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!()#)% *)!+,#) ! " # $ # ! %/( */01- adhya Pradesh, MChhattisgarh and Mizoram will go to polls in November, while Rajasthan and Telangana in December. The Election Commission (EC) Q #$ on Saturday announced the polling dates for the five States, the results of which will set the #& tone for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. # While Naxal-affected & Chhattisgarh will go to polls in ' two phases on November 12 ()*+ # (18 seats) and November 20 (72 Q seats), the Madhya Pradesh " #, and Mizoram Assembly elec- # $%&#%$ & tions will be held on November # "( ) " * - - 28. Polling in Rajasthan and # Telangana, whose Chief stituencies which will go to which is out to challenge the Minister K Chandrsekhar Rao polls in the first phase and the BJP’s rule in the States even # had dissolved the Assembly last remaining 72 constituencies while protecting its last bastion . Q month, will be held on will go to polls in the second in the North-East. Mizoram is - L December 7. The counting of phase. Life of each and every the only remaining State in the 0 L votes will be held across all the voter is precious for us, which North-East, which is not under five States on December 11. is why we are being cautious,” the rule of BJP-led NDA. The #& With the EC’s announce- the CEC said. eight North-East States togeth- ment, the model code of con- These five Assembly elec- er have 25 Lok Sabha seats. - . duct has come into effect in tions would be crucial for the Mizoram’s 50-member 0 four States. The code of con- BJP as it gears up for the Lok House expires on December 1 # duct is already in place in Sabha election next year and is 15, 2018, Chhattisgarh’s Telangana since the Assembly in power in three of these Assembly, comprising 90 mem- was dissolved. The election States — Rajasthan, Madhya bers, ends on January 5, 2019, #& will be held using the latest Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. the tenure of the Madhya . # Mark III EVM, VVPAT While the Congress is in power Pradesh 230-member House 2 # machines in all the States. in Mizoram, Telangana Rashtra expires on January 7, 2019, and 3 &4 Announcing the poll dates, Samithi ruled Telangana before the 200-member Rajasthan $ Chief Election Commissioner the Assembly was dissolved. House comes to an end on (CEC) OP Rawat said the elec- The BJP is trying for a January 20, 2019. tions in Chhattisgarh would be fourth term in Madhya Pradesh On September 6, KCR had #3 held in two phases because and Chhattisgarh and to retain dissolved the Telangana House -" $ 5 some areas in the State were power in Rajasthan. The three to avoid a possible clubbing of affected by Left-wing extrem- States also played a significant Assembly polls with the Lok # " . ism. “The Assembly con- role for the BJP in the 2014 Sabha elections. 56# # $ L M ! stituencies going to polls in the general elections when it had CEC Rawat said the elec- /& # " 1 - first phase of Assembly elec- won 62 out of the 65 Lok Sabha toral rolls for Telangana will be &/&9 tions in Chhattisgarh are affect- seats in these three States. published on October 12. L M ed by Left-wing extremism The elections also hold Turn to Page 4 + ! 56# L /&M 0 )
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There are 18 con- significance for the Congress, Related reports on P5, P6 %&'("")* '*!!-%'.&" !0 $ , #6 0 1' Q %& ' ( ) R #& # %/( */01-20,&3%4( +# 1 #3 lose on the heels of the # CBahujan Samaj Party (BSP) # , Mumbai: NCP president 1 announcing to go it alone , , Sharad Pawar will not contest instead of forging an alliance the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, - #& Q with the Congress in Madhya party leader Jitendra Ahwad , Pradesh and Rajasthan, the said here on Saturday. 7 Samajwati Party (SP) too on Putting to rest speculation ' #1 Saturday said it has “waited for running discussion among the that Pawar will contest from N O N too long” for the grand old Opposition parties for striking Pune Lok Sabha seat, Ahwad party to respond and would a grand national alliance told reporters that Pawar had Q look at the non-Congress out- against the BJP-led-NDA could already made it clear in 2014 #O fits in Madhya Pradesh, includ- only help inspire an “opti- that he will not contest the Lok & N O5 # ing the BSP, for a pre-poll seat mism” in the ranks of the BJP Sabha polls again. #$ sharing deal. in the run up to the 2019 Lok "+ # , “Pawar has told the party SP president and former Sabha polls. BJP insiders are % " * not to consider his name as he NCP chief had opposed the #& UP Chief Minister Akhilesh happy at party’s prospects in will not be a candidate. In candidature of Parth Pawar, son 5 : 4Q ;N Yadav said his party will now MP after Akhilesh’s announce- Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh Chhattisgarh, and Mayawati, today’s meeting, Pawar said he of senior leader Ajit Pawar, for #O ()*< consult the Gondwana ment. Assembly elections. The BSP could also upset the poll cal- is not in the (LS) race and the Mawal Lok Sabha seat. Gantantra Party (GGP), with The SP’s distancing from has gone ahead with forging a culations of the Congress in the nobody should propose his “Preliminary discussions 51 which it had an alliance, and the Congress comes just days seat-sharing pre-poll deal with State where just over one per name,” said the NCP MLA are on. The name will be 0 the BSP, for an alliance in MP. after Mayawati shut the door former Chief Minister Ajit Jogi cent vote had decided the out- from Mumbra-Kalwa, in finalised after discussions with 1 & Q The announcement of the on any BSP alliance with the in Chhattisgarh. The coming come of the last Assembly poll. neighbouring Thane district. party workers,” Ahwad said. #& SP against the backdrop of a principal Opposition party for together of Jogi, the first CM of Turn to Page 4 Awhad also denied that the Turn to Page 4 Q # -()*< L # ! " # 1 2 ' # %&, = ()*+ - - #1 $ R & Q New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi - - ( on Saturday disagreed with a suggestion by the - #$ apex bar body to lift a 16-year-old ban on strikes -%*4 / by lawyers, wondering why there should be a #&2 strike at all. = haratiya Janata Party (BJP) pres- Justice Gogoi’s response came after Bar ! " Bident Amit Shah here on Saturday Council of India Chairman Manan Kumar # Q formally launched the party’s mass Mishra raised the issue of lifting the ban at a #& - contact campaign in the Malwa- BCI event to felicitate the new CJI. Nimad region. He launched the The CJI’s view was also shared by apex !" # $ % >3 - - ‘Maha Jansampark Abhiyan’ from the court’s Justice Arun Mishra, who reminded the $ & # Rajwada area and sought support lawyers that their absence in court will affect ' & # from the people for his party in the people’s liberty and deny many of their rights. 3 upcoming Assembly polls. Detailed report on P5 " L He garlanded a statue of # Ahilyabai Holkar, a former queen of 1 # the kingdom of Malwa, in front of the Q ()*+ historic Rajwada Palace of the erst- * ( ( + L while Holkar dynasty. Shah also # offered prayers at a Mahalaxmi tem- # %/( */01- a fit of rage, the accused stabbed the vic- & ple located in the vicinity. tim and his elder brother. # The BJP chief launched the cam- n a fight over a pet dog being hit by “Rana was declared brought dead paign from a famous paan shop in Ia vehicle, the driver was stabbed to at a local hospital and his elder, Rajesh 0 #761 0 Rajwada and its owner offered a paan -. / # " death and another person sustained life Rana, (45) sustained injuries. He was ? to Shah. Standing on the footboard " threatening injuries in the attack that later referred to Deen Dayal Upadhyay # of his vehicle, Shah greeted the peo- took place in Dwarka’s Uttam Nagar Hospital,” a senior police official said. & ()*< ple gathered in the area and then trav- other senior party leaders remained had ensured that government funds area on Saturday around 12.50 am. Police said prime suspects are one # elled from Rajwada Palace to present. The mass contact pro- reached the tribals and forest- While driving Tata Ace, 40-year-old Ankit, his brother Paras and his tenant & # Krishnapura Chhatri, covering a dis- gramme will cover the Malwa-Nimad dwellers. He observed that under Vijender Rana accidently hit the dog. Dev Chopra. “The accused people tance of about half-a-kilometer. Lok region of western Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Though the animal received minor have since fled from the scene. We have #&()*+ Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, an area considered a BJP bastion. Chouhan's government, people of this injuries, the incident triggered a fight deployed three teams to catch them,” who is the BJP MP from Indore, Chief Later, addressing a huge gather- area could now afford motorcycles. between Rana and the canine’s owner the official said. # Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and ing in Jhabua, Shah said that his party Turn to Page 4 and others, said police, adding that in Turn to Page 4
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This one though is a The poison is more in a .' + " 1 step ahead — a human powered by scientific spatial rogue that has no a snaky and venomous but qualms of taking lives in his quest E wholesomely humorous alien to find a synchronised human-alien " entity, or should we say a mass of race on Earth for future habitation & - % amoebic matter with a yen for commerce of another planet. /.,5/,5:. his home as a marriage anniversary gift to his human liver, heart and intestines. From a sticky green and black 41/ #;6)$6(& wife, the apparently blind pianist sees a murder That, of course, is when he is mass struggling to crawl out of a " ) ' / 6/ ,6<&5 6/ so foul that he has to, well, carry on playing not trying to make his presence felt glass lab canister, it breaks out to " 1 " ; &632!6;# without even an iota of emotion that would as a loser in a loser. You get what I inhabit humans giving them super 1 N P "G ? " ( 1*9 suggest he was witnessing a foul cover up. mean? Not really, but do go the powers as well as eventual death, all 1 * %& Much of the film, punctuated by resurrected cinemas to enjoy slower than usual except Hardy who turns up with a $' 5 ' 1 ' t’s only once in a long while that Bollywood old numbers from Anil Dhavwan’s films, and superhero movie with Tom Hardy’s disgusting appetite for everything &' )' 3 ' 5 ' ' & ' 0 ' " throws up splashy and meteoric thrillers but some very peppy and apt songs moulded to the edgy existence all through the 2- live. ' < ' Iwhen it does, absolute delights like Andha situation by a brilliant Amit Trivedi, carries on hour film. Zombieland director Robert " 1 % Dhun come along to stitch back your uninterrupted, often making you forget the But it is not Hardy, the Fleischer ad a big job at hand to L 3 & "M expectations from the otherwise over the top corn and cola on the side. incorrigible investigative reporter bring to life yet another cavernous dream merchants. Tabu, as the incorrigibly deceitful and who loses almost everything in life character out of the Marvel pages Andha Dhun can be, beyond doubt, termed almost sub-human second wife of the slain star, — consistently — due to his innate but he manages only some bits of as a perfect modern thriller mounted with is the centrepoint of the movie, and she gives desire to investigate — and, of exhilaration in a non-superhero * % C polish and finish by director Sriram Raghavan. many moments to the film with her acting course, get into a soup from there movie which interest you enough It has suspense, it has pace, it has a no-nonsense acumen. In her, Raghavan embodies how is very little possibility of but not entirely – not even half as 1!'!#!4- &' % # ' attitude both when murders are being morality is a misnomer in modern society and retrievable. Till he starts to live visually grand as you would expect & ' %/( */01- committed and also when the witness is trying excellently counterfoils the perceived complete with it, it being the alien in him, a Marvel mount to be and yet give 4!4 ' C to survive the murky goings-on. Not that he is disruption in society through his pianist who his parasitic foe turned buddy enough to score as your optional %! < not murky himself, posing as a blind man who too is unscrupulous but in a much more benign turned existential partner. poison for the week. %=(!4 '< can almost everything, except what is coming kind of way. H I next from an unscrupulous, ambitious woman Radhika Apte, though on the periphery, J who has just packed off the body of her renders a captivating cameo of a post-modern - % 9 ' husband in a suitcase through her trigger happy woman who has flippant humour and lover who happens to be an equally intelligence running in her feisty veins. unscrupulous cop. From murder, to cover-up, to organ selling K * % It is not just the story, inspired by French to extortion, blackmail and the abysmal fall of C" thriller Le Accordeur (The Piano Player), but values in characters from all strata of society, ! !' also the perfection introduced by Raghavan in this film keeps you on the hook till the end of ) ' $ & other aspects of film-making, including choice the road. “Every life has a liver,” says a cryptic ( ) , C' 5 of actors and music synchronising an old world statement in the beginning but it is only at the ! % charm from an unhurried city like Pune, that end of it that you get to know why and how * $ makes Andha Dhun a breeze to sway with. awfully that is true in an unforgiving world that " Ayushmaan Khurana as the blind pianist is we perilously inhabit, a world we have built up super cool and plays his part to the hilt, by and by without thought or reason. 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Each indi- !#4 1 ! deal with France to attack Prime The Congress chief alleged audience awestruck. vidual has different aspira- " Minister Narendra Modi. that in the 2016 demonetisation Directed by a known the- tions, dreams and rules of life. " - O Gandhi said his party will exercise, black money became atre director of the city Tariq This play is a mirror of the ' ensure implementation of the white, nobody went to jail and Daad, the play was performed middle class family, which is " E' " ) tribal rights bill if voted to contrary to the BJP's promise, by Nyasa theatre troupe, a story of generations, where 6 1 ! !! " ! power in Madhya Pradesh, no one received Rs 15 lakh in Bhopal. Notably, the play the way to live life is measured ! 1 Chhattisgarh and Rajashthan, their bank account. He said marked the fourth day of according to the age. On the " which go to polls in November before taking a decision, unlike Rang Aviram 2 Theatre one hand, while the 70-year- and December. the BJP, he thinks whether it Festival. old man keeps his own values #, , 1 2 &2-0!5- ) 5 !5- 0 "If you want to help out the will benefit the poor. The play portrayed the life for life, he is not ready to rich, do it..But also help the "If the decision will harm of a middle class family. The make any compromise. At E .'C.' C .# 0 ! & ! " &E # ! farmers and other poor sec- " the interests of the poor, I never father is the bread winner in the same time, his thirty- tions of the society. If Rs 3 lakh go ahead with its implementa- the family and his wife is a year-old son lives according to !2 ! & ! $ ' ! crore of the rich can be written tion, Adivasi Ekta Parishad, at other Traditional Forest tion. On the other hand, the homemaker. His son on the the present time and live his ! " 0 ! & ! 1 0 off, then why not give such Morena, he said, "The tribal bill Dwellers (Recognition of Forest BJP thinks whether its deci- other hand is happy-go-lucky life on his own conditions. Just ) 5 ' ' concessions to farmers and is not a gift, but right of the Rights) Act, 2006, is a key sions will benefit the rich," kind of a person and not at all because of old age and think- !5- 0 " ) other poor sections of the soci- tribal people. The tribal people piece of forest legislation passed Gandhi said. "The BJP goes cares what his father goes ing, both of them are living in ' E ety?" he asked. must have their rights over when the Congress-led UPA ahead with the implementation through. Interestingly, the a boisterous life. In their con- .'C.' C # ! " Speaking at an event land, water and forests." was in power at the Centre. only if the decision benefits the play was performed by only flict, a wife and a mother is 4 ' ! ! ' $ ' 54 --' organised by a tribal organisa- The Scheduled Tribes and Also called the tribal bill, it rich," he added. three artists on stage. The stuck between. 5 ' *' 5 $ ' ! # ' $ ' &@/ 54 ' 5 " $ + 1( O , 1P &2-0- + $ ! N0 1 O 4 G' C" 2 $ R * $$ ( " ! + ' 514#)0 " ! & , + hree members of serial killer Adesh !% & $ & TKhambra’s gang involved in around 20 rob- " -+ $! beries, have been nabbed; These crimes were ! & committed from March to June 2018 truck dri- '-./ " $ $ N0 1 vers and cleaners were murdered and in the O N, 0O" investigation it was found the members of Adesh The SIT has nabbed these three accused in Khambra gang were involved in the crime, said murders and robbery who have confessed IG Bhopal Jaydeep Prasad while speaking with around 20 robberies which are under investi- the media persons on Saturday in the state cap- gation and possibly to commit robberies victims ital. were killed which would be revealed in the inves- After Adesh Khambra was found in serial tigation. Adesh Khambra and his aides confessed killing and robberies a SIT was formed on 34 murders in different parts of the country. September 30, 2018 and during the investiga- Paramjeet has confessed 16 robberies in tion the police have search for gang members Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and of serial killer Adesh Khambra and nabbed three Andhra Pradesh. With the arrest of these accused which have committed crimes with accused the total number of gang members Adesh Khambra. reached 12. -. 0%#" /" 11 Paramjeet alias Billa (58) and Bablu alias Notably, Adesh Khambra was nabbed after " - " Yashpal (47) of Jhansi Uttar Pradesh and a truck driver was found murdered and goods Gurubaksh Singh Barara (40) of Kanpur Uttar from truck worth Rs 12 lakh were robbed. Later Pradesh who have confessed around 20 robberies the serial killing by Khambra’s gang was in different parts of the country. exposed. + / # # #
514#)0 Welfare S.L. Thoussen felicitat- ed the medal winners of the layers of Madhya Pradesh championship. PState Water Sports Academy Madhya Pradesh’s player showcased an impressive per- Mangal Singh won the gold formance at 39th Junior medal in the final rounds of the National Rowing single-scull boys category. While Championship by bagging two West Bengal and Karnataka gold and two bronze medals. players remained at second and The 39th Junior National third position respectively. Rowing Championship had a Similarly, the duo players of grand closure on Saturday with Academy Nitesh Bhardwaj and brilliant performance by players Praduman Mandloi gave of Madhya Pradesh. Madhya Pradesh a gold medal In the 1000 m race the play- in the double-scull competition. ers brought laurels to the State Madhya Pradesh players by bagging four medals. Having Vedanta Kulshresh, Ajay Singh, won four medals in the cham- Vijay Pal Singh and Prince pionship, Madhya Pradesh Nassir won the bronze medal in remained second in the score the junior boys category's board. With three gold medals, Coxless Four event. Similarly, Orrisa got first position and Pratyusha Jain, Partibha Bharti, with four medals including a Jyoti Kushwaha and Monika gold medal, two silver medals Bhadauriya won a bronze medal and one bronze medal Kerala to Madhya Pradesh while per- remained at the third position forming well in the Coxless on the score board. Four event. The concluding Madhya Pradesh Academy programme was addressed by players earned gold medals in Rajlakshmi Singh Dev, the junior boys category of the President of the Rowing Single Scull and Double Scull Federation of India. On the Event while the junior boys and occasion Director Sports and girls category in Coxless four Youth Welfare SL Thoussen event Rowing Academy players congratulated the medal win- won one bronze medal. ners and congratulated the par- President of Rowing Federation ticipants. of India, Rajlakshmi Singh Dev, On this occasion, Girish President of Sports and Youth Fernandes, Secretary of the Rowing Federation of India, Life Time President of Rowing Federation of India Colonel CP, Robin Dutta, President of Madhya Pradesh Rowing Association, President of Madhya Pradesh Rowing Association, Arjuna Award Padmashree Bajrang Lal Thakkar, Chief Instructor of Madhya Pradesh Rowing Academy, Chief Trainer of Sailing Academy GL Yadav other coaches and players were present. ( ) *+ ,-./ 0
