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nion Home Minister Amit UShah has cancelled his scheduled two-day visit to Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh in view of raging protests across the North-East alf a dozen Opposition- against the Citizenship Hruled States have refused Amendment Act. Home to implement the amended Ministry’s Parliamentary Citizenship Act, setting the Committee’s scheduled visit stage for an unprecedented on December 18-20 to Assam Constitutional crisis. was also cancelled in view of After West Bengal, Punjab the ongoing unrest in the area. and Kerala Chief Ministers The protest has now spread refused to implement the law / 1 from North-East to Delhi and in their respective States, CMs ( ' West Bengal where agitators set of Madhya Pradesh and (* + , afire a railway station, RPF ! " Chhattisgarh too said that kiosks and tracks. Lashing out $%%& ' (* + , their Governments will toe the to implement the Act. A top at the BJP-led Central line taken by his party’s Home Ministry official said Government over the amend- relaxed for five hours on Friday explosive in the region, the Central leadership on the State Governments have no ed Citizenship Act, West even as a large number of pro- Centre has kept on standby issue. powers to reject the imple- Bengal Chief Minister Mamata testers joined AASU’s call for a around 20 companies of the While Maharashtra State mentation of the Citizenship Banerjee said she would not 10-hour hunger strike in Central Armed Police Forces ! ( -&. / !/ 1 ' ! + , Minister Nitin Raut asserted (Amendment) Act, 2019 as the allow its implementation in the Chandmari area of Guwahati. (CAPF) to move into Assam. that the State Government legislation was enacted under State “under any circum- AASU chief adviser Samujjal Shah was supposed to take against the contentious Act out flag marches in many dis- ties who have come from will not allow implementation the Union List of the 7th stances”. Addressing a Press Bhattacharya said that the part in the passing-out parade which was passed by tricts to control the situation. Pakistan, Bangladesh and of the law, Delhi Chief Schedule of the Constitution. meet here, Mamata said the saf- protests will continue. at the North Eastern Police Parliament on Wednesday and Protesters torched several Afghanistan till December 31, Minister Arvind Kejriwal has “If the State Government fron party can’t bulldoze the Shah was scheduled to Academy near Shillong on given the Presidential assent on vehicles and shops in Shillong 2014 due to religious persecu- also slammed the Act. refuse to provide police pro- States to implement the law. attend a passing-out parade in Sunday and a festival in Tawang Thursday night. in the last two days. tion there will not be treated as At the same time, address- tection to the settlers, it would The indefinite curfew Shillong on Saturday and visit the next day. Amid the continuing According to the amended illegal immigrants and given ing a protest rally organised by be impossible to implement which was in force in Assam’s Arunachal Pradesh later to At least two persons were unrest, curfew has been Citizenship Act, members of Indian citizenship. All Assam Students’ Union the law,” said a political expert. Dibrugarh municipal area in attend cultural functions. killed in police firing in Assam imposed at several places in Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, While the intensity of the (AASU), Arabinda Rajkhowa, “The States have no pow- view of the violent protests was As the situation remains following widespread protests Assam, while Army carried Parsi and Christian communi- protest in the North-East the ULFA pro-talk faction ers to deny implementation of against the new citizenship chairman, claimed that under a Central law which is in the law showed marginal signs of no circumstances they would Union List,” the top official abating with relaxation in cer- allow the implemention of the from the Home Ministry said. tain parts for limited hours, law. The pro-talk faction of the West Bengal Chief areas in neighbouring West ULFA asserted that the Minister Mamata Banerjee Bengal were also engulfed in amended Citizenship Act, if said, “In your (BJP) manifesto, sporadic violence leading to implemented, would threaten instead of development issues, vandalisation of public prop- the identity and existence of you have put in promise to erty and clashes with the police the people of Assam. divide the country. Why will by the protesters. After the Motor Vehicle citizenship be on the basis of On Thursday, no violent Amendment Act (MVA), this religion? I will not accept this. he spate of foreign leaders incidents were reported from is the second decision made We dare you...,” Mamata said Tdeferring their visits to Guwahati, the centre of violent during the Modi Government who has also opposed the India continued on Friday as protests, but peaceful protests in recent times that has been implementation of National Japanese Prime Minister were held by AASU and some rejected by State Governments. Register of Citizens (NRC) in Shinzo Abe postponed his other outfits. The Home Ministry offi- the State. summit with Prime Minister Continued on Page 4 cials said the States can’t refuse Continued on Page 4 Narendra Modi in Guwahati next week. Assam and other parts of North-East are wit- nessing protests following the P passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB), 2019 clearly conveyed to New Delhi by Parliament earlier this week. that it would not be possible for On Thursday, Bangladesh Abe to travel to Guwahati in fter States like Punjab, Foreign, Finance and Home view of large-scale protests in AKerala and West Bengal, Ministers had cancelled their the Northeastern city. They Chhattisgarh too has decided visits at the last minute. Sources said the summit is now expect- not to implement Citizenship " ' / ! !' said the Japanese Government ed to take place next year. Amedment Bill (CAB) which * + 23 4' ' , conveyed to India that it will Asked whether an alternative has now became an Act after not be possible for their Prime venue was considered, sources President signed it. Minister to travel to Assam in said the option was not Chief Minister Bhupesh view of the unrest. The summit explored as hosting a leader- Baghel on Friday announced was scheduled from December ship-level summit involves long that the Amended Act 15-17 in Guwahati. preparations. would not be implemented in External Affairs Ministry The External Affairs the State. Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar Ministry last week announced Baghel made the said both India and Japan have the dates for Abe’s visit but did announcement while talking to decided to “defer” Abe’s visit for not mention the venue. reporters at Raipur’s eral students and cops were were baton-charged by police. the summit to a mutually con- However, preparations were in Swami Vivekanand Airport hurt. Of 42 students, who were The students resorted to stone- venient date. full swing in Guwahati for the before proceeding to the amia Millia Islamia witnessed detained with ten locals, were pelting. “With reference to the pro- high-profile summit. national Capital. Ja pitched battle between stu- released later. However, the protestors posed visit of Japanese Prime Sources said a Japanese Answering to a query from dents, including locals, and A senior police official said alleged that police resorted to Minister Abe to India, both team visited Guwahati on a media person about senior police on Friday afternoon 12 police personnel were stone-pelting first and students sides have decided to defer the Wednesday to take stock of the minister TS Singhdeo’s tweet after they were stopped at the injured in the clash. threw stones in response to the visit to a mutually convenient preparations following which about the new Citizenship Act, varsity gate from carrying out “Conditions of two of them is attack. To buttress their claims, date in the near future,” he said Tokyo clearly conveyed to the the CM made it clear that the their march towards said to be critical and they are students posted on social in response to a query on the Ministry that Abe’s visit cannot new Act would not be Commenting on Union tion of politics’. The level of BJP Parliament to protest against admitted in Intensive Care media videos showing police summit. go ahead under current cir- implemented in order to ‘pro- Government’s move of printing is so diminished that it is now the Citizenship Act. Unit (ICU),” said the official. caning the protestors. Diplomatic sources said cumstances. tect the constitutional values of lotus in the passport, the Chief printing its party symbol in the In the ensuing clash, sev- The students claimed they Continued on Page 4 the Japanese Government has Continued on Page 4 the country’. Minister said it was ‘degrada- passport, he stated. O P the Congress MP, lasting about 30 minutes before the House was ed by its vocal women MPs in the adjourned until 12 noon. LLok Sabha, the BJP on Friday The BJP’s verbal offensive against launched a high-decibel attack on Rahul was first started by Locket Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his Chatterjee and then picked up by a “rape in India” remark at an election fuming Union Minister Smriti Irani, rally in Jharkhand. The BJP sought who bereted Rahul for his alleged insult Rahul’s apology for the remark, but he to women of India claiming his lection-weary British voters he national Capital recorded refused to oblige them and instead remarks amounted to inviting people Egave Prime Minister Boris Tits highest 24-hour sought an apology from Prime Minister to rape women. More than 30 members Johnson a “powerful new man- December rainfall since 1997 on Narendra Modi. from the BJP, including Bhopal MP date” in the historic General Friday, MeT officials said. From the word go, the Treasury Pragya Thakur, were seen standing in Elections as his Conservative The Safdarjung Observatory Benches erupted and took positions the aisle and shouting slogans. Party on Friday won a com- recorded 33.5 mm rainfall, the against the former Congress president, The Congress MPs also rose on manding majority in second highest after 70 mm in condemning Rahul for his alleged their feet to back their leader. Rahul Parliament to allow him to December 1997. anti-women comments. was seen with a stray smirk on his face. finalise UK’s divorce deal with The Palam weather station Outside the House, Rahul Amidst loud noises from the trea- the European Union next registered an all-time December mum will fluctuate between 18 described the BJP stance as diversion- Rahul also clarified his rape state- lence in the entire country. There is vio- sury benches, Parliamentary Affairs month. high of 40.2 mm in the last 24 and 20 degrees Celsius. ary tactics of the ruling party wanting ment that triggered protests by the BJP lence against women, there is violence Minister Pralhad Joshi challenged Johnson, 55, who vigor- hours. It had measured 33.7 With abnormal rainfall, to divert attention from the contro- in both Houses of Parliament, saying in the North-East and in Kashmir, and NCP MP Supriya Sule to speak on the ously campaigned on a simple mm rainfall on December 3, Delhi’s air quality improved to versial Citizens Amendment Bill he has simply made a point that Modi there is violence in the entire country,” issue and give her counter to Rahul’s slogan “Get Brexit done,” 1997, the officials said. “moderate” category after many (CAB), 2019, that has led to violent has been talking about “Made in India” he alleged. alleged insults against women. vowed that he will work “flat India Meteorological days. However, the air quality protests in the North-East. but it has now become “rape in India” “Today the main issue is that the At this point, DMK’s Kanimozhi, out” to repay the trust of the Department (IMD) in its week- may relapse to “very poor” level Rahul said he will never apologise, as incidents of rapes are being report- BJP, Narendra Modi and Amit Shah sitting along with Sule and Congress voters after the Conservatives’ ly weather forecast said foggy from December 16, SAFAR said. and instead demanded an apology ed in newspapers across the country. have burnt the North-East. That is the MP Sashi Tharoor, said Rahul Gandhi most emphatic majority since days will start from Saturday. According to Rajender from Narendra Modi, claiming that the “There is no BJP-ruled State where issue. And to divert the attention from did not make the remarks in the the 1980s under Margaret “Moderate to dense fog from Jenamani, Met Scientist for Delhi Prime Minister had called Delhi a rape incidents are not reported regu- this issue, Narendra Modi and the BJP House and that he was referring to Thatcher. December 14 to December 19,” airport, December 12 thunder- “rape capital” under the UPA larly. In Unnao, a BJP MLA commit- are raising my statement,” he claimed. cases of sexual assaults and violence A 365-seat haul gave the MeT updated in Regional storm caused diversion of 47 Government. “As far as their (BJP’s) ted rape, but Modi did not utter a sin- As Speaker Om Birla looked at against women in the country. Conservative Party a Weather Forecast for Delhi. flights. “Delhi airport has never demand for apologising (is concerned), gle word,” the Congress leader alleged. some papers and flipped through Kanimozhi said everyone wants Make- solid 80-seat majority in the For the next week, mini- seen such high number of diver- I am never going to apologise to “What has happened is that them, batches of BJP women MPs in-India programme of the Prime 650-strong House of mum temperature will remain at sion in December in last 25 them,” Rahul told reporters outside Narendra Modi makes use of violence standing close to the Well of the Minister to succeed and pushes Indian Commons. 8 degrees Celsius and maxi- years. Parliament. and spreads it and today there is vio- House launched a verbal attack against economic growth. !"# $
"% !! !! 0 Grievances. The officer Production. will also hold additional charge Senior bureaucrat Praveen "The combined Kharif longed rains in the major of the post of Secretary, Kumar has been appointed as and late-Kharif production for growing States of Karnataka, he Centre on Friday effect- Department of Pensions and Secretary, the Ministry of Skill n a bid to improve domestic 2019-20 is estimated at 54.73 Maharashtra and Madhya Ted a major reshuffle of Pensioners Welfare. Development and Isupply and check onion lakh tonnes as against 69.91 Pradesh during the harvesting Secretary-level officers in var- Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary Entrepreneurship in place of K prices that are ruling above lakh tonnes in 2018-19," he period from September to ious key departments. (Coordination), Cabinet P Krishnan, who superannu- 100 per kg in many cities, the said. Currently, State-run October, caused damage to Ravi Mittal is the new Secretariat, will now be ates on December 31. Kumar is Agriculture Ministry on Friday MMTC is importing onion on the standing crops in these Information and Broadcasting Secretary, Department of Rural Special Secretary, Ministry of further extended relaxed fumi- the behalf of the Government regions. Secretary in place of 1985- "# Development in place of New and Renewable Energy. gation norms for the imported which has decided to buy 1.2 "All this adversely impact- batch IAS officer of Jharkhand Amarjeet Sinha, who retires IAS officer Niten Chandra has bulbs till January 31. lakh tonnes from the overseas ed production and quality of cadre Amit Khare, who has %&'()* + %% % this month-end. been appointed as the The second extension has market to increase domestic the Kharif crop. The rains dur- now been made the Higher , - +. Kerala cadre officer VP Secretary, Central Information been given as most of the onion supplies. The Government is ing September/October also Education Secretary. Mittal, a ! Joy, Director General of Commission. A 1990 batch shipments are expected to arrive also facilitating private imports affected transportation of the 1986-batch IAS officer of Bihar Hydrocarbons, Ministry of IAS officer, Chandra is at pre- by next month. According to the as well. crop from these regions to cadre is at present, Special / Petroleum and Natural Gas sent serving in his cadre state Ministry, average onion prices Onion is a seasonal crop consuming areas. This led to Secretary, the Department of has been appointed as Secretary Odisha. Chandan Sinha has across major cities have jumped with harvesting period of Rabi limited availability of Kharif Financial Services. Secretary Mines. He is Currently, ED Chiefs were in (Coordination), Cabinet been named as the Director five fold in the last o0ne year to (March to June), Kharif onion in the market and put TV Somanathan has been Additional Secretary, the rank of Additional Secretary Secretariat in place of Bhushan. General, National Archives of 101.35 per kg as domestic (October to December) and pressure on its prices," Dadarao appointed Expenditure Department of Agricultural level and reporting to Revenue Subhas Chandra Lal Das will be India, Ministry of Culture in production in Kharif and late- late Kharif (January to March). said. Secretary. Somanathan, a 1987 Research and Education, and Secretary. This is the first time DG Hydrocarbons in place of the rank and pay of Additional kharif seasons (summer-sown) In the intervening period (July To boost domestic supply batch Tamil Nadu cadre officer, Secretary, Indian Council of that an ED Chief has been ele- Joy. Das is Joint Secretary, Secretary. Sinha, a 1989-batch is estimated to have declined by to October), the market is fed and control prices, the Minister was serving in the PMO since Agricultural Research. vated to the Secretary level. Ministry of Home Affairs. IAS officer, is working in his 22 per cent. The prices have by stored Rabi onions. said several steps such as cre- 2015. The appointment of The reshuffle also saw Culture Secretary Arun Sunil Kumar has been cadre state West Bengal. risen by 81 per cent in the last As per Agriculture ation of onion buffer of about new Expenditure Secretary Enforcement Directorate(ED) Goel has been transferred and appointed as Secretary, the Rajlt Punhani, a 1991- one month. Ministry estimates, the storage 57,373 tonnes during Rabi comes a month and a half chief Sanjay Kumar Mishra appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj. batch IAS officer of Bihar In a written reply to Rajya of onion in 2017 and 2018 2019, ban on exports since ahead of the Budget for 2020- been elevated to Secretary level. Department of Heavy Industry He is Special Secretary, the cadre, will be Additional Sabha, Minister of State for stood at 48.73 lakh tonnes and September 29, facilitation of 21, to be presented on February The Appointments Committee in place of Asha Ram Sihag, Department of Commerce. Secretary & Financial Advisor, Food and Consumer Affairs 50.05 Lakh tonnes, respective- import, imposition of stock 1 by the Modi Government. of the Cabinet has approved the who superannuates on Barun Mitra will be Officer on Ministry of Home Affairs in Danve Raosaheb Dadarao ly. limit on traders, approval for Khare replaces R rank and pay of Secretary to December 31. Kshatrapati Special Duty, the Department place of Bhupendra Singh, who informed that all-India daily "During 2019-20, there import on onion through Subrahmanyam, who has been Sanjay Kumar Mishra, Director, Shivaji, Executive Director, of Justice. superannuates on December average retail price stood at was a three-four weeks delay in MMTC and domestic pro- appointed as Secretary, the Enforcement Directorate. He is Asian Development Bank , is Mitra, a 1987-batch IAS 31. Punhani is Chief Vigilance 101.35 per kg on Tuesday sowing as well as decline in curement of onions from pro- Department of Social Justice & a 1984-batch officer of Indian now Secretary, Department of officer of Manipur cadre, is at Officer, National Thermal (December 10) as against sown area of the Kharif onion ducing/surplus states by Empowerment. Senior bureau- Revenue Service (Income Tax), Administrative Reforms and present Special Secretary, the Power Corporation Ltd., 55.95 per kg a month-ago and because of late arrival of mon- NAFED for supplies in deficit crat Sushil Kumar will be the Personnel Ministry said. Public Department of Defence Ministry of Power 19.69 per kg a year-ago. soon. Further, untimely pro- States. ! - (-7 3 ) 4 *+** % 3' . Earlier, raising the issue reactions in our neighbouring ' -5 #*"# (%#5% during the Zero Hour, Sharma country and the Government . )# -6 ,# %( %++%, s the Rajya Sabha wit- said an all party meeting was a there- !