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It took place within Government told the court seeking a stay on felling of trees &   %&'( the framework of the global      that whatever was required to in the colony. The apex court   ' !  , standard on the automatic        be cut has already been done. is on a week-long Dussehra %, %   !,$! exchange of information Report said that aware of break from Monday. !%!!%! (AEOI). Following the first  !    the SC hearing, the Mumbai As many as 29 protesters ,,,!% ,%! exchange last year, in which no     Metro Rail Corporation were arrested for allegedly $ % %!,#% ,, $ technical problems were (MMRCL) deployed an army obstructing and assaulting police               encountered, this year, the of personnel to cut the trees personnel during the felling of &%3$(!"!%,          !" AEOI involved a total of 75 Administration. These institu- financial information is throughout the night. trees. They were released from countries. tions collected the data and exchanged, including name, The speed with which the jail in the wee hours of Monday "As undertaken, status quo be been cut. to examine as to whether the With 63 of these countries, transferred it to the FTA. address, state of residence and authorities carried out the task after being granted bail by a local maintained till the next date of Shiv Sena — which is an entire Aarey area was a forest the exchange of information The FTA sent information tax identification number, as is amazing. Only three days ago court, officials said. Mumbai hearing with respect to cutting ally of the ruling BJP but has area or eco-sensitive zone and was reciprocal. In the case of 12 on around 3.1 million financial well information concerning on October 4, the Bombay Police have also relaxed pro- of trees." "Tushar Mehta, been opposing tree felling in the asked the authorities to place countries, Switzerland received accounts to the partner states the reporting financial institu- High Court refused to declare hibitory orders imposed in the Solicitor General appearing for city's green belt — said the on record the relevant notifi- information but did not pro- and received information on tion, account balance and cap- Aarey colony a forest and Aarey Colony and its sur- Maharashtra, has stated that court order is a "moral victory" cations and status of sampling vide any, either because those around 2.4 million from them. ital income. declined to quash the Mumbai rounding areas. they are not going to cut any for environmentalists. Sena of trees planted by them. Aarey countries do not yet meet the The largest exchange was The exchanged informa- municipal corporation's deci- Solicitor General Tushar further trees till the next date spokesperson Maneesha forest is located adjacent to the international requirements on with Germany (in both direc- tion allows the cantonal tax sion to allow felling of over Mehta, appearing for of hearing. In the circum- Kayande said it’s the Sanjay Gandhi National Park confidentiality and data secu- tions), as was the case in the authorities to verify whether 2,600 trees in the green zone to Maharashtra and Mumbai's stances, the statement is quite Government's "mistake" not to and has five lakh trees, accord- rity (Belize, Bulgaria, Costa previous year. The FTA cannot taxpayers have correctly set up a Metro car shed. civic body, told the special fair," it said. declare Aarey area as a forest ing to the letter petition. Rica, Curacao, Montserrat, provide any information on the declared their financial Despite massive protest by Bench of Justices Arun Mishra The court said the Bench and rued that nearly "2,100 Senior advocate Gopal Romania, Saint Vincent and the amount of financial assets. accounts abroad in their tax green activists and local resi- and Ashok Bhushan that what- would take up the matter for trees" have been cut in two days. Sankaranarayanan, appearing Grenadines, Cyprus) or Switzerland has committed returns. Next year, Switz- dents, the Government cut ever was required to be cut for further hearing on October The Metro authorities have for one of the petitioners because they chose not to itself to adopting the global erland's network of AEOI part- down nearly 3,600 trees in the Metro car shed has already 21. Opposition NCP leader defended tree felling by con- before the Bombay High receive data (Bermuda, British standard for the international ner states will expand further, three days and didn't wait for been done and they would not Supriya Sule welcomed the tending that it is restricted Court, said States are required Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, automatic exchange of infor- to around 90 countries. The the SC hearing. The MMRCL fell any more trees. apex court order but said what only to a small area in Aarey to notify an area as forest as per Turks and Caicos Islands). mation in tax matters. The legal OECD Global Forum on Tran- started cutting the trees from "We will decide this. Do was worrying was the admis- Colony, and is necessary to an earlier direction of the apex Currently, around 7,500 basis for the implementation of sparency and Exchange of Friday night to make way for not cut more trees," said the sion of the Maharashtra ensure a modern transport court but Maharashtra has still reporting financial institutions the AEOI in Switzerland came Information for Tax Purposes the car shed triggering angry Bench, adding, "Do not cut Government that the necessary system for Mumbaikars. The not done so. (banks, trusts, insurers, etc.) are into force on January 1, 2017. (Global Forum) reviews the protests, hours after the High anything now". It further said: number of trees have already apex court said it would have Continued on Page 4 registered with the Federal Tax Identification, account and implementation of the AEOI.                          !         ! " ailing to get former MPs to    ! " Fvacate their bungalows and flats despite repeated he Centre has issued fresh reminders, the Ministry of Tguidelines related to the Housing and Urban Affairs security cover given to the has decided to evict them Gandhi family, including Sonia forcefully with the help of the Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and police. Many newly-elected Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. The MPs are forced to stay in revised guidelines make it various State Bhavans or mandatory for the Special guests houses due to these Protection Group (SPG) per- squatters. sonnel to accompany Gandhis The department has writ- during their foreign trips as well. The Centre has also report- Government had withdrawn withdrew the SPG protection ten to the Delhi Police to pro- Before the changes in the edly made it clear that non- the SPG protection given to the from former PM Manmohan vide adequate force on guidelines, the SPG personnel acceptance of these new guide- outgoing PM Rajiv Gandhi. Singh's security cover. Wednesday to vacate flats num- accompanied Gandhis till their lines could lead to curtailment After Rajiv was assassinated Following the withdrawal ber 113, 108/110 and 124 and first location abroad and were on their foreign visits on in 1991, the SPG Act was of the SPG cover of Singh, the 126 at North Avenue. subsequently sent back to India account of security considera- amended providing SPG pro- Government had said, "The The Government provides by them apparently preferring tions. The SPG was set up in tection to all ex-PMs and their current security cover review is residential accommodation to privacy over security. 1985 after the assassination of families for a period of at least 10 a periodical and professional its employees, including the The new guidelines also former Prime Minister Indira years. The rule was amended exercise based on threat per- Members of Parliament and make it mandatory for the Gandhi and Parliament passed again in 2002. Ex-PMs like HD ception that is purely based on other dignitaries, on a license Gandhis to submit itinerary of the SPG Act in 1988 dedicating Deve Gowda no longer enjoy the professional assessment by basis while they are in service all foreign trips. They have also the group to protecting the security cover after the review as security agencies. Manmohan or till the term of their office. #    #$ %& $  &      %&          been reportedly asked to furnish Prime Minister of India. In provided in the SPG Act. Singh continues to have a Z+ However, it is often seen #             %  %  !" information of their recent tours. 1989, then VP Singh In August, the Government security cover." some don’t vacate bungalows.        

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%& ' ( 0 !R       # 2  3  P D  2 33    E  )    44?3 G didates for the upcoming minister. 8     farmers and mazdoor '  ,)   ! " Assembly polls, said the grand “If they propa- category who might have taken  "O old party is intact even as she gate Article 370 in 1 )I    small loans to meet their     ewly-appointed Haryana claimed it is, in fact, the ruling Assembly election demands,” said Selja. ' <$ ' NCongress chief Kumari BJP that is in trouble in the campaigning that    &+.  She said the manifesto $ )<9=>5 Selja on Monday exuded State. is fine. But we will would announce the loan waiv- "*  ) < confidence of wresting power Selja alleged that the point out how they   ,   er implementations within days  ?  from the BJP as she claimed the Khattar Government has failed showed disrespect of assuming power as done in     people of the State have miserably and been unable to to the women com- LI M Punjab, Madhya '$, "O understood that this realize the promises made by munity when the Pradesh, Rajasthan and  ' ) Government is of only “jum- the party in two General Chief Minister .  )@ A lebaazi”. Elections and the last State himself stated that ma during the campaigns, Selja inquiries will be conducted On a question about the $   Asserting that the “Modi assembly elections. boys of Haryana expressed confidence that this into such issues and claims,” she Congress’ Chief Ministerial ' wave” has fizzled out, Selja said “What can you think of a can bring Kashmiri time the Congress will form the said. candidate, Selja said it is always while the youth are restless, the Government which took out girls and marry. government as people have Despite the Congress decided by the party high com-    3   ruling Manohar Lal Khattar vacancies for about 4,500 posts What a sick-mind- realized the difference and facing criticism internally too mand after the polls.      dispensation is busy dishing that saw a record 15 lakh appli- ed people dangers of voting on the basis for not being able to fulfil its And when asked about ) " out fudged figures to showcase cants taking the recruitment they are. of jumlebaaazi. farm loans waiver promise in Tanwar’s resignation and his * ) ( its performance. These exams? This reflects the state of Are women Selja did not also buy the Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh allegations Selja said the grand .  will be investigated, she insist- restlessness within the youth and girls com- theory of Haryana’s improved and Rajasthan, old party has seen such rebel-   ' ed. who are the main pillars in modities? Not only sex ratio, which till some time Selja said the Congress will give lions in the past and has always     Selja, who took over the building of a nation and State. Khattar but several ago was skewed in favour of loan waivers to the poor and come out stronger due to its '%  reins of Haryana Congress that Both Khattar and his supremo Pioneer. of the BJP men have used sim- boys. She said it is now quite farmers in Haryana if voted to inherent strengths. “The  .  is hit hard by internal squab- Modi (Prime Minister When asked about Article ilar language soon after abro- evident the entire system has power. Congress has the resilience to 9==58"*) <  bling and has witnessed her Narendra Modi) have been 370, Selja said the people of gation of the Article 370,” Selja, been delivering to people “The loan waiver promise take these things.” Selja added.    *  predecessor quitting the party best at serving jumlebaazi than Haryana have already under- a former Union Minister, said. fudged figures. would be part of the manifesto Tanwar was even named as ! ? )<%. leveling serious allegations of the people,” Selja said in an stood the real mindset of the On whether the Congress “When Congress comes to to be announced soon. We are Congress’ star campaigner for )& 8& < part tickets being sold to can- exclusive interview to The BJP and particularly, the chief has a counter to Modi’s charis- power many investigations and working to waive loans of Haryana. ?           .   9B "     #    %   & ? ? O 7  P  /          3?   '""$)     ! "    %  $ $     ! " of inter-linked fraudulent transac- he Bill, which makes it  8 tions. Tmandatory for NRI men to      he Enforcement Directorate Mukesh, his relatives and asso- register their marriage within 30 <N8)O T(ED) has attached immovable ciates incorporated several compa- days of getting married, has been "     and movable properties worth nies/firms/Limited Liability referred to Parliament’s standing  /  1,489 crores in connection with Partnerships (LLPs) for the sole committee on external affairs. . <  embezzlement of public deposits purpose of diverting funds from The ‘Registration of Marriage  by Adarsh Credit Cooperative ACCSL to their real estate business of Non-Resident Indian Bill, 2019’   <"  Society Limited (ACCSL). by way of availing fraudulent loans, empowers passport authorities D   The attached assets include the agency further said. to impound or revoke passport or N)  ?O land and building valued at Mukesh also infused huge “pro- travel documents of NRIs who   ,.() 1464.76 crore and fixed ceeds of crime” in these companies fail to register their marriage     deposits/balance in various bank as share capital from ACCSL, it said. within 30 days after getting mar-    accounts of 24.44 crore approx- Investigation also revealed that ried.   imately belonging to Adarsh Group of sions of the IPC by the Special Operation huge amounts were diverted and “Members are informed that Mukesh Modi, Virendra Modi and his Group, Rajasthan Police for the offences siphoned off by means of exaggerated the Speaker, Lok Sabha, in con-     2  family besides Riddhi Siddhi Group of of cheating, criminal breach of trust, salaries, incentives and commissions to sultation with the Chairman,  E ?   Mahendra Tak, Saurabh Tak and forgery of valuable security and crimi- the relatives and companies/firms of Rajya Sabha, has referred the properties of other accused, the ED said nal conspiracy against Mukesh, Rahul Mukesh family, according to the ED Registration of Marriage of Non- compulsory to register such Indian women within or even in a statement. Modi and others of Adarsh Group, offi- statement. Resident Indian Bill, 2019, as marriages within 30 days. outside India, according to the During the investigation of the cials of ACCSL and others. The actions of Mukesh and others introduced in the Rajya Sabha, to If an NRI man fails to regis- bill. money laundering case, the ED found The FIR was registered on the basis caused ACCSL a huge loss to the tune the Standing Committee on ter his marriage within the stip- Besides, two others bills — these properties — in Rajasthan, of a complaint of various investors of around 4,000 crores excluding inter- External Affairs for examination ulated time, his passport can be the Cinematograph Haryana, New Delhi, Gujarat, against Mukesh, Rahul and others for est charged by ACCSL on purported and report within two months,” impounded or revoked. (Amendment) Bill and the Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh — not returning their money invested in borrowings. the Lok Sabha secretariat said in Also, it allows courts to attach National Institutes of Food involved in the offence of money laun- Adarsh Credit Cooperative Society Thus proceeds of crime were gen- a bulletin. properties, movable and immov- Technology, Entrepreneurship dering and provisionally attached them Limited on maturity. erated as a result of criminal activity Against the backdrop of cases able, of “proclaimed offenders” or and Management Bill — have .( under the Prevention of Money The probe conducted so far under relating to scheduled offences and of Indian women being trapped people who fail to appear before been referred to Parliament’s 1  Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA). the PMLA revealed that Mukesh, in col- accordingly provisional attachment in fraudulent marriages with courts despite warrants being standing committee on infor-      The agency had initiated investiga- lusion with his relatives Virendra, Rahul order has been issued under PMLA non-resident Indians, a bill was issued against them. mation technology and the panel $ <  tion on the basis of an FIR lodged in and other associates, siphoned off attaching the assets totalling to 1,489 introduced in the Rajya Sabha in The proposed law will be on agriculture respectively, to    O December, 2018 under relevant provi- depositors’ funds from ACCSL by way crore, added the ED statement. February this year to make it applicable to NRIs marrying report within two months.     "  <       "  ("%        P +  "         432   %)       ! " Shah called for a conceptu-  O  3P al change in the Indian Penal '      ! " The Arunachal Pradesh nion Home Minister Amit Code (IPC) and Criminal ,      Government had earlier UShah urged the new batch Procedure Code (CrPC) and    O he National Investigation handed over the killing of of IPS officers to take lead in the said that the amended code   <    TAgency (NIA) has arrested Aboh, an MLA from Khonsa quest to remove fear of police must be in line with India being .?, one self-styled sergeant of West, and nine others by sus- from the minds of the people. a Welfare State. He noted that ; $   NSCN(IM) Ellie Ketok, in pected NSCN-IM militants to Addressing the the purpose of the IPC and    connection with the the NIA. probationers on Monday, the CrPC has shifted from preser-     murder of Arunachal Nationalist Peoples’ Party Home Minister said that the vation of the British Empire to      ? Pradesh MLA Tirong Aboh in (NPP) MLA Aboh, his son and Government is committed to the welfare of people, and this ) ?  ? May. nine others were killed when police reforms and encouraged has to be reflected in the provi- ,   O The 37-year-old Ketok was suspected NSCN-IM militants the young officers to individ- sions and application of the       arrested on Sunday from opened fire at their vehicles ually carry out small yet impor- code. Nagaland’s Dimapur by a joint near 12 Mile area in Tirap dis- tant improvements in local Speaking on the increasing O 3   team of the terror probe agency trict. police functioning, wherever from responsibility and never ,  %           -./0#  proportion of women in police 32  3P and the Army, the NIA said in The MLA along with his they were posted. compromise with discipline. "        1" 2      %  !" at every level, the Home     a statement. relatives was on his way to Shah reiterated the He said that there are three con- Minister said that lady IPS offi-   <   The accused was a part of Khonsa from Dibrugarh in changing role of police saying stituents of constitutional frame- ple’s benefit, without getting a Union Territory forever and cers can inspire other women to +(  killing team, and actually fired Assam when the attack was the colonial role of police as an work of the country — the peo- bogged down by the fear of a that the statehood would be join the police. He said that gen- $  ? on Aboh and others on May 21 executed. agent of fear is not the reality of ple, the Government and the backlash. He quoted the exam- returned once situation is nor- der-based reservation was not .$ this year. The National Socialist today. He called for the fear bureaucracy. The Government ple of Jammu and Kashmir and malized. He said that the notion the answer to the issue of inad- $ < <L  The anti-terror probe Council of Nagaland (NSCN- associated with police to be and the bureaucracy need to said that not a single bullet had that only the Article 370 pro- equate representation of women  agency had earlier arrested five IM) is in ceasefire with the removed by bringing a positive perform their roles responsibly been fired or not a single per- tected the Kashmiri culture and in the police. He spoke of the  ?   persons — Sethok Kangnong, Centre since 1997 and negoti- behavioral change in the per- in order to effectively imple- son had died after the abroga- identity was a wrong one. He need to change societal mind-    Napong Jenpi alias Jenpi, Jai ations are on to resolve the sonnel and added that the IPS ment the Constitution in its let- tion of Article 370. He also asserted that all regional iden- set in this regard and expressed  "   Kishan Sharma, Luckin decades-old Naga issue. as an institution must make this ter and spirit. added that only 10 police sta- tities are inherently protected by confidence that this would grad-   Mashangva and A framework agreement change percolate to the grass- Speaking on taking tough tions of Kashmir, out of 196, the Indian Constitution and ually happen. Union Home         Yangte Josaham — in connec- was signed between the Centre roots. yet right decisions, Shah assert- have Section 144 in force. called the misuse of Article Secretary Ajau Kumar Bhalla & / /< tion with the probe into the and the NSCN (IM) in August He advised the 2018 batch ed that some bold decisions are He further said that Jammu 370 the root cause of cross bor- also spoke to the IPS / <// case. 2015. IPS officers to never run away necessary to be made for peo- and Kashmir would not remain der terrorism. probationers. @/8GAM   -    

