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BRIEFLY Three LeT militants Hands of — AIIMS, Bhopal, medicos operate on dummies sentenced to death Students will graduate without practical skills J.P. Nadda visited the cam- Five years after the during the second half. Not a due to the absence of operation theatres pus, his car was blocked by single one of my students has KOLKATA: Three Lashkar-e-Taiba students, hoping he would first batch was learnt these practical skills militants, including two VIDYA KRISHNAN yet passed all the required give them a hearing on the admitted, AIIMS is or assisted in surgery. They Pakistani nationals arrested by courses. infrastructural deficiencies yet to get a licence have only observed surger- the BSF in 2007 from the BHOPAL: Earlier this month, Ms. Khan, a final year stu- at the institute. Their hopes ies in other hospitals.” India-Bangladesh border at Nida Khan (name changed) dent, told The Hindu [that were belied. Frustrated, the to open a blood bank At AIIMS, Bhopal, the Petrapole, were sentenced to began her year-long intern- given her grades] she could students flung ink at the practice has been to take death by a court at Bongaon in ship at Bhopal’s All India In- have studied at any institute Health Minister, who was crucial departments like sur- batches of four students to West Bengal on Saturday for stitute of Medical Sciences in the country but chose quickly whisked away. gery and gynaecology are nearby government hospit- waging war against the (AIIMS). She is among the AIIMS, Bhopal. And it is a not functional either. All of als and get them to watch government. first batch of students since decision she regrets. Lacks basics which, students say, has af- how operating theatres ½ NATION | PAGE 9 the Institute — modelled on Thirteen years after the fected their learning. work. This is not the same as India’s premier medical Promises belied foundation stone was laid Some faculty members assisting and learning, added Mulayam aide jumps centre in Delhi — was “My rankings allowed me share the students’ frustra- the faculty member. In the ship, joins BSP opened in 2012. However, to pick any medical college Students of AIIMS, Bhopal, take out a rally to protest the delay SUNDAY SPECIAL tion. Explained a professor, case of the gynaecology de- Nida and the rest of her except AIIMS, Delhi. I chose in providing them better infrastructure. — FILE PHOTO: A. M. FARUQUI requesting anonymity, “To partment, senior doctors LUCKNOW: Ambika Chaudhary, batchmates are a nervous lot. this college on the assurance get into AIIMS is not easy. ferry students to a nearby senior Samajwadi Party leader They are finishing four that it will be up and running our MBBS degree and are While Ms. Khan is reluct- and five years after the first These are among the bright- maternity hospital — the and close aide of Mulayam and a half years of MBBS in three or four months. Our starting out internships. We ant to say more, other stu- batch of students was admit- est students in the country. Sultania Zanana Haspatal — Singh, on Saturday resigned training without having as- first and second year was have witnessed procedures dents have expressed their ted, Bhopal’s AIIMS is yet to From the third year on, stu- where they “visit” the labour from all party posts and joined sisted in surgeries, deliver- mostly theory, so we as- but completely missed prac- displeasure at the state of af- get a licence to open a blood dents are supposed to spend room and watch a Caesarean the Bahujan Samaj Party. BSP ing babies or even handling sumed it would be fine by tical lessons in the surgery, fairs. bank. Without a blood bank, the first half of their day in section being performed. chief Mayawati said he would emergency cases. In fact, 13 the time we came to the third gynaecology and casualty On September 17, 2016, the emergency department hospital, learning practical contest the Assembly elections of the 47 students have not year. We have now finished departments,” she said. when Union Health Minister cannot be operational. Other skills, and attending lectures ½ CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 from Ballia, Phephana. ½ NEWS | PAGE 12 Samajwadi-Cong. 85,000 personnel deputed for poll duty CM to flag of jallikattu in stand-of on U.P. NEW DELHI: Nearly 85,000 personnel of the Central armed seats continues police forces will travel 3,000 km in 40 days to ensure the OMAR RASHID peaceful conduct of the VIKAS PATHAK Assembly elections in five Madurai, but stir continues States. The Home Ministry and LUCKNOW/NEW DELHI: Barring a the Election Commission have Governor clears last-minute reversal, set up a 24/7 control room to chances of a Samajwadi monitor their movement. ordinance; more Party-Congress alliance in ½ NEWS | PAGE 13 Uttar Pradesh look increas- events to be held ingly dim after the two sides Tax deduction limit for across State failed to agree on distribu- Chandu Babulal Chavan being received by BSF personnel tion of seats in the 403-mem- on the Wagah-Attari border on Saturday. — PHOTO: PTI PF withdrawal to go up SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ber Assembly. NEW DELHI: The Labour Ministry With the SP oicially has sought a fourfold increase in CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu gov- scheduled to release its elec- Jawan, who crossed the threshold limit for deduction ernment on Saturday tion manifesto on Sunday of tax on provident fund stepped up preparations for morning, a formal decision withdrawals from the existing the conduct of jallikattu in on the alliance also is expec- over into Pak., returned ₨50,000 to ₨2 lakh in the Union Madurai and other parts of ted by then. Budget. If the proposal gets the the State on Sunday morning The SP on Friday snubbed SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Sepoy Chavan at approxim- go-ahead, one can withdraw following the Governor’s ap- the Congress by releasing a ately 3.45 p.m. provident fund savings of up to proval for the ordinance pro- list of more than 200 candid- NEW DELHI/KARACHI: Army sol- The news of the 22-year- ₨2 lakh without tax deduction posing amendments to the ates, including 10 seats with dier Chandu Babulal old soldier crossing over even if one has not completed Prevention of Cruelty to An- sitting Congress MLAs and Chavan, who had inadvert- emerged just hours after In- five years of continuous service. imals Act (1960). seats in the Nehru-Gandhi ently crossed into Pakistan in dia claimed in September to Announcing that the sport ½ PAGE 15 pocket boroughs of Amethi September, returned to India have carried out surgical BUSINESS | will be held across the State, and Rae Bareli. via the Wagah border on Sat- strikes across the Line of Chief Minister O. Pan- At the end of day of hectic urday evening. Control on terror camps. 25 killed in Pakistan neerselvam said he would parleys, including a long “As a gesture of goodwill Pakistan acknowledged his market blast flag of the event at 10 a.m. in meeting between Congress and in continuation of our ef- presence in its custody on PESHAWAR: A powerful Alanganallur, Madurai. BULLISH ABOUT JALLIKATTU: K. Selvaraj of Koothappar village, near Tiruchi, kisses his bull after strategist Prashant Kishor forts to maintain peace and October 7. explosion on Saturday ripped Other Ministers are expec- hearing about the ordinance on Saturday.— PHOTO: M. MOORTHY and U.P. Chief Minister and tranquillity along LoC and The Army said Sepoy through a market in northwest ted to inaugurate events in SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, working boundary, Sepoy Chavan had crossed over to Pakistan’s Kurram tribal agency, their respective districts. Minister said on Saturday. issue of holding jallikattu State and in the best interest sources said the SP was will- Chandu Babulal has been Pakistan-occupied Kashmir killing at least 25 people. Even as Madurai Collector events be found. of maintaining law and or- ing to stretch the Congress’ convinced to return to his from the Krishna Ghati sec- Plea to public K. Veera Raghava Rao held a An oicial release from der,” it had been decided to ½ WORLD | PAGE 14 share to 100-110 seats. own country and will be tor on September 29. “To en- “I urge the youths, stu- meeting with jallikattu or- the Raj Bhavan said that con- promulgate the Prevention The Congress has been de- handed over to Indian au- sure his release, the matter dents and the general public ganisers of Alanganallur and sidering “the sentiments of of Cruelty to Animals (Tamil manding nothing less than thorities at Wagah on hu- was taken up with Pakistani SUNDAY MAGAZINE to make the jallikattu events Palamedu, protesters across Tamils and to protect their Nadu Amendment) Ordin- 120 seats. manitarian grounds,” the military authorities,” it said. 6 Pages across Tamil Nadu a grand the State refused to call of cultural right and having re- ance, 2017. Pakistan Army said in a state- CLASSIFIEDS success by participating in their stir, demanding that a gard to the grave and volatile ½ ‘STUBBORN CONGRESS ment. The Indian Army said ½ HE WILFULLY CROSSED Pages 6 & 7 large numbers,” the Chief “permanent solution” to the situation prevailing in the ½ CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 SCUTTLING TIE-UP’ | PAGE 12 its representatives received OVER, SAYS PAK. | PAGE 12 First day: Trump rolls Kejriwal wants his Man held for Bihar supports prohibition with ransom call to ‘the world’s longest human chain’ back parts of Obamacare security scaled down Najeeb’s kin VARGHESE K. GEORGE SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Three crore people from all 38 districts formed 11,400-km-long chain Poll panel raps STAFF REPORTER WASHINGTON: Donald Trump, CHANDIGARH: AAP national AMARNATH TEWARY inaugurated as the 45th Pres- convener and Delhi Chief AAP chief NEW DELHI: A man who al- ident of the U.S. on Friday, Minister Arvind Kejriwal on legedly made a call to miss- PATNA: Bihar on Saturday spent only a few minutes in Saturday requested the Elec- PRAKASH KAMAT ing Jawaharlal Nehru Uni- witnessed the ‘longest the Oval Oice on his first tion Commission to with- versity student Najeeb human chain ever made’ to day, but signalled his determ- draw his security during his PANAJI: The Election Commis- Ahmed’s relatives demand- support the prohibition ination to undo the legacy of visits to Punjab, where he has sion of India on Friday cen- ing ₨20 lakh in ransom for his enforced in the State since his predecessor Barack Donald Trump in the White been busy with campaigning sured the National Convenor release has been arrested. April last year. Chief Obama. House on Friday. — PHOTO: AFP ahead of the Assembly elec- of the Aam Aadmi Party The call turned out to be Minister Nitish Kumar He signed an executive or- tions slated for February 4. Arvind Kejriwal for violating bogus. who, along with other der to roll back certain as- A Martin Luther King Jr. In a letter addressed to para 1(4) of the model code The accused, whose iden- leaders participated in the pects of the Afordable Care bust that Mr. Obama had Punjab’s Chief Electoral of- of conduct and making state- tity is still not clear, is a resid- 45-minute-long chain, Act, popularly known as placed in the room remains, ficer V.K. Singh, Mr. Kejriwal ments to the efect of abet- ent of Maharajganj in Uttar termed it “historic and School students forming part of the chain at Gandhi Obamacare, a healthcare pro- but Mr. Trump has brought said, “I have noticed that dur- ting bribery in a public meet- Pradesh and is being brought unprecedented,” but some Maidan in Patna on Saturday. — PHOTO: RANJEET KUMAR gramme that he has vowed to back another bust that the ing my tours to Punjab, a ing held at Mapusa in the to the Capital on transit re- school students in various repeal. The new White House former President had re- large number of police per- Bardez taluk of north Goa on mand by a Crime Branch parts of the State were chief Lalu Prasad Yadav Three Indian Space website — that came alive moved — of Winston sonnel are deployed for my January 8. team. reported to have fallen and other leaders. Leaders Research Organisation moments after Mr. Trump Churchill. Mr. Trump has also security, which, in my view, The Commission has “The man is being brought unconscious after standing of the Bharatiya Janata satellites and 38 drones took oath — has no mention added a third one — of Teddy is not required and I want the warned Mr. Kejriwal of stern to Delhi on transit remand in the queue for long. Party and the Lok and helicopters were of climate change or civil Roosevelt, a Republican Pres- withdrawal of the security action, should similar viola- this evening. We do not have “Over three crore Janshakti Party also deployed to document it. rights, issues that Mr. Obama ident who cracked the whip provided to me”. tions occur in future. his name as he is attempting people participated in the participated in the chain. “It was the longest championed. on America’s buccaneer cap- ½ to conceal his identity by human chain across the The State government human chain organised for Mr. Trump’s day began italists in early 20th Century. ‘Poor law and order’ DETAILS ON ELECTION identifying himself with dif- WATCH | PAGE 13 State to airm their had called for the a social cause,” added Mr. with a prayer and ended with “And, today we had a great “Our clear position is that ferent names and particulars commitment to the formation of human chain, Kumar. a dance, before he returned to day. People that weren’t so given the poor law and order every time he is asked,” said a prohibition. The human said to be the world’s Earlier, the longest the White House close to nice to me were saying that situation in Punjab, all the se- senior Crime Branch oicial. chain has been historic longest, to create chains were formed in midnight. The drapes in the we did a really good job today. curity apparatus shall be de- candidates had already made Najeeb went missing from and unprecedented,” Mr. awareness of prohibition Bangladesh and Nepal, but Oval Oice were crimson They hated to do it, but they ployed for the safety and se- it clear that they did not re- the campus under mysteri- Kumar told journalists. and alcohol addiction. they were about 1,000 when Mr. Obama left it for the did it. And I respect that,” Mr. curity of people of State,” he quire the security provided ous circumstances on Octo- Earlier, Mr. Kumar reached Over three crore people km-1,100 km long, he said. last time in the morning; Trump said at one of three wrote. to them. ber 15 following an alterca- Patna’s Gandhi Maidan participated in the chain, Teams from the Limca when Mr. Trump entered it balls that he attended in the “I request you to take this The candidates have filed tion with members of the and joined hands with stretching 11,400 km in all Book of Records and other for the first time in the even- evening. decision to restore the con- aidavits to the respective Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi ruling alliance partners the 38 districts of the State, agencies were at hand to ing, they were gold, the fa- fidence of the people,” he ad- returning oicers, stating Parishad. The police still do like Rashtriya Janata Dal said government oicials. document the chain. vourite colour of the new ½ PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNS ded. that they did not need the se- not have any credible leads President. APPOINTMENTS | PAGE 14 Mr. Kejriwal said all AAP curity. in the case.

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Annual art fair set to return FILM REVIEW

JAIDEEP DEO BHANJ Since its launch in Making use of the indoor and 2008, the fair has outdoor space at the sprawling Where are the chills? NEW DELHI: The annual India Art NSIC grounds, the event will Fair is back in the city between become a platform host 16-art projects as well as February 2 and February 5, this to showcase Indian unveil a new space, Vernacular time with a specially curated art to the world in Flux, curated by Annapurna Bordering on section titled ‘Platform’ that Garimella, which showcases will focus on South Asian gal- The event seeks to build on vernacular art with a focus on unintentionally funny, leries, artists and artist collect- its outreach programme to de- Gond, Madhubani and Mysore this horror film is best ives. The event will be held at velop a new generation of col- paintings. the NSIC grounds in Okhla. lectors across the region by fa- Godrej India Culture Lab will avoided cilitating conversations be organising a film programme Cultural discourse between collectors from India ‘Art on Film’ which will explore DEBORAH CORNELIUS It will include a Speakers’ and private collectors from the intersection between film- Forum that will promote a cul- across the globe. making and the visual arts in In- A good horror film will try to never tural discourse and have repres- Since its launch in 2008, the dia from the 1960s to the present reveal the ghost haunting its prot- entatives of museums from annual India Art Fair has be- day. Some of the foreign galler- agonists. Instead, it will make the across the world talk on subjects come a platform to showcase ies participating are Kalfayan audience fear the unknown, using like the ‘Future of Museums’, Indian art to the world and Galleries (Athens), Grey Noise camera tricks, music and eerie ‘The Art of Collecting’, ‘When more recently, it has cemented (Dubai), 1x1 Gallery (Dubai), cinematography to create an envir- Technology meets Art’ and ‘Per- its status as a place that presents Sabrina Amrani (Madrid), and onment that’s conducive to terror. spectives from Networks of and nurtures the best of South Lukas Feichtner Galerie Of course, the Japanese take their South Asian Art’. Asian talent. (Vienna). paranormal genre of films, known as J-Horror, rather seriously, often revealing exactly what we ought to be petrified of.

Underestimating audience So it’s undoubtedly under- whelming when you come face to face with The Bye Bye Man in Stacy Title’s latest film. With a scratched up, vein-y bald head and long gnarly fingers, this ghost is the poverty-stricken cousin to Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street), replete with a long black coat. It’s the perfect example of an am- FAR FROM SCARY: This film is the perfect example of a project grossly underestimating its audience. bitious film grossly underestimat- PHOTO: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT ing its audience. Using an old trope, The Bye Bye man starts of with a ages to disappoint further still. stance, detective Shaw (what step back in time to the 1960s with a Screenwriter Jonathan Penner ad- happened, Carrie-Anne Moss?) lets man inexplicably gunning down apted the film from a chapter titled a suspect go after a cockamamie his neighbours. Wielding his “The Bridge to Body Island” in story that wouldn’t never fly in real weapon, the man keeps chanting Robert Damon Schneck’s book The life. “Don’t think it. Don’t say it”. Cut to President Vampire. But not once is And then there are the actors present and we’re introduced to the Bye Bye Man’s existence ex- who can’t seem to stick to their three 19-year- old-kids college kids plained. What exactly does this characters’ personalities. Take El- renting a house to get away from ghost want? Is he vengeful or just liot, who in one moment is the epi- dorm life. Sasha (Cressida Bonas) plain evil? tome of rational thought, aiming to and her boyfriend Elliot (Douglas Plus, he’s got a skinless bloody get to the truth and find a solution. Smith) move in with their friend dog for a sidekick, probably the In another, he’s happily singing John (Lucien Laviscount). Their worst CGI rendition to ever be along to ‘Bye Bye Love’ by The initial days in the house are creepy made. Then there are mysterious Newton Brothers & Randy enough, but then Elliot discovers, beds himself into the mind of his gold coins that keep falling of Cooke, a strange choice for a partic- “Don’t’ say it. Don’t think it”, victim, making them see things and every surface. Oh, and obscure vis- ularly suspenseful setting. scrawled on the inside of a drawer living of their fear. In the end, the ions of a running train that remains How a film as ridiculous as The in a nightstand. It also says one alicted people take their own lives unsolved. Bye Bye Man saw the light of day is thing on the back: ‘the Bye Bye and the only way to stop him is to beyond this writer. It lacks a strong Man’. Soon enough, all three start make sure no one ever mentions his Strange choices narrative making things worse with hallucinating seeing the things they name again. The absurdity goes up a notch an inept ghost and inferior actors. I fear the most. In addition to this unpromising when bodies start to roll and the au- couldn’t be more emphatic: do not Essentially, the Bye Bye Man em- premise, The Bye Bye Man man- thorities get involved. In one in- watch The Bye Bye Man. NOIDA/DELHI | THE HINDU SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2017 CITY 3

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14 kg hashish R-Day: heavy trucks from ‘Stressed’ civic seized, four held Gurugram cannot enter city

STAFF REPORTER STAFF REPORTER in force on January 26. While announcing the same oicial kills self NEW DELHI: The Narcotics NEW DELHI: No heavy trucks, ex- here on Saturday, a Haryana Control Bureau (NCB) on cept those ferrying essential Police spokesperson said the Suicide note blames problems at work Friday arrested four per- goods, will be allowed to enter restriction on the plying of sons allegedly carrying 14 the Capital from neighbouring heavy vehicles would remain kilograms of hashish. Gurugram on Monday in view in force from 8:30 p.m. on STAFF REPORTER ke aage kabhi mat jhuko” A senior NCB oicial of the full-dress rehearsal of Sunday to 12:30 p.m. on Janu- (We have come here to work, said the accused were sup- Republic Day Parade, said the ary 23 as well as from 8:30 p.m. NEW DELHI: An employee of the nobody can take our jobs. plying drugs in Uttar Pra- Haryana Police. on January 25 to 12:30 p.m. on New Delhi Municipal Coun- Then why we are afraid of desh and Haryana’s Similar restrictions will be January 26. cil (NDMC) allegedly com- anybody or why should we Faridabad. mitted suicide by consuming act like their slaves? I am The arrests were made poison at his oice in south leaving this world by asking when three people aboard Delhi’s Sarojini Nagar on you to never give up to in- a vehicle were intercepted DELHI TODAY Friday. justice) Singh wrote in the near the Jahangirpuri The deceased, identified note addressed to his metro station. Music and Talk: Hindustani classical ney”, a photography exhibition by as Assistant Sanitary In- colleagues. vocal recital by Pt. Yashpaul of the Ritu Jhingon at Visual Arts Gallery, spector Harpal Singh (58), The police are trying to as- Vehicle searched Agra Kharana; sitar recital by Gaurav India Habitat Centre (IHC), 11 a.m. – 7 Mazumdar, followed by a lecture on p.m. had purportedly attempted certain the veracity of the A search of the vehicle Ustad Yunus Hussain Khan’s musi- Exhibition: “Parsing – The Mind’s to save himself after taking suicide note. led to the recovery of the cianship by Arif Hussain Khan, at Eye”, a show of glass and light by the poison by rushing to a His family members, how- hashish concealed in the Amaltas Hall, India Habitat Centre Vijay Kowshik, at Main Art Gallery, hospital in Chanakyapuri. ever, said he was indeed be- (IHC), 7 p.m. Kamaladevi Complex, Main Building, back seat. Subsequent Dance and Talk: “Classical Dance: India International Centre (IIC), 11 He, however, died during ing harassed by NDMC oi- questioning of the occu- The Future We Want”: dancers Geeta a.m. – 7 p.m. treatment. cials and forced to put in long pants led the NCB team to Chandran and Aditi Mangaldas to ex- Art: 7th All India Digital Art Exhibi- The police said the incid- hours at work every day. learn that the contraband plore the future they want through tion, at All India Fine Arts & Craft their dialogue, interaction and Society (AIFACS), 1, Rafi Marg, 11 a.m. ent was reported to them by “He was forced to work for had been sourced from demonstration, at C.D. Deshmukh – 7 p.m. the hospital authorities 18-20 hours every day. His su- SIMMERING RESENTMENT: Protesters raise slogans agains jallikattu ban, at Jantar Mantar on Katrain village in Himach- Auditorium, India International Paintings: “Tell-Tales”: Nalini Misra around 7 p.m. As per his pervising oicers used to ask Saturday. PHOTO: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR al’s Kullu valley. Centre (IIC), 6:30 p.m. Tyabji and Bakula Nayak bring short autopsy report, he died due him to engage sanitary work- The trio later led the Music: “Swar Prabhat - Bhor ki raag stories through their paintings, at raagniya”, a morning of Hindustani Academy of Fine Arts & Literature to a cardiac arrest. ers and even forced him to NCB to a fourth person, classical music, at Meghdoot (AFAL), 4/6, Sirifort Institutional Singh allegedly left behind clean railway tracks and Jallikattu ordinance ‘not enough’, Gopal, in Faridabad. The Theatre, Rabindra Bhavan, Coperni- Area, 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. a suicide note, in which he areas that did not fall under oicial said Gopal was the cus Marg, Mandi House, 8 a.m. (Mail your listings for this column at blamed problems at his his jurisdiction. My uncle alleged recipient of the Exhibition: “Samay - A Photo Jour- [email protected]) workplace for ending his life. was depressed because of all protesters seek permanent solution cache. “The intercepted this,” said Singh’s nephew vehicle belonged to Gopal. Message to colleagues Sachin. BINDU SHAJAN PERAPPADAN brings about a permanent The four people have been “Hum log yahan naukri The protesters said solution. ‘ arrested under the provi- karne aaye hain kisi ki bhi Family wants justice NEW DELHI: Although the Cent- the Centre should sions of the Narcotic Drugs himmat hai ki humko naukri He added that the family ral government has given its amend the Prevention Protest gathers praise and Psychotropic Sub- se hata de to fir hum kyon was hoping that the NDMC nod to an ordinance allow- Meanwhile, this largely stances (NDPS) Act,” NCB kisi se darte hain ya gulami oicials responsible for the ing jallikattu, people protest- of Cruelty to Animals apolitical, peaceful move- Zonal Director (Delhi) karte hain? Main aap ko ye harassment would be ing at Jantar Mantar here are Act and ban PETA ment by the people has re- Madho Singh said. keh kar jaa raha hoon anyay brought to book. demanding a permanent ceived praise for setting a The oicial added that Reached for comments, solution to the ban. camping at Chennai’s Mar- precedent in portraying civil the agency had launched NDMC spokesperson, M.S. The group at Jantar ina Beach. dissent, though several ar- an inter-State operation Sehrawat, said, “The police Mantar, which comprises Stating that the senti- gue that it could also set a two ago to crack down on He was forced to are investigating the case students and professionals ments and culture of Tamili- dangerous precedent, of drugs. work for 18-20 hours and the NDMC will act ac- from Delhi and Chennai, ans cannot be compromised amending laws to commen- cordingly if need be.” said: “This ordinance is valid at any cost, they said: “We surate with public every day. His The sole breadwinner of only for six months. We cannot keep coming back sentiment. supervising officers his family, Singh is survived want a permanent solution, every six months to claim Earlier in the day, the Disclaimer: Readers are requested to verify & make appropriate enquiries to satisfy even forced him to by his wife, Usha, and five whereby the Central govern- something that is an integral Home Ministry cleared the themselves about the veracity of an adver- children. tisement before responding to any published in ment amends the Preven- part of our culture. The gov- ordinance after the Law this newspaper. Kasturi & Sons Limited, the clean railway tracks He was posted in the ND- tion of Cruelty to Animals ernment cannot turn a blind Ministry approved the draft Publisher & Owner of this newspaper, does not vouch for the authenticity of any advertisement and areas that did MC’s health department, and Act and ban PETA.” eye to our justified ordinance proposed by the or advertiser or for any of the advertiser’s pro- is reported to have been demands.’’ Tamil Nadu government to ducts and/or services. In no event can the not fall under his Owner, Publisher, Printer, Editor, Director/s, deputed at the helm of a local Group expresses solidarity The group maintained enable resumption of the an- Employees of this newspaper/company be held jurisdiction programme in line with the responsible/liable in any manner whatsoever for They also expressed their that the ‘struggle’ is going to cient bull-taming sport of any claims and/or damages for advertisements Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. solidarity with protesters go on till the government jallikattu. in this newspaper. NOIDA/DELHI 4 | CITY THE HINDU SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2017

What ails Mustafabad, cancer or neglect? Complaint against As the number of cancer cases rises, area MLA claims officials not taking action despite his complaint 2 months ago CM, brother-in-law

MARIA AKRAM water supply. NIRNIMESH KUMAR

NEW DELHI: On a hot April af- Workshop at home NEW DELHI: A non-profit ternoon last year, Noornisa The homes here double up organisation on Friday was stitching a pair of freshly as workshops -- from door to filed a criminal dyed denims at her home in door women can be seen complaint against Delhi Shiv Vihar in north-east Del- working on sewing ma- Chief Minister Arvind hi’s Mustafabad area when chines, packing lime powder Kejriwal, his brother-in- she felt severe pain in her and making cardboard law and a government lower abdomen. After sev- boxes. Sudha, a 38-year-old oicial in a court here eral tests, the doctors at mother of two, lost her left seeking lodging of an Guru Tegh Bahadur (GTB) eye three years ago while FIR. Hospital told her that she packing lime powder. “Seven had stage II ovarian cancer. people in our lane, doing the ‘Irregularities’ The 52-year-old worker, same work, have lost eye- In the complaint, who swears to have never sight,” she said. Rahul Sharma, founder consumed any form of to- Environment experts have of the Road Anti- Arvind Kejriwal bacco or alcohol, is still clue- expressed concern over the Corruption less about the cause of the hazards of the ever-growing Organisation, alleged at the Tis Hazari courts cancer. “We don’t eat out as “informal” market. In 2014, commission of has asked the Delhi we cannot aford it. I drink Toxics Link, an NGO, identi- irregularities in the Police to file an action- only two cups of tea a day. fied 18 ‘potential hotspots’ in award of contacts for taken report on an old Even the doctors do not Delhi from where unorgan- construction of roads complaint accusing Mr. know what caused the dis- ised small-scale industries and sewer lines by the Kejriwal of misleading ease,” she said. Noornisa is were contaminating the Chief Minister, his people by stating that no stranger to cancer. In fact, city's environment by re- brother-in-law, Surender that the municipal there is a cancer patient in leasing toxic pollutants. Kumar Bansal, corporations were not each of the three houses next “Mustafabad is among the proprietor of Messrs under the control of the to hers. In the three lanes of potential hotspots. In these Renu Construction, and State government. Shiv Vihar Phase VI, where areas, the toxics and chemic- P.K. Kathuria, then PWD she lives, The Hindu came TICKING BOMB: Many families als go directly in the ground, Executive Engineer ‘CM misled people’ across 11 cancer cases; two of living in Shiv Vihar are contaminating the soil, the posted in north Delhi’s Earlier, complainant the patients had died in last engaged in dyeing and acid water and the air, as there is Shalimar Bagh. Brijesh Shukla submitted two months. washing of denims, which no infrastructure in place. He has sought lodging to the court documents expose them to harmful There is bound to be impact of a case against them for relating to his allegation Letter to govt chemicals; (left) a stitching on people’s health in these cheating, forgery and that the Delhi Concerned about the workshop operated from a areas and it shows in the criminal conspiracy. government had spent growing number of health house in the area. form of some disease,” said “From the records over ₨42 lakh by giving complaints of the residents, PHOTO: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA Ravi Aggarwal of Toxics retrieved and other advertisements in 20 the area MLA, Jagdish Pra- Link. sources, it has come out newspapers in which the dhan, raised the issue in the eye. The acid after dyeing “These areas are growing that Mr. Surender misleading statement recently held Assembly ses- the jeans goes into the drains and it only proves poor im- Kumar Bansal operates was made by Mr. sion. He even wrote a letter and the toxic water flows. plementation of government Messrs Renu Kejriwal. The counsel to the Delhi government two Cancer cases are going up in policies.” Construction Company for the complainant had months ago, asking it to shut my constituency,” he said. and various other earlier informed the down of the illegal units The government oicials Aware of risks dummy companies in court that in a reply to a dealing in dyeing and acid in their defence say they Noornisa’s neighbour, order to obtain contracts RTI application, the washing of denims. These have conducted surprise Furqan Begum, a 73-year-old by way of fraud in Delhi government had units are mostly run by the checks and sealed some of woman, died of throat can- criminal connivance admitted that a total families living in the area the units, but they keep cer on January 2. Begum’s with government expenditure of from their homes. springing up in some house husband, Ahmed Raza, servants posted at ₨42,01,405 was incurred “Many residents of my or the other. passed away on the same PWD,’’ the complaint on giving constituency are severely date five years ago after bat- alleged. advertisements to the sufering from polluted air No cancer data tling colon cancer. “In every “Mr. Bansal in 2015-16 newspapers on October and water as highly active There is no data on the other house, someone is suf- had obtained a contract 30, 2015. chemicals are used for col- number of cancer cases re- fering from a disease,” said for certain works which ouring of jeans,” he wrote in gistered from Mustafabad. Nagma, Begum’s daughter- were never completed ‘Register FIR’ his letter. Mr. Pradhan said Every hospital has to update lished. “Earlier, it was no- fering from diferent kinds of among the ‘most backward’ in law. ,whereas, shockingly, all The complainant has these units have become a the number of cancer pa- ticed that most of the pa- cancer, it means that some places in Delhi; the area is The families residing in the payments were sought directions to the safety hazard for everyone, tients under National Can- tients came from the environmental factor is play- also among the 90 minority Shiv Vihar know of the risks cleared under the Karawal Nagar SHO to but the oicials aren’t taking cer Registry Programme, but gangetic region. But now ing a role,” said Dr Kumar. districts identified by the involved in the kind of work pressure of Mr. register an FIR against any action. “Most of these Dr. Sunil Kumar, Regional that pattern is not prevalent. Shiv Vihar, where most of UPA government. they do. Still Noornisa, who Kejriwal,’’ the complaint Mr.Kejriwal under units are illegal. No safety Director of Health Services Since the data is not updated the illegal colouring units The streets of Shiv Vihar is undergoing chemother- further alleged. Section 406 (criminal measures are taken while us- (East) and Medical Director under the Cancer Registry are located, has a population smell of sewage and there’s apy, has not stopped work- Meanwhile, the Chief breach of trust) of the ing the chemicals and the of- of GTB Hospital, said that programme, one cannot con- of over 80,000 people. Ac- an acute crisis of potable wa- ing. “At least, I can feed my Metropolitan Magistrate IPC. ficials have turned a blind cancer registry is not estab- clude. But if people are suf- cording to its residents, it is ter as the area lacks public children and die in peace.”

