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The three districts — Patna, Bhagalpur and Kaimur fter the retail prices of districts — are among over a Aonion shot up to 60-70 dozen in the State that were per kg across the country due per metric tonnes to discour- vailed in other parts of the lashed by incessant rain for to floods in major onion pro- age onion export. country as well. close to 48 hours bringing nor- ducing States Maharashtra and The moves come in the The Centre has a buffer mal business to a grinding halt Karnataka, the Centre on wake of the rising prices of stock of 56,000 tonne of onion, and disrupting rail and road Sunday banned export of onion onion that has led to public out- of which 16,000 tonne have traffic in most places. and imposed stock limits of cry. Wholesale suppliers of been offloaded so far. Central According to the weather 100 quintals on the retail onion claimed that price rise in agencies like Nafed and the department, the State Capital traders and 500 quintals on onion is due to anticipation of National Cooperative has received more than 200 wholesale traders. shortfall in kharif crops pro- Consumers’ Federation of India mm rainfall since Friday The Centre has also asked duction. Traders suggested that have been selling onion from evening. Principal Secretary, State Governments to enforce onion prices see a spike during the buffer stock at 22-23 per Disaster Management depart- the stock limits and carry out this time of the year because of kg, while Mother Dairy’s Safal ment, Pratyay Amrit, described anti-hoarding operations floods and illegal hoarding of stores are selling at 23.90 per this as “totally unexpected”. All against unscrupulous traders. onion ahead of the festive season. kg in the national Capital. schools and college in Patna In a related development, Currently onion from cold stor- Besides, Afganistan is also sup- have been shut and alert issued the Director General of Foreign age is available in the market. plying nion to India via Attari in five districts. Trade (DGFT) on Sunday The retail prices of onion, borders. Several State-run hospitals                !                 $ banned export of all varieties of a key kitchen staple, shot up to The wholesale price of and private nursing homes are onion with immediate effect till 70-80 per kg in Delhi and onion has touched 4500-5500 submerged. Patients are Bihar. eye view of Patna made the city through the waterlogged cancelled and many others further orders. Mumbai in wake of excess per quintal (as per the stranded in flooded hospital IMD Director General appear like a huge lake dotted streets, boats of Nation short-terminated or diverted “Export of all varieties of monsoon rains in major grow- Lasalgaon’s wholesale market rooms and nursing facilities Mritunjay Mohapatra on with concrete structures. Posh Disaster Response Force on account of the flooding of onion is prohibited with imme- ing States like Karnataka, data), recording a hike of about have been badly hit. The State Sunday said the four-month low-lying areas like Rajendra (NDRF) were also out in some Patna and Danapur junctions diate effect,” the DGFT said in Maharashtra, , 1,000 per quintal in the recent Government has pressed in 32 monsoon season which is offi- Nagar and Pataliputra Colony areas of the city to rescue the and many other smaller sta- a notification. The Centre also Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar months. The onion price rise is boats in Patna to evacuate cially ending on Monday is are flooded due to the contin- residents. tions. Chief Minister Nitish made it clear that strict action Pradesh and Bihar. the highest in the past four stranded people. unlikely to withdraw even till uous spell of rain. Private hos- Amrit expressed concern Kumar, emerging from a video will be taken against those In cities like Bengaluru, years. In the past six months The weather department the weekend. The IMD said pitals, medical stores and other over water having entered conference with district mag- found exporting below mini- Pune, Patna and Chennai, alone, the onion prices have said it could be the longest active monsoon still prevails shops were submerged in many power sub-stations . istrates, told reporters, “We are mum export price to onion is being sold for up to been up by almost 25 per kg, delayed withdrawal of mon- over parts of Rajasthan, Bihar waist-deep water, bringing life The East Central Railway, making all possible Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The 60 per kg. In Kanpur, it is says the Consumer Affair soon as rains continued to and . to a standstill. headquartered in Hajipur, said efforts. Government has fixed a min- being sold at 70-80 per kg. A Department’s price monitoring lash several States, including In badly hit Bihar, a bird’s While people waded close to 30 trains have been Continued on Page 4 imum export price of US $ 850 similar price trend has pre- cell data. 

   '(R  ( )                                !""#          O          * (    L  M           8?@1?=5 fter enforcing strict motor     Apenalty rules, the Centre is            he Army has red flagged all set to implement equally   !     Tthe Home Ministry’s pro- stringent norms for the vehicle    "#  posal to take operational con- scrappage policy, which is like-        trol of the Assam Rifles, saying ly to receive the Cabinet        it will have serious national approval soon. Sources in the %   &'      security implications including Road Transport Ministry said        adversely impacting vigil over under the policy there will be (    !  India’s disputed border with stringent registration and fit-    " China. ness norms for the pre-2005 Strongly opposing the manufactured vehicles.     move, the Army has instead As per estimates, there are    sought overall responsibility about two crore pre-2005 vehi-  (  !  of guarding the entire Sino- cles that are plying on Indian  O       ! India border in the Eastern sec- roads. The move is aimed at     *+,,    tor to effectively deal with any de-incentivising such vehicles     ! Chinese transgression, top mil- Prime Minister Narendra The nearly 55,000-strong in view of about 10 to 25 times        itary sources said. Modi, is likely to examine the Assam Rifles has been guard- higher pollution emission by private vehicles and increased material available from scrap- erly, they will be polluting  !      O At present, the Indo- Home Ministry’s proposal to ing India’s 1,640-km long bor- them under the new emission fitness certification charges for ping like steel, aluminium and more with more emissions and     " Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) merge the Assam Rifles with der with Myanmar besides norms. transport vehicles. Given the plastic are bound to be recy- will prove to be a hazard for patrols several segments of the the Indo-Tibetan Border Police providing operational and Road Transport and proposed stringent norms that cled, bringing down automo- road safety. ! " #  border. (ITBP) and bring overall oper- logistics support to the Army Highways Minister Nitin include fitness certificate bile prices by “20-30 per cent”. The Centre in this new MV $  The sources said con- ational control under it. in keeping a strict vigil in sev- Gadkari said a Cabinet note on requirement every year for Gadkari said the proposed Act had proposed amendments  #-    cerned over the proposal by the “Shifting the operational eral key sectors along the Sino- the proposed policy has been transport vehicles, a significant policy once approved will be to allow scrapping of vehicles      Home Ministry to take opera- control of the Assam Rifles India boundary in Arunachal cleared by the Ministry and a number of such vehicles will cer- applicable on all vehicles, older than 15 years in a bid to .,!,,,   /0 tional control of the nearly 185- from the Army to the Home Pradesh. decision is expected soon on it tainly opt for vehicle scrapping. including two and three-wheel- spur adoption of electrical      year-old Assam Rifles, the Ministry will severely jeopar- The Assam Rifles, which after the Cabinet meets on Sources said the policy if ers. Earlier, the policy had vehicles. The notification also          Army has taken up the issue dise the surveillance along the was raised in 1835, has also this. Gadkari recently was in approved by the Cabinet may gone for a fresh round of con- provided that the newly pur- .".   -1  with the Defence Ministry last Line of Actual Control with been carrying out counter- thick of controversy following have provision that on scrap- sultation with the stakeholders chased motor vehicles will be 2,+342,!  " week seeking its immediate China,” a top military official insurgency operations in mil- the implementation of new ping of old vehicles, buyer of on the direction of the PMO. exempted for the payment of intervention in the matter. said on the condition of itancy-infested States in the Motor Vehicle Act allowing new vehicles could be given Indian vehicle market has fees for registration certificate At present, the Home anonymity. Northeastern region. higher penalties for offender. concessions by dealers on the grown exponentially. If old and assignment of new regis-    $ Ministry has the administrative The sources said the views The sources said the Home Many states have refused to basis of certificates of vehicle pollution norms are compared tration mark, if the purchaser !  authority over the paramilitary of the Army’s top commanders Ministry has already prepared implement the Act. scrapping. with new emission regulations, produces scrapping certificate   5  force Assam Rifles while the on the matter have already a draft note to be presented at The proposed vehicle scrap Gadkari said once the pol- pre-2005 vehicles are polluting of the previously owned vehi- 6  (   Army has its operational control. been conveyed to the defence the CCS seeking total control policy may see imposition of icy is approved India could 10 to 25 times more under the cle of the same category issued  7  8 O The Cabinet Committee and security brass of the of the Assam Rifles. certain compliances like emerge as a hub for automobile new norms. Even if those old by the authorised scrapping    79 ! on Security (CCS), headed by Government. Continued on Page 4 increased registration charges for manufacturing as key raw vehicles are maintained prop- centre/agency.        8    L  5   M!              %            O    (  .:,"       %    R  $!     05>(= accused. Police had identified Superintendent of Police Ruchi &'()*/     the accused as Aarti Dayal Vardhan Misra had told the  ! !  >=(#( was quizzed face-to-face with ( (O4  py cameras in lipsticks and (29), Monika Yadav (18), media after the arrests that spy the IPS officer whose video  (   Sgoggles, along with the Shweta Vijay Jain (39), Shweta cameras had been seized from he CBI on Sunday got footage accepting money from    - mundane mobile phone, were Swapnil Jain (48), Barkha Soni the accused, though she did not Tarrested IPS officer SMH Samuel in lieu of some favour      (  ;-<8 used in the high-profile honey- (34) and Omprakash Kori (45). go into details of the gadgets. Mirza to reconstruct his claim went on air days before 1        trap racket busted mid- The five women accused Neither Misra nor Indore of having given cash to senior the 2016 Bengal Assembly =  "  September in Indore and were brought to Bhopal by the Crime Branch Additional BJP leader Mukul Roy after election.      Bhopal as the accused went Special Investigation Team Superintendent of Police accepting the same from sting “I am once again telling     "5 about filming their victims in (SIT) on Sunday evening and Amarendra Singh, both part of journalist Mathew Samuel in that I received no money from      intimacy, police sources said on being interrogated. the Special Investigation Team the Narada payoff cash. anyone and whatever some  =     Sunday. Official sources said they probing the case, were available Even as the reconstruc- arrested people are telling is = >    ;=>< Five women and a man are being grilled in Bhopal obtained from the possession of for comment on this aspect tion of the act took place at totally false and fabricated to      were arrested in Indore and and soon they would be taken the accused. despite repeated calls from The Roy’s Elgin Road residence in malign me at the instance of =  "7! Bhopal on September 18-19 for to Sagar, Chhindwara and On Friday, accused Shweta Pioneer on Sunday. South Kolkata, Roy who was a Mamata,” Roy said. = 4    allegedly running the racket, Chhatarpur too. If the SIT Vijay Jain, Shweta Swapnil Jain Several video clips of peo- Trinamool Congress leader CBI officer Ranjit Kumar  4      after an Indore Municipal manages to get sufficient evi- and Barkha were sent to police ple in compromising positions, when the alleged payoff took later said, “We came here based   (   Corporation engineer dences, they can also be taken remand till September 30 in the purportedly from the high- place in 2014 once again said on Mirza’s statement that         approached police claiming he to Delhi. case. The other accused in the profile racket have flooded he had taken no cash from any- instructing Mirza to entangle money was exchanged  O  ! was being blackmailed to the The SIT team also carried case, Dayal and Yadav were also social media, though several of one and that Chief Minister his name in the case. here. We video-graphed the    " # tune of 3 crore over objec- with them the electronic gad- sent to police remand till them appear to be morphed as Mamata Banerjee was getting Roy was interrogated by place. tionable video clips by the gets, laptops and a pen drives October 1. Indore Senior well. him framed in the case by the CBI on Saturday when he Continued on Page 4    !"#$%&$'(   *%       !"       5  # $   = 8>@

  = 8>@ n the first day of Navratra,         Othe xtending good wishes to announced 10 candidates for the people on the occa- the Uttar Pradesh Assembly by-   = 8>@ Sharma will accompany state Aviation Minister Nand Esion of Shardiya Navratra, elections to be held on October Suresh Tiwari for filing his Gopal Gupta ‘Nandi’ will Chief Minister 21, ignoring Jaya Prada’s haratiya Janata Party’s nomination papers in accompany Surendra Maithani said that the festival of Navratra request to allow her to contest BUttar Pradesh unit presi- Lucknow. Urban Development for filing nomination papers inspired everyone to worship the bypoll from Rampur. dent said Minister for Govind Nagar seat in and protect matrishakti The list also scotched that all party candidates whose and party state general secre- Kanpur. (woman power) because it was rumours of Aparna Yadav, the names were announced on tary Vidyasagar Sonkar will Jal Shakti Minister Dr the creator in the true sense. younger daughter-in law of Sunday for the by-elections also be present there. Mahendra will be present in “The next few years are Mulayam Singh Yadav, joining would file their nomination In Saharanpur, state Chitrakoot during filing of crucial for the development of the BJP. There were reports papers with fanfare on Agriculture Minister Surya nomination by Anand Shukla eastern UP because besides that she might join the BJP Monday. Pratap Shahi, Minister of State for Manikpur seat. development, employment will and contest the bypoll from “Party’s parliamentarians, Ashok Katariya and Dharam Power Minister Shrikant be generated here on a massive Lucknow Cantonment legislators, in-charge ministers Singh will be present Sharma will be present in scale. By 2021, Gorakhpur Assembly constituency. and senior party leaders will when Kirat Singh files his Barabanki during filing of AIIMS will start functioning % &                    '  ( )      The party has fielded for- accompany the candidates nomination from Gangoh. nomination by Ambrish Rawat and a fertiliser factory will mer legislator Suresh Tiwari during nomination. This will In Rampur, Cabinet min- for Zaidpur seat while Union also begin its operations,” the from the Lucknow be a grand show which will be ister Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Chief Minister said at a func- the mill was 2,500 quintal per Cantonment seat which was led by minister in-charge of the will accompany Bharat will accompany Rajesh Singh tion in Gorakhpur where he day but now it had bee 8     won by district concerned,” the BJP Bhushan Gupta for filing the for filing nomination papers laid foundation stones of pro- increased to 50,000 quintal on BJP ticket in 2017. She state president said in a writ- nomination papers while for Jalalpur seat in Ambedkar jects worth 2.14 crore for per year. He added that the vacated the seat after being ten statement issued here on Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary, Nagar district. development of tourism and ethanol obtained from the mill (    7   elected to the Lok Sabha from Sunday. Cane Minister Co-operative Minister beautification at Tarkulha Devi would be used as fuel. Allahabad. Monday is the last date for and party vice-president Verma will take Temple on the first day of The Chief Minister said Aparna Yadav had unsuc- filing nomination for the bye- Purshotam Khandelwal will part in Saroj Sonkar’s proces- Navratra on Sunday. that under the supervision of 9    cessfully contested from elections. Polling will be on accompany Raj Kumar sion for filing nomination The Chief Minister said Prime Minister Narendra Lucknow Cantonment against October 21 and counting of Sahyogi during filing of nom- from Balha in Bahraich while that a grand temple would be Modi, the benefits of all welfare Rita Bahuguna Joshi. votes will be taken up on ination papers for Iglas seat in Forest Minister Dara Singh constructed at the Tarkulha schemes were now reaching the   %(/(8( tiative employed women of The BJP announced October 24. Aligarh. will accompany Vijay Devi temple site. He assured poor without any discrimina- Chandauli and was inspiring Bharat Bhushan Gupta as its Swatantra Dev Singh and Industries Development Rajbhar for filing nomination the people of proper facilities tion. He said due to Prime hief Minister Yogi them to become self-depen- candidate from Rampur, giv- Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Minister and for Ghosi seat. for the tourists in the next few Minster Modi, the country was CAditynath on Sunday inau- dent. ing a jolt to Jaya Prada who years so that Tarkulha Devi gaining respect globally. gurated Arogya Mandir in Nayati Healthcare chair- had shown her inclination to Temple could be developed as Yogi Adityanath said that at Kashi Vishwanath Temple to person Niira Radia said that contest the bye-election from The other candidates declared its candidate from appointed Governor of Bihar. a major tourist attraction. an event of the Indian commu- provide primary health facili- besides OPD, the ‘Arogya’ cen- this constituency and had even announced by the BJP are Pratapgarh seat which was By-election is not being The Chief Minister said a nity in America, President ty to devotees coming from tre was equipped with trained started campaigning. Kirat Singh from Gangoh, won by its ally Apna Dal held for Tundla seat as the statue of Bandhu Singh, who Donald Trump had addressed various parts of country and first emergency response teams Sources say that Amar Surendra Maithani from (Sonelal) in 2017. matter is sub judice. took on the British in the First PM Modi as ‘Father of Nation’. abroad to pay obeisance to of doctors and paramedics and Singh was assured that Jaya Govind Nagar in Kanpur dis- Sources in the BJP say Out of the seats where by- War of Independence in 1857, “India is gaining respect at Baba Vishwanath. it also had equipment to han- Prada will get the ticket for trict, Rajkumar Sahyogi from that as Apna Dal (Sonelal) will elections, are being held, would also be installed to hon- global platform and the coun- Speaking on the occasion, dle any kind of medical exigen- Rampur Assembly seat and Iglas, Anand Shukla from field its candidate from Rampur was held by our the martyr. Remembering try is touching new heights of the Chief Minister said cies and environmental injury. therefore she had even held Manikpur in Chitrakoot dis- Pratapgarh, the BJP has left the Samajwadi Party while Jalalpur the sacrifices made by the hero growth,” he said. Varanasi was identified by its Shri Kashi Vishwanath meetings on Friday. trict, Ambrish Rawat from seat for its ally. was won by Bahujan Samaj of 1857 uprising, the Chief The Chief Minister said the Kashi Vishwanath Temple and Temple Trust CEO Vishal The Rampur seat is con- Zaidpur in Barabanki district, Bypoll are being held for Party in the 2017 election Minister said India got freedom entire country was united after the ancient city was also the Singh said every month mil- sidered to be the bastion of Rajesh Singh from Jalalpur in 11 UP Assembly seats as they while the remaining seats because of the sacrifices made abrogation of the special status karmabhoomi of Prime lions of people visited the his- Samajwadi Party leader Ambedkar Nagar district, were vacated by their sitting belonged to the BJP. by the martyrs. to Jammu and Kashmir under Minister Narendra Modi. toric temple and a dedicated Mohammad Azam Khan, who Saroj Sonkar from Balha in MLAs. While ten of them The by-elections will be He said a grand pro- Article 370 and thanked Prime He said the Arogya Mandir medical facility on its premis- is now a Lok Sabha member. Bahraich district and Vijay were elected to the Lok Sabha, held on October 21 and the gramme here would mark the Minister Narendra Modi for would provide immediate es was the need of the hour. He had defeated Jaya Prada in Rajbhar from Ghosi. the MLA representing Ghosi counting of votes will taken up centenary of Chauri Chaura fulfilling the dreams of the peo- healthcare facilities and emer- Minister of State (inde- the parliamentary election. The BJP has not yet seat, Phagu Chauhan, has been on October 24 incident to inspire the young ple. gency services to the devotees pendent charge) Neelkanth generation. He directed the He hailed the law banning coming to the Kashi Tiwari, Minister for Stamp and district administration to start triple talaq. “After law on triple Vishwanath temple and also to Registration Ravindra Jaiswal, preparations for the event. talaq, Muslim women got hap- the local people. Varanasi Mayor Mridula Sharma said that the NCP Highlighting the achieve- piness and freedom from a bad Kashi Vishwanath Arogya Jaiswal, Nayati Healthcare %     under the leadership of its pres- ments of his government, the practice. Now no one can Mandir is being run by Nayati director Karuna Menon were ident Sharad Pawar was vocif- Chief Minister said that the exploit and harass them with Healthcare. among thise present on the Lucknow (PTI): Nationalist October 21. Pratapgarh and Akshanksh erously protesting against the farmers would get the sugar- triple talaq on mobile phone or During the programme, occasion. Congress Party on Sunday NCP state unit chief KK Chaturvedi, who had quit the oppressive policies of the BJP. cane price on time and the through social media,” he said. he dedicated incense sticks Later, the Chief Minister announced the names of three Sharma said in a statement that ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, “Through the bypolls, we want Pipraich sugar mill would start Yogi Adityanath also visit- manufactured by ITC, using also reviewed the works being candidates who will be contest- Jitendra Kumar Saini would would be the party’s candidate to convey to the BJP the inten- crushing this year. He said ed Lehra Devi Temple in flowers offered in the temple, carried out to develop Kashi ing the UP Assembly bypolls, contest from Gangoh assembly from Govind Nagar assembly tion of the common people,” he earlier, the crushing capacity of Maharajganj. to the deities and said this ini- Dham. voting for which will be held on seat, Praveen Kumar Singh from constituency. said. $% &'  2 ( 7 R   (     ()     )    = 8>@   = 8>@ capacity, and had developed the metering and IT systems for he Samajwadi Party on *        ll-India Power Engineers energy accounting,” he said. TSunday announced to field AFederation (AIPEF) has Dubey in a statement here its Rajya Sabha member Tazeen   P  ,    expressed concern over the on Sunday said power engi- Fatma for the bypoll to Rampur Union Power Ministry move to neers and employees across the Assembly seat. bring a new legislation to country would have no option Tazeen Fatma is the wife of     -    replace the existing Indian except to resort to agitation if SP’s Lok Sabha member from Electricity Act, 2003. the Central government went Rampur, Mohammad Azam Lucknow (PNS): The here . The AIPEF has demanded ahead unilaterally to rush Khan. Her Rajya Sabha term Samajwadi Party will consid- The leader of opposition in that the Central government through any Bill for privatisa- ends on November 25 2020. er withdrawing its application the Uttar Pradesh Assembly discuss the proposed legislation tion of power supply. The by-election to Rampur for Shivpal Singh Yadav’s dis- said the SP has shown utmost with power engineers and India’s power sector is cur- Assembly seat was necessitat- qualification as MLA if he patience in dealing with employees before issuing the rently reeling under financial ed following resignation of agrees for a merger with the Shivpal Yadav. draft bill for comments of all stress. The overall cost of elec- Azam Khan from the Vidhan Akhilesh Yadav-led party, “Despite giving statements stakeholders. tricity has increased in many Sabha after his election to the senior SP leader Ram Govind against party president Union Minister of State for parts of the country because of Lok Sabha. Azam Khan has Chaudhary said on Sunday. Akhilesh Yadav and the feud in Power RK Singh had recently “must run” renewable energy represented this seat in the On September 13, the SP the party, he was given a tick- said that the proposed bill projects, long-term power pur- Assembly for nine terms. had moved an application seek- et in the 2017 UP Assembly would have provision for ease chase agreements which have The SP announced the list ing Shivpal Yadav’s disqualifi- elections. In 2019 Lok Sabha of doing business and ensure been signed for very high-cost of its candidates with barely a cation from the Uttar Pradesh elections, he contested against viability of investments through power. day left for filing nomination Assembly under the anti-defec- his nephew Akshay Yadav assured payment mechanisms Dubey said the Ministry of papers for the UP Assembly by- tion law. from Firozabad on a and was expected to be tabled Power must get comprehensive elections. Shivpal Yadav was elected Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party in the winter session of data and documents on fran- The Samajwadi Party from the Jaswantnagar (Lohia) ticket,” Chaudhary Parliament. chise and privatisation exper- announced it candidates for Assembly constituency on an said. AIPEF chairman iments since 2003 and analyse five assembly seats, which will go SP ticket in the 2017 state elec- On September 20, Shailendra Dubey criticised the them after discussions with to polls on October 21. tions. In 2018, he floated a new Akhilesh Yadav had hinted government move to privatise engineers and employees and As per the list announced by party — Pragatisheel that the SP may withdraw the the power sector in one go and only then go ahead with the the SP, Sudhakar Singh will be its Samajwadi Party (Lohia) — application seeking the disqual- said that the proposal of sepa- draft proposals for electricity candidate from Ghosi, Nirbhay after falling out with SP chief ification of his estranged uncle. rating carriage and content was bill, if required. Singh from Manikpur in and his nephew Akhilesh “Whosoever wants to too premature and impractical, He said that there was Chitrakoot district, Gaurav Yadav come, we will include them in and should not be introduced. widespread fear that the pro- Kumar Rawat from Zaidpur in “If Shivpal Singh Yadav the party,” the SP chief had said. “This concept was intro- posed bill would curb cost- Barabanki district, Subhash Rai dissolves his party and merges Shivpal Yadav had then duced in those countries which effective development of the from Jalalpur in Ambedkarnagar it with the Samajwadi Party, said, “There is full scope of had huge surplus of generation power sector. district and Brijesh Verma Patel then the party will consider unity in the family and there is from Pratapgarh. withdrawing the application full scope from my side as well. The SP had earlier seeking his disqualification as But some people are hatching announced to field Indrasen MLA of UP Legislative conspiracies to not let the fam- *  +    from Gangoh in Saharanpur dis- Assembly,” Chaudhary said ily unite.” trict and Major Ashish Chaturvedi from Lucknow   ) (( ( Cantonment. cies going to bypolls are Gangoh, The SP also announced its The Election Commission Rampur, Iglas (SC), Lucknow candidates for the UP Legislative Banda (PTI): Nearly 10 people were injured after two fam- last week had announced the Cantonment, Govindnagar, Council election from teacher’s ilies in a village here clashed over waterlogging due to rains, police bypoll schedule for 11 UP Manikpur, Pratapgarh, Zaidpur constituency to be held next said on Sunday. The incident took place on Saturday in Manipur Assembly seats where polling (SC), Jalalpur, Balha (SC) and year. village. Station House Officer, Girwan, Jitendra Singh said the will be held on October 21. Ghosi. Umashankar Chowdhary argument started after rain water flowing down from Suresh’s The bypolls were necessitat- The Ghosi seat fell vacant will be the party candidate from house accumulated at the door of Dayaram. Soon after, the two ed as most of the MLAs repre- after Phagu Chauhan, the MLA Lucknow graduate constituency, came to blows with their family members joining them. Suresh, senting these seats in Assembly representing the seat in and Lal Bihari Yadav from five members of his family, and Dayaram and his three family have been elected to the Lok Assembly, resigned from the Varanasi and Sanjay Mishra members were injured in the clash, he said. The injured were Sabha. House on being appointed from Bareilly-Moradabad admitted to hospital. The Assembly constituen- Governor of Bihar. teacher’s constituencies.

