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 66:6 Channi, had made the recommendation sion would be convened for a day on retirement gratuity to all state govern- in the interest of the students. November 6 for commemoration of the ment employees recruited on or after cting upon the Cabinet Sub- The Cabinet approved amendment historic 550th prakash purb of Guru January 1, 2004, and covered under the ACommittee’s recommendations, in 2006 Act to bring private health sci- Nanak Dev. The State Cabinet has New Pension Scheme. Punjab Government on Thursday ences universities under its purview. approved recommending to the decided to regulate fees in private With this amendment, the fee fixed by Governor summoning of the ninth ses- 5) Approves phase-wise recruitment of health sciences universities to check the the State Government would be applic- sion of the House under Article 174 (1) 994 new posts of faculty, paramedical undue burden caused on students as a able to private universities also. of the Constitution of India. staff and other posts for setting up of result of exorbitant charges levied by Pertinently, the Act of 2006 basically Government Medical College at Mohali such institutions. stipulates that the Government can pre- 2) Approving the Punjab Police with intake of 100 seats for MBBS The State Cabinet, led by Chief scribe a fee structure for private med- (Appointment of Chairperson and course Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, gave ical institution running health science Members of Complaints Authorities), approval to amend the Punjab Private course and distribute their seats Rules, 2019, the Cabinet paved the way 6) Guidelines approved for incentives Health Sciences Educational Institutions between the Management and for making appointments in State Police to closed industrial units aimed at set- (Regulation of Admission, Fixation of Government Quota. As per the Act, the Complaints Authority and Divisional tling state’s liability of sanctioned cap- Fee and Making of Reservation) Act fee for medical colleges and other Police Complaints Authorities under ital investment incentive under various 2006 by promulgating an Ordinance. health institution is fixed by the state ‘The Punjab Police Act, 2007’ making industrial policies A Cabinet Sub Committee, com- Government from time to time. an officer of the rank either of Chief prising the then Health Minister Brahm Secretary or secretary to Central 7) Cabinet gave in-principle approval Mohindra, Finance Minister Manpreet SIGNIFICANT DECISIONS Government or the DGP eligible to be for a Four-Year Strategic Action Plan Badal and Higher and Technical appointed as chairperson of the State (4SAP)-2019 to 2023, to set Sustainable Education Minister Charanjit Singh 1) A special Punjab Vidhan Sabha ses- Police Complaints Authority. Development Goals (SDGs) for the departments of Social Security and 3) Cabinet okayed the estab- Child Development and Women lishment of ‘Jagat Guru Nanak Welfare, Transport, Industry and Dev Punjab State Open Commerce and Cooperation. University’ at Patiala for which a Bill would be presented in the 8) The action plan will also set key per- next session of the Vidhan formance parameters (KPPs) for Sabha for enactment of “Jagat Government officials to enable inte- Guru Nanak Dev Punjab State gration of the departments into state’s Open University, Act 2019”. development process. It was also decid- ed to approve their integration into the 4) Government has hiked its State Budgetary process. monthly matching contribu- tion for employees under the 9) Setting the stage for formalities of New Pension Scheme from 10 extradition to be completed soon, the to 14 percent of basic pay- Cabinet has approved extradition from plus-dearness allowance (DA), United Kingdom of Hoshiarpur-resi- in line with the Centre’s deci- dent Kuljinder Kaur Thandi, wanted sion. In another pro-employee under various sections of the IPC initiative, the Cabinet also including 201, 302, 404, 406, 420, 120- approved benefit of death-cum- B. '& '6  %  #    '         

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Except one Jat ber assembly. JJP’s party symbol shifted to BJP and JJP won the Singh of the Congress. BJP’s &    across four parliamentary con- leader, all five legislators from incidentally is the ‘Key’. lone Ellenabad seat in Sirsa. s the Haryana Assembly outgoing Ministers Capt stituencies holds the key to the community fielded by BJP Interestingly, the original party Interestingly, the original party Aresults threw a fractured Abhimanyu, OP Dhankar, Ram Haryana elections as BJP had have lost. These include Finance INLD almost diminished, but diminished, but the third and verdict, Congress leader and Bilas Sharma, Kavita Jain, (  shown in 2014. The Jat com- Minister Captain Abhimanyu the third and fourth generations fourth generations of its founder former Chief Minister Krishan Lal Panwar, Manish munity forms 27 per cent of the (Narnaund), Agriculture and of its founder and Devi Lal sur- and Devi Lal survived by win- Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who Grover, and Krishan Kumar ;6%*.6<; state’s population and Hisar, Farmers’ Welfare Minister Om vived by winning their respective ning their respective seats. The retained his stronghold Garhi Bedi, all ended up with humil- Bhiwani, Mahendragarh, Prakash Dhankar (Badli) and seats. Chautala clan who won the Sampla Kiloi seat on Thursday  ;6%*.6<; iating defeats. he preliminary analysis of Rohtak, Jhajjar, Sonipat, Sirsa, BJP state chief Subhash Barala "I believe the keys are in the elections is Dushyant and his appealed to all opposition par- But BJP candidate and Tthe Haryana Assembly polls Jind and Kaithal form the heart (Tohana). Rajya Sabha MP hands of the JJP," Dushyant mother Naina Chautala and his ties to join hands to keep the he vote share of the ruling Public Health and Engineering reveals that the core Jat voters of Haryana’s Jat belt. Birender Singh’s wife, Prem Chautala said earlier on uncle and Devi Lal''s grandson ruling BJP at bay. "We invite all TBharatiya Janata Party Minister Banwari Lal won the from Sonipat, Jhajjar and The BJP’s poor perfor- Lata, lost from Uchana Kalan to Thursday as counting trends Abhay Singh Chautala. the smaller parties and inde- (BJP) fell by a massive 22 per Bawal seat. Rohtak voted overwhelmingly mance in the State has its roots JJP’s Dushyant Chautala. clearly showed the BJP was set to Dushyant’'s mother Naina pendents to join hands with the cent in the Haryana Assembly Also Health Minister Anil against the BJP, resulting in in voters in core Jat belt of Sukhvinder Mandi from Badhra win less than half the 90 seats and Chautala won from Badhra in Congress and form a stable polls, the results of which were Vij retained his seat from defeat of five of its six main Jat Sonipat, Jhajjar and Rohtak too bit the dust. the Congress making rapid Bhiwani district on JJP ticket. Government," he said. "I have declared on Thursday. Ambala Cantonment. Two sit- gains.” The BJP fielded Devi Lal''s got calls that independents are The party secured over 58 ting Ministaers, Rao Narbir Dushyant Chautala, the grandson Aditya Devi Lal from being stopped from joining us. per cent votes in the State in the Singh and Vipul Goel, were great grandson of the former Dabwali in Sirsa district, but he This should not happen Lok Sabha polls held five denied tickets and fresh faces /     -  deputy Prime Minister late Devi lost the seat to Congress’ Amit and we will approach the EC months ago in May and won all were brought in. Lal and grandson of jailed INLD Sihag. JJP chief Dushyant (Election Commission) against the 10 seats. In this Assembly Outgoing Finance Minister  ;6%*.6<; Singh by a margin of over 2,500 votes. Another leader OP Chautala, who led the Chautala held the ‘Key’ to power it. This is a vote against the polls, it got 36 per cent. Capt Abhimanyu, who lost to BJP's candidate Nirmal Rani defeated Congress newly formed JJP in 2018 won in Haryana where the ruling BJP Khattar Government, against Several Ministers in the JJP candidate and BJP rebel ine women won in the Haryana Assembly heavyweight and former Haryana assembly from Uchana Kalan in Jind dis- has fared poorly and the unemployment in the State. Manohar Lal Khattar-led Ram Kumar Gautam in the Nelection, results of which were declared on speaker Kuldeep Sharma from Ganaur seat by trict by defeating sitting legisla- Congress under Bhupinder Most Ministers have lost the Government lost in the elec- Narnaud constituency in Hisar Thursday.This included five from Congress, more than 10,000 votes. Congress’ senior leader tor Prem Lata, 59, wife of former Singh Hooda has surged ahead. election," he added.Hooda tions. While the BJP managed district by a margin of 12,029 three from Bharatiya Janta Party and one from Kiran Choudhry retained Tosham seat by a mar- defeated BJP's Satish Nandal, to get 40 seats this time, it had votes, admitted his defeat dur- Jannanyak Janta Party,In 2014 assembly polls, gin of 18059 votes trouncing Shashi Ranjan of who recently joined the BJP won 47 in the 2014 Haryana ing counting. 13 women candidates became MLAs in Haryana. BJP. Another Congress candidate and former after defecting from the Indian Assembly polls. State unit chief Subhash This time, 105 women candidates out of total Minister Geeta Bhukkal retained Jhajjar reserve National Lok Dal (INLD). The vote share of the Barala lost the Tohana 1169 were in the fray. JJP candidate Naina seat by trouncing BJP's Rakesh Kumar by The impressive perfor- Congress, which has emerged Assembly seat in Fatehabad Chautala defeated Congress nominee Ranbir 14,999 votes. While Congress candidate mance by the Congress in the stronger than the last polls district by more than 20,000 Singh Mahendra from the Bardha seat with a Shakuntla Khatak defeated BJP’s Ram Avtar Haryana Assembly polls has but is behind the BJP, is almost votes to JJP’s Devender Singh margin of more than 13,000 votes. Earlier, she from Kalanaur reserve seat by over 10,000 votes, been credited to Hooda who the same as it was in the Lok Babli. Barala quashed rumours was a legislator from Dabwali seat. BJP’s Kamlesh Dhanda defeated Congress can- virtually compelled the party Sabha polls. The party got of his resignation from his BJP’s Seema Trikha won from Badkhal seat didate Jay Parkash from Kalayat seat by over leadership to project him as the 28.42 per cent of the total post after his defeat. by defeating Congress candidate Vijay Partap 8,000 votes. party's face in the polls.      ! "#