Technology can solve problems ‘Salary budget of Year later, special task force for at Bhalswa landfill, says L-G teachers well utilised’ women’s safety reconstituted STAFF REPORTER AKANKSHA JAIN posts which have been STAFF REPORTER and Principal Secretary, had been set up. The DCW NEW DELHI: Lieutenant-Gov- created by the Delhi Home Department (Delhi), said it had repeatedly ap- ernor Anil Baijal on Saturday NEW DELHI: The AAP government recently. NEW DELHI: Delhi Commission among others, as its mem- pealed to the Home Minister inspected the Bhalswa land- government has told the The government said for Women (DCW) chairper- bers. and the then L-G Najeeb Jung fill site, where he emphas- Delhi High Court that the taking into account the son Swati Maliwal on Sat- on this issue, adding that in ised the need for modern salary budget for present strength of guest urday said a special task force Meeting every 15 days 2016 the STF was disbanded. technologies to manage teachers in its schools is teachers and those under (STF), which would review The meeting of the force “The STF was formed dur- solid waste. being properly utilised. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan, decisions taken by the Delhi will be held every 15 days, the ing the time of the Nirbhaya “The L-G directed the Mu- The government the total strength of Police and other depart- DCW chief said in a rape [case] and was chaired nicipal Corporation to use denied as “false teachers engaged in ments regarding women’s statement. by the Home Secretary. The modern technologies to re- frivolous, vexatious and Delhi government safety, had been reconstit- The women’s panel said Home Department of the solve the problems at the devoid of any truth and schools comes to 47,267 uted. the STF had been formed in Delhi government issued or- earliest,” a statement issued merit” allegations that as on January 1, 2016, as The STF will be headed by response to a notice issued ders for the reconstitution of by the Raj Niwas read. half of the salary budget against 50,382 sanctioned Lieutenant-Governor Anil by the High Court to the L-G the Special Task Force on FLAMING HELL: The landfill site is overflowing with waste, which lapses as a large number posts of teaching staf. Baijal, and will have Delhi on a DCW petition seeking January 17 after getting the L- Close coordination often leads to fires. FILE PHOTO: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR of posts of teachers are Chief Secretary, Delhi Police response as to why no com- G’s assent,” the statement Mr. Baijal also directed the lying vacant. “The salary Increased posts Commissioner, DCW chief, mittee on women’s safety read. agencies concerned to work not leading to any change. ary to the Lieutenant-Gov- budget of the teachers is The total strength of in coordination with Delhi ernor, oicers of the L-G’s being utilised judiciously teachers engaged as on Pollution Control Commit- Hoping for the best Secretariat and the agencies and properly by the January 1, 2017, in Delhi tee to tackle waste at the site. “People sufer due to the concerned visited the site. Directorate of government schools is ‘₨30 lakh on ads, ₨3.15 lakh on student loan’ Located in north-west toxic smell of garbage and Later, the L-G reviewed Education,” the 51,763 as against 59,409 Delhi, the 40-acre site is the constant burning of the progress of the Signature government said in an sanctioned posts, which NEW DELHI: The AAP govern- Delhi government’s flagship overflowing with waste. waste. The Lieutenant-Gov- Bridge Project in Wazirabad. aidavit before the court. makes 12.87 per cent ment spent ₨30 lakh on ad- programme. About 2,700 tonnes of ernor saw the gravity of the He also directed oicials to deficient teaching staf, it vertisements for student The number of “Till December 30, 2016 garbage collected from four situation, and we are hopeful compile monthly reports to Contempt petition informed the court. loans' scheme, but only fin- (in the past year-and-a-half), zones — City, Sadar Pa- that there will be a solution ensure the timely comple- The aidavit was filed The government said anced the loans of three stu- schools in the loans were given to 97 stu- harganj, Narela and Karol soon,” said Mr. Yadav. tion of the bridge. in response to a principals and vice- dents, limiting their ex- Capital has declined, dents of the 405 applicants Bagh — is dumped there Oicials said Mr. Baijal On Friday, the L-G had vis- contempt petition moved principals are not penditure to a mere ₨3.15 lakh through this scheme. Of every day. would preside over a meet- ited the Delhi Police by NGO Social Jurist included in the strength till December last, Swaraj In- contrary to the these, the Delhi Government Fires fed by waste are also ing early next week regard- Headquarters, and emphas- alleging that “due to of teachers. “However dia on Saturday claimed. claims made by the gave only three loans, limit- commonplace at the site. ing measures to be taken for ised the need to connect non-recruitment of alarming, the Delhi government ing their exposure to a mere ₨ Ward councillor Ajeet proper solid waste manage- with the youth for efective teachers by the Delhi disproportionate figure ‘Tall claims’ 3.15 lakh. Singh Yadav said residents ment in the city. The issue of policing and to ensure the government and the regarding deficiency of Addressing a press confer- Yadav claimed that in- around the site had been suf- the Bhalswa landfill site is safety of women and chil- MCDs in the past few teachers in government ence, Yogendra Yadav said formation was sought fering from breathing prob- likely to discussed then. dren. years, around 26,031 schools in contempt doubling of education capital showed a decline, through RTI and oicial doc- lems for years, with com- Besides Mr. Baijal, the Recently, he visited the posts are lying vacant. petition is far from budget is also a “myth” as fig- contrary to the claims made uments of Delhi govern- plaints to the Prime three Commissioners of the DDA Headquarters, where The said figure does truth,” the government ures tell a diferent tale and by the Delhi government. ment. The Aam Aadmi Party Minister, municipal oicials Municipal Corporations, he directed oicials to go for not include 9,000 new told the court. stated the number of schools The Higher Education and refused to react on Yadav's and the agencies concerned Secretary (Power), Secret- online services. and colleges in the national Skill Guarantee Scheme is allegations. — PTI EDMC yet to release arrears, sanitation staf plan rally Women come out in hordes to celebrate ‘right to go out’ STAFF REPORTER women and assert their right dressing the gathering, Delhi STAFF REPORTER funds to the EDMC, allowing to go out anywhere, any time Commission for Women it to pay the workers. They, NEW DELHI: Hundreds of wo- as they wish. chairperson Swati Maliwal NEW DELHI: Sanitation workers however, said that some men from Dwarka in south- The programme saw mu- lamented the pathetic state of the cash-strapped East workers were yet to get their west Delhi on Saturday came sic, song and dance perform- of investigation and prosec- Delhi Municipal Corpora- salaries and other demands, out in support of #IWill- ances highlighting the rights ution of accused in cases of tion (EDMC) on Saturday including payment of ar- GoOut campaign, launched of women to live without crime against women. announced that they would rears, had not been met. on the social media in fear and apprehensions. Rights activist Jagmati carry out a two-wheeler rally protest against the Sangwan in her address said on January 27 to protest ‘Permanent solution must’ Bengaluru mass molestation Permit problem the Bengaluru incident had against the late payment of “We are asking for a per- case. The celebration was or- lowered the dignity of the salaries. manent solution. Every few The event was organised ganised on the premises of a country. The workers had gone on months we are forced to go in response to a call by vari- private school as the Delhi She also criticised the strike from January 6 after on a strike over late salaries. ous women organisations to Police did not permit the or- Delhi Police for not allowing not being paid their salaries We want this issue to be hold programmes and ex- ganisers to hold it at an open the organisers to hold the for two months. They only settled once and for all,” said press solidarity with the vic- place. function in an open space. called of the strike, some on Sanjay Gehlot of the Swach- tims of the Bengaluru incid- A group of 16 autonomous Earlier in the day, a march January 9 and the remaining hta Karamchari Union. The ent on New Year’s Eve. organisations from Dwarka was held from Barakhamba by January 16, when the Delhi rally will start at Trilokpuri The theme of the function came together to organise to Jantar Mantar as part of IN SOLIDARITY: Women lend support to #IWillGoOut campaign, in Dwarka on Saturday. government transferred and conclude at Gokalpuri. was to fight violence against the function at Sector 7. Ad- the #IWillGoOut campaign. PHOTO: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR CM ND-ND YK NOIDA/DELHI | THE HINDU SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2017 CITY/STATE 5 12 girls among 25 children Boat rides dry up at Purana Qila awarded for bravery Facility shut for over 100 days now; authorities unsure when it will reopen as deal with ASI expired STAFF REPORTER BINDU SHAJAN PERAPPADAN NEW DELHI: The 2016 National NEW DELHI: For over 100 days Bravery Awards winning now Delhiites have been children called on President missing out on the popular Pranab Mukherjee at boat ride at Purana Quila, Rashtrapati Bhavan on even as the authorities say Saturday. they are not sure when the Four girls of the 25 ‘Na- facility will re-open. tional Bravery Award 2016’ This popular tourist site winners have been given the has remained closed all award posthumously. Of the winter and though the neigh- 25 children, 12 are girls and 13 bouring Delhi zoo is now are boys. The ‘Bharat Award’ open to the public, after hav- was conferred posthumously ing been kept out of bounds to Late Km Tarh Peeju of Ar- following a bird flu scare, the unanchal Pradesh who dis- club continues to wear a played heroic courage and REAL-LIFE HEROES: President Pranab Mukherjee felicitates a sorry look with boats sacrificed her life to save two recipient at Rashtrapati Bhawan on Saturday. PHOTO: SANDEEP SAXENA stacked together and the wa- of her friends when they ter body all dried up. were being swept away by a drowning in an 18 feet deep Tankeswar Pegu of Assam, strong undercurrent. river. Master Tushar Verma Master Moirangthem Agreement not renewed of Chhattisgarh was presen- Sadananda Singh of Manipur, Trouble began when the Uncovering sex racket ted Bapu Gaidhani Award for Master Adithyan M.P. Pillai Delhi Tourism and Trans- The ‘Geeta Chopra Award’ exhibiting dauntless valour of Kerala, Km. Anshika port Development Corpora- was conferred jointly on Km and sense of duty for dousing Pandey of Uttarpradesh, tion (DTTDC), that was pre- Tejasweeta Pradhan and Km the flames when a neigh- Master Binil Manjaly of Ker- viously running the Shivani Gond of West Bengal, bour’s house caught fire, ala, Km. Akshita Sharma and operations here, was unable who helped the police and an Tushar risked his life and Master Akshit Sharma of to renew its agreement with IN DEEP WATER: The boating club wears a sorry look with boats stacked together and the water body all dried up. organisation in uncovering three cows and two bulls New Delhi jointly, Master the Archaeological Survey of PHOTO: V.V. KRISHNAN an international sex racket were rescued in the process. Akhil K. Shibu of Kerala, India. leading to the arrest of the Late Km. H. Lalhriatpuii of Master Naman of New Delhi, A Delhi government oi- Yamuna and through annual high of footfall that with 70 boats, we have assets boat ride. This is a clean, af- mastermind. The ‘Sanjay Mizoram was given Bapu Km. Nisha Dilip Patil of Ma- cial said: “The ASI had re- borewell. “There has been a we see during the annual worth ₨ 2 crore lying un- fordable place for the middle Chopra Award’ was given to Gaidhani Award harashtra, Km. Badarunnisa ferred the matter to the Min- drop in our revenue,” said a trade fair held at Pragati used,” said a DTTDC oicial. class and with the facility Master Sumit Mamagain of posthumously. K.P. of Kerala, Late Km. Payal istry of Culture which has senior oicial. Maidan nearby and New closing down it has ad- Uttarakhand who displayed Devi of Jammu & Kashmir. now asked the India Tourism Year, when we get about Losing its charm? versely afected us. The outstanding bravery in sav- Inspiring more children The scheme of National Development Corporation Lower footfall 7,000 people on an average,” Visitors coming to the place was a good option to ing his cousin from a leopard Other recipients of the Awards for Bravery was star- to run the facility. We hope A DTTDC oicial said the he said. place too claim that the spot keep the children close to attack. award are: Km. Neelam ted by the Indian Council for the place will soon have the company’s five-year long Oicials say that boating has “lost its charm”. nature and also away from Dhruv of Chattisgarh, Master Child Welfare (ICCW) to public back.” MoU expired on March 31 previously earned ₨ 6 lakh “The place is very popular the malls. We urge the Delhi Battling water and fire Sonu Mali of Rajasthan, Mas- give due recognition to the last year. per month on an average and with children and we come government or the Centre to BaLate Km Roluahpuii of ter Mohan Shetty of Odisha, children who distinguish Water from Yamuna “The ASI allowed us to run during the peak season it here during the summer and look into the matter and en- Mizoram was given the ‘Bapu Km. Siya Vamansa Khode of themselves by performing The Purana Quila lake on the boating club till August would go up to ₨ 9 lakh. winter vacation and spend sure that the place is open to Gaidhani Award’ posthum- Karnataka, Master Thanghil- outstanding deeds of bravery average attracted 2,000- 10. Earlier, the agreement “Our monthly electricity an entire day here. Children the public as soon a pos- ously for her timely & valor- mang Lunkim of Nagaland, and meritorious service and 4,000 visitors a day and used to get renewed on time. bill to maintain the facility love to go to the Delhi Zoo sible,” said Surabhi, a resid- ous act in saving two of her Master Praful Sharma of Hi- to inspire other children to sourced water from the The place has missed the comes to around ₨ 45,000 and and then come here for a ent of Pandara Road. schoolmates when they were machal Pradesh, Master emulate them. Wheels in motion Four held for stealing jewellery worth ₨ 50 lakh

STAFF REPORTER Commissioner of Police They were having (Gandhi Nagar) Khushal Singh and Kavita, who (Shahdara) Nupur Prasad. Pal Singh. played the roles of his NEW DELHI: Four persons, “Jain told us that he food and when Mr. uncle and aunt, they including a man claiming came in contact with Jain got off the car CCTV footage planned to and succeeded to be a freelance reporter, Jitender and Vijay Gahlot to wash his hands, The team gathered in cheating him,” she were arrested for through a common friend information on the basis added. allegedly stealing regarding a property deal. the accused fled of the car used in the jewellery worth ₨ 50 lakh Gahlot contacted him to with the jewellery crime and from the CCTV Claims to be reporter in east Delhi's Shahdara, purchase jewellery for a footage they obtained The 21 ornaments, the police said on wedding at his uncle’s from Rail Yatri Niwas, weighing 1,862 gram Saturday. place,” said Ms. Prasad. jewellery, she said. police got the pictures of comprising eight He also arranged a They were having food the “uncle and aunt”. necklaces, four bangles, Jewellery on commission meeting between Mr. Jain and when Mr. Jain got of “A trap was laid and one pendant set and seven Nitesh Jain, who owns a and his “uncle and aunt” the car to wash his hands, Gahlot and Jitender alias pairs of earrings have shop in Chandni Chowk at Rail Yatri Niwas on the accused fled with the Jeetu were arrested. been recovered. While that sells jewellery on a January 9 to gain Jain’s jewellery. A team During interrogation, Jeetu has previously been commission basis, told the trust, the DCP added. comprising inspector M.C Gahlot and Jeetu involved in theft cases, police two days earlier However, on January 17, Pandey, SHO(Krishna disclosed that they came Gahlot carried a card that ON ROAD: Cyclists during Bicycle Day organised by Petroleum Conservation Research that two men fled with Gahlot convinced Mr. Jain Nagar) and other to know that Mr. Jain had ‘reporter’ written on it Association at Connaught Place in New Delhi on Saturday. The event was flagged of by jewellery worth ₨ 50 lakh to meet at River Height policemen was provides jewellery on and he claimed that he is a Alok Tripathi of PCRA and Dhruv Kapil of HPCL. PHOTO: V. SUDERSHAN which belonged to him, Plaza Market at Raj Nagar constituted under the commission basis. In freelance journalist, said said Deputy in Ghaziabad to buy the supervision of ACP association with Surender Ms. Prasad. Murder accused caught hiding in drug rehab centre

STAFF REPORTER Sourabh had also given a centre for a long time and fake address to the rehabilita- could not have been present NEW DELHI: A 23-year-old man tion centre to throw the po- at the time and place of the checked himself into a drug lice of track, said Mr. Pal. On crime, he said. rehabilitation centre after January 13, Prakash bumped The DCP added that the ac- murdering his female friend's into Sourabh when he was re- cused took away the mobile brother in a fit of drunken turning after meeting his sis- phone and wallet of the de- rage in outer Delhi's Mon- ter in Mangolpuri. ceased to make it look like a golpuri a week ago, but his “Both of them were drunk robbery. cover was blown on Saturday. and they got into an argu- ment after which the accused Search for missing locals Bid to mislead probe hit the victim, who fell to the Local criminals who were Identified as Sourabh, the ground. Sourabh repeatedly involved in robberies in the accused had murdered Uttam hit him with a stone and past were interrogated at Prakash, 35, when he bumped crushed his head to hide his length, said Mr. Pal. into the latter after meeting identity,” said Mr. Pal. “A systematic search of his sister on January 13. In a The accused thought of an young persons living in bid to mislead investigations alibi and went to the rehabil- nearby localities, who were he then got himself admitted itation centre at Khanpur and found to be absent from their to a drug rehabilitation centre got himself admitted on the residence, was launched and in Khanpur from where he day the murder was reported, some were found missing was arrested early on Sat- the DCP said, adding that from their houses for the last urday morning, said Deputy Sourabh wanted to give an three to four days. Sourabh Commissioner of Police impression that he had been was held after questioning, (Outer) Rishi Pal. admitted to the rehabilitation the DCP said. NOIDA/DELHI | THE HINDU SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2017 NORTHERN REGION 7

Five of family among seven killed in road mishaps Kolkata court releases 112 JAMMU: Seven persons, in- old child, were killed and the police said, adding on persons, including a police cluding five members of a two others were injured getting information, the po- constable, were killed last family, were killed and four when the car they were trav- lice rushed to the spot and evening and two others in- others were injured in two elling in skidded of the road evacuated the bodies and the jured when their car collided separate road accidents in and fell into a gorge in injured were taken to the with a vehicle on Jammu and arrested CPI(M) activists Jammu and Udhampur dis- Domana area here on Friday, Government Medical Col- Kashmir National Highway tricts of Jammu and Kashmir, they said. lege (GMC) hospital. at Malad Morh in Udhampur Party workers gather in front of the court, shout slogans against TMC govt. the police said on Saturday. The mishap occurred district, they said. The five persons of the when the family was on its Collision The police have registered family, including a four-year- way to Kargil from Jammu, In a separate mishap, two separate cases. - PTI STAFF REPORTER Were arrested by the several hours. After the CPI “mentally unstable.” He police for staging (M) members were released pointed out that the Tata Mo- KOLKATA: A court here on Sat- protests in front of by the court, a war of words tor’s under-construction urday dismissed all charges ensued between Mr. Chak- small-car factory was demol- 10 coaches of Ranikhet and released 112 Communist the venue of Global roborty and TMC secretary ished in Singur as the Su- Party of India-Marxist activ- Business summit general Partha Chatterjee. preme Court ordered that ists, including party MLA Su- Dubbing the Bengal the acquired land be re- Express derail jan Chakraborty, who were (TMC) government. Despite Global Business Summit a turned to the farmers’ in cul- arrested by the Kolkata po- the heavy security deploy- “farce and a wastage of tax tivable condition. JAIPUR: Ten coaches of the However, no casualties or lice for staging protests in ment, police struggled to payers’ money”, Mr. Earlier, Mr. Chakraborty Ranikhet Express derailed in major injuries were repor- front of the venue of the contain the protesters, lead- Chakraborty said “the TMC, used Facebook Live inside Jaisalmer, oicials said on ted, said Railways North- Bengal Global Business Sum- ing to scules. which ruined the Tata Mo- the lock-up at the Kolkata Po- Saturday. West region spokesperson mit. tor’s small car factory in Sin- lice’s headquarters in Lal Train 15014 Kath Godham- Tarun Jain. Hundreds of CPI(M) War of words gur, is an enemy of Bengal’s Bazar to criticise the police Jaisalmer Express derailed A team of senior oicials workers gathered in front of While the party leaders industrialisation.” for the “inordinate delay” in with ten coaches between has reached the spot and pas- the court in South Kolkata, were being produced in the Reacting to the allega- providing food to the arres- Thayat Hamira-Jaisalmer at sengers continued their jour- shouting slogans against the court, CPI(M) cadres tions, Mr. Chatterjee charged ted party workers and in con- 11.16 pm yesterday, a state- ney through a special train. - ruling Trinamool Congress blocked a nearby road for that Mr. Chakroborty was ducting medical tests. ment said. PTI

Pride of place Cold wave prevails over North India NEW DELHI: North India contin- am and improved signific- ded as 6.7, it said. Amritsar ues to reel under severe cold antly to 1,500 m at 2.30 pm. At recorded 7.1 degrees Celsius, wave conditions with fog ad- Palam, the visibility was con- while Ludhiana and Patiala versely afecting rail traic stant at 300 m both at 5.30 recorded their minimum resulting in delay of 45 trains and 8.30 am. It improved to temperatures at 7.6 and 7.4 re- on Saturday even as the 1200 m at 2.30 pm. spectively. Areas afected weatherman forecast snow- Early morning fog disrup- due to dense fog were fall in Kashmir Valley and ted rail services with 45 Chandigarh, Hisar, Ludhiana Himachal Pradesh in next north-bound trains running and Amritsar among others. few days. late and 23 being resched- The Kashmir Valley is bra- The lowest minimum tem- uled and five others can- cing for another spell of wet perature in the plains was re- celled, according to a senior weather as rain or snow have corded at Rajasthan’s Churu railway oicial. been forecast for the next six at 4.4 degrees Celsius, where days, prompting the divi- 0.4 mm of rainfall occurred. Traic afected sional administration to is- Wintry conditions pre- Cold wave conditions con- sue directions for taking ne- vailed in the national Capital tinued unabated in most cessary precautionary with the minimum temperat- parts of Punjab and Haryana measures. ure settling at 7 degrees C, with fog adversely afecting while morning fog resulted air, rail and road traic in the Isolated rain or snow in cancellation of five trains two states. The MeT Department has and delayed 45 others. The Hisar in Haryana was the forecast isolated rain or maximum temperature was coldest place in the two snow on Saturday, scattered recorded at 19.8, a MeT De- States with a minimum tem- rain or snow on Sunday, partment oicial said. perature of 4.5 deg C, three fairly widespread rain or The visibility was recor- degrees below normal. Am- snow on January 23 and ded at 1,200 m at 5.30 am at bala, Karnal and Narnaul widespread rain or snow ROLLING DOWN RAJPATH: T-90 tanks being displayed during rehearsal of the Republic Day Safdarjung which after three shivered at 8, 4.8 and 8.6 deg over three days from January Parade in New Delhi on Saturday. - PHOTO: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR. hours dropped to 400 m. It C respectively. In Chand- 24-26, an oicial of the de- improved to 800 m at 11.30 igarh, minimum was recor- partment said. - PTI NOIDA/DELHI 8 | SOUTH THE HINDU SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2017 Police to cast net Drone, elephants search for Woman washed away after for water thieves in Bharathapuzha elusive tiger in Kodagu