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He said a case for case,” he said. eal estate company Ansal     Ihigh-voltage drama, two “The medicos, who were rioting, thrashing, damaging For patients and their RAPI’s vice-chairman Pranav    groups of doctors clashed on in an inebriated state, were property and for using crimi- attendants, it was a nightmar- Ansal on Sunday was detained the second floor of KGMU asked to behave and not dis- nal force with an intention to ish experience. “We were rest- at Indira Gandhi International     Trauma Centre, leaving turb other patients in the ward. outrage the modesty of women ing in the open space on the Airport (IGI) in New Delhi and ! "  patients and their attendants They blew their top over this doctors was registered against second floor when we heard was later arrested by the   # $  scared on the intervening night and started hurling cuss words the medicos of Orthopedics commotion in the ward where Lucknow police. Pranav is of Saturday and Sunday. The and threats,” senior resident department. a doctor was admitted. Soon, accused of fraud and wrongful %  %   warring groups vandalised the Rajeev Verma (of The SHO said those we saw several of them attack- transaction of money. He was %     hospital property and paralysed Buddha Hostel) alleged. named in the case were iden- ing each other, triggering a detained by police while he was the work until police and senior He said the group attacked tified as Shubham Singh, chaos,” an attendant said. on his way to London after a   & ' officials of KGMU reached the caused some of them. “The Dheerendra Verma, Adarsh Meanwhile, the KGMU Look Out Circular (LOC) was    (')  place. As per reports, a resident attackers did not stop here. Sengar and Rajeev Kumar administration has appointed issued against him by the doctor of Orthopedics depart- They also vandalised the ward besides a security guard a five-member joint commit- Lucknow police. In June, a     % ment was admitted to the med- and ransacked the stretchers deployed there. “We are iden- tee to conduct a probe into the Lucknow-based court had #  & $  icine ward and his colleagues and tables. Their act was cap- tifying the other doctors of the incident. An FIR was lodged issued a non-bailable warrant and some seniors reached there tured by CCTV cameras,” Orthopedics department by chief proctor RAS to apprehend Pranav Ansal to see him. Verma said. He further alleged involved in the brawl,” he Kushwaha. The chief medical based on a complaint filed by the country after the investi- police stations. were summoned by the SSP “Around 12.30 am on that the attackers did not even added. The SHO could not superintendent is likely to sus- one of the company’s cus- gators started tightening the “The remaining cases of and asked to interrogate the Sunday, a group of junior and spare lady doctors of the name the resident doctor who pend the accused. The author- tomers, accusing him of fraud. noose around him. Early fraud against him are under realtor. Sources said some of senior residents of Orthopedics Medicine department. was admitted to the medicine ities are said to be waiting for His father Shushil Ansal (chair- morning, the Lucknow police investigation at different police the IOs had not done their department — including SHO, Chowk, Pankaj ward. ASP (West) Vikas the committee report, which is man) was also named in the were sent a message regarding stations,” he said. homework properly and they Shubham Singh, Dheerendra Singh said the injured doctors Tripathi said the police had expected in three days. Earlier, FIR. He was brought to Vibhuti detention of Pranav at New It surfaced during investi- were reprimanded. Verma, Adarsh Sengar, Rajeev of Medicine department were sought CCTV footage from the the matter was brought to the Khand police station and later Delhi airport. gation that Pranav opted for The sources said Pranav Shukla and others — reached identified as Azhar Rizvi, KGMU administration to notice of Vice-Chancellor interrogated by all the investi- On the information, we Rob-Peter-to-Pay-Paul tactics and his men never took the the ward and picked up a ver- Kuldeep Singh, Krishna Pal identify those whose identities MLB Bhatt, who listened to gating officers of the cases reg- sent a team to Delhi and Pranav to dupe the innocents. police seriously even after their bal spat with some of the and Mayank Mishra. could not be ascertained. “A both the sides. istered at Vibhuti Khand, was brought to Vibhuti Khand The SSP said some of the names surfaced in the fraud. Gomti Nagar, PGI and police station, where he was plots/lands sold by Ansal API “For obvious reasons, most of Hazratganj. The Lucknow interrogated for cases of fraud included those which were still the IOs could not muster      police are currently investigat- registered against him,” the being cultivated by farmers courage to interrogate Pranav. 0     > 2 ing as many as 24 cases against SSP said, adding that Pranav and most of the farmers were In a case at Vibhuti Khand, the Pranav. would be produced before a unaware of the developments. police had named five persons,   As per reports, SSP court. He added that Pranav and his including Pranav, in the recent Lucknow Kalanidhi Naithani The SSP said Pranav was men not only defrauded inno- past. The police had arrested    had issued an LOC against named in cases of fraud and cents but also bureaucrats, Arun Mishra and Harish Gulla, Pranav a couple of days back, criminal breach of trust and judicial officers and army offi- both aides of Pranav, in the case Lucknow (PNS): An insur- asking the airport authorities to was wanted in as many as 11 cers. The SP (North) office wit- recently but they gave a long ance agent of a bank went miss- intimate the police about his cases registered at Vibhuti nessed a flurry of activities on rope to Pranav,” the sources ing under mysterious circum- anticipated moonlight flit from Khand, PGI and Hazratganj Sunday as all the investigators said. stances in Madiaon. Police sus- pected that he might have drowned in Gomti river as dur-   ing a search by his family, his slippers and hanky were found ! "# abandoned at Ghaila Bridge in Madiaon on Saturday night. %# Shivam Srivastava (32) left his house around 8.30 pm on Lucknow (PNS): Religious Saturday, informing his family fervour marked the beginning that he was going to a barber’s of Navratri festivities on shop. However, he did not Sunday as Durga temples were return. After waiting for him thronged by devotees, who through the night, the family also celebrated the festival at lodged a case on Sunday and home with kalash sthapna. The later went out to search for him next nine days will witness as they found police unwilling to jagratas and Durga Puja fes- start a search operation. They tivities and Ramlila at several were told by some shop-owners places. Medical experts said Shivam was seen at Ghaila those fasting should make sure Bridge where his slippers and their total intake of calories did hanky were found. The family not increase. A doctor said the suspected foul play but the ideal way to fast was to have police said Shivam drowned    = 8>@ said the fair had He said they had brought lots of fruits. Most hotels serve after he jumped into the river. recorded sales of Rs 50 lakh. the Constitution in three sizes. Navratri thalis even as eateries However, they failed to explain he National Book Fair has “The book fair has been pop- “One is the normal size while serving non-vegetarian items the reason. The family told the Tbeen extended for three ular among readers and the the other is a bigger version. usually witness a dip in sales. police that Shivam WhatsApped days on the request of biblio- footfall has been great this year We also have a pocket-sized Meanwhile, Ramakrishna the password of his debit card to philes whose visits were ham- too,” he said. version of the Constitution,” he Mission organised a musical his younger brother Shubham. pered by the incessant rains in He said literature had pointed out. programme entitled ‘Mahisha- They suspected that Shivam the state capital. Key organis- always been a major genre in He said most of the books asura-Mardini’, depicting the was killed for marrying the girl er Manoj Chandel said the fair terms of sales at the book fair. which they were selling were victory of Durga over the of a different caste. had been extended till October Meanwhile, books on stories about great personali- destruction of demonical “Shivam had a love marriage 2 with permission from the Dalits are finding several tak- ties in both Dalit and OBC lit- propensities. SKD Academy with a girl who belongs to the district administration. He ers. Kapil Bodh, incharge of a erature. “When people belong- also celebrated Navratri with a same locality. After this was said it would also be appro- stall, said they had sold over ing to these communities read kalash sthapna. Director of revealed to girl’s parents, they priate in keeping with 150 200 copies of the Constitution these, stories they get a lot of SKD Group Manish Singh lodged a case against Shivam years of Mahatma Gandhi’s of India. “What makes our inspiration. This is the time spoke on the importance of the two months back and the police birth anniversary celebrations. copies unique is that they when Dalits are simply explor- festival. “It is referred to as detained him. But the girl sided Sunday’s programme at carry the photograph of ing their roots and trying to Sharad Navratri and honours with Shivam and he was Moti Mahal Lawns witnessed Babasaheb Bhimrao find means to strengthen the feminine divine power. released. It could be a possible the presence of Divisional Ambedkar who wrote it, and themselves. This will slowly Navratri is a famous festival, reason behind his missing. He Commissioner Mukesh people of the community feel lead them to other areas of celebrated with joy and rever- was probably killed by girl’s Meshram and KGMU Vice- very proud of this fact,” he interest in Dalit literature such ence,” he added.      . /     % )     parents,” Shivam’s kin suspected. Chancellor Dr MLB Bhatt. said. as fiction,” he added.      . $ " #& &'( 

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   = 8>@ where nurseries are commer- The CISH director said the will be organised in schools     cially producing plants but in nursery business might have )       and colleges on ‘plastic ribal women showed inter- remote corners of the state, it lot of risk, therefore, the waste shramdaan’. -  " Test in learning nursery is difficult to get a genuine trainees were told about con- On October 2, Chief techniques at CISH. A group planting material locally. straints and tips were given to  R */   Minister Yogi Adityanath will Lucknow (PNS): The of 35 tribal females from the “These women want to them for mitigation with prop- participate in a ‘shramdaan’ at Lucknow police on Sunday Habipur block of West Bengal opt for plant nursery as a er planning. The facilities    = 8>@ 1090 Crossing, after which launched ‘Operation 420’ took part in a hands-on train- profession because they are required will be provided at a everyone present there will against thugs and fraudsters. ing on nursery management at interested in establishing their small scale to demonstrate ivisional Commissioner take a cleanliness pledge and The cops have been asked to the institute in Lucknow. own nurseries. In addition to few nurseries to show as mod- DMukesh Meshram cloth bags will be distributed take stern action against those “These ladies were fre- their domestic work, they can els for others. “Grafting tech- presided over a meeting on among people. On the same duping innocents in the name quently requesting through produce several thousand niques and the secrets to suc- ‘Swachhata Hi Sewa Hai’ at day, LMC will carry of facilitating jobs in state authorities for a training plants with limited efforts cess were explained to the his office on Sunday. The out a drive against single-use government organisations programme on new nursery during leisure hours. The trainees. It is interesting that a meeting was attended by plastic. and NGOs. techniques as a video show major limiting factors respon- young lady of 20 and an elder- Municipal Commissioner Meshram said a rally, to SSP Kalanidhi Naithani depicting hi-tech nursery tech- sible for absence of nurseries ly woman (60) performed Indramani Tripathi, LDA sec- be flagged off by the Chief said several cases of fraud niques during awareness pro- in these villages is the lack of grafting with the same enthu- retary MP Singh and CDO Minister, would cover the were reported in the past and gramme was recently held at knowhow about techniques siasm. After their return to Manish Bansal. The city and anyone who brought in all the cases, the miscreants Malda. These trainees will and unavailability of mother West Bengal, they will be suc- Divisional Commissioner said the prohibited polythene duped innocents boasting of work as ‘nursery sevikas’ and plants. The regional station of cessful in producing grafted it was the vision of Prime would be given a lucky their links with higher gov- coordinate the establishment the institute is trying to estab- plants by adopting new tech- Minister Narendra Modi that coupon. “Winners of the ernment officials. “The police of community nurseries in lish self-sustainable nurseries niques,” Rajan said. on this Gandhi Jayanti lucky coupons will be given have been asked to identify the villages of West Bengal, in these tribal villages where He added that the objec- (October 2), there should be away prizes worth Rs 25000, the fraudsters and register mostly in Santhal tribal vil- mainly women are eager to tive of the training programme start of a revolution against Rs 15,000 and Rs 10,000 on cases against them. Also, a cell lages,” CISH director S Rajan perform such activities for was to expose the tribal use of plastic. “Keeping this October 3. Vacant plots across will be working to address said. Getting a grafted plant is improving their livelihood,” women to science and art of vision in mind, programmes the city will also be cleaned. such complaints,” he added. easier near Kolkata and cities Rajan said. nursery husbandry. *  +    !"#$%&$'(

38 ):+2 1#!!         Kerala Samajam, a socio- cultural organisation of QDPI@@S I@XT T@SWD8@  '() destroyed. Meanwhile a huge difficult for people to venture alarm. A few days ago villagers Keralites settled in Lucknow, tree fell on Kamleshwari out of their houses due to in Palpur saw an alligator in the on Sunday celebrated Onam ue to incessant rains, a Goswami's house in Govind waterlogging there. Yamuna following which boat- at CMS auditorium with tra- Dhouse caved in at Nagar in Koraon Nagar Meanwhile, denizens of men and fishermen were now ditional gaiety and fervour. Badokhar village under Koraon Panchayat. Consequently goods the flood-hit areas are com- scared. On Thursday some The programme was inaugu- tehsil here on Sunday. As a kept inside the house were pelled to deal with alligators persons in Rasulabad area of rated by commissioner of result, an 85-year-old man died damaged. Another report said and crocodiles being spotted the city also claimed seeing a Food Safety and Drug after he got trapped under its that a kutcha house collapsed in frequently in rural areas. It is crocodile in one flooded Administration Ministhy S rubble. In the afternoon the Markhamau village. believed that these reptiles colony. The crocodile was Nair. A colourful souvenir elderly man was inside the Continuous rains in have come along with the water reported to have been trapped was released and scholar- house when its wall collapsed Pratapgarh district also wrecked released from different dams, in a drain behind school. DFO ships were given to children suddenly with a loud thud. His a havoc resulting in collapse of especially on the Chambal YP Shukla said that he had of who achieved high marks family members and villagers houses due to waterlogging river, where alligators are in received reports of alligator in Class 10 and Class 12 removed the debris and extri- and sealing. The family of abundance. Although no inci- sightings in Rasulabad and board exams. President of cated him but by then it was Mahanth Singh of Gautam dent of attack has been report- Koraon areas. Kerala Samajam Jenson James  5  5 .  '       too late as he had already died. Ramnagarkol in Sangipur had ed so far from any part of the A team of the Forest delivered the welcome On getting information taken shelter in the former district, residents of villages and department was sent to address while Ministhy S $  "  that they contribute to smooth Awasthi addressed the gather- about the tragedy which had secondary school in the village. low-lying areas live in constant Rasulabad after receiving infor- Nair and CMS founder !  conduct of students induction ing and spoke about the 1975 befallen them tehsildar Anita Dozens of houses have fall- fear. They are not venturing mation from the locals, he said Jagdish Gandhi also The three-day faculty programme. Water Act. Awasthi said that Shekhar along with the revenue en in the area due to rains. The near the water after large rep- and added that it tried to trace addressed the gathering. The development programme, sup- throughout the world per capi- personnel rushed to the spot. rains also caused the traffic tiles were spotted in the river the reptile for several hours but venue was decked up with ported by AICTE and conduct-   ta per person, tree count is in After reviewing the situation snarls in different parts of the and wetlands in Chandi, it could not be found. The traditional phhookalam (ran- ed at Babu Banarasi Das Consumer Guild range from 422 to 500 but for she gave an assurance to the city. It included the Sadha- Khadarsa and Palpurs villages DFO added that people should goli). Ganesh vandana was Northern India Institute of (Lucknow) organised a work- India, it is only 28. “There is a family members of necessary Radigarpur route. Water has on the banks of the Ganga and immediately report to the near- performed in the beginning Technology, concluded at shop on ‘Sustainability con- need to formulate environ- financial assistance in this con- also reached the foundations of Yamuna. An alligator was also est forest outpost if they come and the artistes presented a BBDU. The programme was sumption and environment ment policies and responsibil- nection. the houses which has caused spotted in the Ganga on the across an alligator or a croco- play depicting the yearly visit conducted for faculty members protection’ on Sunday. The key ities lie on all stakeholders,” he In another incident a por- panic among many people. banks of Bajha. In Khadsara dile. People should stay away of King Mahabali. Cultural of universities governed by organizer was chairman of added. He called upon people tion of Shyam Krishna’s house The cleaners of the nagar pan- village Guddu Nishad spotted from the reptiles and do not try dances, including Pulikali, AICTE in order to make them Consumer Guild (India) to plan gardens in their hous- in Mishrapur in Koraon fell on chayat were engaged to drain an alligator in the Ganga while to harm them or catch them Bharatnatyam, Onam and aware of universal human val- Abhishek Srivastava. Chief es saying even a small garden Saturday night. As a result out the water filled in the he was taking out his boat. themselves as they may get Kathak, were also performed ues and to sensitise them about environment officer, UP would improve the air quality valuables, including the sacks of townships. At Akka Nagar Guddu immediately came out aggressive on sensing danger, on the occasion. the significance of the same so Pollution Control Board, BB of their vicinity. wheat, kept in the house were locality in Kunda it has become of the river and raised an DFO added. +            &%    123222   O5 6     (87(G-(815 money to make medicines, added. 5>#(=?8#/? treatment and tests free for the The standard number of people of Delhi, is it wrong? emergency beds in a 300-bed 3  !   @==5(%?.&20?1 The Opposition claims we are hospital would only be five to wasting money by providing six per cent that would mean free healthcare to people," 15-20 emergency beds in a sin- $$   8?@1?=5 distributing bags made of jute $$   8?@1?=5 Kejriwal tweeted. gle hospital, he said, adding and clothes as part of its cam- Elaborating healthcare that the Delhi Government aking action on people paign to promote use of environ- elhi Chief Minister Arvind model of the Government, has necessitated that 40 per Tusing single-use plastic, ment friendly bags, a senior DKejriwal on Sunday laid Kejriwal said, "We are match- cent of the bed strength in a South Delhi Municipal SDMC official said. the foundation stone of a new ing the healthcare standards of hospital should be emergency Corporation (SDMC) on In an awareness event 362-bed trauma center at the Denmark, which is one of the beds, owing to inadequate Sunday issued a challan of organised at Saket Mall, Chief Sanjay Gandhi Memorial most developed nations in the treatment facilities to the peo- 50,000 to the organiser of a Guest and local MP of South Hospital on Sunday. The trau- world. Denmark has universal ple because of non-availability 'bhandara' in Chirag Delhi for Delhi Ramesh Bidhuri stated ma center will have world class healthcare coverage for all of emergency beds. More than using thermo plastic material that for ensuring a better future medical facilities, including patients, rich or poor, can 50 per cent of beds have been and littering areas around it. of the next generations, it ICU beds, emergency beds access free treatments in all the reserved as ICU and emer- A senior SDMC official become imperative to first of all and six operation theatres and hospitals. We are matching the gency beds in Sanjay Gandhi said that under section 15 of ban single use plastic in Delhi. is expected to be ready in 18 most progressive societies in Memorial Hospital. National Green Tribunal (NGT) "The indiscriminate use of months. the world like Denmark, USA %&  .'                 ' (  &     &   Health Minister Satyendra for using thermo plastic mate- plastic has been resulting in the Congratulating the Public and Japan, in terms of provid-        '      Jain said "Delhi Government rial and under section 317 and out- break of cancer like fatal Works Department (PWD) ing quality healthcare to the has taken several welfare initia- 351 for littering the place. "The disease and plastic left over in and health departments, the people." hospitals," he added. December." 60000 crore rupees. We tives in the last five years such field staff found that organisers the sewers has been creating Chief Minister said, "Ordinarily Kejriwal further said that Talking about massive "Delhi Government has stopped the raid raj system, and as installing 2.8 lakh CCTV had not taken proper measures obstacles in the smooth flow of large Government hospitals despite the massive expansion expansion in health infrastruc- designed the healthcare system the people of Delhi realised cameras all over the capital city to collect and dispose of used water and sewer hence genera- across the country are con- of public healthcare infrastruc- ture, Kejriwal said the dispen- of Delhi in such a way, that it how paying taxes is leading and 2.1 lakh LED lights all over plates on the road. The civic tion of large quantity of Co2," structed at a cost of 1crore per ture in Delhi, some hospitals do saries in Delhi were prevailing should incorporate 1000 them towards a more devel- Delhi, which is the biggest body has already issued an he said. Bidhuri also requested bed. This hospital should have see overcrowding. "This is in adverse conditions, and peo- mohalla clinics, 122 polyclinics, oped city," he said. street light project all over the instruction under swachhta hi Delhi Chief Minister to under- cost 362 crore but the Delhi because people from across the ple had to rush and crowd the and Delhi Government hospi- "We have eliminated cor- world. sewa campaign, directing our stand the gravity of plastic use Government is constructing it country are coming to Delhi big hospitals for simple medical tals thereafter. The hefty cost of ruption from the capital, and "We have constructed staff to be vigilant and take and its ill effects and come for- in just 71 crore. This has been now to access our hospitals. conditions, which is why the treatments has made the state are instead spending the money 21,000 classrooms in our appropriate action against the ward to announce a blanket ban possible because Delhi has an Today, someone from Bihar Delhi Government has con- Government provide free treat- towards more developmental schools; no other Government violators as per law on single use plastic since it is honest and efficient govern- can take a 500 ticket to the structed 200 mohalla clinics ment to people in all the hos- works in the city, like building in the world has done it in its Further, various show- posing a danger to entire ment that saves peoples' tax capital, get free treatment in our and construction 200 more pitals," he added. schools and hospitals and pro- single tenure. No other rooms, shopping malls and humanity. SDMC Mayor Sunita money and is, therefore, able to hospitals and return happily. It clinics will be completed in The Chief Minister further viding free facilities to the peo- Government in the entire eateries in SDMC areas have also Kangra stressed upon the need provide the best services to all is a matter of great pride and another 10-15 days. said "The budget of Delhi was ple. We had decreased VAT world has constructed such signed a MoU (Memorandum of working on the 4- Reduce, our people." happiness for us that the peo- Construction of 300 addition- 30000 crore rupees before our from 12.5 per cent to 5 per cent primary healthcare centers; in of Understanding) with Select Recycle, Reduce and refuse in "We have saved 190 crore ple of the entire country are al such clinics are being carried government came into power. but increased facilities for the the way the Kejriwal City Mall to create a mass order eliminate plastic at the in just one project. If I use this confident in Delhi Government out will be completed by Today after five years, it is welfare of the people," he Government has done in Delhi. awareness programme besides earliest.  , ( '#    '#* , "#  & - %(.

!"  8?@1?=5 also shows that the re-evalua-     !%$  ies and focus on the upcoming and II or Both papers at a time tions of answer sheets are con- $   examinations. "All the students depending upon his capability. he three-day protest of the sistently increasing for the last "   are advised not to be carried The cost for the re-verification Tthousands of students and five years. away by such issues. The of answer sheet is 100 per paper Charted Accountants (CA) Thousands of students 5 8% 19  : 14#542#45 6 Institute is seized of their prob- to a maximum of 400 for all the against the process and evalua- aspiring to become CAs, gath- 5 2% 8 34;5841;5 lems and will be considered and papers and groups and the  tion system appears to be justi- ered near ICAI head quarter 5 ;% 2 24;14 #48  taken up at the appropriate inspection fees are 500 per fied as in a reply to an RTI query and held a three day protest forum by following due paper. by the Institute of Charted against the institute of lapses in 5 3% ; ;4124;3415; process," it said. "The faith of the students in Accounts of India (ICAI) shows evaluations process such as 5 #% 3 #4;54 ;4; However, the agitating stu- an examination process is seen that the institute has received miscalculation, wrong correc- dents said they will protest till ruptured with a colossal num- nearly 8 crores in 2017-18 tion of examinations papers. for certified copies of the answer 2016-17 was 6, 58,03,700, %         $%$  $ '      the time, the issue was resolved. ber of re-verification requests through re-verification and The students also demanded sheets, inspect and apply for re- 5,86,54,825 in 2015-16, ICAI conducts examination received by the institute. But, it inspection of the evaluated amendment of Regulation 39 totaling, but there is no facility 4,55,27,852 in 2015-14 and committee is being formed. machine based evaluation, step- twice a year in the month of May is sad that the institute has answer sheets of CA examina- (4) of the Chartered for re-checking of answers. 3,52,15,500 on 2013-14 respec- The committee will look into wise marking and mandatory and November. In the CA exam- learnt to earn out of the prime tions. Accountants Act to ensure that According to the RTI data, tively. the demand of students. It fur- online test for empanelment of ination, there are three groups- entitlement of students to get The data shared by the students get a chance to have total amount of 8,32,63,219 last Following the agitation by ther announced a series of examiners. one group has four papers and a fair examination process," ICAI to an RTI query filed by their papers rechecked. year was received by the ICAI. the students, the ICAI has said reforms such as digital evalua- The ICAI further asked the same is the case with Group II. said advocate Gupta who filed advocate Mohit Kumar Gupta, Currently, the students can ask While the amount received in that a high level independent tion, central evaluation, and students to concentrate on stud- One can appear for the group I the RTI.

