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P$ ( (( '" %) ' , .* , 33!.!.: ; , , & & &5&)" & &5&)" ber secretary, Raman is , accountable for the HPC which n a development which puts meeting of the high pow- is an independent body creat- Iup a question mark on the itive front the recovery rate Aered committee (HPC) on ed by the Supreme Court and reporting system of the health from the disease has climbed to the Char Dham all-weather answerable only to the court, department and its manage- 88.16 per cent and the infection road project on Saturday was Chopra added that the member ment of Covid-19 in rate is 6.69 per cent. The author- termed unauthorised by the secretary had no authority to Uttarakhand, the state health ities reported 165 patients from committee’s chairman Ravi impose any other’s directions department sharply increased Dehradun, 117 from Haridwar, Chopra even as the member sec- for its functioning. the death toll from the disease 94 from Nainital, 48 from retary of the committee held the He stressed that the meet- on Saturday. The death toll Pauri, 27 from Almora, 73 meeting in the absence of the ing held on Saturday was unau- which a day earlier was on 829 from Chamoli, 41 from Pauri, chairman and four members. thorised and in violation of the was revised to 924 on Saturday. 26 from Rudraprayag, 31 from While Chopra pointed out apex court orders. “As member The department explained that Uttarkashi, 27 from Almora that the meeting had been Char Dham project from 12 secretary your duty is to carry 89 deaths which had occurred and 22 from Tehri Garhwal. called by the HPC member sec- metres to 5.5 metres. out the orders of the Supreme in the past were not reported by The State now has 5,538 retary and Garhwal commis- The Supreme Court Court and not the chief secre- many hospitals. active patients of the disease. sioner Ravinath Raman on the appointed HPC is monitoring tary. I have not agreed to your The department said that Dehradun district with 1,711 directions of the chief secretary the construction of the Char calling the meeting on October out of these 89 deaths report- active cases is at top of table and not on the directions of the Dham road project and ensur- 17. The said meeting has no ed late, 28 were from Kailash while Haridwar with 775 active committee chairman, Raman ing that the same is done as per locus. It is without any author- hospital, 24 from Mahant cases is on second spot. Nainital stated that the HPC chairman the directions of the apex court. ity,” wrote Chopra in an email Indiresh hospital, 21 from patients on the day. private hospitals are denying Uttarakhand mounted to has 563, Pauri 422, Udham and other members had been On Thursday, the HPC to Raman. Government Doon Medical The Chief Operating the allegation that death details 57,648 on Saturday with the Singh Nagar 364, Uttarkashi requested to attend the meeting. member secretary called a According to sources, the College (GDMC) hospital, five Officer (COO) of Uttarakhand are being provided late. The State health department report- 322, Tehri 274, Rudraprayag It will be recalled that ear- meeting of the committee on working of the HPC was dis- from Himalayan hospital, three state Covid-19 control room, director of Kailash hospital, ing 606 cases of the disease. 221, Chamoli 206, Champawat lier in September, a Supreme Saturday on the directions of cussed in the meeting on from district hospital Roorkee Dr Abhishek Tripathi said that Pawan Sharma told The The authorities discharged 195, Pithoragarh 194 and Court bench had ordered the the chief secretary. Saturday. After the said meet- and two each from Max hos- some hospitals are late in pro- Pioneer that the hospital is reg- 665 patients of the disease after Almora 182 active cases of the Centre to adhere to a March According to Chopra, the ing, Chopra said that it was pital Dehradun, Vinay Vishal viding details of deaths in their ularly updating the deaths to their recovery from different disease. With 109 active cases of 2018 circular of the Ministry of member secretary cannot call highly objectionable and a sign Hospital and Jaya Maxwell hospitals. He warned that the health department. hospitals of the State. A total of Covid-19, Bageshwar is at the Road Transport and Highways any meeting of the HPC with- of the state government’s hospital Haridwar. The depart- action against these hospitals Meanwhile, the tally of 50820 patients have so far recov- bottom of the table of active and reduce the width of the out the concurrence of the wrongful infringement in the ment reported the death of six can be taken. However the Covid-19 patients in ered from the disease. On a pos- cases in Uttarakhand. roads under the ambitious Chair. Stating that as a mem- functioning of the HPC. Q 4 B4 46 0 4"D&E 4

& &5&)" family but in the other case, the architectural styles. Provisions beneficial to the party members family is the party.” Pointing at have also been made by the gov- while also resolving the incon- haratiya Janata Party (BJP) the importance of the party ernment to encourage people to venience faced by residents of Bnational president JP office, he said that during the adopt the traditional architec- Balbir Road. Nadda virtually unveiled the Covid-19 pandemic, the party tural styles which will not only The BJP State president foundation stone for the party’s had successfully conducted its benefit them but also provide Banshidhar Bhagat said that all new state office here on virtual rallies from its existing employment to numerous aspects related to the party Saturday. The BJP state presi- office. Referring to the impor- craftsmen and artisans while workers will be taken care of in dent Banshidhar Bhagat, chief tance of the digital and social lending a unique traditional the new office. The new office minister Trivendra Singh media he said that in the com- identity to the buildings.” building will have seating Rawat and others participated ing times, the party will also Rawat added during events capacity for 500 people, 55 in the Bhumi Pujan held on the create WhatsApp groups at the at the existing state office of the rooms and four halls. occasion at the Ring Road. booth level. party at Balbir Road, the locals Union Education minister Speaking on the occasion, Addressing the gathering face inconvenience in move- Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, Nadda recalled his closed con- on the occasion, the chief min- ment. Stating that though the MPs Ajay Tamta, Ajay Bhatt, nection to Uttarakhand. He ister Trivendra Singh Rawat locals had not complained Anil Baluni and other office said that all facilities will be said that the party’s new state about this the CM apologised bearers of the party attended taken care of in the party’s new office will display the culture to them for the inconvenience. the event virtually from New office. Requirements for media, and traditional architecture of Due to limited space, even Delhi. State minister Dhan social media and digital library Uttarakhand. the party workers used to face Singh Rawat, MPs Teerath will also be addressed. He said, He said, “Since forming difficulties. Singh Rawat, Mala Rajya “One major difference our Government, we have made However, the party’s new Laxmi Shah and various office between the BJP and other par- an effort to revive the utilisation office will be ready in a year bearers were present at the ties is that for us the party is the of local resources and traditional which will prove considerably event in Dehradun.

4 6 = O& 6=6 D and ecology of the Doon val- ', " % ley, MAD has announced its 6 PB + opposition to the project. 6 6B66 45 MAD also plans to involve %. the Uttarakhand Biodiversity 4 4B' Board on the observation made by the project consultant of the & &5&)" phants from the western part of The organisation is rallying airport expansion project, so as the State right up till the with other sister organisations to get all agencies to work and arious public groups and Tanakpur border with Nepal. to create a moment to stop any- solve the problem. Vconcerned citizens have MAD has already regis- thing that fatally impacts the Not opposing better facil- come together to oppose the tered a strong protest on the environmental balance of the ities, MAD has pointed out that proposed felling of nearly same issue in a meeting with already perturbed Doon Valley. it was always open to the 10,000 trees in a part of the the principal chief conservator Pointing out that the 1989 Government to purchase land Shivalik elephant reserve for of forest, Jai Raj and has hand- notification letter and spirit in Doiwala for any such project, the planned expansion of ed over a representation to him. tries to protect the environment instead of felling green trees. Dehradun airport. Apart from an online peti- tion which has garnered thou- sands of signatures, concerned citizens have planned to tie Raksha Sutra threads on the trees in the Thano range on Sunday. Meanwhile, registering its strong opposition to the tree & &5&)" He said that the govern- the industrial units. The coming to power the Congress felling plan, student activist ment has brought many anti Congress leader said that many party would fill all the vacant group, Making a Difference by o attract the attention of the labour policies by amending industrial units are engaging in posts in the government and it Being the Difference (MAD) Tgovernment on increasing the labour laws. harassment of the labourers. would revive all such posts pointed out that the draft unemployment in the indus- He said the objective of his “Some units have reduced which were declared dead by the Environmental Impact trial sector, former chief min- Yatra is to attract the attention the salary while some have BJP government. Rawat said Assessment for the same was ister and general secretary of of the state government on the increased the working hours. that self employment would be proposed by the project con- All India Congress Party plight of the labourers. Government should look into made the major objective of the sultant falsely recording that no (AICC) Harish Rawat took out Rawat demanded that the this. It appears that the politi- Government and for it necessary Schedule-I fauna has been a ‘Parikrama Yatra’ of SIIDCUL State Government should enter cal parties don’t have a broad constitutional and financial reported in the area and that Haridwar on Saturday. into a MoU with the industri- understanding on employment measures would be taken. there is an absence of dense for- The Congress leader did a al units so that the vacant generation,’’ he said. The president of est in the said area. circumvallation of the indus- posts in these units are reserved Rawat added that the Uttarakhand Kisan Congress The group members also trial area with a select group for the local youth. Congress party would make Committee Sushil Rathi and pointed out that the said expan- after offering prayers at a tem- He said that locals have the employment generation a major trade union leaders were pre- sion could land a fatal blow to ple on the day. inherent right over the jobs in election issue. He said that on sent on the occasion. the traditional moment of ele- ' ! +0 &= - - -(

social and financial suffering of accounts for more than 11% of be more significant, pushing tion becomes poorer than neighbouring states. Road accidents push fam- reduce the road traffic fatalities the Road traffic accident (RTA) the world’s RTAs. One can people deeper into poverty or before. About 50% of the fam- Poor people are more prone ilies into the poverty through as media report state that the victims. We feel that road traf- imagine how grim the situation limiting their future potential to ilies either borrow money from to traffic accidents because the loss of money spent on pro- incidence of traffic accidents fic accidents and increase in is likely to become in the near be economically stable. Given someone or sell their meagre usually they are pedestrians or longed medical treatment and resultant fatalities has been * +,!! ) * ! ) poverty are interlinked and future as number of vehicles is that RTA related deaths and assets, like land, house, cattle, using cycles as the mode of which is common in reduced by almost 50% from therefore, we want to highlight increasing manifold in our fast serious injuries are largely pre- vehicle, ornaments etc for the their transportation because orthopaedic injuries. We would March to September 2020 in the impact of RTA on the soci- growing economy. ventable, road safety should be treatment of their beloved. But they cannot afford motorised like to cite an example of a 25 comparison to last year. ike every year, the ety and the nation. As our country’s per capi- considered an issue that can unfortunately, in spite of the vehicles. But whenever they year old standing on the side of According to our research, LInternational Day for the More than a million people ta income is rising, so is the contribute to poverty alleviation best available treatment in our meet with an accident they are the road when he was hit by an 90% of these accidents occur Eradication of Poverty was die worldwide every year on the number of accidents. Road at national and household level. country one-fourth to a half usually hit by a motorised vehi- SUV from behind and sus- due to the driver’s negligence. commemorated on October roads after suffering from RTA. accidents do not differentiate According to a recent UN remain temporarily or perma- cle and the impact is usually tained open fractures of leg and The results of Motor Vehicles 17. Whenever men and women This situation is quite terrifying between the sections of the and World Bank report, almost nently disabled and become lia- fatal because they don’t have thigh which was treated at (Amendment) Act 2019 are are deemed to live in extreme and serious in India. Almost 5 society, rich or poor, skilled or one fourth of the people in India bility to the family from being any protective shields or safety multiple hospitals and devel- visible as informed by Union poverty, human rights are usu- lakh accidents occur in our unskilled, old or young. are still living below the pover- an asset at a point of time. equipment as the motorised oped complications. At this Minister of Road Transport ally violated. We must come country annually. According However, statistics show that ty line. Those who cannot afford It is necessary for all of us vehicles have installed in them. stage patient came to us to get and Highways, Nitin Gadkari in together and ensure that these to the World Health majority of those who are food three times a day cannot to spread awareness on pre- Once they sustain the accidents treated and became well only Parliament in March 2020. If rights are protected and Organisation 2019 report, low affected, are in the age group of afford costly medical treatment. venting these accidents, because then it is difficult for them to get after five years of the initial people follow the traffic rules respected. This day is marked and middle income countries 20-40 years and are usually the In India, 50-70% of the hospi- they have taken the form of an the best medical care due to injury. This is not the only one the incidence of road traffic to renew the commitment of account for more than 90% of bread earners of their families. tal expenses are met by the epidemic. If something is not their financial constraints and but there are many such exam- accidents and associated fatal- people from all backgrounds, road traffic related deaths, Poverty and road traffic patient even in most of the gov- done it is bound to go out of the associated poverty. ples the authors have seen. ities will reduce significantly beliefs and social origins to despite having only around 60 injuries are strongly interlinked. ernment-funded hospitals and control. We have delivered 193 Particularly in India these peo- The incidence of RTAs can and so will the associated show their solidity with the % of the world’s registered Poor people are more likely to almost 100% from their pock- free public awareness lectures ple usually go to the govern- be reduced significantly if the poverty. poor and down-trodden. The vehicles. Although our country be involved in a road traffic et if it entails a private hospital. and spread the message among ment hospitals which are most- number of vehicles on the road authors being orthopaedic sur- is having only 1% of the world’s crash, and the economic impact After the traffic accidents, thousand of students and other ly not well equipped to deal is also reduced. The Covid-19 (The writers are orthopaedic geons have closely seen the total registered vehicles it on people with low incomes can everybody’s financial condi- citizens in Uttarakhand and with such injuries. pandemic has been a boon to surgeons based in Dehradun) + ,-. /0/0 .

