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PEOPLE | Newsmakers SUNDAY AGE | Cover Brazil’s Bolsonaro says Shrinking Parsi community DiCaprio gave cash innovating ways to ‘to set Amazon on fire’12 keep its legacy alive 33 www.asianage.com RNI No. 57290/94, Regd No: DL-SW-05/4189/15-17 Vol. 26 No. 285 | 48 PAGES | `5.00 WINDOWS Hyd gangrape, murder rock nation Protesters shout ‘hang Priyanka’s rapists’, try to barge into Shadnagar police station; van carrying rapist-killers to jail pelted with stones, chappals JAYENDRA CHAITHANYA. T HYDERABAD, NOV. 30

A large crowd gathered at the Shadnagar police station on Saturday and demanded that the four persons accused of the gang-rape and murder of GHMC assistant veterinary surgeon Dr P. Priyanka Reddy be handed to them to face instant justice. The mob, including women Australian batsman David and school children from Warner kisses his helmet nearby villages, began form- after scoring 335 not out on ing from the morning and took the police personnel by the 2nd day of the Test surprise. against Pakistan in Adelaide The police put up barricades on Saturday. — AFP and, at one time, tied the gates with handcuffs to prevent the Two Indian Army protesters from forcing their way in. personnel killed in With the mob pelting stones and footwear, the magistrate Siachen avalanche came to the police station and remanded the four accused New Delhi: In a second persons to 14 days of judicial unfortunate incident within custody. 15 days, two Indian Army The accused — Mohammed personnel were killed on alias Areef, J. Shiva, J. Saturday after an avalanche Naveen and C. hit their patrol at an altitude Chennakeshavulu — were of about 18,000 feet in later taken to the Cherlapalli southern Siachen glacier. Central Prison. Earlier on November 18, Given that the protesters four Indian Army personnel comprised women and school and two civilian porters students, the police could not were killed in an avalanche take strong action to disperse in the northern part of the them. With the number of pro- Siachen Glacier. testers growing, more police Full report on Page 3 personnel were brought in. Raising slogans of “we want justice” and “hang them Cops chase away angry mobs who threw stones and slippers at the van carrying the four rapists-murderers of Priyanka Reddy in Shadnagar on Saturday. — P. SURENDRA 2 Naxals killed in immediately”, the gathering of youngsters walked towards Maha encounter the main gate by pushing past Gadchiroli: The police raid- the barricades. MOTHERS WANT ed a training camp of Kishan: Bill to bypass Some of them even tried to Lawyers say won’t Naxals in Maharashtra’s climb the gate but were dis- Gadchiroli district on suaded. ACCUSED SONS Saturday and killed two The crowd sat in front of the rebels in an encounter, offi- police station demanding that fight for accused HC in death penalty cials said. The encounter the accused be hanged or PUNISHED took place in early hours in handed over to the public who S.A. ISHAQUI and AP demanding justice for AGE CORRESPONDENT sons after meeting with Bhamragad area, which would kill them. They said the HYDERABAD, NOV. 30 the victim and death to the AGE CORRESPONDENT HYDERABAD, NOV. 30 Priyanka’s family members. borders on Chhattisgarh. accused were being fed and accused on Saturday. HYDERABAD, NOV. 30 Mr Kishan Reddy said that the Full report on Page 4 provided medical care by the The Shadnagar Bar Associa- Protests and candlelight ral- The Centre will amend the Centre was readying the police. Instead, the accused tion has unanimously resolved lies were held at Mumbai, After learning that their sons Indian Penal Code (IPC) and amendment Bills for introduc- 3 minors stabbed in deserved to be hanged in pub- not to appear for the accused in Delhi and other prominent were accused of the gang-rape the Criminal Procedure Code tion in the Budget Session. The lic, they said. the Dr P. Priyanka Reddy case. cities and towns across the and murder of a veterinary (CrPC) to bypass High Courts amendments propose that The Hague market One angry girl said, “Leave The association condemned the country. doctor, their mothers said with regard to levying the appeals against the death sen- The Hague: Dutch police them to us for five minutes. incident on Saturday, and said Scores of people of all age they felt no mercy for them. death penalty on men for com- tence imposed by trial courts were hunting an assailant We will torture them to death. the four accused did not groups came on to the roads in They would accept it if their mitting atrocities on women, can only be made in the who stabbed three minors Girls and women want safety. deserve legal aid. several parts of the Telugu sons were punished. Union minister of state for Supreme Court or with the in The Hague’s main shop- Such people should be pun- This decision came even as states holding placards and They all accepted that if they home G. Kishan Reddy said. President. ping street as people ished severely. It will make several cities across the nation banners with slogans like are guilty, they must be meted This comes in the backdrop of He said a draft has been pre- those who want to do some- mourned Dr Priyanka Reddy, ‘Hang the accused’ and ‘We out severest of punishments. the Dr P. Priyanka Reddy case. pared after collecting feedback looked for bargains on ■ Black Friday. The stabbing thing to women think again.” and protests broke out in TS want justice for Priyanka’. More on Page 4 He was speaking to mediaper- from all states. took place not far from the country’s Parliament. Full report on Page 11 “What is the point of CCTV when @RajkummarRao | What Virat Kholi@imVkohli | COUNTERPOINT it is not working? Blacklist the happened with Priyanka Reddy is What happened in vendor. Action must also be taken so heart-wrenching. I hope the Hyderabad is absolutely against the officers who were on culprits get the harshest shameful. It’s high time patrolling duty as they have failed punishment possible. My heart we as a society take to trace the young girl.” goes out to her family. We’re charge and put an end to SHYAMALA S. KUNDER, sorry Priyanka. #Hyderabad these inhumane NCW member Horror #JusticeForPriyankaReddy tragedies.

63% voting in Jharkhand polls Shah meets N-E CMs, regional 2+2: India & Uddhav govt sails amid stray incidents of violence leaders to discuss CAB issue Japan ask NAYEAR AZAD Krishna Nand Tripathi AGE CORRESPONDENT Amendment Bill (CAB). PATNA, NOV. 30 was seen flashing a gun NEW DELHI, NOV. 30 According to sources, through floor test outside a poll booth. The chief ministers of Assam, Pak to act Two major incidents of incident occurred after Union home minister Arunachal Pradesh and violence were reported clashes broke out in Amit Shah on Saturday Meghalaya, Sarbananda against terror BJP walkout during headcount during the first phase of Kosiyara village near held discussions with Sonowal, Pema Khandu BHAGWAN PARAB polling in Jharkhand on Daltonganj. leaders of political par- and Conrad Sangma SRIDHAR MUMBAI, NOV. 30 Saturday. Around 63 per In another incident, ties, students bodies and respectively, along with KUMARASWAMI cent voting was recorded Naxals blew up a bridge civil society groups of Union minister Kiren NEW DELHI, NOV. 30 WEATHER The Maha Vikas Aghadi for the thirteen Assembly at Bishunpur area in Assam, Arunachal Rijiju and several MPs Max: 22OC government of the Shiv seats that went to polls. Gumla after voting began Pradesh and Meghalaya attended the meetings India and Japan on O Sena-NCP-Congress In the first incident, on Saturday. on the contours of the separately. Saturday evening held Min: 12 C ■ ■ RH: 74% alliance on Saturday Congress candidate More on Page 2 proposed Citizenship More on Page 2 their first-ever 2+2 sailed through the floor Dialogue at the foreign Rainfall: Nil test in the Maharashtra and defence ministerial Forecast: Clear sky Assembly with a comfort- level in New Delhi, after able margin. Uddhav Thackeray which the two countries The MVA, led by London Bridge terrorist of PoK origin asked Pakistan to act ASTROGUIDE Uddhav Thackeray, won pendent MLAs. Four firmly against terror- the vote of confidence as MLAs, two from the All ADITI KHANNA Friday and killed one man ism. Vikari: Dakshinayanam 169 MLAs voted in favour India Majlis-e-Ittehadul LONDON, NOV. 30 Suspect Usman Khan has and a woman and injured In a joint statement, Tithi: Margasira Shuddha of the motion of confi- Muslimeen (AIMIM), one been identified as a convicted three other people before the two countries noted Panchami till 7.16 pm dence. The BJP, mean- each from MNS and The man who stabbed and terrorist who was jailed seven being shot by armed “the threat posed to Star: Uttarashada till 9.41 am while, staged a walkout CPI(M), abstained during killed two people in the years ago over a plot to bomb police officers. “We are regional security by ter- while the headcount was the vote. London Bridge terrorist the London Stock Exchange now in a position to con- rorist networks operat- Varjyam: 2.02 pm to 3.46 pm underway. Mr Thackeray, wearing attack on Friday has been firm the identity of the ing out of Pakistan and The alliance received a saffron turban, thanked identified as a convicted and build a terrorist training suspect as 28-year-old called upon it (Pakistan) Durmuhurtam: 4.08 pm to camp on land owned by his 4.52 pm 169 votes, including that the House members and terrorist who was jailed Usman Khan, who had to take resolute and irre- of Hitendra Thakur-led people of the state after seven years ago over a family in the PoK been residing in the versible action against Rahukalam: 4.30 pm to 6 pm Bahujan Vikas Aghadi the pro tem speaker plot to bomb the London Staffordshire area,” said them and fully comply (3), Bacchu Kadu-led declared that his govern- Stock Exchange and build Khan, had also discussed offences in 2012 as an Scotland Yard’s Head of with international com- SUNSET TODAY 5.24 PM Prahar Janshakti Party ment had won the floor a terrorist training camp staging a Mumbai-style ongoing risk to the public Counter Terrorism mitments including to (2), Samajwadi Party (2), test. “I thank all the memon land owned by his fam- attack on the UK with a “serious, long term Policing, assistant com- the (global watchdog) SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.56 AM Peasants and Workers bers for trusting me. I ily in Pakistan-occupied Parliament and described venture in terrorism.” missioner Neil Basu on Financial Action Task MOONRISE TOMORROW 11.03 PM Party of India (1), other also thank the people of Kashmir. The suspect, by the judge who sen- Khan went on a rampage Saturday. — PTI Force (FATF)”. MOONSET TODAY 8.51 AM smaller parties and inde- ■ Turn to Page 4 identified as Usman tenced him for terrorism while out of parole on ■ More on Page 11 ■ More on Page 3 c m y k c m y k TABLOID

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Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday PAGE urged universities to reorient their academic strategies to produce “future ready” professionals. Nation 2 THE ASIAN AGE SUNDAY | 1 DECEMBER 2019 | NEW DELHI ■ 63% turnout in Phase 1 Jharkhand poll Sena on SPG removal: Must Cong MLA flashes gun

From falls in GDP to not play with someone’s life political morality — outside polling booth NAYEAR AZAD Party says concern over removal of Gandhis’ security is valid BJP to set multiple PATNA, NOV. 30 records of declines AGE CORRESPONDENT Two major incidents of MUMBAI, NOV. 30 — Akhilesh Yadav, violence were reported SP president during the first phase of The Shiv Sena on Saturday polling in Jharkhand raised concern over Saturday. Congress candi- removal of the Special date Krishna Nand Protection Group (SPG) IN BRIEF Tripathi was seen flash- cover of the Gandhi fami- ing a gun outside a booth ly. Indicating that the deci- during polling. sion to remove the SPG Citu starts 238-km Clashes erupted between cover was politically moti- the Congress and BJP sup- vated, the Sena said that march to save PSUs porters in Kosiyara vil- political differences Chittaranjan (WB): The CITU, lage in the Daltonganj should be kept aside in the trade union wing Assembly constituency. such matters and no one of the CPI(M) on Saturday Mr Tripathi — who was should play with people’s started a 238-km long march detained for questioning lives. from Chittaranjan in West and later released — An editorial in the party Burdwan district to Kolkata accused BJP nominee mouthpiece Saamana said to protest the Centre’s deci- Alok Chaurasia and his that politicians should feel sion to privatise Central pub- supporters for trying to safe in their environment lic sector units. The 283-km disrupt the electoral and that the Prime long march of the Centre of process in the area. Minister should intervene Indian Trade Unions (CITU) Meanwhile, the Election in the matter if the con- will culminate with a public Commission (ECI) asked cerns over safety were meeting in Kolkata on the district administra- valid. The party stressed December 11. The march tion to submit a report on that it would have taken NCP leader Ajit Pawar gestures victoty sign as he leaves the Vidhan Bhavan after the started from the Chittaranjan the incident. the same position if it was Locomotive Factory, a rail- Following interrogation, someone other than the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance won the floor test in the Maharashtra Assembly in way undertaking with the Mr Tripathi told reporters Gandhis. Mumbai on Saturday. — RAJESH JADHAV slogan “Save Public Sector”, outside the deputy com- The SPG cover of the to protest the Union govern- missioner’s office, “The Gandhis (Sonia Gandhi, said that the threat to the Amit Shah, replying to the ments decision to sell stake situation went out of Rahul Gandhi and Priya- Gandhi family had debate on the SPG Speaker and privatise public sector hand after I was attacked Congress candidate from Daltonganj K.N. Tripathi bran- nka Gandhi) was replaced reduced and hence, the (Amendment) Bill, undertakings. by the supporters of the dishes a revolver in Palamu district on Saturday during with the Z-plus security of SPG cover had been with- Wednesday said that the post: Patole BJP nominee who were the first phase of Jharkhand Assembly elections. — PTI the Central Reserve Police drawn. BJP did not carry out trying to disrupt the elec- Force (CRPF) by the gov- “The reason for giving actions with a hurtful BJP: Couldn’t take toral process outside the the 13 Assembly seats that Around 63 per cent vot- ernment. SPG cover to the Gandhis approach and that it was to take on polling station. I also went to polls in the first ing was recorded in the 13 “The news reports about was that Indira Gandhi the Congress which had requested the administra- phase of voting on Assembly seats old vehicles being was killed by her own taken many such deci- LS success forwad tion and the police to pro- Saturday. (Jharkhand) that went to deployed in the motorcade security guard and Rajiv sions in the past. He said Kathore Kolkata: West Bengal BJP vide me with security In another incident of polls in the first phase of of Gandhis are also worry- Gandhi was killed by mili- that the security cover had president Dilip Ghosh when BJP workers creat- violence, Naxals tried to voting Saturday. BJP was ing,” the Sena said. tants,” it said. in fact been increased for AGE CORRESPONDENT said on Saturday that the ed a ruckus outside the create disturbance in locked in a tough electoral “The Prime Minister, “There can be political the Gandhi family. MUMBAI, NOV. 30 party's failure to take for- polling station and Gumla by blowing up a battle with the JMM-led home minister and other differences with the “This (removal of the ward its success in the Lok stopped me.” bridge in the Bishunpur grand alliance. Key candi- ministers are not ready to Congress or the Gandhi Gandhis’ security) is not Senior Congress MLA Sabha elections to the recent According to sources area immediately after dates in the fray were BJP leave their security and family. The tussle with the the fact. The security of Nana Patole on assembly bypolls in the from Ranchi, Mr voting began Saturday. candidate and health min- their bulletproof cars. Nehru family has turned the Gandhi family has not Saturday filed his nomi- state was due to the lack of Tripathi’s weapon was According to the district ister Ram Chandra This means the concern intense over the last five- been withdrawn but nation for the speaker’s experience. In the bypolls, seized and a probe has administration, “No casu- Chandravashi from the over removal of the odd years (since BJP came changed to ‘Z-plus’ with post as the joint candi- ruling Trinamool Congress been initiated by the alty was reported and the Bisrampur seat and Gandhis’ security is valid to power at the Centre). advance security liaison date of Maharashtra won all the three assembly police into the incident. voting process was also Congress state president too,” the Saamana editori- But one should not play and ambulance that will Vikas Aghadi (MVA). He seats of Karimpur, Kaliagunj Around 63 per cent of not disrupted due to Rameshwar Oraon from al stated. with somebody’s life,” the be given across the coun- will take on Bharatiya and Khargapur Sadar rele- voting was recorded for Naxal violence.” Lohardaga. The home ministry had Sena said. Home minister try,” he asserted. Janata Party’s Kisan gating BJP to the second Kathore in Sunday’s position. Ghosh said "We will election. analyse the reasons for the Considering that the failure in the bypolls. We Priyanka Uddhav Thackeray-led lacked experience although CAB trouble: Shah meets MVA government won our workers had the right seeks prope the vote of confidence enthusiasm. So we could not by securing 169 votes, take our success in the Lok the election is likely to Sabha polls forward.” —PTI in UP girl’s N-E CMs, political leaders be a cakewalk for Mr Patole. hostel death However, unlike the Sidda: K’taka Cong floor test, which was New Delhi, Nov. 30: Con- CAB may not affect protected tribal areas held by open ballot, the will return to power gress leader Priyanka AGE CORRESPONDENT voting for speaker’s elec- Gandhi Vadra has writ- with agency inputs tion will be held Bengaluru: CLP leader ten to Uttar NEW DELHI NOV. 30 Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta is through a secret ballot. Siddaramaiah on Saturday Pradesh Mr Patole represents claimed that his party will chief minis- Union home minister Sakoli Assembly seg- win at least 12 seats, if not all ter Yogi Amit Shah on Saturday new Assam DGP in-charge ment in Vidarbha. the 15, in the December 5 Adityanath held discussion with lead- MANOJ ANAND DGP Kuladhar Saikia Earlier, there were bypolls and a political seeking an ers of political parties, GUWAHATI, NOV. 30 who retired on Saturday. reports that the change in the state will then urgent students bodies and civil Mr Mahanta in a sim- Congress did not want be inevitable. “We inquiry into society groups of Assam, Assam-Meghalaya cadre ple function at DGP the post and instead (Congress) are going to win the alleged Priyanka Arunachal Pradesh and IPS officer Bhaskar Jyoti headquarters took over insisted on the post of at least 12 seats. No wonder suicide of a Gandhi Meghalaya on the con- Mahanta from 1988 has the office from Mr Saikia deputy chief minister’s if we win 15 seats. If we win Jawahar tours of the proposed been appointed as the who expressed satisfac- position. 12 seats, how can the BJP Navodaya Vidyalaya Citizenship Amendment new director general of tion over his tenure and Meanwhile, state BJP government survive? (JNV) student, asserting Bill (CAB). police (in-charge) of thanked the people for chief Chandrakant Patil Yediyurappa has to resign. that action in the matter According to sources, Assam. their cooperation in announced Mr Kathore, Then, political change will be is of utmost importance chief ministers of Assam, In a notification issued managing the law and who represents Murbad inevitable,” Siddaramaiah for the safety of girls in Arunachal Pradesh and by the home department order situation of the seat in Thane district, as told reporters at Kokatanur. the state. Meghalaya, Union minis- of the Assam govern- state at various critical the Opposition’s candi- — PTI On September 16, the ter Kiren Rijiju, and sever- ment on Friday stated juncture. date for Sunday’s elec- body of 17-year-old al MPs attended the meet- that IPS officer Bhaskar Mr Mahanta, a 1988 tion. Both Mr Patole and Anushka Pandey, a Class ings separately. Jyoti Mahanta is allowed batch IPS officer of the Mr Kathore are in their 11 student of JNV, Most of the regional par- to look after the current Assam-Meghalaya cadre, fourth term as MLA. RS SEES 89% Bhongaon, was found ties and civil society duties of DGP, Assam in is presently serving as Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray after the Shiv However, Mr Patole hanging from the ceiling groups raised the issue of addition to existing the Special DGP Sena-NCP-Congress alliance won the floor test in the hoped he would be elect- of her hostel room. how CAB could affect the duties as the incumbent (Border). Maharashtra Assembly in Mumbai on Saturday. — PTI ed unopposed. PRODUCTIVITY Ms Gandhi, in her letter tribals. to Yogi Adityanath, said Sources said the home IN FIRST HALF the incident was heart minister has indicated to will ensure that the inter- bouring countries. ■ wrenching and it assu- the lawmakers that the ests of the ILP-regime Former Arunachal Says will remain a Congress soldier New Delhi: Despite protests mes importance in the CAB may not affect the areas and the Sixth Pradesh chief minister on several issues by opposi- context of the security of tribal areas protected by Schedule areas are pro- Nabam Tuki said they tion members in Rajya Sabha, girls studying in various the Inner Line Permit tected. opposed the 2016 bill but if the upper house of institutions in the state. (ILP) regime and those Mr Sarma also said sepa- the new bill excludes the ‘Sulking’ Scindia meets MP Parliament has reported 89 “The body of Subhash governed under the Sixth rate legislation may be ILP-regime states, it can per cent productivity in the Pandey’s daughter was Schedule of the Constitu- brought on the recommen- be considered. President first half of the ongoing win- found in the hostel under tion. These areas may be dations of a committee set of the All Bodo Students ter session. Of the total avail- mysterious circum- exempted from the ambit up by the home ministry Union Pramod Boro said Nath, irons out differences able time of more than 55 stances. Injury marks of the proposed Bill, Mr to look into the options of they have conveyed to the hours, the House availed were found on her body Shah is believed to have providing constitutional home minister that they RABINDRA NATH more than 49 hours, the but post-mortem was not conveyed to the delega- safeguards to the indige- opposed the CAB as it does CHOUDHURY Rajya Sabha secretariat said done. The deceased's fam- tions. nous people of Assam. not provide any safeguard BHOPAL, NOV. 30 in a statement on Saturday. ily has said the girl was Later, Assam minister The Assam-based politi- to the tribal areas, sources While a little more than 8 murdered,” she said. Himanta Biswa Sarma cal party AIUDF, headed said. AICC general secretary hours were lost on account of She said the family of reportedly said even by Maulana Badruddin The home minister is Jyotiraditya Scindia — disruptions, members made the deceased has raised though most of the civil Ajmal, has opposed the holding meetings in the who recently kicked up a up for the lost time by sitting several questions and society groups have bill, which aims to give cit- wake of strong protests in political storm by omitting for two and a half hours extra asked for action to be ta- opposed the earlier bill, izenship to non-Muslim the Northeast against the Congress from his revised resulting in a net total loss of ken by authorities.— PTI the new the redrafted bill refugees from three neigh- CAB. Twitter profile — Saturday 5 hours and 51 minutes dur- put to rest speculations of ing the first half of this ses- snapping ties with his sion, it said. Three Bills ■ party saying, “I am a sol- including the Jalianwala Bagh BJP slams Bioara MLA’s statement, seeks apology dier of the Congress and National Memorial will remain so”. (Amendment) Bill were Mr Scindia told reporters passed during the first half of in Gwalior that unneces- the winter session. During the Pragya dares Cong MLA to torch her sary confusion had been second week of the winter created over his revised AICC general secretary Jyotiraditya Scindia and session, Rajya Sabha passed RABINDRA NATH portedly calling Mahatma stituency. Twitter profile in which he Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath at a wed- two Bills, The Transgender CHOUDHURY Gandhi’s assassin “We will burn her effigy had “rightfully” described ding ceremony. (Protection of Rights) Bill BHOPAL, NOV. 30 Nathuram Godse a patri- and even burn her alive if himself as a “Jan Sevak” and The Chit Funds ot, on Saturday she sets foot in the con- or public servant. from the marriage ceremo- This assumes signifi- (Amendment) Bill. Discussion Controversial Bharatiya announced that she would stituency”, Mr Dangi had “I am not quitting the ny of the son of local cance, particularly in the on the Bill seeking to replace Janata Party (BJP) MP reach Bioara assembly declared while staging a Congress. I am a solider of Congress MLA, Banbari wake of talks of the the Ordinance banning e-cig- from Bhopal Pragya Singh constituency, represented demonstration in Rajgarh Congress and will remain Lal Sharma, in Morena, appointment of a new arettes remained inconclu- Thakur, an accused in 2008 by Congress MLA in protest against the so,” he said. Mr Scindia Madhya Pradesh. Pradesh Congress sive, the secretariat said. “At Malegaon blast incident Gobardhan Dangi on remarks on Godse by also hailed the Uddhav Mr Scindia — who in Committee (PCC) chief in the end of the first half of the in which six people were December eight, throwing Pragya, a couple of days Thackeray-led coalition recent times had written a MP in the near future. Mr ongoing winter session, Rajya killed and 100 others a challenge at the latter to ago. government in Maharas- series of letters to Kamal Nath had held the twin Sabha has reported produc- injured, on Saturday set her on fire. State Bharatiya Janata htra saying, “The new gov- Nath, pulling him up for posts of chief minister tivity of 89 per cent for the dared a Congress MLA in In another tweet, she Sadhavi Pragya Party (BJP) president ernment will speed up his failure on several and PCC president and first two weeks combined,” it Madhya Pradesh to carry called Dangi, a close asso- Rakesh Singh also development in the state”. fronts – thus quashed recently announced quit- said. Members of Rajya out his vow to burn her ciate of senior Congress Kamal Nath government's slammed Mr Dangi for his In another development, rumours of a growing rift ting the party post to focus Sabha also made a record 51 alive by announcing a leader Digvijaya Singh, idea of non-violence”. statement, saying that it the scion of the former between the two leaders. on governance. Mr zero hour submissions and date. whom she defeated in the Mr Dangi had earlier was highly objectionable royal family of Gwalior Sources said that the duo Scindia, who lost the last 30 special mentions on vari- Ms Pragya who was 2019 Lok Sabha polls from declared that Pragya on the latter’s part to Saturday accompanied discussed a wide range of Lok Sabha elections from ous issues of public impor- forced to apologise in the Bhopal, a propagator of would be burnt alive if threaten to resort to vio- chief minister Kamal issues on the flight to and Guna in MP, had been gun- tance. — PTI Lok Sabha twice for pur- “Rahul Gandhi's and she set foot in his con- lence against a woman. Nath in his copter, to and from Morena. ning for the party post. Nitish’ return

