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Q  R     apologised to the Supreme 56   The Bench said there are three      hile asserting that there Court for wasting its time.  -  points — whether the court         Wwill not be any extra day The 5-judge Constitution    .    commissioner decided on " for arguments by the Hindu Bench was told by senior advo-        something which was not     and Muslim parties in the Ram cate Rajeev Dhavan that they  5 % asked, whether the     Janmbhoomi-Babri Masjid do not wish to question the '      0   commissioner failed to decide      land dispute case after October authorship of the summary of       what was asked or whether  !" %   & ,&2%) 18, Chief Justice of the ASI report, which had     4 = there were any contradictions &   Ranjan Gogoi on Thursday found artefacts, idols, in the report. ' (  said, “It will be miraculous if we pillars and other remains sug- “In our views these points he Enforcement Directorate )    deliver the judgment in four gesting the existence of massive  ,   can certainly be argued. T(ED) on Thursday told the    weeks in the matter.” structure beneath the '    We see no problem to that but High Court that it want-     The CJI is set to retire on Babri Masjid. /0   the report which has been ed custodial interrogation of L    M November 17 and if the Bench The submission by the .  taken as evidence by the court Robert Vadra because the    , headed by him has to pro- Muslim parties assumes impor-     cannot be discredited at this “money chain” in a case of    " nounce the judgment in the tance as the apex court had on     stage,” it said. money laundering was alleged- The lawyer also said his case, it would possibly require Wednesday asked them as to ;;9()   Dhavan arguing the legal ly directly linked to him. client answered the questions  # $ at least one month time to pen how their objections to ASI position said they had tried to Vadra, Congress chief put to him by the ED. “Not %&   down the order. That’s why the report could be entertained at every page of the report needs attacked the ASI report saying raise the objection to the ASI Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law, was confessing” to allegations  !"  ,  court has set the October 18 this stage when they failed to to be signed. The authorship of it does not provide a verifiable report before the High Court not cooperating with the inves- against him does not mean he !      deadline to complete the argu- take the legal remedy the report and the summary conclusion and is mostly based but the judges said it would be tigation in the case, the was not cooperating, he said. L- M   ments in the case, said the available to them under need not be questioned. If, we on inferences. decided at the final stage, which agency added before Justice After hearing the brief    .  Bench, also comprising the law before the Allahabad had wasted my Lords time, She had said the report, unfortunately was not done. Chandra Shekhar. arguments, the court listed the  ,     Justices SA Bobde, DY High Court. then we apologise for that. which has 10 chapters attrib- He said under Order 26 of Vadra is facing allegations matter for final arguments on /(   Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan Going for the damage con- There is no point going into uted to an author, had a sum- Rule 10 of sub-rule 2 of Civil of money laundering in the November 5. L 0 M  and S Abdul Nazeer. trol, senior advocate Dhavan, that discussion as it is futile. It mary that was not attributed to Procedure Code, the report of purchase of a London-based The court was hearing the /    " During the hearing, the who is the lead lawyer for the goes into questioning the anybody. the Commissioner and the evi- property — at 12, Bryanston ED’s plea challenging the antic- Muslim parties made a U-turn Muslim parties, apologised for authenticity of the ASI report. The Bench, however, stat- dence taken by him form part Square — estimated at 1.9 mil- ipatory bail granted to Vadra by $  #   on questioning the authorship the submissions to that effect The report in question has an ed that Dhavan in his opening of the record and if a 5-judge lion pounds (over 17 crore). a trial court.        of the summary of 2003 made by senior advocate author and we are not ques- remark has said that he has not Constitution Bench decides The case is being probed under On Tuesday, Vadra  '( 1' Archeological Survey of India Meenakshi Arora for consid- tioning the authorship,” forfeited his right to question that the report cannot be the provisions of the opposed the plea saying there  (    (ASI) report, which had held erable duration on Wednesday. Dhavan said. the report but the evidences questioned, then it will have Prevention of Money was no single instance of his ! .  that a massive structure pre- “It is not expected that Arora had on Wednesday cannot be discredited after wide ramification. Laundering Act (PMLA). non-cooperation in the inves-  "(   “We need his custodial tigation and there was no risk      interrogation as the money of him tampering with any evi-    chain is directly linked to dence as the agency had already  "L(  "  " " R  "" R him,” the agency’s lawyer told seized from him every docu-  )  the judge. ment pertaining to the case.   . M Denying the ED’s claims, The ED was conducting a "L)  Vadra’s lawyer said his client “fishing and roving enquiry”   .  $  "%& '(    had cooperated in the investi- and has no material to support   gation by appearing before the the allegations made against   M     ''/ agency whenever summoned. him, he claimed. " head of the crucial day at !" #  $ Athe United Nations General Assembly on Friday   & ,&2%) appearing for some of these where Prime Ministers of India disqualified MLAs, supported     and Pakistan are scheduled to he Election Commission Dwivedi’s submissions and said address the world leaders, secu- Ton Thursday gave a major the bypolls should be deferred rity forces remained on tenter- relief to the 17 disqualified as of now since the EC has six hooks across different parts of MLAs by telling the months time to conduct by-     Kashmir Valley while local the Supreme Court that it elections. authorities spent the day dis- would defer the upcoming On Monday, news Agency cussing possible repercussions bypolls to 15 Assembly con- PTI reported the Election     3423! on ground zero. stituencies in Karnataka till Commission telling the Unlike, previous days, the SC decides on their chal- Supreme Court that former hough the CBI failed to where life was gradually limp-  #    $   &    lenge to the disqualification. Karnataka Speaker’s order dis- Ttrack down IPS officer ing back to normalcy and ' "   " The statement by EC’s qualifying 17 MLAs from the Rajeev Kumar even after two movement of private vehicles council came after a 3-judge Assembly cannot deprive them weeks of frantic search, the was visible on the streets of Bench headed by Justice NV of their right to contest the agency on Thursday picked up Srinagar, the district authorities Ramana said that it would upcoming bypolls for 15 con- a ‘consolation catch’ by arrest- are most likely to impose cer- decide on the batch of petitions stituencies in the State. ing another IPS officer SMH tain restrictions in some parts filed by 17 disqualified MLAs The EC sought from the Mirza in a different case. It is of Srinagar and other district of Karnataka challenging the apex court, which agreed to the first arrest by the CBI in the headquarters to contain assem- order of former Speaker KR examine the pleas of the MLAs Narada scam bly of trouble makers after the Ramesh Kumar disqualifying seeking stay on disqualification While Kumar is allegedly Friday prayers. them from the House. and for contesting the by-elec- wanted for deliberately mis- Meanwhile, National After the Bench, also com- tions, that the bypolls should handling the multi-crore Security Adviser Ajit Doval, prising justices Sanjiv Khanna not be stayed. Saradha chit fund case to save who arrived in Srinagar on and Krishna Murari, said that “I have no say on the issue the politically high and mighty, Wednesday, chaired a high- it would hear the matter com- of disqualification. The gist of Mirza was arrested for his level meeting of security offi- pletely and decide it, senior the matter is that the Speaker direct involvement in the        cials here on Thursday and advocate Rakesh Dwivedi, has disqualified them and Narada pay-off case.   ! "   " directed them to intensify anti- appearing for the poll panel, vacancy is there. The election Meanwhile, senior BJP militancy operations and work       "   " said, “Then I will ask the should not be stayed... The leader was sum- cash from a sting journalist who mislead the investigators, the towards improving the life of Election Commission to defer Speaker’s order cannot deprive moned by CBI for further posed as a prospective investor. CBI told the court. “Every common people in Jammu & prevent any infiltration bid by out of the Kashmir Valley, it (bypolls for 15 Assembly them of the right to investigation into the Not only Mirza accepted cash time he was asked about the Kashmir. heavily armed terrorists to among other things. seats in Karnataka) contest the elections,” Narada scam. in lieu of a promise to provide 1.70 crore, he said he did not After taking stock of the carry out any audacious strike Chairing a security review for some time”. the EC said. Mirza, a former SP of lands and introducing the remember anything about ground situation and passing on any of the vital defence meeting, Doval also directed When the Senior advocate Burdwan, was remanded in “investor” to influential people that,” an official said. necessary instructions on how installation inside the Indian the officials to intensify anti- Bench asked Kapil Sibal, repre- five-day CBI custody by the who mattered but he was The Narada sting case cre- to handle the emerging situa- territory. militancy operations and target Dwivedi as to senting senior Bankshall Court and was reportedly heard speaking to ated a nationwide flutter when tion in Kashmir Valley, Doval Official sources in Srinagar key terrorists operating in cer- whether his state- Congress leaders whisked away by the agency somebody over telephone about it was released just ahead of the returned to the national claimed, “During the meeting, tain parts of the Valley. ment should be Siddaramaiah and Dinesh sleuths at Nizam Palace, where 1.70 crore which he had 2016 Bengal Assembly elec- Capital. the NSA reviewed the devel- However, Doval cautioned recorded in the Gundu Rao, told the he was immediately subjected already “received and trans- tions showing at least a dozen In related developments, opmental schemes for people that while operating against order, the senior Bench that he has no to interrogation process, ferred” to some person. ruling Trinamool Congress high alert was sounded all and asked officials for their militancy, efforts should be lawyer said, “We will objection if the by- sources said. Though the officer MPs, Ministers, MLAs apart along the International Border speedy implementation, which made to ensure that there is no do it”. elections are deferred During his posting as the appeared before the CBI on from bureaucrats accepting across Jammu frontier and includes providing best health- collateral damage to civilians or Senior lawyer and the matter is SP of Burdwan, the officer was seven occasions, he repeated- cash for favour from sting along the Line of Control to care, shipment of apple boxes their property. Mukul Rohatgi, decided finally. caught on camera accepting ly evaded posers and tried to journalist Mathew Samuel.  P  ) %           )) 5%42 ment has been added today. He said that metro rail project is  )) 5%42  6   (K'  Corporation engineer hief Minister important for serving the needs 8 '   Harbhajan Singh complained Csaid that Metro of growing population. he Special Investigation to Indore Police accusing the Rail Project will be known as He informed about the TTeam (SIT) formed by the  !   ) ' 8   gang members of blackmailing Bhoj Metro Rail. First corridor master plan of cities saying that Government  % -(    him and demanding 3 crore as of the project will be from the purpose is to ensure a fully to investigate the sensational     9    extortion money. The SIT took Karond circle to AIIMS and equipped city to the new gen- honeytrap and blackmailing  :;        over the investigation from second from Bhandbhada to erations. racket has confirmed that Indore Police on Wednesday. Ratnagiri Square to be con- Referring to the develop- politicians, senior bureaucrats     The investigation also indi- structed at a cost of 7000 ment of Noida and Gurgaon and top businessmen were the cated that the gang targeted crore. Kamal Nath laid the near Delhi, he said that with- main targets. The scandal The investigation con- by the gang, six of whom were young girls and lured them foundation stone here on out them, the situations in aimed to win Government ducted so far suggested that arrested last week. with promises of education Thursday. New Delhi can be well imag- contracts, besides dealing in network of the gang spread The SIT has started record- and jobs. One such FIR has Speaking on the occasion, ined. Therefore, planning for extortion. across three States — Madhya ing statements of a few officials been registered a couple of days Nath said that expansion of the expansion of cities must be Meanewhile, interacting Pradesh, and in closed doors. Sources in Indore. “Aarti Dayal, one of basic amenities must match the made on time. with the media on Wednesday . Official sources claimed that there are strong the accused, and Abhishek growth of cities in order to keep The Chief Minister said night, Chief of the SIT Sanjeev said the gang not only extort- possibilities that besides trans- came to our village and con- cities safe and beautiful. Nath that cities should be clean, Shami urged people to share ed money but also got key fer and postings of vinced us that they would bear performed Bhoomipujan for smart. It is also important to leads in this case at Government contracts with Government employees and all the expenses of my daugh- Bhopal Metro Rail Project on    !   *  change our outlook in the era [email protected]. the help of influential people officials, the NGOs of the gang ter’s education and help her get Thursday.     $  *  of change. Every citizen should The SIT has started scruti- they had honeytrapped. They members were benefitted Government job,” said a farmer Minister In-charge of "    contribute towards the task of nising a number of video clips claimed that close to 50 people, financially. whose daughter was lured into Bhopal District Cooperative making the cities clean, beau- recovered from possession of including political leaders and The racket came to light the scandal on the pretext of Minister and Pradeep Jaiswal were present The Chief Minister said tiful and systematic. the accused. bureaucrats were honeytrapped when Indore Municipal getting a Government job. Mineral Development Minister on the occasion. that a new chapter of develop- Continued on Page 4     !"#!$%&     6 0   O     O       Gwalior: A meeting of the under their jurisdiction, con-      priest of the Government con- duct a proper survey of such  )) 5%42    should be reviewed every week. trolled temples was held at the land, fence them and put up    He said that the water bod- District Collectorate Office signboards stating that the land ll Municipal       ies in cities should be cleaned. headed by the District is government property. ACommissioners and Chief This will help in getting rid  )) 5%42 that time to make the DPR for Collector Anurag Chaudhary The Collector asked the Municipal Officers should visit ! "   of water borne diseases and the metro rail. on Thursday. officials to find out the feasi- field at 6 am and monitor the # $ %    increase the points in Swachh hief Minister Kamal Nath Nath also referred to the The meeting discussed var- bility of converting govern- cleanliness. They will lead the  $  Survekshan too. Cgave detailed description of help given by him as the Union ious issues related to the gov- ment owned land in the tem- team themselves.   &'($  The Principal Secretary how the Bhopal Metro Rail Minister, for the beautification ernment controlled temples, ple premises to goshalas (cow The state has to be made Urban Development and Project started at the founda- of Bhopal and the development especially about the facilities shelters) in order to accom- number one state in the coun-     $  Housing Sanjay Dubey said tion stone laying ceremony of of the upper lake. provided to worshipers. The modate cows and raise ade- try in the Swachha Survekshan.    that the civic bodies should set the project. He said that when he used meeting was also attended by quate feeder to raise them. These directives were given a target of 7-star rating. He said The Chief Minister said to visit Bhopal during his District Pancahayt CEO The DC said that grass and by the Minister for Urban Development and Housing said that the waste water should be that when he was Urban youth, he was embarrassed to Shivam Varma, Upper other feeder can be raised on Development and Housing that the roads damaged due to re-used by recycling it to 30 Development Minister, he had see the plight of the big lake of Collector Anup Kumar Singh, such land and then supplied to Jaivardhan Singh during a excessive rains should be percent. This water can be gone to the launching ceremo- Bhopal. SDM TN Singh and officials of goshalas around the district. review of 378 urban repaired soon. used in construction works ny of the Metro Rail Project The Chief Minister said the various departments The collector also asked the bodies through video confer- He said bad roads spoil the and gardens. Dubey further started in Jaipur. Prior to that, that it dated back to the year among others. officials to verify the func- encing. image of the city. Singh further stated that he look for locations he also attended the Metro Rail Metro Rail Project. Gaur told 1991. The upper lake was not Taking a serious note of the tioning of goshalas that are run Singh told them to main- said that roads should be made of the officers through video launching ceremony at him that there were no funds only filthy but there were no encroachment of government on temple premises adminis- tain constant communication dust free. For this, paving calling at any time in the morn- Bangalore and Hyderabad. At and there was no money even roads around it. As land adjourning the temples at tered by the government. with Safai Mitra. Listen to blocks should be installed in ing. During the video confer- that time he had wondered why to make DPR. The Chief Environment Minister, he had various places of the district the The collector sought from their problems also. place between houses and encing, other schemes includ- the metro rail could not be Minister said that he had asked sanctioned a large amount for DC said that the concerned the priests details about the He said that markets roads. Make proper arrange- ing Pradhan Mantri and started in cities like Bhopal and Gaur to make a proposal and beautification, cleanliness, officials of the area will be held commercial activities that are should be cleaned in morning ment of water and soap in com- Mukhya Mantri Awas were Indore in our state. send it. plantation and roads etc of responsible for any encroach- taking place in the temple and evening. He said that a munity toilets. Keep stray ani- also reviewed. Nath said that at that time Kamal Nath said that being Bhopal lake. The Chief ment of government land premises. He asked the priests to meeting should be held with mals in fixed places outside the Deputy Secretary Manish he had called up the then the Union Minister for Urban Minister said, “Today, when I under their jurisdiction. The provide proper facilities to wor- the citizens of the colonies to city, he said. Singh said that Singh, Additional Minister of State Babulal Gaur Development, when the pro- see the development works collector further instructed the shipers and see that cleanliness advise them about the segre- work being carried out in Commissioner Ashish Saxena from Delhi and asked him posal came, I had approved Rs and cleanliness around the officials to identify govern- and hygiene is maintained at and gation of wet and dry garbage. urban bodies as per the pre- and other officers were present why he was not starting the 5 crore to Madhya Pradesh at lake, I feel very happy.” ment land around the temples around the temples. PNS The Minister of Urban scribed chart and components at the conference. -./$ $  '       !  D0 0   Bhopal: Koh-e-Fiza police have is a resident of Ratibad while booked a man for captivating the accused is a resident of  )) 5%42  "  his son’s death and unemploy- and sexually assaulting a 19- Sehore. After the victim start- ment a 26-year-old youth com- year-old girl for the past six ed to study at a private college 35-year-old man was "" mitted suicide by consuming months in Indore. accused lured her of job and in Afound dead near railway poisonous substance at Hairjan Police said that the accused the month of February he took tracks under Misrod police   Basti under Teelajamalpura Sonu Sirothia sexually assault- her to his sister’s house in station area late in the night on police station area on ed at Halapura and later capti- Halalpura and sexually assault- Wednesday.   ) Wednesday. vated the victim in Indore and ed the victim. Later luring her After the locals informed *   Police said that the threatened her of life after the of marriage he took the victim police after regarding a man in deceased identified as Shahid atrocity. to Indore where he held her an unconscious state near rail-    was found in an unconscious The victim reported the captive and sexually assaulted. way tracks and police team state and rushed to a nearby incident to the family members The victim escaped and lodged reached the spot and started "  "  hospital where he died during after she managed to escape complaint with the police. further investigation.   "   treatment. and reach Bhopal on After the complaint was The deceased was identi- In the initial investigation Wednesday and later they lodged and case was regis- fied as Gulab Harijan of Mandi    police found that Shahid’s approached Koh-e-Fiza police tered against the accused he Bamora. The family members youngest son died few months and lodged the complaint. went absconding and is still were contacted by the police. train could be ascertained at ago and he was not able to get The police registered a case missing. Body was sent for the post the moment and would be work. He used to work as under section 376 and 506 of Police have started search mortem after the preliminary investigated. Details of the loading auto rickshaw driver. the IPC. The details of the for the absconding accused. investigation. The police have death of Gulab are under inves- The police have registered accused would be searched During the investigation police registered a case under section tigation. The statements of the a case under section 174 of the and his past crime record would probe other crimes of 174 of the CrPC and started family members are yet to be CrPC and started further inves- would be investigated. the accused in which he had further investigation. recorded which could help in tigation. The death of son and Police said that the accused sexually assaulted victim girls     3   )4)   The deceased was hit by the reason behind the death. failing to get work are reason used to teach the victim during in his area and study centers in "   5  speeding train or he fell from Meanwhile, depressed over as reason behind the suicide. which he lured her. The victim which he had taught. SR 8           ,     F' -.  Bhopal: Inaugurating the Yuva pants, who have participated Sansad Abhi-Vinyas at State several times in the course to Museum, the Minister for share their experiences with Parliamentary Affairs Govind regard to the parliamentary sys-  )) 5%42 other cities and outside the house for the men visiting the Singh said that citizens must tem. ‘I will also learn something state. house. Three of the men were have knowledge of the parlia- new’ he added. ishatura police busted a The nabbed women were found in compromising posi- mentary system for the success Professor Amarjeet Singh of Nsex racket near Rajvansh involved in flesh trade for long. tion. of democracy. The continuous Government Girls Post Colony and nabbed 5 men At the house police recovered Involvement of arrested efforts made by the Pandit Graduate College-Rewa, and 7 women on Tuesday raid 13 mobile phones and Rs 4500 men in the operating the sex Kunjilal Dubey Rashtriya Professor Niyaz Ahmed Ansari was conducted after neighbors cash. racket would be investigated in Sansadiya Vidyapeeth in this of Government College-Umaria, reported of suspicious activities Earlier, after receiving the further investigated. The direction are commendable. He Professor Rajni Tiwari of in the house. information police started to house owner would be quizzed. hoped that the participating Government Post Graduate Acting on a tip-off, regard- investigate and found that sex The nabbed men were professors and teachers of the College-Tikamgarh and Ms. ing suspicious activities at Pardi racket was operated at a rent- identified as Yogesh Yuva Sansad will apprise stu- Vandana Pandey of Dera near Rajvansh Colony at ed house. Haswani(21) of Lalghati, dents in their colleges and Government School-Chuna a house a team was formed and After the preliminary Amardeep Mishra of Satna, schools of the parliamentary Bhatti, Bhopal shared their expe- raided the house where 12 investigation the police have Mohammad Danish(38) of functioning. Govind Singh said riences on parliamentary func- people were found. registered a case under sections Peergate, Hemant Jat (38) of that said that parliamentary tioning. Police found that the main 3, 4, 5, 5 (1) (d) (ii) and 7 of Gunga and Jitendra Keer (24) dignity should be respected. He The Yuva Sansad was also accused women used to oper- Prevention of Immoral of Shahjehanabad. Police have said the government will help staged by the First Winner School ate the racket by bringing Trafficking Act (PITA). During started further investigation. Vidyapeeth to build its own Team International Public School women from other states also. the raid police found that par- Crime record of the nabbed building. He asked the partici- on the occasion. SR The women were brought from titions were made inside the accused would be investigated. /      ) !    "                 ,.    P  Q 

 )) 5%42  )) 5%42 from his possession and was weapons from their posses- not able to provide the doc- sion on Thursday; accused n the initiative of autam Nagar police have uments for carrying fire arms. were on their way to commit OGovernor Lalji Tandon, Gnabbed a 35-year-old Police registered a case crime. students are reading the book habitual criminal and recov- under section 25 and 27 of the Acting on a tip off, two of Mahatma Gandhi in the ered a country made pistol Arms Act and during the miscreants were nabbed who schools of the State during and two live cartridges from further investigation it was were identified as Amit Gandhiji’s 150th birth anniver- object to familiarize them with his possession on Thursday. found that Waseem has been Sharma (21) of Sehore and sary. Today, a collective reading Gandhiji's thinking. This book The accused after spotting booked by Gautam Nagar Vinod Vishwakarma (25) of session of Gandhiji's book reading session in schools has police team tried to escape police, Hanumanganj and Tumda were nabbed. “Hind Swaraj” was held at been started from September but was chased and arrested. Nishatpura police for bur- In the initial investigation Government Subhash Higher 25 and will continue till 2nd The arrested accused was glary, robbery, assault and when the miscreants were Secondary School of Excellence October. Everyday students are identified as Waseem Tanker arms act. checked police recovered two and Government Kamla Nehru reading different chapters of of Sharda Nagar. The accused was on his sharp edged weapons from Girls Higher Secondary School this book regularly. After he was nabbed way to commit crime or he their possession. The reason here. In schools, quizzes, essay- when police asked for escap- deals in selling fire arms ille- of carrying sharp edged The reading of book “Hind contests and group discussions ing the spot he failed to pro- gally would be investigated. weapons would be investi- Swaraj” is being done by all the and other activities related to vide satisfactory answer and Meanwhile, Khajuri gated. Police said that crimes students of Class IX to XII in reading will also be organized      /    *,  /      later when he was checked a police have nabbed two mis- committed by the accused all government / non-govern- so that students can assimilate    /  /     )   country made pistol and two creants near Fanda and recov- would be investigated in the ment high schools and higher the relevance of Mahatma  01   ! ,2  live cartridges were found ered two sharp-edged further investigation. secondary schools with an Gandhi's ideology.

