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Catch Red Fort culprits, if innocent framed, stir will grow: Azad An investigation team at the blastsitenear theIsraeli This assurance came afteral- lawwill take itsown course.” EmbassyinNew Delhi on Saturday. Praveen Khanna MANOJCG&LIZMATHEW mostthe entire Opposition, Condemning the RedFortin- NEWDELHI,JANUARY30 whichhad boycottedthe cident, Azad said the culprits President’s address yesterday, should be punished but “it DAYAFTER BLAST NEAR EMBASSY WITH THE Budget session of raisedthe farm protests issue. seems that the Government in- Parliament getting under way, Many,including theCongress, stead of catchingthe real cul- Bomb used military PrimeMinister NarendraModi demandedthe repeal of the laws prits, is trying to implicate the Saturdaychaired an all-party and adiscussion in Parliament. farmer leaders.” meeting wherehesaid the Leader of Opposition in Rajya “I don’t think that anysensi- BKU leader Rakesh Tikait’s Government’soffer to keep the Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad ble farmer leader wasparty to emotional appeal went viral grade explosive; implementation of the three flaggedFIRs being filedagainst that incident at the RedFort,”he on social media. ANI file farm laws on hold for18months farm union leaders in connec- reportedlysaid. “Therewere is still on the table. And that tion with the Republic Dayvio- some lumpen elementswho Israel envoy says AgricultureMinisterNarendra lence in Delhi.Leaders likeCPM’s had done it and those lumpen el- Tikaitvideo President RamNath Kovind, Prime MinisterNarendraModi, Singh Tomar is justaphone call Elamaram Kareem, too, raised ements should be caught and Defence MinisterRajnath Singh at Rajghat on Saturday. PTI away fortaking forwardtalks the FIR issue. To whichthe Prime punishedseverely. All of us, who effect: Govt probing with with protesting farmer unions. Ministerreportedly said:“The CONTINUEDONPAGE2 snaps internet 5identified DEEPTIMANTIWARY& P5 at all three SHUBHAJITROY at Red Fort protestsites NEWDELHI,JANUARY30 ADAY afteralow intensity ex- have criminal plosiontook place near the SUKRITABARUAH& Israeli embassyinNew Delhi, THEEXPRESS records in DEEPTIMANTIWARY Israel’s ambassador RonMalka NEWDELHI,JANUARY30 said Indian and Israeli agencies INTERVIEW were working together “tofind Punjab: probe RON MALKA SHORTLYAFTER avideoofa out what happened, who is ISRAEL’S AMBASSADOR weeping Rakesh Tikait went vi- standing behind this”. The ralonsocialmedia galvanising SundayExpress haslearned that

MAHENDERSINGH morefarmersfromHaryana investigators have found clues ED MANRAL and western UP to join the whichpoint to asophisticated NEWDELHI,JANUARY30 protests,the MinistryofHome attempt at launchingacoordi- 29years& Affairs Saturdayextendedthe nated international attackwith PLAIN E ● roadahead INITIALINVESTIGATION by the suspension of the internetin the aim of sending amessage. EX Delhi Police intothe vandalism the capital’s border areas to in- Sources in the security estab- at RedFort by asection of farm clude all protestsites:Singhu, lishmentsaid preliminaryforen- THE INCIDENT comesata protesters who veered offthe Ghazipur,Tikriand their adjoin- sic examination of the siteand time when India and Israel designated routeonRepublic ing localities. the bomb have revealed thatthe aremarking 29 years of Dayhas indicated that at least The ban, ostensiblyto"main- explosive usedwas PETN.Amil- formal ties,and arelook- five of those identifiedhavecrim- Protesting farmers and their supporters at the Ghazipur border on Saturday. Amit Mehra MOREREPORTS,PAGE4 tain public safetyand avertemer- itarygrade explosive,PETN is not ing to strengthenties fur- inal records in Punjab and were gency," will be until 11 pm on easilyavailable and has been ther.While the 2012 attack pickedupbystate police earlier, 31.OnJanuary26, inter- usedinthe pastbygroups such on an Israeli diplomat in sources told TheSundayExpress. netservices herehad been sus- as Al Qaeda formaking bombs. hadpointed to Raids areontoarrestthem, EXPRESS NETWORK pendedfrom12noontomidnight. Investigators have also found an Iranian hand, this probe sources said. Roadsblocked but Ghazipur numbers Telecom service providers remains of a“Hi-Watt” 9volt toowill look at everypos- An estimated 1,000 people, FACING INTERNET arebound by their licenceagree- battery“fortransistorradios” sibility.India’s ties with on 30-40 tractors and around 150 swell, many showupwith rations, water mentstocomplywithsuchgov- from the blastsite. Suchbatter- arealso strategic given motorcycles and cars,had CURBS,KHAPS ernment orders. ies, sources said, have been used thatChabahar grants it ac- forciblyentered RedFortprem- TURN TO TEMPLE on tractors and trucksloaded when she sawTikait weeping on The January26ban had been earlier in bombs assembledby cesstoAfghanistanand ises, wheretheychasedand as- LOUDSPEAKERS IN JIGNASASINHA with rations and waterbottles. TV.Policecan't arrest him, he extendeduntil January27. the Indian Mujahideen and even CentralAsia. saulted policemen, looted their HARYANA NEWDELHI,JANUARY30 Subodh Kumar,afarmer didn't do anything wrong. Ihave Following this, the internet CONTINUEDONPAGE2 anti-riotgear, held some hostage from Khanjarpurwho came to some vegetables and rice with speedhad been significantlyre- inside apublic toiletand van- AFTER DECADES, ADAY aftertheyattendedthe the Delhi-UP border with three me… Iwill cook or donate it at ducedintheseareas. But after dalisedthe ticket counter,ac- Muzaffarnagar mahapanchayat friends, bought tarps and wires the langar.Wewillalso help the Ghazipur tension and the cording to an FIR basedonacom- TIKAITS OF WEST U.P. to rallybehindBKU leader alongthe wayand setupatent farmers withthe seva by clean- fact that farmers’ rankshaveonly POCSO verdict: SC plaint by SHO (Kotwali) Rituraj. TAKE CENTRESTAGE Rakesh Tikait, hundredsoffarm- near the flyoveratthe border. ing roads,” he said. swelledafter Tikait’s outburst, Sources said that afterscan- IN CAPITAL AGAIN ers from villages in Uttar Pradesh “Weare heretostay. My wife With the numbers swelling the nethas been suspended ning footagefromseveral CCTV PAGE 6 and Haryana showedupatthe and children aretaking care of at the border,BKU and Rashtriya again, sources said. collegium set to CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Ghazipur protestsiteSaturday — the farm now. She also wept CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 withhold promotion Chirag invited for NDA TURF WAR ESCALATES IN BENGAL of Bombay HC judge SUNDAY Day after quitting TMC, ex-minister STORY meet, skips citing ‘health’ Justice Ganediwala faces extended PAGE 7 after JD(U) protests flies to Delhiwithrebels to join BJP probation forher take on sexual assault weighing itsoptions to either EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE APURVAVISHWANATH& send the judgebacktothe district LIZMATHEW& KOLKATA,NEWDELHI, ANANTHAKRISHNANG judiciaryfromwhere she wasel- HARIKISHANSHARMA JANUARY30 NEWDELHI,JANUARY30 evated in February2019orex- NEWDELHI,JANUARY30 tend her probationbyacoupleof ‘Unwell, in INTENSIFYINGTHE turfwar be- THE SUPREME CourtCollegium years— and addedthat it is more PUTTINGTHE ruling BJPinaspot, self-isolation’ tween the ruling TMC and the is settowithdraw itsrecommen- likelytotakethe latter option. itsBihar ally (United) BJP ahead of the assemblyelec- dation to appoint additional In the past, the Supreme objectedto itsmovetoinviteLok tions in West Bengal, former judgeofthe BombayHigh Court Court’s unique in-house mech- Janshakti Party(LJP) to Saturday's On January20,Parliamentary state ministerRajib Banerjee, Justice Pushpa VGanediwala as anism of appointing judges has NDAmeetingchaired by Prime Affairs MinisterPralhad Joshi sent who quit the TMC Friday, apermanentjudgeofthe court made indirect interventions — MinisterNarendraModi. alettertoPaswan requestinghim reachedDelhi along withsome afteraclosescrutinyoftwo of from tacit requests forresigna- A to Z of Sources said that on Friday, to attend the NDAmeeting to dis- rebelMLAsand leaders on aspe- her recent verdictsfor theircon- tions to ensuring alternative what to the BJP had to requestLJP presi- cuss “important issues and busi- cial flight Saturday. Theymet Aftermeeting Amit Shah in NewDelhi, Saturday. Amit Mehra troversial interpretation of sex- quasi-judicial appointments— dent Chirag Paswan, son of the ness forthe ensuing Budget ses- Union Home MinisterAmitShah ual assault underthe Protection while handling concerns on the expect late RamVilas Paswan,not to at- sion of the Parliament.” and will be formallyinducted of Children from Sexual Offences conduct of non-permanenthigh tend the meeting afterJD(U) On Saturday, afterheskipped intothe party at aHowrahevent Baishali Dalmiya, former Parthasarathi Chattopadhyay Act, 2012 (POCSO) Act. courtjudges. Monday made it clear it would stay away the meeting, Paswan told Sunday. Howrah MayorRathin and actor Rudranil Ghosh Sources told TheSunday It is learnt that by breaking if Paswan waspresent. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 MLAs Prabir Ghosal and Chakraborty,former TMC MLA CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Express that thecollegium is CONTINUEDONPAGE2 In bamboo clone crash barriers, acost-effectiveroad safety solution Nagpur-based VNITexpertsworkondesign,Gadkari rainfalland everything,” he said. that humansand animals cannot “Our departmentsofCivil Bamboo Crash barriers aretypically stray into highways, and livesare Engineeringand Applied says letfarmersmakemoneyfromBeema bamboo Built-Up meanttoprevent vehicles from saved,” Gadkari said, adding that Mechanics areworking on this. Support going offhighways andshould hewillalsoappealto IITsandother We willbetestinghowmuchload (VNIT), Nagpur,are workingon “Iamafarmermyself.Myidea therebeanaccident, the barrier engineeringinstitutesto comeup the structurecan take,and other AVISHEKGDASTIDAR the design using Beema bamboo isthatif we aretoinstallcrashbar- willcushion the impact and min- with suchlow-costsolutions us- variables of the proposeddesign NEWDELHI,JANUARY30 —the local product of mainly riers worthRs25,000 croreper imise the chance of fatality to the ing natural,indigenous materials usingcomputersimulation.Once Karnataka and adjoining areas. year in highway projects, letthat extent possible. that farmers can grow. thatissettled,we willgo foractual WHATCOULD be an inexpensive “Wehaverecentlygiven the moneygotothe country’s farm- Sources said conventional Beema or Bheema bamboo is installation on highways foron- yeteffectivealternative to steel task to VNIT to work on it.Iwant ers. So Ihaveasked theexperts to crash barriers made of metaland atype of bamboo engineered to sitetesting,” Padole said. barrierstohelp reduce accident farmers to grow the Beema bam- preparethis,” he said. alloymay costaround Rs 2,000 beastronger, fast-growingandtall Around 1.5lakh people die deaths on highways? Maybe boo, and the road sector will use Alongwithawarenessanden- per metre. The bamboobarrier is clone of the traditional bamboo everyyear in close to 5lakh road bambooand coir. it. Right nowtheycostaround forcement,hesaidroaddesign,in- Bamboo likelytocostafraction of that. foundintheIndiansubcontinent, accidentsinIndia. Over athirdof Crashbarriersmadeof Beema Rs4,000perton.Therewillbefive cluding installation of crash bar- Built-Up Around 5per centofthe costof especially theNorth-East.Thisva- those accidents happen on the bambooandcoirarebeingdevel- feet fencingofthe bamboo in- riers, areestablished practices to Rafter the entirebouquetofworkin- rietygrowswellinsouthernIndia. highways.Currently, India is en- opedasalow-cost solution asthe stalleddeep intoconcreteslabs enhance road safety. volvedinmaking India’s high- In the current iterationofthe gagedinaproject to remove acci- Centrelooksforinnovative,newer and held together by strong coir But will suchstructures be ways go intoroad furniture. designoftheBeemacrashbarrier dent-prone “blackspots”and rec- ways to bring down fatalitiesand ropes. That is the basic design,” durable and weather-proof?“Of “Wewilluse jute, coir and being developed, the costisesti- tifyroaddesignsonhighwayswith mishaps on roads. Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for course. Go to theNorth-Eastand CRASH BARRIER MADE OF BEEMA BAMBOOS suchmaterial,notplastic.Thatwill mated to beone-third of conven- loansto thetuneof Rs14,000crore ExpertsfromtheVisvesvaraya Road Transport and Highways, youwill see howstrong bamboo Conceptual sketchbyDeptofApplied Mechanics, VNIT benefitfarmers.We willusethem tional metalbarriers, VNIT direc- fromtheAsianDevelopmentBank National InstituteofTechnology told The SundayExpress. structures withstand extreme in allaccess-control highways, so torPramod Padole said. and WorldBank.

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Tikait video effect government is helping, but we have more additionaljudgeisneither givenanexten- protesters now,”hesaid. sion nor promotedasapermanentjudge, This has been coupledwith heavy de- Agroup of RLD workers, farmers said, PM at all-party meet: offer to pause farm laws she demitsofficeautomatically. However, ployment of security forces at Singhu and also sent vegetables from Muzaffarnagar in the case of ajudgeelevatedfromthe Ghazipur borders which have also seen and nearbyvillages. statejudiciary, as is thecase with Justice clashes between “locals” and protesters in With Delhi Police and UP Police having still on table, Agri Minister just phone call away Ganediwala, the judgemay have to return thelastcoupleofdays. sealed almostfourroutes leading to the to the previous office as adistrict judge. Internet, voice, as well as other broad- border,farmers aretravelling via the were watching television, including police, The Prime Minister’s statement is sig- While BJD’s Pinaki Misrademanded band telecom services, can be suspended Amroha-Ghaziabad road or Mohan Nagar security forces and intelligence agencies, nificant as the government had been silent that thelongpendingWomen’sReservation citing public safetyand security,either by in Ghaziabadtoreachthe protestsite— have seen those culpritsonTV. However, in on resumption of talkssince the violence Bill should be takenand passed–he found Israel envoy the Department of Telecommunications navigating through threelayers of barri- the name of violenceonJanuary26,ifinno- on Republic Dayand theforcible entry at supportfromTRS’s KKeshavRao and the Lashkar-e-Toiba. The IM though mostly (DoT)orbythe orderofanofficer of the cading on the highway and other roads. cent farmerleaders areframed, then this RedFort. In fact, afterthe RedFortincident, YSRCP’s VVijayasai Reddy –CPM’s Kareem usedeasilyavailable ammonium nitrateas rank of Joint Secretaryorabove,authorised By Saturdayafternoon, roads adjacent agitationwill grow exponentiallywhich the senior Government officials had indicated raisedthe anti-conversion laws in UP that, the explosive in itsbombs. by the Centreorthe statehome secretary to theflyover were packedwith protesters Government will notbeable to manage,” “therewas notmuchtodiscuss.” he said, aremeanttodeter inter-faith mar- The IED, it is learned, waspackedwith in case of “unavoidable circumstances”. and langar stalls. he said. But the UP government's attempt to riage. ball bearings in acan and droppedina ApartfromDelhi, internethas also been Shouting slogans in supportofTikait, Azad also demandedthat the evict the farmersfromthe protest siteatthe Leadersof manysmallerparties includ- flowerpotacross theroad from the Israel suspendedinatleast17districtsof farmers said theyhavecalled their relatives Government bring aBill in Parliament im- Ghazipur border Thursdaynight has given ing TDP,TRS, YSRCPand Akali Dal argued embassy on Dr APJAbdul Kalam Road. Haryana, including the Delhi-bordering and friends to the border.“We don't want mediatelyfor restoration of statehood of afresh lease of lifetothe agitation with theydon’t getadequate time to speak dur- The explosion took place shortlyafter districtsofJhajjar, Palwal and Sonipat, all Tikait sahab to weep again. Police will con- Jammu and Kashmir. moreand morefarmersfromWestern UP - ing debates. In his reply, Modi said that fre- 5pmFriday, damaging afew vehicles within a2-hour driving distance from tinue to harass us; theyhaveblocked al- The Prime Ministertold the leaders the -drawingfrom the politicallysignificant Jat quent disruptions meant smaller parties parkednearby. Hours later,abomb planted Central Delhi. mostall routes but theycan't stop farmers government has an “open mind” on the community –joining the protests. sufferand largerparties shouldensure there near the Israel embassy in Paris wasalso Internetservicesinthe NCRwerelast who areready to protest herefor ayear.I farm laws.“He said that the government's The Prime Ministeralso told leaders that arenodisruptions and that smaller parties discovered.Thishas ledinvestigators to suspendedinDecember 2019,during the told my friendstocomeand join the stand is the same as it wasonJanuary 22, the government is open to adetaileddis- areable to voice their views in Parliament. look at the possibility of this being an at- anti-CAA protests.ActingonaDelhi Police protest. We will makeweeklytripstotake and the proposal givenbythe Agriculture cussion on issues raisedintoday’s meeting. Misrasaid the Parliament should notbe temptatlaunching acoordinated attack order, telecomoperators had snapped all careofour farms, or our wivesand children Ministerstill stands,” an official statement He reaffirmedthe importance of the disruptedasthiswould effectively give the againstIsraeli establishments. services,includingvoiceand SMS, forfour willstaythere. Fornow,weneedmore said. smooth functioning of Parliament and com- ruling party afreepass.While ShivSena’s Asimilar series of eventshad taken hours, between 9amand 1pm, on people heretofight," saidRakesh Gautam, ParliamentaryAffairs MinisterPralhad prehensive debates on the floor of the VinayRawat demandedfreeCovid vacci- place during the attackonanIsraeli diplo- December 19,2019. afarmer from Shamli. Joshi, who waspresent at the meeting, un- House. Therewas aconsensus that nation forall BPL families and UT status for mat’s car in NewDelhi in 2012.Onthe Snapping the internetwillhit the Anil Chaudhary,asugarcanefarmer derlinedthis: “In the 11th Centre-farmer Parliamentmustbeallowedtofunction BelgauminKarnataka, DMK’s Tiruchi Siva same day, abomb had been found under a protests.For,all coordination between vil- from Meerut who joinedthe protestearly negotiations, we had said that the govern- smoothly. raisedthe attackson Tamil fishermen by the car parkednear Israel’sembassy in lages and the protestsite, mobilisation of in the morning, said, “Weweretoldtoget ment is open fordiscussion. The Prime The Opposition demandeddiscussions Sri Lankan Navy. while an attacktook place near the Israel eventsand personnel aredone via videos vegetables from our villagefor the langar. Ministerhas said that the Agriculture on severalissuesincluding: the ongoing YSRCP’s Reddy demandedspecial cate- embassy in Thailand. An Iraniangroup was on social media or sent via WhatsApp. We came from Mohan Nagarbecause po- Ministersaid he is justaphone call away… tensionwithChina at the borders;fuelprice gorystatus forAndhraPradeshand said the then suspected to have carriedout all three The Tikait video setoff mobilisation licedon't letanyoneenter from other di- wheneveryougive acall he is ready fordis- rise, ballooningunemploymentand the inter-linking of rivers mustbemade ana- attacks,but Iranian officials deniedany role across Haryana prompting severalkhap rections. We have also told our friends to cussion.ThePM toldthepoliticalparty lead- economic slowdown. tional project wherein riverflowmustbe in the incidents. panchayats to give acallfor farmers to bring food via that route." ers that the offerstill stands good.” TMC’s Sudip Bandyopadhyaysaidthat checkedevery 15 days. “Heretoo, the suspicion is on some move to Delhi in large numbers. In Punjab, In abid to break the protracted dead- some 20 Opposition parties had boycotted The Prime Ministercondemnedthe Iranian group. But involvement of the too, severalpanchayats passedresolutions lock, theGovernment had proposedthat it the President’saddress which is astrong desecrationofMahatma Gandhi’s statuein Islamic StateorAlQaeda cannotberuled asking people to send one person from Chirag invited could suspend the laws for18monthsand messagefor the Government to withdraw the US and said suchanatmosphereofhate out. Access to PETN suggests involvement everyvillage. In all these cases, WhatsApp The Sunday Express:“Icould notattend the form acommittee to address theissues the the farm laws. is neverwelcome in today’s world. Sources of either atrans-national terror group or a messages, audios and videos have played meeting due to my health. Iwas feeling un- farmers have raised. However, farm union He said the Prime Ministermustcon- saidmanyleaderscongratulatedthePrime group sponsored by aState.The blastwas akey role. well so Ihavekeptmyself in the self-isola- leaders rejectedthe offerand remainedfirm vene ameeting of all party leaders on the Ministerfor the successful rollout of the deliberatelykeptlow intensity as the aim, Indeed, since the sit-in startedin tion.” on their demand forthe laws’repeal. protests and discuss the issue. Covid vaccination drive. it appears,was to send amessage,” asecu- November,protesters at the three sites Incidentally, the meeting wasvirtual. rity establishment officer said. have also usedsocial media to fight what Joshi, in his January20letter, had said Incidentally, aletterinanenvelopead- theycall “misinformation” and “biased” that the link forthe meeting will be shared ‘5 identified at Red Fort have criminal records in Punjab’ dressed“to Israel Embassy ambassador” coverage in sections of the media. Young in “due course.” wasfound at the siteofthe Fridayexplo- men and women recording Facebook lives Speaking to The SundayExpress cameras, police have identified some and arrested 84 persons. plan to breakthe securityagreement sion. The letter contains athreat, and de- is acommon sight at the protestsites, and Saturday, JD(U)'s senior leader KCTyagi men. “Details on the background of five to On Saturday, aforensicteam reached reachedbetween the police and farm scribes the explosion as a“trailer”, sources severalTwitter handlesfromamong the said: “The Prime Ministerhimself declared six of them have been verifiedwith RedForttocollect evidence.Sources also leaders forthe tractor rally. said. It also refers to two“Iranianmartyrs”, protesters have become popular online in Bihar that the Nitish Kumar-ledNDA has Punjab Police. Some have an attemptto said probeofficers aretrying to getde- The Delhi Police has issuedaLookout Qasem Soleimani and Dr Mohsen sources on the protests with addresses by BJP,JD(U), VIP (Vikassheel Insaan Party) murder case in the past, while others have tails of tractors using their registration Notice againstseveral farmer leaders and Fakhrizadeh. farm leaders being streamedinreal time. and HAM (). BJP been arrested over brawls,” said asource. numbers.“We willtrace the owners and theirpassports will be seizedinthe days MajGen Soleimani, assassinated in a “Manymedia houses state-spon- president JPNaddahad categoricallysaid Sources also said some violent protest- summonthemfor questioning. We will ahead, asenior officer said. dronestrikeinJanuary2020, sored propaganda. Thereare senior jour- it wasthe NDA…In Bihar,this alliance just ers have been identifiedasresidentsof also matchtheir details usingaface “Wehaverecoveredmorethan 1,700 wasIran’s mostpowerful general, the com- nalistswith alarge numbers of followers scrapedthrough. Howcan Chirag, who at- Delhi and police arecollecting evidence recognition system,”said asenior police CCTVclips and footagefromgovernment mander of the Quds Force of the elite putting up misinformation through their tacked theNDA so fiercely, be partofNDA before makingarrests. officer. agencies is also being retrieved. Ateam Islamic RevolutionaryGuard Corps. online handles. In thatsituation, socialme- now?” Additional PRO(Delhi Police) Anil In astatement releasedThursday, po- from Forensic University, has been Fakhrizadeh, assassinated lastNovember, dia is our onlyway to communicate with Paswan’s LJP quit the NDAinBihar just Mittal said theyhavesofar registered38 lice had allegedthat the protesters had a calledintoanalyse thevideos,” asenior wasIran’stop nuclear scientist. sus- alarge numberofpeopletocounter this,” ahead of the election objecting to theBJP’s cases in connection with the farmers’ rally, “pre-conceivedand well-coordinated” police officer said. pectshewas killed by Israel usingare- said GaramneetMangat, acommittee decision to fight the election under the mote-controlledweapon. member of the Ghazipur KisanAndolan leadership of Nitish Kumar.The LJP,which Sources said multipleagencies have Committee. campaignedintenselyagainstKumar, con- emerging newworld order,” said Joshi. when ajudge’s actions arecloselyscruti- The HighCourt’s recommendation was been pressedintoaction with considerable There's apersonalpurpose, too. Many tested almostall theconstituencies where “He said this decade is very important, nised but also send astrong messageto takenupagain in January2019withthe help from Israel’s intelligence establish- have been at the protestsites foralmost JD(U) had itscandidates. But he praised justlikethe decade afterWorld War judges to abide by judicialpropriety. collegium comprising former CJI Ranjan ment. twomonths nowand theysay video calls Modi and sought votes in his name. II…and unlikeinthe past, we arenot go- “The onlyissue that wasflagged before Gogoi, formerJusticeAKSikriand (then) “The CCTVcamerastrainedonthat with families backhome arethe onlyway Forall the noise, the LJP wononlyone ing to be amutespectator.Wewill rise to the collegiumwas that of the qualityofthe Justice SABobde. stretchwerenot working. Agencies have to stay connected.That has been inter- seat but itscampaign againstNitishiscon- the occasion basedonour traditions and judgmentsand nothing more. Thereisno This time, on January16, 2019,the col- triedtoscan other CCTVcamerafeeds from rupted, theysaid. sidered to have playedarole in pulling ideals of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, the PM question about the judge’s probity or in- legium said:“Having regard to all relevant across the road, but the visuals aretoo down the JD(U) from 71 to 43 seats. said.” tegrity,” asource told TheSundayExpress. factors, the Collegium is of the considered grainytocome to anyconclusion. DNA Afterthe alliance won, JD(U) said the On January19, Justice Ganediwala ac- viewthatSmt. PVGanediwala, Judicial of- samples have been takenfromthe letter Roads blocked LJP cannotbetaken back in the NDAatany quitted aman of sexual assaultonthe ficer,issuitable forbeing appointedas even as telecom towerdumps arebeing (RLD) workers also sent waterand cost.Indeed, BJP leaders came out against TMC ex-minister grounds that pressing the breasts of achild Judgeofthe BombayHigh Court.” analysed,” another officer said. food forfarmers. DeshpalSingh, amem- Chirag Paswan, who,manybelieved was accompaniedBanerjee to Delhi. over her clothes without direct “skin to The SundayExpress has learnt thatthe Meanwhile,Israel’s ambassadorRon berofBKU,who runs one of the langars on promptedbythe BJP to ensurethat “Nitish BJP general secretaryKailash skin” physical contact does notconstitute collegium receivedtwo strong notesofdis- Malka, in an interviewtoThe Sunday NH-24, said, “Earlier,wewerecooking for wascut to size.” Vijayvargiya, who is the party in-charge for “sexual assault”under the Protectionof sent from consultee-judges of the Bombay Express,saidthat therehad been “threats” over 1,000 people. Now, Ithink thereare The NDAhas lostits traditional allies West Bengal, confirmedthe meeting of the Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) High CourtJustices AMKhanwilkar and D in the lastfew weeksand the embassywas morethan 3,000farmers. My familymem- ShivSena andShiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leaders with Shah and said theywouldjoin Act. YChandrachud. Despite these, the col- on aheightened stateofalert,and prepared bers have also joinedthe protest. Everyone as well as the Hanuman Beniwal-ledRLP. the party Sunday. Saying that Section 8ofPOCSO provides legium sent itsrecommendation andshe forsuchattacks. is giving us ration, and we have calledtwo Both SADand RLP walked out over the Earlier,beforeleaving forDelhi, forstringentpunishment of five years’ of wassubsequentlyappointed as additional “Weare notscared,and no one can de- morecooks from Shamli to help prepare farm laws. Banerjee said: “AfterIresignedasMLA and rigorous imprisonment, she observed that judge. terus, and we aregoing to continueto the langar.” In the meeting, Modi urgedallies to gave up my primarymembership of the “stricter proof and serious allegations are “Even then the issue wasthe merit of thrive andtogrow, and even to expand the Singh said his brothers sendfivetrac- counter the Opposition on issues likefarm TMCyesterday,IgotacallfromAmit Shah required”. So the man wasconvicted “un- her judgments. It seemedthat the judge relationsbetween Israel and India because tors from Baghpat and Shamli everyday, laws.“The PM said that afterthe pandemic, who invited me to Delhi forameeting to- der minor offence u/s 354ofIPC and sen- had moreexperience in teaching rather if this wasthe target…Soagain, they'renot with 5,000 watercans in eachvehicle. anew worldorder is about to take shape day. Partyleader Kailash Vijayvargiyaalso tencedtoundergo RI,” the judgesaid. The than in legal practice,” said asource. going to achieve it, because youknowyes- “There's shortage of waterhere. TheDelhi and India has abig role to play in the reachedout to me. Ifelt Ishould respond to maximum sentence is five yearsand the Although three mostsenior judges of terday whenthis evil attackwas con- Amit Shah'sappeal.Therefore, Ihavede- minimumone year foranoffenceunder the SC, headed by the CJI, form thecol- ducted,wejustcelebrated the 29th an- cidedtomeethim today. Aftermeeting this section.OnJanuary27, the Supreme legium that decides on appointment of niversaryfor the establishment of foreign him, Iwill join the BJP.Iwillalways work Courtstayedthis order. judgestoHCs,judges familiar with the diplomatic relations between Israel and forthe development of the state.” Born in 1969 at Paratwada in working of particular High Courts arecon- India… So it might notbeacoincidence. “For the development of Bengal, both ’sAmravati district, Justice sulted fortheir views. But it might be.” the stateand Centre must work together. Ganediwala wasdirectlyelevatedasadis- Additional judges to High Courts areap- Malkadid notblameany countryor At present, it is the needofthe hour to join trict judgein2007. She wasapanel advo- pointedeither from the Bar directlyorstate groupingfor the blast, and indicatedthat EXPERSSEDUCATION the BJP.Iwant nothing but development catefor banksand insurance companies judiciaryunder Article 224(1) of the the Israeli intelligence agency,Mossad, was forthe stateand itspeople. So whatever and also taught in various colleges in Constitution foraperiod notexceeding working with Indian agencies to investi- role is assignedtome, Iwillaccept,” he Amravati and the Amravati University. twoyears. gate the incident. said. Forappointment as additional judgeof The ageofretirement foradditional Underlining that the investigation is in Banerjee and the otherleaders aretobe the BombayHigh Court, Justice judges of high courts is also 62 years. itsearly stages, he said: “Weneedtoun- formallyinducted intothe BJPataparty Ganediwala’s name wasfirstrecom- Additional judgeposts areconstitutionally derstand what happenedthere. Take the programme at Dumurjala stadium in mendedbythe High CourtinNovember intendedtodealwith the “increasedbur- pieces, build the puzzle pieces of informa- Howrah Sunday. Union MinisterSmriti 2017 and came up before the SC collegium den of the court” but areincreasingly used tion from different places, evidence from Irani will be at the event whereShah too in September 2018 alongwithfiveother as probationaryperiodsfor judges before the scene. So we aregatheringall together, will address party workers via virtual judicial officers from the state. The col- theyare promotedaspermanent judges. joint effort of Israeli security authorities mode. legium deferredher candidature. This is because once ajudgeismade a and Indian securityauthorities. And Ithink In December,former stateminister “As regardsSmt. P.V. Ganediwala, permanent judge, constitutional immunity that together,weare going to find outwhat Suvendu Adhikari quit the TMC and joined Judicial Officer…having regard to the ma- kicks in to protectthem forremovalfrom happened, who is standing behind this the BJP along with Bardhaman Purba MP terial on recordand all relevant factors, her office -- under the constitution, impeach- and, of course, to bring him to justice.” Sunil Kumar Mondal, nine MLAs and sev- case deserves to be deferred forsometime. ment of the judge is the only process to re- He said besides the Foreign Ministers eral others at aMidnaporerallyinthe pres- The proposal would be takenupfor con- move ajudgeofaconstitutional court from and Foreign Secretaries, National Security ence of Shah. sideration by theCollegium aftersome office. Advisor Ajit DovalspoketoIsrael’s NSA time,” said the collegium statement on Districtjudgesare subjected to the dis- Meir Ben-Shabbat and gave assurances Contact forAdvt. Booking: M/sFriends Publicity Service September 11,2018. ciplinaryjurisdiction of thehigh courtbut that India is going to take all measures POCSO verdict The three-member collegiumatthat thereisnomechanism to scrutinise per- neededtoprotect Israeli representativesin Ph.: 23276901, 23282028 (M):9212008155, 9212665841. this convention,the collegiumcould not timecomprised of then CJI Dipak Misra, formance of apermanent judge. India and will fulfil a“full investigation that onlyset aprecedent fordirect intervention Justices Ranjan Gogoi and Madan Lokur. If amember of the Bar appointed as an will makeout whathappenedhere”.