K.A. SHAJI water released from A.P. dam PALAKKAD: The Kerala Water Authority (KWA) has en- Head constable dies in search operation; government orders probe sured police protection for its 15 check-dams and regu- SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT pressed the button which led lators in the Bharathapuzha to the lifting of one of the river basin in drought-hit VIZIANAGARAM: In what is be- four floodgates. Chittur taluk in Palakkad dis- lieved to be the result of trict — a first in Kerala. The carelessness, a 34-year-old Farmland submerged move is to avoid plunder and tribal woman was washed The gate went up by 3 misuse of drinking water, away in the Thatipudi reser- metres, resulting in 900 which is turning scarce by voir in the Gantyada mandal. cusecs of water gushing the day. A head constable was also down and submerging huge As demanded by KWA, COMBINED EFFORT: While an unmanned aerial vehicle scanned the Nagarahole forests, forest killed when he fell into the tracts of farmland in District Collector P. department workers on elephants did the work on land. — PHOTOS: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT water during the search op- Gantyada, S. Kota, and Jami Marykutty issued a directive eration. mandals. Oicials alerted to the police to guard the R. KRISHNA KUMAR A forest patch of 15 sq. km without any results. The de- The woman, Gammela villagers downstream in the check-dams and regulators was scanned from air, while partment oicials had left Thademma, was washing three mandals, and in the spread across the eastern re- MYSURU: An unmanned aerial forest department workers word at the local estates to clothes when water gushed Bhimili and Padmanabham gion of Palakkad, including vehicle was pressed into ser- on Dasara elephant Abhi- inform them of any tiger out of the fourth floodgate of mandals in Visakhapatnam. Kunnangattupathy, Puzhap- vice on Saturday to search manyu, accompanied by ele- sighting, but none was repor- the reservoir. The incident HUMAN ERROR: Officials suspect that an unidentified person Gajapathinagaram MLA palam, Kodumbu, Kannadi, for the tiger that attacked an phants Drona and Krishna, ted. Conservator of Forests occurred between 9 a.m. and opened the fourth floodgate of the Thatipudi reservoir. Kondapalli Appala Naidu, Njavalinkadavu, and Tharur. estate worker in Kodagu on backed up the eforts by Manoj Kumar told The 10 a.m. NDRF team and fire who visited the spot, blamed Despite the dip in ground- Friday. There was, however, combing the land. Hindu that the drone was safety personnel launched a the Jami government hos- was the result of “human er- oicials of the Greater Vi- water level and drying up of no sign of the tiger. used for nearly four hours. It search for Thademma. pital. He is survived by wife ror”. He said compensation sakhapatnam Municipal the Bharathapuzha, brick The drone camera — No results flew for 20 minutes at a Head constable Bonu Sim- and two sons. would be paid to the be- Corporation and the irriga- kilns and large plantations provided to the Department The forest department stretch before being brought hachalam went down an old reaved tribal family as per tion department for neglect- are siphoning of water from of Forests by two volunteers workers on elephants down for recharging. bridge with the help of a 900 cusecs gush out the government norms. He ing the maintenance of the the facilities, especially at from Bengaluru, Sunil and combed the Anechowkur– Four camera-traps, laid to rope. He slipped into the Collector Vivek Yadav, ordered an inquiry into the reservoir, particularly after night. The police will guard Madhu — flew repeatedly Kalahalla border abutting record the tiger’s movement swirling waters. His body who visited Thatipudi in the incident. Oicials suspect Cyclone Hudhud hit the re- the water bodies along the Anechowkur-Kala- the Lakshmantirtha river in the area, did not capture a was retrieved and taken to afternoon, said the tragedy that an unidentified person gion. round-the-clock. halla border. near Balele–Nittur villages single image of the tiger. Swine flu on the rise in Hyderabad Six arrested in After jallikattu, it is kambala’s turn SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Around seven cases The rise in infections due Kerala for BJP to the virus is being attrib- ANIL KUMAR SASTRY that the State government HYDERABAD: With one more were confirmed in uted to cold weather. worker’s murder could also promulgate an Or- death and a confirmed case Telangana on Friday, MANGALURU: With an Ordin- dinance to allow kambala, of infection in an infant, taking the number First death in Vizag SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ance promulgated to lift the provided a demand for it swine flu cases in Hyderabad Visakhapatnam recorded ban on jallikattu (bull-tam- built up. are on a steady climb. since August to 165 the first swine flu death this KANNUR: The police team in- ing) in Tamil Nadu, the de- The four deaths — all wo- year, and Andhra Pradesh its vestigating the murder of mand for lifting the ban on Online campaign men — were reported this 10-month old infant is now second, when a 26-year-old BJP worker Santhosh at kambala — bufalo racing — Netizens on various social month at the Gandhi Hos- the only patient undergoing homemaker succumbed to Dharmadam, near is gaining momentum in media sites have, meanwhile, pital. Two women were be- treatment for swine flu. the disease at a private hos- Thalassery, on January 18, ar- coastal Karnataka. started campaigns in sup- low 40. On Friday, a 68-year- pital on Saturday. rested six CPI(M) workers Dakshina Kannada and port of the traditional prac- old woman from Bahadur- ‘State prepared’ According to the district on Saturday. Udupi Districts Kambala tice. Ravikantha Kundapura, pura succumbed to the Seeking to assure the pub- health oicials, the woman The arrested have been Samiti has convened a meet- a media person, who was illness. She was brought to lic, Health Minister C. from Pendurthi area was bat- identified as Midhun (27), ing on Sunday to discuss the among the first to start the the hospital on January 16. Laxma Reddy informed re- tling with flu-like symptoms Prajul P. (25), Shamil M.K. fallout of the Tamil Nadu campaign, tweeted: “Almost As the hospital has a ded- porters at NIMS Hospital on over the last few days. She (26), Rijesh K. (27), Ajesh P. Ordinance. RENEWED HOPE: A file picture of kambala, a traditional form of all cine artists in Tamil Nadu icated swine flu ward, sus- Saturday that swine flu was tested positive for swine flu (25) and Rohin (27). K. Gunapala Kadamba, buffalo racing, in Mangaluru. have stood for jallikattu; let’s pected and confirmed cases not a concern and the State in two diagnostic tests. It was Sources close to the in- president of the Kambala see how many Kannada stars are referred to it from across was adequately geared to learnt that the woman had vestigation team said the ac- Academy, told The Hindu kambala based on the Su- was over 1,000 years old. rise for kambala.” the city. fight the illness. been to Tirupati with her cused, all natives of Dhar- that the meeting would dis- preme Court’s order on Sitharam Shetty, a kambala Actor Jaggesh also lent his According to the govern- But the death of two wo- family before she developed madam, had been taken into cuss the steps to be taken. jallikattu. The hearing on the organiser from Bantwal, said voice for kambala. “Let there ment, around seven cases of men, aged under 40, with no swine flu symptoms. The custody for questioning The State government in petition is scheduled for kambala could be “saved” as not be a divide — Uttara swine flu infection were con- apparent co-morbid condi- district oicials suspect that within two hours of the November last informed the January 30. its ban was a fallout of the Karnataka or Dakshina firmed in Telangana on Fri- tions, indicates that the virus she might have contracted murder on Wednesday. The High Court, during the hear- Mr. Kadamba said while ban on jallikattu. Karnataka. Let us all stand day, taking the total number causes illness that does not the H1N1 virus in Tirupati. police said two more sus- ing of a PIL petition filed by the bufalo race was a devel- Minister for Large and Me- united,” he tweeted. since August to 165. necessarily follow a textbook (With inputs from Vi- pects were under PETA, that it had withdrawn opment in the last four dec- dium Scale Industries R.V. (With inputs from At the Gandhi Hospital, a pattern. sakhapatam) surveillance. the permission given to hold ades, traditional kambala Deshpande said on Saturday Raghava M.) NOIDA/DELHI | THE HINDU SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2017 NATION 9 Sydney police in ‘Normal childhood with superstar Appa’ India to probe 3 Lashkar militants SNEHA VAKHARIA spoke about her unexpec- techie murder tedly “normal” childhood. JAIPUR: The sun rose on the “Nobody treated me like a SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT third day of the Jaipur Liter- celebrity’s kid. Most of my ature Festival on Saturday childhood was spent in Ban- BENGALURU: sentenced to death A police team with a conversation among galore, playing on the road, from Sydney is in Bengaluru writers, filmmakers and one walking to school, buying ve- investigating the possibility They waged war against the state, says Bengal court playwright. getables at a mandi, having of a local angle in the murder Alan Hollinghurst, whose chaat with my friends on my of Prabha Arun Kumar, a SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT A fourth person who on the India-Bangladesh Booker Prize-winning novel birthday. Even when I moved senior technical analyst who border at Petrapole on April The Line of Beauty has been to Madras — I like calling it was stabbed by an unidenti- KOLKATA: A trial court in West was also arrested 4, 2007. The case was handed adapted for film, was in con- Madras because that sounds fied person in Strathfield in Bengal’s Bongaon sub-divi- from India-Bangladesh over to the CID from the versation with playwright more like home — very little March 2015. sion on Saturday sentenced border in 2007 Bongoan police station in David Hare, novelist and changed.” Prabha was barely a few two Pakistanis and one In- North 24 Parganas district. Oscar-winning director Neil Paul Beatty, who won the yards from her house and on dian national to death for wa- is absconding A fourth person who was Jordan and Booker-winner BOOK TALK: Film director and classical dancer Aishwarya Booker Prize 2016 for The the phone with her husband ging war against India. also arrested — Abdul Richard Flanagan. Rajinikanth Dhanush at the Jaipur Literature Festival at the Sellout, a novel where the in Bengaluru when she told Mohammad Yunus and ing to wage war) and 122 Sheikh Nayeem alias Sheikh The conversation shifted Diggi Palace in Jaipur on Saturday. — PHOTO: ROHIT JAIN PARAS narrator tries to reintroduce him that a man was following Abdullah Khan, both from (collecting arms with inten- Samir — is absconding, ac- easily and frequently slavery and segregation, her. Soon after, the man at- Pakistan, and Muzafar tion of waging war against cording to the West Bengal between literature and have my plays adapted to and the unique experience of talked about the inaugura- tacked her. Ahmed Rather from Anant- the government of India), police. A resident of Maha- cinema. “When does a novel film by someone else. So I growing up with “superstar tion of U.S. President Donald Sources told The Hindu nag in Jammu and Kashmir CID DIG (Operations) rashtra, he fled from a train become literature,” a mem- basically don’t sell any film Appa.” Trump. “The tone [of the in- that the Sydney police were — all members of the Nishad Pervej said. in 2014, the police said. ber of the audience asked rights,” he concluded. She began in Tamil, saying: auguration] was so scary...” investigating whether Lashkar-e-Taiba — were sen- “They had a plan to attack Defence counsel Subrata Hollinghurst. “In twenty Aishwarya Rajnikanth “I am a proud Tamil. “Nobody is considering someone known to Prabha tenced by a fasttrack court Army camps in Jammu and Basu said there was not years,” he laughed. Dhanush, daughter of super- Jallikattu must, will and the impact that this rhetoric had orchestrated the attack. judge Vinay Kumar Pathak. Kashmir, but before they much evidence against the David Hare spoke about star Rajnikanth and wife of should happen. We need will have on the rest of the “The Sydney police have They were booked under could do so, they were accused. He claimed that it his diiculty adapting films actor Dhanush, discussed everyone’s support for world. And that’s why I’m questioned over 4,000 sus- IPC Sections 120B (punish- caught by the BSF,” he said. was Sheikh Samir who was from his own plays. “My her book with journalist jallikattu. And I salute the glad I’m here [in Jaipur], and pects apart from habitual of- ment of criminal conspir- Public Prosecutor Samir the prime accused. films based on my plays are Sudha Sadhanand. The book protesting students.” Then, not there right now,” Beatty fenders,” said the source. acy), 121 (waging, or attempt- Das said they were arrested (With PTI inputs) terrible. And I can’t bear to documents her childhood continuing in English, she said. Petitioner wants ‘LLB’ Ethiopian President all praise for Assam Rifles selects 75 from dropped from film title makers of Jaipur Foot Mizoram Bru refugee camps SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT MOHAMMED IQBAL Vikalang Sahayata Samiti demonstration by walking, SYED SAJJAD ALI MUMBAI: Three weeks before (BMVSS) to restore mobility jumping and squatting. the Akshay Kumar-starrer JAIPUR: Ethiopian President to handicapped persons by India’s Ambassador to AGARTALA: Paramilitary force film Jolly LLB 2 is slated to be Mulatu Teshome praised the fitting artificial limbs manu- Ethiopia Anurag Srivastava Assam Rifles has initiated released, a petition has been makers of the world famous factured by its technicians said the Jaipur Foot camps the recruitment of tribal filed in the Bombay High Jaipur Foot for holding two were laudable. had helped strengthen rela- evacuees from Mizoram, Court seeking deletion of the camps in his country and re- tions between India and presently housed in north word “LLB” from the name habilitating about 700 handi- ‘Great humanitarian work’ Ethiopia. Tripura. The refugees con- of the movie. capped persons. According to a BMVSS re- BMVSS founder and chief tinue to reside in camps in On January 19, advocate Akshay Kumar The on-the-spot fitment lease issued here, Dr. patron D.R. Mehta said the Tripura after successive at- Ajaykumar S. Waghmare camps for limbless people Teshome said holding the organisation would be will- tempts to repatriate them moved the court stating that movie were seen playing were organised in the camps in Ethiopia was a ing to set up a permanent failed. several scenes shown in the cards and dancing on court Mekelle and Harar towns of “great humanitarian work”, centre in Ethiopia and train Assam Rifles, the world’s trailer of the film were a de- premises, the petition said. Ethiopia. which had brought dignity to technical staf there. Similar oldest paramilitary force en- liberate attempt to malign It is likely to come up be- Addressing a ceremony in the lives of handicapped centres have started func- gaged in counter insurgency the “impeccable reputation fore a division bench of Harar earlier this week, Dr. people. tioning in Afghanistan, and security operations in of the Indian legal profes- Justices V. M. Kanade and Teshome said the eforts of Some patients fitted with Mauritius and some other northeast India, provides sion”. The characters in the Sangitrao Patil on January 24. Bhagwan Mahaveer the Jaipur Foot gave a countries. support for young tribal men HONING SKILLS: At a Bru refugee camp in Tripura. Assam Rifles to enrol in the armed forces, provides support for young tribal men to enrol in the armed mainly the army. forces, mainly the Army. — FILE PHOTO: RITU RAJ KONWAR It selected 75 tribal youths from three of the seven The oicial said 75 youths Tripura district magistrate With national anthem on their lips, they create world record camps of about 33,000 Bru or would be provided training Dr. Sandeep Mahatme Reang displaced people. for a month at an Assam earlier informed that the Over 3.5 lakh people took part in event at Rajkot temple, entering the Guinness Book of World Records “We conducted a pre-re- Rifles facility in Kanchanpur Mizoram government com- cruitment rally at Naising- of north Tripura. They will pleted the identification pro- RAJKOT: Over 3.5 lakh people Goddess Khodiyar is para, Ashapara and Ha- be prepared for the final re- cess in the camps. He said set a new world record on particularly revered by the jachara camps and found cruitment test slated for Shil- other modalities are also in Saturday by singing the Leuva Patel community. them eligible for the next re- long on March 1 next. place to facilitate the smooth national anthem at an event Trust oicials claimed cruitment exercise. A similar return of evacuees. at Kagvad in Rajkot, that over 50 lakh devotees rally will be organised in The first step As per plan, the returnees Gujarat. visited the temple over the other camps soon,” a secur- MBDPF, which opposes would be resettled in the The occasion was the five-day installation ity oicial told The Hindu on the current repatriation initi- Kolasib, Mamit and Lunglei installation of the idol of ceremony, which began on Saturday. ative by raising some conten- districts of Mizoram, which goddess Khodiyar at the January 17. Naisingpara is the largest tious issues, has been de- were mainly afected during newly-built Khodal Dham campus meant for Bru resid- manding recruitment in the ethnic strife in Septem- temple in the town. VIP visits ents, who entered Tripura in security forces from the ber 1997, causing refugees to “Over 3.5 lakh people The temple was built at a 1997 following ethnic tur- Mizoram Bru community. flood Tripura. sang the anthem during the cost of Rs. 60 crore. The moil in Mizoram. The Ministry of Home Af- The MHA prepared an in- idol installation ritual in trust is planning to set up The Mizoram Bru Dis- fairs (MHA) has responded clusive rehabilitation pack- the presence of observers an agricultural university placed Peoples’ Forum to this demand with this first age for the Bru refugees. Free from the Guinness Book of adjacent to the temple (MBDPF), an apex body for recruitment process, sources ration to all refugee families World Records,” said IN UNISON: People sing the national anthem at Khodal Dham, 70 km from Rajkot, in Gujarat on premises, Mr. Gajera said. the refugees, is also located said. for two years is also pro- Hansraj Gajera, a member Saturday. — PHOTO : SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Many BJP and Congress here. On repatriation, the north posed in the package. of the temple trust. leaders, as well as the 2014 and set a record. That from the Guinness Book of Book of Records by Patidar quota agitation Broke Bangladesh record record was broken on World Records oicials,” he organising the longest (40 leader Hardik Patel, had Earlier, 2,54,537 people Saturday, Mr. Gajera said. added. kilometres) ‘Shobha Yatra’ visited the temple over the had sung the national “We received a The trust also set two and a 1,008-kund last four days, Mr. Gajera anthem in Bangladesh in certificate of the record new records for the Limca mahayagna, he said. said.

Soldier’s body brought home

KOLKATA: The mortal remains of Sepoy Randhir Kumar, who passed away at Siachen Glacier earlier this week, reached his home at Katihar in Bihar on Saturday. The 25- year-old died of high-alti- tude sickness on January 17. A wreath-laying ceremony was held by the Siachen Bri- gade oicers, after which the body was airlifted to Chand- igarh. — Special Corres- pondent NOIDA/DELHI 10 | WEEKEND THE HINDU SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2017 BEING DR HUMERUS MEDICINE Keshav Will the superbug scare hit home? The suspected Indian superbug link to an American woman’s death underscores the urgent need for a national action plan to execute the existing framework for combating antimicrobial resistance

U.S. woman’s death NDM-1 which was first seen in a The CDC also airms that a sur- that took place in person who had undergone a sur- veillance programme under way September last year gical procedure in 2007 at a New since 2010 for multidrug-resistant has had fingers being Delhi hospital. NDM-1 helps bac- bacteria in Washoe County, an area pointed at India. An teria fend of carbapenems, a group home to over 4,00,000 Americans, Aincurable bacterial infection, be- of powerful antibiotics originally did not show any additional lieved to have been contracted capable of killing several bacilli NDM-1 cases. from one of India’s hospitals, is species. Contrastingly, large public hos- said to have killed the Nevada res- Encountering multidrug-resist- pitals in India — often the only ident, raising questions about the ant bacteria is fairly common in In- point of care for most Indians — do country’s eforts in tackling a dia. In 2016, K. pneumoniae made not have comprehensive policies AROUND THE WORLD threat bigger than any known headlines when it caused varying concerning antibiotic use and in- epidemic. degree of vision loss in a dozen eld- fection control. Private hospitals Rescue plan for erly patients who underwent catar- that claim to have robust infection- the vaquita The Indian connection act surgeries at the state-run control practices also admit it is The story of the 70-year-old, de- Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital in Hy- hard to match American eforts. An ambitious, scribed by the U.S. Centers for Dis- derabad. An investigation found The World Health Organisation emergency plan to ease Control and Prevention the bacteria in RL solution, which has said candidly in the past that help save the (CDC) in its Morbidity and Mor- is used to wash the eyes during India lacks a National Action Plan vaquita, a rare tality report of January 13 goes thus cataract procedure. “At least one to combat antimicrobial resistance species of porpoise, PHOTO: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT — during the two years before her instance of bacteria resistant to all (AMR). However, a policy to com- from extinction in death in 2016, the woman was hos- antibiotics is seen in our patients in bat it has been in place for more the northern Gulf of California has been pitalised multiple times in India for as often as less than six months,” than five years. It envisages a sep- recommended by the International Committee for treatment of her fractured right says Rajender Gupta, deputy su- arate schedule for antibiotics to the Recovery of the Vaquita (CIRVA). The plan thigh bone. perintendent of Sarojini Devi Eye prevent sale without prescription, involves relocating some of the remaining vaquitas Following an emergency hospit- Hospital. hospital surveillance systems for to a temporary sanctuary, while crucial efforts alisation in the U.S. in August last monitoring resistance, enforce- aimed at eliminating illegal fishing and removing gill FAST REACTION: “The health administration in the U.S. quickly stepped in to year, testing of a wound sample for prevent the spread of the superbug, yielding lessons for India.” Picture Lessons from the U.S. ment of regulation in veterinary nets from their environment continue. The antibiotic susceptibility found the The health administration in the use of antibiotics and rational pre- emergency action plan will be led by the Mexican shows a plate coated with antibiotic-resistant bacteria exposed to various infection-causing bacterium Kleb- antibiotics, at a laboratory in north London. — PHOTO: REUTERS U.S. quickly stepped in to prevent scription of antimicrobials government and supported by a consortium of siella pneumoniae, which was res- its spread, yielding lessons for In- through evidence-based medicine. marine mammal experts from more than a dozen istant to all antibiotics available in tibiotics, including the last-resort to the origin of her infection; the dia. After detecting the superbug, Sans an action plan, the policy re- organisations around the world. the U.S. antibiotic colistin, “very killer superbug’s resistance was at- the Nevada hospital isolated the mains unimplemented. The Na- In its description of the woman’s uncommon”. tributed to a gene that produces an woman. Screening of other pa- tional Centre for Disease Control case, the CDC rather conservat- The Indian connection to the enzyme now popularly called New tients admitted to the same unit at is now formulating a pilot plan. Background and ively termed resistance to all 26 an- woman’s death was not restricted Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-1or the hospital did not show spread. [email protected] heart disease risk Women from low OPINION socio-economic backgrounds are Trading to extinction 25% more likely to Right to a safe abortion

PHOTO: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT suffer a heart attack than disadvantaged hen a pregnancy is men, a major new study has found. Researchers Wunwanted, a safe from The George Institute for Global Health abortion is vital in examined data from 22 million people from North ensuring a woman’s health and well-being. America, Europe, Asia and Australasia. Unsafe abortions remain In a review of 116 studies they demonstrated a lower one of the prime causes of socio-economic status, compared to a higher one, is maternal death and associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disability. An abortion PHOTO: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT disease for both sexes, but women from more under medical disadvantaged backgrounds were relatively more supervision is one of the prayed that she would likely to suffer from coronary heart disease than safest procedures. find a doctor who would similarly affected men. There was no difference I perform abortions be her confidante, her found for stroke however. because I believe that this support and her protector is something that all and treat her with skill doctors who care for and sensitivity. women should be The second was a Help to keep providing — to protect corporate executive going the beat and promote women’s through a challenging divorce. She was Heart failure affects health. It is a matter of pride that over 98.6% of distraught at finding that millions of people members of the emergency contraception worldwide, but Federation of Obstetric had failed her. She would treatment options and Gynaecological have experienced a legal setback had her husband are limited. If PHOTO: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Societies of India patients in (FOGSI) provide abortion and opposing counsel advanced stages of the disease can’t get as an inherent component known that she was transplants, doctors can implant devices that help SCALE OF THE PLUNDER: A maze of shops at one of Myanmar’s most holy sites, the Golden Rock at Mount of the care they deliver. pregnant. Courts have the heart pump blood. But those devices put Kyaikhteeyoe in Mon state, attracts those who believe in traditional medicine which uses animal body parts. This is in marked contrast been known to have patients at risk for infection and clotting, thanks to Vendors sell everything, from pieces of ivory and pieces of tiger teeth to vials of bear oil, to cater to the huge to the global experience. double standards for men valves and pumps that come into direct contact demand, a development which is worrying conservationists. A fad now is for “slices of elephant skin to cure skin and women. While it was with blood. Now, scientists have created a soft, diseases” such as eczema. Dozens of endangered species are said to be trafficked through Myanmar, now impossible to prove the robotic sheath that may someday help struggling emerging as a key hub in the $20 billion-a-year global wildlife trade. Much of the trade here is controlled by a husband’s infidelity, her pregnancy could have hearts keep beating without that danger. Made from sophisticated network of criminals. Picture shows a variety of animal body parts and products. — PHOTO: AFP Nozer Sheriar been used to tarnish her material that resembles the outer layers of heart image and weaken her tissue, the sheath encases the heart and helps it case. She requested pump by applying alternating pressure and suction. FITNESS confidentiality and help Building on similar research designs moving I also believe that to terminate her through preclinical development, this version uses unconditional support of pregnancy. By helping her an array of actuators that function as artificial a woman’s decision to I was privileged to stand Ask them to go run have an abortion is a muscles to squeeze and twist simultaneously. by a brave woman who Signals from a pacemaker wire tells the sheath There is little evidence to show that running ruins knees. Research suggests the reverse statement, was preparing to face the when and how to move, directing it to mimic the acknowledging and world on her own terms, supporting this most weakened heart’s natural rhythm. In pigs whose any people worry that running marker of incipient or worsening as a single mother with a failing hearts beat at only 47% of control levels, the diicult reproductive daughter. Mruins knees. But a new study arthritis. People with arthritis can right of her that society devices restored heart function to 97%, the finds that the activity may in fact be- have about five times as much COMP The third was an has been and remains so uneducated housemaid. researchers have reported in Science Translational nefit the joint, changing the biochem- in their synovial fluid as do people Medicine reluctant to give her. She had two children and . The sheath is still far from human use — ical environment inside the knee in with healthy knees. I am pro-life and pro- safety testing and other tweaks will require a lot a failed sterilisation. Her ways that could help keep it working Unfortunately, because it had choice — I am “pro” a husband was uncaring more work — but scientists say the study lays the smoothly. turned out to be technically diicult woman’s life, to protect foundation for squeezing more out of heart and unsupportive and In my many decades as a runner, fel- to safely extract much synovial fluid her from the disruptive prone to drinking. She treatment in the future. — Lindzi Wessel low runners and non-runners alike from these healthy knees, the scient- consequences, risks and worked hard to put her have frequently told me that I am put- ists wound up with complete num- dangers of an unwanted children through school ting my knees at risk. The widespread bers from only six of the runners. pregnancy. I am also and knew that a larger Humans wiped argument generally follows the lines “pro” a woman’s choice family to provide for out Australian The findings for her to decide what she would have impacted her But the data were interesting and wishes to do with her children’s future. She has mind, her body and her megafauna PHOTO: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT consistent. In almost every case, the continued to exercise her Gretchen Reynolds life. New evidence runners’ knees showed substantially reproductive freedom by involving the lubricating fluid that reduces friction lower levels of two types of cells that being on long-acting, Three cases injectable contraceptives. ancient excreta of inside joints, from their right knee. can contribute to inflammation Every woman who some astonishing PHOTO: AFP that running will slowly wear away Healthy knees contain only a soupçon within the synovial fluid, compared to Her elder daughter is now makes a decision not to an accountant. I realise creatures that once the cartilage that cushions the bones of the stuf; arthritic and otherwise their baseline levels. continue with her roamed Australia indicates the primary cause of in the joint and cause arthritis. unhealthy knees tend to contain much The runners also showed a shift in the wisdom of this pregnancy has her own uneducated mother’s their extinction around 45,000 years ago was likely more. their COMP levels. After the run, they history and reasons. Here Reduces knee arthritis risk selfless choice made back a result of humans, not climate change. Led by The volunteers next were de- displayed more of the substance in are the stories of three then. Monash University in Victoria, Australia, and the But there is little evidence to sup- livered, in wheelchairs, to the uni- their blood and less in their synovial remarkable women that I While these three University of Colorado Boulder, U.S., the team used port the idea, and a growing body of versity’s nearby biomechanics lab. fluid. In efect, running seemed to have been privileged to stories seem so diferent, information from a sediment core drilled in the research that suggests the reverse. There, they either sat quietly for 30 have squeezed the molecules out of care for. The first was a they are really the same. Indian Ocean off the coast of southwest Australia to Epidemiological studies of long-term minutes or ran on a treadmill for the the knee and into the blood. daughter of my friends. Women wanting to help reconstruct past climate and ecosystems on runners show that they generally are same 30 minutes at their preferred Meanwhile, sitting had slightly in- These friends are anti- exercise their right to the continent. less likely to develop osteoarthritis in running pace. creased levels of COMP inside choice by virtue of their make their own choices CU Boulder Professor Gifford Miller, who the knees than people of the same age After either running or sitting, they people’s knees, and also raised the religious belief. The girl about their bodies, their participated in the study, said the sediment allowed who do not run. again were wheeled to the clinic and concentration of one of the inflam- came to me on her own fertility, their families and scientists to look back in time, in this case more Some scientists have speculated the blood and synovial fluid draws matory molecules. with no possibility or their future. I salute these hope of her family than 150,000 years, spanning Earth’s last full glacial that running may protect knees be- were repeated. Each volunteer com- These findings suggest that a single three women. What they understanding her cycle. A paper on the subject was published online cause it also often is associated with pleted both a sitting and running ses- half-hour session of running changes did was diicult and Nature Communications predicament. She told me courageous and honest. on January 20 in . relatively low body mass. Carrying sion on separate days. the interior of the knee, reducing in- that she had thought long less weight is known to reduce the Then the researchers looked for a flammation and lessening levels of a and hard and decided that It’s about saving lives risk for knee arthritis. variety of substances in the young marker of arthritis, says Robert an abortion was her only But other researchers have people’s blood and synovial fluid. Hyldahl, a professor of exercise sci- An estimated 70,000 SCIENCE choice. It saddened me to young women die each DEMYSTIFYING wondered whether running might In particular, they focussed on mo- ence at B.Y.U. and lead author of the see that she felt so alone year undergoing an What is interglaciation? have a more direct impact on knee lecules that are associated with in- study, published in the European and that her decision was unsafe abortion. A safe joints, perhaps by altering the work- flammation. Low-grade inflammation Journal of Applied Physiology. tearing her apart. I was abortion can save almost Interglaciation is the term used by geologists to ing of various cells inside the knee. in the knee has been shown to con- But sitting for 30 minutes also touched and humbled by all these lives. So where is refer to the alternating periods of warming and To find out, researchers at Brigham tribute to the development and pro- changed the knee, he points out, her quiet strength and her the controversy — moral, cooling in the earth’s past. The cooler times are Young University in Provo, Utah, U.S. gression of arthritis. which he and his colleagues had not trust in me. As I looked ethical, political or called the “glacial period” during which ice recruited 15 male and female runners So the researchers looked for expected. Sitting seemed to make the after her I thought of my religious — in the shelves from the Arctic slowly creep southward under the age of 30 with no history of changes in the levels of several types knee biochemically more vulnerable own daughter. I hoped provision of a life-saving, and spread across the earth. Times when the knee injury or arthritis. The scientists of cells that are known to either in- to later disease. that if she ever found health-protecting earth is covered in these large ice sheets are wished to study people with healthy crease or blunt the amount of inflam- Dr. Hyldahl noted that this was a herself in a similarly technology or option? known as glacial periods (or ice ages). When the knees in order to better isolate run- mation inside the knee. very small and short-term study. He distressing situation, I Dr. Nozer Sheriar is a ice sheets are not spread, it is called an ning’s efects on otherwise normal They also looked at changes in the and his colleagues would like to re- could be there for her consulting obstetrician and without condition or interglacial period. The most recent glacial joints. levels of another substance unpoetic- peat it with much larger numbers, gynaecologist and past Secretary passing judgment. And if period occurred between about 120,000 and These volunteers visited a clinic ally known as cartilage oligomeric “once we figure out how to get more General of the Federation of for some reason I could Obstetric and Gynaecological 11,500 years ago. Since then, the earth has been where they had blood drawn from an matrix protein, or COMP. This sub- synovial fluid” safely from healthy not be there for her, I Societies of India (FOGSI). in an interglacial period called the Holocene. arm. The researchers also siphoned stance tends to accumulate in dis- knees, he says. — New York Times of a small amount of synovial fluid, a eased knees and is often used as a News Service CM ND-ND YK NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2017 WEEKEND | 11 READING SHELF ESSAY HELP G The good troublemakers The victor and John Lewis’s graphic memoir March teaches young readers about the importance of remembering the civil rights struggles the vanquished

ANURADHA RAMAN UMA MAHADEVAN DASGUPTA songs curve around the pan- els, linking past to present, The Tamil Nadu Governor has Some years ago, I was reading first softly and then soaring in cleared an ordinance to allow the Art Spiegelman’s Maus, a epic, poetic fashion: “They alpha-male sport jallikattu. This Pulitzer-winning graphic say that freedom is a constant gives reason to those protesting novel about the Holocaust, struggle/ They say that free- against the ban on the sport, on when my younger son, then dom is a constant struggle/ Marina beach in Chennai and in five years old, wanted to know Oh Lord, we’ve struggled so other places in Tamil Nadu, to stop what the book was about. long, we must be free/ We their protests. This also paves the “Why do the people have must be free…” way for man to once again pit the faces of mice and cats?” he One of the most moving himself against beast, after a brief lull. With all these quick asked. moments in the memoir is the developments, I find myself “Why do you think they search for the three missing rereading Vaadivaasal: Arena, a do?” I asked him. volunteers in Mississippi. A 1948 classic by C.S. Chellappa. The He thought for a moment. line of dark trees, a few stars in book, which has been translated “Cats catch mice,” he replied. the night-time sky, a small tri- into English by N. Kalyan Raman, Then he added: “But they angle of torchlight on the weaves the magical tale of a young can’t help it.” (He knew this grass. A voice: “You see any- man out to avenge his father’s death because we have a pet cat, thing?” And then, on the next in the horns of the Kari bull. There though she has never met a page, pitch black, a forlorn sil- can be only one victor in the mouse.) “These drawings houette in grey, and the tini- novella: man or beast. Vaadivaasal aren’t of cats. They just have est, saddest, most exhausted is a primer on the culture of the the faces of cats. They’re of responses: “No.” sport and on an agrarian economy. people. Are these people with March is about how social Hemingway comes easily to mind cat faces being mean to the heroes are made, through while reading the book, and mice?” courage and non-violence, Vaadivaasal, according to the I nodded. He had got it. “Is and about what Lewis de- author, was this a real story?” he asked. scribes as “good trouble: to inspired by the One of the hardest conver- find a way to get in the way”. It American novelist’s sations with children — much is also about the power of writing. As the harder than talking about books themselves as manuals debate rages over birds and bees — is about in- in the quest for social justice. the rights of justice. We teach children to One of the early sources of animal and man be fair and to expect fairness INFLECTION POINT: “John Lewis is one of the iconic figures of the American civil rights movement.” Lewis (far right), Martin Luther King Lewis’s own inspiration was a and raises in return. This is the essence Jr. and others leading a march in 1965 from Selma to Montgomery to protest against restrictive voting rights. PHOTO: WIKIMEDIA COMMONS, NYT 1957 comic book titled Martin questions on of parenting. Don’t use your Luther King and the Mont- whether in an hands when you’re angry; use Last week, I ordered a set of presents an afecting first- gomery Story, a 16-page, 10- ideal world this words. Don’t use mean words; American civil rights hero hand account of the struggle cent narrative about non-viol- sport involving goading bulls into use words to say what you John Lewis’s three-volume for civil rights. At the National ent resistance for anger, periodically pulling their mean. Be kind. Be fair. graphic memoir March. John Book Award function, Lewis desegregation. tails, and daring to tame them But how does one teach Lewis is one of the iconic fig- recalled how in 1956, as a little “Sometimes going to school should find a room in the modern children to respond when the ures of the American civil boy, he wasn’t allowed a lib- was a luxury my family world, Chellappa cautions us world isn’t fair? How do we rights movement. As a stu- rary card at his local rural lib- couldn’t aford,” Lewis re- against ignoring the cultural space teach them to handle discrim- dent, he applied to Troy State rary because of his race. flects about his childhood. He that the sport has traditionally ination, to stand up for others, University even though he Those who cannot remember hid from his parents and ran to occupied. to make the world a better knew blacks weren’t allowed the past are condemned to re- catch the school bus in the A young man, Picchi, comes to place? To go high, as Michelle there. It was one of his first peat it, said Santayana. March mornings instead of working the arena to tame bulls. He is the son of a bull-tamer who was killed by Obama said, when others go acts of protest against segreg- is an attempt to remind young on the farm. The school lib- the fearsome Kari bull, who appears low? ation. “The boy from Troy”, as readers about one of the most rary was a place of discovery. unvanquished and whose ferocity is Martin Luther King Jr. de- important civil rights After the first time he heard a a matter of pride for the local The power of books scribed Lewis, chaired the struggles of the 20th century. sus Christ, Mahatma Gandhi, the bridge, and the state speech by Martin Luther zamindar who owns it. In the end, One of the critical ways to Student Nonviolent Coordin- It is a struggle that still contin- and Martin Luther King,” troopers are at the other end. King, he says: “I went to the the bull is tamed but shot dead by teach children about toler- ating Committee and was one ues. The memoir uses the writes Lewis in his list of ‘dos “Can you swim?” Hosea Willi- school library on Monday to the zamindar. ance and justice is through of the leaders in the student- 2009 inauguration of former and don’ts’ for the sit-in ams asks John Lewis, at the find out everything I could The sport is a social marker for reading. Reading takes chil- led sit-in movement and the U.S. President Barack Obama protests. “Love and non-viol- head of the march. “No,” says about this man.” agricultural communities such as dren outside the bubbles in Freedom Rides in the early as a frame for its civil rights ence is the way.” Lewis. “Well, neither can I,” This week, as we read the the Thevars, and indicates their which we try to protect them, 1960s. At the legendary 1963 narrative. “Because of you, The cover of the first replies Hosea. “But we might part about the first march symbiotic relationship with the land and into the lives of others far March on Washington, John John,” wrote Obama on a card volume shows a group of pro- have to.” from Selma, on Bloody they till and the beast they seek to removed from them. Reading Lewis was one of the youngest that he gave to Lewis on that testers sitting at a lunch Sunday, my nine-year-old tame. In a swiftly changing world, it teaches empathy. It gives uni- speakers. In 1965, he helped historic day. “Because of you”, counter. Their faces are tense, Moments in the memoir peered closely at the picture is perhaps understandable why the versal power to individual lead the historic Selma to thereby tracing a line back nervous, but determined. On Historical events are often of John Lewis lying on the loss of the sport translates into a stories. It talks about things Montgomery March as part of from that cold January morn- the counter before them are brought to life in graphic nov- ground, a puddle of grey loss of identity and social standing. that we aren’t sure how to talk the voting rights movement. ing in 2009 to the story of the ketchup, mustard, salt, pep- els in ways that are beyond the stones around his forehead. Tamil cinema has dipped into the about and says things that we This National Book Award- American struggle for civil per, sugar, tissues and a sign scope of textbooks. There are “That’s blood!” said my son, sport for inspiration. So it would be often don’t know how to say. It winning collaboration rights and voting rights. that says “Counter Closed”. many unforgettable moments shocked. “He’s bleeding. foolish to ignore the sport’s cultural moorings. Yet, questions raised by speaks to the imagination and between John Lewis, Andrew There is another line in the This is what the protesters are in this powerful work: the rich That’s blood dripping from animal rights groups too cannot be to the heart. Aydin and artist Nate Powell narrative, another ‘Because of up against. detail as the visuals zoom in to his head.” ignored. There is no denying the you’ that goes further back The story begins on the look at the anxiety in a per- He was silent for a moment. underlying violence in the sport. In At the National Book Award function, Lewis from the struggles in Alabama morning of what would later son’s eyes or zoom out to look “Is this a real story?” he Vaadivaasal, neither the bull nor recalled how in 1956, as a little boy, he wasn’t and Mississippi in the 1960s to be called Bloody Sunday. It at the vast fields over which asked me quietly. Picchi is the villain. There are only India and the freedom begins on the Edmund Pettus the volunteers trudge day “Yes,” I replied. the victor and the vanquished. allowed a library card because of his race. struggle led by Gandhi. “Re- bridge across the Alabama after day. The way the words Uma Mahadevan Dasgupta is in the IAS [email protected] member the teachings of Je- river. A line of marchers is on and music of the movement’s and is currently based in Bengaluru.