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Local To mark the event 'Mehfil-e- Wbrated from October 1 to community, devotional song Sama' an event was organised 7 in all the tiger reserves, groups, artists etc. will also be on Thursday at Regional national parks and sanctuaries included in the programmes. Science Centre auditorim. of the state. Principal Chief Drama, painting competitions The event was organised by Conservator of Forests and other programmes on Indian Council for Cultural (Wildlife) U Prakasham has wildlife conservation will be Relations (ICCR). Renowned issued guidelines in this regard held. There will be lectures on Sufi singer Nasir Khalid Sabri Witnessing Nasir Khalid’s Qawwali ‘Chaap Tilak Sab to the concerned regional wildlife conservation in gave scintillating performance singing the audience experi- Chini’. directors, regional chief forest schools. before the classical music lovers enced the love and affection of The next catch was the conservators and forest division Competitions including of the city. the poetic rhythms. It was an popular Sufi track ‘Hum Bazm officers. These officials will essay-writing, painting, speech, A huge crowd was noticed enthralling experience for the Saja Lete’, 'Pyara hai apna desh celebrate the week as per the rangoli, quiz, wildlife tour etc. at the venue. The Sufi musical classical music lovers of the city hindustan', 'Bhardo Jholi meri outline released based on local will also be organized for stu- concert was all about the inno- as they listened to every per- ya'. They wrapped up their per- conditions and availability of dents through which they will cence and purity of Sufi music. formance with rapt attention. formance with qawwali 'Kaisi resources. The Forest Minister’s be made aware of the impor- The Qawwali lovers of the city The singers began the hsi teri jawani' and their com- message will be disseminated in tance of wildlife conservation. visited in a huge number to lis- marvelous performance by pre- positions which was loved by the village panchayats and fair- Oath-taking programmes will ten to witness the grand closure senting qawwali 'Kashi me tera the Bhopalites. The Sufi concert markets etc. during the Wildlife be organized for school and of the live in concert of Sufi jalwa'. The catch of the event was more like a feast for the Week to create awareness about college students for the pro-  *24 7 "  6 "    tracks. was Amir Khusru’s composed Bhopalites. wildlife conservation. tection of wildlife. 0/" "  4         )*P -9:  !1"  )) 5%42 reason why the whole world in car sales. still considers them relevant. Govind Mishra said that  )) 5%42 +    , n the occasion of the 150th Govind Mishra said that in Gandhi in his autobiography     , Oanniversary of Mahatma his book "Hind Swaraj" written sincerely admits that in the last round 25 participants from Gandhi, a special lecture was in 1905, Gandhiji had empha- thirty years of his life (from Aacross the country on -./     organised at Sanchi Buddhist- sized on nature, village, oppo- 1918 to 1948) he strived for Thursday visited the Indira   Indian University of sition to urbanization, opposi- self-realization, was eager to Gandhi Rashriya Manav Knowledge Studies on tion to westernization. interview God and what is sal- Sangrahalya (IGRMS), Bhopal *  Thursday. The importance of which vation Kept searching under leadership of Jyoti Mittal, The Gandhian thinker and we understand today when He said that the study of Professor of Chemistry, instruments related to water litterateur Govind Mishra, in a our cities are no longer habit- Gandhi's life shows that he was Maulana Azad National treatment through traditional lecture given at the Barla able, extreme heat-floods are a developing personality all Institute of Technology science and technology used by Academic Campus, highlight- hurting us and natural imbal- his life, he kept learning, build- (MANIT). various tribes and folk com- ed many untouched aspects of ances have occurred all over the ing his own life. He accepted They are attending water munity in the Traditional Gandhi's personality. Speaking world. the truth and molded it in his treatment workshop is being Technology Park. on the subject of "India's eter- Govind Mishra said that personality, in his life. He organised at MANIT, Bhopal On this occasion, Mittal nal values ??and Mahatma Gandhi always used to insist on embraced the eternal values under a Govt of India spon- told that, IGRMS is a pride of Gandhi", Govind Mishra also the house, that is, not to collect ??of India. sored Indo-UK project. In this every citizen of Bhopal. spoke on the critical aspects of things. But today it is such that Govind Mishra said that visit they are moved around There are several areas and Gandhiji's personality. in some families each member Gandhi always presented the various exhibition galleries of galleries of this museum, which He said that Gandhi was has AC cars while the whole true origin of . He Veethi Sankul Indoor building attracts not only for excursion his own greatest critic and he family could work with one car. said that after returning back and Rock art Heritage open air view point but also to under- never considered himself a big By burning petrol in this way, from South Africa, when exhibition and they get infor- stand traditional science and thinker. Gandhi was indis- nature was also damaged by Gandhi traveled all over India  !     26 / '  mation about the working tech- technology used by various pensable even to his opponents driving AC and now we are by train, he truly "discovered  7 //8       $  *,  niques of various traditional tribes of our vast country. due to his quality. This is the also worried about the decrease India". "   5  7         7   6  ""    )) 5%42 o observe the World Pharmacist Day, a special event was Torganised at Radharaman Group of Institutions and  )) 5%42 1 , , ference between gender and sex Intermediate Professional University's School of Pharmacy College $"    in the workshop Asma Rizwan on Thursday. he players got some moti- $   " inspired the players to This year, this day focused on the subject of safe and effec- Tvational tips to improve /      strengthen their thinking. In tive medicines for all. The director of the college, Lavakesh Kumar their sports strategies and this connection, the players Omre addressed the occasion to the students and faculty mem- learned about gender sensiti-      were informed through many bers. sation. A worlshop on gender  2 examples and games. She told He said that the work of a pharmacist is extremely respon- sensitization was organised at     that thousands of years ago sible and it is an important link for the manufacture of safe and TT Nagar Stadium here on   men used to go hunting. effective medicines. Thursday.      Similarly, other works He asked the students to make proper goals and focus on Writer, blogger, columnist $ 3 $   including kheti which were them. He also asked the students to make a successful life and and educationist Asma Rizwan      done only by men but with also expressed his views on the perspective of the pharmacist. interacted with the plsyers in time there was a lot of social Professor JL Rana, director of the group, said that pharma- the workshop centered on the   $",    change and now women are cists should work towards making cheaper and better quality of topic of gender sensitization in   "  $ working shoulder to shoulder medicines with their research. During the program, the students the audio-visual hall located in "   with men. gave a power point presentation and also performed the work the city stadium, the players  "  Asma Rizwan asked and of checking blood groups and blood pressure by performing were informed about important resolved many questions relat- health tests. information. ing players aware by giving ed to female-purling from the She also provided detailed important information related players. She gave detailed guid- guidance to male players to gender sensitization, ance to the players by giving regarding behavior, respect and Director Sports and Youth them important information responsibility in sports with Welfare SL Thoussen the work- regarding the respect, behavior women players. Players from shop was organized under the and responsibility towards the various sports academies were initiative by sports depart- female player while practicing present in the workshop. ment. in the field and during the With the objective of mak- Asma explaining the dif- competitions.

;      * "        !"#!$%&  4       !   '        O*> 23  Bhopal: Chief Minister Kamal  *%   like him want the city to be  )) 5%42  " !       #    ates employment opportunities. Nath laying the foundation for "   2 " known by its original name.   7   So, multiplex operators should Bhopal metro rail project  25    "I am an elected public rep- hief Minister Kamal Nath     ) also talk as to how the local named it 'Bhoj Metro' after the " $   resentative, so I reserve the Csaid that Cineplex will be )  )   people will get employment by erstwhile ruler of Bhopal--   right to request something," he promoted for entertainment expanding the area of enter- Raja Bhoj.    6$ 2 explained. of people at affordable rates and # )## tainment in the State. Take an Senior BJP leader and the Mayor Alok Sharma later    ##     to generate employment at initiative to establish model mayor Alok Sharma thanked "  on stood his ground and even local level.     multiplexes first. The Nath for the move but local alleged that MLA's protest Nath discussed various      Government will cooperate in Congress MLA Arif Masood direct opposition to the chief issues with the representatives    all respects. was quick to red flag the the MLA who has been taking minister. Earlier during his of Federation of Indian Minister for Revenue move. on party organisation on issues, address, Nath claiming the Chamber of Commerce and towns, nagar panchayats, dis- Govind Singh Rajput, Chief He however did not direct of late. metro rail project milestone in Industry connected to media tricts and block headquarters. Secretary SR Mohanty, his objection to Chief Minister Meanwhile, hinting at his Bhopal expansion plans had entertainment at Mantralaya on The Chief Minister said Principal Secretary Industry and from the dias urged Minister beligerance , Nath during his claimed that durinv his tenure Thursday. Discussions on con- that an officer will be appoint- Rajesh Rajoura, Secretary for Urban Administration and address had called MLA Arif as Union Minister, he had cession in entertainment tax, ed to hold discussions on all Tourism Faiz Ahmad Qidwai, Development Jaivardhan Singh Masood as High Voltage leader sanctioned metro rail projects GST and infrastructure coop- these issues so that there is no Commissioner Public Relations to let the project be Bhopal of Congress. Later on speaking for Bhopal and Indore. eration took place in the meet- unnecessary deviation in com- P Narhari and representatives Metro. to News 18, Masood clarified People would not shift out ing. The cineplex operators pleting the formalities. of media and entertainment "We have several things that he only forwarded a of the city unless basic ameni- gave suggestions in connection Nath further said that any field were present at the meet- agter Raja Bhoj's name and can request to chief minister claim- ties like transportation are not to run cineplexes in villages, kind of economic activity cre- ing. name many more," claimed ing that those natives of Bhopal there, he claimed. SR O-$ $   needed as everything was  " $    destroyed in the flood. In the letter written to PM    2   Modi, Scindia mentioned that !  #      excessive rains and flood have

2    $ wrecked -havoc in the state which has witnessed death of     596 persons and 14 lakh farm-   P ers have been affected by the       excessive rains.  )) 5%42 Referring to his tours in ten Bhopal: Rainfall activities are !     claims that day and night tem- districts, Scindia claimed that less likely to provide relief for      perature would be recorded aving taken stock of the the heavy rains have caused the next few days. After little around 29 and 23 degree Hflood damages in ten heavy damages in the state. relief rainfall activities    ) Celsius on Friday. worst-affected districts in the At several places, the crops increased in the past three      The pattern would prevail State, former Union Minister got destroyed completely and at days in the State Capital.     in the next week as well but Jyotiraidtya Scindia has written some others, the roads have It rained heavily in the  "    spells would be heavy for brief a letter to Prime Minister disappeared altogether while day on Thursday. Despite of       periods. urging him to several regions have suffered reaching end of the season In the past 24 hours sever- offer an early nod to 10,000 cr human casualties and death of weather conditions are harsh.     al areas of Shahdol, Rewa, flood relief package for rain- cattle. State has received excess water Jabalpur, Sagar, Indore, ravaged Madhya Pradesh. Claiming that crops on 14 and at some places heavy rain- hours in Rewa, Satna, Singrauli, Hoshangabad and Bhopal divi- Recently, Scindia had vis- lakh acre has been destroyed, fall created havoc in the season. Anuppur, Dindori, Shahdol, sions recorded good rainfall. ited several flood affected dis- Scindia wrote that initial esti- The systems are active and Sagar, Damoh, Panna, Sendhwa recorded the tricts including Mandsaur, mates put the losses at 10,000 inducing good rainfall in the Tikamgarh, Chattarpur, Harda, highest rainfall at 10 cm, Neemuch and those in to 15,000 crore and the state has state and state capital for the Vidisha, Guna, Ashok Nagar, Anuppur recorded 8 cm of Gwalior-Chambal division. already sent an estimate of past 3-4 days. Dhar, Khandwa and Khargone rainfall, Rewa, Satna, At some places, Scindia 10,000 crore relief package. For the whole day cloud districts. Tendukheda, Umaria, was not happy with the surveys “I urge you to release the cover was witnessed and for Cold conditions are wit- Khandwa recorded 7 cm of of the administration and even amount for the relief package brief period clear sky nessed late night and in early rainfall each and Katni, instructed them to send report as early as possible taking into appeared. morning hours and the differ- Bhikangaon, Amarkantak and of ‘as it is’ basis. account the heavy rain and           &.:-<  /;   Met has issued warning of ence of day and night temper- Hata recorded 6 cm of rainfall At some places he had flood in Madhya Pradesh,” he "    heavy rainfall in the next 24 ature would reduce as forecast each. SR claimed that no survey was added.     !    "# ,O  /?65,   N!-! OH  “This new snake is arbore-   N5  OI !-! O       al, mostly seen close to forest new species of snake has streams and is active during the Abeen discovered in the night. It is non-venomous and    Western Ghats in Maharashtra is known to grow up to three feet and named after Tejas in length. It feeds on eggs of Thackeray, the younger son of Humayun’s night frog. This   ,&%?,/ From Page 1 from Karond Circle to AIIMS Union Minister, Nath has been Shiv Sena chief Uddhav behaviour was never reported in and the second from continuously giving huge funds Thackeray, for his contribution cat snakes from the Western he number of patients of Minister for Urban Bhadbhada intersection to for the development of Bhopal. to the find. Ghats earlier,” Giri said. Tdengue in the provisional Development and Housing Ratnagiri intersection. The The Narmada water, which The species falls in the The new species was found State Capital of Dehradun is Jayawardhan Singh said that total cost of which will be Bhopal's residents are having category commonly called as in the Koyna region of Satara continuing to increase unabat- the much awaited Metro Rail seven thousand crores. today is a gift of Chief Minister cat snakes and belong to the district in western ed. On Thursday, the health dream of Bhopal city is now Minister for Minority Nath. He said that a lot of pro- genus Boiga, director of the Maharashtra. “There are still department reported 146 new being unrolled. Welfare and Backward Classes, jects are underway. Pune-based Foundation for surprises hidden in the cases of the disease in Time schedule has been Arif Aqueel said that Chief This will not only increase Biodiversity Conservation Western Ghats,” Giri said. Dehradun. With them the fixed. He said that the first line Minister Kamal Nath is mak- the pace of development, but Varad Giri said on Thursday. Besides Giri, the team number of patients affected by of this project has been fixed ing efforts for the development also help plan other activities. A research paper describing which studied the snake includ- the disease in Dehradun this at 2022. of Bhopal the same manner as Mayor Bhopal Alok the new species was published ed taxonomist Ashok Captain, season has mounted to 3,184. He said that the Chief was done by late President of Sharma also spoke on the in the journal of the Bombay Dr V Deepak of the Natural Meanwhile, the number of Minister has been making con- India, Shankardayal Sharma. occasion. Natural History Society History Museum (London), patients in tinuous efforts for the devel- Public Relations Minister Local MLA Arif Masood (BNHS) on Thursday, he said. naturalist Swapnil Pawar and crossed 5,000 figure mark on opment and expansion of PC Sharma said that the peo- gave a vote of thanks. Kailash “Snakes belonging to this (scientific name ‘Boiga thack- 2015 and studied its behaviour Dr Frank Tillack of the the day. urban areas. ple of Bhopal are grateful to Mishra, ex MP Ram Krishna genus are distributed across erayi’) for researcher Tejas in detail. He presented these Museum fr Naturkunde, Berlin, The department also He informed that two cor- Chief Minister, who has given Kusmaria, Aslam Sher Khan India, but a few species are Thackeray for his contribution details to the Foundation for Germany. reported 199 new cases on ridors will be built in the pro- this gift to the people of and citizens of Bhopal in a endemic to the Western Ghats,” to the discovery, Giri said. Biodiversity Conservation and Tejas’ elder brother Aaditya Thursday which took the toll ject. Bhopal. large number were he said. The new species was “Tejas Thackeray spotted helped us with further Thackeray posted a picture of of dengue to 5015 in First corridor will be built PC Sharma said that as present. named ‘Thackeray’s cat snake’ this species for the first time in research,” Giri said. the snake on Twitter. Uttarakhand. The health department has also reported eight deaths in $  state from the disease. In 4     $%& ' Dehradun alone six persons have so far died from dengue. #    The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Dehradun, Dr S K 1 5  1 Gupta said that there is no %%& '   ( need of panic about dengue but advised people to ensure   5%/5&( ? Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Talcher, programme. that breeding grounds inside Baleswar and Rourkela are fac- Various action points     ,&%?,/     $"  and in the vicinity of their ery soon use of coal for ing worst air pollution and the include providing access to nat- houses are destroyed. Vpreparing meals will not to National Green Tribunal (NGT) ural gas pipelines for all resi-   %?), ? egarding the attempts by ""  $"    He said that people should be allowed in open eateries, has expressed concern of its sig- dential and commercial use, Rthe Congress party to   ""  )+ wear full sleeved clothes dur- hotels and restaurants of six nificant impact on public health. solar rooftop policy implemen- ome October and the cam- allegedly hamper the public ing day time to reduce expo- cities of the State. Looking at the grim sce- tation, running busses in cities Cpus of Indian Institute of welfare efforts of the State             sure for the mosquito bite. Instead, promoting and giv- nario, the State Government through generation of bio-gas Technology (IIT) Roorkee will Government and misinforma-  2   $    The district vector borne ing access to LPG and electric- has chalked out a detailed action from waste and sewage. be buzzing with activities. tion being purportedly spread diseases officer, Subhash Joshi ity to low-income neighbour- plan to be implemented in these Creation of appropriate eco During the convocation cere- by the Opposition party, a del-   / :*   said teams of health depart- hood as well as to road side six cities of the State and imple- system for growth of electric mony, the President of India egation of the Bharatiya Janata "    $     ment conducted surveys at eateries, dhabas and restaurants mentation is being done on vehicles in the cities is another Ram Nath Kovind will preside Party led by its State president Bijapur guest house, ONGC, is on cards. “Top Most Priority” basis. action point, said sources. as chief guest. This year's con- Ajay Bhatt met the Governor high court guest house, officers And there will be total cov- The action plan involves Banning and phasing out vocation will be held in three Baby Rani Maurya on stall the Mukhyamantri Daal Bhatt further said that the guest houses, office of 108 erage of households by distrib- several departments including diesel auto-rickshaws and intro- phases on the same day unlike Thursday. Poshit Yojana being imple- Congress has been opposing the ambulance services. The teams ution of Liquefied Petroleum those of Forest and duction of CNG and electric previous years when it was The party also submitted a mented in the state even though steps taken by the BJP destroyed the breeding places Gas (LPG) or Piped Natural Gas Environment, Energy, Police, auto-rickshaws are on cards. stretched to two days. memorandum to the State the scheme was implemented in Government regarding Article of mosquitoes. (PNG) and leveraging pro- Transport, Urban Development, Now, the NITI Aayog has The undergraduate and Election Commissioner. the State before the implemen- 370 and triple talaq. In Dengue is a viral infection grammes like Ujjwala in these Works and State Pollution prepared a road map for growth postgraduate students will Observers opine that this is the tation of the election Model Uttarakhand, the Congress spread by the mosquito Aedes cities. Control Board (SPCB). of use of electric vehicles in the receive their degrees in differ- first instance of its kind where- Code of Conduct. wants to stall the implementa- Aezypti popularly known as Enforcement of a complete The ambient air quality in country and several State ent sessions on October 4 and in the ruling party approached In such a scenario, the tion of the Mukhyamantri Daal Tiger Mosquito. ban in garbage burning in pub- all these six cities is constantly Governments are moving ahead during the ‘Deekshant the Raj Bhawan to complain Congress is spreading misin- Poshit Yojana under the pretext The symptoms of the dis- lic and legal action are to be remaining above the National with such a proposal, said Samaroh’, the President will be about the opposition. formation to hamper the exe- of the election Model Code of ease are persistent high fever, taken against open burning of Ambient Air Quality Standards sources. giving medals to the toppers The BJP State president cution of this scheme aimed at Conduct whereas this scheme rashes, headache and pain in tyres, biomass and other sub- (NAAQS). The SPCB will not allow any and best achievers of the insti- and MP Ajay Bhatt led the del- benefiting the poor. was implemented before the the joints. In the acute cases the stances. Accordingly the action plan polluting industries inside the tute. egation which met the Talking to the media per- model code of conduct came platelets number decrease These are some of the action has been prepared for improv- cities and will carry out pollution To ensure that all students Governor which presented the sons after meeting the Governor, into effect. drastically which may prove points of the State Government, ing the air quality in each city hot spot monitoring. Pollution are able to hear the presiden- party’s position regarding the the BJP State president said that This has actually exposed fatal for the patient. which are included in the action and each department will imple- hot spots will be identified and tial speech during the convo- attempts being made by the the party had no other option the Congress’ stance against the plan to ensure clean air in the ment the same with all serious- those places will be monitored cation ceremony, the pro- Congress to purportedly ham- but to approach the Governor. welfare of the public and the    polluted cities. ness, said a senior official in the regularly. gramme has been encapsulat- per the public interest schemes He said, “The Panchayat elec- poor, he said.   " With poor air quality rais- Department of Forest and Local area action plan for ed within one day. being undertaken by the State tions are currently underway so After meeting the ing serious concern on public Environment. pollution hot spots will be The first session of the Government and misinforma- we cannot hold a demonstration Governor, a delegation of the    health system in six cities of the The plan has listed several chalked out so that actions will convocation programme would tion being spread to malign the or any other such measure to BJP headed by its state vice     State, action plan has been action points and multiple agen- be taken up locally. begin at 10 AM, second session State Government. expose the Congress. president Jyoti Prasad Gairola charted out for taking up imple- cies are involved in implement- There will be a total restric- at 2.30 PM and the last session The BJP delegation also Under these circumstances, met the State Election     mentation of the same in these ing the same; so respective tion on brick kilns within urban at 6.30 PM, said the dean of IIT said that using the election we arrived here to submit our Commissioner Chandra  "  urban nodies. departments will post nodal airshed zones during high-pol- Roorkee Academics, professor model code of conduct as an point of view to the constitu- Shekhar Bhatt and submitted a Cities like Angul, officers to coordinate the entire lution periods. N P Pandhi. excuse the Congress wants to tional head of the state.” memorandum to him.        !"#!$%&  ;