2 +)0 ? 6 . 6 1/# P ! -%)+) )1$/*)5)* round 300 militants are Aactive in the Kashmir val- ujarat Deputy Chief ley while over 250 ultras have GMinister Nitin Patel been waiting in the launch Saturday said that he has writ- pads across the Line of Control ten to Chief Justice R Subhash (LoC) to infiltrate into this side, Reddy of the Gujarat High a top Army officer said on Court seeking speedy trial in Saturday. the rape case of a 14-month old “Over 250 militants are on girl. different launch pads and are On September 28, a trying to get into this side. Our 14-month-old girl was army is alert and ready to stop allegedly raped in a village them,” General officer com- rorism in entire Kashmir,” he “Our aim is peace near Himmatnagar town, manding (GoC) of the Army’s said. The army officer said and tranquillity and that the around 100 km from 15 Corps, Lt Gen A K Bhatt around 300 militants were elections are concluded Ahmedabad. told reporters in Kupwara dis- active across the Kashmir val- peacefully. We are conducting One Ravindra Sahu, a trict of north Kashmir. ley. area domination with CRPF labourer hailing from Bihar He said the Army’s efforts He said the army along police during day and night,” he working in a local ceramic would be to not let the militants with police and CRPF are con- said. factory, was arrested the same infiltrate into this side. ducting area domination exer- The four-phased urban # + O P) + 5 day and charged with the tod- “People of this village (near cises to ensure the smooth local bodies (ULB) polls in " * dler’s rape. the LoC) have been supporting conduct of the local bodies’ Jammu and Kashmir are sched- us and we want to crush ter- polls. uled to begin on October 8. & 4 ( R * +* # 1 A <0 ( # ) 5 # ! %/( */01- 2 key appointments. @& ' % + 6)5)0#, started his 8-kilometre road- &1)%*-+) 1 Capt Amarinder said control show here after paying obei- ! had been taken away from the #,%/ &1/%%)- ongress chief Rahul sance to the Narmada River, unjab Chief Minister Capt states and he did not have the CGandhi on Saturday hit with hundreds of posters dot- 6 O ! PAmarinder Singh on power even to appoint his own entral Railway amil Nadu Governor out at Prime Minister Narendra ting the route terming him a Saturday expressed concern over DGP but had to send a list of CSaturday informed that it TBanwarilal Purohit Modi over unemployment and “Narmada bhakt”. Bhopal: An inter-school drama certain erosion of the State’s names to UPSC. “Do they know had given compensation of Saturday alleged crores of assured youths that his party The Narmada River is competition based on the plays powers, leading to a weakening better than us,” he asked, adding 5 lakh each to the next of rupees exchanged hands in the alone can create jobs for them. revered by the people of the state written by William Shakespeare of the Centre-State relations in that his government was chal- kin of the deceased appointment of vice-chancel- He was addressing a gath- and thousands of them carry was organised at St Joseph’s the federal structure. lenging the issue of DGP in Friday’s hoarding collapse lors to universities before he ering at Raddi Chowk at the out its “parikrama” (circum- Convent Co-ed School. The Participating in a discussion appointment in the Supreme incident. took over. end of his 8-kilometre road- ambulation) as a holy ritual. competition was held here on at the HT Summit 2018, the Court. The states were not con- A 40-feet hoarding Friday Reacting to his remarks, show in poll-bound Madhya Gandhi Saturday kicked Saturday. Chief Minister made it clear that sulted in the matter of appoint- collapsed on vehicles which the ruling AIADMK said it had Pradesh’s Jabalpur district. off his roadshow by flying In the inter-school drama he had no problems working ment of judges, Capt Amarinder had halted at Shahir Amar no role to play in the appoint- “We brought green revolu- from Dumna Airport here to competition first prize was won with the Centre, from whom it Singh further said, adding that Shaikh Chowk traffic light near ments of vice-chancellors. tion, white revolution, com- India, Start Up India and Uma Ghat, named after Union by the students of Carmel had been receiving full cooper- while earlier the state used to Pune Railway Station, killing In the “appointment of puter revolution. But Prime Swachh Bharat has ruined the minister Uma Bharti, on the Convent School, second prize was ation, but added that the state send its recommendations now four people and injuring five vice-chancellors...Exchanging Minister Narendra Modi and county in the last four and a banks of the Narmada and bagged by the students of St was facing some issues, particu- it was being only given the others. (of) money in crores, I could MP Chief Minister Shivraj half years,” Gandhi claimed. performed “aarti” amid chants Xavier’s Convent School and the larly in matters of finance and names. The hoarding was being not believe that, then I decid- Singh Chouhan have made “Modi ji and Shivraj ji of “Jai Narmade” by party third prize was won by the stu- dismantled at around 2 pm by ed things have to be changed,” false promises,” Gandhi said. promised to generate employ- functionaries. dents of The Sanskar Valley a contractor hired by the rail- Purohit said at an event on edu- “I can assure (you) with full ment but they did not deliver Gandhi, after performing School. The competition began ! ways when it came crashing cation here. confidence that the Congress the goods. You relied on them. puja and giving a gift to a with a prayer song and lighting of $ down. Purohit said people of alone will generate employ- Now rely on the Congress. We young girl seated on a stage, the lamp. As many as 11 schools Two railway employees -- Tamil Nadu will ment for the youth. We don’t don’t believe in making fake began his roadshow from participated in the competition. 56#9 junior engineer Sanjay Singh appreciate that “till date I have lie. If we come to power, we are promises,” he said. Abdul Hamid Chowk. A party Shibani Basu Dubey of BSSS and his assistant Pandurang selected nine vice-chancellors, going to provide employment,” “Modi ji in his public meet- functionary was seen handing College, poet and writer Rajeev Wanare, were produced before purely on merit, nobody can he added. ings promises to give Rs 15 over a yellow envelope to the Mishra, theatre personality a court here Saturday and raise a finger (against “We don’t make fake lakh, 20 lakh and 30 lakh. We young girl as well. Morris Lazarus were present as """ remanded in police custody till him)...From vice-chancellor to promises. If we make promis- will speak the truth. With The route of the roadshow the chief guests on the occasion. October 11. the primary school teacher all es, we stick to them,” the enthusiasm, we are going to covered three assembly con- All the guests were welcomed by “We have paid appointment should be clear- Congress chief asserted. accomplish our promises,” stituencies, namely Jabalpur gifting saplings on the occasion. From Page 1 compensation of 5 lakh each ly on merit.” Gandhi alleged Prime Gandhi said. West, Jabalpur North Central While addressing the event, "The Congress will come, to the next of kin of Shamrao The governor’s remarks Minister Modi wants to create Earlier, as part of the road- and Jabalpur East (SC) seats. Principal of the school Father Rahul baba (Rahul Gandhi) Kasar (70), Shamrao Dhotre have virtually strengthened the “two Hindustans” — one of show, Gandhi moved in a vehi- While two of these seats are Varghese Shiju said that all the will come. They will talk about (48), Shivaji Pardeshi (40) and opposition wealthy businessmen like Vijay cle through the main thor- held by the BJP, the third has a students have prepared the dra- everything, but development. From Page 1 Javed Khan (40),” said criticism against the Mallya, Nirav Modi and Lalit oughfares of the city. Congress MLA. mas with a lot of hard work. He They will talk about caste, reli- “A police control room Divisional Railway Manager AIADMK government on the Modi — and another for the Hundreds of people who Gandhi, during his cam- further encouraged the students gion. But whenever they come (PCR) call was received from Milind Deouskar in a press appointment of vice-chancel- poor and weaker sections. “We had lined up along the route paign in poll-bound MP, has to give their best and also to power, they take money Mohan Garden, Gurudwara conference. lors to state run varsities. say no to this as we want one showered petals. been dubbed a “Shiv bhakt”, fol- enhance their skills in extra-cur- meant for the forest-dwellers to road regarding two people “We have given Rs 1 lakh Pattali Makkal Katchi Hindustan in which the fruits At Model Road, Gandhi lowing his return from the ricular activities. their own homes...The BJP being stabbed. to those who are grievously had in February demanded a of progress is reaped by the was taken aback when a bal- Kailash Mansarovar pilgrim- During the competition the ensures that the money meant Police immediately injured while people with sim- CBI probe into alleged cor- poor, farmers, labourers and loon, released to welcome him, age, and a “Ram bhakt” after students staged different plays for them reaches their (forest- reached the spot and the two ple injuries have been given ruption in universities in Tamil small shopkeepers,” he stressed. exploded with a loud sound. visiting Satna and Rewa dis- written by William Shakespeare. dwellers') homes," Shah said. were taken to Mata Roop 50,000,” he added. Nadu. “Modi ji with Make in Earlier Saturday, Gandhi tricts of the state. The students brilliantly show- The Congress ruled Rani Maggo (MRRM) hospi- cased their skills on stage. From Madhya Pradesh for 55 years, tal,” the official said. the costumes to the dialogue but development did not reach “A case has been regis- ! """ " delivery everything was beauti- Jhabua, he added, adding, tered at Uttam Nagar police 1 0! /& fully staged by the young stu- “After getting off the helicopter, station under sections 302 "2.!6 ! dents. The students of St Joseph’s I was surprised to see that dur- (punishment for murder), , ) ! ! O !" """ Co-ed School staged Julius ing Shivraj Singh Chouhan's 307 (act with intent which $ 1 E %*) ( Caesar. tenure, people are riding caused death) and 34 (act by %&# & " From Page 1 While addressing the stu- motorcycles.” several persons) of the Indian O - ' He said the polls in dents Morris Lazarus said that People in large numbers Penal Code has been regis- $ %&# ! Telangana have been pushed to ( .452 all the students have depicted the using two-wheelers meant that tered on the statement of 0! December, so that the plays wonderfully that it seems Chouhan had brought enough Seema, the wife of the " ! 5 Commission could place the ! -%)+) “When your BFF is the PM, that Bhopal is experiencing a prosperity to the district, he deceased Rana,” the official " # # 6' voters’ list before the High you can get the 1,30,000 Cr. Roman era. SR added. said. ' Court, where the Chief n the wake of Congress chief Rafale deal, even without rele- ) ' ' #' 0 ! " Minister’s decision has been IRahul Gandhi’s allegation vant experience. But wait. 5 ' ! ' $' % ' challenged. that industrialist Anil Ambani There’s more! Apparently, * ' *' 6 ' ' 0 ! “The case in High Court is was being favoured in rolling out 4,00,000 JK Govt staff will also : 0 # ' 5' 3 ' ' about the voters’ list and it an insurance policy in Jammu be arm twisted into buying 1 " ! ! ) wants to see the list. and Kashmir, the state govern- health insurance ONLY from L1 +" So the EC extended final ment Saturday said the scheme your company!,” the Congress + 1 - publication to 12. That’s why has been implemented in a fair president tweeted, tagging a " $ % $ Telangana polls are at the far and transparent manner. media report which suggested * 0 ( ) 3 " end,” Rawat said. “Dispelling the rhetorical Anil Ambani was being # L- H6J " - The Election Commission misgivings being created about favoured. 514#)0 #' H# J 6 ' - had called off the revision of the Group Medical Health Gandhi’s comments also " - rolls in Telangana to make Insurance Scheme rolled out by referred to the offset deal ith 75 international buy- 0 ! " $ way for polls in the State by the the JK government recently, the between French aerospace giant Wers, 125 buyers across the 0 ' - year-end. The Commission is state government Saturday made Dassault Aviation and Ambani’s country and delegates from ! 'M %&# sticking to the lists from it clear that the scheme has been Reliance Defence after the BJP- tour, travelers, hotels and hos- " " - 6 January 1, 2018 and asking the implemented after following all led NDA government entered pitality industry, the fifth ) ' ' - 'M voters to flag any new names or the required procedures in a fair into an agreement with France Madhya Pradesh Tourism & 5 " discrepancies. and most transparent manner,” to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets. Mart was inaugurated here on # %&# < < Rawat said Lok Sabha a spokesperson said here. The state government Saturday in the presence of . 0! ' O bypolls in Shimoga, Bellary Gandhi took a jibe at Prime spokesperson said the entire Minister of Bihar Pramod %&# C 0 ! and Mandya in Karnataka will Minister Narendra Modi on bidding process has been done Kumar, Principal Secretary of L M" & " be held on November 3. He Saturday for allegedly favouring in a competitive, clean and Tourism Hari Ranjan Rao, %&# said that there are changes in Anil Ambani after the Jammu transparent manner in line with President of Adventure Tour 6' ) ' * nomination procedure and and Kashmir government gave the Financial Rules and Operators Association of India 1 0! ' & = advertisements according to his company the contract for Regulations as well as Chief (ATOAI) Captain Swadesh & %&# Supreme Court order to check executing the government Vigilance Commissioner guide- Kumar, President of Domestic 0! " criminalisation of politics. employees mediclaim policy. lines. Travel PP Khanna, MD of Tourism Development - * 0 5 Corporation T Ilaiya Raja on 0 * 0 19( - " president Akhilesh Yadav said. Madhya Pradesh. ing along other parties. “If MP) at the door-steps of State Saturday. %& “We will now consult the On Wednesday, Mayawati there is any delay, there is a pos- Congress leaders. After the formal inaugu- Gondwana Gantantra party said the BSP will contest the sibility that other parties may Mayawati and Akhilesh, ration the B to B discussions Pradesh new and innovative in this direction. ' ( 333 with which we had an alliance, Assembly polls on its own or in declare their candidates. After the two major regional satraps were started. Primary objective things have been done in President of Adventure and also the BSP, for the com- alliance with a regional party. this, there will be a levelling of in UP, along with Ajit Singh of of this mart is to market and tourism as the state has sepa- Tour Operators Association From Page 1 ing Assembly elections in She had said Sonia Gandhi allegations that they colluded ‘Rashtriya Lok Dal’, are seen to promote MP as a yearlong rate tourism cabinet, Jal of India (ATOAI) Captain The SP and the BSP have Madhya Pradesh,” Yadav told and Rahul Gandhi wanted an with the BJP,” he had said. be in consultations to forge an tourist destination. Exclusive Mahotsav at Hanuwantiya, Swadesh Kumar said that in accused the Congress of not reporters on the sidelines of a alliance but some “selfish” As against the possible anti-BJP Opposition alliance in focus remains on domestic City Walk festival, tourism near future more focus would showing “large-heartedness” party event at Lucknow. “Time senior leaders in their party ‘gathbandhan’ partners moving the State for the Lok Sabha poll and inbound tourism into student quiz and by incorpo- be on tourism and to aim this during the seat-sharing talks is passing by and we cannot were out to foil any under- in different directions and to upset NDA’s record win of 73 Madhya Pradesh to reassure rating new ideas Madhya ‘Adventure Tourism’ should be for Madhya Pradesh which wait any longer,” he asserted. standing. According to reports, unable to share a single plat- LS seats in 2014. The Congress the position of the state as a Pradesh had been felicitated promoted. along with Rajasthan, Reacting to Yadav’s remark, Congress State leaders analysed form, Congress president is also expected to join the anti- preferred tourist destination in with 10 National Awards for The exhibition would have Chhattisgarh, Telangana and the Congress said in New Delhi the electoral configuration of Rahul Gandhi has hoped that BJP bandwagon in UP where the world. the consecutive second year stalls of Gujarat, Bihar, Kerala, Mizoram would go to polls in that it had not been planning the 30 seats sought by the BSP the Lok Sabha 2019 would 80 LS seats are up for grabs. Principal Secretary and Hall of Fame award Tripura, Manipur States November and December, an alliance with the SP in and anticipated that the BJP witness a grand alliance includ- Notwithstanding this, (Tourism) Rao said that ‘mart’ remains for three year. Tourism Development dates for which was announced Madhya Pradesh in any case. may benefit if the BSP were to ing BSP and SP against the BJP- Mayawati is proving to be a would provide an important In the state Adventure Corporations, Asain by the Election Commission on But Congress spokesperson contest the said seats. led-NDA. Not discounting hard nut to crack as she wants platform to exchange ideas Tourism in promoted and Adventure, Indo Asia Tour, Saturday. Randeep Singh Surjewala Reacting to Mayawati’s such hope from the Congress a major share of 80 LS seats and and have discussion for devel- Adventure NEXT in the first India Tourism, Various Hotels “The Congress has made added there had been a possi- statement, Akhilesh Yadav had president, the BSP chief had put bargaining hard with the SP, opment of tourism. week of December this year and Hospitality Group and us wait for too long. How bility of an alliance with the then urged the Congress to the blame (for not reaching a her one-time arch rival in the He said that in Madhya would be important landmark Tour and Tourism institutions. much longer must we wait?” SP BSP in Chhattisgarh and show large-heartedness by tak- seat-sharing with Congress in State. ( ) *+ ,-./ 1