    ! " decision to withdraw special status to Jammu and Kashmir  ./   he second informal summit and bifurcate the state into Tbetween Prime Minister Union Territories. Narendra Modi and Chinese China also apparently took    ! " challenges in Delhi, the President Xi Jinping in the strong exception to Indian mil- Minister said seven major seaside temple town of itary exercise Him-Vijay in head of Diwali, Union polluting areas have been Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu Arunachal Pradesh. The Indian AMinister Prakash identified in collaboration with is expected to focus on taking Army’s newly raised 17 Corps Javadekar on Monday appealed IIT Delhi which were found to forward bilateral ties notwith- is carrying out the mega exer- to the people not to burst fire be having unpaved roads, standing differences on sever- cise at a height of around crackers during the festival of industrial emissions and heave al sticky issues. 15,000 ft in the border. lights. If anyone wanted to commercial vehicle activity. Though there is no offi- Indian military sources burst them at all, he advised These areas are Wazirabad, cial announcement either from maintained that the exercise them opting for green crackers Mayapuri, Okhla, Faridabad 1 Indian or Chinese side about has nothing to do with Xi’s visit launched recently. and 2, Sahibabad and Udyog Xi’s visit, it is learnt that the to India. China claims Addressing a press Vihar, he said. Chinese president will arrive Arunachal Pradesh as part of conference, Javadekar said even undertook the challenge to “As per the feedback of a in Chennai on Friday after- southern Tibet while India the national Capital faces address it. CPCB’s team, the poor waste noon and will leave the next maintains that it is an “integral several pollution related “We are bringing BS-VI management, inadequate day. and inalienable part” of the challenges but they can be compliant vehicles from next sweeping of roads and unau- The focus of the talks will country. Another issue which tackled as the Central year, and 46 teams of the thorised parking were report- be to ensure mutual develop- take place on Saturday morn- cials. In Mamallapuram, Modi 11 and attend a cultural pro- ruffled feathers in New Delhi Government has taken a slew Central Pollution Control ed in these areas,” the minister ment and expanding overall ing. is likely take Xi to witness her- gramme. In the evening, Modi was China’s refusal to allow of measures for the purpose in Board have been deployed to said. ties, diplomatic sources said. As was the format in the itage temples and monuments is expected to host a private Indian embassy in Beijing to the last four years. check the polluting activities in The Minister also said Officials involved in prepa- first informal summit in built by the Pallava dynasty in dinner for Xi. hold an event to mark “The problem of pollution Delhi and NCR today Delhi was short of 5,000 buses rations for the informal sum- Chinese city of Wuhan, Modi 7th and 8th centuries. The informal summit is Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth began in 2005-06 and no one onwards,” Javadekar said, while out of a total requirement of mit said Xi will stay for around and Xi will have occasions to The two leaders are likely taking place at a time when anniversary on October 2 in a was talking about it until 2014 listing out the actions taken by 11,500 buses based on the 24 hours in India. The main spend time one-on-one with- to visit the seafront Shore tem- New Delhi has been upset over public park in the Chinese when Modi Government his ministry. report on route rationalisation informal summit is likely to out being accompanied by offi- ple on the evening of October Beijing’s position on India’s capital. recognised the problem and Enumerating some by the GNCT. chhattisgarh 03 | TUESDAY | OCTOBER 8, 2019 CM announces ‘Goverdhan Pooja’ day ‘Foot-marches of Gandhiji played to be celebrated as ‘Gauthan Diwas’ key role in integration of country’ STAFF REPORTER n for this purpose it is operating BEMETARA ‘Gauthan’ scheme in villages, Health Minister T.S. Singhdeo led ‘Gandhi Vichar Yatra’ on Monday he said. n hhattisgarh Chief Minister Urging villagers, Baghel STAFF REPORTER CBhupesh Baghel has said people should cooperate DHAMTARI announced to observe to provide fodder in these ‘Goverdhan Pooja’, popularly ealth Minister T.S. ‘Gauthan’ as villagers’ Singhdeo led the known as ‘Gauri-Gaura’ participation is necessary to H festival in Chhattisgarh on ‘Gandhi Vichar Yatra’, the run it smoothly. The cow dung second day after Diwali, as week-long foot march being is being converted into ‘Gauthan Diwas’. organised to mark the 150th He was addressing the compost and vermin-fertilizer. birth anniversary of concluding session of ‘Shrimad He said recently, Rajasthan Mahatma Gandhi, on its Bhagwat Gyan Yagya Satsang’ Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot fourth day. organised at village had visited village Bancharoda The foot-march was led Bhimbhauri of Berla block of Abhanpur block and by him from Bhakhara of under Bemetara district on appreciated the scheme. Kurud block in the district Monday. Women by mixing soil have which converged into a pub- He also unveiled the bust made 1 lakh lamps with cow lic meeting at village Supela. foot-marches of him had Gandhiji as it has strength- become self-dependent. of late Koduram Verma, who dung, for which order has been Addressing the public played instrumental role in ened the rural economy. MLAs Shailesh Pandey, was an archer par excellence. already received. meeting Singhdeo reminded integration of country post PCC Chief Mohan Ambika Singhdeo, He also announced to rename Chief Minister made a call how Mahatma Gandhi by his independence. Markam also addressed the Shakuntala Sahu, Vinod the old private school of village construction of stop-dam at areas religious rituals are to shun use of plastic as it will exemplary works established Singhdeo on this gathering. He in his address Chandrakar, Kismatlal Nand after its former principal and Gudehili-Bhangari ghat in organised for cow and given also save the cattle from the glory of the country at occasion said the farm loan appealed the villagers to and other public educationist late Ratanlal next budget. ‘Khichadi’ as offering. consuming it. He listed out global platform. waiver done by the Bhupesh make successful the representatives of the state Tikriha. He also announced to He further said on The state government is benefits of ‘Gauthan’ scheme Terming life of Mahatma Baghel government was also ambitious Narva Garva and local level leaders took make budgetary provision for ‘Goverdhan Pooja, in rural working to protect cows and in employment generation. inspirational, he said the inspired by the ideology of Ghurva Badi scheme and part in the foot-march. Architects pledge to Cong hails CM’s declaration BJP charges Cong of adopting of celebrating ‘Gauri-Gaura’ make Raipur plastic free STAFF REPORTER n dual standard on PMKSN RAIPUR STAFF REPORTER n beneficiaries of the scheme, by October 31 and third by The vow was taken on World Architecture Day on Monday tate Congress has hailed RAIPUR only names of 17 lakh March 2020. the decision of Bhupesh farmers have been uploaded “Congress indulged in S ormer president of in the portal, the BJP leader STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR Baghel government to cele- politics, failing to digest the FChhattisgarh BJP Kisan claimed. success of the scheme, and brate traditional regional Morcha Sandeep Sharma nder banner of Raipur festival ‘Gauri-Gaura’ at “If the state government uploaded details of just 17 Chapter of Architect’s said Congress, which had is genuinely keen to provide lakh farmers of the state. Had U government level. once mocked the ‘Pradhan Association, Architects of benefits to farmers, it should details of all the 34 lakh In a statement party’s Mantri Kisan Samman upload details of remaining farmers of the state were capital city on the occasion of state spokesperson Nidhi’ (PMKSN) scheme, is 17 lakh farmers with their uploaded they could have World Architecture Day on Dhananjay Singh Thakur Fair by declaring it now feeling pressure from land holding, loan account ` Monday took pledge to make said by declaring so the Rajim Punni Mela instead of farmers. received a total of 2100 the capital city plastic free by Chief Minister has earlier Rajim Kumbh. The Given the party’s past and bank account number,” crores in their account,” he promoting alternatives of promoted the rich traditions participation of state position on the scheme, it he added. went on the claim. single-use plastic. of Chhattisgarh and its populace increased by should refrain from making He claimed for the first On Saturday, District Collector Dr S. populace. giving it a regional touch, “unwarranted comments time after independence, to Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bharatidasan administrated Earlier too the festivals Thakur further claimed. against Central government provide emergency Bhupesh Baghel in a letter to oath to the architects at a func- of Haritalika Teej, Pola and Hailing the declaration for the sake of politics and to assistance to farmers, Prime union agriculture minister tion in National Institute of flagged off the rally from NIT Subhash Stadium, Shastri world tribal day were enthu- of Chief Minister about mislead people.” Minister Narendra Modi had Narendra Singh Tomar urged Technology (NIT) premises. premises which traversed Chowk, and Shankar Nagar siastically celebrated in the celebrating Gauri-Gaura He alleged that it is the launched the scheme where him to release the first, Later, the architects also through Rajkumar College, and culminated at Marine state with government’s festival at government level, Congress government which each farmer was to receive second and third take out a bike rally in major Lakhenagar Chowk, Purani Drive Telibandha. patronage, he said. Thakur further said that the has denied the farmers of the three installments of `2000 installments of ‘Pradhan roads of the city to create aware- Basti, Budhapara, Sapre A team of Raipur Smart Thakur also recalled decision was a manifestation state the benefit of PMKSN. each. Mantri Kisan Samman ness against single use plastic. School, Municipal City Limited also accompanied that the Baghel government of respect shown to the state Instead of making all the First was released in June Nidhi’ for those farmers who Prof Mukund Humbarde Corporation Office Netaji architects in their rally. gave a regional touch to the and its rich traditions. 34 lakh farmers of the state and second will be released have not received it. Cops suspended for CRPF jawan willing to become ‘Paan allegedly consuming liquor Singh Tomar’ over land dispute while escorting under trials STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR was doing nothing but was silently BILASPUR: Two constables were suspended supporting the offenders. “I am a CRPF jawan posted in Maoist on Monday for allegedly consuming liquor solider of the nation, I don’t want to violence-hit Sukma district of while escorting under trials to a court in A take any wrong decision. But when the state has caught social media I can lay my life for the country Bilaspur district on October 4, police said. attention by posting a video where- then for my brothers’ I can also A video of the incident went viral on social in he is suggesting the possibility of media after which action was taken, a senior becoming ‘Paan Singh Tomar’ if his become Paan Singh Tomar,” official said. land related disputes are not solved. Pramod said in the video and "Constables Dilip Vaishnav and Nanhuram In the video, Pramod Kumar of ended it with ‘Jai Hind’. Dahariya had consumed liquor while on duty. 74th battalion CRPR has alleged Meanwhile, Chief Minister They were deputed to escort five under trial that his relatives at his native place Bhupesh Baghel talking with prisoners, who are lodged in Bilaspur central in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh had not reporters assured that he would jail for serious offences, to a lower court in Bilha only encroached upon his ancestral pick up the issue with his counter- here for hearing," said Bilaspur Superintendent land but thrashed his brothers part in Uttar Pradesh and try to get of Police Prashant Agrawal. badly. the problem solved. Paan Singh The escort party, comprising two more “One of my brothers was Tomar was a soldier in the Indian constables, stopped the vehicle at an eatery thrashed badly by them (relatives) army, who had later became a where Vaishnav and Dahariya consumed liquor, while another is missing. I am not dacoit following a land feud. he said. certain if he is alive. I had informed Collector Sukma Chandan "The constable heading the escort team also my senior officers about the incident Kumar while talking with media mentioned in the daily record register that and they had talked to SP Hathras and said that he had personally talked Vaishnav and Dahariya had gone missing for District Collector but to no avail,” with Hathras district collector and some time and returned in an inebriated state. Pramod claimed in the video. that his counterpart had assured of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday late evening performed ‘Mavli Parghav’, an important ritual in Bastar Dussehra, According to Pramod, despite personally looking into the case and at district headquarters Jagdalpur. The two were suspended on Monday," he added. knowing everything Hathras police swift action into the same. State kabaddi player dies Dongargarh enlisted under ‘PRASAD’ scheme STAFF REPORTER n in suspicious condition RAIPUR ourism ministry has enlisted STAFF REPORTER n DURG ed in playing matches and dead and suspected cardiac TDongargarh, a prominent studying privately after class 9. arrest. ‘Shakti peeth’ of Chhattisgarh, Kabaddi player, Rao said, men and women The parents of girls were under Rejuvenation AKhushbhu Pradhan, 16, teams are participating in the rushed to hospital and post- and Spirituality Augmentation died in a suspicious condition event, but as there were lesser mortem was conducted, said Drive (PRASAD). on Friday night after she had women team, the women Rao. Her body was brought to Government of India gone to participate in an open team left from Durg a day Durg and cremated, he added. along with Tribal tourism Kabaddi tournament after. They reached Balaghat Rao said as she was tech- project worth `100 crore organised at Aamgaon, and had food at 9.00 pm. The nically sound player, she had and another project of `50 Maharashtra, according to players had watched television been participating in state- crore, also sanctioned reports received here. till 11.00 pm. At around 1.30- level events on regular basis PRASAD scheme for Prakash Rao, Kabbadi 2.00 am on Friday, Kusbhu and recently had gone to Chhattisgarh, according to international coach, when complained of chest pain and Odisha also. As per invitation official sources. contacted said, the girl started vomiting. of open event organisers, the Chhattisgarh Tourism also known for fort of Gods ‘Shakti peeth’ in the state. as ‘Choti Bamleshwari’. Keeping the importance Kusbhu Pradhan was part of The co-team members team was sent to Maharashtra. Board, under the PRASAD and Goddesses, where since The Dongargarh, has two Two times in a year, dur- of religious tourism and to the team from Durg, which assisted in relieving the pain Rao said it is for the first scheme, has sent the project ancient times, ‘Devi-Shakti’, temples, one situated on top of ing ‘Chaitra’ and ‘Shardiya’ bring it on national platform, went to Balaghat to proceed by applying balm, provided in time such an incident has for Bamleshwari Temple, ‘Devi-Aradhana’ and ‘Devi- the hill 1000 feet above sea Navaratri, massive fair is so to attract tourists and pil- for Aamgaon to participate in their medical kit. But as the happened and said parents’ Dongargarh to the Pujan’ have been the tradi- level. It is known as ‘Maa organised where lakhs of grims from other states, the the Open Kabaddi pain persisted, the organisers consent is taken before any Government of India and it tions, the Dongargarh based Bamleshwari Devi.’ The other devotees arrive, many on project to develop Tournament. She is a school rushed her to hospital but girl is sent to participate in has now been sanctioned. ‘Maa Bamleshwari Devi’ is temple is situated at base of the foot, covering hundreds of Dongargarh was undertaken, dropout who had concentrat- doctors declared her brought any event outside the state. Chhattisgarh, which is one of the most prominent same mountain and is known kilometers, to pay obeisance. according to officials of CTB.   !"#$  #) !R       %   #3  -   1  &2)