THE BOOK INTERVIEW INMYHAND ‘Crime pays of electorally’ Markus Zusak Milan Vaishnav offers illuminating answers to questions on the nexus between crime and politics At the moment I’m revisiting a guide book on VARGHESE K. GEORGE Politicians believe donations to political parties Le Pont du Gard, the great that their was an inflection point in the Roman bridge and Why do criminals want to join evolution of the crime-politics aqueduct in France. I was politics? Why do political criminal records nexus. “That made campaign- also reading Harry Potter parties want criminals to join ing dependent on black and the Order of the convey to the voters Phoenix to my kids (and them? Why do people want that they are willing money, and then you look for my wife!). It’s something criminals as their representat- people who can raise black we do at home most days ives? These questions under- to do whatever it money.” Consequently, he ar- after school, but we were pin political scientist Milan takes to gues that the antidote to this reading it recently when Vaishnav’s new book, When existing problem begins with we were travelling through India, Crime Pays: Money and represent addressing the fundamental which was very special. The last Muscle in Indian Politics, them by hook question of campaign funding. book I read was Barbarian Days which has recently been pub- or by crook. by William Finnegan. I loved it not lished in India. It is a well-re- Criminalisation of politics only for its descriptions of surfing searched and data-rich book He is disappointed that and travel, but because he could on crime and politics in India. Prime Minister Narendra so easily have been writing about For those not interested in the 1970s, is that rather than being Modi has not curbed the influx writing. biographical details of Indian hired by politicians, they want of criminals into politics, but Markus Zusak is the author of ‘The lawmakers who live on the to be politicians themselves.” takes note of some recent re- Book Thief’ among other books. wrong side of the law, there are When Crime Pays ques- marks as promising. “Strong data sets and graphs, and those tions the assumption that bet- talk against criminalisation of who are not interested in or ELECTORAL REFORM: “While improvement in governance is the long-term solution to criminalisation of ter-informed voters will take politics was a hallmark of his are intimidated by the grey politics, short-term measures are essential too.” A woman casts her vote in Samastipur district, better electoral decisions. At speeches during the 2014 cam- data points can devour the ex- Bihar, in 2010. FILE PHOTO: AP least in the case of crime- paign. But very few concrete Sunil Khilnani ploits of Arun Gawli in Mum- linked politicians, that may not steps have been taken by the bai or Anant Singh in Bihar or will, for rule-breaking trans- their nomination, as mandated views with accused law- be the case, the study con- government. The BJP has the I am reading Jan-Werner M.K. Alagiri in Tamil Nadu. gressions. The book then ar- by a 2003 Supreme Court de- makers, their supporters and cludes. In fact, many of the highest proportion of MPs Mullers What is Populism?, gues that overall improvement cision. The formidable data- leaders of the parties they be- politicians linked to crime with criminal record... serious a sharp analysis of the Supply and demand in governance, where the state base includes details on 46,739 long to — the inadequacies of make it a point to advertise criminal record,” he says. anti-pluralist ideologies of As he set about researching functions not merely punit- candidates who contested 35 Indian democracy. Vaishnav their infamy. Says Vaishnav: “What is encouraging more re- populist leaders who claim the subject, the absence of fo- ively but also performs an em- State Assembly elections and writes with a sense of history “They believe that their crim- cently is that he has taken up to speak for a homogenous people, and Jeet Thayil’s cussed work on the topic sur- powering role for the citizenry, 21,697 candidates who con- that takes into account the inal records convey to the this issue again, calling for a collection of 60 Indian prised Vaishnav, but there is the diicult but only way to tested national elections in reasons for the weakening of voters that they are willing to cleaning up of election finan- Poets, which is pure were more surprises in store: overcome the situation. 2004, 2009 and 2014. The ai- state institutions and the gen- do whatever it takes to repres- cing, etc. I don’t think he has pleasure put together with “[It] surprised me that people What does the title mean? davits have brought in more eral degradation of organisa- ent them by hook or by crook. missed the moment. To keep a poet’s love of his craft were voting for these politi- “That crime pays of elector- transparency, but have not ne- tional politics. He situates the That is in some case the best the support for demonetisa- and its masters. Last I read cians not despite their crim- ally; candidates who have seri- cessarily been an impediment trend in the context of the rise proof that these are not merely tion which seems to be wan- The Lazarus Project, a novel inal record, but because of it.” ous criminal charges against to the crime-politics nexus. In of ethnic parties in the last made-up charges.” He adds: ing, this could be a politically about cruelty, truth and loss by Sitting in his oice at the them do better than those who 2004, 24% of candidates had three decades, in an empath- “The constituents support savvy step for him to take.” Aleksandar Hemon, and Ben Carnegie Endowment for In- don’t,” says Vaishnav. The criminal charges against them; etic fashion, but does not fail to them because they believe that While improvement in gov- Lerner’s 10.04, a brilliantly witty ternational Peace in down- other aspect is the importance in 2014, 34% did. “Second,” dig into the situation that exis- state is not an impartial pro- ernance is the long-term and contemplation on art, food, class town Washington D.C., he ex- of money. “One reason why Vaishnav says, “I focus on ted earlier, all the way back to vider of security, justice or sustainable solution to crimin- and much else. Next I’d like to plains the crime-politics nexus such individuals are cherished charges of a serious nature the first elections in 1952. public goods.” alisation of politics, short- read Hannah Arendt’s Men in Dark in India as an “electoral mar- by political parties is that they which are normally not associ- “Looking at press reports and These politicians then inter- term measures are essential Times, an appropriate book to ketplace” — where there is come with a lot of cash. Can- ated with a politician’s voca- narrative reports that the Elec- vene on behalf of their con- too, notes Vaishnav. “There reread at this moment, along with supply and demand. didates who can self-finance tion, such as kidnapping or tion Commission used to put stituents on a piecemeal basis, can be fast-track courts for Junot Diaz’s The Brief Wondrous Moreover, it has reached a their campaigns are embraced murder. Not libel, unlawful as- out from 1952,” he notes, “there never addressing the struc- speedy trial of cases involving Life of Oscar Wao and Nehru’s level of ‘market equilibrium’, in a big way,” he says. sembly, etc. which might crop is evidence of thugs being used tural issues that gave them the lawmakers and those con- 1936 Autobiography. where the participants have The book is built around the up as part of political activity.” for booth capturing and voter space to begin with. Vaishnav victed should instantly lose Sunil Khilnani is a scholar of Indian history and politics and writer. arrived at an unstated under- aidavits that the candidates The book portrays in vivid intimidation. The link is not believes that Indira Gandhi’s their legislative membership.” standing, a rulebook if you disclose at the time of filing detail — based also on inter- new. What is new, from the 1969 decision to ban corporate [email protected]

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FROM PAGE ONE Jammu police Medicos operate Mulayam aide jumps ship, joins BSP alerts schools ahead of R-Day on dummies Ambika Chaudhary, who was sidelined by the Shivpal-Akhilesh tussle, welcomed by Mayawati SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT In the case of gynaecology With key faculty OMAR RASHID party to protect the interests Akhilesh Yadav government department, senior doctors of people and stop com- for the law and order situ- SRINAGAR: The Jammu police ferry students to nearby a posts vacant, LUCKNOW: Senior Samajwadi munal forces. ation and dubbed the Yadav on Friday evening alerted maternity hospital — the education is Party leader and close aide of “The events over the last scion a “tainted face”. schools not to allow Sultania Zanana Haspatal Mulayam Singh, Ambika few months have proved to Interestingly, Ms. May- strangers inside their — where they “visit” the la- suffering: Former Chaudhary, on Saturday me that the entire motive of awati was sympathetic to Mr. premises in the wake of the bour room and watch a health secretary resigned from all party posts what happened was some- Shivpal Yadav, saying he had upcoming Republic Day cesarean section being per- and joined arch rival Bahujan thing other than shielding been “restricted to one seat” function in the winter cap- formed. They are then sions but also by opportun- Samaj Party. secular people and the and “publicly insulted” to ital, besides beefing up bor- taught the same process on ities to assist, during in- Mr. Chaudhary, who has downtrodden,” he said. promote the image of der security to stop any in- a dummy and taught the ternship which is a crucial been a minister under both Attacking Mr. Akhilesh Akhilesh Yadav. She also pre- filtration. theory component. year of practical training Mulayam Singh and Yadav for disrespecting his dicted that the Yadav bade of “From the security point Head of the Department between the final examina- Akhilesh Yadav, was wel- father, Mr. Chaudhury said, the SP would be split. of view, it is requested that of Gynaecology Ragini tion and graduation.” comed into the BSP by party “The way in which Akhilesh When a reporter asked her the schools’ management in Mehrotra confirms the stu- The situation at Bhopal is national president May- behaved with him, he was re- if she would take in Shivpal district Jammu should not al- dents’ experience. When a far cry from the original awati, in a rare gesture. jected...has been condemned Yadav if he wished to join the low any stranger in the asked about the delay in vision where the AIIMS Ms. Mayawati declared and criticised by one and all. BSP, Ms. Mayawati said, “Let school and give necessary starting maternity services, was supposed to be one of that Mr. Chaudhary would I am also saddened by it.” him make the request first. I precautions to students,” Dr. Mehrotra said setting the “temples of modern In- contest the Assembly elec- He said he decided to shift will consider it and let you said a Jammu-based police up departments in a gov- dia”. tions from his preferred seat CHANGING SIDES: BSP supremo Mayawati with MP Satish to the BSP to help it in its “de- know,” she said. spokesman. ernment hospital was time The flaws are obvious, in Ballia, Phephana. He had Mishra, left, and senior Samajwadi Party leader Ambika cisive fight” against the BJP. Though sources told The Jammu has witnessed a consuming. She insisted, points out Dr. Sujatha Rao, lost the elections from the Chaudhary in Lucknow on Saturday. — PHOTO: RAJEEV BHATT Welcoming Mr. Chaud- Hindu that other SP leaders number of sensational milit- however, that, “None of my former union health secret- seat in 2012. He was later hary with a bouquet, a rare were also in touch with Mr. ant attacks in the recent past. students have sufered. We ary, given that important elected an MLC and induc- A pawn in the battle again, Mr. Chaudhary was in gesture from Ms. Mayawati, Chaudhary, the former Min- The police is beefing up collaborated with the faculty positions at AIIMS, ted into the cabinet as Minis- between uncle and nephew, limbo. who usually deputes junior ister said his move was “not security near the border Gandhi Medical College Bhopal, are vacant, import- ter for Backward Welfare. after Mr. Shivpal Yadav de- Sources say, Mr. Chaud- leaders to preside over the part of a plan”. areas, too. “Barricades and and showed our students ant departments not opera- He was dropped last year throned Mr. Akhilesh Yadav hary was not guaranteed a entry of outsiders, said she “I did not try to discuss it checks will be intensified how surgeries are per- tional, resulting in medical by Mr. Akhilesh Yadav along as State president, Mr. ticket for the forthcoming would shower Mr. Chaud- at any level. It was my own within the city and at the bor- formed. They were then education and patient wel- with many others of the old Chaudhary was nominated elections. hary with “more respect” decision,” he said. ders. Border police posts are taught in classes and we ex- fare sufering. guard considered close to party spokesperson. How- Mr. Chaudhary attacked that he got in the SP. His entry provides a psy- directed to keep a vigil on in- plained the procedures on a “It took us 40 years to Mr. Mulayam Singh’s ever, once Mr. Akhilesh Ya- the SP for neglecting its “re- In her statement, Ms. May- chological boost to the BSP filtration routes,” said the dummy. My students are make the AIIMS, Delhi, a brother, Shivpal Yadav. dav took over the party sponsibility” as a political awati again targeted the in Purvanchal. spokesman. well trained.” centre of excellence. We Medical Superintendent cannot open up an AIIMS Kailash Tamaria said the in every State like it is a gro- delays in opening up de- cery shop. Where will the Prime Minister partments and the blood faculty come up? When I BJP in damage control after All my assets are in bank were “unavoidable”. was at the ministry, I attends Combined However, he did not give wanted other institutes — public domain: Karti any reasons for the delay. like Delhi AIIMS, PGI Commanders meet RSS comments on quotas “It’s not like we haven’t Chandigarh and CMC Vel- VIKAS PATHAK taught them (the students) lore — to each adopt two STAFF REPORTER anything. At least they have new AIIMS-like institu- SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Dr. B.R. Ambedkar had fa- NEW DELHI: Under attack over gone to other places and tions. To have an exchange DEHRADUN: Amidst instruc- voured quota for a limited allegations related to the Air- observed surgeries,” Dr. programme for faculty and tions from the Election Com- LUCKNOW: “Do not pay heed to period of time. cel-Maxis deal and charges Tamaria said. students. These institutes mission of India over keep- rumours. The BJP is fully in that he has amassed “undis- Not everyone is con- have been set up without ing it away from the media, favour of reservations,” said Opposition protests closed global assets”, former vinced. According to Dr thought,” she said. the Combined Commanders the party in a Facebook video While the RSS issued a Finance Minister P. Chidam- Srinath Reddy, former head India now has 11 AIIMS- Conference was held at the on Saturday a day after series of clarifications and baram’s son Karti said all his of Cardiology at AIIMS, like institutions. The prom- Indian Military Academy Rashtriya Swayamsevak launched an online blitz, Op- assets and liabilities were ac- Delhi, and visiting pro- ise is to open an AIIMS in (IMA) here, on Saturday. Sangh (RSS) spokesperson position parties accused the cessible on the Election fessor at Harvard Medical each State under the Pra- PM Narendra Modi, the Manmohan Vaidya triggered RSS-BJP of trying to end Commission website. Karti Chidambaram School, “Learning only by dhan Mantri Swasthya chiefs of the Army, Air Force a controversy through his reservations. In an interview to The observation without assist- Suraksha Yojna (PMSSY). and Navy, National Security comments on the reserva- BSP chief Mayawati said Hindu, he wondered why the They are just a fishing and ing (in the operation None of them are fully Adviser Ajit Doval and De- tion policy. Mr. Vaidya’s statement was Income-Tax Department was roving inquiry with the sole theatre) is like trying to functional but Bhopal is the fence Minister Manohar Par- As the matter went viral “anti-reservation and anti- accepting his annual returns intention to harass political learn swimming only from closest to completion. Dr rikar were among those who on social media triggering constitutional” terming it and giving him a refund for opponents,” he claimed. reading a book.” As he put Tamaria says they intend to attended the annual confer- comparisons with the im- Manmohan Vaidya “unfortunate” and “condem- excess tax paid if he indeed Mr. Karti said that one key it, “Medical students do not make it, “90 % operational ence, which was being held pact of RSS chief Mohan nable” . had “undisclosed assets”. failure of the Congress in have licence to practise. by the end of 2017”. As the at the IMA for the first time. Bhagwat’s remarks ahead of ure Festival on Friday, said As the Modi government “All transactions of my 2014 was its inability to com- They have a temporary li- Bhopal project nears “com- Recently, in New Delhi, the Bihar elections, the BJP, the quota in jobs and educa- runs on the “directions of the companies are fully compli- municate well and failure to cense during internship. pletion”, the Central gov- Chief Minister Harish Rawat in apparent damage control, tion was given to the Sched- RSS,” it has made regular at- ant with statutory and regu- dispel the negative percep- However, they are expec- ernment has announced had raised apprehensions hosted online a March 2016 uled Castes and the Sched- tempts to “dilute” the provi- latory requirements, duly re- tion about it. ted to conduct some nor- eight more AIIMS, taking over the conference and had speech by Prime Minister uled Tribes in a “certain sions of reservation and flected in the books of mal deliveries under super- the total to 19. said that the BJP was publi- Narendra Modi to clarify its historical context”, but its make it “inefective”. accounts and sufered tax High command vision — at least in most Consider this: According cising the conference to stand. “Whenever the BJP provision for people profess- JD(U) leader K.C. Tyagi wherever applicable,” Mr. He said that the high com- colleges. MBBS training to AIIMS, Bhopal’s annual draw electoral benefit from comes to power, rumours are ing faiths other than also hit out at the RSS-BJP, Karti said. “This undisclosed mand structure would not do programmes must provide report, of the 305 positions it. “It is a violation of the spread that it will end reser- Hinduism was not justified. saying “such statements go assets and global empire al- in future and the party practical skills in care deliv- sanctioned, only 57 are Model Code of Conduct. vation,” read the caption of The RSS favoured the con- against the spirit of the Con- legation is laughable. I con- should promote regional ery to students, so that they filled. Out of the 4081 posi- Many things will be said dur- the almost two minute video, tinuation of reservation “as stitution and also violate the tested the 2014 Lok Sabha leaders. “This concentrated can function independ- tions in the institute, in- ing the conference that could in which Mr. Modi states that long as discrimination constitutional article part 4 elections, my father is an MP. high command structure ently after they graduate. cluding non-teaching staf, have an efect on the mind of while the party held power at [against them] continues,” of 46 which states the pro- Our entire family’s assets doesn’t suit well in an arena Apart from medical dia- nursing and resident doc- the voters,” Mr. Rawat had the Centre and several States he said. motion of educational and and liabilities are a matter of where there are multiple re- gnosis and treatment of tors, only 446 have been said. for many years, it did not take “The ideal position is: give economic interests of SCs, public record and accessible gional and sub-regional common clinical condi- filled. Yet, the hospital saw However, a day before the any negative step to end the equal opportunities to all. STs and weaker sections”. online via the EC website.” parties. People expect lead- tions, basic surgical and ob- 2,69,246 OPD patients conference, the EC issued provision of quotas. Dalits and tribals were kept BJP State general secretary He claimed that the sum- ership at their doorstep and stetric skills are needed if between April 1, 2015 and directions where it was in- out of education and pro- Vijay Bahadur Pathak said mons sent to him by the En- not on a mountain,” he said. the fresh graduate has to March 31, 2016, an average structed that nothing about ‘Not justified now’ gress for a long time. Though the party “is not against the forcement Directorate were Asserting that politics was function efectively in a of about 840 per day. Most the meet must be mentioned The clarification by the reservation has provided current reservation policy. a political tool to harass his now about personalities, Mr. primary health centre. patients were referred to in the media that would af- safron party comes after Mr. support to them, its perman- But the advocacy for reserva- family. Karti said the Congress These skills are acquired other centres, if they re- fect the electorate. The con- Vaidya, while addressing a ent provision may not prove tion on basis of religion is not “These summons do not should identify future Prime not only by observation quired emergency or sur- ference was kept out of session titled ‘Of Safron and to be good for society,” Mr. agreeable with the constitu- refer to any predicate ofence Ministerial and Chief Minis- during the educational ses- gical intervention. bounds for the media. Sangh’ at the Jaipur Literat- Vaidya said, adding that even tion or the law”. or to any proceeds of crime. terial candidates. CM to flag of jallikattu ATS detains 2012 Mumbai students to continue India asked to Pune blasts suspect stop work on J&K in Alanganallur today protest against dress code hydro projects The ordinance, which en- SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Jahagirdar, picked up visages State-specific in Nashik on Friday, is SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s two par- amendments to the Preven- MUMBAI: The Maharashtra liamentary committees in a tion of Cruelty to Animals Anti Terrorism Squad on Fri- being questioned in MUMBAI: Protests over the rare joint resolution asked Act of 1960, is meant for day detained a suspect in the the case, say ATS dress code mandated in India to immediately sus- “ensuring survival and well 2012 serial blasts at the Jangli sources December for SNDT Uni- pend work on two hydro- being of native breeds of Maharaj Road in Pune. The versity’s students are set to power projects in Jammu bull and preserving cul- suspect was being ques- in the case. He was sub- continue next week, says and Kashmir and agree on tural traditions” of Tamil tioned till late on Saturday sequently granted bail in Au- State-wide student organisa- the constitution of an arbit- Nadu, according to a senior night. gust 2015. tion Vidyarthi Bharti’s pres- ration court to resolve the government oicial. An- According to ATS sources, Oicials said that Ja- ident, Vijeta Bhonkar. water dispute. other oicial says Section 11 the suspect, identified as hagirdar has a lengthy crim- In December, a circular UP IN ARMS: A protest outside the SNDT women’s college at The National Assembly’s (treating animals cruelly) Shabbir Sheikh Jahagirdar, inal record and has been ar- was released at SNDT Uni- Churchgate in Mumbai on Friday, after the university spelt out Committee on Foreign Af- of the 1960 Act is being was picked up from Nashik rested under the Oicial versity’s Churchgate campus a dress code. —PTI fairs and Water and Power amended. The text of the on Friday and brought to the Secrets Act once before. He instructing students to stop held a joint sitting in Is- ordinance will be made Kalachowkie unit of the ATS was also externed from the dressing in an “improper letter issued to the media last four days, failing which they lamabad on Friday to discuss available only by Monday in Mumbai. Ahmednagar district for two manner” and to maintain a week, Ms. Wanjari said the would continue to strike, said water issues with India. A morning. “We are questioning Ja- years by the local police. “formal dress code.” Erring dress code was not an assault Ms. Bhonkar. joint resolution adopted at Mr. Panneerselvam, in a hagirdar in connection with The five low intensity students, the circular stated, on students’ rights. “By com- the meeting asked India to statement, said that “to re- some aspects of the case,” an blasts that occurred on the would be “punished.” mon sense, we all know what ‘Backward move’ halt the construction work, place the ordinance, a bill A girl during the jallikattu ATS oicer said. busy Jangli Maharaj Road in After a protest against this is decent and formal in the “What defines decent or Dawn reported. will be moved in the ses- protest in Chennai on Jahagirdar, a native of Shri- Pune in August 2012, in which was held by students on Fri- context of.. academic institu- normal clothing for women,” The resolution also called sion of the Assembly that is Saturday. — PHOTO: PTI rampur in Ahmednagar, was one person was injured, were day, members of the Vidy- tion premises,” Ms. Wanjari asks Ms. Bhonkar. “Rules spe- upon the World Bank to con- beginning on January 23 previously arrested by the allegedly executed by the In- arthi Bharti met with the stated in the letter. cifically stating how women stitute a court of arbitration (Monday) and adopted Mr. Panneerselvam also ATS in August 2013. The dian Mujahideen as a revenge management including The Vice-Chancellor and should and should not dress to adjudicate on issues raised during the session”. thanked Prime Minister agency had at the time con- for the murder of its operat- SNDT Vice-Chancellor other faculty members at the are extremely backward. Can by Pakistan against India’s Asked why the ordinance Narendra Modi and Gov- tended that he had provided ive Qateel Siddiqui in the Yer- Shashikala Wanjari. SNDT have promised to get the faculty guarantee that ongoing construction of route had not been tried ernor Rao for their prompt firearms to Irfan Landge, who awada central jail in Pune in The faculty maintains its back to the students’ de- even if students comply, they Kishanganga and Ratle hy- earlier, the oicial said, as support, and assured them too had been arrested earlier June 2012. support to a dress code. In a mands over the next three or will not be harrassed?” dro projects. — PTI early as August 2015, the that jallikattu would be Tamil Nadu government held in all the districts with had proposed to the Union “all safety measures.” government State-specific A delegation of Members amendments to the 1960 of Parliament of the All In- ‘Stubborn Cong. scuttling tie-up’ Chavan wilfully crossed over: Pak. law, exempting jallikattu dia Anna Dravida Mun- SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT part in the operation the The Ministry of Foreign from the purview of the netra Kazhagam (AI- OMAR RASHID party was willing to give it an Delhi to decide on the alli- Army said. It had said the sol- Afairs of Pakistan claimed Acr. Though this was reit- ADMK), led by Deputy VIKAS PATHAK extra 25-30 through talks. ance but they had not taken a NEW DELHI/KARACHI: Sepoy dier had “inadvertently that they were able to con- erated many times later, the Speaker M. Thambidurai, The Congress then drastic- decision till late in the even- Bablulal Chavan, who was crossed the Line of Control vince “the soldier to return proposal had received the also called on President LUCKNOW/NEW DELHI: With some ally raised its claim, demand- ing. “We may be able to take a returned by the Pakistan from the army post where he to India being an Indian na- green signal from the Pranab Mukherjee in New Congress sources saying the ing over 120 seats, a figure SP call only by Sunday on army on Saturday after he in- was on duty”. tional and address his griev- Centre only now, the oi- Delhi in this regard. party had claimed as many as leaders and even some State whether there will be an alli- advertently strayed into on However, Pakistan on Sat- ances through local griev- cial said. Meanwhile, PETA India, 138 seats, SP leader Naresh Congress leaders termed ri- ance. After that, we will an- Pakistan Occupied Kashmir urday claimed that Chavan ance mechanism”. Earlier in the day, the the animal rights organisa- Agarwal termed the party diculous. nounce our candidates,” said in September last year, had had deserted his post “due to “The matter has been con- Prime Minister tweeted tion that has set itself on the “stubborn”, accusing it of The Congress won only 28 a Congress leader. been posted with a Rashtriya his grievances of maltreat- tinuously raised in sched- that “all eforts are being opposite side of the argu- over-estimating its worth. seats in 2012. Congress general secret- Rifles battalion. ment against his command- uled DGMO level talks since made to fulfil the cultural ment, pushing to retain the Mr. Agarwal went on to say The Congress, while in- ary in-charge of U.P. Ghulam Though he had disap- ers”. then. The issue was also aspirations of Tamil ban on jallikattu, and under that the chances of an alli- dicating serious disagree- Nabi Azad said the party had peared soon after the It claimed that the soldier taken up diplomatically people.” He also stated that fire for this position, said in ance were “nearly over”. ments, kept options open. cleared “seats for the first September 29 surgical had “wilfully crossed the through our High Commis- the Centre was “fully com- a statement: “We await a On Friday, the SP had said The party central election and second phase”, of elec- strikes conducted by the In- LoC on September 29, 2016 sion in Pakistan and Ministry mitted” to the progress of draft of the new ordinance that the Congress deserved committee comprising the tions. “All will be clear by dian Army along the Line of and surrendered himself to of External Afairs,” the the State. and shall study it.” no more than 54 seats but the party’s top leadership met in [Sunday] morning,” he said. Control, he had not taken the Pakistan army”. Army said.