3+4.31*)$$    R   1     39 .         5    & ,&2%) he Indian Council of TMedical Research (ICMR)   & ,&2%)L! said the view to field party's will be contesting one seat hands ahead of the 2015 assem- has found Switzerland-based nominees were expressed by besides backing Manjhis can- bly polls and trouncing the multi-national Nestle and its n the run up to the bypolls in State leaders at the PEC didate. Former Union minister NDA at the hustings. subsidiary Nestec, which makes IBihar, differences have (Pradesh Election Committee) Upendra Kushwaha, whose In the face of the prevail- a range of baby food products, cropped up in the grand meeting and the proposal would RLSP joined the grouping on ing chaos, the five-party coali- violating Indian laws relating to alliance partners with all the be forwarded to the high com- the eve of the general election, tion which was decimated in infant milk substitutes (IMS) in constituents including mand for final approval. is yet to reveal his cards. the Lok Sabha general elections two studies related to new Congress and RJD vying to "At the PEC meeting our The Grand Alliance had now faces an uphill task of mothers, babies and baby field their candidates on all the state unit leaders expressed come into being with JD(U), putting up a cohesive fight foods. five Assembly and one Lok the view that we have strong RJD and Congress joining against the formidable NDA. Taking serious exception to Sabha seats next month. candidates for all the five seats. the violation, the research wing After the party's State Lists of potential candidates of the Union Health Ministry has Election Committee meeting, were also drawn and we will )88   ,8  recommended penalties against the Congress announced that apprise the high command of the sponsors as well as immedi- they will field their own can- the same and proceed as direct-   & ,&2%) ate termination of the studies. One of the trials spon- of Child Health (Kolkata), Act. didates on all the seats. The ed," said Rathore. The issue was flagged off in sored by Nestle is about growth Manipal Hospital, (Bangalore), Because of this, the ICMR RJD expressed its strong dis- Former Chief Minister t the backdrop of differences over naming Delhi Congress August by Dr Arun Gupta, a in pre-term babies. This was Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (New committee has recommended pleasure over it and urged the Jitan Ram Manjhi has already Achief, the AICC has reportedly considered two more names paediatrician from the apparently not approved by Delhi) and the Calcutta that the study be terminated Congress to reconsider its stand announced his Hindustani — Kirti Azad and Shatrughan Sinha— to be appointed as Delhi Breastfeeding Promotion an independent ethics com- Medical Research Institute immediately and the clinical "unless they covertly want to Awam Morcha candidates and Congress unit chief that fell vacant after the demise of former Network of India (BPNI), an mittee. Another two trials are (Kolkata). The studies by trial registry reflect this change help the BJP". lashed out at RJD for announc- Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. Both Azad and Sinha were big organization notified by the sponsored by a Nestle sub- Nestec have institutions from along with the reason for the "Nothing comes to an end ing their nominees for four leaders of BJP and represented the party in Lok Sabha but joined Government to monitor acts of sidiary called Nestec, and is Mysore, Pune, Bangalore, change. in politics. There is still room seats except Kishanganj, held Congress just before this year's Lok Sabha polls. Both lost the compliance or non-compli- about a study of milk compo- Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai and The ICMR has also asked to manoeuver. Congress is our by Congress and fallen vacant seats they contested. AICC sources said that senior party leader ance of the IMS Act. sition from adequately nour- Kolkata participating. the Health ministry to direct old ally. We will sort out dif- on account of sitting MLA P C Chacko contacted the two Bihari leaders. Gupta had complained to ished and undernourished The ICMR had set up a the Central Drugs Standards ferences with their leaders and Mohd Javed getting elected to Their meeting with Congress chief Sonia Gandhi is likely the ICMR that Nestle and its mothers and on infant feeding panel to probe into complaint Control Organisation - the put up a united front," RJD the Parliament. to happen shortly. Congress that ruled Delhi for 15 subsidiary Nestec were infring- practice and gut-comfort. raised by BPNI and found that regulatory agency for clinical national vice president Bollywood set designer- consecutive years before losing badly to AAP now looks to ing the IMS Act. The IMS Act The study by Nestle was it was "well-founded" and that trials - to examine whether and Raghuvansh Prasad Singh said. turned-politician Mukesh counter the BJP's Poorvanchali face and Delhi BJP chief Manoj prohibits the baby food indus- being done in five premier the various studies which the how institutional ethics com- AICC secretary in-charge Sahni had similarly announced Tiwari as the national Capital has a sizeable voters from Bihar try from funding research on hospitals, including Cloudnine BPNI had flagged off were mittees in the five hospitals had for the state Virendra Rathore that his Vikassheel Insaan Party and UP who play a major role in Delhi politics. baby foods in India. Hospital (Bangalore), Institute indeed in violation of the IMS approved the study. #!+<#/=5+ (80  -5!-3-5.+/#>#+5?@ 6   7 1 8  $1!     (         " '  "'1 -2 (  ,          & ,&2%) New Delhi: The Supreme dam and rehabilitation of   & ,&2%)  "  he BJP on Thursday had Court Thursday said it is not affected persons. Ttwo sports stars joining it in for the court to decide on the Solicitor General Tushar team of six student inno-       poll-bound . Olympic level of water in the Sardar Mehta, appearing for Narmada Avators from India and    medallist wrestler Yogeshwar Sarovar Dam(SSD) and asked Control Authority (NCA), said Singapore is working on a sys-  2  Dutt and former Indian hock- a high-powered committee to the Sardar Sarovar reservoir tem to measure attentiveness of ey captain Sandeep Singh look into the issue of submer- regulation committee has reg- children in a classroom using     joined the party. An Akali Dal gence of villages in Madhya ularly undertaken the mainte- facial recognition, video pro-    MLA Balkaur Singh also Pradesh due to rising water nance of water level in the dam. cessing and image processing.  2  switched camps. level. Senior lawyer Sanjay The team, being mentored Dutt said Modi achieved The high-powered com- Parikh, appearing for the peti- by experts from respective "   ,#/! the impossible by abrogating mittee comprises of chief min- tioners, said that submergence countries, is competing for the # $  the special status to J&K under isters of Madhya Pradesh, of villages still continues and Ministry of Human Resource   / Article 370 and Singh said he , Maharashtra and "lots of islands" have been cre- Development's India-Singapore was impressed with the Prime awarded the Padma Shri in Indian national hockey team and others. ated due to this. Hackathon, 2019, winners of "There are 20 teams with $"   " Minister's honesty. Haryana is 2013 and won a gold medal at was seriously injured when he "What we are thinking is He said the Madhya which will be awarded by six members each, including     scheduled to go to polls on the 2014 Commonwealth was accidentally shot in 2006 that we cannot decide the level Pradesh government should Prime Minister Narendra Modi three from India and as many    October 21 and the Congress Games. while on his way to join the of water. There is already a step in for rehabilitation of the at the Indian Institute of from Singapore. They are is trying to make a comeback Echoing similar views, national team which was due to high-powered committee. They affected persons.To this, the Technology (IIT) Madras. working on developing solu- by defeating the ruling BJP. Singh said both the Prime leave for the World Cup in should look into it," a 3-judge bench told Parikh that NCA, in "The system will help pro- tions to problem areas identi- paced hackathon will be organ- Dutt, an Indian freestyle Minister and Haryana Chief Africa two days later. bench headed by Justice N V its affidavit, has countered the viding effective feedback to a fied in India. This is the second ised at IIT Madras from wrestler from Haryana who Minister He was on the wheelchair Ramana said. claims made in the petition. teacher so that he or she can edition of the India-Singapore September 28-29. The win- won the bronze medal in the 60 are doing a lot for the youth. "If for a year but regained his "Let the committee sit and Senior counsel Kapil Sibal, work on improving," HRD Hackathon. The first one was ning team will be awarded on kg category at the 2012 the party considers me capable position in the team and decide," it said. appearing for Madhya Pradesh, Higher Education Secretary R held in Singapore," he added. September 30. The team with Summer Olympics, said he has of contesting elections then I played in the 2010 World Cup The bench, also compris- said that he would file a short Subrmanayam said at a Press There is another team the most innovative solution long been impressed with the surely will." for India. ing justices Sanjiv Khanna and affidavit in the matter by conference. working on "sentiment analy- will be presented with a prize policies of Prime Minister Singh said he will now Singh currently holds a Krishna Murari, was hearing a September 30. At the fag end of This year the hackathon is sis" of students and another on money worth 10,000 USD Narendra Modi. serve the country in politics DSP rank in the Haryana plea which raised the issue of the hearing, Mehta told the focused on three themes, 'Good a framework to track and avoid while the second, third and Modi had shown that after doing so as a sportsper- Police. The Bollywood film submergence of villages in bench that water level in the Health and well-being', 'Quality reuse of medical waste using fourth winning teams will get "good things can be done in son. "Soorma" was recently made on Madhya Pradesh due to rising dam is being monitored at the Education' and 'Affordable and sensor-based smart bins. USD 8000, USD 6000 and politics", added Dutt. He was The former captain of the his life. water level in Sardar Sarovar highest level. PTI Clean Energy'. The 36-hour long fast USD 4000, respectively. -5#+/ () *)   (  &  ) %   +, -(.() ())*  '( !,?,4 8 /    '    /  !  New Delhi: BJP president Amit There is also a view that the highest ever tally of 122 seats,   , Shah on Thursday chaired a BJP may offer its Hindutva ally riding on the 'Modi wave', fol- ' ?-(  meeting of the party's core the post of deputy-chief min- lowing which the Sena, which     group from Maharashtra to ister to seal a deal but leaders won 63 seats, allied with the   "! give final shape to its poll in the party declined to com- BJP after the poll verdict.   3 strategy, including seat-sharing ment on this, saying final con- With the BJP's clout grow- 8  ( with Shiv Sena, and zero down tours of the alliance are still ing, the Sena blew hot and cold !  H38(!I" on candidates for the state being firmed up. about its alliance and decided assembly elections on October BJP working president J P that it will not tie up with its 8 #) 21. Nadda, Maharashtra Chief partner for the 2019 Lok Sabha      The meeting comes amidst Minister , polls.  '( ' reports of unease in saffron Union minister However, Shah reached out 6   alliance in Maharashtra in view and party general secretaries to Sena chief Uddhav     of the BJP offering fewer seats Bhupender and Saroj Thackeray before the general      to the Sena instead of equal Pandey were among the lead- elections to clinch an alliance,   division of seats. However, ers who attended the marathon after which it was announced        sources played down these meeting at the party's head- that both parties had decided      reports and expressed confi- quarters here. to contest an equal number of  ?  dence that a seat-sharing deal After playing the role of seats in the assembly polls. 3  !  will be announced soon by the junior partner in earlier elec- Citing the "changed"    two parties. tions, the BJP broke its alliance political equation and the       The Sena may get any- with the Sena in 2014 after BJP's thumping win in the Lok  "3   where around 115-125 seats to they could not arrive at an Sabha polls, the party has       contest in the elections to the amicable division of pushed its ally to contest fewer N(   %  288-member assembly, they seats. number of seats in the upcom-  ,$!       $ ? $@# 6  ,6 "  5 ( , J  said. However, the BJP got its ing polls. PTI "2  A# 7 , A" B  ,65 ;      B5    :;     ' 6" )      /  231  1 1        7  ))#   & ,&2%)   "  +2 ! 1& o encourage more new pri- Tvate hospitals to get empan-   & ,&2%) is received through bank trans- elled with the Ayushmaan fer and it is reflected in our final Bharat scheme (PM-JAY), the aintaining that there is statement filed to the Election Union Health Ministry on M“nothing to hide”, CPI(M) Commission. The Commission Thursday revised the health leader Prakash Karat on is expected to upload in their benefit packages (HBP) pro- Thursday said the party has website soon," he said.  '(9! vided under the programme. submitted a detailed final The Left party is embroiled &  ,  H&,I “There has been an increase in report of its Lok Sabha election in a donation controversy after       the rate of 270 packages, addi- account, including the dona- the DMK submitted its final 8(   tion of 237 new packages, tion it received from DMK, to report to the Commission '   adoption of 43 stratified pack- the Election Commission on showing payments of Rs.10   1  K  ages; and there is no change to which 1,083 are surgical, 309 lakhs of vulnerable families will insurance model shall have September 16. and receipts during the Lok crore to the CPI(M) and Rs.15   K   the rate of 469 packages," an medical and 1 unspecified receive free treatment". autonomy to either continue Talking to The Pioneer, Sabha election. He maintained crore each to CPI and  :;;;0   official from the National package. Dr. Indu Bhushan, CEO using existing package master Karat said the detailed state- that the party's total expenditure Kongunadu Party, who were '    " Health Agency, a nodal agency Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union NHA, explained, "Before final- till their current contract peri- ment is expected to be comes to around Rs.33 crore. the alliance partners of DMK. !&,  for implementing the scheme Health Minister, said "We are izing the changes, feedback od ends or shift to the new ver- uploaded by the Commission He said its earlier submis- Political parties are expect-  .  said. confident that with the revision was taken from the States and sion after making suitable soon and it will reflect the sions were on the preliminary ed to file the expense and     Around 554 packages will in the Health Benefit Packages Union Territories. Their feed- amendments in their contract". party’s total expenditure and data and the final one collect- receipt details to the Election     be discontinued, and there is a of Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY, back was examined by the The revised oncology pack- receipts in the Lok Sabha ed from all state units includ- Commission by September 30 K  K reduction in the rate of 57 many new private hospitals will review committee. ages will revamp cancer care for election. ing from Tamil Nadu will have and after preliminary verifica-     packages, he said. get empanelled with the scheme. "States/UTs which are the beneficiaries and are aligned He said that the final data a comprehensive picture. tion, the Commission will     " Currently, PM-JAY has This will help improve the access using insurance model or a to reflect the current best prac- submitted to the Commission "There is nothing to hide upload these statements on 1,393 treatment packages out of to good quality healthcare, and combination of Trust and tices in the country. reflects all sorts of expenditure on payments from DMK and it their website.     !"#!$%&   A ( # (  " L    N!,     " L   L &)&*+,-&). &  '  1   :1 '"          1  1   4              ( 8        ,6      $                                                   4  2     / (                 (         (          >  B                                 ( *+ , >/               0        %                    he Indian economy has been on                 ( a ventilator for a while now.        /                Despite the Government’s numer-                  #  ous attempts to claim the oppo- site, the crisis is very much visi-        %             Tble. This time around, the Modi-led                   # %   Government cannot wriggle its way out by                  ( fudging data as it had been doing until now. Over the last four months, Finance   //                   Minister has                     announced some policy initiatives every few      2             weeks to boost the economy. While these are paraded as reforms, she has effectively      * 4       B    reversed all the decisions made in her first   (          ( ( maiden budget. Nevertheless, she deserves  !    2           ( credit for finally acknowledging that the economy is in trouble and that steps need         ;4    A *     # to be taken to alleviate the current crisis.                  ( Last week, the Finance Minister                  announced a fiscal stimulus of 1.45 lakh crore in the form of tax exemptions.          >        ( Corporate tax rates for domestic companies,           * %   %      which do not avail of any tax incentive, were                 cut to 22 per cent from the existing 30 per cent. For new manufacturing firms, the exist-                     ing tax rate of 25 per cent has been brought                   down to 15 per cent. .                  For a country that has had one of the holds in the capital, the total sav- closely related to the savings While this issue is a lot more highest corporate tax rates in the world, the ings will amount to 1,500 crore rate or the amount of money pronounced in other parts of the              * # S     move to lower the rates and make it more every month and 18,000 crore saved by people. country, this writer believes that                     investment-friendly is welcome. With the every year. Money that is set aside in the Delhi Government deserves      "          ( present move, corporates will now have more Similarly, in June, the AAP bank accounts, retirement plans at least some credit for offering      =               resources at their disposal to invest in grow- Government announced its as also other forms of savings its citizens a cushion to deal with ing their business through takeovers or cap- intent to offer free rides for all also contributes largely to the the prevailing economic crisis.              #    ital investment projects. The decision has also women in city buses and metro nation’s growth as these resources This will ensure that families do                     ( brought cheer among the corporate world. trains. This policy was intro- %&&42& are made available to the banks not have to experience much of       A               The stock market, too, shot up by over 2,000 duced on the same principle of (B&'4?&, to lend it to businesses. Savings a decline in the overall quality of points, a sign that reflects it has welcomed promoting savings. Historically, also make their way into pension life. When a family saves sub-                      ( the Government’s proposal. Indian women have been !