6='(( ( > , >#34-33. ,2 3* " 1 :- -'>2 )#O4?-33- , " 441-;+3.3 2 + , Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Firozabad (UP): A local BJP leader was Tomar and two others were detained for Chief Minister Govind M Canning (WB): A group of people beat a 41- shot dead by bike-borne assailants in questioning yesterday night itself,” he Karjole on Saturday said he year-old woman to death and injured her hus- Firozabad district of Uttar Pradesh added. would not be able to travel 600 band in West Bengal''s South 24 Parganas dis- ahead of the November 3 Assembly by- The family members staged a kms to carry out survey of trict on suspicion that they were thieves, police poll in the area, following which three protest demanding justice. The slain flood-ravaged north said on Saturday. people were detained, police said on BJP leader’s sister, who sat on the dhar- Karnataka region which is Four persons were arrested in connection Saturday. na alongwith others, alleged that the worst-hit due to heavy rain in with the incident which happened at D K Gupta, 46, was shot at in the Vaishya samaj was being targeted. the last fortnight. Chinepukur village under the jurisdiction of Nagla Beech area Friday evening when They said they would not allow the cre- Karjole's emotional out- Kashipur police station on Friday. he was returning home after closing his mation till justice was not done. burst assumes significance, in According to the complaint lodged by the shop. He was rushed to a hospital where Later local MP Chandra Sen Jadaun the wake of his becoming a butt deceased woman''s husband, Ali Hossein Molla, he died, they said. and Firozabad Sadar seat MLA Manish of jokes on social media sites, a total of 14 people beat him up with sticks and The police said three people have Asija reached the spot and pacified with his political rivals atack- rods accusing him of stealing something from been detained for questioning based on them on the promise that those respon- ing him for taking part in the the house of one of them. a complaint filed by Gupta''s family. sible for the attack would be punished election campaign in favour of When Ali protested, the accused persons The area falls under the Tundla and the family would be taken care of the BJP's candidate in Sira Pilibhit (UP): At least 9 peo- Superintendent of Police, injured are undergoing treat- who were his neighbours assaulted his wife, Sufia assembly constituency, where a by-elec- by the party. which is going for bypolls on ple lost their lives and more Pilibhit, Jaiprakash Yadav said, ment at the district hospital. Bibi, till she fell unconscious. tion is scheduled for November 3. The cremation was then carried out November 3 instead of than 30 were injured in a col- “In an early morning accident The ill-fated bus was coming Local people took the couple to a local pri- Among those detained is a person in police presence. visiting his district Bagalkote, lision between a jeep and an involving a jeep and a roadways from Lucknow to Pilibhit, and mary health centre from where the woman was named Viresh Tomar with whom Gupta The MP and the MLA also partic- which is one of the worst- Uttar Pradesh roadways bus in bus, nine persons were killed, most of the passengers are shifted to a hospital in Kolkata. She was had some rivalry, they said, adding the ipated in the funeral procession after affected districts. Pilibhit on Saturday, police while over 30 persons were from Pilibhit and nearby areas,” declared brought dead there, police said. duo even had an exchange of words on paying homage on behalf of the party Karjole and his family said. injured.” He added that the he said. An investigation was initiated after the com- Facebook recently. by placing the party flag on the body. members had just recovered The accident occurred in deceased include passengers Police officials said that the plaint was lodged and the main accused along Senior Superintendent of Police Senior police officers had reached from Covid-19. He, along with Puranpur Police Station area of of the bus as well as the jeep. accident site is approximately with three others were arrested, police said (SSP) Sachindra Patel said, “All the the spot and a large number of securi- his family members, had been the district, a senior police “Seven of the passengers 40 kilometres away from the adding that efforts are on to nab the others angles are being thoroughly examined. ty personnel were deployed in the hit by the virus last month and official said. died on the spot and the district headquarters. Agencies named in the FIR. PTI Police teams were formed and Viresh area. PTI recovered only last week. IANS 1443-*%3."4 8 4O34/

*0 ++&& G 5! Mohammed Naguib and Gamal The Ambassador has sweet "#$ Abdel Nasser in 1952. Naguib was memories about Cambodia and e could be the only surviving overthrown by Naasser himself Phnom Penh which he describes HAmbassador in the country and put under house arrest for as a big town but scarcely a city. who scored a ‘faultless and bril- decades. The King escaped to Italy He had special relations with # %& ' liant’ 101 not out in his bout with by his personal yacht! Prince Norodom Sihanouk and till life. Ambassador V Madhavan While he was serving as day remembers clearly the sailing KOCHI/CHENNAI: As the total num- Chennai in Tamil Nadu where 1,132 new Nair, born in the famous Chettur India’s Ambassador to Morocco expedition undertook through ber of Covid-19 patients undergoing cases were detected on Saturday. family of Kerala in 1919 had a and Tunisia, Nair was to witness River Mekong. treatment in various hospitals in the State The number of active patients across silent but joyous 101st birthday in an unsuccessful bid by the To some of the questions put breached the 96,000 mark on Saturday, Tamil Nadu came down to 40,192 by company of his wife and daughter Morocco Army to upstage King to him by The Pioneer, the a special Cetral medical team flew down Saturday. The directorate of health and in New Delhi this week. The new Hassan II. The Ambassador Ambassador chose just one query to Thiruvananthapuram to take stock of preventive medicine in its bulletin issued generation may not have heard of could be the only Indian to get a for answering. When asked why the critical situation in Kerala. on Saturday said that 4,295 new patients this illustrious son of India as he special privilege to see the tooth India was always under attack by The department of health on were diagnosed in the State. belonged to another era. of Budha preserved in Candy most of its neighbours, he just Saturday diagnosed 9,016 new Covid-19 There were 26 deaths reported from Nair entered the Indian Civil and that too out of turn. The replied; “”Is it the only country to patients out of which 7,464 contracted the Kerala while the fatality rate in Tamil Nadu Service in 1943 and retired in 1977 01 , % " Budha’s tooth is taken out for pub- be attacked by neighbours”? pandemic through contact. The State has came down to 57. A comparative study of after serving the country for 34 lic display only once in seven years Nair is one not to rest with his failed in increasing the number of the details released by the Governments years. The career took him to var- the newly liberated countries and He was in Alexandria as but the royal visit of the King of laurels. He is still obsessed with patients while the Test Positivity Rate of the State show that situation in Kerala ious countries in Asia , Africa and he had the privilege to watch India’s Charge’ d’ affaires when the Nepal to the island nation offered the world of diplomacy and wants stood at 17.3 per cent on Saturday. has become dangerous while Tamil Nadu Europe. The period 1950s to 1970s these developments from close then monarch King Farouk was him the rare chance to get a to be a diplomat in his next birth Malappuram district diagnosed 1,519 has succeeded in containing the spread- was known for coups in some of quarters. overthrown in a coup d’état by glimpse of it! too. patients on Saturday which is higher than ing of the pandemic. PNS 1 21 & %

!'! %)%! under sections 376 (rape), 376 Mimoh from 2015 to 2018 asked her to abort the baby and his mother Yogita Bali at (2) (n) (repeated rape), 328 and during this period he had gave her pills. Begumpur police station in he Oshiwara police have (causing hurt by means of poi- promised to marry her. “The woman said she used June 2018,” the police officer Tregistered a case against son), 417 (cheating), 506 (crim- She alleged that during to ask Mimoh about their mar- said. yesteryear actor Mithun inal intimidation) and 34 (com- their relationship, she had gone riage. But in January 2018, he The Delhi police had regis- Chakraborty`s son and actor mon intention) of IPC, the to see Mimoh’s flat at Adarsh told her that he cannot tered an offence under section Mahaakshay alias Mimoh complainant has named Nagar in Andheri West, which marry her, which led to an alter- 376 (rape), 313 (causing mis- based on a complaint of rape Mithun’s ex-wife Yogita Bali as he had purchased in 2015. “At cation between them. carriage without woman's con- and cheating filed by a 38-year- a co-accused in the case. that time, he offered me a She said when she called him, sent) and others, and the probe old woman. In her complaint, the 38- spiked soft drink that had been his mother Yogita Bali threat- was transferred to the crime In a complaint lodged year-0ld woman stated that spiked and forced her to have ened her,” a senior police offi- branch there. A Delhi court later against Mithun’s son Mimoh she was in a relationship with physical relations with him,” he cer said, quoting the contents of granted anticipatory bail to added. The complainant went the complaint lodged by the Mimoh and his mother in the on to allege that when she woman. case. became pregnant, Mimoh According to the com- In March 2020, the Delhi plainant, she High Court had asked the subsequent- woman to file her complaint in ly shifted to the court, where the offence had Delhi with taken place. Subsequently, she her brother lodged a complaint against to stay with Mimoh and his mother Yogita their family Bala with the Oshiwara police friend. “In station in July this year. 4 % ' ! "#$ Delhi, she Based on the complaint lodged a under IPC sections 376 (rape) complaint and other sections, the against Oshiwara police are investi- ) # Mimoh and gating the case. </5 G%O4 Agartala/Aizaw: Tripura and Tripura. North Tripura district <313 Mizoram beefed up security “Tripura Home Secretary is Superintendent of Police and promulgated prohibitory yet to respond to our Home Bhanupada Chakraborty said .-413 orders, even as the Tripura Secretary Lalbiaksangi's letter that troopers of the Tripura authorities stopped recon- over the inter-state border State Rifles and police were 4-14 struction of a temple at the dis- issue,” Chuaungo said. posted at Phuldungsei village pured Phuldungsei village According to Mizoram's on Friday. along the inter-state border. Mamit district officials, pro- “The deployment of secu- KOCHI: M Sivsankar, former Mizoram Chief Secretary hibitory orders under section rity forces was done in view of principal secretary to Chief Lalnunmawia Chuaungo on 144 Cr Pc were clamped in the controversy over the Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was Saturday said that in view of the Phuldungsei, Zampui and rebuilding of a temple. admitted to public resentment, the state Zomuantlang villages in view of However, there is no untoward Thiruvananthapuram Medical government has taken precau- the proposed construction of a incident yet or any kind of ten- College on Saturday following tionary measures along the temple in the area by an indige- sion in our side,” Chakraborty complaints of back pain. inter-state borders with nous organisation of Tripura. told IANS. IANS Sivsankar had been admitted to a private hospital in the capital city late Friday evening E 81-4 while he was being taken to the (* +,$ Customs office for questioning in connection with the gold --.4 smuggling scam. - ,.