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Swaran Kaur’s guests are a who’s who Congress buckles up to go it alone in Goa PANAJI: After much behind-the-scenes drama over a “strategic seat adjustment” with Goa Forward, The support of BSP founder Kanshi Ram’s sister is crucial in the elections in Punjab as a multi-cornered contest is on for the first time which the local party leadership resisted right from the beginning, the Congress on Saturday NISTULA HEBBAR till Mayawati is there, the didate from Bhuchumandi announced that it would go it alone in the February BSP will not grow beyond its (Bhatinda) and former pres- 4 Assembly elections by contesting 37 of the 40 ROPAR (PUNJAB): The sleepy vil- present footprint,” she said. ident of the Dalit Sena, seats in the State. Digvijay Singh, Congress lage of Bunga Sahib in Ropar agrees with this view, but general secretary and the party’s Goa affairs in- district of Punjab is getting Difering support with a caveat. “There is more charge, was said to be sympathetic to the some VIP traic lately, all of Traditionally, Dalit sup- indirect discrimination regional outfit, led by Vijay Sardesai, it leading to the Kanshi Ram port has been even-handed against Dalits than direct dis- a former general secretary of the Charitable Trust, headed by in Punjab, with the Congress crimination in Punjab, but Congress in the State. But he gave Swaran Kaur, sister of Bahu- getting the backing in the that doesn’t mean it does not in after the candidate who had filed jan Samaj Party (BSP) prosperous Doaba region. exist,” he says. In 2006, he his nomination on the Congress founder Kanshi Ram. Even the Shiromani Akali protested the separate ticket from Fatroda in south Goa Congress vice-president Dal, considered the panthic serving of food to Dalits in a declined to withdraw his Rahul Gandhi, Pradesh Con- ‘Jat Sikh’ party, won a major- nearby Dera. “The irony is nomination. The Congress was gress Committee president ity of the 25 seats reserved that it is the Dalits who elect virtually divided over any tie-up, with Captain Amarinder Singh for the Scheduled Castes in our Jat chief ministers and Jat State president Luizinho Faleiro and and Delhi Chief Minister 2012. “The uncer- Dera chiefs. That AICC secretary Girish Chodankar against tain religious allegi- has to change,” he any strategic seat adjustment with Goa Forward. INFOCUS ance of Dalits has said. However, Mr. Singh, who is backed by former Chief made this possible The AAP’s an- Minister Digambar Kamat and a few other leaders, as religious identity nouncement on ap- made an attempt to share a few seats with the Arvind Kejriwal have been can override caste pointment of a Dalit outfit. He said on Saturday evening that the seat among the visitors. All in the ailiation. Also, un- Deputy Chief Min- adjustment could not work out for certain reasons quest for Ms. Kaur’s en- like the aspects of ister, if the party is and announced that of the three remaining seats, dorsement, with the larger Manuwad and elected to power, is the Congress had decided to back Mr. Babush aim of securing Dalit support BSP founder Kanshi Ram with his sister Swaran Kaur. — FILE PHOTO: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT strict purity and a major part of its Monserrate of the United Goans Party in Panaji and in the most uncertain elec- pollution norms campaign. “Sukhbir Independent MLA Rohan Khavety in Porvorim tions in the State so far. plicated exercise for the — besides the fact that May- Congress, too, has asked for present in other States, reli- Badal holds the post in Pun- (both seats in north Goa). — Special The shift from a bipolar parties is the fractured awati, hailing from Uttar Pra- support. I’m inclined to wait gious reformation move- jab, and he is considered Correspondent polity (the Akali Dal versus nature of Dalits. “Dalits in desh, didn’t want the party to till January 25 to speak. Who- ments, such as the Arya more powerful than the the Congress) to a multi-po- Punjab are divided on reli- grow here since her leader- ever takes care of Veerji’s leg- Samaj, and the tenets of Chief Minister. To promise lar contest, with the entry of gious lines more than caste ship could be challenged acy, I will support them.” Sikhism have helped ease the that position to a Dalit is a Election Commission raps AAP chief the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), lines. We have Valmikis, Ravi within the party — put paid She has also received invit- impact of these issues,” said powerful message and it is PANAJI: The Election Commission has focussed attention on the Dasiyas, Chamars, Mazh- to that,” Ms. Kaur said. ations from the old associ- Pramod Kumar, director of finding resonance with the on Friday censured Arvind 32% Dalit vote. Parties have abis, Adi Dharmis. 60% are “Arvind Kejriwal told me that ates of Kanshi Ram to visit the Chandigarh-based Insti- Dalits,” says Deepak Bajpai, Kejriwal, national convener of also been doing the rounds of Sikhs, 40% are Hindus. Ini- he would appoint a Dalit Uttar Pradesh, especially tute of Communication and one of the strategists of the the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), various Deras with a large tially, Veerji [the elder Deputy Chief Minister, but Varanasi, Agra and Saharan- Development. party’s campaign. Whoever for violating Para 1(4) of the Dalit following. brother] got a tremendous what about his specific pro- pur. “I am keen to visit [the Kiranjit Singh Gehri, Lok gets the lion’s share of this model code of conduct and What makes this a com- response. But these factors gramme,” she asked. “The State] as I’m convinced that Jan Shakti Party (LJP) can- segment will win. making statements to the effect of abetting bribery at a public meeting held at Mapusa in Bardez taluk of north Goa on BJP does a ‘surgical Street corner meeting January 8. The Commission has warned Mr. Kejriwal of stern action, should similar violations occur in future. Mr. Kejriwal had told the audience strike’ on U.P. roster at the public meeting to accept money if other parties were giving it, but to vote for the AAP. The AAP leader later justified the statement, saying SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT star campaigner on the sub- that he had not asked for a quid pro quo but told ject of ‘surgical strikes’. He is people to accept money and vote for those parties. NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya also a Rajya Sabha member The Bharatiya Janata Party had filed a complaint Janata Party (BJP) on Sat- from Uttar Pradesh and has with the Commission, saying the Delhi Chief urday submitted a list of its adopted a village in Congress Minister’s speech amounted to a breach of the star campaigners for the vice-president Rahul model code. — Special Correspondent polls in Uttar Pradesh to the Gandhi’s Lok Sabha con- Election Commission, with stituency of Amethi as part notable omissions like party of the Sansad Adarsh Gram EC notice to SP MLA veterans L.K. Advani and Yojana. NEW DELHI: The Election Commission has issued a Murli Manohar Joshi, Sultan- “This means that he will notice to Samajwadi Party MLA Gayatri Prasad pur MP Varun Gandhi and be restricted to Goa for these Prajapati, who is also a State Minister, on the basis Defence Minister Manohar polls,” a source said. of a case registered against him by the Uttar Parikkar, who was expected Mr. Varun Gandhi’s Pradesh police for the purported seizure of 4,452 to speak at public meetings mother, Union Minister for saris. The saris were seized from a vehicle that extolling the “surgical Women and Child Develop- was on its way to Amethi. They were to be strikes” “across the Line of ment Maneka Gandhi, makes delivered to one Shailesh Mishra, an aide of Mr. Control ordered by the Modi it to the list, but the absence Prajapati. Following a report from the District government. of her son, who is said to be Election Officer, the commission observed that the A surprise inclusion is that popular in the State but un- vehicle driver disclosed to the police that the popular with the Central consignment was for Mr. Prajapati and the saris leadership, shows that all is L.K. Advani, Murli were meant to be distributed in Amethi during the not well within the party. Manohar Joshi and elections. Stating that such an act came under the Balancing act definition of “corrupt practices”, the EC sought a Manohar Parikkar response from him by January 23 to the notice The inclusion of Yogi asking why action should not be taken against him have been dropped Adityanath, who was said to for the violation. - Special Correspondent from campaigners’ list be mifed with the Central leadership over not being HOME TURF: Punjab Minister Bikram Singh Majithia (right) during an election meeting at Majitha, in Amritsar district, on of Union Minister for Con- given a place in the State Saturday. He represents the constituency in the Assembly now. — PHOTO: PTI sumer Afairs, Food and Pub- election committee, is a nod RLD fields BJP MP’s nephew from Kairana lic Distribution Ram Vilas to his importance in Gorakh- Paswan, who heads the Lok pur and a few surrounding MEERUT: Days after its talks with the Congress and Jan Shakti Party, a member of districts, as well as being the Samajwadi Party failed, the Rashtriya Lok Dal the National Democratic someone who articulates a released its second list of 35 candidates for the Alliance. hard-line Hindutva ap- Deploying boots on the polling grounds first and second phases of the Uttar Pradesh “The first two phases of proach. Assembly polls. The list includes Anil Chauhan, a polling are in western U.P. The inclusion of Mr. BJP leader from Kairana who joined the RLD on and areas up to Etah, where Balyan, Ms. Jyoti, Union 24/7 control room Friday. Mr. Chauhan had contested on the BJP there is a large Dalit popula- Tourism Minister Mahesh opened to monitor ticket in the Kairana byelection in 2014 and lost tion and the Mayawati-led Sharma, U.P. BJP general sec- to Nahid Hasan of the Samajwadi Party by a little Bahujan Samaj Party [BSP] is retary Sunil Bansal and the the movement of over 1,100 votes. He is the nephew of the BJP MP dominant. Rama Shankar organisational secretary for 85,000 paramilitary from Shamli, Hukum Singh. Mr. Chauhan accused Katheria, MP from the area western U.P. Shiv Prakash, all troops in real time the BJP of and a Dalit, is on the list, re- points to the BJP president “promoting” dynasty politics flecting the BJP’s attempt to Amit Shah’s determination SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT campaign aggressively to control the campaign nar- after the party reportedly almost against the BSP,” a source rative as these leaders are NEW DELHI: Nearly 85,000 per- finalised the name said. said to be in his circle of sonnel of the Central armed of Mr. Singh's trust. police forces will travel daughter PM tops list around 3,000 km in 40 days Mriganka Singh as Prime Minister Narendra Caste equations to ensure the peaceful con- its candidate from Modi, party chief Amit Shah, The list balances caste duct of elections in five Kairana. Mr. Home Minister Rajnath equations in the State, with a States. Chauhan's joining the RLD came as a surprise Singh and Finance Minister good sprinkling of Other The Home Ministry and because until Friday he was waiting for the BJP to Arun Jaitley top the list of Backward Class leaders like the Election Commission declare its candidate for the Kairana seat. star campaigners. S.P. Singh Baghel and Uma have set up a 24/7 control A senior RLD leader told The Hindu that Mr. Vinay Katiyar too is absent Bharati making the cut, and room to monitor the move- Chauhan joined the RLD when he got from the list of 40 leaders, Rama Shankar Katheria rep- ment of forces in real time. confirmation that the BJP had finalised the name who include Textiles Minis- resenting Dalits and Union Any delay in moving the of Ms. Mriganka Singh as the party candidate ter Smriti Irani and younger Minister Kalraj Mishra forces in one State could from Kairana. — Staff Reporter leaders of the party like Brahmins. have cascading efect on Union Ministers Sanjeev The list well and truly elections in the others, said a Balyan and Sadhvi Niranjan bears the stamp of Mr. Shah, senior Home Ministry Jyoti. and reflects the balancing act oicial. The absence of Mr. that he is attempting in this The oicial said they were Parikkar has created ripples fiercely contested election in battling extreme weather TONGUE IN CHEEK as he had been spoken of as a the largest State. conditions in north India to BALLOT GUARDS: Paramilitary personnel take out a flag march on their deployment in Amritsar for Surendra make the forces reach their the Assembly elections. — PHOTO: PTI destinations in time. The In- dian Railways has already as- Kerala and are being sent to tion gap, we have appointed ficial said this was the first signed 22 special trains for Punjab, which is the first liaison oicers who would time elections were being these forces. among the five States to go interact in the local lan- held in two phases there. for polls on February 4. We guage,” said the oicial. “As of now, already 17,500 From far and wide have already moved the Starting from Punjab, the central forces are deployed Based on the law and order forces but they were delayed security forces would move in Manipur. Around 50,000 situation, the sensitive as- due to persistent fog condi- to north-west Uttar Pradesh, more would reach in March sembly seats have been col- tions which led to cancella- the largest among the five after elections in other our-coded. The most dii- tion of the train,” said the poll-bound States in terms of States. We have requisi- cult areas would be provided oicial. geographical area and popu- tioned choppers and aircraft security by Central Reserve The Election Commission lation. “Some forces would to move the forces, in case Police Force and Border Se- had earlier demanded one stay back to secure the ballot the weather worsens,” said curity Force (BSF), which lakh CAPF personnel (1,000 boxes as the elections pro- the oicial. have considerable experi- companies) for deployment gress. By the time Manipur Manipur is reeling under ence in internal security as during the Assembly elec- goes to polls on March 4 and ethnic tensions after the call well as law and order duties. tions but Home Ministry in- 8, around 60 % of the 85,000 for an economic blockade by The less sensitive ones will formed them that around 850 forces would be there,” said the United Naga Council be manned by Central Indus- companies were available. the oicial. (UNC) to protest against the trial Security Force (CISF) “It’s not only the logistics creation of seven new dis- and the Railway Protection but there is the language bar- Concern over Manipur tricts by the State govern- Force (RPF). rier too. For example we have Due to the ongoing eco- ment. The UNC sees the “The forces are being several troops moving from nomic blockade, Manipur move as an attempt to trun- The placards are clean because he does not know ILLUSTRATIONS: drawn from Jharkhand, Kerala to Punjab. To ensure has been kept in the most cate the concept of a greater SREEJITH R. KUMAR which party ticket he is going to get. Chattisgarh, Karnataka and that there is no communica- sensitive category and an of- Nagalim. CM ND-ND YK NOIDA/DELHI 14 | WORLD THE HINDU SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2017 Women across the world hit the streets against Trump In Washington, march organisers say they are ‘hurting and scared’ as the new President begins his term, and want a greater voice in political life

LONDON/VIENNA: Thousands of women took to the streets of European capitals to join President Trump “sister marches” in Asia against newly elected U.S. President Donald Trump signs appointments, ahead of a major rally in Washington that drew nearly a half a million people. attends balls on Day 1 In Washington, march or- ganisers said women are VARGHESE K. GEORGE Strikes down “hurting and scared” as the law preventing new President takes oice WASHINGTON: Friday was and want a greater voice for full of festivities for his military officers women in political life. supporters, but U.S. from becoming Waving banners with slo- President Donald Trump gans like “Special relation- also encountered some Defence Secretary ship, just say no” and “Nasty protesters during the women unite,” the demon- 40-minute parade from ball, where the U.S. strators gathered outside the the Capitol to the White military was honoured, American embassy in Gros- House, which he entered Mr. Trumptook a dig at venor Square in London be- at 4.30 p.m. the media. Talking to fore heading to a rally in During the 3 km soldiers stationed in central Trafalgar Square. parade, protesters near Afghanistan, he asked: the National Art Museum “How’s it going?...Don’t Celebrities join in IN ONE VOICE: (Clockwise) Thousands march in solidarity with women at Washington D.C., chanted “Not my be like these people Worldwide some 670 London and Barcelona on Saturday as they make their voices heard against Donald Trump’s President!” while [pointing to journalists marches were planned, ac- presidency. People from Nairobi to Manila protested against Mr. Trump, saying that hatred, elsewhere another man standing nearby]. Don’t cording to the organisers’ bigotry and racism are not America’s problems alone. — PHOTOS: AP & GETTY IMAGES held a sign that said be too tough on me.” website, which says more “Sad,” and yet another Praising the soldiers, than two million marchers to salvage the values we one that said: “Trump the President said: “The are expected to protest Tweets draw White House’s wrath cherish in America,” said racist.” The President left courage that you show is against Mr. Trump, who was WASHINGTON: The U.S. Interior President’s relatively small Bill Scholer, an art teacher. the car to walk on three incredible. And it’s going sworn in as the 45th U.S. Department was ordered to shut inaugural crowd compared to the And in Manila on Friday diferent occasions. to be appreciated. It’s President on Friday. down its official Twitter accounts number of people former about 200 demonstrators Immediately after the appreciated now but it’s Celebrities, including indefinitely after the National President Barack Obama drew to from a Philippine nationalist inaugural address, Mr. going to be appreciated rights activist Bianca Jagger, Park Service, which manages all the National Mall when he was group rallied for about an Trump waived of a more than ever before. singer Charlotte Church and national parks in the country, sworn into office in 2009. The hour against Mr. Trump out- federal law requiring You’ll see.” actor Ian McKellen, ex- shared tweets about low turnout second tweet noted several side the U.S. embassy in Ma- military oicers to wait On Saturday morning, pressed their support for the during President Donald Trump’s omissions of policy areas on the nila. Some held up signs de- seven years before Mr. Trump and Vice protest on social media. inauguration ceremony. new White House website, the manding U.S. troops leave serving as Defence President Mike Pence In Europe, marches also The first tweet noted the new Washington Post reported. — PTI the Philippines. Secretary, paving the joined religious leaders took place in Berlin, Paris, In Sydney, Australia’s way for Gen. James of multiple faiths for the Rome, Vienna, Geneva and biggest city, about 3,000 Mattis’s appointment to customary National Amsterdam. societies including women, solidarity with the women of people — men and women the post. He also signed Prayer Service. Around 2,000 people people of colour, immig- America.” — gathered for a rally in several other Narayanachar L. marched in Vienna, accord- rants, Muslims, the LGBT In Asia, hundreds of Hyde Park before marching appointments, and Digalakota from the ing to estimates by the police community and people with people joined protests in on the U.S. consulate down- exchanged banter with popular Sri Siva Vishnu and organisers. In Copenha- disabilities.” Tokyo, including many town, while organisers said lawmakers. Temple in Lanham, gen, march organiser Lesley- In Africa, hundreds of pro- American expatriates. 5,000 people rallied in Later, at the first ball Maryland, represented Ann Brown said: “National- testers in Nairobi’s Karura “Trump presidency gets my Melbourne. that they attended, the Hinduism at the event. ist, racist and misogynistic Forest waved placards and blood boiling...Everything In New Zealand, there first couple danced to Indian-American Jesse trends are growing world- sang American protest we value could be gone. It’s were marches in four cities, Frank Sinatra’s My Way. Singh represented the wide and threaten the most songs. Kenyan Muthoni time to speak your mind and involving around 2,000 At the third and final Sikh faith. marginalised groups in our Ngige, 28, said: “ I’m here in concerns and to do our best people. — Reuters & AP Le Pen looking 25 killed, 50 injured in Pak. market blast forward to year of PESHAWAR: A powerful explo- Pakhtunkhwa and nationalist revival sion on Saturday ripped Balochistan. through a crowded veget- LeJ was founded in 1996 as KOBLENZ (GERMANY): French able market in minority a militant ofshoot of Sipah- presidential hopeful Marine Shia-dominated Parachinar i-Sahaba, a Sunni sectarian Le Pen declared on Saturday city in northwest Pakistan’s group that emerged in the that 2017 will be the “year of restive Kurram tribal mid-1980s. LeJ has claimed the awakening of the people agency, killing at least 25 responsibility for the deaths of continental Europe” as she people and injuring 50 of hundreds of civilians, joined fellow nationalist others. mostly minority Shia leaders in Germany at the be- According to oicials, the Muslims. ginning of a year of high- death toll is expected to rise stakes national elections. as the market was crowded Not acceptable: Imran Le Pen was joined by the due to early morning rush. Opposition Pakistan Netherlands’ Geert Wilders, The blast — claimed by People’s Party chairman Matteo Salvini of Italy’s Tehrik-e-Taliban — oc- Bilawal Bhutto Zardari con- Northern League and Frauke curred at the market inside demned the blast and said Petry of the four-year-old Al- Eidgah Bazaar in Parachinar, that “in order to defeat ter- ternative for Germany at the the administrative Security officials inspect the site of an explosion at a rorism people will have to gathering of the Europe of headquarters of the agency vegetable market in Pakistan’s Parachinar city. — PHOTO: AFP support the PPP.” Nations and Freedom group near the Afghanistan bor- Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in the European Parliament. der. Citing the political ad- critical condition. organisation, announced chairman Imran Khan said The mood among deleg- ministration in Kurram A statement issued by the three days of mourning. that attack on unarmed ci- ates was celebratory a day agency, Geo TV said that at Inter-Services Public Rela- Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan vilians is not acceptable. after Donald Trump was least 25 people were killed in tions said the improvised spokesman Umer Khuras- “The terrorists should be sworn in as U.S. President, the blast. However, in a brief explosive device blast took ani claimed responsibility tried and the victims be following a campaign statement the military said place at 8.50 a.m. “Army and for the blast, which he said given justice,” he said. buoyed by anti-establish- that 20 people had been FC Quick Response oicials was carried out to avenge Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ment and protectionist killed in the attack. have reached the blast site the killing of Lashkar-e- Chief Minister Pervaiz themes. and cordoned of the area. Jhangvi (LeJ) chief Asif Khatakk and Punjab Chief “We are experiencing the In critical condition Army helicopters have been Chotu. Asif, who was on Minister Shahbaz Sharif end of one world and the Initial reports, citing oi- flown in for medical evacu- Pakistan’s most wanted ter- condemned the attack. birth of another,” Ms. Le Pen cials, suggested that explos- ation of the injured,” it said. rorist list and carried a Parachinar has a sizeable said. “We are experiencing ives kept in a vegetable crate Interior Minister bounty of Rs. 3,000,000 on Shia population and in the the return of nation-states.” exploded. Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan his head, was killed along past the minority com- The first “real blow to the The injured were shifted condemned the attack and with three aides in an en- munity was targeted old order” was last June’s to Parachinar headquarters ordered a detailed counter near Lahore on through bombings. In British vote to leave the hospital, where there is a investigation. Tuesday. December 2015, a similar European Union, she said shortage of doctors and As the news broke, Mut- He was directly involved blast at the Eidgah Market followed closely by Mr. medical facilities. At least 10 tahida Majlis-e-Wahdat-e- in killing over 100 people in killed 25 people and injured Trump’s election. — AP patients were said to be in Muslimeen, a Shia political Punjab, Sindh, Khyber- 70 others. — PTI

Seoul urged to arrest Ban’s brother Erdogan strengthens grip as

bribery scheme to carry out presidential system is approved the sale of a Vietnamese ANKARA: The Turkish Parlia- support for the changes. building complex, a U.S. ment has backed a plan to The leader of the main prosecutor said on Friday. strengthen the powers of Opposition CHP, Kemal During a hearing in federal the presidency, paving the Kilicdaroglu, said after the court in Manhattan, Assistant way for a referendum on the voting that his party would NEW YORK/SEOUL: The U.S. U.S. Attorney Daniel Noble issue in spring which, if fight the changes in their government has asked South said that a request had been passed, could allow Presid- referendum cam- Korea to arrest a brother of made for the arrest of Ban ent Tayyip Erdogan to stay paign.“This is a betrayal by former U.N. Secretary- Ki-sang, who was an in oice until 2029. the Parliament of its own General Ban Ki-moon on executive at a South Korean Mr. Erdogan says the re- history. Our people will cer- charges that he engaged in a construction firm. — Reuters form will provide stability tainly thwart the game that in the European Union can- was played in Parliament... didate country at a time of We will go from door to Gambia’s long-time ruler steps down turmoil and prevent a re- If the proposals are accepted door and explain this to our turn to the fragile coalitions in a referendum, President people,” Mr. Kilicdaroglu of the past. His opponents said. BANJUL: Gambia’s leader Erdogan could stay in office began in 1994 when he fear it will herald increas- The reform would enable Yahya Jammeh said on seized power in a coup. till 2029. — FILE PHOTO: AP Saturday he was stepping ingly authoritarian rule. the President to issue de- In practice, Mr. Jammeh The constitutional re- and day out” throughout the crees,declare emergency down under pressure from had little choice after some West African armies which form bill was approved referendum campaign. rule, appoint ministers and 7,000 soldiers from Nigeria overnight with339 votes in “My people will give the top state oicials and dis- entered the country this and Senegal entered Gambia week following his refusal to the 550-member assembly, final decision...I believe this solve Parliament — powers on Thursday. They were parliament said on its oi- referendum period will that the two main Opposi- concede an election defeat to poised to move into the President Adama Barrow. cial Twitter account on Sat- conclude with the will of tion parties say strip away capital as Mr. Jammeh’s urday. The legislation our people,” Mr. Erdogan balances to Mr. Erdogan’s Mr. Jammeh is yet to leave army provided no resistance. the presidential palace but needed at least 330 deputies said at an opening cere- power. Mr. Jammeh’s authoritarian to support it in order to go mony in Istanbul. Mr. Erdogan assumed the his announcement overnight government established a appears to signal an end of a to a public vote. Justice Minister Bekir presidency, a largely cere- reputation for torturing and Mr. Erdogan, speaking for Bozdag, along with other monial position, in 2014 political impasse. It also killing opponents to stifle brings to a close a reign that the first time since Parlia- ruling party politicians, after over a decade as prime dissent. — Reuters ment’s vote, called on his took to Twitter after Parlia- minister with the ruling AK supporters to work “day in ment’s decision, and voiced Party. — Reuters CM YK NOIDA/DELHI | THE HINDU SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2017 BUSINESS 15 Forex reserves increase by $687.9 million HP Inc. raises product prices in India Tata Communications invests in Teleena India’s foreign exchange reserves rose by To adjust to currency movement and commodity Tata Communications said its Netherlands unit $687.9 million to $359.842 billion in the week prices, HP Inc. has increased the list prices of its had made an investment in IoT firm Teleena to January 13, the RBI said. — PTI products in the Indian market. — IANS Holding and will hold a 35% stake. — PTI UltraTech’s cost SBI may raise SEBI reviews rules for removal curbs help lift net Tax-free withdrawal up to $1.5 billion by 5% to ₨594 cr. capital in the of firms’ independent directors

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT next fiscal year ASHISH RUKHAIYAR MUMBAI: UltraTech’s net limit for PF may rise DAVOS: India's biggest lender MUMBAI: The ongoing board- profit rose 5% to ₨594 crore by assets, State Bank of India, room tussle in the Tata during the third quarter Labour Ministry has sought fourfold increase in threshold could tap capital markets Group has compelled the Se- ended December 31, due to next fiscal year to raise up to curities and Exchange Board lower expenses. The com- SOMESH JHA $1.5 billion, its chief said on of India (SEBI) to review the pany’s net sales grew 1.45% to Friday, though it first needs norms for removal of inde- ₨6,013 crore, according to a NEW DELHI: The Labour Min- to complete a planned mer- pendent directors in listed statement. istry has sought a fourfold in- ger with its subsidiary banks. companies. On a standalone basis, the crease in the threshold limit In an interview with Reu- At the SEBI board meet Aditya Birla Group firm saw for tax deduction on provid- ters on the sidelines of the held on January 14, the cap- its net profit grow 6.6% to ent fund withdrawals, from World Economic Forum in ital market watchdog took ₨563 crore despite a fall in net the existing ₨50,000 to ₨2 Davos, Arundhati Bhat- note of the fact that pro- sales by ₨22 crore to ₨5,540 lakh, in the coming Budget. tacharya also said the lender moters by virtue of their ma- crore. The company’s board This means that if the pro- would look to raise funds jority holding in large listed approved the setting up of a posal gets a go-ahead, you from stake sales in its life in- companies can easily re- 3.5 mtpa integrated cement may be able to withdraw surance unit that could list in move an independent dir- TATA TRIGGER: The boardroom tussle at Tata Sons has prompted plant at Dhar, Madhya Pra- provident fund savings of up a year to 18 months, and by ector. An internal note the markets regulator to review the norms. — FILE PHOTO desh at a total cost of about to ₨2 lakh without any tax de- paring its holding in UTI As- presented to the SEBI board ₨2,600 crore. duction even if you have not set Management Co, which is stated that the regulator Motors, Tata Steel and Tata does not see any “compelling “Commercial production completed five years of con- also looking to go public. should evaluate the option of Chemicals. reason” to review norms for from the plant is expected to tinuous service. “We do plan to raise some barring the promoters from In one of his letters to independent directors at this commence by Q4FY19. This At present, provident fund capital. However, this is also voting on resolutions seek- SEBI, Mr. Wadia alleged that juncture. plant will help in reduction withdrawals of more than dependent on the fact that ing removal of independent Tata Sons levelled false of lead distance and cater to ₨50,000 before completing there is a merger that we are directors. charges against him in the Violation of laws the markets of south-west five years in service attracts planning to do,” said Ms. “It is felt that the present special notice sent to the Meanwhile, the note Madhya Pradesh, where the income tax of up to 34.608%. RAISING RELIEF: PF funds of ₨2 lakh may be withdrawn sans a tax Bhattacharya, 60, who has provisions make the removal shareholders of Tata com- presented to the board also company is not a significant “No tax is required to be cut even when completed service is under 5 years. — FILE PHOTO been at the helm of SBI as its process less stringent than panies in which he served as stated that it would not be player,” UltraTech said. deducted on provident fund chairman since late 2013. the appointment process. an independent director. He right on SEBI’s part to ques- With this expansion and withdrawal of less than The Labour Ministry sion may be amended to SBI, which is merging its Therefore, since a special has also filed a ₨3,000 crore tion the commercial de- the acquisition of the cement ₨50,000. However, even this has also sought incorporate five years of five subsidiary banks with it- resolution is required for the defamation suit along with a cisions of the boards of com- plants of Jaiprakash Associ- limit appears to be too low (PF) deposits from the first self and also taking over a re-appointment of an inde- criminal defamation case panies unless there is any ates Limited, the company’s and may be enhanced to ₨2 retrospective service month of contribution.” small state-run lender for pendent director, the same against Ratan Tata, Tata Sons kind of violation of the se- cement capacity will in- lakh keeping in view the de- tax exemption for the The Finance Act of 2015 women, previously expected principle should be applied and its board of directors. curities laws. crease to 95 mtpa, including liberations in the meetings of EPF scheme had first introduced the de- the merger to be completed for his removal also i.e spe- “In corporate India, free- “Intervention by the regu- its overseas operations. the Central Board of Trust- duction of income tax on by March. cial resolution may be made dom of independent direct- lator is not envisaged in such The Centre’s spending on ees,” the Employees’ Provid- payment of accumulated The deals could now get necessary,” according to an ors is as important as inde- situation unless there ap- infrastructure, development ent Fund Organisation furnish PAN card details. provident fund balance due delayed by a quarter, Ms. internal note prepared by pendence of judiciary in our pears to be violation of se- of smart cities and interest (EPFO) wrote in a recent let- While a 10% tax is deduc- to an employee with less Bhattacharya said, as banks SEBI, which was presented democracy,” said Vaneesa curities laws,” it says, while rate cuts supported by sub- ter to the Labour Ministry, ted for workers disclosing than five years of service. are still busy replacing with- to the board. Agrawal, Partner, Suvan Law referring to allegations made sidy schemes for housing which has since been forwar- PAN details, 34.608% tax is drawn banknotes after In- Advisors. by ousted chairman Cyrus would be the key drivers of ded to the Finance Ministry deducted for workers who Service tax exemption dia’s sudden move in Current framework “SEBI listing regulations Mistry regarding some of the demand, the company said. for inclusion in the Union do not have a PAN card. The Labour Ministry has November to cancel 86% of At present there is no re- and Companies Act, 2013 commercial decisions taken Budget for 2017-18. “It would not be out of also sought retrospective its currency. India's fiscal striction on promoters to needs to provide independ- by the boards of listed Tata Bullion Rates The Centre had last year place to mention that only service tax exemption for the year starts in April. vote on such kind of resolu- ent directors a fair process entities. The regulator has, increased the threshold limit such persons are required to EPF scheme. “As long as the merger is tions, it said referring to the and the opportunity to de- however, directed the stock January 21 rates in rupees with of PF withdrawal for deduc- have a PAN who are above EPFO was exempted from not over and done with, it previous rates in brackets current regulatory frame- bate their dismissal before exchanges to seek informa- tion of tax (TDS) from the taxable limit,” the EPFO the purview of service tax could be diicult to ap- Chennai work for removal of inde- the non-promoter independ- tion from the companies on ₨30,000 to ₨50,000. wrote. “The total revenue from April 2016. proach the capital markets,” Bar Silver (1 kg) 41,930 (41,675) pendent directors. ent shareholders, currently it the allegations made by Mr impact on this count would The Labour Ministry has Ms. Bhattacharya said, The capital market regu- does not require legally sui- Mistry. The companies were Retail (1 g) 44.90 (44.60) PAN card be less than ₨10 crore,” ac- now said the exemption 24 ct gold (10 g) 29,620 (29,510) adding the lender could look lator has brought this issue cient cause for dismissal, or asked to place the allegations The Labour Ministry has cording to the EPFO. should come into efect ret- 22 ct gold (1 g) 2,829 (2,819) to raise between $1 billion to the notice of Ministry of any similar test,” said Ms before their respective audit Delhi also requested the Finance “Guaranteed service of rospectively arguing that and $1.5 billion from the Corporate Afairs (MCA) as Agrawal, who has earlier committee as per SEBI Silver 41,700 (41,600) Ministry to remove tax de- five years in the lifetime of an EPF is a social security markets. well, based on the letters it worked as a law oicer at guidelines. Only, Tata Standard Gold 29,575 (29,630) duction of 34.608%, known employee is not available un- scheme and doesn’t come in SBI last sold shares in received from Nusli Wadia SEBI. Teleservices (Maharashtra) Sovereign 24,300 (24,300) as the maximum marginal der either Central of State le- the category of ‘banking and January 2014 to raise $1.2 bil- who was removed as an inde- SEBI Chairman U.K. Sinha and Tata Capital Financial rate, for workers who do not gislations. The said provi- financial services.’ lion. — Reuters pendent director from Tata had recently said that he Services have responded.

