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No. - RYP DN/34/2013-2015 ,-.",# )/01  ) 7 3-16 /;7* "6)6<<8"*65./ -85-8@<8<8.- 08/*/31567 46./434.58-7.< *5**.*=8- <.51*<.*3< 1.50*".< -34685.- -.;-163< )<6 /*)8* 8*" 08<.035 ;08<.4.0=*.;7.0. 1 8"9/ ,,+ >$> ?.- ,8.    23  $  ' 42%56 7  !"# !$ % #&'"## ((#                          3 4.* Pawar — who had earlier in the afternoon, resigned as the n an anti-climax to a month- Deputy Chief Minister and Ilong unprecedented political returned to the parent party — drama in Maharashtra, the would attend the MVA’s joint BJP’s surreptitious effort to legislature party meeting, but install its Government fizzled he was not present there. out on Tuesday afternoon as The NCP leaders attributed Chief Minister Devendra Ajit Pawar’s absence to his Fadnavis resigned from his uneasiness and hesitation to be post after the NCP’s rebel at the meeting, especially after leader Ajit Pawar, the Deputy the developments in the last Chief Minister, pulled out of few days. the new dispensation under Earlier, talking to media tremendous pressure from his persons before handing over  58708/* parent party. his resignation to the Within hours after the Governor, Fadnavis said he he Supreme Court’s Supreme Court put a break to had decided to put in his TTuesday morning order a possible horse-trading by papers, “after Ajit met him, directing Maharashtra Chief      *  $  + (%  ordering a floor test in the State expressed his inability to con- Minister Devendra Fadnavis to    , *  +   %    (% Assembly by 5 pm on tinue in the BJP-led hold trust vote on Wednesday ( - !(   . * -    Wednesday, Fadnavis’ 80-hour- Government and tendered his came as a big setback for the long stint as the Chief Minister resignation to me”. BJP and triggered a chain of after the declaration of results camp and was also used by the ended. “At a time when there was events, forcing rebel NCP of the Assembly elections, it is Sharad Pawar camp to con- Things moved rapidly on uncertainty over the continu- leader Ajit Pawar to quit as incumbent upon the court to vince Ajit Pawar of the futili- the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress ity or otherwise of President’s Deputy CM and leaving no protect the democratic values ty of his rebellion when he had alliance front, as the three par- Rule in the State, NCP’s option for Fadnavis to contin- for which immediate floor test just 24 hours to manage the ties and other allies, including Legislature Party leader Ajit ue as the CM. is the most effective mecha- numbers. Shetkari Swabhimani   %  & !   %           $         came forward and offered his In ordering urgent floor nism to curtail unlawful prac- The apex court had asked Sanghatana, Samajwadi Party (  ( $ !(   !) cooperation to form a test, the SC went by previous tices such as horse trading as Maharashtra Governor Bhagat and Peasants and Workers’ Government in the State. After decisions of the apex court in well as to avoid uncertainty Singh Koshyari to appoint a Party (PWP) — at the first joint proposal, the NCP’s Legislature his election as the Chief the State, he would go to Delhi a discussion, he handed me similar situations and sent a and to effectuate smooth run- Pro-tem Speaker and ensure legislature party meeting at Party leader Jayant Patil moved Minister-designate of the and meet Home Minister Amit over a letter of support. Based clear message that it would not ning of democracy by ensur- that all the elected members of the Hotel Trident in the a resolution nominating impending MVA Government, Shah and Prime Minister on the letter of support we allow Governors to use their ing a stable Government, it the House are sworn in on evening — floated Uddhav as the Chief Minister- Sharad recalled his associa- Narendra Modi. formed the Government,” discretions in any manner that said. Wednesday itself by 5pm for “Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi” designate with Congress tion with late Sena chief Bal It was speculated that Fadnavis said. suited them. The court order pressed paving the way for floor (MKS), which they said was Legislature Party (CLP) leader Thackeray with whom — NCP’s breakaway leader Ajit Continued on Page 4 As a month has elapsed the panic button in the BJP test. wedded to the principles Balasaheb Thorat seconding despite the political rivalry — enshrined in the preamble and the proposal. The resolution he had personal relations. He provisions of the Constitution was passed unanimously by the expressed confidence that the and would work for the welfare MLAs present at the meeting. Uddhav-led MVA Government of the State and its people. After the MVA meeting, would do justice to the people At the meeting, Sena pres- the legislature party leaders of across the State. ! P  #  $  ident Uddhav Thackeray was the Sena, the NCP and the Thanking Sharad, elected as the leader of the Congress — Eknath Shinde, Congress president Sonia    3 4.* minds of the people. tional appeal to Ajit to return MVA and elected as the Chief Jayant Patil and Balasaheb Gandhi, all legislators and lead- Pratibhatai was very upset to the parent party. Minister-designate of the new Thorat respectively — drove to ers for reposing confidence in fter the State NCP leaders that Ajit had chosen to move Rohit, who has been elect- Government to be installed in Raj Bhavan at night, met him and electing him, Uddhav Amade unsuccessful away from the Pawar family ed to the State Assembly from the State. Governor Bhagat Singh said, “It is not three parties. It attempts to bring party’s break- and joined hands with the Karjat-Jamkhed Assembly con- With Uddhav to lead Sena- Koshyari and submitted a for- is our family. It is our away leader Ajit Pawar back to BJP. “Ever since he was sworn stituency, wrote in a Facebook Cong-NCP Government, the mal letter, along with signatures Government. It is a party fold during the last three in as the Deputy CM in the post, “... Ajit should bow to swearing-in will be held at of the supporting MLAs, seek- Government of the common days, it was ultimately party BJP-led Government, Pratibha Pawar’s wishes and return Shivaji Park in Central ing an invitation to form a people.” chief Sharad Pawar’s wife was keeping a close watch on home. Sharad has never mixed on November 28, NCP supre- Government under the lead- In a significant announce- Pratibha Pawar who played a the political developments. As politics with family affairs. He mo Sharad Pawar said. ership of Uddhav. ment, Uddhav said after taking key role in prevailing upon him nothing was happening, is unlikely to do so in future as After Sharad mooted the Congratulating Uddhav on over as the Chief Minister of to resign as the Deputy Chief Pratibha decided to get into the well.” Minister and return to the act,” a family source said. “... When I lost my grand- parent party. She enlisted the help of her father Appasaheb Pawar Informed sources in the son-in-law Sadanand Sule, a (Sharad Pawar’s brother), it was 3.44 pm: Maharashtra CM NCP said on Tuesday that low-profile businessman, to ‘Pawar Saheb’ who first con- Fadnavis tells press conference 3  Pratibha, who had never taken reach out to Ajit. “Both soled my father Rajendra… I that he will go to Raj Bhawan 1  -  part in the political activities of Pratibhatai and Sule met Ajit. have witnessed how, when Ajit to tender resignation. 5 $9 Sharad during the latter’s 52- During the meeting, Pratibha lost his father Anantrao, again 3.20 pm: Maharashtra Deputy  ,, year-old career, met Ajit with eral and Pawar family in par- It was Supriya, who greet- made an emotional appeal to it was ‘Pawar Saheb’ who Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has 0 1 .  the help of her son-in-law ticular. ed him at the entrance of Sr Ajit. Ajit, who has huge respect looked after him (Ajit).. After Governor Bhagat Singh resigned: Sena MP Sanjay Raut.  , Sadhananda Sule, husband of Ajit was being persuaded Pawar’s residence. for Pratibha, agreed to her the death of Ajit’s father, it was Koshyari on Tuesday appoint- 3.16 pm: Uddhav Thackeray to    Pawars’ only daughter Supriya by his cousin Supriya Sule, Sr This was the first time request and decided to resign Pawar Saheb who gave father’s ed BJP MLA Kalidas be Chief Minister for five years: - Sule, at an undisclosed location Pawar’s grand nephew Rohit that Ajit met Sharad after he from his post and return to the love to him. On his part, Ajit Kolambkar as pro-tem Sanjay Raut after meeting of 6 ,  and succeeded in persuading Jr Pawar and various senior NCP broke away from the NCP and NCP,” the family source said. Pawar reciprocated in equal Speaker of the Assembly. Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress   Pawar to return to the NCP. leaders. Interestingly enough, joined hands with the BJP. State NCP leaders measure by standing up for Eight-time Wadala MLA alliance leaders   : Ajit is the son of Sharad’s Ajit — who had earlier in the Though Sharad has been Chhagan Bhujbal and Dilip Pawar Saheb whenever he was Kolambkar was one of the can- 11.39 am: NCP chief Sharad  4 0 elder brother Anantrao Pawar, afternoon handed over his res- upset with Ajit, he had never Walse Patil held four-hour in crisis,” Rohit wrote. didates recommended for the Pawar says he is grateful to SC )  a filmmaker. He lost his father ignation to Chief Minister spoken against him during the long meeting with Ajit at the “... I feel this is the time for post to the Governor. for upholding democratic val-    , at an early age and he was Devendra Fadnavis prompting last three days. All Sharad had Vidhan Bhavan on Sunday, in the family to stand united and “The Governor has ues. 1  brought up by Sharad and the latter to put in his papers done was to rubbish the “mis- an effort to convince him to we must all remain behind administered oath to 10.39 am: Floor test in    Pratibha like their son. leading to the collapse of the leading” claims by his nephew severe his relations with Pawar sahib,” Rohit stated. Kolambkar as pro-tem Maharashtra Assembly for Ajit’s resignation as the 80-hour-long Government — Ajit that he was still with the the BJP. Rohit had also posted a Speaker. Kolambkar will Chief Minister Fadnavis to  ,-  Deputy CM and return to the called on NCP chief Sharad late parent party and charged that Afterwards, Sharad’s grand photograph on his twitter han- administer oath to remaining prove his majority in the .   NCP fold came as a big relief on Tuesday night, at the latter’s the breakaway group leader nephew and newly elected dle that showed him posing 287 MLAs in the Assembly,” assembly will be held on  , , to the NCP and Maharashtra “Silver Oak” residence in south was trying to create “confusion” MLA Rohit Pawar had taken to with Sharad, Supriya Sule and said an official. Wednesday: SC  Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in gen- Mumbai. and “false perception” in the social media to make an emo- Ajit in good times.                     58708/*       ! nion Housing and Urban UAffairs Minister (HUA)      Hardeep Singh Puri on       Tuesday introduced the   "# " National Capital Territory of   $% Delhi (Recognition of Property L M  /31567 Rights of Residents in  58708/*  Unauthorised Colonies) Bill,    he Sunni Central Waqf 2019 in the Lok Sabha to grant he Opposition parties   )  TBoard of Uttar Pradesh on ownership rights to 40-50 lakh Tskipped a joint sitting of  ! Tuesday decided that it would people living in 1,731 unau- both Houses of Parliament on not file a review petition against thorised colonies in Delhi. Constitution Day on Tuesday   $  $ the November 9 Supreme The provision of the Bill to mark their protest against          (      %&   $  Court verdict in the Ram Six members were against fil- said, adding that the members does not apply to 69 affluent the BJP’s alleged high-handed- -    0(  -  !)   "# *   Mandir-Babri Mosque dispute ing a review petition against the felt they needed more time to colonies identified by the Delhi ness in Maharashtra.     case, but is yet to take a call on Ayodhya verdict. Two mem- decide on the matter so as to Development Authority President Ram Nath Kovid of Parliament and held a joint The President said BR %+   whether to accept a five-acre bers, Abdul Razzaq Khan and ensure that it was appropriate (DDA), including Sainik emphasised the importance of protest in front of the Ambedkar, while underlining ,  alternative plot for a mosque, Imran Mabood Khan had as per the shariat (Islamic law). Farms, Mahendru Enclave and abiding by “constitutional Ambedkar statue inside the importance of constitu-  $+-! its chairman Zafar Ahmed opposed the chairman’s deci- “All further action in com- Anantram Dairy. morality” by all the organs of Parliament complex. tional morality, had empha- Farooqi said. sion not to file the review. pliance with the order of the The decision is politically the State, persons holding con- In a first, the Shiv Sena sised that its essence was to     “The Waqf Board has con- However, Mabood was absent Supreme Court, including the significant as it will benefit mil- stitutional posts and members supported the Congress in the regard the Constitution as 'P  sidered the ruling of the on Tuesday. issue of five-acre land in lions of poor migrants who of civil society. Prime Minister protest. The protest was led by supreme and to follow consti- #)*+ ., Supreme Court passed in the The Sunni Waqf Board Ayodhya, are still in consider- hold the key to the Assembly Narendra Modi reminded peo- Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, tutionally-mandated proce-  / ,  Babri Masjid case. The Board was a main litigant in the Ram ation of the Board and no elections due early next year ple of their “duties”. ex-PM Manmohan Singh and dures. “All the three organs of 0 , has reiterated its stand that it Mandir-Babri Mosque title decision has yet been taken. and had backed the AAP in Upset over political devel- party leader Rahul Gandhi. the State, persons gracing con- 1  will not file any review petition case. The members of the board have large numbers in the 2015 opments in Maharashtra, the Sonia led the protesters in tak- stitutional posts, members of  ,  in the apex court,” Farooqi The meeting also consid- asked for more time to formu- Delhi polls. With this, the BJP Opposition parties, including ing a pledge to uphold the civil society and common cit-  !) said in a press release issued ered whether to accept the late their views. As and when is hoping to counter AAP the Congress, the DMK, the SP, Constitution. She read out the izens of India are expected to    , after a meeting of the Board. five-acre alternative land given any decision is taken, it will be Government’s freebies such as the NCP and the Left parties, Preamble and resolved to stand abide by constitutional moral-  ,  2  The meeting was attended by the apex court for building communicated separately,” the electricity and water in the boycotted Constitution Day by the fundamental values of ity,” he said quoting Ambedkar.  ! by seven of its eight members. a mosque in Ayodhya, Farooqi release said. coming Assembly polls. celebrations in the Central Hall the Constitution. Continued on Page 4   !"#!$%&  

' '   58708/* abide by constitutional moral- ence to the Emergency, which Modi said there had been dom and democracy it envi- ity," he said quoting Ambedkar. was imposed by the then Prime an emphasis on people's rights sions, Modi noted and said had resident Ram Nath Kovid It is the duty of every citi- Minister Indira Gandhi, saying in the last many years as a vast he been alive, he would have Pon Tuesday emphasised the zen to abide by the that countrymen failed number of people felt deprived probably been the happiest. importance of abiding by Constitution and respect its attempts targeting the of equality and justice. He said November 26 is a "Constitutional morality" by ideals and institutions and to Constitution and that it The demand of the present happy occasion as India cele- all thee organs of the State, per- cherish and follow the noble remained unwavering. time is that society should brates Constitution Day but it sons holding constitutional ideals of its freedom struggle, Modi said a special aspect deliberate on its duties and also is a sad reminder of the posts and members of civil he said. of the Indian Constitution is responsibilities as well, he said Mumbai terror attacks, which society , while Prime Minister President said the that it highlights both rights and asserted, "We cannot pre- had taken place on this day in Narendra Modi reminded peo- Constitution enshrines the and duties of citizens. serve our rights without ful- 2008. He paid tributes to those ple of their "duties". ideal of building an inclusive "Let us think about how we filling our responsibilities". killed in the attack. Addressing a joint-sitting society to "bring about revolu- can fulfill duties enshrined in Noting that the In his observation , Vice- of Parliament in the Central tionary changes peacefully by our Constitution," Modi said. Constitution begins with "we President and Chairman of hall, celebrating the 70th way of constitutional amend- He said Gandhiji had well the people of India", he said Rajya Sabha M Venkaiah anniversary of the adoption of ments". understood that there was an people are its strength, inspi- Naidu said, "We have progres- the Constitution, the President Referring about rights and unbreakable and balance ration and aim. sively put the `public` at the said B R Ambedkar, while duties, Kovind quoting the between rights and duties. "Our effort should be to centre of `Republic' " and underlining the importance of Father of the Nation Mahatama Prime Minister asked peo- ensure focus on our duties in grew as vibrant , pluralistic cul- constitutional morality, had Gandhi said the true source of ple to be more aware not only our conversations and meet- ture with a flourishing parlia- emphasised that its essence rights is duty. about their rights but also ings," he said. mentary system with was to regard the Constitution "If we all discharge ourdu- about their duties enshrined in "Our Constitution is a Constitution working as a bul- as supreme and to follow con- ties, right will not be far to seek.   .  +        (      1 $  %  2 3 1 the Constitution. sacred book that contains our wark in protecting the rights of stitutionally-mandated proce- If leaving duties unperformed $    ,            . *  $    ,   - - %      ( Opposition parties boy- traditions and beliefs and also a free society. dures. we run after rights, they escape    O  - P    - !(   !) cotted the event to protest offer solutions to new chal- Lok Sabha speaker Om "All the three organs of the us like a will-o-the-wisp, political developments in lenges," he added. Birla, in his address, said " Most State, persons gracing consti- Kovind said quoting Gandhi. this day country's Constitution 1950. large segment of society to Maharashtra following the Bhim Rao Ambedkar, a of the problems being faced by tutional posts, members of Constitution day- was adopted by the Constituent In his address to the joint achieve equality and it has Governor's decision to swear in key architect of the the nation can be solved by civil society and common cit- 'Sambidhan Divas'- is observed assembly in 1949. Constitution sitting Prime Minister said the stood test of time. Prime BJP's Devendra Fadnavis as the Constitution, had asked people pursuing fundamental duties." izens of India are expected to annually on November 26 as on came to effect on January 26, Constitution has helped a Minister made a subtle refer- State's Chief Minister. if the country can uphold free-   (       58708/* Veeraswamy said the NID because all states have  58708/* Koshiyari to invite its alliance Narendra Modi and Home Government should establish skills and design capacity. He with the Shiv Sena and the Minister Amit Shah, asking he Lok Sabha MPs cutting an institute in any district of also said that there should be ongress on Tuesday NCP to form the Government "why such a spectacle of Tacross party lines demand- . Congress leader some kind of scholarship for Cdemanded apologies from in the state. democracy was created in ed on Tuesday setting up Hibi Eden too asked for setting women, SC and ST candidates both BJP's Devendra Fadnavis Minutes after Devendra Maharashtra?" National Institute of Design of an institute in Cochin as the in these institutes. and NCP leader Ajit Pawar for Fadnavis' announcement that Claiming that the lack of (NID) in all States during the city has ancient churches and Ritesh Pandey of the BSP misleading the people of State he is resigning, former numbers of those "who kid- passing of the Bill which seeks other heritage buildings. "We said that Uttar Pradesh and and country by first taking Maharashtra Chief Minister napped the people's mandate" to declare four National need an institute in Kerala. An Bihar too should have NIDs as charge as Chief Minister and and Congress leader Prithviraj stands exposed with the devel- Institutes of Design in Andhra NID can be considered in these will help create jobs. B B Deputy Chief Minister and Chavan said he has requested opments, Surjewala said,"it is Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Cochin," he said. Patil of the TRS said that NID then quitting the posts within Koshiyari to accept it and invite now clear that 'Chanakyaniti' Assam and Haryana as insti- The Bill seeks to declare in Andhra Pradesh should be two days realising they will fail the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress (political strategy) in BJP tutions of national importance. four National Institutes of shifted to Telangana. the floor test. alliance led by Sena chief means abduction of democra- The National Institute of Design in Andhra Pradesh, CPI-M member A M Ariff said The Congress also sought Uddhav Thackeray to form cy." Design (Amendment) Bill, Madhya Pradesh, Assam and there are 134 institutes which to ensure accountability of the .#-  3  %    ,  %    the Government. "Why was the country's 2019 was passed by the Lok Haryana as institutions of have the tag of institute of Prime Minister Narendra Modi . (, ( %       ,   (  "Devendra Fadnavis and Cabinet paralysed? Why was Sabha by a voice vote. It has national importance. It will national importance and there and Home Minister Amit as   %   - !