-6',%6!% "# # )#.%67+ Anessed din on Friday by the must in view of the fallout in fore has grants but given Indian citi- Kant, told Moitra's counsel. +%++-6 6 8 889 "%6 6,#6 Opposition over the unrest in India's external relations par- a ) 7(6 zenship. President Ram Nath While Ramesh has said )) !%)%* #% + ;<" %# -' Assam and other parts of the ticularly with Bangladesh. respon- Kovind had given assent to the that the Act is a "brazen attack" 6,%(%6,%6!%9 )) *% "%), 6 # North-East following the pas- "I will urge the sibility," Sharma said. CAB, 2019 on Thursday night, on core fundamental rights 6% * ),6$= >% # % - 56$ sage of the Government and the Prime He said the situation turning it into an Act. envisaged under the - "#% - +%++-6 6 # 6% Citizenship(Amendment)Bill( Minister in particular to imme- in the North Eastern States par- everal petitions, including Several other petitioners Constitution and treats "equals # )#.%6 * ),6$ "%6 % CAB), 2019 by Parliament ear- diately convene an all party ticularly in Assam, Tripura, Sthose by Congress MP including All Assam Students as unequal", Moitra has said !%)%* #% ;< %# + -' lier this week, senior Congress meeting (with) Chief Ministers Meghalaya and even Manipur Jairam Ramesh and Trinamool Union (AASU), Peace Party, that "patent unconstitutional- 6,%(%6,%6!%= #. "-(%' ) "# leader Anand Sharma demand- of all the States and to reassure was disturbing. These border Congress MP Mahua Moitra, NGOs 'Rihai Manch' and ity" of the law "destroys the )) *% !-.()%%, * 8 889> "% ed the Prime Minister should that mere statements and blame states are "very sensitive" parts were filed in the Supreme Citizens Against Hate, advocate plural, multi-religious and egal- -), %(- % + '-))-6$ "% %6, immediately convene an all game is not going to happen. of the country and share bor- Court on Friday challenging M L Sharma, law students have itarian basis of India's secular -' "% 6% %++-6= party meeting (with) Chief Derek O'Brien repeatedly inter- This is also having a fallout in ders with China, Bangladesh the constitutional validity of the also approached the apex court fabric, and replaces it with a Ministers on the worsening law rupted the proceedings and India's external relations par- and Bhutan, he said. Citizenship (Amendment) Act challenging the Act. constitutionally unsustainable 6 ' and order situation in the they also trooped into the well ticularly with the sensitive state "It is because of the inse- 2019. Moitra's plea was mentioned religion centric substance." )3 6 North East. of the house. Dola of Bangladesh which cannot be curity and uncertainty that has According to the amended for urgent listing before a bench In his petition, Ramesh said ' "% "#+ !# %, Determined to draw atten- Sen(TMC)even tore a piece of allowed," Sharma said. been created following the Act, members of Hindu, Sikh, headed by Chief Justice SA that substantial questions of - +%# !"%+ # "% %+,%6!% -' tion to the situation arising paper while standing in the Naidu said a country's Citizenship Amendment Bill Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Bobde and her counsel urged law, including whether religion * +6%++.#6 .#6 -"# "- after CAB, the TMC raised the well. name cannot be taken, to and fears about the influx of a Christian communities who that the petition be heard during can be a factor to either acquire %+!#(%, - "% " "+ issue during the Question Hour Unable to pacify the TMC which Sharma said it has to be large number of people which have come from Pakistan, the day or on December 16. or deny citizenship in India, -6 -,,)% ,# $"% 6 but Chairman M Venkaiah members who were supported as it is part of India's foreign will disturb the culture, lan- Bangladesh and Afghanistan "Today? Nothing today. You arises for consideration of the -)#-6 -' !- - ,% + Naidu did not allow the party's by other Opposition parties, policy. "You cannot export guage and the composition of till December 31, 2014 and face go to the mentioning officer," court as it is a "patently uncon- %+ )6$ 6 #6 6% (-) +%# !" MPs to do so. The agitated the Chair then adjourned the your domestic policies to a society," the Congress leader religious persecution there will the bench, also comprising jus- stitutional" amendment to the -(% #-6 '- "% $ )= members led by their leader proceedings for half an hour. neigbour. There have been said. not be treated as illegal immi- tices B R Gavai and Surya Citizenship Act, 1955. (6 ' . . 7 0) ' )% ) % ' "% ( %.% - -6 ,# +#%, "% ( -!%%,6$+ *%'- % "% -.*# $" - #$#6+ #@ -,9 " / #*# .#)# "# .#6 #6, -' #,)# "# .#!% !#)+9 -6 # (%-6 - ,% -6 +#'% ')%, * "+ %+ #6$%, '% '/ +%%56$ ! +-, -' "% ABC 6" %# C-), +-6= %6 -' -.%6 ! 6% 6#) 51 7 ')8 ,%!)6%, .#% -' 6,#4 espite installation of bio- 9))8 7 The bench granted liber- Dmetric machines, the ' "% )%!-6 ty to the petitioners to attendance records for 2018-19 -..++-69 "!" "+ %%5 he Supreme Court Friday approach the appropriate (%#5% #+"%%, at CGHS Centre at Parliament %$+% %, "% "6#5# #6C Tsaid it is satisfied with the forum if they have any griev- he Supreme Court Friday House Annexe at Parliament is )%, / #+ # (-)!#) (# 9 report of Juvenile Justice ance over alleged detention of Tdeclined to pass any order missing. Intriguingly, this -% )6$ "% /7+ Committee of J&K High Court minors in J&K. on the pleas by two women includes records of not only of -*@%!-69 +#, -6 ,# "% %7+ which said that no minors The court on November 5 activists seeking a direction to he amended Citizenship the staff but also the head of the >6- +.)# 6 "% 6#.%+ -' were detained in jails in the asked the Committee to exam- the Kerala Government to TAct is an internal matter of CGHS Centre, a Chief Medical "% - (# %+>= #)+- %@%!%, erstwhile State post the abro- ine afresh the allegations of ensure safe entry of women in India, Maldives' Parliament Officer . /7+ #6-"% -*@%!-6 gation of the provisions of detention of minors by securi- the Sabarimala temple under ( Speaker Mohamed Nasheed In an RTI reply, CMO Dr #$#6+ / '- +6$ "% Article 370. ty forces and place its report police protection. ( (* + , said on Friday, noting that the Vijender Kumar, who heads - , >..#> 6 + 6#.%9 The apex court, after expeditiously. The top court said the issue country has always been a safe CGHS Centre, under Union +#6$ ,, 6- '6, #6 .% perusing the Committee's It observed that the J&K was "very emotive" and it did not ratification for a treaty on haven for persecuted minori- Health Ministry, said the casual 6 "# #+ #+ # !-..-6) report, said that four high DGP had filed a report on want the situation to become mutual legal assistance in crim- ties. The former president of leave record/compensatory +%, - , - %'% - .-"% = court judges visited all the jails September 25 in which he cat- "explosive".A bench, headed by ndia and the Maldives on inal matters. Maldives, who is leading a causal off record of his and one in J&K and they have clearly egorically refuted the assertions Chief Justice S A Bobde, said the IFriday vowed to boost anti- "Both sides noted that parliamentary delegation to of his employees for year 2018- ) . ' 8 stated that no minors have and allegations made in the "balance of convenience" terror cooperation and expand India's 'Neighbourhood First' India, raised three key issues 19 is misplaced somewhere in 3 '7) been illegally detained there. media and the petition. required that no orders are their maritime security ties to policy and Maldives' 'India plaguing the island nation - the office of medical centre, ' *--59 #((6$ A bench, headed by Justice The Committee's report passed in the mater today as the deal with common challenges First' policy were working in Islamic State, debt trap of Parliament House Annexe and 6,#4 #6+-6+ #6, NV Ramana, said that it would also contained the findings of issue had already been referred in the Indian Ocean, a region tandem to further strengthen a China and climate change. could not be located inspite of #6+'- .#-6+9 AD"CAB" not be proper if the court does the Additional DGP denying to a 7-judge bench.The apex where China has been rapidly dynamic, multifaceted and best efforts at his level. %6 9 #+ %)%#+%, # 1#.# not believe its own judges. allegations of illegal detention court said it would endeavour expanding its military pres- mutually beneficial partner- which was co-chaired by Dr Kumar shared this infor- ))# +)#.# %!%6)= -C%,%, The bench made this com- of juveniles in Kashmir. to constitute the larger bench at ence. ship that rests on the founda- Jaishankar and Shahid. The mation with the Union Health * %)" 6% + ment when senior advocate It had told the Supreme the earliest to hear the matter. After talks between tion of mutual trust, under- JCM took place after a gap of Ministry and CGHS headquar- #!#,%.!#6+ #(# # Huzefa Ahmadi, appearing for Court that 144 juveniles were The bench, also compris- External Affairs Minister S standing and sensitivity to each over four years. ter after he was asked to provide #6, )#6@#6# 5"% @%%9 petitioner Enakshi Ganguly detained in the State after the ing Justices B R Gavai and Jaishankar and his Maldivian other's concerns," a joint state- "Both ministers empha- the biometric attendance of one *--5 #!%+ #6+'- .#-6+ who has alleged that minors Centre abrogated provisions Surya Kant, said though there counterpart Abdulla Shahid, ment issued after the talks sised the nurturing of a strong Kunti Rani, a pharmacist at the "!" -!! %, 6 AD" !%6 were detained there post abro- of Article 370 of the was no stay on the September both sides inked two pacts said. bilateral partnership in the Medical Centre at the PHA. 6 "% 6,#6 + *!-66%6 gation of provisions of Article Constitution, but 142 minors 28, 2018 judgment allowing providing for cooperation in A vast range of bilateral maritime domain given the However, the RTI reply was " - $" # ,% +% #6$% -' 370, insisted that he should be were released. The remaining entry of women of all ages into financial intelligence and elec- and regional issues were dis- shared interests and common silent on whether any police +!"-)# ) %++#+ %6$#$6$ " given time to respond to the two were sent to juvenile the shrine, "it is equally true tion-related issues besides cussed at the 6th Joint challenges in the Indian Ocean complaint had been made or not . ),+!()6# (% +(%!%+= committee's report. homes. that it is not final". exchanging an instrument of Commission Meeting (JCM), Region," the statement said. with regard to the missing data. E9 !#+%+ (% .-6" #$#6+ -6)6% %#)% + 6 ' '
7 68%) Consumer Affairs said that products, the Central Drug Rajya Sabha MP Majeed Himachal Pradesh, J&K, Bihar Fairly widespread to wide- Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh in Flipkart Internet, Amazon, Controller with Memon has asked to provide and Uttar Pradesh witnessed spread rain with isolated heavy morning hours of December 15 onsumers lodged nearly Relinance JIO, Bharti Airtel medicines/cosmetics to check details of the first five compa- cold wave like situation. The falls accompanied with thun- and 16. C6,000 complaints every and Vodafone are the among for counterfeit and sub-stan- nies that topped the list of con- WD will move away in the east- derstorm and hailstorm is also According to the IMD, month against online retailers the top five companies against dard products in the market on sumer complaints received on ern direction and weaken by very likely over Punjab, most places in Uttar Pradesh and telecom giants between the consumer lodged com- regular basis and if any defi- the Government's national Saturday evening. Haryana, Chandigarh and received light to moderate April and September this year. plaints in National Consumer ciency is found, manufacturers helpline set up to resolve the ! According to Dr Kuldeep Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and East rainfall and thundershowers Flipkart topped the chart with Helpline. are penalised as per the provi- grievances of consumers. ! ZSrivastava, a scientist with the Madhya Pradesh during the on Friday bringing down the over 11,000 complaints regis- "Together, these five com- sions in the related Acts," the The Government also IMD, western disturbance is a same period. Western mercury in the State. Nainital tered against it on the National panies have received 34, 991 Ministry said. recently rolled out draft rules normal weather phenomenon Himalayan region, which and Mussoorie and areas Consumer Helpline, set up to complaints between April and In case a counterfeit or to keep a check on e-com- during winter season to bring includes Jammu and Kashmir, around the two Uttarakhand help resolve grievances. September this year. Of them, sub-standard product is merce companies by requiring down temperature, snowfall Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh and towns witnessed the season's Amazon, with over 7,200 com- 34,342 were resolved," it said. received by a consumer, exist- them to display the details of and rain several parts of the Uttarakhand, is likely to witness first snowfall, cheering up the plaints against it, followed According to data from the ing Consumer Protection Act, sellers including the identity of he India Meteorological country. the maximum intensity of rain locals and tourists alike. The Flipkart. Consumer Affairs Ministry, 1986 has provisions for the their business, legal name, TDepartment on Friday pre- "Under the influence of and snow on Friday, as per the famous Vaishno Devi shrine With regard to telecom one in every five complaints consumer to file a consumer principal geographic address, dicted widespread rain and Western Disturbance and its IMD forecast. atop Trikuta hills experienced giants, there were 6000, 5700 filed on the helpline was against complaint in the consumer name of website, email address snowfall in north, north central induced cyclonic circulation, "Thereafter, due to the season's first snowfall as and 4900 complaints regis- e-commerce companies. forum established under the and contacts details on the parts of the country in the next widespread rain/snow with iso- favourable meteorological con- moderate to heavy snow and tered against Reliance JIO, "Different Regulatory Act which are empowered to website. 24 hours due to western dis- lated heavy falls accompanied ditions, dense fog at a few rains lashed wide parts of Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Bodies look into different prod- give relief of a specific nature Every e-tailer firm must turbance (WD) with cyclonic with thunderstorm/hailstorm is places with very dense fog at Jammu and Kashmir and respectively. ucts such as the Food Safety and to award, wherever appro- provide the name of its griev- circulation located over the very likely over Western isolated pockets very likely Ladakh for the second consec- In a reply to Rajya Sabha, and Standards Authority of priate, compensation to con- ance officer who will respond north and north central India. Himalayan region for next 24 over Punjab, Haryana, utive day disrupting normal the Department of Food and India is concerned with food sumers. to complaints within a month. Due to WD, Punjab, Haryana, hours. Chandigarh and Delhi, north life. chhattisgarh 03 RAIPUR | SATURDAY | DECEMBER 14, 2019 Singhdeo raises objection Cong stalled urban to ‘lotus’ on passport STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR ealth, Panchayat and Rural devt in state: Amar HDevelopment minister T. S. Singhdeo has raised objection to STAFF REPORTER n He further charged that urban bodies. printing ‘lotus’ on the passport RAIPUR the Congress government Congress government by by the Ministry of External stalled the ongoing projects amending the urban bodies’ Affairs (MEA). iting figures, senior BJP initiated by the BJP regime act forced for election He raised the objection Cleader and former urban and stopped a payment through ballot paper but the through a tweet on Friday. In his administration minister worth `600 crore. BJP is well prepared to fail tweet he asked whether the Amar Agrawal charged that There is also resentment the strategy of the Congress ‘BJP’s party symbol is now going the urban development in in people against the in the ensuing municipal to replace the national emblem the state has been stalled Congress government for elections, he said. on Passports. “What’s the next? during past one year’s tenure not reducing the property Soon BJP is going to ‘REPUBLIC OF RSS’”, he said. of the Congress government. tax as per their election declare its election manifesto Talking about the safety features Addressing a press manifesto and for and the goal of it would be to he mocked saying “we all saw conference at BJP state disqualifying ration card develop the cities of the state lots of it in the new currency headquarters Ekatma Parisar owners on certain grounds as per international notes that came equipped with being saffronised as “lotus” is an on Friday the former hi-tech chips”. in recently done revision of standard, he claimed. People election symbol of BJP. minister said there was a ration cards, he said. Notably, Congress MP from The MEA had clarified that budget of `1000 crore per Agrawal also blamed have seen the difference Kozhikode M K Raghavan had for further strengthening the year for the urban develop- that the Congress govern- between the BJP and the raised the issue in parliament security features the “lotus” ment during the BJP’s rule ment by introducing indirect Congress rules and so the during zero hour stating that symbol has been used. Other which has now been cur- elections for Mayoral post BJP is certainly going to be such passports were distributed national symbols will also be tailed to mere `100 crore. resentment among people of BJP will register an bodies’ election in the state, had snatched the power from victorious in the upcoming in Kozhikode. Raghavan alleged used thereafter one after the There is tremendous the state and certainly the impressive victory in urban he claimed. public to elect the top post in elections, he added. that government institutions are other, it had said. Raipur Mayor failed to Preliminary publication of deliver promises: BJP electoral roll on Dec 16 n STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR responsibilities, he added. STAFF REPORTER Office of the Chief can be used. The different- He alleged that Raipur RAIPUR Electoral Officer, ly abled electors should file JP on Friday attacked Raipur Municipal Corporation (RMC) Chhattisgarh intimated the details in Form 6. BMayor Pramod Dubey and lection Commission of that any Indian citizen The electors can also used to run a school but due to India, New Delhi has said that the city suffered due to RMC’s neglect state government E attaining the age of 18 search his/her name in the announced the summary internal politics in his had to take over the school. years as on January 1, 2020 official website of office of revision of electoral roll for mayor-in-council. “Former CM Raman Singh and whose name could not Chief Electoral Officer, which the process will “Congress party which came had launched an important be added to electoral roll Chhattisgarh to power through false promises commence on December scheme ‘Saraswati Cycle’ scheme can fill the Form-6 and www.ceochhattisgarh.nic.in. has cheated