Google’s Singhal Music Broadcast plans share sale to steer Uber’s SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Prakashan Ltd., promoters radio business of the self-driving car of Music Broadcast Ltd. Jagran Group. MUMBAI: Music Broadcast, “Bulk of the funds will be Apurva Purohit, SAN FRANCISCO: Ride-hailing which operates leading utilised to strengthen the director, Music Broadcast firm Uber Technologies Inc FM radio station Radio capital structure so that a Ltd., said: “The radio has hired the man behind City, is planning to list on war chest is created to sector is the youngest in Google search to work the stock exchanges and is acquire more radio the M&E sector but a fast closely with chief executive set to come out with a stations as and when growing one. Radio's Travis Kalanick and help public ofer of more than opportunity arises.” share in the media and grow the company’s self- ₨500 crore comprising a “We see lot of entertainment industry driving car program. fresh issue of ₨400 crore opportunities in radio as pie is just 4% of the total Amit Singhal announced and an ofer for sale of our business has been advertisement market on his personal blog that he 26.59 lakh equity shares growing at a CAGR of size due to slower pace of will join Uber after 15 years at by the promoters’ family. 15-16% for several years regulation, which Alphabet Inc, where he led The funds from the and we have been otherwise could have Google’s search division. issue will be used to retire operating at a margin of been as high as 12%. Mr. Singhal will take the debt of about ₨150 crore 33%. We have received Private FM injected fresh post of senior vice president and the balance to create a encouraging response stimulus into radio of engineering, a role which “war chest” for future from investors,” he added. business and the oversees the company's mar- acquisitions. Radio City, which exponential growth ketplace and mapping ef- “We have already filed operates FM stations in 29 inspires us to invest forts, the core of Uber’s busi- the DRHP and post cities and is set to expand heavily.” ness. regulatory approvals, we to 39 locations, was For the half year ended He will also act as an ad- intend to hit the capital started by STAR India in September 2016, Music viser to both Mr. Kalanick market,” said R. K. 2001 and after changing Broadcast posted a net and Anthony Levandowski, Agarwal, CFO, Jagran many hands is now the profit of ₨29.76 crore. who heads Uber’s self-driv- ing program. — Reuters Japan threatens to drag India to WTO on steel as Trump era heralds trade tensions

TOKYO: Japan is threatening to New Delhi is ready to sit take India to the WTO over across the table for trade restrictions that nearly talks. The date of a WTO-led halved its steel exports to the consultation had not been South Asian nation over the set. past year, a step that could trigger more trade spats as Growing trade disputes global tensions over steel There has been a series of and other commodities run trade disputes over the past high. few years amid massive ex- Such action is rare for Ja- ports of cheap steel products pan. The world’s second- from China, the world’s top biggest steel producer typic- producer, with Vietnam, ally tries to smooth disputes Malaysia and South Africa quietly through bilateral taking or planning measures talks, but with global trade STEELY RESOLVE: If consultations fail to resolve the dispute, to block incoming friction increasing, Japan’s Japan may ask for adjudication by a WTO panel. — FILE PHOTO: AP shipments. defence of an industry that China’s steel exports sells nearly half of its Dec. 20 request for WTO dis- panel,” the industry ministry dropped by 3.5% in 2016 to products overseas is getting pute consultations with In- oicial said. Such action 108 million tonnes, still about more vigorous. dia over steel safeguard du- could come as soon as 60 as much as Japan produces in Besides concern over In- ties and a minimum import days – in February – after its a year. dia’s protection of its do- price for iron and steel consultation request was Japan is also monitoring mestic steel industry, Japan products. filed in December. its small volume of imports is also worried about the India imposed duties of up Tokyo says India’s actions for signs of dumping, fearing more rough and tumble cli- to 20% on some hot-rolled are inconsistent with WTO that steel products with mate for global trade being flat steel products in rules and contributed to the nowhere to turn because of engendered by incoming September 2015, and set a plunge in its steel exports to import restrictions may head U.S. President Donald floor price in February 2016 India, which dropped to 11th- to it own market. Trump, and feels it must for steel product imports to largest on Japan’s buyer list “All trade need to be fair. If make a strong stand for open deter countries such as in 2016 through November, there are trades that violate and fair international China, Japan and South down from sixth-largest in the rules, we will take neces- markets. Korea from undercutting 2015. sary actions while consult- “We need to stop unfair local mills. “We are following the ing with our government,” trade actions from spread- “If consultations fail to re- WTO guidelines,” said a top Kosei Shindo, chairman of ing,” said a Japanese industry solve the dispute, we may ask oicial at India's steel min- the Japan Iron and Steel Fed- ministry oicial, explaining a adjudication by a WTO istry, though adding that eration, said. — Reuters CM YK NOIDA/DELHI 16 | BUSINESS THE HINDU SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2017

INTERVIEW  ASHWINI KUMAR HOODA Misleading ads for traditional Budget will be crucial for housing medicine under Centre’s scanner OOMMEN A. NINAN already strong afordable who qualify on all our Within 3 months of its in- housing segment. Not only criteria. troduction, 11% of our in- SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT system of medicine within has he efectively made an cremental home loans have India and beyond,” the sec- With the Centre’s focus on “EMI” cheaper than “rent” • The real estate regulatory been sourced through e- NEW DELHI: The Ministry of AY- retary said. afordable housing, hous- for the afordable home bill (RERA) was passed by both home loans. USH has tasked the advert- ing finance companies are buyer, he has provided a houses of the Parliament last We believe that digital is ising industry watchdog to Monitoring ads now gearing up to meet the timely boost to his vision of year. How do you think it will no longer in the future but proactively identify poten- The watchdog will com- higher demand in this seg- ‘Housing For All by 2022.’ impact the housing finance firmly in the present and tially misleading advertise- prehensively monitor these ment. Ashwini Kumar The subvention of 3% and sector? we are geared up to con- ments of traditional systems advertisements across 900 Hooda, Deputy Managing 4% on home loans of ₨9 lakh stantly evolve and prove of medicine in domains such publications and 500 TV Director, Indiabulls Hous- and ₨12 lakh respectively The RERA is another initi- best-in-class services lever- as ayurveda, yoga and channels. The Ministry will ing Finance Ltd., says the coupled with the lowered ative which aims at em- aging these aspects. naturopathy. also redirect complaints Union Budget will be cru- interest rates by the RBI powering the end con- Usually, the Advertising CONSUMER INTEREST: ASCI now has the mandate to identify against misleading advert- cial. Edited excerpts: created a very happy new sumer. Although this might • What are your expectations Standards Council of India isements to ASCI which will potentially misleading advertisements.— FILE PHOTO:AFP year for home loan buyers. reduce supplies and in- from the upcoming Union (ASCI) scans the advertise- be reviewed using ASCI’s • How was H1 FY17 for the The home loan industry crease prices in the short Budget? ments based on complaints it isements on ayurveda, yoga immediately brought to our code and guidelines. “The housing finance business? can only benefit from such term, it promises to in- receives. “ASCI has been and naturopathy, unani, attention,” said Ajit M. MoU also requires ASCI to positive factors which crease customer confid- The upcoming Union given a self-monitoring man- siddha and homoeopathy Sharan, Secretary, the Min- report to the Ministry of AY- The housing sector was promise to increase the de- ence by leaps and bounds in Budget will be crucial. The date by the Ministry of AY- medicines, treatment and re- istry of AYUSH. USH, advertisements in po- provided with plenty of im- mand for homes and in turn the long term. good work done by the gov- USH to identify potentially lated services. “We have entered into an tential violation of the Drugs petus last year. From a home loans, greatly. In We are looking towards ernment in the past year in misleading advertisements “The arrangement would MoU with ASCI to efect- and Magic Remedies (Objec- Budget tailored to increase January, we are already see- more and more subsidies, providing the common in the AYUSH sector and ensure that any advertise- ively weed out such advert- tionable Advertisements) benefits for builders and ing a positive impact with schemes and bills being home buyer with more and process complaints through ment making claims for dis- isements so that consumers Act, 1954 and Rules thereun- home buyers to multiple manifold increase in num- passed for the benefit of the more incentives can be its Consumer Complaints eases and disorders, in viola- are protected from unscru- der as well as non-compli- initiatives to boost the ef- ber of home loan end consumer. taken to the next level. Council (CCC),” according tion of the notification pulous manufacturers ance of ASCI’s CCC recom- forts for ‘Housing For All by applications. The more our customers My expectation from the to a statement from the issued by our ministry for in- selling products making mendations for the Ministry 2022,’ the ecosystem found are confident, the greater Union Budget is to have watchdog. dications that have been pro- false claims. This is vital for of AYUSH to take further ac- itself in an abundance of fa- • Banks have now decided to our prospects of growth newer/better incentives These will include advert- hibited from claiming, are the propagation of AYUSH tion,” the statement said. vourable factors. Improved reward customers with good increase. and policies rolled out for consumer confidence and CIBIL scores by offering them developers of the aford- attractive housing options lower interest rates. Do you • With technology able housing segment such saw the sector receive re- have plans around the CIBIL overpowering businesses and that the growing demand West Bengal gets cord bookings this past scores of applicants? business models, how are you has a steady supply. Smartbox aims to sell year. future ready? proposals worth At Indiabulls Housing Fin- • How do you foresee the • Can you shed some light on ance we have traditionally 2016 was a year of digital housing finance market in ₨2.35 lakh crore smart city home loans? not used CIBIL score due to transformation for Indi- 2017 compared to 2016? 1,000 terminals in FY’18 SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT inherent limitations of such abulls Housing Finance. We YUTHIKA BHARGAVA We have always considered scores for large ticket and introduced India’s first Having grown at 30% our ability to cater to the af- long tenure home loans. completely online home CAGR in the last 3 years, af- KOLKATA: The third edition of fordable housing segment We invest heavily in loan, the Indiabulls e-Home fordable housing as a seg- the Bengal Global Business NEW DELHI: Delhi-based start- as our strength highlighted studying the entire CIBIL Loan. This digitises the en- ment will continue to see Summit closed with propos- up Smartbox, which by our average ticket size of report to identify and ana- tire home loan process growth in 2017 as it is als worth ₨2.35 lakh crore be- provides ATM-like termin- ₨25 lakh for home loans. lyse patterns in our custom- from application to dis- backed by factors like in- ing received by the State gov- als for online shoppers to With the unveiling of In- ers’ credit behaviour. bursal and increases ef- creasing urbanisation, fa- ernment. Proposals for pick-up their ordered dia’s first completely digital Based on these ob- fectiveness many vourable demographics co-operation in sectors such products, will soon start its home loan – Indiabulls e- servations, we fold. (66% Indians are below the as mining and green cities operations in cities such as home loans – we aim to ex- make well in- The tedious age of 35), lower interest were received from Poland Chennai, Mumbai, tend our reach to India’s formed de- home loan rates, increasing subsidies and South Korea. Bengaluru, Ahmedabad and 100 smart cities. cisions on the process is like the Prime Minister’s “We do not believe in mak- Pune as it looks to expand its With the growing im- credit worthi- now so fast Awas Yojana and greater ing big announcements of footprint in the country. OUT-OF-BOX: Amit Sawhney, founder-CEO, Smartbox (second portance of technology in ness of applic- that custom- tax benefits. Housing fin- ₨50- ₨60 lakh crores...we will The company, which cur- from left), with his team. — FILE PHOTO India’s Tier I and Tier II cit- ants and ers can re- ance companies will do tell you only about doable rently has Paytm and Ori- ies, the smart city home provide the ceive sanc- well to customise their of- projects,” Chief Minister flame as clients, has an in- ery boy is successful in deliv- of collecting parcels from loan will use a digital route best possible tion for a ferings to best suit this Mamata Banerjee said after stalled base of about 70 ering only 25-30 parcels daily Smartbox automated ter- to reach out and service the loan solution. home loan in segment. her finance minister Amit automated parcel-delivery out of 40-45 attempts. minal, they are given an OTP afordable housing We ofer our 6-8 hours Mitra announced the pro- terminals in Delhi-NCR. It is “With our automated par- using which they can collect segment. prime lending rate without having • With some banks offering jects. “Even in these days of targeting 1,000 such termin- cel terminals, delivery boys their orders. (PLR) of 8.65 % to to visit a branch. home loans at 8.35 %, do you demonetisation and ‘remon- als across the country by can make up to 120 deliveries There is also an option to • Do you think the borrowers think there is more scope for etisation,’ we have attracted March 2018. a day, increasing productiv- pay digitally once the order announcements made by rate reduction among housing several proposals.. this is ity and cutting costs. Logist- is collected. Prime Minister Narendra Modi finance companies? enough for us,” she said. In talks with Amazon ics comprise nearly 75% of an In case the customer on New Year’s eve would have “Fructification of propos- The company is also in e-commerce firm’s cost. wants to return or exchange a huge impact on the home Another cut in home loan als is more important than talks with e-commerce gi- With our solution, these the products that can also be loan industry? rates will largely depend mere ‘paper proposals,” she ants such as Amazon, Snap- costs can be reduced by done using the automated on the RBI’s stance in the said in an indirect reference deal and Flipkart, said Amit about 25%.” This also brings terminal, saving e-com- The Prime Minister monetary policy in Feb- to such claims being made by Sawhney, CEO, Smartbox down the cost of re-deliver- merce companies costs in- handed afordable and ruary. We hope to see a other states. Ecommerce Solutions. ing when customers are not curred on return logistics. low-cost housing further couple of rate cuts of 25 Ms. Banerjee said work Amazon runs a similar ser- present when the parcel is Mr. Sawhney added the com- incentives to further add basis points each in the has begun on 40% of the pro- vice is the U.S. called delivered the first time. pany is currently scouting momentum to the calendar year 2017. jects announced in the last Amazon Lockers. While shopping online, if a for more locations to install two summits. Mr. Sawhney said a deliv- customer selects the option the solution. NOIDA/DELHI | THE HINDU SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2017 SPORT 17 Telecast schedule Not done yet Australia vs Pakistan: 4th ODI: STAR Sports 2 & HD 2, 8.50 a.m.; Irani Cup: STAR Sports 4 & HD 4, 9.30 a.m.; India vs England: 3rd ODI: She’s human, and she is beatable. This is a Grand Slam, and we STAR Sports 1, 3 & HD 1 & 3, 1.30 p.m.; Australian Open: Sony Six & Sony Six HD, 1.30 p.m. & 5.30 a.m. (Monday); I-League: TEN 2, 4.30 are talking that she has already won, but I don’t like these talks. p.m. & 7 p.m.; EPL: SS Select HD 1, 5.20 p.m., 7.35 p.m. & 9.50 p.m.; South Africa vs Sri Lanka: 2nd T20, TEN 3 & TEN 1 HD, 6 p.m.; HIL: Ī But I will have to work hard and play my best tennis because she STAR Sports 2, 3 & HD 2 & 3, 7 p.m.; Bundesliga: SS Select HD 2, 7.35 p.m. & 9.45 p.m.; La Liga: Sony Six & Sony Six HD, 8.30 p.m., 11 p.m. is an amazing player. She knows how to play these matches.” & 1.30 a.m. (Monday); Serie A: Sony ESPN & Sony ESPN HD, 1.30 a.m. (Monday); NBA: Sony ESPN & Sony ESPN HD, 4.30 a.m. (Monday) — Barbora Strycova on her fourth-round clash with Serena Williams

Bhuvneshwar credits FRANKLY SPEAKING IPL for improvement Dhoni led by example

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT will now try to avoid a 3-0 rout MAKARAND WAINGANKAR by winning the last match of KOLKATA: Bhuvneshwar Kumar the series here. A leader is the one who makes an impact and attributed his return to the In- “Of course you want to fin- provides inspiration. M.S. Dhoni exemplified dian team as a key pacer to the ish the series on a high but these qualities. skills he perfected while bowl- every game from now on till His tact and calm persona made a significant ing the death overs for Sun- the Champions Trophy is go- impact on the entire team in tense situations risers Hyderabad in the Indian ing to be stepping blocks for resulting in victories. He stood by his players Premier League (IPL). us,” Roy said looking at the and gave individual attention and influenced them in a positive Bhuvneshwar emerged the next big international engage- way. One can only lead by example and Dhoni’s journey as a highest wicket-taker in IPL ment, which will be held in cricketer and captain is an inspiration. 2016, finishing with 23 wickets. England in June. The quintessential leader announced his decision to step “When playing for Sun- The England opener said his down as the captain of the Indian team. Knowing his character, risers, I had to bowl a lot at the team did well enough in the this shouldn’t come as a surprise at all. He is the one who death and I am bringing that first two one-dayers, but lost dictates terms. Just like his patent helicopter shots he has im- mindset into international to some outstanding indi- peccable timing in his decisions. One should not be surprised if cricket,” he said. vidual performances. he announces his retirement at the end of the One-Day Interna- Reflecting on his comeback, tionals against England. Bhuvneshwar said: “There is a The positives Dhoni has always made well thought-out decisions with the TIME TO REGROUP: After failing to contain India’s batsmen in the series so far, the English bowlers will look to get it right at the bit of nervousness when you “We have got a lot of posit- best interest of Indian cricket in his mind. When it comes to are playing after a long time. ives to take from the first two Eden Gardens. — PHOTO: K.R. DEEPAK ‘Captain Cool’, we need to read between the lines and under- There is no match practice. games. We have scored 350 in stand the implications. Dhoni indicated that he would not want “So, it takes the first two- the first game and 366 in the to be a liability to the team by blocking the wicketkeeping three overs to get over the second and there are enough position for a promising nervousness.” positives in those eforts,” he youngster. Though Dhoni Dominant India eyes a sweep said. is still invaluable to the Dhoni’s Staying motivated team, he will not hesitate to unparalleled The pacer said the challenge Bairstow retire if he feels that’s the CRICKET / Eden’s relaid surface should offer the pacers enough to work with for a bowler is to stay motiv- best for the team. legacy and ated and deliver when it is Dhoni’s foresight and AMITABHA DAS SHARMA both the re-laid soil base and joined Dhoni in scripting a re- cially the use of ‘slower ball’ quite normal for a team to replaces Hales evaluation are commend- character are an the Bermuda grass have cord partnership of 256 runs which can be a big weapon on score around 350 in the ODIs. able. He believed in Virat inspiration to all KOLKATA: The Eden Gardens settled down to the condi- with both scoring centuries. the flat tracks ofered here so “We are getting used to this in T20 squad Kohli’s capabilities and welcomed two of the best bat- tions. The resurrection was more far. as 350 is a par score nowadays. gave him enough time to ease into the role of captain in Tests. ting outfits on current form to Those who have worked on striking for Yuvraj, who made The bowling, led by pacer We plan our practice and team KOLKATA: England wicketkeeper- Now that Virat has proven himself as a leader, this was the try out a new surface that has the surface feel that the new a spectacular comeback scor- Chris Woakes, has not been meetings keeping that in mind. batsman Jonny Bairstow has perfect time for Dhoni to hand over the baton to the successor. been laid recently at the more- track will see Eden ofering ing his highest ODI total and able to come to terms with the We have come from an era replaced injured Alex Hales in the He has no qualms about playing under Kohli’s captaincy. This in than-150-year-old venue. even assistance to both the first century after the 2011 needs of the situation. where 250-300 was the par squad for the three Twenty20 itself shows his character. Despite the fate of the series batsmen and the bowlers, in a World Cup. With the Eden Gardens score and now even 350 is not Internationals against India from Dhoni’s pragmatic approach and sensibilities invoke respect. being decided — with India break from its age-old avatar With the new breed of all- pitch promising to ofer the safe,” he said. January 26. One of the shrewdest cricketing brains, former England captain taking an unassailable 2-0 lead as a slow turner. rounders — Kedar Jadhav and pacers some ‘purchase’, Eng- “It is not easy bowling york- Bairstow, who is already part of Mike Brearley wrote to me, “Dhoni is a terrific batsman, who — there was no dearth of in- India has dominated the vis- Hardik Pandya — giving solid- land may harbour hopes of ers with a wet ball. the ODI squad, will now remain in always seems calm and confident. That helps to captain the terest surrounding the con- iting team on every count so ity and strength to the team, getting a win ahead of the up- “But those are the things we India till the end of the tour. team. He played the game in an excellent spirit and has clearly ceptually ‘inconsequential’ far, Virat Kohli leading the Kohli will look to wrap up his coming T20I series. focus during practice,” The England team announced been respected by his team. He is a very competent and canny encounter. charge with his exceptional first series as the limited-over The teams (from): Bhuvneshwar added. the inclusion of Bairstow in the wicketkeeper.” The surge in interest may batting, first in the Tests and captain with an all-win record. India: Virat Kohli (capt.), M.S. Meanwhile, England opener Twenty20 squad on its twitter Dhoni has a simple theory about leadership. Speaking to have emanated from the keen- then in the limited-over There may even be a possib- Dhoni (wk), Lokesh Rahul, Shikhar Jason Roy said that his team handle. — IANS sports psychologist Dr. Rudi Webster for his book, ‘Think Like ness with which the two sides format. ility, which will be determined Dhawan, Manish Pandey, Kedar A Champion’, Dhoni says, “The captain must lead by example to have battled out the three- Kohli skipped the ‘optional by the merit of the wicket, that Jadhav, Yuvraj Singh, Ajinkya Ra- gain trust, respect and support his team. The people I lead carry match series that has already practice’ session on Saturday, Kohli will consider some rota- hane, Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, the expectations of 1.2 billion people. So, I help them by keeping seen more than 1400 runs but the ‘old guard’ that fetched tion in the roster by trying out Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Jasprit everything as simple as possible and by creating an atmosphere scored in two games. India the win in the previous the likes of Ajinkya Rahane, Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, that will give confidence and motivation to each and everyone As the scene shifts to one of match at Cuttack — M.S. Manish Pandey and Amit Umesh Yadav to do his best.” the most celebrated centres of Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh — had Mishra, who have not featured England: Eoin Morgan (capt.), Now, Virat Kohli may have a diferent theory. In order to test cricket, another aspect of the a serious workout. in the series so far. Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Jake Ball, and strengthen his theory, it would be better to have the major- contest gains prominence. Dhoni, who relinquished England has shown admir- Sam Billings, Jos Buttler (wk), Liam ity of players under him. Fortunately, he befits all the formats. The surface here underwent a captaincy just ahead of the able application in the batting Dawson, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, With quite a few new players, Dhoni perhaps felt this was the complete makeover last sea- series, returned to imperious department with Jason Roy, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, right time to hand over the captaincy. By spending more time son with both the grass and the form with the bat just when Joe Root and captain Eoin David Willey, Chris Woakes with the players, Kohli will be able to build a strong team under soil undergoing alteration the team needed his support. Morgan in fine form. Umpires: Anil Chaudhary and Ku- him. ahead of the T20 World Cup. The overflowing galleries at But what the visitors have mar Dharmasena; Third umpire: Dhoni acknowledged his reservations about the spilt-cap- According to the grounds- the Barabati Stadium (Cut- failed to assess in the subcon- Ruchira Palliyaguruge, Fourth um- taincy in Indian cricket. The very base of leadership is team- men, this will be the right time tack) were treated to some tinent is the need for variety in pire: O. Nandan. work and that’s not easy in a team which has players from to assess the transformation as classic vignettes as Yuvraj the bowling department, espe- Match starts at 1.30 p.m. diferent religion, cast and creed belonging to diferent regions. Diversity in cultural environment plays a major role in the upbringing of individuals from diferent States. To create a tight-knit unit in this scenario is a herculean task. Ajit Wadekar, during his tenure, managed to do just that for a Smriti’s injury a blow to the team, says skipper Mithali couple of years. But in 1974, a seed of groupism was sowed unknowingly and the team spirit evaporated in England. The J.R. SHRIDHARAN tear, it will take some time for Indies 3-0 at Mulapadu in wickets will be spinner- fact that Dhoni has managed a team for a decade in both the her to make a comeback. November. Remember the friendly, they [spinners] have formats is significant for India’s constant high ranking. VIJAYAWADA: Dashing opener “I hope she will be ready for West Indies is one of the top an important role to play.” Even Pataudi once said that it’s not easy to lead any Indian Smriti Mandhana’s knee in- the World Cup in June. We teams in the world.” Mithali said, however, that- team in any sports because of their diference in approach. jury, sufered during the Big want to try out Thirush Sri Lankan conditions were Stereotypically, players from the North tend to be more ag- Bash League in Australia, was Kamini with Deepti for the Team composition not comparable to those in gressive whereas the players from the West or the South are a big blow to the Indian wo- opener’s slot,” she said. Mithali said the qualifiers England, which will host the more rational. He compared the approach of two all-rounders: men’s team, skipper Mithali Mithali said it had become were an opportunity to work World Cup in June and July. Kapil Dev and Karsan Ghavri. Kapil had aggression in his veins Raj said on Saturday. imperative that teams score on team composition. “All the On the batting front, Mithali whereas Ghavri belonged to Mumbai way of thinking. The team will leave for more than 200 in women’s in- trial and error exercises will said India used to be depend- Ghavri made his Test debut under Pataudi who once told him Colombo for the ICC Wo- ternationals. “If we want to be carried out in the tourna- ant on one or two players, but on the rest-day of the Test against the West Indies that he men’s World Cup 2017 qualifi- really to do well in the World ment.” now with players like Har- should assess the situation and play. Ghavri had a big match- ers from February 7. Cup, we should learn to post She felt it was the right op- manpreet Kaur, Veda Krishna winning partnership with Gundappa Viswanath that helped The Hindu Speaking to at more than 200 as we will be portunity for the players who Murthy, Jhulan Goswami and India win the Test. He curbed his aggression after Pataudi’s the ACA Indoor Stadium at playing powerful teams like were out-of-form to regain Shikha Pandey pitching in advice. Instances like these demonstrate the prominence of a Mangalagiri where she is Australia, England, the West confidence. Mithali agreed with big scores, the team good captain in the team. training, Mithali said it was un- Indies and New Zealand.” that the spinners had done looked compact on paper. “Legacy is not what’s left tomorrow when you are gone, it’s fortunate Smriti sufered the She said the game-plan well for India and even ex- “The need is to show our what you give, create, impact and contribute today while you injury at a time when she was would be to play dominating celled on tracks that were not strength on the field.” are here that then happens to live on.” M.S. Dhoni surely seems CAPTAINSPEAK: Mithali Raj says India must learn to post scores settling down in the role of an cricket in the qualifiers. spinner-friendly. “Spin is our The Indian team will reach to believe in this mantra. His unparalleled legacy and character in excess of 200 in time for the World Cup, which will be opener along with Deepti “Our confidence swelled strength and has fetched us Bengaluru for a coaching are an inspiration to all. staged in England in June and July. — PHOTO: V. RAJU Sharma. “As it is a ligament when we defeated the West many wickets. As Sri Lankan camp from January 24. Gritty Nadal fends of Zverev in a five-set epic HOCKEY INDIA LEAGUE

MELBOURNE: Rafael Nadal’s age- Thimmaiah rescues Dabang Mumbai ing legs outlasted German NANDAKUMAR MARAR teenager Alexander Zverev in an epic five sets even as Serena MUMBAI: Nikkin Thimmaiah Williams sailed into the last 16 pulled Dabang Mumbai back at the Australian Open on from the brink of defeat to an Saturday. honourable 3-3 draw against Nadal needed all his trade- Ranchi Rays in the Coal India mark grit against Zverev, 19, Hockey India League 2017 dubbed “the future of tennis”, opener. The Indian striker ap- and his superior fitness told as plied the finishing touch to a he ground out a thrilling 4-6, deliberate indirect penalty- 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-2 win. corner conversion (worth two Germany’s Zverev looked in goals) in the 59th minute. The discomfort as he won a pun- home team trailed 1-3 till that ishing 37-shot rally nearly four point at the Mahindra stadium. hours into Christopher Ruhr was the their contest stand-out performer for the as Nadal, still visitors, justifying being the full of run- costliest foreigner in the ACTION-PACKED: Dabang Mumbai’s Affan Yousuf (left) and ning, pressed league at $75,000. He floated Ranchi Rays’s Timothy Deavin battle it out. — PHOTO: PTI his advantage all over the rival half, and set in the final up a field goal for Rays with a iser of a pass from Harman- der the bar, was beaten by the set. stinging carpet drive to Sim- preet Singh. time he shifted position and It means Nadal, 30, follows ranjit. The latter responded Ruhr was kept under con- dived to block. Dabang replied fellow veteran Roger Federer with a neat trap and reverse stant watch by the home team with a drag-flick conversion into the last 16 of a contest now hit. Ruhr later converted a in the first quarter. Rays went by Harmanpreet Singh eight missing defending champion stroke. Three out of four goals for the direct route in the first minutes later. Novak Djokovic. came in the third quarter. penalty corner, Mitton’s drag Rays’ second goal came via a Eventually, the rule award- was blocked by the Dabang penalty stroke. A Dabang de- Serena sails Djokovic by beating Pablo Roberto Bautista Agut (Esp) bt 21- Jennifer Brady (USA) bt 14-Elena Ves- bt 12-Timea Bacsinszky (Sui) 6-3, ing two goals for a field at- custodian. Tryon shuttled fender failed to get his foot out Serena, by contrast, had no Carreno Busta 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, David Ferrer (Esp) 7-5, 6-7(6), 7-6(3), nina (Rus) 7-6(4), 6-2; Mirjana Lucic- 5-7, 6-4. tempt, aimed at entertaining between marking and distri- of the way from a Sumit de- such trouble as she brushed of 4-6, 6-2 to reach the fourth 6-4; Denis Istomin (Uzb) bt 30-Pablo Baroni (Cro) bt Maria Sakkari (Gre) Mixed doubles: First round: 2- fans and giving opportunity to bution duties smoothly on the flection. Ruhr stepped for- fellow American Nicole Gibbs round for the first time. Carreno-Busta (Esp) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3; 30-Ekaterina Makarova Sania Mirza (Ind) & Ivan Dodig (Cro) players in front of the goal- right. Manpreet got a yellow ward and beat Harte from the 6-1, 6-3 to maintain her charge In the women’s draw, Bri- 4-6, 6-2; 9-Rafael Nadal (Esp) bt 24- (Rus) bt 6-Dominika Cibulkova (Svk bt Laura Siegemund (Ger) & Mate mouth to showcase stick skills for a reckless tackle as the penalty spot with a firm push towards a 23rd Grand Slam tain’s Johanna Konta main- Alexander Zverev (Ger) 4-6, 6-3, 6-7 6-2, 6-7(3), 6-3. Pavic (Cro) 7-5, 6-4; Rohan Bopanna or power in their wrists, de- score remained goalless at to the left post. Dabang forced title. tained her sizzling form with a (5), 6-3, 6-2; 15-Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) 16-Barbora Strycova (Cze) bt 21- (Ind) & Gabriela Dabrowski (Can) bt termined the outcome of the half-time. two penalty corners in the ac- The next player to take on dominant 6-3, 6-1 victory over bt 18-Richard Gasquet (Fra) 6-3, 6-2, Caroline Garcia (Fra) 6-2, 7-5; 2-Ser- Michael Venus (NZ) & Katarina match. Ruhr turned creator on the tion-packed third quarter, but Serena will be Barbora Stry- Caroline Wozniacki. 6-4; 6-Gael Monfils (Fra) bt 32-Phil- ena Williams (USA) bt Nicole Gibbs Srebotnik (Slo) 6-4, 6-7(5), 10-7. Two video referrals were right, spotting teammate Sim- did not make headway. cova, who ousted France’s The results: Men’s singles: ipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) 6-3, 7-6(1), (USA) 6-1, 6-3; 9-Johanna Konta Junior singles: First round: taken in the last minute. ranjit lurking near the centre The score: Dabang Mumbai 3 Caroline Garcia to earn a shot Third round: 8-Dominic Thiem (Aut) 6-4; 3-Milos Raonic (Can) bt 25- (GBR) bt 17-Caroline Wozniacki Boys: Alexander Crnokrak (Aus) bt Dabang’s move to question just beyond the D. The latter (Harmanpreet Singh 37 PC, Nikkin at the World No. 2. bt Benoit Paire (Fra) 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, Gilles Simon (Fra) 6-2, 7-6(5), 3-6, (Den) 6-3, 6-1; 5-Karolina Pliskova Siddhant Banthia (Ind) 2-6, 7-6(3), the umpire decision proved trapped a powerful hit first- Thimmaiah 59 FG) drew with Ranchi Elsewhere 117th-ranked 6-4; 11-David Goffin (Bel) bt 20-Ivo 6-3. (Cze) bt Jelena Ostapenko (Lat) 4-6, 7-5. Girls: Zeel Desai (Ind) bt Kaitlin fruitful, resulting in the fifth time and sounded the boards Rays 3 (Simranjit Singh 31 FG, Chris- Istomin built on his win over Karlovic (Cro) 6-3, 6-2, 6-4; 13- Women’s singles: Third round: 6-0, 10-8; 22-Daria Gavrilova (Aus) Staines (Aus) 6-4, 3-6, 7-5. — AFP penalty corner and the equal- with the reverse hit. Harte, un- topher Ruhr 38 PS).