(   !) Ajit Pawar should apologise to the naked dance of defections already been cleared by the allow the four institutes to is a need to increase the qual- why the Governor used as a the people of Maharashtra. and horse trading? Why was a Rajya Sabha. During the grant degrees and diplomas. ity of faculty in these centres. puppet and why did they hurt elaborate. stated the second term Their Government was based minority Government formed debate, MPs said NID should Trinamool Congress parlia- Kirron Kher of the BJP sug- the stature of the President. The The grand old party which Fadnavis Government was on lies and defections and fell drama done of having majori- be established across the coun- mentarian Satabdi Roy too gested that the NID governing party also said the turn of is one of the main constituents based on "defections" and fell like a house of cards," he said. ty for so long? Why corruption try, saying it will help create said that West Bengal should council should have a repre- events in Maharashtra has also of the Shiv Sena led NCP-Sena- like a "house of cards". Congress' chief spokesper- cases were taken back?Why skilled manpower and generate have such an institute. Kirit sentative from the Ministry of put the role of the President Congress combine pitching to Congress has now asked son Randeep Surjewala posed was the Constitution torn into job opportunities. Solanki of the BJP said that Tribal Affairs as various tribes under scanner but did not stake claim in Maharashtra, Governor Bhagat Singh questions to Prime Minister shreds?" Surjwala asked. DMK MP Kalanidhi every state should have one have rich sense of design. 4 ,$3  ) & *+*--*+*  +  +(./0  58708/* services of officers efficiently, it for a long time. has been decided to merge the They were liberated from  58708/* ated Press Registrar General. been uploaded on its website to Government, which has been and its subsequent authentica- he Government on Tuesday UTs of Dadra and Nagar Haveli Portuguese rule in December The proposed draft also pro- seek views from stakeholders facing criticism over the years tion.The draft bill proposes Tintroduced in the Lok and Daman Diu into a single 1961. Since 1961 to 1987, n a move to do away with hibits a person from bringing and public. for its tough position on media- the process of title and regis- Sabha a bill to merge Union UT," Reddy said. The merged Daman and Diu was part of the I'The Press and Registration out a publication who has been The draft Bill states that related issues. tration of periodicals including Territories Daman and Diu, and Union Territory will be named UT of Goa, Daman and Diu. In of Books (PRB) Act, 1867', a convicted by any court for an "publishers of news on digital The Bill enables the newspapers is proposed to be Dadra and Nagar Haveli into as Dadra and Nagar Haveli and 1987, when Goa got statehood, British era regulation, the offence involving terror acts or media shall register themselves Central Government and the effected centrally by the Press one. The proposed legislation - Daman and Diu. Daman and Diu was made a Information & Broadcasting unlawful activities and for hav- with the Registrar of State Government to frame Registrar General as a simul- The Dadra and Nagar Haveli The merger of the two separate UT. Dadra and Nagar Ministry has come out with a ing done anything against the Newspapers of India". It appropriate rules/ regulations taneous process. and Daman and Diu (Merger of UTs, located along the western Haveli was occupied by the draft of the "Registration of security of the State. defines news on digital media to regulate the criteria/ condi- The draft Bill also propos- Union Territories) Bill 2019 - coast near Gujarat, is done for Portuguese in June 1783. Press and Periodicals Bill 2019. Currently, in the PRB Act as the news in digitised format tions for issuing Govt adver- es to remove the existing pro- was introduced in the House by better administration and check Residents of Dadra and Nagar The draft bill proposes a sim- offences are punishable with an that can be transmitted over the tisements in newspapers, visions relating to registration of Union Minister of State for duplications of various work. So Haveli got liberated themselves ple system of registration of e- imprisonment term of up to six internet, computer or mobile accreditation of newspapers books. In the draft Bill, cancel- Home G Kishan Reddy. far, both the Union Territories from the Portuguese rule on papers/digital media. months as part of the penalties networks and includes text, and provide any other benefit lation or suspension of regis- "In view of the policy of the have separate budgets and dif- August 2, 1954. Since, 1954 to Through the draft bill, the clause for improper disclosure audio, video and graphics. The to the periodical or its own- tration norms now also include Government to have 'Minimum ferent secretariats even though 1961, the territory was admin- Ministry has proposed to do of information. "The Bill pro- proposed Bill will help the ers/employees. a provision that States that if the Government, Maximum they are just 35 km apart. istered by a citizen's council away with prosecution provi- poses to do away with the ear- Government to grant adver- The draft Bill proposes to publisher has been convicted by Governance", considering small Dadra and Nagar Haveli has called the Varishta Panchayat of sions of imprisonment of pub- lier provision under the PRB tisements to digital media. The do away with the existing pro- any court for an offence, "involv- population and limited geo- just one district while Daman Free Dadra and Nagar lishers and to simplify imple- Act, 1867 of prosecution of move is significant as the leg- cedure of furnishing of decla- ing terrorist act or unlawful graphical area of both the and Diu has two. Both UTs Haveli.and its division into mentation of the registration publishers," the Ministry stat- islation has been proposed by ration by publishers/ printers activity," it may result in can- Union Territories and to use the were under the Portuguese rule two Union Territories. process through a newly-cre- ed in the draft Bill which has the Narendra Modi before the District Magistrate cellation of registration. 1  **  2 #++ "O    58708/* in the key western state, how- a new life. under Atal Bihari Vajpyee. >% ever, proved a kind of anti-cli- The unholy speed with The jettisoning of its old- ith Chief Minister max for the BJP as it has ignit- which Fadnavis was sworn-in est 'ideological ally' for gaining  58708/* the extension of the period of casualties from Rs lakh to Rs WDevendra Fadnavis ed opposition unity that was with the help of Ajit Pawar-led- total dominance in retention, they added. eight lakh. The amount will be forced to quit after three days nowhere in sight until recent- NCP faction and the way Maharashtra politics has only n an effort to boost the At present, the families of granted under the Army Battle in the CM's chair in his second ly. It has virtually brought President's rule was with- driven Shiv-Sena to the oppo- Imorale of Armed forces, armed forces personnel killed Casualties Fund(ABCWF). term, the BJP lost one more Sharad Pawar , the Nationalist drawn in Maharashtra had sition camp which is now a lit- Defence Minister Rajnath in action against enemy forces The ABCWF was institut- major State it had ruled and Congress Party (NCP) leader, unwittingly given a high moral tle ignited with its rainbow Singh on Tuesday approved a or whilst enemy air attacks or ed in July 2017 and was imple- which it had sought to add to sitting on the margins, to the ground to the opposition. combination .! proposal to extend the reten- fighting terrorists are permit- mented with effect from April its saffron basket by tactical centre-stage of Opposition pol- In a way the saffron damp Somehow, similar may be tion of Government accom- ted retention of Government 2016. It was set up under moves, exposing the 'fault itics. squib in Maharashtra has also the experience of the JD (U) modation by families of battle accommodation for three Department of Ex-Servicemen lines' in the 'Chanakya Niti' of The surprise move by the arrayed opposition which since slashed down the `invincibili- leader Nitish Kumar whose casualties to one year from the months. Welfare (ESW) after a large its stalwarts. BJP in installing Fadnavis in the 2014 was not being able to put ty aura' surrounding leadership was also questioned existing three months. The benefit also covers number of people offered to The coup in Karnataka CM's chair gave the Opposition a joint-fight - be that ideolog- 'Chanakyas' of the BJP as it has by some state BJP leaders The nod for this major soldiers who die in cross-bor- provide monetary assistance to where ' Operational Kamal' parties a cause to get back at ical or strategic- vis-à-vis the also exposed the limitation of before Amit Shah put the lid on relief came after reviewing the der firing or ceasefire violation the families of battle casualties dismantled Congress-JDS dis- the BJP by reaching out to the BJP. 'cloak and dagger' moves in the controversy saying that requirements and demands of on the Line of Control(LOC)as following an incident in pensation in July and the suc- Supreme court and attacking A view even among the politics. Bihar assembly polls would be the armed forces, officials said the martyred personnel are February 2016 at Siachen cess of similar moves in the saffron party for allegedly BJP sympathisers is that the The Maharashtra episode fought with Kumar at the helm here adding the benefit will treated as battle casualties. where 10 soldiers were buried Arunachal Pradesh and Goa throwing to winds the Maharashtra episode may have also reflects that the increas- in the state. In Haryana, BJP cover personnel all the three The latest welfare mea- in an avalanche. This fund may have psychologically Constitutional proprieties. given an unwanted attention ingly powerful BJP under did not share seats with ally Services. The Minister okayed sures comes a month after was set up in addition to the emboldened BJP to upscale The Maharashtra power- towards BJP's 'political machi- Shah-Modi was not too will- Shrimoni Akali Dal, and the proposal after going Singh approved a four-fold various existing schemes for the their statecraft in Maharashtra. play seemed to have become a nations' and rendered a rather ing to accommodate its allies instead stole its sole MLA through the existing provi- hike in assistance to the next of welfare of next of kin of battle The political developments cementing factor for the dis- lethargic and dying opposition which was the not the case before the October poll. sions and then recommended kin of all categories of battle casualties and their children.             ! 

 58708/* done. across all Government hospi- in hospitals like it is in coun- formed on patients who have arranging fund arrangement is of maintenance cost after three ears are chosen for cochlear "Early detection helps in tals. tries like the USA, Singapore, lost all or most of their useful not easy, the delay in hearing years of implant, the devices are implant while for others we rec- eafness can be detected faster and effective treatments. According to researches, Australia and the UK. hearing in both ears and not identification just add to the dumped by the users as they ommend hearing aids, adds Dr Dwithin four hours of birth Parents may not always be there are 5-6 infants every Dr Alok Thakkar, ENT benefited by conventional hear- agony of such kids. can't afford the extra cost," he Sikka. and if kids born with such dis- able to identify the hearing loss 1,000 neonates in India who specialist from the AIIMS ing aid. "We have done 900 "Poor parents who can't says. Cochlear implant is an Implanting the Cochlear is ability are stimulated at an in their children, which is why face hearing problems. echoed similar views. "The implants till date. The number afford the treatment have to inner device and has no risk to not sufficient. After the early age with sound, they can having Universal Newborn Dr Sharma says, "There best results with a cochlear is meager against the demand, find funding agencies. the life of the patient. The implant, children also need to learn speech easily, and live Hearing Screening (UNHS) are many medical interven- implant can be observed if the admitted Dr Kapil Sikka, assis- Thankfully, help is coming Cochlea is a part of the ear, be taught to listen and under- their life to the fullest, say doc- programme becomes crucial. It tions like Cochlear implants implantations is done between tant professor (ENT) AIIMS. from NGOs and corporate sec- where sound energy is con- stand. For that to happen, they tors. is adopted in many countries to and hearing aids which can eight months and 2 years of age There is a waiting list of nine tor who support the treat- verted intobio electrical signals need to undergo audio thera- But despite of availability of solve the problem of hearing help a child to lead a dignified as 80 per cent of the brain months due to manpower and ment," points out Dr Sikka. and sent to the brain. This py for a minimum of two latest technology to manage the disability. It is high time India life." develops during this period of infrastructure challenges. Dr Ashok Kumar, implant is placed on to the years, he says. disability, majority of children too go for it," Dr SC Sharma, International legend life. The results of the Cochlear Moreover, the fact that Consultant ENT Surgeon, RML patient's skull surgically. And Though the Central in India reach for medical ENT specialist from AIIMS in Brett Lee who is global hearing implants done within the age of cochlear implants come with Hospital pitched for reducing the electrode inserted into the Government has made provi- intervention when they are Delhi says. ambassador for Cochlear-an five will also be good but the the cost--starts from Rs. 6.5 cost of the cochlear implants Cochlea which is attached to sion to sponsor 500 numbers around four-year old, by which Currently, Kerala is the hearing implant company-was child will require a lot of speech lakh and depending on fea- being provided under the the hearing nerve. under its ADIP Scheme, it is time, in most of the cases seri- only state to have successfully in Delhi on November 14 to bat therapy," he said. tures, goes up to Rs.16 lakh-and Government programme. Those having severe to minuscule in comparison to ous damage could have been achieved 98 per cent UNHS for making UNHS mandatory A cochlear implant is per- parents find difficulty in "Also as there is no provision profound hearing loss in both actual requirement. chhattisgarh 03 RAIPUR | WEDNESDAY | NOVEMBER 27, 2019 New scheme for farmers Supplementary budget on the cards: Baghel of `4546.81 crore passed STAFF REPORTER n Cabinet sub-committee to submit report by the end of winter session RAIPUR STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR the rate of `2500 per quintal. hhattisgarh state assembly Cpassed the second supple- Notable, the procurement of ` hief Minister Bhupesh Baghel paddy for this Kharif season in mentary budget of 4546.81 Con Tuesday reiterated his Chhattisgarh will begin on crore by voice vote on Tuesday, government’s commitment to pay to the second day of winter session ` December 1 and continue till farmers 2500 for per quintal of February 15 next year. This paddy of the assembly. This has paddy. has to be procured by the state enlarged the budget size of the While participating in the dis- cussions on second supplimentary budget tabled on Monday he announced in the state assembly Assembly Winter Session that the cabinet sub-committee government through primary state to 1 lakh 4 thousand 787 formed to explore the ways to pay cooperative societies. crore. the “balance amount” will submit its The state government had set a The main budget for the year report well before the end of the target of procuring 85 lakh metric 2019-20 was 95,899,45 crore ongoing winter session of the state ton (LMT) of paddy from farmers while the first supplementary assembly. A new scheme would be budget was of `4341.52 crore. The social sector spending is 3% of GSDP. this Kharif season, and intends to also more than national average Chief Minister listed out the initiated to reimburse this amount, Citing the RBI report for the he added. contribute surplus rice for National while its spending is minimum for development of ‘Shri Ram Van year 2019-20, Chhattisgarh The state government on procured from state farmers at the of India (FCI)”, the CM said. Food Security Act (NFSA) through total loan and interest payment. Gaman Path’, Swami Monday decided to procure the rate of `2500 per quintal. But it had Keeping in view the technical Food Corporation of India (FCI). Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel He said to reduce and keep Vivekananda Smriti Sansthan, paddy from state farmers on the to settle for the central government’s difficulty the government on If the surplus rice, which addressing the discussion on the budgetary deficit, steps will establishment of fast track court MSP prescribed by Centre i.e. the prescribed rate as otherwise the Monday formed a five member cab- amounts to be half of the set target supplementary budget said be taken for slashing the non- to deal with cases of women- MSP for common grade paddy at Centre because of its policy decision inet sub-committee to suggest how of 85 lakh metric ton, is taken by Chhattisgarh’s fiscal manage- productive expenses along with children atrocities and others. `1,815 per quintal and for Grade A would not be able to take the surplus to pay the balance amount of `685 centre then there would be no prob- ment is better than other states maintaining prudence in spend- He also provided details of crop at `1,835. rice from state for central pool per quintal to state farmers as the lem of storage too as the rest half and that it stands first in the ing while at the same time con- the steps taken by his govern- The state government had under National Food Security Act Congress government in the state would be distributed under public country in spending for devel- centrating on steps to enhance ment in extending benefits to promised that the paddy would be (NFSA) through Food Corporation had promised of procuring paddy at distribution system (PDS). opmental oriented works. revenue so to peg the deficit at cross section of the society. ‘Difficult to say deaths caused ‘Zero year’ medical colleges students will due to chronic kidney diseases’ be shifted if MCI, court permit: Minister STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR given, which was nil in the reply. The reply stated around 6 water STAFF REPORTER n of infrastructure and if 450 seats. Medical college Chandulal Chandrakar ealth and family welfare filter plants have been installed RAIPUR additional students are In Durg, as Raipur has 118 post graduate Medical College Durg were minister T. S. Singhdeo on along with arrangement for sup- added it would further put seats, CIMS Bilaspur has 6 declared as zero year. H ealth and Family prescribed Tuesday, replying to a query plying water from Tel river, assis- pressure on it. Minister post graduate and Jagdalpur Three district hospitals raised by Congress MLA tance to probe the causes has HWelfare minister T. S. assured to protect the rights 25-acre of land has 6 DNB seats. of Raigarh, Rajnandgaon Dhanendra Sahu on deaths sought from ICMR, Jabalpur, Singhdeo said if the Medical of students as per norms. He further stated that in and Ambikapur are linked reported due to chronic kidney technical team from NCDC, Council of India permits Arun Vora had sought is not year 2017 Government to medical colleges, he diseases (CKD), said scientifical- Government of India has been and the High Court orders, details of total number of Medical College Ambikapur added. ly it cannot be reported as the conducted while regular clinical students from the zero-year seats in both government available, it will and Chandulal Chandrakar In Durg, as the pre- cause of death is generally follow up is being done through private medical college, such and private medical colleges not be possible Memorial Medical College, scribed 25-acre of land is not recorded at the last moment. holding special clinical camps as the Durg based Chandulal in the state and in which Durg was declared zero available, it will not be possi- Citing an example, he said if and free treatment is being Chandrakar Medical colleges the zero-year was to open a new year, in 2018, Chandulal ble to open a new college. a person dies due to drowning provided to the patients. The College, will be shifted. declared due to lack of fac- Chandrakar Memorial Former CM Ajit Jogi the postmortem reports will treatment of disease is done. treatment is being provided Answering to a query ulty and other basic infra- college Medical College, Durg, Shri forwarded suggestion for mention the cause of death as Here also same is the case as through Sanjeevani Fund. raised by Durg MLA Arun structure and how many Shankracharya Institute of adjusting zero year students due to asphyxia and not by villagers are yet to cooperate in Dhanendra Sahu insisted on Vora on Tuesday, he empha- colleges are linked with dis- Minister in the reply had Medical Science, Bhilai and to government colleges like drowning. Same is the case with conducting postmortem, he said. defining the deaths due to kidney sized that already all the trict hospitals. Is there any stated there are six govern- Raipur Institute of Medical in other states to save future diabetes, where death is reported Dhanendra Sahu has raised failure for taking the issue seri- government colleges have plan to open Medical college ment medical colleges having Science, Raipur and in year of students when state is due to heart dilation or cardiac the question of death reported ously while welcoming the initia- specific number of seats in 550- bed district hospital, total 770 seats and three pri- 2019, Government Medical already facing shortage of arrest even though prolonged due to CKD and