#,'/ On Saturday morning, he -4.>JG was subjected to angioplasty and a team of cardiologists Srinagar: In all, 610 more per- ,-- ## examine him to diagnose the sons tested coronavirus positive possibilities of cardiac issues. in Jammu and Kashmir on Aligarh: For Bihar Assembly sympathetic to those who speak When it was found that Saturday, taking its COVID-19 elections, Congress party has against the country and will con- Sivsankar was perfectly alright tally over 87,000 and active nominated former president of tinue to encourage them. Every by the medical team, he start- cases to 8,704. AMU Students Union Hindu knows that Mashkoor ed complaining of back pain The Information and Mashkoor Ahmed Usmani from Usmani will not be able to stand and he was shifted to Medical Public Relations Department Jale Assembly constituency of anywhere in the election. College Hospital. said 247 new cases were report- Darbhanga district who advo- Due to people like Meanwhile a senior ed from Jammu division and cated Jinnah’s portrait in the Mashkoor, Scheduled Castes Congress law maker P T 363 from Kashmir division. AMU. and Scheduled Tribes are not Thomas alleged on Saturday The UT's total tally is BJP MP Satish Kumar getting reservation in AMU. that the CPI(M) led Kerala 87,364, of which 77,288 have Gautam said that giving by tick- The MP said that Hindu voters Government was out to subvert recovered. Six more fatalities ets to Jinnah supporter know where to send Mashkoor the probe by the central agen- took J&K's death toll to Mashkoor, the Congress has Usmani. They will send him to cies into the Gold Smuggling 1,372. shown its mindset and is yet to his actual place and will not find Scam and LIFE Mission In all, 809 patients were get out of Jinnah’s mindset. him again. bribery charges. The NIA is yet discharged from different hos- Mashkoor spoiled the atmos- BJP Youth Front District to furnish documents linking pitals. Of the active cases in phere of AMU by supporting President Mukesh Lodhi said the accused to terrorism relat- J&K, 3,538 are in Jammu divi- Jinnah. He is anti-national. that by giving tickets to ed activities though they were sion and 5,166 are in Kashmir Congress has proved that by giv- Mashkoor, the Congress has arrested in early July. PNS division. IANS ing tickets to Mashkoor, it is revealed its mindset. PNS + ,-. /0/0 ( $/

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& "'&5! & "'&5! field assessment. Guidelines issued by the ( ( ongress on Saturday kick- he Union Culture Ministry Union Home and Health Cstarted the Smart Village Thas issued detailed Ministries shall be strictly Campaign (SVC) with the vir- Standard Operating Procedures complied with during all activ- & "'&5! tual launch of a 2,775 crore (SOPs) for ‘culture functions ities and operations, said the campaign to power the com- and programmes' on preventive official. Special NIA court in Delhi plete rural transformation of measures to control the spread Social/ academic/ sports/ Ahas convicted 15 accused the State in Punjab. of Covid-19, according to entertainment/ cultural/ reli- persons in connection with The smart village concept which, no cultural activities will gious/ political functions and the ISIS Conspiracy case. is to focus on core areas like be allowed inside containment other congregations have The case pertains to crim- renovation of ponds, street zones. already been permitted with a inal conspiracy hatched by the lights, parks, gymnasiums, According to an official ceiling of 100 persons, outside ISIS to establish its base in community halls, drinking from the Ministry, these SOPs containment zones only. India by recruiting Muslim water supply, model anganwa- have to be followed by the In closed spaces, a maxi- youth for ISIS, a proscribed ter- di centers, smart schools and management of theatres and mum of 50 per cent of the hall rorist organisation by using dif- solid waste management, thus performance spaces, as well as capacity will be allowed, with ferent social media platforms. making villages self-sustaining the entertainment/creative a ceiling of 200 persons. The case was registered at " rigorous imprisonment (RI) by providing enabling envi- a total of 1,500 digital locations, believed in working at the agencies, artists and crew or Wearing of face masks, Police Station NIA, New Delhi and fine. ronments. paving the way for execution of grassroots and Congress gov- any other persons who hire the maintaining social distancing, on December 9, 2015 under * The convicted terrorists While doing so, the focus 48,910 separate works across ernments start programmes auditoria or any other provision for thermal scanning section under provisions of 1# ( ( include Nafees Khan, 10 years shall be on ‘inclusive’ growth, the state. only after taking the views of open/closed performance and use of hand wash or san- the Indian Penal Code and RI with fine of 1,03,000, i.e. to include households such Singh assured of adequate the Panchayats into accounts. spaces, whether on payment or itizer will be mandatory, while Unlawful Activities Mudabbir Mushtaq Sheikh, 7 as women -headed households, allocation for the schemes to be Since the schemes under SVC gratis. in open spaces, keeping the (Prevention) Act. 34 years RI and fine of 65,000, persons with disabilities, crit- undertaken under the second have been envisaged after delib- “Comprehensive guidelines size of the space/ground in During investigation, & (" Abu Anas, 7 years RI and fine ically ill persons, families of phase, which has been kick- erations at the ground level, have been issued for artists and view, strict observance of social searches were conducted by the 48,000, Mufti Abdus Sami, 7 martyrs, scheduled castes, etc, started on the successful cul- they will deliver the desired crew, management of green distancing, the mandatory NIA in various cities across the 34536 years RI and fine of 50,000 he said. mination of Phase I, which was results, he said. rooms, stage management, cos- wearing of face masks, provi- country and 19 accused per- and Azhar Khan, 6 years RI Party sources said that the launched in 2019 for the exe- Adequate funds in Punjab tume and makeup trials, sani- sion for thermal scanning and sons were arrested. with a fine 58,000. same is to be replicated by all cution of 19,132 works at a cost had already been transferred to tization of the venue including hand wash or sanitiser has to It was revealed that the minimised and theirother asso- Others convicted include the Congress ruled States in of 835 crores. all 13,264 Gram Panchayats in stage, open area seating etc,” the be followed. accused persons had formed an ciates were identified and ques- Amzad Khan, 6 years RI with way to showcase a better format Underlining the impor- Punjab, the Chief Minister official added. "State/UT Govts will issue organisation styled as Junood- tioned to unravel their further 78,000 fine, Mohd. Shariff of the Modi government's tance of villages to keep the said, adding that his govern- Further, State/UT Govts detailed SOPs, to regulate such ul-Khilafa-Fil-Hind (a group plans,” the NIA said in a state- Moinudeen, 5 years RI with Adarsh Village concept which nation’s foundations strong, ment intends to give assis- may consider proposing addi- gatherings and strictly enforce seeking to establish Caliphate ment. 38,000 fine, Asif Ali, 5 years has not shown much enthusi- Rahul Gandhi said any weak- tance to those house-owners tional measures as per their the same," said the official. in India and pledging alle- Several ISIS sympathisers, RI and fine of 38,000, Mohd. asm. ening of the rural structure who are living in houses hav- giance to ISIS/ISIL) to recruit who had gone to join ISIS, were Hussain, 5 years RI and fine of Launching the campaign would impede the nation’s ing temporary roofs. The inten- Muslim youth to work for ISIS intercepted at various loca- Rs 38,000 and Syed Mujahid, 5 virtually from the national progress. He stressed the need tion is “Har ghar pakki chhat” and commit acts of terrorism tions in the Middle East and years RI and fine 38,000. Capital, former Congress chief to strengthen these foundations i.e. to provide the rural poor + " " in India at the behest of one were deported to India. The The five others convicted Rahul Gandhi said the scheme for a better India, pointing out with better housing facility. Yusuf-Al-Hindi alias Shafi investigation conducted by the are Najmul Huda, Mohd. would lead to the creation of that protecting the villages and In addition, 750 stadiums Armar alias Anjan Bhai, who agency stopped the facilita- Obedullah, Md. Aleem, Md. enormous rural infrastructure the people living there would are being taken up for devel- was based in Syria and was pur- tion of the ISIS members in Afzal and Sohail Ahmad for to raise the living standard and help protect the cities and the opment in rural areas for 2020- portedly the media chief of India as well as abroad, it said. five years and a fine each of quality of life by capitalising on country. 21 in Punjab. For this purpose, ISIS. After completion of inves- 38,000. technological advances, as part Congress' ruled other states a target of minimum of 5 sta- “This case had a huge tigation, the NIA had filed This case was first of its of his government’s Rural of Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, diums per block has been allot- 56. impact on the like-minded charge-sheets against 16 kind in which an extensive ter- Transformation Strategy. Puducherry is also studying the ted for this purpose. New people who were likely to join accused persons in 2016-2017. rorist conspiracy involving Punjab Chief Minister project initiated by their coun- designs of 4 acres, 2 acres and ISIS. After the arrest of the ISIS On Friday, 15 accused were online radicalisation was Capt Amarinder Singh, officials terpart in Punjab. 1 acre playgrounds have been terrorists, their activities were convicted and sentenced with hatched on cyber space. and Sarpanchs, joined in from Rahul said the Congress developed. 0" % 7892#0:;70< 7 $P* ; ! < : " 7 ($ ( according to the United : &! "'&5! Nations. "Today, let us strive ( ice President M Venkaiah together for the uplift of the ' VNaidu on Saturday called downtrodden & build a more & for building a more equitable equitable society. We need to society on International Day address the root cause of = && for the Eradication of Poverty. poverty in all its dimensions, '( * The theme for the Day be it economic, social, legal or ( ( & "'&5! Ladakh and the rest of the this year addresses the chal- environmental," the Vice country welcomed the move to lenge of achieving social and President Secretariat tweeted & he BJP on Saturday came abrogate Article 370. They environmental justice for all, quoting Naidu. ; Tdown heavily on the have seen the kind of progress Congress for its unequivocal in Jammu and Kashmir and works with a result of increase support for the restoration of Ladakh in the past one year. of 22500 TCM (Thousand Jammu and Kashmir's special But Congress is echoing the !