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   with the disease. ,   ) Officials said the External he deadly caronavirus Affairs Ministry will request to  +   -( Tstruck the global equity Chinese authorities for evacu- market in a vicious way on ation of Indians from Wuhan.     Monday as China reported In view of a confirmed case more cases of infection that is of coronavirus in Nepal, the  &  + .  respecting no geographical Centre has asked the five States boundaries. Driven by fear bordering the neighbouring /     and uncertainty about the nation (Uttarakhand, Uttar impact of the virus outbreak on Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal    global economy, exchanges and Sikkim) to be alert and across the world saw sharp sell- keep hospitals ready to meet n Enforcement Directorate off and oil prices collapsed. any emergency. After airports A(ED) probe has revealed In , equity bench- and border areas, it has now that the controversial outfit mark Sensex on Monday initiated entry screening at the Popular Front of India (PFI) clocked its second biggest fall international ports having traf- was “financially” backing the in four months, dragged main- fic from China. recent violent anti-CAA ly by financial and metal coun- In India, a few suspected protests in Uttar Pradesh. ters as investors fear grew over cases have been reported alto- However, the PFI denied the Capital over a decade ago. “completely and vehemently” the fast-spreading virus out- gether from Patna, Mumbai claim. Amid news reports sug- denied receiving “any money” break in China. At close, the and Rajasthan, but none yet According to news agency gesting that the PFI had paid from the PFI “at any point of BSE gauge Sensex was 458.07 confirmed. In Patna, a woman PTI, the ED , which is probing lawyers such as Kapil Sibal, time”. Jaising also denied points, or 1.10 per cent, down who returned from China last the PFI under the Prevention Dushyant Dave and Indira receiving any money from any- at 41,155.12. Intra-day, the week was admitted to a Patna of Money Laundering Act Jaising as part of its efforts to body in connection with the index cracked nearly 500 hospital on Monday with (PMLA) since 2018, has found fund anti-CAA protests, the anti-CAA protests. points. Likewise, the broader                symptoms similar to those of that at least 1.04 crore were PFI as well as Sibal rejected the On money transfers made NSE Nifty ended 129.25 points, coronavirus. deposited in bank accounts in charge. to some prominent lawyers, the or 1.06 per cent, down at Germany’s DAX skidded 1.7 prices that have corrected by cials and metals bore the brunt Samples of 12 passengers western Uttar Pradesh after the Sibal said the payments he PFI said, “The truth is that 12,119. per cent to 13,342.32. more than 15 per cent during of the selling. Except for select have been referred to National Act was passed by Parliament received from the PFI had transfers were made in 2017 as On the Sensex chart, Tata Many Asian markets, the last ten days, safe-haven pharmaceutical stocks which Institute of Virology, Pune. No in December last year. The nothing to do with anti-CAA lawyer fees for these advocates Steel was the top loser, drop- including China’s, were closed assets rallied higher on held fort and gained the broad- positive case has been report- sources said a total amount of protests, and were made for his for the Hadiya case... ping 4.31 per cent, followed by for Lunar New Year holidays, Monday. The price of gold er markets traded weak.” ed so far, the Union Health 120 crore, credited to bank legal services offered in the Attributing a fees transfer that IndusInd Bank, HDFC Bank, while Australia was closed for climbed 0.8 per cent to Meanwhile, India on Ministry said. accounts linked to the PFI, are Hadiya case. happened in 2017 as a funding SBI, PowerGrid and HDFC. Australia Day. Tokyo’s Nikkei $1,583.60 per ounce. Monday decided to prepare for Over 100 people have been under the ED’s scanner. The Congress leader said for 2019 CAA protest is total- The Dow tumbled by near- 225 index caved in by 2 per Brent crude futures traded possible evacuation of Indian kept under observation in Incidentally, there was no the ED has released a statement ly absurd and exposes the ly 500 points on opening. The cent to 23,343.51 around 3 per cent lower on nationals from Wuhan city in Kerala and Maharashtra fol- Press release issued by the Ed analysing the bank accounts of intention to defame the Popular S&P 500 (SPX) was down 1.6 Investors across the world Monday at $58.88 a barrel, their the pathogen-hit Chinese lowing screening for a possible to confirm the report. The PFI the PFI in which “my name has Front.” per cent, while the Nasdaq are worried that if the second- lowest level since October. US province of Hubei. exposure to the novel coron- rubbished the charges and said been mentioned as a recipient “The PFI has stated it mul- Composite (COMP) was down largest economy in the world crude futures were down The decision was taken at avirus. the ED has not even contacted of 77 lakh”. tiple times that we fully com- 2.1 per cent. fails to recover in time from the roughly 3 per cent. a high-level meeting, chaired by One person each from them regarding the same. “The first bill was raised on ply with the law of the land and European exchanges also viral outbreak, then it economy News agency PTI quoted S Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba, Thiruvananthapuram, The PFI was formed in August 4, 2017. Last bill on the allegation of 120 crore traded more than 2 per cent could take a big hit, which will Ranganathan, head of research which carried out a detailed Thrissur, Pathanamthitta and 2006 in Kerala as a successor to March 8, 2018. All payments transferred from the Popular lower on Monday, continuing also drag down the world econ- at LKP Securities, as saying, review of the situation arising Malappuram and three from the National Democratic Front were received before March Front’s accounts just their selloff from the previous omy. “Coronavirus outbreak in out of outbreak of Coronavirus Ernakulam are in isolation (NDF) and was suspected to 2018,” Sibal said. before the CAA protests is week. In Paris, the CAC 40 lost While fear of economic China took a toll on Indian in China where 80 people have wards of various health centres have shifted its headquarters to Fellow lawyer Indira totally baseless,” the PFI said in 1.9 per cent to 5,907.40, while slowdown spooked the oil equities as well today as finan- died and over 2,000 infected in the State. Shaheen Bagh in the national Jaising, on the other hand, a statement. %     %&                            would be provided one-time    assistance of Rs 30,000 in two hief Minister Naveen   R            installments. Besides, vending ird flu has reportedly CPatnaik on Monday zones would be allocated Bspread its wings in announced a special rehabili-              to them as per the Street at a time when tation and assistance package Vending Plan. the Coronavirus scare has for the displaced persons from Assistance for Government gripped the country. around the Lingaraj Temple        !    !#  offices and establishments The University of under the Ekamra Yojana of the would be decided by a com- Agriculture and Technology State Government. mittee led by Bhubaneswar (OUAT) on Monday confirmed While assistances would be chased directly from owners Each displaced family rent for month for shops of 200 Municipal Commissioner. presence of H5N1 virus among provided for shifting of resi- and compensation will be paid would be given Rs 1 lakh sq metre or less built up area till The commissioner would chickens kept at its farms. dential houses, mutts and shops, as per Right to Fair promptly towards transport they get a shop house at dif- decide on land allotment and After an unusual death of the acquired would be record- Compensation and cost. Similarly, persons seeking ferent place. Those having for preservation of the mutts after some chickens at the OUAT’s ed in the name of Lord Shree Transparency in Land land for land would be given Rs shops of 200 sq metre and holding discussion with the poultry farms on Sunday, the Lingaraj. Plates containing the Acquisition, Rehabilitation and 15,000 per month towards rent above built up area wood get Rs Khordha district Collector and university authorities sent names of land donors would be Resettlement Act 2013. If any for 12 months,. Each house 20,000 per month for rent till beneficiaries. blood and stool samples of put up in the project area. person wants to take land for owner would be given Rs 20 they get a shop house at dif- After the notification for dead chickens to the Bhopal- Notably, the proposed land, he would be given land at lakh as rehabilitation assis- ferent place. land allotment, if someone based National Institute of presence of H5N1 virus among Pathology Department Head Ekamra Yojana would work in a different place. In case, the tance at once. Shops will be provided to donates his/her land within 30 High Security Animal Diseases the poultry. Steps have been Sushen Panda. an area of 65 acres around the cost of alternative land is less Those who will quit shops the displaced shop owners at half days, the land owner will be for test. taken for culling of chickens The bird culling drive Lingaraj Temple. than the acquired land, the dis- established own land would the price. They can also opt for given 10 per cent additional “The sample test report with a one-km radius of would be launched from As per the package, resi- placed would be given the bal- also be given Rs 1 lakh for one-time Rs 20 lakh assistance. amount, the CMO release received today confirmed the OUAT,” said the university’s Tuesday, he further informed. dential houses would be pur- ance amount. transportation and Rs 15,000 Makeshift shop owners added.           (       / %      he male elephant that killed  +           Tfour villagers, including a 12-year-old boy, during its weeklong rampage in Jajpur *  # .% $ /-'0# %     and videographed it. The inves- district, was tranquilised late on tigation report would be sub- Monday evening after a massive   )        1   he Airport Authority of mitted to the AAI’s headquar- operation to capture the tusker. TIndia (AAI) on Monday ters at New Delhi. “We started the operation    completed a preliminary A technical committee of on Monday with an expert investigation into the Biju the AAI comprising civil engi- team including veterinarians n a major step to usher in Patnaik International Airport neers and administrative offi- from the Nandankanan I“permanent peace” in the (BPIA) roof collapse incident cials would be formed for fur- Zoological Park on the ground. region, the Centre and Assam on Friday night. ther investigation into Forest officials tracked the Government on Monday BPIA Director VV Rao said, the incident. The team is like- rogue through the Kantipur aged to tranquilise the ele- Range Officer Debendra signed a tripartite peace accord “A preliminary committee com- ly to visit Bhubaneswar this forest using drones and man- phant,” said Jajpur Road Forest Patnaik. with the dreaded insurgent prising an Executive Engineer week, said sources. group, the National and a General Manager from the Notably, the roof of an Democratic Front of Bodoland AAI’s regional headquarters under-construction building to (NDFB) and other militant came to Bhubaneswar on link the terminal I of BPIA with # -+       outfits in the region. Sunday and investigated the terminal II collapsed at around The accord signed in the mishap. After they submit a 11.30 pm on Friday. An electri-    death. I appeal you not to fall in trap,” she said. presence of Union Home report, further investigation cian, Antaryami Guru, engaged Mamata wondered whether the BJP wallas Minister Amit Shah promised would be carried out.” in the construction work was he West Bengal Assembly on Monday were “brand ambassadors of Pakistan,” talking political and economic benefits   !"   #$# &' Reports said the two offi- killed after getting crushed Tbecame the fourth State after Kerala, Punjab more of the hostile neighbour than their own coun- while not acceding to the     ( #   )  #  cials inspected the mishap site under the debris of the roof. and Rajasthan to pass a resolution against the try. She said, “The label of doubtful citizens, deten- demand for separate State or &*'      + $  ! "   , Citizenship (Amendment) Act, or CAA, even tion centers... is unacceptable. The way things are, Union Territory. The members    as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called it was better not to have been born. Today, peo- of the armed outfits will sur- inked today will lead to trans- The Home Minister upon all the Opposition parties to sink their dif- ple are scared that they may have to leave this coun- render on January 30, formative results for the Bodo described the agreement as ferences and put up a united fight against the try. They are queuing up for all kinds of cards.” Mahatma Gandhi’s martyrdom people. Bodo Accord inked “historic” and said it would BJP-led Union Government. Calling upon the opposition parties to sink day, as per the accord. today stands out for many rea- bring permanent peace and Addressing the House, Mamata said, “We their narrow differences and put up a united Soon after the agreement sons. It successfully brings solution to the decades-old will never allow CAA, NPR, and NRC in Bengal, resistance against the “divisive policies of the was signed at the Union Home together the leading stake- problems of the Bodo people. and resist the draconian CAA peacefully.” BJP,” Mamata said, “though I am for Tagore’s ‘ekla Ministry in the afternoon, holders under one framework. “This agreement will facilitate She expressed her anguish over how the chalo’ policy and ready to walk alone, I appeal Prime Minister Narendra Modi Those who were previously all round development of the Centre was trying to befool the people by offer- to all the parties that this is not the time to fight said it would usher in a new associated with armed resis- Bodo areas, their language and ing to provide citizenship through the amend- among them… It is the time to sink differences dawn of peace, harmony and tance groups will now be enter- culture will be protected with- ed Act. “Though in the face of it CAA is designed and unite against the bigger danger… you will togetherness. ing the mainstream and con- out compromising the territo- to provide citizenship… for that to happen you gave more occasions to fight against me but this “Today is a very special day tributing to our nation’s rial integrity of Assam,” he have to become a foreigner for five years. This is the time all of us should unite to put up a joint for India. The Accord with progress,” Modi said in a series told reporters after the accord is a vicious game that will push people towards fight.” Bodo groups, which has been of tweets. was signed. 

8  +   9   9 +    -  '        .&' /12," +, (2,2        ation, the villagers pelted stones Guma Area Committee and to nab the ultras. a development process in the !,&,9/+, '2! at the Maoists leaving one of was carrying a reward of Rs 1 Notably, while people in district’s Swabhiman Anchal. ,,+'$++  5  A group of about 25 armed them dead on the spot. lakh on his head. the cutoff areas of Malkangiri This has enraged the Maoists, 2&#+,) * Maoists had come to the village The deceased ultra was On the other hand, the district are now increasingly who are targeting innocent (   $"+ n a new turn of events, a and warned the villagers not to identified as Ganga Madhi Maoists being enraged realising that the Maoists are civilians. ',+,&,, IMaoist was stoned to celebrate Republic Day and alias Adma, a native of with the death of a colleague the stumbling block for their Officials feel that a twin 4-'+   -+, death and another was injured also to oppose road construc- Kalimela. He was carrying a and the opposition from the development, they are trying to strategy of filling up security ,): ,"7 5 by locals at Janturai village tion works in the area. reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head. locals, set fire to 10 houses in oppose them. vacuum and expediting devel- (2 ($7   -,2&, -&* under the Papermetla police The Red rebels also opened The injured Maoist Jipro Janturai village before fleeing Common people, who opment process will not only , -+, +&+,2&,+#+,2&,+&  2,++-, limits in Malkangiri district in blank fire to terrorise Hatrika alias Jitra, a native of from the spot. Security were supporting the Maoists empower the civilians but also ,&',, +-, +# the intervening night of the villagers. Narayanpatna in Koraput dis- personnel launched a out of fear, are now happy that eliminate fear of Maoists January 25-26. In their courageous retali- trict, was ACM of the ultras’ combing operation in the area the Government has expedited among the people.        &' /12+, (+, <( = !+&, '2!  "       )9   :  3       ,, ,&2$ ,( 5 )& +,+ 2(2,, " 2"2 ,,!2$+ 2+2 2-, (   & ,4-&,"-    +2,'&       -+&!,  n a departure from the years’ , ,4 #2+--,&,' $  ( #  5  Iold tradition, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday   #&    .&' (&   joined as guest of honour at the /12) State-level Republic Day cele- 2&<)=- he Dalit Adhikar Manch, bration held here on Sunday  +& TKhariar, undertook a noble where Governor Ganeshi Lal !,&,9/+, '2! step to encourage the children unfurled the Tricolour. 2&# of remote Patdarha plateau of It was a tradition that Chief $$! , , Nuapada district for regular Ministers used to attend the +& +2 2&, schooling and to generate par- Republic Day function in , -'+  ticipation of the parents in Cuttack while Governors +&-+ , '++$# +&:,+ ,  , &,& children’s education. attend the State-level parade in ,'-$$#$-,+7 $ &$7$ A group of volunteers of Bhubaneswar. +75: +& ,7,"2$ -7 $2: the Manch visited the remote This time, Naveen pre- &-72$7$&72&  "'7 village Patdarha of Bhainsadani ferred not to visit Cuttack and +,& ,&'+,# +,2&,++', ',& Panchayat under Boden block allowed Finance Minister Maharishi College of Natural famous Rukuna Rath ,'-$$# on the occasion of the Republic Niranjan Pujari to hoist the Law were other attractions at rolled out on the Rajpath in Day and hoisted national flag National Flag in the old capi- the function. New Delhi on the occasion of  &    .&' there in the presence of school village under the leadership of “We reached the village in tal city. In a message, the Chief the national-level Republic Day /12)+ students and villagers, which Dalit Manch,” said a villager. the morning and hoisted The Governor and the Minister paid homage to the function. (&+"'2 was followed by distribution of There are two revenue villages national flag there. It is a big Chief Minister greeted the peo- freedom fighters and martyred The tableau depicted !,&,9/+, reading and learning materials with a total of 12 hamlets in the achievement for us as well as ple separately. soldiers. “Committed service, Odisha’s rich cultural heritage. '2! +  to students and discussion Patdarha plateau area spread for the villagers to see the As many as 48 troops took courage, dedication and deter- It featured a replica of Rukuna '$++$&+,++ about problems of the area. over an area of about two hun- national flag unfurled in a part in the parade, which was led mination will be the new iden- Rath with a ‘Nandi’ (Bull) '-$$+ “Flag hoisting is usually dred sq. km. The villages are Maoists infested area,” said by Traffic DCP Sagarika Nath. tity of the State,” said Patnaik. made of fibre glass and a 2&#$,+ ,+, done in the schools and some- located in Chhattisgarh border Kamalcharan Tandi, president Cultural performances, He urged the people of miniature model of the 11th  :"+,& times the school committee and due to remoteness and of the Manch. Other members skating, movement of 12 Odisha to work in tandem for Century Lingaraj Temple. , 2&''& members participate there, but inaccessibility, it has become a of the Manch, Rajib Sagaria and tableaus and a motorcycle stunt the development of the State. Around 30 dancers per- , ,&++-&2 (+,,2,&,$" this time we did it inside the safe haven for the ultras. Ritesh Das also were present. show by daredevils of the Meanwhile, Lord Lingaraj’s formed on the Rajpath. ,,2$!,&+' ,+#' , 2$  '+,&&&+'! 22++&(  ,2'+7'  '  4  &+,!2,,$,2++,2&,+7',+&+, +7 2,2+ R )3 %   & $"&,$',  ,&#   &'   &&P /12,2&,+    4    4    ) 2!  7 "'2, !,&, 9/+, '2! , A7 2&-&'$+,2&,7&1 &,+ :2,-'-$$ (5)< (3 flight departs from Kolkata at    +' ,,&, 11.45 am and arrives at the ++ +&,& Veer Surendra Sai Airport in    +!,#4$ (, 2 <3723 Jharsuguda at 1.15 pm.    6 ($$&5'+ Similarly, it leaves Jharsuguda ven though the /7/ ,"+,&,,4-#, +7,+',-   5 at 1.45 pm and reaches Kolkata ECommssionerate police and n a fatal incident of stray cat- 1661/8 ,,+7!+,$ -,2'&,*2+ $',,+ at 3.15 pm. the Special Task Force of Crime Itle menace, a woman died   ,,&# ++$-+, ,"+ (++*) he Alliance Air, a sub- The Alliance Air has Branch have been launching a after being attacked by a bull at 151%/9 &)+&#$-,+7  '2:,+'+,# Tsidiary of the Air India, deployed its 70-seater ATR 72 crackdown against brown sugar Maruti Nagar under the Dhauli 6:9// ($  && -  (,', & commenced its daily flight ser- 600 aircraft for the route. smuggling, the flow of contra- police station in the city on 56:/871 ,++# vice between Jharsuguda and The airline has also band continued unabated in Monday. Kolkata under the UDAN announced an all-inclusive the State capital. The deceased was identi- /6  ( #4-4  &'# & scheme from Monday. one-way fare of Rs 2,758 for On Monday, police seized fied as Bhabani Baral. 616/<1/ /12 :', As per the schedule, the travel on the new route. 124 grams of the brown sugar According to reports, the ani- /6//669 $"2$++ and arrested three persons fol- mal attacked the woman when )+)&7$+ lowing two separate raids here. she was plucking flowers in the 1/<171 !,&,+??,2& The arrestees include a diplo- Bhubaneswar from Baleswar. locality. She was critically 5/ 2&#$", ma student. The cops also arrested one injured in the incident and suc- '2! 7,,4- Sources said in the first person in this connection. cumbed to her injuries before ++,&# (- incident, a Quick Action Team In another incident, the hospitalisation. recent past, locals said.   & - (QAT) with the help of local Chandrasekharpur police Later, locals nabbed the The locals alleged that $  ,7$"2$&,*@ &, police conducted a raid in seized 24 gram brown sugar bull and informed the despite the accidents and ++,2-+&75,",',,2+,+$ Saheed Nagar area and seized worth Rs 2 lakh from Patia area Bhubaneswar Municipal attacks by the stray bulls in $,&!&2$ ,,,&&+-2+,+# , 100 gram brown sugar worth and arrested two youths, Corporation (BMC) authori- their locality and the city, the '-$$+-+&&2',+'+,&#, over Rs 10 lakh. The narcotic including a diploma engineer- ties. The animal had attacked BMC has not taken any steps 2,2'-$$7$"2$+  7&+",&$ item was smuggled to ing student, in this connection. several others in the area in the to curtail the menace. &' $&#$"2$"&$"2$,   ,,&#   & -#    .&'     152 &' ( ) +0 &     ,"-  !,&,9/+, '2! ,,+         '$++#$, ) 53)   =&  ,&2&&  ,,+ ,   161/17/=,%***/951 ,+2$ ," 2 2&,,4-&+'",$',,  '2! #    -+ ,!!,7 $& ',7+",  2 "+$-,-  ((%   $7(&" ',&,$$!+'+,# +'&,&&- ( '+7 nion Minister  &2 ,-  .&'   &4&      Dharmendra Pradhan has wo persons were crushed to +"-,(2,, "*'2 U /129/+, '2! + !,&,,'$++ greeted the 10 eminent persons Tdeath after a speeding & ,  2,+ who have been selected to get truck rammed into a motorcy- (4 -- Padma Bhushan and Padma cle near Pir Bazaar on the  2,,&+, ,& (, 2&(2,, "&+, , Shri awards. Cuttack-Salipur road on $&&$,   2&# -+,- He too thanked President Monday morning. $- $,''+, $+& &! & , # +-- ,,,$# Ram Nath Kovind and Prime One of the two deceased ,&&,+',# Minister Narendra Modi for was identified as Satyajit Patra $'-$$ ,&  ,7,,2 "& & +,'& ++,- -, indentifying and honouring (24), a resident of Rajkanika in -+ ,+', talents from Odisha. Kendrapada district, while the ',+#'2,+' , “It is a matter of pride that identity of another was yet to  , &,  5,5 & 10 eminent persons be ascertained. , ,7 $,, $$!&,$,+&$'++&,&,$, (4 from Odisha have been nomi- The truck was moving at a  &,2&+2,- , $, -+&+' +,-72 &7'  2 nated for the Padma Bhushan high speed to dodge PCR per- &, ,!2+7+ &'+'2+&# and Padma Shri awards. As an sonnel, who were conducting &BA71CC , Odia I feel proud of it,” said vehicle frisking on the 2+,  2+ Pradhan. Cuttack-Salipur road for traf-  (( Kishore Nayak, Bhajaman them,” said agitators. P While Manoj Das will get fic rule violations. various traffic rules. Behera, Kshirod Rout, Dali They have demanded that Padma Bhushan for literature But the driver lost control During probe by police, it he indefinite dhanra being Das, Maulana Abadul Mobin, the CAA, the NPR and the  and education, the persons and mowed down a motorcy- came to fore that the tractor Tstaged at the Netaji Baag Moulana Siraj Navi, Pavel NRC be withdrawn, action be nominated for Padma shri are cle coming from the opposite lacked fitness certificate and here by the Sambidhan Banhao , Munmun Begam taken against police officers Damayanti Bishra (literature direction near Pir Bazaar. The several other documents, for Andolan against the and Arabinda Mallick spoke. who have attacked demonstra- BHUBANESWAR: National Flag at and educatoin), Utsav Charan two died on the spot. Soon which the fine was imposed on Citizenship Amendment Act “The Union Government tors and adequate compensa- Commerce and Keonjhar. The Das (art), Mitrabhanu Gauntia after, the truck driver fled leav- the owner of the vehicle. (CAA), National Population has failed in resolving various tion for families of the deceased Transport Minister man was plac- (art), late Manmohan ing his vehicle on the spot. Similarly, the bus which Register (NPR) and National basic problems being faced by and the injured. Padmanabha ing the shoes Mahaptra (art), Binapani Police reached the spot, had hit the tractor lacked fitness Register for Citizens the people. But it has adopted Among others, Bishwabasu Behera landed in near Behera’s Mohanty (literature and edu- seized the truck and launched certificate, pollution under con- (NCR) entered fourth day on an anti-people and divisive Das, Amin Baraki, Khageshwar controversy when feet after the lat- cation), Radhamohan and a hunt to nab the driver. trol certificate and insurance. A Monday. CAA and announced to imple- Sethi, Muktikam Box, Haji a video of a man holding his ter hoisted the Tricolour. Sabarmati (jointly for agricul- In another incident, in fine of Rs 27,000 was slapped on On the third day on ment anti-Constitution NPR Seikh Kamiruddin, Sayed shoes during the Republic Day Behera, in his reaction, stated ture), Batakurshna Sahoo (ani- Sambalpur district, the owner the owner of the bus. Notably, Sunday, Andolon chief Dr and NRC. While people have Ekram Hussain, Rasid Aslam, celebration in Keonjhar went that as a mark of respect to the mal husbandry), Digambar of a tractor, which met with an a bus had hit the tractor on NH- Salim unfurled the Tricolour at taken to the streets against Imam Kamuruluddin, Sukant viral on social media. National Flag, he had taken off Behera (medicince) and Dr accident on Sunday resulting in 55 in Sambalpur district killing the dharna site. Later, a meet- CAA, NPR and NRC, the Sethi, Kamiluddin Aamad, An unidentified man was his shoes while hoisting the Prasant Kumar Pattnaik (liter- death of two labourers, was the two labourers and critical- ing was held where Firoz Government has used police Imam Kamiruddin and Neha seen holding the shoes of the flag. Nobody held his shoes,” he ature and education). fined Rs 53,200 for violation of ly injuring three others. Ahmad, Shishi Das, Jugal and paramilitary forces against Parbin sat on the dharna. Minister, who hoisted the told reporters. PNS                                                                                                                                                !        "                                            #            $ % S                      '                "       (          

