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P +,-./#-+#01 !" ! ! # 49: $ 69*- " %& elhi is experiencing the Dcoldest winter in over a '() % & century. The India *+ Meteorological Department (IMD) declared Monday as a - coldest day in the national '' ! Capital in 119 years with max- imum temperature dipping to " 9.4 degrees Celsius at Safdarjung (official) observa- #$ % # . tory. The Regional Weather Forecast Centre (RWFC) has /01 predicted no relief from cold wave on Tuesday. $ Sixteen flights were divert- " ed and four cancelled at the % & ! Delhi airport on Monday due to heavy fog, an official said. P& Many trains were running late. ' ( Citing 24 hours tempera- ture trend, the IMD said the 2 Aya Nagar observatory record- 3 ed day temperature at 7.8 4 O#67- - degrees Celsius, followed by 8)/ Ridge 8.4 degrees Celsius, 49:69*- around 11.30 pm on Sunday. # $" Palam 9 and Lodi Road 9.2 The deceased have been degrees Celsius. s the fog engulfed Delhi- identified as Mahesh (35), Forecasting weekly weath- ANCR on Sunday night Kishan Lal (50), Neeresh (17), ! er for the national Capital, the dropping the visibility to zero, Ram Khiladi (75), Mallu (12) RWFC has predicted rain on perature will be around 16 ture was almost half of what is cold as maximum temperature trend with Safdarjung record- six people, including two and Netrapal (40), all residents ) & January 1, 2 and 3 while degrees Celsius January 1 considered normal for this was recorded 9.4 degrees ing 9.4 degrees Celsius and minors, were killed when their of Sambhal district in Uttar P * December 31 is still tagged as onwards. day of the year. “Today was the Celsius. “Delhi is likely to Palam 9.0 degrees Celsius,” Maruti Etriga car skidded off Pradesh. “cold wave” day. There will be Low visibility in Delhi and coldest day recorded for the record the coldest day today in IMD tweeted. the road and fell into a canal Police said there was one no respite before January 3 as National Capital Region December,” Kuldeep said. last 119 years for December On Monday, a thick blan- in Uttar Pradesh’s Greater more car accompanying them + minimum temperature will (NCR) delayed thirty trains. Around 3.30 pm, the IMD month as day temperature till ket of fog engulfed Delhi and Noida. Five other occupants of and they all were going to + fluctuate around 3-4 degrees Kuldeep Srivastava, head announced that Delhi is likely 14.30 IST of today has been the minimum temperature set- the car suffered injuries in the Delhi when the unfortunate ! Celsius, while maximum tem- RWFC, said the day tempera- to break previous records of unusually following a coldest tled at 2.6 degrees Celsius. accident that took place incident occurred. % # $ 49:69*- # R lose on the heels of an espi- 49:69*- Conage racket busted with- in its ranks and the arrest of s expected Army Chief seven sailors, the Indian Navy AGeneral Bipin Rawat was ! has banned the use of smart on Monday night appointed the phones and Facebook by its first ever Chief of Defence personnel within naval estab- Staff (CDS). lishments and on warships. e will assume charge on The arrested sailors were HDecember 31 when he & + $2- honey-trapped and allegedly retires as the Army Chief. Vice blackmailed through social Chief of Army Manoj Mukund aharashtra Chief media to pass on sensitive Naravane will take over as the MMinister Uddhav information. next Army Chief. Thackeray on Monday sprang “Directive on use of smart The CDS will have a tenure a surprise by including his son phones and social media for of three years or will serve till Aditya Thackeray in his team naval personnel were always the age of 65. Rawat will com- and carried out his first full- there. The new instructions on plete 62 years when he retires fledged expansion of his smart phones are that these as the Army Chief. The Union Ministry by inducting Ajit cannot be used within naval comfort, however, the decision the Eastern Naval command submarines after they fell into Cabinet on Tuesday last week Pawar as Deputy Chief establishments and naval plat- is in the larger national inter- headquarters besides the sen- a honey-trap through social had approved the creation of Minister and 35 new Ministers forms. Social media, use of est, they added. sitive submarine building cen- media in 2018. the CDS. in his Cabinet. Facebook, is banned for all The latest order comes tre where the nuclear sub- Incidentally, a similar case He will function as the With the expansion, the naval personnel,” Navy sources days after the Andhra Pradesh marines Arihant are under involving at least two soldiers Principal Military Adviser to Cabinet size has gone up to 43, said here on Monday. For mes- Police along with the Navy construction, the Western leaking information through the Defence Minister and head the maximum for 288-mem- !! " # $ % saging apps, instructions are intelligence unit and Central Naval command is based in social media came to light two the new department of military ber Maharashtra Assembly. & # $ ' ( $ expected to be issued shortly, intelligence agencies arrested Mumbai. The lone aircraft car- months back in Rajasthan affairs in the Defence Ministry. Ajit Pawar, who returned ! % * ' #+ they added. seven sailors, besides a hawala rier INS Vikramaditya’s base is despite the armed forces regu- Since Rawat is the senior as the Deputy Chief Minister The latest orders are in line operator. The sailors were in Karwar, Karnataka. larly cautioning its personnel to most Service Chief, as the CDS of the State for a record fourth Bhavan premises in south Deputy Chief Minister, the with ensuring the security of arrested from Visakhapatnam, The spy racket was busted be careful on social media. he will first among equals time, and 35 other Ministers, Mumbai. number of Ministers in the information, officials said stat- Mumbai and Karwar naval on December 19 by the Andhra The Army recently warned among service chiefs. The including Aditya Thackeray Of the Ministers who were Uddhav Thackeray Cabinet ing the recent incident involv- establishments. They report- Pradesh Intelligence its personnel against 150 fake CDS, who will draw salary and former Chief Minister administered oath by the has risen to 43, including that ing the seven sailors in edly passed on unauthorised Department in a joint opera- social media profiles, including equivalent to the Services Ashok Chavan, were sworn Governor, 25 are of the of the Chief Minister. Visakhapatnam has also been information about movement tion with the Navy code named of phoney spiritual gurus and Chiefs, will be responsible for into office by Maharashtra Cabinet rank, while the Sena spokesperson Sanjay taken into consideration while of warships and other opera- “Dolphin’s Nose.” The police babas, being used by Pakistan’s rationalising weapons pro- Governor Bhagat Singh remaining 10 are Ministers of Raut’s MLA-brother Sunil arriving at this decision. “We tional details through social claimed the sailors, recruited in Intelligence officers to honey- curement procedures, besides Koshyari at an oath-taking State. With the induction of 36 Raut couldn’t find a place in do understand that this may media to a Pakistan handler. 2017, passed information like trap officials for extracting integrating the operation of the ceremony held on the Vidhan new Ministers, including the the Cabinet expansion. come at the cost of some dis- While Visakhapatnam has locations of naval ships and sensitive military information. armed forces. R ' + +*944- the anti-CAA demonstrators. A ingenious style of protest to day in the life of an ordinary express their resentment. () * ) gitations by political parties Hindu family begins in Tamil Women activists belonging Ausually bring anxious Nadu with the lady of the house to the DMK and the CPI(M) 49:69*- cent of the total geographical moments in the minds of ordi- cleaning the courtyard or the assembled at Besant Nagar, a area (1,483 sq km), the report nary people for fear of violence. entrance and decorating the high-end residential area and he forest-and-tree cover in said. The opposition against the area with Kolams made of white started drawing Kolams with Tthe country has increased The tree cover, which Citizenship Amendment Act rice powder. anti-CAA messages and slo- by 5,188 square kilometres in refers to small patches of less 2019 drawing thousands of They draw Kolams in dif- gans inscribed in them. the last two years, but in the than 1 hectare outside forests, people to rallies across Tamil ferent sizes, shapes and mod- Taken aback by the intrud- North-East it is on the decline. is estimated at 95,027 sqkm, Nadu is no exception as there els. “It is a way to welcome ers who drew a kind of “surre- India is also on track to achieve which is 2.89 percent of the is apprehension that the law gods, prosperity and happiness. alistic” Kolams in front of their its goal of creating an addi- geographical area. and order may go haywire. The expertise with which the houses, the residents opposed tional carbon sink of 2.5-3 bil- & , The top five States in terms But the last two days saw Kolams are drawn is a measure the art work because the con- lion tonnes under the Paris - of increase in forest cover are the anti-CAA demonstrations in of the devotion and dedication tents were not in tune with tra- Agreement, Environment + ! ./01 Karnataka (1,025 sqkm), Tamil Nadu taking a new turn. the lady has for gods as well as dition. Minister Prakash Javadekar #+ Andhra Pradesh (990 sqkm), There are no rallies holding up her house,” said Vijayashree Following objections raised said while releasing the bien- Kerala (823 sqkm), Jammu & traffic or throwing normal life Ramesh, advocate and social 2 ' ! 2 % by the residents, the activists nial India State Forest Report mated at 7,12,249 sqkm which Kashmir (371 sqkm) and out of gear. The agitation has activist. moved over to the public road 2019. is 21.67 per cent of the geo- Himachal Pradesh (334 sqkm). women as protagonists and However, many houses in where they started drawing According to the report, graphic area of the country. However, the North-East they are using an age-old Tamil Mylapore, Adyar and even in (the period from December 15 being followed only by believ- Kolams with anti-CAA mes- the forest cover increased by Delhi’s total forest and tree did not show positive results as custom to give vent to their Boat Club Roads spotted pro- to January 15), extra care is ers in Sanatana Dharma. Since sages. But the police detained 3,976 sqkm (0.56 per cent), cover has increased from the current assessment showed resentment against the new leg- CAA Kolams making it a taken to make big and beauti- the law enforcing agencies got them under the charges of dis- while tree cover by 1,212 sqkm 305.41 sqkm in 2017 to 324.44 a decrease of forest cover to the islation. Kolams or Rangolis Kolam war in Tamil Nadu. ful Kolams. There is no need to tough with the anti-CAA ral- turbing public order and they (1.29 per cent). The total for- sqkm. Delhi’s total forest and extent of 765 sqkm (0.45 per are the new tools employed by The season being Margazhi mention that this is a practice lyists, the latter devised an withdrew for the day. est cover of India is now esti- green cover is now 21.86 per cent) in the region. !"# $
! ( 8 social media to highlight its fea- interest groups. Sadhguru's video and said "stop The BJP has asserted that it is 49:69*- tures with Modi posting a #IndiaSupportsCAA," Modi believing lies and half truths on meant for minorities persecut- video of spiritual guru tweeted. CAA". He urged everyone, ed in three neighbouring coun- rime Minister Narendra Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev back- The Twitter handle of especially the youth, to watch tries due to their faith. PModi on Monday led the ing the legislation. Modi's personal website also the video and get a "historical Union Minister Prakash BJP's outreach campaign with Amid protests, including had a message saying that the perspective on why we need Javadekar took on the critics, the hashtag from Muslims in several parts CAA is about giving citizenship CAA". who have dubbed the law as #IndiaSupportsCAA to gather of the country, the Prime Min- to persecuted refugees and not Joining the campaign, discriminatory, and tweeted, support for the Citizenship ister has asserted that the law about taking anyone's citizen- party's working president JP "Spread Facts Not Myth: In the Amendment Act (CAA), which is about giving citizenship to ship away. The message was Nadda quoted from the spiri- last 6 years, 2830 Pakistani, 912 has sparked violent protests refugees from three countries posted with the hashtag "India tual leader's remarks to say that Afghani & 172 Bangladeshi across India in recent weeks. and not about taking away Supports CAA". "in a very calibrated way some- citizens have been given Indian Modi's official website tweeted anyone's citizenship. BJP has It also asked people to body sent the message to the citizenship. Many of them are that the CAA "is about giving announced a 10-day campaign share content, graphics and minorities that your citizenship from majority community of citizenship to persecuted across the country to spread videos from the Prime Minis- is under threat which is an these countries." refugees and not about taking awareness about the CAA and ter's NaMo app to show their absolute lie". He also posted several anyone's citizenship away". taken on the Opposition for support for the law, which has Opposition and other crit- tweets, highlighting key aspects Seeking to mobilise sup- pushing "rumours and fears" triggered protests in different ics slammed the CAA, saying of the amended law and quot- port for the amended citizen- around it. parts of the country. it is against India's secular ed Modi's comments that it will ship law, other BJP leaders too "Do hear this lucid expla- CAA and more by Sadhguru historical context, brilliantly erhood. He also calls out the BJP president and Home Constitution as it makes reli- not adversely affect any Indian launched the campaign on nation of aspects relating to Jaggi Vasudev. He provides highlights our culture of broth- misinformation by vested Minister Amit Shah also posed gion as a ground for citizenship. citizen. ( 2% % + . 'P 05$ -62 % 4 C 49:69*- then public servants in this Corporation Jammu and 49:69*- "There was no breach in "During travelling, the pro- conspiracy of issuance of Ranjan is CEO of Jammu security by the official" who tectee used non-bullet resistant < 3 !6 he CBI on Monday con- licences to non-residents of Srinagar Metro Rail he CRPF on Monday said happens to be the CO of civil vehicle without a personal " Tducted searches at 17 loca- J&K in violation of rules, Corporation Tthere was no breach in Hazartganj, Abhay Mishra, reads security officer. The protectee !- tions in Jammu & Kashmir at allegedly received gratifica- The case was handed over Congress leader Priyanka the statement. took a lift on Scooty as a pillion the premises of senior IAS tion," the agency said in a to the CBI on the basis of a rec- Gandhi Vadra's security during It said the "only programme" rider," it said, adding that as this officers Yasha Mudgal and statement. ommendation from Rajasthan her recent trip to Lucknow. The of Priyanka indicated to the movement was not planned, the 8 Kumar Rajeev Ranjan besides Several documents related Director General of Police O P paramilitary blamed Vadra for CRPF team for that day was CRPF team could not conduct + ; the then District to the cases, including bank Galhotra after the anti-terror "violations" by riding pillion on about her visit to the local an ASL which was a breach of " +2- Collectors/District Magistrates statements, were recovered squad had busted a racket a scooter. Pradesh Congress Committee security protocol mandated for of Kupwara, Baramulla, during the searches that were related to the matter. Following The force, which provides (PCC) office for attending a Priyanka Gandhi. - Udhampur, Kishtwar, Shopian, carried out at three places in this, the two FIRs were lodged armed commandos under the party foundation day event. "Despite the security con- - " C Rajouri, Doda and Pulwama in Centre. After taking over the Kashmir, 11 places in Jammu by the agency. 'Z+' category of VIP security The CRPF said it had "con- straints, appropriate security D--"CE . ! an alleged gun licensing rack- case in 2018, searches were also and one each in Gurugram The CBI's Chandigarh unit cover to her, said the Congress ducted" an ASL for this event and cover was provided by the CRPF " # + 2 et busted by the Rajasthan earlier conducted at 11 places (Haryana), Mohali (Punjab) had registered the FIRs for leader undertook "unscheduled had intimated it to state author- during the visit," it said. A+ C police in 2017. including Srinagar, Udhampur and Noida (Uttar Pradesh), alleged criminal misconduct movement without intimation". ities. The force added that such .