P +++ vices on the Ballia-Chhapra The Army thinks shifting the   $ ! section of the North Eastern %     $  operational control of the Assam Railway (NER) was disrupted Rifles to the Home Ministry when the neighbouring coun- they can help the Army in ing out water from inundated due to heavy rains on Sunday. will adversely impact the Army’s try has been enhancing its mil- times of war, the official said. streets could be hampered Public Relations Officer, capability to effectively guard the itary infrastructure along the The Army has also ques- drastically,” Amrit said. NER, Mahesh Gupta said     5 )  sensitive border with China frontier, sources said. tioned the timing of the pro- Three people died in seven trains on this section has They said the Assam Rifles posal to bring the paramilitary Bhagalpur when the boundary been cancelled, while six trains  8?@1?=5 ed making advances. Though the woman was not with him     provides significant assistance force under the Home wall of a temple collapsed in have been diverted. she tried to resist, he continued, on the day of the alleged inci-     to the Army in keeping strict Ministry when the security Barari police station area while he Delhi Police has filed the the woman had said in her dent and that he returned to the surveillance over the border scenario in the North Eastern as many people were buried     +++ Tfinal chargesheet against statement, which is also men- hotel alone, said an official     with China as it frees up Army region has been fragile due to alive when a house caved in at Nothing much can be an IPS officer of West Bengal tioned in the charge sheet. privy to the probe.        units from “static defensive” the issue of National Register Khanjarpur area, District revealed now as both Mr Roy cadre, over a year after a After allegedly raping her, Earlier, the IPS officer was  !"# $$!  %%  role. Moreover, 70-80 per cent of Citizens (NRC). Magistrate, Pranav Kumar and Mr Mirza are cooperating woman who he befriended on the officer apologised to her named in column 12 of the  &'(  ) *  + personnel of the Assam Rifles “The ongoing peace talks said. with us in the investigation. Facebook accused him of rap- and reassured the woman of charge sheet owing to lack of  &&,&'&$!   are deployed in conventional with Naga insurgent groups is In Danapur, on the out- When contacted, BJP State ing her, sources said on Sunday. marrying her, the charge sheet evidence but in the final charge military roles. at an advanced stage. There is skirts of Patna, a one-year-old president Dilip Ghosh said, “It The Delhi-based woman said. sheet, he has been named in -./.0/1  “The Assam Rifles fills a growing apprehension girl and three women died once again proves that the had in 2018 accused the officer After returning to West column 11 as an accused after , '23 (4, 5  the void when Army units among people of Manipur and when a tree fell on an auto Central Government is not of raping her on the promise of Bengal, he continued to be in the phone call records and 6&7#86%    carry forward the battle to the Assam regarding the possible rickshaw carrying them. Three influencing any investigation marriage. The charge sheet contact with the woman for other pieces of evidence proved $!#8&9&2  #&  enemy territory. This is the impact of any agreement deaths also were reported from and the CBI is free to summon was filed earlier this month, the sometime but started ignoring that he and the woman were https:// only genuine paramilitary between the Centre and the Bhabhua, the district head- and investigate people they sources said. According to the her later when she kept together in the hotel at the time etender.up.nic.in #7#: '2;! force which actively participat- NSCN(IM). The NRC updat- quarters of Kaimur, where want. Let the truth come out.” chargesheet, the woman and reminding him of the promise. of the incident as claimed by /.$$!    6<  %%+ ! ed in all the wars since ing process is also likely to continuous rain led to the Former TMC MP Kunal the IPS officer became friends He also blocked her on all her, the official added. 44/SE/EDDCkt/ 2019-20 :  Independence including the cause some turbulence,” said collapse of two mud houses. Ghosh, however, dismissed on Facebook and within a few social media platforms and The woman had alleged ;    !  & 1962 and 1971 wars,” said a the official. In Nawada, efforts were on Roy’s claims of being vic- months of chatting and video refused to marry her, accord- police inaction in the case and senior Army official. to trace three locals who were timised by Mamata wondering calls, the IPS officer met her in ing to the charge sheet. filed a writ petition in the     # 5 0 & & The Assam Rifles, at pre-  " +++ reportedly swept away in the “how can the Chief Minister Delhi on January 27. The The woman approached Supreme Court that the inves-  % 7#! & 4 <  sent, has a total of 46 battal- I would appeal to the peo- water current. Meanwhile, influence the case as the CBI woman alleged that he kept police with her complaint in tigation was not being carried >(?6% 6@# ions, and most of its units are ple of the State to have patience President Ram Nath Kovind’s is functioning under the BJP- promising that he would marry May last year and a case was properly and the accused was %@ +& '& -   , headed by Army officers since and courage.” scheduled programme on led Central Government, her. On their first meeting, the registered at the Barakhamba misusing his position as an IPS  '()&0' 1884. The Assam Rifles was “In the event of water Sunday at Jharkhand’s Gumla adding “Roy should be arrest- two went to a mall in Vasant Police Station. However, officer and got false cases reg- put under complete opera- entering a sub-station, power district has been cancelled. ed after recording the state- Kunj for dinner. the case was transferred to the istered against her, her moth- & & 7#:  &  3 tional control of the Army in has to be disconnected to Though the reason for the ment of Mirza.” Ghosh himself The next day, they met Crime Branch. er and also tried to get false case         1965. The two-thirds of the avoid major casualties. Sump cancellation was not men- had been arrested and jailed again and he offered her some Initially, the officer had registered against her brother     #!CDE overall component of the train- houses then become depen- tioned in the statement, for more than two years fol- chocolates induced with liquor. denied about his presence in in Sonipat. When contacted, ;!0F.1.0/1GG<  '& ing imparted to the Assam dent on diesel. But the avail- sources said the decision was lowing allegations of his The woman felt dizzy after con- Delhi but later he admitted that the woman said she did not Rifles personnel are based on ability of fuel is finite and if taken owing to heavy rain involvement in the Saradha suming them after which he he came to the city and met the wish to comment as the mat- 0,I&JJ3 conventional warfare so that heavy rainfall persists, pump- across the region. Train ser- chit fund case. brought her to a hotel and start- woman. He, however, claimed ter was sub-judice.   !"#$%&$'(   , 2 ;-  <=7 / '   

  8?@1?=5 police stations areas CrPC 144 "But suddenly the then mer Prime Minister Indira   0   was imposed where five or Government announced cease- Gandhi for signing the 'Simla nion Home Minister Amit more persons cannot gather. fire. What was the need for Accord' saying she ensured UShah on Sunday asserted "People are free to move announcing the ceasefire when that Jammu & Kashmir   8?@1?=5 vided for non-release of funds. is still expected from MHA." there are no restrictions in the around anywhere in Kashmir. we were about to win the war. remains a bilateral issue. The "This is for the first time in "As no reserve fund under Kashmir Valley now and said Many journalists from rest of Had the ceasefire not declared, home minister rejected the n a first, the Central Reserve CRPF's eight decade history that COR (cash on reserve) is certain people are spreading India are also visiting Kashmir PoK would have been part of argument that scrapping IPolice Force (CRPF), the ration money has been stopped presently available therefore it is misinformation about restric- regularly," he said. Referring to India now," he said. Article 370 will "endanger" world's biggest paramilitary due to non-availability of funds, not feasible to draw ration tions. He said restrictions are in the recently concluded United He said Article 370 has Kashmiri culture, noting that force, has stopped payment of a top CRPF official said adding, money allowance from the pay such people’s minds who Nations General Assembly ses- while 6,000 PCOs have also been an issue for the erstwhile regional languages and tradi- ration money to over three lakh bad economy could be a possi- of September 2019. Hence, stop engage in such campaigns. sion, Shah said all world lead- come up in the last two Jan Sangh and then the BJP tions were flourishing in other personnel of the Force owing to ble reason for non-provision of drawal of ration money Shah said former Prime ers have supported India's months. since the beginning. states. non-allocation of funds by the funds for the ration money allowance from the pay of Sept' Minister Jawaharlal Nehru move on Article 370. "The decision on Article "We have launched 11 agi- "I want to ask those peo- Centre. head, the official further said. 19 till further orders. Please committed “Himalayan blun- "All world leaders had gath- 370 will strengthen the unity tations against it and even Jan ple, is there any threat to The CRPF is the lead CRPF personnel up to inform all concerned person- der” by taking the Kashmir ered for seven days (in New and integrity of India," he said, Sangh founder Syama Prasad Gujarat or its 'Garba' because agency for counter-insurgency non-gazetted ranks such as nel accordingly. They may also issue to United Nations. York). Not a single leader has adding the situation in Jammu Mookerjee laid down his life for it does not have Article 370. Is and anti-terrorist operations constable, head constable, assis- be apprised that on receipt of “In 1948, India went to raised the issue (of Jammu & & Kashmir will be completely it. We are the third generation West Bengal or its 'Durga Puja' across the theatres of tant sub inspector, sub inspec- addl. budget, ration money United Nations. That was a Kashmir). This is a big diplo- normal soon. Shah said there leaders. Even Nehru, when he facing any threat as there is no Northeast, Jammu & Kashmir tor and inspector get ration allowance will be drawn again Himalayan blunder. It is more matic victory of the prime min- were 631 princely states when realised the mistakes, kept ( for- Article 370 there. Are and Naxal-affected States. money allowance of a little over with arrears of stoppage month," than a Himalayan blunder,” he ister," he said. The Home India attained independence in mer chief minister) Sheikh Karnataka or the Kannada lan- Through an internal com- Rs 3,000 per month per person noted the communication. The said at event organised by Minister said 41,800 people 1947 and 630 of them were Abdullah in jail for 11 year. guage and Maharashtra or munication circulated across all to take care of their mess abrupt withdrawal of the ration Samkalp Former Civil Servants have lost their lives in the handled by the then Home Now, it has not been even two Marathi culture facing threat the formations earlier this expenses. Defence personnel money allowance can potential- Forum at Nehru Memorial decades-old militancy in Jammu Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai months but people have talked because there is no Article 370 month, the CRPF has asked are entitled for free ration. ly lead to resentment within the Museum and Library (NMML) & Kashmir but no one raised the Patel and one by Nehru. so much," he said. there," he asked. them that ration money would In the circular, a copy of rank and file of the Force that is here. Shah accused the issue of human rights violation "The 630 princely states Shah also termed the 1987 The Home Minister said as not be provided with the salary which has been accessed by continuously stretched into var- Opposition of spreading “misin- of jawans, their widows or the were merged with the Union of Assembly elections in Jammu many as 106 laws, including of September onwards. The Pioneer, CRPF has said ious internal security roles, Force formation” about restrictions in children who were orphaned. India completely but Jammu & Kashmir as a turning point right to education, human The internal note cites lack that the force had taken up the insiders said. the Valley. “Where are the restric- "But people are trying to and Kashmir remained an issue for spread of terrorism that has rights and ban on child mar- of budgetary provision of Rs case with the Union Home Top brass of the Force is tions ? It is only in your mind. create hue and cry over lack of since 1947," he said. Shah said so far claimed 41,800 lives. "In riage were not applicable to 800 crore the CRPF has sought Ministry on July 22, August 8 miffed over the non-allocation of There are no restrictions. Only mobile connections for few on October 27, 1947, the that elections, MLAs were Jammu & Kashmir because of from the Union Home and September 9 "for allotment funds despite repeated reminders misinformation about restric- days. Lack of phone connection Indian Army had reached elected even with 10 votes. Article 370. "Tell me one ben- Ministry despite reminders of additional fund amounting as the jawans will have to chip in tions is being spread," he said. is not human rights violation," Kashmir and defeated Pakistani 1987 elections was the root efit which was available due to sent in July, August and Rs 800 crore so that continuous from their salary component for Shah said curfew has been he said. Shah also said 10,000 attackers. It was marching cause of terrorism in Jammu & Article 370. Because of Article September. However, the ration money allowance could mess expenses in the absence of lifted in all 196 police stations new landline connections were towards PoK and they were on Kashmir," he said. 370, corruption has flourished," reminders went unanswered be drawn with regular pay but ration money and the same will in Kashmir, and only in eight given in Jammu & Kashmir the verge of victory. Shah, however, praised for- he said. and no reason has been pro- allotment of additional budget stretch their pockets. 6 4#    %      5    F             J     !     8?@1?=5

  8?@1?=5 consistent position that the overt agencies here have state of Jammu and Kashmir is Claunched an internal ongress on Sunday an integral part of India and its enquiry to ascertain the reasons Cexpressed its disappoint- accession is final and irrevo- behind failure of an operation ment with the much hyped cable. We endorse the official to poison Jaish-e-Mohammad meeting of Prime Minister position that all issues per- chief Maulana Masood Azhar Narendra Modi with US taining to Jammu and Kashmir while the terror mastermind President Donald Trump say- are India's internal affairs and was undergoing renal treat- ing it failed to meet India's there is no question of any ment earlier this year. expectations despite the public third party meddling," said Top sources said two med- display of bonhomie and spe- the former External Affairs ical officers of Pakistan Army cial friendship during 'Howdy Minister. Medical Corps backtracked at Modi' extravaganza. "PM seems to be carried the last moment, making the Claiming that there were away by his own propaganda plan to eliminate Azhar astray. no tangible outcomes of the and disconnected with the Azhar underwent kidney visit which would justify the harsh ground realities of deep- transplant in March-April this BJP celebration, the Opposition ening economic crisis, falling year and the attempt to inject  % $  party said Modi was unsuc- investments, Crashing indus- him with a toxin was planned cessful in persuading Trump to trial production, loss of jobs during his dialysis at undis- #   0 % restore the Generalized System and wages and collapsing closed medical facility of the     of Preference (GSP) for Indian demand and consumption. It's Pak army. exports to US markets. He high time that the government The two Paksitani doctors  $  also failed to persuade the US brings back focus on real issues were roped in for the secret job   % for withdrawal of reduction in and not deflect by engaging in and a meeting with Indian  &  '  5   $ 7)  3  5    $  3   O   P3     $/ number of H1-B visas for boastful campaign officials was held in a third %  # Indian professionals and steep propaganda," said the state- country location but with the    % hike in fee. ment. plan going haywire, the agen- 3$  "Failure to conclude the Congress will appreciate cies are now seeking to estab- &          3   ! trade deal has caused disap- that the Prime Minister shares lish how the operation failed /   "$  pointment in the Indian indus- the government assessment of and if any hostile intelligence  4  # /   said adding that there are sev- Referring to the festival has been banned so that this try and exporters weighed his visit with the leaders of the agencies had any role in sabo- eral women in society who are season, the prime minister also new form of intoxication does down by the recession in our political parties. taging the plan. %   %  making a mark by their talent. reminded listeners about the not destroy our demographi- economy," Deputy Leader of Congress condemned the The plan to hit Azhar by    0 "There are several daugh- rich-poor divide and said there cally young country. It does not Opposition in Rajya Sabha provocative and preposterous covert means was conceptu-    ters, daughters-in-law who are should be an "out delivery" of trample the dreams of a fami- Anand Sharma said in a state- statement made by Pakistan alised as soon as inputs of his   $ doing exceptional work ... gifts and sweets. ly and waste the lives of our ment upon arrival of Modi PM Imran Khan at the UNGA. kidney transplant was received  % Some are teaching poor chil- "On the one hand, when children. This scourge and this from the US. "It was aimed at misleading by the agencies here. The agen- dren, some are spreading we experience 'delivery in' of obnoxious habit should not However, Sharma said international opinion using cies strated looking for sources storming in the agencies to   8?@1?=5 awareness about health and sweetmeats, apparel, gifts and become rooted in our society," Congress is in complete agree- falsehood and fabrication of in all possible hospitals where identify fresh options to exe- sanitation. Many are serving as so on, let us think for a moment the PM asserted. ment with the stand taken by facts to defame India. The lan- Azhar could have been sub- cute such operaions, the rime Minister Narendra doctors, engineers ... As lawyers on the process of 'delivery out'. There is no confusion the Prime Minister on Pakistan guage of Pakistan PM was jected for the kidney transplant sources said. PModi on Sunday urged peo- they are helping in delivery of At least in our homes, items about angers posed by a ciga- and the continuing threat of unbecoming of a Prime in March. In this manner, the Russian and Israeli agen- ple to launch a campaign to justice. The society can identi- that are in excess and are not rette. It causes harm. The terrorism. Minister and has no place in doctors of the Pakistan army cies have been known to honour daughters who have fy such daughters and honour required anymore, could be smoker and the seller know the "We congratulate the PM any civilised discourse," were identified for the job. undertake such operations to made a mark with their them across India," he said. allocated for 'delivery out'," he harm it causes, he pointed out. for reiterating India's firm and Sharma said. After the poison bid failed, eliminate hostile agents against achievements in various fields Modi, who is known for said referring to the joy of shar- "But the case of e-cigarettes is the agencies also attempted to their respective nations. A for public good. In his month- extensively using social media ing. He said in festivities, quite different. There is little target Azhar when a blast Russian operation few years ly radio talk - Mann ki Baat - to connect with the people, said homes are filled with joy. But awareness among people about occurred at the Rawalpindi back in United Kingdom Prime Minister said e-ciga- their work can be highlighted there are many people around e-cigarette. They are also com- -. %  / / Military Hospital on June 23 wherein a Russian agent was rettes were banned to prevent on social media platforms who remain deprived of cele- pletely unaware of its danger but the terror mastermind injected with radioactive mate- the youth from falling into new using the hashtag brations, he said, suggesting and for this reason sometimes  % $   remained unscathed. rial Polonium to fuel slow way of intoxication. He also "BharatKiLakshmi". Modi people to contact NGOs and e-cigarettes sneak into the The enquiry will also seek death after he double-crossed called for sharing of Diwali gifts recalled the success of the "self- startups which distribute house out of sheer curiosity," he to establish the reasons for the the host agency of Moscow. and sweets to bring happiness ie with daughter" campaign to clothes and food to the "under- warned.   8?@1?=5 failure of the mission through Likewise, Israelis have also to those who cannot afford it. drive home his point. privileged". Urging people to shun the blast bid. undertaken a number of oper- "Daughters are considered "Encouraging Bharat ki Urging people to shun tobacco, the Prime Minister ice President M Venkaiah After two back to back ations to eliminate targets in the as Lakshmi in our culture ... Lakshmi means strengthening tobacco, Prime said e cigarettes warned that e cigarettes, which VNaidu on Sunday lauded efforts to get rid of Azhar terrorist ranks of Hamas, a ter- Can't we felicitate daughters in the path to success of the were banned to prevent the are used as a "fashion state- Prime Minister Narendra failed, there is a serious brain- ror group against Tel Aviv. our villages and cities by hold- country and its people," the youth from falling into the new ment", are a new way of getting Modi's statesmanship for ing public programmes," he Prime Minister said. way of intoxication. " e-cigarette addicted to nicotine. championing the cause of peace and prosperity at the United Nations in contrast to Pakistan ty across the globe," he said in Prime Minister Imran Khan's his Facebook post. 1 # %   $          brinkmanship displaying a nar- Naidu said this UN session row and perverse mindset. presented a clear choice   8?@1?=5 received a record 90 eligible Reich: Mother India December 16 at the IME Nepal In a Facebook post, the vice between peaceful coexistence entries this year from 42 pub- (Macmillan, Pan Macmillan, Literature Festival in Pokhara president also complimented and pursuit of conflicts bor- even women authors and lishers and 55 imprints from India)" in Nepal. India for effectively unveiling dering on perversion. "This UN Sequal numbers of debut across the globe. The five Speaking on the occasion, Surina Narula, co- its vision for peace and devel- session brought out in focus novelists figure in the longlist member international jury Harish Trivedi, Chair of the founder of the DSC Prize opment for humanity at the diametrically opposite visions of the prestigious DSC prize for panel diligently adjudicated on jury commented, "We read 90 said, "I would like to thank the 74th UNGA Session as powered by statesmanship south Asian literature. these to select a longlist of 15 novels at the average rate of one international jury panel for opposed to the ideology that soaring high in the statement Comprising three translated novels. a day — an exhilarating, going through all the entries believes in violence, terrorism of PM Modi and its opposite of works from Malayalam, Tamil The longlisted entries enlightening and humbling and coming up with such an and warmongering for short- brinkmanship stooping too and Bengali, the `longlist' was contending for the DSC Prize experience. Some of the novels excellent longlist for the DSC sighted vested interests. low," he said. unveiled by chair of the jury for South Asian Literature we read narrated the nation. Prize for South Asian He also lauded young The Vice President noted panel Harish Trivedi at a spe- 2019 are: Akil Kumarasamy: Some others explored individ- Literature 2019. Each of the 15 diplomat Vidisha Maitra for that statesmanship flows from cial event at the Oxford Half Gods (Farrar, Straus" & ual subjectivities and yet longlisted books vividly bring effectively placing before the sacred hearts and noble Bookstore in New Delhi. Giroux, USA) Amitabha aligned them to a broader out the changing nuances of comity of nations the choice thoughts that worry for the The US $25,000 DSC Prize Bagchi: Half the Night is social and political reality. South Asian life and the effect between statesmanship and good of mankind, while "its for South Asian Literature, Gone (Juggernaut Books, Some grabbed us by the throat that globalization has had in brinkmanship by effectively opposite of brinkmanship is a which is now in its ninth year, India)" Devi S. Laskar: The not so much for what they were this region. I am delighted bringing out the defining char- manifestation of narrow and highlights the growing diversity Atlas of Reds and Blues There's Gunpowder in the Rajkamal Jha: The City and saying but for how they said it. to see the strong presence of acteristics of these opposing perverse minds propelled by and the power of new writing (Counterpoint Press, USA)" Air (Translated by Arunava the Sea (Hamish Hamilton, "The jury will now further debut novelists, women visions. defining lack of concern for in the South Asian literary Fatima : The Runaways Sinha, Eka, Amazon" Penguin Random House, evaluate the longlisted entries writers and translations on "I compliment PM Modi larger good of humanity". "The landscape. The longlist reflects (Viking, Penguin Random Westland, India) Mirza India)" Sadia Abbas: The over the next month and the this list as well as voices from for championing the cause of choice is clear. Let humanity growing focus on South Asian House, India, and Viking, Waheed: Tell Her Everything Empty Room (Zubaan shortlist of 5 or 6 books for the beyond the region writing peace and prosperity for larg- march on the path of peaceful themes in literature as many of Penguin Random" House, (Context, Amazon Westland, Publishers, India)" Shubhangi DSC Prize 2019 will be about South Asia. This is a er good by giving a crisp development highlighted by the selected authors are based UK) Jamil Jan Kochai: 99 India)" Nadeem Zaman: In Swarup: Latitudes of Longing announced on 6th November, strong endorsement of our account of the unfolding India Indian model," he said. outside the region. This Nights in Logar (Bloomsbury the Time of the Others (HarperCollins, 2019 at the London School of vision for the prize, as over the development narrative that is "The statement of PM includes an American writer Circus, Bloomsbury, India" & (Picador, Pan Macmillan, HarperCollins, India)" T. D. Economics & Political Science last nine years, it has been able aimed at achieving Sustainable Modi and intervention of our without any South Asian eth- UK, and Viking, Penguin India)" Perumal Murugan: A Ramakrishnan: Sugandhi (LSE) in London. Thereafter to showcase the Development Goals, a cause young diplomat exercising our nic roots. Random House, USA) Lonely Harvest (Translated by alias Andal Devanayaki the jury would meet to arrive immense and diverse talent dear to the UN and the comi- right to reply to the account of The DSC Prize, adminis- Madhuri Vijay: The Far Field Aniruddhan Vasudevan, (Translated by Priya K. Nair, at the final winner that would writing about this region and ty of nations committed to the brinkmanship are worthy of tered by the South Asian (Grove Press, Grove Atlantic, Penguin Books, Penguin" Harper Perennial," be announced at a special present it to readers across the welfare and future of humani- full reading," he added. Literature Prize & Events Trust, USA)" Manoranjan Byapari: Random House, India) HarperCollins, India) Tova Award Ceremony on world. "   !"#$%&$'(   5