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar will PAGE return to the anti-NDA front, says RJD leader Raghuvansh Singh Nation 3 THE ASIAN AGE SUNDAY | 1 DECEMBER 2019 | NEW DELHI India & Japan corner 2 Army soldiers Pak on terror support dead in Siachen Citizenship (Amendment) Bill will Joint statement names Pak ‘as source of terror’ avalanche strike dilute demography of AGE CORRESPONDENT ◗ An Army patrol SRIDHAR NEW DELHI, NOV. 30 operating at an North-East states KUMARASWAMI NEW DELHI, NOV. 30 In a second unfortunate altitude of approxi- — Mukul Sangma, incident within 15 days, mately 18,000 feet Former Meghalaya CM India and Japan on two Indian Army person- in Southern Saturday evening held nel were killed on their first-ever 2+2 dia- Saturday after an ava- Siachen Glacier logue at the foreign and lanche hit their patrol at was hit by an ava- IN BRIEF defence ministerial level an altitude of about lanche during the in New Delhi, after which 18,000 feet in southern early hours of the two countries asked Siachen glacier. Saturday 2 women run over Pakistan to act firmly “An Army patrol oper- against terrorism. ating at an altitude of porters were killed in an by truck in Amethi In a joint statement, the approximately 18,000 feet avalanche in the north- Amethi: Two women were two countries noted "the in Southern Siachen ern part of the Siachen killed on Saturday after threat posed to regional Glacier was hit by an Glacier. being run over by a truck security by terrorist net- Japan’s defence minister Taro Kono sits in the cockpit avalanche during the The Siachen Glacier in when they fell on the road works operating out of of a fighter plane at the Air Force Station Hindon in early hours of 30 the Karakorum range is from a motorcycle due to a Pakistan and called upon Ghaziabad on Saturday. — PTI November 2019," said a known as the highest mili- pothole, police said. it (Pakistan) to take res- statement by the Indian tarised zone in the world According to SHO of olute and irreversible Servicing Agreement strategic depth of bilateral army. It said that an where the soldiers have to Jagdishpur police station, action against them and (ACSA)" — a proposed security and defence coop- Avalanche Rescue Team battle frostbite and high Angad Singh, the accident fully comply with interna- logistics support agree- eration". It was also decid- (ART) following the winds. took place in Almasganj area tional commitments ment that will reportedly ed to hold the next 2+2 min- patrol immediately Avalanches and land- under the police station’s including to the (global enable the armed forces of isterial meeting in Tokyo. rushed and managed to slides are common at the jurisdiction when two women anti-terror watchdog) both countries to use facil- Saturday’s Dialogue locate and pull out all glacier during the winter fell from a motorcycle as it Financial Action Task ities at each other’s mili- comes a couple of weeks members of the patrol. and temperatures can hit a pothole, and were sub- Force (FATF)". Obviously tary bases. ahead of the crucial Simultaneously, Army drop to as low as minus sequently run over by the with an eye on China, both The two countries Annual Summit to be held helicopters were pressed 60 degrees Celsius truck which was coming from India and Japan also "reaf- expressed "desire for early in India between Japanese into service to evacuate Indian army has lost behind them. The deceased firmed the importance of conclusion of the negotia- PM Shinzo Abe and Prime the avalanche victims. 163 personnel, including have been identified as Sama freedom of navigation and tions and were of the view Minister Narendra Modi. “However, despite best six officers, in the Banu (20) and Sakur Banu overflight, unimpeded law- that the agreement will fur- On the issue of terrorism efforts by the medical Siachen Glacier, which is (24), Singh said, and added ful commerce and peaceful ther contribute to enhanc- including that emanating teams, two Army person- world's highest battle- that both of them died on resolution of disputes" in ing defence cooperation from Pakistan, the Joint nel succumbed in the field, during the last 10 the spot. — PTI the South China Sea. between the two sides". It Statement said, "The min- avalanche,” it said. years, according to a The naming of Pakistan had earlier been decided to isters condemned in the Earlier on November defence ministry state- in the Indo-Japan Joint commence the negotia- strongest terms the grow- 18, four Indian Army per- ment in Parliament last Patient found dead Statement on the terror- tions for ACSA in October ing threat of terrorism sonnel and two civilian year in March. — PTI ism issue is being seen as a 2018. India currently has and acknowledged that it major victory for India. such a pact only with the constituted a major threat in Kolkata hospital Also, the reference to the United States and is also to peace and security in Kolkata: A 40-year-old South China Sea in the planning one with Russia. the region. The Ministers 8 killed as pick-up patient of the Calcutta Indo-Japan Joint In another major develop- called upon all countries Pavlov Hospital was found Statement is being seen in ment, it was announced take resolute action in hanging from an iron railing the context of China’s mil- that "the ministers also rooting out terrorist safe van falls off bridge of a stairhead of the female itary assertiveness in the concurred to proceed with havens and infrastruc- ward, police said on region and is being viewed coordination for the first ture, disrupting terrorist Dhule, Nov. 30: Eight control of the vehicle in Saturday. The patient, identi- as extremely significant. India-Japan joint fighter networks and eliminating persons, including five an attempt to avoid a pot- fied as Asha Verma, was on In what is being seen as a aircraft exercise in Japan". financing channels and children, were killed and hole while crossing a Friday evening found reciprocal acknowledge- The 2+2 Dialogue was halting cross-border 23 injured when a pick- bridge on the Bori river. hanging with a piece of cloth ment of Japanese security conducted from the movement of terrorists.” up van carrying labour- The vehicle hit parapet from the iron railing of the concerns, both countries Japanese side by Japan’s The Ministers under- ers from Madhya of the bridge, broke it stairhead room on the fourth also "condemned North foreign minister lined the need for all coun- Pradesh fell off a bridge and plunged into the floor of the female ward of Korea’s recent launches of Toshimitsu Motegi and tries to ensure that all ter- in north Maharashtra's river around 40 to 50 feet the hospital, they said. ballistic missiles". defence minister Taro ritory under their control Dhule distric. below, he said. As the The patient was rushed to a India and Japan also Kono while external affairs is not used to launch ter- The incident took place van hit rocky riverbed, nearby hospital where she announced that there had minister S. Jaishankar and rorist attacks on other on Chalisagaon-Dhule seven of the passengers was declared brought dead, been "significant progress defence minister Rajnath countries. highway near Vichur vil- died on the spot, while a police officer said. made in the negotiations of Singh and it was affirmed lage around 12.30 am one woman died during Following a court order, she Acquisition and Cross- that it would "enhance the when the van driver lost treatment. — PTI was admitted to the hospital in May this year, he said. — PTI India ‘satisfied’ In MP, dead UPSET OVER cop’s name INSULT, MINOR with Gotabaya’s appears in KILLS SELF transfer list Lanka assurance Bhopal/Agar Malwa, Ludhiana: Upset at being Nov. 30: In an embarrass- allegedly humiliated and AGE CORRESPONDENT ◗ Assurance is ment for the Madhya beaten in front of the class by NEW DELHI, NOV.30 being seen as sig- Pradesh government, the the school principal and a name of a policeman, teacher for wearing tight and India is satisfied over the nificant, given who died over two weeks short pants, a minor student assurances furnished by India’s concerns back, appeared in the killed himself by hanging Sri Lankan President over the fast transfer order issued from a fan at his home near Gotabaya Rajapaksa that increasing Chinese recently. Ludhiana, police said "India will remain his Sub-inspector Saturday. Dhananjay Tiwari top priority and that he footprint in the Chhotelal Tomar, who took the extreme step will not allow any third island nation was posted in Soyatkala Thursday night at his resi- force to come in between police station of Agar dence in Daba area. He was cooperation" of the two sensitivities". New Delhi Malwa, died on abused and thrashed by a countries, sources have also seems quite pleased November 12 following a school teacher, the principal indicated. The assurance that President Rajapaksa prolonged illness. and the school director for is being seen as signifi- said his country "will On November 28, the wearing short and tight pants, cant, given India's con- continue to work closely state police headquarters according to and FIR filed by cerns over earlier move- with India to ensure that issued a list for the trans- his father Brij Raj Tiwari. The ment of Chinese sub- the Indian Ocean fer of sub-inspectors, as father has alleged that his son marines in Sri Lankan remains a zone of peace". per which Tomar was was beaten and humiliated in waters and also the fast The Lines of Credit transferred to Gwalior front of the whole class and increasing Chinese foot- (LoCs) announced by from Agar Malwa. was asked to stand outside print in the island India are also being seen However, after the the classroom as punishment nation. New Delhi also as an effort to counter transfer order went viral by teacher Poonam. Police appears relieved by the the Chinese financial on the social media and booked school principal Saroj assurances, due to the muscle in the island sparked ridicule, the Sharma, teacher Poonam and perceived earlier proxim- nation. PM Modi had on police department school director Prabhu Dutt, ity of the Rajapaksa Friday announced a new blamed Tomar’s kin for but no arrest has been made. brothers (President $400 million Line of informing them late Saroj and Dutt are couple. Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Credit (LoC) to Sri Lanka about his death. The boy had narrated the Prime Minister Mahinda for infrastructure devel- Opposition BJP, which incident to his mother, who Rajapaksa) towards opment, a separate "spe- has been frequently said her son had stopped China. PM Modi — after cial" $50 million LoC to accusing the Kamal Nath going to school after he inci- holding extensive talks help Sri Lanka boost its government of running dent. Upset at the incident, with President fight against terrorism a “transfer industry” in he committed suicide by Rajapaksa in the Capital and also swift activation the state, said, “The state hanging from a fan in his on Friday — had said of an earlier announced government has made an home, the parents said in the both countries "should $100 million for solar unprecedented progress complaint. — PTI be alert to each other's projects in the island in the field of transfers.” security concerns and nation. — PTI Modi govt claims Ram temple as achievement NITIN MAHAJAN ◗ The campaign, Narendra Modi being con- more in the times to come”. NEW DELHI, NOV. 30 ferred the global goalkeeper As part of the campaign the ‘Phenomenal Six award by bill and Melinda elected representatives have The unanimous verdict of Months of Modi 2.0’ gates foundation for his also been tasked with bring- Supreme Court of India on also lists achieve- swachch bharat initiative is ing it to the notice of people Ram Janmabhoomi, clear- ments like Abrogation also one of the achieve- that the Parliament is working way for construction of of Article 370, imple- ments being projected as a ing extra time to ensure wel- a grand Ram temple, is one major achievement of first fare of people. “The Budget of the biggest achievements mentation of triple six months. Another major Session of Lok Sabha has that is being claimed by the talaq bill, Ayushman highlight would be setting been the most productive ever, Narendra Modi government Bharat, subsidies to up of the Jal Shakti min- which was the first session of in its campaign on the social farmers under PM istry to ensure potable 17 Lok Sabha, was the most media marking completion water supply to people. productive ever after 1952,” of six months of its tenure. Kisan Samman Nidhi In a series of tweets, the campaign would elicit. The campaign, both the government and Prime Minister Narendra The campaign would also “Phenomenal Six Months of the Bharatiya Janata Party Modi also pointed out that highlight the national securi- Modi 2.0”, launched today to bring out the people the dispensation has taken ty as focus area for the gov- also lists achievements like friendly policies of numerous decisions that ernment. The leaders would Abrogation of Article 370, Narendra Modi government have pushed the country’s also ensure that rural areas implementation of triple in front of the masses. development, accelerated are made aware of the fact talaq bill, Ayushman Cabinet ministers and sen- social empowerment and that india has refrained from Bharat, subsidies to farm- ior BJP functionaries have enhanced unity. In a series signing Regional ers under PM Kisan been tasked with projecting of tweets using the hashtag Comprehensive Economic Samman Nidhi. these achievements before “6monthsofIndiafirst”, the Partnership, providing relief Sources stated that the the masses, sources prime minister said the gov- to agricultural, industrial attempts would be made by added.Prime Minister ernment “aspires to do even and trade sector. Politics

Chidambaram says lower GDP growth rate PAGE of 4.5 per cent was as predicted but third quarter will be worse Nation 4 THE ASIAN AGE SUNDAY | 1 DECEMBER 2019 | NEW DELHI Assam to set up RAF teams to end man-elephant conflict Isn’t decline in GDP ■ growth rate not 359 died in last 4 years Each team will be equipped with arms indication of MANOJ ANAND ernment has initiated var- GUWAHATI, NOV. 30 ious measures to reduce economic recession the conflict situation in Bogged down by growing the forest areas, the minis- — Ashok Gehlot, incidents of man-elephant ter, however, claimed that conflicts, the Assam forest such incidents have grad- Rajasthan chief minister department has decided to ually declined in the state form a team of rapid in comparison to previous action force (RAF) in each time. forest division of the state Elephant expert SHORT TAKES to curb the menace . Kaushik Barua however Pointing out that a total attribute this to shrinkage Minor boy hangs of 359 people died in man- of elephant habitat. RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav helps RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha break his indefinite elephant conflicts in past “Although elephants and fast in Patna on Saturday as Loktantrik Janata Dal leader Sharad Yadav looks on. self in Ludhiana four years, Assam forest “In Assam, 91 people had the situation and reduce human beings are two dif- — PTI minister Parimal died due to man-elephant the incidents, we are now ferent species, they have Ludhiana: Upset over Suklabaidya said that dur- conflict in 2016, while 83 going to form a rapid the common requirement allegedly being humiliated ing the last four years, died in 2017, 98 in 2018 and action force. Few forest of land. For whatever rea- and beaten in classroom around 1,169 incidents of 87 died this year so far. department personnel will sons, there is a growing UP mining man-elephant conflict Similarly, 263 incidents be deployed. We will pro- shrinkage of land,” he Cops raid Naxal before other students by the school principal and a were reported in the state. were reported in 2016, 398 vide vehicles, guns and said. scam: ED teacher for wearing a body- Each RAF team will be in 2017, 293 in 2018 and 215 other equipment to them. Referring that as many hugging, ankle-length equipped with arms and in this year so far,” Mr The entire process will be as 62 elephants have died trouser, a minor student other equipment to tackle Suklabaidya said. completed within a week. in the state since January camp in Maha, set to quiz hanged himself to death at the situation, the minister “There are 13-14 forest We will try to deploy at this year and altogether his home near Ludhiana. The said. “Man-animal conflict divisions out of 33 divi- least one Rapid Action 63 people have been killed incident left CM Amarinder is now becoming a com- sions in the state where Force team in each place in conflict, Mr Barua was BSP MLC Singh “anguished”, prompt- mon phenomenon in more such incidents have and they will alert 24 not sure if measures like two rebels killed ing him to order a probe Assam and the north-east- been reported during the hours.” RAF would help ion reduc- AGE CORRESPONDENT into the alleged suicide by ern region,” he added. winter season. To tackle Asserting that his gov- ing the conflict. Gadchiroli, Nov. 30: The ◗ Identity of slain NEW DELHI, NOV. 30 the 17-year-old Class 11 stu- police raided a training dent. “Deeply anguished to camp of Naxals in Naxals was yet to The Enforcement hear of a Class 11 student Maharashtra's Gadchiroli be ascertained. The Directorate (ED), prob- committing suicide after fac- SPG Act Bill district on Saturday and skirmish took place ing the illegal sand mining harassment by teachers Israel firm apologises to killed two rebels in an when a police team ing case in Saharanpur at school. Have directed encounter, officials said. district (Uttar Pradesh), Ludhiana deputy commis- may come The encounter took was conducting a is all set to question for- sioner to personally look place in early hours in combing operation mer BSP MLC Haji Iqbal into the matter,” said the CM up in RS DRDO for missile jibe Bhamragad area, which in Abujmad forest and his family members. in a tweet. — PTI borders on Chhattisgarh, on Bhamragad side The ED has already AGE CORRESPONDENT building new age tech- bought its Spike missiles. ahead of the `Peoples booked Mohammad South Indian cine next week NEW DELHI, NOV. 30 nologies for India. The Indian Army has Liberation Guerrilla After Naxals fled from Wajid, son of Haji Iqbal, “We wish to put on acquired 210 man portable Army (PLGA) Week' the spot, the C-60 team and two IAS officers in stars join BJP New Delhi, Nov. 30: The Israel’s Rafael Advanced record that our collective anti-tank Spike missiles which the Naxals observe conducted a search opera- connection with the case. bill to amend the SPG Defence Systems has apol- effort will bring in the to be deployed at the bor- from December 2 to 8, an tion, during which bodies Sources said, Chennai: Actor Radha Ravi Act and the legislation ogised to the Defence best in class technologies der with Pakistan from official said. of two Naxals were found. “Mohammed Wajid, is and actress Namitha joined to provide ownership Research and that will strengthen Israel’s Rafael Advanced The identity of slain “Two Naxals were killed one of the beneficiaries the BJP here in the presence rights to people in unau- Development India’s defence systems,” Defence Systems, which Naxals was yet to be in counter-firing by the C- of the scam, who is of its national working presi- thorised colonies of Organisation (DRDO) for said the statement. has established a joint ascertained, he added. 60 commandos. Four named as an accused in dent J.P. Nadda. Radha Ravi, Delhi are likely to come questioning its pro- Rafael said it remains venture with the Kalyani The skirmish took place firearms, ammunition the ED’s case. It is sus- a former AIADMK MLA, had up for discussion in gramme to develop man fully committed to its Group in India. Indian when a patrolling party of like blasting material, pected that former BSP quit the DMK in March this Rajya Sabha next week. portable Anti-Tank partner DRDO and dis- Army on Wednesday test Gadchiroli police’s C-60 detonators, pressure MLC and his other fami- year after he was suspended The bill to amend SPG Guided Missiles (ATGM), plays Indo-Israel robust fired two newly-acquired commandos was conduct- bombs, wiring, battery ly members also played for indiscipline and joined Act and on ownership saying it was unintended. and long-term relation- Spike missiles at the ing a combing operation were recovered from the crucial role in the illegal the ruling party again. Son rights to unauthorised “We apologise for any ship that fosters joint Infantry School at Mhow, in Abujmad forest on spot alongwith sizable sand mining in of iconic yesteryear actor colonies have already unintended communica- development of products Madhya Pradesh. Bhamragad side, he said. quantities of food staples Saharanpur district. Haji and a stalwart of the Dravi- been passed by Lok tion that has triggered for tomorrow. India had shelved plans Commandos came upon such as rice and dal,” Iqbal may be called for dian movement “Nadigavel”, Sabha. emotional misbalance," The clarification comes to buy ATGM from private Naxals’ training camp Shailesh Balkawade, questioning very soon”. M.R. Radha, Ravi had often “The Upper House is said a late night press after DRDO on Friday had firm in favour of indige- where preparations were superintendent of police, The other accused switched loyalties between likely to take up next release issued by its PR reacted angrily after a nous development by the underway for PLGA Gadchiroli, told PTI. named in the FIR include the main opposition DMK week the Special firm on Friday. The state- statement by the Israeli- DRDO. However, to meet week, he said. “We have destroyed a Mehmood Ali, Dilshad, and the ruling party. Known Protection Group ment said that Rafael Indian joint venture firm its urgent security The Naxals opened fire camp where at least 80 Mohammed lnam, Late for his controversial remarks (Amendment) Bill, the Advanced Defense System challenged the need for its requirement Army on the commandos, lead- Naxals were undergoing Mehboob Alam, Naseem on a number of issues, he Dadra and Nagar Haveli affirms and applauds the programme to develop acquired Spike missiles ing to hour-long gun bat- training,” he said. Ahmad, Amit Jain, Vikas was suspended from the and Daman and Diu work done by DRDO in ATGM as the Army from Rafael. tle, he said. — PTI Agarwal, Mukesh Jain DMK for an alleged sexist Merger Bill and the and Puneet Jain. The ED remark against actress National Capital also named two senior Nayanthara. — PTI Territory of Delhi (Reco- IAS officers—Ajay gnition of Property Kumar Singh and Pawan Rights of Residents in Woman from Karnataka First night trial of Agni-III missile held Kumar—serving as sec- 160 drunk drivers Unauthorised Colonies Balasore (Odisha), Nov. said. The missile, which missile's performance. retaries in the UP gov- Bills, all passed by the 30: The first night trial of has a length of 17 m, diam- For the first time the test ernment, as accused in arrested in Odisha Lok Sabha,” an official raped in U’khand’s Tehri the nuclear capable Agni- eter of 2 metre and launch was conducted during the case. The case per- Bhubaneswar: Making its release said. New Tehri, Nov. 30: A the truck driver who III surface-to-surface bal- weight of around 50 night time,” a DRDO tains to the alleged irreg- intention clear that no traffic The SPG amendment woman from Karnataka had given her a lift, listic missile was carried tonnes, has been already source said. ularities in renewal of violations and lapses as far bill says that Special was allegedly raped by a Rawat said, adding that out from a mobile launch- inducted into the armed It is powered by a two- sand mining leases in as road safety is concerned Protection Group will truck driver in the driver later dumped er at the Integrated Test forces, the sources said. stage solid propellant sys- Saharanpur district dur- will be tolerated, Odisha provide security to the Uttarakhand’s Tehri dis- her somewhere on the Range at the A.P.J. Abdul The trial was carried out tem and is capable of caring the SP rule. police arrested 160 drunk Prime Minister and trict, a police official way. The woman’s med- Kalam Island off Odisha by the Strategic Forces rying a warhead of 1.5 In 2012, the state under drivers following a massive members of his immedi- said on Saturday. ical examination on coast on Saturday, defence Command of the Indian tonnes which is protected Akhilesh Yadav had crackdown launched in sev- ate family residing with The 28-year-old woman Saturday confirmed sources said. Army with logistic sup- by carbon all composite floated a policy of e-ten- eral parts of the state in the him at his official resi- ran away from her home rape, the sub inspector The trajectory of the port from the Defence heat shield, they said. dering in the allocation last 24 hours. DGP Satyajit dence. The bill also pro- in Karnataka after a said. Her statement has missile is being moni- Research and Agni-III is equipped with and renewal of sand Mohanty on Saturday said vides that SPG will give fight with her family, been recorded and her tored and the outcome of Development hybrid navigation, guid- mining leases. The order that 160 persons were security to former Sub Inspector relatives in Karnataka the trial is awaited, the Organisation (DRDO) at ance and control systems dated May 31, 2012, also arrested for driving under Prime Minister and his Kandisaur Surendra have been informed, he sources said. launch complex-4 of the along with advanced on- cancelled all its prior the influence of alcohol. A immediate family mem- Singh Rawat said. said. The flight test of the ITR at about 1920 hrs, the board computer. orders pertaining to the highest of 27 drunk drivers bers residing with him According to a com- A search was under intermediate range mis- sources said. The electronic systems grant and renewal of were arrested in Ganjam dis- at the residence allotted plaint lodged by the way to trace the truck sile, which has a strike “It was the fourth user are hardened for higher sand mining leases trict. A biker was also fined to him for five years woman with Kandisaur driver who was at large, range of over 3,500 km, trial in the Agni-III series vibration, thermal and under the UP Minor `10,000. from the date he ceases Police, she was raped by he added. — PTI was part of a user trial by carried out to establish acoustic effects, a DRDO Minerals Concession to hold the office. — ANI the Army, the sources the repeatability of the scientist said. — PTI Rules, 1963. PLAN TO REPATRIATE Mothers want accused punished ‘12 global firms want to shift BRUS FAILS AGE CORRESPONDENT andtook him away in a car. ◗ Moula Bi, the My son will not do this, he HYDERABAD, NOV. 30 I accept that my son has mother of prime is innocent. If he had done Agartala: The latest initiative done a mistake." anything wrong, punish base from China to India’ to send the Bru refugees After learning that their Mohammed, a resident accused Areef, told him. A mother has lost her living in relief camps in sons were accused of the of Jakkulare village, has the media: ‘My son daughter and it is not Mumbai, Nov. 30: Finance In a biggest reduc- north Tripura back to gang-rape and murder of been working as a driver came home at about right for me to say that I Minister Nirmala tion in 28 years, the Mizoram failed, as only 171 aveterinary doctor, their for five years. 1 am on Friday. He want to save my son.” Sitharaman on Saturday families of the targeted mothers said they felt no The mother of J. Naveen Chennakeshavulu’s said about 12 global com- government in 4,447 returned to their mercy for them. They said, “He left on said he had an acci- younger sister said that panies have evinced inter- September reduced homeland. The fate of would accept it if their Wednesday to work and dent and a girl had her brother was not work- est to shift their base from corporate tax rate around 32,000 inmates sons were punished. did not return. I do not died. He took a bath ing due to a kidney ail- China to India, taking by almost 10% remaining in the camps now Ms Moula Bi, the mother take my son’s side. If such and went to sleep.’ ment. advantage of competitive hangs in balance. The offi- of prime accused a thing happens to my “Areef took him with tax rate of 15 per cent points in a bid to cials said free ration was dis- Mohammed alias Areef, daughter, I would react in him. He does not even announced recently. give a boost to tributed to the inmates of told the media: “My son the same way. He has done Chennakeshavulu and res- have a drinking habit. He In a biggest reduction in Nirmala Sitharaman sagging economy the camps at Kanchanpur came home at about 1 am a mistake. Punish my son ident of Gudigandla, said, stopped consuming alco- 28 years, the government and Panisagar sub-divisions on Friday. He said he had as you do the others. “My son was sleeping at hol after treatment at in September reduced cor- understood, their expecta- front-loaded...That task is for the last time on Saturday an accident and a girlhad Whatever the punishment home when Areef called Nims (Nizam’s Institute of porate tax rate by almost tion listed out so that the near completion,” Ms as, according to government died. He took a bath and is, it should be equal to him to unload a lorry. On Medical Sciences). He 10 percentage points in a government can come up Sitharaman said. instructions, it would be went to sleep. Within two him.” Ms Jayamma, the Friday, the police came to would not have done any- bid to give a boost to sag- with a concrete offer for Before December 15, she stopped from Sunday. hours, the police came mother of C. my home and took him. thing wrong.” ging economy. them to shift from where said the government will Altogether 4,447 displaced Base corporate tax for they are now, so that the be able to announce the Bru families were scheduled existing companies has ecosystems can get built front-loading of at least a to return to neighbouring been reduced to 22 per here, new industries can 10 major projects. Mizoram from where they cent from 30 per cent, and come,” she said. The finance ministry in started fleeing since 1997 Uddhav govt sails through floor test for new manufacturing The minister said the September set up a task following ethnic clashes. firms incorporated after word that was given for force headed by economic However, only around 844 ■ Continued from Page 1 Sabha by questioning the national anthem was added. The BJP leader also October 1, 2019 and start- bringing newer indus- affairs secretary to pre- members of 171 families the state. It is not possible validity of the session, played out after the last objected to replacement of ing operation before tries, which are moving pare a road map for the moved back to Mizoram till to work without their oath taken by the minis- session, this means it party MLA Kalidas March 31, 2023, it was out of China, is actively “national infrastructure November 22 during the blessings,” he said. ters, appointment of the ended sine die. A sum- Kolambkar as the pro-tem slashed to 15 per cent from moving forward. pipeline” from 2019-20 to exercise. “This ninth round “There was some pres- pro tem speaker and the mons was required to be speaker with Mr Walse 25 per cent. “I had said “And I am sure, I will be 2024-25 under a Rs 100 of repatriation began on sure before coming to the floor test. issued through the gover- Patil. “Such a replacement that I will form a task able to report some lakh crore infra plan. The October 3 and ended today. House as I did not have the Soon after the proceed- nor to convene a new ses- was done as the Shiv Sena- group, which will look progress on that,” she task force expected to It has been considered the experience of working in ings began, Mr Fadnavis sion but that was not the NCP-Congress alliance into those companies added. cover greenfield and last round. But, like the pre- the House but only on the said that not only the ses- case,” Mr Fadnavis said. was scared of losing the which want to get out of With regard to invest- brownfield projects cost- vious rounds, this one too ground. But after what I sion was held unlawfully, He also claimed that the floor test, he said in the China, and in the mean- ment of `100 lakh crore in ing above `100 crore each. failed to take the displaced witnessed today, I can say but the ministers also vio- oath-taking ceremony of House. However, Dilip while I announced the cor- the next 5 years, she said, The finance minister people back to Mizoram,” an that battles on the ground lated rules while taking Mr Thackeray and six Walse-Patil rejected his porate tax cut. There were the task force will come also listed some of the official said. “A pall of gloom are better,” Mr Thackeray the oath. He contended other ministers on claims and asserted that many companies which out with a list 10 major measures taken by the has descended in the camps added. that the new government Thursday was also not in the session was being held were showing interest and infrastructure projects by government to boost con- following the government’s Though it was an easy has flouted rules and even line with the rules. “Some according to the directions wanting to come back. December 15 and invest- sumption and liquidity in announcement that no ration triumph for Mr constitutional provisions took Balasaheb of the Supreme Court. “So, this task force has ment in these projects the system since August would be supplied to the Thackeray, he witnessed in each of its actions. Thackeray’s name, others The Shiv Sena, Congress already started contacting would be front-loaded. this year. inmates from tomorrow,” the rigours of the legisla- “Business is being trans- took names of Sonia and NCP leaders slammed many of these companies. “We made sure that a set Talking about the GDP Mizoram Bru Displaced tive proceedings on his acted in the House in vio- Gandhi and Sharad Pawar. Mr Fadnavis and his party The last count, I came to of officers were looking growth rates, she People’s Forum general sec- first day in the House. The lation of the Constitution. The oath was not taken as for not remaining present know was about 12 of into pipeline that can be expressed hope that the retary Bruno Msha said. BJP MLAs created a The session itself is not in per the given format,” the in the House to congratu- them have already been readied, so that once the next numbers should be — PTI ruckus in the Vidhan line with the rules. Since former chief minister late Mr Thackeray. spoken to, their minds fund is ready and it will be better. — PTI People are now scared to vote for the BJP in West Bengal due to NRC. FEATURES OPINION 0 PAGE — Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, REVIEWS Congress Parliamentary party leader after the 5 ANALYSIS INTERVIEWS 360 BJP’s drubbing in West Bengal bypolls recently STORY BEHIND THE NEWS THE ASIAN AGE SUNDAY | 1 DECEMBER 2019 | NEW DELHI INDIA’S NRC PUZZLE The failed Assam NRC exercise should jolt the government into realising the disastrous effects if implemented nationally. Introducing a majoritarian agenda into it should not be an alibi for addressing the pressing demands of a deprived population POWER TO REGULATE CITIZENSHIP NRC CAN’T BE INDIA’S CAN’T BE EXERCISED ARBITRARILY Indian citizenship laws Resmitha Ramachandran have got a strong secular TOP PRIORITY NOW foundation. The attempt to distinguish between the Muslims and non-Muslims in granting citizenship without the determining Valson Thampu principles is aimed at mak- A right is not what some to regulate citizenship by ing the Indian secular one gives you, it is what no law. But, none of these pro- mosaic with different peo- one can take from you visions, including the ple, different beliefs, differ- — Ramsey Clark power of Parliament to reg- ent yearnings and different ulate citizenship can be dreams into a homogenous ssam witnessed a mas- undertakes it. The Hindutva he only title in a exercised arbitrarily to identity subservient to the sive citizen-verifica- vision of India hinges on the democracy that is grant/deny citizenship to anti-Muslim majoritarian Ation exercise, involv- idea of racial and cultural Tsuperior to the any person in India, as Hindutva dictates. In histo- ing over 50,000 personnel, purity. It is imbued with vis- President is the title of citi- Article 14 of the Consti- ry, a shockingly analogous and costing `1,600 crore to ceral negativity to minori- zen, said Louis Brandeis in tution guarantees “equality similarity can be seen in the national exchequer. It ties, especially the Muslims. 