+ Cubic Meter) of water storage status and the opposition language of the soft sepa- capacity at `No cost to State party to include the restora- ratists," said the BJP leader. Government'. This has charged tion of Article 370 as a Alleging that Congress ground water table. Due to promise in its Bihar polls was endorsing the agenda of 12 % % deepening and training of river, manifesto. soft separatists, he regretted drains, etc, the floods have In a sharp riposte to that the opposition party reduced, which otherwise Congress leader and former repeatedly went against the spreads in nearby field due to Union finance Minister P mood of the people. %) % &! "'&5! ent parts of the State and there and strengthen the rural and reduced discharge capacity of Chidambaram’s comment on The Union Minister is an urgent need to chalk out national economy. The divert- rivers and drains. This con- restoring article 370, BJP accused Sonia headed BJP of that its executive committee, at nion Minister for Road a plan to manage this natural ed flood waters would relieve vergence has been appreciated president J P Nadda alleged praising China and Pakistan. &! "'&5! a meeting on October 16, strong- UTransport, Highways and disaster that becomes grave the stress on the local resources. and accepted by NITI Aayog, that the opposition party was Maintaining that Article 370 ly condemned the action of the MSMEs Nitin Gadkari has because of other man made Transportation of goods and which is in the process of subscribing to a "Divide was always temporary in Supreme Court lawyers' chief minister of Andhra Pradesh requested the Maharashtra factors. passengers through rivers forming policy based on this India" agenda. Another senior nature, Javadekar listed the Abody has condemned in releasing his letter to the Government to take initiative The Union Minister has (Water Transport) can be com- work done. BJP leader and union I & B various benefits secured by the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chief Justice of India (CJI) mak- for preparation of detailed pro- suggested to the Government menced in near future. Fishing The Minister further Minister Prakash Javadekar people of J&K and Ladakh in YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's action ing allegations against the sitting ject report (DPR) for formation of Maharashtra to take up the and other businesses can flour- informed that the Tamaswada sought to dare the Congress the last one year. of writing a letter to Chief Justice judge in the public domain. of the State Water Grid to ambitious project of formation ish alongside and major Pattern adopted in Wardha to put their promise of bring- "Congress is continuously of India S A Bobde in which alle- A similar resolution was overcome the recurring flood of the State Water Grid on the employment can be generated and Nagpur districts is anoth- ing back article 370 in the adopting positions that go gations have been levelled against also passed earlier this week by crisis in the State. This would lines of the National Power if such project is taken up as an er effort towards Rain Water party’s poll manifesto for against the sentiments of the a sitting judge of the top court. the Delhi High Court Bar help the Government to ensure Grid and Highway Grid. The essential infrastructure. Harvesting, Conservation and Bihar. people of this country. Rahul The Supreme Court Bar Association (DHCBA) stating the availability of the water in idea is to divert the flood water Gadkari has informed that Ground Water Recharge. In August 2019, a presi- Gandhi also praises Pakistan. Association (SCBA) said in its that the “ill-founded” letter drought prone areas and save from one river basin to the his Ministry is doing water These works are done on dential notification along with They like to praise Pakistan resolution that “such action by “unfairly and without reason the resources to manage the other river basin in the drought conservation by using the the basis of Scientific and the passage of requisite legis- and China on any issue. constitutional functionaries is casts aspersions” on the conduct flood crisis. In a letter dated prone area of the state. The soil/murum from water bodies, Complete Development of lation in Parliament resulted The Constitution also stat- opposed to conventions causing of the apex court judge and 14th October, 2020 to Chief areas with shortage of the drains and rivers for construc- Mini-Micro Watersheds based in Article 370 becoming ed that Article 370 is for a lim- serious inroads impacting the judges of the Andhra Pradesh Minister Udhav Thackeray, his water, scanty rainfall can get tion of Highways. on study of HydroGeology, redundant and the state of ited period, after which it will independence of the judiciary as High Court. cabinet colleagues and Sharad relief by the Grid. This would This synchronisation of Topography and Civil J&K splitting into two- J & K, go. enshrined in the Constitution of The DHCBA said the Pawar, MP, he has sought early help to increase the area under N.H. construction and water Engineering. Work is done Ladakh- Union Territories. Separatism has ended and India”. October 6 letter is an abject and decision of the State irrigation, while bringing sig- conservation results not only in essentially in the direction Nadda drew a link all the vulnerable sections of The SCBA resolution was uncalled for Government on this issue, fol- nificant reduction in the num- increasing water storage capac- from Ridge to Valley. between former Congress the society got the benefit of passed days after another interference in the due lowed by actions thereon. bers of suicides of farmers. The ity but saving environment. Tamaswada Pattern is most president Rahul Gandhi's reservation. lawyers' body, Supreme Court administration of justice by the Gadkari has drawn the letter goes on to say that vari- Initially this activity was done helpful to create augmented recent praise for Pakistan and Many welfare laws were Advocates-on-Record high court judges. attention of the Chief Minister ous studies have shown that the on large scale in Buldhana dis- Surface rain and Ground Water Chidambaram's pro-Article implemented in Kashmir," said Association (SCAORA), had In an unprecedented move, in this letter towards the seri- incidents of the farmers' suicide trict as pilot project and hence storages. It creates Flood free as 370 statement. the Union Minister. condemned the "unwarranted" the chief minister wrote the let- ous issue of heavy loss of lives have come down in the areas named as 'Buldhana pattern'. well as Drought free situation Chidambaram had wel- Union Fisheries Minister release of the letter written by ter to the CJI, alleging that the and property that occur in the where the irrigation cover is With this activity in in treated Watershed. These comed the formation of the Giriraj Singh also expressed Reddy saying “it tends to scan- Andhra Pradesh High Court was state of Maharashtra every year more that 55%. Maharashtra, around 225 lakh type of works are resulting in 'People's Alliance for Gupkar ‘outrage’ at Congress' stance dalise and breach the indepen- being used to "destabilise and due to floods. He has added The Minister mentioned cubic meter of material from Preservation and Conservation Declaration' and called for the and questioned whether the dence of judiciary”. topple my democratically elect- that the floods create and trig- that this would also help to water bodies, drains and rivers of Traditional natural water people of J&K to be given party wanted to severe J&K The resolution of SCBA said ed Government. ger serious problems in differ- increase agriculture produce has been used in Highway bodies. back their rights that existed from India. before August 5, 2019. All original Gupkar Terming the Centre's deci- Declaration signatories bar- sions as "unconstitutional", ring for J&K Congress chief he said that mainstream par- GA Mir came together for the " 7 %8O P3 ties, as well as people of J&K, first time on Thursday since should not be perceived as the abrogation of Article 370. "anti-national". The Gupkar Declaration was a &! "'&5! deployed over 50,000 troops. tranquilli- tiations at different lev- ing," he said referring to the Javadekar pointed out that resolution passed by National The Sino-India boundary ty along els...That is a very high bar for border situation in eastern the Congress knew very well Conference (NC), Peoples xternal Affairs Minister S question a very "complicated" the bor- a relationship," Jaishankar Ladakh. that the people of the entire Democratic Party(PDP), EJaishankar on Saturday said and difficult issue, he said at a der. said. Jaishankar said both country had endorsed the Congress, CPI(M), JKPC and peace and tranquillity along the webinar on his book ‘The India "It is "I am talking about a China and India are rising decision to scrap J&K's special ANC on August 4, 2019 (a day Line of Actual Control(LAC) is Way', giving a historical per- not our much more basic bar which is and assuming "bigger" role in status. before the abrogation of arti- "deeply disturbed" and this is spective to development of the position that there must be peace and the world, but the "big ques- "Congress leaders P cle 370), pledging to protect obviously impacting the over- relationship between the two that we tranquillity along the LAC in tion" is how the two countries Chidambaram and Digvijaya the "identity, autonomy and all relationship between India neighbouring countries in the should the border areas and that has find an "equilibrium". Singh are saying that the deci- special status" of J&K. and China. last three decades. solve the been the case since the late "That is the basic case I sion to abrogate Article 370 After the meeting, NC Jaishankar made these The external affairs min- boundary 1980s," he added. addressed in my book," the was wrong and so, Congress president Farooq Abdullah comments against the back- ister said the relationship question. "Now, if peace and tran- minister said, adding he com- will take it back. Can the announced the formation of drop of the over five-month- between India and China, We under- quillity is deeply disturbed, pleted the manuscript of the Congress include this in the the People's Alliance for long border standoff between which was "very difficult", initiatives like trade, travel, stand that it is a very compli- then obviously there will be book in April, before the bor- Bihar poll manifesto? They Gupkar Declaration' and India and China in eastern was normalised since late tourism, and societal activities cated and difficult issue. an impact on the relationship der row erupted in eastern know very well that the peo- called for the restoration of Ladakh where each side has 1980s through a plethora of on the premise of peace and There have been many nego- and that is what we are see- Ladakh. ple of Jammu, Kashmir, J&K's special status. + ,-. /0/0 (4