%&)B&(! funds, which is often reinvested stantially, it opens avenues for                      ( An interesting phenomenon observed known to be prudent in resource !%&)?(B)6()! in stock markets and provides members to invest in improving           # %       by this writer over the last few years will serve management skills, often saving businesses the necessary capital the overall quality of life. as the basis of this column. Every time a pro- money and reducing costs %&2(544(! to finance expansion plans. In Delhi, we have seen how     0              business reform like the corporate tax cut is through ingenious ways. The The other economic con- the availability of extra money                  0    unveiled by the Modi-led Government, it proposal to offer free rides will ?4,/8!)B)!> cept that will be useful to under- every month has resulted in                    #      ( receives praise from all quarters. But when ensure that a woman can save 8?&!&45(, stand the logic of the AAP families investing in electronic a pro-people reform like the waiving of elec- anywhere close to 100 every Government’s pro-people initia- goods like fans, televisions,  4  C6   0  #   .        tricity charges for households consuming less day or 3,000 a month. For low 1/&2!%& tives is “consumer buying mobile phones and computers                      than 200 units per month is announced by and middle income families, this 6?4 !%41!%& power.” It is defined as the abil- among other things. In the       the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Government, is a substantial sum of money ity of an individual customer in event of an economic slow- it is often met with criticism and is termed that will suddenly be available &844'>" a specific market to buy certain down, these expenses would as a waste of the State’s resources. If critics and which had not been %&2!%41!%& quantity of goods and services. have been postponed but Delhi understand some of the basic tenets of eco- accounted for or expected ear- When a consumer has a higher is bucking the trend. R  nomics, they will realise that both the ini- lier. These finances can be re- &844'>)( buying power, it effectively The Delhi Government has tiatives are essentially aimed at boosting the deployed by the women into %&8&824(&2> means that his/her disposable been receiving international :1 8 1,   "     1 economy. Let me explain this further. buying a two-wheeler for her income is higher and that the acclaim for its path-breaking Delhi has an estimated population of husband or paying tuition fees ?&2!&,!4!%& individual concerned has the reforms in the education and 1       1          about 18-21 million. As per official data, for her children. (B)6(?!&4? purchasing power relative to the healthcare sectors. At the same    (  ( )  there are about 4.2-6 million households in Some of the great economists supply and prices of the goods time, it has also been prudent to the capital city. Reform measures initiated of our time like Adam Smith and !%&'4/!41 available. One of the major ensure that it does not run into !          by the Delhi Government to provide free John Maynard Keynes them- '4&>(B&,5> issues that the Indian economy any kind of fiscal deficit. Instead S         ( water and cheap electricity alone resulted in selves recognised the advantage is currently facing is that con- of criticising the AAP  * +  ,-(  (     households saving close to 1,500 every of savings, which pay for the &42& sumers are unable or unwilling Government for its pro-people month. With the standard of schools and growth of businesses and pro- to purchase even basic necessi- initiatives, it’s time we also ./         healthcare registering drastic improvements, mote economic activity as well. ty items like biscuits and soaps acknowledged it as one of the     * #    (   families are making an additional saving of When people save more and then among others. Faced with this most business-friendly admin-        S    1,000 every month. While this is just an invest their savings, it helps boost situation, consumers have low istrations in the country. approximate figure, these four reforms productivity, create jobs and fuel buying power ie, they don’t (The writer is a former IPS            alone have resulted in families saving at least the growth of the economy. The have enough money to purchase officer, an MP and currently a     0       2,500 per month. With six million house- health of the economy is, hence, goods at current market prices. member of the AAP)             #          (            (  +  5 ! *-           ((          )J   )     )   -0 !                 0   0                            "5    ) "                     #S 6       ) O ) "!    0                               )   '        0O   " )  "     %                1 2     2  3  $                #:;<=!'*>!+! >+ ! "*+=!=*+! >!*,=+                      # K(  >  K!3 K) 3 K'B                                    #         (                       /   +  #   !-+/              0           faulty implementation of the        3 $          (          Goods and Services Tax (GST),          4  -56   2  7  89,: the falling rupee against dollar, ;            ,<      ( Sir — The great educationist, /3(  8     high oil prices and its failure to writer and social reformer, Ishwar     6     create jobs. These are enough to                    ( Chandra Vidyasagar, was born in ! -     0 put Modi out of the running                      =  an orthodox family on September  ")   0 when it comes to being the              0   (( 26, 1820, at Birsingha village in   5     ' 5  “father of the country.” the Ghatal subdivision of Paschim      O  0 Bidyut Kumar Chatterjee     (        3 $         Midnapore district in West     6   ") Faridabad       +              Bengal. One of the most promi-         0 0                   nent campaigners for women’s        5 0    rights, he worked tirelessly to pro-  "!/3O                         vide them equal education and 4  O       ; . 4 2     >    4 was very vocal about the oppres-     Sir — This refers to the editori-                     ; sion they faced. His endless work      0 al, “In tears over onion”    " K      5   $   2  . =     "      towards social emancipation, too, (September 24). With onion rates is not unknown. Besides, he was !        0 4  9 "!     touching 80 per kg in some parts   #                 ,-  S ( also one of the key figures of the            5 "!2   O of the country, the Government     2       PQ 0  S  Bengal Renaissance who refined  5 ",           05  has gone all out to bring the prices                    ( the way Bengali prose was taught       -      " of this vegetable, which is a key and written.          2     5    kitchen staple. To tackle the prob-                      As we celebrate Vidyasagar’s   -          &/ " lem, the country is also import- * #          ;          birth anniversary, it must be       K  ,'+ = ing onions from neighbouring                        ( acknowledged that the country       0  nations like Afghanistan. needs more such personalities of Thankfully, the prices have shot   2.S    A       "  =      ( exceptional character, dedicat- up ahead of the week-long    1               )  ed, humble and determined. He    One wonders as to what prompt- the two figures could not be Navratri festival during which its 4         0              S was one who worked tirelessly ed her to see a reflection of more pronounced. A string of consumption mostly comes solely for the betterment of the Mahatma Gandhi in Modi, the failures proves that Modi does down. Hopefully, we will be able                    2  society, even above his own inter- Sir — One is rendered speechless man who is known to have failed not deserve the elevated position to sail the tide.  4          2  !   A    ,99 est. He never bowed down to the by the fact that Amruta Fadnavis, to uphold his raj dharma. Was her that Amruta Fadnavis tried to Khushi          #       ( British officials or to the inhuman wife of Maharashtra Chief mistake prompted by images of give him. Via email rituals in our society. Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Modi at the charkha in the One cannot forget the adver-   %      66,           Sujit De called Prime Minister Narendra Gandhi ashram? sities that people had to face as   C             Kolkata Modi the “father of our country.” The dissimilarities between a result of demonetisation, the '++!*+ A =!B<'5>      !"#!$%&    ' ( # ( <-/+5 .    - %!&+5/- %!&  %)#  # #  # # ) 5)        %   &   C   5%   # #&     %     5     ) 5 !          L7  # )  L7  %             %    -%   61          "    ;-1 3   ,  3     0*'$*!./, >%        0      ( "    1         1    "    "     %     /   1    4 3 ,655     %       ( /      PQ D1 1 E P  Q D1  FE         %                   . $  G        %   4       1       ./  A  A         .  7       )  /  1    .       7 / %  !         B    %   A       1        *-!* %!/ %   P Q D  E  3   (                    t was just beginning to get dark in her village        1 D    E when Gauri came out of her house. After 1    * 4  %      * Ifurtive glances to make sure no one was 0       66           around, she quickly pulled out a wet piece of cloth       #    %     ( she was hiding behind her back and hung it to  3      * 0         ( dry on a nearby bush. Next morning just as dawn              ( was breaking, Gauri removed the cloth although               #   ( it was still damp. She didn’t want anyone to know      %      #    %   she was in the middle of “those days.” In her hurry       >  > (0         she didn’t notice the tiny insect atop the cloth.       %      ,686   This was to prove fatal. A few days later, she died because of infection that spread from her vagi-   1      nal tract. !%&& ((!4?> #         0 G   Why is this story important? It is significant A   3 $  DA3$E  !( 1       4%4 because every life is valuable and by telling it, the %>(!&?&8!4')&(  89,-             0 media brings to the fore the reality that still exists.   0             The fact that lives get tragically cut short by pre- 5&8'&!%&      1   D E    ( ventable causes underlines the need for more such 4?')5&&,      1 #      !  ( stories to be told. Had menstruation not been '%?(%!?      .           something to hide or be ashamed of, Gauri would 5&8/(&

  #     A  $         have been alive. Ignorance can be just as fatal. Like 8&08/!!)6                 it was for Meera who died from tetanus caused 84!?8!4?( by a rusty hook on the old blouse she used dur-                 &?&/ )22)6 ing her periods. Everyone was told that it was !4%)?& 4'& A3$        #     5H9  tetanus that led to her death. Only her sister who                 1 (&?)4,( had lent the blouse later understood the root %),&? 4?3   #      0 O     ( cause of her death. Both the women knew that   D      4 4   %    ( the hooks were rusted but didn’t think it was 2&,!4!)42 E      D     0 important or that they would matter. 4/!?6&"!%& reach out to a huge number. This led to about how menstrual waste is contribut- degradable waste leads to several infec-    E         D 599999E Only 48 per cent of rural women use !)42 young girls questioning myths related ing to increasing environmental haz- tions. PMC asked SWaCH to make              ( hygienic methods of menstrual protection 84'')(()414? to periods, especially why they should- ards. Over 113,000 tonnes of such waste paper bags to give to households to dis-           D  0   according to the latest National Family Health 4'&)((/&, n’t touch the pickle during those days. are created every year and can take over pose used sanitary napkins and active-        0S ,5C  E O  Survey (NFHS-4). How 52 per cent of rural 4!)8&,!%& In addition to touching the pickle and 250 years to fully decompose. Lack of ly promoted their usage. Households women cope with “those days” is not known. busting the myth that it would be con- proper disposal facilities means this were also made aware of how  (      7 4   (!!& What is known is that women often use the dirt- 64B&?'&! taminated, the Ramapur group even waste clogs the urban sewage systems, unwrapped sanitary waste exposed 4                  iest cloth in the house during their menstrual persuaded the principal of the local piles up in landfills and contaminates them to multiple deadly pathogens.    G   0           (  ( )(!?/8!&, cycle. This cloth is reused many times without (/?6&4(4! school to install an incinerator for safe rural ponds. In addition, a system for scientific          .        proper washing. Sometimes, two or three women disposal of sanitary pads. This was a The Government, realising the disposal of such paper bags was put in  2          0    ( in a household use the same piece of cloth. Poor !484,/8! huge achievement because it was the importance of MHM, began distribu- place by designating three locations               menstrual hygiene can kill and yet talking about %>(!&?&8!4'> first of its kind in the panchayat. tion of low-cost sanitary napkins across the city, where 600 to 900 pieces      . 0        :9 it still remains taboo. /&8&((?)2>" Stories like these show it is possible to through health workers under the of sanitary napkins are scientifically dis-    0  1        ( Recently the Centre for Health Education, (/8%8(&( break the silence on periods. Just as sto- National Rural Health Mission posed daily at each location. A system  .       0  ( Training and Nutrition Awareness (CHETNA) /,&?2)&48& ries on Menstrual Hygiene (NRHM) in 2010. Official data reveals of collection, transportation and dispos-  >  0    1         an Ahmedabad-based not-for-profit working for 6)!%& Management (MHM) innovations on that 42 per cent of women use sanitary al has been especially developed. women’s empowerment, conducted a survey in low-cost, good quality and bio-degrad- napkins (NFHS-4). But, just how envi- So just as the media highlights such   . >   .      1 8?)!)82?42&41 six districts in Gujarat to study the levels of men- able menstrual hygiene products or ronment-friendly are these sanitary good practices, it also looks at MHM        +     F !%&'&,), strual awareness and methods being followed. (&&)6)!( machines that can be used by self-help napkins? Also are there proper dispos- holistically with the help of information, 2 D         .E  Their findings revealed that of about 600 females groups to manufacture sanitary napkins al and waste management facilities? By evidence and data, both official and that       1          ( 22>,4! between the ages 13-35 interviewed, 67 per cent ,B&?(?> locally help to showcase last mile deliv- raising such questions, the media high- generated by robust research by non-            A   89,-  believed that periods should be kept a secret and ery for those who tend to fall through lights not just the environmental costs governmental organisations. In doing 89,6         A3$   ( 29 per cent adolescent girls and women report- 5&&1)!(22 the cracks. The innovative tactile book of the absence of such facilities but also so if it requires the media to ring the    !   4   4 D!44E    A3$ ed that they feel ashamed talking about it. A and apron of the reproductive system the possibilities of putting the health of alarm bells, it doesn’t step away from        .        majority (60 per cent) felt the blood was impure that helps visually-impaired girls nav- girls and women at risk of infections due doing so.                    ( and 65 per cent felt “unclean.” So, women and igate puberty are a boon for over 24 lakh to overuse of menstrual hygiene prod- The story on how hysterectomies               ( girls were forced to hide all signs of it. women with visual disabilities. ucts. By sharing good MHM practices, became the norm in Beed, Maharashtra,  A          0    ( In such a scenario, the media has an impor- If the silence and stigma around the media connects many to solutions because cane-cutting contractors were tant to play. By sharing this kind of data through menstruation make it hard for women they can adapt and scale up. The initia- unwilling to hire women as periods hin-                  their stories, it can help organisations working with sight to manage their periods, it tive taken by the Pune Municipal der work is one such example. There are %    $  D%$E            in the field tweak communications programmes becomes far more challenging for the Corporation (PMC) is one example of no bathrooms for cane cutters who              to adapt to the situation. This has been done in visually-impaired. The fact that girls are how good implementation can work often live in cane fields. It becomes even 4                 ( the Ramapur gram panchayat in Varanasi. In an often pressured by their families to have wonders. The PMC’s decision to sup- more difficult for a woman if she has                attempt to buck the trend of adolescent girls miss- their uterus removed so that they stop port SWaCH, India’s first cooperative of periods in these conditions. The story              1   ing or leaving school due to period-related issues menstruating underlines the impor- self-employed waste collectors and led to national outrage with the National  3  0 0       .  2  in , a programme by Rajiv Gandhi tance of this innovation. It was devel- other urban poor, in managing solid Commission for Women issuing a  0                3  Mahila Vikas Pariyojna, a non-profit organisa- oped by the Water Supply and waste collection has ensured both the notice and the State Government       / %        89,- 0 tion, used the Hindi version of Menstrupedia, a Sanitation Collaborative Council environment and the health of these instructing surgeons not to conduct    %      %     0   novel comic book and guide to periods for young (WSSCC) in collaboration with IIT- workers are not compromised. Since hysterectomy unnecessarily. Such cases girls that dispels myths, to educate and empow- Delhi, the Centre of Excellence in SWaCH waste-pickers handle about 20 underline once again the critical role of             R  S er 7,309 young women’s self-help groups. With Tactile Graphics, Saksham Trust, and metric tonnes of household sanitary the media, and seeing it as an ally and         0 each such group boasting a membership of 10- the Noida Deaf Society. The media also waste every day, the need to manually not an adversary, benefits all. D       E 12 unmarried girls, aged 13-21, it was able to plays a critical role in raising awareness segregate the degradable and bio- (The writer is a senior journalist) :  1    $  <+/-.5=                      

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     '/'5) gy of social reformer Mahatma Economic Offence Wing of the   & ,&2%) inquiry by CBI which took up Phule and Shahu Maharaj and Mumbai police registered an FIR the case on August 31. head of his voluntary visit to that he had full faith in the with the MRA Marg Police he CBI on Thursday Athe Enforcement Constitution drafted by late BR Station against those named in Tsearched the office and res- Directorate (ED) office in south Amedkar, he would co-operate the MSCB scam, 2019 the ED idence of former Bengaluru   Mumbai on Friday in connec- with the ED in the investigations recorded Enforcement Case Police Commissioner Alok tion with the money laundering into the MSCB scam. Information Report (ECIR) Kumar in connection with a case registered against him and Asked if the registration of against Sr Pawar, Ajit Pawar, the phone tapping case during 1 others, NCP president Sharad a case against him for alleged bank’s then chairman and sev- JD(S)-Congress regime.        6   Pawar on Thursday exhorted his money laundering was “an act of eral others on Monday. A team of about 20 CBI  6),"   " party cadres and supporters not political vendetta”, Pawar said: “I Acting on the directive officials reached Kumar's res- -02 to gather near the ED office can't say anything about that. given by a two-member division idence at Adugodi and ques- premises and co-operate with You will have to ask the Chief bench of the Bombay High tioned him. During the search- Bengaluru: As the CBI raided the police and other Minister about it". Court comprising Justices SC es, the CBI officials looked for the office and residence of ' +1 "   Government agencies. On his part, chief minister Dharmadhikari and SK Shinde, some pen drive and computers. former Bengaluru Police In a couple of tweets, Pawar to leave the place. Devendra Fadnavis had sought the EoW of the Mumbai had on The Karnataka Commissioner Alok Kumar said: "As mentioned during my Pawar had on Wednesday to distance the State government August 22 registered an FIR Government handed over the on Thursday in connection *  " press conference yesterday, I announced that he would him- from the ED investigations. “It against those named in the FIR phone tapping case to the CBI with a phone tapping case, will be visiting the Mumbai ED self visit the ED’s office on is wrong to say that State under sections 406, 409 (crim- after a few MLAs alleged that former Chief Minister HD office at Ballard Estate tomor- September 27 and give the Government has acted in either inal breach of trust), 420 (cheat- their phone calls were inter- Kumaraswamy said he is not   2  , row, Friday 27 September, at investigating agency “whatever a vindictive manner or with a ing), 467, 468 (forgery), 471 cepted. worried as he has no connec- 14.00 hrs". information” it needed in the political motive. The Economic (using as genuine a forged doc- A few police officers too tion with the matter. Patna: In a significant judge- disqualified, the Commission "I appeal to all my NCP case. Offensive Wing of the Mumbai ument), 34 (common intent), complained that their phones "Let them raid whoever ment, the Patna High Court would be required to relegate cadre and supporters not to Pawar had gone on to play police registered an FIR against 120-B (conspiracy) IPC and were tapped including the pre- they want to. Why are you ask- has ruled that the State Election the parties to a competent gather near the ED office the Maratha card, by saying: 70-odd persons, including Sr relevant sections of the sent Bengaluru police com- ing me? How am I connected Commission has the power to court/tribunal or a fact finding premises. Keeping our tradition “Ours is a land of (Maratha war- Pawar, his nephew Ajit Pawar Prevention of Corruption Act. missioner Bhaskar Rao. to it?" Kumaraswamy told declare a municipal or pan- body competent to decide such to honour the constitution and rior) Chhatrapati Shivaji. We and others based on the direc- Apart from Sr Pawar, As the BJP Government reporters in reaction to the chayat candidate in Bihar dis- contentious issues after taking respect for institutions, I request have grown following Shivaji’s tive of the Bombay High Court. Ajitdada — as Ajit Pawar is came to power, it removed raids on Kumar. qualified before or after being evidences and till such time the your co-operation to the police ideology. We have ever been Later on, the ED which took known in the state political cir- Alok