CM ND-ND YK NOIDA/DELHI 18 | SPORT THE HINDU SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2017 Sunish, Mareen HOCKEY INDIA LEAGUE Saurabh slams ton Saina in title round NEW DELHI: Saurabh Singh (139 triumph batting) and Kanishk Seth (46 SARAWAK: Saina Nehwal beat changed gears and reeled of KOLKATA: Third seed Dhruv batting) put on 92 runs in an Waveriders go in confident on-going seventh-wicket Hong Kong’s Yip Pui Yin 21-13, five straight points to first turn Sunish of India defeated Kaza- 21-10 to make the final of the the tables and then amassed khstan’s Dostanbek Tashbu- stand to bring Bengal within Y.B. SARANGI $120,000 Malaysia Masters seven points on the trot to latov in the boys’ singles final striking distance of Delhi’s Grand Prix Gold here on leave the Hong Kong player and lift DKS ITF juniors tennis first innings total on the third BHUBANESWAR: Delhi Saturday. stranded. title. and penultimate day of the Waveriders may not have Saina will face Thailand’s In the second game, there Sunish, currently ranked Cooch Behar Trophy (un- many big names in its ranks in Pornpawee Chochuwong in was a marked diference as No. 2 in u-18 category in the der-19) cricket final at the the fifth edition of the Hockey the summit clash after the lat- Saina simply walked away country, played with authority Ferozeshah Kotla on Saturday. India League (HIL), but coach ter defeated Cheung Ngan Yi with the game without giving and was in control right The scores: Delhi 314 vs. Bengal Cedric D’Souza is confident of 21-19, 20-22, 21-18 in the other any chance to her rival. through. He hardly allowed 272 for six in 120 overs (Saurabh the balance in the side ahead of semifinal. She opened up a 6-0 lead any space to the fifth-seeded Singh 139 batting, Kanishk Seth 46 its opening match at formid- Saina, who opened up a 4-1 and then kept extending it to Tashbulatov and won the first batting, Mohammad Ansari 38, able Kalinga Lancers’ home, lead, lost control and let Yin go eventually shut the door on set easily 6-2. Vishvash Malik three for 78). the Kalinga Stadium, here on ahead 7-4 and 12-9. The Indian Yin. — PTI Continuing to play with the Sunday. same intensity and precision in the second set, Sunish “There have been quite Easy for Warriors CHESS dropped just three games to some changes due to the non- HOUSTON: win it 6-3 and the match in just availability of players. That’s Having already de- one hour and 14 minutes. why we had to go the reserve livered convincing statements Sunish had lost the final to Jack pool. We have taken the best earlier this week by drubbing Laxman among leaders Draper of Great Britain in a available to make our team as the Cavaliers and Thunder, strong as possible. Now is the Warriors were quick to send CHENNAI: GM Alberto David (4 The lone upset of the day similar tournament in Chand- points) shared the lead with saw Candidate Master Arys- igarh earlier this month. time to deliver on the pitch,” the message that exacting re- venge for a previous loss was a five other players — R.R. Lax- tanbek Urazayev going down The girls’ final was a one- said D’Souza, who oversaw a RARING TO GO: Kalinga Lancers captain Moritz Fuerste ( facing camera) leads the team’s practice seven-day camp. pressing priority. man and B. Sekar (both India), to B. Sekar. sided afair where the top- session. — PHOTO: BISWARANJAN ROUT Adam Tukhaev (Ukraine), The results (fourth round): M. seeded Axana Mareen of Bel- Trusted drag-flicker Golden State Warriors dom- inated Houston Rockets for a Vadim Malakhatko (Belgium) Kunal (3) lost to Alberto David (Ita, gium made short work of In- Rupinderpal Singh, who has Singh and forward Mandeep better because we have got Hager with a lot of optimism. 125-108 win in the NBA on and Attila Czebe (Hungary) — 4), Adam Tukhaev (Ukr, 4) bt P. Sara- dian Akanksha Bhan to reign taken over the captaincy, and Singh and goalkeeper Vikas current internationals in Bak- Lancers, also consisting of Friday. after the fourth round of the vana Krishnan (3), Gulrukhbegim 6-1, 6-3. New Zealand striker Simon Dahiya, give depth to ker and Craig. So that gives us Tokhirjonova (Uzb, 3) lost to Vadim The results (finals): the efervescent German Mor- The results: Los Angeles Lakers Chennai Open Grandmaster Child are long-serving mem- Waveriders, which finished some strike power upfront. 108 bt Indiana Pacers 96; Utah Jazz 112 chess tournament here on Sat- Malakhatko (Bel, 4), Sidhant Mo- Boys: Dhruv Sunish (Ind) bt bers of the side and will carry third in 2016. itz Furste as its captain and the Dostanbek Tashbulatov (Kaz) 6-2, The Indian players have im- dashing Aussie Glenn Turner, bt Dallas Mavericks 107 (ot); Memphis urday. David got the better of hapatra (3.5) drew with Adam Hor- forward the team ethos. Lancers has added more ex- 6-3. proved over 12 months. Dav- will have the privilege of play- Grizzlies 107 bt Sacramento Kings 91; M. Kunal. vath (Hun, 3.5), Attila Czebe (Hun, 4) Girls: Axana Mareen (Bel) bt Waveriders is strengthened perience to the squad by re- inder (Walmiki) and S.K. Brooklyn Nets 143 bt New Orleans Pel- Half a point behind at 3.5 bt M. Chakravarthi (3), Rahul Shetty by the presence of seasoned ing the first match in front of Akanksha Bhan (Ind) 6-1, 6-3. — cruiting Dutch midfield mas- (Uthappa) had a good icans 114; Golden State Warriors 125 bt points were twenty players in- (3.5) drew with P. Shyaamnikhil South African Austin Smith, their passionate home crowd. Sports Bureau ter Billy Bakker and talented Olympics and they showed Houston Rockets 108; Atlanta Hawks cluding Sahaj Grover, Adam (3.5), Saptarshi Roy 3.5 drew with M. Australian Tristan White and Australian Tom Craig. Last some really good signs. Dipsan Nevertheless, Waveriders 102 bt Chicago Bulls 93; Phil- Horvath, Jacek Stopa, Vitaliy Mahalakshmi (3.5), D. Gukesh (3) Belgian goalkeeper Vincent year’s runner-up has every in- (Tirkey, another Junior World refused to be bogged down by adelphia76ers 93 bt Portland Trail- Bernadskiy and Vitaly Sivuk, lost to R.R. Laxman (4), N.R. Vignesh UP piles it on Vanasch. tention to go one better this Cup winner) at the back has any pressure. “I love to play blazers 92; Charlotte Hornets 113 bt among others. (3.5) drew with Mithil Ajgaonkar Junior World Cup winners, year. also some good experience,” under pressure in a packed sta- Toronto Raptors 78; Orlando Magic 112 R.R. Laxman scored a fine (3.5), B. Sekar (4) bt Arystanbek including midfielder Harjeet “Possibly we are a little bit said Lancers’ coach Mark dium,” said Rupinderpal. bt Milwaukee Bucks 96.—Reuters technical win over D. Gukesh. Urazayev (Kaz, 3). INDORE: Uttar Pradesh piled up 333 for eight in reply to Hy- derabad’s 163 in their Vijay Merchant Trophy cricket CRICKET tournament semifinal at In- MOTORSPORTS Big Heart fancied dore on Saturday. The scores: Hyderabad 163 in 52.5 overs (Owais Abdul Wahed 30, Miller flays Lanka HYDERABAD: Big Heart may score an 1. Agusta Bombshell, 2. Legend, encore in the Nawab Mir Musthaq 3. Torremolinos Divesh Singh 48, Karthik Tyagi four No stopping Jagan Kumar Ali Khan Memorial Cup (1,400m), for 44, Subhash Viswas three for 37) CENTURION: David Miller hit 40 10 overs a side before Sri the main event of the races to be held 6 ROCKY PLATE ( Div. I), vs. Uttar Pradesh 333 for eight in 141 of 18 balls to set up a South Lanka was restricted to 107 for SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT here on Sunday (Jan. 22). (1,200m), 5-y-o & over, rated 26 to (12mins, 09.200secs); 2. Amarnath Immaneni (Bengaluru) (09:17.922). 50 (Cat. III), 3-45: 1. Golden Angel overs (Prabhnoor Singh 91, Aryan Africa win by 19 runs in a rain- six. CHENNAI: Jagan Kumar of TVS Menon (Rockstar Racing) Honda CBR 250 (Open): 1. Hari 1 ARMAGNAC PLATE (1) G. Naresh 60, 2. Green Striker Sharma 89, Sameer Rizvi 84, Vikas shortened first Twenty20 In- New fast bowler Lungi Racing produced yet another (12:13.491); 3. Abhishek Vasudev (1,400m), 4-y-o & over (winner not (6) I. Chisty 60, 3. Manogamini (5) Krishnan R (Honda Ten10 Racing) more than one after 31 March 2014), Sikvarkar 44 batting , Trishank Gupta ternational against Sri Lanka Ngidi, 20, bowled with im- commanding performance to (Rockstar Racing) (12:20.926). (15:06.767); 2. Mathana Kumar S P. Gaddam 60, 4. Rapidest (9) A. at SuperSport Park on Friday. pressive pace and was named rated 26 to 50, 1-15 p.m.: 1. Mandy (7) Joshi 59.5, 5. Matica (8) Koushik 58, three for 109, Owais Abdul Wahed seal the premium Super Sport Super Sport Indian (165cc): 1. (Honda Ten10 Racing) (15:07.349); 3. Akshay Kumar 60, 2. Avantika (8) 6. Blaze Of Glory (2) Ajeeth Kumar three for 26). Miller's power hitting en- Man-of-the-Match after tak- Indian (165cc) class title on the Jagan Kumar (TVS Racing) P. Ananth Raj (Pro Lap Racing) Beuzelin 59, 3. Chinese Thought (5) 55, 7. Coral Springs (3) Kuldeep abled South Africa score 126 ing two for 12 in his two overs. penultimate day of the fifth and (12:14.805); Harry Sylvester (TVS Ra- (15:07.919). CBR 150 (Novice, 4 A. A. Vikrant 58, 4. Negress Pearl Singh 54.5, 8. Onk Onk Onk (7) Sai for five in a match reduced to — AFP (4) I. Chisty 58, 5. Ship Shape (9) N. Kumar 53 and 9. Dear Friend (4) final round of the MRF MMSC cing) (12:16.422); 3. Mathana Kumar laps): 1. Piyush Ranjan (Patna) S. Rathore 56, 6. Dragonstone (3) K. (Honda Ten10 Racing) (12:18.772). Kunal Bunde 51. East Bengal faces SCOREBOARD FMSCI Indian National motor- (09:05.163); 2. M. Mahesh Murali Mukesh Kumar 55, 7. Cash For 1. Blaze Of Glory, 2. Dear cycle racing championship at Pro Stock (165cc): 1. Rajiv Sethu (Kerala) (09:07.506); 3. P.M. Soorya Rank (6) A. S. Pawar 51.5, 8. Sefarina Friend, 3. Green Striker (Honda Ten10 Racing) (12:43.867); 2. (1) G. Naresh 51.5 and 9. Golden Bengaluru FC test South Africa: J. Smuts c Gunar- 27, A. Mathews c de Bruyn b Parnell the MMRT track, Sriperumbu- (Chennai) (09:08.460). Mithun Kumar (Honda Ten10 Racing) Adara (2) Md. Ismail 51. 7 P. E. BAPOOJI MEMORIAL atne b Lakmal 13, H. Kuhn lbw b 6, T. de Silva c Kuhn b Phangiso 0, S. dur, on Saturday. 1. Mandy, 2. Negress Pearl, 3. (12:48.541); 3. Prabhu Arunagiri Suzuki Gixxer Cup (Novice, 4 CUP (1,200m), 4-y-o & over, rated BARASAT (WEST BENGAL): Its quest Kulasekara 10, T. de Bruyn c Gunar- Prasanna c Mosehle b Ngidi 12, K. With just one race remaining Cash For Rank 46 to 70 (Cat. II), (whips are not (RACR) (12:49.197). laps): 1. Joseph Mathew (Chennai) for a maiden I-League title will atne b Prasanna 19, D. Miller c Lak- Mendis c Imran Tahir b Ngidi 1, D. and 25 points available, Jagan, 2 permitted in this race), 4-15: 1. Stock (165cc): 1. Yashas RL (09:11.643); 2. S. Vishal (Chennai) ROCKY PLATE (Div. II), Dream Girl (4) Md. Sameeruddin be tested when an unbeaten (1,200m), 5-y-o & over, rated 26 to mal b Kulasekara 40, F. Behardien Chandimal (not out) 6, A. Gunaratne with his fourth win in nine (Bengaluru) (13:28.353); 2. Antony (09:22.692); 3. A.S. Alexander (Chen- 60, 2. Bharat Queen (9) I. Chisty East Bengal faces defending (not out) 31, M. Mosehle run out 6, (not out) 10; Extras (lb-2): 2; Total starts, took his tally to 166, bey- 50 (Cat. III), 1-45: 1. Bouquet (3) I. 55.5, 3. Paprika (5) P. Gaddam 55.5, 4. Peter (Performance Racing) nai) (09:24.259). Chisty 60, 2. Dolce (4) K. Mukesh champion Bengaluru FC in an Manoveg (11) A. S. Pawar 54.5, 5. W. Parnell (not out) 0; Extras (lb-1, (for six wkts. in 10 overs): 107. ond the reach of nearest rival (13:28.368); 3. Soorya PM (Speed Up Kumar 60, 3. Midnight In Paris (1) exciting battle here on Sunday. All Ladies support races (4 Ragas Ajalias (6) Kunal Bunde 54.5, w-5, nb-1): 7; Total (for five wkts. in Fall of wickets: 1-59, 2-73, 3-74, Kannan Subramaniam (122). Racing) (13:28.513). laps) – Honda: 1. Aishwarya Pissay Md. Sameeruddin 60, 4. Island Bird 6. Ruby's Gift (1) N. Rawal 54.5, 7. For the Blues, this will be (9) P. Gaddam 59, 5. Kiss N Chase 10 overs): 126. 4-88, 5-90, 6-91. Spaniard Ami van MMSC One-Make Champion- (Bengaluru) (09:27.007); 2. A. Ry- Seven Colours (7) K. Mukesh Ku- their first match on the road (2) Gopal Singh 57.5, 6. Trustful (8) mar 54, 8. Whispering Pines (3) A. Fall of wickets: 1-15, 2-30, 3-54, Poederooijen (Rockstar Racing) ship – TVS Apache RTR 200 hana Bee (Chennai) (09:39.365); Nir- Aneel 55, 7. Beauty Flash (7) Ajit and arrive here on the back of South Africa bowling: Ngidi 2-0- A. Vikrant 54, 9. Without Makeup 4-105, 5-125. 12-2, Parnell 2-0-23-1, Phehlukwayo clinched the Super Sport Indian (Open): 1. Kannan Karnan (Chennai) anjanie Ravishankar (Chennai) Singh 54, 8. Sir Legend (5)A. S. (10) Ajit Singh 53, 10. Silver Dollar three home wins, but head Pawar 52 and 9. Golden Phoenix (6) Sri Lanka bowling: Mathews 2- 2-0-23-0, Tahir 2-0-23-2, Phangiso 300-400cc. (13:22.756); 2. Arun Muthukrishnan (09:56.603). Alisha Abdullah (8) Kuldeep Singh 52.5 and 11. Big coach Albert Roca refused to Md. Ismail 51.5. Flash (2) G. Naresh 52. 0-29-0, Kulasekara 2-0-27-2, Lakmal 2-0-24-1. The results (provisional): (all (Chennai) (13:23.539); 3. Prashanth Training Academy (4 laps): 1. R. 1. Bouquet, 2. Dolce, 3. Island make much of the streak on the 1-0-18-1, Gunaratne 2-0-12-0, Kumar (Karimnagar) (13:23.605). Haritha (Bangalore) (9:41.731); 2. Bird 1. Bharat Queen, 2. Dream Girl, Toss: Sri Lanka. six laps unless mentioned): Na- 3. Paprika eve of the fixture. Prasanna 1-0-14-1, Pradeep 2-0-25-0. tional Championship – Super Novice: 1. Yashas RL (Bengaluru) Olesya V Dias (Goa) (10:09.644); 3. “It is true that we have won Man-of-the-Match: Ngidi. 3 ROCKY PLATE (Dv. III), Sri Lanka: N. Dickwella c de Sport Indian (300-400cc): 1. Ami (09:13.274); 2. Peddu Sriharsha Renuka Gajendran (Bangalore) (1,200m), 5-y-o & over, rated 26 to 8 BROWN SUGAR PLATE three games in a row, but an Bruyn b Tahir 43, D. de Silva b Tahir South Africa won by 19 runs. van Poederooijen (Rockstar Racing) (Chennai) (09:15.052); 3. Aditya Rao (10:29.673). 50 (Cat. III), 2-15: Gangadhar (8) G. ((Div. I), (1,400m), 5-y-o & over, away game changes things. Naresh 60, 2. Kireeti (4) Akshay rated 46 to 70 (Cat. II), 4-45: 1. Won- East Bengal is a tough side Kumar 60, 3. Symbol Of Glory (7) B. der Eye (6) A M Tograllu 60, 2. Gayle Force (9) Khurshad Alam with some very good players R. Kumar 60, 4. Rock Baby Rock (9) Kiran Naidu 58.5, 5. Proud Image 58.5, 3. Byron Bay (5) Deepak Singh and we’ll have to be better DELHI ROUND-UP (6) Ajeeth Kumar 55, 6. Yet An- 55.5, 4. Bharat King (8) B. R. Kumar than we were before if we are Shakib spins Bangladesh back other (1) Kuldeep Singh 55, 7. 54.5, 5. Grand Canyon (7) A. A. to take anything away from Dhawan in team Globetrotter (2) Md. Ismail 52, 8. Vikrant 54, 6. Auston Doulton (3) Other results: Semifinals: Ashwini (5) Kunal Bunde 51.5 and 9. Md. Sameeruddin 53.5, 7. Princess this game,” Roca said. NEW DELHI: Shikhar Dhawan Women: Light-flyweight (48kg): Racing Ikon (3) C. P. Bopanna 50.5. Rose (10) Beuzelin 53.5, 8. Khoshgel A second-half strike from was named in the Delhi team Jyothi (Har) bt Tanvi Kaushal (Del) 1. Yet Another, 2. Racing Ikon, (2) Akshay Kumar 53, 9. Penu- skipper Sunil Chhetri secured into the Test 3. Symbol Of Glory matcha's Pride (1) N. S. Rathore for the inter-State T20 cricket 5-0; Anjali Sharma (MP) bt Babita 52.5 and 10. Shivalik Bird (4) A. S. three points for the Blues at Rani (Pun) 5-0. Flyweight (51kg): CHRISTCHURCH: Bangladesh un- Shakib bowled Watling for nings lead after a century tournament to be held at 4 NAWAB MIR MUSTHAQ Pawar 51. Barasat when the two sides Akta (Har) bt Maya Kumari (HP) 5-0; leashed Shakib Al Hasan with one and Colin de Grand- stand by Ross Taylor (77) and Dharamshala from January 29. ALI KHAN CUP (1,400m), (Cat. II), 1. Byron Bay, 2. Princess Rose, 3. last met in Kolkata, which was Joy Kumari Lama (Asm) bt Mani 3-y-o only (Terms), 2-45: Amorous Bharat King the club’s first away win dramatic efect late on day two homme without scoring to fin- Tom Latham (68) laid the Dhawan’s inclusion is subject White (3) Akshay Kumar 59.5, 2. Big Singh Gaur (MP) 3-2. Heart (5) Beuzelin 55.5, 3. Southern 9 against East Bengal. — PTI of the second Test against ish the day with three for 32. groundwork following an to his recovery from a thumb Bantamweight (54kg): Riya Tokas BALLERINA STAR PLATE New Zealand, claiming three Until Shakib’s one-man early collapse. injury. Crown (4) Kuldeep Singh 55.5, 4. (1,600m), 4-y-o & over, rated upto (Del) bt Palian Lalnunfeli (Miz) 4-1; Top Link (2) Deep Shanker 55.5, 5. 30, 5-15: Buckshee (9) B. R. Kumar quick wickets to leave the con- fightback, New Zealand was Taylor batted for 160 The team: Gautam Gambhir Parveen (Har) bt Deepa Kumari Treasure Striker (6) I. Chiaty 55.5, 62, 2. Golden Xanthus (11) Sai Ku- test evenly poised on Sat- advancing towards a first in- minutes. — AFP (Capt.), Unmukt Chand, Shikhar (MP) 4-1. 6. Gladiator Royale (7) G. Naresh mar 62, 3. Amazing Power (7) Ak- Haryana in final 54 and 7. Lady In Lace (1) N. Rawal shay Kumar 61, 4. Enter Canter (4) urday. Dhawan, Nitish Rana, Milind Kumar, Men: Light flyweight (46-49kg): RAMANATHAPURAM: Sarthak Ranjan, Kshitiz Sharma, 54. S. S. Tanwar 59, 5. Cannon Hope (5) Hockey New Zealand, which had SCOREBOARD Ansul Punia (Chd) bt Sahil Shah (HP) 1. Big Heart, 2. Amorous White, Kunal Bunde 58, 6. Carnival Ex- Haryana will meet Hockey been comfortably placed at Arjun Gupta, Pawan Negi, Manan 5-0; Barun Singh (SSCB) bt B. 3. Lady In Lace press (3) Kiran Naidu 58, 7. Green Jharkhand in the A division fi- 252 for four, was 260 for seven Sharma, Ishant Sharma, Pradeep Memories (6) Aneel 58, 8. Sensa- Bangladesh — 1st innings: 289. Southee (batting) 4; Extras (lb-1, Ramakrishanan (TN) 5-0. 5 nal of the seventh National in reply to Bangladesh’s 289 Sangwan, Navdeep Saini, Vikas BROWN SUGAR PLATE tional Girl (2) N. Rawal 55.5, 9. w-4, nb-2): 7; Total (for seven wkts. Flyweight: Ch. Wilson Singh (SSCB) (Div. II), (1,400m), 5-y-o & over, Touch Of Gold (8) Md. Sameerud- sub-junior hockey tournament when rain ended play early at New Zealand — 1st innings: J. in 71 overs): 260. Tokas, and Subodh Bhati. bt Sudeep K. Yadav (UP) 3-2; rated 46 to 70 (Cat. II), 3-15: 1. Tor- din 55, 10. Amravathi (10) G. Naresh for women here on Sunday. the Hagley Oval. Raval b Kamrul Islam 16, T. Latham c Fall of wickets: 1-45, 2-47, 3-153, Mandeep in final Gurpreet Singh (Pun) bt remolinos (8) Akshay Kumar 60, 2. 54 and 11. Royal Gold (1) Ajit Singh The results (semifinals): Shakib, with his mesmer- Nurul Hasan b Taskin Ahmed 68, K. 4-177, 5-252, 6-256, 7-256. Legend (3) Sai Kumar 59, 3. Delta 50. Moirangthem R Singh (Man) 3-2. Force (9) N. S. Rathore 55.5, 4. Can- Hockey Haryana 5 (Reet 2, Sharmila ising left-arm spin, took three Williamson c Nurul Hasan b Kamrul Bangladesh bowling: Taskin NEW DELHI: Mandeep Kaur Bantamweight (56kg): M.D. Etash 1. Cannon Hope, 2. Carnival Ex- berra (5) Kuldeep Singh 54, 5. press, 3. Amazing Power Devi, Amandeep Kaur) bt UP Hockey wickets for three runs of nine Islam 2, R. Taylor c sub b Mehedi Ahmed 17-1-64-1, Mehedi Hasan 16- stood just one step away from Golden Arrow (4) I. Chisty 54, 6. Khan (SSCB) bt Laldingliana (Miz) Day's best: Big Heart 1 (Sapna Devi); Hockey Jharkhand 5 deliveries. Hasan 77, H. Nicholls (batting) 56, M. 2-51-1, Rubel Hossain 15-2-54-0, the title after defeating 5-0; Pawan Gurung (Utk) bt Rahul Kalinda (6) Rohit Kumar 54, 7. (Deepika Soreng 2, Sangita Kumari, Santner lbw b Shakib Al Hasan 29, B. Kamrul Islam 13-3-48-2, Shakib Al Agusta Bombshell (2) A M To- Double: Blaze Of Glory - Bharat Henry Nicholls was un- Rajbala in the 57kg semifinals Dhanda (Har) 4-1. Light grallu 53.5, 8. Dancing Farha (7) G. Queen Rajni Kerketta, Beauty Dungdung) bt beaten on 56 with Tim Southee Watling b Shakib Al Hasan 1, C. de Hasan 7-0-32-3, Soumya Sarkar 3-0- of the youth National boxing welterweight: Akash (SSCB) bt Naresh 52.5 and 9. Time Is Luck (1) Jkt: 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9; Tr (i): 1, 2 & 3; (ii): 4, Hockey Chandigarh 0. on four. Grandhomme b Shakib Al Hasan 0, T. 10-0. championship here. Deenu Thapa (Utk) 5-0. P. Gaddam 52. 5 & 6; (iii): 7, 8 & 9; Tla: all races. VARIETY Mrs Patmore vs Mekong Delta Shivalik Star clinches main event BENGALURU: Shivalik Star (S. John Breed Ltd represented by Mr. Zavary Proudprince (Sai Vamshi) 2, Cannes in Poonawalla Indian Oaks up) won the Karnataka Police Poonawalla & Byramjee Jeejeebhoy (R. Manish) 3 and Artorius (Raja SU | DO | KU Trophy, the feature event of the races Pvt Ltd rep by. Mr. Byram N. Jeejeeb- Rao) 4. 1-1/2, 3-1/2 and Shd. 1m 39.72s. held here on Saturday (Jan. 21). hoy. Trainer: S. Padmanabhan. Rs. 30 (w), 19, 18 and 40 (p), SHP: Rs. Angel (2) Srinath 54.5, 8. Ab- The winner is owned by Mr. Chit- 4. K.S. PREMCHAND ME- 56, FP: Rs. 151, Q: Rs. 94, Trinella: Rs. MUMBAI: Mrs Patmore and Mekong 6 VILLOO POONAWALLA Delta should fight out the finish of beyroad (13) Dashrath 54, 9. Shiva- turi Krishna Kannaiah, Mr. Ajith MORIAL TROPHY (Div. I), 1,272 and Rs. 589, Exacta: Rs. 29,282 lik Rose (7) Ayyar 53, 10. Abu Al INDIAN OAKS (Gr. I) (2,400m), Prasad & Mr. Benly Abraham and (1,200m), rated 30 to 50: Gypsy and Rs. 25,099. Favourite: Only the Villoo Poonawalla Indian Oaks 4-y-o fillies only, 5-00: 1. Aster (Gr. I), the stellar attraction of the Bukhoosh (5) Roushan 52.5, 11. trained by Arjun Mangalorkar. (Suraj Narredu) 1, Zafran (P. Trevor) Prince. Torrezzo (6) Parmar 52.5, 12. Care Rose (6) Suraj Narredu 57, 2. Book 2, Tax Free (Janardhan Paswan) 3 and races to be held here on Sunday (Jan. Thief (2) Parmar 57, 3. Et Voila (5) The results: 22). Free (14) C.S.Jodha 52, 13. Crystal 1. CHARMUDI PLATE Flotus (P.P. Dhebe) 4. 1-1/2, 1-1/4 and Owner: Mrs. Isha Saandesh Nayak. Ball (3) Shelar 52 and 14. Smokey Srinath 57, 4. Frosty (8) Dashrath 4. 1m 13.47s. Rs. 22 (w), 13, 18 and 43 Trainer: Sriram Komandur. There will be no false rails. 57, 5. Mekong Delta (1) Sandesh 57, (1,400m), rated 00 to 20, 5-y-o & over: An amount of ₨10,00,000 will be Roses (4) S.K.Jadhav 50. Zala Princess (Mukesh Kumar) 1, (p), SHP: Rs. 45, FP: Rs. 58, Q: Rs. 38, 1. Vice Admiral, 6. Mrs Patmore (4) Trevor 57, 7. Trinella: Rs. 459 and Rs. 268, Exacta: 8. K.S. PREMCHAND ME- added to the Super Jackpot Pool Silver Beauty (9) Yash Narredu Dancing Princess (P. Trevor) 2, Fly- MORIAL TROPHY (Div. II), collection. 2. Rashun, ing Prince (Nitin Singh) 3 and Ori- Rs. 727 and Rs. 213. Favourite: Gypsy. 3. Ice Angel 57, 8. Temerity (3) Neeraj 57 and 9. (1,200m), rated 30 to 50: Areca Winter Renaissance (7) C.S.Jodha ental Belle (I. Chisty) 4. 1-1/4, 2-1/4 Owners: Mr. Daulat Chhabria, Mr. Cruise (P. Trevor) 1, Leon (R. Pra- 1 LT COL GOVIND SINGH Sunil K. Vasant & Mr. Pradeep Lala. 4 57. and 1-3/4. 1m 28.32s. Rs. 119 (w), 37, 13 deep) 2, Romantic Helen (Rayan (VRC)TROPHY (1,400m), GOOL S.POONAWALLA and 23 (p), SHP: Rs. 42, FP: Rs. 562, Q: Trainer: Irfan Ghatala. Maiden, 3-y-o only, 2-30 pm: 1. Big MILLION (Gr. III) (1,200m), 3-y-o 1. Mrs. Patmore, Ahmed) 3 and Paradiso (Neeraj) 4. 3, Rs. 179, Trinella: Rs. 1,410 and Rs. 853, 5. DR. C. VITTAL ME- 1-1/4 and Nk. 1m 13.78s. Rs. 35 (w), 17, Sur (2) Sandesh 55, 2. Gloriosus (7) only, 4-00: 1. Texas Gold (4) 2. Mekong Delta, Exacta: Rs. 7,898 and Rs. 6,770. Fa- MORIAL CUP (1,400m), rated 30 C.S.Jodha 55, 3. Rochester (3) Zer- J.Chinoy 58, 2. Wise Child (11) 74 and 24 (p), SHP: Rs. 253, FP: Rs. 3. Temerity vourite: Dancing Princess. to 50, 5-y-o & over: Adriphos (Sunil 860, Q: Rs. 566, Trinella: Rs. 4,881 and van 55, 4. Secret Harmony (4) Sandesh 58, 3. Elysee (3) Parmar Owner and trainer: Mr. Mahmood Samson) 1, Rapid Advance (P. Surya) Bhawani 55, 5. Dixieland (6) Trevor 56.5, 4. Goldie’s Pet (1) S.John 56.5, Rs. 1,521, Exacta: Rs. 86,267 and Rs. 7 Khan. 2, Frenemee (Rajesh Babu) 3 and Tea 36,971. Favourite: Areca Cruise. 53.5, 6. Manifold (1) Neeraj 53.5 and 5. Miss Moneypenny (2) C.S.Jodha TRICUMDAS DWARKAS Wid Me (Irvan Singh) 4. Not run: TROPHY (1,200m), Cl. IV, rated 2. DASHMESH STUD 7. Wild Fire (5) Dashrath 53.5. 56.5, 6. Ruina (7) David Allan PLATE (Div. II), (1,200m), rated 45 Ravelnation. Nk, 3/4 and 4-3/4. 1m 56.5, 7. Summer Rays (8) Zervan 20 to 46, 5-30: 1. Pollyana (13) Owners: Mr. Jairam G. Kimmane & 1. Dixieland, to 65, 5-y-o & over: Noble Flaire (S. 26.62s. Rs. 100 (w), 30, 19 and 18 (p), Mr. Ananth Iyengar. Trainer: 2. Big Sur, 56.5, 8. Excellent Gold (5) Neeraj 61, 2. Gregorian Chants (7) SHP: Rs. 51, FP: Rs. 383, Q: Rs. 183, J.Chinoy 59, 3. Wild Jack (2) Par- John) 1, Amazing Redd (Rayan Prasanna Kumar. 3. Manifold S.Kamble 54, 9. Cerrado (6) Tre- Ahmed) 2, Mariko (Darshan) 3 and Trinella: Rs. 2,394 and Rs. 1,190, Ex- vor 52.5, 10. My Precious (9) mar 55.5, 4. Komodo Dragon (8) 2 Akha Teej (P. Trevor) 4. 1-1/4, Snk acta: Rs. 87,510 (carried over). Fa- 9. DASHMESH STUD P.D.AVASIA TROPHY P.S.Chouhan 52.5 and 11. Tower K.Kadam 54, 5. Regal Shot (1) vourite: Freestyle. Joseph 54, 6. Lady In Red (4) and 2-3/4. 1m 13.77s. Rs. 27 (w), 14, 25 PLATE (Div. I), (1,200m), rated 45 (1,200m), Cl. II, rated 60 to 86, 3-00: Bridge (10) Suraj Narredu 52.5. and 16 (p), SHP: Rs. 69, FP: Rs. 175, Q: Owners: Mr. S.N. Prasad, Mr. T.S. to 65, 5-y-o & over: Royal Defence 1. The Ministerian (4) Bhawani 60, 1. Wise Child, David Allan 53.5, 7. Dolphin (5) C.S.Jodha 53, 8. Voulez Vous (6) Rs. 98, Trinella: Rs. 314 and Rs. 109, Preetham & Mr. Ramesh Chandra (Rayan Ahmed) 1, Rich Revival (A. 2. Paramour (1) Sandesh 59.5, 3. 2. Summer Rays, Exacta: Rs. 792 and Rs. 487. Favourite: Mehta. Trainer: Sriram Komandur. Imran Khan) 2, Ambleside (Nazerul Papakura (2) Mosin 58.5, 4. Final 3. Texas Gold S.Amit 53, 9. Colour Therapy (10) Ajinkya 52.5, 10. Forever Free (3) Noble Flaire. 6. KARNATAKA POLICE Alam) 3 and Eragon (David Allan) 4. Encounter (8) Neeraj 56, 5. Incentio TROPHY (1,200m), rated 75 & Not run: Fourth Dimension and Hid- (9) S.Amit 56, 6. Shivalik Shine (7) 5 MIRCHI MILLION S.J.Sunil 52.5, 11. Panatela (-) (-) Owners: Mr. K. Shasha Bindu Das, (1,400m), Cl. III, rated 40 to 66, 52.5, 12. Bee Quirky (11) Nadeem Mr. K. Balamukunda Das, Mr. K. above: Shivalik Star (S. John) 1, den Soldier. 1-1/4, 1-1/2 and 1-1/4. 1m Ajinkya 55.5, 7. Hidden Soul (5) T.S- Coldstream (David Allan) 2, Life 13.72s. Rs. 135 (w), 27, 23 and 27 (p), .Jodha 54, 8. Rider On The Storm 4-30: 1. Charging Tigress (1) 52, 13. Royal Eyes (9) Altaf Sayyed Kamesh & Mr. Hiro G. Matia. S.Amit 62, 2. Batman (10) 52 and 14. Time Of My Life (14) Trainer: Prasanna Kumar. Awaits (Neeraj) 3 and Integrated (Ir- SHP: Rs. 67, FP: Rs. 1,770, Q: Rs. 996, (6) Raghuveer 53.5 and 9. Sydney van Singh) 4. 1/2, Hd and 1-1/2. 1m Trinella: Rs. 7,705 and Rs. 1,834, Ex- Harbour (3) Zervan 51. C.S.Jodha 58.5, 3. Eternal Sunshine Nazil 49.5. 3. VIRAJPET PLATE (1,100m), (4) Sandesh 56.5, 4. Rosella (2) maiden 3-y-o only, (Terms), 2-45: 12.25s. Rs. 238 (w), 64, 21 and 20 (p), acta: Rs. 10,087 and Rs. 2,594. Favour- 1. Paramour, 1. Wild Jack, SHP: Rs. 61, FP: Rs. 2,192, Q: Rs. 842, ite: Eragon. 2. Final Encounter, Srinath 56.5, 5. Miss Saigon (6) Lady Barrington (David Allan) 1, 2. Lady In Red, Queen Latifa (Suraj Narredu) 2, Bora Trinella: Rs. 6,183 and Rs. 2,650, Ex- 3. The Ministerian Trevor 56, 6. Flashy Wings (8) Owner: M R Stud Farms Pvt Ltd Sudoku is a mind game and a P.S.Chouhan 54.5, 7. Golden Ec- 3. Pollyana Bora (P. Trevor) 3 and Regal Realm acta: Rs. 19,190 and Rs. 6,579. Favour- puzzle that you solve with 3 (Neeraj) 4. Not run: Lofty Thoughts ite: Integrated. rep by. Mr. N. Chandrashekar Rai. HARRISH MEHRA TROPHY lipse (5) Parmar 54.5, 8. Arak (11) Day’s best: Paramour Trainer: S. Dominic. reasoning and logic. (1,600m), Cl. IV, rated 20 to 46, 3- T.S.Jodha 52.5, 9. Sawgrass (9) and Indian Rocket. 3/4, 2-3/4 and 4- Owners: Mr. Chitturi Krishna Kan- Double: Miss Saigon – Wild Jack Fill in the grid with digits in such 30: 1. Rashun (11) T.S.Jodha 61.5, 2. S.Kamble 52, 10. Zanzibaar (7) 1/4. 1m 07.10s. Rs. 35 (w), 14, 14 and 12 naiah, Mr. Ajith Prasad & Mr. Benly Jackpot: Rs. 3,25,665 (two tkts); Vice Admiral (9) Sandesh 58.5, 3. Yash Narredu 51.5 and 11. Zoom Jackpot: 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7. (p), SHP: Rs. 36, FP: Rs. 115, Q: Rs. 78, Abraham. Trainer: Arjun Runner-up: Rs. 7,544 (37 tkts). a manner that every row, every Trinella: Rs. 150 and Rs. 48, Exacta: Mangalorkar. Daydreamer (10) Zervan 57.5, 4. Zoom (3) K.Kadam 51. Treble : 5, 6 & 7. column and every 3x3 box Glorious Hymn (12) S.John 57.5, 5. 1. Miss Saigon, Rs. 282 and Rs. 204. Favourite: Bora 7. CORDEN BLEU PLATE Treble (i): Rs. 963 (10 tkts); (ii): Rs. accommodates the digits 1 to 9, Royal Classic (8) S.Amit 56.5, 6. 2. Eternal Sunshine, Tanala : All races. Bora. (1,600m), rated 15 to 35, 5-y-o & over: 1,687 (seven tkts); (iii): Rs. 2,284 (14 without repeating any. Jeena (1) Yash Narredu 55, 7. Ice 3. Rosella Super Jackpot : 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7. Owners: Poonawalla Racing & Only Prince (Suraj Narredu) 1, tkts).