1937. Even though the before law” and “equal pro- the Nazi propaganda pro- came a cropper. Nineteen No matter how it is sought to words of Brandeis were in tection” of laws to “any moting the “national com- lakh people were rendered be explained away, this bias the democratic context of person” within India. munity” and identifying stateless. Most of those is reflected in the intent of United States of America, However, the current who shall be excluded. It excluded turned out to be the Citizenship Amendment it has resonance in our attempt by the NDA to must be remembered that from the majority communi- Bill that, via a tenuous logic, country, as all important revive the Citizenship the campaigns of the Nazi ty, which politically embar- excludes Muslims from its offices like the President of (Amendment) Bill, by regime which instigated rassed its initiators. The ambit. It is difficult to see India, Vice-President, amending the Citizenship hatred were successful in trauma the whole exercise how a legislation vitiated by Prime Minister, judges of Act, 1955, to grant citizen- creating an atmos- inflicted on them can be religion-based discrimina- the Supreme Court and ship only to Hindus, Sikhs, phere tolerant to imagined. Ask a school stu- tion can pass muster in a People enquire about the documents to be submitted at a High Courts etc. can be Budhists, Jains, Parsis and violence against dent what it feels like to be court of law. foreigners tribunal in Assam. — PTI held only by a citizen. Christians (excluding Jews. In sent out of a classroom for a The compulsion for the Therefore, ‘citizen’ is the Muslims) from India, period. Then guess for your- NDA government to unfurl only “person” who enjoys Afghanistan, Bangladesh the self what it means to be the panoply of the NRC state has been sliced down paigns. Doing a head count is full civil and political and Pakistan facing reli- plucked out by the iron- nationally is at its zenith at the middle or unequally. The nothing in itself. The all- rights guaranteed by the gious persecution and who handed monster of a state the present time. This exer- cohesion of India as a multi- important laws of the land. had migrated to India from where you lived, rooted cise, when slanted ideologi- cultural kaleidoscope of question Part II of without valid for years and decades, and cally, is sure to stoke nation- human collectivity, travel CAB cast into the limbo of state- alist sentiments across distinguished for and the lessness. India. The key to this is talks of NRC One would have thought found in Prime Minister coupled with con- that the Assam NRC exercise Narendra Modi’s image as tinuous mob lynching was a case for pausing to re- the crusader against ‘cor- and violence against think the logic and dynamics ruption’. In a secular con- Muslims are literally tak- of the exercise. Not so, for text corruption pertains to doc- ing the country to such a our redoubtable Home material misappropriations. dangerous juncture. Minister, to whom it is, In the ideological environ- uments or The only hope and refuge instead, an excuse for ment of Hindutva, ‘corrup- the validity against such a sectarian upgrading it to a national tion’ has cultural, religious period of their approach is the courts of exercise. The logic is: and ethnic overtones. It is travel documents this country where the because we couldn’t pull it quite easy to persuade the has expired during vires of the law (if success- off in respect of a small state masses that the presence of their long stay in fully passed) can be tested with 35.4 million people, let’s the ‘other’ is a source of cor- India makes very in the touch stone of the extend it to 1,300 million peo- ruption. This is the logic at serious violations of Constitution. Generally, the ple spread all over India. One work in projecting Congress- the Constitution which courts keep a self-imposed can only hope that, unlike in mukt Bharat as a national guarantees equality before restraint in the pieces of the case of Assam, this mam- goal; its resonance stemming law to “all persons” and not legislations being passed moth exercise, if undertak- from the stigmatisation of to “citizens alone”. The by the competent legisla- en, would not be found worse the Congress — the political Central government tures. But, of course, since enough to warrant a repeat other — as an embodiment of shields the proposed E.P. Royappa (AIR 1974 SC verification. The country corruption. amendment by stating that 555), the courts have shown can ill-afford it. Otherness is corruption. In the proposal attempts to a least tolerant attitude The idea of the NRC per se such a context, the NRC accommodate minorities towards very arbitrary legis welcome, though where it exercise appeals — despite facing religious persecu- islations based upon unjust should figure in our order of its unimaginably high cost tion. But this statement is and unreasonable classifi- priorities is a matter of opin- and daunting logistic chal- belied by the fact that the cations based upon wide ion. Strictly from a political lenges — emotionally to a very same government discretions. Discretion is point of view, the need to nation-wide constituency. is fighting a ruthless no more an unruly horse safeguard the demographic It is almost certain that battle in the apex carrying on its back the purity of the country, ward- when the home minister court to oust the administration amuck with ing off cross-border migra- announced in Parliament Rohingya Muslim power. Hence, the govern- tions, is a sensible responsi- that the NRC will cover the migrants who are ment will have to convince bility. What queers up its whole of India, he was the worst persecut- the court on the intention political pitch is its pre- already in the know of the ed community in of the subject of the legis- sumed bearing on the elec- worrisome state of our the world in the lation excluding Muslims toral fortunes of parties. economy. Today we know recent times. from acquiring citizenship. Aside of this, the Indian cul- that the GDP growth for Q2 It is pertinent that The government has to ture has been for millennia stands at 4.5 per cent; a for- the government answer the court as how distinguished itself for its midable half per cent has not given a the Ahmadiyas in hospitality. Welcoming and below the worst-case sce- cogent reasoning for Pakistan, Xingjiang ministering to guests — a nario that the former discriminating Muslims in China, Hazaras guest being free of all labels finance minister, P. the Indian between people who in Afghanistan and Muslim — was, in our culture, a spir- Chidambaram, had pre- Constitution and Indian are facing religious per- Rohingyas in Myanmar are itual value (Atiti devo dicted it would be. The devel- its is why Citizenship Act, 1955, lay secution from that of oth- outside the scope of reli- bhava). What underlies this opmental track-record of the unity-in-diversity, tolerance it is done. The casting away down various provisions ers OR for discriminating giously persecuted. The worldview of genial hospi- Modi-Shah dispensation, and socio-spiritual of a few million human relating to citizenship. between the immigrants of government also will have tality is the insight that we index after index, belies the resilience, will gain nothing beings into the misery of Articles 5 to 10 of the the proposed three coun- to find answers in vain to are but wanderers on the grand-standing in that con- because of an NRC. statelessness may seem, for Indian Constitution and tries and the rest OR for address the question as to earth, and that our owner- nection. Popular political Instead, we could even end the time being, a shot in the Sections 3 to 10 of the distinguishing Muslim and how the religiously perse- ship of land is an illusion, a goodwill can melt in quick up as losers in the long run. arm for hot-air jingoism. Citizenship Act, 1955, speak non-Muslim migrants. The cuted in three selected play of maya. In compari- time under the heat of harsh The least of that loss will be But, surely, no one expects of the provisions for acqui- government refuses to countries are different son, the Semitic faiths — lived realities. Monstrous the diversion of the sorely that the morsels of food thus sition and termination of extend it magnanimity nei- from the religiously perse- Judaism, Christianity, Islam over-expectations, raised needed resources from the saved, or the land freed up citizenship. In India, citi- ther to the Muslims from cuted in the other coun- — were more rooted in the and belied, can turn into a urgent priorities on the from ‘illegal occupation,’ zenship can be acquired by these three countries nor to tries. Last but not the least, land, the reason they became monster of public disen- ground to the NRC white ele- will go to the enhancement birth, descent, registration, immigrants from Sri Lanka the government will also more inhospitable to diversi- chantment. More so today phant. The real loss will be of the citizens of India. We naturalisation and incorpo- or Myanmar even though have to have an unabashed ties. This negativity to the when sentiments and atti- the erosion of our emotional could be, for all we know, ration of territory. historic and ethnic links to answer to the aspect as how ‘other’ went deep into tudes, if Alvin Toffler is and social cohesion as a poorer for becoming that Similarly, citizenship can both these latter countries it can change the secular European nationalism, believed, are disconcertingly nation. Getting infected with much more narrow-minded be terminated by renuncia- are as strong as that of the criteria in granting citizen- plunging Europe, and the short-lived. The failure to phobias and negativities and intolerant of differ- tion, acquisition of citizen- other three countries. ship by breaking even the rest of the world, into two deliver needs to be, hence, towards those different from ences. ship in another country Even the choice of reli- basic structure of the World Wars. obfuscated from public oneself is not a sign of vital- and by deprivation. Article gious persecution to the Constitution. Somehow, it doesn’t carry awareness with a series of ity but of paranoia. (The writer is former 11 of the Constitution exclusion of other grounds (The writer is a lawyer in conviction when the ruling adrenalin shots: surgical Diversity is not a liability. principal of St Stephen’s grants power to Parliament is not a valid one. So far the Supreme Court) dispensation rationalises its strikes, Balakot attack (ghar, It’s an asset. I was associated College, New Delhi) commitment to pan-Indian- ghar ghuskarke maroonga), with St. Stephen's College, NRC on the alibi that it was abrogation of Article 370 Delhi, for four decades. Its THE CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT BILL from the UPA bottle that the and the re-hashing of a state strength and greatness is ■ genie of NRC sprang out, in into centrally administered that it is a microcosmic rep- After the final list of The Citizenship Amendment Bill pro- I SPELL MY NAME AS ‘AAKAR’ BUT the first place. As poet Kabir territories, and so on. resentation of the diversity Supreme Court poses changes to the Citizenship Act, IN MY BIRTH CERTIFICATE IT IS said, the public perception of ‘Chanakyashastra’, if you of India. About 37 languages monitored NRC in 1955 in Section 2 in Sub Section ( 1) after ‘AKAR’. IN MY ELECTRICITY BILL an action is coloured by who like, of this kind is like a top: are spoken on its campus! Assam was pub- Clause ( b) as follows: "Provided that IT IS ‘AKKAR’... IN MY VOTER ID CARD, it has to spin to stand Students from all states and AAKAR PATEL IS ONE WORD. IN MY OLD ■ Monstrous over- upright. To stop spinning is UTs live on the campus. I lished, the 19,06,657 person belonging to minority communi- PASSPORT MY FATHER’S NAME IS ‘ANIL’ expectations, raised to tip and to fall aside. cannot think of an educa- people who were ties namely Hindus, Sikhs, Budhists, AND THE NEW ONE HAS ‘ANAIL’... IF YOU It yields electoral divi- tional institution that is declared stateless, Jains, Parsis and Christians from ARE IN ASSAM, THESE MISTAKES COULD and belied, can turn dends for a party in the short homogenised in the compo- into a monster of pub- run. But, it turns good gover- sition of its student body or could get certified Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan COST YOU YOUR CITIZENSHIP AND YOU nance into a teasing illusion faculty in terms of language, copies of their rejec- who have been exempted by or under COULD BE JAILED...WITH A NATION- lic disenchantment. WIDE NRC, THERE COULD BE 1,000 The failure to deliver for the people. Nobody’s religion, social status or gen- tion to approach clause (c) of sub section (2) of Section 3 quality of life improves der. nearly 100 foreigners MORE FOREIGNERS TRIBUNALS. IF THIS needs to be obfuscated because of a surgical strike, So, there is this little thing of the Passport (Entry into India) Act, IS DAMAGE CAUSED BY 100 TRIBUNALS from public awareness or a thousand of its kind. that history tells us. In the tribunals for further 1920 or from the application of the provi- IN ONE STATE, THINK WHAT WILL HAP- with surgical strikes, The security environment past, whenever Census exer- claim of their sions of the Foreigners Act, 1946, shall PEN WHEN IT GOES NATIONWIDE. neither of Jammu and cises were undertaken by citizenship. — AAKAR PATEL, executive director at abrogation of Article Kashmir nor of the rest of imperialistic states, they not be treated as illegal migrants. 370 and things like that India improves because a presaged military cam- Amnesty India c m y k c m y k MIND POWER SHIRLEY CHISHOLM ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC PAGE If they don’t give you a seat at the table, Nothing is written in stone, as a career is an 6 bring in a folding chair unpredictable journey Edit THE ASIAN AGE SUNDAY | 1 DECEMBER 2019 | NEW DELHI LETTERS Subhani RED HERRING Whenever the ruling BJP is on a sticky wick- 1 DECEMBER 2019 et, as in Maharashtra, its second-rung leaders make an entrance in swashbuckling style, Shashi Warrier shooting off crass comments and fantastic lies. The recent episode of Off the beaten track BJP MP Pragya Thakur calling Nathuram Godse a patriot that derailed discussions on the eco- As Pak flounders, try nomic slowdown in Parliament is the latest case in point. The a measure of grace Opposition is gullible. Any nonsense is enough he English language borrowed one its most frightening words from German. The word is schadenfreude, and it means “joy in the suffer- to get it all riled up. Ting of someone else”, and the feeling is increasingly common Little does it realise that amongst India’s ultra-nationalists. bullshit is strategy for You might ask why it’s frightening. Here’s why: people – and countries – in deep trouble tend to lash out indiscriminately, endangering everyone in this government and by the neighbourhood. So, for example, when the Pakistanis find themselves reacting to it, whether in a hole, it’s not seemly for India’s leaders to gloat, or to threaten. positively or negatively, And the Pakistanis are in a very deep hole. Their government is broke, it is giving it power and and finds it difficult to borrow money from anyone except the Chinese, who do only for the CPEC project. The country’s civilian government, Make an example of its wielders time and which follows its army’s orders rather than vice versa, is under threat space to regroup. from the fragmented opposition that has begun to show signs of unity. The Tharcius S. Fernando leaders of two of its most important political parties are in custody and seriously ill, and the death of either of them would bring on wave of unrest Chennai that is likely at least to end Imran Khan’s naive, amateurish, and emotional reign. Then there’s the shadow of terrorism, most of it homegrown. Pragya to battle hate WE FAILED THEM But that’s not all. The headlines here, dominated by Maharashtra and its government, spoke largely of the controversy surrounding the extension about “Ramzadas and about the greatness of The gruesome gang rape and mur- of General Bajwa’s term by three years, and very little of the tensions haramzadas”. On that the Mahatma, and many der of a 26-year-old government vet- underlying this seemingly innocuous order. occasion too an anodyne flagship programmes of erinarian doctor in Hyderabad has Well, it’s not innocuous by any means. In the first place, the order itself, apology was considered the government — such brought back chilling memories of a one-paragraph document signed by none other than Imran Khan him- sufficient to exonerate as Swachh Bharat — are the Nirbhaya incident in Delhi that self, is seriously out of order. Pakistan’s army chief reports to his Pavan K. Varma her. None of these being specifically car- shook the conscience of the entire President, not the Prime Minister, and the order is, well, amateurish, rein- apologies confront the ried out in the name of nation. What is galling is that the forcing the appropriateness of Imran Khan’s nickname from his Oxford real issue about the Gandhiji. With this as a offenders tampered with the evi- days, Im the Dim. Chanakya’s View need to confront com- backdrop, when a MP of dence by setting the body on fire Second, it meant that over a dozen lieutenant generals – 17, according to munal venom in certain his own party refers to and the police turned away the vic- an informed observer – in the Pakistani army were denied a shot at run- sections of society. the man who assassinat- tim's parents and sister and refused ning the army and the country. Third, it got the Supreme Court of n January 30, front. This is all the When, on the first ed the Mahatma as a to take their complaint. The horri- Pakistan involved, which matters because Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khan 1948, a little more so, because it occasion, Thakur patriot — and says so for fying incident exposes the dangers Khosa has a substantial spine. Back in 2007, he was suspended from the over 5 pm, in seems quite clear that referred to Godse as a the second time — it is lurking in the shadows on the city Lahore High Court for refusing to take a fresh oath of office under General New Delhi, the ideology that patriot, PM Narendra only to be expected that streets, besides underlining the Musharraf’s Provisional Constitutional Order, and restored to office the Nathuram Thakur represents has Modi expressed deep the PM will personally perils faced by women. While the next year after a lawyers’ movement to restore “deposed judges” to their GodseO pumped three many supporting voices regret. He said: “The intervene in the matter accused deserve nothing less than respective offices. bullets into the fragile in the party. Even after remarks made about to ensure that she is the death penalty, it is evident that Justice Khosa’s order of November 28 gives Imran Khan’s government body of Mahatma she made her con- Gandhiji or about suitably chastised. we have failed our daughters again! six months to develop credible legislative and procedural means to take Gandhi. Within seconds, demnable comment Nathuram Godse are The truth is that there N.J. Ravi Chander care of the extension of their army chief’s tenure, which is essential one of the greatest mes- from the floor of the very bad and very is an ugly underbelly in Bengaluru breathing space. siahs of peace the world House, some BJP MPs wrong for society. She the ultra-right that pays This breathing space is essential because there’s another cloud on the has seen was lying life- sought to justify it. One has sought an apology lip service to the Pakistani horizon. The special court that tried ex-President Musharraf less. It was a crime that luminary of the BJP but I would never be Mahatma but actually GIVE GIRLS AGENCY was due to announce its verdict about the same time, but the Supreme shocked the conscience said that while Godse able to forgive her valorises the likes of Simultaneous rapes reported from Court held it back. The Pakistani army will not, under any circumstances, of the world. A nation may have been misled, fully.” Quite clearly Nathuram Godse. across the country on Friday, countenance one of its most aggressive former leaders being locked up for was left bereft, a world it is undoubted that he then, the PM has not Pragya Thakur repre- including that of Priyanka Reddy treason. It would much rather have him die without controversy in exile, orphaned. But, today we was motivated by patri- been able to condone sents that underbelly. It which culminated in her murder, as other leaders have done. have Pragya Singh otism. On earlier occa- what she said on the is for people to estimate has shocked women and right- The army is also seething because, for the first time in Pakistani history, Thakur, the BJP MP sions too we have had first occasion. Now that whether those who thinking men across India. It is soldiers haven’t got their annual raise. With inflation draining their elected from Bhopal, people like Sakshi she has repeated her secretly support the learnt there are more than six lakh funds, and more action due in future because of Operation Radd-ul-fasaad, referring to Godse as a Maharaj make state- offence, and that too view of Thakur are a rape cases pending in our courts as meaning, roughly, “elimination of discord”, which aims to finish the deshbhakt, a patriot. ments in support of from the august floor of fringe or the main- of now. This gives perpetrators a residual threat of terrorism in the country. Never mind that the opera- She has said this not Godse. Parliament, what stream. Either way, the long rope and hope to culprits. tion’s predecessor, Zarb-e-Azb, also aimed at wiping out terrorism, failed once, but twice, the sec- The time has, there- should his reaction be? BJP, as the ruling party While some people hold that even dismally. Never mind that the army has never learnt that dividing terror- ond time from the floor fore, come for the BJP to Since he reacted in no in the country, and the weak, less competent women who ists into good and bad doesn’t work. The soldiers shoulder most of the risk, of the Lok Sabha. What come clean on this uncertain terms to her largest party, must pub- are unable to take care of them- and nary a pay rise in sight. she said is on record. issue. If it believes that first statement, and she licly correct the justifi- selves still do not deserve such Finally, the Pakistani response to India’s Kashmir move sparked off a The Speaker may have what Thakur said is has — notwithstanding able impression that brutish treatment, others are series of separatist threats. The Balochis, the Pashtuns, the Sindhis, the expunged her remarks, wrong, it should take his anguish — repeated some within it are closet speaking about survival of the Mohajirs, and some Kashmiris in PoK all want to be rid of the Pakistanis. but the House heard exemplary and defini- her condemnable views, or public admirers of fittest. For the safety of all, we want Indian hawks have predicted or threatened that India will take back PoK what she said. Her lame tive action against her. should not the PM, as the man who murdered more fast-track courts, strict vigil in the next few years, that Pakistan will break up into anything from three excuse that she has been A half-hearted apology per his own public aver- the Mahatma. by law enforcement and girls being to six different pieces, and so on. Perhaps the most entertaining of these misquoted, convinces by her will not work. ment, ensure that India as a nation will taught self-defence in schools along predictions come from astrologers. Pakistani astrologers predict the no one, not even the Nor will cosmetic disci- she receives exemplary survive only when it res- with other subjects. break-up of India in the next decade, and Indian astrologers predict the members of her own plinary action. Her mat- retribution? olutely confronts the Sravana Ramachandran break-up of Pakistan in the next few years. party. Rajnath Singh, ter must be referred to This is particularly hatred, violence, and Chennai If you ask me, none of this talk of the break-up of Pakistan makes sense. the Raksha Mantri, and the Ethics Committee of relevant since this is the narrow-mindedness that The Chinese aren’t going to let their huge investment in developing a J.P. Nadda, the working the House, and she 150th birth anniversary still lurks somewhere in warm-water port in Gwadar go down the tubes. Besides, a Pakistan in president of the BJP, should, on its recom- of Mahatma Gandhi. the darker recesses of its IMMORAL POLITICS pieces, with nuclear arms scattered over three or four different countries, condemned her rem- mendations, which The government is cele- societal fabric. The lack The rape and murder of a 26-year- home to at least a dozen powerful terrorist organisations, is everybody’s arks. She was with- must be unequivocal, brating this event with of strong and exemplary old veterinary doctor has shocked nightmare. We’ve got the examples of Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and Syria drawn from the mem- disqualified from the great fanfare. Gandhiji’s action against Thakur the nation. Still, that didn’t stop to learn from, and none of those has nuclear arms. bership of the consulta- membership of the Lok legacy, and his contin- will strengthen the some people, including a BJP MLA, Pakistani complaints of oppression of Muslims in Kashmir are purely tive committee of the Sabha. In addition, the ued relevance, is being forces of hatred and vio- from giving it a false communal for home consumption, and don’t make sense. India’s human rights record defence ministry. It is BJP must forthwith projected as a matter of lence. The worst that can spin and thus trivialising it, even in Kashmir is well short of stellar, but contains nothing like what the said that the party is expel her from the belief and of commit- happen is for only a half- while the family was grieving. Four Chinese are doing to Uighurs, or, for that matter, nothing like the kind of planning to take further party. Only then will the ment. The PM is at the hearted and ambivalent people have been arrested in the thing the Pakistanis do routinely to Balochis and Pashtuns and disciplinary action message go loud and forefront of these message going out to the case, of whom three are Hindu and Ahmadiyas... against her. clear to all those within efforts. From countless purveyors of hate and one Muslim. The government So what does make sense? What Pragya Thakur the party, or in organi- forums he has spoken divisiveness after the should take action against the MLA In a word, water. Whoever controls the bits of Kashmir that India now said is important not sations affiliated to the outrage of Thakur. The and his spiritual cohorts. They controls also controls the Indus river system. The Indus Waters Treaty because she — an party in any way, The truth is that PM must back his stated should be punished along with the gives Pakistan the right to waters from the “western” rivers, and India the accused in a terror case that this kind of revulsion by action. accused. right to waters from the “eastern” rivers. These rivers feed Indian and — said it. It is dangerous hateful ideology will not there is an ugly Otherwise the impres- Ziya Pakistani Punjab. If Kashmir ever secedes, Indian Punjab’s waters – or because of the ideology be tolerated. underbelly in the sion will gain ground Bengaluru Punjab itself – will be lost. it represents. What kind For too long now, pro- ultra-right that pays that what he cannot for- So we do whatever we must to keep Kashmir. That’s a given. But threat- of convoluted, bigoted, ponents of violent, divi- lip service to the give he is willing to con- Every Monday the best letter of the ening the Pakistanis openly, publicly, with cutting off their water will hateful, communal and sive, and abusive lan- Mahatma but done. week wins `300. Email your letters only harden their resolve to take Kashmir. Don’t rub their noses in it. vicious thought process guage, have been given actually valorises the to [email protected], Forget schadenfreude. Try a little kindness instead. must be responsible for a soft landing by the likes of Nathuram The writer, an author a person to refer to BJP. Some time back, and former diplomat, is [email protected]. You can Godse. Pragya also send them to Editor, Deccan Shashi Warrier has written fairy tales, thrillers, a semi-fictional biogra- Godse as a deshbhakt? another so-called Thakur represents a member of the JD(U). phy, satires, and a love story. Besides writing, he teaches strategic com- This is a question the Sadhvi, Niranjan Jyoti, The views expressed Chronicle, 36, Sarojini Devi Road, munication at a business school. BJP must squarely con- in a public speech spoke that underbelly. are personal. Secunderabad-500 003.