Kumar as the commis- When it was pointed out elected. Commission shall not take a and other Government agen- taught to bow before the Delhi over the investigations has reg- cles, the others who have been sioner of police and appointed that the searches pertained to The poll panel, however, decision on such complaint cies," Pawar added. takht (throne)". istered a money laundering case named in the ECIR included Rao in his place. phone tapping during his cannot attend to a pure election either suo motu or otherwise," Pawar's tweets came a day Maintaining that he had in the MSC Bank,” Fadnavis had Diliprao Deshmukh, Shivajirao Subsequently, an audio clip tenure as CM, Kumaraswamy dispute which may be raised the court added. after NCP's youth wing activists neither heard anything official- said. Nalavade, Ishwarlal Jain, Mr went viral containing a pur- said, "Everybody does it during only by filing an election peti- "We, however, hold that a staged a protest in front of the ly from the ED nor had he The reactions from Pawar Jayant Patil, Anandrao Adsul, ported conversation between their tenure. tion, the high court said. person pursuing an election ED office at Ballard Estate in received any notice from the and Fadnavis came 36 hours Rajendra Shingane and Madan Rao and a middleman where If they investigate how the The order was passed by a petition on the ground of a dis- south Mumbai in the protest investigating agency, the NCP after the ED dropped a political Patil. the former was allegedly lob- phone tapping happened in the three-judge bench comprising qualification that was existing against the registration of a chief had said: “I want to under- bombshell in Maharashtra Though the leaders of other bying for the post of Bengaluru past, then why should I be wor- Chief Justice A P Sahi and on the date of election of the money laundering case in the stand as to what is my crime all ahead of the October 21 political parties have been police commissioner. ried about it?" Kumaraswamy Justices Anjana Mishra and returned candidate, cannot 25,000 crore Maharashtra State about. Since I will be mostly Assembly polls, by registering a named in the FIR, it is the NCP Taking a serious note of it, said he has no reason to get Rajiv Ranjan Prasad on simultaneously pursue a com- Co-operative Bank ( MSCB) away from Mumbai campaign- money-laundering case against leaders who have the maxi- Rao complained to the Director worried because he has no con- Wednesday while deciding ref- plaint before the State Election scam. ing for the next one month, I will Sharad Pawar, his nephew Ajit mum involvement in the scam. General of Police Neelamani M nection with the matter. To a erences made by different Commission as two parallel The police resorted to lath- personally visit the ED’s office at Pawar, several other politicians Among other things, the FIR Raju who ordered an inquiry question that the CBI may benches. statutory remedies cannot be icharge to quell the protesting 2 pm on Friday and provide and officials linked to the Rs states that of the total 77 MSCB led by joint commissioner of question him, the JDS leader The benches had raised the applied and proceeded with at activists. They also arrested five whatever information needed by 25,000 crore Maharashtra State directors involved in the scam, police (crime) Sandeep Patil in said "Let them come. As per the question "as to whether the the same time," the court activists and took them to Mata the investigation officials”. Cooperative Bank (MSCB) loan 57 belong to the NCP, nine to the mid-August. law of the land, anyone can be State Election Commission is pointed out. Ramabai Ambedkar Marg Pawar had also said that disbursal scam. Congress, two to the Shiv Sena Chief Minister BS questioned and investigated. empowered to dwell upon and Since the post-election dis- police station, after they refused since he believed in the ideolo- A month after the and one to the BJP. Yediyurappa ordered an Why should I panic?" PTI declare a candidate elected (to qualification is not a ground to the municipal or Panchayat challenge the election before bodies) as disqualified". the election tribunal and a /-5#B+ In the order which is more pre-election disqualification than 200 pages long, the court may come to the notice of the made it clear that the State State Election Commission Election Commission had either suo motu or through a 0! .3 1    /&  2 powers, as per the Bihar complaint after expiry of the Municipal Act, 2007, and the period of limitation for filing Bihar Panchayat Raj Act, 2006 the election petition, "we hold      '/'5) ly affected by the rains last a compound wall crash. Two to consider a question of pre or that the State Election night. Till now, 11 persons have persons were found dead in cars post-election disqualification. Commission shall be compe- t least 21 persons were been killed, while nine persons that were washed away in the The court, however, under- tent to declare a candidate dis- Akilled in Pune, Nashik and have gone missing. Five NDRF flood waters in Kondwa and scored that after taking cog- qualified by entertaining a Jalgaon districts after heavy rain teams are carrying our relief and Saswad areas of Pune. nizance of a complaint against complaint or suo-moto acting battered many parts of the three rescue operations in the district". Elsewhere, six people were the election of a candidate, suo on the basis of an information districts on Wednesday night More than 15,000 people killed as they took refuge under motu or made by any other even after limitation for filing and on Thursday. were evacuated from Baramati a tree in Jalgaon, after thunder person, "the Commission shall of an election petition has In severe flooding witnessed taluka to safer places following and lightning struck the area, proceed to consider the same come to an end," it added. in many parts of the three dis- a discharge of more than 80,000 while an autorickshaw driver on the basis of unimpeachable "We have held that the tricts, at least 11 more persons cusecs of water from the Nazare was electrocuted in a flooded vil- material" only after "it is found State Election Commission have gone missing. dam. People from the nearby lage located on the outskirts of that the dispute brought before does have the power to declare Pune district accounted for areas like Sinhgad, Dhanakwadi, Nashik. it is not a purely election dis- a candidate disqualified...But a a maximum of 14 deaths, while Balajinagar, Ambegaon, Sahakar Earlier, Chief Minister pute". pure election dispute which there were six deaths in Jalgaon. Nagar, Parvati Nagar, Kolhewadi Devendra Fadnavis tweeted: "Whenever a disputed may be raised only by filing an An autorickshaw driver was and Kirkatwadi were also moved "Pained to know about the loss question of facts and a con- election petition cannot be a electrocuted in a flooded area of to safer places. of lives in and around Pune due tentious issue is brought before matter of reference before the a village on the outskirts of While five persons were to heavy rains. My deepest con- the Commission as a ground State Election Commission," Nashik. Talking to local media washed away in flood waters in dolences to the families. We are and basis to render a candidate the court said. PTI persons in the evening, Pune the Khed-Shivapur area on providing all possible assistance district collector Naval Kishor Pune-Bengaluru Highway, three needed. State disaster manage- Ram said in the evening: "Fifty bodies were recovered from a ment officials & control room in nine villages in five talukas of well in the downstream region. continuous touch with Pune col- /  Pune district have been severe- Six more persons were killed in lector and PMC...." ;          "   " ( 1    R1"-"" $+ /06       9       " " <   1-& DE   Kohima: An apex body of retary general Robertjune by Lok Sabha during its win- Mumbai: As many as 475 Aizawl: With only a week left free ration for them for two    !"  indigenous people in the seven Kharjahrin told newsmen ter session on January 8 but people, half of them pedestri- for the ninth and final repatri- years. north eastern States has here. could not be cleared by the ans, lost their lives in "pre- ation of Bru refugees from The Mizoram government Chennai: The Madras High more than 28 years. denounced the statement of Representatives of all Rajya Sabha. ventable" road mishaps in to their home State has identified members of Court on Thursday issued During this period, he said Union Home Minister Amit north eastern states barring The meeting also resolved Mumbai in 2018, representing Mizoram, preparation for the 4,447 Bru families lodged in the notice to prison authorities on he had not utilised the emer- Shah and senior BJP leader Sikkim participated in the to oppose the appeal by Shah a 22 per cent decline in fatal- exercise is on in full swing, an relief camps as bona fide resi- a petition filed by Robert Payas, gency or ordinary leave pro- that meeting, which passed a seven to use Hindi as a common lan- ities since 2015, according to official said here on Thursday. dents of the state last month. a convict in the Rajiv Gandhi vided to him under Tamil the Citizenship Amendment point resolution to protect the guage in the country. a report by the traffic police Altogether 4,447 Bru fam- The home secretary had assassination case, seeking a 30- Nadu Suspension of Sentence Bill, 2019 will be re-intro- rights of the indigenous peo- Kharjahrin said the meet- department. ilies, lodged in six relief camps earlier said all the identified day parole to make arrange- Rules, 1982 despite his good duced in Parliament in ple of the region. ing agreed not to accept any The largest proportion of in Tripura, were scheduled to families expressed willingness ments for his son’s marriage. conduct in the prison. November, sources in it said The Citizenship attempt made by the central or deaths was among young men return to the neighbouring to return to Mizoram though A division bench of Justices He also submitted that he on Thursday. (Amendment) Bill, 2019 pro- state governments of the region aged between 20-29 years. state from where they had fled obstruction from hard-liners MM Sundresh and RMT moved the court as there was The central executive vided for according Indian to impose any language on the Also, road crash deaths were since 1997 following ethnic and anti-repatriation elements Teekaa Raaman ordered notice no progress on the representa- council meeting of the North citizenship to Hindus, Jains, indigenous people. more or less equally distrib- clashes. cannot be ruled out. to Deputy Inspector General of tion made by him to the DIG East Forum of Indigenous Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists The body demanded that uted among all female victims, The exercise is scheduled Eight attempts had been Police, Prisons and the of Prisons to grant parole of 30 People (NEFIP) held on and Parsis from Bangladesh, the assemblies of the NE states according to the Mumbai to begin on October 3. made to repatriate the Brus, Superintendent of Police, days. In July, the court had Wednesday unanimously Pakistan and Afghanistan after adopt a resolution urging the Road Safety Annual Report "We informed the Bru peo- also called Reangs, and only Central Prison, Puzhal return- granted one month parole to resolved to a launch move- seven years of residence in Centre to take steps to imple- 2018. ple in the relief camps through around 1,681 families have able by two weeks. Nalini, another convict in the ment against the CAB in the India instead of 12 years, ment the United Nations The report comprises an their leaders that elaborate returned to Mizoram since The petitioner submitted case, after she argued her plea region beginning with a pub- which is the current norm, Declaration on the Rights of analysis of the 2018 road crash arrangements were made for 2010 and were resettled in that he has been in prison since in person for seeking the relief lic protest on October 3 even if they do not possess any Indigenous Peoples death and injury data collect- their return to Mizoram," state Mamit, Kolasib and Lunglei August 16, 1991 and has com- to make arrangements for her demanding immediate with- document. (UNDRIP) in the region, he ed by the Mumbai Traffic Home Secretary Lalbiakzama districts. pleted actual imprisonment of daughter's wedding. PTI drawal of the bill, NEFIP sec- The legislation was passed added. PTI Control Branch. PTI told PTI after a meeting of all The vexed Bru problem the stakeholders. started when the Bru people, Besides Lalbiakzama, offi- spearheaded by an organisa- cials of Mizoram and Tripura tion, Bru National Union, 2  !  1 1    "    governments, and representa- demanded a separate tives of the Bru refugees living autonomous district council in relief camps attended the by carving out areas of western Kochi: Amid dramatic scenes, the church premises, not giving to the arrest, others also fol- reporters soon after the police a report submitted by 1.45 pm priests and followers refused to meeting, possibly the last one Mizoram adjoining Bangladesh police made a forced entry any leeway to the other group. lowed it without much took control of the church. on Thursday. heed authorities' plea for coop- before the physical repatriation and Tripura in September, into a church here, caught in a Amid high drama, the resistence. The resisting Jacobite Meanwhile, the Kerala eration to implement the top starts. 1997. row between two factions, and Ernakulam district collector S The High Court had Bishops and priests courted High Court ordered the court order giving possession of "There was no time for The situation was aggra- removed protesting rival Suhas on Thursday took control directed the district adminis- arrest after the collector, who Collector to take control of the a church here to the Orthodox making fresh demands," vated by the murder of a for- Jacobite priests and followers of the Church at Piravom, tration to ensure that protesting reached there amid their church with immediate effect. faction. Several priests and Lalbiakzama said about the est guard in the Dampa Tiger following a Kerala High Court known as Piravom Valiyapalli, priests and followers of Jacobite forcible eviction, held talks Considering the matter faithful of the Jacobite faction demands recently made by the Reserve in western Mizoram by directive on Thursday. using police force. Church were removed from its with top leaders. again later in the day, the court staying inside the Church com- apex body of the refugees, Bru National Liberation Front The Orthodox and Jacobite As the police personnel premises to implement the The collector appealed to ordered the government to plex had threatened that they Mizoram Bru Displaced insurgents on October 21, factions have been caught in a were removing the priests and apex court order giving its pos- the Jacobite church leaders to implement its order before would jump into the river in People's Forum, as a pre-con- 1997. tussle over the possession of the their followers, the collector session to the Orthodox faction. "cooperate" during his concil- noon on Friday and submit a front of the building, if they dition to return to Mizoram. The first attempt to repa- church, known as Piravom reached the spot and sought to Police broke open one of iatory talks with them. report. It also directed the were removed forcibly. The Centre has approved triate the Brus from Tripura Valiyapalli, and matters only pacify the agitating people and the main gates and made a He managed to convince police to ensure law and order The stand-off between the Rs 350 crore for the ninth from November 16, 2009 not worsened after the Supreme held conciliatory talks with the forced entry into the church the Bishops that "there was no in the area. The state govern- two factions had intensified phase of repatriation and the only fizzled out due to the mur- Court ordered that the control Bishops. and removed the resisting other option" as the district ment sought time till Friday following the Kerala High amount covers transportation der of a Mizo youth at of the place of worship be Following the talks, a senior Jacobite priests and their fol- administration was bound to morning to remove all people Court directive to the police on and rehabilitation package Bungthuam village on given to the Orthodox group. Bishop of the Church appealed lowers. implement the court directive camped in the Church premis- Thursday to remove those expenses, which include Rs November 13, 2009, but also Protesting priests and fol- to the Jacobite followers to let "The keys of the church will that those belonging to the es. belonging to the Jacobite faction 5,000 per month for each reset- triggered another wave of exo- lowers of the Jacobite faction law take its own course. be given to the High Court on Jacobite faction be removed Earlier, a tense situation from the premises of the tled Bru family in Mizoram and dus. PTI had locked themselves within When the Bishops yielded Friday," the collector told from the church premises and prevailed at Piravom as Jacobite church. PTI     !"#!$%& @

#-5=55! !=;&  (         "" & 1 Srinagar: Students stayed away >    from schools, markets remained shut and public      (   34 transport stayed off the roads in the valley for the 53rd day on  'A!> Thursday as the shutdown over Shahjanhanpur/Lucknow: A the Centre's decision to revoke ,   local court will on Monday Jammu and Kashmir's special hear the bail of the law student status continued, officials said. Srinagar: The National arrested for trying to extort 5 Classes were not held in Conference on Thursday said crore from Chinmayanand, the most schools across Kashmir as statements emanating from BJP leader she has accused of students did not turn up due to the Centre "plainly endorse" rape. the prevailing situation, they the apprehensions of the peo- The former Union said. ple of Jammu & Kashmir that Minister's own bail petition in The officials said the state the sole agenda behind abro- the sexual assault case is com- government is trying its best to gation of Articles 370 provi- ing up for hearing that day. ensure that schools function sions was to change the The 72-year-old politician normally but its efforts have demography of the State and on Thursday spent his fourth not borne fruit as most parents affect its socio-religious com- day in a Lucknow hospital, The woman's anticipatory judicial custody by a continue to keep their children plexes. Referring to the recent where doctors are monitoring bail plea was scheduled to be Shahjahanpur court on Friday, at home due to apprehensions statement of Union Minister of him for diabetes and urinary head on Thursday, but it has following his arrest by the same about their safety. State for Home Affairs G problems after having cleared become infructuous after her SIT, formed by the Uttar Main markets and other Kishan Reddy that the gov- him of any cardiac illness. arrest. Pradesh police on the directions business establishments in the ernment was going to conduct A Left delegation, including A local court had sent the of the Supreme Court. valley remained closed. Only a survey of 50,000 temples in CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat, woman, who studied at a college "Swami Chinmayanand was the stalls of a few vendors at the 3   &  / EF: ' A!  the state, the party said at a visited the 23-year-old student run by Chinmayanand's ashram, admitted in Cardiology TRC Chowk-Lal Chowk road 2"  "   " time when the people of state in Shahjahanpur jail. Karat to 14-day judicial custody. Department of SGPGI with were open, they said. were "struggling" for basic accused the BJP-led Uttar According to the special symptoms of low blood pressure Public transport largely phases. However, the normal down. security forces continue to be amenities, the Centre was "rar- Pradesh government of “help- investigation team (SIT), the and left-sided chest pain," a stayed off the roads. Few inter- life in Kashmir continues to be The officials said there are deployed in vulnerable areas to ing to go" for a survey of the ing rapists”. student and three men — arrest- hospital bulletin said. district cabs and autorickshaws disrupted due to the shut- no restrictions in the valley but maintain law and order. PTI temples. "At a time when the Congress general secretary ed last week — had threatened An angiography conducted were seen plying in some areas Govt should be busy engaging Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also to upload video clips showing on him on Monday showed of the city, the officials said. with the people and making lashed at the Chinmayanand getting mas- there were no “significant” The movement of private /   C'  !  amends to the blunder that was government over the woman's sages from her. artery blockages, just calcifica- cars was unhindered, they committed on 5 August, it arrest, comparing the In Lucknow, a medical bul- tion. But the hospital said he is added. Jammu: The BJP on Thursday scrapped the state's special sta- respect the majority's decision unfortunately is up to some- Shahjahanpur episode with the letin issued by the state-run still complaining of severe weak- Normal life in the valley hit out at senior Congress leader tus on August 5. that supported the revoking of thing impish," the NC said in Unnao rape case in which Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate ness and urinary problems. has remained crippled since Ghulam Nabi Azad for his "Ghulam Nabi Azad is Jammu & Kashmir's special a statement here. The party, another BJP leader was arrest- Institute of Medical Sciences "He is under observation August 5, when the Centre remarks that democracy does mentally bankrupt who says status and the bifurcation of the while referring to the recent ed. The student's lawyer filed the said the politician remains and undergoing further inves- revoked Jammu and Kashmir's not exist in Jammu & Kashmir, there is no more democracy in state into two Union Territories. statement of RSS on allaying bail plea before a sessions court under observation. tigations for his diabetic and uri- special status under Article saying he is "mentally bank- J&K after the abrogation of "In fact, Azad is speaking the suspicions of Kashmiris, on Thursday, a day after a lower Chinmayanand was admit- nary problems," it said. 370 and announced the deci- rupt". Article 370 and the reorganisa- such words which kills the basic said, "It is rather amusing to see court rejected a similar appli- ted there on Monday, when a Chinmayanand was arrest- sion to bifurcate the state into Azad on Wednesday had tion of the State," senior state spirit of democracy. Pakistan is such statements coming from cation. District Judge Ram Babu test cleared him of any cardiac ed under section 376C of the two Union territories. said there is no democracy in BJP leader and MLC Ramesh projecting this view point at the an organisation whose anti- Sharma fixed September 30 as problems. Indian Penal Code, a lesser Restrictions imposed by Jammu & Kashmir and people Arora told reporters here. international level as it suits Muslim denomination is not its date of hearing. He had been sent to 14-day charge than rape. PTI the government were lifted in are living in fear after the Centre He said Azad should them," Arora said. PTI hidden from any one." PTI   G-1,G-9:4 (  6   " 