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The Commission has asked come out with cyber security over the change of Press con- " ! " % " told reporters in Kolkata. all States and Union territories ,!/ 4> 1/ -%/ %/ >4 regulations for its officer's ference timing from 12.30 pm However, Surjewala was & ! , @@#) Q to publish electoral rolls only in @4/ /+-! )-4%' online behavior. Under the to 3 pm by the poll body to not impressed with the CEC's Q image Portable Document !4, &/! !)-* new rules, electoral roll infor- announce Assembly election " &% & reply. He also said that the EC Format (PDF) and CAPTCHA mation can be provided to dates. Referring to remarks && had done a similar thing while & formats to ensure that no one taining alphabet, numeral and political parties and the public made by Congress spokesper- * 7 announcing poll dates for Q can access the electoral data, special character) blocks read- only in a non-editable format son Randeep Singh Surjewala, Gujarat last year. & except in 'read-only' files. The ers from extracting and down- to curb the possibility of Chief Election Commissioner HC direction that Telangana "In Gujarat, BJP IT cell poll watchdog has also appoint- loading the data. This also pro- manipulation," sources added. OP Rawat said that politicians rolls should be shown to it first tweeted the election dates even ' ed chief information security hibits use of personal devices Since June, EC has held sever- are political creatures, therefore, and , the decision on by-poll before ECI. ECI delinked Gujarat officer at the central level and a such as smart-phones and per- al workshops to help train offi- it is in their nature to see poli- dates in Karnataka, which elections from Himachal to Q cyber-security nodal officer in sonal email Intrusion Detection cers in cyber hygiene. tics in everything. He said that remains under the threat of enable PM Modi to make a slew every state even as it has decid- System (IDs) for communica- To ensure proper safety and the commission would not like poor weather condition of announcements. ECI again & ed to conduct a third-party tion of protected information. security, the EC has made it clear to comment on it. However, he Earlier, Surjewala accused deferred PC to enable PM Modi E security audit of all poll-related Sources said that EC's web- that private security guards, civil started the presser with an Prime Minister Narendra Modi to do the same in Rajasthan. Is 2 applications and websites. site has been linked with secure defence or home guards should apology for the confusion over of "putting pressure" on the BJP the Super EC?," Surjewala Sources in the EC said that socket layer or SSL, which is a not be deployed to guard/pro- the timing of the presser. Election Commission (EC) to later said in a tweet. " > the image PDF format (non standard security protocol in tection of EVM-VVPAT. He said that the commis- delay its Press conference to Interestingly, while criti- E editable of electoral rolls with order to keep an internet con- India was ranked among sion had to take into account announce poll dates in five cizing the poll panel, the only details and without pho- nection secure by encrypting any the top five countries to be certain last minute considera- States as he was scheduled to Congress leaders have forgot- tograph of electors) blocks the crucial information sent between affected by cybercrime, accord- tions, including last-minute address a rally in Rajasthan. ten that Rahul Gandhi rally was search option in the electoral one's browser and the website. ing to a report by online secu- assessment of timeline for pub- "The EC's explanation for the also scheduled at Morena, MP Q rolls, while CAPTCHA (con- "The EC is more concerned rity firm "Symantec Corp". lication of Telangana , Pending delay is preposterous. 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We trying to understand As we have looked issues in dif- he doesn't like a religion is not developed good capacity to % %4) " and fair election’ and deploy Facebook has come up what is possible form of abuse ferent country, one of the a hate speech. However, one can remove terrorist content, child task force to check hate speech- with a policy around hate in India versus UK versus any things that came out was that not say that he hates followers abuse images and other images " es during polls. speech under which it removes other country," he said. there is a view that hate speech of that religion or concept. that cannot be legally shared , “We want our platform to content that intend to spread Assembly elections are due is directed against people in "Trust is very clear dis- through automation. 2 Q support free and fair election hate speech and violence etc. in five states — Rajasthan, India, in particular, and Indians tinction between no liking a Facebook has plans to have and positive civic engagement. Allan said that the abuse dif- Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, outside India also. 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UArun Jaitley on Saturday / % ./ was asking banks to grow their dismissed talks of a grand " % " lending by 31 per cent. $ # New Delhi: Finance Minister Opposition saying if such an " "So the undeserving and Arun Jaitley Saturday said he did alliance is formed again then "% & unstable projects were all been New Delhi: Chief Justice of Echoing his views, Justice not agree with the portion of the 2019 will be a contest between $ funded. That's when the bank India Ranjan Gogoi on Mishra said that the strikes of historic Supreme Court judg- a Stable Government led by a loot started. So the Congress Saturday disagreed with a sug- the Bar can only be supported ment decriminalising consen- strong leader and an "anarchic & $ president must realise that this gestion by the apex bar body to in "exceptional cases when the sual gay sex that called sexuali- combination". Jaitely described ./ " was the genesis of the problem," lift a 16-year-old ban on strikes democracy is in danger" or for ty a part of free speech, as he felt 'Mahagathbandhans' as "tried, % 11 he said. by lawyers, wondering why "saving the judicial system" it raises questions on restraining tested and failed ideas " " .0- The second crime that they there should be a strike at all. but otherwise "it has no right any form of homosexual or Anticipating BJP's win in & committed was instead of accept- Justice Gogoi's response to go on strike". bisexual activity in a school 2019 Lok Sabha polls, he said alliance, you must have a large strong leader versus a com- ing the problem of additional came after Bar Council of India "Can we afford jungle raj? hostel, prison or army frontier. this is not a time for India to nucleus and smaller groups pletely anarchic combination". capacity, banks were asked to roll Chairman Manan Kumar Can we shut the doors for com- He also differed on a por- test an anarchic kind of com- aligned around them. You can- Observing that history had President Rahul Gandhi's alle- over the debt when the borrow- Mishra raised the issue of lift- mon man in rule of law. How tion of the apex court ruling bination when it is on the not have a nucleolus of a hand- provided India a great oppor- gation that the Narendra er started defaulting, he said. ing the ban at a BCI event to many person's liberty is affect- on adultery, saying it may growth path. ful of people and you cannot tunity, he said, India has been Modi- led Government is Citing an example of Vijay felicitate the new CJI. ed when you are not in court end up converting the Indian "You tried it under have an alliance of political par- growing fast consistently responsible for mounting bad Mallya without taking his name, The CJI's view was also that day. How many persons family system into a Western Chandra Shekhar, it was part- ities whose interests are region- despite global slowdown and loans in the banking sector, Jaitley said "in one of the most shared by apex court's Justice are bereft of their rights that family system. ly tried under V P Singh, it was al," the Finance Minister said at other factors. Jaitley said, "I think some peo- controversial cases where person Arun Mishra, who reminded the day," said Justice Mishra. On the Supreme Court tried under Charan Singh and the HT Leadership Summit here. "So, therefore, this is when ple need to grow up and has escaped to the UK, it was the lawyers that their absence in Demanding lifting of the allowing women's entry into it was tried under IK Gujaral He further said "you can- we need coherence, gover- understand these issues. RBI which wrote to the SBI to court will affect people's liberty ban, the BCI Chairman said the Sabarimala shrine, he said and Deve Gowda. It's an exper- not have an alliance with par- nance and policy. This is not Debate on these issues has to please give him (Mallya) a sec- and deny many of their rights. that “if the mouth of lawyers such a ruling cannot happen on iment where policy gets killed ties whose leaders are maver- time where you can go in for an be a grown-up debate." ond restructuring". Justice Gogoi, who was are shut it will destroy the select practices as it may have and the longevity of the ick or they want to be in anarchic kind of combination. The total amount of debt So you have managed the sworn in as the CJI on October very democratic setup of many social consequences. Government is a few months." alliance to have criminal cases I think aspirational societies given till 2007-08 was about 18 system to such an extent that 3, said, "I don't think it is an the country". Speaking at the HT "So, these (mahagathband- to be closed. If you get togeth- never commit suicide. So, I am lakh crore by public sector the RBI telling State Bank of issue at all. Why go into the "The legal fraternity has a Leadership Summit, Jaitley said hans) are tried, tested and failed er this kind of a crowd then very clear what will happen in banks in the country and when India that someone should be legalities. Why should there be great faith on the CJI. We are the judgment decriminalising ideas much that they sound 2019 will be a choice between 2019," he said. the global slowdown began this given a second restructuring, a strike? I am sure there wont sure that you will restore our gay sex was fine but "the prob- very fancy. In order to have a big a Stable Government with a Dismissing Congress 18 lakh crore went up to 55 he maintained. be any". freedom," he said. PTI lem comes when writing these historical judgements, you get carried away and want to be part of history and therefore ## /$ )# 0 2 P you go a step further". He said he fairly agreed with the reasoning given by the %/( */01- court in the judgement that sex- $$ & ual activity is part of Article 21 enior Congress leader and 2 +2 P of the Constitution that guar- SRajya Sabha MP Ahmed antees right of life and that no %/( */01- Patel on Saturday wrote to discrimination on the basis of Prime Minister Narendra Modi sex should be there, but added ommander Abhilash Tomy, drawing his attention towards that he completely disagrees Cwho was injured and later increasing deaths of Asiatic ollowing the apex court's occurred in Dalkhania range with the reasoning that sexual rescued in a multi-nation effort lions in the Gir National Park in Fstricture, the Gujarat were due to CDV and babesio- activity is part of free speech. last month in the Indian Ocean Gujarat. In his letter, the Rajya threat for the survival of the lions. Government on Saturday sis protozoa infections carried "Because I think that's little and was under medical obser- Sabha MP alleged that the death The Government must show admitted that deaths of 23 by ticks often found in domes- excessive and consequences of vation at Ile Amsterdam, was of Gir lions is a "manifestation the will to end such illegal resorts Asiatic lions were not solely tic animals, confirmed the that may not be on decriminal- brought to Visakhapatnam of negligence" and "result of the irrespective of their ownership," due to infighting and territo- Pune Institute of Virology on isation. Free speech is entirely a safely onboard Indian Navy State Government’s prolonged wrote Patel in the letter. rial war but some occurred the basis of the blood and different gambit, it can be ship Satpura on Saturday. He is mismanagement and poor over- Patel said eco-sensitive also due to serious infectious DNA samples of the deceased restrained on the reasons of now in navy hospital there for sight.” zones (ESZ) in Gujarat, extend- disease, canine distemper lions sent by the Gujarat for- sovereignty, security, public order observation and medical assis- The Congress leader sug- ing only up to 0.5 km from pro- virus (CDV). The lion deaths est department. and so on and mind you there is tance as required. gested the Government to con- tected areas, as against 10 km tendency of creating new fun- Incidentally, Captain Alok He suffered a severe back injury besides diverting its ships sider the request of generating suggested by the Ministry of and treat them with the same "Being a fellow Gujarati, damental rights everyday. Ananda, the commanding offi- and dropped out of the race. Satpura and Jyoti to undertake a fund worth 1,000 crore for Environment, Forest and importance given to the Tigers'. you (Modi) are equally aware PTI cer of Satpura, lost his father The Australian Rescue Search and Rescue Operations, the conservation of the Gir Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Drawing attention to the that Gir's lions are an integral while the ship was on opera- Coordination Centre at navy officials said here. Lions for launching a national had "caused unwarranted inter- shortage of medicines and part of Gujarati asmita (pride). tional deployment and divert- Canberra coordinated the res- On September 24, French level program on the lines of ference in the ecosystem of trained veterinary doctors for Gir Forest, which was once ed for the search and rescue cue mission in conjunction Fishing Vessel (FV) Osiris Project Save the Tiger. lions". He called for a revision lions, Patel suggested the gov- projected as a success story of operation to evacuate Tomy. with many agencies including reached in vicinity of The Congress MP also sug- of the ESZ for Gir National ernment to consider "introduc- animal conservation, is now He was participating in the Australian Defence 'Thuriya' and carried out a gested certain measures to save Park and expressed the need to ing training programmes for being seen as a glaring exam- the Golden Globe Race Department and the successful rescue operation the existing populations of strike a "fine balance" between lion conservation and allocating ple of ecological neglect by the 2018(GGR) representing India Indian Navy. and later shifted Tomy to Ile lions. He said that there must promoting tourism and con- adequate budget for research State," he said. in the historic around the Indian Navy launched Amsterdam for shelter. be a fine balance between pro- serving wildlife. towards their conservation." At least 23 lions, all from a world race without modern 'Operation Raksham' to rescue Satpura arrived off the Ile moting tourism and conserv- The Congress leader also "Treat Gujarat lions with the single area in Gir forest, have navigation aids. On September the injured officer by immedi- Amsterdam and evacuated ing wildlife. stressed on the need for same importance given to tigers. died over the past three weeks 21, his sailing vessel 'Thuriya' ately deploying the Long Range Tomy using the ship's heli- "There must be a fine balance removal of "illegal resorts" near The Central Government can due to various reasons, prime was dismasted when the boat Maritime Reconnaissance copter on September 28. between promoting tourism and the sanctuary, "irrespective of consider creating a 1,000-crore among them is Canine was caught in a violent storm Aircraft P-8I in the area stag- He was thereafter provid- conserving wildlife. The expand- their ownership." In the letter, fund for conservation of Gir Distemper Virus and Protozoa in the South Indian Ocean, ing through Mauritius for pro- ed the requisite medical treat- ing dog menace and uncon- the Congress leader has lions and launch national-level infection. There are 523 lions approximately 1,900 nautical viding close support and mon- ment onboard during the pas- trolled growth of resorts near the appealed to the Government to programmes on the lines of in Gujarat as per the last cen- miles West of Perth, Australia. itoring the rescue operations sage to Visakhapatnam. sanctuary has become a serious 'not neglect the lions of Gujarat Project Tiger," he said. sus in 2015. ( ) *+ ,-./ =
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USD terms, the revised interest industry. restriction (in the future) on approved legislation can restore Aadhaar does. (CAD) and bolster forex I am quite certain with the kind Citing some of the steps to rates for deposits of one year Reddy, who was speaking the number of days one can mandatory linking of biomet- “What had not been inflows. of revenue coming particulary bridge CAD and bolster flows and above, but less than two at an event at the Indian School work in a week. ric ID Aadhaar with mobile upheld falls in two categories. Speaking at the HT from the direct taxes, we will in the recent past, Jaitley said years has been fixed at 3.78 per of Business (ISB) here, said the “Our (in India) strategy phones and bank accounts, One is the principle of pro- Leadership Summit here, he achieve that,” he said. the sovereign borrowing target cent, the city headquartered RBI says that it does not have should be maintain external but did not say if the govern- portionality that Aadhaar will said India will continue to be As far as current account was reduced by 70,000 crore bank said in a statement. enough regulatory powers. The sector balance and generate ment will bring a new law for help in these cases and then do the leading destination of for- deficit (CAD) is concerned, for the current fiscal and with- For deposits of two years government, however, says that enough domestic demand and the same. it by an appropriate law. eign direct investment despite Jaitley said it is linked to glob- holding tax on masala bonds and above, but less than three the RBI has enough regulato- domestic supply... I believe The Supreme Court had “So the whole argument the adverse global situation. al oil prices because forex is has been withdrawn for the years, interest rates have been ry powers, he said. that should be one thing which last month upheld the which was given that private However, he said, there mostly spent on crude. moment. revised at 3.98 per cent. “If the regulator and gov- have to be clear. Constitutional validity of companies can’t use it, there is could be some transient prob- “The way the (crude oil) Besides, he said, the Interest rates for deposits of ernment could not agree and Not that we don’t believe in Aadhaar, the 12-digit Section 57 which says you can lem in foreign portfolio invest- prices are going up, the high- Government recently allowed three years and above, but less cannot agree, what is the truth? globalisation, global integra- biometric based unique iden- authorise others either by law ment but these would not con- est in the last 4 years, it is going public sector oil marketing than four years have been fixed The truth is that there is a prob- tion,” he said. tity number, but restricted its or contract. So what has been tinue depending on the global to be some adverse impact on companies to raise $10 billion at 4.06 per cent and for deposits lem of dual control. Demographic transition is use by private entities like struck down is by contract,” he situation. the CAD. Now we are trying through external commercial of four years and above, but less Narasimhan committee stretched in India which would telecom operators for verify- said. The Finance Minister said our best to take measures to borrowing (ECB). than five years interest rates recommended 20 years ago, be an advantage, he said. ing identity of mobile phone Finance Minister said a maintaining fiscal prudence is narrow it. On Indian economy, he have been fixed at 4.07 per cent. please end this. Till today, it has On agricutlure, he said the user. legal provision through a leg- one of the top priorities of this “Some more steps are like- said, the ability of the country For deposits of upto five not ended,” he said. big problem is that agriculture Jaitley said the verdict was islation can restore linking of Government. ly but there are two factors... to maintain the present growth years, the interest rates have To a query on job