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Sharing the data, the Chief  &"!').%( percentage was also of BJP MP criteria from 80 years to 70 Chief Minister Prem Kumar Minister tweeted, “I am very not a single death has been consecutive weeks to fight such August-September, this year has Kishan Kapoor from Kangra years have benefitted over 1.30 Dhumal said that the BJP was happy to share that the reported so far. “I strongly diseases at its source. shown consistent comparative imachal Chief Minister Jai parliamentary seat. He said it lakh senior citizens, he added. poised to progress by leap #10Baje10Hafte10Minute cam- believe that the impacts of this Explaining the rationale behind decrease in Dengue related cases HRam Thakur on Monday was due to this that the nation In his speech, Nadda, and bound under the able paign against Dengue has campaign will not be limited to the stress on a weekly inspec- in every month. Change in said that was a honour for the today has a strong leadership while thanking the people of leadership of J P Nadda State shown stunning results. this year alone. The awareness tion, the Chief Minister said, monsoon patterns and pro- small hill State that such a in form of Prime Minister the State for according him BJP President Satpal Singh Congrats to the people of Delhi! and education that this cam- “The dengue mosquito’s egg longed monsoon has resulted in huge responsibility was Narendra Modi. Thakur said rousing welcome during his Satti said that ever since his The number of cases reported paign has resulted in will help turns into a full grown mos- outbreak of dengue in various entrusted on a leader of the the State Government during maiden visit to the State after student days, Nadda held sev- in Delhi so far is just 356, com- Delhi fight Dengue every year,” quito in 8 to 10 days. So if we states across the country,” State, Jagat Prakash Nadda to this period has implemented being made Working eral offices in different capac- pared to 650 by this time last Kejriwal said. allow clean stagnant water to Government said in a statement. lead the BJP as it’s National several decisions which were President of BJP, said that ities and always proved his year. Most importantly, we have “One of the most important remain still for more than 7 to With the number of cases Working President. bound to transform the econ- today the membership of mettle. not yet lost a single life.” purposes of the campaign was 8 days, it will definitely increase reaching the many thousands, Addressing the “Abhinandan omy of the people of the State, BJP has increased to 17.50 Union Minister of State for In 2015, Delhi had 7,606 to educate people about the ori- the chances for the mosquito to preparedness and prevention Samaroh’ held at historic pointing out that Jan Manch crore from 11 crore in the Finance and Corporate Affairs cases of Dengue until the first gins of the Dengue mosquito. breed.” action plan has helped Delhi Luhnu Ground in Bilaspur to programme launched by the month of July. He said the Anurag Thakur said that it was week of October, while in 2016 Before I began the campaign on The Chief Minister credits stay ahead of the vector borne welcome Nadda, he said such State Government has been membership of BJP in the an honour of the people of and 2017 the number was at 1st September, I had conduct- the massive participation of disease and protected the peo- an opportunity comes once in appreciated even by the polit- State has also increased, Himachal Pradesh that Nadda 2,133 and 2,152 respectively. ed a survey on my social media people in the campaign. ple from suffering, it said. a life time when a leader gets ical opponents. which shows the faith of the was made the Working The Delhi Government’s fight profiles about whether Dengue Throughout the last five weeks, Meanwhile, the total num- chance to lead the biggest The Chief Minister said people in the BJP. President of BJP, the biggest against dengue started in 2015, breeds in clean water or dirty many people, including celebri- ber of patients suffering from political party of the world. that now the State Nadda said that world has political party of the world. He when the city saw a massive water, and over 35 per cent peo- ties, have joined the fight malaria has reached to 419 Thakur thanked the peo- Government has launched acknowledged the strong and said that the Union outbreak leading to 15,867 ple stated that Dengue breeds in against dengue. The Chief this year with at least 51 fresh ple of the State for the land- Chief Minister Helpline-1100 able leadership of India and it Government has simplified cases and as many as 60 deaths. dirty water. We realised that the Minister had also appealed to cases reported last week of slide victory of the BJP candi- for online registration and was under the leadership of tax procedure in the country The Government ramped myths round Dengue have to be all employees of all offices, October. While, 10 new cases of dates in the Lok Sabha redressal of public grievances. Prime Minister Narendra thereby benefitting crores of up its preparedness for dengue clarified so that people are bet- whether Government or pri- chikungunya also reported in Elections, adding that the He pointed out that AIIMS Modi that Article 370 was tax payers. since 2015 and deployed ded- ter prepared to fight Dengue,” vate, to inspect their offices last week, taking the total num- party set a record in itself by was coming up at Bilaspur abrogated from Jammu and Education Minister Suresh icated resources to combat the CM added. every Friday morning at 11 am ber of patients suffering from winning in all the 68 assembly which would ensure spe- Kashmir, thereby paving the Bhardwaj, Agriculture Minister Dengue. By 2018, the results The mega awareness pro- led by Chief Secretary Vijay the disease to 97, according to constituencies of the State in cialised health care facilities to way for One Nation, One Ram Lal Markanda, Health were in, and the number of gramme was conceptualised Kumar Dev, the entire bureau- a municipal report released on the Lok Sabha elections. the people of the State. Constitution. He said that the Minister Vipin Singh Parmar, cases had reduced by 80 per along the lines of the earth hour, crats of the Delhi Government Monday. As per the data, mos- He said the vote share of Similarly, the very first deci- present BJP Government in Rural Development and cent to just 2,798. Similarly, in where people were encouraged had joined the campaign. quito-breeding has been report- the BJP was highest in the sion of the State Government the State under the leadership Panchayati Raj Minister 2015, 60 people had lost their on a large scale to inspect their “While the spread of ed in at least 1, 49,222 house- State in the Lok Sabha to lower the age limit of senior of Chief Minister Jai Ram Virender Kanwar, several lives to Dengue, which reduced homes every Sunday morning Dengue gains momentum in the holds and 11, 9,815 legal notices Elections and the highest vic- citizens for availing old-age Thakur has initiated several MLAs and senior BJP leaders to 4 deaths by 2018. This year, at 10 am for ten minutes, for ten monsoon months of July- have been issued this year. tory margin in term of vote pension without any income developmental works. Former were present on the occasion.      &   ""%     &     8  

       '$(")'(    nion Human Resources    K $      UDevelopment (HRD) Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ on Monday per-  '",'( BJP”, which only used these to formed the groundbreaking “mislead” the voters. “The ceremony of Indian Institute of aryana Congress President abrogation of Article 370 in Management (IIM) Amritsar HKumari Selja on Monday Jammu and Kashmir is anoth- for its permanent campus at said the loan waiver would be er tool the BJP is using to Manawala. Pokhriyal empha- implemented within days of the befool people,” she said. The sised the use of management in party assuming power in the Congress leader said the BJP everyday life and in various State as has been done in led-government in the State other fields. He also empha- Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, had given the Congress plenty sised how IIM Amritsar could Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. In to go to the people about. help India in achieving its a statement, she said Congress The BJP’s decision to drop dream of becoming five trillion would not announce its chief sitting ministers and MLAs dollar economy. ministerial candidate ahead of mirrored the State At the same time, the the elections and the same Government’s poor perfor- Union Minister assured the would be decided by the party mance and inefficiency. students to expedite the con- Government to build the per- the-art facilities in the library, es and 600-seater auditorium high command after the polls. She asked Khattar, “Kindly struction of the permanent manent campus of the 15th academic block and the hostels. which can be used for multi- “CM Manohar Lal Khattar- tell us how many people have campus and promises to coop- IIM in the country at Amritsar. It would have capacity to ple activities and events. An led BJP Government is trying been given employment? erate in its process. Punjab The new permanent cam- accommodate 575 students amount of Rs 350 crore has to manufacture issues and not Kindly tell us how many paper Cabinet Minister Tripat pus of the IIM Amritsar will be in the hostel while serving been sanctioned for the first address the real ones concern- leaks have happened and why Rajinder Singh Bajwa, while built up in an area of approxi- food for more than 600 stu- phase of construction of the ing the State and its people. the youth are being taken in by addressing the students during mately 60,000 square metres dents in the mess. permanent campus and Rs 250 They need to give their report the drug mafia which is mov- the event, assured all coopera- and will be comprised of world- The new campus would crore has been sanctioned for 2   ('% plastic and cloth, the only dif- card. They have dropped sitting ing towards Haryana after tion with the Central class infrastructure, state-of- also include 90 faculty hous- the next. ference between polythene ministers and MLAs. That is an Punjab took stern steps to curb he ongoing campaign of and non-woven bags is that acknowledgement of their the menace.” Selja dismissed TMunicipal Corporation of they are mixed with 20 per Government’s failures,” Selja charges of factionalism in the Dehradun (MCD) against cent cloth. This is eyewash said. State unit, saying divisions are 8 $    polythene and single use plas- propaganda, even the microns She said that the loan waiv- now passé and everyone was tic is being called a hoax and in these non woven bags are er promise would be part of the moving together to ensure a eye-wash by activists and sci- less than the required stan- manifesto for the October 21 Congress win in Haryana.   ('% doctors in the hospital con- entists of the city. They state dard. These bags are more Haryana assembly polls and the She said there was no fight ducted various tests and found that the Uttarakhand dangerous for our environ- document would be unveiled between the old guard and the ormer Chief Minister and the results to be within the nor- Environment Protection and ment than polythene; their soon. The Haryana Congress new leaders in the party and Fsenior Congress leader mal parameters. It is being stat- Pollution Control Board (UEP- numbers also have expanded manifesto committee had sub- the Congress had always Harish Rawat was admitted in ed that he is suffering from ver- PCB), MCD and other author- in the last few months.” mitted its report and final worked with cohesion. a private hospital here after tigo which leads to dizziness. ities concerned are not worried He added, “It is my sug- touches were being given to it, “We have always had a complaining of unease. Chief On learning about his con- about the technical aspects of gestion that focus should not she said. “When our pleasant mix of experience and minister Trivendra Singh Rawat dition various persons reached the bags which are being cir- only be on the polythene Government comes to power, new ideas. That will always be visited the hospital to meet the hospital. The chief minister culated in the market as an carry bags but packing mate- we will waive loans of the the case,” Selja added. him. Reportedly, the doctors Trivendra Singh Rawat along alternative to polythene carry- rials as well. poor, especially people who On former Congress chief have diagnosed the problem to with the chief secretary Utpal bags. The majority of garbage col- take small loans. Ashok Tanwar’s resignation be vertigo and have advised him Kumar Singh and Finance sec- They also alleged that lected in the district, the We are also going to write and his allegations on the to rest. retary Amit Singh Negi also MCD’s plan to distribute about majority of plastic concen- off the loans of farmers who are Congress Party being the anti- The former Chief Minister reached the hospital. The chief 2.5 lakh cloth bags in all 100 tration is because of packing being pushed to a corner and thesis of democracy, Selja said, reportedly fell sick late on minister enquired about the wards is nothing but a mere materials. In addition to that are suffering under the BJP “The Congress has seen such Sunday night after which he was Congress leader’s health and news-value propaganda. it is mandatory to focus on Government,” she said, adding rebellions in the past and has admitted to the Max hospital. wished him a swift recovery. hospitalmer Chief Minister’s message The secretary of Society for garbage segregation at Congress believed in fulfilling always come out stronger due He was reportedly complaining Various public representatives to enquire about Rawat’s con- was also shared on his Facebook Pollution and Environment source.” its poll promises “unlike the to its inherent strengths. of heaviness and dizziness. The and politicians also reached the dition. Later in the day, the for- page and Twitter handle. Conservation Scientists Soumya Prasad of Do No (SPECS), Brij Mohan Sharma Trash group said, “Non- said, “The demand in the mar- woven bags are made of ket for non-woven bags has polypropylene which is dif- risen by up to 40 per cent since ferent from polythene, but is 1222 the order for prohibition of more dangerous. As per polythene carry bags and sin- Uttarakhand High Court’s From Page 1 know whether it was a forest or gle use plastic has been put at orders all categories of these He said Aarey forest was eco-sensitive zone. Where have place, but these bags are not bags are banned. The contin- deemed as an 'unclassified for- you found that it is an eco-sen- environment friendly. ued use of non-woven bags is est' and felling of trees in the sitive zone? It was a no devel- They are being used as an due to the eco-sensitive zone there was opment zone, not an eco-sen- alternative to polythene bags, administrative illegal. However, after sitive zone," the bench but not only they are non- interpretation of court orders. perusing the notification issued observed. Senior advocate biodegradable, these bags also It is not that the citizens do by the Maharashtra Sanjay Hegde, appearing for the are less sustainable then poly- not have cloth bags in their Government, the Bench said, letter petitioner, told the Bench thene as their carrying capac- households, it is just a matter Aarey area is "a no develop- that "the court has been pre- ity is weak. of practice, but the problem is ment zone" and not a eco-sen- sented with a fait accompli". The problem is that it that none of such campaigns sitive zone as claimed by the Mehta said the entire area appears that even the authori- are continued for more than petitioner. of Aarey is of around 3,000 ties concerned are unaware a fortnight. Construction activity can- acres and only two per cent, about this technical aspect of The question is how long not be carried out in a 'no that is 33 hectares, was given non-woven bags. Some actions MCD is willing to continue development zone'. "Is there for the metro shed project. against the increasing use of this campaign. Prohibition any notification that it is a eco- "That is not the issue whether such bags should have been alone is never fully successful, sensitive zone? Is there any you are using one or two per taken by the authorities, but no but it will surely deter notification regarding with- cent of the area. If it is legally such actions were taken.” the use and will bring massive drawing of this area as an eco- not permitted, then it will not He further said, “The reduction in the use of single sensitive zone? We want to be permitted," the bench said. non-woven bags are made of use plastic.”   !"#$  #*

