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They were sus- tions and crowded places in pected to be in an advanced and around Delhi/NCR, the espite claims by TRS stage of executing terror plots agency registered a case on Dsources that party presi- that included synchronised IED December 20 under various dent and Telangana Chief hits at multiple targets like vital sections of the Indian Penal Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao installations, sensitive locations Code, Explosive Substances (KCR) would hold talks with and crowded places, besides Act and Unlawful Activities BSP supremo Mayawati and important political personalities. Prevention Act against the Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh The arrests came after raids module mastermind Mufti Yadav on Wednesday about a at 17 locations in Delhi and Mohmmad Suhail, alias proposed federal front, both Uttar Pradesh. Five persons Hazrath. the Uttar Pradesh stalwarts have been nabbed from UP and “The inputs were further did not turn up for the meet- five from the national Capital. developed and field verifica- ing. However, Akhilesh on They were in touch through tions were done. It was ascer- Wednesday backed KCR’s instant messaging apps like tained that the Mufti and his move for the anti-BJP and WhatsApp and Telegram, '! ! $ ! " !$ ! ! $ associates have mobilised funds anti-Congress federal front, sources said, adding they were (( "! M* " * N, % - ! and have procured weapons, and said he will meet the TRS highly radicalised and trying to ammunition and explosive chief in Hyderabad soon. There assemble remote-controlled material to prepare IEDs and was no word from Mayawati as IEDs and suicide vests. bombs and they planned to yet on the KCR’s move. The arrested accused are carry out explosions and fiday- On his second day in the Telangana CM to build an turn up for the proposed meet- also suspected to be in touch een attacks at places of impor- Delhi, instead of meeting alliance keeping in view to ing. On Tuesday, sources close with a handler abroad, the tance in and around Delhi and Opposition leaders, KCR met 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Akhilesh to the TRS had claimed that details of which are under the also target crowded places. To Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he would visit Mayawati was scheduled to scrutiny of the security agen- disrupt and dismantle the to discuss issues pertaining to Hyderabad next month on meet the Telangana CM on cies. The module was formed module, searches were carried Telangana. January 6 and would definite- Wednesday at 11.30 am. three-four months back and the out today at six places in Meanwhile, rebel SP leader ly call on KCR. Pitching for a federal front NIA did not rule out the pos- Jafrabad, Seelampur, Delhi, Shivpal Yadav, who recently The SP chief said he could of regional parties, the TRS sibility of attacks during the and 11 places in UP, including floated the Pragatisheel not meet the TRS leader due to chief reached Delhi on Monday Republic Day celebrations next six locations in Amroha, two in Samajwadi Party (Lohia), on his unavailability in Delhi that night and will stay put in the month. $! # ! ! " ! " Lucknow, two in Hapur and Wednesday said he is willing to coincided with the schedule of national Capital till Thursday. The exposure of the mod- one in Meerut,” NIA join hands with the Congress KCR. Sources said the meeting While the BJP has dubbed ule marks a major shift in the spokesperson Alok Mittal said. to defeat the BJP in the com- between Akhilesh and KCR KCR as the “B team” of the ISIS strategy in the Indian hin- police, the NIA picked up 16 seized a huge cache of explo- Huge quantities of explo- ing Lok Sabha elections. The were planned at the residence Congress, Congress chief Rahul terland as the outfit has hith- India. suspects and placed 10 suspects sives, weapons, materials for sive material, arms and ammu- estranged uncle of Akhilesh of SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Gandhi and TDP leader N erto tried to radicalise the In a multi-city early morn- under arrest, including the fabrication of IEDs and 7.5 nition and other incriminating stressed that all those talking Yadav. Chandrababu Naidu have youth for carrying out the ter- ing operation in the national mastermind Mohammad lakh cash from the suspects. A material and documents were about forming a front to defeat However, KRC received a accused Rao of being the “B ror group’s agenda in the West Capital and Uttar Pradesh in Sohail, a mufti from Amroha in woman suspect is also being seized, he said. the BJP should also talk to him. setback when Mayawati, who team” of the BJP. Asia and not hitting targets in association with the local Uttar Pradesh. The agency also questioned by the agency Continued on Page 4 Appreciating the efforts of despite being in Delhi, did not Continued on Page 4 & "#$%& P # % ' ' !

( !" $% 5.'6)&7 " $ # % ( # $ ! ce golfer Jyoti Randhawa !% 2*324 2*324 responsibility for Uttar Awas arrested on 2*3248$449 " Pradesh, a politically crucial Wednesday on charges of ! ! enior BJP leader Ram JP president Amit Shah on state, where the BJP is likely to poaching in Dudhwa Tiger s the war of words between " SMadhav on Wednesday said BWednesday appointed face a tough challenge from a Reserve’s protected area in Athe BJP and the Congress #$ & if the court judgment on Ram party’s incharges of 17 States to prospective alliance of the SP Uttar Pradesh and remanded in over trapped young miners in ' ! $ temple is not concluded early, steer the party’s campaign in and the BSP. 14-day judicial custody by a Meghalaya coal mine rages on, " the BJP would explore “other the Lok Sabha polls. The list Rajya Sabha member V court, an officer said. family members of the trapped # options”. The statment has includes Union Minister Muraleedharan and party sec- Randhawa (46) was hunt- workers are hoping for miracles ! come a day after Union Law Prakash Javadekar for retary Deodhar Rao will be ing in the forest area near the for their safe return. Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Rajasthan, Thawarchand incharge of Andhra Pradesh. Motipur range along with his Since December 13, about ! urged the Supreme Court to Gehlot, another Minister, for Mahendra Singh and OP associate Mahesh Virajdar and fifteen people have been !! % fast-track the hearing in the Uttarakhand; and Rajya Sabha Mathur will be incharge of was in possession of a loaded trapped in a flooded coal mine Ayodhya title suit. member Om Prakash Mathur Assam and Gujarat respective- .22 bore rifle when both of in Meghalaya. Those missing % & & The temple fire is receiving for Gujarat. ly, the statement said. them were arrested, field direc- are believed to be teenage boys ! ' ! more fuel as Lok Sabha polls decided to rename Faizabad as BJP general secretaries Former Bihar BJP presi- tor of Dudhwa Tiger Reserve used by illegal mining groups )* draw closer and the apex court Shri Ayodhya district. Bhupender Yadav and Anil dent Mangal Pandey has been Ramesh Pandey alleged. to enter “rat hole” mines with is to decide on the hearing of “Option of Ordinance has Jain have been assigned Bihar made incharge of Jharkhand. A deer hide, equipment small openings. Digging at the the title suit on January 4 in the always been there. But matter is and Chhattisgarh respectively, The BJP has also appoint- used for hunting, the tele- mine was banned four years )$ “Mandir-Majid” dispute. right now in the SC, and the SC according to a statement. ed incharges and coincharges scope-mounted .22 bore rifle, ago, but illegal and unsafe * % Facing a tough election has given a date of January 4 to BJP general secretaries for several other States, includ- 80 live cartridges and three activity by private landowners fight in 2019 elections, the decide about next Bench. We Bhupender Yadav and Anil ing Himachal Pradesh, empty shells and some cash and the local community is rife. ! ruling BJP, with a good hope the SC will take it in fast- Jain have been assigned Bihar Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, were seized from the SUV in In the meantime, contest- prompting from the RSS, is track way and conclude it early. and Chhattisgarh, respectively, Manipur, Nagaland, Punjab, which the two were travelling, ing Congress president Rahul for air, Modi strutted on #+, * keen to push the temple agen- If that’s not going to happen, we’ll for the 2019 polls, according to Telangana and Sikkim among he said. The officer said Gandhi’s jibe on Prime Assam’s Bogibeel Bridge. The & # da, particularly in Uttar explore other options,” the BJP the statement. others. Manipur and Nagaland Randhawa was drunk. Minister Narendra Modi over PM inaugurated the bridge on ! + Pradesh. general secretary said in a tweet. Besides incharges, the are to be handled by the party’s Police slapped serious doing little to release trapped Brahmaputra river on Tuesday. Madhav’s comment that Law Minister Ravi Shankar party has also named co- spokesperson Nalin Kohli and charges under the Wildlife miners, the ruling NPP-BJP Union Minister Kiren ,+- $ his party may go for “other Prasad had on Wednesday incharges for several States, a Odisha by general secretary Protection Act, 1972, and the Government in Meghalaya on Rijiju asked Rahul not to do .!#/ % ! options” goes on to confirm the requested the SC to resolve the BJP statement said. Govardhan Arun Singh. Indian Forest Act, 1927 against Wednesday said the State politics over the “tragedy”. He 0 1! BJP’s pursuit of the Ram tem- Ram Mandir issue at the earli- Jhadapia, a Gujarat leader; Party sources said in- the two. They were produced Government is making efforts blamed the previous Congress * ! ple issue and its determination est and sought to cite its quick Dushyant Gautam, a party vice charges for more states such as before magistrate who denied to rescue the miners. Government in Meghalaya for * to make it a campaign plank. verdict on adultery and president; and Narottam West Bengal, J&K, Kerala and them bail and remanded them In a sharp attack against the “unsafe illegal minining As a precursor, the Yogi- Sabrimala. Mishra, who is from Madhya Tamil Nadu will be announced in judicial custody for 14 days. Modi, the Congress chief said activities” in the State. ! & # % Government in UP has already Continued on Page 4 Pradesh; have been given the in the coming days. Continued on Page 4 while trapped miners struggled Continued on Page 4 ) * %

! ! ! 2*324 Tuesday, the minimum tem- tion levels will continue to perature had settled at 5.0 remain in very poor to severe he national Capital record- degrees Celsius. category in Delhi. Winter in Ted minimum temperature Skymet, a private weather Delhi may worsen as temper- at 3.6 degrees which was the forecast agency, in north India, atures are all set to fall further,” lowest of this winter, according said dry and cold winds from said a weather expert. to the Indian Meteorological north-west are blowing over Meanwhile on Christmas, Department (IMD). the entire north-west India. a total of 316 trains were affect- “The minimum tempera- “There can be dry weath- ed due to bad weather condi- ture was recorded at 3.6 degrees er conditions to continue with tions, he said. The trains start- Celsius, four notches below further fall in day and night ing from Delhi, including the the season’s average. It is the temperatures. Cold wave con- Lucknow-New Delhi Gomti lowest temperature recorded so ditions will cover some more Express, Lucknow Junction- far this year,” it said. Delhi has parts of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Meerut city express and been reeling under a cold wave Pradesh, north Rajasthan,” Howrah-Anand Vihar express, for the past few days. On mentioned weather forecast were cancelled on Wednesday, December 23, the minimum agency. sources said. temperature was recorded at The weather forecast Due to foggy weather con- 3.7 degrees Celsius. It is expect- agency said drop in tempera- ditions in north India, 11 trains ed to dip to 3.0 degrees Celsius $ % & ture may lead to formation of were cancelled, two trains were after December, although the ground frost in many parts of partially cancelled and fre- skies were clear throughout the north-west plains. “The mois- quency of six trains reduced day and the maximum tem- degrees Celsius. humidity level recorded at 8.30 ture will decrease reduction in said an official of the Northern !" " # perature hovered around 20 The Met department said am was 97 per cent. On intensity of fog, but the pollu- Railway. !(%$#) *"%+,-+./0

1, 2 @ R 2 ! ! ! 2*324 +BB23 It is believed that the rival gang members opened fire at ' ' et again tension gripped in /3 &&23 *9 him on Tuesday afternoon. YBawana after the area wit- The man was shot in full pub- nessed two gang wars in past 24 3)" 2.$9< lic view and was hit by two bul- ! ! ! ! 2*324 is pending before the Supreme the session. "The charter also hours. In the first incident, a 49- lets as he fell down. According Court since a long time and in demands that the markets year-old gangster, Manoj )&049 29< to a senior police official, the ! ! ! 2*324 raders in the national absence of any decision the which are about to be shifted, Sehrawat was allegedly shot incident occurred on Tuesday TCapital will hold a protest traders are suffering greatly. should get all sorts of infra- dead by unknown assailants in *9024 2. afternoon at around 1:30 pm hree policemen were sus- on January 3 against sealing "The Monitoring structure facilities at the shift- Bawana on Wednesday when Monu was on his way to Tpended for their negligence drive in Delhi. The decision was Committee is working like a ing place and the notices issued evening. Earlier on Tuesday, a doctors declared him brought 0..23 market on his scooty in Bawana after they went without their taken at a meeting held on dictator with adamant attitude by the Delhi Development 34-year-old man was shot twice dead," said the senior police area. weapons to catch robbers who Wednesday by the of sealing entire Delhi. Under Authority (DDA) and in his stomach by some crimi- official. "Suddenly, four armed allegedly ransacked a house in Confederation of All India such circumstances, the traders Municipal Corporations of nals while he was going to the "During initial investiga- In another incident a 34- assailants travelling in a car south Delhi's Sainik Farms on Traders (CAIT) which was are left with no other alternative Delhi (MCD) to all such shops market on his scooty in Rohini’s tion, it was revealed that he was year-old man was shot twice in overtook him on his way and Tuesday. According to a senior attended by representatives of but to launch a city wide agita- should be withdrawn," he said. Bawana area. shot over a dispute among his stomach by some criminals set opened fired on him. The police official, on Saturday, more than 75 prominent trade tion. However, he categorically Conversion charges on The victim was recently out family over a plot. Police are while he was going to the mar- assailants hit two bullets in four armed men allegedly associations of Delhi. said that we are not against walled city, Sadar Bazar, Karol on bail. According to a senior also not rulling out the angle of ket on his scooty in Rohini's Monu's abdomen and fled from barged into a farmhouse and CAIT national secretary penal actions against all those Bagh, Paharganj, Darya Ganj etc. police official, the incident gangwar," said the senior police Bawana area. Police, however, the spot. The injured collapsed looted cash and ornaments general Praveen Khandelwal people who have tress pass any should be made clear whether to occurred around at 7:30 pm on official adding that further have ruled out any link to gang on road in a pool of blood," said worth lakhs after taking the said sealing is one of the core Government land," he added. be levied or not, he added. Wednesday evening when investigation is going. rivalry and claimed reason of the senior police official. complainant's wife and his and critical issuse of traders He also said the CAIT has Khandelwal further said Manoj was walking towards Shehrawat alias Sanjay had personal enmity with assailants. "He was rushed to a near- domestic help into hostage. which is directly linked with prepared a charter for the agi- that a bill or ordinance should Bawana chowk, some uniden- two cases under TADA, apart The man has been identi- by hospital by locals and police "When the men were ran- their earnings. In last one year tation which includes de-sealing contain a Cut-off date by which tified assailants came and shot from several others including fied as Monu, a resident of were informed by the doctors. sacking, one of the domestic thousands of shops in Delhi of all shops which have been date the status quo should be him in his head. kidnapping and extortion. In Wajidpur village in Bawana The victim was operated upon helps somehow managed to have been sealed whereas the sealed and to stop all kinds of maintained in Delhi. The traders "Police was informed by 1994, he had kidnapped two who also has some criminal and is still under observation in escape and approached the Neb sword of sealing is hanging on sealing in Delhi, the are ready to pay any reasonable locals regarding the incident daughters of a UP MLA, one of cases against him, including a ICU," said the senior police offi- Sarai police station seeking help," other thousands of shops and no Government should either bring charges in lieu of that and laws following which a team rushed whom he later married. The case of attempt to murder. The cial. A case has been registered said the senior police official. one is listening to the woes of legislation in current session of and rules for the future should to the spot. Manoj was lying in other married an aide of his, entire incident was captured in under section 307/34 of Indian "Two policemen went with the traders, he said. the Parliament or bring an be made quite strict so that no a pool of blood on road. He was Jagmal. He was suspected to a CCTV camera installed near Penal Code (IPC) and arms act the domestic help to the spot. Khandelwal said the matter Ordinance immediately after one can defy the same, he said. taken to nearby hospital where have killed Jagmal and his wife. the crime spot. at Bawana police station. However, after reaching the spot, they realised that they had forgotten to carry along their weapons. They left the spot $ " ! 0 . '.&< C! Q assuring the complainant that they would return with more police personnel," said the police ! ! ! Nagar. He has been arrested tried to resist, the accused !"# $%%$## official. "They returned to Neb ").)".0 under section 354 (assault or threatened her and sexually Sarai police station but did not criminal force to woman with assaulted her," the police said. inform their senior about the private tuition teacher was intent to outrage her modesty), The accused had installed ! ! ! Police said the victim was ! ! ! access to feeder transportation matter. A case was registered in Aarrested for sexually and section 6 (aggravated pen- secret CCTV cameras at his ").)".0 under depression following 2*324 and to help our passengers connection with the ransacking assaulting a 17-year-old girl in etrative sexual assault) of the house to film the act. He was an illness. "At the time of the reach their ultimate destina- and the matter is being probed," September when she had vis- Protection of Children from also blackmailing the girl that retired deputy comman- incident, Singh's wife and n order to provide last mile tions. With this collaborative he added. The duty officer of ited his house for tuition class- Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act if she revealed the incident he Adant of the Central daughter were present in the Iconnectivity for the Metro partnership with Cab aggre- Neb Sarai police station was also es. Police have arrested the after the mother of the girl will upload the video on sev- Reserve Police Force (CRPF) flat. The deceased did not users, the Delhi Metro is going gators like Uber & Ola, we are among the three suspended, accused after the medical lodged a complaint. Police eral social media platforms. committed suicide by jumping leave any suicide note," the to set up Cab facility (Kiosks) looking forward to encourag- Devesh Srivastava, Joint examination of the victim said the victim was is a Class He also threatened the victim from a highrise apartment official added. in association with UBER in ing more and more people to Commissioner of Police confirmed sexual assault. The XII student and has been been with dire consequence if she building in an upscale resi- "We are investigating the two of its Delhi Metro stations. use the Metro and have ease of (Southern Range) said. accused was produced before attending Vashisht's accounts disclosed the incident to any- dential area, police said on matter and will also get more Delhi Metro rail Corporation access for the last mile con- the concerned court and has classes for the past few one, the probe team said. Wednesday. inputs from his family. No has started the last mile connectivity," said angu Singh, been sent judicial custody. months. Thereafter the shocked The victim was identified suicide note was found in the nectivity kiosks services on the Managing Editor of Police said the victim "On September 13 the girl attended the class till as Harbhagat Singh (65), a res- house, but further Wednesday on a pilot basis set DMRC while inaugurating revealed the incident to her accused had called the girl for November but on December ident of Golf Estate in Sector investigations are being con- up by Uber and Ola at Dwarka the Kiosks. mother on Tuesday after classes at a time when nobody 25 the girl narrated her ordeal 66. "Singh jumped off from the ducted. The body has Sec-21 and Rajiv Chowk Metro DMRC further said that which the matter was report- was present at his house. to her mother, who immedi- balcony of his flat located on been handed over to the stations. presently, Uber has set up ed at the civil lines police sta- Taking advantage of that, the ately came to the police station the 24th floor of the multi- deceased's family after an These kiosks will provide such kiosks at Dwarka Sec- tion. The accused teacher has accused sat near the student and lodged a complaint," said storey apartment complex. He autopsy," said Subhash Boken booking facility of cabs for the 21 and Sikanderpur Metro been identified as Yogender and started touching her inap- Subhash Boken spokesperson died on the spot," the police spokesperson of the Gurugram Metro's commuters. station whereas, Ola at M G Vashisht, a resident of Patel propriately. When the girl of the Gurugram police. said. police. Commuters will also be able to Road and Noida Sec-18. get information regarding Both the cab aggregators booking status and location of have also set up their kiosks already booked cabs. at the central hub of Rajiv + "DMRC has always kept Chowk interchange station the interest of its commuters at also. Signages will be dis- the centre of its functioning. played at inside/outside Our agenda is to make mobil- Metro stations for the infor- ity seamless by providing mation of public. ! ! ! 2*324 ! &% 24-year-old worker was Acharred to death and another injured after a fire & broke out in a helmet manu- facturing unit in northwest ! ! ! 2*324 discharged. He got three Delhi's Swaroop Nagar on injuries on his forehead, Tuesday night. Delhi Police constable was neck and ear. A case under The deceased has been Aallegedly stabbed thrice by section 307/392/511 of Indian identified as Devender, a a robber in Mahilla Mangal Penal Code (IPC) has been reg- native of Shahjahanpur in locality of Dakshinpuri. Police istered at Ambedkar Nagar Uttar Pradesh while the have also arrested 21-year-old police station," said the DCP. injured has been identified as man for allegedly stabbing the "During investigation, a Jitender (34), a resident of police constable. Meanwhile, in vagabond identified as Zuber Delhi. According to a Delhi another incident reported from (21) was arrested who later Fire Service (DFS) senior offi- North West district, a 50-year- confessed to the crime. The cial, a call about the fire was old man was shot dead on weapon of offence was also received at 9.25 PM on Wednesday allegedly by recovered from his possession. Tuesday and 12 fire tenders unidentified persons in north- The accused is found involved were rushed to the spot. west Delhi's Keshav Puram in eight cases of robbery and "The fire was brought area. theft in the area," the DCP under control by 12.10 am. According to Vijay Kumar, added. The victims were rushed to Deputy Commissioner of Police In another incident, a 50 Safdarjang Hospital where (DCP), South district, on year old man was shot dead in Devender was declared Tuesday night the constable Keshwav Puram area of North brought dead while the injured identified as Sohan Lal after duty west district.The deceased has Jitender sustained 20 percent at Neb Sarai police station was been identified as Vinod Garg, burn injuries and is still going returning to his home when he a resident of Rohini Sector-6. under treatment at Safdarjang saw that a man was beating a According to Aslam Khan, hospital," said DFS official. boy and trying to rob him. Deputy Commissioner of "An enquiry has been ini- "Sohan Lal was in uni- Police (DCP) North-west dis- tiated and cause of fire is yet form and on seeing him com- trict, two Police Control Room to be ascertained," said Alsam ing the man left the victim boy, (PCR) call was received at Khan, Deputy Commissioner pulled a knife from his pocket around 2.45 pm regarding the of Police (DCP), North- west and attacked the constable and shooting following which a districy. "The factory was oper- fled from the spot. Sohan Lal team rushed to the spot. ating out of rented premises. somehow managed to call his "He was taken to a nearby After post-mortem, the body colleague whom he narrated hospital, where he was declared will be handed over to the the incident and soon a police brought dead," said the DCP. family. A case has been regis- team also reached the spot," tered under section 336, 304A said the DCP. and 285 of Indian Penal Code "He was rushed to AIIMS (IPC).n," said the DCP. where after treatment he was 0 +@