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  R &      3  ,#.    /+, +    In fact, Paradip is the only dredging works of opening of Diploma/ITI students have been port in the country where rates the Mahanadi mouth which given training in the last year. BALANGIR: A police official the police station and attacked he Republic Day was cele- have been static since five long would benefit over 50,000 fish- The PPT is exploring the was manhandled by a group of Manoranjan there too. Tbrated by the Paradip Port years. The port in the last few ermen families of Paradip area. feasibility of a separate road from locals in the Kantabanji police However, Sub Inspector Pranay Trust (PPT) with PPT years has become debt-free as Announcing steps to make Bhutmundai to Atharbanki for station in the district on Murmu tried to come to the Chairman Rinkesh Roy unfurl- well as liability-free. In the the port township disaster- truck movement, he said. Sunday night. rescue of the complainant and ing the National Flag and tak- coming fiscal, the port would resilient, Roy inaugurated Roy awarded prizes to the According to reports, one tried to save him from the ing salute from 42 platoons commission the new import Generator Sets, which would winners of different competi- Manoranjan of Sipkapada had wrath of the attackers. But he consisting of CISF Jawans, stu- coal cargo berth, the new export provide 24x7 water and elec- tions held for the occasion. He an altercation with a group of was also shoved and manhan- dents of Paradip College, dif- iron ore berth and the mecha- tricity to the citizens. launched eco-friendly cotton youths when he had gone to dled by the group of hooligans. ferent schools and PPT nisation of EQ1, 2 & 3, Roy said. The PPT also contributes to bags under the aegis of Paradip watch the Republic Day cele- Police have registered a employees retiring this year. The port has also under- employment generation. It has Sakshyrata Samiti. A poets’ meet brations at the Railway Ground case on the basis of Roy said in the last few taken a plantation drive of one been sponsoring 120 students was also organised followed by in Kantabanji. Manoranjan’s complaint and years, the PPT has chartered out lakh trees. It is installing a 10- each year for six months’ train- an exhibition women’s volleyball Later, the youth attacked started investigation. One of an unprecedented path of MLD desalination plant to ing through CIPET match. In the evening, inter- Manoranjan, following which he the attackers was detained by progress in all spheres of activ- 110 MTPA in 2018-19. Even in account of mechanisation pro- provide clean and safe drinking Bhubaneswar with a yearly school dance competitions on went to police station to lodge cops for questioning. But police ities. Traffic handling has grown the current year, despite oper- jects, the port is poised to water to the township. expenditure of Rs 72 lakh. A patriotic themes were held complaint in this connection. are yet to make any comment from 71 MTPA in 2014-15 to ating with two lesser berths on achieve 115 MTPA. The port has taken up major record number of 109 among schoolchildren. The attackers then reached on the incident. PNS -& & /9 4 +   ,,     ,#  0,       &  #'4#  #-    %       ntries by students of the EFilm and Television Institute of India (FTII), India’s     well-known institution of its kind, have swept the top three o encourage and improve awards at the just-concluded Tbook reading habit among 11th Indian Film Festival of school students, the Block Bhubaneswar (IFFB). Education Officer (BEO) of The IFFB had shortlisted Derabish has taken an exem- 15 entries from top-ranked plary initiative. film institutions of the nation He has asked the private for its competitive section in in a Marathi restaurant in Pune tools of narration the film and Government run schools the students’ film category. who has to make a forged invites us to witness a rapidly to make it mandatory for stu-     % 6   tractor hit his motorcycle at “Wet Blue Tarpaulin”, a document to continue working changing world through their dents to read books in the last Bastamba in the Jeypore area in bilingual film in Hindi-Marathi in the city while struggling to eyes. Delving upon universal period of every Wednesday. wo labourers were killed Koraput district on Sunday. made in 2019 by Anunay contact his wife back in Assam, themes of identity, memory, According to BEO Tand three others sustained The deceased was identi- Barbhuiya, claimed the first informed Anunay, who made love, faith, loss of home and the Narahari Sutar, “When I was critical injuries after a tractor fied as Chakradhar Pal, prize while “Bhumigat” the film. eternal search for home - the officiating in Ganjam, I found by which they were travelling Headmaster of the Bhansuli (Underground Tales) made by “Through faces and bodies film is a social commentary on the district administration was was hit by a private bus on the High School. Pradyatan Bera in Hindi made of real life labourers in the timeless master slave dialec- encouraging the students to National Highway-55 at According to reports, Pal in 2017 bagged the second ‘Bhumigat’, emerges an episto- tic in the new, globalised world read book during library peri- Jujumura in Sambalpur district was returning home after buy- prize. Special Jury mention lary account of a daily wage order,” elaborated Pradyatan, od in their class rooms every ability of the students. followed suit. on Sunday. ing chocolates for distribution went to the trilingual film owner who suddenly finds the filmmaker. week. I wanted that the same be Meanwhile, the DEAR pro- District Collector Samarth The deceased were identi- among students on the “Door Shaam Tak” (Far In himself out of work one day. As “Door Shaam Tak” revolves followed in Kendrapada.” gramme, that started Verma stated that he had fied as Gouri Shankar (22) and Republic Day when the mishap Night) made in Hindi, Tamil rampant industrialisation round the story of a train jour- Sutar has started DEAR about two years back in all the approved the DEAR pro- Ram Sevak Singh (36). The occurred on Saturday night. and English by Syed Maisam surges, a new class is born - a ney spanning over an entire day (Drop Everything And Read) schools of Derabish block, has gramme and asked all the injured labourers are undergo- The incident spread grief in Ali Shah in 2018. crowd of nomadic migrant of an adolescent boy with his programme at more than 250 achieved 100 per cent BEOs to organise book reading ing treatment at a hospital now. the locality with mourning “Wet Blue Tarpaulin” workers whose lives are a series football teammates and schools, aiming to improve success and being inspired, occasions in all schools of the In another accident, a and silent prayers held for the poignantly portrays the story of of transitions in search of work. coach, stated Shah, who has the vocabulary and spelling all the other blocks have district. school headmaster died as a headmaster. a migrant from Assam working Using folk tale and memory as made the movie. &   &'()*(+       MP Pattnaik said, “We all have the right to food and let’s make it possi- he Utkal Galleria, one of the ble through Hunger Free Odisha Tlargest malls of Odisha, along Initiative.”      $ with the So Am I (SAI) Foundation Expressing her gratitude on the Trust and the Rotary International Dist occasion, Purnima Baid said, “Utkal 3262, organised a 5 km marathon — Galleria and So AM I have taken this ‘UNITY Walkathon’ under the initiative keeping in mind the under Hunger-Free Odisha Initiative on the privileged who go to sleep without occasion of the 71st Republic Day. having food.” As many as 500 people partici- Actress Archita Sahu said, “It pated in the non competitive makes me feel proud to be a part marathon. Ollywood actress Archita of this initiative.” Several persons Sahu flagged off the marathon where were felicitated. as former PAG and MP Dr Amar Notably, the Hunger-Free Odisha Pattnaik hoisted the National Flag in Initiative by So Am I Foundation Trust the presence of Directors of Utkal has set up two food banks in the city Galleria Sahrad Baid, Amit Baid and at Acharya Bihar and Ram Mandir. Pirnima Baid, Founder SAI, Pinaki Also Utkal Galleria along with SAI Mohanty, Co- Founder SAI, have recently inaugurated two mobile Chidatmika Khatua, Rotarian banks and the Shradha Arpana ini- Jayashree Mohanty, Pravudatta tiative under which the city dwellers   && It’s also said the keys of the Subudhi and Suvendu Parida. can donate food grains for the poor.    indoor stadium remain with those people. After they play he State Government has the game, they donot allow oth- >         Tinvested lakhs of rupees for ers to use the stadium and force !"# the Gajapati indoor stadium to them to be out of the stadium keep the people fit by doing and take the keys along with 5    3    physical exercises and also for them after locking it. playing games. It was inaugu- This incident came to light BHUBANESWAR: On an alle- arrested the Sahoo and for- Administrator of Kantabanji $ ! rated in 2018 by former MLA when journalist Amodh Kumar gation of illegal collection of warded him to the JMFC court NAC, has been ordered to K Surya Rao, Gajapati district Bardhan of the town went to money for providing pipe water on Sunday. make field enquiry as to how Collector Anupam Saha and play in the indoor stadium. No connection to different house- After the Urban Local many more people have been 5     %   +*5- the ZP president among others. indoor stadium manager was holds in Kantabanji NAC, one Bodies (ULBs) are included cheated by the accused and The indoor stadium has a available and no security guard Mukunda Sahoo was arrested under the Mo Sarkar pro- who all are involved in such table tennis and badminton deployed. The keys were with and sent to judicial custody. He gramme under 5-T mission illegal collection of money. court. However, there is alle- a person named as Shivaji who was engaged by contractor for necessary steps are being taken The Balangir PHEO gation that the indoor stadium played badminton every day. maintenance work in Kantabanji to transform the ULBs as zero Division Executive Engineer is limited only to a handful of The denizens of the Public Health Section. tolerance zone so far as negli- has withheld salary of the con- people, who are using it as their Parlakhemundi town have The Kantabanji PHS gence in service and corruption cerned JE and asked him to fur- personal property due to lack demanded that the stadium be Engineer had filed an FIR is concerned. nish show cause reply on such of alertness of the District properly managed with equal against Sahoo January 25. Meanwhile, the Titilagarh matter according to the H and Sports Department. access to one and all. Acting on the complaint, police Sub-Collector, who is acting as UD Department. PNS    &  67    8  9    +R + 3 9:   5 

arasinghpur MLA Debi NPrasad Mishra on Sunday visited the house of construc- tion worker Antaryami Guru (55) in Nandapur village under Narasinghpur block in Cuttack and offered his condolences to     Mishra and Kehsav Rao. Coalmining should not the bereaved family. Planned for development hamper on trivial issues, which Notably, Antaryami, who he Mahanadi Coalfields as a smart city keeping in view lead to multi-crore loss to was engaged with the Dilip TLimited (MCL) has initiat- advancements and expected exchequer that can be used for Constructions Private Limited, ed a process for regional plan- requirements in next 25 years, public good, he said. was trapped as the roof of a    duced before the SDJM Court ning of coal city of Talcher Talcher would have a conges- “India is importing coal at under construction building, in Puri. They were identified as coalfields. tion-free network for road a cost of around Rs 2 crore linking terminal 1 and termi- xcise officials nabbed three Ajay Kumar Rout (40), In his address on the occa- transport with flyovers, envi- annually, which is not only nal II of the Biju Patnaik Epersons, including a woman, Ganapati Parbati (55) and Mina sion of the Republic Day, MCL ronment, land reclamation and causing economic loss to the International Airport (BPIA) in in a surprise raids in Konark on Das (55). The trio was illegal- CMD BN Shukla said, “The setup for skill development country but also taking away Bhubaneswar, collapsed on Monday and seized 60 bottles of ly transporting alcohol bottles MCL has initiated master plan- centers and other modern facil- the job opportunities,” he said. Friday night. liquor from three locations. to other places keeping in three ning for Talcher coalfields ities for people. The MCL would con- Later, Fire Brigade per- With an earlier tipoff, offi- bags, said officials. keeping in view the advance- Shukla also mentioned tribute around Rs 1,518 crore sonnel recovered Antaryami cials conducted the raids at The seizure includes 46 ments and necessities of next development of ‘Maa in Angul, Rs 798 crore in from the debris and rushed Medical Square and Tourist bottles of Aska-40 and 14 bot- 25 years.” Samleshwari Gardens’ at Jharsuguda and Rs 371 crore in him to the Capital Hospital but Market in Konark and Nolia tles of foreign liquor kept in The IIT Kharagpur has Hirakud and installation the Sundergarh districts’ District he was declared brought dead Sahi at Chandrabhaga where three bags, informed officials. been awarded consultancy for country’s biggest brass Mineral Fund (DFM), Shulka by doctors. He is survived by they recovered huge cache of Reportedly, the Excise officials this project and it would sub- bell at Mata Ghanteshwari tem- informed while emphasising on wife Jayanti, son Kaibalya and alcohol bottles. are on a high alert in Konark mit its report by March, Shukla ple site as company’s initiatives the company’s role in provid- daughter Bidu. As he was the ly, his father Parmanav Guru to provide compensation to the The persons booked were ahead of the Chandrabhaga informed in the presence of to bring Sambalpur on nation- ing direct and indirect jobs sole breadwinner of his fami- has requested the Government family. later sent to jail after being pro- festival. MCL Directors OP Singh, KK al tourism map. opportunities in the State.  , *    :       +       %   ++-+!-+ &,  ' &+ 2+',+