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Madison: Rising coronavirus While holding a competitive Day crowds but determined to Democratic challenger, former required deliberation and even County Board of Elections early cases in key presidential battle- presidential election during a vote, so they brought their own Vice President Joe Biden, courage. voting center. He said he does- @) 95 A ground states a little more than pandemic is “tricky business,” sanitizer to the community cen- encountered lines when they Robert Baccus, 52, an inde- n’t trust voting by mail, so early two weeks before Election Day the governor said, “People are ter Friday. went to cast early ballots on pendent contractor from voting was his best option for are the latest worry for election ready to have this election over, “We’d go through a vat of Friday. Some described the deci- Columbus, Ohio, was among casting a ballot while trying to Baku (Azerbaijan): Azerbaijan officials and voters fearing chaos and I think it will be a success- boiling COVID to get the cur- sion to vote this year as one that hundreds in line at the Franklin safeguard his health. AP on Saturday accused Armenia or exposure to the virus at ful election with very few hic- rent president out of office,” of striking its second-largest polling places despite months of cups.” Tompkins said. city with a ballistic missile that planning. In Iowa, Scott County In some states, voting early 2 < 1 killed at least 13 civilians and The prospect of poll work- Auditor Roxanna Moritz opened still has carried health risks. wounded 50 others in a new ers backing out at the last minute additional early voting sites in Voters in Georgia, Texas and , , escalation of their conflict over because they are infected, quar- and around Davenport, the elsewhere encountered hours- " 2 Nagorno-Karabakh. antined or scared of getting state’s third-largest city, to try to long lines that required congre- Washington: Joe Biden is warning Michigan The Armenian Defence Ilham Aliyev, denounced the sick has local election officials in reduce the number of people gating with hundreds of other voters that President Donald Trump wants to Macon: Former US president Barack Obama will Ministry denied launching the missile strike as a war crime Midwest states such as Iowa and casting ballots on Election Day people this week. In Georgia, strip health insurance from tens of millions of campaign for Democratic party presidential can- strike, but the separatist author- and warned the leadership of Wisconsin opening more early and to keep the virus from nearly a quarter of the workers Americans with preexisting conditions. didate Joe Biden in Pennsylvania next week, the ities in Nagorno-Karabakh put Armenia that it would face voting locations, recruiting back- spreading in large precincts. in a warehouse where Fulton Campaigning outside Detroit on Friday, the Biden campaign has said. out a statement listing alleged responsibility for that. up workers and encouraging “We have to remember that County’s election supplies are Democratic nominee said Trump promises to President Donald Trump, however, told his “legitimate” military facilities in “Azerbaijan will give its voters to plan for long lines and there is this thing called kept and voting equipment is protect the insurance eligibility of all Americans supporters here that Obama was an “ineffective” the city of Ganja, although response and it will do so other inconveniences. COVID,” Moritz said. “Our readied tested positive for but in reality wants to scrap the 2010 Affordable campaigner and this was good news for him as in they stopped short of claiming exclusively on the battlefield,” Confirmed virus cases and numbers aren’t getting any bet- COVID-19. Care Act. 2016 “they did a lousy job and that’s why I’m your responsibility for the attack. Aliyev said. deaths are on the rise in the ter. The more people I can get to The positive test results for That law for the first time set a federal president”. Biden, 77, was the vice president dur- Azerbaijani officials said While authorities in both swing states of Iowa, Michigan, early vote, the better.” The pan- 13 of the preparation center’s 60 standard that requires insurers to offer health ing Obama’s two terms. While Obama has the Soviet-made Scud missile Azerbaijan and Armenia have Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Ohio demic’s recent trajectory close to workers shouldn’t delay election insurance to customers regardless of their health endorsed Biden and his running mate Harris by destroyed or damaged about 20 denied targeting civilians, res- and Wisconsin. home has some voters recon- operations, county elections history. making online campaigns for them, this would be residential buildings in Ganja idential areas have increasing- Wisconsin broke records sidering a lifetime habit of enter- director Rick Barron said. Biden says Trump “can only see from his the first time that the 59-year-old former president overnight, and emergency ly come under shelling amid this week for new coronavirus ing a voting booth on Election Barron said Georgia’s most pop- penthouse” in Manhattan and doesn’t see would be campaigning in person. workers spent hours searching the hostilities that have raged cases, deaths and hospitalisa- Day. ulous county is working to hire most Americans’ daily struggles. Four years after he left the presidency, Obama in the rubble for victims and for three weeks despite Russia’s tions, leading to the opening of Tim Tompkins, a welding replacement staff and to imple- A 2017 study from the Department of because of his oratory skills, still remains the biggest survivors. attempt to broker a cease-fire. a field hospital to handle engineer in Iowa, took the day ment additional safety mea- Health and Human Services found that as many crowd puller for the opposition Democratic Scud missiles date back to Stepanakert, the regional COVID-19 patients. Gov. Tony off work to cast an early ballot sures, including daily rapid test- as 133 million Americans could be defined as party. “On Wednesday, October 21, (former) pres- the 1960s and carry a big load capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, Evers said he plans to activate at the Bettendorf Community ing. having a “preexisting” condition by the stan- ident Obama will travel to Philadelphia, of explosives but are known for came under intense shelling the Wisconsin National Guard Center. Tompkins, 62, said he Voters in several Midwest dards insurers used before the 2010 law. Pennsylvania, to campaign on behalf of Joe Biden their lack of precision. overnight, leaving three civil- to fill any staffing shortages at and his wife, Pat, were afraid of states contested by U.S. President Biden noted that the number could rise in and Kamala Harris,” the Biden campaign said in In a televised address to the ians wounded, according to election sites. coronavirus exposure in Election Donald Trump and his the wake of the pandemic. AP a statement on Friday afternoon. PTI nation, Azerbaijan’s president, separatist authorities. AP ="1 0 R " > , , 0,) < Auckland: New Zealand Prime & ' European nations to many O’Toole added. Minister Jacinda Ardern won a nations around the world who Protests against the Hong second term in office on anadian Prime Minister share these concerns. Kong and mainland Chinese Saturday in an election landslide CJustin Trudeau said Friday Canada’s opposition governments swelled last year, of historic proportions. his government will not stop Conservative leader said the and Beijing clamped down on With most votes counted, standing up for human rights in Chinese ambassador should expressions of antigovernment Ardern’s liberal Labour Party China. apologize or be expelled from sentiment in the city with a new was winning 49% of the vote On Thursday, the Chinese Canada. national security law that took compared to 27% for its main ambassador to Canada “The Chinese ambassador effect June 30. challenger, the conservative govern for all New Zealanders. warned Ottawa against has decided to engage in bel- The law outlaws subversive, National Party. “We are living in an increas- granting asylum to Hong ligerent rhetoric unbecoming of secessionist, and terrorist activ- Labour was on target to win ingly polarized world, a place Kong residents fleeing the situ- his office,” Conservative leader ity, as well as collusion with for- an outright majority of the where, more and more, people ation. Cong Peiwu said if Erin O’Toole said in a written eign powers to interfere in the seats in Parliament, something have lost the ability to see one Canada cares about 300,000 statement. city’s internal affairs. The U.S., that hasn’t happened since New another’s point of view,” she said. Canadian citizens in Hong “To be clear, this was a Britain and Canada accuse Zealand implemented a pro- “I think in this election, New Kong — and Canadian compa- threat to the 300,000 Canadians China of infringing on the city’s portional voting system 24 years Zealanders have shown that nies doing business there — it in Hong Kong. And a barely freedoms. ago. Typically, parties must this is not who we are.” A should support efforts to fight veiled one at that. It was of the Trudeau also said China form alliances to govern, but record number of voters cast " % % + %! " what he called fight violent kind of tone and tenor one is engaging in coercive this time Ardern and Labour early ballots in the two weeks crime. would expect from someone diplomacy by imprisoning can go it alone. leading up to the election. “We will stand up loudly seeking protection money — two Canadian men in retaliation In a victory speech in front On the campaign trail, !!! /2+! ! !& - 0 & ! ! and clearly for human rights,” not someone who is the official for the arrest of a Chinese of hundreds of cheering sup- Ardern was greeted like a rock Trudeau said. “Whether it’s emissary of a member of the Huawei executive on an porters in Auckland, Ardern star by people who crammed Bangkok: Pro-democracy activists in Thailand and the nation’s monarchy to undergo reform. talking about the situation faced United Nations Security The American extradition warrant. said her party had gotten more into malls and spilled onto staged a fourth straight day of high-profile All stations of Bangkok’s elevated Skytrain by the Uighurs, whether it’s talk- government should also swift- In December 2018, China support from New Zealanders streets to cheer her on and get protests in the capital on Saturday, thwarting efforts transit system were closed Saturday afternoon to ing about the very concerning ly set up a “path” for political imprisoned two Canadian men, that at any time in at least 50 selfies with her. by the authorities to stop them, including a shut- try to keep protesters from gathering. The under- situation in Hong Kong, refugees to come to Canada Michael Kovrig and Michael years. Her popularity soared ear- down of the city’s mass transit systems. ground MRT system was also shut, and police whether it’s calling out China for from Hong Kong and impose Spavor, and charged them with “This has not been an ordi- lier this year after she led a suc- Unlike protests a day earlier, which saw police blocked off several roads. its coercive diplomacy.” sanctions on Chinese officials undermining the country’s nary election, and it’s not an cessful effort to stamp out the using water cannons to keep the protesters at bay, Protesters met anyway as planned at the Trudeau said Canada stands over the national security law, national security. ordinary time,” she said. “It’s coronavirus. There is currently Saturday’s demonstrations were peaceful, with no Skytrain stations, where they held small impromp- with with allies around the been full of uncertainty and no community spread of the reports of any clashes by the time participants tu rallies, in effect establishing a temporary but active world and the United States, to anxiety, and we set out to be an virus in the nation of 5 million started heading home in the evening. presence across the city. AP Australia, to Great Britain, to antidote to that.” Ardern and people are no longer The protesters are calling for Prime Minister promised not to take her new required to wear masks or social Prayuth Chan-ocha to leave office, the constitu- supporters for granted and to distance. AP tion to be amended to make it more democratic ; &