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$   and caste dynamics of the Dalits, having significant pres- Lok Sabha election held five Congress leader Bhupinder what is clear is that Haryana State. Of course, the riddle ence in the Kalka, Panchkula, months ago and the Assembly Singh Hooda kept saying in result is a wake-up call for the would be to find a tall Jat leader Yamunanagar belt where the polls and had different voting one meeting after the other, BJP if it wants to consolidate its and presently the BJP has none saffron party performed below preferences. The BJP stead- blunting the single most impor- position in the State where it   % ,, with three of the only popular par as compared to the 2014 fastly made abrogation of tant issue of the BJP in the elec- came to power on its own for faces of the party facing defeat polls. While Congress appoint- Article 370 a poll issue in a tions. the first time in 2014 in the From Page 1 in the elections. But despite the ing Selja as the State party pres- State where the numbers of ex- As the number of religious backdrop of Modi wave sweep- How angry the Jat voters mild shock, it would not be fea- ident from this belt could be a servicemen and serving per- minorities in terms of per- ing the entire country. were for their perceived mar- sible for the BJP to change its factor, this alone cannot explain sonnel in Army and paramili- centage is not that significant Of course, the Modi wave ginalisation in BJP regime can non-Jat centric social equations it in entirety. The BJP would be tary forces is quite high. But the in the State, emotional and reli- again swept the country as be gauged that all the three overnight and form new caste introspecting what went wrong issue failed to enthuse the vot- gious issues which BJP calls as well as Haryana in May 2019 prominent Jat leaders of BJP — coalition. Upsetting the settled here, perhaps a combination of ers as the party had expected "nationalistic issues" like verbal but in the interregnum of five Ministers Capt Abhimanyu caste equations and tweaking it economic factors, failure to with local issues like caste con- bashing of Pakistan, triple talaq, years in the State, factors like and Om Prakash Dhankar, to its own advantage has been address the concerns of the solidation, high unemploy- building of Ram temple in Government performance, along with State BJP president the USP of BJP for a while in Dalit community, or identify- ment rate and better remuner- Ayodhya etc were not raised economic crisis, caste consol- Subhash Barala, lost the polls. several States and it would not ing itself with the causes of the ation for crops dominating the much in the campaign in the idation, unemployment, arro- In such a scenario, politi- like to change it after one community through a network political discourse of the run-up to the polls. gant approach - all combined cal observers said there could result which is not as per its of its own leaders. Opposition. "Who is opposing Despite the Prime Minister to bring down the confidence be thinking about a leadership expectations. What became clear in the abrogation of Article 370? It's and BJP president Amit Shah of the BJP. "It's time to reshuffle in the BJP with a Jat Besides the Jats, the other elections was the fact that vot- now the law of the land. hailing the performance of rebuild…after Government leader replacing the Punjabi caste which got alienated from ers in the State clearly differ- Why are you (BJP) raising Khattar and describing the formation," summed up a Khattar to change the political the BJP in the election were the entiated between a national or it" We are in support of it," fractured mandate as a victory, senior party leader.

Q)   R Even as BJP’s vote share from 20.58 per cent in 2014. and the condition of farmers. assembly constituencies is con- tional fights to an open rebel- increased to 36.47 per cent this INLD’s vote share has declined The BJP was hoping to cerned, many heavyweights lion by former state party chief %  time from 33.20 in 2014, the to dismal 2.45 per cent from capitalize on “Modi factor”, have ended up on the losing Ashok Tanwar, the Congress BJP failed to repeat its 2014 24.75 per cent in 2014. nationalism plank and strong side in the general elections. was faced with a problem of performance when it had won The vote share of NOTA polarization of non-Jat vote The heavyweights who lost plenty during election season   +  ' 47 seats on its own and went was 0.52 per cent, SAD 0.38 bank in Haryana, but the poll the elections included BJP in Haryana. Infact, the onto to form its maiden per cent, BSP 4.11 per cent and strategy failed to resonate with Ministers Ram Bilas Sharma, Congress had made a belated From Page 1 Government in Haryana. others 27.33 per cent. voters in the state. The BJP’s Kavita Jain, Manish Grover, course correction in Haryana BJP’s main challenger- JJP, AAP, LSP, Swaraj Party anti-Jat stand has also cost the Krishan Lal Panwar, BJP can- replacing Tanwar with former Former Minister Gopal Congress which has made had contested the State party dearly as its three promi- didate and Olympic medalist Union Minister Kumari Selja, Kanda’s Lokhit Haryana Party handsome gains in its tally, Assembly polls for the first nent Jat faces failed to register Yogeshwar Dutt, and naming Hooda as the won one seat while seven inde- managed to get a vote share of time in Haryana. While the election victory. Commonwealth wrestling head of the election manage- pendents won the polls. 28.12 per cent, an increase regional players — BSP, AAP, Jat leaders including BJP champion Babita Phogat, ment committee, on LSP and Swaraj Party— had state president Subhash Barla, TikTok star Sonali Phogat, September 4, just — six weeks thrown the hats into the ring, Finance Minister Capt Congress former Speaker before the Haryana assembly none of them won a single seat Abhimanyu and Agriculture Kuldeep Sharma, Congress polls. in the polls. None of these par- and Farmers Welfare Minister MLAs Randeep Singh Now, as the lone HLP’s ties had contested on all 90 OP Dhankar tasted defeat in Surjewala, Karan Singh Dalal, MLA, seven independent can- seats in the state. the state assembly polls. Other former deputy Chief Minister didates and 10 JJP MLAs are This time, Haryana had prominent Jat candidates Chander Mohan (Panchkula) set to play a key role in for- recorded a low voter turnout of namely Prem Lata, wife of among others. mation of the next government 68.31 per cent, a sharp decline former Union Minister The prominent winners in Haryana, it remains to be from 76.54 in the 2014 Birender Singh, turncoat can- included BJP’s Manohar Lal seen how the BJP or Congress Assembly polls. Of the total didate Parminder Singh Dhull Khattar, Cabinet Minister Anil win over these MLAs. voters exercising their right to among others faced defeat in Vij, hockey star Sandeep Singh, Notably, a decade back in franchise, 69.36 per cent were elections. Congress’ former Chief 2009 State Assembly polls, men and 67.12 per cent were It is no secret that the state Minister Bhupinder Singh when the Congress fell short of women on the polling day i.e. is bitterly divided on caste Hooda , Congress leaders a simple majority in Haryana, October 21. lines following the violent Jat namely Kiran Chaudhary, the independent MLAs came Altogether, 1,169 candi- reservation agitation 2016 and Kuldeep Bishnoi, JJP leaders to its rescue and the then dates, including 105 women, the Jat community has Dushyant Chautala and Naina Chief Bhupinder Singh Hooda had entered the fray this time. remained unhappy with the Chautala, INLD’s senior leader had managed to form the State There were a total of 1.83 saffron party due to their Abhay Singh Chautala , former Government for the second crore voters including 98.78 unfulfilled demands including Minister and Haryana Lokhit consecutive term. lakh males, 85.12 lakh females reservation in government jobs Party leader Gopal Kanda. During that times, the and 252 transgenders in the and educational institutions. According to the political Congress had emerged as the state. Jats are counted as the observers, the mandate is clear- single largest party with 40 The poll results on dominant vote bank consti- ly against the BJP while the seats in the 90-member State Thursday have unmasked the tuting about 29 percent of Congress has pulled off a sur- Assembly. And, the seven inde- misplaced overconfidence of state’s population (around 25 prise poll performance. The pendent MLAs, who played a BJP besides breaking the win- per cent of the electorate) and high-decibel election was def- pivotal role in formation of ning momentum of the party have this time played a key role initely seen as a test for a non- Congress led State in Haryana. After 2014 Lok in ensuring an unfavorable e Jat Chief Minister Manohar Lal Government, were also induct- Sabha polls the saffron party lection result for the BJP in Khattar’s hold over the state, ed in the Hooda Cabinet as went on to win civic body polls Haryana. they say. Ministers and Chief in five cities last year, Jind Interestingly, the BJP had An invigorated Congress Parliamentary Secretaries. bypoll and all 10 Lok Sabha pulled out all the stops to under the leadership of state seats in Haryana earlier this ensure election victory with party president Kumari year. Prime Minister Narendra Selja and former Chief The saffron party had Modi, Union Home Minister Minister Bhupinder Singh made the nullification of Amit Shah, Union Defence Hooda did well in the elec- Article 370 and nationalism as Minister Rajnath Singh, party's tions despite the unfavor- major poll issues in the state working President JP Nadda able exit-poll predictions, while the Congress and other among other senior party lead- they say. opposition parties had target- ers holding poll rallies in The Congress was dec- ed the BJP government over Haryana. imated by the BJP in the unemployment, law and order As far as contest on 90 Lok Sabha polls. From fac-

  
