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3   &5 0 +   -  -    +-+  - +   "*4#6$*'" file candidate, Umed Singh ing election season and we are Surjewala. After meeting Redhu. making efforts to reach out to Congress veteran Ahmed Patel  #  # n the high-pitched bypoll to The bye-election to Jind such leaders. in New Delhi on Friday, Jai   "*4#6$*'" Ghuman town in Gurdaspur IJind assembly constituency, assembly seat was necessitat- Tek Ram Kandela has, Prakash announced his sup- district . the electioneering by arch ed following the demise of however, not confirmed his port to Surjewala and said that   ("67* steps have been initiated by the issidence seems to be Punjab Congress on rivals, the ruling BJP and the Hari Chand Middha in support to any party candidate he will campaign for the state. Eighty five per cent sub- Dbrewing in Punjab Wednesday suspended MLA Congress, for their respective August. INLD’s Hari Chand yet. He had been earlier Congress. imachal Pradesh Chief sidy is being provided for solar Congress. Days after an MLA Kulbir Singh Zira from the candidates has picked up Middha had represented the approached by the Congress A popular Jat leader, Jai HMinister Jai Ram Thakur fencing to protect the crops of left the Congress embarrassed party on the charge of indisci- momentum. Jind seat for two consecutive and the JJP also for electoral Prakash had been seeking the on Friday said the banks should the farmers from the stray ani- with a public outburst leading pline, days after he publicly The Chief Minister terms in 2009 and 2014. support. Congress ticket for his son focus more to improve the mals. Thakur said since 90 per to his suspension, another vent his unhappiness over Manohar Lal on Friday joined The Jind bypoll has turned The Chief Minister also Vikas Saharan, a political investment credit by funding cent of the population of the Punjab legislator has pitched alleged inaction of authorities the election campaigning for into a prestige issue for all met former MP Surender novice but the party had those schemes that helped in state lives in rural areas and the Rajya Sabha MP Partap Singh to check illicit liquor trade in party’s candidate Krishan major political parties, ahead Barwala, who was unhappy decided to field sitting MLA increasing the income of the main occupation of the people Bajwa’s name for the Ferozepur. Middha. The Chief Minister of upcoming Lok Sabha elec- with the BJP after denial of from Kaithal, Randeep farmers. Presiding over the state being agriculture, it was futile to Chief Minister’s post, accord- In the video, the Congress held a series of meetings tions and assembly polls ticket. Barwala had only a Surjewala. credit seminar 2019-20 organ- even think of development ing to a video clip on social legislator could be heard pur- including reaching out to the schedule later this year in day before announced support Debutant Digvijay ised by the National Agriculture without welfare of the rural media. “The days are not far portedly praising Bajwa, who is disgruntled BJP leaders in Haryana. Aware of the fact for the BJP candidate. Chautala, supported by and Rural Development Bank areas. when the command of Punjab former chief of Punjab Jind till later evening to muster that a favorable bypoll out- Apart from meeting Jannayak Janta Party, a break- (NABARD), he said sustainable He said the state has will be in the hands of Partap Congress, for raising public support for party’s candidate. come for a political party will party’s disgruntled leaders and away faction of INLD, has agriculture practices need to be enhanced the subsidy for green- Singh Bajwa ji. We, at this pious issues in a meeting with Chief Union Minister Birender send out a bigger message urging them to actively par- also been holding public meet- focused on soil fertility through house from 50 to 70 per cent place, pray before God to Minister Amarinder Singh in Singh and Haryana Cabinet ahead of 2019 general election, ticipate in party programmes, ings to reach out to the voters. the use of green manure, crop and 60 per cent subsidy is being accept our demand and prayer Chandigarh. Ministers have already been the BJP and Congress are leav- Manohar Lal also held various His mother and Dabwali rotation and mixed cropping for provided on anti-hail guns to that in coming few months, we “You have seen through the campaigning to ensure party’s ing no stone unturned to woo meetings to gather support for MLA, Naina Chautala and effective use of natural the fruit growers. accept Partap Singh Bajwa ji as media that Partap Singh Bajwa victory in Jind bypoll, sched- the voters of Jind. the Krishan Middha. elder brother Hisar MP resources. the chief minister of Punjab, Sri ji strongly raised the issues of uled to be held on January 28. Beginning the election The Chief Minister will Dushyant Chautala are also He said the total bank cred- !    Hargobindpur MLA Balwinder Punjab– be it demands of On the other hand, former campaigning on Friday, the leave on Saturday for his visit campaigning for Digvijay. it for 2019-20 for priority sec-   Singh said on Thursday. employees, pending payment of Chief Minister Bhupinder Chief Minster Manohar Lal to Gujarat and later, Uttar Leader of opposition and tors has been estimated at Rs    "*#$ He was addressing a func- sugarcane growers and elec- Singh Hooda, Congress chief alongwith Union Minister Pradesh to attend a series of INLD’s senior leader Abhay 23,631 crore, an increase of 5.6 Chief Minister Jai Ram tion, where Bajwa was also sit- tricity bill of poor people before Ashok Tanwar, CLP leader Birender Singh met Tek Ram events and will return Haryana Chautala also held campaign- per cent over the previous year Thakur said that all the ting on the dais, at the CM, said Balwinder Singh. Kiran Chaudhary, MLA Kandela, head of Kandela on January 22 to join elec- ing for party candidate Umed plan of Rs 22,389 crore. announcements and commit- Kuldeep Bishnoi and other Khap in Jind and sought his tioneering again. Singh Redhu. Thakur said the role ments made by him to the senior leaders are campaigning support for party’s candidate. Given the significance of Notably, the Jind assembly NABARD played in the devel- people of the State should be for party’s nominee and sitting Unhappy at being denied Jind bypolls, the Congress segment has more than 1.7 opment of the state, particular- completed by 20 February this MLA Randeep Surjewala. party’s ticket in bypoll, Tek leaders are also going all out to lakh voters including over ly in the field of rural develop- year so that fruits of develop- The keenly watched Jind Ram Kandela, a Jat leader and woo the Jind voters. 