the residents of the 16 with preliminary publi- submit it along with If electors have to seek any for school going daughters. city,” BJP spokesperson cation of electoral roll. photocopy of required information or lodge com- Sachidanand Upasane said. However, Pramod Dubey only The final publication documents. If any elector plaint then they can Dubey had promised to make acted to create hindrance for the of electoral roll will be finds any mistake in approach the State the city tanker free but instead he scheme,” Upasne alleged. done on February 7, 2020. primary electoral roll in his Information Centre, badly failed in supplying water to Upasne opined that the condi- As per programme surname, name, age, Raipur through toll free the city. Member of his MIC MIC member Gowardhan Sharma tion of fire-fighting department of announced, during the ized officials and staff will the name, amendments or gender, date of birth and number 180023311950. corporator Milind Gautam even was removed due to the internal the corporation was also not good office hours from be present with the prelimi- deletion of the names dur- photograph, then he/she Additional to it the district staged ‘Dharna’ against his politics. Dubey wanted to create and due to this the state December 16, 2019 to nary published electoral ing the period. The claims can apply through Form 8 based call centre through polices, Upasne said. an army of ‘Yes man’ but he kept government had to intervene and January 15, 2020 in all the roll. The elector can submit and objections will be taken for rectification while for toll free number 1950 can According to Upasne, Dubey’s on running away from his take over the department. polling centres, the author- requisite forms for adding up to January 27, 2020. deletion of name Form 7 be contacted. Philanthropic gesture of Sangwari Mahila Samiti Police seize cash worth `39.20L STAFF REPORTER n the police. KAWARDHA The police action was taken while checking for awardha police on vehicles transporting KFriday, during checking illegal paddy from of paddy transportation neighbouring state, he along state border with informed. Near Chilphi STAFF REPORTER n the home inmates. Madhya Pradesh seized valley, the checking team cash worth `39.20 lakh BILASPUR Sangwari Mahila Samiti is witnessed a car arriving the women welfare wing of the from a vehicle. from Mandla (Madhya The seizure assumes n a novel gesture for the NTPC-Sipat and it is engaged in Pradesh) and during the significance as it has come Iwelfare of marginalized various welfare activities. Apart checking they recovered section of our society, ahead of the municipal polls from this the samiti run a the cash. The driver named Sangwari Mahila Samiti of the in the state which is going to coaching camp for the wards of Ashish Sahu has been NTPC-Sipat donated water be held on December 21. taken into custody, the cooler with purifier to an old- domestic help workers of The car driver who township under the banner of official informed. age home at Bilaspur on Friday. failed to answer properly According to accused Disha Kendra. Among others about the amount in his Kamala Padmakumar, he was coming from Sagar president, Sangwari Mahila Debasmita Mohapatra, possession has been taken (Madhya Pradesh). Police Samiti and office bearers of secretary, SMS, Nirmala Dubey, into custody for further ladies club paid a courtesy visit Jyotsna Bokhad, Shweta Kumud, questioning. are interrogating him for to the old-age home and pre- Manisha Parasar, Durgesh Talking to media, further information sented the items to the home Nandini Patkar and staff of HR Kawardha Superintendent regarding the source of and CSR department were of Police Lal Umed Singh money and to whom it was management. On this occasion A view of mobile health camp at weekly ‘Haat Bazaar’ in Surajpur district on Friday. Pioneer Photo fruits were distributed among present during this visit. termed it as big success of to be delivered. Help of medical colleges to be BJP snatched the financial rights of public taken to improve health services representatives: Cong STAFF REPORTER n of public representatives. STAFF REPORTER n Mission.’ The workshop was The medical college Despite objection from pub- held at capital city and it RAIPUR RAIPUR educators forwarded sugges- lic representatives BJP start- concluded on Thursday. tions for effective treatment in uling Congress party on ssistance of medical ed development works for As per strategy, maternal health, child health, Friday reacted sharply to colleges of the state will R corruption and commission. A awareness will be created non-communicable and the allegations leveled against People are liking the be taken to provide better among people for communicable diseases. They it by former cabinet minister works done by current gov- and quality health services maintaining better health, also forwarded suggestions for and BJP leader Amar ernment headed by Chief to the urban population. regarding diseases and the strengthening urban health Agrawal. Minister Bhupesh Baghel and The expert services of appropriate life style. centres and reducing maternal “The financial rights of they are providing wider sup- professors posted in medical Medical colleges and and child death rates. public representatives (urban port to the current regime, he colleges will be taken for the urban health centres will work Dr Punit Mishra of bodies) elected by people said. In the two by polls, vot- purpose. together for improvement of AIIMS New Delhi, Dr B.S. were snatched away by spokesperson Dhananjay ing for the Congress candi- A strategy was chalked health standards. The Garg of Mahatma Gandhi previous Raman Singh Thakur said. dates, public rejected the BJP. out in a two-day state-level workshop was participated by Institute of Medical Science, government. So, by what He charged that it was According to Thakur, in workshop on ‘Involving educators of all six Wardha and Dr Shanti Dani right is former minister BJP government which had majority of the urban bodies Medical Colleges in government medical colleges Minj of CMC Vellore Amar Agrawal is speaking placed administrative Congress will have its Strengthening Initiatives and two private medical presented community health about the financial freedom officers over public represen- council. BJP will have to face under National Urban Health colleges of the state. education models. of civic bodies,” Congress tatives to impede the works defeat. !"# $ 0
) ! - / 1 drive’s potential as a premium beach holiday destination was % ! underexplored. We will devel- op this tourism destination as an experience-rich beach tourism hub of global stan- dards,” said Tourism Minister Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi. In May this year, the coast ,3& of the State was battered by the Cyclone Fani which caused immense damage to flora and fauna and infrastructure of the o boost the tourism sector, state. However, the State Tthe Odisha Tourism will Government worked well to get launch a Marine Drive Eco- back on its feet just weeks after Retreat at the Ramchandi the tragedy. beach near Konark on The marine drive eco- Saturday. retreat has been developed as The Eco-Retreat, which an environmentally sustain- would be eastern India’s first able model incorporating best ‘Glamping’ festival, would offer practices in material utilisation, a unique blend of premium zero liquid and sewerage dis- five km. The move would also focus on safety of elephants. glamourous camping, luxury charge and holistic waste man- help the Forest Department Out of three elephant sanctu- and heritage and nature to agement, he said. n order to track the move- understand the behaviour of aries in the State, the Similipal tourists, said an official said. Tourism Secretary Vishal Iment of elephants, the elephants and alert people area is safer for the animals. The glamourous camping, Dev said Chief Minister Odisha Forest Department has accordingly. The Government should which would have all luxurious Naveen Patnaik would inau- decided to tie radio collars After reviewing the move- expand the coverage of amenities, is scheduled to be gurate the eco-retreat on around the necks of three ele- ment of elephants, the Mahanadi and Sambalpur for- held from Saturday to January Saturday. The retreat can phants that have unleashed Government is likely est areas and set up a 31, 2020. There would be 50 accommodate 150 participants are offering through eco retreat. prises a food festival and a dation with rich thematic terror in Angul and Deogarh announce the bordering forests corridor for elephants luxury cottages, delectable cui- at a time, he said. The Eco-retreat will soon be beach market. There would be ambience, a dedicated dining districts. of Kandhamal and Ganjam without any restrictions on sine, beach spa, adventure and “Odisha’s MICE (meetings, recognised as the most water sports which will be area and multiple options of Besides, an infrasonic districts as a new elephant their movements. water sports activities, nature incentives, conferences and favoured MICE product in the accessible to day visitors at staying at the luxury cottages detector machine would be sanctuary. As per the 2017 census, trails and wholesome day itin- events) tourism quotient will country,” said the Dev. affordable entry prices. replete with facilities like air- provided to forest staffs to Meanwhile, wildlife experts there are a total of 1,976 ele- eraries, cultural evenings etc. surely get a golden touch with Besides these exclusive One can experience a conditioner, television, sofa track elephants at a distance of said the Government should phants in the State. “The Puri-Konark marine the corporate package that we facilities, the eco-retreat com- unique luxurious accommo- sets as per your requirement. +/+7.2 8 9+' ' ' /+7'&"7 P ' ESTEEM, PRIDE During the panel discus- sion on ‘Delhi Fateh Banda Singh Bahadur Toan Ranjit From Page 1 Singh De Daur Da Jangi Itihas’, Kerala Chief Minister educationist Prof Jasbir Singh Pinarayi Vijayan was the first to said that the Sikhs have always announce that “an anti-consti- been known from their resis- tutional law will have no place” tance towards invading forces. in his State. “It is a misconception that “You can pass laws in Lok the pre-partition Punjab was Sabha and Rajya Sabha force- considered to be the gateway to fully because you have the India and that is why, the number. But we will not let you Punjabis had their fighting divide the country,” said spirit because several invaders Mamata. had entered India from this Referring to Japan Prime route. Punjabis have always Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to stood against invaders and Assam being cancelled on the always fought for safeguarding issue of protest and violence, their motherland as well as for Mamata said it would be a the sake of their self esteem and “blot” on the country’s reputa- pride,” he said. He added that tion. if any person wants to learn Describing the Act as a more about the war history of direct assault on India’s secular that period, they can get several Mukteshwar dipped below zero the state are favourable for hor- character, Punjab Chief to the martyrs of Parliament ensure its lasting solution. examples from “jangnama’s” at -1.7 degree Celsius on Friday. ticulture and agriculture so the Minister Amarinder Singh said attack, who made supreme Taking part in a panel dis- as well as “wars” written in sev- ith the occurrence of Meanwhile, in view of the farmers will definitely gain from his Government will not let the sserting that India was sacrifice while defending the cussion on the first day of MLF eral languages of the region. Wsnowfall in various dis- weather forecast, the authori- the snowfall,” said Singh. legislation to be implemented A“strong enough to deal ‘temple of democracy’ on this on the issue of ‘The Taliban and Historian Dr Amanpreet tricts in the Uttarakhand on ties have ordered closure of all Heavy snowfall was report- in his State. “We have a major- with any insurgency and day in 2001. ISIK in Kashmir’, former RAW Singh Gill said that to win a December 12 and 13, cold day schools and Anganwadi centres ed in few places which are at an ity in the Assembly, and will threat”, Punjab Governor VP Describing the MLF as a chief AS Dulat made startling war, more than the military conditions are still likely to in eight districts including altitude of 2200 metres and block the Bill,” Singh said. Singh Badnore on Friday said unique platform to acquaint revelation that most of the strength, the people of that land occur at a few places in Dehradun and Nainital on above in Uttrakashi, Chamoli, Chhattisgarh Chief that strikes by Indian Armed students and youngsters with people in India don’t know need to have a thought process, Uttarakhand on December 14. Saturday. Rudraprayag, Pithoragarh and Minister Bhupesh Baghel and Forces across the Line of rich and glorious past of coun- about the real problem of where they cannot allow While snowfall continued The director of the state Bageshwar districts. his counterpart in neighboring Control (LoC) shows that the try’s armed forces, the Kashmir. “Kashmir issue is not invaders to rule them. in various high altitude areas, meteorological centre, Bikram “Mussorie area, Chakrata, Madhya Pardesh Kamal Nath country has the capability and Governor recalled that he the military issue alone and He also stressed that the some places including Nainital Singh, however said that skies Nainital and Mukteshwar dis- too said the Act was clearly competence to secure its bor- mooted the idea to Chief Army alone cannot solve the Sirhand Fateh was a much big- received the first snowfall of the might get clear in the forenoon tricts also received good unconstitutional. “Whatever ders, including naval routes. Minister Capt Amarinder problem,” he said. ger event than even Delhi season on Friday. As the snow- of December 14. He informed amount of snowfall. According decision is made at the Badnore, who inaugurated Singh to start a literary festival, “Though the Army has Fateh as when Delhi was won, fall and rain caused consider- that snowfall and rain in this to our sources, Badrinath Congress party forum on the the third edition of annual like Jaipur and other areas, in been holding the ground in the Mughal rulers of that time able departure from normal season is beneficial for agricul- received around six feet of Bill, will be applied in Military Literature Festival on Chandigarh with an only focus Kashmir since long and the sit- were already going through temperatures across the state, tural activities. “The weather snow. Auli too received around Chhattisgarh,” said Baghel and Friday, envisaged that India on defence and war, which was uation have improved manifold, testing times, whereas when the minimum temperature in conditions in the higher areas of 1.6 feet of snow,” he informed. Kamal Nath. would become self-reliant on accepted by the latter. even then, the real solution of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur manufacturing its own defence “Our country has exhibit- Kashmir problem is not to be won Sirhand, the Mughals were weapons with cutting edge ed that it was competent in solved by Army. Apart from ter- at their peak and had never set on fire. Train services have protest peacefully but force Parliament. The BJP can’t just technology. reaching targets in space, are rorism, Kashmir has emotive even imagined that it could come to a halt here,” a senior was used by the authorities in bulldoze the States to imple- “Already Rs 3,000 crore evolving our own global posi- and social angle which has to be even be possible. RPF official said after arson at an attempt to repress them. If ment it.” “The Citizenship Act worth of defence equipment is tioning system and have the taken into account,” he said. ! Beldanga railway station. this continues, we will not tol- will divide India. As long as we being made in India. ‘Make in ability to watch its frontiers and Pointing out that means of ARMY LITERATURE IN Reports suggested protesters erate it and give a befitting are in power, not a single per- India’ for defence systems is no beyond with our satellite sys- warfare have undergone con- PUNJABI LANGUAGE IS "R $%& ransacked Beldanga police sta- reply,” Paresh Baruah, the son in the State will have to longer a mere slogan but a real- tems. We are in the process of siderable change, Dulat said NEED OF HOUR tion and set vehicles ablaze in leader of the faction opposed to leave the country,” she added. ity. Very soon, we shall be fight- making the Indian Ocean mil- that it was America who earli- Punjabis have always con- Raghunathgaj police station talks with the Government Undeterred by criticism ing securing our nation with a itarily safe for our country, er supported the militant groups tributed with their blood in not From Page 1 area of Murshidabad district. told some TV channels from a and the violent fallout of the totally indigenously designed secure our island territories and around the world. “Even in only in the freedom movement There were reports of Police contingents were safe haven in Myanmar. passage of CAB, Assam Chief and manufactured weapons and our maritime traffic,” he added. Kashmir, they call the separatists of our country but also in secur- police firing in air to disperse rushed to the affected places Earlier in the day, pro-talk Minister Sarbananda Sonowal equipment inventory,” he added. as freedom fighters. The ing its borders and it is impor- protesters in some places in and Mamata appealed for calm. faction leader Arabinda talked tough and warned of Kick-starting the three- WAR EXPERTS FOR America’s stand changed after tant to write military literature Assam. Rail and road traffic was Rajkhowa had asserted that the action against those who day military extravaganza from INCLUDING ALL STAKE- 9/11. Then the Americans in Punjabi language. The views While normal life appeared disrupted in several parts of law will “destroy Assam and we indulged in vandalism. “We will December 13 to 15 with galaxy HOLDERS FOR LASTING sensed the real danger posed by were expressed during a book getting back on track in the West Bengal due to the protests. will not allow it to be imple- not tolerate any violence. Strong of military historians, serving SOLUTION TO KASHMIR the terrorism in the face of discussion by Colonel BS Sra on North-East, West Bengal Despite easing of the vio- mented at any cost”. action will be taken against any- and retired military officers, PROBLEM humanity. After 9/11, America selected battles of Indian Army singed with protests in Muslim- lent protests in Assam, both pro In Digha (200 km away one who is involved in vandal- researchers, academicians, Rejecting military solution waged the war against terrorism and first Indo-Pakistan war and dominated areas of rural and anti-talk factions of the from Kolkata) Mamata said, ism,” Sonowal told an agency. hundreds of school-children, as the only way out for resolu- and overnight freedom fighters 1947-48 Operation Rescue Howrah, Murshidabad, once dreaded militant outfit “We will never allow the NRC He also sought to calm the authors and delegates from tion of vexed Kashmir issue, turned into terrorists,” he said. (Jammu and Kashmir), dis- Birbhum, parts of Burdwan ULFA also opposed the law. and the Citizenship Act in protesters by asserting that his across the country and foreign war experts on Friday called for cussed by renowned writer and and North Bengal. “Students, KMSS and all Bengal. We will not implement Government was committed to shores, the Governor fondly including all stakeholders, PUNJABIS ALWAYS editor of Punjabi Tribune “Several parts of the station, sections of the society have the amended Act, even though protecting the rights of indige- remembered and paid tributes especially the local residents, to FOUGHT FOR THEIR SELF Surinder Singh Tej. kiosks of RPF and tracks were come out in large numbers to it has been passed in nous people of Assam.