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Bayad seats while the other and the Congress emerged vic- maximum 11 seats in Uttar impressive margins in polls with G S Damor defeating Sandhu by 14,672 votes in Kashyap of the BJP by 17,862 In Tharad seat of four were with the BJP. torious in 12 constituencies Pradesh, followed by six in Vikravandi and Nanguneri con- Kantilal Bhuria's son Vikrant Dakha. votes. Banaskantha, Congress candi- Congress snatched Tharad while Asaduddin Owaisi's Gujarat, five in Bihar, four in stituencies. Bhuria by 10,437 votes. The ruling TRS in BJD candidate Rita Sahu date Gulabsinh Rajput made a seat from the ruling party. PTI AIMIM tasted its maiden elec- Assam and two each in In Kerala, the Congress-led However, the BJP fielded Telangana won the Huzurnagar won the Bijepur Assembly seat toral success in Bihar. Himachal Pradesh and Tamil UDF tasted defeat at the hands Damor in the general elections seat with its nominee S Saidi in Odisha defeating Sanat In bye-elections to two Lok Nadu. of the ruling LDF headed by the from the Ratlam-Jhabua seat, Reddy defeating Congress's N Gartia of the BJP by 97,990 Sabha seats, Prince Raj of the The other states where CPI-M in its strongholds of which he won by defeating Padmavati Reddy. votes, which is the highest-ever Lok Jan Shakti Party won in bypolls were held are Punjab (4 Vattiyoorkavu and Konni, while Kantilal Bhuria. The BJP in Assam won margin in the history of the Samastipur (SC) in Bihar seats), Kerala (5), Sikkim (3), it retained two seats and won The Congress now has 115 three seats with its candidates state's assembly polls. defeating Ashok Kumar of the Rajasthan (2) and one seat from the Marxist bastion of members, one short of simple Bijoy Malakar (Ratabari), Rajen Sikkim Chief Minister Congress, while Shriniwas each in Arunachal Pradesh, Aroor. Thiruvananthapuram majority in the 230-member Borthakur (Rangapara) and Prem Singh Tamang aka PS Dadasaheb Patil of the NCP Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Mayor V K Prasanth won from house. It enjoys the support of Nabanita Handique (Sonari) Golay won from Poklok emerged victorious in Chhattisgarh, Puducherry, Vattiyoorkavu against his near- 4 Independents, two BSP MLAs defeating their respective Kamrang seat by 8,953 votes. Maharashtra's Satara con- Meghalaya and Telangana. est Congress rival K and one SP MLA. Congress opponents. All India The Sikkim Krantikari Morcha stituency over Udyanraje The BJP and its allies held Mohankumar. The ruling Congress in United Democratic Front's (SKM) founder defeated Moses Pratapsinhmaharaj Bhonsle of nearly 30 of these seats, while Another UDF bastion, Rajasthan increased its tally in Rafiqul Islam prevailed over Rai of the Sikkim Democratic the BJP. the Congress had won 12 and Konni, went to the LDF kitty the state assembly by winning Congress's Shamsul Hoque in Front. The Samajwadi Party the rest were with regional with its candidate K U Jenish the bypoll to Mandawa seat Jania. The SKM's alliance partner turned out to be a major gain- parties. Kumar defeating P Mohanraj while MP Hanuman Beniwal's The by-election was neces- BJP tasted its first electoral er in Uttar Pradesh, wresting a Assembly elections were (Cong). Rashtriya Loktantrik Party sitated after sitting BJP MLAs victory in the northeastern seat each from the ruling BJP also held in Maharashtra, where However, the LDF tasted retained the Khinwsar seat. and ministers Pallab Lochan state winning the Martam and the BSP, while the NDA got the BJP-Shiv Sena coalition defeat at Aroor, a CPI(M) Congress's Rita Chaudhary Das (Rangapara) and Tapan Rumtek and Gangtok seats. eight, one less than it held. retained power albeit with a stronghold where UDF's won from Mandawa by a mar- Gogoi (Sonari) and Deputy Sonam TSH Venchungpa The SP wrested Zaidpur reduced majority, and in BJP- Shanimol Usman, who had gin of 33,704 votes while RLP Speaker Kripanath Mallah won from Martam Rumtek, seat from the BJP and Jalalpur ruled Haryana which appeared unsuccessfully contested the candidate Narayan Beniwal (Ratabari) besides Congress defeating his nearest rival Nuk seat from the BSP, while retain- headed for a hung assembly April Lok Sabha poll from won Khinwsar by 4,630 votes. MLA Abdul Khaleque (Jania) Tshering Bhutia of the SDF by ing Rampur. The BJP won with JJP chief Dushyant Alappuzha, won by a margin of Now the Congress tally in were elected to the Lok Sabha. 6,150 votes while Yong Tshering seven seats and its ally Apna Dal Chautala holding the key to 2079 votes. the 200-member assembly has Lepcha beat Delay Namgyal (S) bagged one. government formation. Usman defeated her near- increased to 107, including six In Himachal Pradesh, the Barfungpa of the Sikkim The BJP retained Balha, In the Gujarat bypolls, rul- est rival Manu C Pulickal of the those who had defected to the ruling BJP retained both the National People's Party by 1,010 Gangoh, Manikpur, Ghosi, ing BJP and Congress shared LDF. party from the BSP last month. Dharamshala and Pachhad votes in Gangtok. Iglas, Lucknow Cantt and the spoils winning three seats The UDF won the The BJP has 72 MLAs and the seats. In Pachhad, Reena Former Indian football Govindnagar, while Apna Dal each. OBC leader Alpesh Manjeshwaram seat where M C RLP three. Kashyap defeated her nearest team captain Bhaichung Bhutia, (S) retained Pratapgarh. Thakor, who switched sides Kamaruddin (IUML) won by The ruling Congress con- rival, former minister Gangu who contested from Gangtok The ruling JD(U) suffered from Congress to BJP, lost from 7,923 votes against BJP's solidated its position in Punjab Ram Musafir of the Congress, seat on a Hamro Sikkim Party a setback in Bihar managing to Radhanpur by 3,807 votes to Raveesh Thanthri Kuntar. winning three assembly seg- by 2,742 votes. ticket, managed to bag only 579 win only one of the four seats Congress's Raghubhai Desai. It retained the Ernakulam ments while opposition Vishal Nehria defeated votes. it contested. Bypolls were held Congress candidate Jashu seat as its candidate T J Vinod, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Independent Rakesh Kumar The ruling SKM's tally in in five seats of which RJD won Patel defeated BJP's Dhavalsinh deputy Mayor of Kochi corpo- won one seat. by 6,758 votes in Dharamshala. the 32-member House has now two and AIMIM one. The Zala in Bayad, while in Tharad, ration, defeated his nearest Raminder Awla defeated In Puducherry, the ruling gone up to 19 while the BJP's remaining seat was won by an Congress nominee Gulabsinh rival advocate Manu Roy, the SAD nominee Raj Singh Congress retained the Kamaraj strength in the House is 12. Ten Independent. Rajput prevailed over BJP's LDF-Independent candidate by Dibipura by 16,633 votes from Nagar Assembly seat with its SDF legislators had earlier The results gave the once Jivraj Patel. over 3,750 votes. Jalalabad, considered an Akali nominee A John Kumar defeat- switched to the BJP. mighty RJD a reason to smile, In Kheralu seat, BJP's The LDF's strength has bastion. ing his nearest AINRC rival S United Democratic Party while Hyderabad MP Owaisi's Ajmalji Thakor beat Congress's now gone up to 93, while that Earlier, the segment was Bhuvaneswarane. candidate Balajied Kupar AIMIM gained a toehold in the Babuji Thakor. of UDF 45 in the 140-member represented by SAD chief With this win, the Synrem won the bypoll to state clinching Kishanganj, a In Lunawada, BJP's Jignesh house. Sukhbir Singh Badal, who was Congress's strength in the Shella constituency in Muslim-dominated con- Sevak beat Congress's The defeat in Vatiyoorkavu elected to Lok Sabha in May. assembly has been restored to Meghalaya by over 6000 votes. stituency. BJP rebel candidate Gulabsinh Chauhan while in and Konni comes as a rude In Phagwara, which fell 15 in which the Congress enjoys The bye-election was necessi- Karnjeet Singh won the Amraiwadi, Congress's shock for the UDF which had vacant after sitting BJP MLA the support of the DMK, its tated due to the death of UDP Dharaunda seat as an Dharmendra Patel lost to BJP's won 19 of the 20 Lok Sabha Som Parkash was elected to Lok alliance partner, from outside. president Donkupar Roy, who Independent. Jagdish Patel. seats in the Lok Sabha polls in Sabha, Congress candidate and The bypoll was necessi- had represented the seat for a The JD(U) could win only Prior to the bypolls, the May. former IAS officer Balwinder tated after incumbent legisla- record seven times, earlier this Nathnagar where its candidate Congress held Radhanpur and In Madhya Pradesh, the Singh Dhaliwal defeated BJP's tor V Vaithilingam (Cong) year. Synrem is Donkupar Laxmi Kant Mandal beat Rabia Bayad seats while the other four Congress wrested back its tra- Rajesh Bagha by 26,116 votes. quit following his election to Roy's son. In Arunachal Khatun of the RJD by little over were with the BJP. ditional Jhabua assembly seat Congress's Indu Bala won Lok Sabha from the lone seat Pradesh, Independent candi- 5,000 votes. In a morale booster after from the BJP. Congress candi- from Mukerian by defeating here. date Chakat Aboh, wife of Four of these five seats the Lok Sabha poll drubbing date and former Union minis- BJP's Jangi Lal Mahajan by The ruling Congress won National People's Party (NPP) were held by BJP ally JD(U) and months ago, the ruling ter Kantilal Bhuria won by 3,440 votes. the Naxal-affected Chitrakot leader Tirong Abo. 