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They were both released Trump’s argument, saying such ing firm Mazars USA, seeking Washington’s main ally in the breaking into and vandalizing on bail pending trial. vast immunity would “operate access to the president’s tax years-old battle against the so- shuttered subway stations. “I am wearing a mask to to frustrate the administration returns dating back to 2011. called Islamic State group. Riot police fired tear gas, come here today ... This is a of justice” by putting the pres- Vance is investigating pay- “Turkey, Europe, Syria, charged at crowds and took form of silent protest,” said 16- ident’s personal and profes- ments made by Michael Cohen, Iran, Iraq, Russia and the Kurds position on streets. A number year-old student Bao Yeung, sional affairs off-limits. Trump’s former personal attor- will now have to figure the sit- of protesters were detained. who was among a large group “This court cannot endorse ney, to Stormy Daniels, who uation out, and what they want The night violence broke the of supporters outside the court. such a categorical and limitless claimed to have had an affair to do with the captured ISIS day’s relative calm, when hun- The protests were sparked assertion of presidential immu- with Trump before he ran for fighters in their ‘neighbour- dreds of people gathered in sev- by a now-shelved bill that nity from judicial process,” president. hood,’” Trump tweeted. eral malls to sing protest songs would have allowed some and chant slogans. criminal suspects to be sent to The mask ban, which took mainland China for trial but +', .   effect Saturday under an emer- have since morphed into a ( '((%&+ gency law, has led to more larger anti-government move- anger instead of deterring the ment. 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"     "  the abrogation of the special provisions <"         ) ,"  ,   )    because the “suffering people” in Kashmir > +,, ? ,    )          were all Muslims. If those, who were locked down like this, were “Europeans, Christians,            , )   "  ?" @ Jews or Americans and not Muslims”, the ,   $    ,  )  =    "  ?   world would not have been silent.       ,    )      ,0 Khan’s attempts to paint the Western world as being made up of Christian com- ,        $ ' $ )<  1   %  munalists, racists and sympathisers of the Jews   ?    )! )+0   "   ,        is just not going to wash because Europe has             ,    opened its arms to lakhs of impoverished Muslims, who are escaping from Africa and lion Muslims on August 15, wants the world to believe that The of Jammu were    ?"         "  )    Arabia and risking their lives on the high seas 1947. Their numbers have now the Muslim minority is being also feeling alienated because of      "  ,      , 0 to reach sanity and hope. Second, unlike in swelled to 175 million. persecuted in India. That is why the unfair approach of the politi-    4        0      "   the past when confused Nehruvians ruled the The world is aware of these nobody believes Khan. cians of the Valley and their       +            0 roost in New Delhi, it appears as if the demographics. It is also aware of There is yet another reason unwillingness to give the people Narendra Modi Government has succeeded the fact that Pakistan is a theoc- why the Pakistan Prime of Jammu a proper share of ,  *   %   A84      , in explaining the Kashmir issue to the world. racy and has a Constitution that Minister’s arguments will not power. Pakistan is largely respon-  #  7 "  "       " *  Other nations now know that the former State reserves key constitutional wash. The former State of sible for vitiating the secular,   ,        ,    #,  of Jammu & Kashmir acceded to India just offices for only Muslims as Jammu & Kashmir comprised democratic credentials of the the way the other 563 princely States did in against India’s secular, democra- ';", /%  of three distinct areas — the Valley people over the years.        ) ) "       )/     )  1947 and, thus, became an integral part of the tic Constitution that entitles Muslim-dominated Kashmir This is the fallout of the        "  "  )  )  , !    country. Although the Kashmir Valley was a every citizen to aspire for the top /%( !","/%) Valley, the Buddhist-dominated two-nation theory that "  -, =        "  " -,    Muslim-majority area, demographics in office in the land. $"/("" ))" Ladakh region and the Hindu- Mohammed Ali Jinnah pro- other parts of the State were different. In any The Preamble to the majority Jammu region. While pounded to divide India and 1337 4 ,   "            case, India had rejected the two-nation the- Pakistan Constitution says: ")" ."/< Muslims live and thrive in all the establish a separate Muslim ? ,     " $,    )    ,  ,0 ory and, therefore, agreed to the accession of “Wherein the principles of .'1")' ') three regions of this former nation. That is why when     )   *   ?   + 1+%  "  this State. Pakistan, however, was disappoint- democracy, freedom, equality, State, over four lakh Hindus, Khan talks of Kashmir, he just ed and sent its troops to capture certain parts tolerance and social justice as   /(!/ who lived in the Valley — the speaks about the Muslims in %    "     ,     "    ' " of the State, which are now called Pak- enunciated by Islam shall be Kashmiri Pandits — were Kashmir. He has no concern '          ,       ,  Occupied Kashmir (POK). India wants vaca- fully observed.” Article 2 states & !" ;  ' hounded out 30 years ago and for people of other denomina- /&%/, ),    ) 4  ),     P tion of those territories by Pakistan. In light that “Islam shall be the State reli- $%)!"$ the Muslim majority and its tions. Prime Minister Modi, on of these facts, other nations are wondering gion of Pakistan.” Article 41(2) political leadership did nothing the other hand, kept the focus "    Q $     = S         what all the fuss is about. This is purely India’s deals with the office of President $"/("-") to stop this exodus. on the big issue — terrorism —  <"    ,  #, # 7 +   5##7+6   internal matter also because the Constitution and says, “A person shall not be & ", Terrorists were let loose on during his UNGA address.  , D     /,##7+,S "    0 empowers the federal Government to alter the qualified for election as President . () % " this religious minority and as His call for global unity against  , ,        =    "   ) status and boundaries of the States. unless he is a Muslim and not less bloody attacks mounted, the terrorism, therefore, had Finally, Khan belongs to a country that than forty-five years of age…” ""' '") Kashmiri Pandits fled the Valley greater resonance. "    " ,  , ,    S "  has no respect for secular traditions and has, The Third Schedule lists out and took refuge in Jammu, Delhi In light of all this, one won-  ,  )    )    )   in fact, specialised in ethnic cleansing. On the oaths to be administered for -/&/- and other areas. Also, since the ders how any Pakistani can August 14, 1947, the day Pakistan was born, those entering various offices. & !" ; )1 ' Valley Muslims dominated the raise his/her voice and become    "" "  , )       "  4  Hindus constituted about 25 per cent of its The oath to be taken by an politics of the erstwhile State, the flag-bearers of democracy and "     ," "     )/,, )  #  population. Over the last seven decades, the incumbent Prime minister says, people of Ladakh felt persecuted secularism. In any case, this       Hindus are reduced to just 1.64 per cent. “In the name of Allah, the most and alienated and were demand- time around, India has suc- They were either converted to Islam or killed. beneficent, the most merciful, ing independence from the for- ceeded in alerting the world to Similarly, the population of Christians and I...do solemnly swear that I am mer State. They had been plead- Pakistan’s divisive agenda and other minorities like the Ahmedias have been a Muslim and believe in unity ing for autonomy for decades. consequently ensured that       reduced to a miniscule minority. In all, they and oneness of Almighty The recent decision of the Union other nations do not fall into its constitute just about three per cent of that Allah…” Government to turn Ladakh trap once again. nation’s population. For how long can Having hounded out reli- into a Union Territory has been (The writer is an author R2 Pakistan hide these facts? As against gious minorities in this manner wholeheartedly welcomed by specialising in democracy studies. :5 Pakistan’s dismal record, India had 35 mil- since its inception, Pakistan the people of that region. Views expressed are personal)               '  & ,%(             /<))?  " " K  ""O  <       ! " # $ %     $          & "  '   (   %     $<   ?<"   "  D      "   ?"                      ) &                      )*   +, )*  +,)  !&  % %",%,  '%,,! % K%? K& .? K(   K.+         !   ',    "    %    ,  *      * - ., , "       "  $    ,   ( (   ( ' ((   %('  "  /, )       ,  -,   0 )              ,  1         Q         S       &   3 ,   0,  '  &   /, /,"   ,  #  '  Sir — Dussehra marks the vic-   <L&+.</$O Sir — This refers to the report,      ,        4 )   ,   tory of Hindu god Rama over  M@/ BA"/ “Vikas, paryavaran must go hand Lanka’s demon king Ravana and  <N   O in hand: Javadekar” (October 6). It’s        " ,        the victory of goddess Durga @/  3A< . $  $   really shocking that it’s no less than '  S   "  0     ,   over the demon Mahishasura, $,LML  the Environment Minister Prakash    ',  (    ,     4  symbolising the triumph of    S       G   8:08A international public relations nightmare, which ")$"),%"  campaign, Modi told migrants in States in her kitty patients and miscreants to the United    ,      )D:       will force it to divert attention from its most press- ./!"" )< ") bordering Bangladesh to keep their But all these goodwill gestures may States in 1980.    , )  4       ing task at hand, fixing the country’s economy. ) '("' “bags packed,” ready to be sent home. soon start unraveling, thanks to an Any such move by India would have India will get more than it is bargaining for  )"/ "!! But he waited until his re-election in explosive claim by Modi’s hardline a far-reaching consequence for its rela-  ,        )) 4   , if it pushes the alleged illegal migrants into 2019 to bring up the issue with Dhaka. Government that the 40 million tions with Bangladesh. It will not only ,      -,     " 0 )."('!/%/* Bangladesh: Violent anti-India street demonstra- /(/!' Since Hasina returned to power in Bangladeshi illegal migrants must be undermine Hasina’s Government but ,   )        9H'     tions will rock the Muslim-majority nation of 163 2009, Dhaka-Delhi relations have sent back home. also give fodder to Islamic extremists ,    ).( ''!!/; ( million Bengalis; pro-India Prime Minister  ( ,"/' improved remarkably to such an extent Modi’s party campaigned on this whom she has largely kept under con- 10/     +  51/+6  )   0 Sheikh Hasina’s Government will fall and Hindus that many Bengalis think India is the issue during the 2019 general election trol. Another worrisome prospect is )     ) ,         " )  4 in Bangladesh will face the fury of Muslim mobs, & -/< strongest leg of her throne. and won a landslide victory. Bangladesh there may be a repeat of the bloodbath 9H'    ,    =             forcing them to flee to India. . ( '.)/ Indeed, Hasina has always been initially dismissed the campaign rhetoric that followed India’s Partition in 1947.     1/+ 4       , India’s current migration politics has its roots $"!  ')' India’s favorite. When Bangladesh as domestic politics. But in August Any forced dumping of Muslims from     ,   '   8  in its northeastern State of Assam, where local %(/. < ( fought against Pakistan for indepen- India’s hardline Home Minister Amit India will be catastrophic for     <"    , , ,  0 politicians have periodically incited violent $%)!"$ dence in 1971, Delhi played the midwife Shah, who is likely to succeed Modi, Bangladesh’s 20 million Hindus. protests over the past 70 years to drive out non- and later stood by Hasina’s father raised the matter with his Bangladeshi Infuriated by India’s action, Bangladeshi     /       -,  )    1/+ .( )  ") Assamese — both Hindus and Muslims — stok- )","*" ' Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh’s counterpart during talks in New Delhi. Muslims will vent their anger on their    ,  ) ,   0 ing regionalism for parochial political gains. founder. After his assassination in 1975, Bangladesh’s Home Minister fellow Hindu countrymen, forcing       "           The non-Assamese, mostly Bengali-speaking India sheltered a young, orphan Hasina. Asaduzzaman Khan flatly dismissed them to flee to India, the way they did      4    #     ,     ) people from today’s Bangladesh and West Bengal, In 1981, India nudged the military- India’s claim. He told Shah that in 1971 after Pakistan committed geno-  "       )       ,  routinely voted for the Congress because of its sec- strongman-turned-President, General Bangladeshis do not stay illegally in cide in East Pakistan.   ular platform. Assam and Bengal were once one Ziaur Rahman, to ensure her safe India, because its economy is at par with Such an exodus, in turn, will enrage ;,  ),  )  )     " $, administrative unit under the British and people return home, paving the way for her to India’s, if not better. (Bangladesh will the already psyched-up saffron soldiers             0 moved freely throughout the region. capture power in 1996. Later, New Delhi post 8 per cent growth in 2019, against of Modi’s party, who will be more than ,   ,  )   ,    0 After Britain divided India — as well as helped Hasina defeat the slain India’s 5 per cent.) The matter became pleased to turn Hindustan into an   "     "       , 4  Assam and Bengal — in 1947, many East President’s widow, former Prime so acrimonious that the two sides anti-Muslim battleground, just to avenge historical humiliation of the Hindus   3-,  #)  53#6 ,, Pakistan-based Hindus migrated to India and set- Minister Khaleda Zia, in the 2008 par- failed to issue a joint statement after the tled in Assam. This influx of migrants made liamentary poll. talks ended. Upon his return home, under Muslim rulers for a thousand     ,     ,)S   " "  indigenous Assamese angry and local politicians A grateful Hasina repaid her debt Khan fumed over it. India, however, years, if nothing else. 7 ,               , exploited this resentment to their advantage. A in kind by handing over an Indian sep- seems determined to push its agenda. If terrorised badly enough, India’s , " )         "    0 student group, that waged a six-year-long anti- aratist leader to New Delhi, signing a It has launched a campaign to round up nearly 200 million Muslim citizens  "  "   Bengali violent campaign, captured power in 1985 land boundary agreement and allowing Muslims unless they can prove they have may start flocking to Pakistan, an out- ;,  ),  )     ,     and again in 1996. India to ferry food and grains to its land- lived in India since before 1971 when come that orthodox Hindus wish for;   " "      )S  , 0 Then came Prime Minister Narendra Modi locked Northeast through Bangladesh. Bangladesh was born. They will be put alternatively, they may fight back the  ,       , " )   in 2014 and Hindutva — the anti-minority pol- On top of all this, she turned down a in concentration camps, which ironical- hyper-nationalist Hindus, as the British       ,  , )1/   ,0 itics of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) — fol- Chinese offer to help build a military ly the migrants themselves are building minorities did against the “skinheads”       :D/%' ,  , lowed. Modi swept to power with a promise of base in Bangladesh to keep India happy. now. India has classified nearly two mil- in the1980s. This vicious cycle of com-      , )    "    " "  jobs and growth, downplaying his roots in the To reciprocate her gesture, Modi in lion of its long-term residents as non- munal hostility will push the region into powerful Hindu-nationalist group Rashtriya 2015 signed 22 agreements with citizens, making them stateless. chaos and misery, dimming its econom- , )4 )-,   ,   0 Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). After a heavy defeat Bangladesh during a visit to Dhaka and Dhaka is nervous because India ic prospects for decades.   ,  )  )   later on in Bihar, the BJP adopted an aggressive extended a $2 billion credit line and may seek to push at least the alleged (The writer is an established author 5           6 line, spreading the sectarian venom that India is pledged $5 billion worth of investments. Muslim migrants into Bangladesh, the on Bangladesh) ;                       

years not long enough for India to be only to revive in 1983 in the form of Hence, India today requires at least than done. Nevertheless, the onus to est. tomer, banking on mutual supply and self-reliant in combat aircraft produc- light combat aircraft (LCA), the new two types of home-made combat air- develop local combat aircraft fairly “In 2006, the Government demand. Third, an ace test/fighter tion for its own air warriors? avatar of which is today’s Tejas multi- craft. First, a single engine like Tejas. and squarely lies with the Indian State revealed a list of sectors that SOE” pilot or an eminent aeronautical To be fair, India started well and role fighter. The role of which could be two-fold, and it cannot be handed over to any (equivalent to India’s public sector engineer of Air Marshal rank should was in a position of advantage. Being As the single-engine Tejas under- conventional ground attack, close-air- private company or inexperienced undertakings) “must dominate, head all projects for three years on under British, close to two cen- goes trials, experiment and upgrade, support to advancing or defending non-Government enterprise in any included in which are defence, elec- rotation and continue, if need be, up turies, had its minus points but from all accounts, it’s definitely going troops and counter air-defence in tac- way. India could very well learn from tricity, oil and petrochemicals, to 65 years, extendable to 70, if phys- Indians also benefitted in use of mod- to see an operational role in tical/forward edge of battle area. the experience and success of Chinese telecommunications, coal, aviation, ically fit. Fourth, all research, devel- ern military hardware, which were of squadrons of the IAF in the near Second, the need for twin-engine State-owned enterprise (SOE), rather and shipping.” Beijing also is to opment, testing, production and British-origin. Fighting ships to fight- future. That’s good news undoubted- multi-role offensive operation fight- than blindly following Western free maintain strong presence in “pillar prototype, upgrade must be done in- er aircraft, which enabled Indian ly but the moot point remains: How er, which would be tried for mixed or trade and freewheeling multination- industries”, like “equipment manufac- house, funded by the State. *6$%/%, ((   sailors, soldiers and subalterns to gain does India go for additional home- interchangeable role; both defence al military-industrial-complex. turing, auto-making, electronics, India lost precious seven decades. experience and become experts in made fighters, both single and twin- and offence mission. Deep penetra- Resources being limited, it’s impor- construction, steel, non-ferrous met- Powers that matter make their own usage, upkeep and upgrade. engine, with different roles? Should tion (like SEPECAT Jaguar); air tant they are not frittered away and als, chemicals, surveying and scien- fighters: Russia, China, the US and t’s the innermost desire of 1.3 bil- Thus, post-1947, the IAF had the one dare suggest! Why not? defence capability of upgraded MiG- handed over to private players to tific research.” France. Even Japan, South Korea and lion souls of India, me too includ- fortune of using front line combat air- The first act has to be from the 21 and other variants; counter air “extravagant experiment” after 72 Now, we know why and how the Turkey have risen. Individually, Israel, Ied obviously: How to transform craft like English Electric Canberra highest quarters of Government. We offensive of MiG-29 as well as inter- years of sovereign Indian polity. Chinese progressed and India was left the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy the Indian Air Force (IAF) from photo reconnaissance bomber, de could emulate the Beijing model if we diction; enhanced payload, range, Coming back to indigenisation, behind, thereby resulting in an annu- and Spain no longer produce fight- “Imported Air Force” (IAF) to Havilland Vampire and Hawker sincerely want the IAF to be a strong combat radius, service ceiling, Mach we need to emulate Chinese experi- al foreign trade deficit of $184.33 bil- ers because of post-Cold War budget “Indigenised Air Force” (IAF)? This Hunter fighter and French Ouragan and superior fighting institution of a speed, avionics and electronics. ment and experience, as vividly lion for 2018-2019 (with China, constraints, leading to decay. Yet, four write-up is an attempt to suggest and Mystere craft. India also initiat- 1.3 billion people. Let’s face it. Just as Added features of reconnaissance, described by HM Paulson, Junior, the including Hong Kong, accounting for Europeans collectively manufacture “ways forward” by an interested and ed manufacture of single-engine no Navy can be respected by only akin to MiG-25, could also be former US Treasury Secretary. $60 billion plus)! Eurofighter. concerned citizen. I, therefore, would Gnat and twin-engine Marut fight- buying and not building its fighting explored. Aside, the present-day Paulson was in awe of China: India, therefore, should restruc- The IAF chief’s strong pitch for focus on “Made in India” fighter air- ers with imported technology and ships, the IAF, too, will always be at electronic warfare capability, which “China’s stated goal has been to cre- ture its indigenous fighter pro- indigenous fighters could not have craft for the IAF because tradition- participation of eminent German the mercy and charity of foreign fight- the Chinese Air Force is reported to ate national champions in strategic gramme. First, a full-fledged Cabinet come at a better time. This author’s ally, that’s the main concern and core technologist. For some time, India’s er manufacturers. And, in the ruth- be developing, has to be gone through areas critical to national security to Minister, Aircraft Production be four-decade-old plea appears to have area, owing to technology, price, indigenisation enterprise did appear less cut-throat arms bazaar, no for- research and development, owing to improve global competitiveness and appointed who would report to the been heard by some supernatural psy- maintenance, logistics and upgrade promising and impressive. eigner, however friendly they pretend various electronic counter-measure to boost technological progress at Prime Minister, like Department of chic power. The IAF today is 87. during its prescribed shelf-life and Nevertheless, it was short-lived as to be at the high table of diplomacy, (ECM) and electronic counter- home.” Space. Second, Hindustan Happy birthday. Happy flying. beyond. How to proceed then to an Indians couldn’t capitalise on avail- will ever give India the latest and best counter measures (ECCM)-filled Chinese foresight is indeed Aeronautics Limited be merged with (The writer, an alumnus of the issue which hasn’t yet been satisfac- able Western technology and improve technology. That’s impossible in con- combat flight mission/envelope. praiseworthy. They do know how to the IAF because both are monopoly National Defence College, is author of torily resolved by the State? Are 72 upon it. Things thus went downhill, temporary mercantilist economics. All these, of course, are easier said look after their critical national inter- producers and consumer/user/cus- China in India)   !"#$  #3