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!(%$#) *"%+,-+./0 / + % % ! ! ! 2*324 nessed 'very poor' air quality. In Meteorology (IITM), the air good wind speed will contin- Secretary Vijay Kumar Dev, NCR, Ghaziabad, Faridabad, quality is likely to improve as ue to disperse pollutants faster EPCA chairperson Bhure Lal ir quality in national Gurugram, Greater Noida and weather conditions like the than that of accumulation due directed him to ban all con- ACapital improved slightly Noida recorded 'very poor' air wind speed and the ventilation to colder condition and fog. struction activities in Delhi, on Wednesday but was still in quality. index are marginally The air quality will remain in Faridabad, Gurgaon, 'very poor' category as weath- The overall PM2.5 level — favourable for dispersion of the very poor range for the next Ghaziabad and Noida till for undertaking water sprin- er conditions marginally fine particulate matter in the air pollutants. three days. Moderate foggy Wednesday. 9 kling from high rise buildings favoured dispersion of pollu- with a diameter of less than 2.5 The ventilation index is the conditions will prevail for the The Environment especially for settling the sus- tants, authorities said. micrometer — was recorded at speed at which pollutants can next two days over Delhi and Pollution Control Authority ! pended dust particles. The Central Pollution 220 and the PM10 level at 341 get dispersed. A ventilation surrounding regions and may (EPCA) directed the traffic They were also directed to Control Board (CPCB) data here, the CPCB said. index lower than 6,000 not allow significant improve- police to deploy special teams ensure that during the period of showed the overall air quality The national capital sqm/second, with average wind ment," the SAFAR said. and ensure congestion-free ban on construction, no one index (AQI) at the 'very poor' recorded its second highest speed less than 10 kmph, is In view of prevalence of traffic flow, particularly in indulges in such activities and level of 378, while the Centre- pollution level of the year unfavourable for dispersion of 'severe' pollution in the nation- identified high-traffic corri- ! ! ! 2*324 that violators are strictly dealt run System of Air Quality and Sunday with an AQI of 450. pollutants. The index was 5500 al capital, industrial activities in dors. with as per the law. Weather Forecasting (SAFAR) The air quality remained sqm/second Wednesday, the pollution hotspots of Wazirpur, The agencies concerned elhi Environment Minister In view of the prevalence of showed an AQI of 364, which 'severe' Monday and Tuesday IITM said. Mundka, Narela, Bawana, have also been asked to ensure DImran Hussian on 'severe' pollution in the nation- too falls in the 'very poor' cat- before moving to the 'very According to the SAFAR, Sahibabad and Faridabad, and strict action against illegal Wednesday reviewed Graded al capital, industrial activities in egory. poor' category Wednesday the overall air quality over construction work across industries, intensify ground Response Action Plan (GRAP) dray leaves, woods and other pollution hotspots of Wazirpur, According to CPCB data, morning. Delhi is 'very poor'. Delhi-NCR was ordered to action and make all efforts to mandated by the Supreme factors contributing pollution. Mundka, Narela, Bawana, eight areas recorded severe According to the Indian "It will further improve a remain shut till Wednesday. control polluting activities, par- Court, to mitigate air pollution In the meeting, this was Sahibabad and Faridabad, and pollution, while 26 areas wit- Institute of Tropical few notches by tomorrow as In a letter to Delhi Chief ticularly waste burning. in Delhi in view of the prevail- informed to Minister that pre- construction work across the ing metrological conditions in sent conditions in Delhi are Delhi-NCR were ordered to the whole of northern India. temperature inversion, meteo- remain shut till 34

Importantly, Delhi record- rological conditions and low Wednesday."Further, for effec- *#!+! -".!/0 !$ ed season's coldest day with 3.6 wind speed which do not allow tive control of dust, conditions degree Celsius temperature on the pollutants to disperse eas- stipulated in sanctioned build- Q R Wednesday. The Meteorological ily in the atmosphere and ing plan for construction of &"! 2*324 er a proposal to provide a direct link to connect the ITPO Pragati scientists said that the air qual- hence the AQI is high. buildings must be strictly Maidan to Sunder Nursery which will also cover the Zoo, National ity has improved due to relatively Transport Department was followed by the owners fter ITO skywalk, the Public Works Department is planning Science Museum, Old Fort and Sunder Nursery. Also, these places good wind speed. Reviewing the directed to continue enforce- and builders," he said. Ato construct a 'Heritage Walk' to provide a direct connectiv- are in public interest and visited by the people on large scale, said preparation plans, Hussian has ment action with more vigour The minister also directed ity to six most visited and Sources. asked Public Works Department in the coming weeks also and that joint teams of officials famous places of the national The approximate foot fall (PWD) officials for mechanical act against violators. from the Revenue Department, Capital with heavy footfall— on these sites such as National sweeping of roads and water Hussain directed all three municipal corporations con- Trade Centre (Pragati Maidan), Science Centre - 60,9427, Old sprinkling to ensure less contri- Municipal Corporation of Delhi cerned and civil defence vol- National Science Museum, Fort - 80,000, Zoo- bution of harmful pollutants. (MCDs) to ensure control of unteers deputed in each of the Purana Quila (Old Fort), Zoo, 65000,Sunder Nursery - 40,000 Taking cognisance on the instances of burning in open districts for monitoring of con- Sunder Nursery (recently con- and around 8 to 9 lakh people current prevailing situation, and compliance of dust control struction activity and taking verted as heritage park and visited Pragati Maidan during the Minister asked measures, failing which senior preventing and punitive action Humayun Tomb. This walk Trade Fair. Environment division to deploy officers should be held account- against the violators of Dust will emerge as a 'heritage Walk' Besides this, this walk will civil defence volunteers who able. Commissioners of MCDs/ Control Norms may be con- once the plan gets approval also provide a connect to the will keep the tab on burning of PWD and Delhi Fire Services tinued for the time being. from the concerned authorities. nearby tourist sites such as The main aim of the project National Crafts Museum, ! ! ! 2*324 is to make visitors feel at ease ()) )) (( Masjid Khairul Manazil, and connected. It will provide a $' D Humayun Tomb, Neela & E,B-9 < D?,,,, $ * hief Minister Arvind direct link to these places to F DEA,,,$! ! D Gumbad, Nizamuddin and 6 CKejriwal on Wednesday facilitate a nice trip to children, ,,,, ! ? B # India Gate. attacked the BJP over alleged people and the tourists espe- & 0 "It has also been witnessed # mass deletion of voters' names cially who commute from the ! < that people come to visit trade from Delhi's electoral list and public transport. Also, these fair or any program organized *& likened the party to a demon. sites witness a heavy footfall in in the trade center also plans to The Chief Minister was speak- lakhs on daily basis. visit the nearby places but there ! ! ! will again lose its deposit. By ing at an event to felicitate play- According to Sources, the is lack of connectivity as well as 2*324 the way, having so much pride ers of the Asian Para Games- suggestion was given by the lack of public transport con- despite getting zero seats (in 2018 who have made Delhi Chairman and Managing nectivity. The plan has yet to war of words between the Delhi) could be learnt from proud in different internation- Director (CMD) of India Trade bore fruit from the concerned ADelhi Congress and the Maken." Singh came under al tournaments. He felicitated Promotion Organisation authorities. However, the School Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) esca- sharp attack from Delhi Para Asian Games Bronze (ITPO) to ease the travel and of Planning and Architecture lated on Wednesday with both Congress over his tweet. The medalist Avnil Kumar and also provide a smooth trip to the vis- (SPA) will be assigned the pre- mocking the political influence chief spokesperson of Delhi handed over a cheque of Rs 50 itors and tourists. "He has writ- liminary survey of the sites and ! ! ! 2*324 of each other. Congress Sharmistha lakh to him. ten a letter to the secretary of project once, it get the approval," AAP leader Sanjay Singh Mukherjee blamed AAP lead- The Chief Minister Urban Development to consid- added the source. he Delhi Government on asked Delhi Congress presi- ers of living in an "illusionary attacked the BJP over alleged TWednesday approved a pro- dent Ajay Maken to have con- world" without realizing that mass deletion of names of vot- posal to beautify five entry trol over his party or it could they are "fast losing" ground in ers in the electoral list. points to the national Capital, a again lose deposits in the elec- Delhi. Mukherjee said that all "Their (BJP) job is to do move aimed at giving an attrac- tion. The Congress leaders the promises made by the destruction. Do you (people tive and pleasing look to the retaliated pointing to the "AAP AAP have turned out to be hol- gathered at the event) know commuters entering the city. getting less votes than NOTA" low. "Mohalla Clinics have who does destruction? Demons Deputy Chief Minister in recent Assembly elections. become a refuge for stray cat- do destruction. The character Manish Sisodia approved the The slanging match began tle and vagabonds, school edu- of the BJP is that of a demon beautification proposal for the with Delhi Maken tweeting a cation is in a total mess in the (BJP ki rakshas jaati hai) entry points of the city after he news report and quoting, Capital," she added. ," Kejriwal alleged after a group reviewed a plan of the Delhi "Rajiv Gandhi Bharat Ratna She said that the DCT of people interrupted his Tourism and Transportation resolution: AAP may have fleet of 5,600 buses left behind speech at the event. Development Corporation jeopardised possible 2019 by the previous Congress Kejriwal promised that he will (DTTDC). The national capi- alliance with Congress." Government, has now been get the 'deleted names' of vot- tal has 13 entry points. He referred to speculated reduced to just about 3000 odd ers added again to the electoral "Five entry points have possibility of an alliance buses, and the metro fares list, but requested people to been identified for taking up between the AAP and the were hiked twice in one year to vote for the Aam Aadmi Party beautification and makeover in Congress for the 2019 Lok make metro travel beyond the (AAP) in the Lok Sabha polls phase-I at Gurgaon Border, Sabha elections. reach of the common people. next year. Tikri Kalan Border, Gazipur Singh, who is a Rajya "The terrible defeats of Later in a statement, the Border, Apsara Border and Sabha MP of the AAP, tweet- AAP in recent Assembly elec- government said that it has Anand Vihar border near ed in reply to Maken, "Ajay ji tions has not taught any lessons been working for the overall Kaushambi," the Government control your party. If you to its leaders," Delhi Congress development of sports and said in a statement. behave like this then Congress leader Chatar Singh said. sporting facilities in Delhi. ,# !$ 3

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ood governance must Ginvolve passion to uplift the people, ensure account- ability, transparency, equality and responsiveness as well as effective and efficient management, said Editor in Chief of The Pioneer Dr Chandan Mitra. Dr Mitra was speaking at a training and orientation programme, organised by the Directorate of information & Publicity (GNCTD) on topic 'Role of media in Good governance and challenges'. He further stated that the role of the media and the Government are complemen- tary to each other. "Media has important role in ensuring all of these criteria are met from time to time. Good gover- 4 $ O ! ! P 6 nance essentially means how - public institutions conduct public affairs and manage Chief of Asian Age also in a fair and objective manner. Dr Pankaj Shrivastva, and public resources," he said. expressed his views on the Sarangi said, "It was also other participants also Speaking on the occasion, subject and said that the media emphasised that unbiased expressed their views on Editor of ANI Ajay Kaul should work as watchdog to reporting will ensure credibil- responsibility and contribution underlined the increasing role ensure the better governance. ity of the media in minds of of the media and its reputation social media and the changing On this occasion the Secretary the people.” of being fourth pillar of dynamics of media in refer- (Public Relation) along with He also urged the media democracy. Officers of the ence to fake news. As it has senior officers of directorate colleagues to evolve perfor- Directorate Chandan Kumar, become a major challenge for greeted and welcomed the mance indicators to judge the Amit Kumar, Manish Kumar, media to a check on such fake eminent and distinguished ethics of any Government pro- Urmila Beniwal and Govind news comprise morphed participants and Delhi Press grame or policy. The media were also present on the occa- videos, photos, audio clips Accreditation Committee houses should act in a respon- sion. and text massages. members participating in the sible way for propagating the While giving vote of Editor of Outlook Ruben programme. information to the citizens thanks, the Special Director Banerjee said journalists Dr Jayadev Sarangi, about various welfare initia- (I&P) Sandeep Mishra should resist the market pres- Secretary (Public Relation), tives of the Government, he expressed the views on ratio- sure by maintaining their neu- welcomed the participants and added. nality of the media, lies in tral stands during the report- urged the media professionals In the interaction session, helping the Government to ing/publishing the news and /managers to communicate Nalin Chauhan, Deputy disseminate the government its arrived a huge challenges. with the news on the policy Director Kaanchan Aazad, information for the welfare of Sanjay Basak, Bureau initiatives of the Government Senior Information Officer the citizens at large. !(%$#) *"%+,-+./0

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!&' 0)05 M % ''(% ()*( * +*) ' the villagers in an effort to ,) * '-(-+*).(- 1 remove their anxiety and build n an effort to ensure against - % ) * ' % 2)1 confidence in them. We have Ia repeat of the disturbances succeeded in removing fear witnessed at Bhima-Koregaon - * %34,( *+)) * * ' % from their minds. We have last year, the Pune district -5 2 % )2 % )) %5 34 6 involved in the preparations for administration has decided to .' )1 ' * - *5 34 5 this year’s celebrations for deploy 11 drones in the eight 5*) ' '(5,)*+ * )* which people come from dif- kilometre radius of the village ferent parts of the state”. to maintain vigilance during ' -- *- )N “Keeping in view the huge the 201st anniversary of the the turnout people for the cele- January 1, 1818 victory of out on January 1, 2018, one per- said: “We have made elaborate brations scheduled for Tuesday British troops over Peshwa son was killed and property security arrangements in and next, we will sending water to Bajirao II's army scheduled worth Rs 9.54 crore was around Bhima-Koregaon vil- the village in 300 tankers, for January 1, 2019. destroyed at Bhima-Koregaon lage. Apart from deploying deploying 150 buses to ferry Not wanting to take any in Pune district. After the riots, huge posse of police personnel, people to the village and mak- chances, the Pune district there were protests and violence we will be keeping a continu- ing parking arrangements at 15 administration has drawn up across the state. ous watch of happenings in the places. This year, the police an elaborate plan to main law What followed were the village during the celebrations deployment will 15 times more and order at Bhima-Koregaon arrest of 1o human rights on January 1”. than the number of police per- village where thousands will activists for allegedly conspir- According to the Pune dis- sonnel we had deployed last converge on Tuesday next to ing to kill Prime Minister trict collector, there was con- year,” the collector said. celebrate the 201st anniversary Narendra Modi and overthrow siderable apprehension among The collector requested the of the the January 1, 1818, vic- the democratically elected gov- the people of Bhima-Koregaon people to keep the district mes- tory of British troops over ernment in the country. village in the light of what hap- sage about mischievous mes- Peshwa Bajirao II's army Talking to media persons pened last year. “After the dis- sages put on the social media. It may be recalled that that on Monday, Pune District turbances last year, we have “I also request people not lend 2 $" 2% (" " 2( , ;! ,*<, , =" during the caste riots that broke Collector Naval Kishor Ram held monthly meetings with credence to rumours,” he said. "" # 81 ! & ' $ 0 " & % 12! # #%+"$ #% !/// ** ,-. 4)'/ 9* .)*(, ,) %+*) '8 invited to the Prime Minister’s programme on December 29, From Page 1 fter the defeat of the )) -' ' * 1 despite being an MLA from KCR had met his Odisha "9 9.32.$ guilty. It later emerged that the ABharatiya Janata Party in 9 -('-*' ) Zahoorabad assembly seat of counterpart Naveen Patnaik The woman and her hus- donor was HIV positive, the three Central Indian states, the district.” on Sunday and West Bengal $'.22 "9< band lodged a police com- official said, adding the recip- dissent has become the flavour 5 : ) ;<1%* % (, - Incidentally, on December Chief Minister Mamata plaint on Wednesday seeking ient's blood was also tested, of the season for its allies in all ) %+)( ) * - 29, the Prime Minister is sched- Banerjee on Monday. 549935 / action against the doctors, which confirmed that she too states, including Uttar Pradesh. uled to release a postage stamp In his first meeting with the nurses and employees of the had got infected by the virus. Trouble is brewing for the -5 - %M) ,(5,)N*+ of Raja Suheldeo, an icon of Prime Minister after taking $ 9'/$ blood bank. Police said the 19-year-old BJP in Uttar Pradesh with its +*)3=*2 ,' * Suheldeo Bharatiya Samaj Party. over as Chief Minister for the Police said an FIR has been donor, on coming to know two allies, Apna Dal and Arvind Rajbhar further second time last week, KCR registered against doctors and about the incident, allegedly Suheldeo Bharatiya Samaj Party said, “I have spoken to state BJP discussed a variety of issues .)3) ". nurses involved in the transfu- attempted to commit suicide by (SBSP), going public and partners. The MLAs and min- three MLAs in UP Assembly, is chief Mahendra Nath Pandey with Modi, including release of sion of blood besides blood consuming poison. He has expressing frustration and isters too have the same anger. miffed with the BJP for not over delay in announcing seat funds for 10 backward districts, 24-year-old pregnant bank workers for medical neg- been admitted to a hospital. demanding “respectable num- The BJP brass should rectify being invited for the Ghazipur sharing. But no response has setting up of a separate high Awoman contracted HIV ligence under relevant IPC They said he was employed ber” of seats for 2019 Lok this situation, otherwise the rally to be addressed by Prime come yet. We are in such a court for Telangana, Kendriya allegedly after being transfused sections but did not elaborate. at a local fireworks unit in Sabha elections. NDA will suffer maximum Minister Narendra Modi on strong position in UP today Vidyalayas in new district and contaminated blood supplied The state government said Sivakasi. He had donated Moreover, the proposed losses in UP,” said Apna Dal December 29. The party is that if the BJP does not support, an IIIT in Karimnagar district. by a blood bank which failed to it was making all efforts to pre- blood for a girl, his relative, Samajwadi Party-Bahujan (Sonelal) national working unhappy for being ignored by then there is the option of the conduct proper screening for vent the impact of the virus on who was seriously ill. Samaj Party alliance has president Ashish Patel on the administration and also for SP-BSP. Options are open.” the virus, prompting the Tamil the woman, and stocks in all However, the blood-group sparked off possibilities of fresh Wednesday. the delay in implementation of He demanded for his party ' & ! Nadu government to order blood banks would be reviewed did not match and it was kept political alignments in UP. Elected to UP Legislative social justice committee report five Lok Sabha seats — ! "' examination of stocks in the to ensure that such incidents in the blood bank. Subsequently, In the 2014 general elec- Council earlier this year, Patel providing for sub-quota for Salempur, Ghosi, '&! state's blood banks. did not recur. when he had gone for a health tions, the National Democratic is married to party MP from the Most Backward Classes Machhlishahr, Chandauli and The services of three lab Joint Director of Health check at Madurai for an over- Alliance had won 73 Lok Sabha Mirzapur and Union Minister (MBCs) within the 27 per cent Ambedkarnagar— all are cur- 4)'/ 9* technicians of the blood bank Services, Virudhunagar, R seas job,he tested HIV positive, seats and that holds the key for of State for Health and Family quota for Other Backward rently represented by the BJP. attached to a government hos- Manoharan told PTI the officials said. 2019. Both Apna Dal and SBSP Welfare, Anupriya Patel. Classes (OBCs). Meanwhile, reacting to ) & " pital at Sattur, near here, have woman, who was eight months He apprehended that he are flexing their muscles to Patel asserted, “Samman Patel’s outburst came days Patel’s remarks, BJP spokesman been terminated,Health pregnant with her second child, might be questioned by police extract maximum number of janak seats milni chahiye. Is ke after another junior partner of Shalabh Mani Tripathi said: 4 # !# ! Minister C Vijayabaskar said had gone for a check-up at a for no fault of his and attempt- seats from the BJP, as they have neeche hum samjhauta nahin the BJP, Lok Janshakti Party in “BJP respects both Apna Dal Wednesday. private clinic in Sattur where ed suicide, they said. assessed that the ruling party is karenge.” (We should get hon- Bihar, went public with similar (S) leader Anupriya Patel and Terming the incident as doctors advised her to have a Preliminary inquiry on the back foot after the ourable number of seats. There grievances after the BJP lost the party chief Ashish Patel. The #2 "disheartening and shocking", blood transfusion citing revealed that the blood bank defeats in Rajasthan, Madhya will be no compromise on Assembly elections in three BJP and Apna Dal (S) have cor- ! # he said such a thing has never haemoglobin deficiency. staff had failed to screen the Pradesh and Chhattisgarh fewer than that). Central Indian states. dial relations. Even after this, if ! happened in the state so far. Subsequently, she under- blood properly before supply- assembly elections. In 2014, Apna Dal SBSP principal general sec- he has any complaint or faces ! % The Minister said a thor- went blood transfusion at the ing it to the private hospital. “In the present scenario in (Sonelal) in alliance with BJP retary and UP organisation any problem on any issue, cog- ough probe into the incident Sattur government hospital The personnel who tested UP, workers of NDA con- had won two Lok Sabha seats in-charge Arvind Rajbhar said, nisance will be taken of the # ' ! was on and promised stringent and the blood was brought the donor's blood had labelled stituents are disappointed. No in UP. “Mantriji (SBSP chief Om matter and it will be resolved C! ! action against those found from the blood bank. it 'safe,' officials said. one is paying heed to alliance The other ally, SBSP, with Prakash Rajbhar) has not been appropriately.” ! %