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lasting pro-Government impression quality healthcare. senior Government officers and He was taken to Max Hospital the medical bureaucracy to monitor on the minds of poor families in both Though, the Government’s Ministers sitting in the State capital. where some preliminary treatment the effectiveness of the scheme. urban and rural areas before the 2019 endeavours to provide affordable For instance, recently, a tubercu- was done. Also, this incident happened general elections. The result was that healthcare to the needy are laudable, losis patient from Uttarkashi district But when the family was told because the health and sanitary infra- the NDA Government returned to the success of any welfare programme became critical and started vomiting about the cost of the treatment, they structure of the State has collapsed power at the Centre with a thumping depends largely on the role played by blood. He was rushed to a hospital in approached me for advice. I contact- resulting in a dengue epidemic. The <53&:=98<*%. majority. the bureaucracy and in this case, the Vikas Nagar but it did not have the ed Vijay Dhasmana, Vice Chancellor hospitals are full of dengue patients ,6%6<,3=<8 While speaking on the first honesty of private hospitals and ben- infrastructure to handle the case. He of Jolly Grant Medical College, and and many people have died. This has anniversary of the AB-PMJAY on efit seekers. was then taken to the Doon Hospital, apprised him of the situation. happened due to the negligence of all <'  ' + .: October 1, the Prime Minister flagged In the past, many such welfare which is part of the Government Consequently, the patient was admit- agencies concerned and the chief cul- 
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BA5>:  investment. forecast in the current fiscal to growth forecast for India to 5.8 amount to only 6.6 per cent of Bchoppy session on However, Fitch Ratings he country’s largest car- 5.5 per cent saying a large per cent from 6.2 per cent ear- GDP in the fiscal year 2019- Thursday, dragged by IT and New Delhi (PTI): The mutual fund industry has added 3.45 lakh slashed India’s GDP growth Tmaker Maruti Suzuki India credit squeeze emanating from lier, saying the economy was 2020, down from 9.5 per cent bank counters, amid mixed investor accounts in September, taking the total tally to 8.56 crore, forecast in the current fiscal to on Thursday reported 38.99 shadow banks has pushed eco- experiencing a pronounced in the previous fiscal year. results for the ruling BJP in amid volatile market conditions. In comparison, the industry had 5.5 per cent, saying a large per cent decline in consolidat- nomic growth to a six year low. slowdown which is partly relat- While an array of factors state polls. Lacklustre macro- added 4.8 lakh new folios in August and more than 10 lakh folios credit squeeze emanating from ed net profit at 1,391.1 crore Fitch, which had in June this ed to long-lasting factors. have contributed to the Indian economic cues and an adverse in July. Folios are numbers designated to individual investor shadow banks has pushed eco- in the second quarter ended year put India’s GDP growth at Moody’s had attributed the slowdown - including a down- judicial ruling against the tele- accounts. An investor can have multiple folios. nomic growth to a six-year low. September 30. 6.6 per cent for the fiscal year deceleration to an investment- turn in world trade, Fitch com sector also sapped risk According to data from Association of Mutual Funds in India, “Looking at the stress in the The company had posted a that began in April 2019, said led slowdown that has broad- believes that the severe credit appetite, brokers said. the number of folios with 44 fund houses rose to 8,56,26,244 at balance sheets of telecom play- consolidated net profit of the recent government mea- ened into consumption, driven squeeze has taken a heavy toll. After gyrating over 486 the end of September, from 8,52,81,222 at the end of August, reg- ers, it seems that government 2,280.2 crore in the same sures to boost economy includ- by financial stress among rural “NBFCs have faced a points, the 30-share BSE Sensex istering a gain of 3.45 lakh folios. The total folio count stood at 8.48 would likely step in and come period a year ago. ing a cut in corporate tax rates households and weak job cre- severe tightening of funding settled 38.44 points, or 0.10 per crore in July, 8.38 crore in June, 8.32 crore in May and 8.27 crore out with a practical solution Revenue from operations will gradually nudge growth. ation and said the growth will conditions over the past year cent, lower at 39,020.39. The in April. Market experts said the addition of folios suggested that either by waiving the penalty in the second quarter stood at The projection is lower pick up to 6.6 per cent in 2020- and a half. They have in turn broader NSE Nifty slipped 21.50 investors were undeterred by the market volatility. Besides, it indi- and interest or else extending 16,123.2 crore as against than 6.1 per cent that the 21 and to around 7 per cent sharply reduced the supply of points, or 0.19 per cent, to cated their understanding of the market risks associated in the mutu- payment over a period of time. 21,553.7 crore in the year-ago Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had over the medium term. credit to the commercial sector. 11,582.60. Telecom and bank al fund schemes. If not, then banks will be star- period, down 25.19 per cent, forecast in early October. GDP Last month, the Asian The auto and real estate sectors stocks came under selling pres- The number of folios under the equity and equity-linked sav- ing at more incremental stress MSI said in a regulatory filing. expansion will pick up to 6.2 per Development Bank and the have been particularly hit by sure after the Supreme Court ing schemes rose by 2 lakh to 6.18 crore at September-end as com- in their loan books from the sec- Sales volume during the cent in the next financial year Organisation of Economic NBFC credit rationing,” it said. allowed the Centre to recover pared to 6.16 crore at the end of the preceding month. The debt tor,” said Paras Bothra, president quarter under review stood at (2020-21) and to 6.7 per cent in Cooperation and Development Data from the RBI show dues of about 92,000 crore oriented schemes folios count went up by more than 92,000 to 67.67 of Equity Research, Ashika 3,38,317 units, down 30.2 per the year after, Fitch said. lowered 2019-20 growth fore- that the flow of new lending from telcos, increasing the lakh. Within the debt category, liquid funds continued to top the Stock Broking. cent as compared with same The Indian economy decel- cast for India by 50 basis points from non-bank sources was financial burden on them and chart in terms of number of folios at 17 lakh, followed by low dura- Sectorally, BSE bankex, period last fiscal. erated for the fifth consecutive and 1.3 percentage points to 6.5 down 60 per cent year-on-year their lenders. Interestingly, tion fund at 9.25 lakh. finance and telecom indices Net profit for the first half quarter in April-June, with per cent and 5.9 per cent, between April and September. Bharti Airtel emerged as the top Overall, mutual fund schemes witnessed a redemption of 1.52 fell up to 1.16 per cent. Energy, of the fiscal ended September GDP expanding by a meagre 5 respectively. Rating agency In contrast, banks’ lending has gainer in the Sensex pack, spurt- lakh crore last month as compared to an inflow of 1.02 lakh crore realty, consumer durables and was at 2,767.9 crore as against per cent, down from 8 per cent Standard & Poor’s has also low- held up well in recent months, ing 3.31 per cent. in August. The massive redemptions could be attributed to debt- healhcare indices gained up to 4,295.3 crore, down 35.55 per recorded a year earlier. This is ered its India growth forecast to mitigating some of the overall Other winners were RIL, oriented schemes, which saw an outflow of 1.58 lakh crore. Besides, 1.57 per cent. Broader BSE cent. the lowest growth outturn since 6.3 per cent from 7.1 per cent. credit supply shortfall. HCL Tech, Asian Paints, Tata equity mutual funds witnessed a net inflow of around 6,489 crore midcap and smallcap indices fell Revenue from operations 2013. On October 15, the However, bank lending could Steel and Tata Motors, which in September, the lowest in the last four months, due to profit-book- up to 0.39 per cent. in the first half stood at 34,862 “Weakness has been fairly International Monetary Fund not prevent a sizeable credit rose up to 3.12 per cent. ing by investors after a rally in markets following a reduction in Elsewhere in Asia, bourses crore as compared to 43,367.5 broad-based, with both domes- (IMF) slashed India’s GDP crunch in the first half of 2019. Top losers included Yes corporate tax. in Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoul crore in the corresponding tic spending and external growth rate projections to 6.1 Fitch said the success of the Bank, SBI and IndusInd Bank ended on a positive note, while period last fiscal. demand losing momentum,” per cent from the 7 per cent in inflation-targeting framework that cracked up to 5.76 per cent. Exchange Commission initiat- Meanwhile, India jumped those in Shanghai settled in the Sales volume in April- Fitch said. “The Indian econ- July, while World Bank had its adopted by the RBI in 2016 in Shares of Infosys also ended ed probe against the firm fol- 14 places to the 63rd position on red. Equites in Europe were September period stood at omy is being held back by a estimate for India’s GDP reducing inflation has been 2.36 per cent lower after Sebi lowing whistleblower com- the World Bank’s ease of doing trading higher in their respec- 7,40,911 units, down 24 per large squeeze in credit avail- growth for 2019-20 to 6 per associated with sharply rising and the US Securities and plaints. business rankings, riding high tive early deals. cent as against same period of ability emanating from non- cent. real lending interest rates since 2018-19. bank financial companies Fitch in a note on Indian mid-2018.

   SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 11661.65 11679.60 11534.65 11582.60 -21.50 Script Open High Low LTP CEATLTD 973.75 990.00 926.00 945.20 BEML 959.35 961.80 931.95 942.85 KTKBANK 72.00 73.40 71.40 73.15 SCHNEIDER 71.40 72.50 70.35 70.75 BHARTIARTL 353.95 376.35 325.50 372.00 11.65 AUBANK 695.95 697.75 661.00 679.85 IOC 144.95 144.95 141.00 141.35 DEEPAKNI 344.80 347.80 336.10 342.90 VGUARD 242.55 246.50 238.70 240.00 JCHAC 2090.00 2090.00 1950.35 1966.55 RELIANCE 1401.00 1441.40 1386.55 1434.60 42.20 BHARTIARTL 355.05 376.25 325.60 372.45 ISEC 310.50 351.50 310.50 335.10 FORTIS 137.55 140.65 136.00 138.70 MASFIN 742.75 764.00 715.00 725.00 JYOTHYLAB 177.35 177.65 172.00 174.30 EICHERMOT 20640.00 21188.55 20521.15 21129.00 607.80 INFY 650.70 653.10 632.05 635.40 LTTS 1509.85 1511.00 1442.00 1451.75 EQUITAS 101.10 101.20 97.00 97.65 MOIL 144.00 145.85 141.10 142.35 IFBIND 702.95 720.35 677.25 699.10 HCLTECH 1155.10 1159.00 1110.50 1118.90 23.75 YESBANK 51.20 52.60 47.45 48.30 M&M 591.90 595.00 579.00 582.50 SUNTECK 415.00 415.00 397.25 409.80 INDHOTEL 151.00 152.00 149.80 151.75 FINCABLES 376.00 383.25 374.50 376.75 TITAN 1364.00 1379.00 1350.65 1377.00 28.35 SBIN 277.00 277.65 248.80 262.70 LICHSGFIN 378.45 378.45 366.25 370.75 JAICORPLTD 85.25 86.00 82.00 83.90 IEX 146.30 146.30 136.95 143.00 EIDPARRY 167.35 169.40 165.05 167.65 ASIANPAINT 1778.00 1794.95 1753.05 1792.25 24.85 IBULHSGFIN 210.00 218.75 196.15 200.00 MPHASIS 925.10 962.00 830.00 932.90 BAJAJCON 247.00 250.00 233.75 238.20 MMTC 18.10 18.70 17.60 17.70 ALLCARGO 101.00 101.85 99.00 99.00 TATAMOTORS 133.00 135.15 130.50 134.15 1.50 MARUTI 7450.00 7480.00 7275.00 7390.40 BRITANNIA 3307.90 3340.60 3261.10 3298.70 RITES 290.05 291.80 274.50 276.35 RADICO 314.95 317.25 309.45 311.50 KRBL 230.50 230.85 226.75 230.50 ULTRACEMCO 4265.00 4330.00 4243.75 4292.95 41.65 RELIANCE 1400.05 1441.00 1386.75 1436.25 JUSTDIAL 647.40 660.65 640.00 642.50 SRF 2895.00 2895.00 2835.85 2846.70 JSWENERGY 68.00 68.20 66.70 68.00 CHENNPETRO 155.75 160.10 155.75 156.40 ICICIBANK 456.50 458.80 451.05 455.10 GODREJPROP 950.85 992.50 942.60 988.60 CADILAHC 246.30 250.35 243.70 243.90 METROPOLIS 1350.00 1370.00 1328.15 1341.55 MAHLOG 362.00 363.80 355.00 361.45 TATASTEEL 356.05 362.00 353.80 359.65 3.45 INFRATEL 257.15 258.00 234.55 237.45 UNIONBANK 54.10 54.40 50.50 51.45 APOLLOHOSP 1513.00 1540.80 1513.00 1535.00 GODFRYPHLP 1087.15 1090.00 1062.00 1072.30 DHANUKA 291.10 294.95 290.80 290.80 JSWSTEEL 215.20 225.10 215.20 224.05 1.35 BPCL 526.15 526.50 501.00 513.95 PVR 1800.00 1854.95 1790.80 1798.80 NMDC 108.00 108.20 105.05 105.35 GESHIP* 309.70 316.85 303.30 315.10 MAHABANK 11.55 11.55 10.60 10.72 ADANIPORTS 399.00 401.45 393.35 398.30 2.20 RBLBANK 264.40 266.70 246.80 251.90 ADANIPOWER 62.45 64.50 62.40 63.40 NATIONALUM 43.80 44.00 42.50 43.15 WESTLIFE 341.00 351.40 341.00 346.00 MAHSCOOTER 4472.00 4611.00 4470.00 4589.50 HINDUNILVR 2141.00 2150.00 2118.05 2143.90 10.65 IDEA 5.61 5.67 4.10 4.33 PFC 105.00 105.30 103.20 104.35 FORCEMOT 1052.30 1087.80 1050.00 1062.90 SHANKARA 331.40 331.45 331.00 331.45 BLISSGVS 140.00 140.00 137.10 138.60 UPL 600.00 606.50 595.10 599.95 2.95 RNAM 343.90 354.90 304.35 318.90 DRREDDY 2828.00 2850.00 2770.20 2825.60 RELINFRA 27.70 27.70 27.70 27.70 CCL 217.00 219.75 196.95 199.20 ITDCEM 40.95 43.60 40.95 42.60 TCS 2084.00 2099.00 2061.30 2078.35 8.25 TCS 2075.10 2099.00 2062.00 2082.20 SBILIFE 989.10 992.60 955.00 969.30 SHREECEM 19900.00 20443.95 19872.00 20310.95 GUJGAS 184.00 184.00 176.70 179.70 LT 1460.00 1467.00 1426.35 1435.95 4.15 HDFCBANK 1248.00 1254.55 1227.50 1235.95 HINDALCO 186.00 186.45 180.65 181.30 TATACHEM 618.00 621.00 607.70 612.65 SUDARSCHEM 388.00 388.00 375.00 376.80 BAJAJ-AUTO 3165.00 3201.00 3143.45 3171.40 8.75 BIOCON 249.90 250.40 241.35 244.95 GAIL 128.80 129.20 123.30 123.90 PFIZER 3270.00 3421.00 3266.90 3393.30 MAHLIFE 400.90 412.60 400.90 410.45 BAJAJFINSV 8129.95 8200.00 8035.00 8089.00 18.05 TATAMOTORS 133.50 135.10 130.70 133.45 NESTLEIND 15022.00 15022.00 14626.00 14677.20 BALRAMCHIN 160.05 161.70 155.70 158.10 GSKCONS 9087.05 9087.05 8978.00 9062.00 SUNPHARMA 405.00 407.75 398.70 406.10 0.90 INDUSINDBK 1332.15 1346.70 1272.25 1282.20 HONAUT 28964.30 29000.00 28828.40 29000.00 TORNTPOWER 280.70 281.80 274.25 278.40 GODREJAGRO 504.00 514.10 498.50 504.90 HDFC 2150.00 2174.20 2141.35 2146.00 3.05 LT 1459.00 1466.00 1426.80 1431.90 CONCOR 612.00 613.30 582.85 586.45 ITDC 350.00 355.20 339.05 341.00 RALLIS 165.00 166.90 161.00 162.95 KOTAKBANK 1619.90 1629.90 1597.55 1614.00 0.35 TATASTEEL 356.00 362.05 353.85 359.85 NAVINFLUOR 789.80 833.00 783.95 826.60 EDELWEISS 94.45 94.45 87.15 87.15 ENDURANCE 1004.40 1025.75 989.50 1002.65 DRREDDY 2839.75 2849.95 2770.00 2825.20 -1.50 AXISBANK 717.60 722.80 702.20 707.45 ABBOTINDIA 10906.35 11200.00 10906.05 11169.00 RAYMOND 599.00 612.25 594.10 600.50 WHIRLPOOL 2158.35 2181.00 2154.70 2155.00 TECHM 730.00 745.00 724.40 725.55 -1.05 GRASIM 743.10 743.10 668.15 706.55 BALKRISIND 838.00 853.00 831.90 835.35 WOCKPHARMA 269.95 276.00 264.00 268.60 ZYDUSWELL 1701.00 1755.00 1676.80 1694.00 VEDL 147.00 148.60 145.00 146.00 -0.25 HCLTECH 1160.00 1160.00 1111.90 1118.55 AMBUJACEM 198.45 199.05 194.50 197.40 TRENT 527.00 549.00 513.00 538.15 LAXMIMACH 3718.95 3783.45 3615.00 3633.00 JSWSTEEL 214.70 224.85 214.70 223.05 JUBILANT 573.75 578.20 545.40 569.60 EXIDEIND 183.70 183.70 175.20 176.20 ADVENZYMES 159.45 161.85 159.10 160.10 BAJFINANCE 4062.00 4080.00 4012.55 4029.80 -8.55 AUROPHARMA 478.00 483.20 466.70 469.15 GLENMARK 302.50 314.60 300.95 302.95 UBL 1351.00 1355.30 1326.00 1352.65 JSLHISAR 64.80 64.90 63.10 63.10 ICICIBANK 457.40 459.00 451.00 453.85 -1.25 JINDALSTEL 101.55 103.90 99.05 102.85 DMART 1905.00 1917.70 1878.30 1892.00 COCHINSHIP 343.45 360.00 341.40 357.40 KPRMILL 617.20 632.20 606.85 628.30 BRITANNIA 3312.00 3342.00 3260.25 3285.55 -9.15 NCC 56.30 56.70 53.25 53.55 LTI 1644.95 1669.30 1642.70 1659.25 ADANIGAS 147.00 148.45 145.15 145.60 UFLEX 196.30 201.20 193.45 195.30 MARUTI 7460.00 7475.00 7271.00 7399.40 -40.85 UJJIVAN 300.65 303.75 288.30 289.00 DISHTV 13.00 13.30 10.75 11.10 RVNL 24.25 24.25 23.40 23.60 CHAMBLFERT 160.20 160.50 156.35 158.80 ONGC 141.90 142.20 139.05 140.95 -0.95 BANKBARODA 92.95 93.55 88.00 89.90 ACC 1526.00 1539.90 1504.50 1520.00 SPARC 130.25 130.40 125.20 127.50 CUB 210.00 210.20 207.65 207.65 HDFCBANK 1248.00 1254.15 1226.35 1233.05 -8.55 TATAELXSI 720.00 761.95 718.05 756.45 SRTRANSFIN 1084.30 1092.25 1062.00 1069.70 KANSAINER 537.00 539.80 520.00 538.70 TATACOFFEE 77.40 79.10 76.95 77.40 NTPC 122.00 122.00 119.20 120.20 -0.85 PEL 1755.50 1759.00 1670.00 1723.70 SIEMENS 1651.10 1678.65 1624.00 1634.70 GICRE 250.00 255.05 242.75 248.45 NILKAMAL 1245.00 1245.00 1194.00 1198.85 STARCEMENT 94.25 95.00 93.55 94.95 HEROMOTOCO2730.00 2749.75 2650.00 2691.50 -21.40 ASHOKLEY 75.50 77.20 74.80 75.85 COROMANDEL 453.90 472.20 453.90 466.00 BOSCHLTD 14650.00 14822.10 14486.80 14500.00 MAHINDCIE 145.20 151.00 142.40 148.70 ASTERDM 125.00 125.45 124.10 125.10 ITC 252.60 254.00 247.95 249.05 -2.00 ADANIPORTS 399.95 401.35 393.65 399.35 SUNTV 519.40 523.50 514.00 520.30 CHOLAFIN 290.00 297.50 286.35 291.00 GSPL 215.00 215.00 208.00 208.70 ORIENTCEM 81.25 81.25 76.00 78.00 AXISBANK 719.95 723.00 701.55 708.85 -6.00 TV18BRDCST 23.55 24.25 22.50 22.85 PIDILITIND 1347.70 1367.00 1332.85 1363.05 KAJARIACER 563.00 563.00 543.00 547.95 LINDEINDIA 534.90 546.95 534.20 539.40 UCOBANK 11.98 12.00 11.61 11.72 POWERGRID 206.40 207.25 203.60 204.20 -2.05 HDFC 2146.00 2174.00 2141.10 2143.00 DELTACORP 197.90 198.95 192.50 196.35 DBL 405.55 419.75 402.00 406.30 SHK 147.95 147.95 136.35 138.85 HAL 712.05 721.40 712.00 717.90 CIPLA 455.00 456.00 443.55 447.95 -6.30 BAJFINANCE 4050.05 4081.45 4014.10 4024.25 GMRINFRA 19.95 20.45 19.60 19.90 GPPL 79.50 82.00 78.55 80.00 FINEORG 1929.35 1950.00 1901.00 1910.00 DBCORP 157.95 157.95 155.25 156.95 M&M 592.00 595.50 578.60 582.00 -9.85 ITC 252.80 253.95 248.05 248.95 POWERGRID 206.80 207.05 203.55 203.55 NOCIL 116.75 116.90 109.95 110.30 SUNDRMFAST 463.75 475.00 460.00 472.90 INOXWIND 36.20 36.90 34.50 34.85 ZEEL 245.00 245.50 236.30 237.95 -4.15 HDFCAMC 3118.20 3140.00 2981.05 3000.65 TATAGLOBAL 278.05 284.90 278.05 280.70 ASTRAZEN 