creation, cannot be commercialised a “very sound judgment” as the Aadhaar with mobile phones “One of the top priorities External one is the oil prices rate for a decade or two is rea- been fixed at 4.10 per cent, the he said, quoting from a recent unless it is “reasonably” immu- court accepted that there is and bank accounts. was and I do believe in that and second is the policy with sonably certain. release added. international conference, the nised from risks. legitimate state aim in Aadhaar. “By law it can still be “Aadhaar is not a citizen- done, provided you do it under ship card,” he said at the HT the adequate provision of law Leadership Summit here. and do it on the basis of that in -/*& “Because after all you have a this field it is necessary,” he said. * system where you give a lot of He, however, did not say % = Government money in form of if the government plans to various support and subsidies bring a law in Parliament for increased the uncertainty est level in the past four years. tently given some direct tax Thus, the States were getting 1- ,@)%)%1)#, )$ to all kinds of people. That was the purpose. towards Iran’s supplies to its The cost of oil does not move relief each year. The cumulative 29% ofthe lower cost price a buyers. The commercial in a straight line. Depending on effect of these income-tax con- few months ago. They now get spiring entrepreneurs are supply of shale gas, which was the global factors, it increases cessions already given is 29% on the increased price. Aset to congregate under intended to balance the high or decreases. A section of the 97,000 crores each year. The The States benefit from high- one roof for the Innovation and crude oil cost, is running media excessively reports the reduction of GST rates in the er oil prices. The Centre’s col- Entrepreneurship behind schedule. increase when the prices rise first 13 months itself with lection remains the same. Thus, Development Center (IEDC) The high cost of crude oil and blackout the reductions regard to 334 commodities has the capacity of the States to give summit in November, one of has also impacted the curren- when prices fall. Government given a 80,000 crore annual a 2.5 benefit is within their Asias biggest gatherings of cy situation. India’s macroeco- critics rejoiced the political relief to the consumer. Last capacity. Their extra tax col- startup aspirants looking to nomic fundamentals with consequences of the increase of year, in the month of October, lection, because of increase in convert ideas into market-fit regard to its fiscal deficit, infla- the crude prices. when the oil prices were rising, oil prices, is much larger since products. tion, foreign exchange reserves This was evident from their the Centre cut down its excise their taxes are ad valorem. Yet Conceived as a bridge for etc. are fairly stable. Tax col- comments. When the price duty by 2. We have requested we have a situation where a budding entrepreneurs to he challenges thrown up by lections are encouraging. was reduced yesterday, the crit- the States to make a similar cut. number of non-BJP non-NDA bridge the gap between ideation Tthe increase in the inter- However, a high cost of crude ics did a volte face and argued Most of the BJP-NDA States States have refused to pass on and execution, the meet will national price of crude oil can- oil adversely impacts the that this is bad economics. Let did so. any benefit to the consumer. serve as a miniature incubator not be resolved by either the Current Account Deficit. That, me categorically assure all that The others refused to do What are the people supposed to enable them to walk in with tweets or television bytes of in turn, impacts the currency. there is no going back on so. I had always maintained to conclude? Are Rahul Gandhi an idea and walk out with a some Opposition leaders. The Additionally, the hardening of deregulation of oil prices. Even that in extraordinary situa- and his reluctant allies only product, an IEDC release said. problem is serious. The oil the dollar has further impact- Rahul Gandhi, whose party tion, the capacity of an committed to tweets and tele- To be held at the Amal producing nations have capped ed most global currencies. had inflicted a double digit economy to give relief will vision bytes when it comes to Jyothi College of Engineering, their production, thus creating Both the above factors have inflation on India during the depend on it’s fiscal strength. In give relief to the common Kanjirapally in Kottayam dis- a demand-supply mismatch. an impact on the cost of fuel past five years of UPA-II, gave view of the increase, particu- man? Depending on the ad val- trict on November 3, the third The political crisis in available to a citizen. television bytes and released larly in the direct tax revenue, orem rate of VAT in the States edition of the summit is a one- Venezuela and Libya has The cost of crude increased tweets advocating a price the Centre decided to give and after collecting the VAT of-its-kind initiative planned adversely impacted the pro- in the month of April and May. reduction. between central excise and the and getting 42% of the Centre with the objective of accelerat- duction in those countries. Thereafter, it softened a bit The NDA Government has absorptions by the OMCs, a revenue, 60-70% of the total oil ing aspiring entrepreneurs. The US sanctions on Iran have and then increased to its high- an exemplary record of fiscal 2.5 relief to the consumer. We tax goes to the States. As many as 4,000 partici- prudence. We have maintained requested the States to give a Must not the non-BJP pants from 210 colleges are the gradual glide path since similar relief. States be candid with the peo- expected to attend the event. 2014 to bring down fiscal The Centre’s oil tax rev- ple and tell them that both in The meet will also witness deficit. We will continue to do enues remain static. The Centre 2017 and 2018 they refused to introduction of future masters so. charges a fixed amount. What give any relief to the people of technology startups to the No Government can be the Centre gets as tax revenue, even from their higher rev- panel of senior and seasoned insensitive towards its people. 42% of it is passed on to the enues. businessmen, besides exploring In the last four Budgets, the States. The States indepen- They sent out tweets and professional networking pos- Modi Government, to the sec- dently charge their VAT. gave television bytes but when sibilities, filtering of ideas and tion of small and middle tax- The average VAT rate in it came to performance, they dynamic team building, the paying population, has consis- the country is about 29%. looked the other way. release said. )% % . # 8 9 6%
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The UN’s Okapi radio said announce his own backing. # between the historic foes to But the unorthodox US citizens abducted by North The accident occurred on “the flames spread rapidly Their declarations of inch towards peace. president has since declared Korea decades ago, which is a a highway linking the capital engulfing nearby houses.” brought the number of senators from serving on the court.” 50 ) ) “Then we are also going to himself “in love” with the huge issue domestically in Kinshasa to the country’s sole Overloaded trucks carry- publicly supporting the 53- Immediately after the set up the next summit,” said strongman in Pyongyang. Japan. Abe called for “coordi- port at Matadi on the Atlantic ing goods as well as oil tankers year-old judge — who has Collins speech Manchin ! Pompeo. However, he played Pompeo has repeatedly nation” on this issue and also Ocean. regularly ply this highway. faced accusations of sexual announced his support, calling 3' " 5 down expectations for a major declined to be drawn publicly on North Korea’s nuclear threat. assault — to 51 in the 100- Kavanaugh a “qualified jurist” $' 3O breakthrough, saying: “I doubt on the shape of an eventual After Tokyo, Pompeo travels to member chamber. A final con- who “will not allow the parti- ' ' we will get it nailed but begin agreement. The United States Pyongyang and then on to firmation vote is expected san nature this process took to to develop options for both has called for a comprehensive South Korea, whose dovish Saturday afternoon. follow him onto the court.” ' location and timing for when accord and strict enforcement president Moon Jae-in has Kavanaugh’s nomination Manchin faces extraordi- " $ Chairman Kim will meet with of sanctions on North Korea in served as a go-between for the was left teetering on the edge nary political pressure. He is up the president again.” the meantime. two sides. Q after university psychology for re-election in West Virginia, “Maybe we will get further Pompeo kicked off his trip South Korean Foreign professor Christine Blasey Ford a state Trump won over- ' than that.” with talks in Tokyo with Prime Minister Kang Kyung-wha has claimed in harrowing testimo- whelmingly in 2016. In June, Trump met Kim in Minister Shinzo Abe and given a hint of what a grand ny last week that he tried to Earlier on Friday the Singapore in the first-ever Foreign Minister Taro Kono. bargain between the two coun- rape her when they were high Senate voted 51-49 to end " summit between the coun- Japan, which has seen tries could look like. #) -! It says the agency “looks school students. debate on Kavanaugh’s nomi- tries. No sitting US president North Korean missiles fly over In an interview with the forward to an official response But Collins, a moderate, nation, setting up a final show- 9 has visited North Korea, which its territory and been threat- Washington Post, she said the nterpol has made a formal from China’s authorities to pro-choice lawmaker from down on Saturday. !&"' 1 according to human rights ened with annihilation, has North could agree to disman- Irequest to China for infor- address concerns over the pres- Maine, said Kavanaugh was The outcome had groups remains one of the historically taken a hard line on tle Yongbyon, its signature mation about the agency’s ident’s well-being.” entitled to the “presumption of remained in doubt, however, - most repressive countries on Pyongyang and stressed the nuclear site. missing president, citing con- Meng’s wife says she hasn’t innocence” as the allegations after one Republican, Lisa " Earth. Since the Singapore need to maintain pressure on In exchange, the United cerns for the well-being of the heard from him since he left against him lacked corrobo- Murkowski, defied her party summit, which yielded what the regime. More recently, States would declare a formal senior Chinese security official the French city of Lyon at the rating evidence. and voted against moving $ ' critics charge was only a vague however, Abe has said the only end to the 1950-53 Korean War who seemingly vanished on a end of September to go to While Collins acknowl- ahead. Trump nevertheless + + commitment by Kim towards way to improve strained ties is — which concluded with an trip home. China. edged that Blasey Ford’s testi- cheered the result of the cloture ' ' denuclearisation of the Korean a face-to-face meeting with armistice rather than a full- The Lyon-based interna- France has launched its mony was sincere, painful and vote. peninsula, the road towards former international pariah blown peace treaty — but tional police agency says on own investigation. French compelling, and that the “Very proud of the US ' - O better ties has been bumpy. Kim. North Korea would stop short Saturday it used law-enforce- authorities say he boarded a accuser is a sexual assault sur- Senate for voting ‘YES’ to -!%) " Trump scrapped a previ- Speaking ahead of his talks, of delivering an exhaustive list ment channels to submit its plane and arrived in China, but vivor, she added that “I do not advance the nomination of & ously planned trip by his top Pompeo said it was important of its nuclear facilities, she request about the status of the 64-year-old’s subsequent believe that these charges can Judge Brett Kavanaugh!” the diplomat to Pyongyang after for him before travelling to said. Meng Hongwei. whereabouts are unknown. fairly prevent Judge Kavanaugh president said on Twitter. " ! + $ ( $ R C + #( 7( ( ' = #)0, 14%+ 34%+ by the leader of a now-banned pro-Hong Kong independence escuers picking through Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Moscow: During the Soviet KGB. The skills of Russian ritain has expressed con- party. Hong Kong was Rthe grim aftermath of police said on Saturday that era, the country’s top comput- hackers today developed from Bcern over freedom of promised semi-autonomy for Indonesia’s quake-tsunami eight suspected terrorists, er scientists and programmers a tradition of excellent com- speech in its former colony 50 years as part of its 1997 han- issued a fresh public health including seven foreigners, largely worked for the secret puting and programming skills Hong Kong after authorities dover from British rule. warning on Saturday as more have been arrested for alleged- services. dating back to the Soviet era. refused to renew the work visa Rights groups have called decaying corpses were ly spreading religious extrem- That practice appears to “The whole structure of the of a senior editor of the the visa rejection the latest unearthed from beneath the ism that could threaten nation- have resumed under President economy was skewed towards Financial Times. sign of Beijing’s expanding ruined city of Palu. al security and fan terrorism in Vladimir Putin, as Russia faces the military sector,” said Oleg A statement dated on restrictions on the semi- Officials said on Saturday the region. accusations of waging a glob- Demidov, a consultant at the Friday said Britain has asked autonomous Chinese territory. the death toll had climbed to National police chief al campaign of cyber attacks. Moscow-based independent for an explanation as to why The London-based 1,649 with more than a thou- Mohamad Fuzi Harun said the Dutch officials on Thursday think-tank PIR Center. Victor Mallet’s visa renewal Financial Times said in a state- sand maybe still missing in the suspects are connected with an accused four Russians from the “All the achievements of application was rejected. ment that it was given no rea- seaside city on Sulawesi island, Islamic religious school in GRU military intelligence Soviet science including the “Hong Kong’s high degree son why Asia editor Mallet’s after the region was hit by a # A Yemen that promotes the Salafi agency of attempting to hack first computers went to serve of autonomy and its press free- application was rejected. powerful quake and a wall of A 1 - " # Jihadi teachings, which permit into the global chemical the military sector.” The most doms are central to its way of “This is the first time we water. the killings of non-Muslims as weapons watchdog in The brilliant students were pushed life, and must be fully respect- have encountered this situation Hopes of finding anyone effort, told AFP from Palu. where the sheer force of the well as Muslims who don’t fol- Hague. to work in the military and ed,” the Foreign and in Hong Kong,” it said. alive a full eight days since the “We have vaccinated our quake turned the earth tem- low their ways and denounce The agency has investigat- space sector, he added. Commonwealth Office said in In response to a query disaster have all but faded, teams, but we need to be extra porarily to mush, soldiers wear- democracy as un-Islamic. ed both the fatal poisoning of After the Soviet Union fell a statement posted on its web- from The Associated Press, though the search has not been cautious.” Security minister ing masks to ward off the He said the foreigners, Russian former double-agent apart in 1991, its armed forces site. Mallet is a vice-president Hong Kong’s immigration officially called off. There are Wiranto, who like many stench of death clambered over aged between 24 and 38, Sergei Skripal; and an alleged were broken up and most of the of Hong Kong’s Foreign department said it would not fears that vast numbers of Indonesians goes by one name, the giant mounds of mud, include five people from a chemical attack by Moscow- top specialists turned to the Correspondents’ Club, which comment on individual cases decomposing bodies could still said eventually the worst-hit brick and cement. country in Europe, one from allied Syrian President Bashar nascent banking sector in recently drew criticism from but that it makes visa decisions be buried beneath Petobo and areas would have to be declared The troops peeking under the Americas and one from the al-Assad. The Baltic states were Russia, either to work there or the authorities for hosting a talk in accordance with the law. Balaroa — two areas virtually mass graves and left untouched. collapsed walls and peeling Middle East. Fuzi said the Sept the first to accuse Moscow of to attack it. In this era saw the wiped off the map. “We have to make a deci- back corrugated sheets did not 24 arrests came after police mounting attacks to knock out first cyber attacks on banking “Most of the bodies we sion as to when the search for have to look hard. received intelligence about their sites back in 2007. operations and the first men- have found are not intact, and the dead will end. Then, we Sergeant Syafaruddin, from attempts by a Yemen-based Estonia said one such tions of Russian hackers. that poses a danger for the res- later must decide when the area an army unit in Makassar terror group to set up a school attack had put the country’s “Now Russian hackers are cuers. We have to be very care- will be designated a mass south of Palu, asked for a body in Southeast Asia to promote main emergency service phone excellently trained and ful to avoid contamination,” grave,” he told reporters late bag to be brought to a spot near the Salafi Jihadi ideology, which number out of action for over equipped and they still occupy Yusuf Latif, a spokesman for Friday. At the massive Balaroa where the remnants of an is shared by groups including an hour. Since then, accusa- one of the top positions in Indonesia’s search and rescue government housing complex, Islamic school now stands. the Islamic State. AFP tions of cyber attacks have banking crime,” said Demidov continued against Moscow. — even if the Russian justice The Russian hacker group system has begun to crack ( variously known as Fancy Bear, down on them. APT 28 and Sofacy has been In 2016, Russian cyberse- + : linked to GRU and accused of curity giant Kaspersky esti- attacks on the US Democrats’ mated that between 2012 and # 2016 presidential campaign, 2015, Russian hackers had together with Russia’s FSB secu- stolen at least $790 million rity service, the successor to the worldwide. AFP ( !)0 0)3/ &-? *1)3) Yaound: Two Cameroonian Opposition parties agreed a Navy veteran was charged angladesh’s jailed former coalition to jointly contest this Awith threatening to use a BPrime Minister and BNP weekend’s presidential polls, a biological toxin as a weapon by chief Khaleda Zia was on spokesman said, in an effort to sending letters to President Saturday admitted to a spe- dislodge six-term President Donald Trump and other lead- cialised state-run hospital here Paul Biya. ers containing ground castor for proper treatment following The announcement on beans, the substance from a court order as her health dete- Friday confirms rumours of an which the poison ricin is riorated. opposition manoeuver to try to derived. William Clyde Allen Zia, 73, is currently on defeat 85-year-old Biya at III, 39, told investigators he trial for corruption charges in Sunday’s polls, but the new wanted the letters to “send a a makeshift courtroom inside union will not include the message,” though he did not a 19th-century British-built main opposition Social elaborate, FBI investigators prison where she is the only Democratic Front’s hopeful said in documents filed in U.S. inmate and in failing health. The Bangladesh High Joshua Osih. District Court of Utah. The former Prime Minister Court on Thursday had Akere Muna, leader of the Authorities zeroed in on had recently complained to ordered the government to People’s Development Front Allen after finding his return the court that she was losing shift Zia to BSMMU and (FDP) agreed to “withdraw address on the envelopes, feeling in her hand and in a leg. reconstitute a medical team for his candidacy... And to support according to the complaint. “We have admitted her her treatment. Maurice Kamto,” leader of the The envelopes that tested and took all steps to provide The court ruled that Zia Movement for the Rebirth of positive for ricin also had a note her the required treatment,” a could choose a physiotherapist, Cameroon (MRC), Muna’s that said “Jack and the Missile Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib a gynaecologist and a techni- spokesman said in a state- Bean Stock Powder,” the doc- Medical University (BSMMU) cian and a physician from out- ment. uments said. spokesman told PTI. side Bangabandhu Sheikh Kamto’s party alleged ear- US Attorney for Utah John Zia would be staying at a Mujib Medical University lier on Friday that a “massive Huber declined to comment on VIP cabin in the hospital while (BSMMU) for her treatment fraud” was underway to ensure Allen’s mental state, but said the an adjacent room has been allo- subject to the approval from the the sitting president wins a sev- case is “no laughing matter,” cated for her, he said. medical team. enth term. 