1/719P erties and bank deposits of    61//8/ situation and create facilities for more than Rs 55 lakh of the 714/17# management. 1 company were seized earlier. fter three persons in the / 9$71 Addressing a Press meet, Sources said that more than 40 Acountry were hospitalised 11 @ Health Secretary Nikunj Bihari  (( acres of land and a costly car of with symptoms of Coronavirus Dhal said special wards have the company would go under following their return from 151/ 1 been set up at four hospitals, he special chit fund court the hammer by the competent China, the State Government including SCB Medical College There, once again on Monday, authority. has swung into action to pre- after the Ministry of Health and Hospital in Cuttack, AIIMS directed the Cuttack district Making the ad interim vent spreading of the virus in Family Welfare issued a travel Bhubaneswar and Veer administration to sell through order of the attachment the State. advisory to 19 airports on Surendra Sai Institute of public auction the seized prop- absolute, the ADJ Court, which The Government issued a Friday. Moreover, the Ministry Medical Sciences and Research erties of Tareni Construction Pvt exclusively deals with chit fund toll-free number for people to has also issued a self reporting (VIMSAR), Burla as part of Ltd and distribute the sale pro- cases, directed the competent inform about suspected cases of form for passengers arriving at precautionary measures. ceeds equitably among the authority to go ahead with the coronavirus on Sunday and airports. The form will be “There is nothing to panic. investors, who were duped by auction procedure and distrib- doctors and medical staffs con- available at immigration Passengers arriving at the chit fund company. ute the realised money equi- ducted screening of passengers counter at the airports. Besides, Bhubaneswar Airport from Under the Odisha tably among the investors. at the Biju Patnaik Odisha Public Health Director Malaysia are being examined. Protection of Interest of Sources said the company International Airport here on Dr Ajit Kumar Mohanty wrote A control room has also been Depositors (OPID) Act, land- had duped crores of rupees Monday. a letter to the BPIA Director to opened to monitor the situa- ed properties, moveable prop- from its investors. The screening was done ensure close monitoring of the tion,” said Dhal. ((7 %%,    3    ;)-  3((#3(

   and endeavours to promote fra- ternity, the core values the he Indian Institute of land has believed in for ages. TTechnology (IIT), He called up on everyone Bhubaneswar celebrated the to up-hold the values of the 71st Republic Day with patri- Constitution in the governance, otic fervour on Sunday. IIT BBS functioning at work place as Director Prof RV Raja Kumar well as in day to day life. unfurled the national flag and Among others, institute reviewed of the parade. Alumni Affairs and The faculty, staff, students and International Relations Dean children participated in large Prof RK Panda, Research and numbers. Development Dean Prof Sujit Speaking on the occasion, Roy, Student Affairs Dean Dr Prof Kumar reminded that VR Pedireddi, Registrar Col Republic Day commemorates (Dr) Subodh Kumar and the adoption of Constitution of Student Gymkhana President India which assures its citizens Dr Sankarsan Mahapatro were justice, equality and liberty, present. ( -  +4    4 +0       dents to follow the noble were displayed by the students.   0< ideals of the heroes of our free- Among the dignitaries, he 71st Republic Day was dom struggle. Kim Seung-Jae, Professor, Tcelebrated by KIIT and In his address, Dr Samanta Hanseo University, South       KISS on Sunday. founder, KIIT called upon the people to erad- Korea; Olympian Dutee and KISS Dr Achyuta Samanta icate poverty and illiteracy Chand; Prof.(Dr) Subrata unfurled the National Flag, from society and make the Acharya, Pro-Chancellor, KIIT;  55  maintain law and order in the while chairman, KPR Mills downtrodden people live with Prof Hrushikesha Mohanty, college premises. Limited KP Ramaswamy honour. VC, KIIT, Prof Harekrishna ommerce Lecturer Dhiren While returning from the graced the event as chief guest. On the occasion, parade Satapathy, VC, KISS, Prof CMohanty of the SVM college, police noticed an SUV Addressing the gathering, and diverse colorful and patri- Sasmita Samanta and Prof JR College here and was arrested in the college campus. Ramaswamy urged the stu- otism based cultural shows Mohanty were present. along with five musclemen Intercepting the SUV, police and the driver of an SUV and spotted Lecturer Dhiren a case was registered against Mohanty inside it accompanied them by police on Monday. by five persons. Police asked ,%>        0 ,+& The Jagatsinghpur SDPO them about their identities and   Debashisha Hota led the rally strated before the Dhenkanal informed that student unrest then recovered a 3/2m pistol,  (5  Government for not sticking to Government under the lead- and demonstration. Collectorate. After Collector was reported in the SVM six live cartridges from their its election promise of giving ership of (Parkash Singh) Badal embers of the Tata BSL The agitators demanded Bhumesh Chandra Behera College on Monday afternoon possession. n the backdrop of Shiromani free smartphones on January sahib and never gave a state- MTrade Union took out a arresting of the owners of assured to fulfil their demands, following a quarrel between Police brought all of them IAkali Dal-BJP alliance break- 26, he said, “I want to tell you ment of empty coffers,” said rally from the Kantabania BARSHA and TSPL. Also they they had called it off. two Commerce Lecturers to the Jagatsinghpur ing in Delhi for the Assembly that they (Cong-led govt) will Badal, adding the State saw police station and then demon- demanded payment of their The allegation against the Dhiren Mohanty and police station and registered a polls, SAD chief Sukhbir Singh not give anything (to people). “unprecedented” development strated in front of company’s retrenchment compensation authorities of the industries Jagannath Behera. case against them under Badal on Monday said the They are just giving dates. under their regime. “But main gate against cheating of immediately. They declared to and their labour contactors is Students demanded imme- Sections 120[B], 143, 144, 149 alliance with BJP was in place People of Punjab will send Captain sahib is not accessible,” Tata Steel BSL and its labour continue the agitation despite that they have not cleared dues diate shifting of Behera from and 506 IPC and 25 and 27 of in Punjab. them packing after two years”. he said slamming Chief contractors BARSHA, TSPL the heavy cold till fulfillment of of many labourers and the college for allegedly ill- Arm Act. Talking to reporters in Education Minister Vijay Minister Amarinder Singh. and PRAGATI NATH and their demands. retrenched many flouting the treating his senior Mohanty on On interrogation, Mohanty Amritsar, Badal said such Inder Singla had said on On the issue of CAA, Badal GMR Kamalang and its labour Notably, on January 7, laws. They do not care the Saturday in a commerce sem- revealed that he had hired the reports are just in the media Sunday in Patiala that he was said his party was in favour of contractor MELCO India. Er these agitators had demon- notices of the DLO. inar in the college premises. musclemen for giving security and he has been hearing such expecting that the free smart- the amended Citizenship Act College Principal Nitarani to him in the college as reports for the last 20 years. phones would be given to the which was why it voted in Kar, who did not file a formal Lecturer Behera has threat- Hitting out at the youth before March 31. favour of it. complaint, requested police to ened to attack him. Congress-led State Badal alleged that drug But at the same time his and sand mining mafias were party wanted the Muslim com- “proliferating” under the munity be included in the alleged “patronage” of Congress CAA. ministers in Punjab. “The SAD follows princi- “The DGP has no control ples of Guru Sahib who always over Punjab Police while lower preached ‘’Sarbat Da Bhala’’ rank officers— DSP and SHOs (welfare of all) and no dis- were working at the behest of crimination. India is a united Congress leaders. I can give you country and it belongs to peo- details of many cases in which ple of all religions,” he Congress leader got drug sup- said. pliers released,” alleged The SAD had earlier Badal. announced in Delhi that it Lashing out at the State would not contest the Delhi Government, Shiromani Akali polls next month after it was Dal chief said the Congress led asked by ally Bharatiya Janata Government was hiding its Party to change its stand on the “failures” under the excuse of contentious Citizenship empty coffers.”We ran (Amendment) Act.          

#4#( Notably, members of (5  Chandigarh Heritage Items Protection Cell have several ith renowned foreign times expressed apprehensions Wauction houses continue over the theft of city’s heritage to put under hammer the her- items from various places here itage furniture belonging to and easy flow of these items Chandigarh, the UT especially furniture to foreign Administration may soon markets. come up with its own website Launching a separate web- displaying city’s heritage items site to display Chandigarh’s in a bid to regulate its auction. heritage items forms a part of A website is proposed to be an auction plan prepared by the launched to give details of Administration for the protec- Chandigarh’s heritage furni- tion of city’s heritage. ture and other items for refer- Display of heritage items ence of all. on the website is aimed at While the foreign auction apprizing others that it is houses continue to earn mil- Chandigarh’s property. lions through the auction of To stop the foreign based Chandigarh’s heritage items, auction houses to sell city’s her- the Administration has so far itage, the plan also proposed to acted as a mute spectator and request auction houses for merely paid lip-service. records of procurement or pur- A New York based auction chase of furniture from house has reportedly put up Chandigarh, details of such Chandigarh’s heritage furni- export from India, interna- ture, worth several lakhs on tional and Indian persons and auction only this month. agencies involved.  -   R    

; &*R   8      the party does not respect        Muslim women from the "     !" region.    past backed and feted the  BJP ally and Union Minister singer-musician who was invit- "$  "  Ram Vilas Paswan also backed     1.     he BJP on Monday came out ed to play Piano by the !Q     the Government’s decision to Thard against the Congress Congress Government on the     confer Padma Shri award on for questioning the award of occasion of 500 years of Taj  &   Sami, saying he has enhanced     + Padma Shri to acclaimed singer Mahal, he said.     India’s stature with his talent. and pianist . Patra took a dig at Congress   "    Hitting out at the criticism of the New Delhi: As parties across Citizenship Amendment Act Charging Congress with saying if father’s past is to cloud    &  decision, the Lok Janshakti the spectrum debated his con- to his father’s past as a lapping up a ‘set of Muslims’ the present of anybody than  " Party leader said, “After com- tribution to India, Sami, who Pakistani Air Force pilot. who always speak against Prime Congress President Sonia  (   pleting all the formalities, he was became an Indian citizen in Taking umbrage at Shergill’s Minister Narendra Modi and Gandhi would be the first vic-  )**  +$ granted Indian citizenship in 2016 and on Sunday expressed statement that his recognition Indian Constitution, the BJP tim as the BJP spokesperson ,        -   2016. He has elevated India’s his “infinite gratitude” at being was due to his sycophancy, an lashed out at the Opposition claimed her father was in the                reputation and honour through chosen for the Government irate Sami said on Twitter, party for criticizing the service of fascists Italian dicta-    Q       ! "  his talent. I congratulate him on award, did not mince his “Hey kid, did you get your Government for awarding tor Mussolini and Germany’s         - / being honoured with Padma words in hitting out at his crit- brain from a ‘Clearance Sale’ ‘Padma’ honour to the Sami and Hitler and sought to know why " , ( Q   01  Shri.” ics. or from a second hand novel- said he was “highly deserving”. she was given Indian citizenship.               “Those who are opposing The 46-year-old, who has ty store? Did they teach you in Addressing a Press confer- He said former Home !("           the award to the famous singer carved out a career in Hindi Berkeley that a son is to be ence here, BJP spokesperson Minister P Chidambaram was are not aware of Indian film music as a composer held accountable or penalised Sambit Patra said though as recently as in 2013 support- Citizenship Law. Indian citi- and a singer, was part of an for the acts of his Congress objection was based ing that Sami be given Indian changed now since BJP has publication as he could not do merit. zenship has no relation with reli- unseemly Twitter spat with parents?”Interestingly, the on Sami’s father having served citizenship. BJP leader pointed honoured the musician , he said. so in Pakistan, he said. He also referred to Sami’s gion. Anyone who fulfils the Congress pokesperson Jaiveer Congress is divided on the in Pakistani air force, the out that Sami, for long, has been Patra said Sami’s father was Patra asserted that Sami is mother Naureen Khan’s back- requisite conditions of the citi- Shergill and also many polit- issue with senior leader Congress-led United living in London and not in treated in India and even his “highly deserving” and was ground as a resident of Jammu zenship act can become Indian ical discussions, ranging from Digvijay Singh welcoming the Progressive Alliance had in the Pakistan. Everything has book was released by an Indian given the Padma honour on to target the Congress, asking if Citizen,” Paswan said. the controversy over the honour to Sami. PNS $.+# .+/"0/$#/012 (+"++'+ ($ - P&#2 -       -$  ' $ 5, &2 2'$(2, (,'   &+2-,, +, 5O+' -5$,O++'+     &O+'+"- &&,97@??  2& & ,,$"$', -- ,$  +,&,,-& (#-4    $2&   ,+,1C/@ , $'+, ,$+ New Delhi: The Supreme Court on ,+,,#  ,+,2 Monday sought response from the erming the “present security sce- 2$+ 2&-- $ New Delhi: A 5-judge Bench of from the Union Carbide facto- Maharashtra Government on a plea by Tnario and law & order” in the ',+$++,, the Supreme Court is scheduled ry on the intervening night of gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli national Capital as “quite critical” due 22&+, ,  +,- to hear on Tuesday the Centre’s December 2-3, 1984 killed over challenging the life term awarded to to the ongoing protests against the  21C/@#& plea seeking 7,844 crore as 3,000 people and affected 1.02 him in the 2008 murder of Shiv Sena Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), +'"+'+52, additional fund from successor lakh more. corporator Kamlakar Jamsandekar. the Delhi Police has sought from the & & +"-( firms of US-based Union The survivors of the 1984 Jamsandekar was shot dead in his Election Commission an additional '!,2O+N$2&O# Carbide Corporation, now tragedy have been fighting for house on March 2, 2007 by two persons, deployment of 30 companies of Central owned by Dow Chemicals, for long for adequate compensation allegedly hired by associates of Gawli Armed Police Forces (CAPF) for the  -O 'P giving compensation to victims and proper medical treatment who was the then sitting conduct of the impending Assembly  && # of 1984 Bhopal Gas tragedy. for ailments caused by the MLA. polls here, as withdrawing the para- &2 2 + The Bench, comprising toxic leak. Gawli’s appeal military already deployed for essential 2!++ &+& Justices Arun Mishra, Indira The Centre had filed the challenging the last duties was “not feasible”. Presently, over companies from important essential which have seen repeated protests !"N, ,O7,,! Banerjee, Vineet Saran, M R curative petition in the apex month verdict of the a dozen of protests are going on against duties like maintaining law & order , against the Citizenship Act. &#  ,+ Shah and S Ravindra Bhat, will court in December 2010 Bombay High Court, the CAA in various parts of the Capital. security for VBIPs, vital installations, Union Home Minister Amit Shah ,+,:2+, ,$+, hear the curative petition filed by for enhanced compensation. which had upheld the In a letter to the EC, Special banks in Delhi as it may adversely affect has accused Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) &$",$2 ,+,-# the Centre for enhanced com- On June 7, 2010, a Bhopal court life term awarded to him Commissioner of Police (Intelligence) the security and law and order scenario.” and the Congress of pursuing vote bank +,+2&, pensation for the victims. had convicted seven executives by a trial court in the case, Praveer Ranjan said, “The present The CAA has triggered a nation- politics and alleged that they had $',-+,N N# The Centre is seeking a of Union Carbide India Limited came up for hearing before a bench security scenario and law & order is wide debate on whether the law violates “instigated riots in the capital” during ++-,$+  direction to Union Carbide and (UCIL) to two years’ imprison- comprising Justices R Banumathi and quite critical than was expected to be the country’s secular nature by exclud- the protest against the Citizenship +,"+ , other firms for 7,844 crore ment in connection with the A S Bopanna. during electioneering process of the ing a particular religious group from its Amendmend Act (CAA).  ,,'+, # additional amount over and incident. The Bench agreed to hear the forthcoming Delhi Assembly 2020 as ambit, as has the iron-fisted approach According to the EC, over 71, 000 above the earlier settlement Then UCC chairman, appeal and issued notice to the state. large number of protests and at times adopted by police in some areas, persons have been booked under the &  # ' amount of $ 470 million for pay- Warren Anderson was the prime The High Court had on December 9, even violent in various parts of the including Delhi, to quell protests. various sections of the Delhi Police Act   &$ & ing compensation to the gas accused in the case but did not 2019 upheld Gawli’s conviction and life national Capital are going for more than The law favours non-Muslim while over 3500 booked under various &F,&-7 tragedy victims. appear for the trial. On February term awarded to him by trial court a month now over CAA. refugees from the Muslim-majority section of the Criminal Procedure &+!,-,+O ,+,& Over 3,000 people had died 1, 1992, the Bhopal CJM court under various provisions of the “Further, being capital city and also countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh Code after the implementation of the & ,,522-&2 in the tragedy due to release of had declared him an absconder. Maharashtra Control of Organised election is to happen shortly, this may and Pakistan. Sources in Delhi police model code of conduct. +',7+! methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas. The courts in Bhopal had Crime Act (MCOCA). continue for longer time. It is request- said that heavy police deployment has The Delhi police needs 179 com-  ,,&,,,,& The Union Carbide issued non-bailable warrants Besides Gawli, it had also upheld ed that 30 companies of CAPF may be been made Shaheen Bagh, Jamia Nagar, panies of CAPF/State Armed Force !+, ,' , +! Corporation (UCC) gave a com- against Anderson twice — in the conviction and sentence imposed provided through direct induction Karawal Nagar, Brijpuri, Bhajanpura, which include 15,000 home guards (  ,   pensation of $470 million (715 1992 and 2009. Anderson died on several other accused in the case by immediately instead of in situ as it would Seelampur, Jafrabad, Welcome, from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, !-,),+ crore) after the toxic gas leak in September, 2014. the trial court in August 2012. not be feasible to withdraw these 30 Mustafabad, Okhla and several parts Himachal Pradesh and other States. 1C1C!+& 21B#-+, +, &,, '+,-2+)+ & O   ,   + #  P / # *!//+#$#  $,&+-, ,&&+-! &+!, $$2,#    ‘tukde tukde gang’ elements    under the garb of opposition to  44&  aising the pitch of contro- the Citizenship (Amendment)   & Rversy surrounding the anti- Act. This protest is not just a   P Q &2 ,(, citizenship law protest, Union protest against CAA it is a  $, $'$, Minister and BJP leader protest against Modi,” Prasad +!& '7!& Shankar Prasad on Monday said in a press conference. "- ,-,+ alleged that Delhi’s Shaheen “Lakhs of people are dis-     '++,&+!,+< =7 Bagh protest is emerging as “a tressed because they can not go +& ,& $$&,+ textbook case of a few hundred to office, shops are shut and    ,5,! , people trying to suppress the their children are not able to go 2' $-2&-,#+ silent majority”. to school due to road block delegation of Congress  2&$ 5 The Minister claimed that by Shaheen Bagh protesters,” Aleaders, led by Rahul -&+  7+-, those trying to fragment India he said. Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi  $, -, +B are getting cover at Shaheen Prasad’s comment has Vadra, met senior officials of "+7--$&   Bagh protest where the tri- come close to Enforcement and transaction of money in CAA has become a core AAP and the Congress, the National Human Rights &+2 #& colours are being waived. Directorate investigating the light of anti-CAA protests campaign issue between the another party in the Delhi Commission (NHRC) and ,+,,+7+&,(  # “It is offering platform to alleged diversion of money across the country. challenger BJP and the ruling election fray. sought action against alleged police atrocities on anti- Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protesters in Uttar () 3+45 Pradesh. The Congress alleged victims have been made accused in case-related FIRs (#-4    compared with the final output and no police officer has been  +&+7'&2 , ',,K of 2.31 million tonne last year. named in any of the cases. espite floods in 15 States ,$',,", +,'K+ Production of mango is In its 31-page memoran- Dand erratic rainfall, India +,$,&,+,B/#H?$,,+ estimated to decline slightly to dum to the NHRC that include will witness a record produc-  $BC#/H$,+, 21.28 million tonne this year videos uploaded by witnesses, tion of onion, tomato, potato  +-,+ +,  +,7,- 2,2 from 21.37 million tonnes last ground reports and other and other vegetables and fruits +,': ,&,,-,!+'&2 ,7 year, while that of banana out- “unbiased” media reports show this year which may bring +': ,&,!-!1#0?' , put may slip to 29.64 million police firing and mercilessly reckless State Government that relief to consumers from high ,,! 7,"+, + tonnes from 30.46 million beating of the protesters and views the law and constitution prices seen in the last few 2,'2, +7',,+&,$,+ tonne and grapes output is photographs as “evidence”, the as mere inconveniences, treats months. Onion production is expected to decline to 2.15 mil- Congress has alleged that the its own citizens like criminals expected to increase by seven  '&2 , -,!++ lion tonne from 3 million BJP Government in the state and wears its hostility towards per cent to 24.45 million +,$,&,!-,/@@$, tonne in the said period. “treats its own citizens like ordinary citizens as a badge of tonnes in the current 2019-20 1C/H*1C ' $/@A$, As per the projection, criminals” and demanded a pride, the duty of institutions crop year. ,'2+,,, 2,+ Pomegranate production is thorough probe into the deaths such as the NHRC to act as Besides onion, production '&2 ,+'--&,HB#9?$ also estimated to fall to 2.32 that took place in the State dur- checks and balances and to of potato — another important ,+1C/H*1C '+-+,H9#H million tonne this year from ing violent protests against embody and protect the values kitchen staple — is estimated to $,+,'2+ 2.91 million tonne last year. the CAA. enshrined in the Constitution rise to 51.94 million tonne  '&2 ,+'--&,/71C7CCC Spices production is estimated After the meeting, Rahul of India becomes paramount. this year from 50.19 million ,+$,,+,O+7 to drop to 9.37 million tonne Gandhi alleged the UP It further said the NHRC tonne last year, while tomato '&2 , ',, '+"  2,7 from 9.42 million tonne, while Government has “gone to war has a “glorious history” of production is also pegged +2,+': ,&, +$- that of flowers output to 2.87 against its own people” and addressing injustices when all slightly higher at 19.32 million ,/0#?$, $/0#A$,# million tonne from 2.91 million urged the NHRC to act deci- other institutions have fallen tonne as against 19 million tonne in the said period. sively to protect the short. “We hope and expect tonne last year. Honey production is “Constitutional rights of our that this instance will not be an Releasing its first forecast, pegged at 1,20,000 tonne same citizens”. exception to that legacy.” After the Agriculture Ministry pro- year while the total fruits pro- achieved during the previous in kharif onion crop due to late production of beans, parwal, at the last year’s level, while pro- “A delegation of Congress the meeting, Congress leader jected that vegetables produc- duction is pegged lower at year. Consequently, produc- monsoon rains and later excess pumpkin and tapioca this year. duction of plantation crops leaders presented the NHRC Abhishek Singhvi stated that tion, is projected to be higher 95.74 million tonnes in 2019- tion of onion — the key kitchen rainfall, which led to supply In 2019-20, fruits produc- like coconut, cashewnut is pro- with evidence of the atrocities there has been gross human by 2.64 per cent than the year 20 crop year as against 97.9 staple — is estimated to constraint and sharp rise in tion is expected to be lower by jected to increase marginally to against the citizens of UP by the rights violations. We have sub- before, thanks to increase in million tonnes in the increase to 24.45 million tonne prices. 2.27 per cent in 2019-20 over 16.4 million tonne from 16.3 State Govt., which has gone to mitted videos and photos to the output of onions, potatoes and previous year. this year from 22.81 million The Government was 2018-19. It is mainly due to loss million tonne. war against its own people. The NHRC in UP. tomatoes. According to the ministry’s tonnes in the 2018-19 crop forced to import onion in a bid in production of grapes, However, total production NHRC must act decisively to Singhvi said the Congress The overall production of projection, onion crops has year. Onion is grown during to contain prices, which have banana, mango, citrus, papaya of horticulture crops is esti- protect the idea of India & the has given detailed facts includ- vegetables is estimated to be been grown in 12.93 lakh both kharif (summer) and rabi cooled down now to 60/kg and pomegranate. Among mated at 313.35 million tonne Constitutional rights of our cit- ing on “deaths of 23” people higher at 188 million tonne in hectare in the 2019-20 crop (winter) season. The prices of from the peak of 160/kg in last major fruits, production of in 2019-20, up from actual out- izens,” Rahul said in a tweet. and also details on how they 2019-20 crop year from 183 year (July-June), slightly high- onion has increased this year few months. The Ministry has apple is expected to be higher put of 310.74 million tonne in According to the memo- were killed “as some were shot million tonne in the previous er than 12.20 lakh hectare due to shortfall of 22 per cent projected marginal drop in at 2.73 million tonne this year 2018-19. randum, given the role of a in the chest”.  6