/67 67'  ( !  R  % $  ( * < >  8       $ /P    #$ &1$ Congress will have an upper could manage to win only one ! .( hand. Going by the number of out of 40 Lok Sabha seats in Itanagar: Five major political peace in the area, a resolution     candidates and capacity to put 2019 general elections. parties of Arunachal Pradesh, adopted by them on Saturday up a challenge, the Congress is The bypolls for the both ruling and Opposition, said. Guwahati: The ruling BJP on   of the opinion of contesting Kishanganj assembly seat was have unanimously decided to At the meeting, chaired by Sunday named three new faces more seats than the earlier for- required as Mohammad Javed, a field Chakat Aboh, the wife of Chief Minister Pema Khandu, and a former Congress MLA for /9    .&   $   mula of 125 seats each,” Thorat Congress MLA from Kishanganj NPP leader Tirong Aboh who the leaders also said she will be the bypolls in four Assembly said after meeting NCP leader got elected to the Lok Sabha. was shot dead in May, as an able to carry forward the lega- constituencies in Assam.    Dhananjay Munde. Election Commission independent candidate for the cy of her husband. The Central Election  5 <= )) 5  The party also approved the announced the schedule for the bypoll to Khonsa West The Chief Minister had Committee of the BJP cleared   2 candidature of Ashok Kumar for bypolls on October 21, while the Assembly seat. earlier said in the Assembly the four names for Assam, # 2/+ Samastipur-SC Lok Sabha con- counting of votes will take place Tirong Aboh, who was that an all-party meeting will which will go for the bypolls on Gangtok: The BJP, which drew two Assembly seats vacated stituency in Bihar while the on October 24. gunned down by suspected be held to choose Chakat October 21, a party statement a blank in the Sikkim one. The BJP, which has been candidatures of Sayeeda Banu The bypolls in Rajasthan are NSCN militants along with Aboh as the unanimous can- said. For the Ratabari, Jania Assembly elections earlier this trying to gain a foothold in the   8?@1?=5 from the Kishanganj Assembly being conducted as Khinwsar others, was the MLA of didate from the constituency and Sonari seats, the BJP has year, has tied up with the rul- state, had received a major seat in Bihar, Rita Chaudhary MLA Hanuman Beniwal and Khonsa West where the by- of her husband. fielded first timers Bijay Malakar, ing SKM in the state for the boost earlier this year, when 10 ongress on Sunday from Mandawa in Rajasthan, Mandava MLA Narendra election is scheduled to be held Tirong Aboh, his son and Towfiqur Rahman and Nabanita October 21 bypolls to three Sikkim Democratic Front Cannounced the candidates Harendra Mirdha from the Kumar were elected to Lok on October 21. nine others were shot dead by Handique respectively. Assembly seats. (SDF) MLAs joined the party. for most of the Maharashtra Khinwsar Assembly constituen- Sabha in May this year. Of 200 At an all-party meeting suspected NSCN militants at Former Congress MLA Addressing a joint press "This is new beginning of Assembly seats and also for the cy in Rajasthan and Mannu assembly seats in Rajasthan, the attended by top leaders of the 12 Mile area in Tirap district Rajen Borthakur, who joined the meet here on Saturday, BJP's a long-term relationship. The bypolls to a Lok Sabha seat and Devi for the Balha-SC Assembly Congress has 106 MLAs, includ- ruling BJP, and opposition on May 21, two days before he BJP, has been given ticket by the Sikkim in-charge Nitin Navin BJP and SKM have worked out various Assembly constituencies constituency in Uttar Pradesh. ing the six who defected to the Congress, JD(U), NPP and was declared elected from saffron party to contest from the said the two parties have decid- a seat-sharing formula for the in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and The bypolls for the party from the BSP recently. The the PPA decided that none of Khonsa West seat as a National Rangapara Assembly con- ed to work together to speed upcoming bypolls to three Rajasthan. Samastipur seat was necessi- BJP has 72 MLAs; CPI (M), them will field any candidate People’s Party (NPP) candi- stituency. Out of the four seats, up development in the border Assembly seats," Navin stated. Congress president Sonia tated after the death of Lok Rashtriya Loktantrik Party against Chakat Aboh to ensure date. PTI three were captured by the rul- state. Explaining the reasons for Gandhi approved the candida- Janshakti Party (LJP) Member (RLP) and the Bharatiya Tribal ing BJP, while the Congress had The saffron party is set to the tie-up, SKM spokesperson ture of 51 Assembly seats of the of Parliament (MP) Ram Party (BTP) have two legislators bagged one during the 2016 contest the bypolls from Jacob Khaling Rai said Sikkim 125 seats in its share in alliance Chandra Paswan. In Bihar, the each while the Rashtriya Lok Dal Assembly elections in the state. Gangtok and Martam-Rumtek has matters pending, which with NCP from the total of 250 Grand Alliance comprising the (RLD), an ally of the Congress, The seats fell vacant as BJP Assembly seats, reserved for only the Central government assembly seats in the State. The RJD, Congress, Hindustani has one MLA. Thirteen legisla- MLAs — Kripanath Mallah indigenous Bhutia and Lepcha can resolve. list of candidates was finalised Awam Morcha and VIP party tors are Independent. (Ratabari), Pallab Lochan Das communities, respectively, Among other demands, after the party’s Central Election (Rangapara) and Topon Kumar while the ruling Sikkim the state has long been seeking Committee met under the Gogoi (Sonari) — and Congress Krantikari Morcha (SKM) will Assembly seat reservation chairmanship of Sonia Gandhi legislator Abdul Khaleque field its candidate from for Limboo and Tamang and cleared the names. $ *  (Jania) resigned from the Poklok-Kamrang seat. communities and tribal status Former Chief Minister Assembly after winning the Lok Bypolls were necessitated for 11 "left-out" communities, Ashok Chavan will contest from Sabha election. PTI after legislators who had won Rai said. PTI Bhikar seat, while former Home ( 5  Minister Sushilkumar Shinde’s daughter Praniti will contest the Solapur City Central. State party Mumbai: Capping days of candidature has been 2      chief Vijay Balasaheb Thorat is speculation, the Shiv Sena on finalised. Former NCP leader the candidate from Sangamner. Sunday said it has decided to Sachin Ahir had recently Former Chief Minister field Aaditya Thackeray, the joined the Sena, which will Vilasrao Deshmukh’s son Amit elder son of party chief Uddhav make Thackeray's win easy,"   ?  <   has been fielded from the Latur Thackeray, from the Worli he said. City seat and senior party leader Assembly constituency in Ahir had unsuccessfully   8?@1?=5 Union Home Ministry in third phase of release is due Nitin Raut, who heads the Mumbai. contested the 2014 assembly close coordination with state on October 2 and the action party’s SC department, has been With this, Aaditya has election against Sunil Shinde. everal hundred prisoners, governments and the is underway by states and fielded from the Nagpur North become the first member of the Ever since the Shiv Sena Swho have not been con- union territory UTs, the official said. (reserved) constituency. Thackeray clan ever to contest was founded by late Bal victed for murder, rape and administrations. Prisoners, including Maharashtra Congress chief an election. Thackeray in 1966, no member corruption, will be released According to a Home politicians, who have been Balasaheb Thorat said Congress Talking to PTI, a close of the family had contested any from jails across India on Ministry official, under the convicted in cases of murder, is likely to have an “upper hand” aide of Sena chief said, “Aaditya election or held any constitu- October 2 to commemorate scheme for special remission rape or corruption, will not be in alliance with the NCP for next Thackeray’s name has been tional post. the 150th birth anniversary to prisoners to commemorate released as part of the month’s Assembly polls and finalised for the Worli Uddhav's cousin and of Mahatma Gandhi, officials 150th birth anniversary of amnesty scheme announced may contest more seats than the Assembly segment. Shiv Sena’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena said on Sunday. The number Mahatma Gandhi, so far 1,424 by the government last year ‘125 each’ formula earlier agreed sitting MLA Sunil Shinde will (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray of prisoners to be released on prisoners have been released for the year-long celebrations upon. The State goes to polls on vacate his place for Aaditya.” had announced his intention to Gandhi Jayanti could be by states and Union territories to mark the 150th birth October 21 and counting of "Worli is considered one contest the 2014 State Assembly around 600 and the final list in two phases — on October anniversary of Mahatma votes will be held on October 24. of the safest constituencies for elections. However, he had is being prepared by the 2, 2018 and April 6, 2019. The Gandhi. “The NCP admits that the the Sena, hence Aaditya's later changed his mind. PTI /0 1"#*2 3"#'& %$     &3     #*" '#"" # * 4 5          New Delhi: CPI MP Binoy year, you will declare India an of Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri   7(66 would be filed up to October polling hours shall be from 9 Viswam has urged Prime open-defecation-free coun- district. 9, 2019 and the scrutiny of am to 1 pm while the count- Minister Narendra Modi to try.... I urge you to undertake “Our system did not stop hief Electoral Officer nomination papers shall take ing of votes shall be taken up travel by train through any a morning train journey the accused from killing these C(CEO), J&K, Shailendra place on October 10, 2019. on the day of poll from 3 pm north Indian State to gauge the through any of the north Dalit children, who were Kumar, who is also Election According to him, the onwards unless notified oth- extent of open defecation tak- Indian states. What good is a forced to defecate in the open Authority under Panchayati date of withdrawal of candi- erwise, followed by announce- ing place in the country, days declaration when our reality is because they did not have a toi- Raj Act 1989, on Sunday dature has been fixed as ments of results the same day. after two Dalit children were this? let at home. These children, announced the schedule for October 11, 2019, and The CEO also announced allegedly beaten to death in “Before you declare India who were not allowed to share the Block Development Elections shall be held on that the provisions of Model Madhya Pradesh for defecating an open-defecation-free coun- a seat with others in their Council (BDC) elections in October 24. Code of Conduct shall also in the open. try invoking the memory of school, or to draw water from J&K with polling on October The entire election come into force with imme- In a letter to Modi, Gandhiji on the 2nd of the common well, have now 24. process shall be completed by diate effect, adding all the pro- Viswam has said the deaths of October, do enquire about the been murdered. Father of our Addressing a Press November 5, 2019, said visions of MCC will apply to the two Dalit children days deaths of these two children,” nation Mahatma Gandhi Conference in Srinagar, the Shailendra during the presser all the Panchayat Halqas before October 2, Mahatma the Left leader has said in his hoped to wipe off the tears of CEO informed that the which was also attended by (Rural Areas) and will be Gandhi’s birth anniversary, letter to the Prime Minister. these downtrodden commu- Election notification in this media persons from Jammu applicable to all the candi- should be investigated and Two children, aged 10 and nities. I wonder if Godse did regard will be issued on division via video link. dates, political parties and that the Prime Minister should 12 years, were allegedly beat- not kill these goals too when he October 1, 2019. Elaborating details, the the State and Central mention them in his speech. en to death for defecating in shot the Mahatma,” Viswam           > ?  )      !    He said, the nominations CEO informed that the Governments. PTI “On October 2nd this the open in Bhavkhedi village has written to Modi. PTI  '                $ '  4 ( -3:3; 63:;'  #"( &' "2 # +     7     9:. '"*  !#

 (     7(66 senior officers. 1'Q 6( # Elaborate security arrange- ith the beginning of the ments have been made to Kolkata: Divisions came to the leader of the BJP. We don’t Wnine-day long Navratri ensure safety and security of Mumbai: Donald Trump may Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin fore in the committee of a want the over three-decade- festival, the two month long pilgrims reaching katra, base have called Prime Minister Nathuram Godse, Tushar Durga Puja here on Sunday old B J Block puja to be ‘dry spell’ ended after an esti- camp of shrine. The police Narendra Modi ‘father of India’, Gandhi said, “The time will over inviting Union Home coloured by politics, by invit- mated 1 lakh pilgrims flocked and shrine board authorities but Mahatma Gandhi’s great- judge what is better.” Minister Amit Shah to inau- ing someone who has no con- Katra in the last 24 hours to are mostly relying on third eye grandson Tushar Gandhi is not “Those who worship hate gurate it on October 1. nection with the locality,” he perform special prayers inside (cctv cameras) to keep track of impressed. and violence can praise Godse. The row erupted after a said. the sanctum sanctorum of the suspicious movement of He wonders whether the US I will not have any grudge section of the members of the The committee member Mata Vaishno Devi Cave miscreants and for better man- President may also like to replace against them. It is their right as BJ Block Durga Puja in Salt claimed this was the sentiment Shrine, nestled in Trikuta hills. agement of the yatra rush. To George Washington with him- I have the right to worship Lake in the eastern fringes of of a large number of people in After revocation of the boost pilgrim traffic in the self. Tushar Gandhi also finds Bapu. I welcome them,” he said. the city claimed they were not the neighbourhood. Article 370 and bifurcation of region, the railway ministry is the Government’s plans to cel- On the Indian government’s consulted before inviting Shah. However, Ghosh Dastidar the State into two Union scheduled to start ‘Vande ebrate the 150th birth anniver- plan to celebrate the 150th birth BJ Block Puja committee said that apart from Shah, Territories on August 5, the pil- Bharat’ train services between sary of Mahatma Gandhi in a anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi President Umashankar Ghosh Bidhananagar Municipal grim traffic to the cave shrine New Delhi to Katra to enable grand manner “only symbolic”. in a grand manner, Tushar Dastidar told reporters that Corporation Mayor Krishna had declined drastically. A total         7   9        pilgrims to reach Katra in the Last week, Trump heaped Gandhi, who is a managing Shah has given his consent to Chakraborty and West Bengal number of 6.02 lakhs pilgrims    .     $ shortest possible time of 8 praise on Modi, who was visit- trustee of the Mahatma Gandhi inaugurate the puja at 7 pm on state minister Sujit Bose have visited Katra in the month of hours from October 3. ing the US, saying, “I remember Foundation, said such celebra- the fixed date. also been invited to the inau- August, recording an average long Navratri festival”. to decorate the bhawan shrine On the occasion,Advisor to India before was very torn. tions are only symbolic. “Since the puja committee guration. footfall between 13,000 to To woo the pilgrims from and erected several gates to Governor, KK Sharma There was a lot of dissension, “Bapu’s thoughts and ideol- is inviting a Union Minister for He said on previous occa- 18,000 on daily basis. different parts of the country, welcome the pilgrims. informed that the State fighting and he (Modi) brought ogy can be applied everywhere, the first time, certain issues sions, several West Bengal Simrandeep Singh, Chief the cave shrine was tastefully Earlier, Minister of State in Government has passed a pro- it all together. Like a father as in life and in administration, could not be discussed with all state ministers and then Executive Officer, Shri Mata decorated with with imported the Prime Minister’s Office, Dr posal of 98 crore for would. Maybe he is the father of but sadly that does not happen,” the members and people in the Governor K N Tripathi had Vaishno Devi Shrine Board flowers and fresh fruits. The 13 Jitendra Singh and Advisor to Rejuvenation plan for Ban India.” Reacting to the US pres- he said. “Bapu has been reduced locality due to security rea- inaugurated the puja. Sunday told The Pioneer, “ an km long yatra track has also Governor, KK Sharma inau- Ganga stream and its DPR has ident’s September 24 comment, to a symbol, like on currency sons,” he said. BJP state General estimated 1 lakh pilgrims have been beautifully decorated and gurated the Navratri festival in been forwarded to the Union Tushar Gandhi told PTI, “Those notes and on Swachh Bharat However, another com- Secretary Sayantan Basu said so far registered themselves to illuminated to create a spiritu- Katra. Government. ‘To prevent flow who feel the need to replace the Abhiyan posters,” Tushar mittee member, who claimed Shah will inaugurate the B J perform the pilgrimage in the ally stimulating atmosphere The inaugural ceremony of waste and sewage into Ban father of the nation with a new Gandhi said. to represent the dissident Block Puja on October 1. last 24 hours”. for the pilgrims. was marked with traditional Ganga, 3 major sewage treat- one are welcome. Trump may Society should understand members, said they did not “It has been shortlisted for He said, ahead of the Gold plated entrance gates, prayers and a colourful cultur- ment plants and 1 small STP is also like to replace George the Mahatma’s ideology, which want to give a “political inauguration by Amit Shah Navratri festival, 45,000 pil- installed at the front of the 96 al bonanza comprising dances coming up around Katra soon’, Washington (one of the found- has proven to be timeless and colour” to the puja. among five pujas of the city,” grims arrived in Katra on feet long traditional cave, are presented by the artists from all he added. ing fathers of the United States) has inspired mass movements “We have nothing against he said. Earlier, Sayantan Basu Saturday. On Sunday, over 50, going to be an added attraction over the country. KK Sharma announced with himself.” The 59-year-old is across the world, he said. Amit Shah, he is the home had become the president of 000 pilgrims were expected to for lakhs of pilgrims offering The inaugural ceremony that soon a separate CEO for the son of journalist Arun Gandhian thought is the minister of our country. We the committee of a well- register themselves at the reg- prayers inside the sanctum was also attended by Divisional Katra Municipal Committee Gandhi, grandson of Manilal ideology of “sustainability” and are proud of India and some of known Durga Puja in south istration counters, he added. sanctorum during Navratas Commissioner Jammu, Sanjeev would be appointed. He Gandhi and great-grandson of is gaining global acceptance at a the decisions taken in recent Kolkata and had proposed to “We are expecting a rush of this year. Verma and Deputy divulged that more funds the Mahatma. time when intolerant and times to protect our nation. invite Amit Shah to inaugu- around 4 lakh pilgrims to visit A large army of around 400 Commissioner Reasi, Indu would be released for holistic Asked about a section of the extremist ideologies seem to be “However, he is also a top rate it. PTI cave shrine during the nine day workers worked day and night Kanwal Chib besides other development of the town. right-wing in India glorifying strengthening, he said. PTI   !"#$%&$'(   1      *   @ P  !!    ;    26  &      Patna: RJD supremo Lalu me,” Rai said. “It is Misa Bharti who is try-  (+ ( + Prasad’s estranged daughter- The estranged daughter- ing to drive a wedge between the   7(66 in-law Aishwarya Rai on in-law of Rabri Devi said, when two brothers.” Sunday blamed her eldest sister- she began shooting the entire Rai had tied the knot with t least four civilians includ-   >=(#( in-law Misa Bharti for creating episode on her mobile phone, Tej Pratap in May last year and Aing a minor child and her a rift between Roy and Tej the staff tried to snatch it. had maintained a silence even mother received injuries as ours after BJP acting pres- Pratap Yadav and driving a “I ran and he chased me after her husband went to court there has been no let up from Hident JP Nadda slammed wedge between Tejashwi Yadav until I came outside the inner seeking divorce six months the Pakistani side to target the the Mamata Banerjee and her husband. quarters,” said Rai, based on later. civilian areas during intense Government for running a A drama unfolded at the 10, whose complaint, an official of “Unfortunately, my father- exchange of firing. jungle raj in Bengal, senior Circular Road residence of for- the ‘Mahila Helpline’ rushed to in-law is not present here. He is According to ground Trinamool Congress leaders mer Bihar Chief Minister Rabri the spot. the only one who could have reports, Pakistan Army initiat- like Firhad Hakim hit him  ) Devi, where Rai spoke to the Pramila, the Helpline offi- sorted things out. It is Misa ed ‘ unprovoked’ ceasefire vio- back saying it was Nadda who media for the first time in the cial, told reporters, “Let me first Bharti who does not want me to lation along the Line of Control had come from jungle to gious act, he said “Bengal has presence of her parents who have a detailed conversation succeed in my efforts to save my in Balakote sector of Mendhar Bengal which had a civilised jungle raj during the TMC rushed to the spot upon receiv- with the complainant. Based on marriage,” Rai said. on Sunday and targeted sever- Government. rule,” adding the “goonda raj ing her distress call. that, we would decide the course Prasad is serving sentences al civilian areas. Hakim, a senior Minister will soon come to an end in “I wanted my relationship of action to be taken into the in a number of fodder scam In response, Indian Army in Mamata Banerjee’s Cabinet, Bengal as the time of the TMC (with Tej Pratap) to work. matter.” cases in Ranchi for more than retaliated strongly. Till the time said “this man (Nadda) himself government is over. Mamata Hence, I had been staying here When asked who were pre- a year. of filing the report, intermittent CRPF Rajesh Kumar Yadav, IG injured in the encounter. The has come from the jungle — Banerjee is fast losing his polit- even after my husband filed a sent inside the house while she Roy’s father Chandrika Rai shelling was going on in the Jammu Mukesh Singh first vis- DGP also met the family mem- where unemployment rate is ical ground in Bengal.” divorce petition. Though it is was being denied food and a several-term MLA currently forward areas of Mendhar. The ited Batote. The DGP visited bers of the injured personnel. increasing, economy has nose- Meanwhile, the Chief pending, my in-laws have start- attempts were made to snatch belonging to the RJD was seen firing continued even as it was site of the encounter and inter- According to police dived and people are lynched Minister attacked the Centre ed treating me as if we are her phone, Rai said, “Rabri having heated exchanges with raining in the region. The acted with the family and also spokesman, “seven personnel — and that is why he sees jun- for subverting federalism in already divorced,” Rai said. Devi, Misa Bharti and Tejashwi the security personnel, who injured civilians were shifted to the elderly person namely Vijay were injured among which gle raj everywhere.” India. She alleged that the way She was seated under a Yadav”. were refusing him entry into the Rajouri hospital for medical Kumar who was taken hostage SPO Imtiyaz Hussain is still It was “unfortunate that a the Centre was passing laws shed along with her parents in Asked about their respons- inner quarters. treatment, official sources said. but saved by the operational critical”. Those injured include senior leader like him can unilaterally and without taking front of the outhouses situated es to the incident, Rai said, “My “They are neither meeting Meanwhile, Director team of the Police, Army and SI Sonu, SI Shabir and Const. make such comments when the Opposition parties into inside the premises while speak- mother-in-law simply abdicat- us nor picking up the phone. I General of Police Dilbagh CAPF. The DGP also extend- Amir Hussain. The DGP Bengal has set a record in confidence amounted to defy- ing to reporters. ed her responsibility while Misa would have never agreed (for Singh Sunday visited Batote ed financial help to the family. directed the SSP Udhampur to terms of developmental work ing the federal values of the “For the past three months, Bharti, who has been staying her daughter’s marriage with Tej town, along with senior CRPF DIG DKR Range B.S Tuti, DIG take care of the parents / rela- and job creation.” Indian constitution. I have been subjected to ill- here despite being married for Pratap) had I known things and police officers and felici- CRPF Prabhat Chandra Jha, tives of the injured persons. Nadda had come to She tweeted on Saturday treatment here. I was not given long, went about creating mis- would come to this shameful tated the joint teams of securi- CO B.P. Yadav, SSP Doda The DGP also met SI Kolkata to perform Tarpan which was observed as the food, so every day my meals chief so that her writ runs large pass,” he said. ty forces behind eliminated Mumtaz Ahmad, SSP Ramban Amardeep Thakur who was ceremony — offering sacred International Day for Universal used to come from my resi- within the family.” No member of Prasad’s three terrorists during the nine Anita Sharma briefed the DGP injured in an encounter in water normally to the spirits of Access to Information “Our dence. On RJD heir apparent family or any RJD leader close hour long operation on and other visiting officers Baramulla. He impressed upon dead ancestors — on the party strongly condemned the “Since Saturday, however, I Tejashwi Yadav’s role, she said, to Lalu Prasad’s family was Saturday. regarding encounter. the doctors to provide all the Mahalaya Day by offering way in which important Bills was being denied access even to “He has always been helpful. I ready to speak on the matter According to police Later in the afternoon the needed medical help. The DGP sacred water to the BJP work- including the amendments to the kitchen. A personal staff of do not know what happened even as the BJP attacked the for- spokesman, “The DGP accom- DGP visited the Military also provided financial help on ers falling prey to TMC vio- the Right to Information Act, my mother-in-law rudely told since yesterday. Whether he mer chief minister and his kin panied by ADGP CRPF Hospital Udhampur to know the spot to the families of lence in Bengal. was passed in parliament, hurt- me that it has been locked and was aware or not of what was for having “humiliated such a Zulfikar Hassan and IGP (Ops) the welfare of the personnel injured personnel. After performing the reli- ing federalism.” refused to hand over the keys to going on. respectable family”. PTI : / .             /    7    *6   Bengaluru: Amid reports that not happened. I don’t know Deputy Chief Minister C N the phone of Nirmalananda what he gained from this. I feel Ashwath Narayan and Revenue <   Swamiji, an influential seer of the pity for his hurried move....” he Minister R Ashoka, who hail dominant Vokkaliga communi- added. from Vokkaliga community had      ty was also tapped during the Chief Minister BS sought to corner the former coalition Government led by Yediyurappa had last month Chief Minister and his admin- him, former Chief Minister HD handed over the alleged phone istration by raking up the alleged Bengaluru: The resistance from Theni (TN): A doctor, running The Vellore district based Allegedly, a proxy took up Kumaraswamy on Sunday ruled tapping case to CBI probe, as the phone-tapping of Nirmalananda within the ruling BJP against the a hospital in Vellore district medical practitioner allegedly NEET instead of Udity Surya out any involvement in it. scandal gained political steam. Swamiji of the Karnataka Government’s plan to was arrested on Sunday in con- liaisoned with an agent who and based on the marks secured He also said the allegation Several political leaders had Adichunchunagiri Mutt. create a new Vijayanagara dis- nection with the ongoing probe facilitated the impersonation, by the hired man, he joined the has caused him “unbearable accused Kumaraswamy of being Ashoka had gone a step fur- trict by carving out six taluks into the National Eligibility cum they said. Theni Medical College. pain.” behind the episode to save his ther and apologised to the seer, from Ballari is gaining momen- Entrance Test impersonation The doctor is also the father Apart from using proxy, The JD(S) leader said In multiple tweets in government, which was then whose phone was tapped, on tum, with a party MLA on case in Tamil Nadu, CB-CID of an MBBS student studying at other angles like fudging NEET unnecessarily his name was Kannada, he said, Nirmalananda rocked by dissidence within. behalf of the system, and said, Sunday reminding Chief police said. Government Dharmapuri score were also being looked into being linked to the case, and the Swamiji was a moral support for However, the JD(S) leader “it is a mistake, no government Minister BS Yediyurappa of The doctor is suspected to Medical College, who is on in the impersonation case, the seer was a moral support and him and guided him under the had strongly denied it, and said should do it.. Whoever did it, their support to him in occupy- be a conduit who played a key leave for about two weeks and is CB-CID said. guide for him. shelter of his social works. he was ready for any probe. must face punishment, our ing the top post. role in alleged facilitation of suspected to be evading author- After questioning the trio, it “The reports about tapping Swamiji even prayed for CBI sleuths had on government will take all nec- The Chief Minister had ear- impersonation in NEET test ities. came to light that a number of of Nirmalananda Swamiji’s him to lord Kalabhirava. Thursday had carried out essary action.” Kumaraswamy lier this month asked the chief held in Tamil Nadu. Days ago, K V Udit Surya, other students from Tamil Nadu phone during my administra- “Is it possible for me take searches at the residence of for- too belongs to Vokkaliga com- secretary TM Vijay Bhaskar to Also, Rahul pursuing MBBS a student of Theni Medical too had resorted to foul means tion and statements by political suspicious step regarding him? mer Bengaluru Police munity, which is considered as place the proposal on the cre- at Sree Balaji Medical College in College, his doctor father, to get admissions. During pre- leaders regarding it has caused Absolutely not,” he said. Commissioner Alok Kumar in his party- the JD(S) strong ation of the district before the Chennai and his father Davis Venkatesan, a casualty medical liminary inquiry, it was revealed unbearable pain to my heart. “Unnecessarily my name is connection with alleged phone vote bank. Vokkaligas are dom- next Cabinet meeting. have been arrested today, they officer at Government Stanley that lakhs of rupees reportedly Above all this might have being linked to this case. Asoka tapping of politicians and inant in the old Mysuru or If approved, Vijayanagara said adding another girl student Medical College Hospital in changed hands to help aspirants upset Swamiji has increased my (Minister) has gone ahead of bureaucrats during the tenure of Southern Karnataka region, would become the state’s 31st and her parents are also under Chennai and a Kerala based join MBBS through illegal pain,” Kumaraswamy said in a every one and has sought an the Congress-JD(S) government where BJP is trying to make fur- district. the scanner in the case. agent Rasheed were arrested. means. PTI tweet. apology for a mistake that has headed by Kumaraswamy. ther inroads. PTI “When we heard about the proposal, we doubted for a sec- ond on whether we got elected from the BJP or not. In Ballari,           there are four MLAs from the BJP. All of us should have been called,our opinion gathered and       9:.P &  a decision could have been arrived at,” Harapanahalli MLA Karunakara Reddy said. Jammu: Posters warning resi- said, adding that the pasting of Speaking to reporters, he dents against continuing with the posters is believed to be the said, “We have the highest regard normal activities post scrap- handiwork of “mischief mon- and respect for Yediyurappa. ping of special status to Jammu gers”. But, he being an experienced & Kashmir have come up in a “Those behind the pasting person should not have moved town in the border district of of such posters will be traced and so swiftly on the issue.” Minister Poonch, officials said on Sunday, appropriate action as per the law B Sriramulu and BJP MLA from as police rounded up some peo- places in Mendhar town on will be taken against them,” Ballari city G Somashekara ple and believe it to be the hand- Saturday. The posters were Angral said. Reddy had also opposed the iwork of “mischief mongers”. immediately seized by police, the Officials said the posters did move to carve a separate district. This is for the first time that officials said. not have any bearing on the nor- Somashekhar Reddy on such posters by any terrorist The posters also warned mal activities of the people. Saturday had even threatened to organisation have surfaced in shopkeepers, employees, trans- However, additional deploy- quit if Ballari was split to create any part of the Jammu region, porters and petrol pump own- ments have been made in the a new Vijayanagar district, fol- where normal life remained ers against continuing their border town to keep an eye on lowing which Yediyurappa said mostly unaffected after the activities. subversive elements bent upon he would convene a meeting of Centre announced the abroga- “We have taken cognisance to disturb peace in the region, MLAs from Ballari to discuss on tion of provisions of Article of the posters and have round- they said. the issue. Karunakara Reddy and 370 and bifurcation of the state ed up two to three persons for Earlier, posters by different others were particularly upset into Union territories — Jammu questioning,” Poonch Senior terrorist organisations had come with Chief Minister over his & Kashmir, and Ladakh — early Superintendent of Police up in various areas of Kashmir swift action towards creating last month. Ramesh Angral told PTI. Valley, where normal life new district, immediately after The one-page Urdu posters, There is no presence of any remains disrupted for the 56th receiving proposal from a dele- which are claimed to be on terrorist organisation in the dis- day post the Centre’s decision of gation led by former Congress   .   % ' * 3             3                       behalf of Al-Badr Mujahideen, trict after it was declared ter- scrapping Article 370 provi- MLA from Vijayanagara con- &      $ were seen pasted at several rorism free over a decade ago, he sions. PTI stituency Anand Singh. 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Kolkata: Rare photographs September 4 after leaders of the ‘Gandhi Bhavan’. ment fully took over the build- Charka and his correspon- Mahatma by the rioters will Biswanath Dey, who Affairs department said the capturing Mahatma Gandhi’s two communities visited him But it didn’t draw wider ing and it has been massively dence (letter) with people in also be on display, she said. passed away in 2017, was one museum will have three divi- 1947 stay at Beliaghata here and and laid down arms at his feet public attention. In 2009, when upgraded. This renovated Noakhali, in present day “Hyderi Manjil is not just of the associates of Gandhi dur- sions. articles used by him during the and cried for forgiveness,” said the then state governor Gopal building will open as a full- Bangladesh, during the period a building, it’s associated with ing his stay. His daughter-in- “There will be one section over three-week period when an office-bearer of the Purba Krishna Gandhi visited the fledged state-run museum on of the turmoil in Kolkata and many memories. It was the epi- law recalls with pride how depicting Gandhiji’s birth, he tried to douse the flames of Kolkata Gandhi Smarak Samiti, place, he asked the samiti to put Wednesday, when the nation Noakhali will also be added,” centre of the fight against com- Gandhiji asked him to accom- death and political life, this will communal violence will be on that has been managing the on display some of the objects celebrates the 150th birth she said. munalism,” said the samiti offi- pany him during his morning be the new addition to the pre- display from October 2 at the building since late 1950s. used by the Mahatma. anniversary of the Father of the Also newspaper clippings cer-bearer. walks to a nearby canal every vious museum, run by the vol- house that hosted him, and has She said Gandhi and his Since then, it has been run Nation. recording that turbulent phase “The museum, in its full day. untary organisation. now been developed as a full- followers moved to the build- as a small ‘museum’ by the After the restoration of the in Bengal history will also be glory and as a state-run facili- “My father-in-law, who was “There will be another sec- fledged museum. ing, earlier known as ‘Hyderi samiti and objects like the entire building, these items displayed in all the seven rooms ty, will be unveiled on October a teenager in 1947, used to say tion on his relations with In August and September Manjil’, on August 13, 1947. spinning wheel, cap, ‘kharam’, will be displayed in a better and of the museum, she added 2 to let the present generation he was a part of six youths who Hyderi Manjil. And the third of 1947, away from the cele- They lived in two of its seven pillow and mattress used by the more organised way, the official “There are photographs know more about Gandhiji would be always on Gandhiji’s will show how he prevented the bration of Independence, rooms as only these two were Mahatma during his stay are on said, expressing satisfaction too. For example, one is of a and his association with the side,” she recalls. riots in Kolkata and Noakhali Gandhi chose to be in Kolkata inhabitable. display in one of the rooms, an the state government has taken pensive Gandhiji looking at a city,” she said. Another nonagenarian, form escalating further. with some of his followers to But once Gandhi left on official of the samiti said. the organisation on board in dimly-lit lantern. Another, After the restoration, the who frequented the place in Newspaper clippings and other calm the rioters down. He September 4, the building again However, with limited turning the building into a full- taken on September 4, shows building is now safeguarded by those days and liked by Bapu, books and archival materials stayed in the building during went into decay. resources of the samiti, there fledged museum. teary-eyed community leaders a high wall and the steps are says she recently visited the will be kept there,” the official his stay. On October 2, 1985, the was not much public knowl- There will be some new asking him to call off the fast paved with marbles. Its large place and was very happy with said. “The city was in flames. state government’s Public edge about the building and additions in the museum too. on. A photo shows Gandhi in central hall houses several wall the ongoing maintenance work. There will be audio-visual Gandhi and his followers Works Department carried out some of its exhibits and hence “Items used by Gandhiji in ‘mounobrato’ (silence),” the paintings, crafted by the stu- She is now settled in South presentation, another new stayed in the building and sat some maintenance works there the number of visitors was the ashram he set up at Sodpur, office-bearer said. dents of Rabindranath Tagore’s Africa. addition, with voice-over in on an indefinite fast on August in consultation with the sami- few. 10 km from Beliaghata, to help A glass case with three Viswa Bharati, on the 1947 An official of the one section of the museum, the 31. Gandhi called off the fast on ti and and it was named In 2018, the state govern- inmates weave clothes by swords surrendered to the communal violence. Information and Cultural top official said. 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After two decades into the jour-    >            $    ! nalism profession and being spammed, I                    ! have become fairly adept at ignoring                    ! pointless messages after just reading the header. I have some 10,000 unread emails        +            ! for a reason after all, possibly because I          +        ( procrastinate deleting them. That, how-   3 D S          +S   ever, is not the point I want to make in this column.            !       The moot issue is that while the for-               B2S    + wards received by me instantly activated        C             my bullshit filters, a couple of them were particularly egregious. On a school group,   A            (       where classmates keep cribbing about the     +         ;E8   current economic slowdown, one message  .                 in the form of an image popped up wherein it was claimed that after 72 years,      >            :;   the Indian Rupee had weakened against                  !! the Bangladeshi Taka.                   3 Surprisingly, there were no facts to cursory check of the facts tigative story and one misstep I called out both the cases and back up this assertion that can so easily involved. We already have a by the prosecutor can keep a while the first individual was

