13.55 HDFCLIFE 395.95 396.80 390.00 393.50 -2.65 CAPPL 405.00 3.00 0.75 FRETAIL 525.90 -4.35 -0.82 IRB 152.60 6.50 4.45 NBVENTURES 120.95 0.70 0.58 SCHAEFFLER 5547.50 40.80 0.74 VIPIND 524.15 36.60 7.51 SIEMENS 914.00 922.50 903.50 906.00 -7.25 CARBORUNIV 360.80 -6.50 -1.77 FSL 47.85 -1.90 -3.82 ISGEC 5300.20 20.85 0.39 NCC 88.10 1.35 1.56 SCHNEIDER 108.95 0.15 0.14 VMART 2624.10 124.95 5.00 ABCAPITAL 109.00 109.90 107.05 107.70 -1.00 CARERATING 986.95 2.05 0.21 GAIL 347.45 7.75 2.28 ITC 284.75 -0.90 -0.32 NESTLEIND 10518.75 68.90 0.66 SCI 44.60 0.75 1.71 VOLTAS 546.05 -11.50 -2.06 PETRONET 219.40 219.40 216.15 218.00 -2.05 CASTROLIND 154.60 1.40 0.91 GDL 145.75 -6.20 -4.08 ITDC 304.60 -1.00 -0.33 NETWORK18 38.05 -0.85 -2.19 SFL 1400.20 -10.80 -0.77 VTL 1065.00 -1.30 -0.12 SRTRANSFIN 1099.00 1116.05 1080.30 1097.00 -12.45 CCL 269.35 2.15 0.80 GEPIL 792.70 -24.30 -2.97 ITDCEM 101.70 1.30 1.29 NH 226.90 -3.10 -1.35 SHANKARA 740.20 -38.95 -5.00 WABAG 275.55 -4.30 -1.54 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Crimea-related sanctions against navy vessels. rallies in affected areas. :0 tence for making false state- his work for former Ukrainian US Ambassador Nikki Haley Russia. Indeed, further Russian The Ukrainian parliament Moscow has accused Kiev ments to the FBI. ing, Manafort’s legal team president Viktor Yanukovych told an emergency meeting of the escalation of this kind will only late on Monday voted in favour of planning Sunday’s con- Manafort had agreed to pushed back against the gov- and his pro-Moscow political UN Security Council that “the make matters worse,” said Haley. of President Petro Poroshenko’s frontation as a provocation cooperate with special counsel ernment’s assertion. party between about 2005-14. United States would welcome a “It will further undermine request for the introduction of aimed at drumming up support Robert Mueller’s investigation of “Manafort has provided As prosecutors accused normal relationship with Russia. Russia’s standing in the world. martial law in parts of the for Poroshenko ahead of elec- ) possible collusion between the information to the government Manafort of lying, George But outlaw actions like this one It will further sour Russia’s rela- country for 30 days. The deci- tions next year and convincing Trump campaign and Russia as in an effort to live up to his Papadopoulos — the former continue to make that impossi- tions with the US and many sion came as Ukraine and Western governments to ( part of a plea deal in September. cooperation obligations,” it said. Trump campaign aide whose ble.” Tensions have flared other countries. It will further Russia face their most danger- impose further sanctions on “After signing the plea “He believes he has provid- Russia contacts set off the col- after the Russian navy on Sunday increase tensions with Ukraine”. ous crisis in years after Russian Russia. In a phone conversation #M" agreement, Manafort commit- ed truthful information and lusion investigation -- entered boarded and seized three Haley said her remarks fol- forces fired on, boarded and with German Chancellor *" ted federal crimes by lying to does not agree with the govern- a minimum security unit to Ukrainian ships off the coast of lowed conversations with captured Kiev’s ships on Angela Merkel, Putin expressed A1 the Federal Bureau of ment’s characterization or that start serving out his two-week Crimea, accusing Ukraine of President Donald Trump and Sunday off the coast of Crimea. “serious concern” over the B ) 0 Investigation and the Special he has breached the agreement.” jail sentence at the Oxford, illegally entering Russian waters Secretary of State Mike The incident was the first introduction of martial law, the $' Counsel’s Office on a variety of Manafort, who worked for Wisconsin federal prison. in the Sea of Azov. Pompeo and reflect “concerns major confrontation at sea in Kremlin said in a statement. subject matters, which consti- the Trump campaign for near- Papadopoulos was an The confrontation at sea at the highest level of the the long-running conflict pit- Putin said Kiev’s actions tute breaches of the agree- ly six months in the middle of obscure oil industry analyst raised fears of a wider military American government.” The ting Ukraine against Moscow were “clearly taken in view of ment,” prosecutors said in a 2016, agreed to plead guilty to when he joined the Trump flareup. Haley put the blame US warning comes ahead of a and Russian-backed separatists the election campaign in ! court filing. one count of conspiracy against campaign’s foreign policy advi- firmly on Russia for the clash, call- planned meeting between in the country’s east. Ukraine”. He said he hoped ( “A breach relieves the gov- the United States and another sory team in March 2016.Based ing the seizure of the ships an “out- Trump and his Russian coun- It has raised fears of a Berlin could intervene with ! ernment of any obligations it count of obstruction of justice in London, he made contacts rageous violation of sovereign terpart Vladimir Putin, on the wider escalation -- in a conflict Ukrainian authorities “to dis- has under the agreement.” In in a deal to avert a second trial with what he believed were Ukrainian territory” and slam- sidelines of the G20 summit in that has killed more than suade them from further reck- the same joint status report fil- on money laundering and ille- important ming “yet another reckless Argentina later this week. 10,000 people since 2014 -- and less acts”. ( )% )% Q $ ! "" & /9 $R O P 2 !"B 6 /0.9102F"06%!