2542.90 2573.20 2434.00 2454.60 ASHOKA 108.35 108.70 103.50 103.50 AEGISLOG 176.20 177.65 169.00 170.45 WIPRO 253.90 254.20 249.20 249.75 -4.60 PIIND 1375.00 1448.80 1375.00 1425.90 IRB 84.90 84.90 78.25 82.35 IPCALAB 945.25 983.30 944.55 969.55 WABAG 196.20 198.45 193.35 195.55 SHOPERSTOP 386.00 389.70 375.50 375.50 COALINDIA 210.00 210.00 204.40 205.00 -3.80 ZENSARTECH 186.35 191.05 185.20 188.55 STRTECH 149.00 149.20 143.20 145.30 APOLLOTYRE 184.15 184.40 180.85 181.85 IBULISL 61.50 63.60 60.90 60.90 SHILPAMED 269.00 280.90 269.00 277.00 BHEL 54.00 54.30 50.50 51.25 ORIENTELEC 184.45 190.30 178.50 185.50 ORIENTBANK 51.80 52.00 50.10 50.25 SYNGENE 334.45 334.45 326.35 330.00 HERITGFOOD 319.15 321.05 310.00 312.10 NESTLEIND 15019.00 15048.00 14625.85 14665.00 -318.00 EICHERMOT 20555.00 21188.00 20518.15 21080.95 INOXLEISUR 359.00 386.45 357.65 365.30 HIMATSEIDE 158.55 166.00 155.00 157.00 PERSISTENT 610.00 621.80 603.30 614.50 CENTRUM 23.00 23.05 22.50 22.95 IOC 144.65 144.95 141.00 141.35 -3.15 SANOFI 6119.00 6219.00 6119.00 6180.00 REDINGTON 119.90 122.15 112.20 113.35 IBVENTURES 96.90 99.40 93.60 94.65 JKTYRE 66.30 67.50 65.55 66.10 NETWORK18 22.90 22.90 21.45 21.65 HINDALCO 186.25 186.65 180.70 181.00 -4.10 VEDL 148.00 148.55 145.10 145.65 PNBHOUSING 459.85 470.00 440.50 446.70 GSFC 79.50 80.60 77.40 78.35 MINDAIND 356.00 372.00 353.95 371.40 TATAMETALI 591.00 591.00 564.90 572.20 INFY 650.00 653.20 632.00 635.00 -15.60 DLF 175.25 180.45 174.75 176.50 BATAINDIA 1784.00 1792.20 1771.50 1786.00 GHCL 223.00 224.50 212.00 213.05 TVTODAY 323.45 324.90 313.25 321.15 BAYERCROP 3375.00 3421.70 3327.55 3340.00 BPCL 525.90 525.90 500.65 512.90 -14.20 ESCORTS 656.30 667.30 643.00 648.90 GODREJCP 718.00 725.00 707.60 714.00 DCMSHRIRAM 399.45 411.15 387.70 394.45 HATHWAY 20.15 21.15 19.20 21.10 APLLTD 545.00 551.00 531.45 546.95 INDUSINDBK 1340.20 1347.85 1272.00 1285.00 -47.60 RAJESHEXPO 683.00 683.00 671.50 674.35 GLAXO 1500.00 1512.85 1459.80 1472.10 FINOLEXIND 609.70 614.95 599.00 602.25 NBVENTURES 74.65 75.60 72.75 74.40 GAIL 129.10 129.10 123.35 123.85 -4.80 JUBLFOOD 1521.00 1553.85 1521.00 1541.95 NAUKRI 2371.25 2371.25 2300.40 2313.55 VBL 626.70 643.00 623.70 628.60 CENTRALBK 17.00 17.55 16.95 17.10 SBIN 276.00 277.65 248.65 263.15 -12.30 ADANIENT 175.50 180.00 173.95 179.05 PRESTIGE 311.40 319.40 301.50 304.25 JINDALSAW 86.15 88.25 85.40 85.60 TAKE 112.65 112.85 110.10 110.80 YESBANK 51.20 52.55 47.45 48.45 -2.75 SAIL 35.40 35.75 34.20 34.35 PARAGMILK 157.50 157.65 145.60 148.60 BALMLAWRIE 182.10 184.05 181.90 183.00 RATNAMANI 915.00 915.20 908.65 910.00 GRASIM 743.00 743.00 663.45 695.85 -47.30 NBCC 36.05 36.25 34.25 34.45 AIAENG 1762.90 1762.90 1644.00 1647.65 BAJAJELEC 401.95 401.95 381.00 382.30 APLAPOLLO 1415.00 1415.00 1393.05 1393.90 INFRATEL 255.00 258.30 234.40 238.65 -20.70 HEROMOTOCO 2725.00 2746.80 2652.00 2696.50 OBEROIRLTY 496.00 502.60 487.05 499.45 NHPC 23.60 23.95 23.30 23.35 CENTURYPLY 165.00 166.00 161.30 161.45 TORNTPHARM 1685.05 1797.00 1685.05 1766.95 3MINDIA 21500.00 21887.45 21214.00 21214.00 NESCO 560.00 571.65 558.00 561.00 VSTIND 3925.00 3957.00 3888.55 3888.55   ZEEL 244.00 245.60 236.15 237.45 MFSL 433.00 433.00 414.35 415.85 GREAVESCOT 133.05 133.85 131.05 133.55 JSL 34.65 34.65 33.65 33.90 SUNPHARMA 404.30 407.60 398.65 406.00 HFCL 17.05 17.35 16.95 17.05 TEJASNET 73.90 76.20 69.00 73.55 BDL 294.00 297.90 290.10 290.10 DIVISLAB 1737.00 1769.65 1737.00 1767.00 ABFRL 209.45 209.45 202.00 202.85 KEI 540.95 542.00 535.45 538.30 TIMETECHNO 60.00 60.50 58.20 58.30 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE HDFCLIFE 610.00 619.10 608.20 615.75 HINDZINC 210.05 214.55 210.05 211.45 ESSELPRO 117.35 117.35 107.40 109.80 UNITEDBNK 7.43 7.46 7.00 7.10 NIFTY NEXT 50 28220.75 28291.60 27932.95 28045.25 -95.20 POLYCAB 803.25 837.00 795.00 823.00 GILLETTE 7888.35 8060.00 7808.95 7810.00 J&KBANK 32.40 32.40 30.75 30.95 CGPOWER 14.80 14.80 14.50 14.72 MOTHERSUMI 109.15 111.80 107.85 111.30 3.70 BAJAJ-AUTO 3185.00 3200.95 3145.90 3169.00 DCBBANK 181.05 181.95 175.05 176.50 SOBHA 436.55 447.60 430.25 432.00 CORPBANK 15.00 15.00 14.40 14.40 PIDILITIND 1335.00 1367.95 1331.50 1365.80 40.55 COALINDIA 208.00 209.80 204.45 205.20 SWANENERGY 106.10 106.90 104.00 104.10 NATCOPHARM 576.25 586.90 575.05 583.00 ERIS 420.00 434.95 418.00 429.55 SHREECEM 19888.50 20449.00 19791.90 20370.00 605.05 KOTAKBANK 1616.00 1629.50 1598.00 1613.40 THYROCARE 520.45 585.70 517.35 557.00 TIINDIA 370.00 373.00 369.15 370.00 INDOSTAR 183.25 192.00 181.15 182.00 ICICIGI 1322.90 1350.00 1319.45 1349.60 37.80 BANDHANBNK 558.40 586.00 558.40 570.45 LALPATHLAB 1461.10 1500.00 1460.00 1490.00 JMFINANCIL 74.65 74.65 73.05 74.25 SREINFRA 7.61 8.30 7.61 8.09 BANDHANBNK 561.00 585.80 559.50 571.00 15.30 NIITTECH 1495.00 1529.95 1426.00 1491.85 HINDCOPPER 39.45 39.70 37.10 38.00 JPASSOCIAT 2.50 2.50 2.25 2.28 SKFINDIA 2157.60 2162.10 2139.65 2140.75 DIVISLAB 1736.00 1779.05 1735.35 1766.80 31.45 INDIGO 1632.00 1690.80 1632.00 1668.00 WELCORP 145.45 146.85 143.20 143.70 INTELLECT 186.20 186.55 179.80 181.25 JKLAKSHMI 288.45 289.75 281.00 282.80 PAGEIND 22530.00 23098.95 22522.90 22914.50 391.60 TITAN 1362.00 1379.00 1351.00 1378.00 AMARAJABAT 662.10 668.00 653.15 656.10 MRPL 50.50 50.65 49.10 49.20 IOB 9.80 9.85 9.69 9.70 UBL 1338.50 1356.70 1324.00 1352.35 19.35 STAR 342.20 359.00 342.20 344.45 IDFC 32.80 32.80 32.00 32.35 IFCI 7.34 7.34 6.76 7.17 TCNSBRANDS 728.70 741.35 714.30 741.35 L&TFH 88.00 90.15 87.50 88.85 1.20 BAJAJFINSV 8128.30 8200.00 8045.00 8090.00 RCOM 0.67 0.70 0.67 0.68 CARERATING 543.00 560.00 540.00 544.55 GEPIL 702.50 713.30 695.20 705.75 HDFCLIFE 609.90 618.90 607.60 615.65 7.80 HINDUNILVR 2137.35 2149.60 2118.65 2144.50 PHILIPCARB 123.75 125.00 119.95 120.35 MEGH 51.40 51.40 49.75 50.00 APARINDS 509.00 529.15 501.00 523.00 DLF 176.05 180.45 174.70 176.55 1.60 TECHM 730.10 744.80 724.90 726.10 RPOWER 3.66 3.66 3.66 3.66 DHFL 18.50 18.60 18.45 18.45 KALPATPOWR 452.75 452.75 445.00 446.90 PGHH 11905.00 12000.00 11850.00 11989.20 84.05 HINDPETRO 306.30 309.00 298.10 299.80 NIACL 136.05 137.20 128.00 128.60 TRIDENT 59.00 59.70 58.75 59.05 ANDHRABANK 16.45 16.55 16.05 16.20 HINDZINC 210.00 214.90 210.00 211.40 1.40 ULTRACEMCO 4251.00 4329.15 4248.05 4314.55 SUZLON 2.71 2.79 2.58 2.60 SONATSOFTW 310.10 315.70 309.00 310.85 QUESS 466.00 473.60 461.00 461.00 ASHOKLEY 75.40 77.25 74.75 75.70 0.40 MANAPPURAM 158.70 169.40 157.30 165.05 BAJAJHLDNG 3680.00 3734.00 3657.85 3658.00 RELCAPITAL 15.50 15.50 15.50 15.50 REPCOHOME 285.50 288.50 276.05 276.05 GICRE 250.00 255.20 242.55 248.35 1.30 FEDERALBNK 84.00 84.00 80.40 81.00 OIL 169.60 169.60 163.40 167.50 SJVN 24.90 25.05 24.65 24.90 LAURUSLABS 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its 108 little shrines and the stunning albeit florid Rani Ki Vav with images of the avatars of Vishnu are not just impressive because of the stonework but also because they sur- vived. The irony was that many of the masons were from lower castes and could  not visit the temples to admire their own work. Not just time but keeping in mind human destruction, one cannot help but praise the Archeological Survey of India for doing such a great job. The Rani Ki Vav in particular, which is also a UNESCO World Heritage site, has been extensively and painstakingly cleaned although maybe pro- tection for all the sites we visited from mod- ern-day humans can be improved. In addition, while the ASI has done a great job restoring the sites, it is extremely difficult for visitors to find information about T,=(5  T*  ' *  C; *  C   their different aspects, particularly those related to ornate ones. The technology exists today for the ASI to make apps that can $   6     explain individual parts of monuments to visitors whether they are the intricate jalis   '   on the windows at Champaner’s Jami Masjid or the depictions of the avatars of 6  7 ! Vishnu at Rani Ki Vav. Also, it might not be a bad idea to have proper cafes where visi- <  /+  R tors could grab a tea or a cold-drink as well      as a snack. Earlier this year, I had travelled to the Alhambra in Spain, the grand fort at       ! Granada, the capital of Andalus the once Islamic part of the Spanish peninsula and     while it is impressive, coming from India, you know