CM ND-ND YK NOIDA/DELHI | THE HINDU SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2017 SPORT 19

Shrikrishna Hari draws tops group WIJK AAN ZEE (THE NETHERLANDS): P. Gujarat pushes Rest of India into a corner Hari Krishna easily drew with Russia’s Dmitry Andreikin be- G. VISWANATH fore B. Adhiban escaped the CRICKET / Skipper Pujara’s rash pull deprives him of a deserving century grasp of Radoslaw Wojtaszek PUNE: Tamil Nadu’s S. and eyed a possible win, fol- AMOL KARHADKAR Shrikrishna scored a fine 3-1 Gaja to Parthiv behind the Chintan Gaja lbw b Pankaj 8, Hardik lowing a late blunder by the victory over Alok Kumar to stumps. Patel (not out) 18, Ishwar Chaudhary Polish GM in the seventh round top his group in the billiards MUMBAI: Parthiv Patel contin- c Tiwary b Pankaj 15; Extras (lb-2, of the Tata Steel Masters chess Late-order collapse competition of the Manish Na- ued to impress with his cap- w-2): 4; Total (in 102.5 overs): 358. tournament here on Saturday. tional billiards and snooker taincy and a young bowling at- Kuldeep Yadav missed a Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-55, 3-81, 4- On a day when World cham- championship here on Sat- tack responded to its leader’s straight one from Hardik to- 82, 5-191, 6-231, 7-237, 8-261, 9-333. urday. requirements. wards the end of the day to pion Magnus Carlsen had An- The results (league): Still, the Rest of India bats- trigger a late-order collapse Rest of India bowling: Pankaj ish Giri at his mercy but al- Group A: Sourav Kothari, PSPB bt men would be ruing the that saw RoI lose four wickets Singh 22.5-5-104-4, Siddharth Kaul lowed him to get away with the Rishabh Kumar, Mah 3-1 [100(55)- missed opportunities, which for just one run. 26-4-86-5, Mohammed Siraj 16-5- chance of getting a draw, Wes- 62, 52-100(60), 100-51, 100(70)-24]; has forced their team into a The only RoI batsman who 49-0, Kuldeep Yadav 16-3-61-0, ley So stayed at the top with five bt Sundeep Gulati, Del 3-0 [100 (94) corner in the Irani Cup match. spent some quality time at the Shahbaz Nadeem 19-2-43-0, Akhil points. - 8, 100-90, 100-76]. At the end of the second crease was captain Chetesh- Herwadkar 3-0-13-1. Hari held Andreikin in 43 Group B: Siddharth Parikh, Rlys. day’s play at the Brabourne war Pujara. Rest of India — 1st innings: moves. Later, Adhiban erred bt Jagadesh, TN 3-1 [100-95, 9-100, Stadium, Rest of India was The No. 3 batsman, during Akhil Herwadkar c Raval b Hardik 48, twice in succession while ap- 102-77, 102-20]. stuttering at 206 for nine, 152 his 221-minute stay, looked in Abhinav Mukund c Gohil b Gaja 8, proaching the time-control of Group D: Subrat Das, Odi bt runs behind the Ranji Trophy great nick. Cheteshwar Pujara c Parthiv b 40 moves to stare at defeat. Deeraj Raj, Tel 3-0 [101-96, 100-87, champion’s first innings total While his steers of Hardik Chaudhary 86, Karun Nair c Parthiv b Luckily for him, Wojtaszek re- 101-90]; Dhwaj Haria, PSPB bt of 358. through the third-man region Gaja 28, Manoj Tiwary lbw b Thadani turned the favour by missing Kankan Shamsi, UP [101-17, 100-49, Manoj Tiwary was done in were a treat to watch, the high- 12, Wriddhiman Saha lbw b Thadani out on the precise continuation 80-101, 100-52]; bt Dheeraj 3-0 [100- by umpire Virender Sharma’s light of his innings was a 0, Kuldeep Yadav lbw b Hardik 5, and by the 46th move, a draw 28, 100-32, 100-44]; Subrat bt decision to adjudge him leg- spanking cover drive of Gaja Shahbaz Nadeem c Gaja b Hardik 0, looked on the cards. But soon, Kankan 3-1 [100(57)- 24, 100-37, 61- before of debutant seamer early in his innings. Siddharth Kaul c Parthiv b Gaja 0, Wojtaszek blundered a knight 101, 100-41]. Mohit Thadani when the ball However, Pujara played a Pankaj Singh (batting) 7, Mo- to give Adhiban the chance of Group E: Aamer Hussain, WB bt appeared to have been going rash pull late in the day to miss hammed Siraj (batting) 8; Extras an unexpected victory. Anupam Jha, Bih 3-0 [100-51, 100- over the stumps. out on a deserving century. (b-4): 4; Total (for nine wkts. in 72 The results (seventh round): 50, 104-59]; Pankaj Advani, PSPB bt The scores: overs): 206. Dmitry Andreikin (Rus, 3.5) drew with Nitin Kohli, UP 3-0 [100(66)-2, 100 Brilliance CLASSY: Cheteshwar Pujara was the only Rest of India batsman who spent time in the middle Gujarat — 1st innings: Samit P. Hari Krishna (3.5); Wesley So (USA, Fall of wickets: 1-21, 2-89, 3-136, (87)-34, 100(100)-12]. Abhinav Mukund was bril- but threw his wicket away late in the day. — FILE PHOTO Gohil lbw b Pankaj 0, Priyank Panchal 5) drew with Pavel Eljanov (Ukr, 4.5); Group G: S. Sankar Rao, AP bt A. liantly caught in the slips by c Karun b Pankaj 30, Dhruv Raval c 4-166, 5-170, 6-191, 7-191, 8-191, Sergey Karjakin (Rus, 4) bt Levon Satish Kumar, Kar 3-0 [100-74, 100- Samit Gohil and Wriddhiman dismissals due to brilliance on big scores in an important fix- long spell of 25 unchanged Saha b Kaul 39, Parthiv Patel b Kaul 9-192. Aronian (Arm, 3.5); Wei Yi (Chn, 4.5) 36, 100-76]; Vishal Madan, Mah bt Saha had no answer to one the field. ture in the calendar. overs, straight to Dhruv Raval 11, Manprit Juneja c Pujara b Her- Gujarat bowling: Chintan Gaja bt Loek van Wely (Ned, 1); Ian Nepom- Tarun Gupta, Tel 3-2 [95-100, 100- from Thadani that pitched The other specialist bats- Opener Akhil Herwadkar at forward short-leg. Karun wadkar 47, Chirag Gandhi c & b Kaul 17-4-46-3, Mohit Thadani 15-3-48-2, niachtchi (Rus, 2.5) drew with 55, 102-26, 14-100, 100-90]. outside of and came in men, however, would be dis- dabbed left-arm spinner Nair played down the wrong 169, Karan Patel c Saha b Kaul 13, Ishwar Chaudhary 14-5-28-1, Hardik Richard Rapport (Hun, 2). — Sports Group H: Dhruv Sitwala, PSPB bt sharply. These were the only appointed on missing out on Hardik Patel, who bowled a line, inside-edging Chintan Mohit Thadani c Tiwary b Kaul 4, Patel 25-5-73-3, Karan Patel 1-0-7-0. Bureau M.L. Lakshman, Kar 3-0 [100(91)-6, 100-20, 100(91)-17]. Group I: Rupesh Shah, PSPB bt EUROPEAN FOOTBALL LEAGUES Shakil Ahmed, WB 3-0 [100 (100)-4, 100-69, 100(79)-02]. Mohun Bagan’s winning run continues Group J: S. Shrikrishna, TN bt S. PRASANNA VENKATESAN Marcos struck in the 52nd Amit Sharma, Del 3-0 [100(95)-0, Morale-shattering loss for Liverpool minute to help the host go one 100(68)-20, 100-65); bt Alok Kumar, CHENNAI: Mohun Bagan beat up. Eduardo Ferreira took a LONDON: Wayne Rooney be- Ham 3 (Carroll 9, 43, Calleri 90+4); PSPB 3-1 [102(98)-5, 21-101, 101-20, Chennai City FC 2-1 in a I- free kick on the right for Bagan came Manchester United’s all- Stoke 1 (Mata 19-og) drew with 100-43]; Alok bt Nikhil Ghadge, Rlys. League match at the Nehru but his ball to Darryl Dufy time leading scorer in dra- Manchester United 1 (Rooney 90+4); 3-1 [100-49, 70-100(58), 100-17, Stadium on Saturday to go to couldn’t be taken forward. Jeje matic fashion as his last-ditch West Brom 2 (Fletcher 30, Brunt 36) 100(75)-13]. the top of the table with 12 Lalpekhlua then scored to help wonder goal rescued a 1-1 draw bt Sunderland 0; Liverpool 2 (Firmino Group K: Brijiesh Damani, PSPB bt points. Bagan draw level. at Stoke, while Liverpool’s 55, 69) lost to Swansea 3 (Llorente S. Magesh, TN 3-0 [100-46, 100-42, For Bagan, injured centre- Norde took a freekick, close title challenge sufered a major 48, 52, Sigurdsson 74). 100-52]; Shyam Jagtiani, WB bt Sid- back Anas Edathodika didn’t to the box on the left, but it was setback in a shock 3-2 defeat La Liga: Saturday: Espanyol 3 darth Patni, MP 3-0 [100-96, 100-61, play, while goalkeeper to no efect and soon Dufy against Swansea on Saturday. (Reyes 10, Piatti 32, Navarro 48) bt 100-32]. Group N: D. Raj Kumar, Kar Granada 1 (Pereira 23); Real Madrid 2 Karanjit Singh and midfielder was replaced by Balwant bt Bhuvaneshvaran, TN 3-0 [100-40, Rooney surpassed Bobby Haroon Amiri returned for Singh. Charlton’s tally of 249 goals (Ramos 35, 43) bt Malaga 1 (Juanpi 100(92)-8, 100-71]; Shahbaaz Adil 63). Chennai after missing the last Balwant, who created but Khan, PSPB bt Malkeet Singh, Rlys. for United when he struck Rooney is now United’s top match against DSK Shivajians. couldn’t convert a close with a superb efort deep into Friday: Las Palmas 1 (Garcia 13) 3-0 [100-97, 100-31, 100-4]. scorer. — PHOTO: AP drew with Deportivo La Coruna 1 (An- Bagan had better possession chance, assisted Norde’s Group O: Rafath Habib, Rlys. bt stoppage-time at the Britannia in the first match-winner 13 minutes from Stadium. done 69). Anseth Pereira, Jhar, 3-0 [100-86, chance to close the gap on Bundesliga: Saturday: Schalke 1 half and time. 100-66, 100-35]; Manish Jain, WB bt The 250th goal of Rooney’s leader Chelsea in an error- (Burgstaller 90+2) bt Ingolstadt 0; went more The results: Kreishh Gurbaxani, Mah 3-2 [100 glittering United career was strewn display that left it Wolfsburg 1 (Gomez 83) bt Hamburg on the of- At Chennai: Mohun Bagan 2 (Jeje (70)-33, 84(55)-100, 100-57, 52-100, just the 31-year-old’s fifth of a without a win in its last three 0; Augsburg 0 lost to Hoffenheim 2 fensive. Chennai, resisting for THE DECIDER: Mohun Bagan’s Sony Norde slots in the winner Lalpekhlua 57, Sony Norde 77) bt 100-37]. Group P: Manan Chandra, diicult season and came as a league games. (Wagner 47, Kramaric 64). most part, created two close past Chennai City custodian Karanjit Singh. — PHOTO: M. VEDHAN Chennai City FC 1 (Marcos Tank 52). PSPB bt Durga Prasad, Rlys. 3-0 [100 timely reminder of the The results: Werder Bremen 1 (Bartels 59) lost chances. At Pune: DSK Shivajians 1 (Kim (56)-32, 100(68)-00, 100-87]; V. striker’s class after he was re- Premier League: Saturday: to Borussia Dortmund 2 (Schurrle 5, Marcos Tank, and later Sony Norde was brought The first in the series of key Song-yong 21) drew with Churchill Subramaninan, Mah bt Manan 3-1 legated to the role of a fringe Bournemouth 2 (King 48, Afobe 82) Piszczek 71); Darmstadt 0 drew with Charles, surged into the box down by Joseph Clemente but events of the second half was a Brothers 1 (Adil Ahmed Khan 86). [100-29, 99-100, 100-71, 100(99)-2]; player for long periods this drew with Watford 2 (Kabasele 24, Borussia Monchengladbach 0. but neither could get the ball Norde’s efort was saved by Chennai corner kick but Yum- At Shillong: Shillong Lajong FC 2 Rishabh bt Manan 3-1 [100(100)-0, term. Deeney 64); Crystal Palace 0 lost to Friday: Freiburg 1 (Haberer 5) lost past the goalkeeper. Karanjit. nam Raju’s ball into the box (Rupert Nongrum 17, Aser Dipanda 100(70)-44, 41-100(54), At Anfield, Jurgen Klopp’s Everton 1 (Coleman 87); Middles- to Bayern Munich 2 (Lewandowski 35, Bagan was awarded a pen- The teams went into the was an easy take for Bagan Dicka 42) bt Minerva Punjab FC 1 100(80)-22]. third-placed side wasted a brough 1 (Stuani 27) lost to West 90+1). —AFP alty in the 33rd minute when break 0-0. goalkeeper Debjit Majumder. (Loveday Okechukwu 90+2). NOIDA/DELHI 20 | LIFE THE HINDU SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2017 Twitter to spot your favourite account Ants to inspire navigation robots Make a virtual Pluto landing Twitter is currently testing a new feature that Ants can inspire building better navigation Scientists have posted a video on the NASA website will highlight the tweets from a select, single robots as they are capable of finding their way that shows what it is like to land on Pluto, using 100 account that you frequently engage with. even while walking backwards, scientists said. images taken by the New Horizons spacecraft.

‘Massive Antarctic ice How ISRO plans to launch STAR TREK shelf ready to break’ Sushmita on Miss Universe 2017 judges panel PARIS: A gigantic chunk of ice if it doesn’t, I’ll be amazed,” ormer Miss Universe Sushmita Sen has confirmed that she is on the judging that is breaking away from said Adrian Luckman, a pro- th 103 satellites on a single rocket West Antarctica is now at- fessor at Swansea University Fpanel of the 65 edition of the pageant. tached to its parent ice shelf in Wales, and leader of Bri- The 41-year-old model-turned-actor was The mission will break Russia’s record of sending 37 satellites at one go just by a thread, scientists re- tain’s Project Midas, which crowned Miss Universe in Manila in 1994. ported on Friday. tracks changes in West Ant- She said she was “excited” as well as R. PRASAD time to launch all the 103 Covering 5,000 sq km and arctic ice formations. “It’s so “overwhelmed” to return to the pageant 23 satellites,” he added. nearly 100 storeys-deep, the close to calving that I think years later. “Getting ready with a dancing CHENNAI: The Indian Space Re- Even one degree difer- formation is poised to snap it’s inevitable,” he said. heart! I am so excited, emotional and looking forward to returning search Organisation (ISRO) ence in separation angle of from Larsen C ice shelf, In late December, the rup- home to the #Philippines after #23years... it’s where it all began,” will set a record when it combined with relative velo- creating “one of the largest ture had already extended by Sushmita posted on Instagram. — PTI launches 103 satellites in one city will ensure that no two icebergs ever recorded”, the 18 km, leaving the future ice- go on a single rocket in the satellites would collide. “The researchers said in a berg connected along only a Portman calls out Hollywood’s gender bias first week of February. satellites will be injected into statement. small fraction of its length. Explaining how all the orbit at diferent locations at A widening rift running If the glaciers held in ctor Natalie Portman has once again satellites will be placed in or- diferent angles, at diferent the length of the finger- check by Larsen C spilt into spoken out against the gender inequality bit, Dr. K. Sivan, Director of times and diferent orienta- shaped, 350 metre-thick ice the Antarctic Ocean, it Ain Hollywood, saying she believes that the the Vikram Sarabhai Space tions,” Dr. Sivan said. block grew 10 km longer would lift the global water film industry still favours men above women. Centre (VSSC), In June last year, ISRO some time during the last mark by about 10 cm, the re- “Every year, it’s exclusively male-directed, written Thiruvananthapuram, said: launched 20 satellites in one three weeks, satellite images searchers said. The nearby and filmed movies that we’re talking about in “The satellites will be separ- go. It took about 26 minutes revealed. Larsen A ice shelf collapsed awards season. It’s just crazy that there is such a The Guardian ated from the launch vehicle to launch all the 20 satellites. “The rift is likely to break in 1995, and Larsen B broke minority of women’s voices out there,” she told . — PTI in diferent directions. The In 2008, ISRO launched 10 of in the next few months — up seven years later. — AFP separation angle and time of satellites in a single mission. separation will be such that The highest number of satel- one satellite will not collide lites launched in a single mis- with another.” sion so far has been 37 by The satellite separated BLAST-OFF: In this photo dated December 7, 2016, PSLV C36 lifts Russia in 2014; NASA from the launch vehicle will off from the space centre in Sriharikota. — PHOTO: PTI launched 29 satellites in one have a relative velocity of go in 2013. one metre per second. So launched. Due to diferent wait for the disturbances to ISRO’s workhorse PSLV after 1,000 seconds the dis- relative velocities, the dis- die down before the prepara- (C37) with 103 satellites will tance between a satellite and tance between the satellites tion for separation begins,” be launched from the Satish the rocket will be 1,000 will increases continuously Dr. Sivan explained. At an or- Dhawan Space Centre in Sri- metres. “The satellite that but the orbit will be the bital altitude of around 500 harikota in Andhra Pradesh. gets launched first will move same,” he said. km, it would take the vehicle With the exception of three at a relatively faster velocity “When the vehicle reaches 90 minutes to complete one satellites from India, the rest than the next satellite that is the orbital condition, we will orbit. “So we have suicient are from other countries.

New technique for faster diagnosis of HIV LOS ANGELES: Scientists have developed a new method for medical testing that may lead to faster diagnosis of HIV, Lyme disease, syphilis and rotavirus infections. Researchers at the Uni- versity of Central Florida (UCF) in the U.S. combined cutting-edge nanoscience with a magnetic phe- nomenon discovered more than 170 years ago to create the method for speedy medical tests. “I see no reason why a variation of this technique could not be in every hos- pital throughout the world,” said Shawn Putnam, an as- sistant professor at UCF. The team coated nano- particles with the antibody to BSA, or bovine serum al- bumin, which is commonly used as the basis of a variety of diagnostic tests. By mixing the nano- particles in a test solution, the BSA proteins preferen- tially bind with the antibod- ies that coat the nano- particles. Mr. Putnam’s team came up with a novel way of measuring the quantity of proteins present. He used nano- particles with an iron core and applied a magnetic field to the solution, caus- ing the particles to align in a particular formation. As proteins bind to the antibody-coated particles, the rotation of the particles becomes sluggish, which is easy to detect with laser op- tics. — PTI

A sunspot with centre twice the size of Earth

LONDON: A new view of the dark, contorted centre of a sunspot that is nearly twice the diameter of the Earth, along with other invisible details of our Sun, has been unveiled by scientists. The results are an im- portant expansion of the range of observations that can be used to probe the physics of our nearest star. The Atacama Large Mil- limetre/submillimetre Ar- ray (ALMA) antennas had been carefully designed so that they could image the Sun in exquisite detail using the technique of radio inter- ferometry. Astronomers have har- nessed ALMA’s capabilities to image the millimetre- wavelength light emitted by the Sun’s chromosphere. Researchers, including those from European Southern Observatory (ESO), produced the im- ages as a demonstration of ALMA’s ability to study solar activity at longer wavelengths of light than are typically available to solar observatories. — PTI CM YK