1.07 lakh urban voters and ment, agriculture and irrigation ment could be percolated down bypoll is witnessing a three- a BJP member had announced Two-time former Chief nearly 62,500 living in villages. and public health, was com- to the targeted groups and cornered electoral battle, with not to campaign for the party. Minister Bhupinder Singh The results of bypoll will mendable. needy people. the Congress’ sitting MLA Kandela Khap is said to have Hooda, who has been cam- be announced on January 31. NABARD was also playing Presiding over the meeting Randeep Singh Surjewala, an influence in more than 25 paigning for Surjewala on In 2014 assembly polls, a major role in strengthening with the administrative secre- Jannayak Janta Party’s Digvijay villages in the Jind Assembly Friday said that the party is INLD’s Harichand Middha the economy of the farming taries and heads of department Chautala and BJP’s Krishan segment. confident of its victory. The had won with 31,631 votes and community. He said the self help held here to review physical and Middha, son of late INLD After the meeting, the BJP Government in Haryana defeated BJP candidate groups were doing laudable financial progress of various MLA Hari Chand Middha, in Chief Minister claimed that has done nothing for Jind Surinder Barwala with a small work in various sectors and the schemes launched by the state the fray. the BJP has support of all sec- assembly segment and voters margin 2,257 votes. government was also ensuring government, he said the depart- While the BJP, Congress tions and will win the Jind are ready to teach them a les- According to the political all possible help to the NGOs. ments concerned must ensure and JJP have fielded heavy- bypoll. son, said Hooda while talking observers, Middha had man- Wild and stray animals that the new schemes weights for the Jind polls, the When asked to comment to the mediapersons in Jind. aged two consecutive victories were causing major damage to announced in the budget Indian National Lok Dal, on his meeting with disgrun- Meanwhile, independent due to voting by Jats, core sup- the crops of the farmers due to regarding their departments which is facing a tough chal- tled BJP leader Tek Ram MLA from Kalayat, Jai porters of the INLD and the which at times farmers have must be taken in hand and lenge to retain its Jind assem- Kandela, Manohar Lal said Prakash has extended his sup- Punjabi community in the even stopped cultivation. implemented in the stipulated bly seat has fielded a low pro- that such things happen dur- port to Congress candidate constituency. 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From page 1 revelations, “the question gains tion, the Ministry said Defence has been given access to all the negotiated down in the 2016 sible only because the deal He said the cost of these greater urgency: why did the Minister Nirmala Sitharaman files related to Rafale deal. It is deal. However, to compare the was structured under an Inter enhancements has been recov- government buy only 36 Rafale had answered in detail about all best to await the report of an cost for the now scrapped Governmental Agreement with ered by Dassault in 36 aircraft aircraft instead of 126 aircraft issues related to the contract in authoritative agency like the Medium Multi-role Combat France. and the same should have been required by the Air Force? an open debate in Parliament CAG, it said. Aircraft (MMRCA) contract This factor is expected to recovered by it for 126 aircraft Chidambaram took to in the recently concluded win- As regards questions raised which never materialized with lead to a substantial commer- instead. Twitter and said serious issues ter session. about India Specific the cost of the 36 aircraft pro- cial advantage over the delivery “That is a windfall for are being raised in media In a statement, the Enhancements (ISE) for the cured in 2016 is fallacious, the period of 36 Rafale aircraft, it Dassault. That is the gift that reports about the process of Ministry said pricing details, Rafale jets and allegations that statement said. added. the NDA Government has decision-making in the NDA which are of confidential nature the NDA Government paid Allegations about the price On the issue of dissent given to Dassault and that is Government and alleged that and covered by the Indo- 41 per cent more than deal of ISE as 1.4 billion Euro in within the Indian negotiation why I said Dassault is laughing “the man who got away was Mr French security agreement of being negotiated by the erst- 2007 has failed to include the team while finalising the 36 all the way to the bank....The Manohar Parrikar who passed 2008, were shared with the while UPA Government, the in-built escalation factor that Rafale jet deal, the statement windfall to Dassault was a the buck to the Cabinet Supreme Court in a sealed ministry said these enhance- would have worked between said it was answered by deliberate decision of NDA Committee on Security. Clever cover. ments were part of the require- 2007 and 2015. Sitharaman in Parliament. In government and is highly ques- man.” The Supreme Court has ments of the Indian Air Force Moreover, comparisons the highest traditions of the tionable,” he said. Meanwhile, the Defence gone through the details of to achieve tactical superiority were made between un-esca- Civil Service, all views are “The increased price per Ministry on Friday said the pricing and commercial advan- over our adversaries. lated price of 2007 with the aired and recorded and a col- aircraft is a gift to Dassault that deal for purchase of 36 Rafale tage. The Court has not found Also these ISE were part of price of 2016 without consid- legiate decision taken after the NDA Government gave fighter jets in 2016 achieved the anything adverse in the deal the 2007 bid and continued to ering the escalation factors considering such opinions. between April 2015 and August objectives of better price, bet- and has refused to order an be part of the 2016 deal. The inherent in the price bid, it said. Decisions on the deal were 2016,” he also said. ter delivery period and better investigation. cost of the India Specific The statement said the taken after due process of inter- Chidambaram earlier said terms compared to the earlier Moreover, the Comptroller Enhancements was on a fixed change from a firm and fixed ministerial consultation, the in the light of new facts and proposal. Making this asser- and Auditor General (CAG) basis in the 2007 bid which was price to a flexible rate was pos- ministry said. ?&      " D E       ' 

From page 1 While the term of the The Central Board of The Assembly in Jammu Sikkim Assembly ends on May Secondary Education (CBSE) and Kashmir was dissolved in 27, 2019, the terms of Andhra has already announced the November, 2018 and the upper Pradesh, Odisha and schedule of the Class Xth and limit ends in May. Arunachal Pradesh assemblies Class XIIth examinations, mak- In normal circumstances, end on June 18, June 11 and ing it sure that both com- the J&K Assembly’s six-year June 1 respectively. mence and conclude earlier term was to end on March 16, The final electoral rolls than usual so that the elec- 2021. with January 1, 2019, as the tioneering could not disturb The other State Assemblies qualifying date were published the students preparing for the and the Lok Sabha have a five- in all the States and Union examinations. year term. Territories. The Class Xth examina- The State Assembly elec- This marked the end of the tions will start on February 21 tions in Maharashtra and Summary Revision of Electoral and end on March 29, while Haryana are scheduled to be Rolls 2019. The process had Class XII will be held from held later this year. started on September 1, 2018. February 15 to April 3.  &'(