doned off the road to stop pro- Officer (APRO), Delhi Police, broke barricades and indulged 888 testers to go ahead towards Anil Mittal, said there were in stone pelting at police per- Julaina. “Students started their scheduled protest at Jantar sonnel which also caused dam- From Page 1 march. We had placed barri- Mantar today and since the age to parked vehicles. Police Last year, Japan hosted the cades which they broke and place was already saturated had to lob tear gas shells with summit in picturesque tried to jump over them. Then with people beyond the per- use of limited force to disperse Yamanashi prefecture during they threw stones at us forcing missible number of 1000, the the protesters,” said Mittal. which both sides had resolved us to use teargas shells. The stu- protesters who were coming Local leaders, including to significantly expand bilater- dents have been detained and from different parts of the city Okhla AAP MLA Amanatullah al cooperation in a range of From Page 1 taken to Badarpur police sta- to gather at Jantar Mantar, Khan, former MLA Asif Md areas. Reflecting growing con- The CAB protest call was tion,” a senior police official were advised not to proceed to Khan, councillor Shoaib gruence in bilateral ties, the two given by Jamia Teachers’ present at the stop said. Jantar Mantar. Danish and Delhi Congress countries held their inaugural Association (JTA) on Friday A law student at Jamia “In this process, some pro- chief Subhash Chopra, turned Foreign and Defence ministe- and everything went on peace- Onaihza said, “We were march- testers who were coming from up at the protest spot. rial dialogue two weeks back fully on the campus until stu- ing peacefully and police Central Delhi were stopped at As a precautionary mea- which prepared the ground dents started marching towards stopped us from marching. Ranjeet Singh Flyover, and sure, the police also advised the for the Modi-Abe summit. The Parliament House with other First, they lathicharged us ask- they dispersed peacefully after Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Indo-Japan Defence and local groups who were coming ing us to move backwards. police persuasion. Likewise, (DMRC) to close the entry and Foreign ministerial dialogue from Batla House. Looking at the Then they pelted stones in the protesters who were com- exit points at Patel Chowk and took place following a decision outpouring of the residents, response to which students ing from Jamia were also per- Janpath metro stations. taken by Modi and Abe during Jamia Nagar saw a literal lock- picked up stones too.” suaded to protest peacefully “As advised by Delhi Police, last year’s annual summit. down with police putting up bar- Another student alleged there only and requested not to entry and exit at Patel Chowk Postponement of the ricades in several places, includ- that police resorted to pelting march towards New Delhi and Janpath have been closed. Japanese Prime Minister’s visit ing in front of Jamia Nagar stones and then used tear gas area,” said the APRO. Trains will not be halting at came a day after Bangladesh Police Station, forcing residents that resulted in many students “However, the students these stations,” DMRC said on Foreign Minister AK Abdul to walk to their destinations. being injured. Police, coming from Jamia got agitat- twitter. Momen and Home Minister A few metres from Jamia however, denied the allegations. ed and aggressively confronted The station was Asaduzzaman Khan cancelled main gate, police had cor- Additional Public Relation the police personnel. They resumed later. their visits. !"# $ )
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This deal has to repay the trust of the voters UK out of the European Union after the resounding victory of Boris Johnson on his election next general election, after pre- the potential to be far bigger after the Conservatives' most by January — no ifs, no buts. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's victory, saying their two coun- dictions of a crushing defeat at and more lucrative than any emphatic majority since the "It does look as though this party that all but seals Britain's tries were now free to strike a nationwide polls. "I will not lead deal that could be made with 1980s under Margaret Thatcher. One Nation Conservative gov- divorce from the bloc. "My "massive" new trade deal. Prime the party in any future general the EU Celebrate Boris!" A 364-seat haul gave the ernment has been given a pow- point is very clear: we are ready. Minister Boris Johnson looks set election campaign," the social- EU Council President party a solid 78-seat majority in erful new mandate to get Brexit We have decided what are our to win a comfortable majority in ist, 70, said after winning his Charles Michel said the bloc the 650-strong House of done – and not just to get Brexit priorities," said EU President parliament after Thursday's north London seat. Corbyn was now ready to embark on Commons. done but to unite this country Charles Michel as he arrived to election. "Congratulations to went into Thursday's election trade talks with Britain. Addressing a victory rally, and to take it forward," he said. an EU summit where leaders Boris Johnson on his great offering a radical leftist pro- "My point is very clear: we Johnson hailed a “new dawn” "We did it, we pulled will discuss the aftermath of the WIN!", Trump tweeted. "Britain gramme for social change, are ready. We have decided which "unarguably" broke the it off didn't we? We broke the UK vote and Britain's planned and the US will now be free to including huge investment in what are our priorities," he Brexit deadlock and vowed not deadlock, we ended the gridlock, : / " departure from the bloc on strike a massive new Trade public services, as well as a sec- said. "I hope we will have loyal to let down the “sacred trust” we smashed the roadblock," &%*" 9+ ! January 31. AFP Deal after BREXIT”. AFP ond referendum on Brexit. AFP negotiations, good negotia- tions." He also voiced hope for #! -6 +%%5+ N!)# O Q' ' A< 6,#6C- $6 + an early ratification by the #6 )) *% N!-.(%- # British parliament of the exit #'% 1-"6+-6 6 )/* , !0 %$+% + -6$ %+ ) agreement negotiated between London and the EU "so that - ,-- 7 #'% %4 % 5%) Brussels: French President Moscow: Russian President London: A record 15 Indian- we can start the negotiations Emmanuel Macron on Friday Vladimir Putin on Friday called origin politicians entered the on the next phase calmly, Brussels: German Chancellor they will insist that Britain congratulated British Prime for "constructive dialogue" with UK's House of Commons on quietly but with great deter- Angela Merkel warned on Friday respect European norms to win Minister Boris Johnson on his Britain's Boris Johnson as he Friday after a historic election mination". that Britain would be an eco- the agreement. crushing election victory but congratulated him on a decisive won by Prime Minister Boris The EU's Internal Market nomic "competitor at our door" "There will be a competitor demanded clarity over general election victory. "I am Johnson. Indian-origin candi- Commissioner Thierry Breton after it leaves the European at our door... That may also Britain's repeatedly delayed sure that the development of dates across both the ruling said: "We now have to rebuild Union. encourage us to be quicker in our exit from the European constructive dialogue and coop- Conservative and Opposition relations with Great Britain Merkel was speaking after decisions," the German leader Union. eration in various spheres would Labour parties registered which is an important part- British Prime Minister Boris said. Some Brexit supporters "The time for clarity has be fully in the interests of our equally strong results of seven ner." He told French radio the Johnson won a resounding elec- want Johnson to make Britain a come," Macron said after a countries' peoples and the entire wins each in the UK's General bloc wanted "balanced" trade tion victory promising to get low-tax, low-regulation summit with European Union European continent," he said in Election on Thursday, with relations with the UK. Brexit done without "Singapore on Thames" after leaders in Brussels, adding: "I a statement. Earlier Friday the around a dozen MPs retaining Britain, he said, was a very further delay. leaving the bloc, leading to fears hope the Brexit agreement Kremlin said it doubted howev- their seats alongside some new important trade partner for The EU is worried about the in Brussels of a race to the bot- will be ratified as quickly as er that Johnson's election victo- faces, taking their number in the EU, "but we are by far the tight timetable to strike a trade tom on labour, environmental possible by the British par- ry would change Russian-UK the UK's lower house up to 15. biggest trading partner for deal and officials have stressed and other standards. AFP liament." AFP ties for the better. AFP PTI Britain". AFP
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marathon slog through into the night as Republicans think about what has hap- panel, blindsided by the move, * 3' 8 33 ' Republican amendments insisted on lengthy debate over pened over these past two days were livid. When Nadler . 8 he House Judiciary aimed at killing the charges. amendments designed to kill and to search their consciences announced that the committee 6,%6'%, $ 6.%6 TCommittee is expected to Approval of the two the two formal charges against before they cast their final wouldn't vote until Friday -(%6%, 6,+! .6#% ' % -6 approve articles of impeach- charges against the president the president but with no hope votes." morning, gasps were heard at (# #.)# (% +-66%) 6 6- "%+ ment against President Donald would send the matter to the of winning votes from the Trump is accused, in the the dais, and Republicans #5+#6 -6 ,#9 5))6$ - Trump on Friday after abrupt- full House for a vote expected majority Democrats. first article, of abusing his immediately started yelling +-),% + -6 "% +(-9 (-)!% +#,= ly shutting down a 14-hour ses- next week. Chairman Jerrold Nadler, presidential power by asking "unbelievable" and "they just sion late Thursday following a But the sudden turn late D-N.Y., said the committee Ukraine to investigate his 2020 want to be Thursday punctuated the deep would resume at 10 a.M. rival Joe Biden while holding on TV." split in the Congress, and the Friday. military aid as leverage, and, in nation, over impeaching the "It is now very late at the second, of obstructing Republican president. night," Nadler said after Congress by blocking the The committee, made up presiding over the two-day House's efforts to probe his & ) of some of the most strident session. "I want the members actions. lawmakers, clashed all day and on both sides of the aisle to The Republicans on the && %& ', ( Washington: US lawmakers took the grave step Friday of approving two charges against Donald Trump, setting up a full House of Representatives vote to impeach the president over his alleged misconduct. Madrid: United Nations cli- disasters across the planet, ernment action. Democrats and mate negotiations in Madrid including unprecedented As pressure inside and out- Republicans in the House were set to wrap up Friday with cyclones, deadly droughts and side the talks mounts, old splits Judiciary Committee voted even the best-case outcome record-setting heatwaves. dividing rich polluters and along strict party lines, 23 to likely to fall well short of what Scientists have amassed a developing nations -- over who 17, appearing somber as they science says is needed to avert mountain of evidence pointing should slash greenhouse gas put Trump on track to a future ravaged by global to even more dire impacts on emissions by how much, and become only the third presi- warming. the near horizon, while millions how to pay the trillions need- dent to be impeached in US The COP25 summit comes of youth activists are holding ed to live in a climate-addled history. AFP on the heels of climate-related weekly strikes demanding gov- world — have reemerged. AFP - 56 + +
Washington: A type of aurora in the Red Planet, according to a - Space Physics, noted that auro- from NASA's Goddard Space Mars — first identified by study which can help track water ra on the Earth are commonly Flight Center (GSFC) in the US, NASA's MAVEN spacecraft in loss from the Red Planet. seen as colourful displays of light said the phenomenon on Mars, 2016 — is the most common The study, published in the in the night sky near the polar called a proton aurora, happens form of the lights occurring on Journal of Geophysical Research regions. However, the researchers during the day and gives off ultraviolet light. They said it is invisible to the human eye but detectable to the Imaging UltraViolet Spectrograph (IUVS) instru- ment on the MAVEN — Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN — spacecraft. The spacecraft's mission is to investigate how Mars lost much of its atmosphere and water, transforming its climate from one that might have supported life to one that is cold, dry, and inhospitable. According to the researchers, the proton aurora is generated indirectly by hydrogen derived from Martian water which is in the process of being lost to space. So they said this aurora could be used to help track ongoing water loss. "In this new study using MAVEN/IUVS data from mul- tiple Mars years, the team has found that periods of increased atmospheric escape correspond with increases in proton aurora occurrence and intensity," said Andrea Hughes of Embry- Riddle Aeronautical University in the US. PTI !"# $ 7 '#!%*--5=!-. ,#)(-6%% I"% #)-6%% 6+#$ #.=!-. ,#)(-6%% 2 " 2 3 ) 4 1 S ' ! ! ! ' "% #)*#6 ##!5 -6 # *#+% 6 '$"#6+#6 "#+ #+%, .#6 J %+-6+= /#* )9 "!" :;< =>:? =>:< ' ! )) *% ( -'- 6,) #''%!%, * #6 (%#!% #$ %%.%69 . + *% ( %(# %, '- "% - + ?@ S ' 2 :AB '
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E 9 .9 / 4 3 ! ! 9 $ :CB@ 3.4 / % 0 % % P Q3P Q &' ! +,89+ -,1 hanti Devi is a household name at Nichla ! :C;: Badho Village in Jagjit Nagar of Solan dis- P Q Strict, Himachal Pradesh. This is not surpris- *$ -39 :: ing considering that as a traditional birth atten- %$ 9 % dant or dai, she delivered more than half the pop- ! ! ! ulation of the village, including six of her %$ 2 79 -3 grandchildren. + %$ 4 ! Even after she turned 80, Shanti remained dai ' ' 9 9 the a pregnant woman in distress turned to 3 % :C@: or if the fears of a first-time mother-to-be need- E E 9 9 ed to be soothed. Midwives can provide 87 per cent of the essential care for expectant mothers $ 4 3 and newborns if they are educated and trained, " !E says the World Health Organisation (WHO). But 9 ' E ! most importantly, as an integral part of a ! ! ' ! 9 % woman’s life, they provide quality care, support ! and play an important role in reducing pre- " . "/D! 0 ventable maternal deaths. % ' WHO research has shown that women were less likely to give birth prematurely or lose / 0 $ " % their babies before 24 weeks of gestation if mid- ! E wives were the main providers of care during 0 pregnancy. Further, global data indicates that 83 . ! / per cent of all maternal deaths and newborn 9 ! % deaths could be averted with the care provided $ 3 9 by midwives. Considering four women die giv- 8 / ' ! 2 ing birth every hour in India, midwives can be 9 the game-changers in this grim scenario. % 8 4 % This is perhaps why the Government final- 9 ! 4 ! ly recognised that midwives could provide qual- ity assistance through the 30 million pregnan- these issues by promoting quality and included families belonging to the women and are familiar with their med- cies that take place every year and become a cost- 0= continuity of assistance through the upper caste, which traditionally shied ical history. % 9 dai 9 % % 0 effective and efficient model to improve repro- 9 provision of women-centric care and away from taking the help of a Therefore, investing in harnessing ductive, maternal and neonatal health services. help expectant mothers have a positive belonging to a lower caste. the power of existing midwives across E ! # 0 9 dais The decision to develop a cadre of midwives as birth experience, according to the There are over 10 lakh like the country by upgrading their skills 9 one of the strategies to reduce maternal and infant Ministry. Shanti serving rural and urban commu- could mean the difference between life 9 mortality was shared by the Indian Government D While the Government may have nities. They can be lifesavers in places and death for women.What makes the % ! ! at the recently-concluded International come to this conclusion now, women where there is an acute shortage of case in favour of trained midwives even 9 ! Conference on Population and Development in Himachal Pradesh realised it much trained medical personnel. At present, stronger is the fact that the financial % ! 9 ! (ICPD+25) in Nairobi. India was among the 179 earlier. They also understood that there are only 1,859 obstetricians at costs of ending preventable maternal 2 7 countries that signed the first international agree- women attended by midwives needed Community Health Centres in the deaths are now known. 3 ment recognising the right to sexual and repro- fewer epidurals. This is probably why country as against the requirement of A collaborative study between dai 7' 0 ductive health and women’s empowerment at the Shanti was a much sought after as 5,510 (2016 Rural Health Statistics). UNFPA, John Hopkins University, ICPD in Cairo in 1994. This announcement was 0 she used traditional knowledge and This lack of specialists can be critical Victoria University, University of made as a part of its commitments to reduce pre- promoted natural birth. She even for pregnant women, as one of the Washington and Avenir Health shared 2 ' 3 = ventable maternal deaths and provide an enabling induced labour pains by giving hot major causes of maternal deaths (almost at the Nairobi ICPD+25, gave a break- % environment to facilitate women’s autonomy in herbal drinks made by boiling fenu- 46 per cent according to a 2014 Lancet down of the collective costs of ending 0 reproductive decisions. greek and carom seeds with soya. study) is the poor quality of intra- preventable maternal deaths in 120 ! Although, there has been a decline in the Women have often stated that they pre- partum care. This is where trained countries, including India. ' P 73 maternal mortality rate (MMR) from 167 to 122 0 fer to have home deliveries by someone midwives can make the difference by According to Natalia Kanem, 9 3 7' 0 per 100,000 live births (SRS 2016), India has a 9 they know, rather than an unknown supporting the overburdened sec- Executive Director UNFPA, these fig- Q long way to go to ensure that no woman dies doctor, especially when respectful ondary and tertiary care facilities that ures were a drop in the ocean compared ' ' while giving birth. Nearly 32,000 pregnant C maternity care is missing. do not have enough obstetricians. to the dividend expected and the funds 9 :C ! women still lose their lives during pregnancy, With health facilities in rural areas Severe bleeding after birth can kill available. Speaking at the summit, she E 9 :B childbirth and the postnatal period every year. being far, the balance in favour of the a healthy woman within hours if unat- said that it would be wrong to even refer Factors like inequalities in access to quality health midwife is heavily tilted. In Shanti’s case, tended and simply injecting oxytocics to this as a cost as these were smart, 9 =:. services, poverty, distance to facilities, lack of not only was she right there and read- effectively reduces this risk. The second affordable investments that would 3 ! information, inadequate and poor quality services ily available but her personal touch major cause of maternal deaths is transform the lives of women. What / ! 9 E and cultural beliefs remain significant barriers boosted the confidence of pregnant infection after childbirth. was needed next was the political will to achieving the Sustainable Development Goal women. They also knew that she would This can be eliminated if good and financing to get the job done. The ' , 4 1 !3 9 (SDGs) to reduce MMR to less than 70 per accompany them to the nearest hospi- hygiene is observed and if early signs cost of inaction would be much high- :CC? 100,000 births by 2030. tal for delivery if she felt that the preg- of infection are recognised and treat- er, she said. $ Besides, disrespect and abuse of women dur- nancy was complicated and beyond her ed promptly. Third, if pre-eclampsia is The decision to build a cadre of ! ing childbirth at health facilities contribute to capabilities. detected and appropriately managed trained midwives is a good move to 9 =: ' ! maternal mortality and morbidity. While formu- Shanti’s long experience enabled before the onset of convulsions and reduce the costs of inaction. But it must ' E ' 9 lating its guidelines on midwifery care, the her to predict when a delivery would other life-threatening complications, not overlook the knowledge and skills Ministry of Health and Family Welfare accept- take place and she also had the skill to maternal deaths can be reduced. In this that traditional birth attendants have. ! 9 :B =: ' ed that these were some of the reasons that deliver a breach baby. Besides, she pro- case, administering drugs such as mag- They must be supported and trained for deterred women from opting for institutional vided information on immunisation, nesium sulfate for pre-eclampsia can the sake of the millions of pregnant . delivery. Although the Government’s LaQshya birth registration and nutrition. Her lower a woman’s risk of developing women they continue to save. After all, !"#$%$ programme mandates promoting respectful abilities, skill and knowledge prompt- seizures. These risks could be reduced even a single preventable maternal & $ !' ( / maternity care, its implementation remains ed families living in distant villages to by midwives who are usually from the death is one too many. poor. However, midwifery-led care could address seek her help with deliveries. This also same communities as the pregnant (The writer is a senior journalist) 7 </ 4 /=/ ! !