>#4&4  9?     + &&  5         ($ Aligarh (UP): Hundreds of four.  O  AMU students overnight Three students were later 9?        blocked traffic on the main released by the police. Aligarh-Moradabad Highway AMU Proctor, Prof 81BC2   2&-7 ,2&,1   6 78 demanding release of a student Afifullah Khan, said three stu- &  &$ , $# ) ( J who was held for allegedly dents had been released where- $',+,+,$&& ++2&-& Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court heckling the AMU Vice as Faraz was sent to jail. ,+'7,2+,  "&!,+,2&,+&2-+ on Monday asked the State Government Chancellor during his Republic As the news spread in the +&# '2! +' + to submit a report on allegations of police Day speech, a university official campus, huge crowds of pro-  +'"+$ &  ,,$&+K2 ,2,K atrocities against anti-CAA protesters by said on Monday. testers started collecting near +&,$+  & , , ,''-+, February 17, the next date of The blockade, which start- the Purani Chungi gate of the -2' ',+,+! "&, $'2+&+& hearing. ed on Sunday evening, contin- University and blocked the , +'+,! ,, '  2',+,+!& A two-judge Bench comprising ued till 2 am, the official said. Aligarh-Moradabad Highway. -!, ,2&,+I ++2,,$!, Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice AMU Vice Chancellor In view of the protests, (&,($$,,# # Siddhartha Verma passed the order hear- Tariq Mansoor was on Sunday exams of the AMU 0CC+,2&,+    ,    2 ing a number of public interest litigations. heckled by a group of students Engineering College were can- + &2&,'' , &+&,,,+,2&,+ The court asked the State during his Republic Day speech celled on Monday. $,# +&+4++, Government to mention how many peo- here soon after he termed as AMU Proctor, Prof &77'++&' ,:# ple died during anti-CAA protests and ‘unfortunate’ the recent hap- Afifullah Khan told PTI, "The ,,,2+&$, +,++'&72- complaints registered against police. penings on the campus and examinations which were to be I,!&+,2!&# &+ ',+,++,,& The court also asked whether truth- said peaceful protests will be held at the AMU Engineering +& ,+,'+2&  ,-, 2(2- fulness of media reports in this regard has allowed on any issue within the College on Monday could not +,2&,+,,&+,2!,# -, ,2+,&! "& been examined or not. ambit of law. be held” as a large number of 2&&+  +,2&,+ ,-* &!& About 20 people were allegedly Four students identified as protesters collected at the gates -,! "&,  , -# killed in police firing during the anti-CAA Tahir Azmi, Rafiuddin, Sudhir of the College of $-* &!&-   $'2++! protests in Uttar Pradesh on December Gulati and A Mujtaba Faraz, Engineering. Referring to the &$&-,+  2:,! ,++-',+,+-+,, 20. who were involved in the heck- students' demand for the 47 $+,2&,&# $&&(,+'$&$, Rights activists have alleged that there ling, were handed over to release of Faraz, the Proctor ++&!  ,# was a "reign of terror" prevailing in Uttar police. said a group of teachers and top & ,# /71CC+,2&,+7 2&- Pradesh to crack down on protests against In the afternoon, a group of university officials have met ,+7&, &+ ,+,&, &7! the CAA and the NRC, demanding a protesters collected at the gate senior district officials and, $7  2&&&2&52,7 !"&!2,&&& Supreme Court-monitored SIT probe to of the AMU Proctor's office “We are hopeful that Faraz will +&,2&# ++  ,&,& , ascertain the truth about police action and         !*  !  4   demanding the release of the be out on bail”. PTI ! "&7 +,,& ',+,+#  killings in the State. PTI  , * =   # 9      .*

  )*   # Mangaluru: Taking on Opposition parties, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday asked them not to >$   make the "constitutional blunder" of passing resolutions against the CAA Lucknow: Former Union "They can do it. They are in state assemblies where they have Minister Yashwant Sinha here mad people," Sinha said while a majority and advised them to not on Monday termed the pass- interacting with mediaper- forget "Rasthradharma" for their ing of anti-CAA resolutions by sons in the presence of "vipakshdharma". non-BJP States a constitution- Samajwadi Party chief Addressing a rally, the senior BJP al crisis, saying this can't be Akhilesh Yadav and actor- leader also asserted that no power ignored. politician Shatrughan Sinha. can now stop Kashmiri Pandits from He stressed that there was The former BJP leader returning to Kashmir as he strong- no need to bring the legislation was here as his march from ly defended the Modi Government's as it was "anti-democratic" Mumbai to Delhi's Rajghat decision to reorganise Jammu & and "divided people on the for the propagation of the ide- Kashmir and scrap its special status basis of religion". ology of Mahatma Gandhi under Article 370. Prime Minister Narendra Modi Afghanistan are not secular States. "There is a constitutional reached the city. He also sent out a strong message who has given the slogan of 'sabka These are theocratic States. crisis. You cannot ignore state Further commenting on to Pakistan, saying India will not sath, sabka vikas and sabka vishwas' "Islam is the religion of these governments. You have to take the legislation, Sinha said, "It touch anyone but if someone will never discriminate on the basis three states. India's religion is not them into confidence," Sinha is anti-democratic and against bothers it, then it is not going to let of religion, he said, adding that no Hindu. India is a secular country. said when asked about reso- the basic structure of the them live in peace. harm will come to the citizenship of That is why those who follow lutions passed by states against Constitution. This type of Making a strong defence of the Indian Muslims. Islam can not be persecuted in the Citizenship Amendment amendment in the citizenship amended Citizenship Act, he said it The Opposition raises the ques- Pakistan, Bangladesh and Act. law was not needed." is not a law to hurt the sentiments of tion that if Hindus, Sikhs, Afghanistan," he said. He expressed apprehen- He said an atmosphere of any religion but to give Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Amid decision by many states sions that the Centre "might "ashanti, kolahal aur dar" relief to victims of religious perse- Christians can be given citizenship, ruled by opposition parties to not impose the president's rule" if (unrest, uproar and fear) has cution in non-secular countries like then why not Muslims of these implement the CAA, he said it is a         !*    $/?  the legislation was not imple- surfaced in the country due to Pakistan, Bangladesh and three countries, he said. central law and has to be followed by   , mented. Government initiatives. PTI Afghanistan. "Pakistan, Bangladesh and everyone. PTI    - 9 -:;     /    "" $   "" ..%    4    "  %&    Thiruvananthapuram: At least Health Minister KK Shylaja There were also reports that Kolkata: The medical fraternity of Kolkata got the 436 people, who returned to said necessary steps were being Yichang area has also been Thiruvananthapuram: appropriate to consider oper- Panaji: The Goa Government has decided first ‘corona scare’ with aThai patient succumbing Kerala from China in recent taken by coordinating with dis- affected, he said. Observing that the situation in ating a special flight to to form a special task force to monitor cases, to her ailments at a private south Kolkata hospi- days, are under observation for trict medical officers. "It may be appropriate to coronavirus affected Wuhan Wuhan/a nearby functional if any, of coronavirus in the tourist State. tal in the city. She was reportedly suffering symp- possible exposure to the novel "We have also opened iso- consider operating a special province in China was wors- airport and airlift the Indian Health Minister Vishwajit Rane on toms similar to that of the dreaded Corona virus, coronavirus (nCoV), health offi- lation wards even though we flight to Wuhan/a nearby func- ening, Kerala Chief Minister nationals stranded there and Sunday said that people arriving in Goa from sources said. cials said on Monday. have not received any positive tional airport and airlift the Pinarayi Vijayan Monday bring them back to India", the virus-affected regions outside India Sources in the Health Department which Five people are still under cases in the State," she told the Indian nationals stranded there urged Prime Minister Vijayan said, days after he shot would be closely monitored. immediately rushed to the hospital in quest of fur- observation in isolation wards at media. and bring them back to India," Narendra Modi to arrange for off two letters to External "I have given instructions to form a spe- ther details said another Chinese national had been various hospitals across the Meanwhile, Kerala Chief Vijayan said, days after he shot airlifting stranded Indians, Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. cial task force to monitor any cases of coro- admitted in the isolation ward of the Beliaghata State, officials said, adding, all Minister Pinarayi Vijayan urged off two letters to External Affairs including those from the Vijayan also offered the navirus in Goa. All the activities, including Infection Disease Hospital with similar symptoms. results of blood samples sent to Prime Minister Narendra Modi minister S Jaishankar. southern state. assistance of medical profes- people arriving from the virus-affected The sources in the private hospital where the the National Institute of to arrange for airlifting strand- Vijayan also offered the Sharing the concern of sionals from Kerala in case the regions, would be closely monitored and Thai woman died later said they were cooperat- Virology at Pune have been ed Indians from coronavirus assistance of medical profes- Kerala, Vijayan, in a letter to Indians being evacuated from reported to the State Chief Secretary," Rane ing with the Government and would pass all the found to be negative for the affected Wuhan province in sionals from Kerala in case the Modi, said the ground situation Wuhan needed medical atten- told reporters. The task force will work as per details about the demised patient. “We are prepar- virus. While three people are in China, including those from the Indians being evacuated from in Wuhan has worsened and tion. the guidelines laid down by the Union ing to send her blood serum for examination to hospitals at Ernakulam, one Southern State. Sharing the con- Wuhan needed medical atten- the state had information from "On behalf of the State of Ministry of Health, he added. Pune institute of virology,” said a doctor adding each are in cern of Kerala, Vijayan, in a let- tion. He also wanted necessary relatives of students from Kerala, I would like to offer the The coronavirus is a large family of virus- however even the Pune Institute did not have the Thiruvananthapuram and ter to Modi, said the ground sit- instructions to be given to the Kerala studying at various assistance of medical profes- es that causes illnesses ranging from the com- facility for testing Corona virus and hence the sam- Thrissur, officials said. uation in the province has wors- Indian Embassy in China to "act Universities in Wuhan that sionals from our side in case the mon cold to acute respiratory syndromes, but ples would have to be sent to the USA for exam- Two people, admitted ear- ened and the State had infor- proactively" and provide neces- the situation there was Indians being evacuated from the virus in China is a novel strain and not seen ination. lier to hospitals in mation from relatives of stu- sary assistance and reassurance "grave". Wuhan are to be medically before. It has killed 26 people so far, and has “The State is on high alert and we have been Pathanamthitta and dents from Kerala studying at to Indians, including Keralites There were also reports attended to", he said in the let- caused alarm because of its similarity to SARS screening people travelling in and out of India via Malappuram, have been dis- various Universities there that stranded in Wuhan and that Yichang area has also been ter, a copy of which was (Severe Acute Respiratory Nepal border too,” a health official said. PNS charged. the situation there was "grave." Yichang. PTI affected, he said. "It may be released to the media here.PTI Syndrome). PTI "  =>=>    &  %=3   $ &

-4  #  to MBBS course in Kozhikode word which is more beautiful 74        .    ) Medical College, purely based than this term and I love to be on merit, the student leaders addressed as Harijan,” Kunhol adma Shri got MK Kunhol. born in high society had reser- told The Pioneer. If you want    Moreover, Defence including Small and Medium PThat’s how people in vations in a Pulaya youth to meet Kunhol, come to Ministers and Service Chiefs of Enterprises (SMEs)/Micro, Perumbavoor reacted to the emerging as a medical doctor Perumbavoor and ask any- ore than 1,000 companies 35 countries have confirmed Small and Medium Enterprises news that 82 year old Kunhol, and they hand in glove with the body.. they will direct you to his Mhave so far registered for their participation for the (MSMEs) and innovation eco- born as the son of Kurumban teaching fraternity ensured that house. the 11th edition of the bienni- DefExpo. A substantial number system, which is the key to the and Vallothi, a Harijan couple, Kunhol was thrown out from But chances are that most al mega defence exhibition, of Memoranda of Undertaking way forward. has been honoured with the “elite” college. of the time he would be in the DefExpo 2020, to be held at (MoUs) are expected to be There will be a sizeable Padma Shri, by the President of What Kerala lost in the forefront of agitations against Uttar Pradesh Capital Lucknow inked during the Expo, result- Uttar Pradesh Pavilion at the India. Padma Shri is reaching melee was not only a potential injustice perpetrated against from February 5-9 this year. In ing in forging of new business DefExpo venue. Apart from the town for the first time. 44            brilliant medical doctor but the humanity. It is easy to identify the DefExpo 2018, held in collaborations. displaying industrial prowess (Though a film actor who was + possibility of more Harijan this small man moving along Chennai, 702 companies had The theme of the Expo is and huge potential for the born in Perumbavoor went on youths entering the main- the by lanes of Perumbavoor in participated. Thus, it has 'India: The Emerging Defence investors, the UP Government to win a Padma Shri award college by the powers that be dent who went on memorising stream professions way back in his traditional attire of torn saf- become by far the biggest ever Manufacturing Hub'. The aim will organise several cultural through his performances in (both the Congress and the the Vedas and Upanishads 1950s itself. fron veshti and cotton shirt. He DefExpo to be held in India, is to bring the leading tech- programmes showcasing rich Tamil movies and that too in Communists who swear by much to the surprise of Swamy Kunhol’s life is full of strug- does not have time for solilo- Defence Ministry officials said nologies in the defence sector cultural heritage of the north- Tamil Nadu, an average their love for the downtrod- Agamanandaji. gles, sufferings and agitations quies or pep talks. here on Monday. under one roof and provide a ern state. Perumbavoorean is experienc- den). Sitll, Kunhol fought The monk understood that against injustice. He may be the The beauty of Padme Shree They also said the number myriad of opportunities for A unique experience for ing the thrill of this award for against all odds, got education Kunhol’s life should not be only person who takes proud of vas fully visible when his neigh- of participating foreign com- the Government, private man- the visitors is planned at the the first time). from the Ramakrishna Mission wasted within the precincts of the fact that he belongs to the bours and friends rushed to panies has also increased to 165 ufactures and startups. Tent City, which is being espe- The award for Kunhol is in Kalady where he was a dis- the Ashram learning Vedas. He Harijan community. There was his make-shift house to greet from the previous figure of 160. The event will cover the cially erected at the venue. different in many ways. It is an ciple of Swamy Agamananda wanted the Harijaan boy to get a former minister in Kerala him on hearing the news.. His The booked exhibition space by entire spectrum of the coun- The DefExpo 2020 is award which has come in who has undertaken the task of modern education and this he who filed a complaint against voice chocking with emotions, exhibitors for DefExpo 2020 try's aerospace, defence and expected to see participation search of a person who had to teaching Sanskrit and Vedas to was enrolled as a student in the the late Chief Minister E K he said “Sorry, I don’t have even has gone up by 60 per cent to security interests. The 'India from over 70 countries and will undergo all bitter experiences the depressed and oppressed nearby college from where he Nayanar for calling him black coffee to serve you.” over 42,800 square metres, Pavilion' will exclusively show- be in line with the biggest of the because he was born as Harijan. classes and that too in 1950s graduated in science with dis- Harijan! That’s Acharya Kunhol, the compared to around 26,774 case the jointness between the international defence exhibi- He was denied education in and 1960s. tinction. “Yes, I simply love the term last of the legendary characters during the last edition. public and private sector, tions. school, college and medical Kunhol was a perfect stu- Though he got admission Harijan. There is no other in Kerala’s social life.  4