,(4& ,5 6  %7 & %& '(8' & %' 1       <= not consulted anyone before Chief Minister’s post would be seats is the lowest number of  2?  $%$&'" making the promise to late with the BJP while for the seats ever contested by the Gorakhpur (UP): Uttar Pradesh Saryu," the chief minister elab- Balasaheb, who meant every- remaining two and a half years Sena. But, this will be the first Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath orated. The Chief Minister also s the ruling saffron alliance thing to me — Guru, father and it would be with the Sena. Or time when we will win more on Monday said "all will respect" targeted the Opposition for boy- Apartners go into leader. I had not taken any one’s else, it would settle down for the number of seats in the the Supreme Court's decision on cotting the state's special assem- Maharashtra Assembly polls as permission before making the deputy Chief Minister’s post. Assembly. This is just our first the title suit over the 2.77 acre bly session, saying they "do not favourites, the Chief Minister’s promise. I do not need any one’s Seeking to set the tone for phase”. of disputed Ram Janmabhoomi- deserve to show" their faces in post threatens to become a permission. Nor lack of per- his Tuesday’s customary On whether the BJP has Babri Masjid land, being heard the House as they "insulted" major bone of contention mission from anyone would Dussehra rally at Shivaji Park, violated 50:50 pact reached daily by the court. Mahatama Gandhi by skipping between the ruling BJP and Shiv come in the way of my fulfilling Uddhav made it clear that with over sharing of seats and power "The court has been con- the session. Sena, if not immediately after my promise to late father,” the advent of Adtiya Thackeray, with the Shiv Sena ahead of the tinuously holding hearings on "By boycotting the special the polls but sometime in future. Uddhav said in the first part of he would not take political recent Lok Sabha polls, Uddhav the issue and all people will session of the assembly held on For the second time in ten his published interview. nance in the State and at the sanyas. “I am very much in pol- said: “We conducted ourselves respect the court's decision," the occasion of 150th birth days, Shiv Sena president Uddhav, however, clarified Central level,” Uddhav said itics. I will not take to agricul- responsibly. The important the Chief Minister told a news remarks made on Saturday. anniversary of Mahatma Uddhav Thackeray has reiter- that Aditya contesting the elec- If Uddhav’s calibrated ture. I will not take political thing that came out of the press conference here. While clarifying his "very Gandhi, they have insulted ated that a Shiv Sainik will tions did not mean that he remarks are anything to go by, sanyas. I will not rest till I ful- conference addressed after an Adityanath made the good news awaits all" remark, Gandhi Ji," he said, adding "the become the Chief Minister of would become a Chief Minister he would not rush into staking fill the promise made to late understanding reached between remark days after he asked peo- the Chief Minister also accused Opposition does not deserve to Maharashtra. His reiteration or deputy chief minister imme- a claim for the Chief Minister’s Balasaheb that I will make a the two parties, was equal shar- ple to draw inspiration from the opposition of practising show its face in the House". comes in the context of Yuva diately. “Aditya has come to the post immediately after the polls Shiv Sainik a Chief Minister. Till ing of responsibility and power Lord Rama and said "a very destructive politics on Ayodhya. For skipping the special Sena leader and his son Aditya politics just now. He has joined — especially in the context of I fulfill my promise to my in the Government. Seven to good news" awaits all. "The Opposition practices session, the chief minister also Thackeray contesting the State electoral politics does not mean the fact that both BJP president father, I will not quit politics”. eight days after the State Samajwadi Party chief destructive politics on the accused the Opposition of being Assembly polls scheduled for that he will become a chief min- Amit Shah has gone on record Asked if the Shiv Sena Assembly results come out on Akhilesh Yaday had objected to Ayodhya issue. The centuries old least concerned about issues of October 21. ister or deputy chief minister saying that incumbent chief made a compromise by accept- October 24, we will get to see his remarks, asking how does the controversy on Ram temple poverty, health, education and Uddhav — who had said at immediately. Hold your horse. minister Devendra Fadnavis ing as low as 124 seats in new Cabinet in the State. Then Chief Minister know in advance must end now," the chief min- social welfare. party workers’ meeting held This is his first election. He has will be the Chief Minister, if the alliance with the BJP, Uddhav you will get to know as to what will apex court decide on ister said. Talking of various welfare on September 28 that he had interest in the legislative and BJP-Sena alliance returns to said: “I have not made any know as to what equal sharing Ayodhya issue. "In Ayodhya traditions were schemes, Adityanth said the promised late Sena chief parliamentary business. Be it the power in the State. compromises. From the BJP of power is all about”. Asked about his "very good abolished during the tenure of Central and State Governments Balasaheb in the latter’s final Assembly, Lok Sabha or Rajya At the same time, depend- side, Devendraji and Denying that he had thrust news" remark, the Chief previous Governments. Now have done lot of good work for days of life that he would make Sabha, he follows the budgets or ing on the number of seats that Chandrakant dada used to Aditya on the Shiv Sena, Minister said it merely per- Ram Leela is staged by people the upliftment of girls. Shiv Sainik a Chief Minister one crucial bills presented there”. the Shiv Sena will win in the request me that I should under- Uddhav said: “Late Balasaheb tained to a "grand deepotsav" to from abroad in Ayodhya. "Schemes like 'Beti Bachao day — reiterated as much, in an “He even make it a point to elections, Uddhav will bargain stand their position. I under- had told me that I would not be held in Ayodhya on Representatives from many Beti Padhao' have brought dig- interview published in the Sena’s sit in the gallery of State with the BJP on the sharing stood their position ( about their thrust you on the party. You Deepawali which would be cel- countries participate in this nity for them," he said. official mouth-piece “Saamna” Legislative Council. He has power in the State. If the Shiv inability to allocate more num- work for the party. If the party ebrated this year by lighting event. "Like the previous year, About the Centre's flagship on Monday. interest. There is nothing wrong Sena on its own wins more than ber of seats to the Shiv Sena”. accept you, I would not come in more than 5.50 lakh diyas on the the State Government is orga- scheme Ujjwala Yojana provid- “I had promised late in this field. It is good that if 90 to 100 seats in the State Queried if the 124 seats was your way. I have adopted a sim- banks of river Saryu. nizing a grand Deepotsav this ing for LPG gas cylinders to BPL Balasaheb that I would make youngsters — be it boys or girls Assembly polls, it is likely that not the lowest number of seats ilar approach towards Aditya. "It was on Ayodhya regard- year too. This year, the festival household women, the chief Shiv Sainik a Chief Minister. I — should enter politics. I sin- it will demand the chief minis- ever contested by the Shiv Sena Honestly speaking, he works ing the Deepotsav event to be of Deepawali will be celebrated minister said the work on the will fulfill my promise if some- cerely feel that youngsters terial post on a rotational basis in the Assembly polls, Uddhav harder than me many folds. In held there," said Adityanath in by lighting more than 5.50 lakh scheme is being done at a fast one listens to me or not. I had should take control of gover- i.e., first two half years the said: “You may think that 124 fact, he has lessened my burden”. reply to a question on his diyas on the banks of river pace. PTI 4             -) 1( 90# &  #8   4 2 4?3   extremist organisations because '"#1/ "  2   %9. of the concurrence and silent ; approval by the parties ruling the he Saint Dominic State. The CBCI release also Panaji: A Goa Court on TCathedral at Kanjirappalli asked the Christian political Monday adjourned till October in Kerala’s Kottayam district, leadership to come out of the 21 the trial against Tehelka dating back to 1826, witnessed political slavery and obeisance 4 magazine founder Tarun Tejpal a unique protest march on and to take a strong stand in a sexual assault case lodged Sunday as thousands of believ- against the attacks on the com- Srinagar: Normal life remained enjoyed by Jammu & Kashmir by his former woman col- ers undertook a procession to munity members. “The political affected in Kashmir for the 64th under Article 370. league, after the victim failed to the Church condemning reli- leadership representing the consecutive day on Monday as Internet services — across attend the hearing. gious conversions under the Christians of the country should main markets continued to be all platforms — also continued The additional district and garb of Love Jihad. end its blind political slavery and shut and public transport off the to be snapped in the valley, they sessions court at Mapusa will The protest march which take a stance giving top priori- roads, officials said. said. Most of the top level and continue hearing on October saw the participation of young              4       ty to the safety and security of Private transport was plying second rung separatist politi- 21, 22 and 23, when the victim and old Christian women was the community,” said Sebastian. unhindered in Srinagar and Chowk road here, they added. cians have been taken into pre- would be cross-examined by to draw the attention of the which disclosed that during UDF which alternately rule Jaison Mazhuvancherry, other districts across the Valley, The officials said there were ventive custody while main- Tejpal's counsel, special public State Government to the large 2005 to 2012 more than 4,000 Kerala were ignoring the cruel one of the Catholic activists who they said. no restrictions anywhere in the stream leaders, including two prosecutor Francisco Tavora scale conversion of Christian Christian girls have been fraud- deeds of the extremist organi- led the rally said that there were The officials said auto-rick- valley, but security forces were former Chief Ministers Omar told reporters. girls to Islam by activists of var- ulently converted to Islam. sations as part of vote bank pol- efforts from certain Islamic shaws and some inter-district deployed in strength in vulner- Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, A Supreme Court bench in ious extremist religious organ- The Catholic Bishops’ itics. “The Union Home organisations to make them cabs were seen plying in the city, able areas to maintain law and have been either detained or August asked the Goa court to isations operating in Kerala. Conference of India, the apex Ministry should urgently inter- cancel the rally. “They told us but the other modes of public order. placed under house arrest. complete the trial in the case, The Catholic Bishops body of the Catholic community vene in the matter as the Kerala that the reports about Love transport were off the roads. While landline telephone Another former chief min- preferably within six months, Council of Kerala in a resolu- in the country charged that the Government and its police had Jihad were fake campaigns They said main markets services were restored across the ister and Lok Sabha MP from and refused Tejpal's plea to tion had condemned the kid- religious conversion taking place turned blind eyes to the com- spread by Sangh Parivar. Since and other business establish- valley gradually, mobile ser- Srinagar Farooq Abdullah has quash the First Information napping of Christian girls by in Kerala was an extension of the plaints filed by parents of girls we had all the reports collected ments in Kashmir remained vices remained suspended in been arrested under the con- Report (FIR) filed against him. some extremist elements to mass annihilation of the who were kidnapped by Love by our fact finding teams , they shut, even as some shops in the Kashmir except in Handwara troversial Public Safety Act, a Tejpal allegedly sexually convert them to Islam promis- Christian community by Islamic Jihad activists,” demanded VC could not fool us this time,” said city here were open till 11:00 am, and Kupwara areas in the north law enacted by his father and assaulted the complainant ing them a happy married life terrorist organizations in West Sebastian, secretary, Council Jaison who added that the but downed their shutters after- since the night of 4 August, the National Conference founder inside an elevator of a five-star and luxury life. The Council Asia. A release issued by the for Laity of the CBCI. He said Christian community stood for wards. officials said. Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah hotel in Goa in 2013. He has had quoted the National Council for Laity of the CBCI that Kerala has become a conversion of hearts and not for A few vendors had set up On August 5, the Centre in 1978 when he was the Chief denied the allegations levelled Minority Commission’s report said that both the LDF and the “recruiting centre” for the religious conversion. stalls on the TRC Chowk-Lal had revoked the special status Minister. PTI against him. PTI     +   -  8   5 ?2  2?  1/!1'' theme of Chetla Agrani a decked up the marquise with a from the past 100 years or even 8    : Durga Puja organised by State theme that they call more. Bagbazar Sarbajaneen in hemes have once again Minister Firhad Hakim is “her- “dristhikon” implying point of North Kolkata and Ekdalia     Tcome to dominate the itage Kolkata” or the Kolkata view. Here the Mother Goddess Evergreen Club in South Kolkata Durga Puja pandals “from then to now.” As you appears inside a lotus and is Kolkata are two major exam- with the organisers decorating enter the marquise you are wel- represented in all sides by three ples of traditional Pujas. Patna: With parts of the Bihar their marquees after numerous comed by all landmarks of dimensional portraits of Meanwhile, Kolkata have capital still inundated follow- Agartala/Aizawl: Protests over The camp inmates started complicated themes drawing traditional Kolkata from numerous renowned women witnessed about 20-30 lakh ing last week's heavy rainfall, the killing of a Bru woman protesting at about 8.30 am and crowd in lakhs. Victoria Memorial to from Maa Shaarada Devi to pandal hoppers per day since the threat of a dengue epi- allegedly by her husband in called it off at noon following Take for instance, the idol Octorlony’s Monument to Mother Teresa. the Tritiya or the third day of demic looms large over the Mamit district of Mizoram, a discussion with their leaders, of Mother Goddess at Raja Writers’ Buildings. Interspersed “We have tried to show that the festival, police sources said. city. bordering Tripura, has stalled he said. Santosh Mitra Square where it has rendered thousands of among these numerous histor- women are basically the “It is astonishing to see lakhs of As per the state health the on-going repatriation of Officials of Kolasib dis- the Mother has been covered gold workers in Bengal jobless. ical buildings are traditional embodiment Mother Durga people roam the streets enjoy- department, around 250 Bru refugees who put up block- trict of Mizoram had planned with more than 50 kg of gold But by doing this, we want to artifacts from old records, to who manifests in each of them,” ing the Pujas throughout the dengue cases have been regis- ades in protest on Monday, offi- to repatriate around 100 Bru worth about 200 crore. When show only Lord Viswakarma gramophones and their grad- said an organiser of the club. night. We don’t have similar tered in Patna since September cials said. families from Naisingpara relief asked to comment on the lav- can make such things and ual journey towards the mod- A mile away the Badamtala thing in our country,” said 27, when the downpour began In the ninth round of repa- camp, said Samuel, one of the ish spending, Pradip Ghosh, a without his blessings, no one ern gadget-based world, to Ashar Sangha have brought in Alister from USA. and continued for the next triation which is termed as the Liasion officers for Bru repa- BJP leader and main organis- can do this kind of engineering Tagore’s poetry to. a new concept with an idol of Like Alister a whole couple of days. "final" one, altogether 4,447 Bru triation from Kolasib. er, said it was all given by the work.” Ghosh further said no The imposing tall and Mother Durga carrying no German family have extended The spurt in the incidence families, lodged in six relief "We returned to Mizoram companies and they would machine has been employed in round-shaped pillars replicat- arms. “Here the Mother is their stay in Kolkata to witness could be gauged from the fact camps in Tripura, are sched- escorted by security personnel take them away after the Pujas. the work. ing the gothic architecture and bestowing peace on the world,” Durga Pujas. “This is the that the number of dengue uled to return to the neigh- provided by the SDM of Sajal Ghosh, general sec- The interior of the pandal a replica of a standard zamin- which is the most important biggest celebration — rather cases reported between bouring state from where they Kanchanpur sub-division from retary of the club, said except has been shaped after the dari household where the precondition for modern liv- carnival on earth,” Rudolf one January 1 and September 27 had fled since 1997 following Naisingpara without bringing the arms that are made of sil- sheesh mahal using tonnes of “Babu” and the “Biwi” engage ing, an organiser said. of the members of the family this year was just 409. ethnic clashes. any Bru family," Samuel said. ver, the entire idol of Mother is glass while the exterior is a in talks are scenes that will def- Themes apart, there are says adding they have travelled The department, however, A total of 51 Bru families Officials of the Mamit dis- wrapped in gold. The implica- replica of Mayapur’s ISKCON initely enamour the visitor. traditional Durga Pujas, too, more than 200 km in past four asserted that intensive fogging returned to Mizoram since the trict said they had also planned tion: “As the MNCs are making temple. Cut to Tridhara Sanmilani which pull lakhs of visitors days “whole night” watching was being undertaken in repatriation began on October to repatriate a large number of gold ornaments with machines, Down South Kolkata the where the organizers have without changing their style Pujas. “It is exquisite,” they said. water-logged areas, with all 3. Bru families from Kaskau and medical college hospitals in Kanchanpur Sub- Khakchangpara relief camps on the city notified as "sentinel Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Monday, but called it off as the sites" for dengue treatment. Abhedananda Baidya said a situation was not found to be          &  3  It also said that arrange- group of women, who are conducive for it. ments were being made to set inmates of the refugee camps, Earlier on October 4, up free medical camps to treat shouted slogans in protest posters opposing the repatria- Jaipur: Ravana effigy makers on Gopalpura bypass famous cases of dengue and chikun- against the killing of Linda Bru, tion and demand for a separate are fearing loss of business for effigy making. gunya in the city's worst- who was allegedly burnt to autonomous district council this Dussehra as above normal Rajasthan has this year affected localities on October death by her Mizo husband on for the Bru community were rainfall damaged their products received above normal rainfall. 