-< The move comes two years and Jammu at the locations of officials said. and criminal conspiracy under Therefore, an advanced It alleged that the Congress security lapses are communi- 6 8( after the agency registered two private gun houses which led to Besides searching the the Ranbir Penal Code and in security liaison (ASL) could not leader's "personal staff did not cated to the protectee and cases on allegations issuance of recovery of incriminating doc- premises of Mudgal, a 2007- violation of Section 3/25 of the be conducted, the Central communicate" the detailed pro- "advised" for ensuring proper ! around two lakh arms licences uments including issue, renew- batch IAS officer, and Ranjan, Arms Act, besides provisions of Reserve Police Force (CRPF) said gramme of the day to the Uttar security arrangements. to non residents of the erst- al of arms licenses, blank appli- a 2010-batch IAS officer, hous- the Prevention of Corruption in a statement issued here by Pradesh Police CO when he Priyanka, also the Congress 8 )5 P while State. cation forms submitted by var- es of I Hussain, Mohammed Act. Inspector General (Intelligence came calling at Priyanka's place general secretary in-charge of UP The CBI said incriminating ious licencees, money transac- Saleem, Mohammed Junaid According to Rajasthan and VIP security) P K Singh. of stay in Lucknow at about 8 am. (East), was in Lucknow on - documents recovered during tions of gun dealers with Khan, F C Bhagat, Farooq Police officials, the Jammu and Priyanka's office had written The force said while there December 27 and December 28 <- D<"-E searches are being scrutinised. licencees, blank NOC pur- Ahmed Khan and Jenhagir Kashmir government was to Singh's office on December 28 was no breach in Priyanka as part of her first visit to the State 9 +D9+E The agency had registered portedly issued by District Ahmed Mir were searched, informed about the racket in with a complaint that a police cir- Gandhi's security, at least three capital after violent protests 8) two cases in August last year on Magistrates and other docu- officials said. 2017 and several letters cle officer (CO) in Lucknow had "security violations" took place against the amended citizenship the consent of Jammu and ments, the agency said in a Mudgal is at present CEO- addressed to then Chief issued threats to her security per- when she chose to ride a two- law and a proposed countrywide Kashmir Government and fur- statement. and-Managing Director of Secretary B B Vyas remained sonnel and warned of restricting wheeler while on her way to visit implementation of the National !" ther notification from the "It was also alleged that the Power Distribution unanswered. her movements on the same day. retired IPS officer S R Darapuri. Register of Citizens. 4 + D4+E 6 D 6 E < % 6 D<%6E!" $ 7' ( ' <"- 4 !" '/ 49:69*- 8)/! 0/ 8' he Ministry of Housing Tand Urban Affairs on * * 49:69*- Delhi Development Authority Monday signed an MoU with # -# (DDA) has completed the work Flipkart in which products $ # ccusing the AAP of spread- on preparing maps of unau- made by women self-help 9 Aing "lies" and misleading thorised colonies in just two groups formed under the +D9+E people on the issue regularisa- months while 35,000 people Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- tion of unauthorised colonies, start in next 8-10 days to give have registered themselves on National Urban Livelihoods " !" Union Housing and Urban ownership rights to people. its website and submitted doc- Mission (DAY-NULM), will + Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh You keep telling lies, and we uments. now be available on e-com- + C Puri on Monday said registry (Centre) will soon hand over In another tweet, the Union merce platforms. # for ownership rights in unau- documents of houses to the res- housing and urban affairs min- Union Housing and Urban thorised colonies will start in idents of these colonies. You ister accused the Kejriwal gov- Affairs Secretary Durga % / 8)8) the next 8-10 days. cannot be an obstacle in the ernment of failing to prepare Shanker Mishra said the gov- 6 '/ 8)8) 6 " Puri said that the Central happiness of Delhiites," Puri maps of 1,731 colonies in the ernment would also rope in cially independent. According "Today, we have signed an event. !# /1B Government will soon hand tweeted in Hindi. past five years and they moved Amazon to provide a platform to the secretary, 12 lakh people MoU with Flipkart. It aims to According to the secretary, -# $ over registry to the residents. It "The Aam Aadmi Party is a court seeking two-year-time for the online sale of SHGs' have so far been trained in dif- directly sell products made by 12 lakh people have so far been is estimated that 40-50 lakh misleading people but the BJP- for the same. products. ferent skills in the last five years self-help groups through e- trained in different skills in the 9+! people living in 1731 unautho- led Centre has brought laws, he Earlier on Sunday, Chief Under the DAY -NULM, under the mission while commerce portals. We are also last five years under the mis- 4 6 ;" +2- rised colonies play a vital role said in reference to the Minister Arvind Kejriwal said self-help groups consisting 44 around 5.06 lakh people were likely to ink an MoU with sion while around 5.06 lakh in deciding the fate of any Parliament passing a bill to give at a press conference that polit- lakh women have been work- given funds by the government Amazon on January 7 for the people were given funds by the political party in every election ownership rights to the resi- ical parties indulge in politics, ing across the country, a move and they are currently self- same purpose," Mishra told government and they are cur- - " in the national capital. In dents of unauthorised colonies. but if government starts fur- aimed at making women finan- employed. reporters on the sidelines of an rently self-employed. 2 -C 2015, people of unauthorised "...Tell, has the law been nishing wrong information, it is D-E colonies voted to Arvind enacted or not? has the process saddening. Citing (FAQ) fre- !" Kejriwal to bring changes in the of giving ownership rights to quently asked questions from 6 national capital. In 2020, both people begun or not? Their DDA website on unauthorised !"# #$% &' #( $ $ + - " BJP and AAP is eying on unau- (AAP's) strategy is not to ben- colonies, Kejriwal claimed that D- E # 4 - thorised colonies vote bank. efit people, and mislead them neither central government is ) *+))#"( !& +-"D E6 "They (AAP) are weaving instead," Puri said. giving ownership rights nor ! nets of words while registry will The minister said that the regularising them. $ 49:69*- ' P o prevent the repeat of this '$ Tyear's onion crisis, the Centre has decided to create a buffer stock of 1 lakh tonnes of 2 -2P " the key kitchen staple between March and July in 2020. Top sources said that ( 8 49: The Niti Aayog vice chair- With regard to poverty Cooperative Nafed, which had 69*- man also said Modi govern- reduction, states which have maintained the buffer stock of ment will not leave any stone done well include Tamil Nadu, onion on behalf of the govern- erala and Chandigarh unturned to make sure India Tripura, Andhra Pradesh, ment, will continue to do so Kretained the top ranks achieves SDG Agenda 2030. Meghalaya, Mizoram and next year. It will source the rabi among States and Union According to the report, India's Sikkim. On 'zero hunger' para- (winter) onion crop — which Territories even as Bihar turned composite score improved from meters, Goa, Mizoram, Kerala, has higher shelf life— between out to be the worst performer 57 in 2018 to 60 in 2019 with Nagaland and Manipur were March and July directly from in Niti Aayog's SDG India major success in water and the front runners, according to farmers. Index 2019 that evaluates sanitation, industry and inno- the report. The Government had cre- progress on social, economic Bihar, Jharkhand and vation. The SDG India Index, ated a buffer stock of 56,000 and environmental parame- Arunachal Pradesh are the However, nutrition and launched last year by Niti Aayog tonnes for the current year but ters. worst performing States in this gender continue to be problem with the help of United Nations, it was not sufficient to contain According to 'SDG year's Index for Sustainable areas for India, requiring more took into account 16 out of 17 the prices which are still ruling (Sustainable Development Development Goals (SDGs). focussed approach from the goals specified by the United above Rs 100 per kg in most Karnataka by late January. government took several mea- The shipments are underway. Goals) India Index 2019', "The United Nations' SDG tar- government. The report said Nations as SDGs. The Index cities across the country. "The issue was discussed in sures to boost the domestic The first batch of 790 metric released on Monday, Uttar get of 2030 can never be met while three out of five states in this year ranked states based on The prices are expected to detail in the recent meeting of availability including ban on tonnes of onion arrived from Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim without India... We are fully the top spots perform equal to 54 targets spread over 100 indi- cool down by end of January the group of ministers (GoM), exports, stock limits on traders Turkey and Egypt and distrib- have shown maximum committed to achieving UN's or better than the country aver- cators out of 306 outlined by the next year with the domestic headed by Home Minister besides sale of onion at sub- uted to Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, improvement, but States like SDG target," Niti Aayog CEO age on 12 goals, the other two UN. supply of new produce from Amit Shah. It was decided that sidised rates from its buffer Karnataka amd Telangana. Gujarat have not shown any Amitabh Kant said at the states do the same on 11 goals. The first report, which was the rabi (winter) and late higher buffer stock of about 1 stock and imports. According to agriculture progress vis-a-vis the 2018 launch of the report. "Only three states were launched in 2018 had 13 goals kharif (summer) seasons - lakh tonne will be created for Already, the government ministry's data, 0.98 lakh rankings. Speaking at the event, Niti placed in the category of Front and 39 indicators. The year thereby also giving rise to next year," sources said. has exhausted its buffer stock hectare area is covered under "Kerala retained its rank as Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Runners (with a score in the 2020 will be the fifth anniver- the possibility of a glut. This year, onion prices fell of onion which was disposed at late kharif as against 1.22 lakh the top State with a score of 70. Kumar said southern states range 65-99, including both) in sary of the adoption of SDGs by Sources said the arrival of sharply due to 26 per cent fall a subsidised rate in the local hectare in the corresponding Chandigarh too maintained its have done well in health. 2018 - Himachal Pradesh, 193 countries at the UN imported onions will coincide in kharif and late kharif (sum- market. Now, it is selling period last year. The area top spot among the UTs with a "West Bengal (rank 14) has also Kerala, and Tamil Nadu. In General Assembly. with the supply of late kharif mer) production due to late imported ones. under rabi onion crop, mean- score of 70. Himachal Pradesh done well in Niti Aayog's SDG 2019, five more states joined The SDGs, constituted onions from Maharashtra and monsoon and later untimely MMTC, which is import- while, is 2.76 lakh hectare as took the second spot while Index 2019, but given the edu- this league - Andhra Pradesh, through an unprecedented con- Gujarat in the last week of rains in key growing states ing on behalf of the govern- against 2.31 lakh hectare in the Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu cation level(in the state), West Telangana, Karnataka, Sikkim sultative process, have 17 goals December, as well as the early especially Maharasthra and ment, has contracted about corresponding period last year and Telangana shared the third Bengal should be in top 3 per- and Goa, taking the total tally and 169 related targets to be rabi produce from Rajasthan, Karnataka. 45,000 tonnes of onion from (until the first week of spot," the report said. forming states," Kumar added. to eight," it noted. achieved by 2030. Madhya Pradesh and To check rising prices, the Turkey, Afghanistan and Egypt. December this year). chhattisgarh 03 RAIPUR | TUESDAY | DECEMBER 31, 2019 C’garh seeks Telangana’s Nomination process begins assistance for tribal survey for three-tier panchayat polls STAFF REPORTER n Sarpanch, Janpad member or STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR The letter is part of representatives of of those people at the RAIPUR zila Panchayat member but Chhattisgarh, Andhra migrated place and to know cannot file more than one P Mandal, chief secretary a rehabilitation and Pradesh, Telangana, whether they want to return. he respective district nomination for a single post Rgovernment of resettlement of Maharashtra and Odisha on To receive the forest rights Telection officers cum col- in more than one place. Chhattisgarh in a letter to his July 2, 2019. State govern- claims of such families and lectors across the state issued The three-phase polling Telangana counterpart has internally displaced ment of Chhattisgarh was issue titles as per their the notification for the three is scheduled on January 28, sought assistance for holding a people (IDP) of directed to conduct social eligibility. tier panchayat polls on January 31 and February 3, survey of the tribal who have and economic survey The commission has also Monday as per the scheduled 2020. migrated to the southern state. Chhattisgarh in of tribal population migrat- directed district collectors of programme issued by State The polling will be held The letter is part of a reha- Telangana using ed to the neighbouring adjoining districts of Election Commission, for all the Gram Panchayats, bilitation and resettlement of states of Andhra Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh. the tenure of which is internally displaced people section 3(1) (m) of Telangana, Maharashtra Maharashtra and Odisha for The notification for the scheduled to end on (IDP) of Chhattisgarh in Forest Rights Act, and Odisha with the help of helping in the survey to be reservation and polling cen- February 2020, including all Telangana using section 3(1) local revenue and tribal carried out by Government tres list was also published. the new village panchayat (m) of Forest Rights Act, 2006. 2006 welfare department of of Chhattisgarh. Keeping The reservation will be held after delimitation, for mem- The letter cites that Chhattisgarh. this in view, the chief for the three-tier, at village bers of Janpad Panchayat and National Commission of application filed by one Letter further states the secretary has sought Panchayat, Janpad Panchayat Zila Panchayat. Scheduled Tribe (NCST) social worker had organised NCST has directed to make assistance from Telangana and Zila Panchayat. The last date for filing of taking cognizance of the a meeting inviting inquiry of the present status government. The security deposit of nomination papers is January Panch post is Rs 50, while 6, 2020 for all the three Sarpanch is Rs 1000 where as Caste, Scheduled Tribe, all other posts the nomina- phases while the for Janpad Panchayat mem- Other Backward Community tion should accompany with nominations will be reviewed ber the amount is Rs 2000. and woman candidate, the affidavit in specified format, next day (January 7). The last The amount fixed for Zila amount will be just 50 per- which is certified by Notary. date for withdrawal of Cong to announce Mayoral Panchayat member is Rs cent of the fixed security A candidate can file nomina- nomination paper is 4000. For the Scheduled deposit. Except for Panch, in tion paper for Panch, January 9, 2020 till 3.00 pm. candidate on January 5 n Chhattisgarh to constitute STAFF REPORTER RAIPUR meeting of newly elected ACongress Corporators of Raipur Municipal Corporation was held on Irrigation Devpt Authority Monday at party’s state head- quarters Rajiv Bhawan to dis- n cuss about election of Raipur’s STAFF REPORTER RAIPUR constituted earlier is not serving the new Mayor. purpose as per present expectations. n A bid to provide maximum benefit Hence, the CSIDC will be trans- It was decided that the of irrigation facilities to farmers of announcement of the name I formed into Irrigation Development for the Mayoral election to be Chhattisgarh, the State Government will Authority. held on January 6 would be constitute an Irrigation Development It is noteworthy that Chhattisgarh made a day earlier i.e. on Authority. has nearly 57 lakh hectares of agricultur- January 5. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has al land. In year 2004, the developed irri- There is a close contest given orders for its formation, according gation capacity in the state was 15 lakh between three party bigwigs to official sources. 