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IN THE CAPITAL Total1,436* 6,22,67110,849 1,06,80,731 *T BRIEFLY Nocluesfrom No institutional quarantine for Gurgaon: Covid cases Sisodiagets UK returnees testingnegative less than 40 per day awardfor home quarantine. has also reducedto6.8 per cent.” education CCTVsoutside EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE While the requirement for SAKSHIDAYAL According to datawiththe NEWDELHI,JANUARY30 mandatoryinstitutional quaran- GURGAON,JANUARY30 health department,Gurgaon has NewDelhi: Deputy Chief tine has been done away with, recorded1,326freshcasesof coro- MinisterManishSisodia TRAVELLERS ARRIVINGinDelhi arrivals testing negative will still WITH THE number of freshcoro- navirusthismonth,withfourpeo- hasreceivedtheMahatma from the United Kingdom who be required to followseven days navirus cases emerging in plesuccumbingtothe infection, Awardfor Promoting Israelembassy test negative forCovid-19are no of home quarantine. Gurgaon having reducedtoless down from 5,261cases in all of Excellence in Education, longer required to followthe India had suspended all pas- than 40 per daydespiteover December,when16 fatalitieshad instituted by the Aditya mandatory seven-dayinstitu- senger flightsbetween the UK 1,800people being tested,the been recordeddue to theinfec- Birla Group. Speakingas tional quarantine, the Delhi and India from December 23 to positivity rate of the district, offi- tion.InNovember,thefigureshad the chiefguest at thecer- MAHENDERSINGH On Saturday, ateam DisasterManagement Authority The decision wastaken after January 7. Limitedflightsorigi- cialsfromthe healthdepartment peaked with 20,777 newcases emonyonSaturday, he MANRAL from the National (DDMA) directed in an order is- ‘consideringlow positivity nating from the UK were re- said, has fallen below2per cent. and 106fatalities being reported. said,"Delhigovernmentis NEWDELHI,JANUARY30 suedonFriday. rate of UK returnees’ sumedonJanuary8.Following Speakingto TheIndianExpress, Inthelastsixmonths,thelow- working towardssetting Bomb DataCentreof The decision wastaken after the resumption, the DDMA had Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr estnumber of newcases andthe up aminimum bench- ADAY afteralow intensity IED the NSG visited the areviewofthe situationand ordered compulsoryRT-PCR Virender Yadavsaid, “The weekly lowest number of fatalitieshave markforqualityeducation blastnearthe Israel Embassy, spot. Itsfindings will “considering lowpositivity rate amatterofprecaution, passen- testing at the airport of those ar- anddailypositivitythismonthhas been reportedinJanuary, records forour schools,." around 10 teams of the Delhi of UK returnees”. gers arrivingfromthe UK —even riving from the UK. been around 1per cent. of the health department reveal. Police Special Cell scanned be shared with the Following the detection of a if theytestnegativeatthe airport Delhi recorded183 fresh Sometimesitis0.6percent,some- Consequently, the doubling rate Garbagetobe footagefromover146 CCTVs but Delhi Police team in the newvariant of the coronavirus —weretobeinmandatoryinsti- Covid-19cases and 8deaths on times1.2percent,butithasconsis- of thedistricthasincreasedtoover none have so farthrownupany days ahead in the UK, the DDMA had di- tutional quarantine forseven Saturday. Meanwhile, 8,774 tentlyremainedbelow2per 2,014 days,andthefatalityrate has clearedin clues. rected earlier this month that as days,followedbyseven days of beneficiaries were vaccinated cent…The overall positivity rate fallen to 0.6 per cent. Sources told The Indian NorthDelhi Express that footagealso in- sion as a“trailer”, thesources cludedthose from twosecurity said. It alsorefers to two“Iranian NewDelhi: The garbage cameras installedatone of the martyrs”, Qasem Soleimani and spread across NorthDelhi gatesofthe embassy and oppo- Dr Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, sources would be pickedupfrom sitethe building. “On scanning said,addingthat “there are some parts on Sunday as the footage, policefound that the spelling errors in the message”. some sanitation unions cameras were notcoveringthe MajGen Soleimani, who was have calledoff their area wherethe bomb was assassinated in aUnitedStates strike. AP Khan,convener planted.Theyare notclearabout drone strikeinJanuary2020, was of the Confederationof anysuspicious vehicle/person so Iran’s mostpowerful general, the MCD Employees Union, far,”asource said. commander of the Quds Forceof said some unions have Acrude bomb went offnear the eliteIslamic Revolutionary calledoff the strikeas the Embassy of Israel on Dr APJ GuardCorps. Fakhrizadeh, who salaries have been paid Abdul Kalam Road on Friday wasassassinated in November foruntil December. evening, shatteringwindscreens last year,was Iran’s topnuclear However, some arestill of three carsonthe road. No one scientist. Tehran believeshewas on strikeastheywant wasinjured in the explosion, killedbyIsrael using aremote- other dues to be cleared. whichtook place on the 29th an- control weapon. niversaryofthe establishment The investigation team is also of diplomatic relations between ascertaining claims made by AAPconcludes Indiaand Israel. Jaish-Ul-Hindovertheir involve- mohallasabhas On Saturday, ateam from the ment in the blast. It is coordinat- National Bomb DataCentre ing with the Foreigner Regional onMCDs (NBDC) of the NSG visited the Registration Office (FRRO) and spotfor post-blastanalysis.The checkingdetails of Iranians who NewDelhi: The AAP findings will be shared with the recentlycame to India. Saturdayannounced the Delhi Police team investigating “Police also procured dump completion of itsmohalla the case in the days ahead. data —mass collection of mobile sabhas campaign,through The bomb appeared to have phone dataofall nearbyspots of whichitsought to "expose been planted in aflowerpot on the crimescene—toget leads,” a thecorruptpractices of the the road divider, police said. Alet- source said. BJP in the MCDs." During terinawhiteenvelopeaddressed On Friday, acab driverhad the15-daycampaign,2500 “toIsrael Embassy ambassador” made acall about twosuspicious smallpublicmeetingswere wasfoundatthe spot,police Iranians but policelater found held, AAP leader Durgesh sources said. The letter contained that he wasinaninebriated con- Pathak said. ENS athreat, anddescribes the explo- dition.

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activities, had no mobile net- There’s aconsiderable lag,” he theydon’t go through.” photostomyfriends. Iwant ing fortwo days now. KDPathak ASHNABUTANI work on Saturday. Harinder added. GurpreetAtwaal (26) said them to come hereand support (25) said, “I managetospeak to &ARANYASHANKAR from the SKM’s media team said Prabhjyot Singh from calls go through sometimes but us. Also, in case of emergency,it’s my familyinUgara villagein NEWDELHI,JANUARY30 that despiteinstalling broad- Sangrur in Punjab, who has he is unable to videocallhis sis- easier to send text or aphoto on Haryana, but it is difficult to band internetintheir room, in- been at Singhu since the begin- terinCanada and his mother WhatsApp.How will Ireplyto shareupdates and keep trackof THE UNION Home Ministry’sde- formation sharing wasbecom- ning of the protest, alsosaid in- who is in his hometown, suchtexts from my family? I the news.Itisadeliberateat- cision to suspend internetatthe ing aproblem. ternetbeing down had cut him Rudrapur:“As Ihavebeen alone have to walk through trenches temptbythe government to en- three main protestsites at the “Earlier,volunteers here offfromthe outside world: at the protests since it started, and reachthe marketareato sure that we cannotcoordinate capital’s borders —Singhu, Tikri would do live streamsand up- “Thereisnothing to do here theywanttoknowmywhere- getsignal.” withother farmers regarding the and Ghazipur —has created sev- load from different spots using now... the internetwas one way aboutsand oftenget worriedifI ForJoginder Kardhan (60), a protests.” eral hurdles forprotesting farm- their ownmobile internet. Now of connecting withthe world am unreachable. The other issue farmer from Muzaffarnagar, Baljinder Singh (29), from ers, already suffering from a that is notpossible. We all have outside, to getnewsabout what is that we cannotsharephotos missing out on important up- MogadistrictinPunjab, had a patchy networkoverthe past to collect in this room anduse is happening with regard to and videos of the protest.” dates regarding the protests has similar concern. “Internethas fewdays.Fromconnectingto the broadband,whichisalso not the farm laws.Now we can’t do Sudhir Kumar Ballu, afarmer been alow point:“We needto been available on and offfor the their families, staying updated working well. It is creating alot of that.” from Chapauli villageinUP, reit- coordinate who all arecoming lastfivedays.Since this morn- on the news or sharing videos issues,” he said. At GhazipuronSaturdayaf- erated this:“Ineedthe internet from our villages, see what is ing, we have had zero network. and photosonsocial media “Weusedtoget information ternoon, Pramod Kumar (52) to speak to my familyand do happening at other bordersand We arenot gettingprotest-re- about the protest, manyaspects from the other protestsites as walked akilometreawayfrom otherwork. Howcan theycut what decisions the leaders are lated updatesaswecannotuse of their day-to-daylifehavebeen well. Nowifsomeone from Tikri the protestsite, struggling to get areinMeerut and Ihavebeen out if Iamalright. But in the last suchservices? Anything can taking, but that is impossible social media apps like hit, theysay. or Ghazipur wantstosend us networksohecould speak to his herefor over 20 days.Theyare two-three days,every time Icall, happen here. We needupdates without the internet.” WhatsApp and Facebook.” Singhu, epicentreofall some video or photo,theyhave family. He said, “My mother,fa- curious about what is happen- it gets disconnected.IfItryto on WhatsApp and Facebook.I At Tikri too, farmers said that (Withinputs from SamyuktaKisanMorcha(SKM) to step out and then send it to us. ther,brother and three children ing hereand theywant to find send them WhatsApp messages, also have to send videos and the internethas notbeen work- JignasaSinha) BJP hand Day after violence, farmers take matters into From Bahadurgarh, in Red Fort hundreds set out to violence, their own hands: ‘Can’t rely on police anymore’ ‘stand guard’ at Singhu claims AAP’s barricades. So we decidedtotake AMILBHATNAGAR this step of doing rounds. &ARANYASHANKAR However, it has been made clear surethis doesn’t happen. We are Sanjay Singh NEWDELHI,JANUARY30 to everyone nottofall prey to ru- ANANYATIWARI nottheretofight but justtopro- mour mongering, and notact un- NEWDELHI,BAHADURGARH, tect, supportand defend them. IN THE aftermath of violence at less it is in self-defence. We don’t JANUARY30 We willbeon guard,” hesaid.“For EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Singhu border,farmers have want our protesttobepainted as twomonthswehavebeenpeace- NEWDELHI,JANUARY30 steppedup“internal security” — violent,” said Surinder Singh from HUNDREDSOFmenfrom Pakora ful. Thereisonlysomuchwecan from increased vigils to check- Haryana’s Ambala, who has been Chowk in Bahadurgarh, partof tolerate.” AAP RAJYA points—to preventanyuntoward at theprotestsincethebeginning. the Tikri border protest, leftfor With Hardeep were Gyan Sabha MP incident and ensure“political Jwarmal from Haryana’s Kaithal Singhu on directions of the Singh (63) and afew younger Sanjay Singh agents” do notget achance to in- said, “Wejustwant to keep our BharatiyaKisanUnion(Ugrahan) men. Gyan Singh said, “Weare Saturday al- cite violence again. protestsitesecure; we don’t want to “protect” farmers there, aday onlygoingtheretoguard the site. leged that the Agroup of 200men had got anyviolence. BJP and RSS work- afterstone peltingand violence Goonsweredisturbing thepeace storming of pastthreelayers of securitybarri- ers areinfiltrating and provoking brokeout whenagroup of 200 there, tearing tentsand pelting RedFortduring cades on Friday, claimedthat the people. Our constant rounds are men entered thesite. Hundreds stones.” the kisan rally farmers’ agitation had affected Volunteers aremanning entryand exit points to the protestsite. Praveen Khanna enough to maintain order.” of farmers from Haryana, mean- Darshan Singh (40), amem- wasa“planned their livelihood, and damaged From the stage, BKU leader while,madetheirwaytotheTikri berofthe stagemanagement event of BJP”, tentsand shelters while clashing Gurnam Singh Chaduni also sent protestsiteintractors on committee at Pakora Chowk,told forwhichits AAPMP with farm protesters. Farmersal- sent people to attackus.” protestsite, security teams have lected at the site, scores of farm- out a“warning” to thegovern- Saturday, saying theyare joining TheIndianExpress,“Around 300 leaders should Sanjay Singh leged that the crowdhad gath- On Saturday,mostvolunteers setupthree checkpoints along ersrushedtowardsthebarricades ment about Friday’s attack. “I “for the long haul”. tractors have leftforSinghu today. be “booked for ered at the behestofthe BJP. were seen walking around with the Kundli stretch—at the Khalsa holding lathis in amatter of min- want to warn this government On Friday, agroup of people, Theyare goingtheresothat no sedition”. Said Rupinder Singh, presi- largewooden and bamboo sticks. Aid camp,aKFCoutlet and TDI utes.AmarjeetSingh from Moga thattheyshouldleave this gunda- claiming to belocal residents, had gundagardi happens.” Addressing anews confer- dent, NaujawanBharat Sabha, According to farmers, volunteers mall —where volunteers keep district in Punjab said the height- gardi (hooliganism). An FIR gotten past threelayers of secu- At the newbus stand in ence,Singhalsoallegedthatactor “Wehavecreatedasecurity room working in twoshifts, between8 watchonentrypoints.Amessage enedvigilance wasnecessaryaf- shouldbefiledagainstthosewho rity barricades to reachthe Bahadurgarh,whereBKU DeepSidhu,whohasbeennamed near the main stage, 10 peopleare amand8pm, arestationedatkey hasbeen sentacrossto protesters terFriday’s incident: “Volunteers arecoming hereand doing danga protestsiteatSinghu border Ugrahan leaders have stationed in an FIR in connection with the present thereatall times. We are entry-exit pointstoguardit—at to immediatelyalert volunteers and some othersare doing pehra (riots),” he said. whereviolence brokeout. themselves, Jaswinder Singh RedFortincident, is “close to the also monitoring the situation on leastfivestand at the main entry in the event of a“threat”. (rounds) of Singhutomakesure Addressing the farmers, he Hardeep Singh (40) from Longowal (40), aleader of the PrimeMinister, Union Home the ground throughvolunteers. point of the protesttoensure fil- “Thereare at least1,500peo- no miscreantshavegot in.What saidtherewas no goingbacknow Mogadistrict in Punjab, who has group,said, “Around 900-1,000 MinisterandBJPMPSunnyDeol”. Fewer people arebeing allowed teredmovement. While the stage plekeepingaclose watchonthe happenedyesterday has made even if thereisacrackdown. “If been at the protestsiteat menhave gonefromheretosup- “I want to tell youwith full re- nearthe stageafter increased committee manages the protest, 24x7.Wehavebeen ourbelief strongthatthere’sacon- the police crackdownonus, Bahadurgarh forthe lasttwo port them.Ifany suchgroup ap- sponsibilitythattheRedFortinci- checks.Youth wings of unions speeches, an extrateamof 25per- peaceful sinceday one, yetso spiracy to breakour movement.” whether it’s night or morning, we months,was amongthosewho proaches the siteagain,wewill dent wasdone by BJP people. BJP have beentoldto guardtheirtrol- sons maintain vigil nearby. manypeoplemanaged to enter Behind the extrasecurity is won’t leave,wewilldie here leftfor Singhu border on stop them.” agentsand goons were behind leys and remain on standbyin Another trolleynexttothe main the site. Nowthe onus is on us to farmers’ distrustofpoliceforces (praan tyaag denehain),” he said, Saturday. “Weare justgoingto Meanwhile,hundredsoftrac- the shameful incident.... Theyin- case thereisasituation to control. stagehas 10-15volunteers who protectourselves...,”saidRupinder. as well.“Yesterday, police stood reiterating that farmers should guardthe entireprotestsite. tors from Haryana made their filtrated certain routes and insti- We willnot letBJP and RSS break canbecalledforassistanceround Around4.30 pm, as arumour and watchedwhat happened. continue to keep the protest Police and BJP’s men createdvio- wayvia the Rohtak bypass to Tikri gatedviolence. BJP leaders should our protestsinceit wasthemwho the clock. Further within the spread thatmorepeople had col- We can’t rely on themand their peaceful. lence there. We will go and en- border protestsiteonSaturday. be booked forsedition. We be- lieve that BJPdid this to malign the imageoffarmers. Peoplewho hold averygood relationship with the PM and the Home WANT FARMERS TO END PROTEST Ministerofour countrywere leading this march andinstigated the violence,” Singh alleged. Injured cops, families stage protest:‘Beaten up mercilessly’ He also displayedpictures of Sidhu with the PM andactor Deol, BJP’s Gurdaspur MP.“This injured,some of whom arestill stones and thrashedmewith showedrestraint but the picture wastaken at the PM’sres- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE undergoing treatment.Itwas or- lathis and swords. Iwantthemto unrulymob thrashedthem mer- idence,whichisaplace where NEWDELHI,JANUARY30 ganisedbyDelhi Police go back.”Families alleged that cilessly.”Amongthe protesters everyone cannotenter.Ihave Mahasangh, an organisation protesters attackedthe police- were severalchildren holding been an MP forthree years but I OVER200people,includingDelhi startedbyretired police officials. men with an intentto“kill them” placards of ‘Police LivesMatter’. do nothaveany picture withthe Police personnel who were in- Head constable Ashok and should bearrested.Theyalso ACPVed Bhushan, aretired PM becausetoclick apicture jured duringthe kisan tractor Kumar,who wasdeployedatRed demandedthat the borders be Delhi Police officer,said, “I’m dis- withhim youneedsome secu- march on Republic Dayand their Fort on January26 and sustained clearedso that protesters go back appointedwith what the farmers rity clearance. Anyrandom per- families, staged aprotest at injuries on his head, backand and policepersonnel stay safe. did to our personnel. The Delhi soncannotjustwalk in andclick Shaheedi Park on Saturday. They legs, wasamongthose at the Ritika, astudentwho is Police helpedthe farmers and aphoto with him,”Singh said. saidtheyare againstthe attack protestwithhis family. He said, preparingfor UPSCexams, said, gave them three routes fortheir AAP chief spokesperson whichledto 394personnelbeing “Theybehavedlikegoons and “My uncle is in the Delhi Police, march but farmers betrayed and Saurabh Bharadwaj alleged “BJP surroundedusatRed Fort.We he wasonduty at the time of the attackedthem... The clashes were goons” were behind the assault (Left) At the protest. Amit Mehra triedtotakethe underground clashes. Iamagainstthe attack unfortunatebut the government on protesters at Singhu and Tikri. stairs and hide but theypelted on policemen. Iknowhow police mustremove the farmers.”

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THESUNDAY EXPRESS,JANUARY31,2021 GOVT &POLITICS 5 ‘We feel warmth, friendship MP posts video of men waving guns, 4detained Mumbai: Four people were de- Expressway.Jaleelhasallegedthat meninside waving guns in an at- DGtake note of thislawlessness!” tainedafter All India Majlis-e- the twomen were from the Shiv tempttoscaretruckers to make Jaleel, the MP from Aurangabad, IttehadulMuslimeen(AIMIM)MP Sena, howeverthe party has de- way.“This is on Pune Mumbaiex- had tweeted. MinisterofState for on mutual trust...feel safe here’ Imtiaz Jaleel tweetedavideo on niedthe claim. pressway in Maharashtra!The Home ShambhurajeDesai how- Saturdaywhich shows twomen In the video postedbyJaleel, a logoonthevehiclesays itall!Shiv ever said, “A total of four men in acar wavingguns at atruck whitecar bearing the Shiv Sena’s Sainiksbrandishing revolvers have been detainedbycops.... ADAY afteralow-intensity blast ing to achieve it, becauseyou with.Soofcoursetheyare up- driverinabid to overtake the ve- insignia can be seenweaving whiletryingto makeway fortheir Noneof themareassociatedwith took place outside Israel’s em- know yesterdaywhen this evil dated. hicle on the Mumbai-Pune through heavy trafficwith the vehicle on Fridaynight.Can HM/ theShivSena.” ENS bassy in Delhi, Israel’s ambassa- attack wasconducted,wejust dor RONMALKA speaks with celebrated the 29th anniversary The cooperation between SHUBHAJITROY.Excerpts: of the establishment of foreign the twonations really diplomatic relations between strengthenedsince the 26/11 On Fridayevening, therewas Israel and India. Mumbai terror attack. This alow-intensity blastoutside It wasacelebration fora cooperation that has been the Israeli embassy in New thriving and growing,expand- ongoing, is that helping right Delhi. Howdid youcome to ing and fruitful,and rewarding nowbetween the twosides? knowabout it? relations betweenIsrael and As Ialways say, Israel and Our system is very immedi- India. It might notbeacoinci- Indianot onlyshare values and ate, so once it [the blast] hap- dence, but it might be.So, allop- interests,but we also sharesim- penedIgot the message that tionsout there (arebeing) in- ilar hostilities and threats, and goes [out] fordiplomats. Once vestigated. counterterrorism is one of that happens, we arealways them. alert,alwaysprepared.And es- THEEXPRESS Within hours, therewas Of course the terror attackof peciallyinthe last fewdays and contact between the two 2008 in Mumbai put us to- weeks, thereweresomeevents INTERVIEW sides. Can youplease tell us gether.Wewerebothhurtfrom and some threatsand we raised WITH about these conversations? this attack. So we understand the levelofalert of all diplo- RON First, Ican saythatit’sthese that in order to defeatterror, we mats, and security. MALKA special times, the strong and needtocollaboratetoworkto- So the messagespread very ISRAEL AMBASSADOR warm friendship between us gether,tojoinforces since ter- fast [afterthe blast] and we re- TO INDIA reallyreflects itself because,as rorismisaglobaldisease. alisedthattherewas something youmentioned,justafter this Once the worldrealisesthat thatwas happening.Wetook all n’t get(to)the target.Theytried, blast theExternal Affairs and getunited,wewill defeat precautions. but theycouldn't do anything MinisterofIndia, Dr Jaishankar, terror.But we arenot waiting and couldn’t do anyharm.In calledour ministerofforeign af- forthat, and India is ashining Yousaid therewerethreats thatcase, Idon’t think that we fairs,MrGabiAshkenazi. The example of howcountries from the lastfew days.What cansay or talk about anylapse. Foreign Secretarycalled our DG, should collaborate, work to- kind of threatswerethese – But still, the investigationisin Foreign Affairs. The NSAinIndia gether,share–not onlyinfor- if youcan elaborate. itsearly stages;weneedtoun- calledour NSA. mation but practices and expe- Thereare some eventsall derstand what happenedthere. Andofcoursetheyoffered rience in ordertobecome over the world—some of them Take the pieces, build the their support, their assistance stronger to defeat terror. arerelatedtoIsrael; assassina- puzzle (with) pieces of informa- and the assurancesthat Indiais tions and different operations tion from different places, evi- going to take all measures Is the Mossad working with that some terrorists were killed. dence from the scene. We are needed to protect Israeli repre- Indian agencies right now, Israel wasblamedfor that. It gathering all (this) together –(it sentativeshere. as we speak, on this [threats] came from Iran, from is a) joint effort of Israeli secu- Second,tofulfill afull inves- investigation? Hezbollah in Lebanon, and rity authorities and Indian se- tigation that will makeout what Ican saythat, generally other places that aregoing to re- curityauthorities. happened here. So in thesespe- speaking, Israel and India col- taliate.... So it wasthere last cial times, we feel thewarmth, laborate, work together.So, yes, [few]weeks, therewerethese Anotethat has been found is thestrong friendship and com- we areworking together. kinds of threats... in these times, addressedtoyou, the Israeli mitment thatisbased on mu- we don’t underestimateour en- ambassador,which says that tual trustand mutual respect – Youhavebeen very careful in emies and we take seriously this is justatrailer. It also we feel safe here. notpointing fingers at anyof everythreat. names twoIranian figures We knowthatthe Indianau- the players, but yousaid that So we raisedthe levelof who were killed. Does this thorities aredoing whatever both India and Israel share alert (and)wewereprepared. point to the involvement of theycan to protect us and to similar hostilities. Who are We arenot surprised. As Israeli possible players? support, and we arereally youtalking about?Doyou diplomats areall over the world, As Isaid,the investigationis thankful forthat. have countries or groups in we arealwaysprepared. in itsearly stages,soIcannot re- mind? fertothemindetail. It might Has Israeli PM Benjamin As Isaid, it's early stages of The embassy is in avery even harm the investigation to Netanyahu and PM Narendra the investigation to point to any high-security area. Does this gettoany specific details, butI Modi been in touch, or have one. All optionsare still there. tell youabout some kind of cansharewithyou that we are theybeen updatedabout Of course, thereare immediate intelligence lapse from the notscared,and no one can deter this incident? suspicions that we have there, Indian side or anywhere us.Weare goingtocontinue to Idon’t knowaboutbeing in but until we conclude theinves- else? thrive and to grow,and even to touch. Of course, theyare up- tigation, we will notknowfor Idon't think so. At theend of expand the relations between dated and theyknowexactly sure. the day, those terrorists,the Israel and Indiabecause if this what’s happened. This is not FULLREPORTON perpetrators, didn'treach, did- wasthe target...theyare notgo- something that youjustgoon www.indianexpress.com

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AFTER SEEMINGLYgoing on the BJP cancels backfoot following the violence to beat internet curbs Rakesh Tikait at the Ghazipur border on Saturday. ANI on Republic Day during the trac- ra a r tor rally in Delhi, farmers' unions highway in which a large number Ti ng Yat a of Punjab are now witnessing a SUKHBIRSIWACH of women too participated. The renewed vigour, with many vil- CHANDIGARH,JANUARY30 new strategy was formulated af- after face-off lage-level committees sending a ter the authorities tried to remove After decades, large number of people – and not AS HARYANA government ex- farmers from Ghazipur border of with farm stir just farmers – to support the tended the mobile internet sus- UP-Delhi Thursday night. movement against the new agri- pension in state’s 17 districts for “If any such move is repeated Tikaits of west UP supporters cultural laws. another day “to prevent any dis- anywhere,quickannouncements In several villages, people turbance of peace and public or- willbemadefromtheloudspeak- said they were moved by the der”, the farmers protesting ers of village temples asking the DIVYAGOYALGOPAL video of farm leader Rakesh against the agri laws hit upon an farmers to gather. Not only this, take centre stage LUDHIANA,JANUARY30 Tikait getting emotional over idea to bypass the ban. They have thikri pehras will be undertaken how farmers were being decided to use templeloudspeak- by the farmers in villages to re- TENSION PREVAILED in the Old branded as terrorists. They said ers to make their voice heard and main alert round the clock. We in capital again Cityareaof LudhianaSaturdayaf- several farm leaders in Punjab make messages reach all villagers. may plan blockage of roads, if the ter tradersandshopkeepers,rais- needed to learn from Tikait’s Farmers, their families at Mansa railway station to board a During a panchayat, leadersof internet services are not restored ing slogans in support of protest- dedication. train to Delhi to join the protests. Express 17 khaps of Jind district decided early as the move is affecting on- LokDalticket,butcouldn’tsavehis ing farmers, did not allow a Around 150 vehicles pro- to form committees in each of the line studies of students ahead of DAKSHPANWAR deposit. In 2007,hecontested TirangaYatraby theBJPto proceed ceededtowards DelhionSaturday 306 villages in which they have exams,” said Azad Palwa, leader NEWDELHI,JANUARY30 fromKhatauliintheUPAssembly forcingthesaffronpartyto cancel fromPhagwaraundertheleader- pay the fine, the village will boy- ithasbeenstated thatonevillager influenceto ensurequick reaction of Dhadan khap of Jind district. elections,butfinishedfifth.Infact, theprogramme.ThelocalBJPunit ship Kirpal Singh of Bharti Kisan cott that person. from each house will go to Delhi in case government makes any ef- PalwaisalsoJinddistrictpresident BETWEEN1987 and2001,aseries thereweremurmurs that he was later said that the yatra has been Union (BKU) Doaba, while a large Theresolutionalsostatedthat morcha forminimumseven days fortto forcibly remove protesters of the BKU. The agitators feel that of political misadventures trig- colluding withthe government ‘postponed’followingordersfrom number of youths accompanied if any villager’s vehicle gets dam- and the ones who cannot go will from dharna sites. internet services have been sus- geredasteady declineinthe aura when he wasinvited to meet party’s state leadership. the BKU (Rajewal) leaders. aged during the Delhi morcha give Rs 1,500 that can be con- The panchayat was held at pended to check the growing ag- of thecountry’smostcharismatic Home MinisterAmitShah on The BJP had planned to take Meanwhile, to shore up the then panchayat will bear ex- tributed to the ongoing struggle. Khatkar toll plaza on Jind-Patiala itation of farmers in Haryana. farm leader MahendraSingh December 8. out a ‘Vishal Tiranga Yatra’ to con- dwindling numbers at protest penses for its repair. With signa- “Thisfundcanbeusedforfuel Tikait, and withitSisauli, a The murmurs arose, too, be- demn the January 26 violence in sites,several panchayatsinPunjab turesof over1,700 voters,theres- expensesorevenfor repairof trac- bustling Muzaffarnagar village cause if the BJP is aforce in west- Delhi during the farmers' parade. have started passing resolutions olution carries the signatures of tors going to Delhi,” said Nazam nestledamidstsugarcane fields ernUP,accordingto observers,the The yatra was to start from MC asking people to send one person the sarpanch – Manjeet Kaur. Singh, one of the villagers. whichwent from being called Tikaitshave directly andindirectly Zone A office and move via from each village home to the Gurpreet Singh, one of those Addressing the media in “Kisano ki Rajdhani” (farmers’ playedsome partinit. And not Meena Bazaar Chowk, Girjaghar dharnas on the borders of Delhi. who signed the resolution, said: Chandigarh on Saturday, BKU capital) to “Jaton ki Rajdhani” leastbyvotingfor theBJP,as Chowk, Kesarganj Mandi Chowk Virk Khurd village panchayat “Thoughwe areregularly goingto president Balbir Singh Rajewal (capital of the Jats) to “Baliyano ki Rakesh said on Thursdayhedid. before culminating at Mahatma in district Bathinda passed a res- the borders (of Delhi) since said,“It(protest)was hitforaday- Rajdhani” -- capital of the Baliyan Gandhi’s statue in Ludhiana. olution on January 27 mandat- November 26, this fresh an- and-a-half.Now farmersareagain khap headedbyTikait. Rise and fall The BJP workers carrying the ing that one villager from each nouncement has been done to rushing to Delhi borders to And then he would getasec- When he wasonthe rise, Tricolour and led by district pres- household will go to the Delhi beat the rumours that after protest.We arethankfulto Tikait- ond wind. In 2001,Tikait,on Tikait senior wasseenasaleader ident Pushpinder Singal start the borders and stay there for at least Republic Day episode morcha is sahib.We willinvitehimto Punjab whosecall lakhs occupiedthe upholding secularvalues. At the yatra while raising slogans such one week. The resolution said about to end and people have and honour him.” Boat Club lawns in the national 1987 Karmu Kheri agitation, he as ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’, ‘Tirange ka that those not complying with started coming back.” He also appealed farmers to capital in 1988, wasstrugglingto broughtJats,MuslimsandGurjars apmaan nahi sahega Hindustan’, the decision will be fined Rs In another resolution passed ensure that the agitation re- At Khatkartoll plaza on Jind-Patiala highway. Manoj Dhaka musternumbersfor aprotest at on asingleplatform -- aJat and a and ‘Vande Mataram’. 1,500 and if a person refuses to by Nangal Kalan village of Mansa, mained peaceful. the Muzaffarnagar town hall. Muslim farmer diedside-by-side Soon, a group led by traders Thinkingthatthemodestgather- intheprotests.Thisimagewasre- and shopkeepers from Akalgarh ingwas being anuisance, an inforcedin1989when he ledthe marketstartedprotesting.Thepro- ACCUSED OF MISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN IN COORDINATED CONSPIRACY overzealous sub-divisional mag- demonstrations afterthe alleged testers, carrying the national flag, Journalistdetained, istrateordered lathi-charge,and rape and killingofaMuslim Nishan Sahib and one supporting in the ensuing chaos the sexage- woman. This ledtoanational farmers' agitation, raised slogans SeditionFIRs against Tharoor, narianfarmleaderfellwithanin- newspaper declaring that such as ‘Jai Jawan Jai Kisan’, cops say ‘misbehaved jury to his forehead. Images of a “Another Mahatma is born”. ‘Vyapari Kisan Ekta Zindabad’, woundedTikaitinthe papers the However, his supportwould ‘Hindu Sikh Ekta Zindabad’. They journalists now in five states nextdayledto anoutpourof sup- graduallyerode.The firsttoleave also blocked the way and did not with SHO at Singhu’ portthefarmerleaderhadn’tseen him were the Gurjars and what allow BJP yatra to proceed. in years. triggered the exodus wasTikait’s As the situation turned tense, tions”ofthe sevennamed in FIR Twenty years later,on secretarymaking statements Joint Commissioner of Police, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE have caused“graveprejudice to Thursdaynightatthe Ghazipur againstthe Mandal Commission Ludhiana, Deepak Parikh, ap- NEWDELHI,JANUARY30 NEWDELHI,BHOPAL, the security of the nation”. border,asimilarchordwasstruck, report. Then,following the 1992 pealed to both sides to remain Mandeep GURGAON,NOIDA, In Bengaluru, asocial activist this time by his son Rakesh, who Babri demolition and the subse- calm. Parikh managed to per- THE DELHI PoliceSaturday de- Punia BENGALURU,JANUARY30 namedRakesh Shetty,alias brokedownduringapressconfer- quentmid-term elections neces- suade BJP leaders to cancel the tainedafreelancejournalist,alleg- Rakesh BS,filedacomplaint of enceaspolicepersonnelmovedin sitatedby thefallof KalyanSingh’s march in the interest of peace ingthat he had misbehavedwith FIRS HAVE been filedinfive sedition, criminal conspiracy to clearthesiteofprotestingfarm- government, Tikait told his sup- and communal harmony, ac- astationhouseofficer(SHO)atthe the police. states,the latest being in Delhi and other chargesagainst ers -- inadvertentlygalvanising portersto vote in“thenameof the cording to the police. Singhu borderonSaturday night. “Punia wasstandingwith the Saturday,against CongressLok the seven. protesters in western UP and antaratma (conscience)and Police said Mandeep Punia, protestersand he didn’thavea Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor and six ShashiTharoor Shetty's complaint wasreg- Haryana. The reinforcements Ram”.Thatdidn’tgo wellwiththe who worksasafreelancer with press ID card. He wastrying to journalists over their allegedly isteredatParappanaAgrahara came in as aray of hope foranag- Muslims, who lefthim. Later a Plea in SC seeks and Junputh,was move through the barricades "misleading" tweets on the vio- police station on Friday. itationthathasfacedintensepres- silent powerstruggle with Ajit moving through roadblocks and whichwerekepttosegregateand lence and death of aprotester The postmortemruledout any According to the com- sureaftertheJanuary26violence, Singhduringthe’90srestrictedhis CBI or SIT probe barricadeswhentheallegedinci- securethe area. An altercation during the farmers' tractor rally bulletinjuries. plainant,the tweets by those andinthe process, Rakesh found influence primarilytohis khap, dent took place. brokeoutbetweenpoliceperson- in Delhi on Republic Day. The complainant stated that namedinthe FIR amountedto hismoment under the sun. whichhas 84 villages in R-Day violence Apurportedvideo of the inci- nel and him. He misbehaved... The cases nameTharoor and the “accused” postedtweetsthat incitement,damaging of na- Muzaffarnagar and Shamli. dent showsagroup of policemen therewas some manhandling as journalists Rajdeep Sardesai, dayand spread fake news about tionalintegrity,creationofen- Political debut “MahendraSingh Tikait... was with lathis forciblytakingPunia well. He wasthen detained,” , Zafar Agha, Paresh Singh’s death by calling mity between different religious On the 33-km drive from aproductof thetimeandcircum- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE away.Another journalist, claimedasenior policeofficer. Nath, Anant Nath, and Vinod K it “killing”. groups and division in society. Muzaffarnagarto Sisauli,there isa stances. Therewas avacuum af- NEWDELHI,JANUARY30 DharmenderSingh,wasalsobriefly Following Punia’sdetention, Jose. Mostofthem invoke IPC JasmeetSingh, DCP (central), In Madhya Pradesh, four sep- chance one mayencounter terCharan Singh, and he came pickedupand later letgoafter he severalfarmleaderscalledforhisre- sections of sedition, criminal in- tweeted, “Due to misleading and arateFIRs have been registered youngsters running alongside along. He had rusticcharm, the APETITION before Supreme showedhis press ID, policesaid. lease.Swaraj IndialeaderYogendra timidation,promoting enmity, false information by TheCaravan naming Tharoor and the sixjour- bullock-carts andtractor-trolley- farmer associated with him, but Courthas sought probebythe Hours before his detention, Yadavtweeted,“Ihaveknown provocation to break public that afarmer protesterhas died nalists forallegedlyinstigating -not aspiring marathoners but hewasamanof contradictionsas CBI,SpecialInvestigation Team Punia had postedaFacebook Live Mandeep to be apassionateand peace, criminal conspiracy,out- due to police firing, acase has farmers with unverifiedand preparingforthenext“DilliPolice well... he would alwaysmaintain (SIT)or ajudicialcommissioninto about the Singhu violence on committed journalist.Picking up raging religious feelings, been registeredinIPEstate unauthentic information for ki bharti”. In theseparts,theysay hewasapolitical,buthisownsons the January26violence in Delhi. Friday, detailinghow men claim- someonelikehim,withoutanylegal among others. Police station. FIR includes cer- “personal and professional aDelhi Police sipahi is equal to a went intopoliticswhilehewas In their petition,advocates ing to belocals had peltedstones basis, is another instance of grow- FIRs were lodged againstthe tain others also who also tried to advantage”. 100-bighafarmer, sortedfor life. alive.And people sawit,” said a Vishal Thakreand AbhaySingh at the protestsiteinfull viewof ing threat to free media.” sevenatGurgaon (Haryana) and misleadthe public.” The FIRs have been registered Sisaulialonehassenthundredsof former associateofTikait who Yadav, bothpractisinginDelhi,also BengaluruonFriday, in Noida In Gurgaon, acase wasregis- in Bhopal, Hoshangabad and foot-soldiers to DelhiPolice. One didn’t want to be named urgedthe topcourt to call for (UP) on Thursday. Four similar teredatCyber Crime police sta- Betul districts, basedonwritten of them wasRakesh Tikait. Twoyears afterTikait’sdeath, records of the Union and Delhi cases in different districtsof tion on acomplaintbyPankaj applications by complainants Had he notquit the jobat28 his eldestson Naresh, who heads governmentson“actionorsteps Drop FIRs, scrap sedition Madhya Pradesh earlier. Singh, aresident of Jharsa village. who have submitted almost andjoinedhisfatherwhenhewas the BhartiyaKisanUnion,and takenbythem over the violence” The FIR in Delhi waslodged “Wehavelodged an FIR similar applications–the one leadinghisbreakthroughdemon- Rakeshwere accusedofgivingin- andasktheinquirycommissionto law: journalistassociations on complaint of advocate basedonthe complaintgiven by submitted in Hoshangabad is in stration—in1987against electric- flammatory speeches during the submit itsreport in atime-bound ChiranjivKumar,aCentral gov- alocal resident who is aprivate , whilethat in Bhopal and itybillsnearShamli—whoknows mahapanchayatthatled to the mannerand take action on it. NewDelhi:Severaljournalistasso- Theypassedaresolution, de- ernment lawyer at Delhi High citizenand does notappear to Betul areinEnglish. In all four he might have been on the other 2013 riots in Muzaffarnagar and The petitioners said, “The per- ciationscame together on manding that cases filedagainst Court. Kumar refusedtocom- have anypolitical affiliations so FIRs, complainantshaveaccused side of the divide today, trying to the subsequent polarisation mission wasgrantedforapeace- Saturday to holdaprotestmeeting journalistsonJanuary 28 and “in ment on the FIR. far…Thecasehas been lodged theseven of starting amisinfor- implement the government or- whichstrengthenedtheBJPinUP. ful protestand atractor rallyon over the FIRs filedagainstseveral recentyears”,bewithdrawn,other- The complainant stated that againstseven named accused mation campaigninacoordi- ders againstprotesters. Withtheemotionalappealon Republic Day, but the liberty journalists andeditors, including wiseacampaignwillbelaunched. the accusedspread fake news and unidentifiedothers. The nated and well-timed conspir- But Rakesh, second of Tikait’s Thursdayand by staring thegov- givenbythe Central government under the chargesofsedition,for The protestmeetwas organ- about protesterNavreet Singh's matterisbeing investigated,” acy about the Delhi Police four sons, has alwaysbeen abit of ernment down, Rakesh has put andpolice wasmisusedbysome their reporting and tweets about isedbythe Press ClubofIndia, death in Delhi on January26by ACP(DLF) Karan Goel said. shooting dead Navreet. arebel.Whilehisfathertriedhard the BJP in aquandary.Theycan’t of the hijackers who were in the the deathofafarmer duringthe The Editors Guild of India, Press blaming Delhi Police to “instigate In his complaint, Singh iden- In Noida,the FIRwas regis- to maintain an apolitical image, be seenresolving it by force. For, garb of farmers... therefore, in the tractor rallyand violence on Association, the Indian Women’s violence”. tifies himself as a“law-abiding teredatSector20Police Station Rakesh dabbledinpolitics and unlikeHaryana,whereBJPisseen interestofjustice, Police Office be January26. They demandedthat Press Corps, the Delhi Union of NavreetSingh diedofhead and concerned citizen…who is on acomplaint by local resident failedmiserably. In 2014,hecon- asthepartyof thenon-Jats,across directed to find the violators... thegovernmentscrapthesedition Journalists,and Indian injuries when his tractor toppled deeplyaggrieved by widespread Arpit Mishrafor "riots and testedLok Sabha elections from theYamuna,itreliesontheJatvote and punish them as per the law”. law, calling it anti-democratic. Journalists Union. ENS afterhitting apolice barricade. riots”. He has alleged that “ac- damage". Amroha on Ajit Singh’sRashtriya to maintainitsholdinwesternUP. Authoritarianism, majoritarianism played role in 2019 polls: Ansari in new book