New York: Prime Minister and current CARICOM Information Technology in Wednesday's meeting was Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Narendra Modi announced a Chairman Allen Chastenet Guyana's Georgetown and the attended by top leadership Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis,   1  1   $14-million grant for com- co-chaired the meeting held Regional Vocational Training and representatives from Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & munity development projects on the margins of the 74th ses- Centre in Belize by upgrading Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, the Grenadines, Suriname, in a grouping of Caribbean sion of the UN General the existing India-funded cen- Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago. PTI Agartala: A woman was gan- four persons boarded in the nations and another $150 mil- Assembly. tres in these two countries. graped in a moving vehicle vehicle and tied her mouth and lion Line of Credit for solar, Prime Minister Modi The Caribbean communi- here while returning home hands. They forcibly shifted renewable energy and climate- announced a grant of $14 mil- ty, also known as CARICOM, 3(   2   after visiting her ailing six- her to a car and drove to change related works as he lion for community develop- is a grouping of 15 member year-old daughter in Agartala Narsingarh, about 15 km hosted the first ever India- ment works in the CARICOM states and five associate mem- 1  1 1 !   Medical College and was away," Hasina said quoting Caricom leaders' summit here. and another $150 million Line bers. thrown out on a road in the the complaint filed by the "India's historic and warm of Credit for solar, renewable Caricom countries came = 1  1    town at around midnight by woman's husband. relations with the countries of energy and climate-change together in 1973 to form an her tormentors before fleeing, At Narsingarh, four more the Caribbean witnessed a related projects, the press economic and political com- New York: Prime Minister and appreciated the conver- a police official said on persons who were waiting in new momentum" in the meet- release stated. munity that works jointly to Narendra Modi and his New gence of views between the two Thursday. the roadside jungle got into the ing held Wednesday, an official He also announced the shape policies for the region Zealand counterpart Jacinda countries on this issue. The gruesome incident car and all of them raped her press release said. setting up of the Regional and encourages economic Ardern strongly condemned "Both countries have took place on Tuesday and the there. St Lucia Prime Minister Centre for Excellence in growth and trade. the Pulwama and the strongly condemned and 32-year-old woman was At around 11-30 pm that Christchurch terror attacks as extended support to each other thrown out of the vehicle near police official said. night the woman was thrown they met here and extended following the Pulwama and the circuit house here and The officer-in-charge of out of the car near the circuit          support to each other to fight Christchurch terror attacks," admitted to G B Hospital later the police station, Mumtaz house here. Later she was spot- terrorism. the statement said. In by the people who found her Hasina said the woman had ted by some people who New York: Prime Minister the sidelines of the High Level aspects relating to technology, Modi and Ardern met on February, tensions flared up lying on the road. boarded an auto rickshaw, admitted her to the hospital, Narendra Modi has held key Segment of the 74th United pharmaceuticals and agro-based the sidelines of the UNGA between India and Pakistan Hospital sources said the whose driver was known to her Hasina said. bilateral discussions with several Nations General Assembly here industries. PM Pashinyan also summit and reviewed the bilat- after a suicide bomber of condition of the woman is on her way back home at Search is on for the rest of world leaders, including with his on Wednesday. The Prime referred to the popularity of eral relations and discussed Pakistan-based Jaish-e- serious but stable. around 7-30 pm. the accused, the police officer counterparts from Armenia Minister thanked Pashinyan for Indian movies, music and Yoga steps to intensify political, eco- Muhammed (JeM) killed 40 Her husband lodged a com- When the auto rickshaw said. BJP Lok Sabha MP and New Zealand, on issues Armenia's consistent support for in Armenia," Modi tweeted. nomic, defence, security and CRPF personnel in Kashmir's plaint at East Agartala women's driver took another route, the Pratima Bhowmik has con- ranging from cooperation in India's candidature for the per- Both sides reviewed the people to people relations, the Pulwama district. police station on Wednesday woman had protested but he demned the incident and terrorism, defence, support for manent membership of an bilateral relations between the Ministry of External Affairs Amid mounting outrage, and six men were arrested by had said that he was going via demanded speedy investiga- India's candidature for a per- expanded UN Security Council. two countries and recalled the (MEA) said in a statement. the Indian Air Force carried out Tripura police in connection an alternative route to get tion into it and the arrest of the manent UN Security Council "Held extensive delibera- historical linkages going back to They also discussed the a counter-terror operation, hit- with the crime the same day, the more passengers. On the way rest of the culprits. PTI seat and cyber security. tions with PM Nikol Pashinyan. centuries between India and global and regional issues of ting the biggest JeM training Modi met Prime Minister of We talked about expanding Armenia, according to an offi- mutual interest, including the camp in Balakot, deep inside Armenia Nikol Pashinyan on India-Armenia cooperation in cial release. PTI issue of international terrorism Pakistan on February 26. PTI  #    +       &   %1 ' &!    56 Jammu: The Border Security process by resorting to firing, Force (BSF) has launched a they said. massive operation along the As a counter-infiltration 180-km International Border measure, the BSF has also acti- (IB) with Pakistan to detect vated its ground sensors to underground, cross-border detect underground tunnels. tunnels in view of possible The BSF launched a mega Jaipur: A fourteen-and-half- infiltration attempts by armed exercise to fortify the "anti-infil- year-old white tigress died of terrorists into Jammu & tration grid" along the border apparently a deadly viral dis- Kashmir, officials said on with Pakistan in Punjab and ease at the Nahargarh Thursday. Jammu in July this year, and Biological Park near here on Armed with modern tools mobilised its entire senior field Thursday with the sanctuary and equipment, BSF personnel brass, thousands of troops and losing three big cats in a fort- began the operation with clear- machinery. night, a forest official said. ing bushes and digging and till- The operation, code named The white tigress, which ing the land close to the three- 'Sudarshan', was launched on died on Thursday, apparently tier border fencing up to the July 1 and will cover the entire succumbed to the canine dis- Zero Line with Pakistan. International Border with temper viral disease, he added. "The exercise has been Pakistan stretching over 1,000 “The white tigress, which launched along the IB in the kms. died on Thursday was brought Jammu frontier area to detect The BSF and Army troops from the National Zoological cross-border, underground tun- have detected six cross-border Park, New Delhi in 2016. The nel," a senior BSF officer said. tunnels along the border in exact cause of death is yet to be The officials said the troops Jammu region since 2012. ascertained," he said," said had been asked to dig anti-tun- These were used to push Divisional Forest Officer nelling trenches of a particular Pakistani terrorists into Jammu Sudarshan Sharma in a state- depth along the border fencing & Kashmir, they said. ment. in Jammu, Samba and Kathua. Earlier this week, Army Apprehending that the big The operation was initiat- Chief General Bipin Rawat said cat lost its life to the viral dis- ed earlier this week following Pakistan has reactivated the ease, he added, "To conduct the the arrest of a Pakistani youth Balakot terror camp very postmortem of the dead tigress, from a village in the R S Pura recently and about 500 infil- a team from the Indian sector in Jammu. trators were waiting to sneak Veterinary Research Institute, The youth, Mohmmad into India. Bareilly has been called. The Amin, crossed the International Balakot had suffered dam- team will also carry out the Border and managed to reach aged and was destroyed by the medical examination of other the village last week even cross-border strike by the wild cats.” though there was no breach of Indian Air Force in February. Earlier, two big cats, a fencing, raising apprehension "That is why people have got nine-month-old tiger cub and about cross-border tunnels, away from there and now it has a 10-year-old Asiatic lioness, they said. been reactivated," the Army died at the Nahargarh In some places, Pakistani chief said in Chennai on Biological Park, located on the troops tried to disrupt the Monday. PTI outskirts of Jaipur. PTI " ?     !"#!$%&

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' *-5+/5/ $! &$! !     #)  # 7     3  # #   ,  542     4         '/'5) been granted with a view to the Banking Regulation Act,  '/'5) one-year tenor, be considered as New Delhi: The Government reducing the hardship of the 1949 (AACS) and restricted the a new tool for injection if sys- will take a decision on raising n a relief to thousands of depositors”. “The Reserve Bank depositors from withdrawing n RBI internal working tem liquidity is in a large deficit”. the income tax exemption limit Iaccount holders affected by is closely monitoring the posi- amounts more than 1,000 “of Agroup has suggested intro- Similarly, longer-term vari- at an appropriate time, Minister the restrictions imposed by it tion and shall continue to take the total balance in every sav- duction of longer-term repo able-rate reverse-repos could of State for Finance Anurag early this week, the Reserve further steps as are necessary to ings bank account or current operations at market-related be used to absorb excess liq- Singh Thakur said on Thursday. Bank of India (RBI) on safeguard the interest of the account or any other deposit rates of up to one-year tenor as uidity. As these are possible Last week, the government Thursday enhanced the cash depositors of the bank,” the account”, subject to conditions an alternative to open market substitutes for OMOs, these lowered the corporate tax to 22 withdrawal limits from 1,000 senior RBI official said. stipulated in the RBI operations conducted by the instruments should be operat- per cent from 30 per cent and to 10,000 per account in the According to the RBI state- Directions. central government to manage ed at market determined rates. there has been a clamour for )    B   restriction-hit Punjab and ment, the directions imposing In a statement issued on liquidity in the banking system. The RBI resorts to OMOs raising income tax exemption    58  Maharashtra Cooperative major restrictions on the PMC Tuesday, the RBI had also stat- The RBI had set up the to manage liquidity by selling limit to push demand and con- 4, ,"!   % O (PMC) Bank Ltd. Bank had been “necessitated” ed that without prior approval internal working group to or purchasing government sumption with a view to fuel 8 B8   ( ( 3   (  Announcing the relaxation because of account of “major in writing from it, the PMC review the current liquidity securities. economy. , (  8B8( " in withdrawal limits, the RBI's financial irregularities, failure Bank Ltd “will also not be able management framework with a Further, the group has sug- “When the time arises to 5     0 '   Chief General Manager Yogesh of internal control and systems to grant or renew any loans and view to simplify it and suggest gested that the current difference take a call on it (income tax           Dayal said in a statement issued of the bank and wrong/under- advances, make any invest- measures to clearly communi- of 25 basis points between the relief), the government will   L) J 2M    here that the country's apex reporting of its exposures ment, incur any liability includ- cate the objectives and the toolk- repo rate and the reverse-repo do so. The government in the      BHBI  bank had decided to review the under various Off-site ing borrowing of funds and it for liquidity management. rate, as well as between the repo past has also increased (the   " earlier directions in the inter- Surveillance reports to RBI acceptance of fresh deposits, According to the group's rate and the marginal standing limit) from 2.5 lakh to 5 lakh. ests of depositors, after “a pre- that came to the Reserve Bank’s disburse or agree to disburse report put up on the RBI's web- facility (MSF) rate, be retained. In future, whenever the time & #  #   liminary assessment of the notice recently”. any payment whether in dis- site on Thursday, the panel has Also, the standing liquidi- arises, we will look into the bank’s latest depositor and liq- “An Administrator has charge of its liabilities and recommended that the current ty facilities — fixed rate reverse matter,” he said here. uidity profile” furnished by been appointed. The obligations or otherwise, enter liquidity management frame- repo and MSF — may contin- With regard to curbs on the Administrator. Administrator is taking neces- into any compromise or work should largely continue in ue at present. Punjab & Maharashtra Co-oper- Under the relaxed direc- sary steps in this regard,” Dayal arrangement and sell, transfer its present form -- a corridor It also acknowledged that ative Bank (PMC Bank) by the tions from the RBI, the depos- said. or otherwise dispose of any of system with the call money rate the present minimum require- RBI, the minister said the cen- itors have been allowed to It may be recalled that its properties or assets” except as the target rate. Comments ment of maintaining 90 per tral bank has its own role in the withdraw a sum not exceeding the Reserve Bank of India as notified in the country’s have been invited from stake- cent of the prescribed cash country and it does its job well. 10,000, including 1,000/- (RBI) had on Tuesday placed apex bank. holder till October 31. reserve ratio (CRR) on a daily “After considering all aspects wherever already withdrawn, of Punjab & Maharashtra As the news of restrictions The framework should be basis has helped avoid bunch- they (RBI) will take a decision so the total balance held in every Cooperative (PMC) Bank Ltd imposed by the RBI spread flexible. While the corridor ing of reserve requirements of that it benefits both customers savings bank account or cur- under regulatory restrictions, across Mumbai and elsewhere system would normally require individual banks. and the bank,” it said. rent account or any other thus barring the bank from in Maharashtra, the account the system liquidity to be in a Hence, the group recom- The RBI on Tuesday put a deposit account, subject to the carrying out routine and major holders demonstrated in front small deficit, if financial con- mends that this minimum slew of restrictions, creating    )H)I)8  2   conditions imposed earlier on financial transactions, includ- of bank branches at various ditions warrant a situation of requirement be retained at the panic among thousands of ( 8 2" H)82(I2    : September 23. ing withdrawal of cash exceed- places. In Mumbai’s north- liquidity surplus, the framework current level, said the report. depositors. Major restrictions (    ; D )0% 5(   “With the above relaxation, ing 1,000 by each of the eastern satellite township of should be adaptable, it said. It also noted that surplus include capping withdrawal at  )82(      more than 60% of the deposi- depositors, for a period of six Domblivli, more than 2000 On managing durable liq- liquidity in a normal situation 1,000 per customer during the           )   tors of the bank will be able to months. account holders tried storm the uidity, the panel has recom- may have adverse implications six-month period, and banning     "!    withdraw their entire account As per the orders issued by bank branch, the account hold- mended that, as an alternative for the economy in the form of the bank from extending new 5  8 ( H58(I  0 balance,” Dayal said. it on Monday, the RBI placed ers staged a “rasta-roko” in to OMO purchases, “longer- excessive credit growth, misal- loans. The lender has around    "   4   ; D Dayal said that the the PMC bank Ltd under direc- front of north-western satellite term variable rate repos, of location of liquidity, and cre- 11,000 crore of public )82(      0   enhanced withdrawal limit “has tions governing section 35A of township of Nala Sophara. more than 14 days and up to ation of asset price bubbles. deposits. PTI  3 8 R S8 " !        58( )25(     "!     -1 F:5<:  (    ,' F85,!      "  G         J ,9   #  # E7  #)# #  & ,&2%) (AOs) of the tax department 755 (!  had in July asked the CBDT to  '/'5) he CBDT on Thursday extend the deadline, saying it Rupeevs Dollar  ` per US $ New Delhi: Markets regulator 400 crore, whichever is high- Textended the deadline up to was “humanly impossible” to he rupee appreciated by 14 Sebi on Thursday revised the er, it added. December 31 for the Income- finish the task in the given 70.94 71.01 Tpaise to 70.90 against the 70.94 position limits for interest rate The position limits for the tax department to complete the timeline as it required a lot of -0.07 US dollar in early trade on +0.38 derivatives falling in the 8-11 4-8 years and 11-15 years final assessment of about 87,000 “paperwork and manpower”. Thursday as indications of a years maturity bucket. maturity bucket remain entities that made suspicious These cases are those earlier than expected US-China 71.24 71.04 The decision to review the unchanged. deposits post-demonetisation. where suspicious deposits of +0.55 trade deal strengthened -0.03 position limit has been taken Position limits for the two The existing deadline of huge amounts or amounts not investor sentiments. after consulting stock maturity buckets are 10 per September 30 is being “extend- in conformity with the trans- Forex traders said investor exchanges, the Securities and cent of open interest or 600 ed” by three months after con- action history of the entity confidence improved after US 71.32 Exchange Board of India (Sebi) crore whichever is higher, for sidering “various difficulties” were made post-demonetisa- President Donald Trump said -0.08 ` said in a circular. trading members, banks, pri- being reported by the field tion, announced by Prime that trade deal with China Sebi said position limits for mary dealers, insurance com- offices of the department in Minister Narendra Modi on could happen sooner than 18 19 20 23 24 25 the 8-11 year maturity bucket panies, pension funds and finalising assessments in OCM November 8, 2016.  8   &      expected. September 2019 would be 10 per cent of open housing finance companies, (operation clean money) cases, Two high-value notes of Rs   )(              At the interbank foreign (Inverted scale) KBK Infographics interest or Rs 1,200 crore, mutual funds (AMC level) and a senior official told PTI. 1,000 and Rs 500 were demon- exchange the rupee opened at whichever is higher, for trading category I and II FPIs (other An order was issued by the etised as part of the decision. )   "!        70.99, then gained further with benchmark indices Sensex members, banks, primary deal- than individuals, family offices Central Board of Direct Taxes The board, earlier, had also !  ' , 8    ground and touched a high of trading 364.54 points higher at ers, insurance companies, pen- and companies) (CBDT) on Thursday, setting framed a standard operating ?   ( 3 " 70.90, registering a rise of 14 38,958.06 and Nifty up 111.55 sion funds and housing finance This position limit for the new deadline on December procedure (SOP) for the assess-   (   O D     "( paise over its previous close. points at 11,551.75. companies. scheme-level mutual fund and 31, the official said. ment of these cases stating    -      On Wednesday, rupee had Moreover, weakening of Besides, the same position non-institutions in category II The CBDT frames policy that the taxman initially sent      ,    settled for the day marginally the American currency vis-a- limits will be applicable to FPIs, is 3 per cent of open inter- for the I-T department. notices (under Section 142(1)   6 '!    !B down by 3 paise at 71.04 vis other currencies overseas mutual funds (AMC level) and est or Rs 200 crore, whichever This is the second exten- that pertains to inquiry before     against the US dollar. also supported the rupee. category I and II foreign port- is higher. sion given by the Board in this assessment) in three lakh cases, )06   O  N')O( The domestic unit howev- The dollar index, which folio investment (other than Derivative in financial mar- case after the first deadline of 87,000 out of these have “not    0 00    !B er could not hold on to the gauges the greenback's strength individuals, family offices and kets typically refers to a for- June 30 was extended up to filed their return of income” for       0      9; gains and was trading at 70.95 against a basket of six curren- companies). ward, future, option or any September, the official said. assessment year 2017-18.”  6    ; ;"!  against the dollar at 1008 hrs. cies, fell 0.17 per cent to 98.86. For scheme-level mutual other hybrid contract of pre- 'Operation Clean Money' is It had asked the assessing   (( &  Besides, higher opening Market participants, how- fund and category II FPIs, determined fixed duration, the special title given by the officers to use the 'best judge-  9;;;      " in domestic equities supported ever, said sustained foreign which include individuals, fam- linked for the purpose of con- CBDT to the specific probe it ment assessment' procedure the local unit, traders said. fund outflows and rising crude ily offices and companies, the tract fulfilment to the value of launched to check black money as stipulated under Section Domestic bourses opened oil prices weighed on the local position limit has been pegged a specified real or financial asset post-demonetisation. 144 of the I-T Act to finalise on a positive note on Thursday currency. at 3 per cent of open interest or or to an index of securities.PTI The assessing officers these 87,000 cases.     !"#!$%&  ??