$0/G – around 120 Kilometers from ! ! Lahore. The foundation stone ) * 60, 2 days after another US soldier religious corridor linking a of the corridor on the Indian * 4. !02 was killed in Afghanistan’s Arevered Sikh shrine on the side, from Dera Baba Nanak in hree US soldiers were killed Nimroz province on Saturday. bank of Ravi river here with Punjab’s Gurdaspur to the 60.$0." .F"06%!$0/G vote on a controversial law Tand three wounded by a An initial review showed India’s border district of international border, was laid Athat would cut govern- bomb in Afghanistan Tuesday, the soldier was “likely acci- Gurdaspur has the potential to Monday by Vice President M rime Minister Imran Khan ment subsidies to cultural insti- NATO said, taking the number dentally shot by our Afghan bring “hope and peace” Venkaiah Naidu. Pwill on Wednesday lay the tutions deemed disloyal to the of American service personnel partner force”, a NATO state- between the two countries, “We have fought a lot in the foundation stone for the much- Jewish state was Monday post- to die in the war-torn country ment said Tuesday, adding feels people on both sides of the last 70 years. There was no gain awaited corridor linking poned indefinitely, Israel’s cul- this year to 12. that the “tragic” incident border on the eve of its ground- from those fights by either India Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in ture minister said. NATO’s Resolute Support occurred as they engaged in a breaking ceremony. or Pakistan. It is now time we Pakistan’s Kartarpur - the final The bill, submitted by mission would not immedi- battle with al Qaeda militants. The foundation stone lay- begin a new journey and the resting place of Sikh faith’s Culture Minister Miri Regev, ately release any details about “There are no indications ing ceremony of the corridor Katarpur corridor has the poten- founder Guru Nanak Dev - to would give the finance and cul- the soldiers, but said they had he was shot intentionally,” the between Gurdwara Darbar tial to bring peace,” says Abbas Dera Baba Nanak shrine in ture ministries the power to been killed when an impro- statement added, naming the Sahib in Kartarpur, the final Khan, a 60-year-old Pakistan India’s Gurdaspur district to slash subsidies to institutions vised explosive device (IED) soldier as Sgt Jasso without giv- resting place of Sikh faith’s trader, a resident of Narowal. facilitate visa-free movement of backing films or plays that do detonated near Ghazni city in ing a first name. founder Guru Nanak, and the Another Pakistani citizen – Indian Sikh pilgrims. not show “loyalty” to the state. central Afghanistan. General Scott Miller, the international border with India Bilal Mohammed - who is from Kartarpur Sahib in Such institutions would An American contractor top US and NATO comman- will be held here Wednesday. Lahore said Prime Minister Pakistan is located across the include those which deny Israel’s was also wounded, it said, der in Afghanistan, said Jasso Prime Minister Imran Narendra Modi is an influential river Ravi, about four kilome- existence as a “democratic and adding that the four injured in was killed “defending our Khan, senior politicians of leader and both he and his tres from the Dera Baba Nanak Jewish state”, or those inciting the blast were receiving med- nation, fighting al Qaeda Pakistan’s Punjab province and Pakistani counterpart Imran shrine. It was established by the violence, racism or “terrorism”. ical care. alongside our Afghan part- a host of top officials will be Khan can bring changes in the Sikh Guru in 1522. The first Any organisation that The casualties come just ners”. attending the event at Narowal bilateral relations if they want. Gurdwara, Gurdwara marks Israel’s independence Kartarpur Sahib, was built here, day as a national day of mourn- where Guru Nanak Dev is said ing, or present artistic work to have died. that attacks the national flag or - The Kartarpur Corridor, other state symbols would also which will facilitate the visa- be denied funding. free travel of Indian Sikh pil- For Palestinians, the " grims to Gurdwara Darbar anniversary of Israel’s 1948 Sahib in Kartarpur, is expect- independence marks the * 10.!01 Poland activist Katarzyna ed to be completed within six Nakba, or “catastrophe”, when Guzek told AFP via tele- months, Pakistan Foreign more than 700,000 fled or were reenpeace protestors on phone.She said nine activists Office Spokesman Mohammad expelled during the war sur- GTuesday scaled a massive from around the world had Faisal said on Tuesday. rounding Israel’s creation. chimney at Poland’s Belchatow scaled the 180 metre (560 The development comes A ministerial committee coal-fired power plant as one feet) tower as part of a ahead of Guru Nanak’s 550th had voted to advance the bill in of Europe’s largest polluters Greenpeace campaign aimed birth anniversary next year. October but it needed two gears up to host the COP24 at phasing out coal use. India has also said it will more parliamentary readings global climate summit. “Belchatow is the largest build and develop a corridor before becoming law. “We want to draw the coal-fired power station in from Dera Baba Nanak in Monday’s vote was post- world’s attention to the fact the EU, one of the largest in Gurdaspur district to the poned indefinitely because of a that climate change is real, that the world and therefore the International Border to facili- lack of a majority, said Regev, human tragedies are taking symbol of a system that kills tate Sikh pilgrims visiting a member of Prime Minister place before our eyes and that life on our planet,” Guzek Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Benjamin Netanyahu’s action is urgent,” Greenpeace added. Kartarpur. rightwing Likud bloc. !! $#( )*"%+,-+./, !$%7