realise the inherent dangers to nation- and free health services must be seen JNU has been marked an island challenge these elements on the basis mind showing off their inadequacies hood? Please realise this is destructive as a right rather than charity in a of excellence and repeatedly award- of knowledge as well as positive in understanding society and politics. to the idea of both nationalism and democracy and a welfare State. The ed for high standards of research and activism. These are the elements that The drama that is unleashed from the nation-building. There is a huge more developed a country is and more pedagogy by the Government of need to be handled. So that the rest, television studios — led by intellec- cacophony and also rancour over the dedicated a welfare State is, the more India. It is nothing but a calumny that comprising a large number from the tually-bankrupt and educationally- 0 negligible fee paid by a JNU student. essential services are free. Particularly JNU’s commitment to education in socially and economically-deprived compromised anchors indulging in Let us never forget that education is health and education, followed close- building a brighter India has been strata, are allowed to follow academ- shameless acts of exposing their lim- every individual’s right and even if ly by free public transportation. compromised. The need is to work on ic pursuits in peace. itations and their rooted prejudice — free, education is not charity. In our We applaud social media for- the perception deficit in the mind of The problem is made complex must force managements of these !+. -' 6$ #6 +.+ =+> attempt to berate JNU, many are end- wards about how a train in Japan was the common man. because the official Left ends up sup- channels to take note. /O+ ,%'%6!% -' "% !- 6 ing up giving social credibility to com- continued only because one girl The deliberate loss of reputation porting these disruptive elements as There would hardly be any doubt . + 6- -% +"#,- "% modification of education. We are boarded it to go to school. But when is doing no good to anyone but vest- they see their vice-like grip over acad- that JNU is the most gender-friend- ++ % # "% "%# -' "% he nation is trying to identify playing into the hands of the private it comes to our own country, we ed interests. Currently there are near- emia slowly slipping, prejudiced ly and also the safest campus for !#+% # "% 14 "% -6$-6$ the villain of the piece in the education mafia. By doing so, we are seamlessly adopt shameless double ly 8,000 students at JNU. research getting exposed and chal- women. Therefore it comes as no sur- Tongoing Jawaharlal Nehru committing a crime against future standards. However, a miniscule number, lenged, and a summary loss of polit- prise that the Nirbhaya protests start- + ''% 6$ -' -"6$# University (JNU) saga and social generations. They will blame us for The ones studying in JNU are belonging to the radical Left, have ical relevance across India. JNU ed nowhere else but here. +).+= #6.# O+ media is running amok demonising centuries. equal citizens of the country and their held hostage the credibility of the uni- seems to be giving them that fig leaf People do not understand that $%6% #)+ # % )# $%) 6 %, the premier institution itself. The first If you find the idea odd, it would parents are also paying taxes. And in versity. These are mischief makers, cover and token confidence. demonisation of a public university - 6% 6#-6#) question, much before apportioning be relevant to remember how public future, most of these students will per- suffering from an identity crisis and Peaceful protests and demonstra- like JNU will impact all institutions blame, is to ask ourselves, have we telecom was bemoaned and ridiculed haps pay much more in income tax lack of political foothold, taking tions cannot be ridiculed in any including the IITs and IIMs. We !-6,%.6#-6= "% missed the forest for the trees? We to tarnish its reputation and make way than many of those castigating them refuge in provocative acts like honour- healthy and vibrant democracy. In should not be that short-sighted. %.6,% "# "% % .# -6% indeed have. for private players and how Air India claim they cost the country right now, ing Mahishasur. fact, we need more campuses with stu- There is an exponential hike in ,# *% !-6+%J %6!%+ '- My fear is that as a society we are was derided so that it bled and its by joining the bureaucracy, media, the These elements — the Right- dents who are curious, questioning, the fee of IITs and IIMCs. This must "% #!-6+ !- ), -''% getting consumed by market-driven business share was usurped by private development sector, academia and wing loves to call them urban Naxals intellectually-aspiring and democra- also be opposed. And the students of +-.% ,%% %6 - "% - + “everythingness”, oversimplified by air carriers. So, the assault on the very politics. Even the current dispensation — are like the goons in a locality who tically-engaged. This is where we IITs and IIMCs must learn to protest applying the yardsticks for measuring credibility of JNU is to be seen with at the Centre has two former JNU stu- create nuisance because the silent should create the India of tomorrow. effectively and fight for their rights. #* +%+= !- ), #)+- chalk to cheese as well. In this high- concern and obvious suspicion. dents as Cabinet Ministers. A study majority avoids them. The need is to The media, especially television, We need many more JNUs all across 6! %#+% "% ( %++ % -6 "% ly volatile process, we are ending up Withdrawal of the State from health also reveals that 40 per cent of the awaken this silent majority. There are has played a rather ignoble role in the India. Fight for this cause, each one - #5% -6 "% ++ %= supporting an ecosystem that kills dia- and education is the most undesirable Cabinet Committee on Security com- several ideological streams strongly issue. Anchors, with strange display of you, who cares for India. N 9 %,- #)O logue and argumentation. Do we even act in a civilisation. Free education prises JNU alumni. present in the university. It is time they of histrionics and overplay, do not (The writer is a senior journalist) !"# $ (
45 5 )+ ( ) & + 5 4 7 / )) +8 , ' & 8 , Patna: Police here on Friday charged Lucknow: The hangman at the “The Tihar Jail had asked the baton and used water cannons to Meerut prison on Friday indi- Uttar Pradesh to provide two quell hundreds of young men and cated that he is ready to carry hangmen at short notice but ', 3 &3 , women — most of them students of out the execution in the Tihar since one of them in Lucknow Patna University — who had poured Jail of the men convicted of rap- is unwell, the other one in Pune: A 15-year-old girl police said, quoting out on the streets of the city braving ing and murdering Nirbhaya in Meerut has been asked to was allegedly raped and from the complaint. winter rains to express outrage over 2012. remain prepared,” he said. strangled to death here in “In the evening, the gang-rape of a 20-year-old ear- Pawan Jallad, whio is a Jallad, who is about 55-year- Maharashtra and police the deceased's sister lier this week. third-generation hangman, said old, however, said he is not are on the lookout for her came home and found The victim has alleged that the his grandfather had carried out aware of the identity of the con- stepfather who is the door locked from four perpetrators were known to her the hanging of the two men victs to be hanged but added suspected to have com- outside. On breaking and had exploited her sexually a few involved in the assassination of that as the Nirbhaya case is in mitted the crime, an offi- open the door, the 15- months back before raping her again the then Prime Minister Indira the news right now he might be cial said on Friday. year-old girl was found dead,” said an a few days ago following which she Gandhi besides notorious crim- required for those convicted in The victim's body was discovered official from the Bhosari policestation. lodged a police complaint. inals Ranga and Billa. “I am that. by her sister at their home in Dapodi Based on the complaint by the vic- “The girl resides in a locality ready to carry out the execution Though he has not yet got in Pimpri Chinchwad, an industrial tim's mother, a case of murder was ini- under Pataliputra police station area. if asked by the jail administra- any instructions from the town near here, on Thursday evening, tially registered against the absconding She has alleged in the FIR, given tion,” Pawan Jallad told PTI on Meerut jail administration, he he said. accused, an autorickshaw driver, he said. statement to the effect before a mag- phone, referring to the author- said he is ready to go to Tihar According to a complaint registered A post-mortem examination istrate, that she was sexually assault- had forced themselves upon her in the accused who are on the run and ities at the Meerut jail. Jail on 24 hours' notice. by the victim's mother, she and her hus- revealed the girl was strangled to death ed by four boys who had formerly October and filmed the act and used the phones are switched off. Amid reports about prepa- Pawan said his father and band, the teen's stepfather, had a heat- and also indicated that she “might” have been her classmates inside an out- to blackmail her for sexual favours. Efforts are, however, being made rations to hang the four men grandfather were also hang- ed argument over some domestic issue been sexually assaulted, the official said. house of an apartment in Gandhi “On December 9, when she to catch them at the earliest, Jaiswal convicted of the rape and mur- men. “My grandfather Kallu on Thursday morning. “Upon receiving the report on Path area of the city,” the Station abused was once again, she decided said.”In the meantime a medical der, the Uttar Pradesh's Jallad and father Babbu Jallad The man allegedly threatened his Friday, we added section 376 (rape) of House Officer (SHO) of Mahila to bring the matter before the police,” examination has been conducted Additional Director General had done this job. I personally wife and warned her of dire conse- the IPC and other relevant sections of Thana, Arti Kumari Jaiswal, told the SHO said. on the victim and we would be able (Prisons) Anand Kumar con- helped my grandfather in five quences following which she asked him the Protection of Children from Sexual reporters here. She has given the names, to say more on the issue after report firmed that Delhi's Tihar Jail has executions,” Pawan to stay away from her daughters, the Offences Act (POCSO), he said. PTI “She has admitted that the boys addresses and mobile numbers of all comes out,” Jaiswal added. PTI sent out a request for hangmen. claimed. PTI - !< " <;+ .6%6 spoken to many people .. In fact we (BJP) had spoken to 36 NCP / ; <8 n sensational disclosure, former Chief MLAs. We had met several of them. Ajit IMinister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday Pawar had told us that entire party was 8%) 6 33 has not completed the delimi- facing a leadership vaccum. M Ramakrishnan quoting from that then NCP’s breakaway leader Ajit with him. Later on, he backed out and told tation of wards and reservation K Stalin, the then working archaeological inscriptions dug Pawar had spoken to his party president me that he could not go with the BJP of seats for SC/ST based on the president did not want to test out from the State. and uncle Sharad Pawar before joining the because of some personal reasons. amil Nadu is back into 2011 census. As the case moved the waters at that stage because Satyamurthy says that both BJP in forming a Government in the State. Immediately after Ajit Pawar told me this, Telection mode. Election to from the High Court to the he was not sure about himself,” the AIADMK and the DMK In another disclosure, Fadnavis said I tendered my resignation to the Governor” the rural local bodies would be Supreme Court, the poll sched- said Govindarajan were not willing to face the that he and his a few of his party colleagues “We were not happy to go with Ajit held on December 27 and 30 as ule got delayed and there are no Satyamurthy, political com- electorate because of lack of had spoken to at least 36 NCP MLAs to Pawar. At a time when our long-time the Supreme Court on local self Governments func- mentator based in Coimbatore. confidence. “Though elections ascertain that Ajit Pawar had numbers with alliance partner (Shiv Sena) decided to Wednesday dismissed the peti- tioning in the State as of now. The local self-Government, to rural local bodies are held in him. align with other parties, someone (Ajit tion filed by the DMK, the This has made the Centre described as school of democ- non-political lines, it is in rural In his first detailed interview with a tactic that we decided to we swear into Pawar) was willing to support us to form principal opposition party, to denying basic grant and per- racy has been immobilised areas we see intense fighting leading Marathi channel after his office at 8 am. We wanted to take out oppo- a government. We decided to go with him,” stay the poll schedule formance grant to the State. because of the delay in holding and lobbying,” he said. Government collapsed within 80 hours nent by surprise,” Fadnavis revealed. Fadnavis said. announced by the State election The amount running to Rs elections, said T Satyamurthy’s fear proved right after he and Ajit Pawar were sworn into “Ajit Pawar told us that he had sound- It may be recalled that on November Commission. 4200 crore would be released Ramakrishnan, author and by Thursday as a big contro- office, Fadnavis disclosed that it was the ed out Sharad Pawar about decision to go 26, then Chief Minister Fadnavis resigned It was the DMK which has only to democratically elected public policy specialist based in versy has erupted in Cuiddalore NCP leader (Ajit Pawar) who had come to with the BJP. But, he had not told us from his post after the NCP’s breakaway been scuttling the State panchayat and municipal bod- Chennai. district over the “auctioning” of the BJP to extend his support to form a whether Pawar saheb had agreed with him group leader Ajit Pawar pulled out of the Election Commission’s move to ies, said a senior Government “It is the duty of local bod- the posts of presidents and Government and not the other way or not. We at the State BJP level took the new dispensation under tremendous pres- hold elections to the urban and secretary in State Secretariat. ies to ensure economic devel- vice-presidents in panchayat around. decision to go with Ajit Pawar. We sure from the parent party leaders. rural local Government bodies “The DMK , which had the opment and social justice , for prices ranging from 45 “It is true that we (the BJP) went with informed the Central party leadership Within hours after the Supreme Court since October 2016 when the ignominy of suffering three apart from a host of services,” lakh to 55 lakh. The auc- Ajit Pawar to form a Government that last- about it. Seeing the letter by Ajit Pawar and put a break to a possible horse-trading by tenure of the local self- consecutive elections ( the said Ramakrishnan. He also tioning process got vitiated by ed for just three days. our letter, the Governor agreed to swear ordering completion of a floor test in the Governments came to an end Assembly election of 2011 and pointed out that the State is the Thursday as Satish Kumar, one It was Ajit Pawar who had come to us us in and State Assembly by 5 pm on November 26, having completed their five- 2016 and the Lok Sabha Polls pioneer in holding democrat- of the social activists ques- saying that the three parties (Shiv Sena, form a Government,” Fadnavis said. Fadnavis’ 80-hour-long stint as the chief year term. of 2014) was in a state of ic elections. “Historical evi- tioning the illegal process was NCP and Congress) could not form a Confirming that the BJP had ascer- minister had ended, after Ajit Pawar — the The DMK got the poll shock. As M Karunanidhi, the dences confirm that the State beaten to death by a group of Government. Ajit Pawar told us that he had tained that Ajit Pawar had adequate num- ruling party’s Trojan horse — handed him stayed in 2016 with the con- then party chief had been con- was home to democratic elec- power-brokers in Cuddalore spoken to Pawar saheb (NCP president ber of MLAs within, Fadnavis said: “When over his resignation as the Deputy Chief tention that the State poll panel fined to sick bed, the party was tions as earlier as 1000 CE,” said district. Sharad Pawar). It was more of a guerrilla we decided to go with Ajit Pawar, we had Minister citing “personal” reasons. P < ' ;" < 1 ) 6 8'6 1 .6%6 because of Pankaja but due Munde, Khadse had said: lert BSF troops late to goodwill that late “Gopinathrao did not stab AThursday night foiled an day after Pankaja Munde Gopinath Munde continues anyone in the back. It was infiltration bid in Hiranagar Aand senior BJP leader to enjoy in home con- Gopinathrao who made sector of Jammu frontier by Eknath Khadse covertly hit stituency,” Kakade said. Fadnavis the state party pres- eliminating a Pakistani intrud- out at former Chief Minister “No one conspired to ident. When I was the min- er inside the Indian territory. Devendra Fadnavis at a public defeat Pankaja Munde in ister in the BJP-led govern- According to senior BSF rally at Mundes’ home town of the election. She can’t blame ment, I had allotted the land officers of Jammu frontier, Parli in Marathwada, party’s anyone for her defeat. The for constructing a memori- “lone intruder attempted to Rajya Sabha member and Parli people voted against al after Gopinathrao. sneak inside the Indian terri- Fadnavis’ supporter Sanjay her. No outsiders had been But, Fadnavis complet- tory near Manguchak border Kakade said on Friday that brought to vote in the polls. ed one full term as the chief outpost in Hiranagar sector Pankaja had organised the pub- She lost because of her own minister and came back around 9.45 p.m late Thursday lic rally for her “sheer political shortfalls,” Kakade said. leadership to sack her from the gions of of the society.” briefly as the chief minister. night”. survival”. Comparing her defeat with party. Among other things, But, still the memorial for late Initially, he was challenged intruder from Pakistan was Kashmir, militant handlers Singling out Pankaja for a that State BJP President Speaking at a public rally Pankaja had announced her Gopinathrao was not con- and fired upon by BSF troops reportedly killed. Local vil- have shifted focus towards the vicious attack, Kakade said: Chandrakant Patil who was organised t Parli on the occa- resignation as a member of the structed,” he said. when he entered in to Indian lagers claimed, Pakistani plain areas and waiting for an “Here is a person who could from Kolhapur but contested sion of her late father and party’s core committee. Heaping praise on late territory. rangers have been regularly opportunity to sneak inside the not retain her seat. She is now from Pune, Kakade said: senior BJP leader Gopinath Apart from giving clear Munde for building the BJP Due to inclement weather violating ceasefire agreement