MinisterNarendraModi, oneof Ansari also says that formany nationalism and the closing of ness of language, ethnicity,reli- adopteddolittle credit to the that normal procedures of ob- DIPANKARGHOSE them being when he had justbe- decades afterIndependence, a the mind is also ‘a manifestation gion, territoryand culturewas regime of Rule of Lawand the taining consent willbeobserved. NEWDELHI,JANUARY30 come Vice President and was “pluralistviewofnationalism of insecurity about one’s place in administeredsuccessfullytoa principlesofdemocracypro- He then said that the RajyaSabha calledonbyModi, then Gujarat and Indianness” characterized the world,” he says. little over athirdofthe elec- fessedbythe Republic. They TVwasnot favourable to thegov- FORMER VICEPresident Hamid Chief Minister. “I referred to the India’s thinking, but recentlyhas Ansari writes in the book: torate...It is evident that asub- amount to what has been called ernment. My response wasthat Ansari has said in his newauto- post-Godhrahappenings in his been supplanted by onethat “The success of populism version of corevalues is nowun- ‘a showofbrutemajoritarian- whileIhad aroleinthe establish- biographythat“authoritarian- statein2002and asked whyhe “threatens to rule out dissent”. (rightlydepicted notasanideol- derway, an exercise that touches ism,”itsays. ment of the channel, Ihad no ism, nationalismand majoritar- allowed it to happen. He said “Morerecently, aversion of ogy but rather astrategy to ob- everycitizenand leavesnone Ansari also recounts that control over the editorial content ianism” playedarole in the 2019 that people look at onlyone as- nationalism that places cultural tain and retain power, and thriv- untouched. Itsimpact is com- around “2014-15” Prime Minister and that acommittee of Rajya election and that a“subversion pect of the matter andpay no at- commitmentsatits coreand ing on conspiracy, poundedbythe abdication or Modi himself walked intohis Sabha members, in whichthe BJP of corevalues is nowunderway”. tentiontothe good work he has promotesintolerance and arro- criminalizationofall opposition, failureofother social and politi- RajyaSabha office unscheduled wasrepresented, providedbroad The book, By Many aHappy initiated, particularly forthe ed- gant patriotism has tendedtoin- playing up external threats) cal forces to comprehend itstrue and sought to knowwhy he was guidance to the channel, adding Accident,isonAnsari'slifeasa ucation of Muslim girls. Isought trude intoand take over thepo- The book, By ManyaHappy proved itself in the 2019 general natureand the urgency to notpassing aBillamidthe din in that from allaccounts, the chan- diplomat,AMU V-Cand then itsdetails andsuggested that he litical and culturallandscape. Accident,isonAnsari’s lifeas election. It wasassistedbyau- counter it.” the House.“Irepliedthatthe nel’s programmes and discus- Vice President and RajyaSabha should publicize it;‘that does not One manifestation of it is ‘an in- adiplomat, AMU V-Cand thoritarianism, nationalism and The book also touchesonthe Leader of the House and his col- sionswereappreciated by the Chairman fortwo terms. It also suit me politically’ wasthe re- creasinglyfragile nationalego’ then Vice President and majoritarianism. Thisideologi- Centre's steps in the erstwhile leagues, when in Opposition, had viewers,”the booksays. contains severalaccountsof vealingly candid response”, the that threatens to rule out anydis- RajyaSabha Chairman cal potion, premisedsimplisti- stateofJammu and Kashmir. appreciated theruling that no FULLREPORTON Ansari's interactionswithPrime book says. sent howeverinnocent. Hyper- callyonthe desirability of one- “The sleight-of-hand tactics bills willbepassedinthe din and www.indianexpress.com

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SKILLS BUDGET ’21 Datashows that even with- out Covid, formal manufac- turing in India has grown moreand morecapital inten- sive over the years. In other words, firms arereplacing labour with capital (read ma- chinery). This is true even for the so-calledlabour-intensive sectors suchastex- COUNTDOWN tiles, leather and jute. While this maybegreat for consumers, forthe large swathes of unemployed IN&OUTOFCOVIDSHADOW and lowlyskilledIndians, this is aterrifying prospect. The government hopes that the private sector (see W) will createthe millionsofjobsre- At thestart of the joint session of Parliament on Friday, PM NarendraModi quired to soak up India’s labour force. But that may nothappenthankstoacontinued preference for said Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharaman had already announced3-4 automation to drive down costs.Skillup-gradation and re-skilling is no longer aquestion of policy mini budgetsand thatthe 2021-22 Budget shouldbeseenasan choice;itisanimperative. extension of thesame effort.Asthe countryrecovers TAX RELIEF from Covid and one of itsworst years as an Beforeevery Budget there aretwo innocent-sounding economy, UDIT MISRA unscramblesthe demands from the people. One, theywant the govern- AtoZofwhattoexpect tomorrow ment to spend moreand two, theywant the government to reduce their taxes. Of course, both thingscan’t happen because the government’s moneyisnothing but the taxpayer’s money. From thegovernment’sperspec- tive,the tricklies in choosing who to taxfor raising the additional revenues. In 2019,for example, be- fore the Lok Sabha election, the government pro- videdincome taxrelief forindividual taxpayers. Afterthe elections, it sharplycut corporate taxrates. erage. In essence,the lossesofthe have-nots were This year,though,itisunlikelythatany massive tax fardeeper than what the averagedecline shows. relief will happen because the government is Informal, unskilled, young, women —all have found already struggling to meet itsexpenses. themselvessignificantlyworse off. But, giventhe parlous stateofgovernment finances, it is unlikely URBANISATION that inequality will elicit asignificant response. That India livesinits villages is no longer justafact but the JOBS articulation of aproblem. If Persistentlyhigh unemploy- Indiahas to grow —that is, if ment notonlyreflects poorly India’s per capitaGDP has to on the government but also rise —then Indiancitieshave threatenssocialorder.Even to grow and prosper.There before Covid, India waswit- arejusttoo manypeople in ATMANIRBHAR BHARAT EDUCATION nessing veryhigh levels of un- rural India and notenough scope forincreased pro- employment —the highestin ductivityinour villages. The question is: Do our cities Some areborn atmanirbhar Apartfromthe hit to the severaldecades. Covid just have thatpotential?Can theyprovidebasic ameni- (self-reliant/self-sufficient), physical health of Indians, made that worse.The government can either focus ties forIndia to transition intoabroad-based mod- some achieve atmanirbharta, especiallychildmalnutri- on financing ever-growing social securities or take a erneconomy? Does our Budget reflect this vision? and some have atmanirb- tion, Covid’s second-biggest leaf out of ThomasSowell’sbook when he says that harta thrustuponthem. This long-term adverse impact is “the real minimum wage is zerounemployment”. Vaccination is likelytobethe dominant the disruption of educatio- Even though India theme fordifferent sectors of nal attainment. Even with- KISAN prides itself fortaming the economyinthe coming out Covid, India’seduca- The farm sector suffereddue the Covid curve, the re- Budget.Oddlyenough, the push towards atmanirb- tional achievementswerealarminglypoor as to backtobackdroughtsin turn to normal growth harta maynot mean areduction in the govern- showcasedrepeatedlybyannual ASER reports.The 2014 and 2015 before de- will depend on how ment’s intervention in the economyand adecided pastyear hasdeepenedinequalities thankstothe monetisation in 2016 turned quicklyand effectively move towardsagreater playofmarket forces. Far digital divide.Expect the Budget to redouble the out to be an even bigger India vaccinatesitself. The global collaboration from it. It will likelybeamix. Forinstance, if youare government’s effortstobridgethe digitaldivide. strain. Since then, however, around findingthe Covid vaccine also putsinper- afarmer, thestate mayrecedeinfavour of the If this happens, it will be asmall price to paytoput farmers have enjoyedpoliti- spective thecalls of being “vocal forlocal”. private sector but if youare asteel manufacturer or up with aslewofratherinelegant policy names cal heftvia forcing massive dairyproducer,the statemay protect youfrom starting with “e—”. loan waiversand the first-of-its-kind directcash WAGES VS WEALTH CREATORS international competition. transfers scheme —the PM-Kisan (Kisan Samman rebound and grow by 11%. Over the years, the relative FDI AND FPI Nidhi)Yojna. But sincethe passageofthree farm Netresult:Atthe end of size of the Central govern- BEHAVIOURAL CHANGE... Foracountrythatsuddenly laws lastyear,the distancebetween the farmers and March 2022, India’s GDP is ment budget has reduced. ...of consumers and busi- decidedtobecome atma- the PM seems to have increased. Raising the outgo likelytobejust2%higher Today, all the states spend1.5 nesses. One of the mostim- nirbhar afterCovid, it is quite under PM-Kisan is one waytoassuagehurtfarmers. than what it wasinMarch timesthe Centre. The Centre portant things to watchout remarkable howIndiarou- 2020.That implies that India cannotbethe prime job crea- forinthe Budget would be tinelycelebratesevery incre- LABOURER would have lost9-10% ofGDP torfor the country. The push the policy tools employedby ment of foreign investment Lastyear sawlakhs of mi- over the twoyears. This is the output loss and the towardsdisinvestment and the FM to changethe beha- —direct or portfolio. Of grant labourers firstgetting real measure of howbadlyeconomies were affected privatisation should beseeninthiscontext. PM Modi viour of different economic course, India is acapital strandedawayfromtheir due to Covid. Howdoes India compare? According has repeatedlyexhortedthe importance of “wealth entities in the economy. scarce (read poor) countryand so it makes alot of homes and then, in the ab- to calculations by GitaGopinath, chief economist creators” in amove to present businessmen and Covidnot onlyforciblyreducedconsumption in sense to acknowledge foreigners investinginIndia. sence of timelyand adequate at IMF,the global averagewould be justatad less women in amorepositive light. This is happening the short-term but also crimpedincomes and PM Modi has promisedtobethe bridgebetween supportfromthe govern- than4%. The US and Chinawould have lostjust at atime when wages—the fruitsoflabour (as afac- scared peopleintosaving morethanusual.But if the cash-richforeign businessesand India. ment, literallywalking back about 1-1.5% of GDP while emerging economies in torofproduction) —havebarelygrown. In fact, consumers continue to spend less, then it will delay thousands of miles. What Asia (including India but excludingChina)would according to International Labour Organisation’s economic recovery.The RBI has already brought GDP GROWTH made matters worse forthem waswhen several have suffered almost8%outputloss. Global Wage Report2020-21, in India, formal work- down interestrates to disincentivise savings. Forits The government aims to turn states decidedtosummarily disband almostall ers’ wageswerecut by 3.6% while informal workers part, the government cancut direct taxes—indi- India intoagas-basedecon- labour laws under the misplacednotionthat set- POVERTY have experienced amuchsharper fall in wagesof rect taxesare withinthe ambit of the GSTCouncil — omy(no pun intended). This ting aside even minimum wage and the mostbasic By all measures,the pandemic 22.6%. Contrastthiswithover20% profitsbookedby as it did in the LTCcash voucher scheme lastOctober. involvesimproving gaspipe- safetyrequirementswouldsomehow leadtoasurge would have raisedthe levelof listedcompanies (entrepreneurs) last year. Similarly,Budget mayannounce steps to incentivise line connectivity as well as in corporateinvestments.For awhile, theywere povertyinthe country. The the purchase of affordable houses, cars etc. turning farmers from ‘Anna providedsuccourthrough the much-malignedru- fact that no less than 80 crore X-FACTOR Similarly,investmentsbybusinesses had been (food)-data (giver)’ into ‘Urja raljobs guarantee scheme. But as the economyre- Indians —that’s roughly60% Indiaiscoming backfromits falling even before Covid hit. Unsureifconsumers (energy)-data’. However, the turns to the normal rate of functioning, thereisa of India’s population —had to worstyear as an economy. On will spend, businesses continue to hold backfresh moreimportant question that the Budget has to needtoensurethat India’slabourers —migrant or be givenfreerations under- paper,the coming year will investments. In 2019,the government cut corpo- answer is: What will drive fast economic growth in otherwise —donot sufferthe same wayagain. scoreshow vulnerable India is likely see double-digit GDP rate incometaxes. Nowitwillhavetofind other asustainable manner? India’s growth rate decele- in terms of poverty. From apolicyperspective,the growth rates. It is unlikely that ways to incentivise investments. ratedsharplyfrom8.3%in2016-17to4.2% in 2019- MEDIUM-TERM trouble starts with India’slastofficial estimates of the FM will notcapturethe 20. In other words, justbeforeCovid hit India at the Eachyear,the government’s poverty being almostadecadeold. essence of this confidencein CESSES AND SURCHARGES end of 2019-20, India grew by justabout 4% with Budget documentsinclude a the form of some poetry. So Of the twocertainties of almostall enginesofgrowth —private consump- thin note calledthe “Medium QUALITY OF LIFE whichpoetwillitbethis year? Tamilpoetand human life—death and taxes tion, business investments, and exports —faltering. term fiscal policy cum fiscal Over the pastfew years, as philosopher Thiruvalluvar has already been pressed —onlyone can be compoun- Government spending, the lastengine, can boost policy strategy statement”. India lostits growth momen- intoservicefar toooften. President RamNathKovind ded. When aCentral govern- growth in the short-term but fast growth cannotbe This is rarely read by most tum, therehas been avigo- has already quoted poetVallathol. The ment imposes anew taxon sustainedwithout private consumption and because budgetsare,bydefi- rous debate about whether odd-on favourites is Tulsidas with some rousing an existing tax, it is referred business investments. nition, annual exercises. But GDP is the right variable to coupletfrom Ramcharitmanas but, giventhe farmer to as aCess (if it is foraspe- this year,thereismorecuriosity about India’s evaluategrowth.GDP does protests,the darkhorse is Guru Tegh Bahadur. cific purpose, say, Swachh HEALTHCARE “medium-term” prospects—roughly theperiod notpoint outhow risingpol- Bharat Cess) or asurcharge (if purpose notspeci- The central takeaway from between 1to5years hence. Why? To easethe lution or inequalities impact YOUTH fied). Fortaxpayers, atax by anyother name would Covid is that India’s private demons of uncertainties and provide apredictable our long-term growth sustainability.Nor does it According to theUNPopulationFund, India will costjustasmuch. But forCentre, Cesses and sur- healthcareinfrastructure — policy environment forall economicagentstoget captureour happiness,the wholesomeness of our continue to have one of the chargessmell sweeterthan regular taxesbecause as efficient and as affordable backtonormal economic behaviour. relationships or the overall quality of our lives. It is youngestpopulations in the suchrevenues don’thavetobeshared withthe state as it mayappear in global no fault of GDP though —itisjustameasure. If we worldtill 2030. It is also true governments.Don’t be surprisedifaCovid Cess comparisons —isneither as NPAS want to assess the quality of our lifemoreaccurately, thatIndia has the mostnum- makes an appearance on Monday. efficient nor as affordable in It can be arguedthat the perhaps we should have adifferent measure. berofmalnourishedchildren timesofacrisis. The upshot biggestmacroeconomic hur- Perhapsthe newmeasure would be able to capture in the world, one of the most DEBT being: India needs to boost investmentsinpublic dle facingthe Indian econ- the unpaid careworkthat women silentlyprovide malnourishedadolescents Thereistough competition healthcareprovisioning.For acountryofIndia’s size omybetween 2010 and2020 or thediminution one suffers on the basis of caste, population,the highestnum- for this letter this year.You and GDP,Indian governmentshavespent abysmally (until Covid hit) wasthe high creed, gender or income. berofpoor on the planet. On education too, India's arelikelytohear alot about lowonhealthcare. But the massive demandfor levelofnon-performing as- massive technical pool cannothide the millions of Digitalisation—acrossfields. healthcareisalso an opportunity forIndia to grow sets (NPAs)inthe Indian REFORMS unskilled(read unemployable) and unemployed Youmight also learn how and createnew jobs. If aonce-in-a- bankingsystem. These, in The one unchanging truth youth. As the firstone forthisdecade, this Budget pent-up Demand has ledto pandemiccan’t induceaquantum leapinhealth- turn, hit the bank’s profitability.Inthe pastdecade, about policymaking in India has itsjob clearly defined. India’s ‘V-shaped’ recovery or carebudget,what can? severalpublic sector bankssufferedsuchhigh NPA is: “Everything is areform”. what the Budget will do to levels that even theirviability came under question. When restrictive labour laws ZZZZZ bolsterIndia’s Defence againstChinese aggression. INFRASTRUCTURE Covid is expected to almostdouble the levelofNPAs were broughtin, it wasa Abraham Lincoln,the greatest American President But the mostimportant word this year could No matter whichway one when India starts recognising the true extent of reform. When labour laws before Donald Trump(ac- well be “debt”. Or,tobeprecise, Debt-to-GDP ratio. looksatit, the pastyear has damagenextfinancialyear.The FM would thus were repealed—eventothe cording to Trump), once apol- The Budget maysignal ashiftawayfromtargeting seen amassive rise in in- needtobudgetfor moneythatthe government extent of notrequiring to pay ogisedthus: "I'm sorry I fiscaldeficit (or totalborrowings) as apercentage equality.The richhavegot would needto“recapitalise” publicsector banks.In minimum wages—thattoo wasareform. When wrotesuchalong letter.Idid of GDP to targeting totaldebt as apercentageofGDP. richer and the poor have got other words, justlikeIndia has pent up demand minimum supportprices were introduced, it wasa nothavethe timetowrite a Totaldebt is nothing but the debt of the pastyears poorer.For instance, in 2020, drivingthe recovery,italsohas pent up bankrupt- reform; when theyare being phasedout,itisare- shortone.” Last year,FM plus the borrowings in the current year.The signi- India’s per capitaincome has cies that areless talked about. form. When MGNREGAisimplemented, it is are- Sitharaman deliveredthe ficance: this shiftmay allowthe government to fallen to levels lastseen in form. Whenitisberated,itisareform.Whenitis longest-everBudget speech spend more(breaching the existing fiscal deficit 2017 and the averageGDP contracted by over 7%. OUTPUT LOSS persistedwith, that again is areform. Basically, noth- —lasting almost 2hours 40 norms) in the next fewyearsand still appeartobe Yet, listedcompanies retrenchedemployees and In the current financial year,India’s growth will con- ing that anyIndian government ever does is any- minutes. Hopefully, she has had the time to writea fiscallyresponsible. cut expendituretonotch up 20%-25% profitsonav- tractbyalmost8%. Next year (2021-22), it will thing shortofreform. Be ready formorereforms. significantlyshorterone this year.

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NOTHINGISgoing well forthe govern- 2018-19and continuedfor eight succes- To search forone will be Vain and to pre- economyfor aperiodofsix months and ment. The farmers areangry, the protests sive quarters ending March 31,2020. The dict one will be Vanity.The Chief reviewthe situation afterwards. have spread to other parts of thecoun- pandemic pushedthe economyintoan EconomistofIMF,DrGitaGopinath, has 3. Devise arescue plan forMSMEs in Settle with try, andthe farmers of Punjab, Haryana abyss: -23.9 per cent in the firstquarter stated that the Indian economywill order to reachpre-slowdown production and Uttar Pradesh aredeeplyhurtby of 2020-21and -7.5 percentinthe sec- reachpre-COVID levels onlyin2025. If levels andrecoverthe jobsthatwerelost. what theybelieve to be the machinations ond quarter. Ms Sitharaman has the dis- thereisarecovery of sorts, it will resem- 4. Reduce taxrates,especiallythe GST the farmers, PCHIDAMBARAM of the central government and the BJP. tinction of presiding over the firstreces- ble the letter K—some will see their in- rates, and the crippling taxesonpetrol Website:pchidambaram.in China has dug itsheels and has refusedto sioninforty years. come and wealth grow while the major- and diesel. Twitter@Pchidambaram_IN vacateIndian territorythatits troops It is nowacknowledgedthatthe year ity willsufferpain and economicloss. 5. Increase government’s capital ex- please have occupied. The Budget is being pre- 2020-21will end with negative growth. That is exactlywhathappenedinthe penditure. In the current year,the capital sented under extremelystrainedcircum- The revenuetargetwillbemissedbya pandemic-affected year (2020-21) as re- expenditureofthe centralgovernment stances with lowerrevenuesand higher largemargin,capital investmentwill vealedinastudy by Oxfam titled and stategovernmentsare falling woe- THE ONLY time Imet the Pakistani father demands. All but oneallyhaveleftthe take ahit, the revenue deficit will be close ‘Inequality Virus’. fullyshortofthe budgeted amounts. of the Khalistanmovement he said some- NDA; the crypto-allies (YSRCP,TRS,BJD, to 5per cent and the real fiscal deficit will Idon’t wish to anticipatethe Budget. 6. Lendingmustbeincreased. Hence, thingthatIhaveremembered ofteninre- BSP) have distancedthemselvesoncon- cross 7per cent. Budget 2020-21 wasa Thereisauniversal demand forincrease recapitalize publicsector banksurgently cent days.General Hamid Gul wasinre- tentious issues;and the alienationbe- disasteratthe startand will be acatas- in investment in health infrastructure and encouragethem to lend without the tirement in Rawalpindi when we met. It tweenthe TreasuryBenches andthe trophe at the end of thefiscal year. and increase in defence expenditure, and fear thatevery loan will be probed by the wasjustafter BenazirBhuttowas killed Idon’t wishtoanticipate the Opposition is complete. The reality is thatthe economyisina Isupportthatdemand.The FM maypro- investigating agencies. and we had along chat in his small,cozy Budget. There is auniversal The President’s Address did notcon- recession;current unemployment rates videmorefunds under the twoheads. 7. Protectionism is outdated and living room. When the interview wasover, demand forincrease in tain anynew or imaginativeagenda. The arehigh (rural: 9.2 per cent and urban: Otherwise, Ihavenoexpectationsofthis wrong. Protectionism has hurtIndianin- he askedif IwereaSikh. Isaid Iwas, and he speech revealedthat thegovernment 8.9 per cent); anti-farmer laws andretro- government.Inthe past, theyhavebeen dustry. Acurrent account surplus in ade- said with anote of regret in hisvoice,“The investment in health waslooking at the country’s future grade import/exportpoliciesfor agricul- exceptionally obstinateand impervious veloping countryisnot amatter of cele- Sikhs shouldnever have gone to India. infrastructure and increase in through the rear-viewmirror. Thenext tural produce have hinderedagricultural to good advice, and Idonot see any bration. Abandon the bias against Theyshould have stayed here.” My re- defence expenditure,and I opportunity is the Budget for2021-22. growth; the industrysector has notat- changeintheir approachorbehaviour. imports,re-engage withthe worldand sponse wastosay nothing,but Pakistan’s support that demand. The tracted hugeinvestment; exportsand Ishall makemywish list secure in the enter intobilateral trade agreements. firstjihadistGeneral’s wordshavere- imports areinthe doldrums because of knowledge that theywillbeignored by 8. Formulatesector-specific revival mainedimprintedin my memory.Ashave FM mayprovide more funds DISASTER TO the government’sprotectionist policies the government! In the unlikelyevent of packages forsectors suchas those years of terrible violencewhen going under the twoheads. CATASTROPHE and because the world’s economyis some suggestions being accepted, it Telecommunication, Power, to Punjab wassodangerous that most Otherwise,Ihaveno limping;and inequalities have grown. would certainlynot be acknowledged! Construction, Mining, Aviation and Delhi journalists neverwenttillafter expectations of this Ihope the Budget does notsharethe India mayhaveearnedthe prize forbe- Travel, Tourism&Hospitality. JarnailSingh Bhindranwale wasdead. fate of the previous Budget (for 2020-21). ing home to the largest number of poor 9. Reviewand rescind amendments Ofteninthe pastfew weeksasIhave government. In the past,they ThatBudgetbegan to unravelwithin people, overtaking Nigeria. The forego- MY WISH LIST to taxlawsthat arewidelyviewedastax watchedsenior ministers call Sikh farm- have been exceptionally weeksofits presentation. The Finance ing is the contribution of the Modi gov- Heregoes my list(and Ihavedeliber- terrorism. ers ‘Khalistanis’, and famous TV anchors obstinate and impervious to Ministerherself unmademanyofthe an- ernment at the end of sevenyears! atelylimited it to 10): 10. Reviewthe regulations made by paint the farmers protestasnothingmore good advice,and Idonot see nouncementsshe had made.Evenwith- 1. Impartalarge fiscalstimulustothe various regulatorybodiesand correct the than an attempt by the Sikhstorevive out the pandemic, the economy would economy, even if it is belated. effect of over-regulation. Khalistan, the wordsofGeneral Gul have anychange in their approach have continuedonthe downward path K-SHAPED RECOVERY 2. Makedirect cash transfers to 30 per Since Ihavenoexpectations Iampre- come backtome. They came backtome or behaviour that had begun in the firstquarterof TherewillbenoVshaped recovery. cent of the familiesatthe bottom of the pared to be disappointed on February 1. mostterrifyinglylastweekwhen Isaw the Khalsa flag raisedonthatsacred flagpole on the ramparts of the RedFort, where onlythe Indian flag has ever been raised since August15, 1947.Therewas much who metTamil Nadu CM EKPalaniswami history vandalismthatday,but this wasmore inside laterthis month inDelhiexpressedannoy- WhyRajini is no MGR, thanvandalism, it wasaprofanity. ancethattheBJPinTamilNaduhadwasted It wasalso areminderthat Pakistan TRACK aprecioussixmonthsbecauseGurumurthy HEADLINE would likenothing morethantosee a COOMIKAPOOR hadledthepartyto believe thatactorRajini- ARUNJANARDHANAN revivalofthe Khalistan movement. This kanthwouldallywiththem.Healsovetoed and other starry stories wassoessential apartofPakistan’s end- Gurumurthy’sproposalto includeVKSasi- [email protected] less, cowardly,undeclared waragainst kalainthe AIADMK-BJPalliance.Inciden- India that one of the founders of the tally, therewas much speculationinthe R&AWrevealedinan interview that when SHRINKING SPACE Tamil media as to whyNarendra Modiwas WHILE ’S on again-offagain Benazir became prime ministerand asked missing in the posters showing EPS and flirtation with politics seems indefinitely Hamid Gul, then head of the ISI (Inter- IT WASapparentatthe start of theLok ShahtogetherannouncingtheBJP-AIADMK suspendedfor now, it adds another chap- Services Intelligence), to stop whathewas SabhaonFridaythattheoldorderinParlia- alliance.Theexplanationwassimple:Modi tertothe tiesbetween TamilNadu poli- doing in Punjab, he refused. He reportedly ment has yieldedtoacompletelynew,un- wassitting at one end of the 12-foot-long tics and itsfilm industry.And though MGR said, ‘Madam, keeping Punjab destabi- familiar world, at leastfor the media. Part Cabinet table in Delhi and EPSatthe oppo- remains itsmostsuccessful link —for rea- lized is equivalent to the Pakistanarmy of thechangeisthelandscape.Forinstance, siteend. It washardfor lensmentocapture sons beyond his stardom —this story having an extradivision at no costtothe thelandmarkseatedstatueoftheMahatma them in the same frame. And because pre- doesn’t begin or end withhim. taxpayers.’ has been shiftedfromthe portico entrance sentingshawlsandgarlandsisbanneddue If SSRajendran, Sivaji Ganesan, AfterwhathappenedonRepublicDay in preparation forconstructing anew par- to thepandemic, therewas no photo-op. Jayalalithaa, Captain Vijayakanth arethe it should be cleartoeventhe stupidestof liament. Muchofthe compound has been moreknown examples, and Kamal advisorsinthe Prime Minister’s echo dug up to relocatepipes, cables and other Haasanhopes to join their ranks, there chamber that the farmers protesthas be- infrastructure. Entryfor newspersons is NEW AVATAAR were others who fell along the way. The come somethingbigger andmoredan- through the Parliament Annexe.The num- In his earlier stint as Madhya Pradesh CM, common thread is that unlikeotherparts gerous. On the farm laws,all that is leftto berofjournalists covering Parliament has Shivraj Singh Chouhanprided himself on of the country, cine stars enteringpolitics sayisthat thereisatotal breakdown of been restricted to abareminimum. The running an inclusive andconciliatoryad- in Tamil Nadu have failed to clickwithout trust. Farmers believe thenew laws will Railway canteenwhich handledcatering ministration, which ensured all sections of asolidgrounding in politicalideology. destroy existing farm markets andthrow fortheParliamentcomplex,probablysince society were on board, in contrasttoUPCM Ascholar of South Asian cinema, them intothe hands of private traders. itsinception, has been replacedbythe far YogiAdityanath’sdivisive image.Forinstan- Gopalan Ravindran, who teaches at the Theybelieve this is happening because moreexpensive IndiaTourismDevelopme- ce,Madhya Pradesh’skanyadaanschemefor Central University of Tamil Nadu, points the government is toobroke to paythat ntCorporation.CentralHall,thefamoushub newly-wedsincludedminorities.Hehosted out that the founder of Dravidian move- Minimum SupportPrice(MSP) that guar- whichserved as ameetingplace forsenior IftaarpartiesforEidwherehedonnedaskull ment, Periyar,didn’t viewfilm stars antees them their meagre profit. scribes,MPs and ex-MPs, is outofbounds cap. He allowedexemptions to those not favourably. “But Annadurai (Periyar’s dis- On December 29, Tamil superstarRajinikanthannouncedthat he would not This mayormay notbetruebut what forallexceptsittingmembers.Someof the- singing Vande Mataram or recitingthe bho- ciple who lefttoset up the DMK) wasa enter politics owing to his ill health. File is true is that thereare very fewrichfarm- sechangescanbedueto thepandemicand janmantra.Butinhisnewavataar,Chouhan theatreartiste andwriter,and ropedinhis ers in India. On government friendly ‘pri- the building activity foranew parliament. appears to be modeling himself on Adi- followers likeKarunanidhi and MGR to vate’TVchannels Ihavebeen astonished But thereason fornot renewing Lok Sabha tyanathwithahardlineHindutva approach communicatewith people. Annadurai wasclearabout his political ambitions kanth’s heterogenous fans,” he says. to hear commentators vent theirrage passesforaccreditedjournalistsintheLong sincehecannolongerriskdispleasingModi usedacombination of mediums... There and worked on this.“He picked roles Apartfromthis, MGR wasapowerful against‘rich, greedy farmers’. If therewere andDistinguishedcategoryseemspartofa and Shah. Chouhan has introducedloveji- were also manyfactors...cinema wasnot wherehewas cast as an idealistic man, orator with complete command over the richfarmers therewould be no need fora largerpatternforshrinkingthemediaspace. had laws andimposedharsh penalties. seenasaseparateentity unliketoday,” and cultivatedanimageofbeing benevo- ,Bhaskaran says,with minimumsupportprice.This is some- Recently, thestate policearrestedcomedian Ravindran says. lent to the poor.Hemarketed and branded Rajinikanthtrailing on both accounts. thing that the ‘agricultural experts’who MunawarFaruqui foroffendingreligious The actorstoo belonged to the post- himself forthe masses.” If JJayalalithaa This is why, Bhaskaran feels, that devisedthe newfarm laws appear notto NOHURRY sentiments,evenbeforethe performer had Independence erawhere nationalism was washis protege,MKarunanidhi wrotethe despiteall the hype surrounding have noticed. Thereisnoquestionthat re- Indiandiplomacygot aboostershotwiththe actuallyuttered an offensive word. at itspeak,and cinema of- scripts formanyofMGR’s anyannouncement by Rajinikanth formsare needed in agriculture and a Covidvaccineexports.Ourdiplomatsinthe tenreflected that, along Thecommon films, with both eventually regarding politics, he willfail if he restson good firststepmight even be opening neighbouringcountriespressedtheMEAfor with themes of socialism. joining politics. Karuna- “merestardom”, without firm politics accesstoprivate marketsbut if farmers gettingthefirstbatchofvaccinesforthehost YEDI’S 9LIVES One of Annadurai’s first thread is that unlike nidhi carved aseparate or ideology. believe that this will leave them at the countries to earn goodwill. In the running In the lastfew months, it seemedasifthe choices wasKRRama- other parts of the space on the strength of his One of the mostrecent examplesof mercy of richand ruthless traders, they were:the Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri scandal-hit Karnataka CM BSYediyurappa swamyorKRR. Amuch-in- country, cine stars writings, both fortheatre this is Captain Vijayakanth, whose DMDK willnever see the newlawsasanattempt Lanka. Brazil, with the second largest fatali- might finallybeonthe wayout. Apowerful demand actor at the time and film, and his poetry. blazedtothe second-highestnumberof at reform. It is true that theyhavebeen ties afterthe US,was firsttomakeadown lobbyled by BJP’s general secretary(organ- (1950-60s), whostarred in enteringpolitics in Thisiswherethe older seatsafter the winnerAIADMK in the obdurateand unrelenting about their payment foraconsignment.Inthe end, the isation)BLSanthoshisagainsthim.Besides, both theatreand films, Tamil Nadu have film stars differfrom 2011 Assemblypolls,but is nowreduced demand thatthe three laws be repealed governmentoptedtodispatchthefirstbatch the unenviable task of meeting ministerial Ramaswamywas acom- Rajinikanth’s ambitions, de- to zeroMPs and MLAs. Kamal Haasan’s but should the government notbetrying to Bhutan.Ironically, theBhutanesewillnot aspirationsof MLAswhohaddefectedfrom mitted DMKfunctionary failed to click spitethe latter’s unsur- party Makkal Needhi Maiam failedto to find out why? utilise the vaccines forwell over amonth other parties and theold BJPloyalists was who kept aside his entire re- withoutasolid passedsuccess and name open an account in the 2019 Lok Sabha It is possible that by thetime youread since an inauspicious period, ‘Dana’, begins proving to be ahugeheadache. Yet, despite muneration forthe party. groundingin recognitionthatextends to polls, with itsvotesharenot crossing even this therewould have been an attempt to shortlyand would end onlyinearly March. some hiccups, the 78-year-old warhorse Soon after, theDMK had NorthIndia. single digits. crushthe protestswithpolice action. Signs TheBhutangovernmentintendsto launcha seemsto have pulleditoffagain.Apparently, twomoreactors in itsranks, political ideology Tamil film historian Kalaippuli SThanu, aveteran Tamil of this became evident lastweek. What vaccination drive at the end of Dana. PMModiandAmitShahwere againstrepla- SSRajendran a.k.a SRR and TheodoreBhaskaran calls a film producer known forseveral also became evident if youwatched TV cing Yediyurappa, fearing it would risk the Sivaji Ganesan. Morepopular than comparison between MGR and Rajinikanth superhitsincluding Kabali, news is that acrackdown has the fullest fall of the government givenits wafer-thin Rajendran, Sivaji toowas adiehardDMK Rajinikanth “foolish”. “Right from his 30s, says thesuccess of film stars in politics supportofthe media. Anchors have made NOPHOTO-OP majority in the Assembly. Yediyurappa ex- functionary. It waswhen he got toobusy MGR wasactive in politics, initiallyinthe is athing of the past, and notjustbecause their loyalty to the government morethan AmitShah cancelledhis trip to on pressedgratitude,comparingShahto Sard- with his movie career,and branched onto Congress and then the DMK. When he left theyare notasrootedinpolitics as be- clearbyraving on about howwrong it is to January14where he wastobethe chief arPatel,bothbeingGujaratihomeministers, mythological movies (seen at variance the DMK to form the AIADMK afterparty fore.Actorshad acertain aura,Thanu allow‘anarchists’tochallengethe might of guestattheanniversarycelebrationsof the whichnodoubt pleasedShah immensely. withthe DMK’sprofessed atheism)that founder CNAnnadurai’s death,the fol- pointsout,with alarger-than-lifeimage, the Indian state. Thuglakmagazinenoweditedby theSangh AsHomeMinisterintheAtalBihariVajpayee the space vacated by him in the DMK was lowers he took along with him were not accessible onlyonthe bigscreen. My fervent hope is that if thereisa ideologue SGurumurthy. Instead, he flew government,LKAdvani,dubbedasLohPur- filledbyMGRamachandran. merefilm fans but ahighlypolitical,ho- “Also, unlikethe past, fans tooare no crackdown it will notinclude the casual to Ahmedabadforakiteflyingfestival.Shah ush,likewisewascomparedwiththeSardar. Gopalan says that unlikeSivaji, MGR mogenous setofpeople,unlikeRajini- longer political.” brutality that we usuallysee in suchsitu- ations. My fervent hope is that somehow away is found to persuade the farmers that they have wontheir battle andcan nowgohome in victory. Iamnot givento ferventlyhoping foranything in this col- She umn but this time Idosincerely, forthe SAID Bizarre interpretation,problematic order reason thatthe thought of Punjab sliding backintoanother period of violence and SHRUTHI chaos is tooawfultothink about. It could RAMAKRISHNAN Act, read with IPC Sections 354(sexual as- chose to applySection 354ofthe IPC, a Also, sexual assault under thePOCSO aggressively questions the victim’s ageto happen because this is exactlywhatthe [email protected] sault and criminal forcewith intention to colonial provisionthatpunishes “assaults” Act, 2012,carries aminimumofthree remove the application of the Actwhich jihadistmilitarymen next door aretrying outragethemodestyof awoman),363(kid- or use of “criminal forcetoany woman, in- years imprisonmentwhich mayextend onlyapplies to those belowthe ageof18. to achieve.Theyhaveworkedhardand napping),and342(wrongfulconfinement). tending to outrage... her modesty”, which to five years, in addition to afine. In com- In the recent case, the defence did not long to stir up secession through shady THE JUDGMENT of the Nagpur Bench of Section 7ofthe POCSO Actdefines carries asignificantlylenient punishment. parison, Section 354ofthe IPC carries only raise the issue as it would onlysabotage Sikh organisations in north America who the Bombay High Court, whichheld that sexual assault of achild as “whoever, with The highcourt’s bizarre interpretation one year of minimum imprisonment. If their case, and neither of the courts un- could notwin an election in Punjab if they groping “without skin-to-skin contact” sexual intent touches the vagina, penis, has even moreabsurdimplications forthe the impetus forsuchajudgment wasto dertook the inquiry. tried. What theycan do, though, is desta- does notamount to “sexual assault”un- anus, or breastofsuchperson....” In a other provisions of the POCSO Act. Forin- sparethe perpetrator from the stringent This oversight, coupledwith the case bilise India at atime when thereisalready der the Protection of Children from Sexual markeddeparturefromthe most obvi- stance, Section 3defines‘penetrative sex- punishment of the POCSO Act, this reluc- being delayedfor nearly four years, and the enough trouble in another (former) state Offences (POCSO) Act, has evoked im- ous interpretation of the clause that has ual assault’ as being committed whenever tance warrantsclose inquiry. tactless interpretation of the HC seriously on our northern borders. mense criticism. While the Supreme been appliedinthe lastnine years, the thereisapenetration of anyobject, penis, Alookatthe trial court’s judgment also impairs the effective implementation of Thereisnoquestion that it is Pakistan Courthas nowstayedthe controversial single judgeHCbenchstated, “as per the or hand to anypartofthe vagina, anus, reveals another gross oversight. The birth the POCSO Act. While the Supreme Court that has encouraged violence in Kashmir order,the interpretation of the offence definition of sexual assault,a‘physical mouth, or urethraofthe child; or if the ac- certificateofthe child acceptedbythe trial has stayedthe order afteritwas arguedthat and Punjab. But, thereisalso no question and the Actbythe High Courtisproblem- contact with sexual intent without pen- cused“applies his/her mouth to the pri- courtshows she wasbornonMay 25, the judgment was“likelytoset adanger- that the door has been openedfor this to atic at severallevels. etration’ is an essential ingredient of the vate parts of the child”. This section,like 2005, and at the time of the offence ous precedent”, it remains to be seen how happen by bad policies made in Delhi. The In the case, the perpetratorpressedthe offence”, with “physical contact” requir- Section 7does notexplicitlystate ‘direct (December 14,2016), shewas 11 years old. the apexcourtrespondstothis unprece- Prime Ministermustdesistfrommaking 12-year-old victim’s breastand attempted ing “skin-to-skin contact” and notjust contact’. Then, the BombayHC’s ‘logic’ So, in fact, it’s notsexualassault under dented interpretation of the POCSO Act. the repeal of his farm laws aprestigeis- to remove her salwar,atwhich point the anycontact. would mean that if aperpetrator uses a Section 7, but aggravated sexual assault Shruthi Ramakrishnan is alegal suebecause since lastweekthereare signs child screamedand wasswiftlyrescuedby The judgedid notinterpret the offence condom while penetrating the child, it under Section 9ofthe POCSOAct which researcher working on child rights. that the problem India faces is muchbig- her mother.The accusedwas convicted by to constituteanattempt to commitsexual would notconstituteanoffence since carries aminimum of five years impris- National Editor Shalini Langer curates gerand infinitelymoredangerous than thetrialcourtunderSection8ofthePOCSO assault underthe POCSO Act, andinstead therewas no ‘directcontact’. onment.InmostPOCSO cases, the defence thefortnightly ‘She Said’ column angryfarmers.