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Previously, the innings and 262-run Shaw became the youngest Indian batsman, fourth win over Afghanistan in June this year overall, to score a hundred on Test debut. He began was India's best in terms of innings vic- his Test journey with a 134-run knock, opening the tory. innings for India, who thrashed the West Indies by While Ravichandran Ashwin (4/37) an innings and 272 runs in the series-opener. was the pick of the bowlers in the morn- "Delighted for Prithvi and Jaddu. Playing his first ing, Kuldeep Yadav (5/57) was all over game, seeing him dominate - the guy (Shaw) showed the opposition batsmen in the second he is different quality. That's why he's been pushed innings on way to a maiden five-wicket to the Test team. It is exciting to see from the cap- haul in Tests. tain's perspective," Kohli said at the post-match pre- The feat makes Yadav the first play- sentation. er to have a five-wicket haul in all three "Jaddu as well - he has got important runs for us formats of the game. = * +B$ &5 , " # before and we wanted him to get three figures. We The second and final Test will be believe he can turn matches for us," Kohli added. played in Hyderabad from October 12- + # , ,# Saurashtra all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja also had 16. The West Indies will have to lift them- 3,0*//# ?)*)@ a memorable game as he scored his maiden Test ton. selves to put up a better performance 5/&4$/! 1/ >- ! ".%' --2'!'4 1!'! !)2' !"E2"'=!0!" --2'!'4 1!'! !)2' Kohli also credited the pace duo of Mohammad after being thoroughly outplayed in ) I = ( - C. # ) !) * .. .D Shami and Umesh Yadav for putting the opposition Rajkot. The absence of captain Jason -%*-)% 4 )3/ >-@/ ) I G ) 5 C G I <G # ! # > < G under pressure. Holder and pacer Kemar Roach also I . C ) (- * "If you see the first innings, the way Umesh and added to their woes. (-&3/ 1),0 -% )00 ) I D. 5 * G = Shami ran into bowl. Few wickets with the new ball For India, the game will be best ) I D. ! 0 % G= C= ! * ) $ D and you can put the opposition under pressure. Shami remembered for the emergence of Prithvi 1 // >4 $) 4> == ! (- 3 D took wickets on a pitch that was offering nothing." ) I . ) 3 ..=.C Shaw, who announced his arrival in inter- D # ! (- C. Asked about the impressive overate, Kohli said national cricket with a classy hundred on 1/ +)$/ more than the players it the umpires, who are respon- debut, becoming the youngest from the sible. country to do so in Tests. Virat Kohli and the morning and in the afternoon it was Ravindra Jadeja were the other centuri- Kuldeep's turn to dominate. The oppo- wicket of the day. and Paul had little difficulty in picking mistimed a pull to be caught at mid- ons. sition batsmen, who needed to bat for The West Indies, resuming their first the chinaman, who bowled the first over wicket. By tea on Saturday, it became clear time, seemed to be in a hurry to finish innings at 94 for six, lasted only an hour the day. Paul went on the offensive Ashwin then removed Chase with a that the game will be done and dusted the game. Punishing a loose ball is fine and 10 minutes, mainly due to efforts of straightaway, sweeping Kuldeep for two beauty, a flighted ball that turned in inside three days with the West Indies but they went for far too many strokes Roston Chase (53) and Keemo Paul (47) crisp boundaries. viciously to create a big gap between bat batsmen cutting a sorry picture at 185 for and paid the price for their recklessness. who ended up sharing a 73-run stand. Paul was the aggressor in the part- and pad before crashing into the stumps, eight. In the morning session, Ashwin Ashwin ran through the tail on a pitch nership but Chase also came up with a leaving the West Indies at 159 for eight. Opener Kieran Powell was the only produced a brilliant spell as India offering plenty of turn, ending with four few attractive shots. Number 10 and 11 were easy meat for West Indian batsmen to make a signifi- enforced the follow-on. for 37 in 11 overs as the West Indies were Paul was comfortable against Aswhin who sent them back with the cant contribution in the second essay, an At lunch, the West Indies were 33 for all out in 48 overs. Kuldeep but had issues dealing with the away turning ball. entertaining 83 off 93 balls with eight one in nine overs in their second India started with the spin-pace short ball. Umesh Yadav set the West India expectedly enforced the fol- boundaries and four sixes. innings with Ashwin removing skipper combination of Kuldeep and Indian up nicely before getting rid of him low-on with less than an hour to go for Ashwin was their main tormentor in Kraigg Brathwaite (10) for his fourth Mohammad Shami. Surprisingly, Chase with a perfectly placed bouncer as he lunch. 7'4= , ,, Q ( # ( + ( # *R New Delhi: 4 + * " * ) * 1 $ 4 " / ' )634 nerves, it's Test cricket so it is never "It was a bit to do with the umpires pushing us < ' easy but we need to take a page out as well. With the new rule of not drinking water. The he West Indies batsmen were of their book and take that into our guys struggled a bit because of that, it was difficult " * Tguilty of playing too much attack- batting. Trust in defence and obvi- for guys to bat 45 minutes without water. I'm sure ) ? 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oh Punjabi mein kehte hain na, ‘Biba munda hai yeh’ (It’s like they say in Punjabi, ‘Sweet child he is). I was such a good boy. I mean I am. Why am I talking in the past tense? Even as a kid, I was shy and would keep to myself. I was always Wsincere. Be it studying or sports. I wouldn’t say competitive, but I was very sincere,” says Vicky Kaushal, the actor who has effortlessly portrayed the passionate Vicky Sandhu in Manmarziyaan, the poised and charming Iqbal Syed in Raazi, the bankable Kamli in Sanju, and the adorable Sanjay in Love Per Square Foot — all in the same year and each performance as incontestable as the other. He is set to play an Army officer in the film Uri, which is based on the 2016 attacks in Jammu and Kashmir. His secret? “(I just want) to not be complacent. When you are on set, people really take care of you. You are pampered and anything you want is available. So, that shouldn’t go to your head. My aim is to treat every film of mine as my debut film, so that it has a sense of being uncontaminated.” Kaushal should have ‘arrived’ with his powerful perfor- mance in Masaan in 2015. While the movie enjoyed its own share of acclaim, Kaushal’s craft has been truly appreciated only this year as he has shown that he can find a die-hard Pakistani patriot, a reckless DJ, and the sexually inexperienced, gullible and homely boy (Paras in Lust Stories) within him. With such different characters brought to the screen with an effortless believability, one can’t help but wonder, what must Vicky Kaushal be like in real life? How many layers must his own personality have for him to be able to portray so many kinds of hero so easily? By his own admission, the actor is closest to his characters in Masaan and Manmarziyaan, and aspires to, some day, become like his character in Raazi. “I believe every character is present inside you, but if I really have to pick and choose one that is closest to my own personality, then I would say that actually I can’t pick one, there’s two. And it’s weird that they are both so diversely opposite to each other. But I really can relate to both of them. hu. Jaise hi ek compliment milta hai, water tion because I One is Deepak from Masaan and the other one is Vicky bankar pighal jaata hu! (When I step out, I can’t rote-learn. Sandhu from Manmarziyaan. And what I kept saying during am all cool and confident. But the moment So, I took up engi- the promotions (of Manmarziyaan) also — everybody has a I get a compliment, I melt!) My very close neering. And I had no Clark Kent and a Superman inside, right? Everybody has an girl pals from my engineering days keep problem; I was having a alter ego. So, what I am in reality when you meet me and talk telling me that I need to learn how to take good time. It was in post- to me and how I am to people in general is Deepak from compliments from girls. And I am like: graduation, when you go to Masaan, who is the Clark Kent. But there is a Vicky Sandhu ‘What do I do if I start blushing?’ So that’s companies to get a job that I inside, who is the Superman side of Deepak. So, both shades something that I’m trying to learn. I still realised that I wouldn’t be happy are there and I could relate very much to both of them. Being don’t feel that I am good looking. I still even if I was the CEO. And that gave a Punjabi, who’s always thrived on Punjabi music and cul- remember when I decided that engineer- me clarity on what I don’t want to do in ture... I speak Punjabi at home with my family... Vicky Sandhu ing is not something that I want to take up life. So, a day after graduation, I was is very much — I mean not considering the carelessness and as a career, I was thinking about what I checking out acting academies in Mumbai. the way he is not a shining star when it comes to taking want to do. And if this is something that I I believe no experience is a waste of time. I responsibility, the commitment, not those elements — but just don’t want to do because I don’t connect am not using algebra right now, but some- the vibrancy of it, the colour of Vicky Sandhu, and the sinceri- with it, then whatever I connect with, I times it’s just the discipline that comes ty of Deepak is something that I can relate to. /@/ ?54*? 1)! ) will do that. And I was always acting on into your character when you are pursuing through “In fact, a transition has happened. I have always been the &0) 3 3/% )%* ) stage since childhood — not like I was engineering. It’s the habit of working hard the day. Deepak from Masaan; I was this under-confident guy, who !,#/ $)% -%!-*/" doing Shakespeare’s plays, but little perfor- that stays with you.” For Vicky was happy to be lost in the crowd, not to be pinpointed at mances here and there. I felt that this is a Outside the world of engineering and Sandhu, even that, you know, ‘He’s very good.’ I was the shy, coy guy. So, (1) - )$ -% space where I can do and say anything I into the world of filmmaking, Kaushal has though I hadn’t there was a Deepak (in me) for the longest time of my life. /)0-?' (1/% ?4, want; it’s allowed. It’s all valid; it just has to had a chance to make some new friends. He done anything like it And in some situations, he does still come up. But every film be entertaining. Be it in school or college, says: “Wherever you shoot for a film, you before, I could relate to gives you a lot of confidence. The reactions of people and crit- $// $/ )%* )03 most of them were dance competitions. So, are on a journey and you are living a story the context. Because cul- ? #>%)#C)0# */ ics and everybody — that gives you a lot of confidence. My 4 $/ )%* 14( - I was like: ‘Ok, acting?’ Acting bhi main together. Alia Bhatt is fantastic; Ranbir turally, I am very much in journey till now has made me a much more confident person pehli dafa apne aap ko question mark ki Kapoor is amazing — I wish to keep work- touch with Punjab. My family and much more extrovert than I was till now,” he reveals. )$ 4 #/4#0/ -% tarah hi bol paya tha. (The first time I ing with him in the future. Taapsee Pannu is from Hoshiarpur; I go there As far as one of his most successful performances, Iqbal +/%/ )0' -! *//#)3 thought I wanted to act, I said that to and I share a space where we can be very every year. I know Punjab. I know Syed from Raazi, is concerned, he says: “I am a very good lis- myself as a question). I wasn’t so confident good critics of each other — we can just how the youth has changed. I know tener. (I listen) to the point that I almost get faulted for not > 4$ %#%%)' (14 because I was this lanky, underweight fel- pick up the phone and say, ‘Arrey kya kar how their aspirations have changed. talking much. So, that is one trait I have; I can really hear you -! 1/ &0) 3 3/%" low with curly hair and crooked teeth. But rahi hai? Yeh bewakoofi hai, aisa mat kar, What’s trending there, what’s not. How is out and then put across my point. I am not a very impulsive all I knew was that performing for an waisa mat kar.’ (Why are you being stupid the music of that place. Food, clothes, person. Even when things are not going right, I don’t react 5, 1/ / -! ) audience gives me a lot of happiness.” The or don’t do this, don’t do that).” everything. So, it was very easy for me to impulsively. I just take it in and in my own good time, I react. @-&3? !)%*1, only thing that Kaushal repeats is his belief The occupational hazards of filmmak- relate to him. He is very expressive. If he But Iqbal is actually husband material. I look up to him and I that while acting, one can do anything. ing can sometimes be as entertaining as is happy, he will start dancing in the mid- would love to be an Iqbal to somebody some day.” -%!-*/' (14 -! 1/ This superhero appeal of the craft is what the movie itself. Kaushal says that once he dle of the road. If he is sad, he will cry Fortunately or unfortunately for all his female fans, Kaushal !,#/ $)% !-*/ 4> drove him towards this profession. indulges in a character, there are times like a baby. Unlike me, he is impulsive. does not consider himself to be Iqbal Syed-level husband materi- Why did he go for engineering in the when he doesn’t feel like coming out of So, there was this mental note that don’t al yet. He blushes when complimented on his looks and gets *//#)3" !4' 541 first place, though? The actor explains, “I that zone and it starts influencing his bind yourself; Vicky Sandhu would embarrassed when he gets female attention. But like many of the !1)*/! ) / 1/ / was just going with the flow. In my family, personal life till he consciously pulls him- express to the fullest. But Deepak characters he has portrayed on screen recently, he has no qualms we were very clear that we have to finish self out of it. “For Masaan, I didn’t know (Masaan) was a character that I loved in going for an arranged marriage. In his own words: “There is )%* - &4,0* /0)/ graduation before you decide what you Banaras, I didn’t know how the people indulging in. It was such a nice character, time. Let me just sort myself. People say you never feel ready, 4 541 4> 1/$ want to do. After graduation, we can do there are. I had to play a guy who is from such a nice world that even after the but I just feel there is time — not much, I am 30 now. Sooner or whatever we want, but the rule that we a different community and who burns shoot got over, you really wanted to be later, it will happen but I am not in a hurry.” Later, he says, “Even have to graduate first is non-negotiable. I corpses at the ghat. So, all of that was like him; he was an ideal man. You hope if it’s an arranged marriage, I will meet the girl and connect with had scored well in Class 10; I was a good very new to me; I didn’t know anything. I to be as sincere and earnest as Deepak. her, and of course we will go forward only if we connect.” student and got good marks. I really liked didn’t know the language. I didn’t know As of now, he says he doesn’t know how to respond to studying maths because it didn’t require how the life of a person would be who female attention. “I just melt; full chaud mein ice bankar jaata you to rote-learn. 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ughal emperor Abu’l-Fath Moderation in religious outlook was to God and longed to have communion Jalal-ud-din Muhammad something that he internalised quite early with that which is infinite. Chroniclers Akbar, better known as in his life. Born to Emperor Humayun and believe that he sometimes spent whole Akbar, used to be often Hamida Banu Begum on November 23, nights repeating the name of Allah. On remembered for his state 1542, under the hospitable roof of a Rajput many mornings, he would sit by himself policyM as it promoted secularism and was Chief, Akbar is believed to have inherited in prayer on a large flat stone in an old aimed at ‘Sulh-i-Kul’ or universal peace and tolerance from his mother. Later on, his building near Fatehpur Sikri. amity. Unfortunately, today he is a maligned tutor Abdul Latif instilled a liberal outlook At the same time, Akbar was a wise historical personage in some parts of in him. Akbar’s contact with Sufis like statesman and a practical politician. He did Pakistan. Akbar had extended his domain Shaikh Abu al-Fazal ibn Mubarak and his not allow any religious interference in the over a large territory and created what was sons further influenced him and helped matters of the State. He knew the art to often called the world’s mightiest empire at shape his liberal religious ideas. It led him subdue, if not to extinguish a murmur of that time. Yet, some of the historians and to declare his much acclaimed policy of dissent. He ruthlessly curbed actual revolt authors of text books in Pakistan either do ‘Sulh-i-Kul,’ which was in keeping with the on account of his secular approach and not mention his name or tarnish his image best traditions of our country. Akbar was issued several royal firmans. He even by accusing him instead of Aurangzeb for truly a free thinker. He took pains to assumed the role of Supreme Pontiff. He the downfall of the Mughal Empire. The acquire basic knowledge of Jainism and was was a staunch secularist and no amount reason advanced for this is that the latter moved by its cult of compassion. He came of opposition from ignorant persons could had vehemently criticised Akbar’s incorpo- under the spell of Jesuit teachers and was wean him from his chosen path. There is, ration of non-Muslims in a Muslim State. publicly reverential towards Jesus Christ however, no evidence that Muslims were He has been criticised for bringing Hindus and Virgin Mary. He was equally fascinat- persecuted in his rule. Akbar became a and Muslims together in his empire. The ed by the Parsi form of worship. symbol of tolerance and enlightenment. He policies pursued by him contradict the two- The motivation for a close contact with has been described by our first Prime nation theory which eventually led to the various religions stemmed from his desire Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and as Partition of the sub-continent and the for- for all communities to live in peace and ami- the ‘father of Indian nationalism’. mation of Pakistan. Akbar, then, is seen as cably practice different faiths. Although he The seeds of secularism sown by him someone whose ideas threatened to put the was not highly educated, Akbar thought that and others in the long course of our his- Mughal Empire in ‘danger’ and later even religious harmony was the only way for tory have sprouted after a lapse of centuries made the demand for a separate nation achieving this cherished goal. Therefore, he in our Constitution. In his recently pub- based on religion seem baseless. made concerted efforts in this direction. His lished book, Of Saffron Flags and Skullcaps: Though Muslims were still the domi- famous Ibadat Khana (at Fatehpur Sikri), Hindutva, Muslim Identity and the Idea of nant group, the Mughal Empire under him a house to hold religious discourses of all India, Zia-us-Salam, reproduces excerpts had ceased to be solely Muslim-run. It’s faiths was a notable step in this regard. Thus, from reports published in old English daily argued that this emperor ended up weak- Akbar himself became the torch bearer for newspapers that detail how Akbar gave ening Islam to the extent where its domi- the fundamental unity of various faiths India a stable administration for close to nance in the affairs of the State could not which differed only on the surface. 