51 thousand hectares and actual irriga- for the Mayoral post namely Notably, presently, the irrigation tion capacity was 10 lakh 22 thousand former Mayor Pramod Dubey, capacity in the state is 10.38 lakh hectares, whereas in year 2018, the Ejaj Dhebar and Gyanesh hectare, which is 18% of the total fertile developed irrigation capacity was 20 lakh 88 thousand and actual irrigation Sharma. land. Chief Minister said that develop- Congress sources said the capacity was 10 lakh 38 thousand name to be finalized would be ment of irrigation facilities is one of the hectare. Chhattisgarh Irrigation up to the Corporators and will top priorities of the state government. Development Authority would chalk out not be imposed by the party assured of getting support ent candidates who have suc- and it is also claiming for the For speedy development of irriga- action plan for expansion of actual high command. from independent ceeded in recently concluded Mayoral post asserting that it tion resources, it is necessary to work on irrigation capacity and development of Notable, though Congress Corporators. Out of 70 total civic body elections are seven. has support of independent as mission mode, for which the state gov- Chief Minister said that the new irrigation schemes in the state so has two Corporators short wards, Congress won in 34, On the other hand the BJP well as some Congress ernment has decided to constitute the Chhattisgarh Infrastructure that farmers of the state may get maxi- from majority mark, it is well while the number of independ- clinched victory in 29 wards Corporators. development authority. Development Corporation (CSIDC) mum benefits from the same. Paddy procurement slowed down: BJP STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR government is now trying to fix the responsibility at primary hhattisgarh BJP Kisan society managers and CMorcha’s former procurement in-charge, when the president Sandeep Sharma state should resolve the issue. alleged that farmers are Sharma said it is the unable to sell their produce responsibility of the state due to lack of transportation government to make and on the other hand paddy arrangement for milling so that have been stacked at the paddy stocks are lifted from procurement centres. procurement centres. He claimed that the primary He further said farmers hav- societies, citing lack of space, are ing sold their produce a fortnight not procuring paddy. ago have not received the pay- The BJP’s farmer leader ment. The procurement process- blamed the state government for es have slowed down due to such not charting any policy-based policy deficiency and as a result With the cold wave gripping the entire state, the state government has made necessary arrangements for bonfire at various places in urban and in procurement centres are not arrangement for paddy milling farmers are agitating at different Panchayat bodies to combat the chilling weather. being lifted for milling. Pioneer Photo due to which the paddy stocked He alleged that the state places, he claimed. Our winning streak will continue School timings changed in Panchayat polls: Congress STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR paddy will certainly help the party in succeeding in the election as by in Raipur, other districts tate Congress on Monday doing so we have won the hearts Sclaimed that it will register of the people”, he claimed. STAFF REPORTER n be from 8.30 am to 12.30 one-sided victory in ensuing Erstwhile BJP government in RAIPUR pm while for senior section Panchayat polls going to be held a well planned conspiracy had it will be from 12.45 pm to in the state in three phases from tried to restrain illiterates from eeping in view of cold 5.00 pm. January 28. contesting the Panchayat bodies’ Kwave like condition For the single shift, there State general secretary and polls but the ruling Congress by across the state, the school will be no change of timing chairman communication wing of making necessary amendment timing for school going from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. the party Shailesh Nitin Trivedi in has made provisions for illiterates children have been The order will be effective in a statement said similar to the also to participate in the festival of changed across the state by all the government, private, party’s success in assembly democracy, Trivedi said. separate orders issued by government aided school by-polls in Bastar and in the Asserting that it was Congress district collectors. and Madrasa schools. The recently concluded urban body which had empowered the The timing will be order will be effective till polls, the Congress will also Panchayat bodies by making effective from December 31. January 10, 2020. emerge victorious in Panchayat amendment in the Constitution, According to District A similar order has elections, continuing its winning to labourers and farmers by Trivedi claimed that the party Education Officer, Raipur also been issued by District streak. implementing farm loan waiver very well knows how to make the schools having two Education Officer, “The fulfillment of promises and providing minimum support strong the elected representatives shifts, the new school tim- Kabirdham effective for all made during assembly elections price of `2500 for per quintal of of them. ings for junior school will schools under the district. !"# $ , ! "
$6*-4 The protest march started Capt Amarinder, referring God’s people). ation with that incident, Government, warning that no He took a dig at the BJP itself was a ‘tukde tukde’ gov- from Daresi Ground and cul- to the manhandling of AICC He added that the protest Manpreet said that if Modi citizen would escape the ill- leadership’s ‘tukde tukde gang’ ernment, which was out to unjab Congress on Monday minated at the statue of general secretary Priyanka march, held in Punjab’s eco- tried to send Indians out of the effects of the Centre’s actions. remarks, saying that the NDA divide the country. Porganised a protest march Mahatma Gandhi at Matarani Gandhi in Uttar Pradesh, said nomic heartland, would help country, the Congress will turn and dharna at Ludhiana to Chowk. that the police could not have send the anti-CAA message him (Modi) out of India. protest against the Citizenship Capt Amarinder, address- indulged in such behaviour across India. Noting that the BJP had Amendment Act (CAA). Led ing Punjab Pradesh Congress without Chief Minister Yogi Later, in an informal chat secured a mere 39 percent by Punjab Chief Minister Capt Committee (PPCC) leaders Adiyanath’s knowledge. “Aren’t with mediapersons, Capt votes in the last Lok Sabha elec- Amarinder Singh and the state and workers at a protest march you ashamed of such actions,” Amarinder reiterated that his tions, he asserted that with the Congress president Sunil and dharna, also joined by All he asked Yogi Adiyanath, warn- government would continue to remaining 61 percent support- Jakhar, the state Congress lead- India Congress Committee ing that the Congress would oppose the Centre’s attempt to ing the opposition parties, the ers including Cabinet (AICC) secretary in-charge of not forget this incident and destroy India’s secular charac- Modi Government could not Ministers, MLAs, came out on Punjab affairs Asha Kumari, tables would turn one day. ter and change the Preamble of get away with the enactment of streets to raise voice against warned that the BJP could not Pointing out that the the Constitution. such black laws. Narendra Modi Government get away with its nefarious Massachusetts Institute of On the manhandling of PPCC president Sunil and the “draconian” Act. designs. He pointed that Technology (MIT) students Priyanka by UP police, he Jakhar lambasted the ‘kale Lashing out at the protests against the draconian had also passed a resolution termed the incident shameful. angrez sitting in Delhi’ (BJP-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for Act were going on currently in against CAA, the Chief “It is shameful that Guru central government) for trying trying to “change the 16 states, including Punjab. Minister observed that while Nanak Dev ji’s secular ideolo- to implement the agenda which Constitution’s preamble”, the Reading out the preamble, the entire world was expressing gy was being attacked while his the pre-Independence ‘goras’ Chief Minister called upon all he said that it was the very basis concern over the ramifications 550th birth anniversary was (whites) had failed to execute. Indians to unite against their of India’s foundation, which of the legislation, “those sitting being celebrated across the The people accepted the divisive and dangerous nobody could disturb. “While in Delhi continue to be world,” he added. demonetization and GST attempts to destroy the nation’s Articles of the Constitution are adamant, refusing to pay heed Earlier, senior party leader assaults patiently but had now secular fabric with the CAA. amended from time to time, to the voice of the nation”. and Finance Minister Manpreet lost all their patience, he said, At the same time, Capt not just in India but across the Capt Amarinder pointed Badal recalled Mahatama pointing to the country-wide Amarinder declared that world, no one can tolerate tin- out that Sri Guru Nanak Dev Gandhi’s removal from a train anti-CAA protests, led by stu- Punjab Government will not kering with its basic struc- had also taught secularism, as in South Africa, prompting dents. allow implementation of CAA ture,” he said, pointing out manifest in his words “na koi him to warn the white officials Pointing to Modi’s shock- in Punjab and the Congress that even the United Nations hindu, na koi musalman, sab that he will throw them out of ing claims of identifying peo- ' O- (( 7 $' ' ' & would continue to fight it tooth had termed the CAA discrim- rab de bande” (nobody is a his country. ple by their clothes, Jakhar : $ and nail. inatory. Muslim or a Hindu, all are Likening the current situ- flayed the tyranny of the NDA ; $ $ $ P$ 1 0 , .2 complaint to the municipal *<-6:< corporation of Rishikesh, 4$ 6 directing it to take necessary hough the authorities in action. Nihariki said that she n Assembly-level intel- TUttarakhand ignored the came to know about the cog- Alectual meet was held by complaint made by a school girl nisance taken by the PMO BJP Nuapada at Khariar on in Rishikesh, the office of the when the corporation officials Sunday to discuss about Prime Minister Narendra Modi including the municipal com- Citizenship Amendment Act took cognisance of the girl’s missioner Narendra Quiriyal (CAA). complaint regarding the poor visited her home on Monday. BJP State president and condition of sanitation and He said that he had come to her Nuapada MP Basant Panda roads in this town. home after receiving her com- along with district president Niharika Makhija, a 13- plaint from the PMO along Subrat Thakur and Prasanna year-old student who studies in with instructions to do the Padhi spoke on the issue Class VIII in Rishikesh said needful. The municipal com- which was followed by inter- that she had sent a letter to the missioner said that he had actions with the intellectuals Dehradun district magistrate received a letter from the PMO present in the meeting. and the Chief Minister on the in this regard, after which he "The opposition parties pathetic condition of roads had met the girl. He further including Congress and TMC and poor sanitation in said that he had inspected var- of Mamta Banerjee, who could elaborated how Congress ship of Modi. Rishikesh. However, since no ious sites and directed munic- not motivate public sentiment party kept itself aloof from "The CAA will provide action was taken, she sent her ipal staff to resolve problems against the removal of Articles such issues for fear of losing opportunity to those religious complaint to the Prime Minister’s office earlier this month. The PMO forwarded the stated by her without delay. 370 and 35A or on the issue of its vote bank. "When PM minorities of our neighbour- Ram Mandir are trying to Narendra Modi has dared to ing countries, who are suffer- mislead people on the issue of bring the change, the ing under Muslim rule; but it CAA. They will not succeed in Congress is feeling threat- is not against any Muslim," their intentions to sabotage ened," said Panda. The speak- said the speakers. Lawyers, #" !&# *+( #./$0 ""#( #. the implementation of the ers appealed the participants social activists, lecturers, busi- Act," said Panda in his address to come forward to recon- ness men and senior citizens on the issue. The speakers also struct India under the leader- of Khariar town attended. 2* while men would visit as customers. rime Branch police bust- After receiving Ced sex rackets at MP information police Nagar and Baghsewania and started to investigate nabbed 15 persons including and found that sex 10 women on Monday. racket was operated At Baghsewania, the raid and during the investi- was conducted after neigh- gation information was bours reported suspicious received that women in activities at the Shine Spa & big number are gath- 247-< ficult," explained Jaya Krishna While the cold wave has Beauty Salon in Hoshangabad ered at the place after Patel, an old man while sitting affected normal life and busi- Road in Baghsewania area. which police conduct- ith the daily temperature near the roadside fire. ness, it has brought cheers for Acting on a tip-off, ed raid and nabbed Wdipping to below eight The sudden drop in the woolen cloth sellers. regarding visiting of different persons in compro- degree Celsius, people of temperature has also affected "After the sudden drop in people including women who mising position. Balangir are experiencing a the number of visitors coming temperature, more and more would stay at the spa for long After the prelimi- sudden cold here. to tea stalls in morning. "After people are thronging to our crime branch police raided nary investigation, the Since last few days there has the cold wave situation,there is woolen shops over the last the place and found that flesh police have registered a been a sudden drop in the tem- a drop in the visitors to my tea three-four days " said Chuing, trade was operated at the spa. case under Prevention perature and without gloves and stall," admitted Nila. a Tibetan youth, selling woolen Police found that the of Immoral Trafficking jacket, it is not possible to Besides affecting the busi- clothes. Chuing came to main accused women used to Act (PITA). come out from house both in ness it has also affected the Balangir for the first time from operate the racket by bringing The nabbed men morning and evening, said farmers too. Chandragiri of Gajapati district. women from different parts of were identified as Rohit Verma alias Bhura (32) of who were involved in flesh unveiled the sex racket by Prithviraj, a local, standing Due to the cold wave situ- This sudden cold wave has the stated and other states. Chourasia(30) of Anand Sehore. trade. visiting the flat posing as beside a roadside fire at ation, the farmers are going to enlightened the minds of poets. The nabbed accused Nagar, Rehan Khan (20) of In another case of flesh At the flat small rooms customer and later team Sonepur Chowk. their khet (agriculture field) "Change of temperature and revealed that the visiting Chola Mandir, Shivam trade, sex racket operated were carved for operating raided the place where two "We experienced cold con- very late. Consequently, less season is a law of nature and it women involved in flesh trade Soni(25) of Piplani, Dev from MP Nagar two women flesh trade. women were ditions all of sudden and for the work is done, told a young would continue," said Sandeep posed as employees at spa Rathore(25) and Lakhan were nabbed from a flat Police personnel nabbed. old age people, life is very dif- farmer. Kaunar, a poet. + , . + # $ % ! . / +*46-7<* his job at the Horticulture Department, where he worked he controversial self-styled as a peon and took over his Tgodman Baba Piara Singh father's work. Bhaniara, spiritual leader of a Subsequently, he pro- breakaway Sikh sect based in claimed himself as ‘Baba’. He Dhamiana village in Ropar, encroached upon a piece of passed away on Monday land of the Forest Department morning. and established a dera there. Aged 61, he was taken to His fame as a healer spread Mohali’s Max Hospital after wide after political leaders, complaining of a chest pain and government and judicial offi- suffocation, in the early morn- cers started visiting his dera. ing. Doctors declared him Recognized for his social work, brought dead. and was even rumoured to feed His ‘dera’ is situated at the wild animals and birds in +*46-7<* the department said on He said that in the first phase, Bhaniara village near Nurpur forests, he soon built a number Monday. the online process of 'Child Bedi in Ropar district. He had of deras across the State. pilot project on applying He said that it was decid- Care Leave' for two weeks has thousands of followers, main- The most famous among Afor childcare leave online ed to take the application for been started for PGT teachers, ly among the dalit communi- his followers were former will be started soon by the 'Child Care Leave' and further after which this facility will be ty. Union Minister Buta Singh. Haryana Education process the leaves on the started for other women Bhaniara, survived by his Soon, he proclaimed him- Department. HRMS portal to develop online employees as well. wife and three sons, was an self to be the incarnate of the "The project will be start- modules in the School In this, the official con- employee of Horticulture Sikhs’ tenth master, Guru ed keeping in mind the conve- Education Department of cerned who approves the 'Child Department at a sericulture Gobind Singh — an action that nience of the woman employ- Haryana. Care Leave' will handle their farm in Asmanpur village. evoked the then Akal Takht ees in the schools. The facility has been pro- HRMS accounts themselves. He was one of the seven jathedar (head priest) Bhai In the first phase of the vided so that the woman He informed that officers will children of Tulsi Ram, who was Ranjit Singh to ex-communi- pilot project the PGT employees do not have to run also be imparted training to the care taker of two ‘mazars’. cate him from the Sikh panth teachers can apply for child care from pillar to post to enquire explain the process of After his death, Bhaniara left (community) in 1998. leave online," a spokesman of about the status of their leave. application. !"# $ "%.0