Washington: A woman convicted of Skidmore under the guise of adopting fatally strangling a pregnant woman, a rat terrier puppy, prosecutors said. cutting her body open and kidnapping When she arrived at the home, her baby is scheduled to be the first Montgomery used a rope to strangle female inmate put to death by the US Stinnett, who was eight months preg- government in more than six decades, nant, but Stinnett was conscious and the Justice Department said Friday. trying to defend herself as Montgomery Lisa Montgomery is scheduled to used a kitchen knife to cut the baby girl be executed by lethal injection on from the womb, authorities said. December 8 at the Federal Prosecutors said Montgomery Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, removed the baby from Stinnett’s body, Indiana. She would be the ninth took the child with her, and attempt- federal inmate to put to death since ed to pass the girl off as her own. the Justice Department resumed exe- Montgomery’s lawyers argued cutions in July after a nearly 20-year that she had been suffering from delu- hiatus. sions when she killed Stinnett, but a Montgomery was convicted of jury rejected her defense. Her lawyers killing 23-year-old Bobbie Jo Stinnett had also argued that she was suffer- in the northwest Missouri town of ing from pseudocyesis, which causes Skidmore in December 2004. a woman to falsely believe she is preg- Montgomery drove from her nant and exhibit outward signs of Kansas home to Stinnett’s house in pregnancy. AP <$ R 2 $ # " , +@

Istanbul: Turkey’s president has itime search for hydrocarbon announced the discovery of an addi- resources, with several drill ships in tional 85 billion cubic meters of nat- waters near the country. Its vessels in ural gas reserves in the Black Sea. the Eastern Mediterranean have been Speaking aboard the drill ship at the heart of a dispute with neigh- Fatih on Saturday, President Recep boring Greece over the delimitation of Tayyip Erdogan said explorations in the continental shelves. Tuna-1 well were complete after reach- “We will continue our search for ing a depth of 4775 meters (5,222 hydrocarbon resources in the Black Sea yards). and the Mediterranean,” Erdogan said. In August, Turkey announced the This week, Turkey redeployed its discovery 320 billion cubic meters of survey ship Oruc Reis to disputed natural gas reserves off the Black Sea waters in an area among Greek islands, coast, which energy analysts consid- Cyprus and Turkey's southern coast. ered notable but not large enough to Turkey pulled the vessel to shore last turn Turkey into a regional energy hub. month for maintenance and resupply, Ankara says it plans to extract and saying the move would give diplomacy use the gas by 2023, hoping to even- a chance, but the military and diplomatic tually decrease its dependence on spat continues. Erdogan warned that energy imports. Last year’s imports Turkey would use diplomacy and “all its totaled more than $41 billion. might” to defend the energy rights for Turkey has increased its mar- Turkey and Turkish Cypriots. AP 6 + ,-. /0/0

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Accordingly, the fee has come into Apple 5G telephones has placed the ball in carriers Until now, users had to effect from Saturday. and builders court, research-driven US venture cap- pay 2 per cent fee if they “We encourage all passengers to web ital firm Loup Ventures has forecast. loaded more than 10,000 in check-in as per the government directive, “While we believe it will take carriers years to their e-wallets via credit card in using our website or mobile app. The check- build a compelling 5G infrastructure, Apple is ready a month. in fee at the airport counters is applicable on today with a lineup of phones that should enjoy a A message saying all bookings made, starting from October &! "'&5! 30,000 crore to discoms under three-year upgrade cycle, compared to a typical one- “Nominal charge of 2 per cent bility to add money to their charge that is levied on money 17,” the airline said in a statement. the scheme,” REC said in a year duration,” wrote Gene Munster and David is applicable on adding money Paytm wallet from any of their transfer from wallet to bank The airline added that it is committed s much as 1.08 lakh crore statement. Stokman. using credit card. Nominal fee preferred funding source, accounts as a promotional offer to take all precautionary measures for a con- Aworth of loans under the The loans under the pack- “Additionally, the company continues to advance is applicable since we pay high including UPI, net banking for the festive season. tactless and hassle-free travel experience for liquidity package for stressed age will be co-funded by PFC augmented reality. We see the combination of AR and charges to your bank/payment and cards. “The amount added in the its passengers. power distribution utilities have and REC in equal proportion. a 5G iPhone as the basis for why Apple is the best network when you add money “The banks and credit card wallet can be used to transfer been sanctioned so far, REC The loans would be sanctioned way to invest in 5G”. using a credit card. Please use companies charge a fee for money to another wallet or said on Saturday. in two equal tranches. According to a report in DigiTimes, Apple UPI or debit card to add money loading money into the Paytm bank account, to make pay- In May, Finance Minister REC also said it has sanc- iPhone 12 series shipments are expected to reach as for free” is displayed when wallet from any of these ments to online and offline Nirmala Sitharaman tioned 2,790 crore to Jammu many as 80 million units by the end of the year owing customers attempt to add sources. merchants via QR codes, to announced 90,000 crore liq- Kashmir Power Corporation to more affordable pricing strategy. money to their Paytm wallet via The 2 per cent charge is process bill payments, do uidity infusion into cash- Ltd (JKPCL) under the scheme. Shipments of the new iPhone lineup, including a credit card. passed on to customers, who recharges and multiple other strapped discoms, facing The agreement was signed the iPhone 12, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12 Pro and Paytm is also providing use credit cards for adding forms of transactions. All such demand slump due to the lock- between the Government of iPhone 12 Pro Max, will at least top 70 million units an offer, wherein users will get funds to their wallet. For all transactions will also continue down to contain COVID-19. Jammu & Kashmir, JKPCL, by the end 2020, with the possibility of hitting 80 mil- 2 per cent cashback up to Rs other sources, we will contin- to be free of cost for our cus- This package was REC and PFC. lion barring a further escalation of the US-China 200 on adding minimum Rs 50 ue to absorb the cost of load- tomers,” the spokesperson said. later increased to 1.2 lakh Under the liquidity infu- trade conflicts, it reported. using credit card, as per the ing money,” the spokesperson In 2017, Paytm had intro- crore by the Ministry of Power. sion scheme of the Centre, According to Munster and Stokman from Loup message. said. duced a similar fee on amounts “Till date, REC and PFC REC and PFC are extending Ventures, “We imagine the variety of iPhones which When contacted, a Paytm The spokesperson further added to wallet via credit cards, (Power Finance Corporation) financial assistance at a con- are three years or older has elevated by 90 million Payments Bank spokesperson said the company has tem- but had rolled back the decision have sanctioned 1.08 lakh cessional rate of interest, it items over the previous year, which supplies a tail- said customers have the flexi- porarily waived the 5 per cent after pressure from users. crore and released nearly added. wind for iPhone demand within the coming year”. ; +,, -+#,-#+ '!0 2$ B6 ?44--4 ##" +#- 3444. " # " ;31.3 "'&5! He said that we need to which will be implemented ensure that CNG is available for pure ethanol that will take % s part of reforms oriented and affordable ensuring that place in Pune shortly, he said. -C ? -4 Atowards providing cleaner vehicles are modelled to incor- Kapoor deliberated about auto fuels in the country, gov- porate CNG smoothly. the need to make biodiesel "'&5! "'&5! up by 10.64 per cent to 11,413 ernment will soon launch a Discussing city gas distri- affordable and freely available. &! "'&5! On standalone basis, units against the same month pilot on hydrogen CNG or bution, he shared that there is On the sector of compressed HDFC Bank said after provid- irst time since lockdown, ow base, along with more a year ago. HCNG soon, a senior govern- significant work happening biogas, he discussed that it’s an DFC Bank on Saturday ing 2,597.2 crore for taxation, Fdiesel sale in the country Lsustainable pent-up However, three-wheeler ment official said on Saturday. especially in the infrastruc- area of focus as it’s important Hreported a 16 per cent it earned a net profit of 7,513.1 has crossed over the pre-covid demand, boosted domestic sales were 18,640 units in Petroleum secretary Tarun ture so that CNG is seamless- for the agriculture sector and, rise in its consolidated net crore, an increase of 18.4 per level with the country’s most passenger vehicles’ sales in September 2020 compared to Kapoor said that a pilot project ly available. “We will be doing there is a huge source available profit to 7,703 crore for the cent over the quarter ended widely consumed fuel witness- September on a year-on-year 66,362 units on a y-o-y basis, on HCNG is being undertak- a pilot project in Delhi on in the country. He also dis- second quarter ended on September 30, 2019. ing a nine per cent year-on-year basis. marking a decrease by (-) 71.91 en in Delhi soon that will HCNG that will improve effi- cussed the projects undertak- September 30, 2020. Total income (stand- growth in the first 15 days of According to industry data per cent. improve efficiency and reduce ciency and reduce emissions en by the government for set- The private sector alone) grew to 36,069.42 crore October. The surge in demand released on Friday, a total of Additionally, two-wheeler emissions drastically. drastically,” the secretary said. ting up biogas plants that will lender had posted a consoli- in the second quarter of after months of subdued sales 2,72,027 passenger vehicles sales were 1,849,546 units in Speaking the Inaugural Talking about ethanol, he help in producing a large quan- dated net profit of 6,638 crore FY2021 from 33,755 crore in is the direct result of an were sold in the domestic mar- September 2020, compared to Session of ‘Alternative Fuel mentioned that by the next tity of biogas that will also flow in the corresponding quarter a the year ago quarter. increase in the transport activ- ket, representing a rise of 26.45 1,656,658 units, representing a Technology for Vehicles: A year, there would be a jump in in the city gas distribution year ago. “While the previous quar- ities ahead of the festival sea- per cent, against