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STRENGTHRISESTO713ASOFNOV,COMPAREDTO669ASOFMAR:ECOSURVEY INTERVIEW WITHPRESIDENT &MD, MG MOTORINDIA ‘GSTrationalisation, GrowingairlinefleetinIndia scrappage policyamust bucksCoviddistresstrend for spectaculargrowth’ THOUGH THE passenger vehicle the situation.But, as of now, our craftbyAirbus were deliveredto intothe newyear andaddedtwo segmenthaswitnessedagoodre- cars aredoingwell and we arere- PRANAVMUKUL airlines suchasVistara and GoAir. morewide-bodiedfreighters — covery over lastthree months, ceiving good response from con- NEWDELHI,JANUARY30 Globally, Airbus delivered566 Boeing 767and Airbus A330 —to thereisasensethatforthegrowth sumersandwe areabletoselland aircraftin2020,downfrom863in itsfleetinJanuary.Aftertheinduc- to continue, the economyhas to areexpanding.Idon’tknowabout INDUCTIONOF44newaircraftby 2019.Vistara also took deliveries tionsofthesetwoplanes,thecom- grow.RAJEEV CHABA, president thefuture,howitwillshapeupbut India’slargest airlineIndiGo—the of twoBoeing 787wide-bodied pany’s total cargofleet size in- and MD, MG MotorIndia, told we areexpandingour capacity to highestdeliveredto anysingleair- planes from the American plane- creasedto19, including five SANDEEPSINGHthatbesidesroad up to 1lakh cars. line by Frenchmanufacturer makerduringtheyear—thefirstof wide-body aircraft. infrastructurethatisspeedingata Airbus in 2020 across the globe— whichwas deliveredinFebruary. Apart from SpiceJet, logistics good pace, the industryneeds re- Over lastfiveyears, we have and athree-fold increase in num- In addition to passenger aircraft, firmBlueDartoperatesafleetofsix forms suchasrationalisation of seen adecline in pace of berofdedicatedairfreightersto 20 airlines suchasSpiceJet also con- Boeing 757wide-bodiedaircraft GSTand scrappagepolicy fora industrygrowth. Whatare the ensured thatIndia’s fleetstrength Afleetofairplanes at the IGI airport in New Delhi. Express file tinuedtoexpandtheircargo fleets in the country. Meanwhile,the strong growth going forward. biggestfactors impacting it? number buckedthe trend of avia- giventhe disproportionate fall in Economic Survey predicted that Having already launchedanEVin Even pre-Covid, 2-3 factors tion industry’s poor performance capacitywhencomparedwiththe air passengertraveland aircraft Indian market, he said the com- limited the growth auto sector. in ayear markedbythe Covid-19 whichbuttressed the fact that Airbus commercial aircraftdeliv- fall in demand forair cargo trans- movementswould reachpre- panyisworking to bring another Automotive salesgrowthislinked pandemic.Asperinformationpro- 2020 wasthe worstyear forthe eries forthe year ... This shows the port. In August2020, SpiceJetin- Covid levelinearly 2021“as are- EV at pricepointoflessthan RajeevChaba clearly to the country’s economy. videdinthe Economic Survey for aviation sector in history. intrinsicstrengthandresilienceof ductedtheAirbusA340aircraftits sultof swiftanddecisiveinterven- Rs 20 lakh. Edited excerpts: Our GDP growth has been pretty 2021-22,tabledbeforeParliament Airframe maker Airbus said theIndian commercialaviation firstwide-bodiedcargo aircraft. tions and effective measures put averageandanaemicandthathas onFriday, thetotalfleetstrengthof thatitdelivered57aircraftin2020 sector.Italso demonstrated our Withthisinduction,SpiceJet’sded- in placebythe government”. While the industryhas seen also talkingofbattery assembly beenonereason.Secondisthatthe Indiancarriersincreasedto713 as to Indian carriers,ofwhich44 abilitytoadaptquickly... we re- icated freighter fleethad nine air- Currently, these numbers areop- growth in the lastquarter, do and havingserious engagement costofbuying kept going up be- of November 2020, compared to were to IndiGo. In addition to this, main cautiouslyoptimistic as we craftcomprising five Boeing737s, erating at around 70 per cent of yousee it sustaining? with certain players to do that in causeofvarious regulations, fea- 669asofMarch 2020. IndiGo also inducted ATRturbo- begin 2021, although challenges threeBombardierQ-400sandone pre-Covid level. Thegovernment Afterthe pandemic and lock- India.Weare alsocollaboratingon tures and also because of costof Thiswasinvariationwithmost prop planes.“Weare honouredto and uncertainties remain high,” Airbus A340. Between then and hasimposedarestrictionallowing down the situationwas grim.Un- chargers, end of lifecycle-battery operationsasgasolinepricesrose. major indicators suchaspassen- have delivered57aircrafttoour Remi Maillard, president &MD, December,the airline inducted airlinesto operateonly80percent lockdownstartedinJune-Julyand, disposal system, batterymining Thethird factor,Iwouldsayisthat gertraffic,cargotonnage,deployed customersinIndiain2020,which Airbus India &SouthAsia told The eightmorefreighterplanes.Itcon- of their scheduledflight capacity by September,theindustrystarted system(canwe have secondlifeof the big cities likeMumbai,Delhi capacity and airline revenues, wasalittle over 10 per cent of all SundayExpress.Theremainingair- tinuedtotakeinmoreplaneswell on the domesticsectors. doing fine. By December,enough the battery), among others. were notgrowing at same pace people startedcoming to show- because of shared mobility and rooms.Whiledemandroseonac- Thereisaborder situation with consumption peaked and started count of preference forpersonal China and it does playon to decline. These were some rea- TELECOM WATCH Growthincredit mobility and pent-up demand, people’s mind. Howhas it been sonsthatlimitedthegrowthof au- NEW SERVICES RBI: Non-food bank credit 9.4% toagriculture these factors can onlysustain de- achallengefor you? tomotive.Idon’texpectspectacu- andalliedactivitiesinthereporting mand forthisquarter (January to In general, politics is some- lar growth unless thereare big growsat5.9% in December monthfrom5.3percentin March).Afterthat,ithasto bemore thingelse.Governmentcomesout reforms suchasrationalisation of December2019,thedataon than feel good and individual fac- withright policies forthe country GSTand scrappagepolicy,which 5G roll-out: How cut Non-food credit growth of banksstood at 5.9 per centin sectoraldeploymentofbankcredit torsandhasto alignwiththeecon- andfor sectors wheretheywant is amust. The thirdisthe road in- December 2020, compared to 7per cent in thesame month forDecember2020,releasedby omy. So, in medium to long run it investment or don’t want invest- frastructure, whichisspeeding at of theprevious year,ReserveBankofIndia data showed RBI showed will dependoneconomy.Weall ment.So,thatwe willleave itto the agoodpace.Theseallcouldleadto hope that the Budget would be government and complywithall spectacular growth. in notice period will contractionin good and the real factors would government guidelines. As faras 1.2% loanstoindustry, come intoplayfor theeconomy. consumers areconcerned,Ithink Youoperateinasegment that comparedto1.6percentgrowth, thatnormallyconsumersdon’tgo has been doing well —SUVs. smoothenprocess mainlyduetocontractionincredit What is your plan on EVs? by origin of thecountryconsider- What arethe localisation levels tolargeindustriesby2.4percent Electric vehicle is astrategic ation. Forthem the whole value youhaveachieved? alsobuysomespectrumfores- ascomparedwith1.8percent playforusandgovernmentisalso proposition has to be good. Our We have three SUVs and they AASHISHARYAN tablishing secured communi- ` growthayearago pushingit. EV wasour second brandpillarswhichholdusingood have all been doing well. Now, we NEWDELHI,JANUARY30 cation between their various product in India. We arenot only shapeare—technology,customer plan to launchour fourth product locations. The DoTthus man- Decelerated working on the product side but experienceandcommunitydiver- whichwill also be an SUV.For EV THE DEPARTMENT of dates that all such newtech- 9.5% growthin on the overall ecosystem. 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Germany or America.What we another 8-10per centoverthe ticeperiodwasearlieroneyear period helpinfaster5G Growthin Growthincreditto performwellregisteringan Youwillhearmorenews infu- needtoensureisthatourproduct next 18 months and we arelook- fortelcos. roll out? 15.3% creditto 1.2% microandsmall acceleratedgrowthof7.8percent tureonbatterytechnologyin remains relevant to consumers. ingatinvestingmoremoneyinlo- Inthenoticeinvitingappli- mediumindustries,comparedto industriesinthereportingmonth inDecember2020ascomparedto terms of mileage, consistency of calisation efforts. Whydotelcos needtogive cations forthe spectrum auc- 2.5percentayearago ascomparedto0.1%ayearago 7.2percentayearago mileage, rangeof500 km and we Does this border situation We have already committed notice before launching tions to be held in March,the arehopeful that we willlaunch cross your sponsors mind in Rs 3,000 croreand, this year,we newservices? DoTamended the clause by that in 18 months. We arealsoex- holding backplans forIndia? should be doinganother Rs 1,500 Under pressure: Credit growth to rubber plastic and their products, cementand cement Source: As partofthe National cuttingdownthenoticeperiod ploringif we candoacarthatisun- Overall,obviously, if thereisno crorefor newproduct, enhancing products, all engineering, beverages and tobacco, infrastructure, basic metaland metal RBI/PTI FrequencyAllocation Plan to 6months from oneyear.A products and construction decelerated/contracted der Rs 20 lakh. We arethinking of change ...We don’tknowaboutthe capacity in the plantand on ven- (NFAP), whenevera total of 2,251.25 asecondEVintwoyearstimeand futurebecauseitalldependsupon dor localisation. newcompanywants MHz of spectrum to enter intothe across 7frequency telecommunications bands at areserve Survey purpose Biyani: Amazon marketoranexisting priceofRs3.92 Q3: ICICIBank Delhi shifts stance, telecom company lakhcrorehasbeen not clear, says playing dog in wantstolauncha put up forsale. newtechnology, a While in this Chidambaram netrises19%, asset the manger tweaks quarantine notice period of one year had auction the government has to be giventothe DoTsothat put up, on auction, frequency NewDelhi: Congress leader NewDelhi: FutureGroup pro- the authorities could make bands only for4Gservices PChidambaramhas said the pur- moterKishoreBiyani has alleged arrangementsfor the spec- could mean that the telecom poseof theEconomicSurvey isnot quality improves that Amazon is “playing the dog rules for UK flyers trum required.The firstNFAP companies could start limited clearasitaidstheself-congratula- in the manger” and trying to cre- releasedin1986,hassincethen commercialtestingof 5Gserv- toryconclusionthattheModidis- ateaconfusion about the group’s been revised multiple time to ices on frequency bands that pensation implemented “far ENSECONOMICBUREAU Loans worth`8,280 cr Rs 24,713-croredeal with PRANAVMUKUL suit thegrowing number of arebeing auctionedinMarch. sighted policyresponse foreco- MUMBAI,JANUARY30 were notclassifiedas . NEWDELHI,JANUARY30 usersinthe country as well as Forexample, on Thursday, nomic recovery”. “... Amazon is playing the dog the demands of the telecom Bharti Airtelannounced the The former Union Finance PRIVATESECTORlenderICICIBank NPA, owing to the inthemanger,goingalloutto cre- THE DELHI governmenthas lifted companies.TheUniongovern- successfuldemonstrationof its Ministertookto Twitterto saythat hasreporteda19percentyear-on- Supreme Courtorder, atearuckus...Forreasonswe never therequirementof mandatory7- ment owns all the publicly live 5Gserviceoveracommer- the “bestdecision” takenbythe year rise in netprofitatRs4,940 according to the bank believedearlier but quiteevident dayinstitutional quarantine for available assets within the ge- cialnetworkinHyderabad,the government is the decision notto croreinthe quarter ended today, this battle is about owner- passengers arriving from the UK ographical boundaries of the firstinIndia, showcasing the print the Economic Survey. December, compared to Rs 4,146 shipof theIndiancustomeratany and testing negative forCovid19 country, which also include readinessof itsnetwork forthe “Now,the Survey hasappar- croreinthe year-agoperiod. indicators areseeing an improve- cost,” he said in his letter written at the airport. This assumes sig- airwaves. With the expansion nextlevelofmobiletelephony. entlyadifferent purpose, al- The bank’s assetquality im- ment.Accordingtothebank,loans onFriday. Meanwhile,Amazondid nificance as the Delhi govern- in the number of cellphone, The networkhas been though the purpose is notclear,” proved,withgross non-perform- worthRs8,280 crorewerenot notrespond to emailedqueryon ment had earlier this month wireline telephone and inter- rolledout on ause case basis he said in atweet. ingassetsdecliningto 4.38percent classifiedasNPA,owing to the the matter. brought in the nowrevoked rule Sample forCovid test being netusers, the needtoprovide on anon-standable basis on “All this in aid of the self-con- in the latestquarterfrom5.95per SupremeCourt order.This in- BiyanisaidAmazon’spolicyof without sufficientnotice —some- collected at Indira Gandhi morespace forthe signals the 1,800MHz frequency gratulatoryconclusion that gov- centlastyear.Thebankheldaggre- cludedretail loansworthRs7,521 “vexatious litigationand harass- thing whichcaughthundredsof International Airport. File arises from time to time. band. The roll out on anon- ernment implemented ‘far gate Covid-19-relatedprovisionof croreandRs759-croreworthcor- ment”was akin to Greekcon- passengers by surprise. Thespectrumwaves,how- standalonebasis means that sighted policyresponse foreco- Rs 9,984crore,including contin- porateand smallbusinessloans. quererAlexander’sruthlessambi- ever,are also usedbyagencies networkcan fall backon4Gif nomic recovery’,” he said. gency provision forproforma The bank said totaldeposits tion to scorch the earth. Rule forpassengers arriving Lastmonth,theIndiangovern- suchasthe Indian Space thereare some glitches in the The government did not NPAsamountingto Rs3,509crore grew by 22 per cent year-on-year Biyani said the FutureGroup from the UK intoDelhi ment had decidedtosuspend all ResearchOrganisationandde- 5G network. print the Economic Survey,pre- forloansnotclassifiedasnon-per- to Rs 874,348 crore, with 19 per wasthetargetof anew formof at- Earlier this month, with the flights from the UK —and these fencesystemsforsecurecom- Full reporton sented in Parliament on Friday, forminginthe wake of the cent growth in averagecurrent tack andthata“corporate battle”is Centre resuming flights from the were partiallyresumedJanuary8 munication.Somecompanies www.indianexpress.com and onlyadigital version was Supreme Court’s interimorder. and savings account (CASA) de- being fought forsupremacy over UK that were bannedonaccount onwards. This wasdoneinlightof made available. PTI Thebanksaidtheassetquality positsinQ3of2021. Indian customers. PTI of themutatedCovid19strain,the the spread of the mutated coron- Delhi governmenthad deviated avirus strain, whichoriginatedin from the Union HealthMinistry’s theUK,andspreadtoovertwotwo BRIEFLY Need to makeefforts to guidelines and mandated each dozen countriesatthe time, in- GameStop ‘tulip’ may be a andeverypassengerarrivingfrom cludinginIndia.Afterassessingthe NewSBICard the UK to undergo institutional situationpertaining to this mu- get rating upgrade in line quarantineforsevendays uponar- tatedstrain, the central govern- MD&CEO rival. This wasasurprise formore ment decidedearlier this week to case for investor caution than 200passengers onboardan further extend the restrictions on NewDelhi: SBICards and with fundamentals:CEA AirIndiaflightfromLondonto the number of flightsfromthe UK till PaymentServices(SBICard) Streetwaitstoseehowlongitwill UK, giventhat the newrule had February14. on Saturday said Rama REUTERS take forhistory to repeat itself. agencies)...Thesechangeshappen been notifiedafter theflight took Mohan RaoAmara has NEWYORK,JANUARY30 Shares of video game retailer PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA over time. Theydon’t happenin- offfromLondon. Air India, how- Passenger guidelines takencharge asthenewMD GameStopCorphave soared1,625 NEWDELHI,JANUARY30 stantaneously,but youhaveto ever,has contestedthis and said The travel guidelines forpas- &CEO of the company. IT SOUNDS likethe startof apara- percentsince thestartofJanuary. continue making efforts,”hetold that passengers were informed sengersremainthesameintheex- ble: Investors stuckinside during Drivingtherallyare individualin- INDIA WILLhavetopersistently PTI in an interview. about the changeinrule at the tendedrestrictions.Inlinewiththe apandemic begin to bid up an as- vestors who have been stuckat makeefforts forimprovement in The Survey said sovereign London airport. guidelines forother international TVSgroup setuntilitspricebecomesunteth- home forthe last10months. itssovereign rating by different credit ratings methodology must arrivals, allinbound passengers firmstomerge eredto reality. Thevaluesoarsun- These amateurinvestors are globalagenciesinlinewithitseco- beamendedto reflecteconomies’ Norm relaxed from the UK will have to submit til one daythe market runs out of buoyedbysavingsbuiltupoverthe nomic fundamentals, Chief abilityandwillingnessto paytheir In afresh order,the Delhigov- self-declarationformontheonline NewDelhi: TVSMotor buyersandfreezes,causingprices pandemic,tworoundsof stimulus Economic Adviser KVdebt obligations, and suggested ernment has said that the situa- portal(www.newdelhiairport.in) CompanyonSaturdaysaid to plummetand some unlucky and near zerointerestrates.“The Subramanian said on Saturday. that developing economies must tion has been reviewedand con- atleast72hoursbefore thesched- the boards of TVSHolding fewtolosefortunesmorethanten GameStop Corphas soared reality is that GameStopdoesn’t The Economic Survey pre- cometogetherto addressthisbias sidering the lowpositivity rate of uledtravel. Allthe passengers ar- Companies and TVS times their annual incomes in the 1,625% since January. Reuters file hurtWall Street.Itmight hurta sentedinParliamentonFridayex- andsubjectivityinherentinsover- the UK returnees, it has been de- rivingfromthe UK alsoneedto Investmentsand Holdings span of afew hours. coupleof hedgefundmanagersout pressedconcern over lowersov- eign credit ratings methodology. cidedthattheadditionalmeasure carrynegative RT-PCR test report, have approved acomposite Thedate:February3,1636.On there, but no one is going to cryfor ereignratingassignedbyagencies He addedthe countrywould of compulsory institutionalquar- forwhich test should have been scheme of amalgamation thatday,theinfamousDutch tulip asquicklyastheysoar,leavingonly them. The people who will be los- likeFitch, S&Pand Moody’s to witness revivalof‘animal spirits’ antine of travellers testingnega- conductedwithin72hours prior andarrangement,whichisto bubble burstduring an outbreak pain behind. ing lifesavings aresmall retail in- India despiteits strong economic of privateenterpriseswith the tive maynot be required. to undertaking the journey. be filedwith NCLT soon. PTI of the bubonic plague, illustrating Now, almostexactly385years vestors,”saidBenInker,headof as- fundamentals.“Wehavemadethe economystaging a‘V-shaped’ 11 Fullreporton thatassetpricescanplummetjust and another pandemic later,Wall setallocation, GMO. case veryveryforcefully(to rating per cent growth in the next fiscal. Status with UK flights www.indianexpress.com