accused Raees Ahmad of termind in arranging weapons. Saidapur Imma, Amroha is also Apart from these accused, 777 an owner of welding shop there. some other suspects are being The two brothers Saeed examined and more arrests may and Raees had procured huge be subsequently, Mittal said. quantity of explosive materi- The arrested accused would From Page 1 members to procure arms, al/gun powder (approximate- be produced before the NIA The seized items include 25 explosives and other accessories ly.25 kg) for preparing IED's and Special Court on Thursday and kg of explosive materials like to prepare IED's and pipe- pipe bombs and were instru- the agency is likely to seek Potassium Nitrate, Ammonium bombs. He had also given a mental in fabricating a rocket police remand to unearth the Nitrate, Sulphur, Sugar materi- demonstration on fabrication of launcher to carry out terrorist larger terror conspiracy. al paste, 12 pistols, 150 rounds the IEDs, Mittal said. attacks, the NIA said. Jaish-e-Mohammad chief of live ammunition, one coun- The other arrested accused Zaid and Zubair, both Maulana Masood Azhar had on try-made rocket launcher, 112 Anas Yunus, 24, is a resident of brother, were part of the terror December 4 said that he was alarm clocks, mobile phone Jafrabad, Delhi and is pursuing conspiracy and were instru- keeping a watch on the political circuits, batteries, 51 pipes, Civil Engineering course at a mental in procuring batteries, developments related to remote control car triggering private University in Noida. connectors, SIM cards on fake Ayodhya and will strike back switch, wireless digital doorbell The third year engineering stu- documents and mobilising when needed. The busting of the for remote switch, steel con- dent was instrumental in funds for buying bomb-making module could also be linked to tainers, electric wires, 91 mobile procuring electrical items, alarm materials. Al Qaeda affiliate JeM. JeM is a phones, 134 SIM cards, three clocks and batteries in further- Saqib Iftekar, 26, of franchise of Al Qaeda and Al laptops, knife, sword, ISIS-relat- ance of the terror conspiracy. Simbhaoli, Hapur, Uttar Qaeda in Indian subcontinent is ed literature besides the cash. Zubair Malik, 20, of Jaffrabad, Pradesh was working as Imam operating directly. Ansar The chief conspirator Delhi, is studying in third year in Jama Masjid, Baksar, Uttar Ghazwatul Hind is also a fran- Suhail, 29, was working as Mufti student of BA at a university in Pradesh. He helped the mas- chise of Al Qaeda and its oper- in a madrasa at Hakim Mahtab Delhi. termind Suhail in procuring ations are limited to Jammu & Uddin Hashmi Road, Amroha, The fourth accused Rashid weapons. Kashmir. The busting of the UP. He was presently staying at Zafar Raq alias Zafar, 23, is also Mohammad Irshad of module also hints at insufficiency Jaffrabad in the national Capital a resident of Jafrabad and he is Mohalla Qazi Zada, Amroha is of the measures taken by the UP 7#2!" "$$ $ ! 2 2,891:, " and had tasked other team into garments business. The an auto-rickshaw driver and was police and Delhi Police against fourth accused helping Suhail in arranging a crime and criminals as the inim- Saeed alias hide-out for keeping the mate- ical forces not only radicalized & and topped the Asian Tour 2 K 3!' <03 Sayeed, 28, is a rial for making IED's and themselves but were on an Order of Merit in 2002. P ! #! $ " resident of bombs. advanced level of planning for He is a three-time winner % Saidapur Imma, Mohammad Azam, 35, is a the series of attacks in Delhi and 777 at the prestigious Indian Open. ! " 666 ! Amroha and resident of Chauhan Bajar, North India, sources in the secu- But his form had been on the K $" has a welding Gashi Mendu, Delhi. He runs a rity agencies said adding counter From Page 1 wane and the last time he won -# )/ 2 3 & % shop there. medical shop in Seelampur, radicalisation measures have Randhawa, ranked among a title was back in 2009 -- the L :. ! " C%* 3 ! ! Other Shahdara and helped the mas- also not been up to the mark. the top 100 of the Official Thailand Open. Randhawa $ " %5!! $ ! ! ! World Golf Ranking several won seven titles on the ! !% times between 2004 and 2009, Professional Gold Tour of India !' 67H.CC! % ' # 0$ & has a farm house in Dudhwa- (PGTI), making him a cele- 0 '0 ' /$ ! . ! I H ' $ Katarniaghat forest area and brated name in the domestic . ! I " ! 777 was said to be staying there for circuit. 3.< # H% the past few days. The Delhi-based golfer was !! ! ! % ' 4 ! & 6'4&7 Pandey said the luxury married to actress Chitrangada $ + # ! ! 4! From Page 1 is beneficial to them or not. How can we SUV vehicle with registration Singh for 13 years before they ! ! %" % “I want to make an appeal, not as a comment on his leadership for number HR-26 DN-4299 was divorced in 2014. They have a ! ! & & Law Minister but as a citizen. A lot of evi- Congress? He tried his electoral mettle also seized from the golfer son, Zorawar, from the mar- # % 6 &&7 ' 9 dence is available and this is the best part. in recent polls and brought some victo- whose full name is Jyotinder riage. 9 ! ! ! ! H!H 3 +@ % People come to me and ask me when ries to Congress, there's no doubt about Singh Randhawa. The Katarniaghat Wildlife ! $ J! H ' ,+ adultery case can be heard in just six it," said the BJP leader. Virajdar has served the Sanctuary, which is about 200 ! #% '0 + months, the court can resolve the Madhav further sought to qualify his Indian Navy as a Captain, a post km from state capital Lucknow, ! ! % $ !" % )& ' Sabarimala issue in 6 months, urban praise for Rahul by not seeing him as equivalent to Colonel in the is a part of the Dudhwa Tiger $ &&I $ 5K& %* LH && Maoist case can be heard in two prime ministerial candidate from the Indian Army and Group Reserve. 0 " ! ' J! % months… our Ram Lalla dispute is Opposition side. Captain in the IAF. He was court It covers an area of 400.6 sq 0 I ! H '0 # pending for the last 70 years and in the "If Rahul Gandhi could've been option martialled four years ago on km in Terai belt of Bahraich 2 K % H % SC, the appeal is pending for the last 10 for PM candidate because of recent vic- charges of financial irregularities. district. H " ! $ % ,+ ! ! years, why there is no hearing?" he said. tories, then there would've been no need Randhawa, who turned In 1987, it was brought * ! % #! H On another political question, for mahagathbandhan. Even today, no one, professional in 1994, has been under the purview of the " !H5K&0 4 ' " H Madhav accepted that the Congress pres- except Stalin, is ready to confirm name of a well-known name in Indian 'Project Tiger'. It provides # & % && % 3 . < # ident scored some political victories but the leader of mahagathbandhan. There are golf. He won 16 professional strategic connectivity between $ " ! C ! ! %,+E refused to comment on the merit of his six people in queue to become PM", he titles in all, eight of them on the tiger habitats of Dudhwa and % leadership. went on to say to suggest that Opposition Asian Tour. He also has a Kishanpur in India and the '0 ' J! 5! *5 % ! "Rahul Gandhi is leader of Congress. is still in disarray in so far as the choice of Japan Tour title to his credit Bardia National Park in Nepal. !5K& % !,, % It's for them to decide if his leadership PM candidate is concerned. !(%$#) *"%+,-+./0 *4 P8 .9 ! ! P1>$ Q% '' ' 2*324 )+,+@+@+- Government’s expenditure on ,+,@)+@$ healthcare will be diverted to s the country gears up for the high-end interventional Athe Lok Sabha polls next B@+@),-+)?-#, procedures only available in year, a group of well-known -?@-B+-)$+@) medium and big hospitals. doctors on Wednesday released #)@$)@+-. “In the absence of robust % R )++)@-##-# the “Ethical Doctors” manifesto regulatory mechanism and urging political parties to make +-)?++,+ mandatory standard treatment 2*324 /=#),) Governments are busy ‘health for all’ their poll agen- +)#)@$B-?),,- guidelines, we fear that the exchanging letters for rescue da, and regulate and reform the @+B),)+, schemes will be misused by the n a sharp attack against *)),+$?- equipments. Why this lack- private sector on a priority basis )B$)+2,,&) corporate and big private hos- IPrime Minister Narendra ?$--) adaisical approach?” senior to cut down the catastrophic &)$2B,@ pitals,” said Dr Samiran Nundy, Modi, Congress chief Rahul @-$#) Congress leader Ahmed Patel health expenditure that is tak- ?-#) Delhi-based surgical gastroen- Gandhi on Wednesday said 15 tweeted. ing a toll on the common man. terologist. labourers trapped in a coal ?-+-))A,. Earlier, Congress’ chief “It’s time that the B),)+-?+) C* The ADEH members have mine in Meghalaya since )$)2 ,++, spokesperson Randeep Government brings ‘health- )@$ -@$ been actively voicing their con- December 13 struggled for air *-+--*))$) Surjewala said more than 13 care for all’ on top of its agen- cerns about malpractices in the while he strutted about on days on, as 15 miners are stuck da given that increasing out of Healthcare (ADEH). medicines are fixed to help hos- The doctors also expressed medical profession, education, Assam’s Bogibeel Bridge posing B-,?-@#),., at the difficult terrain in Jaintia pocket expenditure on the Gurinder Grewal, a physi- pitals earn profits on each their displeasure at the provi- corporatisation of healthcare for cameras. &-)#)+)?,),+- Hills, Meghalaya, and water health is pushing people below cian in Ludhiana and former tablet or injection sold. sions enabled in the recently and other systemic issues Asking Modi to “please -,)B),,) extraction should be swiftly the poverty level. The com- president of the Punjab “We want strict action launched National Health afflicting the medical sector at save the miners”, Rahul alleged expedited. mitment to bring in a system of Medical Council, backed the against such unethical practices Protection System as well as the the national level. the Government was not B#B,?-+)),@). universal healthcare by proposal put forward by the and other forms of corruption programme for the provision of “We felt the need to release organising high-pressure B$),),)+)#),. 0 strengthening and expanding Niti Ayog to cap the trade mar- in healthcare and medical edu- Comprehensive Primary this manifesto since afford- pumps needed for rescue oper- !'& the public health system will gins to 30 per cent for all cation. We want the common Health Care alleging that they able and quality healthcare, ations. The Congress presi- ensure a rationale, humane medical devices. Last year, he man to have faith and trust in were based on “faulty founda- despite being a fundamental dent’s attack came a day after & health care system in India,” had sent to the PMO the the medical profession which at tion.” right, never gets the attention Prime Minister inaugurated %%1 said Dr Arun Mitra, ENT Government pharmaceutical present is depleting,” Grewal “Apart from low budgetary from political parties it the country’s longest rail-cum- Surgeon and member of the industry documents to show said while taking to reporters provision, there is every possi- deserves,” said Arun Gadre, a road bridge over the Alliance of Doctors for Ethical how maximum retail prices of here. bility that the majority of the Pune-based gynecologist. Brahmaputra river at Bogibeel near Dibrugarh in Meghalaya’s neighbouring State Assam. New Delhi: Meghalaya Chief Rahul appealed to the Minister Conrad K Sangma, % ,!) & Prime Minister to save the without mentioning Rahul’s miners, who were trapped in reports that the operation to comment, said there is no the coal mine a fortnight ago. rescue the 15 miners is ham- inaction and that the adminis- Search operations have been pered by lack of equipment. tration, made all efforts to res- &R & & % suspended by the Meghalaya The miners were trapped after cue miners and the NDRF had Government for want of high- water from the nearby Lytein really worked hard to trace the powered pumps to flush out river suddenly gushed into them. But, unfortunately, the first season. He said that we are water from the pit. “15 miners the pit. operation did not yield any ' expecting nearly 20,000 foreign have been struggling for air in A senior Meghalaya home result. So far, 12 lakh litres of students from 30 Asian, a flooded coal mine for two department official has said the water has been pumped out of <& rupees to the state for various .68 African, Middle East and weeks. Meanwhile, PM struts police force in East Jaintia the mine, but it seems the 2*3248$04 development works. He said Commonwealth of about on Bogibeel Bridge pos- Hills district, where the mine is whole river has gushed into the one year’s tenure of his gov- Independent States (CIS) coun- ing for cameras. His located, do not have adequate pit. Getting high-powered rime Minister Narendra ernment has been “very suc- tries under this program in Government refuses to organ- personnel to deal with the pumps and transporting them PModi will attend an event in cessful and full of achieve- 2*324 next 3 years. ise high pressure pumps for the problem. “It is very sad. 14 days to the site of the mishap is not Dharamshala on Thursday to ments”. The Minister also shared rescue. PM please save the have passed since the an easy task, he told a private mark one year of the BJP In a statement, the Chief nion HRD Minister details about ambitious ‘Study miners,” Rahul tweeted. Meghalaya miners have been news, reported PTI from Government in Himachal minister said that his govern- UPrakash Javadekar on in India’ programme being His remarks come amid trapped while State and Central Shillong. PNS Pradesh. He will release a doc- ment has made best efforts to Wednesday assured students He further named various conducted by the Centre. He ument highlighting achieve- benefit every section of the that no ne of them will face any scholarship schemes which are termed it to be an innovative ! . ments of the State Government society by launching various difficulty in getting scholarship running successfully under initiative to attract students on the occasion, said PMO in new welfare schemes like amount on time. MHRD, AICTE and UGC. from 30 partner countries in # " " a statement. Himachal Grihini Suvidha Addressing a Press confer- National Means-Cum Merit South Asia, South-East Asia, ! 7 ' ! ! ! The Prime Minister will Yojana, Mukhya Mantri ence, Javadekar said that Scholarship Scheme, Central Middle East and Africa to ! ! reach Dharamshala at around Savavlamban Yojana and Government has thoroughly Sector Scheme of Scholarship come and experience the very ))$ & . ! ! 11.30 am and address a public Mukhya Mantri Chikitsa Kosh. reviewed the system and from for College and University best of academic learning at the / * ! rally. He will also interact with “The Jan Manch programme the month of November the Students and Special top institutions in India. He the beneficiaries of various initiated by the government has Ministry has started crediting Scholarship Scheme for Jammu said the target about Study in ! & government schemes, the state- proved a boon for the common each scholarship beneficiary and Kashmir under MHRD, India programme is to get ! K ! +,+B ment said. Himachal Chief man in redressing their com- account with the scholarship Scholarship for Girls (PRA- about 20,000 students during % New Delhi: The Centre has shall receive a certificate and a Minister Jai Ram Thakur, plaints and demands immedi- amount by 30th of each month. GATI), Scholarship for the next three academic years ' ! instituted annual awards to cash prize of 5 lakh, it said. An Union Health Minister JP ately at their door-steps. He stated that a Special Differently abled Students at the about 100 partners insti- $ ! % recognise the excellent work application by an institution Nadda, BJP State in charge “Similarly, the decision of grant of 250 crore has also under AICTE and “ISHAN tutes which includes the IITs, * done by individuals and insti- does not debar any individual Mangal Pandey and BJP State the state government to reduce been sanctioned to complete UDAY” Special Scholarship IIMs and other prestigious ! ! A tutions in the country in the from that institution to apply for president Satpal Singh reached age limit for getting old-age the backlog of scholarship Scheme for North Eastern academic and technical ! % field of disaster management. the award in his individual Dharamshala on Wednesday pension beyond any income amount and all backlog has Region under UGC, JRF etc are institutes. Three eligible institutions and capacity. The statement said and took stock of the prepara- limit from 80 to 70 years has been cleared now. He further some of the noteworthy schol- “The programme includes O '! ! ! individuals will be given the there is a need to recognise the tions at the rally site. benefitted more than one lakh announced that nearly 2.44 arship schemes of HRD setting-up of a large portal, call 2 :' !"P ‘Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda efforts of individuals and organ- Thakur expressed his grat- people in the state,” Thakur lakh students get benefit of var- Ministry, he said. centre, social media campaign, ))$ 5K&0&) . C Prabandhan Puraskaar’ every isations who have been working itude towards the people of the said. ious scholarships which are The Union Minister also branding, event management * ! year with cash rewards ranging assiduously to alleviate the state for their cooperation in an He said he has covered 63 run by MHRD, AICTE and informed that Study in India and setting up of a facilitation K! $ from 5 lakh to 51 lakh, a human suffering caused by dis- “all-round and equitable devel- assembly constituencies of the UGC. “Government is spend- programme has taken off well centre to attract more and ! J! statement issued by the asters. Only Indian nationals opment” of the state. He also state in this period, which has ing nearly 4,000 crore amount and nearly 2,000 students have more foreign students towards $ ! ' 6$'7 $ ! National Disaster Management and Indian institutions can thanked Modi for providing helped him to interact direct- on these scholarship schemes,” got admission in selected 100 Indian Institutions,” said the 6$ 7C! %. C Authority (NDMA) said. apply for the award. financial assistance of crores of ly with the masses. said Javadekar. top Indian institutions for the HRD Minister. 3 ! If the awardee is an institu- The last date for filing of ! ) 4 0 . tion, it will be given a certificate application for the year 2018 $ # & O and a cash prize of 51 lakh and shall be January 7, 2019, and $' $ the prize money will be utilised the award will be announced #" !!"

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New Delhi: With the search The ship, carrying seven coast, but there was no trace of operation launched by the crew members, belonged to any ship at that location,” the Coast Guard to trace the miss- one Nityanand Kotian. The official said. ing trawler ‘Suvarna Tribhuja’ last contact established with the He said there were chances off Karnataka and Goa waters ship was on December 16, the of engine failure of the trawler yielding little success, the mar- official said. The Coast Guard and in such cases, they take itime agency is now looking at had launched an operation to time to reach the coast. uninhabited areas along the trace the fishing trawler on “We are now looking at coasts of these two States, a December 22 with its multiple uninhabited areas along the senior official said. ships and aircraft. Karnataka and Goa coasts. We The Coast Guard has also “We have not been able to are also in touch with the approached the Maharashtra trace the ship despite the search Maharashtra fisheries depart- Government to check whether and rescue efforts over the last ment to check whether the the ship had ventured in its few days. The ship owner had trawler had ventured into their waters. given a location off the Goa area,” the official added. PTI !(%$#) *"%+,-+./0 *?