50 years through a mix of military prowess be restored. Akbar is also held ‘guilty’ for But it would be wrong to brand and acumen. A contemporary of Akbar the tolerance that he exhibited towards Akbar as either a religious philosopher or and a Jesuit, Father Monserrate, opined Hindus. He, in particular, favoured Rajputs. a theologian. Neither was he a ruler with that by tolerating all faiths, Akbar practi- Rajputs, in turn, gained prominence dur- jumbled religious perception nor a zealot cally dismissed the ‘extreme forms’ of all ing his rule. Had Man Singh I and Bhagwan wishing to produce something sensation- religions. He was a hero that nobody could Das not joined Akbar, they might have gone al with the aim of leaving his mark in his- hate. Yet, religious fundamentalists contin- unnoticed in history. One negative effect of tory. He was simply a practical politician. ue to make efforts to project Akbar as a Akbar’s Rajput policy was that he could no Out of his 50 top men, only 18, including diminutive ruler so that all his accomplish- longer depend on the support of his nobles Birbal, had accepted ‘Din-i Ilahi’. Man ments can be questioned. who, too, had lost confidence in him. Singh was notable among those who Early in 2017, an attempt was made to Akbar’s introduction of a religious phi- refused to accept it. rename Akbar’s Fort in Ajmer. In May, losophy known as Din-i Ilahi (religion of It was not his way to force his will in 2016, efforts were made to rename Akbar God) was an ill fated attempt aimed at religious matters. But he spared no efforts Road in New Delhi or to rewrite history combining the salient features of Islam to win his subjects over. Not only did he and text books in Rajasthan in order to with Hinduism. For doing so, Akbar is abolish unjust laws, do away with discrim- establish that Akbar was not the winner of accused of having tried to distort Islam as inatory taxes and stop slaughter of animals, the Battle of Haldighati. Interestingly, some of its followers believe that Islam is he also took bold steps like making a pub- Akbar is said to have stayed away from that not supposed to absorb contradictory ten- lic appearance while wearing a tilak (com- battle, leaving the responsibility to Rajputs dencies and beliefs from other religions. mon in Hindus) on his forehead. He such as Man Singh. Attempts have been Perhaps Akbar, who indubitably laid a indulged in Sun worship and observed a made to undermine Akbar’s contribution strong foundation of secularism during his fast on Shivratri. He also took a vow to towards nation building and to project him eventful regime, happens to be a square peg refrain from hunting. Nobody can say with as the ‘New age Aurangzeb’. in a round hole in the context of the real- certainty whether Akbar adopted such The bottom line is that fighting over ities in Pakistan today. Nevertheless, it is practices in keeping with the craft of State the facts can’t possibly lead to anything quite uncharitable to ignore the magnifi- governance or to earn popularity. It is, profound. But following the ideal of Din- cent role played by Akbar to consolidate the however, often said that his heart was not i Ilahi might. India, Pakistan, and in fact Mughal Empire through sustained efforts touched by any religion and that no one all of today’s world would do well to fol- to secure the goodwill and co-operation of knew his religion per se. There is no deny- low the glorious example of mutual respect a vast segment of a multi-racial society. ing the fact that he was intensely devoted and tolerance set by Akbar. +*325.
n fact, when I came back to time period for which the movie Mumbai from the shoot, firstly is going to be showcased. After Imy manner of speaking had Love Per Square Foot, we had peo- changed. That was because in ple from Spain telling us that they Banaras, everybody is like, “Ar re y 1 * faced the same problem in buying hum yahan aa rahe hain, aap a house, and they had never even wahan chale jao.” Wahan tu- been to Mumbai. That’s when we tadaak nahin hai. Jab main realised that different cultures can Mumbai aaya, mera hum, aap, The Lunchbox or Ankhon Dekhi come together through this.” tum hi chal raha tha. Main tu par can get a mainstream audience About the controversy sur- aa hi nahin paaya. For the longest view. This year has been beauti- rounding his latest release time, mujhe ‘tu’ lagta tha jaise ful: Raazi could garner the same Manmarziyaan — some pertinent main kisi ko gaali de raha hu, itni box-office numbers as Sonu Ke scenes were deleted as they hurt badtameezi lagti thi. Jab koi mujhe Titu Ki Sweety; and then Stree and Sikh sentiments — Kaushal says tu bolta tha to mujhe bhi gussa Sanju did well alongside that while audience’s sentiments aata tha... mujhse chhota hai aur Padmaavat. So, you look at the are paramount, the only thing mujhe tu bolkar baat kar raha hai. range of films. Because the con- that hit him was, “Yeh kab se hone (In Banaras, people use pronouns tent was good, they crossed the lag gaya ki ab mandiron mein kya like hum and aap, which carry 100-crore mark. There was a sochna hai woh bhi insaan ab tay more respect. So when I came time when we wanted to watch karenge. (Since when have people back to Mumbai, tu, which is aspirational stories; show us sto- started deciding what other peo- more casual, started sounding dis- ries that we don’t see in real life, ple are or are not allowed to think respectful to me). I had to tell show us the world that we always about inside a place of worship). myself, ‘Three months ago, you think in our head that ‘I wish I That’s humans trying to be pro- were also that, so chill.’ lived in a world like this’. They tectors of God. But ultimately, it’s “Raman Raghav was emotion- wanted the ideal world. The love the producer’s call. Because as ally and mentally exhausting. It’s stories were aspirational. The actors, we do our jobs and go in a really dark space. After 21 vengeance stories were aspira- home. But later, if something goes days of mostly non-stop shoots, I tional. Today, it’s either The wrong and distributors call to say used to be all grungy and claus- Avengers, where it’s a different that certain groups might force trophobic and morose; something world altogether. But if it’s the theatres to shut down, the or the other was going wrong. So, human stories, they have to be producer has to deal with it.” I didn’t take a day to indulge in relatable. They are not aspira- When one speaks with that character. Like today, we tional heroes; they are heroes in Kaushal, the person, he is a mix of wrap up the shoot, next day I am their own context. I am an actor the ideal young man who knows out of it. Because you just don’t and it is my responsibility to he is going to be a big shot, but want to be that character. You are entertain people. So, I just want also the art of not allowing success waiting for the movie to end to explore any and every genre go to his head. He believes in because then you will be done that my heart connects with. And putting his heart into his work with that character.” I just want to jump into it, not because he wakes up each day to The phase of cinema, that thinking about the genre or the prove something — more to him- mainstream Indian movies are sensibility. I want to do anything self than to others. The moment currently in, is the biggest reason and everything. Because even the focus of the conversation drifts that his work has been acknowl- repeated film after film, we would the forefront. Earlier, people films. Because of this, a Neeraj Cannes, we won two awards. with commercial films right now, from his own self to his work, he edged, Kaushal feels. “I feel love them for it. We will say we would talk about formulas to suc- Ghaywan could make a film like Then we got a release over here, if the content is not there, people assumes an almost enviable and extremely lucky that I could get will clap for you, we will whistle cessful films. Today, ‘formula’ is Masaan, which could star new which everyone appreciated a won’t accept it. It has to have con- endearing sense of maturity that into this phase of cinema because for you because it’s a side of yours an extinct term. Today, content is faces apart from Richa Chadda lot. 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Afghani royal family, that she herself is a Bibigul, who was left behind by " descendant of from her mother’s side, is Mehmood, moves to England and ( ' & seen scattered and devoid of its former Africa, almost like a maid servant. She ' glory as it occupies the last relic of its suffers due to the ill temper of her hus- -" legacy — a corner house of Munda Beri band whom she had once loved, her in a Pakistani city. daughter Ayesha is abused by her father The heroines of her story are the and the youngest one, foul-mouthed >*@>3* four Durrani daughters: The sincere and Zara is not strong enough to take care of "% $ 8"" dutiful Bibigul (modelled on her own her mother and sister alone. Chan is sent %9% :4%9+ ;<< mother Afsar ‘Bibigul’ Durrani); the nar- back to her parents’ house and lives a life cissistic and practical Maagul; the book- of ignominy and taunts even as she starts > ' lover intelligent Chan; and the overshad- working independently as a teacher owed and ‘dark’ Firasat. But it is also while her husband flies off to London A ) about their mother, Hidayatullah and marries the strange Naseem and has Durrani and their servant girl Bano who more children with him giving her the along with her mother Amma, serves in life that Chan deserved. In a relationship " ) the Durrani household. described by monthly ‘moneygrams’, ! The novel might be a work of fiction their son Sami seems to be wasting away 6 "% ' but it draws heavily from the author’s his youth in hatred. Maagul, who is per- own life. By her own admission, the haps the most interesting and desperate author forayed into writing only after in her need for upward mobility, finds her mother’s death in 2001 and decided out that her husband is a whore-monger " 6 to tell the story of the Durranis. Her own like most men in the novel and is selling experiences of having been a lecturer off lands discreetly to meet the expenses and having lived in Britain and Africa ancestral Durrani house that represents four Durrani daughters with the added of his vain wife. Firasat’s life becomes " apart from Asia, are used to portray the the last bit of their royal past. We meet layer of Bano’s story. almost like Najma’s in Secret Superstar life of the heroines. Hence, the fictional the heroines who are very different from Except Bibigul whose husband where she is married to a radical who is characters, places and events bear a ‘real’ each other and are busy reading English Mehmood leaves for England after hell bent on enforcing his version of the 25? 323?*( avatar in an almost historical account of books, applying the latest make-up, get- impregnating his newly married wife, religious scripture. 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edazzled” is the word that tual in ancient Bharatvarsh! in the dainty huge temple towers All of this is evident in the con- acquire these diamonds, emeralds, halt when the convoy of the Nizam The signs are ominous. The Bsprings to mind whenever any But, the truth is unveiled when and rock carvings and even in pot- trasting study of geo-political his- rubies and the rest of priceless, rarest passed by that he built a separate nation must learn to foresee and onlooker gazes at the exhibits of one delves into history via available tery-items found in ruins at torical incidents and current state of or rare antique jewellery items? bridge called the “Muslim Jung prevent further chaos and unin- India’s many ex-royals and their proof —be it the marvellous bridge Harappa civilisation of the Indus affairs pertaining to the map of Truth can never buttress lies of pul” which adjoins the High Court formed governance styles. All the prized possessions. built across the sea by the formida- Valley civilisation, the glory of India. history or the dunces who often buildings.. “private possessions” of late Nizam It is not as if such artefacts, ble vanars for Lord Sri Rama to walk thought and actions, both by the You had a West Pakistan and an write it (more so, in modern times). Significantly, the sequel to this are in fact State property and belong antiques and magnificent items of across to Sri Lanka and free his con- governed and their rulers, is evident. East Pakistan amputating the main- When the Mughal empire dec- tragic saga is the historical fact that to the people of India. Not to any splendour are seen only in Indian sort, Sita Devi, or the temples in As modern history evolved and land map. And, we had the fiasco of imated and the last emperor was he dispatched his industry minister ghost of history nor to any living lit- museums or palaces converted into Hampi of the most venerable ruler raiders plundered the hospitable Article 370, which continues to incarcerated in Burma (Myanmar ) to deposit a few boxes of dia- igants. Universal laws apply. The hotels or in the still intact old Sri Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagara land and stole the loot to house haunt all India even after seventy by his progeny, and their local monds, emeralds and rubies at open declarations surrender broad- houses of “zamindar-landlords” and empire when precious stones like these treasures in veritable institu- two years of Independence. commander in the Deccan region London in the Lloyd’s Bank but the cast by the last Nizam was a legal heirs of hundreds of erstwhile emeralds, rubies and diamonds tions (including the “palace of a But then, we had “Operation became a “sovereign” since the “big trusted lieutenant did so but in his will surpassing any mischievous dynasties who ruled the length and were sold in heaps on waysides! western queen) and as Bharatvarsh Polo” which was brilliantly dealt boss” was dead and gone, the “find- personal name and fled to newly interpretations or devious claims of breadth of the sub-continent. Such was the state of prosperi- got partitioned into many countries with and most deftly by Sardar er became the keeper”. Continuing carved West Pakistan to become the accidental leaders and ignorant A world traveller would bear ty in those eras in this very land of and then eventually, a Republic of Vallabhai Patel to prevent a Central generations continued to chant the first Prime Minister. masses. witness to such ornate mastery the devout and the faithful people. India was created with many States, Pakistan which was the ominous hymn of “sarkar” being the owner Such is the hoary past of the so- The entire collection ought to be across Austria, Hungary, Germany, Languages were different. Cultures these many together reflect the design of the last Nizam of and possessor. called private possessions of the late shifted to the National Museum at Turkey, Iran, France, Russia, Greece, were separate. Yet, they all were ethos of the great India civilisation. Hyderabad — a traitor by deeds Even weirder as well as worse Nizam of Hyderabad. And, it cer- the National Capital of Delhi. These Italy, China and many other parts of weaved by a common bond of Yes, we are a civilisation. A cul- who was tamed both by love and by was the unholy way of the wayward tainly is not amusing to read of a lit- can be monetised by the the world wherever monarchy was “Hindutva” and Hinduism a.k.a ture where the majority merged military action! last Nizam of Hyderabad who would tle learned politician of Telangana Government of India to help wipe the order of society. spiritual lifestyle in a bare transla- itself to offer an umbrella of pro- However, recent developments “usurp” the estate of any Nobleman State grandly announcing his inten- out external debt that has mounted Yet, however, and most inter- tion of the term into the English lan- tection as well as compassion to the which appear inane such as the who died leaving behind a minor: tion to glorify the Nizam era, via over the last few years of crude oil estingly, India has a most unique guage. minorities in society and where summary division of a composite the widows would be included in his such relics of India! wars. history as well as collection of his- The over-riding word of com- those who leave the majority to be Andhra Pradesh State to carve the Harem and the prized possessions It is not an unknown fact that If a tiny isle land in the Gulf torical material evidence of the mon bonding was however clubbed with the minority are treat- Telangana State are reasons for would be owned by the “Sarkar”, a certain MP of the region has direct region which does not drill a drop wealth of the kingdoms which “Dharma” to which there is no ed with equal respect as fellow alarm. meant to be returned to the minor contact with a certain MP of mod- of oil can enjoy such glory of reigned, over centuries of prosper- known direct equivalent in the citizens. There is more than meets the in attainment of age of majority but ern day Pakistan, whose father was worldwide patronage by dint of its ity, plenty and advanced societal beautiful English language. All of this is a necessary study eye. Without much ado, let it be conveniently forgotten! Thus were kingpin of a genocide committed economic and fiscal policies, why mores. A small indicator to the might to the theories of “unity in diversi- understood that emeralds, rubies or these collections enlarged. against majority Hindus by minor- not India? History is created not by Of discipline, taste and harmo- of Indian supremacy — essentially ty” and “all for one & one for all”. diamonds do not grow on trees nor Not many know how he also got ity Sunni ruler, last Nizam of geo-political factors but by moral nious co-existence, to the students due to a most exalted state of “good The corollary though is the “blot on can be procreated by any man or a certain Barrister-Nobleman killed Hyderabad. As well as avowed dec- fibre of the people who rule the of modern history fed on pseudo governance” sine qua non to “good the face of a fair moon”. woman — be he of mogul descent because Ghalib Jung Bahadur was laration repeatedly by that foreign- times. History is no mute witness. texts and unauthentic secondary governance” has always been patro- Most would agree that a crop of or a legal heir of any foreigner or owning a greater collection of dia- er of “retaking Hyderabad” to When muted, History screams loud prose books on the subject, it may nising the arts in myriad forms. Be wrong politicians have rendered an desi politician. Such is the case of the monds than all of his put together. avenge her departed father’s defeat and clear. Is anyone listening? seem unbelievable to visualise the it literature, sculpture, dance, poet- almost irreparable damage to the fabled “private collections” of the And, often lent his government by Sardar Patel, who had quietly air- “sasya shyamala” or abundance of ry, dance-drama or even weaving polity of such a great ancient and late Nizam of Hyderabad. loans too...In fact, the gentleman lifted the razaakar-boss and dropped (The writer is eminent jurist, resources, both material and spiri- cloth or engineering skills reflected still thriving civilisation on Earth. How in the first place did he was so aghast at having been told to him in Karachi sparing his life! poet, author)