compensation tives of the state government. within the restricted limits Durg? He further asked. vate colleges having around College Ambikapur and doctors. Salient features of JJMP Members concerned over revenue COA’s adhoc Constitution to be declared committee to unlawful loss on clinker shipments STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR RAIPUR: State government taught in schools on Tuesday declared the ndustries and excise minister meet today STAFF REPORTER n Tuesday. J.J.M.P (Jharkhand Jan Mukti IKawasi Lakhma said as norms for RAIPUR: A meeting of the Chhattisgarh RAIPUR CM speaking on this Parishad) as unlawful organi- sending clinkers to other states are Olympic Association (COA)’s Adhoc occasion said schools could zation for a period of one year. laid down by the central govern- Committee has been convened on chool students in the be a better medium to con- The notification was first ment, the state has no control over November 27 at 11.30 am to discuss its Sstate will now get to vey the fundamental princi- issued by deputy secretary, it. election, sports events and other issues at a know more about preamble, ples of democracy. To make home department, Meanwhile, Panchayat and private hotel. fundamental duties, and children more responsible Government of Chhattisgarh, Rural development minister T S According to information given by directive principles of the and in order to create under sub section (1) section Singhdeo intervening said, founder member Bashir Ahmed Khan, the Constitution as they would awareness among them, 3 of the Chhattisgarh Visesh Chhattisgarh is facing a loss of committee will hold discussion on prepara- mandatorily be taught these preamble of Constitution Jan Suraksha Adhiniyam, on around `3000 crore as the GST is tion for eligibility of sports associations for in schools after prayer. must be taught every November 13, 2018 declaring imposed not on point of production tion is taking place while the clinker due to GST should be raised to the 2020 Goa National Games, winning An announcement Monday after prayer while the organisation unlawful. but on point of consumption. is being sent to states of Jharkhand protect state’s due right. medals in senior men and women champi- regarding the same was the fundamental rights, The notification is further BJP MLA Saurabh Singh sought and West Bengal, causing loss of Saurabh Singh raising a onship for year 2019-20, financial aid/assis- made by Chief Minister fundamental duties and issued to extend the ban, reply from minister over the Nuvoco around `300 crore, as per reply supplementary question sought to tance from state government, recognition Bhupesh Baghel in the state directive principles should which will remain in force for Vistas Cement Plant, Arasmeta- given in the House. know what steps the state to be provided to all sports associations assembly on the occasion of be taught on second, third one year in Chhattisgarh with based cement factory in Janjgir-dis- The other members raising con- government will take to stop such (non-Olympic) but recognized by ministry 70th anniversary of the and fourth Mondays effect from November 15, trict where around 75% of its cern suggested that during GST revenue loss and asked the of Sports and Youth Welfare, Government Constitution Day on respectively, the CM said. 2019. installed capacity of cement produc- meeting, state facing revenue loss government to take necessary steps. of India and election of the COA. BJP to fight for rights Country's fourth largest gems & of farmers: Usendi STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR hhattisgarh BJP state presi- jewelry park to come up in Raipur Cdent Vikram Usendi has crit- icized and condemned the state STAFF REPORTER n upon the design of this requested development of government for its decision to RAIPUR building. Chhattisgarh gems and jewelry park in procure the paddy at the mini- Industrial Development Raipur on November 13, and mum support price (MSP) pre- hief Minister Bhupesh Corporation officials have in the cabinet meeting scribed by the Centre instead of CBaghel said that been sent to Kolkata to study chaired by Chief Minister on `2500 per quintal as promised. country's fourth largest gems gems and jewelry park there. November 15, the request He termed the state govern- explore how to pay balance and jewelry park, after Thereafter, these officials was approved. ment’s announcement as a black amount to farmers is just eyewash. Mumbai, Kolkata and Surat, will be sent to Mumbai for Malu said that construc- chapter in the history as it The BJP will stand for rights will be established in capital the same purpose, so that the tion of gems and jewelry marked breach of promise by the of farmers and ensure that no city Raipur. gems and jewelry park to park will make Chhattisgarh state government. injustice is done to them, he This park will be come up in Raipur turns out the hub of goldsmiths, The BJP leader said the state claimed. “The party is commit- one-of-its-kind centre of to be the best of its kind in refineries, cutting and pol- government first delayed the pro- ted to stand with the farmers and attraction for the entire terms of facilities and ishing, also employment curement by one month, then will fight on the roads for farm- world. Chief Minister was features. opportunities will be gener- promised to procure paddy at ers,” he said. He added that for addressing the 'Abhinandan Chief Minister thanked ated for local people. On the `2500 and then finally announced procurement of paddy at `2500 Samaroh' organized by the association for the warm occasion, Raipur Sarafa that the paddy would be procured per quintal, the party workers Raipur Sarafa Association. welcome and extended Association Chairman Harak at `1815 and `1835 per quintal in will stage demonstration and Before that, Chief greetings of Constitution Mali,. Inderchand Dhariwal, the state, which is a deceit to create awareness among the Minister visited Rishabh Dev Day to all the people present Jitendra Barlota, Trilok farmers. The state government is farmers across the state. The Mandir situated in Sadar in the programme. Baradia, Mahendra Kochar indulging in political drama, he demand for 2 years of bonus as Bazaar and prayed for peace this park would be devel- well-equipped building with ments. Chairman Raipur Sarafa and various office-bearers, said, adding the formation of five- promised before election will and prosperity in the state. oped in nearly 10 lakh sq ft two thousand shops and Baghel said that Sarafa Association Harak Malu told members and prominent member ministerial committee to also be raised, he added. Chief Minister said that area. It would be a 10-storey proper security arrange- Association has deliberated that the association had citizens were present.   !"#!$%&  "

( !) !(*  +(! ,#*!- 9  (      % %%  %+   ,.743O #    $%   %% 11    &'    -...53<B3C Singh said that there were no instructions from the court he law student, who has to allow her to appear in the He said directions have about 128 buses from all other Taccused former Union exam in case she did not have  1.50*".< been issued to Panchkula, districts will be plied to minister Swami 75 per cent attendance. Amabala, Yamunanagar, Kurukshetra during the IGM- Chinmayanand of rape, was on The woman, who was aryana Government will Karnal, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, 2019. Tuesday stopped from appear- studying at Chinmayanand's Hrun 128 buses from other Jind, Panipat and Sonipat He said buses will be oper- ing in her LLM third-semester Swami Shukdevanand Law districts of the state to depots of Haryana Roadways to ated from 6 am to 8 am from examination due to low atten- College, was given admission to Kurukshetra at 50 per cent con- operate eleven buses each from other districts to Kurukshetra dance, officials said. the Bareilly college on Supreme cessional fare for the pilgrims their respective destinations and from 5 pm to 6 pm from The 23-year-old student, Court's directions in order to visiting Kurukshetra during to Kurukshetra. Similarly, two Kurukshetra to their respective who had on Monday appeared ensure that her education con- the celebrations of ongoing buses each will operate from depots. Apart from this 50 per in her first-semester back paper tinues. International Gita Mahotsav Sirsa, Hisar, Bhiwani, Rohtak, cent of the fare will be borne by amid tight security, was not The post-graduate student (IGM). Charkhi Dadri, Narnaul, the traveller and 50 per cent of allowed by the Mahatma has alleged that she was phys- This facility will be pro- Jhajjar, Rewari, Gurugram, the total fare given as conces- Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand ically exploited by the 72-year- vided from December 1 to 10, Fatehabad, Faridabad, Nuh and sion will be borne by University in Bareilly to old BJP leader for over a Haryana Transport Minister Palwal from their respective Kurukshetra Development appear for the third-semester year.  08<.035 herbivore also proves benefi- construction of route on the Mool Chand Sharma said on destinations or depots to Board or the State exam. Chinmayanand, sent to cial for other creatures. historical Gartang Gali trail Tuesday. Kurukshetra. Thus, a total of Government. She did not have the judicial custody after his arrest, he Corbett tiger reserve is Reintroduction of the in Gangotri national park required 75 per cent atten- was booked under section Tfamous for its tigers and rhinoceros in Corbett will will be undertaken while dance, officials said.The law 376C of the IPC, which is usu- elephants. However, in the not also boost tourism activities retaining the original form of student, accused of demanding ally applied in cases where a too distant future, rhinoceros substantially. Considering the trail which was used for extortion money from person abuses his position to will also become part of the this, the State Wildlife Board the Indo-Tibet trade. Chinmayanand, is presently "induce or seduce" a woman wildlife in this famous forest approved the experimental It was also decided in the lodged in Shahjahanpur jail. under his charge to have "sex- destination. This is because reintroduction of the rhino in meeting that voluntary village She was taken to Bareilly ual intercourse not amounting Uttarakhand will reintroduce Corbett. protection force should be on Tuesday amid tight securi- to the offence of rape". the rhinoceros in Corbett tiger Officials informed that formed soon in villages ty for appearing in the exam, This is a lesser charge than reserve on an experimental for this purpose, a crash of 10 affected by human-wildlife jailor Rajesh Kumar Rai section 376, under which a rape basis. rhinos will be brought from conflict. The help of Yuvak said. convict faces a maximum pun- This and other decisions Assam and West Bengal for Mangal Dal, Mahila Mangal The head of the law depart- ishment of life imprisonment. were taken in the 14th meeting the project costing 4 crore. Dal and Van Panchayats ment of the MJP Rohilkhand The punishment under section of the State Wildlife Board It was also decided in the should be taken to stop the University, Amit Singh said 376C is between five and 10 chaired by Chief Minister meeting that a study will be use of illegal methods for the law student had come to years in jail. Trivendra Singh Rawat here on conducted to ascertain the catching fish. Priority should give her third-semester exam The woman and three of Tuesday. maximum carrying capacity be accorded to provide solar but she did not have the admit her friends have been arrested In a presentation made in for tigers and elephants in lights and basic facilities like card because of attendance for demanding Rs 5 crore from the meeting, it was stated that Rajaji national park. toilets as per the regulations shortage. the BJP leader. the geographical and ecolog- Further, as in the case of in villages near protected ical features of Corbett are Himachal Pradesh, a propos- areas. Those resettled from suitable for the rhino. al will be sent by Uttarakhand protected areas to other loca- & ,(   $  There is zero possibility to the centre for declaring tions should enjoy the same   & of human-wildlife conflict monkeys vermin. rights they had on their ear- 567%#8+ involving the rhino and this It was also decided that lier lands. D : Terming abrogation stressed on the important role of Article 370 provisions and of governments in achieving  3O 4    === Article 35A in Jammu and this goal. From Page 1 Kashmir historic, Uttar She also referred to the suc- , In his address to the joint Pradesh Governor Anandiben cessful holding of major events   2   sitting, Modi said the Patel on Tuesday said the move like 'Kumbh Mela' and 'Dev Muzaffarnagar: Three per- Constitution has helped a was in accordance with the Deepavali' by the UP govern- sons were arrested in connec- large segment of society to spirit of the Constitution. ment and thanked the people tion with the murder of a 35-  0  achieve equality and it has She was addressing a spe- of the state for their coopera- year-old sadhvi, whose body stood test of time. Prime cial joint sitting of both hous- tion and also highlighted was found in a field last week,      58708/* Carrying placards in their Minister made a subtle refer- es of state legislature to com- schemes like 'one district, one in Uttar Pradesh's hands shouted slogans against ence to the Emergency, which memorate 70 years of adoption product' (ODOP). Muzaffarnagar district on elhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari the Kejriwal government, saying was imposed by then Prime of the Constitution even as the She also appreciated the Tuesday, police said. Don Tuesday said his party has the water in Delhi is contami- Minister Indira Gandhi, saying Congress boycotted the pro- government for making the The accused -- Baba Kapas got a “reality test” conducted to nated, give clean water to the countrymen failed attempts ceedings alleging that the BJP state open defecation free Nath, Manjit and Umesh -- establish the veracity of Chief people, if you are not able to give targeting the Constitution and was "killing" the Constitution. (ODF). Patel said on this day were arrested from Bhokarhedi Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s claim then leave power. that it remained unwavering. "Abrogation of Article 370 (November 26) in 1949, the village under Bhopa police sta- that there is no problem related Leader of Opposition (loP) Modi said a special aspect provisions and Article 35 A in Constitution was adopted, and tion, they said. to water quality in the city. in Delhi Legislative Assembly of the Indian Constitution is Jammu and Kashmir is historic also recalled Dr Bhim Rao During interrogation, the Tiwari also launched a Vijender Gupta said that the that it highlights both rights and and according to the pledge in Ambedkar's contribution in it. accused confessed to have helpline number — 8980189801 Kejriwal government has start- duties of citizens. Preamble of the Constitution. Upset over political develop- killed Sadhvi Sunita Nath. They — during a Press conference, ed new politics in the country “Let us think about how we Now same laws will be applic- ments in Maharashtra, told police that the murder was inviting complaints related to regarding water. can fulfill duties enshrined in able in the entire country. The Congress leaders boycotted the planned by a Mahant water quality from city residents. “Chief Minister of Delhi is our Constitution,” dream of 'ek desh ek vidhan, ek Constitutional Day celebra- Shankerdas of Sikander He said the complaints will not able to give clean water to the Modi said. He said Gandhiji nishan' (one country, one law tions. "While the BJP is laud- Ashram who was embroiled in be “used to create pressure” on public, but to get rid of his fail- had well understood that there and flag) has been fulfilled," the ing the Constitution inside the a property dispute with her, the Arvind Kejriwal govern- ures, he has many false accusa- was an unbreakable and bal- governor said. House, it is killing the same in Senior Superintendent of ment. He said people can also tions on the basis of which ance between rights and duties. In August, Jammu and Maharashtra. We stand by the Police (SSP) Abhishek Yadav send complaints related to dirty attempts are made to mislead the Among the leaders who joined Kashmir was bifurcated into Constitution but protest its said. water to dellikapaanizehrila- public,” said Gupta. the protest were DMK’s T R Union territories -- Jammu misuse," Congress legislative Mahant Shankerdas, and @gmail.Com. “Water is the most impor- Baalu, Shiv Sena’s Arvind and Kashmir and Ladakh -- in party leader Aradhana Shukla his friend and another accused : Renowned cartoonist Sudhir Dhar, who had a long Claiming Delhi’s water ‘pol- tant element of life, but today the Sawant, TMC’s Saugata Roy and accordance with the Centre's Mona told PTI. The party Manoj Kumar are absconding. association with the Pioneer, died on Tuesday morning after suf- luted’, hundreds of Minority people of Delhi are forced to NCP’s Majeed Memon. announcement revoking the members also protested inside A police team is on the look- fering a cardiac arrest, his family members said. He was 87. In Morcha workers gathered at drink contaminated water. The The RJD and the IUML state's special status under the assembly premises before out for them, he said. a career spanning 58 years, Dhar's works graced several other Vikas Minar, ITO, against the Chief Minister has only one also participated in the protests. Article 370. The SP, BSP and commencement of the session, Nath's naked body was found newspapers. Aam Aadmi Parrty (AAP) gov- department and that is the Delhi Rahul and Congress general other parties were present dur- carrying placards which read in a sugarcane field in Dhar began his career with The Statesman in 1961 after which ernment for forcing the people Jal Board but he has also com- secretary Priyanka Gandhi ing the governor's address. "Maharashtra mein lokrantra ki Bhokarhedi village on he moved to Hindustan Times. His cartoons have also appeared of Delhi to drink contaminated pletely failed to run it properly,” Vadra also spoke on the occa- Patel who spoke on the aims hatya" (murder of democracy November 21, the police in The Independent, The Pioneer, Delhi Times, New York Times, water. he said further. sion. and ideals of the Constitution, in Maharashtra). PTI said. PTI Washington Post and Saturday Review among others. PNS " ,1 E  )        &'   .     From Page 1 Fadnavis, who incidental- ( Fadnavis said “right from ly is the second longest serving the day one” the BJP had been Chief Minister of Maharashtra      58708/* saying it would not “poach” after Vasantrao Naik, MLAs from other parties or became the shortest serving elhi Chief Minister Arvind indulge in horse-trading. “We Chief Minister - of being in the DKejriwal on Tuesday said had formed the Government office for just three days. the Delhi Government has been after the entire group of NCP Earlier, P K Sawant was the working according to the prin- MLAs had extended their sup- Chief Minister for nine days ciples of the Constitution port to us (through Ajit). between November despite facing obstacles. He After Ajit resigned, I also decid- 25, 1963 and December 4, was addressing students and ed to put in my papers without 1963. teachers at the concluding cer- indulging in any horse-trading. Meanwhile, later on emony of the ‘Constitution at After this press conference, I Tuesday afternoon, 70’ campaign which was carried will go to Raj Bhavan and Maharashtra Governor Bhagat out in all Government schools. hand over my resignation to the Singh Koshyari appointed Kejriwal also spoke about Governor”. Kalidas Kolamdakar was how the Government has While extending his best appointed as the Protem ensured parity through various wishes to the new three-party Speaker of Maharashtra health and education initiatives. Government, Fadnavis said, “I Legislature Assembly. -   + * - %(         (   (   “We launched the ‘Farishte provided them 15,000 per us to live harmoniously and am confident that the three Subsequently, the  %  . * -    Dilli Ke’ scheme under which month as a salary for their sus- meaningfully with others as a parties will make a good effort Governor administered the the Delhi Government bears tenance. We have tried to erad- nation. to run the Government. But oath to Kolambhkar at a brief      58708/* govt can be run. We were availed the facility of free the cost of treatment of accident icate poverty by providing “In this three month cam- this Government will collapse swearing-in ceremony at Raj accused of working just for travel for women and of those victims. Every life is precious for means of sustenance to every- paign, lakhs of students and under its own weight. This is Bhavan in Mumbai. ith Assembly election is poor; we were not in pockets of who wanted to change politics us. “...We have given the right body,” he added. thousands of teachers exten- because there are so many dif- Kolambhkar will adminis- Wround the corner, Delhi Ambani and Adani. We of this country,” he said amid to live to Delhi,” he said. He The Chief Minister said sively reflected upon the vision ferences between them. … I ter oath to 287 newly elected Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal showed that elections can be slogans of “I love Kejriwal” and also hailed Dr BR Ambedkar Ambedkar read the constitu- behind the principles of liber- saw yesterday Sena leaders MLAs from 8 am on on Tuesday launched a mobile fought with honesty,” he told “Delhi Bole Dil Se Kejriwal for writing the Constitution for tions of other countries and ty, equality and fraternity, beau- were taking pledges in the Wednesday. number — 9509997997 on his volunteers. Phir Se” Delhi Deputy Chief a diverse country like India. gave us such a ‘great’ tifully articulated in the pre- name of Soniaji. I realised that Chief Secretary Ajoy which people can give missed Launching the mobile num- Minister Manish Sisodia said “Electricity and water, Constitution. “When Britishers amble of our constitution along these people can become so Mehta, Principal Secretary Law