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( * said, One civilian identified as ! 6 7% In the absence of start of ) + % * Bodhraj, aged 55 years was ! construction work of bunkers * ' *+ evacuated for medical aid but % in the most vulnerable areas he succumbed to his fatal K # large number of people have * )* * ) injuries". He said the army ! once again appealed to the '** ' -) authorities have promised all State administration to expe- +)*5) % possible assistance and help to %* dite construction work of the family of the deceased. ! # bunkers in the area. :() According to local reports the ! Pakistan army had earlier ing the local administration to condition of two others, injured ! K violated ceasefire agreement shut down educational institu- in the exchange of firing, was on Monday in Nowshera forc- tions in areas falling close to the stated to be stable. % $$ " ! " 899A 1A ! , = - !B $ !C , $$ % "$D>E ,P , 9 - ) -*(, *)*% + )5* ) '5 '! /9' Kannur of attacks on women and children who were on '&! &' /94/ population has benefited from The Bengal Government yyappa Jyothi, an offering their way to take part in the our pro-farmer policies.” would pay the entire insurance Aby the devotees of Lord Jyothi allegedly by DYFI riggering speculation about The Congress had waived money to the farmers and that Ayyappa, to the authorities in activists. Eight persons includ- Tthe future chemistry farmers’ loans till 2 lakh after it did not need Centre’s contri- Kerala not to shatter the age old ing three children who were between the Trinamool coming to power in Rajasthan, bution, she said adding the customs and traditions at the injured in pelting of stones by Congress and Congress, Bengal Madhya Pradesh and BJP’s was an anti-farmer Holy Shrine situated in the unknown persons have been Chief Minister Mamata Chhattisgarh. Banerjee’s twisty Government. “Look at the rising Western Ghats took the State admitted to hospitals in Banerjee on Wednesday reference of the Congress ruled numbers of farmers’ suicides by storm on Wednesday Kannur. The event saw expressed reservations about States could give rise to specu- during this regime. About evening. unprecedented participation the blanket waiver of farm lations on whether she was 12,000 farmers have committed The 795-km stretch of women, especially house- loans by “some States” (read keen to ally with the tri-colour suicide during this regime, she between Mangalore in wives hitherto confined to their Congress ruled states). party in immediate future, said reminding how the farmers Karnataka and Kanyakumari, homes. Geetha Rajagopal, In tandem with lambasting experts said drawing reference in Nasik and elsewhere were the land’s end in southern Anitha Prakash and hundreds the BJP for claiming credit to how the Chief Minister con- being forced to destroy their gar- Tamil Nadu saw millions of of housewives like them joined about farmer insurance schemes gratulated her Telangana coun- lic and onions on the highways. devotees which included men, the Jyothi much to the joy of the Trinamool Congress chief terpart K Chandrashekhar Rao Reacting to her attack women and children holding the organisers. also questioned the efficacy of personally at his “marvelous senior BJP leader Rahul Sinha lighted lamps and chanting Ayyappa Temple at “some States who are blindly victory” in the recently con- said “the BJP does not want to Swamy Saranam and Ayyappa Chennai’s Mahalingapuram waiving farmers’ loans.” cluded Assembly elections but react to statements made by a Saranam with a prayer to the saw hundreds of devotees with Banerjee said during an desisting from doing so in the Chief Minister who is worth- Lord to make the authorities lighted lamps joining the Jyothi. administrative meeting that she case of Congress. less and has lead Bengal to the see reason and resist from “This is our silent message to was collecting information The Chief Minister also path of anarchy.” their move to allow women in mer vice-chancellor of Sree through the massive crowd to to Sabarimala turned out to be the authorities who are out to regarding the benefit the farm- attacked the BJP for trying to State Congress president the 10-50 age group inside the Sankara Sanskrit University get a position in the Jyothi in an ocean of humanity, each tamper with age old traditions ers were getting from loan waiv- “claim entire credit” about the Somen Mitra on the other hand temple. and national award winning front of the Adi Sankara Tower person holding tray with light- in Sabarimala. If they ignore er schemes. “There are some farmer insurance schemes. wondered, “How does a ques- The Ayyappa Dharma actress Menaka Suresh. at Kaladi said the event was a ed chirath made of mud. this Jyothi, the repercussions (governments) who are waiving “They (BJP) are telling the peo- tion of alliance arise between the Samiti which organised the “It was an enlightening tremendous success. “This is Interestingly, many Christians may be very severe,” said Anita farmers’ loans and I am gather- ple that the Central Government Congress and the Trinamool Jyothi sprang a surprise by experience. I feel this Jyothi will the first time I am seeing an were seen taking part in the Pillai, a Chennai housewife. ing papers to find out whether is giving farmers’ insurance Congress at a time when our ensuring the participation of lead Kerala to a world of light apolitical rally like this in rally at Perumbavoor. While the Ayyappa Jyothi con- farmers are actually benefited or whereas the truth is that the workers are being attacked and some of the most venerated and peace,” said Senkumar, an Kerala and I hope the message Mazhuvencherry Jaison, a cluded peacefully, Kerala is in not,” Banerjee said without refer- Centre is only contributing 20 tortured everyday by the cultural leaders of Kerala in this apolitical person who had will reach the authorities in the Christian businessman said he for another spectacle y the ring to the Congress directly. percent of the money. The rest Trinamool Congress and its unique event. Those who took earned appreciation from all right perspective,” said and most other Christians CPI-M sponsored Women She said, “none other than is being given by the State. They police State. The Congress is tak- part in the Jyothi led by Swamy over the State for his 35 years Bharathan. were with the devotees in their Wall to be organised on the Trinamool Congress gov- are trying to mislead the people ing care of itself in Bengal,” Chidanandapuri included T P of service as a police officer. The 45 km stretch between agitation to preserve the tradi- January 1, 2019 which has ernment has given better ser- by telling lies. I am telling this in adding he did not expect good Senkumar, MGA Raman, for- Govind Bharathan, senior Angamally in the National tions of Sabarimala. been described as the begin- vices to the farmers. Here in public and dare them to slap words from the TMC chief as mer directors general of police, lawyer of Kerala High Court Highway and Muvattupuzha in Elsewhere in the State, ning of a renaissance in the Bengal we have seen how the defamation charges against me,” she was “bound to feel frustrat- Prof KS Radhakrishnan, for- who had to fight his way the Main Cetral Road leading there were reports from State. entire flock of the farming Banerjee said. ed by the Congress’ success.” "! 7( &

5K& <9.0K9. Madurai, was read out during the Congress and the Left par- Christians counted in India in '! congregations and was released ties. 2011, 44 lakh are in Tamil $. ". .9)542 to the media in the run up to The 2004 Lok Sabha elec- Nadu, where they form 6.12 the assembly election. tion saw the Rainbow Alliance percent of the population. ntire Kashmir Valley is reel- The result of the 2016 led by the DMK and which had Their number and share in Eing under intense cold wave assembly election was in the the blessings of the Church Tamil Nadu is the highest of all as plummeting temperatures '! expected lines. The AIADMK obliterating the Jayalalithaa- major States except the adjoin- have frozen parts of several '2 led by Jayalalithaa won by a led AIADMK by sweeping all ing Kerala. Tamil Nadu and water bodies and left majority whisker. But what stood out in the 40 Lok Sabha seats (39 from Kerala account for more than of residents to face plethora of he news about the bishops the assembly election was the Tamil Nadu and the lone seat 1 crore of Christians in the hardships. Most people chose Tand vicars of all Churches wash out suffered by the from Puducherry). country," said the paper to stay indoors as the cold wave in Tamil Nadu declaring their AIADMK in the southern dis- In the eventuality of the authored by JK Bajaj, MD triggered several ailments support to the DMK in the trict of Kanyakumari where Lefts too join the DMK- Srinivas and AP Joshi, all mostly targeting children and upcoming Lok Sabha election Christians constitute 46.9 per Congress bandwagon, demography experts. old age people. has jolted the ruling AIADMK cent of the population. Radhakrishnan and the BJP are What stands out in the The cold wave is more as well as the BJP. The DMK-Congress in for trouble, said a senior BJP study is the observation made intense in Ladakh region where Though the Church or the alliance swept the leader in Tamil Nadu. But the by the authors that despite lowest temperature in Leh dis- Bishops Council of Tamil Nadu Kanyakumari district by win- DMK-Congress alliance alone their not so big presence in the trict touched minus 17 degrees have not made any formal dec- ning all the six assembly con- could derail the chances of State, Christian population is Tuesday night, meteorological laration about the support to stituencies with comfortable Radhakrishnan making it to distributed in the State in such department officials said. the DMK, the deal was struck margins. All the candidates Lok Sabha in the 2019 election a way that they wield big influ- The normal life is affected water for domestic use. where Kupwara district head- to the charm of the place. The during the Christmas gala held who got elected from the dis- A scientific paper pub- ence. The three districts of in most parts of Kashmir due The summer capital quarters recorded 6.4 degrees tourists are awaiting snowfall at Tiruchirappalli last Saturday trict belonged to Christian lished by Centre for Policy Thanjavur, Tiruchirappalli and to the intense cold wave that Srinagar recorded coldest night Celsius. on eve of New Year to make which was attended by party community. These six con- Studies, a Chennai based inde- Dindigul have a total Christian has hampered water and elec- in 11 years on Monday with Gulmarg, the famed ski their trip memorable, a hotelier chief MK Stalin and heads of all stituencies constitute the pendent think-tank specialising population of 5.5 lakh .While tricity supply. Despite heavy temperature slipping to minus resort in north Kashmir’s from Gulmarg said on phone. Churches and “Ministries” in Kanyakumari Lok Sabha con- in demographic studies and Tiruchirappalli has 9 per cent load shedding, the power sup- 6.8 degrees Celsius. Parts of Baramulla district has wit- The cold wave began in the the State. stituency which is presently which was accessed by The Christian population, Dindigul ply schedule has gone awry as famed Dal Lake were frozen nessed a trickle of tourists on Valley last week coinciding It may be noted that the represented by Pon Pioneer points out that and Thanjavur closely follow most residents complain that especially in the interiors. The eve of Christmas and New with the onset of Chillai-Kalan Bishops Council of Tamil Nadu Radhakrishnan of the BJP who Christians constitute 6.12 per with 7.9 and 5.6 per cent they have not received charge famous resort of Pahalgam in Year. The officials said that - the 40-day period of harsh had declared their support to is also the minister of state for cent of the total population of respectively. No political par- for long hours. south Kashmir recorded 7.9 Gulmarg recorded tempera- winter. It begins on December the DMK-led alliance in the finance and surface transport. 7.22 crore in Tamil Nadu. ties in Tamil Nadu can hope to The cold wave has frozen degrees Celsius below freezing ture of minus 9.4 degrees 21 and lasts till the end of 2016 assembly election. A Radhakrishnan won the 2014 "Tamil Nadu has a consid- win the election without enlist- water supply pipes in many point. Celsius. With a thin layer of January. The authorities have signed statement by Antony election because there was no erable Christian population. ing the support of the Christian areas leaving the residents to go The cold wave has equally snow enveloping the famous closed all educational institu- Pappusamy, Archbishop of alliance between the DMK, Of the total 2.78 crore community in the State. for alternate means to fetch hit the north Kashmir regions resort, the cold wave has added tions for winter vacations. O.' 2 2 P) ' " , ) 5 5 Gondia (Maharashtra): Two $5.04 phase of the annual festivities. earnings are expected to touch young men drowned The shrine will re-open on that of last year, he said. Wednesday in Khairbandha mid high security, the cer- December 30 for the The temple had witnessed dam near here in east Aemonial procession carrying ‘Makaravillaku’ festival, which heavy rush in the past few days Maharashtra, police said. the sacred ‘Thanka Anki’ (gold- falls on Januaury 14. after a lull in footfalls, follow- The incident occurred en attire), to be worn by Lord Meanwhile, during this ing the restrictions imposed around 1 pm after Krishnakumar Ayyappa, the presiding deity of mandala puja season, 32 lakh due to protests by devotees. Arre (18) and Dharmendra the Sabarimala temple,reached pilgrims have so far trekked to The Ayyappa temple had Lilhare (21), along with their here Wednesday evening. the hill shrine, A Padmakumar, witnessed frenzied protests by friend, entered the water for The procession, which had president, Travancore devotees against the state gov- bathing though they didn’t know set off four days ago from the Devaswom Board (TDB), which ernment’s decision to imple- how to swim, they said. Sree Parthasarthy temple at manages the temple, said. ment the Supreme Court’s According to police, Arre Aranmula, reached the Lord During this pilgrim season, September 28 verdict, opening and Lilhare got trapped in the Ayyappa temple by around there has been a dip in the rev- its doors to women of all ages water current and drowned. 6.30 PM, temple sources said. enues compared to the previ- to offer prayers. However, their friend sur- Lord Ayyappa would adorn ous years, he said. Traditionally, girls and vived as he had come out of the sacred attire tomorrow for the Last year, revenue collec- women in the menstruating age water to attend a nature’s call. ‘Mandala pooja’. After the tion at the temple touched Rs group of 10-50 years were After the youth raised ‘Athazha pooja’ in the evening, the 160 crore, while this year it was barred from offering prayers, alarm, villagers rushed to the shrine will be closed for two days, rs 105 crore so far. the presiding deity of which is 2 $ $ $$ '& 2 2 2 2 " % % $" spot, but couldn’t save the duo, marking the culmination of the By the time the "Naishtika Brahamachari" police said. PTI 41-day pilgrimage season, the first Makaravillakku is over, the (perennial celebate). !(%$#) *"%+,-+./0 *A

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Lucknow: Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) chief Shivpal !&' 0)05 Indian migrants, Singh Yadav said that he was willing to join hands with the late Thackeray’s ! % : Congress to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2019 Lok ours after the Central references about Sabha elections. HBoard of Film them, Shiv Sena’s ")* eight months ago at ! K00) To a question on the possibility of a coalition for the com- Certification (CBFC) three dia- against Air India the her home when ing general election, Yadav said in Bareilly, “We have our party’s logue cuts suggested in the demanding jobs he CJM court her husband and minority cell leader of the organisation in 75 districts of UP. The party has decided to con- films, the makers on for locals, his Tof Assam’s other family mem- ACongress party Haji test all seats against the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. For Wednesday went ahead and utterances against Nagaon district has bers were not pre- Sagheer Saeed Khan has trig- defeating the BJP, we can also enter into an alliance with the released the trailers of the late Prime summoned sent. gered a fresh row by announc- Congress.” Marathi and Hindi versions of Minister Morarji Minister of State Gohain, who ing if Congress party is voted Shivpal stressed that all those talking about forming a mor- the much-awaited biopic on Desai, his famous for Railways Rajen has been represent- to power Bharatiya Janata Party cha to defeat the BJP should also talk to his party as it was ready late Shiv Sena chief Bal dialogues “Aap Gohain to appear ing the Nagaon Lok leaders, responsible for killing to deliberate on the issue. Thackeray “Thackeray”. Apne Desh ke before it on January Sabha constituen- of ‘innocent’ people in Kashmir On the controversy over Lord Hanuman, the PSPL chief said, Shiv Sena president cricket bare me 8, 2019 in connection with the cy since 1999, had claimed that valley, will be ‘sent to the gal- “Lord Hanuman is a God and those who are out to confine him Uddhav Thackeray, who was " (H" (( !I sochthe hain me alleged rape of a 24-year-old the victim herself went to the lows’. to a particular caste have a very narrow mindset”. present at the release of the ! " " ! " cricket khelnewale woman in that district. court and wanted to withdraw Haji Sagheer Saeed Khan, Yadav also reiterated his stand on the Ram temple, saying that trailers of both Hindi and desh ke bare me In August this year, a case the case, which was not accept- who is currently observer of the temple should not be constructed on disputed land. PNS Marathi versions of Balasabeh, who will decide as sochta hun” and “Ramlalla under Indian Penal Code sec- ed. Minority cell of AICC, also “Thackeray” held at the to what is right or wrong ?. The Pakistan me Paida Hue the?” tions 417 (punishment for Nagaon sadar police sta- announced that the Congress Carnival IMAX theatre at film is true story of late The Hindi version trailer cheating), 376 (rape) and 506 tion officer-in-charge had said party will award 1 crore com- Wadala in north-central Balasaheb. Balasaheb’s life is not contains dialogues like “Bheek (criminal intimidation) was in August that the woman had pensation to all those 'innocent' "#!#+ #+ Mumbai, responded tersely to a fiction. Balasaheb’s life was an mangne acha hain, goonda registered against Gohain for pleaded at the court to with- people killed in kashmir due to the three dialogue cuts sug- open book, Not event relating banke apna hak china”, threat allegedly raping and threaten- draw the case, two days after terrorism and job each for one gested by the CBFC. “Whatever to Balasaheb’s life is hidden. It handed to then Union Home ing the married woman. the case was filed. family member. ! has happened has happened. takes time CBFC to understand Minister Morarji Desai (for The summons, which Both Gohain and the He made this announce- But there is no point in hiding this. For some people, it has early resolution to the Belgaum became public Wednesday, was woman knew each other for a ment during a brief interaction Lucknow: Lok Sabha Speaker cates, Mahajan said that lawyers things. If the CBFC does not taken 50 years to understand (Karnataka-Maharashtra) bor- issued on November 28. long time and the minister used with the media in state Sumitra Mahajan on should remain aware and facil- take immediate decision (in for what Balasaheb. For der dispute) that he will not be When contacted, Gohain to visit her home, a senior offi- Congress headquarters in Wednesday termed lawyers as itate the government in imple- clearing the film), it is better if instance, Madhya Pradesh’s allowed to enter Maharashtra, told PTI, “I have heard that the cial of the Nagaon Police Jammu on Tuesday. priests in the temple of law and menting new laws enacted to it would be better if the imme- new chief minister Kamal Nath agitations to force cinema own- court has issued a summons, Station had said. Flanked by minority lead- highlighted their role in the forward justice to the last per- diate decision in Babri matter”. is now talking about preference ers in Mumbai to screen but I have not received it yet. The minister’s officer on ers of the Congress party, Saeed freedom struggle. son of the society. Expected to be used by the to local people – a thing that Marathi films, his explanation The case is totally false and I special duty Sanjiv Goswami Khan, also announced that the “The lawyers’ community She also appealed to the Shiv Sena as a vehicle for its Balasaheb crusaded 50 years for saying “Jai Hind, Jai am a victim of political rival- had then claimed that Gohain congress party will also release played a vital role in the free- lawyers’ association to come campaign in the run-up to the ago”. Maharashtra” ( For me, nation ry,” he said. had filed some complaints of all those prisoners currently dom struggle. What a priest forward not just in improving the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Of the three cuts suggest- comes first, then my state), The complaint alleged that blackmailing against the kept behind bars due to ter- does in the temple, the advo- system, but also with suggestions “Thackeray” features actors ed by CBFC, two are remarks court room scenes where he the incident took place seven to woman and her family. rorism, to restore peace in the cates do the same in the tem- on how India’s judicial system Nawazuddin Siddiqui and “ Utao Lungi bajao Pungi” and insists that Lord Ram was born region. ple of law,” asserted Mahajan could be strengthened further. Amrita Rao in the lead roles as “Endu Gundu walle” that late in Ayodhya and rebuts a lawyer Addressing a press con- while addressing the conclud- Speaking at the function, Bal Thackeray and his wife Thackeray had made in refer- questioning as how sure he was ference in Jammu Haji Sagheer ing ceremony of the three-day West Bengal Governor Keshari Meenatai respectively. ence to south Indian migrants that Lord Ram was born in Saeed Khan said, BJP leaders convention of Akhil Bharatiya Nath Tripathi said that the Executive Editor of the settled in then Bombay in late Ayodhya by saying “ Nahi tho that have carried out these Adhivakta Sangh in Lucknow Adhivakta Parishad was an Sena mouth-piece “Saamana” sixties which witnessed attacks Ramlalla Pakistan me Paida killings, how ever big the on Wednesday. example of showing the way to and Sena spokesperson Sanjay by the Shiv Sainks against the Hue the kya?”, his saying leader is, a new law will be Attacking the #Metoo cam- the society and facilitating jus- Raut has only written the script migrants from south India. whether he is right or wrong formed and the BJP leaders paign, Mahajan said that advo- tice to all. He added that advo- and screen play, but he has also The third reference relates to will be decided by the people will be sent to the gallows. cates should feel their respon- cates should not indulge in any produced the film. Well-known the Babri Masjid. of the country and how he han- Referring to the recent inci- sibility towards the society and agitation or protest so that the Marathi filmmaker Abhijit The two trailers – Marathi dles media questions about dents of violence which rocked instead highlight #Ytoo. High Court has to take cogni- Panse has directed the film. and Hindi – have different set the Sena’s role in the commu- Bulandshehr in Uttar “Advocates at present are sance and ban their unwanted There is confusion about of dialogues. The Marathi trail- nal riots in Mumbai in the Pradesh,Congress leader eyeing high packages by getting stir and declare it unlawful. the exact date of the release of er talks about the lack of jobs post-Babri Masjid demolition claimed if 'terrorists' of Bajrang engaged in the corporate world Tripathi highlighted the the film. While the makers for local because of south period. Dal,'terrorists of RSS, 'terror- instead of practising in courts and importance of Public Interest have said the film will release ists' of BJP can be compensat- facilitating justice to the common Litigation claiming that it had on January 25, 2019, Uddhav ed then why compensation man. Lawyers have to maintain become a powerful tool to extend said that the film would hit the cannot be given to innocent integrity and they should feel justice or check unlawful activi- screen across the country on people killed during terrorism their responsibility in building up ties of Government or even January 23, 2019 – the birth in Kashmir valley.He said high standard in the society,” the expose corrupt practices. anniversary of late Thackeray. Congress party will also imple- Lok Sabha Speakers said. However, he cautioned that peo- Responding to the cuts ment Minority Commission in Claiming that even her ple should keep in mind that such suggested by the CBFC, Raut the State, if voted to power. husband and she were advo- tools should be not misused.PTI said: “When we talk of late