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Decades of defence under- or almost a decade or two after the Independence, the Congress remained the We won’t let ourselves be pushed foreign policies and became the key pil- treated unfairly. The German Foreign funding, especially on command and con- Fdominant ruling party, both in States and at the Centre. The pains they took in around time and again; we will act.” lar of its security. NATO, in this context, Minister’s appeal to “build a sovereign and trol and surveillance, due to their over- the freedom movement and their dedication and earnestness to create a modern — Angela Merkel, Chancellor of emerged as a vital instrument of trans- strong Europe” that will form a “coun- reliance on the American security umbrel- India that is both inclusive and advanced paid dividends for them. Or at least the Germany Atlantic mutual dependence. terweight when the US crosses the line” la has undermined a credible European reward was results of their political manoeuvring. But the script rarely goes as planned. More significantly, NATO ensures a aptly reflects these sentiments. conventional and nuclear deterrence. Driven partly by their lethargy and partly by the nature of Indian economy and These recent impassioned statements strategic balance within Europe. The US, This has resulted in a European Any perceived weakness puts the conti- polity, the development that was promised never came, at least not as fast and in by the respective EU leaders reflect the as a hegemon leading the organisation, clamour for forging a “new alliance of nent in the crosshairs of Russian strate- the way that many had imagined. increasing European disillusionment suppresses the inherent tendency of trade-friendly nations” – likely a reference gic calculus. A few years later, the Left came in limelight, often understood as the legions towards the US policies shaping the European nation states to enter into a to the non-Western world initiatives. NATO is, in effect, a force multiplier that voice the concern of common people. For almost a decade, they remained the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation security competition and engage in a bal- In this context, some Europeans view without which the Europeans vulnera- only credible Opposition in some States. A decade later, regional parties mushroomed (NATO) — an alliance that has been the ance of power calculus with each other. better economic ties with China as a hedge bilities are deeply exposed. The German in the politically active Hindi belt. By the time, Emergency kicked in, economy was mainstay of European security for half a Europe’s consensus on American leader- against disruptive American policies. Foreign Minister’s admission that the in doldrums and corruption was at its height. In these troubled times emerged two century. ship of the Western world vis-à-vis that Notably, a break in the trans-Atlantic unity “organisation is indispensable for our stalwarts who would change the political landscapes of decades to come. The vision The fraying of this trans-Atlantic by a European state reflects this reality. is evident in the EU seeking to circum- security” highlights EU’s existing securi- and ideology of Ram Manohar Lohia and Jayaprakash Narayan with roots in stu- partnership, amid unprecedented From European perspective, the fur- vent the US sanctions by setting up non- ty dilemma. dents’ movement in Bihar gave birth to a new generation of socialists — the very American criticism of its European allies ther the hegemon is from their shores, the American monetary channels in order to Moreover, on the global strategic ones who would go on to change the complexion of the political landscape. disproportionate “burden sharing”, is a more stable is the existing equilibrium. keep alive the Iranian nuclear deal. Its suc- horizon, in its search for strategic partners, Our party, Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) is a byproduct of this movement. symptom of the emerging US trend of cess could challenge the status of the US the US continues to be Europe’s best bet, For more than a decade, we have been staunch proponents of social inclusion based looking at global relationship primarily Strategic drift dollar as the world’s principal reserve cur- given their inherent overlapping values politics and have been at the forefront of fight against the chauvinistic dogmas of through an economic prism. Nevertheless, a strategic dissonance in rency, thereby seriously undermining and interests, and the comfort derived Manuvad. US President Donald Trump has gone the trans-Atlantic relationship has been Pax-Americana. from being historical partners. Lack of The history of the rise of regional parties is the reason why they are not going on record to call the European Union (EU) festering for years. Taking European sup- effective alternatives — structured dif- to die out soon. The circumstances that created them in the first place are still there, a “trade foe” which has been “unfairly tak- port for granted for pushing the US Method behind the madness? ferences with China and the limited accentuated in some cases. The national parties have become so big that it is almost ing advantage of America”. With politics regional agenda in Iraq and the clandes- Given the salience of this mutually global heft of other countries — limits impossible for a common man to reach the top leaders. This, over time, creates a and security being intertwined, these tine American surveillance of EU leaders beneficial relationship, the ongoing fric- Europe’s strategic choices. Meanwhile, trust deficit that ultimately ends with the chosen representatives becoming mere developments have cast a shadow on the have, in the past, shook the foundations tion is likely more nuanced than what instruments of financial independence, pawn of the party politics. value based trans-Atlantic security rela- of a trust based partnership. Even so, given meets the eye. Notably, none of the such as making Euro the global reserve With time, they become less and less aware of the issues facing the people in tionship. their mutual dependence, Europe and the Trans-Atlantic partners have called for a currency, which would mark true strate- their constituency. Regional parties, on the other hand are more connected to the Meanwhile, European push-back, in US have consistently found the sweet spot complete break from NATO. In this con- gic independence are likely to have a long “root”. For regional parties, people are their main source of power. It is no-brain- the form of the Permanent Structured in their strategic outlook. text, President Trump’s insistence on gestation period. er to deduct that to serve locals, you will have to be local. No outsider can under- Cooperation (PESCO) that envisions However, the tone and tenor of Europe paying more for collective defence Consequently, the prediction of an stand your concerns better than the ones from within you and regional parties score Europe taking charge of its own defence, President Trump in questioning the very could be the US bargaining chip to gain end of the Trans-Atlantic partnership heavily here. highlights a fundamental recalibration of credibility of NATO has sowed seeds of concessions on reducing the American appears unlikely. As with its other glob- The other reason is more personal. It is about the urge to preserve your cul- the continent’s security mind-set. doubt among the Europeans about trade deficit. al relationships, the ongoing friction has ture and language against the majoritarian impulses of big national parties of the Their emphasis on greater strategic American commitment and NATO’s reli- Similarly, a stronger and more inde- the imprimatur of President Trump’s dis- Lutyens’ Delhi. If we look at the history of modern day nation states, the Europe, autonomy, rooted in the fear of being ability. The growing fissures in their pendent Europe allows the Europeans to ruptive America First policies. The US for instance, we find that it is the language (and their unique culture and ethnici- forced to fend for themselves strikes at the shared strategic calculus, evident in their build a balanced relationship with the US. institutional mechanisms, though, appear ty) that has largely shaped their shape, size and ideology. Much like them, our States very root of the post Second World War diverging positions on multiple issues, Their “Europe First” rhetoric can compel to bet on the strategic relevance of this are also the product of intense debate on linguistics. Western strategic consciousness. particularly where the European countries the US to take European interests more partnership, as evident by Defence Of late, some leaders have begun to show a tendency of placing one language As Europe and the US head towards are vital stakeholders, have further mud- seriously. As part of this posturing, the Secretary Jim Mattis’s recent reassurance or practice over the other. The call to adopt Hindi as your prime language (read unchartered territory, pertinent ques- died the waters. French President’s recent positive outreach to Europe of America’s “iron clad com- national language), for instance, such demand has raised eyebrows in many States, tions arise: What is the salience of NATO These involve climate change, trade to Russia can be an attempt to tap the mitment” to NATO. and rightly so. in the Trans-Atlantic partnership? What and tariff, migration, Iranian nuclear institutional Russophobia in the US and While the expectations of a future For people who have known, say, Bengali or Tamil or Telugu their entire life, it are the key emerging differences between deal, American actions in Jerusalem, and to convey the message that Europe too has return to normal remain high due to their is almost cruel for us to ask them to choose a language that we are comfortable with. the US and its European allies? And what threat from Russia. President Trump’s sup- options in its strategic calculus. Not to mutual dependence, Europe now is more It perhaps comes as no surprise when we see leaders from parties like AIADMK, DMK are the core challenges that European port for European political parties that mention, a strong EU also raises the con- aware of its strategic gaps and the follies and others enjoying relatively more popularity than their national counterparts. countries face in their quest for greater endorse an-anti-EU rhetoric, meanwhile, tinent’s global strategic profile. of outsourcing its security. Strategic When our forefathers drafted our Constitution they made it very clear that India strategic autonomy? strikes at the core of the EU integration manoeuvring in the form of strengthen- will have a federal nature of Government and rightly so. Being the seventh largest model. Rhetoric vs reality of European ing the European pillar of NATO, there- country in the world with home to almost 1,600 languages, India is marked by diver- NATO’s enduring relevance These developments, therefore, lay strategic autonomy fore, appears to be the blueprint for the sity. In a culturally and politically diverse country, it’s only fair that it reflects in The American and European strate- bare the inherent contradictions between However, in their quest for taking future. our politics too. And the presence of large number of regional parties is a testa- gic consciousness has been shaped by a America First and the EU multilateralism greater control of their foreign and secu- ment to that. distinct modus operandi since the end of prisms. Having unflinchingly supported rity policies, the Europeans are con- (The writer is a Research Analyst at the the Second World War. In return for the US global leadership role, a growing fronted by multiple structural and func- Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, (The writer is National General Secretary & Spokesperson, Rashtriya Lok Samta Party) rebuilding Europe (Marshall Plan) and perception of the US trying to undermine tional roadblocks. These include lack of New Delhi) $)%? #/4#0/ /$-%* $/ 1) - )$ ) $/$5/ 4> 1/ 51) )-?) 6)%)) #) ?" 5, 5/>4 / 1/ #) ?' - 5/04%+ bacqbute " 4 1/ % %,/%0%)%,% K !1) ,+1)% !-%1) ! "# $%&' !1R - 5 :
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Marathis; there have been several Now the question is what are the instances of attack on North Indians in respectable seats and when will an Mumbai by the workers of Raj Thackeray. announcement be made? Interestingly, The Congress is of the view that if the there are many reports surrounding the party goes with the MNS, its core vote number of ‘respectable’ seats. The BJP bank will be disappointed. But the NCP sources say the party can’t give more says that the MNS is necessary to unite than 12 seats to the JDU. If the RLSP all anti-BJP forces. The NCP knows that leaves the NDA, its two seats could be the Congress will not accept the MNS in divided among the BJP and JDU. That the alliance, but Sharad Pawar is doing means in a very favourable situation, this to build pressure on Rahul Gandhi. the JDU will get maximum 13 seats. On the other hand, Swabhimani However, many BJP leaders are say- Shetkari Sanghatana leader Raju Shetti ing that the seat proposal is merely a — the new partner of the Congress — strategy to keep the JDU occupied. The wants an alliance with Bharip Bahujan BJP doesn’t want any alliance break-up in Mahasangh leader Prakash Ambedkar. Bihar as it might have a detrimental He wants the Congress and NCP to effect on the Assembly Elections in five show their magnanimity and include States. That is why it is being said that in smaller parties in the alliance after giv- the recent meeting, Amit Shah told ing them respectable seats. This must be Nitish that he was busy with the elections noted that Raju Shetti is an MP, and the of five States, and the seat-sharing for- last time round, he had fought along mula would be decided after that. with the BJP. The Congress might just If the BJP fares well in five States, it give in to his demand and include might take its support back from the Ambedkar in the alliance. JDU in Bihar, and impose President’s rule. At that time, neither the Congress ,#,P nor the RJD will save the JDU. That is Lalu Prasad doesn’t want to leave more memorial for all PMs to be made at any this and the committee of ministers is entral Minister and NDA partner why Nitish is trying to make his move than three seats for the three parties, other place, but not at the Nehru pondering over the proposal. First of CUpendra Kushwaha is still in the before the BJP strikes, but without suc- while they need at least five. Memorial. But it seems that the all, the seats of Telangana and Andhra NDA, waiting for the JDU to be ousted cess. The Congress and RJD are not Sharad Yadav is well aware of the Government is adamant on changing Pradesh might be increased. Jharkhand from the alliance so that he can continue ready to agree to his terms and condi- hold of the Left parties amongst the the form of the Nehru Memorial. is also demanding the same for long, with old equations and formula. He tions. Nitish is said to be gearing up for backward and Dalit vote banks. That is The new controversy is over funds of but right now it seems that its chances thinks Nitish Kumar might leave the a third front too, but that path is also why there is a buzz that he, along with the memorial. The director wants to are grim. This must be noted that at the NDA again. One of his close associates riddled with many hurdles. his own party and the Left parties, might remove the funds from there, and the time of bifurcation, there was a propos- says the BJP has signalled to him that the ! form a third front. Interestingly, people Congress is opposing the move. There’s al for increasing seats in Telangana and alliance would be the same as it was in , 1P, are saying that Central Minister Upendra another row over the private documents Andhra Pradesh. There were 294 seats 2014. So, Kushwaha’s first choice is the ormer President of the JDU, Sharad Kushwaha will also join the front. If of Indira Gandhi. The Indira Gandhi in the unified Andhra Pradesh. After NDA. Leader of his party, Nagmani, said FYadav, is not very active in politics. Kushwaha doesn’t get a respectable seat Memorial Trust had sought these docu- bifurcation, Andhra got 175 and 119 the RLSP should be given more seats than 6*, " 56# However, he has been busy in giving in the RJD-Congress alliance, he might ments, but the director refused. Sonia seats went to Telangana. the JDU. He argues that the Kurmi vote shape to the Mahagathbandhan against join the proposed third front and could Gandhi, the chairman of the Indira According to the new proposal, bank — the caste of Nitish — is only 2 per O the BJP, and is probably also chalking also become its CM candidate. Gandhi Trust, says the documents had 50 seats would be increased in Andhra cent, while the vote bank of Kushwahas is 5 out a third front in Bihar. Some lead- been given to the Nehru Memorial for and the total seats would be 225. In the 6 per cent. Clearly, Nagmani’s motive was , ers with big political ambitions are safe-keeping and are not its property. same manner, Telangana would get 34 to put the JDU under pressure. planning a third front. Apart from he first controversy over the Nehru Many private letters of Indira Gandhi are more seats and the total seats will be Kushwaha is also trying to keep the ) them, if the Left parties don’t get good TMemorial Museum and Library has- amongst these documents, and the 153. There is problem, though. Even if doors open to the RJD-Congress alliance, ! " ) seats, they might part ways with the n’t been solved yet and a new one has Congress thinks they can be misused. Parliament passes the Bill, it can’t be but he won’t get more than three seats RJD-Congress alliance. crept up. Director of the museum, Shakti executed immediately. Possibly, it will there. He hopes for four or five seats, ! % The three big parties of the Left Sinha, had given a proposal to make it a , be implemented on the basis of the which seems impossible. So, it is being ' Front in Bihar — the CPI, CPM, and memorial for all PMs, which the eats of the Assembly in many States 2021 Census, which will be out before said that Kushwaha is gearing up for a CPML — have a base in different areas Congress had opposed. Former PM Smight be increased. The State 2024. Only then can the seats of the probable third front, which will project of the State. While the CPML has a good Manmohan Singh had written a letter to Governments had been pressing for this Assembly be increased before the next him as the CM candidate. Sharad Yadav’s hold in central Bihar ie Arrah and PM Narendra Modi, stating that the for long and it is being said that the polls. The leaders of both States are party and the Left front would also be a Bhojpur, the CPI rules the roost in Nehru Memorial must be saved from any Central Government is now ready. The demanding an increase in the number part of the front. In this front, the RLSP Champaran and Begusarai. Probably interference. The Congress wants a Centre has prepared a Cabinet note for of seats on the basis of previous data. might get half of the total seats.