.% 12       #   $ %      $                    #      S     #  #  5 =      %   )   ((                      S      (                                       0          .S        . (8FGH ,      8FGH-                    (   ,;!;-    8FFE ;        (               (           #        2  GG((       .                 + 0:#/ EG 8FGH       /          (  #S              ven as there are incessant promises from the               ruling establishment of electrifying all vil-     ; I    GF Elages in the country and making power .S           @ D available to each and every household for max- H                   imum duration in a day, the most crucial wheel required for making this happen has got stuck.                 "  And the irony is that the political brass is only                 paying lip service to the urgent need for extricat-   *   I D GG   <     I @  ing it. The reference here is to the power distri- ; I GF   GF bution companies (discoms) — mostly owned and 1              ( controlled by State Governments which procure     (    2 S    electricity from the independent power produc-     .S          ers (IPPs), Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) like                  ( the National Thermal Power Corporation              1    (NTPC), Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC)    I     and so on, besides their own undertakings such as Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam                 (RVUN) and sell to consumers. There are some                ( discoms in the private sector as well but they, too,     )             can’t ignore the diktats of the state.       I ;          Ever since the dawn of the present century, (  5             ( the discoms have been incurring losses primar- 66        ily due to three factors. First, being their sole (5 #       #       owner and controller, the ruling establishment                     )  runs discoms as an extension of the state 52,000 crore during 2015-16 to 32,000 buyer using all available legal means. as they lose the flexibility to hike tariff. 4                     machinery, ordering them to sell electricity to a ( ( crore during 2016-17 and 17,000 crore Relying on the above, in September, Similarly, the pressure by way of deny-           1    certain category of consumers viz. poor house- during 2017-18. During 2018-19, this 2019, the Union Power Minister, RK ing grant or loan won’t be of much help. holds and farmers either at a fraction of the cost (  trend was reversed with losses increas- Singh even exuded confidence that this The Government is also contem-              I )   of purchase and distribution or even free. On the  ing to 28,000 crore. The trend contin- would prevent creation of fresh dues. plating a Special Loans Plan (SLP) under        units sold to this class, the discoms incur heavy 4( # ues during the current year. A collater- But this has not happened as may be which banks will be asked to give loans         . #      under-recovery. At the same time, they are told (  al damage has been by way of increase seen from arrears continuing to be on to discoms to enable them to clear their   C       )        to sell to industries and businesses at a price much  in pending payment to power genera- an upward trajectory from about dues to gencos. This will have serious    2             above the cost to enable them to offset under-  tors. Thus, the amount due for more 49,000 crore in February, 2019 to over implications for the banks. Considering   )   6 G9  S         recovery on sale to preferred customers. But, even   than 60 days increased from about 71,000 crore as of November 2019. that discoms won’t be able to pay back    8FFF        2  6S    after offset, losses remain. 23,000 crore as of March 2018 to Clearly, the mechanism has not worked (given their precarious finances and no   6  0        .S     Second, in the course of transmission and dis- 5  71,000 crore as of November 2019. All even as generators are forced to main- effort being made to address the fun-            tribution of electricity, there are so called “tech-  6 dues including those pending for less tain supplies despite not receiving pay- damental factors behind their losses),            2   /  nical and commercial” (T&C) losses. Most of it than 60 days — as on this date — were ment. these loans will be NPAs from day one. is plain theft which is facilitated by faulty trans-   even higher at about 81,000 crore. Singh was also optimistic that by For banks struggling to come out of the  5         S   I 2S formers, meters and other equipment. There 4   This has a debilitating effect on the incorporating a provision for penalty (or crisis they got into (courtesy, legacy    J K          being no revenue from stolen power, this further  ability of generators to service loans surcharge) for delayed payment at NPAs), this will compound their woes.        0      ; I #   GF exacerbates the losses. 7 taken from banks and financial institu- commercial rate of interest of 18 per True, payment by discoms to gen- 2               Third, under the power purchase agreements  4 tions (FIs). A good chunk of those loans cent in the New Tariff Policy (NTP), it cos (enabled by SLP) will enable the lat-          2         (PPAs) signed by discoms, States allow inflated   have already become non-performing should be possible to eliminate all ter service loans they had taken from   #                 ( tariff to generators taking recourse to “gold plat- 4 assets (NPAs). Moreover, given their pending dues. This may work while banks thereby preventing those loans               ing” (euphemism for claiming higher investment  44 precarious finances, discoms are forced dealing with private entities (in fact, in from becoming NPAs. However, for J S            ( than actual), excessive overheads and over-    to reduce off-take which affects capac- those cases, the problem may not even banks, this is no consolation as one set      %  $  5     $   invoicing of fuel bills and so on. ity utilisation. It leads to an anomalous arise in the first place) but not when it of NPAs would have been substituted by K D    D 89    .    The above three factors make a deadly com- situation whereby despite ample capac- comes to dealing with state entities. So, another. Besides, the gencos will con- bination leading to shortfall in the realisation from ity, electricity generation declines affect- it is unlikely that the legacy dues would tinue to remain vulnerable to payment P  Q              sale, vis-à-vis the cost of supplying electricity ing supplies. be cleared. default as long as the discoms remain         which gets manifest in their loss. Funded by bor- There is an urgent need to set the Under the NTP (this is yet to be financially unviable. The SLP may solve #      ,       -   ( rowings, this leads to accumulation of debt to house of discoms in order, or else this approved by the Union Cabinet), the today’s problem but after some time,         ;!;       ( unsustainable level. To ensure that they are able will have catastrophic consequences for Government has also proposed capping dues will pile up requiring Centre’s inter-   I              ( to sustain operations and the spillover effect on all stakeholders, viz. power producers, of tariff hike to 15 per cent of the under- vention yet again.   #              the rest of the economy is arrested/avoided, the banks/FIs, finances of States and jeop- recovered power supply cost. Further, Let it be understood in no ambigu-                 ( Government had come out with three bail-out ardise Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s they won’t be eligible for grant or loan ous terms that whether it is the FRP   /       LFFFFF ,  ( packages since 2000 — the latest being in 2015. grandiose plans to supply electricity to if they don’t make efforts to reduce loss- (granted thrice over earlier) or SLP  -     In 2015, under a financial restructuring pack- every household. So, what is the es. These, too, are unlikely to work in under consideration now, these are 1           GHGM      age (FRP) orchestrated by the Union Government doing to set things right? improving their financial position and merely “band aids.” These don’t offer Government, over 75 per cent of the outstand- From August 1, 2019, it made ability to clear the arrears and make sustainable solution even as the prob-  ;  /     #     9F ( ing debt, about 400,000 crore of discoms were mandatory for discoms to open letters timely payments in future. lem keeps on festering beneath.              "   taken over by State Governments whereas for the of credit (LOC) for getting supply from Let us not forget that at present, A sustainable solution can emerge     ; .              balance 25 per cent, they were allowed to issue generators (gencos). Under the LOC even after increasing tariff — mostly only by tackling the fundamental caus-        (       .  bonds — backed by sovereign guarantee — to arrangement, the bank guarantees that directed at industries and businesses (a es which contribute to losses of discoms. %               raise funds at concessional interest rate. The FRP a buyer’s payment to a seller will be big chunk of households and farmers are The Centre and States should put their # .                 was intended to enable discoms to wipe the slate received on time and for the correct never touched) — discoms incur loss. heads together to do away with sops to   .              clean, reduce losses and eventually eliminate amount; in the event that the buyer is If a hike is restricted to just 15 per cent farmers and households, eliminate theft , S   R     them. unable to pay, the bank will be required then their loss would be even bigger. Far and rein in inflated tariff under PPAs.    S- During 2016-17 and 2017-18, they did show to cover the full or remaining amount from any help in reducing, such a stip- (The writer is a New Delhi-based significant reduction with losses declining from which in turn, it will recover from the ulation will only end up increasing loss policy analyst) (        + 0 2  E E             ! !  " #$ ! %        $   %&   

For North India, the report gets and 232 SDG indicators, which UTs on parameters of development. in terms of SDG 2 (zero hunger), of 17.7 per cent. revealed contrasting performances by comprehensively cover the social, Significantly, on the other hand, at which reflects poorly on the perfor- In terms of the share of renew- States, with Himachal Pradesh (HP) economic and environmental dimen- the all-India level, goal-wise HP has mance of the State Government on able power as a proportion of the fortifying its position as the lead per- sions of development. been the top State in three SDGs viz. ending starvation, thus requiring a total electricity generated, HP leads former and securing the second The present analysis of the three Goal 4 (quality education), Goal 5 more focussed approach on nutri- the country with 94 per cent of the  4 5 rank with a composite SDG index of North Indian States covers only 15 (gender equality) and Goal 11 (sus- tion. total electricity generated in the     69. Punjab was placed 12th with a SDGs since the SDG 14 (life below tainable cities and communities). Among the positive aspects, State coming from renewable score of 62 and Haryana ranked water) is excluded as it applies only Besides applauding the achieve- Punjab has the highest agricultural sources. The above analysis empha- + 2+, $  //:" much lower at 18th place with a score to nine coastal States and the SDG ments of the States, the report also productivity at 4,169.67 kg/Ha and sises that the SDG India Index Report 7&, $,, of 57, which was even lower than the 17 (Partnership for the goals) is only highlights several challenges before is nearing the targetted productivi- 2019 would spur the States towards ,"'  &7 n December 30, 2019, the country’s average of 60. Overall, qualitatively analysed in the report. them, which need to be comprehen- ty of 5,033.34 kg/ Ha. Similarly, necessary course-correction wherev- NITI Aayog released the sec- Kerala achieved the first rank with Out of the 15 SDG indices, HP sively addressed by Governments. Punjab with Gross Value Added er required and encourage them to +' '-  Oond edition of the Sustainable a tab of 70, while Bihar was the worst is the best performer among these Some of the critical issues highlight- (GA) in agriculture at 2.4 lash, has ensure timely achievement of the ! 2+ ,&$+- Development Goals (SDG) India performing State with a tally of 50. three States on 11 SDG indices ed reveal that at the all-India level, the second-highest GA after Goad at goals. 2$! +2+& Index, 2019, which is more robust The SDGs consist of a set of 17 while Punjab is the best performer Haryana ranks second-highest in 3.7 lash, which is already above the At the global level, it is widely  ,&$",2 , than the first edition, SDG India broad-based global goals adopted by on three goals viz. SDG 2 (zero urban income inequality. Punjab target of 1.3 lash. agreed that India will play a leading &,#,+,9B+7 Index: Baseline Report 2018, on 193 countries at the United Nations hunger), SDG 3 (good health and and Haryana have less than 10 per Cellular density is over 100 per role in determining the relative suc- account of a wider coverage of goals, (UN) Sustainable Development well-being) and SDG 7 (affordable cent of their geographical area under cent in both HP and Punjab and with cess or failure of the SDGs, as it is the +2+,"&!2, targets and indicators and has greater Summit at UN Headquarters in and clean energy) and Haryana is the forest and tree cover. Both Haryana a HIV incidence per 1,000 uninfect- second-most populous country, ,2, ++,&2,, alignment with the National New York in September 2015. The best performer on only one of the and Punjab have surpassed the max- ed population at 0.01, HP is closest accounting for one-sixth of the ,&&&,-# Indicator Framework (NIF). A com- objectives were intended to be goals viz. SDG 9 (industry, innova- imum limit of annual groundwater to achieving the UN target of zero world’s population. In this context, +',+& posite score was computed in the achieved by 2030 as a part of the res- tion and infrastructure). withdrawal, which is 70 per cent, so HIV-incidence. In terms of the aver- it is worthwhile to quote Antonio range of zero to 100 for each State olution, “Transforming Our World: However, appreciably, at an all- that the ground water is replenished age annual drop-out rate at the sec- Guterres, UN Secretary-General,  , 2+,FL and Union Territory (UT). If a The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable India level, Haryana is among the top at a normal rate. These States have ondary level, HP is the best perform- “The coming years will be a vital &+, $+, State/UT gets a score of 100, it sig- Development.” These SDGs for 2030 three States in respect of SDG 9. to improve this ratio. ing State with a 7.03 per cent rate as period to save the planet and to +&$&,',,#M nifies that it has achieved the 2030 evolved from the Millennium However, Punjab has not found Unfortunately, in terms of sexu- compared to 19.89 per cent in India. achieve sustainable, inclusive human ,++$2+, national SDG targets. The higher the Development Goals (MDGs) for mention among the top three States al crimes against the girl child as well it leads the States in the Female Labor development.” +,!,2-,# score, the closer the State/UT gets 2015. India is committed to achieve at the all-India level on any of the 17 as total crimes against children, HP Force Participation Rate at 39.70 per (The writer is an author and edi- towards achieving the objectives. the 17 SDGs, the 169 associated tar- indices used for evaluating States and is the worst. Moreover, it does badly cent as compared to the all-India rate tor) <  7&,= 

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$  % % &2  +&, &&&,   &+ 5,7 &%     #      +&,   &+ &+,-2+&+ &   &+  $,2++ ,/@'+, + , '2!     ,+#   &+ 5,,C/  QCA'+7 +&,O+ $     &+ +,-2+& ,CA  +&   &  oving forward with Air ,2+ ,C9  +&C?'+!&&# MIndia stake sale process    This would support dis- for the second time in less than coms to cover their payment to ##-  $ & two years, the government on he upcoming Union the generators and lenders &2 +"+'+,& Monday issued the preliminary TBudget may bring about a while also investing in upgrad- ,&  , -$, bid document for 100 per cent new policy to reduce the loss- ing power infrastructure. !, +&, & $, stake in the debt-laden airline es of power distribution com- The accumulated losses of &#&+'+,& along with fixing the debt pany and revive them. all discoms have again shot up ,),+1B, 2, amount for prospective bidders Union Power Minister RK. to over 80,000 crore, as of "+ ,7(,,#& and easing the bidding norms. Singh on Monday said that the now, out of which close to '+   +" +&7 As part of the ambitious Power Ministry has discussed 60,000 crore is overdue.  +,&2( strategic disinvestment, Air and proposed the new scheme The new financial support  ,($$++#+"+ India would sell its cent per with the Finance Ministry and scheme will come with strin- +-& +-+2,++& $++&-,++2 cent stake in profit-making was hopeful that it gent conditions of regular + 2-,--,+ 2,!,,,$ +,,++$! ,+ budget carrier Air India would find place in the Budget power tariff revision by dis- 1C/@+   ,  7 $#+ 2,+- Express as well as 50 per cent 2020-21. coms and bringing down 5$,# shareholding in equal joint 1,383.70 crore on account of process, the person in the deputation at the airline. The new scheme would AT&C (aggregate, technical venture Air India SATS Airport Justice Dharmadhikari know of the PIM details said. Excluding those on depu- include elements of the current and commercial) losses to a $   D    &' Services (AISATS). All the Commission’s recommenda- Further, a domestic carri- tation, the total count would a UDAY scheme and would pro- level of 15 per cent within a # (2 9/+, '2! + three entities would be sold tion on past arrears would be er with zero or negative net- little over 16,000, the per son vide assistance for reduction of year. !,&,-,& ,&, together and management con- paid by the Government. worth can own up to 51 per said. discoms’ losses, he told Non-adherance to condi- (,,: $, "+<( =# trol of the national carrier The new investor would cent stake provided the net- There was no immediate reporters on the sidelines of an tions will stop loans and grants 2$ +75 would be transferred to the continue to use the ‘Air India’ worth requirement is fulfilled comments from Air India event here. facility to state-run discoms. -%( 7+,&,, -, new investor. brand. The deadline for sub- by the consortium partner. unions on the bid document. Allocations under the new The scheme for revival of 52&#$,#2, +7 In a significant move, the mitting the bids is March 17. Briefing reporters, Minister The minister made it clear scheme will make allocations stressed power discoms was +&,7( K $O+   successful bidder would have to The Government has of State for Civil Aviation that all land and building assets, based on efficiency. launched in November 2015. -+,<( * =-,, take only a debt of 23,286.5 relaxed the bidding norms Hardeep Singh Puri said the including painting, arts and The minister said that the The Ujwal Discom Assurance $$!+7#  + ( 7, +& crore while the liabilities would wherein networth for potential reason for privatisation of Air artefacts would not be part of government aims to reduce Yojana’s (UDAY) prime objec- +,2&,+ $2++ +7$$!+ , (2 7'+,,+ be decided depending on cur- bidders fixed at 3,500 crore India is that the government the transaction. the losses of discoms to 15 per tives were financial turnaround '++Q$&+'+,, +# rent assets at the time of clos- and minimum stake for an has resources which are scarce. However, certain land and cent from 18.79 per cent loss in and operational improvement ing of the transaction, accord- individual consortium part- According to the civil avi- buildings at Delhi, Mumbai air- the financial year 2018-19. of the discoms along with the D!   # #   &$#  '4&  ing to the Preliminary ner lowered to 10 per cent. The ation ministry, there are a total ports and corporate offices According to official reduction of cost of generation &2 ( 4K ,-+,(,$&  4  , 2,+ Information Memorandum networth criteria was 5,000 of 17,984 employees at Air which are core assets for run- sources, the scheme may come of power development of !&&,+$+90$&+ -,  2& (PIM) issued on Monday. crore in the 2018 bid India and Air India Express. ning the airline will be given to up as a revised version of renewable energy energy effi- +&,O+  $&+ 5,# ,,+7,,,2$! -, The rest of the amount of document. These include 9,617 permanent the new investor on a right to UDAY — UDAY 2.0 — which ciency and conservation. $&+!,&& ,&&&-4 '+,+ & the total 60,074 crore debt as Another key change is that employees. The count also use basis for a limited period, would provide another lease of Singh observed that the 2',/H90K -,-+,$-,( 4+, 2,#01 on March 31, 2019, would be an entity can put in a bid on the takes into account those on he noted. life to ailing power discoms by proposed new scheme would 4 '++!&&,  &+#+ transferred to Air India Assets “strength of its parent”, which extending financial support in be replace the current multiple +( 4!,++2+! -&!,, Holding Ltd (AIAHL), the spe- means that an entity floated by the form of loans and programmes into a single $, #$-,$+2$7+++,,($$&,+ cial purpose vehicle. a big corporate could partici-  (   $  (   grants. focussed initiative. 2&,,'+,-2+ 5 ,0,,$# Staff dues of about pate in the disinvestment   '$ &      ,     #& %   2,+ ,+"+ &2  -, , 2-&!&+'&&2-2+ &2,+&&+,-2+&%$,2++ &&!& 2,    interest. As part of the strate- +      ,*!+& 4 '+7, +&, &+'+&,&0C &+  gic disinvestment, Air India + ''-+ $  2&CH   & 5,< 5= 2&-C0 +,2$2+7CB ivil aviation minister would also sell 100 per cent      +&,O+   & +,-2+& +< =&?0   CHardeep Singh Puri on stake in low-cost airline Air A  2&-, &  ,2+ +< =,,4'+, + Monday said Air India along India Express and 50 per cent  L  (6*1C1CM# with Air India Express is a shareholding in joint venture New Delhi: In what is being New Delhi: In its efforts to “great asset”, as the government AISATS, as per bid document billed as a make or break Budget boost the slowdown-battered       &' came out with preliminary bid issued on Monday. to revive the economy, the Modi automobile sector, the industry -:2 &$)7< ,&#=7 document for disinvestment Management control of the government is likely to intro- has demand an incentive-based ($Q -- ,75 7",7 of the national carrier. airline would also be trans- duce heavy duty measures for vehicle scrappage scheme for +,&,,4-  "+75  The Minister of State for ferred to the successful bidder. rationalization of key equity removal of old vehicles. The , +  '2! 1C1C# Civil Aviation said the suc- The Minister of State for taxes, including scrapping cap- Society of Indian Automobile ##-7 ,<4 =7($&: cessful bidder would continue Civil Aviation further said the ital gains on sale of property, Manufacturers (SIAM) has sent 7 ,<'!2&-=7($&# 7 to use Air India brand. lessons have been learnt from shifting the tax applicability of this and other recommenda-  ,< +=&,  + The government on 2018 with regard to Air India dividend distribution tax to the tions to the government for the 5 '+,, +# Monday announced sale of stake sale. In 2018, the govern- receiver and extending the time- upcoming Budget 2020-21. 100 per cent stake in debt-laden ment proposed to offload 76 line of long term capital capital Besides, SIAM has called for  &#         Air India as it issued the pre- per cent equity share capital of gains tax from the current 12 a reduction in GST rate on vehi- &2 +&, & $ liminary bid document for the the national carrier as well as months to 24 months. cles to 18% from the current 28%. ,&2&( 4, strategic disinvestment and has transfer the management con- The breakthrough mea- “... we have urged the ' & ,+ $$&! set March 17, as the deadline trol to private players. However, sure, if it materializes, will be Finance Ministry to consider 4  &,&2-, for submitting expression of there were no bidders. doing away with capital gains announcing a incentive-based 1C/H5 ,+&, on sale of property. The move scrappage policy and also +,,++$! ,+#, has the potential to revive the increase Budget allocation for +$ 2 ,& real estate sector which is in the ICE bus procurement by State , + ,, doldrums and facing immense transport undertakings,” SIAM ),+&7#  +7 stress. IANS President said. IANS  ,5&" +,-7($$&, &,+' & !  ( 47!-&,,,#'+,-2+&+',  ,+, ,  , +&+*1C/H-# ?B       - (P #      $ & /812  , ($$++ &+&& (   &  +  9  ,(  ,   2:!, ,N+,,,  ++!   that without grappling with  ,+O& $"-!, that issue, their claim was -$,+,  ,,, British court on Monday focused on recovering out- ++ ,+!,+<-= Aordered that a luxury yacht standing loan payments esti- ,+&2-5 ,+1C/H# owned by Force India Limited mated at around Euro 6 mil-  +&, & $, be sold and its proceeds be lion. &  &,+ ,&&2',(  ,   2:! used to pay back Qatar “Security for the loan… 2 :2&2-,),O+ 2 ,&,P2&,2$ National Bank to enforce its included a personal guarantee  "+(,7# mortgage on the vessel. from Dr Mallya, an individual During court proceedings, closely connected with the bor-   & '4 brought by the bank in the rower,” notes the judgment &2 &,+ Admiralty Division of the High handed down by Justice Nigel "&-&'  Court in England, it had been Teare in London on Monday. !2, 2,,-&-&-, claimed that liquor tycoon “The sum claimed in this , -+$-&O+ Vijay Mallya’s son Siddharth action in rem is Euro 5 million &-+ $'+75 Mallya was the plus interest and the costs of <&=$,&,&-+& ultimate beneficial owner of the ‘collection’ which the &2+, ,-, yacht. claimant is entitled to recover,” + $,# However, the bank said it adds. 2-2,-,&2+, ,7 5($Q -- ,+2,+,"+&L-,6, 1#C+2 &#5,&+,"&27,,,$, +',#2,, #,O+-,*!&,+&-,:2#7 11."!1 ,"&-,&!&-,#M )3 ' =>    essary as he was aware of the transactions and payments he Enforcement made towards purchase of the TDirectorate has arrested three properties in Worli in the CMD of Dewan Housing central Mumbai allegedly Finance Ltd (DHFL), Kapil owned by Iqbal Mirchi. Wadhawan, in connection with "Kapil Wadhawan, being its money laundering probe chairman and managing direc- against deceased gangster Iqbal tor of Dewan Housing Finance Mirchi and others, officials Ltd (DHFL), had visited said on Monday. London along with a city- They said Wadhawan, 46, based real estate broker to has been arrested under the meet Iqbal Mirchi in 2010. He Prevention of Money has been instrumental in Laundering Act (PMLA) as siphoning off huge amounts of he was allegedly not cooperat- money as part of the illegal deal ing in the probe and was between Mirchi and the "untrustworthy" in his dealings Wadhawans," the ED said in its and statements made to the remand note. agency. "Kapil Wadhawan played a Wadhawan was arrested very crucial role in the nefari- after questioning during the ous transactions by way of day at the agency office at money laundering. He divert- Ballard Estate here. ed huge funds from DHFL to He was on Monday pro- shell companies which was duced before the designated then transferred to PMLA court which remanded Wadhawans-owned Sunblink him in the ED custody till Real Estate Pvt Ltd," the agency January 29. said. The case relates to The court accepted the Mirchi's Mumbai properties, !4 /$   C  /!*   agency's arguments that which have been called as pro-  ! 9    87 *  " Wadhawan's remand was nec- ceeds of crime by the ED.    5D   /   " 