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One of the leading companies in the pany.” multinational organisations — the Learning gies, Esri India, has launched driven and problem-solving mobile industry, Xender is on a hunt to hire The company aims to collaborate with more & Development (L&D) professionals, are Geo-Mentor Programme. platform and provides career local talents from India. Through this collab- such colleges in India to create more job flocking to Connect L&D. A dedicated This programme is options that are increasingly oration, both the college and the organisation avenues for the local talents. Especially after the research platform established by SpringPeople, focused on encouraging the in demand. It helps students will get to exchange ideas on the development movie platform has been launched, it will evolve the aim to bring together L&D leaders from GIS enthusiasts and practi- think critically, use real data, of mobile Internet and also inculcate the into a brand new product and hire more tal- the industry on a common platform and tioners in India to come for- and connects them to their trend of entrepreneurship. ented youth. provide them with an opportunity to net- ward and skill school students own community. A Computer Science student, Ravi Khan, L " work, share knowledge, opinions, educate in India in GIS technology. The programme is an themselves and get a holistic view of chal- GeoMentors would be extension to the K-12 pro- lenges and opportunities. This would enable empowered with course mate- gramme launched by the them to drive their organisation’s upskilling rial, training, and support company, which aims at edu- in a more effective way. infrastructure to equip them, cating students about GIS 6 75@4 > $ India’s 20,000 strong L&D community become a mentor for school technology. Some of the lead- form the backbone of employee learning within their region and coming schools in Delhi-NCR /1#23% delivery arrangements, for providing /1#23% States of Rajasthan, Madhya and development at companies, directly munity. The organisation has are Tagore International, online IELTS coaching as per following Pradesh and Gujarat. The par- responsible for upskilling the IT workforce already trained more than Deep Public School, Scottish he Abhinav Outsourcings has start- details. he IIHMR University has ticipants would be senior hos- of about 4 million with estimated spends of 1000 school students and High School, Maharaja Ted an online International English One can take the coaching as per ones’ Tsigned an MoU with the pital administrators (medical $5 billion. teachers through a pilot pro- Agrasen School, Basant Valley Language Testing System (IELTS) convenience — early morning till late National institute of Health and superintends and deputy med- With the demand for skills training programme in Delhi-NCR region Global School, Sai Memorial coaching course for the immigration evening; from home or from office. Family Welfare (NIHFW), Delhi ical superintends). grammes in machine learning, artificial from June to October 2018. Girls school have already col- aspirants. The IELTS is a standarised One gets 30 hours of coaching. for conducting training pro- Annually, three training intelligence, blockchain, IoT and other New emerging technolo- laborated with the company English language test designed for for- Delivery Model: grammes of senior hospital programmes will be conduct- emerging technologies at an all-time high, gies are opening up new ways for this initiative. eign speakers who wish to study, work Live online classes with a faculty administrators under “Capacity ed by IIHMR University under there is an urgent need for a common pan- of learning and understanding The organisation also or live in an English speaking environ- Individual one-on-one classes from Building in Public Health this agreement that will help to India platform for such professionals to colour world. In a recently con- launched the EIGAP pro- ment. The certificate can open doors to home or office comfort Emergency and Hospital prevent immediate risk to laborate and design more effective training ducted study— Wikibrands’ gramme for teaching, learn- international academic and profession- Class duration 30 hours that will Preparedness for Health health and life and also train programs. Digital Periscope study and ing, and research purposes. al opportunities and in many institutions cover reading, listening, writing, speak- Emergencies”. The focus of the and educate the senior hospi- Launched in December last year, surveys, Geospatial ArcGIS, the flagship plat- and destinations across the globe. ing training programme will be to tal administrators about how to Connect L&D has seen participation from Technologies and GIS have form, is available to universi- This 30-hour online programme Flexible timings (Operational hours 6 enhance the ability of hospitals be ready