                  be countered not just by a Google search smartphone for heaven’s sake. murderer free. This urban unapologetic, which is a bit         #  S       — the search string would be “INR/BDT” This forward was, howev- legend had far too many scary, the second at least apol-  !       in case one keeps wondering. Don’t look er, badly thought up and eas- 8(> 8#/G errors and mistakes for it to ogised and assured me that he at “INR/USD” though. But there is also ily disproven. The next mes- have been true, no matter had sent the message in “good "  S #  > +  C       P the rather simple fact that Bangladesh sage was a bit off not just @5?/? how good it sounded. faith.” I did ague that “good    +     Q     #         didn’t even exist as a sovereign nation because of the facts it ?Q?#(#>8>E Every single fact could faith” barely exists anymore.    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Yet, I got this forward and pected led to an invention. the first, although there was should all start doing our bit. while I have started to hold my tongue on Two decades of adulthood @5>>81?/ no immediate malice involved The fact is that in a coun-     #         +    most such groups, I had to pipe in and have taught me that life real- unlike the political nature of try where expectations of jus-         B   >  . /    > thankfully, so did several others, doubt- ly isn’t like that but these sto- > /?=%? the first forward. tice are minimal, misinforma-           B3           ing the veracity of the information. ries make for a nice read. @?==4/?(1(81 I am sure that over the tion can kill. It is contingent Now, the person who forwarded this The problem is that most years, I might have received on those of us, who consider        "    #    '        message is not the smartest individual in of them are made-up facts and 8E>/6?1!#> thousands of such forwards ourselves well-read and                     the world. He was not in school and he pure fiction. This forward >//?# and genuinely, I did not have informed, to correct mistakes           +   S        isn’t now, as this message proves. But it speaks of how a particular the time or the energy to or call misinformation on was his reaction to the angst that this mes- product was invented, men- 6#(? ignore them properly. But social media platforms.              D  *    sage raised, which was truly shocking. tions real companies and gives >/(#=?(#(== these two instances were Just like Afroz Shah got                   C  While I did not expect him to be apolo- seemingly real dates. It all shocking and it makes one tired of the apathy and began             +     <8    ! getic, his reaction was, and I quote, looked so believable until one 68E>/6(#>8 realise how quickly misinfor- the successful movement to “Dude, I don’t check messages, I just for- just checked a single fact and >8>(=6?1( mation can spread, thanks to clear the Versova Beach in         "          ward them.” Can we wonder how what we it all fell apart. You might the callous nature of people. Mumbai, something that has                     4  describe as “fake news” spreads? 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B  2 .  3 !    3   ?;                     " G . 3        B2            "                          +                       "      !       : ?@;                  *         !     ighty kilometres to the east of Nagpur lies                 ! Bapu Kuti, a historic site in Sewagram, the           2      E“village of service”, nestled in the serene rus-          "       tic surroundings close to the Wardha district.      ,          - This was the humble abode of Mahatma Gandhi              2     from 1936 to 1948 and was the epicentre of the                   Indian freedom movement. During the 12 years  B  2 3   .    "   Gandhi lived here, Wardha became the de facto        nationalist capital of India. A motley array of for- eign delegations — politicians, pacifists, religious "        3 . . leaders and do-gooders of all complexions — reg- .        .   )   ? ?8:7  ularly found their way to Sewagram. In July 1942,        G . 3 6   the Quit India resolution was passed here and ?@(-/(6!            . . in 1946, Gandhi left the ashram, never to @55@( .               return. -(815F   By 1931, Gandhi was already famous. He had /?1?8?E>/ +          $  "     travelled to Europe, where he had drawn eager 8?(/=G+,G?(/!                    " crowds and journalists and where he had met a roster of the famous and the powerful that includ- 8>=>8-?/(        +         %0/(8#=(?             ! ed the British monarch, Benito Mussolini, Charlie Chaplin and Romain Rolland. Gandhi 85(0#?10G#5?                 wrote to Jamnalal Bajaj, an Indian industrialist, 81?E(#-(0=?                 a philanthropist, and Indian independence =?(1?/(815 Adi Niwas was the first house built at cleaned it himself. Bamboo shelving The chemical contamination of the soil " G . 3          ! fighter, that he wanted to live alone in a hut in 1?%>#?1 Sewagram and was the place where the hangs from the ceiling for storage. For is immense and possibly irreversible. A *   P Q   P   Q  a small village. However, his presence alone was %>#(/?"#( first ashram members lived together. aesthetic effect, Mirabehn herself drew Sewagram continued to nurture    +    B2 3   $  S     enough to draw scores of votaries as well as vis- 5?==>E@5(## Bapu Kuti and Ba Kuti are the cottages simple ornamental designs on the walls Gandhi’s vision of a sustainable world.  9  *          ! itors from across the country and around the @(!(#6? of Mahatma Gandhi and his wife, of palm trees, an “Om” symbol and a Gandhi infused India with a revo-     2  A           H world as Jawaharlal Nehru came several times. ( =? Kasturba Gandhi, respectively. spinning wheel. lutionary blend of politics and spiritu-                ! Soon, there was a road and one hut became a Originally determined to live in an The food was also prepared accord- ality. He called his action-based philos- cluster. The British set up a telephone so that they E>81=G(81 isolated hut, Gandhi decided that his ing to rule number four of Gandhi’s ophy satyagraha or the truth force. For          " *  >    /  (8#(8-=G           !       could communicate with the Mahatma. However, own house should be open from all (Sabarmati) ashram rules. According to Jawaharlal Nehru, the defining image Gandhi’s attempt to disconnect from the world /??/%?10 # sides in order to let natural elements Gandhi, the first step to control sexu- of Gandhi was: “Many pictures rise in "                ! failed just like his attempt to change India from 1?%>1>E# and his visitors circulate freely. The al appetite — that is essential for curb- my mind of this man (Gandhi) ...but the        outside did. It, however, did quicken the course =%8- building’s design, though loosely ing one’s selfish impulses — was to picture that is dominant… is as I saw 4   $ R/CS ,/-     +   of the trajectory towards independence. 85(0#(8#(81 inspired by traditional village houses, eliminate the pleasure of eating: “Food him marching, staff in hand, to Dandi              +   One does not have to be a Gandhi devotee 5>/8>E# was an idealised design from Gandhi’s must, therefore, be taken like medicine on the Salt March in 1930. Here was the                 ! to be able to appreciate the austere beauty of the >/-8(=( /( imaginary village “in my mind” as he under proper restraint.” Fischer noted pilgrim on his quest of truth, peaceful,             A   ashram’s premises. Gandhi shared these thoughts wrote in his famous exchange of letters in his diary that he didn’t like the mush determined and fearless, who would             A about who should consider residing in it: “He with Nehru in 1945. that was served and after the third day, continue that quest and pilgrimage,                  alone deserves to be called an inmate of the Bapu Kuti is a sparse and austere he declined to eat any more of it. regardless of consequences.” 9 >  (   ( A #        ashram who has ceased to have any worldly rela- mud-walled cottage. The building The peace of village life was bitter- Gandhi’s impact was indelible. He      B2   A       tion — one involving monetary interests — with remains as a symbol of the Mahatma’s sweet. Sewagram’s calm was, in fact, guided India to independence and his parents or other relatives; who has no other dedication to a mode of living that due to the absence of any real, living forced his countrymen to question their                needs save those of food and clothing; and who treads lightly on the land and is acces- activity. Today, the ashram is preserved deepest prejudices about caste, religion '         +      ! is ever watchful in the observance of the 11 car- sible in its material simplicity to even in time in the manner of an old sepia and violence. His ideas continue to res-     +               dinal vows. Therefore, he who needs to make sav- the poorest. Three of Gandhi’s original photograph but the idealised life it onate across the world and he has      " A           ings should never be regarded as an ashram possessions are highlighted in the documents is now dead. Sewagram is inspired generations of great leaders. As       .      ! inmate.” building today: His iconic round- no longer a vibrant place inhabited by Einstein summed up in his tribute:       J "       :8 Bapu Kuti is nothing short of a museum. A shaped spectacles, his pocket-watch and the indefatigable Gandhi and his “Generations to come will scarce believe        :K   3      (   quaint bath, an elderly, dignified telephone box his two cross-strapped slippers. These devoted votaries. It is a shell of what that such a one as this ever in flesh and         and neat little alcoves shyly peeping from the three have taken on a symbolic value it was, a time capsule fondly and blood walked upon this earth.” + 3               ! walls, all serve to create an inexplicable nostal- in the commemoration of the great painstakingly preserved but devoid of Yet the true reality is that Gandhi’s         "       ! gia for a past that we were not even part of. There leader. The first enabled him to see the its living inhabitants and shorn of its legacy is in shreds. It had already start- are some bare relics: Glasses, a spoon, a pocket world around him with clarity and the original aura. ed waning immediately after his death.             watch and a pumice stone to scrub his body. The second helped him keep and respect The site is at once stimulating and His vision of villages as the most fer- *   !              kitchen contains the flour grinder Gandhi put time — that of others as much as his soothing, haunting yet peaceful. It is as tile ground for India’s progress now    J "           to use occasionally. His cot and massage table own — and the third symbolised his if the aura of the man himself hovers seems like a utopian dream. The                      have also been retained. The sacredness of the light but unmistakable footprint on the above it. Part of the reason, of course, Governor-General of independent          place is preserved by the several sombre trees that Indian landscape. is that the ashram simply doesn’t India, C Rajagopalachari, gave a disen- /           +      have themselves withstood the passage of histo- A number of Gandhi’s other sparse attract that many visitors as Gandhi’s chanted verdict in the years that imme-      R   S    O     ! ry and ravages of time. The practice of daily possessions are exhibited at Bapu Kuti: importance and pertinence to ordinary diately followed Gandhi’s death. It still  O     H P#    #       prayers in the open continues. The campus glows A walking stick, a portable spinning Indians fades. rings true: “The glamour of modern     4           with humility evoking memories of its master. wheel, a paperweight, an inkpot, a pen- Gandhi had warned in 1928 that if technology, money and power is so           >      Q The structures were to be simple enough for cil stand, a bowl, prayer beads and a India took to industrialisation after the seductive that no one — I mean no one a small group of ordinary people to build and small statue of three monkeys among manner of the West, “it would strip the — can resist it. The handfuls of +          P"      ! maintain on their own. Indeed, the modest scale other things. The cottage is partitioned world bare like locusts.” We disregard- Gandhians, who still believe in his phi-               Q of the lodgings comes as a surprise to many vis- into separate rooms, which left some ed him and adopted energy and losophy of a simple life in a simple soci- "             itors. The cottages are well-crafted with thick space for Gandhi to write, meet visitors resource-guzzling technologies rather ety, are mostly cranks.”     !     "  +S mud-brick walls, clay roof tiles and palm leaf and for guests to sleep. It also contains than seeking more sustainable alterna- (The writer is Member, NITI Aayog’s             thatching. The most important of these historic a latrine connected to a septic tank with tives. The results are there for all to see. National Committee on Financial Literacy ,          - structures are Adi Niwas, Ba Kuti and Bapu Kuti. a note informing visitors that Gandhi Many of our rivers are biologically dead. and Inclusion for Women) *       !"#$#%&'E  )' $ *$!"#"+#*'*%!#!#) '$, '-#.'#"'$ /)$" '$0' "$ # "'%%!#'$/"+'#'  !)#%'"1,2$"+# .  $"+'#'  $ %3 "+"4' "'$"+.0

and dupatta were not good enough. It is true that Saudi Arabia was text, Faisal rang in a series of social movement. In 1979, inspired by its code and prevent the public mingling Zia did manage to introduce cer- The reason such moves now attract not a bastion of liberalism before reforms in Saudi Arabia, which rhetoric and also by the criticism of of unrelated men and women. Saudi tain unprecedented laws (in the more debate is because they have 1979 but Prince Salman is correct in included the introduction of televi- the religious establishment, a group Arabia responded by closing down name of Islam), but when he tried to become anachronisms. They seem pointing out that the country had fol- sion and cinema. He also encouraged of Saudi militants captured the cinemas, increasing religious pro- replicate ideas such as introducing out of place. Indeed, they found more lowed a more “moderate” strand of the entry of women in workplaces Grand Mosque in Mecca. Hundreds gramming on TV, banning music dress codes and forming a moral traction back in the 1980s, but the Islam before the Iranian Revolution. and ordered the construction of an were killed, and this happened just and entertainment outlets, and great- police force, they failed to take root. forces that encouraged such enforced So, today, when the Saudi regime is opera house. Women were not months after a radical Islamic regime ly reducing the number of women on In his book Social and Cultural morality in Pakistan are now in the allowing women to drive cars, is required to wear the abaya and spe- established itself in Iran. TV, radio and offices. Women were Transformations in a Muslim Nation, 3 : 3" process of rolling back their previ- reopening cinemas and gradually tol- cial areas were designated for for- Hiro writes that, even though the required to wear abayas in public and MA Qadeer writes that what began ous ideas of morality. Therefore, such erating the presence of women with- eigners to enjoy their alcohol. leaders of the group were executed, husbands and wives were asked to in Pakistan as a State-backed moral- n September 15, the Haripur instructions and acts whenever they out abayas in public, it is simply However, parallel to this, Faisal the Saudi religious establishment carry their marriage certificates. A ity project from above was eventu- district education officer crop up now, look like relics of a dif- reverting to what was tolerated in the also patronised members of the lamented that the group’s concerns special force, the Mutawa, was ally adopted by various social groups Oissued a notification directing ferent time. kingdom before 1979. conservative Muslim Brotherhood were justified because the monarchy formed to impose these rules. below. These groups began to con- school principals to ensure that girl Let me explain. Morality projects The Iranian Revolution was not (MB) who had been expelled by had “moved away from real Islam.” Interestingly, it was also in 1979 duct moral policing by making use students don an abaya. Such instruc- navigated by the State and certain the only reason why Saudi Arabia Nasser from Egypt. Faisal was assas- This, coupled with similar criticism that so-called “Islamic” laws were of certain laws introduced through tions continue to be issued, even political and social groups in slapped numerous bans in this sinated in 1975. But despite the fact aimed at the Saudi monarchy by introduced in earnest in Pakistan. ordinances by the Zia regime. though on several occasions educa- Pakistan were largely influenced by respect. King Faisal Abdulaziz, who that his reforms had drawn criticism Iran’s newly-formed Islamic The General Zia dictatorship came That’s why, even decades after tional institutions have been forced two Muslim-majority countries: ruled the oil-rich kingdom between from the kingdom’s religious estab- Government, suddenly saw the king- to power in 1977, but it took two Zia’s demise and the revival of to withdraw these directives after fac- Saudi Arabia and Iran. In October 1964 and 1975, initiated many social lishment, Faisal’s successor, King dom rapidly rollback the reforms. years to introduce the country’s first reform in Saudi Arabia, one still sees ing severe criticism on social media. 2017, Saudi crown prince, reforms, mainly in response to the Khaled, continued the reforms. According to Hiro, thus began a major set of religious laws. certain segments in Pakistan decree- Dress codes for female students Mohammad bin Salman, who has manner in which the secular Arab The Middle East expert Dilip race between Iran and Saudi Arabia Happenings in Iran and Saudi ing instructions based on their ideas in most Pakistani educational insti- been spearheading an unprecedent- nationalist Gamal Abdel Nasser of Hiro, in his 2018 book Cold War in in which both tried to outdo each Arabia in 1979 clearly encouraged of morality. Such decrees now do not tutions are already sufficiently mod- ed campaign of social reform in the Egypt had taunted Saudi Arabia of the Islamic World, writes that both other and prove they were more the Zia regime to take this step. The have direct Government backing. est. Yet, there have been cases in kingdom, told the UK newspaper being “backward.” Nasser, at the time, Faisal and Khaled ignored the grow- “Islamic” than the other. Iran banned fact that Pakistan eventually became Yet, they still manage to create some which women students have been The Guardian that the Saudi monar- was one of the most popular leaders ing influence of the Sahwa move- various activities in the country a battlefield of proxy wars between awkward problems because the laws asked to enhance their modesty chy introduced “rigid doctrines” in the Muslim world. In her 2005 ment, which had opposed Faisal’s that it deemed “un-Islamic.” It also Iran and Saudi Arabia also con- that these decrees base their justifi- with articles of clothing that are and laws in Saudi Arabia due to the book on Saudi Arabia, Professor reforms. introduced a dress code for women. tributed, with the Zia regime trying cation on, are still present, like the thought to be even more morally fallout of the Islamic Revolution in Sherifa Zuhur writes that in a bid to The MB members living in exile A religious police force was formed to make Pakistan equally “Islamic” elephant in the room. correct — as if the shalwar kameez Iran of 1979. overtake Nasser’s Egypt in this con- in Saudi Arabia radicalised this whose job it was to enforce the dress in this strange new race. (Courtesy: The Dawn)   !"#$%&$'(  B