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Fauci says vaccinemakers will have to be ‘nimble to be mandateasCovidrages able to adjust readily’ to virus mutations Face covermustonplanes, trains, buses, taxis from Monday Fauci: SAfrica The Wockhardt plant in Wrexham. Reuters DAVIDSHEPARDSON virus variant’s WASHINGTON,JANUARY30 resilience a BRITAIN THE US Centers forDisease Manchargedover Control and Prevention (CDC) is- ‘wake-up call suedasweeping order lateFriday packagesentto Amunicipal worker disinfectsEleftheria squareinNicosia, Cyprus,onSaturday.Asteady requiring theuse of face maskson AstraZeneca decrease in newcoronavirusinfections three weeksintoCyprus' nationwide lockdown is nearly allforms of public trans- THENEWYORKTIMES allowing forthe startofthe gradual, targeted lifting of closuresand restrictions, the portation as the countrycontin- JANUARY30 vaccineplant country's health minister said lastweek. Reuters ues to reportthousandsofdaily AMAN has been charged Covid-19deaths. DR ANTHONY Fauci warned afterasuspicious package The order,which takeseffect Fridaythatnew clinical trial re- wassent to afactory in on Monday, requires face masks The order says passengers mustwear amask in transit except sultsfromJohnson&Johnson, WHO drops its opposition to to be worn by all travellers on forbrief periods,suchastoeat, drink or take medication. Reuters showing that itsvaccine is less Wales that produces AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 airplanes, ships, trains, sub- effective againstahighlyinfec- vaccine resulting in a ways,buses, taxis, and ride- tious variant of the coronavirus temporarysuspension of vaccinatingpregnant women shares and at transportation Govt backing for airlines’rules circulating in South Africa, manufacturing, British hubs likeairports,bus or ferry were a“wake-up call”. police said on Saturday. terminals, train and subwaysta- He said the virus will con- The Wockhardt plant in theWHO’searlierposition.Theex- believe therewill be specific tions and seaports. MOSTAIRLINES al- The neworder by tinue to mutate,and vaccine Wrexham provides so- APOORVAMANDAVILLI perts notedthat it wasinconsis- risksthat would outweigh the US President Joe Biden on ready requirepassen- the CDC is expected manufacturers will have to be calledfill-and-finish ca- JANUARY30 tentwithguidanceonthesameis- benefitsofvaccination forpreg- January21ordered government gers to wear masks. to makeiteasier “nimble to be able to adjust pacityfor AstraZeneca’s suefromthe US Centers for nant women.” The recommen- agenciesto “immediatelytakeac- But anumber of forairlines to enforce readily” to reformulating the British supplychain, THE WORLD HealthOrganisation Disease Controland Prevention, dation is nowcloselyaligned tion” to requiremasks in airports travellers in the US the requirement to vaccines if needed. whichisthe final manu- on Fridaychanged itsguidance and would confuse pregnant with the CDC’s stance. andoncommercialaircraft,trains have relentlesslyrefusedto wear masks, because are- Fauci’s warning, at the White facturing step of putting forpregnantwomenconsidering women looking forclear advice. Expertspraisedthe shift. and public maritime vessels,in- wear face coverings, leading fusaltocomplywould be a House briefing on the virus, vaccinesintovials or sy- aCovid-19vaccine,abandoning The vaccines made by Pfizer- “I wasverypleasedtosee that cludingferries,intercitybusserv- to conflict with flight crew. federal offence. comes amid increasing concern ringes and packaging opposition to immunisation for BioNTechand Moderna, while WHO changed their guidance re- ices and all public transportation. about newand more infectious them. Police said mostexpectant mothers unless theyhavenot been tested in gardingofferingtheCovid-19vac- Under Donald Trump, who variantsofthe virus that are AnthonyCollins, 53, was theywereathigh risk. pregnant women, have not cine to pregnant women,” said Dr waspresident until Jan 20, aCDC fidence that we canonce again likelyifneeded. The order will be emerging overseas and turning chargedwith dispatching The changefollowedanout- shown anyharmful effectsinan- Denise Jamieson, an obstetrician push to mandatemasks in tran- travel safelyevenduringthis enforcedbythe Transportation up in the US. the packageinthe post. It crytothe WHO’s previous stance, imal studies. And the technology at EmoryUniversityand amem- sit wasblockedand the agency pandemic,” said the 11-pageor- Security Administration and fed- Dr Rochelle Walensky,the was“notaviable device”, whichstatedthat theorganisa- usedinthe vaccines is generally beroftheCovidexpertgroupwith instead onlyissuedstrong rec- der signedbyMarty Cetron, di- eral, stateand localagencies. newdirector of theCenters for police said. REUTERS tion did “notrecommendthe known to be safe, experts said. theAmericanCollegeofObstetrics ommendations formask use. rector forCDC’s Division of Global The order says passengers Disease Control and Prevention, vaccination of pregnant women” The WHO’s newphrasingre- and Gynecology.The association Trumpalso rejected effortsby Migration and Quarantine. mustwearamask in transit ex- who wasalso at the briefing, is- with the vaccinesmade by Pfizer- flectsthis information: wasamong themanyhealthor- Congress to mandate mask use. The CDC said people violating ceptfor brief periods, suchasto sued aplea to Americans to con- BioNTechand Moderna. “Basedonwhatweknow ganisations that had urgedPfizer “Requiring masksonour the order could potentiallyface eat, drink or take medication. tinue wearing masksand prac- IRAN Severalexpertshadexpressed about this kind of vaccine, we andModernato speedupvaccine transportationsystems willpro- criminalpenalties but suggested Masksmay be eithermanufac- tice social distancing, and to Tehranrejects disappointmentonThursdaywith don’t have anyspecific reason to tests in pregnant women. NYT tect Americans and provide con- civil penalties would be more tured or homemade. REUTERS avoid travel. newparticipants tonucleardeal Blinken dials Pak foreign minister, Myanmar’s military IRAN’S FOREIGN ministry rejectedany newnegotia- tionsorchangesto thepar- urges accountability in Pearl case allays coup fears, says it ticipantsofTehran’s nu- cleardeal with world tance of continuedUS-Pakistan will protect constitution powers, afterFrench LALITKJHA& DanielPearl cooperation on the Afghan peace President Emmanuel SAJJADHUSSAIN waskilled process, support forregional sta- by itscommander-in-chief, Macron said newtalks WASHINGTON,ISLAMABAD, while he was bility,and thepotentialtoex- REUTERS Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, shouldinclude Saudi JANUARY30 in Pakistan pand our trade and commercial YANGON,JANUARY30 about abolishing the constitu- Arabia.“Thenuclearaccord in 2002 ties, Price said. tion had been misinterpreted. is amultilateral interna- The UAE’s economy has been hit by the coronavirus US SECRETARYofState Antony The PakistanForeign Office MYANMAR’S MILITARYsaidon “The Tatmadawisprotecting tional agreement ratified pandemic and lowoil prices, promptingtens of thousands of Blinken has spoken over the said in astatement that the two Saturdayitwould protect and the 2008 constitutionand will by UN Security Council expatriates to leave. Reuters phone with PakistanForeign Spokesperson NedPrice said on leaders discussed“recent devel- abide by the constitution and act act according to the law,”itsaid. Resolution 2231, whichis Minister Shah Mahmood FridaythatBlinken reinforced opmentsinthe Daniel Pearl according to law, amove that “Some organisations and media non-negotiableandparties Qureshi and discussedthe need America’s concernoverPakistan case” and Qureshi “underscored could allayconcernsthat the assumedwhat theywantand to it areclear and un- foraccountability in the murder Supreme Court’s ruling acquit- that it wasimportant and in the armedforces might attempt to wroteasTatmadaw will abolish changeable,” Iran Foreign UAE adopts amendments of AmericanjournalistDaniel ting Pearl’s killers. mutual interestthat justice is seize power. the constitution.” Ministrysaid. REUTERS Pearl, according to the US State “Blinken and Qureshi dis- served through legalmeans”. The statementcomes aday af- Aung San Suu Kyi’s ruling to grant citizenship to Department. cussedhow to ensureaccounta- Qureshi congratulated terUNSecretary-General Antonio National League forDemocracy USA Pearl, the 38-year-old South bility forconvicted terrorist SecretaryBlinken on assuming Guterresand Western embassies Party(NLD),whichwon 11soldiers Asiabureauchief forTheWallStreet AhmedOmar SaeedSheikh and his office, underscoring in Myanmar expressedserious November’selectioninalandslide, investors, professionals Journal,was abducted and be- othersresponsible forthe kidnap- Pakistan's commitment to forg- concerns about the possibility of calledthestatementa“suitableex- hospitalisedafter headedwhile he wasinPakistan ping and murder of American ing acomprehensive partner- armyinterventionin Myanmar,a planation”. NLD spokesmanMyo drinkingantifreeze the publicwelfaresystem. The investigatingastoryin2002onthe journalistDaniel Pearl,” Pricesaid ship with the United States countryruledbythe militaryfor Nyunt told Reuters the party REUTERS UAEspends billions of dollars linksbetweenthecountry’spow- in areadout of the call. basedonthe convergence of in- 49 years aftera1962coup. wanted the military to be an or- ELEVEN SOLDIERSatFort DUBAI,JANUARY30 eachyear on free education, erful spyagency ISIand al-Qaeda. In addition, Blinken and terestsonawhole rangeofis- The military, known as the ganisation “that accepts the peo- Bliss in Texas remained healthcare, housing loans and StateDepartment Qureshi discussedthe impor- sues, it said. PTI Tatmadaw, said recent remarks ple’sdesire regardingtheelection”. hospitalisedonFriday, one THE UNITED Arab Emirates has grantsfor itsestimated 1.4mil- dayafter they drank an- adoptedamendmentsthat lion citizens. tifreeze,believingitwasal- would allowthe Gulf stateto Foreigners in theUAE usu- HD MEDIA SAYS GOOGLE ‘THREATENS THEEXTINCTION OF LOCAL NEWSPAPERS’ IN U.S. 4-yr-old Sikh girl cohol, during afield train- grant citizenship to investors allyhaverenewable visas valid ing exercise, military and other professionalsinclud- foronlyafewyears tiedtoem- West Virginia newspaper publisher sues Google, FB becomes one of officialssaid.Initiallabtests ing scientists,doctorsand their ployment. The government in showedthe soldiers were families,the governmentsaid recent has made itsvisapolicy that Google and Facebook con- Chavern, head of the news youngest in UK experiencingethylenegly- on Saturday. moreflexible, offering longer TALIARBEL spiredto further their dominance trade group News Media col poisoning afteringest- “TheUAE cabinet, local residencies forcertain types JANUARY30 withasecretagreement,referring Alliance. He said the group was to get into Mensa ingtheantifreezeonthefi- Emiri courts and executive of investors, studentsand to asuit filedby10Republican at- notinvolvedinthe suit. naldayofa10-daytraining councils will nominatethose el- professionals. AWESTVirginianewspublisher torneys general in December. HDMediafiledinfederalcourt exercise,Lt.Col.AlliePayne, igible forthe citizenship under Lastyear,the government ex- has filedanantitrustsuitagainst The companydoes notspec- in West Virginia and asked fora ADITIKHANNA aspokeswomanfor the clear criteria setfor eachcate- tendedits “golden”visa system - Google and Facebook,who to- ify the impact on itsbusiness of jurytrial. It askedfor unspecified LONDON,JANUARY30 FirstArmored Division at gory,” Dubai’s ruler andUAE whichgrants10-year residency gether receive roughlyhalf of all the behavior of Facebook and damages and that the courtstop Fort Bliss, said at anews Vice President Sheikh in the Gulf state-tocertainpro- digital ad dollars in the US and Federal antitrustauthorities Google beyond saying that it has GoogleandFacebookfromtheun- AFOUR-YEAR-OLD BritishSikh conference.ColonelPayne Mohammedbin Rashid Al fessionals, specialiseddegree- arefacing antitrustcharges from have suedbothGoogleand hurtits ability to “effectively competitive conduct it is alleging. girlhas become one of the declinedtodiscussthe Maktoum said in atwitter post. holders and others. federal and stateauthorities. Facebook in recent months monetise itscontent” because Federal and stateantitrust youngestinthe UK to be ac- episode in detail, saying “The lawallows receivers of An oil and gasproducer,the The company, HD Media, Google is enabledtotakeanun- authorities have suedboth ceptedintothe eliteMensaclub it remainedunderinvesti- the UAEpassporttokeeptheir UAE’s economy has been hit by owns severalpapers in the state, competitive shareofthe news Google and Facebook in recent forpeoplewith ahighintelli- gation by US Army existing citizenship,” Sheikh the coronavirus pandemic and includingthe Herald-Dispatch in so monopolisedthe online ad publisher’s ad revenues. months. The Justice gence quotient (IQ). CriminalInvestigation Mohammedadded. lowoil prices,promptingtens Huntington and the Charleston marketthat“it threatens the ex- It’sthe firstantitrustlawsuit Departmentalleges that Google Dayaal Kaur,who liveswith Command. NYT It wasunclear if newpass- of thousands of expatriates Gazette-Mail. tinctionoflocalnewspapersacross againstatech platform focused abuses itsdominance in online herfamilyinBirmingham,had portholders would benefit from to leave. HD Media claims Google has the country”. The suit also alleges on news publishing, said David search and advertising. AP displayedexceptional learning abilities. Sheexpressedanen- thusiasm to appear forthe Mensa test,conducted online from home due to the coron- ‘WE NEED THIS CATALYST,NOW’ avirus lockdown, and achieved an IQ scoreof145, whichputs herinthe topone per centof As protests grip Russia, Putin critics of many stripes rally around Navalny the UK's population in the “verygiftedorhighlyad- vanced” category. “Entering aphase of intense the protests,ashehas in the past, personallydenying Navalny’s ac- —theyjustwant changeinthe “Weare delighted to wel- ANTONTROIANOVSKI crisis is alesser evil than this using asprawling security appa- cusationthathehadbuilthimself country,”Milov said. come Dayaal to Mensa, where MOSCOW,JANUARY30 slowdegradation of the coun- ratus adeptatstiflingdiscontent asecretpalace on theBlackSea. Navalnymade aname as an she joins acommunity of about try,”Pasechnik, 42, said. “We while avoiding large-scale repres- Putin’s usuallyatomisedcrit- anticorruptionbloggerintheearly 2,000 junior and teen mem- ALEKSANDR PASECHNIK, aso- needthis catalyst, now.” sion that could inflame passions ics have come together around 2000s,butalsoengagedinnation- bers,” said John Stevenage, cialist, sees thejailedopposition Opposition to President further.Evenmanyofthe protest- the figureofNavalny,44, notfor alistpolitics,turningoffmanylib- British Mensa’s chief executive. leader Aleksei Navalnyaspartof Vladimir Putin has come in many ers themselvessaidit wouldtake his political views but because erals.Three-quartersof theview- “Her familycan makeuse of the “liberal intelligentsia”. hues—fromStalinistswhodream farbigger crowds to persuadethe he is perceivedasasymbolofthe ersofhis “NavalnyLive” YouTube the supportive parents’ network Mikhail Svetov,Russia’s best- of resurrecting the plannedecon- Kremlin to changecourse. main source of theanger that channel were men,its director, thathas developedand we hope known libertarian, recoils from omy, to nationalists who want to Still, the latestflashofdiscon- manyRussians feel toward the LyubovSobol,told The NewYork that as she growsup, Dayaal Navalny’s economic populism. restrictmigrationandannexmore tent is notable because it unites Kremlin: injustice. Times lastMay.Sobol attributed makes manylifelong friends and OlgaNikiforova, amonarchist, of ,to liberalswholongfor “Enteringaphase of intense crisis is alesser evil than this right and left, old and young; and Vladimir Milov, aformer that phenomenon to Navalny’s experiences some of the many long refusedtobelieve that democracyandclosertieswiththe slow degradation of thecountry,”said Aleksandr Pasechnik, the protesters,ratherthan deputy energy ministerand now brusque, radical style. learning and networkopportu- Navalnywas poisoned. West.Rarelyhavethese disparate asocialist. NYT vaguelytargeting government an advisertoNavalny, said the Yetlastweekend,about45per nities that Mensa offers,” he said. Yetdespitetheirmisgivings,all groupscometogetherastheyhave officials, areunabashedlyattack- opposition leader’s team did not cent of thoseatNavalny’srally in Dayaal, whose dream for three risked arrest to join the inthelastweekaroundNavalny— ing Putin himself. viewideology as an important Moscowwerewomen,and42per nowistobecome an astronaut protests thatswept across Russia because the moment has arrived, “Navalny has, forthe firsttime, the Moscow SchoolforSocial and ThatmeansPutinfacesanun- factor in mobilising protesters. centsaidtheyhadneverprotested and also to have astable full of lastweekendcallingforNavalny’s moreand moreRussianssay, sparkedaRussian protestmove- EconomicSciences.“It is ahistoric usuallyvolatile moment—asev- “The vast majority of people before thisyear,according to a horses, took the test justbefore release —and were considering when theycan no longerabide mentagainstthe President,” said moment forthe country.” idencedbythe extraordinary whocomeoutarenot partisansof group of sociologists who sur- her fourth birthdayinOctober doing so again on Sunday. passive acceptance of Putin. Konstantin Gaaze, asociologistat Putin is in position to ride out spectaclerecentlyofthePresident anyideologyorhave specificviews veyedthe crowd. NYT lastyear. PTI

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BRIEFLY TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE Pollscoming,Mamata CHHATTISGARH NUMBER OF Govtseekslist VACCINATIONS ofRamtemple (JAN 30) shiftsfocustoparty donationtakers 2,06,130 Raipur: Aftercomplaintsof Total:37,06,157 Bengal CM spending more time on shaping poll campaign fraudulenttransactions surfaced in the name of NUMBER OF ADVERSE held meetings withsenior lead- Ramtemple, the EVENTS AFTER EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ers. On Friday, she chaired a Chhattisgarh government IMMUNIZATION KOLKATA,JANUARY30 meeting with MPs, MLAs and has writtentothe Shriram Mamata leaders at her home in Kalighat Janmabhoomi Tirth 71 CHIEF MINISTER Mamata Banerjee in south Kolkata. Sources in the KshetraTrusttolistout the Total:2,491 Banerjee has been concentrating TMC said that suchmeetings authorisedpersonnel to Workers in Jammu on Saturdaysanitise aclassroom ahead moreonthe dailyactivities of would nowbeheldregularly. whom funds can be do- CASES: ACTIVECASES:1,69,824 of reopening of educationalinstitutions after10months. PTI Trinamool Congress (TMC) lead- The shiftinfocus has come at “She is planning everything. nated.Chief secretary 334 ers and the party’s campaign atime theBJP is trying to getsev- Sheiskeepinganeye on the pub- DAYSSINCE 1,07,33,131 DEATHS:1,54,147 Amitabh Jain wrotetothe PANDEMIC over the pastmonth, TMC lead- eral Cabinetministers and MLAs lic statementsmadebyleaders. general secretaryofthe BEGAN TESTS: 19,58,37,408 | RECOVERIES: 1,04,09,160 ers in the knowsaid on Saturday. over to itsside. While the TMC The CM is implementing aros- Trust, alerting him about NITI governing council Sources said thatwhile ear- chairperson has said that those terfor everyleader.She has CASES DEATHS RECOVERIES TESTS an incident in the Bilaspur JAN29 lier the chief ministerconcen- seeking to leave the party should asked MPsand Cabinetministers district. “Some anti-social 13,083137 14,808 7,56,329 to meet, discuss vaccine trated on governmentworkand do so immediately, she is also to give moretime to the cam- elementsthrough individ- regular administrative meetings, personallylooking into the gen- paign.She has asked all leaders ual, group and trusthave STATESREPORTINGMAXIMUMCASES agroup of senior leaders looked uine grievances of asection of to hit thestreets from February been collecting moneyby CASES(JAN29) TOTAL management in states afterthe party’s dailyactivities. the leadership. “Not onlythat and take on the BJP.She is per- getting fake receipts 6,2689,17,631 At present, Banerjee is looking she is listening to grievances per- sonallykeeping atab on all 294 printed,” the letter sent on Maharashtra2,771 20,21,184 reviewthe status and prepared- intothe smallestdetails of the sonallybut also preparing an al- Assemblyseatsinthe state. It is January28read.“Withthe Tamil Nadu 509 8,37,327 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ness forCovid-19vaccination, party’s grassroots campaign. ternative to leaders and MLAs likethe old days,” said aTMC MP disclosureofthe autho- NEWDELHI,JANUARY30 days before the national roll-out “So far, her concentration who have leftorare suspected who attendedthe Kalighat risedlist, the moneydo- STATESREPORTINGMAXIMUMDEATHS(TODAY) of the drive from January 16. wasonprovidinggood gover- would leave soon. Shehas al- meeting. natedby public would ac- DEATHS(JAN29) TOTAL AMID COVID-19vaccination The council is chaired by the nance to the peopleofBengal. ready put in place an alternative It is learnt that Banerjee her- tuallygotowards building Maharashtra5952,237 drive,the NITI Aayogmay soon Prime Minister. Chief Ministers She gave moretimeasachief listofleaders, ones better com- self has decidedtoaddress more the RamMandir and the Kerala 22 3,752 call the next meeting of itsgov- andLt. Governors areits mem- minister. But in the pastmonth, paredtothose who have leftor public meetings. The parliamen- fraudulentactivitiesnot be Punjab115,601 erning council to discuss the is- bers. The council lastmet on June things have changed.Now,she is will leave.Some of the MLAs tarian added, “She is personally repeated,” the letter read. sue of vaccinemanagement in 15,2019, soonafter Modi re- spendingmoretime on the who have leftwouldnot have got looking intothe details of the ENS DataasonJanuary29,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealthandFamilyWelfare,IndianCouncilofMedical states, it is leant. turnedtopower.Inthe next party.She is notonlyinfusing tickets from the TMC this time,” campaign —what our leaders Researchandstategovernments. Sources said the thinktank meeting, the council is also ex- confidence in the rank and file, said aTMC leader. should saytothe public,how JAMMU &KASHMIR has suggested atentative six- pectedto discuss the statusofthe but is also personallylooking Since lastweek, Banerjee has theywillreachout to the people. SII applies for trials of another vaccine point agenda forthe meeting, for global andIndian economyand intograssroots-levelpolitics in startedchairing closed-door She has also clarifiedthe points Twomilitants whichadatehas notbeenfinal- the impact of Covid, sources said. the districts,” said asenior TMC meetings with party leaders through whichwewill target the surrenderafter Pune: Serum InstituteofIndia Swedish companyAstraZeneca. izedyet. Besides, issues related to water leader close to Banerjee. from eachdistrict. She has also BJP.” CEO Adar Poonawalla Saturday In atweet,Poonawalla said, “Our The meeting comes in the management, including “inter- gunfight:cops said his firm has appliedtostart foraCOVID-19vac- middle of amassive,nationwide riverlinkages”, arealso expected the trials of another COVID-19 cine with @Novavax has also Covid-19vaccination drive. to be discussed, it is learnt. CPM and Cong Srinagar: Twomilitants Matuasupset with surrendered to security vaccine and that it hopes to publishedexcellentefficacy re- Earlier this month, Prime Issues related to recommen- forces afteranexchange launchitbyJune2021. sults. We have also appliedto MinisterNarendraModihad dations of the 15th Finance hit out at TMC, of fire on Fridayevening SII has already produced starttrials in India. Hope to chaired ameeting with chief Commission and Atmanirbhar Shah change of plans BJP in joint rally in Pulwama district, the Covishield, co-developedbythe launch#COVOVAX by June ministers and administrators of Bharat arealso on the tentative Jammu and Kashmir po- University of Oxfordand British- 2021!” PTI all states and Union Territoriesto agenda, sources said. licesaidSaturday, adding Matua leaders claim that they that oneofthem wasin- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE comprise around 20 per cent of EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE jured and is being treated. KOLKATA,JANUARY30 the statepopulationand hold KOLKATA,JANUARY30 Uttarakhand: 62 dead in human-animal sway in around 35 to 40 Police said Akeel Ahmad Lone and Rouf Ahmad THE MATUAcommunity on Assemblyseats. AT Ajoint rallyofthe Congress were affiliated to the Saturday expresseddismayafter Royand other BJP leaders and the CPI(M) hereonSaturday, conflict in 2020; overhalfinSept-Dec Union Home MinisterAmit Shah held talkswith Matua represen- CPI(M) politburomember HizbulMujahideen. They said Akeel wasinjured in cancelledhis public meetings in tatives, including Bongaon BJP Mohammad Salim saidthe the “initial exchangeof conflictwithwildanimals. Matua strongholds Thakurnagar MP Shantanu Thakur,in Trinamool Congress and the BJP ED fire”and wasshiftedtoa LALMANIVERMA “Typically, young leopards and Bongaon in North24 Thakurnagar.When the meeting were twosides of the same coin, IN Shrinkingterritory hospitalfor treatment af- DEHRADUN,JANUARY30 and tigers liketotravellongdis- Parganas district. wason, agroup protestedthe ab- pointing out that the ruling tances and startexploring new To placate the community, sence of Shah. SeveralMatuas party’s leaders were nowjoining terhis surrender.The PLA foranimals gunfight brokeout aftera DATA RELEASED by the E areas… When human activities BJP national vice-president had come to Thakurnagar from the saffron outfit. ● EX joint team of the J&K Uttarakhand Forest Department stop, wild animalsexpand their Mukul Royand other party lead- different parts of Bengal. Congress and CPI(M) leaders Police, Armyand paramil- has revealedthat 56 per cent of Uttarakhand hasaround 38,000 sq. km of forests—almost territories and startusing these ers rushedtoThakurnagar and The TMC accusedthe BJP of marched from Ramlila Maidan itaryforces cordonedoff the human deathsinman-ani- 71 per cent of itsgeographical area—and asignificant hu- areas,” WildlifeInstituteofIndia promisedthat the revisedsched- misleadingMatuas on the issue to the Gandhi Ashram in Lelhar village. ENS mal conflictsin2020 occurredin man population resides in villages located in and around (WII) dean Dr YVJhala said. ule of Shah's trip would be an- of citizenship. In apress confer- Beleghata. the lastfourmonths of the year forest areas, both in the hills and plains. Forest officials say Another takeaway from the nouncedinthe next 48 hours. ence in Kolkata, statePanchayat Afterthe rally, LeftFront UTTAR PRADESH -- afterthe free movement of thatasmoreand morepeople ventureintowild animals’ Forest Departmentdatawas that Shah, who wasscheduledto MinisterSubrataMukherjee chairperson Biman Bose said, people resumedfollowing the territories, and an increase in the population of animals has despite lockdownandrestrictions hold public meetings on said, “They(Matuas) arealready “BJP always worshipped Over1,000new easing of curbs due to the pan- resulted in ariseinman-animal conflictsand an increase in forlarge partsoftheyear,2020ac- Saturdayand Sunday,deferred citizens of the country. But the Nathuram Godse, who killed demic-inducedlockdown. the number of casualtiesofbothhumans and animals. tuallyrecordedahighernumber his visit at the eleventh hour BJP wooedthem during the Lok Mahatma Gandhi. Nowtheyare Gangaaarti As per the records of the of humancasualties as aresult of withthe stateBJP citing “un- Sabha polls saying it would grant worshipping Netaji Subhash sitesplanned Forest Department,62people man-animalconflictswhencom- avoidable circumstances” and them citizenship. The BJP got ChandraBasutoprove theirpa- diedand 286 were injured in likeleopards, tigers and ele- that 35 human casualties (almost pared to the figuresof2019(58 the “situation in Delhi” as rea- Matua votes and got an MP triotism. Theyare basicallytry- Lucknow: In itsbid to de- man-animal conflictsin2020. phantsexpandedtheir territory 56 per cent) and 146injuries (51 deaths) and 2018 (52 deaths). sons. electedfromthat area. But ing to createunrestinBengal.” velopvillages along the The maximum number of casu- as human movement ceased. per cent) were recordedbetween Head of Forest Force, Rajiv Matuas had expected Shah to Matuas have votercards. The The Leftand theCongress riverGangaastourist alties –30deaths and 85 injuries Afterthe lockdown endedand as September andDecember. Bhartari said, “Department is clear the air on the implementa- stategovernment has given will contestthe upcoming spots and makepeople –werebyleopard attacks,fol- restrictions were eased, people According to aforestofficial, planningtotrainmembersofvol- tion of the Citizenship them rationcards. Theyare al- Assemblypolls together,and are awareabout the cleaning lowedbysnakebites (15deaths entered these newlyexpanded afterthe unlock, people started untaryvillageprotection forcein AmendmentAct (CAA). Matuas ready citizens. The stategovern- involved in seat-sharing talkswt of the river, the Uttar and 53 injuries), elephant at- territories and came in contact venturingintotheforest moreand the villages fortheir capacity belong to the ScheduledCaste ment gave them landdeeds. If present.According to sources, Pradesh governmentis tacks(11 deathsand 8injuries) withwildlife,resultinginman- moretocollect wood and fodder, buildingand enhance their communityand trace their an- theyare notcitizens howcould theyhavealready reachedan planning to build over and bear attacks (86 injuries). animal conflicts. especially preparationfor winter. knowledge so physical barriers cestrytoEastBengal. Many en- theyget land deeds? The BJP understanding on 193ofthe 1,000 platforms in as Wildlifeexpertssay thatdur- An analysis of the datareveals This increasedthe possibility of can be maintainedproperly.” teredWestBengalafter Partition. misledthem forvotes.” state’s 294Assemblyseats. manyvillages fordaily ing the lockdown, wild animals Aarti, along with renovat- ing temples and religious GOVT.OFNCT OF DELHI GOVT.OFNCT OF DELHI places here.According to DELHI SUBORDINATE SERVICES information providedby DELHI SUBORDINATE SERVICES the government, atotal of SELECTION BOARD SELECTION BOARD 1,038 villages from district in west to Ballia in FC-18, INSTITUTIONAL AREA, KARKARDOOMA, DELHI-110092 FC-18, INSTITUTIONAL AREA, easthavebeen chosen for www.//dsssb.delhi.gov.in the project, and daily F-55 (1474)/Exam/DSSSB/2019/Pt.file/2317 Dated: 22/01/2021 KARKARDOOMA, DELHI-110092 Aartiwould be conducted www.//dsssb.delhi.gov.in with the help of public participation. 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New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 12 EXPRESS NETWORK THE SUNDAY EXPRESS,JANUARY31,2021 ASI finds ancient structure in Odisha scheme floated in Fatherskidnapped,unwellson, Odisha, triggers heritage buzz lockdown for urban poor to be Structurefound near Bhubaneswar’sShree Lingaraj sleeplessdaughterawaitreturn made permanent Temple, possiblyaplatform on whichshrinestood

VKAUSHIKKUMAR AISHWARYAMOHANTY ABHISHEKSAHA PK Gogoi belongs to NEWDELHI,JANUARY30 BHUBANESWAR,JANUARY30 GUWAHATI,JANUARY30 Sivasagar district in WORKERS AND officials of the THE ODISHA governmentplans OVER Amonth aftertheywere Assam, while Ram ArchaeologicalSurveyofIndia to convert an urban poorem- kidnappedbymilitantsofthe Kumar is from Bihar’s (ASI) engaged in apreservation ployment initiative launched ULFA-I and the NSCN, oildrilling and excavation exercise near during the lockdown intoafull- companyemployees Ram Khagaria district. Both Shree Lingaraj Temple,the most fledged scheme from April Kumar,whose five-year-old son areemployees of an oil prominent temple of this year. suffers from bloodcancer,and PK Gogoi, Kumar were kidnappedbyULFA-I&NSCN on Dec 21 drilling company Bhubaneswar, have stumbled The Mukhyamantri Karma Gogoi, whose 13-year-old daugh- upon an ancient stone structure The structurewas discoveredduring apreservation exercise TatparaAbhiyan, or ‘Mukta’, was terispassingsleepless nights —possibly aplatform on which in OldTownareaofBhubaneswar on Wednesday. ASI launched on April 18 forsix worrying forher father,remain should talk to the abductors and were conducting their opera- official said. one amongthe oldest shrines in months before being extended captive. ensurethat my husband is re- tions in the hope of rescuing the RamKumar’s father-in-law Odisha once stood. foranother six. Asum of Rs 200 The insurgentshavenow is- leasedimmediately. It has been duo. Diwarkar said, “What have we The structurecould be older ples in the EkamraKshetra [Old model,inwhichfoursmallertem- crorewas sanctionedofwhich, suedanultimatum amidstres- over amonth since we have not The statement said theywere done to the ULFAthattheyhave than the 11th centuryShree Town area of Bhubaneswar that ples surround the main temple. Rs 140crore has been spent so far, cue operations by security forces. seen him…” certain that instead of rescuing takenour son? Please help us.” Lingaraj Temple, ASI’s topofficial has severaltemples]and it is our “Since three of the templeshave Urban Development In the eveninghoursof Gogoi has twochildren, a20- the twomen alive,the forces will “Cancer treatmentisexpensive. in Odisha Arun Malik told The responsibility to protect the an- beendiscoverednow,wewilllook Department officials said. December 21,Gogoi, adrilling su- year-old son and a13-year-old kill them and put the blame on Moreover, thereisthe small SundayExpress.Hesaid the struc- cient heritage,” he said. forthe fourth temple,” he said. “As arapid response to the perintendent at the Quippo Oil daughter.“The familyisindisar- theULFA-I. It said it was“certain” daughter.Please consider their turewas found while the ASI was He said the Odisha govern- Pradhan, in his letter to Patel, migrant movement whichbegan and GasInfrastructureLimited, ray.The children areveryvery thatasthe security operations by situation. My appeal to the gov- carrying out scientific cleaning of ment undertook abeautification said,“Suka-Saritemple complex afterthe lockdown, we had and Kumar,aradio operator at worried. Please letmyhusband government forces areongoing, ernmentofArunachal Pradesh apiece of land near the Suka and project in the area around the and LordLingaraj Temple in launchedthe initiative.Basedon the company, were kidnappedby return to us,” Namitasaid. something “unfortunate” could and the Central government, Sari temple complex, close to the Shree Lingaraj Temple in 2019. Bhubaneswarare protected by the field feedback, the stategov- around adozen armedmilitants In aJanuary27statement,the happen to the twomen. please ensurehis release.” ShreeLingaraj Temple. Thiswastoessentially clearupthe the ASI under the Ancient ernment has decidedtocontinue from adrilling sitenear Innao in bannedmilitant outfit United If that happens, the statement Earlier this month, the abduc- Thediscoveryof thestructure congestion and encroachment in Monumentsand Archeological it as aregular scheme. It will be Changlang district. Quippo is an Liberation Front of Asom said, the entireresponsibility for tors releasedavideo featuring has created abuzz of excitement the area. “But the demolitions SitesandRemainsAct.Thereisan going to the Cabinet soon and assetand service provider com- (Independent)said, “If the com- that will have to be borne by the Gogoi and Kumar.Inthe video, inthestate,withUnionPetroleum were carriedoutinamannerthat urgent needtoact quicklyinor- willcome intoeffect from panythatprovides onshore panydoesnot take appropriate CMs of Assam andArunachal both the men appealedto MinisterDharmendraPradhan, wasnot conducive foraheritage der to salvage and preservewhat April 1,”GMathi Vathanan, drilling services. steps to securethe releaseofthe Pradesh and thegovernment Quippo andtheir respectivestate whohailsfromOdisha,writingto site,” said Malik. remains of this priceless ancient Principal Secretaryatthe depart- Gogoi belongstoSivasagar duo by February 16,then on forces. governmentstoworktosecure CultureMinisterPrahlad Singh Afterseveralinterventionsand Odishan architecture.” ment, told TheIndianExpress. district in Assam,while Kumaris February17wewill take action It is learnt from sources in the their release. PatelonSaturdaytoseekhis in- meetings, theASI begancleaning “The ASI also discoveredtwo “... community members will from Bihar’sKhagaria district. on their Indian employee Ram knowthat the initial ransom de- AQuippo spokesperson told tervention in the preservation of uptherubbleto lookfordamaged otherstructures,believedtobethe identify demand forwageem- Ramkumar Diwakar,the fa- Kumar.” mand by the abductorswas that TheIndianExpress,“We arein heritage. Pradhan also sought a structures thatmay have been of remains of small shrines,and a ployment. Basedonthe demand, ther-in-lawofKumar,from TheULFA-Istatement signed of Rs 20 crore, but it has come continuous discussions with the visit by ateam of experts from historicalvalue. That waswhen portion of the Sari temple.These feasibility of possible projects SamastipurinBihar,told The by the outfit’s publicity cell mem- down to half the amount follow- extremistoutfit. Also, we aretalk- Delhi to study the structure. theancientstructure,whichisbe- findings have ledASI expertsto willbeassessed. Like parks, Indian Express the familywas berRumelAsomsaidthe dead- ing negotiations. ing daily to multiplegovernment “Thestructure must be acon- lievedtobefromtheSomavamshi believe that the Sari temple com- storm waterdrainage, road re- deeplyworried. “My 5-year-old line will notbeextendedunder Changlang SP,Mihin Gambo, agencies to ensurethe rescue of temporaryofthe Shree Lingaraj period, wasdiscovered. plexwas built on the pairs,creation of community grandchild AdityaRaj —Ram anycircumstance. Moreover, it told TheIndian Express,“Our res- our employees. We arealso in Temple, if notolder,”saidMalik, On the importance of the Panchayatana model wherethe centres, etc. The technical feasi- Kumar’s son —suffers from blood threatenedthat if the company cue operation is ongoing.” touchwith the families of both the ASI Odisha circlesuperinten- structure,MaliksaidtheSukaand main temple is surroundedby bilityofthe project will be iden- cancer. doesn’tmeetthe outfit’s de- Another Arunachal Pradesh the men and supporting them dent. Sari temple complexmay have four subsidiaryshrines. This tifiedand thenemploymentwill He is being treated at AIIMS mands, it will notbeallowedto government official, who did not emotionally and financially.” “The ASI looksafter 28 tem- been built on the Panchayatana means that thereisahigh chance beprovidedtothose in need,”he Patna forthe last tenmonths. operatein“Assam and South East wishtobenamed, said extensive “The ransom demand is illog- of additional added. RamKumar has another daugh- Asia”. search operationswerecarried ical and unreasonable—but we heritagestruc- Wagesunder the schemewill terwho is onlyseven.How can In another strongly worded out jointlybythe Arunachal do realise that thesafetyofour dk;kZy; vf/k'kklh vfHk;Urk] dsUæh; Hk.Mkj] mÙkjk[k.M ty laLFkku turelying besimilar as minimum wagesfor the familysurvive if he is killed statement issuedonSaturday, Pradesh police, Indian Armyand employees is of utmost impor- ty Hkou] ^ch* Cykd] usg: dkWyksuh] nsgjknwu buriedunder skilledlabourersand will directly by themilitants? Please under- the ULFA-Isaid Quippo and the Assam Rifles. tance and hence we aretrying i=kad %895@bZ&fufonk@2020&21 fnukad %30-01-2021 bZ&fufonk lwpuk encroach- be credited to their account stand our situation.” governmentsofAssam and The search is ongoing in areas our best,” said the spokesperson. mRrjk[k.M ty laLFkku dh vksj ls dsUnzh; Hk.Mkj] nsgjknwu }kjk fuEu dk;ksZa gsrq bZ&fufonk] Vw&fcM flLVe ¼rduhdh fcM ,oa mentsinthe through Direct Benefit Transfer. Gogoi’s wifeNamitabroke Arunachal Pradesh were using of the Namdapha National Park He said the companywillensure dkWfeZf”k;y fcM½ vk/kkj ij fuEukuqlkj vkeaf=r dh tkrh gSaA Ekamra Aheadofthe roll-out, atentative down over the phone. Shetold “delaying tactics” in the negotia- and other denselyforestedareas that Kumar’s son’s treatment fufonk dk;Z fooj.k /kjksgj fufonk izi= bZ&fufonk }kjk rduhdh fcM fufonk fiz&fcM la- /kujkf'k MkmuyksM djus fufonk izi= tek [kksys tkus dh dh ehfVax Kshetra,’’ he budget of Rs 200crfor one finan- The Indian Express,“My only tions even as the security forces, of Namsai district. “Therehas does notface anyfinancialcon- :- dh frfFk ,oa le; djus dh vafre frfFk frfFk ,oa oS/krk dh frfFk ,oa le; le; ,oa le; wrote. cial year has been fixedfor it. prayer is that the company police andintelligence agencies been no success as of now,”the straints. 12 34 5678 vkbZVe nj vuqcU/k ij] Instruments and Equipments -(i) pH meter, (ii) Conductivity Meter, (iii) Turbidity Meter, (iv) UV-Vis Spectrophotometer,(v) Weighing Balance, (vi) Weighing Box, (vii) Micropipettes (100 to 1000 microliter), (viii) Micropipettes (10 to 100 microliter), (ix) UltraWater Purification System forICP MS, (x) (-)86° CHorizontal Chhattisgarh Rural Roads Development Agency Kafeel Khan named 11 deadas3 Deep Freezer, (xi) TotalOrganic Carbon (TOC) Analyzer dh vkiwfrZ@vf/k"BkiuA VIKASH BHAVAN, CIVIL LINES, RAIPUR (C.G.) 01.02.2021 from 15.02.2021 16.02.2021 at 06.02.2021 at 26 4.00 Lacs 90 Days vehicles collide 11:00 a.m upto 5:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. E-Procurement Tender Notice history-sheeter; vgZrk%& Only manufacturer of above lab instruments and equipments or agency authorised by manufacturer are allowedtotakepart in this tender. NIT No. 578, 579, 580 &581 /TC-T/CGRRDA/2020, Dated: 28/01/2021 in Moradabad vkbZVe nj vuqcU/k ij] Instruments and Equipments -(i) Laboratory Vertical Autoclave, (ii) Bacteriological he slams UP govt Incubator,(iii) Laboratory Refrigerator,(iv)Bio Safety Cabinet, (v) Humidity Meter, (vi) WaterPurification System, (vii) AC,(viii) Hot Plate dh vkiwfrZ@vf/k"BkiuA EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE 01.02.2021 from 15.02.2021 16.02.2021 at 06.02.2021at 27 8.00 Lacs 90 Days MANISHSAHU LUCKNOW,JANUARY30 11:00 a.m upto 5:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. vgZrk%& Only manufacturerof abovelab instruments and equipmentsor agencyauthorised by manufacturerare LUCKNOW, JANUARY30 allowedtotakepart in this tender. ELEVEN PEOPLE were killedand vkbZVe nj vuqcU/k ij] Instruments and Equipments -Inductively Coupled Plasma –Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) GORAKHPURPOLICE have regis- 14 injured afterthree vehicles dh vkiwfrZ@vf/k"BkiuA teredDrKafeelKhan—asus- collidedonthe Moradabad-Agra 01.02.2021 from 15.02.2021 16.02.2021 at 06.02.2021at 28 3.00 Lacs 90 Days pendedpaediatrician seeking his Highway in Moradabad district 11:00 a.m upto 5:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. vgZrk%& Only manufacturer of above lab instrument or agency authorisedbymanufacturer are allowed to take reinstatement at the BRD Medical on Saturday. Police said dense part in this tender. CollegeandHospital—asahistory- fogled to the accident. bZ&fufonk ls lEcfU/kr leLr tkudkfj;ka o“krsZa mRrjk[k.M dh osclkbV www.uktenders.gov.in ,oa foHkkxh; oSclkbZV sheeter, sayingthelegalactionwill Speaking to reporters, http://ujs.uk.gov.inij vkWu ykbu ns[kkh@izkIr dh tk ldrh gSaA vf/k'kklh vfHk;Urk ensurethat he remains under po- Moradabad District Magistrate Executive Engineer Construction Division-2, P.W.DBijnor lice surveillance. (DM) Rakesh Kumar Singh said, Circle officer,Gorakhpur, Kafeel Khan “A private bus wascoming from (HQ-) VirendraPratapSingh confirmed Bilari side,whichcollidedwith a Letter No. 35/E –Tender /20-21 Dated :06-01-2021 (E-Tender) the historysheet has been opened truckand amini truck… The CM 1. The Executive Engineer Construction Division-2, P. W.D. Bijnor on behalf of Governor of Uttar Pradesh invites the at Rajghat police station. As per Rajghat policestation has announcedacompensation percentage rate bids online from the eligible and approved Contractors registered with UP PWD, class A,B,C &D(for Road work). The Bidder may submit bids for any or all of the works. Experience of Guide Bund construction is mandatory along record,thehistorysheetnumberis50-Awithfivecases of Rs 2lakh forthe families of the with road work. Bidders are advised to note the minimum qualification criteria specified in ITB Clause 4ofthe Instructions againstDrKhan,includingthreeinGorakhpurandone deceasedand Rs 50,000 for to Bidders to qualify for the award of the contract. 2. Details of the works are as following : eachinDelhi and Aligarh. those criticallyinjured.” SL Name of Work Estimat Bid Cost of Time of Address of Address Address Following the move,DrKhan, who has earlier al- The DM and Moradabad SP No ed cost Security Bid Completi Executive of of (Rs. In (Rs. Docume on Engineer Superint- Chief leged“state-sponsoredvictimisation”,saidinavideoon Prabhakar Chaudharywere Lakhs) In nt of the ending Engineer Saturdaythat“the situation in UP is such that no sur- present on the spotand oversaw Lakhs) Executing Engineer DISTRICT the work veillanceisbeingdoneoncriminalsandahistorysheet the rescue operations. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 is being openedagainstthose, including me, who are “Prima facie it appears that Renewal with PC on State road/MDR/ODR &VRinyear 2020-21 innocen...Give twosecurityguardsto mewhowillkeep around8am, aprivate bus hitthe 1 Meerut Pauri road to Chaukpur road 2.50 0.25 2 NH-34 knr 43 to Shekhpura Lahak Kalan 28.00 2.80 surveillance on me round-the-clocksothatIcouldbe mini truckonthe side while try- road savedfromgetting framedinfalsecases.SinceIhave ingtoovertakeit. Atruck, which 3 Fazalpur fatak to Humayunpur road 12.00 1.20 27661 beenfreedfrom(jailunder)theNSA(NationalSecurity wascoming from the opposite 4 Meerut Pauri road to Pratappur road 8.00 0.80 Act),Iamregularly writingto them(government)every direction,also hit the vehicle and 5 Meerut Pauri road km 110 to Ghazipur 14.00 1.40 road month to returnmyjob...” toppled,” said SP Chaudhary. 6 NH-34 to Nangla Pithaura link road 4.50 0.45 The paediatrician wasarrestedalong with other Moradabad ASP Anil Kumar 7 Husainpur to Fatehullapur road 26.00 2.60 doctorsand staffmembers afterseveral children died Yadavsaid10people diedinthe 8 Mandawali Maujampur road to Sikrauda 9.00 0.90 primary school road due to lackofoxygenatthe BRDMedical Collegeand accident initially,and oneperson 9 NH-34 to Shahpur Meera road 2.00 0.20 Hospital in 2017.Hewas latercleared of allcharges. whose condition wasserious 10 Najibabad road to Argupura 2.50 0.25 Khan’s lawyer KNTiwari said, “... thereare twocases diedatthe hospital. “One more Pyara road 11 Kiratpur Shakha (Haravanshpur 11.00 1.10 againstDrKafeelinGorakhpurandoneeachinAligarh patient is also in acriticalstate. Dharam) and Bahraich. He has obtainedbail in all cases.” We have been told that rest of 12 Akbarabad Bundki road to Moh. 2.50 0.25 Aashikpur Bhure road FULLREPORTON the injured persons arenow sta- 13 Najibabad Nagina road to Bundki road 2.50 0.25 www.indianexpress.com ble,” Yadavsaid. 14 Najibabad Nagina road to Laadpur road 2.00 0.20 15 Najibabad Nagina road to Begampur 6.50 0.65 Bhaunawala road E. TENDERING ELGAARPARISHAD 2021