that there are equally good sites      ' in our country. In just two days I saw three amazing sites but clearly, also, pathetic mar-   '   keting. Putting the Rani Ki Vav on our new 100 note might make some more people  R    familiar with it, despite the awful lilac tinge of the note but nothing prepares you for the     '  R three-dimensional brilliance of the site      6  itself. But even Ahmedabad residents I met, who had travelled the world on holidays and   'D  talked about visiting the (quite lovely) temples of Angkor, hadn’t bothered to take a two-hour drive down to see what sur- rounds them. Day three would be Talish’s last day with us. Until now we hadn’t found a great Gujarati food place as most highway restau- The rants served Punjabi food and at Patan we had tried a quite hideous Cheese ki sabzi, with actual chunks of Amul Cheese, I kid you not. But those who know Ahmedabad will tell you that if you want Gujarati food you go to Swati Snacks. And while this chain Gujarati began in Mumbai 60 years ago, it has become a staple of Amdabadi life in the 15 years it has been around in the city. Shaan towns and in villages, it doesn’t seem to deter Jhaveri who runs the restaurant in the city rulebreakers. Reaching late in the evening, told me that the restaurant is a place where we checked into our hotel, as the next day multiple generations can sit and enjoy was going to be a busy one. food together. After all, it is an important Expedition Our second day was to take us to part of culture. Sure, Gujarati food as we Modhera and Patan, sites around the indus- know it is primarily vegetarian but there is trial city of Mehsana. Several years ago, while also a vibrant eating culture in the city. And working for another publication, I had vis- there is some very good ice-cream too par- Patel, India’s first Home Minister and the ited the McCain foods factory where the ticularly at Shankar’s Ice Cream Library man who effectively formed the Union by Canandian company processes potatoes which in the humble opinion of a sweet- bringing in the 500-plus princely states into grown in the region into the french fries you toothed Bengali makes possibly the best of the nation. This 182-meter tall statue over- love to eat at fast-food restaurants. Again, this cold dessert in the country. looks another engineering marvel of mod- the fact that spectacular historical sites and Before that we had gone to the Patang ern India, the Sardar Sarovar Dam and it’s high-tech factories can exist a few kilome- Vali Gali in Ahmedabad’s Jamalpur district reservoir. tres apart is something that really makes in the old city. This area which was devas- The first thing you have to understand This brings us to the sites we visited, India unique, much more so than any other tated in 2002 still houses some of India’s  .  about Gujarat is that it has always played a starting with Champaner. The major country in the world. Both the sites we vis- finest craftsmen, in this case kite makers. pivotal role in the history of the subconti- remains come from pre-Mughal times, ited — Modhera Surya Mandir and the jaw- Unfortunately in this lane, like so many other ujarat is hardly the first state in India nent. The Indus Valley Civilisation existed making them younger than some of the droppingly spectacular Rani Ki Vav — were such places across the country, the trade is you think of when you consider his- here and evidence of that is found in the other sites. But the location, particularly the built during the reign of Bhimdeva, the great dying out. Disinterest by the next genera- Gtory, culture and tourism. Sure, it ruins of Lothal, a port city in the Gulf of Pavagadh hill, is important as it is the only Solanki king, the latter for his queen tion and being swamped by Chinese imports runs an impressive advertising campaign Khambhat. Goods from India were traded mountain for miles around, giving com- Udaymati. is killing the profession. Watching a master with no less than Amitabh Bachchan pro- to European civilisations such as the Grecian manding views all the way into the fertile While Bhimdeva was to become a great kitemaker make a kite is amazing and while moting the Rann of Kutchh. It indeed grabs states, Egypt, Rome and crucially the plains of the Malwa region. This makes it conquering king later in his reign and the that narrow lane is not somewhere even an eyeballs but it is only while driving through Phoenicians, the major traders of the an obvious site to build a city and garrison. Solanki empire was to rule a swathe of west- urban warrior like the Hyundai Venue can the state that you recognise its historical and Mediterranean. The very existence of Lothal The hill has had a Kali temple that has been ern India comprising parts of modern enter, it is a place that you must visit in cultural significance. So when Hyundai is proof that the people of Gujarat have around in one form or another since even Gujarat, Sindh, Maharashtra and Madhya Ahmedabad, just like Rani Ni Hajiro near- invited The Pioneer to participate in the always been traders, thanks to the state’s vast before recorded history. The site was first Pradesh, his reign had an inauspicious start by where you find merchants selling hand- Great India Drive, the area that we were shoreline and sheltered ports. It is by no developed by the Chavda dynasty and it’s with the first raid of the notorious Mahmud made cloth and trinkets from all over the given to explore — Ahmedabad — was a bit means a recent occurrence. We discovered king, Vanaraj Chavda. He apparently named was inspired from Gujarat which was final- of Ghazni and the destruction of the first state. puzzling. I was disappointed since we were later that the great wealth of the Solanki the fort after his general Champaraj, ly conquered by Akbar and effectively Somnath Temple. On a side note, the colo- On the last day, I decided to bookend being flagged off from the Statue of Unity, empire and the Gujarat Sultanate came from although there are sources that say that the became part of India thereafter. nial British believed that the doors of the the trip by visiting the site of another famous which is a two-hour drive from Vadodara, trading. It led to the stunning architecture area got its name from the champa flower After visiting a strangely empty Somnath Temple adorned Ghazni’s grave Gujarati, but one who belongs to every hardly an ‘epic’ route. in the classical and medieval era. endemic to the region. The site, as we see Champaner, strange since the site is a and to curry favour with Gujarati merchants Indian. So much so that we all know him How wrong I was! During this drive, I The state got its name and identity from it today, is from the Gujarat Sultanate and UNESCO recognised World Heritage Site, they went to Ghazni’s gravesite, stripped the as the ‘Father’ of the modern nation state of discovered so much about the state. This the Gurjar tribe. There is genealogical evi- then known as Mohammedabad. It was the we drove to Ahmedabad past Vadodara. doors and brought them back to India only India. Once on the outskirts of the city, the tour reaffirmed the fact that driving isn’t just dence that they moved in from Central Asia capital of the region though it was moved Avoiding the new Expressway connecting to discover that the wood on the doors was- Sabarmati Ashram is now surrounded by the about the journey, it is a voyage of discov- or present-day Iran. Of course, genealogy back to Ahmedabad before Mughal Gujarat’s two largest cities and sticking to the n’t the sandalwood that they expected but city. Yet it remains an island of peace and ery. And the Great India Drive opened my is a very controversial path to take in today’s Emperor Humayun sacked the city (after his old highway, which is as fast and an equal- teak. These doors apparently still lie in the serenity in the midst of urban chaos. It is the eyes to a lot about Gujarat. I hope that my hypersensitive times but the Gurjars did give defeat by Sher Shah Suri and the loss of ly smooth road, the Venue’s great ride and Agra Armoury. The entire story of that and place where Mahatma Gandhi spent a journey of discovery lives up to its name and the state its name. The great wealth of the Delhi). The attack meant that the