Indian territory. talking about touring the state “Despite the fact that he was Munde’s 70th birth anniversary, indications that she was dis- party to a level it is today, conditions, the BSF authorities for over last one month by On its part, BSF has also and building the party. If she contesting from another con- Pankaja had said: “After I wrote tancing her from the BJP, She Khadse had also said: “The BJP could not retrieve the dead shelling forward villages in a activated its Winter Border had implemented whatever she stituency than own, a Facebook post, there was a had said that she would set up used to be earlier known as a body of the intruder. bid to prevent BSF from con- Management strategy and said at the rally yesterday, the Chandrakant Patil could win huge speculation that I would an office in Mumbai on January `Shetji-Bhatji’ party. It was Inspector General, BSF structing 'wall of defence'. rushed reinforcements to plug situation would have been dif- the polls from Pune. Pankaja rebel against the party and 26 and undertake a day-long after Munde built the party that frontier along with other senior Meanwhile, following the gaps,if any, to prevent any ferent in her constituency and could not succeed in winning quit the party. Let make it very fast at Aurangabad on January it came to be known as the officers visited the border out- failed intrusion bid high alert infiltration bid. she would have won the elec- the polls. Since she could not clear that I would not quit the 27. Bahujan Samaj party”. put to take stock of the ground was sounded in the entire bor- Anti-fog lights and other tion by a margin of one lakh win from her own constituen- party. But, if the party choos- At the rally, Khadse had With Friday’s remarks by situation. der belt to prevent fresh infil- sophisticated gadgets have been votes”- cy, she has not moral right to es to throw me out it, it can do reiterated that Pankaja’s defeat Kakade against Pankaja, the Local villagers in the area tration bid from the Pakistani installed along vulnerable “She organised yesterday’s blame others for her defeat”. so. Working under the auspices was engineered by some of the BJP will witness an internal turf claimed, firing took place late side in the coming days. patches of the border fence to rally at Parli for her sheer At Thursday’s Pankaja had of the Gopinath Munde BJP men themselves. war between the Pankaja and night near Manguchak border Due to fresh snowfall in the track down the movement of political survival. There were said she would not leave the Pratisthan, I will bring togeth- Charging that Fadnavis Fadnavis camps in the coming outpost in which one of the higher reaches of North suspected intruders. large crowds at the rally not party, but it was for the party er people from castes and reli- was “ungrateful” towards late days. ( !P / ! ; said, as the Disha Bill is in the will also employ special YSRCP leaders had made would be too high due to the concurrent list of State and Public Prosecutors and conflicting statements over the nature of the soil in the he Andhra Pradesh Centre, it will go for Special Police force ded- etting doubts over shifting of project, adding fuel to the fire. area. TLegislative Assembly on Presidential Accord which will icated for such crimes Sthe Capital Amaravati to Moreover, the State With this, the Opposition Friday passed the Disha Bill attract the national attention only. another location to rest, Government too, on its part, TDP started building pressure which impose death penalty for through debates and discus- A Women and Municipal Administration and has contributed to the uncer- on theGovernment to come out rape besides taking stringent sions, and the two Bills will Children Offenders Urban Development Botsa tainty over continuance of with its decision on the issue. action for crimes against stand as an answer to the sys- Registry will be main- Satyanarayana on Friday made Amaravati as the Capital, by Botsa controversial statements women by setting up special tem which needs to expedite tained and will be on a key announcement in the AP appointing an expert commit- drew widespread criticism courts to deal with such cases where there is conclusive public domain and avail- Legislative Council. tee to look into the issue. from even the BJP whose offences. evidence. able to law enforcement When TDP members A host of YSRCP leaders national spokesman GVL The Andhra Pradesh Disha The Nirbhaya Case is an agencies. asked the minister if there was alleged that the previous TDP Narasimha Rao said the Centre Bill—Criminal Law (Andhra example, where the culprits Earlier, piloting the a proposal to shift the Capital, Government had resorted to would take a serious view if the Pradesh Amendment) Bill 2019 could not be punished yet and Bills Home Minister said said,”No”. They also sought ‘insider trading’ while pooling State Government decided to amending the Penal Code, says as family members of the vic- Mekathoti Sucharitha to know from how much had land for the Capiital and that it shift the Capital. that all cases regarding offences tims seeks fast and fair justice said, that there is imper- been spent on the Capital pro- was a huge real estate scam Even Jana Sena, Left parties against women shall be inves- and the public response and ative need to amend laws ject so far. committed by former Chief and the Congress had opposed tigated and tried expeditious- acclaim the recent Disha case to bring speedy justice for The TDP members further Minister N Chandrababu the move to shift the Capital. ly with provisions of death has received were considered all offences against asked him how much financial Naidu. Later, the Government penalty. before drafting the Bills, he women and children and burden would fall on the gov- Ironically, it was Botsa who constituted to five-member The Andhra Pradesh Disha said. The AP Disha Bill pre- Section 354 E will be added in the recent Disha case on the ernment if the Capital was had stoked controversy over the committee with urban plan- Bill-Andhra Pradesh Special The New Bill prescribes scribes life imprisonment for IPC, 1860. outskirts of Hyderabad has shifted, he quipped, “Such a issue by hinting that the Capital ning experts to suggest ways for Court for Specified Offences death penalty for rape crimes other sexual offences against To ensure speedy trial, the shaken the conscience of the question does not arise.” might be shifted to another the overall development of the against Women and Children where there is conclusive evi- children and includes Section State will set up exclusive spe- nation. With this, Botsa seem to location in the State. He had State including the Capital pro- Bill, 2019 will enable the State dence, and this needs the 354 F and 354 G in IPC. cial courts in all the 13 districts Deputy Chief Minister have given clarity over the said the government was dis- ject. government to set up exclusive amendment of Section 376 of In cases of harassment of to deal with cases of offences Pushpa Srivani, T Anitha, location of the Capital which cussing the issue and a decision This has led to widespread special courts for speedy trial IPC. women through social or dig- against women and children Reddy Shanti, N generated a lot of debate in the would be taken soon in this speculation that Capital may be of specified offences against This apart the Bill reduces ital media, the Bill states two including rape, acid attacks, Dhanalakshmi, V Sriodevi, V absence of any concrete state- regard. shifted. It was surprising that women and children. the judgement period to 21 years imprisonment for the stalking, voyeurism, social Rajini, KV Ushasri Charan, ment being made by Chief He had raked up a contro- even at this stage, CM Chief Minister YS Jagan working days with investigation first conviction and four years media harassment of women, Adireddy Bhavani were among Minister YS Jaganmohan versy stating that the Amaravati Jaganmohan Reddy had failed Mohan Reddy said in his con- being completed in seven days for second and subsequent sexual harassment and all cases those who spoke in support of Reddy ever since he assumed was located in flood zone and to utter a word on the cluding remarks here on Friday and trail closing in 14 days. convictions. For this a new under POCSO Act. The State the Bill. charge six months ago. that the construction cost issue. !"# $ '
: ?/ >+/ 9/ +: 4 = 2 %5) / ) ' & ( ) Mumbai: The Congress will on Thursday night. by the Shiv Sena on the con- not let the amended The Act paves the way for troversial legislation in the Lok Citizenship Act get imple- granting Indian citizenship to Sabha with its president %-!. $/ 0) mented in Maharashtra, state non-Muslim refugees from Thackeray. minister Nitin Raut asserted on Pakistan, Afghanistan and “They have kept forth their %. .% // Coromondal Express had to be N ple to maintain peace and calm Friday and said Chief Minister Bangladesh who have migrat- view on this in no uncertain halted at Uluberia after the agi- and protest through lawful Uddhav Thackeray will coop- ed after facing religious perse- terms in the Rajya Sabha...I am ll hell broke loose even as tators threw stones at the means,” Banerjee who erate with the national party on cution in their respective coun- sure Uddhav ji is firm on the AAssam-like protests against engine in which the driver got announced a protest march the sensitive issue. try. “The Congress is opposed position his party took on the Citizenship Amendment Act injured,” sources said adding on Monday said. “We will not Thackeray's party Shiv to the CAB and we will not let issue in the Rajya Sabha,” Raut flared up in parts of south trains were running as per allow this draconian Bill to be Sena is heading the coalition it be implemented in added. Bengal with hundreds of pro- scheduled in remaining parts of enforced in India and particu- Government in Maharashtra, Maharashtra...I think Uddhav The Sena had posed cer- testers vandalising Railway the State. larly Bengal,” she said. where the Congress and the ji will completely cooperate tain queries to the govern- properties including moving Demonstrators, number- “They are portioning India Sharad Pawar-led NCP are the with us in this,” Raut, a ment over the bill and demand- trains — the most visible asset ing around 250, obstructed and dividing the people of the other ruling alliance con- Congress leader, told PTI over ed their answers before sup- of the Central Government — the Up and Down lines at country in the name of a com- stituents. the phone. porting the legislation in the at Uluberia in Howrah district, Uluberia station and hurled munally oriented Citizenship The contentious The Shiv Sena had sup- Upper House of Parliament. Beldanga and Raghunathganj stones at the stranded trains, Amendment Bill. We will orga- Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, ported the bill in the Lok Meanwhile, Maharashtra in Murshidabad, parts of rural injuring a driver, South Eastern nize two peaceful protest 2019 (CAB) was approved by Sabha, but had staged a walk- minister and MPCC president Birbhum and Diamond Railway CPRO Sanjoy Ghosh 0 O marches in Kolkata on Monday the Lok Sabha and the Rajya out before it was put for voting Balasaheb Thorat said the state Harbour in South 24 said. … Such rallies will also be Sabha this week, and became in the Rajya Sabha. Congress will follow the central Parganas. At Beldanga in respective areas. such attacks. organised in the districts on an Act after President Ram Raut said the Congress leadership's line on the The sudden eruption of Murshidabad district bordering The porters blocked Both Chief Minister Sunday … they may sent us to Nath Kovind gave assent to it had discussed the stand taken Citizenship Act. PTI violence prompted Chief Bangladesh protesters threw National Highways too, Mamata Banerjee and jails but we will continue our Minister Mamata Banerjee to burning tyres on the railway demanding immediate with- Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar march,” she said adding the call an emergency meeting of track and torched part of the drawal of the new law. They appealed to the people to main- “foolish policies of the top Government officials station premises sources said blocked NH-6, NH-34, NH-31 tain calm and communal har- Government has let India including Chief Secretary, adding railway properties were at various places, police mony. “I appeal to the people down internationally.” Home Secretary, Director looted, ransacked, destroyed said. with my folded hands,” the Reminding how the visit of General of Police and and thrown on the railway In Kolkata too protesters Governor said asking the peo- Japanese Prime Minister had to Kolkata Commissioner of tracks. mostly belonging to the minor- ple to avoid violence as “I be postponed and how the Police etc. Protesters shouting slo- ity groups took out processions know that Bengal is a peace- Bangladesh Ministers had can- Railway properties were gans against Prime Minister at various parts of Kolkata loving State.” celled their visit to India set afire and trains like Narendra Modi and Home blockading roads. The busy The Chief Minister while Banerjee said “India Howrah-Coromondal Express, Minister Amit Shah vandalised Park Circus seven-point cross- addressing an audience enjoyed great prestige as a tol- Tamralipta Express, Kandari the kiosks of the Railway ing was blockaded for more announced a peaceful agitation erant and peaceful nation. That Express and numerous subur- Protection Force at than hour leading to 3 km-long against the “draconian CAB prestige is today gone because ban local trains were stranded Raghunathganj-Jangipur. In traffic jam, police said. and NRC brought by the of this arrogant Government.” at various stations while agita- the melee some RPF personnel In some places of Birbhum Central Government to divide Meanwhile, BJP MP tors pelted stones on moving were injured, sources said local workers of the BJP were India.” Mahua Moitra on Friday filed carriages. adding huge posse of police attacked, sources said adding Appealing for peace she a petition against the Bill in the “Howrah-bound force had been rushed to the the TMC men masterminded said “we will request the peo- Supreme Court. * 2* ! '' ' '- 8 + 2! ' ! / ! , / ! Shillong: National Peoples ic changes will impact and Party (NPP) leader Agatha K affect the security and identi- = @ Sangma has asked Prime ty of the local tribals of the Minister Narendra Modi to region. Agatha, a former Union Patna: The Citizenship Act his wife Rabri Devi ruled exempt the entire North East minister said, “Efforts made and National Register for Bihar during this from the purview of the through long hours of consul- Citizens, ailing and incarcerat- period. Amended Citizenship Act to tations are going futile and the ed RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Now a pale shadow ensure that peace returns to the narrative that is being given out Friday declared that he was of its former self with region. is that the BJP-led Government “capable of taking on enemies, not a single member in The Tura MP had written a is anti-North East.” despite having suffered a thou- the Lok Sabha, the RJD letter to the Prime Minister on The BJP is part of the NPP sand wounds”. has sensed an opportuni- Thursday night demanding that led coalition Government in Better known for his earthy ty to win back the the entire North East be Meghalaya. sense of humour, Prasad who Muslims a section of exempted from the purview of The letter was shot off to is at Ranchi serving sentences whom had earlier gravi- ' / ! '8 + , the Act. the Prime Minister even as her in fodder scam cases, expressed tated towards Chief According to the Act, mem- brother and Meghalaya Chief the sentiment with a political my self-respect is intact”. Minister Nitish Kumar in the bers of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Minister Conrad K Sangma flourish posting an Urdu cou- The tweet also carried an wake of the JD(U) voting in Jain, Parsi and Christian com- and his cabinet colleagues are plet on his official twitter han- old video footage of Prasad at favor of the CAB in Parliament. munities who have come from scheduled to meet Amit Shah dle understandably operated by a public meeting where he had The party has also been > ? Pakistan, Bangladesh and on the same. his close aides. come down heavily on the seeking to defend itself against Afghanistan till December 31, Meanwhile, the curfew “Abhi aankhon ki shamaen Narendra Modi Government at the numerous corruption alle- 2014 and facing religious per- imposed in parts of Shillong jal raheen hain, usool zinda hai, the Centre for its failure to ful- gations that surround Prasad secution there will not be treat- following violent protests was aap log maayus mat hona fil the promise of bringing and his family insisting that Lucknow: BSP supremo Parliament and also voted (Amendment) Bill was passed ed as illegal immigrants but relaxed on Friday for 12 hours, bimar abhi zinda hai. Hazaron back black money and pursu- these were “fabricated because Mayawati on Friday questioned against it.” by the Rajya Sabha on given Indian citizenship. beginning at 10 am, with no zakhm khakar bhi main dush- ing “communal agenda of the of stout refusal to strike a the Centre's haste in getting the “It would have been better Wednesday and by the Lok “The North East is a com- untoward incident being man ke muqabil hoon,Khuda RSS”. Notably, Prasad has compromise” with the hege- Citizenship (Amendment) Bill had the Centre shown the Sabha on Monday. plex region that needs a holis- reported from the areas. ka shukr ab tak dil e khuddar owed much of his political monic BJP. passed in Parliament and said same haste — it showed in get- As per the Act, members tic protection, the government Curfew was imposed on zinda hai”, read the tweet by formidability to his unmatched In the wake of Prasads lat- it would have been better had ting the legislation passed — in of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, must revisit the CAB and Thursday night in areas under Prasad. popularity among the states est outbursts, the JD(U) mor- the same promptness been framing strict laws for check- Jain, Parsi and Christian com- exempt the entire region from Sadar and Lumdiengjri police Roughly translated the Muslims, attributed mainly to tified by allegations of capitu- shown in introducing strict ing women harassment and munities who have come from its purview. This is the only way station limits, which comprise verse said “the flames of my the gumption he had shown in lating before the BJP took the laws to check crimes against rape and murder,” Mayawati Pakistan, Bangladesh and peace and confidence can be at least 20 neighbourhoods of eyes are still burning bright and halting LK Adavnis Ram Rath bait and quoted an old speech women. said. Afghanistan till December 31, built among our people,” North Shillong and Mawprem my principles are still alive, you Yatra by getting him arrested by the RJD supremo in which In a tweet in Hindi, she She added, “Merely writ- 2014 and facing religious per- Agatha said in a letter to Modi. after several vehicles