to respond to public over 5,200+ L&D professionals responsible been included in the top 20 ties nationally at a special with a personal trainer that includes tips am to 11 pm) and healthcare systems to pre- health emergencies. The pro- for employee training at big brands includ- emerging technologies in the price. The company has been and tricks of cracking IELTS, speaking Basic Infrastructure required for the pare for and respond to bioter- gramme is targeted to develop ing Flipkart, Walmart, IBM, Wipro, Infosys, next 10 years (2018-2028). promoting GIS know-how skills, listening skills, reading skills, writ- classes are laptops with internet con- rorism and other public health a proactive and dynamic Samsung, to name a few. Users can attend GIS will help students view, through other programmes ing skills and doubt clearing sessions. nection, headphones and webcam emergencies. approach to meet the rising free conclaves, seminars, and webinars, get understand and analyse data in like GIS Academia Council Under the coaching service, For more details candidates can visit: These training pro- demands for quality healthcare access to knowledge bank and a platform to different subjects, not just and mApp Your Way. Abhinav Outsourcings shall make the www.abhinav.com. grammes will be conducted for in India. interact, network and share thoughts. !! $#( )*"%+,-+./, !$%74 Q 0 0 +?/0= ! % .@-1 R )2 A 1 !S #.)02 0)"3.!9/ echnology in medical education tudents who went into the has changed drastically. To begin second slot expecting a Twith, the only option of imaging Ssimilar paper as that of the was X-Ray which was used only in devel- first slot (or for that matter the oped countries. Gradually came in ultra- CAT 2017 paper) were on the sound which was considered harmful and right track. It too started with later accepted. It will undoubtedly con- an ‘easy’ VARC section. The tinue to play a critical role in the deliv- passages were on similar lines ery of healthcare services making expe- as those of the first slot. The rience with tech-based clinical learning DILR section continued to give imperative to the success of the next gen- a sigh of relief to the students. eration of doctors. Enhanced imaging, for However, some are of the opin- instance, will revolutionise and improve ion that it was slightly tougher the accuracy of diagnoses. The use of than the first slot’s DILR sec- such technology at the most basic level tion. Overall, it was of a mod- of clinical practice will become the erate level of difficulty. And the norm. Indeed, the portable ultrasound reign of QA continued. It may soon replace the stethoscope. he CAT 2018 came out of the expected. A student could have easi- remained the toughest section Technology is bridging huge gaps bag with two thuds and one ly managed to get 4 questions correct in the second slot too. among the people who are physically Tloud bang. The paper started out of the seven PJs. These were Type The break-up of the paper located in different places. When we with an even easier than 2017 Verbal In The Answer (TITA) questions. The (Slot 2): make use of technology, St George’s Ability and Reading Comprehension three summary questions were diffi- Verbal Ability and University (SGU) makes sure that med- (VARC) section. Then the level of dif- cult. The paragraphs focused entire- Reading Comprehension: Total icine which is both science and art does ficulty of the Data Interpretation and ly on research methodology and aca- questions 34 — Non-MCQ: 7 not lose its essence. Logical Reasoning (DILR) section demic concepts. So, they were diffi- — Easy: 28+ In medicine, it helps to teach and provided a major reprieve to the cult to read and comprehend. Data Interpretation and impart medical knowledge to students 50 nervous aspirants as it broke with the However, the options were not really Logical Reasoning: Total ques- per cent better which almost covers half trend of the last three years. It was a difficult. For many CAT aspirants this tions: 32; Non-MCQ: 8; There were four subjective been the quality of the select- of what we actually teach. People are not #! moderately difficult as compared to an year (especially those who relied Moderate: 16+ para-jumble questions, and all ed sets rather the quantity of the just suffering from infectious diseases, but ) 4 P 6 6 out and out difficult section that has heavily on QA), VA may just turn out Quantitative Ability: of these had four sentences numbers of questions attempt- also from different mental problems. The been observed over the last two-three to be the saviour. Total questions: 34; Non-MCQ: each. There were three odd sen- ed. A couple of sets did have a matters of the mind highly impact the years. However, this relief was short- Major surprise: The PJs were easy 12; Difficult: 15+ tence para-jumble (OSPJ) ques- question each which should fatal disease like Diabetes, hypertension, as science and art. lived as Quantitative Aptitude (QA) and the sentences were short. The VARC section contin- tions. These questions were have been ‘left alone’. Two sets obesity and even heart attack for that It aims at enrolling students not just came out all guns blazing. IIM-C kept The next section was Data ued to be the feel good section. easier than expected. A student included calculation but none matter. Making use of technology for regionally but internationally to create an its reputation intact, with