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t is unfair to deride millennials as “snowflakes” or to criticise them as Ioverly sensitive, self-centred or ignorant because it is their parents who are at fault, the author Fay Weldon has said. “We should stop 1 per cent of us use a light-emit- being beastly to the snowflakes since Tobacco smoking is on the ting device — such as a smart- we, their forebears, left them with decline, but for those who phone, laptop, or TV — right such a mess to clear up and no tools haven’t kicked the habit, there until we hit the sack. to deal with it,” she said. “Today’s may be an additional health According to researchers at young grow up into a violent, angry, risk than lung cancer or heart King’s College London and unstable environment, all too likely to disease. In fact, smoking Cardiff University, looking into end up jobless, homeless and child- tobacco also interferes with the effects of electronic device less, unlikely to reach their full poten- our internal clock genes, both use on children, the use of tial. They are probably the most in the lungs and brain, ruin- smartphones and tablets before despairing generation ever conceived. ing the chances of a good bed doubled the chance of The least we can do is not add to their night’s sleep. poor sleep. This is partly due burden by slagging them off.” the story of a child of the new millen- here is a time for that a low intake reduces physi- In 2013, a study at the to blue light, which is more She added: “If the new millennials nium, Rozzie, a “sperm bank baby”. In many words, and Never easy, this one. One night ological recovery by 9.3 per University of Rochester potent than regular light and — at best dependent on the bank of one passage, Weldon writes of “poor, there is also a time you might curl up in front of cent; the more we drink, the Medical Center exposed mice delays your body’s release of mum and dad, at worst on benefits in baffled, indignant, work-deprived, for sleep,” wrote the sofa at 7 pm and be ready greater decrease in recovery). to cigarette smoke and found it melatonin. Interestingly, the a shrinking job market — should renting-not-owning millennials” who Homer in the for bed at 9; the next you’ve Alcohol can also disrupt distorted their sleep rhythm. study also concluded that just despise and hate the old, it’s not sur- have been let down by their “careless, TOdyssey — proving that even gone out for drinks with the circadian rhythm. Our With greater exposure to the having a smartphone in your prising.” After a series of odd jobs as a stupid, smug” parents. She said: “We in c.700BC, wise old heads friends; and the next you’re internal 24-hour body clocks smoke, the mice’s circadian room also increased risk of single mother, Weldon became a top brought the millennials into this rather knew the value of good slum- working late. However, settling are regulated by a gene called rhythm deteriorated further. ruined sleep, as it provides a advertising copywriter before moving extraordinary, slightly insane world ber. Not that we’ve paid much into a good routine, according the circadian clock gene. Smoking also causes sleep stimulus to the body. to television drama and writing novels and then they turn out to be what they attention. According to The to new research from Duke Research on animals in 2010 apnea, according to a report including The Life and Loves of a She are. Through the drug and money cul- Sleep Council, citing a survey University, can greatly improve discovered that booze can lead in the National Center for P Devil, her cautionary tale of adultery. ture of their parents, we’re landed with of 5,007 adults, 70 per cent of sleep. With nearly 20 years of to lower levels of mRNA, an Biotechnology Information We all know it’s bad, yet we all Her new novel, After the Peace, is the product of what is our fault.” Britons now sleep for under data to draw from, focusing on acid that helps produce pro- journal in 2014. Sleep apnea do it, mostly out of necessity. seven hours a night (seven 2,000 adults aged 50 or more, teins, in circadian clock genes. is a disorder that affects Either you’re working late or hours is on the lower end of the team at Duke found that Too much alcohol can lead to a breathing during sleep and you’re out late, and you’ve for- what a healthy adult should those with irregular sleep pat- disrupted circadian rhythm, prevents the brain from get- gotten to have dinner. By the get). Over a quarter experi- terns had increased blood making going to sleep at the ting enough oxygen. time you get home, you’re ence poor quality sleep; pressure and blood sugar, and same time every night and get- Further studies highlight starving, so you grab whatev- while, in the three years up to a greater risk of heart attack or ting a good quality, restorative other ways smoking prevents er’s easiest and whack it in the 2013, the survey stated the stroke than those who always sleep a lot more difficult. good sleep. In 2008, oven (if you haven’t already number of people living on went to bed and awoke at the researchers at the John picked something up on the five to six hours sleep a night same time. While the B Hopkins University found that way home). Aside from being rose dramatically. researchers noted that the You may think exercising in smokers were lighter sleepers bad for your weight, this may And this is important study was observational, and the evening will knacker you than non-smokers, meaning also prevent a sufficient night’s because sleep directly affects that heart problems, for exam- out, helping you conk out as they got less restorative sleep. sleep. In 2015, a study by sci- our mental and physical ple, may be the cause for the soon as your head hits the pil- entists at Universidade Federal health. It helps us be more poor sleep schedules, the gen- low. But, as someone who plays , de São Paulo stated: “We con- productive at work, stay emo- eral conclusion is that a regular five-a-side football in the If you live in a modern urban clude that food intake during tionally balanced, be more routine does improve sleep. evening, I know from experi- environment, chances are the nocturnal period is corre- creative, as well as aiding our ence that I’m more likely to be you’ll be hard-pressed to find a lated with negative effects on immune systems, brain and # , full of adrenaline than ready to dark room devoid of any ambi- the sleep quality of healthy heart health, and even keeping We’re all aware of alcohol’s sleep. According to a sleep ent light. But if you can, per- individuals. Indeed, food isitors to Tate Modern could, tion that she hopes will trigger “a our weight in check. adverse effect on our health — research scientist at Aarhus haps by investing in some intake near the sleeping period literally, be left weeping when shared emotional response”. Other Prolonged sleep derivation is on the liver, heart, pancreas, University in Denmark, the blackout blinds, you really (dinner and late night snack) Vthey visit the gallery over the interventions include renaming the also linked to premature skin and more. But at least a few best time of the day to work should, as it can help you sleep was negatively associated with next five months as part of a series of Boiler House building, the main gal- ageing, decreased sex drive, drinks will coax us into a deep out, in order to boost your better. Why? Well, it’s that cir- sleep quality variables.” “stealth interventions” by the Cuban leries closest to the River Thames in and an increased risk of dia- sleep, right? Wrong. Alcohol sleep, may in fact be the morn- cadian rhythm again. According to the study, artist and activist Tania Bruguera. central London, after the local activist betes and Alzheimer’s. may help you fall asleep faster ing. “Exercising in the morn- As diurnal animals, men who consumed too much Bruguera is the latest artist to be asked Natalie Bell. She was chosen, the The good news is there — but it won’t help you sleep ing daylight helps you sleep,” humans evolved to be awake fat late at night slept less effi- to fill the vast Turbine Hall space as gallery said, “for her positive contribu- are several lifestyle changes longer or better. says Sofie Laage-Christiansen. when the sun’s out and to ciently, spending less time in part of the annual Hyundai tion to the lives of others in SE1”. Most you can make in order to According to a paper “It helps kickstart the brain in switch off at night. But nowa- REM. Women also experi- Commission. Her theme is the crisis of the Turbine Hall has been covered improve your sleep. From released last year in JMIR the same way as when you days, with constantly available enced lower sleep efficiency, in migration. If that in itself does not in shiny black material that is heat- going to bed at the same time Mental Health, even a low alco- expose yourself to bright light bright light, our circadian and took a longer time to fall make people cry with anger and frus- sensitive. Underneath, at the far end, is every night, to cutting out hol intake can reduce the early in the morning, and rhythm is disrupted. asleep, while they also took tration then the presence of an organic a hidden portrait of a young man who blue lights, here’s what the restorative qualities of sleep, makes the body release mela- longer to reach REM and compound that induces tears will do. left Syria in 2011 and found emotional wonders of modern science meaning you won’t get the tonin earlier in the evening.” ,,, were more likely to wake up The idea, Bruguera said, is to provoke and practical support through SE1 can tell us about the oldest physiological benefits of a full Melatonin is a hormone that According to the National during the night. a forced empathy … a physical reac- United, the charity Bell helps run. of human obsessions. night’s shuteye (the study found helps set the circadian rhythm. Sleep Foundation, around 95 *) * 3??
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A very , ( " hen we are in love, the with the fulfilment we seek. If the soul, we can become blind to outer simple yet appropriate analogy given by psychologists few world and our lives lover’s behaviour does not meet our differences of religion, culture, colour, decades ago entailed a mechanical model of attention that become beautified. expectations we may argue and fight, and nationality. All can be seen as one explained the process as a Y-shaped tube in which two Everything takes on a and in some cases even break up. family of God, and we can learn to separate channels of ping-pong balls merge in a central vividness and richness The soul loves unconditionally, channel the love of our empowered channel protected by a filter that allows only one ball to Wunseen before. One’s world undergoes a because God loves unconditionally. soul to all we meet. enter. This was also explained by dichotic listening exper- transformative beauty in the presence The soul and God are one and the iments carried out much earlier in which people were / , H/,J of the beloved. As an Urdu poet of the same. If we tap into our soul and look 11 #, asked to retain information upon listening to two differ- past century, Sant Darshan Singh, says: at the world through its eyes, we can The soul recognises its own nature of ent messages given through the two ears. It was a typical $ The autumn-stricken paths suddenly not only love unconditionally, but also love in every living creature and in all attention-distraction model highlighting the importance bloomed and blossomed, feel God’s unconditional love for us. life itself. As Sant Darshan Singh wrote: of attention in perceiving the external stimuli. Against In whatever direction the Beloved The Sun does not discriminate as to He is hidden in every instrument, in this backdrop, we need to understand why in the present turns, there is only spring. which flowers it will shine upon. It every song and melody. times no one is listening and the result is chaos. There is What is it like for the soul to be sheds its light on all equally. Thus, All creation reflects His glory. too much information bombarding the human senses lost in love with its beloved Lord? It is roses and violets, tulips and weeds all There exists not a sparkling wave from too many directions. Pieces of information are prac- ' more beautiful than being with your receive the same light. Same is the case nor a fiery star that does not owe its tically competing with one another for capturing the !" /, beloved in gardens landscaped with -% 1/ #) /%O! with God’s love. It shines on all of us, radiance to His Light. attention of the recipient. This competition has in itself dancing fountains surrounded by a 04@/ >4 ) &1-0*' whether we are man or woman, Hindu Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi become a distraction hampering the learning and under- myriad of fragrant flowers. It is loveli- or Muslim, Christian or Jew, Sikh or has said: standing process. Information is impinging the human er than sitting together on a hillside 1/ / ) / Sufi, Parsi or Jain. It shines on us no The current of love from the one senses but is not being received. The human mind has and watching the brilliant colours of a /R#/&)-4%!" -> matter what colour our hair, skin, or God is flowing through the entire uni- become wayward almost like the movement of the mole- setting sun. It is more peaceful than eyes are. When we experience our soul verse. What do you think when you look cules which is explained in Physics as Brownian motion. H)$*J' sitting by a gently flowing stream in a (/ )# -%4 4, and begin to identify with it, we too at the face of a person? Look at him It is erratic, random and continuous. While big data is the , cool forest. It is more uplifting than !4,0 )%* 0443 can grow in our love of all people. carefully. He is not a person, but a cur- topic of discussion, big confusion is the state of the mind. ! " - the haunting violin and the angelic ) 1/ (4 0* One of the most powerful illus- rent of the essence of God which perme- With a laptop screen in front of the eyes and Android harps. It is like being permeated from trations of unconditional love is ates him. phone in the hand — one is not even trying to listen but head to toe with divine love. 1 4,+1 -! found in the teachings of Jesus Christ. And Lord Krishna said: simply feigning to listen. If a CEO-like creature wants to )$*' Along with the intoxication and /?/!' (/ &)% The foundation of Christianity is He who is able to see My form in give instructions under such circumstance, can he speak madness of this love comes another based on the concept of love and for- everything, who realises that there is no sense? He cannot. But this is what is happening. Meeting $ ' aspect: This love is unconditional. It %4 4%0? 04@/ giveness. As Christ said: difference between different beings is, in after meeting consumes hours but produces nothing. The knows no discrimination, no prejudice, ,%&4%*--4%)00?' Ye have heard that it hath been said, fact, the true seer. Such a person I can problem is that people are not ready to believe it. To make ' ' ' and no separatism. Our soul is loved thou shalt love thy neighbor and hate never forget. matters worse, this is becoming the norm. Everyone is ' unconditionally by the Lord. We, in 5, )0!4 thin enemy. But I say unto you, love trying to ape this form of multitasking that is some kind ' turn, can reflect that love and radiate >//0 +4*O! your enemies, bless them that curse you, ,1# , of a fashion statement. Naturally, those who want to be unconditional love to those we meet. do good to them that have you, and pray How can we find the intoxicating love somebody have to prove that they are busy even if there is )$* " There are few examples of uncon- ,%&4%*--4%)0 for them which despitefully use you, and of our empowered soul? It is not in no need for that. This model has percolated down to all ditional love in our everyday relation- 04@/ >4 ,! persecute you (Matt. 5:43, 44). the stars, or on the mountaintops, or levels. People claim to be in meetings, adding value and ships. In examples of the greatest love The world is in need of uncondi- deep under the sea. It is within us. attending to emails at the same time. For those who are relationships in the world, there always tional love. Just as we wish to be loved Kabir Sahib said: not in business and are not in a position to schedule and seem to be some conditions placed on unconditionally, so too can we love Within his navel the musk is hid, the conduct meetings, Facebook and WhatsApp come in them. In the parent’s love for a child, those around us unconditionally. bewildered deer hunts for it in the forest. handy to help them seem busy. Just a glance at the posts there are expectations. The parent may True love means loving everyone. So also dwells the Beloved within the that are written and posted would prove that all is not want the child to behave a certain way. Saints and mystics point out that if we heart, yet the world knows it not and well on the thinking front. While Psychologists had When the child grows up and the par- truly love God, we will love all of seeks Him outside itself. proved long back that you can’t do two things at the same ent grows old, there may be an expecta- God’s children. As Christ said, “If any- We look for fulfilment in the ‘outer time, recent findings suggest that the mere presence of a tion that the child will take care of the one says, ‘I love God,’ and hates his loves’ of this world which may give us competing stimulus affects the ability to attend and con- parent. Thus, this love is not entirely brother, he is a liar; for he who does transient joy. But we can have perma- centrate. But the modern day workplace and even home unconditional. In the love between not love his brother whom he has nent joy. We can experience the love of is witnessing competing interferences from different stim- spouses, there is always an expectation seen, cannot love God whom he has our empowered soul. We can enjoy a uli resulting in an inability to connect. that the lover will make him/ her not seen”(1 John 4.7-20). richness to our relationships. ( ( happy. We want the lover to provide us When we tap into our empowered * @6 @ I @
ho knows about someone better than that person? None other. ! WTherefore, if we really want to know about God to get convinced about His existence, then, whom should we talk / :' , " 5 to? God of course! God is quite pleased to ' respond. He has already done so in some detail in the Gita, and He is still prepared + O 1 E " to respond directly to us if we are really " ) keen. We have been told that God knows the past, the present and the future. / ' 1 ' )6- 3,$) 5-!1%4- D Nostradamus wanted to know about the future. He couldn’t do it by himself. So, known that except God? She foretold the fused/deluded. Whom do I turn to? The " what did he do? He is said to have breakup of the Soviet Union, the Lord makes me write down everything * remained awake for several years, medi- Chernobyl disaster, the date of Stalin’s that I feel. Slowly, I get the answers from tating over a brass bowl filled with water. death, the sinking of the Russian subma- the One who knows. Then, I meditate This was like ‘tapasya’ that our saints have rine Kursk, the September 11 attacks in some more and I know what to do. Same is " $ been doing for ages. And what happened? America and Topolov’s victory in the true about memory. I am in the fourth God, who can see the future, showered World Chess Tournament. stage of my life. Lots of events have taken " him with kindness and allowed him to What else do we know about God? place in my life. When I am forced into a ! ' see future events like Hitler’s rise to Let us see if we can test some of them difficult situation, the merciful Lord power and the explosion of the US shuttle from our past experiences. I have done reveals what got me out of trouble earlier -' challenger in 1986. This act of God has this exercise and this is what I have found when faced with similar difficulties. Is " convinced us about His ability to know out. Lord Krishna told Arjuna to get up bewilderment not what comes before loss O the past, the present and the future. and just be His instrument. (Gita 11.33) I of intelligence and subsequent doom? Baba Vanga has been another extraor- have a somewhat similar experience when (2.63) God provides; He surely does. dinary soothsayer who got connected I get some realisation from God and sit Whatever I need somehow becomes avail- " ! with God. She had claimed that her extra- down to write about it. Points come thick able with not much effort. (9.22) This fact ordinary abilities including making accu- and fast and a nice structure is in place. makes me wonder and I feel greatly hum- ' rate predictions were due to the informa- For an article, I have to just put pen to bled by such grace. Whatever I need some- tion she received from some source (read paper. Without being proud, sometimes I how becomes available with not much God). She could also tell the life story of marvel at how I, an engineer, have been effort. (9.22) God helps like no one can. anyone standing in front of her from chosen for this privilege. - " birth to death like a film. Who could have Like most people, I tend to get con- I+ @ - )$ !-00 1/ !)$/ +- 0" !,&&/!! 1)! 6,! 5 4,+1 $4 / axu % 04@/ )%* )>>/&-4% K 0) ) *,) ! "# $%&'
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