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Lebanese militant group 3+ gunman pulled out a shot- HMonday accused activists The announcement in Hezbollah, operates under the Agun and opened fire on in the long-running pro- Baghdad came a day after US umbrella of the state-sanc- worshippers at a church during democracy movement of incit- Defense Secretary Mark Esper tioned militias known collec- 4 6 Sunday service in Texas, killing ing minors to commit crimes. said Washington had carried tively as the Popular two persons before being shot The claim Monday comes out military strikes targeting Mobilization Forces. Many of by an armed member of the two days before a planned the Iranian-backed Iraqi mili- them are supported by Iran. Q , 8 congregation, the authorities New Year's Day march that is tia blamed for a rocket attack The Popular Mobilization "9*<4 spokesman Abbas Mousavi said. expected to attract tens of that killed an American con- Forces said Sunday that the US said, referring to IS. The shooting took place thousands of participants. tractor in Iraq last week. strikes killed at least 19 of ran said Monday that the "With these attacks, at about 11:50 am (local time), Chief police spokesman Secretary of State Mike Kataeb Hezbollah's members. IUnited States has shown its America has shown its firm during the morning service Kwok Ka-chuen told reporters Pompeo said the strikes send But Kataeb Hezbollah "support for terrorism" by car- support for terrorism and its on Sunday. The service was that the force was in close the message that the US will spokesman Mohammed rying out air strikes on forces neglect for the independence being live-streamed on social contact with the organizers not tolerate actions by Iran that Mohieh told The Associated in Iraq that have dealt blows and sovereignty of countries media. of the Jan. 1 event, but would jeopardize American lives. Press on Monday that the death against the Islamic State group. and it must accept conse- According to the not tolerate threats to public The US military said "pre- toll rose to 25. The Pentagon said on quences for its illegal act," he authorities, the gunman pulled safety. criminals incite youngsters to sent to China for trial. cision defensive strikes" were At least 51 militiamen were Sunday that it targeted an Iran- said in a statement. out a shotgun at the West Kwok also said young peo- commit crimes," Kwok said, The movement started in conducted against five sites of wounded and some of them linked militant group in west- The spokesman said the Freeway Church of Christ ple had been motivated to adding that some of the vio- opposition to a now-shelved Kataeb Hezbollah, or were serious condition, he said, ern Iraq and eastern Syria in presence of foreign forces in the in White Settlement, a commit criminal acts during lence had been inspired by the proposed law that would have Hezbollah Brigades in Iraq adding that the militia group's response to a barrage of rock- region was the cause of inse- suburb of Fort Worth, and the protests, including drop- children's teachers. allowed suspects in Hong Kong and Syria. commanders would decide on ets that killed a US civilian con- curity and tensions. begun firing. ping objects from the upper Children as young as 12 to be sent to mainland China "Our battle with America the retaliation. tractor two days earlier. "America must put an end The two churchgoers who stories of apartment buildings. have been among the nearly to stand trial. Protesters' and its mercenaries is now In Tehran, foreign ministry "These attacks have once to its occupying presence," said were shot, died later in a hos- It wasn't clear whether 7,000 people arrested during demands have since expanded open to all possibilities," Kataeb spokesman Abbas Mousavi again proved America's false Mousavi. pital, police said. those actions were directly tied the protests, which have drawn to include universal suffrage Hezbollah said in a statement condemned the US strikes claims in fighting Daesh... As US-Iran tensions have Video footage showed the to any specific demonstration. broad support and were origi- and an investigation into around midnight Sunday. "We against Kataeb Hezbollah as an the United States has targeted soared since Washington pulled gunman stand up and speak to "Over the weekend, during our nally sparked by now-discard- alleged police abuses, and have have no alternative today other "obvious case of terrorism" the positions of forces that out of a landmark nuclear a man nearby, who gestured at arrest operation, we arrested a ed legislation that would have frequently broken out into than confrontation and there is and accused Washington of over the years have inflicted agreement with Tehran last another parishioner. The gun- large number of youngsters allowed citizens of the semi- pitched battles between the nothing that will prevent us ignoring Iraq's sovereignty. heavy blows to Daesh terror- year and began reimposing man then fired at the man he and are very alarmed that some autonomous Chinese city to be two sides. from responding to this crime." 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Is in ernments as unwelcome and years of war. suggested the group was on the mainly in Doha, were aimed at ited combat operations from Donald Trump on Sunday to the United States and the danger of falling apart,” Russian escalating tensions in the region, The statement from the verge of announcing some type allowing Washington to begin NATO at the end of 2014. thank him for information that European Union, Russia's for- Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov while Russia and China have insurgents comes as local and of temporary truce. withdrawing troops in return Earlier Monday, in north- Putin said helped Russia foil eign minister warned Monday said, adding that “colleagues repeatedly blamed the US. international forces brace for The US and the Afghan for various security guarantees. ern Afghanistan's Jowzjan terrorist attacks over the New after meeting with his Iranian from the European Union” were After meeting with Iranian another bloody winter amid government in Kabul have long They were on the brink of province, the Taliban killed at Year's holiday, the Kremlin counterpart in Moscow. not fully complying with the Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on renewed US-Taliban talks, after called for a ceasefire with the a deal when Trump abandoned least 13 Afghan security forces said. The 2015 deal between Iran agreement either. In response to Monday, Lavrov said Russia President Donald Trump called Taliban, including during the the effort in September, citing during a raid on a pro-gov- Putin thanked Trump “for and Britain, China, France, the US sanctions, Iran has pres- would demand full compliance off the negotiations earlier this year of negotiations between Taliban violence. Negotiations ernment militia position, information transmitted Germany, Russia and the United sured the European signatories from both the U.S. And the EU, year over insurgent attacks. Washington and the militants have since restarted in Doha, according to a provincial through the special services States lifted sanctions on Iran in to find a way to limit the impact in which case Iran would be able "In the past few days, some that were abruptly called off by but were earlier this month put spokesman. that helped prevent the com- exchange for limits on its nuclear on the Iranian economy. to return to fulfilling its obliga- on a "pause". Every day Afghan civilians pletion of terrorist acts in program. The U.S. Withdrew Tehran has slowly inched tions in accordance with the Trump is looking to slash also continue to bear the brunt Russia,” the Kremlin said in a from the accord last year and toward ceasing its own compli- deal. 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The process of liberalisation dur- ing 1991 brought with it a sense of hope regard- $( + ! ing a dramatic turnaround in the country’s eco- # " + ) " nomic fortunes. While the nation’s growth did ! $* accelerate from the 1980s onwards, however, it $ wasn’t comparable to other emerging economies, ! including China. ! # # The first decade of the 21st century was $ ) # + ! believed to be India’s time as it had a Government ! ! $ ( that was looking at the next generation of eco- 1 nomic reforms. These transformations happened + ) * $ and the country witnessed the first serious pri- vatisation of several public sector enterprises F # CC (PSEs) along with a drastic reduction in small ( , 9+ $ recent spike in NPAs could also be because of the onwards. At the same time, implemen- time in the history of India where a nomic ambitions. high cost of capital compared to the moderation tation of the Direct Tax Code (DTC) reformist Government was brought (The writer is a New Delhi-based in inflation, which has artificially kept the real will simplify taxation procedures, which back into power and that, too, with a policy researcher) <=<= ! ! ! " # # $ to shift “health” into the concurrent In the last quarter, poor air qual- true that preventing such attacks stronger and effective surveillance funding for health by States, the list. ity returned to affect the health of the requires more than just a legislative system across all Indian States to Centre as well as by Urban Local A few States, namely Rajasthan, people in many districts of north approach. Improving the quality of tackle emerging disease threats. Bodies. Inter-departmental coordi- Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, India and all policymakers did was health services, preventing com- What to expect in 2020: In the nation is also needed for stronger " $+* deliberated about enacting the right to question the proven evidence on mercialisation of health services last two years, India has seen a lot implementation linkage between to health legislation. During the year, the impact of air pollution on peo- and changing health-seeking behav- of focus on policy formulation, leg- health, water and sanitation and "< 479 public health experts argued that the ple. Hence, it is clear that there are iour to get early care is the need of islation and other broader health nutrition-related initiatives. Ayushman Bharat Yojana, many issues that need to be the hour. A realistic expectation issues. However, in 2020, policymak- Taxation on “demerit goods” - 2% announced in 2018, had put health addressed in this crucial sector. from health services needs to be ers would do well to rapidly scale- such as tobacco products should be '" !( & ! higher on the political agenda and Legislative approach in health developed and the “market-based up and allocate more resources for further increased to global recom- nearly six States started a variant of works: The Motor Vehicle belief” that every health condition the health and wellness centres, a mendation of tax being 70 per cent !" 8))0 Mohalla Clinics (neighbourhood (Amendment) Act, which has hiked is treatable, needs to be addressed. vital component of the Ayushman of the product price. egislations or related delibera- clinics) to increase the provision of the penalties for traffic violations, In health services, the outcomes are Bharat programme. Beverages sweetened with sugar, tions were arguably the high- free primary health care services. has the potential to improve health, completely unpredictable and even States must also give additional including fruit juices, must be taxed Llight for India’s health sector in There were a few negative devel- as nearly one in every 10 pre- the best of the treatment and priority to adopting community as demerit goods at higher rates. !- 2019. The Prohibition of Electronic opments as well. Violent attacks on ventable deaths occurred due to road advanced care may not save a per- clinics for urban settings. The coun- And last but not the least, healthy Cigarettes Act, 2019; the National doctors, health care providers and accidents. After the Mental son, while another person with a try also needs to follow a focussed behaviour should be encouraged at Medical Commission (NMC) Act facilities were reported from differ- Healthcare Act of 2017, mental similar health condition may quick- approach to integrate preventive all levels, especially in schools and and the Motor Vehicle ent parts of the country, followed by health services in India received a ly recover with basic health interven- and promotive health interventions colleges, with ban on sale of “junk (Amendment) Act were passed by protests and strikes by the medical boost at the implementation level as tions. with overall wellness initiatives and food” near schools and colleges. the Parliament. The Surrogacy fraternity. the Insurance Regulatory and Kerala averted Nipah virus linkage with AYUSH. In short, for the health sector, (Regulation) Bill is being considered In the summer of 2019, Development Authority directed outbreaks: Learning from the expe- The Government must shift 2020 should be a year of implement- L M ! by the select committee of the Rajya encephalitis deaths were reported companies to include mental health rience of 2018, the Kerala focus from making isolated health ing policies, improving provision of # Sabha and a draft Bill to protect doc- from Muzaffarpur in Bihar. The care services in their insurance Government acted swiftly when a facilities functional to a group of a broad range of health services as tors and health care providers from experts were once again divided on package as one in every seven peo- new case of Nipah was reported in amenities in entire planning units, per the needs of the people, State assault is also under consideration. the cause of this and consequently, ple have one or other mental health 2019. With effective surveillance, i.e. blocks in rural areas and entire Governments taking the lead in - 6 #!2 The health sub-committee of the the children of the nation are still care needs. early identification, effective con- corporation planning units, func- health provision to make a healthy Fifteenth Finance Commission waiting for scientific and long-term Though the Bill to protect doc- tainment/isolation and case manage- tional. India. ! made recommendations to enact the solutions to prevent such tragedies tors and health care workers could ment, an epidemic was averted. There should be at least a 20 per (The writer is a Delhi-based D E right to health in India by 2022 and from recurring. not develop a consensus, it is also This highlights the need for a cent annual increase in Government senior public health specialist.) !"