calls to associate themselves ber, Kejriwal said, “Through volunteers should not get over- being the basic necessities for had left the country, they had with their violations and short- desperate for power. These and Judiciary RP Ladda and with the party campaign for the this, the people are saying they confident and continue work- survival, were available to some said India will not be able to comings in our times. They also people have come together Secretary Parliamentary Affairs upcoming election. can connect with the party and ing tirelessly to ensure that the and not available to others in stay united. But India is still explored the ways to meaning- with BJP hatao agenda only for and Vidhan Bhavan, Rajendra Kejriwal was speaking at opt to volunteer for us.” AAP wins. Delhi. In the last five years, we united and is progressing fully live these principles fur- the sake of power.” Bhagwat were present on the the event held to celebrate the Addressing volunteers, Senior AAP leader Sanjay have worked to provide 24- because of our Constitution,” he ther, as envisioned by the “The three parties have occasion. seventh foundation day of the Kejriwal said, “Voting again for Singh said “AAP is a ray of hour electricity to all the resi- stressed. founding fathers of our consti- not even drafted Common Earlier in the afternoon, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). He AAP does not mean you are hope in these times”. “We are dents of Delhi. Affordable elec- If the principles of the tution,” he said. Minimum Programme (CMP). Congress leader and eight- said in the last seven years, his voting just for Kejriwal, you are not a jumla party but a party tricity is available to everyone, Constitution are implemented Sisodia also announced When they came together, all time MLA Balasaheb Thorat party has changed the narrative voting for 24-hour electricity, that does work,” he said. and free electricity is available properly even for one day in the Delhi Government’s decision to they had was Common was elected as the Congress of politics in Delhi and due to you are voting for good condi- Senior party leader Gopal to poor people,” he said. country, our country can include the preamble of the Maximum Programme to keep Legislature Party (CLP) at a it, the BJP is not able to do tion of government schools, Rai said in the upcoming Kejriwal further said the become the number one coun- Constitution in the textbooks as the BJP out of power,” Fadnavis meeting of party MLAs held at “Hindu-Muslim” politics in the you are voting for free bus ride elections, AAP volunteers Constitution mentions eradi- try in the world,” he said. the first page, irrespective of said, while comparing the three the Hotel JW Marriot under national capital but is forced to for women”. must ensure that even the cation of poverty, but that can- Deputy Chief Minister subjects, so that children shall party-front to an auto rickshaw the chairmanship of AICC talk on issues of electricity “It is an election of each security deposits of the BJP not be achieved merely by Manish Sisodia said the values be constantly reminded of the - three wheels of which are general secretary in-charge of and education. and every parent whose chil- candidates get forfeited. words. “We increased the wages articulated in the preamble of constitutional values and pulling the vehicle in different Maharashtra Mallikarjun “In these seven years, we dren studied in government Assembly elections in Delhi are of the laborers in Delhi and our Constitution rightly direct inspired to live them. directions. 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( -!(+!(*  (%  + ;    3 * ; (    (      *-/. .4.0 ment notification on August 19   65"65" demands — such as direct pop- took to the streets earlier this year mentioned an 'extension' while ular elections for the city's lead- after Lam's government intro- akistan's Supreme Court the notification issued by the ong Kong’s deeply unpop- ership and legislature, and a duced a bill to allow extraditions   7.-*5"65 Committee -- which is build- All are believed to have Pon Tuesday suspended the Prime Minister's Office says the Hular leader Carrie Lam probe into alleged police brutal- to China's opaque judicial sys- ing a case for impeachment direct knowledge of Trump's three-year extension given to army chief has been 'reap- acknowledged on Tuesday that ity against demonstrators. tem. onald Trump’s top aides charges against Trump -- to alleged demand that Ukraine the powerful Army chief pointed'. public dissatisfaction with her But in Tuesday's weekly Although it was eventually Dmust comply with sub- force testimony from three top President Volodymyr Zelensky Qamar Javed Bajwa till "As per rules, there is no Government fuelled a landslide press briefing, she sidestepped withdrawn under public pres- poenas to appear in the witnesses: former national open investigations into Wednesday and said the entire authority of extending army win by pro-democracy candi- those calls, denouncing the street sure, the bill added fuel to grow- impeachment investigation security advisor John Bolton, Trump's Democratic rival Joe process was "upside down", in chief's tenure or his reap- dates in local elections, but violence and repeating an earli- ing fears that Beijing was tight- against the president, a US White House Chief of Staff Biden in exchange for a high a blow to Prime Minister Imran pointment. The government offered no new concessions to er pledge to open a dialogue on ening its grip on the city, appeals court judge ruled. Mick Mulvaney and Secretary profile summit and much- Khan who cited "regional secu- can only suspend his retire- resolve months of violent the unrest, a proposal that oppo- unleashing broader public In a case involving former of State Mike Pompeo. needed military aid. rity environment" for his deci- ment and the army chief has protests. nents have dismissed as too lit- demands for reform and leading White House counsel Don sion to grant the top general not retired yet," Khosa said. In China, state media sought tle, too late. to violent clashes between police McGahn, who was subpoe- another term in office. The chief justice after sus- to downplay and discredit the Millions of Hong Kongers and protesters. naed in May by the House The unprecedented move pending the government's noti- weekend ballot that delivered a Judiciary Committee, judge *+ by the apex court to suspend fication adjourned the hearing stinging rebuke to the financial Ketanji Jackson ruled Monday Prime Minister Khan's decision until Wednesday. hub's pro-Beijing establishment that administration officials on August 19 could raise the in what was widely seen as a ref-    %(   cannot claim absolute immu- tension between the judiciary erendum on Lam's handling of nity from testifying based on and the powerful Pakistan /  the unrest. their closeness to the US leader. Army. It also came just three The city's chief executive *( %  ( While Jackson ruled specif- days ahead of 59-year-old pledged to "improve governance" ically on McGahn's case, she Bajwa's retirement on , in the wake of the district coun- said it had broad application to  7.-*5"65 ing of Navy Secretary Richard November 29 as the Chief of the cil elections, which she acknowl-   65"65" remaining female protester. all current and former presi- V Spencer. Army Staff in his first stint.   *-/. .4.0 edged revealed concern over "We have swept through dential aides. efense Secretary Mark Gallagher was acquitted of "The entire process was "deficiencies in the government, fficials at a Hong Kong the whole campus systemati- "Presidents are not kings," DEsper declared that murder in the stabbing death upside down. First, the Cabinet akistan's Law Minister including unhappiness with the Ouniversity where police cally and we found one pro- Jackson wrote in her decision. President Donald Trump of an Islamic State militant should have given the approval, PFarogh Naseem time taken to deal with the cur- and protesters clashed violent- tester in the student union "No one, not even the head ordered him to stop a disci- captive but convicted by a mil- then the prime minister and resigned on Tuesday to repre- rent unstable environment." ly a week ago said Tuesday they building," the university's vice of the Executive branch, is plinary review of a Navy SEAL itary jury of posing with the president should have been sent the government in a case In a rout that stunned the had searched the entire campus president Wai Ping-kong told above the law." accused of battlefield miscon- corpse while in Iraq in 2017. advised," Geo News quoted regarding Army chief Gen semi-autonomous territory, can- and found just one remaining reporters. She said Congress has the duct, an intervention that Esper initially favored Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa Qamar Javed Bajwa's extension didates campaigning against holdout in a sign the campus He said the individual was power to subpoena any of the raised questions about allowing the Navy to proceed as saying. in the Supreme Court, a senior greater control by China seized siege may be near an end. over 18 and not a student at the president's advisors, whether America's commitment to with a peer-review board The petition against minister said after an emer- an overwhelming majority of 452 Hong Kong Polytechnic university. He gave no further they are involved in domestic international standards for which could have resulted in Bajwa's extension was filed by gency meeting of the Cabinet. elected seats in the city's 18 dis- University (PolyU) emerged as details on her identity but said policies or sensitive national battlefield ethics. Gallagher losing his SEAL a person named Raiz Rahi, who Addressing a Press con- trict councils, bodies that have the epicentre of the territory's the university was trying to security issues. Esper's comments status, but he said he was later field an application to ference after the meeting, historically been firmly in the increasingly violent protest convince her to leave. "It goes without saying that Monday were the latest twist obliged to follow Trump's withdraw it. However, the chief Railways Minister Sheikh grip of a Beijing-aligned estab- movement when clashes broke As the standoff set in, it the law applies to former White in the case of Chief Petty order. Still, Esper also justice rejected his withdraw- Rashid Ahmed said that lishment. out on November 17 between became a guessing game as to House Counsel Don McGahn, Officer Edward Gallagher, directed the Pentagon's legal al bid and took up the petition Naseem had tendered his res- The result -- the first vote police and protesters armed how many protesters remained just as it does to other current which led to a conflict office to review how service as a public interest litigation ignation during the Cabinet held since protests engulfed the with bows, arrows and Molotov since they largely kept them- and former senior-level White between Trump and armed members are educated in the under Article 184, Pakistani meeting. city -- was a humiliating rebuke cocktails. selves hidden in buildings House officials," she wrote. services leaders over military laws of armed conflict and media reported. "Prime Minister Imran to Beijing and Lam, who has The standoff then quickly across the campus. That ruling could open a discipline. The dispute peaked trained to wartime behavioral During the hearing, the Khan accepted Naseem's res- dismissed calls for political settled into a tense stalemate The university sent in path for the House Intelligence over the weekend with the fir- standards. chief justice said the govern- ignation," he said. reform and repeatedly suggest- during which hundreds fled teams earlier on Tuesday to ed that a silent majority sup- the campus -- some attempting look for holdouts, sealing doors ported her administration. to get out through sewer lines with tape after rooms had )   In the wake of the polls, pro- -- leaving a dwindling core of been searched, but Wai said -   democracy politicians have holdouts. officials could not rule out the   stepped up calls for Lam to But university officials said possibility that other protesters  .   address the movement's key their search turned up just one remained hidden.   6-167 Three" in Tehran in 1943.    Born on January 25, 1926 oar Vartanyan, one half of in Gyumri in what was then 2 ,  Ga legendary Soviet spy cou- Soviet Armenia, Goar moved ple who helped prevent a Nazi with her family to Iran in the   /.6<8 assassination of allied leaders in early 1930s. Tehran in 1943, has died at age She joined an anti-fascist 27-year-old female 93. group at the age of 16 and even- APakistani journalist was Goar, who with her hus- tually worked with Gevork to killed here on Monday alleged- band Gevork worked as a secret expose German agents. ly by her husband, also a scribe, agent on numerous missions When Hitler ordered the for not quitting her job. abroad, died on Monday, plot to kill the "Big Three" at a The couple got Russia's SVR foreign intelli- conference in Tehran, their married seven months ago gence service said. group reportedly followed Nazi but then the relations turned She was to be buried at agents and exposed the plan. sour soon, according to an Moscow's prestigious The couple moved to the FIR. Troyekurovskoe cemetery, pos- USSR in 1951 and had a long Urooj Iqbal was associated sibly on Friday, SVR spokesman career as secret agents. with a Urdu daily and was Sergei Ivanov told AFP. The SVR -- one of the suc- entering her office situated in Goar helped thwart cessor agencies to the Soviet-era Qila Gujjar Singh in central Operation Long Jump -- a Nazi KGB -- said they were involved Lahore when her husband plot to assassinate Joseph Stalin, in "active intelligence work" in Dilawar Ali shot her in the Winston Churchill and "extreme conditions in many head, leaving her dead, Dost Franklin Roosevelt at the first countries" but did not provide Mohammad, a senior police meeting between the "Big any details. officer said.  *D $   <(  => 35-1    ( ((

  35*805.*65-  3 .58B./4.5*.C lapsed at least three apartment buildings while people slept, and akistan has opposed India's escue crews with excavators rescue crews were working to free Pcandidacy to the UN Rsearched for survivors people believed trapped. There Security Council's permanent trapped in toppled apartment was no indication as to how and non-permanent buildings Tuesday after a pow- many people might still be buried membership, citing the erful pre-dawn earthquake in in the rubble. Local television sta- Kashmir issue. Albania killed at least 16 people tions showed footage of a young Addressing the world body and injured more than 600. boy being pulled from a collapsed here on Tuesday, Pakistan's The magnitude-6.4 quake building in the coastal town of Permanent Representative to was felt across the southern Durres, 33 kilometers (20 miles) the UN Munir Akram said, Balkans and was followed by west of the capital Tirana, after an "at least one of the G4 does not multiple aftershocks, with sev- excavator moved a broken slab of in our view qualify for eral above magnitude 5. In near- concrete and local men pulled membership of the security by Bosnia, another temblor with mangled reinforcement bars out council permanent or non- a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 of the way. permanent." struck southeast of the capital Hours later, live TV footage The G4 nations comprising and rattled Sarajevo. There showed people cheering as Brazil, Germany, India, and were no immediate reports of another child was found alive in Japan support each other's bids casualties and only minor dam- a collapsed building in Durres for permanent seats on the age in that earthquake. where a body had been found Security Council. The quake in Albania col- earlier.   !"#!$%&   2      !F   H0  ,!F  F  ,( '          8   !Q 31 !   - - .,     ,,      ,        7     '    *9'*:,/ *    ,  , , ,    !    "3*  !                        5  *         !         "3*    7   6  8    ;<                      * 8              #)( 5 5                     !! !    ! 7   here is now heightened awareness           S$      on the crucial need for the world to take action against human-           1  induced climate change. This               , 8   includes initiatives by TGovernments, businesses, civil society and,   !               in general, the public at large. It was in 2011     S    *    that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate "3*            4 Change (IPCC) brought out a special report      # &        on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change     ,              Adaptation, which altered perceptions about      " S           climate change. The public then understood              1 "3* and associated with climate change, the increase in frequency and intensity of extreme               events all over the world. While national  8               S Governments have the prime responsibility   5     # 5       for action under the Paris Agreement, there is also a need for regional initiatives.    #    '*          There are, no doubt, universal efforts on "3*             P   Q * S mitigating the emissions of greenhouse                gases (GHGs) and carbon dioxide in partic- ular. But some of the fundamental changes *       !       that would be required to minimise the risks       =>7&,           from the impacts of climate change in the vers of these conflicts such as from the landmass of South under the United Nations  7  #     !        future are not fully understood. Pope Francis poverty and economic shocks. Asia, for the present, we may Framework Convention on in his message on the “World Day of Prayer South Asia could see an increase include them in separate efforts Climate Change (UNFCCC) for 8  1     0         for the Care of Creation” stated: “It is also a in these unfortunate trends. involving adaptation and miti- “common but differentiated    %$ - 7  '  0 !   P   season to reflect on our lifestyles and how South Asia has a shared cul- gation initiatives. As yet in responsibilities”, whereby the his-    !  Q   !      our daily decisions about food, consumption, ture and history and high vulner- South Asia, the spirit of coop- torically high emitters of GHGs transportation, use of water, energy and ability to climate change impacts. eration even on issues of com- are required to do much more in   1      0        many other material goods can often be If we take only the landmass mon concern has been largely mitigating their emissions than ' ?@   "3*     thoughtless and harmful. Too many of us act extending from Afghanistan to 1.58 missing. Given the high densi- those nations, which are on the             % 5S like tyrants with regard to creation.” the southern tip of India, exclud- /8.08<-*6) ty of the population in this threshold of development.              Lifestyles, unfortunately, across the globe, ing Sri Lanka and the Maldives, region, the large number of There is also a rationale for in both developed and developing countries, this landmass is home to around -63.-*.<*-8 human beings exposed to cli- the developed nations to pro-        "3*       are being directed towards a monoculture of 1.75 billion people. .46=813<<85 mate change impacts is perhaps vide financial resources to help             excessive consumerism and escalating gen- Regional impacts of climate higher than in any other region developing countries as part of                  eration of waste. There are societies which are change, which are rapidly on the 85-*65-.50 of the world. collective action to deal with cli- ignoring their own historical and cultural increase, show that a decline in South Asia has suffered mate change. Unfortunately,         1 #     5 roots, blindly embracing the lifestyles estab- wheat productivity would vary 6/**1./ grievously from terrorism, the principles behind these        7    , -  lished in the developed world, particularly in from seven per cent for a 1.5oC 0*))8<8518-6 which has been fostered by demands have been forgotten by 1 !        1 !  the US. There is a growing need for societies increase in temperature to 24 per some countries as a part of the developed countries. The to look within, pursue culturally consistent cent at 3oC. South Asia is vulner- -8<=88 Government policy. It should be nations of South Asia could                 lifestyles through opportunities for cooper- able to extreme events, the fre- *58<8--6) obvious that carrying on the das- raise their collective voice for                 $  ation among countries, which face similar quency and intensity of which is 8*<675 tardly practice of terrorism also projects to be funded by the  '   5         problems as a result of climate change. increasing. These would affect results in serious and long-term industrialised nations. Nature does not recognise geographical human health, security, liveli- 08<*=80 dangers for countries that breed South Asia, with its excel-          !       boundaries. While sharing common cultur- hoods and poverty. and support terrorism. If they lent insolation and wind ener-   1        al and geographical features, several nations The IPCC identified an 63/.*65- are serious about the welfare of gy potential, would be in a               #   fail to see the common good in working increase in heat waves, heavy rain, 7*1763/048 their people, they have to move unique position to collaborate together to meet the serious challenge of cli- floods and droughts, some of from terrorism to terra-ism. both in scientific and econom-  /          5    mate change. South Asia is one such region, which would lead to an increase 8@6-80 There are, unfortunately, ic terms across national bound-  !                which ignores this reality, leading to a neglect in diarrhoeal disease, dengue *51<8.-*5"/;6 serious political differences aries. Can the leadership of 5          ! /    of poverty, which would be exacerbated with fever and malaria. The monsoon, among some of the countries of South Asia rise above current the impacts of climate change. which provides the bulk of water 8"<67*5" the region but given the com- tensions and political differences    !          !  " The IPCC clearly stated in its fifth supply for this region, will see mon challenge of climate to serve the interests of their      !        assessment report, “Climate change will future increase in precipitation * .1-6) change, perhaps rising above own deprived populations, '*  5  *6   ,/ *   amplify existing risks and create new risks for extremes and in contrast a decline 1/* .8 hostile and contentious issue which would be exposed natural and human systems. Risks are in productivity of rainfed agricul- through a programme of mutu- increasingly to the growing !            A,  unevenly distributed and are generally greater ture in semi-arid areas. A large 1.5"8J ally beneficial action would be impacts of climate change?        "3*      /!  for disadvantaged people and communities part of the population in the in the interest of all. Such an ini- Perhaps as a beginning, this sub- '*    ,        at all levels of development.” It also stated that countries of South Asia lives in tiative should include adaptation ject could be a serious area of            !  climate change is projected to increase dis- low-lying coastal zones and flood measures in Afghanistan, research and advocacy at the placement of people and some would “expe- plains, which leaves them vulner- Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, recently established South Asian !   5   6 *      ! rience higher exposure to extreme weather able to sea level rise. Nepal and Pakistan and cost- University.       !       AB  events, particularly in the developing coun- Since island States like Sri effective mitigation measures. (The writer is former chair- 8           ,   tries with low income” along with increased Lanka and the Maldives face Developing country negotia- man, Intergovernmental Panel risks of violent conflicts resulting from dri- problems somewhat different tors have argued for several years on Climate Change, 2002-15)  *  3 4(! 8   *    7O,  /0 1       ,   ,,    N  O O 1  :          !!!7   !*O  2  ,  ,  ,  O  4O              , !    ! ,  ,!   !           ,) - :-8  ; ,) - 8 ,," )          K<5 K.   K" <   K< -,-                                             ! !  )  ! * !! #  3(!*)              spending enormous resources,  !         the exercise is being considered  "      unsatisfactory by the very people        ! Sir — As we witnessed the 4B4C 0 who undertook it. When Shah unfolding of drama and dilem- ) ,,: proclaims that no person, no        mas in the formation of a govern- 7 ,   matter what their religion, needs     #    $   ment in Maharashtra, we must -  1    :   "  to be afraid, one wonders if                 %$  ponder over BR Ambedkar’s pre-     ,, ,: these assurances are akin to the scient words on the adoption of :   !     Centre’s repeated declarations  &'     !      P   Q emergency provisions such as       "    that the situation in the Kashmir *     !          S the President’s Rule. He stated 5 1,B51C:--:1, Valley is “normal.”            !  ,"   that “every part of the  !7     The NRC exercise in Assam Constitution” could be abused for  ,   has led to the installation of              political purposes. 2     : detention camps for alleged ille-           ,       S            It is pointless to talk of moral- 1 ! gal migrants. The eventual cre- *   -            ity, Constitutional values and    , 1          : ation of concentration camps  , ,    :          .            /   gubernatorial excess when none like those in Nazi Germany does of the players involved in the   , ,  :     !- ,  not seem impossible. There, the  S   .      0   month-long drama showed any ! 4,  : :    ,! segregation began with the       !   ,   S concern for the very same prin- , ,,   ,  Government demanding that all "                   ciples and proprieties. ,!,      Jewish people register their assets It was a naked power game exceeding a certain limit with             1  where all parties played their authorities. At that time, such              2 3  S  cards well. Dilly-dallying, delib- Minister’s idea of compiling a final list. These administrative     acts had been carried out under %           erate dalliance or deft design — nationwide National Register of flaws need to be addressed first. the guise of nationalism. put it in any way —proves the Citizens (NRC) has its merits, one While some argue that Considering the rise of Hindutva     !    4  * S    old adage that politics is an art is not sure whether the exercise refugees and illegal migrants can Sir — Union Home Minister and the enthusiasm for the imple- 2 S                           of improbabilities and impossi- will actually help in identifying be a financial burden on a coun- Amit Shah’s proposition of updat- mentation of the NRC, one won-   *         1 5   bilities. illegal immigrants. try, the process of identifying ing the National Register of ders if atrocities similar to those J Akshobhaya The implementation of the them must not jeopardise the Citizens (NRC) in Assam has of the Third Reich’s might be         62        Mysuru NRC in Assam has already raised rights of the Indian citizens. The finally been welcomed by repeated here.                   questions about the Government’s situation in Assam should be a Himanta Biswa Sarma, the Bidyut Kumar Chatterjee      !!            competence. Over 19 lakh people, lesson for the Government to Finance Minister of the State, on Faridabad many of whose families have exercise caution. the basis that there are shortcom-  P7   Q   "     been living in Assam for gener- NR Ramachandran ings in the final list as of now. It ( $ ?    !  1 S           Sir — Although the Home ations, were excluded from the is disheartening to see that after " -- ,-8*8 =>"9:8>   !"#!$%&   5     6()!*, - '* !) '  3'       $3   $ P    $     $2   + *- *  $     3   '        '     ' 3         $       @  A9 *  L    '  L '     '        $ $      , ) "" $ ( # & 7!9CDD@CE=F:! , /       GP,         *            #        !        S    .           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This is particularly true                   of industries where women are the primary pur-    7         chasing agents and their perspective leads to 1          0  7   improved decision-making.  /          "3* After all, women drive 70-80 per cent of all         '      consumer purchases through their buying power  5                and influence. In addition, women exhibit high- $              er levels of trustworthiness and cooperation. Not    "  3 !        A only do they better address the concerns of cus- 5    5 5       ! tomers, employees, shareholders and the local community, they also tend to focus on long-term         !   !   priorities, thus improving boardroom dynamics.            " S Having at least one women director on board        "3*          makes a significant contribution to corporate gov- human capital which can be defined as 100 since the 1980s is that significant- ent from their male peers in terms of               ernance, with several studies showing increase a combination of human resources, i.e. ly more women than men, have titles, professional background, with more 8  '*   *       in attendance at meetings and improvement in the knowledge and skills embodied in whether academic, aristocratic, civic or male directors with career experience         ,  Corporate Social Responsibility ratings. people, acquired over a number of years political. There is also a preference in in traditional “masculine” sectors where           *   Apart from this, women directors serve as 7858806 and the outcomes of the development the US for “branded women” directors, men comprise the majority of those      9         role models and therefore, improve female L38-*65 of these human resources, through including those with a degree from Ivy employed, such as engineering and sci-       :         employees’ performance and boost the firms’ 63<-8/=8-6 career experience, learning and special- League universities, which signals ence.    /         image and reputation. Several rating agencies and 8@. *58*) isation. Each director brings a unique upper-class status to senior managers. International work experience: investment funds use the extent of gender set of human capital resources to the The same could be said for the repu- Given recent trends in globalisation and   *    76 85.=8 diversity as one of their investment criteria. A ).*/806 board. Research on top management tational capital value of degrees from the increasing numbers of cross-nation- 8              study by Boston Consulting Group and Technical teams shows that managers’ pre-exist- Oxford and Cambridge universities in al mergers and acquisitions of many   $         University of Munich also found that presence .113 3/.8 ing knowledge systems and repertoire the UK, which are well-represented in large corporations, it is expected that  1         !  7   of women in management teams can increase -3))*1*85 of skills are derived from prior profes- the higher echelons of business and international experience will play an 0  S         * S  innovation significantly. <8/8=.53 .5 sional experiences, which help explain Government. Another facet of reputa- increasingly important role as directors .    !           Finally, from the standpoint of public poli- 1.*./J*)56 and predict managerial inclinations, tional capital is the extent to which are being asked to monitor, govern and                cy, gender diversity is an important social value 857. strategic choices, biases, and accom- directors appear in the Press and in advise on corporate activities and         5     and one that is consistent with equality. -8-.<848*5" plishments. directories of well-known people. As opportunities across a range of coun-    7  5        Notwithstanding these benefits, women still find .856 Here are some of the variables: role models, these high-profile women tries and different national and business    $     S$   it hard to reach the top. Globally, one-third of 85163<."8 Director education and experience: often make speeches or are featured in cultures.                 businesses still do not have women in senior 8*<"<67 Human capital investment in education the Press, so their names are likely to International experience is regard- management roles. At this pace, women will not .50 and particularly advanced education is be picked up by internet search engines ed as highly developmental as it builds  ,            reach parity with men until 2060. a starting point for development of such as Google. on and integrates other related human             A& In its most literal form, diversity is defined 08=8/6 85*5 independent thinking, a key facet of Previous experience: Previously, capital management experience            as “differences” and it becomes a purposeful, .56<".5*-.*65 role requirements for non-executive women were more likely to work part- acquired in the home environment.   !           strategic direction once these differences are val- .50 .88 directors. It is evident that minority time or to settle for lower paid but con- However, it may be more difficult or less  !             ued. On boards, diversity brings together indi- .1L3*<8 groups can gain public and objective venient jobs, and hence would be less attractive for women to acquire this          8     viduals with different backgrounds and a num- <8/8=.5 credentials through education, partic- likely to participate in on-the-job train- form of human capital as traditionally     !         ber of benefits, including new ideas, better com- 8@8<*85186 ularly postgraduate qualifications, ing for more senior roles, as neither they men are more internationally geo-   /              munication, debate and corporate governance 486546.<0- thereby levelling the playing field and nor their employers would gain a rea- graphically mobile than women.               processes. Studies have shown that compared to .50165<*438 compensating for the effects of any dis- sonable return on the investment in Human capital theory leads us to         !   homogeneous groups, diverse groups exhibit 8.5*5")3//;J crimination and subjective bias in training. But in recent times, women expect that directors’ appointments are increased information search and a greater selection and promotion. Educational have invested in education, and adopt- based, in part, on the human capital      range of perspectives. Further, they generate more qualifications are valued by the public ed a lifetime work pattern similar to that (knowledge, skills, experience) they can #    *     alternative solutions to problems. and employers can then benefit from of men. So today’s women workers are provide to the firms. Women have been          *  Understanding the importance and relevance the expertise and credibility of the edu- acquiring more senior-level experience present in the full-time workforce for 7          /    of promoting gender diversity in the true sense cational human capital of their staff and than did previous generations and many years now. Hence, proper steps        1   in Indian corporate boards, it is critical to eval- directors. inequalities such as the gender pay gap need to be taken to ensure that women  !         0     uate what it takes to reach the board, that is, the Reputation: Reputation is associ- are reducing, albeit slowly. are not absent from corporate board-            !      human and social capital that help women reach ated with human capital derived from Hence all directors are expected to rooms and are not being used as         '      apex positions. Gender diversity in the board- investments in education and other vis- have successful and relevant career tokens when they are present there. We   S!        room is an issue that has received increased atten- ible individual attributes that stand as experiences in their sectors and profes- need to question ourselves to examine      9 5'*   tion both in academia and in the popular Press proxies for the actual capabilities of the sions before their appointment. if women have failed to accumulate suf- during the last decade. Studies concerning the person. Individuals gaining director- However, given that women are often ficient relevant human capital? If not,    !   : "    !       practice have been conducted in a number of ships are likely to have acquired repu- more attracted to public and not-for- then what steps are being taken to - !     7     countries, including the United States (US), tational capital that signals competence profit sector careers, it is also expect- encourage their growth and develop- 7!S  P   Q          Canada, the United Kingdom (UK), France, New and reduced risk to the beholders who ed that women directors’ work experi- ment in an organisation and make them 9         Zealand, Australia, Spain, Jordan, Tunisia, use their social networks to select and ence human capital would be biased in acquire relevant experience to be on           Denmark, Iceland and Norway. appoint new directors. A noticeable fac- favour of those sectors, in contrast to boards and contribute meaningfully?      ! : From a resource perspective, the board mem- tor in the profile of women directors in their male peers. The human capital of (The writer is Assistant Professor, bers’ contributions are typically based on their the Financial Times Stock Exchange women directors could also be differ- Amity University) 37                             6*)(+ 7

interviewed many former student lead- the venture soon collapsed on itself. ban on all political activities on cam- Blood & Rage, Michael Burleigh writes eventually rendered traditional 20th- ers, most of whom became successful Violence between student groups puses. Indeed, by the early 2000s, the that one of the reasons behind the rise century student politics obsolete. politicians and journalists. Almost all had become pandemic in the 1980s. violence had greatly receded. But, of student activism in the 1960s was that Yet, in Pakistan — from 2007 of them lamented that the 1984 ban And when it flared up again after the again, the reasons were far more com- a large number of middle and lower- onwards — and also in many other negatively impacted the quality of 1989 revival of student unions, a 1992 plex than simply the restriction or middle-class men and women had countries, there is once again a clear political leadership and participation. petition against their restoration was restoration of student unions. Privately- begun to enrol in colleges and univer- feeling of restlessness among the youth. They said that at least two generations accepted by the Supreme Court and in owned (and apolitical) colleges and uni- sities after the end of World War-II. Indeed, one can explain this as govern- 58746<5- 3- '$""&)# of Pakistanis lost touch with how 1993 it banned all political activity on versities had swelled and State-owned According to Burleigh, although ments and educational institutions are 560*8*5.*/- democracy worked and what it stood campuses. But whereas there had been ones had become pale reflections of most European countries, the US and once again falling short of accommo- n October, protests erupted on the for when activities like electoral cam- violent protests by student groups themselves. The memory of student many new post-colonial realms in dating the changing socio-political 8 campus of the Balochistan paigning, participating in polls and against the 1984 ban, none took place politics being just about violence entire- Asia and Africa enjoyed economic needs of another generation. But those   IUniversity. Even though the protests negotiating better academic and recre- in 1993. One of the reasons for this was ly drowned the fact that, till the late booms of one kind or the other in the looking to revive organised student pol-  ,  were against the alleged harassment of ational facilities through student unions, the erosion of the traditional forms of 1970s, it had been a vibrant democra- 1960s, their colleges and universities itics will have to apply brand new strate-  !)  some students by the university’s were outlawed. Thus, generally speak- student politics. This erosion was large- tic cornerstone on campuses. were not able to accommodate such a gies and offer newer models instead of administration, the renewal of student ing, those demanding a revival of stu- ly triggered by a new reality, in which Another reason for the attrition of large influx of students. This created the ones that have become obsolete due    unions also became one of the dent unions in this context, have a con- young people were increasingly opting traditional student politics was the grad- numerous logistical and administrative to the reasons already discussed.    demands. Recently, various youth vincing case which can be favourably for privately-owned universities where- ual disinterest of mainstream political problems that left students feeling dis- Whatever the newness in this context  ! $+ activists in Punjab and Sindh have argued with some compelling evi- as much of the country’s customary stu- parties, that had founded and funded gruntled and angry. is, or can be, it will have to get the atten- 1 raised similar demands, with a solidar- dence. However, it is equally important dent politics had been centred in State- a majority of student outfits. With the Burleigh writes that many students tion of mainstream centres of power.  . ity march being planned on November to understand that the nature of student owned educational institutions. declining influence of conventional stu- channelled this anger through radical And, on a lighter note, it cannot sim- 29. politics that culminated in a ban in 1984 Those against the ban on student dent politics, the parties simply began political ideologies, mainly those of the ply rely on the many meaningless new 7   What’s more, Sindh’s ruling party, was largely a Cold War phenomenon. unions had argued that the violence that to use their student groups as props to Left. By the 1970s, and due to the grad- buzzwords that have been flying from  , , the PPP moved a resolution to restore It cannot be reactivated in its original had engulfed campus politics in the be exhibited at rallies, instead of being ual disillusionment towards Left-lean- left to right (and vice versa) on social  , student unions and this was adopted by shape in today’s changed scenario. For 1980s, had been largely due to Zia’s dic- their electoral extensions on campus- ing ideas, similar feelings of disgruntle- media; and/or terms that have actual-    , the Assembly on November 5. Student example, many forget that the ban was tatorship and (after 1984) due to the es. The fact is, the decline of student pol- ment began to be expressed through ly trivialised even the most urgent and  ,  ! unions were banned in Pakistan by the repealed in January 1989 by the first curbing of the students’ democratic itics in Pakistan was part of a univer- rightest gesticulations. However, as alarming issues. They have simply General Zia dictatorship through Benazir Bhutto regime (1988-90). But rights. However, the court observed that sal trend. Student politics and activism conditions in educational institutions “gamified” radicalism. So, the first step 5,     Martial Law Orders in February 1984. despite the fact that elections for stu- the restoration of student unions in had witnessed a peak globally in the became more accommodating, and, in in this context should be to become a 4  ! In his 2009 book Revisiting Student dent unions were successfully held in 1989 had failed to stem violence and it 1960s. But this peak had begun to case of Third World countries, private voice taken seriously, and not just noise. B   C Politics in Pakistan, Iqbal Haider Butt Punjab’s many State-owned universities, could only be checked with a blanket recede from the mid-1970s onwards. In colleges and universities swelled, these (Courtesy, Dawn)   !"#!$%&  %