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Commission on Asian and hypersonic missile capa- offensive missile systems and This comprehensive erendum amid political paral- British Prime Minister Americans and Pacific Islanders. bilities that can travel at excep- developing advanced sea and approach to missile defense ysis in Britain over the issue. Theresa May is scrambling to Based in New York, tional speeds with unpre- air-launched cruise missiles as strengthens America’s ability to Gary Maylin, 38, from put together a new Brexit strat- Parameswaran is the Group dictable flight paths which well as hypersonic capabilities,” protect the homeland, allies Norwich in eastern England, egy after MPs rejected her EU Chief Financial Officer and challenge the existing defensive Acting Defense Secretary and partners and deters adver- said he originally backed leav- divorce deal, but admitted president of Eros systems. 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There are fundamen- familiarity with the principles building up Afghanistan’s insti- #              (    ( to act against the Afghan Taliban — to the tal differences on the issue of of jihad and sharia. The order tutional, welfare and educa- cooperative, clearly stems from the Trump the Constitution. The Taliban does not mention how the tional infrastructure and pro-    "                administration’s keenness, bordering on do not recognise the present Amir ul-Momineen is to be vided educational and techni-                   ( desperation, to end the war in Afghanistan Afghan constitution approved selected nor how long an indi- cal assistance to re-build                      and bring its troops home. That this is so in 2004 by a Loya Jirga (a grand vidual may serve in this role. indigenous Afghan capacity in is corroborated by the Trump administra- tribal council with legislative It does, however, specify that different areas. It has been         (      B   -  tion’s decision, announced on December 20, functions). On their part, they he must be a male Muslim fol- encouraging investment in  3   "          "   to withdraw 7,000 troops from Afghanistan issued in 2005 their Order of lower of the Hanafi school of Afghanistan’s natural resources        40/// C # -  !    )      by this summer. the Islamic Emirate of 64#6* "*( *'*#< Islamic jurisprudence. and providing duty-free access The shift in the US position was dis- Afghanistan, the nearest doc- 64=(0# 4*'< It is difficult to imagine to the Indian market for           ./          ./ cernible as early as July last year, when the ument to a constitution they how the basic contradictions Afghanistan’s exports. It has                 Trump administration began seeking direct have produced. 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The dilution of the local cul-   F *                  mares the Assamese see when they think of infil- 7*4< * $* sion of the sympathisers for Pakistan was only way many a easterner could survive. ture and the threat to the political voice            tration. They are a gentle people with a soft, 76$'*40 that Eastern Bengal and Assam should be The poorest came to Assam as well as of the Assamese would be about the # %            peace-loving nature. They have their own festi- 7*< 37 combined into one province. As was the West Bengal. The more resourceful went same. Hence the disturbed mood not   1   +   )  2  )  vals. They were gifted by nature with plenty of case under the first Partition of Bengal by to England and other richer countries. only in Assam but also in the other               ( land or even more rivers and water. They do not Viceroy Lord Curzon in 1905. Called Bangladeshis since 1971, they have northeastern States.  -                have to work too hard for survival. The climate Fortunately, it was undone by 1911. Lord the reputation of being the world’s num- The solution to this potentially seri-              P Q   is mostly warm and humid and does not lend Pethick-Lawrence, Secretary of State for ber one migrants in recent decades. No ous national problem would lie in mak-    8             ( itself to hard work. They are not competitive by India, and also one of the three members state in India has been spared by their vis- ing the Cachar district a separate      #        P  nature and understandably shudder at the fear of the Cabinet Mission, 1946, sent by the itation. The writer’s temporary gardener Union Territory having no special Q O  "  "        of this ethos being disturbed by outsiders. British government to find out what at Cochin (now Kochi) turned out to be political connection with Assam.    )            Believe it not, until two decades ago it was a pop- structure would be acceptable to Indian from Bangladesh. Delhi has any number Cachar has a population of some 40 ular impression that the Congress strategy for win- leaders, also swallowed this theory about of domestic servants, many albeit with lakh people of whom a little over half   (                ning elections in Assam was “Ali, Coolie and an amalgamation of the two. Hindu pen-names. are Hindu. Under two per cent are 2                  Bengali.” Coolie implied the tea garden workers and It was touch and go when Gopinath Assam, however, can ill afford to Christian and the rest Muslim. More or                 their families. Ali and Bengali are self-explanato- Bordolai, the Assam Congress leader, host these infiltrators; the Assamese less, all speak and write Bengali. Its      #             ry; they are mostly people who had over the years rushed to New Delhi and persuaded those population is very small. The recent economy is viable, especially with the     P       Q       immigrated into Assam. Even the tea garden work- in power and influence that the Jinnah Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is a help of over a hundred tea gardens          8       ers were Adivasis brought from Jharkhand and contention was untrue. As a result, Assam major irritant for them especially since which produce five crore kilograms of     neighbouring areas to plant and pluck the bushes. was saved for India, except for Sylhet dis- what was discovered in 1979. Some tea worth some 800 crore annually. -                To this day, it is difficult to find an original Assamese trict, which is now in Bangladesh. That young men discovered in the electoral That would separate some 16 per cent           (    ( who is a plucker in a tea garden. In sum and sub- is the kind of price Assam nearly paid for rolls of the Mangaldai Assembly con- of the total Assam population, virtual-      )            stance, the Congress depended on settlers from out- allowing illegal migrants to settle. stituency that many a voter was an obvi- ly all of whom are either Bengali or side to win a majority vote. Incidentally, until 1874, Assam was a part ous infiltrator. In order to spread the Muslim; a great relief to the Assamese.             3 Earlier a near fatal game was played with Assam. of the Bengal Presidency. It was then sep- protest and try and stop such distortion Remotely perhaps, the Bodos also may        -      ( As mentioned, they are a gentle people. When World arated and placed under the rule of a Chief of the electoral rolls of the State, the All use the chance as an example and             P1  Q     War II broke out in Europe, the British also declared Commissioner. To make Assam a viable Assam Students’ Union (AASU) was demand a Union Territory of much less              that India was a participant. Congress leaders separate province, three Bengali-speaking formed. Some members also went on than two million people living between      %$        PB (   ( expressed their grave disapproval for the govern- districts of the Presidency, namely, to establish the Assam Ganatantra Kokrajhar town and Sankosh river to Q               ment doing so without consulting Indian leaders. Goalpara, Sylhet and Cachar were merged Parishad (AGP), a major political party. the west. This is the one sure way to                 In a loud protest, all Congress provincial ministries into the new province. That is how A few members took to terrorism bring happiness to the Assamese peo-        8        P  Q    resigned forthwith, as did the one in Assam. It was Assam became not only separate but also under the name of the United ple after at least a century. In any case,                 ( replaced by a Muslim League ministry led by began its joint existence in company with Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA). the Cacharis would be pleased at being                    Muhammed Saadullah. The idea of Pakistan was Bengalis as well as Muslims. The alloca- The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill semi-independent with Silchar becom- already floating in the political air by then. tion of Sylhet to East Pakistan in 1947 has understandably upset the people of ing a mini rajdhani.           Saadullah concocted a new theory that the Adivasis relieved this pressure to an extent. Assam in the light of the events just nar- (The writer is a well-known colum-     in Assam were animists and not Hindus. The result- Nevertheless, the Partition added rated. The fear is that many a Hindu nist and an author)   )                       )$