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You must aim both cases, the pox on aircraft was reported However, there is some evidence in calcium and Vitamin D, since bone infirmi- to get at least eight hours of ancestral hosts 2+ in 1965. that transmission of M. tuberculosis ty is a silent epidemic that affects large sections uninterrupted sleep every night were probably An outbreak of influen- may occur during long (i.e. more than of our population, not just in Delhi and NCR, to help your body repair itself bats. ' 2,+ za occurred in 1979 among eight hours) flights, from an infectious but across the nation. Exercise is one of the best from the damage caused by daily stressors, toxin exposure, and It is more passengers on a flight that source (a passenger or crew member) ways apart from sun-basking to slow or prevent exercise. infectious to had a three hours’ ground to other passengers or crew members. problems with the muscles, joints, and bones. A Drink plenty of juices: Fresh juices contain a lot of antiox- humans. Notably, 2019- delay before takeoff. The It’s a large droplet infection. moderate exercise program can help maintain idants, vitamins, and minerals that help keep the immune sys- nCoV grows better in pri- influenza attack rate Transmission of 2019-nCoV probably strength, balance, and flexibility. Exercise helps tem healthy in the winter. Adding ingredients like spinach, broc- mary human airway among the passengers was occurs by means of large droplets and the bones stay strong. It is important to eat a well- coli, kale, brussel sprouts, beetroot, berries and apples will bol- epithelial cells than in very high (72 %), and was contact and less so by means of balanced diet with plenty of calcium. Women ster your immune system and keep it functioning at peak capac- standard tissue-culture cells, attributed to the ventila- aerosols and fomites, on the basis of need to be especially careful to get enough cal- ity. unlike SARS-CoV or MERS- tion system not operating dur- experience with SARS-CoV and cium and Vitamin D as they age. Keep your skin from drying out: The dehydration and CoV. It is likely that 2019-nCoV ing the ground delay. MERS-CoV.    "&'/))/) F ? cold winter breeze can render your skin dry and flaky. The best ?  elixir for dry skin is coconut oil. Apply it externally to keep your skin moist and fresh. Not only does it prevent your skin from    flaking up, but it also strengthens the underlying connective tis- #  sue. Incorporating organic ghee in your daily diet also helps deal- study of ing with winter dryness apart from keeping your body warm. Those who have long, curly and f you wish to lose those extra kg fat food While crash diets might appear to work Northwestern Detoxify your body: No matter what the season, your body Ioptions and eat what your great-grand- in the first few weeks, he says, they usual- AUniversity (NU) can always do with a little detoxification. Squeeze out a slice of wavy hair are always looking for ma ate, said a top weight-loss surgeon. ly backfire because they trick the body into found that bacteria living lemon into a glass of lukewarm water, add a pinch of parsley and ways to straighten them. Many NHS doctor Andrew Jenkinson, who believing it has to cope with a famine - and in household dust can drink it before breakfast. It is effective at eliminating toxins from resort to harsh chemicals. has watched thousands try — and fail — save energy. spread antibiotic resistance the system. Cabbage juice, rosemary tea, and ginger-tulsi tea are to shed the extra weight, says people “They all say they lose weight genes, and the researchers believe these also equally good. ROSHANI DEVI shares home should stick to the traditional fare, to begin with, but then put it genes could potentially spread to pathogens, Diet and Nutrition: Plays a vital role in improving the remedies that can help without like a full English breakfast. He on and end up heavier than making infections more difficult to treat. immune response. Consume more citrus fruits, garlic, ginger, damaging the tresses advises people to buy food at tra- when they started,” the Bacteria can share many different honey, cloves, kale, spinach, broccoli, yogurt and many others. ditional stores, like greengrocer, surgeon says. Thus the types of genes as long as the genes have butcher and fishmonger, as our weight-loss regime comes mobile segments of DNA. NU researchers  oing for a party and er and le it cool. 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Here are a few air-dry. n’t recognise, don't buy it,” blaming the lack of will transferable antibiotic resistance genes," said flavonoids which helps to reduce the risk of heart attacks, things that one can do Use coconut milk and Jenkinson said. power, when the real culprit is Erica Hartmann, an assistant professor of strokes and some types of cancer. without causing lemon juice. Mox one- In his book, Why We Eat (Too Much), a diet that is destined to fail. In his environmental engineering in NU’s It may also promote eye damage to the hair fourth cup coconut the bariatric surgeon presents what he book, Jenkinson says a far better approach McCormick School of Engineering. health. It can also help and getting a milk and a table- learnt over decades of practice. He claims is to ditch the quick-fix solutions for an old- Although it is rare for pathogens to live lower blood pressure. gloss. spoon of lemon to have spoken to over 2,000 obese patients. fashioned approach — buying fresh food in indoor dust, they can hitchhike into Honey is also known Many of juice. Refrigerate “What they said about dieting was always daily and cooking it yourself. homes and mingle with existing bacteria. for its anti- us have been overnight. Apply the same story,” he says. L, !+ “A nonpathogen can use horizontal inflammatory using multani the mixture the gene transfer to give antibiotic resistance properties. You can mitti on the next day — from genes to a pathogen,” Hartmann explained. drink it in milk or can face to rid of the roots to the  “Then the pathogen becomes antibiotic simply apply it to the the pimples. Did tips. Leave it for resistant.” “Microbes share genes when they affected area. you know that it 30 minutes. 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As many as 51 peo- look at transcripts of his call and Keqiang visited the coronavirus ple have recovered while there O  ' statements by Ukraine President hit Wuhan city on Monday, the were currently 5,794 suspected  P  # Vlodymyr Zelinskiy that there first such trip by a top leader as cases, it said A total of 32,799 was no pressure for such inves- the death toll climbed to 80 with close contacts have been traced, 1/2 5$2-&,+ ,+ tigations to get the aid. 2,744 confirmed cases. the commission said, adding  &,&L2 ++ He also falsely claimed Li arrived in Wuhan to that among them 583 were ,'+M,($& +, Monday morning that the inspect the epidemic control and discharged from medical obser- '&+'& &&2+# Democrat-controlled House prevention work, state-run vation on Sunday, with 30,453 ++&,+ +&- Washington: The stakes over resumes Monday afternoon with “never even asked John Bolton China Daily reported. others remaining under med-  2,- ,+ $ 27 witness testimony at President arguments from Trump’s to testify”. In fact, Democrats did He heads the high-pow- ical observation. The figures , ,,, , , Donald Trump’s impeachment defence team. ask Bolton to testify, but he did- ered group of the ruling also showed that 17 confirmed 2,!"#L++2& trial are rising now that a draft Bolton’s account was first n’t show up for his deposition. Communist Party of China cases had been reported in +&&-  - of a book from former nation- reported by The New York They later declined to subpoe- (CPC) officials empowered to Hong Kong and Macao special 2 ++,'+,(7M al security adviser John Bolton Times and was confirmed to na Bolton, as they had others, deal with the rapidly spreading administrative regions and 4- +," +,& appears to undercut a key The Associated Press by a per- because he threatened to sue, virus on war footing. Taiwan, with eight in Hong '++   , ',#  defence argument. son familiar with the manuscript which could lead to a pro- Ahead of his visit, Chinese Kong, five in Macao. PTI Bolton writes in the forth- on the condition of anonymity longed court battle.. health authorities announced coming book that Trump told to discuss the book, “The Room Bolton, who acrimoniously the death toll due to coronavirus him that he wanted to withhold Where It Happened; A White left the White House a day has sharply increased to 80 with 5   *  hundreds of millions of dollars House Memoir”, ahead of its before Trump ultimately 2,744 confirmed cases. in security aid from Ukraine release March 17. released the Ukraine aid on The confirmed cases of  # until it helped him with politi- When the Times report September 11, has already told pneumonia caused by the novel cally charged investigations, went online Sunday night, the lawmakers that he is willing to coronavirus officially described Ulaanbaatar: Mongolia has like virus. including into Democratic rival seven House Democratic man- testify, despite the president’s as 2019-nCoV included 461 closed its border crossings with Vice Prime Minister Joe Biden. Trump’s legal team agers immediately called on all order barring aides from coop- patients who are in critical con- China to cars, temporarily shut Enkhtuvshin Ulziisaikhan said has repeatedly insisted that the senators to insist that Bolton be erating in the probe. dition. Sunday saw 769 new con- schools and suspended public the decision was made because Republican president never tied called as a witness and provide “Americans know that a fair firmed cases, 3,806 new sus- events to prevent a deadly virus cases have been confirmed in the suspension of military assis- his notes and other relevant trial must include both the doc- pected cases and 24 deaths, all from reaching its soil, authori- China’s neighbouring region of tance to the country to investi- documents. Sen. Chuck uments and witnesses blocked in Hubei province of which ties said. Inner Mongolia. gations that he wanted into Schumer, the Senate’s top by the President — that starts Wuhan is the provincial capital, The measures announced “Pedestrians and cars are Biden and his son. Democrat, issued the same call. with Mr Bolton,” the impeach- the National Health by the vast, landlocked country prohibited to cross the Chinese The account immediately Trump denied the claims in ment managers said in a state- Commission (NHC) said. are the most drastic steps taken border,” Enkhtuvshin said on gave Democrats new fuel in their a series of tweets early Monday. ment. The NHC on Sunday said by any nation so far over con- Sunday, saying the schools and pursuit of sworn testimony from “I NEVER told John Bolton that First, though, Trump’s legal the new coronavirus is conta- cerns about coronaviras, that has universities would stay shut Bolton and other witnesses, a the aid to Ukraine was tied to team will begin laying out its gious even in its incubation rapidly spread across China. until March 2, along with other question expected to be taken up investigations into Democrats, case in depth, turning to sever- period, which lasts up to 14 days, Mongolia has not record- public places such as gaming later this week by the including the Bidens,” Trump al high-profile attorneys to argue and that the virus’ ability to ed any cases of the pneumonia- centres. AFP Republican-led Senate. The trial said in a tweet. “In fact, he never against impeachment. AP ,   R 9 &            R         Ramallah: Palestinian presi- The Trump administra- sion with the Americans until Ljubljana: Slovenian Prime dent Mahmud Abbas has tion reached out several times they recognise the two-state Minister Marjan Sarec rejected multiple approaches in recent months, including solution,” one senior official announced on Monday he by Donald Trump to discuss via third parties, but Abbas said, adding that Abbas had would step down and called for the US president’s upcoming rejected the proposals, the refused to engage with fresh elections, following weeks proposal for peace with Israel, officials said, speaking on Washington over what the of rising tensions within his three officials said on condition of anonymity. official called Trump’s pro-      AFP   9      minority five-party coalition Monday. “There will be no discus- Israel bias. #  Government. “With these members of parliament and this coalition I (  , Q R cannot fulfil the people’s expec-  4'  tations,” he told journalists. “The most honest thing we %    % could do now would be early # .# &  elections... To ask people Tehran: Iran’s Foreign Minister “We do not accept such whether they trust me and they on Monday said Britain, France racism,” he added. Kabul: A Taliban spokesman aged. His information could told about the Taliban claim. want me to continue to work,” and Germany had shown Britain, France and and Afghan journalist affiliat- not be independently verified. She earlier acknowledged added Sarec, who became Prime “racism” by activating a dispute Germany announced on ed with the militant group say Taliban spokesman American military officials were Minister in September 2018 fol- mechanism in the 2015 nuclear January 14 that they had trig- that a US military aircraft Zabihullah Mujahid said a US investigating reports of a crash. lowing a previous snap election. deal. gered the dispute mechanism crashed in eastern Afghanistan airforce plane crashed in the However, pictures on Sarec, 42, is Slovenia’s In a televised speech in provided under Article 36 of on Monday. Ghazni province. He claimed social media purportedly from youngest-ever Prime Minister. Tehran, Mohammad Javad the nuclear agreement, but Tariq Ghazniwal, a jour- the crash killed “lots” of US the crash site showed what He was previously best known Zarif slammed the “illusion” have said they remained com- nalist in the area, said that he service members. could be the remains of a as a comedian and political that “only the blue-eyed” could mitted to the deal. saw the burning aircraft. Ghazniwal said the crash Bombardier E-11A aircraft, satirist before he launched him- benefit from international law. The Joint Comprehensive In an exchange on Twitter, site was about 10 kilometers which the US military uses for self as an anti-establishment In the face of “repeated vio- Plan of Action, as the deal is he told The Associated Press from a US military base. electronic surveillance over politician. lations by the United States and formally known, had given that he saw two bodies and the US Army Maj. Beth Afghanistan. AP Slovenian President Borut Europe, Iran does not have the Iran relief from sanctions in front of the aircraft was badly Riordan, a spokeswoman for Pahor will now have to start talks right to use Article 36 (of the return for curbs on its nuclear burned. He added that aircraft’s US Central Command, with political parties to see deal) despite several written programme. AFP body and tail was hardly dam- declined to comment when whether any of them can form notifications to European offi- a new coalition that commands cials,” Zarif said, without elab- a parliamentary majority and orating how Iran had been thus avoid a fresh poll. AFP denied that right.  20