10-12, immediately after the October 3 in Mamit district of found in the relief camps. and drenched raw material Twenty-three out of the total 33 Dussehra festivities. Mizoram. However, no untoward incident amid the prolonged monsoon districts in the state fall under A release issued by the Mamit is one of the dis- was reported then. season. the abnormal rainfall category. office of Union Minister of tricts where the displaced Bru The repatriation is sched- The festival of Dussehra, Another effigy maker, state for health Ashwini community people are sched- uled to continue till November which celebrates good over Hemraj said it has become Kumar Choubey said the uled to be resettled. All six 30. Mizoram Bru Indigenous evil, is marked by burning of difficult to find customers for Centre has chipped in with its refugee camps are at Democratic Movement leader Ravana, a demon king. rain-soaked effigies. resources to combat the crisis. Kanchanpur sub-division in Phillip Apeto had said they Making of Ravana's effigies "Who will take them now? Teams of doctors are treat- North Tripura district border- were not satisfied with the is a source of livelihood for many This Dussehra is not going to ing people for diarrhea, lung ing Mamit. rehabilitation package and a craftsmen. The effigies are most- be colourful," he said. infection and skin diseases "The protestors put up road district council for the Brus ly made of bamboo, mesh iron Craftsmen at other areas which may have been caused blockades near the Ashapara under the sixth schedule of the and paper, and their size varies. like Mansarover, Tonk Road, by the waterlogging, the camp. Repatriation could not constitution must be created. There are roughly 300 peo- Sanganer also said rainfall has release maintained. take place on Monday. The A memorandum submit- ple engaged in effigy making in affected their business. District Magistrate Kumar Mizoram officials who had ted by three Bru organisations Ravana Mandi, Gurjar Ki "Before the sale could pick Ravi said around 2.25 lakh come with buses to take the to Mizoram Home Minister Thadi and nearby areas in the up, rains dashed our hope of a residents have been affected refugees returned with police Lalchamliana last week Rajasthan's capital city. goof business," said Leela. by the waterlogging. Those escorts arranged by expressed fear that Bru com- People associated with effi- den rains which damaged their rainfall again lashed the city. of some business ahead of The size of the effigies affected were rescued with Kanchanpur sub-division munity would lose their iden- gy making said their business products and raw material. "We suffered losses when Dussehra. That too died today varies from 5-6 feet to 15-20 the help of boats and provid- administration," Baidya told tity if they return to Mizoram has been hit this time because On Monday, when they we were preparing the effigies with the rains," said Mukesh feet and the price ranges from ed relief. PTI PTI. in the present situation. PTI of the above normal and sud- had put up the effigies for sale, due to rains, but there was hope Nath at Ravana Mandi, a place 2,000 to 5,000. PTI   !"#$  #:

,  < 5      : 9:;         ;                    3=4 Mumbai: A total of 3,239 can- While only three contes- who led the BJP campaign in Mumbai: The Enforcement Srinagar: National be able to take part in the didates are in the fray for the tants are in the poll arena from the state, who is squaring off Directorate on Monday con- Conference president Farooq exercise if its leaders are kept Kolkata: A prominent Muslim her eyes closed and hands fold- October 21 Assembly elec- Chiplun seat in Ratnagiri dis- from his home turf Nagpur ducted fresh searches at a posh Abdullah has demanded in detention. religious cleric on Monday ed in solemn prayer. She also tions in Maharashtra for the trict which is the lowest num- South-West against Ashish bungalow located in Alibaug in unconditional release of all Among the demands put slammed TMC Lok Sabha beat a drum and danced joy- 288 seats up for grabs where ber in the state, the highest Deshmukh of the Congress. Maharashtra in connection those detained or arrested in forth by the NC leaders is member Nusrat Jahan for ously. the BJP-led NDA alliance and number of candidates at 38 are State BJP president with the PMC bank money the wake of abrogation of release of all political attending Durga Puja celebra- Jahan had later told jour- the Congress-NCP combine vying to win Nanded South Chandrakant Patil is contest- laundering case, officials said. Article 370 for any political detainees, traders, civil soci- tions, and said the popular nalists that she had prayed for are locked in keen contests constituency in Marathwada ing his maiden assembly poll They said the 22-room process to begin in Jammu & ety members that have been Bengali film actor should change peace and prosperity of all. marked by defections, rebel- region. from Kothrud in Pune. bungalow is linked to HDIL Kashmir, the party said on arrested on “false grounds”, her name and because “In Bengal we all celebrate lions and one-upmanships. In Chiplun, Shekhar BJP leaders and Cabinet promoters Wadhawan’s and Monday, a day after its dele- the spokesman said. she is “defaming Islam and all festivals together. I always The Election Commission Nikam of the NCP, Sadanand ministers Pankaja Munde and has been sealed by the agency gation met the leader for the They also demanded Muslims” by her actions. enjoy being part of the celebra- had received 5,543 applica- Chavan of the Sena and Sachin Sudhir Mungantiwar are also after the raid. first time after his detention. release of all students and Jahan, the first-time MP tion,” she said. tions for all the 288 segments, Mohite of the BSP are in the in the fray from Parli and The agency has also seized An NC spokesman said children that have been arrest- from Bashirhat, has been in the “I don’t bother about con- an official said on Monday, fray. Ballarpur seats, respectively. 60 crore worth jewellery, a the party president also told ed and put under detention in line of fire of the Muslim clergy troversies. Controversies touch adding that 3,239 nominees In Nanded South, Another major battle is business jet, 15 cars, two fixed the delegation that the people various jails or police sta- for sporting symbols of Hindu me? No,” the doughty actress, are left in the race after with- Rajashree Patil of the Sena and playing out in Worli assembly deposits worth 1.5 crore and of the State have voiced their tions, he said. matrimony like ‘mangalsutra who has often insisted she rep- drawals and rejection of 800 Mohan Ambarde of the segment in Mumbai, where Rs 10 crore in connection with disapproval over the revoca- The spokesman claimed and sindur’ since her marriage resents an inclusive India, said, applications due to technical Congress are main contes- Shiv Sena leader Aaditya the investigation of the case. tion of the special status and that there was an attempt to to a Hindu entrepreneur Nikhil when asked about whether her errors. tants. Thackeray is making his debut The searches were being bifurcation of the state by downplay the situation in the Jain earlier this year. celebrating Durga puja will set The official said more than In politically-sensitive in electoral politics. conducted after a criminal protesting in a peaceful man- state by “suggesting that only “This is nothing new. She off a fresh row. 15 candidates are in the race in Thane district neighbouring Aaditya has become the compliant was filed under the ner and the party cannot violence would be indicative has been offering puja to Hindu Reacting sharply to the 34 constituencies, prompting Mumbai, 213 candidates are first Thackeray in the clan to Prevention of Money ignore these sentiments. of public resentment”. Gods despite the fact that Islam Deoband cleric’s comments, the poll body to allocate addi- left in the contest for the total contest elections. Laundering Act by the central A 15-member NC delega- “People have rejected the orders its followers to pray only Waseem Rizvi, the chairman of tional Electronic Voting 18 seats. From the Opposition agency. tion were on Sunday allowed abridgement of their rights to ‘Allah’. What she has done is Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board, Machines (EVMs) to accom- In Marathwada region, camp, former chief ministers The Enforcement to meet Farooq Abdullah and following the unilateral abro- ‘Haram’ (sinful). said Jahan was free to wear modate all the nominees. 528 candidates withdrew their of Congress Ashok Chavan Directorate case is based on an party vice president Omar gation of Article 370. It is “She had also married out- emblems of Hindu marriage like Unlike previous polls, nominations on the last day, (Bhokar, Nanded district) and FIR filed by the Economic Abdullah for the first time indeed high time for GOI to side religion. She should change sindur, bindi or mangalsutra. rebellions have hit all the par- leaving 679 contestants to slug Prithviraj Chavan (Karad Offences Wing (EOW) of since their detention. restore the dignity of the peo- her name and religion. Islam “Islam does not bar her ties, especially the ruling BJP, it out in 46 constituencies South, Satara district) are in Mumbai police. “It was made very clear to ple by undoing the steps that doesn’t need people who assume from wearing these things.... after allotment of tickets. spread across eight districts. the fray. The ED and the Mumbai the visiting party delegation by were taken on the 5th and 6th Muslim names and defame there is no problem. If any fol- The BJP leadership tried In Nashik district, a total Senior NCP leader and Police case is against former the incarcerated leaders that August,” he said. Islam and Muslims,” Mufti Asad lower of Islam wants to convert hard to convince dissenters to of 148 candidates are in the former deputy chief minister bank management and pro- no political process can take He said the NC leaders are Qasmi, a cleric associated with to another religion, they can do withdraw from the fray against fray for the 15 seats. Ajit Pawar is seeking another moters of the Housing place until and unless certain of the firm belief that the party Darul Uloom Deoband, told TV so, but nobody can be thrown the official candidates of the In Amravati district in term from his home turf Development Infrastructure actions are undertaken by the cannot overlook and ignore news channels. out of Islam,” he told a TV chan- party. east Maharashtra, altogether Baramati in Pune district. Limited (HDIL). Based on a government of India straight- the public sentiment. Resplendent in a saree and nel. Jahan was trolled by sever- Maharashtra Chief 109 nominees remained in The 2019 assembly elec- complaint by an RBI-appointed away,” the spokesman said. While Omar Abdullah has sporting sindur, Jahan had al Muslim clerics for taking Minister Devendra Fadnavis the contest after 42 candidates tions — the first major polit- administrator, the police com- Block Development been kept in detention at Hari attended Durga puja celebra- oath as MP on June 25 while had issued a warning that the backed off. ical contest after the Lok Sabha plaint was filed earlier last week Council (BDC) elections in Niwas Palace, Farooq tions of Suruchi Sangha with her wearing a saree and sporting rebels would have no place in Among prominent candi- outing of summer — are char- on charges of forgery, cheating the state are scheduled for Abdullah has been arrested husband on Sunday. TV chan- sindur and mangalsutra, with the alliance if they don’t fall in dates in the poll arena is Chief acterised by many political and criminal conspiracy against October 24 and the NC has under the controversial Public nels showed her lip-syncing to Qasmi and some others calling line. Minister Devendra Fadnavis, undertones. PTI the officials. PTI maintained that it will be not Safety Act. PTI hymns being recited by a priest, it un-Islamic. PTI %   %+     %&4     (   +6       #  ; Jammu: In the backdrop of the ( <  itary officers in the town. complimented the police and increasing terror activities in   Emphasising upon the offi- security forces for their success Imphal: Manipur Chief “We trust and have confi- Kishtwar township of Jammu cers to maintain pressure on ter- against terrorists in Doda- Minister N Biren Singh on dence that central leaders will and Kashmir, Director General 8  rorists and exhorting all ranks to Kishtwar range. Monday expressed confidence be there to protect the indige- of Police Dilbag Singh on    < remain vigilant to maintain law He also emphasised for civic that the Centre will include a nous people of the Monday exhorted the security and order and security of the action programmes at large special provision within the Northeastern region,” Biren forces to go pro-active and   area, Singh directed for “well scale to earn more public trust. Citizenship Amendment Bill told a press conference here. make the hilly district militan-    organised and pro-active” oper- Besides reviewing the law (CAB) to protect the indige- During the visit of Shah, cy-free once again. ations against the terrorists, par- and order situation in the dis- nous people of the North East also BJP president, to Aizawl Kishtwar was rocked by    ticularly in upper reaches, to trict, the DGP, who was accom- Jaipur: Activists, theatre artists become autocratic but the court region. on Saturday, Mizoram Chief four terror attacks since ;    increase the sense of security panied by Inspector General of and filmmakers staged a protest is also not showing any discre- Union Home Minister Minister Zoramthanga raised November last year, but the ,5    among the masses. Police, Jammu zone, Mukesh in the Pink city on Monday over tion. Amit Shah had said on the issue of a special provision security forces achieved a major He also impressed upon Singh, also met with the civil registration of a sedition case “The eminent persons have October 1 that Parliament in the CAB for Northeast success in the recent past by   the police and other security society delegations and against 49 celebrities after they tried attracting attention of the will pass the CAB which will India. eliminating three hardcore &  forces to make Kishtwar mili- addressed a joint ‘darbar’ of had expressed concern over prime minister towards mob grant citizenship to Hindus, Biren said Shah will grace Hizbul Mujahideen militants tancy-free once again. police and the CAPF, a police rising incidents of mob lynch- lynching incidents and demand- Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis the Sangai Festival, an annu- and arresting over a dozen oth- Complimenting the efforts spokesman said. ing in an open letter to Prime ed appropriate action. How can and Christians from al cultural festival of Manipur, ers. in March and September. of police and other security He said Singh met the del- Minister Narendra Modi. it be termed as sedition?” Singh Afghanistan, Bangladesh and in November and urged the The district, which was “We are dealing with a hos- agencies for maintaining law and egations of Muslims and Hindu They condemned the filing said. Pakistan after seven years of people not to call any bandh declared terrorism-free over a tile neighbour (Pakistan) and we order in the district, the police communities of Kishtwar who of the case against celebrities like He said that it seems that stay in the country even if they or blockade at that time. decade ago, witnessed the revival will have to foil its chief said that it was due to close promised to work together to Aparna Sen, Adoor the country is being governed do not possess proper docu- Manipur witnessed mas- of militant activities with the attempts...There are reports of coordination and synergy maintain communal harmony, Gopalakrishnan, Ramchandra by fascist powers. ments. sive anti-CAB protest during killing of a senior BJP leader and infiltration from Pakistan and among the security forces that peace and amity in the district. Guha, Mani Ratnam, Anurag State secretary of Janwadi The indigenous people of the early months of the year. his brother in November. An now recent encounters also recent success was achieved The police chief thanked Kashyap and Revathi. Lekhak Sangh Sandeep Meel the Northeastern states fear Protests were held on RSS functionary and his police prove that some terrorists have against the terrorists. them for their cooperation in President of Indian People’s said that this “undemocratic act that entry of these people will October 3 in Manipur, Nagaland guard were killed in April this sneaked in,” the DGP said Singh said Union Home maintaining communal har- Theatre