# $ 8 2 "" ! ' 3 % $+4 : and you are saying that a person (imbibing Hindu religion) is ttar Pradesh Deputy Chief doing such a thing,” he said. $ $ $' 8 UMinister Dinesh Sharma “You have started a clash of Lucknow: The Congress party countered Congress general religions for your politics. will provide legal help to peo- secretary Priyanka Gandhi Please do not do this. This is $+4 : the great warrior on the bat- “There were numerous ple facing prosecution for par- Vadra on her remarks against not the question of Hindu and tlefield. He only brought out examples through which it ticipating in the anti- Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Muslims. It is the question of ongress leader Priyanka the feelings of compassion and could be seen that the police Citizenship (Amendment) Act on Monday and accused her of India’s future and national CGandhi on Monday hit out truth,” she said. Sharpening her and administration acted on (CAA) protests, party sources denigrating Hinduism. unity,” he added. at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister attack on the Chief Minister, the Chief Minister’s statement said on Monday. Addressing a Press confer- Sharma said no one would Yogi Adityanath, saying there is she said, “He is wearing the that he will take revenge. According to the sources, ence barely two hours after the leave saffron for the fear of no place for violence or dress (vastra) of an Yogi. He is “I think it has happened for Congress General Secretary Congress general secretary made expletives. “The more you hurl “revenge” in the country. wearing saffron clothes. This the first time in the history that Priyanka Gandhi has held a certain remarks against abuses, the more our self-con- Addressing a Press conference, bhagwa (saffron) is not yours, a CM has given such a state- meeting on the matter with Adityanath, before returning to along with the Chief Minister,” fidence will increase,” he added. the Congress general secretary it belongs to ‘dhaarmik’ (reli- ment that revenge will be taken lawyers associated with the New Delhi after winding up a Sharma alleged. “Yogi ji ne To a question, Sharma clar- took a dig at Adityanath’s ear- gious), ‘aadhyaatmik’ (spiritu- from the public,” she said. The party. At the meeting, Priyanka four-day visit to the State capi- dharam ko dhaaran kiya hai ified that Adityanath had used lier warning that rioters dam- al) tradition of Hindustan. It is properties which have been Gandhi told the lawyers that the tal, Sharma said, “Priyanka (Yogiji has imbibed a religion). the word ‘badla’ (revenge) to aging public property will have a symbol of the Hindu religion. confiscated and notices served, party will provide legal help to Gandhi stands with those who The Hindu religion never teach- convey that vandals will have to to pay and said the saffron Uss dharma ko dhaaran kariye also include that of ex-IPS those who have been arrested in indulged in (anti-CAA) vio- es to do any harm to anyone. pay for the damage caused to denotes Hinduism, a religion (imbibe that religion). In that officer SR Darapuri. He prob- the peaceful protests and the lence.” Priyanka hit out at Chief Hindu religion does not speak public property during protests that does not advocate violence religion, there is no place for ably had used the earnings of party stands with the victims. Minister on Monday, saying about insulting any other reli- against the amended citizen- or “revenge”. anger, violence and revenge. his lifetime for his house, and The Congress General there was no place for violence gion. Hindu religion is very huge ship law. Concluding her four-day This is all I have to say.” he has got a notice, because he Secretary has been active here or “revenge” in the country. visit to Lucknow days after Releasing copies of a 14- had uploaded a Facebook post. in the Uttar Pradesh capital in In a jibe at Adityanath statewide violent clashes over the page memorandum submitted Quoting from the memo- support of the opposition to the days after he said those who , ,+ 9=' Citizenship Amendment Act, to Governor Anandiben Patel, randum, the Congress leader CAA, meeting with the fami- damaged public property dur- she told mediapersons that her she said there are ample proof in said the conduct of the UP lies of those arrested in the ing protests against the . ,-,O$% - <<#9 =P own security was not a big the document on how the police police has been “patently protests. In one instance here, Citizenship Amendment Act issue. “The question of my secu- and the administration indulged unlawful, destructive of the Priyanka Gandhi even drove a (CAA) and the ensuing vio- Lucknow: Kaushal Kishore, BJP MP from Mohanlalganj in rity is not a big one. It is a small in wrong doing and vandalism. rule of law and repressive of scooty and then walked to lence would be made to pay, the Lucknow, has said the UP Police’s negative approach is respon- question on which there is no symbol of compassion. Lord The memorandum honest citizens”. “This is unbe- reach the home of the family of Congress general secretary said sible for the “uncontrolled crime” in the State. need to hold any discussion. I Ram was symbol of compas- claimed a total of 23 death fitting of a force that is duty- a victim. saffron denotes Hinduism, a The BJP MP’s remark on Twitter comes days after a fish sell- will not raise the issue of secu- sion. Everybody dances in the occurred in the state in the bound to safeguard and protect The Congress leader has religion that does not advocate er and a property dealer were killed in his constituency which rity because it is a trivial matter. marriage procession (baraat) of alleged police excesses during the citizens’ rights,” the mem- also alleged that the local police violence or “revenge”. lies on the outskirts of Lucknow. “Due to the negative It has nothing to do with the Lord Shiva. There is no place the anti-CAA protests by peo- orandum said. misbehaved with her to curb Hitting back at Congress approach of the police, crime has gone uncontrolled in public,” she said, in an apparent for ‘hinsaa’ (violence), ‘badlaa’ ple, while the UP Government After the Chief Minister’s her movement. The police, general secretary Priyanka Lucknow. Murder and loot are continuing unabated,” he said reference to her alleged man- (revenge) and ‘ranj’ (anger) in claims 19 deaths in clashes. statement, police and admin- however, have denied the alle- Gandhi, Sharma said the clash in a tweet. Kaushal Kishore, while talking to reporters later, said, handling by the State police. the country’s soul. There is also a video of stration appear to have acted in gation. The politics is at boil- of religions should not be start- “If the working of the police is based on extortion, then the fear “The issue is the safety of “When Shrikrishna gave police vandalism, police beat- “a manner that is biased, ing point in the state where the ed for the sake of politics. of police will automatically disappear. They do not even listen common man in UP,” she sermon to Arjun during the ing up a minor in Kanpur, she unlawful, and violative of the Congress party has taken cen- “The Congress general sec- to public representatives. This is tarnishing the image of the state asserted. “This is the country of Mahabharat war, he did not said, referring to the contents fundamental rights of citizens,” trestage in the opposition to the retary has accused the saffron Government.” IANS Lord Krishna — who was the talk about revenge or anger to of memorandum. the memorandum said. CAA. IANS < 2 #<-47< & A 2:" he cold wave further tight- ' Tened its grip across Jammu $ & Kashmir on Monday with - ' #+ the winter capital, Jammu, recording the season’s coldest night in over a decade, while Srinagar shivering at minus 6.5 degrees Celsius. There was no relief from the bone-chilling cold for the residents of the Union Territory. Jammu recorded the season’s coldest night in over a decade as the mercury plummeted to 2.4 degrees Celsius, the mete- orological department said. It said the city had record- ed the coldest night on December 28, 1998, when the mercury had went down to 0.9 degree Celsius followed by 2.3 degrees Celsius on December 31, 2007. Jammu had also recorded office official said. was the coldest recorded place / ! "2 a low of 2.4 degrees Celsius on This lead to the freezing of in the valley, he added. The ' $ December 27 in 2014. the fringes of the Dal Lake and official said Qazigund — the ' In Srinagar, the mercury other water bodies as well as gateway town to the Valley - in 0 : ! " continued its record-breaking water supply lines at several south Kashmir recorded a low spree as the city experienced places. The night temperature of minus 9.3 degrees Celsius — "! 11 the coldest night of the season in Srinagar, which has been slightly up from minus 9.5 so far at minus 6.5 degrees witnessing clear skies and some degrees Celsius on Sunday. Jaipur: Jaipur recorded sec- "( Celsius on Monday. Dense fog sunshine during the day, is over Kokernag town, also in ond lowest-ever temperature in $ forced cancellation of all morn- four degrees below the normal south, recorded a low of minus 55 years at 1.4 degrees Celsius $ ing flights from the Jammu for this part of the season, the 7.3 degrees Celsius, while as a cold wave continued to A' #+ Airport. An official of the official said. Kupwara, in north, registered sweep Rajasthan, according to Airport Authority of India said The ski-resort of Gulmarg the minimum of minus 5.6 weather officials. The State all the four morning flights in north Kashmir recorded the degrees Celsius, the official said. capital had registered its low- scheduled to operate from the low of minus 7.8 degrees He said Leh town, in the Ladakh est ever temperature at 0 degree Jammu airport were cancelled Celsius last night — down Union territory, recorded a low Celsius on December 13, 1964. due to poor visibility as dense from the previous night’s minus of minus 20.1 degrees Celsius — For the last four days, the fog engulfed the city. 6.6 degrees Celsius, he said. down from the previous night’s temperature has been dipping “So far four flights to and The night temperature at minus 19.0 degrees Celsius. in state. On Sunday, Mount fro the Jammu airport were Pahalgam resort, which also The nearby Drass town Abu was the coldest at -3 cancelled, while the afternoon serves as one of the base camps froze at a low of minus 28.8 degrees followed by Jobner at flights are likely to get delayed,” for the annual Amarnath yatra degrees Celsius. Kashmir is -1.6 degrees. he said. The minimum tem- in south Kashmir, settled at a currently under the grip of Sikar and Fatehpur regis- perature in Jammu marked a low of minus 10.2 degrees ‘Chillai-Kalan’ — the 40-day tered 0 degree, while Kota dip of 3.3 degrees compared to Celsius as against minus 10.4 harshest period of winter when shivered at 2.8 degrees, Churu # $ the previous night to settle at degrees Celsius on Sunday, the there are most chances of fre- at 1.2 degrees, Vanasthali 1.8 $ $ 2.4 degrees Celsius — five official said. quent and maximum snowfall degrees, Jaisalmer 3 degrees " notches below normal during Pahalgam, in south and the temperature drops and Bundi 2 degrees. #+ this part of the season, a MeT Kashmir’s Anantnag district, considerably. IANS ) '* , + , - .' Q $+4 : hurk in Uttar Pradesh recorded 0.8 degree $<4726 '#(#%# #(! 9# CCelsius as the state continued to reel under )" 97#. 2+" :#( cold wave conditions on Monday, according etel leaf used to make the 4# ; % ." #(' # to the Meteorological Department. Bpopular ‘Calcutta paan’ has +!'#. Muzaffarnagar recorded a low of 1 degree got costlier in Aurangabad in $/) " *+ .%# ) Celsius, followed by Kanpur (1.6 degree Maharashtra, leaving a bitter $ ; ( 0 %% Celsius), Agra (1.9 degrees Celsius), Jhansi (2.2 taste in the mouth of patrons. ( 9#. ( ; /2 degrees Celsius), Varanasi (2.3 degrees Celsius) These leaves come from 9#"!' 7 ' 99#. and Meerut (2.5 degrees Celsius). Medinipur in West Bengal and According to the MeT department, Churk rates have now touched 1,200 ' ")+.. ( . town in Sonbhadra district was the coldest for a bundle of 100 against 500 place in the state recording 0.8 degree Celsius, till some days ago, paan leaves getting costlier. We have eight notches below normal. merchant Mohammed been told cultivation of these State capital Lucknow recorded a mini- Sharfuddin told PTI. leaves has decreased,” mum temperature of 6.7 degrees Celsius, one A tour of shops here Sharfuddin, who has been in notch below normal, while the maximum showed prices of the business for 54 temperature recorded was 12.3 degrees Celsius, ‘Calcutta paan’ had years, added. 10 degrees below normal. The sunshine came gone up from 8 to He said shops in as a respite to the city residents. anything between Aurangabad sell The weather is most likely to remain dry, 12-20 depend- some 20,000 paan a and shallow to moderate fog is very likely to ing on other day and the rise in occur at few places in the State. ingredients. prices was making " Cold day to severe cold day condition is “Paan prices people move $ very likely at a few places in the State, the weath- had to be towards leaves " erman said. Dense to very dense fog is very like- increased here coming in from ly at isolated places over the State, according to because of the betel Chennai. the MeT department. !"# $ = >6!//0' ! # ! 4 4 " * , %$ J&K High Court’s Registrar proper receipts duly stamped. Registrar General, J&K High General Sanjay Dhar on “The applicants who do Court, Jammu by or before , n a first step of its kind, December 26 with the last date not belong to the UTs of J&K February 7, 2020,” the adver- Iopening the State employ- for submission of applications and Ladakh shall submit their tisement said. #<-47< tic political exercise. ment in the Union Territories of being January 31, 2020. application to the Registrar It said the selection would “It will help in reaching out J&K and Ladakh for candidates Following nullification of General, J&K High Court, be made as per J&K Reservation ive political leaders, who to the people at large and from across the country after the Article 370 on August 5, Jammu,” the advertisement read. Rules 2005. “The candidates Fhad been under preventive bridge the gap between the nullification of Article 370, the there had been demands from It said the principal district who are having age as on detention for the past 148 days, Government and people Jammu & Kashmir High Court various quarters, especially in judges of Kashmir province, January 1, 2019 not below 18 were released from the MLA besides creating conditions for has invited applications from eli- the Jammu region and Union Bhaderwah, Kishtwar and years and not above 40 years in hostel on Monday by the Union winning hearts and minds,” he gible candidates from all over Territory of Ladakh, carved out Ladakh would make neces- case of open merit, 43 years in Territory administration of said. Many political leaders India to fill 33 vacancies with it. of the erstwhile state of J&K sary arrangements for the case of SC/ST/RBA/ALC/OSCs, Jammu & Kashmir, officials were picked up from their res- The 33 vacant posts of after its bifurcation into two receipt of application forms 42 years in case of physically said. The leaders belonging to idences on August 5, the day non-gazetted officials include UTs, for a domicile certificate even during the ensuing win- challenged, 48 years in case of the National Conference and the when the Centre announced those of senior scale stenogra- or some legal restrictions on ter vacation. ex-servicemen and 40 years in PDP were released after the abrogation of provisions of pher, junior scale stenograph- the purchase of land by out- “All principal district case of candidates in authorities were satisfied that Article 370 and bifurcation of er, steno typist, compositor, siders as well as their appoint- judges of J&K and Ladakh Government service or con- they would not be indulging in the state into two union terri- electrician and driver. ments in Government jobs. shall submit the application tractual employees are eligible any agitation or call for any strike tories — Ladakh and The advertisement to fill “The application forms cerned principal district judges within whose jurisdiction the forms along with the list of can- for participation in the selection after their release, they said. Jammu & Kashmir. the vacancies was issued by the shall be received by the con- of the UTs of J&K and Ladakh applicant resides against the didates to the office of the process,” the notice read. Those released include The two Union Territories Ishfaq Jabbar and Ghulam Nabi came into existence on October Bhat (National Conference) 31 this year. The political 5 ' % and Bashir Mir, Zahoor Mir detenues had been kept at + 7 8#$ 10 and Yasir Reshi (PDP), the offi- Centaur hotel and shifted to the cials said. MLA hostel in third week of ) " 2 0> $ Reshi is considered as a November. ! R ! rebel PDP leader who had As many as 34 political openly revolted against then detainees were shifted to the - % Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi chief minister and PDP patron hostel from the hotel, located " Adityanath said that disability Mehbooba Mufti. He was sub- on the banks of the Dal Lake, Kota: Fourteen more infants Out of the 14 infants who never hindered a person’s sequently removed as the dis- as Srinagar reeled under harsh & + $2- late father as the Shiv Sena’s Between 2010 and 2019, have died at the JK Lon hospi- died later, four succumbed to progress and his/her talent trict party chief. winter conditions and the hotel national executive president Aditya has not only estab- tal here in the last five days, tak- severe pneumonia, one to only needed an opportunity On November 25, two lacked proper heating arrange- aharashtra Chief Minister way back in January 2002. He lished a following of his own ing the number of deaths to 91 Meningoencephalitis, four to and an able teacher to conquer political leaders — Dilawar ment, the officials said. Mand Shiv Sena president has never contested an election, among the youth in various this month at the facility, offi- Congenital pneumonia, three to the world. Mir of the PDP and Ghulam The chill had taken a toll Uddhav Thackeray never fails to even though he has established parts of the state, but he has cials said on Monday. pneumatic septicemia, and one “Every such person has Hassan Mir of the Democratic on the health of the detenues, spring surprises. After permit- his firm hold over the party set- also learned the ropes of party “The 14 infants, including to respiratory disorder, he said. some special skills. But one Party Nationalist — were which included leaders from ting his son Aditya to contest up during the past 17 years. Nor politics by working in tandem six newborns, died in the peri- Rajasthan Medical must find a qualified teacher released by the new Union the the National Conference, and win the State Assembly has his uncle and Maharashtra with his father and party pres- od between December 25 and Education Secretary Vaibhav who can recognise the skill and Territory administration. the PDP and the People’s polls from Worli in south- Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief ident Uddhav. December 29 in NICU and Galariya said a three-member then the individual is sure to The National Conference Conference and prominent Central Mumbai, Uddhav bit the Raj Thackeray contested any Aditya has lined up sever- PICU units of the hospital,” the team comprising Dr Amarjeet succeed. There are many such welcomed the decision of the social activists — and the secu- bullet and became the Chief election. al plans for Mumbai. As a Yuv newly appointed superinten- Mehta, Dr Rambabu Sharma examples. Eminent scientist administration and said such rity personnel guarding them. Minister of the State. Now, he As much as his chief min- Sena leader, Aditya had during dent of the hospital, Suresh and Dr Sunil Bhatnagar Stephen Hawking, who uncov- moves will help in bridging the Three former Chief has chosen to induct his son ister-father Uddhav, the man to the previous BJP-Shiv Sena Dulara, said. Earlier, 77 infants that is probing the infant deaths ered the mystery of universe, is gap between the government Ministers — Farooq Abdulalh, Aditya into his Cabinet — be watched in the State politics alliance Government, Aditya had died till December 24, will submit its report in two a great example of this,” and the people. Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba unmindful of a possible criticism in the coming days — in his new had mooted “Vibrant Nightlife” including 10 within 48 hours on days following which action Yogi said. In a statement, party’s Mufti — are also under deten- about the presence of father-son mantle as a Cabinet Minister — proposal for Mumbai. December 23-24, he said. will be taken. The chief minister said provincial president Davinder tion. While senior Abdullah due in the State Cabinet. either holding the Education or It may be recalled that On the cause of deaths, The BJP, which has target- that the state government Singh Rana expressed hope was slapped with the stringent If anything, 29-year-old Environment portfolio. within months after the Sena- Amrit Lal Bairwa, Head of ed the Congress Government in would extend all possible sup- that other political detenues Public Safety Act on September Aditya Thackeray has arrived Aditya’s rise in the Shiv headed Brihanmumbai Department of Pediatrics, said Rajasthan over the child deaths, port to Jagadguru will also be released soon. 17 and remains confined to his on the State’s political scene. Sena began nine years ago, Municipal Corporation (BMC) that they are analysing the rea- said it has formed a committee Rambhadracharya Divyang He said such moves will residence, Omar Abdullah and Though there was speculation when late Thackeray launched adopted a resolution seeking sons behind the 77 deaths till comprising four MPs to look University to establish it as an facilitate a conducive atmos- Mufti are under detention at initially that the Shiv Sena the Shiv Sena’s youth wing “Vibrant Nightlife” for Mumbai December 25. into the matter. PTI example in the country. PNS phere for a genuine democra- different locations in the city. might pitch him for the posts “Yuva Sena” and anointed his and sent off a proposal to the of either the Chief Minister or grandson Aditya Thackeray as Maharashtra government sug- Deputy Chief Minister’s post, its head in October 2010, two gesting necessary amendments Uddhav scotched the specula- years before he passed away on to relevant laws, Aditya had in tion a couple of months ago, by November 12, 2012. February 2015 met then chief .2 0 ? .2 saying that he should learn the A Bachelor of Arts in minister Devendra Fadnavis ropes before becoming either History from Mumbai’s elite St. and submitted a formal letter +& &+ $<$- “They think that after pass- ning. Banerjee had earlier ques- the Chief Minister or a Deputy Xavier’s College, Aditya has requesting the latter to put in ing the law they will be able to tioned the alleged faulty imple- Chief Minister. come a long way since his col- place the laws that make amata Banerjee on pursue their hidden agenda. mentation of NRC in Assam Coming from the family of lege days. As a third-year Arts Mumbai a “live 24/7” city. MMonday called upon all They think that India is their where she alleged about 14 Thackerays — four generations student, Aditya had hit head- In a series of tweets that he the parties and the non-BJP zamindari (fief)which in fact is lakh Bengalis had been robbed of whom have been in public life lines ahead of his anointment put out after he met Fadnavis Chief Ministers to isolate the not. I must remind them that the of their citizenship. but had never contested an as the Yuv Sena chief in 2010, to push his “vibrant Nightlife”, BJP and unite against the “mis- laws are made by the Centre but Meanwhile, even as the election till Aditya did so in the when he forced the Bombay Aditya had written: “Tweeps chievous” Citizenship implemented by the States. As of Chief Minister staged her sixth 2019 State Assembly polls, University withdraw Rohinton the GOOD News is CM has Amendment Act (CAA) and now most State Governments protest rally in the State the BJP Uddhav — who will be con- Mistry’s novel Such A Long accepted my proposal of National Register for Citizens are led not by the BJP but the too embarked on staging testing a State Assembly bypoll Journey, prescribed for the sec- nightlife and assured me tht (NRC) which have allegedly other parties who are opposing counter-rallies backing the in the next couple of months — ond year Bachelor of Arts necessary amendments to laws been designed to throw the the CAA and NRC. CAA. The party staged rallies and junior Thackeray will soon (English) as an optional text by March/August Session”. non-BJP people out of India. “Most State Governments at Coochbehar in North Bengal be well-entrenched in electoral book, from the syllabus. Aditya “I truly believe that this is Leading a colourful protest have rejected this law and so where the large procession was politics. had opposed Mistry’s book on well-deserved for Mumbai will rally at Purulia — backed by from the beginning this law is led by senior leader Mukul Roy Uddhav’s great the ground that it con- not only boost the core econ- tribaldance and drum-beats @ % $ a failure,” Banerjee said, adding and Baruipur in South 24 grandfather Keshav tained foul language and omy but also the ancillary — which has in the recent past ' ' ' #+ she would “not allow the mis- Parganas where State BJP pres- Sitaram Thackeray — derogatory references to industries like transport...At emerged as astronghold of the chievous law to be implement- ident Dilip Ghosh addressed a better known as the Shiv Sena. the same momentum, saffron outfit Banerjee said, “I chievous citizenship law which their line and throw out those ed in Bengal. In fact we have massive rally but not before Prabodhankar Thackeray The year 2010 proved Mumbaikars will have a time call upon every one… let us is a prelude to invoking NRC who reject it. India has a pop- also stopped the work of NPR being black-flagged by a local —was one of the key fig- to be eventful for zone at night to chill in soon! unite and discard CAA and in the country.” ulation of 130 crore. Out of this (National Population Register) TMC crowd. ures in the Samyukta Aditya. It was in I will ensure this happens,” a NRC and isolate the BJP.” She said India had a pop- they will give citizenship to which is as discriminatory as Ghosh questioning Maharashtra move- that year the Yuv confidant Aditya had tweeted. Alleging that the BJP lead- ulation of 130 crore out of their own people and throw out the CAA and NRC.” Banerjee’s repeated calls to ment who played a Sena for the first Currently, the restaurants ers were making confusing which the BJP Government the remaining ones. Where the She added “this is a protest reject the CAA iterated a Chief key role in the cam- time swept the and bars close down at 1.30 am. statements on the CAA and the wanted to throw out 30 crore remaining people will go? Will to protect a person’s democra- Minister being an elected per- paign for a linguis- Mumbai However, once Aditya’s pro- NRC she said that the party by marking them as foreigners. they it kela (banana)?” she cy (democratic rights),” remind- son had no right to defy and tic State of University (MU) posal gets implemented, these had a hidden agenda behind “They will give citizenship thundered at the end of a rally ing how she had descended on reject central law the way she Maharashtra, Senate polls from establishments will remain the enactment of the “mis- to only those people who follow at Purulia bordering Jharkhand. the streets from the very begin- had been doing. while most popu- the Graduates’ through the night – provided lar grandfather constituency. these establishments are not in Bal Thackeray — a Eight years later designated residential areas. cartoonist-turned politi- — in March 2018, The 1.30 am closure deadline cian — founded Shiv the Yuv Sena once for bars and restaurants has Sena in 1966. He carved again swept the been in force since 1992-93. a place for himself in MU senate by dec- Interestingly, acting on Maharashtra politics, but imating the BJP’s Aditya’s proposal, the Mumbai chose to remain a king- student outfit police have for the first time in maker than a king. Akhil Bharatiya recent years relaxed bar closing A wildlife photographer- Vidyarthi Parishad hours on the eve of January 1, turned-politician — Uddhav (ABVP) and 2020. It remains to be seen as to himself was a reluctant Congress-backed what kind of response the new beginner in public life. NSUI and winning year bar closing hours relaxation Uddhav was anointed by his all the 10 seats. will elicit from Mumbaikars. > 6 0 today it has become the "*-<$@44"* $< supreme centre of worship for the followers of the Guru. ice-President M.Venkaiah “It is time for us to retro- VNaidu on Monday pointed spect and take pragmatic steps. out that though India has made We must end all discrimina- significant strides on the eco- tion, we should abolish the nomic and technological fronts, caste system. India of the future there are pockets in the nation must be caste-less and class- where social evils persist. less. It cannot be made by “We live in times of turbu- mere Bills. We need political lence. Increasing cases of dis- will and administrative skill for crimination based on caste, making that possible. community and gender are a “The nation we aim to build cause for great concern. must have a place for everyone “We must not doubt in our to reach their full potential and mind that injustice anywhere is lead fulfilling lives by providing a threat to justice everywhere. equal opportunities to one and The caste system in our coun- all,” added Naidu. try is a vicious cycle,” said “The movement to dispel Naidu while inaugurating the the caste system must come 87th Sivagiri Pilgrimage Meet within the heart and mind of at the Sivagiri Mutt in Varkala society. It must be an intellectual near here. revolution, a compassionate rev- Sivagiri Mutt is the abode olution, a humanitarian revolu- of Sree Narayana Guru and tion,” the Vice President said. !"# $ 9 #$ Q * " 4 8 " R 4 * )'205:D3 8 &8 $2- With government leaving fourth quarter of the fiscal. “tepid”. the debt-ridden airline to fend According to the official, it The official said that cur- truggling Air India might be for itself by refusing to inject would take “at least” six months rently 12 narrow-body Airbus Sforced to shut down by June funds any more amid its pri- to complete the transaction in A320 planes are on the ground next year unless it finds a vatisation plans, the airline is the eventuality of an investor for want of engine replacement buyer as “piecemeal” arrange- “some how” keeping it afloat coming on board, provided and are unlikely to be back in ments cannot be sustained for with peace meal arrangements, the sale process kick starts operations in the immediate long, according to a senior which are unlikely to sustain early next month. future. airline official. for long, the official said. At the same time, the offi- “We need at least $150 Amid continuing uncer- As per the government, it cial did not sound very hope- million (about 1,100 crore) to tainty over the fate of the has infused funds to the tune of ing the operations at present and books and parked in the spe- ful of the government getting get new engines for these 12 national carrier, the official 30,520.21 crore in the flag car- at best we can sustain this situ- cial purpose vehicle, Air India an investor in such an “eco- planes. With adequate funds said there is also need for rier from financial year 2011-12 ation till June. If a buyer does Asset Holding Ltd. Air India nomic situation,” which has not available even for normal funds to restart operations of 12 till December this year. Under not come by that time, we will spokesperson was not available also affected the domestic avi- operations, it looks difficult we grounded narrow-body planes. the turnaround plan approved have to shut shop,” said the offi- for comments. ation industry. will get funds for engine The airline has a debt bur- by the UPA regime in 2012, the cial on condition of anonymi- The Air India Specific Domestic air traffic, which replacement and make these den of around 60,000 crore airline was to get financial ty. After more than 25 years of Alternative Mechanism is one of the parameters for planes operational any soon,” and the Government is still assistance of 30,000 crore over flying, full service carrier Jet (AISAM) has approved re-ini- gauging the health of the indus- the official said. < + -+ - working on the modalities for a 10-year period. Airways shuttered operations in tiation of process for the the try, grew only 3.86 per cent in However, the official said L 8 B/)!(0 4 # $ the disinvestment. “We had sought 2,400 April due to cash crunch. government’s 100 per cent stake the January-November period that seven of the eight wide- . + 7 - O Sounding alarm bells, the crore sovereign guarantee to In 2018-19, Air India’s net sale in Air India along with Air of the year as against an impres- body planes, which were -+O official said Air India might mop up funds for meeting loss is provisionally estimated India Express and the carrier’s sive 18.60 per cent growth in grounded for engine and other '/!'!8)/!6 8)/1C/ -+ well go Jet Airways way if a operational requirement. But to be 8,556.35 crore. stake in joint venture AISATS. 2018. Response to the recent engineering related issues, are >' 8/0!0/+ ! prospective buyer does not the government has provided Besides, it has a total debt The Government is likely to road shows in Singapore and back in operations. The eighth !" -+O come on board by June next guarantee only for 500 crore. of 60,000 crore, half of which issue Expression of Interest London for Air India disin- one is expected to start flying >) )))+ ! year. “We are some how manag- has already taken out of the (EoI) for the stake sale in the vestment was reportedly soon. < 3 # D. E 6 # # D- &.-E - + - "+# 6 @ 6 7 6 < 3 6!-+ B' 9 " 4 . %( 6 '/!// + !- >!B/ + ( 3 * - / 08 //!B 4 :50 ; 4 8)/1C/!6 8)/1C/ 8 ? , , > /!B' !-+O ! " (B!81 (/ 4 " ' ( ! ')4 8)/! $2- On the other hand, Nestle this polarised valuation not to 2 India, Hero MotoCorp, sustain, there could be shift of 49:69*- The government has set a enchmark indices closed Mahindra and Mahindra, money from the overvalued 3.3 per cent fiscal deficit target (& 8 D5&+* Bon a flat note after a topsy- Bharti Airtel and Tata Steel large caps to midcaps in 2020,” he Government might for the current fiscal. turvy session on Monday, with were among the gainers. Vinod Nair, Head of Research Tbreach the fiscal deficit tar- Singh further added that $2- participants fence-sitting in Sectorally, BSE IT, bankex, at Geojit Financial Services, get this financial year amid given the resources constraints, absence of further cues ahead finance, teck and oil and gas said. drop in the revenue mobilisa- increase in fiscal deficit might o MDR charges on trans- of year-end holidays. indices closed in the red. Globally, bourses in tion and expected additional lead to crowding out of private Nactions through RuPay At the closing bell, the While, BSE auto, metal, Shanghai and Hong Kong expenditure by the investments. cards and UPI payments will BSE benchmark Sensex was telecom, industrial and basic ended higher, while those in Government, says a report. According to the report, kill the digital payments indus- 17.14 points, or 0.04 per cent, materials were among the Tokyo and Seoul settled in the According to Dun & corporate liabilities are already try, the Payments Council of lower at 41,558. The 30-share prominent gainers. red. Bradstreet’s Economy Forecast, higher. The balance-sheets of India stated on Monday while gauge swung between a high of In the broader market, BSE Stock exchanges in Europe the need for fiscal stimulus has corporates, Government, banks criticising the government’s 41,714.73 and low of 41,453.38 midcap and smallcap indices started on a negative note. increased even as the govern- and households remain con- move. in a highly volatile session. outperformed benchmarks, ral- There was hardly any sig- ment finances remain strained or weak and revenue After a meeting with The broader NSE Nifty, lying up to 0.75 per cent. nificant news flow on the “strained”. collection will play an impor- bankers last Saturday, Finance however, closed 10.05 points, or “Market was range-bound, domestic front, however, in “We expect that the drop in tant role. Minister Nirmala Sitharaman 0.08 per cent, higher at premium valuation and lack of the coming days the focus will the revenue mobilisation of “Revenue collection will had asked them not to charge 12,255.85. The 50-share index fresh triggers influenced remain on monthly numbers the government and likelihood thus be important for the gov- MDR on payments via RuPay, too faced bouts of volatility investors to take cautious from auto companies and on of additional expenditure by ernment to implement a fiscal UPI from January 1 during the day. ICICI Bank was approach on heavyweights. But the GDP numbers, analysts the government might breach stimulus. To do that, tax with a view to driving digital -- # $E $ C the top loser in the Sensex reasonable valuation of mid commented. the fiscal deficit target in FY20,” reforms are needed. GST payments. + 3 : 2 # 7 6$ pack, shedding 0.99 per cent, and small caps attracted inflows On the currency front, the Dun & Bradstreet should be simplified further, The move will apply to all 86 ')6 8)/ # followed by SBI, TCS, HUL, leading to outperformance in rupee was 4 paise higher at India Chief Economist Arun and direct tax collections companies with a turnover of 7 < < L() Asian Paints and Axis Bank. the broad market. We expect 71.34 against the US dollar. Singh said. should increase,” Singh said. 50 crore or more. Merchant M + 3 : D+:E!" Discount Rate is the fee paid by !