and build- people must not feel dejected as and ensuring that no major he had attacked the Congress said, “It is well known that the ing letters to states in this con- secution there will not be She said the CAB has been ing were vandalised in the the sick man is still alive. I am communal riots took place in for having engineered the 1989 BSP strongly opposed the nection is not going to treated as illegal immigrants vehemently opposed by the Meghalaya capital amid still capable of taking on ene- the state during the 15 years of Bhagalpur riots “to defame Citizenship (Amendment) Bill serve any meaningful purpose.” but given Indian citizenship. people of the North East protests against the new mies despite having suffered a the RJD rule. the BJP and the in both the Houses of The Citizenship PTI because they fear demograph- law. PTI thousand wounds, thank God, Prasad and subsequently RSS”. PTI 6 ! ( A / Guwahati: Eight columns of The Army was called out passed the Citizenship the Army and Assam Rifles on Wednesday as the protestors (Amendment) Bill, the state have been deployed in Assam, turned violent over the Bill. erupted in uncontrolled including capital Guwahati to President Ram Nath protests, in which agitators Kohima: With protests against the amended Citizenship Act control the ongoing violent Kovind gave his assent to the engaged in pitched battle in raging across the northeast, people of Nagaland, who had been protests against the Citizenship bill on Friday which made it an almost every major city or busy all of last week celebrating Hornbill Festival, were seen Amendment Bill and the act. town, forcing the administra- rushing to goods stores on Friday to hoard essential items, amid amended Citizenship Act. “Till now, a total of eight tion to impose curfew. tension that curfew in neighbouring Assam might hit Defence Public Relation columns have been requisi- Several towns and cities supplies. Officer Lt Col P Khongsai said tioned which include one in were placed under indefinite As Assam happened to be the lifeline of Nagaland when the Army and Assam Rifles Bongaigaon, one in Morigaon, columns have managed to the most violent protests by the curfew, including Guwahati, it came to supply of essential commodities, people were skep- were requisitioned by the civil four columns in Guwahati and restore normalcy in the areas people in its history with three the epicentre of protests, tical they might have to face food and medicine shortage in administration in Morigaon, two in Sonitpur,” he said. they were deployed and have railway stations, post office, besides Dibrugarh, Tezpur and the days to come, official sources said. Sonitpur and Dibrugarh dis- Each column of the force been continuously working to bank, bus terminus and many Dhekiajuli. Night curfew was Long queues were also witnessed at fuel outlets in state cap- tricts besides Guwahati to comprise of around 70 per- aid the civil administration, other public properties being imposed in Jorhat, Golaghat, ital Kohima and commercial hub Dimapur, with most of the arrest the deteriorating law sonnel. Khongsai added. set ablaze or totally damaged. Tinsukia and Charaideo dis- pumps drying up by noon. Allaying fears, Principal Secretary and order situation. All Army and Assam Rifles Assam is witnessing one of After the Rajya Sabha tricts. PTI (home) Abhijit Sinha told PTI that the Indian Oil Corporation depot in Dimapur has been stocked up to last a few days. “Petrol pumps may have dried up in several places due to the rise in demand, but the deposit in IOC Dimapur would- 9.!+ n't run out of stock in the next few days,” he said, adding that fresh supply would reach the state soon through rail route. On essential commodities, Sinha claimed that the State had 8 enough in store for now, and there was no reason for people to panic. PTI Chennai: DMK youth wing He warned that the leader Udhayanidhi Stalin and protests will continue scores of party workers were till the Bill was with- detained on Friday when they drawn. tried to stage a road blockade According to the here while holding a protest CAB, members of against the Citizenship Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, (Amendment) Act, police said. Jain, Parsi and Christian Udhayanidhi, son of DMK communities, who have president M K Stalin, led the come from Pakistan, protest at Saidapet. Bangladesh and Many activists were seen Afghanistan, till tearing copies of the Bill, which area. December 31, 2014 facing reli- proposes citizenship to perse- Later, speaking to gious persecution there, will cuted religious minorities from reporters, Udhayanidhi, the not be treated as illegal immi- Pakistan, Bangladesh and DMK's youth wing secretary, grants but given Indian citi- Afghanistan. said the CAB was “against zenship. The agitation affected minorities and Sri Lankan Both Houses of Parliament vehicular movement in the Tamils.” had passed the bill. PTI !"# $ &
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She declined to comment Many economists, includ- "% # $% -' +6%++ . -' A ))-6 * %(%.*% 8 8 6 "% “The buzz is everywhere (states’) right. I fully acknowl- This monthly compensa- Addressing a Press conference on the narrative of stagflation ing former RBI Governor *#!5 $ - 6, N + /# #.O #6, +(%!#) , % '- %!-% = 6 )6% " other than my office. I don’t edge it is their right and I have tion was to be paid within two on the state of the economy — high inflation coupled with Raghuram Rajan, have "% !#.(#$6 % %)" 2-6% !-6, !%, # "# #+#5 #"-+# know where this is coming also given the figures out as to months but States have not along with senior officials, declining growth. “No com- expressed fear of India getting -6 %!%.*% AA9 8 AB # 9 -,# ( %.+%+= from. I have not been to GST what was the collection, how received any such amount since Sitharaman said the govern- ment on that. I have heard it. into stagflation mode. Council yet... We have not had much was paid in 2017-18, in August 2019. ment will continue to take Stagflation is a narrative which PTI @% A& . ) 6 3' 3 ' 6% $ -6+% #-6 # )) *% -*+% %, 6 P ' P 8* ' =2>?$%&@ + R & ' ' "# #6@#6 -!-.-% - 5+ NO -6 “India’s economic growth sures undertaken by the the six months ended September %!%.*% A = 6 has decelerated since mid-2018, Government — such as cor- 30 2019 compared with the 3 3 , (, % , - ,% - ! %#% oody’s Investors Service with real GDP growth slipping porate tax rate cuts, bank same period a year earlier. ## %6%++ #*- Mon Friday said it has low- from nearly 8 per cent to 5 per recapitalisation, infrastructure “Commercial vehicle sales 6% $ ered its 2019 GDP growth cent in the second quarter spending plans, support for the have been hit by the liquidity >?4@GH )) !-6+% #-6 forecast for India to 5.6 per cent (April-June) of 2019,” it noted. auto sector and others — do squeeze in the financial sector Cumulatively, during #.-6$ !-..-6 (%-()%9 # - + %''- + # % *%6$ #5%6 " "% "%)( as slow employment growth It further slipped to 4.5 per not directly address widespread and the economic slowdown, April-November 2019, exports -' (-+% +9 *#66% + #6, "#6,*))+ 6 '- %+,%6+= "% - weighs on consumption. cent in July-September quarter. weakness in consumption despite support from ndia’s exports contracted for were down 1.99 per cent to %, !#% "), %6 -' -6+"( #*- %6% $ !-6+% #-69 J Q It expects economic growth “Consumption demand has demand, which has been the Government stimulus mea- Ithe fourth month in a row in $211.93 billion while imports (#66$ !-.(%-6+ % % !-6, !%, #.-6$ + ,%6+ -' # - + to pick up in 2020 and 2021 to cooled notably, with slow chief driver of the economy. sures to boost demand and November, dipping 0.34 per contracted by 8.91 per cent to +!"--)+ -' -6+"( ' -. ;CA8C8 AB - A8CA8C8 AB 6 - 6.6 per cent and 6.7 per cent employment growth weighing In addition, interest rate vehicle purchases ahead of cent to $25.98 billion, mainly $318.78 billion. !#%$- %+ -' )#++C - #6, )#++ C - 3= "% '6#) - 6, -' "% respectively, but sees the pace of on consumption,” it said. “We cuts by the Reserve Bank of India’s migration to new emis- on account of poor Trade deficit during the R Q #66$ !-.(%-6 #.-6$+ + ,%6+ #+ "%), -6 %!%.*% growth remaining lower than expect economic growth to India are not being adequately sion standards,” it said. It shipments of petroleum, period narrowed to $54.06 bil- A 6 %!"6!#) #66$ %6 % 6 "# #6@#6 !-6, !%, * )%! !#) past. “We have lowered our 2019 pick up in 2020 and 2021 to 6.6 transmitted to lending rates expected auto loan delinquen- gems & jewellery and leather lion as against $82.47 billion in #6%6#6!% ,%(= "% 666$ !#6,,#%+ )) *% $%6 #6 gross domestic product (GDP) per cent and 6.7 per cent, because of the credit squeeze cies to increase in the next few products. April-November 2018-19. -((- 6 - (# !(#% 6 ( %+%6#-6 * (% + -6 6% $ growth forecast for India to 5.6 respectively, but the pace of caused by disruption in the quarters as the economic slow- Imports too declined by Commenting on the data, !-6+% #-6 -6 %!%.*% A = per cent, which is lower than 7.4 growth will remain lower than non-bank financial sector, it down will constrain demand 12.71 per cent to $38.11 billion EEPC India Chairman Ravi per cent growth in 2018,” in the recent past.” said. Commercial vehicle sales in for freight transportation and in November, narrowing the Sehgal said though engineering 3(. ). ' 36 Moody’s said in a report. Moody’s said fiscal mea- India declined 22.95 per cent in put pressure on freight rates. trade deficit to $12.12 billion, exports have put up a reason- according to Government data ably good show with 6.32 per released on Friday. cent growth in November 2019, Gold imports increased by the overall external trade envi- ( ' '' 6.59 per cent to $2.94 billion in ronment remains challenging ' % I & the month. The trade deficit and subdued. ' ' $%$%;/"/ stood at $17.58 billion in “We are working with the November 2018. government to improve our Out of the 30 key sectors, competitiveness and hope that ' + 3 + -8 '"' /7A as many as 17 segments showed the issues raised by exporters, contraction in exports during like the higher cost of basic raw Delhi. the month under review. material of steel, are addressed,’’ &0 ' Sadhu said Delhi is the Shipments of petroleum Sehgal said. he 7th Economic Census, 26th state where the survey has products, gems and ICRA Principal Economist highlight the impact of the Twhich is being conducted been launched, while the jewellery, fruits and vegetables, Aditi Nayar said, “The mer- steps taken by the Government nationwide through common process is already on in 20 states leather and leather products chandise trade deficit in he Income Tax Department to boost consumption. He said services centres (CSCs), is and 5 union territories (UTs). and ready-made garments of all November 2019 trailed our Tis now conducting com- tax refund cases have gone up expected to be completed by “The work for the 7th textiles contracted by 13.12 expectations, with imports ' %6% #) #6#$% 9 - "% 6 #)# 6$" !-6, !%, plete faceless assessment and by 17 per cent to 2.16 crore. March 2020, CSC e- Economic Census is pending in per cent, 8.14 per cent, 15.10 recording a substantial con- #6 %%6+% 6+(%!-6 -' %)" #6=C%# C1"#@@# C+"#) -"# the refunds so far in this fiscal “The picture regarding rev- Governance Service India CEO just three States — West Bengal, per cent, 5.29 per cent and 6.52 traction on account of oil, #) +%!-6 -6 " +,#= % #+ #!!-.(#6%, * 1#69 +-6#) stood at 1.57 lakh crore as enue targets will be clear in the Dinesh Tyagi said on Friday. Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat. We per cent respectively. transport equipment as well as #)# #6#$% N O9 - "% 6 #)#9 %)"9 6!(#) %#, -' compared to 1.23 lakh crore next few weeks. On December The Ministry of are in the process of starting the In November, oil imports a variety of other items, under- %(# .%6+ -' - "% 6 #)# Q %6- +-6#) ''!% + -' %)" +-6= 6$"9 %6% #) #6#$% 6+(%!%, "% --56$ -''!% Q in the previous fiscal, Revenue 15, the figures for advance tax Statistics and Programme survey in these three states. We declined by 18.17 per cent to scoring both subdued com- ! ! )#6$ # %# # %)" #6 #)# #-6= % #)+- 6+(%!%, # Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey for the third quarter will come Implementation (MoSPI) has expect to start work there in $11.06 billion, while non-oil modity prices as well as the 6%) ,%%)-(%, .# -#!"= % #)+- 6+(%!%, # %#)" said on Friday. and we will get a fairly good esti- tied up with CSC e- January and report for all the imports contracted 10.26 per weak demand conditions in the 6+#))%, %!%6) # "% +#-6= “Income tax refunds so far mate of what is going to be the Governance Service for the states will be submitted by cent to $27.04 billion. economy.” in this fiscal are 1.57 lakh impact of corporate tax reduc- 7th Economic Census. March,” Tyagi said. crore as compared to 1.23 lakh tion. Then only we will arrive at The survey was launched in Started in 1977, only six crore in the last fiscal. IGST a realistic figure as to what will Delhi on Friday. economic censuses have been (Integrated Goods and Service be the revenue collection under “For the first time, the done so far due to massive work ) + + ' 3 ' ( 3 ' 5 & / Tax) refunds so far this fiscal income tax this year,” said the entire Census is being con- involving in-depth survey and are 38,988 crore as compared Revenue Secretary. ducted on a digital platform by data compilation. This is the economic situation, as Following exposure of related accounts). to 56,057 crore in the previ- Tax collection data for this the use of an application which first time economic census is well as the domestic and glob- scam in the PMC Bank, which Out of the total exposure of ous fiscal. quarter, and estimates of the col- will ensure high accuracy and being done using digital plat- he RBI Central Board on al challenges facing the had over 9.15 lakh depositors, 6,226.01 crore at the end of “ITC (Input Tax Credit) lections for the next quarter, will data security. form which has reduced time TFriday reviewed function- country, the central bank said the RBI had imposed restric- March 2019 to the HDIL refunds are at 33,395 crore in be released on December 15 or “In Delhi, the entire for survey to 6 months from 2 ing of the urban cooperative in a release. tions on withdrawals. group, only 439.58 crore was FY20 as compared to 36,513 December 16. He added it will process will take around three years earlier. Over 1.5 lakh banks and enforcement frame- “The Board’s discussions Statutory inspection of disclosed to the RBI and crore in FY19. A total of 58,322 be compulsory for all the tax- months where enumerators trained enumerators have been work in the backdrop of scam focussed on issues related to PMC by the RBI had revealed remaining 5,786.43 crore cases have been covered under payers with turnover of more will survey around 45 lakh deployed for the nationwide in the Punjab and Maharashtra urban cooperative banks, large group exposure toward remained undisclosed. the faceless assessment system than 100 crore to generate e- establishments and house- survey who will visit 35 crore Cooperative (PMC) Bank extension of enforcement pol- Housing Development and The RBI release further and questionnaires have been invoice for all B2B transactions. holds,” Central Statistics Office establishments and households affecting lakhs of depositors. icy and framework to cooper- Infrastructure Ltd (HDIL) said the report on trend and issued in 19,883 cases,” Pandey The same will be optional for Director General (Social to carry out the Census, accord- The Central Board headed ative banks and NBFCs (non- Group companies to the tune progress of banking in India for said at a press conference called those businesses with a turnover Statistics) A K Sadhu said after ing to CSC Head of Operations by RBI Governor Shaktikanta banking financial companies),” of about 6,226.01 crore (inclu- the year 2018-19 and other pol- by the Finance Ministry to of more than 500 crore. flagging off the survey for Nepal Chandra Sen. Das also discussed the current it said. sive of interest accrued in the icy and operational issues. !"# $ &&
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complementary on both sides that I am able to make this commitment to 2024. ( "If I didn't I would not be re-sign- ing. This club is in such a good place I couldn't contemplate leaving.” tribution can only grow.” solitary point to Manchester City. % Assistant managers Peter Krawietz A statement from owners the . and Pepijn Lijnders have also agreed urgen Klopp has agreed a contract Fenway Sports Group (FSG) said ) 3 .% 6 . deals keeping them at the club until Jextension with Liverpool until 2024, Liverpool had taken “giant strides in re- So far this season, Klopp has over- 15 ! 2024. the runaway Premier League leaders establishing themselves as one of world seen Liverpool's surge to the top of the % Principal owner John Henry, chair- announced on Friday. football's powerhouses” under the Premier League, where they currently sit man Tom Werner and FSG president Klopp, who moved to Anfield in German. eight points clear after 15 wins from >1! Mike Gordon said in a joint statement: 2015, guided Liverpool to Champions During Klopp’s first campaign at their opening 16 matches. They are “We are absolutely delighted we have League glory in June and they are cur- Anfield, Liverpool reached the finals of chasing their first English top-flight title been able to reach an agreement with rently eight points clear at the top of the both the League Cup and Europa League since 1990, and their 19th overall. ! Jurgen, as well as Peter and Pep, on Premier League. but ended the season empty-handed. Klopp, who won two Bundesliga %&)% extending their time with the club. “For me personally this is a state- They lost 3-1 to Real Madrid in the titles with Borussia Dortmund, said suc- !&7 “As we are sure our supporters ment of intent, one which is built on my 2018 Champions League final but cess on the pitch was not the only mea- would agree, it is truly wonderful news knowledge of what we as a partnership regrouped and became European cham- sure of progress — he had also seen @ and we are all extremely thrilled, not have achieved so far and what is still pions for a sixth time after a 2-0 win commitment from the owners. ! % only professionally, but personally there for us to achieve,” the 52-year-old against Tottenham in Madrid this year. “When the call came in autumn too.”Liverpool reached the knockout Klopp told Liverpool’s official website. Liverpool lost just one match in the 2015, I felt we were perfect for each /! *%! stages of the Champions League with a “When I see the development of the Premier League last season, racking up other. If anything, now I feel I underes- &'' 2-0 win against Salzburg on Tuesday and club and the collaborative work that 97 points -- the best in the club’s histo- timated that. It is only with a total belief 1 9 will play in the Club World Cup in Qatar continues to take place, I feel my con- ry — but missed out on the title by a that the collaboration remains totally &' @ ' ' later this month.