Gen Zia’s dictatorship. This has often the Mohajirs had become part of this the Mohajirs found themselves almost between Mohajir and Sindhi youth student alliance, the United Students’ been repeated by various political elite immediately after Pakistan’s cre- completely ousted from the ruling cir- elsewhere in Sindh. Movement (USM) at Karachi analysts. Although this claim was con- ation in 1947 when the Punjabis dom- cles during the Ayub Khan regime in Usmani, who had demanded University (KU). Hussain writes that JI’s vincingly substantiated, it’s possible that inated the military and the Mohajirs the 1960s. They vehemently took part Karachi to be made a separate province youth wing “expelled” APMSO from this indeed was the case before MQM were prominent in the bureaucracy. in the 1968 anti-Ayub movement. But in 1954, had joined the Left-wing KU and the party began to establish broke away from the agencies’ orbit After the assassination of Pakistan’s when, after Ayub’s departure in 1969, National Awami Party (NAP). But he offices in Mohajir mohallas (localities). sometime in the late 1980s. first Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan Gen Yahya Khan agreed to do away lost the election in 1970. During the According to their 2011 essay for $!!5  This perception is largely rooted in (a Mohajir), the Mohajirs began to feel with the One Unit, the Mohajir groups 1972 riots, he formed the Urdu Qaumi Berkeley Journal of Social Sciences, Ali comments by some Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) that they were being nudged out. protested against Karachi becoming Council. The July 15, 1972 edition of Chandio, M Ahmad and F Naseem +    he Muttahida Qaumi Movement leaders and then those belonging to the According to Tahir, the Mohajirs — part of Sindh. daily Jang quotes the Council members quote famous Sindhi scholar Ibrahim (MQM), once the most domi- Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). In 1986, who had come in droves from various The February 23, 1969 edition of as saying that the organisation was Joyo as saying that “Punjabi econom-   "   Tnant political party in Karachi, is when one of the worst ethnic riots in parts of India and had mainly settled Dawn reported the formation of a Jeay launched to “inculcate in the minds of ic hegemony” increased immensely in 0  A    in complete disarray. At the moment Karachi propelled the MQM into the in Sindh — did not find the need to Karachi Committee. It was mainly led Mohajirs, scientific consciousness of Sindh during the dictatorship of Gen there are three factions of the party forefront, the JI claimed that the party become familiar with the Sindhi cul- by a faction of the Left-wing National their history and culture.” The Council Zia. This situation had a negative      vying for the Mohajir vote and at least had been created by the Zia dictator- ture because they became a majority in Students Federation. The Committee also demanded that the state treat impact on the interests of Karachi’s   
  two sub-factions within one of the ship to neutralise the support the JI Karachi. Tahir also writes that this demanded the creation of a “Karachi Mohajirs as a separate ethnic commu- prominent (non-Punjabi) business    
 splinter groups. The immediate mem- once enjoyed in Karachi. The PPP, on delayed the formation of a Sindhi mid- sooba (province).” Another organisa- nity as it does the Punjabis, Sindhis, communities. This concern saw some      ory associated with the MQM in the the other hand, claimed that the party dle class because the Mohajirs imme- tion, the Mohajir Mahaz (MM) came Baloch and Pakhtuns. Two years later, members of these communities form minds of the party’s supporters is that had been engineered to “balance out diately managed to bag important into being in late 1969. But it could win in 1974, a Karachi Province Movement an organisation called the Maha Sindh    & of an organisation that was able to stall the PPP’s influence in Sindh.” There are positions in the province’s economy and just one Sindh provincial Assembly seat was launched but it fizzled out. (MS) in 1983. It was an organisation set *     the political and economic alienation various theories about MQM’s forma- government from Karachi that had during the 1970 election. Mohajir The Mohajirs of Karachi played a up to protect the economic interests of     & 0  ) of Sindh’s Mohajirs. The other imme- tion. But there is enough agreement become the country’s first capital. vote largely went to JI and Jamiat-i- leading role in the 1977 movement Karachi’s Memon, Sindhi and Mohajir   5   diate memory of the party — mostly among historians and analysts about In 1954, a Mohajir politician, Ulema-i-Pakistan (JUP). In 1972, against the Bhutto regime. In 1978, two businessmen and traders. Chandio,      held by its detractors — is of an outfit the train of events which led to the for- Mahmud-ul-Haq Usmani demanded when the PPP-led Sindh government Karachi University (KU) students, Ahmad and Naseem write that Maha which plunged Sindh’s capital, Karachi, mation of a Mohajir nationalist outfit. that Karachi be made a separate declared Sindhi as the province’s offi- Altaf Hussain and Azeem Ahmad Tariq Sindh encouraged the formation of a  O    )  into ethnic turmoil and of heinous Dr Tanvir A Tahir’s book Political Mohajir-majority province. But the cial language, groups of Mohajir stu- formed the All Pakistan Mohajir Karachi-based party. Many APMSO   (   crimes allegedly committed by the Dynamics of Sindh traces the roots of imposition of the One Unit system, that dents formed the Muttahida Talaba Students Organisation (APMSO). In members were involved in the party’s ) & 0      party’s armed wings. this evolution all the way back to the clubbed West Pakistan as a single Mahaz Karachi (MTMK). They asked his 2011 biography, My Life’s Journey, activities. MS eventually became a         There are also those who have 1950s when, according to Tahir, the province, somewhat placated the car owners to change their number Hussain writes that Mohajir youth were Mohajir-dominated organisation,   
O   maintained that the party was the out- Mohajir community began to feel it was Mohajir community which was suspi- plates to Urdu and attacked English exploited by JI and JUP against the which then evolved into becoming the come of ‘political engineering’ under- being pushed out of the country’s rul- cious of provinces being based on eth- signboards. Riots broke out between the Bhutto regime. In 1981, APMSO MQM in 1984.      & taken by the ‘agencies’ at the behest of ing and economic elite. Tahir writes that nic considerations. According to Tanvir, police and the MTMK in Karachi and became a member of the progressive (Courtesy: Dawn)       ()  *) +,- ./+, 0 A% " "

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$ " *B= Khardung La area of the Ladakh The police, Army and State Jammu: Jammu & Kashmir Malik has announced an region of Jammu & Kashmir on Disaster Response Force Governor Satya Pal Malik ex-gratia of 5 lakh for the Friday, officials said. (SDRF) personnel have reached expressed grief over the loss of next of the kin of those killed + # The avalanche hit the truck the spot for rescue operations, lives due to an avalanche in in the avalanche. carrying 10 persons at the BRO official said. Ladakh region on Friday. Ten persons on board two Khardungla pass in Ladakh "So far, the bodies of five The Governor has prayed trucks are feared dead after     region at 7.00 am on Friday, an persons have been recovered for peace to the departed the avalanche buried two vehi- official of the Border Roads from the avalanche site, while a souls and strength to the cles under 20 feet of snow at Organisation said. search is on for the other miss- bereaved families in their Khardung La pass in Leh dis-  !   ('64*$*' The BRO pressed into ser- ing persons," he said. PTI hour of grief. trict, officials said. PTI