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20 Budhanpur to Shahpur Harre road 16.00 1.60 P.W.D. President of India, on line percentage 21 Budhanpur to ShahpurHarre road 4.00 0.40 including Circle Zone accepted Ruppur road Bijnor854.00/- rate tender from approved and eligible

be contractors registered with Irrigation and 22 Sattonangli to Berkheda road 14.00 1.40 CHANDANHAYGUNDE Months

Division-2 Flood Control Department up to 3:00 P.M Cost 23 NH-734 km 65 to Aasfabad Chaman 4.00 0.40 Rampur 02 on dates mentioned as below. PUNE,JANUARY30

road Moradabad 24 Afjalgarh Kalagarh road to Kuankheda 11.00 1.10 1. NIT 15/2020-21/EE/CD-V/IFCD(ID road via Gurudwara Baba wala pul (Tender No.2021_IFC_199104_1 (Percentage AUTHOR ARUNDHATI RoyonSaturdaycalled fora

25 Bairaj road to Shahjahanpur 10.00 1.00 Construction rate) road H.O.A:- 2711Non Plan. united fight against“Bramhanical” and “capitalist” 26 Bhogpur to Beerbhanwala road 28.00 2.80 N.O.W.:- Removal of obstruction, jungle forces in the countryand that thestruggle should be clearance and repairing of lining/parapet 27 NH-734 to Ghansurpur Amrauli road 4.50 0.45 wall of thedamaged portion of river namedas“SatyaShodhakResistance (SSR)” against 28 Khurrampur Dallu Korawala road 4.00 0.40 channel from JasolatoNandLal the RashtriyaSwayamsevakSangh (RSS). 29 NaginaKotwali road to Bhawanpur 7.00 0.70 Channel. “Ye wajood ki ladai hai (This is afightfor exis- Kalan road to Kannu road E.C. Rs 42,34,233/- Earnest Money Rs 30 Karonda Chaudhar road km 01 to 7.50 0.75 84,658/-Period of Completion 365 Days. tence)... In this city (Pune) whereDrBRAmbedkar Roshanpur Pratap road to Naraini road (Date of opening 01.02.2021). was‘blackmailed’ to sign the Poona Pact, the place 31 Meerut Pauri road to Shahpur Sukkha road 5.50 0.55 32 Mandawali Maujampur road to Kalyanpur road 7.00 0.70 Note:- 1). The enlistment of the whereSavitribaiand Jyotiba Phule didtheir revolu- contractors should be valid on the last 33 Nangla Ubban to Najeempur road 6.50 0.65 date of opening of tenders. In case the tionarywork, we can name our struggle... Maybe, 34 Humayunpur Madarsa to Jwali Lala road 6.00 0.60 last date of opening of tender is extended it should be called‘SatyaShodhak Resistance’ 35 NIH-34 km 49 to Alipura road 4.50 0.45 the enlistment of contractor should be (SSR)... RSS ke khilafkhada SSR...” she said, speaking 36 Kalheri to Ramanwala Harswada road 19.00 1.90 valid on the original date of opening of 37 Mota Aam to Najibabad bypass road 11.50 1.15 tenders. 2) Earnest Money in physical at the ‘Elgaar Parishad 2021’ held in Pune. 38 NH-34 to Daudpur Nanheda road 6.00 0.60 formi.e. depositedatFDR/Banker Activists of the ‘Bhima Koregaon Shourya Din 39 Shaymiwala to Ramdaswali road 11.00 1.10 cheque/Demand Draftofschedule bank 40 PWD road to Surangpur Behda road 21.00 2.10 issued in favour of EE CD VI&FC Deptt. Prerna Abhiyan’, who blame Hindutvaleaders  The Rate adopted in the BOQ including all Other taxes but excluding GST. shouldbeuploaded with the tender Sambhaji Bhide and Milind Ekbote forthe Koregaon  The Bid Security and tender cost should be deposited online through Net Banking as per Column 5and 6inthe table. documents. L-1 contractor has to submit Bhima violence, decidedtohold the Elgaar Parishad Bids must be downloaded online from 10:00 AM on date 30.01.2021 to 5:00 PM on dated 04.02.2021 and the technical bids will be opened online uploaded EMD immediately after opening date 05.02.2021 at 12:30 PM in Office of Superingtendig Engineer Rampur Circle PWD Rampur and Financial bids of the qualified bidders will be the tenders on intimation. 3) Details of again on December 31,2020, but Pune police de- opened on date &time as notified. According to the provisions of Government Order no. 1/2018/3070/78-2-2018/42 IT/2017 (22) Date 03-01-2018 after above mentioned work can be seen and niedpermission foritciting Covid-19 and lawand opening of the technical and financial bids, the qualified bidder has to submit original documents personally in department/ office. In the event of non downloaded from website submission of original documents by the bidder, the appropriate action will be taken in accordance with the provisions of G.O. orderreasons. All terms &conditions can be seen on website http:/etender.up.nic.in The bidder have to login on Prahari URL http://wms.uppwd.gov.in/Prahari http://govtprocurement.delhi.gov.in 4) to upload required docurnents as per Government order no. 879(1)23-7-2020 dt. 25.08.2020 &E.N.C./H.O.D.'s up pwd order No. 4859/4M-LC/2020 Tender submitted through e-procurement Police, however, granted permission forthe dt.27.08.2020 portal shall be accepted only.5) Elgaar Parishad 2021event held on Saturday. The Sd/- Corrigendum, if any will be published on (Sanat Guptrishi) e-procurement web side only. day-long conference wasinaugurated at the Ganesh Executive Engineer Sd/- CD-2, PWD, Bijnor Kala Krida Manchwith tearing of posters on the EXECUTIVE ENGINEER CD.V. UPID NO-159633 DATE. 30.01.2021 (Hq Najiababd) farm laws,CAA-NRC,new education policy and www.upgov.nic.in DIP/Shabdarth/0587/20-21 Email- [email protected] Unlawful Activities Prevention Act(UAPA).

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I Hemante Singhal S/oLate Sh.Ramesh Singhal R/o PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE My Client Sh Lila Ram S/o Late To be known to all that my client VIJAY KUMAR H.No.595, Faridabad,Sector- Mohan Lal R/o Q-10/89, Mangol BHAGWANI S/O SH. CHANDI RAM BHAGWANI Classifieds 16,Faridabad,Kheri Kalan (113), Puri, NorthWest Delhi, Delhi- AND PREETI BHAGWANI W/O SH. VIJAY KUMAR BHAGWANI R/O D-283 SECOND FLOOR, KheriKalan, Faridabad, 110083 disowned their Son Kailash PRASHANT VIHAR,DELHI-110085 allottee of Paliwal and his wife Nirmla, Ravi SHOP NO- 42, GROUND FLOOR, CSC NO. 2, Haryana-121002 have changed Paliwal alias Kalu Ram and his wife SECTOR-13, ROHINI, DELHI-110085 has applied for conversion of the aforesaid shop from lease hold my name to Hemante Kumar kamlesh, his daughter Manju W/o CT/Dvr RAM KISHORE CT/GD RAMSHANKARRAI PERSONAL to free hold in DDA: Original documents i.e. Original Singhal for all purposes. Rajesh Bagoriya and Kaushlya W/o Bid Form dated 21-04-1993 and Original HEP URI-1 HEPURI-1 Subhash Bagoriya from their all Possession Letter dated 30-08-1993 have been lost. An FIR vide LR No. 80150/2021 dated 28-01-2021 I, Pawandeep singhR/o 194-195, I, Ramesh Devi W/OVedpal R/o 0040561860-8 movable, immovable properties has been lodged in P.S. Crime Branch Delhi for loss 31-01-1994 31-01-1994 1st Floor, Flat no 2, khasrano 43,Vill- Ghikara, P.O- due to his misbehavior &bad of documents. Any person(s) claiming any right, I EKANT S/O-NARESH KUKREJA conduct. Anybody dealing with him interest, having any objection or found in possession CISF proudly remembers the supreme sacrifice of these brave- 556, sultanpur, South Delhi- Fatehgarh,Teh- CharkhiDadri, in any manner whatsoever will be of original documents, may write/contact with above R/O-H.NO-19/5 EAST PARK named person at above address/phone No. 110030, have changedmy Dadri(147), Charkhi DadriHsg- doing at his/her own cost, risk & 9899368419 within15days from the date of hearts. On this day,they laid down their lives at the altar of duty ROAD KAROL BAGH DELHI- responsibility. publication of this notice. The person claiming any Daughtername, from Jasveen ii, Haryana- 127306, have right, interest, objectionswith respect to this while fighting with militants. Their courage and bravery would 110005 CHANGED MY NAME TO PARKASH CHAND (Advocate) Kaur Bhatia to Jasveen Kaur. changed my nameand shall propertycan personally inform or write to Dy. EKANTKUKREJAALL FUTURE Enrl. No. D-9065/2019 Director (CE), ABlock, 2nd Floor, Vikas Sadan, INA, remain an abiding source of inspiration for the force. The force 0040561824-5 hereafter be Known as Poonam New Delhi. PURPOSES 0070729409-1 Sd/- will remain eternally indebted to them for their noblest deed. Devi. 0070729380-1 SANCHIT GOYAL To whom so ever it mayconcern PUBLIC NOTICE Advocate) I Aman YadavS/o Sh. Somnath SHOP No. 8RU-BLOCK that I, Mrs. KanchanPrasad, I, Raj Kumari alias Rajesh Public at large is hereby informed that R/oH3/27, Ground Floor,Vikas Freehold Property Bearing No. 2-B/59, PITAMPURA DELHI-88 W/o Vinod Prasad, R/oE-1101, Bidhuri W/o Balraj Bidhuri R/o Measuring 100 Sq. Yds, Ramesh Nagar, Puri, West Delhi,Delhi-110018 Vijaya Apartment,Ahinsa B-32 secondfloor, Pamposh New Delhi is presently owned by Sh. have changed my name to Sanjay Chadha (25% share) by virtue of Khand-2, Indirapuram-201014, Enclave,Greater Kailash-1, Sale Deed duly registered vide Regd. No. Aman Vaid for all purposes. 5800, dated 24.05.2019 and (1) Smt. Jyoti District- Ghaziabad, do hereby Delhi-110048, have changedmy Chadha (Undivided 55% share) (2) Smt. declarethat my real name is name and shall hereafterbe 0040561860-7 Suman Lata(Undivided 10% share) (3) Mrs. KanchanaPrasad. This Smt. Rajni Ahuja (Undivided 10% share) Known as Rajesh Bidhuri. I ASHAWANI S/OSALIK RAM by virtue of Sale Deed duly registered vide declaration is true and correct. Regd. No. 5986, dated 27.05.2019. My 0070729397-1 R/O-H.NO-B-236 BLK-B SHIV client entered into an Agreement to Sell in 0040561894-1 MANDIR ROAD SWAROOP respect in respect of Third Floor with roof/ I, Preeti Gupta, spouseof terrace rightsout of the captioned property NAGAR DELHI-110042 CHANGED and the deal is almost concluded. I,mani ramjaiswals/o sh.Ram ShailendraKumar Gupta MY NAME TO ASHWANI GARG It is hereby notified that any person or dulare,R/oC- resident of Village and Post- entity, firm/ company,Bank, financial FORALL FUTURE PURPOSES institution (except the above mentioned) 1/477,GF,KH.No.141- Sataon, Distt-Raebareli, Uttar having claim any charge, interest or lien or 142,gali.no-6,pusta-2-1/2, Pradesh-229122, have changed 0070729413-1 claim on the basis of documents sonia-vihar khajoori mentioned above or court order/ judgment my Name from Preeti Gupta to I ANUJGOSWAMI,S/o UTTAM or otherwise and/ or objection to the Sale khas,northeast-delhi- Preeti Sahu vide Affidavit No. deed thereof, he/ she/ they may lodge/ KUMARGOSWAMI,R/OJ-1/96, notify the same to the undersigned with 110094,haschangedmyname IN-DL37439129608589T dated 28 Khirki-Extn,Malviya- documentary proof/ Court Judgment within Paschimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd., to mani ram,for all future Jan 2021. 0070729379-1 15 days from the day of publication, failing Nagar,Delhi,have changed my which any further/ furture claim shall be purposes. 0040561948-10 rejected and my client(s) as a bona-fide Victoria Park, Meerut I, Pavan Kumar BS/O Bandaru name to ANUJJ GOSSWAMI. purchaser shall proceed further and I,Sahil S/oPrakash Chandra,R/o Yobubabu R/oNear ECIChurch, complete the Sale/ Certificate of Sale. 0040561937-1 Sd/- NIRMAL KUMAR E-TENDER INVITING NOTICE tenders are invited through open e- Gram Halai Post-Office, Santharavuru, Prakasam, ADVOCATE tendering for supply of following Material LT XLPE Cable size Simarkhal,Distt.Pauri Andhra Pradesh– 52318, have Chamber No. 561, 5th Floor,Saket Courts, New Delhi 1x240 sq. mm 10 km, LT XLPE Cable size 1x400 sq. mm 10 km, Garhwal,Uttarakhand- LOST & FOUND changed the name of my minor Mobile-8587898197. LT XLPE Cable size 1x630 sq. mm 15 km, <XLPE Cable size 246131,have changed my name daughter DeepaBandaru aged I,Nitish kumar,S/o Ramudgar 1x1000 sq. mm 5Kmagainst tender specification no. PVVNL-MT/ to Sahil Kumar. about 4Yearsand she shall yadav,R/oRzc/133 st.no- PUBLIC NOTICE ''IMPORTANT'' MM/37/20-21. Earnest Money Deposit (EMD):- Rs. 1,46,000.00, hereafter be known as Bandaru 0040561937-10 10,mahavir-enclave PUBLIC AT LARGE IS INFORMED THAT MY DeepaSwarakamalini. CLIENT S. HARBHAJAN SINGH S/O LATE S. Whilst care is taken prior to Last Date of bid submission &Time:- 02.03.2021 at 2:00 PM, MOHINDER SINGH R/O FLAT NO. 44, JYOTI I,SUMAN NIMAL W/o-DEVENDRA guruduwararoad DELHI,have acceptance of advertising Date of tenderopening (Part-Ist &IInd)&Time:- 02.03.2021 at 0070729439-1 APARTMENTS, PITAM PURA, DELHI-110034, KUMAR NIMAL,ADD- lost my original-certificate HAS DEBARRED HIS SON NAMELY SH. copy, it is notpossibletoverify 5:00 PM Note:- In case of any amendment &detailed information class-10th year-2018 Rollno- NAVDEEP SINGH AND HIS WIFE NAMELY MS. 13/29,FIRST-FLOOR,NEAR- I, Mohan ChandraJoshi S/o KANWALJEET KAUR FROM ALL HIS MOVABLE/ its contents. The Indian in tender specification or date of extension, the same shall be ROCK GARDEN-WEST PATEL- 8742932 CBSE-DELHI. IMMOVABLEPROPERTIES BECAUSETHEY Express(P) Limited cannotbe PrayagDuttR/o H-65, 3rdFloor CREATE NUISANCE IN THEIR LIFE &HOUSE, uploaded on e-tender website www.etender.up.nic.in and THEY FREQUENTLY MADE QUARREL WITH held responsible for such NAGAR,DELHI-110008,changed Block-H, South Extension-1, 0040561927-7 HIM AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS AND contents,nor forany loss or www.pvvnl.org Superintending Engineer (MM-I)“Help line my nametoSUMAN DEVENDRA Delhi-110049 have changedmy THEREBY DUE TO THEIR ACT AND CONDUCT, I,Rahul Sharma,S/o Pradeep NON CONGENIAL ATMO SPHERE IS CREATED damageincurred as aresult of Number For Information of TheftofElectricity: “1800-180-3002 NIMAL,for all,futurepurposes. name to Mohan Chander. IN THEIR .HOUSE WHICH AFFECTS HIM AND kumarsharma,R/o-C-13 HIS WIFE'S HEALTH AS WELL. transactions with companies, (Meerut),&9412207451” “SAVE ELECTRICITY IN THE 0040561937-6 0040561866-1 Sd/- associations or individuals pradhan-enclave burari delhi- Rajat Sang INTEREST OF THE NATION” Sd/- Superintending Engineer 84,have lost my original-Pass Advocate advertising in its newspapers I,RAJ SHREE D/O OM PRAKASH I, MOHD WASIM ANSARI s/oMd. Enrol. No. D/2213/2008 (MM-I) For Managing Director RO-994, Dt. 30.01.2021 or Publications.Wetherefore KHANGWALR/O H-1/380,C- certificate class-12th year- Ch. No. 418 Lawyers Chambers, SIDDHIKAANSARI r/oWZ-447, Dwarka District Courts, New Delhi recommend that readers BLOCK,SULTANPURI,DELHI- 2nd Floor,Naraina Village, New 2016,Rollno-9141210,CBSE- make necessary inquiries 110086.HAVE CHANGED MY DELHI. 0040561927-8 Delhi-110028 have changedmy PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE beforesending any monies or NAME TO RAJSHREE This notice is to inform the public at entering intoany agreements name to MOHAMMAD WASIM. I,Shubham kumar Be it known to all concerned that my large that our Client, Sh. Mahender KHANGWAL. 0040561927-2 sharma,S/oRavindra clientess Smt. Charanjit Kaur W/o late Shri withadvertisers or otherwise 0040561867-1 Wasan Singh, R/o III-B-23AVISHNU Kumar Sekhri S/o Lt. Sh. Trilok Chand acting on an advertisement in I,PUNIT KUMAR,S/O.DESH Thakur,H.no.49/A-block,G.no.3 GARDEN, NEW DELHI-110018 has Sekhri R/o A-84, Preet Vihar, I, MAMTASHARMA,W/O- severed all her relations with her son Shakarpur,East Delhi, New Delhi, has any manner whatsoever. BANDHU GUPTA, ADD-313, nathupura mor shasrti- VIRENDRA KUMAR Ravinder Singhand daughter-in-law severed and cut offall his family HARI-NAGAR ASHRAM SOUTH park,Delhi-84,Have lostmy Charanjit Kaur and debarred them from all relations and has disowned his son her moveable and immoveable properties BHARDWAJ,ADD-B-118,A Mr.Anil Kumar Sekhri. Mr.Anil Kumar EAST DELHI-110014, changed original-pass certificate class- as both of them have become disloyal and DUGGAL-COLONY DEVLI-ROAD Sekhri is not within the control of our my nametoPUNIT SINGHAL, 12th year-2014 Rollno-9129822 disrespectful to my clientess and has been KHANPUR SOUTHDELHI- acting against her interest. Anybody dealing client and has indulged into unwanted permanently. 0040561937-2 CBSE-DELHI. 0040561927-9 with the son and daughter of my clientess activities bringing disrepute to the 110062,changed my name to shall be doing so at his/her own risk, cost family.Our Client, Sh. Mahender I,Naman s/oRajat MAMTABHARDWAJ, I,Gaurav Kumar,S/o satish and responsibly and my clientess shall not Kumar Sekhri also disowns Mrs. held responsible in any manner whatsoever Rachana Sekhri wife of Mr.Anil Kumar kumar,R/oG-16,prithviraj lane for any of their acts. Verma,House.no-500/17,nai- permanently. 0040561937-4 Sekhri, Ms. Eesha and Mstr.Krish the Sd/- basti, Gurgaon,have changed near-khan market,new daughter and son of Mr.Anil Kumar I, Lakshminarayana CDS/O (RAJEEV TEWARI) ADVOCATE my name to Naman Verma. delhi,have lost my original- 394-395 CIVIL WING Sekhri. Mr.Anil Kumar Sekhri, his Durga Rao CHR/oRangarao certificate class-10th year- TIS HAZARI COURTS DELHI-110054 wife, daughter and son are disowned 0040561948-9 Camp, HariharaTaluk, Nittur, and disentitled by Our Client from all 2017 Rollno-8184131 CBSE- his entire moveable/ immovable I,Mohd Irshad S/oMohd Khalil Davangere,Karnataka- 577530, DELHI. 0040561927-10 PUBLIC NOTICE properties due to their disobedient and loZlk/kkj.k dks lwfpr fd;k tkrk gS fd quarrelsome nature. Our client was R/o2645 Main Bajar,Shadipur, have changed my name and shall hereafter be Known as esjs eqofDdy eksgEen by;kl[kku lqiq=k not/is not/shall not be responsible for Patel Nagar,Central Delhi- ejgwe eksgEen gk#u budh iRuh Jherh any act or omission done by Mr.Anil 110008 have changed name of Navadeep CD. 0070729382-1 PROPERTY FOR RENT eqUuhdslkFkghbudsNksVs iq=k te'ksn vyh Kumar Sekhri, Mrs Rachana Sekhri, vkSj csVh 'kcuefuoklh D-59, vk;Z lekt Ms. Eesha and Mstr.Krish in any my minorson date of birth 31- I, Kunal S/oBipinKumar R/o-D- First And Second Floor jksM] mÙke uxj] ubZ fnYyh&110059 us vius manner whatsoever. 8-2011 from Mohd Zueb to 40, II-floor, Street No-2, Pandav Available for Rent at prime iq=k&iq=ko/kw@HkkbZ&HkkHkh ^le'kkn vyh vkSj Sd/- Mohd Zohaibfor all future mldh iRuh izohu mQZ 'kkghu dks mudh JF Associates Nagar, Delhi-110092 have location of Sushant Lok- (Advocates and Solicitors) cnlywdh] >xM+kywiu vkSj ekufld] purposes. 0040561858-1 changed my nametoKunal JR. 1,Gurgaon, Please contact CHAMBER (SC): 120, (OLD) 'kkjhfjd :i ls ijs'kku djus ds dkj.k ls Owner-SumitKapoor - LAWYERS CHAMBERS, I,KAPIL,S/O.JAGDISH 0040561948-5 viuh py ovpy laifÙklscsn[ky djds SUPREME COURT COMPOUND, CHAND,R/oH-78,AFIRST-FLOOR 9910967755 0040561890-1 vius lHkh izdkj ds ikfjokfjd laca/k&foPNsn NEW DELHI, INDIA E-PROCUREMENTNOTICE I, KM. ShakilaW/o-Mohammad dj fy;s gSaA Hkfo"; esa;fn dksbZ HkhO;fDr OFFICE: L-33, LGF (REAR), STREET.NO- 2GARHWALI Alam,R/o-E-49/J-286-287, Gali le'kkn vyh&izohu mQZ 'kkghulsfdlh KAILASH COLONY, INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) MOHALLA NEAR LALITAPARK izdkj dk O;ogkj oysu&nsu djsxk ;k fdlh NEW DELHI, INDIA No-10,Janta Mazdoor MATRIMONIAL 1. The ExecutiveEngineer Seraj Division HP.PWD Janjehli Distt. Mandi on behalf of Governor of H.P invites LAXMI-NAGAREAST DELHI- Hkh xyr vkpj.k esa lkFk nsxk rc vius Colony,Welcome,Delhi- tksf[keijdjsxkAblesa esjs eqofDdyksao the online bids on item rate,inelectronic tendering system, in 2Cover System forthe under mentioned work 110092, changed my nameto 110053,have changed my name mlds ifjokj dh dksbZ ftEesnkjh ughagksxhA Public Notice from the eligible and approvedcontractors/Firms registered with HPPWD Department. NEW.. KAPIL KUMAR, It is hereby informed to the Public to Shakila. 0040561948-4 Ashok Kumar Tyagi (Advocate) permanently. 0040561937-7 A-3,Main Najafgarh Road, in general that my clients Sh.Sakal Deo Singh,S/o Sh.Jagdish Singh & Sr.Name of Work Estimated Earnest Cost of Eligible Class I, Uttam Nagar, New Delhi-110059 I,Shilpa or ShilpaGupta,W/o Janki Raman S/OAwadhesh his wife Smt.Neelam Devi Singh No. Cost MoneyTender of Contractor Singh,R/o Ward No.- 03, PO- R/o Vill+Po.Afaur,Distt-Saran,Bihar Varun Aggarwal,R/o1/2824 PUBLIC NOTICE have disowned and broken all 19C/o PatikariBaraShill Kashimblidhar road including ,36,86,917/- 5,00,000/- 5000/- Class A Street.No.11,Ram-Nagar, Lagma,Vill- Balua, Sitamarhi, relations with their son Mr.Tussar motorable bridge over Bakhali Khad Km 2/000 to 15/500 Shahdara,Delhi-110032,have Bihar-843323, declarethat I, Tanveer Farooq Bhat, S/o Singh.He has been debarred and underNABARD RIDF XXVI (SH: F/C 5/7 mtr wide, Mr.Farooq Ahmad Bhat, disowned from all their movable and changed my name to Shilpa Name of Mine has been R/Walls,B/Walls,dumping site,CDworksand unlined presently residing at Flat No. immovable assets (in Delhi &Bihar) surface drain etc. in km 2/000 to 15/500) Aggarwal. 0040561937-9 wrongly written as Raushan &henceforth,my client shall not be Kumar KashyapinmyPancard 12A02, Tower –12, Floor – liable for any acts and deeds done 22C/o PatikariBaraShill Kashimblidhar road including ,78,77,452/- 3,11,300/- 5000/- Class A I,Haleema Begum allas Zoona No.- EDSPK8472H and in my 12A in Paras Tierea GH –01, by their son and also against any motorable bridge over Bakhali Khad Km 0/000 to 17/500 Sector –137, Noida, U.P (Said person having any affair or relation Begum widowofLate No- Driving Licence No- WB- or trading with him,in any manner under NABARD RIDF XXVI (SH: C/o 30.00 mtr span RCC Flat) since 16.03.2020 hereby Boxgirder bridgeatRD0/000 including both side 9071569 ,Rifleman Mohd Akbar, 4120150284559. The actual whatsoever,or which may result in a am presently receiving dual inform the public that Ihave police case/court case.Amit Tyagi, approaches and Geological investigation) name of Mine is Janki Raman, executed an agreement to sell Advo C-490,SF,Defence Colony,ND-24 family pension in twonames 31Construction of PHC building at Kholanal in Tehsil ,34,57,747/- 1,67,500/- 5000/- Class A&B which maybeamended dated 15.03.2020 for the Said i.e.Mst. Zoona Begum from the Balichowki Distt. Mandi (H.P.) (SH: Construction of building accordingly. 0070729383-1 Flat with owners, viz., Mr. portion, WS&SI, construction septic tank and site develop- defenceside(JAKALI) and Mst. BRAHMIN Gurpreet Singh Sethi and Mrs. I, Harpreet Kaur W/oViphul ment) Level-II Haleema BegumfromCivil side Shiny Ajmani Sethi (2 FOD) .That my husband has AroraR/o C3a/128 BJanak Puri, 41Construction of PHC building at Kalhani in Tehsil ,16,75,500/- 1,50,000/- 5000/- Class A&B Brahmin, 33, 6’, Lpa-7.8, Working (representedthrough GPA Balichowki Distt. Mandi (H.P.) (SH: Construction of build- erroneously recorded two New Delhi- 110058 ,have Asst. Prof.(ME,PhD Pursuing), Holder Mr.Jagjeet Singh changed my nameand shall ing portion, WS&SI, construction septic tank and site names i.e Zoona Begum and Seeks workingprofessional Sethi) and have obtained a development) Level-II Haleema Beguminthe army hereafter be Known as NOC from the Paras Tierea ,DOB,POB must, 51,30,00,000/- 1,62,500/- 5000/- Class A&B Harrpreet Kaur. 0070729386-1 ApartmentOwners Construction of PHC building at Dharwarthach in Tehsil and in civil departments. [email protected],855107 Thunag Distt. Mandi (H.P.) (SH: Construction of building Associationand atransfer whereasboth the names I, GS PanwarS/o MatlabSingh 5664 0050174637-1 portion, WS&SI, construction septic tank and site develop- pertains to oneand same lady memorandum for the Said Flat ment) Level-I PanwarR/o-RZ-74C,Block, with NOIDA is under process. i.e. Mst.Haleema Begum whois Mahavir Enclave,Palam- 64C/o Combined office building at Janjehali in Tehsil Thunag ,83,88,147/- 5,00,000/- 5000/- Class A legally wedded wife of Late Hence, any transaction, Village, N.Delhi-45,have requirement, interest qua the Disst, Mandi (SH: C/o Building portion WS&SI, RHW sys- Mohd Akbar. It is published for changed my nametoGopal Said Flat should be tem and site development) the information of general Singh Panwar. 0040561948-7 communicated to me. 74C/o Science lab Multipurpose hall in the remises of Govt. ,90,27,377/- 5,00,000/- 5000/- Class A public that if anybody have any Degree college at Lamathach (Seraj) Distt. Mandi (SH: C/o objection in this regardmay I, DhapaDeviW/o Lala Ram R/o- Building with WS&SI) approach to JAKLI record 155DDA-Janta Flats-Safdarjung PUBLIC NOTICE 81Construction of Govt Senior SecondarySchool building at ,73,11,217/- 2,06,000/- 5000/- Class A&B office/Zila Sainikwelfare Enclave New Delhi-110029,have My Client Sh. Jeet Ram S/o Sh. Somnachani in Tehsil Balichowki Distt. Mandi (SH: C/o OfficerSrinagar.Mst. Haleema changed my nametoDhapan. BantaRam R/o 1/3227, Ram Building portion WS&SI Rain water harvesting system and Begum, allasZoonaBegum, Nagar Extn, Main, Mandoli Septic tank) 0040561949-5 Road, Shahdara, Delhi-110032, W/O:- Late Mohd Akbar,R/O DO HEREBY Disown/ Debar 91Construction of 25.00 mtr span RCC BoxGirderbridge ,02,37,700/- 1,34,900/- 5000/- Class A&B Beerwa(Budgam)Mob- I, Ashok Kumar,S/o-Brij Mohan his Grand Daughter over Kholanal Khad on Bakhali Kholanal road at RD 9541246926. 0020417136-1 Sharma,residing-F-153, LIC- Mehra from all his movable & 10/980 (SH: C/o Sub Structure,super structure and both Colony, Jeevan Niketan, immovable properties and sever side approaches) I,HARISH SHARMA,S/O-RAM his relations from her due to her Paschim-Vihar, Delhi,have 10 Construction of 19.75 mtr span Single lane bridge at 59,66,961/- 92,200/- 2000/- Class C&B DUTT SHARMA,ADDRESS.B- misconduct and my client will changed my nametoAshok not be responsible for her any Keyolinal in GP Dheem Katare at Janjehali on Keyolinal to 4/80,YAMUNA-VIHAR,NORTH Sharma,for all purposes. OTHERS actsand omissions. Teer Matoot road RD 0/018 (SH: C/o Sub Structure,super- EAST-DELHI BHAJANPURA Sd/- NARANDAR KUMAR structure and both side approaches) DELHI-110053,changed my 0040561948-1 ADVOCATE Beautiful Oad girl divorcee age 11 C/o PrimaryHealth Center at Devdhar(SH: P/L 7,17,399/- 14,500/- 500/- Class C&D name to HARISH CHAND Delhi High Court Interlocking paverblockfor approachroadtoPHC I, AYSHA REHMAN,D/O.MUJIBUR 29 working in Canada for 5 Reg. No. D-9094/2018 SHARMA, permanently. Devdhar) REHMANKHAN,H.NO-1D-59, years seeking suitable match. 0040561937-8 IDGAH COLONY SECTOR- Parents areingovernmentjob. 12 Balance work forconstruction of Govt. Senior Secondary 16,98,528/- 35000/- 500/- Class C&D School building at Thachi in Tehsil Balichowki Distt. Mandi 6,FARIDABAD HARYANA- Contact- 7009863883 I,Bhanu PriyaBhatt,D/o (SH: Building portion) 121006,changed my name to Late.GirishChandraBhatt,R/o 0050174475-1 AYSHA REHMAN 13 C/o road Hanogi Bridge to Saloi Km 0/000 to 6/290 (SH: 29,15,605/- 51,500 1500/- Class C& D Kesar Colony-VillageLahariya C/o R/Wall at RD 0/250 to 0/075 and 0/305 to 0/330) KHAN,permanently. Suitable matchfor October1993 Sal Talla PO.Kathghariya born high-status Garggirl. Haldwani Nainital Uttrakhand- 0040561937-5 Slim,5’3”,healthylifestyle, 2. Availability of Bid Documentand mode of submission: The Bid documentisavailable online and bid 263139,have changed my name should be submitted in online mode on website https://hptenders.gov.in. Bidder would be required to regis- I, ANKUR BHARDWAJson of holdsM.com. from SD College, to Bhumi Bhatt. 0040561949-6 ter in the web-site which is free of cost. Forsubmission of bids,the bidder is required to have Digital RAJIV BHARDWAJ,R/oH.NO- Chandigarh and master’sin Signature Certificate (DSC)from one of the authorized Certifying Authorities (CA). “Aspiring bidders who I,AVTAAR SINGH S/OBUDHA 168, PARTPARGANJ, DELHI- finance from University of have not obtained the user ID and password forparticipating in e-tendering in HPPWD mayobtain thesame SINGH R/OWZ- 110091,have changed my name Edinburgh, Scotland. Preferred from the website:https://hptenders.gov.in. Digital signature is mandatorytoparticipate in the e-tendering. 136,GALINO.8,GURU NANAK to DIVYAMBHARDWAJ. well settled industrious/ high Bidders already possessing the digital signature issued from authorized CAs can use the same in this tender. NAGAR,DELHI-110018.HAVE status business Boyinthe Tri- 0040561948-6 3. Key Dates: CHANGED MY NAME TO AVTAR city.9463301713, 1. Date of Online Publication 15.02.2021 1100 HRS SINGH. 0040561927-1 I, Neeraj Jain S/ONiranjan Lal [email protected] Jain,R/o 1/205 Professor’s . 0050174197-1 3. Bid Submission Startand End Date 15.02.2021 1100 HRS upto 26.02.2021 09.00 HRS GODBOLE,W/O.AVINASH Line, Uttar Pradesh- 282002, COURT NOTICE RAJARAMGODBOLE,ADD-D- 4. Physical Submission of EMD Cost of Tender 26.02.2021 1100 HRS have changed my name and Document and original technical document 162, SARITA-VIHARNEW DELHI- shall hereafter be Known as SIKH/PUNJABI NOTICE UNDER SECTION 11 OF ACT NO. VIII 110076. Changed my nameto OF 1890 OF GUARDIAN &WARDS ACT IN THE 5. Date of Technical Bid opening, Evaluation of 26.02.2021 1100 HRS Neeraj Benara. 0070729385-1 COURT OF SH. GIRISH KATHPALIA, PRINCIPAL Technical Bid followedbyOpening of Financial Bid. VIDYA GODBOLE,permanently. DISTRICT &SESSIONS JUDGE (HQS.), DELHI Punjabi 81 Born Beautiful MBA I Shahnaz AhmedW/o-Shakeel ROOM NO. 301, 3RD FLOOR, TIS HAZARI 4. TENDER DETAILS: 0040561937-3 Divorcee Issueless Girl. COURTS, DELHI -54 PUBLICNOTICE Ahmed R/o-1015 Mohalla MHA NO.02/2021 Expects PunjabiEducated Notice is hereby given to the The Tender Documents shall be uploaded online in 2Cover: I, Tileshwari Devi W/OLate sh. Kishan Ganj,TeliwaraAzad- 1. SMT. URMILA OHRI W/o Sh. Gopal Krishan Ohri public at large, on behalf of my cli- i) Cover 1: shall contain scanned copies of all “Technical Documents/ Eligibility Information”. Decent Well Settled Family Boy. Wife &Natural Guardian of Sh. Gopal Krishan Ohri Sita Ram Mahto R/oRailway Market, Delhi-110006,have ents, Mr.Pankaj Singhal &Sh. Akash ii) Cover 2: shall contain “BOQ/Financial Bid”, where contractor will quote his offer foreach item. Mob 9975514848 2. SH. SAMIR OHRI S/o Sh. Gopal Krishan Ohri (“Owners”) That, they are the own- Coloney,River Side, 3. SH.VIPULOHRIS/o Sh. Gopal KrishanOhri ers of the Property No. TA-105, mea- 5. SUBMISSION OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS:The bidders are required to submit (a) original demanddraft changed my nametoShahnaz All R/o 45/A,LIG DDA Flats, Gulabi Bagh, Bhurkunda,Dundua, for future. 0040561948-2 0090280999-1 Delhi-110007 suring 68 +38Sq. Yds., (measuring towards the cost of bid documentand (b)original bidsecurity/Earnest MoneyDeposit (EMD) and other .... Petitioner 110sq. yardsasper site) out of Technical Documents inO/o ExecutiveEngineer Seraj Division HP.PWD Janjehli Distt. Mandi as specified Bhurkunda,Ramgarh, VERSUS Khasra no. 422, Tuglakabad Exten- Jharkhand-829135, have I Nazma Ahmed W/o-Naseem 1. STATE sion,New Delhi-110019 by virtue of in Keydates Sr.No. 4onTender OpeningDate, failing which the bids will be declared non-responsive. Ahmed R/o-1015 Mohalla PUBLIC NOTICE Through Govt. of NCT of Delhi Sale Deed dated 04.03.2020 ex- 6. BID OPENING DETAILS: The bids shall be opened on 26.02.2021 at 11 00 HRS in the office Executive changed my name and shall The GeneralPublicishereby ....Respondent ecuted by Sh. Rameshwar Yadav as hereafter be Known as Anita Kishan Ganj, Azad informed that my client Smt. Santosh The petitioner no.1 above named having applied to be attorney of Sh. Nagarmal Yadav & EngineerSeraj Division HP.PWD Janjehli Distt. Mandi H.P by the authorised officer.Intheir interest the ten- appointed the guardian of the person and property of Sale Deed dated 19.03.2020 ex- Devi. 0070729398-1 Market,Delhi-110006have Kaur W/o Atma Singh R/o H.NO- lunatic namely Sh. Gopal Krishan Ohri. der are advised to be presentalong with original documents at the time of openingoftenders.Ifthe office changed my nametoNazma 79/80, Bharat Vihar, Chander Vihar, ecutedbySmt. Urmila Yadav.That, happenstobeclosed on the date of opening of the bids as specified, the bids will be opened on the next Nilothi Extns. Delhi-110041 have The 6th March 2021 has been fixed for hearing of the my clientsintends to sell the said I, SUSHILA DEVI W/OSHAMSHER application and notice is hereby given to general public working dayatthe same time and venue. for future. served all their relations with their son property to the intended purchaser. that if any other relatives/friends, Kinsman or well wish- If any person (s) having any objec- SINGH R/0 H.No.B56, Rail Sh Surender Singh due to his bad er of the aforesaid or desire be appointed, declare as 7. The bids forthe work shall remain valid foracceptance foraperiod not less than 120 days after the dead- 0040561948-3 guardian of the person and property of the said lunatic tion regarding the claim in title of the factory road, Nanak piou-2, habits. My above named client have said Property /ownershiprights/ line date forbid submission. also disowned and debarred his said or desire to oppose the application of the petitioner Gopal Nagar, Najafgarh, Delhi- I MuneeshKumar S/ODevendra aforesaid, he/she should enter appearance in persons in Title, please raise objectionwith 8The Bidder are advised to quote rates inclusiveofGST as applicable.GST shall not be paid extra son from all movable and immovable this court on the aforesaid date and be prepared to documentary proof within 15 days 9. Other details can be seen in the biddingdocuments.The officer inviting tender shall not be held liable for 110043 in my husband’s Kumar R/OVill Govindpur properties. Anybody dealing with Sh adduce on that day and documentary or oral evidence of Publicationatthe belowaddress. passportmynamewrongly GyanpurChhajlet Moradabad Surender Singh will do so at which he/she may desire to adduce in support of his/her That, no further claim will be enter- anydelays due to system failure beyond its control. Even though the system will attempt to notify the bid- his/her/their own risk and claim to such appointment or declaration of in support tained after 15 days of the public ders of anybid updates,the Employershall not be liable forany information not received by the bidder.It mentioned as SUSAILA DEVI UP-244501 have changed my his/her opposition to the application of the petitioner responsibilities and my client will not notice. aforesaid. Mohd. Khairul Hussain (Advocate) is the bidders’ responsibility to verify the website forthe latest information related to the tender. but my correct and actual name to Manish Yadavvide GIVEN under my hand and seal of the Court on this the be responsible for any act, deed or Ch.No.214, 2nd Floor,Old Lawyers Executive Engineer name is SUSHILA DEVI for all dealing done by Sh Surender Singh. 27th day of January 2021. affidavit dated 28/01/2021 Sd/- Chamber,Delhi HighCourt, Sher Seraj Division HP.PWD Praveen Rastogi (Advocate ) purposes. 0070729394-1 SEAL PRINCIPAL DISTRICT) ShahRoad,New Delhi 0050174776-1 Enrol No-D/244/06 &SESSIONS JUDGE (HQs.) (M): 8810391672 5447/HP Janjehli Distt Mandi H.P.