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n a major setback for All India + :< IChess Federation President PR Venketrama Raja, the Union ministry of sports has cancelled an urgent meet- C D 7 ing of the AICF convened by him in Chennai on December 14 and asked ful to God to save my honour and dig- sition of the probe committee contend- Raja referred the matter to the referred to the two parallel meeting him to follow a spate of directives fail- nity,” Chauhan told The Pioneer. ing that in-house committee can never same committee which had given convened by the President and secre- ing which the Federation could be dere- Chauhan wrote to the sports min- fairly probe alleged misconduct of clean chit to Lahiri and also asked tary on December 14 and December cognized or suspended. istry that Raja is trying to protect West another office-bearer of the Federation. Chauhan to attend its meeting on 22. The ministry stepped into the Bengal chess association secretary Incidentally, Lahiri is joint secretary of December 5, Chauhan refused to “. As the matter relating to finan- AICF factional war on a petition from Atanu Lahiri, who is facing serious cor- the AICF. attend the meeting, asked for setting up cial irregularities in conduct of nation- the Federation secretary Bharat Singh ruption charges leveled by Grandmaster The three-member committee gave a new committee, and suggested that al championship and forged signatures Chauhan. Dibeyndu Barua. a clean chit to Lahiri and authorized the AICF should file a FIR for faking are to be discussed, the Ministry will Raja convened the urgent meeting Barua had accused Lahiri of him to conduct the election of the state the utilization certificate. depute an observer for the meeting. after issuing an order to cancel a diverting state fund for chess promo- chess association. Barua approached the In this background, Chauhan The meeting proposed to be convened prescheduled General council meeting tion to his (Lahiri’s) company Global Kolkata High Court against the order. approached the sports ministry , by the President, AICF on 14.12.2019 of the AICF convene3d by Chauhan Chess and banning several top play- In a major setback to the AICF, the expressing apprehension that Raja may be cancelled and meeting may be in Gurgaon on Decembe22. The AICF ers on flimsy grounds. court appointed two administrators to had convened the urgent meeting in held on 22.12.2019 as scheduled by secretary and the President are at log- Chauhan backed Barua and chess conduct the elections. Chennai on December 14 to expel him Hon. Secretary, AICF, so that the gerheads over a spate of issues. Raja players and issued strong statement The Raja faction faced another from the association and sought the Government observer is able to attend B" ' recently issued a show cause notice on against Lahiri. Raja expressed displea- major loss of face when the Sports ministry's intervention. He also sub- the meeting.” The ministry said.. Chauhan, asking him to explain some sure over this press release and formed Authority of India (SAI) found that mitted letters from 18 top Indian play- The ministry has warned that in `so-called irregularities' committed by a three-member committee to probe Lahiri had submitted fake utilization ers including GM Barua, Abhijit case their directions were flouted and &3 him violation of the AICF constitution. Barua's charges. Interestingly, he kept certification of a national event orga- Kunte, Deep Sengupta and others, and there is an attempt to suppress the com- “ It’s great day for me. I served chess Chauhan outside the committee ignor- nized the state association. SAI found majority of the state chess associations, plaints regarding financial irregulari- with sincerity and passion for more ing the fact that as per AICF constitu- that the signature of the chartered who wanted the ministry and SAI to ties “the Government will take a seri- than four decades. No one ever raised tion Secretary has to be part of all such account was forged. It asked the AICF intervene in the dispute. ous view in the matter, warranting % 5 a finger at me. Now, some people were committees. to look into the matter and take appro- In the letter to Chauhan dated action for suspension/de-recognition trying to tarnish my image. I'm thank- Barua has objected to the compo- priate action. December 13, the sport minister has of the federation by the Ministry. “ ' ; 2 long as Bingjiao jumped to a 18-9 lead. lready out of reckoning, However, the Indian AIndia’s PV Sindhu record- effected a massive recovery, “I’ve been getting back in the swing of things ed a consolation win over rattling off nine straight points for a while, I’ve been around the Vics change China’s He Bingjiao in the to draw parity at 18-18. ustralian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell said rooms for the last two or three weeks now, so third Group A match to end Bingjiao managed to Abeing constantly on the road for the past I’ve sort of been floating around and watching her campaign on a positive break the run of points before “four to five years” had mentally and physical- a few of the one dayers and just trying to get back note at the year-ending BWF a deceptive return to serve ly ruined him, forcing him to take a mental health into the change room atmosphere again. World Tour Final here on took Sindhu to 19-19. The break in October. “Once I got back into club cricket, the cycle Friday. Indian then gathered the Maxwell had opted out of Australia’s T20I started to feel a bit more normal again and I feel Sindhu, whose title remaining two points to edge series against Sri Lanka after playing the first two like I'm back at home. Coming back here with defence lay in tatters after her past Bingjiao in the opening matches to address his mental health. the Stars feels like home again, a new coach, a second successive loss on game. “I was pretty cooked when I decided to take bit of familiarity as an ex-player, but it's a great Thursday, scripted an incred- Sindhu carried her the time off. Big reason why I did take that time change room to be a part of, it's very welcom- ible turnaround after being 9- momentum in the second away is I was pretty mentally and physically ing.” 18 down in the opening game game, opening up a 7-3 lead ruined,” Maxwell was quoted as saying by Maxwell said he will try to manage his play- to eventually outwit Bingjiao initially and then moving to ESPNcricinfo. ing commitments better and also be more care- 21-19, 21-19 in minutes and 11-6 advantage at the interval. ‘I think it was eight months on the road, liv- ful of his self-expectations in the remainder of finish third in the group. Bingjiao punished the two ing out of a suitcase and that probably had been his career. This win also snapped weak returns from Sindhu going on for four or five years, just constantly “I did put a bit of pressure on myself to try Sindhu;s run of four straight but then started committing on the road and it all just caught up with me at and play as much as I could this year and, right- losses to the Chinese, making unforced errors as the Indian that time. ly or wrongly, I didn’t come out of it the way I their head-to-head record 6- lead 15-10. ‘I really want to thank Cricket Australia, thought I was going to. I'll have a look at that next 9. The Chinese soon nar- Cricket Victoria and the Stars for giving me that year,” Maxwell said. The Indian struggled with rowed the gap to 16-18 before space and allowing me to have that time away “A holiday was actually spending time at her precision initially, allow- Sindhu won a point after a from the game and get myself right.” home. I spent as much time at home as I could ing Bingjiao to lead 7-3 at one gruelling rally. Maxwell said it was his girlfriend, who first 8 "8 ' with friends and family. I tried to stay fit, and I stage in the opening game. A good judgement at the noticed the change in him. still watched a fair bit of cricket over that time, The left-handed Chinese backline earned Sindhu three “It was actually my partner who suggested through my mood swings for the first few weeks, ing Melbourne Stars in their opening Big Bash but pretty exciting to get going now. cruised to a 11-6 advantage at match points. Bingjiao saved I speak to someone, she was the first one who but Michael Lloyd was the guy I had the initial match later this month. “I look at it a little bit differently, a little bit the break with the Indian two before Sindhu sealed it noticed it, so I should probably thank her as well. conversation with, he's been someone who I’ve “It probably took a bit longer than I thought more respect for taking care of myself in all misjudging a shuttle. with a smash on the third. Once I had that initial conversation it was a big confided in since back in the academy days, so it was going to take, it was an interesting six aspects of the game and not losing sight of tak- Sindhu failed to reign in Sindhu will be next seen weight off my shoulders,” he said. I’ve known him for well over a decade now.” weeks, away from the game and there was prob- ing care of myself in those times where you're her errors even after the break, in the Premier Badminton “My girlfriend was probably No. 1, it was- On a comeback trail now, the 31-year-old ably times I thought I was going to come back in a hotel room pretty constantly and being able hitting the shuttle wide and League. n't an easy job for her to deal with me going will make his domestic cricket return, captain- earlier,” Maxwell said. to have that time to myself and refresh,” he added. !"# $ & QK )) ( , ' 3 + ' R D = 6 against the West Indies boasting of aggressive batsmen, asked if the ndia bowling coach Bharat Arun India bowlers can tame the rival bats- the upcoming ODI series strongly feels that Shivam Dube 3 men, he said their batsmen come against the West Indies, Ihas all the ingredients to become after you there is always a chance. which according to him, is a good all-rounder at the internation- / “Definitely, I think yes. The last going be a tough challenge al level as he keeps gaining confi- two out of three games we have won, for the Indian bowlers. dence with every international game the bowling also has done pretty well. Giving his views on the that he plays. I am sure we have the bowling to upcoming three ODIs, start- Dube came into the limelight restrict them, but saying that West ing Sunday, Kumble said with his big-hitting prowess during 0 = Indies are an extremely competitive India an innings of 54 in 30 balls during the side. But when their batsmen come s bowling attack will have second T20 International against after you, you also have a chance to be at its best to get the bet- West Indies in Thiruvananthapuram. against them,” he added. ter of a powerful West Indies He hit four sixes in that innings Arun said that the team was not batting line-up. apart from a good show with the ball overtly worried about the dew factor. “With Shikhar (Dhawan) in an earlier series against C About the fitness status of pace- not being there it again gives Bangladesh. man Bhuvneshwar Kumar, he said KL Rahul chance to open the "He is an exciting prospect and the physios are taking a call and they batting. We have seen Shreyas I think he is gaining in confidence K would be giving a press release later Iyer’s quality and he has from every game. Even you if look at in the evening after the assessment. grown in stature, so I would the way he came back the way after slow bouncers, yorkers, I think with About the Indians having a num- like him to be at number he bowled the first over (in Mumbai) so much skill on hand... Let me put ber of quality fast bowlers presently, four,” he told ‘Star Sports’. against West Indies, I think that was it this way, he has got everything in Arun said it augurs well but it would West Indies lost T20 leg of creditable. For Virat (Kohi), to show him to do well at the international be horses for courses policy. the tour, going 1-2 to the faith in him after the first over and level,” he added. “...The more number of bowlers hosts. The three-match ODI also for him to bowl a good spell after Wrist spinners Kuldeep Yadav do well, I think it augurs well for us. rubber will start in Chennai. that... and Yuzvendra Chahal hasn’t fea- So it gives you a varied pool of “I’d like to see the bowl- “And I think he is an exciting tal- tured together in recent games unlike bowlers to choose from. Also we ing come through because ent for us. As he gains in confidence, the last two years in the lead up to the would be seeing the conditions, New against West Indies it would he will become a good all-rounder,” World Cup. Zealand would be different, Australia be a challenge. They’re all Arun said “See, we were looking at an ideal would be different. So it will be hors- powerful hitters. The sur- He was all praise for seamer combination which lends absolute es for courses..,” he added. faces are going to be good Deepak Chahar, who has done well balance to the team. Also there was On not playing right-arm off- and so, you would want the in the recent T20 games, the Indian an option to use Ravindra Jadeja as spinners more in the ODIs, he said: " bowling to come good,” added bowling coach said he has got every- an all-rounder. That really helped us. “As it is, if you look at Jadeja, you have Kumble, who has 619 Test thing in him to do well consistently There may be occasions when there a readymade all-rounder for us. and 337 ODI wickets for at the international level. may be conducive conditions where Jadeja, after the World Cup, he has India. “Deepak has been exceptional both can be used. We have to look at been exceptional for us. He bowls ormer India captain and The 49-year-old former even in the IPL. He is someone who overall balance of the team,” he well, bats well and is the best fielder Fspin legend Anil Kumble captain and coach has repre- can move the ball both ways. He is added. in the world. He adds a lot of dimen- wants Shreyas Iyer to bat at sented India in 132 Tests and also a very skillful bowler, bowling Looking ahead to the first ODI " * sion for us. the crucial no.4 position in 271 ODIs. Kohli is the benchmark for WI youngsters - " 'P ' ! benchmark in Virat Kohli. He is somebody who will be in the NO gym and work very hard,” he said on Friday. “These two squads were owlers dominated Day 2 of “A lot of players can learn selected with an eye on the Bthe first Test between from him. Then, we have got a ngland opted to limit the T20 World Cup in Australia in Australia and New Zealand at chance. Without hard work, Eworkload of some of their 2020,” national selector Ed the Perth Stadium. Ross Taylor’s there is no success. Hard work World Cup winners when Smith said in a press release. resilience has given the visitors is boring but it can give you they announced the squads on “We want to expand the hopes of not having to follow- great success. Once they keep Friday for one-day and T20 pool of players who can per- on, but Australia are firmly in working and dealing with the series in South Africa in form successfully for England, the driver's seat in the Test hav- process, they will have a chance.” February. while also helping the team to ing blown away the Kiwi top- He said the players had Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, peak for major tournaments.” order in the final session. New been brilliant on this tour but Ben Stokes and Mark Wood The T20 World Cup is in Zealand ended the day on cautioned that in cricket one will all be rested when Australia in October and 109/5, trailing Australia by 307 cannot relax. England play their first ODIs November. runs. “They have been brilliant since beating New Zealand at England's 16-strong squad Australia were all out for on this tour, we can’t fault them. Lord’s on July 14. for the three-match ODI 416 earlier in the day and They have worked really hard. Test captain Joe Root is in series in South Africa, start- Mitchell Starc started the ram- They are beginning to see the the ODI squad, led by Eoin ing February 4 in Cape Town: page with the wicket of Tom results. If you look at Hetmyer’s Morgan which plays a three- Eoin Morgan (capt), Latham in the very first over of play in the T20s, it was exciting. match series from February 4 Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, the innings. Hazlewood then Now, we move to a longer for- to February 9 but not in the 16 Tom Banton, Pat Brown, Sam castled Jeet Raval with a searing mat. People forget the fact that for the three T20s. Curran, Tom Curran, Joe inswinger that went straight ! ' (' at a very young age, he already Worcestershire seamer Pat Denly, Chris Jordan, Saqib through the gates. has four ODI hundreds. Brown, Somerset batsman Mahmood, Dawid Malan, New Zealand captain Kane catch at second slip by Steve an inswinger from round the Obviously, there is a lot of tal- Tom Banton and the Matthew Parkinson, Adil Williamson and Ross Taylor Smith. wicket that castled him and ent there. In cricket, you cannot Lancashire duo of Matthew Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, then held on in what was trea- Henry Nicholls replaced his Labuschagne walked with 143 rest and relax,” he added. Parkinson and Saqib Chris Woakes. chorous conditions for the bats- captain and survived for five off 240 balls to his name. Estwick also said the West Mahmood are included in the England’s 16-man squad men. Hazlewood pulled up overs before becoming Starc’s Head went on to score a fifty Indies team had done well to ODI squad for the first time. for the three-match T20 series short while bowling the third third wicket. Neil Wagner, sent in the 110th over and fell two : ' B 1 bridge the gap with India in the Banton and Mahmood against the Proteas, starting ball of the fourth over and in as nightwatchman, was dis- overs later to Tim Southee, T20s and hoped to do the same are among five players who February 12 in East London: walked off. His participation for missed the very next ball. Starc going for a wide ball outside off team’s young cricketers like in the ODIs too. The visitors lost were in the T20 squad for the day ended with that inci- didn’t get his hat-trick and with a drive that was caught at Shimron Hetmyer and Nicholas the T20 series 1-2. England’s 3-2 victory over @%' dent. Taylor, who scored a fifty, ended cover. irat Kohli is the “bench- Pooran must learn from oppo- “We are happy with the way New Zealand in November Eoin Morgan , Moeen Ali Cummins and Starc the day with a four towards mid- Captain Tim Paine and Pat Vmark” and that is why all sition skipper Kohli. we performed in the T20s. but are dropped for the three , Jofra Archer, Jonathan steamed in on the two batsmen on. Cummins then held fort into the West Indies players should work “It’s exciting times for us When these two teams played T20s in South Africa from Bairstow, Jos Buttler, Pat with Matthew Wade bowling Earlier, Australia started the next session and it was Jeet Raval as hard as the Indian captain to when you look at guys like three T20s in the Caribbean, the February 12-16. Sam Billings, Brown, Sam Curran, Tom two overs in between before day on an overnight total of who got the latter out after he achieve their goals, feels their Hetmyer, Pooran and Hope. We gulf between them was wide. Lewis Gregory and James Curran, Joe Denly, Chris Nathan Lyon was brought into 248/4 with centurion Marnus had absorbeed 84 balls. Paine assistant coach Roddy Estwick. have got young batsmen who We are happy that we have nar- Vince also miss out as World Jordan, Dawid Malan, the attack. New Zealand did not Labuschagne and Travis Head at batted on with the tail and was In a media interaction are developing. But the key rowed that gap (in the T20 Cup winners Archer, Buttler, Matthew Parkinson, Adil lose a wicket until the 23rd over the crease. It was Labuschagne the last man to be dismissed as ahead of the ODI series, which thing is how you prepare to matches) and hope to do the Stokes and Wood return to Rashid, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, in which Williamson fell to Starc who fell first after adding 33 runs the Australian innings wrapped begins here on Sunday, said the work hard. You have got a same in 50 overs,” he added. England action. Mark Wood. largely thanks to a stunning to his total. Neil Wagner bowled up for 416. 4 >- / team in Rawalpindi and told to et weather delayed the start of report to the new spin consultant in Wplay between Pakistan and Sri akistan has appointed former Lahore. Lanka in Rawalpindi on Friday, the PTest leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed “He will rejoin the team for the first Test in the country since a dead- as spin bowling consultant for a one- second test in Karachi,” a PCB source ly attack in 2009. year term. said. Groundmen were soaking the Mushtaq’s first job will be to work The PCB said Mushtaq was outfield and wiping water from the with experienced leg-spinner Yasir appointed as a spin bowling consul- covers, with the third day’s play unlike- Shah at the National Cricket tant last week. ly to start until lunch at 11:45 am (0645 Academy in Lahore and get him According to his contract, he will GMT). ready for the second Test against Sri work 120 days in a year at the Rain and bad light halted play for Lanka in Karachi. National Cricket Academy with the all but 83 minutes on Thursday, dur- The Pakistan Cricket Board U-16, U-19 and other domestic ing which Sri Lanka added 43 runs in (PCB) has confirmed that Yasir had bowlers. As and when required, he 18.2 overs before stumps were drawn. been released from the national will work with the national team. R my fans and well wishers all around the world,” the 36- s many as 332 cricketers 667 est Indies all-rounder year-old said in a statement. Awill go under the hammer WDwayne Bravo on “It’s no secret that this at the IPL auction in Kolkata Friday announced his return big announcement has come on December 19 with base price. Only 73 slots are took a break to deal with have set their base price at Rs to international cricket, lit- as a result of the changes Australia's Glenn Maxwell and there to be filled in the eight mental health, is back in the 1 crore. tle over a year after he called made at the administration South African Dale Steyn franchises and only 29 of them auction pool after opting out A total of 186 Indian, 143 it quits due to a bitter fallout level. For a while now I among those opting for the can be foreign buys. of the last edition alongside overseas and three players with his country's Board. have been contemplating my highest base price of Rs 2 Robin Uthappa, who was Aaron Finch. from Associate Nations will be Bravo said the decision return to international crick- crore. released by Kolkata Knight Finch is back in the pool at up for grabs at the auction. was prompted by the change et and my decision was “While 997 players had Riders last month, is the sole a base price of Rs 1 crore. Seven cricketers have of guard in the Cricket West solidified by these positive initially registered for the auc- Indian player in the auction list Fellow Australian Chris Lynn, placed themselves in the high- Indies (CWI), where for- changes,” he added. tion, the final list has been with a base price of Rs 1.5 who was released by KKR, will est base price list of Rs 2 mer team manager Ricky Bravo had a bitter spat pruned after the eight fran- crore. be expecting to go at a good crore, 10 in Rs 1.5 crore brack- Skerritt took over as the with Cameron and had chises submitted their shortlist Premier Australian pacer price at the auction next week. et and 23 in Rs 1 crore catego- new president replacing accused him of destroying of players,” read an official IPL Josh Hazlewood, who has Besides Uthappa, other ry. Dave Cameron earlier this careers. This was after a statement. never played in the IPL, has Indian names including Piyush Among the uncapped year. Bravo-led West Indies team Australian all-rounder put himself in the highest Chawla (released by KKR), players, as many as 183 play- “Today I confirm the abandoned a tour of India in Mitchell Marsh and Sri Lanka base price bracket alongside Yusuf Pathan (Sunrisers ers are in the Rs 20 lakh cate- announcement of my deci- 2014 midway during an ODI veteran Angelo Mathews too bowling partner Pat Cummins. Hyderabad) and Jaydev gory, seven in Rs 40 lakh and sion to return to series owing to a pay dispute have opted for the Rs 2 crore Maxwell, who recently Unadkat (Rajasthan Royals) eight in Rs 30 lakh. International Cricket to all with the WICB.