ilitants lobbed three Mgrenades on police and security forces in Srinagar and '*&0+  3( south Kashmir on Friday a day after three policemen were wounded in a similar attack in Rajbagh area of summer capi- 3          '      !         <  #"  tal Srinagar. Jaish-e-     43#         ?   &   #  3+ Muhammad outfit claimed responsibility for the grenade exploded outside the camp and ital Srinagar. 4 7 blasts. did not cause any damage. Security experts said that There was no damage to life Around the evening, militants usually up the ante or property in the three blasts. another grenade was hurled at ahead of Republic Day in Patna: Former BJP MP Uday Singh, Security sources said that a police station in Kakapora in Kashmir. who has represented the Purnea Lok unidentified terrorists hurled south Kashmir’s Pulwama dis- Meanwhile, Police on Sabha constituency in Bihar twice, hand grenade towards security trict. The explosive went off Friday presented charge-sheet announced his resignation from the personnel near Ghanta Ghar inside the police station com- against seven accused persons party here on Friday alleging that it has (Clock Tower), one of the main pound but there was no dam- allegedly involved in a case surrendered before the discredited market places in Srinagar. They age. related to killing of a policeman JD(U) headed by Bihar Chief Minister said the grenade exploded with A spokesperson of banned guarding a senior separatist Nitish Kumar. damage to some vehicles and JeM outfit claimed responsibil- leader Fazlul Haq Qureshi’s Singh did not reveal his cards say- no one was hurt in the attack. ity for the attacks and said that house and snatching his service ing until resigning from the BJP, he had Security forces launched search several personnel of police and rifle last year in Soura pocket of no right to negotiate with any other decision had nothing to do with the operation to nab the attackers. CRPF were injured. Srinagar outskirts. Four of the party but gave ample hints saying he possibility of getting a ticket from his Another hand grenade was The three grenades were accused persons Omar Noor may join a Grand Alliance constituent. seat as NDA constituents are yet to lobbed towards a camp of hurled a day after three police- Bhat, Waseem Ahmad Sofi, He stated he saw Congress presi- finalize which constituency will be Special Operations Group of men including a junior officer Adil Majeed Bhat and Obaid dent Rahul Gandhis popularity grow- fought by which party. Police in south Kashmir's were injured in a blast at Zero Altaf Zoji are currently lodged ing even as Prime Minister Narendra Replying to a query, he said so far Shopian area. The grenade Bridge in Rajbagh area of cap- in Central Jail Srinagar. Modi of whom he had been an ardent he had no talks with Rahul Gandhi or supporter, seemed to have withdrawn (RJD supremo) Lalu Prasad. But he was himself from reality even if he has good looking forward to speaking to them intentions. after taking his supporters into confi- He also said that even while in the dence. BJP, he never approved of the slogan of He claimed that there was wide- Congress-mukt Bharat. A democracy spread resentment among the partys cannot survive if the opposition is cadre over the undemocratic style of wiped out. It will degenerate into a total- current leadership and remarked it is itarian regime. so difficult to meet BJP president Amit Singh, whose elder brother N K Shah. RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha Singh is the Chairman of the 15th kept requesting for an appointment, Finance Commission, had lost his seat which was never given, and he ulti- in 2014 to JD(U)s Santosh Kushwaha mately had to resign from the Union by a margin of more than one lakh votes council of ministers and quit the NDA notwithstanding the strong Modi wave. in sheer disappointment. With the BJP and the JD(U) hav- Committed BJP workers are ing agreed to fight 17 seats each, leav- appalled over the manner the party ing six for Ram Vilas Paswans LJP, and agreed to share power with Nitish Purnea being a sitting seat of Nitish Kumar, forgetting our bitter experiences Kumars party, there is little likelihood with him in the past, and also over the for Singh being considered for the seat, fact that his government is rapidly los- which he had won in 2004 and 2009 ing goodwill. Now the BJP will end up and his mother Madhuri Singh had rep- sharing the blame for his misdeeds. And resented as a Congress nominee in the as if that was not enough he was given &   '  3   !    '   '         '     '       #  E 1980s. such a massive share of seats, he !  <3   ! =     #  3+ Singh, however, maintained that his remarked. PTI & 0++ 5)+  0 4 ) #  # P- +Q + -  9 :+      -   0 ;  0+ '0 Bengaluru: Senior Congress KPCC campaign committee leader Mallikarjun Kharge on chief.     7:7 *6 Finance the Maharashtra Government is Friday accused Prime Minister Kharge, the Congress leader Minister Sudhir considering bringing an ordinance to Narendra Modi of attempting to in the Lok Sabha, reminded BJP nder severe criticism from the Mungantiwar stop dance bars from operating in "take control" of his party MLAs leaders that Congress workers UOpposition and other quarters said that the Mumbai and other parts of the in Karnataka by using CBI, ED were "strong and stubborn" and over the Supreme Court relaxing State State," Mungantiwar said. and Income Tax to "terrorise" they would not yield to any some of its stringent legal provisions Government “After going through the them in the BJP's alleged bid to pressure. restricting licencing and functioning was contem- Supreme Court’s order and seeking topple the State Government. He spoke about an incident of dance bars in the State, the plating bringing an ordinance to pre- legal opinion, we intend to bring an "They are trying multiple to underline 'Operation Lotus', Maharashtra Government on Friday vent reopening dancing joints in ordinance in the next two weeks to things such as threatening our an alleged BJP attempt to top- announced that if necessary, it would Mumbai and other parts of the make necessary changes and MLAs by carrying out CBI, ple the coalition government, promulgate an Ordinance to enforce State. strengthen the existing law to enforce Enforcement Directorate (ED) Kharge said he, Modi, Chief rules and stop reopening of dance "While we respect the decision restrictions on the dance bars in and Income Tax raids. Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, bars in the State. of the Supreme Court, we are of the Mumbai and other parts of the Modi is attempting to take Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra A day after the apex court per- firm view that the dance bars can- State,” Mungantiwar said. control over our MLAs," Kharge Mahajan, and senior BJP leader mitted dance bars to operate from 6 not be allowed to function. In the The Maharashtra Cabinet is alleged while addressing L K Advani had assembled on pm to 11.30 pm and allowed the sale larger interests of the people and to likely to discuss the issue at its week- Congress workers at a ceremo- January 16 evening to decide on of liquor in these joints, Maharashtra protect the cultural fabric of the state, ly meeting to be held next week. ny where H K Patil took over as the Gandhi Peace Prize. PTI "   0 - % -   - +