the 2,15,124 growth of 11.64 per cent. Cure-all for Sustainable the ethanol production and network making it available Total consolidated income ter largely bore the burnt of the son as consumers move out to units off-take during the like On the second quarter Mobility’ organised by PHD India is planning to introduce along with CNG. during the quarter under COVID-19 pandemic, some make those necessary pur- period of 2019. FY21 performace, SIAM data Chamber of Commerce and E12 and E15 shortly. On Electric Vehicles, the oil review rose to 38,438.47 crore of the softness continued into chases. According to official The data released by the showed that passenger vehicle Industry in association with Gradually, we will have marketing companies are avail- from 36,130.96 crore in July- the current quarter leading to sources, during the first fort- Society of Indian Automobile sales rose 17.02 per cent to CSIDC, Government of blended petrol all over the able to facilitate and, we are September 2019, the bank said lower retail loan origination, night of October, the sale of Manufacturers (SIAM) also 726,232 units from 620,620 Chhattisgarh, Kapoor said. country and moving to a high- looking forward to better swap- in a release. use of debit and credit cards by diesel increased by nine per showed a sequential growth in units sold during the corre- India is becoming a leader er percentage. We have to make ping coming to the petrol sta- Consolidated advances customers, efficiency in col- cent (YoY) to reach a level of sales during September. sponding month of the previ- in CNG, there has been a sig- pure ethanol available that is tion, retail outlets, putting up grew by 14.9 per cent to 10.89 lection efforts and waivers of 2.65 million tonne. The growth In August, the domestic ous year. In contrast, com- nificant transition with the happening in several coun- electric charging. We look for- lakh crore at the end of certain fees. is even more significant at passenger vehicles’ sales had mercial vehicle sales stood at need to move towards cleaner tries and, some countries also ward to work closely with the September 2020 from 9.47 As a result, fes/other close to 25 per cent in relation risen by 14.16 per cent to 133,524 units from 167,173 fuels like CNG, ethanol, have multi-fuel vehicles like industry so that we can go for- lakh crore a year earlier, HDFC income were lower by approx- to the previous month of 215,916 units from 1,89,129 units showing a de-growth of biodiesel, and electric vehicles. Brazil. There is a pilot project ward, said Kapoor. Bank said. imately 800 crore. September. units sold during the corre- (-) 20.13 per cent.Similarly, sponding month of the previ- three-wheeler off-take ous year. declined. The segment’s sales Besides, the data showed decrease by (-) 74.63 per cent &* - #+#. *= -A that car sales in the country to 45,902 units from 180,899 rose by 28.92 per cent to units.Two-wheeler sales seg- 163,981 units in September, ment, however, reported a mar- -#*# ,- 11'222$ - compared with 127,194 units ginal growth of 0.17 per cent to - ((% during the year-ago period. 4,690,565 units from 4,682,571 As per SIAM, the data units.”In quarter-2 some seg- = $- B does not include sales figures ments have shown signs of " from some key players such as recovery. Passenger vehicles Tata Motors. and two-wheelers are positive, &! "'&5! try and it is free to avail the In terms of utility vehicles, although on a very low base of Jaipur: In order to fillip the Banks, Electric Sub-station, benefits of this initiative, it said, sales grew by 24.50 per cent to previous year,” said SIAM economic growth in the city, Commercial Shops and estab- enex Child Development adding parents can register on 96,633, while vans’ offtake went President Kenichi Ayukawa. Jaipur Development lishments, weighbridges, and GProgramme, that works www.Genexchild.Com. Commissioner (JDC) Gaurav automobile shops. on gender equality, on Saturday This initiative is designed Goyal announced that in the Speaking about its loca- said it will provide a fixed to empower the girl child with meeting of PWC, for the first tional advantage JDC deposit of 11,000 to every girl her own money when she turns time JDA has decided to devel- informed, that the scheme is child born in India, whose 18 and she would then have all op Agro-Warehousing Scheme situated on Jaipur-Sikar parents register for the initia- the right to use the same for her & (5$!& Earlier, Singh also inaugu- near Amber tehsil in Jaipur. National Highway Number 11 tive. education, business or marriage rated Divyang Park at JDC said that in Zone 12 in the west direction on a 30 Under the Genex Girl wherever she deems fit. This is n Saturday evening, Union Indirarapuram and Nandi falling in village Akeda and meters wide road that is just 2 Child Development just a step to make her feel OMinister of State for Road Gaushala at Rajnagar Maheshpura in Amber tehsil, kms before Tatiawas Toll Plaza. Programme, every girl born in independent at the age of 18. Transport and Highways Extension. A cost of 10.89 one lakh nineteen thousand From the highway, it is only 10 the country, whose parents The aim is to make girls eco- General VK Singh inaugurat- crore has been incurred on square meters of land has Kms away, 30 Kms from Jaipur register for the same, will be nomically strong and narrow ed the free vehicle zone food these three projects. been earmarked for the pro- Airport, 20 kms from Jaipur given 11,000 fixed deposit at the age gap, Genex added. bazar in a ceremony at the On this occasion, General ject. Railway Station and 10 Kms the time of birth. This is irre- Genex founder Pankaj Rajnagar District Center VK Singh said in a function In it, 33000 square meters from Vishwakarma Industrial spective of the religion, social Gupta said, “We feel privileged (RDC) developed by the organised at RDC that we want has been reserved to develop 18 Area. status or geographical location to be announcing the initiative Ghaziabad Development to make Ghaziabad a world big warehouse plots. JDA’s famous housing pro- of the parents, Genex said in a along with our 1,50,000 net- Authority (GDA) on the lines class city. GDA is playing an Balance of the land will ject Anand Lok and Swapna release. work partners. It is just a small of Gangtok, the capital of important role in realizing this have facilities like Hotels, Lok are very near to the This programme is open step towards making the next Sikkim. dream. Restaurants, Petrol Pumps, upcoming project. to everyone in the entire coun- generation an independent. .

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; ! P>> ??@ 4+ CB skipper Virat Kohli on Saturday called AB Rde Villiers the “most impactful player in IPL” &! &)! great speed but Tewatia, coming after the South African blasted a 22-ball 55 to set off a wicket in his previous ball, up an incredible win against Rajasthan Royals. B de Villiers’ swashbuck- balanced himself after nearly “AB is always been someone who’s been ready ling 22-ball 55 fashioned falling over the line to complete to look at the situation and adapt his game accord- Aan incredible seven-wick- a fine catch. ingly. In my eyes he’s the most impactful player in et victory for Royal Challengers Kohli made 43 off 32 balls the IPL,” Kohli said during the post-match presen- Bangalore over Rajasthan Royals with the help of two sixes and a tation ceremony. on Saturday. four. “If he goes, the opposition know they have a slim Chasing 178, De The required run rate rose chance and there’s a good reason for that. It’s pure- Villiers smashed six sixes rapidly as RCB struggled to find ly because of the presence of someone like him that to help RCB win the game the big overs, but de Villiers had teams feel we are never out of the game.” after all seemed lost for other ideas. “To be honest, you’re always tense in chase C * 0 * them following the dismissal Earlier, skipper Steve Smith’s because you’re not sure how many balls AB is going $ ! ! $"8 % of Virat Kohli with the team counterattacking 36-ball 57 to get. Credit to Gurkeerat as well, he stuck with AB, 4 % + % 4 ) 4 $"8#>.B struggling at 102 for three guided Rajasthan to 177 for got that important boundary. It doesn’t matter who in the 14th over. six. the bowler is, he does what he does.” ! 0 , 4+ $"8#>.B The seasoned South Smith struck six fours The seven-wicket victory takes RCB to 12 points African launched into and one maximum before — same as table-toppers Mumbai Indians and Delhi dle. When Unadkat was bowling, I was looking leg Jaydev Unadkat for three Chris Morris bowled a Capitals. side but to be honest I was nervous because I knew successive sixes in the 19th brilliant final over, con- “The individuals are stepping up and we’ve been I had to hit it well. Luckily I got a few away,” he said. over to swing the match in his ceding only four runs done that all through the tournament, which is why With four fifties, including a 33-ball 73 against team’s favour. He finished the while taking two wickets we have 12 points. Very happy right now because Kolkata Knight Riders, the former South African game in style, hitting Jofra Archer to check RR from going after this we get three days off,” Kohli said. skipper has been in rampaging form this IPL. for a maximum with two balls past 180. Talking about his team, the Indian skipper said: “I’m very very nervous and erratic (in chase) still to go. Fast-medium “Our game pattern is very clear. Young Dev and I get very stressed like any player. I want to per- RCB lost Aaron Finch (14) bowler Morris fin- (Devdutt Padikkal) has batted beautifully, Finchy form for the team and show the owners I’m here after Australia’s limited overs ished with excellent (Aaron Finch) has played some impact innings. We for a good reason. captain had hit two sixes. figures of 4/26 in understand the dynamics and we’re sticking to our “Last game I didn’t perform my role as well as 1 $ + ,,4P % Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal four overs. plans. The bowling has really stepped up this sea- I should have, but this time I did. It’s a cat and mouse ! 1 , % A,,4 stitched a 79-run partnership Earlier batting son. game, I always respect the bowlers. If they bowl well for the second wicket but con- first, Rajasthan were off “(Chris) Morris has been brilliant, just that ener- to me, they’ll have the upper hand.” )R.5335!*!..5+ sumed too many deliveries in to a brisk start as open- gy he brings. (Navdeep) Saini, Washy (Washington RR captain Steve Smith was crestfallen after yet %1!.3.4N-.-.-.33 doing so, failing to keep pace with er Robin Uthappa (41 off Sundar) and Isuru (Udana) as well, the bowling has another defeat, their sixth in nine games. 4-.>41;4.!.34-N4 the required run rate. 22 ball) launched into come together well.” “Sure it is a hard pill to swallow. Just got AB’d 34-1-1/41-.-44 Kohli brought the team’s the RCB attack with a De Villiers, who was adjudged the Man of the there. That’s two in a row we were in the box seat -4.-3014-.--3N4 hundred by lofting Rahul Tewatia flurry of fours and a six. Match for his blistering knock, said he was nervous to win but didn’t. Disappointing,” he said. 14-4.;.3!.3 for a big six over long-on, but Back in his favoured in the 19th over as he had to hit those big sixes to “I think it was a good score on a slow wicket. /.4<444..4. Padikkal, while trying to break position alongside Ben get his team home. I thought we built the pressure pretty well and it took 8 < 60L!N4..;4-3-/. the shackles after struggling his Stokes after another “I didn’t hit even one of them (sixes) off the mid- a pretty special innings to take RCB home.” --14I1L;44.