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Volodymyr Zelenskiy in which Aon Wednesday dismissed Vice President Joe Biden President Donald Trump and     December 2018, according replied: “We have 20 million The 9-page document was Trump prodded Zelenskiy to as a “joke” the grounds laid out “shows nothing improper.” his Ukrainian counterpart " to quotes released ahead of a people. We have three million released Thursday ahead of investigate Democratic politi- for the impeachment inquiry Press secretary Stephanie Volodymyr Zelensky raises a new PBS documentary to be government employees.” testimony to House investiga- cal rival Joe Biden. The White into him, as Democrats stood Grisham argues the complaint curtain on the generally secre- ) # ##  aired next week. And pressed on how a tors from Joseph Maguire, the House released a rough tran- firm in accusing the US presi- “is nothing more than a col- tive world of discussions carried 7  “I get all the responsibil- team could take one of the acting director of national intel- script of that call on dent of a “mafia-style shake- lection of third-hand accounts out between American and =< =< % 3 O ity, because it happened under royal planes to Istanbul to ligence, who acknowledged that Wednesday. down” of his Ukrainian coun- of events and cobbled-togeth- global leaders. Presidents and     my watch,” the heir to the carry out the killing, he said: the complaint alleged serious "In the days following the terpart. Trump denied claims er press clippings.” prime ministers frequently hold      Gulf kingdom’s throne is “I have officials, ministers to wrongdoing by the president phone call, I learned from he abused his office by repeat- Grisham adds that Trump camera-friendly discussions     quoted as saying, following follow things, and they’re but insisted that it was not his multiple U.S. Officials that edly urging President released a rough transcript of about the “close,” “great” or !   the October 2 murder. Prince responsible, they have the role to judge whether the alle- senior White House officials Volodymyr Zelensky to probe his call with Ukranian “special” relationship between      Mohammed, the kingdom’s de authority to do that.” gations were credible or not. had intervened to 'lock down' his rival Joe Biden — as con- President Volodymyr Zelenskiy their countries, before slinking     Maguire said he was unfa- all the records of the phone call, firmed in a call transcript on Wednesday “because he behind closed doors for meet-     0 miliar with any other whistle- especially the official word-for- released by the White House. has nothing to hide.” ings that are top-secret, the con-    " blower complaint in American word transcript of the call that The next explosive episode House Democrats who tents only revealed years later. 8&8 2 history that "touched on such was produced as is customary in the rapidly unfolding impeach- have read the document say it’s The phone conversations      complicated and sensitive by the White House situation ment drama is set for Thursday, “deeply disturbing.” Grisham of US presidents take things    issues." "I believe that this mat- room," the complaint says. when acting director of nation- says, “The White House will one step further: The White L  M  ter is unprecedented," he said. The anonymous whistle- al intelligence Joseph McGuire continue to push back on the House no longer systematical-    05- The document, with its blower says that despite his or testifies on Capitol Hill. hysteria and false narratives ly publishes a list of American      precise detail and clear narrative, her not being present for the “They are getting hit hard being peddled by Democrats leaders’ calls, meaning the   @ will likely accelerate the call, multiple White House on this witch hunt because and many in the main stream occurrence itself could be a    impeachment process and put officials shared consistent when they look at the infor- media.” closely guarded secret.  " more pressure on Trump to details about it. mation, it’s a joke,” said the pres- rebut its core contentions and Those officials told the ident, who struck an unchar- on his fellow Republicans to whistleblower that "this was acteristically subdued tone at defend him. The complaint 'not the first time' under this his first news conference since provides a road map for cor- administration that a presi- Democrats launched an official roborating witnesses and evi- dential transcript was placed impeachment inquiry. dence, which will complicate the into this codeword-level system Trump and his allies claimed president's effort to character- solely for the purpose of pro- the July 25 call contained no evi- ize the findings as those of a lone tecting politically sensitive — dence of a quid pro quo pres- partisan out to undermine him. rather than national security suring Zelensky to probe the Trump insisted anew that sensitive — information," the president’s top Democratic rival it is all political. After the complaint said. for the White House. /3'           ) 24,4 trating lawmakers ahead of the Brexit deadline. ritish Prime Minister Boris MPs reconvened on BJohnson suffered yet anoth- Wednesday but, in a stormy er setback on Thursday after session, Johnson showed no MPs rejected his call to briefly contrition and instead vowed to suspend their business for his press ahead with his plan to party’s conference, highlighting leave the EU, no matter what. the hostility he faces in parlia- His inflammatory language ment just weeks before Brexit. drew accusations — including In his seventh successive from his sister Rachel — of defeat in parliament, MPs voted stoking divisions in a country to reject his call for three days off still split over the 2016 refer- next week to hold his endum vote for Brexit. Conservative party’s annual con- Johnson only took office in ference. Parliament usually holds July but his threat to leave the a recess during all the main EU on October 31 with or party’s conferences, but the vote without a divorce deal with came as tensions among MPs Brussels has put him on a col- reached boiling point over lision course with MPs. Britain’s EU exit next month. Thursday’s vote was the The Supreme Court on seventh in a row that Johnson Tuesday ruled that Johnson’s has lost in the Commons, decision to suspend parlia- where he no longer has a ment for five weeks was unlaw- majority and where most MPs ful, as it had the effect of frus- oppose a “no-deal” exit.     !"#!$%&   ? $  $ (  B?    ?' 4    22

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This time last year the 19- year-old exploded onto the ) 24,4 Liverpool eased to a 2-0 tunity to mix the team up and scene but injury and then a dip victory at third tier MK Dons give them a chance.” in form saw him drift, with anchester United sur- as Harvey Elliott became the At the Kassam Stadium, this a chance to reassert him- Mvived a League Cup scare youngest player to start a com- third tier Oxford reached the self in a much-rotated line-up. against third tier Rochdale as petitive match for the club. fourth round for the first time If Vinicius was Madrid's they won 5-3 on penalties, The 16-year-old put in an in 22 years thanks to a stun- Brazilian sensation 12 months while West Ham suffered a accomplished display and ning victory against West ago, Rodrygo might be one for shock 4-0 defeat at Oxford. twice hit the crossbar as James Ham. the present. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's Milner profited from terrible Second-half goals by The 18-year-old, who was struggling side were held to a goalkeeping from Stuart Elliott Moore, Matty Taylor, bought from Santos in 2018 1-1 draw at Old Trafford after Moore to put the Reds in Tariqe Fosu and Shandon but joined last summer, added 16-year-old Luke Matheson front before Ki-Jana Hoever Baptiste left West Ham shell- a superb second goal, and his scored a 76th minute equalis- wrapped up the win. shocked. first for the club, just one have lifted the malaise and crossfield pass beautifully er following Mason Frank Lampard got a first Hammers boss Manuel minute after coming off the offered hope there is still life before nipping inside Osasuna Greenwood's opener for home win as Chelsea boss Pellegrini made nine changes bench for a remarkable debut. &5&2)&B&) in this Madrid squad, despite defender Lillo and banging the United eight minutes earlier. under his belt as his youthful and handed a full debut to “I’m glad for them,” said the lack of change since the ball low and into the net. With United in danger of side thumped fourth division academy graduate Nathan Zidane. “Sometimes we forget %! &,4K summer. Atletico's players might a humiliating exit, they held Grimsby 7-1. Ross Barkley Holland, but the understudies they are 18 (and 19) years old. T),&()," “We believe in what we have been keeping tabs on their nerve in the shoot-out, opened the floodgates and weren’t up to the task. We have seen the emotion they do,” Zidane said. “With humil- their way home from Mallorca winning 5-3 as Daniel James Michy Batshuayi struck twice. Max Power's superb 25- felt about scoring at the K )!% ity and work you achieve a lot. but their job was already done converted the decisive kick yard strike in the ninth minute Bernabeu. I liked Rodrygo’s This is just the start.” after Costa and Felix finally after Sergio Romero saved #      fired third tier Sunderland to goal but I liked the control %/')2)!>, got the goals to suggest they Rochdale's second penalty There were also goals for a surprise 1-0 win at Premier even more.” % #  might form a potent partner- from Jimmy Keohane. Pedro, Kurt Zouma, Reece League side Sheffield United. Earlier, Atletico’s Alvaro 4?3>4/ The only disappointment ship together. Although United avoided James and Callum Hudson- Bournemouth were the Morata made a swift impact might have been the lack of a Costa’s was simple, as the embarrassment of losing to Odoi — the England winger third Premier League club to too but with less positive 8%)&B&24!" goal for Luka Jovic, who Mallorca failed to clear Koke’s a team 17th in League One, the making his first appearance crash out as third tier Burton results after he was sent off missed some excellent chances cross and the striker nipped in sloppy manner of their perfor- since suffering an Achilles -- semi-finalists last season — eight minutes after being !%)()(/(! and then did score, only to to head past goalkeeper mance will raise fresh ques- injury in April. won 2-0 in a match delayed introduced as a substitute have it ruled out by VAR. Manolo Reina. tions about Solskjaer’s ability to Lampard handed debuts to three times by floodlight fail- against Real Mallorca. !%&(!?! Vinicius had started the Felix’s was more complex inspire his side. four academy graduates as well ure at the Pirelli Stadium. Atletico were already 2-0 first two games of the season but owed something to fortune United are languishing in as a first start for Billy Gilmour. Wolves beat second tier up thanks to goals from Diego but none since, while he was too. The Portuguese did bril- eighth place in the Premier Gilmour was a stand-out Reading 4-2 on penalties after Costa and Joao Felix but in a contest of first against sec- Paris Saint-Germain in the without a goal himself in seven liantly to bring a looping ball League after Saturday’s dismal performer in midfield and fel- a dramatic 1-1 draw. Morata will now be suspend- ond in La Liga but that could Champions League. months. down but his finish on the turn 2-0 defeat at West Ham left low rookies James and Marc Debutant Bruno Jordao ed for the derby at the Wanda now be the setting this week- That was Real's worst His first under Zidane was took a cruel deflection before them with just two wins from Guehi also impressed. put Wolves ahead but Lucas Metropolitano. end, depending on Sevilla and defeat under Zidane as coach a peach, coming in the 36th spinning up and into the far six games. “I’m pleased, some debuts Boye headed Reading level in The Spaniard's dreadful Real Sociedad's results on and prompted questions about minute, a curling effort that corner. “We go 1-0 up and you and the young lads who came the ninth minute of stoppage- night got worse as he also Thursday. the Frenchman's future, with took the slightest of deflections Morata’s moments of mad- think ‘come on, get a second’. on improved the team which time, setting up a shoot-out appeared to engage in a heat- La Real beat Atletico, who Jose Mourinho available and on its way into the top corner. ness, that included two book- It’s a learning curve,” Solskjaer was nice. It's nice to get that that the Premier League team ed exchange with a fan as he were then held to a goalless seemingly waiting in the Jovic saw a smart finish ings in as many minutes after said. first home win,” Lampard said. won comfortably. later left the stadium. draw by Celta Vigo, but by far wings. ruled out and then watched as an argument with Mallorca's “At this club we don’t sit “I thought Gilmour ran the Aston Villa cruised to a 3- A week ago it would have the deeper sense of gloom had Instead, back-to-back vic- Rodrygo scored almost Xisco Campos, should mean back and think that's good game from midfield. It says a 1 win at Brighton thanks to been almost unthinkable that engulfed Zidane's side, after tories for the first time since instantly after coming on. The Costa and Felix reunite this enough. That's not what we lot about the academy, and goals from Jota, Conor Atletico would play their rivals they were humbled 3-0 by Zidane came back in March teenager cushioned Casemiro's weekend. want here.” nights like this give the oppor- Hourihane and Jack Grealish.   !  6 -        ) ?4'& ) ?8,&(?)8&( left-footed effort struck the base of the post. nter Milan made it five wins from five aris Saint-Germain fell to a And Dia entered the fray Igames with a 1-0 victory over Lazio as Pshock 2-0 loss to Reims at the before planting another fine 7  Antonio Conte’s men reclaimed top spot in Parc des Princes on Wednesday header past the despairing dive Serie A. as headers from Hassane of home goalkeeper Keylor However, they needed goalkeeper Samir Kamara and Boulaye Dia gave Navas, sealing a richy-deserved Handanovic, on the occasion of his 300th the visitors a famous win. victory. game for Inter, to pull off a series of fine saves The Ligue 1 champions, - Lille's Osimhen scores to ensure a win which allowed his team to depleted by a spate of injuries, again - restore their two-point lead over champi- remain top of the table after Earlier on Wednesday, ons Juventus on Wednesday. seven games, but have already Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen The only goal of the game at the San table. lost twice this season after defeat scored as Lille moved into third Siro came in the 23rd minute when Italian Paulo Fonseca's Roma, meanwhile, are at Rennes last month. with a 2-0 victory over international full-back Danilo D'Ambrosio in sixth spot, seven points off Inter Milan’s It was PSG's first home loss Strasbourg, while Lyon were headed in from close range off a cross from pace. in the league since a 2-0 reverse held by Brest. Cristiano Biraghi. Atalanta opened the scoring in the 71st at the hands of Rennes in May Last season's runners-up At the other end, Handanovic made minute when Colombian international 2018, ending an unbeaten run of Lille have now won all four of sure that Inter’s miserly defensive record this Zapata, on as a second-half substitute, 22 matches at the Parc. their home league games this season, which has seen just one goal con- tucked the ball away from close range. PSG only lead second- term and sit two points adrift of ceded, remained intact as he denied Felipe Dutch midfielder De Roon made sure placed Angers on goal differ- PSG. Caicedo and Bastos before he thwarted Tucu of the victory with a last-minute, close-range ence, after Rachid Alioui's late Osimhen scored his sixth Correa with a spectacular one-handed header after Roma goalkeeper Pau Lopez double grabbed Stephane But the Brazilian, who failed cross. league goal of the season ) 8%) save. failed to collect a cross. Moulin's side a 2-0 win at to force through a return to PSG's injury woes intensi- The 20-year-old Osimhen Inter summer signing Romelu Lukaku It was a disappointing night for Smalling Toulouse. Barcelona in the close-season, fied further shortly before half- put Christophe Galtier's Lille shleigh Barty marched into was unable to add to his three goals in four as the 31-time capped defender finally made "I'm disappointed with our was a peripheral figure and was time as Choupo-Moting hob- into a 43rd-minute lead at the Aher sixth semi-final of the sea- Serie A games having earlier been denied his Roma debut after moving on loan to Italy performance. The first 10, guilty of gifting Reims posses- bled off to be replaced by Angel Stade Pierre-Mauroy by lashing son Thursday, describing her vic- the chance to play against younger broth- from Manchester United in the summer. maybe 15, minutes went well but sion on numerous occasions. Di Maria, who had originally home after some slack tory over Petra Martic in Wuhan er Jordan who was sidelined with a knee Napoli lost ground after a 1-0 defeat then every minute that passed Tuchel was also forced to been rested and named as a sub- Strasbourg defending to net his as one of the best matches she's injury. against Cagliari in Sardinia. was worse and worse," said PSG play a makeshift midfield featur- stitute. sixth goal in seven games this played in recent times. Lazio, meanwhile, went into the game It was a second league defeat of the sea- coach Thomas Tuchel. ing full-back Juan Bernat, with Reims came agonisingly season. The world number one with Ciro Immobile left on the bench after son for Carlo Ancelotti’s side who dominat- "We did not show what we Marco Verratti suspended. close to doubling their advan- The three points were impressed in a highly-entertaining a touchline row with coach Simone Inzaghi ed large parts of Wednesday's match before are capable of doing -- so defeat The hosts made a slow start, tage in first-half injury-time, as secured 19 minutes into the sec- quarter-final that saw her fire 39 in last week's 2-0 win over Parma. they were undone by a goal on the counter- is deserved." despite Neymar going close with centre-back Yunis Abdelhamid's ond half as Osimhen turned winners en route to a 7-6 (8/6), 3- Duvan Zapata and Marten de Roon attack by Lucas Castro three minutes from Neymar, who had scored a free-kick, and fell behind just header bounced narrowly past provider for former Chelsea 6, 6-3 win against Martic. scored second-half goals as Atalanta con- the end. Dries Mertens twice his the wood- late winners in each of his pre- before the half-hour mark. the post. and Marseille forward Loic Barty now gets a shot at demned Roma to a first league defeat of the work for Napoli whose miserable evening vious two Ligue 1 games, start- Reims, who also beat PSG 3- PSG dominated possession Remy to slide in his first goal of revenge when she takes on pow- season, dashing England international saw Kalidou Koulibaly red-carded in the ed alongside Eric Maxim 1 on the final day of last season, for much of the second half the campaign. erful Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka defender Chris Smalling's hopes of a win- dying moments for protesting the goal. Choupo-Moting and Pablo launched a rare attack and without posing a serious threat, Elsewhere, Lyon saw their on Friday in a rematch of their ning debut. Fiorentina moved off the bottom of the Sarabia up front, with Edinson Hassane Kamara rose to power- and Reims again came within winless streak extended to six Wuhan semi-final last year. The win at the Stadio Olimpico allowed table after a 2-1 win over Sampdoria gave Cavani, Kylian Mbappe and fully head home Zimbabwean centimetres of making it two as matches in all competitions with Against Martic, Barty fell behind Atalanta to climb into third place in the them a first win of the campaign. Mauro Icardi all still injured. Marshall Munetsi's right-wing substitute Remi Oudin's low, a 2-2 draw at promoted Brest. early in the first and third sets, but retaliated with some creative shot- making to reach the last four for  ! &? a third year in a row. "I think that was a very, very andeep Singh and Akashdeep 8(-+(:-+>4?30$@ high-quality match. I think that MSingh scored in the second was probably one of the better half to guide the Indian men's hock- matches that I've played in recent ey team to a superb 2-0 win over times," said the reigning French Belgium in the opening game of the pulling off a smart save off a Belgium without troubling the scorers. pulling off a succession of saves to Open champion. "It could have three-match series here on Thursday. Penalty Corner to ensure the teams India kept the tempo up in the keep his team in the lead. gone either way. I was happy how Mandeep and Akashdeep sound- went into the break locked in a stale- third period and forced van Doren India capitalised on Belgium's I was able to fight in the end, put ed the board in the 39th and 54th mate. into multiple saves. All the circle attacking necessity to earn a pair of a lot of pressure on her in a lot of minute respectively to seal the match India rushed off the blocks in entries and creative play finally PCs themselves. Van Doren's hero- those service games in the third." in India's favour. the second quarter and had a suc- found it's reward in the 39th ics prevented a second. In the Martic, the world number 22 In a gritty first quarter, India were cession of Penalty Corners within minute as Mandeep scored to give 54th minute, Akashdeep Singh from Croatia, had not lost a three- the ones who took the initiative early, the first minute of the period. them the lead. It was this narrow finished off a slick move to double setter since March, but saw her forcing Loic van Doren into a save The Belgium defense was at lead they carried into the final India's lead. streak of 16 on the trot snapped by from the first Penalty Corner of the hand though denying them an quarter. It was a lead they held to fin- the relentless Barty. game. opener. Despite controlling a large Belgium were forced in the ish the game and take a 1-0 lead in "She's one of the best movers Soon it was India's turn to defend amount of possession, India found attack in the final quarter and the series. on the tour," Barty said of Martic. and Krishan Pathak, who started the it difficult to find a breakthrough. almost immediately tested Sreejesh The second game will be played "That (streak) doesn't surprise game in the goal was up to the task, The teams went into half-time in goal. He was up to the task on September 28. 1#   # 1#   +   678 69 6<8 69 ::

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They shook said that Australia’s most populous state is the first juris-      0 their heads to and fro as they lost them- diction in the world to use such technology to punish  ( ")  selves in the transcendence of music. drivers distracted by social media, text messages or        And why wouldn’t they? It was the phone calls. renowned classical vocalist Pandit Road safety experts are alarmed at the growing )O     " Channulal Mishra from Varanasi, per- prevalence of accidents involving drivers using smart- 8   N5 3  forming at the third day of the ninth phones on New South Wales roads. Experts say drivers  N(  edition of the Thumri Festival, which who illegally use phones increase their chances of an N) M3-   had me sinking in its warmth and joy. accident four-fold. “There is no doubt drink-driving   " The Khayal, Dadra, Thumri, Chaiti, as far as I’m concerned is on a par with mobile phone Kajri, Sawani, Holi and Bhajan expert use, and that’s why we want everyone to be aware that could barely walk and entered the stage you’re going to get busted doing this anytime, anywhere,” with the help of a few people. His grey Constance told Australian Broadcasting Corp. The gov- hair and lines on the forehead made evi- ernment intends to roll out 45 Mobile Phone Detection > % dent of the years he has invested as an Cameras across the state by December, he said.     artist. However, his enthusiasm even in his 90s looked amusing. The pin-drop ?!B %  silence broke when he began singing his piece. Not a single soul hummed along     "( as they stared at him solemnly, in awe. L 0M The songs had an air of playful persua-   ",   sion with notes delicately merging into   1  one another. The harmonium, sitar and   " tabla were perfectly put to amalgama- tion. He kept asking the audience for       their choice of songs and sang accord-  L)  ingly. As he was about to complete his      last piece, the audience unanimously light music, which includes ghazals. peppy genres coming to the fore, clas- In fact, each unit contains two cameras. One cam- 5    asked for more. He grinned like a Traversing its journey over the years, she sical music will always have a niche era photographs a car’s registration plate and a second 1    Cheshire cat and said, “You are not let- said, “It has travelled from the broth- audience. She said, “It will continue to high-set lens looks down through the windscreen and ting me stop, and even I don’t wish to.” els to the concert stage and is respect- grow. The future of our traditions and can see what drivers are doing with their hands.     As he added, “Jaha husn ki tareef ho, ed more today.” rich heritage is bright. We just need The units use artificial intelligence to exclude dri-  4 " chahne waale bhi wahin rukte hai.” The While experts say that the reason more workshops and festivals to recog- vers who are not touching their phones. Photos that / )O auditorium echoed with claps from for its popularity are its rhythm and nise and appreciate our glory.” show suspected illegal behaviour are referred for ver-  every corner. He kept the viewers words, which are easy for the audience The evening also saw a soulful per- ification by human eyes before an infringement notice   ")O hooked till the end, wanting for more. to comprehend unlike other classical formance by Pandit Rajendra Sijuar, is sent to the vehicle’s registered owner along with a 344 The evening also witnessed the per- music forms, Dhanashree attributed its who represents the Gaya Gharana, Australian dollar ($232) fine. Some cameras will be per-     formance of semi-classical vocalist popularity to the poetry associated to which is generally known for its manently fixed on roadsides and others will be placed   Dhanashree Pandit Rai. Her repertoire it. She said, “Just like in ghazals, poet- Purabang Thumri style Gayaki spe- on trailers and moved around the state. )   spans classical Khayal, Thumri, Ghazal, ry dominates, but the whole appeal of cialised in Bol Banao Thumri. As he A six-month trial of two fixed cameras this year    Bhajan. However, Thumri remains her Thumri comes from bhav. Emotions started singing Mad Ke Bhare Tore Nain, checked 8.5 million vehicles and detected more than speciality. Explaining the concept, she play a vital role in any art form. You people started humming on his notes. 1,00,000 drivers with their hands on phones, includ-     said, “It originated from the word have to put your heart and soul in it. It was followed by Desh Saiyan Bulaave ing one driver who was using a phone and iPad simul-    " thum, which implies, the sound of ghun- And in Thumri, you can express one Aadhiraat. taneously. Another driver had a passenger steer while 8  0 groo. And ri means rijhana or to line in five different ways, that’s where The first and second day of the fes- they both held phones, the government said. They want  4  please. Thumri emerged from the court the beauty lies.” And today, the youth is also taking more tival also witnessed mesmerising per- to expand the programme to 135 million checks a year   "4 of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah at the end of Today, on one hand, people are interest. Now with the help of such fes- formances by eminent artists. Deputy by 2023. New South Wales has 5.2 million registered the 18th century and the beginning of either preferring hip-hop or suiting up tivals, which aim to popularise such art CM Manish Sisodia was also present at vehicles.      the 19th century.” It initially aimed to with the rap culture or on the other, forms, it is grabbing more eyeballs.” the festival. He said, “The enthusiasm Drivers are allowed to use phones in hands-free cra- O-  0 entertain the nawabs and accompanied choosing classical music. There is no in- There are many Bollywood songs of the audience to attend such musical dles and through Bluetooth. But it is illegal to touch a ")  Kathak. She added, “It was sung by the between as they have been lost. For which have also been adopted from this event is a sign that our effort to promote phone while driving except to pass it to a passenger.    courtesans for seduction. It later evolved Dhanashree, Thumri is a combination form of music like Hamari Atariya the Hindustani classical music is pay- The ban even applies to drivers who are stationary at   0 into a semi-classical form in the Mughal of both modernity and traditionality (Dedh Ishqiya), Aaoge Jab Tum (Jab We ing off. Culture is the best way to send red lights or stuck in traffic jams. Constance said his courts.” She explained its positioning as due to its semi-classical element. She Met), Mora Peeya (Rajneeti) and oth- the message of harmony and brother- government was relaxing the law to allow drivers to  "M a semi-classical art, which is between said, “It should actually be ruling the ers. These songs have been a major hit. hood to the people because we have a legally pay with their phones at restaurant drive- hardcore classical, khayal gayaki and the roost since it seamlessly blends the two. She believes that, despite new and rich classical music culture.” throughs. L/     !"#!$%&   ( ?;