No ‘marshal law’, after all an alliance with Sena. Mr Nath’s ties with Thackerays reportedly date back to Sanjay he Rajya Sabha secretariat is said to Gandhi era when Balasaheb was an ardent Thave been reprimanded of sorts by the We are marshal, Indian-style! supporter of emergency and Sanjay's ‘nas- top echelons of power over its decision to bandi’ to curb population. change the uniform of marshals in the have opposed their induction in the disdain for the convener proposal. house. The military-style uniform outraged Thackeray ministry pointing at their “ex- Oh, for a free ride on Tejas veterans and parliamentarians alike. It is CM” tags. Last heard, Ashok and Prithvi, Scindia sidelined? learnt that a trusted lieutenant of Union known to have crossed swords, have nion railways minister Piyush Goyal is home minister and BJP chief Amit Shah worked out a temporary truce of sorts to ll is not well in the Madhya Pradesh Uunder pressure to extend the free travel called on top Rajya Sabha bosses to convey prevail upon party president Sonia Gandhi ACongress. Jyotiraditya Scindia was facility to Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs that the uniform controversy was an entire- to let one of them become either a cabinet quick to deny any political message in the on the country’s private railway train, Tejas. ly needless one. That explains why now the minister or Speaker. The other hopes to join change of his Twitter profile where his affil- Tejas is a roaring success both in terms of marshals are back in their old uniforms Team Sonia in Delhi as an AICC general sec- iation with the Congress did not find men- commerce and comfort. But the elected rep- sans the headgear. retary. Now, that amounts to being ambition but sources close to him point at his resentatives’ complimentary railway passes tious as 10, Janpath, is known to have growing differences with chief minister are not valid on the Tejas Express. Operated A truce of compulsion antipathy towards cutting private deals and Kamal Nath. Mr Nath is said to have by Indian Railways subsidiary IRCTC, its lobbying. instructed all police and district officials not tourism and catering arm, Tejas Express he two Chavans are a bit cut up in to entertain transfer posting requests from runs between Lucknow and New Delhi. TMaharashtra having missed the chance Paswan’s dream By WAQYANAWIS senior Congress leaders unless they are According to a Niti Aayog report, the to be either deputy chief minister or routed through the “proper channel” (read Narendra Modi government is in the process Speaker of the state Assembly. Ashok and he Maharashtra fiasco has left many red the chief minister’s office). In other words, it of forming a task force to draw a blueprint Prithviraj Chavan are both former Tfaces in the BJP. While a section of the Vajpayee era. Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) means that each time a favour is sought in for handing over operations of 150 trains and Congress chief ministers of the state and party seems bent on targeting Bhupendra leader and Union minister Ram Vilas the Gwalior-Chambal region, Mr Scindia 50 railway stations across the country to pri- are said to have played a big role in the Shiv Yadav’s “gullibility” in trusting Ajit Paswan reportedly fancies himself in a has to approach Mr Nath. vate operators in a “time-bound manner”. Sena-NCP-Congress Maha Vikas Aghadi Pawar's acumen, some NDA allies are modern-day George Fernandes role. Incidentally, Mr Nath was present at Clearly, the MPs are feeling left out. alliance and the preparation of a common emphasising the need for an “NDA conven- However, a little birdie at Deen Dayal Uddhav Thackeray’s swearing-in, accepting minimum programme for the Uddhav er” on the lines of the role that George Upadhaya Marg, where the BJP headquar- congratulations on how he convinced a The writer is a keen observer of the Thackeray ministry. But 'Delhi' is said to Fernandes played during the Atal Bihari ters is, claims that the leadership has utter somewhat reluctant Sonia to go ahead with goings-on in backrooms of power

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SUNDAY INTERVIEW Dilip Cherian Dilli Ka ‘BJP should not have allied with Babu FINANCE MINISTRY Ajit Pawar after alleging scam role’ MAY GET NEW FACES abu watchers expect a reshuffle at the top level With Devendra Fadnavis fail- I don’t think so. At present, The BJP should not everything has come out. I am Bin the finance ministry in ing to form the government the responsibility can’t be have joined hands not aware whether the the coming weeks. It has been with the help of NCP leader fixed. promise of sharing the CM’s necessitated after G.C. Murmu, Ajit Pawar, BJP leader with Ajit Pawar post for equal terms was made who headed the department of EKNATH KHADSE has come Was the denial of tickets to against whom it had to the Sena by the BJP. But I expenditure in the ministry, out all guns blazing against senior leaders like you and made several feel finding a solution (for the was appointed the first the move. Mr Khadse, who Vinod Tawde a reason for the allegations regarding stand-off between the BJP and lieutenant governor of Jammu was himself booted out of the underwhelming performance the Sena) was not an impossi- and Kashmir after it became a Cabinet over allegations of of the BJP? a massive irrigation ble thing. Had they found Union territory. corruption, hits out at his scam in the state... some solution, it would have Further, finance secretary party for taking the gambit Though we were denied His stepping down as been better for Maharashtra. Rajiv Kumar is scheduled to of forming the government tickets, we could have still deputy chief minister retire in February next year, with the scam-tainted Ajit contributed five to 25 seats to was a face saving act. Did the BJP fail to show flexi- followed by economic affairs Pawar. Speaking with SONU the BJP’s tally if the party bility? secretary Atanu Chakraborty SHRIVASTAVA, the had taken our help during in April. Sources say that Muktainagar strongman campaigning. But I feel peo- that after coming to power in People supported the though revenue secretary spoke about a range of issues ple within the party wanted 2014, the party sold all the evi- Mahayuti. Both parties (BJP- A.B.P. Pandey is slated to stay relating to the recent elec- to sideline me. I have been dence to the scrap dealer as Shiv Sena) should have shown in the post until February 2021, tions. working for the party since the price of scrap was high flexibility. If they had taken the grapevine suggests that the the last four decades. I can’t those days. His stepping two steps backwards, this situ- Modi sarkar may turf him out Who is responsible for the go against the party. But down as deputy chief minis- ation would not have arisen. to some other department. The embarrassment of the BJP unfortunately, those who ter was a face saving act. It reasoning, it is indicated, is after its government had to worked hard for the party would have been more humil- Will the Central leadership that the government is step down within four days? were sidelined in this elec- iating for Ajit Pawar if he had need to intervene in unhappy about vital numbers tion. It was clearly reflected waited for the floor test in the Maharashtra to resurrect the of the economy slipping I do not want to name indi- in the results. Maharashtra Assembly. BJP? steadily. viduals. But the party has If the buzz indeed turns out to leaders who had been given Was it a wrong move to go Will the Maha Vikas Aghadi The party is alive. In 2014, be true, we can expect a fresh the responsibility to take the with NCP leader Ajit Pawar? complete its tenure? the party had contested 288 set of faces in the finance decisions. Perhaps their deci- BJP leader Eknath Khadse seats and won 123 seats. This ministry to steer the economy. sions might have gone wrong. The BJP should not have I am not a fortune teller to time, we have contested 164 joined hands with Ajit Pawar know whether the govern- its five-year term. Atalji had four to six months. seats and won 105 seats. If one Do you think former chief against whom it had made ment will continue or not. It led an alliance of 32 parties. If sees the winning ratio, it is minister and BJP leader several allegations regarding will depend on the circum- the alliance gets good leader- Was it possible for the BJP to equal to the 2014 Assembly ‘BALANCING’ ACT Devendra Fadnavis is respon- a massive irrigation scam in stances. It was being said that ship, it can complete its form a government with the results. There is no need for sible for the current perfor- the state. We had provided Atal Behari Vajpayee’s gov- tenure. However, if differ- Shiv Sena? the Central leadership to UPSETS IAS mance of the BJP in the evidence in a bullock cart ernment would not complete ences arise between the par- interfere. We are capable of Maharashtra? about the scam. But it seems its tenure. But it completed ties, it might only survive for The chapter is over. Now, strengthening the party. ne service that is benefiting from the Modi Osarkar’s efforts to break the hegemony of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) is the Indian Railway Service (IRS). This year, out of 228 officers empanelled at the joint Indian majoritarianism subtle, but deadly secretary level, 78 officers are from the IRS, compared to just India is special in South Gradually the Pakistan Constitution assure you we would not have made after we destroyed the mosque) can 49 from the IAS and 46 from the Asia as the only republic began to take on a more negative a Muslim President of India. be seen as a textbook example of Indian Revenue Service. The focus and soon the posts of President What has happened is that in India majoritarianism pretending to be rest of the 55 officers are from that has been and Prime Minister became legally the majority community has cor- something else. the IPS, IFoS and other Aakar Patel constitutionally pluralist. only the right of Muslims. Later, nered every element of power and The fact is that the Indian model of services. Indira Gandhi specifically through the same constitutional marginalised the minority, especial- majoritarianism is more subtle and This trend is not just limited added the word ‘secular’ to process, a sect of Muslims was ly the Muslim, but also the dalit and less crude but just as deadly. It to 2019. Earlier too, Indian declared apostate and persecuted. the adivasi, while also claiming to assumes that one community is pre- Railway Service babus have the Preamble. But observers Elsewhere in our neighbourhood, be pluralist. eminent and gives it primacy and a outnumbered officials from the looking at India today will the state of Bhutan can only be ruled We lie to ourselves that we are dif- special place. At the same time, we other services, including IAS, find it less different from by a Buddhist king. He controls both ferent but of course we are not. We spit on the minority with the accu- empanelled at the joint hat is majoritarian- any other South Asian the government and the religion, have done majoritarianism through sation (totally false as all the data on secretary level. ism? It is defined as a giving him absolute authority over other means. The Citizenship employment, housing and any other Currently, the eligibility political philosophy majoritarian state. his people and their lands. Till a few Amendment Bill, read together with indicator will show) that they are criteria for IAS officers to be where the majority years ago, Nepal was a Hindu the National Register of Citizens, recipients of “appeasement”. empanelled for a certain community is pre-emi- used as a trigger. Pakistan’s founder Rashtra because it was ruled by a will prove what I mean. Our actions position is two years less than nentW and enjoys primacy, meaning did not see his country as discrimi- Kshatriya king advised by a purohit in Kashmir, in Assam, on the issue Aakar Patel is a writer, their counterparts from other more rights than other communi- nating against its minorities. But he as prescribed by Manu Smriti. of terror also show this. The columnist and executive services under the Central ties. This is done in two ways. It is also wanted to see elements of Islam Bangladesh’s Constitution opens appalling Babri Masjid judgment director of Amnesty Staffing Scheme — an done through law and there are in the constitutional make up of the with the line “Bismillah ir rehman (also known as the Ayodhya case International (India) advantage seen as examples of that which we will see. country. Six months after M.A. ir rahim”. While it is true that the discriminatory by the others. And then there is another way, a Jinnah died, the Pakistan Bengalis have been less mischie- After the Modi government special one, which has unfolded Constituent Assembly under his vous with this as the Pakistanis, the decided to balance things out before our eyes. successor Liaquat Ali Khan passed words remain and are a ticking time at the top of the civil service, The classic way to bully minorities the Objectives Resolution after a bomb. Constitutional majoritarian- the other services are being is through the constitutional route. superb debate. ism is always in wait of the leader empanelled in proportion to In such a nation it becomes clearly The debate was mostly between the who will interpret the seemingly their strength. established that one set of people are Bengali speaking Hindus (of East benign words aggressively. Not surprisingly, the more special than others. Sri Pakistan, later Bangladesh) and the Let us turn now to that special way “heaven-born” are far from Lanka’s Constitution says: “The Muslims. The latter wanted to in which a nation can be majoritari- pleased with this trend and are Republic of Sri Lanka shall give to include Islamic language which an. India is special in South Asia as increasingly talking about the Buddhism the foremost place and they saw as non-specific and benign. the only republic that has been con- government’s “bias” against accordingly it shall be the duty of This included such lines as “sover- stitutionally pluralist from start to the IAS officers. However, the state to protect and foster the eignty belongs to Allah alone”, and finish. Indira Gandhi specifically while the mighty IAS are Buddha Sasana.” that in Pakistan “the principles of added the word “secular” to the losing strength at the joint This line will always give the democracy, freedom, equality, toler- Constitution’s Preamble just in case secretary level, the service opportunity to the people in power ance and social justice, as enunciat- it wasn’t clear. But the outside still dominates at the to do mischief to those Lankans who ed by Islam, shall be fully observed.” observer looking at India today will additional secretary and are not Buddhist. The damage The Hindus objected. They said find it very less different from secretary levels. caused by constitutional majoritari- that the people using these words Pakistan or Sri Lanka or any other anism is dependent on the individ- may be well meaning but they could South Asian majoritarian state. ual. A leader who is inclined to be misused to introduce provisions Yes, anyone can become Prime enforce the principle strongly will that discriminated against the non- Minister in India but no Muslim IPS ASSOCIATION do more damage. But the fact that Muslims later. The matter was put has. We can be happy with the fact the Constitution orders this means to vote and it was a division by reli- that unlike in Pakistan we have had NOT ‘LEGAL’: MHA that it always remains a threat. gion. No Hindu voted with the Muslim Presidents but a Pakistani As we observe, the primacy given Muslims and no Muslim with the President has real power unlike our he ministry of home to Buddhism is non-specific and Hindus. A short time later, what the rubber stamp. If they had the affairs has told the benign. However, such phrasing is Hindus had feared came to be. authority to dismiss Parliament, I ‘The potholes will come in handy for planting trees.’ TCentral Information Commission (CIC), in response to an RTI application, that the IPS Association does not have the “express sanction” of the he recent elections to the was entrusted — most unwisely — abused, the exception clause in the soon as freedom is given to us. Man government. Legislative Assembly of with a paper containing the signa- rules to dispense with the will look regretfully back on the The ministry has further Maharashtra sprang no tures of all NCP MLAs. These he Cabinet’s prior approval to the old regime of comparative justice explained that the police force Tsurprise in yielding a hung submitted to the governor along revocation of President’s rule. and efficient, peaceful, more or less has no right to form an Assembly in which no party had a with his own covering letter sup- A President who so readily honest administration. The only association without the A.G. majority. porting Fadnavis’ claim to be agreed to do the Prime Minister’s thing gained will be that as a race permission of the Central In the Maharashtra elections the called to form a government. bidding, at the dead of night, expos- we will be saved from dishonour government, making the IPS Noorani BJP won 105 seats; its 30-year-old Governor Koshyari, shutting his es himself as a mere rubber stamp and subordination.” Association an illegal ally the Shiv Sena won 56. But eyes, acted on this “documenta- for the Prime Minister. Three con- Indians grasped the mechanics of organisation. Uddhav Thackeray, the Sena’s tion” without raising the most ele- stitutional posts were debased — the parliamentary system but not Not surprisingly, the IPS leader, seeing the ground slip away mentary question as to the veraci- the President, Prime Minister and its culture, still less its morality. Association is deeply upset under its feet by the assertiveness ty of the offers of support. It was the governor. As Balfour wrote in his introduc- with the ministry’s stand. of the senior and arrogant partner, the dead of night, after all. The sordid episode yields two tion to Bagebot’s classic The According to P.V.R. Sastri, a the BJP, laid claim to the office of Events ran at breakneck speed lessons, political and constitution- English Constitution: former IPS officer and chief minister alleging a prior lest dawn aborted the ruse. The al. It reveals the depths to which “Constitutions are easily copied, secretary of the association, accord. deal was finalised at 11.45 on the Modi will stoop to grab power. His temperaments are not; and if it the IPS officers are recruited The BJP denied the accord and night of November 22. Hours later, publicly proclaimed ambition to should happen that the borrowed and governed under the all Maharashtra refused the prize to its partner. at 2.30 am, the governor recom- secure a Congress-free India was a constitution and the native tem- India service rules, which do They fell apart. Governor Bhagat mended revocation of President’s euphemism for BJP rule in every perament fail to correspond, the not prohibit the formation of Singh Koshyari, an RSS man, rule. This requires the Union single state. He began by under- misfit may have serious results. It an association by the officers. invited the BJP’s candidate, for- Cabinet’s approval. This was done mining the Cabinet and went on to matters little what other gifts a Sources say that the upset IPS shows Modi mer chief minister Devendra at 5.47 am by Prime Minister suborn the President’s indepen- people may possess if they are officers have challenged the Fadnavis, to form a government Narendra Modi invoking, most dence. wanting in those which, from this ministry’s stand, while their since his was the largest single improperly and illegally, an excep- The Maharashtra episode expos- point of view, are of most impor- counterparts in the Central will bite dust party. The invitation was declined. tion in the rules of business to es his true colours. But his defeat tance. … The successful working of Armed Police Forces feel that President’s rule was imposed. But meet circumstances of dire emer- there has also raised the British institutions may be diffi- the ministry’s stand has a Plan B was in the offing. gency. Opposition’s morale — Modi is not cult or impossible. It may indeed vindicated their views about There was the Congress and its At 7.50 am, the governor adminis- invincible. He can be made to bite be least possible where the arts of the IPS Association. The IPS if Opp. unites offshoot, the Nationalist Congress tered the oath of office to Fadnavis the dust if only the Opposition parliamentary persuasion and the officers, however, blame their Party led by Sharad Pawar. His as chief minister and Pawar as his were to unite. dexterities of party management IAS colleagues in the ministry nephew Ajit Pawar, as ambitious deputy. Less than an hour later Constitutionally, it shows that are brought to their highest perfec- for their alleged “bias” and as he was impetuous, had long Modi congratulated both. the fears expressed over Indians’ tion.” creating controversy. Now, nursed a grudge that uncle was The rest of the drama need not incapacity to observe the norms of As for Ajit Pawar’s double act, this sounds familiar! overlooking his claims to prefer- detain us. The Supreme Court democracy were all too true. A cen- one is reminded of Lloyd George’s ment. He clandestinely established ordered a floor test. Ajit Pawar tury ago, C. Rajagopalachari pre- swipe at Sir John Simon: many a contact with Fadnavis and during ditched the Fadnavis fold. dicted in his prison notes “elec- member had crossed the floor of Love them, hate them in the night of November 22-23, The night’s pantomime was, of tions and their corruption, injus- the House but none left behind ignore them at national peril, entered into a shoddy pact with course, choreographed by tice and power and tyranny of such a slimy trail. is the babu guarantee and Fadnavis. Narendra Modi. Only the Prime wealth, and inefficiency of admin- Dilip’s belief. 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IN BRIEF Electro-optical Caring for family is what device may lead to faster OA disables motivates people: Study processors London, Nov. 30: mobility in Washington, Nov. 30: Did mate retention as main- Researchers have creat- you ever wonder how taining long-term com- ed a novel device which much you care for your mitted romantic or sexual bridges the fields of family or vice-versa? relationships. These two optical and electronic older adults Across the globe, caring motivations were the computing, an advance for loved ones is what mat- most important even in that may lead to faster steoarthritis (OA) is a highly prevalent dis- Screen-time may ters most and this fact groups of people thought and more energy effi- abling condition that affects approximately hasn’t been the focus of to prioritise finding new cient memories and O1 in 8 adults worldwide. As the most fre- impact child many psychology studies. romantic and sexual part- processors. quent cause of mobility disability in older adults, Scientists have come up nerships like young The researchers, and with its high level of cost to healthcare sys- development with a study that suggests, adults and people not in including those from the tems, it causes a substantial individual and socie- caring for the family is committed relationships. University of Oxford in tal burden. Many patients with OA fare badly and Washington: Many new find- the reason behind the peo- In all 27 countries, sin- the UK, said until now a do not receive proper care. ings that conducted recent- ple feeling motivated gles prioritised finding compact device using The two dominant risk factors for OA are obesity ly, revealed that the exces- worldwide. new partners more than light to transfer as well and joint injury and they sive amount of time spent An international team of and we found this over the questions into the people in committed rela- as encode information continue to increase world- by children in using their researchers led by evolu- and over, in all 27 coun- native language and made tionships, and men could not be easily inter- wide and are mostly modifi- mobile phones, or in watch- tionary and social psy- tries that participated. edits so that all the ques- ranked mate-seeking faced with the architec- able. ing television, can have a chologists from Arizona The findings replicated in tions were culturally higher than women. But, ture of traditional elec- According to British severe effect on their devel- State University surveyed regions with collectivistic appropriate. the differences between tronic computers. Society for Rheumatology, opment. A recent study con- over 7,000 people from 27 cultures such as Korea For the past 40 years, these groups were small. This was because elec- understanding of mecha- ducted by the University at different countries about and China, and in regions evolutionary psychologi- The motivations of trical chips, in which the nisms of OA has advanced Albany, the National what motivates them, and with individualistic cul- cal research has focused mate-seeking and kin care subatomic particles elec- dramatically. This is no Nitin Sharma Institutes of Health and New the findings go against 40 tures like Europe and the on how people find of family and relations trons flow through, longer a cartilage-centric York University Langone years of research. The US.” romantic or sexual part- were also related to psy- needed to be small to disease and archaic terms Daily dozen ners and how this desire chological well-being but Medical Center, revealed study will be published in The study included peo- operate efficiently, such as wear and tear and ◗ Exercise thera- that the average time chil- the journal — ple from diverse countries affects other behaviours in opposite ways. People whereas optical chips — degenerative are now consid- dren spend in front of Perspectives on — ranging from Australia like consumer decisions. who ranked mate-seeking with the light particles ered both pejorative and py is the first-line screens increased from 53 Psychological Science. and Bulgaria to Thailand But study participants as the most important photons flowing through inaccurate. OA is best char- treatment and minutes per day at 12 Ahra Ko, an Arizona and Uganda — that cov- consistently rated this were less satisfied with them — are required to acterised as a disease with most important months to more than 150 State University (ASU) ered all continents except motivation, called mate- their lives and were more be large. chronic abnormal remodel- non-surgical minutes at 3 years. The time psychology graduate stu- Antarctica. The ASU team seeking, as the least likely to be depressed or They explained this ling affecting the entire syn- treatment of period is beyond the recom- dent and first author of sent a survey about funda- important factor in their anxious. People who was because the wave- ovial joint organ with the knee and hip OA. mendations from the the paper, said: “People mental motivations to sci- lives. ranked kin care and long- length of light is larger outcome being structural Evidence sug- American Academy of consistently rated kin entists in each of the par- Evolutionary psycholo- term relationships as the than that of electrons. and functional failure. gests that physi- Pediatrics (AAP). care and mate retention ticipating countries. gists define kin care as most important rated As part of the study, By contrast, contemporary The digital media exposure as the most important Then, the researchers in caring for and supporting their lives as more satisfy- published in the journal evidence demonstrates that cal activity helps should be avoided for chil- motivations in their lives each country translated family members, and ing. — ANI Science Advances, the OA is a “whole person condi- prevent chronic dren under 18 months of scientists came up with tion” in which different conditions and age, following up the intro- a solution to confine biopsychosocial factors that improve symp- duction to children of 18 to light into nanoscopic modulate inflammatory toms. 24 months of age and also, Rodent fossil dimensions, and have processes as well as behav- limiting the usage to an developed devices with ioural responses which trigger pain and disability hour a day for 2 to 5 years reveals how Nightmares prepare us for dual electrical-optical interact to affect a person’s joint health. This view- of age. The study further functionality. point highlights the key role of active, non-surgi- stated that the American middle ear The size reduction, and cal treatments in the management of OA. Pediatric Academy had pro- real-life dangers: Research a significantly increased Exercise therapy is the first-line treatment and vided screen time exceeding energy density allowed most important non-surgical treatment of knee recommendations for almost evolved Washington, Nov. 30: ◗ through an MRI scan them to bridge the and hip OA, not only because of the positive effect 87 percent of children. The Nightmares help prepare Studying 107 peo- while being shown nega- incompatibility of pho- on joint symptoms, but also because evidence usage of screen time by Beijing, Nov. 30: our brains to handle ple, researchers tive and scary images. tons and electrons for highlights that exercise and physical activity help children and the educational Researchers have stressful situations, identified the brain They found that, in peo- data storage and compu- prevent chronic conditions and improve symp- qualification of the parents unearthed well-pre- according to a small US regions lit up by ple who had experienced tation, the researchers toms. are likely to be intercon- served middle ear bones government-funded nightmares, their emo- said. Exercise therapy acts as a painkiller in nected. Children whose par- from a new species of study. nightmares, and tional brain regions They showed that by osteoarthritis irrespective of radiographic severi- ents are holders of only a an extinct rodent that Researchers from found those regions responded faster and sending either electrical ty. It is good to inform patients that pain flares are high school diploma or lived 145-66 million Switzerland and the US were more respon- more efficiently. or optical signals, the to be expected with frequent daily activities such equivalent are more prone years ago in what is now subjected 18 people to a sive the day after a Studying 107 people, state of a photo- and as repeated chair stands and when starting to to fall into the category. northeastern China, an bizarre experiment: they researchers in the US electro-sensitive materi- exercise. This is not a sign of danger to the carti- Twins were more likely to be advance that may lead were fitted with elec- nightmare and Switzerland identi- al is transformed lage, but rather a sign of exposing the body to a the ones belonging to the to better understanding trodes to monitor their a pattern: during night- fied the brain regions lit between two different new or repeated activity and similar to what all highest screen time group. of the evolution of hear- brain activity at night, mares, there was often up by nightmares, and states. people (even those who do not have any arthritis) Also, the research shows ing. and they were woken heightened activity in found those regions were The state of this phase- would experience when starting any new activi- that children in home-based The study, published multiple times to answer regions of the brain that more responsive the day transforming material ties. In patients with knee and hip OA who start care, be it provided by a in the journal Nature, interview questions, control emotions. after a nightmare. was read out by either exercising twice weekly, pain flares decrease. parent or relative, were looked at fossils of the such as: “Did you dream? In a second experiment, Their conclusion was light or electronics, There are a few examples of exercises which may more than twice as likely to extinct rodent-like And, if so, did you feel they gave 89 people a that nightmares helped meaning memory could benefit those suffering from knee OA: warm up: have high screen time than mammal — Jeholbaatar scared?” dream diary to fill out. At steel us for stressful expe- be encoded and 10-15 minutes; walk or bike at half normal speed; the ones in center-based kielanae — at Jehol The researchers found the end, each person sat riences. — Agencie s retrieved in the form of march in place; inner range quads over roll with care. The screen time Biota of China, and these states. — PTI resistance. (10-15 reps with 2-3 sets); seated knee increased throughout tod- noted that these ani- extension with resistance using (therabands or dlerhood, that is by age 7 mals had a middle ear weight cuffs) (10-15 reps with 2-3 sets); sit to stand and 8, but a fall of usage of that is distinct from (without using hands) (8-12reps x 2 sets); standing 1.5 hours per day was those of its relatives. leg side raises. (10-15 reps x 2-3 sets); calf raises shown. — ANI The researchers, (10-15 reps x 2-3 sets). including those from Diet pills, laxatives may signal risk If you find it hard performing any exercise, the Chinese Academy of speak to your physical therapist, so that the exer- Sciences, said the evolu- cise can be reviewed and modified, if necessary. tion of the rodent's Sometimes it takes a bit of trial and error to get bones and muscles of eating disorder in young women the right set of exercises for you. involved in hearing may The writer is a physiotherapist, have been driven by spe- Washington, Nov. 30: ing disorder. AktivHealth cialisation for hearing. Teens and