< +99 +: a merchant to a bank for accepting digital payments. 3 1 + ) < . The move is part of # 6 < +! ; 6 @; the Budget announcement 2-2- + P = in July. ! , Q) 5 49:69*- ; 49:69*- working conditions. These are expected to improve ease of tate-owned Bharat Sanchar 49:69*- cated its unwillingness to keep s many as 44 central labour doing business and safeguard SNigam Ltd (BSNL) has , . any company out of 5G trials. Alaws are most likely to be interest of workers. cleared 1,700 crore of vendors ndia will not bar any equip- The government has decid- subsumed under four labour “We hope that 2020 would dues, its CMD P K Purwar said 49:69*- reduction in GST (Goods and tax as possible. ESOPs are one Iment suppliers, such as ed to give 5G spectrum for tri- codes in 2020, making it a year be an year of labour reforms. on Monday. Services Tax) rates on AIF of the best options for startups China’s Huawei, in the upcom- als to all operators in the coun- of reforms as the Government The four codes would be a real- The corporation has also he Government is expect- (alternate investment fund) at their early stages,” Saluja said. ing trials for 5G, with Telecom try, Prasad said on Monday on works to bolster investments ity in 2020. The codes would made salary payment to its Ted to provide tax incentives management fees; and tax ben- Further fees charged by Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad the sidelines of a telecom event. and tackle slowdown blues. safeguard the interest of work- employees for November, to start-ups in the forthcoming efits on ESOPs, they said. fund manager of AIF domiciled on Monday saying the govern- This implies that all opera- Besides, the Union Labour ers and employers. We have Purwar added. budget to support the growth Start-ups need talented in India is liable to 18 per cent ment will allocate airwaves to tors, backed by equipment ven- Ministry is mulling launching tried to strike a balance “Payments worth 1,700 of budding entrepreneurs, workforce and ESOPs are one GST as it qualifies as a taxable all telecom service providers for dors they have decided to part- a “Santusht” portal next month between workers’ as well crore have been released to our sources said. The Department of the best options to attract supply. Sources said that reduc- conducting trials of super-fast ner with, will be able to partic- for effective implementation of employees’ rights,” Labour vendors and contractors of for Promotion of Industry and skilled people as giving just tion in GST rates will help India speed 5G networks. ipate in the upcoming 5G trials labour laws at the grass-root Minister Santosh Gangwar told BSNL,” he said. Overall, the Internal Trade (DPIIT) has high cash payout add to the to become an investment hub. Huawei rivals western in the country, and the stance is level. PTI. outstanding to creditors is suggested several measures to burden on cash-starved enter- Startup India initiative of equipment makers, such as expected to spell a relief for Entering 2020, the gov- The labour reforms assume 10,000 crore, he added. the finance ministry for start- prises, industry players said. the government aims at foster- Ericsson, and is banned in the Chinese gear maker Huawei. ernment hopes that India significance in view of an over “Employee salaries for ups in the budget. Tiger Global-backed tea ing entrepreneurship and pro- US. Many countries, however, “The age of 5G is coming... would be able to implement all six-year-low gross domestic November too have been The recommendations cafe chain Chaayos founder moting innovation by creating have allowed telecom service We have taken a decision to four codes on wages, industri- product (GDP) growth of 4.5 released,” he said adding that include extension of tax incen- Nitin Saluja said that there an ecosystem that is conducive providers to use Chinese gears. give 5G spectrum for trials to al relations, social security and per cent in the second quarter monthly wage cost stood at tives to incubators supported should be less tax on ESOPs. to growth of budding entre- And now, India has also indi- all the players,” Prasad said. occupational safety, health and of this fiscal. about 800 crore. under Atal Innovation Mission; “It should attract as little preneurs. . 2 0 0 ' <%+ 49:69*- Tuesday, December 31. “The due date for linking of he last date for the manda- PAN with Aadhaar as specified Ttory linking of the under sub-section 2 of section Permanent Account Number 139AA of the Income-tax Act, (PAN) with Aadhaar has been 1961 has been extended from extended till March next year, December 31, 2019 to March the CBDT said on Monday. 31, 2020,” the department said The earlier deadline was on its official Twitter handle. + O $# 29-%-47 ately available for comment. The signing of a phase one hina’s Vice-Premier Liu deal during Liu’s trip would CHe, who is also the chief mark a point of truce in the negotiator for trade talks with ongoing bitter trade war the US, will lead a delegation to between the world’s two biggest Washington this weekend, dur- economies. On December 13, ing which he is expected to sign China and the US have agreed a phase one deal to significantly on the text of a phase one eco- de-escalate the trade war nomic and trade agreement to between the two biggest glob- end the 18-month-long bruis- al economies, a media report ing trade war. said on Monday. According to an official “Washington has sent an statement, both the sides have invitation and Beijing has agreed to complete their nec- accepted it,” Hong Kong-based essary procedures, including South China Morning Post legal review, translation and quoted a Chinese official as proofreading, as soon as pos- saying. The Chinese delegation, sible and discuss the detailed headed by Liu, which would arrangements for officially leave on Saturday is expected to signing the agreement. stay “a few days” in the US, the Chinese Vice Commerce report said. Minister Wang Shouwen had However, neither side has announced that a breakthrough officially confirmed the trip. in the trade negotiations has China’s Ministry of been reached for a Commerce was not immedi- phase-one deal. (2 " $$ !"# $ Red’s ‘brilliant’ 2019 just a building block for Klopp 46 4 Wolves’ frustration was compound- iverpool manager Jurgen Klopp ed in first-half stoppage time when insists the European champions Pedro Neto's equaliser was ruled out. Lmust build on a “brilliant” 2019 to Jonny was adjudged to be offside by turn a 13-point lead at the top of the table the tiniest of margins in the build-up to into a first Premier League title in 30 add to a number of Premier League goals years. over the past two days ruled out for the Klopp’s men were not at their flow- most marginal of offside calls. ing best and needed the help of two VAR “Anfield is amazing but they were cel- reviews to continue their relentless ebrating a non-goal. It doesn't make march towards the title with a 1-0 win sense. The referee should sustain his deci- over Wolves on Sunday. sion,” said Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Liverpool have now won 18 of their Santo. first 19 league games of the season and “The VAR referee is miles away tak- lost just once in the calendar year in the ing decisions on a lot of things happen- league, on top of winning the Champions ing here. Who is inside the game? Who League, Club World Cup and UEFA feels the intensity and the flow? The ref- Super Cup. eree here.” “2019 was brilliant but it’s not impor- Nuno was booked among the Wolves tant because we count seasons, not protestations, but the Portuguese coach’s years, so the 2019/20 season is not over,” decision to start with top scorer Raul said Klopp. Jimenez and Adama Traore on the bench “We are halfway there, we still have meant he had weapons up his sleeve 19 games to play and probably 18 or 19 come the second half. of them will be like this tonight, for dif- Traore’s pace was unleashed on the ferent reasons. hour mark and Jimenez followed short- “Who cares about points in ly after, but only after Diogo Jota’s fierce December? We just created a basis which strike forced Alisson Becker into a smart we will work with from now on, that’s all.” save. The visitors had lost just once in their +& 8 previous 14 league games to move into Wolves were angry even before the contention for a top-four finish and they VAR controversies as the Premier League did not go down without a fight in the Christmas scheduling meant they trav- final stages. elled to Anfield just 45 hours after a “If it would be easy to win that num- thrilling 3-2 win over Manchester City. ber of games a lot more teams would have In the match they were left fuming done it,” added Klopp. at the two calls that went against them “It is not easy and you have to fight in quick succession towards the end of with all you have. Sometimes we have the first half. more and sometimes less and the boys do Mane swept home his 14th goal of the that all the time, so I couldn’t be more season from Lallana’s knockdown with proud of what they did again. To get that his shoulder and referee Anthony Taylor’s result over the line is just impressive.” initial decision was overturned. Jimenez had the best chance to claim However, Wolves were unhappy that an equaliser, but was denied by a block another claim for handball against Virgil from Joe Gomez before Joao Moutinho, van Dijk earlier in the move was not Romain Saiss, Ruben Vinagre and Traore checked. : P! . $ $ ' , : '$$ $ : @ @ " ! ' all fired off target. @ B ' * + <' ;$C' ' 6 6 2947$<$ national champion and South Asian Games Gold-medallist Ankit / (6 6 Accomplished comeback-man Khatana in a unanimous verdict. Vikas Krishan (69kg) claimed a Satish, a Commonwealth and 49:69*- $ slot in the Indian men’s boxing Asian Games medallist, booked squad for next year’s Olympic qual- his berth with a split verdict tri- anchester City shrugged ifiers after winning his final trial umph over Narender. Sachin Moff a tight turnaround 46 4 bout along with two others here on claimed the 81kg spot with a victo- from defeat at Wolves to beat Monday. ry over Brijesh Yadav. Sheffield United 2-0 on Sunday truggling West Ham said they had appoint- The former world champi- Amit Panghal (52kg) and thanks to second-half strikes Sed David Moyes as manager for the sec- onships and Asian Games medal- Manish Kaushik (63kg) have from Sergio Aguero and Kevin ond time in a bid to safeguard their place in winner, who competed in the mid- already claimed their place in the de Bruyne. the Premier League. dleweight 75kg category for a long team after winning medals at the City boss Pep Guardiola Moyes, whose career has never recovered time, is back to the 69kg division world championships in September. had lambasted the scheduling from a deeply unsuccessful spell as after recovering from a back injury While Panghal claimed a path- that saw the English champions Manchester United boss in 2013-14, succeeds sustained during his short undefeat- breaking silver, Kaushik brought kick off less than 48 hours after Manuel Pellegrini, who was sacked after a 2- ed stint in the professional circuit. home a Bronze, fulfilling the crite- playing the majority of Friday's 2 ' $ $ 1 defeat to Leicester on Saturday that left the The 26-year-old, already a two- ria for selection set by the Boxing 3-2 defeat at Molineux with 10 7$ Hammers just one point above the relegation time Olympian, out-punched Federation of India. men. zone. national medallist Duryodhan $ * P <' + <' ;$C' Indian squad for Asia-Oceania Fatigue seemed to get the fired home. The 56- Singh Negi in a unanimous decision Olympic Qualifiers: Amit Panghal better of City in the first half as City were furious because year-old has in the trial finals. Gaurav Solanki (57kg) and Naman On Sunday, Asian silver-medal- (52kg), Gaurav Solanki (57kg), the Blades enjoyed the better of they thought Aguero had been been with- Also making the squad for the Tanwar (91kg). list Ashish Kumar (75kg), veteran Manish Kaushik (63 kg), Vikas the chances and had a Lys fouled in the build-up but, while out a club Asia/Oceania zone qualifiers, sched- While Solanki defeated Satish kumar (+91kg) and Sachin Krishan (69kg), Ashish Kumar Mousset goal ruled out after a their complaints were brushed since leav- uled from February 3 to 14 in Mohammed Hussamuddin, Tanwar Kumar (81kg) booked their places (75kg), Sachin Kumar (81kg), VAR review for offside. aside by referee Chris Kavanagh, ing West China, were Commonwealth edged past Naveen Kumar. Both the in the squad. Naman Tanwar (91kg), Satish However, the greater indi- VAR came to their aid by ruling Ham after a Games medal-winning duo of bouts were split verdicts. Ashish defeated reigning Kumar (+91kg). vidual quality at Guardiola’s dis- Mousset was marginally off- six-month posal decided the game as De side. spell in the Bruyne teed up Aguero to smash “If the Mousset goal was not 2017-18 into the roof of the net seven offside, it would have been very season. minutes after the break. difficult for us,” added Moyes Country proud of both Mary and Nikhat : Rijiju De Bruyne then rounded off Guardiola. “In the second half guided West another excellent display by we put more players closer to Ham to scoring the second himself with Sergio, and we passed the ball safety that 49:69*- he added. a fine finish eight minutes from with more quality.” season after Zareen had time to inflict United's first It was a let-off for City but Slaven Bilic ports Minister Kiren approached Rijiju with an defeat away from home for they were caught out by a long was dis- SRijiju on Monday said open letter when the nearly a year and bring City back ball again soon after as Oliver missed in not much should be made Boxing Federation of India to within 14 points of runaway Norwood picked out Mousset, early of the “ugly spat” that (BFI) flip-flopped on a Premier League leaders who was onside this time but @ B 7 November marred the trial bout stated policy and Liverpool. could only shoot into the side- ' and will be between M C Mary Kom announced direct selec- “Today I understood why netting with just Claudio Bravo tasked with and Nikhat Zareen and tion of Mary Kom for the Sheffield United are in the place to beat. doing the same for a second time. the country is proud of Olympic qualifiers. they’re in the table,” said “You always know when “It’s fabulous to be back,” said Moyes in both the six-time world Rijiju had steered clear Guardiola. you comes to grounds like a club statement on Sunday. champion and her promis- of the matter at that time “In the first half we had Manchester City you have to “I’m feeling very proud that I’m back here ing challenger. citing the Olympic charter. problems, we changed some take your opportunities, and at West Ham. But I think more importantly Mary Kom defeated On Saturday, Mary things and the second half was unfortunately we didn’t,” said I'll be looking to see what I can do and what Zareen 9-1 in the trials Kom said she was upset much, much better.” Blades boss Chris Wilder. I can make improvements to. held on Saturday to make about being dragged into Despite claiming that the “The first goal is the game- “I do believe that the squad of players I've the squad for Olympic the selection controversy crowded Christmas scheduling changer. We were in the game got here is a better squad of players than when Qualifiers in China in as the call on selection was showed the Premier League and and then we had to open up to I took over before, so I am looking forward February. The bout was not hers to take. broadcasters “don’t care” about try to get back into it and a to working with them.” marred by acrimony as The Manipuri icon player welfare, Guardiola made world-class player finishes us off The West Ham hierarchy were keen to the two boxers didn't defended her refusal to just three changes to the side that in the last ten minutes.” make a swift appointment following shake hands after the con- exchange post-bout pleas- started against Wolves. The lack of a clinical finish- Pellegrini’s sacking ahead of Wednesday’s cru- test and Mary Kom antries with Zareen, saying City's sluggish start should er has been the only thing hold- cial clash with fellow strugglers Bournemouth ignored an attempted hug that the former junior have punished by the visitors ing back Wilder’s men, who sit at the London Stadium. by Zareen. world champion will get with Mousset particularly waste- eighth in the table, on their “David proved in his short time with the “Mary Kom is a legend her respect only if she ful. already impressive return to the club that he was capable of getting results and who has achieved what “herself shows respect to The Frenchman spurned a Premier League and they got a we believe that he will start moving the club no other boxer has ever others”. glorious early chance to put lesson in taking their chances in the right direction once again,” said West achieved in the World The 23-year-old United ahead when he get on the from City’s all-time record scor- Ham's co-chairman David Sullivan. Amateur Boxing. Nikhat Zareen said she expected end of a floated Callum er soon after the break. “We are delighted to welcome David back Zareen is an amazing better from the senior Robinson cross but headed wide. De Bruyne picked out - he knows the club well and he built strong boxer who has the poten- Period,” Rijiju tweeted. bear in mind is, in profes- it's the nation. The ugly boxer and felt hurt when United thought they had Aguero with a fine through ball relationships during that time which will be tial to follow the footsteps “...Passions & emo- sional sports, the players & spate (sic) shouldn't have her attempt at sharing a claimed the lead on 29 minutes and the Argentine blasted high crucial for the work that needs to be done of Mary Kom. India is tions are the souls of money matter more adverse effects on players hug was rebuffed. when Mousset raced onto a past Henderson from a narrow going forward.” proud of both of them. Sports! The only point to whereas in amateur sports while representing India,” long ball from John Fleck and angle. Moyes won nine and drew 10 of his 31 previous games in charge of the club. He made his name in 11 successful years at Everton, but was sacked after less than a year as Alex Ferguson’s successor at Manchester United. 