-;M43-.3.3- way to 35 off 37 balls, got out change in the combination, -.%1N4/-43%!-.0L when his pull shot failed to clear Uthappa saw his team play two breakthrough when he had the tier of the Dubai International the RR innings. .!-->444..44-.- Ben Stokes in the deep. quiet overs before smashing subdued Stokes caught down the Cricket Stadium. But he also fell Chahal, meanwhile, bowled 1-05N4.3.444I!# 8 8L; And then came the big Washington Sundar for four leg side. to Chahal, taken at long-off by two front foot no balls which were 4-.-3..41-.3. wicket of Kohli, thanks to a bril- boundaries in the innings’ third Uthappa scored two more Morris as RR slipped to 69 for struck for boundaries by Smith, -N4.-1-N44<1-3; liant piece of fielding by Tewatia, over. boundaries, off pacer Navdeep three after a good start. giving his team 10 runs and two 3-..4./-.3-1/14; who pulled off a catch inches Isuru Udana was pulled and Saini, before his slow sweep went On the lookout for quick additional deliveries. .N4.-44-1N4-.-4 from the line at deep midwick- then lofted over long-on by into the hands of the deep mid- runs, Smith found an ally in Jos After RR scored 19 runs in 4-4.-30M et on the rebound after the Uthappa for the day’s first maxi- wicket fielder off the bowling of Buttler and the two added 55 runs the long 18th over bowled by batsman whipped it off his mum as RR raced to 38 for no loss leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal. while steadying the ship. Chahal, Tewatia hit Udana for a !,)5! 5 !. pads. in four overs. Sanju Samson got going with Buttler fell for a 24-ball 25, six and four to collect 15 from the %1!.3.4N-..41..3// The ball travelled at a Morris gave RCB their first a six that landed into the second but Smith continued to anchor penultimate over. T.-.3G-/-1. -.?3.;4-. <F -34 1-.</.-G-/G.340 -4/13-%>3.; ,# # 44--..44.N0 -.-/4G- F62 !.3-43%1!.3.4-.; -1./41.44..&G-/- &! 5>5 taken by Anrich Nortje (2/44). -3...4-. #",-# The ball was stopping a bit on 33-.?30L-1T..-..3. af Du Plessis hit his fourth half- the slow Sharjah wicket but after 4.4;.44 &! )&5! CSK, but leaked runs Fcentury of the season before four quiet overs, Du Plessis 3.;M433.-4<1/. MATCHES 18 against RCB and MI. Ambati Rayudu produced anoth- creamed off 14 runs from Nortje’s 11;.-4.440L /;4-3-.N3- new captain in SUNRISERS HYDERABAD 07 To add to their woes, er useful cameo as a collective bat- first over, hitting his compatriot for .41/.4-..4; Athe saddle, KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS 11 star spinner Sunil ting effort propelled Chennai Super a six and two fours. -..440!-/4;-/4N Kolkata Knight ! 3 ; ;; Narine has been Kings to 179 for four against Delhi Watson, using his experience, 4-4-1.4;M43-&G-/0&G-/3 Riders would look to reported for suspect Capitals, here on Saturday. got some quick runs by placing the --4:43....4-3 sort out their batting woes and bowling action and he has Du Plessis (58) added 87 runs ball instead of going after the -.4-..40 strive for consistency when missed two matches since then. with Shane Watson (36) after early bowlers. His handling of the both they face Sunrisers Hyderabad The Sunrisers, who occupy fall of Sam Curran (0), setting it up pacers and spinners was sensible as 0#1) in an intriguing mid-table clash the fifth spot on the points table nicely for the CSK. he kept the scoreboard moving. here on Sunday. with just three wins from eight Rayudu hit 45 off 25 balls Du Plessis completed his fifty After a string of below par outings, are also struggling. while Ravindra Jadeja hit four with a single of Nortje but Watson ( E S 0+D+ # performances, Dinesh Karthik With the injuries ruling out sixes in his fiery 33-run knock as was castled by the South African handed over the reins to his pace spearhead Bhuvneshwar CSK collected runs in the last three in the next ball. # E S80668 # deputy Eoin Morgan hours Kumar and all-rounder overs. One of Jadeja’s sixes landed The Capitals batsmen did not ; 6 E + <8086E # before KKR’s match against Mitchell Marsh, the Orange on the road outside the stadium. let off-spinner Ravichandran Mumbai Indians on Friday. Army is facing a conundrum of They added 50 runs in 3.3 Ashwin take advantage of the slow <80E But the World Cup-winning whether to strengthen their overs during their unbeaten fifth ! < % !, ; " $"8#>.B surface, taking easy runs off him. < > + D S80886 England captain’s campaign as batting or their bowling unit, a wicket partnership. Rabada sent back Du Plessis leader was off to a disappoint- fact that skipper David Warner While Watson relied on safe of scoop shots. He pulled the decent speed and was rewarded while Nortje got rid of rival skip- + D <80+68 ing start with MI handing KKR conceded. ground-strokes considering the short ones with ease. when Curran, without measuring per MS Dhoni (3) but Rayudu and : 6 + E <80FF an eight-wicket mauling. The team heavily relies on sluggish track Du Plessis did not Young pacer Tushar the bowler, swung his arms but just Jadeja helped the side reach a com- KKR are still in the top four its batting unit, mainly on the hesitate to improvise, playing a lot Deshpande bowled a tight line with managed a top-edge that was petitive total. ? E <80 6D of IPL points table behind top four comprising Jonny Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals Bairstow, Warner, Manish and Royal Challengers Pandey and Kane Williamson. Bangalore with four wins and as A cause of concern for the < , ,-# +# , many defeats. But if the two- Sunrisers is Rashid Khan’s form. time champions want to seal a After returning impressive fig- play-off spot, their batsmen ures like 3/14, 0/12, 3/12, the &! &)! leading run-getters of the tourna- need to step up, shrug off their Afghan leg- spinner remained ment in skipper K L Rahul (387 runs ,'$#9;3- inconsistencies and win match- ineffective in the team’s last two hey have been in rampaging at a strike rate of 134.84) and his es for the team. losses. And skipper Warner Tform with five straight wins but opening partner, Mayank Agarwal &! "'&5! our age group and women’s cricket. After a massive 82-run loss will desperately Mumbai Indians can ill afford to be (337 runs). We will start with Ranji Trophy and to RCB, the KKR batsmen hope that his star complacent against a KXIP’s problem has been that he much awaited domestic crick- then we will also have the other failed yet again against MI spinner finds his SUNDAY Chris Gayle-inspired their batting and bowling have not Tet season will start from January tournaments between March and bowlers as they were reduced to mojo back which Kings XI Punjab side fired in unison on most occasions 1, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly April,” he said. 42 for 4 in the eighth over. Half is imperative BLOCKBUSTER here on Sunday. even though their said on Saturday. He also informed that the Indian of KKR batsmen were gone for for the A win for Mumbai MATCHES 25 confidence has The BCCI Apex Council met on team will be allowed to train in 61 in the 11th over. An 87-run team’s Indians will virtually seal them a MUMBAI INDIANS 14 been boosted by Saturday evening and a good amount Australia during their quarantine unbroken stand for the sixth success. spot in the play-offs while a loss for KINGS XI PUNJAB 11 the return of of time was spent on discussing the phase. wicket between Morgan (39 not KXIP could send them out of con- Gayle. domestic calendar which had been “Cricket Australia has sent us an out) and pacer Pat Cummins tention. ! 3 ; ;; The self-pro- thrown in disarray by the surging itinerary and we discussed the modal- (53 not out) took them to 148 Mumbai Indians have steam- claimed Universe cases of Covid-19 in India. ities of that itinerary. We will be play- for 5. rolled opposition teams with an Boss made his first appearance this “We have had extensive discus- ing four Tests and that will end in But MI needed just 16.5 explosive batting line-up comple- IPL with a bang, hitting a 45-ball 53, sions on domestic cricket and we have third week of January,” the BCCI pres- overs to overhaul the target, los- mented by a lethal bowling attack a knock that was laced with five tentatively decided to start the com- ident said. ing two wickets in the process. and the latest side to bear their sixes and a four in KXIP’s win over petitions from January 1, 2021,” The Indian team is expected to At the top, Shubhman Gill brunt were the Kolkata Knight Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers Ganguly told PTI from Dubai. play three ODIs, three T20Is and four has failed to capitalise on his Riders who suffered an eight- Bangalore. When asked if it would be a cur- Tests Down Under. starts, while Rahul Tripathi has wicket defeat on Friday. A captivating duel may be in tailed season or not, the former On the home series against not gone past the 20-run mark Tabble-toppers MI store between Gayle on one side and Indian captain said the board won’t be England, Ganguly said that the BCCI after his brilliant 81 against the boast of top batsmen such Bumrah and Boult on the other. able to accommodate all domestic is monitoring the situation and the Chennai Super Kings. as captain Rohit Sharma 4 ! A KXIP have other in-form bats- tournaments for practical purposes. final itinerary will be prepared in due Nitish Rana has been prof- (251 runs) and his men in Rahul and Agarwal, with “We will certainly have the full time. ligate and Karthik’s batting opening partner 78 not out from 44 balls. both or at least one of them scoring fledged Ranji Trophy redball tourna- “The England series is good three slot has been experimented Quinton de Kock In the bowling front, pacers big in almost every match. ment. It will probably not be possible and a half to four months away. We with throughout the tourna- (269) and both are in Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Boult have But their bowling has been the to hold all tournaments,” Ganguly still have time. We are monitoring the ment. Andre Russell and good touch, while the formed the most successful pair this weakest link. Barring Mohammad said, hinting that BCCI is eyeing the situation (Covid-19) which is pretty Morgan have also not been able middle-order is manned IPL with 12 wickets apiece from Shami and Ravi Bishnoi, none of the January-March window for Ranji fluid and will take a call accordingly,” to make the kind of impact by the likes of Suryakumar eight matches so far. Spinner Rahul bowlers have inspired confidence, Trophy. he said. expected from players of their Yadav (243 runs) and Ishan Chahar chipped in against KKR with especially in the death overs. The BCCI president also assured While hosting the series in India calibre. Kishan (186 runs). two wickets for 18 runs. Not being able to find the right that the junior cricket and women’s (Ahmedabad, Kolkata and The KKR bowlers did well Rohit played second fiddle On the other hand, KXIP are balance despite trying out many tournaments will be held between Dharamsala being likely venues) to fashion narrow victories to de Kock in MI’s win against languishing at the bottom of the options has also contributed to March and April. remains priority, the UAE is a second against Kings XI Punjab and KKR, with the South African hitting table despite having the top-two KXIP’s rapid slide. “We also have elaborate plans for option.