young women Researchers excluded They said the fossil who use diet pills and lax- young women already clues provide solid evi- atives for weight control diagnosed with an eating dence of the morpholo- are five to six times more disorder from the analy- gy and formation of the likely to be diagnosed sis, and adjusted for over- inner ear bones, which with an eating disorder in weight status, age, and Bacteria that consume are fully detached from the next three years, a U.S. other factors. the lower jaw. study suggests. They found that eating carbon dioxide for growth Placenta changes According to the Using these medications disorders developed in researchers, the bones for weight loss can be dan- just 1% of women who did Washington, Nov. 30: sustainable production of of old moms linked reveal a unique configu- gerous and may be a warn- not report diet pill use for Researchers have devel- food and fuels and global ration with more coming sign to consider coun- weight control during the oped bacteria called warming caused by CO2 to heart problems plete components. seling because there is an past year, and 1.8% of Escherichia coli, which emissions," said senior The new fossil, they increased risk for develop- those who did use diet consume carbon-di-oxide author Ron Milo, at sys- London: Placenta changes in said, reveals a transi- ing an eating disorder and Young Adult our study suggests, may pills. for energy instead of tems biologist at the older mothers may be tional stage in the evolu- such as anorexia or bulim- Medicine, the study's lead even put them on a path to Similarly, 0.8% of organic compounds. Weizmann Institute of linked to a higher risk of tion of the surangular - ia, the study authors write author. develop an eating disor- women who did not report This creation in syn- Science. heart problems in their male a "reptilian" jawbone. in the American Journal “But this could not be der.” laxative use for weight thetic biology highlights “Converting the carbon offspring, according to a Based on the findings, of Public Health. further from the truth. Levinson and colleagues loss were later diagnosed the incredible plasticity source of E. coli, the study in rats. The the scientists speculated “Advertising for these These products are not analyzed data on more with an eating disorder, of bacterial metabolism workhorse of biotechnol- researchers, including those that in a class of extinct products is common on medically recommended than 10,000 U.S. women compared to 4.6% of those and could provide the ogy, from organic carbon from the University of mammals, the joints social media, and the for healthy weight man- between ages 14 and 36, who did use laxatives. framework for future car- into CO2 is a major step Cambridge in the UK, connecting the middle products are easily acces- agement and can even be who were participating in Using these kinds of bon-neutral bioproduc- towards establishing analysed the placenta of ear to the eardrum, and sible at local pharmacies dangerous,” she told a long-term study. The products may increase the tion. The work appeared such a platform," added young (3-4 months old) and those connecting bones and groceries, which gives Reuters Health by email. women were surveyed likelihood of eating disor- in the journal — Cell. Milo. aged rats (9.5-10 months in the cheek region to young people the mistak- “When young people get annually about whether ders by creating irregular “Our main aim was to A grand challenge in old) that were pregnant the lower jaw may have en idea that they are safe their hands on these easi- they had used diet pills or eating behaviors, physical create a convenient scien- synthetic biology has with male and female off- evolved in tandem, to use,” said Jordan ly accessible yet harmful laxatives for weight loss disruptions to digestion or tific platform that could been to generate synthet- spring. They said the pla- allowing a distinct jaw Levinson of Boston products, they are put at during the past year, and psychological issues, the enhance CO2 fixation, ic autotrophy within a centa — an organ attached movement while chew- Children's Hospital's risk for disordered weight whether they'd received a study authors speculate. which can help address model heterotrophic to the walls of the uterus, ing. — PTI Division of Adolescent control behaviours and, as new diagnosis of an eat- — Reuters challenges related to the organism. — ANI and connecting to the umbilical cord of the growing fetus — transported nutrients and oxygen from Fine-tuning gene expression the mother to the growing offspring, helping her sup- Sweat in gym to wards off dementia! port fetal development. during recovery from stress The organ is the main pro- Washington, Nov. 30: This is important or the first time in some risk of developing inactivity. This gives us tective barrier for the fetus While getting closer to because intron retention human history, dementia. This is because the opportunity to train against toxins, bacteria, and uncovering a 30-year-old regulates gene expression Folder people out- a certain amount of our for a healthier brain! hormones — such as stress nuclear mystery, scien- for a variety of biological number younger people. fate is predetermined by It turns out that exer- hormones — in the mother's tists have discovered non- functions including This has created unique biological factors. Ageing cise does something that blood, they added. coding RNA (Ribonucleic stress response, cell divi- health challenges. is a critical risk factor for helps the brain The study, published in the acid), which has a novel sion, learning and memo- Dementia may be one of dementia and certain regenerate journal Scientific Reports, role to fine-tune gene ry, preventing the accu- the scariest — a debilitat- genes also increase our itself: it grows noted that advanced mater- expressions during stress mulation of damaged ing condition that erases risk. new neurons nal age reduced the efficien- recovery. DNA, and even tumour memories; a condition Recently, however, we in the hip- cy of the placenta of both Hokkaido University growth. without a cure. have begun to appreciate pocampus, male and female fetuses. researchers are begin- Among their many mys- But dementia does not the role that lifestyle and this “Advanced maternal age ning to uncover the func- teries, nuclear stress bod- have to be your fate. plays. New evidence improves alters placental phenotype tions of mysterious ies were found to assem- Exercise protects our reveals decreasing memory. in a sex-specific fashion. organelles in the nucleus ble on a type of long non- memories from being dementia rates despite an — Agencies These sexually-divergent and their relation to coding RNA in response erased and our latest increasing ageing popula- changes may play a role in stress. to heat and chemical research shows that it is tion. The reason? determining health out- The organelles, called stress. never too late to start. Improvements comes of female and male nuclear stress bodies, Molecular biologist Scientists have shown in living con- offspring of aged mothers,” form when cells are Tetsuro Hirose of exercise impacts demen- ditions, edu- the researchers wrote in the exposed to heat or chemi- Hokkaido University's tia risk as much as genet- cation and study. The researchers said cal stress. When condi- Institute for Genetic ics. In a new study, they health care. ageing affected the struc- tions return to normal, Medicine specialises in have shown intensity One of the ture and function of the pla- the organelles promote non-coding RNAs, which matters: the more you greatest centa more markedly for retention of RNA seg- are molecules copied sweat, the lower the risk. modifying male fetuses, reducing the ments, called introns, the from DNA, but not trans- In our growing ageing risk factors organ's ability to support researchers report in The lated into proteins. population, we are all at is physical their growth. — PTI EMBO journal. — ANI Short story writer Kenzaburo Oe was the third son of seven children. When his father died in the Pacific War, his mother became his primary PAGE educator. When Oe won the Nobel in 1994, she famously remarked, 9 ‘You promised it would be in physics!’ He had done so as a child. Books THE ASIAN AGE SUNDAY | 1 DECEMBER 2019 | NEW DELHI At last, it’s time to unpack the difficult mother n my middle-school years, If you are partial to the me pleasure. nal family — Antara’s Nana, Nani I found a book called pleasures of the literary I suffered at her hands as a and the estranged father – leaves a Devapriya Tamarind Mem in our child, and any pain she subse- visceral impact on the child. school library, which I novel, then, without a quently endured appeared to me Eventually, Tara moves out again, Roy soon got quite obsessed doubt, Avni Doshi’s debut, to be a kind of redemption – a and mother and daughter cobble a with. The writer, Anita with its exquisite prose and rebalancing of the universe, life together, built on the agoniz- Rau Badami, was unfa- formal brilliance — where the rational order of cause ing highs and lows of their acute review miliarI to me at the time, and so the ending was one of the and effect aligned. bond. Into that tinderbox arrives was the icy Calgary from where But now, I can’t even the tally another man, a photographer. her protagonist Kamini remem- finest I have encountered in between us. Structured so deftly that the bered — misremembered, really, a long time — is for you. It The reason is simple: my moth- movements from the present to if we are to be accurate about the will dazzle you with its er is forgetting, and there is noth- the past are seamless and con- slippery slopes of memory – her ing I can do about it. There is no trolled with quiet precision, Girl growing-up years with Saroja, many quiet bounties... way to make her remember the in the White Cotton, however, is her “sour-tongued mother”, in things she has done in the past, its most sophisticated in its for- railway towns across India, yearning constantly to break out no way to baste her in guilt. I ays into the present – Antara’s where her father was posted. of their mould and outgrow my used to bring up instances of cru- life, with her husband and his (There might have been a sibling own mother – and, therefore, elty, casually, over tea, and watch overbearing NRI mother, her – but I am forgetting the details.) Tamarind Mem, where it is the her face curve into a frown. Now, fraught relationship with Tara – Saroja had been given the name mother who wants to break the she mostly can’t recall what I’m who is now showing the early “Tamarind Mem” by a mysteri- mould, cast a curious if baffling talking about; her eyes are dis- signs of dementia – and to her ous man who entered their lives charm upon me. tant with perpetual cheer. artistic life. in one of the railway towns, and I was reminded of all this – the Anyone witnessing this will If you are partial to the pleas- who, Kamini later understands, genre, the obsession, the need to touch my hand and whisper: ures of the literary novel, then, had become Saroja’s lover. recast memory and even scores Enough now. She doesn’t remem- without a doubt, Avni Doshi’s This novel unleashed in me a with our mothers – when I read ber, poor thing. debut, with its exquisite prose fascination for a specific kind of Avni Doshi’s powerful novel, Girl The sympathy she elicits in oth- and formal brilliance – the end- mother-daughter novel, one that in White Cotton, published earli- ers gives rise to something acrid ing was one of the finest I have inverted the heretofore familiar er this year. (It is interesting that in me. encountered in a long time – is for formula of the wild/ difficult the inverted mother- In the past, Tara had walked out you. It will dazzle you with its daughter locked in a complex daughter/doer-witness relation- of her marriage (to an unexciting many quiet bounties, each sen- relationship with her mother, in ship is also explored in another man with an overbearing mother) tence as polished as it is tight, its her attempt to live a life beyond book that is the toast of literary and joined a cult, daughter in tow. bleakness deeply evocative of the the familiar frames of reference, circles now, Madhuri Vijay’s The While she became the cult daily lives of artists, whether or the kind of daughter who exerts Far Field.) Written in the voice of leader’s favourite, beginning to not they have the complex mater- as much of a compelling centrifu- the grown-up daughter, the artist live with him as his partner, nal ties of Antara, its the explo- gal force in the family as in the Antara, Girl in White Cotton Antara grew up in the ashram, ration of the silences, the cruel- narrative. Up until then, in the employs spare, elegant prose to cared for by the eccentric ties and the tendernesses that books I had read, the daughter not only detail the present but ashramites, chief among them mark our most intimate relation- was the doer, the mother, the wit- also conjure up the complicated the American hippie Kali Mata, ships, sustained, and its familiar ness. But Tamarind Mem, delib- and acute terrain of the past, to who had moved to India many darkness, borrowed from the erately overturning this, was contain its treacherous stories, years ago, in the groupthink days deepest reserves of our own fresh, different, almost scary. For stories that are as difficult to rec- of free love and spirituality. truths. GIRL IN WHITE COTTON so long I had identified with the ollect as they are to forget. Afterwards, when a new By Avni Doshi difficult daughter myself, trans- (Except, Tara is forgetting.) favourite replaces her, Tara leaves Devapriya Roy is the author posing the contents to my own I would be lying if I said my the cult, and her attempt to return of five books, most recently Fourth Estate India, `599 Calcutta childhood and youth, mother’s misery has never given to her previous life, to her origi- Friends from College Spooky ‘killer’ nanny thriller with a surprise ending not goody goody like Mary ects, and she’s left in a ‘smart’ house because her bells, switches, taps, etc, and ears and speakers,” Poppins, nor is she remote- remote part of Scotland husband is a tech freak, and it can be challenging. something unexplained yet ly as efficient. She swears, with hostile children, a and besides, “Architects The entire family is signed powerful holds her back: Rupa smokes on the sly and occa- book of detailed instruc- must try cool gadgets.” on to the “Happy” app, “Remember why you’re sionally enjoys a drink or tions, and strong rumours There are no regular door- which takes care of every- here, I thought grimly.” Gulab two. She even bashfully that the house is haunted: thing, including reading This is the key to The Turn admits to occasional urges “I didn’t believe in the bedtime stories to the of the Key. review to slap recalcitrant chil- supernatural — I should children. Rowan’s bed- Almost everyone is a sus- dren in her charge, urges say that up front, Mr room too isn’t spared pect in this chilling Gothic that she claims she has Wrexham. And so the leg- and she flings a sock at yet modern story. While the never carried out. ends of the house didn’t what could well be a sur- beginning has a brisk pace, lease help me. I didn’t Rowan acts the part of bother me at all, in fact the veillance camera on the the middle lags with those kill anyone.” With an Perfect Nanny rather well, whole idea of nannies and ceiling: “It couldn’t be a repetitive ghostly creaky Popening as com- though: “Almost exactly servants driven out by mys- camera...could it? But episodes, but not enough to pelling as this, it’s impossi- one week after I had terious spooky happenings no. That would be more make you yawn. ble to stop turning the opened the email from seemed more than a little than creepy. That would Fortunately, Rowan is such pages of The Turn of the Sandra Elincourt, I was on ridiculous — almost be illegal surveillance. I an interesting character, Key in a frenzied manner. my way to Scotland, doing Victorian. But the fact was was an employee—and I she lifts all the boring bits. Rowan, a 27-year-old my very best impression of that four women had left had a reasonable expec- We learn more about her as nanny, has been arrested Rowan the Perfect Nanny. the Elincourts’ employ- tation of privacy, or the story unfolds, her past for murdering one of the My normally bushy hair ment in the last year. whatever the legal ter- included and the unhappy children in her charge. The was brushed to a shine and Having the bad luck to minology was.” You may relationship with her hard- case is splashed all over the tamed into a neat, jaunty engage one nervous, super- well find yourself falling to-please mother. She’s not media, and she is painted ponytail, my nails were stitious employee seemed out of love with Siri, made of cardboard—she’s as an incarnation of evil. buffed and my make-up quite likely. Getting four in Alexa and all the other real, warts and all. In desperation, she writes unobtrusively on point, a row seemed... less so.” lovely AI ladies and Friendly advice: keep bev- to Mr. Wrexham, a brilliant and I was wearing my best One of the children had gents as you read on. erages and snacks close at advocate she has heard ‘approachable yet responsi- warned her off, telling her Rowan’s nights are dis- hand for the last few chap- about from fellow prison- ble, fun yet hard-working, not to take the job on the turbed by mysterious ters, because you may find ers, and appeals to him to professional yet not too day of her interview itself: creaks and footsteps, it impossible to tear your- help her. proud to get down on my “The ghosts, she had and sudden, loud bursts self away from the book— A major part of the book knees and clear up sick’ sobbed. The ghosts would- of music. She spends that’s when the story hur- is a series of letters to Mr. outfit—a neat tweed skirt n’t like it.” them frozen in fear. Her tles at breakneck speed to a Wrexham, in which Rowan and a white cotton fitted The ghost factor is as sleep-deprived days are conclusion that will make tells her side of the story shirt with a cashmere unsettling as the fact that fraught with confusion, you go “Gosh”. starting with the fact that cardigan over the top.” the entire house is wired as strange things happen she wasn’t even looking for The job is no cake walk and monitored. Her and objects mysteriously Rupa Gulab is a freelance a new job when she stum- either: the parents dash off employer, Sandra, tells her THE TURN OF THE KEY vanish or appear. But writer and the author of bled upon the ad, and on a long work trip a day with a touch of pride that while she knows that she Girl Alone, Chip of the Old reveals damning things after she arrives for one of this old Victorian lodge By Ruth Ware really should leave this Blockhead and The Great about herself too. She is their architectural proj- has been converted into a Harvill Secker, `599 house “of hidden eyes Depression of the 40s Diminutive Gandhian won a war, but was denied his place in the sun he public memo- (mostly Congress leaders), The diminutive Gandhian There are anecdotes Kamaraj Plan. It was but successor, but avoids any Pakistani territory as the ry of Lal there is a sudden interest, had stepped into the large natural that the powerful comment on whether he at “first surgical strike”. Prakash Bahadur Shastri, in politics and in other cir- shoes of Nehru and suc- reflecting Shastri’s syndicate headed by K. all resented this. There are anecdotes India’s Prime cles, about the lives and cessfully faced many chal- personality and values. Kamaraj had to select him, The book dwells on the reflecting Shastri’s person- Patra Minister after the contributions of such lead- lenges putting to rest A telling instance: He ignoring Morarji’s deft manner in which ality and values. A telling Tdeath of Jawarhalal ers to the making of mod- doubts about his ability to claims for the prime minis- Shastri handled the anti- instance: He rebuked his rebuked his underage Nehru, is almost anecdotal. ern India, be it Sardar keep the country together. tership. Shastri and Nehru Hindi agitation, highlight- underage son for managing review The stories that stick are Vallabh Bhai Patel, Subhas Shastri’s humble back- son for managing to had enjoyed a good rela- ing his adherence to the to procure a driving licence about how he resigned as Chandra Bose or Lal ground endowed him with procure a driving tionship, with the former principles of democracy. and recommended action railway minister in 1956 Bahadur Shastri. a keen practical sense and licence and backing him strongly dur- True democrat that he was, against the official who taking moral responsibili- The book — Lal Bahadur he was grounded in local recommended action ing hours of crises. The he acceded to the demands issued the licence. That ty for a railway accident; Shastri: Politics and reality. He rose from the transition was smooth, of the non-Hindi speakers sums up Shastri as a man the slogan “Jai Jawan Jai Beyond — by Sandeep grassroots and worked at against the official who thanks also to Shastri’s despite, perhaps, his heart who stood for integrity, Kisan”; his leadership in Shastri is a serious study of different levels in various issued the licence. affable and non-confronta- being with the votaries of humility and simplicity, in the 1965 war with Pakistan; the life and legacy of the capacities before assuming tionist approach, which Hindi becoming India’s personal and public life. and the mystery that sur- man best known for restor- the reins of government. had endeared him to his sole official language. Not The book quotes rounds his death in ing India’s pride and self- Although mentored by J.B. between 1951 and 1964. In colleagues both in the relenting under the pres- Shastri’s cabinet colleague Tashkent after the war. confidence by winning a Kriplani, G.B. Pant and 1961, Nehru had entrusted party and the government. sure from the Hindi speak- T.T. Krishnamachari as Not much has been writ- war against Pakistan in Nehru at different times, him with the home portfo- This is notwithstanding ing majority in the party saying that Shastri could ten, at least in popular lit- 1965, three years after a he had walked out of their lio after the death of G.B. the buzz (which has and the government, he well have been a “parenthe- erature, about the man humiliating defeat by shadows and certainly left Pant, virtually ignoring endured to this day) that went beyond Nehru’s com- sis in history”. His rela- himself. China, and also for his ini- his imprint. the claims of Morarjibhai Nehru and the syndicate mitment and clearly delin- tively short tenure as Shastri, whose 19-month tiating the process to make Was he Nehru’s natural Desai (who, after Nehru’s wanted Shastri as a “stop- eated the Centre’s language Prime Minister and the prime ministership was India self-reliant in food successor? The book leaves death, was to become a gap arrangement” to keep policy, which remains the Congress Party’s exclusive hemmed between Nehru production. The narrative no one in doubt that prime ministerial aspi- the seat warm for Nehru’s cornerstone of India’s plu- focus on the Nehru-Gandhi and Indira Gandhi, has, fits the muscular national- Shastri was almost rant). That Nehru favoured daughter, Indira Gandhi. ralistic democracy (occa- family are the reasons without doubt, not got the ism of the current estab- groomed by Nehru as his Shastri as his successor The book refers to Kuldip sional noises notwith- given for why Shastri has space he deserved in public lishment, but on the other successor. He was the man became more evident when Nayar’s memoirs, Beyond standing). been denied his place in the LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI: memory. After the emer- hand, his Jai Jawan, Jai in charge of the party’s he recalled him to his the Lines and other sources One chapter is devoted to spotlight. gence of the BJP and its Kisan slogan remains electioneering in the 1952, Cabinet as a minister with- that allude to Shastri’s the leadership displayed POLITICS AND BEYOND desperate efforts to appro- relevant, more so in 1957 and 1962 general elec- out portfolio a few months acknowledgement of the during the 1965 war and The writer is an by Sandeep Shastri priate the legacies of “neg- these times of acute farm- tions. He was a permanent after his exit from the gov- fact that Nehru wanted describes Shastri’s deci- independent journalist Rupa, `495 lected national icons” ing crisis. feature in Nehru’s cabinet ernment under the Indira Gandhi to be his sion to move the Army into based in New Delhi PAGE Special 10 THE ASIAN AGE SUNDAY | 1 DECEMBER 2019 | NEW DELHI The forest king: How a BU prof created a Geo Park Professor T.J. Renuka are also found. Prasad is 61 years old, Professor Renuka Prasad says he was introduced to living in the staff mother earth by his father. quarters at Bangalore Young and curious, he was University's campus in instantly captivated. The Jnanabharathi. He nature bug has bitten him spends his days, as he so hard that he still doesn't move away from the cam- has for the last four pus' residential facility - decades, tending to the faculty members often do 300-acre mini forest he and the housing is given has created, the out to non-teaching staff. As a young professor, he country's only Geo would leave the labs open Park. The Park is also Stopping by woods: Fantastic until midnight, allowing home to a 3.2 billion students to stay in the room year old rock when it was too late to formation, hundreds of leave. He even introduced flora and where to find ’em new courses like Geo species of butterflies, Informatics, Earth JAYANTHI MADHUKAR favourite moments was birds and animals, Atmospheric Science and chancing upon a group of which schoolchildren many others into he has made botanical Magenta Ghost Orchids by explore with Bangalore University. illustrations 'cool' at a the side of the road. They Today, Professor Renuka Stime when sketching are completely devoid of amazement as they see Prasad is 61 years old, a apps can make anyone an chlorophyll and don't have for themselves, the Professor T.J. Renuka Prasad in the Geo Park at Bangalore University’s Jnanabharathi specialist in water illustrator. Artist Nirupa any leaves. Consequently, history of the natural campus resources, surface water, Rao is a millennial who they can't produce their own world unfold before ground water, water quali- believes that her genre is an food, and rely on drawing retired, senior bureaucrat have come together to cre- see signature proofs of the ty, computer application, intersection between art nutrients from surrounding their eyes. Professor and forest officer, Yellappa ate this," Professor Prasad earth's evolution, in the remote sensing and GIS and science although "it is decayed matter. The flowers Renuka Prasad tells Reddy, sowed the seeds for a explains. "Much of the form of rock folding, frac- techniques, as well as geo- up to the artist to breathe are pretty rare, so I thought M.K. Ashoka his story 300-acre forest. Professor development has taken tures, joints and intru- statics. He is an expert life into it, to communicate my chances of spotting Prasad, who became place through donations, so sions. "They learn that advisor in the cases of the the surreal quality of the them at all were slim. I cer- iant cathedral ant involved with this project, the process has not placed a deformations on earth cre- Lok Adalath, to the govern- natural world". At the tainly didn't expect to see hills rise like little went on to create another financial burden on the ated valleys and fractures, ment of Karnataka on upcoming event this week- them when we stopped for a Gtowers, some nearly 300-acre mini forest of his university, either." which are in turn filled Tank Rejuvenation and end, Rao will discuss the cre- driving break." 14 feet high. Over 148 vari- own. with water, minerals and Water Bodies Development, ative process behind her during the process of creat- An illustrator by choice, eties of butterflies thrive, Professor Prasad concep- other resources on which an advisor to the BDA and newly-launched book, ing the book she learned to Rao feels that botanical too and in the month of tualised the 'Bio, Geo and THE GEO PARK the survival of mankind BBMP in the management Hidden Kingdom, a richly see them in a different light. illustration is the ideal com- October, the land is a burst Hydro tour', a half-day depends," says Professor of earth resources, the illustrated collection on the The jungle, which first bination of two different of colour as lakhs of but- study tour for school chil- The High Court in Prasad. drainage network and flora native to the Western appeared to her as a sea of sides of her personality - terflies burst free from dren. "I do this with the Lokadalath had observed Civil engineering stu- water bodies in particular. Ghats. As the blurb reads, green, now became a repos- "the creative and the practi- their cocoons. Several pea- cooperation of retired vol- that there is no Geo Park in dents also visit the Geo He has been appointed to the diversity ranges from itory of plant species, each cal" - so although she enjoys cocks strut through the unteers who were holding INdia. When they asked for Park, before they go on to many boards and universi- carnivores and parasites to one a treasure. As she singing, playing the piano trees, much to the delight of top posts in the Geological a report on the matter, join the BBMP and BDA. ties. Although he is at flowers that stink of rotting explains, "It was only once I and baking, it is through schoolchildren, who often Survey of India (GSI)," he Professor Renuka Prasad, When they go on to do retirement age, his well- flowers. started to recognise native this genre that she is mak- visit on day-trips, to says. "Young children can who had, by then, seen the development work, it will wishers ask him to stay on The book, Rao says, hap- trees and their individual ing her inroads in to the hall glimpse, in this urban jun- see for themselves, the rock potential of the be with an and nurture his forest for a pened thanks to a National importance that I realised of fame. She was the one gle, the beauty of nature. formation, which is 3.2 bil- Jnanabharathi understanding of little while longer. Geographic Young that the mere existence of chosen to illustrate Amitav Where is this? In lion years old, as we campus, with its the natural, soci- The lush vegetation casts Explorers grant received in trees does not make a 'for- Ghosh's books including his Bengaluru, at the 1,100-acre explain how important it is ancient rock for- ological and its spell on the thousands of 2016. She roped in others, est'. A forest is instead a newest, Gun Island. As she Bangalore University cam- to keep our valleys intact. mations, decided hydraulic joggers and walkers who mainly her family, from sis- 'system' that is inherently readies herself for present- pus in Jnanabharathi, Otherwise, there will be no not to make do dynamics of the visit the Jnanabharathi ter Suniti Rao who wrote richer and stable due to its ing the book at the annual which is home to the coun- groundwater left," he with merely sub- city. campus every morning and the text, botanist and complexity." A visitor or National Geographic try's only 'Geo Park'! The explains. The anthills, too, mitting a report. URBAN Professor evening. The man behind it cousin Siddarth Machado, tourist, she notes, may just Symposium in Washington man behind this phenome- are an indication of ample He decided Prasad explains all appears to blend into the responsible for accuracy miss the subtler signs of DC in January next year, nal accomplishment subsurface level water. instead, to create that he gave the crowd but takes inroads and fact-checking and fel- environmental degrada- she ponders on the rise of belongs to the University's There are 149 bird species a Geo Park. LEGEND least importance that only he knows, into the low Nat Geo explorer tion. This intense explo- popularity of botanical department of Geology, that call the mini forest Today, his dream to creating dense forest. Prasenjeet Yadav, who docu- ration of the Western Ghats illustration. Wouldn't a pho- Professor T.J. Renuka their home, as do wild rab- has been realised. This is where 'lawns' and show "Coincidentally, the love of mented and photographed elicits a question that Rao tograph say more? While Prasad. bits, peacocks and fox. The The Geo Park in we feature plants. Instead, my life is Vasundhara, the process. "Over four may just get used to in the admitting that both - photog- Always casually dressed, water level on campus, says Jnanabharathi is the untold he dedicated which means 'daughter of years, we travelled to vari- future. Since the book is raphy and illustration - have in a t-shirt, cap and jeans, Professor Prasad, has the only one of its himself to the earth', he says. "And I'm ous spots in the Western filled with intriguing native their advantages, Rao talks well-equipped to walk come up to about six kind in the coun- stories every cultivation of lucky to have the full sup- Ghats where Siddarth felt plants, which were the ones of particular instances through his little green metres. All this took him try. The children Saturday rare, endangered port of my family in my these species might grow- that were the most unusual? when photographing plants kingdom, Professor Renuka four decades of leadership who visit learn and threatened work." Looking back on his from inland swamps to Rao has a list, from carnivo- become difficult. A tall rain- Prasad now shoulders the and hard, hard work to how the earth species of plants, life, he says, "God blessed thick jungles to rocky out- rous sundews that glisten forest tree, for instance. How tremendous responsibility achieve. rotates at a speed of 1,600 as well as medicinal plants. me, I have been a happy crops," Rao comments. like red rubies; alien-like does all of it come in one of maintaining his geo "I should note the vision kilometres per hour, the There are 500 Appe Midi soul all through. I have What do the Western ceropegias that temporarily frame? Besides that, photog- park. The campus' forest of people like Yellappa movement of tectonic (Appe raw mango) plants, stood before the photo- Ghats look like to a seeker trap insects in their hollow raphy cannot single out a cover, however, had been Reddy and consecutive plates, the dynamic nature 50 varieties in all. Rare graph of my father and of knowledge? Although as bulbs to gigantic flowers plant nestling in dense the cynosure of environ- University Vice of Mother Earth and how specimens like Punnaga thanked him a million a child, Rao had spent that smell like rotting flesh foliage. “These issues can be mentalists' eyes even before Chancellors, volunteers volcanoes and tsunamis vana, Purusha Ratna and times for placing me on the "almost every family holi- and of course, an elusive solved with illustration,” he arrived, when the now and retired officers who happen. The students also varieties of Dasha Puspas lap of Mother nature." day" out there, it was only rare flower. "One of my Rao points out. Unearthing the truth: The fight for Ayodhya