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Offshore Fund-Reg(G) Franklin India Technology 155.43 -5.08 Baroda Banking & Fin Serv 24.12 22.69 Fund-Reg(G) Edelweiss Tax Advantage 39.96 3.67 L&T Emerging Opp 9.30 0.04 Fund(G) Fund(G) Edelweiss ETF - Nifty 100 287.29 7.46 Fund-Reg(G) Fund-I-Reg(D) IDFC Infrastructure Fund-Reg(G)14.19 -5.08 SBI Banking & Financial 18.63 21.92 Quality 30 UTI LT Equity Fund (Tax 86.00 3.65 Franklin Asian Equity Fund(G) 22.02 -0.03 ICICI Pru Value Fund-8(D) 10.04 -5.28 Services Fund-Reg(G) ICICI Pru Value Fund-11(G) 12.41 7.45 Saving)-Reg(G) SBI Magnum Midcap 69.75 -0.09 Mirae Asset Healthcare 10.22 -5.29 Edelweiss ETF - Nifty Bank 3044.1019.79 Tata Infrastructure Fund-Reg(G) 55.20 7.44 PGIM India Large Cap 12.47 3.63 Fund-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) Invesco India Financial 58.56 19.44 ICICI Pru Sensex Index Fund(G) 12.08 7.35 Fund-2-Reg(G) Franklin India Equity Advantage 77.50 -0.20 Sundaram Value 10.35 -5.37 Services Fund(G) ICICI Pru FMCG Fund(G) 250.15 7.33 ICICI Pru Bluechip Fund(G) 42.33 3.57 Fund(G) Fund-VIII-Reg(G) SBI Tax Advantage 26.44 18.30 UTI Infrastructure Fund-Reg(G) 52.00 7.10 ICICI Pru Nifty Low Vol 30 ETF 90.88 3.52 UTI Mid Cap Fund-Reg(G) 96.76 -0.35 Kotak Global Emerging 15.58 -5.41 Fund-III-Reg(G) Mirae Asset Large Cap 51.26 7.10 Sundaram TOP 100-Sr 12.43 3.51 Tata Resources & Energy 14.25 -0.35 Mkt Fund(G) ICICI Pru Banking & Fin 64.65 17.46 Fund-Reg(G) VI-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) L&T Infrastructure Fund-Reg(G) 15.32 -5.43 Serv Fund(G) Tata Value Fund-Sr-1-Reg(G) 10.12 7.07 UTI Focussed Equity Fund-I(G) 13.15 3.51 ICICI Pru Multicap Fund(G) 284.48 -0.45 ICICI Pru Exports & Services 54.86 -5.63 Axis Multicap Fund-Reg(G) 12.46 17.22 SBI Magnum Global 176.03 7.00 Franklin India Prima Fund(G) 937.49 3.42 L&T Large and Midcap 46.27 -0.67 Fund(G) Axis Bluechip Fund(G) 31.21 17.20 Fund-Reg(G) Sundaram Infra Advantage 31.45 3.36 Fund-Reg(G) Templeton India Value Fund(G) 232.40 -5.75 Canara Rob Consumer 41.09 16.24 Motilal Oswal Multicap 35 26.46 6.95 Fund(G) IDFC Equity 9.84 -0.71 ICICI Pru Dividend Yield 15.73 -5.75 Trends Fund-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) IDFC Large Cap Fund-Reg(G) 32.62 3.36 Opportunity-5-Reg(G) Equity Fund(G) DSP Equity Fund-Reg(G) 41.57 16.22 Reliance Index Fund - Sensex 19.12 6.94 ICICI Pru S&P BSE 500 ETF 151.82 3.26 HDFC Mid-Cap Opportunities 52.12 -0.82 Franklin India Smaller Cos 49.81 -5.88 Sundaram Services 11.64 16.21 Plan(G) UTI MEPUS 107.31 3.23 Fund(G) Fund(G) Fund-Reg(G) ICICI Pru Bharat Consumption 10.21 6.91 Invesco India Tax Plan(G) 51.05 3.21 SBI Magnum Comma 35.96 -1.00 Sundaram LT Tax Adv Fund-Sr 9.08 -5.92 BNP Paribas Large Cap 94.50 15.40 Fund-4-(G) Sundaram TOP 100-Sr 12.21 3.21 Fund-Reg(G) IV-Reg(G) Fund(G) Motilal Oswal Midcap 30 25.97 6.85 VII-Reg(G) UTI LT Adv Fund-V(G) 9.22 -1.08 Sundaram Small Cap Fund(G) 74.50 -6.17 JM Multicap Fund(G) 34.13 15.36 Fund-Reg(G) Aditya Birla SL MNC Fund(G) 754.59 3.15 IDFC Tax Advt(ELSS) 53.89 -1.16 ICICI Pru Value Discovery 138.99 -6.18 JM Tax Gain Fund(G) 18.08 15.31 Aditya Birla SL Resurgent India 9.74 6.80 Invesco India Infrastructure 16.79 3.13 Fund-Reg(G) Fund(G) Aditya Birla SL India 87.37 14.99 Fund-5-Reg(G) Fund(G) UTI Core Equity Fund-Reg(G) 59.66 -1.21 Aditya Birla SL CEF-Global 23.77 -6.36 GenNext Fund(G) Franklin India Focused Equity 40.02 6.78 Reliance Large Cap Fund(G) 33.81 3.09 L&T India Value Fund-Reg(G) 34.58 -1.23 Agri-Reg(G) DSP A.C.E. Fund-Sr 2-Reg(G) 10.65 14.57 Fund(G) Kotak India Growth 9.35 3.04 Aditya Birla SL Intl. Equity 18.04 -1.29 Reliance Small Cap Fund(G) 37.94 -6.37 Aditya Birla SL Banking & 29.09 14.26 Invesco India Growth Opp 34.80 6.75 Fund-Sr 4(G) Fund-B(G) Aditya Birla SL Global Emerging 12.82 -6.40 Financial Services Fund-Reg(G) Fund(G) UTI India Consumer 26.25 2.97 DSP Global Allocation 12.65 -1.32 Opp Fund(G) Tata Large & Mid Cap Fund(G) 211.18 13.93 SBI LT Advantage 13.40 6.74 Fund-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) Sundaram LT Tax Adv Fund-Sr 7.85 -6.70 BNP Paribas Long Term Equity 39.84 13.60 Fund-III-Reg(G) Sundaram Diversified Equity(G) 99.54 2.94 UTI LT Adv Fund-III(G) 13.01 -1.32 III-Reg(G) Fund(G) L&T Business Cycle 15.29 6.74 ICICI Pru Bharat Consumption 10.34 2.78 SBI Focused Equity 145.85 13.48 Fund-Reg(G) Fund-3-(G) Fund-Reg(G) Kotak Bluechip Fund(G) 236.95 6.69 ICICI Pru Bharat Consumption 10.25 2.71 DSP A.C.E. Fund-Sr 1-Reg(G) 10.61 13.34 ICICI Pru Growth Fund-2(DP) 12.13 6.68 Fund-1-(G) DSP 3Y Close Ended Equity 15.96 13.32 ICICI Pru Smallcap Fund(G) 24.78 6.40 PGIM India Global Equity Opp 18.42 2.62 Fund-Reg(G) Kotak Emerging Equity 38.47 6.39 Fund(G) JM Core 11 Fund(G) 9.26 12.94 Scheme(G) Canara Rob Emerg Equities 91.33 2.62 Axis Long Term Equity Fund(G) 47.22 12.45 Principal Focused Multicap 64.85 6.36 Fund-Reg(G) SBI Tax advantage Fund-II(G) 38.22 12.35 Fund(G) Tata Ethical Fund-Reg(G) 157.83 2.61 Tata India Tax Savings 18.42 12.06 Kotak Infra & Eco Reform 19.90 6.35 ICICI Pru Growth Fund-3(DP) 10.00 2.56 Fund-Reg(G) Fund(G) ICICI Pru Value Fund-13(D) 10.52 2.53 DSP Tax Saver Fund-Reg(G) 49.65 11.62 Axis Nifty ETF 1184.88 6.29 SBI Small Cap Fund-Reg(G) 52.33 2.34 IDBI Banking & Financial 10.67 11.49 ICICI Pru Value Fund-16(G) 11.35 6.27 HDFC Focused 30 Fund(G) 76.56 2.24 Services Fund-Reg(G) SBI Equity Opp Fund-Sr 16.08 6.26 Tata Equity P/E Fund(G) 134.08 2.18 Motilal Oswal Focused 25 23.01 11.22 I-Reg(G) Reliance Focused Equity 44.89 2.18 Fund-Reg(G) HDFC Nifty 50 ETF 1206.24 6.19 Fund(G) DSP Focus Fund-Reg(G) 23.93 11.20 IDFC Nifty ETF 118.95 6.17 JM Large Cap Fund(G) 66.58 2.09 IDBI India Top 100 Equity 24.83 11.15 Kotak India Growth Fund-Sr 10.47 6.12 UTI Value Opp Fund-Reg(G) 60.59 2.08 Fund(G) 7(G) IDBI Long Term Value 10.21 2.00 SBI Magnum Equity ESG 108.73 11.13 Edelweiss Large & Mid Cap 31.72 6.10 Fund-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) ICICI Pru Infrastructure Fund(G) 49.20 1.97 Mirae Asset Emerging 53.88 10.93 DSP Midcap Fund-Reg(G) 54.35 6.02 UTI-Nifty Next 50 ETF 285.33 1.96 Bluechip-Reg(G) SBI LT Advantage 13.39 6.00 Reliance Capital Builder 9.68 1.90 Principal Dividend Yield Fund(G) 52.11 -1.44 Invesco India Feeder - Invesco 12.80 -6.76 ICICI Pru Value Fund-18(G) 11.54 10.85 Fund-I-Reg(G) Fund-IV-A(G) L&T Tax Advt Fund-Reg(G) 52.70 -1.45 Global Equity Income Fund(G) Sundaram Multi Cap Fund-Sr 10.46 10.85 UTI Nifty Index Fund-Reg(G) 75.47 6.00 Franklin India Taxshield(G) 559.72 1.88 Sundaram Emerging Small 9.12 -1.49 DSP World Agriculture 16.40 -6.82 II-Reg(G) PGIM India Diversified Equity 13.36 5.95 UTI Focussed Equity Fund-V(G) 9.25 1.84 Cap-Sr-IV-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) BNP Paribas Focused 25 Equity 9.91 10.60 Fund-Reg(G) Reliance Power & Infra Fund(G) 95.40 1.81 HDFC TaxSaver(G) 499.87 -1.59 Sundaram Value 8.21 -6.85 Fund-Reg(G) Edelweiss Large Cap Fund(G) 36.21 5.91 HDFC Growth Opp Fund-Reg(G)110.26 1.80 Principal Multi Cap Growth 136.57 -1.61 Fund-VII-Reg(G) Reliance Banking Fund(G) 272.37 10.53 IDFC Nifty Fund-Reg(G) 23.88 5.89 Kotak Small Cap Fund(G) 70.43 1.76 Fund(G) Reliance Tax Saver (ELSS) 50.99 -6.95 Tata Mid Cap Growth Fund(G) 138.70 10.42 IDBI Diversified Equity Fund(G) 21.61 5.83 SBI Consumption Opp 116.16 1.69 Aditya Birla SL Intl. Equity 21.84 -1.63 Fund(G) Sundaram Multi Cap Fund-Sr I-Reg(G) 10.46 Aditya Birla SL Focused Equity 59.49 5.82 Fund-Reg(G) Fund-A(G) Reliance Capital Builder 7.41 -6.95 10.25 Fund(G) L&T Equity Fund-Reg(G) 80.66 1.60 IDFC Focused Equity 36.19 -1.66 Fund-IV-B(G) SBI Infrastructure Fund-Reg(G) 15.41 10.14 Reliance Value Fund(G) 72.98 5.81 SBI Magnum TaxGain'93-Reg(G)138.31 1.58 Fund-Reg(G) ICICI Pru R.I.G.H.T Fund(G) 39.09 -7.04 UTI Banking and Financial 96.41 10.11 HDFC Index Fund-NIFTY 105.09 5.78 Reliance Quant Fund(G) 25.64 1.58 Aditya Birla SL Tax Relief 30.44 -1.68 ICICI Pru Focused Equity 28.72 -7.12 Services Fund-Reg(G) 50 Plan(G) Sundaram World Brand 15.77 1.50 '96(ELSS U/S 80C of IT ACT)(G) Fund(G) SBI LT Advantage 10.29 10.04 Edelweiss Long Term Equity 46.79 5.74 Fund-Sr II-Reg(G) Aditya Birla SL Tax Relief '96(G) 30.44 -1.68 HDFC Small Cap Fund-Reg(G) 39.21 -7.17 Fund-V-Reg(G) Fund (Tax Savings)-Reg(G) Invesco India Contra Fund(G) 46.93 1.49 ICICI Pru Global Stable Equity 15.75 -1.68 IDFC Sterling Value 46.62 -7.22 Axis Midcap Fund(G) 38.00 9.99 IDFC Equity 10.36 5.71 Sundaram World Brand 15.95 1.46 Fund(G) Fund-Reg(G) ICICI Pru LT Wealth 11.01 9.88 Opportunity-6-Reg(G) Fund-Sr III-Reg(G) Principal Tax Savings Fund 199.69 -1.71 L&T Emerging Businesses 22.72 -8.28 Enhancement Fund(G) Tata Index Fund-Nifty Plan(G) 69.75 5.64 Sundaram LT Tax Adv Fund-Sr 14.38 1.44 SBI Contra Fund-Reg(G) 102.26 -1.80 Fund-Reg(G) SBI LT Advantage 13.51 9.85 ICICI Pru Value Fund-17(G) 10.53 5.62 II-Reg(G) Franklin India Equity Fund(G) 566.06 -1.84 UTI LT Adv Fund-VII(G) 8.19 -8.36 Fund-IV-Reg(G) SBI Equity Opp Fund-Sr 15.55 5.56 ICICI Pru NV20 ETF 55.21 1.43 Sundaram Smart NIFTY 100 Eq 11.40 -2.00 IDFC Equity 7.43 -8.38 Axis Focused 25 Fund(G) 29.48 9.71 IV-Reg(G) Franklin India Opportunities 71.44 1.37 Weight Fund-Reg(G) Opportunity-4-Reg(G) SBI Magnum Multicap 50.05 9.70 Reliance Growth Fund(G) 1092.76 5.52 Fund(G) Sundaram Mid Cap Fund(G) 446.27 -2.02 Sundaram Select Micro 8.86 -9.26 Fund-Reg(G) ICICI Pru Nifty Index Fund(G) 111.55 5.49 UTI Focussed Equity Fund-VI(G)9.65 1.34 Franklin India Bluechip Fund(G) 445.52 -2.05 Cap-Series XII-Reg(G) Mirae Asset Great Consumer 35.78 9.64 SBI Nifty Index Fund-Reg(G) 99.08 5.39 ICICI Pru Large & Mid Cap 318.72 1.28 Principal Personal Tax saver 186.76 -2.07 Sundaram Select Micro 9.19 -9.52 Fund-Reg(G) PGIM India Large Cap Fund(G) 169.55 5.23 Fund(G) Fund Cap-Series XI-Reg(G) DSP Top 100 Equity 212.96 9.61 Aditya Birla SL Index 113.14 5.22 ICICI Pru Nifty Next 50 ETF 28.03 1.26 L&T Midcap Fund-Reg(G) 128.31 -2.14 UTI LT Adv Fund-VI(G) 7.89 -10.15 Fund-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) Aditya Birla SL Resurgent 11.85 1.20 ICICI Pru Bharat Consumption 9.63 -2.53 Sundaram LT Micro Cap 9.35 -10.32 Canara Rob Bluechip Equity 25.68 9.56 UTI Equity Fund-Reg(G) 143.26 5.19 India Fund-2-Reg(G) Fund-2-(G) Tax Adv Fund-Sr III-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) IDBI Nifty Index Fund(G) 21.27 5.18 HDFC Equity Opp Fund-Sr 10.30 1.19 Sundaram Emerging Small 8.80 -2.54 Sundaram Select Micro 8.13 -10.42 DSP India T.I.G.E.R 91.53 9.03 IDBI Equity Advantage 27.43 5.10 2-1126D-May 2017(1)-Reg(G) Cap-Sr-III-Reg(G) Cap-Series XIV-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) BNP Paribas Mid Cap Fund(G) 31.36 1.18 Sundaram Emerging Small 7.95 -2.57 Principal Global Opportunities 28.59 -10.45 Sundaram Large and Mid Cap 35.42 9.02 Reliance Index Fund - Nifty 19.29 5.08 ICICI Pru Value Fund-10(G) 11.13 1.18 Cap-Sr-I-Reg(G) Fund(G) Fund(G) Plan(G) Edelweiss Mid Cap 26.24 1.09 Sundaram Emerging Small 9.28 -2.68 DSP Natural Res & New 30.75 -10.49 Tata Large Cap Fund(G) 222.04 9.00 IDFC Multi Cap Fund-Reg(G) 94.78 5.02 Fund-Reg(G) Cap-Sr-V-Reg(G) Energy Fund-Reg(G) SBI LT Advantage 10.67 9.00 Invesco India Largecap Fund(G) 28.48 4.90 Principal Emerging Bluechip 102.97 1.06 Sundaram Emerging Small 8.16 -2.70 Sundaram LT Micro Cap Tax 7.97 -10.71 Fund-VI-Reg(G) Kotak India EQ Contra Fund(G) 52.96 4.90 Fund(G) Cap-Sr-II-Reg(G) Adv Fund-Sr IV-Reg(G) Reliance Consumption Fund(G) 66.95 8.75 Franklin India Index 91.22 4.90 SBI Technology Opp 65.17 1.04 PGIM India Midcap Opp 17.36 -2.75 Aditya Birla SL Resurgent 7.80 -10.96 Mirae Asset Tax Saver 17.86 8.66 Fund-NSE Nifty(G) Fund-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) India Fund-7-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) Aditya Birla SL Sensex ETF 362.94 4.89 SBI PSU Fund-Reg(G) 9.99 0.98 SBI-ETF Sensex Next 50 316.95 -2.77 Reliance Pharma Fund(G) 141.99 -11.17 JM Value Fund(G) 32.71 8.62 SBI Large & Midcap 219.80 4.88 Aditya Birla SL Equity 400.05 0.97 Principal Nifty 100 Equal 69.10 -2.87 Edelweiss Eur Dynamic 10.79 -11.66 SBI BlueChip Fund-Reg(G) 40.11 8.55 Fund-Reg(G) Advantage Fund(G) Weight Fund(G) Equity Off-shr Fund-Reg(G) Sundaram Select Small Cap 14.46 8.50 Edelweiss Multi-Cap 14.60 4.83 Sundaram Value 16.25 0.94 Reliance Japan Equity Fund(G) 13.33 -2.90 PGIM India Euro Equity Fund(G) 13.30 -11.69 Series-III-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) Fund-III-Reg(G) HDFC Capital Builder Value 279.29 -2.91 Aditya Birla SL Small Cap 30.78 -11.89 Sundaram Select Small Cap 9.85 8.48 Aditya Birla SL Equity Fund(G) 720.40 4.83 IDBI Nifty Junior Index Fund(G) 21.01 0.92 Fund(G) Fund(G) Series-VI-Reg(G) Parag Parikh Long Term Equity 25.58 4.81 UTI Nifty Next 50 Index 9.91 0.83 Franklin India Feeder - Franklin 31.38 -2.98 Sundaram LT Micro Cap 7.76 -12.19 Sundaram Select Small Cap 10.06 8.48 Fund-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) U.S. Opportunities Fund(G) Tax Adv Fund-Sr V-Reg(G) Series-V-Reg(G) Axis Emerging Opp 12.33 4.76 Baroda ELSS 96(G) 43.50 0.79 Sundaram Select Micro 12.63 -3.37 Sundaram LT Micro Cap Tax 7.31 -12.29 Kotak Standard Multicap 35.79 8.45 Fund-1-Reg(G) ICICI Pru Nifty Next 50 Index 24.66 0.71 Cap-Series VIII-Reg(G) Adv Fund-Sr VI-Reg(G) Fund(G) Aditya Birla SL Resurgent 9.92 4.75 Fund(G) Tata India Pharma & Healthcare 8.91 -3.49 UTI Healthcare Fund-Reg(G) 79.02 -12.34 Aditya Birla SL Global Real 20.69 8.37 India Fund-4-Reg(G) Tata India Consumer 17.39 0.69 Fund-Reg(G) Sundaram Select Micro 7.94 -12.43 Estate Fund(G) Reliance India Opp 10.47 4.67 Fund-Reg(G) HDFC Infrastructure Fund(G) 15.22 -3.52 Cap-Series XV-Reg(G) Canara Rob Equity Diver 135.38 8.31 Fund-Sr-A(G) IDFC Core Equity Fund-Reg(G) 44.22 0.68 Sundaram Select Micro 12.55 -3.56 Sundaram Select Micro 7.42 -12.53 Fund-Reg(G) Franklin Build India Fund(G) 40.49 4.63 UTI LT Adv Fund-IV(G) 10.00 0.66 Cap-Series IX-Reg(G) Cap-Series XVI-Reg(G) Sundaram Select Small Cap 14.49 8.30 UTI Mastershare-Reg(G) 122.32 4.53 Sundaram LT Tax Adv Fund-Sr 13.25 0.64 Aditya Birla SL Dividend 154.91 -3.63 Reliance Capital Builder 7.28 -12.69 Series-IV-Reg(G) Baroda Multi Cap Fund(G) 96.90 4.50 I-Reg(G) Yield Fund(G) Fund-IV-D(G) Kotak Tax Saver Scheme(G) 44.40 8.30 Reliance US Equity Opp 15.93 4.44 IDBI Focused 30 Equity 9.86 0.61 Aditya Birla SL Midcap Fund(G) 269.46 -3.78 Aditya Birla SL Pure Value 46.19 -13.75 L&T India Large Cap 27.75 8.24 Fund(G) Fund-Reg(G) Tata Digital India Fund-Reg(G) 14.76 -3.94 Fund(G) Fund-Reg(G) HDFC Equity Fund(G) 646.50 4.41 ICICI Pru Value Fund-14(G) 10.31 0.59 Sundaram Global Advt(G) 16.70 -4.08 Sundaram Select Micro 6.99 -13.91 HDFC Sensex ETF 4082.29 8.21 ICICI Pru US Bluechip Equity 28.63 4.35 Baroda Mid-cap Fund(G) 8.79 0.57 Sundaram Value 8.91 -4.16 Cap-Series XVII-Reg(G) Axis Capital Builder 10.50 8.14 Fund(G) ICICI Pru LT Equity Fund 364.97 0.55 Fund-IX-Reg(G) SBI Healthcare Opp 109.92 -14.00 Fund-1-Reg(G) ICICI Pru Value Fund-15(G) 10.49 4.27 (Tax Saving)(G) Aditya Birla SL Infrastructure 29.44 -4.23 Fund-Reg(G) IDFC Sensex ETF 400.50 8.13 Aditya Birla SL Frontline 222.54 4.27 Invesco India Midcap Fund(G) 47.50 0.55 Fund(G) Reliance Capital Builder 7.02 -14.48 Invesco India PSU Equity 17.71 8.12 Equity Fund(G) Aditya Birla SL Resurgent India 11.33 0.44 Aditya Birla SL Mfg. 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The number of foreign attacks on its oil installations, ply, marketing, refining to investment licences granted in Saudi Arabia has said that it is petrochemicals and lubricants Saudi Arabia in the first quar-  :2:!;    looking at investing $100 bil- is a key part of Aramco’s glob- ter of 2018 increased by 130 per lion in India in areas of petro- al downstream strategy. cent,” he said. chemicals, infrastructure and “In this backdrop, Saudi The envoy also talked    mining among others, consid- Aramco’s proposed investments about Saudi Arabia’s new resi- ering the country’s growth in India’s energy sector such as dency permit scheme for qual-  8?@1?=5 Prior to this, foreign potential. the $44 billion West Coast ified international expatriates. investors had pulled out a net Saudi Ambassador Dr refinery and petrochemical “This move is expected to fter remaining net sellers 5,920.02 crore in August and Saud bin Mohammed Al Sati project in Maharashtra and attract leading global innova- Afor the past two months, 2,985.88 crore in July from has said India is an an attrac- long term partnership with tors and investors to live and foreign investors infused a the domestic capital markets. tive investment destination for Reliance represent strategic work in Saudi Arabia, and net 7,714 crore into the “The Government has ini- his country, the world’s biggest milestones in our bilateral rela- help drive the private sector domestic capital markets in tiated many reforms to oil exporter, and it is eyeing tionship,” he said. growth needed to realise the September following a slew of embrace the FPIs in the home long-term partnerships with The envoy said the vision goals set out in Saudi Vision economic reforms by the country by way of abolishing New Delhi in key sectors like 2030 of Crown Prince 2030,” he said. Government. additional surcharge on the oil, gas and mining. Mohammed bin Salman will Asked whether Saudi The Centre last week capital gains to slashing the “Saudi Arabia is looking at also result in significant expan- Arabia will increase oil supply slashed corporate tax rate by corporate tax rates to attract making investments in India sion of trade and business to India to address the short- around 10 percentage points new foreign investment. potentially worth $100 billion between India and Saudi fall due to curb on import of oil and also clarified that the “If everything kept con- in the areas of energy, refining, Arabia in diverse sectors. from Iran, the envoy said his enhanced tax surcharge will stant, the corporate tax cut is petrochemicals, infrastructure, Under vision 2030, Saudi country is committed to India’s not apply on capital gains itself a very strong factor that agriculture, minerals and min- Arabia plans to diversify the energy security and will meet arising from sale of any secu- will lead to earnings upgrades ing,” Al Sati told PTI in an Saudi economy while reducing Arabia will honour its com- “Consistent with the vision Arabia to invest in its strategic any shortfall that may arise due rity, including derivatives, in and will bring valuations to an interview. its economic dependence on mitment to invest in India’s oil 2030 goals, Saudi Aramco is petroleum reserve reflects the to disruptions from other the hands of foreign portfolio attractive level which will The envoy said more than petroleum products. and gas sectors. pursuing new opportunities trust and goodwill the two sources. investors (FPIs). eventually lead to historic FPI 40 opportunities for joint col- Saudi Arabia is a key pillar “There is huge untapped toward creating a world-lead- countries share,” he said. “As one of the world’s lead- Besides, the Securities and buying again,” said Foram laboration and investments of India’s energy security, being potential available in mer- ing downstream sector in Saudi Talking about ‘Vision 2030’, ing energy producers, the king- Exchange Board of India (Sebi) Parekh, fundamental analyst at between India and Saudi a source of 17 per cent or more chandise trade, particularly in Arabia,” he said. Al Sati said Saudi Arabia is dom will continue working simplified KYC requirements Indiabulls Ventures. Arabia across various sectors of crude oil and 32 per cent of non-oil trade and we are On future energy ties with working towards transforming constructively with other pro- for FPIs and granted them per- Reacting to Sebi’s reforms, have already been identified, LPG requirements of India. enhancing cooperation in eco- India, he said the bilateral its economy and looking at a ducers within and outside mission to carry out off-mar- V K Vijayakumar, chief invest- adding the current bilateral A series of drone and mis- nomic, commercial, invest- energy ties have grown beyond post-oil age of world-class OPEC to maintain market sta- ket transfer of securities. ment strategist at Geojit trade of $34 billion will sile attacks on oil facilities of ment, cultural and technolog- the supply of crude oil, refined technological research, start-up bility, thus protecting all the As per latest depositories Financial Services, said, “The undoubtedly continue to Saudi Aramco on September ical fields,” the envoy said. products and LPG to a more and entrepreneurial vigour. interests of producers and con- data, FPIs poured in a net simplification of KYC require- increase. 14 knocked out half of its daily Asked about Saudi Arabia’s comprehensive partnership “The entire development sumers alike,” he said. 7,849.89 crore into equities ments for FPIs, permission for He said Saudi Arabia’s oil production, severely plan to issue initial public that focuses on investments strategy of the kingdom rests OPEC (Organization of and withdrew a net 135.59 off-market transfer of securi- biggest oil giant Aramco’s pro- impacting the global oil offering of Aramco’s stock, and joint ventures in petro- on three pillars - to build a the Petroleum Exporting crore from the debt segment ties, simplification of regis- posed partnership with market. being seen as world’s largest chemical complexes and coop- vibrant society, a thriving econ- Countries) is a 14-nation pow- between September 3-27, tration process and the new Reliance Industries Ltd reflect- Notwithstanding the IPO, he said it will open up the eration in exploration. omy and an ambitious nation,” erful bloc of oil producing translating into a cumulative broad classification of FPIs are ed the strategic nature of the attacks, Al Sati said Saudi company to the wider world. “India’s invitation to Saudi he said. countries. net inflow of 7,714.30 crore. welcome and desirable steps.” -  *  /  /$  &% /) - 0"2""" )   #"""             / !%)    5 )        /%    8?@1?=5 that there is no shortage of -*: onion in the country.  <2=D      8?@1?=5 as against the budgetary esti- tate-owned Mother Dairy So far, Mother Dairy sold mate of 90,000 crore.  6 60( Shas sold so far 5,000 tonnes 5,000 tonnes of onion at a sub-  6 60( past two-three years and yet the he Government may seek As far as gross borrowing onion at a subsidised rate of sidised rate of 23.90 per kg. bank kept on lending to the Tan interim dividend of is concerned, Budget 2019-20 he RBI may cut the key pol- 23.90 per kg in the national The stock was taken from the he RBI Bank had reported- once leading slum redeveloper. about 30,000 crore from the pegged it at 7.10 lakh crore for Ticy rate again on Friday, the capital region and plans to buffer stock being maintained Tly recommended removal of The latest tranche of 96.5 RBI towards the end of the the current fiscal, significant- fifth in row, to complement the further boost the supply to by cooperative Nafed on behalf the now scam-hit Punjab and crore was disbursed only on financial year to meet its fiscal ly higher than the 5.35 lakh Government’s measures like ensure consumers do no stand of the central government, he Maharashtra Cooperative Bank August 31. It can be noted that deficit target of 3.3 per cent of crore borrowing programme reducing corporate tax and in long queues to buy the said. (PMC) chairman Waryam Singh was on the board of HDIL GDP for 2019-20, sources said. for financial year 2018-19. promoting credit offtake to cheaper produce, according to Chaudhary said, “It is quite Singh last year after it had from 2006 to 2015 as a non-exec- Government finances have Gross borrowings of the spur economic activity during its top official. a big quantity. We are trying to found out his involvement in utive director and held 1.91 per come under pressure due to government during the first the festive season amid range- Retail onion prices have stabilise and balance the mar- sanctioning loans to realty cent stake in the now crippled moderation in revenue collec- half of financial year 2019-20 bound inflation. skyrocketed to 60-80 per kg in ket. We are selling at no-prof- developer HDIL and related- company, which could possibly tion and a slew of measures will stand at 4.42 lakh crore, The RBI Governor Delhi and some other parts of it, no loss. We have always entities without proper due dili- be a conflict of interest. taken to lift growth from a six- which works out to 62.3 per Shaktikanta Das headed the country due to supply dis- helped the government to bal- gence and much above the reg- Singh stepped down from year low of 5 per cent in the cent of the total target for the Monetary Policy Committee ruption from flood-affected ance market through ulatory limits, a source has the board in March 2015 before first quarter of the current During 2017-18, the gov- entire year. (MPC) will announce the growing States like Safal booths and will continue said. selling his entire stake in the fiscal. ernment received 10,000 crore To pull the economy out of fourth bi-monthly monetary Maharasthra. to do.” Singh, however, continued company. PMC was placed “If required, the as interim dividend from the a six-year low growth and a 45- policy for 2019-20 on Friday, To give relief to consumers The company started with to remain the chairman until under an administrator by the GHovernment may request the central bank. year high unemployment rate October 4, after its three-day from high prices, the central 20 tonnes of onion and reached recently, the person familiar RBI on September 24 and sus- Reserve Bank of India for inter- Last month, Governor by reviving private investments, meeting. government is offloading now 150-200 tonnes per day. with the development said. pended its management led by im dividend of 25,000-30,000 Shaktikanta Das-led RBI cen- the government has taken slew The central bank has 50,000 tonnes of buffer stock of Much of the stock is from The Reserve Bank of India managing director Joy Thomas. crore during the current fiscal,” tral board gave its nod for of measures, including cut in already slashed the repo rate onion across the country. Nasik in Maharasthra, an offi- (RBI) recommendation was The regulator has also banned an official said. transferring to the the govern- corporate tax rate by almost 10 (short-term borrowing rate) Mother Dairy and cooperatives cial of Mother Dairy in-charge sent to the Registrar of the cooperative from extending The assessment in this ment a sum of 1,76,051 crore, percentage points having tax four times aggregating to 1.10 Nafed and NCCF are selling of Safal business said. Cooperative Societies of fresh loans or taking deposits, regard would be made in early comprising 1,23,414 crore of implication of 1.45 lakh crore. percentage points since this stock in Delhi at a sub- He said the company is Maharashtra which has admin- apart from capping withdrawals January, the official added. surplus for the year 2018-19 As part of the exercise, the January. sidised rate. selling whatever Nafed allo- istrative control over the coop at 10,000 per each individual Apart from the RBI divi- and 52,637 crore of excess government also withdrew the At its previous meeting in “We are concerned about cates. The company does sort- banks in the State. customer for the next six dend, there are other means of provisions identified as per enhanced surcharge on long- August, the MPC had reduced long queues for onion in front ing and grading of onion stock Neither the registrar nor months. bridging any shortfall, includ- the revised Economic Capital and short-term capital gains for the benchmark lending rate by of our Safal outlets. We will before selling through its out- Singh could be be contacted It can be noted that cooper- ing mop up from disinvestment Framework (ECF). foreign portfolio investors as an unusual 35 basis points to bring in more quantities in the lets. immediately for comments. ative banks keep failing as there and higher utilisation of Out of the net income of Rs well as domestic portfolio 5.40 per cent. coming days,” Mother Dairy The official further said According to the source, of is a dual control on urban coop- National Small Saving Fund 1,23,414 crore for the year investors with revenue impli- The upcoming MPC meet- Managing Director Sangram that three vigilant teams are vis- the 8,880-crore loan book (as erative banks by the RBI and the (NSSF), sources added. 2018-19, RBI had already trans- cation of 1,400 crore. ing comes in the backdrop of Chaudhary told PTI. iting randomly the Safal stores of September 19, 2019) that state where they are registered. In the past, the government ferred 28,000 crore to the Even with regard to the the RBI’s mandate to banks to The price rise in onion is to check if the stock of onion PMC had, more than 6,500 Moreover, almost all these enti- has taken the route of seeking government as interim divi- Goods and Services Tax (GST), link their loan products to an “temporary and will phase out is displayed and posters are crore or over 73 per cent of the ties are controlled by politi- interim dividend from the RBI dend in March 2019. the all-powerful GST Council external benchmark, like repo slowly” with the arrival of fresh kept to create awareness among assets are with the bankrupt cians. This dual control has to balance its account. Last fis- The Government got a approved reduction in many rate, for faster transmission of kharif crop from November consumers that they are enti- HDIL group only, which has been blamed for the oft-repeat- cal, the RBI paid 28,000 crore higher dividend of 95,414 items with impact on the reduction in policy rates to bor- onwards, he said, and added tled for 2 kg onion. been an NPA account since the ed crisis at cooperative banks. as interim dividend. crore during the current fiscal exchequer. rowers from October 1. ?    - %$     !    >:;-    . )  (   ?23 $< :" )      P $E%            (    *(3  8?@1?=5  5  53 5'     $  =>81>8 New Delhi: Traders body he Government is consid-  8?@1?=5 get brushed under the carpet”. CAIT on Sunday alleged that e- Tering a proposal to sell Mathews said historically s Britain’s deadline to leave commerce portals during the + A over the 36 hours with nearly India’s second-largest state ith regulator’s review on the majority view on intercon- Athe European Union festive sales are causing huge 10X from an average business refiner and fuel retailer BPCL Wcall connect charges nect usage charges (IUC) has approaches, property prices loss of revenue to the     0 day,” Agarwal pointed out. to foreign and private firms but polarising telcos, industry body been that zero termination have slowed or dropped, espe- Government by levying GST He added that growth was the privatisation plan will need COAI has conceded that the charge is not acceptable in a cially in London, with sector on the discounted price rather seen across categories like fash- a prior nod of Parliament, offi- issue has always been a con- calling party pays regime. analysts warning of worse to than on the actual market price  8?@1?=5 ion (5X), beauty (7X) and gro- cials said. tentious one, even globally, “We are in the process of come if Britain crashes out of of the commodity. ceries (3.5X) during the first day Keen to get multi-nation- and hoped that players will aggregating inputs from our the bloc without a deal. The Confederation of All mazon.In, which started its of its Great Indian Festival com- als in domestic fuel retailing to engage in reasonable and ratio- members but until such time, “The market is at a stand- India Traders (CAIT) in a Afestive sale on Saturday, this festive season. pared to usual business days. boost competition, the nal discussions by looking at I can only reiterate historical still,” said Beatrice Caboche, communication sent to Finance said it has seen its “biggest over “With the single largest Agarwal said about half of Government is mulling selling the situation “objectively”. position taken by a majority of director at real estate company Minister Nirmala Sitharaman opening” and claimed it has day of Prime sign-ups, and its sellers were from tier II or most of its 53.3 per cent stake The Cellular Operators’ our members that in a calling Barnes UK. Average property on Sunday charged that the e- sold premium smartphones record number of customer lower cities, and over 42,500 in Bharat Petroleum Association of India (COAI) party pays regime, interconnect sales prices rose just 0.7 per cent commerce companies particu- worth 750 crore within 36 and seller participation, this is sellers received at least one cus- Corporation Ltd (BPCL) to a said different players may take cannot be free and globally too in July, their slowest increase in larly Amazon and Flipkart hours on its platform. the biggest opening day sale for tomer order in the first 36 strategic partner, officials aware varied position based on their there has always been nearly seven years. Analysts through their festive sales are Arch-rival Flipkart — Amazon.In,” Amazon Global hours of the sale. of the development said. operational, strategic and com- a cost attached to it,” Mathews blame a process set in motion depriving the government with which is backed by American Senior Vice President and India “Over 55,000 artisan prod- Privatisation of BPCL will mercial interests and asserted said. with a 2016 Brexit referendum. huge amount of GST revenue, retailer Walmart — also Country Head Amit Agarwal ucts across more than 270 not just shake up fuel retailing that majority and minority At the last estimate, the “Over the past three years, a CAIT statement said. expressed exuberance saying it said. He added that 91 per cent unique arts and crafts is avail- sector long dominated by state- views are part and parcel of majority operators believed there has been a general slow- CAIT has urged the had seen 2-fold sales growth on of its new customers came able on the platform...Over owned firms but also help working of any institution or that cost to be 14 paise for a down in UK house price Finance Minister to order an the first day of its ‘Big Billion from tier II and III towns with 2500 sellers recorded their meet at least a third of the industry body. voice call, Mathews said adding growth, driven mainly by a investigation into the business Days (BBD)’ sale compared to fashion and smartphone cate- highest ever sale on a single Government’s 1.05 lakh crore The comments assume sig- that minority view of one oper- slowdown in the south and east model of these companies. the opening day of the last gories emerging as the top day,” he added. disinvestment target. nificance as the industry has ator had been informed by the of England,” said Yael Selfin, “Its irony that if a trader year’s festive sale. shopping categories for these Flipkart Group CEO BPCL at the close of mar- erupted into a war of words association to the telecom reg- chief economist at KPMG UK. makes even a slight mistake dur- Both companies, however, customers. Kalyan Krishnamurthy said ket on September 27 had a over the last few days, with the ulator last time the IUC dis- Many investors expect the ing the course of his business, he remained mum on the total The company said a large the company had set “auda- market capitalisation of about IUC issue back on the regula- cussions took place in the market to weaken further and is subjected to several penalties business generated on the first number of customers were cious targets” internally and “by 1.02 lakh crore and even a 26 tor’s radar. sector. don’t want to overpay for prop- and even prosecution. However, day of the sale. The ongoing coming to its platform through all indications, this is going to per cent stake sale at this val- COAI Director General “We respect Trai’s intention erty that will be worth less if, these e-commerce companies sale is to close on October 4. the Hindi interface that was be the biggest festive season uation would fetch the gov- Rajan Mathews told PTI that of looking at the issue and seek- for example, Britain leaves the which are authorised to do While there have been con- launched last year. that India has witnessed”. ernment 26,500 crore plus a the association’s governance ing feedback. Our members EU without a negotiated deal. only Business to Business activ- cerns around a slowdown in “Affordability programmes “Affordability and value control-and-fuel-market-entry structure dictates that the posi- may look at things that have Potential sellers, on the ities are conducting Business to demand in some quarters, both enabled record number of cus- driven themes clearly are the premium ranging anywhere tion taken by it is commensu- changed in terms of traffic, so other hand, often prefer to Consumers sales right under Amazon.In and Flipkart have tomers upgrade to premium pulsating chords for India and between 5,000 crore to rate with the majority view of membership will give it a due leave their houses empty rather the eyes and nose of the gov- been upbeat about clocking phones with sales from premi- Bharat... Number of transacting 10,000 crore, officials said. its membership (since it rep- consideration. We are in the than accept a price they deem ernment and no action has strong growth in the festive sales. um brands OnePlus, Samsung customers from tier II and BPCL privatisation, how- resents majority of telecom process of soliciting all of that, too low — a stance that seems been taken so far against them Reports suggest e-com- and Apple exceeding 750 crore beyond have doubled over last ever, will need Parliament’s subscribers too) while ensuring to provide inputs to Trai,” to add to an already acute for such a blatant violation of merce companies could ring in within 36 hours. Large appli- year’s BBD sale on day 1,” he approval. that “minority view does not Mathews said. housing crisis. FDI Policy,” it said. PTI close to $5 billion worth of sale ances and TVs saw record sales said.   !"#$%&$'(  B   ' 7        RB"   