,#)#!) *8) !! 3    $!  ,9(      Mumbai: Senior BJP post the verdict of the leader Eknath Khadse October Assembly elec-   ( %   on Tuesday dubbed tions.   3 4.* The second tenure of Fadnavis Ajit Pawar’s resigna- “Had they found lasted from November 23 to tion as Deputy Chief some solution, it would   3 4.* !  nce being the only second November 26, 2019. Minister of have been better for   9  ,  OChief Minister in Maharashtra The four-day-old BJP-led Maharashtra a “face Maharashtra,” Khadse aharashtra Congress pres-      to complete the full five-year term, Government collapsed on the eve of saving act”. said apparently refer- Mident Balasaheb Thorat BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis now the supreme court-ordered floor test Bringing anoth- ring to the Sena and BJP has been elected as the party’s ,       holds the dubious distinction of in the Assembly, after Ajit Pawar er twist in the see- parting ways over the legislature wing leader, the     being the CM with the shortest quit as deputy CM citing “person- sawing political drama in Maharashtra, former’s demand for the Chief Minister’s Congress said on Tuesday. tenure of four days in the last 59 al reasons”. NCP leader Ajit Pawar, who had joined post. AICC general secretary in- form Government in years, a downhill journey which Fadnavis too resigned while hands with the BJP and took oath as A known detractor of Fadnavis, charge for Maharashtra Maharashtra. underlines transient nature of admitting that the BJP had lost deputy CM on November 23, stepped Khadse said he was not aware whether Mallikarjun Kharge made the The Supreme Court on politics. majority in the House. down from his post. the promise of sharing the CM’s post for announcement at a meeting of Tuesday directed that the floor On Tuesday afternoon, Assembly. The collapse of the nascent The development resulted into the equal term was made to the Sena by the the party MLAs held at a hotel test for Chief Minister Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis, Earlier P K Sawant held the government capped the month- four-day-old BJP-led Government losing BJP. here. Devendra Fadnavis to prove his 49, resigned from his post, only record of being the Maharashtra long uncertainty in Maharashtra its majority and Chief Minister Devendra “I feel finding a solution (for the “The Congress president majority in the Maharashtra three days after he made a dramat- CM with the shortest term-- from politics, which witnessed many Fadnavis resigning on Tuesday afternoon. stand-off between the BJP and the Sena) (Sonia Gandhi) has approved Assembly be conducted on ic comeback as the Chief Minister November 25 to December 4, 1963. twists and turns since the results of “Ajit Pawar stepping down as Deputy was not an impossible thing,” he said. the name of Balasaheb Thorat Wednesday. for a second term with the support He was made the caretaker chief the Assembly elections were Chief Minister is a face saving act. It Ajit Pawar had supported BJP as as the Congress Legislature It also directed Governor of NCP leader Ajit Pawar, who had minister after the death of his pre- declared on October 24. would have been more humiliating for leader of the 54-member NCP legislature Party leader in the Maharashtra Koshyari to ensure that all broken ranks with his parent party decessor Marotrao Kannamwar. Fadnavis remained CM till Ajit Pawar had he waited for tomorrow’s party and with his resignation earlier in Legislative Assembly,” Kharge elected members of the House to lend support to the BJP. Fadnavis’ previous term as the November 8, as the tenure of the floor test in the Maharashtra Assembly. the day, the Government has lost major- told the MLAs. are sworn in on Wednesday However, what was supposed to chief minister lasted from October 13th Legislative Assembly had It was expected that he (Ajit Pawar) would ity. Thorat is an eight-term itself. be a dream run for Fadnavis came 31, 2014 to November 12, 2019, ended. quit today,” Khadse told reporters. Addressing reporters, Fadnavis said, MLA and currently heads the The apex court also said to an abrupt end in afternoon after making him only the second CM He submitted his resignation on The senior BJP leader, who is in polit- “We don’t have majority after Ajit Pawar’s Maharashtra Pradesh Congress that the entire proceedings Ajit Pawar stepped down as deputy after Vasantrao Naik of the November 8 and changed his twit- ical wilderness for last four years, said his resignation as Dy CM. I will be submit- Committee. have to be telecast live. Voting CM, exposing the BJP’s claim that Congress to last the full five-year ter bio to “caretaker” Chief Minister party and the Shiv Sena should have ami- ting my resignation to Governor after this The Congress has tied-up in the Assembly shall not be on it had majority in the 288-member term. of Maharashtra. cably resolved the issues between them, media briefing”. PTI with the NCP and Shiv Sena to the basis of secret ballot, it said.       4:;  P   O ' P #+- *+$ * + - # 6'7 67 -**   Mumbai: When Sharad Pawar of the Assembly polls, Pawar’s Maharashtra polls, Sharad Pawar career spanning 52 years in elec- youngest Chief Minister till date. addressed a rain-soaked rally in efforts suffered a setback, albeit assumed charge of the campaign toral politics. He went on to become chief   3 4.* ing” voters from the minority com- Maharashtra’s Satara during cam- momentarily, when nephew Ajit and traversed the State. He was a member of minister of the State two more munity. Kumbharwada police arrest- paigning for the October 21 Pawar shocked him by aligning His efforts paid off, with the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly times, from June 1988 to June 1991 n effigy of Abu Asim Azmi, chief ed one person in connection with the Assembly polls, few thought that with the BJP to form the party winning 54 seats, 13 more and the Lok Sabha for seven times and from March 1993 to March Aof the Maharashtra unit of the protest on Tuesday. the 79- year-old would be the dri- Government. than its 2014 tally in the 288- mem- each. 1995. Samajwadi Party, was burnt in When contacted for reaction, ving force behind the new That regime lasted just 80 ber House. At 27 he was already a legisla- Pawar served as defence min- Bhiwandi town near here to protest the Azmi, MLA from Mankhurd here, Government. hours, before Ajit quit as Deputy A dauntless Pawar was instru- tor in the Maharashtra Assembly, ister from June 1991 to March party’s decision to support Congress- said, “It was necessary to With the Shiv Sena-NCP- CM citing personal reasons, leav- mental in stitching the unlikely and at 38 he managed to pull down 1993. He parted ways with the NCP-Shiv Sena alliance to form extend support to Sena-NCP- Congress all set to assume power ing Devendra Fadnavis, into his alliance with rival Shiv Sena to the Congress Government in the Congress in 1999 over party pres- Government. Congress in the State, because our in Maharashtra, the patriarch of second stint as the CM high and form a Government in the state. ident Sonia Gandhi’s foreign ori- Protesters also put a garland of prime objective is to keep the BJP out this unlikely anti-BJP combine is dry. Within hours, Fadnavis also State to keep the BJP away from Pawar shot to fame in 1978 gin issue and formed the NCP the shoes around an effigy of local SP of power.” the one left smiling, having out- quit, paving way for the non-BJP power. when he dislodged the then same year. leader Raees Sheikh, MLA from He had discussed the issue with witted stalwarts from the BJP combine to assume reins of the Pawar has been a Defence Vasantdada Patil dispensation in The Congress and NCP came Bhiwandi East during the incident on senior SP leaders, Azmi said, adding camp. State. Minister, opposition leader in the the state to form a Government together after the 1999 Assembly Monday night. that those who protested his decision Having brought his party out With the NCP hit by multiple Lok Sabha and three-time with the Janata Party. He was only election in Maharashtra to form The protesters shouted slogans did not know the political of a virtual existential crisis ahead desertions ahead of the Maharashtra Chief Minister in a 38 at the time and is Maharashtra’s Government in the State. PTI against Azmi and the SP, for “betray- situation. ;< )   ?   N3 "   ?  3' 0((    0)/O     6/.. '   1855.* Officer had directly approached the ours after Maharashtra drama Supreme Court last week asking for a     Hreached its climax with Chief he war of nerves being fought directive to the officer to hand over the 6/.. Minister Devendra Fadnavis ten- Tbetween Tamil Nadu Government charges to the ADGP. dering his resignation as his party and a retired officer of the Indian Police Manickavel, who is supported by ours after Mamata BJP fell far short of the magic fig- Service saw the opening of yet the devotees because of his stern and HBanerjee ure, Bengal Chief Minister on another battle front in the Madras uncompromising stance against polit- announced regularisa- Monday slammed the “Governors” High Court on Monday. ical pressure has already traced many Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief tion of refugee colonies for failing to act constitutionally. AG Ponn Manickavel, Inspector idols which were stolen from the tem- Minister Yogi Adityanath on both on private and In a loaded remark Banerjee General of Police, Idol Wing (CID) of ples under the Hindu Religious and Tuesday vowed to return “every Government said she was aware of the history the Tamil Nadu who retired from ser- Charitable Endowment Department of single paisa” of the State power lands people offreedom struggle and knew that vice on November 30, 2018 on reach- the Tamil Nadu Government. More firm employees’ provident fund living in the refugee Independence was won at the ing the age of 60 but was appointed by than 5,000 antique idols dating back to after confiscating properties of camps in North 24 stroke of midnight but “I have the Madras High Curt as the Officer on thousands of years have gone missing those behind the scam of Parganas and Nadia heard of freedom of midnight but I tution. They have their own limits Special Duty for a period of one year from the temples of the State since 1967. investing the money in tainted erupted in joy thanking the including those owned even by never heard of a situation when a which should not be violated. to complete the probe into the case of Some of them found their way to pri- DHFL. Bengal Chief Minister for the Central Government. Government is formed in the midnight, They should not violate the missing temple idols had approached vate art museums across the globe. “We will not let the inter- providing them some defence She said that such people secretly… When there is no majority Constitution,” Banerjee said adding the court citing the impediments Manickavel, in his petition to the est of any employee be harmed. against what they called “dread- would be provided with pattas then why he is called … the political how the Central Government had being created by the Tamil Nadu had stated that the The properties of all those ed” National Register for or land deeds and rights by her parties and MLAs concerned should been regularly interfering in the State’s Government from preventing him to State Government with the active con- involved in this scam will be Citizens. Government. Coming against have asked whether letters of support business. function independently and requesting nivance of the Director General of Police confiscated and every single Hundreds of people at the backdrop of the Centre’s thus presented were genuinely given by Making a veiled reference to State for an extension of his tenure by two was creating all kind of obstacles to pre- paisa of each and every employ- Bongaon and Thakurnagar in announcement that the NRC them.” Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, the Chief years. vent him from going ahead with the ee will be returned,” the Chief North 24 Parganas and was inevitable in Bengal as it Wondering why the Maharashtra Minister said “I know who sent him A Bench consisting of Justice R investigation into the missing idols. Minister said. Hanshkhali-Ranaghat in Nadia would be carried out through- Governor called Fadnavis to form a here and why… I know on what pur- Mahadevan and P D Audikesavalu told “Interestingly, the AIADMK and the Adityanath made the expressed their gratitude out the country. Government without speaking to the pose he is working here. Whose cut out the officer on Monday to wait till the DMK are on the same side of this case promise while addressing a towards the Chief Minister for “We were under tremen- other parties Banerjee said “Governor will be used where and why is also Supreme Court takes a decision as the as both the parties want Manickavel to special session of the state leg- providing them “place of dous pressure ever since the is a constitutional post and should … decided by you.” Tamil Nadu Government has filed a plea be out from this investigation. It islative council, convened to permanent residence” decades Centre announced that the the dignity of this post should be pre- Incidentally in a rare occurrence before the apex court requesting for a should be noted that a joint commis- mark 70 years of the adoption after they migrated to Bengal NRC is inevitable in Bengal. served and maintained.” (on Constitution Day) — catching the directive to Manickavel to hand over the sioner of HRCE was arrested by Pon of the Constitution. “No one from the other side of the bor- We are born and brought up Apparently the Chief Minister’s eyes of all and sundry present at the charge and details of the idol missing Manickavel in the case of a missing idol will be allowed to go scot free. der. here, doing government jobs, acerbic remarks tended to come in the Assembly House — both the Governor cases to Abhay Kumar Singh, the addi- and the department employees went on The Government has said it and Millions of people had giving votes but are now faced backdrop of the deteriorating chemistry and Chief Minister came nose to nose tional director general of police. The a day’s strike against the arrest. This will do it,” he asserted. migrated to Bengal post with the prospect of being between Nabanna (State secretariat) twice but refused to acknowledge each Supreme Court had asked the shows that the HRCE department itself Talking about the former Independence and particular- evicted. The land deed will and the Raj Bhavan in Bengal with the other’s presence, let alone exchanging Additional Advocate General Balaji is hand in glove with the perpetrators managing director of the UP ly in and around the provide us with some reason to ruling outfit and its senior ministers pleasantries. Srinivasan to request the Madras High of the crime,” said T R Ramesh, presi- Power Corporation Limited Bangladesh war in the wake of claim citizenship,” said middle- regularly attacking the BJP, Central The two constitutional posts have Court to adjourn its proceedings till dent, Temple Worshippers Society. arrested for his alleged role in persecution. aged Nirmal Basak of Bongaon. Government and the Governor for been at loggerheads for the past cou- December 2 when the former is sched- Parthasarathy, an entrepreneur the scam, Aditynath said, “The Banerjee earlier had said The State Government had “running a parallel Government in ple of months with the State Governor uled to hear the plea by Tamil Nadu based in Sreerangam said that the gov- mastermind of the PF scam was that attempts would be made earlier regularized 94 refugee Bengal.” Both the “It’s a federal struc- regularly complaining against the Government. ernment was not comfortable with a favourite officer of the previ- by her Government to regu- colonies which were on state ture. Central and State Government’s Governor’s alleged attempt to interfere The Government of Tamil Nadu, to Manickavel’s investigation as it was ous (SP) Government. Our larise refugee colonies on pri- government land, she said after are elected by the people and have their in the affairs of the State and “running preempt any move by Manickavel to afraid that the probe may reach its own government has put him vate and Government lands — a Cabinet meeting. respective place in the Indian consti- a parallel Government.” seek extension of his tenure as Special doorsteps. behind bars.” PTI *== @$    %    3  (    58708/* Department Dr. S. Ilayaraja, Deputy n a joint operation with Uttar Director of Veterinary Services at IPradesh forest division, five Wildlife SOS said, “Our first pri- sloth bear were seized from ority is the health of the bears and Mumbai: Floral tributes were paid on several others, besides damaging prop- wildlife traffickers and later trans- to provide them intensive veteri- Tuesday to those who laid down their erty worth crores. ferred to the Agra Bear Rescue nary care. Every bear will be sub- lives while fighting Pakistani terrorists The then Anti-Terrorism Squad facility for required medical treat- jected to a detailed veterinary who had attacked Mumbai on this day (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare, Army ment by Wildlife SoS on Tuesday. health examination.” 11 years ago. Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, According to Wildlife officials, Kartick Satyanarayan, Co- Maharashtra Chief Minister Mumbai’s Additional Police these bear were intended for sale founder and CEO Wildlife SOS Devendra Fadnavis was among the Commissioner Ashok Kamte, Senior to other middleman by traffickers. said, “The timely intervention by dignitaries who paid homage at the Police Inspector Vijay Salaskar and Surprisingly, organ of bears the enforcement authorities 26/11 police memorial site at Mumbai Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) are used in making of Chinese tra- helped to rescue these bears from Police Gymkhana in south Mumbai. Tukaram Omble were among those ditional medicine. “Bear bile, gall poachers. Sloth bears are targeted “I pay homage to the brave police- killed in the attack. bladders and other body parts are by poachers for their body parts men who fought for Mumbai’s safety The attacks had begun on used in Chinese traditional med- the bears for street performance.” ever following the orders from and to be traded as live animals for and laid down their lives for us on Commissioner Sanjay Barve, and fam- November 26 and lasted till November icine and make the bear a vul- “By the timely rescue of these Chief Wildlife Wardens of street performance. Poachers take 26/11. We are proud of them and we ily members of the policemen who lost 29. The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj nerable target for this reason,” said bears, they have been saved from Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh advantage of porous internation- will strive hard for the safety and secu- their lives during the attacks were also Terminus, the Oberoi Trident, the Taj a member of rescue team. trafficking and a lifetime of tor- Forest Departments, the bears al borders to move wildlife con- rity of our state,” Fadnavis said. present during the ceremony. Mahal Hotel, Leopold Cafe, Cama Elaborating the condition of ture,” he added. have been transferred to the 165 traband and live animals across & Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari On November 26, 2008, 10 Hospital and the Nariman House these animals, an official said Initially these bears were acre Agra Bear Rescue Facility, the conceal themselves in remote also paid tributes to the martyrs. Pakistani terrorists arrived by sea Jewish community centre, now that the offenders had also placed under largest bear rehabilitation center areas. Sloth bears are a vulnerable State Chief Secretary Ajoy Mehta, route and opened fire indiscrimi- renamed Nariman Light House, were smashed the teeth of the bears temporary care and treatment in the world for this species, run species and poaching species from Director General of Police Subodh nately at people killing 166, including some of the places targeted by the ter- with metal rods and mutilated the initially at Bhagwan Birsa by Wildlife SOS in collaboration the wild severely impacts the wild Kumar Jaiswal, Mumbai Police 18 security personnel, and injuring rorists. PTI muzzles to insert a rope to train Zoological Park in Ranchi how- with Uttar Pradesh Forest population.”   !"#!$%&  >