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We first thing one reads as ingredients to create a palatable also had Sri Lankan and Sardinian one enters Banter Delhi. harmony. The Indian palate is not food festival — complete with a I wondered if that very different from its Thai coun- themed décor and live entertain- Ywould really turn out to be true terpart. Incorporation of local ment. Our hotel sees a healthy mix once I got inside and tried to feel ingredients, seasonal vegetables, of Indian and foreign resident guests the place. Tucked away in the home-made fresh pastes, tradition- and such events are an incredible most unusual corner in the central al cooking styles, authentic spices opportunity for them and us to part of the city on the Pusa Road, — all symbiotically are an integral interact, indulge and break the far from the madding crowd — part of both the cuisines. Indians monotony. spoiler alert — the café is certain- today are well aware of texture, ly the place to be if you’re looking flavour and aroma, which is exact- What shaped your food logic while for some relaxation, inexpensive ly why traditional Thai cuisine is growing up? What are your inspi- bites or some masterchef-like a hit among them. They also have rations? Any anecdotes to share... spreads and off-kilter experiences a special place for signature clas- My food logic is to always keep after work — even on Tuesdays. sics and are loyal to them. A well- myself inspired. Inspiration gives The café, segregated into two made fresh Thai curry is just like birth to ideas. Ideas enable you to parts, was a fusion of all things dis- a steaming bowl of Rajma — ever- first and foremost revisit the basics tant — indoors and outdoors. green — no tampering with the in order to make a strong founda- While one could find a mishmash taste and ingredients. It’s always a tion. A strong foundation provides of cozy and comfortable, home-like hit. a great breeding space for creativi- vibes inside with glass cabins all ty. We need to evolve each day and around the café, one could also What are the pillars of this cui- with every moment because any sink in the warm ambience, the sine? good place remains in the race when pleasant vibe and the live music As I understand it, every Thai food you are part of the evolution. And outside which the café offers, sip- needs at least two of the five to evolve, one needs to be open to ping one’s favourite cocktails with major flavour pillars to taste right. change and get inspired. This is one some exotic fusions. It’s a ‘yin and yang’. First, sweet — of my first learnings in a profession- As I ran my eyes over the we use palm sugar, which is made al kitchen and I make it a point to menu, I realised that the café’s USP from boiled palm sap. An authen- savoury sauce infused with tradi- follow it religiously. was to combine all the things tic Thai dish uses a spoonful of tional Thai flavours. Served over which are conventionally not sup- dish, which usually never goes un- sugar to balance its flavours. steamed jasmine rice, topped with How do you adapt your dishes to posed to be together. For instance, tasted. It’s the most preferred of all. Second, sour — galangal is one of a fried-egg with a slightly runny local ingredients while travelling? dishes like Red curry bhaji-stuffed So I thought, why not the pasta? As the most important ingredients in yolk and sliced Thai bird chilli for Any Indian spices or dish that may doughnut, Butter chicken pizza, I bit into the first piece, I could Thai cuisine. In fact, I often call it some spice, the dish is the ultimate have caught your fancy... Paneer flies to China, Watermelon sense the bechamel sauce, garlic, one of the holy trinities of Thai Thai comfort food. For me, this Travel always gives an opportunity and feta chaat, Pindi chana hum- peppers, broccoli, zucchini, parme- food (the other two being lemon- dish would not be complete with- to relish local delicacies, thereby mus. san, thyme, extra virgin olive oil grass and kaffir lime leaves). Third, out that fried egg on the top. The inculcating a deep understanding of Well, the latter one attracted and the fresh parsley, however, I spicy — fiery hot Thai ‘bird’ chilies edges are crispy and the yolk is the cuisine. Thai is famous for the me the most. And I wondered couldn’t feel its taste. Its white are a must have in sauces and stir- slightly runny, which adds even balance of five fundamental flavours whether it was the fascination and cream was bland and couldn’t fries. They pack a fiery punch more flavour and texture to it. — hot, sour, sweet, salty, and bitter love for hummus or the pindi keep up with its ‘primavera’ qual- accompanied by a bit of fruitiness. — that leave us with a harmonious chana interference in it? I never ity. For those who don’t know, it is Four, salty — fish sauce, or ‘nam- How have you explored the finish. When I cook, I ensure that realised the answer to this polar- a term used for a pasta dish, pla’ in Thai. It is one of the basic changes in the cuisine over the the core ethos of each dish stays pure ising question. Luckily, I didn’t which is made with lightly sauteed ingredients in Thai cooking. It has years? and authentic. Indians are able to have to find an answer to it here. spring vegetables. Even the oregano a rich, translucent reddish-brown Yes, I have. But my food is noth- relate to the spiciness of the chillies All thanks to the dish, which did sprinkles on the top didn’t help colour and is added liberally to ing like that. My aim is to keep the and the smoothness of the coconut all the justice to both hummus and here. nearly all the Thai dishes. It is the authenticity and tradition of Thai milk, which is well complemented chana or chickpea. The hummus, The last was the Kuch Nai perfect substitute for salt in vari- cuisine alive. In fact, my food is with the sharp taste of ginger. flavoured with pindi-style spices, cheese sauce, did excite me after its along with chopped onion and pizza. I was smitten by the wispy ous dishes. Five, bitter — Thai very similar to how dishes are was served with grilled first glance, however, failed to tomato, made all the sense due to trails of aroma that rose from the recipe for stir-fried bitter melon is prepped and cooked in the most Which cuisine in the world would Mediterranean-spiced kulcha. The make a lasting impression on my its aptly balanced flavours. And pan of the square-shaped enjoyed by people world over. traditional kitchens across you say comes closest to the per- kulcha perfectly replaced the pita tastebuds. Even though the fries isn’t this what fusion cuisine is all Margherita. On the taste side, its Thailand. I ensure my food is fect sensory and nutritional bal- bread and complemented the were perfectly fried and crisp, its about? Putting the best of two cul- crust was thin and crisp, and its What is your signature dish and smoked with lychee wood, coconut ance? spread, which, at once, melted bland cheesy sauce made the whole tures and creating edible master- mozzarella cheese was perfectly how did you come up with such husks and coconut peat just like Most definitely Indian. It has the inside my mouth due to its smooth experience fall to the ground. piece. As food experts suggest, puffed and melting. With the fresh an experiment? back at home so that the original perfect amalgamation of taste, and creamy texture. I was per- The next dish that caught my fusion food is about mixing of cherry tomatoes and basil on the I think Pad Krapow Gai is some- flavours, contrasting textures and flavours, texture, tradition and most plexed at the thought of why hum- fancy was the Shanker Market memory with technique and ide- top, it was a hit of the evening. thing that I love to make and eat. a memorable culinary affair is definitely, nutrition. Indian food mus has such a funny place in the tawa aloo bruschetta. Yes, potato ology. And this Italian-Indian duo Sometimes, there are questions It was one of the first few dishes offered to our guests. We, at The includes an array of healthy spices food world. 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2     $//B/! $D"#D$B7$D4B      )!0 !    ?      3 !   B)T)6?'H,%??,&(%I  '/'5) the bigger challenges is to get you play county cricket. Here, we more matches when someone is get things so easily. In county racing up for the upcoming Test series against ndia’s Test vice-captain just playing one international cricket, you need to do every- BIndia, South African batsman Aiden Markram has Ajinkya Rahane finds it format, which is Test cricket in thing on your own,” recalled acknowledged that some of his teammates "might still I“hard” to see Rohit Sharma his case. Rahane. be carrying a bit of baggage” of the 0-3 drubbing they sitting out as he seeks to revive his “The only challenge you have County cricket provided him endured in 2015 here. career in the traditional format in is getting match practice. with a lot of soul searching and The last time South Africa toured India for Tests the role of an opener. Sometimes, match practice is he fell in love with the sport all four years ago, the visitors were thrashed by Virat Rahane was back in form really important and facing qual- over again. Kohli’s men. Markram was 20 then and had not yet during the West Indies series and ity bowlers is important. At the “Apart from cricket, small made his international debut. The upcoming three- along with Hanuma Vihari, he highest level, you face quality things helped me a lot. I used to match series starts October 2 in Visakhapatnam. has cemented the two available bowlers all the time. All of them walk alone after the practice ses- “I remember watching that series a few years ago slots in the middle-order, are equally good. You don't get sion and think what was my and it looked incredibly difficult. And I'm sure there's prompting the team manage- loose balls easily. thinking when I started playing a bit of baggage that certain players that were on that ment to try out Rohit as an open- “You need to practice really cricket. The answer was that I tour might still be carrying but that's completely fine,” er in the upcoming South Africa hard. Your practice sessions enjoyed cricket rather than focus- Markram was quoted as saying by ICC's official web- Tests. should be really hard so that ing on the outcome. When you site. “I think it's never an easy tour coming to anywhere Rahane was asked to give his when you step into play a match, think about focus and outcome, in the subcontinent, let alone India. It's full of chal- opinion on Rohit’s new role and it gets easy for you. Preparation you put yourself under pressure. lenges, but if we can conquer those challenges it will the ever non-controversial right- and process is the key. “In county cricket, those two be really rewarding,” he added. hander didn't give a direct reply. “You need to believe yourself months, I learnt a lot. I played The opener, who has played 17 Tests so far and “You want an answer actual- and come out strongly. If I can seven matches and the focus scored 1358 runs, hoped to draw from his recent expe- ly? I don't know yet whether keep my mind at the present — was actually on red ball because rience with the A team. Rohit will open the innings. If he that is Test cricket — other I knew we would play Dukes ball “From a personal perspective, it was nice to spend does, I will be happy for him. I things will fall automatically," said in the West Indies. Trusting your time out in the middle. I think the wickets we get will said in West Indies also, it is hard the senior batsman, who has ability was the be a lot different to the wickets we got to see a special talent like Rohit played 58 Tests and 90 ODIs. key.” in the A series,” Markram said. sitting out,” Rahane said at a pro- Having last played an ODI 18 While "In the field as well, it was nice motional event here on Thursday. months ago, Rahane wants to India will be for us as fielders to be on our feet Rohit has three hundreds in have another shot at the 50-over favourites for long periods of time and for our 27 Tests and an average of a shade format. against South bowlers to bowl plenty of spells in under 40. Many believe that “Apart from Tests, I really Africa, Rahane these hot conditions. I took a lot Rohit's audacious strokeplay has enjoy playing ODI cricket as said that the likes from the A side games and I'm brought about his downfall, but well. I want to comeback to of Kagiso Rabada ready to go in the Test match- Rahane thinks otherwise. ODIs. Right now, the focus is and Keshav es.” The 24-year-old Markram “He has worked so hard and completely on this series. After Maharaj need to be prepared for the Tests with a if he gets an opportunity, I am the Australia series, there was a respected. fine 161 for the 'A' side in their sure, he will do well,” Rahane long break. When I got to know “Rabada is a second four-day game against exuded confidence. that I was not part of the World quality bowler. He is a India A in Mysore. “We all know the quality he Cup squad, my plan was to play wicket-taker. It doesn't “The guys are positive has — special talent. Test crick- county cricket and luckily the matter how the wicket will and upbeat and we're main- et is all about mindset and ODI Hampshire people called me and be. We have to respect him and taining a really good lan- cricket, you can just go out there asked about the county cricket.” the other bowlers. guage in the change- and back yourself. In Test crick- Time at English county They have got a relatively room, a really strong et, sometimes if two bowlers are Hampshire was well spent, said young team, but their bowling language. “At the end of bowling good spells, you need to Rahane. attack -- fast bowlers and spinners the day, we're not going respect that and come out strong “I thought I can actually use are experienced. Keshav Maharaj to harp on about condi- and play your game after that,” he my time really well and learn has played county cricket and did tions, we pretty much know what said. about cricket and life. It’s a com- well in red ball. You need to to expect and we just need to get For the 31-year-old, one of pletely different experience when respect them," he signed off. the job done,” he said. >     $     - C   $   +!- $  & ,&2%) 7(A+=>+(O !', -  / ormer India opener Gautam >'**G=+ (*+! FGambhir feels it is not fair to     ( 2  4,) criticise Rishabh Pant so early in    '/'5)    " his career and urged skipper L       (   ;  Virat Kohli and coach Ravi  ?(     HI  B)T)6?' Shastri to guide him on shot )    ) hotel and at the ground. selection.  0 ?  "&  -  he opening day of the Sri Lankan skipper Lahiru Pant, who is India’s first   0   "  Twarm-up game Thirimanne -- captaining the choice wicketkeeper in all three        between Board President's side after regular skipper Dimuth formats, received flak for his     "   XI and the visiting South Karunaratne pulled out -- is con- poor shot selection following a       "!    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Nothing could be better for the  "B   O")    ACA Sports Complex. played some FIFA games and car- sidelines of an event. There has been a lot of country and the youngsters if   S)J    )    M This is South Africa's only rom.” “In such a short time, he speculation regarding former Dravid is the NCA coach.”   " warm-up game before the Thirimanne, the most expe- (Pant) has smashed two Test skipper Mahendra Singh Jasprit Bumrah has been 0 ! ; " L )    P first Test begins in rienced player in the squad with tons. If you don't find his shot Dhoni’s retirement after he ruled out of the three-match (   5  Visakhapatnam on 125 ODIs, accepted the series selections ideal, it is his style of made himself unavailable for the home series against South   K(     October 2. would be difficult without so play. If you give him a chance in series against West Indies and Africa due to a back injury and %! "   " The focus of the many key men. the team then kindly back him South Africa. Gambhir said India will miss the warm-up match is Board ) 3?8%) %   0 0    “It’s a good challenge because and it is wrong to criticise him “I have always said that the services of the experienced K   K      M President's XI skipper 10 of our senior players are not so early. decision to retire is anyone's per- pacer. “He is the number one      " Rohit Sharma, who will be arachi hosts a one-day inter- here. First of all we must respect “Not only (Virat) Kohli but sonal call. I feel the selectors bowler in Test cricket. Surely, the opening the innings as a Knational for the first time in their decision because it's not also coach Ravi Shastri should should talk to Dhoni and ask team will miss him. Bumrah is pre-cursor to the opening 10 years when Pakistan take on about personal decision, you talk to Pant. It is the duty of the him about his plans because if undoubtedly a great challenge 2011 World Cup winning team. challenge. Test. a depleted Sri Lanka on Friday, have to talk about with your fam- team management to personal- you play for India, you cannot for any team in any format of Rohit Sharma has been “Rohit slammed five cen- The other two India furthering the country's revival in ilies when you take this kind of ly talk to the player who is not select the series you want to the game and his absence will included in the Test team as an turies in the World Cup and so, players in action are open- international cricket. decision. in form or if he is not perfect play,” Gambhir said. affect the side,” said the Delhi opener and Gambhir said the his inclusion in the team is not er Mayank Agarwal and “History will be made on “Regarding the challenge we with his shot selection as it On the conflict of interest batsman, who was part of India’s Mumbaikar is ready for the a surprise,” he said. pacer Umesh Yadav. Friday when Karachi will host the are getting here, it’s a very good first ODI,” said Pakistan captain side, I must say that Pakistan has Sarfaraz Ahmed. named their best side so, yeah, #  #  “We must thank the Sri the thing is we’ll have lot of 3 3 .   Lankan team for touring us.” youngsters so it's good opportu- Teams have been reluctant to nity for them to come up and visit the cricket-mad country showcase their talent.”    #  )8%&4 gap, Kashyap said: “It would be a good match. He since a militant attack on the Sri Sarfaraz and fast bowler beat Ginting, so he is in good form. I don't know Lankan team bus in Lahore in Wahab Riaz are the only ndian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap on Thursday why he didn't play China Open. It will be a tough 2009. Pakistani players who have  '(%&,/? Iadvanced to the Korea Open men’s singles quar- match. Let's see.” Although no players were played a one-day international in terfinal after a three-game triumph over Malaysia's The 2014 Commonwealth Games gold- killed in the attack, several were Karachi before — back in 2008. hief national badminton Daren Liew here. medallist is the lone Indian left in the fray in the injured and eight people died. “I can't wait for Friday,” said Ccoach Pullela The 33-year-old from Hyderabad prevailed BWF World Tour Super 500 tournament. The attack forced Pakistan to Sarfaraz, who took over as ODI Gopichand on Thursday 21-17 11-21 21-12 over Daren, who is a 2018 Kashyap entered the match with a 2-2 head- play all their “home” Tests and captain in 2017. exuded confidence that World Championship bronze medallist, in a con- to-head record against Daren, having beaten the most of their short-form games The remaining ODIs will Indian shuttlers will put up test that lasted 56 minutes. Malaysian on the way to his Commonwealth in the United Arab Emirates also be in Karachi on Sunday a good show at the Tokyo He will next square off against for- Games gold in 2014. with Zimbabwe becoming the and Wednesday. Olympics, bettering their mer world no 2, Denmark’s Jan O In the match, Daren opened up a 4-2 lead first team to return to Pakistan in The two teams will also performance from the last Jorgensen, an opponent he last early on but Kashyap ensured he had a 11-8 2015. play three Twenty20 interna- editions. played five years ago at the advantage at the interval. The Indian reeled off That tour was followed by a tionals — all in Lahore — on “We have been perform- Denmark Open. four straight points after the break to make it Twenty20 series by a World XI in October 5, 7 and 9. ing well for the last over a The 31-year-old Danish shut- 15-10. 2017, a one-off T20 match against Teams: decade and God willing, we tler beat eight seeded Indonesian Daren, however, reduced the deficit to 14- Sri Lanka that same year, and the Pakistan: Sarfaraz Ahmed will win better medals in the Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 17-21 15 before Kashyap accumulated three West Indies for a Twenty20 series (captain), Babar Azam (vice- 2020 Olympics,” Gopichand 21-16 21-13 in 58 minutes. points at 18-17 to pocket the opening in Karachi in 2018. captain), Abid Ali, Asif Ali, said when asked if Indian Overall, Kashyap has a 2-4 game. The current tour — compris- Fakhar Zaman, Haris Sohail, shuttlers will be able to record against Jorgensen, a In the second game, Daren came ing of three one-day internation- Mohammad Hasnain, Iftikhar change the colour of the 2015 World out firing on all cylinders and als and as many Twenty20s — Ahmed, Imad Wasim, medal at the Tokyo Olympic Championship bronze grabbed 13 straight points to create was tainted by the withdrawal of Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Games. nized by Tata Steel, said: for a job for me in every cor- medallist. a huge gap, which Kashyap could- 10 Sri Lankan players who cited Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Saina Nehwal had won “During the last three porate house as she was very “In the first patch in n't bridge to allow the Malaysian security fears. Shadab Khan, Usman Shinwari, the bronze medal in the decades, we have achieved’ much concerned about my the second game he was to roar back into the contest. Sri Lanka then stalled the Wahab Riaz 2012 London Olympics alphabetical' and ‘numerical’ future. playing really well. I was In the decider, Kashyap tour after receiving information Sri Lanka: Lahiru before P V Sindhu bettered literacy but have gone down “However, I had won struggling and once he produced a blazing run, of a possible militant attack on the Thirimanne (captain), it with a silver in the last edi- as far as 'physical literacy' the junior national title and had a big lead, he surging from 1-2 to 12-2 team, before the all clear was Danushka Gunathilaka, tion at 2016 Rio Games. was concerned." Gopichand, also joined Tata Steel in played some very good with 11 points. The finally given last week. Sadeera Samarawickrama, “God willing, we will a 2001 All England Jamshedpur in the same year shot. It was tough to Indian continued to High security Avishka Fernando, Oshada win better medal as the Champion, advised children (1991),” Gopichand said. make the scores equal. move ahead even as Pakistan have put in place Fernando, Shehan Jayasuriya, country has been perform- to be disciplined and work To a question on diet and “In the third game, Daren crumbled. stringent security measures nor- Dasun Shanaka, Minod ing well since 2008 at inter- hard to achieve goals. sport science, Gopichand I pushed the tempo Earlier, world mally reserved for heads of state. Bhanuka, Angelo Perera, national arena,” Gopichand Recalling his formative said, "Indian culture, knowl- and played a fast- champion P V All the arrangements are Wanindu Hasaranga, Lakshan said. years when he had failed in edge and age-old tradition paced game. I didn't Sindhu and the being led by the country's mili- Sandakan, Nuwan Pradeep, Gopichand, who was an engineering examination have a lot of values and we give him a big lead.” seasoned Saina tary, with around 2,000 security Isuru Udana, Kasun Rajitha, here to attend a function in 1991, Gopichand said, should not leave it to go after On playing Nehwal crashed out follow- personnel on alert at the team's Lahiru Kumara ‘Celebration of Sports’ orga- “My mother used to apply Western world completely. Jorgensen after a long ing first-round setbacks.