GURURAJ A. PANIYADI MANGALURU, NOV 30 Muhammed recollect- ed how it was easy to he historic Babri Masjid verdict, in which the Supreme repair about 80 tem- TCourt handed over the disput- ples in the Chambal ed land in Ayodhya, the holy land for Hindus, to build a Ram temple, region, controlled by unleashed a tidal wave of debates. the dreaded dacoit Most are political in nature, with words like 'communal' bandied Nirbhay Singh Gujjar. about profusely on social media. In "I told him he had a the melee, history is ignored and far too little has been said about the connect with the man who was instrumental in region as the temples excavating the ancient temple that lay beneath the now-demolished had been built by Babri Masjid. This man, who was Gujjar Kings. He was part of the Archaeological Survey of India, fought tooth-and-nail to so happy, he agreed to carry out his work. Dr K.K. repair the temples Muhammad is his name and he retired as the Regional Director of that lay within his con- the ASI. Speaking at an aptly titled ses- trol. About 80 out of sion, 'Excavating Truth,' at the two- the 200 temples were day Mangaluru Literature Festival, Dr K.K. Muhammad began with restored," he says. He the words, 'Om Ganeshaya also said that in 1990, Namaha'. He went on to recount the excavations in Ayodhya, a the government was process fraught with interventions all set to take action from 'communist' historians, many of which Muhammad himself against him for speak- faced. ing in public on the The first team, he said, was led by Professor B.B. Lal, of which he issue but later, satis- himself was a part. They conduct- fied itself with trans- ed excavations in Ayodhya and found about 12 pillars that were ferring him to the Goa Artists perform at the Mangaluru Lit Fest clearly elements of Hindu architec- circle. ture. Although the team didn't Communist historians, they could they justify it." Is the Taj Mahal a declare this at the time, the 'com- not do so. They should also now temple? Some questionable reports munist' team, as he called it, was so come forward and had over the circulated in the media, including vocal about claiming that no tem- Gyanvapi Mosque in Kashi and the Al Jazeera, claimed that the stressed on the need for a well ple structure had been formed, that Mathura," he said. destruction of the Taj Mahal was planned course, in schools, on they did, in the end, discuss their The Qutb Minar too, he confirms, next in line, claiming that the Indian art, culture and architec- findings. was built out of the spoils of 27 Hindutva brigade had declared it a ture. "This must be incorporated "Ayodhya is as sacred for Hindus temples and still contains more temple too. This he refutes, firmly . into the education system to help as Mecca and Madina are for than 50 idols. "These wrongs have "It is not a temple," he says. "I was in the youth relate to their own roots Muslims," says Muhammad. taken place and there is no point in charge of the Taj Mahal and there is and culture," he said. "Ayodhya doesn't have any connec- hiding them. What has happened no Hindu temple feature in its He even spoke on Muslims adopt- tion with the Prophet or the has to be accepted," he says, architecture. it has two domes - the ing Lord Rama and Krishna as Calipha or Aulias or any important adding, "In the same way, it should architectural style that evolved only national heroes, as has been done in Islamic personality. For Muslims, it also be accepted that the present after 1526. Also, there is no temple countries like Indonesia. is not so important, the Babri day Muslims are not responsible built out of marble." He however expressed his unhap- Masjid was just another mosque. for this." The destruction of tem- Dr Muhammed, who took a little piness over the present union gov- They should have willingly handed ples, he says, "happened at the trip down memory lane, recalled ernment for not living up to expec- it over to the Hindus and con- hands of Afghani Muslims cen- how his Madrassa teacher exposed tations on promoting Indian culture tributed to the temple. However, turies ago. But present day students to the Ramayana and and also for interventions in the due to the influence of a section of Muslims will be held responsible if Dr K.K. Muhammed speaking at the festival Mahabharata. Dr Muhammed also ASI. Endless woes PAGE Bolivia’s interim government will file a case in The Hague against former president Evo World 11 Morales for crimes against humanity THE ASIAN AGE SUNDAY | 1 DECEMBER 2019 | NEW DELHI 3 minors stabbed London terrorist had Pak links London, Nov. 30: A convicted Islamist terrorist, who spent part of his teens in Pakistan and in shopping area released last year from a This DiCaprio is a UK prison, is suspected to cool guy, right? be the man who stabbed Dutch cops reject terrorism angle in attack two people to death in a Giving money to terror attack on London Amsterdam, Nov. 30: Bridge, police said on torch the Amazon Three youths were wound- ■ IMAGES AND Saturday. — Jair Bolsonaro ed in a stabbing on a shop- VIDEOS posted on Police have identified ping street in The Hague social media the suspect as 28-year-old Brazilian President early Friday evening, Usman Khan, inspired by Dutch police said, adding showed crowds of the ideology of al-Qaeda that they were seeking a shoppers running terror group, was previ- suspect. away after the inci- ously sentenced to 16 (Left) A man is surrounded by armed police after he stabbed two people to death on IN BRIEF National broadcaster years in prison term for London Bridge, in London. (Right) Usman Khan. — AFP NOS said the attack could dent and others his role in the London not immediately be attrib- being led out of the Stock Exchange bombing released from prison on The senior Indian-origin Boris Johnson said he had Roadside blast uted to terrorism. stores in 1990. December last, it said. In top police officer said ‘long argued’ that it was a Police launched a man- At the time of his sen- February 2012, Khan was Khan had attended an ‘mistake to allow serious kills Sr Army Cdr hunt after the attack, tencing in 2012, the judge sentenced to eight years in event on Friday afternoon and violent criminals to Kabul: An Afghan official which took place on a police did not yet have a had run screaming from warned that he was a ‘seri- prison. In 2013, the Court at the Fishmonger’s Hall, come out of prison early’. says a roadside bomb in the busy shopping street near description of the suspect, the street into a nearby ous jihadist’ who should of Appeal sentenced him a historic building near “It is very important that southern Helmand province the city’s historic centre. but she said an initial store. One said an “athlet- not be released while he to a 16-year jail term. the London Bridge. we get out of that habit has killed two security per- The area was cordoned off police statement that he ic” man fled the scene, remained a threat to the Two people were killed London Bridge was one and that we enforce the sonnel, including a senior and dozens of police and was a man in his 40s of jumping easily over obsta- public. and several others injured of the areas targeted by an appropriate sentences for border commander. ambulances were on the North African descent cles. Khan left school with no in the London Bridge ISIS-claimed terrorist dangerous criminals, Omar Zwak, spokesman for scene. All the victims had been wrong. The area was cordoned qualifications after spend- attack on Friday. The attack in June 2017, when especially for terrorists, the provincial governor, said were minors and were “At this moment all sce- off for hours as first aid ing part of his late teens Scotland Yard confirmed 11 people died as terrorists that I think the public will on Saturday that the blast in treated in hospital before narios are still open,” she workers helped victims in Pakistan, where he that a male suspect, later went on a stabbing spree want to see,” he said. the Marjah district wounded being discharged, police said. Meanwhile, the and police combed the lived with his mother identified as Khan, wear- after ramming a van into Johnson, who chaired a two other security officials said in a statement. Dutch police hunted on area for clues. when she became ill, it ing a hoax bomb vest was pedestrians. The UK had meeting of the govern- and a local TV reporter when “We are at this moment Saturday for an unidenti- Images and videos post- said. shot dead at the scene. just earlier this month ment’s Cobra emergency it struck a passing convoy. searching for a suspect, no fied suspect who stabbed ed on social media showed The BBC reported that Scotland Yard’s head of downgraded its terror committee said more The spokesman said the one has been arrested three youths on a street in crowds of shoppers run- Khan was out on licence counter terrorism polic- threat level from “severe” police would be patrolling attack likely targeted Gen. yet,” police spokeswoman the centre of The Hague ning away after the inci- from prison when he ing, assistant commission- to “substantial”, which the streets in the coming Zahir Gul Muqbil, the army Marije Kuiper said. on Friday during one of dent and others being led killed two people and er Neil Basu, said in a means a terrorist threat is days “for reassurance pur- border unit commander who National broadcaster the busiest shopping out of the stores by first injured three others in the statement at New Scotland likely rather than highly poses.” Police said they was killed in the explosion. NOS, quoting ‘varied evenings of the year. responders. Authorities stabbing attack on Friday, Yard headquarters in likely in the country. The were treating the stab- He added that a reporter sources’, said: “At this National broadcaster repeatedly asked witness- before he was shot dead by London that a “number” attack raises difficult bings as a terrorist attack with the Shamshad TV net- moment there is no indi- NOS quoted two eyewit- es to come forward. They the Scotland Yard. of people had been questions for Brita-in’s and were not looking for work, Sardar Mohammad cation of a terrorist nesses as saying two of said the situation is ‘com- Khan was living in injured, some of whom government and security other suspects. Sarwary, was among the motive.” Kuiper said the victims, both girls, plex’. — Agencies Stafford since being are said to be critical. services. Prime Minister — Agencies wounded. Peru Oppn leader Fujimori freed HK seniors join LURKING DANGER Lima: Peruvian opposition leader Keiko Fujimori walked free from prison after being jailed for more than a year street protests pending a trial over allegations she accepted illegal Hong Kong, Nov. 30: ■ campaign contributions from Secondary-school students ■ HONG KONG sen- Brazilian construction firm and retirees joined forces iors rally to back stu- Odebrecht. Fujimori left to protest in Hong Kong on dents as activists prison in the Chorrillos dis- Saturday, the first of sever- trict of capital city Lima, al weekend rallies planned decry police actions according to a witness at the across the city, as pro- ■ Students and scene where hundreds of democracy activists vowed supporters gathered outside to battle what they say are retirees joined forces in anticipation of her release. police brutality and unlaw- to protest in Hong Fujimori was met by her hus- ful arrests. Kong, the first of sev- band outside the prison with A top Hong Kong official An Iraqi man drives flowers and balloons. Other said the government was eral weekend rallies through burning tires supporters carried the looking into setting up an planned across the in the Shia Muslim orange banners of her politi- independent committee to city, as pro-democra- shrine city of Karbala, cal party. The constitutional review the handling of the cy activists vowed to south of Iraqs capital tribunal, ordered her release crisis, which has seen Baghdad. Protesters after she was handed an 18- increasingly violent dem- battle what they say burned tyres and sur- month pre-trial sentence in onstrations since starting are police brutality rounded a police sta- October last year. more than five months ago. and unlawful arrests tion in the southern Hong Kong has seen rela- Iraqi city of Nassiriya, tive calm since local elec- pressing their Pak court to tions last week delivered city’s Chater Garden. demands for sweep- an overwhelming victory Elderly Hong Kongers, ing reform despite indict Hafiz Saeed to pro-democracy candi- some with visors and dates. Still, activists canes, stood not far from the prime minister Lahore: Mumbai terror attack appear keen to maintain young, black-clad protest- promising to quit. — mastermind and chief of the the momentum of their ers. All listened to pro- AFP banned JuD Hafiz Saeed will movement. democracy speakers in a be prosecuted for terror “I came out for the peace- gathering marked by a fes- financing charges by an anti- ful protest in June when tive mood. terrorism court in Lahore there was more than one “I have seen so much Sinking Philippines village will vanish next month, an official said million people, but the gov- police brutality and unlaw- on Saturday. An anti-terror- ernment did not listen to ful arrests. This is not the Philippines: Da-nica once an island, and is now could soon make this vil- ism court in Lahore held a our demands,” said a 71- Hong Kong I know. I came Martinez, 16, grew up in a without land. Sitio lage unlivable, a problem hearing against Saeed and year-old woman in Hong today because I want the house that grows taller Pariahan, about 17 km faced by other countries in his accomplices on terror Kong’s Central district, government to know that every few years.Her father north of Manila, is sinking Asia, where the poorest financing on Saturday and who only gave her name as we are not happy with raises the stilts of their about 4 cm every year, communities are hardest fixed December 7 as the Ponn. what they have done to our bamboo hut so water from owing largely to land subsi- hit. A deep well is the only date for indictment of the She brought her own generation,” said Ponn, the sea doesn’t reach the dence from the population’s source of water, and resi- Jamat-ud Dawa chief. plastic stool to join a cross- who attended with her floor. They live in Sitio overuse of ground-water. dents use it to bathe, clean, “ATC judge Arshad Hussain generational protest of a daughter and son-in-law. Pariahan, a coastal village Now, rising sea levels cook and, sometimes, even Bhutta fixed December 7 for few hundred people at the — Agencies in the Philippines that was caused by global warming to drink. — Reuters indictment of Saeed and others after hearing the arguments of prosecution and defence lawyers,” a court official said after the Trump to decide hearing. He said prosecutor Abdur Rauf Bhatti requested the court to hold day to day on his lawyers hearing to conclude the trial at the earliest, which was Washington, Nov. 30: dential impeachment’ opposed by Saeed’s coun- The chairman of the and could move some sel.Saeed was brought to the House Judiciary Com- time after that to hear- court amid tight security. mittee asked Pres-ident ings where witnesses Donald Trump on testify about Trump’s Friday to say whether actions with Ukraine. he’ll send his attorneys Trump has labeled the to participate in proceeding by House PAK GOVT TO impeachment proceed- Democrats a sham, in ings before the panel. part because he could CONSULT OPPN Rep. Jerrold Nadler not have his lawyers also is asking cross-examine intelli- Republicans on his com- gence committee wit- ON BAJWA mittee which witnesses nesses during hearings they plan to ask permis- and depositions. SHAFQAT ALI sion to subpoena. The intelligence panel ISLAMABAD, NOV. 30 The letters from the is slated to issue a report New York Democrat of its findings next week Pakistan government will came as the House that are intended to consult the opposition on the impeachment probe form the basis of hear- legislation to determine army enters a new phase with ings at the Judiciary chief’s tenure and service, a hearing next week on Committee, which special assistant to the Prime whether Trump’s would be responsible for Minister on information Dr actions might constitute drafting any articles of Firdous Ashiq Awan said on impeachable offenses. impeachment for a vote Saturday. She said elections Two weeks of by the full House. will be held in the country Intelligence Committee The panel can also seek after the completion of five- hearings produced a further testimony. Nadler year constitutional period of mountain of testimony can deny witnesses the incumbent government. but didn’t seem to move sought by Republicans, She pointed out that the the needle on Capitol who are likely to want Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazal) Hill, where not a single subpoenas compelling chief Maulana Fazl-ur- House Republican sup- testimony from Hunter Rehman also used to stress ported establishing the Biden and the anony- that the parliament should chamber’s impeachment mous intelligence com- complete its constitutional process. Nadler instruct- munity whistleblower tenure. Ms Awan reminded ed Trump and top panel whose complaint sparked that the son of Maulana and Republican Doug Collins the impeachment pro- his other party members of Georgia to respond by ceedings. At issue in the were also sitting in this par- the end of next week. impeachment probe is liament. Regarding the for- The Judiciary Comm- whether Trump abused eign funding case of the PML ittee meets on his office by pressing (N), she said the party had Wednesday in an infor- Ukrainian Presi-dent furnished only a single page mational hearing to Volodymyr Zelenskiy to reply before the Election examine the ‘constitu- investigate the Bidens. Commission. tional grounds for presi- — AP Album charts Coldplay beat Robbie PAGE Williams to UK 12 number one album Newsmakers THE ASIAN AGE SUNDAY | 1 DECEMBER 2019 | NEW DELHI Owner of boat DiCaprio financed Amazon fire: Brazil Prez washed up in Bolsonaro’s remarks were part of wider govt campaign against environmental non-profit groups Ireland found Rio de Janeiro: Without Local police also arrest- $500,000 contribution after 3 years offering proof, Brazilian DiCaprio’s environ- Some members of ed four volunteer fire- from DiCaprio. ‘Aggressively’ President Jair Bolsonaro mental organization Bolsonaro’s adminis- fighters and say they are The WWF has denied M a y o : pursued Greta on Friday said actor has pledged $5M to tration argue that investigating them for receiving a donation from The wood- Leonardo DiCaprio had help the Amazon after civil society groups allegedly igniting fires to DiCaprio or obtaining en house- Gerwig to cast me funded non-profit groups obtain funding from sym- photos from the firefight- boat that he claimed are partly a surge in fires and environmental pathetic donors. ers. washed in Little Woman responsible for fires in destroyed large parts laws hinder economic The volunteer firefight- The WWF also rejected ashore on the Amazon this year. of the rainforest in development in the ers denied any wrongdo- the attacks on its part- Ireland’s — Saoirse Ronan, July August region ing and a judge ordered ners “and the lies involv- Bolsonaro’s remarks Atlantic Rick Small American-Irish actress about the actor were part their release after public ing its name, including a coast three of a wider government outrage over the arrests. series of lie-based social years ago, prompting campaign against envi- Federal prosecutors say media attacks, such as the two questions: how did it IN BRIEF ronmental non-profit their investigation point purchase of photographs get there? And where groups operating in to land-grabbers as pri- linked to a donation from was Rick Small? Brazil. mary suspects for fires in the actor Leonardo The 20ft (6-metre) craft, Tijoux gives the beat “DiCaprio is a cool guy, the area, not non-profits DiCaprio,” it said in a made with driftwood isn’t he? Giving money to or firefighters. statement. and polystyrene and fit- to Chile’s street revolt set the Amazon on fire,” Cattle ranchers, farmers DiCaprio has been an ted with solar panels, Paris: Chilean singer Ana the President said to sup- Some members of “Leonardo DiCaprio, development in some pro- and illegal loggers have outspoken advocate on had no one at the helm Tijoux says she is scared of porters in Brasilia. Bolsonaro’s administra- dammit, you’re collabo- tected natural areas, even long used fire to clear behalf of combating cli- when it turned up at cameras. Yet it is hard to DiCaprio’s environmen- tion argue that civil socie- rating with the burning as intentional fires and land in the Amazon. mate change, speaking Drum beach, near think of anything as fearless tal organization Earth ty groups and environ- of the Amazon,” deforestation in the Bolsonaro appeared to frequently about environ- Belmullet in County as her latest hit “Cacerolazo”, Alliance has pledged $5 mental laws hinder eco- Bolsonaro said, saying Amazon have reached lev- be commenting on social mental issues including Mayo in November 2016. which has become an anthem million to help protect the nomic development in the the actor was part of an els not seen in a decade. media postings claiming the Amazon forest fires. There was a message of the street revolt in her Amazon after a surge in region. international “campaign The criticism of that the environmental His Leonardo DiCaprio written on the ceiling: homeland against its billion- fires destroyed large So far, Bolsonaro’s against Brazil.” DiCaprio and environ- organization the World Foundation, which is “I, Rick Small, donate aire president Sebastian parts of the rainforest in unsubstantiated attack He offered no evidence mental activists follows a Wildlife Fund (WWF) focused on projects that this structure to a home- Pinera. Latin America’s rich- July and August. has drawn scorn from to support his claims in police raid at the head- had paid for images “protect vulnerable less youth to give them a est country has been rocked The actor’s press repre- politicians and activists. either instance. quarters of two non-prof- taken by volunteer fire- wildlife from extinction,” better life that by more than six weeks of sentative did not immedi- Bolsonaro earlier made Bolsonaro and environ- it groups in the fighters that it then sup- is part of the Earth Newfoundland chose not protests sparked by a 30 ately comment on a similar claim in a ment minister Ricardo Amazonian state of Para posedly used to solicit Alliance. to do! No rent, no mort- peso (four US cents) rise in Bolsonaro’s remarks. Facebook live broadcast. Salles are promoting earlier this week. donations, including a — Agencies gage, no hydro.” metro fares. Demonstrations Small was known in often start with people bang- Canada as an environ- ing pots and pans, an action mentalist who built known as a “cacerolazo”, NEWS NUGGETS DOWNTON ABBEY PRODUCER SAYS solar-powered three- after the Spanish word for a Kids under 12 can no longer wheeled bikes, but he casserole. — AFP was elusive and his con- THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT SEQUEL nection to the boat, and MOTHERHOOD Los Angeles: Downton Neame said. how it crossed the ‘Stopped Jay-Z’s rap Abbey producer Gareth The movie adaptation ‘commit crime’ in Scotland Atlantic, remained IS A JOURNEY: Neame has revealed that featured the return of unclear. on Sheeran’s song’ NICOLE KIDMAN the conversations about many favourites from Edinburgh: Regulations offence grounds and could This week the CTV Los Angeles: Stormzy has a possible sequel are the original cast, includ- have come into force rais- It is the first be given a criminal News network found revealed how he prevented Los Angeles: Hollywood already happening. ing veteran actor Maggie ing the age of criminal change in the age of record. him in Vancouver. Jay-Z from appearing on his star Nicole Kidman The Downton Smit as responsibility in criminal responsibil- However, no child under “Mystery solved”, he song with Ed Sheeran, Take believes motherhood is a Abbey movie indomitable Violet Scotland. ity since 1933 when 12 has been prosecuted in said. Me Back to London. The US personal experience and released in Crawley, Laura Previously children as it was raised from a Scottish court since The 62-year-old said he rapper wanted to appear on there are no fixed theo- September, three Carmichael as young as eight could be seven to eight. The 2011. built the vessel in 2016 the track, but the grime star ries or formulas to be a years after the Lady Edith held responsible for crimi- move will mean no The charity Action for and planned to sail from turned down his “number one good parent. According show ended on tele- Crawley, Joanne nal acts — the lowest in Children said the new pro- Newfoundland to the hero inspiration” because he to Contactmusic, the vision. Froggatt as Anna Europe and one of the child under the age visions would ensure chil- Arctic to raise aware- thought it was a bad fit. “I actor, 52, “We’re working Bates, Hugh lowest in the world. of 12 can now be dren were treated as chil- ness about the climate felt proper bad because I was who adopt- on what the story is, and Bonneville as Robert That has now been found guilty of a dren within the justice crisis and vanishing like, ‘You’re saying no to Jay- ed Isabella, when we might be able Crawley, Allen Leech as raised to 12, below which a criminal act. system. Arctic ice. Z!’” he said. “Jay-Z was super 26, and to make it. But it’s the Tom Branson, Elizabeth child is deemed to lack the Paul Carberry, Action But when he failed to proud and super shocked and Connor, 24, same as the first time McGovern as Cora capacity to commit a the age of criminal for Children's director for source an appropriate taken aback by the fact that with ex Tom around: We have to try to Crawley and Michelle crime. responsibility since 1933 Scotland, said: "We fully motor he gave the boat this kid told him,” he added. Cruise, and get everyone back Dockery as Lady Mary Campaigners said it when it was raised from support the notion that no away. He said he had no The song went on to top the has daugh- together again. And that Crawley. should be raised further, seven to eight. eight to 11-year-old should idea how it ended up at UK singles chart for five ters Sunday, 11, and was very challenging,” — PTI and ministers said they The move will mean no ever be regarded as an sea. He expressed pride weeks in September and Faith, eight, with her would review the change child under the age of 12 offender, nor should they that it survived a voyage October. — Agencies husband Keith Urban, within three years. can now be found guilty of be stigmatised in later life of more than 1,800 miles said bringing up her WOODEN FRAGMENT OF JESUS’ The change followed a criminal act. as a result of actions as a largely intact. “It didn’t kids has been a learning unanimous support at At what age should chil- child, and now this will be sink. I must have done a experience. MANGER ARRIVES IN BETHLEHEM Holyrood in May 2019 for dren have a criminal enshrined into law. good job.” “I think it’s (mother- the Age of Criminal record? Scotland's position had Small said he planned hood) just a journey. And Bethlehem: A wooden the seventh century, the Responsibility (Scotland) Until the change in the been widely criticised, to build another boat the first thing is there’s fragment believed to be relic had been presented Act, which ministers said law, primary school chil- and there have been calls after making more solar- no right and wrong. from the manger of to the Franciscan custo- would be implemented dren aged eight to 11 could for the new limit of 12 to powered bikes that he There’s just different Jesus arrived in his dians of the Holy Land quickly. be referred to the be raised further. calls Solarized-Its. children. birthplace of Bethlehem as a gift from the It is the first change in Children's Panel on — Agencies — Agencies “I once got this wonder- on Saturday amid great Vatican. ful advice from my ceremony after more Worshippers thronged grandmother. She said to than 1,300 years in the square as the chief me, ‘Every child is given Europe. custodian for the Holy Suriname I am kind of old and some adversity. Where A Palestinian scout Land, Francesco Patton, you’re born. What you’re band playing bagpipes, carried the ornate reli- boring now: Pattinson up against. Your parents drums and saxophones quary housing the relic Prez gets jail Los Angeles: Robert get divorced’. There’s accompanied the relic as into the Saint Catherine Pattinson hopes his starring always going to be prob- it arrived in Manger Church next to the for murder role as Batman in the upcom- lems. And the greatest Square, an AFP reporter Church of the Nativity, ing Matt Reeves-directed thing is that the love is said. where he led mass. Paramaribo: standalone won’t trigger the enough. — PTI Housed in Rome since — AFP A military fandom similar to the court in Twilight series as he has Suriname sen- grown old and boring now. tenced The 33-year-old actor said he President Desi does not want go through Bouterse to 20 Desi the fan pressure, like he did Taiwan’s wheelchair athletes years in prison Bouterse while playing Edward Cullen on Friday over in Twilight movies, when he the executions of politi- essays the role of the caped find love on the dance floor cal opponents when he crusader in The Batman. was the South American “There’s a part of me that Taipei: Taiwanese ath- country's dictator in the just thinks it’s impossible to letes Vincent Kuo and Ivy 1980s. Bouterse, 74, is on be what happened with Huang each discovered an a state visit to China and Twilight because it was so electric talent for wheel- will appeal the judge- sudden. I’m hoping it won’t chair dancing on their ment when he returns Women pose for photographs during the ‘Me Marathi’ event in Bhopal on Saturday. be people hanging out out- own — but it was when next week, his lawyer — PTI side my place,” he said. — PTI they were paired up Irvin Kanhai said. together that the sparks A two-time coup leader, really flew. two-term president and Part of the island’s last convicted drugs-traffick- I WAS DEVASTATED generation of polio sur- er, Bouterse has domi- vivors, they have spent nated Suriname's poli- years perfecting their tics since taking power AFTER REJECTION, dance routines. in a 1980 military coup. Currently ranked world Friday's judgement, SAYS SCHERZINGER number two, the recently- delivered by a three- London: Singer Nicole married couple are in member court martial Scherzinger says she felt Germany this weekend to led by Judge Cynthia “devastated” after a casting compete in the World Para interested in sports even a break from practicing Valstein-Montor, relates director refused to take her Dance Sport if I can’t play them Latin dance moves with to the executions of 15 audition for the big screen Championship. because of my disabili- his wife in New Taipei regime opponents in adaptation of Cats. The 41- “I have always been ties,” Kuo told AFP during City. — AFP December 1982. — AFP year-old is no stranger to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s beloved musical of the same Students paint their faces during an event to raise name. She was nominated for Oz’s 1st underwater hotel on Great Barrier Reef awareness on AIDS in Chennai on Saturday. — PTI an Olivier Award for her performance as Queensland: For $799 a coral, taken from old faded glamourpuss night, tourists now have Australia’s first moorings, onto the exist- Grizabella in the the opportunity to live out underwater hotel ing reef walls. West End revival of a Finding Nemo dream or rooms open on Queensland’s tourism Cats in 2014, in which a Dead Calm nightmare Dec. 1. For $799 a industry development on the Great Barrier Reef. minister, Kate Jones, stat- she performed the night, tourists now musical’s standout On December 1, ed that the redevelop- song, Memory. In an Nicole Reefsuites, a pair of the opportunity to ment team had ensured interview, Scherzinger underwater hotel rooms, live out a Finding the reef was protected. Scherzinger said she will open to visitors. Nemo dream This may be Australia’s wanted to star in the film Described as an “inti- first underwater hotel adaptation, which was being mate experience that will contemplate the fragility aquarium-like space development, but it will helmed by Tom Hooper, but stay with you forever” the of both nature and without harming the not be its last. In June she couldn’t get an audition Reefsuites look out onto humanity. By night, ecosystem was the top the Queensland govern- for it. “That really upset me, I Hardy Reef, an area that guests can turn on a light priority of the 14-month ment backed plans for won’t lie about that. I was is in recovery from both to observe nearby under- construction process. a three-level pontoon devastated,” she said. “I just damage sustained during water life, while the end- The submerged rooms and underwater hotel wanted to be given a fair the catastrophic Cyclone less black expanse of the are part of Reefworld near Lady Musgrave Actresses opportunity – then you can Debbie in 2017 and mild ocean presses in around Pontoon, a $10m struc- Island on the south- Elodie Bouchez turn me down. Turn me down coral bleaching. them. ture built to replace ern end of the Great and Sveva Alviti to my face, at least, and they Both ensuite rooms fea- Set to take Australia’s tourism operator Cruise Barrier Reef. While during the didn’t,” the singer added. ture floor-to-ceiling win- long-standing tourism Whitsunday’s original it may be a first for Marrakech Film Actor Arjun Kapoor and Kriti “Cats” movie version features dows; allowing customers hot spot to “another pontoon on Hardy Reef, Australia, underwa- Festival on Jason Derulo, Jennifer to look out into a vast level,” Luke Walker, CEO which was damaged dur- ter hotels already Sanon during the promotion of operate in Dubai, the Friday. their upcoming film Panipat in Hudson, Ian McKellen, Taylor world of water, glowing of the experiential travel ing the cyclone. — AFP Swift and Rebel Wilson. an alien shade of company Journey The project included Maldives and Greater Noida on Saturday. — PTI turquoise, while they Beyond, said creating the replanting 4,000 pieces of Tanzania. — Agencies — PTI