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Madurai: A 24-year-old woman, pened quickly," he said. Virudhunagar district allegedly after who contracted HIV at a The low birth weight baby is being transfused contaminated blood Government hospital allegedly after being treated in the hospital's neo- supplied by a blood bank. being transfused contaminated natal intensive care unit and has been Following this, the state gov- blood, has given birth to a baby girl administered medicines for preven- ernment ordered examination of here. tion of HIV transmission, the dean stocks in the State's blood banks. The woman had a normal deliv- said. It was later found that a 19-year ery on Thursday, Government Rajaji A healthy baby weighs between old blood donor's infected blood was Hospital dean Dr S 2.5 kg and 3.5 kg at birth. transfused to the woman. On learn- Shanmughasundaram told PTI, HIV screening would be con- ing that she had contracted the adding that the baby weighed 1.75 ducted on the 45th day to ascertain virus, he consumed rat poison and kg. whether the child has been infected died on December 30. "C-section would have facilitat- by the virus, he added. Services of three lab techni- ed lesser contact with the mother's Last month, the pregnant cians of the blood bank attached to blood. But the mother developed woman contracted HIV at a the Government hospital was ter- labour pain and the delivery hap- Government hospital in Sattur in minated. PTI   ()  *) +,- ./+, 1 =9"   7  0( -   -  -- !5,  &   -   0    ' 

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Thambi Durai, parties like the Nishad Party The rally and public meet- Government machinery to des- and Telangana are also on their approached the Madras High lists the matter before them for deputy speaker of the Lok is final and seat-sharing will Minister. ing titled Ayyappa Bhakta ecrate the holy abode of Lord way to Thiruvaanthapuram to Court on Friday with a writ admission. Sabha and the propaganda sec- not be a problem. It will be Maintaining that the SP Sangamam to be held at Ayyappa. The devotees who take part in the Nama Japa petition, challenging the Bharati stated in his affi- retary of the AIADMK had worked out soon. We have will only "concentrate" in Uttar Putharikandom Maidan of the have mounted a constant vigil Yatra as well as the public Constitutional validity of the davit that reservation in edu- stated in the House itself that emerged as a strong force in Pradesh, Yadav ruled out any heritage city would be top protect the temple and its meeting, said Durai Shankar, recent amendment incorpo- cation and public employment his party would vehemently the State, which has changed understanding with the addressed by leading Hindu sanctity have been subjected to leader of Dharma Raksha rated in the Constitution in this were provided under the oppose any move to dilute the the tone and tenor of the BJP, Congress in the State in the Lok monks, sanyasins and spiritu- brutal State repression,” the Samiti, Tamil Nadu. regard. Constitution for uplifting the reservation system. whose leaders have started Sabha polls. al leaders, according to a release SAC alleged in the release. Meanwhile, a war of words According to R S Bharati, oppressed and backward class- The reservation in Tamil using foul language against "How can we have an issued by the organising com- It said the Sangamam is erupted between the MP, the petitioner, the amend- es and to end caste-based dis- Nadu is already at 69 per cent us," the SP national president understanding with it mittee on Friday. For the first being organised in response to Government of Kerala and the ment made in the Constitution crimination in existence in the due to the operation of the told PTI. (Congress)? It is a national time in modern times, the the attempts to desecrate the SAC on Friday following a setting apart ten per cent quota country for about three mil- Tamil Nadu Backward Classes, "Uttar Pradesh has always party. We have given them State of Kerala will see Swamy shrine and show the determi- report submitted by the former in Government jobs and seats lenniums. Scheduled Castes and acted as a catalyst for change. two seats (Amethi and Chidanandapuri, the spiritual nation of the devotees to resist to the Supreme Court that 51 in educational institutions to In such circumstances, the Scheduled Tribes (Reservation This time, the people of the Raebareli), which the SP had leader of the Hindus, Mata the efforts to browbeat them women in the 10-50 age group the underprivileged sections in Constitution (One Hundred of Seats in Educational state will change the prime been leaving for them. Amrithanandamayi, popularly into submission. “More than have visited the shrine this sea- forward communities was and Twenty-Fourth Institutions and of minister. Our fight is with the Presently, my focus is on known as the hugging saint 150 leaders of social organisa- son. The government also sub- unconstitutional and violated Amendment) Bill of 2019, Appointments or Posts in the BJP and the people are sup- Uttar Pradesh. In Madhya along with a galaxy of monks tions will be present on the mitted a list of the women the basic feature of the intended at providing reserva- Services under the State) Act, porting us," Yadav said in an Pradesh and Uttarakhand also, and sanyasins sharing the stage daisalong with prominent devotees. But Sreedharan Constitution. tions on the basis of econom- 1993 (Tamil Nadu Act 45 of interview at the SP headquar- the SP will field one or two to address the gathering. activists, intellectuals, and Pillai, president Kerala BJP A division bench consist- ic status, was introduced in the 1993) which has the protection ters here. candidates who are strong and “Using the Supreme Court artists from the entertainment charged that the list was a fake ing of Justices S Manikumar Lok Sabha on January 8 and of Article 31-B and has been He, however, ducked the we will explore (the possibili- verdict as an excuse feminist industry ,” said M S Giri, the one made out from the virtu- and Subramanioum Prasad rushed through its introduction placed in the IXth Schedule of question as to who would be ty of an) alliance with others," activists with connections to convenor of the event. al queue system operated by the agreed to hear the case as and was not part of the agenda of the Constitution. his choice as the next Prime he said. 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The car will keeping in mind the objective Referring to the problems feature Toyota’s ‘Hybrid of growth. being faced by the non-bank- Synergy Drive’ with a total As the regulator and super- ing financial sector, the RBI power out of 178 horsepower. visor of the banking sector as chief said the debt default of a “We are calling this a self- also payment systems, the systemically important NBFC charging hybrid vehicle”,TKM’s Reserve Bank “will take neces- highlighted the vulnerability newly appointed Managing ductory price of 36.95 lakhs. homologation in India and and particularly such ‘self- sary steps to maintain financial and need for strengthening Director Masakazu Yoshimura Yoshimura who arrived in Japanese or European certifica- charging’ hybrids as they stability and facilitate enabling regulatory vigil on the sector in said. “In a hybrid system, the India recently highlighted that tion will be accepted. This will require no infrastructure. “No conditions for sustainable and general and on asset liability vehicle should be able to run on 2018 was a good year for TKM give us the opportunity to bring need to build charging stations robust growth”, said Das, who management (ALM) frame- either the battery or engine with sales of their Innova and in some models to test market in and develop industrial infra- would be chairing the Monetary work in particular. alone, that is the definition of Fortuner reaching new heights. India”, he said. No further details structure, but such hybrids Policy Committee meeting for “The Reserve Bank intends a hybrid car”, he added hinting He also said that TKM will of which models were given by can give major benefits of the first time next month. to strengthen the ALM frame- at ‘Mild Hybrids’ sold by other looking at launching many new Yoshimura who also admitted increased economy and much The RBI governor further work for NBFCs and har- Indian carmakers. 