Association Ranveer is nothing but an attempt to endanger their identity and and Meghalaya against the con- year. The district also witnessed addressing a joint meeting of the Minister Amit Shah and mony and brotherhood in the Singh said that it seems that not intimidate” the intellectuals and livelihood. troversial CAB. PTI two weapon snatching incidents Army, police, civil and paramil- Governor Satya Pal Malik have area, the spokesman said. PTI only has the government artists of the country. PTI  % 5  &   6 $  & Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief liquor is banned. its people, including Mahatma 285 Minister Vijay Rupani on On Sunday, Gehlot ques- Gandhi, Sardar Patel and Mumbai: Police inquiring about gar who made regular trips on Monday took strong exception tioned Gujarat’s prohibition Prime Minister Narendra a beggar found dead by the rail- Harbour line suburban trains to his Rajasthan counterpart policy, claiming that liquor Modi. “Even people of way tracks here stumbled upon begging for alms. They showed Ashok Gehlot’s claim that was being consumed in Rajasthan were in favour of a sackful of coins totalling 1.75 us the way to his home,” the liquor was freely available in “almost all households”, despite liquor ban there. lakh, certificates of fixed deposits Vashi railway police official said. Gujarat and its consumption the ban since Independence. But instead of under- of 8.77 lakh and 96,000 in On going through his was highest there among all “Gehlot and the Congress standing their sentiments, bank savings accounts at his belongings as is routine to cre- states. must apologise for making Congress leaders are saying home, an official said on ate a file in such accidental death He claimed such state- such allegations. He is making liquor is consumed in every Monday. cases, the police came across a ments by Congress leaders such statements against household in Gujarat. This is Biradichand Pannaramji sack with 1 and 2 coins, some showed their “dislike” for Gujaratis because he could an insult of Gujarat and peo- Azad (82), who hailed from bank documents, his Aadhaar, Gujarat and its people, includ- not ensure his party’s win in ple will not forgive the Rajasthan, lived in a rundown PAN and senior citizen cards, he ing Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar the (2017) Assembly polls Congress for this,” Rupani tarpaulin-topped shanty near a informed. Patel and Prime Minister here. He has insulted all of said. On Sunday, Gehlot said drain between Govandi and “He had kept coins in plas- Narendra Modi. Gujarat and its people by call- during his stay in Gujarat for Mankhurd stations on the tic bags and hidden it inside four Rupani sought an apology ing each of them drunkard,” a year during polls, he found Harbour corridor of the Central containers kept in a barrel. The from Gehlot, and said he was Rupani said. “maximum consumption” of Railway’s suburban network, coins totalled 1.75 lakh. He had making such statements as Gehlot was Gujarat liquor in the state, adding the official said. FDs worth 8.77 lakh in two the Congress failed to win in Congress in-charge during the that “liquor is consumed in “We got a call on Friday banks apart from 96,000 in sav- the 2017 Gujarat polls. 2017 Assembly polls. almost all households”. This is night about a man lying by the ings accounts. The FDs’ nomi- Prohibition is in force in Rupani said such remarks the situation in Mahatma tracks between Govandi and nee is Azad’s son Sukhdev, a res- Gujarat where manufacture, by Congress leaders reflected Gandhi’s Gujarat, he told Mankhurd. People living in the ident of Ramgarh in Rajasthan,”      #    %9       %  $    storage and consumption of their “dislike” for Gujarat and reporters on Sunday. PTI vicinity identified him as a beg- he said. PTI  $ 4     !" Q3R<6 #  %)     P7. Kozhikode: Seventeen years A Special Investigation whose wife Sili and daughter of God’ in this case as the said her brother had died after the six suspicious deaths Team has been probing the had died in 2016. truth was coming out now heart-broken as his personal      8-/  in her family, allegedly by case after receiving a com- 44-year-old Jolly had after such a long time. life with Jolly was in shambles. being fed cyanide laced food, plaint from Roy’s US based woven a web of lies, describ- “I used to consider Jolly as After he was killed, it was Lucknow: The name of the (    anonymity. Renji Thomas feels there is a brother, Rojo, over the six ing herself as a lecturer at the my elder sister... I used to like said that he had committed Congress’s Rae Bareli MLA, !  8! The grand old party issued ‘hand of God’ in the case, deaths between 2002-2016, prestigious National Institute her. She used to behave in a suicide and was an alcoholic. Aditi Singh, who has been      1 a show-cause notice to Singh on which is why the truth is which has now shocked the of Technology (NIT), friendly manner with every- After Jolly got married to served a show-cause notice for  ;     Friday and asked her to reply to tumbling out about the “well sleepy village of Koodathayi Kozhikode. one”, she said. Shaju, Renji said she and her defying a party whip and attend-    <  it within two days, a deadline planned murders” now after near Vatakara in Kozhikode as She used to leave the Renji said even for her US-based brother Rojo grew ing a special 36-hour session of     that ended on Sunday. all these years. new revelations are pouring in. house every day morning in a father, Jolly was the model suspicious as some forged the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, ! “You defied the party whip There was no suspicion Renji had lost her Mother car, saying she was going to daughter-in-law who took documents over the property has made it to the list of the and took part in the proceed- about any of the deaths earli- Annamma Thomas in 2002, the NIT and had also made a care of him after her mother’s surfaced. Renji said that for party’s star campaigners for the ings. This amounts to indisci- er, Renji, sister of Roy father Tom Thomas, in 2008, fake identity card, police said. death. the past three years, neither Assembly bypolls due later this party insiders said the list was pline and anti-party activity,” Thomas, whose wife Jolly is brother Roy Thomas in 2011, However, this claim was Everyone had only good she or her brother consumed month. prepared before Singh defied the Congress Legislature Party the prime accused in the case Annama’s brother Mathew, found to be false, as the prime things to tell about her. even a glass of water from the Singh, who not only attend- party whip. (CLP) leader Ajay Kumar Lallu and has been arrested along who insisted that Roy’s body be accused, Jolly was not a B.Tech Jolly had got married to house out of fear that they ed the special Assembly session, “The list issued by party said in the show-cause notice, with two others, said on subjected to post-mortem in graduate, as claimed by her Roy in 1997. It was a love would be poisoned. “Last but also spoke in the House general secretary Mukul Wasnik adding that action would be Monday. 2014 and one year old Alfine but a commerce graduate, turned arranged marriage, week I had gone to the house. against her party’s decision to bears the date of September 23, taken against the Rae Bareli Besides 47-year-old Jolly, and her mother Sili in 2016. police said. said, adding within five years I was given a glass of juice and boycott it, was among the 40 star days before the Assembly ses- MLA if her reply was not sub- MS Mathew (44), a close As the probe into the Six members of the fami- she killed my mother and I refused to take it”, she said. campaigners of the Congress for sion. No remedial step has, mitted by the deadline. friend of the woman and deaths began two months ago, ly had died within a span of other members of the family. All praise for the crime branch the bypolls to 11 Assembly seats however, been taken in the Asked if the party had Prajikumar (48), a man work- the remains were exhumed on six years and it took 17 years However, things began chang- police team probing the case, slated for October 21, party backdrop of her (Singh) coming received Singh’s reply, Lallu said ing in a jewellery, who had Friday and forensic reports are for the truth to come out that ing after Annamma Thomas’s she said it was due to their sources said. out in the open against the he was not aware of it as the CLP allegedly supplied the cyanide, awaited. these were not natural deaths. death, as Jolly took control of hard work that the case was Though Congress leaders party stand,” a senior Congress office was closed on account of have so far been arrested. Jolly got married to Shaju, Renji said there is a ‘hand the reins of the family. Renji cracked. PTI refused to speak on the matter, leader said on the condition of Dussehra holidays. PTI  >#   !"#$ "6       .<. "  $#   % , Pharma major Glenmark also rose up to 2.53 per cent on    %   - )&'1 tumbled more than 9 per cent BSE. at the close after the US health Market breadth was nega- ('!!" )>.  regulator issued a warning let- tive with 1,629 scrips closing    ! " situation for both the ter to its manufacturing plant with losses against 892 stocks economies. in Himachal Pradesh. ending in green. As many as rime Minister Modi’s for- Three landlocked states of Aurobindo Pharma dived 279 stocks hit their 52-week Peign policy initiative -Use of India viz. Assam, Meghalaya   $%$&'" more than 19 per cent after low while 332 stocks hit their Chattogram and Mongla Ports and Tripura will get access to reports that the US FDA has lower circuits on BSE. for movement of goods to and open sea trade routes from tock market benchmark issued observations to one of its Broader BSE midcap and from India during the official Chattogram and Mongla ports SSensex on Monday declined plants for violations of good smallcap indices too fell up to visit of Sheikh Hasina, Prime via Indian ports. by 141 points after a volatile manufacturing practices. The 0.75 per cent. Minister of Bangladesh to Tripura will be connected session, dragged down by prof- company clarified that the Sectorally, BSE healthcare, India, a Standard Operating to Chattogram Port through it-booking in select IT, banking, USFDA issues seven observa- oil and gas, capital goods, basic Procedure (SOP) wherein the Maitree Setu on Feni river pharma and FMCG stocks tions after an inspection but materials, industrials, metal, Bangladesh allowed the use of at Sabroom in South Tripura mainly in the last hour of none of the observations is realty, power, energy, IT, auto, its Chattogram and Mongla and Ramgarh in Bangladesh. trade. related to data integrity. FMCG and finance indices fell Ports for movement of goods to While Agartala is 135 kms The 30-share BSE Sensex Lupin dropped 2.69 per up to 2.43 per cent. and from India through its ter- from Sabroom, Chattogram settled at 37,531.98 points, cent, Cipla by 2.35 per cent, and While BSE consumer ritory was signed and , %         port is 75 kms from Sabroom. down by 141.33 points or 0.38 Sun Pharma dropped 1.57 per durables, telecom and banking exchanged by India and 1"     2% & Cargo transportation per cent as 24 of its compo- cent. indices rose up to 1.06 per cent. Bangladesh before the Prime %     through IBP waterway route nents posted losses. The Defensive bet pharma Weak cues from other Ministers of India and       %  from Kolkata/ Haldia to North barometer oscillated between stocks declined due to increas- Asian and European equities Bangladesh. The SOP on use of 3"%"!; "8;; East is limited to 2000 ton ves- the day’s high of 37,919.47 ing US FDA observations while too weighed on investor senti- Chattogram and Mongla ports sels. Now, larger ships carrying and the low of 37,480.53. IT slid ahead of kick start of ment, brokers said. has been finalised after the two Port to Agartala (Tripura) via cargo destined for North East Broader NSE Nifty second-quarter earnings, an Elsewhere in Asia, Kospi countries signed an MOU on Akhura can call at Chattogram and dropped by 48.35 points or 0.43 analyst said. settled marginally higher, while 6.6.2015 and an agreement on (ii) Chattogram/Mongla Mongla ports thereby increas- per cent to close at 11,126.40 as Dewan Housing Finance Nikkei closed in the red. 25.10.18. Port to Dawki (Meghalaya) ing trade volumes and reduc- leading IT, pharma, financials, Corp also dropped 7.52 per Markets in Shanghai and Hong The agreement and SOP via Tamabil ing logistic costs. and oil stocks retreated due to cent after depository CDSL Kong were closed for a holiday. permit the movement of goods (iii) Chattogram/Mongla The expected cargo to profit booking. As many as 32 while stock-specific buying at close on reports that the gov- froze the shareholding of its Equities in Europe were in Bangladesh through water- Port to Sutarkandi (Assam) North East is construction of Nifty components declined. was seen in few blue chips in ernment has cleared the way promoters due to delay in the trading lower in early sessions. ways, rail, road or multi-modal via Sheola material, iron & steel, fer- “Market traded range- the light of good monsoon and for its privatisation. release of financial results. Meanwhile, the rupee transport. Eight routes are pro- (iv) Chattogram/Mongla tilizer, consumer goods, POL, bound as investors are expect- advantages of tax cut,” Vinod Top laggards in the Sensex Bucking the trend, shares depreciated by 18 paise to vided under the Agreement Port to Srimantpur (Tripura) cement etc. Foodgrains, fruits, ing the downward revision in Nair, Head of Research at pack included ONGC, ITC, of Yes Bank rallied over 8 per 71.07 against the US dollar which would enable access of via Bibirbazar (and vice versa) organic products, tea, fish, jute GDP estimate to mirror in Geojit Financial Services com- Tata Steel, M&M, Tata Motors, cent on prospects of fresh intra-day. North East Region (NER) via The conclusion of the SOP etc are the cargo expected to be second-quarter earnings as mented. L&T, TCS, Sun Pharma, NTPC, investments in the company. Brent crude futures, the Bangladesh. on Chattogram and Mongla transported from the North well. The core auto, banks and Among the major NSE IndusInd Bank and Tech Axis Bank, Bajaj Auto, Bharti global oil benchmark, ports would reduce distance, East to various parts of India infra are already in subdued losers, oil retailer BPCL Mahindra, falling up to 2.97 per Airtel, ICICI Bank, Hero advanced 0.41 per cent to USD The routes are: time and logistic cost for trans- through Chattogram and condition due to weak demand dropped more than 5 per cent cent. MotoCorp and Bajaj Finance 58.61 per barrel. (i) Chattogram/Mongla port of goods and is a win win Mongla ports.  +      (&"?      <     /7.?@A ?  Q    $-.. <       P% $       -./D 2&2'    6      "  %<     ! "     ! "     ! " ! )#     ! " over the previous year.   $%$&'" eading food delivery plat- ;< hares of Yes Bank rallied “Over 120 cities and towns to lead the new company, Lform Swiggy on Monday o enhance MSME and Sover 8 per cent on Monday -commerce firm Snapdeal across the country registered at said the retail investors have said it will expand presence to Tstartup environment, lead- ! $# 22< on prospects of fresh invest- Eon Monday said it has least 2 times volumes com- fter the 6,000-crore acqui- stayed with it and it has been 600 cities and 200 universities ing stock exchange BSE in   ments in the company. recorded 52 per cent growth in pared to last Diwali sales. These Asition of Reliance Capital’s able to grow its market share across the country by association with Ficci on   Shares of the private sector terms of volume during its include cities like Satara, asset management arm, as well. December this year. Monday organised a brain- lender settled 8.19 per cent first Diwali season sale over the Anand, Bharuch & Pali (West Japanese financial services Nippon Life’s global presi- The company currently is storming session to identify nesses that have a chronic higher at Rs 45.60 on the BSE. previous year. India), Malerkotla, Roorkee, major Nippon Life will be dent Hiroshi Shimizu said a present in 500 cities and 75 uni- gaps in the existing policies and habit of issuing cheques that Intra-day, the stock gained as During the first Diwali Jhansi & (North focusing on regaining the lost strong team led by Sikka, cou- versities, Swiggy said in a state- make suggestions for robust bounce; to increase digitisation much as 10.79 per cent at Rs sale, held between September India), Hazaribagh, Raniganj market share it has had in the pled with the opportunity pre- ment. policies. of corporate reporting; not 46.70. 