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GUIDE TO FORTUNE HYDERABAD GANGRAPE DCW notice to police for harassment of agitator Tick the answer and check Man arrested for them below. The majority of geneti- 1cally modified crops are Woman sits on protest outside rape, murder of grown in which part of the world? ■ Europe 55-yr-old woman ■ The Americas Parl, says cops ‘thrashed’ her ■ China AGE CORRESPONDENT ◗ AGE CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI, NOV. 30 The accused Which of the following NEW DELHI, NOV. 30 was known to the 2dog breeds originated in Youth Congress takes out candlelight march One person was arrested victim. On Friday Tibet? A woman sat on a solitary on Saturday for allegedly night he was protest near the New Delhi, Nov. 30: The Indian Youth strangulating a 55-year- returning home ■ Labradoodle Parliament on Saturday Congress (IYC) took out a candlelight old woman to death in ■ Lhasa Apso morning in wake of the march at Jantar Mantar here on North Delhi’s Gulabi and saw the ■ Chow Chow gangrape and murder of a Saturday evening to protest against the Bagh area, the police said. woman alone. He 27-year-old veterinarian in rising crime against women in the coun- It is suspected that the forced himself on In which battle did the the outskirts of try. Holding candles and placards, the victim was first raped her and later Ethiopians defeat the Hyderabad. She alleged protestors marched peacefully in and then killed by the 3 that she was harassed and Lutyens’ Delhi. man who lives in the killed her Italians in 1896? beaten up by police person- The IYC national media in-charge, same locality, the police nel, following which the Amrish Ranjan Pandey, alleged that the said. of Friday and Saturday. ■ Battle of Adwa Delhi Commission for government is not taking any action to On Saturday morning, a The accused used to work ■ Battle of Sivana Women (DCW) issued curb crime against women in the coun- person known to the at a dhaba in a nearby ■ Battle of Isandlwana notice to the Delhi police. try. “We are saddened about the rising woman went to her shop locality. Holding a placard with crime against women in the country. In and found her lying on The accused was known the slogan “why I can’t feel the last five to six years, crime has the floor, following which to the victim and on the SHORT TAKES safe in my own Bharat,” increased. The government is not doing he raised an alarm. The intervening night of Anu Dubey, who is in her anything and the time has come when we woman was rushed to a Friday and Saturday, he mid 20s, sat on the pave- have to save our society ourselves,” Mr hospital where she was was returning home from Man arrested with ment near gate number 2-3 Pandey said. The latest case of a 27-year- declared brought dead. work and saw the woman of the Parliament House old veterinarian in Hyderabad, who was The deceased lived alone alone. He forced himself illegal firearms complex to protest against gang raped and then burnt, has brought in a small area where she on her and later killed crime against women in the issue of women’s safety in the coun- used to sell items of wor- her, sources added. New Delhi: A 29-year-old the country, the police try into focus again as the Central gov- ship and tea. The woman was unmar- man, suspected to be a mem- said. Youth Congress members during a candlelight march at Jantar Mantar ernment has “failed” to protect them, he During investigation, ried and used to live there ber of the infamous Chhenu She alleged “gross misbe- in New Delhi on Saturday. — PTI said. — PTI the police analysed the alone. Her parents had gang, was arrested with ille- haviour, harassment, and CCTV footage and noticed died earlier. gal firearms in the national violence” by the Delhi a person who was seen The body of the capital, police said on police personnel from the According to the police, grievances she was scratch marks on her body demanded that an FIR going towards her shop deceased has been pre- Saturday. The accused, Parliament Street police some of its personnel released from the police and blood was also coming should be filed against late at night. The suspect served at the Subzi Mandi Qamar Abbas, was a resident station who forcefully asked the woman to go to station. Ms Dubey, howev- out from her wounds, the those responsible for the was picked up from his Mortuary and the post of Naya Bazar railway colony, removed her from the site Jantar Mantar to continue er, has alleged that head DCW said in the notice. misbehaviour. The DCW house in the same locality mortem will be conducted they said. Police got a tip-off and detained her. her protest but when she constables Kuldip and Ms Dubey has submitted has sought reasons for where he lives in a rented on Sunday. regarding Abbas on Friday, Though the Delhi police refused they took her to Manju and one more offi- a complaint in this regard removing the woman from accommodation, the The post mortem exami- following which a trap was denied allegations of bru- the Parliament Street cer misbehaved with her, to the Parliament Street the site even though she police said. Sources said nation and the autopsy laid near the Hanuman tality, the DCW issued a police station in a police hit her, and threatened her. police station. The Delhi was alone and sitting qui- the accused revealed that report is awaited to con- Mandir, Yamuna Bazar and notice to the deputy com- vehicle, a senior officer At the police station, she police said that a senior etly. It has also asked for he first forced himself on firm sexual assault, the the accused was arrested at missioner of police (New said. At that time the was allegedly thrown on a woman police officer will details of the officials the woman and later police added. After the around 7:40 pm, DCP (North) Delhi district) seeking woman was sobbing, he bed where three women look into the matter. responsible for misbehav- strangled her. autopsy, her body will be Monika Bhardwaj said. Four action against the erring said, adding that after police officers sat over her Swati Maliwal, the chair- ing with her. It has sought The incident took place handed over to her rela- country-made pistols and 18 police officials. some officers heard her and beat her. She had person of DCW, has all details by December 4. on the intervening night tives, it said. live cartridges were seized from his possession, the police said. During interrogation, the accused said the arms belonged to his cousin 2-yr-old abducted on Nov. 23 rescued, 2 held Anwar, who is also a member of the gang. Around two New Delhi, Nov. 30: The installed in the area were Pal revealed that his two- dence. mother, he hatched the moths ago, the accused, Delhi Police rescued a thoroughly scanned. wheeler was stolen and Dutt was the master- conspiracy of kidnapping along with Anwar and one two-year-old girl child During scanning of he has lodged a complaint mind behind whole con- the child. He even made Rizwan, allegedly killed one from the clutches of kid- footage, the police team about the same. Later, as spiracy. He met the sec- fake certificate of child Sufi, a member of the Nasir nappers and arrested two succeeded in obtaining per the information, one ond accused on an online adoption in the name of gang, in the New Usmanpur persons in connection the registration number of the accused persons platform and lured him Geeta Ashram, area, the DCP said. with the case. of the accused’s vehicle. namely Nikhil with a cash amount of `1 Gurugram to mislead On November 23, police The ownership of the Choudhary was identified lakh. Around `5,000 was state machinery as well received a call regarding same vehicle was and zeroed down from given as an advance to as his family,” police said. Kejriwal asked to the kidnapping of the obtained and the same Palam Village. He dis- another accused. Dutt disclosed that he child by two motorcy- was found registered on closed the identity of his The motive behind the purchased the stolen appear in court clists in Palam Village at the name of Umesh Pal in co-accused as one conspiracy was Nikhil’s motorcycle from one of Delhi BJP Yuva Morcha workers protest against supply 1:30 pm. During the inves- Panipat, Haryana. As per Virender Kumar Dutt, frustration with his own his known namely Gagan. New Delhi: A local court has of contaminated water in New Delhi on Saturday. tigation, 10 different the technical inputs, who was arrested from life, as he was not able to The said motorcycle was directed Delhi chief minister teams were formed to ver- immediately a team was the area of Chander have a child even after six also recovered from the Arvind Kejriwal to personally ify the linking routes dispatched to Panipat to Vihar and the kidnapped years of marriage. spot at the time of the appear before the court in from the spot. Thousands conduct a raid. girl child was also safely “To fulfil the child raid. order to take bail in a of CCTV cameras On being interrogated, rescued from his resi- desire of his wife and — ANI defamation case against him. 1 arrested for stabbing Additional chief metropoli- tan magistrate Vishal Pahuja asked the accused to appear 75-year-old woman Woman treks in person on the next date of AGE CORRESPONDENT Dayal Hospital where a hearing. The court’’s order NEW DELHI, NOV. 30 surgery was performed to Kedarnath came in while it was hearing and her condition was a defamation complaint filed A 39-year-old man was stated to be stable, the by Vikas Sankrityayan, who arrested on Saturday officer said. after knee, claimed that on May 6, 2018, from Pathankot for CCTV footage of the a YouTube video titled ‘’BJP allegedly attacking his area were checked and hip surgery IT Cell Part 2’’ was circulated friend’s mother-in-law call record details of the by Dhruv Rathee, who lives with a knife here, police accused analysed. It was AGE CORRESPONDENT in Germany, “wherein a num- said. The accused has revealed that the accused NEW DELHI, NOV. 30 ber of false and defamatory been identified as Vijay, a had fled to Pathankot in allegations were made”. resident of Raghubir Punjab, following which a A 40-year-old woman was Sankrityayan said that the Nagar, they said. police team reached able to go for an arduous Delhi chief minister On Friday, a case was Pathankot and arrested trek to Kedarnath and retweeted the video from his registered based on the Vijay, said Deepak Badrinath 18 months twitter account without statement of a 75-year-old Purohit, DCP (West). after she went through checking the authenticity of woman who said that one Vijay disclosed that the hip and knee joint the video. Vijay, a close friend of her complainant’s daughter- replacement at a city daughter-in-law, stabbed in-law is his friend and a hospital. her with a knife and fled quarrel took place According to doctors, 1 held at airport for from the spot, a senior between the two women. the woman, Mithu police officer said. The daughter-in-law told Adhikary, had fractured carrying live bullet The woman, also a resi- him about the incident her hip in an accident , dent of Raghubir Nagar, following which he following which she had New Delhi: A Bangkok-bound was taken to Guru attacked the complainant to undergo simultaneous passenger has been appre- Gobind Singh Hospital to take revenge, the DCP Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal during a meeting with 13-member committee formed to determine the utilisation of hip and knee surgeries. hended by the CISF at the and later referred to Deen said. `50 crore CM’s Advocates Welfare Fund announced by the Delhi government on Saturday. — PTI Senior joint replacement Delhi airport for allegedly consultant at the Indian carrying a live bullet in his Spinal Injuries Centre baggage, an official said on (ISIC), Dr Vivek Saturday. The bullet was AIIMS files police complaint Mahajan, explained that detected during the baggage ‘BJP-hoarders nexus behind onion price rise’ simultaneous replace- search of traveller Jitender at ment surgeries were con- the Indira Gandhi AGE CORRESPONDENT has proposed a subsidised Singh blamed the Centre `60 per kg, while 32,000 in `12 crore banking fraud ducted on the affected International Airport on NEW DELHI, NOV. 30 price. for the “annual furore” tonnes of onion rotted AGE CORRESPONDENT of Delhi Police seeking an hip and the knee through Friday. A live bullet of 7.65 He said the Union minis- over onion prices in the away in government NEW DELHI, NOV. 30 investigation into the computer-assisted meth- mm calibre was recovered The AAP on Saturday ter in charge of food and country and claimed it is godowns,” he said. scam. Police said they ods and superior quality from the bag of the passen- blamed an “unholy public distribution directly responsible for “The Centre is responsi- The Delhi Police has have received a complaint implants were used that ger who had an Indian pass- nexus” between BJP and department, Ram Vilas this “onion chaos” and ble for paucity of onions received a complaint in and are looking into the does not easily sustain port, the official said. The black marketeers and Paswan, must tell the pub- “disorganized state of that happens every year,” connection with the bank- matter, a senior police offi- wear and tear. traveller was not allowed to hoarders for the sharp lic what kind of nexus affairs.” Singh said. When a ing fraud of over `12 crore cer said. “Being a computer- board the flight and was increase in onion prices they have with black mar- There is an alleged farmer goes to sell his at AIIMS, officials said on Over `7 crore was fraud- assisted surgery, the handed over to the Delhi and asked the Centre why keteers and hoarders. nexus between BJP and onion in the market, he Saturday. ulently withdrawn from chances of a revision Police as he could not pro- it was not taking steps to Struggling to cool prices black marketeers and gets `2-3 per kg for his The money has been the institute’s main surgery were prevented duce any document for pos- reduce the inflation. AAP amid a soaring demand, hoarders, he said. “This produce. The hoarders siphoned off from the account with the SBI which is usually caused sessing the ammunition, he leader and Rajya Sabha the Arvind Kejriwal gov- unholy nexus has led to and black marketeers buy bank accounts the All which is operated by the by wrong alignment of added. MP Sanjay Singh also ernment in Delhi has the increase of onion onion at this price. Hoard India Institute of Medical AIIMS director. An implants as well as sub- asked the Centre the rea- sought Centre’s help to prices across the country. the stock and later sell it Sciences has with the amount of `5 crore was standard implants or THE ANSWER TO TODAY’S GUIDE TO FORTUNE son behind selling onion make onions available at The Delhi government at a premium of `100 per State Bank of India from taken out from another surgical techniques. We

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The Americas Americas The ■ ■ marketing cooperatives proposed to sell onions at increased the rate of marketeers get support tion has approached the light, attempts were made take and enjoyed her for agricultural produce, `60 per kg in the city. onion from `15 per kg to from the Centre,” he said. Economic Offences Wing to withdraw `29 crore. journey.” Blow PAGE Aaron Finch suffered a blow to his head during a Sheffield Shield encounter on Saturday and was substituted by Cricket 14 Travis Dean after he experienced concussion symptoms THE ASIAN AGE SUNDAY | 1 DECEMBER 2019 | NEW DELHI Kohli breaks silence By the end of the Captain hits out at critics for targeting wife Anushka Test championship, New Delhi, Nov. 30: ment any opposition on Indian captain Virat Kohli any kind of surface. This I don’t see it being on Saturday said his was done without Jasprit actress wife Anushka Bumrah. impossible for us to Sharma is a “soft target”, The skipper said there is be fourth or fifth in breaking his silence on always bonhomie among former player Farokh his fast bowlers, not an the world. Engineer’s claim that she iota of insecurity despite Sourav Ganguly and Jay Shah. — Jason Holder, was served tea by one of all the successes and the West Indies captain the selectors during the intense competition. World Cup. “There is no jealousy at all The 81-year-old Engineer and that is their biggest SHORT recently ridiculed the cre- strength, they don’t care TAKES dentials of the five-mem- whether Shami is at 7 now BCCI AGM set ber selection panel, led by or Jassi is at whatever Afghanistan U-19 MSK Prasad and compris- ranking he is or ing Sarandeep Singh, Ishant,”Kohli said. team stun India Jatin Paranjpe, Gagan “I think full credit has to to dilute reforms Khoda and Devang go to them to these guys Lucknow: Afghanistan’s U-19 Gandhi, claiming that he that they have been able to Mumbai, Nov. 30: The respectively. team produced a disciplined saw one of them serve tea create this aura around BCCI will on Sunday hold BCCI treasurer Arun effort to script a stunning two- to Sharma during the them because of that its first Annual General Dhumal said that all the wicket victory over fancied World Cup in England. friendship that belief and Meeting with enigmatic proposed amendments are India in a low-scoring fifth The 31-year-old captain the intent being in the former captain Sourav aimed at strengthening the Youth ODI here on Saturday. was surprised by the alle- right place.” Ganguly at the helm, seek- board’s structure and will The five-match series, though, gations and said dragging While Sachin Tendulkar ing to dilute some key only be incorporated once ended 3-2 in favour of hosts her name was not right. is the one he looks up to reforms mandated by the approved by the Supreme India. Batting first after winning “She came for one World among cricketers, Kohli’s Supreme Court, constitute Court. “We are not touch- the toss, India were bowled out Cup game against Sri favourite in sporting cricket committees like the ing the 70-year age cap for 157 in 49.3 overs at the Lanka and the family box world is ace footballer CAC and appoint the clause. With regards to the Ekana Cricket Stadium B and the selector box was Cristiano Ronaldo. “I Board’s representative at cooling off, our point of ground. Vikrant Bhadoriya different, and there was think Cristiano Ronaldo the ICC. view is if somebody has made 29 and Kumar Kushagra no selector in that box. because I like the fact that The Supreme Court- gained experience by run- scored 24 for the home team. She came with two is targeted on a daily basis appointed Committee of ning the state association, Noor Ahmad was the most suc- friends. As I said, she is but he has the mental Administrators (COA) was why give him a cooling-off. cessful bowler for the visitors, known, she’s been suc- strength, the will to work in control of the cricket That experience should be picking 3/39, while there were cessful at a very high level hard and the desire to body for 33 months before utilised in the best interest two wickets apiece for Abid so when people take her Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri. keep coming back. the new office-bearers, led of the game. If he can con- Mohammadi and Shafiqullah name, it gets noticed,” “For me those things by Ganguly, took charge tribute in the BCCI, why Ghafari. In reply, Afghanistan Kohli said. She (Anushka) came for one World Cup game against Sri Lanka matter more than some- last month. Ganguly’s cur- not?” said Dhumal. managed to reach the target of “You want to mention one having absolute unre- rent nine-month stint will “We will take it (all 158 in 47.3 overs, with Asif something about the selec- and the family box and the selector box was different, and al natural ability, which is get an extension if the passed amendments at the Musazai top-scoring with 42 off tors do that, but why join there was no selector in that box. She came with two friends. As I (Lionel) Messi, so I am in BCCI dilutes the specific AGM) to the Supreme 77 balls. For India U-19, Manav her name with it.” said, she is known, she’s been successful at a very high level so when awe of Ronaldo.” reform on tenure-cap as Court. We will put across Suthar picked up 3/32 in 7.2 “When the lies are spo- Kohli has made a habit mandated by the SC- our point of view. What are overs. — PTI ken so much all around, people take her name, it gets noticed of creating records, some- appointed Lodha the practical difficulties they start becoming —VIRAT KOHLI thing that has often drawn Committee. we are facing with regards England hope to truths. So you need to comparisons with his idol, In the agenda released for to a few things. In case the speak up at some stage she’s a soft target. We both why, what for, but to he is not going to be both- the legendary Sachin the AGM, the BCCI has court agrees with our idea, fightback Kiwis and that’s exactly what had been ignoring it for a accept lies in that manner, ered about someone sit- Tendulkar. “Well I don’t proposed significant then we will have those happened recently.” while,” Kohli said. it couldn’t be anything but ting at home and trolling know how to explain it I changes to the existing amendments,” he added. Hamilton: England rejected talk Sharma has often been agenda driven,” Kohli told him, because if you want mean I just hate losing. constitution. As per the However, going forward, their New Zealand series was accused of getting prefer- Captains bats India Today on its special to troll a guy who has done Basically I hate losing in current constitution, it has been proposed that a over when they ended day two ential treatment in the for coach show ‘Inspiration’. that, then get up, face anything, that is how a which is approved by the three-fourth majority at on Sunday at 39 for two, but Indian cricket fraternity Kohli on termed the “... In Ravi bhai’s case, those bowlers, do what he sportsman is made up, Supreme Court, an office- the AGM should be able to accepted it would need a spe- but Kohli rubbished all relentless trolling of Ravi luckily, he is a person that has done, have the clarity that is the makeup of any bearer who has served two ratify any amendment in cial performance to turn their the allegations, saying his Shastri as “agenda driv- doesn’t care at all.” to do it, have the courage sportsman competing at three-year terms, either at the constitution as it is not fortunes around in Hamilton. wife’s value system would en”, saying the India Starting out as a slow to do it, then have a debate the highest level,” he said. the BCCI or at the state “practical” to take the New Zealand, meanwhile, ruled never allow her to do any- coach is least affected by left-arm spinner, Shastri with that guy,” Kohli said. “I don’t want any maybe, association, goes into a Supreme Court’s approval, out thoughts of playing for a thing wrong. perception that he is the went on to open the “He is absolutely chilled I don’t what any ifs, when compulsory three-year which is required in the draw as they targeted a clean “So much has been said captain’s yes man. innings for India and also out, he says our only focus I walk on to that field it is cooling-off period. existing constitution. sweep in the two Test series about her and so much Get up, face the fast won the famous is how we can be the best an honour for me, and The current dispensation With the BCCI’s clout sig- after a comprehensive innings comes out about her. The bowlers with “courage” ‘Champion of the team of all time. I think when I walk out I want to wants that period to kick nificantly reduced at the victory in the first match. value system that she has and “without helmet”, Champions’ Award in the these petty things on the have zero energy left. in only after the individual ICC due to the administra- With BJ Watling, the architect and her beliefs and the average 41 as an opener — 1985 World Series Cricket, outside, they don’t matter “I’m actually always try- has finished two terms (six tive crisis over the past of the first Test win, again hold- nature she has, it won’t Kohli mentioned all that and Kohli touched upon at all to him.” ing to avoid that feeling years), at the board and three years, the board has ing the innings together New allow her to go against Shastri did as a player in all that while offering his After the rout of and that’s why I go along state association separate- proposed that experienced Zealand recovered from 191 for rules and protocols. his scathing riposte to the unequivocal support to Bangladesh in the Test about my work in a crazy ly. If passed with a three- hands must represent five to reach 375 in their first “So I don’t know why current coach’s critics. the head coach. series recently, Kohli manner. I just have to put fourth majority, it will India in the world body and innings in Hamilton with people have wanted to sen- “I think most of these “(Promoted from) num- called his fast bowling all my effort into every effectively extend the the 70-year age cap clause Watling and debutant Daryl sationalise stories by tak- things are agenda driven ber 10 to opener and got an arsenal as a “dream com- ball that I play, field or I tenure of Ganguly and sec- should not apply to them. Mitchell featuring in a 124-run ing her name because and I don’t know whose, average of 41 as an opener, bination” that can tor- am a part of.” — PTI retary Jay Shah — PTI stand for the sixth wicket. England, in 18 overs before stumps, lost Dom Sibley and Joe Denly cheaply while Rory Burns was dropped twice to be not out 24 with Joe Root on Akram slams Pakistan’s fielding six. — AFP Paine’s declaration is Brief scores: New Zealand 375 Adelaide, Nov. 30: Pakistan fast Pakistan conceding a four on a day should be on the ball. IN 129.1 over (T. Latham 105, D. bowling legend Wasim Akram when David Warner sent the “Nobody was backing up and you Mitchell 73; Broad 4/73, blasted the team’s efforts on the records tumbling with a triple cen- as a fielder, it doesn’t matter how Woakes 3/83) vs England 39/2 field during Day 2 of their second tury. “Shaheen Shah was in la la inexperienced you are, you set in 18 overs (R. Burns (batting) Test against Australia at the land at fine leg,” Akram said. yourself, new batsman in, they just an intriguing decision 24, J. Root (batting) 6; Southee Adelaide Oval on Saturday. “Yasir Shah and Shan Masood were came out, I’ll probably start five-ten 1/24, Henry 1/10). Akram’s comments came after a probably yawning. That’s the prob- yards inside the boundary line not Instead, Taylor called off misfield from Shaheen Afridi led to lem with Pakistan cricket. They on the boundary.” — Agencies his innings, saying he couldn’t imagine getting ahead of Sir Don Bradman Ayaz Memon 334, which was the highest score by an Australian till Over The Top then. Similarly, Michael Warner hits 335, Smith shatters record Clarke declared the innings against India at Sydney in Adelaide, Nov. 30: An irre- stood since 1946. magine you are Tim enough time and more to 2012 when he was on 329. pressible David Warner SCORECARD He took a single off Paine, captain of bowl them out twice. Clarke could have aimed smashed an unbeaten 335 Australia (1st innings): J. Burns c Rizwan b Afridi 4, D. Muhammad Musa to reach IAustralia. Opener David It is fascinating to try and for Lara’s record of 400 on Saturday while Steve Warner (not out) 335, M. Labuschagne b Afridi 162, S. 7,000 runs in his 126th Warner has passed 300 at understand why Paine which had been established Smith became the fastest Smith c Rizwan b Afridi 36, M. Wade (not out) 38. innings, taking possession the Adelaide Oval on the would have made the deci- by then but, like Taylor, man to 7,000 Test Extras (lb6, nb7, w1) 14. Total (for three wickets in 127 of a mark held for 73 years second day of the Test. sion he did. Imagine the chose to remain behind runs as overs) 589 decl. by English great Wally Brian Lara’s record score tug-of-war being played out Bradman’s 334. This FoW: 1-8, 2-369, 3-490. Hammond who reached the of 400 beckons. Pakistan’s in his mind after Warner showed the reverence in <<< David Bowling: Abbas 29-7-100-0, Afridi 30-5-88-3, Musa milestone in his 131st bowling is wilting. There’s had completed his triple which Bradman is still held Warner 20-1-114-0, Yasir 32-1-197-0, Ahmed 15-0-75-0, Azhar 1- innings. Smith also moved enough time remaining in century: should he allow a in Australia in the cricket- 0-9-0. past legendary countryman the match. What would you teammate chance for great ing fraternity. Australia Pakistan (1st innings): S. Masood c Paine b Hazlewood Donald Bradman’s 6,996 do? glory, or put the opponent However, there has been took control 19, Imam-ul-Haq c Warner b Starc 2, A. Ali c Smith b Test runs to become I encapsulated these on the mat as soon as possi- the exception too. In 2003 at of the day- Cummins 9, A. Shafiq c Paine b Starc 9, B. Azam (bat- Australia’s 11th highest thoughts in a tweet, asking ble? Perth, against a hapless night second ting) 43, I. Ahmed c Paine b Starc 10, M. Rizwan c Paine scorer. my followers their opinion Remember, Warner was a Zimbabwe side, opener Test against b Starc 0, Y. Shah (batting) 4. Total (for six wickets in The home team resumed just after Warner got his key batsman who had Mathew Hayden didn’t stop Pakistan. 35 overs) 96. the day at 302 for one with triple century: Should failed to make 100 runs in at Bradman’s milestone, Skipper Tim FoW: 1-3, 2-22, 3-38, 4-69, 5-89, 6-89. Warner on 166 and Paine declare since the entire Ashes series ear- plundering 380 runs and Paine waved his Bowling: Starc 13-5-22-4, Hazlewood 8-2-29-1, Labuschagne 126, with the Australia already had a lier this year. What a boost going past Lara’s then players back into the Cummins 14-1-45-1. pair putting on another 67 mammoth score, or should it would be for him, what record of 375. But the cap- pavilion at 589 for three runs before Pakistan final- Warner be allowed to get honour for Australian tain of the Aussie team ahead of the second day’s FASTEST TO 7000 RUNS IN TESTS ly got a breakthrough. past Lara? Or give him cricket! then was Steve Waugh. dinner break with Warner Skipper Azhar Ali took fixed time to get the record So why would Paine (For the record, Hayden’s on the 10th highest Test Batsman M I Time the new ball and Afridi or not? declare? The most credible record was short-lived, score ever, also a personal Steven Smith (Aus) 70 126 9 yrs & 140 days clean-bowled Labuschagne Only 17 per cent of explanation is that this is with Lara making 400 a few best. as he attempted a drive, just respondents suggested rooted in Aussie cricket months later at the same The decision to declare Wally Hammond (Eng) 80 131 18 yrs & 238 days as he and Warner appeared Paine should declare forth- culture where winning is ground, St John’s, where he deprived him of a crack at V. Sehwag (Ind) 79 134 8 yrs & 278 days set for another long day at with. Those in favour of prioritised over all else, had scored 375 against the Brian Lara’s all-time high the crease. Warner being allowed the and team interest comes same opponent, England, 400 not out, but it proved to Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) 85 136 11 yrs & 353 days The 25-year-old trudged opportunity to break Lara’s way ahead of the individ- ten years earlier.) be the right one with the Garry Sobers (WI) 79 138 16 yrs & 359 days off to a standing ovation record was an overwhelm- ual’s. This suggests there is no Australian bowlers quick- after a classy 162, his sec- ing 76 per cent, the remain- This hardy attitude, clear template in making ly tearing through Kumar Sangakkara (SL) 83 138 9 yrs & 3 days ond century in a row. ing 7 per cent saying he which is believed makes such decisions. It depends Pakistan’s hapless top Virat Kohli (India) 81 138 8 yrs & 113 days Their marathon 361-run should be allowed to get Australia the most success- on how the captain sees the order under the Adelaide partnership was a record this within a time limit. ful team in history, has relative strengths of the Oval lights. Kumar Sangakkara (SL) 83 138 9 yrs & 3 days second-wicket stand for As it transpired, Paine been the subject of discus- two teams, how he has read They finished in STATS: S. Pervez Qaiser Australia against Pakistan declared with the score 589- sion and envy in cricket cir- the conditions and assessed deep trouble at 96 for and the highest ever in a 3 and Warner unbeaten 335. cles over decades: particu- match situations as they six with Mitchell moment for the rest of my The visitors, who have pink-ball Test. Given Warner’s strike rate larly among players from unfold. But perhaps the Starc grabbing life, definitely,” said lost 13 consecutive Tests in Minutes later, Warner (80.14), he wouldn’t have countries where personal most important considera- four of them. Warner on making such a Australia, enjoyed little completed only the second needed much time to milestones are cherished tion in such a complex deci- Babar Azam was big score. success in a long day in the Test double century of his breach Lara’s record, estab- and provide great rewards. sion is how the captain not out 43 and “More importantly, the field as they look to avoid a career. Playing in his 81st lished more than 15 years Sometimes this comes understands the senti- Yasir Shah was on partnerships we put on. It 2-0 series defeat. Test, he reached 200 with a ago at St John’s ground with dollops of pathos. ments within his own four. just showed how much But they did remove single from Afridi, having Antigua against England. In 1994 Mark Taylor, then dressing room, and the “It’s just sunk pride we have as a batting Marnus Labuschagne for clattered 23 fours. Pakistan Almost three and a half captaining Australia, implications it could carry. in to me that it is unit running between the 162 in the opening session thought they finally had days still remained in the declared when he was 334 Paine’s declaration is very rare that wickets. and also bagged Smith, him out on 226 when he was match when Paine called playing against Pakistan at debatable. But if his dress- you get “If I’m doing my job well caught behind by caught in the gully off Warner and Wade back to Peshawar. Brian Lara had ing room, and particularly these and putting the team in the Mohammad Rizwan off debutant Musa, only for the dressing room. only months earlier broken Warner, can appreciate his opportu- best position, we’re going to Shaheen Afridi for 36. their heads to drop when it Pakistan’s batting in the Sobers’s record, and on a logic, the debate is mitigat- nities... I’ll win a lot of games,” he In making his runs, Smith was called a no-ball. series till then had been so featherbed pitch, this was ed and the decision gets cherish this added. shattered a record that had — AFP dismal that there seemed within Taylor’s grasp. vindication. Flag bearer PAGE Shot putter Tejinder Pal Singh Toor will be India’s flag-bearer at the South Asian Games 15 Games opening ceremony in Nepal THE ASIAN AGE SUNDAY | 1 DECEMBER 2019 | NEW DELHI