2 2 & $ $" $ ( 6* $ # !(%$#) *"%+,-+./0 * * B 5.!# #%5$" #% 8 : 3 & % 8 8 9;*/9/+0 9 & & 0 45 "#$R & & */ %478 ! #' & # ! , /012 ! ! ! ! ., $ , - 3 + . 4 $ 5.4$6 ( , 7 + .4$S 1*2 .. ## + ) , + nion Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj’s state- ( ment in the Lok Sabha on - .4$ Wednesday, December 12, . 2018, undoubtedly makes for Ua perfect politico-diplomatic posturing by $ , ( India towards Pakistan. However, what ) made Swaraj’s statement stand out was its , .4$ # carefully crafted semantics. Thus read the % stated position of New Delhi over Jammu & Kashmir: “India’s ‘consistent and prin- 8 + ) . /012( cipled’ position is that the entire State of 19 .4$ R; ( . S Jammu & Kashmir has been, is, and shall ; $ ( be an integral part of India”. Spot on the Minister was, as she con- /01< tinued and concluded: “Pakistan has R ( S .4$ R, been in an illegal occupation of approx- =>0S . ( imately 78,000 square kilometre of the Indian territory in the State of Jammu & Kashmir…under the so-called ‘Boundary # Agreement’ signed between China and ? Pakistan on March 2, 1963; Pakistan illegally ceded 5,180 square kilometre of the .4$ % Indian territory in Pakistan-occupied -S ( Jammu & Kashmir to China. + ; “We have repeatedly and consistently called upon Pakistan to immediately ; . - ! . vacate all areas under its illegal occupa- the State of Jammu & Kashmir. or owing to the immensely therefore, follows that when Jammu & Kashmir land to - % , % tion, most recently on November 30, For China, it’s a question complicated demography and any of the “illegal occupied Pakistanis”, thereby legitimis- 3 .4$ 2018,” the Minister informed the of geo-politics, geo-econom- distribution thereof across land of Jammu & Kashmir” is ing their illegal act. What an Parliament. Yet, the picture appears grim ics and geo-strategy for its South Asia. reclaimed by India, as was irony! In one stroke, legal ( R S R(( as “Pakistan continues to be in illegal and super power status-aspiration. India has been badly cor- done by the valiant soldiers of India became illegal! And S % forcible occupation of a part of Jammu & It constitutes an hydra-head- nered for its own past inabil- the Indian Army (under the grossly, illegal China-Pakistan $ Kashmir”, she asserted. What then does ed future game-plan: Control, ity to reclaim (and even retain) able military leadership of occupation of the Indian land this mean to India? It’s simple, yet adverse, rather than visible physical its own land from ‘illegal Zorawar Chand Bakshi and continued, unchallenged, " ! , to say the least. occupation, of key land-locked occupation’ of Pakistan and Ranjit Singh Dayal) in Haji unharmed and unaffected, That the “illegal occupation of approx- territories, where the ‘great China. Unlike China, India Peer Pass in the 1965 India- thereby transforming - imately 78,000 square kilometre of the game’ was played by the has shown a peculiar propen- Pakistan war, was it not a case Islamabad-Beijing duo’s per- @ - 3 - ( Indian territory” by Pakistan does not fig- empires of Russia and Britain. sity to cede its own territory to of supreme folly to return fidy and illegal act into an ure in Delhi-Islamabad bilateral any It’s also the terrain which was foreign country, thereby dilut- India’s own territory in the indisputably ‘legal act’! - ( more. Swaraj’s clarification to the dreamily aspired by Han ing its own professed stand at diplomatic table of Tashkent in Seen in this background, A+(; Parliament on Pakistan, however, did not rulers from far off Hwang Ho the diplomatic table; tamely January 1966 by the galaxy of the bona fide statement in # , ( mention that with the “so-called valley and who saw recurring capitulating even when there Indian stars themselves? Parliament by the Foreign ‘Boundary Agreement’ signed between aggression by numerous hos- simply did not exist any ‘cause All the more, as it hap- Minister needs to be supple- ( China and Pakistan on March 2, 1963”, tile sultans, badshahs and of action’ to do so. pened within 35 months of the mented with/by a sustained ( - and with the ceding of “5,180 square kilo- principalities across the corri- It may sound bizarre, China-Pakistan illegal occupa- teaching of the Constitution of ? + metre of the Indian territory in Pakistan- dor connecting Istanbul with unpleasant and harsh, but tion of Indian territory of India to the members of occupied Jammu & Kashmir”, China the great alluvial soil of South recalling past reality of India’s Jammu & Kashmir? Had India Indian legislature who act as , automatically emerged as a stake holder Asia. The terrain of Jammu & conspicuous failure on not surrendered so tamely at executive and guardians of law with the very physical presence of its Kashmir also connects the Jammu & Kashmir may be of Tashkent, the China-Pakistan while protecting the territory /01< troops and civilians. This amounts to mighty and lofty landmass of some consolation and form a axis would have been under and sovereignty of India. Chinese occupation of the Indian territo- Euro-Asia around the Pamir lesson for the future. It should conspicuous pressure pertain- Article 1 (1) of the ry. It’s the presence of foreign China as and the Karakorum with not be repeated, else things ing to their illegal actions. Constitution is explicit and cat- ? ) ‘third party’ deep inside Jammu & declining demography and can go worse than what it was Hence, this one single act egorical: “India, that is Bharat, B ( Kashmir. It’s a live ‘dragon in the room’. promising mineralogy with in the past. damaged India till no end. shall be a Union of States” and In other words, China has been ‘exist- easy access to warm water Thus, when the Minister Suddenly, India’s avowed legal Article 1 (2) stipulates “The ( ing’, though illegally, deep inside the ports of the Indian Ocean of External Affairs was refer- position on Jammu & States and the territories there- ,S ( ( Indian territory since more than 55 years. (which the Romanovs and ring to “illegal occupation of Kashmir appeared fragile and of shall be..” “(c) such other ter- And there is no way that China is going Czars of Russia always dreamt Jammu & Kashmir,” her words illegal when our country sur- ritories as may be acquired.” to withdraw voluntarily, or show some of, and yet always failed to pertained to the whole terri- rendered its own territory to The point is loud and clear. . , .4$ diplomatic niceties like Jawaharlal Nehru turn it into reality). tory thereof which legally Pakistan, thereby giving the India can ‘acquire territories’. - consistently did throughout the 1950s Plain speaking, therefore, acceded to India on October world an impression as if Haji India cannot surrender terri- towards China, or give up illegal occupa- there doesn’t seem to be an 26, 1947, following the same Peer Pass was Pakistan’s bona tory, least of all, its own terri- tion of the Indian territory and retreat easy way out (especially in the procedure and documenta- fide possession and that India tory. That is the crux, and the - . from there in the foreseeable future. 21st century), to either alter tion as done by 548 other had illegally usurped it during ruling class of India has to fol- $ , , /01< Especially, since (now) China’s Belt & the possession of physical princely States vis-à-vis New the course of the war in 1965. low the Constitution thereof, Road Initiative (BRI) and the China geography of Jammu & Delhi (with 16 acceding to Hence, New Delhi was in letter and in spirit. Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) are Kashmir by the menacing tri- Pakistan). morally, logically and diplo- (The writer is an alumnus, deeply entrenched within, and pass through flanking China-Pakistani axis, Logically and legally, it, matically bound to “return the National Defence College) 0 ! 9 .

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The question whether the They found that around 40 per cent Swachh Bharat. Our policy-makers around the project and get the pop- expelled from other countries, have Government got it right or not was of the people, who had toilets in should have given it a proper ulation to actually use the built toi- raised their ugly heads once again. fuelled by a recent World Bank their house, did not use them. thought before making efforts to lets. For change to happen, there has Local water bodies and top-soil report that concluded that mere Many even associated toilets with build toilets. Desired change in to be initiation of sufficient deter- are the largest sufferers of open building of toilets won’t stop Indians gandagi (dirt). behaviour related to toilet use rents against open defecation — be defecation while the local popula- from defecating in the open as long Further, people’s beliefs were should have been the first step. it in the form of penalties or other tion only experiences the resultant 6 8 as their attitude towards latrines do closely linked to their perception of Eliminating open defecation measures of the similar kind. health problems. This aspect needs ! not change. what others believed. This means has been a herculean task for India. Countries such as China, too, to be brought to the notice of the he National Democratic The research was conducted by that social norms have a big say on Since 1970, many programmes have were grappled with the same prob- local villagers in order to increase . *# O Alliance (NDA) Government’s Varun Gauri, Tasmia Rahman and individual attitudes and that more been initiated but all failed to bring lem during the early 1990s but the general awareness. ! R Tefforts to drive the Swachh Iman Sen. The researchers surveyed toilets in more homes may not nec- the desired result. However, the ambition to catapult itself to the India can rein in open defeca- Bharat Abhiyan, coupled with its five villages in the Ghazipur district essarily mean more cleanliness in lessons learnt from the efforts world stage as a developed nation tion by launching a nationwide % sanitation drive, rested on ensuring of eastern Uttar Pradesh. The State the environs outside. undertaken till date is that reduc- forced the country to adopt tough awareness campaign, which is con- % the building of more toilets in has a high burden of open defeca- The World Bank research has tion of open defecation needs not measures to keep a check on open nected with the ever-growing num- record time. It is to the credit of the tion. The first round of the survey given the authorities and the peo- just access to improved sanitation defecation. Today, the country is ber of new toilets. Strategy must be ! Government that registered substan- was conducted at the household ple of this country an opportunity facilities, but also a serious effort to almost open defecation free. China based on self-respect. Only this can % tial improvements in the building of level, across 204 households that to understand that proper planning change mindsets. is just one of the many examples. bring instant results. The ! toilets. The Government’s toilet- owned latrines, between January is the need of hour before we In 2014, India had almost 70 There are other countries, too, that Government has set October 2, # building drive spurred some not-for- and February 2017. The second embark on a nation-wide mission, per cent of the rural population India can emulate. 2019, as the deadline to make India profit institutions and individuals to phase was conducted in March like Swachh Bharat. This research defecating in the open. To curtail Rural India needs to be open open defecation free. However, if build more toilets, making the entire 2017. The surveys threw up some should have been commissioned by this rampant problem, the defecation free as quickly as possi- the World Bank reports results are % effort a truly national one. But did interesting findings. the Government before it embarked Government claimed that around ble due to other pressing problems. anything to by, it will be clear that ! !# the Government misread the Researchers measured four key on this mission that involved mil- 94 per cent of the rural households Apart from environmental con- the Government needs to give an D ! requirement? This uncomfortable aspects of open defecation: lions of taxpayers’ money. have been provided with toilets till cerns, the issue of open defecation extra push to heighten awareness % question does make us sit up because Defecation practices, acceptability Designing of facilities without date. But the question remains: How is deeply connected with hygiene among the people about the bene- R tremendous amounts of money have of open defecation, enforcement of creating awareness about it is akin many of these toilets are actually problems — diseases and infections. fit of using toilets. been spent on the building of toilets toilet use and notions of purity to putting the horse before the cart. being used? Thanks to open defecation, a num- (The writer is an environmental ! % and their publicity. attached to toilet construction. And this is what happened to The Government can still turn ber of diseases, that have been journalist) ! (%$#) *"%+,-+./0 5*3

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benchmark equity indices 2*324 confidence, trade secrets or 26, 2018, and August 1, 2018, $ ( !2 6 $ !896997 reversed initial losses and intellectual property, the dis- MSI said in a regulatory fil- B"$ 7 C 6 ended higher, driven by a ash strapped national car- closure of which would harm ing. ! "" 2 & " ,, 7 rebound in financial stocks Crier Air India should dis- the competitive position of a The recall also includes " $ ! " ! " "! amid firming trend in the US close its assets abroad and third party, unless the compe- vehicles in which fuel filter $! $6 market. earnings from them, the tent authority is satisfied that has been replaced in field The BSE Sensex broke its 35,470.15, while the Nifty had and ONGC fell up to 2 per Central Information larger public interest warrants during this period, it added. ! !!"!& / ! '! three-day falling streak by end- lost 90.50 points. cent. Commission has ruled. the disclosure of such infor- MSI dealers will start $ 3 . +$ &! ing 179.79 points, or 0.51 per “Globally, investors would The rupee, meanwhile, It “summarily” rejected the mation. contacting owners of the sus- 0,+? $ #! $ 3 %9 . cent, higher at 35,649.94. Intra- closely track political develop- gained against the US dollar, contention of Air India that the “Appellant has merely pected vehicles Wednesday 4 & '0 0 . ' day, the index fell to a low of ments in US and slowdown in and was trading at 70.08 per information sought by activist sought to know the amount of onwards to inspect and "!%$ '0 0 $ ' 35,010.82. global economies. In the short dollar. Aseem Takyar regarding rent, rent, lease fee and arrears of replace faulty part free of 0 0 80 # $ %3 0 0 O The broader NSE Nifty term, liquidity and sentiment Brent crude, the interna- lease fee fetched by it from rent accruing to Air India from cost, it said. 3 3 ! !9 too recovered to reclaim the are set to drive the market,” tional benchmark, was up 0.73 April 01, 2008 with regard to its its properties abroad and dis- Recall campaigns are %&! %%K 0 10,700 level, rising 66.35 points, Hemang Jani, Head-Advisory, per cent at $51.14 per barrel. properties abroad; demarcation closure of this information can undertaken globally to recti- 4!# < ! 3 % or 0.62 per cent, to 10,729.85. Sharekhan by BNP Paribas, On a net basis, foreign plan and total area of these by no stretch of imagination fy faults that may potential be ! ! “Market recovered in the said. portfolio investors (FPIs) sold properties, arrears attracts impact aspects of commercial safety defects. % second half following a recov- Nifty ended above 10,700 shares worth 577.10 crore exemption of commercial con- confidence,” Sinha said. Earlier in October, MSI ery in Dow futures. At current levels led by financials, FMCG Monday, while domestic insti- fidence under the RTI Act. He noted that arguments of had announced recall of 640 levels, Nifty 50 is on track to stocks, he added. tutional investors (DIIs) were “Commission summarily Air India Central Public units of Super Carry to fix a deliver nominal positive The biggest gainers on net buyers to the tune of rejects the application of Information Officer in written possible defect in the fuel returns in CY18. Nifty is the both bourses were Bharti 186.14 crore, provisional data Section 8(1)(d) of the RTI Act submission appear rather fee- pump supply. " only index among large mar- Airtel, HDFC duo, L&T, Bajaj available with BSE showed. in the matter as CPIO has failed ble and moreover during hear- The recall covered Super kets that is positive for the cal- Auto, Kotak Bank, Reliance Elsewhere in Asia, Korea’s to provide any tenable justifi- ing no argument was forth- Carry units manufactured endar year,” said Viral Industries, Axis Bank, ICICI Kospi ended 1.31 per cent cation for the same,” coming from him. between January 20 and July ! Berawala, CIO of Essel Mutual Bank, SBI, ITC and Bajaj lower, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Information Commissioner “CPIO is directed to pro- 14, 2018. Fund. Finance, rising up to 4 per cent. fell 0.40 per cent and Shanghai Divya Prakash Sinha said. vide available and specific MSI rolls out Super Carry 2*324 more than 25 per cent of its The 30-share index had On the other hand, Sun Composite Index slipped 0.26 Section 8(1)(d) exempts information...Of the RTI from its Gurugram facility. products on an online plat- ended the previous session Pharma, Yes Bank, TCS, per cent; while, Japan’s Nikkei from disclosure the informa- Application for the period The vehicle comes equipped ightening norms for e-com- form of a single e-marketplace 271.92 points lower at NTPC, Tata Motors, Infosys rose 0.89 per cent. tion which is of commercial mentioned therein...,” he said. with a 793-cc diesel engine. Tmerce firms having for- firm. eign investment, the “Inventory of a vendor will Government on Wednesday be deemed to be controlled by ' '! barred online marketplaces e-commerce marketplace enti- ""$ #%#%! %& like Flipkart and Amazon from ty if more than 25 per cent of ! & 35/0 selling products of companies purchases of such vendor are #-#".% where they hold stakes and from the marketplace entity or :% banned exclusive marketing its group companies,” the com- 2*324 trending topic among Helo arrangements that could influ- merce and industry ministry’s users was the launch of the ! "#%#" !0 ence product price. press note said. elo, a regional language film 2.0. The release of this The revised policy on for- “An entity having equity Hsocial media platform, on biggest Indian science fiction eign direct investment in online participation by e-commerce Wednesday unveils the top film of the year last 2*324 Besides this, domestic retail, issued by the commerce marketplace entity or its group three most popular trending November garnered over 220 players have also urged to 2*324 Under Substantial and industry ministry, also companies, or having control topics that have engaged users million views on the plat- he commerce ministry is in impose minimum import price Acquisition of Shares and said that these firms have to on its inventory by e-com- nationwide. form. This trending topic Tfavour of hiking import and some kind of quota on the arkets regulator Sebi has Takeovers (SAST) regula- offer equal services or facilities merce marketplace entity or its According to Helo, this sparked discussions around duty on aluminium with a imports for the user industry. Mslapped a penalty of 10 tions, it is mandatory to make to all its vendors without dis- group companies, will not be year’s festive Diwali season the film as well as on the top- view to support domestic man- Total production of alu- crore on three promoters of an open offer if the promot- crimination. permitted to sell its products on was the biggest trending topic ics of science and technolo- ufacturers, Union Minister minium in India is about 4 mil- Man Industries for failing to ers’ shareholding crosses the The revised norms are the platform run by such mar- of 2018, as the platform gar- gy, resulting in various posts Suresh Prabhu has said. lion tonnes and consumption make an open offer to the threshold limit of 55 per aimed at protecting the inter- ketplace entity”. nered over 600 million views, and memes. “That is a proposal to pro- is about 3.6 million tonnes. company’s shareholders. cent. est of domestic players, who E-commerce marketplace with users exchanging wish- Helo is available in India in tect our domestic industry. The demand comes in the The three promoters are However, the promoters have to face tough competition entity “will not mandate” any es and engaging with posts by 14 vernacular languages, The proposal is under exami- wake of the US imposing 10 JPA Holdings Pvt Ltd, Nikhil failed to do so. from e-retailers having deep seller to sell any good “exclu- Indian celebrities. including Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, nation and we support the per cent duty on certain alu- Mansukhani and Anita The promoters argued that pockets from foreign investors, sively” on its platform “only”, The second most popular Malayalam and more. proposal,” Prabhu added. minium products. China too Mansukhani. they belonged to two different the ministry said. the note said. The Commerce and has raised the duties. The regulator conducted a groups and hence should not The policy would be effec- Any service like logistics Industry Minister said that Aluminium is required by probe in the shareholding of be considered as persons act- tive from February 2019. provided by e-commerce com- there has been a complaint by the industries like automobile, Man Industries during June to ing in concert (PAC). “The move would companies to vendors in which they aluminium industry about construction, consumer goods September 2010. Rejecting the argument, pletely prevent influencing have direct or indirect equity dumping of the commodity. etc. It observed that the share- Sebi said,”both groups were act- prices by e-commerce players. participation or common con- He was replying to a ques- All these industries are holding of the company’s pro- ing in concert and their share- This will also ensure better trol stake, should be fair and tion about the Government’s growing in India and the coun- moters increased from 51.29 holding has to be taken as a enforcement of FDI guidelines non-discriminatory. plan to increase import duty on try is producing sufficient per cent to 55.18 per cent due whole and thus the noticees in e-commerce companies,” a These services include aluminium. amount of the required metal to acquisition of shares in open have breached the threshold of senior official said. logistics, warehousing, adver- The industry has demand- domestically, an industry market as well as by conversion 55 per cent thereby violating ... The policy says a vendor tisement, marketing, pay- ed increase in import duties on expert has said. of warrants. SAST regulations. will not be permitted to sell ments, financing etc. aluminium scrap and primary As per estimates, during aluminium amid a high growth the first quarter of the current in inward shipments of these fiscal, imports of aluminium items. They are demanding to scrap increased to 36,000 & $ raise the duty on primary and tonnes from 16,000 tonnes. scrap aluminium to 10 per cent. Further talking about a pro- Currently, the basic cus- posal to cut export duty on iron toms duty on aluminium scrap ore, the Commerce and Industry ' and primary aluminium is 2.5 Minister said the Ministry has per cent and 7.5 per cent, sought views of steel and mines respectively. ministry on the issue. and other documents maintained by the CGST Act, 2017, & time limit for issuance registered person to verify the correctness of Invoice is 45 days (Instead of 30 days ore than a year has passed, since the of declared turnover, taxes paid, refund as per general rule). MNDA Government rolled out the claimed and input tax credit availed and E-Commerce Sector — E-commerce Goods and Services Tax (GST), on 1 July, to assess his compliance with the GST aggregators are made responsible under 2017. The introduction of this indirect tax provisions. With the higheremphasis on the GST law for deducting and deposit- regime marked the end of over a decade compliancesby Government and the coming tax at the rate of 1% from each of the of squabbling, where politicians struggled prehensive reporting burden on compa- transaction. Any dealers/traders selling to build accord across party lines. nies, GST reconciliations and documen- goods/services online would get the pay- Heralded as India’s greatest tax reform, the tations will not be an easy task, butGST ment after deduction of 1% tax. It is a sig- aim of the GST was to free Indians from audit allows companies to self-examine the nificant change which would increase a lot multiple taxes and setting the base for a tax positions taken and allow improving of compliance and administration cost for unified common market — One Nation, the same for next year. To ensure timely online aggregators. One Tax, One Market. and efficient compliance of GST audit, Exporters- Exporter will export under However, with the introduction of companies should appoint their GST the Letter of Undertaking (LUT) that GST came multiple challenges related to auditor, plan way forward, start gathering would be valid for a financial year or implementation both at the organisation documents, and create internal controls Bond, or with payment of tax. Filling of and the country level. Some of the com- for been GST law compliant. RFD-01 for claiming the Input tax cred- mon challenges that organisations faced It’s important that companies start it paid on the inward supplies. post GST implementation were change in preparing for these audits in order to avoid Real Estate Sector — Sale of immov- business processes, change in product any loss of credits, applicability of inter- able properties before or after completion pricing, Tax positions, Transition and est/penalties, etc. Some of the key aspects certificates are issued, sale of property Compliances. However, to ensure the to be considered by companies during under the credit linked subsidy scheme. unbroken implementation of GST law on audit should be: Reconciliation will be an issue because notified entities, the Government entrust- Reconciliations: Ensure reconcilia- builders recognise the income based of ed on Chartered Accountants and Cost tions of output tax/input tax between the percentage completion method as per Accountant to conduct audit and submit books of accounts, returns and e-waybills IND-AS which is not in line with time of report under the notified form. Instance, issued; supply as per GST. the Section 35(5) read with Section 44 and Taxpositions: Review the tax posi- Presumptive Taxpayers (Life Rule 80(3) of Goods and Services Tax tions adopted and also whether these are Insurance companies, Travel Agents) — (GST) Laws, provides that every registered correctly reflected in documentation; Turnover in Financial statements would person, whose aggregate turnover during Credits: Review if any ineligible cred- be different from turnover in GST. a financial year exceeds two crore rupees, its have been availed and, in the process, Sectors where outward supplies are is required to get its accounts audited. In also ensure completeness of credits; exempted (Like Power Sector, GST, there are 3 types of audits, Audit by Reverse Charge: check all inward sup- Universities) -Focus on Reverse charge Chartered Accountant or Cost ply of goods or services which are covered mechanism liability to be discharged. Accountant, Audit by Department and under reverse charge mechanism and Apart from the above, there are Special Audit. whether tax has been remitted in capac- numerous issues which taxpayers might The copy of auditedannual accounts ity of recipient of supply, where required; face during audit depending on the and a reconciliation statement, duly cer- Export/RFD01: check the option nature of business. Therefore it is well sug- tified, in Form GSTR-9C has to be sub- selected to supply for export without pay- gested that taxpayers should start work- mitted on or before the 31st Day of ment of integrated tax and has paid the ing on annual GST return with their audi- December (extended to 30th June 2019for tax or vice versa. tors in order to execute the compliances FY 2017-18 by Government in its 31st Also, it is essential to take make note well before time. GST council meeting) by the tax payer. In of the sector wise considerations during this regard, the Government has also noti- the GST audit. Some of these include: (The article is contributed by CA fied Form comprising of reconciliation Banking /NBFC Sector — Reversal of Maneet Pal, IP Pasricha & Co, Partner. statement, certification, records, returns ITC in according to the rule 38 of the Views expressed are personal) !(%$#) *"%+,-+./0 5*33 &' : R9% %&Q9 R $ 2*324 between the US and China example, in Jalgaon 2*324 participation by e-commerce rect equity participation or 30th of every year for the pre- could impact the global trade (Maharashtra) we are promot- marketplace entity or its group common control to vendors on ceding fiscal. ndia is preparing a specific growth. ing cluster for bananas, and for ightening norms for e- companies, or having control on the platform at arms length and These changes will come Istrategy for exports to each Imposition of high import grapes in Nashik,” he said. commerce firms like its inventory by e-commerce in fair and non-discriminato- into effect from February 1 this geography as part of plans to duties by the US this year on cer- The ministry is also prepar- TFlipkart and Amazon, marketplace entity or its group ry manner. year. make 2019 a year when out- tain steel and aluminium prod- ing an incentive package for the government on Wednesday companies, will not be permit- “Cash back provided by the The decision comes in the ward shipments would start ucts have triggered a trade war labour intensive sectors like took host of steps and barred ted to sell its products on the group companies of market- backdrop of several complaints driving the country’s overall kind of situation. The World leather to address issues faced by them from selling products of platform run by such marketplace entity to buyers shall be being flagged by domestic economic growth, Commerce Trade Organisation (WTO) too exporters. “We are preparing a the companies in which they place entity,” the ministry said. fair and non-discriminatory,” traders on heavy discounts and Industry Minister Suresh has stated that escalating trade and South Asia hold huge poten- package which will ensure that have stake. Besides, the revised policy the ministry’s notification said. being given by e-commerce Prabhu has said. tensions and tighter credit mar- tial for domestic exporters, but exporters’ woes are addressed The Commerce and on foreign direct investment in It further said that these players to consumers. The minister said India’s ket conditions in important “our performance is at sub- properly. There have been chal- Industry Ministry also prohib- online retail firms says that ser- companies would have to file a As per the current policy, exports performance had been markets will slow trade growth optimal level” in these regions. lenges for the export sector ited e-commerce companies vices should be provided by e- certificate along with a report 100 per cent FDI is permitted “extremely good” in the past 14 in 2019. Emphasised on the need to over a period of time and one big from entering into an agreement commerce marketplace entity of statutory auditor to the RBI, in marketplace e-commerce months, but he was not fully sat- “In 2019, we would like to promote value-added exports, challenge is credit,” he said. The for exclusive sale of products. or other firms in which e-retail confirming compliance with activities. It is prohibited in isfied as yet and the plans for ensure that all measures that we Prabhu said his ministry was ministry is also looking at qual- “An entity having equity company has a direct or indi- the guidelines by September inventory-based activities. 2019 also included a special initiated earlier and the new trying to bring Japanese and ity of goods being exported by focus on boosting shipments to measures get consolidated and Korean companies on board to India as foreign firms are keep- the African continent and Latin 2019 should be a new year for increase outbound shipments of ing a special tab on this. ( $ America given huge growth exports. So I am preparing a marine products. He also hoped Further, Prabhu said as -18 potential there. He said the strategy. For each of the geo- that the recently announced India was one of the major Indian exports were growing at graphies, we will prepare a spe- agri-export policy would help exporter of services like IT and 199! a time when the global trade was cific strategy,” Prabhu said. boost exports from the sector to ITeS, the ministry’s strategy 0)05 The 30-share index had dollar. witnessing worst ever head- Elaborating on his plans, the USD 60 billion in the next five would have elements to promote ended the previous session Brent crude, the interna- 2* winds, countries were fighting at minister said African continent years and USD 100 billion in the services exports also. The gov- fter gyrating nearly 700 271.92 points lower at tional benchmark, was up New Delhi (PTI): Bloom import duty front and there was held huge potential for domes- next 10 years. “This is doable ernment has approved an action Apoints on Wednesday, 35,470.15, while the Nifty had 0.73% at USD 51.14 per barrel. Hotels on Wednesday said it had increasing protectionism and tic exporters and there was a because we are the largest pro- plan for 12 champion services benchmark equity indices lost 90.50 points. On a net basis, foreign further raised 100 crore in a slowdown in demand. need to significantly boost ship- ducers of milk and the second sectors, including IT, tourism reversed initial losses and The biggest gainers on portfolio investors (FPIs) sold fresh round of funding from “(But) I am not fully satis- ments to that region. Prabhu largest producer of fruits and and hospitality, for realising ended higher, driven by a both bourses were Bharti shares worth 577.10 crore on Samena Capital, taking the prin- fied. I want exports to drive said his ministry was in process vegetables,” he said. their potential through estab- rebound in financial stocks Airtel, HDFC duo, L&T, Bajaj Monday, while domestic insti- cipal investment group’s stake in India’s growth. To do that, the of creating a template for some The ministry would be lishment of a 5,000 crore ded- amid firming trend in the US Auto, Kotak Bank, Reliance tutional investors (DIIs) were the company to 45 per cent. situation is very challenging as kind of a free trade agreement drawing a strategy to promote icated fund. market. Industries, Axis Bank, ICICI net buyers to the tune of Samena Capital had earlier, in each country is trying to put with Africa which would take shipments of five categories — Commenting on the growth The BSE Sensex broke its Bank, SBI, ITC and Bajaj 186.14 crore, provisional data April this year, invested 100 their own borders,” Prabhu told into account the overall differ- plantation crops, meat, fish- prospects next year, exporters three-day falling streak by end- Finance, rising up to 4%. available with BSE showed. crore in a series B investment PTI in an interview. ence of level of growth of that eries, agriculture and horticul- said the government needs to ing 179.79 points, or 0.51%, On the other hand, Sun Elsewhere in Asia, Korea’s round in Bloom Hotels for 35% Since 2011-12, India’s continent and the country spe- ture, he added. For this, the min- focus on areas like timely refund higher at 35,649.94. Intra-day, Pharma, Yes Bank, TCS, Kospi ended 1.31% lower, stake in the company. With the exports have been hovering at cific profiles. ister will be meeting all planta- of Goods and Services tax; ade- the index fell to a low of NTPC, Tata Motors, Infosys Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fell additional investment of 100 around USD 300 billion. During Similar plans are there for tion boards, farmers associations quate availability of affordable 35,010.82. The broader NSE and ONGC fell up to 2%. 0.40% and Shanghai crore, the stake of Samena 2017-18, the shipments grew by other regions as well, including and organisations and discuss credit; extending export duty Nifty too recovered to reclaim The rupee, meanwhile, Composite Index slipped 0.26% Capital in the company has about 10 per cent to USD 303 for Latin America, he said, issues related to every segment. benefits to more areas like seeds; the 10,700 level, rising 66.35 gained against the US dollar, while, Japan’s Nikkei rose increased to 45%, a Bloom billion. Experts have cautioned adding that Central America, “We are asking states for and interest subsidy to merchant points, or 0.62%, to 10,729.85. and was trading at 70.08 per 0.89%. Hotels spokesperson said. that growing trade tensions South East Asia, Central Asia product-specific clusters. For exporters.