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Her album beat a walked arm-in-arm with her husband ,*$- night as newcomers and group of nominees that included Lana and singer Nick Jonas, wearing a custom +,#,+-, mainstays in the industry Del Rey, Lizzo and Ariana Grande. “Can Ralph & Russo design, which featured a ,, + Dsupported Sean “Diddy” Combs and his I just say that I think Ariana deserved plunging neckline and also included dia- &P  powerful speech putting the Recording this?” Eilish said as she accepted the mond-adorned pieces, fringe sleeves   $"- Academy on a clock to fix the nomina- award. Her other Grammys include best and intricate embroidery. tion process when it comes to rap and new artist, and song of the year for Bad Outside Staples Centre, fans wearing ,+ $ R&B in major categories. “I think if they Guy. She told the music stars in the crowd Bryant’s No 8 and No 24 jerseys flocked &#M smart, they listen to Diddy,” soulful that “I grew up watching all of you.” to the arena to show their respect for the singer Lucky Daye said on the red car- John Legend, Meek Mill, DJ Khaled Laker legend. A few hundred people pet. and a host of musicians paid tribute to gathered at LA Live in front of a mega O!( British rapper Labrinth added, Nipsey Hussle at the awards, filling the screen with a smiling Bryant that read, $ A9B “Hopefully there’s a conversation to real- vast stage with a soaring performance of “In Loving Memory of KOBE BRYANT ly think about what’s happened.” Days his music. The tribute kicked off with Mill 1978-2020”. ))3 ago, the academy’s just-ousted CEO performing a new song called Letter to With tears running down her cheeks,  Deborah Dugan claimed that the awards Nipsey, which mentioned a letter Demi Lovato stood on the Grammys’ are rigged and filled with conflicts of President Barack Obama wrote in Hussle’s stage in a white ballgown and belted her   interest. At the Clive Davis gala, Combs honour. “When we lost you, it really put new single Anyone, written just four days   — who was honoured — spoke for 50 some pain on me,” Mill rapped. “Real hit- before her near fatal overdose in July  fiery minutes, saying in part: “So I say this ters never die.” 2018. It was the 27-year-old’s first time with love to the Grammys because you Then DJ Khaled and Legend sang at the Grammy Awards in two years and  really need to know this, every year y’all their collaboration with Hussle, DJ her first big performance since that fate- ' be killing us man. Man, I’m talking about   G ! G  Khaled’s track Higher, which later won the ful day. the pain. I’m speaking for all these Grammy for best rap/sung performance. At age 61, Tanya Tucker has won the 3( artistes here, the producers, the execu- &%''( # " $%   !"##$% Legend sang while playing the piano as first two Grammy Awards of her career, & tives. The amount of time it takes to make a choir sang along with them. Other per- 48 years after her first hit at age 13. ( '  these records, to pour your heart into it 499/ Record of the year: Bad Guy, Billie formers including Kirk Franklin, Roddy Tucker won best country album for and you just want an even playing field.” ● $,' $+!  Eilish Ricch and YG, each took turns doing While I’m Livin’, her first album of orig- C)( Combs urged in his speech that sub- ●  + ,,"# ,, solos. inal material in 17 years. She also won Album of the year: When We All Fall  ' stantive change should come within 365 ● ++  & ,6 Hussle was killed outside of his best country song for Bring My Flowers days. Legend Smokey Robinson had Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie South Los Angeles clothing store in Now, which is also nominated for over- $ 9?.3 Eilish words of support for Combs, his friend 496/ March 2019. Sunday’s performance fea- all song of the year. Tucker has been but he said he wasn’t surprised about the tured musicians, background dancers and nominated for Grammys 14 times. He is )(  Best new artist: Billie Eilish Grammy criticism. “Diddy could actual- ● Legend wearing traditional Ethiopian and still very young compared to the winner    3  ly be a politician. I thought this speech ● $, Best pop vocal album: When We All Eritrean clothing in honour of Hussle’s of the other major country Grammy, 86- )?P was powerful. It touched on a lot of things ● 5& Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie African roots. The tributes to Hussle were year-old Willie Nelson, who took home L1 people were afraid to say,” he said. ● ($(! Eilish made even more poignant by the loss ear- best country solo performance for Ride ● + Of Dugan calling out manipulation Best rap/sung performance: Higher, lier in the day by another icon — basket- Me Back Home. It was Nelson’s ninth of the nomination process, he said, “It’s ball superstar Kobe Bryant. Grammy. DJ Khaled featuring Nipsey Hussle not like it’s news. We’ve known it all along. 4/8 He played for 20 years for the city’s Hildur Guðnadóttir took home a '#4-# I+'* and John Legend  ", *+, ,&2$ It’s just coming to the forefront. All that ● $   NBA team. Bryant’s death in a helicopter Grammy for music she first thought no is hidden will come to light.” Best rap album: Igor, Tyler, The crash earlier in the day was acknowledged one would care to hear. The female com- +,--,$$,  ● & Tyler, The Creator said backstage ● !  Creator in the opening minutes of the Grammys poser won best score soundtrack for the , +,*2 &, " , after his Igor won best rap album that he’s broadcast. Before her performance, Lizzo HBO miniseries Chernobyl during the Best comedy album: Sticks & Stones, , $- $&  “half and half” on the controversy over said, “This is for Kobe.” She went on to pre-telecast ceremony. The soundtrack whether Grammy voting is fair. “On one Dave Chappelle perform Truth Hurts and Cuz I Love You. already won her an Emmy late last year.  side, I’m very grateful that what I made Best pop solo performance: Truth Host Alicia Keys said she was feel- And in January she became the first   could just be acknowledged in a world Hurts, Lizzo ing “crazy sad” about Bryant. She was woman in 19 years to win best original 2+$ like this,” he said. “But also, it sucks that joined on stage with Boyz II Men, who score for Joker at the Golden Globes. “I Best rock song: This Land, Gary & ,&' whenever we, and I mean guys that look collectively sang It’s So Hard to Say think it fit really well with the images of like me, do anything that’s genre-bend- Clark, Jr Goodbye to Yesterday. “The whole wide the film, and I was happy with how the *+ + ing, they always put it in a ‘rap’ or ‘urban’ Best spoken word album: Becoming, world lost a hero,” the singer said in front music worked with the narrative and , $7  category. I don’t like that ‘urban’ word. It’s Michelle Obama of the audience. “We are standing her lit- characters in this series,” she said back- $+,!- just a politically correct way to say the N- erally heartbroken in the house that Kobe stage of the Chernobyl soundtrack. “But word. When I hear that, I’m just like why Best music film: Homecoming, Bryant built.” The NBA legend, his 13- I never thought anyone would ever lis- J2" $& can’t we just be in pop?” His other half Beyonce year-old daughter Gianna, and seven oth- ten to the soundtrack record, honestly. ,&$* feels like the “rap nomination was a back- Best country album: ers were killed in the crash on a steep hill- I’ve very surprised to be here today.” handed compliment.” While I’m side in dense morning fog in Southern Michelle Obama is a Grammy win- +2,&, Livin’, Tanya Tucker + ,,!+2&,# Bluesman Keb’ Mo’, who has served California. He was 41 and had retired ner. The former first lady won her first in academy positions over the years, said Best country song: from the Lakers in 2016. Grammy Award for best spoken word 7,&$"+  Bring My Flowers his experiences on the inside have been Now, Tanya Tucker Some shed tears for Bryant on the album for the audio book of her 2019 2, 7,2+$ “nothing but integrity.” He added, Best country solo performance: red carpet. Others were almost speech- memoir Becoming. Obama was not on !"-,, & , “Nothing’s perfect but my experience is +   /? less ahead of the 62nd annual awards hand to accept the award. Her husband, Ride Me Back Home, Willie Nelson ',7, *+, the Grammys trying to maintain integri- show. Music artists including Billy Ray former president Barack Obama, has two ty and the artistic process.” Others said including album of the year and best new Best rap song: Cyrus, Rick Ross and Kirk Franklin paid Grammys in the same category, one for 5:: # A Lot, 21 Savage fea- Combs’ words and support will hopeful- artist. The rap and R&B stars often fall turing J Cole tribute to Bryant, the 18-time NBA All- his 2005 audio book Dreams of My Father ly go a long way. short of their pop, rock and country Star and five-time champion. Debbie and another for his 2007 audio book The “I believe that, you know, sometimes counterparts. Best music video: Old Town Road Allen, who is married to former Laker Audacity of Hope. The spoken word ! '' there’s always a tweaking that can be done. Boys Noize, along with Skrillex and (Official Movie), Lil Nas X featuring Norm Nixon, was seen crying. DJ Khaled album category includes poetry, story-  C I think sometimes you may have to just and Ty Dolla $ign, also supported the Billy Ray Cyrus said the news about Bryant’s death was telling and audio books. revisit the process,” said gospel artist cause on the red carpet. “Everybody Best score soundtrack for visual “devastating.” Beyoncé’s Homecoming has won the ''  & ++'"& Tasha Cobbs Leonard. “I have hope should be here. More black, more female,” media: Actor Priyanka Chopra also paid Grammy Award for best music film. The '+, +2-2$2+,& that’s what’s happening now in every cat- Boys Noize said. Ty Dolla $ign added: Hildur Guðnadóttir, tribute to the late basketball star Bryant Netflix film weaves together Beyoncé’s Chernobyl $,+ ++$!+ egory.” “The people will rise for sure.” in a special way. She took a moment to 2018 performances at the Coachella Best song written for visual media: $++6:4/<# The Grammys have been criticised Billie Eilish has won album of the year style her decorated nails with the num- music festival, which included numerous over the years when Beyoncé, Kanye and record of the year to cap a dominant ber “24” written on her index finger. “RIP nods to historically black colleges and (&+,''&2, ( I’ll Never Love Again, Lady Gaga and West, Eminem, Mariah Carey and other night of five victories at the Grammy Bradley Cooper Mamba,” Priyanka shared on her universities. +&,  &- top stars have lost in major categories, Awards. 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Shobha Bhatia. There will be a col- lection of 30 artworks by celebrat- ed Indian artists. Says Shobha, 7/< ?5,<<5 “We have represented these 30 artists over the years but their works have never been seen before. ’s large canvas on Gandhiji’s Dandi march, Sakti Burman’s dreamlike work, Alok Uniyal’s introspective portrayal of a girl, Avijit Dutta’s take on 123 nature’s bounty, Devdatta Padekar’s poignant painting on human relationships — these new works are some of the major high- &,4'+,+,"+! lights amongst others. Although modern art movement in India is + 2',5    5 & comparatively recent, we have always had a rich heritage and tra- dition in art. Paintings from the +,,&2323!5 Indian miniature series, dating back to the 16th century or the 5+# , $  ,+, even older tribal and folk art, have inspired many artist in recent times. In spite of the colonial ,2$ 2 ,$'+ ,7 influence, almost subjugation, of Indian art, the Bengal School kept ,,,+ +++ alive the Indian legend. While Indian artists welcomed the ! "+!$+,+ European technique and style, the soul of Indian art remained con- nected to their traditional heritage. he sculpted terracotta heads tion with something human and binds the bricks remains even after The exhibition attempts to high- by Baroda-based artist historical and brings forth the a building is razed to the ground. light the fact that the essence of all TGirjesh Kumar Singh compel difficult truths which are too often Themes of identity and migration things Indian, including art, is in you to gaze and mull over the suppressed or ignored. define his work. “You migrate from the traditional and its aesthetics, medium, message and mood at a His portraits of charismatic one place to another but never leave by virtue of its deep rooted ancient time when there is a debate on men and women depict humanity in 6  (5 a place fully —the emotions become heritage which is spiritually linked humanism and identity. His Laga more ways than one. “I try to a part of your identity,” says Girjesh. too.” Chunri Mein Daag at Rukshaan Art showcase all kinds of faces. They’re    He is interested in the history Some of the sections of Indian Booth, which will be displayed at not of any specific community but 6 (7 of his materials as he wants to know art that will be exhibited are folk India Art Fair, is, therefore, a maybe native Americans, the actual past events, architectur- and tribal, Bengal school artists, community of lively and connect- Europeans, minorities and sages 5    al structures and the human narra- modernists and contemporary ed spirits. with their hair bunched up. The tives that established them. masters. Artists include Jangarh Art centre director Rukshaan, expressions on each face are distinct,  By reintroducing a human ele- Singh Shyam, Japani Shyam, who often brings artists with alter- definite and powerful, some joyful, 54 ment to these objects, the artist Neelkant Choudhary, Umashankar native voices from Baroda, says, “His some serene, others stern. Others reminds us that the meaning of Shah, K.S.Kulkarni, Satish Gujral, sculptures are made from broken smirk at you, some have a cynical 57 buildings, their homeliness and Sakti Burman, A.Ramachandran, bricks of destroyed homes as they look and some even frown. But each   utility can only exist through our Maite Delteil, Shyamal Datta Ray, reflect the trauma we are living with one is worth watching. Girjesh has interpretations. Furthermore, by Ganesh Pyne, Paresh Maity, Jayasri in our contemporary societies.” He deep observational skills and is 6( asking us to consider the lives of the Burman, Avijit Dutta, Devdatta has collected these broken bricks able to translate emotions onto the people who might once have inhab- Padekar, Maya Burman, Vinita from his home town in Uttar terracotta profiles. Perhaps it is 6T ited them, he also poses inevitably Karim, Asit Haldar, Pradesh and other Indian cities. It their inner state, worries and tribu-  5 emotional questions about current Kshitendranath Majumdar, Mukul highlights his interest in destroyed lations that are being unveiled. human situations: “Where people Dey, Haren Das, Dhirendranath building sites and their legacy. The strong cement-brick bond   might be and what has become of Brahma, Suhas Roy, Laxma Goud, Girjesh’s tensile terracotta faces he works with holds multiple their lives?” Sisir Sahana, Nayanaa Kanodia, line the walls and grab your atten- metaphors — of construction and India Art Fair will also present Badri Narayan, Alok Uniyal and tion instantly, simply because they demolition in our own lives. With the 30th anniversary of Gallerie Neeraj Goswami. are invested with his life’s experi- every road we take, our old mem- Ganesha through its show titled (India Art Fair runs from ences. The artist combines destruc- ories stay with us. The cement that 30x30, curated by gallery director January 30 to February 2.)