29 and October 6, Snapdeal and Paradip (East India), country with its JV with the sented by the under-penetrat- Through its Swiggy Besides, the session was allowing GST reporting On the NSE, the stock said that its platform clocked Tezpur, Itanagar & Majuli Anil Ambani group, a top offi- ed Indian market made them Launchpad Programme, the organised to promote Udyam waivers; digital exchange of closed 7.59 per cent up at Rs more than 76 million visits in (North-East India) and cial said here on Monday. increase their stake in the ven- company is seeking to enable Saathi and Udyam Sakhi ini- documents in the transport 45.35. During the day, the a week which is more than its Khammam, Hassan, Reliance Mutual Fund, ture. Nippon Life globally man- students to set up Swiggy’s tiatives to foster the micro, industry and to fix the rating scrip gained 11.03 per cent at monthly average. Miryalaguda and Bhimavaram which has been renamed as ages over Rs 50 lakh crore operations in their universities. small and medium enterprises agencies incentives linked to Rs 46.80. “Snapdeal concluded its (South India),” Snapdeal said. Nippon India Mutual Fund assets. Swiggy views students as its (MSMEs) sector. job creation. The market capitalisation first Diwali sale of 2019 with Last week, Amazon India (NIMF) following the deal, Sikka said the domestic strongest brand ambassadors The MSMEs were invited Speaking at the event BSE of the lender increased by over record orders received, show- in its first festive season sales used to be the leader in assets mutual fund space has only 2 and plans to expand to 200 uni- to present their summary of MD and CEO Ashishkumar Rs 1,860.7 crore to Rs 11,629.51 ing a massive growth of 52 per report said that it has witnessed under management till a few percent penetration and the versities by December 2019, the ideas and suggestions as well as Chauhan emphasised on the crore. cent over last Diwali volumes. about 3 times increase in unit years ago, but has slipped to the fund house will focus on rural statement said. discuss their main issues of need of having vibrant ecosys- According to media Given Snapdeal’s focus and sales from non-metro cus- fifth spot as institutional and semi-urban segments. Since its inception five concern to the ministry. tem comprising of debt and reports, Yes Bank was in talks leadership in the Bharat- tomers, while customers from investors pulled out their Beyond its 300 physical years ago, the company has “Some of the concerns that equity to address the concerns with technology companies focused value merchandise, over 15,000 pin codes joined its money with the troubled com- touch-points and 78,000 dis- received an overwhelming were identified were simplify- of MSMEs. and PE investors for strategic nine out of every ten orders Prime programme (which is pany. tributors, it will focus more on response from tier 3 and 4 ing the MSME definitions, The BSE facilitate SMEs in investment. received on Snapdeal were paid) with a 69 per cent Nippon Life entered digital forms of selling. cities, allowing it to successfully availability of funds which will raising funds through its ded- A media report claimed from non-metro towns across increase in signups from small Reliance AMC first by buying Answering a specific query penetrate even the smallest result in improved attitude of icated platform for such enter- that the bank was in talks with India,” Snapdeal said in a state- towns as compared to the pre- a 26 percent stake in 2012 and if the move to invoke the markets across the country, it lenders and borrowers, pull up prises - BSE SME - where small Microsoft Corp and two other ment. vious year’s festive season. now owns as much as 75 per- pledge of Rana Kapoor on his added. payment delays and increasing companies can list and raise tech companies to rope them in The increase in volumes According to logistics firm cent, making it the single Yes Bank holding as reported in “With presence in 500 market access for the MSMEs,” capital, enhance visibility and as strategic investors as part of from smaller cities was a pan- Shiprocket , tier 2 and 3 cities largest promoter. Nippon has the press recently represents a cities and 75 universities, BSE said in a statement. create brand value. The plat- its efforts to raise capital. India trend. However, cities like are expected to contribute a paid Rs 6,000 crore for 75 per- directional change, Sikka Swiggy already has the widest Around 40 stakeholders, form has helped 310 SME’s in Stock exchanges also Nagpur, Surat, Vijayawada, higher percentage of orders cent stake, chief executive refused to directly answer. reach in the country. We will including 20 MSMEs, partici- raising Rs 3,300 crore. sought clarification from Yes Chandigarh, Panaji, during the 2019 festive season Sundeep Sikka told reporters. He, however, mentioned further expand this to 600 pated at the event, it added. The exchange further said Bank over the reports. Jamshedpur, Shimla and compared to the same period “We will recover the loss- that there will better risk man- cities and 200 universities by Some of the other sugges- that it will take all initiatives for Replying to the clarifica- Guwahati emerged as the new last year as shipments to tier 2 es in AUM that have hap- agement as going forward unit- December 2019,” Swiggy COO tions presented at the session the growth of SME’s and start- tion, Yes Bank said it is “not e-commerce hotspots, with cities have already shown a 10 pened,” he added. holders can enjoy the benefits Vivek Sunder said. were to create database of busi- up ecosystem. aware of the source, which orders surging at least four-fold per cent year-on-year growth. Sikka, who will continue of the same practices.   !"#$  >>

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My philos- Gambhir’s career. “Yuvraj (Singh), who was at thing that resonates with South ophy is to control sessions for a “He (Gambhir) didn’t like the other end told him in Africa’s interim cricket coach longer period of time and also be to face me in match or when Punjabi. Don’t try to pull him, %     F     Enoch Nkwe, who wants to cre- a lot smarter in the certain situ- both teams had nets, I always rather try to cut him. Off my ate a foundation that will leave the ations. felt he avoided eye to eye con- third ball, he went for a pull and struggling team in a better place. “Football’s possession is dif- tact with me. I remember I got was caught behind. Yuvi Paji %     Spanish football manager ferent from cricket but in crick- out him four times in the 2012 told him... Now go back,” Irfan Guardiola, who has guided FC et we want to reach the 80 percent limited over series and he was % "       66     recalled. Barcelona to multiple Champions mark of controlling sessions,” League titles and has helped Nkwe said. F 5   Manchester City win English On the personal front, he   %!'8% Premier League titles, is revered wants to work on building a foun- for his coaching philosophy. dation for the next four years at     ;   ndia’s Manju Rani (48kg) on Monday “He (Pep Guardiola) is a a time when South African crick- Iadvanced to the quarterfinals of the World special human being. He has et is going through a phase of tur- Women's Boxing Championships after a com- produced special performances moil.   !// ( ))88  Root and white-ball captain Eoin prehensive victory in the last-16 stage here. and (I like) the belief he has in his “It didn’t affect me at all. I  (   Morgan that will help us develop our The sixth-seeded Indian prevailed 5-0 over system. Just the drive he has to have embraced the situation and ngland cricket chiefs have plans for the next few years.” Venezuela’s Rojas Tayonis Cedeno to stand just improve systems, improve human my biggest focus is to create a Enamed Chris Silverwood 8  “Ultimately, his highest quality is one win away from securing a medal in her beings to be better and better all strong foundation. We have as their new head coach to    >::- that he is a winner and that will be an debut at the big event. the time,” Nkwe said when asked worked a lot behind the scenes to replace Trevor Bayliss, who  $##$<  important part of the job as we look to However, next up for her is a tough one what is about Guardiola that he help this team grow in the next stepped down last    ! strive to become the most respected in last edition’s Bronze-medallist and top seed liked after the crushing 203-run four years,” said Nkwe, who had month at the end of    team in the world across all formats,” he Kim Hyang Mi of South Korea. The two will loss to India in the opening Test played 42 first-class games. his contract. $#>0  ?  added. clash on October 10. on Sunday. “We would like to define the The 44-year-   8!@ The 44-year-old played six Tests and Clean punches were few and far in Rani's When asked if he would like character of the team, hopefully old, who has spent seven one-day internationals for clash against Cedeno but the Indian was the to imbibe some of his generic the puzzle comes together and we the past two years England between 1996 and 2002, one fetching most of them. Both the boxers coaching philosophies, Nkwe can put in some good perfor- serving as fast Africa coach Gary Kirsten and Surrey’s coached Essex to the County stuck to a defensive approach but Rani was the said: “Just his total passion about mances, which can (in turn) pro- bowling coach director of cricket Alec Stewart emerged Championship title in 2017 before more accurate of the two. the game. It is something that res- duce good results,” he added. under Bayliss, will as contenders to succeed Australian joining the England set-up. Rani is a Silver-medallist from the pres- onates within me. I feel I have so However, he wants everyone take charge for Bayliss, managing director of England He is just the second Englishman tigious Strandja Memorial boxing tournament much to offer to the game. My associated with South African the tour of New men’s cricket Ashley Giles described to take sole charge of the national side in Bulgaria earlier this year. biggest drive is to make a differ- cricket to look at the bigger pic- Zealand, which Silverwood as the “standout candidate”. since 1999, said there is plenty of talent In the second and last Indian bout of the ence to human beings. I am in a ture. includes a five- “I believe he is what we need to take coming through the ranks. day, Manju Bamboriya (64kg) was up against position and I am grateful for “But ultimately, it’s all about match Twenty20 our international teams forward,” he said “I am thrilled and honoured to be fourth-seeded Italian Angela Carini. She put that.” the big picture. And we need to series, starting on on Monday. appointed England head coach,” he said. up a spirited fight but the European Just like ball possession, be patient as some players might November 1, and “He is somebody we know well, but “I aim to continue the great work Championships silver-medallist was just too which can drain the opposition, take a bit more time to produce two Tests. it is his intimate understanding of our that has been done over the past five strong for her. has been a foundation of the type of performances we are While former structures and systems and his close years and build on our future, especial- The Indian went down 1-4 in a split Guardiola’s strategy, Nkwe said looking for.” India and South relationships with Test captain Joe ly in the Test arena.” decision.   !"#$  >$       >)   O+  !  O 

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onzalo Higuain scored the winner as Juventus inflicted a first Serie A Gdefeat of the season on Inter Milan with a 2-1 victory which sent the defend- ing champions top on Sunday. Substitute Higuain slotted home on 80 minutes after fellow Argentine Paulo Dybala had opened the scoring in the fourth minute at the San Siro. Another Argentine forward Lautaro Martinez pulled Inter Milan level from the spot on 18 ) %    & & &    ))      minutes, but coach Antonio Conte lost in his first meeting against his for- mer club since leaving Juve to take over the Italy national team in 2014. %  % Juventus moved one point ahead of Inter after seven games as they target a ninth consecutive title, and first under !     8?? Maurizo Sarri. “Overtaking at the &   ) top is insignificant right now,” said former Chelsea   &'( !/' second half. boss Sarri. The match descended into “The important arcelona are back in form and farce late on as Barcelona’s debu- things is that we showed BLa Liga’s big three are back at tant Ronald Araujo was sent off a performance of charac- 3     "  %  E            the top of the table after the and Dembele followed after col- ter and personality defending champions put on a fin- lecting a second yellow card for against a strong team in a The champions got off to a blistering to Barcelona 2-1. ishing masterclass to thrash Sevilla dissent. high-tension environ- start with Miralem Pjanic setting up Dybala Gian Piero Gasperini’s Atalanta celebrat- 4-0 on Sunday. The referee’s report said ment. We deserved to who took Inter goalkeeper Samir ed moving back to the newly-named Gewiss Lionel Messi scored his first Dembele was dismissed for calling win.” Handanovic by surprise. Stadium with a 3-1 win over promoted Lecce goal of the season by curling in a Mateu Lahoz “very bad”. He could Ronaldo rattled the crossbar and then that keeps the Bergamo side third on 16 brilliant free-kick at Camp Nou now miss the Clasico on October had a goal ruled out when Dybala was in points. after three goals in eight 26. an offside position. But Serie A runners-up Napoli are now minutes from Luis Suarez, “Dembele’s is a mystery,” But Inter got back on level terms when six points behind Juventus in fourth follow- Arturo Vidal and Ousmane said Valverde. “It is very dif- Juventus defender Matthijs de Ligt handled ing a goalless draw at Torino. Dembele had already put ficult to get words out of him the ball, with Lautaro drilling past Wojciech “We want to fight for the Scudetto, but Sevilla out of sight. in Spanish, so what he said Szczesny. our ranking makes us cry a little,” said Napoli “It was crucial for us,” couldn’t have been very long.” The hosts were hit with Stefano Sensi coach Carlo Ancelotti. said coach Ernesto Valverde By then, the game was going off injured with Sarri making a dou- Roma are fifth, a point behind Napoli, whose team ended the game long gone as victory pushed ble substitution after an hour bringing on with their match against Cagliari at the with nine men. Barcelona up to second in the in-form Higuain and Rodrigo Bentacur. Stadio Olimpico finishing 1-1 after Nikola “It has been a strange start to table, two points behind Real Ronaldo and Bentancur combined to Kalinic’s last-gasp goal for the hosts was dis- the season and we have not added Madrid and one above Atletico, send Higuain through for the winner, with allowed. all the points we would have who could have done with some Szczesny doing well to deny They stay a point ahead of city rivals wanted.” of the Catalans’ classy finishing in Sarri Matias Vecino as Inter desperate- Lazio, who drew 2-2 at Bologna with Serie Suarez launched the flurry, his their goalless draw away at Real started with ly pushed forward for an equalis- A top scorer Ciro Immobile getting both stunning left-footed bicycle kick Valladolid. Dybala and er. goals for the visitors, to bring his tally to arguably even better than the vol- For all the turbulence and Federico Bernardeschi “Juve showed their heavy seven goals in as many games. ley he scored in the Champions scrutiny on Valverde and Zinedine up front alongside artillery,” said Conte, who In Tuscany, Nikola Milenkovic nodded League win over Inter Milan on Zidane, Barca and Madrid head Cristiano Ronaldo. coached the Turin giants to in the only goal after 72 minutes to give Wednesday. into the international break not Higuain — who also scored the first three of their current Fiorentina their third consecutive win as Vidal then finished a superb only as the league’s two frontrun- in Juventus’s 3-0 Champions run of eight consecutive titles. Udinese fell to their fourth defeat in seven passing move that involved all 11 ners but with confidence and League win over Bayer Leverkusen “Congratulations to them, we’ll roll up games. Barca players and Dembele pow- momentum too. during the week — began on the our sleeves now,” added Conte whose side Fiorentina are eighth with Udinese a ered through to make it three This was Barcelona’s fourth bench. lost their midweek Champions League game point above the relegation zone. before Messi added a fourth in the consecutive victory. @: 8    - &  

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 ?   ! " Delhi on October 20. a grand manner, the complainants It remains a mystery why '   ?" were invited to present their charges nother major scandal is all set to Itkelwar’s resignation was not accept- in the AICF council. Why is Pagay Arock the Indian chess just days ed even when he is facing such seri- not given the same privilege? Has after Arjuna awardee and country’s ous charges, which were first high- AICF different rules for different second Grandmaster Dibyendu lighted eight years ago by AICF vice '" *8  people? Barua flagged alleged major irregu- president DV Sundar himself. When contacted AICF secretary larities committed by the ‘ousted’ Anyone familiar with the working of week, he shot off another letter to the tion. If this happens, it will be a one- Bharat Singh Chuahan washed his West Bengal Chess Association sec- the AICF will know that Sundar is the AICF president once again pleading sided decision without hearing the hands off the whole affair, saying the retary Atanu Lahiri, who is also joint last word in most of the important for a chance to present his case before complainant. The presence of Mr matter was before the Central coun- secretary of the All India Chess decisions taken by the AICF. In the AICF central council on October Itkelwar in the World Youth Chess cil. When asked why the AICF pres- Federation (AICF) 2011, Sundar had forwarded an e- 15 in Delhi. Championship on the stage togeth- ident didn’t accept Itkelwar’s resigna- In the eye of the storm this time mail to several chess players and offi- Stating that he was happy that er with Mr Sundar gives credence to tion when he is facing such charges, is Manoj Itkelwar, vice president of the cials in which serious charges of Manoj Itkelwar has finally put in his the claim that his resignation is a mere Chuahan said he can’t answer for the AICF, who has also been part of the financial and ethical improprieties papers, Pagay expressed surprise eyewash,” he wrote. President. Indian chess delegations in several were made against Itkelwar. that the resignation has not been “I wonder who will take the On his part, Pagay is determined major international events. Facing It’s obvious that since he first been accepted, and it was placed as responsibility, either you as an AICF to take this matter to its logical ends. serious charges of alleged financial highlighted those charges in 2011, an agenda item for the AICF Central President or Mr Sundar, who controls “I’ve more than enough materials to and ethical improprieties leveled by Sundar’s equation changed with Council meeting under the head: the AICF, or the AICF Central prove my case. The charges against Dilip Pagay, a well-known player, Itkelwar. They have frequently shared “Manoj Itkelwar resignation — To Council if I manage to prove my alle- Iktelwar are mind boggling. Sundar administrator, and former General dais and been at best of terms in pub- discuss and decide.” gations in the future against Mr — documents, photographs and former and present AICF/FIDE himself endorsed them in 2011,” said Secretary of the Maharashtra Chess lic. But the charges refuse to go away. “I feel my complaint should be Itkelwar after campaign to reject his videos of financial and ethical mis- officials are aware of all this misman- Pagay. Association, Itkelwar recently sent in Dilip Pagay picked up the baton aban- part of the agenda and I should be resignation succeeds,” he added. . management by Itkelwar which he agement but no action has been ini- “Can such a person continue to his resignation to AICF president PR doned by Sundar and is determined given a chance to present my case, Pagay asked Raja not to consid- would like to present to the AICF tiated yet against him,” he had writ- hold the office of AICF vice presi- Venketrama Raja. to bring the matter to a logical con- which was denied even during the er his letter as a gimmick but a gen- Council personally. ten. dent? I’m determined to expose the The AICF, which in the past dis- clusion. June 2019 AICF central council uine effort to save AICF from future “To facilitate this, my humble Ironically, last year when AICF people who have allowed him to hold affiliated state chess association at the Pagay has repeatedly asked the meeting,” he wrote. ignominy because a whistleblower request to you is to include this as actively backed some ‘elements’ to such an office,” he told The Pioneer. drop of a hat and sang paens on ethics AICF president to allow him to “I have been given to understand like him is only trying to help the an agenda item of the next AICF stage a coup against official of All With Pagay ready to bring the and morality in chess, has looked the attend the AICF council meeting so that efforts are on to consider my game of chess. Council and grant me the permis- Bihar Chess Association soon after evidences in public, the world of other way and referred the resigna- that he could present evidences to complaint to you against him as an In another letter on May 22, sion to attend the next Council meet- they hosted o National Junior and Indian chess is set to be rocked by yet tion to its council that will meet in back his cases against Itkelwar. Last intimidation and reject his resigna- Pagay had said, that he had evidence ing. To the best of my knowledge, national premier championship in another scandal.