FORMULA | ONE Bucks own Cleveland Lewis takes pole On what basis the Antetokounmpo shines as Milwaukee triumph in Abu Dhabi selection (for the Abu Dhabi, Nov. 30: Lewis ● Lewis Hamilton South Asian games Los Angeles, Nov. 30: Hamilton claimed his first claimed his first pole Giannis Antetokounmpo pole position in four has been done? drained four clutch bas- months with a scorching position in four kets down the stretch as record lap at the Yas months with a — Prajakta Sawant, India’s doubles the Milwaukee Bucks won Marina circuit on badminton player questions BAI on scorching record lap their 10th consecutive Saturday for the Abu at the Yas Marina the team’s selection policy game with a 119-110 victo- Dhabi Grand Prix ahead of ry over the Cleveland his Mercedes teammate circuit. The recently- Cavaliers on Friday. Valterri Bottas. crowned champion SHORT Milwaukee led by as The recently-crowned delivered a late lap TAKES many as 22 points in the champion delivered a late in one minute and first half but Cleveland lap in one minute and 34.779 seconds to Prajakta slams chipped away until they 34.779 seconds to outpace closed the gap to just three Bottas, who will start from outpace Valterri late in the fourth but that the back of the grid after Bottas. BAI on selection was as close as they would collecting penalties for tak- New Delhi: Doubles player get. ing new engines. Prajakta Sawant on Saturday Every time the Cavs got It was a stunning way for tomorrow,” said Bottas. slammed the selection of the within striking distance Hamilton to finish the Verstappen said: “I think Indian badminton team for the of levelling the score, ‘qualifying season’ and today was the best we South Asian Games (SAG) in Antetokounmpo answered improved his career record could do. We all know Nepal, saying players who don’t with a basket of his own total to 88 poles, five of Mercedes are dominant even feature in the domestic to help seal the win. them in Abu Dhabi, the here, but I think there are a tournaments have been picked Antetokounmpo fin- 21st and final race of the lot of chances in this race.” for the regional multi-sporting ished with 33 points and year. Lando Norris won his event. also delivered a double- It was his first pole since intra-team qualifying bat- The Badminton Association of double with a team-high the German Grand Prix in tle with McLaren partner India (BAI), however, denied 12 rebounds for the Bucks, July and his fifth of the Carlos Sainz to take sev- any allegations of favouritism, who beat the Cavaliers for year. He is more than 30 enth ahead of Renault's saying the players were picked the second time this sea- clear of his nearest rival Daniel Ricciardo with on the basis of a set of selec- son. Sebastian Vettel on 57. Sainz ninth and Nico tion criteria. In a series of George Hill chipped in “It's been such a long slog Hulkenberg, in his final tweets, Sawant questioned the with 18 points, while to try and get this pole weekend with Renault, selection of the team and urged Khris Middleton had 12, position,” admitted 10th. BAI president Himanta Biswa Donte DiVincenzo 11, and Hamilton. After a hot day, which saw Sarma to look into the matter. Eric Bledsoe and Ersan “Yesterday was quite paddock regulars seeking “SAF (sic SAG) Games team Ilyasova 10 apiece. wobbly so I had to regroup the shade, the Q1 section of for Badminton is already decid- Rookie Darius Garland overnight and come back qualifying began in cool- ed unofficially..Players are put- scored 21 points to pace focussed,” he added. ing conditions with the sun ting stories on Instagram and the Cavaliers, who lost Max Verstappen was falling with the tempera- Facebook of arriving at Nepal. their third straight. third for Red Bull ahead of ture. The rapidly-changing On what basis the selection has Cedi Osman had 20 the two Ferraris of Charles conditions were a chal- been done?? @himantabiswa points, Nance 18, Kevin Leclerc and Sebastian lenge to the teams as they @BAI_Media,” Sawant wrote on Love and Collin Sexton 16 Vettel with Alex Albon tak- sought to maintain and her Twitter handle. apiece, and Tristan ing sixth in the second Red improve tyre performance. “Players from Gopichand Thompson 11 in a bal- Giannis Antetokounmpo (right) of Milwaukee Bucks drives past Alfonzo McKinnie of the Cleveland Cavaliers during Bull. The first outstanding lap academy are only supposed to anced Cleveland attack. their NBA game in Cleveland on Saturday. Bucks won 119-110. — AP The Dutchman will start came from Verstappen play for Indian team??who Thompson collected a Sunday’s season-closer before Hamilton took over doesn’t even participate in All game-high 13 rebounds to What’s here is our next Washington Wizards. scored 19 of his career- alongside Hamilton on the with a lap that may have India tournaments and are complete a double-double opponent. We want to The Wizards have been best 33 points in the third front row. been affected by a lurid selected directly to the Indian for the game. continue to get better. one of the league’s worst quarter as Toronto recov- “As a team it’s been a real- spin from Vettel, who team? @BAI_Media We have guys who have defensive teams this sea- ered from an early 11- ly strong day. We saw in somehow managed to turn @himantabiswa. Please SPURS CLIP KAWHI’S son, and Davis and James point deficit to defeat the qualifying that we had his Ferrari to face the CLIPPERS been there and know answer.” — PTI what it takes. This is a took advantage of that. Orlando Magic 90-83. good pace and, as I'm going wrong direction on the Fred VanVleet added 22 to start last, we'll take that start-finish straight. Elsewhere, Kawhi long process, and we Davis added 13 rebounds Leonard led all scorers and James finished with points for the Raptors, fighting spirit forward — AFP Aizawl, Bagan in with 19 points in his sec- can never shortcut it. 11 assists and they both who extended their win- ond game back in San But we can enjoy it sat for the fourth quarter ning streak to six games. a goalless draw Antonio since being trad- along the way as the Lakers moved to the Pascal Siakam had 10 ed away prior to last sea- — LeBRON top of the overall league points and 13 rebounds for Aizawl: Hosts Aizawl Football son, but it wasn’t enough JAMES standings. the Raptors, who shot 37 Club held Kolkata giants Mohun as the Spurs beat the Los Los Angeles All of the victories in the percent from the field. Bagan to a goal-less draw in Angeles Clippers 107-97. Lakers player Lakers’ latest streak have Evan Fournier scored 19 the opening match of the 13th Leonard, who joined the been against sub-500 points for the Magic, who I-League here on Saturday. Clippers in the offseason teams however, and their had 22 turnovers com- The season’s inaugural game after one season with the games. in the fourth quarter in a upcoming games against pared with just 13 by the between two former champions Toronto Raptors, had 13 JaMychal Green came surprising upset. Dallas, Denver and Utah Raptors. had several moments of excite- points in the first half. off the bench to score 16 In Los Angeles, Anthony — who are all above .500 — In Phoenix, Luka Doncic ment but a goal eluded both Derrick White and points for the Clippers, Davis and LeBron James may prove more difficult. equalled a career high 42 sides in the end. LaMarcus Aldridge who had their seven game combined for 49 points as Quinn Cook scored 17 points as the visiting Both coaches, Kibu Vicuna of scored 17 points and win streak snapped. the Los Angeles Lakers points and JaVale McGee Dallas Mavericks rallied Mohun Bagan and Stanley DeMar DeRozan chipped San Antonio tied the won their 10th straight had 15 points and 11 for a 120-113 victory over Rozario of Aizawl, packed their in 15 for the Spurs, who game 53-53 at the half then game with a 125-103 demo- rebounds. the Phoenix Suns. sides with midfielders, indicat- had lost 10 of their last 11 compiled a 87-71 lead early lition of the struggling Also, Norman Powell — AFP ing a cautious approach to begin their campaign. Mohun Bagan had Suhair V. P. as the lone striker upfront while Rozario played William Bucharest Lalnunfela ahead of a six-man Radonjic fires Marseille home midfield. The visitors pressed hard from the get-go. Paris, Nov. 30: Nemanja set to host Suhair’s through pass to Radonjic came on as a Julian Colinas brought up the second half substitute to Euro draw first chance of the game in the score in the 89th minute third minute and the Spaniard’s and earn Marseille a 2-1 Bucharest (Romania), left-footed strike beat win in a breathless Ligue Nov. 30: Bucharest hosts Lalremruata in the Aizawl goal, 1 encounter with Brest on the draw for Euro 2020 but went just wide. Friday. with the fates of World Suhair then got an even bet- Coach Andre Villas- Cup holders France and ter through ball from Boas has now guided the reigning European cham- Nongdamba Naorem in the former European champi- pions Portugal providing eighth minute but hit straight at ons to their fourth succes- the greatest interest just Remruata who did well by com- sive league win. over six months before ing off his line quickly. The ref- It lifted the second- the start of what is a con- eree flashed his yellow card a placed side onto 28 points, troversial tournament. few times in the game. five behind Paris Saint- The coaches of all quali- — PTI Germain who face fied nations will be in Max Verstappen (left) of Red Bull shakes hand with Lewis Monaco on Sunday. attendance for the draw Hamilton of Mercedes after the qualifying session at the “I think it was our best ceremony at the Romexpo Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. — AFP game, but also the most exhibition centre in stressful. Amazing. We Romania’s capital, which played well, this is the will host four matches at VISHNU, first time I have nothing the finals. to complain about,” For the first, and surely admitted Villas-Boas. only, time, this European Rajiv bags two RAGHUL TIED The first period was fast Championship — the sec- and furious, but Marseille ond to feature 24 teams — FOR CROWN were left scratching their is being held in 12 cities heads after 12 shots failed in 12 different European points for India Greater Noida: The stage is set to reap any reward. nations from June 12 to for a spectacular day of races at Dario Benedetto looked July 12, with the semi- Buriram (Thailand) Nov. initially stuck in the 1:55 the Buddh International Circuit, bemused after he flashed finals and final taking 30: The battle for title start- seconds lap time. But with the LGB Formula 4 and the in a right-footed volley place at Wembley in ed from the morning quali- strategizing fast, the 21- JK Tyre Suzuki Gixxer Cup blocked by Brest keeper London. fier only to be a sizzling year-old made a quick pit poised for a sensational show- Gautier Larsonneur. However, the concept affair by the afternoon’s stop to lose this bunch. down in the JK Tyre Festival of Morgan Sanson had ear- has come in for criticism, Asia Production 250cc (AP Rejoining with the fast Speed in front of over 40,000 lier hit the woodwork, but and part of that is down 250) race 1 of the finale 7th bunch, he breached into fans. despite all of Marseille's to the fact that much of round of FIM Asia Road 1:54 seconds mark to finally Chennai’s Vishnu Prasad and might it was Brest who Marseille’s Nemanja Radonjic (left) scores his team’s second goal during their the suspense has already Racing Championship 2019 qualify 16th with best lap Raghul Rangasamy, close arguably felt the most French league match against Brest at the Orange Velodrome stadium in Marseille, been taken from the draw. (ARRC) at buriram, time of 1:54:737 — a mere friends and arch-rivals in the aggrieved not to have southeastern France, on Friday. Marseille won 2-1. — AFP The need to ensure qual- Thailand. 2.185 seconds off the female LGB-4, were tied on 73 points scored. Their one and ified host nations get to For IDEMITSU Honda rider Muklada (1:52:552). after Saturday’s two races and only chance of the first play at least two home Racing India team rider Determined to win points have one last race to battle it period came in the 13th matches means some duo of Rajiv Sethu and for India in the afternoon out for the coveted title in the minute when Irvin teams already know Senthil Kumar, on AP250 race 1, Rajiv gained JK Tyre FMSCI National racing Cardona's shot bounced Serdar wins it for Schalke which group they will be Saturday turned out to be 2 positions to 14th in lap 1 Championship on Sunday. off the far post, the ball in. — AFP mixed day. While the morn- itself. But Malaysian rider The Gixxer Cup too went then tracing the goalline Berlin, Nov. 30: Suat ● Suat Serdar nets Union Berlin had won ing qualifier pushed Rajiv Muhammad Faerozi crash topsy-turvy with championship to ricochet off the near Serdar scored a late win- a later winner as four of their last five ● For the first time out of the top 15 front in lap 1 turned out to be the leader Tanay Gaikwad suffering post, with Marseille keep- ner to give Schalke a 2-1 matches and were unfor- bunch, he made a strong turning point of the race. an unexpected DNF on er and captain Steve victory at Union Berlin Schalke beat Union tunate to fall behind on 23 this European recovery in afternoon’s While the top riders Saturday. The Pune lad (54 Mandanda beaten. — AFP on Friday and take David Berlin 2-1 go joint minutes when Benito Championship — race 1, finishing 14th and pushed ahead, the next points) has now slipped to the Wagner’s team joint top top in the German Raman's fierce left-foot the second to adding 2 more points to the bunch of 7 riders including second position, with Syed I think it was our best in the Bundesliga. League. Schalke drive beat Rafal feature 24 teams — solo Indian team’s kitty. Rajiv hit the brakes and Muzammil Ali jumping into the game, but also the Schalke now have 25 Gikiewicz in goal. Meanwhile, an aggressive formed the next group. lead. most stressful. points after their seventh are on 25 points, However, Union levelled is being held in 12 cornering in last turn From here on, this bunch Bengaluru’s Muzammil collect- Amazing. We played win of the season and trailing Borussia from the penalty spot cities in 12 different resulted in Senthil’s crash- of 7 riders rode in under 1 ed 10 points on Saturday, com- well, this is the first trail leaders Borussia Moenchengladbach after 36 minutes when European nations ing out of the race in lap 1 second gap. Clocking his fortably winning the race to time I have nothing to Moenchengladbach only on goal difference. Marcus Ingvartsen from June 12 to itself. best lap time of 1:54:539, move to 56 points. This one too complain about. on goal difference. scored following a foul on The morning qualifier Rajiv maintained his 14th comes to the final race on Serdar has five goals in Robert Andrich. July 12, with the saw top 20 riders fight in a spot till lap 3. Lap 4 saw Sunday, with the winner likely — ANDRE the Bundesliga this cam- same after being set up by The game seemed head- semifinals and final tight 2 seconds gap for the him slip to 15th only to to walk away with the coveted VILLAS-BOAS paign, more than in his smart approach work ed for a stalemate before taking place at title battle. Riding with recover back to 13th and trophy. Marseille coach previous four seasons from Ahmed Kutucu and Serdar had the final say. Wembley in London. middle bunch in the first maintain this pace till — Agencies combined. His late strike Amine Harit. — AFP half of qualifier, Rajiv was lap 8. Booted PAGE Two-time ISL champions Chennaiyin FC part ways with head coach John Gregory after Games 16 team’s lacklustre run in the ongoing season THE ASIAN AGE SUNDAY | 1 DECEMBER 2019 | NEW DELHI

PREMIER | LEAGUE India outPaes Pak Shelvey stunner We want to stumble Man City dedicate the win to Paes extends Davis Cup record, India earn qualifiers spot Newcastle, Nov. 30: Manchester City’s Premier TV armed forces, League title hopes faltered Live on Nur-Sultan, Nov. 30: Veteran thing special for me and I am ● Paes’ record of 44 who has 92-28 win-loss record. once more as the champi- PREMIER LEAGUE especially to the Leander Paes bettered his own passionate about it. Jeevan was wins in 57 ties is In the reverse singles, Sumit ons twice blew a lead to Davis Cup record by winning playing his first match and I Nagal trounced Yousaf Khalil draw 2-2 at Newcastle on families who lost unlikely to be broken Norwich vs Arsenal his 44th doubles match, this took the weight of that pres- 6-1 6-0 for his second straight Saturday. from 7.30 pm on Star their loved ones on time partnering debutant sure on my shoulders being the anytime soon as except win. Both the sides opted not to Pep Guardiola’s men Sports Select 1, HD Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan, as responsible senior partner,” him, none of the active play the dead fifth rubber. The were frustrated for long the borders. India blanked Pakistan 4-0 on Paes said. doubles players feature fourth rubber is played even if spells after Jetro Willems Man City vs Aston Villa “It was about staying solid the outcome of the tie is decid- — Rohit Rajpal, India’s non-playing Saturday to earn a spot in the in the top-10 list quickly cancelled out from 10 pm on Davis Cup captain 2020 Qualifiers. today. Jeevan has a big heart, ed after the first three matches Raheem Sterling’s first Star Sports Select 1, HD Pakistani teenagers he loves to play for flag. I am ● but the rules permit teams to half opener, but seemed to Mohammed Shoaib and proud to share the court with Saturday’s result skip playing the dead fifth rub- have found the moment of means India have won Leicester vs Everton SHORT TAKES Hufaiza Abdul Rehman were no him. These guys keep me ber. magic they needed thanks from 10 pm on Star Sports match for the Indian combina- young, fresh and vibrant. They all the matches in a tie Saturday’s result means India to Kevin De Bruyne’s sen- Select 2, HD tion of the battle-hardened bring out the best in me. We for the first time since have won all the matches in a sational strike eight min- Sathiyan bows out Paes and Jeevan, who needed have got a great mix of differ- tie for the first time since utes from time. just 53 minutes to win 6-1, 6-3. ent generations and different February 2014 when February 2014 when they had However, City’s defensive Willems to slot past of ITTF World Cup Last year, Paes became the age groups. It’s lot of fun to be they had blanked blanked Chinese Taipei 5-0 in flaws were soon exposed Ederson into the far cor- most successful doubles player back to playing for India Chinese Taipei 5-0 in Indore. once more as Jonjo ner. Chengdu, China: G. Sathiyan’s in the history of Davis Cup again,” added the winner of 18 Indore India will now face world Shelvey swept home a well- When City lost on their dream run at the International when he won his 43rd match, Grand Slam titles. number two Croatia for the worked free-kick six min- last visit to St James’ Park Table Tennis Federation Men’s surpassing Italian great Nicola His record of 44 wins in 57 ties Qualifiers in an away tie, to be utes later. back in January the title World Cup came to an end Pietrangeli during the tie is unlikely to be broken any- heap in the doubles, the leg- held on March 6-7. City have now dropped seemed lost, only for a 14- after the Indian went down to against China. time soon as except him, none endary Indian stands fifth in Twenty-four nations will go points in five of their 14 game winning streak to former world number one Timo The 46-year-old had taken 56 of the active doubles players the list of players for total num- head-to-head in a bid to win one league games this season end the campaign to pip Boll here on Saturday. ties for his 43rd win while feature in the top-10 list. ber of wins with 92-35 win-loss of 12 qualifying spots for the and could end the day 11 Liverpool to the post. The world number 30 Sathiyan, Pietrangeli competed in 66 ties Belarusian Max Mirnyi, at record. Davis Cup Finals. The 12 points behind leaders The Reds’ relentless form making his World Cup debut, for his 42 victories. number three, has 36 wins but He now has 92 total wins, losing nations will com- Liverpool. at the top of the table went down 1-4 (11-7, 8-11, 5-11, “This was my 44th win but it has not played on Tour since including 48 in singles. One pete in World Group I Guardiola was without meant City started the day 9-11, 8-11) to the German in the felt like my first. All my wins 2018. more win will take him ties in Sergio Aguero who has nine points behind and pre-quarters. Sathiyan started are special. Engraving India’s While Paes is to fourth spot, ahead of September 2020. been ruled out for a couple with precious little margin on a bright note, taking a 1-0 name to record books is some- at top of the Spain’s Manuel Santana, — PTI of weeks by a thigh muscle for error even before lead, but the experienced Boll injury and City missed his November is out. replied quickly to level the predatory instincts as they But the sharpness and match. The two-time World Cup failed to make nearly 80 accuracy of passing that champion then dominated the percent possession count. has characterised City’s tie, winning the next three Sterling has usurped two title triumphs under games without much trouble. Aguero so far this season Guardiola was lacking as On Friday, Sathiyan had defeat- as City’s major source of the visitors’ struggled to ed higher ranked Frenchman goals and was clinical 22 unlock the mass ranks of Simon Gauzy 11-13, 9-11, 11-8, 14- minutes in after a lovely the Newcastle defence. 12, 7-11, 11-5, 11-8 before beating backheel from David Silva City finally began to world number 24 Groth set the England interna- work Martin Dubravka in Jonathan of Denmark 11-9, 7-11, tional up for his 15th goal the Newcastle goal in the 11-5, 11-6, 11-2, to top his group of the season. final quarter as De and reach the round of 16. However, the lead lasted Bruyne’s shot from a nar- — PTI just three minutes as the row angle was turned away normally goal-shy Magpies before Gabriel Jesus had a produced their own huge chance to make his Pep wants to stay moment of quality when mark in Aguero’s absence. at City beyond 2021 Miguel Almiron teed up — AFP Manchester: Pep Guardiola is interested in staying as Manchester City manager beyond the length of his current contract with the Premier League champions, which is due to expire next summer. The 48-year-old is already on course to make City the longest employer of his managerial career, having spent four years at Barcelona and three in charge of Bayern Munich. But Guardiola has for the first time indicated that he would be prepared to discuss the prospect of staying beyond the summer of 2021 and into a sixth season in charge at the Etihad. “I’m open (to staying) yes, I’m so comfortable working with this club,” said Guardiola. “It depends on results. When you are five years it depends on the results. We will see what happens this season and next season.” This season has not gone according to plan for the City manager as he attempted to Newcastle United’s Jonjo Shelvey (right) celebrates with match the unprecedented Leander Paes (right) and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan celebrate their 6-1, 6-3 win over Pakistan’s Mohammed Shoaib and Hufaiza Abdul Rehman in teammates after scoring against Man City in their English efforts of last year when he Premier League match in Newcastle on Saturday. — AP swept all three domestic titles their Davis Cup doubles rubber in Nur-Sultan on Saturday. — TWITTER with the club. — AFP GRITTY VERMA SENIOR WRESTLING | NATIONALS MUMBAI CITY, Madrid go top with gutsy win KEEPS INDIAN Madrid, Nov. 30: Sergio ATK PLAY OUT Ramos scored a goal and Gold for Vinesh, conceded a penalty as HOPES ALIVE Real Madrid battled past THRILLING DRAW Alaves on Saturday to go Lucknow, Nov. 30: A grit- Kolkata: ATK and Mumbai City top of La Liga before ty Sourabh Verma Sakshi on Day 2 played out a thrilling 2-2 draw Sunday’s game between entered the men’s singles in a closely contested Hero Barcelona and Atletico final after a hard-fought Jalandhar, Nov. 30: Star Indian Super League clash here Madrid. three-game win over grapplers Vinesh Phogat on Saturday. Barca and Atletico face Korea’s Heo Kwang Hee (55kg) and Sakshi Malik Michael Soosairaj put ATK in off at the Wanda in the semifinals of the (62kg) dished out convinc- front which was cancelled out Metropolitano and Syed Modi International ing wins in the finals to by Pratik Chaudhari (62’). Then Madrid did all they could here on Saturday. claim gold medals on day it was Serge Kevyn (90+3’) who to take advantage, with The 26-year-old Indian, two of the Tata Motors put Mumbai ahead only for Dani Carvajal the unlike- who won two BWF Super Senior Wrestling National ATK’s Roy Krishna (90+6’) to ly matchwinner in a grit- 100 titles in Hyderabad Championships here on rescue a point for the hosts ty 2-1 victory over Alaves. and Vietnam this year, Saturday. with a late goal. Ramos had headed displayed a never-say-die However, the highlight of It was a cagey start as the Madrid in front shortly attitude during his the day was Haryana teams struggled to get a after half-time only to thrilling 21-17, 16-21, 21-18 wrestler Anita Sheoran’s foothold in the initial stages. concede a needless penal- win over Heo, ranked 44th stunning win over ATK could have drawn first ty for throwing his arm in the world. Commonwealth Games blood in the 19th minute but a across Joselu, which Sourabh thus set up a bronze medallist Divya timely block from Rowllin Lucas Perez converted final clash with eighth Kakran of Railways in the Borges kept the scoreline before Carvajal poked in. seeded Taiwanese Wang 68kg finals. intact. It all started with David Madrid pull three points Tzu Wei, who thrashed The 35-year-old Anita, Williams squaring the ball to clear of Barcelona and former world number 1 who had won the 65kg gold Soosairaj who in turn set up six ahead of Atletico, who Korean Son Wan Ho 21-9, medal last year, is on a Javi Hernandez. The Spaniard have played a game more 21-7 in the other semifinal comeback mode and she unleashed a shot at goal which than the top two. Sevilla, of the Super 300 event. surprised everyone with Shakshi Mallik poses with went wide following a block in third, host Leganes on Earlier, former national her gold-winning perform- her gold medal at the sen- from Borges. Sunday. Alaves stay 13th. champion Rituparna Das ance in the final. ior wrestling nationals in Minutes later, Williams tried his A 1-0 defeat at played her heart out Joining Anita was Jalandhar on Saturday. luck from distance, but his Mendizorrotza 13 months before going down to Punjab’s Gursharan Kaur, effort went inches wide of the ago came three weeks Thailand’s Phittayaporn who is making a comeback the final of the 62kg cate- post. before Julen Lopetegui Real Madrid’s Dani Carvajal (right) celebrates scoring against Alaves in their La Liga Chaiwan to bow out of after six years. gory. After the half an hour mark, was sacked as coach but match at Mendizorroza Stadium in Vitoria on Saturday. — AP the women’s singles com- Gursharan defeated Chandigarh wrestler Mumbai got their first opening this time Madrid showed petition. Pooja of Haryana 4-2 in the Neetu, however, had to set- of the match when Diego the kind of steel that was competitions, with the after Alaves’ equaliser. exaggerated. At the other The 23-year-old Indian 76 Kg category to win the tle for silver after losing to Carlos delivered a brilliant so painfully lacking last Clasico against Barcelona With Eden Hazard out end, Bale hit the post with went down fighting 22-24, gold medal. seasoned campaigner cross from the left for Modou season. next month fast injured, Isco also kept his a header and Karim 15-21 to Chaiwan in a 39- Representing Railways, Sarita Mor in the 57kg cat- Sougou, but the striker could On a wet and windy approaching. place while Alphonse Benzema latched onto a minute women’s singles Vinesh and Sakshi regis- egory. not control the ball and the afternoon in the Basque Gareth Bale made his Areola was given a rare quick throw but instead semifinal match. tered convincing wins in In the 65kg final, chance went abegging. country, Zinedine first Madrid start since outing in goal ahead of of shooting, hooked the World No. 36 Sourabh their respective final Haryana’s Nisha defeated In the 39th minute, ATK finally Zidane’s side never October 5 after recovering the rested Thibaut ball back for Isco whose made a good start to the bouts. Navjot of Railways with a breached Mumbai’s defence showed the verve and cre- from a calf injury and his Courtois. effort was saved. semifinal, opening up a 6- While Vinesh beat 20- margin of 4-1 as she pulled when Garcia produced a ativity that was so first too since his contro- Madrid were lucky not Alaves grew in confi- 2 lead before grabbing a year-old Haryana’s Anju 7- off a confident victory by defence-splitting through ball impressive in the draw versial celebration with to concede another penal- dence as the rain grew 11-7 advantage at the 3 in the 55kg category to fall and denied the to find Soosairaj who made a against Paris Saint- Wales earlier this month, ty early on as Aleix Vidal heavier yet Madrid break. clinch her second consecu- Railways’ grappler more marauding run from his left Germain on Wednesday. which sparked anger slalomed inside Ramos regrouped at half-time The Madhya Pradesh tive gold at Nationals, than a point in the final wing-back position. The former But this was a gutsy per- among his club’s support- and then Eder Militao, and took the lead soon shuttler kept moving Olympic bronze medallist showdown. Jamshedpur FC player then formance that means ers. whose dangling leg after as Ramos was given ahead despite a spirited Sakshi overcame some Haryana’s women kept his calm and slotted past they have now won six Bale hit the post in the caught Vidal’s foot. a free header to glance in fight from Heo and even- gutsy moves by her oppo- wrestlers dominated the Amrinder Singh to put his team and drawn two of their first half but faded and Referee Guillermo Toni Kroos’ crossed free- tually pocketed the open- nent Radhika of Haryana medals tally with total of in front. — Agencies last eight matches in all was replaced by Rodrygo Cuadra felt the fall was kick. — AFP ing game. — PTI and registered 4-2 win in 215 points. — PTI