0 , 6 > Moyes also struggled in short spells at Real Sociedad and Sunderland before taking 9<"* slipped to 13, said he was a statement. will replace him as the Murray pulled out over It will see 24 nations the West Ham job first time round on a short- disappointed not to be Nishikori’s elbow top-ranked player in the weekend with a pelvic split into six groups, with term contract. apanese star Kei representing his country needed surgery in Japan’s ATP Cup team. injury and Roger Federer eight teams emerging He was not offered a new deal despite JNishikori pulled out of in Perth at the team event October and it is unclear Yasutaka Uchiyama opted not to play. from the round-robin comfortably keeping the club up by finishing the inaugural ATP Cup starting on January 3. whether he will be fit for also withdrew from the The innovative team stage to compete in the 13th. Monday as he continues “Today, together the Australian Open event earlier this week, championship, from knockout phase. However, West Ham’s ambitious appoint- to struggle with an elbow with my team, we have when the first Grand with Toshihide Matsui January 3-12, offers $15 Sydney will host the ment of former Real Madrid and Manchester injury that has kept him made this decision as I Slam of the year begins at taking his place. million in prize money finals, along with group City boss Pellegrini did not pay off as the Chilean out since the US Open. am still not 100 percent Melbourne Park on Nishikori’s absence and a maximum of 750 games which will also be was let go on Saturday after a run of seven defeats The former world ready to compete at the January 20. is another blow for the singles and 250 doubles held in Brisbane and in nine Premier League matches. P ' number four, who has highest level,” he said in Yoshihito Nishioka event after Britain’s Andy ATP rankings points. Perth. (2 " $ !"# $ & " ! ! + 6 * + 2 Shaw had hit a blazing double hundred against Baroda in the lung-opener but faltered in both 6$2- the essays against Railways at * & Wankhede Stadium. ndian captain Virat Kohli Rahane also had a horrendous will end the year at the top time with the bat against Railways. Iof the ICC Test ranking Mumbai had won the game chart for batsmen but five-day against Baroda while lost to specialist Cheteshwar Pujara Railways by 10 wickets. slipped a place to fifth. 92 $<49 Australians he has opted for Rahane, who has played 63 With 928 points, Kohli is Steve Smith and David Tests, will be playing consecutive way ahead of second-placed ormer Australian captain Warner along with spinner Ranji games after a long time. Australian maestro Steve Smith FRicky Ponting on Monday Nathan Lyon. Shreyas Iyer and Shivam (911) and New Zealand’s inspi- picked India skipper Virat “Everyone’s picking teams Dube, who were criticized heavi- rational skipper Kane Kohli to lead his all-star Test of the decade so I thought I’d ly for not playing the last Ranji Williamson (822), while team of the decade, which fea- join in the fun,” Ponting wrote games, have been not named in Australia’s Marnus tured four English players. on his twitter handle. the squad as they are away on Labuschagne, who has amassed Ponting’s Test team of “This would be my Test ! * B India duty. 1,085 runs in 11 Tests this year, the 2010s doesn’t feature any team of the 2010’s: David $ ' Pacer Shardul Thakur, who is improved a place to grab the other Indian apart from Warner, Alastair Cook, Kane also away on India duty, has not fourth spot. Kohli, who is currently Williamson, Steve Smith, $2- named in the squad either. Pujara was placed fifth ranked No.1 in both ICC Virat Kohli (c), Kumar Meanwhile, young batsman with 791 points, while Ajinkya Test and ODI rankings for Sangakkarra (wk), Ben est specialist Ajinkya Rahane Sarfaraz Khanhas been Rahane was joint seventh with batsmen. Stokes, Dale Steyn, Nathan Tand young prodigy Prithvi includedinthesquad. 759 points. The Englishmen in his Lyon, Stuart Broad, James Shaw will turn up for Mumbai in This could possibly be the last With his enterprising 95 team include all-rounder Ben Anderson.” their Ranji Trophy game against game Shaw plays for the timebe- against England in the first Stokes, batsman Alastair Kohli was also named heavyweights Karnataka. ing as he then heads to New Test, Quinton de Kock not only Cook, and the pace duo of captain of the Test XI of the The two were named in the Zealand with the India A squad. set up his team’s win, but also Stuart Broad and James decade by Cricket Australia's 15-member squad announced by Mumbai squad: Suryakumar shot into the top of the latest Anderson. Among the official news website. the associationon its website on Yadav (Captain) Aditya Tare (Vice rankings release on Monday. Monday. Captain) Ajinkya Rahane, Prithvi In bowling, India’s lead The game will be played at the Shaw, Sarfaraz Khan, Shubham pacer Jasprit Bumrah, return- (772 points) and seamer Pat Cummins was at the top of Bandra Kurla Complex from Ranjane, Akash Parkar, Siddhesh ing from an injury layoff, Mohammed Shami (771) were the standings with 902 points January 3. Lad, Shams Mulani, Vinayak remained static at sixth posi- ninth and tenth respectively in ahead of Neil Wagner (859) Both Shaw and Rahane played Bhoir, Shashank Attarde, Royston tion with 794 points, while the order. and South African paceman the previous games against Baroda Dias, Tushar Deshpande, Deepak + $ * 2 $ ' spinner Ravichandran Ashwin Australian pace spearhead Kagiso Rabada (832). and Railways. Shetty andEknath Kerkar. &) 1 Q ! $" ;+ + 2- 92 $<49 ustralia on Monday called up explosive 46 4 the list of leading run-scorers Aopening all-rounder D’Arcy Short in of all time with 21,444 runs, place of injured pacer Sean Abbott in their ndia skipper Virat Kohli and was also included in Wisden’s ODI squad for the upcoming tour of India. Ipace spearhead Jasprit Test and ODI teams of the The tour begins on January 14 with the Bumrah were the only two decade, besides being named first One-day International in Mumbai. Indians who found a place in in Wisden’s list of five crick- The second and third ODIs will be held Wisden’s T20 International eters of the decade which also in Rajkot and Bengaluru on January 14 and team of the decade, which features Steve Smith, Dale January 19, respectively. didn’t feature Mahendra Singh Steyn, AB de Villiers and Ellyse Short has been included in the squad Dhoni. Perry. after a side strain during a Big Bash League Australia’s limited overs While Kohli was picked in game ruled out Abbott for four weeks. captain Aaron Finch was Wisden’s T20I team of the With fast bowlers Pat Cummins, Josh named captain of the team, decade to strengthen the bat- Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc and Kane which has two more Australian ting order, Bumrah found a Richardson already in Australia’s ODI in Shane Watson and Glenn place in the bowling unit due squad, selectors have called in Short, a top- Maxwell, two England crick- to his superb economy rate and order batter who also bowls wrist spin, to eters — Jos Buttler and David reputation for being a reliable replace pacer Abbott. “It is extremely unfor- Willey, two Afghanistan all- death bowler. tunate for Sean, who is very much a part of rounders — Mohammad Nabi “Bumrah’s overall econo- our white-ball squad plans leading into the and Rashid Khan, and New my rate of 6.71 is the second ICC T20 World Cup and the World Cup,” Zealand’s Colin Munro and Sri best in the world among quick selection convener Trevor Hohns was quot- Lanka’s Lasith Malinga. bowlers, behind Dale Steyn,” ed as saying by Cricket Australia. On Kohli, Wisden said: Wisden said about Bumrah, “D’Arcy offers the squad another spin- “While Kohli’s record in who has overall taken 216 ning all-rounder option along with Ashton domestic T20 cricket is patchy, wickets, including 51 in T20Is, Agar, which, along with the four world-class the same cannot be said of in his international career so fast bowlers and Adam Zampa, balances the T20Is. Kohli’s average of 53 was far. squad out nicely. His proven record and abil- the best in the decade, and “This statistic is more ity to bat anywhere in the order will also be while his consistency compro- impressive when you consid- a great asset to the squad.” mises his strike-rate slightly, he er he did the majority of his Short has played four ODIs for Australia, is still able to score at a good bowling in the death overs, hitting 83 runs at an average of 26.66. Unless rate, even if not exceptional. where his economy rate of 7.27 there's an injury, he will likely bat in the mid- “Strong against pace and was the seventh best in the dle order given Warner and Finch are going "' ( ' P" $! $ spin, and rapid between the - ' ' $ $ world, and comfortably the to open. David Warner and Steve Smith will wickets, Kohli is an ideal play- best by a quick bowler. also be touring India for the first time with + F+ Hazlewood, Marnus Labuschagne, Kane er at No.3, able to fight fires accelerate when a platform is slide down the order in this XI,” Bumrah is likely bowl three the Australian team since the ball-tamper- Aaron Finch (capt), D’Arcy Short, Richardson, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, when an early wicket is lost and set. Following a huge first- it said on its website. overs at the death for this ing scandal, both expectedly figuring in the Ashton Agar, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Ashton Turner, David Warner, Adam stabilise the innings, but also wicket partnership, Kohli will Kohli, who ranks third in side.” squad. Cummins, Peter Handscomb, Josh Zampa. (' (. : " #! %% ' .? ! " 4 + Somerville, 35, has played three Tests, taking &# "#( ) ". # seven wickets on his $ $O debut against Pakistan “Did Warnie ever want a rest and in Abu Dhabi last year give Stuart MacGill a go?” he asked, and a total of seven in noting the lack of opportunity given to two Tests away to Sri Warne’s leg-spin rival at the height of 7 Lanka four months ago. their careers. Boult is returning to “I won’t be resting. I haven’t met any New Zealand after suffer- Australian cricketers that would like to +94"$<- 4 ing a fracture to his right be rested. hand in the second Test “It’s that hard playing Test cricket, outh African cricket captain Faf du Plessis which Australia won but it’s that rewarding as well so every Sbelieves cricket needs more, not fewer, elite comfortably by 247 runs opportunity you get to play cricket for nations. on Sunday within four Australia it means the world to us. Speaking after South Africa’s 107-run win in days in Melbourne. “So I can’t imagine Mitch Starc, Pat the first Test against England on Sunday, Du Plessis said the inclusion of the Australia won the (Cummins) or Patto (James Pattinson) was asked his opinion about plans for an annual :9-47" 4 lanky 1.93 metre (6ft 4in) first Test by 296 runs, putting his hand up to say I need a rest.” ‘Super Series’ of one-day games, involving the so- Somerville was a nod to again wrapping up the Queensland’s Swepson has been called ‘Big Three’ of India, Australia and England, ew Zealand have the expected conditions match inside four days. added to Australia’s squad for Sydney, with one other country to be invited on a revolv- Nturned to Will at the Sydney Cricket New Zealand already where conditions often assist slow ing basis. Somerville for his expe- Ground. have Matt Henry and bowlers, and was taking tips from “The last year or so you can see what’s going rience of playing in “There’s no secret the Kyle Jamieson in the Warne in Melbourne. on in terms of the big three countries,” he said. Sydney as they look to SCG pitch is one of the squad to provide fast There is a chance that Australia will “There’s a lot of movement going towards that, avoid a whitewash in the more spin-friendly in bowling cover while play two specialist spinners in the a lot more matches being played against the top third and final Test Australia,” Stead said. Somerville’s height and third Test, with the call to be made after three, or big three. It’s probably better if you include against Australia. “Will offers some- local knowledge could Paine and selectors look at the pitch. more teams, the better to grow the game as much Off-spinner thing different to our see him overtake the Swepson, who has taken 12 wick- as you can.” Somerville, who was two other spinners in the incumbent spinners ets from six Sheffield Shield games at Du Plessis pointed out that there was inequal- raised in Australia and squad with his right arm Mitchell Santner and 26.58, was a member of Australia's Test ity of fixtures, especially in Test cricket, with new played Sheffield Shield off-spin and height. Todd Astle. squad for tours of India and Bangladesh Test nations such as Ireland and Afghanistan strug- for New South Wales, “The fact he’s played Somerville was one in 2017 but has yet to make his debut. gling to get fixtures. will replace injured pace a lot of cricket in Sydney of the leading bowlers in Lyon said if both of them played, “There’s a lot of smaller nations not playing a bowler Trent Boult for during his career for New Australia’s Sheffield he would be more than happy. lot of Test cricket, they’re actually playing less,” he the Test starting in South Wales will also be Shield in 2016-17 season “Mitch has been bowling brilliant- said. Sydney on Friday. helpful as we prepare for with 35 wickets at an $! ': '$ %A ! @ ly for Queensland,” he said. “He’s a great Coach Gary Stead this final Test.” average of 23.14. fella to start off with, but he gives it a ing their comprehensive win in Perth. rip and that's what I really love to see. 92 $<49 Cricket great Warne has champi- “I’m a big fan of Mitch, it’s great to oned Swepson and over the weekend see him in and around our squad so he ustralia’s Nathan Lyon on Monday flagged the idea of axing Lyon if selec- gets his chance and fingers crossed we Ashot down a suggestion from Shane tors opt for one spinner in Sydney. can have a great combination togeth- Warne that he take a rest for the “Just giving Mitchell Swepson a er.” Sydney Test against New Zealand this taste of it, giving him a chance, I reck- If Australia go down that road, they week so leg-spinner Mitchell Swepson on it will pay dividends in the long run,” would almost certainly retain can make his debut. Warne said. Cummins, Starc and Pattinson, mean- Tim Paine’s team have already won But Lyon, who took four wickets on ing a batsman would be axed with the three-match series against the Sunday to wrap up late New Zealand Matthew Wade the likely candidate Black Caps after crushing them by 247 second innings resistance, said there after Travis Head scored a century in runs in Melbourne on Sunday, follow- was no way he would be standing aside. Melbourne.