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He added that besieged festivities from Tuesday to Marches were held in “I don’t want to topple the a day of planned “anti-totali- Bill Lam, 25, who Hong Kong chief executive mark the founding of the Australia and Taiwan, with regime, but it definitely needs tarianism” demonstrations attended demonstrations in Carrie Lam should set up an People’s Republic of China, more planned in some 40             .       to changed,” he told AFP. “It globally. Hong Kong before moving to independent committee to including a huge military locations across Europe and needs to seek a reconciliation In one of the largest soli- Sydney for study two months investigate allegations of police parade that will revel in the North America later in the day. makeshift barricades. were police dressed as with the people.” darity marches in Australia ago, said protesters had brutality. country’s emergence as a glob- Clashes broke out before Many marchers were hold- protesters, a tactic used by the Over the last 17 weeks, since Hong Kong’s latest pro- become “very desperate” and “It’s something that we al superpower. Hong Kong’s unsanctioned ing so-called “Chinazi flags”, a force with increased frequency. Hong Kong has witnessed the democracy movement began simply wanted authorities to don’t want to see,” 25-year-old But ongoing unrest in march had begun after angry version of the Chinese flag A member of the media worst political unrest since its in June, black-clad partici- respect “their basic human Tony Chung said of the vio- Hong Kong threatens to crowds in the shopping district with yellow stars arranged in was also attended to by volun- handover to China in 1997 pants took to the streets rights”. lence that has featured in upstage those celebrations as of Causeway Bay surrounded the shape of a swastika. teer medics after being hit in with huge pro-democracy ral- chanting “Add oil”, a protest “I came here but I want to many of the summer the semi-autonomous city boils and heckled officers who were Police spent hours firing the face with a police projectile. lies as well as increasingly slogan denoting encourage- support them from Australia,” protests. with public anger over the ero- conducting stop and searches. tear gas and rubber bullets at Hong Kong’s protesters have intense clashes between police ment. he told AFP. “I feel so sad “It’s Hong Kong people sion of its special freedoms But the tear gas fired by different locations across the stepped up their international and a minority of violent pro- Some Sydney protesters every night because I watch the fighting against Hong Kong under Beijing’s rule. police only emboldened the city centre and were seen mak- lobbying in recent weeks. testers. held signs that read “Save live video (from Hong Kong) people, which doesn’t make Democracy activists in the crowds who then began walk- ing multiple arrests through- A 20-year-old student, who The city’s summer of dis- Hong Kong” and “Stop tyran- on Facebook and some social sense at all.” In Taipei some financial hub had vowed to ing through the streets in their out the day. gave his first name as Tony, was content was first triggered by ny”, while others carried yellow media.” Frankie Lo, 47, said he two thousand people, many ramp up their nearly thousands. An AFP reporter witnessed waving a Ukrainian flag. an extradition bill to the umbrellas or handed out had lived in Australia for years, dressed in black, gathered four-month-long campaign Some hardcore activists masked men repeatedly beating Many of Hong Kong’s mainland that has now been paper cranes in scenes that but continued to care deeply under torrential downpours ahead of Tuesday’s National vandalised subway stations, pro-democracy protesters in more hardcore protesters have shelved. But the movement played out in other major about the situation back home. outside parliament, the largest Day celebrations, which Hong tore down banners proclaiming the district of Wanchai using taken inspiration from the has since morphed into a call cities across the country “We still believe in one Hong Kong solidarity protest Kong protesters have dubbed a the upcoming 70th anniversary long sticks. 2014 Ukrainian Revolution for free elections and less Sunday. country, two systems, but they so far this summer on the “Day of Grief”. celebrations and set fire to It was not clear if the men which ousted a pro-Russian intervention from Beijing. Pro-China supporters just have to follow the Basic island. E.P 9         O / P =   2  ((   $  6(85?#?/ to race back to parliament.     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But that has only had limit- the murder and an attempted that Vice Premier Liu He would television in Manchester, northwest Johnson faced new questions about his suspension of parliament unlawful, and business titans before the ed success. cover up. travel to Washington for the England, where the conference is relationship with a US businesswoman Johnson challenged opposition parties gruesome murder in Saudi Arabia’s “The spectre of Jamal Her revelations, including talks sometime after China’s taking place. who won public grants. to bring down his Government. But Istanbul consulate on October 2 Khashoggi hangs over the kingdom audio transcripts showing the National Day holiday, which His tough stance has put him at The four-day conference also risks the Labour party said it will do noth- last year. of Saudi Arabia,” said Bruce Saudi agents involved referring to ends October 7. odds with the House of Commons, being disrupted by parliamentary ing to bring about an election until a But the global fallout over the Riedel, a former Central Khashoggi as a “sacrificial animal”, Wang repeated the Chinese which has passed a law blocking a “no business in London. “no deal” Brexit is no longer possible. killing rendered the heir to the Intelligence Agency officer and have piled pressure on Western position that the two sides deal” exit, and lost him a number of his Opposition MPs were furious at Johnson has responded with Arab world’s most powerful throne author of a book on Saudi Arabia allies to suspend arms sales to the should find a solution on the own MPs. Johnson’s decision to suspend parlia- defiance and focused his ire on MPs, a pariah, casting a shadow on his entitled “Kings and Presidents”. kingdom. basis of mutual respect and But it resonates with the over- ment for five weeks in early September accusing them of “surrendering” to the reforms, putting the kingdom’s “The murdered journalist and That has come as a blow to benefit. whelmingly pro-Brexit Conservative — a move the Supreme Court quashed EU and trying to undermine the 2016 human rights record under the commentator has not been Saudi Arabia amid heightened The Trump administra- party members who elected him in July on Tuesday — and refused to agree to referendum vote to leave. microscope and testing old forgotten, as Crown Prince tensions with arch-rival Iran fol- tion has imposed tariffs on — and are expected to give him a hero’s the normal conference recess. His rhetoric drew accusations of alliances with Western powers. 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A majority of previous years, with turnout half the stations, just under 1.1 than 400 attacks had been “The Afghan security in a road accident in east the accidents occur due to vio- hit by the threat of attacks, a million people had voted. reported over the course of the forces really showed a real China’s Jiangsu Province, local lations of traffic laws. muted campaign and concerns If that turnout trend holds, election day. capability in managing the authorities said on Sunday. China’s frequently over- of fraud. it would represent a participa- The Taliban claimed to security situation across The accident occurred at crowded long-distance buses Afghans went to the polls tion level of less than 25 per have conducted 531 attacks, Afghanistan in ensuring peo- around 7 am on Saturday, are particularly prone to fatal- on Saturday to vote in the first cent—lower than any of while the interior ministry said ple have access to polling when a packed coach with 69 ities. 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The alleged incident happened Lebanon is facing a deep-running fis- The pope who has made Begum, who was 15-years-old 10 years ago before she became an cal crisis as it staggers under one of the caring for migrants a hallmark when she secretly fled her home in MP in the Commons. highest debt ratios in the world, at USD 86 of his papacy spoke during a east London, in 2015 to join the ter- She managed to escape any injury billion or more than 150 per cent of the often sporadic, limited water supplies Mass for the World Day for rorist group is now living in a camp by using her rucksack as a shield country’s gross domestic product. from the state-owned water company. Migrants and Refugees. run by Kurdish forces in Northern before fleeing into her home in Many of Sunday’s protesters in down- Last week, the local currency reached “We cannot be indifferent Syria. She has repeatedly begged Witham, Essex, where she called the town Beirut blamed Lebanese political 1,650 Lebanese pounds to the dollar at to the tragedy of old and new populist Government, during Canadian artist Timothy British authorities to permit her to police. The 47-year-old, who is now leaders for the widespread mismanagement exchange shops after it had been stable at forms of poverty, to the bleak which the former hard-line Schmalz depicting migrants return, even if that meant impris- guarded around the clock due to her and corruption. 1,500 since 1997. isolation, contempt and dis- interior Minister, Matteo packed on a boat. onment in a UK jail. position, told the newspaper: “As in The protesters gathered shortly before Although the official price is still crimination experienced by Salvini, campaigned to prevent “This statue depicts a “Our job is to keep our country many other cases, the incident outside noon in the central Martyrs Square, then pegged at 1,500 pounds to the dollar, peo- those who do not belong to ‘our the arrival in Italy of migrants group of migrants from various safe. We don’t need people who have my house was a drug-related. marched toward the government head- ple find it difficult to get hard currency at group,’” Francis said. rescued at sea by cultures and over different his- done harm and left our country to “It was a truly shocking experi- quarters were riot police were deployed. this rate from local banks. “We cannot remain humanitarian groups. toric periods. I wanted this be part of a death cult and to per- ence but one which I know many “The people want to bring down the The protest was called for by activists insensitive, our hearts During his homily on artistic work here in St Peter’s petrate that ideology,” Patel told other people have had to face, some- regime,” some of the protesters chanted as from the civil society as well as individ- deadened, before the misery of Sunday, the pope also noted the Square to remind everyone of ‘The Sun on Sunday’. times with a less fortunate out- riot police stopped them from marching uals. so many innocent people. We weapons that fuel wars are the evangelical challenge of “We cannot have people who come. Violent crime concerns us all. toward the government headquarters. The Last week, amid fears that there will be must not fail to weep. We must often produced and sold in hospitality,” Francis said. would do us harm allowed to enter It invades communities and homes. slogan echoed that of the so-called Arab an open-ended strike at gas stations, peo- not fail to respond.” other regions “which are then During the Mass, a multi- our country – and that includes this “It can break neighbourhoods Spring uprisings of 2011. ple waited for long hours to get vehicles The pontiff has often unwilling to take in the ethnic chorus sang and the woman,” she said, in reference to and it has such a long-standing, chill- Other protesters chanted “peaceful” filled. spoken of the need to be refugees generated buy these incense burned came from a Begum. Under British law a person ing impact and effect.” and tried to stop the young men who Because of the shortage in hard cur- welcoming to migrants, travel- conflicts.” refugee camp in southern can have their citizenship revoked Her revelation came as she clashed with security forces. rency, there have been complaints by ling to the Italian island of Many migrants and Ethiopia, where refugees are but they cannot be made stateless. unveiled her plans to enforce tougher Despite tens of billions of dollars importers of fuel, medicine and wheat, that Lampedusa in 2013 on his first refugees from conflicts rekindling a 600-year-old tra- Patel’s predecessor, British jail terms, give police officers greater spent since the 15-year civil war ended in they buy the products from abroad pay- trip as pope to comfort throughout the world attended dition of collecting incense. Pakistani Sajid Javid, had withdrawn powers and roll out an extra 10,000 1990, Lebanon still has crumbling infra- ing in US dollars and when they sell in refugees. the Mass in St. Peter’s Square, The Vatican said the incense Begum’s British citizenship due to her Tasers to tackle violent crime on the structure including daily hours-long elec- Lebanon they do so in the local His message found politi- which closed with the unveil- “reminds us that refugees can Bangladeshi roots, something she country’s streets. tricity cuts, trash piles in the streets and currency. cal resistance in Italy’s previous ing of a bronze statue by also thrive, not just survive.”     *  B   !"#$%&$'( ' /" :' 7 ( !   81 + # ! #6' ( #"( "(  &#*2 *!"( %# (&( *# # *"& *!