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1403.00 1429.65 1385.00 1422.50 BHARATFORG 498.10 507.90 494.75 506.00 PNBHOUSING 942.00 945.85 916.55 923.80 PERSISTENT 620.80 635.00 615.00 635.00 DRREDDY 2598.00 2628.00 2575.20 2626.00 26.20 SBIN 293.00 294.80 287.20 293.95 DELTACORP 246.70 246.70 239.30 242.55 KANSAINER 483.55 485.00 474.55 481.30 COROMANDEL 443.95 453.00 427.00 447.00 KOTAKBANK 1234.50 1250.80 1210.50 1250.80 12.30 PCJEWELLER 82.80 82.80 79.25 81.10 IBVENTURES 378.75 379.35 361.00 372.50 IFCI 14.40 14.67 13.90 14.61 FORTIS 134.50 135.30 134.10 134.70 RELIANCE 1085.80 1100.00 1065.65 1099.70 10.55 HINDUNILVR 1759.00 1798.60 1742.00 1791.15 VIPIND 516.90 520.00 509.25 511.55 PETRONET 222.40 224.25 220.20 222.45 WHIRLPOOL 1290.00 1324.00 1275.00 1320.80 HINDALCO 213.85 219.80 212.90 219.75 1.90 TATAMOTORS 172.00 172.15 167.70 170.90 IDFC 43.00 43.75 42.05 43.40 DCBBANK 163.85 163.85 158.60 163.65 LINDEINDIA 694.70 694.70 677.80 684.00 POWERGRID 193.60 196.30 191.35 195.40 1.45 MARUTI 7512.00 7599.80 7406.00 7550.50 GICRE 264.05 265.05 248.50 258.80 SHANKARA 535.30 537.00 520.50 525.05 ZENSARTECH 235.85 236.25 230.00 236.00 HINDPETRO 250.30 250.85 244.80 248.10 1.80 BANDHANBNK 525.00 549.60 502.85 545.10 ORIENTBANK 95.50 96.70 92.25 94.50 PTC 87.20 89.55 85.70 89.40 ASTRAL 1060.30 1099.80 1040.95 1076.45 BAJAJ-AUTO 2713.70 2749.80 2670.00 2744.35 19.70 BAJFINANCE 2555.00 2582.65 2504.90 2569.40 HCLTECH 941.00 947.45 931.45 942.55 HSCL 133.00 133.00 129.05 131.30 IDBI 61.30 61.40 60.95 61.10 AXISBANK 611.00 623.65 603.45 618.95 3.95 TCS 1916.00 1917.95 1872.00 1889.50 GNFC 345.00 345.00 334.00 340.75 MFSL 438.00 449.00 423.70 446.25 GUJALKALI 535.00 535.00 525.00 529.55 SHOPERSTOP 506.00 514.00 497.70 514.00 TRITURBINE 121.15 122.50 119.35 120.85 BPCL 368.80 371.30 358.20 367.20 2.25 IOC 136.45 137.20 134.20 134.70 TATAMTRDVR 93.80 93.95 91.70 93.10 CADILAHC 341.00 342.50 336.65 339.10 DENABANK 16.65 16.70 16.30 16.65 FORBESCO 2350.05 2431.00 2300.00 2400.00 SBIN 292.85 295.00 287.15 294.55 1.50 RELCAPITAL 215.70 215.70 206.70 212.10 CHOLAFIN 1223.45 1230.00 1161.30 1219.05 PARAGMILK 257.50 257.50 248.00 252.10 JKCEMENT 735.05 738.00 714.00 714.75 BANKINDIA 100.70 101.60 97.05 100.80 MPHASIS 1011.00 1036.80 1003.90 1005.20 TORNTPHARM 1757.95 1768.65 1718.55 1747.15 ECLERX 1068.35 1085.95 1045.05 1065.10 HEROMOTOCO 3160.00 3212.00 3136.05 3184.15 15.75 ASHOKA 126.00 126.00 122.20 122.70 VEDL 196.90 197.70 193.05 196.60 NATCOPHARM* 697.00 697.00 669.60 675.85 NIITTECH 1110.00 1128.80 1102.90 1122.05 OMAXE 213.10 216.50 213.05 215.55 GULFOILLUB 825.00 825.00 813.10 819.90 HCLTECH 938.00 947.70 931.00 941.95 4.10 AXISBANK 613.00 622.95 603.55 616.85 DIVISLAB 1448.00 1458.90 1428.00 1455.00 KPIT 216.00 218.00 214.30 216.50 THERMAX 1104.00 1104.00 1070.20 1086.20 BIRLACORPN 595.05 618.75 594.40 618.75 BAJFINANCE 2560.00 2582.95 2503.70 2575.00 10.10 TATASTEEL 509.80 517.90 505.15 513.65 SPARC 201.00 203.30 198.50 199.75 VINATIORGA 1560.00 1564.00 1465.15 1559.00 GICHSGFIN 252.20 255.00 248.05 253.75 PIIND 841.05 850.60 834.85 841.05 ITC 276.35 278.80 274.80 276.95 0.95 ZEEL 437.00 455.90 431.35 453.65 GRASIM 810.05 821.90 795.60 818.15 JSLHISAR 84.10 86.45 83.05 85.65 CARBORUNIV 352.95 353.65 347.10 347.10 SYNGENE 557.10 563.65 549.95 563.00 MARUTI 7488.00 7600.00 7402.00 7552.50 23.35 INFIBEAM 47.00 47.00 44.50 45.95 ENGINERSIN 129.90 129.90 121.35 125.95 TATACOMM 518.75 519.00 506.60 510.55 BOSCHLTD 19482.40 19619.95 19051.10 19446.00 LALPATHLAB 936.90 938.15 918.00 925.00 HINDUNILVR 1760.00 1798.65 1741.25 1790.00 5.35 ADANIPORTS 360.95 379.50 358.00 376.70 ICICIGI 837.55 844.00 813.65 829.00 AJANTPHARM 1135.45 1138.10 1107.75 1132.00 OBEROIRLTY 444.15 454.65 437.70 446.85 THYROCARE 540.00 550.00 534.00 545.00 ASIANPAINT 1367.95 1374.90 1347.40 1360.05 3.00 JINDALSTEL 156.05 163.20 153.60 162.15 RADICO 392.00 396.30 374.80 393.70 ADANIGREEN 42.70 42.70 40.05 41.65 HIMATSEIDE 218.60 218.60 210.20 212.50 SCHNEIDER 99.30 101.45 98.80 100.15 VEDL 195.95 197.65 193.05 196.75 0.35 HDFCBANK 2084.90 2128.00 2070.60 2120.20 HDFCLIFE 385.00 387.45 379.85 385.10 CENTURYPLY 174.25 174.25 170.00 171.15 AARTIIND 1405.00 1441.25 1400.00 1420.00 SUPRAJIT 215.00 219.00 210.00 219.00 INFRATEL 259.95 265.00 258.25 262.90 0.35 BHARTIARTL 310.95 323.95 303.00 321.20 MANAPPURAM 87.95 91.25 86.60 90.80 TORNTPOWER 257.85 259.60 252.80 256.30 EIDPARRY 202.95 208.70 200.00 208.40 ABBOTINDIA 7452.90 7515.00 7375.00 7460.10 INDUSINDBK 1559.70 1564.95 1520.30 1563.95 1.60 ICICIBANK 351.75 356.50 348.00 355.35 NMDC 94.60 95.50 93.05 94.60 CYIENT 606.00 609.15 602.00 606.00 BLUESTARCO 614.65 622.10 605.00 610.00 M&M 785.65 793.50 772.00 789.00 0.35 SIEMENS 995.90 1047.00 981.10 1036.65 WELSPUNIND 59.05 59.65 57.90 58.60 FINCABLES 465.00 468.00 451.00 457.00 APARINDS 636.50 669.00 634.00 669.00 TATASTEEL 509.00 517.30 504.40 513.45 -0.25 BEL 87.50 89.40 85.35 88.75 HEXAWARE 312.70 318.80 307.80 318.80 VMART 2600.00 2624.50 2550.00 2550.00 BAJAJCORP 358.10 363.00 355.10 360.00 NTPC 146.20 148.35 144.25 146.00 -0.40 PNB 76.75 78.30 74.75 77.80 GLENMARK 661.00 674.05 660.05 672.00 OFSS 3644.05 3644.05 3538.10 3560.65 ASTRAZEN 1463.05 1490.05 1458.05 1458.05 IOC 136.30 137.20 134.30 134.60 -0.45 L&TFH 151.75 155.95 149.55 154.55 KEI 358.05 361.40 350.00 358.05 GODREJAGRO 500.80 500.80 494.40 497.00 ISGEC 5076.95 5076.95 4960.00 5000.00 TECHM 695.90 697.90 686.00 695.50 -2.40 ASHOKLEY 104.30 104.30 102.05 103.85 DISHTV 36.50 38.00 35.80 37.20 CORPBANK 28.20 28.85 27.35 28.25 GREENPLY 134.30 138.70 133.40 136.45 DBCORP 169.35 171.00 166.00 170.50 WIPRO 325.70 327.30 319.35 325.55 -1.15 DMART 1537.70 1564.00 1504.50 1554.30 WABAG 258.00 259.00 248.95 253.95 PRSMJOHNSN 86.00 89.00 85.15 88.20 ERIS 669.95 671.60 655.00 669.00 COALINDIA 248.30 250.40 246.00 247.30 -1.00 CGPOWER 44.50 44.50 42.10 44.20 IBULISL 389.95 391.90 364.70 377.90 PFIZER 2804.95 2860.00 2740.00 2832.00 BANKBARODA 115.50 118.80 113.00 118.10 REDINGTON 86.45 87.20 85.95 87.15 TATAMOTORS 171.45 172.20 167.60 171.40 -1.10 MAHINDCIE 243.20 247.25 236.60 246.00 ATUL 3340.05 3446.30 3320.50 3424.20 ASIANPAINT 1372.60 1373.60 1344.35 1359.00 KSCL 576.25 576.45 555.35 565.55 RNAM 160.55 160.55 155.00 156.75 PGHH 9570.00 9731.70 9569.10 9709.00 ONGC 148.10 149.45 145.75 146.85 -1.05 HINDPETRO 250.00 251.00 244.80 248.65 CENTRALBK 35.00 35.00 32.85 34.15 IEX 166.15 168.00 165.30 166.50 JKLAKSHMI 279.95 285.50 277.30 283.00 CIPLA 515.60 519.00 507.30 515.00 -3.80 BHEL 70.95 71.75 69.35 71.50 NAVINFLUOR 706.00 706.30 690.20 694.50 UCOBANK 20.25 20.25 19.40 19.85 TEAMLEASE 2848.00 2858.00 2820.35 2849.90 EICHERMOT 23100.00 23450.00 22700.00 23038.00 -172.70 ITC 276.00 278.45 274.75 276.70 MARICO 370.00 370.00 361.00 367.45 TATACOFFEE 95.60 96.10 94.15 95.20 FLFL 402.30 405.00 396.00 403.15 INFY 647.00 647.00 637.35 643.90 -5.10 CEATLTD 1263.00 1271.00 1221.35 1269.15 POWERGRID 193.50 196.55 191.25 195.30 SUNDRMFAST 522.00 528.00 515.00 527.00 MONSANTO 2590.00 2649.00 2546.00 2622.00 TCS 1921.80 1921.80 1870.25 1892.00 -26.50 STRTECH 284.50 288.75 277.40 284.30 SUVEN 221.00 224.20 216.90 221.85 NILKAMAL 1514.40 1515.25 1486.30 1505.50 IFBIND 847.35 859.95 836.00 845.00 YESBANK 182.50 182.65 174.25 179.50 -2.80 RECLTD 113.45 116.00 110.90 115.45 AMARAJABAT 740.00 743.00 729.00 732.85 CHAMBLFERT 142.95 142.95 140.60 141.30 EVEREADY 188.00 188.35 183.25 187.95 SUNPHARMA 423.45 423.45 410.00 414.95 -9.40 TITAN 879.00 900.00 869.00 889.15 PAGEIND 23815.90 23921.05 23232.15 23400.00 SUDARSCHEM 337.90 349.90 329.35 339.90 TTKPRESTIG 7229.35 7499.90 7229.35 7446.55 RELINFRA 307.45 308.35 300.40 303.70 JSWENERGY 68.45 68.45 66.65 67.75 MINDACORP 140.70 141.90 137.00 141.90 SCHAEFFLER 5668.25 5668.25 5431.85 5502.75 KOTAKBANK 1231.90 1253.35 1211.00 1249.65 MCX 722.00 722.00 703.45 710.20 ALLCARGO 104.90 108.00 103.55 107.00 CRISIL 1580.30 1630.35 1552.05 1630.35 SRF 1975.00 1989.30 1906.00 1970.15 ICICIPRULI 321.60 323.15 315.85 321.25 AEGISLOG 187.00 195.00 184.00 194.05 SOLARINDS 1033.00 1056.10 1020.00 1055.00 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE DLF 178.55 179.35 172.20 177.50 NATIONALUM 61.50 62.95 61.10 62.80 GREAVESCOT 118.35 118.40 117.00 118.05 COCHINSHIP 380.00 380.65 375.50 376.00 DHANUKA 461.55 470.00 458.00 470.00 NIFTY NEXT 50 27531.95 27799.15 27137.90 27725.65 105.05 DABUR 426.80 429.55 414.45 423.15 TECHM 697.00 698.30 687.00 694.65 QUESS 628.10 665.70 628.05 641.50 UFLEX 270.00 273.00 267.20 270.70 SADBHAV 200.00 207.60 197.25 206.20 BANDHANBNK 523.00 551.85 507.25 548.00 23.75 IDFCBANK 43.10 43.40 42.20 42.95 PHILIPCARB 198.55 202.75 196.00 200.30 BLISSGVS 139.20 141.40 135.00 137.60 ANDHRABANK 29.95 29.95 28.75 29.80 BLUEDART 3063.20 3211.30 3042.05 3151.05 SIEMENS 996.90 1045.00 980.60 1039.90 44.00 BPCL 368.85 371.55 358.30 366.30 FORCEMOT 1622.00 1628.90 1595.00 1607.95 RAJESHEXPO 570.50 575.45 569.00 575.00 FDC 174.50 174.70 171.00 172.65 SHK 170.40 171.80 169.40 170.20 AMBUJACEM 212.65 222.00 209.90 221.10 7.85 BOMDYEING 109.50 112.40 104.40 110.05 STAR 455.50 462.55 446.85 460.80 TAKE 149.10 149.20 141.65 148.00 TIINDIA 348.00 348.00 323.00 328.25 ZYDUSWELL 1374.00 1380.60 1337.80 1373.90 LICHSGFIN 470.00 488.35 465.20 486.50 14.35 M&M 789.00 792.70 772.05 787.65 COLPAL 1308.30 1314.30 1295.00 1302.20 3MINDIA 21000.00 21000.00 19700.00 20760.25 HERITGFOOD 515.60 544.25 513.00 540.00 JAGRAN 114.25 115.65 113.70 115.25 BANKBARODA 115.00 118.90 112.90 118.50 3.10 NTPC 146.85 147.90 143.90 145.55 ITI 90.00 91.45 88.40 89.80 INDOSTAR 314.55 355.70 307.30 339.30 MERCK 2841.00 2941.50 2836.00 2941.50 INOXWIND 77.65 78.50 76.40 77.20 ACC 1442.30 1486.00 1421.10 1482.00 34.35 AUROPHARMA 719.90 720.50 698.00 718.20 ABCAPITAL 97.00 97.90 95.75 97.35 LEMONTREE 68.30 69.75 67.90 68.15 TRENT 355.00 355.00 339.95 343.15 WABCOINDIA 6868.00 6868.00 6680.05 6836.15 SHREECEM 16630.00 17279.00 16355.60 17100.00 345.40 INDIGO 1171.10 1175.00 1144.10 1158.20 BBTC 1277.00 1282.35 1232.00 1263.30 GRANULES 87.85 88.60 85.10 87.60 HEIDELBERG 145.05 152.50 145.05 150.95 GUJGAS 671.00 672.00 661.05 672.00 ESSELPRO 105.30 105.50 104.00 104.10 SRTRANSFIN 1199.00 1229.00 1178.70 1222.95 23.25 BAJAJ-AUTO 2724.00 2754.00 2669.40 2737.95 BERGEPAINT 335.50 335.50 320.55 328.25 TV18BRDCST 36.20 36.35 35.30 36.20 VBL 710.00 736.00 708.00 733.90 TVSSRICHAK 2518.95 2519.00 2455.20 2483.35 MCDOWELL-N 607.00 623.30 588.60 619.60 10.95 ESCORTS 671.10 686.85 660.00 686.00 GSFC 107.30 110.30 106.90 109.50 PVR 1550.00 1558.90 1515.95 1550.20 SHREECEM 16645.60 17259.75 16350.00 17100.00 GDL 133.00 133.00 128.70 130.00 MOTHERSUMI 159.80 165.80 158.85 163.80 2.25 UNIONBANK 83.80 84.00 80.05 83.60 AMBUJACEM 213.90 221.45 210.00 221.00 DBL 420.05 424.00 415.40 420.00 MHRIL 198.20 198.20 193.05 193.10 MAHLIFE 394.85 394.85 377.05 378.00 SAIL 51.85 52.75 50.55 52.65 0.70 MUTHOOTFIN 494.00 504.80 481.50 498.80 LTI 1704.90 1705.00 1674.75 1675.50 SYMPHONY 1120.00 1120.00 1021.55 1076.00 PHOENIXLTD 560.05 574.40 556.15 564.00 COFFEEDAY 267.65 272.25 266.40 272.25 MRF 66200.00 67503.00 65105.25 67000.00 882.35 JAICORPLTD 106.40 107.70 102.55 106.50 RAIN 133.00 134.80 128.30 131.35 INFRATEL 266.00 266.00 258.55 262.60 TIMETECHNO 104.50 104.50 100.20 102.25 SANOFI 6076.65 6141.15 6019.40 6126.00 HAVELLS 665.40 679.25 655.00 676.25 8.35 CHENNPETRO 281.80 287.05 273.55 281.10 BRITANNIA 3100.00 3113.00 3040.55 3088.60 BAJAJHLDNG 2907.00 2909.95 2762.00 2860.00 SHARDACROP 310.75 312.85 302.65 303.45 FINOLEXIND 543.00 548.00 535.10 536.55 BEL 87.75 89.50 85.25 88.75 0.80 MOTHERSUMI 159.95 165.60 159.10 163.70 JKTYRE 104.55 104.95 102.30 103.85 NIACL 184.50 184.80 173.05 178.35 BASF 1565.45 1588.05 1548.15 1574.80 JBCHEPHARM 295.60 298.00 293.00 294.70 BIOCON 609.80 617.00 601.00 615.95 5.20 JSWSTEEL 290.80 298.00 288.20 298.00 LICHSGFIN 472.50 488.20 465.40 485.90 MMTC 29.00 29.55 28.60 29.40 MINDAIND 319.00 322.00 310.40 319.35 CAPPL 384.00 384.45 379.10 382.00 L&TFH 152.30 155.90 149.45 154.00 1.15 IBREALEST 87.40 90.15 85.50 88.75 ALBK 45.05 46.50 44.10 46.05 HINDCOPPER 50.00 50.00 49.10 49.70 CENTRUM 37.15 37.15 35.50 35.80 RELAXO 714.75 735.70 711.40 720.00 BOSCHLTD 19450.00 19640.00 19170.75 19524.95 109.45 UPL 735.95 754.00 728.30 751.40 INTELLECT 222.60 224.00 215.90 221.55 HUDCO 43.30 43.30 42.50 43.15 GESHIP 315.00 321.25 308.00 321.25 ITDCEM 108.55 112.95 107.95 112.95 DMART 1534.70 1562.90 1501.30 1554.00 8.25 DRREDDY 2600.00 2629.25 2573.00 2613.00 ABFRL 206.85 209.95 201.50 206.00 CROMPTON 224.95 230.70 218.70 226.00 ENDURANCE 1153.90 1162.00 1142.50 1161.00 LAOPALA 222.30 225.05 220.50 220.60 AUROPHARMA 715.95 720.75 697.10 718.80 3.40 HINDALCO 215.45 220.00 213.15 218.35 ABB 1310.00 1318.50 1286.85 1300.00 SBILIFE 580.20 582.75 570.25 572.55 KNRCON 199.20 207.90 198.55 205.40 SHILPAMED 380.50 389.85 379.10 388.25 NHPC 25.90 26.25 25.85 26.05 0.10 PFC 100.00 100.85 98.40 99.95 MANPASAND 84.60 87.30 83.35 86.75 JAMNAAUTO 63.10 64.10 62.35 63.90 GSPL 174.85 175.65 174.05 174.40 NAVNETEDUL 104.30 106.65 104.30 105.05 BHEL 70.70 71.85 69.25 71.50 0.25 INDUSINDBK 1560.10 1563.75 1521.60 1557.20 BALKRISIND 918.70 918.70 891.00 908.85 GODREJIND 515.80 523.50 505.50 523.50 SOBHA 447.35 450.40 442.90 445.30 TNPL 253.05 256.80 253.00 254.35 PEL 2285.00 2324.00 2234.00 2307.00 5.65 BIOCON 610.95 618.75 601.95 616.50 CENTURYTEX 891.00 906.50 873.65 897.75 MOIL 173.85 173.85 167.30 168.70 GHCL 235.40 239.85 235.00 238.00 ORIENTCEM 80.95 81.95 78.90 81.15 HDFCLIFE 383.00 386.05 379.55 386.00 0.90 ONGC 148.40 149.25 145.75 146.75 DEEPAKNI 211.70 211.70 204.60 207.75 APOLLOHOSP 1280.00 1280.00 1239.10 1266.05 JYOTHYLAB 198.80 200.00 194.00 198.00 LAURUSLABS 379.25 384.05 370.65 382.00 HINDZINC 271.50 272.25 267.20 270.25 0.20 HAVELLS 664.00 681.25 654.20 678.45 GODREJCP 803.00 803.40 781.40 800.00 NESTLEIND 10950.00 10975.50 10750.15 10764.30 NETWORK18 37.55 38.35 37.35 37.50 GALAXYSURF 1200.00 1203.70 1183.10 1185.05 CONCOR 652.00 656.75 636.10 650.00 -0.05 ADANIPOWER 50.50 51.75 49.55 50.75 OIL 174.85 175.50 173.00 173.60 KAJARIACER 481.70 490.10 473.05 489.00 IPCALAB 790.00 793.15 783.05 784.25 CERA 2366.20 2401.40 2353.75 2353.80 ABCAPITAL 96.80 97.75 95.65 97.00 -0.05 SUNTV 580.50 580.50 554.40 575.65 FCONSUMER 46.70 46.85 45.50 46.35 EMAMILTD 401.00 408.20 395.10 405.75 AIAENG 1602.05 1670.00 1584.05 1670.00 COALINDIA 249.90 250.55 246.35 247.30 VENKYS 2399.00 2399.00 2330.00 2364.70 AKZOINDIA 1604.00 1622.80 1590.00 1619.00 PGHH 9715.40 9787.10 9575.10 9705.00 -10.40 SUPREMEIND 1090.30 1149.90 1080.50 1126.50 EIHOTEL 190.50 198.90 189.50 194.30 ACC 1449.00 1484.00 1422.65 1478.45 UBL 1369.00 1369.00 1312.45 1360.50 VIJAYABANK 48.55 49.40 47.35 49.10 ELGIEQUIP 261.00 266.00 253.55 255.00 VTL 1007.00 1030.00 1007.00 1025.00 ABB 1301.20 1318.00 1285.00 1300.00 -2.15 LUPIN 830.00 839.60 817.35 833.15 TATAELXSI 991.00 994.85 972.70 991.50 NHPC 26.00 26.15 25.85 26.05 TVTODAY 374.20 378.00 368.60 372.60 BAYERCROP 4194.75 4282.70 4169.00 4217.85 NMDC 94.55 95.60 92.90 94.50 -0.20 CANFINHOME 276.55 291.60 267.80 289.20 TATAGLOBAL 219.95 219.95 212.60 218.70 RAMCOCEM 641.00 647.00 609.00 621.70 SONATSOFTW 295.50 300.00 293.00 297.90 LUXIND 1409.45 1414.00 1398.80 1398.80 SUNTV 578.70 580.00 554.00 575.60 -1.35 CIPLA 518.30 518.30 507.75 514.00 TVSMOTOR 558.50 567.15 553.55 557.85 GET&D 262.00 289.80 261.65 284.30 APLLTD 572.05 575.10 562.00 566.45 SUNCLAYLTD 3444.00 3444.00 3430.00 3443.00 BRITANNIA 3086.40 3114.00 3041.00 3092.50 -8.05 WESTLIFE 377.90 377.90 361.15 374.80 ADANITRANS 210.80 210.80 196.00 198.85 NBVENTURES 119.60 119.60 115.00 118.00 KRBL 280.50 284.80 278.50 282.00 GRINDWELL 538.00 541.00 535.00 535.85 PETRONET 222.85 224.80 220.10 222.30 -0.65 UJJIVAN 270.70 276.85 264.00 274.95 EXIDEIND 256.90 263.00 250.50 262.00 MGL 875.00 885.00 865.80 873.25 MAGMA 109.05 111.90 108.65 111.00 HONAUT 21350.00 21602.00 21350.00 21520.00 INDIGO 1174.00 1174.00 1142.55 1156.40 -5.00 HDFC 1908.00 1941.40 1884.75 1934.45 SOUTHBANK 15.50 15.50 14.90 15.20 GLAXO 1449.00 1515.00 1402.40 1510.00 J&KBANK 36.35 36.85 36.15 36.50 HATSUN 615.50 623.90 613.00 623.90 DLF 179.00 179.75 171.80 177.30 -0.80 AVANTI 379.00 382.25 367.50 377.50 EQUITAS 123.25 126.35 120.30 125.65 MRF 66489.25 67428.15 65269.00 66980.75 PRESTIGE 201.00 207.75 199.90 204.75 MAHLOG 510.00 519.90 505.20 519.90 OIL 175.00 175.60 173.00 173.45 -0.90 EDELWEISS 181.50 188.30 178.80 185.75 KTKBANK 107.80 111.40 105.50 109.60 CARERATING 959.20 974.05 950.80 965.00 ITDC 302.00 307.00 296.00 301.30 TIFHL 500.35 508.00 495.75 500.05 IDEA 37.10 37.50 36.35 37.15 -0.20 SUNTECK 352.15 360.00 343.25 355.90 KEC 297.50 300.30 291.55 291.55 HINDZINC 271.00 272.25 267.50 269.80 APLAPOLLO 1127.10 1127.10 1100.00 1100.10 SUPPETRO 202.25 205.60 200.95 205.60 GODREJCP 802.00 803.25 780.80 798.20 -4.35 BAJAJFINSV 6274.95 6482.00 6155.00 6447.50 APOLLOTYRE 228.80 234.80 225.90 233.20 ISEC 260.75 263.10 251.00 261.00 GPPL 101.05 104.40 100.75 103.05 SKFINDIA 1891.20 1908.30 1881.00 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: & % $ " ! * , " ' !! = & &%2& Washington: Christmas has instead to pump the dollars Moscow: Russia on Tuesday Seoul: North and South Korea including Ri Son Gwon, who come and gone but the partial into fencing, technology and Tokyo: Japan said on year, which will mean the with- expanded its economic sanc- broke ground on Wednesday on heads an agency dealing with Government shutdown is just other means of controlling Wednesday it is withdrawing drawal comes into effect by tions on Ukraine, adding more an ambitious project to mod- inter-Korean affairs. getting started. access to the border. Trump from the International Whaling June 30. than 250 people and business- ernise North Korean railways North and South Korean Wednesday brings the first argued that Democrats oppose Commission and will resume Leaving the IWC means es to a blacklist first announced and roads and connect them officials signed a wooden rail- full business day after several a wall only because he is for commercial whaling next year, Japanese whalers will be able to at the start of November. with the South, but without road tie, unveiled a new sign- Government departments and one. in a move expected to spark resume hunting in Japanese According to a decree by progress in nuclear negotia- board and observed a ceremo- agencies closed up over the The stalemate over how international criticism. coastal waters of minke and Prime Minister Dmitri tions, trains won't be crossing nial connecting of northern and weekend due to a budgetary much to spend and how to The announcement had other whales currently pro- Medvedev, 245 individuals and the border anytime soon. southern tracks at Kaesong's stalemate between President spend it caused the partial been widely expected and tected by the IWC. But Japan seven companies, mostly in the The ceremony at the North Panmun Station, according to Donald Trump and Congress. Government shutdown that comes after Japan failed in a bid will not be able to continue the energy and defence sectors, Korean border town of Kaesong South Korea's Unification And there is no end in sight. began Saturday following a earlier this year to convince the so-called scientific research were sanctioned by Moscow. came weeks after the Koreas Ministry. So far, the public and fed- lapse in funding for depart- IWC to allow it to resume com- hunts in the Antarctic that it Relations between Moscow conducted a joint survey on the Officials from China and eral workers have largely been like to call it," Trump said, ments and agencies that make mercial whaling. has been exceptionally allowed and Kiev have deteriorated northern railway sections they Russia were also invited to wit- spared inconvenience and referring to Democrats who up about 25 per cent of the "We have decided to with- as an IWC member under the since a pro-Western hope to someday link with the ness the symbolic start of an hardship because Government staunchly oppose walling off Government. draw from the International Antarctic Treaty. Government came to power South. It's one of several peace ambitious project Seoul hopes is closed on weekends and the border. Some 800,000 Government Whaling Commission in order The withdrawal means after the 2014 revolt against a gestures agreed between North will one day link South Korea federal employees were excused "I'll call it whatever they workers are affected. Many are to resume commercial whaling Japan joins Iceland and Norway pro-Russian leader, Moscow's Korean leader Kim Jong Un and with the Trans-China and Trans- from work on Christmas Eve want, but it's all the same on the job but must wait until in July next year," top in openly defying the IWC's annexation of the Crimea and liberal South Korean President Siberian railways. AFP and Christmas, a federal holi- thing," he told reporters after after the shutdown to be paid Government spokesman ban on commercial whale the outbreak of war in eastern Moon Jae-in as they push day. The shutdown began at participating in a holiday video again. Yoshihide Suga told reporters. hunting. Ukraine. ahead with engagement amid midnight last Friday. conference with representa- Trump claimed that many "Commercial whaling... Japan has hunted whales A total of 567 individuals a stalemate in larger nuclear Trump said on Tuesday tives from all five branches of of these workers "have said to Will be limited to Japan's ter- for centuries, and the meat was and 75 Ukranian companies negotiations between that the closed parts of the the military stationed in me and communicated, 'stay ritorial waters and exclusive a key source of protein in the now face Russian economic Washington and Pyongyang. Government will remain that Alaska, Bahrain, Guam and out until you get the funding economic zones. We will not immediate post-World War II sanctions, which put a freeze But beyond on-site way until Democrats agree to Qatar. for the wall.' These federal hunt in the Antarctic waters or years when the country was on any assets they have in reviews and ceremonies, the wall off the US-Mexico border Trump argued that drug workers want the wall. in the southern hemisphere," desperately poor. Russia. Koreas cannot move much to deter criminal elements. He flows and human trafficking The only one that doesn't Suga added. But consumption has On his Twitter account, further along without the said he's open to calling the can only be stopped by a wall. want the wall are the Tokyo has repeatedly declined significantly in recent Medvedev said the sanctions removal of US-led sanctions wall something else as long as "We can't do it without a Democrats." Trump didn't say threatened to pull out of the decades, with much of the were "to defend the interests of against the North. he ends up with an actual wall. barrier. We can't do it without how he's hearing from federal body, and has been regularly population saying they rarely or the Russian Government, busi- A South Korean train car- Asked when the a wall," he said. "The only way workers, excluding those he criticised for catching hun- never eat whale meat. nesses and people." rying about 100 people — Government would reopen fully, you're going to do it is to have appointed to their jobs or who dreds of whales a year for "sci- Whale hunting has become Tensions between the two including Government offi- Trump said he couldn't say. a physical barrier, meaning a work with him in the White entific research" despite being a rare thorny subject in Japan's neighbours have worsened cials, lawmakers and aging rel- "I can't tell you when the wall. And if you don't have that House. But many rank-and-file a signatory to a moratorium on otherwise largely amiable for- since November when Russia's atives separated by the 1950- Government's going to be then we're just not opening" the workers have gone to social hunting the animals. eign policy, with international coastguard captured three 53 Korean War — rolled into open. I can tell you it's not Government. media with stories of the finan- Suga said Japan would offi- opposition only serving to make Ukrainian naval vessels and the North Korean border town going to be open until we have Democrats oppose spend- cial hardship they expect to face cially inform the IWC of its conservatives dig in deeper in their crews off the Crimean of Kaesong, where they were a wall or fence, whatever they'd ing money on a wall, preferring because of the shutdown. AP decision by the end of the support of the tradition. AFP coast. AFP greeted by North Koreans 10 $ ,$! 2* ! +!%% Kano: Boko Haram jihadists convoy late Monday on a high- The attack followed an #.%#! $#% ambushed a military convoy in way linking Maiduguri, the attempted raid on a nearby mil- northeastern Nigeria, killing 13 capital of Borno state, with itary base along the highway in soldiers and a policeman, the Damaturu in neighbouring Kukareta village, 20 kilometres Kabul: Afghanistan's presi- dates, Ashraf Ghani and army said Wednesday. Yob e state. (12 miles) from Damaturu, dential election, initially Abdullah Abdullah, fought a But an officer, speaking on "Sadly, 13 military and a Nwachukwu said. scheduled for April, will be tight race that went to a sec- condition of anonymity, said police personnel... Paid the That attack was "repelled" postponed for several months ond vote. But before the the militants had overrun an supreme price while extricating by troops who "engaged and to allow time to fix technical results of the runoff could be army base, and put the death themselves from the ambush," overpowered the terrorists, problems that surfaced during announced, Abdullah alleged toll at 18. said the statement, signed by killing several of them", October's parliamentary elec- massive vote fraud and An army statement said the local military spokesman Nwachukwu said, adding that tions, officials said warned of widespread attackers ambushed a military Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu. a soldier was injured. AFP Wednesday. protests. More time is needed to John Kerry, the then U.S. verify voter lists and train staff Secretary of state, interceded &+3R on a biometric identification and helped cobble together a "R<%% system designed to reduce unity government and con- ' fraud, said Abdul Aziz vinced the election commis- Ibrahimi, deputy spokesman sion to hold off on announc- = > : for the Independent Election ing the results of the runoff, Commission. which Ghani seemed poised BANGKOK: The Thailand Parliamentary elections to win. Dhaka: Bangladesh's main tion led by National Unity Government has approved a were fraught with delays after Ghani was named presi- Opposition alliance has Front (NUF) convenor and draft legislation to allow same- the few staff trained on the dent and Abdullah was given demanded the resignation of eminent jurist Kamal Hossain sex civil union, a step which biometric system did not show a newly created title of Chief the chief election commis- met Huda to discuss the could make it the first Asian up at the polling booths and Executive. The arrangement sioner, questioning his neu- alleged arrests of the coalition's country to recognise such part- countless registered voters was intended to last only two trality, days ahead of the supporters in police crack- nerships once the bill is passed, could not find their names on years but has continued up to December 30 general elections, down ahead of the general official sources said on voter lists. Polling had to con- the present, resulting in a a senior official has said. elections this week. Wednesday. tinue for a second day after government marked by deep Members of Bangladesh's The NUF has demanded The Government approved hundreds of polling stations divisions that has struggled to opposition BNP-NUF alliance Huda's resignation accusing the Civil Partnership Bill on opened several hours late. combat a resurgent Taliban. on Tuesday walked out of an him of bias ahead of the polls, Tuesday, Efe news quoted Several legal complaints have The postponement of the Election Commission meet- a senior BNP leader said last Apichat, a Government been filed to challenge the election could give more time ing, alleging that the behaviour evening. spokesperson, as saying. results. No new date for the for U.S. Efforts to end the 17- of Chief Election BNP secretary general The official said no date presidential election has yet year war. US peace envoy Commissioner (CEC) Nurul Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been fixed yet for the leg- been set. Zalmay Khalilzad has criss- Huda was "inappropriate" and said they demanded the CEC's islation to be presented in the The last presidential elec- crossed the region several he was not taking their views resignation as they fear a free National legislative Assembly tion, held in 2014, was mired times since his appointment in into consideration during the and fair election cannot be for a debate and approval as the in controversy and widespread September, reportedly meet- talks. expected under Huda's State Council was reviewing its allegations of fraud. ing with the Taliban on several The Opposition delega- leadership. PTI details. IANS The two leading candi- occasions. AP $$ =3 ' ! "$ ! #