its empha- Interpretation and Logical Reasoning The pattern remained the same could have easily managed to was on the tougher side. On the increasing the availability of medicine to environment where the future aspiring sis on the QA section. (DILR). After three consecutive as that of the first slot. There get four questions correct out other hand, the LR sets were the patient will only take the patient clos- medical students can learn about the dif- The break-up of the paper (Slot 1): tragedies, DILR-2018 must have been were no instructions provided of the seven PJs. These were easy-moderate in terms of level er to being better and cured for a longer ferent health conditions which are not The VARC greeted students with an a pleasant surprise. There were 32 for the number of questions in TITA questions. of difficulty. time. just prevalent in one particular country, easier than expected paper. However, questions in all with eight non- each passage. However, there The three para-summary Overall, 15-17 attempts, Technology will help us keep a but also in different regions all over the the pattern of the paper didn't strict- MCQs. Unlike last year’s paper, the remained five passages. One questions were of moderate with an accuracy of 90 per cent record of all the details related to med- world, stating the obvious that patients ly match that of the sample paper pro- theme of the sets was more conven- passage had four questions level of difficulty. The para- would be considered good. ical science happening in the patient's never just belong to one place. vided by the CAT team. The topics of tional. With the smart selection, while the rest had five questions graphs continued to be short in Once the QA section was body. So, when the person goes in for a It allows the students to pursue the remaining RC passages were also around four sets in the section could each. The topics of the remain- the range of 450 to 500 words over, students would have come check-up, the doctor will be able to diag- their first year in MS Ramaiah College, from familiar areas. They were easy to have been attempted easily with accu- ing Reading Comprehension each. However, as compared to out with much less satisfaction nose and understand of what went Bengaluru and they complete the rest read. There were quite a few inference- racy. A couple of sets had one diffi- (RC) passages were also from the first slot, the summary as they would have had they wrong, when and due to what — con- internationally, either in Grenade or in based questions, but these were easy cult to crack question each. A student familiar areas. They were easy questions were slightly easier. come out at the end of DILR. sidering the clinical history. UK, as per the students’ requirements. By to attempt. should have been wise enough to leave to read. There were quite a few Only one summary question If you expected a happy ending Technology is now developing to bringing students from all over the The options were not really very these aside. Calculation wasn’t inference-based questions, but appeared to be tough. So, in QA, you were definitely not stage where robots for general examina- world, the university wins in creating a close. Only four-five questions from required at all in the DI sets. On the these were easy to attempt, VARC continued to be the eas- paying attention to all the dis- tion, AI learning and much more would creative learning atmosphere about dif- RC were tricky. However, a student other hand, the LR sets were easy- thanks to the option choices. iest of the lot. cussions following the first slot. be applied for curing the human mind ferent cultural differences, religious dif- should have followed the process of moderate in terms of level of difficulty. The options were not really The second section of the An overall attempt of 18-20 and body, along with keeping updated ferences and how different religions elimination to be able to achieve a For students who were already very close. Only four-five ques- paper — DILR — continued to with 85 per cent accuracy will records of growth." could impact health. decent accuracy rate as the options scared of QA section, it could have felt tions from RC were tricky. be a pleasant surprise. There be good. Tips for medical aspirants For a successful five-year pro- were not straight-forward. The VA like a nuclear disaster. But for the engi- However, a student should have were 32 questions in total with Overall, a 99 percentile The SGU is a premier medical insti- gramme, its curriculum has been mapped section had one major change. There neering group, this was not impossi- followed the process of elimi- eight non-MCQs. Unlike last score could reduce by about 15- tution which aims at bringing medical with the partnered medical institutions were four Subjective Para Jumble ble to attempt. The questions were cal- nation to be able to achieve a year’s paper, the theme of the 18 marks as compared to last developments on an even level to all the — MS Ramaiah College, India and (PJ) questions, and all of these had culation and logic intensive, not the- decent accuracy rate as the sets was more conventional. year. Thus, a score of 150-155 people worldwide. Medical knowledge is Maldoh College, Thailand for providing four sentences each. There were three ory intensive. options were not straight for- There was one very direct DI should fetch a 99 percentile. global and is spreading and connecting perfect ambience both academically and odd sentence para-jumble questions. 4! . ward. The Verbal Ability (VA) set with basic calculations. The -, " the population through the ever emerg- in residency, which makes it a truly These questions were easier than 4! ! > section had one major change. focus and strategy should have > .- ing and dynamic technology, used both International education.