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In an apparent sar- a vicious circle and we castic jibe at Thunberg this week fol- Twon’t deny it because lowing her haranguing of world most of our problems are leaders, Trump tweeted, “She seems interlinked. They feed each like a very happy young girl looking other. They are tangled and forward to a bright and wonderful intertwined so much that it future. So nice to see.” has become difficult to extri- Instead of addressing Trump by cate the world out of it. name, she said that she didn’t “under- One of the reasons why stand why grown-ups would choose we cannot solve these prob- to mock children and teenagers for lems is because we don’t have just communicating and acting on a common solution for them. the science when they could do In other words, our approach something good instead.” to the problems is not holis- Thousands later chanted “Greta, tic. So when we try to solve Greta” as she spoke at an afternoon Fears about the impact of glob- short of what’s needed if the world’s Trudeau, who praised her activism on them individually, it takes cultural and spiritual democ- rally in Montreal. al warming on younger generations sixth-biggest emitter is to meet the climate change. time. Meanwhile, there is an racy too. “We will do everything in our drew fresh protests in India, goals of the landmark “She is the voice of a generation, increase in other problems Currently, the disparity power to stop this crisis from getting Spain, Portugal, Sweden, 2015 Paris climate of young people who are calling on too. between the techno-scientific worse even if that means skipping Finland, the accord. their leaders to do more and do bet- We have infatuation for and psycho-spiritual devel- school or work,” she said. “The peo- Netherlands and Actor Javier ter,” Trudeau said. “And I am listen- the old theories. We don’t opment has grown tremen- ple have spoken. And we will contin- Bolivia a week Bardem joined ing,” he added. He also announced a realise that our present prob- dously. This has resulted in ue to speak until our leaders listen after hundreds dozens of young plan to plant 2 billion trees over the lems have been caused, direct- great imbalances and social, and act. We are the change and of thousands people in San next decade. ly or indirectly, by such socio- cultural and moral distor- change is coming,” she added. rallied world- Sebastian in one Thunberg, however, indicated economic, psychological and tions. It has eroded the true Her comments came as students wide ahead of of several rallies that she expects more, even of lead- political theories and con- perceptions of ourselves and in Italy symbolically torched a repli- the U.N. sum- held across ers who welcome the movement. cepts that gained currency the society we live in. This has ca of planet Earth, one of many mit. Spain ahead of Scientists this week issued new dire during the past. We should resulted in identity crisis. protests as part of the climate strikes In New demonstrations warnings about the consequences of know that these theories have The critical situation we sparked by the Swedish teen. Some Zealand, stu- in major cities to a tent. Police and firefighters rising temperatures on the world’s proved not only ineffective in face today is a result of the participants echoed the anger she dents marched such as Madrid tried to negotiate with them. oceans and cold regions. the long run but have also deterioration in morals and an expressed this week at a UN summit on Parliament in and Barcelona. In Buenos Aires, where school Thunberg told a crowd in given rise to new problems or over-emphasis on the mater- in New York. Wellington, stag- Bardem was pro- strikes inspired by Thunberg have Montreal it was moving to see peo- have aggravated the old ones. ial things. This has led to fix- “How dare you” read one banner ing one of the moting a documen- taken place since March, several ple of all generations so passionate for We should, therefore, discard ing up of wrong priorities, at a rally in Italy’s financial hub of largest protests ever tary he worked on with thousand people marched from the a cause. them because the world and imperatives, attitudes and Milan, where tens of thousands took held in that capital. Greenpeace. famed Plaza de Mayo to the “He (Trudeau) is of course obvi- its operations have changed goals. to the streets and later gathered In Berlin, activists In Austria, organizers said Congress. Protests occurred else- ously not doing enough, but this is tremendously since then. Even Our knowledge of nature around a giant globe to watch it go braved persistent rain to 150,000 people participated, where in Latin America, including in just a huge problem, this is a system now if we don’t liberate our- and its forces has tremendous- up in flames. More than 1,00,000 denounce a package of measures while local news agencies said Chile and Bolivia. that is wrong,” she said. “My message selves from the constraints of ly increased during the past people also rallied in Rome, where that the German government the number was 65,000. Protesters even rallied on Chile’s to all the politicians is the same. Just these crumbling ideologies few centuries but our moral protesters held up signs with slogans recently agreed on to cut the coun- In Poland, protesters Easter Island, known for its massive listen and act on the science,” she and unconfirmed assump- and spiritual development has such as “Change the system, not the try’s greenhouse gas emissions. blocked traffic in downtown statues known as moai. added. tions, it will be too late. In fact, not kept pace with it. As a climate” or just the word “Future.” Experts say that the proposal falls far Warsaw by chaining themselves In Canada, Thunberg met L we should be aware of our result, our relations at inter- wrong approach to the prob- personal, inter-communal and lems of elimination or allevi- international level have degen- habnam Bano Guddushaikh teachers when they notice that drinking. “People ask my ation of sufferings in the erated. If we cannot solve the Sis only 12 years old but her there are children who are not mother, ‘How does Shabnam world, and our paradigm of a problems of nuclear race or wise words and thoughtful    attending school. Do parents know so much?’ I say that I better world. poverty today, it is because our views belie her age. A resident stop their children from attend- know such things because we Today, our main empha- relationships are not based on of Sathe Nagar in Mumbai ing school and make them discuss such matters in the par- sis is economic development. goodwill, friendship, love and suburban district, she displays ' !>1 1 ?$6$$6=-#44#?$%,?2 help out with work instead? liament,” she says. We measure the advancement co-operation. a keen understanding of chil-   R    2  “This happens in villages and Shabnam feels encouraged of a nation by its GDP and per The present crisis is, dren’s rights and awareness of not in urban areas, like Sathe and appreciated by her moth- capita income. 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I about the lack of cleanliness, an rights, she feels she can only assumption that greater enjoy- to build a better world, then the NGO JeevanDhara. The realised this when I joined the issue that the children’s parlia- become a teacher since girls in ment of material goods leads we will have to create the nec- parliament, according to her, is children’s parliament last year. ment has discussed. She is not her community are told so. to greater happiness. It has essary moral climate and build a space to discuss “children’s I also became aware of child afraid to ask her neighbours to “My brother can become any- thus given us a wrong model up goodwill and co-operation issues, their future and rights.” marriage where girls are mar- not litter. “I once requested the thing because boys are not of development. It is wrong on a global scale. We need to With bright eyes and a cheery ried before they turn 18.” She woman next door to not litter restricted. I would like to because man does not live by focus on the moral imperative smile on her face, she prompt- asserts that girls should com- the areas outside her house. I become a doctor. But as a girl, bread alone. He needs mental to build goodwill otherwise ly reels off the key rights— plete their graduation or at least explained that this causes ill I am only allowed to become a and cultural development and there will be a great destruc- Right to Life, Right to study till class XII, prior to health. She laughed at what I teacher, and thus, I will make so does he needs peace of tion. Education, Right to Protection marrying. said, but agreed and stopped efforts to teach,” she says. She mind. Our goal should, there- It is not an Utopian belief and right to participation. She A student of class VII, the littering.” admires her tuition teacher fore, be his well-being rather that there can be a world is also aware that the UN 12-year-old knows several chil- She points to other worry- because she is a graduate, and than material wealth. without sufferings and prob- Convention of the Rights of the dren who are admitted in ing trends such as young boys has also done a teaching course. This clearly indicates that lems. It seems Utopian when Child has 54 fundamental school but would not attend smoking and drinking, and As a co-captain in the children’s there is a need for a shift in we use the current assump- rights. because they did not see the the prevalence of suicides parliament, she is no longer shy our emphasis. We have to tions and paradigms. “When girls are born, they importance of education. Their if one goes to school. 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$  6(1/1 ario Balotelli scored his first goal Mfor new club Brescia but the pro- eal Madrid regained top spot moted northerners fell to a 2-1 defeat in La Liga on Saturday after to Napoli on Sunday as all the Italian Ra goalless derby with Atletico teams in Europe warmed up with wins that saw them move above surprise for next week’s action. package Granada and maintain Roma got back to winning ways their small lead over a crowded beating Lecce 1-0 thanks to an Edin chasing pack. Dzeko goal, with city rivals Lazio also Unbeaten Real are a point sealing all three points with a 4-0 ahead of promoted Granada and hammering of Genoa. Atletico Madrid after Diego Italian international Balotelli Simeone’s side failed to break down headed in after 67 minutes their well-drilled local rivals, whose in his second match for his disciplined performance at the hometown club having Wanda Metropolitano was deserv- missed four games because ing of at least the point they gained. of a ban he incurred with “These matches with Atletico former side Marseille. are very physical, this is one of the First-half goals from hardest grounds we have to visit Dries Mertens and Kostas during the season,” Real captain Manolas ensured Napoli took all Sergio Ramos told broadcatser three points after their midweek loss Movistar. to Cagliari, to boost confidence ahead “It was difficult to create “We deserved much more, of their Champions League trip to chances in attack because they but what I have to do is con- Belgian club Genk. leave such little space. The point gratulate the players since we Carlo Ancelotti’s Napoli stay / 6 & /        does little for us though as we want- have been supportive again fourth with 12 points from six games,     ' 3      ed the three even more.” and we kept a clean sheet. We six behind league leaders Inter Milan            Real are a further point ahead lacked in creativity but who beat Sampdoria 3-1 on Saturday, of fourth-placed Barcelona, who we’re happy with what before they play Barcelona in Europe. won a hard-fought clash at Getafe we did.” Inter have a maximum 18 points 56-789 2-0 thanks to goals from Luis —ZINEDINE ZIDANE from six games — two ahead of Juve 1 6   Suarez and Junior, and Real ? " :(( — after winning their first six league 2+    2,  &@ >! Sociedad, who can themselves go matches for the first time since the (     top on Sunday if they beat a Sevilla 1966-67 season.     side down in eighth but just five “It was difficult to create Champions Juventus stay second > 6   ;++< points behind Zidane’s leaders. chances in attack because with Atalanta third — a point ahead     On a night of few clear-cut they leave such little of Napoli — after thrashing Sassuolo !" (   ;+,< 4H chances Atletico probably had the space. The point 4-1 on Saturday. ?   2,+3  best opportunities but failed to test does little for us Juve play Bayer Leverkusen on  Thibaut Courtois in the Real goal, though as we want- Tuesday with Atalanta’s first ever while the away side drew a couple ed the three Champions League home game       of fine saves from Jan Oblak on their even more.” against Shakhtar Donetsk. >     forays forward. —SERGIO Roma are fifth, a point behind  (           ;   The best came 15 minutes from  &            &  P 9    @ @    *  &    RAMOS Napoli, with Lazio a further point the end, when the Slovenian stop- back in sixth. +3&&D&:<" per got down brilliantly to his see the ball and I hope it’s his goal to close down Roberto never being able to win away,” said ond win of the season thanks to Balotelli carried his daughter Pia,     left to palm away Karim always like that — the fewer Soldado just before the half-hour Valverde. Denis Cheryshev’s 27th minute who lives in Naples with her mother      Benzema’s powerful header goals we let in the better it is mark. “We didn’t play well in the first strike. and was decked out in the Napoli (     !  from a Nacho cross. for everyone.” A remarkable counter-attack half but once we took the lead they ‘Los Che’ had been sent into tur- colours, onto the pitch at the San       " Just seconds before Granada had moved goal launched by Marc-Andre Ter basically didn’t have any chances.” moil when owner Peter Lim sacked Paolo Stadium. Atletico had come to within temporarily top of La Liga Stegen and finished off by Luis The win was Barca’s second in Marcelino Garcia Toral earlier in the In a nervy final half hour Balotelli having never won while playing for inches of opening the scor- before the derby after Suarez put Barcelona on their way a week as they attempt to recover month. got his head to a Sandro Tonali cor- both Milan clubs, Manchester City, ing when Saul Niguez met a Antonio Puertas’ first-half four minutes before the break at from an miserable start that led to But despite player and fan anger ner to serve notice to Italy coach Nice and now Brescia. corner with a header that strike saw them squeeze past Getafe, and Junior’s tap-in shortly questions surrounding Valverde’s at Lim’s decision, two draws and Roberto Mancini of his ambitions to Brescia slip to 14th in the table. flashed just past the upright. rock-bottom Leganes. after the restart made sure of Barca’s future. now a win after their shock victo- play Euro 2020. Elsewhere, both Roman clubs “It was a standard save for a Puertas crashed his long-range first away win since April. Athletic Bilbao lost for the first ry at Chelsea in the Champions It was his first goal in Italy in four also warmed up for their Europa goalkeeper,” said Oblak. winner into an empty net after Juan “This match was crucial for us time this season at home to crisis League have them in ninth on nine years but Balotelli’s losing streak to League games next week with wins “It was well-placed but I could Soriano had come charging out of to rid ourselves of the sensation of club Valencia, who bagged their sec- points. Napoli stretched to eight games — after Serie A losses during the week. Q""  & "%  * ( # 9  & $  =%?/>>= chances will come,” said Sterling. ed in on the goal line. $  (/ 56-789 “Coming here is always one City had chances to restore iyad Mahrez and Raheem Sterling /     of the most difficult fixtures in their lead before half-time but razilian superstar Neymar pledged on Saturday to Rcalmed Manchester City’s nerves on  +,,     a season. The pitch is narrow Jesus blazed over and Gundogan B“give my life to PSG” after his goal kept the French Saturday as the Premier League !""      and they are always up for it but fired straight at Everton goal- giants top of Ligue 1 with a 1-0 win at Bordeaux. champions overcame a search- ;:: 6   !2. =  < we got over the line. keeper Jordan Pickford. The world’s most expensive footballer, in an ing test to beat feisty Everton “It is still early in the season Early in the second half De attempt to win over PSG fans, many of whom have 3-1 and keep leaders /6     and there are still (more than) Bruyne hit the side-netting become unconvinced by the player’s attachment to the Liverpool in their sights.  +:    +: 90 points to play for. We are before Ederson was called into !:   6    French capital, Neymar has looked a rejuvenated fig- Pep Guardiola’s team came into behind at this moment in time action at the other end, tipping ure, scoring for a third time this season. the match at Goodison Park knowing     ;  !         took a deserved lead in chance to put City back in and a lot of It appeared to be normal service for   ! 4 4     the 24th minute when front on the hour mark, side- love, it’s bet- City when they took the lead midway    >  2,+H  Mahrez found Kevin De footing wide from Mahrez’s ter. through the first half through Gabriel    8  = #  Bruyne, who placed a delightful incisive pass. “I am Jesus but Everton hit back nine minutes -  7 22 curling cross onto the head of But the visitors eventually here to give later through Dominic Calvert-Lewin.    2+   Jesus, an unused substitute dur- got the goal they craved when my life to Both sides had chances after the >> ing City’s 8-0 demolition of Mahrez curled a free-kick into     !   PSG. They break in an entertaining contest but      6    Watford last week. the bottom corner past a are my Mahrez’s free-kick and Sterling’s late 10    The home side responded despairing Pickford with about team, my strike put the game beyond the home     =   brightly, with Gylfi Sigurdsson 20 minutes remaining. goal is to side and allowed City to close to with- A  K  E   going close, and pulled level in Sterling made sure of the help my in five points of Liverpool. 2,,34+,  the 33rd minute when Seamus win when he smashed an effort club, to con- “We know if we have a setback in F     Coleman chipped over goal- against the underside of the bar tinue to a match we stick with the gameplan,   keeper Ederson from a tight and goalline technology con- score goals.” (5 9   .  /      that is the most important thing. The angle and Calvert-Lewin head- firmed it had crossed the line. On Saturday, Kylian Mbappe and -        Neymar &       played $  0?78- together for the first aomi Osaka said she had been $  >5 ahead of team-mate Alex Albon, who time this   9      @  =  N“really riled up” as Japan’s two-time had started from the pit lane. season and   /      &     Grand Slam champion reached the sec- ewis Hamilton claimed his first win Carlos Sainz was sixth for McLaren combined for ond round at the China Open on Lin four races on Sunday when he ahead of Sergio Perez of Racing Point, the only goal in Bordeaux. Sunday despite being far from her best. rode his luck to end Ferrari’s winning Kevin Magnussen of Haas, Lando Mbappe, who had been out injured since August The 21-year-old former world streak with a well-judged strategic vic- Norris in the second McLaren and 25, started on the bench but, with PSG struggling for number one racked up 26 unforced tory for Mercedes in a roller-coaster Renault’s Nico Hulkenberg. a breakthrough, came on after an hour. errors on the way to a 6-3, 7-6 (7/5) win Russian Grand Prix. Vettel, who ignored Ferrari team The Parisian attack immediately gained a more over Jessica Pegula of the United States. The defending five-time champi- orders after snatching the lead on the menacing edge. Fourth seed Osaka looked frustrat- on came home 3.829 seconds ahead of opening lap, was forced to retire after Both Mbappe, with a shot, and Neymar, with a ed and disgruntled on several occasions his team-mate and nearest champi- 28 with a power failure. header, went close before combining to open the scor- against the 76th-ranked Pegula. onship rival Valtteri Bottas as “That’s exactly what we needed,” ing for the game’s only goal in the 70th minute. Osaka, who plays Andrea Petkovic Mercedes took full advantage of exclaimed a delighted Hamilton on Mbappe outpaced the Bordeaux defence on the of Germany next in Beijing, was disap- Ferrari’s reliability and tactical prob- team radio following a flawless strate- right. His precise low cross presented Neymar with pointed that she was unable to replicate lems by delivering a solid Silver gic performance by Mercedes. a tap in at the far post. the form which won her the Pan Arrows one-two. “It was an incredible job by all the “The most important thing is that these goals are Pacific Open in Japan a week ago. Sebastian Vettel, who led from lap team — not giving up. Keeping up with decisive, in tight matches, that’s why I’m here,” added “During tournaments, the first one, suffered a mechanical failure Ferrari was a hard task, but we kept Neymar. match is always the worst for me,” said and retired after leading, gifting pushing.” “It’s obviously a pleasure to link up with Kylian the US-based star. Mercedes a chance to extend their Bottas said his second was a cred- again. He came back with his smile and with his foot- “But I was kind of expecting it to Sochi supremacy to six wins in succes- it to the team’s belief. ball talent,” he added. be better because I just played really    )       sion. “Starting fourth and finishing sec- French World Cup winner Mbappe said he is well in Tokyo (actually Osaka). 9      %      Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc came ond is not bad, is it?” he said. “So, it’s delighted to link-up again with Neymar although he “I don’t know, I thought it would Another two-time Grand Slam home a frustrated third after starting not so bad…” admits their partnership remains a work in progress. carry on. I was a little bit frustrated that winner, Simona Halep, cruised into from pole and losing his advantage to @    5      Leclerc remained poised, despite “There are things that have been said, but we have I felt my game wasn’t really where I left round two in Beijing with a 6-1, 6-1 Vettel on the opening lap in a race         6 =    his disappointment. always had a relationship based on honesty and admi- it.” demolition of qualifier Rebecca punctuated by two Safety Car interven- “At least we are consistent,” he said. ration,” said Mbappe. “I just felt like today I was really Peterson. tions and one use of the Virtual Safety points clear at the top of the drivers’ “It’s a shame for the team not to Meanwhile, Monaco’s revival continued when a riled up, not really sure why,” she added, Venus Williams, whose sister Car. title race. have both of us up here… I will always 4-1 home win over Brest allowed them to move into also describing herself as “very stressed” Serena is not in the Chinese capital Hamilton’s win was his first since He scored an additional point for trust the team, but our tactic was for 12th spot. and “very nervous”. because of a knee problem, battled into the Hungarian Grand Prix on August fastest lap. me to give the slipstream, which I did Monaco have now taken seven points from their “I also didn't want to lose in the first the next round with a 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 vic- 4, his ninth in 16 outings this year and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen fin- — and then, well I need to speak to the last three league games. round,” she said. tory over Barbora Strycova. the 82nd of his career, lifting him 73 ished fourth, having started ninth, team about that.”   !"#$%&$'( $ B5

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Also knowing that ditions at 7:30 pm, the umpires  0 24+      players such as Hashim Amla senior players and there are you will be playing against decided to call off the game. "          2 and Dale Steyn. new players coming in and top teams more often (is This is the second consecutive    %          “Spotlight will be on a lot we want them to learn quick- great). match in the series which has      "# 4  of big players to make a ly. “We are obviously pre- been washed out. The second T20 L   /0 / statement. Our job is to come “Hopefully we can use pared to do well. When we do was also abandoned due to rain on        ., "G here and give the first punch the experience of the senior well, it gives you that better Thursday. (         0    as India is obviously expect- players that are still around confidence and I’ll take that India lead the five-match series ',  "L       ed to do well,” said Philander and mold this into a good confidence with me. It’s been 1-0.          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June 2020 as deadline for in the Asia Cup,” Khan said. 9 C >=,-: +4% ! 24(  The Sri Lankan team the Indian Cricket Board to Khan however 8! .41T 93  C0 =.: +4 began its tour of Pakistan on confirm its participation in acknowledged the practical  5   !24= !.4%      Friday, after 10 of its main play- Asia Cup, scheduled in problems in having any P 9; C/.'(,-=*(:+4(  !24( ers refused to travel citing September next year. bilateral cricketing ties with 8 G!.4- T95 C/=.,-,-=*(: security concerns. “This will be a precursor countries to be here.” “We need to see if India India in the prevailing stren- +4(  ! 245   ! .40  = / P  -  The Pakistan Cricket for that (Test) tour (in Much to the disappoint- agrees to come to Pakistan uous relationship between GT 9; C &--=>: +4(   ! 24( Board (PCB) had initially invit- December). I’m sure this will ment of the players and fans, for the Asia Cup. There is the two neighbours. 8 G!.4/  GT9 C>=,-:+4  8?@1?=5 ed Cricket Sri Lanka to play certainly encourage the others the opening ODI was washed still some time till next “Board to board level, (  ! 24/   ! .48 T two Tests of the ICC Test (SL player, who refused to out due to rain and Ratnayake year’s September but by we share a good relation 93 0=.:+4% !24-  !.4 shish Nehra, who knows a thing or two about injury Championship in Karachi and travel) to take decisions, we said the downpour has affect- June, we have to know with India but they have a  5   " Amanagement, on Sunday insisted that India’s pre- Lahore but the Islanders can’t enforce it on them,” ed the team’s training as well. where we are going with this lot of government interfer- mier fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah’s stress fracture has got instead opted to play a limit- Ratnayake told a media confer- “We have had only a day’s and if it can’t be hosted here ence and we can’t keep on   ! nothing to do with his unorthodox action. ed-overs series of three ODIs ence. training outside and today is because of a lack of involve- running after them to play = J (  7      +'  Bumrah was recently ruled out of both South Africa and as many Twenty20 match- “They have taken a deci- another. The preparation has- ment of India,” PCB CEO a bilateral series. If they =  1   ; < >  and Bangladesh series owing to a stress fracture on his es. sion and we have to respect n’t been all that good but that’s Wasim Khan said. want to play they will have            " 5 lower back, with a recovery time period of two months The PCB is now looking at that, but certainly, if things go not going to be an excuse However the final deci- to tell us and give us a firm   /  6 %    '  " due to early detection. this tour to pass off successful- well, this series will be a huge which I will give because they sion to shift the tournament commitment. We have no (      1   Former India left arm speedster Nehra is confident ly and have the Tests in thing for the future, not only are all professional players,” will be Asian Cricket issues playing at a neutral    ."H  " that Bumrah will be as lethal post his comeback as he December in Pakistan. for them but for all other Ratnayake said. Council’s prerogative. venue,” Khan said. 6 ! =  1      was prior to injury. (      1     “Stress fracture is unrelated to action and we must (/      !#P- ! get our concepts clear. He doesn’t need to change his &  ) .     (   action and if he tries to do that, it won’t be great. Let     !       " me assure you when he comes back, he can bowl with $  ?> = same action, intensity and pace,” Nehra said.       “His action is not that unconventional as it is made op-ranked Kento Momota of Japan  (8#@?/ started the third quarter Zuhai: ( 6  (      out to be. The alignment of his body at the time of deliv- Tclinched the men’s singles title at the with a flurry of good (#               ery is perfect. Korea Open badminton tournament on ragflicker opportunities inside the E F (  6         “The only aspect that is not copy book is his left Sunday with a win over number two DHarmanpreet Singh Spanish circle, and it was    R  "# hand (works like a pivot), which doesn’t go up. Even Chou Tien-chen of Taiwan. yet again scored a brace as in the 35th that they ben- 2,4 4 !            then, his action is 10 times better than Malinga. The 25-year-old downed Chou 21-19, Indian men’s hockey team efited from it as forward (6    +&! :4&;:D'5( claim his first major outdoor lation after a performance victory in the women’s ham- Echevarria. ing at various spots. These are stress spots. championship Gold medal. which makes him the sixth mer. The 23-year-old Gayle “Now fast bowling is a strenuous activity and do S sprinter Christian Defending champion fastest man in history. Price, 26, has only one kid- launched himself 8.69m with a bone scan of any bowler and you will see those spots. UColeman stamped his Justin Gatlin took Silver in “It is an incredible time, it ney and suffered several seri- his fourth attempt while Cuba’s Do you stop playing? It’s just that you have to manage mark on world sprinting on 9.89sec at the age of 37 while is a PR for me. I think the sky’s ous injuries down the years. Echevarria only managed it well as some injuries are chronic,” he said. Saturday with a dominant per- Canada’s Andre De Grasse the limit, I think I still have a “I didn’t even think I was 8.34m for Bronze. Nehra elaborated, “Had they not done scans, they formance to sweep to the claimed Bronze in 9.90sec. lot of things I can work on and going to compete this year,” Day two concluded with wouldn’t even had figured as players wouldn’t imme- global 100 metres title and sug- It completed a flawless improve, I think I can keep Price said after her win. “I was 50km walk races. diately figure out they have stress fracture. gest the heir to retired championship campaign for dropping my time,” the indoor in a lot of pain. I couldn’t even The men’s race was won by He said that too much noise is made out of work- Jamaican icon Usain Bolt has Coleman, who had been the 60 metres world record hold- throw over 70 metres.” Yusuke Suzuki, who became load management and according to Nehra, the more arrived. only man to duck under 10 er said. the first Japanese athlete to win the player plays, the better he gets. The 23-year-old seconds in both Friday’s open- There were also first world    the 50km men’s race. “At this stage of his career, the more he plays, bet- American, who escaped a dop- ing rounds and Saturday’s titles for Ethiopia-born natu- Jamaica’s Tajay Gayle upset The women’s race saw a ter he will get at it. Jessi is only 26 years old. He is play- ing ban earlier this month on semi-finals. ralised Dutch distance runner the form book to strike men’s Chinese 1-2 with Liang Rui ing international cricket for three years and he knows a technicality, swept over the He let out a roar of tri- Sifan Hassan in the 10,000m long jump Gold, producing the taking Gold in 4hr 23min his body well. He will come back stronger and the pace %  %  3 3         6 finish line in a world-leading umph as he crossed the line and DeAnna Price of the leap of his life to defeat 26sec and Li Maocuo the in his deliveries will remain intact,” he concluded. =22         9  (  personal best of 9.76sec to before punching the air in jubi- United States, who celebrated favourite Juan Miguel Silver.