London: Britain has Sumur (Indonesia): that communities remain vig- launched a review into the Indonesian authorities asked ilant but not panic. persecution of Christians people to avoid the coast in The tsunami struck with- worldwide in response to a areas where a tsunami killed out warning, taking people by surge in violence against more than 420 people last surprise even in a country members of the faith, weekend in a fresh warning familiar with seismic disaster. Foreign Secretary Jeremy issued on the anniversary of the No big earthquake shook the Hunt announced catastrophic 2004 Asian earth- ground beforehand, and it hit Wednesday. quake and tsunami. at night on a holiday weekend The report will make The big waves that fol- while people were enjoying recommendations on steps lowed the eruption of Anak concerts and other beach and the government can take to Krakatoa, or "Child of resort activities. better support persecuted Krakatoa" island volcano, hit It was a sharp contrast to Christians. communities along the Sunda the disaster that struck 14 years The Foreign Office cited Strait on Saturday night. The ago off the western coast of a "dramatic rise" in violence eruption is believed to have set Indonesia's Sumatra island. An that saw 215 million off a landslide on the volcano, enormous 9.1 magnitude Christians face persecution displacing the water that earthquake rocked the area for their faith last year. slammed into Java and Sumatra the day after Christmas, creat- Women and children islands. ing gigantic waves that surged are particularly vulnerable Indonesia's Meteorology, far inland swallowing every- and often subjected to sex- Geophysics and Climatology thing in their path. The wall of ual violence, the Ministry Agency asked people late water killed some 230,000 peo- said. Tuesday to stay at least 500 ple in a dozen countries, most Last year, on average meters (1,640 feet) and up to 1 of them in Indonesia. 250 Christians were killed kilometer (less than a mile) The devastation was vast, each month because of their from the coastline along the and the disaster was among the faith, the Foreign Office strait, which lies between the worst witnessed by the world in said. two main islands. recent history. Recovery was "So often the persecution Government workers were slow, but some victims of the lat- of Christians is a telling early monitoring Anak Krakatoa's est tsunami said on Wednesday warning sign of the persecu- eruptions and high waves and they remember the resilience of tion of every minority," Hunt heavy rain were possible the people in hard-hit Banda said. "We can and must do Wednesday, said agency head Aceh, which is giving them more." The report, due in Dwikorita Karnawati. hope that they too can rebuild April, will attempt to map "All these conditions could their homes and their lives. Christian persecution across potentially cause landslides at Beaches were largely empty the Middle East, Africa and the cliffs of the crater into the in the hard-hit area of Carita, Asia, analyse the levels of sea, and we fear that that could and police patrolled the area on British Government support trigger a tsunami," she said at motorbikes warning people to and suggest a comprehensive a news conference. She asked stay away from the coast. AP policy response. AFP 3 !(%$#) *"%+,-+./0 8*% 5* * ' P #!!0%!"#"!+#$! %.#!%$#%"!4!*(6 7 ; ( < # !:! $++ ears tick by, films cities to capitalise on the poten- ! 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In this year, Indian film ed in the next 10 years Jayate, Padman, Veere Di Incredibles 2 collected 22.3 content has been customised for Sensing this opportunity, Wedding, Sui Dhaaga, Dhadak, crore within just five days of its the mainstream audience’s lan- new players have entered the Parmanu, Andhadun, 2.0 and release here, becoming the high- guages and sensibilities. Rani exhibition business while strong- O+ others. Many content-driven est grossing animation English Mukerji-starring Hichki has so ly concentrating on the Tier II to ' * films registered 100 crore at the film ever released in India. /22& " 0 3 far been released in Russia, Tier IV markets in MP, UP, '* box office. Interestingly, The Stolen Princess Kazakhstan,Taiwan, Hong Kong Rajasthan and other places. Actor Rajkummar Rao’s became the first English anima- 23$04 and China. It extended the fron- Actor Ajay Devgn under his )* Stree turned out to be one of the tion film from Ukraine to release tiers that Bajrangi Bhaijaan had brand name NY Cinemas % biggest surprise hits grossing in India in English, Hindi and $'.22 '9) started to chart out with its already has 17 operational %**- over 100 crore in just two Tamil and found favour with the 3 $;2. release in China and Turkey this screens and is expanding in weeks. Whereas, Sonu Ke Titu Ki audience. year. more geographical areas. ' % Sweety turned out be a smashing Another interesting trend 4$9* 2$$23 The year also witnessed a With the recent slash in ,*( 5*)5+ 5 hit. Ayushmann Khurrana’s seen this year was the acute trac- 2=$ " revolution in the acoustics GST on film tickets from 18 per ;< Badhaai Ho earned more than tion that OTT platforms gar- department. For the first time in cent to 12 per cent and from 28 Baahubali 2 in its sixth weekend. nered. Netflix India became 0)4 &42= India, the 4D SLR sound system per cent to 18 per cent, both the ' *'( ' ) There were four films from the profitable in its first year of oper- ' $ technology was introduced with exhibition infrastructure and 5*( ' + ) ' South Indian cinema, Sarkar, ations clocking a net profit of the release of the film 2.0. In this creative development will get a % - '*'* Rangasthalam, Bharat Ane Nenu 20.2 lakh. 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2*324 Games gold-medallist from Karnataka said. ronacharya awardee C A Kuttappa has His first major assignment would be the Dtaken over as India's chief boxing coach second edition of the India Open scheduled at the ongoing national camp from which in January in Guwahati. star pugilist Vikas Krishan (75kg) was left "Earlier it used to be more about out following his professional plunge. pumping up my boys but now I am going The 39-year-old Kuttappa, credited with to be directly responsible for their perfor- shaping some of the country's most suc- mance. So, I know the pressure is going to cessful boxers such as Vijender Singh, M be huge but I hope I can deliver," he said. Suranjoy Singh and Shiva Thapa among Kuttappa is just one of the two coach- others, took over from veteran coach S R es from the Services Sports Control Board Singh at the beginning of the camp which (SSCB), the reigning national champions, started December 10. Singh has now in the camp and the line-up is dominated retired. by coaches from the Railways Sports "It's such a huge responsibility but I am Nieva's idea. Promotion Board (RSPB). trying to do my best. I have a few plans and "He asked me if I was interested. I As for the boxers in the camp, Vikas, hopefully, I will be able to execute them," sought some time because I needed to think a Commonwealth Games Gold-medallist Kuttappa, who was an assistant coach, he it over. I am not most senior is terms of age and Asian Games Bronze-winner this year, said. and that was playing on my mind. I told this is the most notable omission following his The Army man said his elevation was to Santiago and he told me I shouldn't be decision to sign up with American pro- High Performance Director Santiago bothered about it," the former National moter Bob Arum. < ! & & @-B&/4