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C HANGE BEGINS AT THE DOOR As the pandemic turns home spaces multifunctional, alook at the evolution of the drawing room

Shiny Va rghese collectibles areondisplay, while theliving neighbours above or below. In Bombay, real- “the integration of the drawing-cum-dining roomis aplace whereyou sit easy.Itgivesyou estate mechanisations areleading to vanish- space,ithas blurredtheformality of thedraw- afeelingofbalance, while the drawing room ing balconies. Carpenters bring down win- ing room. It is nowevolving intoamoreflex- IL HE DRAWINGroom is dead. is the crutchthat establishes your place in so- LUS dows on the parapetand breakdownwalls ible and fluid space,” she says.Itgoes without Long live thedrawingroom!” ciety,the imageyou wish to portray to the TR between the living room and the balcony, to saying that the shifthas also made adiffer- AT It’s aphrase that hasneverbeen world.The primarydifference is betweenthe IO makethe room bigger.Ithas further discon- ence to hierarchies. If earlier women weren’t N: morerelevant.As spaces in our ‘tohave’and‘to be’state of mind. The drawing SH nectedus from the outside. This pandemic has allowedtocome to the front of the house be- YA homes become multifunc- room became ademonstration of power,”says MK madeonefeel theabsenceof balconiesmuch fore outsiders,thosewallshadnowcollapsed. Ttionalin anincreasinglyvirtual Delhi-basedarchitect VerendraWakhloo. UM more,” says Dalvi. “The traditional Indian floor-basedseat- AR worldand we arereducedto thumbnail win- Often, ahierarchywas notuncommon — PR The other move from British bungalows to ingwasreplacedby multiple clusters of raised AS dows on meeting platforms, has the drawing the drawing room would have adesignated AD modernistarchitecture wasthe democratisa- furniture, central to which were carved and room come full circle? From formal spaces chair forthe man of the house while the seat- tion of spaces within the house. The 2BHK upholsteredsofasetsand central tables. New wherewereceivedguests,the drawing room ing forguests would be less comfortable, to eliminated the needfor adrawing room carpentryskills acquiredby local woodwork- has become our work-from-home station, send themessagethat onecannotoverstay. and gave everyone the ubiquitous hall. ers also enabledawider application of styles, whereaspirational virtual backgrounds Mumbai-based architect This transition meant amove motifsand elements. However, till the 1930s, (beachesor bookshelves)have takenover. Yet, Chandrashekhar Kanetkarhas worked towardsahomogenisationof homes. we see singular styles and themes of period muchbeforethe drawing room wasthe otla, on numerous high-end residences “With the modernistera,the idea furniture—beittraditional,colonial, ArtDeco thinna, baranda, balcão —the public space to wherethis powerplaytakes centre of thecommunity disintegrated. or modern —dominatingdrawing-room aes- courtyardhouses,whereneighbours dropped stage. Drawing rooms have been In the modern age, our lives thetics. AfterIndependence, the drawing by forachat or strangers stoppedto askfor di- designedasmultiple sections, have become generic,” says room has been the quickest to absorb and in- rections—“it formedthepublic threshold,the some leading intocourt- Mumbai-basedurbande- tegratetrends and styles to become an eclec- interface with the street,wheresocialinter- yards, some offering signer and academic ticspace with furniturepieces from various actions with strangers and neighbours wasat glimpses of libraries, to Rohan Shivkumar.The eras —modernistmasters chairs nowsit street level. Therewas no conceptofaformal cater to different types of modern plan of a alongsidesankheda(low-seating) sofa-chairs drawing room. Indian domestic spaces, typi- visitors. His designs also house had become and Portuguese loveseats,” says Bose. callyfor large joint-families, focusedonmul- incorporatebar uniform with mass Décor magazines, by the late1990s,and tifunctionality and flexibility of spaces. There lounges and drawing housing.The unique platforms suchasPinterest,in late2000s, have wasalso no conceptofformalfurniture. It was rooms with show individual designs made it possible to dream of newwaysto largely floor-basedorlow-height, suchas kitchens. “There of adrawing room dress up homes, and advertisements, inter- khatiyas, gaddis, jhoolas,orchatai,which are should be an ele- were leftbehind national trade fairs and e-commerce sites gave lightandeasyto move around. Theadditionof ment of curiosity to accommodate peopleaccessto wider markets, makingit pos- adrawingroom as aformal and enclosed when youplan a requirementsofa sible to buy that designer chair or those drip- space to meet visitors firstarose in well-off drawing room. It’s a BHK format. ping chandeliers. Mood lighting and state- Indian homes, with the arrivalofthe game of hide and Spaces could be ment décor racedtheir wayintohomes. Portuguese and the British,” says Kamalika seek,” says Kanetkar, modifiedtosuit However, while the marketconnected Bose,conservationarchitectandco-author of adding, if youreveal anyfunction—just people, modular living made it impossible to AHistory of Interior Design in India (SID all at one go,there the nomenclature tell astory.Livingspaces lookedlikecatalogues Research Cell, CEPT University,Ahmedabad). is little lefttoengage had shifted. and algorithms dictated the newaesthetic. Over time, the drawing room grew to be- the guest. Architect Whilethe look had changed,the sentiment come amarkerofclass and status. The draw- The coming of GautamBhatia recalls wasstill the same —adisplayofsocial status. ing room wasthe nucleus of the house and it drawing rooms made his childhood years However, Wakhloo pointstoadifferent wasbestreferenced in Hindi films, wherea the connection with the wherethe drawing imagination as he references homes of grand staircaserosefromthe livingroom and outside worldshrink. room wasacollage of Pritzker winnerBVDoshi and Delhi-basedar- apianosymbolised opulence. In the 1949 Traditional houses with manytravels.“Our parents chitect Ashok BLall. “In Doshi’sAhmedabad film Andaz,the staircaseis semi-publicplaces madeit neverthought of what a house, the living room is likealarge foyer, where all the action unfolds, while in Sooraj possible forowners to connect drawing room could be.Itwas whichconnectstothe basement, wherehis Barjatya’s Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994),a with the neighbourhood and the aplace forall kinds of col- meditationroom is, and, to the upper floor, fatalfall from the living-room stairs steers the street.One movedfromthe outside lectibles, from the Air India to the open area in the garden andthe story. Even today, Hindi serials carryforththe to the inside, transcending thresholds Maharajaashtraystosouvenirs and kitchen.You enter the livingroom, andyou legacy of grandstaircases, forevil in-lawsto of privacy and engagement. As ground- even chippedcups. It wasabout filling getthe feel of being in acovered courtyard. makeunsuspectingvictimstumble down hugging homes made wayforhigh-storeyed up the space,” he says. Ashok Lall’s living room with itsmagnificent those heights. apartments, balconies took the space of the Bose testifies to howinmodesthomes, skylightallowsyou to viewthe skyfromin- Mumbai-basedarchitect-academicSmita otla or the verandah. “The balconybecame the drawing room also doubles up as asleep- side. It connectsthe ground to the sky and Dalvi, whose doctoral thesis wasonhomes that in-between space whichconnected the ing space, with the occasional sofa-cum-bed one is humbledbyit. Youare no longerthe and Hindi cinema,says, “The house wasal- house to thesky and the ground, and to your making an appearance. In recent times, with protagonistofthe space, youbecomeaware ways larger than life. Hindi films even gov- of thelargeruniverse. Thereisnoexaggera- ernedthe fashion quotient in our homes. For tion of the self, likeinaformal drawing room. example, in Ayan Mukerji’s Wake Up Sid AROOMOFTHEIR OWN Ahome shouldfinallyreflect your family, a (2009), Konkona Sen sets up a‘my corner’with vision of yourself and the cosmology you fairylights,booksand posters, presentingher- THE DRAWINGROOM IN LITERATURE carry within you,” he says. self as asingle girlonalow budget witha Drawing rooms maywell be dead in the charming personality.Muchbefore, Farhan VICTORIAN SOCIETY believed in “drawing-room naturalism” in her stories. pandemic, however, experiences of aspace Akhtar’s Dil ChahtaHai (2001)presented the specific activities forevery room and the In ashortstory that the American novelist neednot be.Chennai-basedarchitectPramod modern living roomas an aspirational space.” “withdrawing room” waswhereladies wroteatage 11,she openswith aguest’s Balakrishnan givesthe example of one of his Somewhereinthe mid ’80s, the drawing retired afterdinner.Thisprivate room entryintoMrs Tomkins’s house and the residential complexesinPerumbakkam, room, wherethe formality of lifetook place, soon came to be known as the “drawing hostsays, “IfonlyIhad known youwere Chennai. “Wegaveresidents multipleways to wassupersededbythe living room. The for- chamber”orthe drawing room going to call, Ishould have tidiedupthe reachtheir ownhomes. It wasn’t justaliftand mer wasthe formal space to receive visitors, drawing room.” Wharton’s mother is said astaircase.Weevenhad achessboardsquare oftenseparatedfrom the rest of the house, the JANE AUSTEN, the 18th centuryEnglish to have remarked: “Drawing rooms are in common areas, wherepeople could come, latter waswherethe familyhung out, where novelist, best describeinterior spaces in always tidy” playand interact. The formality of the draw- the wifechoppedvegetables on the table, the her work.Objectsofahousereveal a ingroomhas diminishedaspeoplemeettheir children kept their feet up on thesofaasthey character’s emotions and situation, be it a THE COMEDYOFMANNERS or friendsoutdoors, playagame of chess and en- watchedloud TV andthe pressurecooker in fadedfootstool or ashabby sofa. In drawing-roomplays have been part of gage with others who probablyare watching the kitchen whistledinthe background. Northanger Abbey (1817), forinstance, the theatresince Victorian times, when the them play. It changes the waywecommuni- The“see-but-don’t-touch” drawingroom, 19th centuryfurniture andEnglishchina action waslocatedinthe drawing cate, exchangeideas and build relationships. ontheotherhand,camewithspotlessuphol- setspeak of opulentmodernity COURTESYSHABNAMGUPTAHOMES room. Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of It’s an attempt at taking it backtowhereitall stery, art andcrystal collections. “It became a WHERE THE ACTION WAS Being Earnest (1895) is one of its began,andincreasingtheinteractionwiththe room of illusions. Aplace whereyour prized EDITH WHARTON is known for Comedy of Manners or drawing-room plays have been part of theatre since the Victorian times finestexamples street and neighbours,” he says.

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Ranjit Lal is an author, body diversity, body positivity environmentalistand birdwatcher and social justice Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Bat? IMAGINE Afair hearing to the creature at by SheljaSen the receiving end of pointed fingers every time there’s avirus scare DEAR YOU, decades,wewere force-fedthe idea of Body ATSHAVEbeen squarelyblamed forstarting the Walking in aparkinthe winter sun, among Mass Index(BMI)asacrite- COVID-19catastrophe, so, Down in Jungleland families sprawledonthe lawns forSunday pic- rion of fitness and obesity only went deep intoabat cave in aremote forest to nics,Iwas particularlydrawn to alittle girl, to discoverthat all it did wasfatten the Bfind out what the batshavetosay forthemselves. maybearound sevenyearsofage,dancing to weight-loss industry. Ahostofassortedcreatures joinedthe conversation: aBollywood song. Carefree and completely In my work with young girls, I’vefound DIJ: Good evening, god, it smells here... Well, sir,what’s oblivioustothe people around, their stares or that this “gaze” or judgement hounds us your take on thefact that humans were blaming your smiles,as if transportedtoanotherworld, she through these tactics: species forspreading this scourge around the world? swung her hips and swayed her hands, with Comparing: Pushingyoung girls to evalu- Scientists have admitted that theywerebitten by some of eyes closedand asmile on her lips. atetheir bodies and worththrough self-sur- youwho were already infected. Iwalkedon, but that sight stayedwith me. veillance. A13-year-old told me, “Everytime Bat: What the hell were your precious scientists doing My initial delight and warmth graduallygave Imeetsomeone or see apicture fingering us in the firstplace?Ofcourse, we’ll biteifyou waytoasense of unease. When would this on social media, the take such liberties. Youwereresearching us forsome little girllose this disinhibition and startbe- firstthing Icheckis nasty viruses, weren’t you—whichyou could then raise comingaware of the constant “gaze”that fol- if she’s thinner or and develop and use as bio-weapons on your ownkind? lows women? Whenwould theindulgent fatter than me.It’s become GETTYIMAGES Well, we gave youone forfree, so, whyare youcomplain- smiles turnintolooks of judgement? When an automatic reaction.” ing? Youhumans makeussick—you have evil intentions would she startfindingher thighs toofat, Convincing:Another 15-year-oldshared, —Doyou think it is unjustthatthe prob- thenarrowidea of beauty.Social media is a towardsyour ownkind and, when things boomerang, you voice tooloud,spirittoo wild? Whenwould “I live 24x7 with the shame of being so ugly”. lem has been located in women’s bodies double-edgedswordwhere, on theone hand, blame us. Thousands of us have been slaughtered by pan- she startchecking whatshe says,how she The voice of judgement is so compelling that rather than the problematic cultural notions it indoctrinates constant preoccupation with icky people. All we want is to be leftalone so thatwecan says it,measuring her worththrough her it’s difficult to fight it alone. What happens if of beauty? perfection, while on the other hand, it’s wit- continue pollinating your bananas, durians, and ahostof body measurements? all the women in our livesare also going In my collaborative work with young nessingamovementwherewomenare re- other food plants. If we stopped, youwould starve. When would self-consciousness creep in, through similar battles, andbodyshaming be- women, we’vefound three effective steps to sistingthisoppressive ideaofbeautybypost- DIJ: But alot of this research is aimedatdeveloping making her suckher cheeksin, tuckinher comes ataken-for-granted wayofrelating flip the gaze on the judgement and reclaim ing pictures with unbridled, unfiltered swag. medicinessowecan make sickpeople well. Thereare so tummyorpulland push at different bits of with ourselvesand eachother? our agency,our bodies: Solidarity: Self-judgement can isolateus manymedicines that arebasedonanimalpartsand prod- flesh in despair? Taking selfies, adding aflat- Concluding: The trickiestbit is that judge- Microactsofresistance: Sanna (name intolocating the probleminourselves, but ucts. People have been using these traditional medicines tering filter before puttingituponInstagram, ment keeps us alwaysdissat- changed), 21,shared with what if we refusedtolet it pit us againsteach ●●● forthousands of years. anxiouslywaiting forthe worldtoacknowl- isfiedwith our bodies, as we me that she had experienced other? What if we stoppedbody-shaming Bat: None of whichhavebeen scientificallyprovento edge her worth. Maybescrolling down and nevermatchuptothe toxic intense body-shaming as a ourselvesand eachother and committed to actuallywork. Youpeople aregood at runningsuch checking other accountswith Insta-perfect perfect-body advertisingin- We need to raise our voice, write child and nowwas commit- finding beauty in all shapes, sizes and colours? money-making rackets. It’s amazing howacountry bodies and glowing skins with asinking “I’m cessantlyfed to us and con- tedtotakingtinystepsby not Sanna said she will do whateverittakestoen- whichwantstorulethe worldstill believesthat “eye of suchafailure” feeling, and slowlyshutting her- clude we are“weak”, “lazy”, about it, makeonline videos to letting other people’s com- surethat her 12-year-old cousin doesn’t have newt and toeoffrog, wool of bat and tongue of dog” will self offorstarvingherself. “notgood enough”. mentsdefineher.“I’vefound to go through what she had to because “If Ido makeyou well. Manyadults reading this might dismiss it I’m notheretoadvise question the narrow idea of beauty my ownstyle of dressing notlook outfor herwho will?” (There’s astirassome other animals —amongthem, a as “girls these days!” As if they arethe prob- you, we knowthatdoesnot ●●● that expresses my identity,” Standing up forbody diversity is notaper- ragged-looking Siberian tiger,dog, pangolin,dehorned rhino, lem. I’veoften heardwords like “obsessed work.Instead, let’s sit back she said, adding thatitwas sonal battle but an issue of social justice. We and buffalo —joinin.) with their looks”, notrealising that theprob- and reflect on the workings of this judgement “a dailybattlebut Ilook at myself in the mir- owe it to that little dancing girland millions Tiger: Do youknowwhat Iam? Afarmedtiger.Have lem actuallyliesinour society’s constant and ask afew questions of ourselves: rorevery morning and say, ‘I’m hot, I’m gor- likeher.Are youready? youeverheardofanything moreshameful? Thereare judgement of women’s bodies. Women have —Doyou see howitisolates eachofus geous, and I’m notletting anybody steal that thousands of us in so-calledtiger farms —whereyou hu- notbeenallowedtoown theirbodies —there intolittle cocoons and makes us believe we away from me.’” She has informedher family In solidarity, mans intend to kill us and use our bones, blood and pri- arestrict norms on how“good girls” carry arethe problem? Doesn’t the problem lie in and friends of these “respectful boundaries”, Shelja their bodies — coverup, kowtow,havemeek the waywomen’s bodies have been judged and theyare her biggestallies now. voices and trytobe“thin, fair and lovely”. and controlledovercenturies? Documenting theseresistances: What DrSheljaSenisanarrativetherapist,co-founder, Social media and thediet, beauty and fitness —Doyou think it is fair that judgement would it look likeifwestarted acounter-cul- ChildrenFirst,writer,and,inthiscolumn,she industryhaveexploited it with minimalre- (comparing, convincing and jumping to turethat objectifies the “gaze” rather than let curatestheknow-howofthechildrenandyoung gard to the damaging impact on young conclusions) robs us of joy, confidence, self- it objectify us? We needtoraise our voice, peoplesheworkswith.Writetoher women or completedisregard forethics.For worthand peace of mind? write aboutit,makeonline videostoquestion [email protected] In the Dead of Night

RANJITLAL HIGH AND DRY The road has been long and hard for Assam’s anti-witch-hunt crusader,Birubala Rabha, recently honoured with the Padma Shri If bats stopped pollinating food plants, humans would starve To ra Agarwala this law. “Webegan to lookatunderlying causes of whytheseincidentshappen,” says vate parts formaking foul concoctions which, youthink, Dr Natyabir Das, aGoalpara-basedphysician, will turn youintoCasanovas. Thereare moreofusincap- SOMETIME IN 2010,Birubala Rabha thought who has long been associated with Rabha’s tivity on farms than thereare in the wild. she wasgoing to die.AfloattheBrahmaputra, work.“Biru baideo (sister), being avillager, DIJ: Take it as acompliment, we humans thinkyou are with afilmcrew who wasinterviewing her, maybealittle superstitious herself, but over so virile and macho that we need your body parts. thewoodenboatsuddenly capsized, throwing the years, she has understood that the root SiberianTiger (growling):Shameonyou! overboardthe camera, acrew member and cause of all this can be tracedbacktothe lack Pangolin (piping up):You makesoup and wine with Rabha, 61 at thetime. Gasping forbreath, she of educationandhealthcarefacilities,and the our fetuses thinking it’s good foryou. Youreallyare sick. somehowmanaged to swim to safety. “The general lackofdevelopment,” he adds. Dog: Onlyyourspecies will think of eating what you waterwas very deep and Itold myself, ‘Okay, Today, in villages acrossAssam, Mission call your best friend. As forusing our private parts,Iwould todayisthe dayIamgoing to die’,” Rabha Birubala —whichisanetworkofsocial ac- rather notget intothat —it’s toorevolting forwords. Why chuckles at the memorymorethan adecade tivists,witch-hunt survivors, lawyers —holds on earth do we still wagour tails when youget backhome later. “But then again, Ihaveneverbeen afraid awareness meetings, whereRabha, dressed from work! of death. Andthatisprobably whyImanaged in a patani (the traditional attireofthe Rabha Bear (shambling in, grunting): And youkeep us captive to live,” she adds. tribe, found acrossAssam’s Goalparaand and suckour bileout with syringes —tomakeyour pre- It is this fortitudethathas guidedRabha, Kamrup districts, and parts of Meghalaya, cious so called-medicines. Assam’s plucky crusader againstwitch-hunt- West Bengal andBangladesh), hair tiedback Rhino (snorting): Look at me, sir,justlookatme! My ing, through aremarkable life. Alifethat was in atight bun, delivers long rousing speeches pride and joyhas been hackedoff!Toyou, our horns are honoured with one of India’s highestcivilian about her life, to the roaring applause of the moreprecious than gold because youstupidlybelieve awards, the Padma Shri,lastweek.“I think this crowds. “She maybesmall andunassuming, that it, too, will turn youintoCasanova studs. Our horns one is morespecial than theothers,”Rabha butwhenshe speaks, everyone justlistens,” arejustcompressedhair,eat your nails if youwant ker- says,ather home in Goalparadistrict, lined says Usha Rabha,aclose aide. In 2005,Usha atin. Areyou reallythe planet’s so-calledintelligent crea- with mementos of different shapes and sizes. sawaphoto of Rabhadeliveringaspeechin tures or plain imbeciles? “I’mgetting double the phone calls Iusually the local paper.“Everything about the picture Tiger: Your species, especiallyyourgender, has ama- do. But Iamtelling them, awards arewelland wassoinspiringthatIwentseekingher,” says jor confidence problem. Howdoyou impress your ladies good, but thepointisforhumansto helpother Usha, 55, “Now Iamher shadow.” with suchanattitude? humans, forustobebrave and unafraid.” Together,Usha says,theyhavewalked— DIJ: But youhavetoadmit that notall of us disrespect JustlikeRabha has been through her 72 and sometimes run —long hours to meet you: in India, cows areconsidered sacredbymillions and years of life. She wasn’t afraid whenshe trav- TORAAGARWALA women in remote villages through scorching cowdung and urine aretreated likeelixirs. elledtoavillageinMeghalaya, in the dead of usedthe time to work towardseradicating the ANY WITCH Sanabala,Lakshmi...,”shereadsoutthe names sunshine andragingthunderstorms, climb- Buffalo: So, whyare theremorestarvingcowsroam- night,respondingto acallof awomanaccused practice,” she says.SinceRabhawas already WAY of those she and her team have rehabilitated ing hills, navigating through cemeteries, ing the streetseating plastic bags than anywhereelse in of being a“daini”orwitchbyher neighbours, an active member of her village’s local Mahila over the years, alistofaround ahundred. swimmingacross rivulets.“Thething about Birubala Rabha the world? That’s some veneration! shewasn’tafraidwhenamobsurroundedher Samiti (women’s self-help group)fightingso- In Assam, where witch-hunting is ram- her is thatshenevergets tired,” says Usha, “On DIJ: Well, what messageshould Itakebacktomy with daos (a flat-blade sword) and sticks, cial evils likealcoholism and domestic vio- pant, mostcausesofwitch-hunt murders are severaloccasions, we have metpeople who species when Ireturn to civilisation? threateningtobeat her up at the entranceof lence,her newavatarasavoiceagainstwitch- prima facie basedonsuperstitious beliefsthat have threatenedtokill us, brandishing sticks Animals (in chorus): Justleave us alone to continue thevillage,andshewasn’tafraidwhenin2000, hunting came to her all toonaturally. the “witch” —oftenasingle woman, awidow, and knives. But Biru baideo says,“Katilekaat, our work in keeping the planetinrunning order! Why in apublic villagemeetingheldtodecide the “Atone point, even Ibelievedthat there or,sometimes, aman,too—has magical pow- maarile maar,moi norokhu (killme if youhave mustyoung men jumponthe backsofyoung heifers, take fate of five womenwhowere brandedwitches wasatruth to allthis, that witches do exist,” ers to bring aboutdeath and disease in the to,Iwon’t stop).” them by the horns, so theygoberserk? What have they near LakhipurinAssam, she stood up before says Rabha, who has studieduptill Class V. community.But adeeperdive intomostofthe Over the years, Rabha has maintainedadi- done to you? We knowyou use us formeat —manyofus hundredsand boldlyannounced: “There are “But then my son, Dharmeshwar,who has a cases shows they areusuallyameans to settle arywhere sherecordstheincidentsofher life also hunt —but that is to live.You harass us foryour enter- no witches, witchcraftdoes notexist.” mental problem,fell illin1985, and alocal personal scores —jealousy,propertyconflicts in case her memoryfails her ahead of an in- tainment, use us fordiabolical, dubious purposes. Be The very next day, hundredsofvillagers quacksaid that he waspossessedbyafairy, or familial strife—inthe name of superstition. terview. On Thursday, when we visited her, warned, youdon’t knowquitewhat you’remeddling surroundedher house, to compel Rabha to and would die in three days.” He did not. For While stateslikeJharkhand, Chhattisgarh, twointerviews had already happened, and with: this COVID-19calamity could be just the tip of the sign adisclaimer that she waswrong to say Rabha, the incident wasnothing shortofan Bihar, Odisha andRajasthan have already thereisanother in the queue. Aftertheyleave, iceberg. Haven’t youlostenough of your people to it? what she did, and that, in fact, dainis do exist. awakening. “I realisedthat innocent villagers criminalisedthe practice,the Assam Witch Rabha says shewill feed her chickens,fetch Haven’t yousufferedenough? But Rabha remainedresolute, refusing to sign were being duped,” she says. Hunting (Prohibition,Protection and water, and if thereistime, finishweavinga Bat: Don’t mess with us anymore. the document, and thus beganalifedevoted In the yearsthat followed, with theSamiti’s Prevention) Act, 2015 came intoeffectonly in half-done pajar,atraditionalRabhascarf, she Animals (in chorus): Justleave us in peace! to fighting the malaise of witch-hunting in the support, Rabha went from villagetovillage 2018.Rabha’s work andthe organisation is working on. And if, in the midstofit, she gets state. “Afterthat incident, theyostracisedme whenevershe heardtherewas acase of witch- formedin2011under her name, Mission acall from awoman in distress, she will leave and brandedmeawitchtoo, but instead, I hunting. “Raneshwari, Padumi, Anjali, Birubala, playedakey role in bringingabout it all, and run.