e talk about soil and clay. She     Wsays that working with them heals — emotionally and physically. P1 " ) There is talk of childhood memories. She says all the dust had vanished and 2-++!,7  1 ,+,    her memory is now crystal clear. She &' ,+,++ ,2+ +2!+,+," recounts the watermill back in her vil-  *  &$&Q lage in Bihar. A composition of water, sound, light, the splash on the iron sheets, the entire musicality of it. “In ,+, ) ++2  J2,2+ ,2 2,,2- the evening, when you looked down the well, there were innumerable fire- ,+ 2,2,&,+ flies hanging there. How does one describe that?,” smiles Shambhavi. In many ways, when Shambhavi It’s a hectic day for the painter, takes the farmers’ tools from their printmaker and installation artist world and makes sculptures out of whose non-figurative work has always them, she is in fact pleading for them. dwelled upon the condition of the This Patna College of Arts and Crafts farming community. As she takes a pass-out adds, “But remember, my break from guiding her staff for the education is mostly from experience forthcoming solo exhibition Burukuwa rather than reading.” For someone who Dwan, the artist, whose work Cosmic now lives in Delhi’s urban landscape, Seeds Light was acquired by the there is no dichotomy. “I am clear that Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in I don’t see here. I want to say some- New York, says, “You’ll see the mud- thing here, about them. And maybe my and-hay textured walls of their hous- art can make a bridge.” es, the grey mist that rises from the Talking about her association with field on winter mornings explores Takshila Foundation’s programme in he life-size bronze sculp- ing have replaced the beauty of various facets of interplay between Bihar’s countryside, the artist says, “We Ttures and oil paintings by trees and mountains and plants man, nature and art.” run long-term residencies for interna- artist Rajesh Ram at the Palette are nowadays merely a show- In fact, Bhoomi, another solo show tional and national artists and students Art Gallery might grab your piece,” says Ramesh. by her will be running simultaneous- at Siwan, so that they actually get to attention instantly. His solo At the heart of Ramesh’s ly at Gallery Espace, which will have connect to rural landscape at all lev- exhibition, Growing Wild, work is the man who is hope- her iron sculptures and installations. els and understand the multiple explores and confronts the ful. Talking about the title of the Interestingly, the conversation with dimensions of living that life.” interactions between nature exhibition, Rakesh says, Shambhavi is not linear, her striking Back in the late 80s when she was and human culture. “Nature has been my inspira- work at 2018 Kochi Biennale Maati a scholar at Lalit Kala Akademi Says the artist, “Nature and tion for this exhibition. Growth Ma, featuring four of her works — Regional Centre in Lucknow and human culture have inspired and development are part of Lullaby, Water Garland, Rippers Melody painted huge canvasses, most people a very young age — a time when I was of the British system yet. It’s shocking me in their own ways. My life. It is the character of nature and Brail takes the conversation for- called them abstracts. “Believe me, at not very politically or intellectually to see that they don’t even understand works were related to to grow in its own way. The title ward and what the viewers will expe- that time, I didn’t even know the “A” charged. You know, I made it a point the difference between art and deco- Panchatantra and my wife has is inspired by this.” rience in her forthcoming exhibitions of abstract. I painted the riverbank and to travel to most countries without ration. Not just art schools, the entire been into urban farming. This The medium used in his as she exhibits in the capital after a gap my village engulfed in darkness — reading about them. When I came school curriculum needs to be looked gave me the opportunity to work is bronze, which has con- of six years. when there was no electricity. The back, then read. It has always been the at. We all study maths in school and connect closely with nature. I tinued to co-exist with nature The artist, whose poetic work for- drawings were realistic but they were other way round for me. This way, it realise that everyone doesn’t become also have a family background since long and proven to have ever carries social undertones says, covered with dark and everyone read becomes a fresh experience with the a mathematician. But at least when a of farmers. So this is automat- had a long-lasting effect on the “Burukuwa is the last star. The moment it as abstract art. Yes, I painted very land — travelling to the unknown.” mathematician is sitting with me, I ically reflected in my works.” same. His work addresses the villagers see it, they know it’s 4 am and clear dark because darkness is trans- Insisting that art and music makes understand who is he. Then why is it Humans have often O ( contradictions of growth and of time to start the day. It is a magical parent, you can see through.” one understand a country much more that when an artist is around, we tend defined themselves in relation  favouring one species over the hour. When you’re half asleep, the kind Travelling abroad extensively for effectively, she adds, “It was a huge to think that what he does is some kind to each other. Through his rest. The work also speaks of of sound that comes with their activ- residencies and shows and the conse- experience to see people going to the of an extra-curricular’ activity?” work, Rajesh draws his boy- F'3 the loss of nature, the contest- ities of getting ready for the day is rem- quent edistance’ from home allowed museum as if it was a temple — some- The countryside may have always hood memories of village life,  ed space of individual and the iniscent of musicians on the stage get- her to so things here more clearly. thing completely absent here. That inspired Shambhavi, but she also sees intertwined with the moral  cost of human progress. The ting ready for a performance. The “When you travel you read your gives you a kick to keep working. In how it has metamorphosed over the teachings. He also explores the three accompanying paintings sound, the light, the last musings of the homeland much better, perceptions India, we may have a very small art years. “Now when I go, I can experi- binaries of human and animal, )? appear to demonstrate man- night, and the farmer’s first glance at change. When I am in Bihar, I am not world but the world we live in is amaz- ence the emptiness there. The warmth rural and urban contexts. “I + 3 animal harmony where the the fields early morning — these are Bihari, when I am out, I am. The ing. Connection with creativity is so has faded, of course my grandparent’s draw a lot from my experiences >) laws of the jungle prescribe the the connections I have grown up with moment I leave India, I am more well presented there which inspires generation is no longer there, cousins in Jharkhand, which has tradi- rules of society. They also sug- as I would frequently go to my grand- Indian. Out there, you’re questioned you. Here we are still distant.” have scattered. There is a strong iso- tionally lived close to nature. ( gest a desire for balance with- parents’ place in the village. But these about India and not regions. When As the conversation veers towards lation, a feeling of being left out. 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International in Auckland on the Australian Open quar- “It’s like couples, we all Sunday to grab a 2-0 lead in the ter-finals and keep the heat want Brad Pitt and Jennifer five-match series. on Roger Federer’s record Aniston to get back togeth- Bumrah returned with fig- for Grand Slam titles on er, right?” joked Martinez, ures of 1-21 from his four overs Monday. the 1994 Wimbledon as Indian skipper Virat Kohli The world number one, champion. changed his bowling plans from labelled “super salty” by Earlier, Martina the first game. Kyrgios after he criticised Navratilova and John "Even in the first game, the Australian’s behaviour McEnroe were among the Bumrah bowled slower balls last year, fought off a furi- big names to criticise that were going wider. Normally, ous challenge to go through Court, the 24-time Major- death bowlers get into straighter 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 winner whose 1970 sweep lines, plus yorkers and mix it (7/4). of the Grand Slam titles was with chest height. He kind of As the tennis world marked with a short cere- changes things a lot and is mourned the death of Kobe mony at Rod Laver Arena. tougher to play," Seifert said. Bryant, Kyrgios arrived at +5             Navratilova said the "...The ball was holding a lot Rod Laver Arena wearing devout Christian’s deeply more which made it tougher. So an LA Lakers shirt, and 15-  " ,) 20 Major titles. seeds in the previous conservative views were sometimes as a batsman you year-old Coco Gauff had Elsewhere, powerful round, will next play “actually hurting people”, have to move away from the tributes to the basketball -"  897   Swiss Stan Wawrinka beat Estonia’s Anett Kontaveit, a while fellow American leg- stumps and see if they bowl great scrawled on her train- ,25C ,(D A 7<5 4 5<7123B fifth seed Daniil 6-7 (4/7), 7-5, 7-5 winner end McEnroe called Court straight. I was backing myself to ers during the doubles. Medvedev 6-2, 2-6, 4-6, 7- against Iga Swiatek of a “crazy aunt”. do something different instead Nadal and Kyrgios had attitude he gives a 6 (7/2), 6-2 to set up Poland. In today’s quarter- of just standing there at the been feuding after some lot of positive a quarter-final with “She’s strong. I’m here finals, six-time champion wicket," said the stumper, who bad-tempered matches but things to our Germany’s just to face any challenge I Roger Federer will play remained unbeaten on 33 off 26 the Spaniard said he was sport,” said the Alexander Zverev, have. So I’m not thinking America’s Tennys Sandgren balls. impressed by what he’d Spaniard. who overcame close negative,” Halep said of and title-holder Novak "It was tricky and the ball seen from the often-tem- “He’s one of the highest friend Andrey Rublev 6-4, Kontaveit. “I just want to go Djokovic, going for his was holding a little bit. When peramental Australian at talents we have on our tour 6-4, 6-4. there and to give my best.” eighth title, is against big- Kane (Williamson) got out in this tournament. and I like the Nick Kyrgios And Simona Halep Angelique Kerber, the serving Canadian Milos the over against Yuzvendra Kyrgios fought back to during the whole of this rose to number two in the 2016 champion, was the lat- Raonic. Chahal, we knew it was the over challenge Nadal in a high- tournament.” world with a 6-4, 6-4 victo- est big name to fall as she Australia’s women's to push because they had octane clash played in good The 19-time Grand ry over Elise Mertens, tak- went down to Russia’s world number one Bumrah coming back," he spirit, with a polite hand- Slam winner will next play ing a big step forward in a Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Ashleigh Barty plays two- added. shake afterwards — a far Austria’s Dominic Thiem rapidly clearing women’s 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (7/4), 6-2. time Wimbledon winner He said New Zealand bats- cry from some of their pre- — his victim in the last two draw. Pavlyuchenkova’s quar- Petra Kvitova, and Tunisia’s men need to take a cue from vious exchanges. French Open finals — as The Wimbledon cham- ter-final will be against Ons Jabeur, the top-ranked their Indian counterparts on “When he is playing the clay king targets pion from Romania, who Garbine Muguruza, the player from Africa, takes on how to adapt to different con- * !      ! 4       like today with this positive Federer’s all-time record of avoided an exodus of top two-time Grand Slam America’s Sofia Kenin. ditions quickly. "...Indian batsmen showed how to get under the ball and ,2---'!, time it. They showed it a cou- &. C7    &  & ) ple of times that and on the &+ 2,+' slower wickets you just have to keep it like that. Once you lose    He had already put  ,2 the game, always halfway between your shape, you are not in posi- his side ahead with a fine pressure and waiting, we made tion," he said. eymar dedicated his strike in the first half     mistakes.” "Try to get them (bowlers) Nsecond goal in Paris before putting the game In Naples, Zielinski broke the off line or off balance, try to get Saint-Germain’s 2-0 win at out of reach and increasing iotr Zielinski and Lorenzo deadlock after 63 minutes finish- into that position to hit good Lille to basketball legend the gap between them and PInsigne scored in the second ing off a rebound after Insigne was balls. That's T20 cricket as well. Kobe Bryant, whose death second-placed Marseille. half as struggling Napoli denied by Juve goalkeeper Sometimes it's going 100 per in a helicopter crash earli- His 12th league goal of shocked champions Wojciech Szczesny. cent but some times you have to er on Sunday shocked the the season tipped the bal- Juventus 2-1 to spoil coach Insigne volleyed in a second take a breath and re-assess. world, as his double shot ance in the Parisians’ Maurizio Sarri’s return to after 86 minutes to an explosion Indian batters did that well." the French champions 10 favour after a positive start the Stadio San Paolo on of joy among the crowd. Seifert believes New points clear at the top of for the home side, who Sunday. Cristiano Ronaldo pulled a Zealand bowlers did reasonably Ligue 1. were unbeaten at home Sarri had not been back goal back as the game headed into well in the two games but they The world’s most ahead of the match. to Naples since being sacked injury time for his 13th goal in have been outplayed by the expensive player slotted “We deserved to win, in May 2018 after three successful nine consecutive games in all Indian batsmen. home the 52nd-minute !        I think we played well,” campaigns, and before moving to competitions. "To be honest, in the first penalty and went over said PSG coach Thomas Chelsea. ? ,  /  /      !  G    The visitors pushed for the game they were 110-1 and they to television cameras for all of us,” said Tuchel. This season he has taken over equaliser but Alex Meret smoth- had wickets in hand. We did- by the side of the Stade Neymar to Canal+ “We controlled the eight-time reigning champions their third consecutive draw. whistles and insulting banners of ered Gonzalo Higuain’s goal- n't bowl too badly in that first Pierre Mauroy pitch after the win, which match and counter-attacks Juve, a move seen as a betrayal by Inter are three points behind his former fans, reserving his crit- bound effort, as Juve crashed to game. In the second game, we to make the number put PSG 10 points and this is not easy to do his former team, the two-time Serie Juve with Lazio a further two icism for his “under-par, mental- just their second defeat of the sea- only got 130 and it is tough to 24 with his fingers in clear at the top of the against a good team like A runners-up. points adrift in third after city rivals ly bland” team. son. bowl at Eden Park (with that honour of Bryant’s shirt league. Lille.” Juve missed the chance to Roma ended Simone Inzaghi’s “We lost a match against an Napoli move up to tenth place, total)," he said. number. “Not just for basketball Lille stay seventh after open up a six-point lead on Inter side’s 11-match winning streak. opponent who had done the min- 12 points off the Champions "170 was the target in mind “It’s deeply saddening fans, but for everything he the defeat, two points away Milan at the top of the table, after “It is pleasant and exciting to imum to win,” he added. League places after ending a run but once you get 130 on the for the world of sport and did for sport.” from the European places. Antonio Conte’s side were held for go back,” said Sarri despite the “We were passive throughout of three consecutive defeats. board, that was going to be very hard at Eden Park against a team that is very strong and   #3 playing really well. But our 1  +    3   &  spinners were outstanding. Good balls have gone to boundary.  +    3+  '*      said Zidane. “There are 16 He said coming into the games left and we will T20 series on the back of a lost   2 Liverpool manager eal Madrid moved top have to fight until the Test rubber in Australia also Jurgen Klopp confirmed he will not Rof La Liga for the first end if we want some- didn't help New Zealand's take charge of the Reds’ FA Cup time since October on thing. Nothing changes.” cause in the first two games. replay against Shrewsbury, Sunday after grinding out Madrid now have the "Boys are coming off a Test nor will any senior players a 1-0 win away at Real luxury of hosting their series (in Australia) and a lot of from the European cham- Valladolid to make struggling city rivals them haven't played T20 crick- pions take part. Barcelona pay for their Atletico Madrid, who are et for a while," he said. Klopp made 11 surprise defeat to 10 points back after a "But for some like me, I changes as the League One Valencia. goalless home draw with have had the Super Smash for side, 59 places below It is 16 weeks since Leganes, with a cushion the last two months, so I have Liverpool in the English Madrid last finished a next weekend, not to played a lot of T20 cricket. football pyramid, came from 2-0 round top of the pile and mention on the back of a They have two games under down to secure a replay at Anfield it looked like a scrappy 19-game unbeaten run. their belt now so hopefully they on Sunday. contest at the Jose Zorilla “We are top of the will have a better understand- However, the German did still Dejan Lovren, Fabinho and Divock would end goalless until !   * P    table again after being ing." I  I     include a handful of experienced Origi. Nacho Hernandez headed there a long time ago,” Asked if New Zealand players such as Adrian, Joel Matip, Even they are set to miss the replay in the winner with 12 Saturday under new said captain Sergio would want to play on India's as it falls a few days into Liverpool’s two- minutes remaining. coach Quique Setien Ramos. “We have to keep strength of chasing, Seifert week winter break from Premier League Victory means could prove a turning going.” replied, "Even in ODI cricket, action. Zinedine Zidane’s side point in a nip-and-tuck “Defensively what we India have chased down big Klopp said he has already promised pull three points ahead of title race. are doing we are doing totals but I think on that wick-  (  Ko Sung Hyun and Shin that week off to first-team players and Barca, whose 2-0 loss “Nothing changes, we very well, it is our et it was going to get slower and Baek Cheol's partnership is that under-23s coach Neil Critchley will away at the Mestalla on are happy with the win,” strength,” said Zidane. slower. wadhe Warriors will look growing stronger day by day. take charge of team. Ato capitalise on home The pair, who won three BWF Liverpool went out of the League advantage and bounce back to titles last year, has taken their Cup in December when a team field- " Q  56  : form when they take on the confidence into the league and ing five debutants and an average age Mumbai Rockets on the final remains unbeaten so far. of 19 was beaten 5-0 by Aston Villa. day of their home leg at the Former world No 10 Wong Critchley was also in charge for  ( Hull made no mistake from the Premier Badminton League Wing Ki Vincent gave an effort- that game with Klopp and the first spot. here today. less display in front of the roar- team away in Qatar for the Club World he Indian women's hockey team India's chief coach Sjoerd Marijne With both coming off a loss ing home fans while Subhankar Cup. AFP Tlost 1-2 to New Zealand in its sec- was disappointed with the result. in their last tie, it will be a stern Dey's stamina and tenacity ond match of the ongoing tour here "We created enough scoring test of nerves for the two teams. impressed one and all. on Monday. opportunities but we were not pro- The Awadhe Warriors suf- The Warriors also have The Indians had earlier defeated ductive enough. New Zealand were fered a 1-2 loss at the hands of world No 14 Beiwen Zhang in  9#P  =>  New Zealand Development squad 4- very successful in the little changes Hunters while the their ranks. 0 in the opening match of the tour. they got. They executed them well," Rockets went down 2-5 to the "Our last match did not go    five wickets on Friday and the sec- New Zealand started the game on he said. Pune 7 Aces in their previous our way but that hasn't damp- ond by nine wickets the next day. an attacking note and earned a "It is not about how many oppor- outings. ened our spirit. The crowd he third Twenty20 internation- The series win helped Pakistan penalty corner early in the first tunities you create but how effective Having begun their cam- support here has been fantastic. Tal between Pakistan and hang on to their number one rank- quarter and the chance was brilliant- you are. New Zealand were stronger paign on a high with a gritty 4- We are looking forward to fin- Bangladesh was abandoned without ing in Twenty20 internationals ly converted by Megan Hull in the today and in the beginning we were 3 victory over the North ishing our home leg with a win," a ball being bowled Monday with 270 points, leading Australia third minute of the match. struggling with that. But after the first Eastern Warriors, the Awadhe said Zhang. because of bad weather in Lahore, by just one point. India drew parity when young quarter, we played much better. Warriors were aiming to con- Meanwhile, Mumbai giving the home side a 2-0 series Pakistan skipper Babar Azam Salima Tete converted a penalty cor- "We created eight shots on goal tinue their winning streak but Rockets will be gunning for victory. said the series win will help the ner in the dying minutes of the first and four penalty corners. We are def- the Hunters proved to be too their first victory of the season Murky conditions and drizzle team's confidence. quarter. initely working on being more effec- strong. after a disappointing start for delayed the scheduled 13:00 pm "Our bowling was outstanding The visitors matched New tive in the coming matches," he Despite the outcome not the former runners-up that (0830 GMT) toss at the Gadaffi sta- in both the games... helped us Zealand in the second and third quar- added. going their way, they had a few saw them lose to the high-fly- dium pitch, but play was called off keep them down to low totals," said ters but a defensive error in the final India will again take on New positives coming out of the ing Chennai Superstarz and the three hours later. Babar who lost 2-0 in Australia last 15 minutes cost India dearly as they Zealand in the third match of the tour match. Pune 7 Aces. 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But Stokes bowled a ball which hit a crack +",!M, &$& Nof NBA star Kobe Bryant and his Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and kept low, deflecting off the toe of Du Plessis’ +,$,&,4$# 13-year-old daughter, Los Angeles offi- confirmed that Bryant’s daughter Gianna bat into the stumps.  $&*,/@,$+ cials confirmed on Sunday. was among the victims. Van der Dussen looked set for a maiden Test Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex “LA is grieving with the Bryant fam- century but in the next over he fell to Wood two */HH@&1CCC*1C/0 Villanueva said eight passengers and the ily over the loss of Gianna, who perished short of the landmark.  *,$+ - $' pilot of the aircraft died in the accident. with her father and friends in today’s It was the second wicket for Stokes — both *1CC0&1CC9 “There were no survivors... There tragedy,” Garcetti wrote on Twitter. which came at crucial times shortly before an  &!,+:+2$!+7@ were nine people on board the aircraft, Gianna was one of Bryant’s four chil- interval. His first victim was opening batsman &1?7,&!,"+7 the pilot plus eight individuals,” dren with his wife Vanessa. Dean Elgar, who was caught and bowled play- 2' &,&$ Villanueva said. The retired NBA star, 41, and ing an awkward pull shot in the penultimate over The helicopter crashed in foggy Gianna were flying to a game his daugh- before lunch. Stokes finished with two for 47.   &AA70?A',+7-!!& weather in the Los Angeles suburb of ter was expected to play in when their De Kock and Bavuma batted brightly in a 97C?9!2&+&'++& Calabasas. Authorities said firefighters helicopter crashed, according to US fifth wicket stand of 48 before Broad bowled a 07AC0+++,+/7A?0  received a call at 9:47 am about the crash, reports. vicious bouncer which Bavuma gloved to wick- -$+ which caused a brush fire on a hillside. Local media said the other victims etkeeper Jos Buttler.   &++*-0C',+ The Los Angeles Police Department included another player and a parent. Broad had Dwaine Pretorius caught at fine air support division grounded its heli- Orange Coast College confirmed leg in his next over and the rest followed. ++,-$'/A7 copters until the fog lifted in the after- that its baseball coach, John Altobelli, 56, Vernon Philander, playing in his last Test, 1C/0/C/*H0"+I , noon due to the weather conditions. was also on board the helicopter. struck a couple of beefy blows before falling to ,7! $-,&+, “The weather situation did not meet CNN said Altobelli’s wife, Keri, and Wood who supplied the coup de grace, anoth- '+,,+ 0C our minimum standards for flying,” said one of their two daughters, Alyssa, er lifting ball flicking Anrich Nortje’s glove on ',+,A9+&1A?&+     / /               4 #  police spokesman Josh Rubenstein. were aboard the chopper as well. its way through to Buttler down the legside.  (4  "   "      D    ndian wrist spinner Ravi IBishnoi’s repertoire of skills will meet a match in In the last five U-19 back into the right-handers,      Australian Tanveer Sangha’s encounters since 2013 (differ- are a heady combination. variations in a face-off ent teams have played And there is left-arm spin- fine second Test century by between two talented tweak- though), India have won four ner Atharva Ankolekar, who ASean Williams enabled ers during the quarter-final of with one game being aban- came back brilliantly against Zimbabwe to dominate the open- the ICC U-19 World Cup doned due to rain. the Junior Black Caps despite ing day of the second Test against here today. As a team, India being attacked early on. He got Sri Lanka in Harare on Monday, The white ball cricket in are way ahead both three crucial breakthroughs as they reached 352 for six at the recent times has seen wrist in terms of quality as but a finger fracture in his close. spinners emerge as an impor- well as temperament right hand could be an imped- The Zimbabwe captain, who tant cog and junior cricket is with the likes of iment while fielding. won the toss and chose to bat no different where Bishnoi, Yashasvi Jaiswal (two While Jaiswal, Garg, NT first, made 107 from 137 balls, an easily the tournament’s most half-centuries), his opening Tilak Verma and Saxena make innings which swung between impactful bowler, would like partner Divyansh Saxena and India’s batting look strong, the swashbuckling, with 10 fours to give his team the advantage skipper Priyam Garg showing Australia skipper Mckenzie and three sixes, and the pragmat- over the Australian side. has been at his best with 10 Indian origin. glimpses of their talent. Harvey (nephew of former ic. +?  ?4/  /          With 10 wickets from wickets with 5 for 14 against Today, both the wrist spin- In the bowling depart- Australian all-rounder Ian He was well backed up by three games, Bishnoi has minnows Nigeria. But there’s ners will be key to their team’s ment, lanky UP boy Kartik Harvey) is a tough customer Brendan Taylor who made a last week's 10-wicket defeat in the Williams went on to bring up proved why Kings XI Punjab been a four-wicket haul chances and Australia will Tyagi, who breaches the 140 with the bat as he showed with run-a-ball 62 and Sikandar Raza first Test, Zimbabwe pressed on his second Test century — his has invested  2 crore on him against the West Indies and a look to improve their dismal kmph barrier quite regularly, an innings of 65 against who hit two sixes and four fours in the evening with Regis first was against New Zealand in during the auction. wicket to show against record against India at the and left-arm seamer Akash England in their final group in his 72. Chakabva on 31 and debutant Bulawayo four years ago — by Statistically, even Sangha England for the player of junior level. Singh, moving the white ball game. Looking to bounce back from Tinotenda Mutombodzi on 10. sweeping Embuldeniya for four. Concussion substitute introduced in IPL  O+&2!,+ 2+ 2$!  -$,  !        F+ )",     per over, the duo stitched a 117- ,$-++ 2$! run fifth wicket stand to give $ & #2 The revamped meeting will be held before +,  home ODI series against n-form Sarfaraz Khan res- Bengal the edge. selection committee with a cued Mumbai with an Earlier put in to bat, Bengal’s    new chairman at helm will South Africa. The interviews I for short-listed candidates will unbeaten double century, pow- top three batsmen, including pick the Indian squad for the ering the visitors to a comfort- last match’s triple centurion, three ODIs at home in March, happen soon,” Ganguly said. he title clash of the Indian The BCCI President also able 372 for five after a top- Manoj Tiwary (7), got out Premier League (IPL) will BCCI president Sourav order collapse on the opening inside lunch. T Ganguly said on Monday. informed that while Madan be held in Mumbai on May 24 day of their Group B game L Sivaramakrishnan, Ajit Lal and Sulakshana Naik are VINAY GRABS SIX and the night matches will have the members of Cricket against Himachal Pradesh. Agarkar, Rajesh Chauhan and #& #2 usual 8pm start as the Venkatesh Prasad are some of Advisory Committee (CAC), The 22-year-old Sarfaraz, Puducherry Governing Council decided the key contenders to replace Gautam Gambhir is being who had hit an unbeaten triple- found themselves on the mat at against changing the timings, outgoing chairman MSK replaced as he can not hold hundred in the last game 37 for 4 after their veteran pacer BCCI president Sourav Ganguly Prasad (South zone) and any position being a Member against Uttar Pradesh, took a R Vinay Kumar grabbed six announced on Monday. Gagan Khoda (Central zone) of Parliament. listless HP attack to cleaners, wickets to bowl Chandigarh out “There will be no change in in the five-member panel. Meanwhile Ganguly also hitting 32 fours and four sixes then put an unbroken 158-run Delhi at Eden Gardens. for a paltry 134 in their top of the timing of IPL night games. “The Test squad for New informed that all-rounder during his unbeaten 226-run stand, before umpires drew Majumdar, who looked in the table Plate clash. It will start from 8 pm like ear- Zealand has already been Hardik Pandya has still not knock. stumps early owing to bad light formidable form, had some Vinay Kumar triggered a lier years,” Ganguly told picked by the old committee attained match fitness after his Electing to bowl the pic- after 75 overs. anxious moments as he survived Chandigarh middle-order col- reporters after the IPL and new committee’s first back surgery. PTI turesque HPCA stadium, the It was Sarfaraz show once a run-out chance to remain lapse with twin blows in his suc- Governing Council meeting. home pacers exploited the again as he will strive to unbeaten, alongside cessive overs en route to 6/32 as “We will have only five upcoming edition of the popu- players before start of the IPL on windy conditions, grabbing reach his second succes- Shahbaz Ahmed (39 the hosts were dismissed after double headers (4pm and 8 pm) lar T20 league, the former India March 29 for a charitable cause. three quick wickets to leave sive triple hundred, a not out) at the end of lunch inside 38 overs after they this time. We have decided to captain informed. “It will be an IPL All Stars Mumbai reeling at 16 for three. rare feat in any form of day one. were sent in to bat. P +4     reduce the number of double “The concussion substitute Game three days before start of Sarfaraz started the rescue        , cricket. The home team In reply, the Plate leaders headers,” Ganguly said adding and the no ball rule are new IPL. The venue is not act first by conjuring up a 55- turned the game Puducherry were reeling at 37 that the “final will be held in additions for the season,” he Ahmedabad as it is still not run stand with ‘crisis man’ whom he added 143-runs for MAJUMDAR LEADS BENGAL around in the second for four, trailing by 97 runs at Mumbai.” said. match ready. We have not decid- Siddhesh Lad (20), to steady the fifth wicket. - -2 Anustup Majumdar session as Majumdar found a close on first day with In a first, concussion substi- In a noble gesture, the BCCI ed on where we will make the Mumbai’s ship. Mumbai lost its fifth wick- hit a unbeaten 94 under pres- fine ally in wicketkeeper-bats- Chandigarh new ball bowler tute and ‘third umpire no ball’ will have an ‘All Stars G ame’ donation,” the BCCI president And then he found an able et on 214 and Sarfaraz with sure to help Bengal reach 286 for man Shreevats Goswami (59). Shresth Nirmohi returning with will also be introduced in the between all top international said. alley in Aditya Tare (62), with Shubham Ranjane (44 not out) five in Group A match against Scoring above four runs figures of 3/17.