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He She has won seven of eight Pavlyuchenkova also advanced, omelu Lukaku's ic, versatile and speedy making his mark as an future." cessive title at Melbourne Park and is going to have many more years matches this month to back up a crushing Aliaksandra Sasnovich Manchester United forward line for his debut impact substitute but that Nadal's reward is a meeting a 21st Grand Slam crown. on tour playing at this level." title victory in Zhuhai late last year for a showdown with fifth seed Rfuture is in the game at Cardiff, and he is not the usual role of a with Tomas Berdych, who rallied On a rain-affected day that The double defending cham- to shape up as a dangerous oppo- Sloane Stephens. spotlight as Ole Gunnar has not looked back since player bought for 75 mil- Solskjaer plots to main- that 5-1 victory. lion pounds ($97 mil- tain his 100 percent win- Marcus Rashford has lion), plus add-ons. ning record against been the main beneficia- Alexis Sanchez will Brighton on Saturday. ry, starting all five league also present Solskjaer ( #  (   * Solskjaer is the first games under Solskjaer with an issue when he is manager in the club's his- and scoring four goals finally fully fit from ham- tory to begin his career while operating as the string troubles that have  :** :7:' had a 8-4 head-to-head record However, Srikanth squandered a one-game with six straight victories focal point of the United limited him to just one against Okuhara before Friday, advantage to go down 23-21, 16-21, 17-21 to fourth and the feel-good factor is attack. start in the past two aina Nehwal scripted a hard- fought back from 9-15 and 14- seed Korean Son Wan Ho in the men's singles quar- back at Old Trafford after Behind him, months. Chilean Sanchez Sfought straight-game win over 18 down in the two games to terfinals that lasted an hour and 12 minutes. a miserable spell under Anthony Martial and is unavailable for former world champion Nozomi extend her dominance over the The women's singles match started on an even Jose Mourinho. Jesse Lingard have also Saturday's visit of Okuhara of Japan to enter the second-seeded Japanese with a keel as both Saina and Okuhara A former super-sub made telling contribu- Brighton alongside women's singles semifinals but a 21-18, 23-21 win in a 48-minute fought hard, moving together himself, Solskjaer warned tions, with French inter- defenders Chris Smalling fighting Kidambi Srikanth quarterfinals at the Axiata Arena. till 9-9. Okuhara registered six his players when he took national Martial, in par- and Marcos Rojo. crashed out of the $ 350,000 "Again a great match with straight points to create a huge over from Mourinho that ticular, appearing to ben- The 30-year-old was Malaysia Masters on Friday. @nozomi_o11 .. Nice to b on the gap but Saina showed her met- some would have to take efit from an end to his sidelined when Solskjaer Seventh seeded Saina, who winning side ..21-18 , 23-21 tle as she slowly erased the deficit and grabbed a 17- the opportunities given to fraught relationship with took over but played his 16 lead at one stage. them from the bench, Mourinho. way back to fitness, play- Okuhara made it 17-17 before Saina closed out and Belgium striker As part of that tacti- ing 27 minutes in the 2-0 the opening game by grabbing the remaining points. Lukaku has been one of cal reshuffle, Solskjaer win at Newcastle at the #!    !   The Indian was 4-2 up early on in the second the losers from the switch has also been able to get start of the month. game but Okuhara jumped to a 8-5 lead before Saina in tactics and positive more out of Martial's A recurrence of his wrested a 11-9 advantage at the break. vibes that have arrived compatriot Paul Pogba hamstring injury, in the After the interval, Saina led till 14-12 but under the Norwegian by pushing him into a win over Reading a few 4  8-   '  Okuhara reeled off six points to take a comfortable interim boss. more advanced midfield days later, once again sent 18-14 lead. But Saina again slowly started dominat- Mourinho stood loy- position. It has left a ques- him to the treatment * 6='33 &  5    '     F '       ing the rallies and clawed her way back to 19-19. ally by the 25-year-old tion mark over Lukaku's room, although he could Okuhara then squandered two game points despite a drop in form role in this new attacking be back for United's visit n untimely series of #quarterfinals #malaysiamasterssuper500," tweeted before Saina converted the first match point that came and productivity during a set-up. his former club Arsenal in injuries to defenders has Saina after the match. her way to secure the semifinal berth. season that eventually the next round of the Aleft Liverpool manager The 28-year-old from Hyderabad, who had won Srikanth, who was on an unbeaten run at the cost the manager his job.     cup. Jurgen Klopp short-handed at the the title in 2017 and was a runners-up in the 2011 recently-concluded Premier Badminton League, had Solskjaer's own deci- Lukaku has played Despite his recent back as he tries to keep the edition, will face a tough test next when she faces recovered from a 4-11 deficit to pocket the first game sion about the forward just 64 league minutes lack of playing time, Premier League leaders on track three-time world champion Carolina Marin of Spain but he couldn't breach a 4-9 gap in the second game positions was made for since Solskjaer's arrival, Sanchez would appear to for a first title in 29 years at home on Saturday. to allow Son to take the game into the decider. him when he took over at although the striker has be a better fit for to Crystal Palace on Saturday. Saina has defeated Marin five times and has lost The seventh seeded Indian then wasted a 5-1 Old Trafford before managed to score twice in Solskjaer's preferred style Right-back Trent Alexander- to the Spaniard as many times in the last 10 meet- advantage in the third game to allow Son march ahead Christmas, with Lukaku that time and bag a goal of play than Lukaku, with Arnold joined a growing injury ings. after leading 11-10 at the break. on leave from the club for in his only start to date his versatility and mobil- list with a knee problem picked up personal reasons. under the Norwegian, the ity meaning he can fill a in the warm-up ahead of last That meant the 2-0 FA Cup win over variety of attacking roles. weekend's 1-0 win at Brighton important at Brighton. that could keep the English inter- Alongside the immaculate "9"""
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     5    7   Fabregas impressed on his debut in a 1- Monaco's French World Cup-winning serve as a vital and versatile cog League. illegally in the first leg as he should 1 draw at Marseille, but the 31-year-old full-back Djibril Sidibe. in his championship-challenging Not until late October at have been serving a suspension. the competition the previous season. before bundling the ball into the was ineligible against Nice, a match that On Saturday, PSG — still unbeaten squad have come to fruition. struggling Huddersfield did Chumi was banned after he Messi started, along with fellow net. was originally due to be played in in Ligue 1 this season and 13 points clear "Fabinho is a brilliant player. Klopp hand him his league debut received a yellow card playing for regulars like Jordi Alba, A minute later, the December before being postponed. atop the table — host bottom-of-the-table To have a good footballer in that off the bench and a first start fol- Barcelona's B team in the Segunda Clement Lenglet, Ivan Rakitic Frenchman had a second. Just hours after admitting to jour- Guingamp with revenge on their minds. position when you have the ball lowed a week later against Cardiff B division. and Arthur. Luis Suarez, Coutinho found Messi on the nalists it had been a wrench to leave the Guingamp visited the Parc des Princes is great," said Klopp. in his more natural midfield role. Barcelona, however, insist a Gerard Pique, Sergio break and he slipped free the Premier League, Fabregas sat next to fel- just last week and won 2-1 in a League "He has a defensive brain and But the Brazilian has since change in the rules in November Busquets and Marc Andre ter sprinting Dembele, who ran low new signings Naldo, Fode Ballo- Cup quarter-final, inflicting a first domes- can play in a lot of positions." started a further eight league means the suspension does not Stegen all began on the bench. round Aitor Fernandez and scuffed Toure and William Vainqueur to watch tic Cup defeat on Paris in five years. Fabinho had played at right- games and his adaptability and carry over into the Copa del Rey. Barcelona were dominant from the ball home off the goalkeeper's the Cote d'Azur derby. Meanwhile the derby between Saint- back, where he has recently start- versatility suggests he will have a Levante may feel precedent is on the outset, as a curling Messi free- outstretched leg. Now the new signings are available Etienne and Lyon is the most authentic ed for Brazil, and as a defensive considerable role to play in their side after Real Madrid were dis- kick was pushed wide and Philippe Levante were still only a goal again as Monaco host Strasbourg still in the French game, and can be one of midfielder for the Ligue 1 side, Liverpool's bid for honours both qualified from the Copa del Rey in Coutinho, excellent again, shot away from extra-time but Messi searching for a first home win of the sea- the most fiery anywhere in Europe. where he caught Klopp's eye. in the Premier League and 2015 for fielding Denis Cheryshev, over. ended any hopes of a comeback. son as the relegation-threatened side look Les Verts are still unbeaten at home Yet the German also saw his Champions League with Van despite the player being suspended. Messi and Arturo Vidal both Dembele freed Nelson Semedo to climb the table. this season and lie third in the table, two potential as providing cover in the Dijk suspended for the first leg of Madrid had overlooked went close and finally in the 30th down the right and he found the "With the new signings we are going points better off than Lyon, who need- centre-half positions, an obser- their last-16 tie against Bayern Cheryshev receiving three yellow minute, Dembele made the break- Argentinian in the middle. A to do some interesting things in the weeks ed a late Nabil Fekir free-kick to draw in vation that became particularly Munich next month. cards while playing for Villarreal in through, latching onto Messi's pass chipped finish was all it needed. ahead. I am convinced of that," said Toulouse in midweek.   ()  *) +,- ./+, + 4 %,7$%(/$$%(@5'       !  1G2, ! '   9
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He is one avi Shastri has seen Sachin number four, and while the batting Dhoni faced criticism for of the most intelligent crick- RTendulkar get "angry at line-up at Adelaide, where Rayudu slow batting in the ODI series- eters and he is not someone times" but not Mahendra batted at four, was an ideal one, they opener in Sydney before who is not aware about what Singh Dhoni, "a once in 40 would like to keep things mixed up redeeming his pride and rep- needs to be done. As a team we years player" who will be very until someone assumed responsibil- utation with match-winning are totally in sync with what he difficult to replace once he ity at number four. contributions in the Adelaide is doing and we are all very bids adieu to the game, "If you look at that last game, and Melbourne ODIs. happy for him," said Kohli. according to India's head Ambati Rayudu batted at four, Dhoni Acknowledging Dhoni's The skipper also reckons coach.  ! 4          at five and Dinesh Karthik at six. contribution in the historic that the just-concluded The 37-year-old Dhoni Because we brought in Vijay Shankar bats at four will have to take the series-triumph in Australia, Australia series has proved showed glimpses of his gold- When he goes you will see a and Kedar Jadhav, we didn't want responsibility for the World Cup, Kohli defended the former that number five is the most en days by anchoring India to void that will be very hard to Karthik to change his spot because whoever it might be. That person will captain, saying he should be logical spot for Dhoni. a series win with unbeaten fill," he said. he is doing a good job," he said after have to take responsibility at num- allowed breathing space. "Dhoni batted at number knocks of 55 and 87. The coach is hopeful that the third and final ODI of a historic ber four," he added. "I think firstly as a team we four in 2016 for a while. But "He is a legend. He will go Rishabh Pant would live up to tour of Australia. The skipper credited the victo- are very happy for Dhoni. That after that he has been pretty down as one of our great the hype surrounding him but Rayudu was backed for the posi- ry to Yuzvendra Chahal, who picked he is amongst the runs, because happy playing at five and six cricketers. I have never seen an insisted that Dhoni is some- tion by Kohli during the home series up the best figures for an Indian spin- it is very important to get for the team. We felt that individual so sound. I have thing else. against West Indies last year. ner on Australia soil and restricted runs under your belt to get that number five was the ideal seen Sachin at times get angry. When former England "...The middle order we saw in the hosts to a low total. rhythm and get that confidence position for him. And if you Not this man," Shastri told the captain Michael Vaughan Adelaide is pretty much the most bal- "...Taking six wickets at the MCG back. Especially when you saw him bat at Adelaide as well 'Daily Telegraph'. asked if Pant could be Dhoni anced if you look at it. The number is no small feat for a spinner. He is have not been playing so much he was pretty comfortable in Shastri made it clear that in the next 20 years, Shastri four position, again, has been a sort very intelligent bowler and he gets us international cricket," said the that position because that a player of Dhoni's calibre can't replied: "I would love to. He of an area which we want solidified," those breakthroughs. He and India captain at the post-match allows him to do a bit of both be replaced. has the talent. His hero is MS. he said. Kuldeep are definitely a force to be press conference. - get some game time as well "You can't. Such players Every day he is on the phone "But because of the combinations reckoned with. When they play "Many things happen on as finish games off, attacking as only come once in 30 or 40 to MS. I think during the Test we want to play, sometimes you have together, it is our most potent spin the outside. People say a lot of )  * "  "   !             and when required," Kohli years. That is what I tell series he must have spoken to make those changes. Anyone who attack...," he added. things but as an individual we      &          said. Indians. Enjoy while it lasts. more to MS than anyone else." = 
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