city was a good music system made the three-hour how Sardar Patel ordered the rebuilding of majority of his time from its inception in reaches the readers. region attracted immigrants and invaders for abandoned and today remains as the only drive quite comfortable. That said, I have the Somnath Temple can be the topic of 1917 and also the location from where he Joined by lawyer and amateur histori- millennia, not just Turkic and European example of a standing pre-Mughal Islamic come to believe that poor driving habits are another story. But maybe as penance for the began the famous Dandi March to protest an, Talish Ray, our route discovered histo- ones in the medieval and pre-modern city in India. This allows us to see how the what unify Indians, and with Gujarat destruction of the temple or simply as a show the Salt Tax the British had imposed. This ry, food and craftsmanship. It is wonderful times but also several kingdoms under the Islamic rulers of Gujarat incorporated the bizarrely not notifying the new Motor of might, Bhimdeva constructed some of the protest began the steady decline of the British to see the way that history and modernity Gupta clan. Although the first major skills of the state’s master craftsmen, show- Vehicles Act, helmet compliance by two most spectacular Hindu monuments in the Raj. It is a place, that I believe, every Indian can exist next to each other in India. We ‘Gujarati’ state was that of the Khichi ing a continuity to sites of the Solanki wheeler drivers was abysmal. While there eleventh century C.E which have survived should make a pilgrimage to once in their were flagged off from the Statue of Unity, Rajputs but historians doubt that the Rajput Empire three-four centuries older as well as were a disconcertingly large number of The intricately constructed sites, the lives. It was a great site to end the Great India the giant monolith of Sardar Vallabhbhai clans were identified as such back then. displaying how grand Mughal architecture CCTV cameras across the state, both in stepwell outside the Modhera temple with Drive at the home of the Greatest Indian.

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since beating Andreas Seppi at 3 edge in the series against his Sixth seed David Goffin the Paris Masters 6-1, 6-1 four close friend. also stayed in the race to London years ago. “I’m glad that he is back with a 6-4, 6-4 defeat of 2014 US “I’m very happy, it was (from double 2017 knee surg- Open champion Marin Cilic. important to start the second set eries).” Ricardas Berankis of with a break,” said 38-year-old Wawrinka, who was a run- Lithuania lined up a second- Federer. ner-up to Andy Murray in round match with third seed “Even though I was playing Antwerp last weekend, current- Stefanos Tsitsipas after defeating well, I was not over-confident, ly stands at 15th in the race for Pablo Andujar 6-1, 6-1. I was always worried that he the season-ending showpiece in Filip Krajinovic will next might make a comeback.” London with 1,500 rankings take on fifth seed Fabio Fognini If Wawrinka beats America’s points available between Basel after going past Serb compatri- Tiafoe in their second-round and next week’s Paris Masters, ot Laslo Djere, 6-1, 6-4. match, the Swiss pair will clash the final event of the regular Alex De Minaur defeated in the quarters. campaign. Taylor Fritz 6-3, 6-3 and “I hope Stan goes through, Six of the eight spots for the Switzerland’s Henri Laaksonen I always enjoy playing him,” ATP Finals have already been was put out by Germany’s Jan- 5  6,8: exactly where the ball is going, added Federer, who holds a 23- secured. Lennard Struff 6-3, 6-4. what the other guy is doing,” said oger Federer crushed Radu top seed Federer. RAlbot 6-0, 6-3 on “I was hitting a lot of win- Wednesday to win his 22nd ners, those kind of moments are match in a row at the Swiss really rare.” Indoors and earn a quarter-final Federer’s Swiss compatriot place at his home event for the Wawrinka fired 10 aces and 30 17th time. winners to overwhelm fellow The nine-time champion veteran Pablo Cuevas 6-3, 6-4 to was ruthless in a 22-minute make it into the second round, opening set, finishing the entire keeping alive his outside chances job in 63 minutes in front of of making the ATP Finals. 9,000 fans. Federer, who is playing in He will today face the win- Basel for the 19th time, won his ner from Stan Wawrinka and first set to love at the tournament Frances Tiafoe, who both earned since 2006. straight-set wins earlier in the His loss of just three games day. on Wednesday was his most “It’s a super feeling to know powerful showing on the ATP    !" #$% / 1

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performances in the India A Rishabh Pant has been the Series in West Indies and also natural heir to Mahendra Singh against South Africa in the Dhoni, but Samson could now ODIs (for India A) was phe- push him for a slot in the XI. nomenal. He has gone up by Delhi pacer Navdeep Saini leaps and bounds, a notch was omitted on fitness grounds, higher and we are convinced paving the way for Shardul, about it.” who has played the last of his As has been the case in the T20Is in March 2018. past, Rohit Sharma will lead the “Experienced pacer squad in Kohli’s absence. Bhuvneshwar Kumar could Apart from the three-match make a comeback from injury T20 series which starts in New in the next series (against the Delhi on November 3, fol- West Indies),” chairman of lowed by matches at Rajkot and selectors MSK Prasad said. Nagpur on November 7 and 10 “Navdeep Saini was not respectively, Bangladesh will available, that is the reason we also play two Tests as part of the picked up Shardul Thakur,” he World Championship, in added. Indore and Kolkata, from When asked about Chahal, November 14-18 and he said, “With regards to him, November 22-26 respectively. we wanted to try out Chahal The squad for the Test and that’s the reason we are giv- series against the neighbours ing him so many opportuni- remained unchanged after ties.” India’s 3-0 whitewash of South T20 squad: Rohit Sharma Africa recently. Left-arm spin- (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, KL ner Shahbaz Nadeem, who Rahul, Sanju Samson, Shreyas  353 6* The 24-year-old Samson old rookie Dube’s inclusion in picked up four wickets on his Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh from Kerala has played his the shortest format. Test debut against South Africa, Pant(wk), Washington Sundar, ndia captain Virat Kohli was only T20I, against Zimbabwe in Dube pipped Vijay Shankar was not considered for selec- Krunal Pandya, Yuzvendra Ion Thursday rested from the 2015. A regular in the India A as the second choice all- tion. Chahal, Rahul Chahar, Deepak upcoming three-match T20 set up, Samson has been rounder, primarily based on his Shahbaz, though, was not Chahar, Khaleel Ahmed, series against Bangladesh while rewarded for a good Vijay big-hitting prowess. part of the original squad Shivam Dube, Shardul Thakur Mumbai all-rounder Shivam Hazare Trophy season, having Chairman of selection against the Proteas, coming in Test team: Virat Kohli (capt), Dube was rewarded with a amassed 410 runs in eight committee MSK Prasad said, as replacement for the injured Rohit Sharma, Mayank maiden call-up for his “phe- innings, including a double- “You can see, earlier we had Kuldeep Yadav ahead of the Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, nomenal” exploits with the century. Hardik Pandya, then we also Ranchi Test. Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma India A team. All-rounder Hardik Pandya tried Vijay Shankar. All of us Also finding a place in the Vihari, Saha (wk), R Jadeja, R The prolific Sanju Samson was not discussed in the selec- agreed in unison that the role T20 squad was Mumbai seam- Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, and leg-spinner Yuzvendra tion meeting as he underwent we have, he (Dube) fits in very er Shardul Thakur while all- Mohammed Shami, Umesh Chahal returned to the side for a surgery for a back injury, well. rounder Ravindra Jadeja was Yadav, Ishant Sharma, the T20 Internationals. paving the way for the 26-year- “He bats aggressively, his rested. Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant.