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RNI No.2016/1957, REGD NO. SSP/LW/NP-34/2016-18 Follow us on: @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer instagram.com/dailypioneer/ Established 1864 OPINION 8 WORLD 11 SPORT 15 Published From REMEMBERING US SANCTIONS ON IRAN INDIA TO FACE WEST DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL BHUBANESWAR RANCHI RAIPUR REAL HEROES COME INTO FORCE INDIES IN 2ND T20 CHANDIGARH DEHRADUN Late City Vol. 154 Issue 298 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable LUCKNOW, TUESDAY NOVEMBER 6, 2018; PAGES 16 `3 INDIA’S TRAFFIC, A BEAUTIFUL CHAOS:} CHRIS } 12 VIVACITY www.dailypioneer.com Ekana Stadium On Diwali eve, ‘fireworks’ on the cards renamed PNS n LUCKNOW SHALABH SAXENA n tor which is expected to play LUCKNOW CITY TO HOST INDIA VS WINDIES T20 TODAY spoilsport is dew. he newly-built Ekana “The outfield is perfect and TInternational Cricket he excitement in the air amidst tight security. Lucknow spinners are expected to play a fast, but dew is definitely going Stadium has been renamed as Tadds to mood of festivities Mayor Samyukta Bhatia wel- big part from the beginning,” to play a big part. The winter is ‘Bharat Ratna Atal Behari across the City of Nawabs as the comed the teams at the airport. the curator was quoted on setting in now and dew is going Vajpayee International Cricket city plays host its first-ever Both the teams straight away Monday. to play a big role from the first Stadium’ with immediately T20 tie at the newly-construct- went to their respective hotels “The pitch is made of soil ball. So, the ball won’t be rac- effect. The proposal to rename ed Ekana Stadium on Tuesday. and decided to rest, avoiding exported from Odisha’s ing towards the boundary and the international cricket sta- Although the city will miss any practice at the nets Bolangir which is famous for its the batsmen will have to do a lot dium was approved by the the explosive action of Virat The visitors are bound to be slow nature. Both the teams will of running,” the local curator state government at a meeting Kohli and Mahendra Singh under pressure as they failed find it difficult to score runs and said. West Indies, on the other held on Monday on the eve of Dhoni on Diwali eve here, the with the willow in their last two hit big shots with long square hand, would be desperate to the first international T-20 ongoing form of Indian crick- encounters. Even on Sunday boundaries,” he added. return home with some posi- cricket match being played on eters is set to give the crowds last at Eden Gardens (first BCCI’s chief curator Daljit tivity at the end of a two- November 6. This was dis- enough to cheer after nearly 24 T20), the Caribbean aura of Singh was in charge of the wick- month long series in which they closed by Principal Secretary, years when India played a Test mighty hitting dimished against et here from the beginning lost both the Test and ODI Housing and Urban match against Sri Lanka at the the guiles of Indian spinners. and prepared the pitch with the series. Development, Nitin Gokarn. KD Singh ‘Babu’ stadium. And if the curator of the help of UPCA curators like While two-Test series was He said the decision was The magnificent Ekana newly-laid turf is to be believed, Ravindra Chauhan, Shiv Kumar lost 0-2 in just six days of action, the fallout of the agreement Stadium, which catapults the the black soil on the 22-yard and Surendra. they posed some challenge in signed by Lucknow state capital to the cricketing turf is bound to add to Windies’ Another curator, who the subsequent ODI series Development Authority domain, is all spruced up for its woes. “It won’t be a high-scor- worked on the surface, said had before being thrashed 1-3 with (LDA) administration with date with history on Tuesday. ing game for sure. The pitch has local soil been used to prepare a nine-wicket loss in Ekana Sportcity Private Both the teams arrived at long dead grass on both sides the pitch, it would have been a Thiruvananthapuram in the Limited, CG Construction Chaudhary Charan Singh with cracks in between. It will run fest on Tuesday. Besides the final one-dayer. and Development Industries Airport in Amausi here at 12:30 be a slow bouncing wicket and Rohit Sharma (left) and West Indies players arrive at Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport in Lucknow on Monday PTI surface, another important fac- ■ Also see Page 15 Private Limited. CAPSULE PM: Submarine FIVE MAOISTS KILLED a fitting response IN ODISHA ENCOUNTER Ayodhya all set for Malkangiri (Odisha): At least five With Arihant, India Maoists, including two women, to those who were killed in an exchange of fire with security personnel in a forest indulge in in Odisha’s Malkangiri district, a mega Diwali show senior police official said on joins N-missile club nuclear blackmail Monday. PNS n NEW DELHI nighbours. China became a PNS n LUCKNOW HIPHEI RESIGNS AS nuclear-weapons State way SPEAKER, JOINS BJP ith India’s first indige- back in the 1970s. irst Lady of Korea Kim Aizawl: Mizoram Assembly Wnously developed nuclear The Indian Ocean Region, FJung-sook was given a Speaker Hiphei on Monday submarine INS Arihant suc- crucial for India’s strategic warm welcome on her arrival resigned from his post, the House cessfully completing its first interests, has also been wit- in the state capital on as well as the Congress, and joined deterrence patrol, the country nessing an increasing presence Monday to attend the the BJP, saying its central has joined the elite club of of Chinese ships and sub- ‘Deepotsava’ when over 3 leadership has promised to nations which possess a mini- marines. lakh diyas (earthen lamps) enhance powers of the State’s mum deterrent ‘nuclear triad’ The PM noted that the will be lighted on the ghats of autonomous district councils. — the ability to fire nuclear- achievement has put India Ayodhya on Tuesday. tipped missiles from land, air among a handful of countries Chief Minister Yogi KEJRIWAL ACQUITTED IN and sea. The Army’s Agni bal- having the capability to design, Adityanath and his ministe- DEFAMATION CASE listic missiles and the Air Force’s construct and operate Strategic rial colleagues welcomed her New Delhi: A Delhi court on fighter jets are already capable Strike Nuclear Submarine at the Chaudhary Charan Monday acquitted Delhi Chief of carrying nuclear warheads. (SSBN). Singh International Airport. Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a And now INS Arihant provides The development is a Tourism Minister Rita criminal defamation case filed by a the Navy with the maritime major achievement for the Bahuguna Joshi accompa- former aide of Congress leader nuclear strike capability. * INS Arihant is India’s first indigenous nuclear submarine country, he said, adding that nied the First Lady from New Sheila Dikshit saying that the Announcing this here on * It successfully completes patrolling test INS Arihant will help in pro- Delhi in a special Korean complainant Monday, Prime Minister * Can checkmate China’s ambitions in Indian Ocean tecting the country from exter- flight. cannot be said to be an “aggrieved Narendra Modi told the crew nal threats and contribute to Kim Jung-sook’s presence Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath welcoming Korean first lady person”. of Arihant the development is * Army and Navy are already nuclear-ready the atmosphere of peace in the assumes importance because Kim Jung-sook at Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport in Lucknow on a “warning to the enemies of region. “In an era such as this, of the link Korea has with Monday Pioneer ED ARRESTS MAN LINKED the country and peace” that spare those who needle it. peace and stability and INS a credible nuclear deterrence is Ayodhya. It is believed that a TO CHOKSI'S BUSINESSES they should not resort to any “Our nuclear arsenal is not a Arihant will be the “harbinger the need of the hour. The suc- princess from Ayodhya, the Hanuman, has been installed other people to light them up. New Delhi: The ED arrested adventurism against India. part of an aggressive policy, but of fearlessness” for the country, cess of INS Arihant gives a fit- place where Lord Ram is on the historic ghats of the “Many students of the an executive of a firm linked to Without naming Pakistan, it is an important means for he said. ting response to those who believed to have born, Saryu river, while an iconic university are also preparing fugitive jeweller Mehul Choksi Modi said India is a peace-lov- peace and stability,” he said. The development assumes indulge in nuclear blackmail,” became the queen in South ceremonial gateway has been colourful rangolis on on Monday in connection with ing country and did not insti- India’s nuclear triad will be significance as India has two he tweeted. Korea some 2,000 years ago. erected near the site of the Ramayana theme on the its money-laundering probe in gate anyone, but it did not an important pillar of global nuclear-weapons States as its Continued on Page 7 She also ruled a dynasty main function. banks of the river,” a member the $2-billion PNB fraud case known as Karak. The old temples facing of the event management officials said. The name of the princess the ghats of the river have team said. Big cat sneaks of Ayodhya is believed to be been bathed in colourful As per her itinerary GOLD GLITTERS ON Suriratna but in South Korea, lighting and lakhs of ‘diyas’ shared by the MEA, the South DHANTERAS into Guj power she is named as Heo Hwang- (earthen lamps) are being Korean Firsat Lady will also New Delhi: Gold and jewellery ok.