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ndian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur entered the top-five in Ithe latest ICC women's T20 International player rankings ,234$&' with opener Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues also achieving their career-best rankings. Harmanpreet, who was the second highest run-getter in the recently concluded Women's World T20, after Australia opener Alyssa Healy, has gained three slots to reach 2 the third position. The Indian captain aggre- ) 0 gated 183 runs including a match-winning 103 in the ' ." opener against New Zealand. Teenage sensation Jemimah ing what all I had to go through in the moved up nine places to a /1#23% Caribbean as I had spoken to her about career-best sixth and Smriti it," Mithali wrote. jumped seven places to claim enior Indian woman cricketer A source alleged that Mithali was the 10th spot. Mithali Raj on Tuesday slammed forced by Edulji to divulge the details Healy gained four slots to SCommittee of Administrators of her meeting with Johri and Karim reach the eighth position for her member Diana Edulji and coach on Monday. Player of the Tournament effort, which saw her score 225 Ramesh Powar, saying the two are "Her brazen support in the press runs. biased against her and have tried to with regard to the decision of my Other batters to gain in the latest rankings update include "destroy" her. benching in the semi final of the T20 Javeria Khan of Pakistan, who has jumped seven places to In a scathing e-mail to the BCCI, World Cup has left me deeply dis- reach a career-best 14th position, and Clare Shillington of Mithali said her axing from the World tressed, more because she knows the Ireland, who has gained one slot to take the 19th slot. T20 semifinal against England reduced real facts having spoken to me," the In the bowlers' list led by Australia's Megan Schutt, New her to tears and left her the most deflat- player wrote. Zealand spinner Leigh Kasperek's seven wickets have lifted ed in her over two-decade long career. Mithali has played 85 T20Is for her seven places to third position while finalists England's In the note to BCCI CEO Rahul India and has scored 2288 runs. She Sophie Ecclestone has moved from 16th to fourth and fast Johri and GM (Cricket Operations) averages more than 50 in both the Test bowler Anya Shrubsole from 12th to sixth place after a seven- Saba Karim, one of India's finest and ODI formats. wicket effort, which included a hat-trick against South Africa. batswomen alleged that she was disre- "May I say that I am aware that by In the team rankings, England have overtaken New spected by the duo of Edulji and writing this email I am making myself Zealand to second position in the list which continues to be Powar. even more vulnerable. She is a CoA topped by Meg Lanning-led Australia with 283 points. "...I felt deflated, depressed and let member while I am just a player," she down. I am forced to think if my ser- lamented. * !- ! 3, > ! vices to my country are of any value to "But the brazen support of a CoA a few people in power who are out to member is a clear sign of bias and also that his behaviour towards me was ances." meeting before the Australia game, " % M$%3 6 destroy me and break my confidence," that a stance has already been taken unfair and discriminatory," she alleged. According to Mithali things went Ramesh rings up in my room and ! $ ! Mithali, also the ODI captain, wrote in against me. By saying 'I don't support She said that Powar's behaviour from bad to worse after that. instructs me not to come to the ground 3 3 her mail. someone' and then going all out to sup- caused her "stress". "After the meeting his behaviour as the media will be there," she alleged. 1 M, ,2 ( While Powar refused to comment port my benching in the press is prej- "For instance, walking off if I am turned worse. He would not even "I was taken aback as to what media 3 $ on Mithali's allegations, Edulji could udice of the clearest sort," said Mithali. sitting anywhere around, watching in acknowledge me. To him I didn't exist has to do with me being with the team. @H C not be reached for a response. She, however, made it clear that she the nets when others bat but choosing in the team. I was told I was not to be with my own CCL B@((/ Mithali spoke about how Edulji's has no hard feelings for T20 captain to walk away when I am batting in nets, "If I was around he would imme- team in one of our biggest games. I was ' $ M" $ ( stance backing her axing, made her feel Harmanpreet Kaur, who was a party to if I try to go up to him to talk to start diately move away from the scene, if I shell shocked." A % M$ "vulnerable". Edulji, in an earlier inter- the decision of her being dropped for looking into his phone and keep walk- looked to wish him he would deliber- Mithali said Powar also deliberately 3 ($ view, had stated that the team man- the semi-finals and stood by it even ing," she said. ately start looking in other direction. ignored her at nets to make it clear she , 3 1,,2 ( agement's decision could not be ques- after the defeat. "It was embarrassing and very evi- He continued to behave badly as I have won't play the semi-finals after which 3 9#% tioned on selection matters. However, her relationship with dent to everyone that I was being already informed you yesterday. It she broke down. 0 , 0 CH $ "To put things in perspective, I have Powar hit nadir in the West Indies and humiliated. Yet I never lost my cool. appeared to me that for him the meet- "It was worrying and insulting ! always reposed faith in Diana Edulji Mithali said she still hasn't understood "Finding the situation completely ing had hurt his ego." because the coach was out to destroy (T%M and have always respected her and her the breakdown. out of control and realising that it is Mithali said she was even asked not and humiliate me," she wrote. 3 & % M position as a member of the CoA. "My issues with the coach started important to resolve issues as it affects to show up at the ground by Powar dur- "I couldn't control my tears having $ T ( "Never did I think she will use her immediately as we landed in the West the team I reached out to the team ing the game against Australia. given it my all for 20 years. It seemed 3 % ,,2 position against me, more after hear- Indies. At first there were small signs manager and conveyed my griev- "In the evening after the team my efforts had no value." A ! $ ( /0=+2 Q)R < ( ! -! " "- Madrid: . ! M ! ( . doing, God willing," added Engineer, ! ) < AC R who played 46 Test matches for India. 0 India are touring Australia with ! ($ experienced Parthiv Patel and rook- !7#/7 ! ! ( 9 ditions because you are playing here after a ie Rishbah Pant as their two-wicket ?L # I long time. So you can get into the groove and keepers in the squad and Engineer PL . ! racing up for the "biggest opportunity" to get used to the conditions," he added. backed the Gujarat player to play in Bwin a maiden Test series Down Under, A lot of onus will be on the Indian pace Test matches. ($ . ! India's Ishant Sharma on Tuesday also cau- attack to deliver the goods once again Asked who is better among the tioned that Australia is good enough to after their terrific performances in two, Engineer said, "Well I would go ! ( ) . cause problems, regardless of the turmoil South Africa and England earlier in the for a youngster. Rishabh Pant has ! CAC ) . in its cricket. year. shown lot of promise in batting. CB The Border-Gavaskar Trophy Kohli and coach Ravi Shastri Parthiv is still fit. I think the best keep- ( begins in Adelaide on December 6, with have praised them time and again er should play Test match, ODI crick- the Indian team bedding in for prepa- as the 'best pace attack' in Indian et a better batsman (can play). " !"+ N rations at the Sydney Cricket Ground Test history. Rishabh is certainly my choice for Burnley: / M and taking on Cricket Australia XI in Sharma though said this tag ODIs but for a Test someone like ,0% . . a four-day tour game from doesn't heap more pressure, moment, without these two people Parthiv will be better, although he is , M , AC Wednesday. instead provides an opportuni- (Smith and Warner) and we should 35". "We don't really think about ty for the pacers to perform even n the absence of Steve Smith and make the best of this opportunity," 80- "2 O"+ # -P (1 all these things. It depends on a better. Coming on his fourth IDavid Warner, India must grab the year-old Engineer said. B . given day. In cricket whoever is tour here, he added that he is opportunity to win their maiden Test Smith and Warner are facing a Former captain Michael Clarke playing for the country is good enough. eager to win the Test series this series against an "ordinary" Australia, year-long ban after their involve- has advised the current side to "play A ($ A Till the time we get the results, we don't time, while not thinking about individ- former stumper Farokh Engineer ment in the ball tampering scandal in tough Australian cricket" in the home C . ) take anything lightly. ual performances. said on Tuesday. South Africa. Test series, saying too much empha- ) / M ? "We are pretty motivated. The aim "Pressure is there but I think it is a After drawing the Twenty20 series Stressing that India have an all- sis on being nice guys on the field will A , right now is to win the series and that is great opportunity as well. We have 1-1, India and Australia will be locked round side, Engineer said the team is lead them nowhere. ( ! < what everyone is focussing on. We don't a healthy competition in the pace in a four-Test series, beginning in playing good cricket and they should The mellowed down approach has , M P even think of personal performances, just attack. If you are not doing well, you Adelaide on December 6. defeat the hosts. drawn criticism from World Cup ' M one aim, to win a series in Australia," said can be left sitting out and watching the "Australia have got two big names "India are playing very good winning skipper Clarke. (/ Sharma. game. missing (Steve) Smith and (David) cricket, we have a great captain in "Australian cricket, I think, needs India were whitewashed 4-0 when "I think it's a great opportunity to do well Warner. When you take two big Virat Kohli, he is doing superbly well. to stop worry about being liked and (, A A they were here the last time, though in any conditions. We did well on the last two names out of an (playing) XI, the team We have got a good all-round side, start worrying about being respected. ( current captain Virat Kohli made his pres- tours of South Africa and England. We are is weakened considerably," Engineer. good pace bowlers, good spinners, so Play tough cricket. Whether we like ence felt with plenty of runs. not even thinking like we have a pressure sit- "India will never have a better let's take advantage of that and beat it or not, that's in our blood," Clarke #" " "The tour game is serious because it will uation. 