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ebutant Mayank Agarwal provided the base with a confident Dhalf-century before Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara steered India to a solid 215 for two on day one of the Q/ ? third Test against Australia, here on Wednesday. Agarwal, thrusted into the squad R following failure of KL Rahul and Murali Vijay, responded with a 76-run ■ 02459). 2 telling that bigger the day, knock off 161 balls, sorting out India's bigger the opportunity to opening woes to some extent. ayank Agarwal had leave a mark," said Agarwal. The conditions, though, were com- Mbeen waiting for his Agarwal feels blessed pletely different from what Rahul and India debut for the past one that he made his debut at the Vijay had countered in bowler-friend- year but when dream turned MCG and also crossed every ly Adelaide and Perth. into a reality, there was such step towards international The MCG pitch turned out to be a surge of emotions that the cricket with flying colours. docile, ideal for someone making his Karnataka batsman found it "I just want to say that Test debut as the Australian pacers had the hosts any more success in the final Kohli was yet to arrive at the crease with difficult to focus on the job whatever happened and to bend their back to get the session. However, Kohli survived a hos- 100-plus runs on the scoreboard. The at hand. whatever kept happening, I Kookaburra ball to rise sharply. tile Mitchell Starc over towards the end first instance was in Nottingham dur- "It was a tremendous feel very, very special. I am Make-shift opener Hanuma Vihari to stay unbeaten on 47. ing the second innings against England. feeling to get the India Test very lucky because I made did not make many runs, getting just Tim Paine grassed a caught behind To their credit Australia created cap. I had a lot of emotions my debut at MCG. Every 8 off 66 balls in his 40-run stand with chance when Kohli chased one from chances in the latter half of this sec- (running through mind) player has to go through Agarwal but they batted out 18.5 overs, Starc in that over. ond session. In the 52nd over off when I got the cap. I will scoring runs in Ranji Trophy India's longest opening stand in terms Kohli and Pujara, who is batting on Mitchell Marsh, a delivery looped up cherish it for the rest of my and doing what he has to do. of balls faced in Test cricket across 68, have stitched together a 92-run towards gully off Pujara but fell just life. The first thought was "I did that and I am very Australia, New Zealand, England and stand for the third wicket. short of a diving Usman Khawaja. 295 (his India cap number)," happy about that. And I South Africa since December 2010. The Indian captain had walked out Then, three overs later, Agarwal Agarwal said after his learnt a lot as well. When Virender Sehwag and Gautam to bat to a mixture of cheers and boos, edged Cummins through the vacant impressive 76 at the iconic you play Ranji Trophy for Gambhir had batted out 29.3 overs but soon impressed the capacity crowd third slip. The pacer picked himself up Melbourne Cricket Ground. five years and play in all against the Proteas at Centurion in that at the MCG with his repertoire of though and three balls later he had But the occasion does parts of India, you learn a lot year. strokes. He sped off the blocks and at Agarwal as Australia got a boost get better at times, especial- from that. You face different The combination of Agarwal and one stage was scoring at strike-rate 70- going into tea. ly when someone scores situations, and it's always a Vihari was India's sixth opening pair- plus before Australia reined things in It showed in how Lyon came on mountain of runs and is kept great learning," he added. ing in 2018, and fifth in 11 overseas with some tight bowling. to bowl as early as the eighth over, only waiting for that elusive India When asked about a Tests this year. It soon reflected in India's overall the second time in his Test career that cap. flat pitch at the MCG, Agarwal missed out on scoring a run-rate as well which didn't cross he had done so. "It wasn't easy to get which showed some vari- hundred on Test debut but grabbed the 2.5/over all day. Vihari took 25 balls and 33 min- hold of those emotions and able bounce as the day pro- opportunity with both hands. His 76 At the other end, Pujara continued utes to score his first run as he batted focus there, but it needed to gressed, Agarwal replied,"I came off 161 balls with eight shots to in his usual manner and brought up his with patience. be done. I just stuck to my won't complain about the the fence and one over it. 21st Test half-century off 152 balls. He was hit on the helmet in the plans and just kept telling pitch. I thought it was good During his knock, he became only Australia tried their best to etch out 13th over off Cummins as Australia myself, "there is a plan that to bat on. It did do a bit the second Indian to make a 50-plus a breakthrough and in desperation also started bowling short and attacking the I have to go through and I early on and it was slow. score on debut on Australian soil after wasted a DRS review for lbw off batsmen more. The makeshift-open- am just going to stick to And as the day progressed Dattu Phadkar (51) at SCG in Nathan Lyon (0/59). er shrugged it off and went on to face that". Even though it was and when we batted after December, 1947. "& , ! " ' , ! E9" They took the second new ball in 66 balls, the second highest for an overwhelming, it was good lunch, it got a little quick- Overall, he became the seventh the 83rd over, and the big moment Indian opener in five innings this and I am happy with the way er." Indian batsman to score a half-centu- came in the 87th over when Tim Paine series. I started," Agarwal added. "Obviously, I didn't ry on Test debut. He fell at stroke of tea, ".*4 .)$ 23 9 2$1)3<9449* " dropped Kohli (on 47) off Starc (0/32). Cummins got him off a sharp ris- Agarwal felt good that think too much about the caught down the leg side to be the sec- Earlier, Agarwal kept the score- ing delivery in the 19th over, as Vihari the seniors came up and wicket. I just wanted to ond victim of paceman Pat Cummins, <4).29*& 1, ##$ !#""!#.% series there hasn't been high run Q )? ■ 02459). 2 rate for the day," said Head. #>#$-! "Sometimes that's Test cricket. ■ 02459). 2 ustralia were disappointed to It is not always going to be clear sail- Amiss out on the prized wicket ing and good wickets, and today ■ '2 ).9 ormer Australia captain Ricky of Virat Kohli on a tough opening was a case when we had to grind it FPonting was Wednesday formally day of the third Test, said Travis out. uanne Olivier claimed a maid- inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Head, stressing on the need to make "It makes for another massive Den Test five-wicket haul as Fame. the still-hard Kookaburra ball count morning tomorrow to create pres- Pakistan were bowled out for 181 To mark the occasion, Ponting in the second morning. sure and make sure we bowl tomor- on the first day of the first Test received his commemorative cap Kohli was dropped on 47 by row the day we did today. I thought against South Africa at SuperSport from compatriot ICC Cricket Hall of Australian skipper Tim Paine dur- we restricted India in trying con- Park on Wednesday. Famer Glenn McGrath during the tea ing Mitchell Starc's brilliant over ditions," he added. Olivier, effectively South break on the opening day of the third towards the end of the innings. Head also lauded Pat Cummins Africa's fifth-choice fast bowler, Test against India at the MCG. "... The best over today was for his two-wicket haul on the took six for 37 to steal the limelight Ponting was named in the ICC from Starc. Beating Kohli inside and opening day. on a day when Dale Steyn became Cricket Hall of Fame along with for- outside, that new ball hopefully can "Cummins led from the front South Africa's leading all-time mer India captain Rahul Dravid and come out and do that tomorrow and got two wickets for us. He wicket-taker. Vernon Philander and Lungi England woman wicketkeeper-batter again. It was disappointing to leave bowled hard and aggressive, used Babar Azam made a defiant 71 Ngidi, was consistently hostile, Claire Taylor during the ICC Annual that chance but it happens," Head his bouncer well, and extracted off 79 balls to give the Pakistan especially in a seven-over spell after Conference in Dublin in July, which said on Wednesday. something from the wicket. And he innings some respectability after lunch when he ripped through Ponting could not attend. Australian bowlers had to toil put pressure on Indian batsmen all their batsmen were subjected to an Pakistan's middle order, taking Ponting, after receiving the cap, hard as India finished at 215-2 with day," he said. onslaught of fast, short-pitched three for 17. said: "It's an incredible feeling, I Kohli (47) and Cheteshwar Pujara The pitch at MCG came under bowling. He returned to take the last think for it to happen here at the MCG (68) remaining unbeaten at stumps, scrutiny once again for a lack of Steyn took the second wicket wicket shortly before the scheduled is what makes the whole thing a lit- following Mayank Agarwal's 161- general aid to the bowlers and Head of the day to claim the South tea break. tle bit more special. I found out ball 76 on debut early in the day. said they need to wait and watch African record but had no further Steyn claimed his 422nd Test today I am one of 25 Australians to be "We would have liked to have * ! how it goes through the next four success. He was punished for 40 wicket, going past previous record- inducted. 4-5 wickets tonight, but it is a mas- days. runs in four overs in his third spell holder Shaun Pollock, when "When you play one Test for sive morning and if we can still get we will get more spin, but we have well to restrict the flow of runs on "I thought it would offer a lit- of the day as Azam went on the Fakhar Zaman edged him to third Australia, you join a very elite group them down two wickets in the been able to restrict a lot of runs a grinding day and hoped they can tle bit more than it did in the first attack while batting with the tail. slip for 12, sparking exuberant cel- of players but now to part of the ICC morning, it will be good while the today even though we didn't get the continue in the same vein Thursday. couple hours. We thought it would Azam hit ten of his 15 fours off ebrations from his team-mates. Hall of Fame, you join an even more ball is still reasonably hard and a wickets we would have liked. It "Yeah it was a tough day. A offer more life leading into it. If you Steyn, who finished with one for Rabada lifted his new-ball elite group of cricketers, so it's a pret- couple left handers coming later makes for an exciting morning grinding day of Test cricket and hit the wicket the pacers were able 66. partner onto his shoulders as ty special day today," Ponting said. on," he said. and momentum can change." they batted well. We created pres- to get some pace off it but in other Olivier, who gained his sixth other players rushed in to con- Ponting spoke fondly about his "Hopefully as the game goes on Head said the bowling unit did sure and we have seen for the whole parts they weren't able to," he said Test cap following injuries to gratulate him. association with McGrath. "I have lots of great memories with Glenn. I went to the cricket academy with Glenn in about 1990, so I have known Glenn for a long time. % & (" ,7 L (7 $ "It's a really cool thing that they do to have a fellow inductee actually hand over your cap and induct you in, & () ■ '.$ ').' so to have someone like Glenn do it, with whom I am working with now uranga Lakmal and Tim Southee vied and have played with for 10 or 12 ■ 02459). 2 distorted values in making the Sfor early honours as 14 wickets fell to years, makes the whole thing a little horrendous decision. leave the deciding second Test between bit better," Ponting said. anned Australian cricketer "The decision was based New Zealand and Sri Lanka evenly "It's great recognition. I thank the BCameron Bancroft on around my values, what I val- poised on day one in Christchurch on ICC for what they have done in mak- Wednesday revealed that it ued at the time and I valued fit- Wednesday. ing this possible. To be here in the was David Warner, who ting in… you hope that fitting "The first session (on Thursday) will MCG with 75,000 people, it makes it encouraged him to tamper in earns you respect and with be important for both teams," Southee said an awesome day," the former with the ball in the ill-fated that, I guess, there came a at the end of a day in which he top-scored Australian captain added. Cape Town Test, and he did it pretty big cost for the mistake." for New Zealand with 68 and then took Ponting, a three-time ICC Cricket since he wanted to "fit in" and However, while intro- three quick Sri Lankan wickets. World Cup winner including two feel "valued" in the team. specting what would have hap- After Sri Lanka won the toss and times as captain, is the 25th Australia Bancroft was handed a pened if he had refused opted to bowl, Lakmal produced a career- with Southee feeling their fortunes a 108-run stand for the seventh wicket cricketer to be formally inducted nine-month ban while Warner Warner's suggestion, the 26- best five for 54 as New Zealand crumbled improved after he took 14 off one while Ross Taylor (27) was the only other into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. and then skipper Steve Smith year-old Bancroft said he may and were all out for 178 in 50 overs. Lakmal over to put the star Sri Lankan home batsman to score more than 10. The 44-year-old retired from were handed one-year bans by in an interview, conducted by have buried himself under the At stumps, Sri Lanka were 88 for four performer out of the attack. SL are pushing to end a run of six con- international cricket in 2012 after Cricket Australia in exemplary former cricketer Adam doubt that probably he did not in reply with Angelo Mathews not out 27 In a marathon opening session, secutive Tests against NZ without a win. scoring 13,378 runs in 168 Tests with punishment for their role in Gilchrist for Fox Cricket. "I did- put team's interest before him. and Roshen Silva on 15 while Southee had Lakmal bowled unchanged for 16 overs There were catches by the wicket- 41 centuries, 13,704 runs in 375 ball-tampering scandal in n't know any better because I "I would have gone to bed three for 29. as he tore New Zealand apart with figures keeper, second slip and mid-off as well as ODIs with 30 centuries and 401 runs March this year. just wanted to fit in and feel val- and I would have felt like I had "I'd say it's evenly poised," Sri Lankan at one stage of four for 11. He returned a bowled as he sent Jeet Raval, Latham, in 17 T20Is with two half-centuries. "Dave (Warner) suggested ued really. As simple as that," let everybody down. I would bowling coach Rumesh Ratnayake said, late in the innings to remove Neil Wagner Kane Williamson and Henry Nicholls Ponting was named the ICC to me to carry the action out on Bancroft who is days away have felt like I had let the team as he praised Lakmal's vital contribution. to eclipse his previous best of five for 63 back to the pavilion in his opening spell. Player of the Year in 2006 and 2007 the ball given the situation we from completing his ban, said. down. I would have left like I While during the start if the day’s against South Africa two years ago. Lahiru Kumara joined the wicket spree while also being named the ICC Test were in the game and I didn't However, he also admitted had hurt our chances to win the play New Zealand knew they were in for Southee and BJ Watling (46) offered with two dismissals, including the fortu- Player of the Year in 2006. know any better," Bancroft said that he was guided by his own game of cricket." a tough time when they lost the toss, spirited resistance for New Zealand with nate run out of Taylor.