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    Desai reached here early Tuesday Supreme Court lifted the ban that pre- along with five others to proceed to the vented women and girls between the age nding an over 12-hour-long standoff Sabarimala temple to offer prayers. of 10 and 50 from entering the famous Ewith devotees opposing the entry of She had announced that she would shrine. women in the menstrual age group into leave Kerala only after visiting Sabarimala. Scripting history, Ammini and Sabarimala temple, a team of gender The Kerala government dubbed Kanakadurga were the two women (9 rights activists led by Trupti Desai on Desai’s attempt to visit Sabarimala as a activists who had offered prayers at the   -.4.<* ./.B8-8.8+--# '88 tation of the National Register out a ‘One Time Settlement’ including West Bengal, Kerala, of Citizens (NRC) in the State. (OTS) scheme for resolution of Harayana and Rajasthan have   *<3.*B.C The two Bills passed were all pending cases under old tax already come out with such Bihar Goods and Services Tax laws/statutes which were in programme. SRO chief K Sivan on (Amendment) Bill, 2019 and force before the introduction of Speaking on the another ITuesday offered prayers at Bihar Taxation Disputes Goods and Services Tax (GST). bill, the deputy chief minister this famous hill shrine here, a Resolution Bill, 2019. The GST was implement- said it proposes to increase the day ahead of the launch of Opposition members con- ed on July 1, 2017 in the coun- threshold limit from 20 lakh India’s imaging satellite, CAR- tinued with sloganeering all try. Cases relating to sales tax, to 40 lakh for getting traders TOSAT-3. through the proceedings that electricity duty, luxury, enter- registered under GST Act.   ;08<.4.0 A release from the Chief ISRO is all set to launch the lasted for 30 minutes in the tainment and advertisement Furnishing “Aadhaar” number Minister’s office said the earth imaging and mapping post lunch session and the tax, entry tax and others can be has been made mandatory for mployees of the Telangana Telangana cabinet would meet satellite CARTOSAT-3 along bills were passed before resolved under the OTS registration and a provision has EState Road Transport on November 28 and 29 here to with 13 other nano-satellites Speaker Vijay Kumar scheme which will be in force also been made to acquire the Corporation were allegedly discuss issues relating to RTC from the US, from Sriharikota Choudhary adjourned the for three months, said Modi, same from traders who have turned away by officials and employees and others. on Wednesday. House till 11 am on who also holds the finance already been registered under police on Tuesday when they The Government’s Sivan offered prayers to the Wednesday. portfolio. the Act, he said. PTI reached bus depots to resume announcement came a day presiding deity of Lord work, a day after they called off after the TSRTC employees’ Venkateswara at Tirumala here. their 52-day-long strike. unions called off their two- Later, speaking to reporters Emotional scenes were wit- month old strike on Monday. here, Sivan said Chandrayaan- 3( (   ( % nessed at some places as “The two-day Cabinet 2 Orbiter was doing well and women employees started cry- meeting will discuss at length sending a lot of information ($       ing after they were not allowed on the measures to be taken to about the Moon. Lander to rejoin duty and police sent end the RTC impasse in the ‘Vikram’ from Chandrayaan-2 them away. state,” it said. had crashlanded while attempt-  %      We are finding it difficult The RTC said in a release ing a soft landing on the lunar to pay school and college fees that it was trying, not only to surface on September 7.   .".<./.F.*M.7/ clashes. (of children), a weeping woman improve alternative measures The ninth and “final” conductor told reporters. for passengers, but continue ru refugees lodged in relief round of the repatriation We appeal to the CM sir to work in offices with limited Bcamps in Tripura have process of the Bru refugees will take us back for duty, another staff. urged the Centre to restart its come to an end on November woman conductor said. The release said 6,475 subsistence allowances, days 30.The Mizoram Bru Police said hundreds of buses were operated with before the Tripura Displaced People’s Forum employees, including scores 11,055 temporary staff in 11 Government puts an end to (MBDPF), in a communica- of women employees, were regions of the Corporation. the free ration supply to the tion to the Centre on Monday, taken into preventive custody Congress MPs from displaced people. demanded resumption of the near bus depots in various dis- Telangana N Uttam Kumar The Ministry of Home subsistence allowances. tricts across the State on Reddy,who is state Congress Affairs (MHA) had discon- The displaced Brus would Tuesday. president, Komatireddy tinued its allowances, includ- not agree to be repatriated to Security was tightened near Venkata Reddy and A ing ration supplies and cash Mizoram “until and unless bus depots and bus stands in Revanth Reddy on Tuesday dole, to the Bru refugees from their small and simple the state to prevent any unto- expressed deep anguish and September 30. demands are fulfilled,” the ward incidents, they said. agony at the inhuman manner However, following claims MBDPF said in a letter to A P RTC officials were not in which RTC employees of starvation deaths of six Maheshawari, Special immediately available for com- are being treated by Chief people in the refugee camps Secretary (Internal Security), ment on the situation following Minister K. Chandrasekhar and over a week-long road Ministry of Home Affairs. the strike’s withdrawal. Rao.” blockade by the displaced families, the state govern- ment decided upon provid- ing free ration to them ear- lier this month. “The Tripura govern- ment would supply the free ration to the Brus till November 30 and it is unclear whether it will be continued beyond that date,” official sources said. Altogether 4,447 dis- placed Bru families, lodged in relief camps at Kanchanpur and Panisagar sub-divisions of North Tripura district, are scheduled to return to neigh- bouring Mizoram from where they started fleeing since 1997 following ethnic   !"#!$%&   $

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However, volatil- P+. booking in telecom, IT and ity ahead of derivative expiry,   58708/* Indore in Madhya Pradesh.   auto stocks amid growth con- political drama and caution on Sources said the action 1 * !< cerns and evolving political upcoming GDP data led he Government has com- was in line with Prime Minister -   ) drama in Maharashtra. investors to book some profit,” Tpulsorily retired another Narendra Modi’s address to the .F1/7  1  The 30-share index Vinod Nair, Head of Research 21 “corrupt” tax officers in the nation from the ramparts of the .6 !6 6 touched its all-time intra-day at Geojit Financial Services fifth tranche of its crackdown Red Fort when he had said -  --     ! high of 41,120.28 before clos- Rising foreign inflows and on errant officials accused of some black sheep in the tax ing down by 67.93 points or confidence that government corruption and other mal- administration may have mis- '   4%      $ 0.17 per cent at 40,821.30. will address the fiscal gaps practices, finance ministry used their powers and harassed 50 E The broader Nifty of the through divestment can main- sources said. taxpayers, either by targeting  1 * National Stock Exchange also tain the buoyancy in the mar- The Central Board of honest assessees or taking      soared to a new peak of ket, he added. Direct Taxes (CBDT) — the excessive action for minor or    12,132.45 in day trade before “Profit booking was clear- agency that overseas income procedural violations.   50    giving up gains to end lower by towards license fees on adjust- fell by 1.52 per cent, M&M by ly on investors’ radar ahead of and corporate tax collections — “We have recently taken 1  B50 1C  P+ 36.05 points or 0.30 per cent at ed gross revenues (AGR) as 1.67 per cent and Tata Motors expiry and before the crucial compulsorily retired 21 Group the bold step of compulsorily 1 02  12,037.70. well as spectrum usage charge by 1.36 per cent. PowerGrid GDP data due on Friday as B officers of the rank of Income retiring a significant number of ) 6-  Bharti Airtel was the in the latest quarterly results. dropped by 2.26 per cent, Sun investors avoided taking long Tax Officer under tax officials, and we will not tol-  ,! biggest loser among Sensex Key IT stocks TCS and Pharma by 1.75 per cent, positions,” Paras Bothra, Fundamental Rule 56 (J) in the erate this type of behaviour,” he stocks, dropping by 4.34 per Infosys also dropped by 1.6 per Fitch group firm India President of Equity Research, public interest, due to corrup- had said. cent after ICRA downgraded cent and 1.05 per cent, respec- Ratings and Research said that Ashika Stock Broking, com- tion and other charges and CBI More than half of the offi- the long-term rating of the tively, as investors preferred to Indian economy may have mented. Among the gainers, traps, they said. cials retired were those who company due to higher-than- book profits at high levels. slowed for the sixth consecutive ICICI Bank rose 2.26 per cent, Since June, this is the fifth were were arrested by the CBI anticipated provision pertain- HCL Tech fell by 1.29 per quarter in July-September to IndusInd Bank by 1.46 per round of sacking of corrupt tax for allegedly receiving illegal ing to the Supreme Court cent. Auto stocks also declined 4.7 per cent while lowering its cent, Tata Steel by 1.17 per cent officials. With this, 85 officers, gratification. One of them was judgement on dues payable due to growth concerns. Maruti GDP growth forecast for the and ITC by 0.52 per cent. including 64 high ranking tax caught accepting a bribe of officers, have been compulso- 50,000. One official allegedly rily retired. Of the high rank- had over 20 lakh cash in his ing officers, 12 were from the bank locker while a Thane CBDT. officer had acquired immov- ?@DG=HKL The last round of sacking able and movable assets worth was in September when 15 over 40 lakh in his and his . + -0&-2 (   $  ( Central Board of Indirect Taxes wife’s name, the sources said.      O(-  7=AB. +  D=K and Customs (CBIC) — the In June, the Government   $(  $3. $      '   58708/* ter of the current fiscal would rating agency said in a state- agency that overseas GST and had compulsorily retired 15 ()            mark six consecutive quarters ment. import tax collections — were commissioner-level officials of (   %B Q ndian economy may have of slowing growth, a first since The revision, it said, compulsorily retired. CBIC on charges of corruption, Islowed for the sixth consec- 2012. This comes despite a became “inevitable as the high- Sources said the officers collecting and giving bribes,   587 08/* utive quarter in July-September recent series of fiscal stimulus, frequency data now suggests retired in the latest round smuggling and even criminal         $ to 4.7 per cent, Fitch group firm including reduction in corpo- that the agency’s estimate of include three in the Mumbai conspiracy.   "# 0 0  .    oogle on Tuesday said India Ratings and Research rate tax rates. 2QFY20 GDP growth coming office of the CBDT and two in Thereafter, the 1 0 =-  00. GIndia is among the top said on Tuesday, as it lowered “India Ratings and in a little higher than 5 per cent adjoining Thane district. Other Government had compulsori-   F,   markets for its ‘Shopping’ fea- GDP growth forecast for cur- Research has revised its GDP is unlikely to hold”. officers sacked were posted in ly retired 12 senior IRS officials  1 *!.   ture and has received strong rent fiscal for the fourth time. growth forecast for FY20 to 5.6 “The new projection sug- Vishakapatnam, , from the Income Tax depart- 00. 1  -!  response from small and The Indian economy per cent. This is the fourth revi- gests that 2QFY20 GDP growth Rajahmundry, Hazaribag in ment over charges of corrup-   *.- O =1 00.! medium businesses that are expanded 5 per cent in April- sion and has come in after the is likely to be 4.7 per cent,” it Bihar, Nagpur in Maharashtra, tion, sexual harassment, dis- using it to connect to more June, its slowest annual pace agency had revised its FY20 said. Second-quarter GDP Rajkot in Gujarat, Jodhpur, proportionate assets under          $ buyers. since 2013. The 4.7 per cent GDP growth forecast only a numbers are likely to be Madhopur, and Bikaner in Rule 56(J) of the Central Civil '"8 5)<  In December last year, projection for the second quar- month ago to 6.1 per cent,” the announced on Friday. Rajasthan and Bhopal and Services (Pension) Rules. 1 6, Google had launched ‘Shopping’   1 0 in India to allow users to easily  , filter through offers, review L    prices from multiple retailers .3)- %(,(   K $N!%%!$+%O and find products to shop.   “We’ve witnessed incredible @, 1 *$N momentum since launch of 5 %OQO!6-5 "  , Google shopping last year.  (   G=HIKL 5)< B1 C      Indian shoppers engage with our   3 4.* L    ,! shopping experience more often,   3 4.* Interestingly, it can be and for longer periods of time recalled that within a year of   58708/* ing market. he Indian rupee on Tuesday  $        $ compared to other markets,” eserve Bank deputy gover- the launch of the scheme, the Prior to this change, to Trose by 24 paise to settle at   "# 6 Google Shopping Vice President Rnor MK Jain on Tuesday then Reserve Bank governor ndia’s new liberalised petrol obtain a fuel retailing licence in an over two-week high of 71.50 P+ - Product Management Surojit warned bankers about the Raghuram Rajan had warned Ipump norms require India, a company needed to against the US dollar as persis- . Chatterjee told PTI. growing stress in Mudra loans, of asset quality troubles bub- licensees to set up a minimum invest 2,000 crore in either tent foreign fund inflows and   He added that there are which has crossed more than bling in the scheme but the of 100 outlets with at least hydrocarbon exploration and hopes about US-China trade 1 * now over 200 million Rs 3.21 lakh crore RPT crore then finance minister Arun 5 per cent of them in remote production, refining, pipelines logjam breakthrough boosted N1 0O offers available on Google system-wide, and asked them Jaitely had brushed aside the areas. According to a Gazette or liquefied natural gas (LNG) forex market sentiment.   5 Shopping. to monitor such loans closely as concerns. notification detailing the norms terminals. After starting off on a <  2  “We have seen a strong unsustainable credit “Mudra loans are a case in for setting up petrol pumps, the “Any entity seeking autho- stronger note, the domestic 6 4  5 traction, especially for small growth in the sector can risk point. While such a massive licensee would also be required risation for retail marketing unit further strengthened its 0 , !6"  , and medium businesses... clicks the system. push would have lifted many to “install facilities for market- only should have a minimum position tracking a host of 5<  -, -!0 "  , 5 on listings that direct to small Prime Minister Narendra beneficiaries out of poverty, ing at least one new generation net worth of at least 250 crore positive factors. It traded in the <  -!1    ,    and medium business web- Modi had launched the Mudra there has been some concerns alternate fuels like compressed at the time of making the range of 71.49-71.68, before    -!6 5<  sites have increased by 30 per- scheme in April 2015 with at the growing level of non-per- natural gas (CNG), biofuels, application to the central settling at 71.50 a dollar, clock-  ,     cent,” Chatterjee said. much fanfare to offer speedier forming assets among these liquefied natural gas, electric Government,” the notification ing a gain of 24 paise — the 1 *! He added that the compa- credit up to Rs 10 lakh to small borrowers,” Jain told a Sidbi vehicle charging points etc at said. biggest single-day rise since ny is now introducing new businesses which are non- cor- event on microfinance. their proposed retail outlets It fixed the application fee October 17.          $ tools to help businesses connect porate, non-farm small/micro The commercial-banker- within three years at 25 lakh. The rupee gain was further   "#    5 4 1 $N with shoppers easily. enterprises and which nor- turned central banker said of operationalisation of the “The entity needs to set up strengthened by weakening of 5$+%O , *! 0 Through Google My mally do not get bank funds banks need to focus on the said outlet.” at least 100 retail outlets, out of dollar against the key rival 18654-1!-!-!   < ,<;  Business (GMB), any local due to their poor and mostly no repayment capacity at the The government had last which at least 5 per cent of the currencies. The dollar index, /= ., .8 0  retailer can create an online credit rating. These loans are appraisal stage itself and mon- month relaxed norms for set- proposed retail outlets shall be which gauges the greenback’s   *!1 0  store and connect with millions extended by banks, NBFCs, itor loans through the life cycle ting up petrol pumps, allowing set up in the notified remote strength against a basket of six -0   *$N of shoppers searching for prod- RRBs, cooperative banks and of the account much more non-oil companies to market areas within five years of the currencies, fell 0.01 per cent to 5   ucts online. small finance banks. closely. fuel in the world’s fastest grow- grant of authorisation,” it said. 98.31. 1 *!   !"#!$%&  $$ Q  6/.. ndia were one of the favourites ( to win the 2019 World Cup till a 15-minute spell from the INew Zealand fast bowlers in Manchester changed everything and the world came crashing down   :%+% for the Men in Blue in the semi- final stages of the showpiece event.   034.* Things could have easily gone downhill from there had it not been ndia captain Virat Kohli rode on his command- for the guidance of head coach Ravi Iing century in the Day/Night Test to close in on Shastri. He has used the stick in the top-ranked Steve Smith, while opener Mayank last few years as much as he has pat- Agarwal made his maiden entry into the top 10 in ted the back of the players when the the ICC Test rankings issued on Tuesday. morale has been down and today Kohli (928 rating points), who hit 136 against this Indian team is often compared Bangladesh in the second Test in Kolkata, reduced to the legendary Windies unit in the the gap from 25 to three points with Australian C %  .3(  #  $  C3D!  1970s and 1980s. Smith (931) to retain the second spot. Speaking after completing Agarwal, who struck a double century in the another series whitewash, this time first Test against Bangladesh in Indore, jumped one C(%%  against Bangladesh, Shastri threw place to 10th with 700 points. He is the fourth Indian light on what made him believe that batsmen in the top 10 list. Cheteshwar Pujara (791) this team could be world beaters, and Ajinkya Rahane (759) remained at fourth and the future of MS Dhoni, how tal- fifth positions respectively.    $( ents like Rishabh Pant need to be England all-rounder Ben Stokes also reached backed and most importantly the the top 10 for the first time by jumping three places joy of seeing a former cricketer take after scores of 91 and 28 against New   635 .35".53* game... you know what our over as BCCI President in Sourav Zealand. team is like, they’ll rally round Ganguly. Bangladesh’s Mushfiqur Rahim gained ngland players will rally him.” The World Cup exit was a bit- four slots to reach 26th after scoring a fight- Earound an “emotiona” Jofra Black Caps captain Kane ter pill to swallow and Shastri says     -    -  %   ( , (    ) 1   +D!  ing 74 in the second innings of the Kolkata Archer after the paceman was Williamson described the taunt it has been amazing how the boys Test while Liton Das is up eight slots to 78th racially abused by a spectator in as “horrific”, while New Zealand decided to not let that dishearten starts playing and how he is play- when the two men — Shastri and is a superstar in that lad who position. New Zealand, director of crick- Cricket said the culprit would be them and have only grown in ing during the IPL. What are the Ganguly — shook hands after the just needs to be given that India fast bowlers Ishant Sharma and et Ashley Giles said on Tuesday, reported to the police and face strength from that fateful day — other people doing with the wick- win on the third afternoon. Known cushion to settle down and Umesh Yadav achieved career-high points as local officials scoured CCTV a life ban if identified from the July 9. et-keeping gloves or what is the to speak his mind, Shastri says he feel at home. after victories over Bangladesh. footage to identify the culprit. venue’s CCTV footage. “For me, the intensity shown by form of those players as opposed to couldn’t have been happier than So what does he Ishant has 716 points but is in “It’s a shame that sort of Williamson said such this team is fabulous. The way they Dhoni’s form. The IPL becomes a seeing a former cricketer come in tell a Pant? the 17th place, way behind thing is still in society,” Giles told racism was “against everything have bounced back after those 15 massive tournament because that as the BCCI chief at such a crucial “Nothing. his career-best seventh place reporters after Archer was sub- that we as Kiwis are about”. minutes in Manchester. That was could be the last tournament after juncture. Just tell him that achieved in July 2011. jected to racist comments after “It’s a horrific thing. In a a bitter pill to swallow and hurt one which more or less your 15 is decid- “I think it is fantastic. I was one you are young Umesh has 672 points being dismissed late on day five country and a setting where it is and all. But then, the ferocity and ed. of the first to congratulate him and nobody and has jumped one of the opening Test in Mount very much multi-cultural,” he intensity they have shown after that “There might be one player when he became the President expects you place to 21st. Maunganui. told news website stuff.co.nz. in the last three months is unbeliev- who might be there and there- because I was delighted that more to learn Senior India spin- The Barbados-born bowler “It’s something we need to able. This is remarkable and that is abouts in case of an injury or what- important than anything a BCCI everything in ner Ravichandran tweeted after the match that it put to bed quickly and hope why I say if you look back 5-6 years, ever. But your team I would say was back in place to put Indian one day. You are Ashwin moved one was “a bit disturbing hearing nothing like that ever happens this will have to be one of the most would be known after the IPL. cricket where it belongs both on bound to make mistakes, place up to ninth with racial insults today whilst bat- again.” consistent Indian teams ever across What I would say is rather than and off the field. And I was even but as long as you sit 772 points, while tling to help save my team”. Both Williamson and New all formats,” he said. speculating of who is where, wait more delighted that a cricketer down and thing about injury-sidelined Jasprit The 24-year-old later told Zealand Cricket chief executive The past can’t be changed, but for the IPL to get over and then you should be at the helm at this ways to rectify those mis- Bumrah lost one spot to ESPNcricinfo that the abuser was David White apologised to the road ahead has the World T20 are in a position to take a call on important phase of Indian cricket. takes, you know that is be at fifth with 794 rating a solitary New Zealand specta- Archer. in 2020 and winning that will go a who are the best 17 in the country,” “And Sourav having been a fab- what this game will teach points. tor making comments “about New Zealand and England long way in establishing the invin- he said. ulous player and captain and been you. You are not going to Ravindra Jadeja, who the colour of my skin”. are working together to investi- cibility tag that has been given to Coming back to the present, around as an administrator, him be a superstar in one day. jumped one spot to 15th among Archer has been a powerful gate the incident and Black this team under skipper Virat this Indian team has moved from becoming the President adds a lot You will have your ups and bowlers with 725 points, advocate for diversity in crick- Caps coach Gary Stead said he Kohli. But then, a question on strength to strength under Shastri of value,” he explained. your downs. That is life, retained his second spot, behind et and Giles, when asked how wanted the person responsible everyone’s mind is whether MS and Kohli and now we have anoth- From a former captain to a but the more you work West Indian Jason Holder, in the the player was faring, replied: caught. Dhoni will take that flight. The er former captain coming into the young turk. Rishabh Pant is the hot harder, the more the sac- all-rounders’ rankings. “The tweet, it was obviously “Hopefully, it was just one coach wants one and all to wait, till BCCI as President in Ganguly. topic in Indian cricket at present. rifices you make, the bet- Ashwin, meanwhile, has emotional, it hurts. idiot in the crowd and they deal the IPL. The loudest cheer at the Eden While some love him, others like ter you will become,” he moved down one place to fifth “We fully support Jof, there with it,” he told Radio New “It all depends on when he Gardens was actually saved for to pull him up, but for Shastri, there smiled. among the all-rounders. is no place for racism in the Zealand. 9 '   *   02 ++ -9# *   1.8675 respect.” highest ranked bowler in the for- Stars have lost all six of their mat and arguably most potent est Indies cricketing hero matches so far in this year’s MSL, weapon, makes it even more WChris Gayle demanded more while Gayle had struck just 47 impressive. respect on Monday after waving runs in his first five matches. The trio of Ishant Sharma, goodbye to South Africa’s Mzansi However he hit 54 off 28 balls Mohammed Shami and Umesh Super League with his team Jozi in his final match for the Stars, Yadav were almost unplayable in Stars yet to win a game in the cur- which was also his 400th T20 the two matches. rent campaign. appearance, as his team lost from a “I can’t say how long ago, but Former West Indies captain winning position against Spartans. when I first came here, you would Gayle, 40, scored just 101 runs in six They are unsurprisingly bottom have Madan Lal opening the innings before his stormy departure of the MSL zero points, a whop- bowling,” Simmons was quoted as from a disastrous season for defend- ping 19 behind league leaders saying by ‘ESPNcricinfo’. ing champions Stars in the Nelson Mandela Bay Giants. “Now you have guys bowling Twenty20 championship. On Tuesday, chief executive at 90 miles per hour opening and “As soon as I don’t perform for of the Jozi Stars franchise Jono your premier fast bowler two or three games, then Chris Leaf-Wright rode to Gayle’s (Bumrah) was injured for this Gayle is the burden for the team,” defence, describing the West Test, so you still have him to come said Gayle, who plans to take the Indian batsman as “sensitive” back. It’s exciting for world crick- rest of the season off. in an interview with The Star et. “I am not talking for this team newspaper. “Teams know now that you

! ( 80 $ *   ( =C !  !)DE   only,” added Gayle, who has played “In Chris’s head, he feels have to play properly on both for a multitude of sides over his 20- that when he doesn’t perform, sides — you have to have proper year career. because there are such expec- fast bowlers and proper spinners

% , ( “This is something I have tations, from the franchise, the to beat India. Fast bowling from analysed over the years playing fans, that he’s the reason the team anybody is exciting, so it’s great to franchise cricket. Chris Gayle is is not performing. )     & F  $   !)DE  ( see that happen.” always a burden if I don’t score runs. “I know Chris well, he seems He was impressed with what   %-( %% “It seems like that one particu- like he’s the big character, lots of  3 A part of the formidable West Indies he had seen of India’s inaugural lar individual is the burden for the bravado, the swag and all that stuff teams of the late 1980s and early 90s, Phil day-night, pink-ball Test at the team. And then you will hear but he’s actually a sensitive guy, Simmons says the current Indian pace attack makes Eden Gardens.   6/.. robin format. bickering. and unfortunately, when he does- world cricket exciting. "I did watch the first day. It As the former captain gears I am not going to get respect. n’t perform he really takes it to India’s fast bowlers demolished Bangladesh to was exciting to see Eden Gardens ndian cricket icon Sachin up for the BCCI’s first Annual People don’t remember what you heart. He’s certainly no burden on clinch the Test series 2-0, and that they have full. It's an awesome sight," ITendulkar feels BCCI General Meeting on Sunday, have done for them. I don’t get our side.” achieved it without Jasprit Bumrah, the country’s Simmons said. PTI President Sourav Ganguly Tendulkar wants him to spare should initiate a revamp of the some focus on Duleep Trophy. Duleep Trophy as players com- “This is one change I would peting in the event seem more like to see because cricket has - ;  '       E)E&=69 P focussed on individual perfor- always been a team sport. It is all mances than their teams. about team spirit bonding and  58708/* past Gargi Yadav in her weight The batting maestro feels playing together as a team. Not class to claim the podium. that team bonding is missing as individuals,” he said. orld Championships Greco Roman ace Sajan 9% +  from the four-day tournament, Explaining his idea on how WBronze-medallist Vinesh (77kg), along with ace freestyle which can be reinvented by to revamp the Duleep Trophy, Phogat and Olympic medal win- wrestlers Gaurav Baliyan (74kg), India in 2017 with the men’s edi- bringing in four Tendulkar said to get players to ner Sakshi Malik will be the star Sumit Malik (125kg), Satywart tion, and understand how big a semifinalists along with two compete as a team, it should be attractions among women in the Kadian (97kg) and Rahul Mann success it was here in Kolkata.” teams of promising U-19 and U- held right after the Ranji Trophy 2019 Senior National Wrestling (70 kg), will be among the stars to The FIFA and LOC delega- 23 players. finals and among the four semi- Championships, to be held in watch out for among men. tion will inspect the stadium “I want him (Ganguly) to finalists, who play the whole sea- Jalandhar from November 29 to Meanwhile, for the first time and training sites in Kolkata on consider looking at the Duleep son together. December 1. the wrestling nationals will be Wednesday, and follow it up Trophy...I feel Duleep Trophy is “Top four Ranji teams and Over 500 wrestlers will be streamed live in the Indian sub- with an inspection in Guwahati one tournament where one is there should be two more teams vying for top honours in the continent. on Thursday. getting to hear that players are because there would be a num- men’s freestyle, greco roman and “This is yet another initiative “We are confident that every possibly more focused on their ber of teams with talented indi- women events during the cham- to popularise the sport across all stakeholder will work hard to own performances and what the viduals but which did not qual- pionship. walks of alive. Live streaming of  58708/* ensure the FIFA U-17 Women’s next tournament is and they play ify. You pick these players from The field in the women’s com- national championship will bring World Cup India 2020 is a suc- accordingly,” Tendulkar said. various teams, also promote petition includes Tokyo Olympics the best domestic wrestling action n eight-member FIFA dele- cess and that the tournament also “For instance if there’s an talented age-group players from medal hopeful Vinesh (55 kg), Rio to the fans and wrestling fraterni- Agation on Tuesday arrived in makes its mark in the history of IPL auction, or an upcoming Under-19 and Under-23. Olympics Bronze-medallist Sakshi ty and I appreciate this gesture and Kolkata for an official inspection women’s football. T20 tournament or one-day, “If there’s someone excep- Malik (62 kg), the promising commitment of our commercial to evaluate the progress and “In this visit, besides the players end up playing in that tionally talented U19 then you Divya Kakran (68 kg), Seema partners Sporty Solutionz for this,” preparations for the U-17 infrastructure of the stadium mode and not for their team or can look at those players. Bring Bisla (50 kg), Sarita More (57 kg) Wrestling Federation of India Women’s World Cup in 2020. and training sites, we are interest- looking at the need of the hour,” them and have this tournament and Navjot Kaur (65 kg). president Brij Bhushan Sharan Ahead of the inspection, ed to see the plans that the dif- he said. together.” The tournament will also wit- Singh said in a statement. Project Lead of U-17 Women’s ferent venues have for the further The Duleep trophy was a “So you have got the best of ness some sizzling rivalries. While “It will help the next genera- World Cup, Oliver Vogt said, “We development of women’s football five-team zonal tournament but both. You have got four leading Kakran is expected to get a tough tion of Indian wrestlers under- are looking forward to seeing in the country.” now features India Blue, India Ranji teams who have been fight from Pinki in the 68kg cat- stand how the sport is played at the how things are shaping up. We The tournament will be held Green and India Red in a round- playing together,” he added.    % 9P%   !)DE  ( egory, Navjot Kaur will have to get top.” saw the potential of football in from November 2 to 21 next year.   !"#!$%&  $

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pain striker Paco Alcacer Swill sit out Borussia Dortmund’s crunch clash at his former club Barcelona today. Dortmund, who are a point behind group leaders Barcelona, 1    . ( (3  - (   DE  ( flew to Spain on Tuesday with- out their striker, who has scored seven goals in 13 games this sea- son, as the 26-year Alcacer has a gastrointestinal infection, according to his club. A win at Barcelona’s Nou Camp stadium will put either club in the last 16. Alcacer also injured his knee in the first-half of last Friday’s disappointing 3-  0 O, : 3 draw at home to Bundesliga ,N O  bottom club Paderborn, when the hosts were three goals down   4O51   at half-time. Germany forward Mario Goetze is most likely to start in   06< 350  *  +  place of Alcacer, who joined  (9;<# Dortmund on loan from orussia Dortmund hope D Barcelona in August 2018, but goal-scoring defender was signed permanently for the BAchraf Hakimi will again start of this season in a deal be their Champions League reportedly worth 21 million “weapon” to shoot down  0  $  $ % 3   PE  - # (E (&CE  %1 (   0  D!  euros ($23m). Barcelona today and relieve pressure on under-fire coach Lucien Favre. With two group games left, 6     +%%        a last 16 place is still firmly in the hands of the Germans, who sit a point behind pool leaders Barcelona, thanks to Hakimi’s   /*=8<66/ two goals in a stunning 3-2 E?   */.5 home win over Inter Milan  * '  iverpool manager Jurgen three weeks ago.  (9;<# LKlopp says he has no con- However, dreadful apoli head for Liverpool cerns about Mohamed Salah’s Bundesliga results in the mean- )  P. (1( ( 1 (   (  ) D!  Ntoday for a Champions fitness ahead of their clash time leave Favre needing a good League Group E game which with Napoli. performance in Barcelona to ‘HATS OFF’ #  -*  + could prove crucial to coach Salzburg do not beat Genk, Salah was an unused sub- safeguard his job, putting the “Hakimi was everywhere,”  (9;<# Carlo Ancelotti’s future at the having failed to advance past stitute in the 2-1 win at Crystal onus on Madrid-born Hakimi said Favre. U troubled Italian club. the group stages last season. Palace after missing training and his team-mates to turn “Hats off to him: he scored The three-time But they come up against with an ankle problem. things around at Barcelona’s twice, but the others fed (pass- Group E is far from guaranteed. Champions League winning a Liverpool side who have an “Mo Salah looks really Camp Nou. es into him) well too.” Hakimi is Anything other than a win coach’s second season at the eight-point advantage on top good,” Klopp said at his pre- Hakimi, who joined on loan relishing the freedom in the sec- is likely to leave them needing at Stadio San Paolo has proved to of the Premier League table match press conference on from Real Madrid in July ond of his two sea- least a point against Inter Milan be a complicated one, after and whose only loss this sea- Tuesday. “I’m not worried about 2018, has been a regular sons on loan from at the San Siro in a fortnight’s leading them to second in son came at the San Paolo. it.” starter under Favre at Real, where he made time. Serie A in his first year. To add to their problems Klopp also provided an Dortmund. He has scored barely a dozen Valverde would appear His team’s fortunes have Napoli will be without captain update on the fitness of defend- nine goals and set up 10 appearances. unlikely to throw Messi, Suarez, waned after the high of open- Lorenzo Insigne, who hurt his er Joel Matip, who has been more in 47 matches as The Morocco Griezmann and Dembele ing their Champions League elbow in Saturday’s match. sidelined with a knee injury. either a full-back on either international is at together again for Dortmund, campaign with a 2-0 win over The Italian forward has “Joel is improving but is flank or even up front as his best using his who will offer a sterner test than reigning European champions scored five times for Napoli some time away. There will be said Klopp. Napoli are the only side to a winger. pace and strength bottom-club Leganes. Liverpool, with dressing room this campaign, and also scored a scan this week and then we “You only get the mes- have beaten Liverpool this sea- He has scored four of to power through But his eagerness to roll the unrest amid friction between the last gasp winner against will see how it is.” sages when a player is not fine, son but are currently seventh in Dortmund’s five Champions defenders. dice last weekend with four for- the players and club manage- Liverpool in last season’s 1-0 Klopp said he had plans to so then we have to make new Serie A. League goals, dazzling by scor- Much like the team around wards, and Messi in a deeper ment. group stage victory in Naples. cope with Liverpool’s fixture plans and we don’t know exact- “The biggest mistake we ing twice out of position on the him, Hakimi has creases to role, suggests he recognises the Napoli are still on Forward Arkadiusz pile-up over the next few weeks. ly how many players we’ll have could make is that we have won left wing in October’s 2-0 win at smooth in his defensive game. lack of creativity and has begun course to qualify for the Milik has an abdominal Their involvement in the to train. it already and what would hap- Slavia Prague, where club cap- He is too often caught out of to reach for more daring solu- Champions League inflammation, joining an FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar, “We know in the long term pen if we win it,” Klopp said. tain Marco Reus described him position when opponents tions. knockout rounds as injury list which already plus their progress in the what we have to do, we know “These things are not in our as “a weapon” in Dortmund’s counter attack. In defence, Valverde might they are second in includes defensive duo League Cup, mean Liverpool that’s all set. The athletic part of mind. Of course we try to win attacking armour. Since the high of the home have to be imaginative too. Jordi Group E behind Kevin Malcuit and have been forced to play two the sessions, we try to adapt to the game, it would be massive “He’s incredibly fast. From win over Inter, the wheels have Alba is out with a hamstring Liverpool, four Faouzi Ghoulam. games within 24 hours of each the specific situation of the play- for us after the start we had. that point of view, he’s always a threatened to come off strain while Nelson Semedo points ahead of Butother, over 4,000 miles (6,400 ers. The tactical things depend Napoli are a dangerous oppo- weapon,” said Reus. Dortmund's season. and Clement Lenglet are both third-placed Portuguese full- kilometres) apart in mid- on the games we play.” nent. Having proved his versatil- struggling with calf problems. Salzburg with back Mario Rui December. Victory over Carlo “There are two weeks ity in Prague, Hakimi celebrat- STILL WIDE OPEN Gerard Pique is also missing two games to and Spanish mid- “We have plans for every- Ancelotti’s side on Wednesday between tomorrow night and ed his 21st birthday with anoth- Meanwhile, Barcelona also as he serves a one-match ban, play. fielder Fabian thing, as you can imagine, and would ensure defending cham- the Salzburg game (final match er two goals — this time from come to this game, on the back meaning there could be a place They will Ruiz, absent we change them constantly. I pions Liverpool finish top of of the group) and we have three full-back — in the come-back of a goalless draw at home to for Samuel Umtiti, who has reach the last against Milan, have two smartphones and Group E with a game to spare games in between. Why should win over Inter as Dortmund Slavia Prague earlier this month made only three appearances 16 if they beat have been named when one of them is ringing it but Klopp said he could not I think about the Salzburg came from two goals down. that means qualification from this season. Liverpool or if in the squad. is really rare it is good news,” afford to look past the match. game now?” # =   3E=GG?,I The 19-year-old eventually went to the Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Chennai Superstarz for a whopping 62 Shetty, were also part of the auction. lakhs. The next edition of PBL will see a “I am really happy to be a part of the total of 74 Indian shuttlers in action from Chennai team. I have many friends in January 20 to February 9. Chennai and I am looking forward to play Seven teams — there. Every time we have played here the (Lucknow), crowd has been exceptional and to rep- (Bengaluru), (Mumbai), resent them this season will surely be (Hyderabad), ?   something that I am looking forward to,” Chennai Superstarz (Chennai), North said Rankireddy. Eastern Warriors (North East) and Pune    Korea’s world No 22 doubles ace Ko 7 Aces (Pune) — will compete in the 21- Sung Hyun and Hong Kong’s world No day event to be played in Bengaluru, 24 singles exponent Lee Cheuk Yiu were Chennai, Hyderabad and Lucknow.   /65065 the only other shuttlers to cross the 50 Each franchise has a purse of 2 crore  ( 0  $ 0(  31 lakh mark as the former went to Awadhe but they cannot spend more than 77 ose Mourinho says there is “no chance” of Warriors for 55 lakhs while the latter lakh for a player. The teams will comprise JTottenham signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic after the vet-   58708/* was purchased by the North Eastern a maximum of six foreign players and a eran forward was linked with a move to the club fol- Warriors for 50 lakhs. minimum of three female shuttlers in a lowing his exit from LA Galaxy. orld champion P V Sindhu, was on 2014 Commonwealth Games cham- 31 @  % %    ( squad of not more than 11. Mourinho worked with Ibrahimovic at Inter WTuesday retained by Hyderabad pion was the next Among the seven teams vying for the Milan and Manchester United but said signing the Hunters for 77 lakh in the auction for costliest Indian shuttler to be sold to Chirag Shetty ( 15.5 lakhs by Pune 7 The PBL season 5 lost some sheen PBL 5 trophy, title holders Bengaluru 38-year-old would not make sense with Harry Kane the fifth season of the Premier Badminton Mumbai Rockets for 43 lakhs while Aces). after London Olympics Bronze medallist Raptors and Awadhe Warriors exhaust- at his disposal. League here. Lakshya Sen, who won four titles in the World number 9 American women’s Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth ed their entire purse of 2 crores while “You are right about the connection, we have more World number 1 women’s singles past two months, will turn out for singles player Beiwan Zhang too has been pulled out of the event to focus on their saved 23.5 lakhs. than a connection,” Mourinho said when asked on player Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei was Chennai colours after the Season 2 retained by Awadhe Warriors for 39 international careers. Pune and Chennai were the only Monday whether he would be trying to sign the also bought for joint highest amount of champions purchased him for 36 lakhs. lakhs. While Saina, who played for North teams to reach the maximum quota of 11 Swede. “I would say also passion and understanding, 77 lakh by defending champions Another top Indian player B Sai National badminton coach Pullela Eastern Warriors in the last PBL, pulled as 71 players were picked from a pool of an amazing player and an amazing guy, but I would Bengaluru Raptors after a bidding war Praneeth was also retained by Benagluru Gopichand's daughter Gayatri Gopichand out of the 2020 event to prepare herself 154 players at the end of the auction. say ‘no’. No chance. with the Pune 7 Aces. Raptors for 32 lakh. was picked up by Chennai Superstarz for for the next international season, Srikanth The format of the upcoming edition “We have the best striker in England, we have one There was intense bidding for India’s Among other Indians who were 2 lakh, while young Assamese shuttler wanted to focus on international events of the league remains the same with each of the top two or three strikers in the world, it does- men’s doubles poster boy, Satwiksairaj retained by their respective franchises are Ashmita Chaliha was bought by her home ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. tie consisting of five matches — two men n’t make any sense for a striker of Zlatan’s dimension, Rankireddy, who won the Thailand men’s doubles players B Sumeeth Reddy team North Eastern Warriors for 3 154 players, including Sai Praneeth, singles, one women singles, one men dou- obviously in his late 30s, but still a striker that can play Open in August alongside Chirag Shetty. ( 11 lakhs by Chennai Superstarz) and lakhs. Lakshya Sen, and men’s doubles pair of bles and one mixed doubles. in any club in the world.”