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Brave OldWorld The Storyteller Historian Audrey Truschkeonwhy religious identitywas never of primary importance in Writes pre-modern India and countering ideological readings of the past with facts Sai Paranjpye’s memoir is long on

Paromita Chakrabarti mythology is notjustacolonial hangover.Itis details about her creative life and acritical partofIndia’spresent, and Indian groups areresponsible forthis nexus of intol- short on personal insights NHER firstbook, CultureofEncounters erance and bigotry.Asahistorian, my response (2016), historian Audrey Truschkehad is to meet this prejudice with knowledge. exploredthe crucial role playedbycul- Alongside manycolleagues, Iresearch real as- Itural exchanges between the elites of pectsofIndian history and communicate the Mughal court and the Sanskrit- them to anyone willing to listen. speaking populace in establishing the Mughals within the social, political and cul- Whilenoting traces of the idea of tural framework of the region. Truschkehad Kashmiriyat —the notion of an arguedthat the Mughal empire’s dynamism indigenous, syncretic Kashmirisociety — reliedonits ability to embrace awide range in along tradition of Sanskrit writing of culturalinfluences, especiallySanskrit. The from the region, youalsocaution against associateprofessor of South Asian History at examining itspresent politics through RutgersUniversity, USA,returnsto thistheme the lens of the region’s pre-modern past. in her thirdbook, TheLanguageofHistory: Couldyou elaborate? SCENESFROM ASUNNYPLACE Sanskrit Narratives of Muslim Pasts,inwhich Kashmiriyat is alovelyidea, but itshistoric- Astill from Chashme Buddoor she analyses Sanskrit textswritten between ity is another matter,asIindicateinthe book. the 12th and 18th centuries to note an absence Scholarship on Kashmir has been hampered of anymarkedreligious animositybetween in recent years by the ongoing conflict in the Rita Kothari Hindus and Muslims in the subcontinent. region.Ilookforwardtoall involvedactorsre- Truschke’s views areoften metwithviru- specting international agreements, halting lent criticism by right-wing idealogues, that human-rightsviolations, and allowing FYOU’RE amovie fanand meetsomeone who un- reachedits peak with the publication of her Kashmiris to use their inherent right of self- derstands your references to Miss Chamko, or who, second book,abiography of Mughal emperor determination. while passing around acigarette,says,“zaramunh Aurangzeb. In this interview, Truschke, 38, Ikadvakarvale”, youknowyou can build something speaksofexploringtheresilienceof pre-mod- At the time of writing Aurangzeb: The with that person. At the very least, an adda.Films like ernIndiainhernewbookandherrefusalto be Man and theMyth (2017,Allen Lane), you ChashmeBuddoor (1981) and Katha (1983) occupyaspe- stymiedbythehatedirectedatherforcounter- WIKIMEDIACOMMONS writethat you’d been legallycounselled cial place forsome of us who were watching films in the ingpropagandist readingsof historyorforcall- worksorareflection of the land’s to notventureintowriting about Shivaji. 1980s. The ineptNaseeruddin Shah from Katha andthe ingoutIslamophobia,sexismorhuman-rights cosmopolitan nature? Youhavetaken it up in this book, bright-eyedDeepti Navaland Farooq Shaikh from violationsaround the world. Excerpts: TreatmentofPersianlooksdifferentamong exploring what ledtoShivaji’s ChashmeBuddoor jostledwith superstars and modified Sanskritintellectualsthanamongothergroups investment in projecting aKshatriya our memoryofcinema of that period. Sai Paranjpye,in Youwriteinthe epilogue of your new in pre-modern India.That’s because Sanskrit identity forhimself. Whywas this critical particular,with her (RK) Narayanesque humour,captured book that your attempt to broadenthe thinkers had to contendwithafairly robust, forhis political career? As ahistorian, the middle class and itsfoibles and graces in afable-like scope of history might be misconstrued time-honouredset of philosophical positions howurgent is it foryou to address form. This quality stems from the very sunnyand comic as a‘de-emphasisonfactsand accuracy’ thatlimitedthe number of literarylanguages. revisionisttendencies? vision of lifeshe brought to the worldofarts. This sunni- Howdid youdecide on the textsthat Thishardlyprovedinsurmountable,butittook Shivaji wasaman of his times, andhe ness warms but doesn’t scorch.Her memoir APatchwork youdiscuss? awhile forSanskrit intellectuals to warm up caredalot aboutcaste andclass. Iknowthisis Quilt beckonedwith the promise of this warmth and nos- Being written in Sanskrit wasaniron-clad to Persian. In the 12th century, forexample, asensitive subject forsome today, but that is talgia. Iwon’t call her “pioneer- rule forinclusion but communi- Jayanaka(Kashmiripoet-historian, amodern,notahistorical,problem.Itryto re- ing” and “woman director”, in or- cating accurate politicalhistory composer of the Prthvirajavijaya) coverhistory as accuratelyaspossible, and I der to respect Paranjpye’s wasnot.Asaresult, Idiscuss texts likenedPersianto thecriesof wild willpublishasmuchofitaspermittedwithin vexation with suchlabels. She thatplayfastand loose with the birds. By the 18th century, the legal and practicalrestraintsofIndia’santi- writes, “Wherever IgoIam never facts(forexample, transposing Lakshmipati (whosepatron was free speechlawsand authoritarian turn. Ihave allowedtoforgetthat Iama chronologies),suchassomeof the JagacchandraofKumaon,whoop- neverand Iwill neverchangemyhistorical woman filmmaker.This can get 14th-centuryJain prabandhas.I erated under the aegis of the opinion in the face of public pressure. quiteexasperating….Tothe eter- also analyseworks that offeras- Mughals)playedwithPersian,us- nal question that Iamplagued tonishing details of political in- ingPersianwordsandevenbitsof Howdoyou copewith the abuse online? with —what is the main disad- trigues —and even the Mughal Persian grammar in Sanskrit. This MATTEROF who were thinking about Indo-Persian rulers. Withsomedifficulties,asanyonemightex- vantageofbeing awoman direc- king Farrukh Siyar’s medical his- journeyisremarkable. RECORD perience,butoverwhelminglywithconviction tor—myanswer is: being tory —suchasLakshmipati’s Youtrace howMuslim patronagefor thatIamdoingmy jobethicallyandto thebest endlesslyharanguedwith this (Top) The APATCHWORK twinnedearly 18th-centuryhis- Youwritethat Sanskrit Hindu temples wasnot uncommon,beit of my abilities. Ihavenever givenintobullies QUILT:ACOLLAGE very question.” tories (Nrpatinitigarbhitavrtta and THELANGUAGE intellectuals didnot use the desecration of the during the reign of the Khiljisorthe or ignorance, and Iamnot abouttostart. The book has interesting tid- OFHISTORY: Somnath Te mple by OFMYCREATIVE Abdullacarita). SANSKRIT religiousterm ‘Musalmana’ Mughals or even earlier,justas LIFE bitsabout her work and the peo- The book does notclaim to be foravery long time, because Mahmud of Ghazni desecrationoftemples wasnot a An old interviewofyours, in whichyou ple she worked,arguedand lived NARRATIVESOF BY SAIPARANJPYE comprehensive,and Isignalin the theysaw Islamic incomers as in 1025 was hardly uniquelyIslamic trait either.Isitthe speak of the harshness of the colonial with. It begins with an invocation MUSLIMPASTS HarperCollins notesanumberoftexts that I justanother addition to their mentioned in burden of colonial scholarshipthatthe reimagining of Aurangzeb as areligious to herintrepid mother hopeother scholars might work BY AUDREY socio-politicalset-up.How idea of the desecrationoftemples relates bigot,keeps reappearing online, drawing 452 pages Shakuntala, who acted in V Sanskrit writings of on going forward. TRUSCHKE important wasreligious to Islamic rulers in popular imagination? flak. Do youthink youcan ever leave `599 Shantaram’s (1937) at a Allen Lane identityatthe time? the time, writes Howdoes one counter this ideological Aurangzeb completely in your past? time when women were In pre-modern India, Sanskrit 412pages Thereisacirca 700CEuse of Truschke; the author reading of the past? Sooner or later,anew historianwill writea nowherenear the screen. Paranjpye inherited cultural wasthe languageofpower, `799 ‘Musalamana’inSanskrit, which Thereisacolonialhistory of misunder- biographyofAurangzeb to supplant mine. capital and talent from her familyand, in some sense, the but incoming language allows us to meaningfullyask: standingtemple desecration that hasbeen en- Manyofuslookforwardtothatday,perhaps,for lifeofamultifacetedartistwas scriptedfor her early. groups were also acknowledged, Whydid hundredsofyears pass before this hancedbycertain trendsinindependentIndia. different reasons. In themeantime, the most APatchwork Quilt is the English translation of her especiallyPersian,with wordsfromit morereligious term wasagain usedin In recent decades, aband of Hindu nationalist recent, best work on Aurangzeb is by Richard Marathi memoir Say: Maza Kalapravas (Rajhans being incorporatedintoSanskrit. Was Sanskrit? The answer,simplyput, is that reli- groups, who followthe ideology of Hindutva, MEatoninhisIndiainthePersianateAge:1000- Prakashan, 2020), whichgrew outofher popular column this symbiosis amatterofpragmatism giousidentitywas notthe one that mostin- have fuelledhatred of Muslims, including by 1765 (2019,Allen Lane), whichisamust-read ‘Saya’inLoksatta.Init, she described herjourneythrough forwider dissemination of literary terested or concernedSanskrit intellectuals maligningtheir imaginedpastdeeds. This forall those interestedinIndian history. the “magical labyrinth of radio, theatre, television and film, likeacarefree gypsy.” The book’s subtitle indicates that it is notanautobiography: Paranjpye writesthe auto- biographyisa“genreofself-revelation” and one that SHELF LIFE makes her sceptical. “An honestlifestory should leave nothing out. Everydetail of alifewell-livedshould be ilyrecipes, have been handeddownfrom chickencurry.This, honestly, is the kind shared with the reader,” she writes. Finding herself not Secret Sauce generation to generation —suchasthe of insight that can transform cooking ready to undertake this journey, Paranjpye instead idea that the number of whistles in a from achoretoajoy. chooses to document her creative journey. DID YOUknowthat youcan caramelise ingand view it through the lensoffood pressurecooker reliably indicatehow This book is so packedwithinforma- Although the account of her growth in different cre- onions moreefficientlybysimplyadding science and engineering.” Which, if well-cooked the food insideisorthatan tion that it’s best read as needed,oryou ative fields is detailed, it is alittle disappointing. The per- apinchofbaking soda? Or,that when you’vewondered whyyou should dry over-salted dish can be salvagedbydrop- risk being overwhelmed. Forexample, if sonal details figureinaprecious and curated manner; cooking arecipe that calls fortomato roastwholespices before grinding them ping in aball of dough. you’replanningtomakechanamasalafor hiding behind the disclaimer that the account is notauto- purée, asachetoftomatoketchup, in ad- or why kasuri methi shouldonlybeadded The best section is ‘Burn the Recipe’, lunchtomorrow, go to the section where biographical. Bereftofaninsight intothe self, the details dition to thepurée, will ensurethat the fi- when the dish is almost ready,isawel- wherethe author putstogether all the he explains howtoget soft, perfectly- seem banal. Howabout asking some pertinent questions nal dish packsaflavour-jammedwallop? come exercise.The book,whichshould knowledge dispensedsofar to create an cookedchickpeaswith alittle bit of bak- about the times one has livedin? Does Paranjpye,given Krish Ashok’s Masala Lab: The Science be in everyserious amateur’s library, algorithmic approachtoalmostany dish ing soda and whyadding atea bagtothe her long innings, believe that artisinbetterhealth now? of Indian Cooking is fullofsuchadvice breaksdownthe how-to and why-to of that the reader might want to make chickpeasisagoodidea. If you’replan- Or,isitless meaningful? Does it deliveronthe promises it MASALALAB:THE which, if followed, promises to notjust almostevery step of the cooking process SCIENCEOF and/orimprovise —fromsimple chut- ning idlisfor breakfastone day, go to the makes; does Paranjpye’s focus on optimism obfuscate improvethe tasteofthe food youcook, in an Indiankitchen—frommakingper- INDIANCOOKING neys andraitas to more complexrice section whereheoutlines the process for these questions even forher,let alone the reader? The but also makethe whole process of cook- fectlyfluffy rice to making chapati dough dishes and gravies. The Kerala chicken making idli batter from scratch. Of course, comic vision amidstchaos and unexpected turns of ing moreefficient and rewarding. In his with 100per cent hydration to explain- BY KRISH ASHOK curry youmakeusingAshok’s Indian if you’resimplycuriousabout the science eventsmakes this book quintessentiallyParanjpye,but its introduction, Ashok,aChennai-based ing howdifferent kinds of saltsshould be Penguin GravyAlgorithm maynot be authentic, of cooking,read thebook, covertocover, lackofinteriority is bewildering. softwareengineer,describes his book as used. Along the way, the author also ex- 280 pages but it will help youunderstand whyit’s in one go.Itwill stillbeveryrewarding. an attemptto“de-exoticise Indian cook- plodes certain myths that, likemostfam- `399 different from aChettinadu or Punjabi POOJA PILLAI RitaKothariisprofessorofEnglishatAshokaUniversity

the reader this is notbitterness but ahigher form of vishada yoga,deep contemplation on When Sita Speaks the unresolvable ambivalence of life. Dressed as abride,thenow-widowedSitagoesto eter- nal sleep in afurrowofthe land she had been Anew translation of the powerful novel Uttara Kaanda tilling, saying, “In my endismybeginning.” The strength of the novelisthe wayin retains the force and rhythm of the original whichBhyrappa rewrites the epic as an earthlytale whichcould be happening next Rajendra Chenni been her “Appa” Janaka, who educates her in door.Hehad done it with the Mahabharatain dharma and thephilosophicalsystems. But ,and, in UttaraKaanda, he movesclose her destinyhad other plans. Fewwomen to the spirit of the Ramayana whichis, first SL BHYRAPPA,author of 24 novelsandseveral UTTARAKAANDA could have survived, unscathed, what she ex- and foremost, a kaavya (poem) and nota non-fictional works, withprobablythe largest BY SL BHYRAPPA perienced: marriagetoRama—whichtook dharmictext,asanothergreatKannada writer, readership of all living Kannada writers, is a placeowingto his resolutedefence of dharma Masti VenkateshaIyengar,had forcefullyar- TRANSLATED BY controversial figure. Mainstream Kannada in the face of Dasharatha’s opposition on the gued. Fleshing out the novelare original and criticism has been disapproving of the autho- RASHMI TERDAL grounds that Sitaisafoundlingof an unknown distinctive recreations of Urmila, Lakshmana rial manipulations,reinforcedculturalstereo- Eka caste —a14-year-longexile, abduction by and Valmiki, aswell as ahostofcharacters like types and the conservative brahminical ide- 356 pages Ravana, war, andpublic humiliation when Sukeshi, Ahalya and Shabari. ology in his fiction. In the last twodecades, `599 Rama castdoubt on her chastity twice. Sita The excellent translation by Terdal suc- Bhyrappa has publishednovels whichare meditates on the ambivalence in human re- ceeds in staying close to the rhythms of the badly-written ideological tractswith themes lationships and wonders what happenedto everydayspeechemployedbyBhyrappa to in consonance with the right-wing agenda. UttaraKaanda (2017), recentlytranslated theRama who would comb her hair withten- demythologise the Ramayana. She has also Kavalu (2010) is amisogynistic attack on fem- intoEnglish by Rashmi Terdal,isone of the der,almost maternal, love,protectherthrough retainedthe narrative powerofthe original. inism and Aavarana (2007)isacommunalised mostsignificant novels in Kannada. Apower- the hardships of exile and teachher dharma It is afine addition to the hostofIndian liter- narrative of Indian history. (1998) al- ful narrative whichdemythologises the by example? Didhedoall that onlybecause of aryworks whichexplorethe ‘Uttarakanda’ leges that Buddhism enervatedHindu valour Ramayana, it deconstructsthe epic from the his adherence to dharma,whichshe nowsees partofthe Ramayana which, scholars say, and, thus,madeIndiavulnerable to foreign in- perspectiveofSita. In this long soliloquy,punc- as rigid and abstract. In the lastsections, un- wasnot by Valmiki but alater interpolation. vaders. However, he is also an enigmatic fig- tuated by othervoices, areflective Sita nar- equalledin intensity and transparency of lan- WIKIMEDIACOMMONS In Indian literature, interpolations seem to urebecause, in his five-decade-old literaryca- ratesher lifewith Rama. Afoundling, discov- guage, Sitaconcludes that the present Rama, TRIAL BY FIRE Ayodhya forthe 10th-dayrituals. She has re- provoke moreoriginal recreations than the reer,hehas also producedsome of the finest ered by the king Janaka in afurrowwhile king of Ayodhya,isnot the Rama she loved. Fewwomen could alisedthat, born of mother earth, she can only original texts. writing in Kannada fiction. Gruhabhanga levelling the ground forasacrifice, she is In this bold retelling, Sitarefuses to sit with be happy tilling land and leading afarmer’s have survived what (1970),Vamshavriksha(1965) andParva (1979) markedbyadeep sense of separateness and Rama as his wifetoconclude the ashvamedha life. She ask whether this is because of her RajendraChenniis awriterandactivistandformer aretestimonytoBhyrappa’s great talent. solitude. The greatestinfluence on her has sacrifice and, when he dies, refuses to go to Sita did abandonment by Rama. The novelconvinces professorofEnglish

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IT WASonlyfiveyears agothat SonamMalik startedregularly competing againstgirls. And before she couldevenget ahang of it, she al- mostwas forced to stop wrestling. Today, the18-year-old girlwho grew up wrestling with the boys in hervillagein Haryana and overcame acareer-threatening arm injuryisregardedasthe next big thing in Indian wrestling. Ironically, on thestrength of her arm locks.OnSaturday, Sonam pro- videdevidence of it as sheout-manoeuvred SATURDAY’SRESULTS THE WOMEN’s national wrestling championship got WRESTLINGISthe firstmajor Olympic disciplineto HOWEVER,ASwasthe caseduring the men’s Rio Olympics bronze medalistSakshi Malik (OLYMPICCATEGORIES): underwayataschool in the outskirts of Agra on conductthe national championships sincethe championship,social distancing guidelineswere to be crownedasthe newnational champion Saturday. Thetwo-dayevent hasattracted about 240 outbreak of the Covid-19pandemic. All wrestlers had floutedasspectators mingled with the wrestlers and in the 62kgweight categoryinAgra. 50KG: GOLD: Minakshi (Haryana); wrestlers in 10 weight categories. to submit Covid negative results. amajority did notwear amask. Mihir Vasavda The result is significant forseveral rea- SILVER: HennyKumari (Haryana); sons. This is the thirdstraighttime Sonam BRONZE: Swati Shinde (Maharashtra) has defeated –her twoearlier wins and Kirti (Delhi) came during selection trials forinternational 57KG: GOLD: Anshu (Haryana); Ranji Trophy tournaments–thus making the hierarchy in SILVER: Lalita(Railways); You wantyourstrongest team, the 62kg class amplyclear. Crucially, there- BRONZE: Raman Yadav(MP) and sult also solidifies her chances to make the Mansi (Haryana) shelved cut forthe qualifiersofthe TokyoOlympicsat 62KG: GOLD: Sonam (Haryana); the expense of Sakshi. So, when the referee SILVER: Sakshi Malik (Railways); butrotationisimportant: Buttler Mumbai:The Ranji Trophywon’tbeheld dur- raisedSonam’s right armand declaredher BRONZE: Pushpa (MP) and Manisha ing the truncated 2020-21season, instead as the winner of the final, the symbolism of (Haryana) the BoardofControl forCricket in India (BCCI) the momentcouldn't be missed. Ironically, freshatthe back-endofthe India sojourn. so to playagainstabrilliant sidelikeIndia has decidedtoconduct the 50-overVijay the same arm wasthe reason whyher career VISHALMENON While this mayseem likeapragmaticap- givesusthe perfect preparation forthe HazareTrophyand the seniorwomen’s One- nearly crashedbeforeitactually took off. “In competed onlyagainstboysfromour vil- NEWDELHI,JANUARY30 proach, thereare manywho reckon that WorldT20,” he said. daytournament. This is the firsttimein87 2018,she damagedanervesobadly that her lage,” Rajsays. Buttler,aseasoned IPL regular,would get Buttler defendedEngland’s rotation pol- years that the prestigious tournament has arm went limp,” Sonam’s father Rajsays. Soon,she startedwinningatthe district IN ‘NORMAL’times, JosButtler,England’s hardenedand battle-ready forthe ICC event icy,which he says wasnecessitated by the been droppedfor aseason. The incidenttookplaceduring the 2017 and statelevels, which earnedher aplace on first-choice wicketkeeper-batsman in long- by facing some of the finestIndian and inter- coronavirus pandemic and apackedinter- In alettertostate associations on Friday, cadetworld championships. Shortlyafter she the national team. form cricket, would have featured in allfour national recruitsinthe T20 league. “I think national schedule. BCCI secretaryJay Shah while highlighting wonthegoldmedal,Sonamfeltabitof uneasi- In her firstglobal meet,the 2017 world TestsinIndia. But as things stand, he will be the IPL does give youfamiliaritywith the “You want your strongestteam outevery the time lostbecause of the pandemic,wrote, ness in her arm. cadetchampionship, she wonthe gold be- rested forthe final three, onlytoreturnfor . If youhaven’t facedsomeone like time, but unfortunately, that doesn’t seem “It is extremelyimportant forustoensure At first, her coaches believeditwas arou- fore injuring her arm. the subsequent five-matchT20I series. With Jasprit Bumrah, who has abit of unique ac- possible at the moment… Youdofind it chal- thatwomen’s crickettakes placeand Iam tine injuryand triedall the desi nuskhe.But the “Four months afterher arm stoppedre- aspotinthe WorldTestChampionship final tion, it can be abit of aproblem.Ittakes some lenging having to stay away from your fam- extremelyhappytoinform youthat we are painremainedandbravingthat,shecontinued sponding, it regainedmovements and it took theoreticallystillupfor grabs (England need (time) getting used to it,”Buttler said during ilies, being in quarantine and lockedupin going to conduct the Senior Women’sOne to takepartindomestictournaments.Thatyear, her afew moremonths to rebuildthe lost to blank India 3-0 to stand achance), and avirtual press conferencefromChennai. hotels. ECB has been forward-thinking in ro- daytournamentsimultaneouslywiththe duringastate championship,herarmstopped strength,”Raj says. giventhe squad’s inexperience of playing in Even as he spelt out the benefitsofplay- tating players forthis series,” he explained. VijayHazareTrophyand followitupwith moving. “If we liftedthe armoverher head, it Whenshe eventuallyreturnedonthe India, wouldn’t the visitors be better served ing in the IPL, the five-matchT20 series Buttler is in the midst of arichveinofbat- Vinoo Mankad TrophyUnder 19.Thishas would fall right back,”Raj says. mat, it looked likeshe wasnever away.In having Buttler forthe entireduration of the againstIndia, Buttler argued, is equallyim- ting form in red-ball cricket. He conjured up been decidedafter having received your It wasn’t amomentarything. Sonam lost 2018,Sonam wonabronze medalatthe Test series? Acombination of factors seems portant, since it givesarelatively young team acareer-resurrecting152 against Pakistanin feedbackonthe domestic season 2020-21.” her grip and the arm would notdowhather cadetworlds followedbyagoldin2019, thus to have prompted the selectorial call. ample time to geltogetherand getfamil- Southamptoninthe final Test of the English However, the BCCI has decidedtocom- mind would say. “Thedoctors felt even if she becoming the onlyIndian wrestlerafter two- The England and Wales Cricket Board iarisedwith their respective roles. summer,followedbysignificant knocks of pensatedomestic players forthe matchfees regainedfull strength,wrestling wasnot an time Olympic medalistSushil Kumar to win (ECB) believesthe upcomingT20I series gives 55 and 46 notout in the second Test against theywould have earned during the Ranji option forher anymore,” Rajsays. twocadet worldchampionship gold medals. them the perfect opportunity to prepare, fine- Settledteam is important Sri Lanka at Galle. Trophy, approximatelyRs40000 aday. ForSonam, who startedwrestling when On Saturday,Sonamendured acutepain tune their skills, and chartablueprint forthe “Wehad averysettled team during the Getting rotatedout of the Test squad It is learnt that VijayHazarewill be played she turned11, quitting wrestling was in the stomach–and even took medication T20World Cup,scheduledinIndia later this ODI WorldCup, as guys had played fora could surelyhamper his momentum, but along the lines of the on-going Syed Mushtaq unimaginable. She joinedanakharastarted forspasmsafter her second-round match– year.This is whytheyhaveyielded to their longperiodoftime, and Ithinkthatwas a Buttler isn’t perturbed.Ifanything, he looks Ali Trophy—insix designated bio bubbles. in her village, Madina in Sonepatdistrict, by to outlastSakshi in athrillingfinal,inwhich limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan’s request hugeplus forusgoing intothat tournament. at the positives. “The pandemic has had peo- The venues will be finalisednextweekand aretired ArmySubedar.“Therewerenot she made acomebackafter being 0-4 down to have their strongestsquad forthis leg of As farasthis T20 side is concerned, we ple whose worldhas been turnedupside the teams will enter the bio-bubble in the manygirls in our neighbourhood who wres- to win 7-5 by using her superior upper body the tour.Buttler being vital to England’s T20 haven’t had time to playtogetherasagroup down and we areveryfortunate to play firstweekofFebruary. tled. So Sonam,for thefirstfiveyears or so, strength to her advantage. WorldCup hopes, it’s no secret they want him and getfamiliarisedinthe respectiveroles, cricketand do ourjob that we love.” DEVENDRAPANDEY Egg-flipand astrong brew of discipline:How coachNambiar groomed Usha

CoachNambiar wasataskmasterbut also place close to Nambiar sir's house. So I neededNambiar by her side. The conceptof thegoldat Kuwait City,whichmade Nambiar NIHALKOSHIE incentivisedtraining. "Whoeverdid the droppedin. He insisted thatIhave acup of apersonalcoachwas unheardofinIndia, confident of being on the right track. NEWDELHI,JANUARY30 warm-up drills the best would getatoffee. I tea," Usha says."Whenever Imeethim alot Usha says.Once an athlete waspartofthe "Nambiar sir told me Ihaveagoodstride pat- am the one who got the mosttoffees," Usha of memories come flooding back." Indianteam, coaches at the national camp tern andhe saidIhavethe potentialto become ONE OF PT Usha's earliestdreads wasthe says of the early days of the successful coach- In the 80s, the support system wasn't took over.Usha wasadamant to changethe atop 400 metrehurdles runner," Usha says. thought of reaching latefor coachOM athletepartnershipwhichbegan in the late great so Nambiar had to wear manyhats, one system. She firsttriedtoconvince athletics Howthe tilt at Olympic gloryended in a Nambiar's training session at 6am. An old- 1970s. Afourth-place finish at the Los of them being anutritionist. When training federation officials, but when that failedshe heart-breakingfourthplace finishatLos school coach and astickler fordiscipline, Angeles Games and multiple medals wonby at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New went to the sportsministry. Finally, she Angeles has been retold over the years. In Usha came under Nambiar's wings when she Usha at the Asian Games and Asian Delhi, Nambiar hit it offwiththe wrestling knockedonthe door of prime ministerIndira Usha's latestretelling her coachwas incon- joinedthe hostelofthe SportsDivisionin Championshipsearnedher the monikerof squad. "Wrestlers were big into badam milk. Gandhi. "The prime ministerwas notinher solable. "Atfirstwhentheyannouncedthe as aClass 8student."If anyone Golden Girl. Nambiar,her coach, mentor and He would always getaglass forme. Aftera office but Imet PC Alexander (principal sec- top-three finishers my name wasthird. Then reachedat6:05 am, theywould be punished. constant shadowbecame ahouseholdname point the wrestlers would keep badam milk retary)and told him whyitwas crucialfor theystarted going through the slow-motion Youhad to run withyour pair of spikes held in the 1980s. forme," Usha says. Nambiar sir to travel withme. Mr Alexander camerafor halfanhour.Iwas in thedope over your head around the ground. Ihad to Earlier this week Nambiar wasnamedas It wasNambiar who asked Usha, a said, 'don't worry, it will be done'." room when it wasofficially announcedthat run likethat once or twice justafter Ijoined aPadma Shriwinner.At89, he is suffering for pescatarian to startconsumingeggs and the Romanian came third. Nambiar sir broke the hostel, but notafter that," Usha recalls. Parkinsons, rarely gets offthe bed andneeds adoptanon-vegetarian diet. At first, Usha Decision to target hurdles down. He wouldn't stop crying. Iwas hurt- To reachontime, it wascrucial to wake up assistance to walk."When he heardabout be- foundithardbecauseshe didn't likethe This wasaround the time Nambiar had inginside,but Ididn't want my coachtosee by 4:45 am at least. The hostelhad justtwo ing awardedthe Padma Shri he wasvery smell of eggs. But as 'sir' wasinsisting, she proposedthe idea of Usha focussing on the it. So Iheld myself together and consoled toilets andthree bathrooms for80trainees. happy. He felt he should have receiveditear- knewitwould onlybenefit her on trackand 400metreshurdlesfor the1984Los Angeles him. 'Don'tworry we willwin amedal at the Along bathroom queue wasnot an excuse lier,butbetter late thannever,"Sureshhisson during training. Olympics whichwas ayear away.Itwas a next Olympics' Itold him." the retired airforce sergeant-turned-coach says.Nambiar won't be able to travel forthe "I wasavegetarianwho would eat fish. smart move by the coachasthe eventwas Ushaand Nambiar minted medals in would accept. "I would getupreally early and awardceremony, Sureshconfirms. "Haven't In the sports hostel, Iwould noteat the boiled PT Usha during atraining sessionwith relatively newand wastobepartofthe Asia, but the Olympic medal remainedan stand in the queue. At times Iwould tell some- thought aboutityet.Maybeafamilymember egg and would storeitawayinmybag. But coachOMNambiar. Usha’s album Olympics forthe firsttime. Usha wasstill unfulfilleddream. 'A great regret'iswhat one to holdmyplace in the queue and have a will have to represent him. The onlytimehe eventually, Nambiar sir found out and gave smarting from bagging onlythe silver in the both have calledit. quickshuteye before my turn," Usha says. leavesthe house is foramedical check-up." me ayelling.There were so manyeggs in my 100m and 200m at the Asiad in Delhi and the She is full of gratitude though as her The police ground, in the middle of the On Monday, hours before the listofaward bag and theystarted smelling," Usha says. makefor her everyother day. "I would close coachwas keen to challengehis ward. coachisbeing bestowed aprestigious award. city,did nothaveany structures blocking the winners wasofficiallyannounced, Usha had Over the years, Usha got usedtothe egg-flip my nostrils with my fingers and drinkit. As The Asian Trackand Field meetinKuwait “Without Nambiar sir's guidance Iwould not view. "If youwerepunished the whole town visited her coach. "Wehad gone forthe en- -raw egg mixed in aglass of hotmilk and Nambiar sir wasgivingittomeIdrank it." is whereNambiar tested Usha's potential by have been able to achieve whatIdid forthe literallyknewaboutit,"Ushasays. gagementofmyhusband's niece. It took stirredtill it froths -whichNambiar would By the early 1980s,Usha knewshe makingher runinthe 400metres. She won country."

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