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0#.%# # aris Saint-Germain's hopes of break- Victories by Liverpool and Napoli Ping through in would lock up the group which has proven European football could to be the tightest of the Champions end earlier than usual League. this season. Napoli, the group's only unbeaten A loss against team with three draws and one win, host Liverpool on Wednesday a Red Star team which still has chances in Paris, coupled with a of advancing in its return to the tourna- home win by Napoli over Red Star, ment's group stage after 26 years. would keep PSG from making it out of The Serbian club has four points, one the group stage in the Champions fewer than Paris Saint-Germain and two League. And that would be a significant fewer than Napoli and Liverpool. setback for the big-spending French Red Star held Napoli to a 0-0 draw at team desperately trying to assert itself 3 !33 - I% ' home in the first round, but then con- as a world-class club. ceded 10 goals in losses against PSG (6- It would be the first time PSG failed # " ' recovery to qualify 1) and Liverpool (4-0). to reach the tournament's knockout Atletico Madrid from Group B. Liverpool, which beat PSG at home, round since 2011-12, after Qatar Sports and Borussia ! .67 Tottenham has lost 2-0 to Red Star in its previous Investments took over the club with the Dortmund lead the *0? %20 - 02%)* struggled for attacking Champions League match, but it is com- goal of turning it into a top contender. group and have a fluency this season, ing off two straight wins in the Premier PSG was eliminated in the round of 16 chance to secure places -%' mainly because of League. last season, after reaching the quarter- in the knockout round ! .67 attacking midfielders PSG, cruising in the French league, finals four straight years before that. in advance. Christian Eriksen and beat Liverpool 3-0 the only other time the Failure this time would hurt PSG Dortmund needs a *0? %20 . 02%)* Dele Alli have been teams met in Paris, nearly two decades in its second season since signing draw at Club Brugge, missing at times because ago. Brazil star Neymar for 222 million while Atletico needs a home win against of injury. euros from Barcelona in an attempt to Monaco. Atletico can also advance if Club They appear to be fully fit now and # increase its chances of succeeding in Brugge loses points against Dortmund, were superb in Tottenham's win over Group leader Porto hosts second- Europe. which is coming off a blistering start to Chelsea in the Premier League on place Schalke in a match in which a draw PSG enters the crucial match at the season under new coach Lucien Favre. Saturday, a 3-1 win that might have been could be enough for both clubs to Parc des Princes with five points in The only setback for Favre so far was its best display of the season. advance. Group C, one behind leaders Liverpool the 2-0 loss at Atletico in the team's pre- Spurs need to beat Inter Milan at They would clinch a spot in the and Napoli. A victory would put the vious Champions League appearance. Wembley Stadium on Wednesday to keep knockout stage with a draw if Galatasaray French club back in position to advance Paco Alcacer, signed on a permanent alive ambitions of a top-two finish. That fails to win its match at already eliminat- depending on its own results. basis from Barcelona on Friday, scored would leave the teams tied on seven ed Lokomotiv Moscow. "It's a decisive match in a very, very again on Saturday in a win over Mainz, points. Tottenham would still likely A victory would secure first place for complicated group," PSG coach taking his league tally to nine goals in require a win at already-qualified Porto, which has won eight straight Thomas Tuchel told French broadcaster seven appearances. Barcelona to advance, given that Inter entering the match at its Estadio do TF1. closes group play at home to last-place Dragao. Porto is trying to make it to the The good news for Tuchel is that # ! PSV. round of 16 for the third straight season. Neymar and Kylian Mbappe, who had Harry Kane kept Tottenham's Barcelona, without Rafinha, Luis The Portuguese champion has 10 points, been sidelined because of injuries, are Champions League hopes alive with a late Suarez and Arthur because of injuries, two more than Schalke and six more than expected to be available for the home double to sink PSV Eindhoven in the last has a three-point advantage at the top and Galatasaray. Porto and Schalke are the only match against Liverpool. round of games. will clinch first place in the group with unbeaten teams in the group. A look at the four Champions Now the striker has some back-up as a win over PSV, or a draw if Inter does Schalke hasn't made it to the knock- ( ! " ? . , 3 3! A League groups on Wednesday. his team tries to complete an unlikely not beat Tottenham. out stage since 2014-15.